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Sleepover Curiosities

Summary:

After moving into the new dorms, Tooru feels a tad lonely, Mina suggests a girl's sleepover to cheer up everyone up.

Despite a somewhat tame truth or dare session, it unlocks the imaginations of the girls once they return to normal school life before they begin exploring themselves and then each other.

OR

What if Izuku was the last to join a polycule/harem.

 

Character heavy focus, plenty of fluff mixed in with some angst and plenty of lemons. Follows canon before diverging.

Notes:

Ran out of multi-partner fanfiction, decided to make my own after this idea wouldn't leave my head. Will mostly focus on the relationships between the girls with some smut as we go forward.

Chapter 1: The First Sleepover

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

A lot had happened for the members of Class 1-A in their short time at UA University: getting attacked at the USJ, the sports festival, their internships, and most recently, the disastrous training camp with the ‘Wild, Wild Pussycats’ which left several members of their class injured and one abducted. After a harrowing rescue plan, the reveal of the ultimate evil, and the disheartening retirement of the Symbol of Peace after defeating said evil, the class had moved onto their school campus in all-new dorms.

Built from the ground up in only a few days thanks to some amazing quirks, expert management, and terrifying cackles from the principal, ‘Heights Alliance’ was now home to the rowdy class 1-A.

“Raaah!” Mina Ashido cried out in relief, tossing her bag to the side before flopping face-first onto the couch. “Mr Aizawa is so not cool! It’s supposed to be the weekend; why did he have to assign another essay?!”

“Ashido, please treat the furniture with proper respect!” Tenya Iida chastised, chopping his hand at her lack of decorum.

“Boo you class prez’, lemme relax,” Mina shot back, pouting as she turned to glare at the rule enforcer.

“I’m with Ashido on this one,” Hanta Sero concurred as he flopped into a seat. “We just handed in an essay on hero law yesterday, and this one’s due Monday!”

“UA is certainly living up to its reputation,” Momo Yaoyorozu spoke up, letting out a sigh of relief now that they were all back in the safety of the dorms. “At least they’ve embraced the more modest five-day school week as opposed to the traditional six.”

“I think that’s due to the physical demands of our course more than anything else.” A mop of green hair stood to her right, known as Izuku Midoriya, his interest having been piqued. “With all our workouts in ‘Hero Basic Training,’ it’s no wonder they adapted this style. Having two full days to rest per week rather than one is much more conducive to-”

“Shut the hell up, ya’ damn nerd. just enjoy the damn weekend!” A crude voice called out from the kitchen, known to the class as belonging to Katsuki Bakugo.

“Bakugo’s right, let’s just chill for now; we’ve earned it,” Eijiro Kirishima grinned, pulling up a chair to the kitchen bar.

The group collectively felt Kirishima’s words wash over them as the fatigue of the week finally began to ease and the excitement for the structure-free days off grew.

“Who’s got plans for the weekend? I was just gonna chill myself, maybe get a workout in,” Rikido Sato called out, joining the angry blond in the kitchen and passing over the protein powder he expected Bakugo to need while grabbing a mixing bowl for himself.

“My maman and papa are visiting from France, I simply must catch them up with all my hard work,” Yuga Aoyama declared with a flourish.

“I was going to visit my family too, ribbit,” Tsuyu Asui shrugged, shedding her jacket as she joined Mina on the couch. “But my dad has to work Saturday and mom on Sunday so there’s not much point.”

“Awww, that’s too bad Tsu. We can do something if you want,” Ochako Uraraka smiled, as she stretched the kinks from her back.

“Knock it off man,” Denki Kaminari hip-checked the resident pervert, who was paying a little too much attention to Ochako at that moment, as he joined the group in the living room. “I was just gonna drag my game console down tonight and play a few rounds if anyone wants in?” 

“Dude I’m down, that essay can wait till tomorrow,” Sero raised his hand lazily before letting it flop back with a thump.

“Sweet. Tokoyami, Midoriya? All night gaming sesh?”

“Count me in. I look forward to seeing the abyss I’ll send you to,” Fumikage Tokoyami declared with a wry smirk. If he intended to creep out his friends, the collective sweatdrops would declare him successful.

“Not me,” Midoriya shook his head, “I want to get a start on that essay. I’ve got training tomorrow morning too.”

“Damn man,” Kaminari cringed, “go any more ‘Plus Ultra’ and you’ll make me feel bad.”

“Oh no! I’m sorry, I didn’t mean anything by it; it’s just-”

“Chill Midori-bro, you do you,” Kaminari waved off the incoming Izuku-pology.

“I would like to observe, if I may,” Mezo Shoji spoke up, one of his tentacle-like limbs becoming a mouth.

“Sure thing man,” Kaminari smiled before leaning back over the sofa. “Hey Kacchan!” An angry grunt made itself known. “You in for games tonight?”

“I’ll kick your ass!”

“That’s a yes, which means Kirishima’s in too,” Kaminari smirked, looking over at the redhead as if he would debate it.

As several other heads turned to their friend they saw him with a hand raised and mouth open ready for a retort but all conviction left as he admitted the inevitable.

“Dude, you don’t have to call me out like that.” He said, giving his fellow ‘befriender of Bakugo’ the side eye.

“Girls? Any takers?” Kaminari offered.

“In your dreams.” Kyoka Jiro rolled her eyes. “I’m gonna start that essay too, then I can lie in tomorrow.”

“Ooo, that sounds good Jiro! I’m gonna do that too… minus the essay part.” Tooru Hagakure agreed as she plopped herself down on Mina’s legs.

“Gah! Let me sleep, or die, in peace!” Mina groaned, reaching back to pry her invisible friend off.

“I guess that’s what you’ll be doing all weekend then, ey Mina?” Kirishima chuckled, resting over the back of the couch, protein shake in hand.

“Only if this fat butt gets offa’ me.” She groaned, her invisible friend now determined not to be shaken free.

“Awww come on Mina, you’re just so comfy!”

“And you’re heavy!”

“Hey!” Tooru pouted, relenting and shifting herself to the edge of the couch rather than on the pinkette’s legs. “You can’t say that, I haven’t even had my Friday cookies and popcorn yet!”

“Cookies and popcorn?” Sero asked, tilting his head at the somewhat odd combo.

“It’s Friday! Cheat day and movie night!” Tooru cheered, her invisible arms raised only to droop suddenly, her mood downcast. “Only… it would be if I could go see my parents anyway.”

“Oh? Was this a regular event for you before the dorms then?” Momo asked, resting her hand in what she hoped was a comforting gesture on her friend’s shoulder.

“Yeah. Going to the movies, getting tons of junk food and just for two or three hours I didn’t have to worry about training or homework or anything while with my folks. But they’re all the way over in Couresan; too far for a trip before curfew.” She replied, wringing her hands together.

Though it hadn’t been said, the class had not expected UA to become a boarding school partway through the year. Many, like Midoriya and Bakugo, had expected to be able to see and stay with their families more, unlike Ochako, who’d had to rent her own, tiny apartment to attend. Living with your friends and without parents certainly had its highs but it also had its lows and loneliness was starting to set in for some of them.

“You too Koda?” Kyoka asked as the stone-headed boy gestured between himself and Tooru, nodding at his former exam partner’s words.

“Well, we’re gonna fix that!” Mina declared, rising to her feet, both planted firmly on the couch cushions as Iida’s breath hitched at her audacity. “I declare tonight ‘Girl’s Sleepover night!’”

Tooru looked up at her bestie and felt her depressive mood get swept away in the wake of Mina’s overwhelming positivity, clapping her hands eagerly.

“Ooo, yay, that sounds awesome!”

“Tsu, Uraraka, you in?” Mina pointed at the pair.

“Huh? Well, I was gonna suggest we do something like that.” Ochako looked over at Tsuyu for approval.

“Ribbit. Sounds like fun, we’re in.” She gave a rare smile to her acid-wielding friend.

“Great! That just leaves Jiro and Yaomomo!” Mina turned to point at the remaining girls.

“Sounds like a lot.” Kyoka rubbed the back of her head, a speck of frustration at her earlier stated plans being ignored.

“Would we…”

The group turned towards the heiress to the Yaoyorozu fortune; it was unusual for her to stop halfway through speaking.

“Would we be able to braid each other’s hair and tell scary stories?!” Yaoyorozu eagerly asked, sparkles in her eyes as her enthusiastic energy almost visibly burst from her.

“Ab-so-lutely, and movies from dusk till dawn!” Mina cheered, raising her energy level to match.

“Yes! This is happening!” Tooru cheered, leaping from her seat in joy.

“Well, I guess if everyone else is going…” Kyoka mumbled.

“Mission complete! All participants secured! No backing out now!” Mina cheered, grabbing Kyoka's waist and lifting her onto her and Tooru's shoulders. The pair of chaotic partiers cheering and parading their last, blushing holdout around as though she’d won the sports festival.

“We… we can host it in my room! My bed’s more than spacious enough for all of us. I’ll prepare an assortment of tea and snacks for us too.” Momo offered, trailing after her friends.

“I’ve got a small TV we can use if we want something bigger than a laptop for movies.” Ochako offered, standing to follow the group and reaching her hand out for Tsuyu.

The frog-like girl smiled, taking her friend’s offered hand to get up and gather their things before they all headed towards the stairs.

“Well, I guess we know what they’re up to tonight. Anyone else for Hero Smash?” Kaminari called out.


The evening soon fell across the campus as the sun set at UA. Many of the teachers had themselves settled into their weekly weekend routines with Eraser Head grading papers, Present Mic off for his radio show and Midnight slipping into a soothing bubble bath. Over at Heights Alliance, the evening’s relaxing festivities for many were about to begin.

The front doors slammed loudly as a pair of students rushed into the common area.

“Snacks secure!” Tooru yelled out, presenting a box of cookies over her head like a trophy, though the carrier bags that knocked against her arms at such a sudden motion ruined the image.

“Back already? That was quick.” Sero called out from his spot on the couch, having been watching Kaminari fiddle with the wires for the TV and his console.

“Hey, we’re hero students. If anything can make us go 'Plus Ultra', it’s this.” Mina grinned, walking over to her friend and handing him one of her bags.

“Here’s your junk food. Spare money and receipts in the bag for you guys to split.”

“Cheers Mina, super manly of you to do that for us.” Kirishima smiled as he brought over a tray of tea, a towel wrapped around his shoulders absorbing what sweat his tank top couldn’t from his workout.

“No problem, Eijiro. You guys gotta have your night of fun too!”

“I must admit, I am quite excited for this,” Momo spoke up from the kitchen area, a fancy-looking teapot steaming in her hand. “This will be my first event of such.”

“Wha-?! Yaomomo, you can’t be serious!” The invisible girl baulked, the light around her twisting awkwardly in her quirk at that declaration. “This is your first sleepover ever?!”

“Uh… yes,” she replied nervously. “You could say that. Unless having my maids read me bedtime stories counts?”

Both Tooru and Mina crossed their arms across their chests.

“No way!” They stated together.

“Oh, I see…”

“Don’t worry Yaomomo!” Mina cheered, standing opposite the high-class girl across the kitchen bar. “We’re gonna make sure you have the best first sleepover ever!”

“Yeah!” Tooru chimed in.

Momo felt her heart swell at her friend’s thoughtfulness. Having come to UA to be a hero, she never imagined finding people who would do so much for someone as privileged as herself.

With a smile, she nodded, joining the pair in their resolutions.

“Right, and for the best sleepover, I’ve brought out some of my best tea.” Gesturing to the small purple box sitting next to six very expensive-looking teacups on a tray.

“Ooo, perfect Yaomomo, your teas are always the best.” Mina grinned.

“I wonder how my cookies will taste after I dunk them.” Hagakure pondered for a moment, only for the elevator ‘ping’ to break her train of thought.

“TV’s all set up Yaomomo,” Kyoka called out, lazily stepping from the elevator with Ochako right behind her.

“Jiro had it all done in no time,” the gravity girl chimed in, the pair spotting the return of the snack fetchers. “Tsu’s just grabbing a few of her films for choice and everyone’s pillows then we should be all set.”

“Perfect! I guess we’re pretty much all ready.” Hagakure smiled.

“Y-Yeah.” Mina nodded before shakily making her way to the stairs. “I-just-gotta-go-take-care-of-something-real-quick.”

In a blur of dust, Mina had disappeared up the stairs, shouting a quick apology to Shoji as she gracelessly brushed past him on the stairwell. The girls tilted their heads at the pinkette’s sudden change in attitude but ultimately shrugged it off.

“I guess you guys are all excited, huh?” Shoji asked, stepping into the common room and glancing back towards the stairs.

“You bet, this is gonna be great.” Ochako grinned, giving a fist pump and cheer.

“Just please do us a favour if you can Shoji?” Kyoka asked from beside the tall guy. He glanced down at her and nodded. “Keep that little perv’ away from Momo's room if you see him.”

“Yeah!” Hagakure agreed, nodding enthusiastically. “He better not ruin my night or Yaoyorozu’s first slumber party else I’ll get Mina to melt his grapes off!”

Shoji grimaced and nodded.

“To be clear though,” he clarified, “you don’t mean his hair-ball things do you.”

Hagakure only laughed evilly in response before prancing over to the elevator, her bags of goodies swinging without a care in the world. Shoji looked to the other girls for certain confirmation only to find a nodding Kyoka and Ochako with Momo looking somewhat exasperated behind the pair. His glance at the other boys that were listening in had them all wincing and moving their hands to protect their own ‘grapes’ in response to the very valid sounding threat.

“… I’ll let him know,” Shoji shuffled off uneasily while the other two turned back to their host for the night.

At once, everyone jumped as a loud bang echoed throughout the floor. All heads turned simultaneously towards the entryway where a student with no quiet button could be heard complaining.

“Edgeshot is trash! His moveset is way too complicated to hold up against any chump playing All Might.”

“I didn’t say that Kacchan, I said that, with his variety, anyone who’s mastered his controls stands a significant chance of beating any other hero.”

Entering the common room was a sweaty Bakugo and Midoriya, both having looked like they’d pushed themselves to the limit if the sparkles of moisture running down their necks were anything to go by.

“What, you think your weak ass Edgeshot can beat my All Might?! Let’s go right now, I’ll kick your ass!” Bakugo declared, turning towards the group gathered in the TV area. “Sparky, you got it going yet?”

“Cool it Baku-bro.” Kirishima raised his hands in what he hoped was a calming motion. “We’re nearly all set up here, go get changed and you can kick all the butt you want.”

“Damn right!” Bakugo shouted, stomping off towards the elevator, the group nervously watched him leave, waiting for any further outburst but breathing a sigh of relief as the doors slid shut.

“How about you Midori-bro?” Kirishima turned back to the green-haired problem child of 1-A. “Hero Smash, you vs. Bakugo; you can’t back down from a challenge like that.”

“I suppose I can’t, not if I want my eardrums to stay intact after Kacchan bitches at me for ‘wussing out’.” Izuku chuckled nervously.

“Hey! A rare appearance of ‘Sassy-Midoriya'!” Kaminari chuckled, poking his head up from behind the TV unit.

“Don’t tell him I said that! P-Please!” Izuku quickly backtracked, waving his hands in front of himself. Sero just waved him away, shaking his head.

“It’s alright Midoriya, we know how Baku-Bombshell is by now. If we can survive a term learning and a week living with him, I think we’re over the worst of it.”

“Yeah, go get changed and get ready to smash!” Kirishima jerked his head towards the elevator. “I’ll save you a spot.”

Midoriya nodded with a smile on his face. Despite the nervousness and anxiety of living apart from his mother for the first time ever, he couldn’t have asked for better friends to help him and each other through it all. He moved off towards the back of the common room, turning towards the kitchen only to catch the eyes of the remaining girls.

“Hi Jiro, Yaoyorozu, Uraraka.” He greeted with his smile, brushing past Ochako to get to the fridge and pull out a bottle of water he’d chilled before heading to the gym.

“Someone had a loud workout. I’m beginning to think anything will set bomb-boy off.” Kyoka smirked as Midoriya took a few long gulps of his water, the condensation running down both his hand and chin.

Letting out a gasp of breath as he’d drunk a few more gulps than he’d expected, Midoriya quickly wiped his mouth.

“He’s… just passionate about All Might is all,” Midoriya replied, taking a fresh breath after the first word before glancing at his water bottle and noting how he’d chugged all but a few sips. “You all set for your night Uraraka?” He asked, turning his attention to his first friend from UA.

While the green-haired boy hadn’t thought his actions since returning to the dorms were anything out of the ordinary, Ochako couldn’t help but become entranced since she’d spotted him. The way his muscles were moving under the plain ‘T-shirt’ T-shirt that he was fast filling out, the sweat that shimmered in the dorm light around his neck, and the water drop he’d missed when he’d wiped his mouth. She just wanted to reach out and ki-

“Uraraka?”

“Gah?! Yes, Deku?” She started with a jump, her face now bright red while trying to pull her attention back to what he’d just said.

“Are you okay?” He asked caringly, tilting his head as though to emphasize his concern. As he did so, the lone water droplet on his chin gathered enough energy to break free. Ochako put all her willpower into ignoring it as she answered her not-so-subtle crush. It didn’t help matters at all that the kettle Momo was heating took that moment to let out a burst of steam.

“Everything’s fine Deku! We’re just getting delicious tea for tonight! Can’t go to sleep without tea after all! I should go see if Yoamomo needs any help in her room, see you later!” She spouted before hurriedly dashing towards and up the staircase, much like Mina had before.

“Oh…” Midoriya could only say as he watched the dust cloud his friend had kicked up fade away. “I guess she’s really looking forward to this.”

“Dense as ever, eh Green?” Kyoka mumbled.

“Hmmm?” Midoriya turned his gaze back to the remaining duo.

“Nothing. I think living away from our parents has got us all looking forward to this break.” Kyoka replied. “You nearly ready Yaomomo? Anything I can help with?”

“No no, it’s all about done.” She smiled, putting the now steaming teapot on the tray and placing a cute little woollen cosy over the top of it, returning the kettle to its spot.

“I hope you have a good evening Midoriya. The rest of you too!” Momo called out as she and Kyoka turned towards the elevator, not risking the stairs with her precious cargo. A few waves and murmurs of acknowledgement followed the pair as the elevator doors slid shut, a relaxing silence falling over the common room once more.

A small rustling of leaves had Izuku’s head turning towards the potted plant that was positioned near the elevator doors. His heart skipped a beat as Mineta’s head poked through the shrubbery with a haunted look on his face.

“Do… do you really think they’d melt my grapes?!”


With her threat made to a room of boys who now knew better than to spy on them, Tooru cheerfully stepped off the lift, her bag of fizzy drinks, sweets, chocolates and other assorted goodies clutched preciously in her hands. It was way more than she’d normally have on a Friday but this was special for Momo’s first time. They’d all be sharing anyway, so a little of everything was perfectly fine Tooru'd reasoned to herself as she stacked high the basket she and Mina had gotten at the corner shop.

Her happy humming came to an end as she reached down and opened Momo's door, a night of movies, games and friends awaiting within.

“-Cause I uh… like my pillow heavy… yeah.” Mina said nervously, an awkward chuckle falling uneasily from her lips as she waved away whatever she and Tsuyu were talking about. The frog girl was looking curiously at Mina’s pillow only for the pair to turn their attention to the new arrival.

“Second set of snacks is here~!” Hagakure cheered as she entered the room, lifting her bounty aloft. “And one perv’ threatened with melted grapes should he think of coming anywhere near here.”

“Tooru, did you use my quirk to threaten Mineta?” Mina asked, hoping the previous conversation was forgotten by the frog girl.

“Yes ma’am!” Tooru grinned, placing her bounty on Momo’s desk, pulling out each item before scrunching up the plastic bag. “Well I told the boys to tell him but I expect they got the message too.”

“Good going.” The pinkette nodded, unfazed by the second-hand threatening with her quirk, “This night looks like it’s gonna be great.” She sighed happily, only for her face to shift into a cheeky smirk before sidling up to the invisible girl. “Now if only we could get Ojiro to come join you and it’d be perfect.”

“Mina! Shuh-sh!” She lightly punched her friend in the arm as the girl giggled away. Tooru chanced a cautious eye at Tsuyu, hoping she hadn’t heard Mina’s tease. The face splitting grin sported by her froggy friend dashed that hope entirely.

“Please don’t tell anyone.” She murmured pathetically.

“It’s alright.” Tsuyu shrugged, her grin returning to her normal imperceptible look. “It was going to come out during ‘Truth or Dare’ anyway.”

Tooru's eyes widened as Mina laughed.

“Not that I’m objecting but who said we’re playing that?” The pink girl asked.

“It’s my favourite sleepover game,” Tsuyu replied stoically. “I never lose.”

At that, Mina let out a belly laugh, channelling her superiority and gave Tsuyu a smug, dark look. “Me neither.”

Tooru could only watch as the pair levelled even greater, challenging glares at one another. Mina only broke when she heard Tsuyu’s reply.

“Game on, Bitch.”

As Mina almost collapsed to the ground, her lungs giving way to laughter once again, the trio was alerted to the latest guest to arrive in the form of an out of breath Ochako slamming the door closed behind her as she entered. Tooru stepped forward, about to ask her friend what was wrong when Tsuyu’s voice cut through the air once more.

“Looks like Midoriya’s back from his workout.”

Ochako’s hands snapped to her face, letting out a whimper of, "Nooo…" trickle out as Tsuyu turned back to the collection of films and pillows she’d gathered, hopping up onto the bed.

“Wow, taking no prisoners already, ey Tsu?” Mina grinned, content in having found a real challenge she looked forward to.

“It’s not what you think at all! I-I’m just really excited for tonight is all!” Ochako defended herself, waving her hands around furiously.

“Sure,” Tsuyu called back as she spread out her movie collection.

“I am!” Ochako shouted back, her face still a blushing mess.

“Mind helping me sort these Ochako?” Tsuyu asked simply.

The brunette paused for a second to ensure she heard her friend correctly. The change of topic was incredibly abrupt and a glance at the other two who were very unconvincingly acting like they were not paying any attention to the pair. Deciding to cut her losses, she quickly crossed the small amount of room space there was to sit on the bed with Tsuyu, giving her friend a teasing nudge about the previous conversation.

“That’s movies and 'Truth or Dare' at least on the agenda for tonight. We’ve got enough snacks and drinks to satisfy even Yaomomo’s appetite twice over. Is there anything else we’re missing?” Mina asked.

“Well, there is ordering pizza,” Tooru suggested.

“Ah, but we’d need permission from Mr Aizawa first, and I’m not about to go poke that hornet’s nest.” Mina cringed. “Besides,” She managed to throw her arm around Tooru's shoulders despite the teen only being in a tank top. “We can save that for next week. This week is about making you feel better, hun. And what better way than with your movies, cookies and popcorn!”

She felt a familiar set of invisible arms wrap around her as she was drawn into a hug.

“Urgh, I love you so much Mina, you’re awesome.”

Mina let out a satisfied sigh as she allowed a smug grin to grace her face.

“I know, I am awesome.”

It wasn’t too much longer before the group was completed with the arrival of Kyoka holding the door open for Momo who was bearing tea.

“I hope you all enjoy. It’s a special blend my mother told me to bring out ‘only for special occasions’.” She winked, likely imitating her mother’s words. “Please, help yourself to a cup and more if you run out.”

Several of the girls sniffed the air as the tea smell soaked into the atmosphere.

“Mmm, makes me all warm and tingly,” Ochako sighed, rubbing her arms. “I’d love to try some of your fancy teas Yaomomo, thanks again.”

“You’re more than welcome Ochako.” Momo smiled, her happiness almost radiant as her friends began helping themselves.

“Mmm, now that that’s all ready, on with tonight’s events!” Mina cheered as she finished her cup, grabbing her pillow and making sure to keep it far away from anyone else. “Since tonight was thanks to Tooru, I believe she should pick the movie.”

“Oh guys, it’s fine, we can all help pick.” The invisible girl tried to wave away the attention.

“It’s cool girl, Mina’s right, this was to help you feel better.” Kyoka smiled, her back against the headboard of Momo’s bed.

“As we’ve discussed, this is my first sleepover so I would feel uneasy selecting the film we were to watch.” Momo agreed, sitting next to Kyoka with both their pillows against their backs for comfort.

“You worry too much Momo, but I agree with Jiro, go ahead Hagakure.” Tsuyu smiled, Ochako giving a resolute pair of nods beside her.

With the go-ahead from her friends, Tooru felt no shame in picking the movie she wanted to share the most with her friends.


The credits began to roll as the Disney epic wrapped up. Tooru turned excitedly to her friends, eager to discuss the film.

“What did’ya think? Super good, yeah?”

Kyoka was surprisingly the first one to speak up.

“You know, for a ‘princess’ film, I didn’t hate it.” She gave a wry smile as she recalled all the moments she’d giggled.

“Kyoka, please, I could feel your suppressed laughter. Be honest.” Momo nudged her shoulder.

“Yeah, alright, it was good, I’d watch it again.”

“Rapunzel was super cute along with her chameleon guy,” Ochako spoke up. “If we dyed your hair blonde Tsu, you could probably pull off a convincing cosplay.”

“Tempting as that offer is Ochako, I’ve played dress-up one too many times with my sister to want to do it again. Seen the movie too, but it was nice to watch it without interruptions for a change.” Tsuyu admitted, standing at the side of the bed and stretching out.

“I dunno, kinda didn’t like the ending,” Mina grumbled, a somewhat sour look on her face.

“What?!” Tooru rounded on her soon-to-be-former friend immediately. “You really didn’t like it?”

“Oh no, the film was good,” Mina admitted before facing her accuser, giant crocodile tears pooling in her eyes. “But why did he have to end up with her when I’m sitting right here, waiting for my prince charming!”

The other girls let out a small sigh as Mina and Tooru consoled each other over their lack of love life. It seemed that even animated hunks caught their attention.

“I guess this is as good a time as any to call for a break before we move on,” Tsuyu announced, grabbing the chocolate bar wrappings along with the popcorn bag she and Ochako had shared.

“Does anyone want more tea while I’m up?” Momo asked, crawling past a stretched-out Mina and off the side of her bed. A resounding decline of her offer caused her to only pour herself a fresh, tepid cup.

A few of the girls rose and left to get some fresh air and freshen up before they settled in once more. Thankfully, there was no sign of the small purple one, either in the corridors or in the common room with the rest of the boys as they stretched their legs. It seems the boys were beginning to wind down for the night as it was close to half-ten and only Kaminari, Kirishima and Sero were left playing with Tokoyami enjoying their company with his headset on at the end of the couch.

“So after movies, what else usually happens at sleepovers?” Momo asked as Ochako was the last to return to her spot on Momo’s bed.

“Hmm, well we could braid each other’s hair.” The gravity girl offered.

“Oh, may we? I must admit I’ve looked up several styles in advance and am eager to try them out.” Momo smiled. Admittedly, it once more tore each of the girl’s hearts ever so slightly that the lovable Momo hadn’t had a slumber party before tonight.

“That’s always fun, so long as you don’t complain ‘it hurts’ every five seconds.” Tsuyu croaked.

“Your sister?” Kyoka asked, getting a nod from the girl.

“I love her but sometimes she’s a pain.”

“Awww sounds like you really care, Tsu,” Tooru cooed.

“So how about a round of braiding then,” Mina clapped.

“Count me out,” Kyoka piped up, reclining back into the headrest. “Don’t have enough hair for it and can’t do it.”

“Oh, is it something you’d like to learn?” Momo asked. “I’m sure we can find a tutorial or something to assist.”

Reaching over, Kyoka calms the girl before her mind kicks into overdrive.

“It’s okay Yaomomo, it’s just never been my thing is all.” She tries to give the girl an earnest smile, convincing her that she’s not upset by missing out.

“If you’re sure.” Momo remained unconvinced.

“Well that won’t do,” Mina announced. “We’ll just have to do something else that includes you whilst we do each other’s hair!”

“Oh? Like what?” Kyoka asked, only to notice the mad glint in her friend’s eye.

“It’s time ladies! For 'Truth or Dare'!”

Ochako felt her stomach drop. She recalled Tsuyu’s unconvincing topic change earlier and dreaded the return of a discussion about her feelings for a certain green-haired boy.

“Mina no.” Ochako blushed.

“Mina yes.” Tsuyu grinned from beside her.

“Traitor!” Ochako growled, yanking Tsuyu’s pillow from under her and covering her face with it. “Don’t listen to her, she’s delirious from the tea.”

Mina just chuckled eagerly in her spot.

“So that’s two. Yaomomo?”

“I must admit, I am quite curious as to what it’s like to play.” She blushed. “I’ve read a few things about it and find myself eager to participate.”

“Oh ho ho! Yaomomo can’t wait to spill the tea, ey?” Mina rubbed her hands together, ignoring Momo’s shocked look with her misinterpretation of literal tea spilling. “Tooru?”

The invisible girl sighed before shaking her head fondly.

“I know I’m going to regret it but I’m game, only if you give me like, a super pretty braid though.”

“Deal, pleasure doing business with you,” Mina replied, already having ideas for how she could make Tooru's hair stand out.

“Urgh.” The group turned to the last remaining member of their sleepover gang. “Fuck it, I’m in.”

With Kyoka's confirmation, Ochako was decidedly outvoted. Never one to back down from a challenge though, she steeled her nerves for the upcoming grilling she expected to receive.

With the game decided, everyone minus Kyoka got into a small circle, each braiding the hair of the girl in front of them. As requested, Mina was braiding what she could of Tooru's by touch alone with several colourful bands in her hand. Tooru would do Momo’s, Momo would do Tsuyu’s, Tsuyu would do Ochako’s and Ochako would do Mina’s.

“No offence Hagakure, but how can someone even style your hair?” Kyoka asked from her position outside the circle.

The invisible girl sighed softly before refocusing her efforts on her own braiding job.

“It’s not easy, I admit, but it makes me feel pretty even though no one can see it. It was hard for me to do myself when I was young; I’m lucky my mum taught me how. She’s invisible too, but I taught my old friends how to do it by touch alone.”

“Not gonna be a problem with me Tooru, I’m an expert!” Mina grinned from behind her friend. “Also, 'Truth or Dare' has clearly begun and Kyoka just had her turn.”

“Wait, what?!” Kyoka started, only to get a few giggles from the remaining girls.

“You asked Tooru how someone could style her hair and she gave an honest answer. Sounds like a truth to me, ribbit.” Tsuyu chirped from her position.

“So that’s how we’re playing are we?” Kyoka glared at the smug-looking Mina, resolving herself to get the pinkette back before the night was over. “Fine, whatever.”

“Usual rules then?” Tooru asked, twisting her head slightly to glance at Mina.

“Um… I’m afraid I don’t know what the usual rules are. My apologies.” Momo interjected, having started a rather nice-looking braid for Tsuyu despite the girl’s long locks.

“Shoot, I forgot, sorry Yaomomo.” Mina apologised before clearing her throat. “Well since Kyoka kindly went first-”

“Fuck you.”

“The person, or questioner, whose turn it is asks another person ‘Truth or Dare?’ That person picks one of the two and will either have to answer a question proposed truthfully or perform the dare requested. Some people say you can pass after they hear the question or dare but those people are cowards.” Mina scoffed. “There are other homebrew rules like ‘you can’t pick the same thing twice’ in a row, for example, Tooru would have to pick dare next time.”

The invisible girl squeaked nervously only for Mina to pet her shoulder reassuringly.

“But that makes the game predictable after the first round so screw it, free-for-all.”

“Ahh, I understand.” Momo nodded along.

“Right. So anyway, after someone answers the question or performs the dare, they then become the questioner and ask a new person ‘Truth or Dare?’ To keep it fair, let’s say you can’t ask anyone who has already played that round so even if Tooru picks Ochako and then it’s Ochako’s turn, she then can’t ask Tooru until Kyoka starts the new round.”

“Understandable.”

“Great! In that case…” Tooru turned towards the brunette. “I think I’ll take your suggestion, Mina. Ochako, truth or dare?”

The gravity girl paused her braiding as her mind whirled. Would Hagakure ask something about her love life right off the bat? Jiro started with something tame but then she didn’t know they’d started playing.

“Ochako~,” Mina called out in a sing-song voice.

“Uhhh, dare. No, truth.” She stumbled before holding her breath.

“Hmm, how about…” Tooru pondered the many questions in her head. “Why did you want to become a hero?”

The room grew silent as they awaited her answer while Ochako took a steadying breath.

“If we’re gonna do this… c-can we make a pact?” She asked nervously.

All braiding drew to a sudden halt at the seriousness of Uraraka’s tone.

“Ochako?” Tsuyu asked, tilting her head to try and get a better look at her friend’s face.

“I just… everything that might come out... I trust you guys… but I want it to be clear: nothing leaves this room or can be teased about in front of other people… please.” She asked, a rare pleading tone in her voice none of the others had heard before.

“O-Of course Ochako, we won’t tell a soul, right guys?” Tooru agreed. One by one her friends all chipped in affirmations of support.

“Thanks you guys, and I’ll do the same for you too.” The brunette took a deep breath. “Ok, so… when I was young…”

It took a few minutes but Ochako recounted the same story she’d divulged to Izuku and Tenya back during the first term. About how her parents owned a construction company but barely made enough to make ends meet every month, how she wanted to become a hero to give them an easy life and save people while doing so. The girls listened patiently until the end as Ochako finished revealing her story.

“Wow Uraraka, I… didn’t figure,” Kyoka said, somewhat awkwardly breaking the tension that had formed.

“That’s ‘cause I tried to hide it.” Ochako let out a dry chuckle.

“Is this why your phone’s so… outdated?” Tooru asked. All were aware that Ochako used a flip phone instead of something more modern; now they seemed to have stumbled onto the reason why.

“Y-Yeah…” She admitted, somewhat dejected.

“Uraraka. If it helps, I can always buy you-”

“Absolutely no way!” Ochako retorted before Momo could say anything more. “Thank you though Yaomomo. Me and my folks, we don’t want handouts. We earn what we have. I couldn’t take your charity, even if you offer it with the best of intentions… my stupid pride won’t let me.”

“Ochako…” Mina mumbled as she looked at her friend with tears in her eyes.

A sharp crack rang out in the room.

“Ow! What the hell Tsu?!” Ochako turned around to give her friend the stink eye, having been karate-chopped on the top of her head.

“Pride’s all well and good Ochako, but if you go hungry, who are you gonna save with an empty stomach?”

Ochako looked into Tsuyu’s eyes as a silent conversation passed between them. In that moment, she knew that Tsuyu had noticed those times when she’d been a little short on change and only gotten the bare essentials for lunch; almost missing it completely one day when she’d left her purse at home. She recalled that, without even asking, Tsuyu had plopped an extra laden tray for herself down at the lunch table she shared with their friend group and placed the rice and some extras in front of the girl.

This was the first time she’d ever told Tsuyu about her family, and she was sure that Izuku and Tenya wouldn’t have blabbed which meant the frog-quirked girl had read her like a book and helped her out without a second thought. The two had never discussed what happened that day but Ochako watched as Tsuyu silently accepted the few coins she’d placed on her desk before class the next day.

“I’m sorry Tsu.” She teared up as she reached out to hug her best friend, tucking her head into the greenette’s shoulder.

“It’s okay 'Chako, we’re all here for you now,” Tsuyu spoke softly, running her hand down Ochako’s back, Mina’s braid quickly untangling and becoming one with her normal hair once more.

It took a few moments and some calming breaths from the girl who hadn’t quite broken out into tears before she pulled back.

“I’m sorry guys.” She mumbled, looking at her hands that now pooled in her lap.

“Like Tsu said girl, we’re here for you. Much as you’ll let us.” Kyoka smiled at the brunette warmly.

“Yeah, we got 'chu fam’, whenever you need it.” Mina grinned, trying to push whatever good mood she could salvage back into the disheartened friend sat before her.

“Thanks guys…” Ochako smiled weakly. She shook her head quickly and clapped her cheeks firmly twice, before taking a deep breath, then letting it out slowly.

“Alright, I’m good now.” She said with a calm and steady voice.

“You… you sure girl?” Mina asked nervously, only to be met with the gaze Ochako only previously displayed during the run-up to the sports festival.

“Let’s do this!” She said, a new confidence in her voice. “Mina, truth or dare?!”

“Gah! So soon?!” Mina reeled back at Ochako’s rebound energy. While this was certainly a subject she was sure the other girls would want to discuss with the brunette in the future, she clearly wanted to move back to more fun topics for the night. “Fine then, I’ll one up you pansies. Go ahead and give me a dare!”

With the tension of Ochako’s revelations now over, a new tension based around what the innocent brunette could think up as a dare arose.

“I dare you… to~… do a handstand for ten seconds against that wall!” Ochako declared, pointing towards the wall with the door; practically the only wall with any floor space next to it.

Mina looked to the wall and then back to Ochako, double-taking for good measure before bursting out in laughter.

“Pfff, like it’s hard?” Mina scoffed with a grin, certain of her success. She wrapped her progress for Tooru's braid in a band so she didn’t lose her place before clambering off the bed and walking over to the wall.

“Hold up,” Ochako called out, sliding off the bed herself and joining Mina by the wall. “Just gonna make sure you don’t cheat or anything.”

“Ochako… I think we all know Mina can do a handstand. She’s like the most flexible out of all of us.” Kyoka spoke up.

“Damn right, someone count it!” Mina said before bending over and lifting her legs into the air. “Don’t even need to touch the wall for balance.”

“One, two…” Tooru began counting.

It was at this moment that Tsuyu noticed the evil glint in Ochako’s eye. There was still time to warn Mina, but she wasn’t about to ruin the fun; she had a game to win after all.

At once, Mina’s loose-fitting top bunched around her head, blinding her for a brief moment. That’s when Ochako struck.

“Target open.” She muttered darkly, raising both her hands.

“Wait, wha-?” Mina began before torture unlike any she’d experienced rained down upon her sides.

“Tickle, tickle, tickle!” The brunette demon chanted as she clutched at Mina’s sides. All the tension from keeping her legs in the air suddenly became too much and came crashing down in a glorious bundle of laughs.

“Ochako! HAHA-urk!” Mina began, only to lose her balance, her rear falling forwards and, for lack of a better term, presented herself to her friends as she crumpled in her spot.

“Nice ass Mina.” Tsuyu ribbited smugly from her spot.

“Oh my.” Momo blushed as she got two eyefuls of her friend she didn’t expect.

“Love the bra though.” Kyoka smirked as the pinkette slowly untangled herself from… herself.

“Urgh… thanks, its… designer.” Mina murmured as she regained her breath, sitting up and glaring at the brunette who was returning to her spot on Momo’s bed.

“You’re mean Ochako! And after all the sympathy I gave you!” She flailed comically.

Admittedly, the brunette looked a little bad at that jab but quickly realized the pinkette was taking it in good stride after her next comment.

“Next round, expect delicious revenge!” Mina glared with a grin, returning to her spot with a huff.

“Okay, okay, I’ll probably deserve it. Sorry Mina.” She tried to placate her soon-to-be executioner, feeling Tsuyu return to work on her hair.

“Oh no ‘pink cheeks’ you ain’t weaselling outta your punishment with honeyed words.” Mina replied in a distinctly Bakugo like tone. “For now though, I’ll turn my attention to… Tsu!”

“Ribbit?” The girl perked up. “I should’ve expected this.”

Mina grinned.

“Yeah, you should’ve. ‘So my dear’, said the spider to the frog, truth or dare?”

“Truth.” Tsuyu said simply. “I’m ashamed of nothing.”

“You’ll live to regret those words.” Tooru looked over at the girl worriedly as Mina rubbed her hands together gleefully.

“Tsuyu Asui!” Mina declared, deciding to make a performance out of it, “Out of all the boys in class 1-A. Who would you take back to your lily pad and-”

“Midoriya, next please.” Tsuyu answered curtly before turning to their host for the evening. “Momo, truth or dare?”

“What?! You can’t just say that and move on like it’s nothing!” Tooru exclaimed with Mina quickly chorusing her friend.

“You didn’t even let me finish the question.” Mina pouted.

“Does it matter?” Tsuyu asked, shrugging nonchalantly. “Kiss, hug, marry, anything in-between? Answer’s the same.”

“No way!” Mina flinched back, her challenge having clearly been met. Tsuyu was a formidable opponent indeed.

“You alright up there Ochako?” Tsuyu called out without looking up. The rest of the girls proceeded to do so however and noticed the brunette demon of the last round now floating around the ceiling like a cherry-red balloon.

“You can’t just say something like that without warning Tsuyu!” She cried out as she bobbed along.

“Can and did Ochako.” Tsuyu send a grin back over to Mina. “Thank you ma'am, may I have another.”

Mina glared back at her rival before Tooru's outfit and invisible form cut between the pair.

“Come on, come on, spill! Why Midoriya? I need details!” The invisible girl pressed.

“You want them, ask me next round. If it’s you, I promise I’ll say truth again.” Tsuyu gave an honest smile at the girl.

“Not gonna lie, that was hardcore Tsu.” Kyoka laughed from her spot.

“Thanks Jiro, now, Yaomomo, truth or dare?” The smug frog stood up and reached out, pulling Ochako back down to the bedspread and pulling the hairband down to finish off her work, long having known to put the band on first and move it down when one had as squirmy of a sister as Tsuyu’s.

“My, after a truth and a dare like those two I hesitate to answer.” Momo blushed, resuming work on Tsuyu’s braid as her own received its final daisy flower pin of many similar ones from Hagakure.

“You got this girl.” Kyoka nudged her leg with her foot, offering a smile to the heiress.

“I guess then, I’ll take truth too.”

“Fine by me, ribbit.” Tsu said, without turning around. “What’s one thing you’ve always wanted to do but never been able to and never told anyone?”

“You’re… not going easy on me because I’m unversed in the game are you?” Momo deflated somewhat, hoping for something a tad more personal.

“Think it through, ribbit. It’s a harder question than you think.”

As Momo took the time to digest what she’d been presented, the other girl’s minds raced with similar thoughts. Off of the back of Tsuyu’s complete lack of shame for what was undoubtedly an attraction towards the resident green bean, they took similar roads.

“I guess…” Momo began nervously, “I’ve always wondered… what it’d be like… to be a bad girl.”

“Oh?” Tsuyu said simply, not pressing for more as she knew it’d come.

“I guess that wasn’t very clear was it? I mean… with all my family has and has achieved… you can understand that there’s a certain level of standard that must be kept. Everything in its place and every goal reached, if you would.” Momo explained. “One of the things I was able to use to… diversify my knowledge of the world was books, and I found myself… almost enamoured with those that charted their own path despite expectations placed upon them.”

“Villains?” Ochako asked, glancing over once Tsuyu presented her side braid to her in a small standing mirror from Momo’s desk. “So cute!”

“Not… always. I… Flynn Rider!” Momo jerked in place suddenly. “From the film! I must admit, he fits the character archetype I very much enjoyed in my stories, one I somewhat wish to emulate.”

“Ooo, Yaomomo likes the bad boys.” Mina giggled, pulling another coloured cord from her palm and dexterously entwining it into Hagakure’s hair.

“I… guess?”

“So then, is Bakugo someone you want to be more like?” Ochako asked, a little out of her field of knowledge.

“I think what Yaomomo is trying to say is she wants a chance to be somebody who doesn’t care what others think of her. Someone who’s still very much a good person but can let their hair down and do what she wants without having to overthink and worry about the consequences.”

“Yes! That’s it Kyoka!” Momo chirped happily.

“I know the type.” The punk rock girl reclined back in her spot, taking a drink from her glass of fizzy she’d procured for the film.

“So I believe that makes it my turn, correct?” Yaoyorozu asked cautiously, hoping she’d understood the rules clearly.

“Yup yup, though you kinda have to ask Kyoka as she’s the last one left for this round.” Mina explained, pulling the scrunchee she’d procured from her wrist and sliding it to the top of Tooru's nearly finished braid.

“Oh that’s perfect. Okay, um, Kyoka, truth or dare?”

“Hmm.” Kyoka pondered for a second. “Hit me with a dare.”

“I dare you to let me put some make up on you I’m positive you’ll adore.”

The punk rocker blinked owlishly for a second.

“That’s… not really a dare Yaomomo.”

“Au contraire, mon… something French. Where’s Aoyama when you need him?” Mina grumbled at her lack of skill with the foreign language.

“I’m sure he’d correct you and say yes to the makeup makeover.” Tsuyu muttered. It clearly caught Ochako off guard as she struggled to hold back a sudden burst of giggles.

“Whatever, anyway,” Mina returned to the punk rock girl. “I know for a fact that you hate most makeup, ergo, this is a valid dare!”

“I-…” Kyoka began, only to look over at Yaoyorozu’s crestfallen face. “Urgh, fine, you got me. I’m not a fan of makeup.”

“I can think of something else if you’re uncomfortab-”

“No. Its fine… I just… never found anything that looked good on me is all, so I never wear much of anything.” She admitted.

“Oh! Then I have plenty we can try! Don’t worry Kyoka, by the end of tonight, you’ll look fabulous!” Momo declared, pulling out what could only be described as a makeup suitcase from under her bed.

“Uh, Momo, were you done?” Tsuyu called out, deliberately not moving much for fear of Yaoyorozu losing her place in her braid.

“Oh Tsu, I’m so sorry. Do you mind if I finish it after this dare?” She asked, her hands placed together in pleading.

The frog girl sighed and reached around to hold the braid position while her other hand fumbled with a hairband.

“It’s ok, Satsuki does the same then when her show changes.”

“Is it too late to go play games with the guys?” Kyoka asked meekly as she eyed Momo preparing her powder brush.

“Awww, don’t worry Jiro, you’ll look super cute once Momo’s finished.” Tooru waved off her plea.

“I don’t like cute, I like punk.”

“Oh shut up and take your dare ya’ big baby.” Mina jeered, not so slyly pointing her phone camera in Kyoka's direction. The punk rock girl’s earphone jacks raised like snakes as her glare matched the paralyzing stare of one such reptile. Mina though, was beyond such intimidation, a resounding click preserving the moment for all time.

“Delete it.”

“Oh shush, it’s just a before shot, so you can see what a good job Yaomomo’s done by the end.” Mina tried to placate the savage beast with her immutable logic.

“You live… for now.” Kyoka's jacks returned to their relaxed positions. “Ochako on the other hand, truth or dare?”

“Me? Ummm, eh, truth again I guess. J-Just don’t make it too personal!” The brunette stammered.

“That’s down to you.” Kyoka prefaced, “What’s the deal with you and Green? You crushing on him?”

“Gack!” Ochako gasped as Kyoka's truth arrow struck her to her core.

“Wow, that was almost as blunt as I would’ve put it.” Tsuyu commented, glad to see that pretty much everyone had clearly cottoned on to Ochako’s not-so-subtle feelings.

“Jiro, no, you were supposed to be my friend!” Crocodile tears pour from Ochako’s face in an effort to delay the inevitable.

“Come on girl, this can’t be any worse than what you divulged last round.” Kyoka prompted, having to close her eyes mid-sentence as Momo began dabbing her face with a powder brush.

“No… I guess not. It’s just…” She glances over at Tsuyu before balling her hands into fists for strength, “He’s so amazing sometimes. He’s become one of my best friends since starting here and I find myself… looking forward to just… seeing his smile every day. He cares so much about being the best hero he can be and, to be honest, I wish I could amount to even half the hero I know he’s going to turn out to be.”

“Oh wow, that sounds so romantic!” Tooru sighed, blissfully caught up in the image Ochako’s words painted.

“Ah, such love, it makes me feel all giddy just hearing about it!” Mina joined her, hands cupping her cheeks as she closed her eyes and imagined Uraraka’s confession to her beloved.

“Why haven’t you told him this Ochako? Surely you don’t think he’d reject you do you?” Momo asked curiously, glancing at the girl while she selected a new colour to use on Kyoka.

“I don’t… maybe? He’s just so… awesome and wonderful and I know he’s gonna do great things when we graduate but,” she takes a breath. “Part of me doesn’t want to get in the way of the thing he’s going to become. Like, if it’d just distract him and me from this goal we both clearly want. So I’m gonna squash these feelings down… at least, for now… until he reaches his dream.”

The girls smiled warmly at the declaration, silence reigning for a short moment.

“That’s stupid.”

Ochako startled at the sudden and blunt response from her other favourite greenette.

“Tsu! You can’t just say that after such a heartfelt confession!” Mina chastised.

“Yeah, stop scolding Ochako!” Tooru defended, noticing this was the second time the girl had provided a counter point to what was revealed in the gravity girl’s truth.

“Doesn’t make it not true though.” Tsuyu countered turning back to the brunette. “Your feelings are valid Ochako, even if you think they’re in the way. If you push them down, bottle them up and wait, you’re only gonna hurt yourself when they come back full force, or when you miss your chance.”

Ochako felt her heart beat slow as she pondered if Tsuyu meant to phrase it that way. Like she would steal…

“I… actually, kinda agree with her.” Tooru spoke up, drawing all the attention to herself. When no one said anything she continued with her thought. “Who’s to say Midoriya doesn’t feel the same way. If he does, great, maybe you two can work something out that allows you both to achieve your goals while not losing sight of each other, even if you both just promise to wait until the end of school to start anything proper. If he doesn’t, yeah it’ll suck, but then at least you’ll know for sure then you won’t have this nagging distraction in the back of your mind.”

The group fell silent as they pondered Tooru's words.

“Well… when you put it like that…” Ochako murmured.

“I think that’s enough for now. We’ve given plenty for her to think about.” Tsuyu declared. “Maybe we’ll have something new to gossip about next sleepover.” She raised and lowered her eyebrows suggestively at her brunette friend who uttered a choke of embarrassment.

“So Ochako, who’s your next victim?” Tooru giggled, as Mina reached over to Momo’s desk to pluck a standing mirror back from where Tsuyu left it, helping Tooru see the now extravagant looking braid she’d woven into her hair. A single red piece of string had been interwoven with her strands to help give the braid some context as Hagakure ran her hand down it with glee, the braid reaching her shoulder.

“After that grilling, I’m not sure if I have the energy for anything major.” She sighed.

“Oh hush girl, you know we got your back one hundred percent. Or do you want another pact?” Mina offered.

“No, that’s okay.” Ochako sighed before turning her gaze to those remaining in the round. “Eh, why not, Momo, truth or dare?”

“Oh, I’m a bit uh… preoccupied at the moment,” Momo replied somewhat awkwardly. “I guess I’ll take truth again.”

“Ochako,” Mina stage whispered to catch the girl’s attention. When Ochako’s gaze met her own, she jerked her head towards Momo and made kissy noises, hoping she got the hint. All was fair in love and war after all and today love was out in bloom.

“Sure, I guess. Momo, are you crushing on anyone right now?" The brunette followed her instructions dutifully.

Momo paused in her application of makeup to Kyoka's face. She could feel all eyes now paying extra attention to her every move. Even Kyoka cracked the eye that wasn’t currently being attended to.

The Yaoyorozu heiress cleared her throat before resuming her task, applying some eye shadow to the punk rock girl.

“I believe I am.”

All eyes widened at that. Mina and Tooru gestured, waiting for her continuation. When none was forthcoming, they couldn’t hold themselves back.

“Well?! Who is it?” Tooru asked.

“Come on, tell us! Boy? Girl? We won’t blab, right guys?” Mina prompted the others, hoping it would coax the heiress out of her shell.

Despite the wave of assurances, Momo let out what could only be described as a forlorn sigh.

“Despite your eagerness, I’m afraid I’d rather not say. It’s not something pleasant to discuss anyway.”

“Come on Yaomomo. I’m sure by the end of tonight we’ll all have gone, it’s not like you’re going through it alone.” Mina tried once more.

“I appreciate that Mina, but even so, I don’t want to discuss something I yearn for that I’m not allowed.”

“Not allowed, ribbit?” Tsuyu tilted her head questioningly.

With a final sigh, Momo snapped the small makeup case in her hand shut and put it back inside the suitcase she’d pulled from under the bed. She turned to sit fully facing the group of friends she’d made here at UA to make sure they all clearly understood her position.

“My name is Momo Yaoyorozu of the Yaoyorozu Conglomerate Corporation. I am training to be a pro hero. I am to uphold the values of the Yaoyorozu family and expand our reach ever greater and… b-by the time I’m twenty five… I’ll be… betrothed… to someone my father picks out.”

The girls sat in silence at her declaration. They all knew she was rich, but it never dawned on any of them that she was… forced betrothal rich.

“Yaomomo… your parents… they-” Mina started.

“Are annoyingly kind and caring parents.” Momo said simply. “I’ve grown up with love, affection and anything I needed to chase the dreams I had. It would be so much easier to hate this if they were… horrible.”

“Momo… it’s not a quirk marriage is it?” Tooru asked, nervously.

Momo shook her head in response.

“Unlikely. It’s most likely going to be one based on business advantage rather than anything to do with my quirk. It’s probably why I don’t even have the slightest idea who my eventual fiancé will likely be; no one knows what the business world will look like all those years from now.”

“Ohhh, Yaomomo!” Tooru reached across the bedspread, wiggling her knees to get closer to her friend as she held her arms out open for a hug. The heiress accepted it gratefully, ensuring her emotions were kept in check as is proper for one of her position. She didn’t cry after losing to Tokoyami in the sports festival, she wouldn’t cry here. Not again.

“Thank you, Tooru. I’m sure you all feel the similar plight of helplessness that I’ve felt many times before today. I must admit… it feels somewhat relieving to inform you all of this burden.”

“That’s what we’re here for Yaomomo.” Mina smiled nervously, her hands clenching and unclenching. This was certainly not what she expected when 'Truth or Dare' began.

“Urh, no. Fuck that!” Kyoka stated sternly. “Yaomomo, you are almost literally a goddess.”

Despite her vast intellect, Momo could only blink dumbly at that statement.

“I… thank you?”

“No, I don’t think you get me.” Kyoka sat up, turning to face her friend only to reach up and take her face in both hands. “You are Momo Fuckin’ Yaoyorozu, that’s your middle name now. You may be the heiress to some rich, snobby company conglomerate or some shit but you don’t need that. At the end of the day, you’re Momo Fuckin’ Yaoyorozu who could make more money revolutionizing the support industry with green bean and that mad pink-haired chick in support than your parents could ever hope to keep up with. If you wanna follow your heart and leave them, start your hero career with nothing but the clothes on your back, you better believe we’ll be there to support you whilst we all kick major butt doing so. Understand?”

One of the girls let out a small giggle as Momo awkwardly nodded with her head still smushed in Kyoka's hands.

“Good. That lesson’s probably not gonna stick for very long so I want you to remember it every time we call you Momo Fuckin’ Yaoyorozu, okay?” Momo nodded again, allowing Kyoka to release her from the scary, yet comforting, grip of having her world view forcefully re-evaluated.

“Um… it seems crude but… is it essential you use the word ‘fucking’. It is quite… vulgar after all.” The heiress commented as she looked down at her many makeup kits.

“Crucial.” Kyoka stated with a tone of finality towards it. “Now pick up your brushes and make me look pretty; it’ll make you feel better.” She pouted, closing the eye closest to the heiress for her to paint once more.

Momo let out a small, dry laugh as she reached for her makeup pads once more.

“You’re something else Kyoka.” She replied with a fond smile. “Something wonderful… all of you.”

“We know!” Mina grinned before toning it down to a soft smile. “Jiro’s right though. We’d all help you get through something like that.”

“Of course you would. We all said we’d do the same for Ochako not twenty minutes ago.” Kyoka grumbled. “If anyone else has any Harry-hard-luck or Sally-sob-story tales from their past they can’t deal with, we’ll deal with them together too.”

“Wow Jiro, I can feel the warmth just pouring out of you.” Tsuyu remarked sarcastically. Kyoka merely opened one eye, analysing the frog girl for a retort.

“I can’t tell whether you were sarcastic or not and that’s very concerning.”

With a burst of nervous laughter from Ochako, the remaining girls allowed the tension to once more dissipate.

“Stop mocking me, I just promised to spend every penny I’ll ever earn feeding Yaomomo when this all goes pear-shaped.” Kyoka chuckled.

“Your sentiments are appreciated and I love you all for it.” Momo leant over to look into Kyoka's one open eye.

“Fuckin’ better.” Kyoka smirked.

“Alright already, jeez.” Mina complained, demanding the reins of the conversation now. “Yaomomo, pick your target.”

“Oh, I completely forgot. One moment.” Momo replied, taking a few seconds to finish up the last brush stroke on Kyoka's eye for the moment. “Tooru, truth or dare?”

“After all that, I think I’m going with dare for this one.”

“Oh, okay um…” Momo looked around, not having prepared a dare idea in her head. “I dare you to… um… I dare you to…”

“Would you like a hand Yaomomo?” Mina asked innocently. The heiress gave a grateful look to her pink-skinned friend. “Yamomo dares you to~… refill and reheat this teapot.”

Though it was unseen, Tooru blinked dumbly at the dare.

“I know you Mina, what’s the catch?”

“She’s learning!” Mina giggled. “The catch is, you gotta do it… without any of the boys seeing ya’.”

“Mina, I’m invisible, this is literally child’s play for me. As in, I used to sneak snacks as a kid like this.” Tooru boasted, reaching up to pull off her tank top. “Uhhh but… could you guys quickly look away. It’s embarrassing when anybody’s around.”

Ochako, Mina and Tsuyu turned their heads, each with a small blush while Kyoka simply closed her good eye and Momo focused on the final touches for the first half of the punk girl's dazzling new look. With a ruffle and shuffle of clothing, the group turned their heads back at Tooru’s call of, “Back in a Jiffy!” as the door closed behind her. A small pile of the girl's comfort wear was left on the edge of Momo's bed.

“Mina.”

“Yeah Tsu?”

“I don’t think she remembered her braid.”


With a yawn and a stretch, Kaminari rose to his feet after soundly beating Sero for the fifth time.

“Come on man, you done already? At least lemme earn back some rep points with All Might.” Sero moaned.

“Dude, why’d you even bother trying to copy Midori-bro? Edgeshot was a beast under his command.” Kirishima sighed, having long since lain down on the sofa for comfort. It was fun for a time but after watching Sero try and fail to replicate Midoriya’s skills, it was just sad.

“Relax, I’m just grabbing a snack and a stretch. Anyone want anything?”

“Just grab me one of my cans.” Sero replied, focused on the character select screen once more.

“Nothing for me, I’m gonna head up soon.” Kirishima answered.

The 'ping' of the elevator chimed loudly through the somewhat silent common room. Kaminari turned and Kirishima looked over the edge of the couch to see who’d come to join them. No one appeared to step out.

“Weird.” Kirishima commented, only to shrug and return to his relaxed position.

“You think it’s someone playing a joke?” Kaminari asked the others, curiously watching the elevator doors.

“Nah, anyone who’d do that is right where you’re standing.” Sero jabbed, eyes still glued to the screen as his internal character choice debate raged.

“Dude.” Kaminari turned back to give his friend what he hoped was an exasperated look only to realise he wasn’t paying attention. “Whatever.”

Kaminari stepped out from their little man-nest of games and junk food as he stretched out a little more, letting out a groan of satisfaction. Leaning over, he tapped Tokoyami gently on one knee, the boy having pulled both up to recline along the couch too.

“Want anything from the kitchen?”

“My inner darkness is sated for now my friend, though thank you for your consideration.”

“Whatever’s clever dude.”

He scratched his head lazily as he meandered over to the kitchen area. Opening the fridge, he checked to see if anything caught his eye, other than Sero’s soda, of course.

“I got it.” Kirishima called out from the couch, sitting up and looking over at the electric-wielder. “It’s Iida being passive aggressive, his way of telling us to go to bed or something.”

“Nah, he’d just yell at us in the chat.” Kaminari yawned as he put Sero’s soda to one side, deciding to help himself to some of the shredded cheese he’d yet to gorge himself on. This counted as a midnight snack right? A faint whistling caught his ear as he turned around, looking for the source of the noise. Examining the kitchen, he briefly noticed Yaoyorozu’s fancy looking teapot sitting on the side, next to what was now a hot pot of water from the kettle.

“Hey guys, I think the kettle’s on the fritz.”

“Stop chewing the wires then, dude.”

“Shut up Sero, it’s not my fault this time.”

Sero let out a haughty laugh in obvious disbelief.

“Who you gonna blame then? Nezu? I think he’s smarter than that man.”

Kaminari carefully flicked the kettle’s switch to ‘off’, shrugging and resolving to bring it up with Iida later.

“Either that or UA’s haunted.”

That made him pause.

“Dude, the dorm’s like not even two weeks old, how could it be haunted?” Kirishima countered, not even bothering to sit up to rebuke Sero’s argument.

Kaminari nodded to himself, not that the others were paying any attention to him. Kirishima was right, no ghosts at all in here.

“I dunno, maybe they trapped Aizawa’s will to live underground and accidently paved over it when building this place.”

“Ha, burn.”

The electric boy let out a breath he didn’t know he was holding before continuing back to the seats, plopping himself, Sero’s soda, and his bag of cheese down together.

“Don’t kid about that stuff, ghosts are no joke.” He complained before grabbing his control.

“Indeed, as denizens of the night, they may yet patrol these halls should they find them as empty and welcoming as we did.”

Kaminari felt pure adrenaline rush down his spine as Tokoyami’s tone swept over him.

“Unlike the ghosts and ghouls of ages past, this murder of one shall take his leave. Thank you for an enjoyable evening.”

The trio looked over to see Tokoyami’s retreating form heading towards the elevators.

“Night Tokoyami!” Kirishima called out. Sero just gave a wave over his shoulder as he relaxed, confident in his pick of All Might in that awful yellow suit he wore before Kamino.

“Guys, he was joking… right?” Tokoyami heard Kaminari plead as he chuckled to himself, stepping into the awaiting elevator and pressing the button for his floor. Curiously, he noted the button for floor five had also recently been pushed, the light behind it indicating as such. What was even stranger was Yaoyorozu’s fancy looking teapot sitting in the corner of the elevator, a small stream of steam rising from its spout.

Looking around, he expected to see someone hidden in a corner he hadn’t focused on, only for his gaze to rest on an odd assortment of colours seemingly hovering in mid-air in the same corner as the teapot, only much higher up.

With the mystery solved, he patiently waited the few seconds remaining until the lift reached his floor, staring at the doors as he did so. As they opened up and the mysterious teenager stepped out, he sent a few words back into the elevator.

“Enjoy 'Truth or Dare', Hagakure.”

The elevator doors closed once more as the metal box rose towards the fifth floor. If one were to wait outside as it passed the third and fourth floors, they’d hear a pitiful, "Nooo…" reverberate softly between the metal.


“I can’t believe I forgot the braid!” Tooru cried, a stream of tears pouring from her eyes after having redressed in her sweats.

As Mina laughed, revelling in her friend’s failed dare and embarrassment, Momo looked apologetic; likely for not being able to think of a less mortifying dare.

“Oh come on Hagakure, you tried your best. Everyone’s seen you in less anyway back during our first hero basic training.” Kyoka chuckled.

“I know that!” The invisible girl pouted, “But it’s the principle of the thing! He saw me naked, I failed the dare, and I got caught sneaking! That's supposed to be my best skill.”

“Take it easy girl, you can go streaking another time. We’ll make sure you’re fully invisible for that.” Mina grinned before redoubling her laughter.

“Oh you think that’s funny, ey Pinky?!” Tooru glared at her former best friend, all manner of revenge plans flittering through her mind.

“It is, and I’m tired of pretending it’s not.” She choked out before settling down into fitful giggles.

Kyoka rolled her eye at the obvious meme; clearly she’d spent too much time with Kaminari. The opposite eye of hers had now been claimed by Momo to finish whatever clown makeup she’d decided to apply.

Despite having a body that allowed light to pass through without hindrance, all suddenly felt fear as the space where Tooru's eyes glowed a malevolent red.

“I think a spot of comeuppance is in order for this injustice, don’t you think, Mina?” Tooru asked sweetly.

“Honey, sweetie, baby,” Mina began. “I love you, but there’s no way you can come up with a truth or a dare to rival that for me.”

“No… I can’t,” Tooru admitted. “But she can,” turning her glare over to Tsuyu who’d been sitting happily by while playing with Ochako’s braid.

There was a pause in the air before both Mina and Tsuyu caught on to the invisible girl’s plan.

“Do it Tooru,” Tsuyu grinned, a rare spark in her eye.

“No, wait, I take it back. Please Tooru!” Mina begged as the others began to piece it together.

“Is she-?” Ochako began as Kyoka nodded.

“Oh yeah. If Tooru picks Tsu, Tsu will have to pick Mina and she’ll extract Tooru’s pound of flesh on her behalf.

“Also I really wanna win.” Tsuyu said, turning towards the punk.

“Tsu, truth or dare?!” Tooru asked with finality, sealing Mina’s fate.

“Truth, I’m not risking a dare at this stage.” Tsuyu grinned.

“Fine by me.” Tooru put a finger to her chin, much like the frog girl did herself at times. “What’s the most embarrassing thing you’ve done at UA.”

“Wow Tooru, I thought you were gonna ask about my last truth.”

Mina’s eye glinted mischievously.

“What’s this? The frog does indeed have shame?! Will she surrender her imitation 'Truth or Dare' crown and kneel before her rightful queen?” Mina jeered, calling the girl’s bluff.

“Not at all.” Tsuyu stated simply. “I just wanted a second to apologize to Jiro.”

“Huh?” The girls turned their collective heads towards the punk girl. “Why me? It’s your truth.”

“Yes but it involves both of us… I’m sorry it had to come out this way.”

Kyoka sat with a puzzled look on her face before lightning struck her brain in the worst possible way.

“No, Tsu, please! I will do whatever you say for the next week.” Kyoka begged, fear suddenly gripping her heart.

“I have to Jiro. Truth or dare is my queendom and I refuse to give it up.” Tsuyu announced before taking a deep breath. “A few weeks ago, back before our exams-”

“Oh my god, please no, someone resurrect me when it’s over.” Kyoka closed her eyes, covered her ears and stuck her earphone jacks as deep into her pillow as they would go without puncturing it to muffle the sounds.

“Jiro and I had gotten our lunches before you guys.”

“Nooo…” Kyoka couldn’t hear the story being told but wished that she suddenly gained a new quirk to rewrite history.

“We sat down while Jiro was telling me about her study plan. I was only half paying attention at the time and my instincts got the better of me.”

“Instincts?” Ochako asked. “What did you do, like, ribbit at the worst moment or something?”

“Not exactly.” Tsuyu rubbed the back of her head, a rare blush appearing on her face. “Jiro was gesturing with her jacks and I was trying to keep an eye on you guys to make sure you found our table. From the corner of my eye, her jacks appeared to be hovering in mid-air… just like a fly would.”

Slowly, things began to click. As Mina let out a squeal of delight at the juicy piece of implication, Tooru very much joining her in being unable to contain her anticipation for the story to continue. Momo rubbed circles on Kyoka's back with one hand while keeping her mouth hidden as politely as possible with the other while Ochako looked at her best friend with bated breath and wide eyes.

“Tsu you didn’t!” She gasped.

“I didn’t mean to, it just happened.”

“Say it Tsu, please. I need to hear it!” Mina begged.

“Out of reflex, and probably hunger, I grabbed one of her jacks with my tongue and pulled it back into my mouth.”

“Ahhh! No way!” Tooru and Mina squealed, rolling and laughing on their side of Momo’s bed. Even Ochako couldn’t hold back and burst out in a spray of laughter.

“Oh my.” Momo simply stated, as few giggles threatening to burst forth.

“Is it over yet?” Kyoka asked, cautiously listening in.

“I think the weirdest part of the whole experience, was the moan Jiro let out when I was processing what exactly was in my mouth.”

“Nooo, please, God, kill me now.” Kyoka groaned into one of Momo's pilfered pillows.

“My oh my, it seems our resident punk has had her weak spot revealed.” Mina teased, eying the purple-headed girl and her deadly jacks cautiously.

“I’m sorry Kyoka, I promise to make it up to you in a few moments.” Tsuyu reassured her friend.

While Tooru continued laughing, Mina felt a sinister chill run down her spine. She became very aware that she may have poked one too many tigers tonight.

“Time to spill your secrets Mina,” Tsuyu announced. “Truth… or dare?”

Mina stared wide eyed at her green haired nemesis, trying to calculate every scrap of information she had to preserve her dignity. Tsuyu clearly thought she had an edge, had some sort of trap in place and had been lying in wait for this moment. Clearly the girl wanted her to pick truth. Her lingering on the word and her comment about spilling her secrets was enough of a hint to save her right? Or maybe that’s just what Tsuyu wanted her to think. She was a smart girl, higher than Mina in the class ranking at least. It was clearly a bluff to try and get her to choose dare out of fear.

“Tick, tock Mina~.” Tsuyu sang playfully, causing the pinkette’s blood pressure to spike even higher, the girl now considering that she’d been set up for a double… maybe even a triple bluff!

“Come on Mina, whatever Tsu’s planned can’t be that awkward, surely.”

Poor, sweet, innocent Ochako, Tsu has got you wrapped around her finger, doesn’t she? No matter, it all comes down to this… for now anyway.

“Mmm truuu-dare! Dare, I pick dare.” Mina breathed a sigh of relief, she’d played Tsuyu’s game and she’d won.

“How interesting Mina. I’d hoped you’d pick dare.”

Alarm bells rang all across Mina’s brain. ‘You fucked up!’ flashed in big bright letters across her brain’s main hub.

“Let’s see.” Tsuyu began, slowly. Mina suddenly knew what it felt like to be one of Kyoka's jacks. Her heart was beating through her chest and now Tsuyu was eying her like a delicious fly. Wait, did Tsu accidently confirm she eats flies with that?

“I dare you to…” Tsuyu paused to give everyone a chance to observe her dare declaration. “Empty the contents of your pillow case in front of everyone.”

“What?”

“That’s it?” Tooru and Ochako questioned the upcoming frog heroine. “That’s your grand master plan?”

“I must admit, I’m not seeing the logic here.” Momo commented.

“PASS!” Mina declared, her face bright red as she now clutched her pillow tightly behind her. “I pass. Who’s next?”

The other girls looked at Mina curiously.

“What was it you said at the start of tonight again Mina?” Tsuyu took her time to savour the attention she had now gathered, gladly throwing Mina’s own words back at her. “‘Some people say you can pass after they hear the question or dare but those people are cowards.’ Isn’t that right?”

“You… you… you peeked! You had to have known! You planned this from the start!” Mina pointed an accusatory finger at the crazy frog.

Despite her previous demonic demeanour, it appeared to vanish in an instant, replaced by an innocent looking school girl with frog like features shrugging her shoulders.

“I thought it was weird when I picked your pillow up but, to be honest, I’m just kinda curious if I guessed right, ribbit.”

“Ok, you guys have to stop talking in code and let us in on this. What’s going on?” Tooru pouted, switching her gaze from her pink friend to her green friend and back.

“Mina’s either going to concede her crown to me.”

“Never!”

“Or tonight’s about to get a whole lot lewder.”

At that announcement, suddenly Mina found herself alone against a team of five; one demon frog and her four curious minions. No one moved, but she could feel their eyes trying to burn through Mina’s pillow and reveal its contents like it was Pandora’s Box.

“I think I know and officially, ick.” Kyoka murmured from her spot against Momo's headrest. Said heiress had paused in her makeup application, her intrigue piqued.

“Hey, it’s not my fault!” Mina exclaimed, “Tsu grabbed my pillow before I had a chance to do anything about it.”

“Ok, I’m like ninety percent sure I know now and I kinda wanna see it more.” Tooru blushed, her gaze shifting between Mina and the mystery pillow.

“Not me, I’m still out of the loop on this one.” Ochako admitted, confused as to what could have gotten the pinkette so riled.

Mina’s blush intensified, shifting her face to a deep purple. As she eyed each of her so-called friends who would put her through this embarrassment, she dug deep into her resolve. If she was going out, she was going out swinging.

“We’re all still under the pact right? Nothing leaves our group or this room?” Ochako and Tooru nodded eagerly with Tsuyu’s single nod of confirmation. Momo gave a muted confirmation of, "Of course" while Kyoka just rolled her eyes and gestured to her pillow.

“We all agree, just pull the thing out and get it over with.”

Without any further words, Mina pulled her pillow close to her chest, peering in cautiously. She’d hoped that someone would deny and that would allow her to escape. But today was not her day. Instead, today was the day she revealed her bedtime best friend to all her normal best friends.

With a squeak and a blush, Ochako was once again on the ceiling.

“Somebody forgot to put their toys away, ey Mina?”

“Shut the hell up you smug frog!” Mina glared, having completed her dare. Getting a very happy, "Ribbit" from the girl in response.

“Is it weird I think it’s both impressive and cute?” Hagakure asked, taking a closer look at what was quite evidently a fairly large purple vibrator.

“Tooru!” Mina squawked.

“Well it is!” Tooru replied, paying a little more attention her friend's device than she thought she would.

“Why…” A soft voice murmured. Those still on the bedspread turned their attention to the now very red looking heiress who, while covering her blushing face with one hand, couldn’t deny the entranced gaze she held with the object in question. “Why does it have… buttons?”

“You’re joking, right?” Kyoka quirked an eyebrow at just how innocent her best friend could be.

“No, I… I believe I know something… similar to that but I don’t quite understand why it would need anything more.”

“Wow,” Kyoka breathed out before turning back to the other girls. “Either of you three want to give Momo the talk?”

Mina just hid her face behind her, now empty, pillow. Tooru was probably shaking her head vigorously from how her clothes were moving and Tsuyu just shrugged.

“Urgh, whatever.” Kyoka shrugged herself before pulling Momo closer and leaning up to her ear. The heiress’ face flushed to a colour that could clearly rival both her leotard and Ochako as Kyoka whispered, her legs crossing ever so subtly.

With a soft thud, the group turned to see Ochako now back on the ground, having positioned herself to land standing. Her finger pads were touched together to release her quirk but her eyes were still glued to the mysterious purple invader.

“Cooled down now?” Tsuyu asked casually.

“Shuh-sh Tsu, this is all weird and new.”

“That’s 'Truth or Dare'.”

“How does this not phase you?!” Mina spouted, finally finding her voice again.

“I said I was good at this game.” Tsuyu shrugged.

Mina took a moment to process that thought before saying,

“I’m both curious and concerned for the sleepovers you’ve had before tonight.”

Tsuyu giggled at Mina’s insinuation.

“Nothing like that I’m sure Mina.” She said simply. “It’s just how I found out I was bi is all.”

Mina blinked dumbly for a moment, “Tooru, could you go put on a fresh pot of tea? Tsuyu just spilled hers.”

“Shut up, Mina.” Tooru slapped her friends shoulder before turning back to the green haired girl. “But really Tsu?”

Tsuyu nodded.

“It’s fine, I trust you guys completely after all.” She smiled. “Besides, it takes the heat off Mina a little.”

“That was your fault.” Mina glared. Tsuyu could only smirk in response.

“I told you I would win.”

“Game’s not over yet you froggy fiend!” Mina declared, “Kyoka, truth or dare.”

“We’re still going with this?” Kyoka rolled her, now admittedly very pretty looking, eyes.

“Yes! You’ve skated by scot free for the most part. Come suffer like the rest of us.”

“Too much drama.”

“Shall I take that as a dare?”

“Urgh, whatever, truth.”

“Ooo, first truth for Jiro. What should I pick?” Mina grinned.

“Whatever size-queen.” Kyoka met her grin, her eyes darting back to Mina’s personal purple friend.

“Gah!” Mina quickly snatched up her item and hid it behind her back.

“We’ve all seen it Mina; no sense being ashamed now.” Tsuyu giggled.

“If I get picked before you, your dare is to go fetch your own.” Mina glared.

“Don’t have one but thanks for playing.”

“Oh my god just fuck already.” Kyoka rolled her eyes once more.

That, admittedly, caused both girls the blush, though Mina’s was more prominent than Tsuyu’s.

“Oh you asked for it now punk rock!” Mina declared. “You wanna keep this lewd train going? That’s fine with me. Jiro, class 1-A, if you had to sleep with somebody,” Mina waggled her eyebrows suggestively. “Who would it be?”

Kyoka's eyes widened and her breath hitched for a moment. She looked away shyly as everyone waited for her answer.

“Can… can I say something else?” She asked meekly.

Mina instantly realized something was up at that. Something the girl clearly didn’t want to reveal. Not everyone had Tsuyu’s carefree nature after all.

“Uh… yeah, sure, like another question, or-?”

“No… I just… haven’t told anyone before.” Kyoka mumbled, peering back out of the corner of her eye towards her friends. She felt a hand in her own, turning to see Momo's supportive eyes smile back at her. She took a deep breath before speaking once more.

“The um… problem with that question is… I kinda… don’t like… guys.” She admitted quietly.

“Ah, I see.” Tsuyu nodded.

“Awww, that’s alright Jiro! Most guys are stupid and smelly anyway.” Tooru smiled warmly, trying to lift their spirits with a joke.

“Do you think Ojiro’s stupid and smelly?” Mina elbowed her in the ribs.

“Mina! That’s different and you know it.”

Kyoka chuckled weakly at the obvious distraction her friends were trying to provide. She felt a thumb from Momo’s grip rub small circles in what was probably a calming gesture. Her smile widened.

“So um… yeah, with the pact and everything… I guess… this is me… coming out.”

“You haven’t told your parents yet?” Ochako asked, sympathetically.

Kyoka shook her head.

“Not that they wouldn’t understand, probably, it’s just… I feel I already disappointed them by choosing to be a hero over going into music.”

“Is that what you know? Or is it just what your anxiety is telling you?” Tsuyu asked.

The questions hung in the air for a moment, most not sure whether to scold Tsuyu for her trademark bluntness or not.

“Tsu’s probably right.” Kyoka answered slowly, “But… I still don’t wanna talk to them… just in case I’m wrong.”

“Don’t worry, no one here will out you.” Tsuyu replied, happy that her questions had been received as she’d intended. “We just want you to be happy I’m sure.”

A round of nods followed her words. Kyoka smiled gratefully at the group before she felt a few stronger squeezes on her hand. Turning to Momo, she found the same caring eyes she’d felt herself falling for as she got to know the girl after the USJ incident.

“When you want to tell your parents and don’t want to do it alone, just let me know.”

Kyoka closed her eyes and released a breath she was holding, nodding appreciatively.

“Thanks Yaomomo.”

“Hey, don’t hog all the goodwill, we’ll be there too.” Tooru pouted.

“You might be her girlfriend at that point Hagakure,” Tsuyu chuckled, “It’s why she dodged the question, she didn’t want to reveal her crush on you.”

“What?!” Tooru gasped.

“Stop teasing her Tsu.” Mina scolded the frog. “It’s obviously me she likes the best, ey Kyoka?” She sent a sly wink at the punk rock girl.

Kyoka only spluttered and blushed as her goal of not wanting to make anyone feel awkward with who she picked was being turned against her, even if they were just joking.

“I… er…” She stammered before swallowing the lump in her throat. “D-Don’t threaten me with a good time Mina… y-you just might like it.”

“Yay! Kyoka's back to normal.” Mina declared, sending another wink towards the girl. “Anyway, you get first pick of the round, choose the next victim.”

“Do we have to go again? Isn’t two rounds enough?” Kyoka asked, somewhat emotionally exhausted after her redirected truth.

“Come on, one more round! It’d be weird if we didn’t make it to three.” Mina complained.

“While I agree with Mina, making this the last one, I’m not sure why she’s so eager to lose to me.”

“I’ll get you yet Kermit.”

“Bet, ribbit.”

Kyoka let out a long, exasperated sigh before throwing what remained of her fucks to the wind.

“Momo, truth or dare?”

“Hmmm, I think I’ll take a dare this time. If I say anything else I may have to get you all to sign non-disclosure agreements.” She joked.

The rest of the girls giggled but weren’t quite sure if it was one hundred percent a joke.

“All right Yaomomo, dare it is. Hmm.” Kyoka paused, looking up at the ceiling before looking around the room for ideas. Eventually her gaze returned to the girl in question who looked quite eager to prove herself against whatever challenge Kyoka could conjure.

“How strong do you think you are?” Kyoka asked.

“Eh?” Momo blinked at the lack of dare. “I’d say er… quite strong?”

“Not comparing to Sato or Midoriya, those guys are monsters.” Mina shrugged, Tooru nodding alongside her.

“Think you could bench one of us above your head?” Kyoka asked, a wry smile on her face.

“Oh! I see, that is quite a dare.” Momo smiled. “One I’m sure I’m up to completing.”

“Any volunteers?” Kyoka opened to the room, silently hoping that no one would.

“You dared her, I think that speaks for itself.” Tsuyu grinned, sending a sly wink to the punkette. Did this frog miss nothing?!

“Kyoka’s probably the lightest.” Tooru nodded. “If Momo can handle her, she probably could do any of the rest of us.”

“How do you figure I’m the lightest? I’m taller than Tsu.” Jiro pouted, hoping the invisible girl wasn’t just counting bust size in her deduction.

“True, but you don’t have these.” Tsu said, standing on Momo’s bedspread before pulling up her nightshirt slightly, showing off one of her impressive thighs. “Who wants some extra thick frog’s legs?”

“Oh Aoyama~!” Tooru faux-shouted, only to get lightly slapped with Tsuyu’s tongue.

“Ow.” The invisible girl ran a hand along the side of her face, feeling for any saliva. “Hope you washed that after the last time you slapped Mineta.”

“Bleached, to be extra safe.” Tsuyu giggled, returning to her seat, giving the side eye to Ochako who was now blushing and still looking at her legs.

“I guess that decides it.” Momo clapped her hands, turning back to her friend. “Do you mind terribly Kyoka?”

“I guess I did ask for this.” Kyoka sighed wearily, though her heart skipped a beat.

The two shuffled off the bed and onto the small amount of floor space only for the pair to stand uneasily next to each other.

“Okay, so how do you want to…?” Momo began.

Mina rolled her eyes and herself off the bed.

“Come here, I’ll help, Kiri’s done it to me before.”

“You don’t say.” Tsuyu chimed in suggestively.

“Quiet you. Now, Kyoka, lie down on the floor with your arms across your chest.” Kyoka obeyed the pinkette, clearly letting her experience take charge. “Now stiffen your arms; clasp your hands together if it helps. Good. Now, raise your legs slightly, cross them at the ankle and stiffen them too.”

Now Kyoka just looked unusually uncomfortable while not quite lying on the floor.

“Yaomomo, stand at her side, foot there and there.” She gestured to Kyoka's shoulder and waist. “Ok! Now lift her like you would a weight. Hold her here and here.”

Cautiously, Momo crouched down wrapping her hands around Kyoka's bicep and thigh.

“Now lift Yaomomo!” Mina cheered, stepping back.

Momo took a quick, bracing breath as she lifted Kyoka, pulling her up to waist height.

“Hah! Yes! Go Yaomomo!” Tooru cheered.

“Impressive.” Tsuyu admitted, rubbing her own bicep and wondering if she could do the same.

Momo grunted with effort again, almost swinging Kyoka onto her front as she crouched and lifted her once more, enough to put the horizontal girl up to her shoulders.

“My apologies Kyoka, I have to adjust my hold for this last bit.” Momo apologized.

“Uh, yeah, sure I guess?” Kyoka responded, not quite certain where Momo’s hands would be adjusting to.

Momo released her hold on Kyoka's bicep, allowing her shoulder to take the weight as she placed her palm beneath Kyoka's collarbone.

“Ready?” She asked.

“As I’ll ever be.”

With one more grunt of effort, Kyoka was successfully displayed for all to see above Momo's head, the heiress clearly having succeeded in her dare.

Her friends gave her whoops of cheer and congratulations at the feat. Ochako watched in fascination, a blush crawling up her cheeks.

“Hey, wonder what would happen if I tickled Jiro right now?” Mina asked the room, a cheeky grin quickly replacing the mild blush on her face.

“No, don’t. You’ll mess up my makeup!” Kyoka shouted.

“Wow, lines you never thought you’d hear from Jiro.” Tooru giggled. “Plus Yaomomo would probably drop her.”

“Yes, let’s please avoid that outcome.” Momo agreed.

Kyoka felt awkward just lying in mid-air for a moment, the butterflies in her stomach from her crush’s touch and the fear of being dropped mixing uneasily before Momo carefully began lowering how to the floor once more.

“Are you okay Kyoka? That didn’t hurt too much did it?” The heiress asked her improvised weight set.

“I’m fine, that was fun.” Kyoka admitted, rising to her feet as the pair returned to their spots.

“Speaking of makeup. You’ve done a hell of a job Momo. It looks great Jiro.” Tooru observed.

“You finished?” Kyoka asked, looking over at Momo who nodded. “I didn’t even notice.”

“We may have gotten side tracked by one of the other rounds but it’s all finished now. Would you like to see?”

Momo turned towards the other girls who passed her the mirror they’d used earlier to check their braids.

If she was honest, she was expecting to see what she did every time someone attempted to do anything involving her and makeup; a half-hearted attempt to change her into something she wasn’t that she didn’t like. As she looked into the mirror this time though, she found that she didn’t hate the way her face looked. If anything, it looked downright cool.

“I tried to only use a few darker colours. A ‘Midnight Onyx’ and ‘Nightshade Purple’ blend really compliments your eyes and hair.” Momo explained.

Kyoka brought the mirror closer to her face, examining the small flicks Momo had done with a black eyeliner to make her eyes look more… was sultry the right word?

“If you um… want to get it off, I’ve got a makeup removal kit here too.” Momo offered.

“Mina?” Kyoka called out for her pinkette, fashion friendly friend.

“Right here!” The girl cheered, her phone in her hand, already on the camera screen. Kyoka quickly moved the mirror to the side and tried to sit how she remembered she was when Mina took her first snap.

“Got it. Gimme two seconds.” Mina asked, clearly playing with some settings on her phone. As she did, Kyoka turned back to the girl who’d clearly put a lot of thought into what she thought would be a silly dare.

“It’s good Yaomomo… maybe not ‘everyday’ good, but maybe for something special.” She smiled.

Those were clearly some of the correct words to lift Momo's smile into blindingly bright territory as she drank in the praise from her friend.

“Of course Kyoka! I’m sure I’ll be able to teach you how to do it in no time.” The heiress offered, her heart full at the satisfaction of making one of her friends happy.

“Got it, here.” Mina grinned, holding out her phone one more. On it was a side-by-side picture of Kyoka before and after her makeup application.

“It’s like it changed the whole shape of your eyes.” Tooru admired.

“It does make you look more ‘traditionally girly’ pretty rather than your normal pretty self.” Tsuyu smiled, “Maybe for when you go clubbing to catch a girl’s eye?”

“M-Maybe…” Kyoka blushed, recalling the dance moves she’d learned to do that very thing.

“In the meantime, Yaomomo, time for the next round!” Mina cheered.

“Oh? Ah, yes, my turn to pick isn’t it.” She remembered. “I guess I’ll pick… you Mina.”

“Whoo, easy round.” Mina grinned, “Lay it on me Yaomomo.”

“I guess,” Momo began, “In the spirit of the previous rounds. Is there anyone in 1-A who has caught your eye in a romantic manner?”

“Ooo,” Tooru smirked, finally able to get some solid dirt on her friend she could tease her with whenever she brought up Ojiro.

Mina let out an exaggerated sigh before shaking her head.

“Alas, poor me. While I am a purveyor of love, it seems the fabled spark has yet to drift across my heart.” The pinkette ranted dramatically. “Though there are certainly many fine specimens in our own class and beyond, none have caught my eye in the way others have described this night.”

“So ‘No’ then.” Kyoka stated simply.

“Not Kirishima?” Ochako asked, confused. “I thought you and he were sorta… you know…”

“I’m afraid not my dear Uravity.” Mina continued, causing Tsuyu to roll her eyes. “Though we fit the stereotype of childhood friends… sort of…” She wobbled her hand in the universal sign for ‘maybe’. “It’s never been more than friendship. He’s cool and strong and has a… ahem, ‘Manly’ personality and all but it just doesn’t feel right, you know?”

“Fair enough.” Tsuyu nodded. “We’ve still got our whole lives and careers ahead of us after all. Maybe there’s someone for you in one of the other hero schools. Or maybe a rabid fan holds the keys to your heart.”

“You never know. Maybe I’ll end up with the harem.” Mina wiggled her eyebrows suggestively.

“Down Mineta, bad grape.” Tooru swatted her friend’s arm.

“You wound me Tooru. Why?!” Mina cried fake tears of betrayal, flopping lifelessly over her friend’s lap. “Don’t you want me to find love?”

“Just check your pillow.” Tsuyu smirked, met once more by Mina’s glare.

“Moving swiftly away from that.” She muttered from her reclined position. “Ochako, truth or dare.”

“Erm… I guess truth?” She answered, an unsureness in her voice.

“Don’t worry girl. I think you’ve been through the wringer enough tonight.” Mina smiled upside down before finally righting herself. “Let’s see… how about… tell us about all the cute guys and gals that caught your eye before UA.”

Ochako breathed a sigh of relief at that question. Something nice and simple that she could answer for a change.

“No buried treasure here Mina. I’ve never had a boyfriend or anyone confess or anything.” She shrugged. “Romance just wasn’t something I thought about before UA.”

“I notice you didn’t say girlfriends~” Mina teased with a sly smile that reached her eyes.

“N-No girls either Mina.” She blushed. “I’m not like uh... that.”

“You can just say like me girl. I’m out now but it’s nothing to be ashamed of.” Kyoka offered.

“Wouldn’t it be more like Tsu since we know she’s at least into boys thanks to Midoriya?” Tooru suggested.

“True, but labels don’t matter.” Tsuyu shrugged. “Ochako’s answered her truth, only three to go.” Hoping to move on and make her friend less uncomfortable.

“Right.” Ochako nodded, shaking the thoughts that were pooling in her head aside. One however, stuck firm and had been there since the first round of the game. “I pick Tsu. Truth or dare?”

“Truth. I’m too tired for a dare at this point.”

“Why Deku?” Ochako asked in a small voice.

Tsuyu blinked before her memory caught her up to the situation.

“I’m guessing this is related to the first round?” She asked in return, getting a nod from her brunette best friend.

“That’s fine, I expected this the second round to be honest.” Tsuyu shrugged. “I’m sure you guys all remember the USJ right?”

This got a round of solemn nods from the girls.

“Midoriya, Mineta and I managed to escape from the shipwreck zone after Midoriya came up with a clever plan to trap all the villains at once. Surprisingly, it only cost him two fingers.” Tsuyu began.

Only, she says.” Kyoka muttered, them all being well aware of the greenette’s bone breaking tendency.

“When we got to the edge. We moved closed to the plaza so we could see if Mr Aizawa needed any help, ribbit.”

“Oh my! You weren’t planning on jumping in were you?” Momo asked, shocked that they would have considered such a thing against enemies backed by that… monster she saw at Kamino ward.

“Maybe. Midoriya wanted to go make sure Mr Aizawa could handle all the villains he’d thrown himself into for our sakes. When he said Mr Aizawa was more suited for sneak attacks, he knew his stuff.” Tsuyu admitted. “When we got there, that hand villain was getting the upper hand on our teacher, only for that Nomu… thing to overwhelm him. I don’t think we could’ve done anything even if we’d tried our hardest at that point.”

“So… so you saw it up close then.” Mina asked, having been kept far from most of the action back at the entrance.

“Too close.” Tsuyu admitted. “After they finished with Mr Aizawa, they came for us. Must’ve seen or heard us.” She took a deep breath. “That… hand guy came for me first… I thought I was gonna die. He managed to put all five fingers of his hand on my face.”

Ochako let out a squeal of fear, covering her mouth as she did.

“Thanks to Mr Aizawa’s bravery and pain tolerance, I’m still here; he cancelled that guy’s quirk, ribbit.” She exhaled in a controlled breath she knew to do to prevent her emotions getting the better of her. Tsuyu hadn’t meant to turn this into a reliving of that traumatic experience but she couldn’t talk about her attraction to Midoriya without it. “When that thing managed to knock out Mr Aizawa. I was sure that I was moments away from never seeing my family again, ribbit. Only for Midoriya to rise up and try to get the guy to back off. He punched at him with a full arm shouting ‘You, let her go, now!’.”

“Was this just before All Might arrived?” Mina asked, having felt the shockwave from the blow herself.

“You got it, ribbit. Didn’t do much though. That Nomu got in the way: completely blocked his attack. Only All Might showing up saved our butts that day.” Tsuyu admitted.

“But then…” Ochako tilted her head in confusion.

“Just ‘cause he didn’t succeed doesn’t mean I didn’t appreciate the sentiment, ribbit.” Tsuyu admitted. “While I’m sure now that he’d've done the same for anyone else, it meant something more to me in the days after when we were all recovering. Since then, I’ve noticed the same things you have Ochako, ribbit. He’s kind, clever, and ripped to hell and back. Who wouldn’t want a piece of that cake?”

“Yo.” Kyoka raised her arm boldly.

“Noted.” Tsuyu smiled at Kyoka's acknowledgement of her own status change. “Does that answer your question Ochako?”

“Y-Yeah.” Ochako nodded slowly, her eyes downcast. “Your turn Tsu.”

“Only two left so it’s straight forward from here. Hagakure?” Tsuyu asked.

“Truth. I’m tapped out of naked dares.” The invisible girl giggled.

“Nice to see where your head’s at, ribbit. Instead of lewd actions, how about lewd words. Tooru, what’s the naughtiest thing you’ve ever observed while being invisible.”

From what the group could tell, Tooru was shaking her head from the way her clothes moved.

“Tsuyu, you can’t just ask that! I don’t go round spying on people.”

“Can and did Tooru.” Tsuyu smirked. “On purpose or accidental, I’m sure you’ve got a story or two.”

While they were unable to see her face, Tooru had blown up her cheeks in what she considered a cute pout. Only to deflate when she couldn’t take Tsuyu’s staring anymore.

“Ok fine… I may have seen some things…” She admitted.

“Oh my.” Momo blushed, her imagination running freely at that confession.

“Naughtiest… naughtiest…” Tooru pondered to herself. It was true, she didn’t spy on people as a hobby or anything but occasionally she had come across a few things she shouldn’t have watched since people couldn’t see her head. Only then… she remembered.

“Nope. I can’t do it. It’s like super yucky and embarrassing.” She squealed, pulling her pillow to her chest and burying her head in it.

“Looks like the purple grape has a challenger to his perverted throne, ribbit.” The frog quirked girl croaked teasingly.

“Urgh, I don’t supposed I could ask you to take it back?” Tooru asked hopefully.

“I mean I could.” Tsuyu pondered. “But by Mina’s own words, she’d be calling you a coward.”

“Mina! How could you!” Tooru pouted.

“It’s not like that babe, it’s that evil toad’s machinations.” Mina glared at her nemesis.

“Frog, not toad, and proud of it, ribbit. You caving Tooru?”

“Fine, but this stays between us you hear! And you don’t judge me for it!” Tooru declared.

Ochako, Momo and Mina gave her assurances. Kyoka just rolled her eyes and gestured for her to get on with it.

“I can promise only the first of those things.” Tusyu said with a clearly teasing tone in her voice.

“Tsu, be nice.” Ochako nudged her friend.

“Okay, okay. Tooru?”

Taking a breath, Tooru began her tale of curiosity.

“So… you guys know how we got the talk about love, sex and how it all works back in middle school?” A round of nods. “Well I may have been a bit… more curious about it than you’d think.”

“Boyfriend or internet?” Mina asked cheekily.

“Neither.” Tooru replied. “No boy wanted a girlfriend they couldn’t see: not the two boys I asked anyway but that’s not related to this.” Tooru huffed. “Besides, my folks were annoyingly good at the internet protection stuff… though not with their own bedroom door.”

“Tooru, you didn’t.” Mina gasped.

“I was curious!” She retorted. “I just wanted to see what the big deal was, why it was all forbidden until after marriage and all that crap. You know, if you forbid something, it only makes it more desirable. Anyway you’ve probably guessed it now. My folks left their bedroom door open and I snuck a peak.”

“Wait a sec. Aren’t your parents…” Kyoka started.

“Yup! They’ve got the same quirk as me so I saw diddly squat. Knew what they were doing though. All of the trauma and I’m still curious as hell.”

“Wow. I’m just glad my parents sound proofed their room.” Kyoka raised her jacks up. “Didn’t stop everything but I don’t wanna know what I missed.”

“Same. Parents are asexual blobs and that’s all they should ever be.” Mina announced.

“Thin walls aren’t fun…” Ochako muttered weakly.

“Awww I’m sorry ‘Chako.” Tsuyu pulled her friend into a small hug.

“Anyway, that’s it. You’ve got your wish Froppy.” Tooru pouted. “Jiro?”

“Finally, we’re nearly done with this.” Kyoka groaned. “I’m not moving so truth.”

“Hmmm,” the invisible girl pondered. A swift tapping of her shoulder revealed a giggling Mina who quickly whispered something in her ear.

“Mina! I can’t ask that.” Tooru jumped, her blood boiling from the naughty suggestion question. Mina was very unhelpful in hiding her amusement however, rolling back in laughter after she’d finished sharing their little secret.

“I may be a smug frog, but I’m also a curious one.”

“Are you being gross Mina?” Ochako levelled an exasperated gaze at the pinkette, having had quite enough of her mischief for one night.

“Just get it over with. We’ve all got essay work tomorrow.” The earphone jack user prompted. “Well, not Mina, she’ll do it in homeroom on Monday.”

“Hey, just ‘cause it’s true doesn’t mean you have to say it.” Mina complained.

“If you’d like help I’d be happy to study with you again Mina.” Momo offered.

“What I’d like is for Kyoka to answer my question.” Mina giggled again.

Kyoka sighed, pulling her knees to her chest and slipping under Momo's covers.

“If you’re not going to ask it, I’m just gonna call it a night here.” She shrugged.

“Go on, do it, do it.” Mina nudged her invisible friend.

“Oh fine, but everyone needs to know you made me do this.” Tooru puffed, almost certain she’d be able to see her blush in the mirror if she checked.

“Jiro, have you… have you ever… er…” Tooru swallowed before closing her eyes as if it would help. “Have you ever used your quirk to help you get off?”

Kyoka sat up sharply at that, glaring holes into the invisible girl’s clothes.

“What?!”

“Gah! I’m sorry she made me.” Tooru pointed to the puddle of Mina who’d dissolved into a fit of giggles.

Kyoka's face quickly matched Momo's and Ochako’s who’d both broken out into bright blushes of their own.

“You first Mina!” She shot at the mastermind behind the question.

“Nah ah ah. I’m not the one who was asked.” Mina teased, waggling her finger mischievously. “Answer your truth and maybe I’ll commiserate with you.”

Kyoka shot the most annoyed glare she could at the irksome pink girl.

“… Yes. Now shut up and leave me alone.” Kyoka pouted, laying back down and pulling the covers over her head.

“Oh come on Kyoka, don’t be like that. I’m sure everyone’s tried it at some point.” Mina called sympathetically.

“Well anyone who could anyway.” Tsuyu agreed. “I’m just a mutant type so I’m always using my quirk but I doubt someone like Bakugo would have much fun with that.”

“Oh my god, is that why he’s so angry all the time?!” Mina asked excitedly, breaking out into a fresh round of giggles.

“Urgh, I don’t even want to think about that.” Tooru scoffed. “So not cute.”

With a small, polite cough, the remaining girls turned towards their host for the evening.

“As… enlightening as this last round has been, I believe it’s time for us to call it a night.” She declared.

“Fine by me, least I know I got to keep my crown.” Tsuyu said happily, standing up with Ochako to pull up the covers on their side of the bed.

“What?! No way, we tied at worst!” Mina complained.

“I dunno. I didn’t hear Tooru finish her ten count for your handstand.” Tsuyu smirked.

Dread flooded through Mina’s mind.

“N-No way! That didn’t count. Ochako interfered.” The pinkette countered.

“True.” Tsuyu admitted, expecting this rebuttal. “But no one said you couldn’t try it again after that first attempt.”

“Gah!” Mina cringed. She didn’t want to admit it, but in hindsight, Tsuyu was right. There was no chance that she’d give up her crown that easily though.

“Final score unclear, we’ll just have to have a rematch!”

“Count me out.” Kyoka muttered from beneath the covers.

The others rolled their eyes at the rivalry that had seemed to bloom between the two girls.

“Mina, sleep now, revenge later.” Tooru patted her friend's shoulder, yawning and making a half-hearted tug to pull up the covers on hers and Mina’s side while the girl was still sat down.

“Fine… sleep does sound good.” Mina admitted, crawling off the edge and stretching herself out with a few bone pops. As last one standing, she walked over and flicked the light off before clambering into the cushiony depths herself, glancing over at Ochako momentarily as she put on a small set of cotton gloves to hold back her quirk.

It wasn’t long before all of the girls had settled under the covers, their night of shenanigans complete. Complete, save for one last comment.

“Mina?”

“Yeah Tsu?”

“I better not hear any buzzing in the middle of the night.”

“Go to hell!”


Dawn broke over UA once more as Saturday began. Iida was up bright and early for his morning run, somewhat delayed after straightening the couch cushions from last night he’d spotted that he just couldn’t leave ruffled. One by one, the girls slowly awoke in the delicious comfort of warmth that Momo’s expensive mattress and covers provided.

“Mmm, morning.” Tooru stretched, her legs jerking as she curled her toes.

“Mmm.” A hand waved in a single lazy arc from Kyoka's spot before flopping back on the covers.

Pushing the covers down, Tooru sat up to observe the room. Everyone had shifted slightly in their sleep but they all looked so snug and comfortable that she didn’t have the heart to wake them. Looking down at her own hands she sighed. Would anyone think the same if they saw her? One can only tell so much from a pile of floating clothes after all.

With a huff and a grunt, she slipped awkwardly out of the comfy confines of Momo’s sheets and slipped out of the room, quickly nipping to her own to grab her morning routine kit.

Returning to her friends and their temporary shared sleeping space greeted her with a now awake Tsuyu rubbing sleepy dust from her eyes while simultaneously shaking Ochako gently on the shoulder. Momo had also awoken and was sitting up mid-stretch and, much to Tooru’s envy, looked as though she was bright and ready for whatever the day held.

‘How does she do it?’ She thought as she slipped back under the sheets in her former spot.

“Good morning Hagakure. I’m guessing you awoke first?” Momo asked as she took note of the current state of her friends while brushing her hair out with her hands. Tooru nodded, snuggling deeper back into the covers as she did so to reclaim whatever warmth was left. “If I may, I’d like to thank you all for a most enjoyable evening. I’m not sure what qualifies a successful sleepover but know I enjoyed myself very much.”

‘Too bright!’ Ran through the minds of those that could see Momo’s pure expression of joy.

“It’s fine Yaomomo.” Tsuyu mumbled, rising to her feet. “As long as you enjoyed yourself, that’s all that matters, ribbit.”

“Of course!” Momo brightened, “And now we should all be fully rested and ready to resume our training and studies.”

“Urghk, not till noon.” Kyoka's croaky voice called out beside the heiress. “Bed too comfy.”

“I think Mina would agree with you.” Tsuyu giggled, looking over at the spot the pinkette occupied.

The girl in question hadn’t made a sound since they’d all awoken, her head covered by the sheets. Tooru carefully pulled back the cover only to bite back a bark of giggles of her own as Mina’s sleep-drunk looking face peered back at her. The girl had a goofy smile plastered on her face as she let out gentle snores, a small trail of drool running down the corner of her mouth.

“Ewww, Mina drools!” Tooru squealed, dropping the covers back on her friend’s face.

“Oh my. I guess this means I’ll be moving my laundry day to today.” Momo realized, sending the lump a fond, if exasperated, smile.

“Come on ‘Chako.” Tsuyu yawned, brushing her hair out. “Time to get breakfast.”

“Mmm, mochi please.” Ochako yawned.

“No sweets.” Tsuyu chuckled. “You didn’t leave any from last night anyway.”

“Aw man.” Ochako pouted. “Then why’d you wake me?”

“I’m sure Momo wants us to clear out sooner rather than later.” The frog girl smiled fondly at the puffed up brunette. “Don’t you call your parents around this time anyway?”

“Eh?” Ochako looked bleary eyed at her friend. “Wha’ time is it?”

“Just after nine.” Tsuyu stretched, letting out a yawn and displaying how unusually wide her mouth could stretch.

“Yeah, you're right.” Ochako pouted once more, savouring the warmth she’d cultivated for the last time.

“I do not mind if you’d like to stay some more, but I admit, I would like to get on with my day if that bothers anyone.” Momo admitted, finding her footing too.

“It’s okay Yaomomo, mornings are always awkward after a sleepover.” Tsuyu mumbled, heading for the door.

“Should we… wake Mina? Or would that be improper?” Momo asked, noting the only one of their group who’d yet to join them in rising for the day.

“I got it.” Kyoka grumbled, sitting up herself. “May as well get started too.”

With a bleary eyed effort, Kyoka rolled herself free of the comfy prison, scratching her side as she sidled down to where Mina’s sleeping head lay, flipping the sheets up to uncover her snoozing self.

“Wake up Mina,” Kyoka muttered.

“Um… I think you need to be a little louder Jiro.” Tooru suggested. “I think she’s out like a log.”

“No, I know.” Kyoka smirked at the invisible girl. “I just needed an excuse to do this.” Turning back to her sleeping friend, her earphone jacks extended, slipping slowly through their air like snakes before twisting and placing themselves either side of the acid user’s ears.

“Wake up bitch!” Kyoka shouted before jabbing her jacks into Mina’s ears, letting a small amount of her quirk pulse through them.

Mina woke with a violent shout, thrashing about under the covers as she tried to process the threat. The sudden vibrations and pain left her almost as fast as they appeared as she sat up, whipping her head around to see what was happening only to see her friends looking and laughing at her.

“Wha-? What happun’d? Wot?” She slurred.

“Morning, sleeping beauty. Enjoying my cold cup of revenge?” A smug voice quiped from behind her. Turning her gaze, it landed on a haughty looking Kyoka who made a show of pulling her jacks back to her ears.

“What the hell was’at for?!” Mina shouted, levelling a scowl at the hearing hero.

“For the last truth last night.” Kyoka replied simply. “Now get your ass up, you’ve got an essay to procrastinate.” With that, she walked away, rolling her shoulders before leaving Momo's room.

“My beauty sleep!” Mina cried. “I was having the nicest dream as well. Flynn Rider swooped in on his white horse and swept me off my feet and into the sunset.”

“Wow Mina, didn’t realize you fell that hard for him.” Tooru teased her friend, feeling safe under the protection of Momo's sheets.

“It’s literally your fault; you picked the movie.”

“I regret sharing, he’s mine.” Tooru stuck her tongue out.

“Guys, please, it’s too early for squabbles.” Ochako groaned as she emerged from the covers herself, flip phone in hand and as she moved towards Momo's door, the distinct ringing from the other end of the line could be heard. A feminine voice answered just as Ochako opened the door. “Hey Mom, sorry I’m a little late…” The girl began only for the door to cut her off from her friends as it swung closed.

“Urgh, I guess it really is over.” Mina complained, stretching her arms above her head.

“I’ll repeat as I believe you were still asleep when I mentioned it but thank you for a delightful first sleepover Mina.” Momo nodded to her friend as she sat in front of her mirror.

“You’re more than welcome Yaomomo!” Mina grinned, her usual cheerful smile on her face once more. “It got a little heavy in the middle but I think it all worked out for the best.”

“Even if we know about Mr Purple?” Tooru poked the girl in the hip.

“Ehehe.” Mina rubbed the back of her head. “Yeah, I forgot I left it there before Tsu went to grab our pillows.”

“I must admit, it was certainly a surprise.” Momo blushed at the memory.

“Sorry if it made you feel uncomfortable Yaomomo.” The pink girl apologized, gripping her pillow at the corner to ensure her device was back where it should’ve stayed all night.

“You should be!” Tooru scolded. “Don’t corrupt Yaomomo. If she falls, what chance do the rest of us have?”

“Oh shush.” Mina flicked her friend’s invisible forehead.

“I… must admit.” Momo spoke up, an unusual unease in her voice. “That was something… new to me and I… have questions.” She gulped. “Would it… be okay if I asked you some things in private, later?”

“Oh…” Mina blinked owlishly at the request. Hell must be freezing over as the amazingly intelligent Yaomomo wanted to pick her brain on something. Admittedly her reputation as a die-hard romantic was known throughout the group but this was the first acknowledgement they’d all probably had that they were fast becoming actual adults. “Sure thing Momo.” Mina grinned, hoping to reassure the nervous heiress. “Just lemme know when. ‘Kay?”

Momo grew a small smile and gave an appreciative nod.

“Thank you Mina.”

“No worries girl.” Mina stood, moving to wrap her friend in a hug from behind. “We made that pact, now we’re officially a sisterhood!”

“Oh… I’ve never had a sister.” Momo admitted.

“Sisterhood silly.” Tooru corrected. “We’re not like actual sisters but we’re all linked by that secrecy pact Ochako made us make.”

“I made you make what?” A new voice called as Ochako stepped back into the room, her phone in hand.

“Our pact!” Mina cheered. “We’ve got like a super-secret pact we can’t tell anyone else about that binds us all together you asked us to make.”

“Ah tha-that was just so you wouldn’t tell anyone about my… thing.” Ochako acknowledged, recalling the first real truth of the night.

“Well yeah.” Mina admitted, “But now it covers all our secret sleepover stories.”

“And your purple friend.”

“Tooru!” Mina pounced on the only remaining member of their group under the covers, her fingers primed to tickle the pest out of her comfortable cocoon.

Ochako and Momo both blushed lightly as they pictured it in their minds once more.

“Anyway, we still have one more thing to do before we can solidify this as the best sleepover ever!” Mina announced.

“Oh? I thought… is the sleepover not finished once we wake up?” Momo asked.

“No way!” Mina turned, pointing her finger at the girl. “We need to have a delicious, syrupy breakfast to seal this deal!”

Ochako felt a small measure of drool escape her lips.

“Pancakes?”

“Pancakes!” Tooru cheered, finally finding the desire to rise and leave her nest.

“Come on girls, let’s go feast!” Their pink leader declared, moving towards the door.


After clueing Tsuyu and Kyoka in on the plan, they all settled down to a hearty breakfast of fluffy pancakes, courtesy of Mina and Tsuyu and complimented with fruit. Surprisingly, Mina made for a competent cook, though by her own admission she informed them this only extended to sweet treats and unhealthy snacks.

Several of the boys had risen from their own slumbers by this point and shared the dining space with the girls, exchanging pleasantries and commenting on their respective nights. While the girls divulged their enjoyment of the evening, they made sure to avoid any details or topics that would make each other uncomfortable. Even if it was just a simple promise between friends, they all took it very seriously.

After helping Momo tidy the last of the snack and wrappers from last night and transferring Ochako’s TV back to her room, the sleepover was officially over. The girls split and returned back to their own rooms and routines. However, each had their own thoughts and feelings about the things they’d learned and questions they now held from the night. None of them realised in those moments what exactly was to come and the journey they’d each experience becoming closer than ever before.

Notes:

Chapter summary:

- Mina declares a girl's group sleepover to cheer up Tooru, boys decide to just play some 'Hero Smash'.

- Tooru gets teased by Mina about her crush on Ojiro.

- Tsuyu and Mina begin a truth or dare rivalry.

- Ochako reveals to the girls why she wanted to become a hero.

- Tsuyu admits to her crush on Izuku.

- Ochako reveals her own crush on the greenette, Tsuyu calls her out for waiting to aact on her feelings.

- Momo reveals she has a crush herself but doesn't want to say, is forced to reveal her forced marriage arranged by her father.

- The girls declare their intentions to stand by Momo and get free from her parent's influence.

- Tooru takes a dare to sneak around in the buff.

- Tsuyu reveals she accidently grabbed one of Jiro's jacks with her tongue and sucked on it, making the girl moan.

- Mina is dared to reveal the contents of her pillow case. Inside is just a pillow... and her vibrator she forgot to put away.

- Tsuyu tells the girls she found out she was bi during a previous sleepover.

- Kyoka reveals to the girls that she's gay.

- Momo is dared to bench someone. Kyoka gets flustered as Momo lifts her above her head.

- Mina has to reveal her crush but admits never being bitten by the love bug.

- Ochako uses her truth on Tsu to ask why she has a crush on Izuku, Tsuyu reveals her growing feelings ever since the USJ.

- Kyoka has to admit that she's previously used her quirk to get herself off as truth or date ends to the night.

- The girls all enjoy a hearty morning breakfast of pancakes and all the fixings to bring an end to their first sleepover together.

Chapter 2: Wandering Thoughts

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

It only took two nights for the first of the thoughts from the sleepover to begin to resurface. Relieved of the essay that was assigned for the weekend, with Aizawa collecting most of them that Monday morning, the students were momentarily free from homework. Though they knew it would only last a day at most, the relief was still welcome, like an oasis when crossing a desert.

Kyoka was the first to succumb to the pervasive thoughts, having been the target of the embarrassing truth at the end of the game. Relaxing on her bed after dinner, she found her thoughts drifting.

‘Have you ever used your quirk to help you get off?’

Tooru’s words danced in her head but Mina’s clear, perverted influence could be heard behind them.

“Stupid bitch, who asks that.” Kyoka scoffed, rolling to face her wall, a blush blazing across her face. She grit her teeth as she felt her body react to her train of thought, suddenly very aware she was dressed in her comfy nightclothes and not expecting anyone to knock on her door for the remainder of the evening.

She closed her eyes as she recalled the embarrassment of replying that she had, indeed, used her quirk in that manner. A twitch from her waist cast her mind back to the last time she… experimented with her quirk. She felt her muscles clench from the phantom sensations her mind was replaying for her.

Cautiously, as though worried someone could hear her thoughts, Kyoka looked over her shoulder at the empty, musical instrument-filled room. A small pause. No one would have to know she did it again, right?

“Fuckin’…” She sighed, rolling back and off her bed, standing nervously. A few steps later and her door was locked tight and a sigh of warm anticipation passed her lips. Her muscles twitched again. Turning once more, she observed her room; curtains were drawn, laptop was closed and, with a flick of her finger, the lights were snuffed out.

The few feet back to her bed were taken with an unusual bounce in her step, trying to keep her breathing steady as she felt her increased heartbeat in her jacks. 'This won’t work if I get overexcited.' Kyoka mentally chided herself.

She took a deep breath, now returned to her spot on her covers as she let her body’s sensations wash over her. Slowly running one hand over her stomach, she teasingly brought it up and underneath her breast, letting her fingers only delicately brush against it over her black tank top. Glad she’d already shed her bra after returning from the day’s lessons, her fingertips circled around her boob, drawing closer to where her nipple lay and feeling the tell-tale goosebumps of it getting stiffer.

Another steady breath as she felt her lower region begin warming in anticipation and a few delicate circles with her fingers before she gave herself a soft pinch. Her toes curled and her breath hitched. Suddenly her clothes felt very restricting.

Reaching down, she pulled her top up and over her head, her nipples instantly reacting to the fresh breeze this generated. Pausing only a moment to enjoy the sensation, Kyoka reached for her shorts to continue her disrobement. Considering herself, she swung her legs over the edge of the bed once more, hooking her fingers under both her shorts and panties before swiftly pulling them down and over the tips of her toes. Standing for just a second, she reached back and pulled the covers aside, laying her shorts across the middle of her bed.

“Just in case.” Kyoka muttered.

Sitting back down, she adjusted herself until her hips aligned with her shorts once more, pulling the covers over her now naked body. She felt the tickle of her sheets against her pubic curls and let out a small, girlish giggle. Centering her breathing again, Kyoka picked up where she left off, her fingers playfully returning to her nipples.

Slowly, she let one of her hands drift back down across her stomach, thankful it was much harder to tickle oneself, before rolling a pair of fingers along her inner thighs. She felt her hips twist towards the sensation as they had many times before, her rear lifting off the bed each time her fingers passed.

Cautiously, she rolled a single digit along her slit, a little harder each pass as she felt the moisture begin clinging to her fingertip. With a cheeky tickle of her clit, she felt her muscles clench together deliciously.

Closing her eyes, Kyoka let one of her jacks extend down her chest, the metal tip contrasting coolly on her now tingling skin. Already she could feel her heartbeat fuzz tickle through the ‘wire’ of her lobes. The jack turned, twisting as it encircled her whole breast, resting on itself momentarily as the dull vibrations matched her heartbeat.

Her breathing picked up. Looking down, she carefully lifted the tip one more, curling it uncertainly towards her breast. She paused. Her muscles clenched once more with ache. The jack came down softly as the vibrations now flooded her senses around her chest.

“Oh!” A soft cry broke from her lips, her body jerking in surprise, the jack leaving her nipple once more. A few short breaths later and it returned, her senses tingling sharply again. Her toes curled and her finger dipped itself into her full dampness, fully succumbing to her passion.

“Mmm,” she purred, curling her finger each time she felt her heartbeat both inside and out. Soon, her other jack joined her first, encircling her other breast with both now buzzing rhythmically on her nipples. Her first finger was joined by a second as she now pumped and curled to her own increasing heartbeat.

It was a struggle to both revel in the delightful sensations flooding her senses and keeping her heartbeat steady. Her fingers tingled, her pulse was uneven, and her mind foggy as her brain allowed itself to dream of desires she kept locked away. A red leotard and raven black hair melted through the mist, the body they were connected to was turned away from Kyoka's mind’s eye.

The earphonejack girl panted as her mind-conjured friend reached back and slowly unzipped her outfit. She jerked with desire as her mind’s eye pictured her best friend bending over, the girl's leotard slipping from her shoulders, briefly bunching up around her waist before she knelt down, pushing it over her rear and down to a puddle on the floor.

Her breath caught in her throat as the imagined girl turned to look over her shoulder towards Kyoka, a sultry, alluring look in her eye and calling to her without a single word. Kyoka swallowed nervously, her pulse and quirk quickening as she heard her name fall from her crush’s lips in a breathy tone.

'Kyoka…' The Yaoyorozu heiress called out, turning towards the purple haired girl and standing once more, her hands covering her forbidden zones. Step by agonizing step, the dreamy Yaoyorozu drew closer, the hand covering her breasts slowly reaching forward and revealing the soft orbs and enticing nipples.

“Momo…” Kyoka felt the name fall from her lips as her muscles ached and tightened. She was getting close, her wrist movements quickened and her teeth sinking into her lower lip.

Kyoka felt her climax drawing near. The rhythm was right and the spring was poised for release. She just needed one more push. Her mind clouded by satisfaction, she did the first thing that popped into her head. Her other jack unwound itself from her breast and maneuverer back up to her face, approaching her panting mouth. As her tongue felt the cold metal touch it, her lips closed around the fleshy nub, her teeth ‘tinging’ when they touched the metal.

A strangled cry broke from her lips as the wave of pleasure crashed through her system. Her hips twitching and jerking as her muscles closed repeatedly around her fingers, flooding them with her juices. Her lungs drew several short breaths that she held momentarily each time and her mind racing to process the dopamine now speeding through her system.

“Urngh!” Kyoka stretched a leg out over the edge of her bed, still covered by her sheets as she tried to ease the discomfort from the liquid running down between her legs before curling in on herself, enjoying the warmth her covers kept sealed in. Her jacks returned to their normal length as she allowed a content smile to perch on her face.

The punk rock girl let out a sigh of satisfaction as she wiggled once more, feeling the rush of pleasure slowly fade from her system as her brain rebooted. An embarrassed blush crossed her cheeks as she hoped Ochako wasn’t in her room right now; the gravity girl’s bed being located directly above her own.

Her hand reached up and touched one of her jacks lightly. Her quirk wasn’t super suited for combat or hella’ flashy but it certainly had its uses. A chuckle graced her lips as she remembered Tsuyu’s comment about Bakugo. Her quirk was much more suited for this than his, not that she’d ever be able to show it off.

“Urgh, now that’s a weird thought.” She shook her head in disgust; quirk training with the goal to get themselves off? Her mind briefly shifted to the most destructive guy of class 1-A. She cringed as she pictured poor Ochako being at the mercy of that much power back during the sports fest. Then again, the green bean was always good at coming up with new uses for everyone’s quirks. She chuckled at his make-believe tomato red expression if he ever figured out she used her own in such a sexy manner. Then again… was this all she could do?

With a heavy blush, she closed her eyes as her jack stretched down once more, sliding between her breasts, over her slim stomach and through her small thicket of curls. This time, the jack didn’t stop at the top of her most private place, instead slipping inside it with a moist ‘pop’. The pulsing of her heartbeat already causing shivers to flood her system once more. Her muscles clenched around herself, the thin lobe line and jack experiencing sensations she’d never felt before. Delicately, she stretched it a little further, adjusting the head of her jack to point towards her most sensitive point. Ever so slowly, she felt it make contact.

“Oh, no, oh god!” She jumped, her hips jerking violently and her jack pulling back sharply. She couldn’t do this. Not now; she was way too sensitive after her last orgasm.

Deep, lustful breaths flooded the room once more as Kyoka tried to calm herself. She reached up with a hand, taking her jack gently in her fingers, winding the lobe through them as she normally did when nervous. It felt weird, her own wetness on a place she’d once never considered using.

“Maybe… next time.” She admitted to herself, letting out a deep breath. With her lewd act completed, her mind returned to what she’d been thinking about before. “Damn it Mina.” She growled, reluctantly thanking the pinkette in her head for giving her the idea to experiment once more.

Grateful for her own foresight, Kyoka reached down between her legs and grabbed her shorts. After giving herself a quirk rub with the fabric to clean up any remaining juices, she tossed the scrap of clothing to the end of her bed, content to let it sit there until she got up for the morning to put it in the washing pile.

Reaching out, she grabbed her phone from the side before settling down between her sheets once more. The light of her device shined on her face dimly as she plugged one of her jacks into the headphone port only to pause before selecting the song to listen to.

“I should’ve washed it first…”


Despite the embarrassment Kyoka faced with the question about her quirk, the one who originated the question had no such reservations.

Mina hummed a happy, victory tune as she rolled her desk chair back, arms thrust triumphantly in the air as her near finished glass of water teetered dangerously on her desk from the force.

“Woo! Finally finished!” she cheered, the essay Aizawa assigned over the weekend now complete. Only for her arms to droop as she mimicked Midoriya’s infamous tear ducts. “Now I only wish I could forget all that begging I had to do.”

While most turned in the essay today, both she and Kaminari had to wait around after class to explain themselves to their teacher for not having it ready to hand in. She thanked whatever gods were listening to her prayers that put her normally grumpy teacher in a good mood for the mercy of an extra day he’d bestowed upon the pair.

With a sigh of relief, she rose to her feet and stretched, her joints all achy from the few hours she’d grinded out the homework.

“Ah, now for my treat!” She grinned, reaching back to her desk to grab the last of the candy she’d patiently rewarded herself with after every successful paragraph of writing. Popping the last of the sweetness into her mouth and chewing, she let out a content sigh as the feeling of freedom was hers once more.

“Right, let’s go see who’s…” She began talking to herself, about to head out into the common room to chat to whomever was free. Unfortunately, her eyes caught her clock as the waterworks resumed.

“Ten thirty?!” She cried. “Awww man, way too late to do anything fun.”

With a huff she threw herself onto her bed, throwing a small tantrum like she had on Friday.

“Why’s Mr Aizawa and the teachers always gotta be such buzzkills, we’ll have our whole life to do paperwork, let us enjoy ourselves while we can.”

Pulling her pillow down and under her chin, Mina grabbed her phone off her headboard, having kept it well away from herself while she worked, and checked her notifications.

“Zilch?! Oh come on! You’re telling me there’s no drama that can even sustain me tonight?!” She glowered, scrolling through the many chats she was in. Even the class chat was inactive! She’d just have to fix that.


Alien Queen: Jeez, whys it so quiet in here? I need drama to live!

I am Speed: Ashido. I remind you to please refrain from using the group chat past 10pm; others are likely asleep and would not wish to be disturbed.

Alien Queen: Thats my point! Does everyone have a bad case of the ‘Mondays’ or what?

Spooderman: Nah jst calln it erly 2nite

Alien Queen: Boo Sero, booooo

Alien Queen: Where are the rest of the peeps at?

Brightest Shine: I’d love to chat mademoiselle but alas, beauty rest calls to me like a siren in the night.

Brightest Shine: Though I enjoyed my parents visit greatly, I find myself in need of slumber to retain my glorious sparkle.

Big Red: Same as Sero, too tired for anyfin tonite

Big Red: *anything

I am Speed: As you can see Ashido, many of our companions are doing the responsible thing and getting the appropriate amount of rest. I suggest you finish your essay and follow their example.

Alien Queen: Already done, just pissed I missed everyone

I am Speed: Ashido! Please refrain from using language such as that in the chat!


Mina dropped her face into her pillow, letting her phone fall from her hand onto the bed.

“Urgh, I’m not even tired!” She moaned, rolling over to look at her ceiling. As she did, she felt her head roll onto something hard and irritating. A cheeky grin spread across her face and a lewd chuckle passed her lips. “Then again… maybe a good night’s sleep is just what I need.”

Rising from her bed, she quickly grabbed a box of tissues and placed them on her desk, snagging one of her recently used towels for good measure. May as well fully enjoy herself since she had the time after all.

A happy hum on her lips once more, she grabbed her laptop, shucked her nightwear, and lay the towel across her desk chair as she had many times before.

“Ok boys, let’s see what you got.” She giggled to herself, opening a private window and scrolling over to her favourites list, selecting the one titled ‘Revision Notes’. At once, her favourite porn site returned to the screen as it had so many times before. Video thumbnails of all manner of lewd acts graced the screen while Mina’s tongue flicked out, wetting her lips.

“Well hello there.” She purred in what she hoped was a sexy tone she’d one day use on the man of her dreams. She kicked off the ground and sent her chair wheeling back again, twisting as she did to face her bed. “Now for you~.”

With a quick swipe, she plucked her pillow up and reached into its soft confines. Her hand wrapping around her prize, she pulled out her familiar purple friend that had been forcibly revealed to her friends last week. Her eyes narrowed as she recalled the memory.

“Damn it Tsu, I’ll get you back.” She pouted. “But for now~.”

Returning to her desk, she placed her vibrator to one side, requiring only one last thing to make this night perfect. With a click, her headset was plugged in and her perverted pleasures were at her fingertips.

Scrolling through a few videos, Mina quickly grew annoyed as nothing caught her eye. Grunting in frustration as she absentmindedly began rubbing herself, Mina decided to order videos by tags. Muscles always got her going so there was bound to be something there. Despite being surrounded day by day with other, very attractive people pushing their bodies to their limits, she could contain her perverted side; at least until she got home anyway.

“Cute girl rides massive meat.” Mina muttered the title of a video that finally caught her attention. The thumbnail was surprisingly nice; the bicep of an obviously strong man around the edge of the frame with the raised muscle covering the girl’s body, only her head and legs visible with a cheerful look on her face. With a confident click, Mina maximised the video once the page loaded and leant back in her chair, grabbing her toy as she did so and pulling her knees up to brace her feet against the desk.

The video started simply enough: clearly a home video judging by the point of view shot she watched from as the girl began stripping herself by the double bed, glancing back at the camera as she cheekily wiggled her curves.

“You like that?” The girl giggled, obviously playing it up for the camera but Mina didn’t mind. So long as it didn’t veer into overly cheesy crap a little bit of playfulness was fine. The camera shook in a nodding motion. “Well… why don’t you come over here and give me something I like.”

The camera man almost stumbled in his clear eagerness to start shedding their own clothes though clearly they weren’t wearing a top already. Mina let out a breathy sigh as she allowed her quirk to take shape on her fingertips. Acid would certainly hurt on anyone’s skin and she’d certainly never use it on a partner’s. That is, unless, they were acid-resistant like herself. Holding back the more corrosive natures she could empower her quirk with, she found that the stuff she could generate could take on a more slick and slippery quality rather than destructive. It was the basis of her skating moves across land anyway, she’d just happened to find another clever, albeit sexy, use for it.

Bringing a digit to her chest, she allowed a drip to form before letting it to drop onto one breast, then the other. The mild stinging immediately struck her senses as she rubbed the liquid around her nipples. A fluttery moan filled the air as she felt herself grow wetter in anticipation of what was to come.

Returning her gaze to the screen, she noticed the girl was now on her knees, looking up at the camera as she played with her partner’s cock. Rubbing it against her face and peppering it with kisses. Having played this game before, she wondered if she’d win this time. There was obviously no telling the length of the penis but Mina liked to make a little competition with herself, comparing her skills to the other person in the video. Her own penis was somewhat overly rigid, not to mention purple, but she’d managed to almost reach the hilt several times now when she tilted her head back just right.

As predicted, the girl took her own, fleshy toy in her mouth with a last kiss and a lick. The acid user watched as the girl’s breathing became more controlled, the sweet sounds of putting someone else’s pleasure before her own heavy in her ears. With life copying art, she licked her lips once more before engulfing the head of her own cock in her moistened mouth. It would only take a few seconds to cover the toy in her saliva but Mina smugly imagined what her future lover’s face would look like as she took them all the way into her mouth and held them there.

With a gasp and few quick breaths as she pulled the penis from her mouth, Mina gave a little giggle as she licked the tip playfully. She liked to roleplay while she enjoyed herself, so what? The hand with her pleasure pal wandered back down to her waist, joining the hand that had been idly stoking her lips as she ran the tip up and down herself.

Ideally she liked to play along with whatever video she picked but tonight she was feeling more impatient.

“Oh! Ohhh ho ho hmmm” She purred again as the tip began sinking into her, its familiar shape stretching her comfortably out, toe-curlingly nicely. Resting for just a moment to allow her body to adjust, she returned her gaze to the screen, hearing the playful chatter of the girl once more as she took the camera for herself.

The girl was now reclined on the bed, the camera pointed towards her toes as it captured the muscly physique of her partner stepping out from their underwear. Mina felt her movements quicken as they approached the bed, their somewhat impressive length bobbing impishly as though entirely aware of what was about to come. They had everything Mina wanted: a clearly loving, if promiscuous relationship since they’d filmed their encounter, a nice, big cock she could satisfy herself with, rock hard abs with barely an inch of fat to be seen and, as they bent over to crawl towards the girl, biceps that could protect her on those cold winter nights. She closed her eyes and revelled in the phantom feelings she imagined such a man would make to pleasure her.

“Babe, come on.” Mina’s head tilted. That didn’t sound like the same girl from before. “You know I get camera shy.”

The pink girl’s eyes widened as the girl’s partner now had their own face revealed to the camera. A decidedly feminine looking face. The girl(?) sat back on her knees, her cock proudly rising to rest against her stomach it was so hard. Mina’s gaze focused as she examined all the details she’d missed: the stomach was toned but distinctly curvy, her biceps impressive but noticeably more lithe than one would expect from a guy, finally, her breasts, while tight and defined, were definitely not just pecs. There was no doubt about it; she’d been duped! Rather, she shouldn’t have assumed just from the muscles alone.

‘Well… that and the penis.’ She thought to herself as she watched the blushing muscle bound girl slide up to her girlfriend and roughly grab her hips, positioning herself for entry. Mina’s breath caught in her throat before her pulse joined it at the erotic moans the first girl exclaimed at the very well-endowed second girl. Her surprise quickly seceding to her lust, Mina’s hands quickly resumed their task, her purple friend now thrusting into her vigorously will her other finger rubbed at her clit with a coating of tingly acid. She felt her muscles clench as the sounds of two lovers in the throes of passion began reaching their climax.

“I’m… I’m cumming.” The girl with the penis declared, her movements becoming stronger and slower.

“Inside, inside me!” The cute girl cried, the camera now released from her grasp and bouncing freely on the mattress.

“Wait… for… me…” Mina breathed loudly, her fingers and movements rubbing to unleash her own release. At the clear sounds of a climax that Mina didn’t need to see to confirm, she pulled her vibrator back just enough to slip a finger inside herself with it. With her own grunt of effort, she allowed the same slippery acid to shoot free from her finger in small spurts, hitting her internal walls in a way she craved in the moment.

The heavy breathing of two satisfied partners continued in her ear as she felt her legs thump noisily off the desk to the floor, her own breathing very much matching her temporary internet partners.

“Mmm I love your quirk,” the girl in the video purred, the camera shifting once more as it was turned to face the pair with her lying underneath her penis-endowed partner. Turning her eyes from the camera and back to the girl atop her, the two shared a loving embrace before she reached up and cupped her partner’s face tenderly in her hands. “But I love you more.”

As the two shared an intimate kiss, devoid of any of the hurried lust that came before, Mina felt her heart swelling at the clear display of wholesome affection. Then she pouted.

“I just wanted to get off, not find a new favourite o.t.p.!” She whined, a soft sigh escaping her as she felt her body cooling down from her exertions. Giggling as her muscles contracted against the now missing guest, she enjoyed the tingle of her acid running between her legs and along her sensitive skin. God help the man that ended up with her if he was as good at getting her off as she was; she’d never let the flow stop.

Mina reached over and grabbed several tissues along with what was left of her glass of water from studying. With a few drips onto the paper, she delicately washed her breasts and vagina clean of the stingy liquid, finishing up with a quick once over with the towel she’d been sitting on.

Tossing the soiled tissues to the trash and her towel to her pile of washing, Mina released a satisfied sigh, her breath hanging in the air for just a moment. With the video long since finished, she removed her headset as she contemplated her own silly mistake. There had been many times she’d gotten off to some weird shit; reverse harems, playacted non-consent, even a video she was sure involved a guy’s quirk being used to swallow a girl after pleasuring her with his tongue that she was sure was an excerpt from a porn video based on the production values. First time for a little girl on girl-with-a-penis.

She quickly returned to the browser window and scrolled to the video description to see if there was any further information. Seems the cute, non-muscled girl was the one to upload it based off the description and allowing her to breathe a sigh of relief as she identified the other woman as her wife. Getting off to something in the heat of the moment was fine but mis-gendering someone, even in her own head, was a little too close to bullying for her tastes.

With her curiosity satisfied, she closed the private window she was using and closed her laptop. Dropping back into her chair with a thump, she reclined as much as she could to look at her ceiling, mind running down the rabbit hole that had just opened.

Mina knew she wasn’t gay, she liked guys way too much for that. Girls had never really done it for her but then again there was so much she hadn’t yet seen in the world yet. After that video however, she couldn't deny that she'd clearly enjoyed herself, wishing that muscled girl was doing those things to her. Deciding to do a little test, she opened her laptop back up, opening another private window. A quick internet browse and she had the latest ‘top heroes to go to the gym with’ list in front of her. Many sites did silly lists like these so it wasn’t hard to find one.

Scrolling through the ranked entries, she quickly bypassed All Might and Death Arms. Guy-candy was not what she was after this time. She stopped scrolling as she came across the muscle-bound rabbit hero ‘Mirko’. The picture in the article for her wasn’t great; Mirko seemed to be mid-kick in a combat pose towards the camera, obscuring most of her features but Mina had what she needed. A further image search for Mirko and she had her results. After zooming in on a few of the more high quality shots, the proof was evident; she loved muscles no matter who they were attached to… and she had a new hero crush.

Mina had always been comfortable in her own skin. Joking around with friends about attractiveness no matter the gender but that was all just play, just like with Kyoka during their sleepover. She’d never previously considered actually hooking up with a girl for real.

‘Huh, learn something new every day,’ she admitted to herself, leaning back in her chair once more, ‘plus Yaomomo was kinda hot when she benched Kyoka.’ Wait, would she fuck Momo? She looked at the fake penis once more and considered herself.

‘Think I’ll wait till tomorrow to answer that question.’ Mina thought, somewhat looking forward to her own naughty plans with herself.

With a sigh, she rose from her chair and rolled back into her bed, figuring she’d process everything better after a good night’s sleep. With a stretch and a sigh, she reached up to grab her phone once more to set her alarm.

“Huh… seven messages?” Mina blinked as the notification stared back at her. She figured they must’ve come while she had her headphones on. With a few taps, her phone opened up, revealing Hagakure messaging her privately. “Wonder what’s up…”


Invisi-badass: Heyyy Mina…

Invisi-badass: Um… could I come talk?

Invisi-badass: It’s nothing bad, promise!

Invisi-badass: Well, not for you

Invisi-badass: It’s me

Invisi-badass: I just…

Invisi-badass: I need help… and I don’t know who else to talk to…


“Shit.” Mina snapped, noting the time those messages had come in. Twenty minutes may not seem like much between the last message and now, but to a panicking friend it was an eternity.


Alien Queen: Heyyy gurl, come knock on my door!

Alien Queen: Sorry, I was busy but Im free now if youre still up!

Alien Queen: Is this a ‘whole tub of ice cream’ problem?


Mina waited patiently as the messages registered as sent, staring at the little tick icon and waiting for Hagakure’s profile picture to overlap it to show she’d read them. The girl was likely not even ten feet away directly below her but she felt miles away in that moment.

Kyoka wasn’t the only one with a keen ear. Having a pest of a younger brother and a nosey mother had honed her ability to recognise typical house noises and sounds. The distinct sound of a door opening and closing faintly rang in her brain; a door that was definitely a floor below her. Checking the app, Hagakure definitely hadn’t read the messages but she could’ve just seen the preview in the notification.

Her pulse quickened as she suddenly realized she was sitting on her bed in her birthday suit. While cosplaying in her friend’s hero costume would be a funny joke for anyone else, it probably wasn’t something that would help the invisible girl’s issue right now.

With a mad scramble to quickly dress herself, Mina found her heart beating out of her chest as a soft knocking broke her train of thought.

“T-Tooru?” Mina called out.

“Y-Yeah. Just me.” Hagakure’s defeated sounding voice called back.

Mina’s heart clenched painfully for her friend in that moment. She pulled open her door to see the expected invisible floating clothes she’d come to call a best friend shaking slightly.

“Can… I come in?”

“Of course.” Mina gestured, stepping aside as Hagakure slowly trooped inside, the pinkette shutting and locking the door behind the invisible girl. This was something she could sense they’d need full privacy for.

A strangled cry broke free from her guest as Mina quickly stepped around to look at her best friend.

“Honey? Sweetie, what’s wrong?” Mina asked, a new urgency in her voice. She felt a soft breeze whip as Tooru likely shook her head and clutched her arms to each other over her stomach, her phone clenched in one hand.


Earlier that same evening Tooru found herself free of homework, like most of 1-A and unlike Mina. Having plenty of time to relax, she decided to whip up a delicious chicken salad for dinner and chat with Ochako and Momo about anything that came to mind. A few others were enjoying their dinners too but sat elsewhere: Todoroki was sat by himself with a bowl of stew, Koda was in the kitchen prepping his own dinner and likely some small, chopped vegetables for his rabbit while Aoyama, Mineta and Kaminari were all watching TV.

That day’s training was not particularly brutal physically but she was really pushing something she’d never really touched before; her quirk.

Since she was born her quirk was always just kinda… on. Light passed completely through her uninterrupted so she didn’t even shimmer when she walked. Now though, she was pushing and twisting something within her that was causing something funny to happen to the light that did hit her.

Tooru sighed, coming up with super moves was hard.

“Everything alright Hagakure?” Momo asked as the invisible girl’s frustration became audible to them.

“Yeah, all good. Just tired from all that quirk training ya’ know.” Tooru waved her friend’s concerns off.

“Yes, I understand. Mr Ectoplasm was pushing my skills from the training camp to the limit, though I must say I’m quite proud of my progress so far.” Momo nodded.

“Same. You’d think flying around would be super fun but I still haven’t gotten the hang of it.” Ochako admitted, her stomach dropping as she briefly remembered the sensation of being under her own quirk’s power.

“You guys are fine, you’ve at least got a direction for your super moves.” Tooru said, trying to keep her tone as bubbly as expected.

Momo picked up on her words however, and gave the girl a soft smile.

“Don’t worry Tooru. I’m sure you’ll get the hang of adjusting your quirk soon.” She offered in what she hoped was a comforting tone.

“Yeah!” Ochako cheered. “Soon you’ll be able to shoot out laser beams of light. P-choo, p-choo.”

Tooru couldn’t help but giggle at Ochako’s earnest expression and funny noises. She held her tone firm as she always did when she didn’t want anyone to know something was wrong. After all, her friends would never be able to see the despondent look on her face no matter how much they tried.

“Dude, what are you watching?” Sato’s deep voice rumbled through the room.

The trio turned their attention to the Sugar Rush user as his gaze was fixed on the TV.

“It’s the annual super hero gala. What, you never watched it before?” Mineta’s somewhat lispy voice rang back, likely sitting on the couch with his back to the dining area.

“Isn’t that like a fashion show?” Sato asked, having not seen it before himself.

“Oui, it’s a très chic event only the most stylish and beautiful of heroes are invited to attend.” Aoyama gushed.

“Yeah man.” Kaminari's voice chimed in from the seating area. “All the popular heroes get paid stacks to wear something and turn up.”

“Okay, then why are you two watching it?” Sato asked, not quite making the link. For Aoyama it made sense, but not the other two jokesters.

“Duh, isn’t it obvious?” Mineta rolled his eyes. “All the fashion people think super tight and skimpy clothes make the best outfits. I’m here to check out all those female pros that fell for that ‘high fashion’ junk and turn up in their bikinis.”

“Dude, you don’t have to make it sound so creepy.” It seemed even Kaminari drew the line at that.

“What? That’s what we’re both here for. No sense pretending we’re interested in the fabric.”

“Urgh, never mind, I’m out.” Kaminari scoffed, rising to his feet. “You made doing that essay sound more appealing than this.”

“I agree mes amis. I believe this experience will be best enjoyed without your presence.” Aoyama turned away, following Kaminari’s lead and planning to watch it in the comfort of his room. Unlike the others, he actually was interested in the fabrics.

“Oh come on, it’s just the truth, what’s your deal?” Mineta scoffs, standing on the sofa and turning to watch the pair walk away. As he did, he caught sight of Uraraka, Yaororozu and Hagakure glaring at him from a dining table.

“Ladies, you agree with me right?” Mineta desperately pleaded for backup. “You watch it for all the dudes that turn up in nothing but see-through vests and loincloths right?”

Ochako quirked her lip in disgust. Just because she could appreciate the muscles on a man, especially one with green hair and adorable freckles, did not mean she treated him like a piece of meat.

“Urgh, get over yourself.” She scoffed, turning back to her dinner.

“No one watches ‘cause of that Mineta you perv!” Hagakure’s sadness changing to annoyed frustration at another example of his repulsive behaviour.

Mineta narrowed his eyes, feeling this fight was a lost cause. They were clearly in denial otherwise they’d not protest so hard. But he couldn’t let that sit, he was going to get the last word in at least.

“Pfff whatever, you’re all just too uptight.” He scoffed. “Not like you’ll ever get an invite anyway.”

“And what’s that supposed to mean?” Tooru pushed, not sure whether to be offended or not at not being ogled by her disgusting classmate.

“All anyone would see of you is your stupid outfit, not like there’s anything pretty to make it stand out.”

Immediately the room plunged into a dead cold silence. No one could believe the heartless jab their own supposedly heroic classmate had uttered. All heads cautiously turned towards either Tooru or her vocal assailant.

“E-Excuse me?!” Hagakure yelled, slamming her hands on the table and rising to her feet. “What the hell’s that supposed to mean?!”

Mineta shrugged, somewhat proud his jibe had struck a bigger weak spot than he’d expected.

“What? The fashion people want beautiful and sexy pros to model their rags; why would they ask someone that no one could see?”

“Shut up Mineta! Hagakure’s gorgeous and you’re just being spiteful.” Ochako rose to defend her friend.

“Am I? How can you be so sure?” He asked casually. “Not like anyone’s ever seen her. Probably not even her own parents.”

It hurt. It hurt that as wrong as she knew Mineta to be, it was the same poisonous thought she replayed in her own head whenever she felt low. She knew she was pretty and beautiful. She knew it in her heart… but she’d never know for certain. While she’d made progress with her quirk affecting the light around her, she’d had no progress when practising, in secret, attempting to turn her quirk off. Even for just a second, even for a glimmer of what she really looked like.

Tooru's strangled, restrained cry broke the silence before her chair clattered to the floor, knocked away as she turned and rushed towards the stairs, back to the safety of her room. Though difficult to spot, if one paid attention, they’d see tiny splatters of water splash off the floorboards as she ran.

“Dude! What the fuck?!” She heard Kaminari yell as the door to the stairwell swung shut behind her.

“Pffft, whatever.” Mineta shrugged, turning back to the TV.

“A more grotesque display I couldn’t imagine.” Aoyama spat, for once his trademark sparkle a deep crimson in anger.

“How could you say something like that?!” Ochako yelled, torn between running after her friend and demonstrating her Gunhead Martial Arts.

Momo rose to her feet to join her friend, carefully putting her phone down that Ochako hadn’t noticed she’d been holding until now.

“Please remain where you are Mineta. I have informed Mr Aizawa of this conduct and he should be here shortly.” She announced, relief flooding Ochako as she realized this cruelty wouldn’t go unpunished.

“For what?!” Mineta rose once more. “It’s not like I’m wrong. Besides, it’s your word against mine.”

“Actually.” A cold voice cut across. “It’s your word against all of ours.” Todoroki had moved to stand by Uraraka and Momo’s table. A hurried but resolute nodding accompanied came from their other side as an uncomfortable but determined looking Koda joined them.

“I think Aizawa will understand why I’m not working on my homework right now.” Kaminari scowled.

“Oui, I believe this is more important than any such program at the moment.” Aoyama agreed.

Mineta could only sputter as he felt his classmate’s cold gazes bore into him. Unable to take it, he turned back and sat down, scowling himself at the unfairness of being ganged up on.

“Yaoyorozu, Uraraka.” Todoroki said softly to the girls who turned to him, their expressions lightening at not focussing on the subject of their ire. “One of you should go comfort Hagakure. I’m sure she would appreciate a friend at this time.”

The pair nodded and Ochako turned to the heiress to determine who would go.

“Go Uraraka, I’ll wait here for Mr Aizawa.” Momo gave her strained smile. She clearly wanted to go comfort Tooru too but as the one who’d informed their teacher and as class vice-rep she was duty bound to help resolve the situation.

“Gotcha.” Ochako nodded, touching the heiress’ shoulder as she passed, grateful for the chance to escape the suffocating atmosphere and sending support to her amazing classmate for how well she was handling everything.

Despite her own exhaustion and wooziness from training, Ochako found herself taking the stairs two or three at a time as she chased Tooru's ghost. The girl had likely long since locked herself in her room but the sooner she got there the sooner she could try to help. Grateful she only had to traverse up to the third floor, she took a deep breath to calm the rage in her veins and transform it into hero energy.

“Hagakure?” Uraraka knocked softly. “It’s Uraraka… can I come in?”

She strained her ears to try and make out her friend’s affirmative voice only for her heart to twist, only able to make out tearful cries instead, no doubt muffled in the girl’s pillow.

“Tooru?” Ochako tried again, a little louder this time. “Tooru please let me in.”

“Go away!” A weeping shout shouted back from the other side before the cries became muffled once more.

“Tooru please. I’m your friend.” Ochako tried to reason, “There’s no way I can leave my friend unhappy if I can help it.”

Despite her pleas, Tooru didn’t speak again. Ochako looked down at the door handle. It was probably locked but in the off chance it wasn’t she wasn’t going to let the invisible girl suffer alone. While she didn’t have as severe body confidence issues as the invisible girl clearly possessed, she could sympathise, her slightly more pudgy physique contrasting with some of their friends more toned forms. It was frustrating how she had to juggle her hero body building diet and the feeling of being full after splurging on enough food to do so when she had the money.

“I’m not leaving Tooru!” Ochako yelled. “Not until I know you’re all right.”

With her declaration made, she turned her back to the wall next to the invisible girl’s door and slid down it, her knees bunching up as she settled in.

It certainly wasn’t how she’d imagined spending her Monday evening but there was nothing that would shift her now, not until she knew Tooru was going to be ok.

Her phone beeped.

With a jump, she eagerly reached into her pocket and pulled it out, hoping to see a text from Tooru's number in her inbox.

‘Is Hagakure locked in her room? –Momo.’ The text from the heiress read. Ochako felt her chest fall as her expectations fell alongside it. Sending a quick affirmative text to the girl. Ochako put her phone back in her pocket, her ear still primed for the sound of Tooru’s footsteps coming to unlock the door.

A few minutes passed as the sounds of Tooru's cries faded and redoubled. Stupid Mineta, she’d send him to the moon for this!

With a jump, she recognised the sound of footsteps, though unfortunately not from the source she wanted.

“Uraraka.” The monotone voice of Aizawa called out from the staircase, his head peeking around before his body followed.

“Uh, ah! Mr. Aizawa sir!” She panicked, straightening herself up and she stood. Another few seconds and a familiar head of hair emerged from the staircase along with her homeroom teacher. “Miss Midnight!”

The R-rated hero sent a soft smile toward the girl as she stood next to Aizawa, dressed in what could only be described as her casual wear. Who knew the infamous Midnight wore a cute, overly large sweater and tracksuit trousers when at home. Or had she simply thrown something on when she was called out?

“I’m here to get your side of the story.” Aizawa said simply, his typical bored expression somewhat strained if the tick mark on his head was anything to go by. “Midnight is here to talk to Hagakure. Two teachers need to be present anytime they need to talk to a student in their room. If you’d like to stay and observe, I’d ask you to wait by the elevator doors for privacy.”

“Yes sir.” She nodded, bowing her head slightly.

“So then, what happened?”

Ochako took her time explaining to her homeroom and art teachers the callous comments she’d heard Mineta utter as well as the clear pain it had caused her friend. It still only took her a few minutes to recount everything and Aizawa merely gave an appreciative nod as she finished.

“Thank you for your statement Uraraka. Now if you could please wait over there.” Aizawa asked, gesturing back to the elevator.

Ochako turned back to Tooru's door and gave it an uneasy look before nodding at her teacher and moving aside.

She watched as Midnight knocked on Tooru's door gently, calling out to the girl and stating herself. Ochako couldn’t help but strain her neck as she tried to catch a glimpse of Tooru. A small pressure released itself from her chest as she clearly saw the invisible girl's door swing open and Midnight speaking in a hushed tone to the girl. Midnight took a step into the girl’s room but Ochako could clearly still see her long, flowing hair peeking out from the doorway. Aizawa stood with his back against the window on the opposite side of the wall, just listening from the looks of it. Uraraka was sure that, despite the distance, he could still comprehend Tooru's words clearly. She wished Kyoka were here right now, if nothing else but to reassure them that the invisible girl was twisting the noose for that grape extra tight.

It only took another few minutes before all of Midnight was visible again, her pitying expression speaking volumes. Before Ochako had the chance to call out, she heard Tooru's door close once more. About to start back to sit guard over her friend, she spotted Aizawa shaking his head.

“Uraraka, come with us.” He said.

The gravity girl’s breath hitched as Midnight pressed the button for the elevator beside her.

“Is… is she-?”

“Wait till we get to the common room.” Aizawa said sternly.

Ochako's nerves started to get the better of her. She looked up to Midnight for guidance only to receive a small half-smile in return.

It felt like the lift was being deliberately slow before the preceding ‘ding’ of its arrival announced itself. Without a word, she followed Aizawa and Midnight as they stepped off the elevator. The common room held the entire group from before minus the culprit and victim; Mineta likely being confined to his own room.

“Thank you for your cooperation, diligence and… restraint tonight.” Aizawa began, speaking to the room. “Rest assured that Mineta has been informed of his punishment and will be dealt with in the coming days. I would stress to you all to keep what happened off of your group chats as the situation has been dealt with and we don’t need rumours spreading.” He took a moment to glance at each of his students in front of him. “However… I know how pointless it is to try and curtail gossip so I’d ask that you at least give your classmates the courtesy of not spreading the events of tonight around until you can talk to them in person tomorrow morning. Understood?”

“Yes sir, Mr Aizawa!” The students chorused at once.

“Good.” He sighed, starting to move toward the dorm exit. “If any more difficult situations arise, you know how to contact me.”

“Take care kids.” Midnight gave a small smile and wave, following their grumpy teacher out of the building. It wasn’t until the door closed that the class gave a collective sigh of relief. For a moment, everyone looked at each other awkwardly before rounding on Ochako.

“Is Hagakure alright?” Kaminari asked nervously.

“I… don’t know.” Ochako admitted, shaking her head softly. “She wouldn’t open up for me.”

“Oh… I’d hoped that wasn’t the case.” Momo wrung her hands together as the class fell silent once more.

“Urgh this sucks.” The electric user shook his head. “Sorry guys but I’m gonna go work on my essay. I don’t think there’s anything else we can do.”

“Are you sure you’ll be alright Kaminari? If you like, I have some notes I can-”

“It’s cool vice-pres'.” Kaminari waved back. “Gotta channel this frustration into something, might as well put it to good use.”

The others stood around for a second, each deliberating what to do themselves for the rest of the evening.

“Kaminari’s right. I’m gonna go bake Hagakure something for when she feels better.” Sato nodded, taking his own leave from the group.

“Oui. I’m certain I can find some sparkles and glitter that will help bring out her inner shine.” Aoyama agreed.

One by one, the group diminished until only Momo and Ochako were left.

“Should we text the others?” Ochako asked carefully.

Momo gave her friend what she hoped was a comforting smile before shaking her head.

“We should listen to Mr Aizawa and wait for tomorrow. I’m certain they’ll understand.”

Ochako sighed dejectedly.

“Sure I guess… in that case, I think I’m just gonna head to bed. Sorry Yaomomo.”

“No no, I quite understand. I find myself drained of the motivation for anything else this evening too.” The heiress concurred with her friend. “I only hope a good night’s rest helps put us all in better spirits.”

Ochako nodded but remained silent. They both knew this was something they were powerless to fix right then no matter how much they wanted to help.


Tooru lay face down on her bed, her tear-stained pillow clutched around her head and the comforter draped over them both. It had been nearly an hour since her insecurities had been revealed to the class, or half of them at least. She was somewhat thankful more people weren’t around to witness her tears; not that anyone could see them.

She sniffled, gritting her teeth in frustration as the horrible thoughts had clearly come back, trying to make her feel worse again. Fuck Mineta! Stupid little troll. No one would ever touch his grapes if he were the last man on earth. If she has any say, she’d ruin any chance with any girl he had for the rest of his miserable time at UA. Not that the little arsehole needed any help repelling the ladies.

Tooru sniffled again, trying to take as deep a breath as she could to keep her crying under control. Feeling sorry for herself was only going to get her so far. Maybe she should turn in for the night. At the very least she needed to change into her sleepwear.

With a slow, ungraceful set of kicks, she pulled her covers back down over her head and inching down her back. Tooru pushed herself back onto her knees as she looked reproachfully at her pillow. That would definitely need a wash, it was gonna be horrible to sleep with for tonight. Looking around her room, she spotted her poor blue bear that usually sat on her bed, cast angrily to the side when she’d first flopped onto her mattress.

Sucking in a jittery breath, she pulled her legs out and off the side of the bed and stood briefly as she stretched to grab her bear. Pulling it close, she couldn’t help but let out a few fresh tears as she hugged the stuffed animal close.

“W-Why’s it so unfair?” She asked her snuggle buddy. “I… I jus’ w-wanna…”

Tooru looked around her room as though she might find the answers to her hearts aching issues strewn amongst her laundry and school books. With a small whimper, she hugged the bear a little tighter, burying her face into its fluff.

When she opened her eyes once more, she spotted the place on the bear she knew her hand to be, the indentation evidence of its effect on the stuffed toy. She slowly released her grip with that hand, watching carefully how the bear’s form returned to normal.

Gritting her teeth, she glared at her hand. Digging deep, she pulled on her quirk, reaching for any new twitches or feelings as she tried desperately to grab at something she didn’t even know would feel like. A slight wavering of the air where her hand sat hovering in the air was all the resulted in her grunts of exertion before she released her held breath, letting out a few more cries of sorrow.

“Why…” she choked. “W-Why can’t I see… me?”

Tooru was vaguely aware of her phone pinging with messages but she couldn’t bear to look at them right now. Instead, she cast her gaze around her room once more, her eyes falling on her pink laptop, sitting idly on her desk and awaiting her command. With a heavy sigh, she rose to her feet and pulled out her desk chair, rubbing her nose with her arm as she sat down.

Typing in her password and bringing up a new private window, she sat there trying to think of some new way to phrase the question that she’d tried many times before.

‘Turn off invisibility quirk’

‘How to stop using your quirk?’

‘Can you temporarily stop a quirk by yourself?’

Hell, she’d even considered looking up quirk erasing drugs at one point but figured that would be a slippery slope if they weren’t legal. Besides, she didn’t need that in her search history. While she was smart enough to avoid leaving evidence of her late night searches, she was sure the UA provided wi-fi would let her teachers know something was up.

“No!” Hagakure slammed her fists onto her desk, making everything judder uneasily. “Come on Tooru! You’re a smart girl, you can figure out your own stupid quirk!”

Rising to her feet, she walked with purpose over to the mirror she used to ensure her clothes looked presentable each morning.

“What do you know?” She asked herself, staring at the floating clothes. “Okay… I can definitely see through me.” She noted the tags in the back of her shirt’s neckline. “Right… so that means light passes through me.”

She nodded to herself before realizing.

“No wait!” She quickly returned to her desk, grabbing an eraser and returning to the mirror. “I can’t see whatever I eat or drink.”

Holding the eraser clearly in the mirror, she popped it into her mouth, watching closely as it disappeared from view.

“Okay… now what about…” Tooru muttered through a mouthful of unpleasant rubber before taking it between her teeth and placing it between her lips, allowing only part of the rubber to display outside her body. Twisting her head left and right to examine the writing implement, she noted how the half of the rubber in her mouth didn’t show. Just a cross-section showing the middle part of the rubber that shouldn't normally be visible.

She spit the rubber back into her hand. “Right, so that's probably ‘cause... there’s h-half is hidden by my mouth?… Y-Yeah.”

“S-so that means… that means that…” Tooru scrunched up her brow in frustration. “URGH! This is so frustrating!”

Angry at her lack of progress once more, Tooru threw a punch in frustration. Her brain was smart enough to get her to recognise the danger a shattered mirror would pose and adjusted her aim, only for her knuckles to bounce painfully off the wall. She cried out in pain, cradling her now injured hand to her chest and briefly sucking on her knuckles to try and soothe the pulsing pain she now felt.

‘Stupid, useless Tooru, can’t even figure out how to turn off her own quirk,’ she thought to herself. ‘And now I’ve hurt my hand.’

Tooru let out a bitter chuckle. If she could see herself in that moment, would she look like Midoriya did that first day of class?

Brainwave.

‘Midoriya! He’s always figuring out new stuff about everyone’s quirks! Would he be able to…?’ Tooru felt her breath catch. It wasn’t a solution but it was a start. She’d tried to dissect her own quirk so many times. Maybe an outside perspective would help. Especially since… everyone would probably know about her outburst by tomorrow anyway. Midoriya was nice, he wouldn’t judge her for wanting to see herself, even if he’ll probably link it to Mineta’s shit tonight.

Chuckling darkly, Hagakure’s brain briefly revelled in the idea of Midoriya using his super strength to crush a grape and make some disgusting wine that even Aoyama wouldn’t drink. Rubbing her wrist gently as the pain eased off, Tooru returned to her bed, tossing her rubber in the general direction of her desk and sitting down. She didn’t know how bad the ‘failure’ tally was for the amount of attempts to crack her quirk but she mentally counted another.

Her eyes cast themselves around her room once more, taking in everything and nothing at the same time. With a sigh, she reached over with her good hand and grabbed her phone. May as well inspect the damage the group chat was probably filled with by now.

Opening the app, she noted only a few new messages since she’d last opened it. The only ones tonight were simply Mina looking for some fun and getting scolded by Iida. She smiled lightly at the teasing the pinkette threw at their class president after confirming her homework completion. It seems everyone was either keeping mum about the whole incident or just restricting it to private messages. Mina clearly didn’t know yet else her phone would’ve blown up from the sheer amount of messages it’d receive.

Tooru paused, thinking about her best friend for a second. The pink girl was probably going to go nuts tomorrow when she found out. While she would gladly watch her go off on the grape, she didn’t want it to be paraded around the classroom or lunch hall like that. No, it would be better if she told Mina herself tonight… and she could really do with a friend and a cuddle right now.

While she knew Ochako only had the best of intentions earlier, she didn’t want to face anyone in that moment. She’d have to apologize tomorrow. For now though, she quickly sent Mina a few texts, asking if she was free. When her phone didn’t buzz after a few minutes she grew downhearted. She rattled off another couple, adding another detail only to rabble into another few. Hopefully her last would get Mina’s attention.

Lying back on her bed, she let her phone fall to the side. She was being selfish. Mina was probably asleep. That’s usually the only time she doesn’t answer. It could wait until morning… she was being silly… right?

Turning over, she swapped her wet pillow for another she usually reserved for her friends to sit on whenever she had them over. It’d do for now, sleep sounded nice anyway. Get out of her head and into her dreams.

Her hand shot out to seize her phone after it buzzed, clutching it like a lifeline.

‘You have 1 new message.
Alien Queen: Heyyy gurl, come knock on m…’

That was all Hagakure needed. She pulled herself to her feet once more. She shot a cursory glance into her mirror to make sure her clothes were at least somewhat decent and unruffled. Finding herself too lethargic to care, she moved to her door anyway.

A follow up pair of pings alerted her to Mina’s continued texting but she didn’t care. Mina said to come knock so anything else was redundant.

The thought briefly crossed her mind to strip off and sneak up to Mina’s room invisibly if only to avoid the possibility of crossing paths with anyone. Luckily it seemed all was quiet tonight. Arriving one floor above her own, she reached out and knocked lightly on Mina’s door.

“T-Tooru?” Her pink friend called.

“Y-yeah. Just me.” Hagakure’s defeated sounding voice called back.

Hagakure wrapped her arms around herself pathetically as she felt her tears begin to return. She was going to tell Mina all about tonight and her quirk problems and everything and it just brought those stupid feelings right back to the surface. She looked up as Mina’s door jerked open, her friend looking a little flush.

“Can… I come in?”

“Of course.” Mina gestured, stepping aside as Hagakure slowly trooped inside, shutting and locking the door behind the invisible girl. She was grateful for the lock. It was little but it signified she had her friend’s full attention.

Tooru’s mouth opened to speak only for a strangled cry to break free. Mina quickly stepped around to look at her best friend.

“Honey? Sweetie, what’s wrong?!” Mina asked, a new urgency in her voice. She felt a soft breeze whip as Hagakure likely shook her head and clutched her arms to each other over her stomach, her phone grasped tightly in one hand.

It all came crashing out. Mineta, her whole awful evening, and her quirk insecurities. She spilled everything to the pinkette in a blubber-storm filled with tears and tissues while sitting on her best friend’s bed. To her credit, Mina managed to hold in her anger quite well. It absolutely showed on her face, her snarl scared even Hagakure as she saw the typically friendly features twisted like that, but Mina made no move to interrupt or derail Tooru as the invisible girl let her thoughts and feelings tumble forth.

With a final sniff, Tooru’s tale wrapped up, her hands clenched together with a tissue between them, staring bitterly at the ground.

“It’s weird.” Mina growled. Tooru turned her head to see a look not unlike the expression Uraraka wore before the sports festival. “I can’t wait till school and our next combat training.”

Hagakure gave her friend a dry chuckle, idly threading the tissue between her fingers.

“Don’t bother.” She sighed.

“Yeah I know.” Mina waved her friend off, still trying to perk her spirits up. “‘Be the bigger person,’ and all that crap.”

Hagakure shook her head sadly, heaving her shoulders in a shrug.

“Just… no point.”

Mina joined her friend in with an exaggerated sigh.

“I guess you’re right. We’re meant to be heroes after all.” She resigned, rubbing Hagakure’s back like her mother did for her. “I’ll just sic Bakugo on him.”

Tooru coughed as the sudden burst of laughter caught her off guard, quickly rubbing her eyes and nose with the tissue in her hand.

“Yay! That’s much better isn’t it?” Mina smiled victoriously.

“Stop it Mina.” Tooru pouted, “I’m supposed to be sad.”

“And it’s my job to stop that.” She nudged the invisible girl’s shoulder playfully. “I’d say I win but I’m guessing it’s just a patch job.”

Tooru hummed in agreement sadly.

“Then come on.” Mina grabbed her friend’s hands and held them up. “Tell Auntie Mina, what can we do to cheer you up right now? There’s gotta be something?”

Hagakure shook her head again.

“Don’t worry Mina. I’ll be fine… eventually.”

“Uh-uh, no good.” The pinkette rejected. “Come on. Killing Mineta won’t work… well… yet. How about some ice cream? Oh, you want someone with you when you ask Midori about your quirk?”

That last suggestion would definitely help Tooru considered, about to inform her friend as such, only to find her eyes drawn to the fingers clasped in her own. Tooru watched for a moment as Mina’s thumbs ran comfortingly along the back of her hand; certainly something that she wouldn’t be able to see if she didn’t have her quirk.

“I…” She began only for her breath to catch, her mind trying to shut down the potentially embarrassing admission.

“Nah-ah, come on girl. You started so there’s definitely something on your mind.” Mina grinned. “You know I’ll just tickle it out of you anyway.” The pinkette’s fingers jiggled to reinforce her declaration.

“No I… it’s just… weird…”

“You don’t want a kiss do you?” Mina deadpanned. “I mean, I could always go ask Jiro or Tsu-“

“No, Mina, nothing like that.” Hagakure shoved her friend back, Mina’s teasing laugh filling the room.

“Then come on. If it’ll make you feel better and I can help, you know I got’chu gurl.” Mina smiled again.

Tooru looked at her friend, her heart wrestling with itself. Mina was offering but it’s just not something you asked a friend. At least… not for someone that never knew what it was like to be invisible twenty four seven.

“O… kay…” Tooru relented. “Can I… you can say no-”

“Oh shush Tooru. You don’t ask you don’t get.” Mina declared, having inherited that piece of philosophy from her mother. It was the same words that helped her gather the courage to ask out her father after all. Wait, did she just set in motion the story that she would be passing these same words onto her and Tooru’s own kids in a few years’ time?

‘Urgh, stop imagining shit and listen to your friend you idiot.’ Mina mentally chided herself. She only just got off to what was technically lesbian porn, she didn’t need to so readily invite her friends into her fantasies.

“Can I… um… please look at you?” Tooru asked shyly, one of her arms gripping her bicep nervously.

“I… uh… yeah, go again? I dunno what you mean. I’m right here.” Mina tilted her head in confusion.

“Sorry,” Tooru apologised, “I um… mean that I can’t see myself.”

“Y-yeah?” Mina nodded.

“So um… I don’t even…” She huffed. “I’ve never been able to see… anything on someone up close.” She admitted. “All the little details like… hands and feet and even just… how big my arms are getting from all my training… I can’t see any of it.”

Mina nodded, starting to get a clearer picture of Hagakure’s request.

“So uh… could I just…”

“Ahhh, I gotcha!” Mina snapped her fingers triumphantly before raising her bicep in a curl. “All the things like this right?” The girl poked her bulging muscles and played with the skin around it.

“Y-yeah…” Tooru nodded. “I know its… weird but…”

“Gurl, I get it.” Mina smiled, resting a hand on her friend’s knee. “Well, not really, but I understand. All the little shit no one thinks about right?”

Tooru nodded.

“Not gonna lie, weirdest thing I’ve ever been asked.” Mina laughed. “But… if it’s for you? I think I can allow you to defile me just a little.”

“Mina!” Tooru blushed. “Don’t make this weirder.”

“Hey, you started it.” The acid-user laughed again before rising to her feet. “Come on, let’s do this.”

“I… are… you sure Mina?” Tooru asked after a moment. “It’s not… too weird?”

“Nah, it’s fine.” Mina waved her friend’s concerns away. “At least somebody will be able to physically appreciate my body. It’ll be good practise before I find my true love.”

“Mina, shut up.” Tooru blushed again.

“I know, I’m just teasing girl.” Mina giggled. “Just keep it PG12 and you can poke me anywhere you want.” Mina finished seductively, wiggling her eyebrows suggestively.

Mina felt a set of fingers jab at her belly, breaking her down into laughs once more.

“Okay, okay, I got it,” She giggled before raising her arms out to the side. “Go ahead and take a good look girl.”

Tooru slowly rose to her feet and took a step closer to her best friend, approaching Mina’s arm. Gently, she held it in both hands as she pulled it closer to her face. She was still very nervous and felt ridiculous for this ask of her best friend but she wasn’t going to waste the opportunity. Focusing closely, she admired Mina’s bright pink skin closely.

Despite all her late night research into stupid stuff like how skin looked and what a goose bump was, it was another thing entirely to be able to finally examine something up close. Something she may never get to see on her own body.

“I know I’m like, super pink, but it’ll do until we can figure your quirk out.”

Tooru nodded, uttering a murmur of agreement as she ran her fingers along Mina’s bicep, watching in fascination as the little hairs brushed against her finger tips. Mina giggled as she felt Tooru’s breath on her arm from her head being so close. Hagakure pushed lightly against Mina’s muscle, watching how the flesh rolled around the center where she knew the bone to be.

When the girl had finished her examination, she pulled Mina’s arm closer, raising the pinkette’s hand up to her face.

“Nails are a little chipped but hey, hero work is messy business.” Mina admitted. Though she took care of her nails whenever she felt like pampering herself, Mina wouldn’t let the fear of getting her hands messed up get in the way of saving one more civilian or stopping one more villain. Nail polish didn’t last long against acid anyway.

Said acid-user felt Tooru run her finger along her nails, examining the texture before shifting her attention to her palms, rubbing her digits along the wrinkles and grooves.

“Ooo, check this out!” Mina exclaimed, pulling her other hand over to join the first. “Acid burn. Gnarly one back when I was still figuring my quirk out.”

Tooru examined Mina’s other hand and, sure enough, there was a section of lighter pink skin at the base of her palm where it joined her wrist.

“Turns out I can run out of resistance if I push myself too hard.” She admitted. “See how it’s a little softer than the rest of my skin?”

Mina felt Tooru’s fingers dance over her palm, her scar and the skin around her wrist, likely comparing all the different feels with the way the skin moves.

After a few more moment of examining, Tooru released Mina’s hands and stepped closer to her friend. Mina watched carefully as she tried to guess what the invisible girl would examine next only to flinch as something touched her cheek.

“Sorry, it’s a little harder to resist doing that when I can’t see what’s doing it.” Mina heard Tooru’s breath catch. “Go ahead girl, it just surprised me is all.” She smiled reassuringly, reaching out to rest her hand on the invisible girl’s outstretched arm. It was a lot harder to guess where it was when Hagakure was wearing her short sleeved school top but Mina would never tell her friend that.

She felt Hagakure’s probing touch around her cheek again, pushing into it and letting go, likely watching the bounce of it. Feeling cheeky, Mina took a breath and blew up her cheeks, purposely bulging them to show the invisible girl. As expected, she felt Tooru’s prodding one more as she struggled to keep her lips closed. When she couldn’t hold it any longer, she carefully let go, hoping not to blow directly into her friend’s face.

“Mina… your eyes…”

“Yeah, sorry, yours probably won’t look anything like mine.” The acid girl admitted, “Comes with the pink.”

“Still…” Hagakure trailed off.

Mina undeniably felt a little awkward in that moment. Sure her eyes were different but that wasn’t bad… right? No. The invisible girl was still looking into them if her guess-timate of where her head was currently placed was correct.

“They’re so pretty.” Tooru replied.

Mina couldn’t help but blush at that. Here was someone getting very well acquainted with her features and they just called her eyes pretty while barely an inch from her face. After the video she watched earlier, this was certainly something new and almost exciting for the extroverted girl. Her nerves were getting the better of her and she didn’t know what to say to get out of this, to break the weird tension in her own head. So, Mina did what she did best; she made a joke about it.

Tooru jumped back when she heard her friend make kissy-kissy noises. She watched as her pink friend broke into laughs once again at her reaction.

“Mina!” She pouted.

“I’m- I’m sorry Tooru,” Mina said between giggles. “I could-couldn’t help it.”

Tooru glared at the girl. “Mean.”

“Oh shush, you try standing there and not cracking a joke when someone that close calls your eyes 'pretty'.” Mina smirked.

Hagakure blushed as the realization of what she’d done dawned on her.

“So is that it?” Mina asked. “Gotten all your looky-loos?”

“I… um… not yet?” Tooru admitted nervously, still a few things she’d hoped to investigate if she was honest.

“It’s fine,” Mina’s giggles faded. “No more jokes, promise.”

Mina T-posed once more, mentally laughing to herself that it was for dominance as Tooru approached again.

She felt the invisible girls’ breath on her face return as her hands brushed the pink hair aside. Her ear twitched as she felt Tooru's finger run across it.”

“Gak. Sorry, tickles.” Mina admitted.

“Noted,” Tooru giggled to herself. “I’ll make sure to tell your future husband that.”

“Don’tchu dare.” Mina glared.

“No promises.” Tooru teased back, her voice sounding more like it should in Mina’s opinion; her normal, happy, carefree tone.

Tooru stepped back and knelt down. Mina’s eyes widened as her perverted mind instantly drew similarities with the video she’d watched earlier. She felt her pulse quicken against her will and cursed herself for indulging.

“Ca… can I see?” Tooru’s hesistant voice asked, the feel of some of her fingers on the side of Mina’s belly.

“Y-yes.” Mina lifted her shirt lightly, her breath in her throat as she wasn’t sure exactly what Tooru was asking. Would the girl go further? Was she about to feel the invisible girl’s hands touching her in places she’d never had anyone else touch before?

Mina jolted slightly as she felt the invisible girl’s fingers right around her navel. Breathing a sigh of relief as she realized it was her belly button Hagakure wanted to investigate. But then, why were the electric tingles from the anticipation remaining.

She felt Hagakure’s finger trace around the outside of her ‘innie’. She couldn’t help it, looking down, all her head wanted to picture in that moment was the video she’d watched earlier. Her pulse quickened again and she felt herself flush in ways she knew she shouldn’t be.

“Um… could you…” Hagakure began. What? Slide her shorts off? Maybe her top too? “Sit down?”

“Oh…” Mina blinked, her mind racing. “S-sure.”

Returning to her bed, she felt the fabric of her black and pink heart patterned rug tickle against her toes in a way it hadn’t before. Carefully sitting down on the bed, she turned her gaze back to Hagakure, praying that her blush wasn’t visible.

“Thanks, sorry.” Hagakure apologized. “I-I know this is very weird and awkward.”

“N-not at… okay a little.” Mina admitted, letting out a sigh and hoping it helped hide her true thoughts. “But you’re my friend and as long as this is helping I guess I can suffer a little longer.”

She heard Hagakure sniff and hoped the girl’s tears hadn’t returned.

“T-thanks Mina… y-you don’t know how much this means to me.”

“Yeah, yeah, you owe me one.” Mina joked, hoping to cover her own nervousness. “Now why’d I have to sit down eh?” She prompted.

“Oh, uh… yeah.” Tooru nodded, kneeling in front of Mina’s legs again.

Mina’s perverted mind chose that moment to imagine Hagakure pulling her knees apart softly, reaching up to hook her hands around her shorts and-

“Gah!” Mina jumped as Tooru’s hand curled around her ankle.

“Wow… I guess you have lots of ticklish spots.” Tooru teased, dragging a finger around her ankle bone as she held it.

“Sh-shut up.” Mina pouted, flopping back onto her bed, hoping it would help stave off her stupid brain’s sexy machinations.

Tooru’s giggle lifted Mina’s spirits as it rang out. Accidental perversion or not, she was glad this was genuinely helping her friend. She took a moment as Tooru’s fingers played with her calf muscles to really consider her friend’s position. From her own admittance, the girl had never seen literally any piece of her body in her entire life. Her hands, legs, feet, face, none of it. No wonder the girl had asked what she did. Mina figured she’d be fascinated too if this was the first real time she got to see and play with something she had never, and may never, get to see. Sure Tooru was probably going to get a boyfriend at some point, but even if she asked the same of him, that was a guy’s body.

Mina was pulled back into the moment as her foot jerked suddenly.

“Ah! Sorry Mina, was that too much?” Tooru asked, catching and holding Mina’s foot after it had nearly kicked her in the arm. Her fingers had apparently had quite a reaction when tracing the contours on the sole.

Mina let out a giggle at her friend’s expression, wiggling her held foot’s toes.

“A little but I’m sure you’d do the same.”

Tooru chuckled. “Yeah, probably.”

Mina watched as Tooru carefully put her foot down and pushed herself to her feet once more.

“T-thank you Mina. This… it helped…” Tooru thanked her friend, her hands clasped together. “I-I know it must’ve been-”

“Oh shush up girl, if I wanted to complain I would’ve.” Mina scolded with a smile, honestly happy this had lightened the invisible girl’s burden as much as it seemed to have, rising to her feet and throwing her arms around the girl. “You’re my bestie, you know you can come to me with this stuff.”

Tooru chuckled lightly. “Yeah… yeah I do Mina… now anyway.”

“Good.” Mina tightened her hug on her friend, hoping to impart a small degree of how much she cared about her. “You all good now?”

“Not… fully.” Mina could hear the sad lilt still present in her friend’s voice. “Not tonight, but I’ll be better soon, thanks to you.”

“Sure,” Mina smiled, rubbing her back once more.

“I think I’m gonna go lie down… it’s late anyway and we’ve got class tomorrow.”

“Urgh, you had to go and ruin it.” Mina pouted, “Couldn’t let me live in my fantasy world without homework for just a little longer could you.”

“I thought you said you couldn’t wait for class.” Tooru teased, remembering the pinkette’s declaration earlier.

“Gak, stop using my own words against me!” Mina glared. “I got enough of that from Tsu.”

The girls both giggled at the memory, even if it brought back a slightly more embarrassing one for Mina.

“Don’t worry, we’ll get her next time.”

“Oh yeah! Team Invisible-Acid will take down that evil toad once and for all!” Mina declared with a laugh.

Making sure to grab her phone, Tooru walked over to Mina’s door, followed by the pinkette as she opened it.

“Thanks again Mina… I mean it.”

“Shut up, go on girl,” Mina grinned, “Before Aizawa catches you breaking curfew.”

With a last, shared laugh between the two, Mina closed the door and heard the tell-tale sound of footsteps heading to the stairwell.

With a sigh Mina walked back over to her bed and sat down, retaking the position she had when Hagakure was investigating her feet. She felt a shiver run through her system as her imagination started up once more.

Mina shook her head, trying to clear her thoughts from that path only for them to persist. She felt herself clench as she imagined raising herself up ever so slightly so Hagakure could slide her bottoms off.

“Fuck…” Mina breathed as she felt the desire to snake her hand down her pants and relish in the growing wetness. Tonight was certainly a night for revelations and these confusing thoughts and feelings certainly took the cake.

No. She was secure in herself. She’d always known who she was and what she wanted out of life. Tonight was not the night she’d let herself falter even slightly.

‘I’m Mina Fuckin’ Ashido,’ The pinkette said to herself in her head, stealing Jiro’s line to Momo from a few days ago. ‘And I’m attracted to guys and girls, especially with muscles.’

She paused for a moment, letting the thought process itself in her mind.

‘And now, I’m gonna get myself off to a daydream of my visibly-challenged best friend who will never know about it.’ Mina nodded at her internal declaration, turning and reaching for her pillow and her fun little helper.

“Wait… where’s my…” She pondered, not feeling the device in her pillow.

Turning her head left and right, her blood froze as she caught sight of the toy, standing proudly next to her laptop. There was no way Hagakure hadn’t seen that the whole time whilst she sat on Mina’s bed.

“Fffuuu-”


The next day in homeroom, those who were present for the Mineta-Hagakure fallout waited anxiously for both to turn up. Having been clued in the previous evening by the girl herself, Mina sent knowing nods to Ochako and Momo but make no move to talk to them; resolving to discuss everything with them as a girls group with Tooru at lunch.

Just before the bell rang, the class spotted Hagakure slip in moments before Aizawa who promptly began with the day’s itinerary. When asked for any questions, it was Kirishima who bit the bullet and asked about their purple-haired classmate.

“Mineta was caught bullying another student for their appearance.” Aizawa began. Those who were present for the incident realized Aizawa was trying to keep Hagakure’s role as the victim a secret. Even if the whole class would likely know by the end of the day, they wouldn’t have heard it from him. “As such, he is serving five days of suspension and detention with Thirteen. If he doesn’t complete the detentions to the satisfaction of the staff, or is unable to develop two special moves in time for the licensing exam, he will not be going.”

The class’ eyes widened at the severity of Mineta’s punishment but the amount of sorrow they had for the boy was minimal considering the charge against him.

“I hope you all realize that UA takes a zero tolerance policy towards bullying and the same, if not worse, punishment will be extended to you considering you now know the consequences for such actions. Am I clear?”

“Yes Mr. Aizawa!” The class chorused.

“Good.”

With that, the school day began as normal. As predicted, it wasn’t until lunch that the girls could get together and update the remaining two on what went down, making sure to consider Hagakure’s feelings as they discussed it. While they were all glad for the significant punishment that Aizawa had levelled against the grape, they couldn’t help but wish it was flat out expulsion.

During their training time later that day, Mina was surprised when, while experimenting with her new nozzle-like blasts of acid, she heard Bakugo call out to her. Shaking her hands of the stone-eating acidic drips, she watched the explosive boy close in more than normal before talking to her.

“Tell me what you know about what happened.” He demanded.

“What makes you think I-”

“Cut the crap raccoon eyes.” He glared. Mina matched his energy for a moment only to relent.

“Fine, but you keep this to yourself and promise to do me a favour in exchange.”

“I ain’t promising you shit.”

“We both know you will so why don’t you ‘cut the crap’.” Mina smirked.

She could practically see Bakugo’s teeth grinding as she managed to finally be on the winning side of using someone’s words against them. When Bakugo didn’t retort, she knew it was as good a confirmation as any. Honestly, the self-titled ‘Baku-squad’ was weird but they’d developed a fun dynamic she found herself enjoying when hanging out with them.

Quickly, before Aizawa or Ectoplasm could call either of them out for slacking on their training, she gave Bakugo the bullet point version of what went down that she’d heard from Hagakure herself.

When she finished, Bakugo just gave a grunt, his eyes buried by his furrowed brows as he turned to leave.

“Hey, what about my favour.” Mina called out.

The explosive-teen paused, his ear turning towards her ever so slightly to indicate he was listening.

“Next battle training, if you’re matched up, I want you to kick his ass, no holding back! No one bullies my bestie.” Mina ordered, her angry expression clear to anyone who looked her way.

Bakugo simply turned his head further so Mina could see the feral looking grin and determined frown on his face.

“Why do you think I asked you? I just wanted to make sure it was justified.” He chuckled darkly before stomping away once more.

Mina shook her head fondly as he disappeared around one of Cementoss’ crafted pillars of concrete. She couldn’t always judge the explosive teen well but she was glad he was her friend.

“If I was a villain, you’d be dead.”

Mina jumped, rushing to resume her stance and experiment with her new ranged attack once more.

“Sorry Mr. Ectoplasm sir!”


Things settled into a comfortable routine for a few days. Everyone was busy with training and homework and before they knew it, Friday came around again.

“No way! I was super excited and everything!” Mina’s cry of dismay rang out in the common room.

“Sorry Mina,” Hagakure apologized. “But after last week, I spoke to my parents and they said they’d come down for a day to visit and we could go see a film together like old times.”

“But, but sleepover! Fun, food, revenge on Tsu!” Mina pouted.

“No chance.” Tsuyu grinned, looking over from the sofa.

“I’m… actually kinda glad I’m not the only one.” Ochako admitted. “My folks are here too. We’re going out for dinner as a sort of ‘good luck’ for the licensing exam you know?”

“Awww man.” Mina groaned. “Fine, guess we’ll book it in in for next week.”

“Actually-”

“Don’t you dare Tsu.” The pinkette glared.

“Ribbit. I wasn’t, I just wanted to see your face.” She giggled. “Next Friday’s fine with me if everyone else is?”

“I dunno, aren’t we gonna be too tired after the exam?” Jiro asked, resting against the back of the couch.

“No way! This’ll be the perfect way to unwind and celebrate!” Mina cheered.

“I must admit, the last event was very enjoyable and I find myself eagerly awaiting our next get together.” Momo nodded.

“Woo, Yaomomo’s in, we’ll use her big comfy bed again!” Mina hugged the heiress. “Come on Jiro, join us.”

“Don’t just volunteer other people’s stuff.” Jiro scolded, looking hesitantly at the tall girl. “But whatever, I’m in.”

“Sweet, Ochako, I know you’re in cause you need to finish that braid you never gave me.” Mina ordered sweetly.

“Gah… I got distracted…” Ochako mumbled, embarrassed.

“It’s fine ‘Chako. Momo never finished mine either.” Tsuyu shrugged.

“Oh I’m so sorry Tsuyu. I completely forgot. I was just-”

“Too into doing Jiro’s makeup, don’t worry about it.” Giving the girl a nod of understanding. “Though like Mina says, I would like to actually have one finished this time.”

“Of course.” Momo bowed her head slightly. “I’ll make sure to prepare ahead of time.”

“You know I’m in!” Tooru agreed before the frog girl and the heiress could continue their back and forth.

“Woo, plan set!” Mina declared, “No backing out, do not pass ‘Go’, do not collect two thousand yen!”

With Mina’s goal of setting up their next sleepover complete, the girls returned to their Friday night plans. Hagakure and Ochako bid their goodbyes to their classmates before departing from campus, checking out of the dorms with Aizawa beforehand. After a group dinner for those remaining, Yaoyorozu excused herself for the night in order to complete their weekend assignments. Despite Mina’s complaining that it was still technically summer break, she forced herself to split for the same reason, hoping to earn some good graces back with their teacher by turning something in early.

As the group cleaned up their plates and put them away, Jiro made sure to hover around Tsuyu. When she was sure no one else was looking, she quickly reached out for the girl’s hand.

“Can… we talk?” She whispered.

Tsuyu simply nodded before continuing to clean her dishes. Jiro followed her lead and deliberately slowed down her own clean-up efforts. As Yoayorozu left the kitchen, Mina hurried to catch up, her begging to the heiress to help her study being politely declined as the pair entered the elevator.

“Okay, we’re good. Ribbit.” Tsuyu said, turning to the earphone jack girl. “Here or upstairs?”

“Uh… upstairs if we could.” Jiro rubbed her arm nervously.

Tsuyu nodded, leading the pair to the elevator and recalling in. Stepping inside, she reached for her own floor’s button and, after no complaints, gave it a push. Before long, Tsuyu opened her door and hit the lights, ushering her guest inside.

Having not experienced Tsuyu’s room during the contest when they’d first moved in, Jiro took a moment to look around. Predictably, there were a number of green and frog based decorations like a lily pad rug, green sheets and pillow to match with a few small frog plushies sitting on a shelf. A cork board hung on the wall with a few pictures of their group and a few people Jiro didn’t recognise smiling back at the camera.

“So what did you want to discuss about the sleepover, ribbit?” Tsuyu asked, startling the purple haired girl out of her observations.

“Wh-what makes you think it’s about the sleepover?”

“Timing mostly,” Tsuyu shrugged, shuffling over to her desk chair and taking a seat, pulling her legs up to sit cross-legged. “It’s either something to do with next week or something we talked about last week.”

“I-I’m not sure whether to be impressed or scared about your observational skills.” Jiro muttered.

“Both.” Tsuyu replied simply. “Sit down if you like.”

“Oh, er, thanks.” Jiro nodded, deciding to sit gently on the frog girl’s bedspread.

“So what’s up?” Tsuyu asked again.

Jiro’s hand reached up and twirled her jack, her anxiety obvious but she didn’t care; she needed answers.

“Last week…” She began, “You… you said you were… bisexual.”

“I did.”

“Right.” Jiro nodded, looking down. She wouldn’t get any answers if she didn’t ask the question. But wasn’t it rude to ask someone. Tsuyu was very blunt, maybe she’d appreciate the direct approach.

Tsuyu sat patiently, watching her guest curiously and allowing her to build up her courage.

“How did… how did you…” Jiro trailed off

“Know I was bisexual?” Tsuyu helpfully finished. Jiro’s nodded confirming her correct guess. “It wasn’t hard to be honest. When we had those health classes back in middle-school, they briefly went over gay, lesbian and bisexual definitions. Not enough as they probably should have but knowing what they were called was enough for me to look some stuff up online.”

Jiro nodded but said nothing, waiting for Tsuyu to proceed.

“I knew I found that boys and girls made me feel all fluttery inside and that was that.” Tsuyu shrugged. “I had the name for it so I’ve been bisexual ever since.”

“That’s- that’s it?” Jiro asked, surprised.

“You were expecting a big, dramatic reveal?” Tsuyu asked with a teasing smirk.

“No I… that… that doesn’t really answer my question.” Jiro muttered, disheartened she hadn’t gotten the knowledge she wanted.

“Oh?” Tsuyu tilted her head. “I’m sorry, I thought I answered. Maybe you could rephrase?”

“Erm… Okay…” Jiro scratched her head as she pondered for herself what exactly she was trying to ask Tsuyu to get the information she wanted. “When um… did you know for sure that… that this was something that was definitely part of you? That it wasn’t just like… curiosity or a phase or something?”

“Ah. That’s sorta different.” Tsuyu leant back on her chair, “You weren’t there but before we were all ready for last week, Mina was bragging about being good at truth or dare. I told her it was my favourite sleepover game and I’d never lost.”

Jiro furrowed her brow but nodded, not quite seeing Tsuyu’s point.

“I’ve never been one to worry over things like social expectations or political correctness. I’m kind of blunt like that.” Tsuyu explained, gaining an understandable nod from Jiro who did indeed know these traits were part of who Tsuyu was. “I’ve had sleepovers before UA and truth or dare was always fun when it came up. After that health class, it definitely affected some of the things in it. Truths like who we fancied, how far we would go with them, basic lewd stuff, ribbit.”

Jiro felt herself blush as her imagination picked up.

“My friends knew I was basically unflappable whenever we played, though occasionally they tried to challenge my crown, ribbit.” Tsuyu looked up as she relived the fond memories. “First real challenge they through me for a while was a dare to French kiss one of them.” Jiro felt her eyebrows practically shoot into her hairline. Tsuyu just pressed on. “They thought I’d just refuse off the bat. When I didn’t back down, they scrambled to figure out how to resolve it.”

“… And?” Jiro prompted, eager to hear the rest.

“They decided the one who uttered the dare had to do it with me.” Tsuyu smiled. “I’m still wearing my crown so I think you know how that went.” She giggled before turning to her pin board. “To be honest, I think she was kind of in the same position you are.”

“What do you mean?”

“I don’t know for sure.” Tsuyu reached up and delicately unpinned a picture of her and a red-haired snake looking girl. “But I think it’s ‘cause she was looking to confirm her sexuality too. Her crush on me was kinda obvious. It was both our first kisses and we started dating shortly after.”

Tsuyu handed the picture over to Jiro. It showed Tsuyu and the girl with what she believed were smiles on their faces, taking a selfie together in their school uniforms, cherry blossom petals clearly falling around them.

“Didn’t last long though.” Tsuyu dismissed. “With all the hero training I was doing for UA right around the corner, I didn’t have enough time to dedicate to my friends, let alone a girlfriend.”

“You broke up?”

Tsuyu nodded but didn’t look too sad.

“Yeah, but it wasn’t bad. We’re still good friends but I’m kinda glad it ended when it did. I don’t think we were right for each other, ribbit.” Tsuyu reached for the photo which Jiro handed back, placing it on her desk behind her. “If I’m understanding you right, you’re not a hundred percent sure you’re a lesbian are you?”

Jiro opened her mouth to respond only to stop as she didn’t entirely know how to answer that.

“Let me rephrase that.” Tsuyu gave her full attention back to her friend. “You’ve got no ‘proof’ you’re gay and are questioning yourself.”

Jiro could only respond by slowly nodding dumbly. Mulling over the words in her head, that definitely felt like what she was trying to answer for herself.

“By that logic, I’m a lesbian since I’ve never kissed a guy. Ribbit.” Tsuyu said, “Though I know for a fact that I’d date Midoriya in a heartbeat once Ochako makes up her mind.”

Jiro could only blush as Tsuyu’s bold declaration.

“Still, it doesn’t matter what you’ve done Jiro, it only matters how you feel.” Tsuyu explained. “You don’t need some sort of proof or experience to validate your feelings.”

“I… I know that…” Jiro sighed. “Like, mentally, I know that but… it doesn’t change what I’m feeling.”

“Nah, probably not. Feelings are stupid like that.” Tsuyu smiled. “Like how you want to date Yaomomo but are too scared to ask her.”

Jiro’s breath hitched as Tsuyu just stared at her as though she hadn’t just dropped a truth bomb.

“Well that and the fact she thinks she’s trapped into a business marriage she can’t get out of.” Tsuyu continued.

“H-how-”

“You and Ochako really aren’t slick, ribbit.” Tsuyu shrugged.

Jiro blinked, shaking her head before chuckling lightly.

“Man… me and her… we’re hopeless aren’t we.”

“Nah, you’re just teenagers.” Tsuyu joined her friend with a giggle. “Everyone’s all still growing and learning what they can.”

“Not you, eh Tsu?.” Jiro smiled. “You got everything all figured out.”

“Oh I’ve got my own issues.” Tsuyu admitted. “I’m just much better at hiding them than any of you.”

Jiro sighed. “I guess I don’t need to give you the ‘we’ll be there for you no matter what’ speech?”

“No, but it’s nice to be reminded.” Tsuyu nodded. “I don’t need to tell my parents or siblings I love them but it’s still nice to hear.”

“Right, right.” Jiro rolled her eyes. “I should… get out of your hair.”

Jiro rose to her feet and patted herself down. Tsuyu didn’t say anything, waiting until the girl got halfway to the door before speaking again.

“You’re still not satisfied, are you?”

Jiro paused.

“Stupid observant frog.”

“And proud of it.”

Jiro turned around to glare at her friend who wore a look that could appear alongside the definition of smug in the dictionary. The two matched gazes. Jiro hoped she wouldn’t be called on it. She knew better though, breaking her gaze and sighing.

“Look I…” She started. “I know it’s stupid and… completely ignores the advice you gave me but…”

To her credit, Tsuyu waited patiently once again, allowing Jiro to at least muster whatever courage she could. Jiro bit the inside of her cheek, hoping the pain would dull her mind to the shame she would experience after her froggy friend rejected the outrageous request.

“C-could we… m-maybe…” She chanced a glance at the girl, hoping the message got across.

Tsuyu just raised a hand, gesturing for the girl to continue.

“C-c… could we… um… kiss?”

Jiro shut her eyes, certain that she was blushing like Ochako.

“That took some effort, didn’t it Jiro?”

“Sh-shut up.” Jiro barked, her natural response when being teased.

“Ribbit.” Tsuyu chuckled. “Sure, I’ll kiss you.”

“You’ll… what?”

“I’ll give you a kiss.” Tsuyu said simply, rising from her seat and moving towards Jiro.

The punk girl took a step back. This was too sudden. Didn’t Tsu realize what she was agreeing to?! Was she really okay with just kissing her because she asked?!

Jiro closed her eyes as Tsu approached. Here it comes. She’s really going to kiss me. Jiro puckered her lips and waited.

“Mwah.”

Jiro froze as she felt Tsuyu’s lips. Not against her lips like she’d expected, but against her cheek. She opened her eyes, watching as Tsuyu pulled back off her tiptoes that she’d used to close the gap.

“Satisfied?” She asked as though she didn’t realise she’d done anything to betray Jiro’s expectations.

“I… nuh… um…” Jiro responded, her fluster getting the better of her.

“Take a breath, you’ll feel better. Ribbit”

She almost didn’t want to, just to spite the greenette. She had to know what she was doing to the poor lesbian. Mina was right; she was an evil frog.

Reluctantly, she took a deep breath as she considered what to say that would get her dissatisfaction across.

“I-I didn’t mean a kiss like that.” Jiro stuttered. Asui, once again, remained silent. “I-I meant… like a p-proper k-kiss.”

“Hmmm, I dunno. Ribbit.” Tsuyu considered, her finger pondering on her chin. “I gave you what you asked for. Besides, shouldn’t we reserve those types of kisses for people we care deeply about? I kinda feel like you’re just using me.”

“I…” Jiro sighed. “Y-yeah… you’re right… I kinda am.” She admitted. “Sorry Tsu.”

“Good.” Tsuyu nodded. “I wouldn’t kiss you if you didn’t acknowledge and apologize for it first, ribbit.”

Jiro blinked once, twice, her brain trying to catch up to what exactly Tsuyu just said.

“Come on. Ribbit.”

Jiro felt herself be led by her hand which was now firming cupped in Tsuyu’s. The frog girl pulled her back towards her bed, leaving enough space for the confused punk girl to sit beside her on the edge.

“Sit.” Tsuyu ordered. Jiro obeyed mindlessly.

Asui then took both of the girl’s hands in her own, looking directly in her eyes.

“It’s a selfish, silly request.” Tsuyu admitted to the girl, “But you’re hurting and I’m your friend so I’d like to help where I can. Doesn’t mean I’m gonna let you make a silly mistake and hurt my feelings in the process.”

“Y-yeah… sorry.” Jiro looked away, embarrassed.

“That’s okay.” Tsuyu smiled. “Now, to be clear, you’re talking about a French kiss, correct?”

Jiro felt her pulse quicken, her lips suddenly feeling very dry. Too dry. She had to strongly withhold the urge to lick them in that moment.

“Yes… please.”

“Ribbit.” Tsuyu smiled, “Just making sure. Prepare yourself and don’t fall in love with me when it’s over.”

Jiro felt her breath catch again. She was going to lose brain cells if this kept up. Nervously, she gave into her impulse and licked her lips, watching Tsuyu’s every move as the frog quirked girl did the same. Was she breathing too hard? Was it noticeable?

“Ready?” Tsuyu asked.

This was it, she was about to experience her first kiss. Was she really ready? She felt her head shake in a nod.

Tsuyu’s hands let go of hers. Jiro’s eyes briefly flickered to the one that was reaching for her face. It felt… really nice as Tsuyu’s hand cupped her cheek. Was it supposed to feel this good? Was she meant to do it back? Her hip twitched momentarily as Tsuyu’s hand rested on her side, just above her hip. She looked back at Tsuyu who had clearly leant forward but stopped halfway.

“Stop thinking.” She said simply. “Just feel it.”

Jiro nodded minutely before taking another breath and holding it. She pursed her lips and moved forward, her hands reaching out intending to balance herself at the odd angle. Before they could find purchase on anything, she felt her tilt stop as her lips met Tsuyu’s in a chaste kiss.

Tsuyu parted her lips as a soft sound escaped the pair. Jiro felt herself getting into the rhythm. It was like a series of small kisses that parted their lips further each time with Tsuyu leading her toward what she expected a French kiss to involve.

There it was! Jiro felt Tsuyu’s tongue touch her lips! She didn’t enter though. It was like she was waiting for something… Oh!

Jiro directed her tongue to lick tentatively at her friend’s, her head tilting slightly and feeling as though she were on the receiving end of her own heartbeat fuzz. She was right. Tsuyu’s tongue now had permission and entered her mouth as she felt her own tongue running over it, both of their mouths opening wider to accommodate. The punk girl couldn’t help herself as a breathy moan of satisfaction escaped her mouth.

If Tsuyu minded, she didn’t make any indication. Jiro focused her mind back on the amazing feeling of Tsuyu’s tongue on her own, swirling around each other in a sort of dance. The frog girl’s tongue was noticeably thicker and rounder than her own but it didn’t matter to Jiro in that moment.

Tsu’s tongue pulled back. Jiro felt her heart drop. Was it over already? Tsuyu’s tongue retreated but their lips remained together. Kyoka felt Tsuyu’s tongue enter her mouth once more, licking her upper lip in an almost ‘come hither’ motion she’d heard so much about. Eager to continue, Jiro tried her luck, stretching out her tongue as she felt it distinctly pass from between her own lips and into Tsuyu’s awaiting mouth.

Cautiously, she let her tongue explore. Reaching out for Tsuyu’s own and experiencing the texture of the frog girl’s teeth and gums as she did. Their muscles met once more and Jiro realized this was indeed comparable to a dance. Tsuyu had led to begin and now she was allowing Jiro to practise leading herself. The earphone jack user tried to mimic what she could remember Tsuyu doing just moments ago, rubbing her tongue around Tsuyu’s own, and hoping the girl was at least not hating the decision to help her friend like she had.

A few moments more and she felt Tsuyu’s tongue press more firmly against her own. Jiro didn’t need any further hint and retracted herself as she felt the frog girl pull away from their shared embrace. It was only then she realized just how oxygen deprived she was, breathing heavily as she watched Tsuyu take similar, albeit less severe breaths.

Neither spoke a word. Simply choosing to study the other as they fought to get their breathing under control. Tsuyu pulled her hands back and Jiro realised she’d lost control of her own at some point. One rested on Tsuyu’s shoulder while the other was placed on her nearest thigh. Pulling them away a little too suddenly to be accidental, she blushed and averted her eyes from Tsuyu’s own.

Tsuyu allowed the both of them another few moments to get their breathing and minds, under control before she next spoke.

“Was that better?” She asked cheekily.

She felt her confident expression shift to one of concern as she heard Jiro laugh a single, bitter, laugh. Tsuyu was sure she’d judged her friend correctly. This was what she’d asked for. A few drops of water fell from her friend’s averted face as she looked down at her hands.

“I… I know… I finally know…” Jiro laughed again, interspersed with holding back chokes of tears.

Tsuyu’s heart returned to its rightful place as she realized that her friend wasn’t laughing bitterly, it was one of great relief. Of a question she’d long looked for the answer to and finally having found it. Truth be told, she wasn’t sure if it was the correct thing to do, kissing the friend she didn’t have strong feelings for just to possibly determine her sexuality. From the happy tears Jiro was crying however, it seemed she’d clearly misjudged how much the answer meant to the girl, glad she was able to find it in something she helped with.

“Not gonna lie, you make a heck of a kisser Jiro.” The frog girl admitted, a playful smile gracing her face once more.

“I… I…” Jiro tried to reply, her breath catching each time she tried.

“It’s okay, just take a minute.” Tsuyu offered, shifting slightly so that they were not sitting hip to hip, placing her arm comfortingly around the tearful girl.

The two sat in together in near silence as Jiro struggled to get her emotions back in check. Tsuyu didn’t mind though. She’d sit here quietly as long as her friend needed her to. Jiro reached out and placed her hand on Tsuyu’s knee, rubbing her thumb along it softly.

“Th-thank you Tsu… you don’t k-know how much this m-meant to me.” Jiro said between stutters of breath.

“Probably not,” Tsuyu joked, “but I’m glad I could help.”

Jiro looked up, the gratitude in her eyes evident. Tsuyu just shot back a happy smile.

The pair sat in comfortable silence for a few minutes more, Jiro pulling back her hand and playing with her fingers as she processed what happened.

Jiro rose and brushed herself down, not knowing what to say after what they’d just done together.

“So… um…”

“Yeah, feel free to leave. I get that it’s a bit awkward, ribbit.” Tsuyu acknowledged, rising after her friend.

“Okay…” Jiro murmured, stepping towards the door, trying to think of something to say. She cursed herself as she pulled it open without thinking of a single thing. Tsuyu’s footsteps followed her own as she stepped outside and turned around to say goodbye. Not that that seemed like enough.

“I… th-thank you again… so much Tsuyu… I-I owe you one.” Jiro admitted, rubbing the back of her head sheepishly.

“Big time but I’ll call it in if I need it.”

Jiro chuckled. It was probably a joke, but regardless, if Tsuyu asked, she’d try and repay her froggy friend anyway she could.

“Right… um see you later?”

Tsuyu smiled, the corner’s reaching her eyes.

“See you tomorrow Jiro, you know how to reach me if you’ve got questions.”


Jiro smiled and nodded back to Asui before turning from her friend and heading down the hall. Tsuyu watched for a moment before closing the door softly, the lock clicking into place. She heard the ping of the elevator and waited a few more moments for the whirring to start before letting her head hit the door, her smile gone.

“… Like if you’d like to do it again sometime.”

Tsuyu chided herself at her admission. She was a bad frog. Naïve. What was she thinking? She shouldn’t have kissed Jiro. Look what’s happened.

Frustrated but determined, Tsuyu pushed herself away from her door and turned back to her bed. She reached up and pulled off her clothes as she did so, tossing them into her desk chair to sort out later. In a flash, she was as bare as the day she was born. Holding her hair in one hand above her head, she sat back on her bed before rolling on, spreading her legs wide as she did so. She’d held back while Jiro let her emotions out after the kiss but now she could let her hot-blooded lust burst forth.

Her fingers moved swiftly, one finding her nipple and the other searching straight for her clit, giving it a deeply satisfying few rubs as she did so. A sigh of lust and relief fell from her mouth as she closed her eyes, allowing herself to indulge in her stupid thoughts.

In her mind’s eye, she was in her room, exactly as she was now; legs spread, on her bed and ready to satisfy her carnal urges. Only, she was joined by her earphone jack wielding friend. One who she’d just frenched not minutes ago. The other girl was between her legs, huddled over so Tsuyu couldn’t see any of her erotic curves.

‘Please… teach me…’ The imagined version of Jiro pleaded sensually. Tsu felt her toes girl and muscles clench lustfully at the scene.

‘Here… just reach out…’ Tsuyu heard her own voice whisper in her head, her arm reaching out to cup her purple haired partner’s, ‘Stick out your tongue…’ She pulled the girl’s head, tongue outstretched closer to her core, ‘… and just lick right there.’

Asui’s muscles clenched viciously once more as she could practically feel the girl’s tongue drenching the spot she’d imagined. Her fingers moved swiftly, one rubbing her clit in a steady rhythm, the other pinching her nipple just hard enough for a satisfying tingle of pain to run down her spine. Tsuyu’s breathing grew ragged and heavy as she imagined the sounds and moans her partner made while pleasuring her.

But it wasn’t enough for the greedy frog girl… she was never satisfied with enough… that’s why she was a bad frog. Too greedy for her own good. She wanted it all.

‘You’ve had your turn Jiro,’ a familiar feminine voice called out. The purple haired girl blushed cutely as she shifted her position to one side, making room. ‘We want a turn too.’

Asui groaned with delight as a naked Ochako stepped into view, one of her hands clasped in their final participant’s own.

‘Yes, please Jiro,’ Izuku spoke up, a commanding confidence in his voice and a proud, firm cock standing to attention. ‘I want to fill her up.’

‘F-fine.’ Jiro blushed, looking away cutely from the penis that would soon ravage Tsuyu. ‘But-but I wanna help.’

‘We wouldn’t have it any other way.’ Ochako cheered, her blush marks expanding. ‘For now though…’

Tsuyu’s pleasure spiked as her mind conjured the image of Ochako spreading her legs and hovering her crotch over Tsuyu’s face.

‘I think I’d like a little frog to earn her treat.’ She grinned down at the green haired girl. ‘Ready Deku?’

‘Ready!’ Izuku nodded, now sat kneeling at the other end of the bed, between Tsuyu’s legs.

As Tsuyu’s imagination conjured these wonderful images for her enjoyment, she stretched her tongue out, pushing it to reach down towards her crotch and turn smoothly to rub against her folds.

‘How about you Tsu?’ Izuku asked, rubbing his cock head against Tsuyu’s entrance, a look on his face that felt both devilish and heart-warming at the same time. ‘Do you want it?’

“Please,” Tsuyu cried, vocalising inside and out of her daydream as much as she could with her tongue outstretched. “Give it to me.”

She plunged her tongue into herself as deep as she could without it being painful, the Izuku of her dreams matching her stroke. With her command, she could only imagine the pleasure she would feel as Ochako’s own soaked cavern placed itself over her mouth for her to ravage.

This was it, this was everything she ever wanted in life. She could be struck down by a villain right now and she’d die a happy frog. Izuku’s thrusting increased. Tsuyu couldn’t wait to feel his seed filling and dripping from her. The erotic sounds of Izuku and Ochako kissing filled her with glee, their messy tongues never quite matching as they both grinded and humped against Tsu.

‘Hey, I want some too.’ Jiro complained, an adorable pout on her face.

Izuku and Ochako’s kissy noises stopped for a moment as Ochako spoke.

‘Of course, come here babe.’ The gravity user reached forward, pulling the earphone jack girl into a loving, lustful kiss.

Izuku’s grunts got louder as he thrust harder, adjusting his angle slightly to rub against just the right spots. ‘I love you all so much!’ He cried.

Ochako and Jiro finished their kiss, an erotic strand of saliva stretching between their tongues for just a moment.

‘Awww, we all love you too.’ Ochako cooed, wiggling her hips deeper into Tsuyu’s face. ‘Especially you Tsu.’

‘Ditto, I’m so glad you let me join, this is the best and so are you.’ Jiro spoke to Tsu, rubbing a hand along her thigh.

‘I’m getting close,’ Izuku warned.

‘And so’s she I’ll bet.’ Ochako said, cheekily, rubbing her hands along her breasts.

‘I think I know what to do now.’ Jiro said, her smirk somehow clearly indicated from her voice alone, an earphone jack winding itself. ‘Are you ready Tsu?’

Tsuyu nodded, he heavy breathing having flooded the air enough to warm the room.

‘Now… go ahead…’ Jiro whispered sensually into her ear, her jack reaching down to just above where Izuku’s cock was thrusting into her depths. ‘And cum for us.’

‘Cum Tsu!’ Ochako cried out, her face frozen in ecstasy.

‘Cumming!’ Izuku yelled out, giving one final thrust into Tsuyu as Jiro’s jack let off the perfect amount of buzzing against her clit.

Tsuyu’s strangled cry of orgasm rang out in her room. Tsuyu’s toes curled in her sheets, her body twisting and jerking as her tongue remained buried deep inside herself, the muscles of her vagina clenching around it and trying to milk it for cum that was never going to arrive. She felt her own juices gush with every contraction, soaking her tongue and leaking out around it to dribble down her crack and pool on the comforter below between the thrusts her hips made off the bed, bouncing slightly each time they returned.

The frog quirked girl began whimpering as the sensations died down slower than normal, the new imagery working almost too well to elevate her to greater pleasure heights. The hand that was playing with her nipple reaching up to throw across her eyes. She thrust her tongue a few more times, pointing the tip as much as she could to touch her uterus in a way she imagined Izuku would to try and impregnate her.

Slowly and carefully, she let her tongue pull back, her hips jerking rapidly in short jolts as she freed it from the grip of her pussy. As it withdrew back into her mouth, she ran her tongue around her lips, imagining it was Ochako’s orgasmic juices instead of her own.

‘Mmmmm Tsu. I love you so much.’ Ochako smiled.

‘I’ll love you forever and always Tsuyu.’ Izuku joined her.

Tsuyu felt her breathing hitch as her mind allowed the newest member of her filthy group to voice her own thoughts.

‘I love you too Tsuyu, thank you…’ Jiro smiled, the same grateful smile she’d seen not an hour ago, ‘For everything’.

Tsuyu croaked, a tear rolling down her face and soiling her sheets. A few more croaks followed by a few more tears as the frog girl began crying in earnest. Unlike before, when she’d mistaken Jiro’s happy tears for ones of sadness, hers were the real deal.

She curled up in on herself as the disgusting, perverted, pornographic daydream of the people she now desired most faded back into the part of her mind she knew never to acknowledge to anyone else.

Whore. Slut. Greedy. Selfish. Hypocrite. All these hurtful words and more circled her brain, the worst of which comparing her own lustful desires to those of Mineta. She was no better than him. Rolling over, Tsuyu pulled her pillow down and over her face to muffle her cries as she let her selfish sadness for a perverted future she would never have wash away.

The frog girl hated these thoughts, she hated the delirious perverse highs and the heart-filling imagined daydreams she would think up in her weakest moments. It was hard enough when it was just her two best friends, now poor Jiro was being perverted and taken advantage of in her mind. How long before it was all her classmates in her regular fantasy? Where would her mind draw the line?! She already struggled to keep the other girls out of her mind and not touch herself on nights she couldn’t help picturing her female friends.

Tsuyu cried as she resolved herself to cry these disgusting thoughts and emotions out before locking the daydream away once more, hoping no one else would join it for her own sanity. After all, who would want a dirty, greedy frog?


Momo groaned in frustration, slamming the backspace on her keyboard rapidly to erase yet another mistake in the document. That was the fifth time in ten minutes! Clearly her mind was elsewhere but she refused to address the thoughts that kept prodding at her concentration.

“Take a deep breath and focus Momo!” She muttered sternly to herself, gripping her hands into fists before uncurling them and beginning to type once more.

‘As such, when catching a civilian, hero or villain from a great height, one should endeavour to rotate their body with the direction the person is travelling so as not to injure them furgher.’

The raven haired girl blinked at the screen, tensing her hands as she took a sharp breath, her nose flaring.

“It’s okay!” she declared, her voice raised. “I’ve simply exhausted my concentration for work tonight is all.”

Momo nodded to herself before rising to her feet, picking up the fancy teacup and saucer she’d emptied while attempting to complete her assignment. Letting out a huff of frustration, she stepped to the side and poured herself another cup from the teapot on her dressing table, hoping to ease her irritation or at least forget it for a little while. Tonight’s sampling was admittedly one she’d tied to nostalgia, using the same flavour she’d brought out a week ago.

Draining a majority of the cup almost as soon as it was poured, she tried to center her breathing as her thoughts were disturbed yet again. So big. So purple. And it vibrated? Why?

The Yaoyorozu heiress shook her head again before letting out a defeated cry. She knew the basic premise for the object. Why wasn’t that enough for her brain?

Placing her cup and saucer on her dressing table, she paced the small amount of floor space she had, like a lion would their cage. She wanted desperately to search for more information on the device, however, her parent’s stern warnings rang in her ears that time she looked up something she wasn’t supposed to.

‘Momo, you mustn’t get distracted from your studies.’ Her father’s stern voice scolded. ‘Besides, you shouldn’t even be looking for such things on the internet.’

‘Listen to your father dear, we know what’s best for a growing girl like yourself.’ Her mother’s scolding tone concurred.

‘But I didn’t do anything. I was just doing my work,’ a younger Momo’s voice echoed in her memory.

‘Please don’t lie Momo, it’s most unbecoming of a lady after all.’ Momo’s mother shook her head.

‘We keep track of everything your computer sees dear.’ Her father tapped the closed laptop, a gift for her advancement into the private middle school she attended. ‘If you look up anything you shouldn’t, we’ll know.’

‘That goes for your phone too.’ Her mother pressed. ‘All parents do it to make sure you’re kept safe.’

Momo shivered. It wasn’t pleasant to think about so she tried to keep her mind strictly on academics whenever she could while using both her devices. She had to present a well thought-out case to her father when she asked about downloading the app the class used to access the group chat.

Her mind returned to her current predicament, finding the recollection of her parent’s words unhelpful towards her current desire; namely, why did that purple… penis… of Mina’s continue to plague her thoughts?

She knew the difference between boys and girls of course. She knew she would be expected to carry on the Yaoyorozu name like her parents had before her and for that she’d have to marry a man. The mechanics were sound, she just couldn’t imagine why Mina would have a fake one that… ahem… vibrated.

She blushed as she recalled Jiro’s words into her ear:

‘It’s like a guy’s penis. You put it inside and play with it. The buttons supposedly make it vibrate and feel really good.’

Momo breathed a steady, controlled breath, secretly savouring the closeness with the girl. Closeness she’d never be able to openly enjoy.

Turning her mind once more back to her goal, she knew now she had to resolve this problem. Getting side tracked in her own mind twice while trying to figure out her conundrum’s solution was clear evidence it would bleed into any topic she tried to focus on in the future. If Momo Yaoyorozu knew one thing for certainty it was that she hated not having the answer to something.

“Okay, so,” She said, hoping the verbal aspect would help organise her thought process. “Online research is out, UA probably doesn’t stock such topics in its library… I could… ask Mina herself?”

Momo paused before curling up into a ball on her knees, her hands covering her eyes.

“I can’t do something like that, it’s too intrusive, too embarrassing, you don’t ask people questions about their personal life that you wouldn’t answer yourself, even if she did say it was okay, she was probably just being polite.”

The Yaoyorozu heiress’s eye widened under her hands as her brain finally found the solution she thought she was after. If she can’t search for the knowledge outside or with other’s help, she’d have to experiment on her own.

She had no idea where Mina got the ‘toy’ from, but she didn’t need to know. Momo Yaoyorozu was her own production factory after all. So long as she knew the composite of something she could craft it.

But could she? Could she really produce something like this? Not doubting her skills in creation, more the audacity to go against her parent’s wishes in a way she knew they’d punish her for. How would she hide the evidence anyway? She couldn’t just throw it away. An establishment as prestigious as UA probably checked its trash to ensure proper disposal of sensitive documents like her own household did.

She’d have to obliterate it. Whatever she created, she had to make sure there was nothing left. Maybe she could hide it in a bag and destroy it as a ‘test’ during training for a new, explosive compound?

Momo’s heartbeat quickened as she talked herself further and further into her idea. Okay, now, shape? That was easy, it had been on her mind for days. Material? A silicone blend would work well to prevent internal skin irritations. Oh, it had to be waterproof too, just in case it… triggered her bladder if she did anything wrong. It vibrated somehow so a small power source and spinning motor should do the trick with an on and off button. Mina’s had more than two but without further knowledge, she had no idea what else she could make the thing do. Nor what she’d want it to do to be fair. This was already foreign enough territory for her.

She felt her lipid reserves shifting. The device was taking shape! She felt so, incredibly bad as she held out her hand over her bed, allowing the ‘toy’ to emerge from her palm before dropping softly onto her covers.

For a moment, not a sound was uttered in the world. Momo looked at her creation in wonder as the large, purple thing lay there harmlessly. She’d done it. She’d actually done it!

The Yaoyorozu heiress would forever deny that she danced a few steps in excitement.

She felt her warm, excited breath gather in her chest before calmly exiting her mouth, not sure if it was the effect of the tea or her own anticipation causing the growing flush on her face. Momo was sure it was the device on her bed that was generating the heat in her blood to pool in her hips however.

Nervously looking around as though someone would catch her in the act at any minute, Momo silently began shedding her clothes. Folding them neatly and placing them to one side in her laundry pile. When she was left in just her lower undergarments, she hesitated and blushed before they too quickly joined the pile.

Gently taking hold of what she believed was the handle of the device, careful not to press either of the buttons, she manoeuvred carefully around the side of her bed, pulling aside the covers before climbing in.

‘Okay. All good so far,’ she figured. Her nerves had paired with her keenness for answers that started shaking her hand without any aid from the ‘toy’.

“Focus Momo.” She chided. “Just a few more steps.”

Adjusting her grip on the toy, she reached down and felt around with the top of it, stroking it along her pelvis at first, then down her thigh before she felt the pleasant tingle of the head rubbing up against her nethers.

“Now…” She breathed as calmly as she could. “If it’s anything like a boy’s… p-penis… it should go in-inside…” Momo broke out into a blush as bright as her leotard. This was it. The answer was moments away. She pushed upwards lightly.

“Hmmm, ooo.” She muttered, feeling discomfort as the ‘toy’ rubbed irritatingly at her skin, pinching it the harder she pushed. She tried a new angle. Nope, that was worse, she definitely had it right first time. Momo reached down with her other hand, confusion evident on her face.

Nervously, she allowed her fingers to wander and explore in ways she’d prevented herself from allowing before, lest her parent’s discover soiled sheets from the servant’s reports.

Carefully, she ran a finger along her pelvis. That felt fine. Enjoyable even as the tingles tickled her toes. Sliding her other hand further, she advanced to gingerly touch her small array of curly hair that had bloomed once she’d reached puberty. It tickled too but in a less enjoyable fashion. Adventuring further, she felt around her outer labia and worked inwards. The nice tickly feeling was back. Opening herself with two fingers to touch her inner labia she felt the tingly feeling increase again and her fingers were growing damp with a liquid she was certain wasn’t from her bladder.

A brain cell must’ve been knocked out of alignment and reasserted itself as she suddenly remembered something from that health class she took.

“Natural lubricant.” Momo muttered, feeling foolish at having forgotten. She did give herself some leeway though, this was the first time she was thinking of those health classes in how many years?

Allowing her finger to progress further, she felt the part of herself that was firmly cemented in the ‘internal’ portion of her anatomy that was distinctly more damp than the ‘outer’ portion. Though not enough to comfortably transfer to her device.

“I guess…” She pondered out loud, “If there’s a ‘natural’ lubricant, surely I can use something external to assist?”

She sighed as she wracked her brain for any chemical compound she knew wouldn’t irritate her skin. Annoyingly, all she could picture were creams and balms for healing cuts and scrapes. Certainly not useful for her current predicament. Would… would just plain water be acceptable? It was pH neutral after all. It was worth a test, this was an experiment after all. A naughty, naughty little experiment. Momo relished the feeling of her daring like she’d professed to the other girls at the last sleepover. This was certainly not how she’d pictured breaking the expectations placed upon her but fate works in mysterious ways.

Pulling the toy back up above her covers, she allowed the hand not gripping it to grow damp as she expended some lipids by converting them into water molecules and spreading the surface area over her palm. Taking care to thoroughly cover the ‘toy’s’ surface, rubbing it vigorously, she went to lift the covers to resume her task.

She paused for a moment as she considered. If the toy touched her sheets, it would dry out quickly, and she’d have to remoisten it again.

Feeling her blush grow more pronounced once more, she cautiously pushed her covers down with one hand, allowing the light of her room to reveal her naughty nakedness. She’d never felt more daring, the pleasant tingle returning. Quickly expending a few more of her reserves to keep the ‘toy’ lubricated, she reached down once more and pushed it against herself.

“Ooo, oh, ah hah hah hah.” Momo squeaked as she felt the intrusion, the shaft slipping much more smoothly along her walls and inside the narrow vaginal entrance. She was thankful for her vigorous hero training in that moment, remembering that the supposed ‘hymen’ that was present in girls who had not yet copulated, had already been torn thanks to an unstable gymnastics landing. It was certainly embarrassing to have her family doctor to announce as much to her mother but if health class was to be remembered, she was at least informed that it was supposed to hurt during a lady’s first time.

Momo certainly didn’t feel lady-like at that moment however. She felt her muscles stretch in ways they hadn’t before. Not… painful but certainly not pleasant. Was she doing it wrong? Was the device too big? She was certain she’d matched her estimations of Mina’s own in the brief glimpse she had of it.

She felt around with her other hand, fingers carefully examining how the shaft met her pelvis. Was it time to turn it on? It was in the correct position after all?

Stretching down a bit further, she carefully pressed the ‘on’ button. The device whirred to life, vibrating gently in her palm as well as sending those same vibrations through her hips. The tingly feeling was back with a vengeance. Oh my… this was certainly enjoyable.

Momo closed her eyes as she allowed herself to simply experience this new feeling, giggling as she felt her vagina muscles contract around the device. Releasing small hums and pleased noises, she let go of the device, allowing her hands to touch her skin as the tingles ran up and down her body. Curiously, she allowed herself to place her hands on her breasts. She know they were an erogenous zone and they were certainly appreciated and admired by boys. Would it help her tingly feeling if she…

Her muscles clenched around her device once more as she ran her hands softly over her nipples. This feeling… she couldn’t put it into the words to do it justice at the moment, her brain was so clouded with it. New sensations she’d been missing out on needlessly.

A small pinch of one of her nipples sent her muscles spasming once more, causing an unusual feeling of loss to occur in her vagina as it seemed she’d accidently ejected her ‘toy’.

“Ahhh,” She realized, “this is why it’s called a ‘toy’.”

She giggled to herself. It was a surprisingly cute notion to her. Something distinctly adult and called a toy at the same time.

As the tingles began fading, Momo felt she wasn’t yet finished with her new creation, allowing it to slide inside her once more; finding it much easier than last time and a little less uncomfortable. If the awkwardness disappeared with repetitive use, she was happy to dedicate some time to eliminating that negative.

When pressing the toy in this time however, she felt it brush up against a spot inside her that sent the strongest tingles flooding her system yet. Her breath noticeably quickened as she lost her hold on the object for a moment.

“Oh… my…” Momo breathed excitedly. She wanted to do that again.

Gently taking her toy in hand once more she allowed herself a more investigating insertion. Feeling around for the spot that made that wonderful jolt run through her. Not there, just… here? No, it was more to the left. Back a bit? Momo lifted her hips. She figured out the solution to the device by herself she could figure out her own bodies newly revealed buttons too.

After several minutes of experimentation and prodding, she made the discovery that rapid withdrawal and insertion brought about its own kind of pleasure. However it was not the same as that downright addicting feeling from earlier. On another note, she could feel something building… something… tight and entrancing. She didn’t know whether she’d find that spot first or experience this new pressure build to release but she definitely wanted to experience both.

Unfortunately, several further minutes of rapid testing proved fruitless.

“No…” Momo whined, the tone coming off unnaturally to her ears, having long been taught not to speak in that manner. “Please… I just… need to…”

She was so close to… something… but whatever it was just wouldn’t ‘click’ or ‘pop’ or whatever it was supposed to do.

The heiress sobbed in frustration as her efforts began to hurt rather than help. Her muscles felt raw and the tingle was receding. This wasn’t right, she was so close.

Momo released the breath she didn’t know she was holding, feeling the fresh air in her lungs wash away the pleasant feeling quickly. What was wrong? Did she not do it right? Was there some sort of time limit? Maybe durability considering the raw feeling of her skin? She raised herself up on her elbows, glaring down at both herself and her creation. She’d answered her original query only to have discovered more.

Flopping back onto her mattress, she allowed her breathing to return to its normal pace. Momo wanted those answers. She felt entirely unsatisfied. Momo would get her answers. Looking over at her latest creation she realized it would be too much wasted effort to dispose of it and have to make a new one for further testing. It would just have to remain hidden at the bottom of her closet in her very back shoebox until the matter was resolved.

Despite her frustrations, Momo felt a small tinge of glee at her decision to keep the toy.


Something was off with Yaomomo and all the girls could tell. She was unfocused when chatting and distracted when performing simple tasks. Her actions bordered on passive aggressive at times as she noticeably slammed drawers and cabinets a little too hard and snapped at Kirishima when he asked her a question.

Monday morning arrived and the heiress had not returned to normal. The girls wanted to protect the rich girl from herself in the increasingly likely event she was to snap at their teacher. Unfortunately, none of them were able to do so when she talked back during their latest session in the ‘Training Dining Land’.

“Yaoyorozu, you’ve dropped from three simple objects to two, and your speed has decreased. Pick up the pace.” Aizawa drawled as he observed her dwindling efforts.

“Shut up, I’m doing the best I can!”

Tooru and Mina who were closest and Jiro who was listening out for her friend from afar immediately halted in their own training efforts.

“You want to try that again?” Aizawa asked, a dangerous tone in his voice.

The piercing gaze cracked Momo’s façade, sending a shiver of fear down her spine as the girl took a step back, struggling to keep from falling her legs shook that bad.

“I-I… I…” she stammered, tears rapidly filling her eyes, taking another step. “I-I’m s-sorry, I…”

“Mr. Aizawa please!” Hagakure called out, rushing to her friend’s aid, quickly backed up by Mina, placing themselves between their teacher and the victim of his ire.

“Momo’s not been sleeping well lately!” Hagakure explained, hoping her educated guess was correct.

“Yeah! She’s been busy helping me catch up with our assignments, I asked her so I wouldn’t fall behind again.” Mina lied.

Eraser Head’s eyes narrowed in suspicion. The girls were obviously trying to cover for their friend but was it the truth.

“Normally, I wouldn’t believe such a bold faced lie coming from you Ashido.” Aizawa held his gaze, watching his second most academically challenged student carefully. “But considering the assignment you turned in today instead of in two days’ time when it’s due. I’ll believe you for now, on the condition that it doesn’t happen again, and an apology.”

“Yes sir, sorry sir!” Ashido, Hagakure and Yaoyorozu all bowed.

“Good.” Aizawa nodded. “In return, I offer my own apologies, I should’ve noticed your exhaustion. You may all take five minutes to compose yourselves before I see you back at it. Ashido, Hagakure you don’t have exhaustion as an excuse, so double effort.”

“Yes sir.” The group nodded again.

With that, Aizawa turned his attention elsewhere, deciding to give the girls the privacy they clearly needed for whatever chat was about to go down. Teenage drama was such a pain.

“Yaomomo! Are you alright?” Hagakure asked, turning to hover over her friend.

“Yeah! Talk to us girl! You’ve been acting all weird and blowing us off all weekend.”

“I-I’m sorry I… just have a lot… on my mind.” Momo looked down, her sadness and frustration ringing clearly in her voice.

“You always have a lot on your mind.” Mina shot her friend a pitying look. “Let us help.”

“Share your issue, maybe we can fix it?” Hagakure offered.

“No I…” Hagakure and Mina scrunched their faces as Momo began blushing a bright red and it certainly wasn’t from her recent training exertions. “I-It’s not something that… Please… I just can’t…”

“Momo…” Hagakure muttered, dejectedly.

“Yaomomo, come on, you’re smarter than this.” Mina sighed. “Look, we’re your besties. The other girls too. If you don’t talk now, we’ll just have to get together and have an intervention until you tell us.”

Momo started shaking her head, sharply rejecting the notion.

“Or,” Mina offered, “you pick one of us to tell in private who’ll be best suited to help.”

Momo shook her head again, rejecting the idea out of hand before an idea came to mind. It was stupid, disgusting, downright mortifying… but if anyone knew how to fix her problem, it would be her.

“C-c… could it be um… you…. Mina?” Momo asked tentatively, hoping that the connected thoughts as to why specifically Mina weren’t obvious to Hagakure too.

“Of course girl! Hell, I’m honoured. I knew I was clearly your bestie.” She joked.

“Mina.” Hagakure nudged her friend, both at the bad joke timing and at the mild offense she took.

“Don’t worry Tooru, you know you’re my main squeeze.” Hagakure regretted her scolding as she felt Mina’s arms wrap around her and try to squeeze her like a toothpaste tube.

Momo couldn’t help it; she let out a small giggle at her friend’s shenanigans.

“Yay. That put a smile back on your face.” Mina smiled.

“And all it cost me… was my lungs…” Hagakure wheezed.

“You’ll be fine,” Mina waved off, “You’ve got two, that’s one more than you need.”

“Ashido! Hagakure! Back to work.” Aizawa’s voice called over, causing the group to straighten up.

“Yes sir, right away.”


Thankfully, that small intervention was the only one that needed to occur that day. Momo, while not still not her normal self, was able to finish the school day without any further interruptions. Distractions continued to plague her but now it was rooted in nervous expectation and playing out the infinite ways the discussion with Mina could end.

Relaying Mina’s agreement with the heiress to the other girls, they tried to act normal around the raven haired vice-president for the remainder of the day until they returned to Heights Alliance. Momo wasn’t wrong however when she suspiciously suspected all eyes were following her when Mina asked if she could help with her homework.

It felt superfluous, but Momo asked for a brief delay in the night’s execution to prepare some soothing tea for the pair to ‘help clear the mind for their studies’. Her heart wasn’t in it however, hoping no one noticed how she just grabbed her most recently used tea bags instead of carefully selecting one’s to help focus her mind.

“Your room or mine?” Mina asked, dropping the act once the elevator doors closed thanks to the button dedicated to it.

“M-mine… if we could.”

“Alrighty,” Mina tried to give off an air of cheer in the hope it would ease Yaoyorozu’s nerves.

The elevator ride was painfully slow and awkward. Both girls were feeling the pressure to fill the void. Not a word was spoken until Momo allowed Mina to enter her abode of frustration, the lock to the door clicking loudly at the girl’s touch as though announcing a start to the evening’s dreaded discussion.

“I love your redecoration,” Mina playfully teased, knowing the room hadn’t changed a mote since she’d last been in here, “Much more floor space and plenty of room for activities.”

“I…” Momo frowned, confused before setting the tea tray down on her dressing table. “I haven’t… moved anything?”

“It’s a joke Yaomomo. Just trying to break the tension.” Mina admitted. “Guess it didn’t really work so well.”

“Um… no… my apologies.” Momo nodded, trying to allow herself to relax and prepare any further for what she would reluctantly tell the pinkette. “Tea?”

“Please and thanks!” Mina smiled, standing by her host and reaching for the cup once offered. She blew lightly at the steam before taking a long sip, the warmth of the liquid flooding her system. “Mmm, so good.” Mina released a breathy sigh. “Makes me feel all warm and tingly inside.”

If she noticed Yaoyorozu paused momentarily at her wording she didn’t show it. The heiress’ cautious eye carefully evaluating her friend for any smug or knowing looks about their topic of discussion. Luckily she found none before her own cup had been poured, taking a moment to relish her own savouring of the water and tea leaf infusion.

“Bed?” Mina asked casually, placing her cup back down before walking around the side of the oversized piece of furniture that dwarfed everything else in her room.

Momo bit her lip, nodding silently and resigning herself to her fate, placing her own cup next to Mina’s and walking round the other side. Having been focussed entirely on the upcoming discussion, the creation user had neglected to change out of her school clothes for the day nor even adjusting them to suit the more relaxed nature of the dorms.

“D-do you mind?” she asked hesitantly, having shrugged her jacket off her shoulders.

“Go for it girl.” Mina grinned, hoping to ease her friend however she could. “If you don’t mind me doing the same.”

The pinkette reached up, loosening and removing her red tie while unbuttoning her shirt’s top few buttons.

“Urgh, so much more comfy.” Mina declared, reclining back onto her arms.

Momo said nothing, instead carefully removing her own jacket, tie and skirt, dropping the discarded items at her feet before pulling back the covers and climbing into bed.

“Ooo, yay, slumber party!” Mina winked at her friend. “Didn’t realize you couldn’t wait until this Friday.”

“M-Mina please stop!” Momo snapped, having had enough of the stupid pleasantries trying to hide the topic of why they were both talking.

“I-I’m sorry…” Momo quickly apologised. “I-I didn’t…”

“No, you’re right. That’s my bad.” Mina nodded, a surprisingly serious expression now plastered on her face, directly unwaveringly at the heiress. “I think it’s time we talked about what’s going on with you. What’s eating away at that big brain Yaomomo?”

Momo cursed herself, having accidently drawn the topic to their full attention. She shook her head lightly, her eyes downcast.

“Momo, please.” Mina gently pressed. She’d gotten her foot in the door, and the pinkette wasn’t leaving without helping her friend with whatever she felt her meagre abilities were best suited for. “Whatever it is, I wanna help. We wanna help.” She felt safe including all the other girls in that statement. “This is clearly hurting you so please, share it with us. We can help.”

Momo’s eyes met Mina’s own, the pinkette hoping to communicate her honesty and dedication through them to that promise to get the heiress to understand.

“I… I’m…” Momo began, only to snap her mouth shut. Mina said nothing, instead reaching out to rub at the girl’s knee, hoping to reassure her friend.

“I… I want a pact.” Momo asked quietly. Mina blinked before slowly nodding. She’d never tell anyone anyway if Yaoyorozu was this serious about keeping it a secret.

“Sure, we can pinky promise on it.” Mina nodded, hoping up her hand and extending her pinky finger out.

“Pinky… promise?”

The acid user felt her heart go out to the other girl again. She had no idea what a pinky promise was, probably never having made one in her life.

“It’s like a special handshake.” Mina explained. “We both promise something and shake on it using our pinkies. After that, whatever we promise, we do; like take secrets to our graves.”

She could almost cry as she saw relief grace Momo’s features at her words. She’d definitely said the right thing. Congratulating herself inside, she watched Momo’s hand raise to mimic the gesture.

“Like this?”

“That’s it.” Mina smiled, reaching out with her pinky finger and hooking it around Momo’s own. “I promise to keep whatever Yaoyorozu Momo is definitely about to share to myself until the end of time.”

With a glance at the heiress, she saw Momo nod slightly, a small smile gracing her lips. Taking the lead, Mina gave a firm shake on her arm as the pact was sealed. Normally she’d make an overdramatic joke but now clearly wasn’t the time.

“Now come on, spill.” Mina smiled weakly.

Momo took a deep breath, her nerves having settled for the moment as she decided to take the chance while they have.

“D-do… you remember last week? The sleepover?”

“Your first one? How could I forget?! That was awesome.” Mina grinned. “You… definitely had fun, right?”

“Of course.” Momo assured the girl. “It’s just… something was bothering me. For the last week and… I tried to do something about it a few days ago.”

Mina’s heart dropped. Momo hadn’t tried to confront her parents about her planned betrothal had she? It was way too far in the future and they hadn’t had time to plan as a group.

“Do… you remember your dare? From Tsu?”

“My dare from…” Mina trailed off, thinking back. Her face broke out in a mild blush as she remembered the mortification of revealing her purple, electric powered friend to the group. “Y-yeah?”

“That um… was the first time I’d ever… er… seen… something like that.”

Mina nodded slowly.

“I got… curious. I wanted to know more but… I couldn’t just ask about that.” Momo continued. “S-so I… abused my q-quirk… making a um… a copy.”

Mina’s eyebrows raised dramatically. This was certainly not what she was expecting. To be fair she had no ideas in the first place but this certainly was more on the less likely things to ever happen.

“I tried… um… playing? Is that the right word? With the uh… the toy… and um… it felt… really good.” Momo admitted, a fierce blush on her face. Mina owned a duplicate of the thing so there was no way she didn’t know exactly what she was referring to. “But… I… I think… I did something wrong. I feel all… pent up and frustrated… like there’s something I’m missing and I can’t figure out. I’ve tried um… again each night since Friday.”

Momo gripped her sheets as she admitted her failures to her friend.

“I can’t… I can’t figure it out and… now I’m all… angry and… irritated and it’s affecting everything else just like mother warned and I…” Momo held back a choked sob.

“Momo…” Mina began, biting her lip as she prepared the question that came to mind. “Do you… you know what an… orgasm is, right?”

The Yaoyorozu heiress looked nervously over at her friend, nodding shyly.

“Y-yes. It’s another word for when a man… um… releases his seed.”

“O…kay…” Mina nodded slowly, starting to get a clearer picture. “You know that… girls have them too, right?”

Momo could only blink at her friend, making no indication she indeed knew this fact.

“Oh honey… didn’t you ever look this up on the internet?”

“I… I can’t,” Momo replied. “My um… parents… they track everything I do.”

Mina let a gasp slip at that. No wonder the heiress was so naïve at times. She probably only had access to strictly academic things growing up. With unlimited surveillance on her search history, Mina wasn’t sure how the girl was still sane. She would definitely have been driven mad by now.

“Momo…” Mina hesitated somewhat, the brazenness of her next question catching even herself off guard. “How… how often do you… erm… masturbate?”

The heiress felt her face flush in a greater blush, bringing her knees up to her chest and wrapping her arms around herself.

“I’ve um… I’ve never…”

Mina felt her hand pinch her nose in frustration as she closed her eyes.

“Let me guess… Friday?”

A slow nodding was her answer.

“I’m… I’m sorry.”

“No. It’s okay Momo.” Mina assured her friend, “It’s not you it’s just… man… that’s definitely not what I expected is all.”

“I’m sorry.”

“Stop it.” Mina shot her friend a small glare. They’d be here all night if she started apologizing for things that weren’t her fault. “Okay, so… what did you… how can I help.” The pinkette offered, wanting sincerely to help but not quite knowing if just sharing this knowledge would resolve Momo’s issue.

“You erm…” Momo began, nervously bunching the sheets in her grip. “You have… experience with this… c-could you… m-m-maybe u-uh… t-… t-teach me?”

There is was. The heiress held her breath at her own stupid boldness while Mina’s caught in shock. Did Momo know what exactly she was asking? What exactly was she asking? A demonstration? A… helping hand? This was not helping the odd feelings she’d discovered after her own revelation last week.

“I… I don’t-”

“I understand,” Momo cut across her friend, expecting her rejection of the absurd notion. “Please… just… can you go… and not… not tell anyone?”

Mina watched as Momo’s grip on her knees tightened and a small sob escaped the heiress’ chest. Releasing a long breath, Mina lent back on her arms gain, casting her gaze to the ceiling as she pondered what she could possibly do. What Momo was asking was weird, sure, but her friend was in clear, serious distress. Her world view was narrow as hell and it certainly wasn’t about to magically get bigger if her parents had anything to do with it.

Mina felt her own pulse quicken and her tongue wet her lips unconsciously as she took a moment to really consider her actions… they had pinky sworn to secrecy… and if no one knew… would it really be so bad?

“Yaomomo… please, look at me.”

Momo tentatively lifted her gaze, tracing up her friend’s pink skin before reluctantly looking her in the eyes.

“I’m… gonna help you… okay?” Mina nodded slowly. Momo couldn’t help but dumbly mimic the action.

“Okay…” Mina took a breath. “First, I need to go grab some… stuff from my room. I’m just gonna go grab it and I’ll be right back, yeah?”

Momo nodded slowly again.

Mina took a breath in either nervousness or relief, she didn’t know which, before rolling off the bed and to her feet, the cold wooden floor a somewhat welcome change in texture to help ground her.

The heiress watched nervously as Mina made her way over to her door and unlocked it, opening it before turning back to the girl and giving her a smile.

“We’ll figure this out. Don’t worry Momo.”

Without any further ado, Mina was gone, leaving Momo alone with her thoughts. Embarrassment and fear began creeping in once more. Did she make the right decision sharing such a… forbidden topic with Mina? Was this the beginning of her social and academic downfall?

Momo didn’t have to stave off these thoughts long. To her great relief, Mina was true to her word and returned shortly, carrying a small, black leather bag in one hand and her laptop under her arm.

“I’m back.” Mina announced, a somewhat nervous lilt in her own voice. “And I’ve brought the contraband.”

Momo couldn’t help but widen her eyes in curiosity as Mina made sure the door was locked once more. The pinkette swiftly approached the bed much more cautiously than she had the first time before retaking her place on the covers.

“Okay… right… uh…” Mina began, opening her laptop across her knees and placing the bag to the side. The pinkette looked awkwardly between her computer and the girl she’d steeled her nerves to help. “No, I think…” Mina pointed at the second yellow flower patterned pillow not quite sitting behind Momo. “Can I sit next to you?”

“Oh… uh, of course. If… if it will help.” Momo shifted slightly, lifting the covers up for her friend who carefully climbed over the lip and under the sheets, pulling them up to rest over her legs as she rested her laptop on them. Truthfully, it wasn’t great for the laptop’s cooling but it would survive.

“So… I should say that everything I’m about to show you is all… natural and consenting and it’s okay to feel um…” Mina struggled to find a good word to suggest arousal to the sheltered girl.

“Tingly?” Momo offered nervously, a small amount of that feeling now dancing around her loins.

“Yeah, if that’s what you call it.” Mina nodded, opening a fresh browser window and moving over to her favourites. She hoped Momo wasn’t watching too closely as Mina clicked her ‘Revision Notes’ favourite link before her screen was once more flooded with lewd video thumbnails.

“OH!” Momo jumped at the sudden appearance of such taboo images. “Oh my!”

“It’s okay, take your time.” Mina reassured the girl. “I’m… sure you have questions.”

“Do… do your parents um… you won’t get in trouble with them… will you?”

Mina took a moment before shaking her head, realizing Momo thought her own parents had spyware installed on her machine as though such a thing were normal behaviour. Parental locks? Fine. Tracking your daughter’s every click? Not so much.

“It’s fine, I’m not doing anything wrong, so long as I don’t download anything anyway,” Mina waved her hand dismissively. “Viruses aren’t fun for anyone, in or out of the bedroom.”

Momo gave a weak chuckle at that.

“So long as I don’t look up anything Illegal, UA don’t care either.” Mina explained. “It’s probably like the school computers, they’ll only flag something to the staff if they think it’s a danger to the student or someone else.”

Momo nodded, trusting Mina knew what she was talking about.

“Okay,” The pinkette turned back to the screen. “Now… I know it seems weird… but some people post pictures and video of themselves online doing… sexy things or revealing themselves.” She blushed. “They enjoy sharing their experiences and… allowing others to watch their acts for their own… enjoyment.”

Mina moved her mouse to hover over one of the more tame looking videos from the newest selection, a small ‘vanilla’ tag located under it. She clicked before quickly checking her laptop’s volume, adjusting it down to something much lower before the video loaded.

“Watching these… helps get uh… well it gets me in the mood to… do it.” She explained, determined not to look at the heiress right now. She was keenly aware of their legs lightly brushing up against one another below the covers due to their closeness.

“I… I understand.” Momo nodded, feeling the familiar pooling in her crotch. Resisting the urge to ask to rise and fetch her toy.

The moans of the pair of people onscreen suddenly burst into life, the video evidently not containing the foreplay that led up to the sexy event.

“So… so this…” Mina blushed, her own erotic discomfort battling with the awkwardness she felt tutoring Yaomomo on such a topic. “Just an example of what… may happen when you get really intimate with a boy.”

Momo watched transfixed as the camera wobbled slightly as the man thrust his hips towards the woman, the pair moaning in obvious delight.

“D-don’t feel the need to copy them when you do… erm… do it eventually.” Mina explained. “M-make as much noise as you’re… comfortable with but… er… don’t forget that people outside your room can uh… hear.”

The creation user nodded sharply, her gaze unbreakable as she watched and listened to the pair’s exertions, curling her own lips in on themselves to prevent any sounds emerging from her own mouth.

Before she was ready. The pair of people let out louder than expected groans of delight before the video abruptly cut itself off.

Momo’s mouth dropped in surprise, turning to Mina for answers.

“G-guess that’s it for that one.” Mina nervously shrugged, clicking the back button. “There’s a number of different things if you wanted something different. Two guys, two girls, um… more than two people… and more.” She explained. “Would you… um… like to pick the next one?”

Momo’s breath hitched. She was being given a choice? Just like that? For any of the enticing, taboo videos she should definitely not be watching? Well… if Mina was really offering…

The heiress silently reached out and ran her finger along the mousepad, licking her lips as she hovered over one with a girl clearly looking towards the camera from between a pair of legs; her partner in the video, though not having their face shown, was clearly female from their anatomy.

Momo clicked softly, her heart in her throat as the video began loading.

Mina felt her surprise run through her for just a second. Inexperienced though she may be, Momo almost didn’t hesitate in selecting the video that clearly drew her attention the most. Was it simple curiosity and a need to understand her own anatomy? Or was Momo also not entirely straight?

The video began and the pair of girls felt their pulses quicken once more as female moans rang out once more.

“Hi all, this is Priya.” The girl in the video turned towards the camera and began talking. “She’s my fuck-buddy for the night and today, she’s gonna cum all over my face for you.”

“Please… please more…” Another girl’s voice who matched the moans from before called out from off camera.

“This is… very stimulating.” Momo admitted, crossing her legs at her feet as the heat between them began climbing.

“Y-yeah.” Mina agreed. “That’s kinda the point.” She joked weakly. “Does this… help?”

Momo turned to face her friend only to look away quickly, an ashamed blush on her face.

“I… I think I… understand things… a bit better but…” She began, mind racing as she continued listening to the climbing, pleading cries she felt herself wanting to shout when she was experimenting. “Is there a… um t-tutorial video maybe? On how to… how to…”

“Ah.” Mina nodded, understanding the girl’s request and pulling the laptop back to face her. “I think I know what you’re after.”

“Ahhhh June!” A sharp cry released itself from the laptop’s speakers. Momo’s attention quickly refocused as Mina felt herself drawn back into the video herself.

“What… what was that?” Momo asked hurriedly.

“Oh… uh… that was probably an… orgasm.” Mina guessed, judging from the way the girl’s hips thrusted and her juices splattered her partner’s face. She would explain what a ‘squirter’ was to her naïve student but felt it wasn’t super important at this time.

“That’s um… that’s…” Momo began nervously though unable to bring herself to finish the sentence.

“That’s what you um… can’t do?”

The heiress nodded shyly.

“I… I didn’t realize… you don’t require a… ‘toy’ to do it?” She asked.

“Um… no. Not always. Well… some people like it, others just prefer to use their fingers or something else.” Mina explained, her blush surely dyeing her face permanently purple at this stage. “Everyone likes different things so… I can show you a video that gives you the basic steps but… you have to figure out what you like on your own.”

Momo licked her lips, eager for Mina to continue imparting her wisdom. The answers were so close now.

“I can… leave my laptop here for a bit. If you’d like to… um… experiment.” Mina suggested.

No. She couldn’t leave now, Momo was so close to the answers she needed to rid herself of this distracting haze.

“No I… I can’t…” Momo muttered softly. “I… I need your… you help… to make sure I’m… doing it right.”

Mina pinched her eyes shut once more. Oh no, had she gone too far? Was that too much for her pink friend to handle? Was it too disgusting of a request?

Momo listened keenly as Mina let out another deep breath.

“F…F-fine… I’ll… I’ll stay… but you have to um…”

Whatever it was Momo would do it. Money, support items, answers to the next homework assignments, she would offer it.

“W… wear a blindfold.”

The creation user blinked. A blindfold?

“S… so that I don’t feel weird when… when you’re…”

“Of course. Whatever you ask. T-thank you M-Mina.” Momo hurriedly agreed, a simply black blindfold taking shape with her quick and popping out of her arm. Before Mina could say anything, the ravenette had pulled the sleepwear over her head and covered her eyes. “How’s this?”

“Uh…” Mina blushed, not anticipating her request to be so swiftly enacted. “Y-yeah that’s good.”

Momo released a steady breath. The tingles were certainly back in force and her clothing felt entirely too constrictive for her next actions.

“I… I guess I’ll just…” Momo began, reaching up to fully disrobe herself.

Mina just let her mouth drop as Momo began shedding her modesty. Her lungs refused to budge as she watched Momo uncover her toned arms, well-endowed chest and enviable toned stomach. She couldn’t hide it from herself. In that moment, she was turned on by every single movement her friend was making. Mina was incredibly glad Momo had covered her eyes when she had, lest she spy Mina’s lustful eyes drinking in her body or watching the pinkette bite her lower lip in desire.

“Okay… so… um…” Momo said, her nerves creeping back into her voice. “Sho-should I just… do what I normally-”

“Yes.” Mina replied, a little too sharply to be natural but she hoped Yaoyorozu didn’t notice, or at least call her on it. “Let’s um… see if I can help with w-what’s wrong.”

“Oh… I don’t… okay then…” Momo replied, nervously.

Mina’s breath caught once more, watching in disbelief as Momo pulled her knees up and her covers down, adjusting her position on the bed to recline further into her headboard, propped up by her shoulders.

“Is… is that good?”

Mina didn’t know what to say. She almost choked on her own tongue tripping over her own words.

“Y-y-yeah… t-that’s f-fine.” She swallowed.

She watched Momo’s breasts rise with the breath she took, her nipples drawing the pinkette’s attention like a bird to a cat. Mina licked her lips again.

“I’ll… just…” Mina watched eagerly as Momo’s hand flitted to her most private zones. One reached up and caressed her heavy beast, teasing and massaging it. The other snaked its way south, passing her naval and wisps of black, curly hair to touch tentatively at her lower lips.

Mina felt her will break. This was not something she even remotely expected to happen when she awoke this morning. However, now, in the heavy, lust soaked warmth of Yaoyorozu’s locked bedroom with her friend naked and willing before her, Mina let her own curious perversions wash over her.

“L-let me just…” She muttered softly, pulling her own knees up and out of the covers only to crawl forwards. There was plenty of room on the oversized bed for the pair of them. Mina felt she had room to spare as she turned her body round, carefully avoiding touching Momo’s spread legs and settling on her front between the heiress’ spread knee caps, a direct line of sight into her friend’s most secret place. “Is-is that okay?”

Momo had paused as Mina shifted, her anticipation skyrocketing thanks to the blindfold obscuring her friend’s actions. She felt the bed shift and rock as Mina adjusted her weight. Was she…? She heard Mina call her question from the spot directly in front of her. Momo bit her lip. She was exactly where that girl had been compared to the other in that video. Would… would Mina really…?

“Y-yeah… if you can um… see better.” Momo answered.

Both girls waited for the other to make the next move. Momo licked her lips, her heavy, hot breath having dried them to the point of uncomfortableness way faster than she was expecting.

Carefully, Momo’s ministrations began once more, cautiously navigating both her breast and vagina with a delicate touch.

Mina couldn't help herself. As she watched Momo’s unbelievably erotic act, she felt her own panties now uncomfortably wet with her desire. She couldn’t risk doing anything; Momo might take off the blind fold at any moment. All she could do was lightly grind her hips, rubbing her front into the covers as much as she dared to try and ease the ache she felt. It certainly didn’t help being surrounded on both sides by Momo’s undeniably toned thighs and calves. The girl needed fat for her quirk but there was certainly none here.

The two worked at themselves for a few minutes; Mina suppressing her moans and Momo trying to replicate the release the woman in the video had. Momo’s moans grew in intensity as her fingers plunged into her depths, feeling her growing wetness first hand with sticky sounding noises clearly ringing in the air as her digits explored. Mina too had begun releasing small moans, hoping they weren’t loud enough for Yaoyorozu to pick up as she’d relented, trapping an arm under her body as it slid into her underpants and rubbed at her clit as she watched Momo’s movements.

“Mina…” Momo breathed out, her strain evident. “Mina, please… I… I can’t… I need help.”

The pink haired girl blinked as reality came back to her. She was here to help Yaoyorozu. This was specifically what she needed help with. Yaomomo just couldn’t finish herself and find her release.

“I-It’s okay…” Mina cooed, trying to control her voice, her hands both pushing herself up. “It’s okay… I’m h-here…”

“Mina… I-I can’t… it w-wont…” Momo tried to explain.

“Shush~” Mina spoke softly, pretty sure she knew why Yaomomo was having trouble. “May I… touch you?”

Momo nodded, her heavy breathing persisted as her fingers slowed their efforts.

The pink haired girl reached out, thankful for her greater experience as she gingerly took Momo’s wrist, twisting her own hand to overlay the heiress’s own. Pushing her index finger forward to make Yaoyaorozu point her own, she trailed the girl’s hand over her pussy once more, towards the top instead of the bottom where Momo’s efforts had been concentrated.

“H-here, feel that? That little… nub, right there?” Momo jerked her hip as Mina rubbed her own finger up along her slit. “That’s your clit. It gets very… sensitive when you’re doing… this. And if you want to… cum… some people find it kind of essential to tickle it.”

Mina watched painfully as Momo’s finger moved on its own, rubbing awkwardly up and down and all around the hooded spot in desperate flicks.

“No, no… n-not quite like that.” Mina giggled softly. Momo however didn’t see the funny side, letting out a moan of frustration at unfulfilled desire.

“Mina… please…” She begged. “S-show me…”

Mina felt her own breath tickle her now dry lips, her own pussy clenching in acceptance.

“O…kay…” Mina accepted, looking down at her new tasks with giant eyes. Momo asked her directly. She was allowed to do this. It didn’t matter that she wanted this too. She hadn’t tricked her friend into allowing Mina to experiment with her body.

Reaching down, she deliberately pulled Yaoyorozu’s hand away from her nethers. The girl gave a needy moan but didn’t complain. Mina took this as confirmation enough the girl knew what she’d agreed to.

Bending closer, Mina let the smell of her friend’s arousal fill her nose; a heady tonic. She didn’t know how wet Yaoyorozu still was so she allowed two of her fingers on one hand and a single one on the other soak in her own saliva. With the preparations made, Mina reached forward, her pair of fingers slowly touching, opening and then entering her friend.

Momo let out a load moan as her hips and legs twitched greedily at the sensations returning to her system. Mina let herself build up a small rhythm, relishing the feeling of her fingers running along Yaoyorozu’s vagina walls. She reached up with her remaining, moist finger and pushed the small hood of the clit up and out the way, focusing a gentle touch on the small bean-like feeling underneath.

The change in Yaoyorozu was immediate. A strained moan broke her lips as Mina practically heard the girl bite her lip to keep quiet. Whether out of properness, politeness or plain lust, Mina didn’t care. She had a job to do.

“Just tell me… faster or slower.”

Creating a steady rhythm she enjoyed herself. Between inserting her fingers and maintaining her efforts on the clit, Mina heard Yaoyorozu’s voice begin peaking in ways she hadn’t heard yet. The girl was close and she was about to blow.

Apparently she didn’t need to do much to set the heiress off as she suddenly felt her shoulders getting crushed between Yaoyorozu’s knees as her muscles clenched and spasmed violently the way Mina recognised herself doing after she’d been pent up for too long.

“Mi-Mina!” Yaoyorozu called out, her hands gripping and twisting the sheets as her body stopped responding to her, her rear clenched and hips thrusting up towards what she suspected was poor Mina’s face. Too lost in her own euphoria to care. Momo twisted her head left and right, feeling her toes match her hands in their clenching of the sheets. She both wished the feeling would never end and felt scared at the overwhelming nature of it.

Her muscles finally stopped their involuntary jerks as the thrilling feeling began to recede. The sounds of her laboured breathing almost echoing in the room. She felt her legs release their grip on poor Mina’s shoulders, hoping she hadn’t injured her friend for that indescribable experience.

Lifting her head with as much energy as she could muster, the blindfold long having fallen off with her jerking, Momo looked down to examine the damage she’d done to her friend. Mina’s heavily lidded eyes look back with a grin. She didn’t recognise that expression but it made her stomach tingle in a similar, yet different way than what she just experienced. That is to say it was more comparable to whenever she was close to Jiro, but that couldn’t be right.

“Wow… that was a big one girl.” Mina smiled, very aware her fingers were still being clenched occasionally by Yaoyorou’s lusty pussy. Her hand was definitely drenched, Momo’s sheets also definitely ruined for the night. “You gotta watch that strength. I almost got crushed between your thighs.”

Momo opened her mouth to respond only for the pink devil to begin withdrawing her fingers in that moment.

“Ah, ah, ah!” Momo squealed, her hips jerking again, trying to stop the sensations instead of encouraging them.

“Sensitive I’ll bet.” Mina giggled, holding her fingers up to her eyes to examine them. Despite the short time they’d been down there, they’d clearly pruned from the moisture.

“Y-yes…” Momo muttered, watching Mina carefully.

She wasn’t sure why she did it. Maybe it was her own curiosity or the adrenaline of their shared carnal act but when Mina met Momo’s gaze again, she opened her mouth and licked her finger.

“M-Mina!” Momo cried.

Mina seemed to realise what she was doing as she made no effort to repeat the action, dropping her hands back to the covers.

“S-sorry.” She muttered, her own breathing still somewhat laboured from her through the roof arousal.

Momo dropped her head back to her pillow, trying to force her lungs to obey her and slow her breathing back down. She felt the tell-tale signs of her friend shifting around the bed, navigating back to her previous position.

Opening her eyes and turning her head, Momo saw Mina lay her own head down on Momo’s other pillow, her eyes finding her own.

“Hi…” The heiress greeted awkwardly.

“Hi yourself.” Mina smiled, that cheeky, teasing but endearing grin of hers back on her face.

“I…” Momo began, closing her mouth before pausing to consider her words.

“Take your time girl. This was k-kinda new for me too.” Mina blushed, biting her lip nervously.

“Just… thank you… doesn’t seem like enough.”

Mina giggled, her laugh sounding much more musical than it ever had before to Momo’s ears.

“It’s fine. It was… definitely an experience.” Mina replied diplomatically.

“O-one I don’t think I’ll ever um… forget.” Momo admitted, her flush definitely combining with her blush.

“Y-yeah… me neither.” Mina sighed.

“Do you… um…” Momo began, looking nervously at Momo’s orange pupils before averting her gaze. “Do you w-want me… to erm…”

Mina’s eyes widened as she felt Yaoyorou’s hand closest to her slide and bend at the elbow along the covers to touch her own hand tentatively. The question didn’t need to be finished.

“No, no. I’m fine.” Mina lied, her blood rushing to her face as she felt her core pulse with need. “T-tonight was about you.”

She almost regretted seeing Yaoyorozu’s face fall. Was that excitement? Momo’s eyes looked down for a moment as she clearly thought through something in her heart. She watched the ravenette’s tongue wet her lips.

“Then… at least…” Mina felt her own lips part subconsciously as Momo leant in, eyes closed and pressed her own to Mina’s softly, holding the position for just a second before pulling back.

Mina felt her lustful thoughts redouble, her blood and body telling her to give in and let whatever happens happen. She let slip a sigh of desire, her eyelids fluttering for just a moment as she gave into her feelings. When she opened her eyes however, she looked back into the naïve, expectant face of a friend she’d skipped many bases with that day and knew she couldn’t let herself surrender. Not when they both knew a lot of talking would have to be done first before anything else was considered.

Mina licked her lips, savouring the touch of Yaomomo’s own and looking at the heiress in a new light. Shaking her head lightly despite the rebellion of her heart and loins, Mina replied, “We… we can’t…”

“I… I know…” Yaoyorozu nodded sadly.

“I-I want to…” Mina tried again, trying to organise her feelings as she spoke. “But… this is all… too much. I’ve… I’m not sure if I’m… and you… this is all new for you… what if… and your… your twenty fifth…”

Momo nodded bitterly, closing her eyes and biting her lip in frustration.

“I know… there’s… a lot. I’m sorry.”

“I’ll help… you know… with the marriage thing?”

“I know.”

The pair lapsed into silence, instead choosing to study each other’s face.

“Can… I ask…” Mina began, her mind cast back to their sleepover together. “That… person… you said you were crushing on? For truth or dare? Is… is it… me?”

Momo’s averted gaze spoke volumes before the confirmation even passed her lips.

“N-no… I’m… I’m sorry.” Momo admitted, ashamed to answer truthfully.

“Hey, no… that’s ok.” Mina waved off, not wanting to show her broken optimistic thoughts on her face and make the girl look as bad as her heart felt. It was like losing something you didn’t even realise you wanted until it was unreachable. “I’ve um… got my own thing I n-need to um… work out anyway.” Mina couldn’t help but feel like it was a stupid, see through excuse, even if it was true.

Momo’s curious eyes returned to match her own once more.

“But… let’s say… if you didn’t have to worry about your… parents… and… I asked you… would you… like to see where it went?”

She was surprised at the heights her heart soared as Momo gave a tentative nod before it strengthened into firm acceptance.

“Okay.” Mina breathed. “Good… okay.”

“…Mina?”

“Yeah?”

“I know… we can’t talk about it again… not until we’re both… in a better place…” Momo began hesitantly. “But… for now… could I maybe… could we maybe… be a little selfish?”

Mina watched as Momo’s head inched a little closer once more. She shouldn’t agree. It was a bad idea. She felt her stupid, romance loving heart ache again.

“Th… thirty minutes...” She offered. God did she just want to say fuck it and give in, but, she’d be stupid to think nothing would change between them. At least… with this… she could pretend. Pretend she’d had a normal, honest discussion with Yaomomo, helped her with her problem and left her room, definitely not staying the night wrapped around each other in a forbidden lover’s embrace. Especially since she wasn’t sure if this was exactly what she wanted, even if it felt really, really good. “Th-thirty minutes… then… we forget this… just for now. Just until we both get our heads on straight… promise?”

A fresh light graced Yaomomo’s eyes at her words, the girl reaching up awkwardly with a bright smile once more gracing her face.

“Pinky promise.”


Thirty minutes passed way too quickly for either of their liking. Mina had to practically melt her way out of Momo’s bed lest she become trapped for ever in a delirious haze of feathery kisses and tingly touches. The pair had made out for most of that time, their hands drifting teasingly across each other’s bodies. Despite her nakedness, Mina kept her hands away from any of Momo’s areas she wouldn’t normally touch with someone she hadn’t just brought to climax.

“Okay… um…” Mina cleared her throat, having fully redressed in her discarded clothes and sitting towards the end of the bed, above the covers. “You can um… keep my laptop for tonight… maybe tomorrow too if you need it.”

She turned to gaze once more at the beauty she’d left wrapped up in her sheets and nothing else only to get a confused look in response.

“For research, Yaomomo.” Mina smiled. “You said it, yourself; you can’t use your own computer so just borrow mine and go nuts. Look up all the things you’ve always wanted. Educate yourself. You know how to study better than I do.”

“Ah, I see.” Momo nodded in understanding. “But aren’t you going to need it for your studies?”

The pinkette shook her head fondly.

“Nah, I got my phone if I need it. Besides, I turned everything I needed to in before the licensing exam anyway.”

“Then, thank you very much Mina. I sincerely appreciate it.” Momo smiled radiantly again.

Mina felt the dangerous allure rising once more, threatening to keep her trapped here until she had her wicked way with this picture of innocence, corrupting her down to the last toe curling inch… Fuck. Mina really needed to go get herself off.

“Good. Yes. Okay. I’m gonna just…” Mina picked up her black bag and shuffled uneasily over to Momo’s door.

“Um… one more thing…” Momo called out.

Mina hated ‘one more thing’. It was just another distraction preventing her from fleeing to the safety of her room; away from the enticing siren’s call.

“If I um… find some things online and have… questions… o-or m-maybe… need s-some h-help again…” Momo let the implied question hang in the air momentarily. “Could I… maybe… ask you to c-come over?”

Mina swallowed nervously.

“Y…you could a-ask me…” She replied diplomatically. That apparently wasn’t good enough though as Momo spoke up once more.

“And… would you say… yes?”

Mina knew she was fishing for something they both shouldn’t chase. Not yet. Damn her stupid, horny brain and stupid, horny heart and stupid, horny, aching pussy.

“… Yes.”

Mina didn’t chance any further interruptions, pulling open the door and closing it behind her, taking several hurried steps towards the stairs. She made it to her landing before curling in on herself in pure embarrassment. Had she really just done that?! Spent all that time doing those lewd things with the class’ resident genius! No, that wasn’t lewd, that was way beyond that. Full on sexy with a capital ‘S’. And she’d agreed to do it again! Momo wasn’t even her girlfriend and they have vague, unclear, super sketchy plans to do it again! Would she want more?! Did Mina even want more? What did Mina even want out of this besides getting her metaphorical rocks off?!

Mina shot a glance at the black bag she held in her hand, knowing it contained her purple friend, some practise condoms and some clean up wipes.

“You’re coming with me.” She declared to the bag, rising to her feet once more. “And you aren’t leaving me till I figure this out.”


It was too late to message the other girls. Mina sent a text round to their little recently created group chat featuring all the girls, minus Momo, the next morning explaining that, thanks to her amazing skills at being awesome, she’d helped Yaomomo figure out a solution to her problem. She did warn them that it cost her a pinky promise so no matter how they begged, she wouldn’t be able to divulge anything but to rest assured that Momo would be back to normal. Their positive, unquestioning responses warmed her heart as her friends expressed nothing but relief that their other friend and class vice-president would be fighting fit one more.

True to form, Momo returned to classes next day with a bright, fresh smile and a new spring in her step. They all breathed a sigh of relief that Mina wasn’t just blowing smoke, not that they’d let her know. Mina actually felt herself enjoying the day’s lessons, though she was sure the feeling wouldn’t last too long before wearing off; chalking it up to the excitable energy her tryst with Momo had given her. She tried not to act too out of character but she knew she’d attracted some curious glances from her peers throughout the day.

From her spot at the back of the class. Yaoyorozu took notes and answered questions with renewed enthusiasm. As far as anyone knew she was back to her old self. Momo knew better though. The secretive glances she sent Mina and hyper aware clenches she made to recapture just a fraction of the magic they’d shared were certainly not like her old self.


Ochako would admit… she was super nervous about the upcoming licensing exam. Had she studied hard enough to know what to do in a crisis? What about first aid? Were her Gunhead martial arts up to snuff to take out villains? And that wasn’t even mentioning anything about her quirk.

The brunette sighed, looking at her phone to check the time as she rested on the common room sofa. It was Wednesday, the evening before the exam. If she wasn’t ready now it was too late to do anything about it. She’d prepared, she’d worked hard! No distractions and she’d succeed!

“Wow, that’s awesome Tokoyami! You and dark shadow must be really in-sync.” A heart-meltingly earnest expression of awe for someone else’s quirk derailed her thoughts.

Turning in her chair, she felt her heart beat just that little bit faster as she caught sight of her unsuspecting crush gushing over the progress their bird-headed classmate had made in recent training sessions.

“Indeed.” Tokoyami nodded, taking a bite of the apple he was eating before dinner. “Though our bond allows us to share certain things without words, Dark Shadow is its own being and thus, my eternal partner.”

“That’s so cool.” Midoriya smiled, unable to hide the pure joy in his face even if he tried.

Uraraka felt her cheeks heating up in a familiar fashion as she admired Izuku’s features. His cute face, sparkling eyes, adorable freckles, fluffy, green hair. She could feel her mind wanting to turn down a darker path. One she only indulged in late at night when she was sure her parents were asleep. Truthfully, she could use the stress relief that following that thought pattern might lead. Certainly not in the common room though.

Turning away from her oblivious green haired heart-throb, she looked around to see everyone enjoying the early break from training to mentally prepare themselves for tomorrow’s exam. Some people were hyper, like Kaminari and Kirishima, while others, like the ever stoic Todoroki, just continued their routines as normal.

As she scanned her friends, she locked eyes with her other green haired classmate of 1-A, sitting on the other couch along with Mina. Tsuyu Asui was watching her intently, as though waiting for the brunette to notice her. The frog girl’s eyes darted to the side, glancing at something before returning to match Ochako’s own.

Furrowing her brow, Ochako looked back to what Tsuyu could be indicating towards. Her eyes widened as she saw Midoriya, now standing with his leg raised on the chair he was just sitting at, having rolled up his trouser leg to show off the chiselled muscles he’d been hard at work carving. Whatever he was saying was lost to the aether as she just stared at the eye candy Izuku was clearly offering. She swore Dark Shadow was answering her deepest desires as it chose that moment to poke and prod Izuku’s muscled form, clearly curious, though Uraraka wasn’t sure whether it was because the sentient quirk was admiring the same progress she was or they just wondered what legs felt like, considering their own lack of that feature.

Her ever-present blush in her cheeks intensified, turning back to Tsuyu only to be met by a girl who was grinning slightly wider than she she’d last spotted her. Tsuyu’s eyebrows wiggled suggestively and Ochako could take no more, burying her face in her hands, taking distinct care not to touch her face with her pinkies as she did so.

Why did Tsu have to tease her like this? It was super embarrassing. How would she like it if she turned the tables, outing the frog girl’s own crush on the boy to the world. But… that was the problem… even after a week had passed since the sleepover where she’d learned she had a rival for Izuku’s affections, Ochako hadn’t found the confidence to talk to her friend about it. Should she take Tsu aside now? Before the exams? No, that was too selfish: she’d wait until after to prevent her getting distracted like she was herself.

“Mina!” Yaoyorozu called out, thankfully providing a suitable distraction for Ochako. The pinkette leant back over the edge of the couch, watching the approaching newcomer from an upside down perspective.

“Momo!” Mina cheered, “What’s up?”

The heiress, who’d had her own difficult week, smiled down at them in greeting.

“I’ve brought back your laptop Mina.” She offered the device out with both hands. “You left it in my room by accident and I’ve… forgotten until now to return it.”

Mina carefully took the device from the girl.

“Y-Yeah! Thanks Yaomomo. I dunno what I’d do without you.”

“You’re more than welcome Mina,” Momo nodded, her smile seeming just a bit wider than normal. “Please do let me know if you’d like to study together again. You made it significantly more enjoyable last time.”

“Oh stop,” Mina hastily waved off her friend, “You don’t have to fib, I’m a terrible student and everyone knows it, ha ha ha.”

Ochako watched her friend’s interactions, glad Mina had been able to cheer Momo up. She felt somewhat bad for not dedicating more of her time to trying to help the girl on Monday but they’d all been occupied with their studies and training. Should she apologize to Momo? Wait… actually… was there something Momo could help her with?

Back during their sleepover, they’d learned about the Yaoyorozu’s heiress’ unfortunate ‘duties’ to her family; something Uraraka could kind of sympathise with except she was willingly dedicated to helping her parents while Momo was being forced. But no, adjacent to that thought, just before, Momo had admitted to everyone that she had a crush on someone. She had no idea if it was someone in class 1-A, B or even their school but Momo confirmed it. The girl was practically top of their class for everything and she hadn’t gotten distracted by her crush. Maybe she could teach Ochako how. Or at least be a mutual shoulder to cry on over their out-of-reach love lives, even if it was super embarrassing to think about.

“Hey, Yaomomo?” Uraraka called out, gaining the attention of the nearby girls. “You got a minute?”

“Hm? Oh, sure Ochako. Was there something you need?”

Ochako was well aware she would get grilled for answers from Mina during the sleepover since she was about to have a private conversation with the ravenette but hopefully Tsu wouldn’t reveal that she could probably guess it was about Deku.

“Yeah, could you...?” She asked, leaving the question hanging as she stood up and gestured to follow her towards the main entrance to the dorms.

“Of course.”

Mina watched the retreating pair curiously, waiting for the entrance door to shut before she immediately turned to Tsuyu.

“What do you think they’re talking about? Something juicy?”

Tsuyu shrugged her shoulders in response and throwing her hands up in an ‘I don’t know’ gesture, having expected the question.

“Beats me.”

Tsuyu watched Mina return her observation to the door, probably wishing for an x-ray vision quirk in that moment. She, however, just sighed and shook her head. Seemed Ochako would talk to everyone but the boy in question about her feelings. Not that she was any better.


Ochako led her class vice-president down the steps to the dorm and just off to the side where wooden benches sat on either side of the path, likely placed to enjoy the spring or summer breezes and have talks like these. Yaoyorozu didn’t need to be told to sit as she joined Ochako on the bench.

“So~.” Ochako began after a moment, feeling her arms appreciate the cool autumn-approaching air as the street light bathed them with its glow. “There’s something I… need help with… and I think you can help me.”

Momo was glad Uraraka was so busy focused on the ground as she was sure her sharp inhale and blushing red face would’ve given her lewd thought process away. Her mind taking her back to Monday evening’s events with Mina that had a similar tone.

“I… I’ll help if I can.” Momo replied cautiously. She knew logically that Ochako wasn’t asking the same thing she had of her pink haired friend but her mind wanted to tease her apparently.

“Back um… during the sleepover… you said you had a um... crush on someone?”

“I believe I did reveal that, yes.” Momo nodded, “Forgive me if I don’t say whom though.”

“No, no, that’s okay.” Ochako turned to wave off her friend’s fears. “That’s not what… um…”

Ochako took a moment, deciding it was best to just explain herself then letting the smartest person in the class figure out if she had the answers to her problem.

“So… I have… I’ve still not… told um… Deku.” Ochako briefly glanced around, checking to make sure no one was obviously nearby that she’d missed. “And… I… after the sleepover… I’m worried that… am I doing the right thing? By waiting I mean?”

Momo let out a soft sigh. If the girl had asked her a week ago, the answer would’ve been completely different. Now though, after what she had… ‘discussed’ with Mina, she had been questioning her own feelings on the matters of love and affection.

“I’m… afraid I’ll have to answer you in two parts.” Momo replied slowly, pausing to consider her next words. “Firstly, while I didn’t display my stance when you made your feelings clear in truth or dare, I would’ve had to disagree with Tsuyu and Hagakure. We’re training to be heroes, and yes, I have… my own roadblocks to… challenge in time, we should dedicate our minds fully to the endeavour ahead.”

Ochako’s eyes widened. Yaomomo agreed with her! No, wait, she said ‘would’ve’… don’t tell her that-

“However, recently I…” Momo blushed. “I’ve been made… aware… how much enjoyment can be found with someone you admire and trust.”

“Was that something… um… was that the thing you were struggling with? Earlier this week? The thing Mina helped with?”

“I-I am afraid I cannot say,” Momo stammered quickly. “I am bound by the pact of the ‘pinky promise’.” Hoping Ochako would understand and avoid any further questions down that path.

“Ah, I see, sorry.” Uraraka rubbed the back of her head nervously, understanding the unwritten loyalty when making such a promise. At least Momo could definitely be trusted with secrets if she asked her for a pinky promise too. “Sorry too… about not um… being able to help more. I was busy with my training and-”

“It’s quite alright, Ochako.” Momo smiled. “I’m afraid, had you attempted, I may have taken out my frustrations on you and hurt your feelings.”

The two fell into a somewhat awkward silence as they let the small rift that neither of them knew about close. They hadn’t discussed it as a full group, nor had Momo apologized to them for her behaviour yet, having gotten lost in her own feelings and research.

“I’ll be sure to reassure the rest of the girls at our sleepover on Friday too.” Momo resolved with a smile.

“Yeah…” Ochako muttered, her mind returning to her own problem. “You said… ‘would’ve’… does that mean um… you’ve asked out or um… told your feelings to that boy?”

Momo’s gaze lingered on Ochako for a moment. She’d certainly never made it clear what gender the target of her affections was but it seemed Uraraka believed it to be male. Momo couldn’t correct her without giving away more hints that she didn’t need so she just let her friend believe what she wanted for now.

“I have not.” Momo admitted, playing with her own hands nervously. “But, with recent revelations… and all your support… I think I might… talk to them. While you know about my eventual… betrothal, I believe that, at least in the time before that should things not go our way, I should enjoy my life, as it is mine after all.”

Ochako laughed, a somewhat wistful tinge in her voice.

“Of course it is.” She smiled, “You’re um… Momo Fuckin’ Yaoyorozu.” Ochako looked around briefly once more. “You can do anything.”

Momo smiled fondly at the blushing girl in front of her.

“I believe I’m beginning to understand the sentiment behind those words.” Momo returned the smile. “But, if I’m not mistaken, this was not the advice you were looking for, was it?”

“Insightful as ever.” Ochako rubbed the back of her head only to look down and bite her lip. “I just… how do I know? Is it too selfish of me to want this? What if I say something and Deku doesn’t feel the same and it distracts us both and neither of us become heroes and my family goes hungry and-”

“Ochako!” Momo called out, reaching out her hands for the panicking girl’s. “Ochako, breathe.” Momo reached out and caressed the girl’s face warmly like her own mother did for her when she cried in the past. “Hush, you’re going to be okay.”

Ochako felt Momo’s warm hand rub softly against her skin. It felt so nice. She allowed her gaze to meet the Yaoyorozu heiress’ and felt her breath hitch for just a moment. No. Wrong. Evil. Not allowed.

Momo felt Ochako quickly jerk away from her touch after she realized what was happening. It surprised the girl but maybe she was being a bit too familiar with her friends.

“S-Sorry…” Ochako offered a weak apology.

“No, no, I was too forward.” Momo admitted. “My mother comforted me the same way when I was distressed as a young girl, I thought maybe it would help.”

“O-Oh…” Ochako mumbled, suppressing the bad thoughts that had crept into her head.

“Still,” Momo continued. “You will be fine Ochako. Even if Midoriya doesn’t reciprocate your feelings, I find myself more in line with Hagakure’s thoughts on the matter now; if you ask, at least you’ll know for sure.” She smiled, hoping to impart her confidence on the matter. “While I’d be a hypocrite if I said ‘don’t worry about distractions’, I believe Mina’s words are more important to this matter; we um… got you girl.”

Ochako laughed. She couldn’t help it. Momo’s honest attempt to replicate Mina’s enthusiasm fell completely flat, even if the words didn’t.

“S-Sorry Yaomomo,” She giggled, “Just... it was weird hearing you say that.”

Momo joined in with a chuckle of her own.

“Yes, I believe I should leave that kind of talk to Mina.” Momo smiled fondly at thoughts of the pinkette. “But the sentiment still stands; we will be there for you and get you through anything you’re struggling with.”

It should’ve felt hollow and rich: those words coming from someone with so much privilege. Someone who’d never experienced the ever present fear of not having enough to eat every day. Someone who didn’t know what it was like to hear their parents’ say ‘they weren’t hungry’ as they lovingly gave the meagre amount of dinner they had to their daughter who they didn’t know saw through their lies.

Even after Momo had discovered Ochako’s financial situation during the sleepover, and was likely going to offer to buy her a new phone out of some sort of charity, Ochako thought it was just lip service from someone who pitied her. Now though, she knew that Momo truly cared about her and had offered purely because she wanted to help her friend like a hero would help someone in need.

Heroics wasn’t all about rescuing civilians and beating the bad guys, it was little moments like that too: helping someone be okay again after getting them out of trouble. Thanks to the dorm, Ochako had a little more money for food as her parents didn’t have to rent her that apartment anymore. But she now knew that, if she ever had to turn to someone for help that wouldn’t pity her or expect any sort of return afterwards, she could turn to Momo.

“Would you like a hug?” Momo asked, having learned her lesson about asking the girl first before initiating acts that could be considered intimate.

Ochako felt tears begin to well up in her eyes. Her feelings for her friendship with the heiress welling up in her chest. She nodded shakily before leaning into her friend, allowing herself to be wrapped in the tall black haired girl’s arms.

Neither said anything for a moment as they just sat there. Momo idly rubbing her friend’s back in circles while Ochako just appreciated Yaomomo for being Yaomomo.

“Did that advice help some more?” Momo asked after a while.

Ochako looked down for a moment, thinking about her answer only to become acutely aware how close she was to Momo’s hefty bust. She shouldn’t be in this position. It wasn’t proper for two friends who were girls to be. Uraraka pushed back slowly, hoping Momo would get the hint, her hands pressing against the wood of the seat between them.

The gravity girl was released from the hug, pondering the solution to her problem once more.

“It… helped…” She said, still somewhat unsure with what she should do. “But I still think I need to think on it more.”

“I didn’t expect you to make up your mind now.” Momo teased lightly. “I’m glad I could provide you greater insight however.”

“Yeah… thanks. You’re a good friend Yaomomo.” Ochako smiled.

A gust of wind rolled through the trees as Ochako quickly realised it was getting too cold to be outside at this time in only a tank top and sweats.

“Oof,” She shivered, “Let’s head in.”

“Of course.” Momo agreed, the pair rising to their feet and moving to the door.

Ochako still needed to ponder the solution to her heart’s problem. Telling Deku, waiting for graduation, acceptance, rejection. It was still too much what with the licensing exam tomorrow. For now, she’d lock her feelings away, at least for the exam. She couldn’t afford any distractions there and neither could Deku, not if they both wanted to achieve their dreams and become heroes.

As she re-entered the dorms however, she spotted Asui’s curious eyes turn towards her from the sofa. There was the thing with Tsu as well. Would her frog quirked best friend hate her if she went after Deku first? Would she fall out with her if she missed her chance if Tsu did the same? Ochako could lock her feelings away for however long she wanted but it was becoming increasingly clear that there were other people who recognised how wonderful Izuku Midoriya truly was like she did. The problem, was that those people may not share Ochako’s sensibility for waiting until they’re both ready. Rivals in love.


The day of the licensing exam arrived. The class was prepared. They heard the speech Aizawa gave at the start and felt their determination rising. Working their way through all the problems and curve balls they were thrown in the exam, quite literally for the latter, the class all managed to come out of the other end intact. Though, unfortunately it seemed, not all of them were equal anymore.

“Seventeen of you passed. That’s good. Those of you that did, congrats you’re now semi-pros.” Aizawa praised, standing at the front of the bus after they’d all climbed back on. “However, don’t think this will give you any reason to slack off. As semi-pros, we’ll be pushing you even harder when school resumes to raise you to even greater heights. As your list of achievements increases, so do my expectations, don’t disappoint.”

“Yes Mr. Aizawa.” Those that passed chorused.

“As for those that failed…” Aizawa turned his attention to the three students who, while they’d passed the first half, failed in the second. “Bakugo, Todoroki, Mineta. You’ve been given a lifeline that wouldn’t have been extended were it not for the current climate.”

The class was acutely aware of what Aizawa was talking about. Since All Might’s retirement, crime was on the rise, and so too was the need for high-quality heroes to capture them.

“Don’t waste this opportunity, you will not be given another.” Aizawa impressed on the three. “That’s all, now don’t make too much noise while I get some sleep.”

Without further fanfare, the class all returned to school and their dorms to celebrate. There wasn’t a big party or streamers or any kind of celebratory effects once they all entered the common room but a majority of the class decided to gather and chat about their experiences in the exam.

“So we’re back to normal classes tomorrow, right?” Jiro collapsed with a sigh onto one of the small cushioned chairs with no back placed around the coffee table, by the TV.

“I suppose there’s no rest for heroes.” Momo sympathised, sitting down beside her earphone jacked friend, a cup of tea in her hand.

“We’re totally legit now!” Mina cheered.

“I know, right!” Hagakure laughed, happy she’d managed to at least get her warp refraction super move working in time to help her pass.

“Man, I could use a vacation.” Sato sighed, resting his hands on his hips and letting his exhaustion show on his face.

“I will not forget this summer the rest of my life.” Tokoyami contributed, causing the sugar quirked user to baulk at the knowledge that, technically, this was their summer vacation.

“Aw man. There goes my idea for sun and surf.” He complained with a chuckle.

Ochako smiled over at the tall boy, currently occupied with Tsu in petting Koda’s bunny the rock headed boy had brought down for a visit.

“This bunny’s so cute!” Tsuyu gushed. Ochako couldn’t help but agree. Seeing its adorably cute face certainly helped melt the stress of the day away.

As she allowed the small white pet to sniff her fingers cautiously, she couldn’t help but watch the green headed boy she’d come to admire smile down at his phone; likely getting a text from his mum or All Might considering what he’d said earlier when taking a picture of his brand new license.

Her locked up feelings stretched at the confines of her cell as she admired the curl of his lip indicate that ever honest smile of his. She felt her shoulder jostle as Tsuyu nudged it from beside her. Turning to the frog girl, she watched her widen her eyes and look towards the boy once again. Her hand twitched as she felt Tsuyu’s own squeeze it.

What did the frog girl want from her? Was she telling her to go for it? To go and stupidly embarrass herself in front of all their friends in the middle of the common room. No, she’d take him aside of course. But even then, she couldn’t. This was the second time in two days Tsuyu had done something like this. Was she getting impatient? Telling the gravity girl to go first before she leapt on the boy as though he were her green haired lily pad?

Ochako turned back to look at Deku again, noticing his expression having changed to one of reluctant conceding as he in turn watched Bakugo’s retreating back. That stupid blond must’ve said something concerning to her friend. Bakugo must be sore that Izuku managed to get his license and he didn’t. Shows him just who he was wrong to look down on.

However, she still hadn’t come to a conclusion regarding the correct path to take regarding the boy. Turning back to Tsu once more, she realized that, while she couldn’t get the final answer from Deku, she could at least get some things straight with her. Maybe get her friend to ease up on the teasing and ask just what the hell the frog girl wanted. After all, it wasn’t like Tsuyu to not bluntly state her own feelings to the boy if she liked him after all.

“Come on.” Ochako whispered to the green-haired girl, pulling her hand along like a guide.

“What’s up Ochako?” She heard Tsuyu call back from behind her. The girl simply shook her head, aiming for the elevator. Tsuyu let herself be led, though catching up to and matching her friend’s steps, figuring this chat had been a long time coming anyway.

The pair entered the elevator and waited the small trip up in silence as Ochako guided the girl to her room. When Ochako closed the door behind them, she was surprised to see Tsuyu moving to sit on her bed instead of the small, yellow floor chair. Not that she minded but she clearly knew this wasn’t a simple ‘tea and cookies’ kind of talk.

Uraraka sighed as she walked across to her desk, pulling out her desk chair and plopping herself down in it, turning to face Tsuyu. The two looked at each other for a moment before Ochako hunched over, resting her elbows on her knees and putting her hands together, almost in like in prayer, resting them against her lips.

“So what did you wanna talk about regarding Izuku?” Tsuyu cut to the heart of the matter. Ochako’s breath caught in surprised but honestly she should’ve expected it; Tsuyu was crazy observant when she wanted to be.

“Why do you keep doing it?” Ochako began after another moment. “You know what my feelings are about it.”

“I do, I didn’t know my teasing was getting to you so bad Ochako. I’m sorry, ribbit." Tsuyu apologised.

Ochako blinked owlishly. That wasn’t fair. Tsuyu wasn’t meant to just undercut her frustrations and apologize like that.

“I… I don’t…” Ochako mumbled, trying to gather her thoughts enough to respond.

“I know you’ve made your position clear but I still think it’s stupid.” Tsuyu explained. “If my light teasing gave you the push you need to confess, whatever the outcome, I think you’d be happier for it, ribbit. Clearly it’s bothering you though so I’ll stop.”

“But… but why?” Ochako asked, her mind trying to catch up to her guest’s own, better thought out arguments. “You um, said you liked Deku too. Why are you trying to get me to confess?”

“You’re my friend and I support you.” Tsuyu shrugged.

“Okay…” Ochako replied cautiously, “So… what? You’re waiting for me to ask Deku out and if he says no, you’d go for it?”

“Ouch.” Tsuyu made her distaste for the question known. “I’m actually a little hurt you’d think that Ochako, ribbit.”

“S-Sorry.” She apologized, “But still… I… I don’t understand.”

Tsuyu sighed and pulled her legs up to her chest, hugging them protectively.

“That’s ‘cause you’re missing a piece of the puzzle…” She admitted. When Ochako’s eyes met hers Tsuyu broke the gaze, looking down at the floor boards.

Ochako became aware once more that the frog girl had admitted that she was… bisexual during the sleepover, then she connected the dots to realize that Tsuyu was only asked which boy she would date in class 1-A.

“You like a girl…” Ochako muttered breathlessly, watching as Tsuyu’s head gave a few gentle nods to confirm. That still didn’t make sense though, why hadn’t Tsuyu asked that… girl by now.

“I guess now’s as good a time as any…” The frog girl mumbled.

Ochako was about to ask what her friend meant only to stop at the intense vulnerability Tsuyu held in her eyes.

“The reason I haven’t just asked Midoriya out is ‘cause I like someone else more, ribbit.” Tsuyu explained, “Someone… that… needs to ask him out… and get an answer before I can even ask mine.”

Ochako’s breath caught in her throat. No… she couldn’t be… this wasn’t right.

“Ts-Tsu!” She cried, blushing as the realization dawned on her.

Tsuyu gave her friend and now aware crush a weak smile. “I wanted to wait… and tell you properly how wonderful you are… and how similar you make me feel but you kinda… left me no other option.”

Ochako rose to her feet, trying to take a step back as she did and kicking her chair, sending it twirling a few centimetres back.

“N-No.” She said, the shock clear in her voice. “No, I’m-I’m not a… I’m not like-”

“Gay? Bisexual?” Tsuyu offered, trying to keep her voice under control and prevent the degree of sadness from colouring it. “But… I thought…”

“Y-You thought what?” Ochako asked hesitantly.

“You… you give off these looks when you think no one’s watching.” Tsuyu replied, “Sometimes in class, sometimes during training, and especially in the changing room-”

“No!” Ochako cut across, “I… I-I’m not like that… I’m n-not allowed… I-I can’t…”

Her mind cast itself back to all the times she’d heard the disparaging words directed towards those who found love with same gender.

‘Disgusting.’ Her paternal grandmother spat during one of her rare visits. Ochako turned and watched as two guys walked together down the country lane hand in hand, one of them reaching up to kiss the other’s knuckles.

‘What’s wrong Grandma?’ A young Ochako had asked, having just passed her parent’s knees in height.

‘Them.’ Her grandmother gestured. ‘Waste of good offspring. Might end their own family lines and for what? Sick debauchery.’

‘What’s deb-deb… deb-orch-ery mean?’

‘You don’t need to know something horrible like that.’ Her grandma smiled kindly at her granddaughter. ‘I know when you grow up, you’ll bring home a handsome young man and make lots of babies, won’t you dear?’

Ochako swallowed nervously as she remembered those same guys getting chased out of the local stores by old men waving brooms. There was also the young female couple who’d come to stay at a local bed and breakfast. Uraraka remembered seeing a mob of people around the entrance and moved closer to see what the problem was only to watch helplessly as the two ran from the building they’d stayed in, jumping into their car and speeding away as rotten fruit and jeers of ‘repulsive’, ‘unnatural’, ‘sickening’ and more followed them.

There was also that girl from her school, ‘Niko’, who joined the class above hers part way through middle-school and seemed normal enough. She got along with everyone really well and seemed like a really happy, former city girl. Until it was let slip that she’d asked another girl out. Everyone began treating her differently then. While not her friend, she still didn’t know why it was such a bad thing and tried to comprehend why everyone wasn’t being nice or fair to the girl anymore. The answers she got were filled with the same hate her grandmother had exhibited that time. Hate that the other townsfolk shared; hate that had passed onto their kids. Niko had moved away shortly after and Ochako never knew what happened to her after that.

When she’d done research on the subject in secret, she learned more about how Japanese culture had generally become more accepting of people’s sexualities in the big cities thanks to quirks becoming a more important topic. Out in the countryside however, you were better off not disclosing your preferred companion. The only thing worse seemed to be those who were quirkless but Ochako’d never met anyone like that.

When she’d resolved to be a Hero, she’d certainly not treat anyone else differently just because of whom their heart belonged to. But as she’d grown up, she’d noticed herself doing things that made her blood run cold. Things like admiring the girl advertising a skirt on the TV a little too closely, re-watching a rom-com not for the male lead but the female co-lead, and worst of all, picturing one of her previous female friends one night while she experimented with her body.

Uraraka had never spoke to her parents about her thoughts or fears and hoped that they didn’t share her grandmother’s views. She was unfortunately reminded of them just last week however, when she was at dinner with them at a little restaurant in town. Ochako’s back was to the counter as they sat, ate, and talked together about her school work and friends.

‘Dad?’ She remembered asking in confusion as her dad was looking down at his own food, suddenly very nervous and glancing awkwardly at something behind Ochako.

‘It’s okay dear.’ Her mother stretched over, reaching for her husband’s hand and clenching it tight. ‘It’s okay, you’ll be fine, nothing’s gonna happen.’

Her dad was shaking at that point, his hand rising to his head and rubbing softly.

Ochako couldn’t help herself, she turned in her seat to see what had shaken her father so badly. Was it a villain? Would she have to defend her family? All she saw as she looked around was other people enjoying their meals and the wait staff rushing around. Then she saw them. Two guys, standing at the counter and waiting, looking into each other’s eyes deeply only to kiss.

Her eyes widened… no… it couldn’t be. She felt her heart drop as she turned back to her father, her mom now having nudged her chair closer and wrapping her arms around her father’s head, carefully keeping an eye on the pair.

Ochako turned again to watch the pair of men accept a takeaway bag full of food before leaving the establishment. It wasn’t long before her father was able to calm himself down with her mother’s soothing words and voice.

‘D-Dad-’ Ochako began to ask, hoping not to hear the same vitriol from the people she loved most in this world.

‘Ochako, honey, not now.’ Her mother firmly stated, pulling her own dinner closer to her adjusted position. “Not here.”

Thankfully, there were no further incidents that evening. After her father had calmed down, they tried to continue as normal but there was a definite undercurrent of unease. As enjoyable as the meal was supposed to be, Ochako couldn’t help the sour taste in her mouth the rest of the evening. When her parents had dropped her off in the taxi that night, her mother stepped out and away to say goodbye to her. She explained that what happened with her father was something that he’d have to talk to her about when she came home. What Ochako had seen was something her mother and father dealt with occasionally but her father would be fine. After that, Ochako had her answer.

Ochako knew what would happen if she allowed herself to feel those feelings. She’d seen it all first hand. No matter what, she wouldn’t allow herself to give in. Others may have had things differently like Jiro and Tsuyu, that was fine for them, but Ochako couldn’t. She wouldn’t allow herself.

“Tsu… I’m… not…allowed,” Ochako protested again. “It’s… I c-can’t accept this…”

“Ribbit? Ochako, please calm down.” Tsuyu watched as her friend’s breathing increased rapidly. “You’re okay, nothing’s going to happen you don’t want.”

Ochako’s breathing managed to slow steadily as her mind carefully processed Tsuyu’s words. They sounded so much like her mother’s own to her father. Uraraka couldn’t help herself, the rush of emotions was all too much. On top of the stress from the exam and her own internal war about her feelings for Izuku, she broke down into tears, crumpling to the floor.

“Ochako!” Tsuyu cried, rising to her feet and kneeling by her friend. Ochako couldn’t do more than wail, the power of speech eluding her in favour of allowing big, fat tears to run down her face.

Tsuyu reached out, trying to draw the girl’s eyes to own with her hand and tried to get her to follow her breathing pattern. In for four, hold for seven and out for eight. It took some time as Ochako just wanted to let her emotions cry themselves out. However, after a few minutes, she soon began trying to copy Tsuyu’s lead.

It took a while, but she managed to get her cries down to sniffles, trying to focus solely on her breathing instead of anything else. Asui grabbed several tissues from the side and handed a few to the crying girl. Ochako took them but let her hand fall limply back to the cold wooden floorboards. Tsuyu took this as her cue to gently cup Ochako’s face and brush away the streaks of tears with the remaining tissues she held.

Unlike before, Ochako couldn’t muster the energy to pull away in disgust. She knew it was a lie anyway, all an act to prevent the fears in her heart from coming true.

“Ochako, it’s cold down here, do you think you can move to the bed?” Tsuyu asked, trying to handle the situation like she would her own brother or sister when they broke down from missing their parents.

Ochako hiccupped and looked down, shaking her head.

“That’s fine, but you can’t stay here, do you mind if I pick you up?” Tsuyu asked gently.

Ochako weakly shrugged her shoulders.

“Okay, here we go.” Tsuyu announced. Slipping a hand underneath Ochako’s knees and another around her back, she gently lifted the gravity girl into the air, grateful in that moment both for her training and her quirk’s increased froggy strength.

Returning to full height, after adjusting slightly, Tsuyu held Ochako in a bridal carry. Ochako blinked in surprise and looked up at her friend’s face who only gave her a warm smile in response. She knew that, if her face weren’t flushed from all the crying, she’d be blushing.

Tsuyu leant back, carefully balancing Ochako’s weight as she raised her foot and placed it on the bed near the pillow before dragging it down and flipping half the covers over on themselves.

“Here you go.” Tsuyu cooed, lowering Ochako down, slipping her legs under the folded covers before laying the girl’s head back onto her pillow. “When you come down from all this you’re gonna sleep for a week.”

Ochako wanted to chuckle at that truth. She already felt so exhausted.

Tsuyu reached down and pulled the covers back up and over her friend, tucking them in around her neck before turning around.

“No… don’t-” She began weakly.

“It’s okay ‘Chako, I’m not leaving.” Tsuyu reassured her friend, reaching for the desk chair and pulling it closer before sitting down, pulling herself up to the bed.

The pair sat in silence, aside from Ochako’s sniffles. God she felt so pathetic right now.

“If it’s alright…” Tsuyu began, “Can I ask… you said you weren’t ‘allowed’? Used that word a few times actually.”

Ochako looked away.

“Sorry.” Tsuyu apologised. “I want to talk but you should be resting.”

“No…” Ochako’s croaky voice called out. “Please…” The tears returned to her eyes. “I can’t… I’ve never b-been a-able to t-t-talk.”

“Deep breaths ‘Chako.” Tsuyu soothed once more. “Take your time.”

Ochako felt her breathing calm once more. When she was ready, she began to explain to Tsuyu how she felt. The thing’s she’d heard in her youth, the shame from her lack of action even as an ignorant girl which Tsuyu gave her a dry look for, even the most recent event with her father. She recounted, slowly and very hesitantly, that Tsuyu was right, she did have an… appreciation for the bodies of girls as well as guys. Tsuyu calling her on it had brought all her fears to the forefront of her mind and, combined with her struggles about Deku, the exam and what Tsuyu’s own intentions were, that’s where she was now.

Tsuyu for her part had listened diligently. She had her own thoughts and opinions on Ochako’s tale but she kept them to herself for the moment. Her friend was hurting and that needed fixing first before confronting Ochako’s self-hatred for her own sexual identity, let alone talking through Tsuyu’s feelings for the girl.

“I… I wish I was like you… Tsu.” Ochako admitted quietly.

“Most do,” Tsuyu joked, smiling softly at the girl with a small giggle to let her know it. “I’m awesome, but why you too?”

“You’re strong… you know what you want,” Uraraka smiled, letting another sniff of tears out, “You don’t care about other’s opinions.”

“That last one’s not true.” Tsuyu admitted. “I care very much, especially about my friend’s opinions, ribbit. I just… it doesn’t make sense to not live your life the way you want if it doesn’t hurt anyone. Within the law of course.”

“But… but I…”

“It’s not easy. Ribbit.” Tsuyu admitted. “There’s no catch-all piece of advice I can give you. I just know that hiding this part of yourself away has hurt you, is hurting you. You did it to make your family and friends happy or… I guess… not judge you for it, and that wasn’t wrong ‘cause it sounds like you would’ve been in danger if you had.”

Tsuyu reached out to take Ochako’s hand only to realise it was beneath the cover, only Ochako’s head was showing. Instead, she let it fall to the comforter, stroking it softly.

“Now though? You’re among people who love you and will accept you no matter what, ribbit. People who are still figuring themselves out. You’re not wrong or evil or any of those bad things. You’re you and…” Tsuyu gulped. “I kinda… really like you.”

Ochako blushed, thankful only her head could be seen.

“I… I don’t know…” Ochako began, nervously, “I didn’t think I was…”

“I know and I understand, ribbit,” Tsuyu nodded. “You still don’t know who you really are. You said you never had anyone else to talk to about this sort of thing after all.” Tsuyu smiled, reassuringly. “If you want to talk to me about anything… anything at all, ribbit. Just let me know.”

“B… But-”

“Even if you figure yourself out and don’t reciprocate my feelings, that’s okay, ribbit.” Tsuyu smiled earnestly. “I’m still your friend and I like you for you.”

Ochako felt a fresh wave of tears coming and pulled her hand up and out of the covers to rub her eyes quickly. After she did, Ochako looked back at Tsuyu, seeing the amazing, dedicated and deeply caring friend she was. Reaching out her hand to the froggy girl, the let herself enjoy the softness of Tsuyu’s own hand for the first time after accepting the full connotations behind her feelings.

She gave the girl’s hand a couple of small tugs. Tsuyu blinked nervously before rising from her seat, turning to sit on the edge of Ochako’s bed instead. After she did, the girl gave another pair of tugs, muttering a muted “Lie down.”

Caught somewhat off guard, Tsuyu didn’t let her hopes get up, knowing Ochako was far too sensitive right now to anything related to a relationship. Very cautiously, she allowed herself to lay down on top of Ochako’s sheets, somewhat excited, nervous and curious for what her friend was planning.

Uraraka reached up with her other hand, pulling her pillow out slightly from underneath her head and sharing it with Tsuyu. The green haired girl turned to look at the brunette awkwardly, not quite sure what was expected of her.

“Can you… erm…” Ochako began nervously, “Could you please… tell me some positive stories? Anything you know of course… about… um… being gay…”

Tsuyu ribbited in a giggling fashion.

“I was gonna say,” She chuckled, “This was not how I imagined getting into your bed.”

“T-Tsu!” Ochako blushed.

“Sorry ‘Chako, couldn’t help myself.” She chuckled. “Well you know about how we all reacted when Kyoka came out to us of course. I hope you were being sincere with your support to her then.”

“O-Of course.” Ochako exclaimed.

“Just checking.” Tsuyu nodded. “Well there’s me. I’m bisexual which, if you don’t mind me saying, is probably what you are, or at least bi-curious since you’re not so sure about girls but definitely like guys like Izuku, yeah?”

Ochako nodded lightly, clenching Tsuyu’s hand tightly as she visibly acknowledged her new, changed status.

“Now Kyoka, she probably won’t even think about guys romantically. Me? I’m happy to date guys or girls. When all is said and done, I might end up with a boyfriend and then a husband. I would look like a normal straight girl then but I know I’m still bisexual. Outside our small bubbles of lives, in the big outside world, there’s lots of heroes that don’t advertise their personal details but some, like the heroine ‘Hydrogirl’-”

“No…” Ochako gasped in disbelief.

“Yes.” Tsuyu smiled, happy her first pick of how her own inspirational LGBT hero was someone her brunette best friend had heard of. “Remember that Tsunami that nearly hit Muli city? She met her wife there.”

Tsuyu spent a good amount of time just telling the girl about various heroes, books and TV shows she knew about that had positive LGBT influences. It wasn’t long before the gravity girl’s eyes drooped and she was snoring softly. Tsuyu smiled as she watched her friend and crush’s face for a few moments after falling silent. She was so cute, how couldn’t Tsuyu fall in love with her, especially after how she’d saved her life back during the training camp by that stab-happy blonde girl.

Disconnecting her hand with her friend’s, Tsuyu reached up to stoke delicately along Ochako’s face. The girl let out a little moan of disturbance as she did and Tsuyu had to fight to keep her heart in her chest. Carefully, she rolled herself off the mattress, catching herself on her knees before rising to her feet as quietly as she could. Tsuyu made her way over to the door and flicked the light, sending the room into darkness.

“Good night ‘Chako.” Tsuyu called out softly, opening the door before stepping out.

Once outside, Tsuyu felt her face fall. That was certainly not how she’d wanted to confess her feelings. It hurt that Ochako hadn’t then said 'yes' and jumped lovingly into her arms but that was always a stupid fantasy. The real kicker was poor Ochako’s own confused feelings and misguided attempts to keep herself from being her true self. Tsuyu didn’t regret spending the night helping her best friend in the slightest, but she was sorry that the girl had to go through as much in the first place.

Tired from her own exertions and fluctuating feelings from the day. Asui returned to her room and flopped onto her bed.

“Feelings are hard, ribbit.”

Notes:

Chapter summary:

- Her mind flitting back to their sleepover, Kyoka uses her quirk to get herself off.

- After Mina finishes he homework, she too experiments with her quirk in the bedroom.

- Earlier that evening, Tooru is bullied by Mineta for always being invisible. He's given detention while Tooru hides in her room.

- Tooru asks Mina for a favour after trying to turn visible.

- Mina allows Tooru to explore her body up close which the girl has never really been able to experience.

- Bakugo wants to know the details about Mineta's offence, Mina tells him in exchange for exploding him extra during next battle training.

- Kyoka talks to Tsuyu, wants to confirm her sexuality after never having kissed a girl before. Tsuyu agrees but feels guilty about now not only desiring Izuku but her secret crush on Ochako and now Kyoka adding to those confusing feelings.

- Curious about Mina's toy, Momo creates her own in secret but, having never masturbated before, gets frustrated at her lack of ability to cum.

- Momo gets snippy during training to which she allows Mina to come to her room later to confide her problem with the girl.

- Mina is shocked to hear that Momo's parents are constantly watching her phone and computer and teaches the girl about the art of self pleasure while lending her own computer. When Momo can't quite do it still, Mina offers a helping hand and the two share tender kisses afterwards.

- Ochako asks Momo to talk and they discuss the conflict they share about not going after their hearts desires.

- Ochako confronts Tsuyu about Izuku. Tsuyu confesses she is waiting for Ochako to ask Izuku and, if she got rejected, she wanted to ask Ochako out. Ochako breaks down about having self-hatred for her own gay thoughts due to her country upbringing. Mentions the disgust her dad exhibited and her mom’s apparent agreement when they were out for dinner and saw a gay couple kissing.

Chapter 3: The Second Sleepover

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

“Friday is here at last!” Mina cheered as she entered through the doors of Height’s Alliance once more.

“Clearly you’ve got plans.” Ojiro smiled, passing her by as he undid his blazer.

“You know it!” Mina grinned, “It’s sleepover time, round two!”

“Jeez, where’s all that energy coming from.” Jiro rolled her eyes, moving over to the couch and leaning back against it.

“She clearly saves it from when she should be paying attention in class.” Tsuyu teased.

“Hey! I’ve been doing much better recently!” Mina declared, “So good that Mr. Aizawa even called me a semi-pro.”

“He called us all semi-pros.” Hagakure corrected her friend.

“Not all of us~” Mina eyed the blonde who was stuck on house arrest.

“You wanna fuckin’ go?! I’ll kick your ass raccoon eyes!”

“Nuh-uh-uh, you’re in time out Mr. Naughty.” She waggled her finger at the blond. “Can’t kick my very fine ass if you can’t come to class.”

Bakugo’s palms exploded as he struggled to contain his rage, his face stretched to the limits of how angry the boy could visibly look.

“Ashido! Please refrain from taunting Bakugo. I would not enjoy having to explain to Mr. Aizawa why one of my classmates is in the infirmary on my watch.” Iida scolded the pinkette.

“Stop ruining my fun class prez’.” Mina pouted. “If you’re gonna scold anyone, do it to him. After all… isn’t a mere civilian threatening a semi-pro a crime?”

Bakugo lunged across the dining area, arms outstretched to throttle the pinkette. Mina took off with nervous, scared laughter, using the tables and chairs as barriers between herself and impending doom while Iida tried to coral and control the situation hopelessly.  

“Looks like Mina’s dead. You guy’s hanging out again then?” Kaminari asked, dropping his bag and drooping himself on the sofa.

“You know it!” Hagakure cheered. “I have no idea what I’m going to do about work studies but that’s a problem for tomorrow’s Tooru.”

“Kinda wish we didn’t have that exam yesterday though.” Ochako sighed, collapsing into the cushions alongside Kaminari. “I’m exhausted. Even just the opening ceremony and lectures today wore me out.”

“Don’t be like that girl, whoa!” Mina cheered, dodging a swipe from her blond assailant, “Tonight we got a special treat; pizza!”

Ochako’s eyes opened wide as her mouth filled with drool.

“Careful Mina, the door to Ochako’s heart is clearly through her stomach.” Tsuyu teased, earning a blush from the brunette.

“Sh-Shut up Tsuyu, don’t act like you’re not getting hungry at the thought either.” Ochako retorted.

“Got me there. While Bakugo’s murdering Mina, I’m gonna murder her part of the pizza.” Tsuyu smirked.

“You wanna fuckin’ go?! I’ll kick your ass!” Mina stopped to glare in a very Bakugo-like manner. Unfortunately, her distraction allowed Bakugo to grab her in a headlock, his other fist grinding itself down onto her head in a noogie. Tsuyu just stuck her tongue out in response.

“Hey, can I get in on that?” Sato called out. “I don’t feel like cooking tonight.”

“Yeah, pizza sounds awesome!” Kirishima joined. “We can get like, all the sides and split ‘em too.”

“You and what cash man? Order that big’s gonna require a card and I don’t think the bank of Aizawa is open.” Sero pointed out.

“Indeed it’s not.” Aizawa’s monotone drawl rang out, sending shivers down the classes’ spines.

Turning to the entrance to the dorm they spied their ever-scruffy teacher walking in.

“Bakugo. I hope you’re not getting into another fight. I’d like to not have to expel anyone today.” Aizawa called out.

“No sir.” Bakugo growled, dropping the twitching but still alive body of Mina on the ground.

“Good.” Aizawa looked down at the pinkette. “I just came to inform you that your request for a delivery of pizza was accepted Ashido. Though I suspect you’ll need a few more hands than you realised to carry it all if what I heard is correct.”

“Thank you sir…” Mina groaned as formally as she could from her position on the floor.

“Yaoyorozu.”

“Yes Mr. Aizawa?”

“Logically the others will rope you into paying for an order this large. I’ll see about setting up a special account at the school for class-wide orders in the future. For now, anyone who wants to join may do so but I will observe to ensure all debts are paid. No cash or transfer, no pizza.”

Despite their teacher’s presence, everyone enthusiastically sorted who was joining the pizza party and what they’d ordered. Only Mineta, Koda and surprisingly Midoriya didn’t join in. Having had to write out such a large order, Aizawa kept hold of the document along with a small list on the side of how much each person owed the Yaoyorozu heiress. Having made all the arrangements, Aizawa asked those participating not to wander too far as he’d also observe the initial distribution to ensure everyone got what they paid for.

With the order placed, Kyoka, Ochako, and Momo begged off to change into their comfy clothes first as well as set up Ochako’s TV in Momo’s room once more.

While the girls were happy to have their slumber party, Kirishima was trying to get a movie marathon going for the boys in the common room.

“Come on guys, all three films in the Lord of Magic series! The Fellowship of the Philosopher’s Stone, The Two Tower’s Chamber of Secrets and The Prisoner of Azkaban: The Return of the King!”

“Shut up Shitty Hair, if we’re watching anything, it’s the Trek Wars series, as many as we can!” Bakugo yelled.

“Okay, bro, I love you, but I’m about to get expelled for kicking your ass.”

“Oh shit, Kirishima’s planting his flag.” Sero snapped his fingers, watching the two glare at each other from across the coffee table.

“Whaddya know, dinner and a show.” Kaminari grinned, drinking some ice water as he kept well clear.

“While I’m glad I stayed for the drama, what films do you guys want to watch while we eat?” Tsuyu turned to Mina and Hagakure.

“I love me some Disney but I forfeit my part in choosing this time.” Hagakure waved off. “May also food coma in the middle of it so that wouldn’t be fair.”

“Ooo, I kinda want something with romance. Animation is all well and good but I want to stare at some real eye candy.” Mina drooled.

“You could always just watch these guns.” Kaminari offered, flexing his arms. The three girls blinked in surprise before breaking out into giggles. “Ouch, cut a guy down even smaller why don’t you.”

“Awww, don’t be like that sparky,” Mina walked over, grabbing her fellow Baku-squad member in a hug. “You’re more the comic relief.”

“Hmph, see if I ever charge your phone again.” Kaminari pouted playfully.

“I think I’ve got a good one for you then Mina. Ribbit.” Tsuyu offered. “Well two actually but I’ll tell you when the others get back.”

The elevator decided to ping at that moment. The trio turned to see their three friends returning, all dressed in their comfy clothes.

“Oh great and magical Tsuyu, now please say money will rain down from the sky.” Mina bent at the waist and prayed to her new god.

“You request displeases the frog god, tonight you will lose your truth or dare crown to your one true queen.”

“No! My crown!” Mina cried crocodile tears, protectively holding her hair.

“Truth or dare, eh? Sounds sexy.” Kaminari wiggled his eyebrows suggestively. “You gonna play spin the bottle too?”

A sharp, metal pin entered his ear and the vibrations of Jiro’s elevated heartbeat pulsed though his body.

“Eat a dick dude.” She scolded.

“Spin the bottle? I’m afraid I’m not familiar.” Momo asked curiously.

“Don’t fall for his crap Yaomomo.” Jiro sighed, pulling out her phone, deciding her time would be better spent checking for news about her favourite bands while they waited.

“Ooo, I got this one.” Hagakure offered, “Basically, a group of you make a circle, spin a bottle in the middle, then you kiss whomever the bottle lands on.”

“Oh my.” Momo blushed, her eyes quickly glancing at Mina who definitely caught the girl’s train of thought, blushing lightly.

“Ashido!” Aizawa called out, having stepped into the entrance hall from outside where he’d been avoiding the chaos. “Gather your friends and come with me.”

“If you want to live.” Sero mimicked a line from a famous movie series while rising to his feet.

“You know, it’s weird, I can actually see him saying that.” Kirishima laughed, also standing to head out.

“Woo! Food! Back in a flash girls!” Mina announced, running towards the front doors. “Come on minions!”

“Ashido! Don’t run in the dorms!” Iida called after the girl as he followed after her like a loyal minion.

“I believe now will be a good time to prepare the tea.” Momo announced, turning and heading towards the kitchen. The remaining girls joined her, finding Koda and Midoriya cooking their own dinner with the former dicing some fresh vegetables for Yuwai-chan.

“Hey Deku, how are you doing?” Ochako asked as they entered.

“Oh, Ochako, I’m doing well thanks.” He smiled, chopping his mushrooms. “Sorry I’m not joining you guys, I kinda have to stick to my meal plan, you know?”

“No worries, it’s admirable.” Ochako smiled. “I’m probably gonna pass out early, pizza always makes me food coma.”

“That’s what I said,” Hagakure waved her arms as she agreed. Unfortunately, she was a little too close to Jiro and accidently swatted her hand.

“Hey!” Jiro yelled, trying to catch her phone as it fell, only to miss and watch helplessly as it bounced off her knee and hit the ground, sliding straight underneath the fridge. “Shit.”

“Oops, sorry Jiro, let me help!” Hagakure pulled out her own phone and turned on the torch as she and Kyoka knelt down to peer underneath the machine.

“Hey, are you guys Ok?” Izuku turned and asked, having heard Hagakure’s comment about helping.

“Not unless you can bench a fridge.” Jiro replied sarcastically. “My phone fell under.”

“Um… Kyoka-” Tsuyu began to remind her friend just who she was talking to only to get cut off as Izuku walked past her, stepping up to the fridge.

“Be quick.” He said simply before crouching down and curling his fingers around the bottom of the unit. With a heave he lifted the storage unit until he felt the tug of the plug reaching its limit behind it about halfway between his crouch and full standing position.

“Uh…” Jiro dumbly watched before scrambling to reclaim her property. “Got it, you’re clear.”

With a sigh, Midoriya lowered the fridge back down gently, dusting his hands as he released it and making his way to the sink to wash up.

“What was that?!” Hagakure exclaimed.

“Hmm?” Izuku turned when he realised no one else was speaking up. “What was what?”

“You lifted the fridge like it was nothing.” Tsuyu said. “Even I’m impressed, I didn’t see you use your quirk.”

“That was quirkless?!” Hagakure exclaimed again.

“Metal.” Jiro smiled, “Thanks Green.”

“You’re welcome Jiro.” Midoriya nodded. “Sorry though, I didn’t realize that was anything special, I had to haul junked fridges as part of my strength training for UA.”

“I must say, that’s an impressive feat Midoriya.” Momo complimented, pouring the hot kettle water into her teapot, her teabags for special events which now meant sleepovers placed alongside it.

“No, no, really, it was nothing.” Izuku waved off.

“Come on Midoriya, tell us more, what else can you lift? Ovens? Safes? Cars?!”

“Um… well…” He nervously began. “There was this wrecked truck but it was kinda small, with a flat-bed back so it’s probably tied with this other, similarly sized, waterlogged car.”

“Oh… my.” Momo blushed.

“No way.” Jiro muttered, awe and disbelief mixing in her voice.

“Ribbit.” Tsuyu croaked, resisting the urge to do anything she may regret.

“Wow… Deku, I knew you were amazing but… that’s incredible!” Ochako gushed, her face heating up rapidly.

A crash from the entryway caused a much needed distraction from the scrutiny the green haired boy faced.

“Pizza time!” Mina’s delighted voice cried out.

Under Aizawa’s watchful eye, he ensured everyone got their order before he left.

Her arms ladled with cheesy goodness for her girl squad, Mina led them all into the elevator and on towards Momo’s room.

“Did I miss anything good? Was Bakugo still super grumpy?” Mina asked as Jiro opened the door for her, phone in one hand and the rest of the girls traipsing after her.

“Oh, you missed something good alright.” Kyoka teased. “Though I’m trying to validate it myself.”

“Wait, what?! Aw come on, I was gone like two seconds!” Mina moaned, placing the boxes of dinner on Momo’s bed where a cheaper table cover had already been placed in anticipation for the messy, hand-held food.

“I’m actually sorry I didn’t take a picture, if only to rub it in your face.” Tsuyu smirked.

“What? What is it? What?” Mina asked frantically, her gossipy nature betraying her.

“She’s referring to the fact that Midoriya deadlifted the fridge like it was nothing, without his quirk.” Momo explained, putting the tea down on the side and the girl out of her misery.

“It was super impressive!” Ochako praised, her face still flushed.

“NO WAY!” Mina cried, sinking to her knees. “I missed that glorious display of muscles?!”

“Yup.” Tsuyu said simply. “Tooru even asked if he’d lifted anything bigger. He told us an 'old car'. She’s been strangely silent ever since actually.”

“Sorry,” Hagakure’s voice called out, “I’m both lost in a sexy daydream where Midoriya crushes my head between his thighs and not sure if my nose is bleeding.”

“Ah, bedtime daydream number fourteen, good choice.” Tsuyu giggled.

“Wow, learning a lot more about you tonight Tsu.” Jiro rolled her eyes.

“I didn’t start the lewd, I just joined it.” Tsuyu shrugged. “Besides, you’ll probably learn more when Mina tries to get her own back in 'Truth or Dare'. I’m sure she’s got some sorta of revenge planned to take my throne.”

“I would do the whole challenge sch-tick but I’m wasting away, can we pick a movie and get on with the food?” Mina asked, her stomach rumbling loudly as the delicious smell saturated Momo’s room.

“Oh, yeah,” Tsuyu replied “How about Captain America or Thor. It’s got those muscly boys you wanted to drool over Mina.”

“Damn, I hate that you know me so well. I’m game, any other suggestions?”

When none of the girls offered anything different, the debate on which was quickly settled with a coin toss. They landed on Captain America. With tea, pop, sides and slices all dished out, the girls settled in for their slumber party starter.


“Someone… please… roll me towards the door. I need to pee and am a sphere.” Mina groaned, rubbing her belly as the movie credits played.

“Can’t, in food coma.” Hagakure groaned from beside her.

“You guys really should’ve paced yourselves.” Tsuyu chuckled, still having a third of her pizza remaining instead of scoffing the whole thing like the idiot twins.

“I regret nothing!” Hagakure declared weakly.

“I must admit,” Momo licked her lips, savouring the taste of her own finished dinner with no problems, much more used to larger portions by now. “For my first delivered pizza with friends, it was rather delicious.”

“Urgh, Yaomomo, girl.” Mina groaned, rolling off the mattress and heading towards the door, “You gotta tell us these things sooner so we can watch you enjoy them.”

“Sleepovers, pizza with friends, what’s next?” Jiro asked sarcastically, moving to follow the pinkette to the bathroom.

“Oh, my apologies. I forget sometimes I don’t share certain regular experiences with you.”

“It’s fine.” Ochako waved off. “When we’re all super rich pros, maybe you can share some stuff with us.”

Momo’s eyes shined excitedly as she realized this truth.

“For now however, I believe someone owes me a braid.” Tsuyu turned away from the heiress. “Momo, if you wouldn’t mind.”

“Of course!” Momo replied enthusiastically, reaching out and undoing Tsuyu’s normal bowed hairstyle. “I actually have the perfect idea in mind.”

“Yeah, I should do Mina’s when she gets back.” Ochako said, pondering styles for the girl.

“I’ve learned my lesson with braids.” Tooru waved lazily from her reclined spot.

“It was funny though,” Tsuyu chuckled.

“I’d like to see you strip naked and run through the dorms without anyone seeing you.”

“You realize I can camouflage myself now, right?” Tsuyu deadpanned, “Still works with my clothes on too, ribbit.”

“Urgh, Tsuyu! Stop stealing my brand!”

“Who’s stealing what now?” Mina asked, returning to the party.

“Mina! Tsu’s stealing my identity saying she can camouflage like me but keep her clothes on.”

“Did she now?” Mina’s eyes gleamed dangerously.

“Why does it smell like Tsu’s regret in here?” Jiro asked, having heard everything and nudging past Mina.

“Try it, see what happens.” Tsuyu smirked at Mina’s implied challenge.

“I guess that means we’re moving on then.” Ochako giggled.

“Whatever, someone else go first this time.” Jiro requested.

“Any victims? I mean volunteers?” Mina asked.

“Why don’t you just start and get your revenge on Tsu already.” Jiro countered.

“I must give my opponent a chance to defend herself, otherwise it wouldn’t be fair. No one likes a slaughter.”

“I’ll write that on your tombstone when I bury you. Ribbit”

“Just try it frog features, I’ll melt you into a puddle.”

“Big talk coming from a pretender queen.”

“I am a fabulous queen and everyone knows it.”

“Oh my god, fuck it. I’ll go again, shall I?” Jiro groaned. “Mina, truth or fucking dare.”

“Awww come on Jiro, it was just getting good.” Mina whined. “Hmmm, dare.”

“Just French kiss Tsu already like you clearly want to with the way you’re dancing around each other. Christ.”

“Oh... that’s…” Momo raised her hand to her mouth, failing spectacularly to hide her blush. Ochako’s face simply broke out into its familiar tomato-y shade and Hagakure giggled at the juicy challenge that was just thrown down.

“Ha… h-ha ha, very funny Jiro.” Mina stammered, trying to think of a comeback. “C-Come on. Play properly.”

“Oh?” Jiro raised her brows to look at the pinkette. “It’s cute you think I’m joking.” She deadpanned, “The dare stands.”

“Ballsy.” Tsuyu smirked, enjoying every bit of this.

“I… I’m not gonna kiss Tsuyu.” Mina protested. “Not when she hasn’t agreed to it.”

“Nuh-uh, I won’t be used as your excuse Mina. Lay one on me, ribbit.”

“Kinda wish we had popcorn right now.” Hagakure stage whispered to Ochako who could only lick her lips in response to the salty treat.

“I think you’re all out of excuses.” Jiro smirked.

“You’re next on my shit list.” Mina glared before stepping closer to the bed once more, approaching Tsuyu’s side instead of her own. “Right um… just… two things first.” Mina prefaced. “We’re all agreed this falls under the pact, we made last time, right?”

A round of considered agreements replied in response.

“We should just call it the sleepover pact at this point.” Hagakure added.

“Okay… second; Tsu. All joking aside, you okay with this?” Mina asked cautiously.

“I’m fine Mina but I’ll give you the same courtesy. I don’t actually know which way you swing so if you want out...”

“I’d lose my crown then, wouldn’t I?” Mina grinned.

“It would look nice in my trophy case.”

“Oh my god. Girls, we get it.” Jiro interrupted before they could start another back and forth. “Mina, in or out?”

“Well…” Mina began before reaching up and cupping Tsuyu’s face in both her hands, tilting her head slightly to the side and lightly sticking her tongue out.

Tsuyu matched her energy, reaching one hand up to rest on Mina’s arm as she leant into the kiss, her tongue chasing the pinkette’s own back and forth.

It was certainly a hot minute before the two separated, both running their tongues around their lips nervously as they watched each other carefully.

“Does that answer your question Jiro?” Mina finished, turning towards the earphone jack user.

Said girl was clearly entranced by the display, a prominent blush on her face. Turning to the other three girls, it was clear that they had been the center of rapt attention.

“Anyone else want to challenge me?” Mina asked cheekily with a wink before returning to her seat. “Now, I believe it’s my turn, yes?”

No one else dared speak up, lest they earn themselves Mina’s targeting gaze.

“Hmmm, Tsu, truth or dare?”

“Thought you said you were gonna wait.” Jiro jabbed, a teasing smirk on her face though the effect was dimished horribly by her still present blush. Clearly that image of Mina and Tsuyu kissing may very well end up as her late night private time material but she could care less.

“You forced my hand. I don’t know if I’ll get another chance tonight or not.” Mina retorted.

“I’ll go truth.” Tsuyu shrugged. Whatever revenge Mina had planned wouldn’t defeat her staunch attitude.

“Hook, line~,” Mina stage muttered, making her enjoyment obvious. “Hey Tsu, since you’re bisexual, how many of us have you imagined taking back to your lily pad.” She winked to let the insinuation sink in once more. “a~and sinker. I’ll take that crown now.”

To her credit, Tsuyu actually looked surprised at that.

“Wow… not gonna lie, I’m both impressed by your guts and a little upset at your consideration, ribbit.” Tsuyu sighed. “If anyone doesn’t want to hear the answer to this… somewhat invasive question, ribbit, please cover your ears until I raise my hand.”

Surprisingly, no one moved. Mina was obviously not gonna do it, Hagakure was a 'maybe' considering the embarrassment but also the part that loved gossip, Jiro was fifty-fifty considering whether or not the girl wanted to hide any hint of their previous deed, Ochako was in a similar boat with her own feelings for the brunette recently revealed and Momo she was almost certain would.

“Ok then, but you asked for it.” She shrugged, “Truth be told, I wouldn’t kick any of you out of bed.”

“Well girls, looks like we’ve got a green Mineta on our hands.”

“Fuck off.” Tsuyu shot back with a bit more spite than maybe she should have. “I admit it, ribbit, but I don’t go around leering at you and making you feel uncomfortable.” A mote of fear crept into her heart. “…Do I?”

It was rare to see Tsuyu so unsure about anything. Mina did feel a twinge of guilt creep up on her as Tsu looked up at them with eyes that spoke volumes about her current vulnerability.

“Tsu… No! Sorry, that was a bad joke.” Mina apologized, reaching out for her friend’s hand.

Asui bit her lip to hold back any sad ribbits that might try to break free but still reached out and placed her hand in Mina’s.

“I spoke without thinking and I’m sorry girl, forgive me?”

Tsuyu nodded, offering a somewhat muted smile in return.

“Yeah… you’re okay Mina it’s just… I think I’ve gotten to the point where I just don’t wanna be anywhere near him.” Tsuyu admitted, “Being compared to a pest like him… especially after he… touched me… just makes me feel sick.”

“What?!” Hagakure shouted, quickly followed by similar outbursts from the other girl. “When was this?!”

“A-At the USJ…” Tsuyu replied, somewhat ashamed at her admittance. “He… grabbed my breast… when we were observing that hand guy. We briefly thought they were going to just leave when they said as much. He reached over and… touched me. I wasn’t sure at first if it was an accident from a clumsy hug but… I didn’t know him then. He’s in the hero course so I gave him the benefit of the doubt and didn’t tell anyone. Now I know better.”

“Well that’s just unac-fucking-ceptable.” Jiro growled.

“I agree with Kyoka.” Momo nodded. “That is completely unacceptable behaviour.”

“Tsu… did you at least tell Mr. Aiz… no, he was hurt, another teacher? What about Deku, wasn’t he there too?” Ochako asked, fearing her answer.

Tsuyu regretfully shook her head.

“Like I said, I gave him the benefit of the doubt and Mr. Aizawa wasn’t available due to his injuries. I didn’t want to bother him or one of the other teachers with something that was probably an accident. At least I thought so at the time.” She revealed. “Plus, I think Midoriya was more focused on the bad guys than on us so I wouldn’t blame him if he didn’t know.”

“We can still go.” Mina said confidently. “Let’s go tell Mr. Aizawa tomorrow. Even if he can’t do anything, he should know. You didn’t deserve that Tsuyu.”

“New rule,” Jiro declared, “No bringing him up unless necessary. It’s bad enough he ruins part of school but now it’s bleeding into our personal lives.”

“Agreed,” Hagakure nodded, “and Tsuyu, you were absolutely right to tell us that.”

“T-Thanks guys…” Tsuyu sniffed. “Sorry… I kinda ruined the mood, didn’t I?”

“Not your fault.” Ochako comforted, wrapping her arm around the girl’s shoulder and pulling her close. “We can stop if you want.”

Tsuyu shook her head again, a choked laugh emerging before she spoke again,

“No… I don’t want Mina to win that easily.”

“Oh ho ho, my rival has returned.” Mina said dramatically but sending a comforting smile the girls way.

“Indeed,” Tsuyu nodded, “Yaomomo, truth or dare?”

“I’ll take truth please, lest you go another sleepover without a beautiful braid.” Momo smiled, having paused her efforts during Tsuyu’s story.

“Thanks,” Tsuyu smiled, some of the previous joy returning to her face. “How about… your costume.”

“My… costume?”

“Why is it so… revealing?”

“Oh, I see.”

“Guess we’re just rolling with the lewd stuff now, are we?” Jiro sighed.

“You can’t talk, you literally started it.” Mina teased with a smirk, knowing the girl had no comeback.

“I-I… shut up.” Jiro pouted.

The group broke into small giggles at Kyoka's embarrassment before Momo gave her answer.

“If you recall, I need skin surface to produce the items I create. I simply made my second costume able to maximise the surface area I could access.” She explained.

“Wait, second costume? I’ve only ever seen you in one.” Mina wondered aloud.

“W-Well… that’s because my first requested costume um… broke a restriction based on the amount of skin I would’ve shown.” Momo blushed.

Jiro felt the warmth flow to her hips once more. She didn’t want to objectify the girl but damn if she didn’t want to see her in whatever that first outfit was.

“Wow Yaomomo, didn’t know you were an exhibitionist.” Hagakure teased.

“You’re one to talk.” Jiro jabbed back.

“I-I’m not!” Momo defended, thankfully having recently been much more educated in that type of language thanks to Mina’s generous laptop lending. “I-I just saw the advantage of more skin exposure and went with it. I didn’t realise until recently the world was so… fascinated with the parts involved in the mating process.”

“Naïve Yaomomo is adorable.” Mina giggled.

“Looking for another kiss?” Tsuyu teased.

“And corrupt that purity?!” Mina asked incredulously, lying through her teeth.

“Ahem,” Momo faked clearing her throat. “I believe it’s my turn. Ochako, truth or dare?”

“Dare. These truths aren’t for me.”

“Oh… um… then if I may…” Momo began, wrapping a hairband around Tsuyu’s braid to keep it in place. “If it’s not too much to ask… would you please allow me to pinch your cheeks?”

“You do mean her face, right?” Tsuyu asked.

“O-Of course.” Momo hotly replied, “I just… I’ve always noticed Ochako’s rosy complexion and I would very much like to admire it up close is all.”

“I… I guess that’s okay.” Ochako admitted, rising to her knees and shuffling towards the girl. It was actually a fairly easy dare come to think of it. Uraraka drew close and watched Momo’s hand come towards and cup her face once more like it had a few days ago. This time, she let herself enjoy the sensation of the heiress’ extra soft hands rub against her skin.

“Cute…” Momo muttered as she lightly rubbed and pulled at the extra red markings on Ochako’s cheekbones, joining her other hand with the first when Ochako made no complaints.

“I think Yamomo’s going to adopt her as a pet at this rate.” Mina giggled.

“I-I wouldn’t do such a…” Momo began before quickly realising it was a joke. “Ahem, I mean… I would be a very responsible owner. She would get all the love and pets she needed and she’d never want for anything. Please may I keep her mother?”

Mina and Hagakure couldn’t resist and broke into giggles. Uraraka wasn’t complaining so maybe she did want to live in the lap of luxury under Momo’s care. Then again, who wouldn’t?

“Momo,” Jiro began with a smirk. “Owning an Ochako is a big responsibility. You’d have to feed her, walk her, make sure she has a green haired playmate when she’s ready.”

“K-Kyoka!” Ochako finally protested at those comments, pulling back out of Momo’s hands and glaring at the girl who just raised a teasing eyebrow cheekily in response.

“I see,” Uraraka pouted, quickly shuffling back to her spot. “The kid gloves are coming off. Now I’m gonna play to win.”

“Oh no, I’m so scared(!)” Jiro teased lightly.

“You should be.” Ochako’s face sunk into something more akin to that which she wore for the sport’s festival.

“Okay I’m actually a little scared.” Jiro averted her gaze.

“Heh, one regret.” Hagakure chimed in.

“That’s my turn over with.” Momo announced, “Ochako?”

“Hagakure, truth or dare?”

“From you? Truth, easy.”

“When did you first fall in love with Ojiro?” Ochako asked.

Hagakure flinched in response, not expecting something like that from the normally reserved girl.

“Ooo, right for the jugular.” Tsuyu giggled.

“Awww man, I thought you were mad at Jiro.” Hagakure complained.

“You laughed too.” Ochako replied simply, reaching for and taking a sip of her tea in a lady-like impression of Momo. “One must expect consequences when they poke the bear.”

“Well you are cuddly and fluffy.” Tsuyu pointed out, earning a sideways glare from Ochako. Any more comments like that and she’d become her next target.

“My little pet is all grown up.” Momo smiled at the gravity girl’s mimicry, still playing along with the previous joke.

“Fine.” Hagakure relented, pulling her pillow up to her chest and hugging it.

“He just… he’s so dedicated to his martial arts and cute.” Hagakure blushed. “Not to mention strong and kinda sexy in that ‘I will protect’ you sorta way.”

“Well we are training to be heroes.” Jiro nodded.

“Yeah, but… it’s different.” Tooru admitted. “I kinda have this daydream where he saves me from some random villain and wraps me protectively in the big strong tail of his.”

“Like his version of ‘I am here!’ then?” Tsuyu asked.

“Yeah!” Hagakure nodded. “I don’t know if there was any one moment I can point to when it happened but… yeah.”

“That’s a very romantic notion Tooru.” Momo smiled, “Thank you for sharing.”

“Yeah, we’ll totally help you set it up to get the guy of your dreams!” Mina cheered, enjoying the romantic notions herself.

“You better.” Hagakure poked her pink haired friend. “It’s not like I can tease you about someone so until then you’re my little helper.”

“Yes Miss Hagakure.” Mina snapped to attention and addressed the girl as she would her teacher.

“Good my student.” Hagakure nodded. “Jiro, I guess it’s back to you.”

“Um… dare.” Jiro answered, hoping no one asked her a similar romantic question. It wouldn’t do to have her crush exposed to her feelings while sitting right next to her before all their friends.

“Kyoka’s brave tonight.” Mina grinned. “Crush it girl!”

“Ooo, okay,” Hagakure pondered. “How about… got it! Show us some of your sexy dance moves!”

Jiro blushed. “I think you got my dare mixed up with Mina’s.”

Mina gave a ‘she’s got a point’ nod and shrug but Hagakure pressed on.

“Well yeah, but we all know Mina’s got the moves.” She reasoned.

“Damn right.”

“So show us some of yours, how are you gonna attract a girlfriend if you can’t seduce the five of us?” Tooru finished with a giggle.

“Don’t threaten me with a good time.” Tsuyu winked, sharing a brief glance with Jiro who felt her blush deepen.

“That’s it Tsu, straight to horny jail!” Mina pointed to Momo’s wardrobe.

“Fine by me, there’s other horny people in there.” Tsuyu waggled her eyebrows.

“Come on guys, we’re getting distracted.” Ochako tried to calm the group down, feeling a little too out of her comfort zone for now.

“Yeah, come on Jiro, show us!” Mina prompted once more, “Here, I’ll dance with you.”

“F-Fine… but you guys better not hold this against me.”

“Deal, but I don’t promise not to laugh.” Tsuyu admitted. She got a small slap on her shoulder as Jiro rolled off the bed and shuffled past her, trying not to step on any pizza boxes.

“I got the music!” Hagakure announced, pulling out her phone and cranking the volume up.

A steady pop beat ran through the room, if a little tin sounding, as Jiro and Mina took their places.

“Want me to start or~?” Mina offered.

“N-No… just… do your own thing but… watch for my signal.” Jiro bit her lip and closed her eyes.

Mina just shrugged, immediately raising her arms above her head, jutting her shoulders and thrusting her hips.

Jiro gave the girl the stink eye when she briefly opened them after Hagakure’s whoop of delight before centering herself again.

Slowly she tapped her foot on the floor to the rhythm, allowing the music to flow upwards and into her hips as they started rocking back and forth. The beat continued up into her chest and shoulders, alternating them to and fro, shifting her weight gracefully. Her head was next, moving side to side as she followed the beat where it led her. Last were her arms that had been fairly rigid to start, now raising up, her hands reaching shoulder height in a light clench as they followed the same movement pattern as her body.

When it felt right, Jiro started mixing her moves up, adding in a few flourishes and increasing her speed. Mina gave an impressed nod, trying to match the style of movement and beat Jiro was following.

“That’s it girl, woo!” She cheered.

Jiro turned to face her, Mina momentarily stopping as the girl’s smoky, alluring expression caught her off guard. She felt her movements slow as her eyes were deliberately led down Kyoka’s body, the girl slowly turning to face the pinkette. Jiro stepped a little closer, then stepped again, leaning closer to the pinkette as her shoulders shook and her hips gyrated. Mina’s breath caught in her throat as Jiro ran her hands along her own stomach and around her breasts, leaning forward to catch the girl’s eye as she licked her top lip suggestively.

Mina couldn’t help but feel the heat pool in her hips, her skin tingling and becoming very aware of how her top rubbed against her soon to be rigid nipples.

Like teasing snakes, Jiro’s jacks rose up and beckoned her closer, the girl leaning back to give her some extra space. It was an invitation in dance form, asking permission for courtship; ‘please come closer if you want this’.

Mina’s legs moved forward, stepping closer to join Jiro as she redoubled her own rhythmic hip swaying. Kyoka reached out, her body never faltering in its movements while she ran her hands over Mina’s body, a few dozen centimeters shy of actually touching her. Starting just below Mina’s raised arms, she mimicked the shape of her breasts, closing in at her stomach as though drinking and appreciating the shape of Mina’s body, Jiro biting her lip in desire.

A gasp of surprise escaped Mina’s lips as Jiro grabbed her hips firmly and twisted her arms, causing the pinkette now to be facing the opposite wall. She felt Jiro’s hands settle on her hips once more and pull her closer. Electric jolts ran through her rear, back and sides as Jiro’s own hips, bust and arms melted into and around her. The two continued grinding their hips together for a moment before Jiro’s arms were once more on the move. First, one slipped smoothly under the hem of Mina’s top, her fingers sending sparks of desire through her body as the hand rose, exposing her stomach.

The pinkette twitched and jerked under Jiro’s skilful touch before she felt the unusually warm metal of Jiro’s jack touch her cheek, the lobe line it was attached to pulling slightly, as though directing Mina’s gaze back over her shoulder.

The acid user’s hot, ragged breathing was matched by Jiro’s own, the two melding together as they felt their lips draw closer. Mina curled her toes as she felt Jiro’s other hand, which was still on her hip at that point, begin shifting. The punk girl’s finger’s touched delicately at her toned dancer’s stomach before they started shifting directly south. The waistband of Mina’s sweats lifted as the first finger slipped under.

“J-JIRO!” Someone called out sharply.

Immediately the illusion was broken. Mina felt herself unceremoniously shoved away, almost face planting into the wall if she hadn’t braced her arms against it at the last moment. She turned to see the blushing, scandalised faces of each of her friends looking between the pair. The pinkette could hear Jiro’s own heavy breathing over the sound of the still pulsing music that was playing.

“I... I-I-I…” Jiro stammered wildly, her actions catching up to her brain, realizing what she was just about to do in front of everyone. Her heartbeat hammered in her ears and the room suddenly felt too hot and constricting to be inside.

“I-I’m sorry!” She shouted, tears welling up hot and fast in her eyes before turning and lunging for the door to the room, pulling it open sharply and disappearing round the corner.

“Jiro!” Momo called out, scrambling the get off her bed, taking the fastest route by jumping the wooden panel at the foot of it before dashing after the mortified girl.

“Ribbit.” Tsuyu muttered, resisting the urge to rub herself against the covers of friend’s bed at that erotic display.

“Mina…” Ochako whispered, not sure what to say.

“Mina… that was…” Hagakure started, not quite knowing what to end that sentence with. Amazing, arousing, intimate and more all came to mind but without knowing how Mina felt she didn’t know what to put there.

“Wow…” Mina gasped, trying to settle her breathing. “That was… I can’t even… no, I literally can’t even!”

The remaining girls watched, fascinated as Mina shook her hands out and hopped from side to side, trying to get her body to disperse the tingles and cool her throbbing libido down.

“Damn… if that’s how that girl dances, how the fuck has she not got a girlfriend yet.” Mina breathed evenly, rubbing her hands against her glowing cheeks. “Jeez… I’m almost pissed you guys interrupted us.”

Ochako’s hands reached up to cover her blushing face, forgetting her quirk and gently lifting off the sheets to bob against the roof. Tooru let out her own breathy gasp at that admission while Tsuyu blinked in surprise.

“Wow Mina… that’s quite a thing to say, ribbit.” Tsuyu croaked.

“You~ have got no room to talk.” Mina declared, “Fuck…” She let out another breathy gasp, trying not to let it turn into a moan. “If she asked me out? I’m sorely tempted to say ‘yes’, damn it.”

Mina took in a few deep breaths to try and cool herself down faster.

“Right, I gotta… go help fix this.” She declared. “Just to check, you guys stopped us ‘cause you felt awkward and didn’t want us to embarrass ourselves, not ‘cause you’re gay haters or anything?”

“Girl please.” Hagakure scoffed.

Ochako didn’t trust her voice and shook her head from side to side while Tsuyu just raised an eyebrow as though deadpanning the question, ‘Really?’

“Hey, had to be sure, gotta go make sure my girl knows she did nothing wrong.” Mina turned and made for the door.

“Girl-friend.” Tsuyu called out.

“Bite me frog face.”

Asui just chuckled to herself as Mina left.

“You know, I think Jiro might be right.” Hagakure glared suspiciously at Tsuyu. “You two are flirting an awful lot. Got something you wanna tell us?”

“Ribbit, don’t make any stupid dares and you won’t find out with front row seats.” Tsuyu bluffed, knowing even she drew the line at doing anything like that in front of her friends. Her real friends that is. Her fantasies however, may have permanently gained a new member, much to her own regret.


Kyoka ran straight back to her room, slamming the door behind her.

“Fuck…” She cried, shaking the tears from her eyes. “Fuck!”

She couldn’t contain her frustrations, she had to hit something.

“Fuck, fuck!” She yelled, kicking the doors to her wardrobe angrily, a loud banging filling the room as powerful kicks smashed wood against wood.

Breathing heavily, she clutched her head in frustration.

“Fuck…”

How could she do that?! Mina was her friend! She only meant to show off her moves, not nearly slide the pinkette’s pants off and screw her right there! And in front of everyone as well! Stupid fucking lesbian bitch!

Her traitorous pussy ached at the missed opportunity. The stupid thing had no brain; it felt no shame in continuing to lust after the girl.

Jiro hurled herself into her bed, wrapping the comforter around her body and thrusting her face into the mattress.

“Fuck! Fuck!” She yelled into the void, quickly soaking it with angry tears and wishing she hadn’t left her pillow in Momo’s room. Great, now she was going to have to sleep friendless and pillowless.

“Jiro?” A soft voice called out before an equally soft knocking at her door. “Kyoka, it’s Momo, can you let me in?”

“Go away…” Jiro snapped defensively.

“Kyoka, please” Momo called back, a pleading tone in her voice. “It’s okay, I just want to talk and help.”

“No!” Jiro shouted back. “Y-You can’t…”

“Kyoka, I’m your friend… I won’t leave you hurting like this… even if you never speak to me again.”

Kyoka wanted to ignore her, to shut out the world and just let oblivion take her. Momo was too nice for her own good but… she’d almost molested Mina… she’d almost…

Jiro felt herself grow sick as she compared her act to the harm that Mineta had clearly wrought on poor Tsuyu that was still affecting her after all this time. She bit down her harrowed convulsions, refusing to let the last meal she’d ever share with her friends leave her like that.

“I’m sorry Kyoka…” Momo called out from the door once more, “You leave me no choice.”

The heiress’ voice fell silent. Jiro naively hoped she’d given up, but that didn’t sound like Momo.

“Hey! Yaomomo, how’s- hammer?!” Mina’s voice rang out, clearly joining the girl on the other side of the door.

“Kyoka won’t open her door,” She explained. “And I refuse to let her suffer like this.”

“Yeah, but a sledgehammer?!” Mina exclaimed again.

“I’m… open to other suggestions.”

“I’ll just melt through the hinges.” Mina declared, “I’m not letting her face this alone either.”

“Just shut up!” Jiro called out, “Fuck off and let me die in peace…”

“No way Kyoka!” Mina called out. “You didn’t do anything wrong and if I have to come in there and make you finish what you started to prove it there’ll be hell to pay.”

“M-Mina!" Momo gasped.

“Oh shush you.” Mina silenced the girl, “I’m too turned on to care right now so you can either join, watch or leave.”

“Stop!” Jiro called out. “Please… just… just stop.”

“Girl, we’re not messing, everything’s really okay. Everyone was just surprised is all, I made sure to ask ‘em before I came.” Mina explained. “They just didn’t want you to do something you’d regret.”

Momo and Mina listened, hoping to hear the sounds of the punk girl’s feet moving reluctantly towards the door.

“R… Really?” Jiro called back weakly. “T-They don’t…”

“We’re all still your friends girl. You just got to into the music, which, I gotta say, killer moves!” Mina praised. “Please, just let us in and comfort you.”

The pair outside the door waited with bated breath once more, Momo wringing her hands.

“I… It's o-open.”

Mina and Momo’s eyes both widened, looking at the handle in confusion. The pinkette reached out and pressed down on the door control, the latch pulling back to allow her entry.

“You didn’t even try the handle?” She asked incredulously at the supposed smartest girl in the class.

“I-I thought she’d have locked it.” Momo reasoned logically.

With a firm push, Mina and Momo hurried into the room, making straight for the bed that contained their distressed friend. The large ball of covers gave away her cocooned prison, evidently trying to sequester herself off further.

“Oh Kyoka...” Momo cooed softly, reaching out to stroke the top of the lump, the girl’s whimpered cries muffled by the fabric. Mina took a seat on the bed, allowing the majority of the lump to sit between herself and Momo.

“I’m still amazed and impressed you can play all these instruments girl, you’ve got some major skills.” Mina praised, trying to ease into the topic they were about to discuss.

“Oh, uh… indeed,” Momo nodded along at Mina’s prompting expression. “Your dedication to your hobbies and the clear skills you’ve worked hard for in your hero work as some of the reasons I’m glad to call you my friend.”

Jiro sniffled but said nothing.

“No one’s angry or upset girl.” Mina tried to convince the punk rocker. “If anything, I’m kinda mad at them for stopping us.”

“M-Mina.” Momo blushed.

“I told you outside Yaomomo.” The pinkette reminded the girl, shaking her head. Slowly, Mina slid her hand along the mattress and under the lumpy cover. “I’m coming for you lover~.”

“Fuck off!” Jiro called out, pulling the covers behind her over her head and pushing them toward where she guessed the acid user was, trying to put some space between them. As she did, she realized her mistake, her head now exposed to the air of her room once more and seeing her friend’s faces.

“There you are!” Mina cheered, a grin on her face instead of the disgust Jiro thought she’d find.

“Hi Kyoka,” Momo offered a reassuring smile. “Would you like a hug?”

Jiro looked down at her covers, shaking her head sadly. She didn’t deserve one of Momo’s hugs.

“Momo, could you give us a minute?” Mina asked seriously, not using her usual nickname for the class vice president.

“Oh… but I…”

“I know you wanna help too, but I think I should talk to Kyoka about what happened alone. Just for now.”

“Okay… I guess. I’ll um… be just outside.” Momo nodded, sending another hopeful smile towards the punk rocker.

“Door please!” Mina called out as Momo rose to leave. Reluctantly, Momo obliged, stepping outside and breathing deeply as she heard Mina give her thanks from behind her.

Momo sighed as she felt her heart clench painfully. Her feelings were playing havoc inside her. She wanted desperately to comfort her friend and crush. But she knew Jiro could never know. She couldn’t bear finding happiness with the girl only to have it ripped away by her parents. Jiro should be, deserved to be, happy, and clearly there was an obvious attraction to Mina if what she saw was anything to go by. She wished she’d volunteered to do the dare alongside her crush.

Her heart beat painfully in her chest as she pictured Jiro replaying and continuing the act with Mina. She shouldn’t feel this way. Mina wasn’t hers and neither was Jiro. If this was anything like what Ochako felt for her own crush, she admired the girl all the more as the gravity girl clearly possessed a strength Momo wanted desperately to have.

Back in Jiro’s room, Mina turned back to the punk girl, hoping to catch her eye once more.

“Kyoka…” Mina started, watching as the girl flinched lightly. “Girl, it’s okay, you did nothing wrong.”

The purple haired girl just shook her head in disagreement.

“I-I-I touched you… with… without-”

“No you did not.” Mina cut that thought off at the knees. “I know what dance moves mean, I knew sorta what I was getting into.” She admitted. “Granted you took me off guard with how far you clearly wanted to go to get in my pants but hell, I was about to let you.”

Jiro blushed deeply, unable to meet Mina’s eyes.

“Y-You don’t have to lie… to make me feel better.”

“Girl I’m not-” Mina groaned, rolling her eyes. “This isn’t going to work.”

Jiro gasped as the quilt was swiftly yanked from between them and tossed behind the pinkette and onto the floor. She looked up in shock at Mina’s face as the pinkette drew herself near. The punk girl tried to back away, her back quickly finding her wall as she ran out of room.

“Let me prove it.” Mina whispered, her face drawing closer to Mina’s own face. Jiro brought a hand up, a half-hearted attempt to block the girl’s progress. She gasped as Mina carefully wrapped Kyoka’s wrist in her own grip before lowering the two.

Jiro felt the tug of her hand move down and towards Mina’s lower half. Jiro watched, heartbeat hammering in her ears as Mina’s hand stopped its pull just shy of touching her stomach.

“Now I’m asking your permission Jiro.” Mina breathed softly. “May I prove to you… how much I liked it?”

Jiro gulped, her eyes widening further and the common language eluding her in that moment, simply licking her lips and nodding softly.

With a relieved sigh, Mina adjusted her grip on Jiro’s wrist, wrapping her hand around the back of it like a guide, much like how she did to Momo, pointing the girl’s fingers so they allowed her to slip easily under her waistband.

The punk rock girl couldn’t help but release a gasp of surprise mixed with excitement as her fingers brushed through what was undoubtedly Mina’s pubic hair. Her index finger was pointed for her. She felt the skin become softer and more delicate under her touch.

“I enjoyed what you did this much.” Mina teased breathily as she directed Jiro’s finger down her slit and curl it to sink into her very soaked wetness.

Jiro’s breathing became shallow. She… she was really… with Mina too! It was her first time… the first time she’d ever touched someone else’s…

“And this…” Mina began again, “… is a little payback.”

Jiro’s breath now caught itself firmly in her throat as Mina’s other hand caressed her face, much like her jack did during the dance, drawing her closer before Mina’s lips sunk into her own. Jiro’s mind blanked, running on autopilot as her tongue reached up between her lips and asked Mina’s for entrance. She swiftly learned what Mina’s tongue tasted like as they twirled together.

Not forgetting the wonderful feeling of another girl’s wetness wrapped around her finger, Jiro felt herself push deeper into the pinkette and curl her finger like she knew she enjoyed herself.

Mina’s moan of pleasure was like music to her ears, the acid girl pulling back from their kiss with her eyes shut. Jiro briefly felt a pang of fear that Mina was going to tell her to stop, but when the girl made no move other than to suck her lips together to muffle another moan, Jiro took the initiative.

Pulling back slightly, Jiro allowed a second finger to join the first before pushing back into Mina’s most private place, her hips thrusting into the punk girl’s hand as she did and letting out another feathery moan.

“Kyoka…” She tried to control her gasps as Jiro tried to force more from her. “Ah, ah, please… stop.” Mina begged.

Jiro froze. Had she gone too far? Had she really fucked up this time? Had she-

“Anymore… and I don’t think I… could stop… what I want to do to you.” Mina breathed heavily.

Jiro felt her own loins clench at the thought. Should… should she go for it? Was this Mina giving her a last warning?

Before she could think anymore, she felt Mina’s grip around her wrist once again, pulling her hand back and out of her pants.

“Now,” she began. “Do you believe me… when I said you did nothing wrong?”

Jiro slowly nodded dumbly.

“Good.” She exhaled deeply. “‘Cause I really need to either get myself off or find new undies.” She glanced cheekily at Jiro’s waistline. “I wonder if you do too?”

Jiro blushed, clenching her legs together shyly.

“W-Wouldn’t you like to know!” She tried to retort confidently.

Mina smiled fondly at the girl who’d regained some of her former spirit.

“Hi gurl, glad you’re back with us, we missed you.” She said softly and Jiro felt in her heart that she meant it.

Tentatively reaching out, Jiro wrapped her arms around the pinkette and pulled her closer into an awkwardly positioned hug.

“Awww, I love you too.” Mina cooed. “Hey Momo, come get group hugs!”

The door clicked open once more as Momo peeked into the room.

“I-Is everything okay?” She asked hopefully.

“Hell yeah, Kyoka’s feeling better.” Mina cheered, holding her arm out to the heiress. “Come get some hugs.”

Momo couldn’t help the smile returning to her face, quickly crossing the distance to kneel on the punk girl’s bed and join the pair. Jiro couldn’t help but let a few more tears fall as relief swept through her system.

“It’s okay Kyoka, we’ve got you.” Momo caressed the girl’s back with one hand.

“Th-Thanks you guys.” Jiro murmured between her friends. “A-And… I’m s-sorry.”

“We’ve said dear, it’s not your-”

“I… kinda spoiled our sleepover… is what I’m s-sorry for.”

Mina pulled back out of the hug, flashing Jiro a small smile.

“You didn’t spoil anything,” She comforted the girl. “How about we go back upstairs, you get some love and hugs from the other girls, and you watch me kick that smug frog’s ass.”

Jiro felt herself giggle as Momo pulled back out of the hug.

“D-Don’t you mean 'kiss'.” Jiro teased.

“Indeed,” Momo surprisingly agreed. “With what we’ve experienced so far tonight, I believe that certain acts have been at the forefront of all of our minds.”

“Not going to disagree with that.” Mina agreed, biting her lip nervously. “I’ll admit… it’s gotten a little… heated. But… I’m… actually discovering more about myself that I never knew. Call me selfish but… I kind of want to keep… experimenting.”

“W-What do you mean?” Jiro asked, her shocked eyes examining the girl closely “Did you um… not know you were…”

“Well… yeah.” Mina nodded with a carefree shrug. “I mean as much as I love romance… I never found anyone who ticked the boxes for me so I didn’t lump myself one way or another. I knew about guys obviously but… after tonight… I think maybe I’d be okay with a girlfriend too.”

“D-Don’t you mean instead?” Jiro blushed.

Mina blinked dumbly before letting out a laugh.

“Oh man, whoops.” She giggled, “That’s what I meant but now I’m thinking about it, you think I’d be able to have both?”

“Y-You’re such a perv Mina.” Jiro nudged her friend with her foot.

“I… must…” Momo started nervously, drawing their attention. “I… you remember… the situation with my parents?” She asked, receiving nervous nods in return.

“I don’t believe they’d… accept me finding a partner of my own choosing to… experience these joys with. This game… if certain events were to occur that would… permit me to experience these somewhat scandalous things with friends, you would… not judge me for requesting them?”

Jiro breathed softly at what she was hearing. Momo was still resigned to her fate at the hands of her parents but she’d also clearly asked to be included in potentially naughty acts. She hoped this meant Momo was also a lesbian, or at least bi. Then she might able to convince her to take a chance on a relationship with her punk rock self, once they and the other girls freed her from her parents machinations.

“Don’t forget, you’re Momo Fuckin’ Yaoyorozu.” Jiro reminded the heiress. “You can do anything or anyone you want.”

Jiro’s heart jumped with joy as Momo gave her a brilliant, relieved smile.

“Then I too would like tonight’s games to continue.” She declared firmly. “But first, I must remind our friend,” Momo reached out and squished Jiro’s cheeks between her hands, much like the girl had done to her during the first sleepover. “That she’s Kyoka Fucking Jiro, that’s your middle name now.”

“Pffft.” Jiro couldn’t help but accidently cover Momo in speckles of her spit when she laughed. “S-Sorry Yaomomo… I just didn’t expect that from you.”

“What can I say,” Momo smiled, pulling a handkerchief from her wrist and quickly wiping her face. “Thanks to you all, I’ve discovered a rather… naughty side to myself.”

“Not gonna lie, I feel kinda powerful having corrupted a goddess.” Mina smirked.

Momo offered the handkerchief to Jiro who politely accepted, drying the remainder of her tears.

“Shall we return?” She asked, allowing Jiro to keep the tissue for now.

“Yeah, the others must be bored stiff without us to keep the party going.” Mina cheered.


Ochako sat alone in Momo’s room. Awkwardly perched on the bed by herself as Tsuyu and Tooru, while concerned for their friend like she was, had begged bathroom breaks.

While they were gone, Ochako’s mind couldn’t help but wander back to all the salacious acts that she’d seen so far. The steamy kiss between Mina and Tsu had definitely twinged something within her that wanted to see more. With an act like that, did it mean that Mina and Tsu were now dating? Or was that just part of playing the game to them? It certainly looked real enough but then… why did it look so nice? Something like that… it was supposed to be horrible and wrong, at least that’s the idea her old mindset tossed back at her. It was just like a guy and a girl kissing only with two girls.

Then there was the erotic dancing that Jiro had performing with Mina. She felt herself entranced by their movements then by the desire clearly being displayed. It was only when she spied Jiro’s hand slipping down towards Mina crotch that her comfort zone warning bells couldn’t be ignored any longer, forcing her to call out to her friends before they did something they couldn’t take back.

Ochako cursed herself internally. She felt partly to blame for Jiro’s reaction and tears. Maybe she should’ve not said anything… maybe she should’ve done something more subtle like clear her throat or stop the music.

The gravity girl shook her head as she felt herself get bogged down with too many ‘what if’ scenarios. Fact of the matter was, she’d seen two acts that went firmly against her old, country education and found it lacking. These were good people, good friends who cared about each other. Maybe they’d get together after this, maybe not, but they wouldn’t deserve to be treated the way she expected them to be if they visited her at her parent’s home.

Uraraka bit her lip as she waited to address the other issue that had made itself known. By not supressing the feelings as she normally would have in the face of such acts, Ochako found herself in a similar state to when she thought about Izuku late at night when her hips itched.

Keenly aware of the fabric rubbing against her crotch, she looked around quickly to make sure she was still completely alone, watching the door nervously before she allowed her hips to grind just a little into where she sat.

The result was immediately obvious, a warm tingle running through her system. God she felt naughty… but in a really good way. Reaching back, she shifted her rear slightly, lifting it and pulling her pillow out from under her. If she was quiet, and kept an ear out… maybe she could…

With the pillow placed on her lap, Ochako nervously allowed one hand to reach down and prod experimentally at her crotch. Another tingle ran through her. Maybe… just a quick few touches. She could cover it in time surely?

Turning away from the door to give herself more cover, she allowed her fingers to slip under her waistband of her sweats and knickers, brushing aside the ticklish curls that marked her last chance to stop before the end. Licking her lips, she reached down and ran a finger along the length of her slit. She gasped at the ease in which her lips parted to allow her digit to investigate further as she clearly felt the wetness against the bean of her quirk.

Priming her for the sounds of footsteps once more and hearing nothing, Ochako continued, delicately rubbing circles around her clit in the most pleasurable way. She felt herself try and clench around nothing and moaned minutely. If she was quick, her fingers sped up, if she was quick, she could cum before anyone else returned and they’d be none the wiser.

Small moans and gasps fell from her lips as she tried desperately to both relieve her confused tension and keep from making any noise. She felt her climax start to form as she maintained her rhythm. Just a little more.

Footsteps! That was definitely footsteps.

Ochako pulled her hand out of her pants and quickly tried to look innocent, turning more towards the door as though she’d just been waiting for them to return.

“Hey guys! Let’s get this party re… started?” Mina cheered as she entered before tilting her head at the lack of friends present. “Hey, where are the others?”

Uraraka watched Momo return and a hesitant Jiro bring up the rear before she answered.

“They said they wanted to go to the bathroom, couldn’t wait sorta thing y’know.” Ochako waved off.

Mina’s eyes narrowed in suspicion.

“All this time?”

“Uh… I guess?” Ochako nodded.

Before anyone could ask anything else, further footsteps drew their attention.

“Hey Ochako, is Kyoka-, Kyoka!” Hagakure’s cheerful voice called out approaching the punk girl quickly. “How are you feeling, you all good now? We were so worried.”

“I-I’m fine Hagakure.” Jiro nervously admitted. “I just… got a little too carried away.”

“You don’t hear me complaining.” Mina smirked, letting the invisible girl know it had all been resolved.

“Ooo, scandalous,” Hagakure leered. “Is this how we learn that you and Jiro are now a couple?”

Ochako’s eyes widened from the bed.

“Nah, just gonna be truth or dare buddies for now.” Mina laughed. “If she wants any more I require wining and dining first.”

“Shove off,” Kyoka nudged the girl, a weak smile on her face. “It’s my turn anyway.”

“You sure you’re ok to keep going? We can always stop.” Hagakure offered.

“I’m good.” Jiro shrugged.

“It’s nice to hear you’re alright Kyoka.” Tsuyu’s voice caused the group’s attention to return to the doorway.

“And just where did you slink off to Tsu?” Mina eyed the girl.

“Bathroom, same as Hagakure. Momo’s tea is nice but it does get things moving.”

“Really?” Mina asked again, “Are you sure you didn’t slip off to relive our erotic dancing in your head?”

“You asking for a demonstration?”

“Don’t tempt me frog girl.”

“Are we really back to this?” Jiro asked incredulously, rolling her eyes and slipping down the side of Momo’s bed, climbing in at the head once more.

“Alright fine Jiro, we’ll give it a rest… for now.” Mina relented, moving back to the bed too. “Anyone got any pizza left? I’m starving again.”

“After that display, I’m not surprised.” Hagakure nodded. “Until the end, it was awesome the way you two moved.”

“Quite a passionate display to be sure.” Momo agreed, returning to her spot and patting the spot in front of her for Tsuyu to sit, her braid nearly finished.

“W-Whatever.” Kyoka blushed from the praise. “Tsu, truth or dare.”

“Oh, we’re still going?” Tsuyu blinked. “Another truth please.”

“Not a very daring frog are you?” Mina grinned.

“Truths are easy, I don’t embarrass like you guys and dares are more risky.” She shrugged. “My crown is safe.”

“Okay Tsu.” Jiro paused, “What’s the dirtiest thing you’ve ever done.”

“Lewd train’s continuing too I see.” Tsuyu shrugged.

“K-Kyoka, you can’t ask someone t-that.” Ochako spoke up, looking around for potential allies but finding none.

“It’s fine ‘Chako. We just seem to be going all in with sexy stuff tonight. If you wanna leave, I don’t think anyone would blame you.” Tsuyu tried to give her friend an out, knowing it might have been a little overwhelming for her with the recent revelations.

“N-No! I’m just… this is new to me is all.”

“New to most of us I’m pretty sure.” Hagakure agreed. “But I trust you guys to keep things between us. Even the weird, gross, embarrassing stuff.”

“Indeed, while this is somewhat uncharted territory for me, I find myself both thrilled and endeared by the new world views I’m hearing from you all.”

“What Yaomomo means is it’s bringing us all closer together as friends.” Mina explained, “We’re safe here to chat and discuss things we might not be able to with anyone else.”

“Not ‘til those of us who want to get married anyway.” Tsuyu agreed, “I’d probably tell my partner lots of this stuff too.”

“So are we all your partner’s now?” Jiro asked.

“Is that a dinner offer, ribbit? I warn you, I’m an expensive frog to woo.” Tsuyu giggled. “But to answer your question Kyoka, my tongue has been places my fingers can’t reach.”

“Haha, ewww” Hagakure laughed, watching as Mina simply nodded as though expecting that answer. Jiro blushed while Momo hid her giggles behind her hand. Ochako was no longer part of their group, deciding to become a bright red hot air balloon and float away. “What does it feel like?”

“Hmmm,” Asui put her finger on her chin in thought. “Kinda like you’d expect a wet tongue to feel like if you’ve ever kissed someone like that but much longer. Only I can twist it to touch just the right spots.”

“Ha, yes Tsu!” Mina grinned lecherously.

Ochako felt butterflies in her stomach. Sure it was from accidently using her quirk on herself but it was also from the fact that she very much remembered Tsuyu’s confession the day prior. Had… had Tsuyu imagined her when doing that to herself? Had she wanted to do it to Ochako if they’d gone out!

“Get back down here girl.” Mina called out, watching Ochako bump lightly against the ceiling.

“I got her.” Hagakure said, standing on Momo’s bed and reaching for Uraraka’s ankle, pulling her back down to the soft mattress.

“Th-Thanks.” Ochako nodded, releasing her quirk. Hagakure gave a small murmur of acknowledgement as Tsuyu spoke.

“All done.” Momo declared. Asui felt her now completed braid flop against her back, only coming up to just above her hips instead of its nearly usual floor dusting length. “What do you think?”

Tsuyu turned as Ochako reached over to Momo’s dressing table and pulled over a small standing mirror to help the girl examine her new hairstyle.

“I must admit, I took some inspiration from our previous sleepover’s film. I hope you like it, even without the flowers.”

Examining the braid, Tsuyu almost instantly recognised it as the same style braid that Rapunzel had worn part way through the film to tie up her own flowing locks. She couldn’t help but feel her heart swell with joy at the sight.

“Ribbit. With my hair like this it’s like I’m a real frog princess.” Tsuyu smiled, reaching her eyes. “I love it, thanks Yaomomo.”

Momo’s own smile brightened the room. While it wasn’t her first braid since she’d failed that during their last sleepover, it was her first successful one, though she was hesitant to let Mina know lest she make a big deal over it.

“Why have a princess and a frog when we got them in one?” Mina smiled, “Looks great.”

“Thanks Mina, but that won’t save you.” Tsuyu grinned, “You’re my pick, truth… or dare. Ribbit.”

“Oh no.” Mina crossed her arms in front of her. “Not falling for your shenanigans this time. Only truths here, no dares.”

“Fine by me.” Tsuyu leered, “What’s the furthest you’ve ever gone with anyone?”

Kyoka’s eyebrows raised. Did Tsu know what Mina had initiated with her in her room? As far as she was aware Mina said no one had ever caught her eye so was Tsu just shooting in the dark? Would she be the furthest Mina’d ever gone with someone? If she was, she didn’t know if she’d feel proud or scandalised since they weren’t even dating.

“So… there’s no erm… boyfriends or girlfriends in this tale.” Mina admitted, trying to look innocently at the ceiling. “But um… I may~ have gotten someone off with my hands touching their junk.”

Hagakure gasped as Jiro’s eyebrows rose into her hairline.

“Mina, you didn’t.”

“Oh yeah I did.” Mina smirked, “It was super satisfying too.”

“Come on, details!” Hagakure poked her friend rapidly. “Why are you not currently introducing us to Mr. or Mrs. Ashido?”

“A tale for another time dear gossip.” Mina returned fire, ticking Tooru’s ribs to cease the girl’s efforts to pry information from her. “Or at least until the next truth.”

“At least tell us if it was a guy or girl, ribbit.” Tsuyu prompted, “Depending on their gender, it kinda makes it more or less intimate.”

“H-How so um… Tsu?” Ochako asked nervously.

“I concur, I’m not seeing the difference myself.” Momo said, a deep blush featuring on her face.

“Well,” Tsuyu put her finger to her chin. “With guys, their ultimate goal is to knock you up. With girls, we don’t have that component so relatively it makes sense that it’s more intimate if it’s a girl rather than a guy.”

“You’re just making shit up to get me to say which, aren’t you?” Mina deadpanned.

“Ribbit. I guess it is subjective but it’s my truth so I want to ask for that component.”

“Yes!” Hagakure grinned, running her hands together, “You heard her Mina, spill.”

Mina sighed, taking a moment to look at everyone before glancing at Momo last. The heiress felt her heart pump just a little bit faster when their eyes met.

“Well… it was, indeed, a girl.” Mina admitted, “But that’s all you’re getting from me.”

“That’s fine, ribbit.” Tsuyu replied, “We’ve still got another round so someone can still squeeze you for more.”

“No one listen to the toad. She’ll lead you down the path of ruin.” Mina glared with a cheeky smile.

“Still, she answered, so with reluctance, it’s her turn.” Tsuyu relented, gesturing to the girl.

“And I have just the target.” Mina giggled darkly. “Tooru!”

The invisible girl squeaked.

“For your betrayal of pressing for details I now pass judgement. Truth or dare?”

“You think I’m gonna take a risk on your phat pink ass with a dare after that?” Hagakure pouted. “You’re practically forcing me into truth.”

“Is that your final answer~?” Mina teased.

“Against my better judgement.” Tooru grumbled, sitting back against one of the pillars of Momo’s four poster bed.

“What’s it like running around naked in class? It’s gotta be cold hasn’t it.” Mina reached up and poked her own breast with a finger around her nipple area.

“M-Mina!” Hagakure grabbed her pillow and hugged it over her chest.

“You’re a braver girl than me Tooru.” Kyoka admitted, very aware of her own body at that question. “I don’t think I could even be a hero if I had your quirk.”

“The lack of protection was certainly a worrying consideration for my own design.” Momo nodded, “Then again, I’m still able to utilize my quirk efficiently while covering areas I now know to be more… alluring to others gazes.”

“I-it’s not like that.” Hagakure said. “With hero work it’s my job right? Well, will be my job anyway. With my gloves and boots… it’s weird but I’m not um… naked when I’m wearing them. At least in my head. And it’s not like I’m thinking about that kinda stuff while we’re training anyway.”

“Accidents sometimes happen though, don’t they? Remember our final exams, ribbit?”

Momo and Ochako cast their minds back, having been present in the viewing room when Hagakure and Shoji had their test against Mr. Snipe. Ochako blushed as she remembered hearing Hagakure’s accusatory rant against their teacher for something down the other end of his headset.

“T-That was an accident! H-He didn’t mean to elbow me in my boob!” Hagakure flailed her hands.

“Point proven.” Tsuyu nodded in satisfaction.

“Okay, fine, yeah… it’s a worry.” Tooru relented. “But… just look.”

Tooru held out her arm which began shimmering slightly. The girls all had to close their eyes as it became a little hard to look at, though the effect was not as severe as her new super move.

“You know by now I can’t turn it off… it’s just something that’s always gonna be part of me at this point.” Hagakure sighed. “I’m not gonna lie… I want to be able to turn it off sometimes and I’ve tried to figure something out but… nothing’s worked so far.”

“Oh, I’m sorry Tooru, I had no idea.” Ochako reached out and put her hand on the girl’s knee.

“It’s oka-… well, no, it’s not okay, but I’ll manage.” Tooru replied, “I’m going to be a hero after all.”

“Damn right, and a kick ass one too.” Jiro grinned from her spot. “They’ll never see it coming.”

“Woo!” Mina cheered, reaching out to hug her best friend in a one armed hug. “Now, who would the semi-pro hero ‘Invisible Girl’ like to pick as her target?”

“Hmmm, let’s go with Yaomomo this time.” Hagakure pointed. “T or D?”

“I would like a ‘D’ please.” Momo replied innocently.

“HA! I bet you would.” Mina laughed. Tsuyu couldn’t help but let out a small croak of amusement as Jiro rolled her eyes.

“These idiots are using ‘D’ as slang for ‘dick’ Yaomomo, don’t listen to them.”

“Oh my… I can see how what I said could very much be taken out of context.” Momo giggled.

“Sorry Yaomomo. That was Mina’s fault.” Hagakure glared at her friend for making it dirty. What wasn’t Mina’s fault was the question or dare the invisible girl had in mind.

“Dare, so, Yaomomo, I dare you to show us the lewdest thing you’ve ever made with your quirk.”

Momo had to baulk at that.

“Hagakure.” Jiro scolded. “Yaomomo’s not that kinda girl.”

“To be fair, Yaomomo could literally destabilize a country with her power. Personally I’m glad she’s so good; I’d hate to run into you in a back alley.” Mina nodded.

“Though I guess this dare hinges on whether or not she created anything like that to begin with.” Tsuyu reasoned. “Well Yaomomo?”

“I… p-please,” she begged, “d-don’t judge me for this…”

Momo slipped off her bed and knelt down, reaching for something under her bed.

“No way…” Jiro gasped lightly, somewhat surprised and excited to see what Momo had produced.

“I um… I’d never experienced certain things before our last sleepover, so…” Momo prefaced. “P-Please forgive me if this um… looks familiar…”

She returned to her feet, hand behind her back before slowly revealing a familiar looking purple vibrator. After her revelations with Mina, she’d moved the device to a more convenient location.

“Ha.” Tsuyu simply smirked, realizing what had happened.

“Woah, did you lend her yours Mina?” Hagakure asked, poking her friend.

“How is this on me?! I had no idea.” Mina squawked.

“Mina, how dare you corrupt our goddess.” Jiro smirked, recalling their conversation in her room.

“It wasn’t on purpose, Tsu was to blame for that.”

“Nah, that’s all you.” Tsuyu shrugged. “Gotta say though, it looks very well done for a replica, did you have to do much research to duplicate it?”

“I-I couldn’t!” Momo replied, “I have um… certain restrictions on what I’m allowed to access using the internet.”

“So you made this after just seeing Mina’s that once?” Hagakure asked, amazed at Momo’s skill.

“Y-Yes.” Momo admitted with a shame faced blush.

“Actually kinda impressed.” Mina nodded. “But I have to ask, was this your first one?”

“I… this is my only one.” Momo blushed.

“Awww no.” Mina shook her head. No wonder Momo had had issues with getting herself off if she tried to use this thing right off the bat. Even she needed to work up to using one this size and she could make her own lubricant. She only hoped Momo had done the same when she tried.

“Ha, how does it feel to be someone’s naughty inspiration?” Tsuyu asked Mina, wiggling her eyebrows.

“Sh-Shut up Tsuyu.” Mina glared. “We’re all gonna be fine ass heroes, people are gonna use us for ‘naughty inspiration’ whether we want them to or not.”

“They are?” Ochako gasped.

“Girl… tell me you didn’t just figure that out.” Mina gaped at the gravity user, Momo taking the time to slyly return her created friend back to its hiding space.

“I…I don’t… I’ve never.”

“Don’t need a truth to figure out Ochako never thought of a hero in that way, ribbit.”

“W-Well of course not!”

“Then you’re gonna want to avoid ‘Hero 34’ when you go pro.” Mina warned.

“Wh… What’s that?” Ochako asked nervously.

“It’s like the website where people make lewd pictures and videos and stuff of pro heroes.” Hagakure explained, relieved she wasn’t the only one who had used it since Mina brought it up.

“‘If there’s a hero, there’s porn of them’." Tsuyu quoted the phrase that was most associated with the site.

“So glad I wear normal-ish clothes.” Jiro chimed in. “The more realistic shit sometimes scares me.”

“Scares or arouses?” Mina winked.

“I’m not answering that.”

“Ochako!” Mina groaned. “Make that Jiro’s truth, make her tell us some naughty stuff.”

“I haven’t even said if I’d pick truth yet.” Jiro complained.

“Well go on then, truth or dare on behalf of Ochako.” Mina asked.

Jiro turned to look at the gravity girl who gave a shrug of her shoulders.

“Fine… truth, but Ochako has to ask me. It’s her turn.”

“Do it Ochako!” Mina grinned maniacally at her friend. “I’ll be your new bestie.”

“Hey!” Both Tooru and Tsuyu objected, being both the self-designated best friends of Mina and Ochako respectively.

“Well… I do have one thing…” Ochako said softly, running her hands over themselves nervously. “Um… Kyoka… when did… you first realise you were… a lesbian?”

That drew all eyes to the punk rock girl who shrank back slightly at the attention.

“I’m not sure if that’s better or worse at this point.” Jiro admitted, rubbing the back of her head.

“S-Sorry,” Ochako apologised. “I-Instead what about-”

“No, it’s cool.” Jiro stopped before the girl could think of anything a little more perverted. Letting out a sigh, she cast her mind back to the times she remembered questioning herself.

“I guess… I never really liked any boys. I never had one of those cutesy pretend boyfriends kids have in elementary nor something more serious by the time health class rolled around in middle school.” Jiro explained. “When it came time for that… I just saw the guy’s junk and all the pregnancy stuff and just though ‘not for me thanks’.”

“Ha, sounds like you.” Mina nodded.

“Anyway, they explained briefly about gay and lesbian relationships as part of it. Realized then that the weird feelings I had for some of the girls I’d seen were just how other girls reacted when they saw guys they liked.” Jiro continued, blushing at her next thought. “Though um… I uh… kinda knew for sure when I saw the news one day.”

“The news?” Momo asked, confused.

“Sexy reporter?” Hagakure chimed in.

“N-No…” Jiro shyly turned away. “M… Miss Midnight caught a criminal.”

“Oh ho ho.” Mina giggled, “Does someone have a crush on our art history teacher?”

“Sh-Shut up.” Jiro glared. “She helped me figure out a lot. But… I guess… I still had my doubts. See… I still didn’t really know for sure. For a long time I was just pretty sure I was but… there was always that nagging doubt in my head… ‘What if you don’t actually like girls and are just weird’. To be honest, it wasn’t until I had my first kiss that I knew I was a lesbian.”

“You didn’t ask Miss Midnight after class did you?” Hagakure teased. “Not that I’d rat you out or anything.”

“Of course not!” Jiro blushed, her mind briefly conjuring daydreams of such a scene. “So… anyway… that’s me done. Good enough Ochako?”

“I… y-yeah…” Ochako nodded slowly, something a little apprehensive in her voice.

“Good, last round then, else Mina will bitch if we call it here.” Jiro stated.

“Well you don’t have to say it like that.” Mina pouted, puffing up her cheeks.

“Awww, look at the little pink marshmallow.” Hagakure poked her friend’s cheek.

“Don’t make me dare you to eat me.” Mina glared.

“Free porn.” Tsuyu chuckled.

“On second thoughts, never mind, I’d just give the frog more ammo.”

“Girls please,” Momo interjected, “Go ahead Jiro.”

“I’m gonna throw this one back at Uraraka. Truth or dare girl?”

“Oh… okay…” Ochako took a moment to think. All these truths and dares had been somewhat naughty in nature, well most of them anyway. Jiro’s first dare had been to get Tsu and Mina to kiss, the next, she’d asked Tsuyu to reveal the dirtiest thing she’d ever done. Which was the safer option to pick.

“D-Dare…” Ochako said cautiously.

“I’ll go easy since you did for me.” Jiro smiled warmly at the gravity girl. “I dare you to flash us.”

“That’s easy?!” Hagakure interjected.

“W-Well I don’t know if she’s open to anything more so I can’t just dare her to kiss someone like I did Mina.” Jiro admitted, “If Green were here that would be the first thing on my list though.”

“N-No I couldn’t, there’s no way he’d say yes, I h-haven’t even held his hand.” Ochako blushed.

“Well I guess it’s not so bad.” Mina pondered. “I’ve seen most of you in the changing rooms anyway, not that I’ve been looking.”

“Exactly.” Jiro replied.

“Then again…” Mina smirked, “Could Jiro have revealed her own little crush on a member of our group?”

“Wha… n-no.” Jiro blushed herself.

“Think we’re forgetting the most important part of this.” Tsuyu addressed, turning to face Ochako. “You can switch or pass if you like, no one would blame you.”

“I… no…” Ochako muttered, refusing to back down. She’d gotten undressed in front of the others before whenever they had training. This was just the same thing, nothing for her confused mind to focus on that wasn’t already there. But then… everyone was never all focused on her. They’d all see her breasts and nipples. Tsuyu especially would benefit from this dare. The girl probably knew it and was giving her an out even so. She felt her heart lurch awkwardly as her upbringing grappled once more with these new accepting thoughts. Did accepting the dare mean she secretly wanted Tsuyu to look? Jiro too since she was the one who’d challenged her. She didn’t know the other girls for sure but maybe Mina was in the same boat as her and not gay, just playing along.

“Y-You’ve all seen before so… it’s not like this is weird or anything.” Ochako said, hoping to alleviate her own nerves, reaching down to her top’s hem.

In a flash, Ochako steeled herself and pulled her top up and over her head, holding her arms up as she exposed herself to her friends.

“Ribbit!” Tsuyu blinked in surprise, sitting the closest to the girl, he tongue slipping out for just a moment to wet her lips.

“B-Bold…” Jiro mumbled, staring directly at them as she faced the girl head on, right beside Momo.

“Woo! Yeah girl! Show Kyoka who’s boss!” Mina cheered, unable to help admiring Ochako’s form herself.

Hagakure gave a small ‘woo’ herself in support, trying not to make it seem obvious she was staring closely at how the girl’s skin looked, the nipple’s shape and areola’s colour, wondering what her own looked like.

“I… I do believe you have completed the dare.” Momo nodded after a few moments, somewhat enjoying Ochako’s revealed sight herself.

The girls collectively watched Ochako’s chest heave as the girl released the breath she’d been holding to maintain her nerves. Quickly, the shirt descended back over her shoulders and covered her chest once more.

“I said…” Ochako blushed, “The kid gloves were off and I meant it.”

“Go Ochako!” Mina cheered, “Bet you would’ve even gathered the nerve to kiss Midoriya with nerves of steel like that.”

Ochako glared at Mina.

“I said I’m playing to win.” She growled, “That means I’m coming for your crown too.”

“Oh shit.” Hagakure giggled.

“Mina, truth or dare.”

“T-Truth.” Mina stuttered, hesitant to think what Ochako would pull to dethrone her after that declaration.

“If you’re so set on teasing me about Deku, then I guess I’ll ask you who that girl you did that thing with is and why isn’t she your girlfriend.”

Mina grit her teeth, she was hoping that had been forgotten about. She made a very careful and calculated attempt to slowly look and linger on each of the girl’s faces. She didn’t care about most of their expressions, instead only needing to set a precedent so examining Momo’s face for clues as to what she should do wouldn’t look suspicious. The worried look on her face was all Mina needed. Even after everything they’d revealed so far, Momo wasn’t ready to share something as personal as that and Mina was nothing if not loyal to her friends, pinky promises or not.

“Well…” Mina began, “Small issue with that. We made a pinky promise not to tell anyone about us.”

“Huh, never thought Ochako would be the one to take down Mina.” Tsuyu admitted smugly.

“Shut up Tsu,” Mina sighed, “I’ll tell you what I can but yeah, there’s a lot I can’t so it’s up to Ochako in the end.”

Mina lent back on her arms, trying to look wistfully up at the ceiling as though recalling a time long passed.

“She’s… amazing, super beautiful and stuff. Helped me with my homework and things so we kinda spent a fair bit of time together.” Mina explained. “It happened one day, we were just lounging around on her bed… one thing led to another and… well… I helped her out.”

“Ooo, naughty.” Hagakure drank up the information her best friend was dishing out.

“She got nerves though, we talked and we made the choice not to be together. I must admit, she’d never caught my eye until that point, but now, with everything I’ve learned about myself with you guys… I might talk to her when we graduate and see if she’d like to try something.”

“Nooo… please don’t finish it there, come on.” Hagakure begged, “We need to make a plan, get you two together, it sounds super romantic.”

“That does sound stupid sweet, I’ll give you that.” Jiro agreed.

“Would you say the same if it was a guy?” Tsuyu grinned at Kyoka.

“Urgh, don’t ruin it.” Jiro pouted.

“I agree with Kyoka; that does sound very romantic. Knowing how amazing you are I’m sure she thinks of you often.” Momo smiled sweetly.

“Sometimes I hope so too. I can’t do anything ‘til graduation at least and who knows, maybe she’ll find someone in that time. Maybe I’ll find someone.”

“You could always ask Momo, ribbit,” Tsuyu commented. Both girls briefly felt their blood run cold. Had Mina been too obvious in her story? “Surely she could make you a boyfriend or girlfriend with her quirk.”

“Tsu, you know full well I can’t create living matter.” Momo explained.

“I was talking about a new vibrator or body pillow, they’d work just as well.”

“Damn it Tsu!” Mina shouted, hurling her pillow into the frog girl’s face who deliberately didn’t dodge.

“Hmmm, not as heavy this time.” Tsuyu made a show of weighing the pillow in her hands. “Didn’t bring Mr. Buzzy with you?”

Mina’s blush shifted into a dark purple as she reached for her pillow.

“You know what, I’m not playing with you anymore.” Mina declared. “Momo, truth or dare.”

“Hold on Mina, ribbit,” The frog girl stopped her, “Ochako didn’t confirm whether you passed or failed her truth, you did avoid telling us ‘who’ after all and that was part of the question.”

“Oh… um…” Ochako thought, more interested in Mina’s story rather than the results of whether her answer was acceptable or not. “I guess its fine.”

“Yes! The queen lives.” Mina cheered.

“Not to me, your throne is crumbling, ribbit.”

“Momo, truth or dare.” Mina pointedly ignored the green haired girl.

“I believe truth this time.”

“Let’s see…” Mina pondered. “Oh! Tell us the sexy act you most want to do or get done to you.”

Admittedly she was using her own knowledge of Momo doing research on these things to her advantage but still.

“Oh… my, that’s…” Momo blushed. She almost wondered if it was Mina asking what she wanted to do to her if she invited her back over for… homework.

“And you thought mine was a bit much Hagakure.” Jiro deadpanned to the invisible girl, not hearing her scolding now.

“Truths are different from dares.” Hagakure defended herself. “Want me to dare you to flash us your downstairs?”

“S-Sorry.” Jiro apologised quickly.

“Momo doesn’t have to say anything if she doesn’t want to, right?” Ochako interjected, not knowing about the admission the heiress had made in Jiro’s room.

“I-it’s quite alright Ochako.” Momo nodded. “It is embarrassing but I am able to share myself with all of you and get feedback on topics I could never ask my parents.”

Momo turned back to Mina before she gave her answer.

“I believe it isn’t an act so much as the… participants.” Momo began, “While I’m very much not sure what I’d enjoy with another person yet, I do find myself quite curious as to… doing such acts with… multiple others.”

“How many others?” Tsuyu asked bluntly, feeling her heat pool in her hips as Momo was quickly validating her own fantasy.

“Oh… um… well I guess… I would like to um… try and pleasure someone orally… I’d also like to have my um… breasts attended to in the same manner and… someone to reciprocate the act on myself… both um… f-front a-and back… so at least five others. Is that normal?”

“Ribbit.” Tsuyu couldn’t help releasing a slightly more sensual croak than normal but hoped no one picked up on it.

“Well usually people just start with their partner then add one more each time but you went straight for a six-way.” Hagakure giggled, “I’m sure your parents would be most scandalised.”

“They would!” Momo quickly agreed, “Which is why I must impress that you do not repeat this to anyone else.”

“Yeah, we got it Yaomomo.” Jiro waved off her friends concerns, trying to act like Momo’s admission didn’t cause her to need another change of underwear. Admittedly she wasn’t sure if each of the participants in Momo’s fantasy were all girls but they were in her own head, and she was one of them.

“Then I believe it’s my turn,” Momo declared. “Tooru, truth or dare.”

“Ooo, I kinda wanna see what sexy truth you can think of Yaomomo.” Hagakure cheered gleefully.

“Ah, I see.” Momo nodded. “I believe this is more of a curiosity than anything else but if I may ask, what is your sexual orientation?”

“Aw man, I was hoping for something raunchy.”

“Ojiro’s not here so no dares would be good enough.” Mina teased

“Fine, throw in the same truth Mina gave Momo too.” Tsuyu shrugged. “Sexiest act you want to do or get done to you.”

“Deal.” Hagakure grinned, “Well… I guess I don’t really have the same thing as you girls. I’m not straight, gay or bi.”

“Oh?” Momo tilted her head.

“Asexual?” Jiro suggested.

“Nah, you’ve heard me talk about boys.” Hagakure admitted. “But I guess… ‘cause of my quirk, I don’t really care about outside appearances… in my partners anyway. Yeah I like sexy guys and some girls but… really… if anyone could see me… really see me like you guys do? I could see myself with them.”

“Awww,” Ochako cooed.

“Too sweet, now I has the diabeetus.” Mina clutched at her chest.

“Shut up Mina.” Hagakure nudged her friend. “Anyway, enough of the sappy stuff. Right… so you know how a guy like… shoots his cum and whatever.”

A round of nods greeted the girl though Jiro’s was accompanied by a hint of revulsion.

“So… it’s like super unrealistic and stuff but I kinda wanna be filled up… like with so much it’s making my belly inflate slightly.”

“Haha, gross.” Mina laughed, “Like pregnant big or?”

“Nah, probably not that size but… I dunno… getting filled up just really gets me going.”

“There are some synthetic substances that are safe to perform certain acts with.” Tsuyu admitted.

“How do you know that?!” Jiro asked incredulously.

“Not my truth but here’s a freebie, ribbit. Frogs lay eggs. I doubt I do, but the idea of being filled up and then letting something like that out touches something primal in me. May have done some research on the subject myself, ribbit.

“Urgh, that’s weird, that much guy… goop?” Jiro shivered. “Give me boobs any day.”

“More men for me!” Hagakure celebrated. “Anyway, home stretch, Tsuyu?”

“Truth please, if I do this, Mina’s got two black marks against her crown while I have none.”

“Ochako said it counted so it counted.” Mina pouted.

“Ooo, I got just the thing.” Hagakure snapped her fingers. “Earlier you said you wouldn’t kick any of us out of bed right?”

“Yeah?”

“Well how comes?” Hagakure asked, “Like I know we’re all super-hot but like… I wanna know why you wouldn’t, if there’s anything besides our sexy bodies.”

“Oh…” Tsuyu had to take a minute to pause and think, placing her finger back on her chin as she closed her eyes.

“Ooo ‘the thinker’, good pose.” Mina joked, only to receive another light slap from Hagakure who genuinely wanted to hear her.

“Hmmm, okay, I’m ready.” Tsuyu nodded, turning to Jiro first. “Kyoka, I really admire your boldness and punk style, I think it makes you look badass and, if things were different in my own life, I’d have asked you out already.”

Jiro spluttered, choking on her own spit at the last piece of news Tsuyu just dropped. Without missing a beat, Momo was next in Tsuyu’s line of fire.

“Momo, I really admire your leadership qualities and drive to do better. Despite all your advantages, you’re someone I don’t believe would hesitate to give the clothes off her back to a civilian in danger if they needed it.”

Momo could feel herself blush, biting her lip in embarrassment.

“Mina, I think you know just how open and accepting you are of almost anyone, trying to get everyone laughing and having a good time while stomping down anything bad like bullies and villains. Honestly, I don’t think we’d all become friends so fast if it wasn’t for you and I love you for it. When you’re around, I feel I can just be me, ribbits and all. Ribbit.”

“Awww come on Tsu. Gonna make a girl cry over here.”

“Hagakure, I know you’ve got issues with your quirk but your skills and tenacity to succeed too are inspiring. Forgive me if it’s rude but you light up a room whenever you’re around; the world seems a little more bright and safe when you’re by my side.”

“Tissues, I need tissues.” Hagakure whipped her head back and forth hunting for a box before taking the one Momo offered, courtesy of her quirk.

“Ochako?” Tsuyu turned to her best friend and main crush.

“Y-Yeah… Tsu?” Ochako gulped, remembering the conversation they’d had. While Tsuyu had admitted her feelings to the girl, she’d never explained why she felt the way she did. Ochako’s outburst and breakdown had prevented that but now… now she couldn’t wait to hear the words from Tsuyu’s own mouth.

“Ochako, you’ve been my best friend since we’ve been at UA. There’s no one else I know that’s more reliable, dependant, or hardworking than you and we’re all training really hard.”

Uraraka nervously giggled at that. She certainly wouldn’t put herself over the other girls in that last category; she still had so much room to improve.

“You’re going to be an amazing pro one day and be an inspiration to all girls that want to succeed when they’ve got so little. I just hope you’ll still remember me when you kick endeavour’s flaming butt off the top spot.”

The gravity girl couldn’t hold herself back as a small choked sob escaped her throat, the dam of tears breaking in its wake as a pair of streaks formed down her cheeks. Reaching out, she grabbed the her froggy best friend in a tight hug, hoping to impart some of the joy she’d just been gifted back to the girl.

“Man, sometimes I forget just how adorable Tsuyu can be.” Mina smiled at the pair of hugging girls.

“At least she’s got good taste.” Jiro smirked. “We are smoking hot after all.”

“We work hard for our bodies. While they certainly do not define us, it is nice to hear our other traits when considering our attractiveness as well.” Momo nodded.

“Is it wrong that I now find dating Tsuyu like super appealing?” Hagakure asked, hoping it didn’t make things weird.

“Nah, that’s just your thing girl.” Mina waved off. “I think it would only work if you knew someone was being honest though. Some random dude saying the same thing probably wouldn’t have the same effect.”

Ochako, having held onto the frog girl for long enough, pulled back a little. As she felt Tsuyu do the same, she stopped trying to split so that their faces were inches away from each other. Everything she’d seen and heard tonight had been unnerving and parts of her had screamed to leave. After what she’d experienced however, she knew that those feelings were the ones that deserved to be locked up. It was okay to feel the things she felt towards other girls. All the love in this room, even if no one was together, spoke volumes about the connections they could share even when broaching bedroom topics.

She looked at Tsuyu’s big wide eyes, round face and adorably wide smile and knew that this was a girl she could maybe one day fall for. Not today. She certainly still had a lot of feelings and stuff to work through internally but… maybe it wouldn’t be so bad to give Tsuyu a little knowing sign she had opened up to the idea.

Moving quickly, Ochako quickly placed a chaste kiss on the end of Tsuyu’s nose. She giggled as she managed to do what the group had repeatedly done to her that night and see Tsuyu blush bright red at the action.

“Wow, I think that’s the first time I’ve seen Tsu blush.” Hagakure gaped.

“Nah, but it certainly is the deepest she’s ever gone.” Mina giggled.

“Sh-Shut up guys.” Asui shyly scolded. “I just admitted something really personal.”

“So that was more personal than the frog egg thing?” Jiro asked sarcastically.

“Some people work differently” Hagakure shrugged. “Tsuyu clearly reacts best to super cute displays of affection. Kittens would probably work a treat.”

“Oh no, I’ve been figured out, ribbit.” Tsuyu sarcastically replied with a smile, her blush beginning to settle.

“Yes!” Mina cheered, “Next turn, you’re mine!”

“Not likely, ribbit.” Tsuyu croaked, a smug smile returning to her face. “I get to ask Jiro truth or dare then that makes three rounds.”

“What?! Already?!” Mina cried.

“It has been a rather exhilarating roller coaster of an evening, I’m surprised you’re not feeling it more Mina.” Momo stretched out, her back popping lightly as everyone suddenly felt the weight of the evening take hold.

“Awww but I don’t wanna stop.” Mina groaned, enjoying both the secrets she was learning and her deepening connection to friends she was sure she’d never let go.

“I’d say one-vee-one me bro but this frog queen needs her rest.” Tsuyu admitted. “Jiro, take us home.”

“Fuck it, truth.” Jiro yawned, “Too comfy to move.”

“Mood.” Hagakure laughed.

“Mmm,” Tsuyu agreed while pondering the last truth of the evening. “Would you ever consider having sex with a guy if it was also with another girl?”

“What, like a three-way with two girls and a guy?” Jiro asked.

“Yeah, add more girls if it makes you feel better, ribbit, but the main thing is would you let the guy have sex with you.”

“Urgh…” Jiro scowled. “Like there’s only one situation where I would and that’s if I actually liked the guy and he was hot. Even then I’d probably have to be distracted by like the girl sitting on my face and holding me down.”

“Face sitting, holding you down? My dears, I believe our dear Kyoka may have a non-consensual kink.” Mina teased.

“Okay see, that I’ll fully admit to.” Jiro nodded. “A girl just like… tying me up and having her way with me… yup.”

“Pain?”

“Nah… I think it’s more the exposure and restriction I like. ‘I have you at my mercy and all I want to do is pleasure you.’ Sorta thing.”

“I’ll try to remember that if you ever admit to wanting kids, ribbit.” Tsuyu chuckled. “You girls can hold her down and I’ll grab Midoriya.”

Jiro’s breath caught as she briefly imagined that scene.

“Fuck… I hate you.”

“Didn’t reject it out of hand? Ribbit.”

“Nope and I hate myself for it.”

“Noted.”

“A new love rival appears.” Ochako glared at Jiro angrily.

“Ch-Chill girl!” Jiro gulped. “Tsu’s Miss. Steal-your-man, not me.”

“I dunno, I could just share him. Boy’s got muscles for days.”

“Yeah he does.” Mina purred before remembering something from the start of the night. “And I can’t believe I missed them.”

“We’ll try to get a video next time.” Hagakure patted her friend’s back.

“That’s a point.” Jiro blinked, remembering something about the event too. “So I thought he was just bigging himself up like guys love to do; no way he moved like a truck or a car sorta thing. I checked the local area for old junkyards and shit and there was this news article about how Takoba Beach got cleaned up in the last year or so. There was a picture of a pile of junk and guess what was amongst it?”

“No way!” Hagakure gaped.

“Must… find… pictures…” Mina growled as she frantically unlocked her phone, entering a search for before and after shots of Takoba Beach.

“I can see it. He is trying to be just like All Might after all.” Tsuyu nodded.

Ochako didn’t say anything, instead, a small drip of blood started running down her nose.

“If I’m reading the situation correctly, I do believe Kyoka isn’t the only one who wishes to be held down.” Momo giggled at Ochako’s blush.

“Whelp, Momo’s been corrupted, humanity is doomed, good going guys.” Jiro rolled her eyes with a smirk before pulling the sheets down and clambering into them.

“I regret this is both the end of our night and humanity as we know it but I must say I have enjoyed being so… naughty tonight.” Momo let out an almost dirty sounding giggle.

“Next you’ll be kidnapping princesses from their towers and running away with them. Flynnette Rider.” Hagakure joined in, the comparison to Momo’s admission of being more daring being apt to compare to the film that helped her describe her desire.

“In that case, I’m ready to be swept off my feet, I’ve got the hair and everything.” Tsuyu waved her heavy braid back and forth to show off.

“Mmm, fun as this is, I think I could sleep through anything right now.” Ochako yawned, climbing into bed too. “Wake me when there’s food.”

“Ooo, do we have to go to sleep now?” Hagakure groaned, “I want pancakes now.”

“You heard her Mina,” Tsuyu smirked, “Stack ‘em high.”

“Sleep first, syrupy goodness later my dear.” Mina pat the girl on the top of her head. “Last call for anything while I’m up.”

A round of dismissals from her friends and the lights were snuffed, each of the girls settling into sweet dreams once more.

Sleep however, didn’t come easy. There was a lot more tossing and turning than there was their first sleepover each girl’s mind whirling with thoughts and desires about what they’d experienced and what they’d learned. Something was happening and while none of them would acknowledge it, they all undeniably knew this wasn’t the end.


Morning arrived as it always did, humanity very much still not doomed despite the fall of Momo’s purity as Jiro had claimed.

Kyoka was the first to awaken this time, her back pressed against what she knew to be Momo’s own. For a moment she just lay there, imagining what it would be like to wake up like this every day. While she would much rather roll over and hug the target of her affections close, that was a conversation she did not need to have today; not when much more serious topics needed to be dealt with.

Jiro sat up as she heard someone else’s rousing, taking in Tsuyu’s extra wide mouth as the girl yawned before rubbing sleepy dust out of her eyes.

“Morning Tsu.” Jiro called softly.

Tsuyu jumped in her seat a bit, not having realised Jiro was also awake and had chanced a yawn she normally avoided letting people see.

“M-Morning Jiro, sorry. My yawns are kinda big.”

Jiro just shrugged.

“Actually thought it was pretty cute so…”

Tsuyu shot her friend an honest smile before allowing herself another yawn to finish flushing her system of sleep. After last night, Jiro felt somewhat pent up and couldn’t help wondering how much of her mouth Tsuyu could fit around her… finishing that thought would mean a change of underwear.

Reluctantly, Jiro felt herself slither from the bed and greet the day properly. Pizza boxes littered all the surfaces in Momo’s room besides the bed with the only spot not having one being occupied by Momo’s tea set instead. Nature called however and Jiro tried to slip out the room as quietly as she could.

Tsuyu reached over and grabbed her phone. Lazy Saturdays were nice but they all had things to do. Judging by the time, she had to wake her friend up too.

“‘Chako. Wake up. Your parents will be waiting soon.” She nudged her friend.

“Urgh,” The girl groaned, sitting up groggily with her hair looking more like a bird’s nest. “Mmm, too early need more sleep.”

“You can have some more after you call your parents.” Tsuyu agreed, knowing it would at least get the girl moving. Child or teenager, some tricks worked on any age.

“Fine…” Ochako reluctantly agreed, reaching for her phone and pulling herself out of the alluring warmth. “Save my spot.”

Tsuyu chuckled lightly at her friend’s doziness.

“Wazzat ‘Chako?” Mina groaned from the other side.

“Yup, just gone.” Tsuyu informed the pinkette.

“Girl did not sleep well; she kicked me all night.”

“Oof,” Tsuyu cringed, “Bad night?”

“Couldda done without the kicking sure,” Mina replied, pulling herself up and wiping her lips from her mild drooling. “Think that exam is more to blame. Ooo… need to pee.”

Mina quickly slipped herself out of the sheets and made a dash for the door. Clearly the fizzy pop and tea had only just hit the girl. Tsuyu giggled at the girl’s lack of preparation and began the arduous task of untangling her hair. Instead of her usual flowing style however, she bumped her hand into the thick braid Momo had done for her the night before. Asui certainly appreciated that the heiress had taken the time both to learn the same braid from the film and to finish the styling she was promised their first sleepover.

As though reading her mind, Momo was the next to wake. Stretching elegantly and looking radiant despite the circumstances.

“There’s got to be black magic involved here somewhere.” Tsuyu grumbled.

“Oh, morning Tsu.” Momo smiled warmly. “Ready for our sweet toothed breakfast?”

“More fruit than syrup for me but yes.”

“We should wake Tooru then, I’m sure she wouldn’t want to miss out.”

Reluctantly, Tsuyu unwrapped herself from the covers and onto the floor, taking care not to nudge the pile of pizza boxes that remained.

“Tooru, Tooru.” She heard Momo cooing softly. “Pancakes.”

“Mmm, yay,” The invisible girl stretched herself out under the sheets. “Just put them in my mouth.”

Momo couldn’t help but giggle at the adorable order.

“Got to cook them first.”

“Boo…” Tooru rolled over, cuddling the sheets around her.

“Tsu… help.” Momo pleaded with her friend.

Asui tilted her head at Momo’s request, the silent question passing back to the heiress of ‘what?’

“I… can’t move her… she’s like a kitten and… I believe one is not to disturb them when they are sleeping.”

“It’s okay.” Tsuyu shrugged, “Mina will just eat hers.”

“Nooo…” They heard the lump that was Tooru moan. Like the graceful creatures she was compared to, Tooru leant back, kicking herself closer towards the edge of the bed, allowing her weight to pull her off and onto Momo’s floor with a ‘thunk’.

“Goodness! Tooru, are you alright?”

“‘M fine.” Tooru groaned, pushing herself up onto her shaky legs. “Sometimes helps wake me up.”

“Blunt force trauma will do that to a person.” Tsuyu chuckled before leading the pair out the door.


Breakfast was a somewhat joyful affair, the girls sending each other glances and winks of secrets shared as they boys slowly entered the dining area. Ochako informed the girls she’d made plans with her parents to go back to theirs and show them her brand new license sometime soon.

Unfortunately, the end of breakfast meant the official end to their sleepover. At least, the pleasant stuff as there was one last order of business to attend to.

“Where are you taking me?” Tsuyu asked, somewhat concerned as she was being hoisted up by her arms, one each clutched by Mina and Tooru in reverse as the girls marched her towards the school.

“I’ve informed Mr. Aizawa of our request and he will meet us in the classroom.” Momo announced, “I’ve also asked for Midnight and Recovery Girl to be present.”

“G-Guys?” Tsuyu asked again.

“Sorry Tsu, it’s for your own good.” Jiro explained. “Whether they can do anything or not is irrelevant, you need to tell them what happened at the USJ.”

“B-But I-”

“Tsu,” Ochako looked up into her friend’s face, a pleading expression written on her own. “Please, this is something you need to do. Let us help.”

Tsuyu looked into Ochako’s eyes and saw the familiar determination to help even when the girls had no reason to meddle like this. She sighed and wiggled her legs in the air.

“Please either put me down to walk or let me ride on your shoulders, the queen needs her servants after all.”

The group arrived at their classroom shortly thereafter, Aizawa and Recovery Girl waiting for them.

“I was informed there was some further information relating to the USJ I had not been made aware of. Would someone like to explain why it’s taken this long to bring to our attention?” Aizawa asked carefully. He was hoping this wasn’t something either completely irrelevant or wildly useful. Both kinds of information would be frustrating to receive weeks after the event with all students’ statements having been taken after all.

“That’s… that’s my fault sir.” Tsuyu stepped up, biting her lip nervously. This was something serious she was about to accuse her classmate of and it could ruin both his career at UA and her own if the teachers believed she was lying.

“D… During the attack… when um… Me, Midoriya and Mineta came to see how you were doing… Mineta… kind of… touched me inappropriately.

Aizawa couldn’t help but release a sigh as he felt the brief hope he felt for a normal weekend sail out the window.

“Firstly, I’m proud of you for coming forward Asui. I’m sure this can’t have been an easy thing to do.”

“Ribbit.” She nodded, tears starting to pool in her eyes from the nerves.

“Second, while I will investigate this as much as I can, I can’t promise anything will come of it at this stage. Ideally the best way to resolve this is to come forward right away but I both acknowledge and understand why you did not as well as the difficult situation we were all in at the time.”

“Third, were there any other witnesses to this event? You said you were transported with Midoriya, did he see this happen?”

“I… don’t know sir…” Asui said, ashamed she couldn’t give any more evidence besides her word.

“That’s all right Asui.” Aizawa nodded. “I will ask Midoriya myself to be sure if he didn’t. In the meantime, I will get a form for you to fill out. The rest of you may stay and support her but I expect you not to assist in any way with the form’s contents lest it be considered tampering.”

“Yes Mr. Aizawa.”

“Good,” He nodded. “I’m also proud of you for supporting your friend in this time. Regardless of the official outcome, know that I will be keeping you separated from him in any class interactions where possible, such as training pairings, as well as keeping an extra close eye on him. It’s less than you deserve if this is true but it’s all I can offer.”

“I understand s-sir.” Tsuyu nodded. “Thank you for taking me seriously.”

“Not a problem, it’s my job.” He nodded. “Recovery Girl, please take care of them until I return.”

“Understood.” Recovery Girl nodded as the sleepy hero opened the door to the classroom and left.

“Tell me dear, whereabouts did the incident occur on your person.” Recovery girl began.

After a summarized explanation to Recovery Girl, she could only suggest a few help classes, reading materials and any further support the girl felt she needed. Tsuyu felt she didn’t need anything that serious as she’d mentally dealt with what happened but thanked the heroine even so.

Recovery Girl had been through a number of similar tales from women and men that had been acted on without consent and, luckily, the girl showed few signs of having mentally suffered from the experience, surrounding herself with loyal friends. Still, it was a sad day at UA that this happened under their roof so to speak, even with a villain attack clouding the situation further.

Once Aizawa had returned and walked the girl through the official document he needed to justify further actions, he allowed them to return to the dorms, urging them to stay away from the boy if they could and, if not, at least only interact with him in full view of others and the cameras.

He’d texted Midoriya using his teacher’s phone the moment the girls had left. The sooner he could get on top of this situation the better. Midoriya had unfortunately proved to be a dead end for information but still took the boy’s statement as he had noticed Asui’s odd behaviour at one point. Not enough to call evidence but still worth noting.

It wasn’t until he was watching the tapes of the USJ incident that he allowed himself to pound his desk in frustration.

“Whoa, you okay Shota?” Present Mic called out, taking the day to catch up with his English assignment marking in the office where he was more productive.

“No.” Aizawa replied bluntly, wishing he could do something, anything that would make the footage clearer.

“What’s the damage?” Mic asked, standing up and walking around to look over Shota’s shoulder. While Mic wasn’t involved in the complaint, Eraser Head felt no guilt in letting him in as both of the student’s English teacher and a second set of trustworthy eyes.

“What does that action look like to you?” Eraser head rewound the footage slightly before letting it play, placing his finger just under Mineta and Asui’s forms. Present Mic lifted his shades and squinted, getting closer to the screen.

The footage wasn’t great, it was shot from the edge of one of the fountain’s lamp posts, the clearest view of the Flood Zone he could get. Midoriya, Asui and Mineta were clearly visibly over the lip of the water’s edge but unfortunately, their bodies were both too low and the footage too low definition to be able to definitively say what happened.

“Looks like one student hugging another.” Present Mic said cautiously. “But I think you know better.”

“Possible unwanted groping.” He replied simply, anger clearly colouring his voice.

Present Mic simply clenched the bridge of his nose with one hand.

“Jeez. The kid’s gone through that on top of everything that went down that day?”

“Can’t say for sure and it pisses me off.”

“I know Sho.”

Shota rolled his chair back, looking up at the ceiling and rubbing his face with his hands.

“What’s the plan?”

“One chance.” Shota groaned with frustration. “His potential isn’t zero but his negative numbered behaviour is certainly pulling it down. He fails the licensing makeup he’s gone, his grades slip below the top fifteen, gone, I get a single further complaint, actionable or not, he’s gone.”

“No gen ed?”

“He’s had enough chances.”

“Fair enough.” Mic agreed, “I’m sorry Sho. I know you really liked this class.”

Aizawa sighed, letting his hands drop bonelessly to his sides.

“It’s full of problem children.”

“But they’re your problem children.”

“Don’t you have assignments to grade?”

Present Mic barked with laughter, hoping to reassure his old school friend. Sadly, what he was dealing with was no laughing matter. Hopefully the boy would shape up, but if he didn’t, they could only hope his fuck up wouldn’t hurt another student similarly or worse than what he’d done that day.

Notes:

Chapter summary:

- Mina sets up a second sleepover, this time with pizza.

- Jiro's phone skids under the fridge, Izuku deadlifts it leaving most of the girls drooling at the feat of strength though Mina missed out.

- After a movie, the girls once more start up truth or dare.

- Kyoka dares Mina to french kiss Tsuyu after getting annoyed by their banter. Neither one of them back down.

- Trying to get revenge against the frog girl for last sleepover, Mina makes Tsuyu reveal that, since she's bisexual, who she'd sleep with out of all the girls. Tsuyu replies she wouldn't kick any of them out of bed. When Mina calls her a green Mineta, it plays on her insecurities but the pinkette quickly apologises.

- Tsuyu then reveals that Mineta had touched her inappropriately while in the USJ and it still somewhat haunted her. The girls refuse to let her brush it off and resolve to take the matter to Aizawa when they can.

- Momo asks to play with Ochako's adorable cheeks as her dare. The girls joke about Momo claiming the girl as a pet.

- Ochako truths Hagakure into spilling her crush about Ojiro.

- Kyoka is dared to show off her dance moves, when Mina offers to dance with her, they both get lost in the music and Kyoka almost slides her hand into Mina's pants only for Ochako to break them up with a yell. Embarrassed, Kyoka flees to her room.

- After Momo takes off, Mina admits she actually considered letting Kyoka do her thing before running after the ashamed girl. After managing to get into her room with Momo, the two girls comfort her and assure her there was no harm done. Mina cheekily lets Kyoka cop a feel before the group return to the slumber party.

- Tsuyu is forced to admit in a truth that she's used her quirk-given tongue to get herself off.

- When Mina is truthed to reveal the furthest she's gone, she keeps Momo's identity a secret while letting the girls know about a few of the details of when she got off with an unnamed friend.

- Momo is tasked with revealing the lewdest thing she ever made. Somewhat reluctantly, she reveals the replica vibrator she made.

- Ochako uses her truth on Kyoka to ask about how she figured out she was a lesbian, hoping to get some insight to confirm things for herself.

- Kyoka throws it back and dares Ochako to flash them all which she does.

- Momo is truthed into telling them all the act she most wants to do. Turns out, Momo wants to be pleasured by five others at once after her recent self-explorations.

- Tooru's truth is about her sexual orientation which she reveals is less about body parts and about whether that person finds her beautiful and special in their heart through which she could see herself falling for anyone. She also reveals her fantasy to be inflated with cum.

- Tsuyu's asked exactly why she wouldn't kick any of them out of bed. The girl ends up giving them each a small heartfelt confession about her true feelings towards them all, somewhat making up for her awkward confession with Ochako before.

- Kyoka's asked if she'd ever have sex with a guy if it was also with a girl. She admits that she'd consider it but only if her focus was on the girl and she was tied up bondage style.

- After the night's events end and another delicious breakfast is enjoyed, the girls escort Tsuyu to Aizawa to get her to confront her issues with Mineta. Aizawa is upset that the evidence he gathers doesn't definitively point one way or the other but Mineta is now on super thin ice.

Chapter 4: Developments

Summary:

Things progress on all fronts for the girls as boundaries are pushed and relationships redefined.

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

The day after the group had visited their teacher, to report Mineta’s behaviour during the USJ incident, was the first chance Ochako got to make her move. The others were distracted with their own activities and Momo was alone in the gym, utilizing an impressive sized set of hand weights.

“H-Hey Yaomomo, you got a minute?” Ochako called out, approaching the heiress while cautiously looking around.

“Ochako!” Momo smiled as she curled the weight in her hand, her bicep bulging nicely. “To what do I owe the pleasure? If you would like to chat I’m nearly done.”

“Yeah, that’d be great.” She nodded. “You mind if I wait by your room?”

“Sure, I should be up momentarily.” Momo huffed, the weight in her hand taking advantage of her split attention to increase the effort the heiress needed to curl it. Ochako resisted the urge to admire her friend’s efforts for less than platonic reasons.

Ochako quickly made her escape, hurrying up to Momo’s room and hoping no one else intercepted the heiress for the little chat and request she hoped to have with the girl. She didn’t have to wait more than ten minutes for the creation user to appear, a towel draped over her shoulders and her hair down, out of its usual style.

“Apologies for the delay and please excuse the smell, I intend to bathe straight after this but felt best to address you first.” Momo explained, opening her door for the girl.

“N-No problem Momo, it’s just a quick thing anyway.” Ochako tried to downplay her importance. This was a silly request, one Yaomomo probably wouldn’t even grant but she still really wanted to ask.

“Then by all means, please go on.” Momo prompted, sitting on the end of her bed and rubbing at her neck with her towel.

“I erm… okay… this might sound really dumb…” Ochako mumbled. “But um… I remember you said that you um… created something to help um… yourself.”

Momo looked confused for a moment before Ochako pulled her hands up and inserted a single finger into the ‘O’ shape she made with her other hand.

“Ah, I see.” She nodded.

“Well… I was just… wondering… if you could…” Ochako let the question hang. It was so embarrassing asking Momo to create something so dirty, something she would use to pleasure herself in a way her friend knew she would.

“You’d like me to create you a similar one?” Momo asked, hoping she’d understood the implication.

“I can pay you for it!” Ochako quickly confirmed. “I’ve got some money. Well, not a lot of money but I can pay you back in chunks. And I swear I won’t tell anyone. I just… don’t want UA to know that I-“

“Ochako, please. I understand.” Momo nodded, smiling.

Uraraka simply blinked up at her friend with those adorable doe eyes. Momo felt she’d be hard pressed to say ‘no’ even if she wanted to.

“I created my own out of a desire to learn more about myself and especially since I couldn’t use my own connections to secure such an item.” She admitted. “I’d be something of a hypocrite if I denied you for the same reason.”

The gravity girl breathed a sigh of relief, glad that not only had Yaomomo taken her seriously but had actually granted her request. Things were going to be a bit tight for the near future depending on how much Momo wanted but she’d manage.

“If I may ask, do you have a particular size and colour in mind?”

“Um… g-green… if you could.” Ochako admitted with a blush. “Maybe a bit smaller than yours… maybe like three quarters?”

“Of course.” Momo nodded, feeling her quirk working in her stomach. “Though I must preface this with a request of my own.”

Ochako agreed without thinking, hoping whatever it was wouldn’t be too much to do. She would put up with being Momo’s slave for a day if it bought her silence on the matter.

“I would ask that you destroy this object when you are finally ready to get rid of it.” Momo requested of the brunette, “Though it wouldn’t hurt the economy in the slightest, I would prefer not to learn that if there was a way to identify which items I’ve created in time that this was traced back to me. A silly notion certainly, but I still have to ask.”

“O-Of course.” Uraraka nodded, “I can do that.”

“Good, then without further ado.” Momo bent her hand at the wrist and held it towards her friend. At once, a hilted object began appearing out of it, stopping about half way. With a small shake of her wrist for the girl to take the object, Ochako pulled out her new possession. As requested, it was somewhat smaller than Momo’s own and a familiar green she’d seen elsewhere.

“I took the liberty of selecting the shade. I hope you like it.” Momo winked knowingly.

“Y-Yes, thank you so much Yaomomo.” The girl bowed politely. “How much do I-”

“Ochako, please, I can’t take payment for this.” Momo smiled at the girl’s earnest demeanour. “Please take it as my gift to you as someone who recently learned the joys of discovering themselves.”

“I… I don’t… thank you Yaomomo.” Ochako bowed again.

“It’s okay Ochako.” The heiress waved off. “Though, please do let me know if you believe it could be improved or you have any feedback.” She blushed. “I… would like to adjust the design for myself if I could and a second opinion would be welcomed.”

Ochako blinked before blushing once more.

“I… will let you know.”

“Please do, I would hate to have to use a truth request on you during our next slumber party.” Momo giggled.

Ochako left the room giggling nervously in response, her new toy wrapped under her top. She wasn’t sure if Momo was joking or not and it was mildly concerning. For now though, she just needed to make a small, uninterrupted trip to her room to hide her new thing away until she knew no one would disturb her late at night.


Monday came back around and, while forewarned to the girls, it was still disappointing to see Mineta still in his seat once classes began. The only hint they received that Aizawa had been busy behind the scenes was him telling Tsuyu to speak to him after lessons to discuss her recent homework, initially panicking Mina who wondered if she’d forgotten to do a piece. A quick chat at lunch saw the group conclude that it was about Tsuyu’s complaint against Mineta.

Nervously the girls all filed out of the classroom, partially shepherding the boys when the final bell rang for the day though they hung back after exiting the room, begging off any who asked that they wanted to walk back with Tsu.

Aizawa indeed confirmed to the girl that there was nothing he could level against Mineta so he was not being punished. While Tsuyu was apprehensive about Aizawa at first, he also relayed that any complaint with actionable proof would be swiftly acted on. While the teacher wanted to tell them the truth, it was better that they didn’t know that any single accusation would see the boy expelled; false accusations were also a serious matter after all.

The girls returned to their dorms, quietly discussing the outcome.

“Majorly uncute.” Hagakure commiserated, resting her hand on Tsuyu’s shoulder.

“You gonna be alright Tsu?” Jiro asked, sending a half-smile at the girl.

“I’m fine,” Tsuyu shrugged, her eyes on the ground. “I expected this anyway, it’s why I didn’t speak up earlier.”

“Tsu, please.” Mina walked ahead, turning to face the frog girl while walking backwards. “You did a very brave thing and there’s still something that’s come out of it, even if it’s just Mr. Aizawa knowing.”

“I agree. While Mr. Aizawa seems fairly aloof, I do believe he cares for us and would protect us from harm like he did that day at the USJ, even with a situation such as this.” Momo agreed.

“Recovery Girl knows now too.” Ochako chimed in, “You really think she wouldn’t do something if she could?”

“They’re keeping an eye on him now.” Jiro stated, “Hopefully you won’t have to bleach your tongue anymore once he slips up again.”

“That’s what I’m worried about.” Tsuyu admitted. “We have to wait for him to do something. I don’t want another girl to go through what I did.”

“I dunno about class B ‘cause we don’t see them all that much but I know for us, we’ll be here for each other.”

“While I am loathe to think the worst of another’s behaviour, the pattern established does lead to a repeat offence being likely.” Momo sighed.

“Just let him try it,” Ochako punched and kicked the air as she walked, displaying her Gunhead martial arts to the world and getting a laugh from her friends.

“Ochako’s right; I don’t want anything bad to happen to you guys either but we can defend ourselves and it starts with this.” Hagakure declared, holding up her phone.

“Your mobile?” Mina tilted her head.

“Also my calculator, research guide, cute boy finder and recording device.” Tooru explained. “I know it might sound a little sketchy but anytime he talks to us or is around acting weird, one of us should be recording if we can.”

“Woo, great plan Tooru!” Mina cheered. “I’m in.”

“As long as we don’t go looking for trouble it’s probably fine.” Jiro agreed.

“I’m not sure if the law, or the school, allows this and it hasn’t come up in class yet.” Momo explained, “I would like to do some research to ensure it is behaviour I can participate in.”

“No problem Yaomomo, we’ll just do it for you until you tell us for sure.” Mina nodded.

“Um…” Ochako clenched her fists. “I would like to help but…” She bit her lip, frustrated her living situation prevented her from assisting her friends. “My phone can’t um… do stuff like that.”

The girls collectively remembered that Ochako’s own device was truly a relic of times long passed at this point.

“No problem girl. This is a hero mission: we need you and you can’t join us without the equipment.” Mina grinned, “I’ve got an old phone or two you can have. I get a new one every year or so, so it’s not exactly breaking the bank.”

“Mina, I can’t-”

“Ochako, this isn’t about you.” Mina said firmly. “This is about protecting our friends. Are you about to let something like that get in the way of your hero work?”

Uraraka allowed herself to feel the shame for just a moment. This wasn’t charity, this was her friends looking out for one another. UA and the people here had challenged her in ways she’d never imagined already. This was just another thing she had to adapt to and overcome.

“Th-Thank you Mina… I’ll pay you back.”

“Shush-up girl. Let’s just say I’m lending it to you okay?” Mina relented, trying to help Ochako accept this gift with baby steps. “I’ll show you how to work it and how to set up the group chat so we can all stay in contact; strictly for Mineta-prevention purposes of course.”

Ochako couldn’t help smiling at the cheeky grin Mina offered. Nodding her head, she felt herself pushing through some of the insecurities about accepting something as expensive as a smart phone.

“And if I forget to take it back at the end, well~.”

“Mina!” Ochako called, causing the pink haired girl to stick her tongue out and run a few steps ahead.

When they returned to the dorms, the girls split up to enjoy the rest of the day however they wished. Mina grabbed Ochako and marched her to her room plopping the girl on her dark pink and black polka-dotted bed.

“Sit!” She demanded, forcing Ochako’s shoulders down as she turned and pondered her room. “Let’s see… I think I left them down here.”

As Mina crouched down by her desk, pulling open the bottom draw in her side table and rifling around in it, Ochako looked around the room, noting that the girl’s parents clearly had enough money to buy her things in the styles she actually liked instead of just what was cheapest and functional. From her zebra striped curtains in the same pattern as her bedspread to the pink, fluffy display board where pictures of all their friends were currently pinned.

Looking at the picture of them all brought a smile to her face, solidifying her stance to go against feelings she knew she should ignore and accept Mina’s generous offer; especially if it would make Tsu feel better and them all feel safer. Thinking about Tsuyu, Ochako couldn’t help but cast her mind back to the last sleepover where Mina had completed the first dare of the night by kissing Tsu… with tongues. It certainly raised some… confusing feelings in herself as she thought Tsu was only into her at first.

Ochako watched Mina give a small cheer of success as she held a somewhat pristine phone in her hand along with a balled up charger cable.

“Bingo! Now just lemme give it a quick bit of juice and I’ll walk you through everything.” Mina smiled.

“Y-Yeah… sure.” Ochako replied hesitantly.

“Gurl…” Mina glanced at the girl, her eyes narrowing in exasperation, “you aren’t second guessing this are you, I’ve only got so many speeches in me each day.”

“No… it's fine.”

“Okay…” Mina quickly set up the phone to charge in a nearby socket before she returned to her bed, plopping down by Ochako’s side and putting an arm around the girl. “Something’s clearly eating at ya so tell Auntie Mina all about it.”

“Mina,” Uraraka gripped her hands into fists, the awkwardness of vocalising her mind’s thoughts playing back to her. “You… um… w-when did you um…”

Mina waited patiently as she had for Tooru’s own question all those nights ago. When someone wanted to talk, just let them go at their own pace.

“You’re um… not straight… so… when did you um… know?” Ochako asked hesitantly.

“Having girl trouble are we?” Mina winked, causing Ochako to break out into a bright blush. Before the girl could sputter whatever pitiful defence she was sure she would raise, Mina tilted her head back, looking at the ceiling in thought.

“Let’s see… well I knew I liked guys from probably the normal age I guess, but girls? Probably… just under two weeks ago.”

“Wh-What?!” Ochako cried, recoiling slightly to be able to face Mina more directly. “Y-You mean… after th-the-”

“Our first slumber party? Yeah.” Mina confirmed. “It wasn’t cause of you guys if you’re wondering. I just found something online and questioned myself. When I figured out that, yeah, I like girls too, I just rolled with it. Well, technically it's muscles I’m attracted to but they can just be on any gender and Mina-likey.”

“Bu-But… last time… during the game… y-you ki-kissed Tsu.” Ochako blushed.

Mina joined her, the skin around her cheeks deepening into purple as she rubbed the back of her head nervously.

“Yeah, not gonna lie, that was all new to me. Tsu’s got muscles for days and while I’d never considered it before she is a very attractive, if annoying, frog.”

“Are… are you dating?” Ochako asked, not sure she knew which way she wanted the girl to answer.

“Nope.” Mina grinned, “Definitely something to think about though. Maybe I’ll ask when she sorts out whatever stuff she said she has going on.”

“Bu-But… that’s too soon!” Ochako declared. “Y-You only just… h-how can you…”

“Whoa girl, chill,” Mina raised her arms to try and stop the brunette overwhelming herself. “Slow down for a second. I don’t think this is really about me so just take a moment and think through yourself.”

Ochako shook her head and took a few deep breaths, her eyes jittering to and fro as she tried to piece together what she was really trying to ask.

“I’m guessing you’ve been having some new feelings for someone other than Midori? Maybe someone of the feminine persuasion?”

Ochako thought for a moment before nodding her head softly, her eyes on the ground.

“It’s okay girl. We’re friends, I won’t tell anyone, you’re secret’s safe with me.” She postured. “But you also need to know it’s okay to have these thoughts. They don’t make you bad or weird or anything, they’re a part of who you are.” Mina explained kindly, “You can run and hide from them but they’ll always be there. Me? It was a surprise certainly, doesn’t change who I am on a fundamental level though.”

Ochako looked up at Mina, something the pinkette would guess was akin to longing hope in her eyes for what Mina was offering. The girl was clearly questioning herself and, unlike Mina, was scared of these feelings and what it may change for her.

“Look, if I started going out with Kirishima tomorrow, would that change how you look at me?” Ochako shook her head. “What about if I asked out Jiro or Tsu?”

“N-no…” Ochako admitted.

“So then why is it any different for you girl?” Mina asked, hoping to break through some of Ochako’s barriers. “If you got a girlfriend tomorrow, I’m sure all us girls would support you. I know Kirishima would definitely do so too, and probably Midori. I don’t know the class prez as well as you but he’d probably be on your side, yeah?”

“Y-yeah…”

“You don’t sound convinced…” Mina stated, examining the girl carefully. “Let me guess… family?”

Ochako gripped her fists tight, her breathing becoming shallower.

“It’s okay, everything’s okay.” Mina tried to calm her friend, reaching out and taking her clenched hand in her own. “Look… ‘Chako…”

Mina sighed.

“Family is… difficult. You’re kinda stuck with them no matter what kind of people they are. I hope yours aren’t too… problematic,” Mina tried to approach the situation diplomatically, “But I know that not every family is the same. I know mine probably won’t bat an eyelash if I brought a girl home but I’m guessing it might be a bit different for you?”

Ochako nodded.

“See… I know it sounds bad, and I’m not telling you to do this or anything but… if I came out to my parents, and they reacted badly? I’d cut them out of my life completely.”

Uraraka turned and blinked in confusion at the girl, tears having pooled in her eyes.

“I would.” Mina nodded, “I know how awesome I am and if something stupid like who I love would change how they see me, then they’re not worth worrying about, not when you’ve got your other family that’d accept you right here at UA.”

“B-but… but w-wouldn’t you be-”

“Sad? Hell yeah, it would hurt like a bitch I’m sure.” Mina nodded, “But it would be my life and I don’t need my family as my enemy trying to convince me to change my ways to better suit them. Being a hero is hard enough without having that sort of negativity around with those who are supposed to love you unconditionally.”

Mina reached out and pulled the other girl’s shoulder a little closer, allowing her thumb to rub softly against their clasped hands.

“Friends are the family you choose.” She explained, “I would step up to bat for anyone of you if you need me. Unless you like, go full villain or something, I’ll always be here for you girl, whatever you need. If it’s a hug or movie night down to me being by your side if you come out to your folks and moving in together if they react badly; I’ll be here. And I bet the other girls would be too.”

Ochako let out a sob as she pulled Mina into an awkward hug. The pinkette smiled sadly down as the brunette’s eyes began dampening her top, rubbing her hair comfortingly as the girl let out her emotions.

“I’m here ‘Chako. It’ll take a lot more than that little thing to scare me off.” Mina giggled lightly. “Any tighter though and I’m going to have to ask you buy me dinner.”

Uraraka realised she had pressed herself against Mina’s chest when she heard the girl’s tease. She pulled back quickly, hoping not to make the other girl uncomfortable.

“Hey, just a joke, it’s okay.” Mina smiled. “I get it, this is all very new and scary and you’re terrified of what other people will think and the things that will happen ‘cause of it.”

The brunette sniffed, nodding again.

“Did we make you uncomfortable during the game last time?” Mina asked, hoping that Ochako wasn’t pushing herself through something she was afraid of just for their sakes.

“A… a little.” She admitted nervously. “But um… I… I don’t want… to be scared. I want to… um… learn but… I’m scared.”

“Oh honey,” Mina cooed, rubbing her hand once again. “You’re so courageous for just trying. It’s not an easy thing for everyone.”

“I… I don’t know what… I’m just… I-i’m… lost.” Ochako admitted, gripping Mina’s hand tighter. “I want to… get better but… I don’t know… how.”

“Ohhh ‘Chako.” Mina sighed, “I wish I could help, I really do. That’s something only you can decide though. I can’t guide you to the answers you need. I can certainly be by your side and help wherever I can though. Please just let me know if you need anything.”

“Wh-what’s it like?” Ochako asked tentatively, “K-kissing a girl.”

“Are you asking for a demonstration?” Mina winked, the gravity girl quickly filling up with a blush in response.

“N-no… I-I’m not… not ready…”

“Sorry girl, just had to ask.” Mina giggled softly. “It’s nice.” She replied after a moment. “Probably the same as kissing a guy I suppose, I get this little fluttery feeling in my stomach and everything becomes more sensitive. Things feel just… nice.”

“You don’t… um… feel dirty… or… evil?”

“As much as I would love to meet the people that put those ideas into your head. I can confirm that they’re dead wrong. While I sadly still haven’t found my true love, if it’s indeed a girl, I know it would feel every bit as special and romantic as if it were a guy.”

“Um… what about… um… kids? Ending the um… the family line?”

“Pffft, utter rubbish.” Mina scoffed. “First, I have a brother so he can spread all the sprogs around he wants. Even if he’s gay though it wouldn’t matter. Far as I’m aware, there’s no reason to get all finicky about blood relations and stuff like it really matters. Maybe there’s a quirk out there that lets two guys or girls get pregnant but honestly I haven’t looked. If you really care, you could get a sperm donor and have a kid that way. Even if not, adoption is perfectly fine. I don’t need a blood link to gatekeep who I call family.”

Mina looked back at Ochako who was looking down at their hands again.

“Sorry, bit of a rant there.” The acid user apologized. “But you get what I’m saying right?”

Ochako nodded slowly.

“Sorry girl.” Mina kissed the top of the brunette’s head. “I wish I could help you more. I can just promise to always be here for you and help when you can. If you want to chat to help sort through your feelings or maybe just rant yourself hoarse while I listen, just come knock on my door, okay?”

Uraraka nodded again.

“Oh girl, come on, cheer up, let’s talk about happier things. Like~” Mina reached out and plucked the now semi-charged smart phone off the side. “Getting you all set up with a shiny new toy.”

Mina tried her best to lift the girl’s spirits in the resulting tutorial, cracking the odd joke and exaggerating her actions to bring a smile to the girl’s face once more but it never lasted more than a few moments. Ochako’s problems were not something that she could fix over night or with a single revelation filled conversation. She could only hope the girl took her advice while she searched her mind for the answers she needed and came to her if she got too lost again.

When the girl bid her goodbye, new phone that only worked via wi-fi in hand with her old phone for everyday use tucked away next to it, she hoped she’d said the right things to her. Despite her confident façade, Mina did question herself still, wondering how best to approach the growing relationships in her own life. There was that thing with Momo, the odd way Hagakure made her feel during her poking and prodding of her close-up investigation, and that kiss with Tsu.

‘Hormones are weird.’ She decided, returning to her room and deciding to listen to some music and get lost in her own head for a while.


A couple of days later saw Midoriya released from his house arrest and return to class. With Bakugo still needing to get his provisional license, Aizawa explained the work studies they’d each be able to do in more detail. As a special demonstration, members from UA’s titular ‘Big Three’ arrived to demonstrate some of the knowledge and abilities they’d gained from their own time in work studies.

Mina couldn’t help herself and had to swallow back her drool as she eyed the muscles on the blond, named Mirio Togata. He was no All Might but she would certainly allow him to join her late night fantasies if he was as nice as his smile led her to believe.

Kaminari’s comment about the girl being pretty hot caused some of the girls to evaluate her for themselves. Mina certainly appreciated those thigh muscles she had clearly worked hard on while Jiro certainly wouldn’t mind finding the girl in the club and taking her home. When her bubbly personality revealed itself to the class along with her name, Nejire Hado, Tooru saw someone she’d clearly be best friends with if they’d been in the same year. The rapid fire questions that were left without answers as she flit between each of her classmates were adorably cute and now she too wanted to know how sensitive Mina’s horns were.

What was decidedly not cute however was the beat down the singular blond third year inflicted on ninety percent of their class. With the exception of Todoroki who didn’t take part and Bakugo, who was still back at the dorms, everyone was lain out with practically a single punch. Jiro was clearly the most traumatised from the event, having got a way too up close look at the boy’s man parts when he’d used his quirk to almost teleport behind them.

“So gross.” She shivered as they returned from to the dorms, queasy from both the sight she’d experienced and the punch to the stomach.

“I’m not sure if I love him or hate him.” Mina groaned.

“He was so strong,” Tsuyu stated. “I hope I can develop my quirk so I can move as fast as he did, otherwise I won’t stand a chance.”

“I’m not even sure I’d be able to do something like that even at my absolute best.” Ochako grumbled. “My quirk is totally useless if I can’t touch someone.”

“At least you can fly, I don’t get any fancy enhancements like you guys.” Hagakure pouted.

“Still, his story of how he went from the bottom to the top was cool.” Mina gushed.

“Just goes to show how important work studies are; I hope we get the chance to take part in one.” Tsuyu admitted. If she could push herself to new heights by taking part in one, she would do all she could to secure a place with a pro that knew their stuff.

“Still, Mr. Aizawa said that the staff hadn’t even decided if we first years would be taking part yet, only that it was being considered.” Momo reasoned. “We may not even have to worry about it until our next year.”

“Wonder how those guys got theirs, do you think we could ask them?” Ochako asked.

“Maybe but I wouldn’t bother for now,” Jiro sighed, “I just wanna put today behind me.”

“Someone’s a grumpy puss.” Tsuyu teased.

“You would be too if someone shoved something gross right next to your face.” Jiro shot back.

“True, but if I bet if you’d asked nicely, Mina would’ve swapped with you, ribbit.”

“Well… I mean…” Mina blushed.

“Urgh deal, I’d rather have my jacks played with by that cute girl any day.” Jiro sighed.

“Hey! Having my horns played with was super embarrassing!” Mina pouted.

“Are they sensitive? It that a weak spot of yours?” Tsuyu asked, curious.

“We-well…” Mina’s blush deepened.

“Oh my.” Momo giggled, her hand rising to hide her blush.

“No way, did you get turned on during class like that?” Jiro accused.

“Sh-shut up. Maybe if you ask nicely she’ll suck your jack.”

“Don’t tempt me.” Kyoka giggled, comfortable with being more open with herself around her friends.

“You okay there Hagakure?” Ochako asked, noticing the girl having not joined in the usual light teasing as she’d expected.

“Hm? Yeah I’m fine… just thinking.” Tooru replied.

The other girls exchanged glances warily.

“You’re not too upset are you?” Kyoka asked. “He was a third year with tons more experience than us.”

“Not to mention his clear skill he’s worked hard to hone.” Momo concurred.

“Yeah no…” Hagakure replied. “Just… I wonder if I can make laser beams if I focus my quirk just right.”

The other girls shared another look but decided not to press for now. Returning to the dorms, they all enjoyed some after school refreshments before going their separate ways, some idly enjoying the angry yells of Bakugo as he lived out the last day of his house arrest.

It was after dinner when Mina heard a hesitant knock at her door. Pausing the cool video on how acids affected different materials that technically counted as self-study to her, she walked over and opened to see a familiar sight.

“H-hi Mina,” Tooru said sadly, “Can I… have a hug?”

Her voice sounded so defeated. Mina pulled the girl into the room and locked the door behind her. This was definitely going to be more than just a hug.

“Course you can girl,” She assured her best friend. “I was wondering if there was something more to earlier.”

Mina felt her breath catch forcefully as Hagakure threw her arms around her neck, the girl’s sobs muffled as she cried into her shirt. Reaching up, Mina squeezed her friend tightly, hoping it would get some of the good endorphins running through the girl’s system to curb this sadness.

“I-I can’t do it Mina…” Tooru cried, “I-it just h-hurts too much.”

For the second time that week, Mina knew she’d have to console a tearful friend and try to nurse their mental health.

“Calm down Tooru, everything’s okay.” She cooed to the girl. “What’s running through that pretty head of yours that’s got you worked up?”

Tooru sniffed, not wanting to admit her shame. That she’d watched that third year turn a quirk so difficult into one so powerful. That she was scared she’d never be able to come close to doing something similar with her own. That she’d admired the third year girl and wondered if she was even half as beautiful under her invisibility to match their similar bubbly personalities and… how she’d tried and failed again to research and turn off her quirk.

“M-my… my… quirk.” She admitted with a choked sob.

“Oh dear.” Mina sighed, “Come on, sit down, I think this is an ice cream and funny videos sort of thing.”

Mina led the girl over to her bed, pulling aside her cover so she could lower her friend directly onto the mattress. When she broke the hug with her invisible friend, she grabbed her quilt and wrapped it around the girl so only the space her head and legs would be were observable.

“Sit tight, I’m gonna go grab the good stuff.” Mina declared, turning and leaving her room quickly, hoping to not leave the girl alone to wallow for too long.

Grabbing a pair of spoons and the ice cream she’d been saving for her own depressive days, she returned to see that her friend had now fallen to the side, lying on her bed instead of sitting and letting out small sobs every other breath.

“Mina’s emergency stash to the rescue!” She declared, shutting and locking the door once more. Moving swiftly, she grabbed her laptop and put it on the seat of her desk chair, wheeling it over to sit close to her bed.

“Sit up,” She ordered the girl, knowing that asking her to do anything would result in a non-committal shrug. “I wanna get under too.”

Tooru lethargically pushed herself back into a sitting position. Mina grabbed one side of the cover she’d draped over her friend and lifted it, sitting down cuddled up next to her friend and plopping the ice cold treat down on her leg.

“Here’s your spoon.” Mina reached out for her friend’s arm, tracing it down until she found her hand and placed the metal implement forcefully inside her palm. “Now we’re gonna sit here and watch funny things until you feel better.”

The acid user popped the top on the ice cream tub and placed it beside her laptop, taking the opportunity to search for some funny fails and cute cat videos she thought would help distract her friend from her sadness until she felt like talking.

It took nearly an hour for Tooru’s mood to change. The sobs had died down after twenty minutes but Mina didn’t hear a peep from her afterwards. They’d finished off the tub fairly slowly, putting the empty container to one side after they were done with Mina adjusting their positions to pull the girl into a one armed hug so her other could control the computer when needed.

When the latest video finished, Mina let it sit, turning her head to lean on her friend’s head, her cheek rubbing against the girl’s invisible locks.

“You want to tell me about everything.”

“No…” Hagakure muttered minutely.

“I bet you do.” Mina replied, “I bet you want to stomp and scream and cry and bitch and tell me everything but you don’t want to bring me down too, right?”

“M-maybe…”

“There we go.” Mina jostled her friend’s shoulder lightly. “Are you still no further with your quirk?”

“Nuh-uh,” Tooru shook her head.

“Have you spoken to Midori yet like we talked about?”

“No…”

“Shall we do so tomorrow?”

“Wouldn’t work…”

“Maybe not but let’s keep trying shall we?”

“Mmmkay…” Tooru shrugged sadly.

“Come on girl,” Mina sighed, “There’s got to be more to set you off this bad. What are you not telling me?”

Hagakure remained silent for a moment, feeling Mina’s arm wrapped around her and her comforting hand on her knee along with the pink cheek she was likely resting on top of her head.

“Mina… do you think I’m pretty?”

“Girl I know you’re not just pretty, you’re beautiful.” Mina reassured her friend. “Don’t need to see you to know that.”

“Yeah but… what if I’m not.” Hagakure sniffed. “That other girl… she was just like me. All happy and peppy… she probably has loads of confessions.”

“Does it matter?” Mina asked.

“No one wants me…” Hagakure sobbed. “No one will want me… I’m invisible… who’d want a girlfriend they can’t see.”

“You know that’s not true.” Mina tried to reassure the girl. “Your mum and dad found each other.”

“That’s ‘cause they were both invisible.” Hagakure laughed once, dryly, “I get it, but I don’t just want to settle for someone that also couldn’t find anyone else. I tried asking out two boys I liked… that didn’t work.”

“They were just stupid boys.” Mina explained. “We’ll find you a true prince or princess to sweep you off your feet. Maybe Ojiro?” She wiggled her eyebrows suggestively.

“No… I don’t want to risk it again.” Hagakure sobbed. “Not ‘till I’ve figured out my stupid quirk.”

“Honey…” Mina began only for Hagakure to cut her off.

“I know you and Jiro both drooled over those third years.” She acknowledged their earlier group chat when heading back to the dorms. “I know I shouldn’t compare myself but I can’t help it… I want someone to look at me like that… just not in a creepy way like…”

She left the sentence unfinished, hoping not to have to speak their creepy classmate’s name.

Mina didn’t know what to say, allowing Tooru to just vent her feelings.

“I know I’ve got nice boobs and stuff but… when… when I take off my clothes… I have nothing.”

“Tooru, honey,” Mina cooed. “Anyone would be lucky to have you.”

Hagakure snorted derisively.

“Easy for you to say, you’ve got it all.”

Mina didn’t know whether to feel offended or take the compliment.

“You’re super fit, super cute, your eyes are gorgeous and your horns are adorable. Even if you’ve got extra pink skin, you’re everything I wish I could just see in myself.”

Mina gave a dry chuckle of her own.

“It’s not all sunshine and rainbows girl, I’ve faced some ‘mutey’ hate.” Mina admitted, remembering the day she came home with tears in her eyes and bleeding from the head when a rock struck her on her way back from school. Some racist pricks in a pick-up truck told her to go back to space before hurling the stone her way. “Those days, I wish I had your quirk.”

“My curse you mean.”

“Hey, none of that.” Mina countered. She pushed away from the girl and reached out for her face, grabbing her cheeks and squishing them between her palms. Admittedly she wished she could see the face the girl was making as she spoke.

“You’re Tooru Fuckin’ Hagakure, that’s your middle name now.” Mina smiled, parroting Jiro’s words to try and lift the invisible girl’s spirits. It worked a little as she heard a small laugh bubble inside the girl. “You’re going to be the most kickass stealth hero ever and we’ll be behind you all the way. You’re gonna figure your frustrating quirk, not curse, out and then sleep with like all the boys.”

Mina felt Hagakure grab both her hands and lower them from her face, a sad sigh falling from her lips.

“Thanks for trying Mina… but… I don’t think I can believe you. Not until I fix my quirk.”

“Why’s that?” Mina asked. “What’s so special about knowing what you look like? I don’t know what you look like and I’d be a very lucky girl if you confessed to me.”

“Stop it Mina.” Hagakure sniffed. “Anyone who dates me wouldn’t even be able to see what they’re doing. Reaching for my hand, cupping my face, even just sticking it in. I don’t even know what I look like down there. I know you like looking at muscles so I know you’re just trying to make me feel better.”

“I…” Mina sighed, “I won’t lie and say I don’t appreciate good eye candy… but Tooru, please,” Mina reached up and caressed Tooru’s face, turning her to face herself. “I would be the luckiest girl in the dorm if I had you for a girlfriend. Ojiro will be the luckiest boy when we finally get you two together. I wish you could see what I do. No, not physically, but like Tsu said, it’s about you as a person. You who managed to make it into UA despite ‘only’ being invisible speaks volumes about your strength and drive to succeed, the pure joy you radiate whenever you see something cute, the adorable way you move to show us how you’re feeling. I don’t know when you’ll get a handle on your quirk but even if you never do, I know how beautiful you are already.”

“Mina…” Hagakure breathed, looking deeply into the girl’s orange and black eyes. She’d never heard a more romantic thing ever uttered about herself and felt her heart lurch dangerously.

She couldn’t help herself, she pushed forward and pressed her lips against Mina’s own. For a horrible second, she regretted her actions, thinking she’d just ruined the best friendship she’d ever had with Mina’s surprised squeak of shock ringing in her ears. Only to feel Mina in the next moment pressing her lips back against the girl. It was somewhat chaste, not like the display Mina and Tsu had shown off back in Momo’s room but Tooru just let herself enjoy it for what it was; someone accepting her for her, calling her beautiful and not only meaning it but getting Tooru to believe it just for a moment too.

The pair broke apart quickly, Tooru looking away nervously.

“S-sorry I… I shouldn’t have.”

“T-that’s ok,” Mina blushed, nervously rubbing the back of her head. “Just caught me off guard is all.”

“Your fault.” Tooru blamed the pinkette with a smirk on her face. “What did you expect to happen when you said all those nice things about me?”

“Yeah… should’ve remembered what you said back during the sleepover.” Mina replied, remembering Hagakure’s admission about probably liking anyone who saw truly saw her. “Doesn’t make what I said any less true though.”

“Are you trying to get me to fall for you?” Tooru asked with a giggle.

“Do you want me to say yes?”

Hagakure’s breath caught… did she really want to start something with Mina? Was she really offering to go out with her? It was sudden and certainly not something she’d expected when she’d come for a hug and a cry. Did she even want to go out with Mina? Her feelings for the girl had only just blossomed after hearing the girl’s romantic words to her.

“I… I’m sorry…” Tooru apologized. “I-I don’t… know.”

Mina didn’t know if she should be relieved or not. It was only a joke, throwing Hagakure’s accusation back on her but now she just felt… weird.

“Can I… maybe… think about it?” Tooru asked. “I know I’m the one who um… kissed you but-”

“Girl, it’s okay.” Mina waved off. “This was… a thing and, to be honest, I think I need to do some soul searching too after that.” She admitted. “I think this was a surprise for both of us yeah?”

Mina watched the tell-tale signs of Tooru’s nodding.

“Yeah, so let’s think about this and come back to it. You’re still gonna be my bestie no matter what, you understand?”

The hug Mina received clearly meant her words had been received well.

“Thank you Mina… I’m sorry again, I just-”

“Stop apologizing girl,” Mina giggled, “You don’t have to apologise for feeling your feelings.” Mina drew the girl into another tight hug. “You just keep being the same, kickass you.”

The two held each other for another few minutes before drawing back, Tooru shyly breaking her gaze from the pinkette’s as a blush rose on her face.

“I know you’re not better.” Mina smiled sadly at the girl. “Even scoring a super-hot girlfriend like me won’t make everything all good again, but is there anything else I can do to help?”

Tooru bit her lip nervously. There was something. Something she had toyed with asking the girl since their last sleepover. Something she’d thought to ask the girl since Ochako had performed her last dare.

“S-so… um…” Hagakure began. “There was s-something… but I can’t ask now.”

“And why’s that?” Mina grinned, “I’m your ‘maybe girlfriend’ what possible thing could you not ask after that?”

Even if it was a little awkward for the pair, Mina knew she could give her friend some light teasing about it.

“We-well… it’s different now… if I asked you for the s-same thing as last time.”

“Same thing as…” Mina wondered before her brain located the correct memory. “Ahhh, you want to examine my body again. I swear, between you and that blue-haired girl I wonder if I’ll get to have any secrets.”

Mina rose to her feet, holding out her arms for inspection once more.

“Prod away my dear friend.”

“Ah… I um…” Tooru hesitated. “I meant… s-sorry… I…”

“Something wrong?” Mina asked, tilting her head.

“Cute…” Hagakure muttered before shaking her head and refocusing her mind. “No… well yes… I didn’t… I meant… your… breasts.” She admitted softly.

Mina had to blink at that.

“My… Oh…” Mina felt her face flush. That did make things a little different. If Hagakure had asked yesterday, it would’ve just been her curiously observing the body parts she had but couldn’t see. Now, she’d been examining someone she could potentially date, all without going out for a single day together.

“I… would that request have also extended to my um…” Mina blushed, pointing to her crotch.

“S-sorry… I know it’s like, super weird… just like last time… so I can’t ask.” Hagakure blushed invisibly, wishing she could sink into the floor.

“Do… do you remember what I told you? Last time anyway?” Mina asked, nervously licking her lips as the tingly feeling of arousal ran under her skin.

“I… oh…” Tooru did remember. ‘You don’t ask, you don’t get’. Was that what Mina really meant?

“So…” Mina left the girl hanging, waiting to see which way she would fall. Would she remember and ask? Would she remember and not ask, waving it off? Even if she asked, dare she say yes?

“Um… Mina?” Tooru began, her breathing growing hotter. “C-could… I please look at you… n-n-naked?”

Mina blushed, the question sounding very intimate even if it fell from Tooru’s stuttering lips. Now… for her answer.

“Only…” She licked her lips. “If you help me get undressed.”

The declaration made, Mina stood there, watching Tooru take in her words. She felt her heart skip a beat as Tooru rose to stand in front of her. Mina twitched as she felt Tooru’s finger’s touch at her top. She was glad she’d gotten changed for the day; no bra to get in the way.

“A-arms up.” Hagakure’s soft voice ordered, lifting her shirt slightly.

“Yes ma’am.” Mina grinned with as much confidence as she could gather, raising both her arms straight up above her head.

Tooru bit her lip as she slowly started revealing the pink skin she’d begun to examine last time. This time, she’d be leaving almost no stone unturned as she examined her best friend. Or was that her new potential girl friend?

Hagakure deliberately focussed on Mina’s face when she knew her shirt had risen above her breasts, receiving a wink for her troubles. The pink haired girl probably wasn’t sure where the invisible girl’s eyes were directed but on the off chance she was not staring at her round, fleshy orbs, she’d sent a wink her way.

The shirt rose higher, obscuring Mina’s face. For a moment, Hagakure wanted to leave it there, teasing the girl with her touch that she couldn’t see. That was too risky though, best to stick to what they’d agreed to for now. Mina’s arms bent at the elbows towards the invisible girl, allowing Tooru to pull the shirt towards her and off the pinkette entirely, leaving her topless.

“So…” Mina said, dropping her arms back to her sides before pushing her chest towards her invisible friend and shaking her shoulders. “What do you think?”

“Cute...” Tooru muttered again, bending down slightly to get more on their level. She admired their shape, watching as they rose and fell with Mina’s own breathing as Ochako’s had when she’d performed her dare. Mina’s however, were bright pink, much like her skin though her nipples were a much darker shade; more like purple she had to say.

“Ooo, tickles” Mina giggled slightly as Tooru’s breath washed over her breasts, the air deliciously making her nipples tingle. She felt them start to harden, the tips stiffening as they begged her to either pay attention to them or allow her partner to do so in her stead.

Tooru reached up with one hand and softly touched the delicate flesh, allowing her fingers to shape and mould the breast in ways she always wanted to observe for herself.

Mina felt her toes curl in anticipation. She was sure if it was just the situation itself and not Hagakure’s skill causing her to feel this way but knowing what was coming, she couldn’t help feeling herself growing wet.

Hagakure moved onto her nipples directly, finger tips tracing around the small bumps on her areola and around the stiffened peak, briefly poking it back into her breast into to watch it pop up again when she released it, letting out an adorable giggle as she did.

“Having fun?” Mina asked cheekily.

“Maybe…” Hagakure giggled again.

“W-why don’t…” Mina began somewhat shyly, “W-why don’t you see what it… tastes like.”

Tooru couldn’t help licking her lips at that request. They both knew that wasn’t something that fell within the range of Tooru’s exploring pokes and prods but if Mina was requesting it…

“Just… to state my curiosity… of course.” Tooru replied.

Mina saw Tooru’s top draw closer, indicating the girl leaning towards her. The hot breath on her nipple intensified before a soft, wet texture brushed upwards against it. She couldn’t help the moan that escaped her mouth but she didn’t care. The shivers the action had sent down her spine were not something that could be suppressed.

The wet texture, that could only be Tooru’s tongue, returned before a delightful warmth engulfed her nipple entirely; a gentle sucking pulling at her sensitive spot that made her press her chest forward some more.

Mina felt the girl’s tongue running around her areola in a circle, ensuring no spot was left untouched. The acid user had to bite her lip, the sensations were getting too much to be held back silently. The next, much deeper moan broke free from her lips when Hagakure increased her suction, focusing entirely on the nub rather than the larger breast and pulling back. Mina couldn’t resist twitching as her breast pulled free of Hagakure’s mouth and bounced back against her chest, wobbling from the force.

“Delicious.” Hagakure purred. Even if nothing ever came of this thing between the two of them, Mina would always remember how turned on just that single word made her. And it came from the girl who was just her best friend until ten minutes ago.

“Here…” Mina offered, shaking her still clothed hips suggestively. “I need help…”

She felt Hagakure’s fingers return to her skin, rolling around her other breast once before flowing south, causing her to twitch as they traced over her ticklish stomach and pelvis to rest on her hips, gripping the fabric softly between them.

“Then…” Hagakure breathed heavily, “May I be your hero?”

It was a stupid line and they both knew it. In that moment however, it was the most erotic question Ashido had ever been asked.

“Please…” She replied, jutting her hips forward ever so slightly.

Tooru let her hands pull down one side slowly, stopping only to allow the other side time to catch up before repeating until the waistband for both her sweats and panties had passed over her shapely rear.

“Oops.” Hagakure replied sarcastically, deliberately letting go of Mina’s clothes and allowing them to fall to the ground. Mina bit her lip as she watched Tooru sink down to her knees in a very familiar fashion, eager to get a better look.

Mina twitched once more as she felt Hagakure’s fingers play with the small patch of curls above her pussy. It was both adorable and infuriating.

“Curly.” Hagakure cooed cutely before allowing her fingers to trace Mina’s hip bones. Tooru couldn’t see much from this angle, only a small slit that ran underneath Mina’s hips where her entrance lay. She almost hesitated to ask only for Mina’s words to run through her head once more; ‘If you don’t ask, you don’t get.’

“C-could you please… lie down?”

Mina didn’t need to be asked twice. Stepping to the side of Tooru, she shoved her bunched up covers to the side and settled herself in on her bed, legs together as her nerves got the better of her.

Once she’d positioned herself, she watched Hagakure rise from her spot and clamber onto Mina’s bed by her feet. She felt one hand, then another rest on her knee caps. This was it, her muscles clenched in need, this was the first time someone would… spread her legs to get at her core. Her hips thrusted ever so slightly as Hagakure pushed her knees apart, kneeling between them before laying down and probably looking directly into Mina.

She didn’t know how much more of Hagakure’s ‘exploration’ she could take without reaching her climax.

“So that’s…” Tooru muttered, her fingers running along the outside of Mina’s bright pink lower lips.

“H-here,” Mina nervously offered, reaching down with both hands and placing them either side of her lower lips. “L-let me.”

Tooru watched as Mina’s knees rose and pulled back towards her chest, her hips twisting and pushing themselves towards her as Mina exposed herself completely to her friend. Her tongue flicked out, remoistening her lips nervously as she reached forward once more. Slowly, Hagakure traced a single digit around Mina’s vagina, allowing the wetness to build before slipping to the spot she knew ran deeper.

“Mina…” She moaned, giving her friend one last chance to stop the act.

“Please…” Mina moaned in response, her vagina visibly clenching as it awaited its guest.

Agonisingly slowly, Hagakure pushed into her friend, feeling the wetness engulf her finger completely.

“Yes…” Mina gasped, thrusting her hips lightly.

Tooru could take a hint, withdrawing her digit before pressing in once more.

“I’m sorry Mina, I’d like to explore thoroughly.” Hagakure giggled as Mina’s gasps became shorter and more wanting.

“My button…” She panted, looking down over her breasts and between her legs with desperate eyes. “W-what does it… taste like?”

Hagakure’s breath caught in her throat. Dare she?

“Mina…”

“Tooru… please…”

How could she resist? They’d come this far together after all.

Mina watched nervously, her pulse hammering in her ears thanks to the pounding muscle in her chest. Was that too far? Would Hagakure get mad for hijacking her request? Mina would make it up to her; she’d allow Hagakure to poke and prod and spread her as wide as she wanted, exploring every nook and cranny if she just finished her off in that moment.

Slowly, she felt a second digit of Hagakure’s hand enter her, spreading her a little wider and allowing her to clench a little tighter. Her clit was sensitive and it definitely picked up the feeling of warm, moist air from someone’s breath envelop it before the same, wet texture from before searched clumsily around.

She wasn’t there yet but the moan she let out was certainly convincing.

“S-small circles…” She muttered desperately to her invisible partner. Hagakure’s musical giggling flooded her ears before her request was acknowledged.

“Oh! Oh god!” Mina’s hips thrust and twitched as her sensitivity began cranking up in a familiar way. “Please… I… yes!” She struggled to hold herself open as all her muscles wanted to spasm at once. Hagakure thrust her fingers deep and accidently matched her hip thrust, sending the exact bolt of lightning through her system that allowed her sweet relief.

“T-Tooru!” Mina moaned, begging the girl to keep going as she rode out her orgasm, he vagina walls clenching around her fingers to milk them for all their non-existent cum.

Ever so slowly, Mina felt her muscles begin to relax. She slowly lowered her legs back to the bed, rubbing softly against Hagakure’s still clothed form.

“Ah, ah, ah.” She twitched, bucking her hips into Hagakure’s fingers. “S-sensitive.”

Hagakure giggled again, clearly amused by the reactions she was causing the pink haired girl.

“I’ll bet.” She replied simply, allowing her fingers to roam around her friend, exploring more than trying to build to anything new.

“S-sorry.” Mina apologized. “K-kinda got carried away…”

“Yeah,” Tooru nodded. “But be glad I’m not ‘I can explore all I want and you’re not strong enough to fend me off.’”

“Sh-shut up.” Mina blushed, well aware she was likely already a deep, flushed purple from her exertions.

“You’re cute after you cum.” Hagakure giggled, curling her fingers inside Mina.

“Ah, ah!” Mina twitched again, trying to control her breathing. “I’ll get you for that.”

Hagakure looked away at that, slowly pulling her fingers out of Mina as she did.

“N-not tonight.” She mumbled.

“Tooru? Tooru, please look at me.”

The invisible girl returned her gaze to her pink friend’s face as the acid user found the strength to push herself up.

“Nothing has changed… okay?” She smiled, trying to impart as much love and care as she could to the girl. “We’re still gonna go think about this, okay? We’re still best friends and I still love you so, so much.”

Hagakure could feel her blush, even if no one could see it.

“Even if we decide not to and one night you just want someone to comfort you physically for a bit that genuinely loves and appreciates you, I’d be happy to return the favour.”

“L-like… s-sex friends?” Hagakure asked nervously.

“I prefer friends with benefits but whatever.” Mina giggled.

Pushing herself up further, Mina pulled her legs back underneath herself until she was kneeling on her mattress.

“Well… that was certainly… an unexpected delight.” She grinned lecherously at her invisible friend.

“M-Mina!” Hagakure blushed.

“After what you just did to me, are you really embarrassed by that?” Mina teased.

Hagakure pushed herself to her knees, sitting up to match Mina.

“I-it’s not what you said…” She complained, “J-just how you said it.”

“You mean,” Mina shot the girl what she hoped was a sultry look. “Like a lover?”

“Mina! Shush.”

“Okay, okay,” Mina relented, “I’ve had… more than my fill of fun.” She giggled, “But maybe… permit me one more moment of selfishness?”

Hagakure’s breath caught as Mina’s hand cupped her face and softly pulled her closer.

“A proper kiss… to remember this by… even if we just remain friends.”

Tooru felt herself get drawn into Mina’s eyes, licking her lips in anticipation as she closed the gap. The kiss began as chaste once more, quickly deepening into something more as Mina’s tongue sought entrance into her mouth. Tooru’s eyelids fluttered as she felt Mina’s tongue attempt to memorise the feel of her mouth, each savouring every moment that the kiss endured just a little longer.

Eventually, Mina’s tongue drew back, her lips closing behind it as the kiss was broken. Tooru licked her lips lightly, cleaning up the unfamiliar wetness that was left from her explorations on both of Mina’s lip sets.

“W-wow.” Hagakure breathed.

“You’re not so bad yourself.” Mina winked at her friend, releasing her face and a deep sigh from her lungs.

“I… I don’t…” Hagakure stumbled, looking around nervously. “W-what um… do we do now?”

Mina’s laughter caught her off guard, nervously sitting as she waited for the girl to explain.

“Awww Tooru, you’re so cute.” Mina cooed.

Taking her friend’s hand, she suggested they sit normally, as they had before getting into their intimate act.

“Don’t suppose you have any further, further requests that might help you feel better.” Mina asked cheekily.

Tooru shook her head, having briefly forgotten what she’d come here to cry about in the first place.

“N-no… I think I feel a bit better… for now.”

“Well, you certainly know who to come to when you want a pick-me-up.” Mina nudged her shoulder with a giggle.

“Thanks Mina,” Tooru smiled, allowing a small amount of joy to enter her voice once again.

“There’s that smile.” Mina grinned.

“H-how can you tell?” Tooru blinked, having indeed been smiling.

“I can just tell.” Mina winked, “It’s in your voice.”

Mina couldn’t escape another Hagakure hug which broke a little sooner than either would’ve liked on account of Mina’s continued nakedness.

Quickly slipping her sweats and top back on, Mina offered her hand to Hagakure and walked her to the door.

“Don’t hesitate to let me know if you need anything else babe.” She smiled.

“Yeah. Thanks again Mina… really.”

“You know you’re my girl, girl.” Mina grinned. “Tomorrow, you ready to see Midoriya?”

“I think so.”

“Don’t worry, we’ll squeeze him for every drop… then we’ll ask him for information about your quirk.”

“Mina!”

“I’m just kidding.” Mina laughed, “I’ll play nice. Ochako and Tsu would have my head anyway.”

“Yeah… good night Mina.”

“Night Tooru.”

Mina watched and waited until the elevator closed around Hagakure’s form, leaving her alone in the hallway once more. She bit her lip and tried to walk calmly back to her bed. The poor structure groaned as, from a few feet away, Mina hurled herself atop it, lunging for her pillow.

Childish glee and giggles erupted from her throat as she rolled around, kicking her legs in excitement. She had sort of, maybe, but not really, gotten a girlfriend! It wasn’t just hot air when she’d described Hagakure, it was genuine feelings for the girl; she’d just never considered them in a romantic light.

“Is it weird I kinda wanna tell everyone? I really wanna tell everyone.” Mina said to herself.

The pinkette knew they weren’t together. Not officially anyway, but this was the first real connection she had with someone that she felt could turn into something more. It definitely surprised her that it was Hagakure of all people as she hadn’t even considered girls an option until a few weeks ago. Then again… with everything that happened so far with Yaomomo and Tsu, she really should have seen this coming; at least with one of the girls considering their recent explorations during truth or dare.

Mina sighed, rolling onto her back and looking wistfully up at the ceiling. She knew her feelings were coloured by the intimate act they’d performed together and they might both very well regret it in the morning but, for now, she’d enjoy her little imagination corner where they had the perfect date. She knew that at the very least she had to compete with Ojiro for the girl’s heart. Was it wrong to hope he was as blind to Hagakure’s beauty as Bakugo was explosive? Questions for later. Tomorrow, they had a plan to enact.


Morning broke and classes begun as usual. With Bakugo’s return, they were in full swing once more and Aizawa seemed dead set on pushing them to their ‘Plus Ultra’. Even so, Mina couldn’t wipe the smile off her face for the entire day, simply enjoying life.

They were able to wrangle Ochako into getting Midoriya’s assistance with analysing Hagakure’s quirk. They knew Midoriya took notes on every hero and quirk he saw. It really spoke of his determination to become the next number one hero that he would hone his mind as a hobby.

“Hey Deku, mind if I steal you for today?” Ochako asked the greenette before they could leave for lunch.

“Oh, Ochako, um yeah, did you have something in mind?” He asked, not quite sure what she meant by ‘steal him’.

“Tooru’s kinda having a problem with her quirk, do you mind if we eat lunch with you and pick your brain?”

“Not at all. Please uh, lead the way.” Izuku nodded, allowing Ochako to lead them both to the canteen. By the time they’d grabbed their lunch, Ochako was called over to a relatively empty table by Mina’s voice, sitting near the end along with Tooru.

“Sorry to hijack your lunch like this Midori,” Mina apologized, “But this is something we’d really like your help with.”

“Oh, what’s the problem? Ochako mentioned something about you Hagakure.”

“Y-yeah… sorry but um… do you think you could-”

“Rip her quirk to shreds and tell her how it works!” The acid user interrupted her invisible friend.

“Mina!”

“What? Lunch only lasts so long and Midori needs all the time he can get. Chop, chop girl.”

“What they’re trying to ask Deku,” Ochako tried to explain it properly, “Is that Tooru is wondering what the limitations and potential untapped avenues are with her quirk.”

“Y-yeah… see it’s kinda always on? I was hoping with your help I might be able to figure out a way to um… turn it off.”

“O-oh… I see, I’m sorry Hagakure, I’d never considered that was an issue for you before.” Izuku apologised. “With a quirk like yours there’s definitely some things I’ve thought you would be doing by now, do you mind if I ask you some questions? I’m… sorry in advance if they get a little personal.”

“No, no, please.” Hagakure waved his concerns away. “Anything you need just ask. I really want to know what I… um… can do.”

Mina sighed and rubbed her friend’s back supportively. Seems the girl didn’t want to flat out admit she wasn’t happy never having seen herself. Hopefully the green power house of 1-A could figure something out, even if it took longer than a single lunch session.

Midoriya had already made several notes on her just from observing during the combat trials and other events where they performed in turns. Mina wanted to ask about any notes he had on her quirk but restrained herself from distracting her green haired classmate.

“Yeah, that’s pretty much everything I’ve managed to gather so far… sorry it isn’t more.” Hagakure rubbed the back of her head.

“Not at all,” Midoriya smiled, happy to be granted permission to dissect his classmate’s quirk so directly. “You’ve confirmed things I only had suspicions about and raised some new questions you should at least be able to experiment with.”

“Come on Midori, break it down for us.” Mina grinned, trying to keep their moods elevated for a good news reveal.

“Well…” He began, “Your quirk may or may not be a mutant type, I can’t say for sure. Mr. Aizawa’s quirk has no effect on your invisibility but that could just be because he, quite literally, cannot see you. There’s no way to know for sure yet but that seems to at least be your natural state since, when you sleep, you’re still invisible.”

“O-oh…” Hagakure wasn’t going to cry. She was at school and in the lunch hall and she definitely wasn’t going to cry.

“That’s not to say that you can’t become visible. Rather, you’d have to actively manipulate your quirk to become visible. Look at my quirk, or Ashido’s: we have to make a conscious effort to use them, your quirk is kinda like the opposite.” Midoriya explained.

Hagakure allowed her breath the catch as hope blossomed in her chest. This was someone way ahead of her in the class rankings, who broke down quirks for fun, and he believed her being visible was possible after all?! She needed the answers, she world work at whatever training he recommended, all so she could break down in front of the mirror when she saw her own face for the first time.

“You really believe she can become visible? You’re not just messing around?” Mina asked cautiously.

“Not at all.” Midoriya smiled, like he hadn’t just affirmed Hagakure’s greatest desire was within her grasp. “Hagakure’s already started the groundwork with her special move.”

“My… warp refraction?” She asked.

“Yes. You said you were channelling the light into your body, then are emitting it like a lens, causing a brilliant flash of light that blinds your opponents which is super useful.” Midoriya gushed, “The fact that you can manipulate the light at all means you have a degree of control over how your body handles the light that bounces off it. If you channelled all the light into a fine point, it would act like a magnifying glass would and burn things or, if you trained properly, could maybe fire lasers.”

Izuku took a breath before holding up three fingers.

“I have three theories right now.” He declared. “One, your quirk is a mutant type that allows you to manipulate light as it passes directly through your body. Either that or you can manipulate light and your body has an unrelated invisible quirk factor. This is the least likely. Two, your cells possess the ability to refract light and naturally always direct it around your body unless you actively adjust them to do something else. This is more likely but still has a few flaws. My strongest theory is that your quirk is actually an emitter type, one that you naturally have active at all times. You unconsciously generate a field around your body to perfectly redirect the light so that you can’t be seen. This would explain both why things disappear when you consume them as well as why you are able to see when there’s not even a shimmer around your eyes. If you remember Mirio Togata, that third year from yesterday, when he activates his quirk, he can’t see as light simply passes through his eyes. You can see, so it is decidedly not passing through yours.”

“Wow Deku, that’s intense.” Ochako smiled.

“Yeah so then, what can we do to help figure out what her quirk actually is then?” Mina asked.

“Well, Aoyama’s quirk, despite its destructive capabilities, is composed of pure light, not just a sparkly, concussive force. If Hagakure could redirect his beam without touching it herself, as that would undoubtedly hurt, by extending the range she manipulated light outside her body, it stands to reason that she’d also be able to withdraw the range she was doing the same thing to the field she naturally always generates. In short, if Hagakure can redirect Aoyama’s laser between her hands, she has the ability to become visible.”

“Got it!” Mina grinned, “Looks like Aoyama’s next on the kidnap list, thanks Midori!”

“K-kidnap?!” Midoriya spluttered.

“Relax, I don’t mean literally.” Mina giggled.

“Y-you…” Hagakure whimpered from her seat next to the pinkette. “You d-don’t k-know h-how much this m-means to m-me M-Midoriya.” Tears fell rapidly as Hagakure tried to hold in the loud cries her body desperately wanted to let out.

“Ah, no! Hagakure, I’m so sorry! I didn’t mean to make you cry! Was that too much? No… too little? I also had an idea about how once you figured out how to manipulate your own natural field you could extend it to other objects so you could wear a more protective costume and take gear into the field.”

Mina had to forcibly grab Hagakure’s head and hug her into her jacket to muffle her cries of relief and or joy, probably ruining her outfit for the day but they had hero basic training next so it could dry out during that.

Ochako just watched as Izuku tried desperately to repair something he’d already fixed. He was incredibly adorable in his earnest attempts to help anyone that needed it. Here was something Hagakure had been struggling with, possibly for years, and his stupid smart brain just broke it down in an instant. Lunch was about to wrap up and they’d all barely eaten but it was worth it to hear Tooru’s happy tears.

When classes were let out for the day, Izuku passed a piece of paper over to Tooru detailing steps she should attempt and in order to try and figure out how to control her natural invisibility field. Hagakure couldn’t help herself and hugged Midoriya tight, giving him a wet, noisy kiss on the cheek before leaving.

Tooru proudly returned to the dorms alongside the girls with a whole new outlook. She had several new things to try to figure out her quirk and she had two, two potential love interests in Mina who might reciprocate her feelings and Ojiro who she had a crush on. Things were looking up in her life and she could only hope they stayed that way despite the glare that Ochako was clearly levelling at her since she’d kissed Midoriya at the end of class.


The next day the class was greeted with a surprise visit by a reporter doing a column on ‘Life in the Dorms’. Mr. Aizawa wasn’t very happy about his intrusion but had informed them all to be on their best behaviour; a nice added bonus being when he wrapped Mineta up in his scarf for a comment he made. While the reporter had hung around all day, taking candid snaps of everyone during their normal routines, the girls had mixed reactions to his presence.

“That was awesome! When do you reckon they’ll be releasing it! I hope he got a super cute picture of me!” Mina cheered as the girls lounged around in the common room after their group dinner. The welcome addition of meat buns courtesy of All Might had ensured everyone had more than their fill.

“Probably soon but I wouldn’t count on anything big coming out of it,” Tsuyu said. “Might be good for a scrap book photo of our time here but we probably won’t get much recognition out of it.”

“Phooey, and I bet that snap of us at breakfast would be a highlight to all our adoring fans if only they knew just who the next big heroes were.” Tooru grinned.

“I certainly hope not.” Momo disagreed, “I found it most embarrassing for him to take pictures of us while we ate.”

“I hear that,” Jiro agreed with Momo. “I don’t need people commenting on what we eat or how we look when we’re relaxing.”

“Oh shush,” Mina brushed off the pair. “I’ll just have to take your spots in the limelight as queen of 1-A.”

“What gives you the right to that title?” Jiro smirked. “Last I checked Tsuyu mentioned you’ve got two spotty marks on your crown while she’s crystal clean.”

“Thank you for your support my loyal subject, ribbit.” Tsuyu bowed her head in regal acknowledgement to the earphone jacked girl.

“Oh come on!” Mina pouted, “Those didn’t count! Ochako cheated in the first one then accepted my answer for the second.”

“She does realise she just insulted me then accepted when I changed the rules for her, right?” Uraraka spoke up, an annoyed look on her face.

“Ochako, hun, I love you, but this is between me and the toad.”

“That’s frog queen to you, you pretender to my truth or dare throne.” She smugly shot at Mina.

“Next sleepover, you’re going down!”

“Promises, promises.” Tsuyu giggled.

“To be fair, when can we have the next sleepover?”

“Not this week for me, I’m off to my parents for a visit tonight; taking the late train.” Ochako apologized.

“It’s been a while since I’ve seen my family too so I want to visit them as well.” Tsuyu admitted

“Boo, I want my rematch!” Mina cried. “But yeah, maybe next week is better.”

“It’s not summer break anymore and if anyone of us gets a work study it’s probably going to be much harder to all get together.” Kyoka reasoned.

“Yaomomo, Jiro’s bullying me with the truth.” Mina cried, reaching out to Momo for a hug like a child would to a parent.

Momo simply pat her head affectionately but couldn’t help to concur with the punk girl.

“Our sleepovers are great but I really can’t wait to do some more training.” Tooru bounced in her seat. “I’m actually making some progress! I tried it with a flashlight in my room and I made the light beam appear all wobbly and stuff on my wall!”

“Woo! Chalk up another win for Midoriya!” Mina grinned.

The girls all knew that Hagakure wanted to be visible. Some not to the depths of others but the girl had been vocal about it in their last sleepover.

“Sorry Mina, looks like I’m staying on top, ribbit.” Tsuyu smirked.

“Dude, don’t say it like that.” Jiro blushed, making a point to keep her voice down after checking to see if anyone was listening. “You’ll give her ideas for next time.”

“Ooo, sounds like someone’s scared to compete.” Mina giggled, sending a wink towards the punk girl.

“N-no… you and Tsuyu just wouldn’t stop until someone wins.” Jiro stated.

Tsuyu blinked as she considered the ramifications of that statement and looked back at Mina who seemed to be coming to the same conclusion. Was it the same… naughty… sexy conclusion that Tsuyu had? Each one of them truth or daring the other until their libido’s got the better of them?

“Uh… guys? Problem.” Ochako spoke up, glaring over the couch behind them. The group turned to see Mineta and Kaminari walking towards the couch. Both Jiro and Momo slipped their phones out of their pockets and tried to get their recording functions on as quickly as possible without alerting anyone.

“Hey girls, do you mind? We kinda wanted to watch some TV.” Kaminari asked.

“You’re more than welcome to join us. I certainly wouldn’t mind.” Mineta said, a definite gleam in his eye.

“Urgh, not with you.” Hagakure scoffed, not only not having forgiven him for what he did to Tsu, but her own gripe with the grape. “Sorry girls, I’m gonna go train ‘till I can make lasers that melt anything.”

“I should call my folks and ask what the plan is for tomorrow.” Tsuyu said, rising to her feet.

“Same but packing for tonight.” Ochako agreed.

With the girls quickly all making their excuses to flee the area, it quickly left Kaminari alone with Mineta.

“Jeez, what’s their problem?” Mineta scoffed.

“Don’t give me that dude, I’m still not happy with you for that thing with Hagakure.” Kaminari said, sitting down on one of the abandoned spots. “Not sure even Todoroki could give you a colder shoulder.”

“Whatever.” Mineta shrugged, jumping up to reclaim the spot Momo had abandoned and revelled in the remaining warmth.


Tsuyu had retreated to her room after Mineta had interrupted them. A sigh of relief escaped her lips when she closed the door. It was nerve racking, just having to wait until he made his next big screw up. She wouldn’t admit it to the others but she really hoped he tried to bully someone again rather than do anything perverted.

Her mind drifted back to happier topics, like seeing her family again for the first time in a while. Samidare would probably try to act cool and indifferent to her return while Satsuki would be eager to show her big sister how much she’d grown. Her mum and dad would probably enjoy the break her being home would give, allowing them to not have to entertain her siblings for a bit while they were off from work. It was hard being the responsible older sister sometimes but Tsuyu loved her family and, much like Ochako, wanted to help them however she could.

After a call to her parents to iron out the last of the details for her return in the morning, Asui began to pack a small travel bag with her essentials she’d need. It was during her packing that a soft knock on her door broke her attention.

“Ribbit?” She muttered before walking over to door and cautiously opening it up. A familiar bob of brown hair greeted her through the crack as Ochako stood there looking for all the world like she knew she wasn’t supposed to be.

“H-hey Tsu.” She greeted as the frog girl opened the door wider. “C-can we talk?”

“Sure ‘Chako, come in.”

“I… shouldn’t…” Ochako replied, nervously clenching her hands. “I’ve got to head out soon so…”

“Oh, okay.” Tsuyu nodded, opening her door fully and standing in the middle of it. “What’s up? Ribbit.”

Ochako swallowed nervously, looking at Tsuyu’s face before blushing and looking away again.

“Y-you… erm… y-you said you… liked me.”

“I did.” Tsuyu replied simply, trying not to get her hopes up. She knew Ochako hadn’t confessed her feelings to Midoriya and she knew that, if Ochako accepted her feelings now, she might always wonder ‘what could have been?’

“H-how… how um… far? C-could you um s-see us… I mean.”

“Ribbit? I’m sorry Ochako, I’m not sure I understand.” Tsuyu replied. “Are you asking what sort of… future I imagined between the two of us?”

“Y-yeah.”

Tsuyu felt her heart clench. This was really not how she thought any of her confessions to Ochako would go. She loved when the girl surprised her with her care for her friends, determination and upbeat attitude, but right now, it was working against her.

“That’s a… long answer.” Tsuyu admitted. “I don’t believe I can do it justice in a conversation in the hallway but if you really want to know, ribbit.”

Ochako nodded.

“Well…” Tsuyu sighed. “Once you asked Deku out and it wouldn’t work for whatever, non-friendship breaking reason, I would’ve waited a while and asked you myself. I imagined us graduating UA together and becoming top pro heroes. I imagined us earning enough money to go on trips to warm, exotic places sometimes alone, sometimes with our families. I imagined how I would… propose… how we would get married… how we’d have kids together… growing older together with maybe a few scars to tell our stories. I imagined us being the best grandparents and spoiling our grandkids rotten while we enjoyed our twilight years… together.

“Tsuyu I…” Ochako mumbled, her own heart now aching after hearing that wonderfully romantic story to move forward and let the frog girl in front of her make it true. The fears about how her family would react halted her. Remembering the contempt and disgust the other townsfolk felt towards people that way inclined caused her breath to catch. Even if she allowed herself to accept her budding feelings for her best friend, she knew she could never return to her home town. That wasn’t a decision she could make yet. She had to know for sure, that if she made her decision to choose her own feelings over her family, would that forever sever the link for the other?

She was returning to her parents today to enjoy their company and celebrate her achievement sure, but Ochako had an ulterior motive; to get answers about how her parents really felt towards people like Tsu… people like her. Ochako would hide her own feelings away once more, play the perfect little straight girl everyone back home knew her to be while she gathered information.

Life was so complicated right now with their upcoming work studies, possibly having to choose family over herself and, on top of that, having to consider both her feelings for Tsu and Deku. It was already complicated when she just had to worry about her crush on the amazing green boy and wonder if it would distract him. Now, she hadn’t made a choice and it had piled up as new problems had made themselves known. Trying to prevent herself getting distracted by her feelings only led to the situation she was in now and Ochako felt horrible.

“You don’t have to say anything, ribbit.” Tsuyu replied, breaking the brunette’s train of thought. “I’m not expecting an answer… technically I’ve never asked you the question anyway.” She chuckled pitifully.

“N-no and thank you.” Ochako said, Tsuyu had indeed not asked or demanded an answer when the girl made her own feelings known. She had enough to figure out without throwing that into the mix. “I have been thinking um… a lot… and… I need to talk to my folks. I can’t say anything to anyone without talking to them.”

“Family is important, ribbit.” Tsuyu nodded, understanding that this was something Ochako very much believed could see her lose the driving force she had started becoming a hero to help as well as the biggest foundation she’d built most of her life on. “I know that this must be hard for you. I won’t be upset or angry if you wanted to keep them in your life but I would be sad you’d have to hide a part of yourself from them though.”

“Y-yeah…” Ochako mumbled.

“No matter what though, I’m still your friend.” Tsuyu offered the most reassuring smile she could.

Ochako felt the tell-tale pricks of tears welling up in her eyes. She really couldn’t ask for a better, more understanding friend than Tsuyu. In her head, she certainly wished things were different; that she could just be more decisive with her feelings and know how to sort her love life out so she wasn’t so confused and definitively know she’d made the right choices. Life wasn’t like that though.

Tonight however, she would return to her parents and enjoy their company for one more day before she talked to them tomorrow, potentially helping her solidify a choice that could affect the rest of her entire life. However, if everything was going to change, then she wanted to make one small request of Tsuyu in the event she could never pursue anything with her. One curious, stupid, large, selfish request.

“Be… before I go…” Ochako began. “I-if… I um… if I never get another chance…”

Tsuyu held her breath. Was Ochako about to ask something she really shouldn’t? It was selfish and inconsiderate to ask such a thing of Tsuyu. To give her a taste only to rip it away. Tsuyu knew it would be wrong to ask but she knew it was even worse to say ‘yes’ knowing all that. She hated the part of her that knew that if the brunette made the request, she would give in even though she knew better.

“I want… could I… could we… kiss?”

There it was. Tsuyu’s alarm bells were ringing, telling her it was a bad idea, that she should apologize to her friend and turn her down, telling her that she needed to decide for herself what she truly wanted before anything could happen between them. Tsuyu’s traitorous tongue ran across her lips however, opening her mouth as controlled by her heart instead of her head.

“Y-yes.”

She watched Ochako’s breath catch, her own lips rolling into her mouth, likely being moistened by her tongue for the event they’d just agreed to. Tsuyu felt herself step forward, her hand reaching out to land on the slightly taller girl’s hip, pulling her slightly closer as she tilted her gaze up to look into Ochako’s gorgeous brown eyes.

Their breaths mingled and Tsuyu felt herself pushing forward before her brain reclaimed control of her actions. She watched Ochako’s eyes close and her lips purse. This wasn’t going to be an innocent kiss Ochako would be able to brush off. If the girl was going to make the selfish request of Tsuyu, then Tsuyu was going to make a selfish request of her own.

The kiss was light at first. Ochako pressed her lips against Tsuyu’s own, making soft noises as she repeated the presses for a few moments. Then she felt it. Tsuyu’s head tilted and her lips opened wider. Something wet prodded at her lips for a moment before she pursed them closed though not pulling back. Ochako’s mind buzzed. Should she do it?

She saw the way Tsu and Mina had kissed during the sleepover and knew that’s what her green haired friend was requesting. If she opened her mouth and touched their tongues together, that was it. A step she would forever be unable to take back. Everything could be brushed off as nothing more than something friends did, even the stuff she’d done during their sleepovers but this was different. This was a choice she had to make here and now. Accept her feelings as a part of her or reject them entirely. Even if she chose her family in the end, at least she would always know in her heart how she truly felt. Ochako made her choice.

Time was slow, painfully slow for Tsuyu as she waited for the girl’s response. Would she pull back? Or would her lips part? Then she felt it, her friend’s lips began to un-pucker and begin to open up. Tsuyu didn’t move, her tongue waited at the entrance to Ochako’s lips until she was sure permission had been granted to selfishly explore to her heart’s desire. Electricity danced through her system as Ochako’s tongue tentatively touched her own. Tsuyu waited just a bit longer, allowing the girl just a little bit more time to touch and confirm her decision. After Ochako’s tongue grew bolder, running softly around the sides of Tsuyu’s much more bulbous muscle, did she allow herself to reciprocate.

Tsuyu allowed herself this moment of weakness to savour the taste of Ochako on her lips and tongue, carefully leading the girl in a dance much like she and Jiro had shared. This was Ochako’s first gay kiss if not first kiss full stop. As much as Tsuyu wanted to indulge herself and her fantasies, like exploring each other’s mouths from dusk ‘till dawn and making the girl choke as her extra-long tongue explored her throat, she held herself back. If this was to be her only kiss with the amazing gravity girl, she would give her partner a memory she would never be able to forget.

Ochako’s mind was on fire as she absorbed all the new feelings, textures and sensations her body was flooded with. A small moan escaped her lips as the tingly feeling tickled at her tongue, running through her body down to her hands, toes and loins. Much like Jiro, though she didn’t know it, she knew she could no longer claim she was straight without lying as she now knew without a doubt. Tsuyu was being gentle, she knew that. She could feel the girl holding herself back as Tsuyu allowed her to explore at her own pace. Their tongues had spent some time in her mouth before Ochako bravely charged forward, pushing the frog girl’s own tongue back into her mouth and exploring her anatomy more intimately. Teeth felt weird. She couldn’t help but giggle as that thought crossed her mind before resuming the kiss.

It was too soon before they broke apart, a string of saliva connecting them as they gazed into each other’s eyes once more. Ochako quickly realised their predicament and broke the line, hurriedly preventing the drool from staining her travelling clothes before offering a nervous smile back at her best friend.

“I… um…” Ochako had no idea what to say. Was ‘thank you’ too weird?

“Just go ‘Chako.” Asui smiled, “I know you’ve got a lot to think about.”

“Y-yeah.” Uraraka rubbed her arm nervously. “I’ll um… see you when I get back?”

“Of course, ribbit.”

“Okay… Bye Tsu.” Ochako waved nervously, retreating to the elevator which quickly opened to accept her at her button press.

Once she’d gone, Tsuyu closed her door softly, hearing the lock click as she pressed the button. She tried to walk calmly back to her bed but failed as her breath hitched.

“Ri-ribbit.” She croaked as the dam broke and tears started pooling before running freely down the side of her face. She climbed into bed and sunk her face into her pillow. Her heart yanked painfully, telling her to go after the girl and tell her to choose her over everyone else. Her brain was back in control and was letting her know it; scolding her for being weak and making a stupid mistake. This heartache was her own fault for saying yes. She’d gotten her hopes up and now she had to suffer with this awful feeling of unease and loss until Ochako could sort herself out. Even then, it didn’t guarantee the outcome Tsuyu desired.

The frog girl repeated her sad croaks as she still felt the desire to pull the girl into her room and have her way with her run through her system. That kiss was wrong. It felt so delightfully good she knew even after a single taste that she was addicted and wanted more. It wasn’t that Ochako was that good, but just being with her in that moment was.

Even if the girl returned from her parents with the best news possible, that she could accept her own feelings and her family accepted her, she knew her heart would still ache. She’d fallen for Ochako second after Izuku, though she’d certainly fallen harder for her than for him. Even if she began a life with Ochako, she knew she would always want more like the greedy slut she was.

By the end of the training camp, as tumultuous as it was, she knew she was in love with them both. Her nightly and waking dreams had been filled with them both, bestowing butterfly kisses on her everywhere they could reach before indulging in each other as she reciprocated.

Her filthy mind returned to her most recent day dream about her most secret of fantasies. That she would ask Ochako out since she already knew about her feelings. Then how the girl would cheer with glee when she told her she didn’t have to pick between Tsuyu and Izuku; that they could share. That then Jiro would approach the group and ask if she could join their relationship, offering her own heart to the girls, pulling Momo along too for the naughty experience the heiress had expressed a desire for and all have in a night of passion before it turned to love. Then Mina would be unable to resist, declaring the frog girl the true queen and becoming her loyal servant, attending to her every naughty whim while Hagakure demonstrated how grateful she was to Izuku for helping her with her quirk by taking all of his seed, bulging her now visible belly.

It was wrong. Tsuyu knew she was dirty and disgusting for taking advantage of her friends in her mind in this way. It was an impossible wish. Something that would only be confined to the realms of fantasy that one should be able to enjoy, even if nothing came of it. Tsuyu’s heart was stupid though. It meant more to her than just a cheap thrill to get herself off. With the growing closeness she’d experienced with the girls, her heart couldn’t help but try and convince her to go for it no matter how ridiculous. Even if Ochako was the one she’d choose to spend the rest of her life with, her heart tried to tell her she would only be settling.

She really was no better than Mineta. They both lusted deeply over the girls of class 1-A and Tsuyu hated herself for it. She wiped her eyes on her pillow, focusing carefully on her quirk for just a moment before shooting her tongue out to slap the light switch. Her room plunged into darkness, the girl settling down once more as she softly cried herself to sleep.


Hagakure was exhausted. She’d spent almost her entire Saturday training her quirk, trying to get the flashlight beam to turn ninety degrees between her hands. Admittedly her assignments could do with some attention but this was more important right now. The goal line was within reach.

Reluctantly, she had called an end to her training as dinner approached, looking forward to something savoury before she tucked into some caramels she’d bought as a treat to reinforce her dedicated behaviour. When she entered the kitchen, she noticed only a few of the boys were around as well as Jiro, who was leaning on the counter looking at her phone while a pot boiled on the stove next to her.

“Hey Kyoka!” Hagakure greeted cheerfully though it was clear her exhaustion had extended into it.

“Hey Tooru, you sound like crap.” Jiro replied as she looked up from her phone. “Training hard?”

“You know it!” Tooru bounced to the fridge, beginning to prepare her own dinner of noodles and pork with some greens. “What about you? Relaxing?”

“Eh, half and half.” Jiro shrugged, “Finished some homework and listened to some jams. Needed the downtime, you know? With everyone gone or doing their own thing, I might go take a soak in the bath later.”

Truth be told, Jiro was planning on enjoying some personal time with her fingers in the water, like she would at home. She’d not gotten herself off for a few days and this was kind of a day to pamper herself. Should she do it in the bath? Probably not, but she’d clean up afterwards.

“Ooo,” Hagakure groaned. “That sounds gorgeous! Can I join you? I kinda need someone to scrub my back.”

‘There goes my ‘me’ time.’ Kyoka thought.

“Sure thing.”

The two fell into a comfortable silence as they each prepared their dinner, Jiro returning to scroll through her phone as she waited.

“Hey girls, how’s it going?” A voice that often inhabited Hagakure’s day dreams called out.

“Pretty good, you?” Jiro responded, looking up from her phone as Mashirao Ojiro entered the kitchen. The UA tracksuit he was wearing along with the towel around his neck and the sweat dripping from his face made it clear where he was coming from. Kyoka snuck a glance over at her invisible friend whose stiffened stance made it clear she was paying attention.

“Tired but pumped.” He cheered, “Just set a new record on lifting with my tail.”

“Cool, what are you up to?” Jiro asked.

“‘Bout two hundred forty five kilos.” He replied with a grin.

“Impressive.” Jiro smirked, deliberately looking at Hagakure as Ojiro grabbed a protein shake from the fridge. “You could probably deadlift someone with your tail then.”

Kyoka had to resist laughing when she heard Hagakure’s breath catch.

“Oh definitely.” Mashirao agreed. “Been training my grip strength too so when I catch a villain I can hold them tight so they can’t get away.”

“You don’t say.” Jiro sent another sly grin towards Hagakure.

“Sorry, I’m gonna go take care of this,” The boy gestured to his sweating face. “Good chatting girls.”

Jiro waited until he’d rounded the corner to the stairs before she made her next comment.

“Well, good chatting with one of us anyway.”

“Kyoka!” Hagakure pouted, slapping her friend’s arm who recoiled with a laugh. “You’re so mean. You know exactly what you were doing.”

“Yes. Yes I did.” Kyoka winked.

The two girls quickly finished their dinner preparations, eating together and chatting about the weekend assignments before retreating upstairs to grab their towels and wash bags. As Mr. Aizawa had said, the class shared a bathroom space on the ground floor separated by gender. With there being significantly fewer girls than boys in the class, it was easy for the girls to have some private time to themselves although there was the occasional overlap. Especially the times when they were all bone tired from the last class of the day and just wanted to bathe and go to bed.

The common area lead to the changing room which featured small cubbies for each girl to store their clothes and belongings in while bathing. A set of screen doors separated the changing room from the bath themselves to keep as much of the warm air, generated by the steam of the water, in. Unlike a typical bathroom you’d find in a regular house, Heights Alliance featured something more akin to an onsen or public bathing house than individualised showers, baths or stalls. A row of mirrors had been placed along the side wall with individual washing stations, stools and shower heads with the opposite wall containing a large bench for people to simply sit and enjoy the steam or place their towels. At the far end sat the large tub that would quickly be filled with water when needed to a piping hot forty two degrees Celsius.

Jiro and Hagakure quickly stripped down to nothing but their towels and headed into the baths.

“Ooo, I can’t wait!” Hagakure cheered as the pair entered, the invisible girl quickly hurrying over to the bath and making the preparations to get the tub filled while they cleaned themselves off.

“A nice soak does sound like something you need after that training.” Jiro began, setting down her drying towel on one side and taking her scrubbing hand towel over to one of the personal stations. “Though maybe a cold shower would serve you better after hearing what Ojiro had to say.”

Kyoka laughed as she heard Tooru splutter in embarrassment.

“N-no fair Kyoka,” She shot back as the purple haired girl began hosing down her body. “You didn’t tell us who you had a crush on.”

“True,” Jiro agreed, remembering that she’d escaped that question and the potential embarrassment of revealing her feelings for Yaomomo by coming out to her friends. “But I’m not after Tsuyu’s crown so don’t bother trying to persuade me.”

“Actually, I don’t think I need to.” Hagakure changed tactics, slowly stepping closer to Jiro’s naked form. “I know you’re a lesbian now… so really…” She dropped to her knees and rested her fingers delicately on Kyoka’s shoulders as she leant close and whispered. “All I need to tease you with… is my body.”

Jiro jerked forward, falling from the stool and onto the cold, tiled floor, her rear complaining both in pain and at the sudden change in temperature.

“D-damn it Tooru!” She yelled back, only hearing Hagakure’s laughs in response.

“Relax Kyoka.” Hagakure said after she’d gotten out most of her giggles. “We’re friends, I know you’ve probably snuck a peak by now.”

“Not to be rude, but you are literally completely invisible right now.” Jiro pouted, sitting back on her stool and resuming her wash. “I know you’ve got a heck of a body but even if I could see you, I try not to look in the changing room or baths.”

“So… you don’t want to look at these nice, round, firm, perky nipples.”

Jiro turned to look at her friend. Hagakure’s laughs rang out once more as Jiro blushed a deep red when she realized she’d been tricked.

“I’m sorry Kyoka,” Hagakure apologized. “Consider us even for Ojiro now.”

“W-whatever.” Kyoka’s flush persisted as she tried to push down the arousal she’d felt from Hagakure’s description of herself. She regretted allowing the girl to join her as she really wanted to get herself off. “When are you gonna ask him out anyway.”

Tooru hummed as the warm shower water rushed over her skin, leaving an outline where it had to pass around her.

“If you’d asked me a few weeks ago, I would’ve said as soon as I figured out how to turn visible.” She admitted. “One of those ‘non-answers’ so that I could just wait until it felt right, you know?”

Jiro gave a sound of agreement.

“Now that Midoriya’s told me he’s pretty sure I can actually achieve that… I dunno.” Hagakure continued, “What if I turn visible and he just likes me for my looks?”

Hagakure decided not to mention the thing she had going on with Mina as she wasn’t even sure about her feelings for the girl yet. She knew the girl accepted her regardless of her visibility though Tooru knew her help and support for getting the answers to her quirk certainly wasn’t to satisfy her own curiosity about Hagakure’s body.

Kyoka sighed.

“Is this just another ‘non-answer’ or are you looking for advice.”

“I… don’t know.”

Jiro rolled her eyes, seems someone needed a pep talk.

“Come do my back while I ask shit, then you can think while I do you.”

“Ooo Kyoka, phrasing.” Hagakure teased. Jiro sent a glare towards the direction Hagakure’s footsteps came from as she moved. She turned back to the mirror as she passed Hagakure her wash cloth over her shoulder, allowing the girl to run it down her back before speaking again.

“I remember what you said about him during the sleepover,” Kyoka began, “Is it really about whether or not he can see you like those two stupid boys you mentioned a few weeks back?”

“I admit…” Hagakure began, ensuring to press the washcloth softly but firmly into Jiro’s back as she scrubbed. “I’ve been really happy these past few days and I was thinking about asking him. Since Midoriya’s pretty convincingly told me he thinks I can be visible, shouldn’t I do it now so I know for sure it was for my personality? But then… what if he says no… would that just make me feel worse? And either way, if he changes his mind and breaks up with me or decides he does want to date me after everyone sees what I look like… how would I feel then?”

“I think I’ve got something, switch.” Jiro ordered, gesturing to Hagakure’s former spot. The invisible girl handed Jiro back her hand towel and passed over her own, taking a seat and waiting for the earphone jack girl to finish her stretch as she stood.

“Now…” Jiro kneeled behind Hagakure, running her hands up her back until she found the girl’s shoulders and began scrubbing the sweat the girl had accumulated from her quirk training away. “With that line of thinking, no matter what you do, you’ll get yourself hurt no matter what you pick. Give the boy some credit, if you think he’d really do something like that, why are you bothering to chase him.”

“True…”

“Exactly. You know you don’t think that’s true. I think you should put your best foot forward and ask him out when you’ve gotten yourself all nice and dressed up. It shouldn’t matter what you look like so if he wants to bail for whatever stupid reason when he sees what a pretty girl you visibly are, let him. There’ll be better people more worthy of your time out there.

Hagakure sighed, her brain knowing her friend was correct but her heart rebelling against the idea. “You’re right, I guess.”

“You guess? Look in the mirror.” Jiro ordered. As she did, she saw Kyoka kneeling behind her, her arms resting on her invisible shoulders as she pointed the girl’s gaze at herself. “You’re Tooru Fuckin’ Hagakure, that’s your middle name now. You’re gonna gather the strength to ask out your crush, make yourself visible, then live happily ever after as a super sneaky pro hero.”

Tooru giggled, it probably lost some effect on account of not being able to look her in the eyes and squish her face when she said it but she appreciated the punk rock girl using the same technique on her that got Momo to believe in herself more.

“I dunno.” Hagakure replied, a teasing lilt in her voice. “All I see is a naked Kyoka Fuckin’ Jiro with her lesbian hands all over her invisible friend.”

“D-don’t be a bitch.” Jiro slapped her friend’s shoulder, dropping the girl’s wash cloth on her head and moving towards the now filled bath. God her pussy ached for some release.

“Sorry, sorry.” Hagakure begged her friend’s forgiveness once more. “But thanks Kyoka. It does help.”

Hagakure smiled at her friends simple grunt of acknowledgement, clearly too worried a worded response would result in another tease. The invisible girl tossed her wash cloth over to the benches near her towel before hurrying over to join Jiro.

The punk rock girl had taken the side that faced the door so Tooru got in and sat facing her, sinking down to her neck in the warm bath as she felt her whole body relax as the hot water did its work and letting out a relaxing moan as she did.

“Ohhh, mmm, so good.” She groaned, shutting her eyes and taking in the heat.

“Oh come on, that one was uncalled for.” Jiro complained, shooting the girl an exasperated look but deliberately tilting her head back.

“Oops, sorry. That did sound kinda sexy didn’t it.” Tooru blushed.

“Look, I try to avoid bathing with you guys to avoid this stuff. You’ve all got killer bods so it’d be rude to take advantage like that.” Jiro explained. “It feels like your deliberately trying to rile me up though and I already feel bad enough just from touching your back.”

“Kyoka, come on, it’s okay.” Hagakure reassured the girl. “So you get a little horny, it’s no big deal.”

“Normally it’s not so bad but you’re sending me mixed messages.” Jiro muttered. “I know you’re probably teasing so unless you actually want me do anything, could you please stop?”

Jiro had made her case. Now Hagakure knew that Jiro would willingly cross that line with her, which was embarrassing in of itself, but at least the girl would stop.

“Wow… I’m actually kinda flattered.” Tooru admitted. “You can’t even see me and I’ve gotten you all flustered.”

“You’re in the bath now.” Jiro adjusted her head to face the girl directly, making a downward nod to indicate something. “Of course I can see you.”

Hagakure looked down and spotted that she was indeed sort of visible, the water outlining her body and indicating the spaces that were just empty instead of being filled by the liquid. Jiro’s averted gaze had been to avoid looking at that very spot, clearly trying to be polite.

“So yeah, I was gonna get myself off with a nice soak ‘cause I’ve been pent up these last few days but you wanted to join so now I can’t and with your teasing I’m not sure whether to kill you or sit on your face until you make me scream.” Jiro vented.

“O-oh…” Hagakure gaped. She truly did not know what to say to that.

“Yeah ‘oh’,” Jiro mocked, her frustration colouring her language. “Sorry, just… sorry.”

The two sat in silence, neither looking at the other as the punk rock girl’s admission hung in the air.

“I’m sorry…” Tooru said, hoping her friend was listening. “I didn’t mean to make you feel uncomfortable.”

“‘S ok.” Jiro grunted.

“No, I kinda intruded on your night and made you feel bad for it.” Hagakure admitted. “If you um… want to do what you came here for… I wouldn’t mind.”

“What?!” Jiro turned to face the girl again, narrowing her eyes. Was this some sort of joke to her? “You can’t be serious.”

“Well… it would make you feel better… wouldn’t it?”

“S-so!” Jiro blushed. “I can’t j-just d-do that in front of y-you.”

“I’m invisible, remember? Just pretend I’m not here.” Hagakure let out a small laugh.

Something snapped in Jiro. She was done making excuses. Hagakure would find out pretty fucking fast how much she’d regret saying stuff she didn’t mean. If she said she didn’t care that Kyoka could jill off right in front of her while sharing the same bath then she better put her money where her mouth was.

“You know what, fuck it. I tried to be nice.” Jiro grumbled, deciding to be a little petty and rest her legs either side of Tooru’s form on the opposite seats as she scooted her butt forward, ready to enjoy herself. The girl would probably leave pretty quickly anyway so Jiro just began, letting her head tilt back and bringing one hand to her breast.

Between the warm water, Tooru’s teasing and her own frustrations, Jiro’s nipples were already rigid. She gave herself a few light pinches before rubbing around her areola, imagining it was Momo’s delicate fingers making the tingles dance under her skin.

Her breathing grew heavier as she imagined this bath was instead shared with the Yaoyorozu heiress, who was now dragging her fingers down Jiro’s toned stomach, skilfully teasing the curve of her hips downward and hitting all the right spots. Kyoka took a deep breath before pushing two fingers into herself. She didn’t need lube, the water would be enough.

A moan broke free from her lips. Kyoka lightly bucked into her fingers, allowing her to adjust her position slightly to find the most comfy spot. She was getting her release no matter what and two fingers was a good place to start. It still needed more though.

Slowly, Kyoka’s earphone jack slipped down and into the water. The heat caused it to twitch ever so slightly but not deviate in its path. She allowed the metal to run down her hip, her heartbeat buzzing in the way she craved. It did not hunt for the tiny nub at the top of her slit. Instead, it slid down further and into the grip of her two fingers. Jiro amplified the use of her quirk and felt her fingers begin to vibrate.

A much louder moan erupted from her throat this time as she plunged her fingers as deep as they could go into herself before spreading them apart, her muscles contracting nicely to try and reunite them.

“Um…” A small voice broke her trance.

Jiro opened her eyes. Hagakure hadn’t moved from her position.

“What?” She asked sharply. At this point, Jiro couldn’t care less if she stayed for the whole show or left, as long as she kept quiet.

“C-could I um…” Hagakure started only for nerves to get the better of her.

“Leave or stay.” Jiro snapped. “I told you before.”

“C-could I join.” Tooru squeaked out quickly.

Jiro blinked dumbly. Was she asking to… help Jiro get off? Or did she want to do it herself? Her quirk’s buzz caused her hips to buck again, reminding her of her unfinished task.

“Do whatever.” Jiro replied, moving her fingers once again.

She didn’t close her eyes however, instead only lidding them enough to look like she had while she watched Hagakure’s watery silhouette closely.

The water shifted as Tooru brought her knees up to her chest before spreading them herself, resting them atop Jiro’s own legs as she scooted forward herself.

“I-is this okay.” She asked again, cautiously.

“Y-yeah.” Jiro mumbled, licking her lips as she realized what was about to happen.

She watched again as Hagakure’s watery hands moved down to merge with her body. Clearly her hands were so close the water couldn’t distinctly shape them separately anymore. Was she spreading herself open?

Jiro’s hips jerked and her muscles clenched as she felt Hagakure’s limbs rock slowly back and forth, matching her former movements. Now she knew for sure what the girl was doing and she knew that if it weren’t for all the bath water, she would be drenched.

Jiro quickly resumed her own motions, adding a third finger to herself and attempting to separate them when pressed deep inside herself. She closed her eyes and tried to picture Momo’s voice and touch once more.

“Oh… ah… mmm.” Hagakure moaned, her own little squeaks both irritating and arousing the purple haired girl. Fuck it, Momo was getting a guest star for today’s fantasy.

Jiro pictured the girl in her mind once more, her hand playing away at her pussy while Hagakure’s form grunted and moaned in front of her.

‘Don’t mind our friend dear,’ fantasy Momo cooed. ‘She just wants to see your face as I do what I do best.’

Momo’s head ducked down, dipping between her legs as she stuck her tongue out playfully.

‘Looks like you’re all warmed up for me…’

Jiro pulled her vibrating jack from herself and slid it up to her clit. As it touched it, fantasy Momo began humming as she licked and sucked on the same nub.

In Tooru’s mind, she had never been more aroused as she watched Jiro begin to get herself off in front of her. The girl had clearly proved she wasn’t bluffing when she inserted her fingers into herself and Tooru couldn’t help but become entranced by the sight. Watching Jiro’s small thrusts and twitches, hearing the moans she let out and all while knowing Hagakure was sitting between her legs.

When she’d asked to join, even Tooru didn’t know whether she wanted to assist like she had while exploring Mina, or just get herself off alongside the purple haired girl. She’d decided on the latter, not having clear permission from Jiro to do the former things to the girl. Now, she was knuckle deep in herself as she felt every twitch from her partner as they both thrust into themselves.

Her fantasy came to her thick and fast, easily entering her mind thanks to Ojiro’s words earlier that day. Hagakure’s mind conjured the male target of her affections in his hero suit and a battle stance. His tail however, was coiled around her like a snake, lifting her off the ground with her arms trapped at her sides.

‘I’ve got you now Tooru.’ Fantasy Mashirao purred in a sexy tone, relaxing out of his stance and pulling aside his gi. ‘And now? I’m going to make you mine.’

Hagakure bit her lip as she imagined Mashirao’s long, firm cock springing out of his pants, eager to find its proper place within her. Tooru had also pictured herself in her hero costume so as Mashirao’s tail brought her closer to him and he spread her legs, she realised she had no protection for what came next.

Yanking her knees towards him, Fantasy Mashirao slid deep inside Hagakure, his dick hitting all the right spots in a single, impossible motion.

‘Go Hagakure!’ Another voice called out. Hagakure’s breathing hitched as she saw Mina and Kyoka running up to the two though they didn’t appear to be trying to help in any way.

‘Let’s go Ojiro,’ Fantasy Mina cheered, ‘Fill her up till she bursts.’

‘And spread her wide.’ Fantasy Jiro added, ‘I wanna watch.’

With a soft jolt, Tooru felt her partner speed up, trying to reach her crescendo. Would it be all over when Kyoka came? Would she want to watch Hagakure finish? Why did that last thought bring her even closer to her own release? Questions for another time as she felt herself clenching and aching to release.

“Mmm-” Jiro moaned before the sound transformed into a word, “mmm-Momo.”

The girl’s hips jerked and as she spread herself with both her fingers and her knees, trying to prolong her orgasm.

Her thrusts quickly slowed as her high faded, the sound of sloshing water becoming more prominent. Looking over, it was quickly apparent that her invisible partner had increased her own tempo and was getting close to her own peak.

“Kyoka… please…” The girl begged now that Jiro had opened her eyes and cooled off from her own efforts. “Look at me.”

Jiro couldn’t deny the girl her request even if she tried. Instead, she lifted a single hand and placed it on one of the girl’s legs that was currently preventing her from withdrawing her own.

“I’m watching… Tooru.” Kyoka said in a husky whisper. “C-cum… for me.”

Hagakure’s moan was certainly louder than Jiro’s, almost enough to make the punk rock girl slap a hand over her mouth to shut her friend up. However, all she could do was watch as Hagakure’s watery movements become short and sharp, her own zenith reached. The squeaks the girl let out were utterly adorable. Apparently Tooru didn’t just like cute things, she also fit in that category herself now, according to Kyoka anyway.

The girl’s heavy breathing persisted as they both tried to calm themselves down. It was a few minutes before either of them felt they could speak without slurring their words, though their legs still entwined.

“So… um…” Jiro began.

“Y-yeah…”

“Did you... do you… regret it?”

“Um… n-no… it was… really hot.”

“Me watching you?” Jiro asked.

“Y-yeah… so… Momo huh?” Hagakure retorted.

“P-please don’t tell her.”

“Of course not.” Hagakure’s smile crept into her voice. “We’re friends.”

“T-thanks.” Jiro blushed.

The two sat in silence for a few moments as they both pondered the revelations.

“I’m… not ready to get out yet.” Jiro mumbled.

“Okay?” Hagakure replied after a moment.

“I mean… I’m gonna go again.”

“O-oh…” Hagakure replied slowly.

“You can leave… if you want.”

“I-if I stay… c-could I ask for something?”

Jiro gulped, her mind conjuring a wide array of requests from the girl.

“S-sure.”

She watched as Hagakure’s legs lifted off her own, slipping between them and touching the floor of the bath again as the girl stood. Kyoka felt her leg raise as Hagakure lifted it and slipped under it before replacing it in its proper spot. The water by her side parted as Hagakure took a seat next to her and brought her legs up again to mimic Kyoka’s pose, their nearest feet touching as the girl rubbed them together in what she could only guess was an affectionate gesture.

“C-could I maybe… um… borrow a j-jack?”

Kyoka didn’t need to see the girl to know she would be as red as Momo’s leotard if she were visible.

“O-only if I can borrow a hand.” Jiro responded.

Their agreement made, Jiro felt Hagakure slide up even closer so the pair were hip to hip. Jiro lowered her closest jack, running it around Hagakure’s shoulders and down her opposite arm, slipping it into the girl’s palm. As she did, she felt Tooru’s closest hand reach out and place itself on her thigh, slowly sliding inwards the further Jiro’s jack progressed.

“Just um… point it… and let me know whether to beat stronger or softer.”

“Same… but faster and slower.

The baths quickly descended into moans of pleasure once more as the girls explored this new connection to each other.


Kyoka’s skin was now dry and the clothes were restoring themselves over her body. Glancing out of the corner of her eye, she watched Hagakure’s form come into being once more as it defined itself by filling her own clothes.

Her mind reeled after dispelling both the frustrated funk she had been in and the post-cum clarity she was now past. They definitely weren’t an item together; Hagakure knew she’d moaned Momo’s name. Shit, she’d forgot about accidently revealing her crush: in a moan of all things.

“So…” Jiro threw out there. “Where… are we?”

Hagakure giggled in response. Not helpful right now; Jiro needed answers, even as cute as the sound now was.

“I had fun, did you?”

“Y-yeah.”

“Good.” Hagakure smiled, “For now, that’s where we are I guess.”

“Um… okay?”

Hagakure giggled again.

“Look, you want to see where things go with your crush, yes?”

Jiro nodded.

“I wanna see where things go with mine too.” Hagakure said, gladly skipping over the fact that she didn’t just include Ojiro in that, but her other pink haired crush.

“Okay…” Jiro nodded again.

“But maybe… if we’re both still single… and the baths are free, I could join you again?”

“Y-yes please.”

Hagakure burst into another round of giggles at Jiro’s answer, the purple hair girl’s blush now reaching her ears.

“Kyoka, for someone so punk rock, how are you so cute?”

“Sh-shut up!”


Sunday evening arrived and Tsuyu returned to the dorms in a bad mood. The visit to her family had gone well enough and it was nice to sleep in her own bed for a night but the thoughts of Ochako and her own selfish desires dogged her every waking moment.

First she crushed on Izuku, then Ochako after the training camp and before she knew it, her entire roster of female friends were stars in her fantasies. Every time she tried to restrict the participants in her head she felt that she was missing pieces, like an incomplete puzzle.

Her parents enquired after her unusually dour mood but she replied that she was just tired from all the recent training and travel. It was believable enough to start, though she did feel herself under more scrutiny when she went to bed early and rose late, still looking all the worse for wear. It seemed like the only time her friends weren’t in her thoughts was during the few hours of rest she’d gotten both Friday and Saturday night. Tsuyu was a big girl though; she could handle a few fitful nights of rest until the feelings for Ochako died down once more which would surely cause the other perverted desire to retreat too.

What she couldn’t stand however, was the disgusting kinship she reluctantly felt with Mineta. It seemed the purple pest had not only been the cause of the irritating feeling on her chest whenever he was around, courtesy of his actions at the USJ. But now, anytime she thought about her own selfish desire to claim so many of the other girls and Midoriya as hers, he was there, living in her head rent-free and smugly leering at them all.

Thankfully she’d managed to slip into the dorms relatively unnoticed when she returned. Only Tokoyami and Shoji were relaxing in the common room while Momo was preparing a late dinner for herself. The heiress had predictably tried to greet her but Tsuyu had begged her off with a comment about being exhausted wanting to just sleep until the morning.

When she entered her room, it felt cold and hollow. Being away from it for just a day or two couldn’t have made it seen this off-putting, right? Maybe it was just her depressive mood talking. Not bothering to flick on the lights, she shed most of her clothes and flopped into her bed once more. Her pillow felt weird… oh yeah… the crying.

Asui pulled off the cover for her green pillow and hurled it over to her laundry pile. She’d deal with it in the morning. Right now, she just wanted to rest and escape her head. Sleep wouldn’t claim her as she wasn’t tired but she didn’t feel like doing anything other than existing right now anyway.

As though the universe decided it wouldn’t allow her this small mercy, her phone pinged. Reaching down for her skirt, she pulled her phone from her pocket before letting the fabric drop once more and unlocking the device. Thankfully, it seemed it was just the girl’s chat and not the class chat. Tsuyu didn’t think she could handle having to temper herself on there right now.

Alien Queen: I hear our girl in green had returned! :D

Invisi-baddass: Welcome back Tsu! Hope you enjoyed the time with your folks

Alien Queen: Don’t make plans for next week I want my rematch! >:D

Creati: Girls please, Tsu mentioned she wanted to sleep. I apologize on their behalf Tsu, I did tell them not to disturb you.

Tsuyu sighed. She didn’t want to deal with Mina’s teasing right now. Her weakness during the truth or dares last sleepover where she’d allowed herself to indulge in her fantasies by doing naughty things and saying even naughtier things was really biting her in the ass now. The worst part was she didn’t even want to rub herself raw to send the thoughts away for a while; her hang ups with the Ochako situation causing her not to want to do much of anything.

Alien Queen: Booooo, Tsu’s just running scared. That crown shall rest on my horns by the end of next week.

Mina talked a big game but Tsu knew she’d fall to her own froggy talents. Her no shame displays of honesty were one of her defining characteristics among the class and any dares Mina could think of in the event Tsu decided to risk it would backfire too. Tsuyu didn’t honestly know where her limit was but if it was anything like Mina it was probably public nudity and sexual acts. If the girl tried the same tactic in private, Tsuyu knew she would ‘reluctantly’ perform the dare while enjoying every lurid second of it.

Oh… there’s her libido, finally returning from its own vacation. At least that meant she was on the mend.

Looking back at her phone, she decided to rattle off a message to at least put her friend’s minds at ease.

Frog Queen: I’m just resting in my castle, observing my queendom.

Alien Queen: She lives! But only until I pry her crown from her cold, dead hands. >:D

Deepest Dope: Guys, plz, we got school tomoz. Flirt then.

Alien Queen: Not until she surrenders what is rightfully mine!

Alien Queen: Never give up! Never surrender! Down with the bloody frog head!

Tsuyu felt herself getting annoyed now. Another day and she’d give just as good as she got but right now Mina was just pressing the wrong buttons. She opened a private message to the girl and told her off.

Frog Queen: Why wait bitch, come 1v1 me right now. Dares only, final destination, no items.

Hopefully the girl would read between the lines and shut herself down. Mina liked to perform for an audience and taking that away would render her powerless. Sure she could’ve just asked the girl to stop, but then she’d know something was wrong and come prodding around like the helpful heroine she was.

Tsuyu heard her phone ping again, hopefully for the last time with Mina’s reluctant dismissal of the private match.

Alien Queen: omw >:D

Fuuuck. Well that backfired, just like every other thing Tsu had tried to do this weekend. First her stupid decision to grant Ochako’s kissing request, then trying to enjoy her visit to her family and now just trying to get Mina off her back. Hopefully this was the final bit of bad luck that came in a three pack.

Tsuyu rolled off her bed and onto the ground, holding herself in her familiar crawling pose that she used to climb buildings before pushing herself to her knees, wondering if she should even bother getting dressed to try and convince Mina to leave. She was only dressed in a comfy tank top and undershorts. Maybe seeing her in that would convince the pinkette she was joking and get her to go without Tsu saying a word. It was stupid but Tsu couldn’t care less at the moment, walking over to her door to await the approaching girl.

She didn’t have to wait long before an eager tapping alerted her to the probable pink guest she had. Tsuyu yanked open the door faster than she should have in her frustration, surprising the girl on the other side at how quickly she’d responded to her knocking which allowed Tsu a small smile. Mina’s surprised face lingered for just a moment before it shifted into a very Bakugo-like determined grin before she reached up and punched one of her hands into another.

“I’m here to claim my crown!”

Tsuyu wasn’t being shy about her current dress. Mina was in her comfies like her but the pink girl could see almost the entirety of Tsu’s legs. Seems it didn’t even phase her as she made to move into the girl’s room.

“Are you sure Mina, ribbit?” Tsu tried to warn her friend one last time she was not in the mood. “When I’m done with you, you’ll have to acknowledge I win in front of the others.”

Once more it seemed Mina was resolute in her determination.

“Right back at ya’.” She grinned. “So…” Mina passed Tsuyu who stepped back and moved into her room. “Who’s going first?”

Tsuyu shut and locked her door. Mina didn’t understand that she was now trapped in a room with a very frustrated Asui who was barely able to put on her normal face to put up with much shit. She would however, make her realize her mistake, solidify her claim to her rightful crown and maybe take a pound of flesh as a reminder not to challenge her rule again.

“I will.” Tsuyu said simply, walking back into her room. “You’ve bitched about those black marks on your crown so let’s erase one of them to start shall we?”

Mina looked apprehensive at that. She would not reveal Momo as the other girl that she experimented with during her truth from the last game.

“Go do that handstand for ten seconds, properly this time.”

‘Ahhh, that was more acceptable,’ Mina said in her mind and nodded.

“Easy peasy!” She declared, moving over to a patch of wall space and effortlessly lifting her entire body weight with just her hands.

Tsuyu walked over to her bed and sat down cross-legged just below her coverless pillow, not intending to let Mina claim it was unfair this time by cheating and gave her a solid ten count.

“See!” Mina declared, celebrating by raising one hand off the ground to only support herself on a single arm. “No sweat!”

“Ribbit, you pass.” Tsu declared.

“Woo!” Mina grinned, impressively pushing herself off the ground and flipping onto her feet. The girl had certainly been practising her gymnastics. “My turn!”

Mina walked over to Tsuyu’s bed and joined her, sitting opposite the frog girl with crossed legs.

“I dare you… to~…” Mina pondered, looking around Tsuyu’s room for ideas. “Ooo, do that thing you said was really gross!”

“You mean throw up my stomach?” Tsuyu sighed. Seemed Mina was going hard out of the gate. That was fine, Tsuyu would just strike back just as bad.

“Yeah, I kinda wanted to see it ever since you told us that one time.” Mina replied.

Tsuyu rolled her eyes, she hated doing this, it felt super weird but a dare was a dare. She got up off the bed and crouched down by Mina a few feet away from the bed, her hands on the floor in her normal frog pose. Mina watched as Tsu began to take small, rapid breaths. Her last breath was her longest as she sucked in air and held it while she flexed her abdominal and stomach muscles in a way other humans couldn’t.

“HAHA SO GROSS!” Mina squealed as what could only be described as a length of pink tubing began emerging and unrolling from Tsuyu’s mouth. It peeled back about a foot from Tsuyu’s lips, having reached as far as the girl could throw up as saliva ran around it and back towards Tsu’s mouth. “Awesome!”

Tsu held it a few seconds longer before pulling it back into herself, swallowing awkwardly.

“That was so gross but like awesome at the same time y’know?” Mina cheered.

“Feels weird.” Tsuyu complained, rising to her feet and returning to her spot. “Not something that’s great for hero work… except for that one time during the exam.”

“It kinda looked like a tube you could… you know~” Mina winked. “You think you’d ever let Midoriya slide his dick in it?”

Tsuyu took a slow, steady breath. She knew it wouldn’t feel good as her flesh felt super delicate to the touch when outside her body but Mina was now touching on stuff she’d spent all weekend feeling bad over.

“Probably not, it hurts for others to touch.” The green haired girl said, “But since you like teasing me so much and it’s my turn, I dare you to strip off completely.”

“W-what?” Mina spluttered, surprised at the suddenness of the dare.

Tsuyu didn’t feel like explaining herself, both annoyed at the girl and wanting to end this quickly. She would though, just so that Mina knew it was a valid dare and not something to satisfy her own perverted desires.

“You like teasing and I’m a bi frog, get to stripping.”

Mina narrowed her eyes at the girl, searching for hints about anything she could use to her advantage. Tsuyu’s annoyingly indifferent face was hard to read even when she was happy, her eyes being the biggest indicator of her joy or sadness.

“My Tsu, so that’s what you want to do, eh? Could’ve just asked me to dinner and~”

“I hear a lot of delaying but no stripping, do you even want my crown?”

“Fine,” Mina raised her hands in surrender before reaching down for her top. “Game on.”

The girl’s yellow top was swiftly pulled up and over her head before her hands reached back and unclasped her dark blue bra, shrugging it off and tossing it to the side.

Tsuyu knew at this point she’d made yet another mistake in two parts. The first was she’d underestimated Mina’s dedication to this bit, her eyes drawn to the girl’s darker nipples as her breasts bounced free enticingly. The second was that she hadn’t gotten off in days thanks to her depression but now her libido was sitting up and paying attention.

Mina lifted her hips as she slid off her sweat pants and panties, tossing them to the side while keeping her legs closed and her lower private part covered as much as she could. When she was done disrobing, she yanked a part of Tsuyu’s quilt and held it over her lap.

“You never said anything about covering myself afterwards~.” She teased.

Tsuyu hated the fact that she really wanted to yank the covers away from the girl. Her perverted thoughts were beginning to assert themselves over her depressive ones and while she welcomed the change it was probably wasn’t a good idea to continue with the hot pink naked girl just feet away.

“My turn now.” Mina declared. “Since you wanted to make this all sorts of lewd, let’s see…”

Tsuyu waited, trying to control her breathing as she felt Mina’s eyes roam over her form.

“S-show me how you use your quirk to get off.” Mina bravely declared her dare after consideration. This was a win-win, she’d either get her rightful crown or Tsuyu would show her something lewd she’d only imagined seeing in her fantasies. Truthfully the green haired girl had made a few appearances in them since the sleepover last week and Mina certainly wasn’t complaining. Tsuyu admitted she found all her friends hot so why couldn’t she?

Tsuyu licked her lips, both in anticipation for the dare she was about to have to perform and the desire she felt bubbling inside her. She felt her skin tingle as she pulled her tank top off and over her head, revealing her braless chest to Mina who she observed was sitting there with a lecherous grin on her face. The girl had clearly discovered herself in the past few weeks, given what she’d admitted and Tsuyu had managed to work out on her own with the hints she’d given. She felt a little guilty as her mind wished it was Ochako who’d had the easier time accepting her new sexuality.

Putting that aside for now, Tsuyu slid her shorts up and over her legs, naked in her room along with another girl. It was certainly a surprise that she was sharing this experience with Mina as she’d hoped it had been the brunette gravity girl. For now though, she had a dare to complete.

“So… usually.” She explained. “I don’t do much different from what you probably do without your quirk.” Tsuyu rubbed a few fingers over her nipple before reaching for her slit to get it wet and ready for her. She wasn’t surprised to feel it only needed a few rubs around the outside to spread her natural lube enough to be ready for her own tongue.

“As you probably guessed, my quirk allows me to do something like this…”

Mina watched as Tsuyu’s tongue slipped from between her lips and stretched down, licking at her nipple while coiling around her breast like a snake, gripping the fleshy orb tightly. She felt the phantom feelings run across her own breast as regretted not asking Tsu to do it on her.

The pink haired girl hadn’t meant to come here to turn their latest game of truth or dare… or just dares at this point, into a game of sex chicken but if Tsu was happy to play then Mina wouldn’t back down either. Her feelings for Hagakure aside, Mina was unattached right now and free to experiment. It didn’t make sense to feel embarrassed or worried about trying these new things out with her friends anymore, she’d happily declare any one of them her girlfriend to the world if they wanted to try their hand at a relationship with Mina.

Tsuyu’s tongue was on the move again and the acid user didn’t want to miss a second. It drifted down her front as it uncoiled from around Tsuyu’s tit, leaving a delightful saliva trail glistening on the orb, avoiding her pubes and twisting back to almost face the opposite direction.

“Then, when I want to go harder, I do this.”

Mina felt herself jump and shudder as Tsuyu’s tongue thrust itself into her own pussy. She watched the muscle give a few thrusts into the girl before Tsu spoke again.

“It’s actually super handy ‘cause I can move it freely like this...”

Mina actually gasped as she watched a bulge appear on Tsuyu’s stomach before moving side to side, almost like she was waving to the girl with her tongue from inside herself. The pink haired girl had pressed that particular button before and with Tsu being able to hit her most sensitive spot consistently it was a wonder the girl ever left her room.

Tsuyu’s tongue pulled back rapidly, retreating once more into her mouth as she gave a smug look at Mina. “My turn.”

“W-wait!” Mina stopped her. “A-aren’t you going to… um…”

“You just said you wanted me to show you how, you didn’t say anything about finishing.” Tsuyu replied smugly.

Mina bit her lip in frustration. She’d been both countered and now Tsuyu knew she wanted to see more. She only hoped the girl’s own dare wasn’t too much of a challenge so she could get the frog girl to show her what she wanted.

“I dare you to lie back and spread yourself open so I can see everything.”

Mina’s eyes widened as her mouth felt suddenly dry. She knew exactly where this was about to end up now and felt her pussy clench in nervous delight. In hindsight, it was kinda stupid to play this game with the girl who knew she was bisexual long before Mina redefined her own sexuality. The question was, did Mina really want to fuck this smug, sexy frog into the mattress? Well obviously the answer was yes but should she? Was this a truth or dare game they’d just taken way too far or did Tsuyu have feelings for Mina and was expressing them now? Hell, was that why both of them had been so challenging to one another about the game?

“You really want to get in my pants don’tcha?” She winked at the frog girl. Now she knew where this was going and accepted her desire for it, she had nothing to be embarrassed about. “Very well, if I must.”

Mina tossed the quilt covering herself aside as she slid closer to Tsu, touching the girl’s knees with her feet playfully as she lay back and bunching up the cover behind her into a makeshift pillow. “I am gorgeous, why wouldn’t you want to see all of me after all.”

The pink haired girl reached forward with both her hands, softly petting herself and relieving some of the tension she was feeling. Her knees spread apart as her hips turned upwards, pink fingers running up and down her slit before lightly pulling at the sides of her vagina, completing the dare by spreading herself wide.

It wasn’t surprising to see Tsuyu’s tongue make a brief reappearance to lick her lips. Thanks to Hagakure, she knew she looked good enough to eat. Her own breath quickened however as the frog girl leaned forward and lay down, face practically level with her crotch. This felt familiar in a most enjoyable way.

“Getting a good look Tsu?” Mina asked teasingly.

“Mmm…” She heard the girl’s fluttery moan as she breathed in Mina’s scent. Mina found the sound entirely too erotic, knowing her pussy was getting slightly wetter as she heard the sound from the frog girl.

“My turn.” Mina breathed heavily, “I dare you… to use your tongue to explore me as much as you want.”

“I…” Tsuyu muttered desperately trying to hide how much she wanted to do that very thing. “I could just say I’m done and it’s my turn again.”

“Yeah…” Mina breathed again, sending a smug grin down to Tsu’s nervous face. “But I know you won’t.”

Torn between her desires and her disgust for them, Tsuyu looked down once more at the enticing sight before her. She wanted it. She really wanted it. It was wrong and she knew it. It seemed she was a glutton for punishment as she knew it would be the worst thing to do, to give in to her perverted fantasies and validate them this way; it would only make them stronger. Right now, Tsuyu didn’t care. She was tired of being miserable and if the world was offering her Mina on a silver platter she was done holding herself back like a good girl. It was time for the dirty frog to give in.

It was slow at first. Tsuyu’s tongue emerged from her lips once more before tentatively rubbing around the outside of Mina’s pussy, tasting her lips and teasing the girl to get ready for the main event. This was nothing like her own quick demonstration a few minutes ago, Asui was savouring the moment. Mina’s pleased moans as she maintained her efforts to spread herself pleased Tsuyu. It felt right, she was in her natural position, allowing Tsu, needing Tsu to pleasure her.

Tsuyu’s tongue circled around her lips, avoiding the girl’s clit before slowly sliding into her. The reaction was instant as Mina let out a satisfied moan as Tsuyu’s frog-like tongue pushed deeper into her most sensitive place. The pinkette felt her legs struggle to hold themselves up. She let go of the skin around her pussy and gripped herself under her kneecaps. The greenette must’ve seen this as an invitation as she adjusted her position to lie down fully on her front, bringing her arms up under the girl’s thighs and dragging her closer, allowing her wide mouth to engulf and suck on Mina’s entire pussy.

“Oh god… Tsu!” Mina moaned as she felt the frog girl’s tongue twist and turn deliciously within her. She looked down to see the frog girl’s nose buried in her pink pubes, large eyes looking up into her own, watching Mina’s reaction. Her tongue teased her knowingly, brushing close to her g-spot and dancing around it before glancing it every now and then to send a jolt of shivers through her system. She felt herself being filled as more of Tsuyu’s long tongue began pushing into her, stretching her in a most satisfying way. Mina twitched again as Tsuyu’s tongue found the small opening that lead to her uterus. If her tongue was a cock, Mina would definitely worry about getting pregnant right about now.

Unlike a cock however, she felt no fear as she clenched tightly around the long, flexible muscle, trying to milk it for all its worth. Tsuyu’s face pushed a little harder against her crotch, her tongue mimicking her as it tried to slide into her baby room.

“Ah, ah.” Mina moaned uncomfortably, her muscles complaining about the intrusion. “N-not there. Hurts.”

Tsuyu thankfully backed off, returning her attention to writhing her tongue around her vagina trying to lick everything at once. Mina was sure Tsuyu could slip even further inside her but not without a few attempts to ease her muscles into the idea of accepting the invader.

Slowly, she felt Tsuyu’s tongue begin retreating from inside her. After the stretching she’d experienced, Mina felt almost empty as Tsuyu’s tongue left her. She hoped desperately the girl was just getting ready for another round.

Her stomach dropped as she felt the girl sit back on her knees before shuffling forward. Tsuyu leant down over the girl as she licked her lips sultrily. The prehensile muscle slipped out once more as Tsuyu’s hips bumped into Mina’s own as the girl leant down and slowly ran it over Mina’s nipples. It was certainly a step back from their previous act by Mina wasn’t going to complain. She relished the lighter tingles her skin felt under Tsuyu’s teasing licks before they too finished.

Tsuyu was drawing close to her face now. Was she about to steal a kiss?

“I’m going to shove my tongue down your throat.” She said simply. “Tap twice to breath.”

Mina felt her breathing speed up. That line, that declaration turned her on more than she cared to admit. Tsuyu was going to have her way with Mina and the pinkette was going to let her.

The acid user took a few calming breaths, watching Tsuyu closely before sucking in deeply and holding it. Then, she opened her mouth wide and stuck out her tongue in what she could only imagine was the most lewd expression she’s ever pulled. She was sat here, still spread like a slut for her friend and awaiting the long, thick tongue to fuck her throat until she gagged.

Asui didn’t waste any more time, descending on the girl and letting her tongue slip out and push its way into Mina’s throat. This wasn’t a French kiss; this was face fucking. Mina felt her throat clench around Tsuyu’s tongue, trying to force it back as it penetrated her. Luckily, she had plenty of practise with her vibrator and soon relaxed, enjoying the incredibly weird but immensely arousing experience of the tongue descend into her.

Mina briefly wondered if Tsuyu’s tongue was long enough to go all the way through her and out the other end but that wouldn’t be a fun experience. Fantasy? Yes. Practical? Definitely not. She felt Tsuyu’s hand come up and rub at her throat, pressing down lightly on the sides as she enjoyed the feeling of the muscle stretching into her friend. Did boys also like to see this with their dicks?

Mina could feel her lungs begin to crave oxygen once more, having used up the supply she’d inhaled before Tsuyu’s tongue. She reached up and tapped Tsuyu twice on the shoulder, letting one of her legs fall to the bed as she did.

Tsuyu’s tongue began its hurried but not immediate retreat, trying not to just snap back as fast as possible and hurt the pinkette in her care. Mina breathed deeply as the two separated, probably looking as sex-drunk as she felt with the string of saliva now connecting the two just being the cherry on the cake.

Mina needed to cum and was eager to feel Tsuyu’s tongue once more between her legs.

“I’m done.” Tsuyu said simply. Mina’s stomach dropped out from under her. The girl couldn’t be done. It wasn’t fair, she’d gotten her all riled up and now she was just going to leave her in this agony.

“N-no… please…” Mina begged.

“I’ve explored you as much as I want with my tongue for now.” She explained. “Dare complete.”

Mina felt like she could cry in frustration. Now the girl was just being mean, and what did she mean by dare- oh! That’s right. They were doing the thing, weren’t they? The last dare was Mina’s to Tsuyu which meant that this one…

“My turn.” Tsuyu looked down at Mina, the girl realizing very quickly the girl was drinking in her naked body, probably committing it to memory. “I dare you… to… let me fuck you ‘til we cum.”

Oh thank god. She didn’t care how Tsuyu did it, she wanted it more than anything else right now.

“D-do it!” Mina grinned, licking her lips challengingly.

That was all Tsuyu needed. The girl leant back and onto one knee, grabbing Mina’s leg and allowing the girl to release her own hold on it. With her other leg, Tsuyu threw it over Mina’s own, adjusting her hips until she was in position. Mina bit her lip as she looked down between them and realized Tsuyu was going to grind their pussies together. It was no cock, but so long as she could feel it in her clit she’d be happy.

Slowly, Tsuyu began to move, pressing them together closely as electricity raced through her hips. Mina felt herself matching the girl’s thrust with a moan, relishing the new feeling of another girl’s most private place on her own. She bit her lip as she watched Tsuyu’s face scrunch up in what could only be erotic frustration, the face you pulled when you were trying to focus solely on getting off.

The small ribbits Tsuyu let out dripped with her lust and Mina couldn’t help finding them both sexy and adorable. They rose in pitch as Mina felt the need to join in, both their approaching climaxes being announced to each other.

They didn’t cum at exactly the same time. Mina felt Tsuyu’s thrusts grow harsher a few seconds before she stilled, letting out squeaks of joy as her muscles clenched around themselves. She wasn’t sure if it was the pressure from Tsuyu’s extended thrust or the juices she felt dripping from the girl and soak her own pussy as she joined the frog girl in crying out her release.

She revelled in the pleasurable senses she was experiencing as she gazed over at Tsuyu’s own relief filled face. The frog girl carefully lowered her leg before leaning over once more and crawling closer to her face. Their breaths mixed heavily as Tsu drew closer, her lips primed for an actual tongued kiss this time and Mina wasn’t going to deny her.

Her and Tsuyu’s tongues danced around each other once more, though more desperate and less restrained than they had during the previous sleepover. She felt Tsuyu cup her face with both hands and push further into the kiss. When they pulled back from each other, Mina’s face was painted with relief from her release and happy exhaustion, a new fondness for the frog girl in her heart. However, she felt that same organ swiftly breaking as she watched Tsuyu’s own face curl up in shame and tears.

“Mina I… I’m so…” Tsuyu choked out before a sob wrenched itself from her lungs, the girl losing her composure completely and breaking down into tears, burying her head into Mina’s shoulder.

“Tsuyu!” Mina cried, trying to adjust her position to sit up as best she could with the crying girl atop her. “Honey please, what’s wrong?”

The girl didn’t respond, only letting out further sobs of pain as she pressed into the girl’s skin. Mina wrapped her arms around the girl comfortingly as she tried to figure out what just happened. The hot air they’d generated from their exertions left them without the need to wrap themselves up again so Mina allowed Tsuyu to let her emotions out as she stroked her back and whispered kindly to her.

Tsuyu’s cries eventually became whimpers as Mina’s efforts to reassure the girl worked.

“Everything’s okay Tsu, I’ve got you; it’s okay, you’re safe here; I’m your friend, you’ve got nothing to worry about.” Mina repeated softly in a mantra she’d been doing for the past few minutes. “Now… do you want to tell me what’s wrong?”

She felt the frog girl shake her head into her shoulder.

“Whatever it is I’ll help however I can Tsu. We’re friends aren’t we?”

Tsuyu nodded.

“Good. Then know I say this with love when I say I dare you to tell me what’s wrong.”

She felt Tsuyu’s hand clench on her chest, clearly nervous about whatever she was keeping from the pink girl.

“Am I going to get a shiny new crown? ‘Cause to be honest, I’d rather not like this to be the thing that wins it.” Mina chuckled dryly. “Come on girl.”

Tsuyu sniffed sadly. With everything they’d just done, she really didn’t want to talk to Mina about herself. It would ruin the thing they’d just shared and reveal Tsuyu’s disgusting perverted nature to the world. They’d joked about it until now but Tsuyu really didn’t want to lose the crown she’d been so adamant on keeping. It was one of the things her former girlfriend had given her after all. Once they’d decided to date, Habuko’d admitted to Tsuyu that she was the queen of truth or dare as she would never have had the guts to kiss her if she’d been dared instead. Asui had joked about receiving a crown with her new title and the snake girl had returned with a small tinfoil gift at school the next day. It was stupid and silly but she still kept it in her desk back home; a reminder of their time together she’d forever cherish.

Reluctantly, Tsuyu opened her mouth and completed the dare. She tried to hold back but she cried once more into Mina’s chest about how she felt horrible about inadvertently putting Ochako in a position to choose between her feelings or her family, even if she wasn’t pushing the brunette to make the choice. How she was crushing on both Ochako and Izuku and felt bad about wanting both. Then she let slip that she’d grown to desire all of her female friends in their class, how she was horrible and selfish and greedy and inconsiderate and disgusting for wanting so much perverted pleasure. How she was just like Mineta-

A sharp slap rung in the air and across her face.

Tsuyu’s whimpers stopped as she blinked dumbly, feeling the impending red mark begin to show on her now stinging cheek.

“Don’t you dare compare yourself to that prick!” Mina ordered firmly. “There is nothing wrong with you Tsu! And I won’t let you slander yourself like that.”

Mina rolled the pair so that Tsuyu was now beneath her as she held herself up above the girl, pinning her between the arms she had pressed to the bed on either side of Asui’s head to keep her elevated above the girl.

“Who gives a flying fuck whether you want to fuck Izuku, Ochako, me or Momo? Only you! You are nothing like that potential rapist as you made sure to take everyone else into consideration anytime you’ve done anything. If you end up dating Ochako, that’s great! If you want to add Izuku into the mix, that’s fine too so long as you all agree to it. Fuck, if you can swing it, go for both at the same time, I’d sure love to see Midori’s cute flustered expression when he realises how lucky he’ll be with two beautiful girls on his arms.” Mina ranted. “The point is your fantasies are just fantasies and there’s nothing wrong with that. You aren’t going around trying to grab everyone you desire inappropriately or have your way with them regardless of their feelings.”

“I…” Tsuyu’s breath hitched, tears running down her face into the mattress. “B-but we-”

“Listen, I can melt through rocks and steel thicker than your head in a flash. If I didn’t want any of this, do you really think I would’ve let you?”

Tsuyu looked away, shaking her head softly.

“Damn right. As it is, I had probably the best orgasm of my life thanks to you and your amazing tongue.” Mina blushed but continued her rant. She needed to drill some sense into the frog girl’s head. Now there’s something she never thought would happen. Balancing her weight on only a single arm, she reached over and squished Tsuyu’s cheeks together. “Listen, you are Tsuyu Fuckin’ Asui, that’s your middle name now. You’re a smart, capable frog who is the best friend any one could ask for that would help anyone in need if she could. Tsuyu Fuckin’ Asui is also one heck of a lay and I’m almost pissed I couldn’t use this dare on asking for round two.”

Despite the somewhat crude declaration, Tsuyu felt tears of appreciation replacing the ones of shame and sadness as she reached up and pulled Mina down into a hug, their naked bodies rubbing together once more.

“I… I’m sorry I let this get out of hand, ribbit.” Tsuyu croaked, “I’m sorry I used you like this.”

Mina rolled to the side and pulled back, looking down caringly at the sad frog wrapped around her.

“I’m not, I’m sorry it took us this long.” She replied cheekily. “After that kiss last sleepover, I’ll admit, I may have rubbed one out to you after that.”

“I-its… my turn.” Tsuyu said softly.

Mina looked down in surprise at the frog who’d now cast her gaze downwards, hiding her eyes from the pink girl.

“I-I dare you… to go out with me… please.”

Oh Tsu… why’d she have to ask that. Mina smiled softly down at the girl, petting her head and running her fingers through her hair.

“Sorry Tsu… looks like you win…”

She felt Tsuyu let out another choked sob. The girl probably felt pathetic at being turned down after an experience like this they both shared. Even though now Tsuyu was the official winner of their game, she certainly didn’t feel like celebrating.

“I would like to say yes… really I would,” Mina continued. “But we both know that you have to resolve things with Uraraka first.”

“Y-yeah… you… you’re right…” Tsuyu mumbled, rubbing a small comforting circle over Mina’s skin. “Y-you’ve got your own feelings too,” She continued. “To a-ask out Momo.”

Mina blinked, tilting her head in confusion. It was Hagakure she’d recently shared new budding feelings with, not the heiress, although that night she’d gotten the girl off was… oh shit.

“W-what? Y-you’re crazy Tsu, I don’t have a c-crush on Yaomomo.”

“No? But you said you might ask the girl that you got off out when you graduate. That girl is Momo.”

“How’d you figure? I never said any names or hints.”

“Ribbit… it wasn’t hard. You helped Momo that day when she was sad and were sworn to secrecy, you’ve only recently learned about your attraction to other girls by your own admittance the same day so it had to be one of us you did it with, and you said you couldn’t do anything until graduation, likely because of Momo’s parents.” Tsuyu explained, happy to have moved the focus off of herself. “If that wasn’t evidence enough, your reaction when I told you to ask Momo was. I deflected by telling her to make you a toy but I already knew from your face to my insinuating question.”

“N-no way… you’ve known all this time it was her?!” Mina blinked, embarrassed at having slipped up so badly.

“Yup… sorry.” Tsuyu apologized softly. “I’ll keep it a secret though.”

“Urgh, you and Midori are a match made in heaven I swear, between your observation skills and his analysis, you’re gonna rock the pro hero charts as a super cute couple, or maybe thruple if we add Ochako in there.”

Tsuyu sighed wistfully.

“Please don’t tease me with something I can’t have Mina.”

“The fuck you can’t. I know you think it could never happen but if you want to give it an honest shot I will help you seduce your lovely blushing beans. I’ll get the romantic venue and candles and music and everything sorted while you get all prettied up to take them out before confessing!”

“That does sound lovely, ribbit…”

“Of course it does. And hey, if I’m still single then, maybe you’d like me to make a guest appearance in the bedroom?”

“Mina please… don’t…”

“Okay, I know you think I’m teasing but I’m telling you right now, no jokes, no fooling. If you ask me out, after everything’s straightened out with Midori and ‘Chako. Whether you’re together with neither, one, or both and they give permission, I’d happily join your little romance bubble.”

Tsuyu bit her lip, her heart beating just a little faster as she felt her desires validated in a loving way.

“R-really?”

“You said it wasn’t just to fuck us all, it’s because you deeply care for each of us.” Mina replied, talking about the fantasy relationship Tsuyu imagined between the seven of them. “I imagine there would be dating and stuff to see if we’re compatible… I know we’re compatible in one way.” She wiggled her hips, shaking the frog girl wrapped in her arms slightly. “If it doesn’t work, oh well, least we tried.”

“Th-that… that would m-m-m-”

“That would make you a very happy frog?” Mina helped, receiving a nod from the girl. “I’ll bet it would… actually I’m kinda looking forward to it in my own head now. Mind if I borrow your fantasy?”

Tsuyu shook her head lightly.

“Good.” Mina smiled down at the mound of green hair she could see. “While I certainly wouldn’t mind another fun-filled round or two of naughty dares, I think we should get you some sleep.”

Mina tilted her head as she felt Tsuyu’s hands grip at her skin just a little tighter.

“C... could you um… stay with me, ribbit?” She asked nervously.

Mina leant down and kissed the top of Tsuyu’s head fondly, rubbing her back once more.

“Of course just… can we move? It feels weird facing the wrong way.”

Indeed they were facing towards Tsuyu’s pillow and the window rather than the door as both were used to sleeping towards. With slow movements the pair reluctantly parted from their embrace, both standing naked in the room as they straightened out Tsuyu’s bed and sheets. The green haired girl climbed in without a stitch of clothing on her. Not one to offend her host, Mina climbed in without putting anything back on either after turning off the lights and taking the girl’s hand in her own under the covers. After a few minutes of shifting and adjusting to find a comfortable pair of positions, Mina opted to just throw her arm over the girl and spoon her smaller frame, her fingers idly running over the girl’s breasts and stomach.

“Good Night Tsu.”

“Night Mina.”


Ochako Uraraka watched the cities and landscapes zoom past as she rode the long distance train back to school. Evening had long since given way to night and curfew would be coming up soon. Luckily, her just over five hours long train trip was coming to an end. The time had gone quickly as Uraraka’s mind played over all the new things she had learned and had to consider for her own life. She rubbed away another tear that emerged and threatened to fall loose, her eyes red and puffy. She’d cried enough on this home visit and she did not want to break down again. The brunette sighed as her mind tried once more to comprehend her revelations.

Returning to her family’s home had been simple enough, her mum had come to pick her up from the station early in the morning on Saturday when she’d arrived. They’d both immediately gone to bed with Ochako’s dad already being asleep. She’d tossed and turned for half an hour, her anxiety preventing rest from coming easily but she did settle down for a few hour’s respite.

Awoken late in the morning by her dad, she emerged into her family’s small kitchen to a somewhat hearty breakfast, for them at least, where she was doted on and her provisional license admired. Ochako savoured her parents love and affection for the time being, not wanting to break the peace by asking her questions just yet. The family spent a few hours just chatting before settling in for a lazy Saturday together, watching a film on TV with some homemade popcorn under blankets. Ochako had munched happily as she reflected on all she knew about her parents.

Dinner time crept up on her and, while pleasant conversation was made, Ochako couldn’t help her muted responses as she tried to gather the courage to ask what she needed. She found enough after dinner as the dishes were being washed, her parents forgoing her help to allow her to relax more. She timed her question when neither parent had anything in their hand.

“Mum… dad… could you please explain… what happened during your last visit… at the restaurant?”

As expected, the tone shifted instantly. A tension settled on the family as they all held their breath. Ochako noticed her dad begin shaking once more, raising a hand to his head.

“Dear! Dear please,” Ochako’s mum tried to get his attention. “Go get your blanket and come back. Can you do that for me?”

Her father left the room in a hurry, not sparing Ochako a glance as he passed.

“M-mum?”

Ochako watched her mother sigh deeply and move to sit back at the dining table.

“Ochako… what you’re about to learn… you must never repeat to anyone else. Do you understand me?”

The hero in training nodded slowly. Her mother took a deep breath and releasing it before glancing at the kitchen doorway.

“Your father… he… had a difficult childhood.” Ochako’s mother began. “You remember how little we see your grandmother, yes?”

Ochako nodded again, recalling that of her grandparents, only her paternal grandmother was still alive. Her mother’s parents had passed away before Ochako was born, and her father’s father had died in a villain attack when her father was very young.

“There’s a reason for that. Growing up… your dad and grandma lived in the city for your grandpa’s work. When he passed away, your grandma took your dad out to the country to live closer to her parents. You grandma… well she hated the city you see, said it was too… wicked and corrupt; no place to raise her son. As a single mother… she wanted only the best for her son so she pushed him to succeed. He got a good education and grew up healthy. Unfortunately… her drive to get your father to succeed and corrections when he failed were… physical.”

Uraraka gasped, she hit her own son? Her dad? She’d never seen her get physical with anyone so it had stopped now… right?

“H-hey you two…” Her father’s muted voice came from the doorway. He was still dressed in his clothes but had a harried look on his face; the thick winter blanket that was always kept out in the corner in her parent’s room draped over him.

“Dad!” Ochako called out.

“Hi dear, feeling better?” Ochako’s mother asked, receiving a nod from her husband.

“B-better now, thanks. Sorry for the scare angel.”

“Okay, would you mind helping me? This really is your story to start.”

“You were doing fine… I could hear.” He replied, moving forward and retaking his seat, caressing his head once more.

It was incredibly strange for Ochako, seeing her dad, a man she looked up to as a pillar of strength reduced to such a state.

“Ochako, your grandmother… my mother… would beat me physically anytime I did anything less than perfect.” Her dad sighed, “I thought it was normal, growing up the way I did… but a parent should never lay a hand on their child like that.”

The gravity girl nodded firmly. She’d never remembered a single instance where her parents had hit her and she’d certainly never do the same to any of her future kids.

“But… the worst was um… when I went through puberty.” Her dad admitted. “I’m sure you know by now about the birds and the bees so let’s skip the rehash, yeah?” He gave a dry chuckle.

Ochako’s mother reached over and wrapped her hand firmly around her dad’s arm that was resting on the table.

“Honey… when… when I… uh… I… I’m…” Her father’s voice got more and more choked up, unable to finish the sentence he’d started. Ochako watched her mum squeeze him firmly as he covered his face with his other hand.

“Ochako… what do you know about gay people?”

“I-I… I know that it’s when um… someone finds people of the same gender attractive.”

“Indeed, and what do you think of someone like that?”

Uraraka felt her stomach twist. She’d hoped to ask her parents that question first, not have it turned around on her. No, that didn’t matter. She was training to be a hero. She would face this head on like she’d planned. But she wouldn’t give any hint about her own nature, not until she knew her parent’s stance for sure.

“They’re a person that deserve the same right anyone else has; to be happy and safe and loved.”

The gravity girl felt her shoulders relax, the tension easing as she watched her mother breathe a sigh of relief.

“Ochako, honey… your father is one of these people.”

Ochako’s brow furrowed, confusion clearly written across her face. Her father was gay? That didn’t make any sense, he was married to her mother, they had her, she was proof!

“I’m sure it doesn’t make much sense right now but… your grandmother… she is quite… outspoken against those who are this way.” Ochako recalled the time her grandma had indeed been vocal about two such people in front of her. “When she discovered your father had particular interests over more… traditional tastes… she would physically try to remove the thoughts from your father’s head.”

The gravity girl gaped as her dad clutched his head painfully, as though the phantom pains running through it were all returning at once along with the memories.

“Your dad was… is…” She smiled affectionately at the man. “Not very good at hiding secrets… as a result… he couldn’t hide his growing curiosity or interest in other boys. Every time your grandmother saw or heard about his behaviour, she would… reinforce her lessons.”

Her dad nodded shakily to agree but didn’t speak.

“But… what about you… me… us?!” Ochako asked, shaking her head.

Ochako’s mother sighed. This would be delicate.

“Ochako, I love your father very much and he loves me too… just more as a friend. I had an enormous crush on your dad for years while we were together at school. When we graduated, my parents were approached by your grandma for a marriage between us. It wasn’t forced on my part, my mum and dad asked if it was something I wanted instead of just rejecting the offer out of hand. We dated for a few months and by then I knew something was wrong. Unfortunately, I thought it was just nerves for our upcoming nuptials. We married and on our wedding night… your father broke down. He told me everything.”

Ochako’s mother smiled sadly at her father who was now squeezing her hand on him with his own, tears running down his face and gaze downcast.

“We both didn’t know what to do. Neither of us had enough money to go anywhere else yet and your mother was insisting on a grandchild. I’m not sure how much you know about the area dear but people here are not… accepting of people with alternative lifestyles. I gauged my parents for their thoughts on the topic of people like that and thankfully they understood our plight when I confided in them but… the flu caught them both off guard that year and they passed.”

Her mother took a moment to mourn her own parents before resuming their story.

“When we married, I moved in with your father… who was unfortunately still living with his mother. As such she… expected us to perform our newly wed duties. I wasn’t about to force your father but when a few months had passed and we were not with child, his mother… made her feelings clear.”

Ochako felt herself feel herself physically gagging when she watched her loving mother begin to rub her own arm in the same way her father did. She’d seen pictures of the two while her mother was pregnant with her and in the earliest ones, her mother’s arm was in a cast.

“With my parent’s passing, we were able to scrape enough money together thanks to the inheritance that was outside of your grandmother’s influence to leave her house for good. She wasn’t happy and we couldn’t move far. By this point, she knew that I knew about your dad so she threatened to tell the whole town if we ever stepped out of line. Then you, our little angel, came into our lives, and we loved you from the minute we saw you.”

“P-please…” Her father spoke up. “Please b-believe us Ochako. W-we love you with a-all of our h-hearts.”

“We couldn’t ask for a better daughter and we’re truly thankful we had you.” Her mother agreed.

Things were starting to come together… her dad was gay… but he was forced into a straight marriage by her grandma and forced to make her. They didn’t have enough money to leave and start life elsewhere and when she came along, money was all the tighter. They were trapped. All this time her parents had been trapped in their own lives, giving her everything they could from the last bites of food to all the love that they had. This wasn’t right. This wasn’t fair.

Ochako burst into tears, reaching out as she stood to hug her parents as she ran around the table, trying to let them know she understood. She understood how hard it must’ve been to have to suffer in silence all these years. For her father to live a lie, for her mother to steadfastly stay by his side, and for them both to raise a girl they never should’ve been forced to have together. Even with everything, Ochako was still raised and filled with their love for her and they had more to give.

The Uraraka family quickly found themselves all descending into tears as they shared an embrace, collectively comforting each other as the secrets were revealed.

“I-I’m sorry.” Ochako apologized through tears. “I’m s-sorry I never r-realised.”

“It’s okay angel,” Her mother brushed her hair, pulling her tight. “It’s okay, you weren’t meant to. This isn’t your fault, none of this is your fault.”

“N-no matter what we went through, w-we got a-an amazing d-daughter out of it.” Her father’s tears soaked into her top.

When the initial tears and shock had worn off and Ochako pulled back, her mother suggested they all moved to the couch. Her dad remained wrapped in the heavy winter blanket while Ochako and her mother shared the normal one they’d used for movies. The gravity girl didn’t ask, but her mother explained that it helped her father to calm down, the weight grounding him and the blanket giving him the feeling of protection. He sat at the end with her mum in the middle and Ochako herself on the other end.

“We’re sorry we kept this from you for so long Ochako.” Her mother apologized. “We wanted you to grow up happy, without having to deal with any of this.”

“No I… understand.” Ochako nodded sadly. “But… you two… you deserve to be happy too.”

“Oh Ochako.” Her mum smiled.

“We told you what would make us happy angel.” Her dad replied. “We’re happy if you can follow your dream.”

“No, that’s… that’s not good enough anymore.” Ochako rejected. “When I was younger, all I wanted to do was use my quirk to help you with your construction business. You told me to follow my own dreams. Now, I’m a semi-pro and it’s my job to help people out when they’re in trouble. I used to think that I could just earn enough money and take you on fancy holidays. Now, I need to work even harder so that I can save you, because that’s my job as a hero!”

Ochako’s parents didn’t know what to say. They were confused at how they’d gotten so lucky to produce a girl like Ochako.

“But… I can’t… I can’t do my best… if I’m not honest with myself anymore.” Ochako began, preparing to drop the news to her parents about her own journey of self-discovery. Her parent’s tale had been heart-breaking and they’d trusted her enough to understand and accept that they still loved her very much. She could only hope the same would be true in reverse. “I’ve met some wonderful people at school, we’re all trying really hard to achieve our dreams. There’s this boy, Izuku Midoriya. He’s this amazing guy that wants to fill All Might’s shoes and become number one, saving everyone with a smile on his face. When I’m around him my heart gets all light and fluttery. But… there’s also this… girl… that does the same thing…”

Ochako looked over at her mum and dad. Despite their story, she couldn’t help the anxiousness that pulsed through her at her admission. Her father was slowly nodding his head, tears returning to his eyes but a happy crinkle in the corners. Her mother had her hands up to her mouth as she gasped.

“And her… tell us… what’s she like?”

Ochako let out a sob of relief, trying to smile through it before she continued.

“She’s so special, honest to a fault but she truly cares about every one of her friends. She does this really cute thing where she puts her finger on her lip when she’s thinking and her ribbits are so adorable.” Ochako gushed. “Oh and um… her name is Tsuyu Asui. She’s… yeah… she’s cool.”

“Our baby’s growing up.” Her mum cooed, pulling the girl into a hug.

Ochako spent a bit more time going over each of her friends but paid special attention to Izuku and Tsuyu whenever she had to mention their exploits.

“Ochako…” Her dad spoke up after smiling along to her words, enjoying her enthusiasm about her friends and romantic horizons. “Please… you have to promise me. If you ask this girl out… or any girl… you cannot bring them here.”

The brunette had to blink at that request, shaking her head lightly in confusion.

“I’m… afraid your father’s right dear.” Her mum agreed. “We’d be happy to come visit you… but you can’t bring any girl here… for their own safety as well as yours.”

The gravity girl knew where her parents were coming from, she really did. It still hurt, but their request was borne out of love and desire to protect their daughter from any semblance of a similar experience that they’d had. It was stupid however, and she was going to let her parents know it.

“It doesn’t matter. As soon as I can, I’m going to get you both out of here and you’re going to finally get to live your lives free and happy. That’s my new goal. The first people Uravity is going to save will be the two of you!”

The train began slowing as Ochako was shaken from her thoughts. She quickly remembered where she was and gathered her things to depart. The last day she’d spent with her parents was full of fun and merriment with board games and TV taking center stage whenever they weren’t talking about heavier topics. She’d departed from her parents with a new lightness in her heart; having managed to confirm their acceptance of her new self-discovered sexuality. The future was still uncertain but she knew her parents would support her whatever happened.

Notes:

Chapter summary:
- Ochako asks Momo for a favour, creating her a green vibrator to experiment with.

- Aizawa reveals that there isn't conclusive evidence against Mineta and can't punish him but doesn't let the girls know he's on thin ice.

- Ochako is given one of Mina's old phones to help record should Mineta try anything again. The gravity girl uses the opportunity to ask about Mina's own redefined sexuality. Ochako gets some advice about family from the girl and is assured that friends are the family you choose. Mina offers to kiss the girl to help her figure things out but Ochako isn't ready yet.

- After the class collectively gets beaten by Mirio Togata, Tooru fails to make herself visible and cries to Mina after feeling intimidated by Nejire Hado's similar personality and stellar good looks. When Mina tells the girl all the things she like about her, Tooru makes an impulsive decision and kisses Mina. Despite this, the invisible girl isn't sure about her feelings and doesn't want to commit to anything she isn't ready for. Mina understands, being in a similar position with Momo herself. Tooru originally came to Mina to ask a greater favour, if she could see her more intimate areas but feels reluctant now they might end up dating in the future. Mina shakes it off and indulges the girl anyway. Things get a little out of hand and Tooru ends up licking Mina to completion.
- The next day, Mina, Ochako and Tooru get Izuku's help on breaking down Tooru's quirk. He theorizes that she emits a field of invisibility rather than it just being a mutation quirk which means she could one day make herself visible. Tooru predictably breaks into happy tears.

- Ochako plans to visit her parents to enjoy some time together as well as grill them on their thoughts about gay people. Before that, she visits Tsuyu and the two talk about Tsuyu's thoughts behind how she felt for the gravity girl. Ochako selfishly asks if they could kiss in case they never got another chance depending on how things went with her family. Tsuyu agrees and she tries to push her feelings for the girl across. After Ochako leaves, Tsuyu cries herself to sleep thinking she really was no better than Mineta for lusting after all the other girls.

- Tooru and Kyoka share a bath together. Kyoka was going to use it as a time to masturbate alone before the invisible girl joined but the two share a heart to heart about their crushes. When Tooru's teasing gets too much Kyoka throws her fucks to the wind and fingers herself even while Tooru is present and watching. Curiously, the invisible girl begins to do the same as they both get off together before each lending the other a hand for another round. Repeat performances are discussed.

- Tsuyu returns from visiting her family still in a dour mood after her disheartening discussion with Ochako. Mina begins teasing her over text and to get her to go away Tsuyu tells her to 1v1 her in truth or dare or shut up. The frog girl is surprised when Mina actually turns up at her door. The two quickly sink into daring each other more and more lewdly in an effort to make the other cave only to end up having sex to relieve their sexual tension. At the end, Tsuyu confesses her guilt about desiring more than one person and feeling like Mineta, getting a slap and lecture from Mina that she was nothing like the grapist and she didn't regret what they'd done together. When Tsuyu dares Mina to go out with her to try and fill the void Ochako was leaving in her, Mina concedes her truth or dare crown to the girl but assures her that if things got clearer, she would definitely entertain some more personal time with her and others together before the two share the night in each other's arms.

- Ochako returns to UA after discussing things with her parents. After getting things cleared up by them in that Ochako's dad's actually a gay man and their marriage was practically forced on them by his mother, Ochako admits the them her own bisexual thoughts and feelings. With renewed strength, she has a new goal; to get her family out of Mie and out from under her grandmother's thumb before she can return Tsuyu's feelings.

Chapter 5: Pressing Forward

Summary:

Boundaries are pushed and unknown options are explored as the girls discover new sides to themselves and each other.

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

Monday morning had dawned once more as a new school week began. Class 1-A individually began rousing to prepare for a new day of learning and training. Mina and Tsuyu however, woke together, sharing a few last teasing touches and kisses and one long tongued French kiss before Mina quickly dressed and retreated to her room. There was certainly no calling the happy steps she took ‘the walk of shame’, she was quite proud of everything the two had shared last night after all.

Ochako had returned late the night before, nearly missing curfew but was present as normal. She certainly didn’t seem like her cheerful happy self which, to all who didn’t know what she’d returned home to talk to her family about, was weird. One would best describe her mood as pensive. Midoriya and Iida had both enquired about her behaviour but she brushed them off, saying she was just thinking about which work study she could go for if they were allowed. Tsuyu and Mina shared a look at lunch but otherwise kept quiet beyond pleasantries. When Ochako was ready, she would talk to Tsu.

As expected, Aizawa gave the final say on the work studies after the faculty meeting the staff had on the previous Friday. He announced that work studies would go ahead and that topic seemed to dominate the student’s attention for most of the day.

The day proceeded relatively normally after that: Mr. Aizawa pushed them to go even further beyond, Present Mic’s English class was filled with his attempts at engaging humour, and the girls found themselves discussing their training and potential work studies on the way back to the dorms.

“Even if he accepts them, I don’t think I’m gonna go with Death Arms again.” Jiro stated. “The guy’s all muscle and while the training he put me through really helped my stamina, I don’t think he’s that good of a hero.”

“Woah, Jiro’s throwing shade.” Mina grinned.

“There’s a number of things he could’ve done better is all. I tried to make a suggestion about something and he took it super badly. I’d hate to see what he’d be like with criticism.”

“I must concur with Kyoka, I would not return to Uwabami’s even if offered.” Momo said sadly.

“What?! But that commercial you did was like, so good!” Hagakure baulked.

“Uwabami does know how to look good for the camera, I admit. However, I believe she has allowed her hero skills to fall to the wayside somewhat.” Momo explained, “While I can say with certainty I should’ve picked my internship better, I have since kept an eye on both her career and side activities and have found them disheartening.”

“I also keep up with the Oki Mariner but more because I enjoyed my time with them. Unfortunately Mr. Aizawa said he hadn’t had too many interns so I can’t go back just yet.”

“Urgh, all this talk of school is bumming me out. I’m just gonna take a nice dip in the baths to relax tonight. Anyone else?” Hagakure asked. “Jiro?”

“That sounds good.” Tsuyu spoke up before the headphone jacked girl could answer. “I’m kinda feeling gross from my trip still so I’ll join you.”

Hagakure glared at the frog girl for inadvertently ruining her plans. She’d hoped Kyoka was up for some more personal time together.

“I need to catch up on my assignments before that.” Jiro admitted, crushing the invisible girl’s plans further. “Not that I don’t want to but I slacked a little over the weekend and it’s time to pick back up.”

Tooru was left less than satisfied when it seemed she would be joined by Tsuyu and Mina rather than just Jiro as she was hoping. Would it be too weird to go knock on her door and ask for a private affair instead? Since the girl had assignments though, it seemed today was not her day. Tooru was really looking forward to getting off too. That time in the bath was her most enjoyable orgasm to date.

Upon returning to the dorms she tossed her bag aside and collapsed on her bed pouting. She had no plans until the bath later so freedom was hers as her weekend assignments were all done and today’s could wait. Would it be bad if she just got herself off now? Well, if no one was around…

Hagakure quickly shed her school skirt and skipped over to the door, ensuring it was locked before gathering her laptop and retreating to her bed. May as well enjoy herself since she had time.


Tooru slammed her laptop closed in frustration. Now she was horny and pissed off. Why the fuck was she having such a hard time getting off?! She’d shed all her clothes, she was on her back and had buried her fingers inside herself while rubbing her clit and still it seemed that elusive high had escaped her.

“Fuckin’ Kyoka.” Hagakure pouted. “Must’ve ruined me with her jacks.”

Tooru recalled the time they’d spent together in the baths and rubbed her pussy once more. She remembered the girl’s own frustrations at Tooru ruining her planned private time. Seems she was getting revenge even if she didn’t know it. Phantom sensations of Jiro’s own legs under hers tingled at her skin, the way Jiro moaned and the way her hips jerked.

The feeling of her release was back and stronger than before. Tooru chased it as she imagined herself back in the baths with Jiro, the girl crying out her release before looking at Hagakure with a sensual, lidded expression.

“I’m watching… Tooru.” Memory Kyoka said in a husky whisper. “C-cum… for me.”

Hagakure moaned, her hips thrusting against herself desperately. She was closer than ever to her release but the spring would not just snap already.

When her movements began to hurt rather than help and her release began to fade once more, Tooru gave up. She flopped bonelessly back into her bed before punching it harmlessly. She rolled over and grabbed her phone, checking the time. She’d been at this for nearly an hour already and had ignored a few pings of her phone in the meantime.

‘You have 6 new messages.
Alien Queen: Why does English suck so m…’

Seemed Mina was actually trying to keep up with her homework; probably because of the sleepover she wanted this Friday. Hagakure briefly wondered if it was worth seeing if the girl wanted to take a break so they could study anatomy together but she should leave her be; both because Mina would never get back to her assignments and she still didn’t know how she felt towards the pink haired girl.

“Fuck it,” Hagakure sat up and hunted for her clothes. “I need a snack. Maybe some juice.”

With that, she redressed in her comfy clothes and headed out the door.

The common room was sparsely populated when she entered. Seemed everyone was off doing their own thing except for a few; Sero and Ojiro were at the dining tables doing an assignment of sorts while Aoyama was watching something on TV that looked like some sort of fashion show and she did not need to be reminded of that incident with Mineta.

Walking over to the cupboard, she decided to grab a bag of dried fruit as a snack and to wash it down with a glass of water. She could hear someone else enter the kitchen behind her but thought nothing of it. As she was reaching for her glass, she felt herself jostle sharply before a pair of hands reached out and grabbed her hips.

“Oh. My apologies.” A monotone voice replied, letting go of Hagakure as he realised she was not in danger of falling after he’d bumped into her. “I didn’t see you there.”

Hagakure turned with a frown on her face, not that the other person would see it. Shoto Todoroki stood there with an uneasy look on his face as he held his hands up and backed off a few steps.

“I’ll wait until you are done.” He continued, putting his hands down and by his sides.

Tooru sighed, this wasn’t the first time someone had bumped her and it surely wouldn’t be the last.

“It’s okay Todoroki, you didn’t mean it.” Hagakure rattled off the same acceptance she had handy for whenever this happened. She turned round to fill her drink from the sink which overlooked the rest of the common room and noticed both Sero and Ojiro had looked up from their assignments, probably grateful for the distraction.

“Hey Todoroki dude, think you could give me some tips? Math is kicking my butt today.” Sero called out.

“I’m afraid I’m busy but I’ll help out if it’s quick.” Todoroki replied, retrieving his own glass now Hagakure had moved before retrieving a carton of juice from the fridge and walking over to the pair. She watched as Sero turned back to his work but Ojiro’s gaze undoubtedly lingered on her a while longer, sending her a small smile before turning back to his work.

Tooru’s heart pulsed dangerously in her chest. Her recent lewd actions combined with her crush seeing her so soon after made tingles run down her spine and into her crotch once more. She quickly grabbed her snack and drink and took it back up to her room via the lift. She’d barely let the door close behind her and put her things on the side before her hand once again returned to her pussy, sliding a finger satisfyingly inside herself. She’d clearly gotten aroused enough again for there to be little resistance as she made slow motions, savouring her renewed pleasure.

A thought then washed over her. A horrible, toe-curling, naughty thought. She looked down where she knew her hands to be, examining them once more to ensure she was as transparent as ever. Was she really considering this? The thought alone sent another tingle through her crotch. Even if she got caught… she could just say it was training couldn’t she? That was believable.

She quickly divested herself of clothes, checking herself in her mirror to be sure she’d gotten everything. Licking her lips, she reached down again and slid her fingers back into her aching pussy. Nothing changed in the mirror. This would work. It was so bad, incredibly bad but it would work.

Her desire to get herself off gave her the courage to open her door a crack and listen. When she was sure there was no one moving around, she hurried to the stairs, opening the door to the staircase and slipping inside quickly. Hearing no one travelling up or down allowed her to move quickly towards the common room area once again. Carefully spying through the slit in the door and priming her ears, she tried to pick a moment she was sure no one was watching the door. It was tucked away and off to the side so she felt relatively safe opening it and slipping through.

The common room was almost exactly how she left it. Aoyama was still watching TV while Sero and Ojiro were working at the tables though it seemed Todoroki had since retreated to continue whatever he was busy with. Perfect.

Hagakure moved silently through the room, trying to leave as much of a gap as she could between herself and the boys before arriving over at one of the big windows off to the side between the TV area and dining tables. No one ever walked over here so she should be plenty safe.

She licked her lips before carefully reaching up and pinching one of her nipples. Instantly she knew she’d screwed up as Sero’s head tilted and looked around briefly. Obviously she couldn’t be seen but she forgot she could easily be heard if she wasn’t too careful. Hagakure thought about abandoning this plan now, before she risked any more than she had. Her pussy was more than ready for her to begin so she knew this was what was getting her going and she didn’t want to chicken out now. She wanted to see this through to the end.

Slow movements and no sounds whatsoever. That’s what Tooru decided. If she felt herself getting too close to being caught she’d abandon this lewd act, but if she was slow and quiet she could keep herself contained and no one would be the wiser. Her fingers resumed their movements, one sinking into herself while her other hand rubbing slow circles around her clit.

She bit her lip as her muscles twitched when Ojiro stretched, raising his arms above his head to try and pop some stiffness in his back and shoulders while his tail stretched out behind him before curling up once more. God did she want him to curl it around her. Maybe lift her up with it, arms locked at her sides while he viciously filled her until she couldn’t move.

A small sigh of satisfaction escaped her lips but luckily no one seemed to notice. She paused briefly as the elevator pinged and someone stepped out. Thankfully it was only Yaomomo. The heiress stepped into the kitchen and began preparing something; likely her tea if the clinking of porcelain was anything to go by. Tooru allowed her movements to speed up slightly, the sound of the kettle boiling giving her extra cover.

“Hey Momo, do you have a sec? I’m having trouble with this math.” Sero called out. “Todoroki gave me a hint but I’m still not getting it.”

“I wouldn’t mind a hand either.” Ojiro admitted, putting his pencil down and sighing.

“Well of course, I’d be delighted to assist.” Momo smiled, quickly moving around the kitchen counter and over to the two boys.

Hagakure breathed as quietly as she could, trying to allow herself to cum quickly and make her escape. It was only a matter of time before Jiro or Shoji turned up and she’d definitely be caught if they did.

Another small squeak escaped her as she thought of the two; their eyes looking knowingly at her form but saying nothing as she fingered herself to completion.

Yaomomo stood from the table where she’d been explaining the math to the boys. She glanced over to Hagakure and the invisible girl felt her muscles clench again. If only the girl could see her for real. Strangely, the heiress’ face furrowed, looking curiously out the window. Tooru felt her own curious nature want to turn too but she daren’t make any unnecessary noises.

The smartest girl in class slowly raised a hand to her eye, briefly pretending to rub it, before she formed a ring with her fingers, the glow of creation lighting them up slightly. Hagakure’s movements stilled and her breath caught as Momo’s own did. What did she just do? Could Momo see her?!

“My, it’s such a lovely day today.” The heiress announced, her voice somewhat raised as she walked closer to Hagakure’s non-hiding spot, her arms by her sides once more. “We simply must enjoy the sights while we can before winter comes.”

Tooru didn’t move a muscle. Momo was directly moving towards her now. If she moved she’d be heard and the game would definitely be up. She could only watch as Yaoyorozu stopped a foot from her form before she began talking once more.

“I would very much like to spend my time enjoying them myself.” Momo continued. Tooru tried not to cry out in fear as Momo’s hand subtly reached out and clenched tightly around her wrist before pulling it back to her side.

“Alas, it seems I must return to my own studies in my room. Please message me if you would like further assistance as I will be listening to music.” Momo said quickly, turning back to the other boys before making her way directly to the elevator, one arm held stiffly at her side. “Bye for now!”

Ojiro and Sero watched the girl’s odd departure before shrugging and returning to their assignments, neither realizing that Yaoyorozu had returned to her room without the tea she’d been preparing.

The elevator ride was taken in silence as the class vice-president prepared what exactly she was going to say when they reached her room. It was outrageous, scandalous even! What was the girl even thinking?! When the doors opened, she strode with purpose to her door, pulling the invisible girl along quickly who’d yet to say anything since she’d been caught.

The heiress pulled open her door and stepped inside while locking the door behind them both before she let go, turning to address her friend.

“What in the hell were you thinking?!” She asked outright. “Why were you even doing… that in the first place?”

“C-calm down Yaomomo… I was just training my stealth is all.” Hagakure explained, hoping her prepared line was enough.

Momo shook her head before opening her other hand, holding it up to eye level.

“I’ve been training too, and this,” She rolled the small mess of circuitry around with her thumb and into a pinch with her fingers so her friend could see it clearly. “Is the smallest thermal imaging camera I can make.”

Hagakure blushed but didn’t say anything.

“Uwabami was good for something at least, I learned a few tricks on how to locate people in disaster zones using less obvious methods. This was partially my counter I’d also developed for you if we ever faced each other in battle training.” Momo explained before crushing the device between her digits. “I saw exactly what you were doing so please explain to me why you thought it was acceptable to do so in the common room?”

“I-I… I’m sorry.” Hagakure apologised. “I just… I wanted to… I…”

Momo stood there sternly, a light blush on her face from the discussion’s topic, and allowing the girl plenty of time to try and locate her words.

“I… I’m sorry.” Hagakure tried again. “I was s-stupid… and horny… and that’s no excuse for how I acted.”

Momo sighed. At least she’d managed to get that much through to her friend. Now her job as vice-president of the class was done, she could attended to her much more enjoyable job as friend.

“Come on, let’s sit down.” Momo offered, leading the girl over to her bed and climbing on top like they usually did with their sleepovers.

“I… I’ll stand.” Tooru replied, not moving past the foot of the bed. “I um… don’t want to ruin…

“Ah, I see.” Momo nodded. Seems Tooru was still a bit too excited from her daring escapade. Momo reached into her quirk once more before pull a small, blue towel out from her arm, draping it over a spot on her covers. “Please, let’s talk.”

Hagakure bit her lip but reluctantly took a seat on the towel. Annoyingly, the texture felt good as it rubbed against her rear, legs and core but she wasn’t about to compliment the heiress on the quality.

“I can certainly understand you wanting to find… a release for the stresses of life.” Momo began, “But what led you to believe doing so in the common room was a good idea?”

“Frustration mostly…” Hagakure admitted sadly. “I um… tried to do it normally… in my room y’know. But I… it wasn’t… I couldn’t finish.”

Momo nodded in understanding, her own frustrations being recalled easily from just a few weeks ago.

“I just went down for a snack and stuff, clear my head. Then I had the idea. No one can see me anyway so what did it matter.” Tooru explained. “I’ve… recently discovered I may have a thing for um… people looking at me? I know it must sound stupid… the invisible girl wanting to be seen while sneaking around like that… but I just… I wanted to cum so much and it was new and exciting that… I let it get the better of my judgement.”

Momo had to supress the urge to bite her lip. Hagakure certainly made it seem so understandable and yet so naughty at the same time. To have so many people watching as you gave into your base urges, maybe have them participate and run their hands all over- No. This wasn’t the time to allow her own mind to wander, even if Tooru had now put the thought of getting off into her head.

“Tooru, I understand your desires but… those in the common room were unaware participants. You know how wrong that was.”

“I…” Hagakure hadn’t considered that. She knew the target of her affections was sitting there but so were two others that collectively had no idea to her presence. “I… was really wrong. You um… will you tell Mr. Aizawa?”

“No. Purely because of your first time offence and that no one else was hurt by your actions. I hope my addressing of the situation has been enough to rectify this.”

“Y-yes, absolutely, totally learned my lesson.” Hagakure nodded rapidly.

“Good, I’m glad.” Momo smiled before holding her arms out for a hug, “No hard feelings?”

“Of course not!” Hagakure replied, leaning in and giving the heiress a light hug, trying not to let her nakedness affect her if Momo didn’t.

When Hagakure pulled back, she watched Momo turn away shyly before a blush crept up her face.

“Now that it’s sorted… would you mind telling me… as your friend… what it felt like?”

Hagakure blinked. What did Momo just ask?

“A-are… are you asking-”

“I understand the situation was one that shouldn’t have happened but… I must admit I would like to know the answer… if it’s not too much trouble.”

“Why Yaomomo, how naughty of you.” Hagakure teased. If Momo was going to tell her off for doing it then asking about the bits she wanted, Tooru was going to tease her for the hypocrisy; even if she was right to scold her. “Why on earth would you wish to listen to a delinquent such as myself?”

“You are um… freer to explore your desires… unlike myself. With our recent sleepovers I’ve found my own knowledge lacking in a specific area as you well know.” Momo said, “Even just… exploring my own self went poorly at first.”

That sent Tooru’s eyebrows shooting into her hairline. Momo didn’t know the joys of playing with herself until recently? Clearly she was more repressed than Tooru’d even realised.

“I’d like to ask for more information on such topics as a personal favour.” Momo finished.

“Hmmm.” Tooru pondered playfully, still accepting but somewhat bitter at getting caught and scolded. “I dunno, I feel like I shouldn’t. It was something I shouldn’t have done after all.”

“It was in a public place with unknowing participants.” Momo stood by her decision to tell the girl off. “But… would you tell me… if you could do it in private… with a willing participant?”

“I… well… I guess that would mean it was okay… but I’ve not exactly got Ojiro breaking down my door to ask me to do it with him.”

“My apologies… it appears I wasn’t clear enough.” Momo blushed harder. “Would you… be able to replicate the experience… and tell me about it… if you did it here… with me.”

Hagakure couldn’t help the small gasp that escaped her lips. She was glad she was sitting on a towel as that had certainly sent a wave of arousal through her.

“Momo… are… I couldn’t ask you to-”

“I’m asking you Tooru.” Momo interjected. “I may be restricted in my life… but recently, I’ve learned to ask for what I feel comfortable with from my friends. This would… benefit myself, as well as you.”

Tooru blinked. How would Momo benefit from her getting off in her presence… unless… she found it erotic too?

“Yaomomo… are you… gay?” Hagakure asked cautiously, hoping not to offend the heiress.

“I… believe the term used by Tsu is bisexual, yes? When one finds both traditional genders attractive.”

“Wow… I had no idea.” Hagakure gaped. “Are… does anyone else know?”

“I believe it is solely yourself and Mina that know for sure. I have tried to be discreet about my desires in a partner but I must confess a recent… attraction to you all.”

“Sorry it’s um… I’m happy for you Yaomomo.” Hagakure smiled honestly, briefly wondering how Mina found out.

“Thank you.” Momo nodded. “I would ask that you please keep it secret though as with our sleepover pact discussions.”

“Oh, absolutely.” Hagakure nodded quickly, bouncing on the bed a little. “But… I have to ask… what is this request to you? I don’t quite know what to make of this thing between us right now.”

“I suppose I do owe you a more thorough explanation in return for your silence.” Momo considered. “Very well… I would very much like to prevent any repeat performances of your actions downstairs. I understand you are curious about some new… is ‘kink’ the right word? So, I propose that you, instead, explore yourself here in my room… with me… and… if I may… also do the same.”

“Oh…” Hagakure gulped. That was a very enticing offer. She had the thing with Kyoka already but now Yaomomo was actually asking her for a similar thing. “W-would this involve… touching each other?”

Momo blushed even deeper, her breathing notably increasing.

“I admit I am… curious as to that side of things too. But if you would rather not, I understand. If nothing else, I request that if you do feel the… urge to do something in someone else’s presence, you come to me, even if I am doing homework.”

Hagakure’s breathing deepened. She hoped what she was about to say made Momo as horny as it made her as she didn’t know if she could hold back much longer.

“So… the vice-president Yaomomo… is asking me, the invisible delinquent, to rub myself all over while you sit and do nothing but listen.”

Momo closed her eyes and bit her lip softly.

“C-can we start now?” Tooru asked softly.

“Please…” Momo opened her eyes, looking back at the space she knew her friend occupied. She briefly looked down at the towel she was sitting on before blushing and looking away. “Though um… I believe you’ve already started.”

Hagakure looked down through herself, noticing the wet patch that had discoloured the towel.

“O-oh… yes, um… c-could you watch me while I tell you about it.”

Momo turned back and eyed the spot her friend sat in. She scooted back on her bed until she reached the headboard, adjusting her pillows for comfort before she relaxed into them.

“I’m watching.” Momo said simply.

Hagakure felt her arousal return in full force. Momo was here, watching her, she’d been given permission to do it this time… and maybe future times. Tooru spread her legs wide, sitting back on the bed as she allowed her fingers to noisily explore herself. It seemed Momo appreciated that as she watched the heiress grip at her own breast.

“Tell me… what are you thinking about?” Momo asked, hoping the girl wouldn’t mind her questions.

“Mmm… you… listening…” Hagakure moaned. “Hearing the sounds I’m making.”

“Indeed, they are… quite arousing.” Momo said, unbuttoning her own top. “Tell me… what would you have done if I’d not stepped in?”

“I… I would’ve… slid my fingers into myself.”

“And?” Momo prompted, sliding a hand into her bra and touching her nipple.

“Rubbed my nipples… while everyone was watching.” Hagakure used one hand to do that very action while the other rubbed her pussy to spread her natural lube.

“Did you think about Ojiro you… naughty girl?”

“Yes… I… I want him… to pick me up with his tail… and fuck me.”

“In front of everyone?”

Tooru just moaned as she thrust her fingers deep at Momo’s words.

“You’re a… bad girl Tooru.” Momo licked her lips, her own hand now hurriedly pulling away her skirt and her knickers to get at herself. “So very… naughty.”

“Yes~” Tooru breathed again, feeling her release begin coiling again.

“And now… you’re getting off in your friend’s room… on her bed… while she watches.”

Tooru bucked her hips, Momo was saying all the right things.

“I think I know… your next dare Tooru.” Momo moaned, her fingers rubbing rapidly around her clit to catch up to the girl in front of her. “Imagine… me daring you… to get off… while all the other girls watch.”

Hagakure finally felt it. Her toes curled and her hips thrust so hard it hurt. She released a squirt of her release over the sheets, a second and third quickly following as all her efforts finally came to fruition.

She collapsed back into Momo’s bed, laying in her release as she breathed heavily while staring up at the ceiling. Tooru wasn’t sure if it was simply all her efforts up till now or Momo’s words that had helped her get release but she knew she would be back for more. If Yaomomo would allow her of course.

“My, my, what a dirty girl. Making such a mess.” She heard Momo coo. Tooru watched as Momo entered her field of vision again at her side. “I guess I’ll have to… punish you for that.”

Tooru’s breath hitched as Momo’s face took on a decidedly more lust filled appearance.

“Oh, um…” It was gone as soon as it had appeared, Momo’s regular face returning once more. “It um… wasn’t made clear earlier but um… could I… touch you? I-is that okay?”

Hagakure wished she could just nod, words did not want to work for her right now.

“Y-yes.” She mumbled.

“Good… then I believe I should… um… punish you for making a mess.” Momo said, reaching over to run her hand across Hagakure’s body until she found her breast.

“Just uh… look at what you’ve done to my sheets… everyone saw.” Momo began again, her face becoming more lewd as she played with Tooru’s nipples. Hagakure felt the pleasures of her release fading but knew that, if Yaomomo kept going, she would end up having an encore. A soft pinching of her nipple saw another muted moan drag itself from Tooru’s throat.

“So bad… but don’t worry; you’re going to make it up to me… in front of everyone.” Momo continued, moving down Hagakure’s chest and over her toned stomach. “First… I’m going to clean you up… then… you’re going to um… l-lick me… and… um… if you do… I’ll have a special reward for you.”

Momo’s fingers stopped in Hagakure’s pubes, playing with them idly as she nervously blushed, looking away from her invisible friend.

“Is… is that okay?” She asked, completely betraying her demanding, lustful personality from a moment ago.

Hagakure’s breathing slowed, considering Momo’s words. There was Jiro as well to think about; she had a crush on Momo and here Tooru was, engaging in something like this with the heiress.

“Yaomomo I… thank you… for this but… are you um… sure you want to do this? With me?”

“Oh… I… would very much like to.” Momo blushed. “I’m afraid I can’t offer any um… commitments, so if this is too far then-”

“No, no.” Hagakure interrupted. “I understand that… just… is it okay that we do this… don’t you have someone you like?”

“Ah… well… yes.” Momo nodded, “There is still someone I like, I will admit. But while I would like to um… partner with them… I cannot change my situation. I wouldn’t turn them away if they were in your position but I also would very much like to take this opportunity to share this experience with you; someone I trust, am attracted to and adore as a person.” Momo smiled honestly at her friend.

Hagakure felt her heart clenching, Momo needed to stop or else she’d start something she couldn’t take back.

“But… why me? Why not Mina or Ochako or… Jiro?”

“I certainly wouldn’t mind… exploring things with them either but… I’m aware of your own crush so I could ask the same of yourself. Why accept my offer to stay instead of leaving to be with them? I think it’s because you feel the same as me. You feel safe, and trusted and… excited by my presence. Even if we aren’t able to date, I feel comfortable exploring this side of myself with you… if you’ll allow me to, of course.”

Her hand trailed back up the girl, along her breasts up her neck until it reached her cheeks where she squeezed, giggling softly as she imagined Tooru’s puckered lips.

“I believe it is appropriate to say ‘you are Tooru Fucking Hagakure’ in this situation, that is your middle name now.” Tooru couldn’t help but giggle as Kyoka’s words tumbled from Momo’s mouth, “You’re one of my dearest friends whom I cherish dearly. Your recent dedication to discovering the depths of your quirk have been immensely admirable to the point where I’ve redoubled my own efforts to keep up with you.”

Tooru felt it in her chest, her heart had swelled to a new size that day to accommodate Momo inside it. She reached out, tracing a hand along Momo’s arm and up to her shoulders before cupping her face and pulling her closer. In return, she felt Momo’s squeezing of her cheeks relent, turning into her own soft caress as the two reached out and shared a kiss. It was a little clumsy as they were in a somewhat awkward position but the pair enjoyed in nonetheless from the love and affection they each felt from the other.

“So… um…” Hagakure began. “C-could we continue?”

“I would be happy to.” Momo smiled, her hand tracing downwards once more. “Let’s see… first I need to clean my naughty girl up after the mess she made… in front of everyone.” Hagakure shivered, she knew it was pretend but it was really getting her going again. “Then… you’re going to um… l-lick me?”

Momo posed it as a question, most likely asking the girl for permission to order her around like this and make such a demand.

“It’s fine Yaomomo, it’s actually kind of hot, you being all like a mistress and stuff.”

“That… was something I was trying to do. I apologize for not declaring it earlier.” Momo blushed.

“No, it works, keep going.” Hagakure replied.

“Well um… after that… once you lick me to my own completion… I may see fit to reward you with something I um… know you’ll like.”

With that Momo swiftly moved down Hagakure’s legs and settled herself between them, feeling her way back up to the girl’s pussy.

“M-may I know what the reward is… Mistress?” Hagakure asked, playing along with Momo’s fantasies since the girl was kindly doing the same for her.

Momo shivered, sliding a hand down her own front to her pussy as she heard Hagakure call her the new title.

“Ooo… I see my um… pet knows her place.” Momo smiled devilishly up at her playtime partner. “I guess I can accept this request.” Momo started rubbing the invisible girl’s vagina, imagining the way it looked as she explored. “When you’ve completed your task… I’m going to uh… slide my hand inside you… place my finger at your cervix to um… plug it up… then… I’m going to create a lot of synthetic, body-safe cum… and watch you inflate.”

Momo couldn’t help but gasp as Tooru’s hips thrusted and she let out a load moan. It seemed this was a really good reward plan.

“Momo… please… I… I want it.”

“Ah, ah, ah, my pet, we need to clean you up from earlier, then it’s my turn first.” Momo said before pushing her finger into the girl, giving a soft ‘ooo’ as she watched it disappear from view.

Hagakure moaned again, bucking her hips as she wished Momo would begin her treat now.

Momo explored Hagakure as best she could with her fingers. Enjoying the new sensation of another’s sensitive region under her delicate touch. Was this what Mina had enjoyed when she taught her the pleasures of her own body? She could easily see herself getting addicted to bringing this kind of pleasure to someone with just a touch.

“We’re going to need to stretch you a little wide my um… pet, we’d best warm up now, yes?”

“Please mistress!” Hagakure begged.

Momo licked her lips, sliding a second, then third finger into Hagakure before lowering her head and stretching out her tongue to taste the girl. Tooru’s moans didn’t distract her from her task, nor did her writhing hips interrupt her tongue’s explorations around her clit. Momo twirled and stretched her fingers inside her friend but couldn’t yet feel the place she’d need to in order to fulfil her promise.

“I believe that is enough for now.” Momo said, pulling her fingers back out of Tooru’s vagina slowly before wiping her face and sitting back on her knees.

“N-no…” Hagakure moaned pathetically.

“No?” Momo asked with playful curiosity. “But you’re all cleaned up now as everyone can see… one step closer to your reward in fact. Now… what was the next step again?”

Momo knew this would get the girl moving. As predicted, Hagakure rose to her knees, matching Momo’s own pose before pushing the girl’s shoulders hard enough for her to fall back into her pillows.

“Oh my!” Momo declared as she fell. “You are an energetic pet today.”

“Less talking, more cumming.” Hagakure said quickly, slipping herself down to Momo’s panties and pulling them off.

In a flash, Tooru’s tongue was bathing the heiress’ pussy in her saliva. Running it up and down her slit and briefly tickling her clit before thrusting into the girl with the muscle.

“OH!” Momo jumped as she felt the unusual sensation in her hips. “Oh that is… mmm.”

Tooru sunk into a rhythm, exploring how the heiress tasted before slipping her fingers in when her tongue needed a break.

“Mmm… that’s it Tooru… please your mistress… in front of everyone… let’s show them how bad we are.”

The invisible girl didn’t need any other orders to know that Momo was getting close. The way her muscles tensed around her tongue and fingers was increasing in tempo and her hips thrusts were getting stronger. Momo’s hand also found itself wrapped in her hair as she matched the invisible girl’s movements, almost pushing her mouth into her hips. Tooru knew she wouldn’t let go until her job was done, so she delicately wiggled her tongue around Momo’s clit once more and thrust deeply with her fingers.

Momo’s orgasm quickly approached, her grip on Hagakure increasing until finally she came, pressing the invisible girl into her crotch firmly to maintain the electric current that pleasured her so while crying out. Tooru was glad she’d seen so many guys do similar things in videos as it prepared her to take a deep breath and hold it while pushing back against Momo’s hand. Admittedly sucking in a deep lungful of Yaoyorozu’s arousal was an intoxicating aroma and only made her crave her treat all the more. Now though… she would get to fulfil that somewhat gross fantasy she craved.

“T-T-Tooru… I… that was…” Momo gasped between breaths, releasing the girl from her grasp and falling back into the covers as Tooru did earlier. “Thank you… that was… um… ‘fucking hot’ as Kyoka may put it.”

Tooru licked her lips, the smell and taste of Momo flooding her senses. It was time right?

“Um… Mo-… uh Mistress? My reward?” Hagakure practically begged.

“Hm?” Momo tilted her head cutely at the girl. “What reward?”

Hagakure knew it was a joke. Part of the game, but she couldn’t take it anymore.

“Mistress… you promised… fill me… I need it.”

“Fill you? With what?” Momo asked playfully, rising somewhat shakily to her knees. “Oh? You mean my cum…” She continued, extending her hand and pressing back on Hagakure’s chest until she was prone once more. “My hot… sticky… cum that is about to flood your system to the point where you’ll be fit to burst.”

Hagakure moaned desperately, licking her lips and opening her legs as wide as she could comfortably manage. Momo quickly adjusted herself to sit between the girl’s legs, rubbing one of them softly.

“Open yourself up pet… your mistress can’t work like this.”

The invisible girl quickly reached down and pulled her knees up by grabbing them with her hands as Mina had done when they’d enjoyed intimate time together. Hopefully this would be enough for her mistress to work.

“Good girl…” Momo praised petting her pussy softly before leaning over the girl with one arm and whispering close to her face. “I’m going to knock you up now… you’re going to be so full of my cum there’s no way you won’t be. With your belly so big… everyone will see.”

Hagakure was almost crying with desire at this point. If Momo asked her to truly be her pet in this moment she’d be hard pressed to say no. Mercifully, she felt Momo’s fingers begin to slide into her, first one, then two, then three as she pumped and spread the girl wide.

“I’m sorry Tooru,” Momo apologised, breaking her character. “I’m afraid I can’t quite reach… please brace yourself as I will need to lubricate my whole hand for this.”

Hagakure felt her heart drop when Momo apologised only to gasp and tense as she felt the girl’s hand cover itself with something extremely slippery. So slippery that she could barely feel Momo’s fingers touching against her.

“Here we go.” Momo said optimistically, ensuring Tooru was properly lubed and her own hand matched before pressing forward once more. Despite the lack of friction, Hagakure felt the intense pressure on her hips before it gave way and Momo’s entire hand had slipped inside her.

“Oh my…” Momo looked down noticing her hand had now completely disappeared, a black stump remaining where it should be. She wiggled her fingers, stirring Hagakure’s insides in a very ticklish way. “Seems you’ve gobbled up my hand.”

“Momo… please…” Hagakure begged again.

“Okay Tooru, ready?” Momo asked, “I believe I know the safe limit but please let me know if you feel uncomfortable.

Hagakure didn’t have a chance to respond as she felt something cool and odd flowing into somewhere she’d never felt before.

“Ooooo ohhh ohhhhh!” She moaned, wiggling her hips as she felt the substance begin to flood her. Momo’s other hand rested on her stomach, feeling it carefully rise. With Hagakure’s toned features, she knew she couldn’t make the girl swell too much without causing damage but hopefully it would be enough.

The Yaoyorozu heiress couldn’t believe she was doing such a thing with her quirk, such depraved activities with her friend. It was so… freeing. To be able to do such things with someone she loved and admired. After her latest round of research on Mina’s laptop shortly after the second sleepover, where she’d investigated all the new things she’d heard and learned about during the event, Momo was eager to try more erotic acts than ever.

It had certainly annoyed her that Tooru would risk doing something so foolish in public as the punishment if she’d been caught would’ve likely been severe. Now though, she was reluctantly grateful for the opportunity to experiment further with her friend and bring them closer than ever. If she was honest with herself… she had imagined all of her friends being the ones to pleasure her and be pleasured in turn when she’d answered about her own fantasy. While she knew it was nothing more than a silly fantasy, she knew that if the opportunity arose to fulfil it then she would take it.

“S-stop…” Hagakure moaned, feeling her stomach reach its comfortable limit. Momo immediately stopped utilizing her quirk but keeping her finger pressed tightly against Tooru’s cervix entrance.

“Would my pet like to have a seal applied? I can make it last about fifteen minutes before it will break down if you’d like to enjoy walking around.”

Hagakure bit her lip, this was shaping up to be everything she’d dreamed of.

“P-please.”

With another application of her quick, Momo applied a small, sticky seal around the girl’s inner hole. She should be good for at least ten minutes of walking before they’d need a towel but any strenuous motions may degrade it faster. Slowly and carefully, Momo pulled her hand free of the invisible girl, marvelling at the intact limb she’d briefly lost.

“You’ve been a good girl Hagakure.” Momo cooed softly. “Would you like to walk around and show everyone how much of my um… cum you’re filled with?”

Tooru made positive agreeing noises, carefully slipping off the edge of Momo’s bed, being careful not to move too fast or jostle unnecessarily. God it felt weird, it sloshed and clung to her insides in the weirdest way. Hagakure twisted her hips and rolled onto her feet, enjoying how sticky and full she felt. Running a hand delicately over her belly, she pressed softly, the pressure adjusting accordingly and causing her to tingle and clench.

“How are you Tooru? Is it enough?” Momo asked nervously, still sitting on her bed and listening to Hagakure patter around her floor.

“I… I don’t know what to say…” Hagakure admitted, giggling as she jumped just a little, her breasts and stomach jiggling pleasantly.

“I was afraid I was too forward with my first request to hear your thoughts on your… public act. I’m glad I was able to experiment like this with you. Please consider this my apology as well as a promise to um… be open to repeat performances if you would like.”

“Momo I…” Hagakure struggled. Her knowledge of Jiro’s crush and her own feelings towards their pink haired classmate flaring once more. Now, Momo herself had snuck into her heart before she’d even been gifted her little ‘reward’. “I do want to… like I really want to but… I have my own feelings I need to sort out regarding… others.”

“Yes… I’m aware. We both have those we wish to make our significant others don’t we?” Momo nodded. “While I’m unable to take a partner officially… I would like to experience all I can with those I love and trust the most. I still want to extend the offer, for as long as we are both untethered to another at least, though… I may… also seek the same in someone other than yourself, if that’s acceptable.”

Hagakure felt her mouth drop open. Was Momo admitting she would actively pursue something like this with another of the girls?! Would… she be allowed to watch… and finger herself? She could feel herself clench as her libido made itself known again. Maybe it was too soon for that kind of question.

“I hope you do not think me a… whore… or slut… for admitting so.” Momo pleaded, hugging herself ashamedly.

“Yaomomo, no. If anything, you’re a goddess.” Hagakure tried to cheer her sexy playmate up, praising her for fulfilling a fantasy she never thought she’d be able to try, only to realise she had the perfect words to do so. “Or, may I say… my Mistress?”

She watched the heiress bite her lip again before looking shyly back towards her.

“You may.”

“May I also… have another kiss?”

Instead of answering, Momo smiled warmly before rising to her feet and moving slowly over to Tooru, hand raised to avoid bumping into her. Hagakure reached out and took Momo’s hands in her own, placing one on her face and the other on her swollen stomach. Reaching up herself, she pulled Momo down into another, tender kiss, her tongue mingling and playing with Yaoyorozu’s own.

They broke apart soon after, Hagakure feeling something dripping down her leg.

“Um… Yaomomo… don’t suppose you have a bucket handy?”

“Oh my, please, hold on, two seconds!”


It was a slow day for Kyoka. School was alright for the most part with the news about the work studies, and training was as challenging as ever which caused the day to drag towards the end. The worst was the homework she had to catch up on when she returned to the dorms however.

By the time dinner had come and gone Kyoka was ready to collapse into bed and sleep like the dead. That day of relaxation over the weekend was great, especially the… intimate moment she shared with Tooru towards the end. Kyoka felt a pleasant tingle run through her as she recalled the memory but didn’t do anything; not having the energy to enjoy her own company tonight. Now though, she was paying for her day off. Still, at least she was all caught up now.

Kyoka stood from her desk after putting the finishing touches on her math, stretching her shoulders and back. It was too late for anything major, a bath was well out even if she felt some regret at not being able to join Hagakure. Maybe she’d just grab a fresh drink and go to bed. Start fresh in the morning.

Pulling her jacks out of her phone’s port, she put the device back in her pocket and grabbed her cup. With a yawn, she approached her door, opening it and attempting to walk out only to stop abruptly as she noticed the brunette standing in her way.

“Ah O-Ochako?” Kyoka blinked, confused as to how she hadn’t heard the girl approach.

“H-hey Kyoka… sorry I um… do you have a minute?” Ochako asked nervously, “It’s sorta important.”

“Uh… sure.” Jiro muttered, allowing the girl to enter her room. The brunette hurriedly moved inside before Jiro closed the door.

“Wow… sometimes I forget how many instruments you can play. It’s awesome.” Ochako gushed as she observed Kyoka’s living space.

“It’s not that impressive.” Kyoka blushed, still unused to such praise. “What’s impressive is how you managed to sneak up on my door, how’d you do that?”

“Oh? Oh… I um… may have been standing there a while.” Ochako admitted, turning to face the punk rocker.

“Gotcha,” Jiro nodded, thinking the girl must’ve approached when she had her music blasting. “So what’s up?”

Ochako fiddled with her shirt, nervously shifting in place.

“Well… um… it’s… about y-you.”

Jiro felt taken aback, her brow furrowing in confusion.

“You… erm… how did you er… deal with um… coming out?”

Jiro raised an eyebrow as she carefully evaluated Ochako in that moment: the nervousness, the way she’d been acting all day, the recent trip to her parents, (not to mention the question itself), and Kyoka came up with her answer.

“You think you’re gay?” She replied bluntly.

Ochako jumped, her heart beat racing as she realised she’d been seen through in an instant.

“N-not… entirely…” She admitted. “J-just curious.”

“Bi-curious then, doesn’t matter to me.” Jiro shrugged letting out a sigh before retaking her seat at her desk, spinning in her chair to look at the brunette. “I guess ‘not straight’ would be a better, eh?”

“M-maybe…” Ochako rubbed her shoulder.

Jiro rolled her eyes. This was going to be a long conversation and she was tired enough as it was. Still, she tried to reign in her frustration. Ochako was her friend and clearly going through an awkward time, something she could certainly relate to.

“Sit down if you like.” She stretched out one of her jacks, gesturing to the bed. “Might be here a while.”

Thankfully the girl took the offer as Jiro rubbed her face with her hands.

“Right, so, first things first.” She said bluntly. “I’m not technically out.”

Ochako tilted her head, a confused look manifesting.

“But I thought-”

“I came out to you guys.” Jiro explained, “You five are the only ones who know. When we made that pact for you that first sleepover and you told us your story… I felt safe enough to admit what I am to you all.”

“Oh… I see.” Ochako replied.

“I can tell you though… it’s not something I want to do; staying in the closet I mean.” Jiro continued. “I do want to come out, be proud of who I am but… I’m not strong enough… not yet.”

“Yeah… I can definitely relate.” Ochako mumbled.

Jiro sat with Ochako in silence for a moment, each waiting for either the other to speak up or for something else to say to come to mind.

“So… how long have you had feelings for Tsu?”

Ochako jumped, her face beginning to heat up with the blood of her blush as she spied Jiro’s smirk.

“K-Kyoka! What makes you think I have a c-crush on T-Tsu?!”

“Well, that reaction for one.” Jiro chuckled. “But also the fact you’re here talking to me, the closeted lesbian than her, the out bisexual frog.”

“W-wait… Tsu’s out?” Ochako blinked.

“Er… technically I don’t actually know that for sure.” Jiro rubbed the back of her head. “More the ease in which she told us makes me believe that she wouldn’t hide it if anyone asked her directly. Probably take that with a pinch of salt as it’s just my observed guess, but my point stands. If it was anyone but Tsu, you’d be chatting to her about it.”

Uraraka’s blush persisted.

“O-okay… yeah… it’s Tsu.” She admitted. “She’s uh… my first girl um… crush.”

“Right, now what’s exactly the problem? Are you looking for some validation that it’s okay to feel this way? Are your parents not accepting? Date ideas?”

“No I… I know I like Tsu and my parents are fine… for the most part.”

“There’s a story behind that isn’t there.”

“Y-yeah but nothing that can be helped right now.” Ochako admitted. “I guess… I was looking for how I can be as strong as you.”

“Me?” Jiro baulked, “I am like, one step ahead of you about coming out. Just tell the girls at the next sleepover and we’ll be dead even.”

“N-no… I mean… you erm… you’re so much more confident in your own… identity. How do I know that these feelings are… not just going to go away.”

“Ah…” Jiro nodded slowly, recognition of the situation starting to take root in her brain. “That’s actually something I dealt with, so yay, I can actually help you and crap.”

Ochako looked back up, a new hopeful gleam in her eyes.

“You’re… probably not going to like the answer though.”

“No, please. I can take it.”

“Ha. That’s what she said.” Jiro smirked but put on surrendering expression at Ochako’s unamused face. “Okay, not the time for jokes. Anyway… it was super not cool of me, but I asked another girl I didn’t fancy at the time to kiss me.”

The brunette looked at the punk rock girl with a questioning stare.

“Hey, don’t judge me, you’re right where I am right now!” Jiro glared. “Anyway, yeah, the girl called me on it but kissed me anyway. When we pulled away, despite not having feelings for her…”

‘Up until that point anyway.’ Jiro thought to herself, acknowledging the frog’s expert kissing technique as something that unlocked some feelings for the girl.

“I knew that I was definitely a lesbian because I enjoyed it so much; that my feelings weren’t just for my crush, or that boys were just ‘yucky’.”

Ochako nodded carefully, understanding Jiro’s line of thinking.

“That’s all the advice I can really give you anyway, even though it’s shitty. I don’t know how real your feelings are for Tsu as much as I do for Green.” Jiro shrugged. “If I take the next step before you, I’ll let you know how it goes though.”

“Are you… scared? About c-coming out?” Ochako asked tentatively.

“Absolutely.” Jiro replied without hesitation. “It shouldn’t suck but it does for some people. Cities it’s not so bad, you get the odd dickheads on both sides trying to ‘convert you back’, but you won’t catch me heading out to the countryside anytime soon.

Uraraka didn’t reply to that.

“Look girl, I get it.” Jiro sympathised. “Things are confusing and odd but they do get better. Coming out shouldn’t be this weird thing but it still is. I don’t think it should be shunned or celebrated to be honest. Just let people be themselves… you know, providing it doesn’t physically hurt anyone else.”

Jiro sighed, rubbing her neck as she looked up at the ceiling.

“I know I act like I don’t care about stuff but I do. It’s stupid and I wish I didn’t but feelings aren’t logical. You wanna go get your frog princess instead of your green bean, go for it. You wanna keep it secret or shout it from the rooftops, I’ll be there to support you and I hope you’ll do the same for me… unfortunately, that’s about the limit of my lesbian wisdom unless there’s anything else.”

“W-well… um,” Ochako blushed, “H-have you ever… uh… done it?”

“Wow… bold Uraraka.” Jiro chuckled, a light blush of her own dusting her cheeks. “Looking for tips? Or maybe just a sexy story?”

“I-I... I d-don’t… um…” Ochako stammered.

“Relax, I’m curious too.” Jiro explained, “I’ve done a few things… touched a boob, played with someone else. It’s… addictive is the best way I can explain it. I’m not sure when I’ll be able to get another chance but fuck if I’m not excited for it.”

Jiro felt an idea enter her head. It was a little stupid and would probably send Ochako to the moon but maybe it would help the girl figure herself out without having to kiss her.

“In fact…” Jiro began, a purr like tone slipping into her voice. “You’re here… I’m here… we’re all alone together… and no one has to know.” Jiro rose from her chair, keeping her gaze focused on Ochako.

The brunette’s eyes widened as she watched Jiro approach, the punk girl licking her lips sensually as she stared at Ochako’s.

“Well… if you’d like to find out… maybe we could…” Jiro bent down towards the girl. Ochako leant back on her hands, trying to keep some space between them as she felt Jiro encroaching. Kyoka’s jack extended, reaching out to caress Ochako’s face as she knelt over the girl, her hand bracing herself on her mattress as she hovered without touching her. “Find out together.”

At this point Ochako was staring in shock at Jiro’s seductive looking face, her lips mere inches from her own. This was the same style of seduction the girl had performed on Mina, she recognised. If Ochako hadn’t called out that time, Jiro and Mina may well have gone further than simply dancing together. Right now… Jiro was doing the same to her… and there was no one else to call out and stop her. But then… would it… be so bad?

Her face was flush with blush and her head was swimming. Jiro said she’d kissed another girl that wasn’t her crush to confirm her sexuality, was this Ochako’s chance to do the same? With her resolve to not back down from who she was anymore after the discussion with her parents, she decided to seize this chance Kyoka was offering. She moistened her own lips and pushed forward.

Jiro grinned as she watched the curious girl fluster under her actions. Between her and Mina, she took a small measure of pride in her apparent natural seduction skills. Admittedly Tsu helped her gain the confidence to do so but she’d never tell the smug frog that. Kyoka wanted to tease just a bit more before releasing the Ochako shaped balloon she was sure would bounce around her ceiling and gave an exaggerated pucker, making a couple of kissy sounds to complete the joke.

Unfortunately, it seemed the joke was on her as she felt Ochako’s lips press into hers, the girl closing her eyes as she did. Jiro tried to pull back as she did but the brunette chased her the small distance she could retreat. Then she felt it, Ochako’s tongue pressed against her lips, asking for entry. The gasp she took in surprise led to the invading muscle breaking through her defences and tenderly searching out her tongue.

Kyoka needed to stop this. It was one thing to tease Ochako about it but she didn’t expect her to go for it. Ochako had kissed her but did she really consent to everything Kyoka implied? Better to be safe than sorry so before Kyoka could get sucked into the kiss, she pushed down on Ochako’s collar bone, letting the girl flop back on her bed with a confused look.

“I… er… was that-”

“C-chill girl… you just took me off guard.” Jiro pouted. “I didn’t expect you to… you know…”

“B-but you… you were.”

“Y-yeah… I was just… look.” Jiro looked away, a blush on her face. Ochako had actually gone for it. She blinked her confusion out as her mind raced, hoping to come up with the best next step. She wouldn’t be sure if it was her brain or her crotch that fed her her next line. “I-if you want to um… continue… we can. I just… need to know h-how far you actually want to go.”

Ochako felt her heart beat increase. Jiro definitely wasn’t saying no but wanted to make sure she was okay with this. This was her final chance… did she back out now or go through with it.

“I-if… I say ‘stop’… could we stop?”

“O-of course,” Kyoka gulped. That basically meant Ochako wanted to continue until she got uncomfortable. Hell, there was a definite possibility she might not say ‘stop’ at all. Was Jiro ready for her own first time? Maybe she’d hold off going that far herself if it came to it, there was someone else she wanted very much to share her first time with after all. “J-just tell me when you’re um… done.”

With their pieces said, Jiro leant closer to Ochako once more, prepared to actually kiss her properly this time. Ochako closed her eyes again and opened her mouth, the pair sharing a brief kiss before their tongues touched once more. Kyoka felt herself relax into this one more, taking the lead and exploring Ochako’s mouth before teasing her back into her own.

For her part, Uraraka enjoyed the taste and sensations her partner provided. Her kiss with Tsu had been out of a selfish curiosity, a desire to at least touch the thing she may have been forever forbidden from having if things with her family hadn’t gone well. Now though, she was allowed to explore with her friend and confirm just how she really felt. She had to give it to Jiro, she really did feel more confident after that first, messy kiss and could feel her self-assurance in her sexuality growing the longer their tongues twirled.

As their make out session continued, Jiro lowered herself onto Ochako, their bodies pressing together lightly. The arm that Jiro wasn’t using to balance herself settled onto the brunette’s hip which she acknowledged with a small twitch but didn’t do anything about. Kyoka felt herself gather some nerves, sliding her hand up Ochako’s waist before softly cupping her breast over her shirt.

The gravity girl broke their kiss and looked down at Jiro’s hand.

“I-is that okay?” Jiro asked, wanting to be sure not to step over any boundaries. Ochako observed her breast, the feeling of it being gripped in Kyoka’s hand before looking at the punk girl’s own bust.

“M-may I too?” She asked hesitantly.

Jiro nodded softly, pushing out her chest slightly.

“Get a good handful if you like.” She grinned.

“K-Kyoka…” Ochako spluttered.

“Sorry… you’re just really cute to tease.” Kyoka caressed the girl’s red face with her jack again while continuing to massage her boob.

Ochako glared at her before reaching up and pressing all five of her finger tips to Kyoka’s face. At once, the punk rock girl felt herself lighten as her tether to the earth disappeared. Ochako gave her a soft push as she began floating up towards her own ceiling. Before she could get too far, Ochako grabbed her leg and pulled her back down, gently. Thanks to the lack of gravity, Jiro rotated from the two different forces being applied to her top and bottom parts, now laying back in mid-air as Uraraka positioned her above her own pillow.

“Release.” She muttered and Jiro dropped back onto her bed. Before Jiro could regain her bearings, Ochako was leaning over her, similar to her own pose just a few moments ago.

“Now who’s got the upper hand?” She teased before reaching out and caressing one of Jiro’s breasts with four of her fingers.

Jiro let out a soft moan at Ochako’s explorations, looking down at her chest as Ochako’s fingers squished, poked and tickled. Thankfully, Ochako didn’t notice she was also looking down so she could guide her hand, positioning it just below the brunette’s crotch before swiftly cupping it, much to the surprising squeak of her partner.

“Still me I think.” Jiro winked.

Not one to take retaliation lightly, Ochako descended kissing Jiro once more as their tongues began wrestling for dominance instead of exploring each other. As they did, Jiro carefully began to rub Ochako’s crotch through her sweatpants. If the adorable little grunts the girl was making were any indication, it seemed she really liked it. When she felt confident enough, Jiro released the girl from her grip, sliding her hands up to the waistband of her pants. She teased her for a moment, her fingers tracing the brunette’s hips before she pressed down and tried to slip her hand in further.

“S-stop…” Ochako mumbled, breaking their kiss and breathing heavily. Jiro immediately withdrew her fingers and rested her hands on Ochako’s hips instead.

“S-sorry. Was that too much?”

Ochako nodded shyly. She was enjoying what she was doing with Jiro but… to be touched so intimately, so directly by someone… she needed more time.

“I don’t think I’m ready… not for… not for anyone.” She admitted. “S-sorry.”

“Hey, it’s okay, nothing’s wrong and there’s nothing to be sorry about.” Kyoka reassured the girl. “You said to stop so we stopped, but you um… were enjoying everything else… yeah?”

“Y-yeah…” Uraraka bit her lip in embarrassment.

“That’s good.” Jiro smiled before feeling her own arousal start to complain. “D-do you… want to continue… with me still?”

Ochako thought for a second before nodding slightly.

“I-is that okay? I… don’t mean to be selfish but-”

“It’s fine, we go as far as you want.” Kyoka reassured the girl again. “But um… could I maybe ask…” She reached down and tugged her shorts down slightly. “D-do you um… mind touching me though?”

Ochako looked down and glimpsed Kyoka’s descending decency before returning her gaze to the girl’s face. She felt she could melt an icecap with her blush right now. Instead of responding, she simply leant down and pressed another kiss into Jiro, slowly removing her hand from her breast.

Slowly, painfully slowly for Kyoka, she felt the brunette’s hand begin to trail down her stomach as they resumed making out. Ochako’s uncertain touch stopped and started a few times and the punk girl was admittedly getting a little frustrated. She bucked her hips a few times to encourage her bi-curious friend. Ochako finally reached the waistband of her shorts and underwear, just a few more inches and she’d be able to grind against her hand.

As Uraraka slipped her hand into Jiro’s waistband, she felt something was off. The surface of her skin went from smooth to a little prickly. Then, she realised that Jiro was missing something she had.

“Um… did you… shave?” Ochako asked.

“Y-yeah.” Jiro admitted. After her and Hagakure’s explorations in the bath, she wanted to make herself a little more presentable on the occasion it happened again.

The gravity girl simply accepted Jiro’s admission, slowly inching her fingers further down. Neither moved to resume the kiss after Uraraka’s question, instead both focussing on Ochako’s fingers as she touched the top of Jiro’s most private place.

Kyoka wanted to hurry the girl along and get to the good stuff but knew her own impatience was the result of the arousing situation and her own tiredness.

Ochako slid her finger down the other girl’s slit as though she would break if she pressed too hard. She knew her own body at this point so she knew where everything went. When she reached the bottom of Kyoka’s vagina, she curled her finger and pressed.

The brunette was surprised at the speed she’d slipped inside the punk girl, her finger immediately finding a slick surface when she’d pressed the girl apart and felt her entire finger engulfed by a comfortable warmth.

“Mmm,” Jiro moaned, adjusting her hips slightly.

“D-does that feel nice?” Ochako asked.

“It’s… a start.” Jiro admitted, “Maybe keep doing it and explore a little.”

Uraraka licked her lips. She was actually inside her friend, her finger inside another girl. Curling and thrusting her finger like she would for herself, Ochako slowly began to draw out some soft moans from the punk rock girl.

Ochako’s thumb reached across and pressed lightly where she imagined Kyoka’s clit to be, a little too clumsily if the hiss from her partner was anything to go by. She started speeding up her finger thrusts and Jiro’s hips began to match. The girl seemed to be enjoying it so Ochako sped up further.

“N-no,” Jiro complained, the feeling of pleasure fading as she realised just how much of a novice at this Ochako was. “D-don’t speed up, just… steady.”

“S-sorry Kyoka.” Ochako apologised before slowly pulling her fingers from the girl and biting her lip. “I don’t… um… I don’t think I’m ready.”

Kyoka let out a soft sigh. Ochako was right but she didn’t need to feel bad about it, even if she had left the punk rock girl all riled up.

“Hey, it’s okay.” Kyoka sat up, pushing the brunette backwards until they were both sitting up right. “We can stop here.”

“I-I’m sorry.” Ochako apologized again. Jiro simply rolled her eyes and tilted her head forward, bumping the other girl’s forehead with her own.

“It doesn’t matter. You had fun right?”

“Y-yeah.”

“So then that’s all that matters.” Jiro smiled. “I know you probably didn’t expect… this.” She moved her hand to the brunettes and rubbed it softly. “But if I helped in any way, I’m glad I could.”

“Y-yeah, I think you did.” Ochako smiled back.

“Good. Now…” Jiro tapped Ochako twice to encourage her to move, pushing herself to her feet after the girl stood. “Is there anything else?”

“No… you’ve actually been um… a really good help I think.”

“Well you don’t have to sound so surprised.” Kyoka deadpanned, drawing a giggle from Ochako. “We’ll keep this our little secret for now, yeah?”

Ochako nodded gratefully. She wasn’t ready to talk to the other girls just yet.

“If… maybe… you wanna come back… before you ask out Tsu… I think I could help you practise being a lesbian some more.” Jiro winked with a hopeful smile.

“A-are you just trying to get into my pants?” Ochako asked with playful suspicion.

“Maybe… is it working?”

“N-no…” Ochako blushed.

“Are you sure? Are you sure you’re not falling hopelessly in love with me?”

“N-no… I mean yes! Yes I’m sure is… is what I meant.” Ochako replied with a fluster. Jiro couldn’t help but laugh at the poor girl, feeling another mote of pride at her seduction skills or at least her flirting skills.

“Okay, okay, I’ve had more than my fill of fun for tonight.” She relented. “Get going before I lock you in.”

Ochako retreated to the door and opened it, stepping outside while Jiro held it open as the two shared another look.

“T-thank you again Kyoka.” Ochako smiled. “Stuff is really starting to make sense, you know?”

“Yes, I’m a miracle worker, now off. Go get some sleep before you get your girl.”

“H-hey, I still like Izuku too.” She blushed.

“Get both then, I don’t care.” Jiro shrugged, “I’m gonna sleep anyway, I was knackered even before you turned up.”

“Yeah… me too. Sleep that is.” Ochako replied before turning towards the stairs, sending a smile over her shoulder. “Night Kyoka.”

“Night Ochako.”

With that, Jiro closed her door and locked it before exhaling deeply. That was certainly something. Seems Ochako was pretty much confirmed to be bi at this point… either that or it was the most believable act she’d ever seen. Nah, Ochako was too honest and cute to deceive anyone like that. Tsuyu would be a lucky girl to snag her.

As she returned to her bed, she felt a pulse of need run through her system, remembering how riled up she’d gotten from their make out session. Fuck… maybe she would masturbate after all before sleep.


She’d decided to do it. To go ahead and follow Jiro’s advice and know for sure. She knew her feelings for Mina were growing and if she wasn’t careful she’d quickly fall for the pink haired girl when she complimented her next.

For now though, Tooru needed to talk to Ojiro: to ask him out once and for all. If he said yes, she’d explain her mixed feelings to him and ask what she should do. Maybe she could be super naughty like Momo’s fantasy and be the meat in an Ojiro and Mina sandwich… maybe with some Kyoka and Momo un-dressing on the side. No, focus Tooru!

Her plan was set; that Tuesday morning she had waited for Ojiro to come down to the common rooms for class. When she spotted him, she’d quickly snuck up to the boy’s floor when no one else was looking and slipped a note under his door. The words instructed him to come out to the forest just behind the class 1-A dorms at six that evening for a confession from a secret admirer and not to tell anyone.

All throughout the school day she’d shot him glances from her seat, wondering what his answer would be. When the bell rang, she tried to be as normal as she could when heading back, making idle chatter with her friends and keeping an eye on the boy as he walked ahead of her group. Once they’d returned, she’d quickly retreated to her room and started her preparations. 

She’d gone through almost her entire wardrobe the night before to pick out her nicest pink and white flowery dress with a white and blue splotch peplum top covered by a small pink jacket so her arms wouldn’t get cold while she waited behind some trees. She also had some cute little white mary-jane shoes to complete the outfit along with a small pink and blue butterfly clip for her hair.

It didn’t take her twenty minutes to change into her outfit. The remaining hour until five in the evening she spent nervously pacing, watching the odd video online to try and distract her as well as organising her homework plans since she was way too anxious to start any now. When five o’ clock came, she grabbed her phone and slipped out of her room, taking the stairs down and cracking the common room door. There were only a few people in the social area and none of them were Ojiro so she quickly slunk around the other side near the baths, trying to appear inconspicuous so no one stopped her.

Luckily, she made it to the spot she described without issue and began the long hour of waiting. She hadn’t wanted to slip away just before six in case Ojiro made the link between her and his mysterious note and decided not to turn up; better to wait in the cold so she had the best chance of surprising him. Tooru had her phone to pass the time so it wasn’t too bad of a wait hidden behind a tree though she wished she’d prepared a seat in advance.

It was a few minutes to six when she heard the approaching footsteps on fallen leaves that were scattered about the grass. Peeking out from her hiding spot, she spotted Ojiro, still in his school uniform in a defensive yet cautious pose. It made sense in a way, the note had said to come alone but did he really expect kidnappers or some other nefarious force to be able to sneak onto campus and lie in wait like this?

Didn’t matter anyway, she wasn’t the League of Villains; just a girl with a crush. A crush she would now reveal her presence to.

“H-hi Mashirao.” Tooru called out, stepping out from behind her tree, brushing herself down.

“Ha-Hagakure?” Ojiro blinked. “You’re the one who left me that note?”

“Y-yeah.” Tooru blushed, not that he could see it. “I’ve um… been wanting to talk to you about this for a while.”

“O-okay…” Ojiro nodded, stepping closer now that he knew this wasn’t some evil plot or prank.

“So um… I’ve uh… been watching you for a while… and I’ve grown feelings for you.” Tooru admitted, wringing her hands together, “Your dedication to becoming a hero, your strong sense of honour, and your kindness really draw me to you and I was wondering if you’d like to go on a date sometime?” She asked, bowing her head.

There it was, she’d done all she could, now the ball was in his park and she hoped he answered the way she wanted. She bit her lip nervously, each second ticking away slower than the last.

“I’m… sorry Hagakure… I just don’t see you that way.”

A cold gust of autumn air rustled the leaves around them.

Ojiro had replied with what Tooru could only guess was pity in his voice. She felt her breath catch and a heavy lump form in her stomach. She rose from her bow to see Ojiro’s apologetic face twisted with what looked like guilt.

“O-oh…” She replied when a touch of air was allowed to escape her.

“It’s not that you’re not great you’re just… not my type.” Ojiro said.

She couldn’t help herself, she knew she was being rejected but she just had to ask the question.

“I-is… it because you can’t see me?”

Ojiro tried to lie to her but she knew, when he looked away from her form, that it was at least partially due to that.

“N-no, I just would like to date someone more soft-spoken, down to earth, and restrained.”

“I see…” Tooru said demurely.

She stood there for a minute trying to reign in her emotions. All she wanted to do was run to her room and cry. To leave behind Ojiro in a flurry of emotions to let him know how hurt she was. But that was childish. She would at least act like the dignified semi-pro she knew she was… and wait to do that until she closed her bedroom door. Ojiro flexed his hands nervously, unsure if he should say anything or just leave.

“C-could you please… n-not tell anyone about this?” Hagakure croaked, her emotions beginning to seep into her voice.

“O-of course.” Ojiro nodded.

“T-thanks… um… I’m gonna go now.”

“Sure.” Ojiro nodded again, “I’ll just… wait here a minute.”

At least the boy knew how to be discrete. Tooru walked past him as quickly as she dared without seeming like she was being emotional. Once she was out of sight of Ojiro however, she broke into a jog, hoping to get to her room just that little bit faster.

Fortunately, there weren’t many people in the common room still; they were all training or doing their own thing or something. Tooru didn’t care, she was just grateful no one usually paid attention to her.

“Hey Hagakure!” Kirishima called out ahead of her as he entered the kitchen with what looked like his protein shake bottle. “Looking good.”

It hurt. The honest, sharp smile Kirishima sent her way mixed awkwardly with the emotions from her rejection. She tried to hold her breath; to keep down the sob she knew was trying to respond to Kirishima’s compliment but instead would expose her distress.

Kirishima opened the fridge only to turn back as he received no response from the girl.

“Hagakure, something up?”

Tooru couldn’t help it, the sob escaped her and she made a run for it. She made a break for the stairs as the elevator wouldn’t do anymore and burst through the door.

“Hey, Hagakure!” Kirishima called out, giving chase.

Tooru took the stairs two at a time, using the rail to pull herself along to add that little bit of speed and stabilization to her run.

“Hagakure!” Kirishima called out again, his footsteps echoing on the stone stairs.

“Kirishima?” Another voice called down from above.

It didn’t matter to Hagakure, she reached her floor and pulled the door open, hurrying through and down the hall to her room. Her sobs were on full display now but she wasn’t safe until she was locked up tight and under her blanket. The door to her room mercifully gave way without much trouble as she threw herself inside and slammed the lock into place.

Only now did she allow herself to release the full wail she’d been holding in, running to her bed and hurling herself onto it, gabbing her stuffed bear and smushing her face into it as deep as she could.

“Hagakure!” She heard Kirishima’s muffled voice call out from the other side of the door.

“Kirishima, what’s wrong, why are you after Tooru?” The same voice from earlier spoke up. It was Ochako. Tooru was just glad the girl had been a bit slow. Any further down the staircase and she would’ve collided with her, allowing them both to see her sorry state.

“Something’s wrong, I dunno.” Kirishima explained. “She came into the common room all pretty and stuff so I said ‘looking good’ and she burst into tears.”

“O… oh.”

“Did I say something wrong?”

“No you just… probably caught her on a bad day.” Ochako’s voice reassured the redhead. “Go on, head back to whatever you were doing, I’ll make sure she’s alright.”

“Okay… but I don’t like it.” Kirishima muttered before calling out, “Hagakure, if I said anything bad I’m real sorry. I hope you’ll forgive me!”

With his piece said, the hardening quirk user reluctantly returned down the hall. Ochako waited until she heard the door to the staircase shut before calling out to the probably distraught girl on the other side.

“Tooru? It’s Ochako. Can you let me in please?”

Tooru just continued her emotional deluge, dumping all her tears into Mr. Fuzzykins and ignoring her friend’s pleas. She just wanted to be alone and cry for stupidly getting her hopes up once again.

“Tooru, I’m not leaving. There’s no Mr. Aizawa to get me to back off this time.” Ochako’s voice rang out again. The door handle jiggled ominously though the lock did its work. “I mean it Tooru, I will break down this door!”

“Go away.” Tooru called out in what was an unsettling parallel to another day she’d rather forget about. That just made her feel worse and she wept once more into her stuffed animal.

“Damnit Tooru I’m not just gonna leave you alone in…”

Tooru didn’t know what made Ochako stop speaking but whatever the distraction was she was thankful; now she could pour her heart out in peace. As Mr. Fuzzykins gained several new wet spots on his fur, Tooru sat there wishing once more that she could figure out her quirk. She’d made significant progress and could now bend and warp light significantly better than she could before but was no closer to being visible. As grateful as she was to Midoriya right now, she wished he had some magic quirk that could take hers away. At least just for a little bit.

An odd scratching broke her from her pity party. Turning her head and stifling her sobs as much as she could, she looked around. Nothing appeared to be moving. Then, something distinctly slid open and she realized what she’d missed.

“Tooru!” Ochako yelled out, bursting through the girl’s pink and cherry curtains from her balcony like a maiden on a mission.

Honestly, Tooru forgot her sadness for just a moment, almost jumping out of her skin with fear and shock at the sudden intrusion. Ochako quickly rounded on the girl and advanced, kneeling down and reaching an arm out to place over the girl’s shoulder.

“Tooru, come on, you don’t have to deal with this alone. Let me help.” Ochako smiled down at the girl but couldn’t keep her eyebrows from curling in a way that signified pity.

Hagakure turned away again, back into her bear and let out fresh sobs, curling in on herself.

“I’m not leaving this time.” Ochako declared, standing and removing her shoes.

The invisible girl let out a small gasp as she felt a weight settle onto the bed behind her as Ochako’s arm wrapped around her again.

“If I have to stay here and wait ‘til you’re all cried out then I will.”

Tooru didn’t care, she just continued sobbing into her bear once more.

Annoyingly, Ochako was true to her word. The girl remained unyielding despite Tooru’s many tears, wails and shrugs to remove the girl from her presence. If she wasn’t so sad, she might’ve been endeared. It took nearly a full hour for her to calm down, her cries muting to murmur levels and her tear-well drying up. All the while, Ochako rubbed her shoulder and softly cooed, telling her she was ‘okay’ and to ‘let it all out’.

“Do you want to tell me what this is all about?” Tooru’s brunette, steadfast friend asked.

“No…” Tooru muttered.

“I can’t leave until I know you’ll be alright.” Ochako said, “And I can’t do that ‘til I know what brought this on in the first place.”

Tooru gave a hum of acknowledgement but offered nothing further.

“Was it Mineta again?”

“No…”

“Kirishima?”

“N-no… wr-wrong place, wrong time.”

“Wrong words too.” Ochako mused. “I’m guessing this is something to do with your appearance given the way you reacted.

Tooru gave a positive hum but said nothing.

“Oh hun.” Ochako pet her head. “You know you don’t have to prove yourself to anyone. We all love you just the way you are.”

“Not everyone…” Tooru mumbled.

“Who doesn’t?” Ochako asked, figuring she was getting somewhere only for Tooru to clam up.

Uraraka ran through a list of potential candidates in her head. It couldn’t be any of the girls, they all loved her. Rule out Kirishima and Mineta from Tooru’s own confirmations leaving most of the class. As Ochako looked at the girl again, she noticed she was in much more fancy looking clothes than the girl normally wore, her outfit topped off with a pretty butterfly clip that was floating just in front of her, likely attached to her hair still.

“O-oh.” Ochako murmured sadly, figuring out what had happened.

Thanks to her clear observation, Tooru broke into fresh sobs, once more burying her head into the bear.

Again Ochako tried her best to comfort the girl. Depending on what she said, Ojiro might very well be getting a one-way trip to the moon. It took a few more minutes for Tooru to calm herself once more due to her already wrung out state.

“I’m sorry Tooru.” Ochako said softly. “I wish there was something I could say to help you feel better.”

“…H-how do y-you do i-it Ochak-ko?”

“How do I do what hun?” Ochako asked, genuinely confused.

“G-get a b-boy to l-like you back.” Tooru sniffled.

“W-what do you mean?” Ochako blushed, “No boy likes me, let alone c-confessed.”

“We a-all see the way M-Midoriya looks a-at you.” Tooru continued.

“N-no, that’s rubbish. I-Izuku doesn’t like me like that I’m sure.” Ochako blushed, silently hoping she was wrong.

“F-fine.” Tooru shrugged. “C-can I h-have h-him the-then?”

Ochako sighed. This wasn’t about Midoriya at all. Tooru was clearly feeling put out from her rejection from Ojiro and was either trying to get under Ochako’s skin to push her away or was trying to latch onto someone who genuinely thought she was amazing, with or without her quirk.

“If I could lend him to you I would.” Ochako chuckled, giving the girl a squeeze. “But he’s not mine or yours. I can’t stop you going after him but I don’t think you really want to, do you?”

Tooru said nothing but sniffled again.

“I understand that it must’ve been really hard for you, to put your feelings on the line and not get the answer you were hoping for. I wish you had.” Ochako empathised. “All I can do is sit here, try to make you feel better, then send Ojiro to the stars when school starts tomorrow.”

That drew at least a dry chuckle from Tooru, putting a small smile on Ochako’s face too.

“You’re a strong, smart, worthwhile girl Tooru. Someone good enough for you will see that someday. Clearly you need to wait for them to find you though as you seem to find idiots to crush on if they say no just ‘cause they can’t see ya’.”

Tooru thought back to Mina. She felt guilty now for not even telling the girl of her plan to ask out Ojiro. It was clearly the smart thing as the poor martial artist would be nothing more than a dissolved puddle on the floor right now if she knew. Mina didn’t judge her for her looks and even said enough honest romantic stuff that Tooru felt her heart lurch whenever the girl did something cute.

Maybe boys just weren’t for her, at least at this age. They say girls mature faster than guys so maybe boys would stop being such looks obsessed dicks in a few years.

“K-Kyoka’s got the ri-right idea.” Tooru pouted, “Boys suck.”

“Awww hun,” Ochako rubbed her shoulder, “Not all boys.”

“Fi-fine. Kirish-shima and Mi-Midoriya bu-but that’s i-it.”

“Wow… only two boys in the whole world left to date… should I scratch your eyes out now or wait for the giant cat fight?”

Tooru gave another dry chuckle, this one sounded more genuine than the last. Maybe Jiro did have a point; at least about her own dry wit.

“How about I go get your ice cream and we do something like watch bad films.” Ochako offered.

“Wanna j-just cry m-more.” Tooru wiped a fresh tear from her eye.

“Well that’s not happening on my watch.” Ochako sighed, “How about I still get that ice cream and we watch boys getting hurt in stupid videos. Might make you feel better.”

“Are you… just a-after my ice cream?” Tooru turned to glare one eye playfully at her friend.

“No of course not…” Ochako waved the accusation away with a nervous expression. “I don’t even like ice cream.”

“Then that s-sounds g-good, could you go g-get it for me with one spoon?” Tooru replied.

“… Okay, maybe I was a little after your ice cream.” Ochako admitted, smiling at her friend, happy her little act had gotten a rise out of the girl that wasn’t completely despondent. “Shall I grab some of my cookies and drinks and we’ll bundle up together?”

Tooru broke into another sob. For a brief moment, Ochako thought she’d messed up only for Tooru to turn around and bury her face into Ochako’s chest instead of her bear’s, crushing her in a tight hug.

“I l-love you Ochako.” Tooru cried, “W-why can’t I f-find a b-boy like you.”

Ochako awkwardly stroked the back of Tooru’s head, trying not to think about her own shifting sexuality and where Tooru’s head was nearly pressed into.

“W-well I um…” She floundered, “Lemme just go grab those snacks and we’ll have you right as rain in a jiffy.”

Thankfully Tooru released her hold on Ochako at the mention of food and the gravity girl was free to escape the awkward situation. As nice as it felt lying next to Tooru, she did not need any more confusing things in her head right now. She had enough on her own plate thank you very much. Still, it was probably just the invisible girl showing appreciation for her. As far as she knew, Ochako was still as straight as an arrow. She’d resolve those confusing thoughts soon enough… hopefully, she thought as she entered the kitchen.

Grabbing the tub of ice cream she knew Tooru usually had along with a pair of spoons, some snacks from her own stash and a couple of fruit juices, Ochako returned to the heartbroken heroine-in-training. When she arrived, thankfully the girl was at least upright and had shifted from the bed at least once judging by the laptop that now sat on her small table had been pulled closer to the bed. She had also lifted the covers to sit around her shoulders, wrapping them around her like a burrito.

“S-Snacks!” Tooru called out, still a tad sniffy when Ochako returned. “I mean Ochako… Hi.”

“Nice to see where your priorities are.” Ochako rolled her eyes. “Though it’s good that you’re up to joking again.”

“Well… I may have watched one or two boys that have tails get beaned by heavy objects while you fetched things.”

Ochako gave her a warm chuckle while shaking her head.

“If they cheered you up this much, you better have not clicked off them yet; I wanna see too.”

Ochako quickly hurried over to the table and set the goodies down. Tooru opened up her quilt to give Ochako a spot to snuggle into, sharing the heat she’d cultivated thus far. Before too long, the girls were rolling with laughter as stupid boy punched a stop sign only for the sign to spin and whack him in the back of the head.

The treats quickly disappeared and soon Tooru was content to just watch general funny videos with the odd cute cat and dog thrown in. She’d snuggled up to Ochako once more who’d wrapped her arm around the invisible girl, rubbing her supportively.

“Feeling better?” Ochako asked as the latest video came to an end, not yet reaching forward to put on a new one.

“Y-yeah.” Tooru admitted bashfully, “Sorry. I was kind of a mess.”

“It’s okay,” Ochako waved her off, “You’re my friend, and you’d do the same for me. Though as tempting as it is to throw Ojiro into the stratosphere for you, I think Mr. Aizawa would have something to say about that.”

“Don’t need to.” Tooru shrugged. “You’ll have a different result with Midoriya so I don’t have to offer to kick him in the nads while naked, so he’d never know who did it, as revenge.”

Ochako blushed but pressed on.

“Want to tell me what happened? I don’t think all this was just from a simple turn down for a date was it.”

“Yeah, no…” Tooru replied sadly, “Not entirely.”

Ochako gave her friend a squeeze, hoping to encourage her to continue.

“So… I asked… told him what I liked about him first and then waited. He said… ‘I’m sorry, I just don’t see you that way.’”

The brunette couldn’t help shutting her eyes, pinching the bridge of her nose and breathing in a hiss of air.

“Yeah… I don’t think he meant it that way but still.” Tooru huffed. “Said I wasn’t his type. Then I… I couldn’t help myself; I had to ask if it was ‘cause… ‘cause I was invisible.’

“Please tell me I’m not gonna have to explain to Mr. Aizawa why there’s only an acid puddle of what used to be Ojiro when Mina hears about this.”

“He didn’t… well he didn’t say anything about it… but when I asked, he looked away, he looked somewhat ashamed too so… yeah.” Tooru sighed. “He did try to pass it off as saying his type was someone more ‘soft-spoken, down to earth, and restrained’ though so…”

“Oh Tooru, I’m so sorry.” She hugged the girl close.

“Y-yeah.” She sniffed. “L-least I don’t have to pine after him any m-more, right?”

“It still sucks.” Ochako said, giving the girl a soft smile.

“I’ve been getting better with my quirk though.” Tooru tried to change the subject, “Been following Midoriya’s advice and actually gotten some results so… maybe… maybe he is right about me being visible.”

“I’m sure he is.” Ochako smiled.

“Plus side… if he’s wrong, I don’t think I’ll ever get skin cancer from the sun.” Tooru joked humourlessly.

“Tooru.” Ochako deadpanned, “Happy thoughts.”

“Yeah I know.” Tooru sighed. “It’s just hard sometimes…”

“Yeah, but that’s why you’ve got us girls at least, even if you go join um… Kyoka in swearing off boys.”

“Maybe,” Tooru pondered, “At least for a few years, ‘til they all grow up at least.”

Tooru sighed again and wrapped her arm around Uraraka, returning the squeeze.

“Thanks ‘Chako, I didn’t want it but… I really needed this.”

“You’re welcome, what’re friends for?” Ochako smiled. “Feel better?”

“Yeah… not enough to be okay just yet but I think a good sleep will help.”

“You want me to pack everything up and leave you alone to rest?”

“Would you mind?” Tooru asked, still wishing to mope a little longer before drifting off.

“Sure, just… text me if you want to chat again.” Ochako smiled, gathering the wrappers of stuff together and disposing of it while grabbing her drinking glass and heading for the door.

“Oh uh… one more thing… please.” Tooru called out, causing the gravity girl to turn. “C-could you… please not tell anyone? I… don’t want to deal with it yet.”

“Sure,” Ochako agreed, “But you have to promise me you’ll text when you feel yourself getting low and needing some cuddles, okay?”

“Promise.” Tooru smiled, not that her friend could see it.

“Night Tooru.”

“Night ‘Chako.”

With that, Ochako flicked off Tooru’s light for her, leaving her illuminated in the dark of the room by only the laptop’s light.

Tooru adjusted her quilt and lay back in her bed, looking up at the ceiling. Stupid Ojiro, stupid boys. She would figure out her quirk, she would learn just how gorgeous she really was and then make them all pay when all they could do was wank about her in their sad little, lonely beds. Spite was a hell of a motivator for some people and Tooru was about to tap into it.


Mina wasn’t particularly excited about the upcoming work studies. Her last one was fine but because she didn’t get any offers, despite reaching the quarter-finals in the last leg of the sports festival it was nothing special. The joy of the weekend had already worn off so, by Wednesday lunchtime, Mina was totally ready for another weekend.

“Is it Friday yet?” She complained, banging her head lightly against the lunch table.

“Well Mina’s useless for like, the rest of the week at least.” Jiro smirked, sitting across from the girl as she tucked into her own lunch.

“Still two and a half more days till you can procrastinate assignments again.” Tsuyu answered.

“But I wanna be lazy no~ow.” Mina pouted before picking her head up. “We’re all still on for this week, yeah?”

Several uneasy faces looked between each other before back at her.

“Oh come on!”

“Sorry Mina,” Hagakure replied, her voice carrying less energy than it normally would. “Everything’s like, super crazy right now. Maybe once the new term settles we can see.”

Truthfully Tooru wanted a week to mope about Ojiro before Mina dragged her secrets from her.

“Awww man.” Mina complained, sinking back down into her depression. “The weekend’s ruined and it’s only Wednesday.”

“Please don’t be upset Mina.” Momo reassured her friend who simply turned her head to its side to glare at the heiress sitting next to her. “If you’d like, I can help you study beforehand, that way you can enjoy the weekend without worries.”

“No offence Yaomomo, but studying’s the last thing on my mind right now.” Mina groaned.

“That’s a shame, I find it rather enjoyable.” Momo replied with a wry smile. “If you change your mind, just bring yourself and your laptop to my room.”

Mina’s eyes widened before looking into Momo’s face. If the knowing smile and twinkle in her eye didn’t give away her true intentions the wink certainly did.

“Urgh, I guess that’s fine.” Mina sat up, trying not to let the giddy anticipation show on her face. “Might swing by if I feel like it.”

“Five hundred yen says she bails.” Jiro smirked. “Ochako?”

“Nu-uh, that’s a sucker’s bet.” The gravity girl ignored her friend.

“I’m not that bad.” Mina complained.

“No.” Tsuyu agreed. “But you are that distractible.”

“I hate that you’re right.”

“Awww, we’re only teasing Mina.” Ochako smiled.

For the rest of the day Mina had a spring in her step that even Aizawa’s gruelling training couldn’t stop. Hell, not even Mineta leering at them when he thought no one was looking was enough to put a damper on her spirits. If that purple grape only knew what he was about to miss, Mina chuckled to herself.

When returning to the dorms, she made sure to make it obvious that she felt like slacking before heading up to her room. Despite having both the internet and all her cool stuff in it, she found the half hour she made herself wait before crashing down Momo’s door agonising. It did give her some time to reflect on her recent trysts with her friends though, not to mention changing into her comfy clothes.

She’d now been intimate with Momo, Tooru and Tsu to a significant degree. Since Momo was to be betrothed at twenty-five and couldn’t have a relationship, she felt fine going along with whatever the girl wanted. Tsu was a little more difficult; they’d fucked in a bout of horny pride and, for Tsuyu, confusing feelings for her best friend that may not be able to accept them. While she didn’t regret what happened with the frog girl, she did hope she could find her happiness or at least peace with their local gravity girl.

Finally, Tooru, who’d admitted the only thing holding them back was her own recently revealed feelings after exploring Mina’s body, as well as those for their tailed classmate in a gi. Mina loved each one of her friends and hoped they loved her in turn… whether it was actual love or not couldn’t be explored until they acknowledged it together. Until then, Mina was happy to explore this fun new dynamic she had.

When her phone began ringing with the alarm she set, Mina snatched it up, grabbed her laptop and almost flew up the stairs to Momo’s room. Giddy glee filled her as she rapped a series of playful knocks on Momo’s door. It wasn’t long before the door swung open, Momo already stepping aside, dressed in her own comfy outfit, to allow her expected guest in.

“Please, come in Mina, we’ve a busy evening ahead of us.”

“Oh… I’m quite sure,” Mina giggled lecherously before stepping inside.

“I must ask,” Momo shut and locked the door behind the girl. “As I am a little confused.”

Mina turned around to give Momo a questioning look.

“Are you sure just your laptop will be sufficient? I believe your notes on Math, English and Art History would be useful for this study session.” Momo asked, stepping back inside as though nothing were wrong.

Mina blinked bewilderedly, her mouth dropping open.

“Maybe this is why you’re behind?” Momo stated evenly. “No matter, we can use my notes for the next hour or so.”

It was almost a perfect act, however Mina noticed the twitches pulling at the corners of Momo’s mouth.

“Damn it Yaomomo!” She cried, “You almost had me for a minute there!” Mina patted her chest as though recovering from a tremendous shock. Momo shed her act and broke into a series of small, musical giggles. 

“My apologies Mina, I’m afraid I couldn’t resist. However,” Momo approached the shorter girl and cupped her face gently, as though holding a delicate jewel. “I do plan on having you for much longer than a minute.”

Mina couldn’t resist the blush that broke out on her face as she allowed Momo to pull her close and kiss her softly. The two allowed their tongues to twirl about together as they had that night they’d almost spent together after Mina, enjoying the familiar embrace.

When the kiss ended, Mina couldn’t help but give off a small squeak of childish glee, bouncing on her tiptoes lightly.

“My, I believe someone’s excited.” Momo smiled at the girl. “Would you like to tell me what naughty things you have planned in that pretty pink head of yours?”

“Well~” Mina drew out the word as she moved over to Yaoyorozu’s bed, placing her laptop on the end. “I was thinking… maybe we could do a little kissin’, little touchin’, then see where that takes us?”

“Propositioning a lady of my status Miss Ashido, how scandalous.” Momo winked. “I believe my own ideas for today will prove most enjoyable… however, I must ask you some… things before we continue.”

“Hmmm?” Mina tilted her head. “This isn’t another joke is it?”

“No, I just… wanted to clarify some points first.” Momo admitted, stepping closer to the pink girl once more. “This… what we’re doing… I have had feelings of doubt recently regarding my… eagerness towards this topic. I would like to ask your opinion on the matter.”

“What, regarding sex stuff? Sure, if I can help, otherwise we’ll turn to the magic of the internet for the solution.”

Momo bit her lip hesitantly, wringing her hands together slowly.

“Our current relationship is… um… casual I believe, yes?”

“Like, not girlfriends? Yeah we um… made that clear last time.”

“Good. Well, not good, but clear.” Momo flustered. “Anyway… if I were to say I have… engaged in similar conduct with another… would you think less of me? A… slut?”

Well that was something to digest. Mina knew Momo couldn’t have a public relationship but to have done naughty things with not just herself but someone else… it was both hot and a little concerning due to her naivety. Hell, she’d be a hypocrite if she were to scold Momo for it.

“Of course not Yaomomo.” Mina comforted the girl, reaching out to take her active hands in her own. “There is a few concerns that raises sure, so, I think we need to have a talk before we do anything, yeah?”

When Momo agreed, Mina led the girl over to her own bed, climbing in first and sitting up against her pillow on one side before gesturing to herself.

“Come snuggle and we’ll start.”

Momo smiled gratefully. Even with her admission it still seemed like she wouldn’t lose Mina as a friend at least. The heiress clambered onto her bed before sinking into Mina’s outstretched arms, finding herself cuddled up to the pinkette with the girl’s head resting on top of her own.

“So I kinda have to ask this next; you did use protection didn’t you? You’re not gonna balloon up with a cute Yaoyo-baby anytime soon right?”

Momo giggled, both at the nickname for any future offspring she may have and the imagery of Tooru inflating like Mina had suggested thanks to her efforts.

“Don’t worry, there’s no chance of any surprises like that.” Momo admitted.

“Phew, wasn’t really looking to become an aunt anytime soon.”

“Indeed, though I’m sure you would definitely be the ‘fun aunt’ stereotype.” Momo joked.

“Absolutely, I’ll spoil any nieces and nephews rotten that’s for sure.” Mina grinned, “For now though, I’m guessing you told them that you can’t date them publicly.”

“They are aware, yes.”

“So what exactly is the problem? Sounds like you’re just having more fun like we did with someone that isn’t me.”

“Y-yes… I just… wanted to make sure this was something you could accept… that you’d not think less of me for desiring multiple partners while unable to commit.”

“Well… see… I can’t blame you for that… being that I’ve kinda done the same thing.”

“I… was not aware, but believed it was a possibility based on our last discussion.” Momo said sadly, “But… you don’t have the same reason to be unattached. I hope… please tell me you are not… waiting for me.”

Mina couldn’t help the eye-rolling sigh that came out of her mouth as she gave Momo a quick squeeze.

“No, I mentioned I had my own stuff too, remember? I wasn’t sure I even really liked girls when we did our thing. Did some soul searching and, turns out, I’m pretty sure I’m bisexual. Now though? I can say with certainty I’d date you in a heartbeat if not for one of the other people I’m also doing stuff with.”

“Did you um… ‘catch feelings’ for them?”

“Have I mentioned you are precious when you try to modernise your fancy talk?” Mina giggled, giving Momo another squeeze. “But yeah… they had a non-committal thing too, just not as bad as yours so we’re also friends that do sexy stuff.”

“To um… turn the tables somewhat, you aren’t expecting any Mini-Mina’s of your own are you?” Momo giggled.

“Okay first, I’m totally stealing that for if I have kids. Second, nah, they uh… kinda lack the junk needed to make them.”

“Lack the… oh…” Momo’s eyes widened as she realized Mina had been seeing other girls, like herself. “W-would… it be too much to ask whom?”

Mina paused, unsure if she should divulge such a secret to Momo. Then again, if they made a trade and pact not to tell on each other, she’s sure Momo wouldn’t blab.

“Okay… but you gotta tell me yours too.”

“If we pinky promise to keep it secret.”

“Deal.” Mina declared, sticking out her pinky which the other girl mimicked, shaking to seal their unbreakable vow.

“I’ve got two, so I’ll do one first then you do yours.” Mina said, earning a nod from Momo. “So… you may have noticed that the truth or dare competition between me and Tsu gets pretty competitive yeah? Well… the other night she invited me over to resolve the queen thing once and for all. I lost… sneaky frog… but not before we fucked each other’s brains out.”

Momo couldn’t suppress the gasp that erupted from herself, covering her mouth with her hand as was proper manners.

“Wow… so… you and Tsu?”

“Yup,” Mina smiled, recalling the pleasant memory before the frog girl had broken down in her arms. “I lost my virginity to the frog princess herself.”

“Oh my… though… if I may ask a brief question. How does one consider their virginity lost when performed with a partner of the same sex? That was um… kind of unclear when I looked up when we… um… had done it.”

“That’s actually kinda up to you. Obviously for straight sex its pee-pee in vee-vee but for girls, you can only decide for yourself. Could be the fact that I made you cum you’d consider your virginity lost, maybe after you perform a sixty-nine with another girl and both cum, or, like me, when you grind your pussies together.”

“Ah… I see… in which case, I believe I would still like to consider myself a virgin.” Momo nodded.

“Not for long if we keep talking like this.” Mina giggled, kissing Momo’s head affectionately.

While she didn’t say it out loud, Momo agreed with Mina’s statement. She had an idea for what she wanted to do to consider her virginity forfeit and she hoped Mina would be performing the act with her today.

“Anyway, yeah… me and Tsu. We’re not dating for reasons I can’t say, so~o” Mina poked Momo’s cheek. “Your turn. Who’s the lovely prince or princess that snuck into my spot in your bed?”

“That um… would be… our… invisible girl.” Momo declared shyly.

Mina felt her breath catch at that.

“Ha-Hagakure?”

“Indeed.” Momo confirmed. “I um… may have caught her doing something she shouldn’t’ve. One thing led to another and we… experimented.”

Mina couldn’t lie to herself, she did feel her heart ache a little. Even though Hagakure had told her she’d needed to sort her feelings out, they’d both acknowledged they were just friends with benefits for now, despite the lack of repeat performance since. No, Mina Fuckin’ Ashido wouldn’t let something like this cause doubt in her heart. Hagakure could do whatever with whomever just like Mina could until they confirmed their possible feelings for each other.

“Experimented eh? I’m afraid I’m going to need more details dear. Purely so I know what to teach you next in our sex tutoring sessions today.”

“Are you sure that’s the only reason?” Momo ran a teasing hand down Mina’s thigh.

“Maybe I kinda wanna hear it to get me going, can you blame me?” Mina pouted. “You’re both hot.”

“Don’t worry my pretty pink princess.” Momo snuggled deeper into Mina’s embrace. “I’ll make sure you’re taken care of.” She purred.

“You can’t distract me, details girl!”

“O-okay, fine. I… may have… called her my pet, and made her call me… Mistress… then had her lick me to um… completion.”

Mina groaned as she imagined those words falling from Hagakure’s lips.

“You wanted to try the whole domination thing I’m guessing.”

“In a way…” Momo admitted. “Tooru also got aroused to the idea of… everyone looking at her. So I may have started saying things like… ‘Everyone can see the mess you made of my sheets.’”

“Mmm,” Mina moaned. She’d not yet had the pleasure of getting Tooru off but damn if that wasn’t a good tip that may help when she seeks her out.

“Then… I may have… fulfilled a fantasy of hers.” Momo blushed.

“Ooo, naughty Momo, naughty Tooru, which kinky thing was it?” Mina asked.

“If you um… recall. Hagakure made a point of informing us last sleepover about um… being filled with cum. I may have… looked up the formula for some synthetic replicas in case I wanted to try it myself… I’m quite glad I took that initiative.”

Mina’s mouth dropped again having wondered what Momo had wanted to research with her laptop after the last sleepover.

“No… Yaomomo you didn’t-”

“I believe I may have gotten too into my role,” she blushed deeper. “And said something like. ‘I’m going to knock you up now… you’re going to be so full of my c-cum there’s no way you won’t be.’”

“Wow… so um… you’ve got the dirty talk down.” Mina gulped, thrusting her hips slightly against Momo’s leg. “Not gonna lie, I’m kinda ready to get down to business hearing that.”

“Something to remember for the future then.” Momo giggled. “To get Mina going, talk about filling Tooru with my manly seed.”

“Shush… it sounds hot.”

“It was a most pleasurable session, yes.” Momo fondly recalled. “Though I believe you now need to reveal your final partner.”

“Yeah… about that…” Mina rubbed the back of her head. “Quick question, how serious were you about the whole multiple partners thing during truth or dare?”

Momo blushed, recalling the admission she had to make that resulted in her revealing she’d like to have possibly five other partners simultaneously pleasuring her at the same time.

“I mean… it’s only a fantasy,” She admitted.

“I know but… what if you could have a smaller piece of it… say… me and Tooru at the same time?”

“T-that would be most…” Momo paused as her brain caught up to something Mina had tried to slip between the lines. “You… also with Tooru?”

“Yeah… we um… well she got me off like I did you, only it was a little different.” Mina admitted. “I was doing her a favour and… well she got me riled up… then, when I was spreading myself open for her, I asked her to lick me and she did.”

“Oh my.” Momo giggled. “Seems we’ve both been caught in her alluring web.”

“Or we caught her in ours.” Mina countered. “But yeah… she has a thing for Ojiro and we didn’t know if we really liked each other or if it was just an ‘in the moment’ sort of thing so we’re not together either.”

“I see… well it is certainly a surprise.” Momo admitted, “But… I must admit… if such a thing were possible… I would agree to um… enjoy both of your company at the same time.”

“Noted.” Mina grinned, a plan forming in her head on how to approach Hagakure. “For now though, I hope this settles your thoughts about whether or not I think you’re a slut.”

“It sounds silly after sharing all that doesn’t it.”

“We’re just a few friends enjoying some intimacy with each other.” Mina admitted. “Honestly… I’ve never been as happy as I am when I’m with you guys.”

“Awww,” Momo cooed. “Please don’t make it harder than it is already to fall for your lines.”

“Well I am pretty easily lovable.” Mina joked. She knew Momo couldn’t get attached but damn it if she wasn’t going to help get her out of her situation; that’s what a hero would do. “Now… how about we get you out of your pants and into mine.”

Momo laughed at the pickup line that wouldn’t be out of place if spoken by Kaminari. Reluctantly, she admitted to herself that it worked as she leant over and slid her tongue into Mina’s mouth.

The two made out peacefully for a few minutes, tongues swapping back and forth before clothing started to fly. First Mina’s shirt landed somewhere off to the side, then Momo’s followed. Mina’s sweatpants were kicked to the end of the bed while Momo’s were tossed close to her dresser as an eager Mina pulled them from her legs so she could kiss her way up them. Momo’s panties came next, sailing through the air to land on her dresser this time while Mina’s were slowly slipped off and remained on the sheets.

In a familiar sight, Mina was between Momo’s legs once more, only this time, she was looking to get Momo off entirely on her own rather than just instruct the heiress.

“So…” Mina kissed Momo’s legs as she lightly teased her pussy. “You mentioned… during your fantasy… that you wanted someone to~ perform on your rear?”

Momo blushed as red as her leotard, covering her face.

“Y-yes… I know it’s dirty but… I would like to try a number of things for myself as I know some enjoy the experience.”

“Yeah, should probably test that myself actually.” Mina kissed her other leg, working her way up. “Don’t suppose you’d… want to find out now, would you?”

Momo licked her lips nervously.

“W-with your uh… fingers?”

“Well certainly not with my penis.” Mina giggled, still rubbing around Momo’s lower lips.

A small multi-coloured light of creation flashed before Momo was hit in the face with something light. Looking down, she spotted a small, wrapped condom that seemed a fair amount larger than she’d ever seen one.

“I’ll take that as a yes.” She smirked, ripping open the packet but not extracting it just yet. “First though, let’s get you warmed up.

The pinkette pushed her fingers into the heiress slowly, taking the time to enjoy her explorations and note how different it was to playing with herself. She started a gentle, thrusting rhythm with a pair of fingers while curling them every now and then to get the heiress nice and ready for her. Mina leant down and stuck her tongue out, licking Momo’s clit delicately before softly sucking it into her mouth, her lips puckered around the nub.

Momo moaned loudly as her hips pushed themselves closer to Mina’s face, trying to extract more from the girl. She didn’t know how long exactly Mina wanted to stay and ‘study’ for but hoped that it was enough for maybe a few rounds of this.

“Ready?” Mina asked, pulling away from her crotch and picking the odd condom packet back up.

“Uh-huh.” Momo nodded shyly down at the girl.

Mina pulled the small, rubber protection from its packet, covered in lube.

“I uh… took the liberty to do that ahead of time.” Momo explained as the lube dripped. “Please um… use some on me if… if I’m too… tight.”

“Scandalous.” Mina winked, rolling the rubbery thing over two of her fingers before realizing this was no ordinary condom. Momo had made her an almost glove like version that also rolled over her remaining clenched fingers. Mina smirked at Momo’s genius level preparation skills before leaning down once more. “Sorry if it’s a bit cold.”

With some gentle pressure, Mina pushed her fingers against Momo’s back door. The heiress tried to breathe evenly but struggled due to Mina’s earlier attention to her nethers. With almost a ‘pop’-like sound, Mina’s fingers quickly slid into Momo’s butt as the puckered hole gave way.

“Ooohhh.” Momo sighed, shifting her hips. “That… feels weird.”

Mina giggled, enjoying the girl’s squirming under her fingertips. Momo’s asshole clenched around her fingers and, if she focused, she could feel a particular pulsing.

“I think I can feel your heartbeat.” She laughed.

“Sh-shush Mina!” Momo cried, her blush returning.

“You think you’re ready for me to move?” Mina asked, getting a nod from Momo in return.

Slowly, Mina began pumping her fingers in and out, never fully removing them from Momo’s rear else she’d have to push her way back in again. The heiress’ soft sighs as she worked ensured she knew she was doing something right. With that hole taken care of, Mina pushed forward once more and resumed her tongue’s activities on Momo’s eager pussy. This resulted in Momo’s moans increasing in volume and Mina’s head being pulled closer.

Mina was sure she wasn’t going to be released until the girl was finished with her and that was totally fine. With her free hand, she reached down under herself and began hurriedly slipping her fingers into herself. Mina let herself sigh in satisfaction as she pleasured her friend. This was what she’d been waiting for all day. Hopefully it would allow her to get through the rest of the week too.

“Mi-Mina I’m… cumming!” Momo declared, her hips thrusting in shorter, sharper motions. Mina buried her fingers as far into the girl’s rear as she could, maintaining her current rhythm on her clit as she licked until the clenches around her fingers began to slow and Momo’s hips settled still.

“Oh… yes…” Momo gasped, trying to reclaim some oxygen back into her lungs with deeper breaths. “I… am very satisfied with that.”

“Glad you enjoyed my skills.” Mina winked. “I’m going to pull out now. Slowly, so brace yourself.”

Momo nodded before concentrating her mind on the muscles of her rear. When Mina withdrew her fingers, she felt herself clenching unevenly, already missing the enjoyable sensation.

“Right, time to get rid of this.” Mina pulled the slightly soiled, unique condom off her fingers, unrolling it from the bottom until it was inside out and stuffed it into its wrapper.

“Here, let me.” Momo reached over, generating a small plastic baggy she sealed the thing in before disposing of it in her trashcan. Mina sat patiently on her bed, waiting for the heiress to return, more than eager to continue with her own orgasm from the girl.

“So um… Mina.” Momo began, returning to the bed and gauging her friend’s face carefully, resisting the urge to shyly turn away. “Our talk… about virginities… I would like to um… request that you… take mine.”

Mina felt her own blush rising at Yaoyorozu’s admission.

“To that end… I would like to um… create something that I would like to use to achieve this.”

Momo sat back on the bed and opened up Mina’s laptop, the girl helpfully inputting her password to get in. Mina watched as Momo put the name of a toy into the search bar, her eyes widening as the ramifications of what Yaomomo was asking were made clear.

“This may be a little… odd but, I very much would like to… fuck you. Maybe… have you use it on me as well?” Momo admitted.

“D-do you think you could make one?” Mina asked cautiously.

“With the generous lending of your laptop, I was able to look up the specifications for this and more. Maybe it is not the most heroic use of my quirk but, I believe, for personal use… it is acceptable.”

“Y-yeah… do it.” Mina licked her lips.

“Then… could you please, get on your back?” Momo requested as she concentrated on the design.

The pink girl quickly waddled over on the mattress to Momo’s pillows, taking the girl’s former spot and laying back, spreading her knees for what was to come.

Momo’s creation light faded once more as she now held the tool in her hand that she’d use on Mina; a double sided strap-on dildo the same tone as Momo’s skin.

“Forgive me if I’m not quite good enough with this to um… make you cum. If I can’t I’ll ensure you finish with my tongue.”

“Ooo promises.” Mina winked cheekily. “But don’t worry Yaomomo, just doing it with you is the best.”

Momo felt her heart swell at those words. She deeply wished she could throw her caution to the wind and claim Mina for herself despite her parent’s wishes. That regretful thought was for a later time, here and now, she had a precious pink acid girl to fuck.

With a brief sigh of satisfaction, Momo slid one end of the new toy inside herself, quickly attaching the straps around her waist. Looking down, she saw her new appendage resting in place. A small prod to the tip sent the opposite end inside her moving softly, eliciting a small giggle from the heiress as she began lubricating it.

“Looking good Yaomomo.” Mina giggled, watching Momo play with herself. “Do you think you could make one with balls that squirts that fake cum stuff too?”

Momo took a moment and put a finger to her chin much like their resident frog girl.

“I was kidding!” Mina quickly cried. “B-But if you think you can, do it… next time?”

“Now who’s making promises?” Momo purred, crawling up between Mina’s legs. The pink haired girl watched the male appendage bounce weirdly as Momo moved, giggling as it approached her entrance.

“Mina?” Momo called to draw the girl’s attention back to her. When Mina’s eyes matched with hers, she cupped the girl’s face and pulled her back into a deep kiss. They held it for just a few moments before Momo spoke again. “If nothing else… know that I love you, and I’m so happy I get to share this experience with you.”

Mina felt happy tears begin pooling in her eyes. She was about to reply to the girl before she felt a penetrating presence press into her. Momo’s cock slowly pushed into the pink girl, stretching her delightfully until she’d hilted herself.

“Huuuh, M-Momo!” Mina gasped.

“Shhh, it’s okay.” Momo cooed, he hands moving down to hold Mina’s hips. “Just relax, it’s your turn now.”

Slowly and somewhat clumsily, Momo began thrusting into Mina, her breasts kissing Mina’s own every time she did. With a few awkward hips adjustments and timed thrusts, they were able to find a comfortable rhythm that had Mina clenching the sheets in satisfaction. Yaoyorzu looked down as Mina writhed under her, the girl had never looked more beautiful to her. She was glad she wasn’t a boy as she really felt the desire to either knock Mina up or carry her child in that moment.

“Mo… please… lean back.” Mina moaned, one of her hands reaching up to push the girl away. Momo acquiesced but continued her thrusting. The cause for Mina’s request quickly became apparent as the girl began rubbing her clit vigorously.

“Mo… Mo… I’m cumming!” Mina cried. Momo felt herself jerk as the pink girl’s legs wrapped around her rear and pulled her close, preventing her from pulling out. Momo was very glad she wasn’t a boy in that moment as she’d surely be filling Mina up in that moment too.

With some deep breaths, Mina fell back against the sheets, her vagina muscles still clenching around Momo’s fake penis. Her chest heaved as she looked up at the goddess she’d just been fucked by. Or was it made love to? Either definition would be fine by her.

“Thank you Mina,” Momo smiled, leaning over the girl once more and caressing her breasts, leaving soft butterfly kisses along them. “I’m glad I lost my virginity to you.”

Mina reached up, caressing Momo’s face lovingly and dragging her into another deep kiss. Momo relaxed into it as she kissed back, not matching the pinkette’s sudden burst of enthusiasm for the kiss but enjoying it all the same.

“I’m sorry Yaomomo… I… I can’t…” Mina panted, licking her lips. “I don’t think I can let you go after this.”

“Well, you’ll have to if I start pulling back a little.” Momo teased, sliding the stiff, fake cock out of her partner.

“Momo, no!” Mina shook her head, hips twitching as the toy rubbed against her sensitive walls. “That’s not what I meant.”

Momo blinked as both Mina’s hands cupped her face now, trying to get the girl’s full attention.

“I want you Momo… I want this! You, me, us...” Mina began. Momo felt her heart ache and feelings of sadness wash through her. How could she have been so stupid?! Doing intimate things such as this was bound to lead to something like this happening. Now, as much as she knew it would hurt both her and her friend… she would have to reject her and break both their hearts.

“I know you think you’re stuck in this thing because of your parents and your family’s company but we’re not going to let it happen! I’m going to work hard and do everything I can in my power to free you… and when I do… I want you to be with me.” Mina declared, tears filling her eyes.  “M-maybe with Tooru um… too.”

“Mi-Mina I can’t…” Momo cried, her own tears and emotions being dragged to the surface. “Please. It hurts too much… don’t make me say it…”

“You won’t have to,” Mina said firmly, “You’re Momo Fuckin’ Yaoyorozu, and I’m Mina Fuckin’ Ashido… we’re gonna find a fuckin’ way to get you out of this with our awesome fuckin’ friends and you’re gonna be able to choose whomever the fuck you want to be with no matter what… I just… I’m asking that you consider… me.”

Momo bit her lip to keep the sobs inside. She knew her parents. Strong, determined and ambitious weren’t just traits of her own, they were inherited from both sides. If Momo opposed them, they’d take her down with ruthless efficiency and leave her no foundation to stand on until she submit. She didn’t want to spend her remaining days locked in a gilded cage after that. If her friends joined her in an attempted rebellion, they’d be taken down even more brutally and, unlike her, would be tossed aside with nothing left. Momo could barely endure the thought alone of seeing her friends in that state, to see it in real life would crush her completely.

The heiress knew Mina was desperately clinging for any scrap of hope that they could be together right now, whether it be due to a post-orgasm haze or her true feelings. She wanted desperately to accept but knew it would only lead them down a path of eventual misery. The pink girl she’d come to adore as both a friend and a lover wouldn’t give up though, no matter what Momo said. So instead, she’d lie. She’d lie to spare Mina’s feelings until it was too late for the girl to do anything. Momo would end up in her betrothal all the same but if she deceived Mina until then… at least she and her friends would be spared her parent’s wrath.

“O… Okay… Mina.” Momo relented. The lie filled her heart with grief but at least the words she spoke about her feelings for the girl would be true. “I want it… I want it too. You know we can’t… but… if I ever escape my betrothal… I’ll come for you.”

“Momo.” Mina smiled, the now happy tears rolling down her face as she smiled. “I… I love you… so much.” She kissed the heiress deeply once more. Momo returned her passions for the girl with her own tears slipping down to her chin… but they were not ones of joy.

“I mean… I… um…” Mina pulled back. “Like not love-love since we haven’t even had a date or anything like that but I know at least… that I love you as my friend and… I could very easily fall for you.”

“I know, it’s okay Mina.” The heiress smiled tearfully, “For now… can we just enjoy what we have?”

“S-sure.” Mina snuggled into Momo’s chest before wrapping her arms around the busty girl and rolling her to the side. The acid girl giggled lightly and stroked Momo’s face. “You um… still up for me talking to Hagakure? I’m sure she’d like to get in on this.”

Momo bit her lip before replying.

“If… that is okay?”

“Of course, nothing’s really changed… we’re still two single gals just having fun. I just… wanted to be clear… about my intentions afterwards.”

“Understandable.”

“Though… maybe… we could invite Hagakure to join us in a harem?” Mina asked cautiously.

“Sounds delightful,” Momo sighed, wishing she could even have one person of her own. Two was much too much to hope for.

The two lay in silence, just taking in each other’s faces. The light caresses and touches sent pleasant tickles down their frames and the air was just warm enough to forgo the need for sheets. They could quite easily lay there until sleep claimed them both.

Then, there were four loud knocks at the door.

Both girls froze as their hearts leapt into their mouths, breath stuck in their throats.

“Momo… do you… have a minute?”

That was Tsu. What was she doing here?! Both girls looked to each other, hoping the other had the solution to what they were supposed to do next.

“I… could really use some help. Ribbit.”

There went any thought of ignoring the girl and remaining silent until she figured Momo wasn’t home.

“Y-yes Tsu.” Momo called out, quickly standing up from her bed, frantically unclipping the toy around her waist while searching for her clothes. Mina took the hint, frantically grabbing her panties and sweatpants from the end of the bed. “Just please hold on a moment.”

With speed neither of them knew they were capable of, they were dressed once more, Momo’s newly created toy kicked under the bed and Mina appearing to search for random homework topics on her laptop.

Momo hurriedly approached the door and tried to calm the flush from her recent activities down, hoping Mina’s wouldn’t be showing either before unlocking and opening her door.

“H-hi Tsu, something I can help with?” Momo asked just a little too cheerfully to be nonchalant.

“Hey Momo… can we talk?” Tsuyu asked, the unease in her voice much clearer without the door blocking it.

“By all means, come in.” Momo stepped aside. Tsuyu was about to step in only to see Mina sitting on the bed, staring very hard at something on her laptop.

“Oh… I didn’t realize you were here Mina, ribbit.” Tsuyu blinked before turning away, “I’ll come back another time.”

“Tsu, no.” Momo reached out and put her hand on the frog girl’s shoulder. “You said you needed help, that’s more important than uh… studying.”

“Yeah girl, I could use a break anyway, come tell Auntie Mina and maybe I can help too!” Mina cheered.

Tsuyu paused as she considered her question to Momo. Mina knew the story behind the question anyway so it wouldn’t hurt the girl to be present; maybe she would have some useful information.

“Well… I guess you do know anyway…” Tsuyu admitted, stepping inside.

“Oh.” Mina blinked, shutting her laptop and patting the bed by her side. “Yaomomo, gonna need you up here for hugs, Tsu’s likely going to need cuddles during this.”

“I do hope nothing is too wrong Tsu.” Momo said, quickly shutting the door and ushering the green haired girl to her bed. The green haired girl pulled herself into a spot next to Mina and leant on the girl’s shoulder when the pinkette opened up her arms for a hug.

“Oh Tsu,” Mina rubbed up and down her arms. “Is this about the thing with the people?”

Momo sent her recent lover a confused expression. Before Mina could inform the girl she was told to keep who or what she was talking about secret, Tsuyu spoke up.

“No… I was actually here to talk to Yaomomo, ribbit… about… her fantasy.”

“My… fantasy?” Momo blinked before recalling the events of their second sleepover, about her admission to have multiple partners. “Ah, yes, I recall.”

“So… do you… really think it’s okay?” Tsuyu asked hesitantly. “To… want something like that?”

Mina sighed, shaking her head.

“I think I’ve got you ya’ silly frog.” Mina jostled the girl. “You mind if I fill Momo in on some of the details?”

“I… guess it can’t be helped, ribbit.” Tsuyu replied sadly. It hurt both girls to see the normally unflappable girl so despondent; Mina for the second time.

“So, in case you took that question in a negative way. What our resident blunt girl means is, ‘Do you think it’s okay to want to date multiple people at once?’ She’s got a crush on Midori as you know but Ochako has also popped up on her radar and she can’t pick.” Mina explained. “Poor girl has it in her head that she has to choose. I told her to just go for both but clearly she wants another opinion, so what do you think?”

Momo had to take a second to just digest the information.

“I know it’s… not normal.” Tsuyu croaked.

“Yes Tsu, you’re right,” Momo agreed, “But also not unheard of. There are a number of polyamorous relationship success stories out there, who’s to say yours can’t be one of them?”

“Poly… amorous?” Tsuyu blinked. “Is… that another word for harem?”

“Smaller words work for me too please.” Mina concurred, having not heard the word herself.

“Oh, you were not aware?” Momo blinked, “Not at all; I believe harem has more sexual connotations linked to it, especially when describing a relationship between a single male and many females. ‘Polyamorous’ people, or the practise of ‘polyamory’, is described as someone having multiple intimate relationships with people who all consent to the situation. While I believe there are still some technicalities regarding marriage in differing countries, including Japan, there is no reason you could not enter a loving relationship with both Ochako and Izuku so long as all three of you discussed and acknowledged it.”

“Wait, that’s an actual thing?!” Mina’s eyes bulged. “I just figured she should go for it and to hell with what anyone else thought, didn’t realise it was an actual word or thing.”

“Indeed,” Momo nodded, “While I came across the more… sexual content regarding relations with more than one other partner at first, my own desire for those types of intimate acts was stirred. Naturally I would like to do this only with those that I loved and cared for and I too briefly wondered if it was even possible for such a relationship to occur. I did some research and found out that, while certainly uncommon, it is not something to be ashamed about. It is why I felt it acceptable that I shared this with you all during our last sleepover.”

A strangled cry broke from Tsuyu’s lips as both girls turned their attention back to the girl who was the whole reason for the discussion. Tsuyu had fat tears running down her face and certainly looked the picture of a broken girl. But from the way her closed eyes curved upwards and the smile trying to override her sobs, these could be identified as happy, relief filled tears.

“Tsu!” Both Mina and Momo called to the girl, wrapping her in a pair of firm hugs.

“I-I’m… I-I’m f-fine…” She blubbered, choking out a few soft ribbits. “I-I’m just… s-so happy.”

Over the girl’s head, Mina and Momo both shot each other a questioning look, only to get shrugs each in return. Hopefully Tsuyu would explain when she calmed down.

It took a few good minutes of continued comforting but Tsuyu’s sobs stifled themselves, the girl only throwing out a ribbit every minute or so.

“Hey,” Mina cooed. “Better now?”

Tsuyu gave a small nod.

“Would you mind telling us what brought on your tears? I hope I didn’t say something too distressing.” Momo said.

“No,” Tsuyu admitted. “I just… I have a name now… for what I think I want.”

“A name?” Momo questioned.

“So… I ma~ay have had to slap some sense into our foolish frog here.” Mina admitted, rubbing the back of her head sheepishly. “She thought that because she wanted more than one person… she was as bad as… the purple grape-haired one.”

“Ah… I can certainly see how distressing that could be. Especially given your… circumstances with him.” Momo understood.

“It… was silly but… I thought… I was as bad as him. That it was only a matter of time before I… did similar things… and I hated myself for it.”

“Hence the slap.” Mina said sadly.

“Please don’t think worse of her.” Tsuyu addressed Momo. “It did help me see reason and rethink myself.”

“While I don’t condone that particular behaviour,” Momo shot Mina a glare who replied with another sheepish look, “I am glad that you were able to come to me to talk about this. Even more so that I could help.”

“Ribbit.” Tsuyu nodded. “Just knowing that… there’s a word that describes what I want… what I am… I’m so happy. And… I’m… sorry for not believing you straight away Mina.” She apologised.

“Hey, don’t worry ‘bout it, I had no clue either.” Mina giggled, “Nice to know my advice was still right though. Go get your guy and girl.”

Tsuyu sighed.

“There’s… still nothing to talk about regarding that. Ochako still hasn’t come to talk to me… so I’m still kind of stuck there.”

“I’m sorry Tsu.” Momo consoled the girl, “Did you confess and she needed time or something?”

“Sort of,” Tsuyu admitted. “She doesn’t know if she’s into girls and needs time to think things over. I didn’t confess in a really romantic way either as she confronted me about Izuku so I had to tell her my mixed feelings, I’m wondering if I really screwed everything up.”

“Oh, I see.” Momo sympathised. “That is a predicament. I don’t know what to suggest other than allow her the time she requested.”

“Wish we could help more girl.” Mina smiled sadly.

“It’s okay, you’ve both done more than enough for me tonight.” Tsuyu smiled. “I should go. I didn’t mean to ruin your… time together.”

Mina grimaced. That line alone told her that Tsuyu had caught on to their intimate acts. She wasn’t sure what gave it away, but she only hoped Momo didn’t catch the girl’s implication.

“We were j-just studying.” Momo blushed, looking away from the girl. “That’s all.”

Mina loved the girl, but Momo really couldn’t hide secrets from anyone.

“It’s okay Yaomomo,” Tsuyu shot the girl as earnest a smile as her puffed up face could manage. “I figured you and Mina had something going on after the last sleepover. You don’t have to hide it from me, I’m happy you’re ‘not together’.” Tsuyu used air quotes for the last two words.

Momo flushed and tried to quickly think of something to say.

“Give up Yaomomo, frog’s too observant for us.” Mina sighed, “What gave us away?”

“A few things, mostly the smell and the fact you are actually ‘studying’ without the fear of Aizawa put in you.” Tsuyu smirked. “That, the condom wrapper in the bin and the fact Mina’s shirt’s been on backwards this entire time.”

Mina looked down and sure enough her t-shirt label was poking out just over the top of her collar.

“Fuck.”

“Mina!” Momo scolded.

The sound of a happy giggle allowed smiles back on their faces as they watched Tsuyu cheer up just a little.

“We’re not together though Tsu.” Momo informed the girl. “We had a discussion about this earlier.”

“It was one full of great sadness.” Mina exaggerated. “Though I professed my love for our dear goddess, I still must defeat the evil that binds her before she can be free. Until then, I can merely pray at her alter… and she can pray at mine.”

Tsuyu blushed lightly as Mina sent her a suggestive wink for the innuendo.

“M-Mina!” Momo blushed.

“Sorry my goddess.” Mina gave a mock bow. “But no, we’re just two single, sexy semi-pros enjoying some intimate time together.”

At Mina’s own comment, she felt a familiar brainwave run through her mind. Technically, they were all just single, sexy semi-pros who she’d enjoyed intimate time with. Momo was talking about possibly seeing if something could happen with Hagakure, why not Tsu too? Mina already knew the frog girl had developed a small crush on all of them at least so should she make that suggestion? It might certainly cheer the girl up some more, letting her know it was okay to feel this way.

Fuck it, as Kaminari would say, ‘YOLO!’

“Say… Tsu…” Mina purred, slipping her hands down to the frog girl’s waist, electing a small ribbit from her friend. “You’re also sexy and single right now…”

Tsuyu kept her mouth closed. Mina had been tactful enough to avoid telling Momo about her feelings regarding their entire friendship group… at least until now.

“If I… I dunno… asked if you’d like to join Momo and I in some noncommittal, very pleasurable time together… would that be something you’re interested in?”

Momo felt unable to speak. She wanted to both shut Mina up as well as hear the frog girl’s answer before she responded. Mina must have a reason for asking the girl. Sure they’d spent private time together that she’d told Momo about, but that was no reason to just be so casual with an invitation… unless… Mina knew something.

“I… um…” Tsuyu began before quickly looking to the heiress. “M-Momo?”

“I… would like to hear your answer.” Momo swallowed nervously.

“I mean… would this count as a polymorous relationship?” Mina asked.

“PolyAmorous,” Momo corrected, “And… it could certainly be regarded as such, though it would be as um… intimate friends rather than as multiple girlfriends.”

“See, all above board.” Mina lowered her head and pressed her cheek against the frog girl’s. “So… would you like to spend some time together, Tsu~u”

“Ribbit!” Tsuyu blushed, but nodding her head and giving the girls her answer.

“Well… it seems we’ll be studying after all. I believe Momo has yet to get acquainted with that talented tongue of yours. Me however,” Mina purred, directing Tsuyu’s face towards her own with a single finger under her chin and capturing her lips in a soft kiss.

Momo watched as Mina and Tsu’s kiss deepened, replaying the dare from the most recent slumber party. She had gotten a little excited then but this was another level. She was still horny from not quite getting off again while fucking Mina and now she had a chance to experience something even more thrilling.

Momo reached out and took Tsu’s hand in both of hers, examining it closely, how it was slightly larger than one would expect from someone of her size, and started kissing the back of her palm. Tsuyu broke the kiss with Mina to look over at the heiress who was now kissing up her arm, drawing closer to her face.

“How about you cheer our friend up with a kiss Yaomomo.” Mina grinned over Tsuyu’s shoulder.

Tsuyu and Momo gave each other a brief, nervous look as the creation girl reached Tsuyu’s shoulder. Yaoyorozu pulled her lips together and leant forward, her eyes slowly closing. Between the nerves and excitement Tsuyu was feeling, her heart was liable to burst from her chest. She managed to keep it down though, instead puckering her own lips and meeting Momo’s as they softly explored this new side to their friendship.

Momo allowed her tongue to slip between her lips just as Tsuyu’s did, meeting in the middle before they turned their heads and sunk into a deeper kiss. The frog girl felt a pair of wandering, probably pink hands slip under her top and run their fingers along her stomach before searching higher. When she broke the kiss with Yaoyorozu, her shirt was going to go.

As predicted, when Momo pulled back, shyly licking her lips with an adorable blush on her face, Tsuyu felt her clothing pulled upwards. She raised her hands to make it easier before turning back to the pink girl who was reaching for her own top.

“No point keeping this on!” Mina said as she pulled it up and over her head, her breasts dropping erotically as they were exposed once more. The acid girl grinned at Tsu only to pout as she realized her prize couldn’t yet be claimed.

“Come on Tsu. No bras allowed.”

“I wasn’t expecting something like this to happen, ribbit.” Tsuyu said simply.

“If I may,” Momo spoke up, “May I?”

Mina smiled and gestured to Tsuyu who faced the heiress again. Momo leant forward once more, her arms reaching out and wrapping around Tsu before searching out her clasp. It didn’t take more than a few seconds for its hold on itself to release under Momo’s dexterous fingers. After the pop, Momo pulled back, admiring Tsuyu’s body as the bra merely loosened. Tsuyu reached up to cup herself as the heiress pulled her straps over her shoulder. With a blush, the frog girl lowered her hands, her bra coming away with it and revealing herself to Momo for the first time.

“Adorable.” Momo muttered. “May I?”

“G-go ahead.” Tsuyu replied, pushing her chest out a little.

Momo reached down and softly stroked her fingers around Tsuyu’s breast before tickling her nipple with a finger. The girl’s soft moan encouraged her to continue. She slowly bent down and softly repeated the action her fingers took with her tongue; slowly exploring Tsuyu’s chest until she suckled at her nipple.

Tsuyu bit her lip as an erotic moan rumbled in her throat.

“Hey, I want in on this.” Mina pouted, before leaning down and capturing Tsuyu’s other nipple on her mouth. The green haired girl gasped, her toes clenching as she felt two distinct tongues, neither of which were hers, flicking and teasing. She couldn’t lie to herself, this was everything she wanted. Not to the degree her fantasy had conjured up but if she was given permission to enjoy this piece of it she would more than happily seize this opportunity.

When Mina heard Momo’s wet sounding release of Tsuyu’s nipple from her mouth, she followed suit, smiling seductively up at their newest playmate.

“It seems we’re all entirely too dressed. Momo, I think our dear frog queen needs to be the center of our attention for a while, mind giving me a hand?” She asked, reaching out to take hold of Tsuyu’s shorts and underwear underneath with one hand.

“I believe you are correct.” Momo nodded, taking hold of the other side of Tsuyu’s clothes. “Unless… she doesn’t feel comfortable continuing.”

The girls looked up at their frog queen, giving the girl a chance to back out before things went further. Tsuyu licked her lips, ready to declare her orders.

“You may continue; this will please your frog queen, ribbit.” She said in a faux regal voice, reaching out to stroke both their heads.

“At once my liege.” Mina bowed her head as she tugged Tsuyu’s clothes down and under her rear with Momo’s help before tossing them to the side.

Now the final consent had been made clear, Mina eagerly stripped off her own remaining clothes while Momo took her time, slowly divesting herself of her own under Tsuyu’s watchful eyes.

“Okay, I certainly have some ideas for what next, but I believe, as the one that needed cheering up, Tsu?” Mina called to her friend. “How would you like me?”

The frog girl pondered for a second before turning to Momo.

“I-if it’s not too much…” She began. “Could I… ask you to sit on my face?”

“Oh my,” Momo blushed, realizing that she’d enjoy Tsuyu’s expert tongue work sooner than she’d thought. “I would like that but I should warn you, I may uh… cum quite quickly due to my earlier activities.”

“Couldn’t finish her off, eh Mina?” Tsuyu teased.

“Screw you! I made sure to take care of her first.” Mina glared, “Just for that, I’m gonna fuck this frog.”

“All according to plan, ribbit.” Tsuyu grinned cheekily.

Mina glared some more before an idea popped into her head.

“Not entirely.” She chuckled darkly. “Momo, if you would begin.”

Mina grabbed Tsuyu’s shoulders and lay the girl down, gesturing for Momo to take her newly formed seat.

“S-sure,” Momo said with a hint of nerves, rising to her knees before throwing one over Tsuyu’s head, her pussy only a few inches away from the girl’s waiting nose and the smell invading her senses. “Please um… tap my leg if you need me to sit up.”

“Gotcha.” Tsuyu nodded, licking her lips and eagerly awaiting the girl to descend.

“Momo, could you give me a handful of lube please.” Mina reached out her arm to the girl. The heiress tilted her head in confusion but accepted the girl’s request, generating a small amount from her finger into the girl’s palm.

“Go ahead and start.” Mina grinned, “I’ll just be a minute.”

The pinkette got up off the bed and disappeared below it. Momo looked down at the girl between her legs and gave her a small nod. Then, she slowly lowered herself to Tsuyu’s face. The frog girl immediately began to work, her tongue exploring the outside of Momo’s entrance as she ran up and down her slit. She glided briefly over her clit, receiving an aroused moan from the girl as payment before she prepared for the main event. Slowly, she started pushing her tongue into Momo, thrusting softly.

“Ooo… yes… mmm,” Momo hummed, enjoying the new sensations Tsuyu was able to elicit thanks to her unique advantage. She clenched her muscles around Tsuyu’s tongue as she began to slowly thrust herself against Tsuyu’s face, encouraging the girl to do more.

A stuttered moan broke the air from the side. Tsuyu wanted to look over but her vision was full of Momo’s thighs. A couple of soft snaps sounded out before Mina spoke again.

“Ready! Time to rock your world Tsu.”

The green haired girl slowed her movements as she felt Mina climb back onto the bed, navigating her way over to her. She knew she was practically dripping wet already so what Mina needed lube for she didn’t know. A pair of hands rested on her knees and spread her apart. Whether Mina wanted to grind on her, use her own tongue or something else, Tsuyu didn’t care at this point. Just the fact she got to share this experience with them was already enough.

“Here we go Tsu. Time for some delicious revenge.”

From that, she guessed that Mina has chosen tong- That’s not a tongue!

Mina grunted as she pressed her borrowed penis into her froggy friend and slid into her, right down to the hilt. Her hips bumped into the girl’s own delightfully while the toy shifted inside both of them. Tsuyu let out a surprised gasp as it dawned on her just what happened, her own appendage stilling inside Momo as she processed.

“You seem surprised Tsu~u.” Mina teased, rubbing her fingers along the girl’s inner thighs. “I did say I was going to fuck you.”

With her cheeky little prank complete, Mina let herself slowly pull back out of Tsu before pushing back in again in a gentle rhythm. She was rather enjoying being able to test out the toy from the opposite side after its earlier use on her. From the way Tsuyu was clenching at the sheets, the girl was certainly enjoying it too.

“Um… Tsu? I hate to be rude but…” Momo interrupted Tsuyu’s revelling, reaching down to stroke her hair lovingly. “C-could you please continue? I’m… curious as to how deep you can reach.”

The frog girl blinked at Momo for a moment before resuming her efforts, exploring Momo’s depths with renewed energy. She pushed more of her tongue into the heiress and watched as her stomach rippled from the inside. A twenty meter tongue was certainly bigger than any penis that didn’t stretch like rubber but she could only push so much inside. Carefully, she allowed the tip to seek out Momo’s cervix as she had Mina’s before; the girl did say she was curious.

Tsuyu gave a soft push against the girl. She could see Momo grit her teeth as she applied pressure.

“K-keep going… little more.” Momo tried to keep her breathing even. Clearly the girl knew what Tsuyu was doing and wanted to continue despite the obvious discomfort. Tsuyu tried to refine and will her tongue into as fine a point as she could to make it easier on her partner.

Her patience and efforts were rewarded as she felt her tongue slip through the even narrower gap inside Momo who let out a grunt and whimper of strain. Tsuyu felt the small gap around her tongue pulse as she felt the heiress clenching. Momo smiled down at the frog girl, once more stroking her head.

“It hurts… but it’s a pleasant pain… please keep going.”

Tsuyu pushed a little further still, touching places in Momo no man’s cock would ever likely reach.

“Yaomomo, did she like push through push through?” Mina asked, slowing her thrusts.

“Indeed… it is something I… haaa… have been curious about.” Momo admitted.

“Dayam, I couldn’t bear a few seconds of pressure. Well done I guess.” Mina shrugged.

Having such a long, dexterous tongue, Tsuyu was able to ignore the slight pain of the ring trying to cut off the blood inside it to sensitively touch the deepest parts of her partner. Going off what she knew about anatomy, she tried to stick to the central area; the fallopian tubes were probably never going to be fun to have thrust against. Slowly but surely, she felt her tongue press against the very back of Momo’s uterus.

The heiress let out a gasp filled with a mix of pain and pleasure.

“F-fuck me Tsu… c-cum in the d-deepest part of me… please.” She begged.

Tsuyu wasn’t stupid, thrusting hard against that part of Momo would cause more pain than any pleasure was worth, especially risking injury. So, she pulled her tongue back only slightly before pushing forward, tapping the back of her uterus lightly once more. The heiress clenched tightly with a braced smile on her face.

“J-just like that.” She murmured. Tsuyu obliged, trying to ignore the growing feeling of her own orgasm to delicately focus on fucking Momo gently and deeply with her tongue.

It didn’t take more than a dozen thrusts before Tsuyu had to quickly begin reeling her tongue back in as the strength of the clenching from her friend’s orgasm threatened to tear it off. That was not a discussion she needed with Recovery Girl or any other medical professional. Tsuyu pulled out of Momo’s cervix as delicately as she could, allowing the girl to clench her vagina around her tongue instead as it was tame in comparison.

Momo’s eyes were fluttering and her breathing came in short, sharp gasps, one hand’s fingers buried in Tsuyu’s hair while the other was cupping her mouth to muffle the load moan that was trying to escape.

Before a minute had passed, Momo felt her muscles all slack, wanting nothing more than to collapse in a heap. Carefully extracting herself from above her green haired, god-tongued friend, she flopped to the side, taking in deep, unashamed breaths.

“Someone had fun.” Mina grinned, pausing in her efforts to admire the results of Tsuyu’s own.

Momo just pathetically bent an arm at the elbow, holding up a half-hearted thumbs up before allowing the limb to drop to the covers once more.

“How about you Tsu?” Mina turned back to the girl she had currently buried her fake penis into. “Ready for a proper pounding?”

“Yea-Yeah.” Tsuyu panted, her jaw and tongue sore from the workout she’d given them. “But erm… could I turn over?”

“Ooo, you want it from behind?” Mina giggled, getting a confirming nod from the girl. “Then by all means.”

Tsuyu twitched as Mina pulled her cock out of her. If that was anything like the real thing, she would definitely enjoy it. After taking just a brief moment to rest, Tsuyu rolled in place before pushing herself to her hands and knees. Mina was about to grab the girl’s hips to reposition herself but Tsuyu started moving again.

Lost in her post-orgasm haze Momo didn’t even realize what was going on until Tsuyu was positioned directly over her, their faces inches away from each other and Tsuyu’s breasts brushing her own.

“H-hi.” Momo blinked, wondering what was happening.

“Hi Momo… could we um… kiss… until I cum?” Tsuyu asked shyly. Momo smiled lovingly back at the girl once more, stabilizing her breathing as best she could before leaning up and kissing the end of Tsuyu’s nose.

“Of course we can… um… Darling.”

“R-ribbit!” Tsuyu blushed.

“I-is that okay?” Momo asked, “I just… think it suits you.”

Tsuyu could feel tears welling up in her eyes once more. She knew they were just sex friends right now but she could swear she almost felt the love pouring from Momo in that moment.

“I… I love it.” Tsuyu croaked before descending onto Momo, attacking her lips with her own.

“Hey, how come Tsuyu gets such a cutesy pet name?” Mina pouted, “I want a pet name.”

Momo broke the kiss with Tsuyu and held her close, attempting to look at the pink girl over Tsuyu’s shoulder.

“You’ll get yours when you finish getting our Darling off.” Momo smirked, knowing it would rile up the pinkette.

“Sorry Tsu, you heard the boss.” Mina lined herself up with Tsuyu’s pussy once more, briefly admiring the sight of it positioned directly over Momo’s.

“Ribbit!” Tsuyu gasped as she felt the cock thrust deep inside her once more, the angle of entry making a significant difference compared to the feeling she had been expecting.

“Shhh Darling.” Momo cooed. Drawing Tsuyu’s face close to her own again. “Just let Mina do her thing.” She pressed a kiss back to Tsuyu’s lips as the two began making out.

It took a moment to adjust as they found a position where Mina could pound the girl at her leisure while Momo and Tsuyu could kiss without the constant thrusts interrupting them. Mina could feel her own release building. Her pussy clenching against her end of the strap on as she tried to hold off until she was sure Tsuyu had hers. Momo took her own initiative, running her hands up Tsuyu’s sides before cupping her breasts and lightly pinching her nipples between her fingers. The frog girl had to break their kiss to moan loudly as her orgasm approached.

“Please Darling.” Momo cooed, “Cum for us.”

Tsuyu couldn’t hold back any longer, her release arriving hard as she desperately thrust back against Mina, pushing the strap on as deep into herself as it would go. The sounds of Tsuyu’s release were music to Mina’s ears as she felt herself let go, quickly bringing her own hand to the top of the strap on to rub her clit just under the top of it.

Momo’s heart swelled as both of her lovers lost themselves in ecstasy, their moans and groans of pleasure echoing in the room.

When they both regained control of themselves, Momo felt Tsuyu’s arms give out as the girl wilted onto her, face pressed softly into her collar just above her breasts. Mina slowly pulled back and out of Tsuyu, quickly and delicately reaching for the device’s straps to free her own insides of the penis shape she was still lightly clenching around. With a wet sound, Mina was free to fall to the side, panting from her recent exertions.

Looking down at the other panting girl in her arms, Momo wrapped her arms around Tsuyu and used one to softly stroke her head once more. The three just allowed themselves to exist together for a moment, all catching their breaths and enjoying the pleasant hormones running through their bodies.

“Hey…” Mina reached out, stroking along Momo’s thigh to get her attention. The girl looked over at her little pink devil of a friend who started awkwardly but adorably crawling on her arms along her covers. Mina pulled herself up so she was just below her taller friend’s head before collapsing, resting her chin on her folded arms and sending a sincere smile at the other girl. “Come on then, what’s my name.”

Momo giggled fondly as Tsuyu adjusted her own head to look over at Mina, a happy, satisfied smile on her own face.

“How about… Minx.” Momo winked, “For how you devilishly sprung this on both of us.”

“It does fit.” Tsuyu agreed with a cheeky smile.

“No fair.” Mina pouted again. “I want something cutesy too.”

“Awww, but it fits so well with your horns.” Momo giggled, lightly reaching out to touch the pinkette’s small curved appendages.

“Ah, ah, do~on’t.” Mina moaned. “It… feels weird.”

“Oh? How so, ribbit?” Tsuyu asked curiously.

“Uh… if I bend them… it sends a twitch down my spine and… makes me… clench.” She admitted, her face sinking into a purple blush.

“Adorable.” Tsuyu croaked.

“S-so… that girl… before we fought that third year.” Momo put some pieces together. The blue haired girl had been playing with Mina’s horns before their learning experience against the strongest of the ‘Big Three’.

“Y-yeah.” Mina blushed, confirming the heiress’ thoughts.

“Awww, come here.” Momo reached over with her closest arm and curled it around Mina’s frame as best she could. Mina took the prompt and wiggled closer, settling on her side, Momo’s arm now resting under her neck.

“How about we save ‘Minx’ for when you’re being very… naughty.” Momo leant forward to rub her nose against the pinkette’s own. “Hmmm… cutesy nickname…”

“Princess.” Tsuyu offered shyly. “I’m um… the queen and she’s my princess.”

Mina felt herself blush, biting her lip as she felt herself squeal a little inside.

“C-could I? Please? You did call me your ‘pretty pink princess’ earlier.” She asked Momo shyly. The heiress smiled back and sealed the deal with a kiss to Mina’s nose like she had Tsuyu’s.

“Princess it is.” She declared happily.

Mina grinned, wiggling with joy at her new pet name.

“Ooo, Yaomomo’s turn.” Mina said, looking at Tsuyu. “Ideas?”

“We joke about it often enough. Isn’t she our goddess?” The frog girl suggested.

Momo blushed and looked away. “I couldn’t accept that… its definition far outweighs my own importance and… puts me on a level too far away from either of you.”

“Disagree with the first part but okay… something else…” Mina pondered. “How about Gorgeous? It’s close enough to goddess, plus Yaomomo fits the definition outside and in.”

“N-no, I can’t.” Momo blushed.

“Actually I have to agree with our Princess on this one.” Tsuyu said, “While it can certainly apply to your physical beauty, your personality is also incredibly attractive to the same degree if not more.”

“Yeah, but you rejected goddess, so boom! Gorgeous it is.” Mina declared, kissing Momo’s nose in return.

Momo turned to try and reason with Tsuyu only to receive the same seal approving kiss on her nose from the girl.

“You can’t escape either Tsuyu, you’re my Darling now too.” Mina smiled, giving the final kiss on the nose to the frog girl.

Tsuyu felt tears pool in her eyes once more. Not only had these two wonderful friends of hers helped her heavy heart immensely that night but they’d shared something spectacular with each other that she wouldn’t trade for the world. She felt so loved that she finally accepted that she would be okay with herself. Tsuyu Asui was no longer that weird, freak who wanted to make a harem out of her closest friends; she was someone who wanted many caring and loving partners in a polyamorous relationship and that was okay.

“I… I love you both… so, so much.” She cried, reaching her arm out to cuddle Mina while burying her face into Momo’s collarbone.

“And we love you too Darling.” Mina cooed while Momo kissed the girl’s hair.

The three relaxed in each other’s company, making some idle chatter about their days, their homework and the upcoming work studies. Light kisses and touches were exchanged here and there before the trio finally separated. A small awkwardness hung in the air as they looked to each other for guidance. Mina eventually rolled her eyes before grabbing her phone and asking the pair what time they usually get up for school. Once she had that, she set an alarm for slightly earlier and declared they were all going to sleep together and snuggle.

Both Momo and Tsuyu blushed but didn’t oppose the idea. With the plan made, the girls set to work straightening up Momo’s bedding, her room and their clothes, placing them on the dresser to sneak back into their own rooms with in the morning. Momo would have to do laundry again for her bedding which was becoming an increasingly common occurrence but she didn’t mind.

With a few final kisses and mutters of ‘good night’, the group went to bed early, exhausted from their sexy relations.


Despite not being as sneaky as Hagakure, both Mina and Tsuyu managed to abscond back to their dorm rooms unnoticed early in the morning. Mina was a little salty she had to sneak down and past Uraraka’s room while Tsuyu just walked normally to her own, seeing as it was on the same floor as Momo’s.

Once they were dressed and ready for the day, it became quickly apparent that today would be just another hard-working day as normal at UA. Tsuyu, Momo and Mina stole secret glances at one another throughout the day but ultimately, the universe seemed content to leave them alone. The biggest surprise came in the evening when Kaminari checked his phone after the class returned to the dorms.

“Dude! No way!” He grinned, reading the headline again.

“What’s up man?” Kirishima asked, dumping his bag by the couch before falling back into its comfy embrace.

“Hero Smash! They announced a surprise direct stream like this morning, it’s on right now.” Kaminari explained, accidently kicking the sofa leg and stumbling as he struggled to grab the TV remote from the table.

“For real? Awesome.” Sero grinned. “I guess it has been a while since the last fighter was added.”

“Meh, it’s a total snoozefest.” Mineta shrugged, leaving the common room, “Most of the top heroes are already in the game and ‘cause of that most of them are dudes.”

“Is it really that heavily unbalanced?” Momo asked curiously. If they were going to be heroes, there was a chance they may end up being asked to appear in a similar game in the future.

“The small fry’s not wrong.” Bakugo grunted reluctantly, watching Kaminari fiddle with the TV and his phone at the same time, trying not to act interested. “It’s so bad that they even pull in some sidekicks from pros and use internationals to fill it out better.”

“Urgh, totally misogynistic.” Jiro scoffed.

“Midori!” Mina called out the green haired boy who baulked at the sudden attention. “You’re like the super hero aficionado. What’s the deal?”

“Oh… um…” Izuku paused, collecting his thoughts. “Well Kacchan is right; they’ve used more heroes like ‘Burnin’ from Endeavour’s agency and ‘Star and Stripe’ as an international power house as there’s just unfortunately not as many female pros in the top fifty compared to males. Of course people want to play as heroes they idolise but the company who makes the game series want the top rated heroes as that will likely sell more copies of the game. While there are still notable female heroes like Ryukyu and Midnight in the game, they are considerably more spaced out in the rankings compared to the likes of All Might, Endeavour, Best Jeanist, Edgeshot, Crust and more who are all within the top ten alone.”

“It’s gone downhill ever since the original creator left citing ‘burnout’ as the reason why.” Bakugo replied.

“Hey, the game’s still good.” Kaminari replied, finding a stream of the current news reveal on his phone before casting it to the TV. “But yeah, it could really do with some more girl power.”

“-as such, her home town of Hiroshima has been included as a new battle arena, extensively recreated with care.” A polite voice announced over the TV.

“Damnit, missed the reveal.” Kaminari sighed. “They have the best cutscene reveals. Will just have to catch it later.”

“Hey, at least it’s a girl.” Mina cheered, happy that they were getting at least some recognition after that unflattering analysis from Midori’s bright head.

“Anyone know which hero’s from Hiroshima?” Kirishima asked the room.

“Beats me.” Ojiro shrugged, not interested in the game at all.

“HA! Bitch finally gave in.” Bakugo grinned, suddenly very interested.

“Bakugo! Please desist using that type of language.” Iida scolded, chopping his hand at the boy.

“Gonna share with the class?” Sero looked over at the explosion boy.

Before Bakugo could respond, they heard a new voice speak from the TV.

“If you’re gonna die, get the job done first!” A tall, tanned pair of legs flashed on the screen, followed by an extremely toned rear with a white rabbit’s tail and finishing with a quick shot of just tall, white rabbits’s ears. “Because a Hero never, ever gives up!”

“Fuck yeah!” Kaminari cheered as the Rabbit Hero: Mirko stepped onto the scene in her full, muscle bound glory.

The class that had gathered around the TV watched as the playable Mirko performed some notable moves from her arsenal, beating back other notable pros like Edgeshot and Endeavour.

“No way!” Midoriya shouted, “Mirko’s been turning down the chance to appear in this game for the past couple years.”

“Why’s that Midoriya?” Tsuyu asked, curious if there was a specific reason for the rabbit hero to reject such an offer.

“She said she didn’t want to be in it until she broke the top fifty at least, maybe even top ten.” Izuku explained, “She’s notoriously difficult to get a hold of for anything other than crime due to her lack of sidekicks or supporting staff so it was just an offhand comment from a quick interview this one time.”

“Think they’ve been working on this since the last billboard then?” Sato asked, the sugar hero leaning on the back of the couch.

“Absolutely,” Izuku nodded.

“As a special treat,” The announcer for the game continued, “This downloadable character will be available for purchase and play… today!”

“What?! Awesome!” Kaminari cheered. “Who’s up for another gaming night? I’m gonna go get everything to set up.”

“I’m in, let’s see how cottontail fairs up against the ultimate hero!” Bakugo grinned, preselecting All Might in his mind.

“Yeah, Midoriya’s Edgeshot tactics might not work against an unknown like her,” Sero grinned, “That’s who you meant by ultimate hero, right Bakugo?”

“I’ll fucking bury you!” The blond exploded his palm, crushing the resulting smoke that erupted.

“Ooo, lemme play! I wanna kick some ass!” Mina challenged.

“Don’t you have homework to catch up on?” Jiro glanced at the girl, watching with a smile as she deflated, clearly not taking Yaomomo up on her offer of studying last night.

“Urgh, Jiro! Don’t go and ruin my fun.” She pouted. “Fine, homework, then dinner, then kicking butt.”

“It’ll be a bit before the download’s done so you’ve got time.” Kaminari nodded.

“Woo! Plan!” Mina cheered, quickly making a dash for her room.

The class split up to do their own things after that. True to his word, Kaminari brought down his games console once more and set it up in the common room ready for after dinner. He made sure to let it be known that all were welcome to join in for the session and, by the time dinner was over, he’d gathered a crew: Sero, Kirishima, Bakugo, Midoriya, Tokoyami and Ashido had all elected to join the electric boy in the battle while Todoroki and Jiro sat nearby, content to watch.

A few rounds passed quickly, each person getting a turn using the new hero before they settled into facing off against each other using whatever characters they felt like. Todoroki watched with a smile whenever anyone who selected Endeavour was beaten.

“I’m surprised she wasn’t here sooner. She’s super tough and manly!” Kirishima declared, picking Red Riot for his next bout.

“Bunny bitch probably didn’t want a second rate moveset.” Bakugo guessed, picking All Might again. “No way I’m gonna be included ‘til I’m number one, then I’ll have the best moveset, costumes, everything.”

“Not gonna lie, Mirko could crush my head between her legs and I would thank her.” Kaminari grinned, selecting the new downloadable fighter for himself.

“Dude, same,” Mina laughed, “If we’re talking hero crushes, Mirko jumped up near the top of mine like three weeks back.”

“Ha, gay.” Sero chuckled.

“Bi actually, Tapey, and never going back.”

“Wait… really?” Kaminari turned to look at the girl. Was she just admitting to something like that offhand or was she just joking.

“Oh yeah. Had an epiphany when I saw dem muscles. Mina likey.” The pink girl laughed. All those in the common area glanced at each other nervously, none quite sure if Mina was being serious or not.

“So what, you coming out the closet or some shit?” Bakugo asked flippantly.

“I’d say more dancing out but yeah.” Mina shrugged, “I wouldn’t kick her out of bed, that’s for sure.”

“W-wow Ashido… I had no idea.” Midoriya blinked. “That’s very brave of you. Thank you for trusting us.”

“Brave sh-mave,” Mina rolled her eyes, “I’m not gonna hide it. If anyone has a problem with it, that’s their deal.”

Mina idly noticed Jiro rise to her feet and leave the common area as the next round started. She watched as Bakugo’s All Might easily tore apart Kaminari’s inexperienced use of Mirko while Kirishima’s Red Riot tried to pick off the explosive blond whenever he could.

Her phone buzzed in her pocket. She reached down and plucked it out as Bakugo let out a cheer of impending victory. He was just lucky Midoriya was sitting this round out if the brief teasing about their last battle was anything to go by.

‘You have 1 new message.
Deepest Dope: WTF was that?!’

Mina blinked. Jiro just left, why was she texting her if they could just talk. She unlocked her phone to reply only for a new message to pop in.

Deepest Dope: U can’t jus announce shit like tht

That was weird. Why did Jiro have a problem with her telling people she was bi now?

Alien Queen: Can and did! Whyd you dash nyway?

Deepest Dope: …

Alien Queen: Is it coz I did it first?

Deepest Dope: No…

Mina watched as the small line of text that disclosed who was typing informed her several times that Jiro had started and stopped replying. It took a full five minutes before her next text.

Deepest Dope: Need 2 talk, come to your room.

If the girl was having issues with herself or, very unlikely, actually had a problem with Mina, there was no way the pink girl could ignore it.

“Hey guys, mum’s calling, gotta go chat.” She announced rising and heading towards the elevator.

“You gonna be long? You’re up next.” Kirishima called out.

“Might be a while.” Mina called back, “Don’t save my spot.”

“Laters Mina!” Kaminari called back.

The group waited for the elevator to swiftly escort their friend away before they broke into somewhat hushed conversation.

“Dude, anyone else clock Mina swinging for that team or is this just as out of left field for you guys?” Sero asked.

“A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.” Kaminari chuckled, offering his response as a meme.

“It is not a factor I considered in our friend.” Tokoyami stated. “However, the darkness is all the deeper when surrounded by those that shine brightest.”

“What?” Sero shot the bird boy a look.

“I believe he means that it’s great that Mina um… talked to us about it.” Midoriya offered. “She feels like she doesn’t have to hide it from us and can be herself with us.”

“Yeah! She’s like, so super manly for trusting us like that!” Kirishima declared, crying manly tears.

“Of course she can! Raccoon eyes don’t take shit from anyone. Any of you extras got a problem with her can take it up with me.” Bakugo barked sending a glare around the group.

“Dude, chill. Pretty sure we don’t have a class of douchebags.” Sero shrugged. Kaminari was quiet for a moment, contemplating his next words carefully.

We are fine, just… no one tell Mineta.”

An uncomfortable apprehension fell around the group as they each tried to hazard a guess at what their tiny classmate’s reaction would be.

“It is for the best.” Tokoyami nodded while Kirishima turned to Midoriya.

“Bro, you know him best besides Kaminari thanks to the USJ. Thoughts?”

Midoriya scrunched his face in thought, hunching over a little.

“I don’t want to believe any of our classmates would treat someone different because of that.” Midoriya said, however he couldn’t help recalling the line of questioning he’d been given by Aizawa about the USJ recently. “But… I also think Kaminari’s right. No offense to Ashido but if he’s around it’s probably best not to talk about it.”

“Small fry will die if he even thinks about making her uncomfortable.” Bakugo growled, handing his controller off to Sero.

“It’s not like he’ll be disparaging.” Kaminari reluctantly admitted. “He’ll just probably pester her with questions about how much she’s done, can he watch next time, gross shit like that. Honestly, I’ve been kinda pulling away from him since that bullying thing.”

“Dude, I’m sorry.” Kirishima sympathised, “It’s never fun to lose a friend because of shit like that.”

Kaminari nodded.

“If anyone’s going to be the first out in our class though, better a girl than a guy when it comes to him.”

“The fuck you mean by that?” Bakugo glared dangerously.

“Woah dude, I don’t mean it like that.” Kaminari nervously waved away. “I don’t care either way but… take what he’d probably say when he finds out about Mina and reverse it for a guy.”

“An abyssal thought indeed.” Tokoyami nodded.

“For me, if a dude’s gay? Great! Good for them and more girls to reject me.” Kaminari chuckled. “Mina though, now I have to compete with her… I’m doomed.”

“Ha! Not your best response man but it’ll do.” Kirishima laughed before becoming somewhat introspective. “Guess… now’s as good a time as any to say you don’t have to worry about me then.”

“Wait, what?” Sero gaped.

“Y-yeah.” Kirishima rubbed the back of his head nervously. “I’ve never really hid it but no one ever asked either.”

“Big whoop,” Bakugo shrugged, a nervous bead of sweat running down his head, “It’s not something you need to announce, who gives a fuck if other people know or not.”

“It is still kind of a sore topic for some people.” Kaminari reluctantly countered, “I know some folks round my way would definitely give you the stink eye.”

“Discrimination is a blight on our society, one the light and darkness must work together to cleanse.” Tokoyami offered.

“Isn’t that why we’re aiming to be heroes?” Todoroki offered.

“Gotta know how to look out for it though.” Sero said, “Sometimes it’s hard to tell if someone’s a dick because they’re a dick or because it’s motivated by something stupid like that.”

“Indeed, while I myself am not of the LGBT community, I too have faced discrimination; though it was geared towards my appearance.”

“Mutant-type-hate fuckers?” Bakugo asked offhandedly, receiving a grim nod from Tokoyami.

“Still, it’s something that we should educate ourselves on in order to be better heroes.” Izuku said. “Thank you for trusting us too Kirishima. If there’s anything I say that may upset or offend you, please let me know.”

“Nah, you’re fine Midori-bro.” Kirishima grinned toothily. “You guys are like my best buds anyway. If I had a problem with you, I’d’ve told you by now.”

“Never been friends with a gay dude before.” Sero shrugged. “Just don’t check me out in the locker rooms and make me feel weird.”

“Dude, really?” Kirishima levelled a withering stare at him.

“What?” Sero blinked. “Wait, was that wrong?”

“I believe this is what Midoriya was referring to.” Tokoyami quirked an eyebrow. “You words were not said with ill intentions, but they caused harm to those that heard them for the assumptions made.”

“Not cool, my bad bro.” Sero raised his fist for a bump to Kirishima.

“You’re good.” Kirishima bumped his fist with his own, maybe a little harder than he should have as payback. “You’re not my type anyway.”

“I’m… not sure whether to be relieved or a little upset at that.” Sero pouted.

“Point is,” Kaminari turned back to their original topic. “Mina and Kirishima are… out? Is that the term still?” He asked, getting a thumbs up from his friend. “And it shouldn’t change how we treat them, just… keep an eye out for those that do.”

The conversation relaxed back into chatter about the game as they all took turns passing the controllers around. Kirishima smiled as he watched his friends laugh and languish as they played. He certainly hadn’t expected Mina to be bisexual, let alone come out so casually, but it seemed he was still borrowing her courage to fuel himself; giving him the strength to stand by her side in this and come out to their friends. He renewed his vow that he would pay her back someday by being a great hero alongside her as planned. For now though, he would just enjoy the time with his friends. Friends that accepted him as who he was. He could only hope Mina would find similar love and support from the girls.


Mina exited the elevator on her floor, briefly checking her phone to see if it had pinged again before she spotted Jiro waiting outside her door. Instantly, the acid girl could tell that Kyoka was on the defensive, her posture mimicked that of Hagakure’s when she’d first come to her about her body issues: shoulders hunched, arms hugging herself and, though she never saw it on Tooru, an uneasy look on her face.

Kyoka didn’t say a word as Mina approached, just nodding to Mina’s door. Obliging the girl, Mina quickly unlocked it and led the girl inside before locking it again.

“What the fuck was that?” Jiro asked steadily.

“Come on in Kyoka, would you like a seat? How has your day been? Can I get you some water?” Mina replied with snark, turning to raise an eyebrow at her friend. She didn’t know what her damage was yet but she wouldn’t take any uncalled for snaps either. “How about you tell me what the problem is before you get all pissy.”

“I’m not all…” Kyoka quirked her lip distastefully, hopefully realizing she was being abrasive to someone she was asking for answers from. “Sorry.”

Mina rolled her eyes and let out a huff.

“I don’t know what’s got you all frazzled but don’t come down on me for it. Come on, sit, what’s eating you?”

Mina gestured to the bed for the girl while she took her desk chair, spinning it to sit on it backwards and rest her arms on the back. After a few minutes of the punk rock girl clearly wrestling with herself internally, she began.

“Why did you… just say it like that? Just… come out like it’s no big deal.”

“‘Cause it’s not.” Mina shrugged. “Not to me anyway. I get that it’s probably different for you since we’re having this conversation. I don’t really care though so I just joined in the fun, admiring some thick bunny thighs.”

“But…” Jiro tried to search for what she wanted to ask next. “How? Like… how did you just… make the decision to do that so easily?”

“Meh, like I said, doesn’t matter to me so I didn’t put much thought into it.” Mina continued. “Most of those dudes were my bros so it was gonna come out eventually anyway. Probably will when I attend a super swank party as a pro with a girl on my arm too. I like who I like and all the shitty comments and bad vibes in the world won’t change that so why should I let it affect me.”

“Because it’s scary.” Jiro stated, “Not knowing whether or not your family and friends would treat you weird. If people will sneer and spit at you or attack you just because you’re different.”

“I get that for my appearance anyway.” Mina said nonchalantly.

Jiro had to stop and blink at that. Despite everything they’d been through, she’d completely forgotten that pretty much all of Mina’s defining visual characteristics were not those found on typical humans. Well, not to say she’d forgotten, more she’d looked past that without realizing and seen the amazing, fun-filled and outgoing girl inside. In not judging the girl for her physical appearance, she’d completely overlooked that others absolutely would.

“Bright pink hair and skin, horns and definitely my eyes.” Mina listed off, “I’ve heard probably a good fifty or so creative slurs in my life towards how I look. People judging me for my choice in partner is practically tame next to that and just another straw I’ll have to carry if I don’t let it roll off my back.”

“I… I didn’t...” Kyoka gaped, struggling to word how to apologize to the girl.

“If you’re going to apologize, don’t.” Mina called her on it. “If anything, I’m glad it didn’t occur to you. Means you saw me for me and are one of my besties ‘cause of that.”

“Y-yeah.” Jiro nodded.

“But that doesn’t mean you’re wrong to be scared hun.” Mina smiled sympathetically at the girl. “Not gonna lie, it does super suck sometimes and even I get down when it gets too much at times. I’m not saying our plights are the same but I can definitely sympathise in some aspects and empathise in others. Coming out, it’s a big thing for you, isn’t it?”

Jiro nodded shyly.

“I can’t say everything will be alright when or if you do come out to anyone else. I don’t know your parents too well, how things like this are treated in the hero community, and I really should educate myself on how the public will react.” Mina considered. “But I can say that I’ll be there with you, along with all the other girls supporting you no matter what you decide to do.”

“But… but that’s what I’m asking!” Jiro replied, “How can you find this… strength to know bad shit may happen because of you and just do it anyway?”

Mina laughed, though she probably shouldn’t’ve judging by Jiro’s frustrated face.

“Honestly?” She giggled. “It’s because I’m happy with who I am and I know I’ve got good friends to support me like you guys.”

Jiro blinked and shook her head, confused.

“Tell you a story, I found out I wasn’t entirely straight like... three-ish weeks ago now? Yeah. I didn’t question myself or get super defensive over it, I literally just went ‘huh… cool’ and rolled with it. I needed to do a bit more digging ‘til I was sure and stuff but I just accepted it as part of me. Last person I need beating me down is myself, learned that from all the quirkist shit growing up so I just took what I learned there and applied it here.” Mina smiled sadly. “You however, I get it, you’re worried and that’s not invalid. But all you can do is try to be you and surround yourself with people who love you. I hope that’s your parents and I know that’s most of our friends. All you can do is live your life being you and be happy with the decisions you made. If that’s not telling anyone besides me and the girls about your preference, growing old and adopting loads of cats, that’s fine if it’s what you chose to do. You can’t control how other people will react so don’t let the ‘maybes’ and ‘what-ifs’ control your life if you’re not happy with it.”

Kyoka bit her lip, nodding along to Mina as she spoke. It was certainly a bit preachy but it was kind of what she’d asked for. Ochako’s own issues with her folks had sown some seeds of doubt in her own mind and Kyoka had wondered once more how her parents would react, as well as how it could affect her career if it was a known fact about her when she debuted. She was grateful Mina wasn’t just dismissing her fears and telling her to be brave and just go for it though. If she chose to keep to herself until she felt more comfortable letting the world know, Mina would support her all the way, there was no doubt about that.

Now she just needed to decide if that was how she wanted to do things and move forward with herself, wouldn’t be very ‘Plus Ultra’ to ignore the problem and hope it went away.

“T-thanks Mina.” Kyoka smiled lightly, “That does help… I think.”

“You think?” Mina deadpanned. “Don’t tell me I gave that big ol’ speech for nothing. I thought it was good, award winning even.”

Jiro chuckled softly.

“Maybe don’t hold your breath on a shiny new statue for your room.”

“Bah, gold doesn’t go with my stuff; pinks and blacks all the way.” Mina grinned, glancing around her very heavily themed room.

“A nice orange does wonders though.” Jiro admitted, hoping her next compliment would assure her friend there was no worries from her about her appearance. “Your eyes are probably your most stunning feature.”

Mina had to double-take at that before breaking out into a soft, purple blush.

“Ooo look, purple works well too.” Jiro teased with a smirk.

“Sh-shut up Kyoka!” Mina tried to defend herself, caught off guard by the flattery. “You’re such a lesbian.” She teased.

“Yeah,” Jiro laughed, “Yeah, I am… and I should be proud of that… who I am I mean.”

“Damn right, got us a kick ass Hearin’ Hero called Kyoka Fuckin’ Jiro up in here.” Mina stuck her tongue out.

“Urgh, stop using that against me, you and Yaomomo are terrible.” Jiro shook her head fondly.

“Yeah we are,” Mina grinned, thinking something naughty in her own head. “But so are you, you stuck your hand in my pants and felt me up; no dinner or nothing.”

Jiro felt her own face heat up as she recalled the embarrassing display of dancing from the sleepover followed by Mina’s unique brand of reassurance by guiding her hand into herself to let the punk rocker know she liked her actions.

“Do… do you want me to?” Kyoka asked nervously, suddenly aware they’d not spoken about the event since that night. “D-dinner, I mean.”

Mina, for her part, gave an evaluating eye to the girl, not quite sure if the response was a joke or a genuine question.

“I’m not saying you have to because of what we did.” Mina smiled, “I had fun dancing with you, really. Ha, actually, after you left, I told the other girls I wasn’t sure if I was pissed or not they’d interrupted us.”

“R-really?”

“Hell yeah, I’ve no doubt in your skills of seduction anymore, they clearly fucking worked on me.” Mina teased. “But I am curious… what would’ve you done next if we weren’t broken from your spellbinding trance? What if it was just a random club we’d met in and we’d started dancing like that together.”

Jiro blushed as she recalled the moments leading up to her flight from the room. She felt herself getting somewhat excited about entertaining the thought train that now pulled into her mind station.

“I… I can’t say.”

“Why not?” Mina asked with a cheeky smirk. “Afraid I’ll ask for an encore?”

“Um…” Jiro bit her lip. “A-actually… a little scared about what’ll happen for us… if I said ‘yes’ to that.”

Mina sat back in surprise. Jiro was certainly intrigued yet scared about anything developing between them. With all the recent stuff she’d shared with Tooru, Momo and Tsuyu, it was not a total shock that their resident lesbian had entertained the thought of the two of them together, especially after what Mina had so brazenly done during the last sleepover. However, she had to clear the air with Jiro just so the girl knew what she was getting into first. It wouldn’t do good to enjoy some possible private time together only for the girl to assume they were now together.

“Look, I’mma be straight with you for a moment.” Mina stood up and turned her desk chair around, sitting on it properly. “I’m unattached right now and I’ve kinda got things of my own going on that I want to keep exploring. If you want to ask me for a relationship right now, I’ve gotta say no.”

Jiro felt a pang of sadness at Mina’s words. Had she misread the situation?

“However,” Mina leant forward, encroaching into Jiro’s space, much like she had teased Ochako with only days prior, her voice heavy with desire. “If you’d like to continue our little… dance. Well… I don’t think I could resist an offer so tempting.”

Jiro gulped, very aware of her chest rising and falling more with the deeper breaths she was now taking.

“S-stand up.” Kyoka ordered.

Mina gave the girl a confused but intrigued look, leaning back from the punk girl and rising to her feet. Jiro quickly joined the girl while pulling out her mobile phone, paying it some intense attention. The pinkette watched curiously as Jiro found whatever it was she was looking for before returning her attention to her host.

“Okay um… come here.” Jiro ordered again, walking over to a clear spot at the end of Mina’s bed near the wall. Mina obliged, standing where the girl pointed as she approached.

“Right so… just um… do what you did last time.” Jiro said before tapping her phone and placing it behind her on Mina’s small purple table.

Mina’s eyes widened with recognition as what was unmistakably the same song that Tooru had played for Jiro to dance to for her dare was once more blasting out of a phone. Observing her friend saw the girl close her eyes like she had back then, as she let the rhythm of the song begin to flow through her. The pinkette couldn’t help but feel herself getting excited at what was clearly about to happen and began to dance as she had then.

Once more, Mina watched as the rhythm consumed Jiro, her jacks luring the acid girl closer and her obeying. Again, Jiro explicitly admired Mina’s body by tracing its form with hover hands before the girl grabbed her hips and turned her around, melding their forms together as Jiro wrapped her arms around the pinkette. Mina felt her shirt rise again as Kyoka’s hands explored while her jack caressed her, directing her back towards the punk rock girl’s seductive gaze.

Mina felt the pleasurable sensations of that night return as she felt the tingles from where Kyoka’s fingers touched and the draw of her slightly parted lips. With no friends in the room to stop them this time, Mina’s mouth and Kyoka’s made contact as Kyoka’s tongue teasingly licked to top of Mina’s lip. The acid girl stretched out her own tongue to meet it but met only empty air as Jiro pulled back just out of reach. She’d teased her and left her wanting, probably just as intended.

Instead, Kyoka descended, placing kisses on her jaw before moving down to her neck. With each kiss, her hand under Mina’s shirt rose just a bit higher while the hand that had now slipped under her sweats and undies crept lower. Mina felt her toes curling already as Jiro drew tantalizingly close to her sexy spots.

With a final kiss, Kyoka descended onto Mina’s neck one more, closer to her throat and sucking hard at the skin, at the same time, her hand seized one of Mina’s breasts and her other cupped her sex.

Mina moaned as she felt the soft pain of the hickey Jiro was undoubtedly leaving contrasting with the intimate explorations of her hands. Their dancing hadn’t stopped either as now Jiro was guiding their hips to roll together as she rubbed herself against Mina’s rear with every gyration. Jiro pulled back after leaving her mark on the girl and whispered into her ear.

“You’re mine now.”

The pinkette could feel herself clench with desire at the line. She’d been marked, taken possession of, at least for the night as dictated by Jiro’s signature on her throat. Mina felt Jiro’s hands retreat quickly as the girl straightened up and the dancing stopped, leaving her with a sense of loss for the erotic feelings her hands had elicited.

A new pressure was placed on her back as Jiro guided her to bend over, one of her hands pressing against her while the other reached out and lifted one of the pinkette’s arms to press lightly against the wall. Mina quickly got the hint and did the same with her other arm, resting her weight on them as she felt her rear rub against Jiro once more.

Once the girl was happy with the pinkette’s position she grabbed her hips, tugging down her pants and panties halfway and leaving the girl exposed as she admired the sight. Mina bit her lip as she could only imagine the look of desire probably plastered on Kyoka’s face right now.

Kyoka stepped to the side, standing over Mina’s hunched over stance by her stomach instead of directly behind her. Mina felt herself jump as Jiro’s hand was swiftly brought down and slapped her on her arse. Without warning, it quickly moved to slide down and between Mina’s legs for the fingers to rub firmly up and down her pussy.

“You’re dripping wet for me.” Jiro stated in a husky voice. Mina could only gasp as Jiro sunk two fingers into her, pressing deeply. She quickly began thrusting her fingers, soft wet sounds filling the air as she fucked Mina with them. There was frankly no other word for it.

Mina winced as she felt one of Jiro’s jack lines wrap itself around her throat before applying a gentle pressure to the sides. At the same time, Jiro’s free hand reached under her and sought out her breast once more, over her top and massaging it somewhat roughly.

The acid girl felt her insides be stretched by a third finger as Jiro’s other jack secretly descended down and over her rear, seeking out a particular spot she wanted to keep a surprise till after her next line.

“You’re going to cum for me now,” Kyoka declared. “Then you’re going to kneel down and thank me with your mouth.”

Unsure if an answer or some sort of response was required, Mina was about to tell the girl ‘yes’ only for an intense vibration to run though her crotch as Jiro’s jack made contact with her clit. A deep moan broke from her throat as her hips bucked and thrust themselves, trying to escape the surprising pleasure at first but Jiro’s jack followed like a magnet, not allowing her a moment to rest.

Kyoka’s fingers sped up their motions, the girl thrusting deeper and stretching Mina more as the pinkette felt her nipple also get pinched and rolled between her tormentor’s fingers. In all of her exploits with the others, she’d never been treated so roughly. It was different certainly, but no less arousing as her quickly approaching orgasm could prove.

She squirted. She knew she did. Mina felt her contractions around Jiro’s fingers as she came hard, the juices quickly coating the girl’s fingers and running down her inner thighs. Kyoka let out an erotic moan herself, enjoying the feeling of bringing another girl to cum under her touch. Her jack uncoiled from around Mina’s neck before caressing the girl’s face once more.

“Good girl.” Jiro praised, desire still heavy in her voice. She pulled her fingers out of her friend who twitched and moaned lightly from the increased sensitivity of her orgasm. Bringing her fingers to her mouth, she let out and exaggerated sigh as she savoured Mina’s taste. Kyoka’s jack then reared back slightly before whipping forward, slapping the girl sharply across the rear as she gave her next order.

“Now sit!”

Mina felt her legs buckle. The orgasm and the sudden stinging caused her to bend down, her arms sliding down the wall but still supporting her as she tried to catch her breath. Out of the corner of her eye however, she saw Jiro’s shorts and panties pool around her feet, the girl stepping free of them.

Kyoka reached out and placed her hands on Mina’s shoulders, gently coaxing her back and into a kneeling position. Once she was too far to reach the wall anymore, Mina’s arms flopped back to her side, confident her friend wouldn’t drop her supported weight suddenly.

She looked up at her commanding partner as Jiro smirked devilishly down at her, having divested herself of her shirt without Mina realizing. The pink girl watched as one of Kyoka’s hands was pinching her own nipple and the other was rubbing at her own shaved pussy.

“Open your mouth, stick out your tongue.” Kyoka ordered. Mina obeyed almost without thinking, presenting herself to the girl. The punk rock girl stepped closer, spreading her own legs to stand over the pink girl as well as spreading her lower lips while her crotch approached Mina’s face. “Start thanking me.”

Mina didn’t need any further instructions; she immediately went to work, licking up and down Jiro’s slit before sliding her tongue inside the girl, receiving a pleasant moan in response.  Jiro allowed herself to enjoy the feeling of her friend’s deeds for a moment as Mina explored. Soon, she wanted more and reached down to sink her hands into Mina’s fluffy hair and pull her closer, grinding into her face.

Mina’s hands reached up and wrapped around Jiro’s legs, her hands finding the girl’s plump rear and sinking her fingers into her cheeks. This seemed to please the girl who let out another moan. Mina pulled the girl’s hips closer, spreading her cheeks as she did. A passing thought wished Momo was here with her new toy for a moment, thinking she could hilt herself into Jiro’s ass as payback. Mina was half tempted to throw caution to the wind and stick a finger up there herself but thought better of it. Jiro was in control of this ‘dance’ so she’d follow her lead for now.

Pulling back slightly, Mina rearranged her tongue to rest on the girl’s clit as she demonstrated some of her newest skills in lady loving. Jiro’s shorter, quicker thrusts told of her impending release and Mina kept up her pace.

Jiro pulled Mina’s head close as she curled her toes and clenched, her own release leaving a small watery trail around her thighs as she grunted with each clench. Once she’d passed the peak of her orgasm, she looked down at Mina with lidded eyes.

“Clean me up.” She ordered. Mina obliged, running her tongue around Kyoka’s pussy once more before travelling up and down her thighs to where some liquid drops had escaped. When she was done, she sat back, looking up expectantly.

“Good girl.” Jiro said, before stepping back and gesturing for Mina to stand once more. The pinkette rose and watched as Jiro licked her lips, her own pants and underwear pooling around her feet, free from their strained position between her knees. “Now… share.”

Kyoka leant forward, opening her mouth and leading with her tongue. Mina quickly caught on and matched Jiro in a passionate tongue wrestling match where they tasted each other and themselves on each other’s lips. The pinkette quickly felt the punk rock girl wrap her arms around her and clench her rear, pulling their hips close once more as they made out.

When they broke, Jiro’s sultry eyes looked Mina up and down once more.

“I think I’ll keep you.” She said with satisfaction. Admittedly, Mina felt herself happy with that declaration, as though she was pleased to have been ‘claimed’ by the girl who saw her as worthy after getting each other off.

“A-and then I’d um…” Jiro stuttered, her confident personality retreating back into the shy shell she usually wore. “I’d take you um… home and we’d go all night.”

Mina blinked in confusion, only to realise that Jiro was finishing the scenario they’d enacted, telling her what would’ve happened had the event happened for real. She couldn’t help but laugh.

“So, you’d do all that,” She giggled. “Treat me like that… right there on the dance floor? In front of everyone?”

Jiro blushed before hiding her face behind a hand.

“N-no… the uh… the bending over… that was in the bathroom… in a stall.”

“Ahhh, that makes sense.” Mina nodded with a smile. “Fuck that’s hot.”

“Shush, it’s embarrassing.” Jiro blushed.

“Oh come on, where’s that confident lesbian that basically ordered me to cum?”

“Still in the closet.” Jiro mumbled.

“Oh no you don’t.” Mina grabbed the girl in a hug, picking her up by cupping her rear much to the punk girl’s confusion. “Skills like that can’t be left to rust.”

“What are you doing?” Jiro asked worriedly, clinging to the girl as Mina waddled back over to her bed before carefully leaning forward and lowering the girl into it and on her back.

“You said we’d go all night.” Mina purred, leaning down and suckling on the girl’s neck to leave her own, possessive mark. “You’re going to fulfil that promise.”

“N-no…” Jiro turned away shyly. “I want my first time to um… be with someone else.”

Mina sighed and looked down at her friend fondly. Seems she wasn’t the only romantic at heart.

“I’m guessing I’m not your secret crush you wouldn’t tell us back then?” She asked, referring to the truth from their first sleepover where she’d come out instead of telling the group who she fancied.

“N-no… sorry.” Jiro apologized weakly.

“It’s okay girl, nothing wrong with that. You still find me irresistible though, considering what we just did.” Mina wiggled her hips, rubbing erotically between Jiro’s legs. “How ‘bout this though. You tell me, and I’ll try to put out some feelers and maybe help you get together, yeah?”

“N-no… I can’t.” Jiro refused, looking somewhat crestfallen.

“Nonsense, after that display, any girl would be so lucky to have you on their arm.”

“I-it’s Momo…” Jiro reluctantly admitted, hoping Mina would realise why her efforts were futile and just drop it. “That’s why… I can’t.”

“Oooh.” Mina nodded, suddenly understanding the girl’s hesitation. What Jiro clearly didn’t know however, was all the things that the heiress had been doing with all their other friends and Mina herself.

“Y-yeah… so…” Jiro sighed, “Sorry… but… I want to wait for her.”

“Girl, it’s cool, I get it.” Mina smiled, the beginnings of a plan forming in her mind. “Doesn’t mean I’m not still gonna help ya.” She winked before sitting back on her knees, reaching up and pulling her top off. “But first, I want that ‘all-nighter’ you promised, doing everything that isn’t quite all the way, if that’s ok?”

Kyoka blushed but raised her jacks, ready to rise to the challenge she’d set for herself. It was a good thing she’d partially sound-proofed her own room as Mina’s squeals of delight were for her ears alone that night, while her own moans belonged to Mina.


Tsuyu Asui was an observant frog. Sometimes she was too observant for her own good and it got her into trouble, other times she managed to deduce some curious insights into people way before they did and then she’d enjoy the looks on their faces when they realized. Mostly, she used this skill to gauge others and try to discover their thoughts and feelings without a single word passing between them. According to her skills, Tsuyu had deduced that Tooru was depressed.

It wasn’t as easy as reading other people due to the girl’s invisibility, but her attitude had changed in the past few days. She was less talkative in discussions and her joy had a distinctly fake aspect to it that she’d initially brushed off from all the extra quirk training. There was also the fact that she’d been cooped up in her room after school for two days and today was looking like the third.

When the invisible girl had come down for dinner and left, Tsuyu distinctly caught Kirishima shooting her a sad look. The boy either did something he was sorry about or knew something. Since Tooru hadn’t come forth to them in the group chat, she had to get something at least if she was to get her foot in the door instead of being brushed off with pleasantries.

“Hey, Kirishima?” Tsuyu asked, approaching the boy as she watched him finish the last of his meal. Bakugo, who was seating next to the redhead glared at her but she just ignored him. “Can I talk to you for a minute, ribbit?”

“Huh? Yeah, sure.” Kirishima grinned, rising from his spot before turning to Bakugo. “Hey, you mind taking this to the kitchen for me if you finish?”

“What do I fucking look like? Your mother?” Bakugo growled.

“Thanks man!” Kirishima waved back, leading Tsuyu away to a quieter corner of the common area, leaving behind the grumbling blond.

“Hey, so, what’s up?” He asked, picking a spot near the bathing area entrances to have their chat.

Not one to beat around the bush, Tsuyu got right to the point.

“I’ve been noticing Tooru being a little sadder these past few days. The way you looked at her when she left just now has me guess you know something, ribbit. I want to go cheer her up so what do you know about it.”

Kirishima sighed and shook his head with a smile on his face.

“Damn Tsu, you don’t miss a thing do you.”

“It is one of the many skills I’m proud of.”

“Yeah, alright, but you keep it quiet. I’ve not heard anyone else talk about anything so I’m probably missing something and I’m sure she won’t want rumours spreading.” Kirishima explained.

“You have my word. Ribbit.”

“Well…” Kirishima began, rubbing the back of his head. “I spotted her on Tuesday, she was coming back from somewhere around… six-ish? I was just getting my post workout drink and I saw she was all dressed up. I think I put just about my whole foot in my mouth when I said she was ‘looking good’. I think it upset her cause next thing I know she’s running for the stairs and I heard her crying.”

Kirishima shook his head and slapped it with his knuckles

“She managed to make it back to her room before I could catch up and apologize. Ochako heard me shouting on the stairs and came to help but she told me she’d sort it. I shouted through her door I was sorry before I left and I was gonna do it again when I could catch her on her own but I haven’t found the right time.”

“Ah.” Tsuyu nodded, having gleaned all the context clues she needed from the redhead’s story. “I think I know what happened, you can probably rest easy, it wasn’t your fault she was upset.”

“Really?!” Kirishima breathed a sigh of relief. “I’m still gonna apologize in person, wouldn’t be very manly of me not to but I’m glad it wasn’t my fault if you think so.”

“Yeah. I won’t tell you what I think in case I’m wrong but I’m gonna go see her now,” Tsuyu smiled. “Thanks for the info.”

“Thanks for the relief.” Kirishima reciprocated with a smile.

With that, the two made their way back to the central area. Tsuyu pressed the button for the elevator and, while waiting, watched as Bakugo glared at the returning Kirishima who was thanking him for bussing his tray. She didn’t know if Kirishima or Bakugo were out yet but she’d put money on them dating before the end of the year. End of UA at worst.

With a few pings, Tsuyu was walking down the hall towards Tooru’s room. She didn’t like seeing her friend upset and hoped she could do something to help, even if it was commiserate with her.

A few knocks later and Tooru appeared around her door.

“Heya Tsuyu, what’s up?”

“Hey Tooru and not you, you’re down, I’ve noticed, ribbit.”

“What, me?” Tooru replied, the fake cheer ramping up at the accusation. “Whatever made you think that? I’m happier than Iida reading a rulebook.”

“Tooru, we can have this discussion out here or in your room, it’s your choice.” Tsuyu said simply.

With that, she saw the poor invisible girl’s act drop almost immediately: her shoulders drooped, her posture slouched and her next reply lacked any sort of peppiness.

“Yeah… okay… come in.” She relented, opening the door for her guest.

Tsuyu stepped inside and immediately felt the difference in atmosphere. The lights were off and Hagakure’s bed looked more like a nest with her laptop by her pillow, junk food wrappers on her sheets and dirty laundry beginning to pile at the end of her bed.

“Sorry ‘bout the mess. Haven’t been feeling like doing any cleaning for couple days.” Tooru apologised, returning to the spot in her bed she had clearly just been lying in before Tsuyu knocked, sitting on the edge.

“That’s okay, my brother and sister don’t like doing chores when they’re sad either.” Tsuyu replied, moving to sit down next to her friend. “So you asked out Ojiro, huh?”

“Asked out… got rejected by,” Tooru replied sadly. “And I know it was partially due to my… um… quirk. How did you figure it out?”

Tooru admittedly let out a snigger as Tsuyu pinched her nose, scrunched her eyes and breathed in a hiss of air.

“Ochako did the same thing.” She smiled weakly.

Tsuyu reached out and grasped one of the invisible girl’s hands in her own.

“I noticed Kirishima looking at you weirdly, got some hints from his story about you from that day. And Ochako’s a good friend,” Tsuyu said, a weak smile of her own. “But I don’t think she can sympathise like I can.”

“W-what?” Tooru asked, confused.

“I’m not exactly the same, but my own confession wasn’t accepted recently and I’m still waiting for the pain to go away.” Tsuyu replied.

“Y-you…” Tooru blinked. “You asked out Izuku?”

“No, there is someone else, I just had to wait to ask them out.” Tsuyu sighed. “I didn’t even confess in a good way, had to tell them about my feelings to explain something else and I’m still wondering if I’ve ruined my chances or even our friendship.”

“Friendship?” Tooru tilted her head, pondering. If Tsuyu could figure out her crush she could certainly figure out Tsuyu’s. From the sound of it, it wasn’t a guy if her revelation about Midoriya during their sleepover still held water. That meant it was one of the girls. The one Tsuyu was the best friends with was-

“Yeah, Ochako sorta rejected me before I could make my case really.” Tsuyu admitted.

“I was just about to guess that.” Tooru pouted playfully, a little annoyed she’d worked out the answer but didn’t get to turn the tables on Tsuyu.

“I saw your wheels spinning.” Tsuyu smiled weakly. “No point hiding it if I’m here to commiserate with you.”

“A-ahhh.” Tooru nodded sadly. “H-how did um… what happened? If you don’t mind telling me.”

Tsuyu sighed, shifting back to sit fully on Tooru’s bed and leant against one of her large pillows that didn’t rest at the head of the bed.

“Well, she kinda confronted me about Izuku. Figured out I also liked a girl too which is why I hadn’t asked him out, had to tell her then.” The frog girl explained. “She didn’t take it well… but I can’t get into details why.”

“She’s not gay?”

“More complicated than that I think.” Tsuyu shared, dropping her own shoulders to relax into the comforting softness. It felt good to be able to talk to another person about this, even if she’d have to swear the girl to secrecy afterwards.

“Oh… and… are you waiting for her?” Tooru enquired, wondering if Tsuyu’s story might at least end on a happy note eventually.

“For now, ribbit. I told her I’d understand if she worked through her stuff and didn’t like me back but I’m still holding out hope. Until she makes up her mind, I’m stuck in this awkward, horrible limbo.”

“I’m sorry Tsu.” Tooru commiserated.

“Yeah… but at least, even if it sucks, you have an answer and can move on.”

“You make it sound so easy.” Tooru huffed.

“If you explain, maybe I could offer some advice. Or at least help you plot some non-lethal revenge for fun-sies, ribbit.”

“I guess…” Tooru reluctantly agreed, mostly because Tsuyu had shared her own pain. She sat back, joining Tsuyu against her pillow and reached out for her hand for confidence, promising herself she wouldn’t cry again. “I left him a note… Tuesday before class; slipped it under his door after he left. Came home and got myself all dressed up in my cutest outfit and slipped out an hour before I asked him to meet. Waited just behind the dorms behind a tree ‘til he turned up.”

Tooru bit her lip as she remembered her heartfelt confession and the subsequent shattering of that same organ when she figured out at least partly why he was rejecting her.

“Told him my feelings… he said he didn’t feel the same. I-I had to know… if I was visible… would his answer be different? So I asked… he denied it but it was written on his face that it was at least a factor. I came back after asking him not to tell anyone, asked the same thing of ‘Chako too; guess I forgot about Kirishima.”

“I don’t think he’s told anyone else, he told me to keep what he knew quiet and felt quite guilty about his part in it. He wants to apologize in person so expect that soon.” Tsuyu explained, hugging Tooru after her story.

“He said I looked nice when he saw me.” Hagakure smiled softly.

“Yeah, he’s good like that,” Tsuyu smiled “You’re definitely not his type though, no penis.”

Tooru was about to feel insulted until she choked on her sudden laugh.

“W-what? You think Kirishima’s gay?” She gaped.

“There’s no straight explanation for the way he looks at Bakugo.” Tsuyu smirked. “You didn’t hear that from me though, I don’t know if he’s out yet.”

“He kept my secret, I’ll keep his.” Tooru promised. “Still… yeah… boy’s suck.”

Tsuyu chuckled, rolling her eyes.

“Not all of ‘em, but yeah, girls are usually prettier anyway.”

“Y-yeah.” Tooru bit her lip. Tsuyu would be a better person to talk to this about than anyone else, Jiro would probably just agree with her that boys sucked and girls rocked. “Do… do you think… if I liked a girl… should I go for it?”

“Are you genuinely asking after someone?” Tsuyu tiled her head. “Girls can be just as selfish as guys when it comes to their partner’s looks.”

“W-well… there is this one girl.” Tooru admitted shyly, thinking of the pink skinned acid quirk user. “I know she doesn’t care about my appearance… that she likes me for me... and told me as such.”

Tsuyu gulped. Was Tooru talking about her? It sounded like her words had truly struck a chord during the sleepover.

“I don’t know if she wants a relationship or anything right now… I know I don’t thanks to all… this.” Tooru flailed her hand at her bedspread, the cocoon of her misery for the past few days. “But… do you think it would be smart to um… see if she was interested in at least something?”

The frog girl debated how to respond. She played with the thoughts in her head until she decided to make a gamble. She did still want to go out with Ochako but Tooru said she didn’t want a relationship right now. Would it be too selfish to comfort each other in that way too?

“I think,” Tsuyu reached up to cup Hagakure’s face and turn her head towards her. “If it feels right, and you both agree… you should take a chance.”

Tooru’s eyes widened as Tsuyu’s head moved forwards and captured her lips between her own. She pulled back before it deepened any further and held her breath. What... what was happening. Did Tsu… did she think she meant… of course; the sleepover! When she told each of the girls what she liked about them.

“Ribbit, I-I’m sorry.” Tsuyu quickly apologized, looking very sheepish. “I-I thought…”

“Hey,” Tooru reached out, hoping to stop the girl from thinking the worst. “I… it just…” But what did she say? Did she admit that the frog girl wasn’t the one she was talking about and try to brush it off, or did she let it continue? At least for a little bit. She definitely felt a deep affection for Tsu after that sleep over and… if they both agreed to make it a one-time thing, was there anything wrong with returning the girls affections? “It just um… surprised me is all.”

“O-oh,” Tsuyu replied rolling her lips into her mouth. “D-do you want me to go or…”

“I… I know you have um… Ochako.” Tooru admitted. “But, for now, do you think we could just… be together?”

“Are… I mean… if you’re sure. I just thought that… m-maybe we could… forget everyone else… for a little bit, ribbit.”

Now it was Hagakure’s turn to put her hands on Tsuyu’s face and pull her closer.

“I think that sounds wonderful um… if you’ll have me.”

“Only if you’ll have me.” Tsuyu smiled back.

Tooru leant forward and connected their lips once more. Slowly repeating the little pecks before they slowly deepened the kiss and allowed their tongues to meet. The invisible girl closed her eyes and sighed into the kiss. It was bittersweet after the past few days but she was going to enjoy her time with the frog girl and tell the world to ‘fuck off’, just for an hour or so.

Tsuyu found herself in a similar position. After her discussion with Ochako, she felt a cloud of sadness over her own head though she did her best to hide it. For now though, she was going to forget her worries and make her other friend writhe under her tongue and fingertips; she could only hope her partner’s intentions were mutual.

Slowly, Tsuyu began kissing down Tooru’s neck, planting a couple of quick kisses on her collarbone to tide her over during the short time she had to stop to remove the girl’s top. She pampered the invisible girl for a few moments more, eliciting sweet moans from the girl as he tongue circled her areola before Tooru wanted her turn.

While undressing Tsuyu had the added complication of removing her bra, Tooru was determined to give as good as she got. Maybe a good orgasm was what they both needed to flush the bad hormones from their systems. The stronger the orgasm, the happier they’d be. It was dumb logic but she didn’t care. She latched onto the frog girl’s nipple and sucked, rolling it gently between her tongue and top row of teeth, giving it just a little pressure while her hand took care of the other nipple, pinching it with hopefully the same amount of force.

Her lip lock around Tsuyu’s nipples was broken when the green haired girl let out a frustrated moan and pushed her back by her shoulders, landing on top of her as she now pinned her to the bed.

“I’m going to fuck you with my tongue now, ribbit,” She declared. “I don’t know when I’ll stop.”

“I won’t forgive you if you do before I’m done.” Tooru challenged back, her arms reaching up and pulling the frog girl down in a hug, smushing their breasts together and into another tongue filled kiss.

When Tsuyu pulled back and started moving down her body, peppering more kisses to Tooru’s curves, the invisible girl decided to make her next request.

“Tsu… your tongue… can it double back on itself?”

“You mean like this?” Tsuyu said before sticking her tongue out before curling it and directing the tip back into her mouth.

“Yeah, that!” Tooru happily grinned, her request seemingly possible. “Could you maybe… when you’re ready um… fill me with your tongue, double it back and uh… fuck yourself with it while we uh… grind together?”

The frog girl blinked before putting her finger on her chin and trying to picture the idea in her head. She’d never imagined using her tongue in such a way before but it could certainly work. Tsuyu would just probably have to ice her tongue after from the strain the unusual position was about to do to it.

“We’ll give it a go, but first,” Tsuyu agreed, pulling at Tooru’s bottom half. Her shorts came away quickly with Tooru helping, raising what felt like a tight rear Tsuyu would love to spoon.

“S-sorry.” Tooru said awkwardly as she felt Tsuyu feel around her thighs, likely hunting for the pussy she could not see. “This is probably not that um… erotic is it.”

“Just being here is all I need.” Tsuyu tapped Tooru’s leg, having deduced the location of her goal and was stroking it lightly. “I don’t need to see you to be aroused, the sounds you make and the way you wriggle will be plenty sexy.”

Tooru smiled, even if she didn’t quite believe the girl. She knew she was turned on just by being up close and personal with Mina’s own sex so it was probably disappointing for anyone she partnered with.

“Besides, I’ve got a way to make you laugh.” Tsuyu smiled.

“Oh yeah? How so?”

“Watch me make my tongue... disappear.” Tsuyu smirked, quickly sticking out her tongue and extending it before sinking it deep into Tooru’s depths.

The poor invisible girl struggled to moan and laugh at the same time, a strange gurgling sound coming out instead as she felt herself clench around the muscle.

“That was mean!” Tooru pouted when she regained control her herself.

“Oh? Should I stop then?” Tsuyu replied, slowly and deliberately begin to remove her tongue from the other girl only to have the back of her head grabbed and pulled tight against her crotch.

“Don’t you dare.” Tooru responded, grinding her hips into Tsuyu’s face. The frog quirked girl responded by hooking her arms underneath Tooru’s rear and pulling her closer while pushing even more tongue into the girl. She couldn’t fill her up with cum like the invisible girl’s fantasy but she try to do as much as she could with her tongue.

Tooru moaned pleasantly as she felt Tsuyu stretching her out. If only her tongue could cum she’d be set. She should really visit Momo again soon. Now though, she had to get the frog girl to back off, lest she cum and cut off circulation to that wonderful muscle before the best part.

“Hey Tsu… can we do the thing now? As much as I enjoy this I kinda… wanna cum with you.”

Tsuyu blinked before nodding, pulling her head back and reeling her tongue back into her mouth. She gave a satisfied ‘mmm’ of approval as she tasted Tooru only to blush as she realised she’d done it out loud.

“So cute.” Tooru squealed, “And sexy”

“T-thanks.” Tsuyu accepted the compliments before leaning back and reaching for her own bottoms.

“Here, let me.” Tooru called out, leaning forward to follow Tsuyu. First however, she cupped the girls face and stole another quick kiss before trailing down the girl’s body once more, merely pausing to tease her breasts rather than give them her full attention.

Instead of reaching to pull down her bottoms, when Tooru reached Tsuyu’s crotch, she slid her hand inside, feeling the soft down of her pubic hair before her fingers became slick with her excitement.

“Looks like someone doesn’t need warming up.” Tooru teased, receiving a moan as she curled a finger into her friend.

“Ribbit.” Tsuyu croaked as she shut her eyes and enjoyed the stimulation.

“I bet you wanna fuck me don’t you.” Tooru taunted, remembering the girl’s words from earlier. “You wanna make me your bitch, writhing and squirming under your touch.”

“Y-yes, ribbit.” Tsuyu admitted as Tooru began to focus her thumb on her clit.

“You’re gonna fuck me with your tongue aren’t you?”

“Yes!”

“Then… when we’re done… you’re gonna make me choke on your tongue.”

Tsuyu couldn’t hold back any longer and frantically pulled at her bottoms, Tooru’s hand falling away in the fray. After she tossed them to the side, she spread her legs wide and hooked them over the top of Tooru’s, pulling them closer together until she felt their pussies kiss. They both groaned at the impending act as Tsuyu’s tongue once more extended down to their crotches.

At first it was like Tsuyu had done before, slipping her tongue inside Tooru and watching as it disappeared from view. She pushed in as much as she could to fill the girl, touching everything at once before looping back and poking out before sliding her tongue satisfyingly into herself. It was far less than the twenty meters long she could stretch it but it felt good to coil as much as she could into herself knowing she was connected to Tooru.

Once she was done with the preparation, she angled her tongue to rub along her clit and pushed their hips together once more. The effect was instantaneous. Every time she thrust, she felt her tongue rub around inside both herself and Hagakure as well as the pleasant sensation of grinding her clit into something.

“OH, oh yes!” Tooru moaned as she quickly met Tsuyu’s thrusts with her own. Turning her tongue into what was now clearly a double-ended dildo was certainly not an obvious use of her quirk but fuck if Tsu wasn’t glad she could right now.

Their thrusting only increased as Tsuyu twitched and wiggled her tongue, allowing it to rub pleasurably with every thrust. Soon, Tooru’s little squeaks and cries became short and sharp, matching Tsuyu’s own small ribbits of pleasure.

“Tsu, please,” The invisible girl panted, “Tell me you’re close.”

“Keep going.” Tsuyu groaned, focussing on her impending orgasm, “I’m nearly there.”

It felt weird to feel two sets of vaginas constricting around her tongue as both moistened it with their release. Tooru came first, quickly pulling Tsu in close with a hug and thrusting one last hard and deep movement against her. Her actions caused Tsuyu to come too, who squeezed the invisible girl in response, gripping her back and her ass tightly.

Both soon released their held breaths and began breathing deeply, sharing the same air as their faces hovered inches apart. Sluggishly, Tsuyu began retracting her tongue once more, the muscle complaining like she predicted as it released its pretzel-like twisting. It got no rest however, for as soon as it was back in her mouth her lips were assaulted by Hagakure’s own.

Despite her orgasm, Tsuyu wasn’t fully done with the girl right now. Her brief teasing had riled her up and she wasn’t going to leave the girl unpunished or unfulfilled. She pulled away from the girl, holding her chin to ensure her mouth stayed open.

“Tap me twice to breathe.” Was all the instruction she gave before her tongue stretched once more, sliding across Tooru’s own and down her throat. The girl choked and spluttered as best she could as her neck bulged from the invader. Her hand was raised and hovered above Tsuyu’s skin but didn’t touch her just yet. The other reached up to her own throat and caressed the extra girth lovingly.

In Tooru’s own head, she was certainly surprised by the sudden invasion of tongue but only due to the unusual sensations it brought with it; she had asked for this after all. It was a request to partially fulfil her kink of being filled; if she imagined Tsuyu’s tongue was a cock, she could just imagine it would soon be pouring cum into her eager belly as she deep-throated it.  When Tsuyu pushed a bit deeper she imagined it pulsing, each pulse another shot of goo to fill and violate her. Maybe she could get Momo and Tsuyu to team up and take her down sometime.

When her throat began trying to constrict as her lungs began clamouring for oxygen she tapped Tsuyu as requested. The frog girl pulled back, her tongue leaving a lasting impression on her throat as it left with a feeling of emptiness following its departure. Thankfully sweet air rushed to take its place as Tooru gasped once she was free of the invading muscle.

Tsuyu watched as her partner flopped bonelessly back against her mattress, likely worn out from that final act and needed at least a few minutes to recover.

“That’s for the teasing.” Tsuyu smirked down at the indentation that was her friend.

“M-mercy.” Tooru gurgled, her throat muscles not quite obeying her after that.

“Mercy is for the weak.” Tsuyu glared down at her friend playfully, “You poked the frog now you suffer for it.”

Tsuyu thrust her hips gently once more, her sensitive vagina rubbing enjoyably against Tooru’s who let out a soft whine. She wasn’t going hard enough to try and make herself cum, just to enjoy the still tingly sensations.

“Mmm,” Tooru groaned, pushing herself back up on her arms and pulling her hips back, away from Tsuyu, and untangling their legs. “Can we um… just cuddle for a bit?” She asked hesitantly.

“Sure, ribbit.” Tsuyu smiled, “I was just enjoying the afterglow.”

“It was nice, just still a bit sensitive.” Tooru smiled, leaning over Tsuyu’s side and wrapping her arms around the girl, dragging her down to the sheets below.

Hagakure hummed serenely as she ran her fingertips over Tsuyu’s body, taking the time to explore her shoulders, arms and breasts before turning her prodding finger to her cheek.

“Boop.”

“Adorable.” Tsuyu smiled. “Feel better now?”

Tooru blushed. If a good hard fuck from Tsuyu made her this happy she might have to call on the frog more often.

“Y-yeah… and not just from the um… sex.” She admitted. “Thank you for coming to cheer me up.”

“No problem.” Tsuyu’s smiled reached her eyes. “I couldn’t leave my friend depressed could I?”

“I think we’re a little more than friends after that.” Tooru giggled before biting her lip nervously. “But I want to ask you… could you please not say any more nice things to me though. Not right now anyway.”

“Ribbit?” Tsuyu tilted her head, turning to look where she knew the girl’s own head was resting. “Why not?”

“You’re great Tsu,” Hagakure smiled, “Really something special, but um… I seem to latch onto people easily… especially those who honestly compliment me despite my… lack of visual appearance.” She admitted. “I don’t want to get in the way of you and Ochako by falling for you. After what we just shared… I’m now somewhat scared I will.”

“I… think I understand.” Tsuyu nodded slowly. “I’ll do my best not to make you fall for me.”

“Sorry… I know it’s weird after… that.”

“Ribbit, kinda, but I think I get it.” Tsuyu pondered, thinking up a good way to scare the girl away from any idea of a relationship. If she mentioned her dirty little fantasy that she probably shared with that disgusting ball haired creep, she’d probably reject any notion of attachment afterwards. Even if Tsu now accepted herself as possibly polyamorous, there are those that probably rejected it as creepy.

“Then again… I could just start my own harem. First, I’ll grab the cute little invisible girl, snap up Ochako, then Midoriya, ribbit.” She winked. “Then I’ll have to seduce Mina of course, lest I meet the same fate as Ojiro will. Obviously then it would be silly to just leave out Momo and Jiro so I’ll just seduce them with my natural frog pheromones.”

“Stop,” Tooru poked Tsuyu in the ribs. “Just that description alone sounds kinda nice right now. No stupid boys except for Midoriya and all our friends in a big love pile.” She sighed as she pictured it. “Maybe it’s just the hormones talking but that sounds awesome.”

Tsuyu felt her own heartbeat rise as Tooru casually accepted her perverted desire.

“It could never happen.” Tsuyu replied wistfully. “Only perverts like Mineta want something like that, ribbit.”

“Hmmm, well I guess me and you are sexy perverts then.” Tooru giggled again. “So long as that bitch isn’t there, I’m actually tempted to go for it just to rub it in his stupid, prick face.”

Tsuyu felt her heart pounding dangerously. She wanted to desperately ask the invisible girl if she was being honest, if it was something she would really consider. Her brain was in control for now but she didn’t know how long that would last.

“Would we all live in a big house together?” Tooru asked, actually thinking through the fun little fantasy. “Oooh, we’d each get our own room like here right? As well as one room that’s got like this huge bed. That way we can sleep together and, if we want a break, we can just go to our own rooms. Course we’d need a gym, maybe some maids since we’d all be busy pros. Oh! Could we get like a super big TV so we can all watch movies and have slumber parties? Is it weird I’m actually kinda into this right now?”

“A… a little.” Tsuyu admitted, biting her lip.

“Well whatever,” Tooru shrugged. “Tell you what, you convince some of the others like… um… Mina to be in your little frog harem and I’ll consider it.”

“Please… don’t tempt me.” Tsuyu replied, trying to not get her hopes up. Tooru just snuggled into her side closer.

“Even if it doesn’t work out with ‘Chako… or Midoirya, or both if you want this harem of yours.” Tooru giggled. “You could probably be satisfied with me and Mina, yeah? We’d still get a big house and do the same stuff, jus’ without them. With that many girls you could probably lure Jiro in by herself then we’d use our awesome girl power to break Momo free from that betrothal of hers.”

Tsuyu licked her lips, her heart was overpowering her head, she was about to falter.

“C-could… ribbit, let’s pinky promise… yeah?”

“Sure, why not.” Tooru laughed. “Hmmm, how about… I promise to be a part of your froggy harem if you can convince Mina to go for it, then I’ll help you seduce all our other friends till we make that big snuggle pile with no boys allowed… besides Midoriya.”

“A-and,” Tsuyu swallowed thickly. “I p-promise not to um… seduce you until I get Mina on board at least, ribbit.”

“Whoo!” Tooru cheered, “Class 1-A harem, let’s go! Pinky please.”

Tsuyu nervously held up her free hand, her smallest digit extended. She wondered if Tooru was serious. If she would not only accept this outlandish pinky promise but actually go through with it, if the opportunity presented itself. Sure, it sounded like a fun little fantasy right now… but how would she react if Tsuyu actually returned with Mina in tow, having made good on her end of the promise.

She shook her head. It didn’t matter. She had Ochako to worry about first and even if she accepted a relationship with her or not, there was Izuku to think about with the same issue. Even if they both dated her somehow, or neither, she’d then have to get Mina on board which probably would never happen. She was unofficially with Momo despite their little three-way tryst. No. This was a silly, fun little fantasy they’d likely never act on.

When she felt Tooru’s pinky wrap around her own and shake, for a brief moment, she allowed herself to succumb to her fantasy, to imagine what it would be like for something that… wonderful to be allowed to happen. It was very brief, as her darker, self-deprecating thoughts returned once more.

“Done!” Tooru declared happily.

The two sat in silence for a few moments as Tsuyu tried to comprehend what to say or do next. Despite the unlikely event that the promise would ever need to be fulfilled, the idea had still restored energy to her libido.

“Wanna go again, ribbit?”

“… Yeah, why not. Just no nice things else you’ll break your promise.”

“I’ll keep my end if you keep yours, ribbit.”

Notes:

Chapter summary:

- Tooru fails to get off alone after her amazing experience with Kyoka. She entertains the thought that having someone else watch her might give her that same thrill. Naked save for her quirk, she starts masturbating in the common room only to be discovered by Momo. The class vice-rep drags the girl back to her room and scolds her for her actions before asking for details. Momo strikes a deal with the girl that if Tooru can't resist the urge to do something like that again, she should instead come to Momo's room as she'd rather the girl do it with a willing participant. As Tooru details her thoughts, Momo can feel her own arousal rising as she talks dirty to help get the invisible girl off. The two sink into a little quid pro quo as Tooru gets Momo off with her tongue and fingers with Momo acting as her mistress and afterward she uses her creation quirk to fill the girl with a synthetic cum replica to fulfil the girl's other fantasy.

- Ochako goes to Kyoka for advice about coming out. Kyoka admits shes only out to the girls, not everyone and figures out Ochako has feelings for Tsu. Kyoka decides to tease the girl a little but the two end up making out and going as far as exploring over the clothes with their hands. Ochako isn't ready for more than that but acquiesces to fingering Kyoka though unsuccessfully due to nerves and inexperience. When they calm down from their explorations, Kyoka hopes it helped the girl before returning to her bed to finish herself off.

- Tooru decides to confess to Ojiro behind the dorms. He doesn't feel the same way and she deduces it's at least in part due to her invisibility, sending her running back to her room in tears but bumping into Kirishima and Ochako along the way. While Kirishima attempts to apologise for whatever he did wrong, Ochako levitates herself up to Tooru's balcony and slips inside to get past her locked door so she could comfort her friend. The gravity girl comforts the invisible one with snacks and funny videos before leaving her to rest.

- Momo slyly proposes a study session with just herself and Mina. Mina gets the hint and the two slip away to be alone together. Momo confesses doing stuff with someone else and Mina does too, sharing details of their respective encounters. Once they're hot and ready for each other, Mina fingers Momo's ass while licking her before Momo creates a double-ended strap on dildo to fuck Mina with, much to the pinkette's delight. Mina confesses that she doesn't want to give up Momo. The heiress decides to lie to prevent the girl being crushed by her family's wrath, knowing she'd never escape their influence anyway. They're interrupted by knocks from Tsuyu who is feeling down about everything going on between her and Ochako and her dirty fantasies of everyone. Momo reveals the concept of polyamory to the girl who breaks down at finding out she wasn't a horrible person for wanting to love multiple people. Mina gets a naughty idea and convinces the other two to join her in a threesome. Tsuyu gets Momo to sit on her face, using her tongue to great effect while Mina puts on the strap on and fucking Tsuyu with it. The girls give each other cute nicknames in the afterglow of their activities before spending the night together.

- When the rabbit hero "Mirko" is released for 'Hero Smash', Kaminari gets a group together to play including Mina and Kyoka. While gaming Mina casually admits her attraction to the bunny hero and confirms she's bisexual and coming out as it were. Kyoka leaves before demanding Mina come talk through text, causing her to abandon the game to check on the punkette. The guys are all supportive of Mina coming out and Kirishima borrows some strength from the girl to do the same, outing himself as gay. The group are just as supportive but all agree not to tell Mineta about either change in dynamic. When Mina gets back to her room and lets Kyoka in, she's treated to the girl's nervous anxieties about coming out herself. After Mina reassures her they'd all be there for her no matter what, Kyoka admits she's a little nervous after their previous dancing encounter during truth or dare. When Mina challenges the girl, they recreate the dance they'd started from before with Kyoka dominantly getting Mina off before ordering the girl to do the same to her with her mouth and marking her. Kyoka is reluctant to go 'all the way' with Mina but the two spend the night in each other's arms.

- Tsuyu notices Tooru being down for a couple of days and interrogates Kirishima after spotting him looking at her sadly. She approaches the invisible girl in her room and gets the details about her confession to Ojiro. When Tooru talks vaguely about her crush on Mina, Tsuyu misinterprets her signals and the two kiss. It deepens into something more as the two commiserate over their shared heartaches right now. Afterward, Tooru offhandedly commits to joining Tsuyu's harem.

Chapter 6: Commitments

Summary:

Mina comes up with a plan she think will satisfy everyone while Ochako and Tsuyu take part in work studies.

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

As threatened by Aizawa, the weekend was full of homework he and the other teachers had set. Seems they were indeed being pushed ‘Plus Ultra’ if their first weekend into the new term was this packed. Mina was quite put out, throwing a small tantrum at their evil mastermind of a homeroom teacher who was determined to ruin her fun.

She did ease up after she realised some others had it worse, specifically Midoriya, Bakugo, Todoroki and Mineta. The former had a meeting with a potential work studies agency that he had to prepare for bright and early on Saturday while the later three were off to their provisional license training. Reluctantly, she accepted that a sleepover wasn’t going to happen, instead spending the time both getting her homework done and plotting. If she wanted to have a sleepover next week or the week after, she figured she had to get ahead now just so she had some leeway then.

Saturday arrived with the barking of Bakugo telling Todoroki and Mineta to walk behind him as they left for their training. Most of the girls spent the day chilling, training or studying. By dinner time, Midoriya and the provisional students had returned, with the former baring the news that he’d been taken on by Nighteye’s agency.

After the classmates that were present congratulated the boy on his achievement, Aizawa appeared, informing Tokoyami of his own invite for a work study by Hawks as well as telling Kirishima that the third year Tamaki Amajiki had requested his presence. Much to their surprise, both Tsuyu and Ochako were also requested by the third year Nejire Hado.

Following Kirishima’s example of not waiting till the next day to meet with their upperclassmen, the three headed off to the third years dorms. They discovered that Amajiki was asked to invite the hardening quirk user to Fat Gum’s agency while the bouncy, floaty Hado offered the same to the girls, only their invite was to Ryukyu’s agency.

Tsuyu watched Ochako carefully as they trekked back to the dorms. The girl still hadn’t given her an update on her feelings. She desperately wanted to reach out and ask her how she was doing regarding everything but was scared of pushing her away. Instead, Tsuyu made idle conversation with Kirishima while Ochako was pondering her next steps as both a person and a hero.

Thankfully, when they returned, Ochako was able to split off from Tsuyu, making her way up to the frog girl’s floor but not knocking on her door. Instead, her target was the heiress that could create almost anything. She knew what she was about to ask was stupid, risky and completely selfish but she couldn’t afford to be distracted anymore if a real work study offer was being extended to her.

“Ochako?” Momo opened her door, somewhat confused as to the girl’s later than normal presence. “What can I do for you?”

“Hi Momo… can I come in? I’ve got something I need help with.”

“Oh, of course.” Momo opened up, allowing the girl inside before locking the door behind her. Thinking back to her recent revelations regarding Tsuyu, Momo hoped this was about her feelings regarding the frog girl, hoping she could help the gravity girl sort her feelings out further.

“What can I help you with today Ochako?” Momo asked, a hopeful smile on her face.

“I just need to cut straight to the chase else I’m going to lose my nerve,” Ochako muttered, averting her eyes from the heiress before getting on her knees and bowing in a full dogeza position; her head placed firmly on the floor and her hands placed alongside it. “Please, I beg you. I need your financial help to save my family.”

Momo had to take a step back in shock as Ochako made her request. She’d drastically misread the situation.

“W-what?! Ochako, what do you mean?” She blurted out.

“Please.” Ochako begged again, her voice cracking slightly. “I… I need you to help my parents escape a v-villain and I can’t do it alone.”

“Ochako, please, I-I don’t understand.” Momo said, falling to her knees and reaching out to touch Uraraka’s hand. “I can’t help if I don’t understand.”

The brunette looked up and Momo saw large tears pooling in the girls eyes, her face scrunched up to try and hold back any sobs that were likely trying to escape her brittle containment.

“My d-dad a-and mo-om… they… they can’t…” Ochako couldn’t get more than a few words out before her cries broke what little composure she still had. Momo quickly rushed forward and seized the girl in a hug, feeling her top begin to soak with the girl’s tears as she descended into a blubbering mess. Softly rubbing her back and stroking the girl’s hair, she tried to comfort the gravity girl as best she could while her mind whirled with possibilities. Ochako’s mother and father were in trouble. Being held by a villain? Were they demanding a ransom? Why hadn’t the girl gone to the police for something like this? Not that Momo would shirk her duties as a friend if she could help.

After a few minutes of her crying, Ochako managed to calm down to sniffles, enough for Momo to get permission to pick the girl up under her arms and carry her to the bed, surprising herself with her own improved strength. She lay her down on the bed as far as she could before walking around the side and climbing onto her sheets, leaning against her pillows and gesturing for Ochako to join her.

With laboured movements, Ochako crawled over Momo’s bed to collapse into the girl’s arms once more, sniffing pitifully.

“Everything’s going to be okay Ochako.” Momo reassured the girl. “Please, help me understand first. What on earth has got you in such a state?”

Ochako sniffed before taking a deep but stuttered breath. If she was going to convince Momo to accept her request, she was going to need to tell her the full story on her parents. Uraraka knew she promised that she wouldn’t repeat her parent’s tale to anyone but if she was going to save them, even if it was through someone else, she needed to give them all the facts.

Momo listened patiently as Ochako told her story. How her father had been living a lie, that she only existed due to her grandmother forcing marital relations onto her parents and how those same parents had sacrificed their own happiness to give her the meagre chance at a life of happiness they believed had been lost to them. Momo couldn’t contain her gasps of horror as the girl’s family history only got darker and darker the more she learned.

“So… I told them I’d save them, that I’d earn enough money to free them from what they’d suffered… are still suffering through.” Ochako said, getting towards the end of her story. “But… I can’t. Recently… I’ve been distracted… and now, I’ve been offered a meeting for a work study with Ryukyu. This is real… dangerously real… if I get distracted… who will save my parents if I… die?”

“Ochako, no!” Momo cried, hugging her friend tight. “That’s not going to happen.”

“I can’t take that chance Momo.” Ochako cried. “I can’t let all of their sacrifices go to waste.”

“They won’t.” Momo said, “You’re going to get through this work study and become one of the best heroes and take your parents on all the vacations you can.”

“Not if I get distracted…” Ochako sniffed. “I’ve… recently been struggling with… matters of the heart.”

“Ah…” Momo nodded, understanding more than the gravity girl realised though she had to word her responses carefully to not give away her knowledge. “About Midoriya?”

“S-sort of…” Ochako admitted shyly. “I’ve also… discovered feelings for someone else… someone I can’t take home to meet my family as a partner.”

“I see.” Momo nodded. “This person is a girl, yes? That would fit the narrative of your story.”

Ochako nodded shyly.

“It’s um… it’s Tsu.” Momo nodded again but kept quiet, allowing the girl to continue. “I didn’t actually know when she um… told me her feelings… if I was um… gay or not. I… reacted really badly actually. She probably thinks I’m so stupid for it.”

“I can assure you she wouldn’t hold something like your reaction to that against you after the story you told me.”

“I guess… but I can’t give her an answer… not yet… not until I know I’ve gotten my family free of that horrible place and my villain grandmother.”

“I can certainly empathise with your situation, but I’m afraid that, while deplorable, your grandmother is merely an abusive criminal as she did not use her quirk to commit any of these crimes.” Momo replied.

Ochako laughed a single dry chuckle at the technicality.

“Still… I want to talk to Tsu… and Izuku and… not be distracted anymore. I can’t do that ‘til my family is safe… and that’s why… please Momo, I need your help to move my family to a new city.” Ochako begged again, hoping her story was enough to secure Momo’s help.

“Oh Ochako… this is… beyond me.” Momo replied sadly. “I’m so sorry… honestly… I-I don’t know what to say.”

“No, Momo please, I don’t know what else to do… I’ll do anything, anything if you can help me.”

Yaoyorozu sighed deeply. She wanted to help the girl and would gladly do so without any further persuasion if she could. Unfortunately, while she had a generous stipend from her parents, it was unlikely to be enough to help.

“Ochako. I’m sorry, I can only afford expenses for fifty million yen a month. That’s barely enough to buy even a one hundredth of my parent’s house.”

Uraraka’s breath caught in her throat. Momo couldn’t be serious… right? But then, she was incredibly sheltered.

“Uh… Momo… um… not to be rude but… our home doesn’t even cost twenty million yen. You could literally buy my house twice and have enough to live on for like five years at least.”

“Oh…” Yaoyorozu was somewhat taken aback. Was it really possible to help her friend with so little? Research was in order. If Uraraka was telling the truth about house prices, there’s no way she wouldn’t give up some money to help her. Ochako was going to be an amazing hero and if Yaoyorozu could remove this roadblock for her friend then she would. “If you could please pass me my laptop, I believe I need to look up a few things with your guidance.”

Ochako quickly scrambled across Momo’s bed and grabbed her laptop from her desk. Sitting together, the two spent half an hour looking up housing prices in Ochako’s home town to confirm the money she knew her parents currently had invested in their house as well as how much a house or flat in a more… friendly city would cost.

Uraraka felt her gratefulness to the girl she was lucky enough to call her classmate rising. No matter what, she would pay Momo back for her generosity somehow. As far as she was concerned, they weren’t even until she somehow paid back every yen of what she’d borrow from Momo. Right now though, she felt closer than ever to her parents as she was sacrificing an unknown amount of future time and money to pay the heiress back, much like her parents had sacrificed so much for her. If it was anything like the feeling she was currently experiencing, she could understand why they made the choices they did.

Their researching was progressing steadily as Ochako informed Momo that her mother and father’s construction company struggled mainly due to the lack of business in such a remote part of the country. Even something as simple as being able to move to a city would fix due to the increased demand from things like general and villain repairs along with small businesses looking to expand.

Unfortunately, the uplifting mood was brought to a screeching halt by Yaoyorozu’s phone ringing.

Ochako saw Momo’s breath catch as she looked at the caller ID on the phone. It was her father.

“Whatever you do, do not speak or make any sound.” Momo quickly instructed Ochako who nodded sharply in response. To Uraraka, the heiress looked almost scared as she answered the phone.

“Hello father.”

“Good evening darling, how are you?” A deep, commanding voice spoke on the other end. Ochako wasn’t sure if it was the tension that had suddenly engulfed them or the dead silence in the room but she could hear the other end clearly.

“I’m very well father, my weekend studies have gone well thus far and I’m still top of my class.”

“That’s my girl.” Her father replied jovially. “I’m sure you must be wondering why I’ve elected to surprise you with a call so late, hmmm?”

“Not at all.” Momo lied, having overlooked her parents tracking apps in her haste to help her friend. Though she truly wasn’t expecting it to trigger all of this. “I was expecting it at some point if I didn’t call you myself before I finished my research.”

“Ahhh, so this was intentional? Good, then by all means, walk me through this enigma.”

Momo looked uneasily at Ochako, biting her lip as she wondered how to phrase this.

“I believe an… opportunity has fallen into my lap. One that would see me enter an investment into a small business that I can expect some returns on given time. They require some funds to relocate for better opportunities and, in return, I would become a stakeholder in their business.”

“You dear?” Her father asked in a curious tone. “Don’t you mean us?”

“While I appreciate your confidence in my investment skills father, I believe it would be wiser for me to enact this transaction under my own name, or at least a shell company of my own to prevent trace back. I would like to gain some experience in making these decisions and put your tutelage to the test. As the funds required are less than my monthly allowance, I believe this is an investment worth the risk for the potential gain in both capital, client relations and experience. Should it prove exceedingly fruitful, we can fold it into our normal business. Though I believe it unlikely, should this opportunity not work out, our brand will be unaffected by the apparent failure of my inexperience.”

The other end of the line was silent for a moment. Ochako bit her lip as it dragged on.

“Sound arguments my dear, and I’m glad you are taking some initiative.” Her father replied at last. “I’m presuming this is cursory research to establish price ranges on homes in order to prevent them taking advantage of your generosity?”

“Indeed father. It would not be good to enter a deal without all the facts, those they want me to know and those that they don’t.”

“Excellent. Well done.” Her father praised. “I must tell your mother, she’ll be most pleased.”

“Thank you father.” Momo breathed a small sigh of relief.

“One final thing dear, I’d like to hear what must be done should they decide to try and renege on such generosity.”

Momo gulped and looked apologetically at Ochako for the words she was about to say, knowing she was talking about her friend’s parents.

“We’ll crush them under our boot heel like the ants they are.” Momo repeated her father’s lesson back to him, making herself feel sick in the process.

“Splendid!” Momo’s father praised once more. “Well, I believe that wraps up all the questions I had. Do keep me abreast on your progress. I promise not to hover too much but I am incredibly proud of you dear.”

“Thank you father. Give my love to mother will you?”

“Of course dear, enjoy your evening. Goodnight.”

Without any further preamble, the call came to an end. Momo clicked the ‘end call’ button and returned to the home screen before she released the breath she was holding.

“Ochako I’m sorry you had to hear that.” Momo immediately apologized. “I swear I didn’t mean those things about crushing regarding your parents.”

“No I…” Ochako gulped. “I get it… I just… how did he know?”

Momo sighed, pointing to her laptop.

“Our investigations must have triggered the unusual activity detector my parents have linked to my devices. I mentioned it before but there is a significant restriction placed on the things I can research without alerting my parents.”

“Even something like that?”

“Indeed, as you can imagine, you’ve seen a glimpse into the caring but… overbearing and ruthless nature of my parents.” Momo replied sadly. “I can understand if my words have… understandably given you second thoughts about any help I can now offer. While I would like to provide your family with the means to escape their current predicament without any strings, I’m afraid charity as… unpublicised as that would see my allowance removed since my father learned of this. His lesson on that was ‘You don’t donate money unless you know it garners goodwill with potential customers.’”

“I… don’t know what to say Momo.” Ochako said softly, sympathizing with her friend’s pain for a family situation she feels she can’t change. “I need to talk to my folks… for sure before we agree to anything.

“Of course, and I absolutely wouldn’t blame you for backing out now.” Momo said, “However, please know that I will do everything I can to keep this as far away from my family as I can. You’re my friend and if an investment fails due to circumstances beyond my control or my inexperience, that’ll keep the blame on me and not your family. I swear, you won’t be crushed like ants.”

“I-I believe you… Yaomomo.” Ochako nodded. “Just… even if this doesn’t work out, I don’t know how I can thank you for this; for the money, for all you’re risking. If we go through with this, I’ll pay you back everything, I swear.”

Momo shook her head.

“No, please, I couldn’t. I consider it my privilege to be able to help you become the hero I know you can be. Your family’s happiness and success will be payment enough.”

“Momo, please, my pride can’t take much more of a hit today for you to deny me that. I have to make it up to you somehow.”

The heiress wanted to respond again with placations of reassurance but remembered why Ochako was doing this in the first place.

“Fine, then you have to do me a favour in return and talk to Tsu, get everything straightened out between you two.” Momo smiled.

“No way.” Ochako crossed her hands over her chest. “I know what you’re trying to do, that’s something I was gonna do anyway ‘cause of all this.”

Momo twitched, her cunning plan had been seen right through.

“Look… Momo…” Ochako sighed. “It took… a lot for me to ask this… like a lot a lot. I made a vow to myself as a kid to never to have to rely on anyone for money when I grew up. I want to pay my way and not be seen as some weak charity case. But now… I know this was too big for me to do by myself and I can’t do anything to save my family right now. So please, I’m asking you this as your friend. I need to make this up to you somehow until we’re even again else I’ll never get my stupid pride or self-respect back!”

As Momo listened to her friend give her reason, she realized that it wasn’t as simple to Ochako as just asking for a favour. She was doing something that went against her personal principles and, if she didn’t put it right, she would be denying the girl the chance to ever feel like she’d repaid her debt, no matter how imagined it was. Even if her family found success and returned every yen they’d borrowed for the opportunity with interest, Ochako would still feel in her debt.

“I… believe I understand,” Momo said slowly. “You have to do something for me, even if I deny it, until everything is even between us once more, as an honest ‘thank you for the opportunity’ sort of thing, correct?”

“Y-yeah,” Ochako nodded. “I can’t offer you money or anything but there’s got to be something I can do.”

Momo sighed. Ochako was right, she, of course, had no need for further funds no matter how successful her parent’s endeavours are. Unfortunately she couldn’t think of anything that would fill this request.

“I believe we should both take the time to ruminate on this topic. I cannot think of anything right now while you should seek your parent’s guidance and permission to extend my offer of funds for relocation on my behalf.”

“That’s probably for the best.” Ochako nodded. “No sense worrying about it if they don’t accept right?”

“Agreed.” Momo nodded. “Please take your time and come back to me when you and your family have made a decision.”

With their plans set, Ochako bid Momo a good night and departed for her room. After another hour of doing research into housing markets in bigger cities and the typical income of construction companies, Momo was sure she’d have enough to make a case to her father if pressed. She decided to retire not long after and slipped into her dreams.

Unfortunately, her dreams had Ochako on the brain.

‘Please Momo… I beg of you… save my family and I’ll do anything you want.’

‘Anything?’

Anything!’ Dream Ochako replied in a sultry purr.

Momo could feel her dream-self biting her lip and evaluating Ochako’s figure.

‘I do have need for someone discreet who would allow me to experiment with any and every lewd art I can imagine.’ She replied. ‘If it would save your family, would you let me call you my ‘Pet’?’

‘Yes.’ Dream Ochako moaned.

‘You would wear a collar only I could remove, signifying your status as mine?’

‘Yes!’ Dream Ochako moaned louder, a small cat collar with bell appearing around her neck.

‘You would cater to my every perverted desire? From servicing me nightly to fucking our female friends for my amusement?’

‘YES!’ Dream Ochako yelled.

‘Demonstrate’. Momo ordered, and with a snap of her fingers, the other four girls appeared in the darkness with them all naked, save for Hagakure who was in her hero outfit.

The girls descended on Ochako, quickly stripping the girl of her school outfit and leaving her bare to the ether, minus her new collar. At once, Ochako began pleasuring her friends, from fingering Jiro and Hagakure to licking Mina while getting fucked from behind by Tsuyu’s tongue.

The delightful sounds of Ochako’s cute grunts and moans echoed in Momo’s head, sounding strangely like those she’d heard from the porn video’s she’d watched, though Mina’s, Tsuyu’s and Hagakure’s sounded like they had during the times she’d actually been intimate with them.

Before long, the dream girl was crying out in glee as she reached her release.

‘Enough!’ Momo called out, ‘Bring her here, I believe it’s my turn now.’

The girls carried a boneless Ochako up to Momo who leant back and spread herself wide.

‘Now, perform your new nightly duties.’

‘Yes Mistress.’ Dream Ochako nodded demurely before her tongue went to work, much like Tsuyu’s, filling her insides and reaching her deepest places.

Just the new title she addressed Momo with sent shivers down her spine. She felt her release drawing close.

“Urgh, mmmcumming!” Momo cried out, an orgasm sweeping through her. She felt her toes curl and her insides clench, only for a fiery pain to rip through her leg.

With a gasp and bleary eyed gaze, Momo shot up in her bed and clutched desperately at her calf. Her leg muscles were contracting so hard she had cramped them in her sleep. Hurriedly, she rubbed and slapped the muscle underneath her leg, trying to regain control of herself. It took a hot minute of unyielding pain but her muscle finally stopped constricting against her will, leaving a dull throb and ache she was certain would follow her around all day.

Sitting up and taking stock, she tried to recall just what had made her awaken. Then the dream memories returned. Momo felt herself clench her core in desire of what she’d done with Ochako before she realised that her body had reacted without her in another, different way. Running a finger down her vagina, it was crystal clear; she’d had a wet dream about Ochako becoming her sex pet.


Sunday morning dawned and Momo was in an awkward mood. She walked with a slight limp thanks to the cramp in the middle of the night and every time she caught herself thinking about Ochako’s plight she found herself returning to the dream that now refused to go away. While she certainly didn’t regret offering her help to the girl, she also felt a little guilty at the thought that she hoped her parents declined the offer if purely to avoid any chance of that dream repeating itself.

Thankfully, Ochako was gone for most of the day. She and Tsuyu had left campus to have that meeting with Ryukyu. It was a good opportunity for her to catch up with her work as she’d intended but her arousal from that dream persisted in intervals throughout the day. By the time dinner rolled around, Momo was considering grabbing one of the girls she’d enjoyed some private time with and dragging them to her room to relieve this ache.

Fortunately, or unfortunately for her, Tsuyu returned alone while she was cleaning up dinner. It was odd she’d returned without her work study partner so Momo asked about Ochako. When the greenette explained that the girl was talking to her parents outside about something private, Momo knew it was only a matter of time until the gravity girl asked to speak privately once more.

Sure enough, when Ochako entered the common room not ten minutes later, she spotted Momo and made a beeline for her. Momo tried not to admire the way Ochako’s school clothes looked on her as well as imagine what she looked like underneath them but found herself sporting a light blush all the same.

Ochako asked to talk in her room when she was finished with her tidying up. Momo tried to keep her breathing steady and tried not to hurry her cleaning too obviously. The gravity girl was waiting outside her door as expected, an optimistic smile on her face. Unfortunately, she probably wouldn’t escape without Ochako once more offering to do anything to make it up to Momo.

“So I talked to my parents…” Ochako said first thing after stepping into Momo’s room once more. “I told them that I’d found a… business partner willing to fund their relocation to a new city. Said I used my connections as a hero and that it was an opportunity, not a handout. I hope that’s okay.”

“That seems like an agreeable assessment, yes.” Momo nodded neutrally.

“They said they’d talk it over and stuff but if it was a genuine offer…” Ochako left the sentence hanging, giving her friend a cautiously optimistic smile.

Momo returned the smile as sincerely as she could without betraying her thoughts from earlier.

“Of course, I know this is a lot for you and while I’m hoping for your family’s success I’m only sorry I could not offer more with less strings attached.”

“I know… but still, thank you so much for listening to my stupid, incredibly selfish request. You’re the best friend a girl like me could ask for.” Ochako’s smile broke into something more resembling exhausted relief. “I just… ever since arriving at UA… everyone here’s been so nice and I’ve made so many friends and everything’s changing so fast and…”

Ochako slapped her face with both hands twice, startling Momo somewhat. She took in two deep breaths before blinking away the tears that she felt starting to form.

“S-sorry… didn’t want to cry again.”

“Oh, it’s okay Ochako.” Momo opened her arms for a hug which the brunette quickly accepted, squeezing Momo tight.

“Please… I haven’t thought of anything yet but if you do, let me know if I can do anything in return for your generosity.”

Ochako blinked as she felt Momo stiffen in her arms.

“S-sure… I’ll let you know as soon as I do.”

“Yaomomo?” Uraraka leant back to gaze at her friend suspiciously. The fact that the ravenette was conveniently looking elsewhere and biting her lip nervously gave her all the context clues she needed.

“You thought of something.” Ochako stated.

“N-no I haven’t, I will be sure to let you know as soon as I do though.” Momo waved her hand at the dismissively. “I’m sure you have plenty to be getting on with, as do I, so let’s just-”

“Tell me.”

“Ochako, there’s really no need to be so suspicious.”

“If you don’t tell me I won’t accept it.” Ochako stated plainly. “I told you I’d do anything to make us even for this but if you can’t trust me with what you want then I’m afraid I can’t accept the opportunity for my family.”

“I… I…” Momo stuttered, “I can’t… it’s not right and I’d be taking unfair advantage of something I know is wrong.”

“Can you at least tell me so I can decide for myself?” Ochako stressed. “Please Yaomomo, I want to save my family but I don’t want to lose our relationship in the process. You know how important this is to me so please trust me with this.”

Momo shook her head lightly, biting her lip to try and resist the pleading expression on Uraraka’s face. It was only a few moments before she broke; her relationship with the girl was too important to risk. She had to trust the gravity girl to do the right thing and tell her how wrong it was once she knew.

“O-okay… I’ll tell you. But I’m not asking this of you.” Momo agreed, looking away from the girl.

Ochako nodded but steeled her resolve. No matter what it was, she could do this for her family. She would save them no matter what.

“I um… had a dream last night…” Momo began. “You said you’d um… do anything to save your family. I asked… if you’d like to be my pet… you said ‘yes’.”

Ochako swallowed nervously. A pet, she could handle that, Momo probably hadn’t had one before so it was probably just something like pretending to be a cat or a dog or something.

“I asked… if you’d like to wear a collar only I could remove… you said ‘yes’.” Momo shut her eyes and balled her hands into fists.

Ochako nodded, that made sense, pets wore collars and if she was Momo’s it made sense only she could remove it.

“Then… I-I asked… if um… you would cater to my every um… lewd desire. You said… ‘yes’.”

Oh.

That… made a lot of sense. Why Momo was deliberately being cagey, why she flat out tried to lie and hide it and why she now looked so ashamed.

“I’m… I’m sorry Uraraka.” She apologised, “It’s like I said… I’m not asking you, so there’s nothing to say. Now please… can we move on and try to think of something that will fit your conditions to ‘make it up’ to me.”

“M-Momo I…” Ochako began trying to say something relevant but her jumble of thoughts were all vying for attention in her head and getting her nowhere fast. “C-c-conditions.” She choked out at last.

“What?”  Momo tilted her head in confusion.

Ochako took another two deep breaths and slapped her face with both hands once more. She was Ochako Fuckin’ Uraraka and there was nothing she wouldn’t do for her family or friends.

“I h-have… some conditions…”

“Ochako, no.” Momo shook her head.

“Ochako yes!” She fought back. “This is my life, and I will not be afraid of who I am anymore. If you want what you just said, then you’ll get it if um… i-if you accept some conditions.”

“I don’t…” Momo started, before realizing she could just deny Ochako any condition and the girl would be forced to drop it. “F-fine”.

“One… I still um… I still get to date other people.” Ochako stated.

Momo couldn’t well deny that without Ochako knowing she was being unreasonable, she’d tried to trick the girl into talking to Tsu in the first place in return for her generosity.

“Fine.” Momo said.

“T-two… I get to help pick out my o-own c-c-collar.”

Well that was just too reasonable to deny, she couldn’t walk around with something flashy that screamed she belonged to Momo lest punishment fall on both their heads. Momo gave a reluctant nod, hopefully there were more conditions she could easily exploit.

“T-three.” Ochako said, her voice wavering “N-n-nothing harmful or p-public… for both our sakes.”

“O-okay.” Momo reluctantly agreed again.

“F-four. I um… can add more conditions when I want. I don’t know everything about this… s-so there’s probably things I’m missing… so… I can make changes and you have to accept them… or lose me.”

“What if… I uh…” Momo scrambled, this sounded like the final condition for now, the final chance for her to object before this got too far out of hand. “What if I want you to do something… and you don’t want to… like uh… um… I tell you to go down on Mina while I watch.”

“Y-you’d have to tell her first.” Ochako matched Momo’s energy, refusing to back down. “A-and if she’s fine with it, t-then it’s fine by me.”

“W-what if it’s in front of everyone?!” Momo cries desperately. “What if I w-want you to lay there while me and the girls do everything depraved and deplorable we want to you to satisfy our own perverted urges?” Momo tried not to let the idea arouse her but felt it was a losing battle.

“I-if they’re fine with it its f-fine by me.” Ochako challenged. “You’re not that heartless though. I know you Yaomomo, you’re just trying to get me to quit but it’s not happening. As soon as my parents are out of their prison-like house, I’m… I’m… yours to use as you see fit… M-Mistress.”

Ochako took a stab in the dark with that title. If Yaomomo wanted a pet, the pet would have to acknowledge their owner as such. The way Momo shivered at that word meant Ochako knew she was right.

The brunette knew this could easily be seen as wrong as her friend had said; that Yaomomo was extorting her for sexual favours. Ochako didn’t care, her pride and self-respect demanded she do anything she could to pay back her friend for the chance at happiness and freedom she was helping her parents get. If that meant going down on Momo and having her own body played with in turn then so be it. There was also a little part of her that wanted this, that wanted to explore this new side of her she would finally be able to accept. There was still other parts of her that wanted to reject this in turn; be scared and go back to being nice, normal, straight Ochako but she knew not to listen to that part of her anymore.

“Please… Ochako… as much as I want to… I can’t accept this. What… what about Tsu… and Midoriya? I can’t ruin your relationships before they even begin.” Momo tried to reason. Ochako was making it very hard to listen to her brain as her libido tried to overpower it. To be able to try out anything with the girl, all the lurid things she’d kept from even Mina.

“Tsu… wants to date me and Deku… if she wants me… she’s going to have to accept you too.” Ochako declared.

Momo couldn’t help the flash of fantasy her mind decided to conjure in that moment. She’d been intimate with Mina, Tooru, Tsu and now Ochako was practically demanding she do things with her too. Hell, Tsu had admitted to wanting all of their friends just like Momo had fantasised. Ironically, the only one she’d not done anything with was Jiro and that was because she didn’t just want to experiment with the girl, she wanted to be her partner as she was the crush Momo originally couldn’t tell the girls about due to her betrothal.

Her mind was telling her she should just give in, say ‘yes’ then go and claim Jiro for her own too. No… she couldn’t do that… could she? Mina, Tsu and she were in a polyamorous ‘not-relationship’, Tooru had a standing invitation to come to her room when she felt the urge to get off with someone watching and now Ochako would do practically any naughty act she wanted with her. If she wanted anything to happen with Jiro she’d have to talk to the girl alone, explain her situation and hope the girl understood. They couldn’t be officially in a relationship but Momo had learned that it was okay if everyone understood.

If Mina proposed truth or dare next slumber party… no, even if she didn’t then Momo would, and she was excited about the ideas her brain was filling her with. She’d make preparations and talk with others discreetly first to gauge their reactions… but with everything that’s happened…

“O-okay then…” Momo relented. “If… if this is what you really want to do to pay me back… then I have three conditions of my own.”

Ochako narrowed her eyes, wondering if Momo was going to say something outrageous to escape this but gestured for her to continue.

“Please… come and lie down with me… clothed of course.” She added quickly. “They might take a little while to um… understand.”

Cautiously Ochako nodded before joining Momo once more on her bed, snuggling into the girl’s side as she had the previous day.

“Um… first… I should um… tell you about my own crush.” Momo started. “I knew it was impossible to act on since… my betrothal and all… but, if I were not in this situation… I would ask Kyoka if she would like to be my significant other.”

“Oh wow… K-Kyoka?” Ochako blinked, somewhat surprised and ashamed that she’d done things with the girl that Momo fancied.

“I-indeed. She is… bewitching with her style and her attitude towards personal preferences… she gives me strength when I wish to be a little selfish and do something for myself. Even something as silly and simple as taking a break when I feel overworked.” Momo explained.

“Awww.” Ochako smiled, unable not to revel in the adorable blush on Momo’s face.

“I-it’s simply a crush and while I do want to explore it, I believe I will need your help.” Momo continued. “During the um… next sleepover… with your assistance, I would like to… try and make my feelings known to her if… if I have not done so before then.”

“I… guess I can do that… it does kinda fall under um… obeying your orders.” Ochako blushed lightly.

“That… leads me to my second point.” Momo bit her lip, hoping she could trust Ochako to not react badly. “I have to confess… you are not the only person I have, or will have at any rate, explored my sexuality with.”

“O-oh?” Ochako blinked.

“Yes and um… while we are unattached to each other due to my familial obligations… I would like to continue participating in activities with them.”

“A-ah…” Ochako blushed. “S-so I’m not the only one you’d be um…”

“Correct.” Momo nodded. “However, and while I would like to explain myself in a moment, I would like to preface this by saying I wholeheartedly support your decision to be with Tsu and or Midoirya.”

“Okay?”

“Okay… so… um… the girls I am uh… currently intimate with are… Mina… Tooru… and Tsu.”

“W-what…” Ochako mumbled, her heart dropping.

“Please um… allow me to explain.” She hurriedly spoke. “While Mina and I were um… getting intimate, Tsu came looking for advice about… people with multiple partners. I explained the term polyamory to her which means that you can have a romantic relationship with multiple people so long as everyone is aware of each other. She was upset for believing she had accidently made you have to choose between her and Midoriya. I… believe she intends to ask you both out now that her guilty feelings have been resolved.”

“B-but… you… you and her…”

“W-while I do not regret our time together, I believe she is currently single, as are you… so we um… have enjoyed each other’s company as single people.”

“I… see.” Ochako said softly.

“I… am sorry if this is a little upsetting but… I felt it best to be upfront and truthful with you about this considering your declaration earlier.” Momo apologized, “If you would like to rescind the offer of um… being my pet… I would not blame you in the slightest.”

Ochako chewed her lip nervously. Momo had done things with Tsu and practically all the other girls. Tsu had told Ochako of her feelings but it was true that they weren’t going out. That was the whole point of her doing this for her family, so she could tell Tsu she wanted to explore these feelings she felt for the girl together without repercussions for being herself.

“Would um… you make me do anything with her? Before I’m uh… ready to talk to her.”

“I want to say ‘yes’, just so we can put this silly experience behind us.” Momo said sadly, “But you’re my friend… I said things earlier to scare you off but… I wouldn’t do anything you’re not comfortable with.”

“I know… I just wanted to hear it.” Ochako mumbled, still thinking about Tsu.

“Ochako, as far as I’m aware, we’re all still unattached… if you want to ask Tsu out and become exclusive, I would be disappointed in losing part of my own relationship with her but I would understand.”

“O…kay.”

“But if you were to do so, you’d have to stop being my… pet too.”

“I see.” Ochako nodded before sighing deeply. “I… know I shouldn’t feel bad. I’ve been doing a lot of thinking and she’s not been pushy which I’m really grateful for. She’s not my girlfriend but I feel… jealous? Envious?”

“Could be either,” Momo assisted.

“Right… so… yeah. She’s been really patient and she deserves to be happy too. If you two are happy together until I can… sort everything out at least, I can’t have a problem.”

“That’s a mature way of thinking about it Ochako.” Momo squeezed the girl in her arms.

“Shush… matters of the heart are hard.” She pouted.

“I completely understand.” Momo sympathised, “It seems we both have issues with our families to resolve.”

“You’re helping me with mine.” Ochako nodded. “I’ll help you with yours… I will be your loyal pet after all… Mistress.”

Momo shivered again, enjoying the feeling of being in control of someone else for the brief time they had, just like with Hagakure.

“I… guess I should move onto my last point.” She said, releasing Ochako from her grasp before rolling over to hover over her, as though pinning her to the bed. “I want to warn you now… some of the things I wish to try are… extreme and possibly unpleasant. I need to know if there’s anything you’re flat out uncomfortable with and would like to avoid under any circumstance. I would also like to um… tell you a few of the things I wish to try, to check if they are acceptable.”

“That… yeah… we should probably do that.” Ochako nodded. “I might um… not know as much as you but I definitely know I never want to experience um…excreted bodily fluids.”

“I understand completely.” Momo nodded, “That is not one I’d consider either. For myself, I must profess that, with the correct precautions and safe words in play… I would like to experience bondage and… maybe… bdsm play.”

“Momo!” Ochako gasped while Momo looked away, ashamed. “W-which side?”

“Um… b-both? Is… is that too horrible?”

“I mean… if it’s consensual... and only pretend.” Ochako murmured, not quite on board but not dismissing it out of hand either. Momo was being honest with her and yeah, it did scare her a little. However she knew the girl wouldn’t intentionally hurt her.

“I’m… glad you don’t hate me for admitting that.” Momo breathed a sigh of relief. “Is… is there anything you want to try that you’ve never told anyone?”

“Ummm…” Ochako blushed. “M-my bum… I want… to try some stuff. I’ve… done a few things with the toy you er… made for me.”

“Ah, I’m glad that my gift has been put to good use.” Momo teased lightly, lowering her head to nuzzle Ochako’s nose. “Could… I maybe ask one thing more?”

“S-sure.” Ochako nodded.

“I know that I’ve yet to commit to my end of the deal… but… may I have a preview tonight… of what is to come? It will also give you a chance to um… see if you want to back out.”

Ochako licked her lips nervously, just how far for this ‘preview’ was Momo asking her to do.

“N-no sex…” Ochako said. “I’m… still not ready… and besides, I can’t um… just give it up right away… I’m an expensive pet.”

Momo giggled softly at the girl’s attempt at finding the funny side in all this.

“Deal.” She smiled warmly. “Don’t worry… I’ll make sure to feed you, pet you, and maybe find you a green haired playmate or two.”

“S-sounds like fun to me.” Ochako smiled back.

The two looked at each other for a moment, wondering what they should say next. Momo took the initiative, closing her eyes and leaning down for a kiss. Ochako did the same, pursing her lips and leaning forward just a tad. When they met, their kiss began slowly, each simply pressing gentle kisses to the other as they tested the waters of their new dynamic. It was Momo again who opened her mouth a little wider and allowed her tongue to ask Ochako’s to come out and play.

Ochako responded, the two allowing their tongues to roll and twist around each other as they sunk into a make out session. Momo lowered herself down settling partially on top of her friend before adjusting one hand to cup and caress her partner’s face. Uraraka felt her hands naturally drift down and settle on Momo’s waist which the girl took as a good sign.

After a few minutes of making out, Momo pulled back and looked down at Ochako’s body, still covered by the school clothes she’d elected to wear that day to be as presentable as possible for Ryukyu. Slowly she reached out and started undoing Ochako’s tie. It wasn’t long before the girl had been divested of her upper clothes, leaving her only in her bra, her shirt splayed out behind her like a freshly opened present.

Momo swooped down and began leaving kisses along Ochako’s collar bone, leaving no soft patch un-kissed though skipping over her breasts to kiss down her stomach. Uraraka couldn’t help but giggle at the ticklish sensations Momo was causing. The heiress unbuttoned Ochako’s skirt and hooked her fingers under the sides.

Biting her lip in nervous anticipation, Ochako lifted her hips, allowing Momo to pull her lower clothes off in one go. She was now sat there in only her bra, practically naked to her friend and soon to be mistress. While she didn’t know exactly what Momo had planned for tonight, she was somewhat happy she’d get to explore this side of herself free of judgement. After all, since Momo couldn’t tell anyone about her private activities, anything they did together was safe between them and their other intimate partners.

A quick flourish of activity at the end of the bed saw Momo’s top and bottoms removed as the girl displayed her impressive physique to the brunette. She crawled back up alongside Ochako and lay down beside her once more, smiling softly at the girl.

“Hi.”

“Hi.” Ochako smiled back, her own nervous smile in place.

“So um… I’m aware that you probably haven’t done much so I thought I’d ask.” Momo began shyly. “There’s something I wish to try called ‘sixty-nine’, when um… we both perform oral on each other at the same time. If you would simply like to explore with your fingers that would be perfectly fine too.”

Ochako reached out and slowly ran her hand over Momo’s shoulder, following it round to her arm before reaching out with a finger to poke one of Momo’s generous breasts.

“T-this is supposed to be a um… preview right? Wouldn’t be a very good pet if I didn’t do what my… mistress asked, would I?” Ochako declared, rising to the challenge. “But first, this is too uncomfy.”

Ochako reached behind herself and snapped her bra off, quickly shedding the garment and tossing it to the edge of the bed. She saw Momo look down at her now aroused nipples and lick her lips in desire.

“May I?”

“B-be gentle please.” Was all Ochako asked of her partner.

Momo reached out to cup one of Ochako’s breasts, playing with its soft and squishy nature before rolling her nipple around with her thumb. Uraraka felt the pleasant tingles run up her spine, sending happy hormones flowing through her system. Slowly, Momo leant forward, opened her mouth and captured the nub between her lips. The gravity girl had to twitch slightly at the new sensation as Momo sucked gently on her. The tongue was the weirdest part, it strangely only made her feel more sensitive as it flicked and tickled around her nipple as both her and Momo let out satisfied moans.

The heiress pulled back after a few moments, a shy smile on her face.

“I believe I am ready to continue. You?”

Ochako gave a determined nod.

Momo sat up on her knees a little shyly before turning the other way and lying back down. The gravity girl couldn’t help but watch as Momo’s crotch came into view as the girl oriented herself with Ochako’s own.

“If… you don’t know what to do… just um… feel free to copy me.” Momo said as she placed her hands on Ochako’s thighs, gently nudging them apart to reveal the girl’s own private parts.

Ochako felt a finger run up her clit as Momo gently began caressing her lips. She waited as Momo slowly opened her up with her fingers, her hot breath tickling her before she felt a finger start pushing into her. This was the first time another girl had been inside of her like this. Her moans sounded utterly erotic to Momo as the girl focused on making sure she wasn’t going too fast with her newest partner.

“Would you… um… please start?” Momo asked.

“Oh, s-sorry.” Ochako nodded before turning her attentions to Momo’s own legs that had now opened themselves up to reveal her own glistening lips. The gravity girl found herself now fascinated with her own task, having been not only given permission to investigate her own desires but encouraged by Momo to do so too.

Carefully, as though Momo would break, Ochako reached out and slowly stroked Momo’s own pussy. She watched as the skin reacted under her fingers and slowly opened with her prodding to reveal a deeper red colour underneath. Ochako knew what to do with her own parts, and had both access to the internet to have seen others online and a mirror to examine herself more closely when she was younger, but this was brand new; being able to examine someone else’s up close for the first time. She did wonder that… if she reached out with her tongue and liked the taste… would that cement her new sexuality beyond what she’d done with Kyoka?

She used her fingers to hold Momo’s vagina lips apart as she investigated closer. The arousing scent the girl was giving off was almost sweet in nature. If she was going to be her pet, she should probably get used to this. Momo’s low moans of pleasure encouraged her further as she spread Momo apart further, seeing how the muscles were trying to contract back together. She reached out her own finger and, after carefully moistening it with Momo’s own wetness, slid it inside the small hole she saw.

The resultant, grateful sounding moan from her friend caused her own loins to clench pleasantly around Momo’s own finger that was slowly pumping and curling inside her. ‘Sixty-nine’ truly was a good name for this position Ochako thought. As she mimicked Momo’s movements, she felt the girl’s hair brush against her thighs and knew what was coming next.

Her satisfied moans distracted her from her own task for just a minute as she twitched and jerked at the feeling of Momo’s tongue running up and down her lips. She quickly locked eyes with her own task once more and examined Momo’s pussy closer. She opened her mouth and allowed her tongue to push forward, briefly stopping to consider where to start. While Momo was clearly being delicate with her, the more experienced girl probably wanted something a bit more intense.

Ochako’s tongue darted forward, her target decided. She gave careful licks to Momo’s clit and knew she’d made the right choice. Momo’s legs threatened to close on her head with a wobble as the girl let out a much longer moan this time, her hips jerking softly.

“D-do you mind if we um… change positions a little?” Momo’s voice called out.

“How so?” Ochako asked in response, still somewhat fascinated by Momo’s crotch and wanted to explore more.

“It may be easier to um… perform this position if one of us is on top of the other.”

“O-oh… um, sure.”

“Do you have a preference our s-should I?” Momo asked.

“Mistress’ choice.” Ochako smirked, thinking that she was getting better at this.

Once Momo registered her words, she quickly crawled into position, throwing her leg over Ochako’s head before settling above the girl on her knees. Ochako’s eyes widened and her pulse quickened as Momo’s pussy was directly settled above her face. If Momo decided to sit up, she would be using Ochako’s face as a chair. She hummed as that thought sent a nice tingle down to her loins.

“Please let me know if I’m too… heavy.” Momo said shyly. “If you can’t um… breathe, tap me three times.”

“Understood Mistress.” Ochako nodded before bringing her hands up once again to spread and explore her friend. She felt her own legs coaxed apart further as Momo’s head descended and began licking her own button. Despite the jerks and twitches of her hips, Ochako was determined not to be outdone and resumed her task, gently lapping at Momo’s lips before circling Momo’s clit with her tongue.

Momo pressed her hips closer, trying to draw more out of her friend as she diligently did so herself. While the heiress wasn’t the most comfortable with having a ‘pet’ like Ochako, and would release her at any time, she was certainly going to enjoy the experience while she could. It was her own subconscious dreams telling her to go for it after all. That session with Tooru must’ve clearly stirred something in her.

The two quickly descended into trying to make the other cum. Momo filled the girl with her fingers and sucked gently at Ochako’s clit while the other girl learned from and matched her partner. Due to her inexperience, it was Ochako who came first, letting out high-pitched squeaks of joy as her legs clenched together and shook, pushing Momo away. The girl had stopped working as she rode out her orgasm but Momo just enjoyed hearing the sounds she’d caused the girl to make.

Once her orgasm was done however, Ochako’s efforts returned with a vengeance. The girl took everything she’d learned and applied it to Momo, adding a little more force and pressure just like Momo liked. It wasn’t long before the heiress had Ochako’s head clenched tight, her own orgasm leaving a dripping mess over her soon-to-be pet’s face.

With Momo’s juices and pleasured clenching, Ochako took a moment to reflect on herself. She was definitely at least bisexual if the way she licked her lips and enjoyed the taste was any indication. Momo’s sounds absolutely sent urges through her system for another round but was she really ready to become her pet? To do this thing for the girl to make up for, not only the fantastic opportunity she’d gotten to free her parents from their oppressive prison, but to resolve her feelings with Tsu too.

There was also Izuku to consider and whether or not he could accept any of this. She didn’t even know if he’d be open to dating both her and Tsuyu or either of them at all. Ochako was even unaware this could be something to consider before Momo’s words earlier in the evening.

On shaky knees, Momo lifted her leg again and rolled over onto her side, freeing Ochako from her pleasurable hold between her thighs. As the two breathed deep to regain control of their hormone-addled minds, the heiress once more flipped herself around to lie next to the brunette once more.

“Hey.”

“Hi.” They smiled at each other again, nervously.

“I hope you uh… enjoyed the experience.” Momo said nervously. “Though I am reticent in accepting your offer of um… companionship. Please know that I will accept if you still desire to go through with this.”

Ochako looked away, taking a slow, steady breath.

“It isn’t… how I expected to make it up to you.” She admitted. “Though I don’t think either of us did really. But… if you’ll have me… I think we could both be happy and isn’t that all that matters?”

“Ideally I’d ask you instead for a polyamorous ‘non-relationship’ that I am currently engaged in with the other girls.” Momo countered.

“I see.” Ochako blushed, unsure if an actual relationship with the girl was something she’d ever want, “But you’re on equal footing with them, you don’t owe each other anything. I’m not. I’ll be a happy little pet for you until we’re even again… Mistress.”

“I believe I understand our positions better with that explanation.” Momo nodded, shyly enjoying the name she’d gained from Ochako. “You know that I will release you at any time, yes?”

“Yeah.” Ochako smiled. “It’s why I know I can trust you with my care.”

“You… are just the most adorable little pet.” Momo reached out and lightly pinched one of Ochako’s cheeks. The gravity girl giggled, much more comfortable with the action now than she had been during the dare of their sleepover. “I hope you know… I may want to um… spoil you a little,” Momo blushed. “I can’t buy you fancy toys or presents and excessive use of my quirk would be unethical, but I believe that the purchasing of fancy foods to keep my pet happy would be permitted from my allowance without raising suspicion.”

“No Momo, you know I can’t acc-”

“Oh dear,” Momo cut her off. “I guess I will have to find someone else to give this fancy mochi to.”

The line of drool from Ochako’s mouth was enough to cause Momo to burst into giggles.

“I believe somethings like that won’t be necessary to worry about ‘paying back’.” Momo explained, hoping Ochako wouldn’t keep a running total of all the luxuries they’d share together. “Especially since I’ll be enjoying all the little treats I’m sure you’ll be giving me.” She finished, slapping Ochako’s rear and earning a startled squeak from the girl.

“Yaomomo!” Ochako pouted.

“Don’t you mean ‘Mistress’?” Momo smirked.

“Soon.” Ochako smiled, rubbing her nose against the girl’s own. “I think we’ve finished this little preview and I… really need to go talk to Tsu.”

“Ah, of course.” Momo nodded, caressing Ochako’s face once more. “Then I believe we should get dressed, but first.” Momo quickly seized Ochako’s lips with her own, the two sharing a last, somewhat chaste French kiss before Momo pulled back. “A little something. Possibly to remember me by if Tsu um… doesn’t accept this.”

“Y-yeah.” Ochako blushed, realizing it was something she’d have to explain to the frog girl soon. But not tonight. “Could you not tell anyone else about… this? I’d like to tell Tsu myself and… if everything goes well with my family, I’ll be able to do so in a few days.”

“Of course, whatever you need.” Momo smiled. “If I could also please borrow your phone in the next few days to talk to your parents to begin everything. I’d use my phone but… um…”

“Your parents, yeah.” Ochako nodded sadly. “Okay, I need to um… go. Got a big day tomorrow with Ryukyu.”

“Oh my! I completely forgot about that. You’re starting as soon as tomorrow?”

“Yup, me and Tsu will be working with Hado and she’s taking us on a patrol to explain everything.” Ochako grinned. “Genuine hero work. It’s why I need to talk to Tsu tonight, so I can work without distractions.”

“I’m sure it will also help Tsu. She was quite down when we last spoke.”

Ochako nodded, resolved to head straight for the frog girl’s room as soon as she was out the door.

With their activities for the evening resolved and plans made, Ochako dressed and quickly bid her Mistress a good night, earning another small blush from the heiress. As she walked the brief steps to the frog girl’s room, she tried to clarify in her head what she wanted to say. When she got there, she had her words chosen and only hoped they’d be received well.

Knocking energetically, she hoped the frog girl hadn’t already turned in and that she was disturbing her at this hour. Thankfully the door opened and Tsuyu’s surprised face locked eyes with Ochako’s.

“H-hey Tsu… mind if I come in for a sec?”

“O-of course not Ochako.” Tsuyu stepped aside, letting her not-so-secret crush enter. She shut the door before turning back to her guest, hoping the news was good. Ochako looked happy but she didn’t want to get her hopes up.

“So um… I guess things have been a little… weird between us since everything came out.” Ochako started, playing with her hands.

“A little, ribbit,” Tsuyu admitted. “I’ve tried not to let it affect our friendship but I’m not going to lie either and say I’m currently happy with things.”

“Y-yeah. I get that and thank you so much for being so patient with me. I really needed the time to talk to my folks and sort some stuff out.” Ochako admitted. “There’s… still something I need to take care of that Yaoyorozu is helping me with. If it goes well it will be sorted in a few days. Once it’s finished I can tell you everything that’s been happening and… um… if you ask me a particular question, I’ll be able to give you an answer I think you’d probably like.”

Tsuyu blinked dumbly, her breath caught in her throat as Ochako hinted at something she very much wanted could happen soon. There was also her new status as polyamorous as well as the thing with Mina and Yaoyorozu that she would have to discuss with the girl.

“What I came here to say is that… I accept your feelings Tsu and, when I can, we’ll have a long talk as I believe you have some things to tell me about too. Yeah?”

“O-okay Ochako.” Tsuyu smiled, genuinely happy with the news. “But I have to ask, why not now?”

Uraraka’s smile fell but decided it was better to start the honesty now.

“There’s potential danger right now… not to me but to my family if the wrong people learn of this. I know you wouldn’t tell anyone but this is… just something I need to do for just a little longer, ‘til I know for sure they’re safe.” Ochako explained. “I’m sorry, it’s a little selfish to ask you to wait just a little bit longer-”

“A bit, ribbit, but I think you’re worth it.” Tsuyu winked, sending a small blush to Ochako’s cheeks. “There’s also some stuff I have to tell you before I can ask but it can wait.”

“O-oh…” Ochako blinked. “N-nothing bad?”

“Hopefully… but maybe a bit… different, ribbit.” Tsuyu admitted shyly.

Ochako nodded. Of course Tsu had her own stuff going on but she wouldn’t press the girl now, not when she was keeping her own things a secret. Maybe she’d admit to the thing the frog girl shared with Momo. When they next talked after her parents escaped Mie prefecture, they’d have a long chat and get everything out in the open.

“S-sure, we’re still best friends no matter what though, yeah?” Ochako asked, her feet struggling not to run to her green haired friend and snap her up in a hug.

“Of course, ribbit.” Tsuyu smiled, “We’ll have each other’s backs at Ryukyu’s after all.”                 


The next day, class 1-A was down three students; Kirishima, Uraraka and Asui were all busy at their work studies, getting shown the ropes by their pro hero mentors. It didn’t take long for all three to become wrapped up in some unexpected hero work as villains made their move. By Wednesday everyone had spotted the debuts of Red Riot, Uravity and Froppy.

While Mina had them all primed for a celebratory sleepover on Friday, it seemed an unpleasant talk derailed those plans. That Friday, all the work studies students were called in for a group operation meeting. By the time the group returned to the dorms, it was way too late to enjoy a night of fun together. On top of that, with what Tsuyu and Ochako had learned, they threw themselves into their training whole heartedly and didn’t feel much like celebrating their achievements so far; not when a little girl was still in danger.

Thankfully for those without work studies, Aizawa’s involvement in the case resulted in an easier weekend workload. While Tsuyu and Ochako had their own thing they needed to sort, the rest of the girls were free.

After her night with Tsu and Momo, Mina had the itchings of a plan in her mind. Now, she was going to enact step one and see if something like this would ever work out. To do that, she needed to snag Tooru away for some follow up private time and, to make sure they weren’t interrupted, she’d need to get rid of Momo and Kyoka for a while. To that end, she found herself at Momo’s door that fateful Friday, waiting for her sexy friend to answer.

“Ah Mina,” Momo opened her door, “Is there something I can help you with?”

“Plenty of things probably but not today.” Mina grinned, thinking both about homework help and their special interactions with each other. “May I come in for a sec?”

“Of course.” Momo opened her door a little to allow the pinkette inside.

“So~o” Mina drew out her conversation initialiser until Momo had shut the door once more. “I’m thinking about having a particular conversation with Tooru tonight.”

Momo instantly felt her face heat up in a small blush as she knew what Mina was referring to.

“However, something else has come to my attention that I find myself compelled to assist with at the same time.” She grinned, stepping closer to her class vice-president.

“O-oh?” Momo bit her lower lip.

“Indeed. It seems while we now share a number of partners, there is one I’m pretty sure you’d most like to spend some of your own quality time with that you’ve yet to invite into your boudoir.” Mina teased with a wink. “Obviously you can’t commit to anything but maybe you’d also like to add a punk themed girl to our arrangement?”

“K-Kyoka?!” Momo stammered, “N-no, I c-couldn’t.”

“Oh?” Mina tilted her head, her smile not faltering for a moment. “Hmmm, shame, guess I was wrong about your crush.” She shrugged. “Guess I’ll have to tell Jiro her own affections are not returned.”

Mina started walking towards the door only to find herself quickly grabbed by both her shoulders with Momo looking into her eyes.

“N-no! I…” She paused. “Do… do you really um… know that?”

“About you? You’re making it more obvious by the second. About Kyoka’s crush on our Gorgeous girl? Absolutely.”

Mina admitted resisted the urge to squeal as Momo released her to do a small happy jump of joy.

“Clearly you’re not interested though, so I’ll just tell her-”

“Stop it you Minx,” Momo levelled a glare at her friend, using the nickname for the girl they’d reserved for when she was being cheeky. “I know you’re planning something now and I’d rather you be honest as opposed to trying to manipulate me. Lord knows I get enough of that from my parents.”

“Ah, yeah, sorry.” Mina rubbed the back of her head. “It was just a tease. Still, I meant what I said. If not for your situation and, frankly, Kyoka’s lack of confidence in herself, she’d probably have already tried to seduce you like she did me.”

Momo blushed, recalling the dance she’d observed the two share during their second sleepover together.

“Look, I’m not here to manipulate or hide anything from you.” Mina explained, walking closer and taking the heiress into her arms. “I know you can’t commit to anyone yet but, I think I’m falling for more than just you. Tooru also holds a special place in my heart and I think that Kyoka deserves a chance at the same type of happiness we currently share.”

Momo blinked as she began understanding what Mina was getting at.

“You… I mean we… a polyamorous relationship… between us all of us girls?”

“Well mostly,” Mina wiggled her hand back and forth. “I’d ask Tsuyu too but she has the thing with Midori and ‘Chako so maybe just us four; at least for now.”

“Oh… um…” Momo looked away shyly.

Mina looked at her for a moment, trying to figure out if she was just nervous about the implied prospect or something else.

“… What do you know?” She prodded the heiress’ cheek suspiciously.

“W-well… I um… really can’t say.” Momo admitted nervously. “There’s still a few things in motion that may not come to pass but um… if they do…” She left the sentence hanging.

Mina actually had to step back at that. She’d been intimate with all her friends except Ochako, who was going through stuff with Tsuyu, and now Momo was hinting about something even she didn’t know about. Wow… seems they’d all been up to a lot more than she’d realized.

“Is… this something you’d be okay with?” Momo asked. “I am aware it makes me seem somewhat selfish as it does excite me to um… possibly contribute to my own fantasy.

“Wait, hold on…” Mina said, trying to think things through for a moment. “So… potentially… we’d all be in a group, polyamorous relationship with each other, plus or minus Midori depending on how that whole thing goes with Tsu and ‘Chako?”

“Not a relationship we could advertise outside of ourselves of course.” Momo nodded. “But… if what you are saying about Kyoka is true… I must admit I would like to speak to her and possibly the others about such a topic as you are all quite special to me at this point.”

Mina actually found herself a little struck dumb. It seemed like something out of one of Mineta’s personal fantasies. No. This was definitely Tsuyu’s: they loved and cared about each other too much for it to be the grapist’s. She pinched herself just to be sure she was real and when Momo didn’t fade away, she could only conclude this was really happening.

“So… all six 1-A girls together...” She said, picturing it in her head. “Next sleepover is going to be so~ lewd.”

“That… is something I have been toying with in my own head.” Momo admitted.

She reached out to pull Mina close once more before cupping her face and resting their foreheads together gently.

“I know this all seems like a lot… especially with all of our school work and everything.” Momo said, “But if you’ll have me… I’d like to be part of this group non-relationship with you.”

Mina leant forward and kissed Momo softly before pulling back and looking into her eyes in turn.

“Its kind scary isn’t it? I came here just looking to be a hero… found out I was bi and now could potentially have five amazing girlfriends before the end of the year.” Mina blushed, unable to keep the giddy smile off her face. “I do wanna see where this goes… so… if we all agree, like I believe we should in a relationship like this?” Momo nodded at her questioning look. “Then I think we should go talk to the others and see if it’s something they’d like to explore too.”

Momo leant forward and kissed her deeply, pressing further into a french kiss as Mina wrapped her arms around the taller girl’s neck until they were done.

“I should um… really thank you Mina.” She mumbled as she pulled back. “If not for your uh… help, there’s no way this could’ve even been considered.”

Mina smiled, reaching down and squeezing the heiress’ ass, earning a cute squeak from the girl.

“Don’t thank me yet, I’ve still yet to take my turn with your newest toy.” She winked, “You may just regret it by the time we’re finished, let alone have more in the tank for the others.”

“I-I believe we should um… leave, lest both of us find ourselves once more under my covers.” Momo blushed, pushing Mina back softly.

“As fun as that would be, yeah, go get your punk.” Mina smiled. “I’m gonna go pay Tooru a visit. Talk tomorrow?”

Momo placed a small kiss on Mina’s nose before turning back to the door.

“Of course Princess.” She winked.

With that, and a couple of sly looks to each other as they left Momo’s room and boarded the elevator, Momo and Mina found themselves standing outside Kyoka and Tooru’s doors on the third floor.

A last nervous look was shared before Momo moved first, reaching up and knocking politely on Kyoka’s dorm door.

“Yeah?” A voice called out from inside.

“I-it’s me.” Momo called out. “May I come in for a visit?”

“Door’s open Yaomomo.” Jiro’s voice called back.

With a last deep breath to calm the nerves, Momo pressed down on the door handle and stepped inside.

It seemed the punk rock girl had been practising her musical talents as the girl was carefully placing her bass guitar back on its stand and her bedspread looked like it had been her resting spot until recently.

“Hey Yaomomo.” The girl smiled, somewhat nervously at being in her room alone with her crush for the first time. “What’s up?”

Momo closed and locked the door behind her before advancing into Jiro’s room.

“Considering Ochako and Tsu’s lack of availability is causing a delay to our sleepover, I thought that, rather than missing out on the chance, I would like spend some time with you.” Momo smiled, causing Kyoka’s heart to flip in her chest.

“O-oh, y-yeah we can hang out.” Jiro said, looking around her room. “We can um… well there’s not much to do in here unless you just want to chat.”

“That sounds delightful.” Momo replied honestly. “There’s a few things I’d like to chat with you about anyway.”

“Uh, yeah, sure.” Kyoka blinked, surprised, “Here, sit down.” She offered the side of her bed while grabbing her desk chair for herself.

Momo moved across the room and nervously took a seat on Kyoka’s bed, very aware that she may make herself much more comfortable on it before the night was out. Jiro pulled her chair across the room and sat near the end of her bed, resting one of her legs on the side. Momo couldn’t help but imagine the sight if the girl was wearing a short skirt right now.

“Are you practising for something specific?” Momo asked, glancing back to the girl’s bass she’d just been using.

“Nothing special.” Jiro shrugged, “Just a little practise to not let myself get rusty, y’know?”

“Ah I see,” Momo nodded, “I must admit, it’s been a small desire of mine that I would like to hear you perform something when you’re ready. I’m sure you play beautifully.”

Jiro blushed lightly, looking away from the girl.

“I-I’m not really any good.” Jiro admitted, “I don’t think I’ll be performing for anyone anytime soon.”

“A shame, I hope I’ll be able to convince you otherwise.” Momo smiled. “As for further topics of discussion, there is something I’d like to talk over. Specifically regarding a particular um… declaration made during our first sleepover together.”

“O-oh.” Jiro glanced back at the girl, remembering that event and coming up with the middle name of ‘Fuckin’’ that everyone seemed hell bent on using against her. “If you’re asking me to back off, i-it’s not going to happen.” Jiro restated her position on Momo’s betrothal. “I-I think it’s wrong… what you have to do… so I’m going to stop it and support you however I can.”

Momo laughed, glad her friend still had that spirit she admired so much.

“While I daren’t hope to dream of such an escape, there is something that was brought to my attention as a result of it.” She smiled, “I believe your declaration honest and made as a friend but… I can’t help but wonder… is that all you consider me?”

“W-what do you mean?” Jiro feigned ignorance.

“Well… while I am sure you are aware I cannot take a partner, I can’t help but wonder… Did you think of me in that way while making such a statement?” Momo asked hesitantly.

Jiro’s eyes widened as she realized the heiress had either picked up on her suspiciously strong behaviour or someone had told the girl. Was this just some polite way for Momo to reject her feelings without outright asking her?

“W-what makes you say that?” Kyoka asked, glancing between Momo and nothing in particular.

“I had my suspicions of course, but more that… when you, uh… revealed your sexuality to us all; I couldn’t help but find myself elated that you might find me attractive in that way. Like I, um… do you.”

Kyoka’s lungs froze as her gaze snapped back to Momo who had, in turn, begun avoiding hers, a blush present that certainly wasn’t there before.

“Y-y-you uh…” Kyoka replied, stunned at the implication.

“Indeed,” Momo admitted. “Though I was hesitant to reveal it to anyone due to my circumstances, certain events have occurred that have lead me to believe that it is best to reveal this to you.”

Jiro put her foot back on the ground and scooched her chair a little closer to the heiress.

“A…are you um… free?” She asked hesitantly.

“No.” Kyoka felt her heart sink, “But I have recently learned that, if we keep certain things secret, there is nothing to say I can’t be in a non-relationship with someone and do particular things too.”

Kyoka stayed silent, hoping that Momo would continue without prompting.

“While I can’t offer a traditional relationship… I would um… very much like to ask for a… non-relationship with yourself… if-if that’s okay?”

The punk girl paused, trying to figure out exactly how to respond. This wasn’t how her dreams or fantasies had her and Momo admitting their feelings to each other and she wasn’t exactly clear on what the girl was asking about either.

“I… Sorry Yaomomo… I don’t think I know what you’re getting at.” Kyoka admitted. “To be blunt, I think it’s clear you figured out I like you. So yeah, fuck it, if I could date you I would have asked you by now, but what are you talking about.”

Despite her straightforward approach, Momo actually smiled as Kyoka admitted her feelings in such a casual way. She sat forward on Kyoka’s bed and reached out to place her hand on one of her knees.

“Kyoka,” She began. “If you would like to um… see how compatible we are in the privacy of our rooms and not tell other people, I would very much like to explore certain things with you.” Momo batted her eyes at the girl. “Things like how you hug, how you… kiss… the cute noises you make when you um… c-cum.”

Clearly cartoons were more realistic than Kyoka thought as her jaw dropped so hard and fast it felt like it would go through the floor.

“M-M-Mo-Momo!” She spluttered, a fierce blush rising on her face.

“I apologize if this is rather um… sudden.” Momo reddened herself, “With my recent um… experiences, I have found that I no longer wish to deny my own desires. If… this is too much then-”

“N-No!” Kyoka replied quickly, hoping to prevent her crush taking back any of her words, as confusing as they still were. She quickly transferred herself from her desk chair to the edge of the bed beside Momo, hoping the lack of direct eye contact would make her next questions easier. “I um… t-think I uh… understand what you’re asking now.” She gulped. “I-is um… are you, uh… w-why now?”

Momo smiled at Kyoka’s cute bashfulness, allowing her hand to take the other girl’s in her own.

“Well… I must be truthful with you, you would um… not be the first person I have been intimate with.” Momo admitted, causing Jiro to cautiously turn to look at Momo. “I have a great deal of affection for those I am with and, if not for them, I would not likely be here asking to do the same with you.”

Momo pulled Jiro’s hand up and bent her head down before placing a soft kiss on the back of Jiro’s palm.

“I have found myself charmed by you for a while now and I truly wish to share such wonderful experiences with yourself. If you’d like to explore that with me that is.”

“Wh… you mean you want to… fuck while not being committed to each other?” Kyoka asked guardedly.

“Not so crass but… I would like to do so, yes.”

Jiro felt her heart drop as her image of Momo in her head began distorting in a way it shouldn’t.

“N-no… I can’t.” She said, pulling her hand back and scooting away from the heiress. Momo felt her own heart stop as she watched Kyoka purposefully pull away. “Look, I like you Yaomomo… I really do… but I… I can’t do that. I want… I want the romance… I want the flowers, the gifts, the awkward dates and to fall properly, truly i-in love with you.” Jiro bit her lip before rubbing softly at one of her eyes that had begun stinging. “I don’t just want a quick fuck before I’m left to the side so you can go be with other people; guys especially.”

“Kyoka… no, I’m… I’m so sorry.” Momo apologised. “I’m… I’ve made a right mess of this. I really do like you, I just can’t…” She broke off, thinking through how best to explain herself to the girl. “I… I guess I should explain everything. Would you… please listen at least?” She pleaded.

Kyoka didn’t want to. She felt like she’d already been through the wringer with learning that her crush was seeing other people; probably one of the more traditionally handsome boys like Todoroki. Against her gut, defensive reaction, she would at least give Momo the chance to explain.

“Okay… so um… you recall the first sleepover we had, yes?” Momo began.

“Yeah.” Kyoka replied bluntly, “Kinda hard to forget that.”

“Indeed, well… while admit I knew about my crush on you before this point, I didn’t want to do anything due to the commitment to my family. That wouldn’t have been fair on both of us if it had worked out. After it however, I found myself bemused with the um… device that Mina showed off.”

“Her vibrator?” Kyoka asked, receiving a confirming nod from Momo.

“You see… I had never… explored that side of myself until then. When I tried… I found myself incredibly frustrated by my um… inexperience. Do you remember my er… unapproachable disposition a few weeks back?”

“Y-yeah? Was that-”

“I’m somewhat ashamed to admit that I was not good enough to ‘finish’ exploring myself and became very frustrated due to it.” Momo replied. “If you recall, I swore Mina to secrecy about our discussion, yes?” Kyoka nodded, “Well… that was because she um… provided assistance to help me release that frustration.”

Jiro blinked. Momo and Mina? That was… certainly an eye opener. Well at least she didn’t have to worry about the heiress asking her to fuck just to explore her sexuality. But that also meant that Mina had been with Momo by the time Jiro gave her a repeat performance of the dance from their second sleepover. Hell, she was probably the girl Mina described in her truth that same sleepover; no wonder she played coy with who the other girl was.

“M-Mina? So she um… got you off?”

“Yes, and I was most grateful for the assistance though I was very reluctant to explain the issue. My parents watch my every online interaction you see. I’m unable to use the internet and my phone to their potential without alerting them to the things I am browsing.”

“Oh… that… just sucks.” Jiro stated. “Like… I couldn’t imagine not being able to learn shit for myself. Might still be in the closet at that rate.”

“Though I can understand their reasoning to a degree, to protect me from online fraudsters and those who would do me harm, I am a pro hero in training; there are things I should know that I frankly do not. Thankfully, after our discussion, Mina has been lending me her computer every now and then when I wanted to do research into particular subjects I was unfamiliar with.” Momo explained. “One of those subjects, you might remember, is polyamory.”

“Poly… what?” Jira wrinkled her nose.

“Polyamory, the practise of having one or more romantic partners with the consent of all in the relationship.” Momo explained, not surprised that she had to explain the concept again. It was one that wasn’t very present in the real world though much more present in particular animations, manga and TV shows. “Say I were to enter into a relationship with Mina, if we both agreed and asked another person to join either or both of us, we could.”

“O-okay?” Jiro tilted her head. “Like a harem.”

“If it helps, yes.” Momo sighed. “Only with more focus on having a genuine relationship rather than just the sexual aspect of it.

Jiro nodded pensively. Things were starting to make a bit more sense now.

“As a result, I have found myself in something of a relationship that isn’t a relationship with some people and I would like to ask you… if this is something you would be interested in.” Momo smiled nervously.

Jiro let out a deep sigh, leant back on her arms and closed her eyes as she tried to process everything she just learned about her crush. She was certainly disappointed she wasn’t Momo’s first girlfriend… or ‘not’ girlfriend if Momo was using this weird loophole logic, but she couldn’t blame her. It’s not like Jiro had dibs on the heiress or anything and she’d certainly had some fun with the other girls herself. Come to think of it… she’d gone further with every other girl than Momo. Why was this different now?

Because she wanted a relationship. That was the difference. She wanted Momo to be her girlfriend. If she said ‘yes’ to whatever Momo was asking, then what even were they? Friends with benefits? As much as she wanted to just say yes, she knew it would only hurt her more in the end.

“I… want to say ‘yes’… I really do… fuuuck.” Jiro sighed, sitting forward and turning towards Momo. “But… I don’t think I can handle just being like sex friends or whatever.” She shook her head. “I… was gonna wait… wait until we got you away from your parents before I asked you out. I want to take you to clubs and concerts and coffee shops and all that… cute couples stuff.”

Momo felt her own heart lurch as Kyoka described all the stuff that she truly wanted to enjoy with the girl. To say ‘screw the rules’ her parents set and just promise the girl in front of her all the things she now knew they both desired.

“I… have to say no… I’m… I’m sorry Momo.” Jiro said sadly, looking down at her covers and trying not to let the stinging build into tears.

“No… Kyoka I… please… there has to be… something… anything.” Momo pleaded. She didn’t want things to end like this, this was the exact opposite of the reaction she hoped for when she knocked on her crush’s door. For just a moment, she remembered Ochako’s own pleas to do anything if it meant saving her family from their own plight. Hers was much less severe in nature but she felt a kinship with the girl in that instance.

“Momo… I can’t…” Jiro shook her head. “It would just hurt us both. To not be able to share those things with you… to join your uh… ‘non-relationship’ with Mina and others I probably don’t like… to-”

“But you do like them!” Momo interjected.

“W-what?”

“I… didn’t want to say too much… but I um… the others that I’ve um… explored myself with… you like them…” Momo admitted. “Mina… Tooru… Tsuyu… Ochako.”

Jiro’s mouth almost dropped open a second time but she luckily had enough sense to keep her surprise from showing that dramatically. 

“Wait… just us? Like, just us girls?” Jiro asked, genuinely confused Momo hadn’t gone outside their female friendship group.

“Yes. You are… you’re the only ones I felt comfortable sharing this secret of mine with.” Momo admitted. “I understand you Kyoka, I really want what you do too. The dates, the closeness, the small tokens of affection here and there, to be unafraid of who we are with other people. But I can’t have that… that’s why I’m asking… I asked… if you would consider sharing what I can offer together.”

Jiro pinched her eyes closed, fighting to control her rapidly shifting emotions and thoughts. She’d be grateful if she left this conversation with only a mild case of whiplash at this point. Then she realized the problem that had been staring her in the face this entire conversation.

“You don’t think you’re gonna get out of this betrothal… do you?”

Momo opened her mouth to respond, to deny the accusation but only a brief, raspy breath escaped.

“That’s why you’re doing all this now.” Jiro realized. “You don’t want to regret everything when it happens so you’re doing what you can to reduce regret now.”

“N-not entirely…” Momo reluctantly acknowledged. “I… genuinely do have feelings for you… for all the girls... but my parents… they are ruthless. I… I don’t want to see you get destroyed… none of you… not for my sake.”

“You stupid fuck!” Jiro yelled, grabbing Momo’s shoulder’s firmly, causing the girl to turn to the punk rocker with something akin to fear. “I told you before, you’re Momo Fuckin’ Yaoyorozu! You don’t need them to succeed and I’m gonna stand by your side until you get out from under their thumb and beyond, no matter the consequences! I’m insulted you have that little faith in me… in all of us!”

Momo felt her breath catch, the raw determination and resolve that Kyoka was displaying was both terrifying and awe-inspiring.

“You wanna fuckin’ date me? No… you wanna fuckin’ date any of us? You better be prepared to commit, because we fuckin’ deserve it and so do you! You’re not half-assing anything this important, that’s insulting to anyone, let alone five other top heroines. Make your own fuckin’ choice on this matter for once in your life: either commit to this and kiss me or leave now and live a lie the rest of your life.” Kyoka growled.

The purple haired girl felt herself breathing heavily after getting that burst of anger off her chest, watching Momo carefully and wondering if she went too far. Next thing she knew, a flurry of raven black hair was flying towards her, the heiress’ lips crashing into hers and sending them awkwardly down on the bed spread.

Kyoka didn’t kiss back for a moment, stunned at her own words as they replayed in her head that had led to this outcome. When she realised that Momo had finally chosen to stop hiding behind her excuse and hopefully found the will to fight back against her oppressive parents, who were clearly stuck in the old ages, she began kissing the heiress back.

It wasn’t a very long or romantic kiss as both girls soon felt tears rolling down each of their cheeks when they realised how emotional the conversation had gotten. Momo was the one to break away, shyly tucking her face into Jiro’s collarbone and hugging her softly, hoping to conceal her ugly crying face. Jiro simply wrapped her arms around the taller girl and rubbed her back softly, a couple tears making tracks down and into her covers.

The two lay there for a few minutes, just trying to process their own states of mind to figure out what to say next.

“Y-you’re right…” Momo said softly. “I’m a… I’ve been a coward. I didn’t believe in you… or our friends.”

“Yeah… that’s not cool.” Jiro let out a single dry chuckle. “But I shouldn’t talk… I’m not even brave enough to come out to anyone but you guys. How should I expect you to defy your parents when mine don’t even know I’m a lesbian.”

“Just because you are also struggling doesn’t stop you from being correct about other things.” Momo accepted. “We both have things we need to overcome. ‘Plus Ultra’ though, right?”

Jiro laughed dryly again.

“Yeah, yeah, plus ultra or whatever.” She sighed. The two sat there for a little longer as they both contemplated their situations.

“How would it even work?” Jiro asked, “A poly-what’sit relationship.”

“Well… I’m not quite sure really.” Momo admitted. “I’m not exactly experienced in it.”

“Me neither,” Jiro chuckled, “So… when we get you free from your parents… would you just like… pick one of us or?”

“Would there be a need to?” Momo asked, “If we all date and we’re happy, would we need to change anything?”

“I… I guess not… but what about marriage… and kids and stuff.”

“I’m afraid I don’t have those answers.” Momo admitted, “But… I would still like to find out together with you.”

“And Mina, and Tsu, and Tooru, and Ochako.” Jiro listed off.

“Is… is that something you… can’t accept?” Momo asked cautiously. Jiro sighed and bit her lip.

“It’s not… I mean… I’ve kinda done stuff with them too.” She admitted. Momo’s eyes widened but said nothing. “We’ve done a few things but it wasn’t under this ‘non-relationship’ thing you have, probably just one offs and stuff. I did um… kind of save my first time though. I… wanted to um… wait for you.”

Momo turned her head to look up at Jiro who was blushing and looking away herself.

“That’s… I… don’t know what to say.” Momo admitted. “I can’t say the same but I appreciate the sentiment.”

Jiro laughed as the thought of her next thing to say.

“Looks like you’ll have to teach this lesbian some new tricks then.”

“Does… that mean you accept this um… non-relationship?” Momo asked hopefully.

“No.” Jiro replied simply. “We’re in a relationship, none of this ‘non’ crap. We can keep it secret from everyone else if you like until we can go public without retaliation from your folks but I’m not gonna do anything without a commitment. I deserve that I think.”

“Y-yes, you’re right.” Momo nodded.

Jiro rubbed the top of Momo’s head softly. “This is all weird and new and stuff. You’re defying your parents, and me, I’m finally going out with you… who is also dating four other girls.”

“I… well… not exactly dating four others.” The heiress admitted. “There are a few… oddities to our current relationships but I will clarify those after I get permission from them to do so.”

“R-right.” Jiro replied awkwardly. “Would I be uh… dating them too?”

“Only if you wanted to.” Momo answered, glad she at least knew that much. “You could exclusively date me but you have to accept that I would also be dating Mina. If you would also like to take Mina on a um… date, you’d have to ask her.”

“Ah, I see, so we’re not just gonna like, pile into your bed every night and fuck each other senseless.”

“Well… if that’s something you’re open to.” Momo chuckled softly, glad she could crack a joke at the situation.

“That’s your fantasy isn’t it?” Kyoka nudged the girl. “Maybe for your birthday or something.”

Momo blushed, biting her lip at the very real possibility, though with her birthday not even a month away, she very much doubted it would happen this year at least.

“Hell, why don’t we all just go on a group date beforehand, really sell the idea.”

Momo found herself struck dumb by the idea Kyoka had just inadvertently dropped in her lap.

“Kyoka! That’s it!” She cheered, smiling up at the earphone jack girl.

“W-wait, what?”

“Group dates!” Momo smiled, “I can’t be seen dating any one person… but if we all go out together, we can do all the date stuff and no one would be able to tell it wasn’t a date, just a group outing!”

“T-that’s… not the worst idea.” Jiro agreed. “It does mean we could at least do some of the couples stuff… just… altogether.”

“I know it is… selfish of me to a degree.” Momo replied. “But… I really do value you all, so much and for different reasons.”

“Yeah, I get it… I just need some… time to process everything.” Jiro said.

“I understand.” Momo nodded. “I’m sorry this went so badly. It was not how I thought this discussion would go.”

“Oh?” Jiro raised an eyebrow. “And how did you think it would go?”

Momo blushed and shook her head.

“Ah, you were hoping to fuck me weren’t you?”

“K-Kyoka!” Momo pouted but the deep red on her cheeks gave her game away.

“You so were.” Kyoka shook her head fondly. “Jesus, one taste of porn from Mina and there goes your whole refined attitude.”

“W-well I didn’t realise just how enjoyable it was until now is all. C-can you blame me?”

“Pffft, not really, think I rubbed myself raw when I first figured out how to do it properly.” Jiro admitted crudely. “Look… I don’t really know what to do next so… until we figure everything out… could we maybe just cuddle for a bit... girlfriend?”

Momo bit her lip with a smile, a pleased flutter of her heart informing her that she enjoyed hearing Kyoka call her that.

“S-sure.”

The two relaxed back into the close embrace they shared as they made themselves comfortable on Kyoka’s bed. Momo felt cautiously optimistic for the future, her status as Kyoka’s secret girlfriend causing a giddiness in her chest unlike any before it. Kyoka however, while excited about being able to call the heiress her girlfriend, pondered this incredibly ‘out there’ scenario that had been awkwardly dropped in her lap. This sort of thing could blow up in her and all of their faces quickly if she didn’t immediately get a handle on her own feelings as well as the others. Now she just had to figure out how to get these idiots she called friends to work everything out for the better.


Across the hall, a very different conversation took place that same evening. After Momo had entered Jiro’s room to discuss her situation and feelings for the girl, Mina had knocked on Tooru’s door; hoping to do the same with the invisible girl.

“Tooru~u” Mina called out playfully.

It took a moment but Tooru’s door slowly unlocked before the girl herself appeared in her comfy clothes.

“Hey Mina,” The girl replied, a mote of drowsiness in her voice. “Need something?”

“You mostly.” Mina purred, “Mind if I come in?”

“Oh um… n-not tonight.” Tooru replied. “I’m kinda tired so…”

The pink haired girl narrowed her eyes.

“It’s Friday… you’re usually so eager for a movie or a break or something. What’s wrong?” Mina asked, “Don’t think you can fool me either, wouldn’t be a very good bestie if I couldn’t tell by now.”

It saddened Mina to hear a resigned sigh come from her friend as the door opened wider.

“Yeah, okay.” Tooru allowed the girl to step through. “Was hoping to put this off until I felt better but whatever I guess.”

“Tooru, you’re scaring me, is everything alright?” Mina frowned, stepping through and turning to her friend as the door closed.

“Yeah I’m… well, will be fine. Just… feeling crappy right now.” She sighed, moving back to her bed and throwing the covers back over herself as she lay down, facing the laptop on her desk chair that had once again been placed near her bed.

“Oh no you don’t.” Mina glared, walking over to the bed and slipping under the covers herself, facing the invisible girl and wrapping an arm around her. “Nothing simple gets you down this bad, what happened and how can we fix it?” This was clearly something that was bigger than Mina’s own discussion that could be tabled for after she perked up her friend.

“It’s silly, just need to get these stupid feelings out of my system is all.” Tooru said sadly. “Ochako and Tsu have already helped cheer me up some.”

“Okay, now I’m just annoyed.” Mina pouted. “Why do they get to help and not your bestie?”

The invisible girl giggled, expecting something like this from her pink skinned pal.

“Because you’re probably gonna melt the person that made me feel this way.”

“Mineta has it coming anyway,” Mina grinned evilly, “Be right back.”

“No.” Tooru reached out to stop Mina who was only playfully threatening to leave to melt her classmate. “It wasn’t him… well, this time anyway.” She sighed, time to bite the bullet. “I… didn’t want to tell you ‘cause I… asked out Ojiro… and he turned me down.”

“Ojiro has it coming anyway,” Mina responded again, a darker look on her face after hearing that, “Be right back.”

“Mina, no.”

“Mina, yes.” The pinkette pouted, somewhat torn on actually leaving to go tear the tailed martial artist a new one or not. “But you need me more anyway so… wanna walk me through everything?”

It was silly, but just knowing that Mina would readily fight in her corner for something like this and back down when she asked her made Tooru’s heart fill with warmth for the girl. The main reason she hadn’t told Mina yet was due to her own status as a rival for Tooru’s affections and didn’t want to put her in an awkward position despite their best friend status. That and she didn’t want to see Mina kicked out of school for melting her former crush.

Tooru began explaining her situation to Mina, recalling the letter to the boy, the dressing up she did and waiting patiently in the cold for him to appear and give her his answer. While she knew Mina would probably try to get revenge in her own way after hearing all this, she appreciated the girl listening patiently and not trying to crack jokes to cheer her up or something.

“So yeah, then Ochako went to fetch my ice cream and some other bits and we just watch boys fail at life for a bit… really love the girl for that.” Tooru smiled, enjoying the fact that she’d shared her story for the third time and felt less sad after each retelling.

“Yeah, Ochako’s good people.” Mina empathised, rubbing Tooru’s arm softly. “I get why you wanted some quiet time for a while.”

“Thanks Mina.” Tooru smiled before leaning forward and placing a soft kiss on the end of her pink nose. “I’m sorry I can’t be more pleasant company right now.”

“Pffft, like I care.” Mina scoffed. “You’re more important to me than just anything physical hun. What I’ve got can wait, making you feel better is more important.”

Tooru giggled, “Are you just saying that ‘cause you know its romantic and you want some brownie points.”

“It can be the right answer and the truth.” Mina nuzzled her nose in return. “I know I’m kinda… was competing against him for you to some degree.” She admitted, “But even if I wasn’t I’d be right here helping cheer you up. Just maybe without the undercurrent of sexy tension between us.” She winked.

Tooru laughed and gently smacked Mina’s side under the covers.

“Stop it, supposed to be sad.” She pouted teasingly before her features turned pensive. “I’m sorry but… I don’t think I can really say anything right now. I do still want to explore um… this, with you; I just had to find out if my other crush was also a possibility.”

Mina smiled and shrugged. “It’s okay girl, sometimes with a crush, you get crushed. I get it.” She snuggled the girl a little tighter. “You need time and that’s okay. However… that does kind of tie into why I came here tonight so I guess I should probably update you on that.”

Tooru felt her heart drop. Had Mina found someone else? Was she about to be rejected again before they’d even had a chance?

“P-please don’t tell me I missed my ch-chance…” Tooru’s voice wobbled as she vocalized her thoughts.

“Shhh, it’s okay Tooru,” Mina cooed. “I still very much want to explore things with you, don’t worry. You should have seen the happy dance I did after you left last time.”

Tooru couldn’t help but chuckle at the image of that, her nerves giving way, as unbelievable as it was that someone had that reaction to dating her.

“But… there is something I need to talk to you about though.” Mina said, “It’s… different but I get the feeling that you may um… be happy with it. Even more so than just dating me.”

Tooru tilted her head in confusion. Unless Mina had somehow managed to find someone with a soulmate quirk that could locate their perfect partners, she didn’t know what she was getting at.

“So… obviously you know that me and you… we’re not exclusive yet, so I may have um… fooled around with a particular heiress too.” Mina admitted.

“O-oh.” Tooru replied passively.

“Yeah, she’s quite um… fun… as I’m sure you too well know.” Mina grinned.

Tooru’s breath caught, biting her lip. Clearly Momo had let slip something, she’d have to talk to the girl later about keeping it hushed up lest the other girls catch wind of them.

“She wanted to make sure I didn’t think less of her for doing things with others who weren’t me so we told each other a few bits about who we’d done stuff with recently, especially as it was kinda new to both of us.” Mina continued. “End result… I know, and totally don’t mind, that you and Momo also have a thing together that is.”

Tooru nodded slowly. “I-if we um… get together I can stop seeing her.” She offered.

“No actually.” Mina smiled. “That’s actually kinda the opposite of what I was gonna ask.” She blushed and took a deep breath to steel her nerves. “There’s a little bit more but um… would you consider dating um… me and Momo like, all together?”

Tooru blinked as tried to sort out her thoughts and answer to that question.

“What, like… date you and date momo while you also date each other?” She asked to clarify.

“Short answer, yes.” Mina nodded, “Long answer… Momo also likes Jiro and is probably asking her the same thing right now. There’s also a thing with Tsu so it um… might turn into a big sort of class 1-A girls love pile if the other girls accept it.”

Tooru was stunned. Either Tsuyu knew more than she was letting on or the girl had a secondary psychic aspect to her quirk that could see the future.

“W-wait,” She sat up, looking down at Mina’s still smiling expression. “So… if I say yes… there’s a very real possibility of us all like being together? Romantically?”

“Well… yes.” Mina admitted somewhat nervously. “I know it seems like super weird and different, but honestly, I want to explore things with you, but I don’t want to give up what I have with Momo. Hell, I’ve even done a few things with Jiro and Tsu too so…”

“Wow,” Tooru leant back and looked up at her ceiling. “I just… I think Tsu’s gonna flip when you ask her.”

“Oh, she told you too?” Mina smiled.

“Told me? She made a joke about snagging us all for her harem after we… kinda… sexed each other.” Tooru admitted.

“HA! That sounds like her.” Mina laughed, “She told me after we did the same. It’s something she actually really wants so yeah, she’s probably gonna ribbit happily for weeks if she accepts.”

Tooru looked down at her friend again who still wore that kind smile she was growing to love.

“Would… it be weird if I told you I said that her fantasy sounded kinda nice? Just like all of us and Midoriya just like living together and dating each other.”

“Wow, sounds like she convinced you before I even got here.” Mina smirked. “She really is amazing with that tongue, isn’t she?”

“M-Mina.” Tooru blushed. “But, I mean… if you think it would work then… yeah… I kinda do like the way she made it sound.”

The acid quirked girl breathed a small sigh of relief.

“I’m actually kinda glad you’re so accepting of this.” Mina reached out to caress the girl’s face. “I wanna explore all this with you and the others since we’re all kinda involved with each other now.”

“I’m guessing me and Jiro are the first two you and Momo are convincing?” Tooru asked, having now clued herself into the situation Mina described earlier.

“Yeah, just ‘cause those two have like, big ass crushes on each other. Kinda like I do with you and I hope you still do with me.”

“Y-yeah, sorry.” Tooru sheepishly replied. “I’ve been wallowing in my rejection for a little bit. I know we have a thing but, it still hurt y’know.”

“Girl, it’s okay, I get it.” Mina smiled before pulling her face closer. “I know I’m not some rebound or consolation or something so don’t worry. Do worry about the noises I’m probably gonna get you to make in about twenty minutes.”

Mina gently pulled Tooru closer and softly pressed their lips together, allowing the girl to pull back if she didn’t want this. When Tooru sought to deepen the kiss, Mina allowed her hands to drop from the invisible girl’s face and wrap around her, pulling her on top in a firm hug as they made out.

Their tongues met and danced together as Tooru felt a pang of happiness break the depression she still felt. For the moment, it was gone and this time, with a new exciting prospect of being Mina’s girlfriend, not to mention Momo’s, though she’d have to confirm that with the girl herself before making any moves. That’s not to mention possibly being joined by Kyoka and Tsu who might even pull Ochako into it if she accepted such a relationship.

“So…” Mina spoke after their latest kiss ended. “I hear from a certain dark haired heiress that you enjoy the idea of people watching you.”

“Shush!” Tooru blushed, putting a hand over Mina’s mouth. “It’s embarrassing.”

“Wewl,” Mina’s muffled voice said, pulling the invisible appendage away so she could speak clearly again. “If you want, we could maybe… do a little roleplay if that’ll get you going?”

“I-I mean…” Tooru blushed, liking the idea more than she cared to admit. “O-only if you tell me something I can do for you like that.”

Mina chuckled, she had played her own kinks closer to the chest than some of the others, escaping the last slumber party without revealing them after all.

“Ok fine, but we’re still doing you first, gotta put that smile back on your face and keep it there.” She winked before putting a finger to her chin. “Let’s see. Well muscles really do it for me but that’s more an aesthetic thing, but a naughty act… ooo!” She snapped her fingers. “It’s a little hard for just like one person but I kinda liked the idea of um… being cum all over.” Mina blushed, “It’s one from back when I thought more about guys than… well, you guys, but I like to imagine loads of dudes just unable to hold their loads and emptying them onto my sexy body.”

“Ah… well I um.” Tooru began, not quite sure how she could perform something like that solo as Mina had admitted.

“So how ‘bout this.” Mina continued, grabbing Tooru’s bum and grinding their hips together lightly. “When you get close, we break apart from whatever we’re doing and you hover over my face and finish yourself off.”

Tooru couldn’t help the moan that escaped her lips at the pleasant image in her mind.

“Sounds like a plan eh?” Mina winked, “Can’t really do it with all this in the way though.” She reached down and pulled off her top, casually tossing it to the floor. “Now, are you just gonna sit there? All these people paid for a show, why don’t you show them what a naughty girl you are and start sucking my pretty pink nips.”

Tooru had certainly not expected to get off today let alone the possibility of sex. Mina, however, knew exactly how to cheer her up then get her in the mood. This girl had clearly read Tooru’s instruction manual somewhere or she was just that good of a friend, and now girlfriend! She let out a small hum of delight at that word as it rolled around her head.

Lowering her head, she took Mina’s nipple into her mouth and started rolling it around instead, extracting a delightful moan from the girl. The pinkette lightly pet her hair as she enjoyed the moist tongue teasing at her tit. A small hiss escaped her lips as Tooru ever so gently bit down on her fleshy nub. It stung in just the right way when combined with her sucking.

Not one to leave all the work to her partner, Mina shifted their position, straddling her invisible friend.

“Time to get rid of this.” Mina grinned, pulling Hagakure’s top up and over her head. As she did, she realized that now she was sitting on the invisible Tooru’s chest. “Hey Tooru, look, I’m flying!” She cheered, sticking her arms out like a plane as she ‘hovered’ in place.

It was a joke about her invisibility but not one made to upset or humiliate her. Tooru couldn’t help letting a small giggle out at Mina’s enthusiastic face. This was something only she could do with her quirk and it had brought a bit of joy to her pink partner.

“Flying girlfriend, you may now land on my tits.”

“With pleasure.” Mina leered, pushing herself back to settle her butt on Tooru’s legs before making a ‘nyoom’ sound as her head swooped down and peppered her girlfriend’s chest with kisses. “Mmm, landing succ-shesh-ful,” She slurred, her own lips sucking in Tooru’s nipple in turn.

Tooru shifted as her shivers of pleasure caused her to take a deep sigh of satisfaction.

“And now,” Mina purred, her hands reaching for Tooru’s hips. “Air Mina is gonna fly south for the winter.”

It was stupid but Tooru smiled all the same at Mina’s goofy sense of humour. Lifting her hips, her sweats and panties were slipped out from under her as she prepared herself for what was coming next. As the last of her clothes were tossed away, she felt Mina settle between her legs, nudging them apart.

“Well, I guess it’s my turn to do a little investigating, eh?” Mina grinned, referring to the times Tooru had explored her body. “Now… let’s show everyone what a nice, delicious pussy you have.”

Tooru felt herself biting her lip to contain a moan as numerous imagined but eager eyes were glued to Mina’s actions.

“As you can all see, this is my girlfriend’s vagina, look how lewd it is when I spread it open.” Mina continued to play her part with a smirk. “Now, watch my fingers disappear one by one as I fuck this sexy bitch.”

Mina matched Tooru’s gentle thrusting as, true to her word, she inserted a new finger every minute or so of exploration.

“Mina~” Tooru moaned, feeling her orgasm approaching.

“Time to turn over love, show everyone that perfect round arse of yours.” Mina replied, slowly removing her hand from Tooru and running a finger over her glutes.

The invisible girl complied, rolling onto her front as her breasts squashed uncomfortably into the mattress. A sharp slap rang out as Mina’s hand left an invisible impression on her rear cheeks.

“On your knees dear.” She grinned, “Present that fine ass to everyone.”

Tooru moaned, feeling herself clench as she pulled her knees under herself, raising her rear into the air.

“Good girl, see how well she behaves everyone?” Mina asked the also invisible audience. “Now… for my turn.”

The pinkette’s hair tickled as she turned herself onto her back and pushed with her feet against the bedding to slide under Tooru’s position. If the girl sat back, she’d give Mina a face full of muff. The acid quirked girl reached up and began kissing and nibbling at Tooru’s crotch while she buried her fingers back inside the girl, relishing the higher pitched moans she was eliciting.

“Now… Izuku,” Mina called out to the friend that wasn’t there. “I want you to bury your cock inside our girl here and fill her with cum until she can’t move.” Mina grinned, hoping this would also add to her girlfriend’s impending orgasm. “Really just stuff her and knock her up.”

“H-harder.” Tooru moaned, thrusting her hips back against Mina’s fingers.

“You heard the girl everyone, nice and hard Midori.” Mina grinned, pressing her fingers harder into the girl as requested. “And now…”

Mina reached up with her other hand, briefly licking a single digit before it swiftly sought out Tooru’s love button. It didn’t take much to cause Tooru’s muscles to lock up as her euphoria washed over her. Her pink girlfriend felt her fingers almost forcefully get ejected from the invisible girl’s pussy as Tooru quickly tried to push herself up, angling herself to cum over Mina as she’s requested.

“T-take it a-all!” Tooru shuddered, deliberately clenching to try and squirt a little more of her love juices onto Mina’s face. It was no plastering of cum but Mina enjoyed the splatters of moisture that rained down on her; the hand that previously attended Tooru’s pussy now seeking out her own for relief.

Tooru gathered her senses, and her breath, before opening her eyes to look down through herself at her girlfriend below. Mina’s eyes were closed and her breathing had picked up as she now fingered herself. Picking her leg up, she swung it over Mina carefully as she looked down at her girlfriend.

“Good?” Mina asked, cracking one eye with a smile.

“Y-yeah.” Tooru nodded. “Need a hand?”

“I got it.” Mina grinned, “Could do with some lips on me nips though.”

“Done and done.” Tooru agreed, thankful it wasn’t something more intense for now. She lowered her head to suckle at Mina’s other boob that didn’t get attention from earlier while her hand kneeded and played with the first.

It didn’t take long for Mina to begin to reach her own climax, her experienced hands knowing just where to rub to get herself off nice and quick, especially with Tooru’s generous assistance.

“Kisses.” She requested, puckering her lips and reaching for Tooru’s head, stroking her hair before slipping down and cupping her cheek. Tooru quickly redirected her attention to Mina’s lips and kissed her lightly before they sunk into a deep snog. It felt weird to experience her girlfriend’s moan departing her mouth and straight down Tooru’s throat. She giggled as Mina’s own muscles stiffened and twitched as hers did.

Tooru felt a little selfish for being the main focus of their sexy session but knew that this could very well be the first of many for the rest of her life; there would be time to repay Mina in full.

“Ahhh.” Mina released a gasp of air as she relaxed from her efforts, her steamy breath helping keep the room warm along with Tooru’s own. “Snuggles.” She demanded like a child, reaching up for Tooru’s shoulders.

Unable to resist her girlfriend’s playful charm, Tooru let out a small giggle before settling down in Mina’s arms, curling into her chest.

“Mmm, that was fun.” Mina grinned like the cat that caught the canary, currently more content than she’d ever thought possible.

“Yup.” Tooru agreed, “Thanks for… y’know.”

“Pleasure girl.” Mina squeezed her partner. “Whatever gets your boat floating, gotta take care of your sexy needs now I’m your girlfriend and all.”

“One of them anyway.” Tooru smiled, biting her lip nervously. “I kinda ran this past Tsu when I thought it was just a joke but… you mind if I also tell you this like, super cosy idea of how we’d live together?”

“Shoot.” Mina smiled, “Haven’t thought about the logistics myself so go for it.”

“When Tsu talked about getting all of us for her harem, I asked if we’d each have our own room. Kinda like here, where we’d use them as our offices and sometimes bedrooms when we wanted a break or some privacy. Mostly I imagined we usually slept in like this big ass bed and cuddle pile in another room together.”

“Ha, certainly not the worst idea.” Mina smiled, snuggling Tooru deeper into her side. “Between us all being super pro heroes, I think we could afford something like that.”

“Right!” Tooru smiled, “Get us like a big ass movie theatre room too so we can have sleepovers like we do now but better.”

“Well then we need to have a proper popcorn machine and drinks dispenser. I’m sure one of Momo’s many houses probably has something like that so she can hook us up.” Mina grinned. “Ooo, maybe a big blanket to all snuggle up inside too.”

“Yeah, you get it.” Tooru smiled, sighing softly against Mina’s chest, casually observing her boobs as they rose and fell with her breathing. “You… really think it’ll work? Me, you, Momo, all of us?”

Mina thought for a moment before leaning her head on Tooru’s and nuzzling it softly.

“I don’t know for sure but I’d really like to try. You’re really important to me Tooru. So is Momo now. Whether that happens with the other girls for sure, I don’t know either but I’m certainly open to the idea.”

“Yeah… these past few weeks have been kind of eye opening for all of us, huh.” Tooru murmured.

“Yup, but no matter what, we’ll figure everything out together.” Mina beamed. “Even if it all goes to shit, I know that I’ll still have you guys as friends and… hopefully you’ll still be my girlfriend.”

“Y-yeah,” Tooru replied, a nervous but happy smile on her face as she relished her new relationship status. “Only if you’ll still be um… my girlfriend too.”

“You just wanted an excuse to say that didn’t you.”

“Hey! It’s new!” Tooru pouted, blowing up her cheeks. “I wanted to call you my girlfriend to try it out.”

“Urgh, you are just so adorable!” Mina wrapped her arms around the invisible girl’s head and squished her into her chest, leaving indents in her breasts where Tooru’s face was.

“Shut up!” Tooru pouted again playfully, pulling away from Mina’s suffocating grip, “You’re my pretty pink girlfriend now, you’re supposed to be nice to me.”

“I am being nice, you’re placed between my amazing tits and you just got off on my face.” Mina smirked, “I mean, I could be extra nice and get you off again if you really want. Or we could go see if Momo and Jiro want to watch too.”

Tooru sighed happily, excited at that prospect but had other things in mind for now, choosing to instead lay on Mina’s arm and snuggle back up to her.

“Nah, Kyoka’s got it bad for Momo so they’re probably humping like rabbits right now. Best not to disturb them.”

“That’s about right.” Mina grinned, returning to the comfortable silence as they just enjoyed each other’s company. “You cool if I sleep here? I kinda wanna just snuggle you tonight.”

“It’s no sleepover like I’m sure you wanted.” Tooru smiled, turning back to her desk chair and leaning over to type away at her laptop. “But I’m sure we can enjoy ourselves with my new favourite videos.”

“Oh?”

“Yup, guys with tails failing: skateboarding gone wrong, walking into poles, pranked, you name it, I love it.”

“Ha, no wonder that’s been cheering you up.” Mina grinned. “Hopefully you’ll never need a ‘pink girl fails’ video playlist.”

“Well… that one would probably be much more erotic.” Tooru teased, running a finger up Mina’s side, “Pink hero fails to hold in cute moans.”

“Ooo, okay… maybe we can toy with that later on.” Mina chuckled before turning on her side to face the computer. “For now, I wanna feel you giggle in my arms while we watch some totally not stand-ins for Ojiro get wrecked.”

With a girlish giggle, Tooru hit the play button before snuggling her back into Mina, acting as the little spoon as she enjoyed one of the best nights of her life with her brand new girlfriend.


Birds cheeped and chirped, filling the morning air with song as a sleepy UA awoke to another sunny Saturday morning. While a particular transparent and pink couple enjoyed their sleep, ignoring the creeping sunlight invading the darkness of Hagakure’s room, another girl down the hall grumpily woke with her alarm. Shutting it off quickly, she turned to face her ceiling and brought her arm up to rest against her forehead, letting out a deep sigh as she did.

Kyoka Jiro groaned as she began mentally preparing for the day ahead that she knew may not go super smoothly. Despite the resolution they’d come to last night and subsequent cuddling, Kyoka had requested Momo return to her room for the night. She was somewhat regretting it now as her bed felt distinctly more lonely but she’d needed the time to herself to think. Momo was now her girlfriend, at least she hoped she still was.

Things had gotten confusing with the whole introduction to ‘polyaimery’ or whatever it was called again. From what she had gathered from the heiress during their cuddles, Mina and Momo had spoken to each other about being in a ‘non’ relationship and the girl was asking Tooru the same thing the heiress had asked her. Whether the girl was successful or not didn’t matter as all she needed was her pink friend for the moment.

Jiro grabbed her phone once more and navigated to the contacts section. Quickly finding Mina’s favourited entry, she nervously chewed her lip as she hit the call button. It was a little rude to ring someone at only eight in the morning on a weekend but she was sure the girl would understand.

“Mmmrello?” A sleepy acid girl rasped, apparently having sandpapered her throat in the night.

“No time for a lie in Pinky.” Jiro said sternly but without irritation. “I know about the poly-stuff; we need to chat.”

The sudden scrambling at the other end of the line and squeak she was sure didn’t match Mina’s voice let her know the girl had taken her words seriously. A few muffled coughs sounded out from the receiver as the pink girl likely cleared her throat.

“K-Kyoka? Why, what’s uh… you don’t sound… where’s Momo?” Her unfocused questions came through.

“In her room probably,” Jiro admitted, “I know you know about what she asked and things didn’t go great last night. I’m guessing stuff went better for you if you’re sharing Tooru’s bed?”

The subsequent catching of air in Mina’s throat meant she’d hit the nail on the head.

“H-hi Kyoka.” Tooru muttered softly. Kyoka only rolled her eyes since there was no sense being shy now, not after all they probably knew and experienced with each other.

“Hi Tooru.” Kyoka replied fondly before turning her voice back on the pinkette she’d called. “We need to discuss shit like grown ass adults; come meet me in ten outside Momo’s room so we can start sorting this out.”

“Uh… y-yeah, okay.” Mina nodded, not that the earphone jack user could see her. “Should I bring-”

“Bring Tooru, she’s involved now too. Though leave out the other two; they got their own shit to deal with before we drag them into this.”

“G-gotcha.” Mina agreed, “See you in ten.”

With a click, the call ended. Kyoka released her own breath as her arm flopped back on the bedspread. This was gonna be a sucky conversation that could make or break friendships, and technically relationships, at this stage. Why couldn’t feelings be simpler?

With a huff, she rose to her feet, aiming to quickly grab some of her comfy clothes for this discussion and get up there before either of the other two. A funny thought passed through her head as she started slipping on her sweatpants: coming out to her parents as gay now seemed a lot less scary than announcing she also had several girlfriends if this conversation went well. Fuck it, in for a penny.


Mina and Tooru chose not to hold hands as they rode the elevator to Momo’s room. They’d briefly considered stopping to knock on Kyoka’s door as they walked by but agreed it was better to let the punk meeting caller control the situation for now. Stepping out of the metal box they both swore had increased its ‘ping’ volume to announce their presence, the pair spotted Kyoka waiting outside Momo’s room. As they recognised each other, Kyoka raised a hand to Momo’s door and knocked firmly.

“Y-yes?” Momo called out.

“It’s us, we need to have a talk.” Kyoka replied.

“U-us?” Momo’s confused voice spoke once more. The unknown situation didn’t stop her from opening the door however, her eyes widening as she recognised all three participants in yesterday’s chats standing before her.

“Come on you two, in.” Kyoka ordered, stepping out of the new couple’s way.

Mina awkwardly looked to Momo who looked just as confused as she did. The glare from Kyoka got her butt moving however, followed by Tooru’s as they swiftly entered the heiress’ room with the earphone jack girl entering last and asking their unwitting host to lock the door behind them.

Tooru and Mina turned and stood awkwardly in the small amount of floor space, waiting for whatever was going to happen next to happen.

“On the bed, may as well be comfy for this conversation.” Jiro ordered again. The pair quickly complied with the instruction as the girl turned back to the heiress. “You too.”

It hurt a little to see their uneasy faces at her commands but these love-dumb fools needed someone to take the reins and get everything straightened out before someone got hurt. Well, any more than she did last night. Kyoka quickly followed after her heiress girlfriend and joined the trio on the bed, sitting a short distance away from everyone.

“Right,” She began. “Let’s not beat around the bush anymore. We’ve all gotten pretty damn intimate with each other recently, yes?”

A hesitant round of nods followed her question.

“Right, well, as you probably know Mina; Momo came to ask me to join this little group ‘non-relationship’ you have going on.” Jiro explained, getting a nod from the pink girl, “Unfortunately, it seems before she does anything else with anyone, she owes her friends an apology.”

“Uh… why?” Mina asked, confused. She chanced a look at the heiress only to linger as she spotted the guilty look on the girl’s face.

“I… believe Kyoka is right.” Momo nodded sadly. “I have… done something I regret, that I hope I can earn back your trust for.”

“Wait, what did you do?” Tooru asked, a little scared for her friend if she was talking about trust like this.

“I have… deceived you all regarding my acceptance of your assistance to escape my um… betrothal.” Momo admitted shamefully. “I did not believe there could be anything done, even with us all working together, to allow me to escape my parent’s plans… and I used that as a shield to defend my lack of commitment.”

Mina looked at Momo in puzzlement for a moment, trying to piece together her words.

“Yaomomo wanted a ‘non-relationship’ so she could let everyone else down easy when we lost against her folks. If she truly believed we’d help her successfully escape, it wouldn’t matter.” Kyoka explained a bit clearer. “You need to work on your explanations Yaomomo.”

“So… you never really thought we’d be able to do anything about it?” Tooru asked in a dejected tone.

“At first, I thought it was just an impossible fantasy like, defeating a dragon or discovering perpetual motion.” Momo explained. “It gave me a measure of comfort that you’d declare your dedication to helping me, but I was afraid you were all setting yourselves up for failure. I didn’t want you to lose everything you’d all worked so hard for just for my sake when the odds are so heavily stacked against us.”

“You slap some sense into her Kyoka?” Mina addressed the punk rocker with a determined expression.

“No slapping, just told her that I wouldn’t be part of her polymerus relationship since she didn’t trust or respect anyone enough to tell them these things. If she wanted to date me, I wasn’t going to accept a half-hearted commitment and I don’t think it was fair for you guys to settle for that either.” Kyoka explained.

“Poly-a-mor-ous.” Momo enunciated. “And yes, Kyoka was quite resolute in helping me see the error of my ways.” She agreed. “To that, I’d like to extend my apologies to you both. I’m sorry for not believing in your dedication to our friendship and… I would like us to be in an actual relationship as your g-girlfriend. This is my life and I will make my own decisions about it.”

Mina shook her head in exasperation at the hopelessly naïve heiress. She’d clearly never had friends like them if she thought they both didn’t mean their words back during that first sleepover or that they wouldn’t fight tooth and nail to keep that promise they’d made together.

“Come here you silly, gorgeous git.” Mina held her arms open.

“Yaomomo, you should know we meant every word! We’ll all stand by you no matter what!” Tooru declared, throwing one of her arms over her pink girlfriend’s shoulder and opening her other to join the hug offered to the heiress.

Momo struggled to hold back tears as she waddled forward to sink into her friend’s arms, appreciating the love and understanding the pair were clearly offering and full of.

“Oi, don’t think you’re staying out of this punkette, get in here.” Mina called out, opening her arms the small distance she could to entice Kyoka to join the group hug.

Said earphone jack user sighed and shook her own head fondly before shuffling over Momo’s bedding to join the group, wrapping them all in as big a hug as her smaller frame could offer.

A few tight squeezes of love later and the group broke apart, awkwardly settling back on their knees much closer than they were before.

“So yeah,” Jiro picked up again, “Momo told me about this polyamorous relationship she wanted with like, all you guys. I’m telling you now, I want to just claim her all to myself… but I guess I can give this sharing thing a go if it’s with you lot.”

“Now who’s being deceptive?” Mina levelled a deadpan expression at the punk girl. “Didn’t hear you complaining when we spent the night in each other’s arms.”

“Ooo, naughty.” Tooru chimed in, “I certainly enjoyed playing with your jacks in the baths together so you can’t fool me either.”

Kyoka blushed as her own exploits with the other girls were quickly being called out.

“You didn’t expect this, but I bet you don’t mind having three smoking hot girlfriends really.” Mina teased. “I think you should properly ask us out like you’re making poor Yaomomo here do… unless you really don’t want to join us.”

“Yeah,” Tooru agreed. “If you don’t ask, you don’t get any more of this.” She made a point of pressing her hands over her top to flatten her boobs.

Kyoka quickly turned to Momo only to find the girl hiding her light giggles behind her hand.

“I believe they are correct,” She smiled cheekily. “Currently you are only dating me, we don’t all have to be involved together in a polyamorous relationship.”

“See. This I’ll trust her on since I know she’s been doing lewd research like a good student.” Mina pat the top of Momo’s head.

“Y-yeah… okay.” Kyoka blushed. “Guess I did kinda deserve that.”

“Kinda?” Tooru deadpanned.

“I get it, okay.” Kyoka glared light-heartedly before schooling her expression once more. “One second.”

The three girls on the bed waited patiently as Jiro closed her eyes, clearly thinking about something.

“Okay, right.” She opened her eyes and matched gazes with the pinkette. “Mina, I know this isn’t some big love confession or junk but you’re like one of my best friends and I really admire your courage and spirit so… would you um… like to go out with me too?”

“Awww, how could I turn down something like that?” Mina smiled sweetly. “Though you lose points for not mentioning my rockin’ bod.”

“Shut up you lez.” Jiro smirked, rolling her eyes.

“Bi and you know it.” Mina stuck her tongue out.

Kyoka turned to the set of floating clothes she knew contained the next target of her confessions.

“Tooru, I think you’re super cool for everything you’re doing right now. I know you’re struggling with your quirk but honestly it’s not good enough to obscure the wonderful, bubbly, cute girl from my eyes or ears. Do you think a girl like you could maybe find a place in your heart for me too?”

“Y-yes!” Tooru felt her heart swelling and tears threatening to break free. Ojiro can get fucked, she now had all the love she’d ever need and she may even get more in the near future. She was truly spoilt at this point and wouldn’t trade it for all the hot guys in martial arts outfits in the world. “But you’ve gotta like, give me a hug ‘cause I just wanna cry right now.”

Jiro quickly felt herself engulfed by Hagakure’s form once she opened her arms for the girl, the tight squeeze trying to force the air from her lungs.

“Yeah, you’ve had kind of a rough week, it’s no surprise something like that would get to you.” Mina smiled at the pair.

“Oh?” Momo turned to the pinkette curiously. “I’m sorry, did we miss something important? I apologize for not noticing Tooru.”

“N-no… I tried to hide it from everyone.” Tooru sighed, breaking the hug with a now concerned looking Kyoka. “I sorta… asked out Ojiro and he turned me down.”

“Oh Tooru.” Momo empathized.

“Mina?” Kyoka looked over at the acid quirked girl, hoping to find an ally in revenge as she raised her jacks for battle.

“Nah, he’ll get his in time.” Mina shook her head. “I think Tooru’s just glad that we’re proving him wrong. Now she’s got three official, smoking hot girlfriends while he has none; not that we’ll be spreading it around for Yaomomo’s sake.”

“Indeed.” Momo nodded sadly, “While I would like to establish my commitment to our new dynamic, I would also not like to see you crushed like ants beneath my father’s boot. I will do everything I can to treat our relationships as true during our private moments, however, please forgive me in advance for not displaying much in the way of affection when others are present.”

“Probably worse for me,” Mina groaned playfully, “How can I go a full day without Momo kisses now you’re one of my many girlfriends?”

“She can’t do anything about that,” Kyoka began, “But we did come up with an idea for maybe going on dates and stuff.”

“Wait, really?” Tooru asked excitedly.

“Quite,” Momo nodded with an optimistic smile. “Due to our unusual relationship size, we should be able to go to traditional date locations and be misidentified as merely friends on a group outing. Though we’d have to keep public displays of affection to a minimum, we should be able to enjoy things it would otherwise be impossible for me to do with any of you. If… if that is acceptable to you all.”

“Yay! Group dates!” Tooru cheered.

“Someone’s already on board.” Mina chuckled, shaking her head. “Me and Tooru could probably get away with stuff but not you Yaomomo and I’m not sure if you’re happy coming out like that yet are you Kyoka?”

“N-no, sorry.” Kyoka’s blush mixed with a touch of shame. “M-maybe one day but I still just wanna keep it between us for now.”

“Fine with me!” Tooru grinned, “I’ll just have to kidnap you afterwards and drag you into the baths.”

“Did you not get enough last night?” Mina scolded teasingly.

“M-Mina!” Tooru blushed, shaking a hand at the girl though the others only saw her sleeve rapidly shake up and down.

“Hey, not like we’ve got anything to hide anymore.” Mina shrugged, leaning back on her arms. “Though truth or dare is gonna be super sexy now.”

“Actually, that’s a point.” Kyoka spoke up. “You mentioned that the um… other two might uh… also join us. What’s going on with that? Not that I mind.”

“The more girls, the happier the lesbian, eh Kyoka?” Mina smirked.

“Shut up, you probably want to get in Tsu’s pants with how you were eyeing each other last time.”

“Don’t need to, already done.” Mina bragged causing Kyoka to splutter at the blunt response.

“I can’t deny that I do indeed wish to ask her and Ochako to um… join our relationship,” Momo explained. “I believe they have their own issues to work through first. There is also something with Ochako that I must discuss with her further before the same um… offer, can be extended to her.”

“Yeah, we’ll wait.” Mina shrugged, hoping everything went well for the pair. “Until then, I’m pretty damn happy with three kickass girlfriends.”

“God that feels weird to hear.” Kyoka grumbled.

“Backing out?” Mina teased again.

“Fuck no… even if it may take some… a lot of getting used to.”

“This is pretty odd.” Tooru agreed.

“I think this is something only time and further interactions can resolve.” Momo stated, “For now, I believe I have some homework to complete that I was unable to do yesterday.”

“Urgh, don’t remind me.” Kyoka groaned. “I’m feeling drained just from getting all this sorted, kinda wanna go back to bed for a nap.”

“I’m glad we talked this over but I’m the same, want some more snoozles please.” Tooru hunched over, playing up her tired voice.

“You uh… w-wanna go cuddle?” Kyoka offered hesitantly.

“Just cuddle?” Tooru asked, receiving a red faced nod from the earphone jack girl. “That sounds lovely.”

“O-okay, great.” Kyoka smiled, moving to rise from Momo’s bed.

“How about you Mina: studying, training, sleeping or something else?” Momo asked the girl who was fiddling with her phone.

“Well first…” She began, pressing the final key on her phone to enact her plan. “I’m just gonna finish setting this up for my lovelies.”

Each girl received a ping from their own devices. They’d all been invited to a new group chat through their typical chat app; this one was labelled as ‘Girlfriends <3’.

“Awww, I love it.” Tooru smiled, quickly accepting the invite along with the other two.

“Yeah, we can plan stuff and things on here and send each other cutesy stuff. At least I’m going to anyway.” Mina blushed lightly. “As much as I wanna go brag about snagging three of the hottest girls in school to everyone, my bragging will sadly have to be restricted to here.”

“Just don’t go overboard or I will block you.” Kyoka joked before sending a sincere look at the girl. “Thanks though Mina… this is… kinda what I wanted from a girlfriend.”

“Look at you, all cute and adorable.” Mina cooed. “Never pegged you for a romantic.”

“I just didn’t advertise it ‘til I had a reason to, now I do.” Kyoka smiled.

“As adorable as this is, can we go nap?” Tooru playfully whined. “Sleepy time is now.”

“Yeah, yeah, such a needy girlfriend,” Kyoka rolled her eyes, “Come on, we’ll use my room, soundproofing helps.”

“Ooo, yes, plan!” Tooru smiled, “Bye guys!”

Mina and Momo watched as Kyoka and Tooru departed, their girlfriends off to enjoy their Saturday morning together. Once the door had shut once more, the two let out fond sighs before turning to each other shyly.

“So… you lied to me.” Mina looked sadly at the heiress.

“I know… I am truly sorry.” She apologised again.

“I get it you Gorgeous idiot.” Mina sidled over to her girlfriend and wrapped her in a hug. “But you’ve now got us for the long haul, okay? No more of these hurtful secrets.”

Momo smiled and nodded her head. She felt Mina’s hand reach out to caress her face before it slid along her jawbone only to stop in the center and squish her cheeks together.

“Who are you?” Mina asked.

“Momo Fucking Yaoyorozu?” The heiress replied.

“Damn right, girlfriend of Mina Fuckin’ Ashido, Tooru Fuckin’ Hagakure and Kyoka Fuckin’ Jiro so don’t forget it again.” Mina pulled the girl in for a soft kiss, pressing their foreheads together softly.

“Yes… I’ve got it this time.” Momo smiled, wrapping her pink girlfriend in a hug.

The two sat content in each other’s arms for a few minutes, just enjoying the time together as their minds processed the mornings events. Reluctantly, Momo knew that if she wanted to enjoy further time with her new girlfriends, she would have to do slightly more unpleasant things before the evening.

“I’m afraid we must separate Princess, homework calls us both.” She tried to coax Mina away.

“Let it go to voicemail.” Mina replied sarcastically.

“Do you really want to get Aizawa on your case again?” Momo asked, knowing it was for the girl’s own good.

“Urgh, no…” Mina groaned, unwillingly parting with one of her new favourite cuddle buddies.

“Don’t worry Princess, go get all your stuff done and maybe we can have some fun together later, okay?” Momo offered with a wink.

“Suddenly homework doesn’t seem so bad.” Mina grinned.

“My, that is a surprise.”


Thursday was the day.

While most of the girls enjoyed exploring their newfound relationship with cuddles, kisses and the odd naughty session between each other over the next four days, Ochako and Tsuyu were preparing and training for the worst. A little girl needed their help and they were on standby to take part in a true pro-hero level raid on a yakuza group. There was no telling what kind of fight they’d be facing, whether or not they’d see combat or just run backup and support, but they honed their skills for anything they believed might come their way.

Thursday morning was the day the text came in.

Tsuyu and Ochako met up with Kirishima and Midoriya in the dorm common room to confirm it with each other merely an hour before sun up. The raid would be happening today and they were to meet up at Sir Nighteye’s agency once again. With determined nods and hardened resolves, the group prepared for the day ahead, getting an early start on their morning routines sans training; they would need every ounce of stamina to ensure their greatest chance for success.

With an early breakfast spent uneasily with each other and a few of the other, non-work study earlier risers, the group of four set off on the trains. Though they kept an eye out for their three upperclassmen, they didn’t wait for them in case they’d already set out themselves.

Ochako sat nervously, hands both gripped tight on her costume case as she sat between Izuku and Tsu on their way to do some true good and hoping for the best outcome. Truthfully, she wished she could take both their hands and receive loving, comforting hugs to settle herself but that wasn’t something she had the luxury to do. Izuku still had no inkling of her feelings and, while Tsu did, her parents still needed to escape the influence of the criminal of a woman she unfortunately called ‘grandmother’.

With such a thought still weighing on her mind, she wished she’d been more forthcoming in confiding in the heiress. Her parents were on their way out of Mie but she didn’t know how long it would be; days, weeks maybe? She should’ve thrown herself on Yaoyorozu’s kindness earlier since now it seemed like this was something she’d have to try desperately not to think about while risking her life in the field.

Having noticed the girl’s anxiety, Tsu had tried to comfort her friend as best she could by rubbing her knee gently during the train ride. It wasn’t much but all she could offer for now. Ochako sent the girl a grateful, if small, smile as the train ride continued.

A few minutes before their stop, she felt her phone begin ringing in her pocket. For a moment, she wondered if something had changed regarding the raid but only her phone was going off. She quickly pulled the device out and flipped it open, seeing the caller id register as her mother. They never called during a weekday: something must be wrong.

“Tsu, could you please watch my case for a moment?” She asked the girl quickly, standing to shift to a somewhat quieter spot in the carriage.

“Sure Ochako.” Tsuyu nodded, seizing the case and resting it on her lap, her own tucked safely behind her legs against the seat.

Sending the girl an appreciative look, the gravity girl answered the call.

“Mom, is everything okay?” She asked quickly.

“Hi Angel, everything’s fine here. We just figured we’d give you a quick call before school starts.” Her mother’s somewhat energetic voice answered on the other end.

“Oh… um,” Ochako paused, relieved for the lack of bad news but still confused as to why they’d call so early on a weekday.

“Well, we’ve been a little busy since our last conversation and, thanks to your very generous investor, we’ve arrived at our new home!”

Ochako felt her brain get thrown for a loop. New home… already?!

“You… you’re out of Mie?!”

“Indeed dear, we signed the paperwork for our new place a few days ago and will be signing our old house over to them now that we’ve arrived. Our furniture has yet to be moved in but the movers are taking a much needed break right now; we thought it best to uh… leave during the middle of the night and the moving company our new silent partner provided were very discrete and efficient.”

The brunette felt her mind start accepting the information; her parents had moved, they were out of her grandmother’s influence as well as their old, discriminatory town.

“We’ve got a nice little place here in Mustafu. While we wanted to go for an apartment and save some money, our investor talked us into a small three bedroom by the outskirts. I believe your father will be converting the garage into a temporary office for us while we establish the business side of things here.” Her mother informed her. “Things might be difficult for a while dear, we’re going to be very busy getting everything done so I’m sorry that we might not have a lot of time for visits despite our closeness… but I don’t think you’ll mind that, will you? Our little hero.”

Ochako shook her head as tears began forming in the corner of her eyes, her emotions quickly getting the better of her. While her mother knew of her using her ‘hero connections’ to link to the partner, she hoped Momo hadn’t given them the full story about her begging.

“W-wow, that’s great mom.” She smiled, trying not to let her voice catch. “I’ve got plenty of hero training to do so really, it’s no bother. I’m just happy these people saw your business as such a worthwhile investment opportunity.”

“I know dear, about you asking your friend Yaoyorozu for help.” Her mum said, her voice full of understanding. Ochako had to bite her lip to stop a tearful cry breaking free. “It must’ve been hard for you, to swallow your pride like that. Your father and I… we both knew going into this who our sponsor was. We’ll both be working extra hard to make sure she gets her money back, don’t worry.”

“I’m sorry!” Ochako cried, tears finally running down her cheeks. “I-I’m s-sorry… I just couldn’t l-leave you there. I ha-had to do something.”

“Shhh, it’s okay Angel.” Her mother cooed through the phone. “Part of the reason I was hesitant to tell you about us was because I figured you’d try to do something. I’m just glad it’s not a loan from a shady bank or a missing kidney… you do still have all your organs, right dear?”

“Yes mom.” Ochako chuckled dryly, sucking her bottom lip nervously. “I just… I needed to get you away… for all three of us. I… couldn’t focus knowing what I did. If I died on a mission or… raid, I wouldn’t be able to forgive myself for wasting all your hard work.”

She heard her mother sigh at the end of the line.

“You know better than that Angel.” Her mother said softly, “We know what you’ll be risking every day once you graduate, no matter what happens when, we’ll love you ‘til the end of time and neither of us would regret any of the choices we made for you.”

Ochako nodded and gave a hum of acknowledgement, too choked up to say anything back.

“There’s… going to be changes.” Her mum said cautiously. “We’ll have to discuss them another time in person… but never forget that we both love each other and you so much Angel.”

“Y-yeah… I know mom.” Ochako nodded again. With her parents out from under her paternal grandmother’s influence and free to finally live their own lives, she expected a separation to be one such possible outcome as a result of her actions. Though her mother didn’t confirm anything, it seemed there would likely be some awkward discussions in their near future. That’s not to mention her own contribution to that: the fact that she was now free to accept Tsuyu’s feelings in full. “If… I were to um… bring a girl home for dinner sometime…”

“She would be absolutely welcome.” Her mother replied happily, causing Ochako’s heart to swell. “Though we would likely insist on separate beds.”

“Mom!” Ochako blushed, even if her mother was probably right to make that stipulation.

The phone line was silent for a few moments as both parties tried to figure out what to say next.

“We’re glad we have such an amazing daughter Angel.” Her mother spoke up. “No matter what you do, we’ll be right there to support you.”

“Th-thanks mom… I love you so much.” Ochako tearfully replied.

“We love you too dear.” Her mother smiled on the other end. “I should probably let you go though, I’m sure you have a busy day of training ahead of you.”

Ochako bit back her reply. Despite the imminent operation, she couldn’t tell anyone else about the upcoming raid still.

“Y-yeah. Mr. Aizawa is a slave driver but we’re all working our hardest to become heroes.” She replied diplomatically, “I’ll call you this weekend.”

“That’d be lovely dear, have a good day.” Her mother ended, waiting for her daughter’s goodbye before she hung up.

“You too, bye mom.” Ochako smiled, clicking the end call from her side.

She stood there for a few moments as she felt the residual tears still running down her face. It wouldn’t be good for a semi-pro to be crying right before a mission. Still, she cleaned up her streaky face as best she could with her sleeves while thinking and processing the news she’d just received.

Her parents were free, she was free. They’d never have to go back to their old town and feel trapped despite the large open country spaces. Her parents could finally explore themselves and who they wanted to be and… so could Ochako. So much had happened recently that made everything feel so surreal: the dorms, her acknowledgement of her sexuality, her relationships with the girls not to mention Tsu. Despite one issue being resolved, Ochako was still a little hesitant to take that next step. Would everything change for the better or worse?

Thankfully, she didn’t have to make a choice now; the train’s loudspeakers informed her of their imminent arrival. Wiping her face for the last time, she took a deep breath before returning to her friends, a small smile on her face to both comfort herself and reassure them.

“You all good Uraraka?” Kirishima asked with a grin, picking up his hero case and clenching his fist in determination.

“Hell yeah! Let’s go do our best!” She tried to match his energy.

Tsuyu had risen from her own seat, both of their hero costume cases clenched in her hands. Ochako quickly reached out to retrieve her own from the girl and stood alongside her.

“Thanks Tsu.” She smiled as they stood two-by-two at the train doors.

“No problem ‘Chako. Good talk?” Tsuyu replied, having noticed her friend’s somewhat puffy face.

“Yeah… yeah it was.” Ochako said softly.

Before Tsu could react, the gravity girl reached out with her free hand and clasped the girl’s own. Tsuyu’s eyes widened slightly at the brazen action before giving a questioning squeeze. Instead of responding, Ochako simply adjusted her grip to interlace her fingers with Tsuyu’s as the train door opened. She was glad Mirdoirya and Kirishima were so focused on the mission and walking ahead of them as the pair didn’t stop holding hands until they reached the agency.


It went badly.

Having been briefed on the possibility, the yakuza had resisted as expected. Ochako and Tsuyu had remained outside with Ryukyu and Nejire to deal with a villain as Kirishima and Midoriya ran inside with the offensive group to rescue the girl. The yakuza member known as Rikiya Katsukame went down to Ryukyu and Nejire quicker than expected and swiftly been restrained. In spite of the clear skills the pro hero and top UA student displayed to take him out, the villain’s quirk booster kicked in whilst being taken into custody, enabling him to drain the life force of everyone around and break free.

Tsuyu and Ochako quickly felt their stamina levels drop and were the priority target for the now free villain. Thankfully, Ryukyu demonstrated why she was the number nine hero in all of Japan and defended them, tanking the blow instead. With the quirk booster’s unstable nature, it only lasted a few moments for the villain and he lost the ability to draw in life force without direct contact but the battle had resumed in earnest.

Nejire attempted to take the villain down with a full charge but was easily rebuffed. Uraraka struggled to find her feet, feeling like she’d spent all day working out, only for Izuku to appear and beg her team for help nearby. Following his directions, both Uravity and Froppy found the energy to push themselves beyond, rising to face battle once more as they floated and lassoed the villain to the point that Deku indicated before Nejire slammed the man enclosed in Ryukyu’s grip through the road and into the secret tunnels below.

Their hearts dropped as they landed. Not only had they stumbled onto the scene of a bloody battle with what appeared to be the real Deku injured by stone spikes but Sir Nighteye had similar injuries completely through his chest. They quickly realized they’d been deceived by Toga and the League of Villains.

Deku shot a quick instruction to the new arrivals to take care of Sir Nighteye while he went after Overhaul, the villain the entire raid had been planned around to rescue the little girl Eri from his clutches. Uraraka and Tsuyu could only watch as Deku launched himself up and away from the underground cavern with the girl in hand while they and Ryukyu guarded the downed hero. Overhaul wasn’t finished though, absorbing the overly large man they’d been fighting a moment ago before chasing Deku to the surface.

Even though his injuries were incredibly severe, Nighteye was still conscious and told them that no matter what, Deku would die and Overhaul would escape; that he’d seen it with his quirk. They couldn’t accept that though and Uraraka told him they would make their own future. Ochako didn’t know why at the time but the dying Nighteye had then requested to be taken to the surface by Uraraka while Froppy gathered Mirio and helped him to escape the tunnels too.

Reluctantly, Ochako carried out her orders, flying herself and the pro to the surface to observe Deku’s fight against Overhaul while Tsuyu hopped back down the tunnel the offensive team had come from. The gravity girl managed to get the injured pro to others who could better assist with his injuries before returning to see Izuku engulfed in a bright yellow glow of power next to a downed Overhaul.

When the villain reached out one last time to try and secure Eri and obliterate her crush, the yellow energy vaporised his form, splitting his monstrous chimera-like body back into two people: the large but unconscious Rikiya Katsukame and Kai ‘Overhaul’ Chisaki.

Unwilling to let the chance go to waste, Ochako leapt with her quirk, quickly securing the main villain with her Gunhead martial arts as Ryukyu emerged from the cavern with Froppy, Eraserhead, Mirio ‘Lemillion’ Togata and Tamaki ‘Suneater’ Amajiki in tow. The young girl, who seemed to be the origin for the swirling yellow energy, was crying out in fear. Luckily, as Tsuyu had found their teacher, Eraserhead managed to shut off the girl’s power, preventing Midoriya from suffering whatever effect it might’ve had on him. That was the last of the battle… but not the last of their strife.

The yakuza were all taken into custody and those heroes and police that were injured in the conflict were all swiftly taken to the nearest hospital. Thankfully there were only three minor civilian injuries despite the loss of four buildings during the battle. Kirishima, Aizawa, Mirio, Tamaki, Fat Gum, and Rock Lock all suffered injuries that required seeing to by doctors while over half the remaining heroes and police needed checking over thanks to the life force stealing quirk including Nejire, Tsuyu and Ochako. Izuku had managed to escape any injuries thanks to his continuous interaction with Eri though he still required an overnight observation but, unfortunately, the same could not be said of his work study mentor Sir Nighteye who passed shortly after arriving. Eri herself was confined to a quarantined room under Eraserhead’s watchful gaze once he’d received his own treatment.

Ochako couldn’t help it and cried herself to sleep in the hospital bed that night. There was so much pain and loss thanks to a despicable villain trying to hurt and exploit a little girl. While she’d escaped a majority of the action, there was a very real chance she could’ve died that day, especially if Overhaul had not already been knocked unconscious by Eri’s quirk separating his body from his minion’s. She was truly thankful for her parent’s call that morning as, while she allowed herself to be weak now while she rested and recovered, her resolve had hardened into something Kirishima could only dream to surpass.

When she awoke, she was seen to by a doctor who gave both her and Tsuyu a clean bill of health with orders to rest after an ordeal like that. Mr. Aizawa had sought them out soon after and Ochako requested to speak to him with Tsuyu there to support her. She felt guilty. Guilty that she’d been there and been unable to do more, to have held a dying Nighteye in her arms and been able to do nothing. Aizawa had told them that they’d done all they could and to truly think about if being a hero was a path they wanted to take. It was okay to mourn, but they shouldn’t get bogged down by doubts if they did the best they could at the time.

Unfortunately, while she was able to be discharged along with Tsuyu and most of the others from the hospital, there was still a ton of paperwork that needed to be sorted out back at the Ryukyu agency regarding the raid. Having been injured, their statements and reports had to be filed before they were allowed to return to UA. During this time, it was also disheartening to learn that Overhaul’s vehicle transport had been attacked and another pro hero named ‘Snatch’ had lost his life while attempting to prevent the league of villains latest scheme. Both Ochako and Tsuyu were ready to collapse by the time they left the agency and rode the train back to the dorms in silence. Whilst they travelled however, they couldn’t help but comfort each other by holding hands once more, only separating when UA graced their gazes at last.

By lucky coincidence, they managed to arrive back on campus at the same time as Kirishima and Midoriya who’d also had to do paperwork about the raid though theirs had to be done at the station due to the absence of both their work studies mentors from their agencies. It seemed that, despite arriving quite late into the evening, the entire class was waiting in the common room, eager for news and updates after they’d seen the reports of the raid.

They were quickly mobbed by everyone, who were hurrying to check their friends were all in one piece. As usual Iida tried to maintain some order but failed and gave into his own worried urges to shake Midoriya for getting into yet another life threatening situation. The four girls quickly gathered round the missing pair from the raid, telling them never to scare them like that again. The tight cuddles of worry soothed all of their nerves somewhat.

It didn’t take long for those that took part in the raid to beg off from the gathering, being very tired from the overwhelming events of the past two days. While Midoriya and Kirishima headed back to their rooms, Uraraka remained in the elevator and rose to the fifth floor, taking Tsuyu’s hand once the doors closed after letting Kirishima out. The frog girl glanced at Ochako but didn’t question it.

Once the elevator doors pinged for its last trip upwards, the girls stepped off, making quick work of the lock to Tsuyu’s room before entering. Soon, the light was on and the girls were inside, the door locked behind them as Tsuyu shed her bag and jacket. Once she did, she turned back to Ochako who’d let go of her hand when they’d entered, waiting for her froggy host to get comfortable before they began talking.

“So…” Tsuyu opened up.

“Y-yeah…” Ochako rubbed the back of her head nervously. “I know this… definitely isn’t the time for anything major.” She admitted. “But… you mind if I sleep here tonight with you? I don’t want to be alone right now.”

“That’s fine.” Tsuyu nodded, grateful she wasn’t the only one feeling it. “I could use the company too.”

“Can we… talk in the morning?” Ochako asked nervously.

“If that’s what you want.” Tsuyu replied diplomatically. Something had happened the morning before the raid. She’d picked up on it before Ochako had reached out for her hand after the train ride but this confirmed it for sure. Everything would come out tomorrow morning but for now, she would enjoy falling into a deep slumber with her crush and best friend beside her no matter what the next day would bring.

Before too long, the girls had shed their clothes with Ochako stripping down to her underwear. While she would’ve dressed in her nightwear, she was too pensive and exhausted to make the trip. It wasn’t like they would do anything anyway so she felt no shame climbing under the green covers with Tsuyu. It took some shifting and arranging but they finally found a comfy spot with Ochako as the big spoon curled around Tsuyu’s frame. The green haired girl couldn’t help but enjoy the feeling of safety and comfort that Ochako provided her as the girl’s sleepy sighs filled her ears while they both drifted into dreamland.

Notes:

Chapter summary:

- After she gets a work study with Ryukyu, Ochako begs Momo to use her money to help her parents to escape Mie as she fears this thing between her and Tsuyu could distract her too much and cost her in the field, offering anything in exchange. Momo promises to do so after discovering it was well within her means only to get extra strings attached with a call from her father. While Ochako thinks on the offer, Momo dreams about the girl becoming her sex pet to pay her back. When Ochako agrees to the conditions she presses Momo if she'd thought of how she could repay her. When Momo reluctantly explains desiring Ochako as her pet, Ochako decides she's tired of running from her feelings and commits though they are both free to end the arrangement should it become to uncomfortable and won't begin until Ochako's parents are out of Mie thought they do have a small taste of the relationship they would share with a sixty nine to get each other off. Ochako visits Tsuyu to tell her that she should hopefully be ready to talk soon if everything goes smoothly.

- Mina hatches a plan fuelled by everything she'd done with the other girls so far. Informing Momo of Kyoka's crush on her and knowing the girls own feelings the two decide to talk to Kyoka for Momo and Tooru for Mina and see if they'd be open to all creating a non-relationship together like they currently shared with Tsuyu. Momo is nervously optimistic but agrees and goes to talk to Kyoka. The two confess their feelings to each other but Kyoka is not satisfied with the way Momo explains things and turns her down. When Momo begins clearing things up, she realises the girl isn't committing to them because she still believes she isn't going to get out of her betrothal. Kyoka forces her to make a decision to live in fear and lose her or woman up and kiss the girl she had a crush on. Momo chooses the latter but Kyoka is still wary about this polyamorous situation Momo's offering.

- Mina's talk with Tooru goes much smoother. Though rocky at first after discovering Tooru's failed confession, Mina confesses her feelings and idea to Tooru who is much more receptive to the idea. The two enjoy some celebratory sex.

- Kyoka calls a girls meeting with Mina, Tooru and Momo to set the record straight between them. Mina and Tooru are shocked at Momo's admission of deceit but forgive her and renew their promise to free the girl from her gilded cage. Kyoka lays out her feelings about this situation but wants to give it a try since it would make Momo happy. Mina and Tooru call her on it and make her commit to them too else she'd just be dating Momo. The punk rocker agrees and confesses her still developing feelings for the other girls before the four commit to a four-way polyamorous relationship. Kyoka and Tooru go nap together while Momo is confronted by Mina for lying but still forgives her.

- Izuku, Kirishima, Tsuyu and Ochako get called to go on the raid. Ochako sits nervously on the train still struggling over her feelings but gets a call from her mother, informing the girl they'd moved into Mustafu thanks to her generous benefactor. The gravity girl cries tears of relief as she double checks that her bringing a girl home would now be a possibility. Her mum assures her that no matter what, she and her father would welcome and love her always. When the group step off the train to head to Nighteye's agency, Ochako takes Tsuyu's hand and gives it a hopeful squeeze.

- The raid succeeds but the heroes end up losing Sir Nighteye in the process. By the time everyone returns to the dorms, Ochako and Tsuyu are dead on their feet and beg off to go to bed... together.

Chapter 7: Dates and Dating

Summary:

Tsuyu asks an important question and so does Kyoka.
Once everything settles, it's time for THE talk.

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

Saturday morning was usually a joyous time for the residents of Heights Alliance. Today was a day of relief; their classmates had returned from their work studies alive and well. That was all the good news anyone needed to make the day a good one. While most planned to spend the day relaxing and catching up on school work due to the anxiety induced state the past day had put them in, three students had catch-up sessions to do to get their hero licenses.

Mina grinned as she watched Bakugo, Todoroki and Mineta exit the elevator and proceed out the dorms for a day of training that totally wasn’t torture… probably. Todoroki she felt kinda bad for, Bakugo’s reactions every time she teased him were just plain funny and Mineta she hoped failed and flunked out.

As she grabbed her morning bagel, she pondered when exactly it would be appropriate to go knock on Ochako and Tsuyu’s doors. She wanted to try and help cheer them both up as best she could but after something like that raid, whose aftermath she and the rest of the class had witnessed on the news, what could she do other than wait for them to emerge when they were ready.

She let out a sigh and returned to her room, determined to get her homework done so she could treat the girls to another sleepover this Friday. It had been way too long and she would be denied no longer. This one had to be the best yet to clear the funk from their heads and get a fresh start before autumn fully set in.

While Mina plotted and planned on the fourth floor, Ochako and Tsuyu were waking up on the fifth. The frog girl awoke first, enjoying the comforting touch of Ochako’s arm wrapped over her own. The girl was almost copping a feel but Tsuyu didn’t really care about that right now. Instead, she took Ochako’s hand in her own and pulled it down until it settled on her stomach, nice and cosy.

Tsuyu didn’t get to enjoy it long as Uraraka was stirred from her sleep soon after. She held her breath as the gravity girl regained her bearings, having awoken in a room not her own after all.

“Morning Tsu.” Ochako said softly, pulling the frog girl a little closer to her with the hand on her stomach.

“Morning ‘Chako.” She replied, wondering if she should turn and face her bed guest or not. “Sleep well, ribbit?”

“Better than I thought I would.” Ochako admitted, both their minds cast back to the results of the raid with two dead pro heroes and all their friends injured in some way.

The two lay there enjoying the comforting warmth of each other for a few moments as their minds replayed their previous interactions with each other and all the stuff that had happened they needed to tell the other about.

“Are you um… ready to talk?” Ochako asked nervously.

“Only if you are, ribbit.” Tsuyu confirmed. She had had enough of the limbo that she was currently suspended in. Hopefully, regardless of which way fate’s hand swung, she would be able to get a definitive answer from the girl today.

“Yeah… I. Thank you again Tsu… for being so patient with me.” Ochako started, giving her froggy friend another squeeze. “I… yeah… I’ve been doing some major thinkin’ and… I know what I am now: I’m… bisexual.” Ochako admitted out loud for the first time.

Tsuyu rested her other hand on Ochako’s and stroked it for support.

“Proud of you.” She smiled.

“Thanks.” Ochako said, taking in a breath before she started the next part of the discussion. “So… you know a little bit about why it was hard for me to accept that.” She received a nod from Tsu. “So… when I went out for dinner with my folks, before the exam…”

Ochako repeated the tale of her experiences. From the interrupted meal with her parents to her trip down to them to get answers and her begging of Yaoyorozu for her assistance to help rescue her parents from their personal prison, minus the deal she’d made with the girl.

“Then yester… no, wait… the day of the raid, on the train… they called and told me they’d finally moved. They’re now here in Mustafu, though… I actually kinda don’t know where. Forgot to ask before but I’m sure I’ll find out when we talk next.”

“Ribbit, Yaomomo’s amazing, even if her parents are kinda jerks.” Tsuyu said, mentally writing a note to herself to thank the heiress somehow when she could next. That was for later however; right now, she had to steel her nerves for her next enquiry, “So er… does that mean you are um… okay with me asking a particular question?”

“Uh… w-well um… almost.” Ochako blushed, having come to the point of her story she’d rather not divulge. She had to reveal nothing less than the complete truth to the girl though before she allowed her to ask her question. It wasn’t fair otherwise. Still, life was too short for her to hold back anymore; she didn’t want to wake up one day only for her friends to not be there; especially ones she wanted to date. “So… I know that Momo is awesome and stuff but… I couldn’t accept her help without paying her back in some way. I know my parents wouldn’t accept this as a handout or gift and have taken on a more partnership like role with her to pay her back the funds but… I need to do something more until we’re even again; to thank her for her generosity even if she didn’t see it that way.”

“Oh? Are you going to carry her books and be her maid since she couldn’t bring one here?” Tsuyu asked teasingly. She felt her eyebrows raise as Ochako didn’t immediately dismiss the idea.

“Well um… actually I uh… I’m going to um… be her p-pet.”

Tsuyu had to turn around to look at Ochako after that just to make sure she heard the girl clearly.

“W-what do you mean ‘pet’?” Tsuyu asked firmly.

“W-well neither of us could think of anything she needed or wanted that I could provide that wasn’t money at first.” Ochako hastily defended. “After a night to think I kinda… forced her into telling me when I figured out she thought of somethin’. She didn’t want to ask because it’s kinda… weird but I’m not letting that get in the way of my parents or my happiness any longer.”

“Ribbit, so what exactly is this?” Tsuyu pressed.

“A-ah… um… well it’s kinda er…” Ochako stammered before letting out a sigh, deciding to just rip the band aid off now. “We’re sorta gonna be sex friends.”

Tsuyu wasn’t one to stun easily but damn if that bit of information didn’t make her mouth drop.

“I know! It sounds really bad but please listen.” Ochako hastened her explanation. “I told her that I can only do it under certain circumstances and one of them was me being allowed to date whomever I liked still and that I had to tell you before anything else happened between us. I’m not sure if you wanted to be um… exclusive, and if you did then I would have to break my agreement with Yaomomo and… I don’t know what else I can do to pay her back.”

“Wait so… because you wanted to move your parents to somewhere that wasn’t Mie with her help, you offered yourself up as Yaomomo’s sex pet, ribbit?” Tsuyu asked incredulously.

“Y-yeah, sorta.” Ochako blushed and looked away. “I know it sounds bad and weird but I know she won’t take advantage of this and will release me whenever I ask. I don’t know what else I could do to ever repay her for helping me save my family and… giving me this chance to be with you now… but I want to pay her back and if this is the price, then so be it.”

“And if I asked you, right here and now to be with only me… would you stop things with her?” Tsuyu asked seriously.

“Yeah. It wouldn’t make me feel good but… for you… I think I would.” Ochako admitted, shyly looking back at Tsuyu’s big eyes. “But… I don’t think you will ask that.”

“Why not?” Tsuyu asked, wanting to hear the girl’s reasoning.

“Because… then we couldn’t ask Izuku out, could we?” Ochako replied simply.

Tsuyu blinked dumbly. Not only had Ochako accepted her new sexuality as well as Tsuyu’s feelings but now she was talking about being with Momo and even Izuku? Did the girl even know about polyamory?

“So… you’d be… okay, with dating me and Izuku… at the same time, ribbit?” Cautiously testing the waters.

“Well… if he said yes too then… why not?” Ochako asked back. “I know what my feelings are for him and I’m coming to terms with my new outlook for my feelings on you. If you want to see if it’s possible, then why couldn’t we um… s-share.”

Tsuyu gulped nervously. She wasn’t a hundred percent sure she wasn’t dreaming right now. Fuck it, even if this is real, she had to press forward and see if Ochako knew exactly what kind of fantasy she was making a reality.

“So… say he says yes… ribbit.” She began, “Would we all live together? Get married? Have kids? And where does Momo fit into this regarding him?”

“S-slow down, I haven’t even thought that far with y-you yet.” Ochako blushed. “B-but, I mean… you and Momo… you two have something going on together too, don’t you?”

Tsuyu was struck dumb for the second time that morning. Clearly the heiress had divulged more to her crush than she’d expected.

“I mean… we’re both still single as of right now. I’ve got no right to be mad about the things you two do together. Why not just… ask if she’d also like to um… continue… with us both?” Ochako offered nervously.

“Ochako…” Tsuyu muttered, not quite knowing what to say to that. Clearly the girl knew at least something about her exploits with Yaoyorozu if she was offering to turn this possible relationship into a polycule of four. The girl had bravely informed Tsuyu about her own relationship to the heiress and her possible impending status as her… ‘Pet’, however that worked out. It was now only fair that Tsuyu discussed her own exploits in turn as she’d been planning to do once Ochako was ready for her to ask her question.

“Look Ochako I… I’ve done stuff with Yaomomo yes… but I need to be honest with you too, ribbit. I’ve also done some stuff with the um… other girls.” She admitted. Ochako’s eyes widened but said nothing, thinking back to her own exploits with her friends in turn while she’d been discovering herself. “I’ve um… ‘been with’ Tooru while Yaomomo, Mina and I are in this sort of… polyamorous non-relationship, ribbit.”

“Poly…amorous?” Ochako tilted her head. Tsuyu quickly gave her the simplified rundown of what the expression meant and what her status was with Momo and Mina right now. “But I thought Momo couldn’t have a relationship.” Ochako followed up.

“That’s why we can still see others.” Tsuyu explained. “Plausible deniability if Momo’s parents come sniffing around. And, if we’re being honest… I would like to keep seeing them as well as call you my girlfriend. I’d have to talk to the others but… yeah.”

“Okay… to be clear.” Ochako bit her lip, trying to straighten the situation out in her head. “If we go out… I would see Momo too and you would also see her as well as Mina… maybe Tooru too?”

“Ribbit, if we’re not counting Izuku yet then… yes.” Tsuyu admitted, clenching her toes nervously as her hands would be too obvious right now. “I-is… is that okay?”

Uraraka closed her eyes as she thought through her own feelings. This would allow her to pay back Momo and reciprocate Tsuyu’s feelings. If everyone agreed then why couldn’t she be greedy and take more relationships like this for herself? She’d been poor her whole life in other areas, here she had a chance to be rich with love, especially since their feelings for each other seemed to be genuine.

“Why don’t you ask me your question and find out?” Ochako replied with a nervously optimistic smile, her heartbeat raising.

Tsuyu’s gaze flicked between her crush’s eyes and her lips briefly. This was it. Everything was out in the open now and there was no turning back.

“Um… Ochako?” Tsuyu began.

“Yes, Tsu?”

“Would you like to go on a d-date sometime?”

Tsuyu held her breath, or what little remained after she’d asked her question. With their discussion, she had a very good inkling of the answer already but she needed to hear it, to confirm it with her own ears.

“Yes, that sounds amazing Tsu.” Ochako’s smile reached her eyes, the orbs sparkling in the dim morning light. “It’s um… Saturday today… do you want to go and maybe find a place today?”

“Ribbit, I mean… if you’re not busy.” Tsuyu smiled shyly. They both had homework to do but that’s what Sundays were for.

“One thing first though.” Ochako said, before leaning forward and puckering her lips. Tsuyu’s breath caught before she quickly mimicked the action, allowing their lips to gently come together.

It started off chaste but slowly evolved into something more as both Tsuyu and Ochako raised their hands to caress the other’s face. It was a short little experiment with their tongues briefly meeting once more as electric tingles raced through their bodies. While they’d kissed before, this was something much more serious and exciting; it was their first kiss as a couple.

Ochako pulled back, an animated smile plastered all over her face and quickly coming down with a bad case of the giggles. Tsuyu was better at not showing her eagerness due to her much more stoic nature but even she couldn’t hide the brighter smile and excited gaze she was now sporting.

“So~o,” Ochako began. “Know any good spots around here, girlfriend?”

“A few, ribbit,” Tsuyu nodded. “We’re currently in my favourite so unless you’d like to spend the day here, we should get up.”

“I-Is it bad I’m kinda tempted?” Ochako giggled, “Just lyin’ here, kissin’ you all day.”

“Oh we’d probably do way more than kissing.” Tsuyu blushed, hoping the tease would be well received if a little risqué.

“Buy me mochi and maybe we’ll see.” Ochako winked before turning her back and rolling out of bed, allowing her to display her underwear to the girl in what morning sun managed to sneak through Tsuyu’s curtains. “You’re already getting quite a um… show after all.” She tried to finish with as much confidence as she could muster.

“Ribbit!” Tsuyu croaked as she delightedly took in the delectable sight her new girlfriend was treating her to. She was honestly debating becoming a villain right then and there, using the tongue her quirk gave her to capture the pretty girl and hold her hostage while she had her wicked way. Unfortunately she was a hero and would have to wait for such a treat like a good hero would.

Reluctantly, she too rolled out of bed as Ochako began donning her uniform once more. Seems the show was over for now. They’d certainly discuss plenty more about their new dynamic when they got back and she especially had to talk to Momo and Mina now but that could wait until tomorrow at least. Right now, she had a date to get ready for.

“I’m gonna go get changed and have a quick shower.” Ochako smiled, carrying her jacket, bag and tie instead of wearing them. “Pick me up around eleven? Then we’ll head out. Oh, and bring your purse.” She teased.

“Wait, am I paying for all this today?” Tsuyu asked, amused by the girl’s brazen audacity, not that she minded.

“Well, you are the one that asked me out, doesn’t that mean you pay for the first date?” Ochako winked.

“Is that why you wanted me to ask the question?” Tsuyu chuckled, wondering if the girl had somewhat set this all up.

“Nope, but it is a nice perk.” Ochako smiled. “Don’t worry though, you won’t pay for everything. Besides, it just means I pay for our next date.” She winked.


Kyoka Jiro was nervous. She’d been setting up for a potential date this week with Momo, not that the girl was yet aware. While the news of the raid had certainly put those plans on hold while she and everyone else worried for their classmates, she was determined to have her first romantic date with her new girlfriend this weekend.

Having secured a few more high quality treats during a mid-week trip to the shops along with completing as much homework as she could before the few precious days off the class got, Kyoka found herself grabbing Mina and dragging her into her room at midday on Saturday.

“So what’s the deal my cute little punkette?” Mina asked, lounging on Jiro’s bed while the girl paced the floor. She’d, gratefully, been snagged away from her homework by the girl without explanation. “You hopin’ for some lovin’ with me and my girls?” She jiggled her chest teasingly.

Jiro glared at her other girlfriend, unamused. Mina had thankfully not made comments at her room arrangement that she’d prepared to entertain Momo for their date. The tray of goodies stood off to the side, her laptop was primed with a cheesy movie she’d picked out for them to watch and she’d tuned her favourite bass to fulfil a request of the heiress’ from the other night.

“Tempting as that is, it’s a pass for me today.” Kyoka sighed. “Look I… need your help. I wanna get dressed up and have a proper date with Momo so any style advice and shit would be good.”

“Ooo, first date time, eh? Where you taking her, somewhere romantic? Her room or yours?” Mina teased again, moving to stand and heading over to Kyoka’s wardrobe.

“Bitch, you know that’s the only places we can do this.” Jiro deadpanned. “What I really want is to take her to this little coffee shop downtown that plays jazz throughout the day but that’s out.”

“I know,” Mina sent her girlfriend a small smile as she began rifling through her outfits. “It’s not easy to hide something like this from the world when you want to experience it all. Still, I think we can make something work; you’ve got me and Tooru to back you up after all.”

“Yeah but this is my first date with Momo alone… I just want it to be perfect.” Kyoka mumbled dejectedly.

“Awww come on babe, cheer up; you got the girl so I’m sure whatever you wear will be lovely.” Mina smiled, “What’s the date plan?”

“Date plan?” Kyoka paused, wondering if it was a good idea to let Mina in on it or not. Fuck it, she was asking for her help to get dressed anyway. “So I got this cheesy movie all ready to watch first I guess, then we’d make dinner and chat about it and after that I was gonna uh… play her some music.”

Mina looked over to spot Kyoka’s bass placed much closer to her bed than usual.

“Ooo, that’s so cute!” Mina squealed. “But I need more to go on than that for your look so~o in order to blow our fair heiress’ socks off, what’s the end goal of today?”

“End goal?” Kyoka quirked her eyebrow at the pinkette who’d already pulled a few of her shirts and jackets out and tossed them on the bed.

“Is this one of those cutie romantic first dates where you kiss each other chastely at the door at the end or are you looking to snag a spot in her bed while she’s sneaking kisses with your lower lips?” Mina grinned lecherously, knowing it would get a rise from the girl.

“M-Mina!” Jiro exploded in a blush as predicted.

“Girl please, we’re all in this together now, no sense being shy about it.” Mina giggled. “Details girl, I need ‘em to complete your outfit.”

“F-fine.” Jiro blushed. “I um… I wanna look like a girl she’d be excited by… she said she liked um, people that didn’t care about how other perceived them: rebels.”

“I think you’ve pretty much got that look down.” Mina winked. “But I get what you’re going for; like a more daring but dressed up version of that. ‘Hey baby, I’m here to pick you up or whatever.’” She put on a deeper voice for the last part.

“Shut up.” Kyoka raised her jacks but nodded with a blush. “Like the complete opposite of what those stuffy rich people look like at parties. Ripped jeans, leather jacket maybe, the whole bad girl vibe just turned up a bit.”

“Sex tonight, yay or nay?” Mina asked, quickly thumbing through Kyoka’s jackets as she spoke.

“Well… I mean… if she wanted to.”

“Nuh uh.” Mina dismissed. “Be confident girl, you want this bad girl image you need to act it too. Sure you’re gonna have a nice evening with our Gorgeous girl but you should decide now if it’s something you want or not. It changes the outfit slightly plus you’ll know when to advance or back off; Yaomomo’s kinda obvious with her signals.”

“Oh uh…” Kyoka had to think for a moment as Mina started rummaging through her underwear and bras. “I guess… y-yes.”

“What was that?” Mina asked teasingly, raising a hand to her ear.

“Yes. I wanna… um take Momo to bed if it goes well.”

“Ooo, so yeah, big night what with losing your ‘V’ card too.” Mina winked, sending the girl into another blushing frenzy. “Don’t worry, Mi-na’s here!” The girl posed dramatically like All Might though the illusion didn’t work nearly as well with a pair of Kyoka’s lace panties in one hand. “Come on, let’s have you try on these things while I rope Tooru into this.”

Kyoka blinked in confusion as she caught the clothing Mina had tossed her way before reaching for her phone.

“W-what are you gonna do?” She asked cautiously.

Mina just sent her a cheeky grin while gesturing to the clothes she’d selected. Whatever she was texting the invisible girl was kept from her as her own phone didn’t ping for one of their many group chats. Somewhat reluctantly, Jiro pushed Mina’s plots to the side and started switching outfits as Mina made very appreciative comments with each change. The confidence boost she got when the pink girl drank in her form each time she stripped off also wasn’t unwelcome.

It only took about an hour but between the pair, Kyoka was dressed in something Mina thought epitomised the rebel that Kyoka was. They opted not to change her hair but did apply a small amount of dark purple lipstick to her that she’d been bought and never worn before which paired nicely with a black choker; her black leather jacket with ‘Rockin’’ on the back topped a black and grey stripped short sleeve top. For her lower half, she’d opted for black shorts with a black double belt to secure them that had the odd rip with fishnet stockings underneath that had much more considerable tears, creating patches of clear skin on her legs. Capping off her look were her thick black boots that had four buckles on each along with a pair of dull, spiked wristbands on each arm and a single, fingerless black glove.

“Voila, whaddya think?” Mina asked, rubbing the girls shoulders supportively from behind. “If this doesn’t scream ‘bad girl’ I don’t know what does.

“Maybe a pair of handcuffs and a nearby police officer?” Jiro snarked back with a smile.

“Ooo, kinky.” Mina retorted without missing a beat. “I’ll grab my cosplay, Momo can create some cuffs.”

“I-I was joking, jeez.” Jiro rolled her eyes before turning back to the mirror. It wasn’t anything too extravagant or out of her typical fashion choice but it was definitely a step up from the usual effort she put in.

“You’re gonna knock her dead hun.” Mina smiled, giving the girl a hug from behind and nuzzling her neck. “Though I do expect payment for my services.”

“I never agreed to that.” Jiro glared.

“Don’t worry, for you, I’m cheap.” Mina winked before spinning the girl to face her using the hands on her hips, much like the punk rocker had done to her. “First, I wanna taste what flavour that purple is.”

Jiro’s eyes widened as Mina leant down, seeking to capture her lips in a kiss. It still felt supremely weird that this was something they’d all agreed to. It didn’t stop her from returning the kiss however, though stopping just short of deepening it into tongues. 

“Mmm, waxy.” Mina joked, rubbing her now slightly stained lips after getting a taste of the lipstick.

“It’s that cheap unflavoured crap I got for Christmas one time, what did you expect?” Jiro blushed.

“Well I know what I’m getting my little punk girlfriend this year.” Mina teased again. “Now, second, I get to come and watch Yaomomo’s reaction when you knock on her door.”

“Get bent.” Jiro blushed. Getting Mina’s help was one thing, giving her blackmail material first hand was another. She was sure she wasn’t going to fuck up her introduction that she’d rehearsed but there was no sense in risking it with the pink demon looking expectedly over her shoulder.

“Awww come on, you know you love me.” Mina grinned smugly. “I deserve to see both my girlfriend’s faces when they re-fall in love with each other.”

Kyoka sighed, this was something the pinkette clearly wasn’t going to drop.

“No pictures and you fuck off before I bring her back here.”

“Scouts honour.” Mina saluted.

“Tch, like you were a scout.” Jiro rolled her eyes again but it was good enough. “Okay, right… I think I’m ready.”

“I know you are babe.” The acid girl smiled genuinely at her friend. “Let’s go knock some expensive socks off!”

Kyoka chuckled lightly as she ushered her pink girlfriend out of her room. Wanting to avoid anyone else who was hanging around in the middle of the day, the pair took the stairs to Momo’s room. The punk rocker knew that the sweat building on her palms wasn’t due to exertion as they climbed the two floors needed.

“Got what you’re gonna say?” Mina asked casually just before they emerged onto the fifth floor landing.

“Y-Yeah. I got this.” Kyoka nodded.

“Damn right, ‘cause you’re Kyoka Fuckin’ Jiro.” Mina winked, pulling the door open before the girl had a chance to blush.

Kyoka could feel her quirk trying to demonstrate itself through her chest instead of her jacks as she stood outside Momo’s door with Mina waiting by the staircase. She took a deep breath, stepped up to the threshold and knocked as firmly as her nerves would allow.

“Y-Yes?” A nervous sounding Momo called out.

“It’s K-Kyoka.”

“Oh, one moment!” Momo replied before rapid footfalls could be heard in the room. There was a brief pause between the heiress’ suspected approach and the click of the latch before the door pulled back.

Kyoka stood gobsmacked as pure radiance revealed itself. Momo stood there with a shy but excited smile, her hair held up by a more fancy looking gold tie while the red eyeshadows complemented the deep pools of onyx she called eyes; a pair of pearl earrings gave a touch of class to her look, especially when combined with the stunning silver chain around her neck. Clearly the girl had dressed up as she was wearing a short, dark pink, puff sleeve top with frills running around her collar and either side of the buttons along with a pair of golden bangles on one arm; a black and gold belt held up a pale tan short skirt with black leggings cladding her legs before giving way to a pair of dark purple court heels that completed the look.

“H-Hi Kyoka.” Momo said softly, taking in Kyoka and Mina’s handiwork that the earphone jack girl was displaying. “May I help you?”

The purple haired girl found herself lost for words as her planned invite for the date flew out the window. Her crush looked absolutely stunning. Did she know she was coming to ask her out ahead of time?

“Wow Kyoka!” A bubbly voice called out from behind Momo. The target of her affections stood to the side to reveal the floating, casual clothes of Tooru who was wiggling in place excitedly, having spotted the punkette from over the heiress’ shoulder. “You look totally awesome!”

“Right!” Mina called out from her spot near the stairs. Now it all made sense. Clearly Mina had told Tooru to somehow get Yaomomo all dressed up. Whether she knew about the incoming date offer or not was unknown. “Come on girl, let’s leave these two alone.”

“Coming!” Tooru cheered before moving towards the door. “Have fun Yaomomo.” She said, standing on her tiptoes and placing a loud peck on Momo’s cheek. “Don’t keep her out too late.” She teased Kyoka as she sought to move past her, pressing a quick kiss on her cheek too before giggling off towards Mina.

Kyoka turned to watch their observers for a moment as Mina sent her one last wink before ushering Tooru into the staircase, a small blush arising on the pinkette’s face when Tooru asked her about the unusual colour of her own lips she’d gained from Kyoka’s kiss earlier. The punk girl took another deep breath as the door swung shut and she turned back to the awaiting heiress, she still had to ask the girl her question after all.

“H-Hey Yaomomo… I came here to ask if um… you wanted to go on a date?”

Her stomach butterflies flapped eagerly as Momo’s smile reached her eyes at her words.

“I would be delighted Kyoka.” She replied, a light dusting of red across her cheeks far eclipsing the crimson Kyoka felt she was displaying.

“Cool.” Kyoka nodded. “Oh, er, right.” She extended an arm out like she’d seen in movies with a posh dance or something similar. “I’ve got everything ready so… if you’d like to join me.”

“Of course.” Momo smiled, “One moment though.”

She quickly disappeared around the door once more only to return with a shiny silver purse in hand and a fluffy white wrap draped over her shoulders.

“Shall we?” She asked, looping her arm through Kyoka’s and closing her room door behind her.

A somewhat astonished Kyoka shook her head to clear the love fog that had clouded her thought process before leading the heiress back towards the elevator. Even if she could only feel Momo’s arm through her jacket right now, the pleasant tingles her arm was sending to her brain were electrifying. She briefly wondered if this was anything like how Kaminari felt when he fried himself but quickly returned to the present as the elevator pinged open on her floor.

It wasn’t much of a change to her room but Momo still made the effort to appear captivated by the somewhat obvious plans Kyoka had on display for their date.

“I see you’ve been planning something like this for a while.” Momo smiled as she daintily removed her wrap from the brief time it was on her and placing it on the back of Kyoka’s desk chair while placing her shoes to the side.

“Y-yeah,” Kyoka smiled nervously, hoping it would be enough. Since they couldn’t exactly leave the privacy of their dorms or even their rooms without people discovering and chatting about them, this was all she could really come up with. “I know it’s not much since, y’know, we can’t go out but-”

“It’s wonderful Kyoka.” Momo turned and smile earnestly at the girl. “This is a most welcome surprise and one I’m very glad to share with you.”

“Yeah, about that,” Kyoka rubbed the back of her head. “So did like, Mina or Tooru give you a heads up about this or…”

“Well,” Momo placed her purse on the bed’s headboard, avoiding Jiro’s small black amp that was currently serving as her bedside rest with the tray of treats. “Tooru came to inform me that she’d been ordered to get me ‘all dolled up’ for something though she kept silent on what exactly that was. When I saw you outside my door, I realised exactly what had happened and was thrilled when you asked me for a date.”

Kyoka nodded nervously, quickly unbuckling her shoes next to the door.

“Have to thank Mina for that one.” She admitted.

“Then I may do so, hopefully not for a while though as I’m sure you have some exciting things planned.” Momo smiled, looking over at the purposely placed bass and laptop.

Instead however, the punk rock girl quickly approached the heiress and reached out to grasp both of their hands together, pulling them to chest height as she looked Momo in her eyes.

“I… It’s a little stupid but… I wanted to do this properly since… y’know… it was so awkward that night.” Kyoka began, biting her lip as she gathered her courage. “Momo Yaoyorozu, you’ve been my best friend since we practically started at UA. I first wondered what an heiress of your status was doing in the hero course but that was my mistake. Now, I know you are one of the most kind-hearted, honest and loving people I have ever come across. Your courage and leadership amaze me and I would consider myself eternally blessed if you were to do me the honour of being my girlfriend.”

The date had only just begun and already Momo knew that it would become her most cherished memory for many years to come. Dampness welled up in her eyes as she fought to reign in the wild joy that had sent her straight to happy tears; she almost regret putting on some foundation for the mess it might make her face in a moment.

“K-Kyoka.” Momo choked out, closing the gap between them quickly, her lips lunging for the punk rocker’s own. It was sloppy and messy but the heiress peppered the girl with kisses until she felt the girl respond before sinking deeper and trying to impart even a fraction of the happiness that she was currently experiencing due to her. She reached out and pulled the girl into a tight embrace, one arm under the smaller girl’s and around her back while the other gripped her rear tightly in a fit of passion, trying to merge their forms together.

Kyoka was at a loss at first due to Momo’s sudden lunge but quickly sank into the intimate position, wrapping her own arms around Momo’s waist and matching tongues with the eager heiress. While she was more than happy to remain in that position for a good long while, she had to pull back first, her lungs begging her for air. A dumb, happy grin broke out on her face as she watched Momo shyly retreat, having realised her passionate display was an impulsive thing she’d been taught to avoid doing.

“S-sorry.” Momo blushed fiercely. “T-That was too forward of me.”

“Hell no.” Jiro grinned, glad to see the heiress finally start feeling instead of thinking. “I loved it. You don’t get to take that back.”

“A-Ah, I see.” Momo smiled timidly, “I-I suppose… since I should make up for last time.” Momo cleared her throat before retaking Kyoka’s hands like the girl had hers moments ago. “Kyoka Jiro, I was enamoured by your devil-may-care attitude when I first laid eyes on your hero costume. While I wish it were under better circumstances, I am glad that I was able to form a strong bond of friendship with you in the heat of battle. If we didn’t, I don’t know how I would’ve found the resolve to approach someone as cool and bold as yourself when I considered myself the farthest thing from it. That I discovered this delightful, resilient, firecracker of a best friend is a true gift I didn’t think could be eclipsed unless… you would also like to be my girlfriend?”

Kyoka didn’t know if she would suffer brain damage for the lack of oxygen her brain was getting today. Her breath once more got stuck in her throat as Momo poured her feelings out. Unlike the heiress, she had a little more restraint and didn’t seize her in a passionate embrace… at least, not as quickly as Momo had done to her.

The two quickly found themselves wrapped up in an encore as their passions threatened to get away from them. As Kyoka was the initiator this time and dove towards her girlfriend, she’d underestimated her strength, accidently sending the pair crashing onto the bed as Momo stepped back to accommodate the punk girl in her arms.

Luckily they managed to avoid the laptop that was resting near the pillow as they bounced further down towards the foot of the bed, each caressing the other hurriedly as though they were given mere minutes to live and wished to spend it in each other’s arms.

Momo felt herself getting swept up once more in the passions they clearly both felt. She reached up to help Kyoka shrug off her jacket only for Jiro’s hand to quickly grab her wrist as she pulled back from their caressing session.

“Mmm, I want to.” Kyoka moaned, “I really want to. But… do you mind... I kinda wanted to um… do this whole thing properly y’know?” Kyoka said breathily, reining in her urge to rip the heiress’ outfit from her.

“O-Of course, my apologies.” Momo smiled, cupping Kyoka’s face before planting one last kiss on her nose. “So, what marvellous things have you got planned?”

“I-It’s nothing too special.” Kyoka blushed, sitting up and moving around Momo to her laptop. “Since we can’t, y’know, go out, I figured just a movie then dinner. After that, come back up here and I’ll um… play you a little bit of this song I’ve been working on.”

“That sounds wonderful Kyoka.” Momo sent her a beaming smile. Clearly the girl had done what she could with the limited range of activities they could do without arousing suspicions. Honestly, it sounded like a perfect date for a couple that wanted to just stay in and be cosy together.

“I’m glad.” Kyoka smiled back before tapping a few keys on her laptop. “If you want to make yourself comfortable, we’ll get started.”

Momo quickly rose from her spot and yanked Kyoka’s covers down, much to the confusion of the punk rock girl who was holding her laptop. Momo quickly slipped between them, sitting upright by Kyoka’s pillow and propping it up against the headboard so she could rest her back against it.

“What?” She said when she spotted Kyoka’s somewhat bemused expression, “I presume you’d like to snuggle a little and keep warm while we watched, no?”

Kyoka chuckled as she pressed the play button on the media player program which sent the film’s opening credits rolling. With a smile, she took her position next to Momo who kindly held the sheets up to allow her girlfriend easier entry as Kyoka placed the laptop on their legs once she’d settled.

The pair quickly found themselves enjoying the film. Kyoka presented popcorn, sweets and drink a few minutes into the film from the tray for their enjoyment and, once they were gone, she found herself being cuddled into by the heiress. The earphone jack girl could barely contain the content smile on her face as she removed her jacket and wrapped her own arm around her girlfriend to enjoy what was left of the movie.

Before long, the credits started to roll and the pair separated to stretch their limbs a bit. Despite the warmth they’d cultivated under Kyoka’s sheets, the girl knew if she was to resist the call to stay there any longer with the heiress, she needed to get up now.

Her phone chimed from her pocket and while Momo was adjusting herself Kyoka took a moment to check it out.

Alien Queen: Yo boo, you ready for early dinners yet?

Alien Queen: Me and Tooru got it all prepped 4 u so u dont have to worry about being seen all pretty-like in the common room

Kyoka had to blink at her pink haired girlfriend’s thoughtfulness and couldn’t supress an affectionate smile at the gesture.

“Something wrong?” Momo asked, standing up to look over Kyoka’s shoulder.

“No, just gonna have to figure out how to reward Mina for being like the best wing-woman ever.” Kyoka shook her head fondly.

Momo quickly read the latest pair of messages from the girl and felt her own affection rising for her. Kyoka quickly typed a message back.

Deepest Dope: You’re a star, Momo and I love you 4ever for this.

Alien Queen: <3 but I can’t take all the cred. Tooru cooked, I assisted

Alien Queen: I told you I can’t do crap but sweets and treats

Invisi-badass: Correct, bitch near burned water for the ramen. How the f do you nearly burn water?!

Invisi-badass: Iida had some stern words 4 her.

Alien Queen: Cooking is hard! TT_TT Mina’s delivery service however is on its way

Kyoka rolled her eyes, seemed the girl couldn’t stop herself getting into trouble even when she was helping someone else out.

A few moments later, after Kyoka straightened her bed out, there was a knock at her door. The punk girl didn’t even need to ask as Momo quickly nipped over to grab their dinner.

“Special delivery!” Mina cheered, holding a tray with two steaming bowls of ramen on it.

“Thank you so much Princess.” Momo smiled, gesturing the girl inside rather than taking the tray from her. It wouldn’t be good to drop the tray during the exchange.

“Where do you want it?” Mina asked as she stepped inside, muttering a small, ‘That’s what she said,’ to herself afterward.

“Over here.” Kyoka called out, pulling the small black amp to its original position and removing the tray with only snack wrappers remaining. Mina quickly deposited the tray, going the extra mile to lay out the cutlery to the side too before turning back to the pair.

“Now, for my payment for services rendered.” She said in a snooty, faux-posh voice.

“Will a kick up the arse do?” Kyoka deadpanned.

“Kyoka, be nice.” Momo teasingly chided her date before playing along with Mina’s act. “How much?”

“I believe one kiss each should suffice ma’am.” Mina bowed her head.

“My, that is cheap.” Momo giggled “I should fire my servants and just hire you… might have to keep the cook though.”

Mina let out a small giggle and sweat drop at that. Momo swiftly approached their shared pink girlfriend before drawing her into a small smooch, just enough to get the girl’s eyelids fluttering.

“There’s mine for my Minx.” She winked before turning back to Kyoka, “If you could pay her dear we’ll begin dinner, yes?

Kyoka rolled her eyes but stepped up to Mina who was waggling her eyebrows suggestively now.

“Y’know, I really should be giving this to Tooru.” Jiro quirked her eyebrow teasingly. “She is the one that cooked this after all.”

Mina laughed before leaning closer to the punkette’s face.

“Don’t worry, I’ll be passing them along.” She winked before puckering her lips.

Kyoka chuckled but leant in anyway, very aware that Momo was probably watching the pair and feeling her anxiety creep up. It felt incredibly awkward to kiss another girl in front of her raven haired girlfriend despite their agreed upon relationship. Truthfully it was still something that bothered Kyoka but she pushed through it for now.

With the debt settled, Mina took off with a wave, leaving the pair of girls back to their dinner and date.

“I want to hate her right now but she makes it very difficult.” Kyoka blushed as she pulled her desk chair over to sit opposite the heiress who’d taken the spot on the edge of Kyoka’s bed to eat her meal.

“Oh shush, she’s adorable.” Momo giggled lightly.

“Sometimes,” Kyoka conceded, picking up her bowl and utensils. “Though I gotta ask, what’s with those nicknames? Princess and Minx?”

“Oh.” Momo blushed. “I um… when Tsuyu, Mina and I first began our small polyamorous non-relationship, we each gave the others nicknames. Tsuyu is ‘Darling’, Mina is ‘Princess’ when she’s good and ‘Minx’ when she’s being cheeky and um… they gave me ‘Gorgeous’.” Momo shyly admitted.

Kyoka raised her eyebrows, surprised the girl accepted such a nickname.

“Not Goddess?”

“Well, they tried to, but I um… felt it put me on too high of a pedestal. While I appreciated the sentiment, I would much rather be on equal terms with everyone, even with something as simple as a nickname.”

“Right, right.” Kyoka nodded, taking a slow bite of her chicken ramen. “So… do… I get a nickname now?”

“I’d be happy to.” Momo smiled “I already have yours ready as I um… imagined it before all this began. I just… didn’t know if it was too early to start calling you-”

“W-Well, I mean… with what we both clearly want to happen later, I think it’s fine… Gorgeous.” Kyoka flirted.

Momo felt her heart beat just a bit faster at Jiro’s uneasy flirting. The girl clearly was still uncomfortable with the whole arrangement but she was trying and it meant the world to her.

“Well, I don’t quite know what you’re speaking of, my little Vixen,” Momo winked, sending Jiro into a much more fierce blush than before. “But I am certainly looking forward to it.”

“V-Vixen?” Kyoka asked nervously.

“Do you like it? I originally started with firecracker but that didn’t have the same affectionate tone I wanted.” Momo replied.

“I-It’s fine, good even.” Kyoka looked away, “I just… didn’t imagine it would feel so nice.”

Momo desperately wanted to drop what remained of her food to snatch up her date in a hug for the amount of adorableness she was giving off. Kyoka clearly had this harder, punk rock image she liked to maintain but inside was a big softie who cherished romance.

“I hope it maintains that effect as you’ll likely be hearing it for a good long while.” Momo smiled.

The two chatted a little further about the film and their training plans before the dinner was done. Kyoka quickly shifted the tray to her desk where her laptop usually sat before taking a deep breath. It seemed the hardest part of the date had arrived; she just needed to steel her nerves and do it. Turning back to a smiling and eager Momo who had clearly arrived at the same conclusion, Kyoka walked back to her small amp that was becoming more like a table by the hour, quickly adjusting its position slightly before reaching for her instrument.

“So… I remember your request… from when you were here last.” Kyoka admitted, sitting in her chair, now directly across from Momo, setting her bass in its familiar, practised position across her lap. “Would you um… like to hear a little?”

“I would be most delighted.” Momo said honestly, eager to hear Kyoka’s performance no matter how good or bad it was. This was something intimate she was sure few others, if any one at all in her class, would have heard.

“O-Okay but… you gotta be quiet until I’m done.” Kyoka blushed. “I’m not good with an audience so… do you mind?”

“Of course, though I’m positive you’ll be good at worst.” Momo smiled reassuringly.

Kyoka licked her lips and cleared her throat. Ideally she’d just play something, but this was Momo; she wanted to blow the girl away. With another deep breath, Kyoka closed her eyes and began singing as she strummed softly.

“You know everyone wants to sparkle,
like the stars in the night sky.
In this wondrous place, filled with all the dreams,
I’ve been wishing for, waiting for the chance…”

Kyoka continued singing for another minute until the song reached its natural conclusion. It was stupid, but she was almost scared that when she opened her eyes Momo would either be gone or have a horrified expression on her face. Anxiety sucked.

“Kyoka… that was hauntingly beautiful.” Momo’s soft voice broke through her thoughts.

The purple haired girl opened her eyes to see Momo’s eyes glazed over with tears with a radiant smile on her face.

“Woah, you’re crying!” Kyoka panicked, putting down her instrument quickly but carefully while looking around for tissues.

“I am? Oh.” Momo quickly noticed a tear roll down her face as she blinked, quickly creating a single tissue for her to use to dab away the moisture. “I’m sorry; that song… with your voice… it just made me feel so much.”

Kyoka ceased her search for tissues as she noticed Momo’s creation light. Instead, she sat by the girl and put her arm around her for comfort.

“Y-Yeah, it’s a little more melancholic than you probably expected,” Jiro admitted, “But it’s one of my favourites.”

“I can tell, you played and sang it beautifully.” Momo turned to smile at her. “I do believe that, were you not so dedicated to being a hero, you’d do quite well for yourself in the musical world.”

Kyoka blushed, recalling the conversation she’d had with her parents about this very topic.

“Yeah, well… being a hero was just cooler so I made my decision.” She acknowledged. “Both my parents are musicians so I thought they wanted me to be one too. I kinda… broke down when I told them I wanted to be a hero and not a musician.”

“Oh, Kyoka.” Momo wrapped the girl in a hug.

“It’s fine. They completely understood and supported me when I told them.” Kyoka said, thinking back to the easy acceptance her parents had when she declared her desire. “Hell, maybe I could be like a hero-musician or something.”

“A most achievable goal for one as talented as yourself.” Momo nodded, squeezing her date a little closer. “Though I will, of course, like to request personal performances every now and then.”

“I think that could be arranged.” Kyoka smiled, turning to face Momo.

The two nervously looked each other in the eyes, knowing where the next part of their date was going but each hesitant to make the next move. Instead of using words however, they slowly drifted closer to each other until they were once more kissing softly. Both reached up to cup the other’s face, giggling slightly as their hands bumped into each other.

While she didn’t know as much as, say, Mina on the topic of Momo’s likes and dislikes in the bedroom, she wanted to push for at least taking the lead in their first encounter. Though Momo had the leadership position in classes, Jiro wanted the position while she corrupted the heiress in their first time with her rebellious ways.

Kyoka quickly stood, breaking the kiss but not allowing her gaze to stray from Momo’s face. With a quick push, the heiress was laying back on Kyoka’s bed, thankfully just short of hitting her head on the wall. The punk girl quickly mounted the heiress and sat on her stomach, grabbing both her arms before pinning them to the wall above her head, leaning down to steal another kiss in the process.

“Now heiress,” Kyoka purred. “I believe you also wanted to, what was it? ‘Hear the cute noises I make when I cum?’”

Momo nodded breathily, her libido quickly ramping up at the display of dominance Kyoka was making.

“Well… if you want to hear that… then I want to hear yours first.” Kyoka smirked, taking both of Momo’s wrists in a single hand before allowing the other to trail down and around her face before following the lines on her neck and onto her collarbone.

“P-Please uh… there is one more thing I’d like to request, i-if you don’t mind.” Momo said, her blush increasing.

“Oh?”

“Well… it has been s-something of a curiosity of mine for a while now.” Momo’s blush deepened as she prepared her next line. “But… I wonder… just how useful is your q-quirk for s-something like this.”

Kyoka was mildly surprised but didn’t let it show. She’d admitted to using her quirk to get herself off at the end of the first sleepover after all, but to have Momo request such an action meant the heiress had been thinking about it herself. How many times had she gotten herself off to an imagined Kyoka using her quirk on her?

A jack quickly extended and positioned itself directly between Momo’s eyes, hovering a few centimetres away.

“You shouldn’t worry.” Kyoka smirked. “That won’t be something you’ll wonder much longer.”

Extending her jack a bit further, Kyoka used it to loosely tie Momo’s hands together at the wrists. It was a light hold and one the girl could likely break out of, injuring Kyoka in the process, but this wasn’t something she thought either of them would want to ‘escape’ from.

Cupping her face once more with both hands, Kyoka quickly drew Momo back into a deep kiss, their tongues wrestling fervently. A quick flash of fabric and Jiro’s glove was discarded. Momo twitched as Kyoka’s hands ran down her sides, exploring her body as they only teasingly traced her boobs for a brief moment before continuing their downward journey.

“I’m going to blindfold you and have my way with your body.” Kyoka declared, her own breathing hot and heavy as she pulled away from Momo’s lips. “Just let me know if you want me to stop.”

Momo felt herself clench at Kyoka’s steamy implication, biting her lip as a moan threatened to break free.

Kyoka quickly made good on her blindfolding promise, pulling Momo’s shirt up and over her head, unbuttoning only the topmost button beforehand to allow it just enough room to go over her face and past her nose but stopped before it could uncover her eyes. The heiress was now blind to Kyoka’s machinations and felt herself growing even more excited.

She was eternally grateful for picking out one of her red strapless, front clasped bras for the date that Kyoka was probably enjoying the look of right now. However, it seemed it only entertained the punk girl for a moment as it was quickly undone and allowed to fall away to her sides.

“My, what have we here?” Kyoka chuckled, doing an off impression of what she believed Momo might say. Slowly, her other jack reached down and hummed with her quirk as the tip circled one of Momo’s breasts, drawing closer and closer to the nipple. On the other side, Kyoka’s finger mimicked the path her jack was taking in reverse, savouring the feel of the heiress’ bosom below her.

As both her jack and finger approached their target, Kyoka diverted them swiftly from their path, arriving at their destination sooner than expected and giving one nipple a soft pinch while subjecting the other to the vibrations of her quirk. The suddenness of the action took Momo by surprise, causing the girl to jump under Kyoka and the moan she was holding back broke free.

“Mmm, seems my new best girl liked that didn’t she?” Kyoka asked rhetorically, though she received a subdued “yes” in response. She continued to play and explore with Momo’s breasts, getting the feel of them memorised in her hands as her jack danced between them, never settling on one area for too long. Momo’s writhing under her was incredibly erotic and if she continued for much longer she was sure that a wet patch would start pooling on Momo’s stomach.

“I think that’s enough for now,” Jiro smugly said, pulling back and standing on the bed. She extended the length of her jack holding Momo’s arms together as she stepped down and observed her prey. Momo’s lower half was still very much intact and she now sought to rectify that. “Next, I’m going to take what’s left of your modesty.”

Kyoka promptly unbuckled and unzipped Momo’s belt and skirt respectively before yanking the offending article of clothing down her legs, that the heiress had helpfully closed a little to assist along with raising her rear. All that was left was the matching pair of red panties hidden under the black leggings.

Instead of simply pulling them down to match their predecessors, Kyoka instead bent over to get a closer look, a hand reaching forward with a pair of digits primed to tease and caress Momo’s sides above the waistline.

“I bet you’re already wet and wanting it, aren’t you?” She teased, taking her other hand and pressing lightly directly on Momo’s opening. The heat she felt was confirmation enough but the slight touch of moisture even through two layers truly gave it away along with the small hip thrust Momo did afterwards. “Seems someone’s impatient.” Kyoka giggled.

She ran her fingers around Momo’s thighs, now deliberately avoiding her crotch as she purposely breathed heavily onto it; the material of her leggings appeared thin enough she was sure the heiress felt it.

“Kyoka… Kyoka please.” Momo begged, feeling herself clench every few moments, awaiting a touch that just wouldn’t arrive unless she did something.

“Very well, I guess you have been a good little prisoner for me.” Kyoka smirked, reaching up and ever so slowly pulling down both Momo’s leggings and panties, sliding them completely off her legs so she could spread them as wide as she wanted.

“I’m going to ruin you, you know.” Kyoka declared, fiddling with the jack that wasn’t restraining her date. “Mina, Tooru, hell even Ochako, Tsu or er… Midoirya, if that ever becomes a thing, won’t be able to match what I can do to you.”

With jack in hand, Kyoka reached down and, like holding a pencil, touched her tip to Momo’s clit area. The results were immediate, Momo’s hips thrust desperately at the stimulation, small gasps escaping her lips.

“Last chance to back out before I ruin you for anyone else… and claim you as mine.” Kyoka growled out that last part. Sure, she was now sharing Momo with two others in their current polyamor-whatsit relationship but if there was a pecking order for best waifu, she’d be at the fucking top of Momo’s list.

“Do it, please.” Momo begged, having waited so long for a fantasy such as this to come true. She wanted to be with Kyoka long before she knew about all this sex stuff but now she actually had the girl all to herself and it was even better than she’d dreamed. She could only hope the girl wanted to explore many other scenarios like this in the future.

“Please what?” Kyoka teased, pressing the tip to Momo’s thigh.

“Ruin me!” Momo almost shouted, “Please… make me yours.”

Kyoka couldn’t help taking a moment to herself, closing her eyes and biting her lip lightly as those words washed pleasantly over her brain. Momo wasn’t the only one fulfilling a fantasy today.

Taking one hand, she quickly slid it into her now unbuttoned shorts and under her stockings to rub her likely dripping pussy to relieve some of her own tension. To reward the girl for her words, Kyoka quickly released her jack, allowing her fine quirk control to manipulate it as she allowed her free hand to slide a finger into the girl. As she bottomed out against Momo with her knuckle, her quick struck, pressing itself lightly against the heiress and following her movements as closely as it could.

Momo’s moan was long and loud, her clenching around Kyoka’s fingers tight and rapid. Kyoka pumped quickly into the girl, adding a second finger and curling intermittently to bring forth more enjoyable sounds from her date. The smell and sounds of Momo’s lower half was becoming too intoxicating for the punk rock girl to resist; she stuck out her tongue and felt it vibrate as she engulfed both her jack and Momo’s clit in her mouth. The heiress’ legs thumped the side of the bed loudly, her toes curling so much they almost doubled back on themselves.

“Kyoka!” She cried as her orgasm swiftly overtook her senses. Kyoka felt her fingers get squeezed almost to the point of pain as Momo’s release let itself be known. The taste of the girl was nothing like she’d expected but still one she could gorge herself on to bring the heiress to this height again and again as she wanted.

Momo’s thrusting and twitching began to settle as Kyoka slowed her pace to bring the heiress down, releasing her bound hands in the process. Kyoka knew her mouth and chin were slick with Momo’s release so she pulled off her own top to wipe away whatever remnants there were. She glanced back at Momo and had to stifle a laugh as the heiress’ arms had slumped to one side and was still blinded by her top, clearly not having the strength or motivation to remove it yet.

“Here, let me help.” Kyoka offered with a chuckle, quickly kneeling on the bed and pulling the shirt the rest of the way up Momo’s arms and off onto the floor. The exhausted looking heiress looked up at her gratefully and offered a content smile before returning to her deeper breaths to regain the oxygen she’d lost crying out during her orgasm.

She sat there for a moment, just stroking Momo’s face as the girl calmed down, soon relaxing into Kyoka’s touch and humming contently.

“That was amazing…” She sighed, snuggling deeper into Kyoka’s hand.

“Well, I do have a bit of practise.” Kyoka smirked, slapping her own thigh. “Benefits of being gay ‘n’ all: shit I like probably works on other girls.”

“A sound theory.” Momo smiled, “But… I believe it’s my turn to um… ruin you?” Momo offered, seeking permission before she did anything.

“You’re more than welcome to try.” Jiro chuckled. “Though I um… kinda would like to lose my virginity to you… if you don’t mind.”

“Oh? Ah yes, this was explained to me before.” Momo nodded, recalling Mina’s words. “How would you uh, like to consider it lost?” She asked, happy to perform whichever position Jiro wanted to consider Momo her first time.

“Can we uh… trib?” Kyoka asked shyly.

“Trib?” Momo asked curiously.

“Oh uh… tribadism or um… tribbing. When you rub your um… pussies together.” Kyoka tapped her jacks together shyly.

“Oh!” Momo understood now. “I believe this is another name for scissoring, yes?” She received a nod in reply. “Then I would be happy to um… fuck you till you cum.”

Kyoka and Momo both blushed at the heiress’ brazen words.

“Uh… I guess it’s my turn to make a request then,” Kyoka began, nervously looking into Momo’s eyes. “Could you um… be on top and not uh… f-fuck me? I want you to um… make love to me instead.”

Momo smiled and reached up to pull Kyoka in for a gentle, loving kiss she hoped convey the same message.

“Of course, my little Vixen.” She agreed, running her hand down Kyoka’s chest. “To do so though, I’m going to need you to get rid of this.” She touched her black, lacy bra. “And these.” She touched Kyoka’s thigh, indicating her unbuttoned shorts and stockings.

Kyoka reached behind herself and unclasped her bra, sliding it off to shyly reveal her breasts to Momo whose eyes and smile notable widened with desire. Next, the purple haired girl leant back, resting her head on her pillow as she pulled her shorts and stockings out from underneath herself, pulling her legs back to cover herself from Momo’s lustful gaze.

The heiress sat up, observing Kyoka’s now crossed legs that concealed her pussy before turning onto her knees and crawling up to the girl, placing her hands on her knee caps and resting her head on them.

“Awww, don’t tell me my little vixen has gotten all shy on me after a performance like that.” Momo cooed teasingly down at the girl who was now covering her nipples with her hands.

“M-maybe.” Kyoka blushed. “It’s easier for me to give than to receive.”

“Oh I bet.” Momo winked, “That’s why your fantasy involves restraints yes? So you’ll be forced to accept all the love someone wishes to give you.” Kyoka moaned softly, trying to keep her breathing even. “Maybe after our next date… I could maybe… make a few pairs of handcuffs, tie you up and just enjoy… what’s… mine.” Momo declared boldly, pulling apart Kyoka’s knees with the last two words.

Kyoka’s cute little shaved pussy revealed itself to the heiress as she stared longingly down at it.

“M-Momo!” Kyoka blushed, feeling very exposed.

“Apologies Kyoka, I just believe I have found something most entrancing I must examine closer.” Momo smirked before slowly descending down to Kyoka’s crotch. The inviting, sexual smell was immediately obvious and addicting, drawing Momo in as the moisture that Kyoka had rubbed around herself glistened in the light of the room. “I believe I shall start here.” Momo tapped Kyoka’s clit, receiving a small jerk from the girl, “Before I make my way up.”

She observed Kyoka taking in a deep breath, clearly trying to steady herself before Momo spread her open with one hand. The girl was more than ready for her, completely soaked from playing with the heiress and Momo knew it. What she didn’t know was how hard or soft Kyoka liked things so she started off with only a pair of fingers, sliding in and out of the girl as she tried to curl like much like Kyoka had to her.

The soft, repeating moans of her crush were enthralling as she licked her lips to return the gesture Kyoka had performed on her. Unlike the girl’s outward appearance, her taste was undeniably sweet. Momo knew that if she wasn’t careful, she’d become a slave to the girl’s whims for more laps at her lap. For now though, she concentrated on raising the moans from Kyoka as her tongue toyed with the girl’s clit, writing out her own name so that the purple haired girl knew who she belonged to in turn.

Once Momo was satisfied that Kyoka had gotten the message, she kissed her lower lips one last time before slowly crawling forward, kissing and caressing her pelvis, up to her hips before laying ticklish kisses across her belly. Kyoka’s ragged breathing began slowing down as Momo ceased the devouring of her pussy but her face quickly heated up as she watched the heiress crawl closer.

Momo kissed her tender stomach, then her ribs before finally reaching her breasts, pausing to admire the perky things she’d snuck glances at in the changing room. Softly, she ran her hands along them, grouping them together before dropping her hold, admiring the small bounce on them with a giggle.

“S-Stop, that’s embarrassin’.” Kyoka blushed shyly.

“Why?” Momo asked sultrily, “I think they’re adorable and oh so enticing.”

Kyoka opened her mouth to retort only to drop into a moan as Momo’s mouth engulfed one of her nipples, her tongue flicking it deftly. She knew she did it on purpose as Momo’s mouth, though occupied by her boob, broke into a smug smirk. Momo sucked and tugged at her nipple, the pressure tingling in the most arousing way that Kyoka couldn’t help but thrust her chest closer to Momo, desiring more of what she offered.

When Kyoka felt the brief reprieve of Momo’s attentions to one breast, she quickly realised it was only for the girl to switch to her other breast on top of resuming her finger’s assault on her pussy. If she kept this up she’d cum prematurely and she really wanted Momo to take her virginity today.

It seemed Momo knew more about holding back than she realized as she made sure not to overstimulate Kyoka before she advanced further up her. Giving her collarbone a quick kiss, she cupped Kyoka’s face with her free hand before drawing her into another deep, passionate kiss. She had to admit that she enjoyed the feeling of her boobs almost engulfing Kyoka’s as they pressed together.

“Are you ready?” Momo asked gently when she broke away. Kyoka just nodded shyly. “Lift your legs for me please.”

Kyoka felt a little silly, raising her legs up but knew a little embarrassment would be well worth it in the coming moments. Momo hooked her arms underneath Kyoka’s legs before standing in a crouch and positioning herself over the blushing purple haired girl. She knew their most intimate parts were only a few inches away from touching but felt the need to drag it out a little longer.

“And now, you, are mine.” Momo smiled down at the girl before pressing her body closer. Kyoka let out a satisfied gasp of pleasure as she felt the unmistakable texture of Momo’s pussy pressing into hers. She bit her lip and closed her eyes, just revelling in the feeling of losing her virginity to her crush; even if she didn’t cum she considered this date the best ever.

“I’m going to move now, not gonna stop ‘til I hear those cute moans.” Momo teased, gently rocking her hips as she felt her clit rub up against Kyoka, hoping the girl below was feeling the same.

The punk rocker’s breathing became light and fluttery as she focused on her impending orgasm. She resisted matching Momo’s movements to really focus on ensuring her own clit rubbed against the girl each time she thrusted. Kyoka didn’t know if Momo was about to cum but she certainly was if she kept going.

“K-kiss me!” Kyoka demanded quickly, her orgasm only a few thrusts away. Momo responded quickly leaning down to capture Kyoka’s lips with her own as Kyoka took over the thrusting to get herself over the edge.

Momo bit her lip to avoid giggling at the diabetes inducing levels of sweetness she heard as Kyoka broke the kiss to let out small, high-pitched whines, shaking and jiggling from her release. When the punk rocker felt her high fade, she opened her eyes to stare lovingly up at Momo only to see her almost popping a rib from the giggles she was suppressing.

“What!?” Kyoka blushed, embarrassed her cum face had caused such a reaction.

“Oh Kyoka, don’t be like that.” Momo cooed, softly releasing a giggle here and there. “That was utterly adorable.”

“I’m not supposed to be adorable, I’m supposed to be punk rock.” She pouted shyly.

“Awww honey,” Momo smiled, “You’re my adorable little punk rock vixen… whom I just deflowered.” She rocked her hips again, causing Kyoka to moan lightly before she glared at the heiress.

“You wanna push your luck? These can go all night.” Kyoka raised her jacks to Momo’s face, quite literally threatening her with a good time. The irony was not lost on her date however, who couldn’t hold back her giggles anymore.

Kyoka just continued to pout until Momo finished her giggle fit before the high class girl cupped her face once more.

“Thank you Kyoka, truly.” She smiled down at the girl, “I’m honoured you wanted me to be your first and, I hope our relationship is our last.”

“Finally accepted you aren’t getting rid of us, even with that stupid thing with your parents?” Kyoka smirked, glad her message had finally sunk in.

“I’m getting there.” Momo replied. “It’s hard… to go against people who’re supposed to love and care for you no matter what, especially with all they’ve given me over the years.”

“I know hun.” Kyoka reached up to caress Momo’s face. “But we’ll be here, no matter what.”

“Yes. Yes, I know that in my heart now.” Momo smiled, again, only to cause Kyoka to chuckle. “What?”

“That was too cheesy even for me.” She laughed.

“You’re not the only one who can make threatening promises of pleasure.” Momo smirked, rolling off of Jiro to reach for her purse on the headboard. Kyoka groaned as her hips sighed from relief, no longer bearing the strain of elevating her legs. Then, something long and hard that she usually wanted to keep far away from entered her vision.

“What the hell is that?” She asked with a hint of disgust.

“Well, if you’d call what we just did ‘making love’,” Momo began, pulling the toy back to allow Kyoka to get a better look. “This would be the thing I use to ‘fuck’ you.” She grinned, turning it to display the harness of her double-sided strap on.

“I’m not sure if I should be aroused or scared that you already had that in your purse.” Kyoka retorted, eyeing the toy cautiously.

“I do believe scar-roused is a thing my dear.” Momo purred. “Bend over.”

“Get fucked love.”

“Gladly, if it’s you doing the f… love?” Momo blinked dumbly, did she really hear Kyoka right? Did Kyoka even mean to say that?

“I… uh…” Kyoka gulped as what she’d just said registered in her own brain. “Well… I mean… uh… w-we’ve only had one date and all and n-not even that, it’s still on-going and-and-”

Momo raised her hand and put a single finger on Kyoka’s lips.

“Before um… you dig that hole any deeper.” Momo giggled softly, “I think I know what you’re trying to say.” She smiled, “I too feel immense emotions of that calibre for you. Though I am hesitant to call them ‘love’ at this point, I have no doubts they will soon blossom into such feelings. I imagine it is the same for you?”

“Y-yeah, I um… I really, really like you Momo. And… if tonight is anything to go by, I think it would be pretty easy to just say it right now.”

“Indeed, though while your slip of the tongue is incredibly endearing, I am aware we are both suffering from post-orgasm highs.” The heiress smiled. “While I will treasure this moment, I will not take it as your true declaration just yet. Does that sound fair?”

Kyoka nodded but couldn’t help feel a mote of sadness creep into her face.

“I-I know these things take time.” She said sourly, “But I really wish it would hurry up so I knew for sure.”

“Patience is a virtue my dear Vixen.” Momo cooed. “If you are as dedicated to my release from my parents’ grasp as you say, we shall have plenty of time to learn and revel in these feelings.”

“That… sounds really good.” Kyoka nodded, brain too foggy to say anything more eloquent.

Momo carefully placed her toy back in her purse before settling back onto Kyoka’s sheets, cuddling up to the girl and slowly closing the gap for a kiss once more. While they’d yet to begin on a plan to secure her freedom, Momo was becoming more and more sure that these were the people she was destined to be with for the rest of her life.


Tsuyu Asui was a very happy frog girl.

The past few days had been exhausting for everyone involved in the raid on the Shie Hassaikai. Her nerves hadn’t been the same since and even sleeping next to Ochako last night had resulted in a somewhat fitful slumber. Her body had rested but her mind had not, unable to break away from the horrible things she saw and the anxiety of witnessing not one crush fight Overhaul but two when Ochako restrained the guy.

Nighteye’s words when they stood guard over him in the cave below the street still lurked in the back of her mind like they probably did to Ochako:

‘He’s not going to target any of us. He’ll… head to the surface in pursuit of Midoirya and Eri… then… he’ll KILL Midoriya… and escape.’

It was horrifying to hear, that your friend and crush was about to die and, with Nighteye’s track record, there was nothing they could do to stop it. Tsuyu wasn’t sure what powers that be decided that today was the one time Nighteye would be wrong but she was eternally grateful that they all made it out alive.

Now though, after a fun filled date with the amazingly cheeky and endearing girl whose hand was clutched in her own, she finally felt her mind resting as it enjoyed the relative safety it found in her presence. Specifically, the happy cheers and content sighs as they enjoyed time at the movies and a nice lunch of sweets made her feel all warm and fuzzy. Admittedly, she’d caved to Ochako’s insatiable desire for mochi but only after extracting a promise for Ochako to pay for some jelly for her on the next date. Her heart leapt when the girl agreed with a bright smile on her face.

The pair were currently making their way back through the gates of UA and Tsuyu knew they had to acknowledge something before either of them got hurt.

“Do you want anyone else to know, ribbit?” She asked bluntly.

Ochako bit her lip nervously, understanding what Tsuyu was asking.

“I… don’t mind telling the girls.” She admitted, “But… do you mind if we keep it just between us for everyone else?”

“Sure, ribbit, and I’m glad.” Tsuyu turned to smile at Ochako, “I understand not wanting to make your preference, or us, public just yet, but I’m happy we won’t have to hide it from the girls.”

“Well, I mean, I’m your girlfriend right?” Ochako smiled back. “It’s nothing to be ashamed of. You’re really special Tsu… but thank you for understanding.”

Tsuyu nodded. Ochako accepting her new sexuality was one thing, dating Tsuyu was another; having the whole class know about it, especially as the first known couple in the class, would be rather intimidating. Truth be told, it was something Tsu didn’t mind avoiding either.

“So…” Ochako began nervously as they approached Heights Alliance. “It’s um… kinda coming up to the end of the date.”

“It is.” Tsuyu nodded simply, allowing Ochako to continue building her courage for whatever she wanted to ask.

“Are you… um… do you wanna… do anything else?” Ochako asked.

“Hmmm,” Tsuyu put her finger to her chin, deliberately exaggerating both her movement and her voice. “Well I kinda want to go freshen up, maybe think about what to do for dinner.”

“I meant uh… with me… i-in… in our rooms.” Ochako clarified, not that Tsuyu needed it.

“Why Ochako, are you inviting me up to do naughty things already, ribbit?” Tsuyu teased, sending a sly smirk her way.

“W-Well I-I…” Ochako stuttered, trying to find a less embarrassing way to say it. “I mean if that’s a no then-”

“No, no,” Tsuyu cut across, realizing that poking fun was probably not something Ochako was comfortable with just yet and could end the date early, “I’ll stop teasing, but, are you sure? I mean you only just said ‘yes’ to a date after all, ribbit.”

“I’ve um… yeah, I don’t know if I’m ‘all the way’ ready.” She admitted shyly. “There’s a few things though… things I want to explore now that I don’t have to hide them… things I want to do with you.”

Tsuyu studied Ochako’s face carefully. There was something underneath she couldn’t quite discern yet. She wasn’t sure if it was the leftover feelings from the raid, the mixture of things from their date or just the fact that they were walking that was throwing her but she knew she’d be able to get a better read after a short rest.

“Ribbit, how about we go upstairs and just continue the date for now.” Tsuyu offered, hopefully buying herself some time.

“Sure.” Ochako smiled back, squeezing Tsuyu’s hand before looking up at the looming set of dorms that belonged to class 1-A. With a reluctant sigh, she released Tsuyu’s hand from her own, allowing them to drop to their sides once more.

“It’s not for long.” Tsuyu comforted the girl, “Just ‘til we get inside.”

“I know… but,” Ochako looked down at her hand, gripping it softly and releasing it. “It just feels lonely now.”

“You know how to say all the right things don’t you Ochako.” Tsuyu smiled, pleased that Ochako was clearly already enjoying the small things like hand holding with her. “Come on, the sooner we get through everyone, the sooner we can go back to bed, ribbit.”

“T-Tsu!” Ochako blushed as the frog girl moved to open the dorm doors. “You said no more teasing.”

“It’s not a joke.” Tsuyu smirked back at the girl. True, she meant just snuggling the girl for a nap rather than anything naughty but it didn’t change her wording.

Ochako swiftly followed the girl inside, the pair removing their shoes before heading back through the common room.

“I’m just gonna go~o…” Ochako gestured to the bathrooms.

“Mine room or yours?” Tsuyu asked.

“Oh uh… y-yours.” Ochako replied, her face taking on another red tinge.

The frog girl nodded, stepping into the elevator and hitting the button for her floor. Once the doors closed, she couldn’t help but let out a few joyful ribbits; even if nothing further happened, this was the best date she’d ever had. Admittedly she did have to talk to Ochako more about her thing with Momo, along with her own ‘non-relationship’ with the girl and Mina, but that could wait for now; no sense ruining a fun day with hypotheticals.

Tsuyu’s door quickly gave way to its owner, allowing the girl to quickly move inside and do some rudimentary tidying, cleaning up some of the mess that she’d neglected since before the raid. She was sure Ochako wouldn’t mind the minor unkemptness but she still wanted to put her best foot forward.

After shoving the last of her discarded clothes to wash into her cupboard hamper, a small knock arrived at her door.

“Come in.” Tsuyu called out, suspecting her date.

Slowly, her door cracked open and Ochako peered around the frame, spotting Tsuyu standing by her wardrobe. A mixture of relief and disappointment crossed her face as she more confidently stepped inside, closing the door behind her.

“Ribbit?” Tsuyu croaked, sending the girl a look to tell her she’d noticed Ochako’s shifty behaviour.

“Oh I er…” Ochako hesitated, forgetting just how observant her now girlfriend was. “I um… wondered if you’d have uh… gotten undressed to wait for me.”

“Nope, but thanks for the idea, ribbit.” Tsuyu chuckled, sending Ochako into another blush. “Don’t worry ‘Chako, nothing’s gonna happen you don’t want.” She reassured her gravity manipulating girlfriend.

“Y-yeah, I know… it’s just… first date you know?” Ochako bit her lip. “Like… first ever date.”

“I put that together, yeah, ribbit.” Tsuyu smiled earnestly, walking over to Ochako and taking her hands in hers. “Things are… hard right now… everything that happened with Ryukyu, during the police raid; that was all super stressful stuff. I don’t mind if we call it here or just hang out for the rest of the day, ribbit, I’m feeling pretty mentally worn out and I bet you are too. I’m not going anywhere fast so let’s just enjoy the start of this together, yes?”

“Sure thing Tsu,” Ochako gave her a warm smile. “How about you go use the facilities to freshen up and I’ll relax here and think of what we can do next.”

“Sounds good, ribbit.” Tsuyu nodded. While a shower or wash would be greatly appreciated right now, with both of them having not done so since the hospital, a quick reprieve to give her face a once over sounded lovely.

Tsuyu grabbed her normal wash bag and, after a brief pause, a towel from the side and headed down to the girl’s facilities to take care of business. After her door closed however, Ochako quickly eyed everything in Tsuyu’s room; she didn’t have much time to set up what she wanted so speed was essential.

The frog girl sighed with satisfaction, feeling much more refreshed after an application of cold water to her entire body; even if it was super quick shower where she avoided wetting her hair, the water was delightful as always. Stepping off the elevator once more, she wondered what Ochako would want to do for the rest of the evening. It was only nearing six so they should probably think about dinner soon so, maybe that and a movie? Then, maybe something intimate if Ochako was feeling up for it?

Tsuyu opened her door and walked in, expecting to see the gravity girl taking it easy on her bed. While she was right to a degree, her eyes nearly popped out of her head at what she saw.

“Ribbit?!”

“H-Hi Tsu.” Ochako called out nervously, kneeling on Tsuyu’s bed, her arms raised behind her head and jutting her chest forward. While the pose was steamy enough, it was enhanced by Ochako’s complete lack of clothing; the only things providing any modesty was a trio of small, plush, floating frogs hovering over her nipples and crotch, spinning slightly. “I-I’ve been waiting for you.”

Tsuyu felt her mouth drop open just a little as she stared at the brazen girl sitting on her bed. She quickly realised that the door was still open behind her and hurried to rectify this, locking the thing to be sure. A deep breath tried to settle her shock as she took a moment before turning back around to her probably very naked girlfriend. Yup, definitely naked.

“I hope you um… like my surprise.” Ochako blushed, the red colouring beginning to crawl down her neck.

“O-Ochako, why are you naked on my bed?” Tsuyu asked simply.

“Oh uh… well… I was hoping that… maybe… you’d like to um… do it?”

Tsuyu was thrown again. Didn’t the girl just say outside that she wasn’t quite ready for that yet? Was that just to throw her off? Was this what she couldn’t detect in the girl when they returned from their date?

The frog girl approached her girlfriend, focussing not on her delightful curves but on her face and eyes. She had to be sure this wasn’t some trick or misdirection for something else. Ochako shrank a little at the scrutiny she appeared to be under, her arms reaching out to secure the plush protection just in front of her naughty parts.  Tsuyu’s eyes probed Ochako’s face while her mind ran through the possible reasons the girl had sprung this on her; not that this was unwelcome, but she had to be sure neither of them would regret any of their impending actions.

“You… you’re still upset about the raid, aren’t you?” Tsuyu asked carefully.

“N-No, what makes you say that?” Ochako nervously waved the girl’s concerns away, “I just want to enjoy some quality time with my new girlfriend, that’s all.”

To some, they’d just identify Ochako’s nerves as those of being naked before their romantic partner for the first time, Tsuyu was smarter than that though, and knew they ran deeper.

“Ochako, you held Sir Nighteye when he was severely injured, what he said about Midoriya… you know what happened to him. Are you telling me that this,” Tsuyu nodded at Ochako’s birthday suit, “has nothing to do with the fear that one of us may end up the same way?”

When Ochako bit her lip, Tsuyu knew she’d at least gotten close if not hit the mark.

“I… I just…” Ochako stammered, before releasing an exhausted sigh, one that spoke of far more than just their exertions from their enjoyable activities today. “I… don’t wanna miss out anymore.”

Tsuyu quickly brushed aside the floating toys and wrapped her girlfriend in a tight hug as her eyes began showing the tell-tale signs of incoming tears. The dots had connected in her mind and she didn’t need Ochako’s confession to break it down: they’d both witnessed a death in the field and now, Ochako was trying to affirm her life by doing something she probably wasn’t ready for.

As expected, while embracing the naked girl, she began to feel the dampness of tears on her top. Shifting her position slightly, Tsuyu cradled Ochako’s head as she sat down, allowing the gravity girl to whimper into her chest.

“Everythin’s just… i-it’s all…” Ochako babbled, before taking a few breaths to try and calm herself.

“It’s okay ‘Chako.” Tsuyu cooed, stroking her girlfriend’s hair softly. “I think it hit us all more than we realised. We’re just first years but look at everything that’s happened so far: the USJ, the camp, moving into dorms, then the provisional license test, working with Ryukyu and now this. We weren’t supposed to go through all this so soon. It’s okay to feel overwhelmed, I do.”

“You do?” Ochako sat up, eyes still glistening as she looked as her girlfriend. It was obvious Tsuyu wasn’t putting up her normal stoic face as the girl had a definite sombre tone to her features. “But… with everything going on… then me making… making you wait after you um… confessed. You seemed so strong, always pushing through.”

“I wasn’t.” Tsuyu shrugged. “I know I don’t exactly show emotions as often as everyone else and I’m not sure if it’s just part of my quirk or not, but the other girls felt it.” Tsuyu admitted, “I took out my… frustrations on Mina one day when I shouldn’t have, then I broke down in front of her and Momo when I had some um… revelations. I’m… I’m not as strong as you think I am…”

“Tsu…” Ochako breathed, reaching out and cupping her face before directing it to meet her eyes. “I’m so sorry that I uh… added to that, but trust me when I say that you’re one of the strongest people I know. It’s not just Deku that I’ve been thinking of recently to borrow some of their strength to go beyond; it’s you too.”

Ochako leant forward and slowly drew her green-haired girlfriend into a soft and gentle kiss. Tsuyu’s fluttery breath of relief prevented the kiss from going any deeper before the two pulled back.

“Ochako… I… we… we’re a mess aren’t we.” Tsuyu laughed once, a bittersweet smile on her face. The gravity girl let out a longer giggle in response.

“Yeah… yeah maybe.” She agreed. “But we’ll get through this… together?” She finished cautiously.

“Of course, as long as you’ll have me.” Tsuyu smiled back, a genuine happiness now settling back into her chest.

“You think I’m um… g-gonna give up a treasure like y-you after all this?” Ochako blushed, trying to sound more confident than her heart let her be.

Tsuyu giggled but there was a definite blush settling on her cheeks after hearing her girlfriend’s flirt.

“I hope not,” Tsuyu glanced downwards before meeting Ochaco’s eyes again with a cheeky smile. “But dressed like that, I’d be more worried about me eating the snack that you are.”

The brunette’s eyes widened as she suddenly became very aware of how underdressed she was and how she’d tried to seduce her girlfriend.

“Ahhh! I uh-” Ochako covered her breasts and turned away from Tsuyu, her whole body now trying to match the shade of pink present on her hero outfit. “God I’m so… where did I put my-”

“I don’t think you should be worrying about your clothes.” Tsuyu purred, sliding closer to her girlfriend and whispering into her ear as she wrapped her arms around her belly. “You won’t need them for a while.”

Ochako could practically see the steam coming off of her face as she felt Tsu kiss her ear and neck. Her core clenched traitorously at the delicate feeling of her girlfriend’s lips and breath on her skin.

“I uhhh… b-but you said-”

“I don’t want you to do something you’d regret.” Tsuyu placed another kiss on her shoulder. “We can just sit here and cuddle if you like.” She placed another kiss on Ochako’s toned bicep. “Or we can go as far or do as little as you’re comfortable with and enjoy the end of our first date together.”

Ochako sighed wistfully as her mind replayed the day’s events to her; hanging out at the mall, getting snacks, holding hands during a movie. She definitely felt bad that she’d ended it by crying on Tsuyu’s lap but the girl had seen right through her façade, even if Ochako didn’t realise it at the time. It was a massive relief that not only did someone else know she was struggling with everything they’d all been through these past few months, but that they felt similar and that it was okay not to be coping.

Reaching down, Ochako softly took one of Tsuyu’s hands, noting it’s somewhat larger size compared to her own as she brought it closer to her face, and began placing her own small kisses across her knuckles.

“Well…” Ochako began, pausing to pepper a few more kisses along Tsuyu’s hand to keep her girlfriend in suspense. “I suppose that… maybe I do want to um… h-hear you cry my name.”

Ochako’s blush deepened as she heard Tsuyu moan into her ear lustfully.

“A-and um… I w-want to uh… see what I’ve been missing… by spr-uh… spre-uh…” Ochako felt her embarrassment claim her voice as she revealed the naughty, dirty things she’d imagined doing to the petite girl beside her.

“Mmm say it ‘Chako.” Tsuyu groaned, her other, free hand reaching up from the girl’s belly to cup her naked girlfriend’s breast softly, fingertips reaching out to tease the nipple. “Tell me what you want to do to me, please!” An air of desperation coloured her voice.

While it was a far cry from the confident, erotic nature her daydreamed Ochako had, just hearing her actual real-life girlfriend say those words had brought her arousal to a needy height. It was all she could do to restrain herself from grinding into her covers and ruining them along with the panties she’d already soaked.

“I w-want to uh… s-spread you wide while…” Tsuyu moaned again as Ochako blushed fiercely, biting her lip while she gathered her courage. Recent bad events aside, she did truly want to experience this with Tsu and it felt like the girl would do anything she said in that moment. It was both scary and incredibly arousing. “W-while I feel you f-f-fuck m-me with your tongue.”

She gasped as she felt Tsuyu’s grip on her tighten and the greenette’s hips were definitely wiggling behind her. A squeak jumped from her throat as Tsuyu’s hands quickly changed positions, gripping her around her back and under her knees as the girl lifted and twisted her to be in the center of the bed. Ochako gasped as Tsuyu’s hands then slammed onto the mattress either side of her head as the girl held herself over the brunette, an erotic, lustful look in her eyes.

“This is your last chance Ochako, ribbit…” Tsuyu breathed out heavily. “If you don’t want that to actually happen…”

Ochako felt her heart pounding in her chest, Tsuyu had never looked more scary or erotic in that moment to her. She bit her lip as she drank in the frog girl’s almost desperate need rolling off her. Clearly the girl had been holding back her desire so as not to scare her but now she was given permission it was all coming out. It was, admittedly, quite the confidence boost that she, Ochako Uraraka and no one else, was this desirable to someone. Slowly, she reached down with her hands, the lustful frog’s eyes watching her carefully. Her digits passed through the soft curls on her crotch as she placed them on her lower lips, pulling them apart slowly in what she hoped was an erotic display.

“Tsuyu… please…” Ochako breathed heavily, hamming it up slightly with what she thought the girl wanted to hear. “M-Make me scream.”

All of Tsuyu’s fantasies of the girl before her paled compared to the real thing. The soft, vulnerable sounds coming from her, the shy nature of the inexperienced girl she was about to educate. Tsuyu wished she could preserve this moment for all time as she found herself tearing at her clothes to reach the same state as her erotic goddess of a girlfriend was in. The spell was broken somewhat after she’d shucked her top and bra as her skirt and leggings refused to cooperate and caught around her knees.

The giggle it elected from her girlfriend was worth it though as she watched Tsuyu’s frantic efforts with an endearing smile. Tsuyu gave up on her lower half, electing to leave it pooled around her knees for now as she had access to her pussy and that’s all she needed right now anyway.

Pushing herself down the bed, she kissed Ochako’s body with sloppy kisses as the girl held her position, clearly eager for Tsuyu to use what had quickly become her favourite feature about her quirk.  As the frog girl arrived between Ochako’s legs, she allowed herself a moment to breath in the girl’s scent, a raw desire only for her. She knew right then that she was addicted for life.

Tsuyu’s fingers reached out, tracing Ochako’s lips and feeling her dripping excitement. A soft moan from above let her know her efforts were appreciated and Tsuyu hoped they were the first new sounds of many she would come to adore from the girl. Running her fingers up and down her girlfriend’s pussy, she slowly inserted a single digit inside her. The slow, satisfied moan it drew from the girl only made Tsuyu wetter as she reached down with her own hand to replicate her actions on herself.

Ochako didn’t need much teasing, she was clearly ready to go with how easily Tsuyu’s finger pumped inside her. Soon she inserted another finger and another, spreading the girl’s tight lips around her while Ochako’s toes curled into the sheets beside her.

“Tsu! Ts-Tsu!” Ochako cried, bucking her hips as her peak neared. Tsuyu wasn’t done yet though; it was far too early for her to cum when her tongue hadn’t even gotten involved. Slowly, the frog girl removed her fingers as Ochako’s hips thrust desperately to get them back in. “N-No!” Ochako whined desperately at being denied her orgasm.

“That’s for making me wait.” Tsuyu grinned cheekily before licking her lips in preparation. “And this… is for saying ‘yes’.”

Tsuyu gently nudged Ochako’s hands away from her pussy, taking over the duty of holding her girlfriend open while she opened her mouth wide. She knew from her time with the others that her skills could cause joyful spasms and she wanted to ensure she pleasured Ochako all the way through the orgasm she was about to give her. Her tongue extended slowly, gently touching at Ochako’s folds as she lined herself up. Just when Ochako was about to beg her girlfriend again, Tsuyu pushed inside, expanding her tongue to stretch her partner just wide enough to be just the right side of satisfyingly full.

Ochako moaned so loudly she was momentarily terrified someone would come knocking at Tsuyu’s door. That thought was quickly lost as Tsuyu’s tongue began moving and licking and tasting every part of her in the most toe-curling way she’d ever felt. The pressure from her impending orgasm returned in full and she quickly knew she was about to lose it as her legs clenched painfully together, tapping Tsuyu’s head between them as they shuddered and shook. Tsuyu’s name was ripped from her throat but she had no idea how loud it was as her mind quickly white-screened from the overload of sensation coming from her crotch. Whether it was the still conflicting emotions in her head, the desire and anticipation she felt from her girlfriend or the euphoria of her release mixing with the relief of the world not ending with her ‘evil’ act, Ochako’s release squirted across Tsuyu’s face and tongue while her folds did their best to clench as tightly around the muscle as they could.

Tsuyu was pretty sure she’d have to get new sheets from the claw marks Ochako may very well have put in them judging from her display. She kept wiggling and teasing the girl as her release continued until her muscles could hold out their strain no longer and Ochako dropped back down onto the now soaked mattress.

Slowly, Tsuyu pulled out her, admittedly sore, tongue from still spasming walls of her girlfriend’s pussy and savoured the taste of their first real experience together. She grinned greedily as she felt herself more than ready for Ochako to ‘spread her wide’ and reciprocate, even if she was sure she wouldn’t have the same extreme reaction as her partner just did. A soft, muffled cry however broke that train of thought.

All thoughts of sex quickly retreated as she realised Ochako had her hands over her face to cover herself but clearly couldn’t contain the sounds she was trying to hide.

“‘Chako!” Tsuyu called softly, crawling up beside her girlfriend and caressing her arms carefully. “‘Chako what’s wrong?”

The girl let out another muffled sob before shaking her head. Tsuyu waited patiently for a few moments before Ochako’s hands slowly pulled themselves down. The girl’s eyes were full of tears as she looked into Tsuyu’s.

“N-No, I-I’m fine.” She sobbed, much to Tsuyu’s confusion.  “Ha-ha-happy t-tears.” She choked out.

Tsuyu breathed a sigh of relief she didn’t realise she was holding, reaching out to lovingly cup her girlfriend’s face. “It’s okay ‘Chako.” She cooed again. In that moment, she was reminded of her kiss with Jiro a few weeks back, the punk girl herself crying from the relief she got about getting an answer she desperately wanted. Ochako was clearly going through a similar thing but dialled up a little more. This time though, Tsuyu could kiss and comfort the girl all she needed to help her get through it.

Ochako’s hands removed themselves from her face and latched onto Tsuyu’s pulling her green-haired girlfriend closer before peppering her with wet, messy kisses all over her face.

The frog girl couldn’t help but let a few happy ribbits escape her throat at the display, trying to catch a few of the kisses Ochako was so generously giving away. Eventually, the girl settled down and bit her lip softly, averting her gaze from her girlfriend.

As Ochako began to come down from her erotic high, Tsuyu cuddled the gravity girl close to her, allowing her to snuggle into her chest.

“S-sorry Tsu… I think I um… ruined it didn’t I.”

“Not at all.” Tsuyu admitted, “I’m glad we did this and I’m happy you’re feeling better about everything.”

“But I um… I didn’t do…” Ochako’s hand reached out and stroked Tsuyu’s thigh.

“There’s plenty of time for that.” Tsuyu giggled. “I need to make sure you’re okay, you were kinda crying.”

Ochako blushed in shame. This wasn’t the way their first time was supposed to go.

“Th-Thank you Tsu.” Ochako said softly.

“Thank you, really?” Tsuyu giggled again, “You don’t know what to say after sex, do you ‘Chako?”

“Hey!” Ochako puffed up, pouting cutely as her face tinged with red once more. “This was my first t-time, I don’t know what you’re supposed to say.”

“Nothing ‘Chako.” Tsuyu chuckled, nuzzling the girl’s head. “We both had fun so just relax and enjoy the afterglow.”

“Hmmm.” Ochako accepted, sighing pleasantly if apprehensively.

The two girls relaxed on Tsuyu’s bed just basking in their recent act. This was certainly something Ochako couldn’t have imagined herself doing just a few weeks ago and now she didn’t know if she’d be able to live without it anymore. A small dark thought crept into her head regarding her commitment to their heiress friend; one she didn’t know if Tsuyu fully accepted yet.

“T-Tsu?”

“Yeah ‘Chako?”

“Do… I mean… are you uh… sure you’re okay with what I have to do with… Momo?” Ochako asked. While she expected to focus most of her efforts on fulfilling the heiress’ desires, it would probably feel wrong to do so if Momo instead wanted to focus on her brunette pet when Ochako had this kind of reaction to sex. This was something she and Tsuyu just shared after weeks of build up after all.

“Look… Ochako I…” Tsuyu sighed. Figuring now was as good of a time as any to get her silly fantasy out of the way, Tsuyu gathered her courage to tell Ochako what she really thought. “I want to know the rules and stuff yeah but… if we’re telling the truth, as long as you’re okay with it, then I am too. I was sad, really sad recently because I had some… thoughts about uh… everyone.”

“Everyone?”

“Well um… I first started crushing on Izuku after the USJ, then you after the… training camp, ribbit.” Tsuyu swallowed nervously, “Recently um… things have e-expanded to include Momo and Mina… and Tooru… and Kyoka.”

Ochako pulled away slightly to look Tsu in the eyes but the frog girl was now staring at her ceiling as she admitted her perverted fantasy.

“Just, everyone being so nice and open… I kind of… imagined you all being my intimate partners. I wanted you all for myself because i’m gree… I’m polyamorous.” Tsuyu blushed. “I felt guilty for desiring you all in that way like… like him.” Tsuyu spat. It didn’t take Ochako more than a moment to figure out Tsuyu had compared herself to the grape-headed one who’d touched her without her permission.

“Wait so… when you said you wanted to ask me out…”

“It was because I thought I was only allowed to have one partner.” Tsuyu admitted. “I er… only found out recently that it’s possible to be open and happy with m-more than one.”

Admittedly, Ochako felt a measure of pride at being rated the most desirable as a partner for Tsu: beating out Izuku and all her other girl friends.

“And now?” Ochako asked carefully.

“Well… we both want to date Izuku still, yes?” Tsuyu asked, turning to look at Ochako and getting a nod in return. “So… me, you and him… and we both have our own things with Momo.” Another nod from the gravity girl. “And I have my link with Mina in a non-relationship thing I have to clarify with her now that we’re together.”

“W-What about Kyoka? And Tooru? You said you were with her at least.”

“W-Well… I think that was a one-time thing, ribbit.”

“Yeah but you… do you want to be in a relationship with them too?” Ochako asked softly.

Tsuyu bit her lip, knowing she shouldn’t answer honestly and reveal just how greedy she was. However, her dedication to her girlfriend outweighed any selfish desire to keep the truth hidden.

“I-If they wanted to then… y-yes?” Tsuyu teared up a little, wondering if this admittance would be too much for Ochako. It wasn’t every day you told your brand new girlfriend you wanted all of your other friends romantically. “I-I’m sorry.”

“Hey,” Ochako cooed, cupping Tsuyu’s face and pulling her gaze to match her own. “It’s okay hun, you’ve not done anything wrong.”

“But I shouldn’t be telling you this, ribbit.” Tsuyu said, a sad ribbit escaping as a gasp. “You only just accepted um… being with me.”

“If you didn’t, you’d just hide it and feel bad though, wouldn’t you?” Ochako stroked her cheek lightly. This was certainly a surprise. Momo had admitted a similar fantasy during their last sleepover. She didn’t reveal the names or even gender of her imagined participants but now it sounded like she and Tsuyu were on similar wavelengths.

The real question was, how did she feel about it? Tsuyu was her girlfriend now and this was something she clearly felt guilty about desiring, especially if she believed it put her in the same league as the purple pest. Really though, it was hardly something she could condemn the girl over; Ochako had her very intimate thing with Momo and had gone quite far with Kyoka too. Hell, Mina actually offered to kiss her when they had their conversation about Ochako’s uncertain sexuality.

Was this something she should shut down now as just a fantasy or would she really be okay with sharing her girlfriend with potentially five other people?

“I… don’t know,” Ochako began, “If I’d be comfortable uh… dating all of our friends like that.” She admitted, causing Tsuyu to look down ashamed. “But… if it would make you happy and we um… all agreed to it… I don’t see why you can’t ask them for you.”

Tsuyu blinked in confusion at her girlfriend, disbelief written across her face.

“I mean… I’d probably just be with um, you and Momo… maybe Izuku if he accepts our confessions.” Ochako smiled weakly. “But if you wanted to date all of us... I mean, you can’t like just forget about me.”

“O-Of course not!” Tsuyu shook her head, holding her breath for what she believed she was hearing. She paused for a moment, articulating her next words carefully in her head. “I don’t think they’d um… say ‘yes’ to something like that. But thank you… I… it’s nice to know you don’t hate me for it.”

“No way.” Ochako jostled her girlfriend in their embrace, “I just got you; it’s gonna take a lot more than that to scare me away.”

“I’m glad, ribbit,” Tsuyu allowed a small smile on her face, tucking her head under Ochako’s and snuggling into her. “It’s something I was… terrified to tell you about.”

“Same,” Ochako nodded, sympathising with her, “This thing with me and Momo isn’t exactly normal either.”

“Yeah.” Tsuyu agreed.

The two lay there in silence once more, each thinking about what exactly would happen moving forward.

“Can I be there?” Tsuyu asked. “When you and Momo um… confirm everything, ribbit?”

“Oh uh…” Ochako nervously thought for a moment, wondering if it was too presumptuous of her to bring Tsuyu along to Momo’s room when she sought her out tomorrow. Though, since the heiress and Tsuyu were ‘not-girlfriends’, that did change things slightly. “I-If you want to, I guess we can all at least talk together.”

“Momo told me in polyamory, communication is the most important part.” Tsuyu explained. “Make sure no one gets hurt unnecessarily and everyone’s on the same page, ribbit. I’ve done some research since then too and others agree.”

“That makes sense.” Ochako nodded. “I mean, we’ve both talked to each other regarding… Izuku.”

“I think he’s gonna have a heart attack when we ask him out.” Tsuyu chuckled softly. “He gets nervous enough just talking to you sometimes.”

“He’s sweet.” Ochako smiled, “But yeah, it’s probably something no boy would realistically expect.”

“We should do it in his room, so he can pass out on his bed.”

“Makes sense.”

“Ribbit, then, if he doesn’t, we all get naked.”

“Tsu!” Ochako blushed, swatting the top of her girlfriend’s head lightly. “I think Mina was right, we need to make a horny jail for you.”

“You’d both probably end up in there with me anyway.” Tsuyu smirked, running her hand down Ochako’s side, causing the girl to shiver both from the touch and the reduced heat in the room.

“Bad frog.” Ochako scolded in a playful tone.


Ochako and Tsuyu both spent the remainder of the evening and night in each other’s arms. While they’d both been worried by the prospect of revealing their lewd proceedings with the other girls to hamper their newfound relationship, it seemed they’d made it out alright for now. Both were somewhat apprehensive about approaching Momo tomorrow but for now their dreams provided a satisfying escape from the real world’s worries.

The next morning, the silence of the girl’s dorm was broken by a cautious and hesitant looking Momo poking her head out of Kyoka’s room, observing both the girl’s landing and each of the boy’s landings opposite for any sign of other early risers. Dressed once more in her fancy outfit she’d wowed the punk rocker with the night before, even if it hung a little more sloppily along her form than it had then, she quickly exited the room. A soft voice called her back for a moment before the door closed as a naked Kyoka covered herself with the thick wood, allowing only her head to peak around and request a parting kiss from the heiress.

With her punk rock girlfriend quickly sated, leaving both girls with giddy smiles and blushes, Momo stole away back to her own dorm room to prepare for both the day and the week ahead. Redressing in her more casual clothes with a quick wash in the bathroom allowed her to feel fresh and ready for whatever came her way.

Not one to neglect her studies, the first task she completed was that of the somewhat lighter homework they’d been assigned. With Aizawa gone thanks to the raid, they’d escaped with an easier load for the weekend which she’d diligently completed the last of by nearly two in the afternoon, delaying herself the gratification of lunch until she’d completed the last stroke of her pen.

With a sigh, she allowed herself a small, satisfied cheer as the remainder of the day now opened up to her. Stretching out and rising to her feet she quickly pilfered her phone from its position on her bed, well away from her reach to prevent any distractions, as she checked the messages she’d heard go off.

One appeared to be from Ochako’s parents, yet another thank you note and assurances they’d not let her down. Momo smiled fondly at the tone she picked up from their words; their daughter definitely took after them. Despite their oaths, she honestly didn’t care if they succeeded or failed. If they did well, it bode well for Ochako’s financial prospects moving forward and she had no real use for the meagre amount it would probably drop into her family’s coffers; if they failed, she’d gladly take the heat and present evidence the Urarakas did everything they could to succeed and it was her bad decisions that didn’t return their investment. That should keep Ochako’s family out of her father’s warpath.

It did lead her mind to the other side of the deal though; chiefly Ochako’s agreement to be her pet. If she was completely honest with herself, she was excited at the prospect of having such a chance to be incredibly intimate with someone like this. If she had any inclination the girl was unhappy or being hurt by their agreement she’d release her from her side immediately. However, this aspect of the BDSM practises had stirred something in her when she’d first discovered them thanks to Mina’s gracious laptop lending. She definitely wanted to try it and it wasn’t something she could ask of her three new girlfriends just yet… but since Ochako had offered anything.

Admittedly, she did feel guilty for enjoying the fantasies her mind had conjured up for her since the girl had agreed. Ochako had been struggling with her own sexuality and the possibility of returning Tsuyu’s romantic feelings for her. Momo certainly wouldn’t stand in the way of their relationship but that would at least require a talk with Ochako beforehand. Until then, she’d enjoy her mind’s musings until Ochako sought her out: she definitely wasn’t going to push this on Ochako the first moment she could as though she were somehow owed for doing the right thing.

While contemplating whether or not she should enjoy either a cheeky self-pleasure session or see if Mina wanted to come and ‘study’, there was a firm knock on her door, freeing her from the naughty thoughts luring her towards her bed.

Restoring her friendly, social face that certainly wasn’t just thinking lewd things, Momo strode over to her door and opened it to greet her visitor. Seeing Ochako stood at her threshold wasn’t too surprising given both of their awareness of the completed move of the Urarakas, but spotting Tsuyu standing alongside the girl, their hands entwined together, was.

“Good afternoon Ochako, Tsu. May I help you with something?”

“Y-Yeah it’s um… about that.” Ochako raised her brows to help emphasize her implication. “Can we come in and talk?”

“Of course.” Momo stepped aside, allowing the pair entrance. While their tone spoke of a serious, impending conversation, the heiress couldn’t remit herself a small squeal of delight at their hopeful new status as girlfriends. Turning to address the two, she spotted them leaning against the wooden board at the foot of Momo’s bed, hands still clasped together. “Am I to offer congratulations?” She gestured with a bright smile to their tangled digits.

Ochako admittedly looked a little confused at first before Tsuyu raised their hands up to eye level, cluing the girl in on what Momo was referring to.

“Indeed, ribbit. Ochako’s now my girlfriend.” She smiled happily.

“Oh I’m so happy for you two!” Momo cheered, quickly moving close to wrap them both in a hug. “Though I believe it is rude to do so, I would like to ask for all the adorable details if possible.”

Tsuyu chuckled lightly while Ochako broke out in a small blush.

“Maybe later, ribbit.” Tsuyu said before turning to her gravity girlfriend. “First though… I think we all need to talk about something that you and Ochako agreed to.”

“Ah, you’re aware.” Momo nodded, “Good, I wouldn’t want something like this to come between the two of you after all.”

“About that.” Ochako rubbed her neck nervously, “Can we sit down? I think we may need to talk for a while.”

“Oh, my apologies. Please, have a seat.” Momo gestured to her bed, allowing the pair to pick their positions before taking the opposite side to them. Despite her confident appearance, Momo was growing increasingly nervous about this discussion; while she’d be disappointed if Ochako did back out, she’d certainly let her, but it was Tsuyu’s inclusion that was causing her to sweat. The frog girl’s opinion mattered greatly to Momo and hopefully this wouldn’t cause any strain between them for this most intimate matter.

“Okay so,” Ochako began, trying to sound confident. “I’ve told Tsu about er… everything.”

“As I hoped you would.” Momo smiled. “I would once again like to offer you the chance to back out of this agreement between us, as I said before; there’s no need to repay me for doing the right thing.”

“I know.” Ochako nodded but her eyes spoke clearly of her determination. “This is something we’ve talked about, me and Tsu, and providing Tsu understands all the um… rules and stuff and that this is all consensual, I’d still like to go through with it.”

“Tsu?” Momo nervously turned to the frog girl. “Your thoughts? I presume Ochako had filled you in on the… intimate nature of her offer.”

“Ribbit.” The girl nodded. “Just like I told her about how you, Mina and I are technically ‘not together’.”

“A-Ah… yes… about that… I’m afraid I will have to um talk to you about that after we’ve spoken about this topic.” Momo rubbed her arm nervously.

“Ribbit?” Tsuyu croaked curiously while Ochako tilted her head.

“I-It can wait though, this topic of discussion should be done first as its outcome will likely affect the latter.” Momo waved away. Ochako felt Tsuyu’s hand tighten around hers noticeably. It didn’t seem like much but if she understood her froggy girlfriend enough, she was now nervous about possibly losing her own connection to Momo if her implication meant something negative.

“Okay then let’s do this quickly and simply then.” Ochako declared, “I’m still happy to do this and Tsu is okay with it too so long as she can also maintain her relationship with you and Mina and we’re both still free to date I-Izuku if um… if the opportunity arises.”

Momo looked toward the green haired girl.

“I want to know the rules around it.” Tsuyu said simply. “It’s not like what you, me and Mina have so what exactly is different? I want to hear it from you.”

“Oh um… okay.” Momo licked her lips nervously. “If I recall correctly, we agreed that Ochako could add stipulations at her leisure as we are both entering into this a little blind. The initial rules we set up were: that she could still date people, which she has clearly exercised to confirm a relationship with you.” Momo smiled, again happy for the pair, “That we wouldn’t do anything that would harm each other, nor anything public for discretion’s sake and um… that… Ochako would be able to design her own c-collar.”

“Ribbit?!” Tsuyu gasped, she was not aware that Ochako would be wearing a collar.

“Y-Yes,” Ochako blushed, “A-And only Momo would be able to um… take it off.”

“I would create an emergency release in case it was necessary for any reason.” Momo helpfully added, “It wouldn’t do good to have it cause problems during training or if there was an injury for example, though I would expect you to come to me for a replacement at your earliest convenience.”

“I…” Tsuyu took a deep breath, ashamed at how the image had immediately flared her libido. She’d never considered actually collaring anyone but she knew full well what it meant in the BDSM sense. Her mind thrust hastily prepared images of Ochako, Momo and all her other friends, including Izuku, all wearing individualized collars indicating that they were dedicated to her and she felt her loins clench longingly.

“Tsu?” Ochako asked nervously, not recognising the somewhat anxious look on the girl’s face.

“C-Can I um…” Tsuyu cautiously licked her lips, wondering if she was about to overstep her bounds. “C-Can I help p-put it on?”

“Oh?” Momo blinked. “That wasn’t an objection to the um… act?”

“N-No.” Tsuyu gulped. “I er… would uh…” She turned her gaze to her girlfriend whose eyebrows were furrowed with a question on her lips. “I r-really want to see you in a collar now O-Ochako.”

Ochako’s eyebrows quickly rose to try and meet her hairline. Was… Tsu turned on by this?

“Would you Tsu?” She asked, a small tease slipping into her voice as she leant closer towards the girl; her mind recalling their previous discussion about Tsuyu’s fantasy. “Would you like to see me in a collar that badly? How about Momo? Should it say ‘property of Tsuyu Asui’ on it or ‘Froppy’?”

Momo caught up with what Ochako was implying and grinned as she watched the frog girl’s barriers crumble before her new girlfriend. Tsuyu gulped loudly once more, nodding her head quickly.

“Maybe for your birthday.” Ochako cupped the girl’s cheek and pulled her in for a kiss. The heiress couldn’t help but let out a giggle as the most stoic member of their friend group clenched her sheets with her free hand. Uraraka needed to be careful else she’d have to do yet another fresh wash of bedding.

“I believe you’ve riled up our mutual partner enough Ochako.” Momo called out as Ochako pulled back from the kiss. The heiress addressed the dazed frog girl once more. “I believe that covers everything bar delving into um… acts, orders and other details that I would like to explore with Ochako. Is this acceptable to you?”

“I um…” Tsuyu blushed. “C-Could I maybe uh… j-join you two sometimes?”

The gravity girl admired the frankly bold request of her girlfriend. She’d already done something supremely intimate with Tsuyu and done practically the same with Momo, bar going all the way; was a potential three-way something she was happy to experiment with already? Her mind reeled back to the suppression of her desires for all these years, as well as the fresh wound that was Sir Nighteye’s death, and her admittedly selfish desire not to hold back anymore. Screw it, if it made her girlfriend happy and didn’t make her uncomfortable she’d give it a try.

Momo and Ochako both looked to the other to discern permission.

“Well… if my Mistress ordered me to then I couldn’t refuse.” Ochako replied, sending a shiver of pleasure down Momo’s spine at the words.

“Actually,” Momo said quickly, hoping to stop any further development before their hormones carried them all away. “That does bring us to my portion of our discussion.”

Tsuyu felt her heartbeat settle as she realised Momo had at least gotten what she needed to broach whatever topic she had. Was she about to brake things off with her? Mina too?

“So… if you remember Ochako, I also requested your assistance in helping me secure an opportunity to ask um… Kyoka out.”

Ochako nodded as Tsuyu watched the heiress carefully.

“Well, that will no longer be required.” Momo smiled bashfully. “Kyoka now knows my feelings and we are currently in a relationship.”

“What, really?!” Ochako gasped, happy that Momo and Kyoka had actually managed to confess to each other somehow.

“Indeed.” Momo smile extended up to her eyes.

“Wow, I’m so happy for you.” Ochako grinned. “I think you owe us details too now.”

“Y-Yes, about that.” Momo’s nerves returned looking towards Tsuyu who now wore a somewhat indifferent face. She’d been friends with the girl long enough now to know the girl was carefully schooling her emotions. “Well, when I informed her of my present uh… non-relationships with Mina and Tsu, she got angry.”

“Angry?” Tsuyu raised an eyebrow.

“Yes, though it is my own fault.” Momo admitted, “She believes that I was cowering behind the label of ‘non-relationship’ to hide my… lack of belief that I would escape my betrothal. I am ashamed to say that she was correct.”

“What? What do you mean?” Ochako asked, frowning at the heiress.

“While I was comforted by your words during our initial sleepover, I did not believe them wholeheartedly,” Momo said despondently, “I did not wish for you to end up crushed beneath my family’s significant weight for attempting such a rescue and sought to deceive you until it was too late.”

“Momo… no.” Ochako shook her head. “You know we’d fight tooth and nail for you. We’re your friends, best friends!”

“Indeed, Kyoka reminded me of this when we talked.” Momo continued, “Told me to stop hiding behind petty, false labels and make my own decisions as though I would once I am free of my parent’s influence. To that end… I am now in a proper relationship with Kyoka as opposed to one that I could excuse.”

“Oh…” Tsuyu said softly, looking somewhat dejected even through her typical demeanour.

“Yes, Tsu, my Darling.” Momo reached out her hands to take Tsuyu’s remaining free hand in both of hers. “I’m afraid to that degree, I must apologize and end our non-relationship as it does you a great disservice.”

“I understand, ribbit…” Tsuyu croaked, her voice bearing the hallmarks of holding back tears.

“Not quite yet my Darling.” Momo smiled, hopefully in a reassuring manner, “See, one of my conditions with Kyoka was that I was allowed to continue seeing others in a romantic manner. While she was hesitant to accept at first, she helpfully gathered Mina, Tooru and I together a day later to discuss the topic further and… we all agreed… to enter into a genuine polyamorous relationship together.”

Tsuyu’s mouth dropped open, her encroaching tears forgotten as her mind reeled from Momo’s revelation. The heiress was now in a full polyamorous relationship with every other girl, besides her and Ochako, in their class. But she was still calling her ‘Darling’, and holding her hand so softly… did she… dare she believe that…

“While I am greatly appreciative of having three amazing girlfriends.” Momo smiled, “I would be remiss if I were not to extend the offer to yourself and Ochako considering our current… um… intimate dealings with one another.”

“Oh… wow, that’s…” Ochako blinked, a little thrown at both the admission of her new status and the offer. She looked over at Tsuyu who hadn’t moved… or taken a breath in a few moments. “Er… Tsu? You okay?”

When the girl didn’t respond, Ochako quickly gave her a pinch on her arm. While it didn’t draw an expression of pain from her girlfriend, it did grab her attention; the frog girl looked at her with teary but hopeful eyes.

“O-Ochako I…” She began but didn’t know exactly how to finish that sentence. Tsuyu could barely believe what she was hearing. If Ochako hadn’t pinched her she would’ve slapped herself with her own tongue to make sure she wasn’t still currently slumbering away in dreamland.

“Did Tsu tell you about her um… daydream?” Ochako asked Momo carefully.

“No?” Momo quirked her head, “Is that relevant?”

“So… you know that fantasy you told us about, one where you were with five other people? Tsu’s kind of got the same thing… just with all us girls and Izuku.”

“O-Oh?” Momo’s eyes widened, turning back to the frog girl who looked very torn right now. “Was this why you felt so bad about desiring multiple partners before I informed you about polyamory?”

Tsuyu nodded slowly in response, still not sure exactly what she should do.

“Tsu?” Ochako drew her girlfriend’s attention, “Tsu, it’s okay.” She smiled at the girl. “If you um… promise not to, y’know, forget about me like we said and everything, do you want to give this a try?”

Tsuyu really, really wanted to accept Momo’s tantalizing offer. It sounded like everything she’d dreamed of over the past few months. But Ochako came first. She’d made a choice and a commitment to the girl and this wasn’t a possible option when they discussed things last night. If Ochako wasn’t comfortable with this, then it was a no brainer; she’d reject it immediately.

“I…  I’m sorry Ochako. If you’re not comfortable we can-”

“Fourth stipulation for being your pet.” Ochako turned to Momo, cutting Tsu off. Momo blinked at the suddenness of the girl’s attention change but nodded regardless. “You don’t make me do anything with the other girls I’m not comfortable with.”

“Uh… yes?” Momo nodded carefully.

Ochako turned back to Tsu and looked the girl in her beautiful black, monochrome eyes.

“Tsu… let’s try it… I know it’s what you want.” Ochako smiled honestly. Sure, she was nervous as hell about possibly entering into a six-way relationship; there was a lot that could go wrong especially as she and Tsuyu had only just started going out after all. She’d already made her peace with possibly dating more than one person however, having factored in Izuku to her relationship with Tsu since before she’d accepted the girl’s request for a date or learned about polyamory herself.

“O-Ochako…” Tsuyu began tearing up.

“We can always just try for a little bit.” Ochako smiled, “If it doesn’t work out, at least you gave it a shot, right?”

Tsuyu launched herself into Ochako’s, hugging the girl tightly as though it was the last thing she’d ever do. “Th-Thank you Ochako! You’re the best.”

“I know, I’m like the best g-girlfriend ever.” Ochako nervously stroked Tsuyu’s back as she felt the girl burrow into her chest. “Uh, Yaomomo, is it okay if I like… don’t commit to anything yet? I uh… I’m still kinda working things out with Tsu and myself.”

“No, of course Ochako.” Momo nodded. “I apologise but I thought I’d offer. While you would be part of our relationship there is no reason you have to um… become intimate or even date any of our friends you would not want to. I believe you would be something of a ‘hinge’ connected to Tsu so to speak.”

Ochako smiled gratefully. It wasn’t that she was fully opposed to the idea at this point but she’d rather not commit to anything she was unsure about. For now, she’d stick to being Tsuyu’s girlfriend and Momo’s… pet, anything else would require a more in-depth think through at a later time.

The gravity girl felt a tugging as Tsuyu pulled her down into a hurried, firm kiss, pressing her forehead against Ochako’s own.

“Thank you Ochako… thank you so much. I don’t deserve you.”

“Yes you do, and I deserve you too.” Ochako reassured her hopelessly greedy girlfriend. “You are making it up to me by buying me like, all the mochi at some point though.”

“Whatever you want.” Tsuyu agreed, prepared to even become Ochako’s own pet if she allowed her this stupid, selfish chance at a fantasy she never thought possible.

“While I would like to assure you that everything is now squared away, I believe I need to inform the others of our developments as I said I would.” Momo admitted. “Do you mind if I invite them here to confirm everything together? I know it may be a little overwhelming after all.”

“Uh yeah, sure.” Ochako nodded, “I guess I’ll tell them my bit too.” Ochako rubbed at the spot around her neck the collar would likely occupy.

“We can keep the specifics between us if you are afraid of their reactions.” Momo offered, a little unsure herself as to how the others would take it.

“No, let’s do it now.” Ochako shrugged. “Communication is a cornerstone of a good relationship after all.” She snuggled Tsuyu a little tighter.

“Very well, I’ll request them now.” Momo nodded, pulling out her phone and rattling off a message in their dedicated girlfriend chat.

Creati: If everyone is free, could you please come to my room as soon as you can.

Deepest Dope: Sure.

Alien Queen: One second, eating

Invisi-badass: Two seconds, being eaten ;)

Deepest Dope: Urgh, really guys? -_-

Alien Queen: I’m eating food, I swear! Tooru don’t be weird

Invisi-badass: Sorry, couldn’t help myself :D

Invisi-badass: Are we in trouble Yaomomo?

Creati: Not at all, I just require everyone’s presence for a chat about some developments.

“They’ll all be here shortly.” Momo smiled, putting her phone down and rising for the door.

“A-are you really sure?” Tsuyu asked Ochako again, wanting to make absolutely certain that this was something she was allowed to want.

“I’ll have Izuku to keep me company while you’re on dates with everyone else.” Ochako winked, admittedly faking the touch of confidence she put into that line; she didn’t know if Izuku would for sure go out with them now that both she and Tsuyu were also romantically attached to four other girls.

“I… I…” Tsuyu didn’t know what to say. Would an ‘I love you’ be appropriate here? It seemed fitting for everything the girl was doing for her.

Such declarations would have to wait however as the first knock at Momo’s door arrived. The heiress quickly opened it to reveal Kyoka on the other side.

“Hey Gorgeous.” Kyoka grinned, moving inside to plant a kiss on Momo’s cheek as she did. “What’s the deal?”

Ochako waved as Kyoka noticed the girl on Momo’s bed, cuddled up to what could only be Tsu.

“Ah, that discussion eh?” She surmised instantly, moving toward the bed and quickly moving to take her usual spot at the top by Momo’s pillows. “Hey guys, you two all hunky dory now?”

Tsuyu offered her response as a ‘ribbit’ while her girlfriend gave a small, blushing red nod.

“‘Bout time.” She grinned at the pair.

“I could say the same about you and Yaomomo.” Tsuyu responded, now sitting up but still holding Ochako’s hand in one of her own.

“She’s the one that made it all difficult and complicated.” Kyoka huffed, pointedly ignoring any of her own issues in asking the heiress out. “I’m guessing you’re mostly clued up on the four of us?” The two girls nodded. “Good, less explanations for me.”

“I tried to explain, the words just didn’t want to flow the way I wanted them to.” Momo blushed, still somewhat embarrassed at her failure to clearly communicate her desires to Kyoka that night.

The group were interrupted by another pair of knocks. Momo quickly opening the door once more to allow Mina and Tooru entry into her domain.

“Hey! Improv-slumber party!” Mina cheered when she spied the only two class 1-A girls that were not part of their relationship yet. “I was gonna wait till Friday but now’s good too.”

“Don’t you have homework?” Tooru challenged.

“Nope! Done all of it so far and I’m not gonna let next week’s get in the way either.” Mina declared. “Next sleepover is definitely Friday for sure.”

“I dunno Mina.” Tsuyu put a finger to her chin. “I think Ochako and I need to do catch-up classes because of our work study.”

“Yeah, no.” Mina just laughed. “Sleepover is happening this Friday even if I have to do your homework for you. I need to cheer my girls up after everything.”

Ochako and Tsuyu’s faces fell a little, the reminder of their brief stint of true hero work and the consequences of it hanging over them like a black cloud. Still, it was nice Mina was thinking about them even after everything they’d been through.

“None of that.” Mina glared, spying their diminishing expressions, “This Friday, we party!”

“I’m sure we will all try our hardest to ensure such an event can take place.” Momo agreed, pressing lightly on Tooru and Mina’s backs to usher them towards the bed. “However, that is not the reason I have called you here.”

“Boo.” Mina pouted but allowed herself to be shepherded forward. Her attitude flipped one eighty when she approached the bedspread and spotted Tsu and Ochako’s interlocked hands. “No way! Did you guys finally do the thing?!”

Ochako blushed a deep red while only a light pink dusting coloured Tsuyu’s cheeks as she held up their interlocked hands and gave a small kiss to Ochako’s fingers.

“Ahhh! Yes! Oh my god, so cute!” Mina squealed, quickly followed by Tooru.

“When, where, how?! Come on girls, spill!”

“Should I get Miss Midnight to knock them out or something?” Kyoka asked rhetorically.

“Like you’re not interested at all miss secret romantic.” Mina playfully jabbed, causing Kyoka to look away with her own blush.

“Calm down Princess.” Momo put a hand on Mina’s shoulder, hoping to stress the importance of the impending conversation. “That’s partially why we’re here. If you two would like to begin.”

“Oh uh… right.” Ochako nodded, sitting up a bit straighter as she realised all eyes were currently directed towards her. “So um… yeah, there was some really kinda big stuff going on for me recently and um… some of you know it but long story short, me and Tsu are together now.” She raised their hands together and kissed Tsuyu’s fingers this time. “I’ve been afraid of a few things for a while but I can finally um… come out I guess. I’m bisexual.”

“Kinda got that from the whole dating Tsu thing.” Kyoka chuckled, recalling her own time with the brunette. “Good for you though girl.”

“T-Thanks.” Ochako blushed.

“Ribbit, Momo also told us of the development between the four of you.” Tsuyu said, hoping that it was enough to clearly indicate what was coming next.

“Oh, yeah, we’re all in like a big lez pile now.” Tooru giggled. “And loving it!”

“I hate that she’s technically not wrong.” Kyoka glared at the clothes that indicated her floating girlfriend’s position, earning a follow-up giggle in response.

“Semantics aside, I would like to inform you all that I have apologised to Tsu for my… breach of trust regarding my position to escape my parents as well as offering the make my relationship with her a fully committed one if she would like. I also have extended the offer to Ochako but we will discuss that in a moment.”

“Hey! You’re actually getting your froggy harem.” Tooru cheered, remembering the pinky promise she and Tsuyu had made together. Even though the greenette wasn’t the one to convince Mina to join them all together, she knew Tsuyu would be happy for the offer regardless.

“Froggy harem?” Kyoka raised an eyebrow.

“Tsu told me she was gonna capture me in her harem to make up for Ojiro being a buttface and rejecting all this.” Tooru’s clothes rippled as she rubbed her top sensually. “Then she’d grab everyone else and Midoriya. Ooo! Is Midoriya joining us too? Are we all going to live in that big house together?!”

“Er… not um… we haven’t asked him out yet, ribbit.” Tsuyu admitted, rubbing the back of her head nervously.

“Poor Green’s gonna have a heart attack when you do.” Kyoka laughed. “Five girlfriends all for him.”

“Uh, don’t you mean six?” Mina quirked her eyebrow.

“Les-bi-an.” Kyoka clapped with each syllable, reminding the pink girl of her own preferences.

“I dunno,” Mina smirked, “I seem to recall something about someone holding you down while he took you in a manly fashion.”

“Piss off.” Jiro glared at Mina. “Or I’ll get him to knock you up.”

“Girls, please.” Momo interjected, “As erotic as those hypotheticals are, please focus on the here and now.”

Kyoka blushed at the admission Momo found those things exciting.

“All right, sorry Gorgeous.” Mina blew a kiss at Momo before returning her attention to Tsu and Ochako. “So you’re joining us right?” She recalled Tsuyu’s own admittance of her fantasy after their own tryst.

“I… would very much like to, yes.” Tsuyu cautiously nodded.

“I’m sorta… on the fence I guess?” Ochako admitted, rubbing the back of her head. “I like you all as friends but… I’ve kinda only just, y’know… realised who and what I like.”

“Phooey, we can go on plenty of dates ‘til you fall as hard for me as you did for Tsu.” Mina shrugged off, pulling out and tapping away at her phone. “I’m adding you anyway.”

“Adding me?” Ochako asked before she felt her gifted phone ping in her pocket. Tsuyu pulled out her own device before biting her lip nervously as she examined the latest update. She held the screen out so Ochako could read instead of reaching for her own. It stated that both Ochako and Tsu had been added to the messaging group known as ‘Girlfriends <3’.

“We’ve been using it since we became a ‘polymeramouse’ unit.” Mina grinned, earning a swat to her head by Momo.

“That one was on purpose.” She glowered exasperatingly at her acid wielding girlfriend.

“Could’a been.” Mina chortled cheekily. “I hope you realise truth or dare next sleepover is going to be super sexy.”

“Ribbit?!” Tsuyu gulped, her mind running through a number of sexy, outrageous ideas.

“I’m not sure if Tsu’s in or you’ve finally broken her.” Tooru giggled at the frog girl’s unusually expressive face.

“I might actually pick dare this time.” Tsuyu admitted.

“Good, Mama’s got an itch that needs scratching.” Mina winked at the greenette.

“M-Mina!” Ochako blushed, covering her face with both hands.

“Sorry ‘Chako.” Mina smiled, apologizing for a joke even she wasn’t one hundred percent was a joke, “Is that something you’re not comfortable with? I mean, you guys did just start going out.”

“N-No I just… I’m still new to er… all this.” Ochako admitted. “I know what it means to um… be in a relationship with you all through Tsu. Just um… please take it slow with me? I’m still not sure if this sorta thing will be for me, but I don’t want to deny Tsu something that will make her happy.”

“Thoughtful,” Kyoka nodded diplomatically, “But she was your girlfriend first; she’s gonna have to be the one to keep you happy ‘til you lock down Green bean.”

“W-Well… about that.” Ochako nervously gripped her hands together. “S-So… um… I’m actually also in a um… thing with Momo too.”

“A non-relationship?” Kyoka asked.

“Not… exactly.” Ochako sweatdropped. “See um… as a bit of background…”

Ochako proceeded to explain her family situation once more. Going in-depth as to how her parents were trapped into their marriage by her own homophobic town and grandmother, and her recent plea to Momo to help free her family so she could focus her efforts on being a hero.

“… and then, just before the um… raid, my parents called me and told me they’d escaped thanks to Yaomomo’s help.”

“So they’re all safe now?” Tooru asked, hoping this was the end of the Uraraka’s plight.

“Yeah… and both my father and I can um… be free to be ourselves with whomever we want.”

“Pretty sure your grandma will be the one having the heart attack when she finds out you’re fucking five girls at once.” Kyoka chuckled. Ochako’s whole face turned as pink as her cheeks at the implication that could very well happen in the future.

“Wonder how fast I could melt a whole town.” Mina pondered offhandedly, a dark look on her face.

“I don’t believe violence will be necessary.” Momo lightly chastised the pinkette. “However, I believe there is one more piece to our story.”

“Oh yeah, why do you have a thing with Momo then?” Tooru asked, confused as to how it links together.

“W-well uh…” Ochako nibbled her lip, hoping their reaction wouldn’t be one of disgust or hate for either her or Momo. “I can’t repay Yaomomo right now but… I wanted to do something to show my appreciation. When I pressed her we um… came to the idea that I would become Yaomomo’s uh… p-pet.”

“Pet?” Tooru tilted her whole body as her head tilt wouldn’t be seen otherwise.

“Ha, looks like you did get to adopt an Ochako.” Mina chuckled, reminded of her tease back during their last sleepover.

“Indeed. I will feed her, pet her, and ensure she has a green haired playmate or two,” Momo repeated from her own recollection of the sleepover. “While she um… obeys my every command.”

“Wait, roll that back.” Kyoka sits up, reading very clearly between the lines. “You can’t be implying…”

“She is.” Tsuyu nodded, “We already talked it over together.”

“If um… Yaomomo wants to then… yeah… I’ve agreed to do even those things.” Ochako blushed. “And I’ll um… be wearing a c-collar until I can repay her.”

“You can’t be fucking serious.” Kyoka growled.

“It was my decision Kyoka.” Ochako stood her ground. “I told her I’d repay her in any way and practically made her accept this, she’s not forcing me to do anything.”

“Ochako is correct.” Momo admitted. “While I do benefit from this situation in the way we have implied, it is all consensual and the minute Ochako is no longer comfortable she would be released from any obligation she has to me.”

Kyoka shifted uncomfortably in her spot.

“So… what’s exactly wrong here?” Tooru asked, still a little confused.

“Kyoka thinks Momo’s taking advantage of Ochako to get sex favours from her even though it’s all consensual and safe. It’s a BDSM thing.” Mina explained as though it were obvious.

“Oooh.” Tooru nodded, not quite understanding but making a mental note to look it up later herself.

“And you’re cool with it?” Kyoka asked Mina.

“Hey, if they both agree, why not?” She shrugged. “Do you really think Yaomomo would do something so bad to our cute little Ochako? After all, didn’t you admit to wanting to be held down and fucked? What’s so different if you all agree beforehand?”

“Well… I guess if you put it like that.” Kyoka reluctantly began to come around. “You’re one hundred percent okay with this? All three of you?” She looked between Momo, Ochako and Tsuyu.

“While it is a desire of mine, I will admit she had to talk me around to the idea too.” Momo informed her punk girlfriend.

“She wants something I can give her so I’m not backing down.” Ochako declared.

“I was concerned at first too.” Tsuyu admitted. “But after talking with them both about it, if they’re both happy then…”

“Urgh, fine, whatever.” Kyoka relented, “But me and you are chatting later.” She looked at Momo.

“I hope I can clarify whatever concerns remain.” Momo agreed.

“So like, is this really it?” Tooru asked carefully. “We’re all like, together together now?”

“Not all in one big lez pile,” Mina poked her invisible girlfriend in the belly. “But yeah, I think in some way, we’re all dating each other.”

“Not sure if this is a nightmare or Mineta’s wet dream.” Kyoka scoffed.

“Oh shush, this is a dream come true for Yaomomo and Tsu.” Mina cheered. “All the lovely ladies they could ever want, why aren’t you celebrating more?”

“‘Cause it’s gonna be a lot of work.” Kyoka said. “Having one partner is hard enough but now I’ve gotta take care of all five of you.”

“Idiot.” Mina swiped at her foot. “We’re all taking care of each other; it’s not down to just one of us to make everyone happy.”

“Yeah! Like when you and me had that awesome ass nap together!” Tooru recalled. “It was amazing and all we did was sleep and cuddle.”

“Well, yeah, I guess.” Kyoka relented.

“Stop borrowing trouble from the future bitch.” Mina grinned, crawling towards her lesbian girlfriend. “Just enjoy having four, maybe five girls you can make out with without us tearing each other limb from limb.” Mina pounced, landing awkwardly on top of Kyoka and pulling her into a messy kiss. The other four chuckled at the reluctant acceptance Kyoka was gradually showing.

“I’m… not going to lie… I don’t think I can express how happy I am right now.” Tsuyu smiled, though the others were a touch concerned as her eyes sparkled with tears. “I thought I was just a gross, perverted freak for growing feelings for all of you at once. T-Thank you for being so accepting.”

“Awww Tsu!” Tooru crawled forwards and wrapped the girl in a hug before planting a kiss on the side of her face. “This is my Tsu, I’ve only had her for a few minutes but if anything were to happen to her I would kill everyone in this room and then myself.”

“Yeah, that meme kinda fits Kyoka more than you, Tooru.” Mina chuckled, “Nice try though.”

“I believe that covers everything that is necessary for us to um… discuss as a group.” Momo cleared the air.

“You kicking us out already Yaomomo?” Mina pouted, “But me and Kyoka were just getting into things.” She finished with a suggestive intonation.

“No we weren’t,” Kyoka glared at her pink haired girlfriend, raising her jacks. “I will shove these somewhere you don’t want.”

Mina couldn’t help herself and quickly lunged for one of the jacks, capturing it her mouth and restricting it with her teeth. Everyone fell silent as Mina stimulated a moan from Kyoka as she rolled her tongue around the jack’s tip.

“That’s it, fuck it.” Kyoka rolled off Momo’s bed and out from under Mina who refused to let her prize go, the jack’s line extending to compensate. Her eyes widened as Kyoka turned to reach for her, quickly ducking under her arms to rest Mina’s chest on her shoulder before pulling the entire girl back and off the bed. The others were a little startled at the strength the earphone jack girl was displaying as she now shifted the pink haired girl into a fireman’s carry before heading towards Momo’s door.

“Wait, Kyoka, where are you going?” Tooru called out, a little worried for her pink girlfriend.

“Mina decided to fuck around, now she’s going to find out why that was a bad idea.” Kyoka called back, reaching for Momo’s door. “Don’t expect her to be walking straight when you see her next.”

Ochako and Momo blushed as they realised exactly what Kyoka was proposing. Mina herself now bore a sly grin before sucking on the jack once more, causing Kyoka to stumble out the door.

“Urgh, bitch.” Kyoka reached up and slapped Mina’s rear, getting a squeak from the girl in response. “The more you push me, the worse it’s gonna get for you.”

“Don’t break her too hard.” Tooru called out as the door began closing behind them. Mina was probably going to enjoy every ounce of whatever Kyoka had planned. She was just glad Kyoka had soundproofed her room as the squeaking bed would probably be heard all the way over on the boy’s side otherwise.

“Is she gonna be okay?” Tsuyu asked, a little concerned.

“Kyoka isn’t a huge fan of teasing.” Tooru chuckled, recalling their time together in the baths “Rile her up and she’ll make you put your money where your mouth is.”

“Noted, ribbit.” Tsuyu smiled, a little eager to try that out.

“Um, Ochako, if you don’t mind, could you fetch your computer so that we may begin um… designing your new neckwear?” Momo asked.

“Y-Yeah, sure.” Ochako nodded, releasing Tsuyu’s hand but not before giving the girl one last kiss before disappearing out the door.

“Can I help? I think it’d be super cute with like a bell like a cat. Maybe some pink rhinestones that sparkle.” Tooru offered.

“Uh, Tooru, do you know that it’s a very different kind of collar, right?” Tsuyu queried, raising an eyebrow at her bubbly new girlfriend. That sent a happy tingle running down her spine.

“Is it not still like a normal pet one?” Tooru wondered aloud.

“Oh… I think you should um… sit over here with me. I’ll show you a few things.” Tsuyu offered, preparing to enlighten the girl with the world of BDSM and collaring on her phone’s internet.

Ochako quickly returned with her laptop and sat on the bed with Momo at the head, the pair relaxing on a pair of pillows as they searched through a variety of professional and homemade collar designs for something the girl would find acceptable.

Tsuyu was content to sit and watch her gravity manipulating girlfriend get strangely into the creation process as she relaxed on the bed. After she’d showed and explained exactly what ‘collaring’ was to Tooru, the invisible girl had stolen her phone to tap away at the other links, researching the subject further. She didn’t mind though, Tsuyu was trying to hide the excitement of seeing Ochako wearing such an erotic piece of gear every day. Hopefully they’d be able to make it unique enough no one would recognise it but Tsuyu wasn’t sure if she’d be able to keep her hands off the girl whenever she saw her in it.

“Okay, so, are you sure that is what you want?” Momo asked Ochako, the pair now confirming the final design.

“Y-yes.” Ochako nodded firmly.

“As I mentioned, I will have the only key to unlock it but I’ll include an emergency release you can undo with a single hand.”

“Got it.”

“Are you guys all done?” Tsuyu asked.

“I’m just about to produce the design now.” Momo smiled before turning back to Ochako, “I hope I’ve captured all the elements you desired.”

Both Ochako and Tsu watched eagerly as the light of Momo’s creation quirk began emitting from her stomach, the girl having pulled up her top a little to produce the item cleanly.

Ochako gulped as the dark pink collar disconnected from Momo and pooled in her lap.

“Here, would you like to inspect the design?” Momo asked, holding out the brand new neckwear to its intended recipient. Tsu crawled closer as Ochako held the collar up, admiring it in the light.

The collar was a dark pink, matching the colour of the braces she wore on her hero outfit already, and it had a small heart embroidered in black thread on what she presumed was the front. A small collection of what appeared to be pink gemstones ran along the top and bottom of the of the collar’s circumference, totalling around thirty small gems in total. Ochako marvelled as it glimmered in the light as she turned it to examine the back. A dark black square lump of metal greeted her with a keyhole shaped gap on its surface. At the top and bottom of the lock, there were two small buttons that appeared to be able to be pushed together.

“To release it without me if you need to, please press down on these and the leather will split on that side.” Momo explained. “If um… you’ll also take a look here.” She gestured to the three gems on the top row either side of the lock. Ochako looked a little closer and realised that five weren’t the same colour as the others. “I took the um… liberty of adjusting it ever so slightly. Each of those glass gems represents everyone. I know you are a little apprehensive about everything but at the very least it should represent that we all have your back.”

Ochako smiled down at the six, now confirmed to be glass, gems. Purple, red and a darker pink on one side clearly represented Kyoka, Momo and Mina. A clear gem on the other side signified Tooru and last was a green gem that stood for Tsu right next to the first of the multitude of pink gems in the row that signified her.

“It’s so sparkly!” Tooru cooed from her spot on the bed.

“While you are um… my pet, we are all your friends and would do anything for you. I hope this will help you remember that.” Momo smiled nervously, hoping she’d satisfied Ochako’s design desires.

“Wow Momo… I… really like it.” Ochako beamed. If this weren’t a physical reminder of her pledge to repay the heiress, she’d likely wear this anyway, minus the locking part. “So um… s-should I put it on now?”

“I would like to do the honours if I may, and I believe Tsu wanted to assist?” Momo turned to their shared froggy girlfriend who was biting her lip and eyeing the pair cautiously.

“M-May I Ochako?” She asked timidly. Ochako blushed and nodded nervously, holding one end of the collar out to the girl.

Tsuyu quickly waddled over to the pair, carefully taking the end of the collar in her hands as Momo took the other side. The greenette swallowed nervously, watching Ochako play with her hair for a moment and straightening her neck.

“Okay… I’m ready.” She said, a nervous warble in her throat. This was her last chance to back out. She wouldn’t give in to her anxieties though; Ochako Fuckin’ Uraraka was a woman of her word. Slowly, the collar approached her neck and she felt the soft fabric that Momo had layered underneath for her comfort as requested. If she was going to be wearing this all the time, then it was going to be comfortable damn it.

The sound of a soft click almost echoed in the room for how quiet it was.

Ochako raised her hand, looping a finger under her new neckwear and gave a soft tug. The collar didn’t give way.

“Is it comfortable?” Momo asked carefully, hoping she’d gotten the measurements and texture accurate.

“It… feels weird.” Ochako admitted, rubbing it a little. “I’m sure I’ll um… get used to it.”

“Ribbit, you let us know if anything changes, okay Ochako?” Tsuyu said warily, wanting to make sure her girlfriend was alright before indulging in the lewd fantasies she now had.

“Wow, you look really good Ochako.” Tooru smiled, crawling closer herself to examine Ochako’s new jewellery. “Is it weird I kind of want one now too?”

“O-Oh…” Momo blinked. “W-Well um maybe do some more research about all the um… things behind something like this hun. This is quite a serious commitment, not just a bit of er… bling.”

“Yeah, I got that much.” Tooru giggled. “I just wondered about getting an actual necklace or choker similar to it. Ooo, with all your guys’ coloured gems in it too.”

“Think on it more.” Momo said, “I would be unable to make it for you considering this is somewhat um… secretive still. It would not do well for my parents to discover a bill for something like this to appear in my accounts.”

“Urgh, true.” Tooru sighed, “We gotta get them sorted out.”

“Quite, though for now, if you don’t mind, I would very much like to um… try a few things.” Momo said, turning back to Ochako.

“O-Oh…” The girl blushed, biting her lip nervously. “W-What um… does my M-Mistress desire?”

Tooru watched a shiver pass through both Tsuyu and Momo at those words. She knew the effect they had on the heiress from their own previous dalliance but it seemed Tsuyu also had that specific kinky side.

“W-Well um… I suppose I should start small, yes? I would request that you kiss me and Tsuyu to show your affection for us.”

“Ribbit.” Tsuyu flexed her fingers eagerly.

“Sure.” Ochako nodded, certain that was a task she could complete, even with Tooru’s presence. She quickly gathered Momo’s face in her hands and drew her in for a kiss, allowing a touch of playful tongue to help fulfil the request. Momo couldn’t help the excited grin spreading across her face as Ochako pulled back, feeling the potential she now had at her command. She definitely wouldn’t abuse her position as Ochako’s mistress but she was also going to enjoy every moment she could.

The brunette quickly drew Tsuyu into the same kiss she’d given Momo, though as the greenette pulled back, Ochako noticed a certain shift in her demeanour.

“You look so hot right now, ribbit.” Tsuyu purred. Ochako had to double take at the raw desire she felt rolling off her girlfriend. She had no idea Tsu would be so into this.

“Hold on darling, let her get settled first.” Momo placed a hand on Tsuyu’s arm. “Unless…” Momo turned to Ochako, “You wouldn’t mind if Tsuyu shared in our first um… experience together?”

“H-How far were you thinking uh… Mistress?”

“Oh I… uh…” Momo blushed. “Well I was maybe thinking of um… enjoying my own company before you knocked.” She admitted. “Would you mind… no. Pet, I request that you um… help me c-cum.” Momo attempted another order.

Ochako’s breath caught, turning to look at Tsuyu nervously. The frog girl merely licked her lips and nodded towards Momo. Clearly she had no issue with the order.

“Um…” A voice called out behind her.

Ochako straightened up as she realised she’d almost completely forgotten about Tooru; thank god the girl had spoken up now.

“If you’re going to do what I think you are… do you mind if I um… watch?” The invisible girl asked nervously.

“Oh, yes, our agreement.” Momo recalled though it was kind of moot now that they were girlfriends together. “Um, Darling, Tooru and I have this standing agreement about her watching me do certain things. Do you mind if she stayed?”

“I mean… we’ve kinda had sex, so it doesn’t matter to me.” Tsuyu admitted, feeling her hormones rising by the second. “Ochako?”

“Yes, Ochako.” Momo turned back to her new girlfriend and pet. “I understand you are not comfortable with being intimate with others, but as this wouldn’t require interaction on your part, you are to proceed with my request even with Tooru’s presence… if that’s okay.”

“Gonna take some getting used to, isn’t it Momo?” Tsuyu chuckled.

“It’s a little odd simply demanding such things of others I hold dear.” Momo blushed.

Ochako took a deep breath as she processed exactly what was being asked of her. She had been ordered to get Momo off and both Tsuyu and Tooru would be present while she did so. There was no order to strip down or participate other than getting Momo off but Ochako knew it may end up going that way, especially with the bedroom eyes Tsu was sending her way. Momo was certainly applying the pressure for their first time as pet and mistress but Ochako wouldn’t back down that easily.

Leaning forward, the brunette ran her hands over Momo’s chest, lightly caressing her through the simple shirt she was wearing. The heiress let out a steady breath as Ochako’s caresses began getting harder until she was fondling and pinching her nipples through the fabric. Momo reached up to begin undoing her buttons only for her hands to be gripped by Ochako’s own.

“No… let me Mistress.” Ochako offered nervously, hoping she was playing the part correctly. The gravity girl licked her lips as she quickly unbuttoned Momo’s top but did not pull it from her shoulders. Instead, she slipped her hands inside and started caressing the girl’s breasts directly, not entirely surprised the girl wasn’t wearing a bra since it was a weekend and she was in her room.

Ochako leant in, acting as though she were about to kiss Momo only to divert her path at the last moment, shifting down to neck and kissing it softly. Momo let out a groan of pleasure as Ochako was doing all the right things to build up her anticipation.

“Does M-Mistress have a preferred um… position?” Ochako asked.

“I’m fine to relax on my back.” Momo smiled at the girl. “Let’s keep things simple for now, yes?”

Momo shrugged her top off before laying back into her pillow and looking expectantly at Ochako. Getting the cue to resume her duties, Ochako leant forward resume her ministrations on Momo’s chest.

“Ribbit.” Tsuyu groaned, watching her girlfriends interact in such a lewd manner. The giddy feelings acknowledging them both as her girlfriends sent tingles through her whole body. She reached down with her hand and began slowly rubbing herself over the top of her pants. A glance over at Tooru’s floating clothes revealed the girl had reclined against one of Momo’s bedposts and was probably doing something similar.

Momo sighed pleasantly as Ochako began proceeding further down her chest with her caresses and kisses. She now had one of her best friends at her whim to carry out any lewd explorations she wanted, (within reason,) and four other amazing girlfriends. Right now, she was really glad to be Momo Yaoyorozu. When Ochako reached her crotch and began softly teasing the girl, Momo remembered the others present that were watching them both.

“Please um… don’t stand on ceremony for me,” She said, looking over at Tsuyu and Tooru. “Feel free to um… get as comfy as my pet is about to make me.”

“M-Momo!” Ochako squeaked, her blush making a resurgence.

“Don’t worry pet, we’re all friends here.” Momo stroked Ochako’s head affectionately. “And I believe it’s ‘Mistress’ while we’re together like this.”

“Y-Yes Mistress.” Ochako nodded, returning to her caresses.

“W… Was that too harsh?” Momo looked over at Tsuyu, a little nervous she’d been too stern.

“Ochako’s a big girl, she can take it.” Tsuyu replied, biting her own lip in lust as she watched Ochako work while shedding her top.

“It’s new to all of us but you won’t hear me complaining.” Tooru admitted, having already pulled her skirt down and off one leg to get at her pussy, letting out a moan as she sunk her fingers into herself.

Ochako felt very self-conscious as the others discussed her, very aware all their eyes were observing her act with Momo. Admittedly one of those was her girlfriend and the other was the girl she was doing it to so it shouldn’t be that big of a deal, especially as they were all friends. With a nervous sigh, she reached for Momo’s jeans and unbuttoned them, hooking her fingers under their hem and gripping her panties at the same time.

Momo helpfully lifted her rear as the brunette pulled, her knees closing slightly as her clothes were pulled up and over her feet before being discarded to the side. Ochako breathed carefully, sure she was about to perform a very intimate act on her friend with others watching but at least she wasn’t naked herself for now. She didn’t know if it was Momo going easy on her or what but she was grateful she wasn’t being thrown completely in the deep end.

Returning to her task, Ochako drew closer to Momo’s womanhood, much to the heiress’ excitement. A careful exploratory prod revealed that Momo was more than ready to experience the pleasure Ochako would be bringing her to.

“Good girl.” Momo sighed, hoping to both reassure her friend she was doing and good job and praising her devotion. “Please utilise your fingers or tongue.”

“Okay…” Ochako nodded, “Uh Mistress.” She quickly added.

“This is so hot.” Tsuyu groaned, her own bottoms discarded and her legs spread wide to watch as she teased her own pussy.

“Uh uh uh, agreed.” Tooru moaned from her position to the side, her top now pulled up and pulling on one of her nipples, her own climax pleasantly building.

For the next few moments, Momo closed her eyes and simply enjoyed the feeling of Ochako’s fingers carefully exploring her, making sure to make louder noises whenever she particularly enjoyed something. Wanting to see how her girlfriends were enjoying the show, she looked up to observe a bouncing spot on her mattress with half pulled off clothes that was likely Tooru going to town on herself while, strangely, Tsuyu was still only teasing herself lightly.

“Everything alright Tsu?” She asked, some mild concern that the girl was having second thoughts.

“I… kinda want someone to um… do it to me, so I’ll wait.” Tsuyu admitted shyly.

“My apologies Darling.” Momo said, looking a little guilty at stealing her new girlfriend away from the frog girl. “Would you like me to-” The girl suddenly had a devilish look in her eye. “Ochako dear, I believe I have a new order for you.”

“Y-Yes Mistress?” Ochako looked up at her.

“I believe your girlfriend requires some attention. Please would you see to her needs with your tongue while I fetch a special toy for us?”

“Uh, okay?” Ochako nodded a little confused, turning back to Tsuyu. Admittedly, this was not how she first imagined going down on the frog girl.

Tsuyu herself took the liberty of divesting herself of her top before opening her arms to Ochako, inviting the girl closer. Ochako wasted no time in crawling over to the girl and planting a kiss on her.

“A-Am I doing good?” She asked in a whisper.

“I think you’re doing fine. Do you want to stop?” Tsuyu replied.

“N-No… just nervous.” Ochako admitted.

“Would some kisses help?”

“Maybe.” Ochako smiled. Tsuyu drew the girl in to share a soft kiss as Yaoyorozu was busy pulling a box out from under her bed.

“Got it.” She grinned, standing back up and opening it up. Ochako looked over as Momo pulled out what could only be some weird strap-on vibrator thing. Its purpose became clearer as she watched Momo step into the harness and slowly insert one half of the device into herself. Only then did she realise where the other half was about to end up.

“A-Are you going to uh… f-fuck me with that… Mistress?” Ochako asked nervously.

“Oh is… it too much?” Momo asked, wondering if she’d crossed a line.

“Could I um… p-pleasure it first… w-with Tsuyu?”

All the other girl’s eyes widened at Ochako’s request. It certainly wasn’t what they’d been expecting.

“Only if you tell me why Pet.” Momo replied.

Ochako looked nervously at her Mistress and at Tsuyu before looking down at the sheets.

“I um… figured the first time I’d do that… would um… be with Deku.” She admitted.

“Ribbiiiit.” Tsuyu croaked lustily.

“Mmm,” Tooru groaned from behind them, enjoying the image Ochako had provided.

Momo observed her pet curiously for a moment before her mouth turned up in a smile.

“Very well, you may play with my uh… cock along with Tsu but make no mistake; you are pleasuring your Mistress right now, not Deku, am I clear?”

“Yes Mistress, thank you Mistress.” Ochako nodded hastily before crawling forward to approach Momo.

“Darling? I do believe my pet has requested your assistance, and I wouldn’t mind it either.” Momo purred at Tsuyu.  The frog girl moved almost as quickly as Ochako did as she sat next to the girl, both on their knees on the bed before the rubber cock they were about to pleasure.

“Here’s what’s going to happen.” Momo declared. “You’re both going to get me nice and wet and then, when you’re done, I’m going to fuck my pet while she pleasures my Darling, am I clear?”

“Yes Mistress!” Ochako replied diligently only to be echoed momentarily after by Tsuyu who blushed when she realised what she did.

“Cute.” Momo smiled before thrusting her hips forward a little towards Ochako. Taking the hint, Ochako reached out and wrapped her hand softly around Momo’s firm yet squishy cock. She couldn’t help giggling at the twitch of Momo’s hips as the other end surely jostled inside her. Cautiously, Ochako leant forward, turning her head to the side as she placed a few gentle kisses along the length while stroking it up and down.

“Not as firm pet,” Momo cooed, touching a hand to Ochako’s.

“Here, let me.” Tsuyu offered, wrapping her hand around Ochako’s own, loosening her grip slightly and gazing at her girlfriend from the other side of the flesh-coloured appendage. Ochako could feel her own core tighten as she watched Tsuyu’s lidded eyes shift to her task, guiding her hand to move much more smoothly across Momo’s cock. “Make sure to get it nice and wet too.” She advised, opening her mouth and slowly sticking her tongue out until it had wrapped around the cock twice.

“Mmm, good girl Tsu.” Momo praised, stroking the girl’s hair as she enjoyed the sights and sounds her green-haired girlfriend offered.

For a moment, Ochako felt a twinge of envy at the head pats she wasn’t getting. Blinking at the thought, she at least allowed herself a mote of satisfaction that she was clearly getting more comfortable with her new role if she was reacting like that.

“I want to please Mistress too.” She pouted in a way she hoped Momo approved before turning her attention to the head of the cock. Having seen enough porn to at least know how to do this part right, and a little practise on her own vibrator, Ochako opened her mouth and sunk down on the dildo as far as she could comfortably go. She totally didn’t enjoy the groan she drew from Momo for that action, definitely not.

“Mmm and good girl Ochako.” Momo praised her pet, stroking her hair with her other hand.

Breathing through her nose, Ochako tried not to gag as she pulled back and pushed forward, giving what she hoped was a passable first blowjob, even if Momo wouldn’t feel the full effect. Just ahead of her, Tsuyu’s tongue began moving up and down the penis everywhere Ochako couldn’t reach. It also didn’t escape her notice that Tsuyu’s hand had definitely settled on her ass and was squeezing firmly.

Momo’s breathing increased as she definitely felt something from the other end, her own hand now resting behind Ochako’s head. The brunette had a sinking feeling she was going to be pushed to take the whole thing put thankfully the push never came.

“S-Stop.” Momo ordered, pulling back from Ochako, her breathing uneven. “That was naughty Tsu.”

Ochako looked over at her girlfriend who had a smug look on her face.

“Couldn’t help it Gorgeous, I wanted a piece of ‘dat ass’.” She groped the air with the hand that wasn’t resting on Ochako’s.

“And you think you’ll escape punishment for an excuse like that?” Momo purred as her breathing began to settle.

“Uh oh.” Tsuyu gulped over dramatically raising her hands in a fake surrender as Momo approached. “The hero caught me.”

“Yes, she did,” Momo grinned, reaching out.

“Ribbit?!”

In a flash, Tsuyu had been cuffed and pushed backwards; Momo’s object generation speed had clearly improved.

“Now you lose access to your hands while my pet pleasures you.” Momo smugly smirked. “Ochako!” The brunette sat to attention. “Please get into a comfy position; you will be pleasing our Darling while I enjoy you.”

The gravity girl couldn’t help but admire Momo’s dominating spirit in that moment as the heiress stroked her cock like she was born with it. She’d clearly had trouble slipping into the role but now she was commanding others like she was destined to do so and she couldn’t help but find she wanted to obey.

“Yes Mistress.” Ochako nodded, somewhat cautiously turning her back to the girl and crawling between Tsuyu’s legs.

“Ochako, please,” Tsuyu held her hands out to her loving girlfriend. “Let me out.”

“Nuh uh.” Ochako giggled, somewhat enjoying the comeuppance Tsuyu was getting. “You’re in horny jail.”

“Snrk.”

Ochako was quickly reminded of Tooru’s presence again as the girl couldn’t hold back a laugh.

“Good girl.” Momo praised, stroking Ochako’s rear lightly before her hand trailed down towards her center, easily sinking a couple of fingers into her. “And you’re all ready for your Mistress too.”

The brunette couldn’t help biting her lip nervously as she felt Momo lined herself up behind her.

“Hey, it’s okay.” Tsuyu called down to her, smiling despite her cuffed state, clearly enjoying the small roleplay they’d sunk into. Ochako felt her nervous heart settle as she observed Tsuyu. Even if this was certainly not a position she thought she’d ever find herself in, so long as she had Tsuyu and her friends, she knew she’d be safe.

Slowly, the cock head pushed into her, stretching her firmly around its girth as Momo’s hips drew closer and closer to her rear. Closing her eyes, she focussed on the feeling, trying to will away some of the pain the stretching had brought on. Before she knew it, she felt Momo’s flesh against her own as the cock bottomed out inside her. She let out several deep breaths as she felt herself clench around the unfeeling intruder.

“Are you okay pet?” Momo’s caring voice called out, her concern for her friend taking priority over her pleasure.

“Yah, jus’… jus’ a sec.” She replied, her accent slipping out a little. Taking a couple more breaths and wiggling her hips slightly to relieve some of the discomfort, she braced herself for what she knew was coming next.

“Okay, I’m ready.” Ochako grinned with determination, catching Tsuyu’s eye to assure the girl she was up for whatever Momo could give before she sunk down to begin her own task. No longer caring about appearances, she stuck her tongue out as wide as she could and licked her girlfriend’s pussy its full length.

“OOOH!” Tsuyu groaned, her toes curling as she finally received some attention.

Momo watched happily as Ochako’s head bobbed rhythmically. Though she’d loved to just watch those two love birds enjoy each other’s company, she’d staved off her own release, wanting to thrust herself into her pet to finish this session. Gripping Ochako’s rear in both hands, she pulled her hips back before gently thrusting forward again, the other end inside her jostling in the most pleasurable way as her clit ground against the leather harness.

Between mistress and pet they worked in a slow rhythm together to ensure each thrust wouldn’t hurt the brunette nor pull her away from pleasuring their froggy prisoner. After their first tryst yesterday where Tsuyu didn’t get her release, it seemed the build-up was now fast approaching and it would be big.

“Rib-rib-rib-ri-RIBBIT!” She croaked as her orgasm washed over her, her hips thrusting up violently enough to cause Ochako to back off slightly. Tsuyu’s toes curled into the bed as her arms flexed and spasmed. A loud snap echoed in the room, startling them all as the chain connecting Tsuyu’s cuffs sheered, her hands desperate to separate and grasp at the sheets to help try and take the edge of the wave of hormones rushing through her system.

“Oh my,” Momo gasped, slowing but not quite stopping her thrusts into Ochako.

“Ts-Tsu! Are you okay?” The girl asked, concerned her girlfriend might have hurt herself in her orgasm-high.

“Ri-ribbit…” The girl groaned, allowing her legs to flop to the sides, spread and bared to the world, not that she cared in that moment.

“Sh-She’s fine.” Tooru called out shakily, leaning over the orgasm-drunk girl and biting her lip as she tried to reach her own high now that things seemed to be coming to a head.

“Good,” Momo sighed with relief before reaching out for Ochako’s shoulders, leaning over her, her large breasts pressing into the small of Ochako’s back. “Then if you don’t mind, it’s my turn.”

Ochako gasped sharply as Momo’s thrusting sped up, the girl becoming more dishevelled the harder she thrust. The heiress began releasing small gasps as her thrusting became erratic before burying herself completely inside Ochako. Her breath caught as her mind relayed that, were the heiress a male or Izuku, she’d probably be being pumped full of cum right now.

Her mind was drawn out of its brief imaginings from the restrained squeaks she heard from the other side of Tsuyu. Seems Tooru had also manged to reach her peak.

Slowly, she felt Momo stand and shift her weight off of her back.

“Th-Thank you pet,” She praised breathily, the hard cock slowly pulling free from Ochako’s depths leaving an unusual emptiness her yet-to-arrive orgasm wanted back.

“M-Mistress,” Ochako called back, sliding a hand between her legs and rubbing her clit quickly, hoping to find release herself quickly. It wasn’t coming as fast as she needed it to in this unusual position and she quickly rolled over onto her back, looking helplessly up at her mistress as she rubbed. “P-Please… help.”

Momo, her breath not quite returned to her, smiled down at the lewd girl so brazenly rubbing herself off before her and asking for her assistance. It brought back memories not unlike her own first time where she’d desperately pleaded with Mina for her own release. How could she turn down a cry for help like that, even if she was the dominant one in this strange new relationship.

“You’ve done well Pet.” Momo cooed, crouching and leaning closer to her pet’s pussy. “Time for your reward.” Momo pressed forward with a few of her fingers she estimated about the same width as the cock that had so recently occupied Ochako’s hole as her lips surrounded Ochako’s clit and gently sucked, her tongue winding its way around the nub she hoped the girl enjoyed.

The results were almost immediate as it was Ochako’s turn to grip the sheets in a fit of orgasmic passion, crying out as her brain was drowned in pleasurable hormones.

Her face now covered in the girl’s release, Momo stood up and quickly reached for a nearby tissue to mop up the excess. Looking back over at her bed, she couldn’t help but smile at the satisfied, if worn out looks each of the girls sported. Well, for Tsuyu and Ochako anyway, Tooru’s clothes were twitching every now and then so she probably never fully removed them from herself.

Taking a deep, refreshing breath, she allowed herself to flop back onto an open patch of her bed to join them, content in their shared lovemaking for the moment with nothing else to worry about.

The only sounds coming from any of them for a good number of minutes were the pants and giggles of satisfaction as their bodies slowly regained their stamina.

“Whilst I would be content to enjoy the rest of the evening in all of your presence, I believe it’s been too long since I dedicated some time to pushing my quirk to its limits.” Momo said, sitting up with a content smile on her face. “If you would like to stay here for a time, feel free but I believe the gym is calling my name.”

“Urgh, aren’t you exhausted after all that?” Tsuyu croaked, her orgasm draining her more from the build-up she’d had.

“A little, but ‘Plus Ultra’ right.”

“Pluh ulra” Ochako groaned, pumping her fist lazily in response. Momo couldn’t help but giggle at her attempted enthusiasm.

“Just rest Pet, you’ve earned it.” Momo stoked the girl’s leg before pushing herself to her feet, ready to give herself a quick once over with a towel before dressing and heading out.

“Can you like, gimme five minutes?” Tooru asked, a last sigh of satisfaction escaping her lips. “I’ll join I just… need to stop twitching first.”

“Of course hun.” Momo smiled though rising and walked over to her wardrobe to begin dressing in her UA sweatsuit.

“Hold on… what’s my name? Is that my name?” Tooru asked.

Momo glanced back at the moving pile of clothes curiously.

“Did… you really forget it?” Tsuyu croaked.

“No, I mean,” Tooru huffed, sitting up as she rearranged her top. “Like everyone’s now got this cutesy nickname. Momo’s ‘Gorgeous’, Tsu’s ‘Darling’, Ochako’s is now ‘Pet’-

“Only to Momo.” Ochako groaned, not quite recovered herself.

“Okay, fine, but still, I want a cutesy name too.” Tooru pouted.

Momo giggled as she decided to forgo the jacket and only wear her tank top, turning to move back over to her bed where Tooru’s top now hovered.

“Well… I’d have to run it past Mina and Kyoka but…” She reached out and placed her hand on Tooru’s head before running it down to her cheek and trying to look the girl in the face as best she could. “How about our little ‘Starlight’.”

Momo knew she’d at least hit the right ballpark with the soft squeak the invisible girl let out. She quickly found her hand moving as Tooru leant forward to capture Momo’s lips and a deep kiss, her arms flung around the girl in a hug.

“I think she likes it.” Tsuyu giggled from her position on the bed.

“I love it.” Tooru’s happiness reached her voice once she broke free from the heiress. “Thanks Yaomomo.”

“No problem… my Starlight.” Momo winked, turning back towards her door. “Now hurry up if you want to join me.”

“Cumming Mistress.” Tooru cheered cheekily as she hurriedly redressed and checked herself in Momo’s mirror. The heiress opened and waited by the door, anticipating the moment her invisible girlfriend passed her before swatting her on the rear for that cheeky remark.

“I’ve got my key,” Momo called out to the still prone forms of Tsuyu and Ochako. “Just lock the door behind you if you leave.”

After getting positive sounding noises from the two girls, Momo chuckled fondly before shutting the door and leaving the two to recover.

Once Momo and Tooru’s footsteps could no longer be heard outside the door, Ochako rolled herself over to face Tsuyu who’d turned her head to face the girl in turn.

“Hey.” They both said simultaneously, giggling nervously as they each blushed at the situation.

“So…” Ochako began, reaching out and resting her hand on Tsuyu’s thigh.

“Are you okay?” Tsuyu asked cautiously, hoping that her girlfriend hadn’t been overwhelmed by the highly erotic display she’d likely not expected that morning.

“I should be asking you that,” Ochako nodded at Tsuyu’s wrist, still sporting one of the cuffs Momo had placed on her. “That was a loud noise.”

“Yeah, I wasn’t expecting it either.” Tsuyu raised her hands, looking at the two ends of the broken chain between them. “A bit sore but nothing a good night’s sleep can’t fix, if not Recovery Girl.”

“That’s good.” Ochako smiled contently.

“Don’t think I didn’t notice you didn’t answer.” Tsuyu levelled back at the brunette. “Was that too much? Did Momo go over any lines? Do you… want to stop?”

Ochako bit her lip, her gaze now intimately focussed on the sheets.

“N-No… I’m fine…”

“Ochako.” Tsuyu’s voice raised sternly, just like when trying to draw the truth out of her siblings when they misbehaved.

“I… really liked um… giving back what you did to me before.” Ochako admitted shyly, “And I… did like what um… M-Mistress did… and I feel bad for it.”

“Ochako?” Tsuyu pressed again, a confused but caring tone in her voice this time.

“I’m sorry… but it felt really good and… once I forgot that Tooru was watching… I didn’t want her to stop.”

“Wait, what are you sorry about?”

Ochako looked nervously up at her girlfriend, guilt pulling at her heart.

“I just… I thought I wasn’t supposed to feel as good as that with anyone except you… it’s confusin’.”

Tsuyu paused for a moment to consider Ochako’s words only to break into gentle giggles and ribbits.

“Hey! Stop it.” Ochako pouted, “I said I’m sorry.”

“No, no ‘Chako.” Tsuyu smiled, reaching out to rest her hand on her girlfriend’s head. “It’s okay, really. This is just what it’s really like to be in a polyamorous relationship I think.”

Ochako shot her girlfriend a questioning look.

“I know what you’re feeling, it’s probably something like how I used to feel when thinking about you and Izuku together, then all the other girls before I learned about polyamory.” Tsuyu pulled herself closer and placed a gentle kiss on Ochako’s head before cuddling her into her side. “You’re fine Ochako, we’re fine.”

“You sure?”

“Positive, ribbit.” Tsuyu kissed her girlfriend’s silly head again, thankful she could help guide her through some of these confusing feelings. Ochako snuggled into her froggy girlfriend as she tried to make sense of the still conflicting feelings and thoughts in her head, her hand drifting up to the collar she now wore.

“A… And the collar?”

“I think it looks super hot on you, not gonna lie.” Tsuyu smiled, feeling a tired, residual clench from her lower half as though it detected the sexy subject matter. Ochako blushed as she absently ran her fingers over the glossy glass surface of the gems.

“I’m still okay with this… but only if you are too.”

“I had my concerns, ribbit, but I think you’ll be alright in Momo’s care.” Tsuyu admitted.

“And… are you okay? You got your wish.” Ochako looked up nervously at her girlfriend she now shared with all her other friends.

“I hope it works out.” Tsuyu admitted, “I really do… you’re all super important to me and I don’t want to lose any of you.” Ochako placed her hand on Tsuyu’s stomach and rubbed softly. “Just… keep talking to me. I don’t want to lose you while trying to balance everyone else.”

“Of course.” Ochako nodded, planting a kiss on the greenette’s side. “I’m nervous… but kind of excited too.”

“You sure that isn’t still the afterglow talking?” Tsuyu teased, earning a small slap on her belly.

“You know what I mean.” Ochako scolded before settling back into place. “Can you… tell me that fantasy of yours Tooru mentioned? About us all living in a house together or something?”

“Are you sure?” Tsuyu asked carefully.

“Yeah… if this all works out, we’re probably gonna do something like that aren’t we? My ideas for the future have kinda gone out the window when you confessed.” Ochako giggled. “It’s your responsibility to replace them.”

Tsuyu smiled fondly down at the head of hair on her chest before rubbing her cheek on it affectionately.

“Okay then. Well, we’d each get our own room…”

Ochako and Tsuyu relaxed in Momo’s room long into the early evening, just talking, touching and cuddling. They jumped a little when they realised they’d lost track of time once the heiress returned after dinner. Gathering their clothes, they apologised to the girl which was quickly waved off before retreating to Ochako’s room to enjoy the rest of the evening together; Tsuyu’s bedding had yet to be washed after all.

Notes:

Chapter summary:

- Ochako and Tsuyu wake up together and the two talk about everything that's happened since Tsuyu's confession. Ochako confesses she's bisexual for the first time and lets Tsuyu in on the plight she had to go through to get to this point, including being Momo's pet. Tsuyu feels bad that her friend had to go through all that but has butterflies in her stomach over what she'd been doing without Ochako. Confessing her own thoughts and feelings concerning intimacy with the other girls, the two decide to take things as they come and have a talk with Momo about everything later. Tsuyu finally gets to ask Ochako on a date to which the girl responds positively as they get dressed for spending time off campus.

- Kyoka ropes Mina into helping her get ready for a private date with Momo that she'd set up. Being a romantic at heart, Kyoka wants to retain her tough girl attitude while blowing away her date with style and Mina was happy to assist for a few kisses. When the pinkette ropes Tooru into getting Momo ready, Kyoka is wowed at the results, escorting the heiress back to her room for the day's events. After properly confessing to each other this time and almost letting their libidos get the better of them, the two enjoy a cheesy movie together before Mina delivers dinner for her two new girlfriends. Afterward, Momo finally gets to hear Kyoka play her some personal music and is deeply moved. The two girls let their emotions take them away as they spend the rest of the day in each other's arms and between the sheets.

- Tsuyu and Ochako return from their date and head back to Tsuyu's room. After the frog girl freshens up, she's shocked to see Ochako stripped down and eager to get intimate with her new girlfriend. Concerned things are moving too fast after Sir Nighteye's death, Tsuyu gets Ochako to confess that everything recently had shaken her and she was trying to live her life the way she wants with no regrets. When the two establish the truth Tsuyu doesn't hold herself back any longer and, with Ochako's permission, finally indulges in lewd delights with her new girlfriend. When Ochako has second thoughts about whether Tsuyu is okay with how everything will play out with Momo, Tsuyu reveals her own secret desires, even if it might scare her new girlfriend away. Ochako takes it in stride, having experienced a good chunk of stuff with the other girls too and decides to allow Tsuyu the chance to be happy with them and herself if she wanted it. This includes potentially including Izuku in the mix to which they both agree to share the greenette, even if he'd flip his lid at the thought alone.

- The next day, Ochako and Tsuyu go to Momo's to talk about things. The trio reveal their thoughts on Ochako's collaring which Tsuyu finds very erotic while Momo apologizes for deceiving the frog girl and offers the pair of them a place in their polyamorous relationship. Tsuyu wants to jump at the chance but Ochako is still unsure for herself but is happy for her girlfriend to have the opportunity. The other girls are called and the truth about Ochako's recent actions comes out. Despite Kyoka's protesting, they agree to Momo's status as Ochako's Mistress and Tsuyu becomes their official fifth member to which the girl is incredibly happy for. With everything squared away, Mina teases Kyoka until the girl steals her pink girlfriend away to have some fun together. Momo and Ochako talk about the collar she was about to receive with Tsuyu introduces Tooru to what exactly BDSM stuff Momo and Ochako just entered into together. Once Momo produces the collar for her new pet, Tsuyu helps her apply it to a blushing Ochako. Momo is admittedly enthusiastic about experimenting with their new dynamic and invites Tsuyu to join her while Tooru is allowed to watch. As her pet, Ochako is embarrassed but refuses to back down from her commitment as the trio quickly engage in a three way with Momo slipping on her strap on once more before thrusting deep into Ochako while the girl reciprocated her girlfriend's earlier love efforts all while Tooru gets herself off. When all is said and done, Momo and Tooru leave for the gym as Ochako and Tsuyu talk about everything and nothing as their new reality pleasantly sinks in.

Chapter 8: Celebrations and a Send Off

Summary:

Plans are made for a certain vice-rep's birthday while the world says goodbye to a fallen hero.

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

Thankful Tsuyu and Ochako had gotten their homework done before visiting Momo on Sunday, all the girls were up to date on their assignments on Monday morning and surprisingly chipper, even enough to alert the boys that something had shifted.

“What’s up with you Mina? You’re practically bouncing and it’s Monday.” Kirishima asked as they walked the short trip to class.

“Oh you know, things, stuff, happenings.” She teased cheekily, “Is it so wrong to be excited about becoming heroes?”

“It’s just class.” Sero chipped in from the side. “Kirishima’s right, somethin’s up with you.”

“Oh you think?” Mina grinned, “I’ll never tell though.”

“Shut the hell up and move it, Racoon Eyes.” Bakugo barked, trailing behind them and getting annoyed they’d allowed him to close the gap he liked to keep between them with their lollygagging.

“So~orry mister grumpy~y” Mina sing-songed, enjoying the rare time that everything was practically perfect in her life; even Bakugo’s angry yelling wouldn’t ruin her good mood.

She smiled contently as she heard Jiro and Tsuyu chatting about what the frog girl had missed while on her less-than-stellar adventure against the yakuza; behind them, Ochako chatted with Iida, Momo and Izuku.

Despite the distance, she couldn’t help tuning into the gravity girl’s conversation when it turned towards a particular topic.

“Uraraka, forgive me for being forward but, by chance, did we happen to miss a birthday of yours?” Iida asked as tactfully as he could.

“Huh?” Ochako gave him a look. “No, why?”

“That necklace you’re wearing.” Izuku contributed, “I don’t think we’ve seen it on you before and it… looks really good on you.”

“Indeed, the craftsmanship is quite exquisite.” Momo giggled to herself, earning a sly side-eye from her brunette pet.

Mina couldn’t help but stifle a giggle at the blush the gravity girl was probably sporting now. If she was unlucky, they’d probably be late to class having to try to fish Ochako out of the sky when she tried to float away in embarrassment.

“N-No, nothing like that, don’t worry guys.” Ochako waved off, sending a shy glance at Momo. “My parents moved recently so I got something to um… mark the occasion.”

“Ah, I see.” Iida nodded, as though he fully understood the situation. “Well then I am grateful we did not miss such a significant event and must agree with Midoriya, that necklace does look good on you.”

“Thanks.” Ochako blushed again, knowing that her two best male friends had just complimented her good-looking piece of BDSM wear. “What about you guys? I’ve got a bit more money now so when are we celebrating your birthdays?”

“August twenty second, I apologize for not informing you but I do not like to make a fuss about my own birthday; especially as I… spent it on a quiet meal with my family and brother.” Iida replied somewhat solemnly.

“Oh Iida.” Momo sighed softly, feeling her heart go out to her class president counterpart.

“I’m sorry Iida. I hope that he’s getting better as much as he can.” Izuku tried to sympathise.

“Your concerns are welcome but I assure you we are all doing that we can. As it is, it was an enjoyable time despite the circumstances.” Iida smiled at the stories his brother decided to share now that he was likely permanently out of the field. “How about yourselves?”

“Not till December.” Ochako sighed, “It’s two days after Christmas so we usually just lump the two together.”

“I can assure you we’ll be doing no such thing this year.” Momo smiled over at her friend. “While the season is a special time for all, we shall endeavour to give you your own celebration.”

“Yaoyorozu’s right.” Midoriya nodded. “Mine’s July fifteenth so yeah, we’ll make sure you have a proper birthday this year.”

Ochako smiled gratefully. Even if her parents were closer, she didn’t want to impose on them while their business would likely still be fluctuating and settling with the move. Her friends though, would make sure she never went without again, even if she didn’t feel like she deserved it or deserved friends like them.

“T-Thanks guys, but you don’t have to worry or spend too much alright.” She assured them, her pride flaring slightly. While she was sure Izuku and Iida would be fine, that last comment was aimed at her mistress more than anything.

“Very well, a simple celebration after Christmas it is.” Iida declared, hoping he’d read his friend’s intentions correct. “And Yaoyorozu? How about yourself?”

Ochako looked over at the girl who’d made a point to look the other way from them. While birthdays were a source of joy for many, the brunette knew it only drew the heiress one year closer to her forced betrothal.

“I… I’d rather not say if you don’t mind.” Momo answered meekly.

“Oh?” Iida tilted his head confused, trying to understand why. “Did we miss it recently? If so then please be assured I’d be happy to plan and organise a somewhat delayed party in order to celebrate if it would-”

“No, um, nothing like that.” Momo replied again. “I wouldn’t want to put you out for my sake.”

“Not at all!” Iida declared proudly, “I would be most honoured to ensure our class vice-representative has a party to assure we value all you do for us.”

“I’m gonna have to agree with the class prez.” Mina declared, now having turned around to chat back at them, annoying Bakugo who growled at being forced to move out of her way as he walked past. “You’re not getting out of this, our Gorgeous vice-rep, so just tell us.”

Momo blushed at the sneaky use of her pet name slipped into regular conversation with others and hoped no one else found it odd.

“I… well… okay but please don’t make a big deal out of it.” Momo begged, hoping to at least try to mitigate some of the drama that was about to ensue.

“No deal but you’re gonna tell us anyway.” Mina grinned cheekily. Though they didn’t speak up, the other three silently agreed with the pinkette, hoping to try and make the day special for the heiress.

“I-It’s um… W-Wednesday.”

Mina’s jaw dropped open as Iida gasped in shock.

“Wednesday?! No way, there’s so much to do!” Mina squawked, “Iida, we’re gonna need all your speed if we’re gonna throw Yaomomo the best birthday ever!”

Iida nodded, immediately pulling out his planner and began jotting things down. Ochako and Izuku both felt it odd and yet totally natural that their class president would immediately take the back seat to Mina’s commanding tone on this subject. She was the class’ social butterfly after all and likely knew much more than him on how to throw and enjoyable birthday bash.

“No, please.” Momo tried to shut her down. “I-I didn’t want everyone to go out of their way just for myself.”

“No can do Momo.” Mina winked, “I’m gonna make sure you get a proper birthday bash like you deserve.”

“Indeed, I will help coordinate to ensure all party supplies arrive on time and everyone is made aware.” Iida agreed.

“I… Okay but then please, at least make sure everyone knows that presents are optional.” Momo pleaded. While she had no doubt that she was at least good acquaintances with the entire class and some of 1-B, she didn’t want them to be forced to spend money on her if they didn’t want to.

“We got it Yaomomo, now shush, party planning is hard work and I need all two of my brain cells for this.” Mina smirked before reaching for Iida’s arm and dragging him away, they had things to plan and others to inform before the event only two days from now.

Momo sighed as she watched her girlfriend’s retreating form as she hoped she hadn’t unleashed a devastating whirlwind on her classmates.

“She’ll be fine.” Ochako reassured the heiress from beside her. “I’m sure she won’t go too overboard, don’t worry Mis-Momo.”

Momo sighed, her mind indeed returning to the worrying thought about her impending betrothal that was another year closer. While she believed in her girlfriends, she didn’t want them to go through what would probably be an obstacle course of pain if they all had even the slightest chance to succeed. She daren’t even tell anyone that this would be her first real birthday party with friends rather than some elaborate party her parents set up; the two inviting their business associates from all over to enjoy her day with her along with their own heirs that tried to vie for Momo’s hand early.

Putting aside depressing thoughts of birthdays past, she did allow herself some giddy apprehension at whatever Mina was planning; hoping that she’d put at least the same care and effort into the party Momo couldn’t sway her from planning that she did for the girl’s first ever sleepover.


As expected, the return to class meant a return to the harsh grind. Since Aizawa was gone along with the other interns for the raid, classes were back to going ‘Plus Ultra’ under his watchful eye.

When lunch let out, he called for the four interns to stay and inform them both that they would have extra homework to compensate and catch up to their classmates as well as inform them of Sir Nighteye’s funeral to be held this Thursday. They would be allowed to join him to pay their respects, as it would be held during class time, but that it wouldn’t excuse them from their work. He finished with a reminder about Hound Dog’s therapy services and to seek help if they need it, hoping that he wouldn’t have to make it mandatory if any of them were too stubborn or proud.

While the students ruminated on the decision to attend the funeral or not, Ochako and Tsuyu were quickly spirited away from the boys by Mina in the name of birthday planning. Having gathered all the girls together at a lunch table, Mina begun the impromptu meeting in earnest to ensure their girlfriend had a great day.

“With Momo ever so politely informing us with plenty of time beforehand,” The pink haired girl began, sending an accusatory but playful glare at the soon to be birthday girl, “we need to get a plan in place, preferably last week, but today will have to do.”

“Whilst I’m sure you’ve got some weird, over-the-top event planned, shouldn’t we just do whatever Yaomomo wants? It’s her birthday after all.” Jiro rolled her eyes at the dramatic pinkette.

“You wound me Kyoka,” Mina clutched at her heart in pain. “We’re having a small class get together with a few people in 1-B invited thanks to Kendo spreading the word. If I know Gorgeous, she doesn’t want anything fancy or extravagant, just a simple, comfortable celebration with her closest friends. Presents are optional by her request but I’m sure that including everyone in the celebration will prevent her thinking she’s excluding people that she isn’t super close with like us.” She winked, “Besides, it’s a good excuse for a small party for everyone to blow off steam, and I’ve already got Iida in on it so it’s sorted.”

Ochako, Tooru, Tsuyu and Kyoka turned to the heiress to gauge her reaction.

“That… admittedly sounds pretty perfect.” Momo smiled, happy that her girlfriend had been able to plan something so wonderful with the barest of her input.

“See Kyoka. I’m great at this sorta thing, don’t even worry.” Mina smirked, having proved her point. “That said, I think we each need to go get our resident genius both presents and party supplies so I’m thinking a shopping trip.”

“After last time, are you sure that’s a good idea?” Tsuyu warned, the group collectively thinking back to when Midoriya got ambushed by Shigaraki of the League of Villains.

“Urgh, yeah, that did cross my mind.” Mina said glumly, “But still, we can’t just like, live our lives in fear. We’re supposed to be heroes! So fear or not, I’m going today.”

“I’ll go with you!” Tooru cheered, planning what she’d pick up for a present already.

“Me and ‘Chako should prepare for all the extra work we have to catch up on thanks to the internship. If we want to enjoy the party, we should get started on it today. Tomorrow works better for a trip for me anyway.” Tsuyu explained, getting a pair of nods from her brunette girlfriend.

“I’m out too, I’ll go with these two tomorrow.” Kyoka agreed.

“That’s fine, you just better not let down Momo on her special day.” Mina ordered.

“Please, I’m happy enough just by being with all of you as it is.” Momo tried to placate the two most outspoken members of their relationship.

“Nah, Mina’s right, this day is special and we’re gonna get you something nice so just accept our love and junk.” Kyoka nudged the heiress with her hip, hoping the girl would accept that she meant a lot to each of them at this point.

The punk girl’s words were punctuated by her other friends reassurances they’d make this special for the heiress no matter what silly objections she had at being the focus of attention.

“I… am touched, truly.” Momo smiled, her heart filling with warmth for each of the friends she’d found at UA.

“That part doesn’t cum until the after party.” Mina whispered in a hushed yet lusty tone, earning a kick from Kyoka under the table and a blush from both the heiress and Ochako.

“Anyway, looks like it’s just me and you today Mina.” Tooru grinned, “I don’t uh… suppose you’d like to-”

Tooru was cut off as Mina reached up to her own lips with two fingers, kissing them before transferring the kiss to Tooru’s hand. While they’d agreed to keep their group relationship hidden for Momo’s sake, Tooru and Mina we’re a little more open to others finding out, though they’d certainly not go shouting it from the rooftops with public displays of affection.

“I’d love to, Starlight.” Mina winked at the girl, having very much enjoyed Momo’s suggestion for the girl’s pet name.

Tooru admittedly couldn’t contain her giddy and embarrassed giggles, blushing deeply and biting her lip to try and contain herself.

“That was annoyingly adorable.” Kyoka blushed, wishing she could ask Momo out in public in something nearly as endearing as that manner.

“Just like you.” Mina grinned at the punk who could only splutter in response, much to the amusement of the other girls.


With lunch wrapping up the group head back to classes for the day, both Mina and Tooru excited about their date that evening.

After securing permission from Aizawa to leave campus and the forewarning that the other girls would likely be asking tomorrow, Tooru and Mina retreated to their rooms once the final bell had rung to dress up.

It didn’t take either of them too long as they both didn’t have to overthink about dressing to impress but Mina reached the common room first to wait for her partner. She hummed happily to herself while plotting a route through the shops to pick up everything she thought they’d need while carrying the least amount of stuff for the longest time.

“Hey Mina, you heading out?” Kirishima called out as he exited the elevator and spotted the pinkette resting against the back of the couch.

“Yuppers, me and Tooru gonna go get party supplies for Momo’s birthday bash.”

“Ah yeah, Iida was talking about that at lunch.” Kirishima nodded, “You sure we don’t have to get her a present or anything? Doesn’t feel manly not to.”

“Don’t worry horn buddy,” Mina giggled, “If you want to, get her a little something. It’s more if you don’t want to you don’t have to. Everyone’s welcome to celebrate at the party though so rest easy.”

“Gotcha.” He grinned, thinking about what exactly he could get the girl.

“Mi~ina!” Tooru’s cheery voice called out from the elevator as she joined her date, lunging at her in an attack hug.

The acid quirk user giggled as she affectionately caught the invisible bullet that was Tooru and rubbed her cheek against her head.

“Woah, I um…” Kirishima mumbled, not quite knowing what to make of that display. He knew the pair were close but that was a new level and with Mina’s recent declaration, he wondered if there was more going on there and if he should leave the two to it. “Is um… I don’t wanna be rude but…”

Mina rolled her eyes. Clearly Hagakure had blown their cover already. If anyone was going to be informed outside their friendship group then she was glad at least that it was Kirishima.

“Keep it quiet, but yeah.” Mina grinned, sending a wink at her friend while nuzzling Tooru still.

“Yeah sure…” Kirishima rubbed his neck awkwardly.

Mina had the sinking feeling for a moment the boy had something against them. She narrowed her eyes as the redhead quickly looked around to make sure no one else was around before he drew closer to the pair.

“I um… I just want to tell you that I’m um… I was really inspired by your bravery when we all played games and stuff and uh… when you left… I told the guys that I’m gay.”

“What?!” Mina’s eyebrows shot into her hairline as she received that piece of news.

“Yeah, sorry you missed it since you never came back but… I just wanna say thanks… for giving me the strength to come out a bit more, you know?” He grinned a grateful smile at the girl.

“Dude, that’s awesome.” Mina grinned, drawing the redhead into the now three way hug with Tooru who also wrapped him in a hug with an arm.

“How long have you known?” Tooru asked, a million questions bubbling beneath the surface she wanted to pepper him with.

“Since I was like in middle-school.” Kirishima shrugged, “I’m happy you two are… you know.” He grinned at the pair, “I’ll keep it to myself until whenever.”

“‘Preciated man.” Mina held her hand out to fist bump her friend in the way he liked. “Whelp, come on you little troublemaker, we gotta get those party supplies and some lessons for you on not giving shit away.”

“Ehehe, sorry Mina.” Tooru apologized bashfully, scolding herself internally too. “Laters Kirishima.”

Bidding the hardening user goodbye, the girls quickly made their escape out of the dorms and into the fresh air.

“Well… definitely didn’t expect that today.” Mina declared once they were a sufficient distance from their housing.

“You had no idea?”

“Nada.” Mina shook her head, “Though… it does make an annoying amount of sense now I look back on it. Why it never felt right to ask him out or anything.”

“You crushed on Kirishima?” Tooru gasped at this juicy news.

“Eh, not really?” Mina admitted, “We were friends before UA and others made a comment or two when we acted all close. Truthfully I looked up all the guy-candy in our class to try and find my prince charming but clearly I was looking in the wrong gender.” Mina giggled, nudging Tooru with her hip.

“I mean… you and Kirishima would make quite the cute couple beside the, you know, gay thing.” Tooru chuckled before her own doubts began to creep in. “Do you… are you happy with us?” She asked carefully.

“What do you mean? I love my little Starlight.” Mina smiled, clutching Tooru’s hand reassuringly. “And everyone else too.”

“Well yeah but… I mean… we can’t, you know… have kids together.”

“Are you jealous about not having a pee-pee?” Mina teased. “Want to knock me up that badly already?”

Tooru’s mind admittedly drifted to a very pleasant place where both she and Mina were ballooned up with cum instead of kids but that wasn’t what she needed to talk about at that moment.

“No, I mean… we’re all girls so like… are you sad you may miss out on something like that?”

“Nope.” Mina smiled again, “If I want kids with you guys we can adopt, or find a quirk person, ooo, or borrow Midoriya from Tsuyu and Ochako.”

“O-Oh…”

“You don’t sound very convinced.” Mina stopped their walk just outside the school gates, leaning against the wall until she figured out what was suddenly wrong with her invisible girlfriend.

“What’s eating you? Besides me of course.”

“Mina.” Tooru chuckled dryly and shaking her head as her own joke was used against her. “Sorry… I guess I kinda... I mean I know Ojiro’s like a total butthead and guys are stupid and stuff but… I do um… want a kid of my own.”

“That’s fine hun.” Mina rubbed her side softly. “We’ll figure something out when we get there, yeah? You’re not gonna lose me or probably any of us just ‘cause you want something like that. Me? I don’t really have any plans to have kids but, I know that I want you, so as long as you’re in my future, rugrats or not, I’ll be happy.”

That earned the pinkette a quick kiss on the cheek from her girlfriend who felt a bit better at hearing that. It was just a sudden bit of doubt brought up by remembering that while she’d sort of sworn off guys since Ojiro. Mina and the others, minus Kyoka of course, hadn’t. She hoped what they all had together would last longer than just a school romance but if Ochako, Tsuyu, Momo or Mina wanted kids, they might break up with her to go look for someone that could give them that.

“Come on girl, we gots some shopping to do!” Mina cheered, leading her girlfriend onward towards the bus stop.


Mina had a rough plan for when they arrived at Kiyashi. Pending any stupid villain incidents of course, they’d hit up restaurants and shops they wanted to take each other to first before picking up gifts and supplies and heading back.

Despite the little dip they’d had after leaving the dorms, Mina’s plan went off without a hitch to begin with. They’d hit up one of Mina’s favourite movie stores where she’d shown off the film series that inspired her original hero name which Tooru wasn’t a huge fan of as she’d probably hide her face during all the ‘worst, scary bits’. Mina said she was more than willing to shelter the girl between her boobs during those moments with a cheeky grin.

Next, Tooru had shown off the super cute shoe store they’d visited when Midoriya got into trouble and where she’d gotten her current adorable footwear. The two spent a half hour trying on different shoes but ultimately ended up buying none of them.

Dinner was a fun affair with the two opting for a small snack of natto and fizzy drinks from a stall that had Mina drooling. Tooru shyly asked mid meal if she could have a bite of Mina’s if she gave Mina a bite of hers. While initially bemused, as they’d gotten the same thing, Mina grinned when Tooru offered up a chopstick laden with the sticky goodness for Mina to munch on. After declaring Tooru’s bite ‘super yummy’ she offered her own bite in turn. She didn’t need to be a romantic to know that her girlfriend just wanted to be fed by her.

After some mild teasing at Tooru’s expense to just be honest next time, the girls turned to their true goal of getting present and supplies for their shared heiress girlfriend. While they initially puzzled over what to get a girl that could afford anything, they opted to get her things they personally wanted to share with her.

Tooru grabbed a variety pack of caramels in flavours from all across Japan. She had her favourites of course, but she wanted to get Momo something they could share while hiding from whatever scary movie Mina wanted to show them next sleepover.

Mina decided to get the girl a small, silver charm bracelet with each of their shared group’s initial as a charm. Getting it in silver with six charms was a little pricey but she thought it’d be worth it. Tooru almost felt bad for her meagre offering in response only to be assured by Mina that both presents could be from both of them if she felt that way.

“You just want some of these fancy caramels.” Tooru teased back as they walked towards a store that had all the party supplies they’d need and the last stop on their outing.

“Ma~aybe.” Mina grinned, licking her lips as she eyed the bag swinging from Tooru’s hand.

“Oop.” Tooru stopped, spotting something she needed to take care of sooner rather than later. “Gotta pee, hold these please.”

Mina shook her head as she accepted her invisible girlfriend’s bags before she dashed off to the loos they’d just passed.

Humming a random tune, she moved to the railing overlooking the shopping mall and relaxing back on it, relishing the break herself. The sun was setting and the cool autumn breeze washed through the upper floors, cooling her skin pleasantly. She hoped that stuff like this could last forever or, at least, only get better like once they got Yaoyorozu free from her folks or Mineta finally getting expelled for being a bad hero.

Unfortunately, her happy-go-lucky day was brought to an end in the most unpleasant of ways. A set of guys and girls in a group walked in front of her, chatting to each other as they did. Just before they passed, the one on the end aimed a swift kick at the bags Mina had placed down to rest, scattering their contents.

“Hey!” Mina shouted, moving quickly to grab her stuff.

“Watch where you’re going.” The man shot back cruelly, removing all doubt that it hadn’t been deliberate.

Mina took a deep breath while aiming a cold glare back at the guy who was walking away. It wasn’t worth trying to start something with a prick like that who was practically asking for it.

Shaking her head as she grabbed Tooru’s caramels, she turned her attention back to the bags trying to calm her frustrations.

“What a freak,” she muttered to herself after having collected their stuff together.

“You fuckin’ what?!” The guy shouted, turning back to face Mina. The pinkette, admittedly, stiffened and held her breath at the clear aggression the guy was now displaying.

Her hero instincts kicked in as her mind re-labelled the approaching man as a threat, taking a more defensive stance from any potential attacks just as Aizawa had taught them.

“Why don’tchu take a good look in the mirror you fuckin’ freak.” The man yelled, stomping up to Mina to lord his higher stature over the girl.

“Dude.” One of his female friends hurried back, grabbed his arm and tried to pull him away. “She ain’t worth it.”

Despite his friend trying to get him to back off, Mina didn’t regard her as an ally as she also shot the heroine in training a dirty look.

“No, this mutie freak thinks she can call regular folks that?” The guy shrugged off his friend’s hand. It was clear to Mina exactly what this was about now. Her eyes quickly flicked to the guy’s wrist and spotted the brand she’d been warned about. If he made any move against her, Aizawa’s wrath and her status as a semi-pro or not, she wouldn’t die without a fight.

In a flash, Mina felt herself restrained as she spotted the other guy’s arms also bound to his side by some weird rope. A blur of dark blue and brown landed between them as she looked up into the frowning mask of Kamui Woods. Despite her predicament, she breathed a sigh of relief; clearly the mall was being better patrolled since their last visit if a hero had jumped in this swiftly.

The hero took a minute to glance between the participants in the spat that had required his intervention before turning towards Mina first.

“What seems to be the problem here?” He asked her in a calm, professional tone.

“Nothin’.” The aggressive man spat, trying to break free from his binding.

Kamui rolled his eyes as he returned his gaze to Mina since he’d clearly been addressing her and not him.

“I was just shopping with my girlfriend and he kicked my stuff.”

“So she’s a dyke too.”

Kamui reacted swiftly, his binding roots extending and reaching up to gag the man with his others threatening to do the same to his friend if she spat the same vitriol.

“And then Miss?” Kamui asked politely, clearly hoping to instil a calm, commanding reassurance in her. It was weird, her brain recognising all these tactics she was being taught at school actually being executed by a pro in front of her.

“I er… said he was a freak after he blamed me for it even though I was standing here the whole time.” Mina admitted, “He took offense and called me a ‘mutie freak’ and approached me aggressively.”

“She’s lying.” The aggressive guy’s friend said, drawing Kamui’s attention. “She started mouthing off at us and insulting our mothers. He was just demanding an apology.”

Kamui looked at back at Mina as though evaluating her. She almost felt offended that a pro would believe something so ridiculous like that.

“So you’ve decided to add ‘Obstruction of Justice’ to the charges I see. Lying to a pro hero is a chargeable offence you know.” Kamui turned back to the two in his binds, subtly removing his wooden quirk from around Mina at the same time.

“I ain’t lying. Why’re you believing her made up story and not mine?” The woman spat.

“I don’t believe hero students of UA would do something like that.” Kamui stated, a mote of smugness creeping into his voice.

The pair paled as they realised how quickly this had gotten out of hand.

“I’ve um, also got my provisional if it helps.” Mina declared quickly, reaching into her pocket and pulling out her wallet, handing the license to the hero.

“Impressive, I seem to remember you participating in the first year sports fest earlier this year, no?” Kamui asked, getting a nervous nod from Mina in response.

Reaching for his belt, he quickly popped a notepad out from a spot that looked almost invisible to Mina before quickly jotting her key information down and handing her license back.

“You’re free to go Miss, if I need anything I will let you know through UA.” Kamui nodded at the girl, using his quirk to lift up her bags and hand them to her.

“You’ve got no proof we even did anything wrong.” The girl shouted, trying to break free of her own bonds now.

“I’m sure the mall will provide me with the security footage from there,” He pointed to a camera over the loos. “And there, and there.” He pointed out the two nearest stores. “Add to that the recording of this conversation ever since I stepped in and I think we’re done here.”

Mina breathed a sigh of relief as, despite the horrible interaction, at least the pair were now being led away.

“Mina!” Tooru’s voice called out as she rushed up to her girlfriend. “What happened?! Are you okay?”

Mina blinked as her fight-or-flight instincts wound down and she probably owed her worried girlfriend an explanation.

“How much did you catch?” She asked.

“I heard Kamui Woods ask ‘what was going on’ when I stepped out. I wanted to come see you but I couldn’t since, you know, pro-hero at work.”

Mina nodded, recalling the lesson about not interfering with a pro-hero in the middle of something unless you have pertinent information as you could be impeding their duties, not that most of the public adhered to that.

“Yeah, okay… um… can we just go?” Mina asked softly, her eyes looking over at where Kamui had led the other two away only to spot the remaining members of that group of people giving her venomous looks.

Tooru followed her girlfriend’s gaze and quickly plucked the bags from her hands, looping her arm with her own and leading her into the party supply store they needed to go to.

Once inside, Mina recounted the short, horrible story of what Tooru had missed while she picked out streamers and hats for Momo’s party though with significantly less enthusiasm than before.

“Mina I’m so sorry I was gone.” Tooru apologized, wringing her hands and paying more attention to her girlfriend than any potential purchases.

“Not your fault you needed to pee.” Mina shrugged before letting out a sad sigh.

“You know you’re beautiful yeah?” Tooru tried to cheer her up, “I love your skin tone and your hair and your eyes are the most gorgeous-”

“Tooru, stop, it’s okay.” Mina smiled weakly at her girlfriend. “I’m fine, really. I know I’ve got a kickass bod and I love my skin and my horns and my eyes.”

Tooru didn’t say anything, hoping Mina would take the opportunity to say what was really bothering her.

“I just feel shitty ‘cause it happened.” She sighed. “I love me and I’m happy with me, I’m just sick of other people trying to make people like me feel bad for just being ourselves.”

“Oh Mina.” Tooru wrapped the girl in another hug and nuzzled her arm. “I’m sorry you had to go through that.”

“Yeah I know, there’s nothing you can do babe.” Mina smiled as she rested her head on Tooru’s. “Racists, quirkists, mutant-haters; they’re all bullies that I want to stop other people from having to experience. It’s why I want to be a hero after all.”

“Wow, I’ve got a super strong girlfriend who won’t let anyone keep her down.” Tooru cheered, squeezing her girlfriend’s hand.

“Yeah… but um… your girlfriend also want to finish up here, go home and maybe c-cry a bit too.” Mina bit her lip, hoping it didn’t ruin Tooru’s view of her. She tried to be strong and hold it together but talking about it was keeping all those bad emotions near the surface and they were threatening to break free.

Thankfully, Tooru understood perfectly, leading Mina over to a quiet corner to calm down while she zipped around, picking out everything she thought they’d need for Momo’s party. If they forgot something, they could ask one of the others to grab it tomorrow.

With their supplies and gifts gathered, the girls grabbed their stuff and headed back to UA.

While on the bus, there was a moment that Tooru recalled that didn’t quite make sense to her. With her arm wrapped around her pink haired girlfriend who had her head on Tooru’s lap as they waited to arrive home, she asked the question on her mind. 

“Mina?”

“Yeah Tooru?”

“Why did you mention that guy’s tattoo?”

Mina sighed as she recalled spotting the simple initials of the hate group surrounded by a circle. Innocuous to most but devastating to those that were targeted.

“The CRC; ‘Creature Rejection Clan’.” Mina stated, “A group of people that reject anyone with a quirk that makes them less ‘human’ as they see it. My mom warned me about them as a kid, said they were more active years back but… with All Might gone… they might be trying to make a comeback. That prick couldn’t’ve been older than twenty-three, twenty-four.”

“That’s horrible.” Tooru sympathised.

“Yeah, but we’re sort of lucky.” Mina chuckled bitterly, “They’re an extremist group that rejects anyone that doesn’t fit their bill and not only is that view super narrow but you also have to be full of hate to go anywhere near them anyway. If they could, they’d get rid of people like me, Tokoyami, Shoji, Tsuyu… probably you too.” Mina sighed, sitting up when she felt her girlfriend flinch. “I don’t mean to be rude but you are invisible Starlight, even if you were completely ‘human’ underneath your quirk, they wouldn’t care since you have to turn it ‘off’ to be their definition of normal.”

“H-How do you know all this?” Tooru asked nervously, her fear a little more prominent hearing that she would be a valid target too for these people.

“Mum made sure I knew all the dangers when I started walking to school by myself.” Mina shrugged. “Showed me their stupid rhetoric as well as the… results of what they did to people like us. Told me that I was to do anything and everything I could do come back to her, even if it was illegal, if someone with that tattoo ever tried to hurt me.”

“M-My god.” Tooru gasped. It all sounded so surreal to her that they still lived in a world with people like that.

“Yeah, it’s super depressing.” Mina sighed, acknowledging this was probably not the best way to end what was mostly an excellent date. “But still, I know I’ve got you girls so don’t worry about this bringing me down for too long or anything like that.” She hoped to reassure her girlfriend.

“Still horrible that it happened.” Tooru grumbled.

“Yup, but I think after a um… good ‘emotional venting’ with some ice cream and a good night’s rest, I’ll be fighting fit again.”

“If you say so but I’m staying with you tonight Princess.” Tooru snuggled her girlfriend, hoping to free her of some of the darkness the world had tried to inflict.

“I’d be disappointed if you didn’t.” Mina giggled, petting Tooru’s hair.

They arrived back at UA, bags in hand as they approached the entrance with the infamous UA barrier behind it. Both breathed a subtle sigh of relief after they passed the threshold, safe behind the protections of the school.

“Ashido, Hagakure.” A voice called out that sent shivers down their spines.

The pair turned to spot Aizawa waiting for them beside one of the yellow arches that stood in the school’s entryway.

“Kamui Woods called and informed me about everything that went down at the mall.” He stated, receiving a nervous nod from each of the girls. “Well done on keeping a cool head under pressure. I know it couldn’t have been easy.”

“Th-Thank you Sir.” Mina offered a short bow.

“I should inform you that the two others involved in the incident have been jailed, though for how long is still unclear. While I am stunned that yet again it seems trouble has sought your class out, you can rest assured I know it wasn’t your fault.”

“Yes sir.” The pair bowed.

“That’s all, go back to planning your party for Yaoyorozu or whatever.” He grumbled, heading back towards the teacher’s dorms.

He strained his ears to listen to the girls and ensure they began the trek back to the dorms before letting out a sigh of frustration.

Kamui had indeed called up the school after the incident and, whilst it wasn’t part of the initial interaction, he’d spotted a concerning tattoo on one of the perpetrator’s wrists while arresting them for disturbing the peace. Belonging to a group identified as the terroristic CRC was a crime and, with enough circumstantial evidence, some officers quickly got a warrant for the two member’s homes and devices, getting access to all the vile hate and despicable plans the cell had that seemed to be indicating that their group, and similar ones like it, were on the rise once more.

Aizawa cursed All Might and his complacency as exactly what he’d predicted years ago had come to pass with more and more heroes finally getting a clue. Having a single symbol of peace that was now gone had left a wide, dangerous hole in their safety net and villains were quickly taking advantage of it. He only hoped the students wouldn’t be swept up in the wave of crime before someone came along and fixed the big blond’s mess.

For now though, he wouldn’t tell the girls about the severity of the people they’d inadvertently helped arrest. Despite her annoyingly happy demeanour, he didn’t want to be the one to tell Ashido those people saw her as less than human and would’ve killed her and possibly Hagakure too if they knew they could get away with it. She could do without that knowledge until they covered hate groups like that in their second year at least.


Mina and Tooru updated their friends on everything that happened during the trip; Tooru calling a small meeting in Mina’s room to help reassure the girl that they were all safe, together and loved her no matter what.

The pinkette accepted her friends kind words with a weary smile and a few tears before they departed, leaving Hagakure and Mina to spend the night together eating junk and watching a corny movie.

Despite the horrible verbal attack on their Princess the previous day, Mina was more or less back to normal the next day, if a little less peppy, which she chalked up to not being one hundred percent better yet. The girls didn’t know if it was better or worse that Mina bounced back so fast which was probably due to similar experiences in her youth.

Classes didn’t take a break however, and after a gruelling day of mental and physical exercises, Kyoka, Ochako and Tsuyu were held back afterwards by Aizawa. He explained that, after yesterday’s incident, and even though it was through no fault of their own, the protection of their students was priority and now hero course students leaving campus must be accompanied by a pro.

While the girls didn’t expect anything to go wrong on their trip, neither had Mina and Tooru, so they accepted the provision as they were planning to only pick up presents and a few party things anyway.

Thankfully, it seemed the universe had had enough fun messing with their class for the moment and the trip went off without a hitch despite the girls' mild paranoia.

Soon enough, it was Wednesday and that meant a special day for their resident heiress. While their morning routines were virtually unchanged, as it was still a school day, the group enjoyed giving their well wishes as they walked to class with those that were close enough also chiming in.

The party wasn’t planned to get started until lessons ended so the entire day was spent with most of the class in giddy anticipation. While not all were good friends with Yaoyorozu, Mina was right in that they’d all appreciated a chance to let loose.

“Party time!” Kaminari cheered once the last bell rang but before Aizawa dismissed the class.

“Kaminari, detention. Everyone else, you’re free to go.” Aizawa droned, straightening up his papers.

The electric boy’s jaw dropped as everyone moved to collect their bags.

Feeling bad for the boy, several others were about to speak up for leniency only to spot Aizawa’s creepy grin peek up from underneath his scarf.

“Just kidding, go on Kaminari.” He freed the boy from his logical ruse. “But don’t shout in the classroom again.”

Several chuckles followed as the electric quirk user bowed and made his apologies.

“Now we’re free, what’s the plan?” Ojiro asked casually, looking over at the girls that were mostly responsible for organising it.

“You’ll just have to wait and see, ribbit.” Tsuyu replied, not wanting to say much in front of the birthday girl. “It’s all back at the dorms so don’t worry about missing out or anything.”

Despite their somewhat frosty attitude towards the boy after learning about their Starlight’s heartbreak by him, they could still be civil since he hadn’t really done anything wrong by declining her affections.

“What about food? We got the good eats?” Sero called out.

“All food has been taken care of, rest assured.” Iida explained.

“Uh… were you in charge of that? ‘Cause I was kinda hoping to snack on something unhealthy for a change.” Sato asked nervously.

“Rest assured everyone’s preferences have been taken into account along with allergies.” Iida explained, somewhat disheartened they’d think he’d only provide healthy treats. “There is a fine selection of snacks and treats one would not typically expect in a UA student’s diet.”

“So long as there’s chips we’re cool.” Sato grinned.

“Sounds like you pulled it off, great job Iida.” Mina grinned, patting the class president on the back as they emerged into the fresh air once more.

“Of course, only the best to celebrate our fantastic class’ vice-representative and friend after all.” Iida beamed at the praise.

“That reminds me. Everyone go get changed when we get back, including you Yaomomo.” Mina pointed at her raven haired girlfriend. “You though, need to wait till we send someone to come get you else you’ll ruin the surprise.”

“Is it really a surprise if she knows it’s coming?” Kyoka rolled her eyes, earning herself a playful swat from Mina for poking a hole in her logic.

Once everyone returned to the dorms they were quickly shooed away to their rooms to change into more comfortable clothes by the other girls and Iida. With speed, they quickly attacked the bags they’d prepared and left in the common room along with the food in the fridge and began decorating the room in earnest. When Tooru briefly adjourned to her room to change as quickly as she could, she returned with a variety of pre-inflated red, gold and silver balloons she’d worked on the day before, releasing them into the common room to bump and play on the ceiling.

One by one, the other students began returning, some in their relaxation clothes and others in something a bit dressier. New arrivals appeared from class 1-B in the form of Itsuka Kendo, the class rep, Nirengeki Shoda, the vice rep, and Yosetsu Awase. Each had a small present and placed them on the table that had been set up before joining the gathering.

With decorations hung, food prepared and guests now arrived, the time to grab the birthday girl was here with Kyoka being sent up to do the honours.

“Momo, you all ready?” Kyoka knocked on her girlfriends door, somewhat annoyed she couldn’t spend the day with her away from prying eyes, with the exception of her other girlfriends, and show their Gorgeous girl how much she meant to her.

Momo’s door opened up, revealing the girl in a fancy red dress with a touch of make up to accentuate her eyes and lips. Kyoka felt very glad no one else was around in that moment as she bit her lip drinking in her girlfriend’s form.

“Excuse me, my eyes are up here dear.” Momo giggled.

“S-Sorry.” Kyoka apologised before shaking her head. “No wait, not sorry, you look stunning.”

“Thank you my dearest Vixen.” Momo purred through lidded eyes. “I did want to turn a few specific heads for throwing me such an amazing party.”

“You haven’t even turned up yet.” Kyoka deadpanned.

“No, but you five are there so I’m sure it’s everything I want in a celebration.” Momo smiled, reaching out to cup Kyoka’s face and plant a soft kiss on her lips. “Shall we?” She asked, taking Kyoka’s hand in her own and leading them towards the elevator.

The pair enjoyed the ride down with their hands clasped, knowing they’d have to part as soon as the doors opened but savoured it while they could.

When the inevitable ‘ping’ of arrival rang out, the pair stepped forward to a massive cheer of, “Happy Birthday Momo”, from all the class and guests.

Despite having several extravagant soiree’s thrown in her honour by her parents, this much more meagre display meant more to her than all of them combined. She marvelled at the balloons and streamers as well as the delicious looking food and small pile of gifts that’d been prepared for her.

“Thank you all, this is more than I deserve.” Momo bowed humbly.

“Shut up and enjoy girl, it’s your birthday after all.” Kyoka rolled her eyes when Momo stood back up, raising a small party horn to her lips she’d kept hidden and blowing, the little paper streamer extending out with an obnoxious noise before returning. Momo couldn’t help but laugh at the deadpan delivery of such a cheery display.

“Kyoka’s got it right, come celebrate girl!” Mina grinned, grabbing Momo’s hand and pulling her over to chat with everyone.

As expected, all of class A was in attendance, even the little purple pest but the girls tried to do their best to ignore him, even if he was ogling them leerily at a distance. They couldn’t very well have excluded him from the celebration lest it be seen as bullying, even if he was a party-ruiner-risk.

Even Bakugo seemed to be enjoying himself. Momo was pleasantly surprised when he ambushed the girls as they made the rounds to everyone, stuffing a gift into Yaoyorozu’s hands rather than place it on the prepared table and muttering “For coming to Kamino” to her before returning to where he’d left Kirishima. Mina grinned fondly at the proud idiot as Ochako relieved the heiress of the present, putting it with the others.

Once Momo had greeted everyone like she was taught to do at parties by her parents, Mina grabbed her attention, assuring the girl that there was no party games or any surprises planned and that she was free to stay or leave whenever she liked. The cake they’d got her had been sliced up and divided into napkins for people to grab whenever they wanted a piece and they’d made sure to keep everyone from breaking it up until she’d seen it in full. While she couldn’t express her full joy towards her girlfriend at the practically perfect birthday event, she did give the girl a firm hug and hoped it conveyed her message clearly.

After everyone had grabbed some food and settled in to just chat about anything and everything, Ituska approached the birthday girl and asked for a word in private.

“Sure thing Kendo,” Momo nodded. “If you’ll excuse me girls.”

She rose from her spot on the couch and followed Itsuka to the other side of the common space. “Just here is fine.” Kendo said, turning back to the girl.

“Is something the matter Kendo?” Momo asked, a little confused as there was nothing she knew between them that needed discussing.

“No um… could you just, stay there for just a sec?” She asked again, looking somewhat apologetic.

“Of course?” Momo replied, not quite sure what this was all about.

Kendo backed up a few steps and quickly punched something hidden behind one of the pillars.

“You’re up dude, good luck.”

Momo couldn’t resist tilting her head as Kendo made a quick retreat the long way round back to the party area. Once she was out of sight, her confusion was answered when Yosetsu Awase, the welding quirk user of class B, stepped shyly out of the alcove.

“H-Hi Yaoyorozu.” He said apprehensively.

“Awase,” Momo smiled, “Is there something I can help you with?”

“Oh uh… y-yeah I um… I think you’re really great and I wondered if maybe you’d like to um… go on a date sometime.” He asked, bowing lightly.

Momo blinked. Certainly not expecting a confession today, she smiled sadly at the boy who’d clearly gone out on a limb to ask her. Even if she didn’t have the amazing secret relationship with all her girlfriends, she knew her answer to the boy would be the same.

“I’m very flattered Awase,” She began, “Unfortunately I’m afraid I have to decline.”

“Oh… er…” Awase stood up, his face pink and his eyes averted. “Um… can I ask what I did wrong?”

Momo giggled, it was silly to think he’d done anything wrong in the short time they’d interacted at UA.

“You didn’t do anything wrong, I’m sure another girl would likely have given you a positive response.” She smiled, “I’m afraid I have to decline for my own reasons. Please accept that I can’t tell you more.”

“Yeah, no, that’s cool.” Awase rubbed the back of his head. “Sorry I just… you’re really smart and beautiful and stuff and I wanted to shoot my shot I guess.”

“No problem Awase, I hope you have better luck with someone more suitable to you than myself.”

“Urgh, even when I’m shot down you’re awesome.” He blushed. “I’m just gonna, er, go see what Kendo wants.” He moved backwards, making his excuses.

“Of course.” Momo nodded, allowing him to escape the somewhat awkward conversation while she did the same.

Returning to her friends who’d now moved onto the cake and other dessert offerings, she plopped back into her seat with a sigh.

“All good Momo?” Ochako asked, handing her a plate with some cake on it.

“Everything’s fine.” She assured them, “It was Awase that wanted a quiet word, not Kendo.”

“Oh? What for?” Mina asked, looking over at the boy who was currently getting a commiserating hug from Kendo.

“What you think genius?” Kyoka chuckled, her jacks having picked up every word, not that she’d admit to trying to listen out for what was being discussed.

“Oh? Oooh,” Realization dawned on Mina’s face as she shot a sympathising look over at the class B member.

“To be fair, it’s not like he knew any better.” Tsuyu admitted.

“True, but still.” Ochako felt her heart going out to the boy.

Once the excitement of the unexpected confession was over with, the girls returned to mingling with the rest of the class. Tooru had a catch up session with Midoriya, denoting the progress with her quirk he might be unaware of while Ochako and Tsuyu caught up with Koda and asked if Yuwei-chan was doing well. Kyoka tended to stick to their group and Momo herself for most of the evening but did get pulled into a conversation with Kaminari and Tokoyami when they began discussing their musical tastes. Mina, ever the social bee, made sure to keep all the food and drink rotating between different areas of the room while chatting with everyone about anything. Momo briefly wondered whether Mina would’ve been a ‘more suitable’ daughter for her parents to have than herself but discarded it quickly; she wouldn’t wish her situation on anyone who wouldn’t want it after all.

The lack of any games or events didn’t seem to bring the mood down at all much to Momo’s relief, her desire to be a good host despite not planning the party in any way being washed away. Slowly, some of the class began to depart the common room as the evening stretched on. As expected, those from 1-B departed first, thanking the girls for the invite even if Awase still looked somewhat self-conscious. Koda took a plate of greens up to his room to feed his bunny while Todoroki, Shoji and Tokoyami departed once they’d reached their social interaction limits for the day.

With the party wrapping up and the remaining members present consisting of the six girls, Midoriya, Aoyama, Iida, Kirishima and Bakugo, Mina felt it appropriate to inform Momo that she could take her gifts upstairs and the girls would join them when they were done cleaning up.

“Are you sure Mina? I don’t mind helping out if-“

“Go on and git gurl,” Mina pushed her girlfriend by the shoulders towards the elevator, the heiress’ hands clutching the bag of presents she’d received. “We’ll wrap everything up here then come join you so it’s your job to go make your room presentable.”

Momo rolled her eyes, her room was nearly always presentable; the only times it wasn’t was after they had a sleepover.

“Okay, you win.” Momo relented, stepping into the elevator and turning back to face Mina while she pressed the button. “I’ll be waiting.” She sent what she hoped was a sultry wink at the girl, drawing a giggle from her just before the doors closed.

With the birthday girl taken care of, Mina returned to tidying up everything with everyone else. Well, everyone except Bakugo who was relaxing on a couch as he chatted to Kirishima who actually was assisting.

Heading over to the kitchen, she tapped Iida on the back who was midway through dividing up the remaining food into containers to put in the fridge for any that wished to peck at them.

“Thanks for getting all the goodies sorted vice-prez, it was a big help.” She grinned.

“Of course,” Iida smiled, happy at having been able to show his appreciation for his friend and fellow representative. “And um… thanks for the list of recommended food and drink. I admit I may have become quite unpopular if I didn’t have your insight to assist me.”

“No problem dude.” Mina grinned, “Just wanted my girl and everyone else to have a good time y’know?”

“Indeed, I dare say this party was a great success, well done to us all.”

Mina giggled at the boys enthusiasm, moving over to help Aoyama out with the trash bag he was having trouble tying. As she helped out the hapless French boy her mind drifted back to the incident a few days ago when she’d gone to get these very supplies. Regardless of the trouble she’d found herself in, she’d do it again if it meant putting a smile on all these people’s faces; especially her girls.


With the decorations all taken down, the rubbish taken care of by the super-strong Midoriya, and the remaining food all properly stored, the party was officially at its end.

Bidding everyone goodbye, the girls made their way up to Yaoyorozu’s room where they planned to spend a little extra time celebrating the girl’s special day in private.

When they knocked, they found the birthday girl answering the door having changed out of her dress into a top and shorts that were a bit more comfortable before they all entered her room once more. Kyoka deliberately hung back to be the last to enter so she could snag the first kiss from the birthday girl once the door closed.

“Hey, save some for the rest of us.” Mina moaned, wanting her own piece of Yaoyorozu cake.

“There’s plenty of me to go around Princess, don’t worry.” Momo smiled tenderly at the pinkette. “I would like to thank you all for a most enjoyable day. I’m not sure I could’ve planned it better if I’d tried.”

“Oh stop,” Mina giggled humbly before adding, “…continue.”

“It was nothing, I’m sure you’ll probably try to do the same for us next time.” Tsuyu shrugged, glad the girl had enjoyed her day.

“Indeed, so please be aware of that fact when your own birthdays come around.” Momo teased, very much prepared to do as she said.

“Less needless thanking, more unwrapping prezzies!” Tooru cheered, taking a spot on Momo’s bed where the bag of gifts had been placed.

“I do wanna see your face when you open mine.” Kyoka smiled shyly, each of the girls heading towards their typical sleepover spots.

“Bit weird to see blasty give her one though.” Mina said, spotting the Bakugo’s gift near the top of the bag.

“I believe he appreciated my accompaniment of the others during our um… trip to Kamino Ward during the incident.” Momo relayed.

“Ahhh, probably too proud to say ‘thank you’ like a normal person.” Ochako giggled, the boy did prefer to use actions over words.

“Possibly.” Momo acknowledged, reaching for his gift first. She’d save the gifts from the girls for last so she could appreciate them better.

Unwrapping it, she found a book titled ‘How to disguise yourself for dummies’ which drew a few confused expressions from the other girls.

“I believe this is both his way of saying our attempts to blend in during our trip were not up to his standard and a method to help improve for the future.”

“Wow, rude much? You saved his stupid butt.” Tooru snorted.

“He’s an idiot but he means well.” Mina admitted, shaking her head at the blond’s choice of gift.

With the first done, Momo quickly unwrapped the others from those outside their group. Itsuka had kindly gifted her a book written by Midnight titled ‘How to make it as a Heroine’ along with a small note saying just the first chapter was more useful to her than their entire time with Uwabami which drew a few giggles from the girls. Awase had gifted her a small selection of chocolates, likely not knowing what she’d like from their short interactions while Shoda had gotten her a set of grip trainers.

Iida had predictably gotten her a fancy looking notebook and pen to match while Sato had wrapped up a selection of baked sweetbreads he hoped she enjoyed. After the cake he’d made during the room contest, all of the girls had developed something of a sweet tooth for his confections, opting to take him up on taste testing whenever he experimented with something new or made a little too much. Momo relented as she spotted each of the girls hungrily eyeing the small box and gave them permission to share in the tasty delights which they all accepted.

Aoyama had gifted her a fancy, if gaudy looking hand mirror that she knew was imitation gold and silver just from sight alone, though she appreciated his thoughtfulness. Kirishima’s contained a note stating that he’d gotten her a set of personal hand weights and to come to his room to pick them up when she was ready as the set was too big to wrap up.

Midoriya had strangely offered a dual-layered gift. After tearing off the first set of wrapping, she’d found a note he’d written about having observed her quirk and his thoughts on potential avenues she could explore if she wanted. It finished with an apology as he was unsure what to get her and if she found the offer creepy and to just throw everything away if she didn’t like it.

Tsuyu and Ochako rolled their eyes at the boy’s behaviour. Even among the class Midoriya’s analysis was prized as, while somewhat unusual, clearly worked from the suggestions he’d made, so any advice of his was usually acted on. Tooru herself vouched for the boy with her recent results to bend light as he clearly knew his stuff.

They finally came to the other girl’s gifts and Momo felt her nervousness amplify. She knew they’d surely all tried to give her something special and she hoped her initial reactions were the ones they expected.

“From Hagakure and Mina?” Momo asked, a little confused as she pulled out the first gift.

“We pooled our cash and got you something a little pricy and a little tasty.” Mina grinned, Tooru taking her hand and giving it a quick squeeze for agreeing to double up on the gifts.

“Let’s see.” Momo carefully unwrapped the present as it shifted in her grip, clearly one object inside being larger than the other. “Ooo, I don’t believe I’ve tried nearly so many flavours of caramel.”

“Tooru picked that.” Kyoka chuckled, clearly remembering the girl’s love of the sticky substance.

“I thought we could compare all the different tastes and stuff.” She blushed.

“That sounds like a wonderful idea, thank you Starlight.” Momo beamed, Tooru relaxing now that she knew her gift was appreciated. “Now, what else is in here?”

Momo returned her attention to the smaller box that came with the treat. She briefly hesitated when she realised it opened like a ring box but noted the dimensions were a little too large.

“Oh wow…” She exclaimed when she opened it up and observed the charm bracelet inside.

“It’s just a little something so you’ve always got a bit of us wherever you are.” Mina grinned. “Ochako’s delightful neckwear gave me the idea.”

The gravity girl’s hand flitted to her collar briefly as the girls observed the new piece of jewellery. Momo had certainly owned much more fancy and expensive pieces but she’d treasure none more than this. It was a silver chain with charms clipped on at intervals that had each of their initials on. When realizing two girls in their group had ‘T’ as their initial, Mina had opted to get the same coloured glass gems that Ochako currently had on the back of her neck added to everyone’s letter to help differentiate them while leaving no one out.

“I love it Princess, thank you both so much.” Momo radiated joy, eagerly playing with the clasp to put it on immediately.

“It’s a good thing you got her charms from all of us,” Kyoka smirked at the pinkette, “I’d hate to have to scratch your eyes out.”

“Shush ya big softy.” Mina stuck her tongue out. “You think I’d forget about you guys? We’re a polmeramous unit now and I love you all.”

Momo sent an exasperated glare at the obvious rise Mina was trying to provoke out of her.

“Let’s move on, I’d rather not have my precious people fighting for my affections; as sexy as that would be.”

Mina let out a laugh while Kyoka blushed and turned away.

“Shall I do yours next my little Vixen?” Momo teased, holding up Kyoka’s gift.

“Yeah, sure, whatever.” Kyoka blushed, trying to fight off the evil embarrassment she’d been inflicted with.

Momo carefully opened up the present as Kyoka tried not to look too interested in her reaction. It appeared to be a somewhat worn copy of ‘Beginner’s intro to Guitar’.

“If you’re not into that I could maybe, you know, teach you another instrument or whatever.” Kyoka tried to mitigate whatever disappointment she was expecting after having to follow a gift like Mina and Tooru’s.

Momo smiled over at the blushing earphone jack user. Clearly the copy of the book was the girl’s own but that wasn’t the real gift.

“Whilst I can already play the piano fairly eloquently, I do have an interest in learning something a tad more rebellious like a guitar.” She smiled warmly.

“Awww, so romantic.” Tooru cooed.

“She’s a really good teacher.” Ochako nodded, having had a small session along with Tooru after they’d moved into the dorms.

“Adorable.” Tsuyu muttered from her spot, her cheeks taking on a slightly pink tinge.

“Shut up, whatever.” Kyoka tried to get the attention off herself and back on Momo’s next presents. “Only two left.”

“To be fair, did Ochako even need to get her a gift?” Mina asked, hoping someone took the bait.

“Why wouldn’t she?” Tsuyu asked, Mina grateful that it was her that answered out of all of them.

“I mean, she’s gotta do everything Momo says so like, couldn’t she just put a bow on her head and have Momo unwrap her?” The pinkette broke into laughter after spotting Ochako’s face quickly matching the shade of her cheeks.

“Hot.” Tsuyu agreed simply.

“Tsu!” Ochako turned to her traitorous girlfriend.

“Again, while I appreciate the suggestion, I am just as glad to receive something, no matter what, from my dear friend and pet.” Momo winked, causing Ochako to blush even deeper and cover her face with her hands.

“I think that decides whose gift next.” Tooru giggled as Momo pulled out the one with Ochako’s name tagged on it. Without further ado, the heiress opened up the packaging to reveal an assortment of perfumes, soaps and pampering products.

“I didn’t really know what to get you so I thought I’d get you something to make you feel good.”

“They’re lovely Ochako.” Momo smiled, “I look forward to having you help me apply the body wash.”

“Gah! No! I didn’t mean it like that! I just meant-”

“Relax Pet, I’m only teasing.”

“Are you though?” Tsuyu asked, somewhat hoping she wasn’t, and that she also be allowed to join.

“Sixty forty.” Momo teased again, causing Ochako to accidently touch herself with her hand and begin her ascent into heaven after dying from embarrassment.

“While I fetch my girlfriend, you can open my gift.” Tsuyu said, standing up to pull her floaty friend back to earth.

Momo pulled out the last present from the bag, Mina grabbing it along with all the wrapping paper that had accumulated thus far and stuffing it inside.

“Oh my-” Momo gasped as she realised just what she’d unwrapped.

“Yeah, I kind of broke the ones you made so I bought you a new set with some extra fun stuff.”

“What? What she get you?” Mina asked, trying to peek over the paper.

Momo pulled out a set of handcuffs along with some other restraints and bondage gear including a ball gag, spreader bar and more.

“Oh my god Tsuyu!” Kyoka glared at the frog girl though her prominent blush took away from the intimidating effect somewhat. “Imagine if she’d opened that downstairs.”

“I would’ve stopped her.” Tsuyu replied simply. “I got Mina to melt the other ones and tossed them.”

“I did wonder why you were in cuffs.” Mina recalled, the frog girl coming to her the morning after they’d all had their group discussion with them locked around her wrists. “What did you guys get up to after I seduced Kyoka into her bed?”

The earphone jack girl scoffed. If anyone took anyone to bed, she took Mina but whatever.

“I may have um… cuffed Tsuyu for being naughty and accidently forgot to generate a key.” Momo blushed. “I am surprised though, Tsuyu managed to break solid steel links.”

“They certainly felt like it.” Tsuyu admitted, rubbing her wrists slightly.

The other girls simply gaped at the story of raw strength their little frog girl had displayed.

“Break me mommy.” Mina drooled, her muscle fetish making itself very known in that moment.

“I think you broke Mina already.” Tooru giggled, the story having somewhat less of an affect, having been witness to it and knowing the girl wasn’t lying.

“Anytime, any bedroom Princess.” Tsuyu winked. Mina was hard pressed not to demand the smug frog take her back to her lily pad right now.

“Alright girls, that’s enough.” Momo regained their attention as she put Tsuyu’s gift to one side. “I want to thank you all for a most enjoyable birthday. This is something I haven’t savoured so much in a long, long time.”

The girl’s smiles were somewhat muted with the unspoken topic of Momo’s betrothal over their heads.

“No problem Gorgeous.” Mina winked.

“I’m glad you liked everything.” Tooru smiled, glad her hurried purchases from the party supplies store hadn’t hurt the heiress’ enjoyment of the party.

“Company could’ve been better without someone but he behaved.” Kyoka nodded.

“No problem Gorgeous, happy to help, ribbit.” Tsuyu assured her.

“You’ve done so much for all of us, we had to give back somehow.” Ochako smiled.

“I do consider myself extremely fortunate to have met and fallen for so many wonderful people, I hope you know I’ll be responding in kind come your own celebrations.” Momo reiterated.

“Wouldn’t expect anything less.” Mina sighed.

“If that’s all, I must admit I am somewhat exhausted after everything today. If you don’t mind returning to your own rooms I’d be most grateful.”

“But that’s all the way downstairs.” Tooru groaned though making a move to depart.

“An early night would probably good for me and ‘Chako too, we’ve got something unpleasant to do tomorrow.”

The other girls remembered that the pair that had been on the raid were attending the funeral of Sir Nighteye while the rest of them were in lessons.

“You’ll have our best wishes and thoughts to accompany you.” Momo replied thoughtfully.

The girls all rose and began heading to the door. Momo made sure each of them got an appreciative kiss she filled with her affection before each of them left.

Tsuyu, Ochako and Tooru headed towards the elevator, the frog girl having asked to spend the night with her girlfriend, which closed before Kyoka or Mina could get close, though that could be because each one was trying to out-slow the other.

“Is something wrong girls?” Momo asked at the odd display.

Both girls glared at each other, challenging the other to speak up first and admit their plans.

“Girls!” Momo ordered when neither wanted to reply.

“Kyoka won’t take a hint and go back to her room.”

“I wanted to talk to her when you all left. Kinda hard when you won’t shove off.”

“Enough.” Momo snapped again to get their attention. If they were going to fight like children, she’d treat them like children.

“If you two can’t behave, you’ll both go back to your rooms without anything else.”

Both girls looked suitably chastised before glancing awkwardly at each other.

“Sorry Gorgeous.” They both replied a moment apart from each other.

“Better.” Momo nodded, “Now, explain. Kyoka first.”

“Well I er…” She blushed, rubbing her arm. “I wanted to spend some time with you… m-maybe in bed.”

“Understandable.” Momo agreed, finding the idea enticing herself despite her tiredness. “Mina?”

“Er… well… kinda the same.” She admitted, frustrated that they’d both clearly had the same idea.

Momo sighed fondly, shaking her head.

“Come on,” She said, gesturing back inside.

Counter to their speed towards the elevator, the girls almost left outlines with how fast they returned to Momo’s room. The birthday girl shut the door behind them, ensuring it was locked before flicking the light; the only illumination now coming from her bedside lamp. She stepped forward towards her bed, taking care to caress both girl’s rears as she passed between them.

“I was truthful when I said I was tired after such a fun and busy day.” Momo stated, reaching up to remove her top in one swift motion, leaving her breasts to bounce free that Mina and Kyoka observed from behind, their libidos flaring at the erotic act. “If you two can’t play nice, I’ll just have to enjoy my own company before going right to sleep.”

With her piece said, Momo crawled onto her bed over the endboard, her panty clad rear teasingly obscuring the sight both Mina and Kyoka so desperately wanted to see.

Kyoka turned to Mina to see what she wanted to do but the girl was already halfway to Momo’s bed, her top annoyingly catching on her horns as she bumped into the bedpost.

“Points for enthusiasm” Kyoka rolled her eyes before walking over to assist what was very likely to be her bedmate for the evening, “Minus some for execution.”

Mina rubbed her head awkwardly, still clad in her bra that she then hurried to remove. Kyoka nervously began removing her own clothes, looking up briefly as Momo’s bottoms came sailing over the end of the bed.

Once divested of all her horribly restrictive cloth prisons, Mina eagerly climbed onto the bed, heading for the delightfully commanding birthday girl who’d snuck under her covers.

Her advancement was halted when she spotted Momo’s look turn from one of amused lust to one of concern. Knowing nothing was wrong with herself, she turned to look back at Kyoka who was uncharacteristically hiding herself behind Momo’s bed post.

“Kyoka? Are you okay?” Momo asked with apprehension.

The normally tough, punk girl was very interested in playing with her jacks and not looking over at either of them in that moment.

“Y-Yeah um… sorry, nerves.” She offered shyly as an explanation.

“What’s up girl? You’ve done it with Momo and I’m pretty sure we both enjoyed ourselves last time I was in your room.” Mina grinned though it fell somewhat when she didn’t get a rise out of the girl.

“This is still weird for me.” Kyoka replied. “I don’t… this is my first um…”

“Threeway?” Momo offered, getting a shy nod from the girl.

“Come here dear, it’s okay.” Momo held her hands out, hoping to give the girl enough confidence to slip into her comforting embrace.

Kyoka took the time to deliberately go around to the other side of the bed from Mina, walking as far up the side as she could before slipping directly under the sheets and sidling up to her heiress girlfriend.

Momo shook her head fondly before wrapping the girl in her arms, gesturing Mina to come closer with a nod.

“Princess? I think our little Vixen needs the attention more than I do.”

“Yeah, it does seem like you’ve had the most difficulty accepting all this, barring Ochako of course.” Mina agreed, sliding up to Momo’s side and reaching over to rest a hand on Kyoka’s leg over the covers.

“It was hard enough to accept that I was gay and I still haven’t come out all the way.” Kyoka muttered. “This is a lot more out there than just liking girls.” 

“Awww honey,” Momo pulled her girlfriend closer, breasts very obviously pushed up against her.

“There’s nothing wrong with feeling a bit off,” Mina smiled, hoping to express how much she’d come to care about the girl as not just a friend but a romantic partner too. “I just hope you want to stick around and if we can help make it feel a bit better.”

“We can just have a cuddle and go to sleep if you want.” Momo offered.

“You’ll be the meat in a Momo-Mina sandwich.” Mina giggled before pausing, “Okay now I kinda want a snack.”

Kyoka laughed dryly.

“There’s our happy Vixen.” The heiress cooed, her hand slipping down to rub up and down Kyoka’s stomach. “So… what does our Vixen want to do?”

“Can we just… focus on you?” Kyoka asked shyly.

“Of course dear.” Momo nodded, pulling back slightly before pushing her chest towards the girl’s face. “I believe I would like to enjoy some kisses just here to start.”

Kyoka gave a hesitant glance over to Mina who’d crawled closer to Momo after her decision, receiving a cheeky wink and nod in response. Her blush still colouring her cheeks, Kyoka took the plunge and began softly planting kisses along Momo’s generous bust.

The heiress groaned pleasantly as she enjoyed the foreplay.

“There’s way too much here for one person, guess I’ll have to help out.” Mina grinned, quickly pulling the covers back and slipping under before placing her own lips to Momo’s other breast. Momo bit her lip as her imagination ran wild with various things they could do with their time tonight. Carefully, she placed her hands on both of her girlfriend’s heads and directed them closer to the most sensitive part of her boobs.

Taking the hint, Mina quickly sought it out and sucked the nipple into her mouth, rolling her tongue around it and tugging it softly. Momo moaned again as her pussy clenched, the tingles dancing around her crotch. Kyoka was a bit more restrained, continuing to lick and tease around the rubbery skin until Momo got a bit more desperate.

Slowly, Kyoka reached out and placed her own hand on Momo’s stomach, rubbing small lines across it with each one dipping lower and lower towards their intended goal. Unbeknownst to her, Mina was performing the very same task, only starting on Momo’s leg and rubbing upwards.

Momo groaned and spread her knees wider to allow both of her girls access to what they clearly wanted to do next. Being somewhat more brazen and confident than Kyoka, Mina reached her goal first, teasing Momo’s folds by running her fingers around the entrance. Kyoka’s hand continued its path until it brushed past Momo’s soft curls and bumped into Mina’s wrist.

“S-Sorry.” Kyoka quickly pulled back her hand, feeling a little awkward at interrupting whatever the pink girl was doing that clearly had Momo make more passionate noises.

“Hey, come back, I’m not doing this alone ya’know.” Mina rolled her eyes with a reassuring smile, stopping her ministrations on Momo’s lower parts to reach out under the covers and take Kyoka’s hand. The girl hesitantly allowed her hand to be pulled away from her and guided back to Momo’s pussy, the delicious warmth evident they’d both manged to get her riled up at this point.

“Come on, give me a… hand.” Mina grinned cheekily as she directed Kyoka’s fingers to rub gently at Momo’s clit, much like she had back when she’d first taught the heiress how to do this herself.

The content moan pulled from Momo’s throat surprised Kyoka but she enjoyed it just like the other times she’d done the same to the girl. The only difference was that she had a partner helping her girlfriend reach the same heights, if not greater.

Her awkward feelings were starting to back off as Mina let her do her thing who was instead pushing her own pink digits inside the girl and stimulating her with curled fingers.

“Mmm Kyoka, Mina, that’s good.” Momo sighed, her hips gently thrusting against their hands.

Leaning over, Kyoka pushed forward and captured Momo’s lips in a kiss, slowly pushing it deeper until their tongues wrestled for control over the remaining oxygen. Her own core had very much been ignited by now as Kyoka pulled back from her girlfriend, a small amount of spit snapping from the distance.

“My turn.” Mina cheered, quickly drawing Momo’s attention and capturing her lips in much the same kiss Kyoka had just enjoyed. The punk girl sat a little awkwardly as the two definitely enjoyed what they were doing to each other with her just watching them.

Momo’s face look positively slutty and desperate when Mina pulled back with all the foreplay they’d done to build her up. Before Kyoka could think to wonder where they went from here, Mina quickly decided for her.

“Your turn.” She announced, fixing her gaze on her purple haired girlfriend before reaching out and pulling the girl’s head closer for a kiss with her free hand. Reacting on instinct, Kyoka closed her eyes and allowed herself to surrender to Mina’s lips. It was definitely more chaste than their other two kisses with the heiress but Mina wasn’t going to force the girl into anything she didn’t want. Instead, she allowed it to deepen slowly, asking permission to go further by flicking her tongue along Kyoka’s lips a few times. Slowly, she managed to secure entrance as Kyoka’s own tongue cautiously met her in the middle. Their heads tilted as they experienced each other while hovering over their other girlfriend who was very much enjoying the sight before her.

“See, not so bad.” Mina grinned once she pulled back, her lips covered in both Momo and Kyoka. The punkette turned uneasily to the heiress, looking for some reassurance that everything was still okay.

“That was incredibly erotic,” Momo groaned, having taken issue with the girl’s distracted nature from focussing on her to resume their efforts with her own hands, rubbing softly along her nethers. “But… please… I don’t think I can wait anymore.” She moaned needily.

Kyoka looked back at Mina who rolled her eyes in response.

“Go on, get down there.” She jerked her head down the bed. “I think I want some Yaoyoro-tongue anyway.”

“Mina!” Momo blushed, not expecting the pinkette to be so crude.

“Hey, you’re the one begging for it right now.” She teased, planting another quick kiss on her lips before throwing the covers off them both. Kyoka watched as, despite her minor protest, Momo shifted down a little to allow Mina a better position to sit on her face. She felt her own pussy clench greedily at that thought.

“Just tap me if my fat butt is too much for you to handle.” Mina laughed, swinging her knee over Momo’s head to face down towards the end of the bed.

“Of course Minx.” Momo rolled her eyes as though they’d done this a hundred times before.

Not wanting to miss her opportunity to move, Kyoka quickly scampered away from the pair down the bed, looking back at the two as she waited for a good time to make her own move.

“Your dinner’s getting cold.” Mina winked at the girl while wiggling her eyebrows suggestively.

“S-Stop it.” Kyoka blushed, “Can’t you… you know… face the other way?”

“Nuh-uh.” Mina shook her head. “I want to watch you get our Gorgeous girl off. Plus I like looking at that toned stomach you’re developing.”

Kyoka squeaked but strangely felt pleased at that remark. At least Mina had clearly noticed all the work she was putting in to get fit. Fuck it, she was Kyoka Fuckin’ Jiro. She was gonna take her own stupid motivational advice and enjoy the rest of her girlfriend’s birthday by making her scream along with their… other girlfriend.

The earphone jack user rose to her knees and got between Momo’s own before lifting one of her legs. She was very aware of Mina’s eyes on her as she slid her own pussy closer to Momo’s while arranging their legs but she didn’t care. With a soft thrust, her and Momo were now joined at the waist and Kyoka wasn’t leaving until one or, hopefully, both of them came.

Momo’s pleased whine was drowned out by Mina’s butt with the pink girl enjoying the vibrations it sent through her own pussy.

“Go on Kyoka, give it to her.” Mina giggled.

Kyoka tried to tune the pink girl out as she began thrusting and grinding their pussies together. She felt her own excitement and Momo’s combine as she felt safe to adjust her speed, tempo and angle to best hit her clit’s weak points.

Mina certainly appreciated the work that Kyoka was putting in, the attention she was receiving from Momo in turn was curling her toes deliciously. As Kyoka mixed up her moves, Mina knew Momo was getting close as her hands wrapped around her pink thighs and ground her mouth even harder against her pussy.

“Yes Mo,” Mina gasped, closing her eyes and letting herself focus on trying to clinch that delightful release she was craving.

Only the moans of encroaching release coloured the air of Momo’s room, each trying to do their best to please and be pleased.

Thanks to the lack of a person to focus on and Momo’s skilful tongue, Mina felt herself shudder and shake above the birthday girl, her release quickly soaking the girl beneath who tapped her leg to signal her discomfort. Mina quickly slid off and to the side, her own hand now rubbing softly at her crotch as she tried to preserve the feelings.

“Kyo… I’m close.” Momo gasped, the smell of her partner’s release having flooded her senses and trying to pull her across the finish line.

“N-nearly… there.” Kyoka panted.

Knowing Kyoka was still uneasy with having the attention focused on her, Mina reached out and slid her fingertips over Momo’s belly with a featherlight touch.

“Mi-Mina.” Momo breathed as the pink girl leant up on her free arm, giving the heiress a contented look.

“Cum for us hun.” Mina said softly, her hand moving up to tease at her breasts once more. “Cum you naughty bitch.”

Momo’s toes curled and her cry rang out into the room as the dirty talk pushed her over the edge, her pussy clenching through her release. Kyoka continued to grind, her own release close.

“Kyo, please, s-stop.” Momo begged, her sensitive parts unable to take the continued overstimulation.

Kyoka’s heart leapt into her throat painfully. She hadn’t managed to make herself cum with them. Releasing Momo’s leg from her grasp, allowing it to flop to the side, she sat back on her rear and panicked look starting to spread across her face.

Mina, having watched their exchange, knew something was wrong and shifted into action. Crawling up to Kyoka’s position, she pushed the girl hard enough to lose her balance, ending up on her back with her legs still intertwining Momo’s. Mina made short work of that though, separating the pair and sliding up Kyoka’s until her mouth was inches from Kyoka’s pussy.

“You didn’t think you’d go without did you?” She asked cheekily before locking her lips around Kyoka’s clit.

The soft whimpering from Kyoka was all the answer she needed as Mina sought to finish off her punk rock girlfriend.

The girl herself was a whirl of emotions, closing her eyes to try and deal with them as best she could. Kyoka’s desire to cum was mixing uncomfortably with her disappointment at not matching with Momo. Her hand reached down and pushed Mina’s head closer to her core, hoping to encourage her orgasm. Then, she felt a distinctly different set of fingers begin tracing their way up her legs before running playfully along her hips.

“Mmm, I love those cute little sounds you’re making.” Momo’s breathy, satisfied voice reached her ears.

Kyoka opened her eyes to spot her heiress girlfriend crawling closer with a warm smile on her face.

“I think… this… might help.” Momo declared, making sure to hold Kyoka’s gaze while she opened her mouth wide, her tounge lolling lewdly before she descended toward the punk girl’s face. Kyoka barely had time to open her mouth before her defences were shatted by Momo’s invading muscle. Her mouth was quickly overwhelmed in what couldn’t even be called a battle before Momo’s tongue almost sought to slide down her throat.

The thought that she was about to be choked in such an intimate act by her girlfriend was the trigger that finally set her off, her body stiffening and shuddering in delight as she finally reached her high. Mina, her job complete, pulled back as the girl rode her hormone wave out but Momo’s tongue remained firmly planted in her mouth.

Only once her breathing resumed through her nose and her arms and legs flopped back down to the mattress did the heiress pull back.

“Gah…” Momo gasped, pulling her tongue back into her mouth before wiping her lips. “Delicious.”

Kyoka could only groan, her mind not able to process and pass along words let alone full sentences right now.

“Jeez… you think we killed her?” Mina looked over, sitting up and looking over the petite girl.

“She just needs a minute to process.” Momo smiled, rubbing both of them affectionately. “Don’t you remember our first with Tsu?”

“Mmm.” Mina’s mind brought the memories into focus. “Good point.”

The trio sat there for a minute as they each recovered, Mina and Momo smiling at each other and down at Kyoka as her body twitched every now and then.

“How are you feeling hun?” Momo cooed down at the girl, reaching out to caress her cheek.

“… Tired.” Kyoka admitted.

“I’ll bet.” Momo giggled cutely.

“Um… s-sorry.” Kyoka mumbled a moment later. “I-I couldn’t quite um…”

“Don’t worry about it.” Momo smiled down at the girl. “I don’t expect us to get off at the exact same time every time we do it.”

“You’ve been watching too much staged porn.” Mina grinned, playing with the soft, shaved skin above Kyoka’s lower lips, wondering if she should shave too.

Kyoka bit her lip, not really knowing what to say next.

“Come on, I think we should all get some sleep.” Momo declared, moving back towards the head of her bed and propping up her pillows. “Mina, this side, Kyoka will go here.” She declared, pointing to either side of her.

“So a Kyoka-Mina sandwich with Momo filling?” Mina giggled as she crawled to her designated spot, only for her stomach to let out a small rumble.

“H-How are you thinking about food right now?” Kyoka asked incredulously, finally finding the strength to sit up and level a confused look at the evidently hungry girl.

“Not my fault you’re both so tasty.” Mina winked, pulling a blush from the girl.

“Shush. The sooner you go to sleep, the sooner you can have breakfast.” Momo chided, pulling the girl into a one-armed snuggle, not that Mina was complaining.

Nervously, Kyoka got onto her knees and followed after, sliding up to Momo’s other side before settling into her own embrace with the heiress. The three sat content together as happy, if slightly laboured breathing filled the room.

“So…” Mina smirked from the other side of Momo’s impressive bust. “Enjoy your first threesome you massive lez?”

“Shut up Mina.” Kyoka rolled her eyes, taking it in somewhat good stride thanks to the happy hormones still coursing through her system. “You’ve done this more so aren’t you a bigger lez?”

“Ha, true!” Mina giggled.

Momo stoked both their heads affectionately as they snuggled closer to the birthday girl.

“I think that’s enough teasing for tonight Mina.” She chided. “I don’t want to do anything other than sleep now so…”

“Alright Gorgeous.” Mina sighed contently, shifting to get into a comfy position, opting to turn her back to the girl but still snuggle her arm. “Night to you too miss Vixen.”

“Um, yeah, night Princess.” Kyoka blushed. “Night Gorgeous” She whispered more intimately to Momo who responded with a gentle kiss to her hair.

“Night dear, thank you both for the most wonderful end to my birthday.”

The trio allowed themselves to begin drifting off into dreamland. Kyoka was the last of the three, her mind still pondering her situation uneasily. She very much enjoyed everything they’d done but something still felt a little off. Resolving to try and figure something out when her mind was in a better place, she joined her girlfriends in pleasant unconsciousness as only the sounds of soft snores echoed softly in the night.


There was definitely a dour mood over certain members of class 1-A the next day. Midoriya, Kirishima, Uraraka and Asui were all noted by the others when they turned up to class in their uniforms but without their usual backpacks.

After Aizawa ended homeroom early, he called the four to leave with him as the class quickly broke out into hushed discussions.

“It’s Sir Nighteye’s funeral today.” Iida stated, standing at the class podium, hoping to quell any unnecessary speculation. “While I believe we should be there to support our classmates, we must also acknowledge they may not wish to talk about it when they return. Please give them the curtesy of privacy at this time.”

It seemed that his announcement had cleared up the confusion somewhat but several people felt a little awkward at having enjoyed themselves at Momo’s party yesterday.

Jiro simply focussed on adding a few notes to her latest song she’d been working on in the back of her notebook instead of joining in any discussions. Annoyingly, just as she was getting into it, her phone vibrated in her pocket. Since it was a free period before their first lecture right now, she decided to pull it out and opened up the chat message.

The new chat was titled “Cheer up our girls :’(” and it was clearly made by Mina who’d added her, Momo and Tooru just now.

Alien Queen: Ochako and Tsu being sad is unacceptable. We mst cheer up our bbys.

Invisi-baddass: I dunno. Isnt this something you just have to process?

Alien Queen: Well yeah bt we can help speed it up with some fun times! ny ideas??

Creati: I have to agree with Starlight, we should remind them we are here to talk to but trust them to come to us if they need it.

Kyoka looked down at her phone and pondered the situation. She certainly wouldn’t want to be alone during this time if it was her so maybe it was right to reach a hand out just in case they needed it.

Deepest Dope: Mina’s not wrong, I think we should just give them a gentle reminder that everything will be okay.

Alien Queen: See! Kyoka gets it.

Deepest Dope: Yeah, no. I agree but there’s no way I’m letting you go overboard with this.

Alien Queen: But that’s the best part!

Creati: Mina

Alien Queen: I know guys, just trust me. I did throw you a birthday party that blew your expectations and worries out of the water like yesterday yknow.

Creati: … Very well.

Alien Queen: Whoo! I am an awesome girlfriend.

Invisi-baddass: Seconded

Alien Queen: Motion carried. Kyoka, you’re with me after school.

Deepest Dope: Sure, whatever.

With that, Kyoka felt her free time slip from her grasp once more. She knew having multiple girlfriends was going to be tough when it was first suggested to her. Still, even if they weren’t in a relationship together, (minus Ochako anyway), she’d’ve still lost her evening to cheer up her friends so she wouldn’t complain.


The end of the school day was slow going as Kyoka pondered some ideas for how to cheer up their friends while also mitigating hypothetical fallouts from whatever over-the-top scheme Mina might have. As they were walking back to the dorms, the girl’s phones collectively chimed once more, only this time it was in their group ‘Girlfriends <3’ chat.

Frog Queen: We’re home btw.

Frog Queen: Aizawa let us go when we got back to campus after lunch, said it was more logical for us to spend the time doing homework than jumping into the middle of a class.

Gravity Girl: I think he just wanted to give us the day off but was too proud to admit it.

Kyoka eyed Mina carefully as the girl quickly began tapping away at her phone.

Alien Queen: He’s like Kyoka, a big softy at heart.

The punk rocker just rolled her eyes, she’d been doing that a lot lately.

Alien Queen: Anyway, me and Kyoka have plans so both of you put tht evil homework down and await our arrival.

“Alright, what are you planning?” Kyoka frowned at her pink girlfriend.

“While I’m pretty sure I can take both at once.” Mina giggled with a dirty intonation. “I figured we could kidnap one each and just take them out of their heads for a bit. Do something a bit different from usual to get their minds off it.”

“It’s not your worst idea.” Kyoka admitted reluctantly.

“Damn right. So I’m just gonna snag Uraraka and go bust our butts at the gym.” Mina grinned, admittedly looking forward to watching the girl’s muscles grow and bulge. “You think you can handle Tsu?”

“That’s fine with me.” Kyoka shrugged. After last night, she kind of wanted to talk to both of them anyway so it didn’t matter to her who she spoke to first.

“Well come on, what romantic destination are you taking our frog queen to?” Mina poked her side.

“Not the gym, that’s all you need to know.” Kyoka smirked, refusing to acknowledge any of Mina’s pleading the remainder of the trip back to the dorm.


Retreating to her room, Kyoka dropped her bag off and shed her uniform, quickly opting to dress in clothes she didn’t mind getting a bit grubby along with taking out her thicker boots for rough terrain. Waiting about half an hour after returning, she gathered her courage and made the trip up to the fifth floor to knock on Tsuyu’s door.

“It’s open.” The frog girl’s voice called out.

Kyoka opened up the door to see Tsuyu relaxing on her bed, her phone in her hands as the light danced across her face, probably playing a video or something.

“Is it just you or will Mina be here soon?” She asked curiously.

“We’re splitting up,” Kyoka explained, “She’s taking Ochako to the gym for a chat and I’m taking you out.”

“Oh? Is this a date, ribbit?” Tsuyu asked, sitting up and giving the girl her full attention.

“N-No, we just um… wanted to help get your minds off everything.” Kyoka explained. “I figured we could go for a walk in the woods out back and just… chat ya’know?”

Kyoka couldn’t help but notice Tsuyu’s smile seem a little brighter as she pulled herself to her feet and moved to get changed. It made her feel a little better about this idea and maybe the two of them could help each other with things.

Once Tsuyu had gotten herself changed into some clothes she also didn’t mind getting dirty, the pair set off out of the dorms and onto the grass, moving around the back of the building until they hit the tree line.

The nature thing wasn’t really her scene but she felt her heart warm a little watching Tsuyu enjoy the sights and sounds as they travelled further away from modern life.

“You’re very much at home somewhere like here, aren’t you?” Kyoka asked after they’d travelled a fair distance.

“I’m part frog, comes with the territory, ribbit.” Tsuyu smiled, somewhat more animated than normal with all the little sounds of creatures and nature surrounding them.

“Sure, sure…” Kyoka nodded as though she understood. “So… how are ya feeling?”

“Not great but I’ll be fine ribbit.” Tsuyu admitted nonchalantly. “Death sucks and it’s gonna come for us all someday.”

“Wow… are you sure you’re not Tokoyami?” Kyoka chuckled uneasily at the somewhat morbid thought.

“Pretty sure, want to strip me off and check for a penis?” Tsuyu winked at the girl before turning to track a bug with her eyes as it flitted about the foliage.

“I’m good thanks.” Kyoka shook her head in fond exasperation, following the frog girl as she led them wherever her instincts seemed to be taking them. “How was the funeral?”

“Nice,” Tsuyu replied honestly. “There were a lot of people there so Sir was clearly beloved and he’s gonna be missed by a lot of people, ribbit. It was sad but I’m glad we could all say goodbye to someone who put his life on the line for the right thing. I didn’t know him well so it wasn’t too bad for me, but I’m glad Ochako got to say goodbye.”

“Ochako?” Kyoka tilted her head.

“She blames herself a little, ribbit.” Tsuyu explained. “We both held Sir after he’d suffered his fatal wound but Ochako managed to get him out of the battle and to help. She thinks she could’ve done more and saved him which is silly; the man had a hole in his chest.

Kyoka couldn’t help but wince at that imagery.

“Our work studies have all been put on hold because of it so I think we’re all a little relieved about that. Ochako’s processing in her own way and I’m gonna be there for my girlfriend when she needs it, ribbit.” Tsuyu smiled, “Just like you’re doing for me now.”

“A-Ah, yeah, I guess.” Kyoka nodded.

“You don’t sound very convinced.” Tsuyu responded, pausing the look back at the girl. “How about you? Something on your mind?”

“A little. D-Do you mind?” Kyoka asked, hoping not to overburden the girl if she couldn’t handle it.

“Not at all, ribbit.” Tsuyu smiled honestly, holding out her hand.

Kyoka eyed it momentarily before reaching out to take it, appreciating the firmness the frog girl’s grip.

“So um… yesterday I stayed the night with Momo.” Kyoka admitted.

“We all noticed you not get in the elevator.” Tsuyu nodded. “Mina too.”

“Y-Yeah we erm… both wanted to stay with Momo for the night.”

“Give her a special birthday treat, eh ribbit?” Tsuyu giggled.

“W-Well… I wanted to but… I didn’t expect Mina to also want to.” She relayed. “I wasn’t… I’m still not comfortable with… you know… all of us.”

“Oh.” Tsuyu stopped to turn towards the girl. “I think this is more of a sit down conversation.”

Turning back to the woods, she quickly spotted a fallen tree that had clearly dried out during the summer months that would make the perfect spot for a chat. Guiding Kyoka behind her, she led them over tree roots and forest debris until they could sit down and look at each other without worrying about falling over mid-sentence.

“Is it something we’ve been doing?” Tsuyu asked, “Something we’ve not been doing?”

“That’s the thing, I don’t… really… know.” Kyoka sighed, playing idly with one of her jacks. “I just… felt awkward when Momo was paying attention to Mina and not me and, well, yeah, I guess it was hot when we kissed and when she went down on me but something’s still weird.”

“I mean, you did have a pretty big crush on Momo for a while and not any of us.” Tsuyu noted, “Do you think it’s because you never imagined yourself with anyone but her?”

“Well… er… I mean me and Mina had our own time together that day we all got together… and there was a thing with Tooru… and that um… kiss we shared.”

“I remember it fondly.” Tsuyu smiled, “Do you think maybe you’re worried she’s going to choose someone other than you to be with once she’s free to live her life?”

“It… has crossed my mind, yeah.” Kyoka reluctantly confessed.

“I don’t think you have to worry. You’re like her main squeeze ribbit.” Tsuyu giggled. “Just like Ochako is mine and Tooru and Mina have a thing together.”

“B-But I thought we were all like… together.”

“We are.” Tsuyu nodded. “But that doesn’t mean we’ll have exactly the same affection for everyone. I’ll probably snuggle with Ochako more than I will Mina most nights for example. You don’t have to force anything you don’t want but, truthfully, I don’t think you’ve really thought about anyone other than Momo have you?”

“W-Well, I mean-”

“There’s nothing wrong with that if you want to be just her girlfriend, though I would be sad to not take you out on a proper date, ribbit.” Tsuyu blushed. “I must confess, after our kiss that day, I may have really wanted to call you back and take you in a froggy fashion.”

Kyoka blushed hotly at that, her jacks spasming on their own.

“You all mean a great deal to me and, yeah, I do want to date all of you romantically but if that’s something you’re not comfortable with I’ll back off, ribbit.” Tsuyu said, “I’ve done a bit of research since I found out I’m polyamorous and it’s obviously not something everyone is comfortable with so I don’t blame you for feeling weird about it.”

The punkette couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief at hearing that last part.

“We only just got together a few days ago, though I know you and the others had a bit more time before that. It’s not going to all magically fit into place at once so maybe give it a bit more time? Maybe let me take you out on a proper date at some point?”

“Y-Yeah, that… actually sounds quite nice.” Kyoka smiled, relieved that Tsuyu had listened to her fears and not made them seem stupid or insignificant. “You… don’t think Momo would get jealous, would she? Since I can’t take her out an’ all.”

“We’re all still figuring this out ribbit.” Tsuyu shrugged, “But we’ll figure out something together, yeah? Even if this doesn’t work out, you’re still one of my best friends.”

“Yeah, you’re mine too or whatever.” Kyoka blushed and looked away.

“Hey, none of that.” Tsuyu cupped her face and brought it back to look into the girl’s eyes. “We need to be honest with each other if this is gonna work. Can’t do that if you’re not honest with yourself.”

“Y-Yeah, okay.” Kyoka nodded.

“Like now,” Tsuyu smiled, “I want to thank you for a very nice break from my own headspace and some fresh air and to give you a kiss like we shared before. Would you like that too?”

Kyoka’s breathe caught at the ever blunt frog that still managed to surprise her even after all these months of being in the same class together.

“I’d like to, yeah… and… maybe… hug you?”

“I think that can be arranged.” Tsuyu grinned, closing her eyes as she pulled Kyoka closer, leaning forward with pursed lips. The punkette quickly adjusted her arms to wrap them around the frog girl before closing the distance between them, closing her own eyes once their lips met.

The two traded a few chaste kisses before Tsuyu once again took the lead, asking permission to sink the kiss into something deeper. This time, Kyoka had no reservations and allowed herself to fully enjoy the kiss with her girlfriend that wasn’t Momo. She found herself pulling Tsuyu closer as her libido rose, the two letting out soft moans as each adjusted their hands position’s on each other.

“S-Stop.” Tsuyu breathed heavily, pulling back from Kyoka with a very red tinge across her face. “I don’t think I’ll be able to stop if we do much more.” Her panties were definitely moist and her nipples were definitely at alert and not just from the cool autumn air.

“Y-Yeah. We should get back.” Kyoka nodded, straightening her clothes and rising to her feet, her own blush secure on her face.

Tsuyu felt a little disappointed that Kyoka agreed, her mind briefly entertaining a scenario where they both fucked on the tree, out in the open and exposed like this, but that probably wasn’t a very smart idea.

Kyoka offered her hand once the frog girl had sorted her own clothes out which the girl took with a warm smile. As they began their trek back to the dorms, Tsuyu let out a happy ribbit.

“So uh,” Kyoka began shyly once they’d spotted the familiar building through the trees. “Want to go um… make out in my room?”

“I thought you’d never ask.” Tsuyu groaned, allowing a slightly lusty look to colour her face that made Kyoka feel very wanted and attractive in that moment. No one spotted the giggling girls quickly take the elevator up to the third floor and sequester themselves away for the rest of the evening.


“That’s it girl! Go on, you got it!”

“Pfff, get up you fuckin’… rah!”

“Heck yeah!” Mina cheered, taking the weight of the bench weight from Ochako and carefully racking it safely. “You crushed it girl!”

Ochako panted and gasped, her arms flopping uselessly down by her side now she could finally rest them.

“New… personal…” She panted, a proud if exhausted grin on her face.

“Ninety one kilos is nothing to sniff at.” Mine cheered, “Only a matter of time before you hit the big one double oh.”

“Bleeeh.” Ochako grumbled, not wanting to think about that goal until she’d rested for a week or two, maybe grown a new set of replacement arms.

“Feeling better?” Mina asked carefully.

“Define better?” She chuckled weakly.

“Less snapping at your friends, more happy Kirby girl.”

“Sorry.” Ochako blushed, recalling her snippy replies when Mina had knocked on her door.

With the aftermath of the funeral, she was feeling very sorry for herself for not being capable of more. Growling at the knock on her door when she just felt like ignoring the world until tomorrow, she’d been a little short when Mina had asked her to come blow off some steam with her at the gym.

It had taken Mina shouting back when she’d told her to ‘Shut up and go away’ to slip some sense into her head and she was somewhat grateful the girl wasn’t holding it against her.

“Guess I did have some frustrations to work out.” She admitted.

“I’ll say,” Mina rolled her eyes as she re-racked the weights. “Come on, talk to Auntie Mina.”

“He-Here?” Ochako asked, noting Sero and Ojiro also doing some exercises nearby along with some other students she didn’t know.

“Anything we can obviously talk about here.” Mina giggled, “If it’s something like that we’ll go cool down back at the dorms.”

“A-Ah, right.” Ochako nodded, reaching for her water bottle and taking a deep drink as she tried to organise her thoughts. “I’m guessing you know where Tsu and I were today?” She received a nod in response. “Right so… um… when it all happened, I helped Sir Nighteye get out of this like massive hole in the ground. He had already been hurt by the villain at that point but… I can’t help but feel like I could’ve done more y’know? My brain keeps thinking that maybe if I’d done this, or that or been stronger then I could’ve helped stop something before it happened.”

Mina opened her mouth but Ochako cut her off.

“Don’t,” She said, “I know it’s stupid and not my fault and there’s nothing I could’ve done and shit but it still feels that way even if I don’t believe it.”

“I was actually gonna say that’s not the worst mindset to have.” Mina grinned at her friend, taking a seat on the bench beside her. Ochako looked over at her quizzically, searching for some sort of rug pull or trick.

“Not everyone made it out of there,” Mina nodded, “and you feel bad, but you’re using it as a drive to improve and do better next time. That’s pretty badass ‘Chako.” She grinned, pulling the girl into a side hug.

“I dunno…”

“I do.” Mina declared. “You’re Ochako Fuckin’ Uraraka! And you’re not gonna let something like this keep you down are you?”

“Are you just gonna use that every time one of us feels bad?”

“Hey, sometimes Kyoka has good ideas.” Mina smirked, “Just don’t tell her I said that.”

“No way, I’ve got the perfect blackmail now.” Ochako nudged Mina playfully. “You’re gonna have to do whatever I say.”

“Ooo kinky.” Mina whispered as Ochako rapidly realised what she’d just said. “Does it come with a cute collar like yours?”

Ochako’s hand flew to her stylish neckwear she was forbidden from removing as her mind thought back to her deal with Yaoyorozu.

“Can we… um… not here.” She replied timidly.

“Sure, just lemme grab our towels, wipe this down and we’ll head out.” Mina nodded, tossing Ochako’s at her that she’d held while the girl pushed her limits.

The two quickly packed up their stuff and departed, though Ochako’s eyes were definitely a bit more active and paranoid, as though someone was about to overhear and expose her dirty secret.

Only once the two exited the main building of UA and back into the fresh air did Ochako relax somewhat.

“So come on girl, something else on your mind?” Mina asked as they walked.

Ochako hesitated, wondering what exactly she should tell Mina.

“Do you think it’s bad… what I’m doing?” Ochako asked carefully, trying to gauge Mina’s immediate reactions she might try to hide behind whatever she thought the girl wanted to hear.

“Not really.” Mina shrugged, “You do you beau.”

“Huh?” That was not among the responses the girl was expecting.

“You clearly want to pay Momo back because of your pride and this is the way you want to do it. None of my, or anyone else’s business so long as you both agree and don’t hurt each other.”

“But you’re… you know… her girlfriend.” Ochako leant in to whisper.

“Yeah, and so is Tsu, as well as yours.” Mina returned. “If you hadn’t noticed, we’re kind of in a five way relationship which isn’t exactly normal either.”

“True…” Ochako nodded.

“Are you feeling guilty?” Mina asked next.

“G-Guilty?”

“Well yeah, you’re in a relationship with Tsu but you’re doing very sexy things with our resident genius that you’ve made a point of saying you’re not dating along with me and Tooru and everyone.”

“Um… well…” Ochako blushed as she recalled the event she’d been struggling with for the past few days.

“Do you remember that day… after you left?”

“Well yeah but I wasn’t there was I?” Mina winked but knowing what the girl was getting at.

“So um… Momo er… Mistress ordered me to um… get her off and Tsu stayed… and so did Tooru.”

“I like where this is going.” Mina giggled, causing the gravity girl’s skin to take on a similar shade to her own.

“Sh-Shut up… anyway… I um… started doing my er… duty but things changed in the middle. Momo told me to do things to Tsu while she um… put on a um… p-penis.”

“Ahhh, that one’s fun.” Mina grinned, recalling her own time with that very creation.

“A-Anyway um… after everything happened and we all um… finished… me and Tsu just sat there for a while and chatted. The whole time I felt… bad… because uh…”

Mina turned to look at the girl who was clearly trying to build up her courage.

“I r-really liked it…” She mumbled though clear enough for the acid quirk user to make out.

“So?”

“Huh?”

“Isn’t that a good thing? You get to pay Momo back and you enjoy it at the same time. Win-win in my book.”

“But I’m not… her girlfriend… shouldn’t that be… bad? I’m with Tsu.”

“True, but I pretty clearly heard her agree to everything you two discussed about it. Plus she’s kinda dating four other smoking hot girls besides you so she doesn’t have a leg to stand on if she suddenly had a problem with it.” Mina laughed. “How about this. Say you weren’t going out with Tsu and you didn’t owe Momo nothin’ and us girls weren’t in the picture; would you go out with Momo if she asked?”

Ochako had to think about that for a moment. Putting aside her crush on Izuku that Mina obviously forgot to include in that hypothetical, would she say yes if Momo asked her out? Her mind drifted to whenever she and her parents paid back all of the money Yaoyorozu had leant them and she was free from her obligation to the heiress… would she really want it to end?

“The fact that it’s not a flat ‘no’ is very telling.” Mina smirked.

“It’s a lot to think about is all!” Ochako puffed her cheeks up.

“Not saying it’s not.” Mina poked the overly pink target on Ochako’s face as the girl deflated. “But Tsu’s in a relationship with us too and I’m pretty sure I’m not letting go of that annoyingly smug frog anytime soon; Momo’s not either. Have you given some thought about actually joining our relationship?”

Ochako gulped audibly as her feet slowed to a halt. Mina quickly noticed and turned back to her friend as she struggled with whatever she wanted to say next.

“I… Is that okay?” She asked carefully. “I’m not like… bad for thinking about that… right?”

“Come here you floaty idiot.” Mina held her arms out for a hug which Ochako quickly accepted. “I know I haven’t been through what you have growing up,” She said sadly, recalling the tale Ochako had told last Sunday. “But please believe me when I say that it’s okay to want that for you, just like you said it was okay for Tsuyu to want it.”

“Mmmhmm.” Ochako nodded into her chest, causing her boobs to jiggle somewhat. While Mina was very tempted to make a dirty joke, she’d save it for another time when the girl wasn’t feeling so vulnerable.

“I told you, didn’t I? We can go on plenty of dates if you need me to woo you a little. I’m sure the other girls also wouldn’t mind some fun nights out before some fun between the sheets.” Mina winked.

“I mean… I’d have to ask Tsu and um… Mistress if it was okay.” Ochako mumbled.

“Nuts to that, come here.” Mina quickly looked around before dragging the gravity girl by the hand into some nearby bushes.

Ochako’s breath caught as Mina’s gaze turned back to her with a certain sultry look that wasn’t present before.

“Imma steal me a kiss… if that’s okay of course.” Mina smirked, licking her lips.

Ochako couldn’t help it, the brazenness of her classmate and, technically, her girlfriend’s girlfriend was doing things to her lower half that it clearly liked.

Her reply came in the form of closing her eyes and leaning forward, allowing Mina to guide her closer until their lips met in a steamy, secret kiss. She felt her need climb as the more experienced girl led her deeper into the kiss until they both knew each other’s mouths intimately.

When they felt the kiss come to an end a few moments later, Ochako blushed as a lewd string of spit continued to connect them. That was until Mina giggled and wiped her mouth.

“If they get mad, I forced you into it.” She grinned, giving the girl an out, “But I think they’d both rather see a replay.”

With that, Mina once more led her away and out of the bushes, brushing a few stray twigs and leaves from their hair and outfits. The two began their walk back to the dorms in a comfortable silence; Mina with a shit-eating grin on her face while Ochako had a suppressed giddiness.

“Th… Thanks Mina. For everything today.” She said when they reached the front doors.

“I’m not really a book person, but I’m definitely a people person.” Mina waved Ochako’s thanks away, glad she could both pull her out of her funk and clear up some possible relationship issues. “And right now, you’re my kinda people.”

Ochako snorted as Mina waggled her eyebrows suggestively, giving her a soft slap before they entered and returned back to their normal friendship that everyone believed they had.


After her stint at the gym, along with something new and exciting to think about thanks to Mina, Ochako was in higher spirits that evening. The funeral was beautiful and had given her a chance to say she was sorry for not doing more to the fallen pro hero, but now she had vented her anger, she was able to focus much more on the good things that happened.

There were minimal civilian and police losses thanks to everyone’s coordination and cooperation, which she was a vital part of, a little girl now had a chance to live a life free from such horrible abuse, and a major, very dangerous villain had been permanently… disarmed. She would not apologize for the dark satisfaction she had after learning how Overhaul suffered at the League of Villain’s hands but she did feel a bit guilty it came at the cost of another pro’s life.

After a satisfying dinner with her friends, and noticing that both Kyoka and Tsu were sending each other sly looks every now and then, Ochako allowed herself a moment of peace in the common room to just take a moment and think about her life.

She was at the best hero school in the world, her parents prospects were finally looking up and she had an amazing girlfriend with the best friends, and possible future romantic partners, that she could ask for.

“I told you ya’ stupid spikey-haired idiot.” A loud, annoying voice interrupted her train of thought. “If you’ve got a problem you come to me, you freaking moron.”

Ochako turned to level her glare at the explosive blond and his noisy shouting only to spot him… either preparing to suplex Kirishima from the front or embracing him in a hug. Frankly the hug was the less likely of the two options but Ochako watched in amazement as her latter guess revealed itself to be true.

As they pulled apart, she noticed Kirishima’s eyes brimming with tears as he gave a shaky nod back to the blond in response.

“Yeah… yeah you did… s-sorry man.”

“Don’t apologise, do better you idiot.” Bakugo scolded the boy again.

“Hey!” Ochako called out, not quite sure what exactly was going on between the pair, but a crying Kirishima wasn’t something she could just ignore. “Everything alright guys?” She asked carefully.

Bakugo sighed, rolling his eyes before grabbing Kirishima’s arm and pulling the tearful boy over to the TV area where Ochako sat.

“Come on shitty hair, pink cheeks won’t let this drop either so you may as well explain.” Bakugo ordered, plopping himself down on the other sofa and setting Kirishima between them.

“H-Hey Uraraka, sorry.” He rubbed his eyes with a hand. “Ki-Kind of a mess.”

“Kirishima, what’s wrong?” Ochako asked honestly, shifting a bit closer to the boy and giving him her full attention.

“Nothin’ I just-”

Bakugo growled from his spot next to the boy.

“Y-Yeah, okay… I’m… not doing well… after the funeral y’know?” He sniffed.

“Oh… I see.” She reached out and rested a hand on his knee, hoping to reassure him. “I-Is there anything I can do to help?”

“Um…” Kirishima looked sheepish. “I don’t wanna put this on your plate. You were there too.”

Ochako nodded, recalling the event and struggling to keep her frustrations to herself even then.

“Just keep talking you idiot.” Katsuki scolded again.

“As much of an ass as he’s bein’.” Ochako sent a glare at the blond for his less than kind words, “Please keep going if you think it’ll help.”

“I just… I feel like there was more I couldda done.” Kirishima sighed, letting another sniffle out. “It all happened so fast and… then it was all over and Sir Nighteye was gone y’know? I-I was separated from the group inside and fought two really strong guys with Fatgum… but they took me out.” Kirishima clenched his hands into fists. “Maybe… if I’d worked on my quirk more, if I was stronger… I-I couldda kept g-going and go-gotten ba-back quick enough to block w-whatever sent that spike through S-S-Sir.”

Ochako squeezed Kirishima’s knee as the tears started rolling down his face.

“I… I… I was too weak!” He cried, letting out an actual choked sob as his breathing became erratic. Ochako felt herself reaching out to try and comfort the boy as best she could only for Bakugo to surprisingly beat her to it. He wrapped his arm around Kirishima’s shoulders and pulled him into an embrace, allowing the spikey redhead to cry into his own shoulder. She couldn’t help but stare as the blond began rubbing circles on Kirishima’s back in a consoling manner as the redhead allowed himself to be comforted.

Since the hardening quirk user was letting out his feelings and Ochako didn’t know even remotely what to say, she could only blink in surprise as Bakugo turned his attention on her.

“What about you pink cheeks?” He asked gruffly. “How you holdin’ up?”

“M-Me?” Ochako stuttered.

“You were there too, idiot.” Bakugo groaned like he was explaining things to a four year old. “You aren’t gonna start crying too are ya’?”

Ochako’s levelled a more frustrated look at Katsuki before her brain picked up on what exactly he was asking. Honestly, after spending all this time with Mina she was surprised she hadn’t picked up on it before with how she watched the two interact.

“I’m fine.” She waved his concern away. “Mina took me to the gym earlier, made the bench my bitch to work out my own anger at not being able to do more and set a new personal best.”

“Weight?” Bakugo raised an eyebrow.

“Oh um… ninety-one kilos.” Ochako replied after a moment, realizing he was asking after how much she’d done.

“Tch, not bad but you got a ways to go.” Bakugo replied. If she wasn’t mistaken, this was the most civilized conversation they’d ever had together, maybe she was finally getting the hang of Bakugo-caveman-speak.

“Ya hear that moron? You aren’t alone. Pink cheeks needed someone too.” Bakugo slapped Kirishima’s back lightly.

“Mina’s a good friend.” Ochako smiled, hoping Kirishima was listening though his tears. “I just wanted to cry and smash stuff and everything because… I feel the same way… what if I could’ve gotten Sir out faster, found the medics quicker… would he still be here or was it my fault?”

Bakugo levelled a cautious look at her before she pressed on.

“I know it feels like everything sucks and right now it does, but we can’t let this thing beat us. We’ve gotta channel our sadness and anger into something useful and come back even stronger than before so it never has to happen again! Go ahead and cry, go work shit out in the gym like I did, but the Kirishima I know is gonna pick himself back up after this and go beyond!”

“Hmph, well said pink cheeks.” Bakugo grinned at her. It was a little weird to know she’d somehow gained a touch of respect from the explosive blond but she’d focus on that later, for now, Kirishima was pushing himself back upright.

“I… ye-yeah… I know you’re right but…” He sniffled, tear stains still very much present along his cheeks.

“Don’t worry about how you feel.” Ochako sympathised. “Sometimes feelings suck ‘cause we can’t control them, even when we know better. We’re all healed up now physically, but take some time to get better mentally. You wouldn’t train on a broken leg would you? So don’t treat this any different. And don’t forget about all the good that happened. Villains are in jail and we helped save a little girl.”

“Yeah… okay, yeah…” Kirishima nodded shakily, rubbing his eyes and giving a quick sniff. “T-Thanks Uraraka. When’d you g-get so smart?”

“About half of that was from Mina, half was mine.” Ochako smiled.

“Congratulations, between you, you make one whole idiot.” Bakugo smirked.

“At least it took you a few minutes before you became a one whole jerk again.” Ochako challenged.

“Ha!” Bakugo laughed before rising to his feet, pulling Kirishima with him. “Make sure you keep up that attitude in training else it won’t be any fun to kick your ass.” He nudged the redhead’s arm to signal their departure with Kirishima stepping out from between the sofas. “Come on idiot, we’re gonna go listen to sad shit in my room.”

Ochako sighed as the loud blond led the hopefully uplifted redhead towards the lifts; boys were weird sometimes.

“Oi.” Bakugo called out once more, Ochako perking up to listen. “You or glasses spoken to Deku since this afternoon?”

“No…” Ochako asked cautiously. “Why?”

“Don’t make me spell it out idiot.” Bakugo sighed, resuming his movements and leading Kirishima into the elevator as it arrived.

A confused dip ran across her brow as she tried to puzzle out what exactly Bakugo was too proud to really say now. She thought for a moment before realizing exactly what he’d been asking once more. Jeez, was it so hard to just talk like a normal person.

Jumping to her feet, she quickly hurried over to the elevator herself, bouncing on her feet as it took way too long to return to the first floor. When it arrived, she hurried inside and hit the button for Deku’s floor. It felt like an eternity for the big metal box to arrive at her goal but as soon as the doors opened she dashed outside and hurried over to her friend’s room.

“Deku, it’s me, you in there?” Ochako called out. She strained her ears but couldn’t hear any shifting or movement from the other side. Trying once more yielded the same results before she pondered her next move. Maybe she should text him, or one of his neighbours knew where he’d be. Looking to her right, she discarded that as an option immediately. There was no way she was knocking on Mineta’s door.

Pulling out the phone that Mina had so graciously lent her, she opened the chat and began typing out a private message to Izuku only for the elevator to ‘ping’ once more. Looking up, she hoped that an adorable mound of fluffy green hair would step out but was unfortunately disappointed by the sight of Tokoyami in his UA tracksuit stepping off.

“Uraraka.” He nodded to the girl as they crossed eyes. “Is there something I can assist you with?”

“Yeah er… have you seen Deku today? He’s not in his room.” She replied.

“Indeed, he mentioned that he wanted to go train after we both had a somewhat early dinner. The idea seemed appealing so I decided to do the same myself.” Tokoyami explained.

“So he’s at the gym? Great, thanks.” Ochako nodded, grateful to run into the bird-headed boy.

“Please slow down Uraraka, I did not say that,” Tokoyami turned as she passed, getting a look of confusion in return. “I believe he may have wanted to work on his quirk as, instead of going to the gym, I spotted him going around the back of our building and into the forest.”

“The… forest?” Ochako blinked.

“It is a good place to train one’s quirk in difficult terrain… and to let off some frustrations.”

Now she understood perfectly.

“Thanks Tokoyami, I owe you one!” She nodded, pressing the button to descend once more.

“No problem, I hope you are successful in consoling our mutual friend.”

With that, Ochako burst out of the elevator once the door opened again, hurriedly putting on her shoes and taking off into the cool autumn air.

She moved quickly along the grass and disappeared into the tree line, not knowing exactly where the boy would be but hopefully that crazy powerful quirk of his would give him away.

It only took about ten minutes of searching before she heard a cry of “SMASH!” ring out up ahead, the wind whipping around her as it wove between the trees and leaves.

“Deku! Hey Deku!” She called out, not yet seeing the boy but hopefully allowing him to hear her enough to not accidently ‘Smash’ her. A stray tree root was totally what made her stumble just then, not her own dirty thoughts.

“SMA-ASH!” Another shout rang out, sending an even more intense gust of wind through the foliage.

Uraraka hastened her movements as she saw the dark blue of the UA tracksuit in a clearing up ahead.

“Deku! Can you hear me?” She called out again.

“Ur-Uraraka?!” The boy finally called back. “Wh… Where are-”

He didn’t have time to finish his question as the girl charged into the clearing behind him noisily, causing him to jump in fright before patting his chest from his now irregular heartbeat.

“Fo-Found you!” Ochako panted, breathing heavily after her race through the woods.

“Uraraka I don’t… why were you looking for me?” Izuku asked, concerned something was wrong.

Quickly catching what she could of her breath, she closed the distance between her and her male, green-headed crush and immediately wrapped him in a tight hug.

“Gah! U-Uraraka I don’t-”

“Everything’s okay Deku.” Ochako mumbled comfortingly into his ear. “We’re all still here, we’re still alive, and we’re all gonna train our butts off… so that what happened to Sir Nighteye never has to happen to anyone else on our watch.”

Nothing was said for a moment as Ochako just stood there and held Deku in her arms. Then, her heart broke just a little as Izuku let out the same little sob Kirishima did when he was trying to hold everything back.

“Go ahead, it’s okay to cry Deku.” Ochako assured him, rubbing his back softly. “You don’t have to be strong for anyone right now.”

Slowly, she felt Deku’s arms tighten around her midsection as the boy let himself crack a little more with each choked sob.

“I… I c-couldn’t do anything… I c-couldn’t save h-him… i-it’s my f-fault.”

Ochako just stood there, allowing the boy to vent into her jacket through his tears. Looking around, it was clear Izuku had been pushing himself hard; a tree had practically been torn in two with a ton of splintered wood surrounding its base and the canopy above them was nothing but sticks as the many leaves adorning them had long since been ‘smashed’ away.

Her hands reached up to cradle Izuku’s head as the boy’s sobs continued. She was grateful to Mina for reassuring her after the funeral and Bakugo was clearly doing the same for Kirishima. Now she had been given a reminder by the explosive blond that Izuku needed the same thing they’d gotten. As one of his two closest friends, with the other being Iida who probably wouldn’t be very good at this, she realised it was something she needed to do for the boy. It felt weird, being thankful to Bakugo for something.

“Hey, we’re just gonna go sit on that tree, okay? Get you off your feet.” Ochako cooed to the boy

He let out an adorable gasp as she pressed her five fingertips against him, his body levitating slightly in her grasp still. With the weightless boy in tow, she moved quickly over to the dry fallen tree nearby and sat down on it before positioning Izuku next to her and removing her quirk’s effect.

“Th-Thanks um Uraraka…” Izuku mumbled, though not in that crazy, super-fast-barely-comprehensive way that confused a lot of people.

“No problem,” Uraraka smiled honestly at him, shifting a bit closer and taking his hand in hers. “I wanted to come make sure you were feeling okay after the… event today.”

“Mmm,” Izuku hummed sadly. “I… I didn’t think-”

“We’re all trying to be heroes and put on a brave face, even when times get hard.” Ochako began, thinking back to her chat with Kirishima, “But I think we sometimes forget that we’re not all doing this alone.”

“B-being a hero is… a lot harder than I thought it would be.” Izuku admitted softly, a sad sniff escaping him. “I wanted to be one so much when I was a kid… to be as great as All Might and save everyone with a smile on my face.”

“Sounds like you.” Ochako smiled. “But you know, you’re not All Might. Do you think he just woke up one day and became the best hero in Japan without putting in the work like we are now?”

“Y-Yeah… but… I c-couldn’t even save Sir Nighteye…” He replied sadly, looking down at his feet where his red shoes were covered in fresh scuffs from all the training he’d been doing.

“I couldn’t save Sir either,” Ochako confided in him. “I was the one who helped him escape and get to the people who could do something about his wounds. I’ve been replaying what I did wrong over and over, wondering how I could’ve done better.”

“B-But that’s crazy.” Izuku looked up at the girl, confusion written clearly on his features. “H-He had already been injured a-and I’m sure you did everyth-“

“I know Deku.” Ochako sighed sympathetically, knowing what he was about to say. “I’m just saying I feel the same way you do. When we got back, Mina took me to the gym so I could just let it all out. I know in my head it’s not my fault but feelings suck and don’t do what we tell them sometimes.”

Ochako looked over at the boy and put on an assuring smile, “You did everything you could too, and I know that you probably feel like crap and it’s okay to feel that way right now. I’m your friend and I needed to make sure you know that. When you’re done being not okay, we’ll pick our training back up and go plus ultra!”

Izuku let out a wet chuckle, not feeling very plus ultra at the minute but he guessed that was what Ochako was trying to get through to him.

“It… just feels like I’m not learning fast enough… I should be able to do so much more right now. Like… maybe someone else would be able to do better if they had this quirk.”

“Deku,” Ochako ran her thumb over the back of her friend’s hand. “Maybe you’re right.”

“Huh?” He focused his gaze on the girl he was suddenly very afraid had figured out his secret.

“Maybe someone would be better with your quirk at this point. Look at Todoroki, he had crazy power and skill back in the sports festival that nearly won it for him, imagine if he had it.”

Izuku felt his breath catch and his tears build up again.

“But just look at how far you’ve come since we started school! You broke your bones whenever you needed to use it before; I don’t think many people would’ve even tried to get better if they had to push through that much pain every time they used their quirk. I’m guessing you barely, if ever, used it before UA ‘cause of the drawback right?”

Izuku nodded slowly at the technically correct assumption.

“So you’ve been using it properly for like, not even six months and look at the progress you’ve made!” Ochako cheered. “Just look at some of our friends; you’ve known them about the same amount of time and you can just tear their quirks to pieces and think up new and amazing things for them to do. Don’t you think they wonder if their quirk would be better off in your hands when you show them what they’re capable of?”

“W-Well… I…” Izuku stuttered, not knowing how to answer that. “B-But… I’ve got this power that um… even All Might has taken an interest in… but I don’t think I can ever be as good as him no matter how much he teaches me.”

“It doesn’t matter, you just have to be the best you.” Ochako shook her head fondly before reaching up to cup his face in her hands, squeezing his cheeks like Kyoka had done back during that first sleepover. “You’re Izuku Fuckin’ Midoriya and this is your quirk! You’re going to turn it into something even more amazing than All Might’s with that big brain of yours, and you’re going to do it in the most Izuku way possible. No one else will ever be able to do that.”

Ochako wasn’t worried when Izuku began tearing up again as she released his face, she just sat and comforted the boy as he released all his emotions. The boy was certainly one of the more emotional members of class 1-A, wearing his heart on his sleeve a lot of the time but she knew it was hiding a smart, determined hero-in-training that would care for any and every one that would need his help in the future.

No, Izuku may never be as strong or imposing as All Might but, at this point, it was an impossible mountain to climb with the pro’s retirement. Endeavour was constantly being compared no matter how much good or bad he did as the interim number one and Izuku was clearly putting himself on a similar level; always comparing his every action to how All Might would’ve done something.

It was endearing but a tad naïve. Even All Might, the real one, not the image the pro had built up over the years, had his faults. If Izuku chased this impossible perfection idea he would lose himself in the attempt and that was something Ochako would try her hardest to prevent.

“Feeling better?” Ochako asked tenderly after Izuku’s tears and cries had slowed once more.

“Y-You’re amazing U-Uraraka.” Izuku choked out through his remaining tears, wiping his face quickly on his t-shirt sleeves.

“N-No, I’m just a friend looking out for another friend.” She blushed, waving away his praise. “We all cope in different ways. You threw yourself into training when you needed a um… good cry.”

“S-Sorry.” Izuku apologized, embarrassed at how many tears he’d produced in front of Ochako today alone.

“Don’t worry about it.” Ochako smiled honestly. “And um… you can call me ‘Ochako’… I think we’re good enough friends now, yeah?”

“O-oh… um…” Izuku blushed, looking away. “S-sure… um… O-Ochako.”

“See, m-much better.” Ochako tried to ignore the happy bubbling in her chest when she heard her first name fall from his lips, looking up at the darkening sky to avoid his gaze. As beautiful as it was to sit along together in a forest while the sun’s last rays washed over the horizon, they should probably think about returning to the dorms. “It’s getting pretty late. We should head back.”

“Yeah… I wouldn’t want to get on Aizawa’s bad side for being out after curfew again.” Izuku mumbled, recalling his scuffle with Bakugo that was probably more the source of ire rather than just being out late.

“He did kinda throw the book at you.” Ochako giggled, rising from her seat. “What was so important you had to battle it out anyway?”

“O-Oh… I um… can’t say.” Izuku admitted.

“The fated battle between rivals continues.” Ochako giggled, meandering back towards the place she burst into the clearing from. “M-Maybe while we walk… you could tell me all the things you’ve picked up about my quirk?”

“I… If you don’t mind.” Izuku asked nervously, catching up to the girl to walk together. Ochako was reminded why she first developed a crush on the adorable boy as he began passionately explaining his logic and reasoning behind the ideas he had just observing her quirk in class. His cute smile, boundless optimism and heroic spirit had drawn her in once more as they walked back through the trees.

Notes:

Chapter summary:

- The girls quickly discover its Momo's birthday soon and Mina takes the lead as head party planner. Making a request to Aizawa, she takes Tooru on a date to the shopping mall.
Before the two leave, Tooru accidently gives away their relationship to Kirishima. Getting his word he won't tell anyone else, Mina is pleasantly surprised to hear that he came out as gay thanks to her example. When they leave the campus, Mina and Tooru discuss the revelation and the mention of kids comes up. After a very enjoyable time together, picking up gifts for Momo in the meantime, their happiness is cut short by initiate members of the Creature Rejection Clan trying to pick a fight with Mina though thankfully Kamui Woods intervenes. Mina reveals some of their rhetoric to Tooru on the bus back to her horror. Upon returning, they are confronted by Aizawa giving them an update on the situation but assuring them they did the right things and weren't in trouble.

- Aizawa announces that no one on the hero course will be able to leave without an escort anymore. Kyoka, Ochako and Tsuyu pick up the remaining gifts and party supplies but have no further trouble.

- Momo's birthday arrives and the class has an enjoyably quiet party in the common room. Mina figured an excuse to blow off steam with junk food and cake would be better than a loud soiree which Momo deeply appreciates. Surprisingly, Momo gets a confession from Yosetsu Awase which she turns down, both because of her relationship with the girls and because of her inability to have a public relationship.

- Once the main party winds down, the girls retreat to Momo's room for an after party. Receiving several very enjoyable gifts from her girlfriends, the group retire for the evening, except Mina and Kyoka are both trying to hang back. After Momo makes them confess their intentions, she invites them both to spend a pleasurable night in her bed together. Mina is enthusiastic but Kyoka is nervous, only having been with one person at a time before and still not completely comfortable with the polyamorous element of their relationship. After some coaxing from Momo and Mina, they all end up naked and enjoy the evening together, with Mina and Momo helping Kyoka overcome her fear a little.

- Nighteyes funeral was scheduled for the next day with the raid group attending. Mina and Kyoka want to do something to help cheer the girls up and offer a shoulder for support if needed. Kyoka decides to take Tsuyu on a walk in the woods behind the dorms. Tsuyu doesn't need much cheering up but appreciates the gesture, in turn helping Kyoka come to terms with what it means to be in a polyamorous relationship with others; everyone isn't supposed to love everyone else equally. Kyoka is relieved by this and doesn't turn down Tsuyu's offer of a kiss. When the two return to the dorms, she makes the offer to Tsuyu to continue in her room which the frog girl eagerly accepts.

- Meanwhile, Mina had taken Ochako to the gym after the girl had displayed a frustrated temper, allowing the girl to exert herself to burn away her issues. Afterward, the two talk on the way back to the dorm about Ochako's regrets during the raid and the guilt she now felt. Still also a little uneasy with the polyamorous stuff as well as her first real relationship, Mina assures the girl that she's doing fine, even joking that she can't wait for her own date with Ochako. When the girl realises the pinkette is serious she doesn't know how to feel, needing to talk to Tsuyu and her mistress first though Mina steals a cheeky kiss. They return to the dorm in higher spirits with Ochako's fears allayed for the time being.

- After dinner, Ochako is taking a moment to enjoy her life when she overhears a strange conversation between Bakugo and Kirishima. Wanting to know what's going on, she queries them only to have the explosive blond drag the red head over and explain how he too was feeling guilt about not being strong enough for the raid. Inspired by Mina, Ochako helps reassure Kirishima by sharing her own feelings before Bakugo drags him away to spend some time together in his room. Before he leaves, Bakugo asks Ochako if she'd seen Izuku recently, hinting he might be suffering from the same issues. Ochako rushes to find the greenette, getting a tip from Tokoyami he might be in the woods out back. Finding the boy pushing his training even further beyond once more, Ochako realises he was indeed suffering survivors guilt. The two share a moment with each other as Ochako assures Izuku that he did all he could and that he would master his quirk in his own way before long as the two head back to the dorms together.

Chapter 9: The Third Sleepover

Summary:

Mina's wish has finally come true as it's time for the third sleepover.

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

Today was Friday and Mina Ashido woke up with a giddiness in her chest unlike any she’d ever had before. Today was Friday and it was time again for their girl’s sleepover. Today was Friday… and this sleepover… was going to get… lewd.

It was safe to say the topic was on all of the girl’s minds. Their hot pink girlfriend had been eagerly trying to get this organised for weeks after all, but the life of UA students wasn’t one that afforded predetermined time off.

Today however: their assignments were all up to date, none of them had anything outside UA to take care of and they were all looking forward to it. Nothing was going to stop them short of an apocalypse and even then Mina would somehow get it to back off until tomorrow.

Even among the closest of the group, they dared not share their hopes or secret desires for how things happened tonight with each other. The first sleepover was just friend banter and some cheeky jokes. Then, at the second, they’d taken it up a notch and slowly started getting a little more risqué. Now? Now it had been a few weeks and they were all in some sort of sexually intimate relationship with each other. It didn’t take someone with Momo’s intellect to know where things may very well end up.

During the day, each of the girl’s minds drifted to different scenarios that may or may not happen as well as whether or not they’d help guide things in that direction if opportunities presented themselves.

When the bell rang to signal the end of the school day, to the girls, that meant only one thing…


“Freedom!” Mina declared after class on Friday, strutting back into the 1-A dorms with an energetic bounce in her step.

“You guys having another girl’s night and stuff?” Sero asked, stretching the kinks out of his back from today’s gruelling return to super move training.

“After many delays I can indeed confirm the return of girl’s night!” Mina cheered, chorused by Tooru alongside her.

“You orderin’ pizza again? ‘Cause if so I’m in.” Kaminari drooled, way too tired to cook tonight.

“Nah, just corner shop stuff.” Kyoka relayed, knowing their itinerary for the evening after Mina’s plotting in their girl’s chat. The electric blond sighed, figuring he’d go grab a decently cooked dinner in Lunch Rush’s dinner service instead. “Speaking of which, who’s going this time?”

“We got it!” Tooru grinned, linking her arms with Ochako and Momo. “You guys set everything up in Momo’s room, ‘kay?”

“If you guys have a sexy pillow fight you’ll invite me, right?” Kaminari winked.

“Eat a dick.” Kyoka grumbled, Kaminari having earned himself a stab from her jacks.

“Do you really think that’s what goes on?” Tsuyu asked the yelping blond, “‘Cause I assure you what really happens is annoyingly dull compared to what you probably imagine.”

Mina certainly appreciated Tsuyu’s straight-laced and blunt approach to everything in that moment, perfectly selling the lie like she actually believed it.

“Lame.” Kaminari grinned playfully. “How ‘bout you guys? Movie night? Gaming? We can’t let the girls win.”

“I wasn’t aware this was a competition.” Sato chuckled.

“If it was, I would win for most dazzling.” Aoyama declared, trying to push a piece of cheese into Midoirya’s mouth.

“Go get changed guys.” Mina pointed at the trio of snack retrievers. “We’ve got a Friday to enjoy and you know your marching orders!”

Ochako and Momo giggled at Mina’s over the top attitude and made their way over to the elevator. Tooru, however, quickly pranced over to her pink haired girlfriend and relieved her of her backpack.

“Back in a bit babe.”

Mina flinched as she felt the girl’s lips press softly against her cheek in an audible kiss before the happy-go-lucky girl followed after her friends into the elevator who had their own mouths dropped in shock, having observed the invisible girl’s mistake.

With the only sound in the room being the mechanical whirring’s of the elevator as it ascended, everyone waited with baited breath for the storm of questions to break.

“B-Babe?” Kaminari asked incredulously.

“Y-Yeah!” Mina laughed nervously, hoping to play it off, “She’s my best babe too y’know.”

“Seemed a little more than something just friends would do.” Sero’s eyes narrowed in suspicion.

“Ashido, forgive my confusion but, are you and Hagakure dating?” Todoroki asked bluntly.

Mina, Kyoka and Tsuyu sighed at the supposedly sneaky girl’s complete inability to keep things under wraps.

“Okay fine,” Mina laughed nervously, “You caught us, we’re dating or whatever you crazy kids are calling it these days, hahaha.”

Both Tsuyu and Kyoka rolled their eyes at Mina’s awkward act as the expected questions and congratulations began to come out.

“How long have you been a thing?” Kaminari called out.

“Who asked who?” Sero chimed in.

“I must offer my cheers at finding love in these trying times.” Tokoyami offered.

“Silence!” Iida stepped between the small mob. “While I’m sure we all wish to congratulate our classmates on the beginnings of their journey together there is no need to crowd her with questions she doesn’t feel comfortable answering.”

“Uh, thanks Iida?” Mina smiled nervously, “But it’s fine. If it was anyone but me, I’d be first in line to get the details myself.”

“Understood.” Iida sighed at once again having over estimated his need to step in. “In that case let me offer my own best wishes and a reminder to not let it interfere with your studies as a student of the prestigious UA.”

“I’ll keep that in mind big guy.” Mina sweatdropped before looking nervously back at the majority of the Baku-squad that eagerly expected answers. “So… who wants to know what first?”

Mina began busily answering questions from Kaminari and Sero while a few other members of the class, like Midoriya, Shoji and Ojiro offered her a small congrats.

While she was distracted, Kyoka walked over to Tsuyu and gave her a nudge, subtly alerting the frog girl to the strange look that Mineta was giving their pink girlfriend from the kitchen area. It wasn’t obviously lewd like he was imagining what the newly declared pairing got up to behind closed doors but it certainly didn’t hint at anything good. It almost looked… calculating, and that sent shivers down both of their spines.

Thankfully, while they’d both switched on their phone’s record function, it was unnecessary as the grape-haired one took his undeclared leave soon after.

“Shove off extras, give her a chance to breathe, Christ.” Bakugo shoved Kaminari and Sero out of the way, preventing any further pestering questions. “Racoon eyes, we need to talk.” Mina squeaked as Bakugo quickly pulled her along by her sleeve away from the rest of the class.

“Hey! You can’t just say ‘give her space’ then steal her for yourself!” Sero called out as the pair retreated.

“Just leave it man, you know he won’t listen.” Kirishima rolled his eyes at the pair.

“And you!” Kaminari suddenly rounded on the redhead.

“Me?”

“Yeah, you seem awfully chill about this, there’s no way you didn’t know, else you’d be the first to congratulate her.” Kaminari accused.

“Dude’s got a point.” Sero agreed, his suspicions aroused.

Kirishima stepped back as he quickly found himself under their barrage of questions.

“I’m guessing it wasn’t as much of a surprise to you two either?”

Tsu and Kyoka both turned their heads to their other green haired classmate with a warm smile on his face.

“Not our business, we weren’t gonna blab.” Kyoka shrugged, not denying it.

“Of course, but um, could you please pass along my congrats to Hagakure? I wanted to catch up with her today about the progress with her quirk but I don’t think she’ll want to answer my silly questions on top of everything.”

“We’ll make sure she gets the memo.” Tsu nodded before spying an unusual blond waiting for his moment to steal a member of their conversation away. “Everything alright with you and Aoyama? I think he’s waiting for you.”

“Huh?” Izuku turned and spotted the blonde with yet another plate of unusual cheeses he likely wanted to share with him. “Oh uh…”

“Are we announcing two couples in the class today?” Kyoka smirked, keeping her voice low just in case she was right.

“No, no,” Izuku waved away. “I just helped him during training and he’s just… showing his appreciation.”

The green haired boy sighed, hoping the blond would become less interested in sharing his foreign treats with him after the weekend.


“Thanks Bakugo, those two were relentless.” Mina breathed a sigh of relief after the explosive blond had freed her.

Having dragged her to the other side of the common space they had a bit of privacy though Mina couldn’t help but feel odd as Bakugo eyed her carefully.

“So… how long?” He asked calmly once the girl had caught her breath.

“‘Bout two weeks.”

“Who asked who?”

“I asked her.”

“Cute?”

“Adorable.”

“Quirk?”

“Couldn’t care less.”

“Happy?”

“Oh yeah.” Mina grinned, allowing a touch of smugness into her voice.

“Good” Bakugo finished, walking away. “Don’t fuck up idiot.”

Mina rolled her eyes, the dude cared in his own way. Hopefully Ochako and Momo were doing a good job calming down a probably panicking Hagakure upstairs.


“Stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid!” Tooru lightly bashed her head against her door, the other two girls standing awkwardly behind her after they’d followed her out of the elevator and into her room.

“I’m sure it’s fine, please don’t worry Starlight.” Momo tried to calm down the emotional girl but didn’t exactly know what would work in this instance.

“Tooru please, everything’s fine. I’m sure Mina’s brushing it all under the rug as we speak.” Ochako chipped in.

“Stupid airheaded ditz.” Tooru bumped her brain against the door again, her breathing speeding up as she catastrophized the situation in her head, tears threatening to begin rolling down her face. “Mina’s probably getting all the heat ‘cause I’m so stupid and everyone’s gonna figure it out and Mineta’s gonna make it seem super gross and now I can’t even show my face and I’m such a coward and Mina’s probably gonna hate me and leave me and-”

“Tooru!” Momo shouted in a commanding tone, loud enough to make both girls jump before the invisible one turned to face her. When Momo wanted to command a room, she could command a room.

“You made a mistake, but it’s no good worrying about what you could’ve done or what might be.”

“B-but I-”

“Our Princess isn’t going to hold a silly mistake against you, especially as I believe you two were not exactly keeping things a secret for any significant reason. Unlike myself, you’re free to enjoy your relationship publicly with only a light grilling from our classmates in return, yes?”

Tooru nodded slowly, having forgotten that it was only Yaoyorozu that had to keep everything completely secret.

“So you’re going to come give us a hug, we’ll dry your tears and straighten you up, then you’re going to go support our Princess before we enjoy another girl’s night altogether in my room. Understood?”

“Y-Yes Momo.” Tooru nodded, a nervous laugh escaping her throat as a few tears broke free from her eyes, sliding hotly down her cheeks. “You’ve um… r-really got that ordering thing down now.” She said as she walked over and sunk into the girl’s outstretched arms.

“Oh um… sorry.” Momo blushed, a little caught off guard at her own behaviour towards the girl, “With everything between myself and Ochako, along with our training, I have been feeling a bit more like a leader recently. I apologize for overstepping my bounds.”

“N-No, it worked.” Tooru sniffled, pulling back, a dry giggle on her lips. “I was kinda spiralling there.”

“Then I’m glad it helped.” Momo smiled. “Now, hurry up and get changed, we’ve got some treats to pick up and I believe the bill is on me today.”

“Yay, unlimited snacks.” Tooru cheered weakly.

“Only if you hurry up.” Momo replied, planting a kiss on her head before moving to the door. “Ochako?”

“Coming!” The gravity girl called out, giving the invisible girl another quick hug before leaving with the heiress. The two walked over an entered the elevator in silence, Momo pressing the button for Ochako’s floor.

“Something on your mind?” She asked when she caught Ochako giving her the side eye.

“I… is it weird I thought that was kind of hot?” Ochako blushed.

Momo giggled at Ochako’s reply, not knowing if it was a good indication of how she felt in her role as her pet or just something the girl found erotic.

“Noted Pet.” Momo smiled. “Now run along and get changed, I believe I feel like spoiling everyone today and I need your expert advice on which fancy mochi to spoil you with.”

The heiress’ musical laugh rang out again as the gravity girl made record time between the elevator and unlocking her door.


When the trio returned to the common room, they were somewhat grateful that most of the class had drifted off to do their own things, especially the shortest member of their class.

Tooru returned to Mina’s side somewhat calmly as the girl didn’t know what to expect, her pink girlfriend apparently chatting amicably to the Baku-squad on the sofas.

“There she is!” Mina grinned, standing up to pull her girlfriend into a hug and nuzzle her face affectionately, letting the girl know there was no hard feelings. “Guys, I’d like to introduce you to this adorable knucklehead I call a girlfriend.”

“Hey Hagakure.” Kirishima gave the girl a sympathetic smile, having revealed to the others he’d already found out through a similar mistake on the invisible girl’s part.

“Hey guys.” She blushed awkwardly, not that anyone could see her. “Mina I’m sorry I-”

“Shush up.” Mina placed a finger over her mouth. “I’m not mad or upset or anything, just surprised it all came out now.”

“Were you trying to keep it hidden for some reason?” Kaminari asked.

“Your constant questions kind of answer that for us.” Mina sighed at the now bashful blond. “But nah, we just wanted to enjoy things without everyone else knowing. Teenage drama is so last year, you know?”

“Alright, you’ve got a point.” Kaminari relented before looking around to check the coast was clear. “Mineta?”

“Yeah, that too.” Mina chuckled. At this point even Kaminari and Sero, the two other boys most interested in girls in their class were giving the ball boy a bit of berth.

“I’ll keep him in check.”

“‘Preciated man.” She held her hand out for a fist bump the guy returned eagerly.

“Don’t bother.” Bakugo growled. “I’ve been looking for a new punching bag, just let him step out of line and see what happens.”

“Bad Kacchan, no murder.” The electric blond scolded, earning a withering glare in return at the annoying nickname Sparky had picked up from Deku.

“Tooru? Are you coming?” Ochako called out from the front entrance where she and Momo were ready to depart for their treats.

“Coming guys!” She called back, turning to Mina before she left. “So um…”

Mina grabbed her girlfriend’s and gave her an affectionate kiss on the forehead before turning her towards the departing duo, giving her a nudge to get going.

“Bring me back some more ice cream, we’re all out.” She grinned.

Suitably assured that she hadn’t messed everything up, Tooru cheerfully waved goodbye to her girlfriend as she departed.

“Problems?” Mina turned back to her group confidently.

“Does finding that hot count as a problem?” Kaminari asked, receiving a slap to the back of the head courtesy of Kirishima.

“And that’s why you’re my favourite horn buddy.” Mina grinned at the redhead.


Despite the unexpected reveal, the girls remaining at the dorm set to work preparing Momo’s room to host them all once again. Tsuyu grabbed the TV from Ochako’s room before brewing what was now a pot of ‘Momo’s Sleepover Tea’ while Mina snagged all their pillows and Jiro wired everything up.

“Special delivery!” Mina called out as she opened Momo’s dorm door, her arms laden with everyone’s nightly headrests.

“Made sure Mr. Buzzy won’t be joining us tonight?” Tsuyu smirked, observing Kyoka hooking up her laptop to the TV after having placed the fresh tray of tea on Momo’s dresser.

“If he did, this time, it wouldn’t be an accident.” Mina giggled lewdly.

“You guys aren’t just gonna start fucking halfway through this are you?” Kyoka asked, a little worried and a little excited that might actually happen.

“I mean… would that be so bad?” Mina teased.

“I’m game.” Tsuyu chuckled, pouring out a cup of tea for each of them to enjoy.

“W-Well I’m not s-so just-”

“Relax Kyoka.” Mina assured the earphone jack user. “No one has to do anything they don’t want to, though I’m not gonna deny things might get a little heated if this smug, sexy frog has her way.”

“I’m fine, I already proved my truth of dare queendom secure against you.”

“That you did my queen.” Mina bowed dramatically, earning an acknowledging nod from the frog girl.

“Joking aside, is there anything you want to avoid tonight Kyoka?” Tsuyu asked, not wanting to spoil the night for any of her girlfriends.

“Just don’t keep poking fun at me, okay? I’m still working on accepting everything.”

“Would a few kisses help?” Mina blew her a quick one.

“I mean… I’m not gonna say ‘no’ if you’re offering.” Kyoka replied, stepping up to the pinkette and giving her a quick peck on the lips.

“Would you like some of mine too?” Tsuyu asked, moving to join the pair.

“Uh… y-yep, mmmhmm.” Kyoka blushed, holding her nerve as she shared a much more chaste kiss with the girl than those they’d enjoyed together yesterday.

“Not so bad, see?” Tsuyu smiled.

“Yeah, yeah.” Kyoka smiled, “You’re just saying that ‘cause you lust after all our lady parts.”

“The person attached to those parts is a big plus too.” Tsuyu replied, giving the girl a quick hug.

“I don’t think Momo would appreciate us starting the festivities without her.” Mina giggled, doling out the pillows to the girl’s preferred spots.

“I think she’d appreciate the show though.” Tsuyu giggled, sitting in her own spot by Ochako’s pillow.

“We are stupid sexy.” Mina struck a pose.

The girls shared a laugh before relaxing into a comfortable silence. Tsuyu passed out the two other cups she poured while savouring a gulp of her own tea. It was a tad bitterer than how Momo brewed it, the girl knowing the perfect technique, but it still washed some of the anxiety from their system as their Friday had truly begun.

“So are you okay with being outed Mina?” Tsuyu asked, having yet to broach the topic in private.

“Most of those guys already knew I was bi so it’s no big for me.” She shrugged. “Think Tooru took it harder than I did; she slipped up in front of Kirishima earlier this week too.”

“At least we know he didn’t blab.” Kyoka nodded, her respect for the boy rising a tad.

“Kirishima’s good people.” Mina grinned, flopping back onto Momo’s bed to await their other girlfriends. “But yeah, it’s fine with me as long as everyone doesn’t get all weird about it.”

“Think he will do anything?” Tsuyu decided to bring up he-who-they-disliked-to-discuss.

“If he does, I’ve got Bakugo to help me bury the body so we’ll be fine.” Mina laughed.

“I dunno,” Kyoka began, “He had this weird look on his face when you were chatting with everyone.”

“Probably overloaded his little brain.” Mina shrugged.

“We’ll keep extra careful outside our rooms, just to be sure.” Tsuyu said, planning on now having her phone record every time she stepped into the common room.

“I get it,” Mina relented, trusting her girlfriend’s instincts. “But we should be talking about better things, like how round Ochako is going to be after Momo stuffs her full of fancy mochi.”

The girls continued to chat about a few things as they eagerly awaited the start of their Friday celebrations. They didn’t have to wait too long as they heard the bustling and rustling of bags exit the elevator and head their way.

“We’re ba~ack.” Tooru called out, Mina smiling at what sounded like a happy girl once again.

“Can someone help… Momo kind of overdid it.” Ochako’s cry rang out from the hallway.

The girls quickly moved to assist their friends, spotting a good number of bags being carried by each person.

“I’m afraid that Ochako is correct. I believe the term is ‘eyes bigger than my stomach’.” Momo blushed, struggling to hold all the bags together.

“Jeez, what did you do? Clean out the whole store?” Kyoka asked incredulously.

“The cashier did look kind of overwhelmed.” Tooru giggled, setting her collection of supplies down before stretching out her hands. “Miss Midnight helped us since she escorted us down but said we were on our own once we reached the gates.”

“Why did I have to go to the gym yesterday?” Ochako cried, tears streaming down her face as her arms ached fiercely.

With double the hands, the girls quickly relieved the worn out girls of half their burden, shifted it into Momo’s room and began unpacking.

“Wow, you weren’t kidding.” Mina sniggered, pulling out the sixth bag of chewy sweets by her count alone.

“I may have wanted to stock up a little.” Momo flushed. “This way we’ll have some for our next event without having to make the trip.”

“At least you didn’t stock up on stuff that would expire.” Kyoka nodded, having pulled only a few such items like cookies and doughnuts.

“What movie are we watching today?” Ochako asked eagerly, hoping to start quickly so she could tear into her treats. You had to wait until the movie began to start eating, that was the law.

“I got one.” Kyoka suggested. “Always cheers me up when I want a laugh.”

“If it’s funny enough to crack our punkette up then I’m down.” Mina nodded. The other girls quickly concurred causing the girl to feel a bit odd, they’d all so readily put their trust in her pick; she just hoped she didn’t disappoint now.


“I can one hundred percent see why Kyoka would suggest that.” Mina announced as the credits rolled.

“The songs were so fun!” Tooru grinned, recalling the one that got all the police joining in.

“She probably enjoyed the seeing the lead actress in that dress too.” Tsuyu teased.

“I liked the dog, he was cute.” Ochako smiled.

“Even after it wore the mask?” Momo asked, noting the clearly dated use of special effects.

“Well that wasn’t real so it doesn’t count.” Ochako explained.

“You guys liked it then?” Kyoka asked hesitantly, still a little apprehensive despite the positive reactions throughout the film.

“Duh, perfect party film.” Mina declared, filing ‘The Mask’ away as one of Kyoka’s favourites in her brain. “Toss your crap over and let’s clear up a bit.” She called out, noting the array of goodie wrappers surrounding everyone, especially Momo and a sheepish looking Ochako.

After a quick break to stretch and relieve themselves, with Momo brewing a fresh, more satisfying pot of tea, the slumber party arrived at what was likely their most anticipated event.

“So… game?” Mina grinned, not needing to declare the name of what she’d been excited for this evening.

“Didn’t you settle things with Tsu?” Tooru asked.

“Well yeah but it’s still all in good fun.”

“I do enjoy putting Mina in her place.”

“Be-Between your thighs?” Kyoka offered, hoping it was an acceptable joke.

“You know it.” Tsuyu grinned, offering a high five to the girl which she shyly accepted.

“Gorgeous!” Mina whined, “Darling and Vixen are bullying me!”

“Play nice girls.” Momo chided, “I wouldn’t want to have to put you over my knee.”

“Yes you would.” Tooru giggled.

“Yes I would.” Momo agreed, sending warning glances to the two girls.

“I’ll be good, ribbit.” Tsuyu backed down, smiling at the little rhyme.

“Excellent.” Momo smiled before turning to Kyoka. “Would you like to start us off hun?”

“W-Why me?” Kyoka blushed.

“At this point, tradition.” Tooru declared. “Fridays are cheat days, we always have sleepovers in Momo’s room with fancy tea, and you always start off truth or dare. It’s just facts.”

“She’s not wrong.” Ochako nodded as though it were immutable.

“Fine, whatever.” Kyoka sighed, before eying up her targets. At least she got the best picks each round.

“Tooru, truth or dare.”

“Truth please.”

“Hmmm, how about… why did you agree to Mina’s crazy ‘date-everyone’ plan?”

“Is it crazy if it worked?” Mina laughed.

“We~ell, that’s actually Tsu’s fault.” Tooru announced. “She sexed me up good when I still felt bummed about Ojiro and I agreed to join if she could convince Mina. Didn’t think she would’ve pulled it off but you won’t hear me complaining.”

“Is that because Tsu would sit on your face?” Mina teased, receiving a raspberry from Tooru in return.

“I told you guys before that I could fall for anyone if they saw me for me… I guess… one by one, you all became super special to me so it just made sense.”

“Adorable.” Tsuyu croaked.

“Seconded.” Ochako smiled, happy her friend enjoyed the relationship she shared with her other four friends.

“It is quite sweet, thank you Starlight.” Momo smiled.

“Woo, my turn.” Tooru bounced in her spot. “I think I’ll pick… Tsu.”

“I’ll go truth too, ribbit.”

“Still no dares, eh Tsu?” Mina chuckled.

“Try your luck, see what happens.” Tsuyu challenged, their rivalry still somewhat in place. “What’s your question Starlight?”

“Okay, so, we know about Midori, but when did you fall for ‘Chako?” Tooru asked, hoping for a romantic tale.

“I’m not gonna have any secrets by the end of this am I, ribbit?” Tsuyu asked rhetorically.

“Not from your girlfriends.” Mina winked, giving her a loving tap with her foot.

“Okay, well, it’s not the most pleasant of stories but I’ll start a bit earlier than that part.” Tsuyu began, noting that Ochako was paying rapt attention to her. “I guess it started in the lead up to the sports festival. We’d hung out at lunch and after class a few times but nothing major. When she gave that cheer in class about doing her best I did think it was somewhat cute.”

“Oh, don’t remind me.” Ochako hid behind her hands as her somewhat cringey memory came rushing back to her.

“When we all took part, I guess it was when she went up against Bakugo that really caught my attention.” Tsuyu put a finger on her chin as she recalled the day in question. “It sucked watching her get hurt but the strength and tenacity, cunning and endurance she displayed really stuck out to me, ribbit. After that, I got to know her a bit better and found a sweet, caring, funny girl that was always trying to do her best. When it came time for the training camp, I felt a little brave… and a little scared during the test of courage. Ochako told me that she was scared during the trial itself so I offered to hold her hand.”

“Cu~ute.” Tooru cooed, getting chorus from Mina and a nod from Kyoka.

“I didn’t even realise.” Ochako mumbled.

“You weren’t supposed to, ribbit.” Tsuyu admitted, “I wanted to see what happened to the butterflies in my stomach when we held hands before I made up my mind to pursue you. They got very active when we did so that answered my question.”

“Real or metaphorical butterflies?” Mina teased.  

“Do you really want to risk the answer to that question after kissing me?” Tsuyu grinned.

“The prosecution withdraws its question, please continue.” Mina announced, eager to hear the rest of the tale.

“Well, you know how well the rest of the camp turned out.” Tsuyu sighed. “I don’t think any of us had a good time no matter how much we proved our courage. For me and Ochako though, we got ambushed by that blond girl from the league of villains.” The girls braced themselves as Tsuyu recalled the events of that night. Though the pair were sitting unharmed before them, it was still difficult to hear what they’d gone through.

“She cut Ochako when she jumped out of the bushes but it was shallow. Then she started going off about draining us of all our blood; creepy.” They collectively shuddered. “I managed to throw Ochako to safety with my tongue but she cut me on it before cutting me off. I’m not sure if she was doing it to taunt me or what but she started calling me ‘Tsu’ and saying I was adorable. Only my friends get to call me ‘Tsu’.” The frog girl continued. “Then she threw this needle at me and it pinned me to a tree by my hair. Got super close and personal too, it felt like a female Mineta.”

“Ew.” Tooru commented.

“Yeah, at this point I think I’m cursed or something.” Tsuyu admitted sadly.

“Don’t worry Darling, we’ll do our best to protect you from now on.” Momo assured her, hoping she never had to go through something like that again and got a collective round of agreement from everyone else.

“Anyway, when I’d thrown Ochako, I told her to run to the camp. I’m glad she didn’t. I thought I was gonna end up dead or have all my blood stolen from me and just left hanging there when out of the bushes charges my hero on a mission.” Tsuyu smiled, rubbing Ochako’s knee. “I’ll never forget the way she shouted ‘Get away from her!’ before taking that villain down in a flash. She probably saved my life that day.”

“Wow, that’s amazing Ochako!” Tooru praised, somewhat ashamed she’d been knocked out for the whole event by the gas.

“Sounds just like what Midoirya did.” Kyoka pointed out.

“You’re correct to compare them.” Tsuyu nodded, recalling the very similar situation at the USJ before returning to her story. “Unfortunately, the villain distracted Ochako with a tale about having a crush on someone and she suspected the same thing of her. I’m not sure how that girl knew but I’d already figured out it was Midoriya. She weakened Ochako by stealing some of her blood with another needle before Shoji, Todoroki and Midoirya turned up, scaring her off. I won’t bore you with any of the other details since that’s more about the fight for our lives but after everything had calmed down and we were back and safe in our homes, I had a long think to myself and came to the conclusion that I wanted to date Ochako.”

“Awww, Ochako was kind of your princess in shining armour wasn’t she?” Mina sighed, caught up in the romantic aspect.

“Yeah, it was something I don’t think I’ll ever forget.” Tsuyu smiled and planted a kiss on her blushing girlfriend.

“I-I mean y-you were in trouble a-and I was just bein’ a good friend an’ hero an-”

“Chill girl, it all worked out didn’t it?” Kyoka chuckled. “Better than me anyway. The hearing hero who got knocked out before she could warn anyone of incoming assholes.”

“Don’t blame yourself dear,” Momo rubbed her punk girlfriend’s back. “It’s not your fault villains attacked us.”

“Caught my dumbass off guard too.” Tooru pouted, receiving the same affectionate pats from Mina.

“Don’t focus on that.” Tsuyu shook her head. “We’re all here together and now you all know how I first fell for my Cutie pie.” She nuzzled against Ochako who finally gave in and decided to activate her quirk on herself to escape the embarrassment.

“Cutie pie, that’s so sweet.” Tooru squealed.

“Ha, did you bring enough cutie pie to share with the group?” Mina wiggled her eyebrows suggestively and licked her lips.

“Sh-shut up Mina, you couldn’t afford a slice of me.” Ochako shot back, still imitating a bright red balloon.

“I dunno, my girlfriend is Momo and she can buy a country.”

“To be fair, I already have my own slice of cutie pie and right now, I’m not sharing.” Momo teased, reaching up and pulling Ochako back down to sit on her lap with a squeak.

“No fair.” Mina pouted playfully before turning back to their most recent player. “I guess if there’s no other juicy details, it’s your turn Tsu.”

“I’ll turn it back to you, truth or dare Mina?”

“Hmmm truth or dare…” The pinkette pondered her options. “Let’s have our first dare, hit me with your best shot Darling.” She sent a wink at Tsu.

“Flattery won’t soften my attacks,” Tsu smirked. “I dare you to lick chocolate off of Tooru’s chest.”

“Oh my.” Momo gasped, a little shocked at the lewd dare while Ochako shifted awkwardly in her lap and Kyoka’s mouth dropped open.

“Jeez, you and the whole class find out I’m going out with Starlight and you’re demanding I perform such a dirty act in front of you? For shame Tsuyu.” Mina playfully chided, shifting off the bed.

“I can’t help but notice you’re still grabbing the chocolate.” Tsuyu commented with a grin, knowing Mina wouldn’t back down.

“Well I’m not gonna very well reject such an enticing suggestion am I?” Mina shot back, sending a lusty glance at her invisible girlfriend who clenched under all the attention, the room suddenly feeling very warm to her.

“Unless my adorable girlfriend says otherwise, I’m being forced to remove her top, smother her delicious breasts in chocolate and lap it all off until not a speck remains, is that right?” Mina asked dramatically, knowing just how much it would rile up the girl.

“I wouldn’t put it in so many words but that does seem agreeable to me.” Tsuyu nodded, watching eagerly.

Mina turned her attention to her dear girlfriend that had remained on the bed but clearly turned towards her.

“Time for my treat.” She purred caressing the girl’s face and pulling her into a quick kiss before reaching down and lifting up her top. Having still been dressed in the clothes she went to the store in, Mina encountered her newest mortal enemy besides homework; bras.

“Urgh, nobody even likes these things, they just get in the way of sexy time.” She complained, though making a swift job of unclasping it.

“Unfortunately I find them quite necessary for exercise and other physical activities.” Momo sighed.

“Not sex though, ribbit.” Tsuyu giggled.

“Stupid boys are obsessed with cup size too. What does it matter?” Kyoka complained. Big, small? All boobs were good to her, even if she very much enjoyed Momo’s larger than average bust while feeling a little insecure about her own chest in comparison.

“Not to me, but the only boobs I care about right now are these.” Mina leered down at the invisible chest she had freed from the confines of the wretched T-shirt and bra. Carefully, having held the top of the chocolate bar tightly to warm it up a little, she unwrapped it and began slowly applying it to her girlfriend’s chest as though it were a paint brush and Tooru her canvas.

“That good?” Mina asked Tsu to ensure the dare wasn’t gonna be rejected for something stupid like not applying enough before cleaning it up.

“She looks delicious.” Tsuyu licked her own lips, sending a pleasant tingle through Tooru’s system.

“Enough to trade for a bite of cutie pie?” Mina winked.

Tsuyu shot an inquisitive glance over at Ochako. It hadn’t escaped her notice that Mina was quite clearly being more vocal in her pursuit of her girlfriend. If Ochako was okay with it, she wouldn’t mind if she and Mina had a date or two to see how things worked out.

“Uh I…” Ochako stuttered, surprised at suddenly being the center of attention. “M-maybe you should um… finish off your own dessert before thinking about s-seconds.”

“Well played.” Mina complimented before focussing on the delectable treat in front of her. She stuck out her tongue as far as it would go and gave a very exaggerated lick from the bottom to the top of the breast she’d chosen to start with, deliberately slipping over the nipple.

“Oooh.” Tooru moaned huskily as she felt everyone’s gaze on her and Mina. Her pink girlfriend quickly repeated the motion, sucking up a bit more of the sweet treat as she did and sending an urgent longing down to her nethers.

Mina quickly continued her task, though not as efficiently as she could’ve, having stopped to circle her girlfriend’s nipples with her tongue and sucking on them a few times despite being free of chocolate.

Tooru’s frustrated moan was known to all as Mina wiped her chin and declared her clean. Though her chest had no more of the tasty treat staining her invisible skin, she knew she was very dirty and wished to be cleaned up by someone’s tongue in a very different spot.

“That was quite a show girls.” Momo applauded, having thoroughly enjoyed the erotic display and getting ideas herself.

“Everything went better than expected.” Tsuyu grinned, having gotten similar enjoyment out of it.

Ochako said nothing, hoping no one noticed how absorbed she was into their display. Kyoka similarly hoped no one notice her lightly rubbing the outside of her shorts to ease her own need.

Mina retook her place on the bed with a smug grin, satisfied she’d both riled up her girlfriend and completed Tsuyu’s dare.

“Right, two targets left.” She took aim with her finger guns, alternating between Momo and Ochako. “I pi~ick… Momo.”

“I see, in that case, I’d like to pick truth if I may.”

“You may indeed,” Mina retorted, “For your truth, I’d like to know what your favourite naughty act has been since discovering the sexy world of sex.”

Momo’s cheeks coloured at the blunt question but didn’t consider it something she couldn’t answer.

“I believe my current favourite thing is one both you, and my cute little pet, have both enjoyed yourselves.”

Ochako felt herself slipping back into her pleasant memories of their few interactions.

“While I now wish to produce a better version of it, I have very much enjoyed um… hilting my cock inside you both. The idea of… pushing something that stretches and connects us inside before releasing has been extremely erotic. If I were a boy, I would be afraid for both your careers as I most certainly would’ve tried to ‘finish’ as deep inside you as I could.”

The gravity girl felt her vagina clench traitorously against her will as Mina giggled at the answer.

“Trying to get us pregnant? With matching big bulging bellies?”

Tooru groaned from beside her, the group quickly reminded of the kink she’d admitted to them last sleepover.

“I think Tooru’s too excited to hear anymore.” Tsuyu observed the invisible set of shorts the girl was only left clad in. How long before a wet spot showed up on the front of them?

“She’ll be fine.” Mina nudged her girlfriend. “It’s me you need to worry about.”

“You?” Kyoka asked.

“I don’t know how much of me will be left after she has her way with me in revenge.” Mina laughed.

“Not much if you keep pushing me.” Tooru growled lustily.

“You heard her guys, pick Tooru next round at your own peril.” Mina dodged a swipe from her very frustrated girlfriend, expecting something of the sort at her comment.

“As for this round,” Momo pulled the attention back to herself. “Pet, truth or dare?” She addressed the girl in her lap.

“Um…” Ochako was truly stumped on which to pick. Either way it was going to result in something sexy. At least it was Momo asking her and not one of the girls she wasn’t intimate with.

“Truth?” She asked nervously.

“If you’re sure,” Momo agreed. “I would very much like to know how you are enjoying our little arrangement.”

“O-Oh…” Ochako blushed, noting the curious looks from the others. True they’d only been pet and mistress for about a week but having her declare her feelings in front of everyone else would help assure them that they were both being responsible.

“Honestly, I kind of want a super cute and shiny necklace like hers.” Tooru said.

“So you’d do everything I asked of you if I locked you into one of those things?” Kyoka asked, intending it to sound ridiculous.

“I mean, if you did everything I saw Momo do to Ochako and I get some cute bling then I’m half tempted to say ‘yes’.” Tooru teased, recalling the very enjoyable scene she’d been allowed to observe between Momo, Tsuyu and Ochako.

“Stop trying to steal my girlfriend.” Mina glared light-heartedly at the punkette, who looked suitably embarrassed at Tooru having not rejected the outlandish suggestion.

“W-Well um…” Ochako began softly, drawing their eyes back to her. “I… know it’s like… weird and um… not super ethical to have traded my parent’s safety for it… but… I really like how gentle Mo-… Mistress has been. I wanted to pay her back and she’s letting me so it’s still my choice and I um… don’t see myself asking to be freed before I make it up to her.”

“She sexed you up good too, didn’t she?” Mina winked.

“I mean… I’m not going to deny that, crass as it is for you to ask Minx.” Momo gave her girlfriend a look, hoping to remind her that Ochako was the least involved in their group relationship.

“It’s okay Mistress.” Ochako rubbed her arms that were currently looped around her stomach. “I um… guess now’s as good a time as any to tell you that um… we talked earlier in the week and um… if you and Tsu and everyone is okay with it… would it be okay to… see if Mina and I are compatible?”

“Like a date, ribbit?” Tsuyu blinked, not having expected Ochako to be the one to ask something like this already.

“You thought I was joking when I said I’d get her to fall for me?” Mina grinned, proud of the girl for accepting herself and taking a chance on something she was interested in.

“Didn’t you just complain about me stealing your girlfriend?” Kyoka chided.

“What’s yours is mine and what’s mine is mine.” Mina stuck her tongue out.

“Be nice Minx.” Momo giggled softly before squeezing her pet a little tighter. “It’s nice to hear I haven’t been a horrible mistress, and of course. If that’s something you’d like to explore with our girlfriend, I certainly can’t say ‘no’.”

“Ditto, ribbit.” Tsuyu smiled, stoking Ochako’s knee. “As long as you’re doing it for you and not just to make us happy.”

The gravity girl nodded shyly before turning to the remaining two members she needed to secure permission from.

“Sorry Ochako, Mina’s gonna be pretty busy in the near future so I can’t lend her out just yet.” Tooru apologised playfully as she glomped her pink haired princess. “She’s got to fulfil her own sexy duties to me before she starts trying to woo you.”

“Fine, if I get you off will let me date our happy little floater?” Mina’s fingers struck, not to carry out a lewd task but to tickle her girlfriend’s sensitive stomach. Tooru broke into loud, barking laughs as she struggled valiantly against Mina’s digits.

The act only lasted a few moments but to someone as ticklish as Tooru it had felt like a full body workout.

“Haha hooo… okay, yeah… it’s cool with me.” Tooru said, her breathing uneven after her vicious assault. “Are you gonna be like, joining us after or are you gonna date us all before you decide?”

“W-well… um… i-if that’s too much-”

“I’m probably the best one to talk about that.” Kyoka spoke up, the last to give her thoughts on the matter. “I’m not ready for everything that other people are in this relationship myself.” She looked pointedly at Momo and Mina. “But h-how about we all just spend some time together and acknowledge that we may all end up in… each other’s beds at one point or another. There’s no point tiptoeing around this issue anymore.” She sighed. “You’re all bi or similar, I’m gay, can we not make a big deal out of it anymore?”

“Not the most sensitive way to put it but our Vixen does have a point.” Momo acknowledged. “Every day I spend with you all the more I don’t think I ever want to give up any of you.”

“That awesome house together is starting to look like a super cute reality.” Tooru cheered. “I want a caramel machine in my room! Ooo and like all the plushies!”

“Anything for you Starlight.” Tsuyu smiled, her heart swelling at finding others that genuinely now wanted the same thing as her all together.

“Sounds like our date is on Cutie pie.” Mina winked, “How about sometime next week we go to the arcade?”

“Uh y-yeah, sure um…” Ochako blushed, not having expected to make plans so soon. “Sounds nice.”

“Since you’ve answered my question,” Momo gave her pet a little squeeze. “I believe you have one for Kyoka next.”

“T-Truth or dare?” Ochako diligently continued the game despite her mind whirring at the possible outcomes of her date with the pinkette.

“Dare, fuck it.” Kyoka shrugged, not really fearing anything overly bad from the girl.

“Okay um…” Ochako pondered for a moment. “I dare you to… er… do a handstand.”

Kyoka couldn’t help but chuckle at the dare. Ochako clearly wasn’t comfortable with the sexier aspect of the game they were playing so she’d reverted to a dare from their first, much tamer sleepover.

“Yeah, sure, ten seconds like last time, eh?” Kyoka agreed, rising to her feet and making her way to a clear spot by Yaoyorozu’s wardrobe.

“N-Naked!” Ochako called out.

That made the girl pause.

“Ooooo.” Mina grinned like a smug Cheshire cat, suddenly becoming very interested in Kyoka.

“Have I told you guys my girlfriend’s awesome?” Tsuyu grinned, also very much looking forward to the dare.

“Sh-Shut up you pervs.” Kyoka levelled a glare at them, becoming very self-conscious all of a sudden.

“While I’m sure my pet meant no harm by it, please don’t feel obligated if it’s too much dear.” Momo offered, Ochako giving an agreeing nod in her lap.

“I-I guess I should’ve expected something like this.” Kyoka fingered her jack shyly. “But… it wouldn’t be very dope if I backed out now.”

Slowly, Kyoka reached up and pulled her top over her head, her firm breasts bouncing free.

“You got this girl!” Tooru cheered.

Kyoka quickly grabbed her shorts and knickers, sliding them off quickly and stepping out of them, moving hurriedly into a handstand, very aware she was baring it all to her girlfriends and Ochako at once.

“Tickle me and die.” Kyoka threatened, her jacks coiled like snakes, recalling the last time Mina tried to complete this dare.

“One, two, three,” Ochako began counting, not intending to interfere this time.

“You think I could get a repeat performance sometime?” Tsuyu leered, imagining the punkette and herself getting each other off in that position.

Kyoka blushed but wasn’t about to take such a comment without firing back.

“You like that you horny frog? Check this out.”

Slowly, Kyoka’s legs began to part, stretching outwards as she got most of the way towards performing an upside down split before her thighs started cramping from the unfamiliar position. Thankfully Ochako’s ten count had finished twelve seconds ago so she felt no guilt rolling back onto her knees once more.

“Is it getting hot in here or is it just Kyoka?” Mina grinned, throwing the insecure girl an honest compliment.

“Th-Thanks.” She blushed reaching for her clothes.

“Shows over.” Tooru sighed.

“Nooo, come on, don’t cover up all that hotness, it’s a crime.” Mina whined.

“Shove off.” Kyoka glared.

“Quick, someone dare her to stay naked.” Mina looked around.

“It’s my turn idiot.” Kyoka sighed, pulling her shirt back, glad it was a little too big for her frame as she decided to leave her shorts off. “Truth or dare to you.”

“Can you dare me to strip you back off?” Mina licked her lips while wiggling her eyebrows suggestively.

“You are such a horndog.” Kyoka rolled her eyes, taking her place back on the bed but pulling her knees up to her chest to cover her lack of bottoms. “Choose.”

“Fi~ine. I’ll go truth.”

Why are you such a horndog?” Kyoka replied bluntly. Despite her candour, she did genuinely want to know the answer.

“Sex feels great and I like feeling good.” Mina grinned.

“That’s not much of an answer.” Kyoka replied, dissatisfied.

“Doesn’t make it not true though.” Mina shrugged. “You all saw Mr. Buzzy, not his name but it’s what everyone keeps calling him. Doing it alone is fun and all but now I have like four super awesome girlfriends to do it with and one Ochako to lure into my bed.” She sent a set of bedroom eyes the gravity girl’s way who squeaked in Momo’s lap. “What’s wrong with liking to do it? I get to feel good, you get to feel good and we both have fun. I’m not just teasing when I hit on you Kyoka, you have a rockin’ bod babe.”

“That’s… an acceptable answer.” Kyoka blushed.

“Damn right, now come over here and let me stick my tongue down your throat.”

“A~And you ruined it.” Kyoka sighed, though they both knew Mina was only playing. Kyoka couldn’t help but ponder if the girl had the right idea; at least when it came to intimacy between their little bubble. Getting off did feel good and why should she be ashamed of that, especially when she’s gotten off with practically everyone in the room bar Ochako, though that was still a close thing.

“My turn, now, who to choose…” Mina looked around before catching Tsuyu’s eye. “Well… I do love me a nice cold bowl of revenge. Truth or dare you smug frog?”

“My crown is secure so I don’t think I need to worry about picking dare from you.” Tsuyu said confidently. Secretly, she knew that would rile her rival and, with the sexy overtone this game had developed, she hoped she’d be dared to do something most enjoyable.

“I think we should run.” Kyoka gulped, a touch of dread sinking into her stomach.

“Ochako, don’t look.” Momo half-heartedly covered the girl’s eyes. “You shouldn’t see whatever naughty thing Mina will unleash on our dear Darling.”

For her part, the pinkette starting giggling before it took on a decidedly dark and almost villainous turn. It honestly creeped them all out just a little.

“Looks like Christmas came early for me.” Mina leered. “Alright Darling, since you feel so secure, how about, after you take your turn, you come stick your tongue inside my pussy until either I cum or your turn rolls around again.”

“Dude!” Kyoka shouted.

“What?” Mina turned to the girl. “She dared me to lick chocolate off Tooru, how is this much different?”

“I… I mean… er... it’s like-” Kyoka tried to look at the others for support.

“It’s like what my dear Vixen?” Mina asked, starting to crawl towards the punkette. “We’re all in a relationship together, we’ve already slept in each other’s beds.” She giggled as she drew closer. “Shouldn’t you take your own advice and ‘not make a big deal out of it’?”

Kyoka gulped nervously as Mina was inching closer to her face. She jumped slightly as she felt Mina’s hand slip around her feet to stroke at her bottomless rear.

“Or maybe… you’d feel less embarrassed if you… joined… in.”

Kyoka felt her lips meet Mina’s as the girl closed the gap. It was brief, not more than a prolonged peck to the others but the earphone jack user felt Mina’s teasing tongue on her lips, daring her to let things progress further, just like she was with their erotic version of the game they were all playing.

“Now.” Mina sat up, looking around to the others, if there’s no further objections, I shall get myself ready while Tsuyu takes her turn.

“Ts-Tsu… is that um… something you’re alright with?” Ochako asked nervously.

“It’s fine by me, ribbit. You all know how much I care for you all, it doesn’t matter to me if you see me displaying it physically.”

“So long as you keep it behind closed doors.” Momo nodded, a little eager to watch the display herself.

“Goodbye panties.” Mina cheered as she slipped the cotton things down to her feet.

“I guess I’ll go ahead then since I’ll be preoccupied for a while.” Tsuyu smiled, very much satisfied with this outcome. “Tooru, truth or dare?”

“…Truth.” Tooru replied. She was torn between the two options since a dare may result in something to get herself off but she’d much rather not miss a thing between Mina and Tsuyu.

“Say um… Ochako and I convince Izuku to go out with us, even after telling him about all of this… would he be someone you’d be comfortable accepting? After Ojiro you mentioned um… swearing off boys so…”

“Midoriya?” Tooru blinked, “That guy’s helped me more with my quirk in the past few months than anything in the past… ever. If any boy is gonna get a chance to… mmm… fill me up it’ll be him.” She groaned as she imagined being full of Izuku-cum like when she’d done it with Momo.

“Don’t get me wrong though.” Tooru quickly added, “If he isn’t as awesome at being a boyfriend as he is at breaking down quirks he won’t be sneaking between my sheets so I’m warning him… er… you now.”

“Understood, I’ll make sure to train him to be a perfect gentleman while he plows you.” Tsuyu giggled.

“Mmm, please do.” Tooru purred, wondering if she could get away with slipping a hand into her shorts.

“That is certainly something to consider.” Momo pondered. “I don’t believe I have strong feelings one way or the other regarding Midoriya.”

“I like him, even if he gets all shy and nervous. Wouldn’t have considered him as boyfriend material until I saw ‘dem muscles’.” Mina drooled.

“I’m out. Too much penis.” Kyoka chuckled.

“Understood dear, we’ll keep his penis far away from you.” Momo smirked.

“What if we tied her up like she likes and swap your fake penis out for Midoriya’s without her knowing?” Mina suggested.

“Don’t even think it.”

“You did say that last sleepover.” Momo admitted, recalling the girl’s answer clearly as it had very much aroused her and maybe made an appearance or two in her fantasies since.

“No I… urgh… look. That was a hypothetical and yeah, maybe I thought about it once or twice but that’s because it wasn’t real. This, what we’re talking about, is, and that’s different.”

“Hey, it’s okay.” Momo pulled her into a side hug, relinquishing her hold on Ochako a little. “We’re not gonna make you do anything you don’t want. It was just something we were curious about.”

“Ochako and Tsu haven’t even asked him yet so I’d rather not think about it until they do.” Kyoka pouted. “Besides, she’s about to be way too busy to think about penis in a second.”

“Agreed,” Mina grinned, sitting up on her knees. “I believe your turn’s over Tsuyu… time for your dare.” She beckoned her forward with a finger.

“I see I am less your rightful queen right now and more a throne.” Tsuyu’s core clenched at the act she was about to perform. The only thing better would be having someone… or someones, also reciprocate the act on her own parts.

“On your back and slide over here.” Mina ordered. With the way they were positioned, Tsuyu’s body would be in the center of the bed while her head was under Mina on one side.

As Tsuyu took her position, Kyoka couldn’t help but pick up what Momo whispered to Ochako in that moment.

“Give me your hand Pet.”

Kyoka watched out of the corner of her eye as her heiress girlfriend took Ochako’s hand in her own and slowly slid it behind her and between them. Ochako was notably holding her breath while Momo let out a little moan of satisfaction shortly after.

“Now, I believe you know what to do.” Momo whispered again. Ochako nodded, not daring to say anything. It was slight but Kyoka clearly saw the pair begin rocking together as Ochako’s hand clearly thrusted.

She held back a soft gasp herself when Momo turned her head to regard her hearing hero of a girlfriend, muttering a soft “Not a word Vixen.”

Honestly, that naughty smile of Momo’s turned Kyoka on too much to even think about outing the pair, even if she did find their situation still a bit odd.

“Down we go,” Mina giggled, settling her weight on Tsuyu’s grinning and eager face. “Ahhh, your rightful place.” That earned her a slap on the leg from the frog girl. “Hey, if you want to get out from under me, all you gotta do is get me off quick-ooo!”

The others saw Mina flinch at whatever Tsuyu had done before a very satisfied looking grin broke out across her face.

With everything going on in front of her and now to the side, Kyoka admittedly felt a bit outnumbered, even if she did find it all highly erotic and something out of a wet dream. She glanced back at Momo, watching her carefully for a few moments and wondering if the idea that popped into her head was her best or her worst. Slowly, she reached out and pulled Momo’s hand out from behind her, where it was rubbing softly on Kyoka’s back from before.

Momo carefully eyed the girl as she adjusted her grip on the limb rather than just removing her hand before moving it between the arch her legs formed while pulled up to her chest. It seemed she wasn’t the only one that wanted some relief from the arousing events of the game.

“Naughty Vixen.” Momo whispered, knowing the girl would pick it up and even earning a prominent blush as she once more slipped her fingers inside the punk girl.

“Comfortable Mina?” Tooru asked after watching her girlfriend enjoy her other girlfriend’s ministrations for a few moments.

“Very.” Mina smirked, breaking into a giggle along with the other girls when Tsuyu’s arm suddenly rose into the air to give a thumbs up.

“I see Tsu’s enjoying herself too.” Momo smiled. “Now Starlight, who is your pick?”

“Ochako, I choose you!” Tooru declared dramatically, reminiscent of an old anime she watched.

“And I, mmm, thought Mina’s memes were dated.” Kyoka commented, hoping no one noticed her and Momo now sitting hip to hip to somewhat hide their act.

“T-Truth please.” Ochako answered.

“Ooo, I’ve got one.” Tooru giggled. “What’s the dirtiest order you’ve thought about that you wanted Momo to give you?”

“Nooo…” Ochako blushed, looking away.

“Nuh-uh, no escape ‘Chako.” Mina grinned before breaking into a chant. “Tell us, tell us, tell us.”

Though sandwiched between pink thighs, Tsuyu also wanted to hear the answer.

“I-I can’t it’s too embarrassin’.”

“Pet,” Momo called softly, causing Ochako to look shyly at her. “If you don’t tell them, I’ll order you to perform it instead.”

“Wow… brutal.” Tooru blinked.

“Is it?” Mina questioned, “I mean you did specify it to be something she wanted so wouldn’t that be more Momo granting her wish?” Mina paused for a moment before letting out a loud laugh as a thought occurred to her. “Ha, sex genie.”

Ochako bit her lip before leaning back a little further, cupping Momo’s ear with her free hand and whispering into it.

“That’s not bad.” Momo assured the girl after hearing what she was forced to divulge. “Honestly me, Mina and Tsuyu have done worse together.”

“Not fair, share with the class.” Mina pouted.

“Well maybe not the whole class.” Koyka commented with a chuckle.

“I um… don’t laugh!” Ochako declared, getting surrendering looks from each of the girls. “I erm… wanted her to um… bind me like she did Tsu… with cuffs I mean. Then um… s-spread me before um… e-exploring every p-part of me.”

“Ooo, that does sound like a good time.” Mina grinned, “Then again, so does having a frog girl lick and tease you all night.” She wiggled her hips.

“That’s fine an’ all but that’s not really an order.” Tooru pointed out. “What exactly would Momo say to get you to do that?”

“Oh um… i-in my head it’s um…” Ochako cleared her throat, preparing her best Momo imitation. “‘P-Pet, strip off and come here, I have a s-surprise for you today.’ Then I’d um, walk over and she’d throw me t-to the bed, b-binding my hands behind my back. Then uh… it’d go something like, ‘You are to lie there and… s-struggle and squirm deliciously and helplessly while I claim every… n-naughty… secret part of your body as mine.’”

“Ungh,” Tooru groaned, grinding her hips into Momo’s sheets. Now past her limit of caring compared to her need to find release, she decided enough was enough. “Fuck it, you guys can’t see me anyway.” She admitted before reaching down and pulling off her own bottoms and panties, tossing them off the bed.

“Did… did you just-” Kyoka gaped at the invisible girl’s shamelessness.

“I’ve been horny since round one and enough is enough, mmm.” Tooru sank a couple of fingers into herself.

“If a Tooru cums and no one is around to see her, does she make a sound?” Mina giggled, biting her lip as Tsuyu’s tongue hit some delightful spots.

Kyoka swallowed thickly as, not only was she now watching Tooru pleasure herself, sort of, but Tsuyu was currently sticking her tongue into Mina without a care in the world. On top of that, Ochako had probably been ordered by Momo to finger her, and she was no better, having guided Momo’s own digits inside herself.

“We… we’re g-gonna um… are we a-all gonna uh…” She tried to ask the question that didn’t really need asking at this point. Even if she did nothing else, she was sure the room was about to descend into an… orgy. Her loins clenched in excitement and her heartbeat sped up but she didn’t know if this was something she was ready for. Despite her recent dalliance with Momo and Mina, she was still uncomfortable being naked with so many other people, even if they were her girlfriends.

“Vixen? Kyoka, please, look at me.” Momo cooed softly beside her, stopping her teasing of the punk girl to cup her face and pull her gaze. Even after their short time together as girlfriends Kyoka felt her anxiety soothe as she looked into the loving eyes of Momo. “Everything’s going to be fine. I’m right here.”

“B-But I… I don’t-”

“It’s okay, I’ve um… got something that may help with that.” Momo blushed lightly. She then turned to Ochako and whispered into her ear. “Pet, do you mind if I take my turn first? I believe Kyoka needs it right now.”

“O-oh? Um, sure I guess.” Ochako blinked, a little confused by the request.

Momo looked back at her punk girlfriend who she loved and cared for deeply. Hopefully she wasn’t overstepping the girl’s comfort zone with her dare but she believed it may help her take another step closer to being comfortable with them all.

“Truth or dare Kyoka?” Momo asked with a sultry smile. “And please, choose dare.”

Kyoka swallowed nervously. Whatever Momo had planned was about to happen. She still didn’t know exactly how this was all about to go down but she did know that she’d put her complete trust in Momo in a heartbeat.

“D-Dare.” She replied breathily.

“Good.” Momo’s smile widened. “If you could, please reach under my bed and pull out the lockbox you’ll find.”

Kyoka nodded slowly before standing up and doing as requested. She found the silver lockbox that was about the width of her chest with handles on the side to allow her to extract it without issue. Placing it back on the bed, she watched as Momo generated a key in her hand and unlocked it.

“For your dare,” She began, watching Kyoka’s face as she opened the lid on its hinge towards the punkette. “I dare you… to… wear my birthday present.”

Kyoka’s eyes widened, taking a step back only to bump into the wall as Momo pulled out a set of handcuffs and a blindfold.

“I understand if this makes you uncomfortable. If you’d rather watch and not participate in um… what is probably going to happen I don’t think anyone will complain.” Momo explained.

“Damn right.” Tooru called out who knew she’d enjoy just seeing Kyoka’s eyes on her.

“But… I believe this is something you want and it may help you adjust if we… deprive you of seeing or moving, just like I recall you mentioning.”

The punk rock girl did recall mentioning she wanted to be at the mercy of someone else last sleepover but this definitely wasn’t how she expected it to happen. Biting her lip nervously, she slowly reached out with her jacks and took the blindfold from Momo’s hands. With a blush that could rival Ochako on her worst days, she closed her eyes to hide herself away as she pulled it over her face.

When all she could see was darkness, even with her eyes open, her heart lurched oddly. It was exciting and, while she was still extremely nervous, her anxieties had quietened noticeably.

“Let me help you.” Momo’s voice called out from where she’d last seen her girlfriend.

Unbeknownst to Kyoka, Momo had put her cuddly pet aside for the moment to allow the light of her creation quirk to flare in her hands once more. The punk girl flinched as Momo reached out and carefully caught her jacks before placing her latest creation over their golden metal ends.

“Does this help too?” She asked as Kyoka reached out to touch whatever the girl had placed on her ears. It was soft… incredibly soft… and it drowned out practically all sounds her earphone jacks usually picked up. The world was almost silent to her in comparison.

“W-What did you do?” Kyoka probed, feeling out the material the things were made of.

“They’re made of something similar to noise cancelling headphones but more specialised. They pull off easily if you do not like them but I thought they’d help calm you.”

As expected, Kyoka pulled on the material, quickly regaining her hearing in that jack and losing it just as effectively when she put the thing back on.

“I-It works.” She nodded, hoping Momo was observing her. Honestly, it was the most peace she’d gotten in months and it felt almost euphoric to just hear like a normal person.

“That’s good,” Momo smiled before pressing forward. “Now… do you think you’d like to continue your dare? I would very much like to, mmm, have your helpless body struggle and squirm deliciously under my touch.”

“Y-You did that on purpose!” Ochako pouted, blushing at the fact that she felt the arousal despite not being the intended recipient. Momo giggled audaciously but paid her pet no heed. For now, her target was the petite punkette in front of her who had now pressed her legs together to try and relieve her own excitement.

“Y-you’ll um… s-stop when I say… y-yes?” Kyoka asked nervously.

“Of course my little Vixen.” Momo purred, “Shall we say… ‘Pineapple’ is your safe word?”

“S-Sure.” Kyoka nodded shakily. Reaching out, she touched the bed before climbing back up onto it, her balance somewhat off without the gift of depth perception.

“I’m going to attach a few things.” Momo declared while pulling Kyoka’s top over her head for the second time that evening. “Nothing too demanding so please don’t worry. In the meantime, Pet?” Momo called out.

“Y-Yes?” Ochako replied quickly.

“I believe it is my turn from you. If you would like, you may pick either a truth or a dare for me as a gift.”

Ochako blinked, a little surprised at the offer.

“Ooo, ‘Chako has like, free reign to know or get anything out of her Mistress.” Mina grinned, feeling her release approach drawing nearer with every flick of Tsuyu’s tongue. The girl was certainly not rushing to the finish line and that suited her pink haired girlfriend just fine.

“Go on Ochako, make a wish on your sex genie.” Tooru giggled.

While the sounds of the other girls enjoying or about to enjoy such a variety of lewd acts on each other, Ochako couldn’t help but find her own mind only coming up with suggestions to match.

“I err… M-Mistress… I d-dare you to um… l-let me use your t-toy on y-you.”

Now it was Momo’s turn to pause in surprise, stilling while midway through placing Kyoka’s hands in cuffs behind her back.

“Oh? Do you mean the one we shared last time?” Momo looked over at the girl curiously, receiving a shy but determined nod in return. “My, how bold Pet.”

“Well, I have been looking for an excuse to make another one and now is as good of a time as any.” Momo blushed. “If you could please lay down Kyoka, I’ll attach the last thing.”

“Stop being vague damnit!” Mina moaned, noting that Tsuyu had greatly advanced her efforts after hearing Ochako’s dare. “What is it that got my throne all eager?”

Kyoka gasped as, when she flopped onto her front on the covers, her legs were swiftly spread apart almost as wide as her half-split earlier. Her breathing increased as she felt something wrap around her ankles before Momo declared she was done.

The other girls observed as the blindfolded Kyoka was now face down on Momo’s bed, hands behind her back with her rear in the air and her legs forcefully kept apart by the spreader bar the heiress had just attached.

“Ahhh, mmm, s-she i-is either going to l-love or hate us by the e-end of this.” Mina stuttered, her release baring down upon her as Tsuyu’s fingers now rubbed furiously at her clit. Clearly the girl didn’t want to miss whatever happened next.

“Pet, please get ready with the one in the box while I work on the improvement.” Momo ordered, closing her eyes and picturing the strap on 2.0 she was about to produce.

Ochako was quick to follow her command, plucking the original from the box and observing it momentarily. Timidly, she placed it at her feet while she sat up and pulled her bottoms off, though deciding to keep her top on to retain some modestly. Having been riled up from everything that had happened tonight, she pulled the toy’s straps along her legs and slowly slid the other end into herself. Her fluttery moans as she felt that delightfully full feeling once more caused all the others to moan in sympathetic anticipation.

“R-Ready.” She declared, touching and teasing her new appendage to get used to the feeling.

“As am I.” Momo declared, the light of her quirk now expanding around her hips, her own clothes completely discarded. Ochako looked curiously at Momo’s own proud member as it looked a little different from her own. “I’ve made a few… improvements after learning a few things. I hope you find them enjoyable… Kyoka.”

“Wait w-what?!” The punk girl squirmed suddenly, confused as to what was actually about to happen.

“You’re all tied up and at our mercy dear.” Momo chuckled, something of a darker tone seeping into her voice. “While my Pet focuses her own appendage in my… rear.” She admittedly couldn’t hold back her blushing at this point, “I’m going to fill you w-with my cock… and when I’m done… I’m going to k-knock you up with my c-cum.”

“Ohhh fuuuck!” Mina couldn’t hold herself back any longer as her core clenched around Tsuyu’s tongue, coating the frog girl’s face in her juices. Tooru wasn’t far behind, her legs clenched and shuddering as she found her own release, her hand scrambling to clutch at anything and finding Mina’s foot.

“No! P-please, s-stop.” Kyoka begged, struggling a little harder. “I d-don’t want this.”

“Um… M-Mistress? Are you serious?” Ochako asked cautiously. She didn’t want to have to suddenly stop everything and actually cuff Momo because the girl was taking things too far.

“Completely Pet.” Momo smiled as though her purple haired girlfriend wasn’t desperately trying to escape her bonds.

“It’s fine ‘Chako.” Tsuyu spoke up, finally pulling herself out from underneath Mina, her hair somewhat crazy after the odd position she’d been in. “If Kyoka was serious, she’d have said ‘Pineapple’.”

A light suddenly bloomed in Ochako’s head. This was still part of the roleplay that Kyoka and Momo were doing.

“S-Shut up!” Kyoka half-heartedly yelled. “You’ll um… never get away with this… any of you.”

“See Pet?” Momo reassured the least experienced girl in the room. “Now… if you’ll kindly bring yourself over here.”

Ochako gulped as she waddled over to sit behind Momo. The taller girl had, herself, shifted behind Kyoka and was rubbing her fingers up and down the girl’s clearly wet pussy. Running her hand quickly over her improved strap on, Momo lubed it up and positioned herself at Kyoka’s entrance.

“Now, your tight little hole belongs to… me!” Momo declared, thrusting deep into the girl at her complete mercy. Kyoka cried out in a strained moan, her breathe forced from her lungs before returning short and sharp afterwards.

“N-no… please… I don’t w-want this.”

Momo’s toes curled at the image in her head. While she’d never force anyone to do anything remotely like this against their will, there was something incredibly erotic about the fantasy of holding Kyoka down and making her carry their child.

“Now stay there um… bitch.” Momo tested out uneasily, shaking her head and discarding the awful word. Even in roleplay it just didn’t feel right to her. “A-Anyway um, Pet… I believe I have a dare to fulfil.”

Still hilted inside Kyoka, Momo bent over her girlfriend, pushing their hips even closer together with a satisfying moan as she spread her own legs apart. Ochako gulped as she watched Momo’s creative light appear once more with some clear jelly like substance appearing around her puckered anus.

Waddling forward slightly, Ochako took a deep breath as she lined her new penis up with Momo’s back door and slowly pressed forward.

“Hu~ungh” Momo choked as she felt the pressure from two cocks invading her system. Her tongue lolled lewdly as her holes clenched against the stretching she was enduring. Ochako herself groaned as the heiress’s movements sent the cock inside her twitching.

“Oh god, I didn’t know Momo could ever pull a face like that.” Mina smirked, recovering from her release by rubbing herself slowly.

“I-I-I’m fi-fine…” Momo breathed deeply, her eyes closed as she tried to control her lower half. “J-just a surprise i-is all.”

“I’ll bet.” Tooru giggled.

“P-Pet,” Momo started after a moment to gather herself. “Y-You may continue now.”

Ochako nodded, looking down at where her cock disappeared into the heiress and slowly began to press more of its length into her. Her movements didn’t help Kyoka any, the girl groaning at Momo’s own cock reminded her of its position inside the punkette.

“So hot.” Tsuyu’s voice dripped with lust, stripping her own clothes off and hoping to join in the fun.

“Tsu… please.” Kyoka begged. “D-don’t you d-dare um… m-make me l-lick you.”

Mina, Tooru and Tsu took a moment as they regarded Kyoka curiously. They all knew exactly what Kyoka was suggesting and if she wanted to keep up both the roleplay and game then Tsuyu wasn’t going to back down.

“Sorry Kyoka, I’m the only one that’s not gotten any yet.” Tsuyu grinned, quickly moving over to Kyoka’s face and spreading her legs either side of the girl’s head. “Get to work.”

“N-no way… y-you can’t make me.” Kyoka blushed, hoping the frog girl could take a hint.

“I’ve held myself back from you all for too long.” Tsuyu growled out with lust. “Now I’m taking what I want from you.” Reaching out, she firmly but carefully pulled herself closer to the bound girl, resting her hand on the back of Kyoka’s head and forcing her pussy into her face.

The girl resisted for but a moment before she ‘reluctantly’ began licking Tsuyu’s pussy, much to the satisfied groans of the frog girl.

“H-Hey, Tooru.” Tsuyu called out while stoking Kyoka’s hair lovingly.

“Yeah?”

“Truth or dare?”

“I think we’re a little bit past truths at this point.” Tooru giggled, eagerly awaiting whatever she’d be dared to do next.

“Come suck my boobs while I finger-fuck you.”

“Jeez Tsu.” Mina blinked at the language the frog girl displayed. “Not even an ‘I dare you to’? You must be desperate.”

“You shut up and come kiss me too.” Tsuyu ordered, hoping her need for release didn’t come off too harshly in her words.

“Such a demanding frog.” Mina giggled, rising to her knees with Tooru as the pair took a spot either side of the girl.

Tsuyu gasped as her nipple was quickly engulfed in a familiar, invisible wetness while Mina’s mouth enveloped her own. The pink girl’s hand quickly directed the frog girl’s hand back to her crotch to rub at her recent release while her own bubble-gum coloured digits traced Tsuyu’s face and kept her locked in their kiss. Words couldn’t describe her joy right now as her fantasy was quickly becoming a reality.

The girls fell into a soft rhythm as they each forgot the game for a moment and focused on just pleasing each other. Kyoka almost lost her composure at one point and laughed into Tsuyu’s pussy as she remembered the girl’s bald faced lie to Kaminari earlier that evening; if only the blond could see them all now.

The first to cum was Momo. The heiress felt her need nearing its peak, pulling on both of her nipples while quickly speeding up her thrusts into the tight and fertile Kyoka below her.

“C-Cumming!” She called out, her hips shaking erratically as her body clenched tighter than ever around both the invading cocks. When her immediate orgasm high faded and she could control her shaky hands once more, she quickly reached down to her waist and pressed a button on the side of her straps.

“Mmm… take it… my sweet Vixen.” Momo smugly sighed.

“Oh- oh god no! G-get it out!” Kyoka’s squirming redoubled itself as a somewhat cold, gloopy sensation made itself known in her gut. “N-No, please… not inside me…”

“Sorry dear.” Momo sighed, not backing her hips up an inch. “Not until you’re full.”

“I didn’t say you could stop.” Tsuyu leered at Kyoka, pulling her head back into her crotch.

“Uh… I-I’m not finished either.” Ochako muttered quietly to Momo.

“Please give me a minute to e-empty myself into our Vixen.” The heiress purred. “Then I’m all yours.”

Ochako had liked the gentle thrusting she’d been doing and could totally see why Momo’s favourite act had involved this toy. Now though, she wanted to experience the raw roughness of pounding the heiress into the sheets to satisfy her own urges.

“Aaa-aaah.” Kyoka whimpered as she felt the penis pull out from her abused hole but the awkward, wet substance remain inside.

Momo shuffled herself to the side with Ochako following closely, not wanting to disconnect from her Mistress before she was done with her. Much like Kyoka’s position, Momo bent over with her rear in the air; the only difference was she was now spreading her cheeks wide, awaiting Ochako’s continued efforts.

The gravity girl wasn’t going to disappoint, thrusting herself once more back inside Momo until the heiress cried out.

“You like that?!” Ochako raised her voice, her hips picking up speed. “You like me stuffing your fat ass!”

“Ohhh yes!” Momo cried, trying to push herself onto shaky arms.

“No!” Ochako pressed down on the back of Momo’s head, forcing the girl into the covers. “It’s my turn and you are going to take it like the bitch in heat you are.”

The other girls paused their own ministrations at the normally reserved girl’s harsh words. Oddly, the degrading talk only seemed to spur Momo on more, her hips thrusting back just as hard as Ochako gave.

“I-Is anyone else scar-roused right now?” Tsuyu asked.

“Get her ‘Chako!” Mina cheered.

“P-pineapple.” Kyoka mumbled, ceasing her efforts on Tsuyu’s crotch.

“Huh? Oh, right!” Tooru quickly waddled over to Momo’s box and grabbed a small silver key from inside, unlocking Kyoka’s cuffs before unstrapping her legs from the bar.

“T-Thanks S-Starlight.” The punkette nodded to the girl as she sat up, lifting her blindfold from one eye.

“No prob!” Tooru grinned.

Kyoka turned to look back at Tsuyu whom she knew hadn’t cum yet from her efforts.

“D-Darling,” She called, adjusting her position so that she was ready to rub her pussy against Tsuyu’s if the girl wanted it to. “C-could you?”

“Absolutely, ribbit.” Tsuyu licked her lips, Mina’s essence still lingering on her tongue as she brought their hips together, both quite close to cumming themselves. Kyoka returned the blindfold over her eyes as she humped against the frog girl, Tsuyu matching her rhythm. She felt Momo’s release dipping inside her and, locating the only exit, helped provide plenty of lubrication as she and Tsu fucked. The frog girl wouldn’t admit that she felt the weird texture change as she rubbed against her girlfriend and imagined it was Midoriya’s cum and not Momo’s.

It wasn’t long before both felt their orgasms arrive, sending them both collapsing to the sheets as they twitched and clutched at anything they could reach. Kyoka couldn’t help but feel dirty as, even though she knew it was fake and belonged to Momo, the cum dripping out of her pussy felt completely alien to her.

Over with Ochako, the girl had ceased her deep thrusts into Momo to instead grind firmly against her rear, rubbing her against the fabric of the strap-on harness in just the right way.

“M-Mistress!” Ochako cried out as she reached her own climax.

Momo herself had been content to allow the girl to work out her frustrations. Every movement from Ochako’s cock in her rear was a new sensation she was enjoying. Not all of them were pleasant as the stretching and thrusting had gotten a tad painful but not enough to stop. Her own recent orgasm was more than enough to sate her anyway.

“Wow,” Mina giggled as she watched everyone else recover in various stages. “We are such sluts.”

“Only for each other though.” Tooru pouted, grabbing Mina round the waist for a naked hug.

“Ribbit.” Tsuyu concurred, still catching her breath.

“S-So um…” Kyoka sat up on her arms, shyly moving one to cover her breasts. “W-What now?”

“We continue the game silly!” Tooru replied as though it were obvious.

“Ahhh!” Momo clenched as Ochako pulled her fake penis out of her just a little too fast. “M-Maybe we should take a quick b-break. Just so everyone can um… clean up.”

“I do feel kinda sticky.” Mina flexed her hands, the sweat from her exertions now cooling and becoming a tad unpleasant.

Slowly, the girls carefully untangled themselves from one another and moved to put their clothes back on before having a quick wash up in Momo’s bathroom. Thankfully the heiress didn’t mind them using up practically all her towels at once to clean themselves with sink water.

“It’s no substitute for a bath but it’ll do.” Tsuyu sighed, rubbing the towel around her face as she was the last to use the wash room.

Kyoka and Ochako had both elected to fully redress while Tsuyu and Tooru had only put their shirts back on. Momo and Mina both felt no shame letting themselves remain completely exposed in front of their girlfriends after what they’d all just shared together.

“I dunno, you gave me quite a nice tongue bath.” Mina giggled as the frog girl retook her spot.

“Though a bath does sound super good right now.” Tooru sighed, reclined on her arms with her legs folded beneath her.

“Everything aches.” Ochako cried, tears comically falling down her face as all her exertions from the past two days were quickly catching up to her.

“A good soak tomorrow does sound pleasant.” Momo agreed, “I may do so myself after our breakfast.”

“So we calling it a night or what?” Kyoka asked, tucked in between Momo’s sheets already, still somewhat embarrassed after their group experience.

“No way!” Tooru cried, waving her arms around. “There’s still a few people left and it’s my turn!”

“Your tur- Are we really still playing at this point.” Kyoka sighed.

“Problem hun?” Momo turned to the girl, reaching out to take her hand.

“W-well… didn’t we just like… win or something? Everyone got off so um… isn’t that like, all we can do?”

“Bah,” Mina scoffed before grinning widely. “That was just an intermission. A very sexy intermission but still.”

“I don’t think you have to worry about any sexy dares Kyoka.” Tsuyu sympathised. “We got most of it out of our systems.”

“Only most of it?” Mina teased.

“I’m a very horny frog.” Tsuyu shrugged, unashamed.

“Your poor girlfriend.”

Ochako squeaked from beside the green-haired girl, wondering if Tsuyu would use her last turn on her for something more. Normally she wouldn’t mind but she was still processing everything they’d just done. Tsuyu simply took her hand and rubbed it with her thumb reassuringly.

“Why do you think I need five?” Tsuyu replied cheekily.

“One for every weekday?” Tooru joined in.

“And M-Midoriya on the weekends.” Kyoka finished.

The girls broke into comfortable laughs as Tsuyu looked like she was actually enjoying the image they’d put in her head.

“Right, who’s left for me to target?” Tooru asked, hoping to get her turn now.

“I believe I heard Kyoka dare Tsuyu in not so many words during our time together.” Momo recalled, causing the punkette to blush and look away. “Then Tsuyu dared you so I believe it is myself, Ochako and Mina to pick from.”

“Mi~ina,” Tooru sang, turning to her pretty pink princess and wrapping her in a hug. “Truth or dare?”

“Truth please, even I’m out after all that.” She giggled, nuzzling Tooru affectionately.

“I figured.” Tooru smiled. “Let’s see… how about… you tell us your fantasies.”

“Oof, I guess our Darling isn’t the only insatiable one.” Mina said before thinking on it a moment. “Well, as I explained to Tooru a while back, I have a thing for muscles so like, you’re all getting more attractive to me by the day.”

“Charmer.” Momo giggled though appreciating the cheesy compliment all the same.

“When I was just into guys I had this thing of like, them all being unable to hold themselves back and cumming over me. Bit harder with you guys though not with Momo’s talent for perverted toy-making.” Mina teased.

The girl had returned all her gear to the box she kept it in and returned it to its hiding spot beneath her bed but Mina kinda wanted to get her hands on that new penis, especially after she saw the results dripping out of Kyoka.

“With you guys though… I dunno, I don’t really have any.” Mina admitted “Not that we’re not gonna do tons of kinky stuff ‘cause we totally are but… for me, I just wanted to find someone to be my partner in everything and share the rest of my life with. All the ups and downs, romantic nights out or snuggles on the sofa, and just… exist together. Now though, I’ve got the best girlfriends in the world to do that with just like tonight so it’s a bit less of a fantasy now and more a reality. Probably sounds a bit too corny, eh?”

“Adorable, ribbit.” Tsuyu croaked, smiling widely.

“Should’ve seen it coming.” Kyoka nodded, trying to hide her blush, “You totally love all things romantic after all.”

“Well duh, what do you think my end goal was?” Mina smiled. “Before UA, I had this dream of becoming a hero, finding my prince charming and living happily ever after. You guys kinda ruined that but I think I like this better.”

“You sure you’re not just hiding something stupid perverted?” Tsuyu narrowed her eyes.

“Hey, go nuts,” Mina grinned, “I’m game for almost anything if it’s with you guys.”

“So I guess Mina is now the s-sex genie?” Ochako offered.

“For you, I could be Cutie pie.” Mina winked only to get glomped by Tooru.

“You’re so cute!” She squealed while trying to press her face into the girl as much as she could. Mina was looking like a pretty fine replacement for one of her bears and she certainly wouldn’t be complaining when snuggling up to her each night.

“Unless there’s anything else… Cutie pie, truth or dare.” Mina turned her attentions back to Ochako.

“Truth please.”

“Hmmm I guess this is more of a two-fer for you and the frog but when are you guys gonna grab Midori?”

Ochako blushed lightly while Tsuyu remained imperceptible. It was something that was on both their minds but they’d not really discussed it with each other yet.

“W-Well… we only just um… started going out together so um… probably not for a while?”

“Momo’s got plenty of penis if you’re thirsty.” Tsuyu lightly ribbed.

“Boo you, you know what I mean.” Mina pouted, wanting to hear about the girls romantic prospects for the boy.

“I believe my Pet is correct; it is quite soon into our relationship to be thinking about something like that.” Momo concurred with the gravity girl. “Whilst I am comfortable with you all, I do believe that approaching someone like Izuku at this point would do more harm than good. Especially for him to believe that this is a genuine relationship that Ochako and Tsuyu wish for him to be a part of.”

“I wouldn’t mind getting to know him better for a while.” Tooru admitted. “He’s been great for helping me with my quirk but outside of that, I don’t really know him that well.”

“He’s cute, honest and funny.” Tsuyu offered. “Admittedly I don’t know much either outside being a hero but I’ve got all I need to ask him on a date to learn that info.”

“You think he’s got some super-secret hobbies or talents like breakdancing?!” Mina speculated, hoping for another dancing buddy.

“Doubtful, dude’s as stiff as a board whenever he gets nervous.” Kyoka chimed in.

“W-Well…” Ochako spoke up again, “We had a talk yesterday. After Mina helped me with my emotions after the… funeral, Bakugo reminded me Deku might need the same thing.”

“Good ol’ blasty.” Mina grinned. Between that and him asking about her relationship today, he had certainly mellowed out since the start of the year; clearly she and the rest of the Baku-squad were getting through to him.

“Is it weird I agree with that now?” Ochako asked, getting a couple of incredulous looks at the mention of Bakugo not being a total ass. “Anyway, I found him in the woods out back just training. Like me I think he was letting off some frustrations. We talked and yeah, I think he’s taking All Might’s personal interest in him to heart. Maybe a little too much.”

“We all saw his room, he lived and breathed All Might before UA, ribbit.” Tsuyu offered, a little concerned her crush now genuinely thought it was down to him to replace the symbol of peace as fast as he could.

“You don’t think All Might is actually trying to get Green to replace him, do you?” Kyoka asked nervously. Just because she didn’t have a romantic interest in the boy didn’t mean she wanted to watch him burn out or hurt himself either.

“It… does seem like a rather suspicious circumstance.” Momo muttered.

“What do you mean Momo?” Tooru asked, not quite getting it.

“Think about it. All Might begins teaching here this year and discovers a boy with a quirk very similar to his own. After Kamino, he retires and, while giving all of us help with our own training, certainly pays extra attention to Midoriya. That would certainly be a lot of pressure for anyone let alone someone with Midoriya’s disposition.”

“Deku…” Ochako mumbled softly.

“I have observed them sneaking away together every now and then.” Tsuyu contributed. “It does explain why he feels he needs to go ‘Plus Ultra’ in every class.”

“Well that just plain won’t do!” Mina declared. “I’m all for becoming heroes but that’s just unfair. All work and no play makes… people dull? I forgot the rest.”

“Of course you did.” Kyoka rolled her eyes.

“Point is, we need to make sure Midori isn’t taking this too far and, frankly, I don’t trust the boy to look after himself. We all remember the sports festival.”

The girls gave a round of nods, recalling his climactic fight with Todoroki.

“We should find out what Midori likes doing in his, probably very limited, free time and make sure to encourage it. Remind him that there’s life outside of being a hero.” Mina declared.

“That’s a tall order.” Tsuyu admitted. “No offence but most of you don’t interact with him much anyway.”

“I’m sure that, with your assistance, we should be able to help at least check if he is maintaining a healthy school-life balance.” Momo agreed. “You and Ochako do seem to know him best.”

“I can check in with my quirk progress and go from there!” Tooru cheered. “I’m super close to something and I wanna check in with him if it works.”

“We’ll all keep an eye on the idiot.” Kyoka agreed, “Just don’t expect me to magically want his dick.”

“You’re the one who said it, not us.” Mina teased, earning her a soft kick from the purplette.

“Anyway,” Kyoka turned back to Ochako, “Green aside, looks like you get to pick Momo again for something.”

With only Momo and Kyoka remaining until their latest truth or dare game was complete, the rock girl was looking forward to being able to snuggle up next to her girlfriend and rest.

“Yeah, what’s your second wish on your sex genie?” Tooru giggled.

“N-Nothing like that!” Ochako blushed.

“Indeed.” Momo agreed, “For this turn, I will be picking truth after all.”

“Shame, ribbit.” Tsuyu smirked.

“Okay um…” Ochako paused to think. “Why… do you want to be a hero?”

Momo had to blink at that.

“Oh? I um… sorry, I believed the question would likely be something more…” She let the sentence hang, her implication clear.

“I-I mean i-if it’s too personal t-then-”

“Not at all.” Momo assured her. “I guess, due to my circumstances and wealth it may be something of an enigma to most so I do not believe it an absurd question. However, I am afraid I cannot provide much of an answer.”

The girls regarded the heiress with a touch of curiosity, each interested in hearing her explanation.

“I’m afraid there’s no big reveal or secret to my choice to become a hero.” She began, “Like most, I grew up admiring hero culture in the time between my studies and tutoring. As you are well aware, my view of the world is unfortunately quite narrow regarding subjects unnecessary to what my parents deemed appropriate. Thankfully, as our development company is something of a leader in the industry, heroes were one topic I was free to explore to my heart’s content.”

Once more the girls were reminded that, while Momo assured them her parents were well meaning, they needed to do something to help the girl escape their hold over her.

“There were certainly a couple of times where I believed that, despite all my gifts and luxuries, I was living a life I wanted to be rescued from. Imagining various heroes coming along to do such a thing helped inspire me to want to do the same for other people when I realised some of my own potential.” The heiress continued, recalling the times she would sit beside her bedroom window and spend an hour or two daydreaming of an alternate life for herself.

“Ribbit, and your parents were fine with it?” Tsuyu asked. Heroism was a dangerous profession after all and, as far as they all knew, Momo was the only heir to their fortune.

“I was somewhat surprised too.” Momo admitted, “Though I am not a hundred percent certain of their reasoning, I believe they might see it as too much for me to handle or possibly have no fear about me being in the field due to all the work that I’ll have to put in once I inherit the corporation at a later time.”

“Wait,” Mina shook her head. “So even when you become a pro, they’ll expect you to just be a desk jockey or however rich people manage their millions rather than be out there saving people?”

“Posssibly,” Momo nodded, her shoulders slumping. “While I would like to think the best of them, there are aspects of my life I think they intend for me to perform without my input.”

“Or consent.” Kyoka growled, still annoyed about the betrothal thing alone.

“Still, I am here of my own free will. If possible, I would like to become a hero that helps those that cannot do so by themselves. While I used to think that just extended to those caught up in villain attacks and natural disasters, Ochako has helped me see that I can also utilise my wealth to help those less fortunate.”

Ochako’s fingers brushed her collar as she remembered the day she begged Momo to help her family with said funds.

“In short, should we prove successful in getting myself out from under my parent’s influences, no matter how well or ill-intentioned they are, I still plan to be a hero and stand alongside you all.”

“Damn right!” Mina pumped her fists.

“We got this, ribbit.” Tsuyu nodded.

“Tsh, like your parents would be able to beat the top six pro-heroines at once.” Kyoka grinned, hoping their bravado could help carry them all through the inevitable battle.

“I hope that answers your question Pet.” Momo smiled at Ochako, glad she’d been able to share a more personal story with her friends and they saw her as no less for it.

“Y-Yeah.” Ochako nodded. “With, y’know, not much money growing up, I wanted to be a hero for the cash at first so… I just wondered why you did when you have like, all the money.”

“Gorgeous can literally take us out to a fancy dinner then make a gold brick to pay for it all.” Mina grinned.

“An unethical use of my quirk that I hope to avoid Minx.” Momo sent a warning glare at her girlfriend. “But yes, money was indeed not a factor when considering my choice of career, more my own desire to give back to those that had less.”

“You make it sound so noble.” Tooru smiled.

“My apologies, I am not trying to um… is it ‘humble brag’?” Momo turned to Mina, getting a nod in response. “This is just how I feel despite my circumstances, though I am acutely aware I do not share this mind-set with a lot of other kids I grew up associating with.”

“Eat the rich.” Kyoka tossed out, remembering one of her favourite band’s outlooks on the super wealthy.

“Well, if you insist my little Vixen.” Momo purred, reaching out to caress Kyoka’s face softly.

The girl spluttered as she realised her accidental double entendre, much to the amused giggles around her.

“Anyway, I do believe it is time for our last interaction in this most enjoyable game.” Momo declared.

“Truth.” Kyoka fired off, “I wanna hit the hay.”

“Just ‘cause you wanna snuggle with our beau.” Tsuyu chuckled, fully intending to do the same with Ochako.

“As enjoyable as that will be,” Momo winked, before turning to the punkette. “I would like to know um… Kyoka… i-if you’d like to er… do what my Pet did to me um… next time?”

Kyoka blinked in confusion only to recall what exactly Ochako and Momo were doing during their part of the intimate act they all shared. On top of that, next time?!

“Guh… y-you want me to…” Kyoka muttered, her face quickly colouring.

“Ha, Momo wants Kyoka’s creamy goodness.” Mina laughed.

“Whelp, I’m horny again.” Tsuyu announced casually, releasing Ochako’s hand and reaching to squeeze her rear, eliciting a predictable squeak from the girl.

“W-W-Well um…” Kyoka gulped nervously. Ideally she liked to stay far away from penises, but since it was Momo asking. “H-How else um… am I going to k-knock you up.”

“Yay! Baby Kyoka and Momos!” Tooru grinned, imagining little kids with a mix of the pair’s features.

“Fuck no.” Kyoka glared at the girl. “N-Not ‘till I’m like thirty at least. I wanna enjoy life after school first.”

“Understandable, we’re not just baby factories.” Tsuyu nodded. “I’m thinking like twenty eight myself but that was before all this.”

“Ooo, who do you think would make the cutest babies together if we had dicks?” Mina grinned, somewhat interested in the hypothetical now.

“That is a question with no right answer.” Tooru nudged her girlfriend, hoping to remind her that beauty was in the eye of the beholder after all.

“Well duh, obviously besides us.” Mina snuggled her visibly challenged girlfriend.

“Yeah, I think I’m done.” Kyoka sighed, relaxing back into the bed. “If we’re following tradition then after ‘Kyoka complains’ don’t we all go to sleep?”

“Party pooper.” Mina pouted but didn’t disagree, moving to lift the sheets for both her and Tooru.

“After everything tonight I don’t think I could have any better dreams.” Tsuyu said, her heart full to bursting after spending unashamed time with her five girlfriends in a sexy setting.

“Izuku’s in your dreams with us, go get him.” Tooru smirked.

“I stand corrected.” The frog girl admitted. “Come on ‘Chako, let’s go get our man.”

“Izuku can wait,” Ochako replied, thinking instead about what came after the dreaming. “I want some of Mina’s waffles.”

“Not ‘till tomorrow Pet.” Momo reached out to stroke her head before wrapping an arm around Kyoka and settling down herself.

The girls all began settling down, muttering small good nights to each other as the lights were turned out and the nights events came to an end for them. Unfortunately, in another part of the dorms, there was another who was awake and taking full advantage of the unique opportunity presented to him.


Arriving at the final of the five rooms, a mysterious figure slipped onto the balcony and tested the door, finding it unlocked like all the others beforehand.

“Man these girls are stupid.” He scoffed, slipping inside and listening for any suspicious movements. Figuring the coast was clear, he walked over to the light and flicked it on.

Mina’s room was bathed in a florescent glow as the figure removed the hood covering his face.

“Now, if I were some sexy pictures, where would I be?” Mineta said to himself as he observed the room with an inquisitive eye.

Tonight’s excursion had been most fruitful for him so far. After the girl’s stupidly announced one of their sleepovers and that invisible bitch slipped up, revealing her sexy relationship with the oh so delightfully flexible Mina, he’d spotted an opportunity to get some revenge as well as enjoy learning some lurid details about them all.

Since it was no secret they held the events in the stupidly hot Momo’s room, he figured that it was the perfect opportunity to go snooping. If he didn’t take anything the girls would never know a thing but he’d get to revel in the dirty secrets he knew about them.

Already he’d learned that Tsuyu was also a lady lover from that picture of her old(?) girlfriend he found on her reminder board. A snake and a frog was a weird combo but whatever; she looked like it was just the head that was the freaky bit so Tsuyu probably enjoyed getting eaten with that tongue.

He’d then proceeded to Kyoka’s room and found nothing special. She wasn’t that sexy anyway so no real loss.

Ochako’s room held a nice surprise, he now knew she fucked herself with a fairly simple, green vibrator. It was almost annoying that she was so into Izuku, not that he’d ever make a move, she’d be much better with him; he’d ensure she got enough of his dick to never need something like that.

Tooru’s room was the biggest let down. Despite the recent revelation, the girl had zero pictures of her and Mina let alone anything sexy. No toys either which sucked as he imagined that she was the most likely to fuck herself in public with no one being aware of her presence. Unfortunately it did make sense to him as any toy would uselessly visible.

Last stop of the night was Mina’s room and hopefully the outgoing girl was a bit more open to snapping sexy pics with her new girlfriend. Observing her pin board and desktops revealed nothing so he began carefully making his way through her drawers. Like the other girls, he’d made a quick stop at the washing baskets and underwear drawer and taken long, lurid sniffs; hoping to glean each of their delightful scents.

Despite nearly getting lost in his lust a couple times, he’d pulled himself away to continue his quest which now bore his latest prize.

“Bingo. I knew she was a gagging whore.” Mineta giggled lecherously, almost needing both his hands to wrap around the hilt of the vibrator he pulled from under Mina’s panties. It was purple too, she clearly wanted him. Despite the phallic nature of the object, he couldn’t help giving it another sniff, hoping she hadn’t washed it after last time. He was disappointed to just detect that weird plastic smell instead of a sweet nirvana.

Sighing he took one last look around the room, making sure to put everything back as appropriate before making his way outside. The balls he’d utilized to climb the walls were still stuck to the balcony wall which he swiftly grabbed back onto. These were the kind that were perfect for infiltration; just sticky enough to hold his weight but weak enough to pull away from the wall and move. Using them like suction cups, he’d managed to traverse the entirety of the girl’s rooms minus Momos, the ultimate prize.

When he knew she’d be away for an extended period of time he’d return though; he nearly had the whole set and she was the most important and desirable piece for his collection. With her quirk Mineta could only dream of all the lewd things she’d use on herself in the safety of her room. No one who dresses in an outfit like hers wouldn’t have a plethora of toys to satisfy her every urge.

Carefully and silently, he managed to return around the back of the dorms to his own balcony and slip inside, his mission for the night complete and no one would ever know a thing.


Dawn broke on the latest Saturday for the students of 1-A to enjoy. Unlike the previous sleepovers, their peaceful sleeping was interrupted not by one of them waking up, but by an annoying chiming from Ochako’s phone.

“Mmm phome!” Mina grunted, tucking her head into Tooru’s shoulder.

“Mot Mine.” Tooru replied, hugging Mina closer to block out the light intruding through Momo’s curtains.

Drowsily, Tsuyu pushed herself up and reached out for Ochako’s bottoms from the previous night. Digging around inside the pockets, she pulled out her flip phone and opened it up, showing the contact as ‘Mum’. Since the phone had been ringing for a little while, she decided to answer the call before it dropped and Ochako missed her parents.

“H-Hello, ribbit?” Tsuyu asked croakily as she shook Ochako’s shoulder, hoping to rouse the girl.

“O-oh um… hello? W-Who is this?” A nervous female voice returned through the line.

“Sorry, my name’s Tsuyu Asui, I’m friends with your daughter at school.” Tsuyu admitted as Ochako was finally blinking the sleepy dust from her eyes.

“Oh, I see… um… is my daughter around?” The woman asked, confirming herself as Ochako’s mother.

“Just waking her up now, I’m afraid our class’s girl’s only slumber party knocked us all out longer than expected.” Tsuyu relayed, hoping the woman didn’t think she was just sleeping with her daughter. Well, she was, but her mum didn’t need to know that right now.

“Wha- izzat ma mum?” Ochako asked, a touch of panic creeping into her voice.

“Here you go Mrs. Uraraka, she finally woke up.” Tsuyu grinned, allowing herself a touch of a tease at her girlfriend for the awkward situation before passing the phone over.

“H-Hey Mum. Yeah, sorry, overslept.” Ochako answered, quickly rousing from the bed and hurriedly pulling on her clothes. Once she’d dressed in her frumpled outfit from yesterday she quickly escaped from Momo’s room to have her conversation away from the still sleeping girls.

“Guess that’s it for sleep.” Kyoka groaned, having been awake since the first ring.

“Shhh, five more snuggles.” Momo assured the girl, pulling her tighter against her bosom. Kyoka very much enjoyed allowing herself those five minutes, and any more minutes her girlfriend would offer before inevitably getting up.

“It’s later than normal.” Tsuyu noted, checking her own phone for messages. “Guess last night took it out of us.”

“You complainin’?” Mina grunted without moving, relishing the warmth and snugness she was sharing with her invisible girlfriend.

“Only that if we wait any longer we’ll be having lunch instead of breakfast.”

“Mmm brunch.” Tooru licked her lips as she reluctantly parted from Mina.

“Come on dear,” Momo cooed to Kyoka. “Unfortunately we do have assignments to complete if we’re to enjoy any more free time together.”

“Bath first,” Kyoka groaned, sitting up and stretching herself out. “Still sticky from… you know.”

“Then I suggest we bathe separately.” Momo smirked, “Lest I make you sticky again.”

“No way, I’m allowed to look now so we’re having a bath together.” Kyoka pouted cutely. Momo couldn’t resist placing a kiss on the end of her nose to assure the girl she was only teasing.

“Before all that, I need to refill the tank.” Tsuyu rubbed her belly, “Chef Mina?”

“I’m gettin’, I’m gettin’.” The pink girl complained, rolling herself out of bed. “Urgh, waking up is the worst; there’s no homework in my dreams.”

“Shush up and make us tasty shit.” Kyoka slapped the girl on the arse. When Mina turned to retaliate, she instead had her lips captured by Kyoka’s own, giving her a quick morning french.

“Awake now?” Kyoka asked cheekily, noting the surprised look on Mina’s face.

“I dunno, might need a few more to keep me going.” Mina retaliated, flashing her lashes at the girl.

“Fine by me.” Kyoka grinned, slapping Mina’s rear once more.

“Not those!” She pouted, glaring at the earphone jack girl.

“Too late, they worked, now get.” Kyoka winked, reaching for her clothes.

The girls quickly changed and began to head downstairs to begin their morning, post-sleepover meal. Once Tsuyu, Mina and Tooru had departed however, Momo held Kyoka back to chat for just a moment.

“I um… hope you’re doing okay after last night hun.” Momo enquired somewhat shyly. She was a little nervous she might have pushed the girl a little too far with what they did and Kyoka was just trying to be polite and not cause a fuss about everything.

“Y-Yeah, um…” Kyoka rubbed the back of her head nervously. “Look, the blindfold helped, the other girls weren’t too um… awkward and y-yeah, the um… restraints uh… really got me going.”

“I’m sensing a ‘but’ coming.” Momo bit her lip. Kyoka sighed and hugged herself, the classic pose Momo recognised whenever the girl was struggling with something.

“L-Look um… can you please not use t-that toy on me again?” She probed. “I know you said it’s your favourite b-but um…”

“No, no, it’s okay.” Momo placed her hands on Kyoka’s hips, hoping to pull the girl into a reassuring hug after she fixed things with her. “Was it the um… fake ‘stuff’ or just the uh… whole package?”

“All of it.” Kyoka admitted.

“Oh, I’m so sorry dear. I didn’t realize it was making you so uncomfortable.”

“No… that’s… not it.” Kyoka took a step away from Momo and turned her back to the girl, ashamed of her thoughts.

“Kyo?” Momo called nervously, now wringing her hands as her anxiety crept in.

“I… um…. l-liked it.” Kyoka whispered, both hoping and dreading her girlfriend’s reaction.

“S-Sorry?” Momo tilted her head. “I’m… not following.”

“I don’t… I… I’m a lesbian.” Kyoka turned back to Momo. “I-I’ve known that for a long time… so… I sh-shouldn’t um… like that.”

“O-oh…” Momo started putting together the girl’s message. “I understand, we won’t use it again if you’re not comfortable with it.” She nodded. “But, is this something you want to talk about? Enjoying such an act with me doesn’t make you any less-”

“Yes it does!” Kyoka shot back. “I mean… it’s still… you know… a guy’s thing.”

“Do you think we wouldn’t date if I was male?” Momo asked.

“T-That’s not fair.” Kyoka’s eyes began to water.

“Honey, we will do whatever you’re comfortable with and you know I love you no matter what.” Momo comforted. “Does it really matter what you label yourself right now?”

“B-But I’m-”

“I know dear,” Momo nodded, “But look at Tooru; she’s our girlfriend and she’s never declared herself bisexual.”

“So?”

“So, I believe she considered herself straight not too long ago, now, she has four happy girlfriends. I don’t think it matters to her whatever label she now falls under, even if I believe it’s more pansexual than bisexual based on what she’s described.” Momo explained. “The point is, I believe that your label only matters to you. I certainly don’t think any less of you for um… what we did together.”

Kyoka blushed and bit her lip, thinking hard.

“C-Could um… I uh… b-borrow-”

“I’ll refill it after breakfast and you can do some testing by yourself, okay?” Momo offered, hoping to assure her girlfriend that she’d support her no matter what.

“Y-Yeah… thanks.” Kyoka blushed.

“No matter what, you’ll still be my adorable little Vixen, don’t forget that.” Momo stepped up to her girlfriend and swept her into a tight hug.

“Y-yeah, yeah… you’re my Gorgeous girl too.” Kyoka blushed, slowly returning the hug.

“Good, I’m glad.” Momo smiled at her girlfriend before pressing forward to share a kiss. “Now, I believe there was talk of waffles?”

“Not if Ochako gets there first.”

“Get’s where?” Ochako called out before rounding the corner. “Ah! Where’d everyone go?!”

Momo giggled lightly before turning the girl around and directing her toward the elevator, reminding her of their breakfast plans as they departed.

Once more, the dining room was full of the joy shared by the six girls as they wrapped up their latest sleepover. Fruit and sugary goodness was enjoyed before each slipped away to do their own things as the weekend began in earnest. As each girl returned to their respective room, they unfortunately didn’t notice anything amiss from the sickening presence that had visited in the night.

Notes:

Chapter summary:

- Anticipation is high for the girls third sleepover. In her excitement, Tooru accidently kisses Mina's cheek in full view of the class, getting an immediate response. Bakugo briefly drags the girl away to ask his own, clipped questions and gets satisfying answers as Kyoka and Tsuyu can't help but notice a dark look in Mineta's eyes. Tooru panics in her room but Momo helps calm her down with her authoritive voice which Ochako can't help but find arousing. When Tooru, Momo and Ochako return downstairs to leave campus to fetch snacks, Mina quickly reintroduces the Baku-squad to her girlfriend, admitting they'd kept it secret since it wasn't anyone else's business.

- While Mina, Kyoka and Tsuyu set up things in Momo's room, Kyoka expresses her continued nervousness at the possibly lewd turn tonight might take now they're all together. The other two reassure her and give her kisses as the cherry on top which helps calm her nerves somewhat. The snack crew returns overladen with bags as Momo bought a good chunk of the corner store's inventory. After the traditional movie, the truth or dare game begins once more.

- Tsuyu's early truth is to reveal when she fell for Ochako, citing her determination in the sports festival catching her eye then the brunette saving her during the training camp from Toga as major influences as why she fell for her. Mina expresses interest in snagging her own slice of Ochako, now nicknamed 'Cutie pie' by Tsuyu.

- Mina's dared to lick chocolate off Tooru's chest which she eagerly completes.

- Momo's truth is to admit her favourite act since discovering the intimate world. The girl cites her continued enjoyment of her double-ended strap on as a personal favourite.

- Ochako admits shes enjoying being Momo's pet more than she expected, even if it technically wasn't super ethical. When Mina makes another comment, she reveals that Mina technically asked her out earlier in the week and if everyone was okay seeing if they were compatible together. No one appears to have an issue so a potential date is planned for.

- Kyoka's dare is to do a handstand naked which the girl completes with a huge blush on her face, showing of an mostly impressive split before it was over.

- Mina's truth leads her to explaining that, even though she'd a bit of a horn dog towards them recently its because she genuinely enjoys sex and enjoys it even more when indulging in it with her lovely girlfriends causing Kyoka to blush.

- Tsuyu is then dared to tongue Mina till she cums or the next round gets back to her, the girl agrees despite Kyoka's blushing protest but takes her turn first.

- Tooru's truth is admitting that she has developed something of a crush on Izuku after all he's done for helping her. He seemed genuinely interested in her and her determination and hadn't asked about her progress towards becoming visible. Kyoka's protests lead to others reminding her of her admission last sleepover. When the idea of Izuku having his way with her while a girl sat on her face was an amusing hypothetical, that's all it was meant to be at the time and she didn't know how to feel about that possibly becoming a reality.

- With that, Tsuyu takes her spot under a very happy Mina who'd depantied herself. Ochako's turn sees her admitting her fantasy about Momo binding her and exploring every lurid inch of her.

- Tensions begin boiling over as the girls start more openly pleasuring themselves and each other. Kyoka's still nervous about engaging with everyone at one but Momo offers a solution, daring the girl in advance to wear her bondage gear including blindfold to make her more comfortable which it does.

- Returning to Ochako's missed turn, Momo offers the girl her choice of truth or dare. Feeling brave, Ochako asks Momo to let her use the double ended dildo on her which the heiress agrees to in her rear. Meanwhile Momo generates a new version of the same toy with upgraded features as she wanted to fill Kyoka with her cum. Kyoka roleplays begging not for her girlfriend to go through with it but since they'd already established a safe word, no one makes a move to free her.

- Kyoka reverses her dare to request Tsuyu let her lick her pussy as Momo plows her after the frog girl finished making Mina cum.

- Tsuyu in turn dares Tooru to suck her chest while fingering the girl as everyone carried out their erotic actions.

- Once the impromptu orgy comes to a close, and everyone takes a break to clean up.

- Mina gets Ochako and Tsuyu to confess that, while they like Izuku, they're not ready to introduce him to all this just yet, still coming to terms with their own relationship.

- When the girls wrap up for the night. A dark presence with purple balls on his head slips into the last of the girls room, sniffing out all their secrets.

Chapter 10: Intrusion

Summary:

The school festival is announced and a purple pest seeks to complete his private tour.

*Please note, there will be a break between this chapter and the next, (next released on 3rd Sept).

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

Sunday saw the class hard at work once more. Those that had taken part in the raid on the Shie Hassaikai were striving to catch up with the work they’d missed thanks to their work studies, knowing an increased workload wouldn’t do them any favours moving forward.

The remaining class members had also redoubled their efforts, trying to learn from their friend’s misfortune so that they wouldn’t have to experience similar situations. The one who’d made the most progress so far in that regard was Tooru Hagakure.

The invisible girl, ever since getting notes from Izuku, had been pushing herself harder than ever trying to master the frustrating power she called her quirk.

“Again Aoyama!” Tooru shouted, dressed in her gym jogging bottoms with her jacket tossed to the side.

Once more, the familiar, sparkly laser beam hurtled towards her position in the gym. Shifting her feet, she gathered whatever it was she could feel that managed her quirk between her hands and anticipated the incoming destructive blast.

“Warp Rejection!” She shouted, amping herself up for the incoming pain.

The beam hit its mark between her hands. A faint burning smell rose into the air as she didn’t quite capture all of the energy, a touch of it singeing her hands. A moment later and she twisted what she’d gathered, sending the beam shooting out to her right, burning a significant portion of the target she’d placed against the wall of gym gamma.

“Magnifique!” Aoyama cheered

“Yes!” Tooru grinned, gripping her fists tightly. She was getting closer.

About to call for another attack, the brief silence was broken by Aoyama’s stomach growling loudly and painfully, the boy falling to his knees to hold it together.

“My tummy…” He moaned.

“Aoyama!” Tooru quickly hurried over, hoping that the boy hadn’t pushed himself too hard for her sake. “Are you okay? Do you need Recovery Girl?”

“Non,” He waved off. “I believe I can handle this myself… providing we cesser our training for now.”

Clearly the boy wanted to help but there was only so much he could still do every day. Tooru couldn’t help but feel for the French boy, having experienced a different kind of pain due to her quirk than he did with his.

“No, that’s fine, I think I’m tapped out anyway.” She exaggerated her breathing, hoping Aoyama bought her act. Truthfully, she could easily go a few more rounds but she wasn’t going to push him for her own, somewhat selfish desire to train.

“Apprécié, mon chéri.” Aoyama sighed gratefully. Despite his clear issue and reluctance to accept assistance, Tooru helped him stand when he was ready and escorted him back to the boy’s changing rooms, thanking Cementoss for overseeing their training along with everyone else who was still in the gym that day.

Getting changed back into the casual clothes she’d brought along, Tooru let out a small but satisfied sigh as pretty much everything Midoriya had theorized about her quirk had come to pass. Every day she pushed herself ‘plus ultra’ was another she was closer to figuring out just what she looked like. Despite what she said to the other girls, that boy was probably gonna get one hell of a kiss from her if he was right, even if they weren’t compatible romantically.

Stretching herself out and grabbing her bag, she proceeded to pull out her phone and began making her way back to the dorms. It was a little too late for lunch right now, but the perfect time for ‘Linner’.

Opening her chat app, she decided to rattle off a couple texts before she got back.

Invisi-badass: ‘Sup Midoriya, can now throw Aoyama’s beams back at him so, y’know, improvement.

She didn’t message the boy personally much but hopefully he took the bait to begin a conversation. Thinking to herself, she also rattled off one to Mina to update the girl too.

Invisi-badass: Aoyama gonna need a new quirk, cause I just made it my bitch!

Giggling to herself, she relished the afternoon warmth mixed with the autumn breeze. It was days like this she hoped never end, even if she could do without the constant worry of homework. Training her quirk by day and spending time with her best friends turned lovers at night was something the romantic in her had desired for a long time. Finding such a thing with the other four girls, and possibly Ochako if she was gonna join them in the super-fun-lesbo-pile, was the best unexpected surprise she could ask for.

Her phone pinged as she briefly bet herself it was Mina that had responded first. She raised her brows as Izuku’s returning texts pleasantly surprised her.

Green Beyond: That’s amazing Hagakure! Forgive my forwardness but would you like to hear my thoughts on the next steps?

Green Beyond: It’s totally okay if you’re tired and don’t want to do anymore today and just want to take a break ‘cause I know I would since we’ve got training tomorrow too and want to just chill with your friends.

Green Beyond: Sorry… ignore that.

Hagakure giggled. The boy was adorable, if over-eager, and a little too on edge whenever he chatted to someone, but at least she knew he spoke his mind during these weird mumbling storms he had.

Invisi-badass: Nah, go ahead! I wanted to get some more done but I didn’t wanna push Aoyama just for me.

Invisi-badass: If it doesn’t require him then I’ll go do it in my room or something.

Tooru laughed as she typed that last sentence, enjoying the in-joke Midoriya wouldn’t get. Maybe she’d see if Mina or Tsuyu was around and really go ‘do it’ in her room.

Green Beyond: That’s very thoughtful of you. J

Her heart totally didn’t just skip a beat at that. She scowled at the small electronic device in her hand.

“Careful Midoriya, Tsu and ‘Chako got dibs.” She muttered, lightly reminding herself at the same time.

Green Beyond: If you’re sure, then I believe your next step should focus on that pressure you feel inside.

Green Beyond: Since I believe it’s a field you’re generating, you should be able to expand and contract it with some effort.

Green Beyond: A visualisation technique helps me with my quirk so maybe you’ll be able to do the same.

Green Beyond: Imagine a half-inflated balloon, that represents what your quirk is currently doing, then try to inflate it just slightly to cover something small and hide it from view. You shouldn’t need anyone else since you’d not be able to see whatever you’re holding while you do it either.

The boy certainly did love to rant. It was probably better she did this in text from anyway as, while it was great to have it written down, she also didn’t have to worry about breaking down his speedy speaking pattern.

Figuring it was certainly worth a try, she paused in her steps, searching her pockets for something to test Midoriya’s latest theory on. She almost slapped her head when she realised the perfect test subject was already in her hand.

Focussing her mind, she allowed her efforts on her quirk to flow through her body and to her hands like how she’d done at the gym. Instead of anticipating a beam of intangible light she expected to redirect, this time, she pushed her power under the imaginary surface of her skin, trying to inflate whatever field she was generating to engulf the phone.

There was a flicker.

Tooru’s heart leapt as a corner of her phone definitely wobbled unnaturally. She was nearly back to the dorms, just a few feet from the path to their front door but this couldn’t wait. Running along the path, she quickly pulled her bag off her shoulder and set it down next to one of the benches sat outside, taking a seat.

Taking a few, calming breaths, Tooru stared down at her phone as though it was her latest mountainous hurdle.

“Okay Tooru, focus… you can do this.” She breathed carefully, trying not to let her either her excitement or anxieties take control.

Sandwiching her phone between both her hands, she focused her efforts and tried again, pushing imaginary air into the balloon that should now hide her phone from view.

The device certainly wobbled and wavered but, unfortunately, didn’t disappear after a few moments of frustrating effort.

“Come on… stupid quirk.” Tooru grit her teeth. Taking a deep breath first, she then clenched her whole body as she pushed every thought and effort into making that damn device disappear, her cheeks puffing up when her breath tried to escape.

For a moment, one short, glorious moment… the phone was gone.

She’d almost dropped the thing in surprise as she released her breath and made sure the device was still in her hand, but there was no denying it as a trick of the light.

“N-No way…” She gulped nervously, staring down at the device in shock.

Slowly, much more slowly this time, she repeated her actions with the exception of holding her breath. Once more the phone’s image wobbled but distinctly did not disappear.

Taking one last calming breath, she sucked in as big of a breath as she could before putting her all into her quirk.

Immediately, she knew she’d both achieved her goal and fucked up. Her phone now disappeared almost instantly along with a chunk of her long-sleeved top’s sleeves in an almost spherical like shape the closer her sleeves were to her hands. However, pushing her quirk in the new, unexpected way revealed a new backlash she would have to contend with as she felt herself growing dizzy and lightheaded as soon as she’d done it.

She didn’t manage to hold it for very long, the quirk recoil was overwhelming and was forcing her to cease her efforts, having to take deep breaths once again as her phone and clothes returned to their normal state of visibility.

Green Beyond: Sorry if that sounds too simple or stupid.

Tooru let out a weird noise as she observed the latest of the boy’s texts. It was a mixture between joy, relief, panting and crying all at once as tears built up in her eyes. That boy was getting so much more than a kiss.

Alien Queen: Hope u didnt break him 2 bad. Super big well done on ur progress tho babe!

Her tears were definitely breaking free now. Tooru quickly brought her arm up to wipe them away so she could reply to her pink girlfriend’s personal message.

Invisi-badass: Need you right now. Come to my room quik!

Tooru sniffed, hoping she could slip past anyone in the dorm without being talked to lest her happy tears break free; thank god Kirishima was never around at this time.

Grabbing her bag, she rushed up the steps and into the dorms, taking the elevator to her floor as fast as it would travel. When she arrived, she spotted an adorable puff of pink hair round the corner from the stairs at the other end of the corridor.

“Babe, what’s up?” Mina called out, hoping the girl had a good reason for summoning her than another reason to go melt a fellow classmate.

“Get it, get in.” Tooru urged, hurrying up to her door and quickly unlocking it. “You need to see this.”

“Woah, chill girl, I’m getting.” Mina giggled, glad she couldn’t detect any negative emotions in her snuggle buddy.

The pinkette slipped inside after the invisible girl and pressed herself to the wall, avoiding the manic girl’s movements as she tossed her bag to one side and took to rearranging her desk chair.

“Mina, bed, now.” She ordered.

“Don’t have to tell me twice.” Mina purred, glad to escape her own assignments for some toe-curling fun.

“Not the time babe.” Tooru chided, sitting in her chair and patting the spot on the bed she wanted Mina to sit in.

“What’s got you all frazzled?” Mina quirked her eyebrow, wondering exactly what the girl was so eager to share. Sitting down on Tooru’s bed, she quickly found her hand grasped between both of Tooru’s at chest level.

“You er… aren’t about to propose are you?” Mina grinned, “I need to do my make-up so I can ruin it with my tears if so.”

“Shush… just… watch.” Tooru declared, not wanting to spoil the surprise.

Curious, Mina played along, looking down at her hand. She heard Tooru suck in a deep breath of air. Poof. Like magic, her hand disappeared.

“Did… you just eat my hand?”

Being somewhat familiar with the girl’s quirk, she knew something was going on but not exactly what, letting out an uneasy giggle at this latest development. Her brain suddenly clicked on what exactly was happening before screaming in delight.

“AHHH! Tooru! You did it!” She cheered, pulling her hand free from the girl’s grasp and wrapping her in a hug, squeezing the breath from the girl at the same time.

“Yeah! I can make stuff invisible now!” Tooru announced, happy tears running down her face.

“I’m so proud of you babe.” Mina pulled back before peppering her girlfriend’s face with kisses.

While it could easily devolve into a very enjoyable afternoon for the pair if she let it, Tooru had one more thing she wanted to do and she needed her girlfriend’s support for it.

“Y-Yeah so um…” She started shyly. “T-Theres um… one more thing I wanted to try. Could you um… stay with me while I do?”

Mina regarded her girlfriend curiously before the implication clicked much quicker than the last.

“You don’t have to rush this.” She reminded her girlfriend. “But if you want to try again, I’ll be right here, okay?”

“I-I know… but…”

“You don’t have to justify girl.” Mina smiled warmly, taking Tooru’s hands in her own. “Go ahead, win or lose this gamble, we’ll go grab ice cream.”

“You’re the best.” Tooru smiled, planting a quick kiss on Mina’s lips.

“Nah,” She replied, a cheeky grin painting her features. “Just want your treats.”

“Bi~itch.” Tooru chuckled before withdrawing one of her hands from Mina’s grasp. “Okay so um… just… hold your hands flat for me?”

Mina held her palms out, feeling Tooru’s own hand now resting directly in the middle of them. She didn’t know exactly what was about to happen or how her girlfriend was about to do it but that empty spot was now holding all of her focus.

“To um… make things invisible I think I need to hold my breath.” Tooru explained. “So um… I’m gonna just… do the opposite.”

“Don’t pass out.” Mina joked though she was preparing herself to watch the girl carefully if she did accidently do something to that degree.

“Okay… h-here I go…” Tooru gulped. She felt her power flex under her efforts once more as she directed her attention to the hand in Mina’s grasp. Refusing to take her eyes away from the spot, she tried to imagine herself sucking the air out of the imaginary balloon, pulling the weird invisible field she made back from her hand. She breathed out slowly. The air around Mina’s hands began flickering so something was happening.

Unfortunately, this type of strain was counter to everything she’d been working on so far and it was taking a much higher toll on her stamina to push her quirk in this odd new direction. After ten minutes of nothing but flickering light, Mina felt herself needing to speak up.

“Hun, if you’re getting tired, we can stop.” She tried to assure her girlfriend.

“No… I can do this.” Tooru declared, “Just… just something.”

“One more go.” Mina stated, refusing to allow her girlfriend to push herself until she broke. “You’ve been training already today and got something brand new to show for it. I’m not gonna let you do this ‘til you pass out.

“F-Fine.” Tooru pouted, deciding to take a moment to catch her breath. She didn’t want to give up but she knew Mina would keep watch over her all night if she thought to sneak in some extra practise. Both girls knew how much this meant to her but it wouldn’t be good to injure herself trying to force it before she was ready.

Thinking on all she’d learned about her quirk, both from Midoriya and her own recent developments, she tried to focus on exactly what she needed to do to have the opposite effect on her new invisibility generating powers.

Breathing in helped her push the field outwards but breathing out wasn’t having the same effect in reverse. Maybe… it wasn’t to do with the amount of breath… maybe it was when she pushed her quirk.

“Ready.” She declared, rubbing Mina’s hand softly.

“Go for it!” Mina cheered, a determined look on her own face.

Tooru took in another deep breath, allowing the oxygen to flood her bloodstream as she focused on her hand once again. Carefully, she released her breath until there was no air in her lungs and pulled her quirk back.

It stung. She felt something itch painfully in the back of her head when she did it but that wasn’t enough to shut her eyes. Once again, for another brief yet soul relieving moment, her quirk reacted and, instead of inflating her invisible field to cover a new range, it pulled itself back to reveal almost impossibly pale skin and finger nails.

The girls didn’t even have time to gasp before Tooru’s control slipped and the mysterious new hand disappeared once more.

It didn’t matter though. It was finally enough.

“Tooru!” Mina cried, wrapping the girl in the strongest hug she could give.

The invisible girl wanted to return the gesture but knew the second she opened her mouth she’d start crying again. It didn’t matter though, she let out loud sobs as years of pent up frustrations were let out into Mina’s shirt. After all this time, she finally had an answer to her most desperate question. Even without seeing her face or other features, she now knew it was a hundred percent possible and that’s all that mattered to her.

Mina comforted her crying girlfriend as best as she could, transferring the girl to her bed and lying down together when it looked like the waterworks weren’t going to stop anytime soon. There was no need to ask for an explanation as it was more than clear what she was going through.

Simply allowing herself to relax and stroke her the invisible head of hair, Mina let the girl get it all out as the sun set, colouring the room a warm orange.

Once Tooru had cried all the water from her body and her sobs had calmed to sniffles, she snuggled into Mina’s embrace.

“Feeling bette-”

The question died on Mina’s lips as a chime decided to interrupt her at that moment. She sent a glare down at Tooru’s skirt where the girl’s phone had lit up through the fabric with the notification.

“Yeah, thanks.” Tooru answered anyway, reaching for her phone as she did so. “Just… a lot… sorry.”

“Don’t apologize Starlight.” Mina cupped her cheek. “We all know how much this means to you. I’m glad you were able to do it.”

“Mmm.” Tooru nodded, “I’m um… happy I got to share it with you.”

Mina chuckled. It did mean a lot that Tooru had wanted to share such a significant landmark with her and not their whole crew at once but the act itself didn’t matter much to her.

“Don’t forget, I don’t care what happens next or what you look like.” Mina pecked her on the nose. “But I’m glad I could be here for you.”

“God I love you.” Tooru sunk into Mina’s arms once more holding the girl close.

“L-Love eh?” Mina chuckled awkwardly.

“O-Oh…” Tooru blushed, now embarrassed she’d messed up and misspoke once again. “Y-You don’t have to um… say it back.”

“You… really feel that way?” Mina asked, swallowing a nervous lump in her throat.

“I… think so?” Tooru mumbled. “I dunno… I just… even when we leave UA… I don’t think I can imagine sharing my life with anyone else anymore. Even if um… things don’t work out with the others, I know at least that um… yeah… I love you M-Mina.”

Mina pulled the girl tight to her body, peppering her head with kisses before sinking down to get level with her face and starting a much deeper kiss with the girl. The two proceeded to make out for a good few minutes before Mina pulled back, the invisible girl’s face cupped in her hands.

“Thank you so much.” She chuckled nervously. “I um… I’m sorry I’m not uh… ready yet b-but um… I think I’m getting there.”

“It’s okay.” It was Tooru’s turn to comfort the pinkette, stroking her face lightly. “We both know I uh… get close to people super quick so it’s probably me that-”

“Don’t worry about that.” Mina waved away. “All that matters is you love me, and I’m pretty sure I’m very close to the same with you too.”

“That’s okay.” Tooru smiled, placing a kiss on Mina’s nose. “I’ll wait.” She sighed contently, nuzzling against Mina’s arm as the two lay there together enjoying each other’s presence.

Tooru’s phone chimed again as she’d forgotten to check whatever message she’d gotten.

“Oops.” She mumbled, a small blush of embarrassment colouring her transparent features. “Left Midori on read.”

“Ha, mistake.” Mina giggled. Tooru turned the phone so they could both read the latest messages from her green-haired quirk expert.

Green Beyond: If that works, you might want to try experimenting with different feelings, like holding a breath to maintain the effect or mentally locking your quirk in place. It would take practise but if you can hold the effect you’d be able to wear a um… more armoured hero costume with all sorts of gadgets like flash grenades to help. Depending on how far you could push your field out, you could make a gap in a wall to see through, though everyone would be able to see it. You could even make a cross-section of something like a locked chest by only extending your quirk half-way into it maybe.

Green Beyond: Sorry if that um… is too much… I just got thinking and rambling again and didn’t mean to say that your costume right now isn’t great it’s just that I think you’ve got a great quirk and you’ll be able to use it to become a great hero no matter how you choose to approach it and… I’m just going to stop talking now.

Mina giggled as Tooru scrolled back up the chain to show Midoriya’s full breakdown with her that lead to this revelation.

“Hey!” Tooru pouted as Mina grabbed the girl’s phone from her and began typing.

“Shush, I’m working.” She grinned, typing away expertly with one hand while fending off her grabby girlfriend.

When Tooru managed to swipe her phone back, she read the text her annoying pink princess had sent in her name.

Invisi-badass: Mina here, Tooru can now make other shit invisible! So proud of my little Starlight. Thanks from both of us for everything you’ve done. J <3

“You didn’t mention the other thing?” Tooru asked.

“That’s for you to tell people when you’re ready.” Mina snuggled her girlfriend. “I don’t care if you just keep it to the six of us if you never want to go public with it.”

“Urgh, stop being awesome.” Tooru pouted, playfully punching her girlfriend with little, rapid-fire fists.

“Can’t, comes with the pink.” Mina grinned.

“Can we… just keep it between us for now?” Tooru asked nervously. She shouldn’t keep secrets from her other girlfriends but she just wanted to revel in just her and Mina knowing what she could do for now.

“Sure dear, just don’t wait too long else you might slip up and spill another secret to everyone at once.” Mina warned playfully.

The phone chimed again; another message from the boy that helped make Tooru’s dream a reality.

Green Beyond: H-Hi Mina, tell her it was no problem and I hope it helps her erm… reach her goal.

Green Beyond: If there’s anything else I can do to help, please let me know.

“You think we should let him fill you full of cum as a reward?” Mina giggled.

“Shut up.” Tooru smacked her girlfriend’s belly.

“I’m not hearing a ‘no~o’.” Mina teased.

“W-Well… I may have thought about it…” Tooru blushed. “J-Just to um… repay him.”

“Ooo, naughty girl.” Mina purred. “Gonna steal Midori from under Tsu and ‘Chako’s nose?”

“No… just… think he’d make a fine addition to our um… polyamory?”

“Polycule.” Mina provided her with the correct term. Deliberately getting it wrong was more a game to annoy Momo at this point.

“Right, he’d um… probably fit perfectly… between my thighs.”

“HA!” Mina laughed loudly before slowly trying to rise to her feet. “I’ll just go let him know and-”

“Don’t you dare!” Tooru held her girlfriend down, knowing she was only teasing but still. Holding Mina down, she shyly began to run her finger up and down one of her arms. “Is um… it bad I feel that way?”

“It makes for a sexy fantasy.” Mina nodded. “But I think we’ll hold off on giving him that heart attack ‘til the other two idiots make their move.”

“I meant… you know… with us.”

“Hun,” Mina wrapped the invisible girl in her arms once more. “We’re all in this together and, clearly, you’ve at least grown a few feelings for him. Ochako and Tsu are gonna do their thing and if it works, great, you can then date him while I take our floaty girl out for a night on the town.”

“T-True.” Tooru nodded slowly. “Do you… think they would mind? Do you?”

“I told you before you idjit,” Mina flicked her on the head. “I’m not going anywhere, looks or not, so if you wanna snag some personal penis time with Izuku if he joins us then just make sure you either don’t forget me or save me some.”

“M-Mina!” Tooru blushed, a variety of images flooding her brain.

“Would you like that?” Mina’s voice turned sultry. “Me watching while Izuku’s muscly form holds you down and fills you with his manly seed?”

“Mmng-Don’t.” Tooru groaned, the thought stirring very pleasant feelings in her crotch.

“Okay, I won’t.” Mina laughed, rolling the girl off her and moving to stand. “Now, I believe there was talk of ice cream earlier?”

“Mean!” Tooru pouted, aiming a slap to Mina’s rear as the girl tried to make her escape. “You and ‘Chako are as bad as each other, trying to steal my treats.”

“Didn’t you just admit to wanting to steal her ‘treat’?” Mina grinned before performing a blowjob-like mime.

The girls continued to banter back and forth until they finally did leave Tooru’s room, on the hunt for ice cream to celebrate between themselves before informing the other girls at a later point. On their return to Tooru’s room with the dairy goodness, the invisible girl rattled off one more text to the boy who’d been her saving grace for her quirk.

Invisi-badass: Hey Izuku, Tooru again, thank you so much for everything so far. Gonna do some more testing so I’ll get back to you later, but yeah, I seriously owe you more than you could imagine. I’ll find some way to repay you at some point and I’m not taking ‘no’ for an answer, even if you don’t think you’ve done anything special.


“It’s coming.” The ominous declaration rang out across the classroom. “The school festival.”

“Normal school stuff!” The students of 1-A cheered.

With Aizawa’s announcement of the upcoming event at the end of the final homeroom of the day, everyone seemed to relax. Classes were tough but nothing too extraneous now term had settled in and the work studies had all been suspended so they just had to worry about normal school events rather than the big wide world for a change.

“Gotta love this time of year!” Sero grinned.

“We gotta think of something cool to do!” Tooru cheered.

However, not everyone was so convinced this was for the best.

“Hold on Mr. Aizawa,” Kirishima stood, his own fears from his recent failings bubbling to the surface. “Are you sure this is okay?”

“Hush Kirishima, don’tchu ruin this.” Kaminari tried to placate the redhead.

“Think about it though,” The hardening quirk user pressed on, “There are villains everywhere right now!”

“You’re right. That’s a reasonable point.” Aizawa effortlessly pulled attention back to the front of the room. “However, there are students here besides those in the hero course. You get the spotlight every year at the sports fest. This is for everyone else: the support course, general studies, and don’t forget the business course students. This doesn’t get as much attention as the sports fest, but it’s still the yearly event they all look forward to.”

The class felt a touch of disappointment wash over all of them. They’d had their time to shine even after the villain attack at the USJ, it wouldn’t be right to take that same opportunity from the others.

“Many of your peers are feeling stressed out by the current conditions here at UA; especially the dorm system which had to be adopted because of the hero course.”

“When you put it like that, guess it’d be unfair to cancel it.” Kirishima sat down, his objections deflating at the thought he was being selfish.

“Correct.” Aizawa nodded, “So yeah, it’s still on, and hopefully everyone will enjoy it. Though, unlike festivals in the past, this year’s will only be open to UA’s students and staff, with a few exceptions.” Now zipped up in his sleeping bag, the infamously tired teacher moved over to a spot by the corner and sat down to ready himself for his normal post-homeroom nap. “You may not be the focus this time, but your class still needs to participate with some kind of original programming. You need to decide what you want to do today.”

With his speech delivered, the soft snores of Aizawa rang throughout the classroom, declaring the beginning of their time to discuss whatever plan they could come up with.

Despite many ideas being suggested to the class reps for consideration, they weren’t able to pin a specific one down before the end of class. They departed back to dorms with Aizawa’s threat of just a normal class being their chosen activity for the school festival should they be unable to select one before the morning. Regrettably, those that took part in the raid needed to stay behind to begin their extra lessons to catch up on the work they missed lest they fall behind their peers.

Back at the dorms, the remaining class members gathered for a meeting to select their topic. While none of the girls dared breathe a word, the idea of seeing each other in maid outfits per Kaminari’s suggestion had excited them all just a little bit. Being paraded around like that, especially after the debacle that was the impromptu cheerleading they’d been tricked into for the sports fest, lead to them all firmly rejecting his idea, at least in public.

Astoundingly, it was Todoroki who came up with the suggestion of holding a concert to cheer everyone up and help blow off some steam. With talk of dance and music, Mina and Kyoka quickly got roped into the discussion; one was willing to help teach the others some moves, the other, not so much.

With the attention centralised on Kyoka, she quickly realised she would be the key to this potential concert idea, even if it make her feel awkward and nervous. She didn’t like performing in front of most people and now she was needed to not only do that, but lead a group of others on stage with her.

Reluctantly, with the begging of Kaminari and Koda, she was persuaded to at least entertain the idea. With the plan set to announce their intended event to Aizawa in the morning, the remaining girls quickly retreated to Kyoka’s room after a quick message from the reticent girl.

“Ooo, so much to choose from.” Mina re-examined Kyoka’s variety of instruments as they entered.

“So many awesome sounds to customise our epic concert with!” Tooru joined her enthusiasm.

“Guys, just… chill, please.” Kyoka asked, shutting the door behind her guests and nervously twirling her jack. “I’m not super pumped about this but everyone seemed so dead set so… here we are.”

“I’m sorry dear,” Momo reached out to stroke her girlfriend’s arm. “I didn’t manage to direct them away from you. Would you like me to announce a change of plans?”

“N-No… I just…” Kyoka sighed before walking over to her desk chair and flopping down into it. “I don’t perform for people. I know I’m not good enough yet and I don’t want people to laugh at me.”

“Jeez, why would you think that?” Mina asked incredulously. “We all know you rock.”

“I did personally enjoy your playing during our date.” Momo blushed lightly, reminding the girl about their first experience together.

“That’s different.” Kyoka rubbed her head, “There’s so many people counting on me and I’m not sure I can live up to the hype.”

“Bitch, you are the hype.” Mina grinned. “Look, I don’t know much about your musical skills beyond,” She gestured to all the instruments and music recording equipment lying around. “But someone this passionate about her hobby will surely be able to rock out.”

“And if you want, I’ll train like, super hard and try to make you invisible when you perform.” Tooru giggled.

Kyoka couldn’t help but offer a fond smile at the floating set of clothes. That girl had seriously trained her butt off ever since her chat with Green and now she could extend her quirk out to affect other things; they’d all cheered and congratulated her when she demonstrated her new skill at the lunch table that day. She hoped the girl would fulfil her dream of becoming visible at some point for her own happiness while her own dream was now to not embarrass herself to death in front of all of their peers.

“While I don’t believe that will be necessary,” Momo began, reaching out to squeeze Kyoka’s cheeks with her hands. “I think we should remind our precious Vixen exactly who she is. On three girls, who is she?”

Momo counted off before a cry of “Kyoka Fuckin’ Jiro” echoed in her room from her three supportive girlfriends.

Kyoka wanted nothing more than to hide away in her sheets in embarrassment as her declaration was once more turned against her and, worse, it was working.

“You guys are such dorks.” She blushed.

“Yeah, your dorks.” Mina grinned, pulling Momo and Tooru into an open hug. “Come get some love before we get prepped for your epic musical debut!”

Kyoka felt her heart swell for the three present idiots she called girlfriends, though she had no doubt that Tsuyu and Ochako would be encouraging her in the exact same manner if they were here.

With her fears somewhat allayed, the girls departed from Kyoka’s room so the punkette could begin planning, pulling out several older notebooks with half-finished and messy songs she’d written up or recorded by ear.


With their class’ choice cemented in Aizawa’s eyes, the class began thinking and debating what exactly they would need to make a truly epic show the next day.

After Bakugo’s declaration of war against every other student who’d dare not die to his awesome drumming skills, after being tricked into admitting them by Sero, the class began setting out roles for everyone else. As evening approached, the four who took on the work studies returned, having made up their classes from the missed two days and were included in the discussions.

One by one, the roles began to fill up with Bakugo on drums, Momo on keyboard, Kaminari and Tokoyami on guitar finished with Kyoka on bass. When it came to vocals, the punkette had to demonstrate her skills after several unfitting attempts by Kirishima, Aoyama and, strangely, Mineta. When the class were on the receiving end of the same husky yet sultry voice Kyoka sang in for Momo back during their date, the decision was unanimous to put her on the microphone.

With all the spots filled up for the band, the class turned towards both the dance crew and the special effects teams. It seemed that while everyone else was enthusiastic with how everything was coming together, one student was not. Mineta pouted darkly off to the side, having been rejected for lead singer and being too short to comfortably play the guitar. Looking over, Mina felt almost sad for the boy, but after what he’d put her girlfriends through there’d be no pity.

“Mineta,” Tokoyami called out, hoping to offer a small measure of comfort. “If you can’t play for yourself, then I will strum for you as well.”

“Do whatever you want, damn it.” He growled, an unpleasant look on his face as he turned his back to the bird boy. “This is so stupid, let’s get this festival over with. I hope all your nails break off.”

Tokoyami quirked his head, not quite sure how to reply to that. Clearly the boy was frustrated but he didn’t know what else he could offer to placate whatever ill feelings he had.

“Jeez, stop being such a grump.” Mina chided, stepping between Tokoyami and the boy. “There’s space on the dance team for everyone that isn’t needed for the effects.”

She didn’t want to have to teach the purple pest but this was a class project and, even if it was reluctant, she would try to include the boy in the concert as best she could.

“Shove off Ashido.” Mineta shot back. “Go play with your stupid purple friend and leave me alone.”

Well now she was just incensed.

“I dunno what your problem is but leave Kyoka out of it.” She glared.

“I wasn’t talking about her.” Mineta replied darkly, his voice dropping so only the three of them could hear. “Go fuck yourself with your dirty, little, electric, purple secret.”

Mina’s breath caught in her throat, earning a smug, satisfied grin from the small purple haired boy. He decided to take his leave and walked over to the elevator before disappearing back to his room, shooting her one last conceited smirk before the doors closed.

The pink haired girl took a deep, calming breath before she allowed herself to fall into panic.

“Ashido I-”

Shit, Tokoyami heard all of that.

“I can imply from context that wasn’t for my ears. Be assured that all secrets are safe in the darkness of one’s abode.”

“You erm… know what he meant?” Mina asked quietly.

“He was clearly trying to strike at a nerve with you. Judging from your reaction I’m guessing his words, while accurate, is not knowledge he should possess. You have my word that I shall not relay any moment of this with another soul.”

Mina sighed in relief. At least she could count on her other classmates to not be complete pricks. For now though, she had another problem that needed immediate attention. Typing away on her phone, after giving Tokoyami a brief hug of support, she relayed that all the girls needed another emergency meeting in their group chat.

Once all the roles had been established in the dance and effects crew, the girls begged off early before reconvening in Mina’s room.

“So what’s the damage?” Kyoka asked, glad to be away from what the class would be focussing on for the next month.

“I dunno yet, but I think it’s bad.” Mina chewed her lip nervously. She quickly relayed her interaction with Mineta to the group, wishing she’d remembered to turn on her phone’s recording feature but, with him being so out of the way recently, she’d let down her guard.

“You think he snuck in here?” Ochako pondered.

“I sure as hell didn’t leave that thing on display during the room contests.” Mina growled, more in frustration at her privacy being breached than anger at the girl.

“This is serious, do you think he did it to all of us?” Tsu asked nervously.

“Urgh, that’s not something I want to consider.” Tooru made a very throw-uppy sound to punctuate her point.

“When would he have done something like this? He’s never absent during class or anything.” Momo wondered.

“The sleepover.” Kyoka snarled, recalling the boy’s calculating look from last Friday. “That little prick knew we’d all be out of our rooms that night and went snooping!”

“That’s a… disturbingly fitting guess.” Momo reluctantly agreed. “That would mean that my room may be the only one un-intruded for now.”

“How'd the little pest get in anyway?” Tooru pointed out. “Our doors all lock automatically if we don’t put them on a latch or have our keycard.

“Um…” Ochako hesitantly piped up, recalling the time she’d managed to do a very similar thing to Tooru. “If I tried your balcony door right now… would it be locked?”

The girls paled as they all realised they all had a habit of not securing that particular door. Being at least three floors up on top of attending the prestigious hero school had allowed them a false sense of security that someone had now taken advantage of.

“Is it enough for us to nail the fucker to the wall and get Aizawa?” Mina spat, hoping to end this once and for all.

“Ribbit, not without proof.” Tsuyu sighed, her own case being brought to Aizawa’s attention reminding them of the difficulty and severity of accusing someone of such a crime.

“Fuck.” Kyoka swore, trying to rack her brain over their options.

“Okay, first of all, damage control.” Momo declared, deciding they needed to treat this as seriously as they could. “First, let’s assume the worst; he broke into all your rooms and now knows everything you physically have in there. Is there anything you all know of that you don’t want getting out?”

“I don’t mind you guys knowing obvs, but I’d be mortified if he starts flinging around he knows what I use in my private time.” Mina admitted.

“I don’t think I’ve got anything too incriminating, ribbit.” Tsuyu shrugged.

“Um…” Ochako blushed, “There is a um… toy that Momo made for me.”

“Same boat as me then.” Mina nodded.

“I got nothing but I hope that little fuck didn’t get into my laptop.” Tooru stated. “I’m not that good at deleting my history.”

“I’m with Tsuyu, nothing special for me… considering…” She held up her jacks as the girls were all briefly reminded about her unusually useful quirk for satisfying that urge.

“And I believe I have the most to lose should he find his way into my room.” Momo finished. “While I don’t mean to minimize your own plights, should my parents discover my activities-”

“We got it Gorgeous,” Mina nodded.

“To that end, if we believe my room may yet be a potential target, I would both like to request sanctuary for my um… lockbox in your room Mina, due to the low chance of a revisit, whilst we make my room into something of a ‘honeypot’.”

“Uh… what do you mean?” Tooru asked.

“If Mineta did indeed visit everyone’s rooms, Mina’s almost certainly, then he would likely want to investigate my own too. Since we were occupying it at the time of his other illicit activities, he would most likely want to complete his private tour.” The heiress explained.

“Urgh.” The group scoffed. Even when Momo was trying to dial down the disgusting activities it still left a sour taste in their mouths.

“I will restudy our UA handbook tonight but, if there is nothing against it, then I believe I have a plan…”

Twenty minutes later, the girls set out from Mina’s room with renewed motivation. Mineta would know the wrath of crossing their personal boundaries and Momo had given them the perfect plan to execute.

Tooru went with Momo to quickly retrieve her box of naughty things, using her new skills to obscure the box as best she could while in view of the boys dorm rooms from the window as the pair escorted it to Mina’s room. Unfortunately, all they could do now was wait until tomorrow to begin their efforts in full; the last thing they all did for the day being to lock their respective balconies. Sleep didn’t come easily to many of them that night; each felt the shadow of the looming, perverted gaze of their fellow ‘hero-in-training’. Only their determination to finally catch him in the act would soothe their thoughts.


The girls returned to class as normal the next day. Most of them tried to look as though nothing was amiss except for Mina who was a tad more obvious in her pointed distain that day. Much to their ire, Mineta looked smug as he shrugged off Mina’s glares before their normal lessons began in earnest.

While frustrating, they still had to maintain their diligence towards both their studies and the upcoming concert they’d begun planning. Mr. Aizawa had signed off on the basic premise yesterday and the more detailed one during homeroom, letting them know he’d try to book the PE gym for them to perform their act.

Thankfully, between classes, the little purple pest had seen fit to make himself scarce, much to the girl’s relief. Tooru had tried to catch Midoriya during lunch, who she’d been avoiding while he caught up on his studies so as not to distract him, but hadn’t managed to locate the boy in the lunch hall at all. Relaying this to the girls as they head back to class, they all narrowed their eyes in suspicion as they spotted him returning to the lockers in his gym outfit, flanked by All Might’s reduced frame.

Between their regular classes, the school festival planning, Mineta and looking out for their green friend, the girls were starting to feel the pressure of life once more. For her part, while she would love to have another sleepover or group bedroom fun session, Mina declared a reluctant hiatus to their activities, not wanting to risk another Mineta intrusion. The girls fully understood and hoped they could make a toast to the empty spot they hoped to make in their class.

The weekdays continued to pass and soon everyone was deep into planning and preparation for the festival every moment they weren’t in class, working on assignments, or sleeping. Mina was greatly annoyed she had to see Mineta every dance session she lead but thankfully the little prick didn’t attempt anything further with so many witnesses.

Kyoka was the one of the group most feeling the pinch. Between having to lead rehearsals with the other band members, practise on her own time and maintain her studies while planning around all the other aspects of their performance, she was exhausted.

She’d begged off from their group lunch that Friday, saying she hoped to get some extra work done in the classroom with all the quiet it provided, but really, she just wanted to be left alone. Everything was beginning to pile on too heavily, and her notes were all over the place. She almost handed in a songsheet to Present Mic as homework but thankfully still had the correct papers on hand when he’d pointed out the error.

Resting her head in her hands over the stack of papers before her, she felt the pressure of the world beginning to get to her and wanted so badly to tune it all out.

“Um… Jiro?” A small voice called out.

Lifting her head from her hands, she spotted Midoirya hovering by the classroom door.

“Everything all right?” He asked caringly.

Kyoka replied with a dry chuckle, gesturing to the mass of mismanaged papers in front of her.

“You’re looking at a physical manifestation of my life right now,” She replied, a touch of bitterness in her voice. “So no.”

“Oh… well,” The green haired idiot shut the door and decided to come over to her desk to bother her. Now she didn’t even get her alone time and she was about ready to scream into the void… or into Mineta’s stupid face. “Maybe I can help?”

“No offence Green,” Kyoka said, trying to keep her voice level. “But this isn’t a stack of hero trivia or something you can punch your way though.”

She actually felt bad at seeing Midoriya’s face fall at her reply. Clearly he had intentions better than certain others in their class but she still doubted his usefulness.

“Look,” She tried to humour him, “I’m juggling like, all of the things right now which is stressful as hell. My notes are a mess and this festival may make me look like an idiot in front of everyone. Could you please just… leave me alone?”

Kyoka silently begged the well-meaning green bean to take the very obvious hints. Her heart sank once the torn expression on his face resolved into a more determined one before pulling out the seat from the desk next to her.

“Sorry Jiro, I’ll leave you alone just as soon as we’re done but I think I can at least help you with something.” Kyoka frowned as she watched the boy pull out his own notebooks along with what appeared to be a brand new ‘Campos’ pad in lavender.

“May I?” He asked politely, gesturing to her notes.

“Go nuts.” She shrugged, figuring he couldn’t make it any worse.

Izuku quickly went to work sifting through all the different types of notes Kyoka had made for all the different things she was currently working on. The punk rock girl watched him curiously, wondering just what he thought he could help her achieve in the space of a lunch break.

“Right,” He lay out a small sheaf of papers in front of her. “Your main problem appears to be lack of consolidation. There’s a number of things here that appear more than once and it’s unnecessary. Then there’s their muddled nature, with a page of your math notes here and then your music writing on the next page before English after that.”

“Well yeah, you just move on to the next clean page each lecture, right?”

“Not if you segment your workbook beforehand.” He explained, showing her his own methodology. While Kyoka was no slouch in the class’ test rankings, Midoriya’s skills in both class and note taking couldn’t be denied after she saw his books.

“Each segment of that book is a different class, the empty pages will be filled in as we have more. If I run out of space for one class, I make sure I get a new book ready while using up some spare pages in another section.”

“But these notes are so neat.” Kyoka queried, not looking like the rushed writing she was used to seeing the boy jot down during class or when he’d discovered something new about a quirk.

“When I’m finished with a notebook, I revise the material by going through it and making it neater in this book. That way, I can revise while also removing any superfluous information when exams come around.”

“Y-Yeah… okay, you may have something there.” Kyoka admitted, comparing the layout and style to her own notes.

“Here,” Izuku placed the new looking notepad on the desk. “You can have this one.”

Before she could interject, he’d opened the book and started marking certain pages with the names of each subject for their classes.

“If it helps, you may want to go through your current notes this evening and just organise everything. Rip pages out and put them in order so you can write them down, cross out bits that you can see you’ve written twice, that sorta thing.” Midoriya smiled honestly.

Kyoka looked down at the book she’d been gifted that she now couldn’t return since he’d earmarked set spaces for her to write up all her notes. There was even a couple sections for her music crafting and festival planning.

“How… did you learn all this?” She asked incredulously, noting that he’d even added a small table of contents to the back of the front page.

“Oh erm…” Izuku’s courage clearly left him, his shy demeanour returning once more. “I er… kinda went through a lot of notebooks when I was younger; studying heroes, y’know?”

Kyoka quirked her head.

Izuku let out a somewhat reluctant sigh, pulling out his infamous ‘Hero Analysis for the future’ notebook he carried around and passing it gently over to the girl.

“When I was younger, I would write pages and pages of things about all the heroes I saw on the news, online and in person. My mother got me my first notebook when I’d um… covered a wall in loose pages.” Kyoka nodded at Izuku’s story, sounding very much like something a toddler version of him would do. “When she got me my first actual notebook, I filled it up quickly, the next couple too. Mum told me she wouldn’t get me any more if I kept wearing them out so fast so I learned how to take better notes.”

Kyoka couldn’t help herself and cracked open the book she held in her hands, allowing it to fall open to a random page in the middle. She’d never given much thought to the boy’s admittedly fan-boy-like hobby but it was clear from these notes it was more than just simple observation.

“Jeez Green, you really go all out on this stuff don’t you.” She muttered while observing a page about Kaminari. The notes were precisely worded, using distinct language to avoid misinterpretation while both explaining his visible observations on the electric quirk user and expanding with theoretical implications or ideas. There was even plenty of notes on how to counter, aimed at both the quirk itself and the endearing dunce she called a friend, (by distracting him with a pretty pro heroine). She was almost scared to look up her own entry.

“S-Sorry, I know it kinda freaks people out a bit.” He nervously rubbed the back of his head. “I’ve been in love with heroes since I was a kid and wanted to do everything I could to become the best, just like All Might.”

That made Kyoka pause for a moment. With everything the girls had noted during their last sleepover, now was the perfect time to do a little digging on what exactly was going on between the teacher and student.

“Well you’ve certainly got the quirk for it.” She chuckled, eying him suspiciously. “I guess that’s why you and All Might hang out so much.”

Izuku blinked dumbly before trying to wave away her concerns.

“W-We don’t hang out that much.” He tried to cover. “He wants us all to succeed and with our quirks being so similar he just likes to give me pointers, y’know?”

It made sense, the man had been doling out advice much better now he had retired but there was definitely more that the boy was hiding.

“Look, Green.” She passed him back his notebook. “You two aren’t sly. Everyone notices the two of you slink off together every now and then.” Izuku clenched his fists nervously beneath the desk. “I get you’re trying to live up to your hero and junk but maybe you shouldn’t be rushing to take his place so quickly.”

“I um… just wanna be the best hero I can be.” Izuku admitted, “I need to live up to the heroes that came before, to make sure that everything they built up isn’t torn down by people like the League of Villains.”

“Yeah, I get that Green.” Kyoka nodded, “That’s why we’re all here. But you, out of all of us, go so ‘plus ultra’ sometimes that we worry that you’re gonna burn yourself out.”

“You… worry about me?” Izuku asked curiously, a puzzled look on his face like he was trying to figure out how two mutually exclusive things could both be true at the same time.

“Uh… y-yeah, we all do you idiot.” Kyoka admitted, turning away from his questioning gaze. “We’re all friends and gonna be top pro heroes together. I don’t wanna read the news and find out something stupid like a heart attack got you.”

It was a stupid excuse but she hoped he bought it.

“Wow… I’d um… yeah… I may get a little carried away sometimes.” He agreed, “But for me… becoming the number one hero and saving people with a smile on my face is all I’ve ever wanted.”

“And what happens when you get there?” Kyoka asked, genuinely curious. “I don’t doubt you can with that strength you still haven’t fully tapped into but, once you reach the top… what then?”

Izuku took a moment to think. It didn’t take him long to realise he didn’t truly have an answer for her. It was a little humbling to realise that, for all his smarts and skills, he’d forgotten to see the forest for the trees.

“I… don’t know.” He replied honestly. Another confused look passed over his face as he reflected on this new void the girl had helped him discover.

“We get the training, and we get the dedication.” Kyoka explained. “But we never see you really doing anything outside of that. What do you do for fun, besides collecting anything and everything All Might related?”

“Well, um…” Izuku fiddled with his notebook uneasily. “I guess… I like drawing?”

“I saw your sketches,” She nodded, “Do you draw outside of labelling hero costumes?”

“… No.” He admitted.

“Then maybe take a break at some point, relax and just do some doodling.” Kyoka explained, “I get some of my best work when I’m just messing around in a daydream or playing randomly.”

“You think?” Izuku pondered, “I mean… I guess I could-”

“No guessing, do it.” Kyoka ordered. “You’re helping me make sense of all this, I’ll help you chillax a bit more.”

“Oh um, yes, sure.” Izuku nodded, grateful she was now accepting his help but still a bit off on how she would help him ‘chillax’ without feeling guilty about it.

“Great. I might run it past the others, see if they’ve got some ideas on shit you might like. I know you’ve been taking dancing lessons with Mina already.”

“Oh yeah.” He piped up. “Mina’s super flexible with her breakdancing and a really good teacher too.”

Kyoka already knew the pink girl was flexible but to hear it from Izuku’s mouth sent a naughty thought running through her head, even if there was no way the boy meant it in that way.

“Y-Yeah, she’s got it down. Anyway, is that everything I need to fix this mess?” She pointed out the array of notes she still had littering her desk.

“Actually, there is this thing you can do to…”

Izuku and Kyoka continued to chat as lunch wound down. Both of them came away satisfied they’d managed to get a clearer direction for their goals once classes restarted once more.

Kyoka did send the green haired boy the odd look out of the corner of her eye for the remainder of the day. The dude was certainly not all he appeared on the surface and she briefly wondered just how far down his dedication ran; what truly pushed him to go beyond with barely a bad word or complaint, even when his whole arm had been shattered.

Those secrets would have to wait as, once more, the weekend was upon them, and it was time to put their plan into action.


“It’s Fri~iday!” Mina celebrated, practically dancing over the dorm threshold.

“Jeez, you guys don’t quit do you?” Sero chuckled. He was all for spending time with his bros but a sleepover almost every week seemed exhausting.

“Unfortunately, we are this week.” Mina pouted. “Momo went and ruined it.”

“My sincerest apologies again Mina.” Momo quickly sought to correct any potential misunderstanding. “But my parents wanted to have a catch-up dinner and the only time they could fit into their busy schedule was tonight.”

“Boo, boo Momo, boo.” Mina jeered before bouncing over to her invisible girlfriend. “Looks like me and my Starlight will just have to entertain ourselves.”

“Sorry Mina,” Tooru apologised too. “I wanna get ahead on our homework so I can practise for the concert.”

“Shouldn’t you be doing the same?” Kyoka asked, a cheeky grin on her face. “You need to set a good example as the dance leader after all.”

“Urgh, I hate that you’re both right.” Mina pouted. “Unless… Tsu, ‘Chako, you two wanna hang and do stuff?”

“I’m out, I just wanna sleep after this week with all those extra lessons, ribbit.” Tsu sighed.

“I’m gonna chat with my folks so probably best not to do anything tonight.” Ochako begged off.

“Ha, rejected.” Kaminari laughed.

“I will melt your game console, then we’ll see who’s laughing.” Mina glared playfully at the blond.

“You wouldn’t dare.” He smugly replied, “You wouldn’t be able to admire those thick bunny thighs you love sooo much.”

While Kaminari quickly ran away from Mina’s playful swipes, all the girls carefully tried to gauge if the bait had been taken. Tooru was in charge of this part, being the least obvious whenever she wanted to stare at someone, and so, she was able to spot the flash of delight that ran across Mineta’s face.

When the class began to split off and settle into their own Friday night routines and interactions, Momo returned to her room, checking to make sure everything was working and in place. She truly did hate to think the worst of her classmate but if he was caught in the act, there would be no denying it or escaping punishment this time.


Mineta couldn’t believe his luck. Tonight he’d be able to get a glorious glimpse into what their class’s most beautiful prize stuck between her luscious legs when no one was looking. Once more those stupid girls had revealed their plans to the dorm and he was going to make full use of that knowledge, even if no one else did.

With a certain spring in his step, he took his time putting his school books away before deciding to enjoy a nice bath to celebrate the occasion. After a quick scrub and relaxing soak, he emerged around mid-evening as the early birds were prepping their meals. Since Momo and her massive Momos would be gone for dinner at least, he began making his own food while keeping an eye and ear out for any news on the heiress’ departure.

She arrived shortly after he sat down to eat, facing the entry way himself so he wouldn’t miss a thing. The girl gave a quick hug to the invisible bitch who’d accompanied her before departing. While she didn’t state a time she’d return, he knew he had plenty of room to work before she got back.

When Tooru returned upstairs, he decided to make his move. He’d go chill in his room for about half an hour while the sun set before utilizing his sticky balls to their fullest and climbing around the back of the building towards his goal.

Dressing in some darker colours and mask once more, he restlessly paced his room while imagining all the treasures he was sure to find. He’d round out his panty sniffing with her glorious scent before tracking down any and all the lurid details rich people tried to hide from the world.

Maybe if he was lucky he’d find something to hold over her head for a favour or two.

Unable to wait any longer, he gave a satisfied glance out the window at the waning fireball in the sky. Perfect darkness would be preferable but if he was quick it wouldn’t make a difference; anyone would have to squint to see his small form anyway. This was one of those rare times he was enjoying his stature.

He opened his balcony and gave a quirk look around to make sure none of the other boys were lurking around themselves. Hearing nothing, he grabbed some of the sticky balls on his head, plucking them like the grapes he imagined them to represent, before attaching them to his outfit. They were sticky, but he’d managed to gain enough control over it that he could reuse the same balls to climb surfaces now rather than have to pluck fresh ones each time. His scalp thanked him for that.

With speed comparable to that he’d used back on I-Island during that whole crisis, he made his way around the back of the 1-A dorms, climbing up to the fifth floor and then slinking over to the appropriate balcony. He carefully tried to peer through Yaoyorozu’s thick curtains to check everything inside but they were unyielding of their secrets.

He’d come this far, and if the gods smiled upon him… he pulled at the balcony door and it successfully slid open. Victory was now within his grasp.

He parted her curtain carefully, Momo’s enormous bed was taking up the entire balcony door frame so he had to part the curtains and climb it before he could claim his prize. Once he was in, he dropped carefully onto her pillow and just stood there, observing everything. A satisfied sigh escaped his lips, nodding at a job well done.

Once he was done taking everything in, he quickly set to work. First, he checked her laundry hamper which, while it contained her school shirt and skirt, was currently bereft of bras or panties. Annoying but no matter, he simply made his way over to the next stop on his tour. Checking her dresser, he quickly managed to locate her underwear drawer. He held up a pair of cotton delights like they were a treasured heirloom. Clean or not, he knew what he had to do next.

He removed his mask before applying his new one; Momo’s panties were now over his head, her crotch where his nose would be, and he took a long sniff. While he could smell nothing but the clean scent of laundry detergent, it was incredibly arousing to imagine just what these things had touched. Some odd sound twitched his ear towards the door. He stilled and looked but spotted nothing, not hearing any footsteps either; must’ve been nothing.

“Now,” He muttered to himself. “If I were a trove of sexy toys, where would I be?”

Mineta gave a quick double check to the drawers, reaching into them to see that there were no mysterious boxes hidden under the cotton delights but gave up quickly. He shifted his attentions to her wardrobe next and, after finding nothing but fancy clothes and shoes, grew a tad frustrated. Only when he turned back to the bed did he realise just how big it really was; plenty of space to hide things underneath it.

He scampered around the side and ducked down, spotting a couple of boxes and other bits that didn’t interest him, including a make-up kit that clearly could’ve hidden something sexy if she’d wanted it to. Once he spied the silver box with the lock on the lid however, he knew he’d hit the jackpot.

Eagerly pulling the box out and carefully placing it on the bedspread, he observed the lid for a moment. It read ‘Momo’s chest’ in indented letters with a simple keyhole below it.

Mineta was briefly annoyed the girl had the brains to either buy or craft something like this to keep her secrets safe but it didn’t matter. This was a box that surely contained sexy stuff, and so, the key would be kept close at hand to ensure easy access.

Abandoning the box for just a moment, he analysed his surroundings, remembering what he had and hadn’t checked. Her side tables were the obvious choice and, while he began going through the first one, he spotted a small glint that’d been revealed when he’d landed on Momo’s pillow.

It certainly looked the part and, after inserting it and giving it a twist, the satisfying click of a job well done rang in his ears.

What lewd artefacts lay inside? Did she keep any pictures of her sexy misdeeds or-POOMF!

When he lifted the lid, his eager eyes were met not with salacious toys but a bright blue chemical that now clung painfully to his eyeballs. He screamed in pain before frantically trying to scrape what he could out of his eyes; at least enough for him to see.

He squinted, looking around as his vision slowly began to return, albeit with accompanying pain and a blue tinge around the edges.

“FUCK!” He shouted, realising exactly what had happened. He’d been duped into doing this. Momo or Mina or whichever bitch had gotten the idea to set one of those stupid dye packs into something no one would be able to resist.

He looked down at his hands and clothes, realising they were now caked in the blue dye along with everything he’d touched in his flailing, as well as a chunk of Momo’s wall behind him.

No, there was no way they’d seen this coming; he could still escape this. Maybe she just set it as a safeguard for anyone who’d dare snoop in her secrets. Reaching up, he removed her now soiled, blue undergarments that would likely never again grace her rear and tossed them aside. Wait, no… they’d touched his face. Better to take them with him and destroy the evidence later.

He scampered back over Momo’s bed and through the balcony door, not bothering to shut it after himself before grabbing his sticky balls once more and retracing his steps back to his room. Wait… maybe he could still salvage this. If he could clean this shit off of himself and burn his clothes but make the trail lead elsewhere, maybe he just might be able to escape this.

Glancing around the corner at the other balconies, he briefly cursed as he’d only fully memorised the girl’s locations. If he remembered correctly, Sero’s balcony was at the end of the fifth floor. That sticky bastard could easily reach Yaoyorozu’s balcony with his tape! Dashing along the stone wall, he tossed the ruined panties down and into Sero’s balcony area.

With his ruse in place, Mineta hobbled down the wall and back into his own room. He stripped off his clothes immediately, trying to avoid touching anything while grabbing a fresh trash bag to shove them into. He still had plenty of time to get rid of everything and try to find something that would clean his face of this blue gunk.

Shoving the bag to the side for a moment, he walked over to his mirror and tried to both take in the damage as well as calm him raging heartbeat.

“It’s okay Mineta, you got this.” He psyched himself up. “No one knows shit and you’ve got time to fix this.”

“Minoru Mineta, open this door!” A stern, angry pounding rang out, sending fear into the very depths of his heart. That was Aizawa’s voice!

Now he was truly screwed!

Not daring to answer, he grabbed the bag of his clothes and made a dash for the balcony once more. He used his sticky balls to navigate down to the ground floor and flee into the surrounding bushes. The plants were thick and quickly tore at the plastic bag he was trying to bring along. Figuring it best to hide the ruined stuff at the base of one of these plants where no one would ever find it if the damn maintenance bots did their job, he made a run for it.

Navigating through the brush of the greenery as much as he could, Mineta headed back to the only place he knew he could escape from UA; the front gate. After witnessing the UA barrier when the reporters tried to break in, he had no disillusions they’d try to trap him inside with it. Last ditch effort he’d just climb the thing with his quirk but he didn’t want to key them in to his location by setting the thing off in the first place.

Avoiding all paths and known camera locations, he managed to sneak his way around the front of the school and into the sakura trees that lined the front that were uncomfortably bare in this early autumn weather. Freedom was close at hand. He knew they’d come for him and he’d be painted with the worst brush imaginable thanks to that Yaoyorozu bitch’s money and connections, so he’d have to go into hiding.

‘And so, with only the boxers around his waist, Minoru Mineta abandoned the life of a hero and single-handedly managed to escape U-’

His inner monologue was cut off as merely a few steps before public property, the UA barrier rose, towering above him with its might.

“AHAHAHAHAHAHA, Minoru Mineta, please remain where you are.” A sadistic voice rang out around him. “A pro-hero will be along to collect you shortly, please do not resist.”

It was that rat bastard of a principal!

Clearly the heartless fuck thought it funny to taunt him with victory like he’d done to Kaminari and Ashido during the finals. But he wasn’t either of those two dimwits, he still had one last card to play.

“I would highly dissuade you from doing that.” Nezu’s voice rang out before he’d even moved a muscle.

It was a bluff, it had to be, Mineta needed it to be or he was all out of cards to play. Taking his chances, he detached his sticky balls one after another and began to frantically climb UA’s legendary barrier.

“Oh my, whatever shall we do to prevent this?” Nezu asked rhetorically though whatever intercom he was using.

Mineta was smart enough to realise then that it was no bluff and whatever came next had been prepared for. Sparks of electricity lit up the surrounding metal as the barrier quickly became electrified, sending a jolt of pain searing through the boy’s muscles. He wasn’t even given the option to let go as his muscles rebelled against his will and he quickly tumbled towards the ground.

‘At least,’ he thought as the concrete neared, ‘my death will be on their heads.’

“Damnit Nezu.” Another voice groaned as he exerted himself, a long whip like scarf extending out and wrapping the boy up before he splattered all over the ground. “What if I wasn’t fast enough?”

“I had every faith in your abilities Mr. Aizawa.” Nezu addressed politely, glad that the situation had reached its conclusion.

The grumpy teacher rolled his eyes as the sticky cannons, which normally hid themselves in the yellow arches lining the entrance to the front doors of the main building, returned to their hiding spot once more, not needing to fire and attach the small student to a wall to prevent his untimely demise.

“If you could escort Mr. Mineta to the teacher’s lounge I will gather the necessary people to resolve this situation.” Nezu declared, sounding almost too pleased with the situation to Aizawa, though it wasn’t everyday his maniacal boss got to personally help capture a fleeing alleged criminal. That it was also a student probably both amused and disappointed him in the same manner.

“Got anything to say for yourself Mineta?” Aizawa asked the lump that somewhat resembled his former student. All he got in reply was a pathetic whimper.

“That’s what they all say.” He sighed.


The six girls sat in awkward silence in their classroom. Each of them was in their designated seats which felt really weird to do while in their casual clothes. Technically they’d been told to just wait in here by Nezu’s ominous voice through the intercom but they were both nervous and excited at what exactly had just happened.

While they certainly believed they’d broken no rules, there was something terrifying about being at the mercy of Mr. Aizawa on a bad day as well as Nezu now they’d gained his attention, but this was not something they’d back down from.

“Good evening students!” A cheerful voice rang out as the classroom door slid open. “Am I a bear, a dog or a mouse? All I know is that I’m the principal!”

“Good evening Sir.” All six girls chorused diligently.

“My, what good students I have before me.” Nezu smiled, strolling casually into the room followed by two other people though they were a bit more human than he was. A flash of white saw the principal now standing on the lectern that their teachers used to rest their materials on during class. “Please allow me to introduce Detective Naomasa Tsukauchi and Officer Sansa Tamakawa of the local police force.”

“Good evening.” The girls nodded their heads politely at their campus’ guests.

“Please, don’t stand on ceremony for us.” Tsukauchi rubbed the back of his head as the relatively normal looking detective and the uniformed officer with the familiar looking cat-head nodded back.

“Agreed. Please students, do not fear as I don’t believe you’ll be in any trouble today.” Nezu announced, causing the girls to relax ever so slightly. “I am though, most curious as to how this most remarkable set of circumstances came about.”

“Indeed, I will need to get each of your statements for the file that is currently being prepared. As it is, we’re not quite sure exactly what crime has been committed but only that one has and the perpetrator is one Minoru Mineta.”

All three of the adults noting the girls’ eyes narrowed and features tightened at the mention of the boy.

“You catch the prick?” Kyoka asked flippantly.

“While I would dissuade you from utilizing such colourful language without reason, I can assure you that the culprit has been apprehended.” Nezu explained.

That also seemed to ease the tension each of the students was carrying as they visibly relaxed at the news.

“Good, throw the book at him sir!” Mina declared.

“Now, now, Miss Ashido. There will be no book throwing just yet, but since you’re so keen to volunteer, could you proceed next door with Mr. Tsukauchi and Miss Midnight, who is waiting outside, to give your statement of tonight’s events first?”

“Gladly.” A cruel yet satisfied smirk wound its way onto Mina’s face as she’d get to unleash all the horrid things Mineta had subjected them to and see the prick locked up forever.

It was odd to the rest of the group, hearing such a mean sounding thing coming from their girlfriend, yet they only felt bad that they couldn’t have joined her in harmony.


Nezu tried to make idle conversation with the remaining group, prompting them to chat about their recent classes and the upcoming school festival while they were all watched over by Officer Sansa but the group wasn’t in a very talkative mood.

While most of them would certainly like to enjoy such a discussion with the principal, this was unfortunately not the time for it as they’d much rather give over every detail they had about Mineta’s recent activities. Since they couldn’t give their statements as a group however, they elected to simply sit in silence and prepare for their turns with the detective.

Even the principal had to admire the girls’ dedication to seeing justice carried out with minimal hassle but he only wished it didn’t have to be done at all. He was well aware of the initial accusation against the smallest student of class 1-A but the enigma lay in how it had managed to escalate into something like this. He would be running a full investigation once the police departed and the girls may very well find themselves in front of his desk to ask them how they thought the school could improve going forward.

One-by-one, each of the students gave their statements to the police detective and returned to the room, electing not to speak unnecessarily until they’d all gone through the process. They’d all learned that, even inadvertently, someone could get off if there was even a hint of coaching each other on what to say or what they’d previously said.

Once the last girl had returned, and Tsukauchi nodded from the door, Nezu turned to address them all once more.

“Thank you ever so much for being such diligent students. I sincerely apologize on behalf of the school for both the issues that you have faced and the time out of your schedules to help us resolve these matters for you.” He bowed at the waist, hoping he could get his sincerity across to them all. “If you believe there is anything else we should know, please do not hesitate to contact either myself or Mr. Aizawa.”

“Yes Principal Nezu.” The girls returned their own bows.

“Now, is that all the police require of my students regarding this matter?” Nezu turned to address the two officers.

“They’re free to go but I must apologise to Miss Yaoyorozu as her room has been designated a crime scene until further notice. Forensics should be done by tomorrow but until then she’ll need alternate accommodation.” Tsukauchi apologised.

“I believe there are plenty of spare rooms on the girl’s side of the dorms to accommodate her.” Nezu addressed the heiress. “If you would like to call someone to bring a change of clothes for tomorrow we will allow them to come but if not, we are happy to provide UA sportswear we hope will suffice in the meantime.”

“Thank you sirs.” Momo nodded, “But I shall be fine for clothing.”

“Understood Miss Yaoyorozu.” Nezu said before turning back to the detective. “If that is all, please continue your investigation without me for now. I shall be along shortly.”

The detective gave a nod and jerked his head to bring his cat-based companion along with him. Once the officers were gone, Nezu released the ever-present public face he wore, his muzzle now downturned in a grimace.

“While I have apologised to you on behalf of the school, please allow me to apologise to you all personally. This is not something we expected to happen here at UA and it is truly regrettable this has occurred at all.”

“Thank you sir.” Momo nodded politely. “But I believe this is not something that you should be taking responsibility for. An individual’s behaviour is down to no one but themselves after all.”

“Quite right, Miss Yaoyorozu.” Nezu agreed with the intelligent girl. “While I would like to dismiss you and prevent you wasting any more of your precious weekend time on the matter, I would like to make a somewhat selfish request to get your personal thoughts and takes on what exactly happened in a less official capacity than a police report would offer.”

“Er… can we do that?” Tooru looked to her smarter girlfriends for guidance.

“It’s not like, interfering with anything is it Sir?” Mina asked carefully.

“Not at all, Nezu reassured them. “While I do not yet have the full picture, Minoru Mineta will be expelled at the very least for what has occurred. As such, you have little to no bearing on any potential punishment he would receive that hasn’t already been noted in the official report. This is a request for myself to sate my innate curiosity as well as learn how UA could improve its working to prevent something like this from occurring again.”

“I mean… I guess it’s okay, right?” Ochako agreed, looking around at the others and getting similar nods.

“Splendid, then, if you don’t mind, please begin wherever you feel is best.” Nezu sat on the edge of the lectern, eager to hear both how he’d failed the girls under his watch and how they’d come up with an ingenious but apparently fully legal trap.

“I guess it began with Tsu, back when she told us about the USJ.” Mina began, hoping the other girls would chip in as they continued.

They all quickly recounted the numerous times Mineta had said something uncomfortable about them, or their appearance, or acted in a less-than-acceptable way. It was a relief to hear that Nezu had indeed gotten word of Tsu’s plight during the USJ when Aizawa was faced with a difficult decision and that it wasn’t simply brushed under the rug. Nezu felt no shame revealing that it had put a black mark on Mineta’s record that day, even if he couldn’t’ve revealed it to them while the boy was a student.

“So please enlighten me to how and why you felt it necessary to come up with today’s elaborate scheme.” Nezu enthusiastically asked.

From any other person, this could easily be seen as a threat or scolding at their audacity but the animalistic principal looked positively giddy.

“Well, it started on Tuesday earlier this week,” Mina explained. “We were all sorting out roles for the concert we’re doing for the festival.”

“Indeed, I am looking forward to enjoying it.” Nezu smiled.

“Mineta just flat out can’t sing compared to Kyoka and he can’t play the guitar either; both roles he wanted and when Tokoyami, who took up the guitar mantle in his name, tried to comfort him, he lashed out verbally.” Mina continued. “I wasn’t gonna stand for that so I asked him what his deal was. He responded by… insulting me and implying he knew something personal I kept in my room that none of the boys should know about.”

“Interesting, you suspected foul play from an implication alone?”

“Suspected, yes, ribbit.” Tsuyu piped up, “But we couldn’t prove anything from that.”

“It was kinda wrong that we needed to take actions into our own hands but we came up with a plan to catch him in the act,” Tooru said.

“Oh? And how were you so sure of your plan?” Nezu asked.

“We gathered he’d likely snooped in our rooms when we had a group get together in Momo’s last Friday,” Ochako explained. “If anyone was still definitely a target, it would’ve been her.”

“Little pervert loves leering.” Kyoka growled.

“Enjoyable wordplay aside, exactly what did you do to ensure Aizawa’s compliance so quickly?”

“I placed a locked silver box, big enough to fit several items he’d likely be searching to uncover, under my bed and left the key nearby but realistically hidden. When opened, this would activate a dye pack, not unlike those used in bands of money in banks.” Momo explained. “I also created a several small cameras hidden strategically to record my room.”

“We placed them basically anywhere the pervert couldn’t reach.” Kyoka chipped in.

“The feeds were all being recorded on Ochako’s laptop, which I’m sure the police have collected by now.” Momo nodded. “We also had Tooru hidden inside the room, standing by the door and using her quirk to conceal her phone whenever he looked her way so that we had multiple sources and eyes on the situation.”

“And his designated strike time?”

“Everyone knew last week we were having a thing in Momo’s room which is when we suspected he stuck, ribbit.” Tsuyu continued. “This time, we did much the same thing but in reverse, letting everyone know Momo would be leaving the campus while we were all in our rooms.”

“Ah, the perfect opportunity just falling into his lap as it were.” Nezu chuckled.

“Quite, and while we definitely are guilty of setting a trap for someone to get caught in, that person could only do so after breaking both school rules and the law.” Momo declared.

“Indeed. Your rooms are your homes and an unlocked but closed door is not an invitation for entry, certainly not extending to such a thorough investigation of one’s belongings.”

“Momo never left campus.” Ochako spoke up, “She went to wait outside the teacher’s dorms as we figured it was only a matter of time before he made his move. Once he entered Momo’s room, Tooru recorded the whole thing until he left, then sent the footage straight to her.”

“It was quite easy to get Mr. Aizawa’s attention and immediate action when someone is taped… with your underwear over their face.” Momo grimaced, hoping to never again touch that particular pair.

“That explains his harried message to myself.” Nezu explained. “For my part, I should inform you that I immediately took control of the cameras around UA and tracked Mr. Mineta as he tried to make his escape. I dare say he made a good test subject for an improvement Power Loader and myself recently made to the UA barrier.” He grinned darkly, sending a chill down each of their spines.

“You kinda know the rest.” Mina waved her hand. “Mr. Aizawa flew into our dorms looking like the devil hunting down a missing sinner and we all came here as requested.”

“It has been a time since I saw him quite so passionate.” Nezu recalled. “While I’m quite certain that you have broken no rules or laws I feel that officially, I need to offer a gentle reminder not to utilise your quirks in such a way outside training.” He pointedly looked at Momo and Tooru for that. “Unofficially however, I couldn’t be prouder of six of my students standing up for their friends and what is right.”

They all felt a modicum of pride at the rare praise from the Principal.

“Well, while I’m sure more details will come out after a chat with our now ex-student, I will bid you a pleasant remainder of the evening students.” He bowed his head lightly, before making his way over to the door and leaving without another word.

As he left, the principal knew the girls would be in for quite a questioning when they got back to the dorms. He’d purposely let them know several of the key details about the incident, such as Mineta’s all but inevitable expulsion as soon as they could make it official. While he didn’t understand humans when it came to matters of mating and intimacy, he did understand that such things were important to them and Mineta had crossed a grave line when he’d intruded into their dens. Now, the boy was about to see first-hand why people didn’t cross the principal of UA easily.

The group of six waited until they were sure he wasn’t about to double back before letting out massive sighs of relief.

“Well that fuckin’ sucked.” Kyoka complained, contrasting the now wide grin on her face.

“Totally worth it though!” Mina cheered, wrapping Tooru up in a hug and both girls doing happy little jumps together.

“Though it took the temporary loss of my room to achieve such a result, I’m sure my little Vixen won’t mind putting up with me for a while.” Momo smiled at her girlfriend, earning a mild blush in response.

“I’m not gonna lie, I’m satisfied in that vindictive way I don’t think we should be.” Tsuyu admitted, glad to have finally resolved things with the boy that groped her back during the very first week of UA.

“That’s called ‘Justice’ and it’s totally justified.” Ochako declared, taking Tsuyu’s hands in hers and rubbing her thumb across them reassuringly.

“At least now we don’t have to constantly worry about watching for the little pest looking up our skirts or worse.” Mina grinned.

“True, though we do still have one problem.” Kyoka drew their attention. “What are we gonna tell the class?”


True to form, the thirteen other students in their class had gathered in the common room with all the commotion going on. Aizawa’s angry arrival had swept through the chat like wildfire and after he’d vanished, the group quickly realised Mineta and the girls were at the center of it all. It only worried them more when the police showed up and corralled them while they investigated Momo, Ochako and Mineta’s room but they made sure to stay out of their way.

Predictably, once the girls returned, all hell broke loose.

“What the hell happened guys?!”

“Yo, did you guys kill Mineta or something?”

“Why were the police here, did someone get into trouble?”

The questions came thick and fast they didn’t know who to answer first.

An explosion ripped through the noise as Bakugo’s quirk demanded their attention.

“All yours four-eyes.” He raised a brow at Iida.

“Uh… yes… well. We’d all very much like to know exactly what happened tonight and how you were all involved in it. I believe I speak for all of us when I can’t help but notice a classmate of ours is missing. Please, if you wouldn’t mind alleviating our curiosity, explain exactly what has been going on.”

Mina giggled, Bakugo was probably just as curious as everyone else and figured this was the fastest way to get answers.

Once more, the girls began their tale about their Mineta-trap and how their class was now down to only nineteen students, though they left out any hints regarding their relationships or what exactly Mineta was hunting for in their dorms. Thankfully, all of the boys realised just how serious this all was and didn’t press for those details, though most of them had accurate educated guesses in their heads.

“What a mad banquet of darkness.” Tokoyami shook his head at the end of the story.

“Jeez, I didn’t realise he’d ever do something as bad as that.” Sato grumbled, regretting ever breaking bread with the purple haired boy.

“So not manly!” Kirishima predictably declared.

“‘Bout time they kicked him outta here. This place is only for the best.” Bakugo grinned maliciously.

“Sorry you girls had to go through all that.” Sero spoke up.

“It sucked,” Kyoka nodded, “But it’s all over now so hopefully we can put it behind us.”

“At least until my family lawyers contact me.” Momo sighed. “I fear I will be very busy in the upcoming days.”

“Your room was the one he was caught breaking into.” Todoroki nodded. “Are you sure you’ll be okay?”

“Yaomomo’s fine, there’s like nine other rooms she can stay in till they’re all done with hers.” Mina grinned.

“Besides, I don’t think her parents are gonna take something like this lying down.” Ochako nodded, recalling her own insight into those that wronged the Yaoyorozu family.

“Christ, I wonder how much will be left after the vultures get to him.” Kaminari sighed.

“It’s the midget’s own fault!” Bakugo declared. “Act like a villain and you’ll be treated like a villain.”

“I guess it does technically qualify as villain behaviour, using his quirk an’ all.” Ojiro agreed solemnly.

“To think he lurked among us for so long.” Tokoyami said bitterly.

“It is bad enough to dim even my sparkle.” Aoyama exhaled nervously.

“I must admit, I regret not doing more to curtail his malignant behaviour whenever it occurred.” Iida clenched his fist in frustration, “I fear I have let you down as both your class representative and your friend. Please, accept my humblest of apologies.”

“Dude, chill.” Kyoka stepped back as Iida bent at an almost perfect ninety degree angle at the waist.

“Yeah, we’re all sorry too.” Kaminari spoke up. “I don’t suppose there’s anything we can do to make it up is there?”

“Just don’t be total pervs like Mineta; I don’t think that’s much to ask or for people like you guys to worry about.” Mina both scolded and allayed their fears at the same time. “Come on, there’s nothing you can do about it now, so let’s put that behind us and start fresh tomorrow, yeah?”

She got some murmured agreement from the boys but they all still felt pretty bad after hearing how egregious Mineta had been.

It didn’t seem like Mina was able to recapture any significant spirit as, with their questions all answered, the boys drifted apart, each mostly heading for their own rooms to think and reflect on all they’d learned.

While it was still a victory for the girls, they couldn’t help but share in the dour mood the entire event had brought their class. Reluctantly, after Vlad King stopped by with a keycard for the room next to Kyoka’s for Momo, not that the girl would be using it, the girls all drifted to their rooms too, eager to put a rest to the day’s events.


The next day was sluggish to begin for most of class 1-A. Upon waking, many of the boys remembered the events from last night and sat in their spots, just thinking about the whole messed up situation. Time didn’t wait for anyone though and soon, everyone rose to begin their plans for the weekend.

Momo unfortunately saw herself snatched away from her peers, having informed her parents of the events of the evening last night and now needed to attend a meeting with the Principal and police as the main victim. This scuppered the band’s practising somewhat but the class’ most explosive blond ensured the remaining members didn’t half-ass their own efforts in practise.

Mina, however, was having a much better day as, while she too had to lead her group while down a member, she was a lot happier with the disappearance of hers. Well aware that the boys in her troupe were still having a bit of a hard time coming to terms with what went down, she cut practise short so they could just chat and hang in a friendly setting.

Since she also had Tsuyu, Ochako and Tooru present to help reassure the guys that everything was cool between them, things slowly started to get back to normal by the end of the session. Once Mina called an end to their time together, everyone felt a little more upbeat about how everything was being handled and, hopefully, they’d all return to normal once more before the big day.

The pinkette was stretching herself out to help cool down after their session out on the pathway to the dorm as the group split off. Ochako and Tsuyu were going to go spend some time together while Tooru was waiting on her at the side. Curiously, she spotted Midoriya also hanging back before nervously approaching her visibly challenged girlfriend. Since they had no secrets between them, she felt no guilt in approaching the pair as they chatted.

“Good work today Midoirya.” She praised the greed haired boy, “Already a notable improvement over those super stiff moves you were throwing before.”

“H-Hey Ashido, thanks.” He smiled. “Just trying to do my best for the concert and Eri, you know?”

“Eri? Who’s that?” Tooru asked curiously.

“Oh, right, she’s the little girl the other work studies students and I helped save with the pro heroes.” Midoriya explained, “I petitioned Mr. Aizawa and the Principal with one of our upperclassmen to get permission for her to come see the festival. After all she’s been through, I thought she could do with seeing how much fun and joy can still be found in the world.”

“Oh my gosh, that is positively adorable!” Tooru wiggled, clutching her hands to her chest as the power of cute threatened to overwhelm her.

“That’s super thoughtful Midori. We gonna see her in the crowd when we’re on stage then?” Mina asked.

“Hopefully,” He nodded, “So I’ll be sure to give it my all when the day comes, you can count on me.”

“Relax bro.” Mina giggled at his enthusiasm. “There’s plenty of time to do your typical Midoriya thing and go beyond, even for something like this.”

Izuku blinked, recalling his conversation with Jiro where she’d mentioned that everyone knew about his tendency to put his all into everything.

“Was there something you wanted anyway?” Tooru asked, not having gotten more than the pleasantries out of the way before Mina arrived.

“Oh, yes, sorry.” His mind returned to the original reason he’d approached the invisible girl. “I wanted to congratulate you on your progress with your quirk. I know you don’t need to hear it but you should be so proud of the progress you’ve made in such a short amount of time.”

“Y-Yeah, I’m super happy with how it’s all going.” Tooru blushed, grateful she’d not yet managed to make herself visible so that everyone could see her flushed expression.

“My girl’s growing up,” Mina wiped an invisible tear away from her eye before engulfing her girlfriend in a side hug, placing a kiss on her cheek. “Soon she’s gonna be a kickass pro and we’ll beat up all the villains.”

The pair noticed Midoirya bite his lip nervously as Mina mentioned villains.

“That’s… another thing,” He continued, “I’d like to apologize to you both for everything with Mineta. I’m sorry I didn’t do more to stop him when-”

Thwack!

Tooru blinked as Midoriya recoiled from the karate chop to the head from Mina, reminiscent of those they often saw class B’s Monoma getting from Kendo.

“Stop it with the apologies already, it’s getting annoying.” Mina declared, putting her hands on her hips and addressing the boy directly.

“B-But-”

“But nothing.” She cut in when the boy tried to explain whatever convoluted reasoning he had. “Look, we get that you’re all sorry and shit but come on, we’re not glass dolls; we’re semi-pros. Yes, Mineta did something that may likely fall into villain territory, but it wasn’t your responsibility to control him, nor solve our problems for us.”

“She’s not wrong Midoriya,” Tooru agreed, “It sucked having to put up with him but it wasn’t like any of you forced him to do or say those things.”

“I… understand.” Midoriya said slowly.

Mina frowned, unconvinced of his acceptance.

“This isn’t going to work.” She declared. “Tooru hun, mind waiting in my room? I’m gonna take Midori here for a little walk.”

Izuku’s eyebrows shot up as Mina declared her intentions with him like he had no choice in the matter. Add to that the blush that arose on his face when he heard the loud kiss Tooru gave Mina somewhere on her cheek and he’d been stunned into silence.

“Don’t take too long.” Tooru grinned before making her own escape. “We’ll chat later Midoriya.” She smiled at the green haired boy, waving at the pair as she skipped back into the dorms.

“Come on you, let’s go talk.” Mina declared, starting at a moderate pace towards the path outside their dorms.

A little confused but willing to go along with her desires, Izuku quickly jogged to catch up with the pinkette. For a moment, they just took in the sights and sounds around campus as they strolled.

“I think we’ve all wondered it at some point by now Midori,” Mina began after a while, “But why are you pushing yourself so hard to become a pro? Don’t get me wrong, it’s admirable, even an intellectual failure like me can see that, but something is clearly driving you much harder than all of us.”

“A-Ashido you’re not-”

“Ah, ah, this is about you; not me.” The girl caught him before he could jump on her self-deprecation.

Mirdori bit his lip. This felt very much like the conversation he’d shared with Jiro. Hopefully, she’d be satisfied with similar answers without him having to reveal anything about his past or One-For-All.

“I wanted to be a hero that saves everyone with a smile on my face ever since I could remember.” He explained. “I managed to get into UA, the same hero school All Might went to despite the um… backlash I had with my quirk. I’m incredibly lucky to be here, even more so with All Might as our teacher and I’m not going to waste this opportunity.”

“Hmmm.” Mina turned to analyse the boy’s face as they kept walking. “Nope, not buying it.”

Izuku missed a step at the casual dismissal of his story.

“There’s something deeper there; something you’re not telling anyone. I know we don’t hang out a lot but after all you’ve already done for Tooru and everyone else in the class, I’d like to consider us friends.” Mina bared her thoughts to the boy. “We’re going to have to watch each other’s backs out there one day and I hope you’ll be able to trust us when the time comes to keep you safe like you will us. Right now though, I get the feeling that you’re going to do something stupidly noble like trying to take every problem in the world on your shoulders and not trusting us to help you when you need it.”

Mina sighed, recalling the damage he went through multiple times over their short time together at UA alone: the first time he fought Bakugo, the sports festival, the fight with the muscly villain during the training camp.

“If you keep it up, you’ll be crushed under the weight. Even if you’re trying to be All Might Jr., we’re still gonna be there backing you up.” Mina sighed, regarding the headstrong idiot fondly, “You’re gonna have to trust us and others to handle things when you’re not around.”

“I…” Midoriya gaped at the girl who had clearly spent a lot of time thinking about this. He’d clearly underestimated her perceptive or people skills as she’d correctly guessed a lot of things he thought about on his own and worried about. Unfortunately, anything he said about the burden he carried could put her and others in danger. All Might was still fearful of the future, especially with Shigaraki loose and a secret like One-For-All could unleash even more chaos into this unstable world. “… can’t.”

Mina levelled a glare at the boy now.

“You can’t? Something holding you back you’re not allowed to talk about? Did All Might swear you to secrecy or something when he made you his apprentice?” Mina rattled off the first questions that came into her head.

Izuku’s eyes widened as she drew closer and closer to guessing the truth. Even with just his two words everything was coming apart. He wanted to run, to hide away and escape this conversation right now. Would it be too much to use his quirk to leap off back to the dorms and sequester himself in his room?

Before he could come up with a viable escape plan, he felt a pair of pink arms wrap around his shoulders and hold him tightly. He froze as he realized that Mina had pulled him into a hug.

“Look, I’m sorry if I’m prying, but we all care about you Midoriya.” She explained, noticing the fear appear on his face at her inquisition, “Everything you feel bad about with Mineta, we feel the same about you whenever you return to the dorms exhausted or begin breaking yourself again. I’m sorry we didn’t communicate better about our purple-haired problem, but if you want to help, then we all have to trust each other with our problems a bit more.”

Izuku’s chest clenched painfully. Mina was making it extremely hard to hold back his fears and insecurities. To just break down and relay everything about his life from his time as a quirkless person to the inheritor of an ultimate power that had been cultivated by his predecessors that was all but destined to have to fight All-For-One if he ever managed to escape prison.

“I… can’t.” He replied again, gritting his teeth bitterly.

Mina sighed but rubbed his back comfortingly.

“Okay, I understand.” She replied softly.

Midoriya briefly thought that this was it, that he was about to be rejected by his classmates yet again for not giving them what they wanted and being different. Even though he chose to accept this responsibility and power, he couldn’t help but feel a mote of bitterness at still being unable to make friends with normal people his age.

“We’ll put a pin in it for now,” Mina continued, “But promise me, as a friend, that you’ll really think about how everything is affecting you, and if you’ll be able to trust us with whatever secrets you’re keeping in the future, ‘kay?”

Midoriya gaped, speechless as Mina pulled back, a sad but accepting smile on her face.

“Sorry, I didn’t mean to make you feel bad for something like that.” She apologised.

“No I…” He wondered what exactly he should say, how grateful he was to not find her gaze filled with anything resembling the contempt his classmates had back in middle-school. “I’m just… not used to um… having people care for me… or… friends.”

Mina’s heart just about broke in that moment. The ashamed look that flashed across Midoriya’s face as he admitted that made everything a lot clearer. She was right to assume there was a backstory there and, while she wouldn’t push the boy on it, resolved to do everything she could to make sure he never experienced sadness like that again.

“Okay,” She tried to keep her own voice steady. “Then trust me when I say that I want to be your friend, no matter what’s going on in that big brain of yours. You won’t have to be alone anymore with me and the girls looking out for you. We’re here to support you no matter what and, even if you can’t tell us exactly, please come talk to me whenever things get too much.”

She should’ve expected the waterworks at this point but the sheer amount of tears the boy produced in such a short time had her wonder if he was like Todoroki and had multiple quirks.

“I’m… I’m sorry.” He apologised into her shirt once she’d reclaimed his head in a hug once more.

“That’s okay Midori, this is what friends do.” She smiled down at the boy, tears prickling at her own eyes.

Looking around, she found one of the many benches lining the campus paths and lead the tearful boy over to sit and just let out some of his emotions. She thought about having done the same for Ochako recently and wondered if Midoriya needed some extra attention after all the other things he’d suffered, like the attack on him by both Stain and Shigaraki.

It was silly, with them barely interacting before this, but she felt closer than ever to the boy after this brief conversation and, after learning what she had, resolved to be there for him no matter what.

“You wanna talk about something?” She asked softly. “It can be anything you want: how you feel, what you’ve been up to recently, the latest All Might merch’ you’ve found in some super shady auction.”

“Um…” He held his breath, hoping to stop the soft sobs escaping him every time he tried to speak. “H-How are you d-doing with your quirk?”

Mina laughed fondly, pulling the boy a little closer as he asked something she really should’ve expected from him.

“Well since your fascinating break down of my lady love’s quirk, I looked into my own and…”

Mina regaled the boy with some of the stories about her recent quirk training. The boy politely sat and listened as she talked about developing her super moves for the exam, discovering her increased control over the viscosity she could manipulate and potential plans on what to try out next. Izuku chimed in with a helpful suggestion here or there that Mina knew would prove useful come their next session in gym gamma.

After a while of just chatting in the afternoon sun, Mina felt her phone go off in her pocket. Izuku didn’t mean to look over and see the screen that held the personal message but he did.

“My Starlight is wondering where I am.” She relayed casually to Izuku after opening the message.

“I-I’m glad you two are happy together.” He smiled.

“Yeah, she’s great.” Mina felt a grin naturally slip into place on her lips. “I certainly didn’t expect to both rediscover my sexuality and go out with a girl when I got to UA but I couldn’t think of anything better to happen.”

A sly smirk suddenly played on Mina’s face as she eyed the greenette on her shoulder candidly.

“How about you Midori? Got any crushes of your own you hope to realise while we’re here?” She asked in a teasing tone.

“N-No, not at all.” He replied, much too quickly.

After Ochako and Tsuyu made their own crushes on the green boy known, it was easy to see that he reciprocated some of their feelings to a degree. The occasional blush when one of them got to close or made physical contact was adorable and she was surprised he hadn’t had the courage as one of the strongest students in their class to man up and ask one of them out. Now, his timid nature and nervous disposition made a lot more sense.

“Come o~on, you can trust me.” She prodded. “If you can’t spill your other secrets you can at least spill this. Maybe I can even help you ask them out.”

It was clear to him that Mina didn’t believe a word and he wouldn’t escape without explaining at least a little

“N-No, I couldn’t… t-they probably don’t even like me.” He admitted, “Plus… I… we… we’re all training to be heroes. I don’t wanna… distract them.”

Thwack!

“Ow, stop that!” Midoriya rubbed his head as Mina landed her second karate chop of the day on him.

“You’re smarter than that Midori.” She scolded. “Come on, I’m like ninety-nine percent positive you’ve seen those shows where the heroes are able to get back up and fight their hardest because they’ve got someone they love waiting for them back home.”

“T-That’s just cartoons and stories.” He countered.

“Obviously but there’s loads of stories in real life to base off those cartoons now. Hell, look at me and Tooru, we’re gonna be fightin’ side-by-side and never giving up until we both get home safe.”

“But… aren’t you… worried?”

“About what? One or both of us not making it back?” Mina asked, “Yeah, it’s crossed my mind.” She admitted, “But even if we didn’t go out, we’d just be missing out on all the good stuff because of a ‘what if’ you know?”

“Right now, we’re striving to do better so we can protect each other,” She continued, thinking more about their whole group rather than just Tooru. “If one of us can’t do something then another will do it for them; that’s how partnerships work. If we bite it, yeah it’ll fuckin’ suck, but it’d be worse if we never got to spend all that time together first.”

Mina regarded the boy for a moment, deciding to take an educated shot in the dark.

“Look at All Might,” She said, “Look at all the good he’s done for the world and, now that he can retire, who does he have left to share all his success with?” It wasn’t meant to come off as mean since no one really knew his deal but still. “I know he’s thrown himself into teaching now and that’s great, but what about love and romance, didn’t he want any of those things while he protected the whole country?”

“You’re… not wrong.” Midoriya admitted, long having speculated about All Might’s love life only to get the answer since inheriting One-For-All; he’d been too busy being the symbol of peace to really dedicate any time to that aspect of his life.

“I get you wanna be the number one hero Midori, and I hope you can surpass All Might… but don’t try to copy his mistakes as well as his achievements.”

“I… do see where you’re coming from.”

“I’m wise beyond my years when it comes to these things.” Mina bragged, ignoring her own memories of emotional turmoil when the girls hadn’t yet established their group relationship together. “So come on, spill.”

“P-Promise not to laugh?”

“I promise.”

“Or tell them?”

“I promise.”

“Or make fu-”

“Yes, I get it, come on you fool, Mama needs to know.”

Izuku held his breath as he built up his courage.

“I um… l-like Ochako… a-and kinda… Tsu.” He admitted.

“Ha! I knew it,” Mina laughed a single time, getting confirmation her crush detection still worked. “You’re not the best at hiding it.”

“You knew?!” Midoirya gasped, thinking he’d hidden it pretty well.

“Meh, strongly suspected.” Mina admitted, “You guys would be adorable together.”

“Wh-Who… me and Ochako or…”

“Either,” Mina shrugged, hoping she was able to plant a little idea in the boys head. “Both. Hell, see if they’d be open to becoming a thruple. That’d be super cute.”

“M-Mina! S-Stop making fun.” The boy blushed, ashamed that the idea appealed to him.  

“Who’s joking?” She shot him a cheeky grin. “If you guys are all down for it, you do you. I think it’s called ‘Polyamory’ or something.”

“Polya… you’re making that up.” He sat up, a little uncomfortable with their position with this change in subject matter.

“No, it’s true.” She smiled, “I know some people that are all going out together. They all date and are open and it just works. Want me to put out some feelers and see if either of your own lady loves feels the same way?”

“N-No thanks.” Midoriya replied, wringing his hands together.

“Wondering if you got a chance with either of them?”

“Uh… I mean… they’re both just… amazing.” Izuku admitted, glad he was at least able to share it with someone. “They’re so strong and I know they’re gonna be great heroes and not just for their quirks.”

“Oh?” Mina replied, hoping her lack of response would draw the boy out of his shell a touch more.

“Well, Ochako’s just so kind and caring you know? She’s gonna be really popular when everyone finds out just how far she’ll go for those that need her. And uh… Tsu’s a little um… blunt, but she always tries to do the right thing, no matter what anyone else thinks.”

“Sounds like you’ve been admiring them from afar for a while.” Mina nudged him, “Sure you don’t want my help?”

“Mina I… a-appreciate the offer.” Midoriya shyly admitted. “But um… you’ve given me a lot to think about. A-And I don’t know if… d-dating is even for me while I’m studying.”

“No prob’ Midori.” Mina smiled, “But at least don’t rule it out. You deserve to be happy just like everyone else.”

“T-Thanks Mina.” He shot her a tearful smile.

“We should head back,” Mina declared, rising to her feet. “This has been great, but I think Tooru might get jealous with all the attention I’m giving you and not her right now.”

“Ah! Sorry, I’ll make sure to-”

Thwack!

“Stop apologizing damnit, it was a joke.” Mina chopped him again, though it was a lot lighter than the last two times.

With one last quick hug, the pair began trekking their way back to the dorms. Mina had given Izuku a lot to contemplate. Besides the teasing and his non-existent love life, was he really copying All Might too closely even now? Despite changing his fighting style for the same reason, just how much else was be basing on the hero without realising it?

In his head he made a plan; once he got back, he would do a full breakdown of All Might once more and hold nothing back. If he was going to surpass the greatest hero, he’d need to know exactly how to succeed where his idol had failed; even if it might disillusion him.

By the time the duo had returned to their shared accommodation, Mina spotted a renewed passion in Midoriya’s expression that was honestly kind of hot. If the boy could only keep that up then she might have to convince Tsuyu and Ochako to get a move on so that she could get a piece of that pie too.


Momo was exhausted. After their well-executed plan had gone off yesterday, practically without a hitch, she was definitely paying the price for it now.

As expected, while she had informed her parents of the basic premise and a chunk of details the night before, they had practically broke down UA’s gates hunting for the target to point their rage at. She was glad that the girls didn’t have to see the malicious anger on her father’s face when he and their top lawyers arrived to get the full story from both her and UA’s staff. It took a lot of convincing to assure him that the remainder of her classmates were decent people and Mineta was an extreme outlier in UA’s extensive record of students.

Once more, she felt a pang of pity for those that weren’t Mineta who were about to be caught up and blown away by her families’ wrath. She didn’t know much about the boy’s family but hopefully she’d managed to convince her father to spare his parents and siblings if they hadn’t encouraged the purple pervert’s behaviour.

Returning to the dorm, she felt a wave of relief at no longer having to worry if the boy was around before stretching the kinks from her back and letting out a heavy sigh he surely would’ve made a dirty comment about.

“Oh, Momo, you’re back!” Ochako called out, washing up the last of her dinnerware. “How did everything go?”

“As well as can be expected.” Momo sighed again, hoping to ease the malaise that was trying to convince her to crash. “I expect that he will receive a just punishment with UA, the police and my father on the warpath.”

“Is it bad I don’t feel sorry for him?” Ochako asked, a frown on her face.

“I pity him but I believe the term ‘actions have consequences’ best relays my own feelings on the matter.”

“Diplomatic as always.” Ochako giggled.

“Apologies.” Momo sighed for the third time, “After spending an afternoon with my father both relaying our experiences and trying to mitigate the damage and fallout, I’m a little more wound up than normal.”

“I get it.” Ochako nodded. “Why don’t you have a nice long bath, the heat and water always makes me feel better.”

“That does sound rather lovely.” Momo could already feel the delightful sensation of washing away her worries down the drain for a brief time. A thought came to her in that moment about something else that would be quite lovely and satisfying that would also help relieve the stress she had accumulated. Looking around, she stepped closer to Ochako before whispering in her ear.

“Please go fetch some towels and come join me Pet.”

“S-Sure thing.” Ochako stuttered, wiping her hands on the tea towel. She watched Momo send her a sultry smile before the heiress meandered towards the female baths, definitely taking her time and putting a little extra sway into her hips as she did. There was no denying what the girl was expecting once Ochako got some towels for the pair of them.

Her own core clenched in anticipation as she hurried to carry out her duties, retrieving some washing supplies from her room before returning to her Mistress’ side. By the time the girl arrived, Momo had already entered the bathing area and Ochako quickly stripped herself off to follow.

When she entered, she spotted her Mistress washing the day’s grime off herself using the small hand showers; her eyes were closed and her glossy, enviable hair slick down her spine.

“Ah, could you come do my back please Pet?” Momo called out, “It’s always the most frustrating place to reach for.”

“S-Sure.” Ochako swallowed heavily, putting down the towels to the side and grabbing a wash cloth to help clean her Mistress. Momo pulled her long hair round to her front, exposing the almost flawless skin for the gravity girl to scrub, letting out a satisfied groan as Ochako began.

“Needed this that badly, huh?” She asked carefully, not sure how much the girl may want her to talk during all this.

“Indeed. Today has been both relieving but also incredibly frustrating at the same time.”

“Want to talk about it?” Ochako asked, hoping a vent might help.

“It’s nothing new,” She brushed off, “I’m just reminded of the difficulties of both trying to become a hero and my ‘duties’ as the heir to my parents fortune.”

“And here I thought rich people had it easy.” Ochako giggled at her previous naivety.

“There are several difficult problems that you face that are not even worries on my radar, I’ll admit.” Momo revealed. “But sometimes I face challenges that would be so much easier to deal with if I didn’t have a conscience.”

“Mmm?” Ochako nodded, making an inquisitive noise but not saying anything.

“Like today, I’m reminded of how much Mineta’s family may suffer to appease my father’s vengeance despite him being the only one at fault. I had to fight my father to just get him to consider the possibility that they might be innocent in all this as none of us know anything about them.”

“That… was an incredibly brave and kind for you to do.” Ochako assured the girl, giving her arm a reassuring squeeze. Momo reached back and touched Ochako’s hand in thanks before pressing on.

“There’s a part of me that always worries, that I’ll become like my parents once I inherit everything and crush other people like ants whenever they wrong me to protect me and mine.” She sighed, “I think… the worst part, is that I can understand my father’s rage and that… scares me.”

The gravity girl said nothing for a moment as she thought herself, absentmindedly continuing to clean Momo’s back.

“Maybe that’s a good thing though,” Ochako assured the girl, “He’s trying to protect you like a good parent should, but you know that he could do better. Just like Mineta… you can’t control the things he does, thinks or says, but you can strive to do better like the good person the others and I know you truly are.”

Momo smiled, turning around to face Ochako and place a soft kiss on her nose.

“Thank you Ochako.” Momo said, “I’m glad I have friends like you to help keep me grounded. Come, let me do your back too.”

Ochako stepped aside and sat down in Momo’s place, taking the shower head from her friend and Mistress as the pair quickly worked to prepare her own body for a nice bath.

“It’s things like this,” Ochako spoke up after a few moments of Momo washing her. “Do you think a bad person or um… bad Mistress would care about doing this for someone else?”

“I suppose.” Momo nodded, “But it just… seems right and natural to show you the same kindness that you show me.”

“Which is why I don’t think you have anything to worry about when it comes to stuff like money changing you in the future. You’re a good person Momo, you just happen to have cash too.”

“I believe I understand,” Momo smiled, placing her own hand on Ochako’s arm now, “I know they may seem like silly worries but it is still something I’m afraid of. Though depending on how long you’ll remain my pet, I’m sure I’ll be able to stay true thanks to your comfort and guidance.”

Ochako didn’t really know what to say to that, both glad she had assured her friend and still questioning herself about her future with Momo and the others.

“How is your family doing?” Momo asked, “I believe they’re up and running now but I haven’t much had time to look over their reports or anything.”

“They’re good.” Ochako nodded, recalling her chat with her parents last Saturday. “I’m visiting them tomorrow and I’m um… taking Tsu with me.”

“Wow, that is quite a step for you.” Momo praised. “I’m glad I was able to help facilitate such a moment.”

“Y-Yeah.” Ochako blushed, both thinking of how far she’d come since the start of her journey of self-discovery and becoming very aware of the collar around her neck. “Business is already better than in Mie. Even just breaking double digits in job requests in a month is a record for them.”

“I’m sure they’ll exceed both our expectations, much like their daughter who also goes beyond.” Momo gave her a quick hug before declaring her back clean.

Ochako rose and followed her Mistress over to the nice hot bath that had been run, both of them sitting opposite each other and sinking into the waters with deep, relaxing sighs. The gravity girl chewed her lip as she watched the heiress carefully, the girl’s eyes closed as she enjoyed the pleasant tingles the warm water provoked.

“Something on your mind?” The heiress asked without opening her eyes.

“H-How did you… never mind.” Ochako shook her head. “I’m just… thinking.”

“Anything I can help with in turn?” Momo cracked an eye.

“Just… feeling a little… guilty, I suppose?” Ochako tried to explain herself as best she could.

“Whatever for Pet?”

“S-Stuff like that.” Ochako blushed much deeper than usual thanks to the added heat. “You know, with this thing we have, the um… other girls, and then possibly Izuku too. I’m just… feeling guilty about… enjoying everything I guess.”

“Is this something you shouldn’t enjoy?” Momo asked critically, “Being able to share a wonderful, loving relationship with your girlfriend, exploring yourself physically with your friends and enjoying some rather pleasurable perks of being my pet.”

“I mean… it doesn’t sound so bad when you put it that way.” Ochako laughed nervously.

“That’s because I’ve come around to the idea that there’s nothing wrong with anything we’re doing.” Momo smiled. “I share a wonderfully open, if secret, relationship with my four other girlfriends whom I am also able to explore my own desires with physically. Then, I also have a frankly amazing friend and pet in yourself that, I must confess, I will deeply miss when it comes time to free you.”

“A-Am I just that good.” Ochako tried to confidently send a cheeky wink at her Mistress only for the girl to giggle at her attempt.

“Well, the perks are quite amazing.” Momo admitted, extending her leg under the water to rub the insides of Ochako’s own. “But rather, I will miss our bond and the closeness we’ve been able to enjoy under the pretence of your debt to me.”

“Uh…” Ochako looked away.

“Is that part of it?” Momo asked again, “You’re a little bit guilty over how much you’ve enjoyed being my pet?”

Ochako sunk into the water a little more, giving the heiress a shy, ashamed look out of the corner of her eyes.

“Awww, Ochako.” Momo cooed, reaching out to rub her hand on the girl’s leg. “It’s nothing to be embarrassed about. Please be assured that, whenever you feel like you’re ready to be freed from me, I’m sure I speak for everyone when I say we’d love to have you join our polyamorous relationship.”

“I... I-It’s not that…” Ochako mumbled again. “Being your pet… y-yes we’ve had um… fun but… it’s also been so… relaxing.”

“I’m… not following.” Momo blinked, figuring this was about the girl’s shifting sexuality.

“I don’t… find myself worrying so much… about the future or money or other stuff because… I know you’ll take care of me. I know I’ve got Tsu and everyone else for support too but, with you… as long as I follow your orders, which… y-yeah, I enjoy… I know I’ll always be provided for and protected.”

Momo admittedly felt a little caught off guard, not having considered Ochako would enjoy that aspect of their relationship.

“I guess it’s selfish since it feels like I’m… taking advantage of you a little.” Ochako admitted. “I’m… sorry.”

“Please, don’t be.” Momo assured her. “What you receive I offer freely. Were you my girlfriend like the others, I’m not sure our relationship would be all too different as I expect that, should they need it, I’d assist our friends and provide for them just as I do to you now. The only real difference is I ask things of them, rather than order them like you.”

“And… that’s part of it.” Ochako nodded, “I like being ordered; I don’t have to think while I’m doing stuff for you which means I’m not worrying. It’s… relaxing in a way I never imagined it being.”

“If I’m not mistaken, that is very much something that others seek out relationships like ours for. You’re not wrong to be enjoying the um… submissive side of things, just like I’m not wrong for enjoying the more dominant role. I believe that you should look up a little more about BDSM relationships, as that is what ours currently falls under, when you get the chance.”

“Y-Yeah… I um… I’m gonna have to wait for that.” Ochako explained, “Cops kinda took my whole laptop with them with the footage of Mineta on it. I’m not sure when or if I’ll get it back.”

“Then I would be remiss in my duties as your Mistress if I didn’t provide for my pet, no?” Momo replied cheekily. “I shall see that you get a more than adequate replacement as soon as possible.”

“Momo, no.” Ochako shook her head. “That’s too much I-”

“Silence Pet.” Momo ordered, Ochako’s mouth snapping shut.

“I am your Mistress and I will do as I please. That I want to provide you with things is my prerogative and you will accept. Do not give it another thought as I am ordering you to. You expressed relief that you didn’t have to think as long as you obeyed me and this is now how we will be doing things to relieve you of this guilt you are feeling.” Momo declared.

Ochako couldn’t help but feel a little scared, intimidated and aroused all at once by Momo’s display of strength. Once more, she felt herself relax as, if she just did as her Mistress ordered, everything would be okay.

“What do we say pet?”

“T-Thank you, Mistress.” Ochako bowed her head, forgetting she was in the bath and face planting the water. Momo couldn’t resist giggling as the girl spluttered from the sudden surprise of liquid going up her nose.

“Do not forget.” Momo continued, once Ochako had recovered somewhat. “That I am not doing this as an act of charity.”

Ochako gulped as Momo rose to her full height before stepping onto the seating beside her, a leg either side of Ochako’s body.

“You are to perform the tasks I order in return for my care and right now, you are to pleasure and lick me to completion, understood?”

“Yes Mistress.” Ochako licked her lips nervously.

Without further words, Momo crouched down and took Ochako’s head in her hands, directing her lightly against her crotch as water continued to drip down Momo’s toned body.

The gravity girl wasn’t one to shirk her duties and eagerly began teasing Momo’s pussy with light, little licks. She felt the anxiety of the previous conversation begin to fade away as all that mattered in that moment was getting her Mistress off to the best of her abilities. It was something she knew she could do and she’d do it well.

Momo moaned softly as Ochako took her time teasing apart her folds. The girl’s hands reached up and began lightly tracing up and down her legs, drawing closer to her core as Ochako’s tongue began pressing deeper, leaving no section unlicked. The gravity girl’s pink-beaned finger hovered just below her entrance as Ochako began lightly sucking and teasing Momo’s clit before sliding in easily, a most welcome sigh emerging from Momo’s chest.

“Good girl.” She purred, petting Ochako’s head softly as she felt her release begin to build in earnest. Momo knew that if they carried on like this until she finished, her legs might just give out and collapsing on her partner wasn’t something that sounded all that pleasant.

Gently pulling the girl away from her duties, Momo adjusted their positions until Ochako had reclined, her feet up on the seat opposite, while her head was tilted back on the tiles. There was just enough room for Momo to kneel comfortably on the edge of the bath over Ochako’s face for them to continue their lewd act as she gave the girl the order to resume her efforts.

Ochako was trapped against the tiles and Momo’s crotch; the only thing she had in the world to worry about in that moment was satisfying the girl. Reaching up with both her hands, she gently massaged the frim cheeks of Momo’s rear before pulling them apart. As she did, she allowed her tongue to slip inside the girl’s pussy. Sure she probably wasn’t as good as Tsuyu when it came to this but that didn’t matter when Momo was now grinding slowly against her, trying to alleviate the pressure of her upcoming release.

“M-My ass… please Pet.” Momo moaned, reaching up with her own hands to tug and twist lightly at her nipples. She just needed a little more to push her over the edge and Ochako was doing everything right so far.

To her delight, she felt the girl’s prodding digits carefully test themselves against her, rubbing a small circle of water around her ring before pressing forward. That familiar, if slightly less significant, filling feeling of something being in her ass once more brought her great delight. Unlike the silicone cock that Ochako had used last time though, her fingers were much more alive and flexible. Even sitting, Momo’s knees began to shake; trying to clench together as her pussy convulsed around Ochako’s tongue, her orgasm dripping out and onto her pet’s face.

As much as she wanted to cry out in pleasure, Momo had to restrain herself. The walls of the bathing area weren’t super thick, along with the doors, so even with Mineta gone, it would be mortifying if anyone else heard such a sound.

While the heiress tried to ride out her orgasm, her faithful pet tried to prolong it, her tongue trying to push its way back inside her Mistress and the pair of fingers she’d inserted into her rear, curling and twisting.

“Th-Tha-That’s e-enough.” Momo declared shakily, her skin a flushed red to match the blush on her face.

Slowly and carefully, Ochako pulled her digits from Momo, being sure not to let them touch the water as the heiress shifted herself off and away from Ochako’s face. Once the girl was free, she quickly stood herself and got out of the bath, navigating over to one of the sinks and quickly cleansing her hands. As enjoyable as the act was to perform, they still had a duty to practise proper hygiene or wind up with some very unpleasant sicknesses.

Momo herself slowly stood on shaky knees and saw to her own needs, briefly stepping out of the room with a towel to utilise the loo adjacent to the changing room. When she returned Ochako was once more settled in the bath, making a deliberate decision to sit with her back to the door so Momo couldn’t see her embarrassed but joyful expression.

“You did well Pet.” Momo called out as she sought to rejoin the girl in the bath, reclaiming her former spot opposite.

“Thank you Mistress.” Ochako nodded dutifully.

“Careful Pet,” Momo teased lightly, “Keep this up and I may never remove that collar from you.”

On the surface it seemed like Momo would forever deny the girl her freedom from her debt. Both girls knew better after their chat however, with Ochako’s blushing face breaking out into another shy smile at the implication.

“B-But you know I will of course do so the moment you feel uncomfortable, y-you know that, right?” The heiress couldn’t resist breaking her façade to ensure her friend knew she wasn’t being serious.

“Momo!”


Something had been bothering Tooru all day. Of all the boys that had looked somewhat guilty ashamed or flat-out apologised for not helping with Mineta, Katsuki Bakugo wasn’t among them. She wasn’t sure if the boy was hiding it well or didn’t care or what but it just didn’t sit right with her that he appeared to have so easily brushed the whole thing off.

She spotted Mina chatting and laughing with that whole ‘Baku-squad’, or whatever they called themselves, that evening at dinner. While the others were sending out the odd soft glance or hesitation before speaking, Bakugo hadn’t seemed to change at all. If anything he seemed more jovial.

It wasn’t that Tooru expected an apology for herself; she thought Mina was his friend and she was somewhat upset on her behalf.

After dinner, she decided to corner Bakugo in the kitchen when he was diligently washing up rather than in front of everyone. If there was one thing she’d learned about him from hanging around Mina, it was that the explosive blond cared but had image problem.

“Hey, Bakugo, got a sec?” She asked carefully.

He glanced over at her but didn’t pause in his movements.

“What do you want clothes?” He shot back.

Tooru frowned at that. Even if they never spoke much if at all, his penchant for giving nicknames was hardly one that endeared her, or anyone, to him.

“Uh… okay, whatever. Anyway, I need to talk to you about Mina.”

“Racoon eyes? What about her?” He raised an eyebrow.

“Everyone’s being all awkward and weird about everything that went down yesterday. You’re like the only one that’s not. What’s the deal?”

“Eh?” He shot her an incredulous look. “You can’t be serious.”

“Mina’s all happy and jokey with you and your group but you’re the only one that’s been acting like nothing happened.” Tooru explained, “Do you really not care or something?”

Tooru jumped as Bakugo slammed the cup he was cleaning down on the countertop.

“Choose your next words carefully or die extra.”

Tooru glared, refusing to back down now.

“Mina’s my girlfriend and I don’t want her getting hurt over this anymore than we all already have. Everyone else is being awkward and stupid about it but at least they’re trying. I think as her friend, you could at least offer some empathy or… or… something.”

Bakugo moved to stand over her, looking down at her invisible head, barely a step away from bumping into her. It was clearly an intimidation tactic, one he frequently liked to use on Midoriya, but if that plucky greenette wasn’t scared of the explosive blond anymore, she wouldn’t be either.

Neither of them spoke as they just stared each other down, each waiting for the other to give.

“Tsh,” Bakugo scoffed, “If she didn’t ask for my help, she ain’t getting shit. Racoon eyes ain’t weak enough to be taken down by that pest.”

“So what? You think we’re ‘strong’ for putting up with Mineta’s shit or something? Helping us build character?”

“You’re here at UA ain’t’cha? How the fuck you gonna help other people if you can’t help yourself?”

“God, you are just unbelievable.” Tooru stomped her foot.

“If you want to be treated like a piece of shit porcelain then fuck off outta my way ‘cause I don’t have time for you.” Bakugo growled, “Racoon eyes gets it, why don’t you go talk to her before you start picking fights you can’t win.”

With his piece said, Bakugo walked around her and headed back to the lounge seating area where his squad had gathered, including Mina. Tooru realised their little talk had clearly grown in volume enough for them all to be looking over at them curiously.

The explosive blond and target of her ire walked over to Mina, said something to her, and then slumped down in a seat next to Kirishima. Whatever he said caused Mina to get a weird look on her face before hurrying over to Tooru. The pink girl quickly grabbed her girlfriend’s hand and ushered her out of the kitchen and into the staircase area.

Once they were out of public view, Tooru began taking deep breaths as her fear-induced adrenaline finally managed to override her stubborn courage.

“Tooru, what was that all about?” Mina asked worriedly, taking both her girlfriend’s hands in her own and looking into her face.

“S-Sorry Mina I… I just…” Tooru tried to get her breathing under control, taking a moment just to calm the fight or flight hormone that had found its way into her system. “Bakugo was just… he didn’t seem like he cared about what happened! You guys were laughing and chatting and… it just… what’s his deal?”

Tooru felt a pang of frustration as Mina broke into a giggle.

“What?! It’s not funny Mina.” She pouted.

“It is if you know blasty.” Mina admitted, shaking her head fondly before wrapping her invisible girlfriend in a hug. “Look, I know he seems like a heartless jerk at times and, yeah, he probably doesn’t even try to change that, but he’s done the most right out of all those idiots today.”

“Huh?”

“Everyone’s been walking on eggshells around us; feelin’ sorry after everything and all. Bakugo… he’s not treating us like we don’t matter, he knows how strong we are and just isn’t feeling sorry for himself, or for us.”

“Wait… so…” Tooru tried to get her head around this. “He… cares by not caring? That doesn’t make any sense!”

“Sorta.” Mina giggled. “Not everyone works like you do and that’s just his way. If I’d’ve asked for his help, he would’ve been there for us, though probably would’ve had plenty of snarky comments. As it is, I think he’s grown some respect for us for what we did; you certainly impressed him.”

“Wha… how?”

“Probably because you were standing up for me, even if it was unnecessary.” Mina smiled. “When he came over, he said to me ‘You picked a good idiot, now go sort her out before I blow her ass up’.”

“Forgive me if I don’t hold that in the highest regards.” Tooru deadpanned.

“He knows you mean well, but I don’t think you get him the same way I do.” Mina explained. “You don’t have to be friends with my dudes, but I think he understands more than you think. Just trust me when I say he gets it and he likes you.”

“Could stand to show it a little better.” Tooru scoffed.

“You wear your heart on your sleeve.” Mina kissed Tooru’s head. “He hides his behind ten tons of confidence and bravado. I don’t see you two ever dating in a million years but maybe you could get along together? Even when he’s being an ass, it’s not because he’s a complete dick.”

“Urgh, fine.” Tooru pouted, “I think I see what you mean a bit more but still.”

“Thanks for trying to look out for me babe.” Mina brought Tooru in for a quick kiss before the two went back to their evening activities.


When Sunday rolled around, Ochako rolled out of bed with a bright smile on her face. Today, she had dance practise with Mina and everyone else in the morning before heading off to visit her parents in their new house while being joined by her amazing froggy girlfriend.

It was still very surreal that all the good things in her life right now weren’t some sort of weird fever dream. Admittedly she did now have a crippling fear that all these good things would somehow be ripped away from her but she tried to redirect that feeling into her training.

For now though, as she performed the choreographed routine with her friends, girlfriend, and crush, she took a moment to memorize her sheer content with her life at this time.

“Okay guys!” Mina called out, “That’s time for today, make sure you’re all practising those bits you’re having trouble with and we’ll try this again on Tuesday.”

Ochako grinned as she spotted Tooru leap onto her girlfriend, apparently not completely worn out from all the dancing, and give her a noisy kiss. It was still weird seeing the pair of them so comfortable to do this in public after all their sneaking around.

“That was fun,” Tsuyu spoke up beside her, “How much time do we have before we need to head out Ochako?”

“Ooo, you guys are heading out somewhere?” Mina’s gossip detection ears perked up as she waddled over with her own girlfriend still hanging around her neck. “Is it a… y’know?” Mina wiggled her eyebrows suggestively.

“N-No,” Ochako blushed, “We’re just going to see my parents.”

“Ochako! Whatever did you think I meant.” Mina gasped dramatically, “I was gonna say,” She did a quick look around to make sure they weren’t overheard. “Date?”

“I mean… kinda?” Tsuyu answered. “We’re going to see Ochako’s new house and I’m meeting her folks over lunch and dinner so it kinda is.”

“Awww, so cute.” Tooru squealed.

“Meeting the parents, eh? Big step. Isn’t the next one a ring?” Mina smirked evilly. Ochako was such a delight to tease.

“N-No way!” The brunette didn’t disappoint as her face lit up and she waved her hands around everywhere.

“Don’t be silly Mina.” Tsuyu chided, “I haven’t asked for their blessing yet and that’s not ‘til tonight.”

“Betrayal!” Ochako collapsed, overdramatic tears pouring down her face.

“Sorry ‘Chako, it’s too fun not to join in sometimes.” The greenette smiled, helping her poor suffering girlfriend up off the floor.

“Anything special planned or just a meet and greet?” Tooru asked.

“Walking tour.” Ochako explained. “Gonna meet them in the city for lunch then show them a few of the sights before a quiet dinner at home.”

“Sounds awesome.” Mina grinned.

“We need to head out in about half an hour Tsu,” Ochako answered her girlfriend’s original question while checking her phone. “Enough time to wash all the stank off us ‘cause of Mina-”

“Hey!”

“-then catch the bus.”

“Got it.” Tsuyu smiled, reaching out and giving Ochako’s hand a little squeeze before heading back into the dorms. The brunette couldn’t keep the heart-warming smile off her face as she watched her girlfriend cheerfully retreat to get ready.

“You got it bad girl.” Mina grinned smugly at her.

“Sh-Shut up Mina.” Ochako blushed.

“Not a bad thing.” Mina held up her hands in surrender. “I am just a bit curious though, are you gonna go public anytime soon or just keeping it on the down low? Lord knows you can keep a secret better than this one.”

“Hey!” It was Tooru’s turn to protest, even if it was true.

“N-Not yet,” Ochako rubbed her arm bashfully. “I don’t want Izuku to get scared off and neither does Tsu. We both think he’d never make a move if he thought it’d come between us.”

“Yeah, that tracks.” Mina nodded. “That goofball would sacrifice his own hand if it meant helping someone else; remember Todoroki?”

No more needed to be said for them all to collectively understand at once.

“Y-Yeah… so… at the very least we kinda decided we’d ask him out together... whenever that is anyway.”

“Want me to put in a good word?” Mina offered.

“Oo, oo, I can help too.” Tooru concurred.

“Thanks guys,” Ochako smiled at her friends support. “But I don’t wanna pressure him into something like that.”

“Urgh, fine.” Mina groaned, “You ruin all the fun of playing matchmaker.”

“You are literally dating my girlfriend.” Ochako levelled a glare at her.

“And you too once I snag that date you promised me.” Mina winked, sending Ochako into another blush.

“Shush, uh… I gotta go, do the clean so…”

Mina and Tooru giggled as they watched the frantically retreating girl slam the door to the dorms behind her.

“That was mean.” Tooru poked her girlfriend’s cheek.

“Not untrue though.” She winked.


Once Tsuyu and Ochako had given themselves a quick wash and changed into some slightly more fancy casual clothes, they met up in the common room to head out. Apparently Mina had saw fit to inform the other two girls as all four of them were there to see the duo off with some well wishes and hugs.

Unfortunately for them, it seemed the school was still hesitant about letting students out of their sight as Midnight was set to accompany them all day. While they certainly didn’t expect their teacher to be the type to spread gossip and rumours, nor be against a type of relationship like theirs, they still kept their affection for each other to a minimum; when catching the bus to the city center, they only began holding hands once Midnight had sat down at the back.

“So… there’s been something I’ve been meaning to ask, ribbit.” Tsuyu began once the bus had pulled away from UA. “Do you mind if I ask Izuku to hang out sometime?”

Ochako did a double take at her girlfriend’s somewhat averted face.

“U-Uh… I-Isn’t it a little um… too soon?” Ochako stuttered.

“Just to hang out, not to date, ribbit.” Tsuyu clarified, giving her girlfriend’s hand a reassuring squeeze. “You and Iida hang out with him quite a bit outside and between classes. I’m there too sometimes but I want to get to know him better personally before we… you know.”

“Ohhh.” Ochako nodded, “That makes more sense. I mean, it’s more than fine with me, you don’t have to ask for that.”

“True, but I wanted to keep you in the loop, ribbit.” Tsuyu smiled. “You… already know how I want things to go in my head. Something we kinda share at this point. I’m not gonna try anything with him but… I may see if I can get an idea on where he sits on all this.”

“M-Maybe be a little ‘extra’ subtle,” Ochako gulped. She trusted Tsuyu a hundred percent but Izuku was smart and might be able to pick up hints that the frog girl might drop. “He’s kinda good at putting things together.”

“I’m aware, ribbit.” Tsuyu nodded. “He’s not that great with people and relationships though,” She stated confidently, “You two were dancing around each other for months and neither of you made a move even though it was totally obvious.”

“T-Tsu!” Her brunette girlfriend blushed, remembering she was in public and she couldn’t just float away like at UA. 

“Besides, while we hang out, you and Mina can go on that date you promised her.”

“Sh-Shush!” She nudged her giggling girlfriend. Seems everyone was dead-set on teasing her today.

It didn’t take long for them to reach their destination: a little café a few blocks away from the Kiyashi shopping mall. While business was better for the Uraraka household, they weren’t about to immediately begin using the profits to splurge.

“Mom, dad!” Ochako called out when she spotted her parents sitting in one of the café’s booths. Tsuyu could easily spot her girlfriend’s resemblance to her mum, they shared the same brown hair and pink cheeks. She couldn’t help but wonder if that was a trait Ochako might pass down to her own kids.

“Heya Angel.” Her dad called back, his face lighting up in a grin.

“Honey!” Her mum stood to wrap her girl in a hug. To Tsuyu, it was adorable to see Ochako and her parents so happy after hearing about all their hardships. Once Ochako had finished her hug with her mum, the woman turned her attention to the other girl before her, “You must be Miss Asui, yes?”

“Yes Ma’am, it’s a pleasure to meet you both, ribbit.” Tsuyu bowed lightly.

“It’s a pleasure to meet one of Ochako’s best friends.” Her father said, shooting her a warm smile.

“Oh yeah, mum, dad, I should tell you we’ve kinda got an escort today.” Ochako gestured over to Midnight who was currently getting a table nearby for herself.

The pro hero had assured the girls she’d try to stay out of their way as much as possible but still made a point to introduce herself to the gravity girl’s parents before she sat down.

The girls quickly took their own seats as conversation turned to a mixture of their school and hero work as well as how her parents business was going thanks to the move and how they were liking Mustafu.

Once their meal had arrived and been enjoyed, Ochako knew it was time to talk about the more sensitive topics before they spent the rest of their time together. Both Ochako and Tsuyu reluctantly recounted their involvement with the raid on the Shie Hassaikai much to the gasps and surprise of her parents.

When it came time to end the story, Ochako gathered as much courage as she could, held her girlfriend’s hand under the table for support and pressed forward.

“When we got back to campus after everything, we were all a bit emotionally exhausted.” She explained. “After a good night’s sleep, and a good night’s think… I knew that I didn’t want to hold myself back anymore and… well…”

Ochako lifted her and Tsuyu’s connected hands above the table.

“Mum, dad… meet my girlfriend.”

The gravity girl held her breath after her declaration. She knew they were supportive when she talked about Tsu back during her visit to them in Mie but now it was very much real.

“Oh wow,” Ochako’s mum smiled, “I didn’t realise you’d already gotten together. Why didn’t you warn us Angel? Now I just feel rude.”

“Pleasure to meet you again.” Ochako’s dad chuckled, offering a small bow to the green haired girl sitting opposite. Ochako worried briefly as she saw her dad’s hand rise and start lightly rubbing that same spot on his head she now knew the story behind, but the joy on his face was genuine.

“Thanks, ribbit.” Tsuyu smiled, “I’m very happy Ochako has such loving parents.”

“I um… did have to tell her about a few things.” Ochako admitted, a touch of shame sinking into her, “About our history. I know you said not to, but with the move and-”

“It’s okay Angel.” He dad smiled warmly. “People here are a lot more accepting. Some of our new neighbours are the cutest couple of dads.”

“Your dad has been asking them about certain places around town to rediscover himself when we had them over for tea.” Ochako’s mum explained.

The girl felt her heart lurch oddly at that news. She spotted her parents were still wearing their wedding rings but how long would that last?

“So um… what is going on with that?” She asked demurely.

Her mum and her dad shot each other a somewhat awkward look before holding hands themselves.

“We’re still together Angel.” Her mum replied, “Not sure how long it’ll be official for but we still love each other, and you, so very, very much.”

“We’re not staying together or breaking up in a way that would hurt you.” Her dad tried to explain. “We’ve… talked it over and we’re still in it for the long haul.”

“What we’ve decided is that we’d all still live together, we’d just… also be dating other people.”

“This was never about breaking our family up Angel.” Her dad said carefully. “I’m still your dad, she’s still your mum and we’ll live in one house… we’d just be more like roommates than a traditional husband and wife.”

“I hope this isn’t too much for you to handle dear,” Ochako’s mum tried to assure her. “We didn’t want to hurt you after everything you’ve done to help do this for us. You’re our little hero after all.”

Tsuyu gripped Ochako’s hand tighter as the girl began tearing up, hoping to impart her love and support for the girl.

“I’m happy f-for you guys.” Ochako smiled despite the tears building in her eyes. “S-Sorry,” She hastily brushed them away with her sleeve. “I-I know I should be r-reacting better b-but-”

“It’s okay dear.” Ochako’s parents both reached out with their free hands for their daughter. Tsuyu reluctantly let go of her girlfriend’s hand as the girl reached for both of theirs, the frog girl opting instead to rub her girlfriend’s back comfortingly.

The three Urarakas just sat and commiserated what was clearly an end to their previous life and the beginning of a new one. The frog girl knew it would only get better for all of them following their decisions and they’d all be happier for it but they were still mourning the loss of something at the same time.

After a few more tears were shed and some cuddles shared, Ochako’s parents paid the bill and the group rose to continue the rest of their day. There was a definite undercurrent of awkwardness as the group left the café but thankfully, after Ochako lead the group around a few of the stores in the nearby area, it seemed to fade into the background. They would definitely need to talk more about this as a family but for now they’d just enjoy their time together.

The group did indulge in a mid-afternoon treat with Tsuyu paying for ice creams for them all despite Ochako’s parent’s objections but she wouldn’t hear a word of it; they’d treated her to lunch so she’d treat them to a treat. Besides, the frog girl did have an ulterior motive, she paid for a pair of cones for the adults while she bought a scoop of mint and mochi flavour to be placed in a double cone for her and Ochako to share. It wasn’t much, but it was one of those cute date things she wanted to share with the girl. Both her mum and her dad found the blush on their daughter’s face adorable and had to snap a quick picture. Ochako hadn’t forgotten her promise to Tsuyu either, picking her up some jelly to go with their ice cream that frog girl couldn’t help but become excited about.

The girls briefly talked about everything one could find in Kiyashi shopping mall nearby but decided against stopping by to explore inside. At this point they were all suspicious that it was cursed for their class and they’d rather not risk a villain attack to ruin this day. While there were no plans to visit today, Ochako’s parents did mention that their new house was practically a steal as they’d discovered a rather wonderful beach front nearby that they were eager to visit next summer once the weather warmed up again. Apparently the nearby real estate prices hadn’t yet adjusted as it was still believed by the locals to be trash heap, something Ochako’s mother relayed that their benefactor was apparently taking full advantage of. The pair of UA girls shared a look, both realising Momo was clearly working on something she hadn’t told them about.

Once they’d exhausted their local area, Ochako’s parents began leading them all back to their new home for an evening meal, calling Midnight over to join them on the walk and to invite her inside for a plate too. While the pro was grateful for the offer, she was technically on duty so long as the girls were outside UA and had to decline, saying she’d wait outside to give them all the privacy they’d need before their return to campus.

Ochako felt her excitement rising. She couldn’t wait to get back to her parent’s new home and check out where she’d be living between school years. It wasn’t much longer before she’d be out on her own but it was still special to her that she see exactly what her commitment to Yaoyorozu had helped her parents acquire, besides much greater mental health anyway.

Turning onto their street, the group of five paused briefly as they spotted a gathered crowd down the road. Cautiously, they began moving closer before it became clear that someone was making a clear racket trying to get into a house, much to the concerned mumblings of the onlookers.

“I… think that’s our house.” Ochako’s mum said carefully, counting the numbers of the nearby doors to guess the one that was the focus of all the attention.

“Stay here everyone, I’ll go check it out.” Midnight declared, strolling forward with purpose.

Ochako and Tsuyu watched uneasily as their teacher parted the crowds with calls about being a pro-hero, striding through them until she couldn’t be seen any more.

“What do you think’s going on?” Ochako’s father asked nervously.

“Nothing good.” Ochako gulped nervously. “Stay here, me and Tsu are gonna go check it out too.”

“Be safe Angel.” Her mum gave her a quick hug and a nervous smile before the two girls hurried over to join the crowd. Luckily, it didn’t seem to be that dense as it was a residential area and most of the gawkers seemed to be neighbours judging by the nearby open doors and lack of footwear.

Easing their way to the front, Ochako quickly discovered the source of the issue: there was a number of cars parked in front of her parent’s house with people she somewhat recognised from back in Mie. They all looked very angry and agitated and stood watching the spectacle unfolding in front of the house. Turning her attention to Midnight, she spotted something that made her heart drop. Her grandmother, who was standing on the steps of her parent’s new house next to a clearly damaged front door, was currently shouting her head off at their art history teacher.

It wasn’t very heroic, but Ochako knew she had to retreat and get her parents away before they were spotted.

“Isn’t that her granddaughter?” A voice spoke up near her. Ochako turned and noticed one of the men by the cars looking right at her, gesturing for the others to follow his line of sight. “She’ll know, get her.”

“Run,” Tsuyu grabbed Ochako’s hand and pulled, quickly pushing their way out of the crowd. They took off, rushing back towards Ochako’s parents as shouts began erupting from behind them.

“Tsu, the roofs.” Ochako called out, letting go of her girlfriend’s hand and readying herself to use her quirk.

“Got it.” The frog girl nodded.

Ochako’s parent’s baulked as the two girls began running at them but quickly understood why when people they recognised from back in Mie emerged from the crowd.

“Mum, your hand!” Ochako reached out with her own.

“Sorry Mr. Uraraka.” Tsuyu called out before shooting her tongue at the man.

Ochako’s dad quickly found the fleshy appendage wrap itself around him while Ochako’s mum felt herself become weightless, a sensation she hadn’t experienced since Ochako was a child and kept forgetting about her quirk. The gravity girl took her mother’s hand as she began to leave the pavement before tapping herself with her other and leaping into the air, quickly followed by Tsuyu.

The shouting below escalated as both heroes in training landed on a nearby house roof. It was slanted and a little tricky to regain their footing with the two civilians they were now responsible for panicking somewhat.

“Mum, grandma’s here.” Ochako explained quickly.

“And she brought friends, ribbit.” Tsuyu finished.

The colour drained from both the adults faces as they looked back down into the street. Sure enough, the people that were apparently here with Ochako’s elder relative were shouting and hurling both abuse and rocks up at the group. The two semi-pros pulled their charges back from the edge and as far from sight as they could. Ochako mentally reminded herself to apologize to their new neighbours once this was all over as a window was clearly heard being smashed below.

“What even is all this?” Tsuyu asked, never having seen so much hate for something so small in her life.

“My hometown.” Ochako spat, her jaw clenching as she had to raise her arm to block a lucky throw from striking her head.

Thankfully sirens began blaring nearby, much to everyone on the roofs relief as police cars rounded the end of the road. Someone must’ve called the authorities before they’d arrived.

That relief was short-lived when a bolt of lightning, that could only have been from a quirk, shot out and struck one of the approaching squad cars. Things were clearly escalating and Ochako felt her hero instincts telling her to get the targets of these villains ire as far away as possible. She hated to leave Midnight behind to sort this all out but the woman was a pro and this was clearly the best use of her and Tsuyu’s limited capacity to act in such a situation.

“Come on Tsuyu, we need to get them to safety.” Ochako declared, quickly making herself and her mum weightless again before leaping away to another building behind them. The frog girl quickly followed with Ochako’s dad as the group quickly made their escape across the residential skyline.

Once they reached a more built up area, the girls quickly found sanctuary on a nearby convenience store’s, thankfully flat, roof. The group made sure to stay away from the edges and away from street line of sight while Ochako pulled out her phone and quickly called up her homeroom teacher. It didn’t even need to ring twice before it was picked up.

“Situation and location?” Aizawa’s stern voice answered. Ochako wasn’t surprised that he was already alerted to something going wrong.

“Tsuyu and I have escaped with the civilians being targeted by what I believe to be a hate mob. We used our quirks to escort them to safety over the rooftops and are currently holed up on a convenience store two blocks… north.” She had to pause to check the sun’s position. While she didn’t know the area, she hoped it was enough information for Aizawa and the police to do what they needed to.

“Understood, please remain there unless threatened until someone comes to get you.”

“Got it Sir.” Ochako nodded before the call ended from Aizawa’s side. She quickly relayed the order to Tsuyu before letting out a deep sigh, both in frustration and to help relieve the nausea that had built up thanks to her quirk.

“I understand why you were so afraid now, ribbit.” Tsuyu admitted softly, sending a sad look to her girlfriend and her girlfriend’s gay dad.

Ochako gave her a weary smile and just shook her head.

“It was never that bad growing up.” She said, “I don’t think I ever saw someone use their quirks before, just words, rocks and stuff.”

“If I had to guess,” Ochako’s mum began, “It might’ve been because they felt deceived by us. We knew a lot of those people for years and they had no idea about your father.”

“Feeling betrayed by someone you thought a friend and discovering they’re part of something you hate… I can understand why they’d come here for some sick sense of ‘justice’.” Her father spat, gently rubbing his head.

“Are you okay hun?” Ochako’s mum asked, “I saw you get struck.”

Ochako pulled her sleeve up, noting a bruise where the rock she’d blocked had hit her arm.

“I’ll be fine, nothing Recovery Girl can’t fix.” She tried to give her folks a reassuring smile.

“How did they even find where you lived?” Tsuyu asked.

“Public records probably.” Ochako’s dad sighed. “Our company headquarters is currently listed at our home address since we’re waiting on a permanent site to shift all our equipment to.”

“I’ll make sure our er… beneficiary knows it wasn’t your fault.” Ochako stated, hoping Yaoyorozu could help resolve things.

“It’s okay Angel,” Ochako’s mum tried to ease her daughter’s worries. “I’m not sure what we’re going to be able to do but we’ll manage. We always do.”

“If you don’t mind me asking, what are you plans to do next, ribbit?” Tsuyu asked. “If you move again, won’t they just track you down the same way as before? Even if you managed to set up your business away from your home, couldn’t they just wait for you at work?”

“You’re not wrong.” Ochako’s dad pondered. “Honestly it all depends on how many of them go to jail after that display but it’s probably better to be safe than sorry after all.”

The next words out of her father’s mouth sent a wave of fear through Ochako’s body unlike anything she’d experienced that day.

“We may just have to cut our losses and close the business.”

She remembered that cold, voice coming through the other end of Momo’s phone, of the deeply apologetic look the heiress had given her when she repeated her father’s order for those that wronged the Yaoyorozu clan. Despite Momo’s reassurances, she couldn’t help feel the imaginary weight of her father’s boot pressing down on her back like she was an ant about to be crushed.

“I-I need to make a call.” Ochako declared quickly, moving away from her parents and Tsu while whipping out her flip phone again and selecting Momo’s number. Tsuyu watched helplessly as her girlfriend tried to do anything she could to help her parents.

“Hello Ochako, how are yo-”

“Hi Momo,” Ochako cut the girl off, “Sorry just… in the middle of something and I need to talk to you about my parents.”

“Is something wrong? What’s going on?” Momo asked, her worried voice carrying clearly down the line.

Ochako bit her lip before relaying the recent attack to the heiress; that while they were speculating the exact cause, her grandmother had managed to track them down and she and Tsuyu had been forced to use their quirks to get them to safety.

“Goodness, please tell me you four are safe and unharmed.”

“For the most part.” Ochako nodded.

“That’s a relief.”

“So… Momo… what do we do? My dad’s talking about shutting down the business to hide and ask you if they can move again and I don’t want your father to crush them like ants and-”

“Ochako! Please! Calm down.” Momo ordered, slipping into her Mistress persona somewhat. “I’m not sure exactly what we will do but there are ways around this. Businesses restructure themselves all the time, I’ll figure something out, so please trust me on this, okay?”

“Y-Yeah… okay.” Ochako replied, a touch of doubt in her voice.

“Go and comfort your family, I’ll handle the rest from here.” Momo said softly, hoping she could keep Ochako calm until they got her safe and sound back in the dorms.

Once the brunette had ended the call, Momo quickly set aside her work and began looking into ways she could assist her friend. She’d definitely be getting a call from her own dad but with him busy trying to inflict as much retribution onto Mineta as he could, she should be able to find a convincing reason to keep Ochako’s family out of his crosshairs.

The gravity girl sighed worriedly before returning to her family, her arms wrapped around herself as her mind panicked. Tsuyu swiftly moved to her side and wrapped her in a hug, understanding better than the girl’s parents how risky shutting down their business would be in the eyes of Momo’s family.

“Everything alright Angel?” Her mum asked.

“It will be… I hope.” She smiled weakly. “Someone a lot smarter than me is going to look into how best to get all of this sorted.”

“That’s a relief.” Her dad smiled, parroting Momo’s words unintentionally. It hurt Ochako to know that she was keeping this secret from her parents; that they didn’t realise how much trouble they could be in if Yaoyorozu’s dad pointed his anger in their direction.

She trusted Momo though.

If Momo believed she could handle it, she would trust her friend and Mistress to do so. At least until she got back to UA and could go help her out with the research.

“I’m sorry things ended this way Angel.” Her dad sighed, “We really were excited to show you your new room and welcome your girlfriend in under our roof.”

“Thank you for your consideration, ribbit.” Tsuyu nodded, “I must admit, I was a little disheartened when Ochako said she needed to sort things out for you before we could do anything together. Now, I just feel regret at not realising just how serious this was for you guys.”

“It’s not your fault Tsu.” Ochako leant over and gave her girlfriend a quick peck on the cheek. “You had no idea things were this bad, even I didn’t think they’d go this far.”

“Hate is a powerful thing.” Ochako’s mum sighed. “I’m not sure why some people hang onto it so strongly and we always tried to keep you away from it.”

“I’m glad you’ve managed to find happiness here though Angel.” Her dad smiled. “Hopefully, once the police deal with everything, we’ll be able to find a way to be rid of that place and those people for good.”

“I’m sorry you’ve all had to go through what you have.” Tsuyu empathised.

“Us too.” He shook his head, “But it was all worth it if it produced a hero as brave and caring as our little Angel.”

“D-Dad! Shush!” Ochako blushed.

A little levity returned to the group as they tried to move the conversation to more pleasant topics they’d hoped to share over dinner. Thankfully they didn’t have to wait too long before Ochako’s phone rang out with Midnight’s voice on the other end.

Having found their location, Ochako and Tsuyu carefully carried their civilian charges back down to ground level where a slightly battle-damaged looking Midnight was waiting with a police escort. The group were taken to the local police station where they each gave their statements about the events that took place. While they wished they could part on happier terms, Ochako and Tsuyu had to bid goodbye to her parents in the police waiting room as Midnight needed to bring them back to UA.

When the pair of girls walked outside, they felt their blood run cold as they spotted Aizawa waiting by a UA vehicle.

“You know, I’m not sure who or what did it, but I’m convinced your class is cursed.” He grunted. “As it is, while you’re clearly at the center of this mess, you can rest assured that you’re not in any trouble.”

Ochako and Tsuyu felt relief run through them.

“Your quick thinking prevented any further harm or the situation to escalate higher than it could be by getting the targets out of the area, good job girls.” Midnight praised the pair, walking over to join their homeroom teacher.

“Midnight didn’t give you permission to use your quirks but this clearly fell under an emergency situation covered by your licenses. That you didn’t engage in battle is also a point in your favour.”

“We’re just trying to do as you taught us, ribbit.” Tsuyu explained.

“I’m glad that at least some of you are paying attention in class.” Aizawa shook his head. “Come on, I’m sure you’ll want to go inform your friends about this latest catastrophe.”

Tsuyu and Ochako hurried to get in the back of the car while the adults took the front.

The trip back to UA was spent in relative silence. Midnight was having a power nap while Aizawa drove and neither girl wanted say much with them both present. All they could do was hold hands once more until they were safely back behind UA’s walls.

Midnight stretched as she got out of the car, watching the pair of students bid her and their grumpy teacher goodbye before hurrying back to their dorms.

“I’m very tempted to expel the entirety of class 1-A and 1-B just to see if everything stops going to hell.”

“Oh shush you big baby.” Midnight giggled. “It’s not their fault and you know it.”

“I do, but doesn’t stop them giving me a headache every other day, which is a new record considering Mineta.” Aizawa massaged his brow.

“That boy dug his own grave.” Midnight sighed. “That’s nothing you could’ve prevented.”

“You’re not wrong,” He groaned. “I just wish the other problem children weren’t trouble magnets.”

“All we can do is train them to be ready for anything the world might throw at them. You’re doing well.”

“Not well enough.” Aizawa huffed. “Something big’s coming and they need to be ready for it.”

“I’m not sure if it’s better or worse that I agree with you.” Midnight replied sadly, looking out towards the dorm area.


Since it was the weekend, no one had noticed anything amiss when Aizawa had suddenly taken off from UA. Tsuyu and Ochako returned to a relatively quiet dorm where everyone appeared to be doing their own thing. It seemed that they might be able to escape without alerting anyone, until tomorrow at least, but Kyoka was apparently waiting for them and told the pair to head up to Momo’s room once they put everything away.

Realising the heiress must’ve relayed their plight, the two made for their rooms to sort themselves out before heading up to the meeting spot. As expected, Kyoka was there along with their other three partners who were all wearing worried yet comforted expressions at their arrival. Ochako and Tsuyu shared a round of questions and hugs before they recounted exactly what happened.

By the time they were finished, they all had greater insight into exactly why Ochako was so hesitant to accept the frog girl’s feelings at first, much like the realisation Tsuyu had herself on the roof of the store.

When everything was said and done, the girls bid each other good night with Tsuyu and Ochako deciding to sleep together that evening, Ochako once more wrapping the frog girl up as the big spoon. Sleep didn’t come easily to either, but Ochako was awake much longer trying to puzzle out exactly how to fix the mess her grandma seemed hell bent on creating for them.

Notes:

Chapter summary:

- Tooru practises her quirk with Aoyama, then informs Izuku and Mina of her progress via text. When Izuku replies with suggestions on the next steps, Tooru tries it and discovers her new ability to make stuff invisible. Eagerly demonstrating her new power to Mina, the girl carefully tries to do the same process in reverse and is successful, finally giving the girl the answer she'd been craving. The two girls celebrate while deciding to hide this fact from others until Tooru is more comfortable.

- Aizawa announces the autumn festival and the class' role in it. After initially deciding on a concert, everyone but Tsuyu and Ochako retreat to Kyoka's room and assure the somewhat panicking girl that she'll rock it out.

- When roles are being selected for the concert the next day, Mineta is incensed that he can't sing or play guitar as those roles get the most girl attention. When Mina tells him to lighten up, he insults her, dropping a hint he knows what she uses when the lights go out. Mina gathers her girlfriends in another emergency meeting. After breaking down the logical assumptions as to what had happened, the girls make a plan to catch the pest in the act.

- Kyoka is struggling with the pressure of everything getting to her and her messy notes aren't helping. Izuku notices this during lunch one day and offers his assistance in organising them. While reluctantly but gratefully accepting his help, Kyoka also pries a few facts out of the boy, telling him to take some time for himself and not go plus ultra with everything.

- The girls put their honeypot trap in place and Mineta salivates over completing his adventures. After sneaking into Momo's room, the trap goes off without a hitch, coating him in blue dye while catching him on camera. Despite the boy's plans to escape punishment and place the blame on another member of UA, he's trapped and makes a run for it. Thankfully the principal of UA is more intelligent than him and the boy's pitiful escape plan is foiled.

- The girls need to report their stories to the police once they're called and reveal everything to them. After their statements, Nezu asks for a breakdown of their plan which they give him. Satisfied with their answer, even if it results in the expulsion of another student, Nezu leaves and the girls celebrate the end of the purple pest though they have to return to the dorms and give the a breakdown to the boys who look suitably ashamed and embarrassed for not doing more about it.

- Izuku, still feeling bad about everything after dance practise the next day, attempts to apologize again to Tooru and Mina. The pinkette has had enough feeling sorry for themselves and drags the boy away for a pep talk. The girl manages to make a couple of guesses about Izuku's link to All Might after he mentions not being able to talk about why he was so dedicated. Instead of pushing him away like Izuku expected, Mina offered him an open door to chat since they're friends. Still unused to exactly what being friends with someone was like, Midoriya explains a little bit about himself and the two enjoy a comfortable chat with Mina learning about the boy's crush on Ochako and, more recently, Tsuyu. Despite her attempts to coerce him closer to the pair, he doesn't know if dating is even for him while studying and the two return to the dorms with lighter hearts.

- After dealing with the fallout of Mineta's shenanigans, Momo returns to the dorm, getting Ochako to join her in a relaxing bath together. The pair talk more about Momo's worries as she understands her parent's protectiveness and rage but Ochako assures her that she's a better person. As the girls relax further, Ochako reveals she's enjoying the lack of worry while being Momo's pet, enjoying their more unique relationship. The two share an intimate moment as they reaffirm their intentions to each other.

- Tooru confronts Bakugo about his lack of empathy towards Mina, his supposed friend. After the boy verbally dismisses her concerns, Mina takes he aside to explain that Bakugo is a different kind of person than she is and they both see things differently. She hopes that they can be civil even if they have different approaches to showing how they care which Tooru reluctantly accepts.

- After some teasing by Mina and Tooru after practise, Tsuyu and Ochako head off UA campus to spend the day with her parents. Tsuyu asks if she can spend some private time with Izuku to get to know him a bit better which Ochako agrees to. After a fantastic day out where Ochako and Tsuyu declare their relationship to her parents, the group are interrupted by Ochako's grandma making an unpleasant appearance at their new house. When things turn violent Ochako and Tsuyu flee the area with Ochako's parents. When everything is calmed down, the girls return to school while Aizawa worries that something bigger is happening to society.

Chapter 11: New Links

Summary:

Classes resume on Monday as the students get back to business as usual now that Mineta has been removed.

***** Trigger Warning *****
Referenced suicidal thoughts in this chapter.

Notes:

Thank you all for you patience. The week break was sorely needed as, while I didn't get as ahead in writing as I wanted, I started a new job recently and needed the extra recovery time between days due to all the rapid learning I'm doing right now.

As promised, it should be time to reveal the project I've been working on for a while now. While I can't reveal it here due to AO3's policies, I can say that i've set up a discord for people to both find the link to my actual project and have a chat. I hope you all take the chance to check it out and enjoy for yourselves, even if you dip in for the link and run away afterwards. Join the discord here: https://discord.gg/x85xtWmKCa

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

Monday rolled around once more and there was no rest for the class. Aizawa seemed to have redoubled his efforts to push them during classes which Tsuyu and Ochako felt somewhat responsible for.

While they wanted to explain themselves to the boys, it would mean either outing themselves as a couple or explaining about Ochako’s dad; neither of which were acceptable options to them. Reluctantly, they decided to keep everything hidden for now and make it up to their class later.

After an intense morning, the whole class of nineteen breathed a sigh of relief when the lunch bell rang. Even without having their physical hero classes yet, they were already exhausted. Thankfully, Lunch Rush’s food could put the pep in anyone’s step and a grateful class 1-A entered the cafeteria with eager bellies.

Almost immediately, they noticed something was wrong.

They were clearly on the outside of whatever news had spread around the school as practically every other student was giving them cautious, not entirely sneaky, glances.

“Did… we miss something?” Kaminari murmured.

“If we did I think we’re the only ones.” Sero replied, pointing out a set of tables that held the majority of class 1-B that also looked curiously at the new arrivals.

“I’m sure if it was something important then Mr. Aizawa would’ve informed us.” Iida stated, selecting his own meal as the class travelled along the canteen counter.

“I dunno Iida,” Midoirya spoke up, “Remember the beginning of term assembly?”

“That does seem like something he would do.” Ochako pondered, remembering her own query to their homeroom teacher at the start of the year.

“I’m sure we’ll find out as soon as we sit down, ribbit.” Tsuyu grabbed some jelly for dessert.

“What makes you so sure?” Kyoka asked sceptically.

“Monoma from class B can’t resist rubbing anything in our faces, ribbit. He should be along shortly.”

As much as the class wanted to deny that, they silently stuck together as they approached a group of tables. A few conversations broke out between them but it didn’t even take five minutes before the smarmy, grating voice of their class’ self-appointed rival made itself known.

“Well, well, well, looks like class A finally decides to make an appearance despite their shame, hahaha!” Monoma approached their table with a smug swagger. “After all, they have to try and maintain their failing image after class B surpasses them in hero hopefuls. I guess we’re just cut from a better cloth than you.”

“The heck are you talking about man?” Kirishima asked, frowning at the expected insult.

“Why your little purple friend of course.” Monoma grinned, Mina felt her eye twitch at that description. “A cast of twenty down to nineteen because of criminal behaviour. Such despicable, villainous acts would never occur in class B; how long do you think it’ll be before another of the ‘mighty’ class A falls to the temptation of villainy?”

Bakugo let off a small explosion in his palm as he realized Monoma was looking directly at him.

“Walk away or die extra!” He growled fiercely, glaring intensely at the arrogant blond.

“Oh my, are we seeing the next dismissal in action right now?! Such atrocious- GURK”

With the ever satisfying thump of Kendo’s karate chop to the back of Monoma’s head, the boy thankfully slumped to the floor out cold.

“Jeez, you’d think even he would have some tact.” Kendo sighed before turning to address their companion class. “Sorry about him, he’s been giddy ever since the assembly.”

“Called it, ribbit.”

“Why’d you guys have an assembly? We had no idea!” Mina called out, annoyed at being kept out of the loop.

“Well, it was kinda about what happened on Friday… with Mineta.” Kendo explained, “I assume you guys all already know.”

“Unfortunately yes.” Iida nodded, “But it would be helpful to also understand exactly what the other classes have been told.”

While some other members of class B dragged Monoma’s twitching body back to his lunch, the rest of class A was brought up to speed on what exactly the rest of the school had learned of the event. It seems that, while names were left out, they were told one of the students was caught using his quirk to commit a crime and had been expelled. It was pretty obvious which class was involved when class 1-A weren’t present in the assembly. All the looks were people trying to deduce exactly which member of the famous class it was and their entrance to the canteen had helped solve that.

“I’m sorry you guys had to go through that.” Kendo empathised after finishing her recount of Nezu’s words.

“It was his own fault.” Kyoka scoffed. “Besides, you won’t hear any of us girls complaining.”

Kendo looked a little awkwardly at the other girls who gave bashful but definitive nods, agreeing with their classmate.

“He… had a lot of problems.” Kaminari tried to speak up for his former friend. “But ultimately… I don’t blame UA for giving him the boot. It’s not something they could fix with him.”

Kendo watched the rest of the boys give cautious nods of agreement, having heard about the smaller boy’s… ‘overly enthusiastic’ attitude towards girls. She was a both relieved and a tad guilty at that feeling since her class hadn’t had to suffer him.

“I’m guessing you guys know more than us?” She asked, getting a round of nods. “Any point in me asking exactly what you know?”

“It would only exacerbate the issue.” Momo stated sadly. “I hope we can put everything behind us and move forward so forgive us if we’re not more forthcoming.”

“No, I get it.” Kendo bowed lightly. “Anyway, hope you guys are doing all right. If you need anything, please let us know.”

While Monoma tried to deepen the divide between their classes, Kendo tried her best to be the bridge between them. Maybe if it weren’t for all the villain attacks they’d suffered, they’d probably have more of a bond with their fellow classmates. Kendo’s offer of assistance was appreciated but unnecessary; the cancer of their class had been removed and the girls were already feeling much more talkative with the boys because of it.

Despite sitting together, Mina was drawn into lunch conversation with her Baku-squad, Tooru chipping in here and there while Tsuyu and Ochako were enjoying their own talks about upcoming classwork and the culture festival with Midoirya, Iida and Kirishima.

Unfortunately, classes had to resume at some point and their break was soon over. Class 1-A would endure this latest stumbling block in their path just like any other that came before, it was just disheartening to know that this one had come in the shape of their former classmate.


After Aizawa’s gruelling afternoon training, or attempts to kill them depending on if you asked Mina, the school day came to an end and the students were free once more. They’d only survived one day of the five in the week so far and many were already feeling the effects.

Returning to their dorm, many split up to spend the afternoon however they felt to rest and recover. One of the girls stole away to her room alone, trying not to look too suspicious and locking the door firmly behind her. This was something embarrassing, and even with the love and support of her girlfriends, she didn’t want any of them to know what she was about to do.

After washing the daily grime off her hands and face before returning to her bed, Kyoka Jiro reached underneath and pulled out the toy that she’d been generously leant by her raven haired girlfriend. She swallowed thickly as the skin coloured penis stared just as hard at her as she did at it. Even after everything, just looking at the thing still wasn’t very appealing to her. The shape, the size, the way it… spurted. It all just seemed so gross to her.

So why did she thoroughly enjoy herself when Momo used it on her?

Was it just a case of it being attached to her girlfriend that made it more appealing, or was it something more? That was what Kyoka was hoping to find out today with her little experimentation session.

For a while, she just handled the thing sat on her bed fully clothed, examining every nook and cranny of Momo’s craftsmanship. Clearly the girl had been studying a great deal of anatomy pictures on Mina’s laptop as well as comfy, yet secure, methods to wear such a device judging by the quality of the straps attached to it.

With a blush on her face at the thought of her next action, Kyoka held the base of the toy cock with one hand while allowing the other to slowly run up and down its length like she’d seen in porn. Obviously the dick didn’t have a layer of skin that could be pulled back and forth like the real thing so she was just rubbing along the silicone substance.

She felt stupid.

“Urgh, why is this so weird.” She growled challengingly at the thing, her jacks raising to match her glare. “It’s just a fucking flesh… stick… thing.”

Maybe she was thinking about it wrong and a different approach might be better. Kyoka turned it around and lowered the thing until it aligned with her crotch, sticking out roughly where she guessed it would if she were a guy.

Slowly, she rubbed up and down the fake cock once more, imagining herself getting ready to slide the thing into her bent over and dripping wet girlfriend.

That stirred something in her but it was probably more about imagining the heiress in such a position.

“Okay… what the fuck happened last time?” Kyoka muttered to herself, casting her mind back to their last sleepover.

She remembered being tied down and restrained which instantly sent a wave of arousal through her. Slowly rubbing at her crotch over her skirt, she remembered being placed face down, arse up as Momo approached her rear with the masculine toy. Looking at it now, it certainly seemed more appealing now than it had a few minutes ago.

“N-No… please… don’t.” She roleplayed to herself, taking her own wrist in one hand and using it to bring the toy closer to her face. “I’m not like that… I’m not…” She resisted, turning her head away from the penis as it approached. Whatever she was doing, it was working as she felt herself grow more and more aroused.

“Urgh, fucking really?!” She grit her teeth and tossed the cock onto the other side of the bed. She grimaced at herself as her mind processed exactly what she was feeling. Yeah, she knew she had a non-con slash bondage thing already but apparently that did extended to getting her excited around penises. “That fucking tracks.” She laughed bitterly at herself.

Of course the lesbian needed to be bound to enjoy a cock. God she hated herself right now. She glared at the toy once more, intending to burn it into ash with just her eyes. Her thoughts turned to her girlfriends, Momo especially, and wondered how they’d react if she dared reveal this to them.

Mina would probably laugh her arse off and maybe Tooru would poke a bit of fun. Ochako would probably balloon up and float around for a bit while Tsuyu would… offer to use her tongue to bind her.

Kyoka bit her lip as her core clenched. Where was she… oh right, Tsuyu would bind her, maybe Momo would get out her restraints again and chain her up? Then, she’d put on the cock… maybe give another to Tsuyu… then caress her face as they slowly slipped their thick cocks insid-.

“FUCK!” Kyoka groaned, slamming the bed with her fist before cradling her head in her hands.

She was a lesbian. She managed to finally answer that question when Tsuyu kissed her. Now here she was flip flopping like an idiot. Stupid hormones, stupid biology, why did everything have to be so complicated?!

Kyoka looked over at the toy resting at the end of her bed that was the source of her most recent confusion. Stretching out her jacks, she gripped it and pulled it back, grasping it firmly enough she knew it’d hurt the dude on the other end if it was real.

“Why are you so fucking weird?!” She asked the thing.

Not getting a response, she scoffed, her mind pondering what she should do next. Did she even have to tell the girls? She’d have to tell Momo at least, maybe be honest with her but still keep up the ban on her using the toy on Kyoka. That wasn’t fair though… not if she wanted to make Momo happy with her favourite position. Even if Kyoka now knew she liked it, it didn’t mean she liked it.

Her mind cast itself back to what her girlfriend had admitted during their last sleepover:

‘The idea of… pushing something that stretches and connects us inside before releasing has been extremely erotic.’

The heiress clearly wasn’t a lesbian if she enjoyed that. Kyoka bit her lip as she looked over at her pillow. Maybe she’d do a little more experimenting.

She quickly shed her clothes before turning her pillow sideways, awkwardly wrapping the straps for the toy around it so she had something semi-solid to press against. Looking down at her makeshift love-pillow, she scowled once more. How had she come to this?

Before climbing onto the thing though, even she knew it needed to be wet lest she have an even worse experience. About to spit on it, her mind suddenly entertained a new idea she couldn’t resist blushing at.

Licking her lips, she closed her eyes as she imagined Momo’s voice calling out to her.

‘Kyoka, my little Vixen.’ She cooed, ‘Before I fuck you senseless, please worship my cock.’

“N-No way.” Kyoka scoffed audibly.

‘Awww I’m sorry to hear that.’ Dream-Momo pouted. ‘Pet, grab her head.’

‘Yes Mistress.’ A phantom Ochako replied diligently, grabbing Kyoka’s hair and pushing the girl to her knees. In the real world, Kyoka had reached a hand up to grip the back of her own head and pushed herself closer to the fake penis.

‘My dear little Vixen, I was asking nicely.’ Dream-Momo’s smile sunk into something a little more sinister. ‘It’s going to happen, the only choice you really had was whether you did it willingly or not.’

Kyoka’s jacks wound themselves down her arms, coiling loosely around them before lashing them together behind her back in a bind.

“Fuck you!” Kyoka growled out loud, lowering her head closer to her pillow, licking her lips lightly.

‘No my dear,’ Dream-Momo purred once more, ‘Fuck you.’

Gathering her courage, Kyoka opened her mouth and pushed herself down on the cock as far as she dared, reaching a little under half way.

‘Mmm, good girl.’ Dream-Momo sighed in satisfaction. ‘I do like it when you’re bound before me.’

Kyoka swallowed what spit she could uneasily. She hated how much this was turning her on, her own hands itching to unbind themselves and seek out her relief. Proceeding as she imagined her girlfriend would want, Kyoka slowly started moving her mouth up and down on the fake cock, trying to ignore its rubbery taste.

‘Keep going and I’ll give you a special treat.’ Dream-Momo grinned, a dark chuckle in her voice before Kyoka once more imagined her lover’s hand pressing down on the back of her neck. ‘Don’t forget the rest dear.’

Kyoka forced herself to take in more of the cock, breathing through her nose as she’d seen people online discussing. She felt like she was going to be sick if she pushed any further… so why did it excite her so much?

One of her jacks cautiously loosened from her arm, reaching up to the button around the side of the toy. Her eyes widened as she realised exactly what Dream-Momo was about to do to her.

‘Time for your treat Vixen.’

Kyoka forced herself down on the rest of the cock before her jack pressed the button on the side. She could make out the whirring of electronic components she didn’t hear during the sleepover as something new erupted into her throat. It immediately triggered her gag reflex and she quickly pulled herself off of the cock as it continued to spurt the gooey liquid onto her lips and face.

She breathed deeply as she fought her own body to regain control, the fake cock’s twitching slowing to a stop as she did. Kyoka’s pillow and covers were completely ruined, her spit was everywhere and she had one somewhat satisfied dream girlfriend still whispering in her ear.

‘A good try dear.’ Dream-Momo whispered, wiping some of the cum off of Kyoka’s lips. ‘But next time, do try to swallow it all.’

The punkette then groaned needily as she imagined Momo rubbing the cum she’d gathered all over Kyoka’s pussy, getting her ready for round two. Unwrapping her remaining jack from around her arms, she allowed herself to quickly see to her own release. Much to her frustration, she was incredibly wet and ready as she played with her lips.

“Fuuuck.” Kyoka groaned, slamming her fist weakly into the bed once more. Her annoyingly perfect heiress of a girlfriend was right; she probably didn’t fit the lesbian label anymore. She almost wanted to cry in frustration.

Here she was only just figuring herself out, having gained four amazing girlfriends and one Ochako-on-the-fence and now she was second guessing whether or not penises were something she could enjoy.

Reaching over, she unclipped the toy from her ruined pillow and pulled it over for a closer look. It hadn’t changed much beyond a healthy coating of her saliva and a milky coating of fake cum. Kyoka bit her lip once more as she decided to perform the final act in this mind-fuckery of an experiment. If she chickened out now, she’d just question herself even more and she was not going to be denied answers anymore damn it.

Gripping it awkwardly, she placed the head of the toy at her prepared entrance, giving it only the slightest of pushes before it managed to separate her lips and begin settling inside her. Kyoka hated the pleasurable groan that pulled itself free from her throat.

‘That’s a good Vixen,’ Dream-Momo comforted her girlfriend once more. ‘Just focus on me.’

Kyoka imagined Momo sitting on her hips as she gently thrust the fake cock inside herself, the straps brushing against her thighs being slightly annoying but not deal breaking.

‘Mmm, good girl.’ Dream-Momo cooed, caressing her face lightly. ‘Just let him knock you up and we’ll begin our family together’.

Kyoka’s heart skipped a beat as she realised she was imagining a man now behind Dream-Momo, his real cock taking the place of the fake she’d sucked off of her girlfriend. When Dream-Momo spotted her concerned face, she pressed her chest down with her own before claiming Kyoka’s lips in a passionate kiss.

The punkette’s hand fumbled as she sought out the button on the toy once more, feeling the remainder or whatever liquid was inside the cock begin to push its way into her.

‘That’s it dear.’ Dream-Momo cooed as the man emptied his seed into her girlfriend. ‘You’re going to carry our child for us, and I love you so much for it.’

Kyoka groaned as she felt her toes clench, her pussy softly contracting around something she never imagined she’d ever have inside her. It was a fairly weak orgasm all things considered, especially after all she’d shared with her girlfriends, but the fact that she’d managed to get there at all left a sour taste in her mouth.

The daydream faded away as she sat up to take stock of her current situation. Reaching down, she pulled the toy out from herself with an odd squelch as the feeling of liquid running down between her cheeks made her shiver. She idly played with the fake, milky-looking substance as she wondered just how similar to the real stuff it was.

Despite all she’d imagined and experimented with, Kyoka was left feeling almost as lost as when she started. She thought back to the way it finished, that Dream-Momo had tricked her into fucking a guy to get her pregnant. While it was something Kyoka’d considered when she imagined their future life and offspring together, it was always Momo who carried their child. Now… not that it was a guarantee or anything, who would even be the sperm donor slash father?

A flash of green hair and freckles passed through her mind as she cringed to herself.

“Great.” She pouted at her sarcastic comment. “Whatever Tsu’s got that made her horny for everyone she’s clearly given to me.”

Thank god she wasn’t planning on kids until her thirties at least. It would be super awkward to ask Green to do something like that without Ochako and Tsuyu’s assistance, and they’d surely have asked him out by then… right?

Kyoka slowly climbed her way out of bed and grabbed a towel from the side. Before anything else, she needed to clean herself and the mess she’d made.


Momo was frazzled.

After the frustrating but satisfying experience she had with catching Mineta in the middle of a crime and watching UA expel him, she also had to deal with the backlash that had come with it. Managing her father’s anger had exhausted her on Saturday and then, with Uraraka’s plight on Sunday, she’d had to redouble her efforts to try and navigate her way through another business minefield.

While it was not their fault, it was infuriating how much the Uraraka family had to go through before they could finally be free of persecution by their own supposed loved ones. Uraraka’s father had relayed to her that several of their former neighbours and his own mother had been criminally charged, but there was nothing to say they wouldn’t try again if they got the opportunity.

Short of hiring a full-time hero agency or private force to protect them, they’d have to move yet again. On top of that, her father was breathing down her neck after he spotted the news report about the attack. He was trying his best not to be a helicopter business-parent but she could sense he was eager to redirect some of his anger onto these new people that threatened his daughter’s ventures and she was half-tempted to let him; maybe Uraraka’s grandma would back off if she caught a glimpse of her own father’s power?

Momo Fucking Yaoyorozu was no slouch herself though, and she would go beyond for her friend and pet to ensure her families safety that she’d been entrusted with.

While it wasn’t part of her plan, she had also been recently buying up cheaper real estate with the shell company her father had helped her set up to facilitate everything the first time. Thanks to Ochako’s knowledge about house prices, she had seen an opportunity to invest in property management and she was currently exploring it.

However, in her haste to buy up cheap property while continuing with her regular school work and spending time with her girlfriends, she’d neglected to realise the state of what exactly she’d purchased.

Now, she was groaning into her laptop at a table in the dining area as she received picture after picture from the real estate company she’d bought the properties from of ghastly looking interiors: graffiti, damaged pipes, exposed electricals, the works.

She reclined in her chair, head thrown back to stare at the lights as she tried to breath deep and figure out a solution to any of the many problems she was now facing. Truth be told, she just wanted to go up to her room and cry or create something breakable then destroy it. Everything seemed to be going wrong at once and it was getting to her.

“Hey, Yaoyorozu, is everything okay?” A soft voice called out.

Momo turned, blinking away the little dots in her vision from the ceiling lights to spot a familiar mop of messy green hair approaching her with a concerned look on his face.

“Midoriya?” Momo said, shaking her head to hopefully clear both her vision and any negative emotion in her voice. “I’m fine, is there something on your mind?”

“Sorry, I couldn’t help but notice you look like you’re stressed out about something.” Midoriya explained. “I’m not sure if it’s something I can help with but maybe you’d like to take a break and talk about it? Maybe it’ll help.”

“You’re…” Momo paused, she had been at this since the end of class and it was approaching dinner time. “Yes, that sounds most agreeable.”

“Why don’t you go take a seat on the couch,” Midoriya offered. “And I’ll go grab us some drinks.”

“Water would be most appreciated.” Momo nodded, not in the mood for anything more sophisticated right now.

Shutting her laptop, she wearily rose to her feet as Izuku moved over to the kitchen to fetch their beverages. Placing her closed laptop down carefully on the coffee table, Momo felt a great deal of less care for her own body, flopping down into the seat as her mental exhaustion caught up to her.

“Rough day?” Midoriya asked as he returned, two bottles of water in his hands that were crisply cool from refrigeration.

“Frustrating weekend.” Momo nodded, accepting one of the bottles and taking a long swing, the coolness of the drink sending a small but pleasant shock through her system.

“Yes I um… understand your father is pressing charges?” Midoriya asked carefully, taking his own seat on the other sofa.

“Indeed,” Momo nodded, “As the heiress to the Yaoyorozu fortune and company, he has taken this personally. I have tried to mitigate his wrath and restrict it to our former classmate if his family was ignorant of his behaviour but my father can be… ruthless.”

“I’m sorry you have to go through all that.” Midoriya nodded.

Momo eyed the boy.

“Didn’t Mina give you a whole speech about being sorry about this?”

“Y-Yes but it’s not that I’m saying sorry about, i-it’s more this new thing that seems to have gotten you down.” Midoriya quickly explained, his active hands trying to wave away the accusation.

“Oh, my apologies then.” Momo sighed, having had enough of the pitying looks that everyone had been sending her and her girlfriends the past few days herself.

“Is that all that’s bothering you now?” Midoriya pressed, “If you’re currently stuck on some of the homework, maybe we could study together?” He gestured to her laptop.

Momo regarded the boy carefully. The honest smile he wore certainly looked genuine, and it wasn’t like he needed help himself being the number four student in the class when it came to test scores. She shook her head, she was just being paranoid, all this business stuff the last few days was getting to her and she was starting to suspect unnecessarily.

“It’s not homework, though I wish it were as simple.” She sighed, “It’s personal pursuits to do with running my family businesses.”

“Oh wow, I didn’t realise you were taking on so much already.” Midoriya smiled, blissfully unaware to just how much stress it was actually causing her.

“While I appreciate your praise, I assure you it is as much exasperating as it is rewarding at times.” Momo revealed. “Currently, it seems that everything is going wrong at once and I’m not sure what I can do to resolve the matter in my favour.”

“I think I understand.” Midoriya tried to sympathise. “Do you think an outside perspective may help?”

Momo pondered for a minute before shrugging and making her decision. It wasn’t the worst idea with Midoriya’s analytical mind but she doubted she could reveal everything to the boy, she had to keep her pet’s secrets after all.

“There’s much I can’t tell you due to confidentiality agreements,” Momo began, getting an understanding nod from the boy. “But the long and short of it is I have made some… questionable investments recently and I’m somewhat stuck on how to fix it.”

Reaching out, she opened her laptop back up to reveal the horrible looking pictures that had caused her latest headache.

“Property I purchased has come in this state and I’m not sure how I’ll be able to turn it into a worthy investment.” She explained.

“May I?” Izuku asked, reaching for her laptop. Momo gestured for the boy to help himself, allowing him to take in all the horrible looking living conditions she wouldn’t inflict on any potential tenant.

“Most of the damage and problems seem to be superficial and localised. Likely the result of squatters, gangs or kids looking for a place to practise their quirk. The paint will be easy enough to clean up so you should focus on finding someone who’d be able to fix the piping, electrical and concrete damage. Do you have electricians, plumbers or maybe a construction company on call for this already?”

Momo blinked, she’d admittedly overlooked the possibility of contracting the Uraraka family to assist her in this endeavour. While it certainly wasn’t a handout, it did ring of special treatment. Was that something they could accept?

“I do have a small company that might be able to handle all of that.” Momo nodded, “However, they are currently in the midst of a legal battle. It seems their home office was attacked by… villains recently and they are currently looking to relocate. I doubt they’d be able to take on such a project without even a roof over their own head.”

“Oh no, that’s terrible!” Midoirya commiserated, “They’re safe though, right?”

“I assured so myself.” Momo nodded, putting up the Uraraka family in a nearby hotel while their belongings were moved to storage. “Though they are afraid of repeat attacks on their new location so I’m not sure how to help them resolve this either.”

Midoriya pondered things for a moment, his eyes flitting about unfocused on the floor as his mind raced.

“Are they particularly picky about their housing right now?” Midoriya asked.

“Is… that relevant?” Momo quirked an eyebrow.

“Well, it’s just an idea.” He rubbed the back of his head. “But if they don’t mind getting a private mailbox, they could just temporarily live and work in the same buildings until their work is finished before moving onto the next one. Real estate sellers do it all the time, living in a house until they sell it that is.”

Momo gaped. She had no idea such a thing was a known practise. Clearly she needed to learn more about this if she was to continue her own business pursuits. For the next half an hour, she eagerly grilled Midoriya on what he knew of the practise as well as looking up supplementary material online.

By the time they were finished, she had a solid plan on how to help the Uraraka family get back on their feet, out of her father’s line of sight, and stay away from their less-than-accepting former friends and neighbours.

“Thank you very much Midoriya, this has been a most enlightening time.” Momo smiled, closing her laptop with satisfaction in her voice.

“No problem.” He smiled, “It helps to know my mother’s experience came in handy.”

“Your mother?” Momo asked curiously.

“O-Oh um… yeah.” Midoriya rubbed his head nervously. “She was a real estate agent before she met… my father. When I was young, she told me about a few things about before she met him.”

Momo couldn’t help but notice the vitriol that certain words carried when Izuku spoke.

“That was just one of the weird bits I remember.” He chuckled in a fond, yet melancholic manner, “It’s just been the two of us for so long I can recall that conversation more than… uh, n-never mind.”

Momo frowned as Midoirya shook his head, the ghost of unusual anger and frustration painting his features for just a moment.

“If… you’d like to talk about it I’d be more than happy to listen.” Momo offered. Not only had the boy helped her with her issue, and inadvertently Uraraka too, but he was her classmate and friend. Even if just listening to something helped, she’d like to offer him at least that much.

“Sorry, it’s nothing just…” Izuku paused.

He recalled his recent conversation with Mina, about how they were there to help each other and needed to trust each other more. He’d literally just stuck his nose into Momo’s business to help her out when she looked frustrated, was he doing her a disservice by rejecting the same offer?

“Well… u-um… do you mind if we go somewhere more um… private?” Izuku asked shyly, not wanting to talk about such a personal topic in full view of anyone who entered the dorms. “I uh… I’m not fond of t-talking about it.”

“O-Of course.” Momo nodded, quickly gathering her things and rising to her feet. “Would you prefer my room or your own if it is something this sensitive.”

“Um… I guess m-mine?” He mumbled, gripping his fists lightly. The first time he was inviting a girl to his room, his incredibly All-Might themed room, and it was going to revolve around him. Izuku had hoped his anger and resentment had somewhat faded over the years but even just mentioning that man had brought it back.

Thankfully, Momo didn’t press for any further details as he led her up to his floor and into his room. It shouldn’t feel weird but this was still a girl entering his private domain. Izuku felt his face flush was he could practically hear Momo looking around for the first time since the room contest back when they moved in.

“It seems your collection has grown even bigger since I last saw it.” Momo smiled. If there were constants in the universe, Izuku’s love for All Might was one of them.

The boy himself looked over at the poster he’d recently acquired. It was the same poster that, until recently, had hung in Sir Nighteye’s agency. While it wasn’t in his will or anything, the man had seen fit to keep a document about distribution of his personal belongings on his agency’s server. Bubble Girl had bequeathed the tube with the poster to him after the funeral and Izuku’d hung it up as a reminder of his dedication and his failure.

“Y-Yeah,” He nervously replied, “He’s my favourite after all.” Looking around, he quickly panicked as he wondered which seat to offer his guest; the office chair or the bed? Which would she be more comfortable in? Was it weird to even think about sitting on the bed in the first place?

“Do you mind if I take a seat?” Momo asked while walking over to Izuku’s desk chair.

“N-No, by all means.” Izuku quickly offered.

Momo sat and watched the boy nervously pace before deciding to sit on the edge of his bed. His posture screamed uncomfortable and he was probably well aware of every movement he was making right now. It was endearing, if a little weird, how nervous he was to host someone like her in- Oooh, that’s right, some boys got really nervous around pretty girls.

“Please don’t be so nervous Midoriya.” Momo spoke up, hoping to ease the boy’s nerves. “If this is not something you wish to discuss as it makes you uncomfortable, I can-“

“It’s okay.” Izuku spoke before taking a deep, calming breath. “Y-You’re my friend and um… Mina says we should talk to each other when things aren’t great so…”

Momo smiled, seemed the girl had managed to get something non-hero related through the boy’s head after all.

“Then by all means, if this is troubling you, please share.”

“O-Okay so um…” Izuku breathed deeply once again, “I um… yeah, it’s just been me and my mum for practically my whole life. Downstairs I just… it brought back memories of my… dad.”

“Not pleasant ones?” Momo asked sympathetically.

“Wouldn’t know.” Izuku chuckled dryly. “I can’t remember his face at this point, just a name and quirk.”

“Oh, I see.” Momo replied sadly.

“Mum doesn’t work anymore.” Izuku explained, “Nothing major anyway, just enough to keep busy. My father sends money to an account and it’s enough to keep us afloat for the most part.” Momo nodded but said nothing, “He left when I was… three? Maybe four, but it doesn’t really matter. He doesn’t visit or call and at this point I’d be fine if he never made another appearance in my life.”

“Oh my.” Momo held back her comments and questions as best she could. While her own parents were a pain, she wouldn’t wish to never see them again; just maybe they be a tad less controlling is all.

“Sorry. Doesn’t sound very nice or heroic um… does it?” Midoriya nervously looked over at his guest.

“I mean…” Momo didn’t know exactly what to say here. “Is there a reason? I-If you don’t mind me asking of course.”

Izuku sighed, his hands clenched together in front of him as he leant on his knees to look at his floor.

“One of the few things I remember… was an argument.” He started slowly. “He and mum were fighting in the kitchen and I was hiding in my room... u-under my covers. I could still hear them and they’d been at it for a while.”

Izuku bit his lip, glancing over at Momo carefully as he wondered if he should tell her what came next. They weren’t the closest friends or classmates but she was the first person that had ever offered to listen.

“W-When I heard a um… crash… I had to go look. I don’t know what they were yelling about, or what happened exactly… all I remember is seeing my mom on the floor and my… father stood over her… his arm raised.”

Momo let out a gasp as she put the pieces together much like a young Izuku did that day.

“Next thing I knew, I was running at him and um… head-butted him in a p-painful place.” Izuku admitted, somewhat embarrassed at his memory. “I um… stood between him and my mom… and told him, ‘Y-You won’t hurt her anymore villain, because I am here’.” Izuku laughed bitterly, resting his hands on his forehead.

Momo didn’t know whether to laugh or cry at baby Izuku’s bravery even then.

“He said something, I don’t recall.” Izuku shrugged, “But he turned and walked out of the apartment… and that was the last time I ever saw him. Since then, I’ve had to go through everything with just um… my mum’s support.”

Izuku blinked and watched as a tear that had built up without his knowledge fell to the wooden floor of his room. Seems the Midoriya genes were active as ever and he quickly rolled his sleeve over his hand to wipe his eyes.

“S-Sorry,” He apologised for his tears.

“That’s quite alright.” Momo reassured him, quickly offering a tissue produced from her quirk which the boy gratefully accepted.

“Yeah… so… that was it. No more dad.” Izuku laughed bitterly again. “People noticed of course, like when he didn’t turn up to parent’s day an’ everything and they assumed it was because of me being quirkless.”

“Quirkless?” Momo asked, the knowledge conflicting with the very strong, very real quirk the boy exhibited.

Izuku’s eyes widened before he quickly recalled the story he and All-Might had thought up to cover this.

“M-My quirk didn’t show up right away,” He muttered, “Superpower took time to uh… build up so um… i-it looked like I was quirkless for a while.”

“Ah, I see.” Momo nodded, rationalizing in her own head that the backlash, such as the ones he frequently experienced at the start of the year, would’ve been outright prevented by his body by just not activating at such a young age.

“Yeah um… sorry.” Izuku apologised again, “I didn’t mean to um… fall apart like this. I just… you’re the first person I’ve… ever told.”

“I’m sorry too,” Momo felt her heart go out to the boy, “I had no idea this was something you’d struggled with. I didn’t mean to bring up such memories with thanks to my own issues.”

“It’s fine.” Izuku smiled, reminded at how he’d managed to help Momo with her own problem. “I b-blame Mina, she wanted me to um… share more.”

Izuku’s chuckle helped her realize it was a joke and he didn’t actually hold anything against her pink girlfriend.

“Then I’m glad you felt comfortable enough to open up to me.” Momo smiled, thinking about the other five fantastic friends she’d made here at UA. “We all have our own difficulties but sometimes just sharing them with our friends can help ease that burden.”

“I… um… d-did Mina tell you um… what I told her?” Izuku asked nervously.

“She mentioned your discussion but I’m not sure what you’re referring to.” Momo tilted her head.

Izuku clenched his hands again, this would be the second person he’d admit this to.

“Before UA I um… didn’t really h-have any f-friends.” He admitted.

“Ah.” Momo nodded sadly, “While um… Mina didn’t relay that particular piece of information, I can certainly sympathise as a kindred spirit in that regard.”

Izuku blinked, not quite sure how to reply.

“Y-You?” He asked, bewildered, “B-But you’re so... kind, and your um… quirk a-and b-beauty a-and-”

“- My money and name and a host of other things that anyone would see as a reason to be my friend.” Momo nodded, having come to terms with this herself. “There were plenty of reasons to be my friend as you’re aware, but none of the connections I made when I was younger ever felt genuine.” She replied sadly. “It’s only here at UA that I’ve come to appreciate our class, and a few outside it, as true friends. Even for all my fame, money, quirk and more, I don’t believe any of you are sucking up to me when we speak and it is both refreshing and endearing.”

“O-Of course not.” Izuku nodded, “I-I mean it just… seems so surreal.”

“It’s not uncommon with one in my position,” Momo sighed, revealing a touch of her own history to the boy. “Being the heiress to such a business empire but wanting nothing more than to be a hero are quite opposing factors to each other. Before UA, I sometimes found myself somewhat… emotional at nights when I longed for more personal connections to others.”

“I’m… so sorry.” Izuku sympathised, feeling a connection to the heiress he never had before.

“Quite alright Midoriya.” Momo smiled, “As I mentioned, I have since gained some truly wonderful friends I wouldn’t trade for the world. While we don’t share quite the same relationship,” Momo mentally giggled at her own in-joke, “I would like to also be a better friend to you if you’ll accept it. I understand what you’ve shared is quite personal but please know that I don’t judge you or think any less of you for it. If anything, it reinforces my belief you are truly meant to be a hero.”

Izuku’s breath caught in his throat as Momo’s words registered in his head.

“Wha… W-W-Why would you say t-that?!” He asked incredulously.

“Anger at your father aside, you stood up to someone much bigger and scarier than you before your quirk even came in; defending someone who needed it. Even at that age you sounded like you were a real hero to your mum.” Momo replied honestly.

Izuku wanted to cry. Hearing words like that from one of his peers filled his heart with joy such that he’d rarely experienced before, only receiving One-For-All and saving Eri outweighed it off the top of his head.

“Th-Thank you.” He cried, tears actively starting to fall now as an emotional damn burst inside him. While it was certainly not proper to do so, Momo quickly moved over to sit next to her male friend on his bed and wrapped him in her arms. Clearly she’d underestimated the boy’s issues or insecurities if basic compliments such as this were so significant to him.

“I wish I could find the same courage to stand up to my own father at times while you were doing so at such an age.” Momo continued.

“Your father?” Izuku murmured, “But… didn’t you say…”

“He’s done nothing like your own, I assure you.” Momo reassured the protective Midoirya spirit that appeared to flare up at the mention of trouble. “But he is a tad overbearing and controlling. I mentioned earlier that I had to fight him to get Mineta’s family some leniency. Woe betide the villains that harm me in the field is all I can say.”

“I don’t know if um… you need it but, if it gets too much, just let me know and I’ll try to give you support however I can.” Izuku offered. Truthfully he had no idea how he’d achieve such a thing, but standing by your friends is something he’d do no matter the situation.

“I…” Momo blinked. Clearly the boy had no idea the scope of such a promise compared to those her girlfriends had made. While she’d promised to be a better friend to him, there was no way he was ready for a bombshell such as her betrothal to worry him at this point. “If I ever need your assistance, I’ll be sure to let you know.”

“S-Sure.” Izuku nodded, a nervous smile on his face. “F-Friends, right?”

Momo smiled, enjoying the fact she’d managed to get the normally reserved boy to open up to her a little more.

“Absolutely.”


Everyone was relieved when the school bell rang out to end the day on Wednesday. They were over the hump of the week and the worst of it was behind them. As dedicated as he was, even Izuku felt like he needed a respite from all their recent hard work.

Progress with his strength training and attempts to master air pressure were going moderately well, though he wished he had more to show for his efforts, and dance practise was yielding promising results if Mina’s grins and winks at him when she evaluated his moves were anything to go by. Maybe he could incorporate some of this new flexibility he was feeling into his training?

“Midoriya?” A voice called out.

He jumped a little as he realised he’d spaced out while packing his books away. Turning to his right, he spotted a somewhat amused looking Tsuyu staring expectantly back at him.

“Bad time?” She asked.

“Just thinking.” He smiled. “What’s up um… Tsu?”

He was still not super comfortable using such a familiar address but he wouldn’t deny her request. It wasn’t like he was the only one, almost the entire class was invited to do the same after all.

“Are you busy this evening, ribbit?”

“N-No, why?” Izuku felt his nerves creep up on him.

“I’ve got some free time and I’d like to hang out with you if that’s okay?” Tsuyu stated.

“Uh…” Izuku’s brain briefly took a moment to process that request. “Y-Yes! I-I mean um… sure.”

He couldn’t help but feel his heart twitch as Tsuyu’s face lit up at his acceptance. It was subtle, but he’d learned to read her emotions through her eyes rather than her whole face. After the debacle in Kamino Ward that led to them all moving to the dorms in the first place, he saw how expressive her eyes could be even when the rest of her appeared stoic.

“Perfect.” Tsuyu smiled, “I’ve got some stuff to do before anything else but shall we meet up in the common room about six?”

“S-Sounds good.” Izuku nodded nervously.

“See you then, ribbit.” Tsuyu called back as she walked off, a little more bounce in her step than usual to chat with Ochako before they probably headed back to the dorms together.

“I assume you’re all caught up with your studies Midoirya?” A second, much deeper voice spoke to his side. Iida smiled over at his friend as Izuku nodded mindlessly, clearly not having noticed his approach. “Admirable, I too am caught up with the exclusion of today’s assignments, though I fear my own time will be spent on perfecting the routine for the festival.”

“You’re doing much better than when we started.” Izuku offered.

“Indeed, though I fear it is not something that will ever come naturally.” Iida replied, leading Izuku out of the classroom after he’d grabbed his bag. “While my arms are relatively unaffected by my quirk, my legs are heavy and the extra metal makes them less suited for such activity. I just hope I can become proficient enough in time for the show so as to not let down our class.”

“Oh, then maybe we could practise!” Izuku began, “I know I’m not great, but Tsu’s much better than either of us, you think you’d want to join us this evening and get some extra practise in?”

Iida looked over at the best friend he’d made since arriving at UA. His dedication to helping others was admirable and one of the qualities that made him well suited for their future careers, but the boy was hopelessly dense when it came to social interaction. Iida knew he was no expert himself, but even he knew this was not just a random ‘hang out session’ to Tsuyu.

“Thank you for your offer but I believe that Asui specifically requested time for the two of you to share together. I know that if my presence was desired, she would’ve requested both myself and likely Uraraka too.”

“W-Wait,” Izuku stopped, “Y-You think Tsu just wants to spend time with… me? Like… alone?”

“Of course.” Iida chopped his hand, “Why else would she not request or inform you of anyone else’s presence.”

“Y-Y-You d-don’t think…” Izuku gulped. “I-I-Is th-this a d-d-”

“Please calm yourself Midoriya.” Iida hoped to stop the now panicking friend before him from overwhelming himself. “You know Asui, if this was a date she wouldn’t beat around the bush.”

That, admittedly, made a lot of sense to Izuku. As his mind quickly abandoned extremely hastily made plans on what to do and how to approach such a scenario, he found himself feeling a touch of disappointment at the same time. It was no mistake he’d finally admitted out loud that he had something of a crush on two people to Mina but he didn’t know exactly how to resolve either his own feelings or gauge whether or not either of them was remotely interested in him.

“Y-Yeah, you’re right.” Izuku nodded.

“Of course,” Iida smiled. Besides, it was clear to him that Midoriya and Uraraka would become high-school sweethearts; his two best friends were painfully obvious after all.

The pair continued walking back to the dorms, discussing topics away from Izuku’s impending hangout with their froggy friend. The greenette didn’t know exactly what the girl wanted to do when they ‘hung out’ but he was sure it would be fine.


Izuku was panicking.

He’d tried not to count the hours and minutes but he’d done so while trying to distract himself, badly, in his room until the promised meet up time.

After getting changed into some more comfortable clothes, he’d spent the last ten minutes up until six pacing his room nervously. When the alarm he’d set for himself went off at five fifty-nine, he quickly made his way downstairs and into the common room as casually as he could. There were a few people milling about, like Mina, Ochako and Ojiro, but no Tsuyu yet.

He took a seat on the couch and decided to try and not worry. He’d just wait a few minutes and Tsuyu would be along shortly.

It had been over ten minutes since then and Izuku was panicking.

His green haired friend had yet to make an appearance and, worse, Mina and Ochako had left at some point so he couldn’t even ask them if they knew about something. It was silly to think she was in trouble but after all they’d gone through since the start of term, Izuku’s brain entertained the idea.

No, he was being silly. She probably just… lost track of time and forgot or something.

But that thought caused his chest to ache in a most unpleasant way too.

Biting his lip, he looked around the common room, definitely not spotting the girl for the last time. It certainly couldn’t hurt to see if she had simply lost track of time doing homework in her room before resorting to any of the more wild ideas his brain was coming up with.

Izuku took a few cautious steps towards the elevator and pressed the button. Once inside, he wrung his hands as it dawned on him that he was going to a girl’s room alone. Was this weird? No time to focus on that as the doors ‘pinged’ and he stepped out, making his way over to the frog girl’s dwelling.

Nervously, he stood outside and clenched his hands again. He didn’t know if this was overstepping his bounds or not, but she had asked him for a specific time and he’d made sure to remember it correctly.

About to raise his hand and knock, he heard voices on the other side of the door. One he could definitely make out as Tsu’s but the others didn’t sound like anyone he knew. His mind ran through the possibilities before settling on ‘Occam’s razor’; she was probably just on the phone to someone. He hesitated, wondering if this was something he should interrupt or not. He didn’t want to seem pushy, but he didn’t want to be forgotten about either. Maybe the best solution was a gentle reminder he was still waiting on her but he could wait until after she wrapped up her call.

His path chosen, Izuku’s hand knocked firmly on the door.

“Oh? Hold on a minute, I think someone wants something.” He heard Tsuyu’s voice declare from the other side. There was the brief shuffling of footsteps before the door opened and the slightly smaller girl’s head made itself known.

“Midoriya?” She blinked owlishly.

“H-Hey,” He replied, nerves creeping into his voice. “So um you said you wanted to hang out at six and it’s been a little while and I wondered if you’d forgotten so I just came to-”

“Shit.” Tsuyu muttered, quickly pulling out her phone and checking the time. Evidently the girl hadn’t set an alarm for their meeting like he had. “I’m sorry Izuku, ribbit, please, come in while I just wrap everything up.”

Izuku’s breath caught as the door swung open wider while Tsuyu returned to her desk. Cautiously, Izuku stepped inside slowly and softly closed the door, as though he were treading on sacred ground. This was the first time he’d been both in a girl’s room alone and in Tsuyu’s room at all since she didn’t take part in the room contest.

“Sorry guys, gonna have to call it here I’m afraid, got a friend waiting on me.” Tsuyu spoke towards her laptop, clearly this was a video call.

“Awww no fair, rib!” A childish sounding voice called out from the speakers.

“Yeah, ribbit!” A different, more girlish one agreed. “We never get to see you anymore sis, ribbit.”

Izuku couldn’t miss the way Tsuyu bit her lip as she listened to what was very probably her sibling’s words.

“Come on you two, pack it in, croak.” A stern voice ordered. “Your big sis has her own life and things to do too.”

“But da~ad.” The two smaller voices replied together.

“No buts, croak. Say your goodbyes now.”

As Izuku stepped further into the room, he tried to catch a glimpse of Tsuyu’s family without appearing on camera.

“Urgh, fine!” A small boy groaned, short green hair covering one of his eyes. “Bye Tsu, rib.”

“Bye Samidare.” Tsuyu replied, giving him a little wave.

“Bye-bye sis!” A small girl bounced in her seat, her big round eyes clearly matching Tsuyu’s own.

“Goodbye Satsuki, I’ll talk to you again soon okay?” Tsuyu smiled.

“You better.”

“Satsuki!” Another voice scolded from off screen. The two children were quickly shooed away as a new pair of people took their place, clearly this was Tsuyu’s mother and father. Her mum looked like a slightly wider version of Tsuyu, especially in the face where her lower jaw was much wider than any other part of her head with the same green hair as Tsuyu. She also seemed to sport two blush marks on her cheeks, much like Ochako’s except just a bit rounder. Her father appeared to be a typical salary man with white shirt and tie; what made him different was the fully expressed toad quirk he clearly sported, coating his skin a light brown. It was clear to Izuku that Tsuyu had a very froggy family.

“It seems they ate up all our time, ribbit.” Tsuyu’s mum chuckled lightly.

“Sorry, I really did want to talk more.” Tsuyu explained, “I just made plans earlier and-”

“It’s okay, croak.” Her dad replied, waving her apology away. “We thought we’d surprise you after all.”

Now Izuku felt bad. Yeah he and Tsuyu had plans, but this was a little more important than that. He could completely understand wanting to catch up with family since he and his mum still spoke a couple time a week after the dorm move.

“Um, Tsu.” Izuku spoke up, pulling the girl’s attention away from the screen. “If you want we can reschedule, I didn’t realise you were chatting with your family.”

“Who’s that? Is it a boy?” Tsuyu’s dad spoke up gruffly.

Tsuyu rolled her eyes and turned back to the screen.

“Ease up dad, ribbit, he just came to collect me so we could hang out with friends.” Tsuyu lied. Though Izuku was unaware if anyone else would be joining them, it actually did read as a lie from the frog girl to him.

“Well then introduce us, ribbit. We’ve yet to meet any of your friends since before you went to UA.” Her mum spoke up.

Tsuyu turned back to the boy who now looked like he was caught in the crosshairs of a sniper.

“Sorry, do you mind, ribbit?” Tsuyu asked cautiously.

“O-Oh um… sure I guess.” Izuku nodded slowly before carefully approaching the laptop screen. Glancing at the little mirror image of himself and Tsuyu, he tried to orient himself appropriately on camera, bending over slightly to stay in frame.

“H-Hi Mr. and Mrs. Asui. It’s very nice to meet you.” He bowed his head lightly. “I’m Izuku Midoriya.”

“Midoriya, eh?” Her dad eyed him suspiciously, “We’ve heard a lot about you.”

“Y-You have?!” Izuku blanched.

“Tsuyu told us what you did during the… was it the ‘USJ’ incident?” He asked his wife casually, getting a nod in response.

“O-Oh.” He blinked. “R-Really, I didn’t do anything special, just what any other person would-“

“Saved our daughter’s life is what you did, didn’t you, croak?” Her dad spoke up again, not allowing Izuku to dismiss their thanks so casually.

“We know your teacher helped too, ribbit.” Tsuyu’s mum chimed in, “But the way Tsuyu tells it, you’re the one that bought precious time before All Might arrived.”

“They’re not wrong Izuku, ribbit.” Tsuyu addressed the boy directly, “I believe you helped save my life that day.”

The greenette didn’t know what to say, he’d just done what came naturally.

“I-I…” He mumbled, before letting out a small, throat clearing cough. “Th-Thank you. I appreciate your words, but I just did it to help my friend. Tsuyu saved my own life and M… another classmate’s a few moments before that. We were looking out for each other and I just did what I could like she did for me.”

“Our little girl’s becoming quite the hero, ribbit.” Tsuyu’s mum cooed through the camera. “Are you two going to become a ‘team’ after graduating?”

“You’re embarrassing, don’t make me shut you off early.” Tsuyu threatened, a small blush appearing on her cheeks.

“Okay, enough grilling, croak.” Her dad held up his hands. “We’ll try and let you know when we’re all free for another chat soon, okay pet?”

“Sure dad.” Tsuyu nodded.

“Bye dear, make sure you’re eating right.” Her mum called.

“Yes mum, ribbit.” Tsuyu rolled her eyes fondly. “Bye, love you lots.”

With a few last words of goodbye, Tsuyu shut off the call and connection to her family. Izuku didn’t quite know what to say so he straightened up and waited for her to make the next move.

“R-Right, shall we go, ri-ribbit?” Tsuyu asked croakily, getting to her own feet.

Izuku felt his mouth drop as when the frog girl turned it was clear something was wrong. Her eyes had pooled with tears and her mouth was pulled into the same, unhappy shape he remembered she wore back when she held herself back after the dorm room contest.

“T-Tsu, are you alright?” He asked worriedly.

“I… I’m…” Tsuyu blinked and a pair of fat tears rolled down her cheeks. She shook her head, closing her eyes as another pair of tears broke free. “N-No… I just… I miss them so much.”

Before she knew it, Izuku had her wrapped in a soft hug, rubbing up and down her back slowly.

“I-It’s okay Tsu.” He tried to comfort her the way his own mother did to him. If there’s one thing Mirdoriya’s knew, it was how to comfort someone when tears were involved. Most of the time he was on the receiving end of the care but now someone else needed him. “I miss my mom too.”

Tsuyu just allowed herself to be comforted, wrapping her own arms around her crush and softly crying into his shirt. She hoped it didn’t change his opinion of her but she was almost certain she’d derailed her own plans for tonight.

The pair stood there for a few minutes, Izuku just comforting the homesick girl as he thought about how much he worried his own mother and missed her too.

When Tsuyu had let out the worst of her tears, she carefully pushed herself away from the boy to break the hug. Before Izuku could ask any follow-up questions, she just grabbed his arm and led him to the bed where she sat down, patting the spot next to her.

Izuku definitely felt his awkwardness return but it came a distant second to ensuring his friend was okay, taking a seat next to the girl and waiting for whatever she wanted to say next.

“S-Sorry… about forgetting.” Tsuyu apologized for the delay in their meeting.

“Don’t worry about it.” Izuku replied honestly. “Your family surprised you and you wanted to speak to them. It was just um, bad timing I guess.”

Tsuyu nodded slowly.

“I know it’s silly,” She murmured, “I’m supposed to be a hero-in-training and I’m in bits because I’m a little homesick. You must think I’m a mess.”

“Don’t think about it like that.” Izuku offered. He briefly recalled the time after the funeral when Ochako had sought him out; when he was putting his feelings of powerlessness and frustration into his training in the woods behind the dorms. “Someone once told me, ‘It’s okay to cry, you don’t have to be strong for anyone right now,’ when I needed it. I’m your friend, and I’m here for you if you want to let everything out.”

Tsuyu felt herself tilt until her head rested on Izuku’s shoulder as they sat side by side. Hesitantly, he reached out and wrapped his arm around her side, pulling her closer and letting her know it as okay.

“You know me.” He continued, “Tears for days so um… this time, let me help you.”

“Thanks Izuku, ribbit.” Tsuyu croaked, her voice a little softer than normal lest she break out into sobs. The two just sat there for a bit, enjoying each other’s company as Tsuyu allowed her emotions to run through her and begin to settle.

“What um… did you wanna do tonight anyway?” Izuku asked, still somewhat unsure on how exactly he and Tsuyu would spend time together. Tsuyu chuckled and reached out to take Izuku’s hand in her own, causing a fierce blush to colour his face.

“Anything we wanted.” She admitted, “We could’ve gone to the gym or a walk, maybe just sat and talked like now. I just… wanted to spend some time getting to know you a bit better.”

“O-Oh, we can still do that.” Izuku piped up.

“I’d rather not go out in public right now, ribbit.” Tsuyu wiped her face, “I look a mess.”

“Oh um… if you’d like to just chat here t-that’s fine too.” Izuku quickly stated. He looked around Tsuyu’s dwelling for a topic of conversation.

“It’s um… the first time I think I’ve seen your room.” He noted, “It’s very you.”

“Green and froggy.” Tsuyu nodded with a small smile. “I have a theme and I’m not afraid of it.”

“That’s good, I mean… y-you’ve kinda seen me and um… All Might merch’.”

“Don’t be shy about what you like.” Tsuyu nodded, recalling the boy’s extensive collection. “I think it’s endearing you look up to him and are trying to be his replacement. Maybe just do so without getting all injured like he did in Kamino.”

Izuku bit his lip. It still wasn’t common knowledge All Might had that form before his second battle with All-For-One but Tsuyu didn’t need to know that.

“I’ll try my best.” He nodded, looking around again for something else. “Pictures of your old friends?”

Tsuyu followed Izuku’s gaze to her bulletin board, noting a couple of snaps from her middle-school days, especially the one with her ex-girlfriend. May as well rip this band-aid off now.

“Mostly, but the girl with the red hair’s my ex.”

“E-Ex?!” Izuku blanched.

“We parted on good terms ‘cause of UA, ribbit.” Tsuyu explained, “But we did go out a couple months and they were great.”

“I-I didn’t know.” Izuku blinked.

“Most people don’t ask,” Tsuyu smiled, “But for the record, yeah, I’m bisexual.”

Izuku nodded dumbly, trying to figure out a response to that.

“I-I’m um… straight?”

“Good to know,” Tsuyu giggled at his clear nervousness. “I’m not hiding it, but no one outside the girls ever asked if you were wondering.”

“U-Understood.” Izuku nodded stiffly.

“Relax Midoriya,” Tsuyu put her hand on his leg, causing him to do the exact opposite of relaxing, “How ‘bout you, any ex’s? I would say you and Bakugo argue like an old married couple but you just cleared that thought up.”

It was totally worth it to see Izuku both blush a deep red and wave away such a silly notion.

“N-No, I-I’m si-single… er I mean uh have always been um-”

“That’s cool.” Tsuyu put him out of his misery. She didn’t offer anything more, allowing the boy to calm down after her teasing question.

“So um… if you don’t mind me asking,” Izuku spoke up. “Did you know before then or…?”

“Being bisexual, ribbit? I knew a little beforehand so when she asked me out I just accepted like I would if she were a guy.”

“That makes sense.”

“It’s not hard, people just make it that way.” Tsuyu said, enjoying her double entendre.

“Well um… thank you for telling and trusting me.” Izuku nodded.

“No problem, ribbit.” Tsuyu smiled, “To be honest, I’m glad you know, I’ve wanted to tell you for a while.”

“R-Really?” Izuku asked incredulously. “W-Why?”

“Oh I… just think we’re good friends and I wanted to tell you is all.” Tsuyu blushed lightly, averting her gaze. Having grown too comfortable after divulging so much of herself, she needed to steer back to safer topics. “What about you? Tell me more about Midoriya.”

“I um… think you can call me ‘I-Izuku’ after all that.” The green haired boy blushed lightly, honoured at being someone Tsuyu considered so close and personal.

“About time really.” Tsuyu giggled. “Don’t dodge the question though, what are things we don’t know about you?”

“I-I’m nothing special really.” Izuku waved away, “Just a normal guy growing up normally.”

“’What’s normal for the spider is chaos for the fly.’” Tsuyu quoted, “We don’t actually know much about you other than a few things you’ve let slip here and there.”

When Izuku blinked and wasn’t very forthcoming with new information, Tsuyu decided to list out the things she’d picked up.

“You’re All Might’s number one fan, you live with just your mom and no siblings, you knew Bakugo from before UA, you were likely bullied (possibly by him) when growing up, and I think you were functionally quirkless and treated as such but you have a quirk that could clearly rival All Might before he retired and I know you cleaned up a whole beach on the other side of town.”

“Ha… Have you been talking to Todoroki?” Izuku gaped.

“No, ribbit.” Tsuyu shrugged, “When people talk, I listen, especially my friends.”

“I’m… not sure if I should be touched or creeped out.”

“Now you know what your mumbling is like to the rest of us, ribbit.” Tsuyu joked. “Aside from other things like your love of Katsudon and your hero slash quirk obsession, you’ve been quite quiet in class. It’s part of the reason I wanted to hang out after all; to get to know you better.”

Izuku didn’t know what to say. He’d never had someone so interested in him before. Not his quirk or lack thereof for most of his life, not out of pity or obligation, but a genuine interest to get to know the real him. Admittedly, he wanted to spill his guts and let her know about practically everything in his life but he knew he couldn’t. Not just because of the secrets he held, but because that would surely creep the kind girl in front of him out and drive her away; only let a little bit of crazy out at a time.

“W-Well um… I guess you know about a fair bit actually…” Izuku rubbed his neck nervously. “I mean, growing up I knew more than anything else what I wanted to be so it kinda… drove my life really. I dedicated um… probably way too much time to just watching and admiring heroes.”

“You forgot analysing, ribbit.”

“Y-Yeah, that too.” He nodded in embarrassment.

“One thing that always confused me is why?”

“Why what?” Izuku tilted his head.

“Why did you want to be a hero so much? What drove you to do the things you do to get here? I mean, the way you acted during the… previous situations,” They both knew there were too many to list in their relatively brief time at UA, “It’s like you’re the most dedicated out of our entire class but you’ve got no real reason to be.”

“I-I mean, l-like I told your parents, I’m just doing what anyone here would do.” He murmured.

“No,” Tsuyu shook her head, “That drives people like Sato and Sero, you’ve got something stronger behind you.” Tsuyu paused before asking the question she knew might prove a tad too sensitive. “Was it the bullying? From not being able to use your quirk even though you had a strong one?”

Izuku bit his lip. The frog girl was right to a degree; this chance he’d been given by All Might, he took it so seriously because it had always been his dream as someone quirkless, and he never wanted another person to feel the way he did. That he’d considered, even for the briefest of moments, taking Bakugo’s advice and jumping off of the roof was something he considered a deep, unthinkable shame. It looked so stupid looking back on it now… but he was given a lifeline from All Might. No, he hadn’t jumped that day, but how long before he had without the man offering him this chance to really make a difference in the world? He was deeply ashamed that he knew the answer at his core.

“Y-Yeah…” Izuku admitted, “I tried to make something of myself without it, like um, cleaning the beach. I… basically grew up quirkless so um… if you know anything about the statistics…”

He watched Tsuyu give a hesitant nod, a remorseful look on her face.

“S-Sorry… I know it’s a bit of an um… unpleasant topic.”

“It’s no less important though.” Tsuyu shot him a comforting smile. “Please, ribbit, I’d like to learn more if you’re still willing to share.”

So Izuku shared. He shared the days of joy when he’d be able to spot a new hero or get some new merchandise, he shared days of pain when he was beaten down and berated by those who didn’t believe in his dream before he finally reached… the day he almost didn’t want to share. After pouring his heart out however, it felt like the words wouldn’t stop now that they’d started and he kept going.

“I remember it clearly,” He continued, “The homeroom teacher was supposed to give out career aptitude tests but everyone in my class was so dead set on becoming a hero he didn’t bother.”

“I’m guessing Bakugo was just as arrogant then?” Tsuyu asked, having gained a significant dislike for the boy after reading between the lines of Izuku’s stories.

“Um… maybe a bit more so.” He admitted reluctantly, “Said he was going to be the top hero, more popular than All Might and the richest of all time.”

“So nothing’s changed between then and now then, ribbit.” Tsuyu deadpanned.

“No, no, honest, he’s much better now and he’s really got a shot at making it to the top. It wasn’t all just bravado, he put in the work and his quirk’s amazing.” Izuku tried to cover for his… were they friends at this point?

“Still way too arrogant, ribbit, probably end up as an endeavour rip-off, forever chasing your cape in the top spot.” Tsuyu offered, hoping the compliment would help offset her insult aimed at the blond.

“Th-That’s um… r-really nice of you to think.” Izuku meekly accepted, ignoring the Bakugo portion of the comment. After his chat with Momo, it felt easier to accept that some people really did believe in him and his dream. He was going to fight to be number one and protect everyone he could; hearing that others were genuinely rooting for him and not in a mocking, derogatory way was new but exciting nonetheless.

“So what happened next?” Tsuyu pressed, Izuku was clearly building to something and she was eager to learn what it was.

“W-Well… um…” Izuku paused, wondering if he should truly release some of the details that happened that day. It was something that still haunted him and he hadn’t told a soul. Bakugo had changed but if he told Tsuyu about what he said, would she see it the same way he did? “I… don’t think I should say.”

“If you want I’ll pinky promise never to tell another soul.” Tsuyu offered. While she hoped it was nothing serious, she admitted to herself that she’d been drawn into his story. Even if he hopefully considered them much better friends with everything they’d shared so far, he was still clearly scared and reluctant to part with bits of information.

“I… don’t know.” Izuku muttered, “It would change things.”

“Izuku,” Tsuyu began, “I don’t believe there’s anything you could say that would change my opinion of you. Ribbit, you’re one of the smartest, most hard-working people I know and I know you’re going to be a great hero someday.” Tsuyu smiled honestly at the boy, hoping to impart the level of care she had for the greenette before her without giving away her romantic notions. “Unless you’ve killed someone, I’m pretty sure you’re safe, ribbit.”

Izuku gripped his fists tightly.

“E… E-Even if I said… I thought about killing… myself?” Before the words had left his mouth he already felt the tears welling up in his eyes. This was the first time he’d ever admitted such a thing out loud. Admitting that Bakugo’s words that day really had made him consider the option and taking that swan dive off the roof. One look at Tsuyu’s face and he wished he could take it back as her face drained of colour.

“I-Izuku… no.” She shook her head slowly. Neither of them said a word as a deathly silence hung uneasily in the air. “W-Why… what… what was it?”

“I-I was… told to jump… to wish for a… better quirk in the next life by a… classmate.”

Izuku flinched as Tsuyu moved. He almost brought his hands up to defend himself before he realised he was being wrapped up in a hug as the girl all but tackled him to her mattress. Before he knew it, he was being pinned down by her hands on his shoulders as he looked up into her own, tear filled face.

“Tell me… tell me you don’t feel like that anymore, ribbit!” Tsuyu cried.

Izuku opened his mouth but no sound came out. He wanted to reassure the girl but words were eluding him.

“Tell me you’re happy you’re alive! Please!”

“I-I’m fine Tsu.” Izuku managed to get out, “I-It was just for a moment.” He tried to downplay the severity of the situation. “I-I don’t feel like that anymore.”

Tsuyu looked down into Izuku’s eyes, his face somewhat blurry through her tears as she tried to push herself to spot any dishonestly or deception coming from her crush and friend. She was thankful she spotted none as she blinked, releasing her tears onto his face.

“Please… d-don’t… don’t ever… you’re w-wanted Izuku, ribbit. The world is a b-better place w-with you in i-it.” Tsuyu crumbled into his chest. If things weren’t so dire, they’d both be probably blushing up a storm with her current position but their minds were both far from that subject matter. “You saved my life, ribbit… I… don’t think I’d be here if you… if you’d…”

Izuku blinked as he realised what she was implying. If Izuku hadn’t become the latest One-For-All bearer, if he hadn’t come to UA and become a member of class 1-A and not been there during the USJ invasion… would someone else have been able to buy those precious few distraction seconds before All Might arrived? Izuku hoped that answer was ‘yes’ but with the way his mind worked, there were many, many alternate pasts where any one of them could’ve died.

“I-It’s okay Tsu.” He tried to smile heroically, to assure her that everything would be alright. “I’m not going anywhere.”

“You can’t, ribbit.” Tsuyu sniffed, “You said you were going to be number one; we’d all miss you… I know I would.”

He carefully reached up and pulled the crying girl closer for a hug once more, her tears re-moistening his top.

“I-I’d miss you too. I-It’s part of the um… reason why I’m not scared of it.”

“Mmm?” Tsuyu’s questioning noise emerged from between them.

“Since UA… I’ve realised I’ve got… friends now. Real friends… people who c-care for me and actually want me to succeed. I-It was something I didn’t have back then.” He admitted dourly, thinking back to all he absolutely didn’t miss about Aldera. After spending not even a year at UA, he’d made some of the best friends he’d ever had and, despite the villain attacks, couldn’t remember a time when he’d felt happier.

Even now, as he held a crying girl in his arms that he was only now realising was also his crush and super close, he was glad he’d got the opportunity to live his life up to this point. He certainly hoped it continued in spite of the villain’s attempts, as well as improving his skills with his quirk, and spending more time with the people he’d come to cherish.

That one of those people was currently looking down at him with big, adorable eyes and genuinely wanted the best for him gave rise to a risky thought he truly hoped paid off. He still had no idea how deep his feelings ran for either Ochako or Tsu but right now, in this moment, he felt like he could get at least part of that answer.

“Tsu I um…” Izuku began nervously, blood crawling up his neck to begin dyeing his skin red once more. “T-There’s people here I… don’t think I could do without either. I-I um… hope I’m not being too um… presumptuous when I s-say y-you’re one of them.”

The frog girl let out a single laugh through her dwindling tears, glad she’d gotten her feelings across to the boy and that she meant something to him too. Her breath caught as she felt Izuku’s hand reach up to cup her face, her eyes widening as she realised what might be about to happen.

“I’m… really happy y-you’re part of my life, a-and I um… h-hope you f-feel the same way I d-do.”

Tsuyu wanted to pull back, to not let herself be guided down into the kiss she knew was coming. She opened her mouth to speak but no words came out.

It was a bittersweet joy as she felt the delightfully soft texture of his lips meeting hers. This situation had gotten way too emotional and out of hand but she couldn’t find the strength to pull back in that moment. She knew she wanted this… just not under these circumstances.

Izuku felt his heart drop as Tsuyu’s hands pushed back down on his shoulders, separating the two. The torn look on Tsuyu’s face hurt him deeply without a single word exchanged. He’d fucked up, misread some signs, and now he may possibly lose one of his best friends because stupid Deku made another stupid mistake.

“I… I’m sorry… Izuku.” Tsuyu bit her lip, trying to control the whirlwind of thoughts and feelings running through her head. “I… wow, I-”

“P-Please Tsuyu,” Izuku begged, using her full first name, hoping it would get across how apologetic he was. “I-It’s my f-fault, I’m sorry. I didn’t… I m-mean I did but I don’t… p-please can we just… forget it?” He would do anything he could to make it up to the girl. He just desperately wanted her to not stop being his friend for his stupid mistake.

“No…” Tsuyu replied softly. “I… I don’t want that, ribbit.”

Izuku’s anxiety was going crazy. He had no idea what exactly the right thing to do was. The fact that jumping out of the window and running away into the woods was sounding like a pretty good idea was enough for him to realise his brain was practically useless at this point.

“God I… I can’t believe I have to do this now,” Tsuyu said bitterly. While it caused nothing but confusion in Izuku, to Tsuyu, she knew she was about to put the boy in a state of limbo that she had experienced first-hand when awaiting Ochako’s response on her feelings. This was not fair and not going to plan at all. All she wanted from tonight was to get to know the boy better and affirm whether her feelings were just hero worship, skin deep affection or something that could blossom if given the opportunity.

Here was Izuku asking her for that very thing and apparently ready to make that leap of faith and she had to leave him hanging. This was clearly karmic payback for whatever god or goddess of love she’d pissed off at some point.

“Izuku I…” Tsuyu sat back, shifting a few inches away so they were no longer touching. “I accept your feelings, ribbit, and… I wish I could return them right now but-”

Izuku was ready for the ‘but’ and cut her off.

“I-It’s okay Tsuyu, you don’t have to be nice, this is,” he rose to his feet and took a step towards the door. “I’m-sorry-for-everything-and-I’m-just-gonna-go-so-”

Before he could make it to her door, Izuku felt something reach out and grab him by the arm, holding him back. Looking shyly over his shoulder he spotted the dejected face of his friend with her tongue lassoed around his wrist.

“I’m not done, and I told you to call me ‘Tsu’.” She reiterated.

The green haired boy felt a small measure of relief flood his chest as from those words alone he knew that he hadn’t messed up irreparably; only her friends could call her ‘Tsu’ after all. That did leave him with a new set of wild thoughts though, like what more was there to say after something like this?

“Please sit down before I become a villain, ribbit.” Tsuyu asked in her attempt at a joke to try and help break the tension. It worked a little as Izuku connected the dots to realise she could be accused as such for holding him with her quirk against his will. He certainly didn’t want to do that to his friend so he reluctantly and shakily turned around.

Tsuyu released her tongue and pat the spot on the bed he’d previously been occupying. The green haired boy stiffly returned to her bed but sat noticeably farther away and almost on the edge of the bed itself.

“I’m not mad Izuku.” Tsuyu admitted after a few moments. “I’m… actually really happy.”

“You… you are?” Izuku blinked.

Tsuyu nodded before awkwardly flexing her hands, gathering her own thoughts to hopefully put them into words the boy could understand and accept.

“There’s… something that I… have to do first… before I can um… tell you my feelings too.” Tsuyu said. “I… don’t mean to um… put you on ‘hold’ like this but, please know that, if I could accept right now I um… would.”

Izuku didn’t know how much more torment his heart could take at this point. The poor thing had gone from being devastated to doing backflips like they were going out of style. The one question that remained was exactly why couldn’t Tsu return her affections now?

“C-Can I ask um… w-why?” He asked tentatively.

“If… I could tell you I would.” Tsuyu replied honestly. Regardless of how she felt towards the boy, her feelings and commitment towards Ochako and the rest of her polycule came first and this unexpected advancement was something she needed to tell them about. She always thought she and Ochako would make the first move and this kinda threw a wrench into that plan.

“I… see.” Izuku said uneasily.

Tsuyu knew the boy was clearly doubting something, whether it be her words, himself or otherwise, she needed to reassure him before he left so as to not ruin any chance they had moving forward.

“Izuku, ribbit.” The frog girl reached out to take the boy’s hand in both of hers. “Please believe me when I say that… as soon as I can… I will get back to you about this and that… I do feel very similar. There’s other things as well that… aren’t ready and might come as a shock to you, ribbit.”

“You’re… not in trouble are you?” Izuku asked.

“Nothing like that, ribbit.” Tsuyu shook her head, “Just… however weird it seems… please trust me when I say that I will be as open and honest with you as I can be.”

The boy didn’t know what to make of that. His thoughts had been running wild and trying to make heads or tails of things he may or may not know that could give him a clue about what was going on. For now, all he knew was that Tsuyu was not inherently rejecting his feelings, she practically claimed the opposite, but something was stopping her and she couldn’t tell him why. For a moment, his mind briefly entertained the idea that she held a deep secret like One-For-All when that exact thought sent a measure of fear back through his system.

Did he have to tell her about One-For-All?

Was it fair or right that he ask for a potential relationship with such an amazing girl when she had no idea about the risks that came with such a secret? All Might never had this problem as he’d never taken a romantic partner but this was something that would weigh on his conscience even if things worked out for the best between them.

After that train of thought, it was almost a relief that he’d been granted some extra time to really think about this… as well as get a second opinion from the eighth wielder of the power himself. Admittedly he cursed himself for feeling said relief as it was he that caused this problem in the first place; stupid male hormones.

“Okay Tsu.” Izuku nodded. “I um… think we should erm… both do some thinking.”

Tsuyu wanted to ask if Izuku was implying he had second thoughts about all this but she couldn’t. If she couldn’t explain her situation right now, it wasn’t fair if she asked Izuku to do the same with that implication.

“Y-Yeah.” She nodded. “Um… a-aside from that. I really enjoyed learning more about you Izuku.”

Izuku let a small smile rise on his face. This was supposed to be a fun hang out after all and look how it had ended up.

“I-I’m glad I got to know more about you too Tsu.” He nodded, “But um… I-If you don’t mind, I’m just gonna…” He gestured to the door.

“Sure, ribbit.” Tsuyu nodded sadly, not intending on stopping him this time.

The nervous, green haired boy awkwardly walked over to Tsuyu’s door, opened it before shooting one last nervous smile over at the girl before disappearing around its edge, the door clicking shut behind him.

Tsuyu was left alone in her room and now, without Izuku around to hold her back, she gripped her hand into a fist and punched her bed. It was supposed to be harmless, but she’d clearly been improving her strength as she heard a crack as one of the boards that supported her mattress broke under the unreasonable force. The frog girl couldn’t find it in herself to care in that moment however.

She was angry and frustrated at herself for allowing things to get as far as they did, that she really wanted to give in and enjoy her first kiss with Izuku. It wasn’t his fault she knew; she and her friends were keeping everything quiet for a reason after all and this was just a side effect. She knew for sure she adored the lovable greenette and all she’d learned today had only reinforced those feelings but there was plenty of sad things in there she’d learned too.

For once, Tsuyu hoped her gut was wrong and she was going to try and do a little digging to make sure her instincts were correct before doing anything… but if she was right, then Bakugo Katsuki would suffer for what he’d put Izuku through. That he was likely the one that also told Izuku to do something unspeakable was just icing on his funeral cake.


Ochako looked uneasily over at Izuku and Tsuyu. One of the benefits of being at the back of the class meant she could observe almost everyone else without them noticing or being called out by the teacher. She was grateful for this as the frog girl was unable to spot the nervous state she was currently in. After Tsuyu had confided in her at lunch that she was going to ask Izuku to hang out today, Ochako could practically feel the impending arrival of their confession to the boy bearing down on her.

When the bell rang to end her uneasy Wednesday of class, she watched Tsuyu walk over to Izuku and begin talking to the boy, startling him as his mind had likely been on heroes or quirks or something of the sort. She giggled as he cutely tried to get his nervous disposition under control; seems it wasn’t just her that sent him flustering.

Once Tsuyu had finished, Ochako was over by the door waiting for her girlfriend to walk back together.

“All sorted?” She asked in as casual manner as she could.

“Yup, told him to meet me in the common room at six.” Tsuyu nodded.

“Gah, this is still really weird.” Ochako blushed, her mind conjuring up images of the two just chatting and talking before holding hands and inviting her to join them.

“Which part, ribbit? Your girlfriend asking your mutual crush to hang out or the fact that you want both of us?” Tsuyu ribbed.

“Shush Tsu!” Ochako looked around nervously, hoping no one else had heard. Luckily, only Mina and Momo were close by, walking ahead of them down the corridor.

“It’ll be fine Ochako.” Tsuyu reached out to rub her girlfriend’s hand reassuringly.

“Well yeah, I hope so.” Ochako sighed, knowing both of them desired the same outcome with the green haired heartthrob. “But I’m… just gonna be thinking about it all evenin’. What if he puts everythin’ together and reveals us and doesn’t want that and-”

“You worry too much.” Tsuyu giggled. “Find a way to distract yourself.”

“Easy for you to say.” Ochako pouted. “I’ve got homework or pacing around my room nervously on the list of things to do tonight.”

“Hmmm, that does actually give me an idea.” Tsuyu pondered, “Hey Mina!”

“You rang?” The peppy girl turned back, walking backwards as Momo gave her a look.

Tsuyu gave Ochako a nudge and closed the gap between the four of them before talking to the girl once again.

“Are you free for that date with Ochako tonight?”

“T-Tsu!” Ochako spluttered, blushing a deep pink. Momo’s eyebrows raised in surprise, as did Mina’s, but the outgoing girl’s face quickly schooled into one much more mischievous.

“So, it has finally come time for me to win fair maiden’s heart.” Mina stuck her tongue out playfully.

“I didn’t realise you were so eager… Pet.” Momo concurred, getting in on the joke as she looked around herself for those that would overhear them.

Ochako felt her face heating up and purposely made a show of tapping her face with all five fingers.

“Oh no, no escaping into the stratosphere.” Tsuyu giggled, reaching up and grabbing Ochako’s ankle before she could bob along the ceiling.

The gravity girl pouted cutely in a way that made the other girls giggle as she returned to normal gravity.

“What brought this on?” Momo asked curiously, the four now continuing their walk back to the dorms in a row with Tsuyu and Ochako in the middle and Mina standing next to her possible date partner.

“I’m hanging out with Izuku tonight and Ochako needs distracting else she’ll worry, ribbit.” Tsuyu explained.

“Afraid he’s gonna steal away your girl?” Mina nudged the brunette.

“N-No...” Ochako blushed, “I just… i-it’s one thing going out with Tsu and um… all of you… but this is another step closer to um…”

“Getting everything you want?” Mina grinned.

“God I hope so.” Tsuyu smirked.

Mina let out a big laugh at the frog girl’s lusty implications.

“If I’m understanding correctly,” Momo spoke up, ignoring the other two, “You’re still worried about revealing your feelings to him and everything that comes with it, yes?”

“That’s right.” Ochako nodded shyly. “I dunno if I’m ready for a step like that yet.”

“It’s okay ‘Chako.” Tsuyu reached out and took her hand. “We’ll wait as long as we need until you’re ready.”

“Thanks Tsu.” Ochako squeezed her hand lightly.

“So… are we going out tonight or not?” Mina asked, “‘Cause I need to know if I should trim my finger nails.”

“M-Mina!” Ochako blushed, punching the pink girl on the arm nervously.

“Ow, okay I get it.” Mina rubbed her arm with an apologetic look on her face. “No more teasing… yet… but seriously?”

Though Tsuyu had asked on her behalf, the frog girl and the heiress turned towards Ochako for her answer. This was something they both knew the girl wanted to do but wouldn’t push her either way.

“W-Well… it would help distract me I guess.” Ochako admitted.

“Nuh uh.” Mina crossed her arms. “I deserve more than to just be a distraction. If you aren’t into it girl, just say so, no hard feelings.”

Ochako tried to look at her other friends for help and assistance but found none.

“You know my plans for the evening, ribbit.” Tsuyu stated.

“We could certainly spend some time together if you’d like to take your mind off things.” Momo offered genuinely as Ochako’s friend rather than her mistress.

The brunette knew she was being somewhat unfair to Mina, despite Tsuyu dropping her into the situation in the first place. She did want to see where things went with the pinkette and the rest of the polycule Tsuyu was a part of, and that she was linked to, but it was a surprise such a suggestion was offered now of all times.

Sighing, she bundled up her courage and turned to the pink girl next to her.

“Mina, please go on a date with me t-tonight.” She declared.

“Mu~uch better.” The girl grinned, sending her a wink. “Got a plan for us?”

Ochako blinked dumbly.

“You ask lil’ ol’ me out without even planning on where we’d go for our first date?” Mina acted dramatically. “Luckily for you I’ve been planning since that little kiss I stole from ya’.”

“What’s this about a kiss Minx?” Momo shot her a dangerous look, causing Mina to back away and put her hands up.

“Uh, gotta run, text you the deets later girl!” She yelled out, taking off down a nearby staircase.

Ochako couldn’t help but giggle at the dramatic display Mina turned the whole thing into. Then the hairs on the back of her neck stood on end.

“What was that about a kiss ‘Chako?” Tsuyu’s voice spoke in a subtle, dangerous tone.

Despite their playacting, the girls weren’t mad at all after Ochako divulged the details. They both knew Mina had a playful interest in the gravity girl which was quickly becoming more real and, since they were in a polycule together, it was something they expected might happen. It would’ve been much different if it was just another random person rather than Ochako but they both trusted Mina enough to know the girl wouldn’t do that.

When Ochako brought up the possibility of after date activities, Tsuyu told her to do what she was comfortable with. If she genuinely wanted to date Mina by the end of it and go all the way, it was fine by her so long as she got pictures, though Ochako was sure that last part was a joke. Momo echoed the same sentiment as all of this was partly possible because of Mina in the first place. The girl knew what was too far and what wasn’t, even when some were uncomfortable with certain things like Kyoka.

After returning to the dorms, Ochako awkwardly flittered about her room, tidying a few things away and making her bed. She had no idea what Mina would do for their supposed date so she made an effort to do some clean up in case the girl wanted to spend some time here. Thinking about it, she had no idea if she was supposed to wear anything special or not so she made the choice to change into just some comfy clothes she was happy to wear around the dorms.

Ochako almost jumped when her phone pinged with a new message.

Alien Queen: Yo beau, imma take you out for some fine cuisine then we’ll do some walking and talking, maybe see what else we can do on campus, sound good?

The gravity girl chuckled as she began typing out her reply text.

Untethered: By ‘fine cuisine’, do you mean lunch rush’s dinner service? And you never specified a time. Also, are we doing a dress up thing or nt bcoz I don’t want to be out yet

Alien Queen: Chill gurl! Yeah it’s lunch rush, how about I grab you round sixish and just dress normal

Alien Queen: This is a 0 pressure thing. If you’re not feeling it, it’ll just be a casual hangout sesh J

Untethered: Yeah, okay… sorry… nerves.

Alien Queen: No worries, you should be nervous trying to pick up a hot piece of ass like me, Cutie pie ;)

Ochako didn’t know whether to blush or breathe easy. Mina wasn’t exactly hard to read but she just had so much energy and loved teasing people. It was hard to pinpoint exactly when she was serious and when she wasn’t at times.

Still, for now she had plenty of time to get some homework done and maybe change her clothes again.


After finishing her English and getting a good start on her math homework, Ochako heard a series of knocks on her door. Checking the time, it was still a couple minutes before six; it could be someone else but it could also be Mina trying to put her best foot forward. Just to be sure, Ochako quickly checked her hair in the mirror before taking a deep breath and opening her door.

“He~ey!” A slightly dressy looking Mina greeted her. “Ready to go Cutie pie?”

“Y-Yeah just um… one sec.” Ochako closed the door, quickly returning to her wardrobe and hurriedly tossing her plain, short sleeve top to the side and picking out a somewhat more stylish replacement. It would definitely get a comment from Mina but she did want to see what it would be like to possibly join her friends in this polyamorous polycule they’d established.

“Hey!” Ochako opened the door again, catching Mina’s gaze. “Sorry, got lost in homework.”

“Then I’m happy I could rescue you.” Mina winked, holding out her arm. The brunette nervously threaded her own arm in Mina’s before closing her door behind them, allowing the pinkette to guide them towards the elevator.

“D-Do you mind if we don’t in public?” Ochako asked.

“Course not,” Mina grinned, “Just wanted to pick you up right.”

Ochako felt her heart flutter a little at the admission. Mina was really trying and this was really happening. It felt so weird to remember she’d considered herself as straight as an arrow before UA.

As promised, when the elevator doors opened on the ground floor, the two stepped out with their arms unlinked.

“Pit stop at the fridge first.” Mina declared, leading the girl over to the kitchen area of the common space. Ochako raised an eyebrow as Mina pulled out a pair of bottled waters she’d chilled earlier.

“Better than the taps in the canteen.” She shrugged, offering one to Ochako.

The brunette took it, realizing only once the coldness washed over her hand she hadn’t had a drink since she’d returned from classes. She quickly took a few gulps before giving her date for the night a nod.

“Right, let’s go.” Mina nodded, pointing towards the door that lead out into the fresh air.

As they passed the common space, Ochako couldn’t help but notice Izuku waiting on the couch, his knee bouncing a little anxiously. She quickly checked the time on her phone and, sure enough, it was just gone six; Tsuyu must’ve been getting ready or something.

Ochako hoped their own hangout went well but, like Mina said earlier, she was not just a distraction and deserved Ochako’s full attention. Once they were outside the building, Mina couldn’t help speaking up.

“Wow, impressive.” She quipped, “I thought I might need to put blinders on you once Midoriya made an appearance.”

“Hey, I committed to this and I don’t go back on my word.” Ochako pouted.

“That you did Cutie pie, loving the shirt change by the way.” Mina winked, causing Ochako to pinken despite knowing it was coming. “Anyway, for now, how ‘bout I treat you to food and we just have some time together. I don’t think we’ve really done that since… wow… since I gave you that phone to record Mineta.”

Ochako nodded, most of their other interactions being with their friend group or with others. Actually, that was a point, now that Mineta was gone, she had no reason to keep ‘borrowing’ the phone from her friend.

“You can have it back by the way.” Ochako offered, “I don’t think I’ll need it to record anyone else.”

“Awww but then how will you send the rest of us sexy pictures?” Mina grinned, walking along without missing a beat. “We both know it was a partial pretence. Even though he’s gone, it’s yours now.”

“Mina, you know I don’t-”

“Girl, you have Momo bankrolling you. Unless you want her to buy you something stupid expensive you’ll feel even worse about, how about you ‘hang onto it’ for a little longer.” Mina shrugged.

Ochako bit her lip; apparently it wasn’t just Tsu who was good at being observant and noticing things.

The cool evening air was refreshing as the pair walked along the path back to UA’s main building once more. Mina could practically see the gears turning in Ochako’s head as the girl wrestled with logic and pride.

“I know you’ve got a thing girl.” Mina said, hoping to remind her that she knew her story. “But my family is fine and you’re one of my best girls. Even if this thing between us doesn’t go anywhere, we look out for each other beau, that’s what friends do.”

“Doesn’t mean it doesn’t suck.” Ochako sighed, putting that fight with her pride aside for now until she could figure things out later.

“Yeah, I get that but you worry too much, just let go a little more.” Mina grinned before taking a running jump onto a lamppost, swinging around it with a carefree laugh.

It was a far cry from anything they did in training or battle exercises but it still caused Ochako to panic a little. Mina hoped down with a little flourish and bow only to pout as she realised applause was not forthcoming.

“Oof, tough crowd.” She chuckled.

“Sorry I… guess I’m just a little confused.”

“Thought you cleared that up when you asked Tsu out.” Mina grinned cheekily.

“No, I mean with you.”

“Me?”

“How can you just… be so free and happy? Like the next bad thing isn’t just around the corner?” Ochako asked. It was something she’d wondered about the girl for a while but never found the right time to ask.

“I dunno.” Mina replied honestly, “Never thought about it.”

“N-Never?” Ochako asked incredulously.

“Well not never.” Mina shrugged, “Life can be great one minute and suck the next; we both know it. Villain attacks, disasters, the cost of living.”

Ochako felt herself wince at that one, remembering plenty of times when her family had to cut back again due to inflated prices.

“You never know when shit’s gonna go sideways so enjoy what you can when you can.” Mina continued. “Besides, being happy is more fun than being sad.”

“But you know that bad stuff if going to come, shouldn’t you… I dunno, try to stave it off as long as possible?”

“Eh, do what you can, sure.” Mina agreed, “But there’s only so much you can do. Like studying. I’m not great at the whole retaining knowledge stuff even when I do try. So when Mr. Aizawa or Cementoss announce a surprise test I know I can’t do anything to fix in ten minutes, I just take the test and move on.” Mina paused, thinking back to some advice her mum gave her in the past. “Bad things are always going to happen and so will good things no matter what you do. There’s like this… quote from a Persian king or something, ‘This too shall pass’. Whenever I get too sad I just remember that and it helps, though I try to avoid thinkin’ about it when I’m super stoked.”

By the time Mina had finished her little rant they’d long since entered the building and were approaching the canteen proper. There was a student or two here and there but no one was paying them any mind.

“Anyway, sad stuff over with.” Mina declared, “The time for food is now!”

Ochako giggled at Mina’s over-the-top dramatics once again. At the very least the girl had given her something to think about. Looking back on some of the more notable bad things that had happened in her life, that quote was undoubtedly true since they were long gone now. Sure more bad things may appear, but they too shall become ancient history in time.

“Get yourself anything, my treat.” Mina declared, grabbing a pair of trays for them to snag some food.

Since the dorms had been opened and many students weren’t quite clued up on how to cook well-balanced, healthy yet tasty meals, Lunch Rush had opened his doors for both dinner service and cooking lessons. Thankfully the food cooked in the lessons was not passed onto other students so nothing but delicious, quality dinner for all.

Despite feeling a tad awkward at Mina offering to pay for her, it was a date, and Ochako wouldn’t let her pride tell her otherwise on this point. The pinkette assured the gravity girl that, after spending a good chunk of her own time here thanks to her own poor cooking skills, it was just as good, if not better than lunch since it was supposed to be more filling.

With food secured, the pair found their usual eating spots where the rest of the class usually hung out and sat down on opposite sides of the table. They’d both forgone drinks thanks to Mina’s bottled waters which felt even better going down after their short walk. Mina wouldn’t let the girl know that she’d planned that all along to reduce the total cost, not for her own purse strings, but for Ochako’s pride.

“So,” Mina spoke up after the pair had mostly consumed their meals. “How are things with Tsu?”

“There’re good.” Ochako replied shyly. “I’m really um, enjoying being her girlfriend.”

“Ditto but go on.” Mina grinned.

“W-Well um, we just kinda gravitate towards one another in the evenings. Don’t!” Ochako shot Mina a pre-emptive look at her specific phrasing which the girl was clearly about to make a joke about, “Spending time with her is like… the best part about my day sometimes. Even when we do nothin’ y’know? Just being alone and doing work or watching stuff but together.”

“Yeah, I get that.” Mina nodded, “I know I’m more with everyone else but Kyoka is great for doing that with. We’ve just hung out in her room ‘cause it’s so quiet with the soundproofing and just did our own things but with each other. Tooru’s more of a snuggler; when we’re together we’re usually doing the same thing like watching a movie or… snuggling.” Mina wiggled her eyebrows suggestively.

Ochako blushed into her food.

“How is your thing with Momo going by the way?” Mina asked, changing topics slightly. “She taking good care of you like she promised?”

“Y-Yeah,” Ochako’s blush persisted. “We’ve been… having fun.”

“That’s good to hear.” Mina smiled. “I’d hate to have to kick her ass for pet abuse.”

“I don’t think you um… need to worry.” Ochako explained, figuring Mina would try to get more details if she didn’t at least give her something. “I… think if we were to stop doing it tomorrow. I’d kinda… miss it.”

“Ooo, do tell.” Mina pressed.

Ochako looked around, double checking to make sure there was no one close by but kept her voice low all the same

“So um… when we’re like… together and I have to follow her commands… I just… feel really good when I don’t have to think or worry.” She explained. “I can just sorta turn my brain off ‘cause I know my um… Mistress will take care of me.”

“Ahhh, that makes sense.” Mina nodded, popping the last of her meal into her mouth. “Gotta say, I’m really impressed with how you’ve stuck to your guns on this.”

“R-Really?” Ochako asked disbelievingly, thinking Mina was setting up for another joke.

“No, really.” Mina held her hands up. “You saw a path out of everything and you had some major guts to just go for it. Implications and stuff aside, you’re super strong for going through with it and not letting what others think hold you back.”

Ochako blushed at the praise. It was a genuine compliment but for something like this it didn’t seem like something someone would admire.

“I mean… I’m not that strong.” Ochako mumbled. “I’m still scared about… coming out and… telling people I’m with Tsu and… telling Izuku… how I feel.”

“Strength comes in many forms girl.” Mina smiled. “But you saw something you wanted and you did what you had to to get it. Yeah, you’re currently Yaoyorozu’s pet for however long that lasts but you achieved your goal, didn’t you?”

“Not really.” Ochako sighed. “I mean, yeah I got my parents out of Mie and everything but they still got attacked, even after everything.”

Mina reached out her hand, resting it on Ochako’s own.

“How are they holding up by the way?” Mina asked. The girls had all been spooked by Tsuyu, Ochako and her parent’s unexpected encounter with their old friends and neighbours from Mie prefecture but were grateful the girls had chosen flight rather than fight.

“They’re fine, I think? Momo and they have come up with some new strategy to keep them safe and um… my parents now no longer own their own company anymore.”

Mina’s eyes widened as she held her tongue for more details.

“Apparently Momo set up a new company with all information leading back to her but my parents still do everything they did before. Unfortunately, my parents had to… give up their house again.” Ochako sighed, the last of her food forgotten as she focused on her hand, running her thumb over Mina’s fingers. “I… didn’t even get to see my new room.”

“Awww honey.” The acid quirked girl squeezed her hand, “I’m sorry. There’s nothing I can do or say to help fix things but you know we’ve all got your back, not just Momo. Heck, it’s built right into your fine looking neckwear.”

Ochako’s hand touched her collar, remembering the five gems at the back signifying each of the other girls in their class.

“How about we finish up and go for a walk?” Mina offered, quickly packing her utensils onto her tray ready to take it to the disposal area.

The brunette quickly enjoyed the last few bites of another delicious Lunch Rush meal and draining her drink before joining Mina in stacking their trays to be cleaned. The girl gave her a kind smile as they began walking the trail back out of the building.

“So um… h-how’s things with Tooru?” Ochako asked nervously. Ever since Tooru had accidently outed her and Mina as part of their polycule pairings, they’d been a lot more open and touchy-feely in public. With Mineta gone, they didn’t have to worry about his lecherous leering but still.

“We good.” The pinkette sighed happily, “Not much to report other than still enjoying just being together and its cool we don’t have to hide it and junk. Getting a little kiss every now and then when she sneaks up on me is great and it’s fun to surprise her too. I guess I’m like you in that regard; thought I was straight then ‘boom’, girlfriend.” Mina laughed.

“Have you… you know,” Ochako paused, trying to word her next question carefully, “Gotten any um… hate?”

“At UA? Nope.” Mina nodded, “Generally people seem pretty chill and don’t bat an eye, or at least none more than normal for the infamous class 1-A.” Mina’s smile fell as she recalled her own excursion into town. “Outside UA though, I mean you remember when we went to get party supplies for Momo.”

Ochako nodded sadly, glad that at least the people involved had been arrested.

“I mean, I’m pretty sure they were more focussed on my features rather than my sexuality but they still called me a ‘dyke’, so y’know.”

“And you called me ‘strong’.” Ochako gave her friend a little nudge.

“Thanks Cutie pie,” Mina smiled back honestly, accepting the returned compliment for what it was.

By now they’d returned to the open air of the night and were just meandering around campus as the sky darkened even further.

“So um… are we going anywhere particular next?” The brunette asked.

“I’ve got an idea but I’ll explain more when we get there.” Mina winked. “How are we doing so far anyway? You fallen hopelessly in love with me yet?”

Ochako shook her head fondly at the girl.

“I mean we’ve spent most of the date talking about sad stuff and our girlfriends so you tell me.”

“Bah, that’s just gossiping and getting to know each other a bit better.” Mina smiled before reaching for her top and pulling it up slightly. “Would you change your mind if I flashed you my girls?”

“M-Mina!” Ochako blushed, quickly scanning the area to make sure no one else was around.

“Haha, your face.” Mina giggled. “It’s not like you’ve not seen them before.”

“W-Well yeah but still…” Ochako waved her hands. “That um… sleepover was… intense.”

“I know, right!” Mina agreed, recalling the very pleasant memories. “Can’t wait for our next one.”

“W-Will it… be similar?”

“I hope so.” Pleasant daydreams ran amok in Mina’s head. “Clearly you’re not super comfy with everything yet so want to talk about it?”

Ochako wrung her hands together. Despite the intimate topic and having been in what could only be described as a small orgy with the girls in their relationship, it still felt weird to talk about such things with anyone but Tsu and Momo.

“It just feels so weird… being allowed to like… do stuff with others. I mean… I thought I’d just be into guys and then Tsu happened and Momo and then like… everyone else. I just feel a bit guilty sometimes since I grew up thinkin’ there was only one ‘proper’ type of relationship.”

“Yeah, I can understand that.” Mina nodded, briefly spying their destination approaching up ahead. “But don’t worry about everyone in our little lez pile, I don’t think any of us realistically expected this but here we are. I say just enjoy all the perks it offers and have a good time with everyone; once you join us that is.”

“You seem very sure I’ll um… j-join.” Ochako blushed.

“Well it’s not like you’ve got a reason to say ‘no’, plus you’d get to touch this smokin’ hot bod all you want.” Mina made a show of running her hands over herself that did make Ochako feel a little hot under the collar. “And what better way to show it off than the next stop on our romantic date out, ta-da!”

Ochako looked over as Mina gestured to the building on their left. It was the school pool.

“Yeah, no.” Ochako deadpanned.

“What?! Awww, you mean I don’t get to see you splash around all sexy like?” Mina pouted.

“Did you even book this on short notice? And I don’t even have my swimming costume.” Ochako noted.

“We~ell no.” Mina admitted, “But how mad would Aizawa really be if we just snuck in for a quick little dip in our underwear.”

“M-Mina!” Ochako blushed, “T-That’s too much.”

“Yeah, probably not my best idea.” Mina rubbed the back of her head. “Though it is definitely what I would’ve done if I had some more time to plan and actually ask and stuff.”

The brunette did note that this date was quite short notice, plus there wasn’t a whole lot to do around campus now that outside visits had to be chaperoned.

“Sorry, it’s a nice thought though.” Ochako conceded.

“Maybe next time?” Mina asked hopefully.

Ochako really had to think. The pinkette was genuinely trying to put as much effort as she could into what little resources they had at their disposal for a proper date. Clearly the girl wanted this to succeed and Ochako was still torn about whether or not it was for her. Mina was a great friend and, as much as she bragged about it, Ochako did find herself physically attracted to the girl. In her head, she made up her mind on how to best figure this out.

“Come on.” Ochako said instead of answering Mina’s question, reaching out and taking her hand.

Mina’s surprise wore itself on her face as she felt herself pulled along into the surrounding trees by the swimming building. Ochako guided her along for a good minute or two before stopping, looking behind and around Mina to see if there was any way they could be spotted in their current position.

Biting her lip, Ochako decided to take the plunge and lay everything out to her date.

“I still don’t know if this is for me,” She admitted, “but… I do know that there’s something we need to check before I can give you a proper answer.”

Mina’s toes curled excitedly as Ochako’s tongue ran along her lips to wet them. She quickly repeated the action herself as the pair reached out to hold each other close.

“You sure?” Mina checked one last time, “Once you get a taste, you might find yourself addicted.”

“If I do, you’ll just have to be my dealer.” Ochako shot back, her eyes lidded in a way that sent very pleasant tingles down Mina’s spine.

The two drew closer to each other until their lips met. Predictably, it began chastely at first but Mina was surprised to be the one on the back foot as Ochako’s tongue requested entry into her mouth first. She opened her lips and met Ochako’s muscle with her own as the pair pushed the intimate action deeper.

Mina’s hands began wandering, slipping from Ochako’s waist to pull her closer by grabbing a handful of her rear.

Ochako broke the kiss and shot Mina an exasperated look. The girl giggled cheekily before giving her prize another squeeze. In response, Ochako grabbed Mina’s own cheeks, except she lifted instead of simply clasping them. Mina let out a little squeal of surprise as her feet briefly left the ground as the brunette carried her backwards.

Suddenly, she felt a firm, if rough texture assert itself against her back. Her eyes met a smug looking Ochako’s as she realised she’d just been pinned against a tree. Mina had to admit, that small display of muscles was really getting her engine going.

Releasing one of the prized globes from her grasp, she reached up and pulled Ochako’s head closer once more, resuming the kiss from where they’d left off. Mina certainly didn’t expect this from the gravity girl but fuck if it wasn’t welcome. Admittedly she wished they were in her room right now so they could go all out, but being outside was sending a wonderful new thrill through her brain.

“Mmm, pet.” Mina purred, “Please, stick a finger in me.”

Her request was denied as Ochako chose instead to reach her own hand up and lightly clench her hand around Mina’s neck with all but her pinky finger touching; not enough to be painful but enough the girl could feel its presence.

“Nuh uh,” Ochako panted, her lust evident in the warm breaths she was taking. “We both know you want me to join and I want to know exactly what you can offer. So, f-for now… you’re my pet.”

Mina felt herself clench at the dominant display Ochako was presenting her. God if she had a dick she’d let Ochako thrust it as far as she wanted into her right now. She knew she was no slouch in the strength department and could easily fight off the girl if she wanted, especially with her quirk, but this was too good to pass up.

“Yes Mistress~s” Mina purred in a sultry tone.

Ochako bit her lip as she felt her own core heating up. She’d said the exact same words to Momo multiple times and wondered if it had the same effect on the heiress that she was experiencing now. The brunette leant forward and resumed her kiss with Mina, pushing it even deeper as she ground her hips into the pinkette’s own.

Releasing her hold on Mina’s neck, Ochako ran her hand down Mina’s shoulder and along her arm before taking her hand in hers and guiding it over to where their breasts were currently pressed together. Mina didn’t need any further instruction and quickly set to work enjoying all she could of Ochako’s bust.

The brunette groaned as Mina’s skilled hands quickly played and teased her breast and nipple while her other hand was massaging her rear. Combine that with the grinding they were doing on each other and Ochako knew she’d be finishing sooner rather than later. Slowly, she pulled herself back from Mina, not quite pinning her to the tree anymore.

Before the pinkette could question why, she felt Ochako reach up and press down on the top of her head. She didn’t even need the following order to know what she needed to do next.

“You don’t come up until I cum, P-Pet.” Ochako declared, forcing Mina to her knees. It should’ve felt demeaning but Mina was loving it. Now level with the brunette’s waist, Mina reached up herself and pushed up Ochako’s top just a little, exposing the developing abs the girl had gained since beginning her time at UA. Her muscle fetish reared itself again as she couldn’t resist leaning forward and running her tongue around the groves.

Ochako’s giggles made her happy as she felt the girl rub her head affectionately. Now though, Mina knew exactly what she needed to do. While it was by no means essential to her to get Ochako in on their little polyamorous unit, she had very much enjoyed the idea of all the girls being with each other whenever they wanted and Ochako was definitely included in that scenario.

Almost agonisingly slowly, Mina pulled Ochako’s pants and knickers down. The girl was about to scold Mina for taking so long but her complaints turned into groans of pleasure as Mina’s fingers expertly found the little pleasure button above her opening.

“Does my Mistress like?” Mina asked teasingly.

“Mmm, good girl.” Ochako nodded, closing her eyes and just enjoying the sensations.

Once Mina felt her finger was sufficiently lubricated, she slowly ran it downwards before pressing up and into her date, eliciting a louder groan of pleasure from her partner. She began curling and thrusting her finger delicately, taking care not to throw off their rhythm as Ochako’s soft moans indicated.

When she felt she’d done enough, Mina began moistening a second finger and lowered her head to Ochako’s crotch. She had been ordered to get the girl to cum and she was damn well gonna see that she did.

With a tentative lick, Ochako felt her button become engulfed in saliva as Mina’s fingers redoubled their efforts. Mina’s free hand reclaimed its position on Ochako’s rear as she pulled the gravity girl closer to prevent her pulling away as things became more sensitive. The brunette felt her toes curling and her mind whiting out as her spring was about to be sprung. Her hands gripped Mina’s hair tightly as she gasped out her release, her juices drenching the girl’s fingers and lips as they erupted.

Slowly the high began to fade and Ochako felt the cool autumn breeze roll coldly across her rear and legs, the moisture covered spots feeling the effect more intensely. She released Mina’s head in a snap, having almost forgotten she’d all put pinned her date to her crotch as she rode out her orgasm. There didn’t appear to be any hard feelings though as Mina wiped her mouth with her sleeves and breaking out into a smug, satisfied grin.

“As you can see, I think I make a strong case for joining us.” She winked.

“Uh… uh huh.” Ochako nodded dumbly, her legs shaking slightly.

Mina stood, adjusting her trousers that doubtlessly had their own wet spot on it she needed to sort out at some point before cupping Ochako’s face in her hands and pulling her in for another tongue-filled kiss.

“Now,” Mina began after separating from her date once more. “I believe it’s bad form to receive without giving.” The pinkette turned back to the tree she was pushed against and bent over, tugging her jeans and panties over her hips and down her legs before presenting her bare ass to the brunette. “Why don’t you fix that?”

Thankfully there was no one wandering around the swimming pool building at this time as several moans from the trees would’ve certainly drawn their attention.


The snapping of twigs and rustling of leaves broke the night air as a very messy and relieved pair of girls stumbled out of the tree line and back onto the path.

“Whoo, that cleared the sinuses.” Mina laughed, stretching herself out now that she was standing on nice firm pavement.

Ochako giggled nervously as she adjusted herself, checking to make sure any bits of nature weren't snagged on her clothes or in her hair.

“That was fun.” Mina declared, turning to face her date. “Want to do anything else or shall we head back?”

“I-I think after that I need to um… go lie down.” Ochako mumbled, a little scandalised as the reality of what they’d done set in.

“Fine by me,” Mina agreed, “But don’t go back into your shell now we got you out of it a little.”

“I think I was entirely out of my shell there,” Ochako admitted shyly. “Jeez, what if someone saw or heard us.”

“We’re fine Cutie pie.” Mina waved her off. “That was super bold though, and awesomely exciting.”

“Not something I think I want to do again though.” Ochako admitted.

“The sex or the doing it in nature?” Mina asked, her voice lacking the somewhat jovial tone.

Ochako didn’t have to even think to read between the lines of that question. After that experience with her pink haired date though, she definitely had her answer.

“N-Nature,” She admitted, “L-Less twigs and stuff in m-my bed… or y-yours.”

Mina felt her heart leap and clenched her fist tightly.

“Sorry ‘bout this ‘Chako.” She announced.

The brunette gasped as Mina broke out into what was undoubtedly a dance, not that Ochako would ever be able to replicate it. The “Woohoo!” that emanated from the twirling pinkette as she moved made the girl realise her date was doing a literal happy dance.

“Phew, sorry again.” Mina apologized as she stopped twirling, “I didn’t get to do one for Tooru or when we all joined together and it just kinda built up y’know.”

“You literally just happy danced.” Ochako gaped before shaking her head. “Is it really that big of a deal?”

“To me? Yeah.” Mina nodded, stepping closer to Ochako once more. “You guys are all super special to me and, yeah, I kinda get where Tsu’s coming from with catching feelings for everyone. Once it dawned on me that this whole thing was a possibility, I started looking at you all in a new way too. You’re like this super strong and brave warrior girl that won’t let injustice slide while you’re around, even if you had to give up part of yourself to do it, however temporary it is.” Mina tapped Ochako’s collar.

“W-Wow,” Ochako blushed, unable to look away as Mina’s face drew close once more.

“You’re such an awesome catch I’m genuinely not sure why you’re so scared about this thing with you, Tsu and Midori. If that adorable idiot has the brains for anything other than heroes he’ll accept your feelings in a heartbeat, otherwise I’m gonna hoard this delicious Cutie pie all to myself; I can also say delicious quite literally right now.” Mina licked her lips lewdly.

Ochako bit her lip as she felt her body question whether they were about to go for round two.

“I like you Ochako.” Mina smiled honestly, “What do you say, wanna be my girlfriend too?”

Once more Ochako looked around to see if anyone was also lurking about this part of campus at this time. While the dorms weren’t too far from their current position, she was thankful only school related stuff was down this way as the pathways appeared to be completely empty.

Gathering her courage once more, the brunette pushed herself forward and planted a soft kiss on Mina’s lips the girl happily returned.

“D-Does that answer your question?”

“Fuck, you are so adorable.” Mina gushed, wrapping her newest girlfriend in an almost-too-tight hug.

“Mina… air!” Ochako gasped as she was twisted from side to side by what she could only describe as an attack in the form of a hug.

“Right, okay.” Mina started once she’d released the too cute girl from her clutches. “I’m done… I think.”

“For my ribs sake I hope so.” Ochako giggled, gently rubbing her chest.

The pair continued to walk towards the dorms with brighter than normal smiles on their faces. Once they could see the light from the ground floor windows, Ochako decided to broach the topic she still felt the most nervous about.

“C-Can we um… keep it secret?” She asked shyly.

“Like from the girls or just everyone else?” Mina asked, hoping it was the latter.

“E-Everyone else.” Ochako admitted, “I’m… still not ready… not until I know my parents aren’t at risk anymore.”

Mina shot the girl a warm, reassuring smile. She certainly didn’t mind what with everything going on with Yaoyorozu but she didn’t want to hide it from the others closest to her. At least the girl would probably keep this a better secret than Tooru.

“No prob gurl.” Mina grinned, hip-checking the brunette as they walked up their dorm pathway. “But there is one last question before we call an end to this awesome date.”

The brunette looked over at her quizzically.

“Your room or mine?” Mina winked.

“I think I need to send you to horny jail with Tsu.” Ochako sighed, reaching out to rest her hand on the front door. “… Just sleep?”

“Can do.” Mina accepted. Sure she could go another round but if Ochako was still processing everything she wouldn’t push.

“Y-Yours then.” Ochako gave the last word with her blush creeping up her face once more, pushing open the dorm door as she did.

Mina giddily followed after her, quick to put her shoes away and hurry over to the elevator as they began ascending to their shared floor soon after. The pinkette briefly wondered if it was a bad idea to become official girlfriends with Ochako; since their rooms were on the same floor, how in the hell was she meant to get any work done now a quick snog wasn’t even an elevator ride away?

The two felt their anticipation rising as the metal doors opened to their shared landing. Since they were the only two on this floor, they didn’t expect to see anyone waiting for them so they both paused when they spotted a gloomy looking Tsu waiting outside Ochako’s door.

The brunette wasted no time as her eyes met her green-haired girlfriend’s and hurried to her side, followed closely by Mina.

“Tsu, what are you doing here? Is everything okay?” She asked, resting her hand on the frog girl’s shoulder.

“O-Ochako… I messed up, ri-ribbit.” Tsuyu responded croakily.

The gravity girl didn’t need any more to know the girl was holding back tears and needed to comfort her as soon as she could.

“We can use my room.” Mina spoke up before Ochako could say anything, “We need to talk too and I’ve got more pillows and blankets, no offence.”

The brunette shook her head, accepting Mina’s logic. Sometimes there was nothing better than crying or screaming into a pillow and while she wouldn’t hesitate to offer hers to her girlfriend, she’d rather not then have to sleep on it.

The two new arrivals escorted a tearful looking Tsuyu over to Mina’s room, entering and taking a spot either side of her on Mina’s bed. Grabbing one of her lounging around pillows, she pressed it into Tsuyu’s arms which the girl immediately began squeezing so tightly Mina was afraid it was going to pop.

“Darling, what’s wrong?” Mina asked, rubbing soft circles onto her green-haired girlfriend’s back.

“Did… something go wrong with Izuku?” Ochako asked too, her own hand resting on Tsuyu’s thigh and stroking softly.

Tsuyu nodded before burying her face into the pillow.

“Come on hun, speak to us, it can’t be that bad.” Mina tried to coax the girl out of her feathery face prison.

When Tsuyu wasn’t responding, Mina and Ochako gave each other an uneasy look and just continued their comforting of their shared girlfriend. It didn’t take too long for Tsuyu to pull back from her hiding spot, two wet spots clearly indicating tears had been spilled during her sequestering, and turning to Ochako.

“I-Izuku kissed me, ri-ribbit” She said simply. Tactfully, the girl knew it wasn’t the best place for her to start explaining everything but she wanted to get it out there and in the open instead of hiding it behind a bluster of event recounting. “W-We were talking and things got e-emotional and he kissed me.”

“Wow, bold.” Mina muttered, mistakenly saying that out loud instead of in her head.

Tsuyu didn’t care about Mina in that moment however, all she was focussed on was the brunette girl beside her and how she would react.

At first Ochako just blinked, her brain just processing the words before it began reacting to them. Her brow furrowed as a confused look presented itself back at Tsuyu.

“H-How… I mean… he… okay.” Ochako took a deep breath. Tsuyu gulped uneasily before she felt herself pulled forward, her head finding its way into Ochako’s chest as her girlfriend wrapped her arms around her in as comforting hug as she could manage in this position. “First, we’re okay Tsu. I’m not mad, I need to you know that, okay?”

Tsuyu let out a questioning noise from inside Ochako’s hug.

“I’m not mad Tsu.” Ochako reiterated. “I’m here for you and so is Mina.”

“Damn right.” The pink girl added.

“Whatever happened we’ll deal with it, okay?” Ochako asked again.

“O… kay, ri-ribbit.” Tsuyu spoke up softly.

“I think we need a few more details before you fall to pieces.” Mina tried to lighten the mood a little. “Maybe it’s just worse in your head.”

The greenette shook her head, pulling back and out of Ochako’s embrace with a few more tears running tracks down her cheeks. Ochako reached out again and gave her a reassuring smile while squeezing her arm to reinforce her support.

“S-So um… before everything… my parents called me…”

Tsuyu began relaying the details of her own evening, talking about: the surprise call from her parents to Izuku’s arrival at her door, her homesickness, a reminder about the USJ incident, revealing her sexuality to the boy before he spoke at length about his time growing up practically quirkless. There was something that, after recounting, didn’t quite sit right in Tsuyu’s mind but it wasn’t something she wanted to bring up now. Eventually, she got around to the last of the details of their talk, about how Izuku had been bullied and… told to kill himself before UA. The gasps it drew forth from both her girlfriends helped assure her she wasn’t overreacting.

“N-No… no way.” Ochako said breathily.

“Not Midori.” Mina shook her head. “Why… just… why?”

“I don’t know exactly why, ribbit.” Tsuyu said, “I kinda lost my own train of thought after her told me that. I got him to promise me he didn’t think that anymore. When I told him how much I’d miss him if he ever considered it… I think… he might’ve taken that as a sign and he… kissed me.” Tsuyu squeezed the pillow tightly once again. “I didn’t enjoy it because my mind was still processing everything, ribbit. I pushed him away and he took that as well as you’d expect.”

“You didn’t like, let him leave after that right?” Mina asked.

“No, ribbit,” Tsu replied, “I… had to tell him something similar to what Ochako did to me.” She looked over guiltily at her brunette girlfriend. “I told him that… I accepted his feelings but I had to sort some s-stuff out first.”

“Oh Tsu.” Ochako felt her heart go out to the girl. What they’d both gone through during Ochako’s journey of sexual rediscovery had hurt both of them, even if they came out happy at the other end. That her girlfriend now had to do the same to Izuku because of her made a giant, guilty rock settle in her stomach.

“I let him leave after that… we both have things to ‘think about’ but… I needed to tell you as soon as I could, ri-ribbit.” Tsuyu sniffled. “I’m sorry, I kinda ruined our plan.”

Ochako pulled her girlfriend back into a hug, caressing her hair lightly as she hoped to calm her.

“No plan survives first contact with the enemy.” She quoted from one of their hero lessons. “I think we both um… underestimated him.”

“I want to be mad at him but dude took his shot.” Mina sighed, “I wish this worked out better for the pair of you.”

“Sorry too Mina,” Tsuyu looked over at her other girlfriend, “I think I ruined the end of your date, ribbit. You two looked happy.”

“It’s okay Darling.” Mina reached out to stroke Tsuyu’s face softly. “Me and my new girlfriend are gonna comfort you and fix this, right Cutie pie?”

Tsuyu looked round at Ochako who had gained a shy smile by the time she did so.

“Y-Yeah… we’re… kinda dating now too.” Ochako admitted.

“I… I’m so happy for you guys.” Tsuyu tried to bring her lips up into a smile but the tears on her face prevented her from truly displaying her joy at the news.

“We’ll talk about that later.” Mina chuckled, rubbing her hand along Tsuyu’s leg. “Is there anything else we need to know about?”

Tsuyu bit her lip. It really wasn’t her place to spread her suspicions from what she learned of the greenette’s past but if anyone was going to help her discover the truth, it would be Mina.

“So, um… there’s something I kinda left out.” Tsuyu admitted reluctantly. “You know how I’m… kinda observant and stuff?”

“Infuriatingly so at times but go on.” Mina nodded with a fond smile.

“Well um… from what Izuku said and… didn’t say, I think… that one of the people that bullied him and told him to… jump… was Bakugo.”

Tsuyu cautiously observed Mina’s shifting facial features as they switched between concern, confusion, realisation, fear and then anger.

“How… how sure are you?” She spat. It was hard to listen to someone so full of pep and joy suddenly switch to a voice so venomous. Tsuyu knew her girlfriend, her anger wasn’t directed at herself; in the short time she’d processed it, her brain had run through her own interactions with Bakugo and Izuku and likely connected the same dots she had. That they made sense was what pissed her off and all that fury was currently directed at the same male blond Tsuyu was angry at.

“Not one hundred percent.” Tsuyu admitted reluctantly. “But enough I think it requires a closer look.”

“You really think he’d do something like that?” Ochako asked nervously, still cuddling Tsuyu close to her.

“Bakugo’s always been a bit of a jerk.” Mina explained, “He’s abrasive and proud and doesn’t like others holding him back or showing him up.” Her mind flitted back to overseeing the interaction between Tooru and Bakugo earlier that week. Knowing what she did now, and especially how uncomfortable it made her girlfriend feel despite her reassurances, she was now wondering if she should’ve kicked the boy’s ass even then. “I thought that he was just this kind of prickly person you needed a slightly thicker skin to get through to, but now…”

“I’m sorry if it affects your friendship, ribbit.” Tsuyu apologised.

“No, it’s fine Darling.” Mina shook her head. “I’m pissed at both him and me right now… I think I need to hear more before I know one way or the other. Sorry if that makes it seem like I don’t believe you.”

“I want to do the same myself.” Tsuyu agreed. “Izuku’s probably going to be on guard around me but I was going to see if I could prod Bakugo for some information. You’d probably have a better chance being his friend and all.”

“We’ll see how long that lasts.” Mina sighed, “I know you’re probably skipping some details so if you figure out exactly what you want to know I’ll try and dig up the dirt from him.”

“This evening is kind of all over the place.” Ochako tried to lighten the mood herself.

“Sorry Cutie pie.” Mina chuckled, “We were gonna snuggle up together, weren’t we?”

“You still can,” Tsuyu said, not wanting to get between this new link in their relationship. “I’ll just go-”

“Oh no you don’t.” Mina pushed back on Tsuyu’s shoulders when the girl tried to stand. “Ochako, restrain.”

“Got it.” The gravity girl nodded, redoubling her grip around Tsuyu’s middle.

“Me and Ochako were gonna sleep sure,” Mina nodded, reaching up to remove her shirt, “But you need us more so it looks like you’re piggy in the middle tonight.”

“I think she’d prefer froggy in the middle.” Ochako giggled, rubbing her face against the side of Tsuyu’s.

“Th-Thanks girls.” Tsuyu sniffled, reluctantly accepting her girlfriends comforting words even if she felt like she didn’t deserve them.

“Budge up and we’ll jump in.” Mina grinned, shedding her bottoms as she stood before her girlfriends in just her underwear. With the plan somewhat in place, Mina’s guests shed their own clothes as Mina slipped underneath her covers. “Might be a bit of a squeeze, god I envy Momo and her bed right now.” She giggled.

Tsuyu and Ochako let out laughs of their own before climbing in one after the other. While Tsuyu hadn’t had the best night, she was genuinely happy for both her girlfriends establishing a link to each other. She felt like it made this whole polyamorous unit a little bit stronger and, while she faltered now, these two and the others would be able to help her back up onto her feet tomorrow while she thought up a plan.

For now, the three just enjoyed each other’s company and the little touches they shared before drifting off into an early slumber.

Notes:

Chapter summary:

- The class discover that the rest of the school has been informed about a student being expelled for criminal behaviour. Despite some provocation by Monoma, Kendo helpfully informs them of the assembly that Aizawa didn't mention to them again but none of the class decide to relay the details of the boy's actions to anyone not already in the know.

- After classes, Kyoka tries to do some experimentation with the toy that Momo lent her. She grows frustrated as she realises that she enjoyed aspects of penis play only when forced or bound into allowing those actions to happen on her. Aggravated at believing she no longer falls under the label of 'Lesbian' after thinking she'd finally figured herself out, she wonders what the next step to take is.

- Momo is having a difficult time after investing in some cheap properties in Mustafu near the coastline. Due to her busy schedule, she'd neglected to thoroughly examine them and ended up with some that had completely trashed interiors, not to mention all the difficulties the Uraraka family were going through that she vowed to support. When Izuku asks her if he can help with her frustrations, she agrees that an outside perspective may help give her a new angle on the problem though keeping some of the details away from him. Thanks to his mother's experience in real estate, he offers a solution that Momo hadn't thought of. While explaining things to her, he lets slip about his own difficulties with his father which Momo asks if he wants to talk about. Taking the conversation to his room for privacy, Izuku, prompted by Mina's advice to share struggles with friends, divulges the story of how his father left the family and it had just been him and his mum for years now. Momo assures him that he's definitely suited to being a hero and resolves to be a better friend to him in the future.

- After classes on Wednesday, Tsuyu asks Izuku to hang out for fun after classes. He agrees though is initially panicked at the thought, thinking it was a date but is calmed by Iida. When Tsuyu doesn't turn up for their hangout session, he nervously approaches her door to see if she'd forgotten about him. While she had, it was because she'd been waylaid by a surprise call from her parents who praise Izuku for his efforts during the USJ. Once the call is ended, Tsuyu's emotions are too near the surface and she breaks into tears, divulging how much she misses her family. The two decide to just talk in Tsuyu's room instead of the common room for the rest of the evening. As the conversation goes on Tsuyu reveals her bisexuality to the green haired boy who, in turn, reveals more about his past before and during Aldera, culminating in his admission that he had contemplated suicide at one point. Tsuyu begs him to admit he doesn't feel that way anymore, which Izuku agrees while revealing more of his feelings towards the frog girl, and culminating in a stolen kiss. Surprised, Tsuyu reluctantly has to put Izuku in the same limbo she and Ochako previously were in while she discussed things with the girl, not that she tells Izuku that. The boy himself is somewhat thankful for the reprieve as he needs to talk to All Might about the secret behind their quirk. Izuku and Tsuyu leave things awkwardly between them.

- In order to distract Ochako while Tsuyu's hanging out with Izuku, the frog girl goads her into having that date with Mina that the pair had talked about. Surprised, Ochako and Mina decide to go through with it with the two deciding to head out around the same time that Izuku and Tsuyu were set to hang out. After enjoying some time walking, talking and enjoying lunch rush's dinner service together, Mina and Ochako broach the topic of the gravity girl joining their little polycule. Ochako steals Mina away into the abundant trees near the swimming pool and the two enjoy testing their sexual chemistry together. Once finished, Mina does a happy dance when Ochako agrees to be her girlfriend and the two decide to spend the night together just sleeping and enjoying their new bond. While Ochako is still reluctant to come out to anyone else, she's happy to let the other girls know of their progress. When returning to Mina's room however, the two encounter a dour Tsuyu who reveals the events of her own evening to the girls, including her suspicion that Bakugo was the one who told Izuku to kill himself. The pinkette runs through her memories of the boy and concludes that could've been well within character for him and feels deceived at befriending a potential bully like Bakugo though she resolves to check things out for herself. Despite everything, Ochako doesn't blame Tsuyu for what happened between her and Izuku and knows they'll fix things eventually. The trio decide to sleep together to comfort the frog girl as the day ends.

Chapter 12: Confrontation

Summary:

After Izuku and Tsuyu's kiss, both the boy and girl reflect on their unique situations with those closest to them.

***** Trigger Warning *****
Referenced suicidal thoughts in this chapter.

Notes:

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Chapter Text

Izuku Midoriya woke up on Thursday just as confused as he went to bed. Sleep evidently didn’t help.

After shutting off his alarm and sitting up on the edge of his bed, Izuku felt his fears and anxieties begin to rear their ugly heads again. He knew the girls talked to each other, and there was no way Tsuyu wouldn’t mention something like this to her other friends; someone kissing you was kind of a big deal.

Thinking rationally, unless she’d sent the news out in a chat message, he probably had until end of lunch before they all knew.

Well, now was as good of a time as ever to talk to All Might about their shared secret and get advice on what the former number one hero thought he should do. It wasn’t like he had any other father figure to go to for advice he thought bitterly, and talking to his mum about romantic stuff was way off the table lest he miss a whole day of school at her probable gushing.

Retreating to his bathroom and washing his face in the small sink provided, he tried his best to psych himself up for the coming day. He would go to class as normal, seek out All Might at lunch time, panic during afternoon classes, then come back here to hide…

Izuku gently let his head fall forward and bump against the wall.

“I’m doomed.”


The One-For-All user kept his head down after leaving his room and heading to class, trying to avoid other people as much as he could, not just the girls. By the time Izuku’d made it to his usual seat, he was sure he’d ignored at least four morning greetings. He’d have to apologize to whomever they were later.

Thankfully, it was pretty easy to get through the morning classes; just focus on the work and not think about how badly he screwed up yesterday. Admittedly he flip flopped between intense focus and wild panic during those classes but he thought he handled it well all things considered.

When the bell for the start of lunch rang out, he packed up faster than ever and made an exit before anyone else could question him. He wasn’t exactly subtle and many of his classmates questioned his haste.

“What’s eating Midoriya?” Kaminari asked the room, looking over to Iida and Uraraka specifically.

“It is something of an enigma I’ve been puzzling all day.” Iida admitted, “At first I wasn’t sure if he heard my greeting this morning, but now it seems our friend may be troubled by something. Tsu,” Iida turned to address the green-haired girl. “You were hanging out with Midoriya last night. Did he seem different then?”

“Nothing out of the ordinary I noticed, ribbit.” Tsuyu lied easily.

Tsuyu gave Ochako a nervous look from the other side of Iida as they packed up their own school supplies. While they hadn’t told the other three girls yet, they were almost certain his interaction with Tsuyu was the reason for his elusive actions.

Still, there was nothing they could do to ease his suffering until they figured themselves out. Tsuyu and Mina wanted to get to the bottom of Midoriya’s past with Bakugo while Ochako was thinking deeply about what she wanted to do regarding revealing her feelings to the green-haired boy.

For now, the girls would just go enjoy what they could of their lunch while filling in the others on everything that happened last night.


Several sharp knocks rang out in the staff room practically moments after lunch began.

“Not it.” Midnight grinned, enjoying a cup of coffee on the sofa.

“Every time.” Present Mic sighed, rising to his feet. Though All Might was also there, he felt compelled to not make the man do more than he had to. After everything they’d learned since Kamino, it was the least he could do for the hero’s years of service.

Sliding open the door, he looked down to see which student needed their attention this time.

“Hey little listener,” He grinned down at the green haired boy in his hero persona. “Calling in with a request?”

“I-Is All Might there?” Izuku asked nervously, “I need to talk to him about something.”

“Can do little man, he’ll be right up.” Present Mic smiled, looking over his shoulder to call out to Yagi but found the man approaching him already.

“I got it, thanks Mic.” All Might shot him a thankful smile.

“C-Can we talk? In private?” Izuku asked again once the former number one appeared in his sights.

“Sure thing kid, let’s head to the staff lounge.” All Might nodded before closing the door behind him as he left.

This was probably one of the few times that All Might would go out of his way for a student and, in the silence that was left in the staff room, the other two teachers shot each other a look.

“There he goes again.” Midnight sighed.

“Jeez, you think the big guy would try to be more subtle about it.” Present Mic agreed, walking back over to his computer.

“I know we shouldn’t make a point of playing favourites but I think All Might is beyond caring about appearances.” Midnight remarked.

“Little listener’s got a quirk just like his, of course the big guy’s interested in helping him reach his full potential.”

“You think he’s building him up to take his place?”

“Probably, wouldn’t put it past him to have come here to help pick a successor.” Present Mic shrugged. “Just hope he doesn’t push the boy too hard to be something he’s not.”

“You know Midoriya, he idolizes the man. If he could be called ‘The next incarnation of All Might’ he’d probably react like Christmas had come early. Might be best to just keep an eye on them, make sure All Might isn’t putting unrealistic expectations on the boy.” Midnight pondered, wondering how best to broach the topic with either the boy or the retired pro.

“I’ll keep an ear to the ground in class.” Mic nodded.


“So, what’s on your mind young Midoriya?” All Might asked as he took a seat on the sofa.

The pair had taken the small trip to the longue in silence. All Might was expecting a talk about a development or query about One-For-All, he didn’t expect a tsunami of words and worries to pour out of his young apprentice.

“So-something-happened-last-night-and-I-think-I-messed-up-and-ruined-a-friendship-and-then-I-didn’t-and-then-she-needed-to-think-and-I-needed-to-think-and-”

“Woah, slow down young Midoriya.”All Might tried to settle the pacing greenette. “Take a seat, a deep breath, and start again.”

Izuku paused in his tirade, looking over at his mentor with an embarrassed face and sitting on the nearby stool, dropping his backpack by the coffee table as he did. As ordered, he took a deep breath and felt his mind begin slowing its mad panicky-processing to something more comprehensible to normal people.

“O-Okay so um… d-d-dating.” He muttered the subject of today’s topic.

“I’m aware of the subject yes.” All Might shot the boy a small smile. While he’d never thought much about his own personal life, he was glad the boy seemed to be enjoying some measure of everyday life he’d missed out on.

“O-O-One-For-All… um… h-how do I… the two don’t-” Izuku tried to get his thoughts out but was clearly struggling. As amusing at it was to the former number one at times, he did hope the boy grew out of it and into a much more confident persona.

“I’m guessing there’s been some developments in your personal life and you’re wondering how your secret factors into everything?” All Might took a shot.

“Y-Yeah…” Izuku nodded, glad his rambling had made at least some sense. “B-But isn’t it um… our secret?”

All Might sighed deeply.

“I’ve been thinking a lot since… Mirai passed.” He said slowly, “With everything we went through together, everything that happened since we no longer spoke, and then how everything ended, I don’t think I’ll ever have a single bigger regret besides not finishing All-For-One when I had the chance. What came between us was that very secret and how One-For-All should be handled.”

Izuku gulped and nodded.

“Mirai was so dead-set on young Togata inheriting the power and doing things the way he wanted, it might’ve blinded him, just like I believe now that it might be blinding us,” All Might continued. “While I am still very much happy to be your support and mentor, I think it is time that I officially remove any lingering doubts that One-For-All is mine. This is your secret now, and while I hope I can help guide you through any difficulties you face, I will tell you now that no matter how you wish to handle it going forward, even if we disagree on things, I will never give up on you.”

“A-All Might.” Izuku began tearing up. Knowing everything that went down between the hero and his former sidekick, this was his promise not to repeat the mistakes of the past.

The former pro was right in that Izuku still considered this their shared burden and deferred to the man’s greater experience on how to handle things; Gran Torino even called him out on it when they’d begun training together, considering One-For-All All Might’s quirk, rather than his own. He let out a small laugh at his hypocritical behaviour; telling Shoto that his quirk was his own and not Endeavour’s when Izuku still thought similarly of his own power.

“No waterworks now young Midoriya, can’t afford a flooded school now can we?” All Might joked, hoping to both cut the boy’s tears off and reassure him.

“R-Right, sorry.” Izuku nodded, trying to hold back the swell of emotions in his chest. “B-But what about All-For-One? He knows the secret, why hasn’t he told anyone yet?”

All Might sat back in his seat, letting out a deep breath.

“That’s something I’ve been wondering myself. I think he underestimated its potential before I managed to beat him and, once I did, I thought that was the end of it. Now? He’s had going on six years to scheme and plan; if that knowledge hasn’t been released to the public yet, it’s because he doesn’t want it to be.”

Izuku blinked, trying to speculate exactly what the goal for it would be about.

“I certainly doubt it’s goodwill on his part.” All Might chuckled morosely, “But if I had to guess, he isn’t above using it to hurt me, my legacy, and now, you. Sorry kid but this is a problem I believed you wouldn’t have had to face when I passed on the power.”

“It’s okay All Might.” Izuku gulped. “I wanted this chance just as much. There’s no way something like this will make me back down!” Izuku grit his teeth and raised a fist.

“That’s the spirit.” All Might smiled, “But still, while All-For-One is locked away, I wouldn’t put it past him to have a backup plan in place with this League of Villains. While I don’t suggest telling everyone, I don’t believe living in fear is the right thing to do either; a select few people closest to you may help ease the burden you bear.”

Izuku bit his lip, the retired pro had landed close to the point he’d come here to address.

“Returning to the point, what exactly are you looking to talk about today?” The former number one asked inquisitively.

The grennette balled his hands into fists on his knees as he tried to form complete sentences in his head before spewing out random words.

“So… something happened with um… a girl. We’re not like… together right now and I was just… do I need to tell her about One-For-All before we get um… together? If I wait it could screw everything up if I wait too long to tell her down the road, if we even get that far considering the mess I made yesterday and-”

“One thing at a time kid.” All Might called out before the boy got too wrapped up in his own head. “First things first. I notice you haven’t mentioned a name so I won’t pry, but I’m presuming this is someone you’re close to on the hero course?”

Izuku nodded shyly.

“Okay. Well unfortunately, this is an area I don’t have any more experience in than you do.” All Might replied apologetically, “As I mentioned before, relationships weren’t something I felt I could pursue while All-For-One still lurked in the shadows and in the time since then I’ve been struggling just to maintain a public image and my own health. However, if you recall, there are select people I’ve trusted with the secret.”

“Yeah, there was Gran Torino who knew from before, then um… Sir Nighteye, Tsukauchi on the police and then Nezu and Recovery Girl.” Izuku listed off.

“Indeed.” All Might nodded, “While I believe you now have young Bakugo to confide in, I believe this wasn’t something you explicitly trusted him with?”

“Sorta.” Izuku sighed, “I wanted to tell him I hadn’t been tricking him with being quirkless all those years but he worked everything out from just those few words eventually.”

“Your fight night in the training grounds, I remember.” All Might recalled. “Still, even if we did count young Bakugo among your confidants, he alone is hardly an effective support group.” Both cringed inwardly at the explosive boy’s less than approachable nature. “If you wish to share your secret with those you trust, I have no reason to stop you, however I would advise that you be sure that you can trust the people you tell even should you have a falling out.”

Izuku thought over his memories of Tsuyu and whether or not he could really trust her with such a secret. She was trying to become a great hero too, just like everyone else in the class, it would certainly be different trusting someone like his mum with the secret, as much as he wanted to tell her. Even if Tsuyu and he got… together and then broke up for whatever reason, he sincerely doubted she would go around telling the world about his power.

“M-Maybe I um… wouldn’t tell them right away but… after things looked like they might um… work out… do you think that would be a good time to tell them?” Izuku asked hesitantly.

“Whenever you feel you can trust someone then by all means do so.” All Might smiled at the boy.

It was nerve wracking, being effectively handed the keys to the secret he’d kept since gaining his quirk. He thought back to his interactions with Ashido and Yaoyorozu, about how he’d been tempted then to let them in on the knowledge and help ease the guilt he carried when discussing his quirk. There was also Iida and Ochako to consider as his best friends and, the latter, his other crush.

“T-Thanks All Might.” Izuku bowed to the former pro.

“Glad I could help my boy.” The former pro grinned. “Is there anything else you need to discuss with me?”

The pair continued to talk for a few minutes regarding Izuku’s continued training with air pressure attacks before the boy left to enjoy what was left of lunch. All Might wandered back to the staff room feeling like a great weight had been lifted from his shoulders now that Izuku felt comfortable enough to tell people his secret. Slowly but surely, One-For-All was leaving him in the past and he only hoped he could hang around long enough to see the glorious future his successor would lead.


The girls were incensed.

After their lunch started off pleasantly enough with some chatter about the day’s lessons, when they were sure no one else was paying great attention to them, the topic switched to events that went down last night. First, Mina decided to relay the good news about her and Ochako’s exciting new development which the girl immediately blushed a deep pink when it was brought up.

Expectedly to Mina, the other girls were nothing but happy for them. Tsuyu already knew, but Tooru gave Ochako an excited squeal of delight and asked if the girl wanted to go out on a date with her next. Momo gave the pair a small congratulations, having been there when the date was arranged and had somewhat expected this outcome after her talk with the gravity girl earlier in the week. The most difficult one to read was Kyoka who gave the pair a warm smile but there was something distinctly off about it to the pink haired girl.

Whatever it was, she would have to investigate later as Tsuyu now spoke up and revealed what happened between herself and Izuku last night. By the time the girl was finished, there were a few more confused and frustrated faces among them, chief of which was Tooru. Since the girl had developed somewhat of a distant crush on the green haired boy for all his help with her quirk, that he would’ve been told to do something so horrible, possibly by a classmate, infuriated her.

Momo and Kyoka were similarly annoyed at the prospect of another member of their class being less than respectable hero material, albeit in a different way than their now ex-classmate. They weren’t as close to Bakugo as Mina was but still wondered if this would affect their rehearsals with the boy.

Mina definitely caught Kyoka sink into herself a little more when Tsuyu revealed the dark place Izuku’s mind went to that she’d definitely have to follow up on later.

However, with quirk training today in gym gamma, the pinkette had a plan to try and draw some of the details out of her explosive friend. It might get her a little blown up but it was worth it to help determine whether or not she’d need to kick his ass for real or remain his friend.


Once lunch was done and classes resumed, class 1-A found themselves back in gym gamma in full costumes and told to experiment more with their quirks and super moves.

As everyone split up to go and do their own thing, Mina snagged Bakugo by the back of the collar and dragged him off to a corner.

“What the hell racoon eyes?! You looking for a fight?!” He growled as Mina let him go and walked a few paces forward.

“Yeah, actually I am.” She grinned dangerously at the boy. “Been a while since we’ve thrown down and I wanna see how I stack up.”

Bakugo sunk into his normal combat pose as he let off small test explosions on his hands, his eyes quickly scanning the surrounding pillars of concrete terrain.

“That’s more like it.” He called out, an excited grin on his face.

Despite the instruction to focus on their quirks, it was not uncommon for smaller spars to break out as the students tested themselves against one another. A pair of ectoplasm clones oversaw the pair as they waited for the key moment to begin their fight. A crash of rock echoed loudly in their little corner of the gym and both took that as the signal to begin.

Bakugo blasted himself forward, lunging with his right fist pulled back. Mina grinned, quickly slipping into a crouch and coating her shoulder in a medium strength acid before charging to meet the boy head on. Having expected a dodge or a counter, the explosive boy let out a small blast with his leading hand to adjust his course, now slowed and moving to the side while creating a smokescreen where he was. Unlike him, Mina wouldn’t be able to change her trajectory mid-charge and he’d use that to strike decisively at her side.

Thrusting his pulled-back arm forward as he cleared his own smoke, he expected to see the surprised pink girl gasp and try to frantically mitigate his incoming attack. Instead, he was greeted to a wall of acid hurtling his way instead. Changing his finger positioning, he let off a wider blast to push back the acidic substance.

Hisses of steam and melting stone rose up as the droplets littered their battle arena.

“That seemed a little predictable blasty.” Mina grinned, having continued her charge through the smokescreen after hurling walls of acid either side of her to throw off her opponent. Now, she was turning sharply on her heel, fighting against her momentum and building up a large wad of viscous acid on her palm while her other hand stuck straight upwards. “You sure you’ve improved since Aldera?”

“The fuck you say?!” Bakugo yelled, preparing to jump to avoid her incoming globule and surprise her with an attack from above.

Mina threw her hand forward, the tossed acid doing its job and moving Bakugo out of the way as she brought her hands together in the same movement above her head to leave him no room to escape.

“Acid rain!” She called out, letting out her nozzle spray of acid like she’d been practising. It was a wide range area attack that had very little use in towns or cities due to the collateral damage, as scolded by Aizawa, but was incredibly effective in hitting airborne opponents just like Bakugo.

The explosive boy growled as droplets of acid began hitting their mark, stinging and damaging random parts of his skin and suit. Clearly Mina had been planning her approach this time… or she had borrowed the nerd’s strategy books, was that why she brought up Aldera?

“Die!” He shouted, pushing through the pain and taking aim with his own technique; the AP Shot. He loaded just enough sweat to singe her if she didn’t dodge and let it fly.

Mina grimaced as the blond’s retaliation slammed into her side, burning her enough that she’d definitely be visiting Recovery Girl after this. She expected it though and pressed on with her plan to rile the boy up and get her answers.

“Weak sauce dude!” Mina shouted, letting every pore of her body seep acid. “I bet even Midori from back then could’ve beat this with a single punch like in the battle trials.”

“He couldn’t take shit!” Bakugo yelled, landing and backing off at the sight of Mina’s newest move. “Even then he knew who was gonna be the next number one and it wasn’t gonna be him!”

As the acid built up around Mina, she felt her anger growing at the raw lack of care Bakugo seemed to be spewing. Just that first line made he believe even more that Bakugo was one of the ones that encouraged, if not helped, bullying of the green sweetheart.

“He knew he had a shot and you were just jealous I’ll bet.” Mina grinned, trying to keep up her playful, teasing façade as her anger bubbled beneath her skin. “I bet that’s why all those other kids bullied him.”

Mina charged as fast as she could with all the acid built up around her. It was supposed to be sticky around her top half and a little more liquid around her bottom, so she could manipulate it without getting stuck to the ground, but she still hadn’t quite gotten the hang of producing two different acids simultaneously. As it was, she was attacking the blond bomber with the top half of her incomplete ‘Acid Man’ attack.

Bakugo couldn’t risk another aerial attack as Mina could just as easily throw the acid she’d already produced his direction. Instead, he’d focus his attack on the ground and stop her advance early. He crouched down and stuck his hand close to the concrete at a forty five-ish degree angle and released his quirk.

“Claymore!” He yelled out, watching a wave of heat and shrapnel shoot out from the impact point.

Mina knew her legs would be torn to shreds the minute Bakugo crouched down. She pre-emptively stopped her attack and allowed her acid man to droop down into a frontal acid wall to work as a shield instead. A burst of concrete shards sunk into her defensive front, bubbling and dissolving quickly.

“It was because he was a quirkless Deku who didn’t know his place!” Bakugo yelled out.

Mina looked up. Trying to defend herself from the shrapnel had given her opponent the time he’d needed to launch himself skyward once again and get himself in position above her. Even risking her ‘Acid Rain’ attack, he’d banked on his own skill and speed to secure his victory over her as opposed to trying something more strategically safe.

“Game over!” He yelled, letting out another, slightly stronger AP Shot from his hand that tore through the remaining acid on her body and sent her sprawling on the ground. As she rolled, Bakugo shot himself forward with another blast behind him, before standing over her, his hand pointed directly at her chest.

“Give up and just end it.” He growled.

Mina knew she shouldn’t say anything but her anger had been steeping since last night and those words were the last straw.

“Is that what you said when you told Midori to jump?”

The look of shock and guilt that washed over Bakugo’s face in that moment was all the confirmation she needed. The two looked into each other’s faces for a moment, Bakugo’s full of disbelief while Mina’s sunk into one you would wear as if something repulsive was placed before you.

“Mr. Ectoplasm,” She called out. “We’re done, can I go see Recovery Girl?” Mina called out from the ground.

The two clones assigned to them approached with the apparent end of the battle and quickly assessed the damage to the pair.

“Yes, go get that checked out.” Ectoplasm declared after observing her side wound closer. “If Recovery Girl clears you, come back and we’ll go over some things before you resume normal training.”

Mina just nodded and began walking away.

“W-Wait,” Bakugo spoke up. Still shocked at both Mina’s surprise question and apparent knowledge of his past, he wanted to set the record straight about everything.

Mina’s head turned and she shot him the most hostile scowl she could muster.

“I said, ‘we’re done’.” She declared with finality, not breaking her walking pace as she weaved through the stone constructs of Cementoss and out of sight.

Bakugo felt his heart drop. Somehow she’d found out, likely from Deku himself, and she’d used this battle and his split attention to get some answers. That he’d replied to some things almost out of instinct made his stomach turn as Mina’s own thoughts on being a hero flashed through his mind.


‘I’m gonna be a super awesome acid hero that stops all the bullies.’ The annoying pink haired girl declared.

‘That’s Ashido for ya’, she was exactly the same back in middle school.’ The spikey haired idiot agreed.

‘It’s better than my reasons for being a pro; saving all the hot chicks and picking up all their numbers.’ The blond haired idiot spouted off.

'So long as you save the guys too, I don’t think that’s the worst.' The weird elbowed guy chipped in.

‘Shut the hell up you morons!’ Bakugo shouted, having had enough of their jabbering.

‘What’s your problem?’ The blond idiot asked.

‘You idiots all having stupid reasons for being heroes is my problem.’ He growled out.

Having only been in UA a few days, people were already starting to make friends and gravitate towards one another. Surprisingly, no one had yet tried to suck up to him or his kickass quirk. It was almost kind of refreshing to actually have to try to get noticed among these idiots and prove to them he was going to stand at the top one day.

‘Oh yeah?’ The pinkette replied haughtily, ‘Who died and made you number one? What’s your reason for being a hero that’s so much better than ours?’

‘The best heroes win, that’s all you need to know.’ Bakugo declared, clenching his fist proudly, ‘When you fight, you win and when you win, all the other villains will know it and be too scared to stand against you, like All Might. He’s holding my place at the top and I’m not gonna stop until I take it from him!’

‘Damn man, that’s a little intense.’ The blond haired idiot threw up his hands in surrender, practically proving his point.

‘Yeah, that’s the stuff Bakugo!’ The red haired idiot cheered.

‘I dunno’ The pinkette regarded him sceptically, ‘Making people feel scared sounds like bullying to me. Are you a bully Bakugo?’

The explosive boy felt his mouth drop open at the audacity of the accusation before turning it into a determined snarl.

‘Only to villains!’ He replied smugly.

Apparently, he thought that was apparently something like the right thing to say as the pinkette considered him for a few more moments before nodding her head approvingly.

‘A little rough around the edges but we can fix that,’ She declared, ‘I’d hate to have to take down our new friend for being a bully.’ The girl finished with a wink before turning back to the grinning red haired idiot.


That was the day those idiots had latched onto him and dragged him into their little squad; it was unofficially named after him but Mina was at the heart of it. He didn’t want to acknowledge it but he knew exactly why this memory was being dragged up in front of him right now.

Mina considered him a bully.

His mind was somewhat numbed as he vaguely listened to Ectoplasm’s points about their spar before returning to some very half-assed training. Throughout the remainder of the lesson he tried to wrack his brain to come up with some way to fix the shitstorm that was about to come for him. By the time class was over, he’d thought of nothing.

Looking around as everyone returned to the changing rooms he eyed the crowd quickly, scanning for the girl he knew he hadn’t damaged that badly during their spar only to come up empty. She’d clearly not returned to class and it definitely wasn’t because of any physical injury.


“Mina? Princess are you okay?” Tooru cracked open the door to her girlfriend’s room. The lights were off and there was a big Mina shaped lump under the covers that wasn’t moving much.

“Uh-uh.” The lump groaned, followed shortly by a sniffle.

Tooru quickly opened the door wider and let Tsuyu pass her by before closing it and hurrying over to their girlfriend’s bedspread.

When the acid girl wasn’t present during the end of class in the changing rooms, they’d all suspected something was wrong. Before they’d had a chance to text the girl themselves, the pinkette had pinged them all in the group chat, asking Tooru and Tsuyu to come to her room once they got back.

As hero classes were usually the last ones of the day, the girls took off faster than normal after getting changed. The three that weren’t asked to go to see their shared girlfriend assured the others they’d be on standby for anything they needed and were just a text away.

Once Tooru and Tsuyu had dropped off their stuff, they made their way to Mina’s door where, after a short knock with no answer, the invisible girl had tried the handle and found it unlocked.

Now, as they sat in relative silence on Mina’s bed with the standing light behind it turned on, they wondered what exactly had happened to reduce the energetic girl to a state they had never seen her in. Biting her lip, Tooru carefully reached up and pulled down the covers revealing Mina lying on her back with deep tear tracts rolled down her face and her lower lip pushed up to prevent further sobs.

“Oh dear, ribbit.” Tsuyu sighed. “This is… all my fault.”

“Uh-uh.” Mina grunted, shaking her head softly from side to side. “Not your f-fault B-Bakugo’s a prick.”

“I’m guessing you found out something?” Tooru asked carefully, getting a shaky nod from Mina.

“H-He’s the worst.” Mina choked back her sob.

As much as Tooru wanted to feel justified in her criticism of the explosive blond, her girlfriend needed comforting more than hearing an ‘I told you so’. Reaching out, Tooru took one of Mina’s hands and rubbed her thumb along it, hoping to soothe the girl enough to get her story.

“Do you mind explaining why, ribbit?” Tsuyu asked. She felt a little bad asking for curiosities sake but hopefully it would also help understand Mina’s pain a little better.

“Y-You were right T-Tsu.” Mina’s chest convulsed as her sobs threatened to break free one more. Having let out plenty since returning from Recovery Girl and skipping the rest of class to come home early; she really wanted to avoid round two but it looked like it was coming regardless. “H-He told M-Midori to j-jump.”

Mina knew she was being selfish right now, the girls muted gasps at poor Midori’s past was enough to assure that. The poor boy had been told to end his own life and, from what Tsu relayed, had actually thought about doing it then here she was crying about losing someone she called a friend that was the one responsible for doing it.

After her chat with the greenette about being there for one another, Mina felt unreasonably sorry for herself for making friends with such a heinous bully without even realising it. She really was an idiot and deserved Denki’s spot as bottom of the class complete with ‘dunce’ hat for this.

“Come on hun, walk us through it.” Tooru squeezed her despondent girlfriend’s hand. “Help us understand.”

With a shaky voice, Mina began recounting everything from her plan at lunch to the last scathing comment she shot the boy over her shoulder as she left the gym, dripping tears along the corridor as the betrayal sunk into her heart.

“Mina, Princess.” Tooru lent down and nuzzled her girlfriend’s face as she finished her tale. “Can I borrow your quirk real quick? I gotta go melt someone down real fast.”

Luckily it seemed her girlfriend understood the call back humour to her own plight with their tailed classmate and let out a tearful giggle.

“S-Sorry Tsu.” Mina apologised. “D-Don’t think I’m gonna b-be able to talk to him a-anymore.”

“It’s fine, ribbit.” Tsuyu had snagged Mina’s other hand during her story and squeezed it comfortingly. “You all but confirmed the worst of it. If he’s capable of that, he probably helped with the lighter stuff too.”

“Not helping Darling.” Tooru glared at Tsu as Mina’s lip quivered again.

“Sh-Sh-Shush.” Mina tried to calm her annoyed invisible girlfriend. “B-Better to r-rip the band-aid n-now.”

Tooru looked down at her sad partner and tried to think of a way to try and make everything seem a little less gloomy.

“Would it help if I told you something really good that happened today too?” The invisible girl asked.

Mina looked at her girlfriend curiously. Anything would be welcome at this point if it took her mind off her self-pity party and moved her onto the next stage of friend-loss grief. She nodded.

“To start with I guess um… I need to reveal a little something I’ve been keeping secret.” Tooru declared, “Tsu, can you hold out your hands flat for me?”

“Erm… sure Tooru, ribbit.” The frog girl did as requested albeit with a quirked eyebrow.

“Please don’t um… freak out okay?” Tooru asked nervously, placing her free hand onto Tsuyu’s before taking a deep breath.

Tsuyu tilted her head incuriosity as she heard her invisible girlfriend release her breath slowly. Then, something changed in her vision as a disembodied hand made itself visible exactly where Tooru’s was resting.

The frog girl’s breath caught in her throat, unable to squeal or gasp in surprise as she observed the pale appendage before it slowly faded from view once more.

“Haaa haaa, sorry.” Tooru breathed deeply, removing her hand from Tsu’s and using it to rub the sore spot at the back of her head. “Can’t keep it up very long.”

“Y-You… Tooru you.” Tsuyu stumbled over her words.

“Yup,” The invisible girl grinned, “I’m getting super close. You’re only the third person I’ve shown.”

“Third?” Mina asked croakily.

“Yea~ah, that’s… part of the story.” Tooru rubbed the back of her head nervously. “I um… wanted to show Midori after you, ‘cause of all the help he gave me and stuff. I’ll show the other girls when I next can but… yeah.

“That’s amazing Tooru.” Tsuyu smiled widely, genuinely happy for the girl.

“Thanks Darling,” She reached over and pulled Tsuyu in for a quick but firm hug. “Anyway yeah um… I didn’t plan it or anything but today, when we were all doing our quirk training…”


“A little bigger please.” Tooru asked their concrete based teacher.

“No problem.” Cementoss nodded, increasing the size of the small plateau to cover about the size and width of a single bed.

“Okay, let’s go.” Tooru breathed slowly, taking in and pushing out deep lungfuls of air before sucking in her biggest yet and holding it. At once, she pushed that feeling of fullness into her quirk and expanded the invisibility field she generated around the rocky structure. It wasn’t immediate, washing over the matter like a wave as it slowly engulfed the entire structure, leaving only a blank patch of earth with a small amount of incline that indicated its position.

She held her breath for as long as she could before releasing her hold on both it and her quirk. Towards the end, the invisible field had begun wavering at the edges but it was still a great improvement from what she’d been able to do even just recently.

“Congratulations Hagakure.” A bored sounding voice called out. She turned and spotted Aizawa standing off to the side, clearly having observed her latest quirk development. “You’ve clearly been working hard to develop your quirk past its basic functions, keep it up.”

It wasn’t much, but to their class, something like that was high praise coming from their teacher.

“Thank you sir!” She bowed politely.

Aizawa nodded in response before walking off to find someone else to observe.

“Would you like me to make any adjustments or are you happy to practise on this for now?” Cementoss asked the girl, gesturing back to her training pillar.

“That’s fine, I wanna work on my duration now so I’m just gonna do the same thing over and over.”

“Understood, please let me know if you require any further assistance.” Cementoss smiled before walking off, looking to see if he needed to adjust anything else around the arena.

Tooru resumed her practise, taking slow, deep breaths and trying to generate her invisibility field for as long as she could. With her recent practising, it seemed that the bigger field she tried to generate the shorter she was able to hold it and so had begun alternating between size and duration held to improve her control.

After a few attempts, sparks of green lightning lit up the gym out of the corner of her eye.

“Midori?” She called out curiously.

Around the side of a pillar of stone, Midoriya shot out like a rocket, that weird green lightning stuff arcing around him. Once he spotted Tooru’s gloves and boots, he deactivated his quirk and walked over nervously, letting out a small breath from his own recent exertions.

“H-Hi Hagakure.” He smiled awkwardly, reminding her more of the timid boy back at the start of the school year rather than the confident hunk that helped dismantle a whole Yakuza cell. “I-Is something wrong?”

“Yeah! I haven’t shown you my new progress, come check it out!” Tooru grinned. Though she knew about everything that went down with him and Tsuyu, she bet the boy was also nervous and panicky, wondering if his kiss had been exposed if his attitude this morning was anything to go by. Hopefully she’d be able to take the greenette’s mind off it for just a little bit and onto his favourite topic instead; quirks.

Directing the boy’s attention over to her practice area, she told him to stand and watch while she began running through her process once more. As the block disappeared, much faster this time she couldn’t help but note, Tooru felt her heart leap at the unbridled joy the boy displayed, his face lighting up in a radiant grin.

It wasn’t just her quirk making her feel funny as she observed the greenette’s reaction, her mind was sending her theoretical images of dragging the boy over for a victory kiss she had to reluctantly put down… and store for a later, more personal time.

“Wow Hagakure, you’ve improved your quirk so much!” Izuku gushed. “Do you know the minimum amount of air you need to activate it? Can you activate it and just leave it in place? What about doing it in uh… re-reverse?” He slowed as he reached his last question. “S-Sorry, my mouth kinda got away from me there.”

The invisible girl smiled at the good-natured boy. She knew he wasn’t asking because he wanted to know about her looks, but because he knew it was important to her. After finally getting her answer, she knew he had to be the second person that got to know since it was his analysis that allowed her to get to this point.

“Hold out your palms Midori.” Tooru ordered, watching the boy process her words before doing as instructed. Pulling off a glove with her other hand, it was adorable to watch his face redden as she placed her own invisible appendage on his. “Watch carefully.”

With another careful breath, she exhaled deeply before reigning her quirk energy in. Izuku gasped loudly as Tooru’s pale hand came into being, the visible skin extending partially along her arm. The invisible girl still hadn’t figured out the trick to staying visible while also retaining enough air to breathe and quickly allowed her quirk to return to its normal state.

“Ha-Hagakure!” Izuku began freaking out. “Y-You managed to-”

“With a lot of time, effort, and tears, yeah.” Hagakure giggled, “Plus a whole lotta giant Midori brain too.”

“This… this is amazing Hagakure!” Izuku smiled, ignoring his own part in her development. As far as he was concerned, he just pointed the girl in the direction, all the effort to achieve this goal was her own. “I hope you’re incredibly proud of what you’ve achieved because you should be.”

“Yeah, I am.” Hagakure grinned. “I’m not done yet though, I still can’t hold it for super long and it makes my head hurt every time I do it. Also, I can only hold both types for as long as I can hold my breath so it’s not very useful in combat yet. I don’t um… suppose I could ask for just a little bit more advice?”

Izuku barely had to even think about the answer.

“Of course!” He offered immediately, “T-Tell me everything I guess. How does it feel to do both types? What exactly are you imagining when you push your quirk? Does the amount of breath influence anything?”

“Just a sec.” Tooru giggled at the energetic boys ramblings. “Got one thing I need to do first.”

The One-For-All user stiffened as he felt Tooru’s invisible hand rest itself on the side of his face. Before he knew it, the girl had leaned in and placed a soft kiss on the end of his nose that lingered for just a moment.

“Thanks Midori.” Tooru whispered softly. “I couldn’t’ve done this without you, I truly mean that.”

The invisible girl released the poor boy who immediately felt his face heat up enough he’d probably be generating steam if he could. Before he could interject or try to disregard his own contributions to her quirk’s progress, she began answering his questions in full which, of course, got him asking for more.


“After that,” Tooru wrapped up her story, “He came up with the idea to imagine my quirk as like a sliding dimmer switch that always bounces back to the middle. Pushing it up extends my quirk, pulling it down pulls it back. Now I’m going to focus on holding that switch in place when I activate my quirk and being able to breathe at the same time. If I can do that, I’ll be able to use it in combat and… stay visible for periods of time.”

“That’s impressive, ribbit.” Tsu smiled, glad Tooru had finally managed to answer a question she’d had since she was young.

“I wish I couldda been there,” Mina sniffed though bore a smile from enjoying the much happier tale from their time in gym gamma that day. “Better than getting blasted by a bully.”

“It still sucks, ey?” Tooru sighed, empathising with her girlfriend and getting a nod in response.

“Sorry,” Mina apologised, “Not gonna be very good company tonight.”

“Bah, you stuck by me after that Ojiro thing.” Tooru waved her girlfriend off. “Budge up, make room for Tooru!”

Tsuyu smiled as the invisible girl stood and began stripping down to her underwear before climbing under Mina’s sheets with her, snuggling onto her side like a cute invisible koala.

“You wanna get in on this Darling?” Tooru asked, raising the sheets on Mina’s other side by the wall.

“Normally I’d be all for it, ribbit.” Tsuyu admitted, “But someone’s gotta go tell the others. Plus I need to talk to Ochako about our own thing too.”

“That’s okay.” Mina smiled. She knew it wasn’t an excuse and the rest of the girls did deserve to know what had knocked her down harder than usual. “Thanks for um… playing messenger.”

“No problem Princess.” Tsuyu smiled down at her sniffley girlfriend before leaning over and placing a tender kiss on her lips. “Want me to get you two anything?”

“Just um… a drink please.” Mina replied softly, a little embarrassed at dehydrating herself through tears, though there was also her quirk use earlier.

“Make it two and my kiss as well.” Tooru piped up, making kissy noises.

Tsuyu giggled as she leant over and placed another kiss on her other girlfriend. With that, she shifted off of Mina’s bed and back onto her feet before making for the door.

“Ooo, get snacks too!” Tooru called out.

“Sure thing Starlight,” Tsuyu rolled her eyes fondly, noting to grab some things from Tooru’s cupboard. “Anything else for my lovely girlfriends?”

Both girls replied negatively and Tsuyu left the room to go retrieve their requested provisions. Once she got in the elevator, she let out a frustrated ribbit of annoyance, gripping her fists tightly. She didn’t know what she’d do if Bakugo was hanging around the common room and she really hoped she didn’t have to find out.

Luckily for Tsu and her permanent record, she didn’t have to find out as only a few of the other boys were around at this time; Tokoyami was doing his homework on the dining area table and Kaminari was watching TV.

Once food and drink were provided to her girlfriends who were settling in for a night of comfort and snuggles, Tsuyu messaged the other three girls to meet up in her room to talk through everything she’d learned.

Clearly they’d been waiting on such a signal as it wasn’t even five minutes later when they were all gathered inside the frog girl’s room, the owner of which was sitting at her desk and typing away on her computer.

“How is Mina?” Momo asked, being the last to enter and closing the door behind her.

“Not great, ribbit.” Tsuyu replied bluntly. “Turns out Bakugo almost definitely had something to do with Izuku’s dark thoughts. She doesn’t want to be his friend anymore and I think that hurt her more than anything.”

“Prick.” Kyoka spat.

“While I’d like to agree wholeheartedly ribbit, I don’t believe it’s nearly so simple.” Tsuyu sighed. “There’s a number of things that don’t add up to me.”

“How so Tsu?” Ochako asked curiously.

“Bits just aren’t sitting right in my head.” She admitted, “I’m gonna try and get everything I know down so I can look at it from a new angle.”

“Shouldn’t you two be more worried about how you’re going to respond to Green’s feelings?” Kyoka asked curiously while looking at Ochako as well as Tsuyu.

“I’ll have a private talk with Ochako in a bit.” She smiled over at her girlfriend in a way she hoped reassured her she wasn’t in trouble or anything. “First, let me tell you everything that happened with Mina.”

Tsuyu proceeded to tell the girls the abridged version of everything Mina had relayed to her only an hour earlier. She emphasized the words Mina told her were exchanged between the two as they fought before it came to a head with Mina’s accusation towards Bakugo while at his mercy.

“It’s not concrete proof.” Momo stated uneasily.

“But a gut feeling is there for a reason.” Kyoka contested.

“It’s enough for me to add to my list.” Tsu gestured to her laptop.

“What exactly is that supposed to achieve?” Kyoka asked sceptically.

“Trying to make sense of conflicting bits of information I’ve learned, ribbit. If you guys could tell me everything you know about Izuku and anything he’s told you about himself, even if you don’t believe it, could you please tell me now?”

“You’re not going to use this for malicious purposes are you?” Momo asked carefully.

Tsuyu sighed and tried to think about the words to get her feelings across.

“Look, from everything I know about him, he’s grown up lonely and troubled, ribbit. Now, he goes to the best hero school in Japan while being trained by the number one hero and he’s still having trouble believing we’re genuinely friends. The fact that Bakugo, who possibly bullied him and made him think about… that, is also here on the hero course is deeply concerning ribbit, and I believe he’s still hiding something that is causing him great distress. I know I shouldn’t be prying, but isn’t it the essence of a hero to meddle when you don’t need to?”

“Really channelling All Might for that last bit aren’t you?” Kyoka shot her an exasperated look.

“I do believe she’s somewhat right in this regard though.” Momo agreed. “That is something that All Might taught us and this is to help out someone that may not even know needs assistance. Forgive my speculation but, what if Midoriya doesn’t even realise what he’s been through, and possibly still may be going through, is something that isn’t normal.”

“I feel bad,” Ochako bit her lip, “I thought it was just like a rivalry between them.”

“You couldn’t’ve known.” Tsuyu patted her arm.

“This could all still be speculation though.” Kyoka contrasted, playing devil’s advocate. “We need to keep everything we say here to ourselves unless we confirm it.”

“To be honest, I’d like to confront Izuku about things already but we’re kind of avoiding each other after yesterday, ribbit.”

“Yeah, I still don’t um… we-we’ll chat after this.” Ochako agreed with Tsuyu’s earlier offer of a private talk to help her resolve her feelings.

“I guess that means we should start thinking back to anytime we saw Green do anything weird?” Kyoka asked.

“Seen, heard, said.” Tsuyu nodded. “If you think you know something about him, I’ll add it to the list.”

“Well, I guess I can start.” Momo offered, “A few days ago, when I was looking through potential options for the Uraraka family…”

The four girls spent the next hour and a half coalescing their shared knowledge about everything Izuku Midoriya related. They were all treated to a small performance by Ochako regarding her encounter with the boy during the entrance exams and what sounded like his very first quirk use in years. Slowly, each of the girls fed bits of knowledge into Tsuyu’s document as a more thorough idea of the boy’s history began to take shape in each of their minds.

It was both depressing and impressive how much they realised he’d been through by the end.

“You think you got everything you need?” Kyoka asked, somewhat exhausted after wracking her brain for a full hour.

“Enough for me to begin sorting everything out, ribbit.” Tsu nodded.

“Good,” Kyoka sighed, “I dunno about you guys, but I think that’s dinner.”

“I must admit I am somewhat famished after our endeavour too.” Momo agreed.

“Um… do you guys mind going on ahead?” Ochako asked nervously, “I kinda want to talk to Tsu now rather than later.”

“You got it girl.” Kyoka shrugged.

“Would you like us to make you some portions of whatever we decide?” Momo offered.

Tsuyu looked over to Ochako who would likely be the one best suited to judge how long this conversation would take.

“Yes please.” The girl nodded, “Something with protein would be great.”

“Something with chicken, got it.” Kyoka waved back casually as she headed for the door.

“See you soon.” Momo smiled, giving a hopeful thumbs up as she exited the frog girl’s room and closed the door behind her, leaving only the room owner and her gravity defying girlfriend.

The two looked at each other nervously, each waiting for the other to make the first move.

“So,” Tsuyu broke the silence first. “How are you fee-”

“I wanna do it!” Ochako admitted with more of a voice than she’d intended. Tsuyu could only blink in confusion as a response. “I wanna… ask Izuku out.” She repeated, a lot more shyly than before.

“A-Are you sure?” Tsuyu asked carefully, a little stunned she’d become so determined since yesterday. With her own mind on other things, she hadn’t checked in with the girl all day about this and now it seemed that Ochako had already made up her mind.

“I-It’s a little faster than we um… planned, but that’s because Izuku moved first.” Ochako started, “I don’t blame you for anything, I probably would’ve been just as upset hearing about… all that. Now though, he’s right where you were when I was still figuring myself out. I’m… scared of what will happen but I don’t want to do that to anyone else. The only thing holding us back was nerves that he wasn’t ready and our… relationship might scare him off. I think I need to stop living in fear and just tell him.”

“That’s… yeah, I think you’re right, ribbit.” Tsuyu nodded. “I’ve wanted to do it too but I was worried about how you felt about everything. If you’re sure, then I’m happy to put ourselves out there.”

“It’s gonna be weird.” Ochako let out a single, nervous laugh.

“We’re in a six-way relationship with all the other girls in our class, what’s adding a boy to that mess.” Tsuyu giggled, hoping to assure her girlfriend.

Ochako walked forward and pulled the frog girl into a tight, nervous hug.

“I’m glad you did the confessing first time, don’t think I’d be able to do this twice.” She giggled herself.

“Ribbit, let’s hope he reacts better than you did.” Tsuyu replied, “Then again, we do kinda need to let him know everything at once so… gonna have to have all the other girls there too.”

“Ah r-right.” Ochako blushed, “Didn’t think of that.”

“Still wanna do it, ribbit?”

“Y-Yes.” Ochako nodded, “I want this, and you, and everything.”

“Okay, we’ll talk to the girls over dinner.” Tsuyu pulled back from the hug, giving Ochako a kiss on her cheek before rising to her feet. “Let’s go see if Momo’s better than Mina in the kitchen.”

The brunette giggled, following after her girlfriend as they went to go check on the food situation.


Unfortunately, it seemed like Momo and Mina had similar skills when it came to cooking with the heiress taking a back seat with the prep as Kyoka did the more delicate boiling and frying. Tsuyu and Ochako both stepped in to assist where they could and before long they were all enjoying a pleasant dinner of miso chicken.

Ensuring no one nearby was listening in, the girls spoke in hushed tones about what Ochako and Tsuyu’s plans were for asking out the green haired boy. Kyoka made a face when they mentioned needing all the other girls to be there to help clear up any misconceptions which sent a small giggle through the group. The girl still hadn’t told anyone about the results of her experimentation and was feeling a bit of inadvertent pressure with this.

“So when you do think you’re gonna do it.” She asked carefully.

“Well, I mean the only thing holding me back was how ‘Chako felt, ribbit.” Tsuyu turned to the girl.

“I’d rather do it sooner rather than later.” Ochako admitted shyly. “Get the answer one way or the other.”

“May I make a suggestion?” Momo offered, getting the attention of all three girls. “Tomorrow is Friday and after everything we’ve all been through this past week I was going to make the suggestion of another pizza evening to raise everyone’s spirits. Perhaps you’d like to invite him and do it then?”

Kyoka gulped nervously as the idea was silently talked about between Tsu and Ochako with just their expressions.

“H-He can’t stay though um… right?” She asked nervously. “I-I mean… i-it’s way too soon to include him in-”

“Don’t worry Kyoka, ribbit. I’m sure Izuku would be way too nervous to stick around for something like that.” Tsuyu wiggled her eyebrows suggestively. “I’m surprised he didn’t faint after what he did yesterday.”

Kyoka released a small sigh of relief as Momo giggled beside her.

“Don’t worry my little Vixen, I shall protect your chastity from his male implement.”

Kyoka blushed under the giggles the other girls sent her way.

“I’m sure Tsu and Ochako will probably be taking care of it anyway.” She shot back, causing a small squeak from Ochako as he mind filled with suggestive images.

“Ah, bedtime daydream number three, another fine suggestion.” Tsuyu leant into the joke while rubbing Ochako’s leg comfortingly.

With their plan somewhat made, Tsuyu took it upon herself to send off their thoughts in the group chat to their missing girlfriends before the group broke up for the evening. Mina and Tooru apparently had no issues being there when Ochako and Tsuyu confessed but when even Mina didn’t sound that enthusiastic about a potential sleepover they knew she was still not doing great.

Regardless of how things went tomorrow, they would try to cheer up their depressed girlfriend as best they could and get her back to normal so she could eagerly plan their next sleepover together.

When Ochako went up to her room to keep up with her studies and Tsuyu begged off to go thumb through all the notes she’d made on Izuku, Kyoka kept close to Momo and after the other two had made their exits, quickly absconded back to her room with the heiress in tow.

“If you wanted to steal me away, you just needed to ask my little Vixen.” Momo pressed a kiss to the girl’s cheek as they entered musical themed room.

“W-Well I just… this is about that so…” Kyoka blushed, gesturing to a spot by her bed.

Momo tilted her head in confusion at first before figuring out what her girlfriend meant as she pulled out a very familiar looking toy.

“Ah, I see.” Momo nodded, walking over to sit on Kyoka’s bed where the girl had plopped herself, holding the rubber strap-on awkwardly. “Did you discover what you wanted to?”

“Yes… and no.” Kyoka sighed. “It’s still… weird, and now that Tsu and Ochako might be bringing Green into all this it’s just-”

“You’re worried, it’s okay.” Momo assured her punk rock girlfriend. “As we said before, no one has to do anything they’re uncomfortable with. While I’m not sure if Midoriya will accept Tsu and Ochako’s feelings, even if he does, you don’t have to interact with him in that manner.”

“Is… it wrong to not want him to um… join our sleepovers yet?” Kyoka asked nervously. “I get that he’ll be there eventually if he accepts all that but I’m not… ready.”

“After everything we’ve discussed about him today, do you really think that jumping into bed with five girls is something he’d be confident doing, let alone six?” Momo asked teasingly.

“Well he’s a guy.” Kyoka stated plainly. “Isn’t that what they all want?”

“I believe you’re doing a disservice to him and most of an entire gender because of your own fears dear.” Momo cuddled the girl into her side. “While I cannot pretend to know his mind, I believe Midoriya is more likely to be one who is thankful for even the smallest things in his life. Were Ochako or Tsu to ask him out alone, I’m sure he’d be entirely satisfied.”

Kyoka said nothing, instead fiddling with the toy in her hand.

“I get the feeling that this isn’t so much about Midoriya as it is yourself. Is there something I might be able to help you with tonight?” Momo asked.

The punk girl continued to play with the toy while biting her lip nervously.

“C-Could I um… see what it’s like? From the other side I mean.” She replied softly.

“Hmmm? Do you mean you’d like to be the one wearing it?”

Kyoka gave a shaky nod in response.

“I don’t see why not, my naughty Vixen, it was one of my requests from our last sleepover.” Momo reached up to cup her girlfriend’s face and pull her into a soft kiss. “Do you have any other special requests or just that one?”

“J-Just that.” Kyoka blushed, holding the toy out to Momo. “It uh… might also need refilling.”

“Oh my, you did have fun, didn’t you?” Momo cooed naughtily, taking the offered gadget and popping out the small cartridge she’d made for it. Since she didn’t quite know how gadgets like these operated, she opted to create her own version that used a cartridge based system so that she wouldn’t always need to produce new cum-filled packs right away and could store them next to the toy for any of the other girls to take a turn with it. “Would you mind enlightening me to your adventures?”

“Do I have to?” Kyoka blushed.

“No, but I do find the idea of you playing with this very erotic.” Momo replied.

“F-Fine.” Kyoka sighed, hoping it would at least help rile up her girlfriend for what they were about to do, and herself, not that she wanted to admit it. “So um… I tried to like… play with it and stuff like a real penis.”

“I’m guessing that wasn’t very effective.” Momo stifled a giggle.

“I felt like an idiot.” Kyoka deadpanned.

“It is certainly more for image’s sake than actually doing anything when using this.” Momo agreed. “I must admit, while I only felt a little of what Ochako and Tsu performed on it with their hands and mouths, the image of them both willing to please me is still one I find myself revisiting.”

“O-Oh,” Kyoka slowly nodded, recalling her own image of Momo’s head between her legs. “Yeah, I get that.”

“Anything else?” Momo prompted.

“Well um… it wasn’t really doing anything for me so I kinda… roleplayed a bit.”

“Ooo,” Momo smirked.

“Shut up.” Kyoka chuckled, nudging her girlfriend with her hip. “So I tried to figure out what made it work last time and um… pretended I was being forced into it.”

Momo’s eyebrows rose but said nothing. Kyoka’s non-consensual kink was something they both knew about but this was an odd little side note for it.

“I imagined it was on you… and you um… made Ochako force me to… use my mouth on it.”

“Mmm.” The heiress let out a satisfied moan at the image.

“I um… roleplayed that you er… f-finished in my mouth.” Kyoka continued. “It didn’t taste nice and I spit most of it out.”

“Noted.” Momo nodded, thinking up a formula to possibly correct that. Her quirk allowed her to produce any item she needed but people often forget that every element was at her finger tips. While she couldn’t produce something like yeast for making bread, she could certainly produce a supply of baked goods in their finished state if she understood their chemical make-up. Living beings were completely out of her quirk’s scope, but the atoms that made up those living beings were not; it was how she made things like clothes and insulator sheets since they contained organic fibers.

Admittedly, making a tastier version of synthetic cum was not exactly something she was supposed to think about using her quirk for but the idea was too exciting to pass up.

“W-Why ‘noted’?” Kyoka asked carefully.

“So that the next person who plays gets to enjoy the experience a bit more with something a bit nicer tasting.” Momo smiled before it turned a little more seductive. “Would you like to request a flavour?”

“N-No um… n-not right now.” Kyoka admitted, a little excited by the thought that her little fantasy would become real if she just requested it. “Then um… I kinda just used it normally like a um… dildo.”

“Nothing wrong with that.” The heiress nodded.

“But er… what got me off was um… the thought of you h-holding me down while someone um… k-knocked me up.” Kyoka blushed a deep red and hid her face in her hands.

“Oh my,” Momo couldn’t help wearing her own blush. “So you tried out your fantasy from the sleepover.”

“Yup.” Kyoka replied, muffled by her hands.

“Am I to take this as a sign you enjoyed it but don’t want to admit to it?”

Kyoka sighed before bringing her knees up to hug instead of covering her face.

“I mean… it’s like you said… I don’t fit the label anymore.”

“I don’t believe you really need one to be honest.” Momo rubbed her back soothingly. “While it is something you can redefine at your leisure, I have no interest in your label; just you. If you ever went public with your sexuality as a pro, it may help inspire people, but until that point, you’re simply you, and I really like you.”

Kyoka blushed into her knees, sending her girlfriend a soft look out of the corner of her eye.

“I kinda like you too.” She murmured, leaning into her girlfriend.

“So… are we roleplaying tonight?” Momo asked, pulling a small cartridge out of the toy and replacing it with one fresh from her quirk, a small strawberry icon inked on its side. “Would you like me to pretend to be at your complete mercy while you fill me with your manly seed?”

Kyoka almost felt ashamed that her crotch responded positively to that.

“So um… you mentioned finishing inside someone. Could I… do that to you? I just want to treat everything like normal to see if… yeah… if it’s the non-con stuff.”

“Sure thing my naughty Vixen.” Momo cooed, pushing Kyoka’s shoulder so her balled up form tilted and rolled back onto her bed.

The punkette bit her lip nervously as she adjusted her position, relaxing her head on her pillow as Momo placed the toy beside her.

“First though, how about we enjoy some intimacy without all these worries.” Momo’s voice descended into a much sultrier one while running a hand down her own body and the other along Kyoka’s inner thigh.

With neither having changed out of their uniform for the day, Momo could see right up Kyoka’s skirt and at the black panties she’d chosen to wear.

“I think… I want to hear you moan while dressed like that.” The heiress purred, climbing between Kyoka’s legs and reaching up to paw at her underwear. “Corrupting a sexy schoolgirl.”

“Y-Yeah.” Kyoka nodded, very much enjoying the image in her own head. Lifting her hips, she allowed Momo to pull her panties down and over her legs, leaving her in just her calf-high black socks and skirt. She could almost imagine the breeze she would feel travelling to and from class.

“Seems like someone’s enjoying herself.” Momo giggled as her finger brushed up against Kyoka’s crotch. “Now just pretend I’m the naughty little secret hiding under your desk during a lecture.”

Before Kyoka could respond she felt her girlfriend’s finger sink inside her while Momo’s head became obscured by the cloth of her skirt. The warm moisture of a familiar muscle made itself known around her clit soon after causing Kyoka to begin clenching at the sheets. She heard Momo hum a little tune to herself, feeling the vibrations ever so subtly going into her tongue and causing her to twitch even more pleasantly.

If the heiress wasn’t careful Kyoka would wipe herself out now before she could reciprocate with the… strap on.

When Momo’s head emerged, it was covered in a small amount of spit and Kyoka’s juices which she quickly wiped away.

“I believe that should be sufficient.” She smiled candidly before reaching for the refilled toy. “Now the next question is, how would you like to position me?”

“Er… oh right.” Kyoka’s brain kicked back into gear after that pleasant warm up. “W-Well I guess I could try um… the same way you did it to me?”

“That position is called ‘Doggy Style’,” Momo explained, “It will allow this,” She wiggled the cock in her hand. “To reach nice and deep.”

Kyoka’s hand briefly went to her own stomach, remembering how far she’d taken the toy herself.

“Well then, if you wouldn’t mind making a few changes to your wardrobe.” Momo winked while unbuttoning her blazer. “I’ll get myself ready for you.”

The girls quickly divested themselves of their clothes as Momo positioned her rear facing the pillow while Kyoka slowly inserted one end of the toy into herself.

“Ahhh ha ha,” She groaned as it settled inside her. “God that feels weird.”

“I must confess I’ve come to enjoy the rather filling feeling it has.” Momo called back. “If you like, I could produce one that only has one end if this is not suitable.”

“It’s f-fine for now.” Kyoka gulped, clicking the straps into place before kneeling behind her girlfriend. Momo looked unlawfully attractive right now, as though too perfect to mar with either her lewd hands or the toy she now had strapped on and in herself.

Taking a moment, she reached down and gripped it firmly, rubbing it up and down and tilting it a little, feeling the pushback from the other end inside her.

“Having fun?” Momo said, sending a cheeky wink at her girlfriend as she observed the whole act.

“S-Shut up!” Kyoka blushed fiercely at getting caught.

“Well, there is one way you could shut me up.” Momo grinned, raising her rear up. Kyoka didn’t need any more hints to know what she needed to do next. Lining her fake cock up with her girlfriend’s entrance, she slowly inserted the head until she couldn’t see it any more.

“Mmm.” Momo groaned from her position. “Nice and slow, I forgot to apply lube.”

Kyoka nodded, reaching down and briefly teasing Momo open a bit more where the cock disappeared. Even then she could tell how much it was stretching the heiress; it was at least three, maybe four of her fingers wide after all. Reluctantly, she conceded that advantage to the fleshy rod over something like her fingers or earphone jacks.

Slowly, Kyoka pressed her hips forward, sinking inch by inch into her girlfriend who let out a long, continuous whine. Once the entire thing had sunk inside, Momo was breathing in a manner most depraved that sent very pleasant tingles down Kyoka’s spine.

“If that’s all, you can start thrusting dear.” Momo called back, gripping the sheets pre-emptively for the possible pounding she was in for.

The punkette pulled her hips back and pushed forward, sending a jolt of pleasure through Momo’s body. It was definitely clumsy, but they both sunk into a slow rhythm Momo was very much enjoying, her toes clenching as she felt her orgasm building.

Kyoka, for all her efforts, just wasn’t getting anything near the same amount of pleasure her girlfriend was from this act. The grinding of fabric on her clit was nice but the cock inside her just felt wrong; even worse than when she did it to herself.

“No, I just… it’s not… urgh!” Kyoka let out a sigh of dismay.

Her girlfriend’s welfare coming over any impending burst of hormones, Momo looked back over her shoulder to observe the girl who had pulled back but not out completely.

“Is this not doing it for you?” Momo asked softly.

“Yeah… no… I’m… I’m sorry.” Kyoka apologised, wrapping her arms around herself.

“Hey it’s ok-hay!” Momo jolted as she moved forward, causing the cock to slip out of her before turning round to comfort her girlfriend. “Maybe that’s just not a position you enjoy. Would you mind trying one more before writing this off?”

Kyoka sighed, not wanting to look at the disappointment she imagined on Momo’s face as she replied.

“I guess.”

“I’m afraid that one may have been something of a bad match for you, as much as I enjoy it.” Momo scolded herself for not thinking about it earlier. “Here, stand up a moment.”

Kyoka did as instructed, getting off of her mattress briefly while Momo took her former position in her bed, her own head now resting on the pillow. Spreading her legs wide, she gestured for Kyoka to take her place between them which the girl dutifully obeyed.

“Here, we can see each other and enjoy how good we are making the other feel.” Momo smiled honestly up at the girl, “Plus, you can play with these if you want.” She jiggled her chest, allowing her alluring bust to capture Kyoka’s gaze for a few moments. “You are such a boob woman.”

“You won’t hear me deny that.” Kyoka chuckled dryly.

With Momo’s guiding hands, the two directed Kyoka’s temporary member back inside her before the heiress pulled the punkette down on top of her, their breasts squashing together and their faces inches apart.

“Mmm, I have to say,” Momo grinned, “This is one of my own recent fantasies and it is very much doing it for me.”

“That’s good.” Kyoka replied somewhat uncertainly.

“Dear, even if this is not something you wish to repeat, I’m happy you gave it a try for yourself if nothing else.” Momo cupped her face in her hands and drew the girl in for a soft kiss.

Wanting more, Kyoka pushed the kiss deeper as she felt this doing much more for her than the thrusting did.

“Mmm, like that.” Momo gasped, feeling Kyoka’s hips gently press the girl’s temporary length into a nice spot inside her. “Keep going.”

Kyoka decided to focus on snogging the life out of her girlfriend while playing with her boobs rather than how she was using the toy. Momo seemed to be enjoying the action so she kept pace in time with her kisses. Admittedly, this was doing something for her as Kyoka felt that familiar pressure return from earlier.

“Yes, yes.” Momo cried, feeling her peak approaching. “Are you close dear?”

“N-No.” Kyoka kept pace but her features sunk into a frown, “It’s not… I don’t-”

Suddenly, she felt Momo’s legs reach up behind her and clench against her rear, locking her deep inside her and urging her to press deeper.

“You’re trapped with no way out, my little Vixen,” Momo tried a little roleplaying to see if it would help her girlfriend any. “Get me pregnant! You’re not leaving until you knock me up.” Momo reached up and wrapped her girlfriend in a tight, restricting hug and placing her lips by her ear. “Please… cum inside me.”

That stirred something inside Kyoka. The girl gripped Momo’s back tightly as her thrusts quickened as much as they could with what little room she had left to move. Whether it was the pressure she felt from Momo’s grip, the situation itself or even Kyoka’s own mind imagining Momo with a belly full of her impossible seed, she felt her release fast approaching.

“Ah! No, nuh… fuck… fuck!” Kyoka cried out as she felt herself clenching in that familiar toe curling orgasm as the words and feelings brought her over the edge. Like before, it was nowhere near as strong as getting off by herself or with another girl without the toy, but she definitely got there.

Momo reached out and pressed the small button she knew was on Kyoka’s belt as she felt the flavoured release from the toy coat her insides. It wasn’t enough to get her off but there would be time enough for that in a minute.

“F-Fuck… that… why did that work?” Kyoka asked in confusion, as Momo released her grip.

“Does it matter?” Momo asked breathily, still slowly thrusting against the toy inside her. “Please, pull out slowly.”

Kyoka nodded dumbly, slowly separating her hips from Momo’s own; a trail of cum connecting the end of the cock and Momo’s pussy. Once she was free, Kyoka felt Momo’s hand softly touch her hair before pressing her down firmly, guiding her towards her messy crotch.

“I wasn’t finished prisoner.” Momo said, trying to get the idea across to her girlfriend in as few words as possible. “You’ve had the pleasure of cumming inside me, now you will clean me up until my own release is across your face.”

Initially a little afraid, Kyoka tried to pull back before realising what Momo was doing. It send a shiver of pleasure down her spine again as her pussy clenched around the toy once more.

“No… please…” Kyoka begged. “Don’t make me.”

“You don’t get a say in this.” Momo smirked darkly at the girl before pressing her crotch into Kyoka’s lips. “And don’t stop until I’m finished.”

While she could say with certainty penises were never going to get her off, giving or receiving it seems, the non-consensual kink she had overwrote any issues she had with it. Right now, she would say she was a lesbian with an asterisk. That was good enough she thought as she licked and sucked at Momo’s pussy.

Kyoka did slow her ministrations as she tasted something distinctly different from Momo’s usual taste only to realise that it was the cum seeping from her. It had a somewhat fruity flavour that, admittedly, she didn’t hate.  She highly doubted the real stuff would taste anywhere near as good but that didn’t matter.

“Yes, yes!” Momo cried out as her own release neared. “Ky-Kyoka!”

There was something so satisfying to Kyoka at hearing her own name cried in such a lewd manner, knowing she’d brought that girl to release. That the girl was her long time crush was extra exciting no matter how long they’d been going out now.

As expected, Momo’s pussy clenched and released, covering the girl servicing her with a mixture of her own juices and leftover cum. When she felt Momo release her grip on her hair, she pushed herself away and quickly grabbed her shirt from the day to remove the results of her girlfriend’s release.

Kyoka couldn’t help but smile as she looked down at the panting but satisfied heiress she was lucky enough to call a girlfriend. Said girlfriend’s legs slowly closed with Kyoka’s absence and rubbed together to prolong the good feelings she’d just experienced. Having forgotten about her own release, the purple haired girl reached down and unclipped the strap on, slowly pulling the end inside her out before dropping it at the foot of her bed.

Sidling up to her raven haired partner, the two snuggled up in a gentle hug as they enjoyed the afterglow together.

“Did um… that help?” Momo asked curiously, knowing her little roleplay and actions had certainly done something to her girlfriend.

“It… yeah.” Kyoka nodded. “I think it’s not something I can do without um… being restrained. I’m… sorry I can’t do it for you.”

“Hey, that’s okay.” Momo rubbed her cheek against the girl. “I can just do that with one of the others, while we just do normal stuff.”

The two sat in silence again as Kyoka pondered her next question.

“Is it… bad… that I don’t like it unless I’m, you know… helpless?”

“It’s a kink,” Momo stated simply. “An unusual sexual preference. I’m not going to shame you for it and I most certainly enjoy engaging in it with you. I think the importance of stuff like this is that it doesn’t extend outside the bedroom. You like doing this with me, your partner, but if some villain were to capture you…”

“Urgh, yeah… turn off.” Kyoka grimaced.

“You’re safe here.” Momo reiterated, snuggling her girlfriend closer. “Even should Midoriya join our growing um… unit, you will only participate as much as you desire. Should we all enjoy, say, a seven way naughty truth or dare game, I’m sure he would respect your boundaries… while I violate them.”

Kyoka felt a shiver run through her at that last part.

“I um… c-couldn’t help but notice… you um… the er… pregnant stuff?” Kyoka cautiously broached the topic.

“I wasn’t sure if that was something that would help or not.” Momo admitted, “I hope it did.”

“Well, yes and no.” Kyoka shook her head. “More um… you… and me… kids?”

Momo giggled at her shy girlfriend. Kyoka was awfully good at putting up a front with others, but once she opened up to her, she was all soft and romantic at heart.

“While it was heat of the moment stuff to excite you, I… may have entertained the idea of carrying your child at one point.”

The needy moan she got from Kyoka sent her laughing.

“While I’m not sure if there would be a quirk or something that would allow us such a gift, I have considered our future together since your um… course correction on our relationship.” Momo recalled the verbal thrashing she’d received from the girl about committing to them all. “Though I would very much like to experience life outside my family’s grasp and as a pro hero first, it is something I can see us experiencing together.”

Kyoka blushed as she ran her hand over Momo’s belly.

“I’m presuming from your touches that you imagined me as the one carrying?” Momo asked cheekily. She felt her girlfriend give a shy nod as her head rubbed against her shoulder in response.

“How about yourself?” Momo asked. She felt the shake of the head no in response.

“No? Now don’t lie to me my little Vixen.” She scolded playfully, “Didn’t you admit to me earlier about me holding you down while you were impregnated?”

“Nooo…” Kyoka replied shyly, Momo noting her legs rub together ever so slightly.

“Really?” She asked playfully, “So you wouldn’t want me to tie your hands behind your back, spread your legs nice and wide and rub my p-pussy on your face while you’re filled with cum?”

“Sto~op.” Kyoka groaned, her hand now reaching down to rub at the point just above her crotch.

“I see we’re ready for round two.” Momo giggled, rolling over to position herself atop her girlfriend. Slowly, she ran her finger around her face before clutching softly at the sides of Kyoka’s neck just enough for the girl to feel it. “Now… I’m going to put on the toy, and you’re going to be bound and gagged until you’re knocked up with my baby, okay?”

Momo couldn’t help dropping her act and laughing at the lewd moan that pulled itself from her girlfriend’s throat.

Eventually the pair satisfied their naughty urges with each other and settled in for a night together.


While there was mostly silence but for snoring throughout the 1-A dorms that night, there was one who refused to sleep. After Mina and Tooru had spoken of what they knew about their green haired friend, followed by the remaining girl’s contributions, Tsuyu was fiercely studying her newly constructed ‘Izuku Midoriya’ timeline and attributes document.

Even after all the information gathered from her friends, it hadn’t felt like enough, so the frog girl had been digging further and researched any news on Aldera school and the local district. While there was nothing immediately obvious for Izuku, it had returned a news link that featured Bakugo. It was known to the class that he’d gotten into a villain incident before UA but what wasn’t known were the details surrounding it, like the hero who saved him… and the boy that ran out from the crowd to help beforehand.

Despite forgoing names, Tsuyu would recognise that mop of green hair anywhere as the boy had proved himself a hero yet again.

As she read through the timeline of events, educated guesses and slips of information, a connection kept trying to establish itself in her head no matter how stupid it seemed. There was a definite connection between All Might and Izuku that likely began somewhere around that time thanks to the two meeting via that incident.

When Tsuyu ran out of obvious answers that might fit, she scratched her head in frustration and leant back in her chair. The only thing left for her to do was turn to the absurd answers definitely fit and check all the boxes.

Initial silly ones were tossed out almost immediately like Izuku being All Might’s secret son or relative as the two were just too different. They both had practically the same quirk though which implied a connection on some level that could… wait!

When the evidence and logic lined up perfectly in her own head, Tsuyu nearly fell off her chair with the strength she kicked back from her desk with.

It all fit: the incident, the beach cleaning, the quirk backlash, All Might’s favouritism, Bakugo’s bullying and quirkless comments even on the first day of class. There could be a few things she was yet missing but the answer just made too much sense not to be considered correct.

She gasped out loud as she realised the ramifications that could happen if other people discovered this knowledge. Tsuyu quickly reached out to her computer, closed and deleted the document completely from her files before letting out a shaky breath. This could almost definitely be the secret Izuku felt like he needed to keep from everyone… and now, she probably knew it too.

Should she keep this knowledge to herself? Maybe just let Izuku know she knows and not tell anyone else? It was his secret, but this wasn’t something she could just hide from her girlfriends, not when she’d made such a fuss about helping the boy in the first place. Her mind raced with possible solutions to her problem but couldn’t find any that would absolve her of keeping the secret for Izuku while being honest with her girlfriends.

Tsuyu laughed sarcastically as the perfect moment presented itself to her as she spied her alarm clock roll over to midnight. Momo had suggested confessing to Izuku over pizza, now it seemed that she’d also be confronting him at the same time.

Having got the answers she sought, but not necessarily wanted, Tsuyu clambered into her bed and tried to rest as best she could for the day ahead of her. It was stupidly naïve to think that everything would go smoothly and there’d be no issues or tears by the end of the day, but she wished with all her heart that she didn’t lose anyone over this.


When Friday’s dawn broke over the grounds of UA, several alarm clocks rang out across campus. Those that desired to embody the spirit of ‘Plus Ultra’ at this time found themselves slipping out of their nice, comfy bed-nests and into work out gear to begin another day.

Despite his uneasiness at how things ended up with Tsuyu on Wednesday, Izuku was feeling good about today following his talk with All Might… and that kiss from Tooru. It had taken him by surprise and was completely unnecessary but it was certainly something he would cherish for helping a friend.

He began his morning jog around the campus grounds, waving to Iida as the boy passed him by on the left as he did every day; his engine quirk powering away to give him the edge. Having become so used to his morning routine now, he allowed his mind to wander to the topic he was both excited and terrified about; Tsuyu.

Now the secret of his quirk was officially his, he could tell anyone he wanted. Admittedly, despite now having the power, he only really wanted to tell a couple of people. Tsuyu was certainly one of them and he didn’t exactly know how good or bad that conversation might be. It had only been a day and a half since they’d… kissed, but he really hoped that she would be ready for a talk. Maybe he could catch her before whatever Friday night girl’s thing happened this week.

At that, he let out a somewhat sad sigh, recalling the week before and Mineta’s alleged crime of sneaking into the other girl’s rooms. He wasn’t alone in still feeling a bit awkward around the girls due to Mineta’s actions. As much as he wanted to believe the best in everyone, the purple balled boy had shaken that foundation. Truthfully, he believed both him and Tsuyu saved his life as much as he did theirs that day at the USJ. To think someone with such heroic potential would decide to throw it all away…

Izuku shook his head. Clearing his mind of those darker thoughts, he picked up his pace as he saw the dorms approaching once more, having completed his circuit. Greeting Iida properly today as he reached for his cold water bottle in the fridge, the greenette wondered just how he would approach the long haired girl who shared his shade.


Mina didn’t feel much like partying.

After yesterday, she woke up in the warm embrace of her invisible girlfriend, scrunching up her nose when the girl’s transparent locks of hair tickled at her. That did put a smile on her face for a moment as she studied the girl’s indentation in the pillow. However, her heart still felt heavy after what she’d learned yesterday and the reminder from her brain turned that smile upside down.

“Hey,” Tooru’s soft voice called out to her as she noticed the pensive look on Mina’s face. “Ready for Momo’s pizza party?”

“No…” Mina sighed, rolling back to look up at the ceiling.

“You wanna just grab our shit after class, come back up here and snuggle?” Tooru offered.

“No…” Mina repeated.

“Babe… I don’t like seeing you like this.” Tooru rested her hand on Mina’s shoulder. “Is there anything that might cheer you up?”

“I dunno,” Mina replied with a deeper sigh. “I’m sorry, I know you’re trying hun, but this is just like you and Ojiro… I just gotta wait until this feeling fucks off.”

“Urgh,” Tooru pouted, snuggling deeper into Mina’s side. “I know… just wish I could help it fuck off faster.”

Mina just lay there, looking up at the ceiling as she thought about what exactly she was going to do when seeing her former friend again in class. Would she let him explain? Pull her off to the side like he did before? No, she needed to talk to Izuku first; make sure the green sweetheart was okay with everything now that she knew.

“I think we need to talk to Midori.” Mina said simply.

“Gonna ask him out before ‘Chako and Tsu?” Tooru asked teasingly. The lack of response from the normally peppy girl was disheartening. “Sorry, bad time for jokes.”

“Just… I need to make sure he’s okay. I was friends with Bakugo and… I don’t know if I can ever forgive him for something like that.”

“I’m sure Midori doesn’t blame you.” Tooru countered. “He still calls him ‘Kacchan’ and they talk and other stuff so maybe they made up… kinda… sorta?” The invisible girl was clutching at straws but Mina did at least give the idea some thought.

“Let’s go talk to Tsu first.” Mina sighed, sitting up and shuffling down her bed until she could free herself from the normally over-enticing confines. “Don’t exactly want to have that conversation if she’s thinking about asking him with Ochako.”

Tooru nodded, having relayed several texts from their girlfriends chat to her pink partner after the girls finished dinner.

Reluctantly, the pair set to work getting ready for another school day before the weekend once more. Mina didn’t even know if she had the energy to lead dance practice after classes today but ‘Go beyond’… right?


To say things were tense in class was an understatement. There was a definite undercurrent present during homeroom and morning classes that you didn’t need to have Kaminari’s quirk to sense. Between Tsuyu’s nervous ribbiting, Mina’s lack of Friday enthusiasm, Izuku’s strange optimism and Bakugo’s lack of shouting, everyone knew something was up.

When the lunch bell rang, Tsuyu quickly got the girls to join her in the canteen away from the rest of their class and as many prying ears as possible. Unknown to them, while she was gathering the girls, Izuku felt himself yanked by the collar before he could even enter the lunch hall and instead frog marched to an empty corridor.

“So, how’d the research go last night?” Kyoka asked as she sat with her poly-pack.

“Ribbit…” Tsuyu chewed her lip nervously.

“Well fuck.” Kyoka sighed, earning a small slap from Momo. “What’d you sus’ out?”

“Ribbit… I… I can’t tell you.” Tsuyu apologised, glad she was at least able to get it out in the open right away.

The girls all looked over at the shrinking greenette with surprised faces; even Mina was able to briefly shake off the grey cloud that hung over her.

“I don’t know for sure, ribbit, but I need to talk to Izuku before anything else. I’m sorry.” Tsuyu bowed her head.

“Oh my, it’s not something worse is it?” Momo asked carefully, noticing Mina sinking in her seat a little.

“I can’t say anything, ribbit.” Tsuyu apologised again, “That I may know might already be too much.”

“Seriously? Why can’t anything ever be easy?” Kyoka sighed.

“If it was, you wouldn’t value it, like being my girlfriend.” Tooru giggled, getting a small smile from the girls.

“So um…” Ochako spoke up, “Does this affect what we were planning to do tonight?”

Tsuyu’s mouth opened and closed a couple of times before reaching out to pat her girlfriend on the leg. “No… I just… I’m sorry if… he doesn’t want to… because of me.”

“Tsu, no.” Ochako reached down and squeezed the frog girl’s hand. “No matter what, I’m still glad I’ve got you and… um… you all.” She shyly replied to the others around her.

“Urgh, today sucks.” Mina pouted, prodding her food lazily around her plate.

“It’ll be okay Princess.” Momo smiled, “We’ll have a nice Friday treat to cheer everyone up. You can announce it at the end of class if it’ll make you feel better.”

Mina sent a grateful but apologetic smile towards the heiress before returning to her food.

“Could you do it please?” Mina requested softly, “I… don’t think I can right now.”

The girls felt their own heartstrings tug at their despondent pinkette who was normally at the center of these events and revelling in the joy.

“Of course I can, if you’re sure.” Momo replied, reluctantly thinking up the best way to announce things to their class.

“Look we’re all clearly not down for this right now.” Kyoka stated, “Are you sure you have to talk to Green today?”

Tsuyu nodded slowly.

“I don’t want to have to carry this around without his permission and… I want to tell you guys too but it’s not-”

“Yeah, okay,” Kyoka nodded with extra frustration. “Let’s just run through everything we can so we’re all on the same page. Something tells me we might need to add a couple tubs of ice cream with that pizza order.”

The girls slowly continued their lunch as they planned out the things they could at least control before the end of the evening. Despite everything Mina and Tsuyu’s spirits could not be raised before the bell to return them to class. Unfortunately, even with the last bell there would be no rest as they all had either dance practice or music practice before they could revel in their two days off.


As the clock ticked down towards the end of the final lecture of the day, the class felt the week’s fatigue drag them all down. Despite his taskmaster nature, even Aizawa could tell the kids could do with a break after everything they’d been through recently. This was one of those rare occasions he was feeling generous and, instead of allowing the class to hang around while they counted down the seconds on the clock, he decided to just let them out early and catch a few extra minutes of nap in the staff lounge instead of on the classroom floor.

“You’ve all done well this week despite certain… unpleasantries.” He glanced over at the empty seat. “Feel free to leave after I’m done talking. I’m sure you’ve got plenty of practising to do before the festival and every minute counts.”

With his piece said, the pro hero grabbed his sleeping bag and left the classroom, leaving behind nineteen confused students.

“Yo, is he for real?” Kirishima asked, looking around the room nervously.

When the teacher didn’t immediately appear from around the door or jump out of a vent, the class decided to not look a gift horse in the mouth and begin packing up.

“Before you all leave!” Momo called out, hurrying to the front of the class to stand by the lectern. “I understand this week has been trying with certain issues still lingering between everyone. To show there are no hard feelings, I would like to invite everyone to join us in a pizza order tonight after practice to help smooth any remaining tensions.”

“So this is what you’ve been cooking up all day!” Kaminari cheered.

“I could tell somethin’ was up but I’m glad it was this.” Sero breathed a sigh of relief.

“Y-Yeah!” Ochako cheered, a little worried that the class had clearly picked up on the tension between everyone, “Pizza for everyone!”

There were a few cheers from around the room as the boys got more into the idea. Seeing all the somewhat happy faces, even Mina couldn’t resist a small smile as Kirishima gave her a strong grin and wink. Unfortunately, that just made her think about the boy’s best friend. Her eyes glanced over to the seat that usually held the perpetually grumpy Bakugo only to catch his blond hair strutting out the door without looking back. Clearly he didn’t feel like letting his hair down right now and Mina couldn’t blame him. She felt a twinge of joy that he was suffering after what he’d all but admitted yesterday, but that part of her was quickly quashed; even on her worst day she didn’t want to fall anywhere close to unjustly bullying another person. All she could hope was that the boy was feeling whatever passed for shame and regret for his actions.

With renewed spirits, the remaining eighteen class members all began trekking back to the dorms to continue their work on the autumn festival. After changing out of their uniforms, everyone split off into their assigned groups and began to practise.

In the music group, both Kyoka and Momo couldn’t help but glare at Bakugo when he wasn’t looking though the boy was unusually tame compared to his typical outbursts during their session. Practice went well enough but even Tokoyami and Kaminari could tell something was wrong. When time was called, Bakugo left immediately, silently retreating to his room before anyone could get a word out.

“Jeez, what’s eating him today?” Kaminari wondered, did the explosive boy suddenly develop a hatred for pizza and parties or something?

“This is truly vexing, I hope the answer reveals itself so we may harmonise before the festival.” Tokoyami nodded.

“I think we all just need this break.” Momo sighed. “Truthfully, it has been a trying week for myself with everything going on and I’m now more than ready to enjoy some time with you all, though forgive me if I don’t spend too long socializing.”

“No prob’ vice rep.” Kaminari gave a thumbs up. “Me and Jiro can just hang and-”

“Nah man,” Kyoka cut the boy off. “No extra lessons tonight, I’m tapping out too.”

“Understood, I too wish to only partake for a little while.” Tokoyami agreed.

“Wha?!” Kaminari balked. “Wait but-”

“Sorry dude.” Kyoka shrugged, “This isn’t a party-party like Momo’s. We just want everyone to stop feeling shitty, including us, after the whole Mineta thing.”

That made Kaminari pause. It had already been a week and Mineta’s absence was notable already to him. There was the occasional funny meme or dirty joke that appeared across his social media searches he wanted to share with the boy only to remember his usual recipient was no longer there. He was sad to see someone he once called a friend go, but Kaminari certainly wouldn’t be fighting in his corner after what he’d done. That Mineta may have intentionally thought about pinning the blame on Sero after the tape quirk user found evidence on his balcony made him irredeemable in the blond’s eyes.

“Yeah, I get it.” He nodded thoughtfully. “Sorry, just… wish things hadn’t gone down like-OW!”

Kyoka’s jack retracted from his arm from where she’d lightly stabbed him.

“Dude, today’s about getting over it. We’re cool, okay?” She raised her hand for a fist bump with the blond idiot.

Kaminari returned a commiseratory grin before bumping fists with the girl.

“Yeah, cool.” He chuckled softly, “So… what toppings and sides we getting?”


“Woo, well done and stuff.” Mina’s half-hearted cheer rang out as the dance troop finished their last practice of the day. “Don’t forget to practise on your own.”

The sun was beginning to set and the street lights for the dorms were about to come on as the dance students of 1-A allowed themselves to warm down. Thankfully, the night’s darkness hadn’t yet crept up on them and the pathway to the front doors was the perfect place for testing out their moves. It was only a shame their instructor looked like she wanted to be anywhere other than here.

Several members of the group looked uneasily at each other at Mina’s words; Tsuyu, Ochako and Tooru chief among them. All throughout the practice Mina had been noticeably subdued and only performed once at the beginning and at the end to see how everyone was shaping up. Normally the girl would be happily throwing about the moves as she directed people towards their improvements, but today, she’d just gave them a nod as she passed by or corrected their positions.

After Mina’s awkward dismissal however, the group hesitated to disband. The girls wanted to hang back and chat to their friend while the boys wanted to offer some sort of support or encouraging words but felt the prying eyes of everyone else around them.

“Iida, could you please get everyone inside so we can begin ordering for tonight?” Izuku asked, stepping in front of the group. The girl’s eyes widened as Izuku reached out and took hold of Mina’s arm before pulling her along after him. “We’ll just be a minute.”

Even the pinkette couldn’t help but gawp at the brazenness of the greenette as she was tugged down the path to the main campus and around the side of the bushes, much like Kaminari was by Bakugo back when they first moved in.

“Did… did Midoriya just steal your girlfriend?” Ojiro turned to look at Tooru.

“That… slut!” Tooru gasped dramatically.

“Hagakure! You shouldn’t aim such language at a partner I hope you care very much about.” Iida chopped his hands as he lectured the girl.

“I was talking about Midori!” Tooru growled though the girls could tell she was just playing.

Thankfully the ripple of surprised, if nervous, chuckles allowed the tension to ease somewhat.

“All right gang, you heard him!” Tooru declared, turning to face the group herself. “Everybody go get your orders down and let’s get this Friday started!”

A round of small cheers and shuffling footsteps from the group indicated her order was received, though Iida was somewhat pouting at not being the one to do it. Ochako and Tsuyu shot Tooru a questioning look at the three of them were the last ones to return inside.

While the trio could only really speculate at why Izuku of all people took the initiative to drag Mina away, they knew their shared girlfriend would be in safe hands.


“Wow Midori… you really gonna steal me away from Tooru like that?” Mina asked teasingly, a small smile on her face after the shock of the greenette’s actions made her forget about her own sadness for a moment.

“Oh um… s-sorry.” He apologised, letting go of her arm as she kept pace with him unprompted. “J-Just wanted to um… talk is all.”

Mina sighed, allowing the silence to extend as she gathered her thoughts for the grilling she knew was coming.

“You noticed, huh?” She asked.

“I don’t think anyone could miss it.” Izuku replied softly, “You’ve been down all day and with Yaoyorozu announcing the um, class dinner, I figured you didn’t want the extra attention right now.”

“Urgh, yeah, it’s not like I was trying to hide it or anything.” Mina agreed. “Just… today sucks.”

“Is this about… Bakugo?”

Mina couldn’t help glancing over at the boy’s face as he spoke the name of her ex-friend. His puppy dog eyes and pleading look almost made her spill all her beans there and then.

“I’m guessing he told you?” Mina asked.

“I’m guessing Tsu told you?” Izuku countered, his face a picture of nervous reassurance.

“Sorry,” Mina bit her lip. “She just… she was worried about you and told me… uh, and the other girls I should say.” She clarified. “We speculated based on what you said and I didn’t want to think he was capable of something like that, but I kinda messed everything up.”

“Mina, no.” Izuku replied softly before noticing something up ahead. “I um… l-look, we’re here.”

The acid quirked girl looked up, noticing nothing out of the ordinary only for Izuku to change course over towards a random bench that lined the walkways of UA. When he nervously patted the spot next to him she realised that the adorkable greenette hadn’t chosen just any bench for them to stop at.

“There’s nothing special about this bench you know.” Mina smiled lightly as she walked over and took a spot next to the boy.

“Y-Yeah… but it’s where we spoke last time so um…”

“I get it Midori.” Mina nodded at the thoughtful action. This bench meant more to him than it did to her but it certainly jumped a few notches knowing that he held it in high regard because of her.

“So…” Izuku began after a moment. “I guess I should um… ask what you think you know.”

“Tsu’s a perceptive frog.” Mina sighed, “She pieced together what you told her and Bakugo’s previous actions from back at the start of school. If he wasn’t someone who… bullied you or told you to do… that, I’ll eat my acid.”

It was Izuku’s turn to let out a long, slow breath after that.

“Y-Yeah… that’s… right.” He admitted. Mina didn’t know whether to be happy her gut feeling and interpretation of Bakugo’s face was correct or sad for how the boy next to her had suffered. “B-But there’s a lot you don’t know about… everything.”

“Well yeah,” Mina chuckled dryly, “I’m the class dunce. Took that crown from Kaminari after I befriended a bully.”

“Kacchan’s not a… well… he’s not anymore.” Izuku looked up at the evening sky. “He was always… um… prickly when we were growing up.”

“Needed a good kick up the ass.” Mina spat.

Izuku admittedly choked back a laugh at just how right he thought she was. It was only after seeing how other hero hopefuls stacked up in class against him that Bakugo really began reflecting on himself.

“K-Kacchan’s-”

“Are you friends?” Mina asked suddenly.

“W-Wha?” Izuku baulked, turning to face the girl, “Y-Yes I… guess so.”

“Why?” Mina continued. “He bullied you, told you to do something incredibly heartless and yet here you are sticking up for him and calling him that little nickname; why?”

Mina’s amber eyes staring into his own as Izuku’s mind recalled the event earlier that same day.


“Ah! K-Kacchan, why are we-”

“Can it nerd!” Bakugo barked, having pulled Izuku into a quiet corridor away from the canteen. While the rest of the class was busy enjoying their lunch break, he was now isolated and out of sight with an angry looking Bakugo glaring at him. “What the hell did you tell Raccoon eyes?!”

“Racco… Ashido? I-I haven’t spoken to her recently.”

“Bullshit!” Bakugo snapped again. “She needled me for information about that day, and what I told you back in Aldera, so what the hell did you say?!”

Izuku blinked. Aldera? The only person he’d talked to about that place was Ochako and Iida at the start of the year when they compared previous schools. No, wait, he’d told Tsu just the other day about… oh.

“I didn’t say anything to Ashido… but I did talk to Tsu recently.”

Bakugo’s palm slammed into his own head.

“Damn it!” He yelled. “Fucking frog legs talked and now the whole class is probably gonna know. Damn it!”

Izuku had never seen Katsuki like this before; his eyes were twitching and he looked almost… frightened.

“Kacchan, i-it’s not as bad as it-”

“Don’t you get it nerd?! What do you think is gonna happen when everyone else finds out? When Aizawa finds out?!” Bakugo barked.

“K-Kacchan-”

“Stop using that ridiculous name! We aren’t friends!” Bakugo snarled.

Now it was Izuku’s turn to get angry. With the activation of a few percent of his full cowling he reached out and slammed Bakugo into the wall by his shoulders, the blond boy’s head bumping into it and shocking him out of his impending downward spiral.

“Shut the hell up Kacchan!” Izuku spat back, raw anger in his eyes at his childhood friend for the first time. It was more the surprise at the action rather than the lack of reaction time that prevented and kept Bakugo from immediately trying to escape the hold. “You’ve… done some bad things… and said some bad things.” Izuku continued, “But… deep down… I know you’re going to be a great hero one day once you get over yourself, and I’m not giving up on you!”

“What are you talking about?” Bakugo growled, “It’s already over.”

“If they turn against you then I’ll be right by your side.” Izuku nodded firmly.

Katsuki’s mind couldn’t help replaying images of their shared past to him, specifically the tree-bridge incident where Izuku had run down to help him up after he’d lost his balance. Once more, the green haired boy was reaching out a hand to him.

“I don’t need you help nerd!” Bakugo shot bitterly, pushing Izuku off of him, leaving the pair standing a few feet apart once more.

“Meddling where you don’t have to is the essence of being a hero!” Izuku stood his ground, reminding Bakugo of one of All Might’s pieces of advice to the class after the Kamino Ward incident. “I will always try to reach out a hand, even for you; even if you don’t think we’re friends.”

The explosive blond stared incredulously at Izuku as the boy took a deep breath.

“You hurt people… and me… but I don’t believe you’re a bad person. We looked up to All Might together, even pulled those rare cards at the same time.” Izuku chuckled weakly, “No one’s perfect… and you’ve made mistakes… but so has All Might. Before he attacked you… the sludge villain got to me first.”

Bakugo unconsciously held his breath. The sludgy aftertaste took over a week to get out of his mouth and it made him feel stupid and weak for getting caught; he never knew Izuku got hit first. Wait, was the nerd lying? No, he was stupidly honest to a fault and that pissed him off.

“No one was around and I thought I was going to die. Then All Might saved me, even signed my notebook and everything. When he jumped away… I hung onto his leg until we landed on a nearby office building because I needed to ask him a question, the same question I’d been asking myself ever since I found out I was never going to get a quirk. You want to know? What All Might said to me on that rooftop after I asked him if a quirkless boy like me could be a hero?”

Katsuki could only stare dumbly at the greenette.

“He told me ‘No’, that I was better off being a police officer or something.” Izuku stated, recalling the memory clearly as though it occurred only yesterday. “The world’s greatest hero then left me alone, on a rooftop, with nothing but my thoughts after you said and what you did.”

The blond’s eyes shrunk to near pinpricks as he realised the timeline of events.

“T-That was-”

“Before we arrived at the sludge incident… y-yeah.” Izuku swallowed nervously, his adrenaline from his sudden attack on Bakugo fading. “If… I’d done it… we both might’ve died that day.”

Silence reigned in the hallway as Bakugo could only process his racing thoughts so fast.

“After everything… why? Why aren’t you… I don’t…” Bakugo tried to put his thoughts into words the nerd would understand.

“All Might apologised.” Izuku said softly. “After you shouted at me when we were walking home after the police were done, he showed up and apologised to me and said I could be a hero too. I… still have hope that maybe… you’d do the same one day.”

The explosive blond was thrown for a loop. Ever everything he had done to Deku, after everything they’d been through together at both UA and Aldera, he just wanted an apology? The idea of doing that sat bitterly in his mind as apologising was a sign of weakness, admitting fault, that someone else was right or better in some way.

That he also quoted the song they were practising for the festival, either by design or mistake, made him really think about the lyrics he’d heard Ears sing over and over in their practice sessions.

‘True heroes stand up for what they believe.’

Katsuki gnashed his teeth at the idea of All Might apologising. It didn’t sit right with him that the strongest hero in the world would admit fault to someone as weak as Izuku at the time. Having his viewpoint challenged so often and frequency at UA pissed him off more than anything and now he had to deal with all this new knowledge from his childhood friend on top of keeping the secret about One-For-All.

“A fucking apology? Like that’ll make everything better?!” Katsuki scoffed.

“It will to me.” Izuku replied, as though stating a fact and withholding any emotion to help the boy believe this was not sort of manipulation.

Katsuki looked over Izuku, looking for any sign of deception or trick or something that lead to the boy using this against him for the rest of his life. Would this fix things with Mina and possibly the class if they found out?

This was the first time he was at risk of losing something he actually cared about. It was an odd feeling admitting that to himself in the privacy of his own room after training. Since yesterday, he’d been in a constant state of worry about his friendship with the girl and their little group, with Kirishima and Sparky giving him the side-eye all day. Would an apology really make that much of a difference to them once they knew?

The ash blond boy decided to swallow his pride for once in his life and slowly but surely bent at the waist until he was in a small but unmistakable bow, his gaze focussed solely on the floor.

“I… I’m sorry.” He said, “I shouldn’t’ve said what I did. I shouldn’t’ve hurt you the way I did back then.”

Izuku blinked dumbly as the words registered in his mind. Katsuki Bakugo was actually owning up to a mistake he’d made?! It wasn’t much of an apology, Izuku knew all the ways he’d be doing it differently if the roles were reversed, but it was a step in the right direction and that meant more to him than anything else.

“K-Kacchan I-”

“Urgh, not good enough.” Bakugo spat, straightening back up though his eyes remained downcast. “I take it back, I’m not apologising.”

Izuku was speechless, what was going on?

“I gotta go do some thinking.” Katsuki muttered as he began walking away. “When I’m done, you’ll get a better one.”

With that, the ash haired blonde left Izuku alone in the empty corridor, utterly confused as to what the hell just happened. Not only had Katsuki apologised but he wasn’t satisfied it was good enough and he’d do it again later? As much as the boy wanted it, Izuku had no idea how to feel about this right now; he certainly wasn’t expecting it when he got up this morning.

There was so much more he wanted to say but, with the blonde bomber now gone, he would have to leave whatever conversation they had yet to have unspoken as he made his way to lunch. Maybe some food would help him puzzle over what to say next to the boy.

Unknown to the both of them, there was a third party observing their heated exchange though not one they’d be able to physically see nearby.

“Interesting.” The chimera-like principal muttered to himself as he adjusted the cameras to follow the two boys.


As Izuku’s thoughts returned to the present and the concerned girl sitting next to him, he took a long breath, hoping the pinkette would be able to understand his perspective by the time he was done.

“Kacchan’s always been taught to be the best. I looked up to him as a kid, even before we got our quirks. We knew what we wanted to be and his determination and drive to become a hero has never wavered. When his quirk came in, everyone started praising him for it. It made me happy at first, knowing that they were seeing the same thing I was. He never… lost his way, but he picked some bad paths.” Izuku relayed, “Kacchan values strength above anything else and is constantly trying to prove himself. When he saw someone he considered weaker than him trying to stand on the same level…”

“He started bullying you.” Mina narrowed her eyes.

“Y-Yeah…” Izuku nodded sadly, “I think he thought I was looking down on him or something, making him seem worse by association. It’s no excuse, and I’m not sure if I’m right, but I do get it.”

“Explain, else I’m gonna have to go melt someone before today’s over.” Mina gripped her hand into a fist wondering if Kyoka would forgive her for interrupting music practice to attack her drummer.

Izuku gulped, he could feel the pressure rising as the next words he spoke could cost Bakugo a friend or worse.

“L-Look at Endeavour; no matter what, he can’t seem to step out of All Might’s shadow.” Izuku noted, “No matter how much good he does or what numbers he pulls in, he was always second to All Might. Imagine if you were trying your hardest all your life to be the best hero you could be with an amazing quirk, then someone quirkless comes along and wants to stand at your side on the same level.”

Mina nodded, starting to understand the situation a little better but she couldn’t help but hold onto one word of that.

“Quirkless?”

Izuku baulked. He hadn’t meant to say it like that but the truth had just slipped out. Seems he and Hagakure were both bad at keeping secrets around Ashido.

“Y-Yeah, you know, couldn’t exactly use this back then.” Izuku let his hand light up with a few percent of One-For-All. “Y-You saw what happened in the physical fitness test, remember?”

Something was scratching at the back of Mina’s head uncomfortably, Midoriya was definitely still hiding something. Was this the thing Tsu learned that she wanted to talk to him about later? For now, she decided to put it aside as this conversation was about Bakugo’s being a bully, not Izuku’s secrets, and she still needed answers.

“I suppose, but that’s no excuse for bullying and certainly not for… what he told you to do.”

“No,” Izuku agreed. “But it’s been a while since then. We’ve both grown and become better people, better heroes.” Mina scoffed but otherwise remained silent. “It’s true, he even apologised to me for it.”

Mina narrowed her eyes.

“That doesn’t sound like blasty. You’re not trying to cover for him are you?”

“No, no, honest!” Izuku waved his hands, “He feels… well I don’t know what he feels but it was enough for him to reflect and actually apologize to me today.”

Mina shook her head.

“Midori, that’s because he knows he’s been caught.” Mina replied sadly. “Do you think he honestly would’ve apologised if I hadn’t confronted him about it?”

Izuku looked at the ground, his mind now wondering just that. Was losing Mina’s friendship and getting kicked out of school the only reason Bakugo apologized, to save his own skin? Izuku didn’t want to believe it but it certainly did sound like something the old Katsuki would’ve done. Now? Honestly he didn’t know the boy as well as he used to with the distance that had gathered over the years, but he knew one thing for certain: Katsuki Bakugo wanted to be the greatest pro hero ever and surpass All Might. If he had any hope of doing that, especially with Izuku inheriting One-For-All, he was going to have to confront his demons at some point and rise above them. He certainly hoped for that apology Katsuki had all but promised when he was done reflecting and, if he could manage that, there’s no telling how high the explosive blond might raise the bar.

“I think… you were a catalyst.” Izuku said carefully. “He’s changed since Aldera and so have I. I’m not willing to take his crap anymore and he knows it. I don’t know where he’s going, but I hope that this has given him a push in the right direction. I want to think that even without having this brought up again, he would’ve apologised eventually.”

Mina made another face, looking over Izuku quizzically.

“You’re too nice for your own good.” She said after a while.

The greenette chuckled, turning back to the now pouting pinkette.

“Yeah. S-Sometimes I do wonder if it would be easier to be more s-selfish and not care about what people think. It doesn’t last, because that’s just not who I am.” Izuku admitted. “I like being nice, even when other people aren’t the best to me. It’s why I want to fight to protect anyone who needs it, even if they were mean to me before. That’s just the kind of hero I want to be.”

“I… don’t know what’s gonna happen between me and Bakugo.” Mina admitted, “I was his friend practically since we started UA. After learning about what went down between you two, I don’t want to be associated with someone like that.”

Izuku chewed his lip thoughtfully.

“Don’t give up on him completely.” He replied after a moment. “Give him some time and space. I think he might surprise you.”

“You’re dead set on this aren’t you?” Mina regarded him sceptically. “You know what, fuck it, if you vouch for him, I’ll trust you.”

Izuku’s eyes widened at Mina’s words.

“J-Just like that?!” He blinked.

“Yup,” Mina smiled, “You’re my friend and I trust you. I don’t think we’ll be all buddy-buddy anytime soon ‘cause what I know… it still hurts. I’ll give him one more shot at some point… but your ass is mine if this backfires.”

“Too much pressure!” He gasped somewhat playfully.

“Urgh, so adorable.” Mina rested her head on Midoriya’s shoulders sending the boy into a deep blush. “You’re gonna break a lot of hearts when you go pro.”

“R-R-Really?” Izuku nervously queried as he tried not to think about the girl’s closeness. “W-What makes you say t-that?”

“Tsu told us about other stuff too.” Mina replied with a small smile. “You didn’t hear it from me, but we’re kinda gonna kidnap you during this pizza party.”

“W-What?” Izuku gulped, wondering if this was a positive or negative thing.

“There’s stuff you don’t know too.” Mina admitted, thinking about what she could or couldn’t say, “But please trust me when I tell you that everything we say is true.”

“N-Now I’m worried.” Izuku gulped.

“Aren’t you always?” Mina giggled lightly. “When it comes to girls, you’re usually more like a scared little bunny than one of our class’s heavy hitters.”

Izuku spluttered as he tried to form some sort of comeback.

“Don’t worry Midori, I’ve got your back tonight.” Mina smiled softly, “That’s what friends are for, right?”

Izuku calmed significantly at those words. After everything they’d discussed today, he definitely considered Mina his friend. That Tsu was apparently ready to talk too made him both ecstatic and as well as want to throw up the erratic butterflies in his stomach. He was suddenly very glad he’d learned this in advance since, with the other girls possibly around, he wouldn’t have to reveal his secret to Tsu so soon.

That was, provided that she wanted to see where her feelings lead them anyway.

“W-We should get back.” Izuku said somewhat reluctantly, having enjoyed their chat but his nerves at the upcoming possible confession were sending his anxiety through the roof and he wanted to go scream into his pillow for a bit.

“Yeah, Tooru’s probably gonna kill you for trying to run away with me.” Mina said casually as she stood up and stretched. “I’ll start work on your coffin.”

Izuku froze, not quite knowing if that was a joke or not since he did technically steal Mina away when she looked like she needed comforting. Plus there was that whole kiss thing yesterday.

“Oh, by the way, Tooru talked too.” Mina sent a cheeky wink down at the greenette still frozen to the bench. “You’ve got some nerve kissing my girlfriend y’know.”

The pink haired girl laughed long and loud as Midoriya, predictably, tried to clumsily explain the situation she knew full well she was teasing him about. After assuring the boy she knew it wasn’t something to get worked up over, she took his hand in hers and began leading them back towards their dorm.

Midoriya was as red as a tomato as Mina held his hand but it felt too awkward to let go so he just allowed himself to enjoy it for what it was. When the pair got back to the pathway to their housing, they spotted Hagakure waiting anxiously at the top of the steps.

“Thanks for the talk Midori, it helped.” Mina said as they neared her girlfriend. When he turned to smile and reply to her he froze as she quickly closed the gap between them and placed a small kiss on the end of his nose, much like Tooru had done the previous day.

“Hey!” Tooru shouted out in a faux huff. “Go get your own girlfriend Midori!”

Mina giggled as the boy, so unused to their teasing, began trying to explain himself once more.

“Oh shush up Starlight.” Mina bounded up to her girlfriend with much of her original pep restored, “I know all about how you kissed him yesterday, so unless you don’t want to turn this into a ménage à trois.” She cut her girlfriend off before she could respond, giving her a much more tender kiss than the one she’d given the greenette.

“Humph, fine, Midori lives for now.” Tooru stood down though still turned to glare playfully at the greenette, not that either of the other two could see it. “But only because he’s cute.”

Mina and Tooru both burst into laughter as Midoriya once again blushed a deep red and tried to hide behind his hands.

“Come on guys, its pizza time!” Mina cheered, leading the two back into the dorms at last.


Once more everyone had submitted their desires for pizza, garlic bread, wedges and other delicious things as the class came together for the small party. Since last time, a web page had been set up on UA’s internal intranet to request take outs so that everyone could pay individually while ordering as a group. Students were expected to pay digitally through the system after the order has been placed or take physical money to the office in the next seven days or ‘face the wrath of Nezu’. So far no one had dared risk forgetting to pay on time from that threat alone.

While the girls ordered plenty of pizza, with Momo contributing several toward the class as a whole that anyone could pick from as part of the event, they also took the opportunity to restock their supply of ice cream. While it was somewhat of a joke at lunch, both Ochako and Tsuyu were very nervous about what exactly would happen by the end of tonight and wanted to be prepared. Even if things went well though, ice cream was tasty so at least they’d have it in reserve.

Much like last time, Midoriya refrained from ordering anything while, unlike before, Koda asked for a small cheese pizza for himself.

Mina wanted to pester the greenette on why he was skipping out yet again, but after their discussion from earlier she decided to give him a pass for now. Bakugo hadn’t turned up and Kirishima came back down empty handed after volunteering to go get him with a dejected look which Mina admittedly felt a little guilty about.

As it was, the pinkette had seemingly returned to her normal self after her chat with Midoriya, a fact the majority of the dance troop took notice of with both Iida and Shoji asking the boy if their talk went well though not pressing for any details.

Before long, their grumpy looking teacher arrived at the dorms to inform them their delivery had arrived. Mina, along with several others departed to fetch the food as the class chatted amicably about the week’s lessons, and their developing skills, both as heroes and for the upcoming autumn festival.

Once the missing group returned, laden with cheesy goodness, the class tore into the many steaming boxes with delight. Stomachs filled and pleasant conversation was exchanged and many of the students began to feel the gap caused by the former member of their class begin closing as bridges were repaired. Like Momo had declared during the announcement, tensions within the class had eased and peace was re-established once more.

Despite not ordering anything for himself, nor grabbing any of the communal slices Momo had ordered, Izuku felt himself just enjoying the comradery he had with all the other people in 1-A. While he didn’t know everyone as well as he wanted to, he wouldn’t hesitate to call them all friends at this point. They may go their separate ways after UA but there would be a bond holding them together thanks to all they’d been through with each other.

While enjoying Iida’s story about his brother’s involvement during the ‘Osaka Incident’, he noticed Mina give him a subtle wave out of the corner of his eye. Taking a moment to glance around and make sure she wasn’t gesturing to anyone else, he couldn’t help but notice a couple of the boys had taken their leave of the party but so had all of the girls. What Mina had warned him about earlier was about to go down and Izuku didn’t know if he was ready.

Ready or not though, he steeled his nerve before patiently waiting for Iida to get to a good place to end the story before taking his own leave from the common room, following Mina into the elevator. He let out a long, shaky breath once the doors closed and it began ascending.

“Nervous?” Mina asked caringly.

“Y-Yeah.” He nodded.

“Just remember, no matter what, we’re all still your friends.” Mina smiled at the boy, hoping to allay his fears as much as she could and giving his hand a quick squeeze of support.

When the pair stepped out of the elevator, Midoriya realised he didn’t even check which floor they were going to. A quick look out the window told him that it was the fifth floor which meant Tsu’s room, but then, why was Mina approaching Momo’s door instead?

With a quick few knocks, the door opened up with Kyoka looking out, spotting both the pinkette and the green-haired, scared bunny he quickly felt like he was turning into. She stood aside as Mina walked past her and she gestured for Izuku to come in with them.

Gripping his hands into anxious fists, Izuku cautiously walked forward and into Momo’s room, wondering why all the girls had decided to meet up here.

“Sit.” An order was barked from behind him as Kyoka closed the door once he’d entered and gestured towards what could only be Momo’s desk chair sat in the middle of what little floor space there was. All the other girls of class 1-A were currently standing around the end of Momo’s bed, looking about half as nervous as he felt. He was almost reassured that he wasn’t the only one feeling intensely awkward right now.

Still, he took a seat as Kyoka reclaimed the empty space next to Momo herself, a light blush on her face and not meeting his eyes.

“H-Hi Izuku, ribbit.” Tsuyu started up, sounding more anxious than he’d ever heard her.

“H-Hey Tsu, everyone.” He nodded, making sure to acknowledge the others along with the girl he believed he was here to see.

“I um… I bet you’re wondering why everyone else is here.” Tsuyu continued.

“A little.” He nodded.

“Well… there’s somethings I wanted to clarify with you after… after Wednesday.”

Izuku gulped nervously.

“The thing that I needed to do,” Tsuyu began, “Was talk to Ochako.” The gravity girl was currently sporting a prominent blush and gave Izuku a little wave.

“Hi Izuku,” Ochako smiled, “Tsu’s right, she needed to talk to me first because… well… we both kinda h-have a… c-crush on you.”

The green haired boy felt his mouth drop open but did nothing to close it back up. Mina and Tooru couldn’t help the small giggles that escaped at his incredulous look.

“Y-You… you both…” Izuku began but had no idea what to do with that information.

“We both wanted to um… confess to you at once.” Tsuyu pressed on, reaching out to take Ochako’s hand in her own. “We both would very much like you to be um… our boyfriend.”

Izuku tried to keep his breathing steady as his mind processed this new information. He looked over at Mina briefly, the girl nodding in response. This wasn’t a trick or something, this was really happening! How was he supposed to respond to something like that?!

“Before you say anything though,” Tsuyu thankfully saved him from his own panicking mind, “There’s a few more things you need to know beforehand.”

A shadow washed over Izuku as Kyoka stepped up, blocking out the overhead light as she looked down at him with mistrust written all over her face.

“You need to swear on your life that whatever you hear next, you never repeat to another living soul.” She said in a dangerous tone, her earphone jacks raising up threateningly, “What you learn in this room could drastically hurt someone here in a way we could never forgive you for. Am, I, clear?”

Kyoka didn’t want to intimidate the boy but if Tsuyu and Ochako were set on adding him to their group then he needed to know there could be zero slip ups regarding this.

Despite his nervous nature, this was something Izuku recognised as truly serious. Just from Kyoka’s voice he gathered that it was a secret they considered on par with, if not greater than, the one he, Iida and Todoroki were keeping about their involvement with the hero killer Stain. No matter what happened next, as his friends, he would never betray the trust they were placing in him by discussing something of this level.

“You have my word,” He said firmly, his brow furrowed in a serious expression, “No matter what, I won’t breathe a word to anyone else!”

Kyoka almost recoiled at the strength of the boy’s declaration, expecting a much more meek response from him.

“That’s most reassuring to hear Midoriya.” Momo breathed a sigh of relief as Kyoka returned to her spot once more. “For you see, to begin with, I should inform you that, as the only daughter of the Yaoyorozu family, I am… set to be in an arranged marriage by my twenty-fifth birthday.”

Once more Izuku felt himself struck dumb. Clearly he hadn’t prepared enough for this if this was just the first bomb they were dropping. Being in an arranged marriage wasn’t something too uncommon in the past but it certainly wasn’t big enough to have such an emphasis on secrecy placed on it… unless.

“I-Is it a quirk marriage?” He asked cautiously, hoping his gut was wrong.

“Thankfully not.” Momo gave him an uneasy smile. “This is likely one to be made based on business connections and nothing more. My parents will let me know my betrothed closer to the time I’m sure.”

“It doesn’t matter, it’s not happening.” Kyoka stated defiantly, pulling Momo close to her with a hand around her back.

“Yeah!” Tooru cheered, “We’re gonna figure out a way to get her out of it.”

Izuku looked around at the girls somewhat optimistic faces as they reaffirmed something he’s sure they’d discussed before.

“Okay so… i-is that it?” He asked nervously.

“Not quite.” Ochako bit her lip. “See um… some things happened and er… basically it would be really bad if Momo’s parents found out she was in a relationship. We’re not sure exactly what, but her parents are like, super strict and her dad’s scary.”

“Not fun for anyone.” Mina sighed.

With that bit of logic, Izuku looked back at Kyoka and Momo and, only then, reassessed what he saw when he looked at them.

“Um… I guess c-congrats you two?” He smiled weakly, genuinely happy for the pair but still didn’t quite see what it had to do with him. Was it just because Tsu knew and they wanted to keep him in the loop in case he saw something he shouldn’t while with her?

“Thank you for your support Midoriya.” Momo shot him an honest smile, the boy clearly having figured out her connection to Kyoka from her one-armed hug, “But I’m afraid there’s still a little more you’ve yet to understand.”

“See, Mina came up with this idea,” Kyoka began only to get cut off by the pinkette.

“Hey, it was Tsu’s first, I just ran with it.”

“Does it matter whose it was?” Tsuyu blushed, knowing exactly what was about to be revealed to her male crush. “Um… basically, Momo’s not just going out with Kyoka… she’s going out with Mina and Tooru… and Ochako and me.”

Izuku’s mind both smugly complimented itself on figuring out there was more to the story while the rest of his brain cells exploded around the organ at the revelation.

“It’s not just Momo.” Tooru admitted, now a touch shy herself, “You know I’m with Mina, but I’m also with e-everyone else too.”

“Long story short, else we’ll be here all night,” Kyoka spoke up before anyone else did, “We’re all in one big six-way relationship.”

Slowly, Izuku looked into the faces of each of the other girls as none of them denied it, once more getting a nod from Mina though her cheeks had turned purple with a blush.

“I… see.” He said after a few minutes. The girls collectively winced as the boy stood up suddenly and bowed at the waist. “P-Please, accept my apologies for what happened between me and Tsuyu. I didn’t know about… all this.”

“That’s not what we’re here to talk about Midori.” Mina chuckled fondly at the boys integrity, thinking he’d hurt or betrayed their relationship somehow.

“And I told you to call me ‘Tsu’, ribbit.” The frog girl replied, wondering just how many times she’d have to hammer home to the boy she liked him and not just as a friend. Izuku sent her a somewhat bewildered look before retaking his seat.

“The reason we’re telling you this Izuku,” Ochako began, bracing herself, “I-Is because um… me and Tsu… we want you to be our boyfriend. W-Would you um… like to go out with us?”

The poor greenette clearly hadn’t got the message the first time they’d said it so it was worth repeating now.

“Oi, you got your speech ready? Green might not understand otherwise.” Kyoka nudged the heiress who quickly pulled the knowledge from her own memory banks.

“What we should explain Midoriya,” She began, “Is that we’re in what you would call a ‘polyamorous’ relationship. This means that we are able to um, date more than one person with the blessing of the others in the relationship.”

The group could almost see the metaphorical gears turning in the poor boy’s head as he came to terms with this.

“S-So…” Izuku started, turning towards Mina. “W-When we spoke before?”

“Ye~ah, sorry, I did kinda know then.” Mina rubbed the back of her head sheepishly, thinking about the first time they spoke after dance practice. “We were all together but they’ve been very um… vocal about asking you out so, if you guys wanna give it a shot, it’s all cool with me.”

“Come on Midori, say ‘yes’ so we can all be like a big happy unit.” Tooru cheered.

“H-Hey, don’t pressure the guy, this is a lot to take in.” Kyoka tried to calm the erratic invisible girl.

“I’m sorry we couldn’t make this any… less awkward.” Ochako apologised. “I-If it helps, Tsu and I both had c-crushes on you way before all this.”

Izuku’s head was admittedly still trying to get around that fact; two girls liked him and both wanted to date him at the same time?! That didn’t sound even remotely real and he was still adjusting.

“S-So um… y-you two l-like me,” He glanced at Ochako and Tsu who were wearing somewhat hopeful faces. “A-And you’re a-all um… g-going out together? A-As girlfriends?”

“Y-Yeah, sorta.” Ochako’s hand touched at her collar but felt that it maybe wasn’t the right time to get into specifics just yet.

“There is um… one more thing.” Tsuyu bit her lip nervously. “K-Kyoka, could you um… put on your mufflers please?”

“Er… yeah sure.” Kyoka nodded, reaching into her pocket and pulling out the little balls of sound isolating material that Momo had generated for her, plugging her jacks into them. She didn’t know what exactly the issue was that Tsuyu felt it imperative that she not hear what was about to happen next but she wouldn’t deny the girl her request either; even if she was insanely curious at this point.

Izuku looked awkwardly around as the girls all made a show of cupping their ears at Tsuyu’s insistence before the girl looked back at him. In a word, she appeared fearful.

“There’s something that’s b-been eating me up since yesterday. I-Izuku… I’m… I’m so sorry, ribbit.” She began, a few tears beginning to form at the corner of her eyes. “B-But after Wednesday I… I couldn’t help but go digging, ri-ribbit. I wanted to know more about you, what you were trying to keep secret so I could help share that burden as your friend, ribbit. I asked everyone to contribute everything they knew while I looked at some old articles about Aldera.”

The greenette’s eyes widened as he knew the news report about the slime villain was bound to be in there somewhere. Was that what she was referring to?

“When I thought about everything that’s happened… only one thing made sense to me. I want to help you, ribbit, b-but I don’t know h-how and I haven’t told anyone and I won’t if you say so but… I have to know…”

Wait, with the way she was reacting, she couldn’t possibly mean…

Tsuyu stepped close to the still seated boy, her lips only a hair’s breadth from his ear before she whispered words that shook him to his core.

“You have All Might’s quirk, don’t you?”

Courtesy to refrain from listening in or not, the girls reacted instantly as Izuku pushed back off his chair, sending it clattering to the floor and he slammed hard into Momo’s wardrobe doors, snapping a few of the slats as his elbow went through them. The back of his head struck the wood painfully and his breathing was fast and shallow as he looked at Tsuyu with the same level of terror that she displayed. It didn’t matter that he’d planned on telling her, the mere fact that someone had figured it out without him intending to, without dropping the significant hints like he had to Bakugo, scared him more than he realised.

“Midoriya!” Momo called out in a panic as the boy started bleeding where the jagged wood from the damage had scratched along his arm.

“How!” He demanded, oblivious to his own stance or injury, “How do you know that?!”

All the other girls immediately understood why Tsu was acting so cagey that day if this was how Midoriya was reacting to her guess. It seemed the frog girl had once again proven she was too perceptive for her own good and now she was paying the price.

“Midori! Calm down!” Mina yelled, her arms outstretched towards him to either protect herself or wrap him in a defensive hug if he got close enough.

“Y-You can’t tell anyone!” Midoriya yelled again, his gaze still squarely on Tsuyu. “P-Please! Y-You can’t!”

“I won’t!” She agreed desperately, if only to try and calm the boy down before things got any more out of hand. “Please Izuku, just... just calm down so we can talk!”

That at least seemed to get a response out of the boy. His breathing deepened as his initial jolt of panic began easing off.

“W-W-Who else knows!” He asked quickly, looking carefully at all the scared but resolute faces of the girls practically surrounding him.

“No one!” Tsuyu replied again. “I didn’t tell anyone, it’s just me!”

Carefully, Izuku looked around again, checking everyone else’s faces for any hint of a lie but his heartbeat refused to die down. His vision began swimming and the girls were dipping in and out of focus. Thoughts and concepts became muddled as his brain began to shut down.

The girls jumped, with both Momo and Tooru crying out as Izuku’s eyes closed and he dropped face first onto the Momo’s floor, out cold.

“Izuku!” Ochako cried out, reaching out for the boy and quickly applying her quirk to him.

“I believe he’s passed out from shock.” Momo gasped, quickly generating some fresh towels from her quirk and laying them on her bed. “Quickly, bring him over here.”

“I-It’s my fault, ribbit…” Tsuyu muttered to herself, still in shock herself as she observed her girlfriends manipulating Izuku’s unconscious body into a better position over Momo’s bed.

“Come here Darling.” Tooru comforted, quickly righting Momo’s desk chair first before sweeping the girl into a cuddle on her lap. “It’s not your fault, we’ve got you.”

When Ochako released Izuku from her quirk, he dropped softly onto Momo’s bed, his arm lay out on the towel so the blood didn’t go through to her sheets. Immediately Momo took charge and began ordering the other three to get some first aid supplies she kept in her wash closet. Generating a small torch with her quirk that she knew she didn’t have in the kit, the heiress quickly checked the boy’s pupils like how they’d been taught.

“I don’t think he’s got a concussion,” She declared as Kyoka set to work wrapping his arm, “But ideally we should get him checked out by Recovery Girl.”

“Not the way I wanted to spend a Friday to be honest.” Mina sighed but pulled out her phone nonetheless.

“Christ, what a fuckin’ mess.” Kyoka sighed, shaking her head as she glanced between the unconscious boy, the shaken green-haired girl and Momo’s damaged wardrobe doors.

Before Mina could hit the final button to ring up the nurse, Izuku groaned, drawing their attention once more.

Slowly, his limbs started twitching and his eyes cracked open just a little. Bleary-eyed, he looked up at Momo’s bed canopy in confusion before he adjusted his gaze to the four blobs currently in his range of vision.

“Midoriya?” Momo called out softly, “If you can hear me, how many fingers am I holding up?”

“Urgh…” The boy watched at several spindly blobs moved in front of the blob that spoke. He blinked quickly, trying to clear both his vision and the confusion in his head.

“Th-Three?” He asked carefully as things started to gain more focus.

Momo nodded, glad at least he didn’t seem to be experiencing double vision.

“Do you know where you are Izuku?” Ochako asked carefully.

“Uh… bed?”

“Well, he’s technically correct.” Kyoka chuckled.

Mina wasn’t risking anything else and climbed up onto Momo’s bed before sitting over Izuku’s chest, pinning his arms to his side with her legs. Hopefully it was enough to both restrain him from escaping and doing himself any more harm before they got the full story out of him.

“Do you remember why you’re here?” Mina asked.

“Um…” Izuku had to think for a minute, the events from before he’d passed out beginning to return to him. “You… brought me here… so I could talk to…” The greenette paused as more returned to him. While he’d only been out for a few minutes, it was plenty of time for his mind and heart to return to something more normal. “Tsu knows.” He said simply.

“Yeah, yeah she does Midori.” Mina nodded, “And she’s not going to tell anyone, you got that!”

Izuku nodded slowly.

“Now, we’re gonna talk like grownups, like we did before, okay? And you can tell us why it was necessary to break poor Momo’s closet.”

After a moment to process her words, Izuku looked over at the now recognisable Momo who was giving him a worried look.

“I broke your closet?” He asked, not even fully realising what had happened before he passed out. “S-Sorry.” He apologised, “I’ll pay to get it fixed.”

“Don’t worry about it Midoriya.” Momo waved the offer away. “We’re just worried about you and Tsu. I know you made her swear not to tell anyone else but after what we just saw, you can understand why we all want to offer you both all the support we can.”

“Izuku, we’re your friends, best friends.” Ochako reached out and took the boy’s hand. “We want to help… please believe us.”

“You wouldn’t drop it when I needed help.” Kyoka offered, deciding to remind the boy about how just organising her notes had made everything seem so much easier to manage afterwards. The problem seemed to pale in comparison to what Midoriya was dealing with but if the guilt-trip worked she wouldn’t complain. “We’re not gonna drop it for you either.”

The greenette could feel the tears rising to his eyes as his mind fully rebooted and everything came crashing back to him. Mina almost felt bad for pinning the boy’s arms to his side as tears began rolling down his cheeks that he couldn’t hide or brush away. Momo thankfully came to the rescue with a tissue and dabbed at his eyes.

“Think you can manage to talk to us without running for this hills?” Mina asked carefully, the greenette giving her a small nod in response. Shuffling awkwardly, Mina threw her leg back over Midoriya and climbed off him. If anyone were in a joking mood, she was sure she’d be getting ribbed over the implications of her actions at being the first to technically mount the greenette.

Izuku pushed himself up, blinking as he looked around the room and the blurriness returned for just a moment.

“Don’t stand up.” Momo ordered, helping him instead sit back into her pillows as she propped him up. “If you get up too soon after passing out you’re liable to do so again.”

“Y-Yeah, right.” Izuku nodded, recalling their first-aid training.

“Come on Tsu, let’s go talk.” Tooru declared, shifting an arm under the girl’s legs and lifting her into a princess carry as she rose from the desk chair.

While surprised, Tsuyu was also a little upset she couldn’t enjoy this display of strength more as Tooru carried her over to the bed and placed her down next to Ochako, taking the spot on her other side.

Izuku looked over at his elbow when he noticed it felt weird, spying the bandages that had been applied in the brief time he’d been unconscious.

“You cut yourself a little.” Kyoka stated simply. “We patched you up though.”

To most, it wouldn’t mean much, but to Izuku, who’d never had friends who’d care for him like this, made him realise just how lucky he was to have stumbled into them.

Looking over them each in turn once more, all having differing states or worry or concern etched on their features, he decided that, after they’d been truthful with him, he’d at least give them some of the same in return.

“What Tsu said… what she knows… it’s something that’s been kept secret for years.” He admitted. “If it got out… I would be targeted and people I know would be hurt just to get to me. That she managed to put it together… I’m sorry I reacted so badly Tsu, but please, you can’t tell anyone about it.”

Tsuyu shakily nodded, biting her lip as she held back her unshed tears.

“Jeez Green,” Kyoka looked between the pair. “What the hell kind of mess have you got yourself in now?”

Izuku laughed bitterly. “Something I hope you’ll never have to worry about.”

“Well that’s ominous.” Mina sighed.

“Many people have already died.” Izuku admitted, thinking back to the previous holders of the quirk and the possible civilians and more that were caught up over the years in the battle between two brothers and their quirks. “My… mum’s at risk just because of who I am, Tsu and her whole family are at risk because she now knows. I can’t… I can’t do that to you all too.”

Momo looked over at Tsuyu who was clearly still upset by the whole event. If what she said in the canteen earlier was true, then her keeping Izuku’s secret from the five of them would only bring suffering to the poor girl and, as her girlfriend, that was not something she could stand.

“Izuku,” The use of his first name drew his attention quickly, “I understand that this may be something of great importance to you, but an important part of our polyamorous relationship, and any good relationship, is communication. Tsu’s been somewhat troubled ever since she discovered this secret of yours last night and now, she’ll face a constant worry about slipping up to those she holds closest. I ask that you impart the knowledge to all of us. Should you not, I have no doubts we all will not rest until we can share in yours, and now Tsu’s, burden by researching it ourselves.”

The greenette blinked in disbelief at Momo, before turning to look at Tsu who looked guilty and ashamed at the accuracy of Momo’s words.

“I’m with Momo.” Ochako declared. “No matter what we’ll face, we’ll do it together. I… really like you Izuku, but I’m not going to let Tsu suffer alone.”

“Midori, you helped me so much with my quirk and I want to repay you… but I think they’re right, we should all know.”

Izuku could feel the pressure settling in. Already he was seeing the wisdom in All Might’s words about being selective about who he told. One person had figured it out and now five more were demanding the same.

“Guys, think for a minute.” Kyoka looked across them all. “If this all comes down to Green, doesn’t the fact that we already know him mean we’re in more danger than we realise?” Everyone turned their attention to the punkette who was now directing her furrowed brow squarely at Izuku. “Even if you tell us or not, if villains find out themselves like Tsu did, they’ll still come for us to get to you. No matter if we beg or plead that we don’t know anything, they won’t stop until they get what they want. If anything, you’re putting us in more danger by not telling us.”

“That… is actually a good point.” Mina agreed, turning to regard Izuku curiously. “If people know this secret involves you, we’re all gonna get caught in the cross fire anyway. If you tell us, we can prepare to fight back.” She punched one hand into the other. “I told you before Midori: we’ve got your back, now I have to ask if you’ve got ours?”

The group sat in silence for a moment as everyone pondered what had been said and who would make the next move. Izuku had looked ready to rabbit for the door at first but now had settled into an almost calm, resigned state; his eyes closed. Momo noticed the small expressions he pulled as he was probably grappling with himself about the possible options. Would he believe their sincerity and trust them?

Eventually, Izuku released a deep sigh, the fight completely draining from him as he crumpled back against Momo’s headboard.

“… Okay.” He replied weakly.

Tsuyu’s couldn’t help but feel grateful to her girlfriends in that instant, that they had stuck their necks out for her against what she now knew to be the most powerful member of their class; possibly their whole school. She hoped Izuku would let them in on what she knew, even if for the selfish reason of not wanting to carry this burden alone. In wanting Izuku to share it with her, she hadn’t realised quite how heavy it was to hold.

“Could I… m-maybe have a drink?” Izuku asked nervously. “You um… m-might want to get some too… this could take a while.”

“You better not just be stalling Green.” Kyoka shot back but rose off the bed regardless.

“I’ll go put on some tea.” Momo joined her girlfriend. “Something that might help soothe us all.”

“If we’re gonna be here a while, I’mma go grab what’s left of the food.” Tooru stood up too.

Izuku watched as some of the girls left the room quickly to see to their tasks. He really wasn’t stalling and could do with a drink, especially with everything he was about to explain.

“Is it really that bad?” Tsu asked nervously, drawing Ochako and Mina’s eyes. “Is my… is my family in danger?”

Izuku let out a weary breath as he recalled the fond exchange he observed between the members of the Asui family unit. He only had his mom but Tsu had so much more to lose than he did. He was reluctant to admit that Kyoka and Mina both had a point: they were already in danger just by association. Since it wasn’t just him that could divulge the secret but One-For-All and anyone he’d already told too, it meant that the rug could be pulled out from under him and them at any time. Was it truly better to let them in on the dark nature of what he may one day have to face?

“You remember the villain that All Might fought? At Kamino Ward?” He started, getting nervous nods from all three of the girls. “If he gets out, he’s coming for me.”

When the girl’s faces all paled and Mina bit back a gasp, he once more reconsidered whether telling them was the right thing to do.

No one said anything further before the other girls returned with provisions. Momo brought back her usual tea tray only it held seven cups instead of the usual six and a box of mint tea she explained was believed to help calm nerves. Kyoka returned with several bottles of water, including Izuku’s own from the fridge that she dished out to everyone in case they wanted something cold over hot, and Tooru came back with a two boxes of pizza containing a variety of leftover slices the remaining boys had been happy to part with.

When the three girls had returned to their spots on the bed, they looked over to Izuku once more who’d taken a long pull of his water bottle as he prepared to reveal what was now undoubtedly his secret and not All Might’s anymore.

“My name is Izuku Midoriya.” He started simply, not realising he was channelling Momo from the very first sleepover. “When I was four years old I was taken to the doctor’s and declared ‘Q-Quirkless’.” He waited just a moment for the confused looks and gasps to sink in though Tsuyu just stared at him steadfastly. “T-Then, a year before we all started UA.” He held up his hand and channelled a few percent of his quirk through it. “All Might passed on his quirk to me.”

You could hear a pin drop as all the girls breath’s caught at once. Bewilderment was the best term he could use to describe their faces before looks of frustration and confusion sunk in one by one.

“That’s… not possible.” Momo spoke up first, shaking her head in disbelief.

“I didn’t think it was true at first, but it just made everything else make sense, ribbit.” Tsuyu replied sadly.

“How the hell did you figure that out from what we told you?” Kyoka asked the girl, genuinely shocked she’d done so.

“Ribbit, I think Izuku’d better tell the story, he has all the facts.” Tsuyu gestured to her fellow greenette who had let his quirk fade in the interim.

“I-I told Tsu when we hung out… that I was… bullied, back in Aldera. What I left out was that it wasn’t because I couldn’t control my quirk, it was because I didn’t have one; got the extra toe joint and everything.” Izuku sighed, thinking back to that painful day of diagnosis. “Bakugo… he was always the top of the class, the successful one, the one with the awesome quirk. Like I told Mina earlier today, he’s got the potential to be a great hero, he just made a few bad choices.”

“I don’t think suicide baiting someone counts as just a ‘bad choice’.” Tooru growled, still upset at the boy herself.

“I know it’s not easy to see, but could I just um… g-get everything out? I-It might help make a few things clearer.” Izuku asked uneasily. He did want to defend the boy but somethings like that he could only do so much with. He hoped that by explaining everything he’d been through since then would help them see how much the explosive blond had changed.

“I reserve my right to pout.” Tooru declared, folding her arms indignantly while Mina stroked her leg.

“There was a day… back at Aldera, when everything changed.” He began, swallowing awkwardly. “It was probably the best worst day of my life to be honest. The teacher didn’t give out aptitude tests since everyone in my class wanted to become a hero. Kacchan and I were the only two that were trying for UA though. As someone quirkless, that didn’t go over well.”

“N-Not to be rude but um, does… UA even accept quirkless people in the hero track?” Tooru asked nervously, not wanting to be quirkist.

“They dropped the ‘quirked people only’ rule two years ago.” Izuku acknowledged. As much as he didn’t want to admit it, it was a fair question as a number of other schools still had that rule in place. “Bakugo had more of an ego on him than he does now.” That drew a scoff from Kyoka and Ochako. “So he confronted me after class, told me not to apply… after burning my notebook… and tossing it out the window… into the fish pond.”

“Wait, that one that you showed me your notes of at the sports festival?” Ochako recalled seeing the charred, beat up notebook with the picture of her outfit and quirk details inside. “Bakugo just blew it up?”

Izuku gave a sad nod. The girls shot each other uneasy looks as this was only the beginning of Izuku’s tale.

“Um… t-then,” He swallowed nervously as the day would definitely get worse before it got better. “B-Before he left, he told me there was one way for me to be a hero… to ‘pray I was born with a quirk in my next life… and take a swan dive off the roof of the building.’”

“Motherfucker!” Kyoka hissed, her teeth grit fiercely.

The other girls were in similar states of rage or shock. Tooru’s hands were up, judging by the position of her sleeves, and cupping her mouth, Momo was much the same but with a single hand. Ochako was shaking her head in disbelief while Mina could almost feel her quirk’s acid boiling under her skin. Tsuyu, while having heard a few of the details from Midoriya before, hadn’t realised the casual heartlessness with which he’d been told to kill himself. Unlike the other girls, she knew, after hearing that, Izuku had considered the option.

“Forget it Midori.” Mina growled, “Sticking up for him or not, that’s not something a hero should do period; no one even close to being a hero should even think that.”

“I have to agree with Mina, this is far from heroic behaviour and must be addressed immediately.” Momo nodded.

“I-I know, but I’ve… moved on since then, and so has Kacchan.” Izuku stated, “It was before UA, over a year and a half ago. H-He wasn’t thinking when he said it and-”

“Don’t excuse him.” Ochako said firmly. “Even if no one else said anything then, they were wrong and so was Bakugo. Of course you can be a hero without a quirk. I’ve got no doubt that even if you um… didn’t get one somehow, you would’ve made a great quirkless hero.”

“Almost impossible? Damn right, but when has that ever stopped you?” Kyoka let out a dry chuckle, agreeing with the brunette.

A round of agreement rang out from the other girls as they recalled Izuku’s heroic spirit over the past half year.

Izuku himself was dumbfounded. Tears began flowing down his cheeks without him even realising. They now knew he was quirkless at one point and they all still thought he could’ve been a hero. Quickly wiping away his tears with his sleeve, he thought to himself that he would’ve done anything to have even one of these girls as his friend growing up.

“Th-Thank you.” He let out a choked sob. “You… you don’t know h-how m-much…”

“No, I’m sure we don’t Midoriya.” Momo rested a hand on his knee, hoping it offered a measure of comfort to the boy while offering a handkerchief with the other. “Please, feel free to continue when you feel ready.”

The greenette gratefully accepted the fabric and kept it close after drying his eyes.

“S-Sorry, I um… r-right so, I went outside after that… got my book back which had um… fallen in the koi pond.” A twitch of angry glares went around the girls but they said nothing. “I got lost in my memories of the past as I walked home. When I wasn’t paying attention, I was attacked by a villain. He emerged from the sewers behind me as I travelled through the underpass.”

Despite Izuku being present and unharmed in front of them, the girls could imagine his fear at that moment, having faced similar situations themselves this year. One thing they wouldn’t understand though, was how it felt to be quirkless before something like that.

“He was running from All Might after robbing a convenience store, made completely of sludge, he said he was going to use me as a skin suit to hide. Being made of liquid, he started forcing himself down my throat… I thought I was going to die.”

“The same villain from the article, ribbit?” Tsuyu asked nervously, having gotten a good look at the villain from the pictures of the incident.

Izuku nodded, getting a fresh wave of sympathy from the girls. They’d all experienced villains at this point but to face one alone back then; only Mina had had a similar experience and hers wasn’t even about the villain attacking her. Ochako reached out and took hold of Izuku’s hand, hoping to offer him her own strength as the story continued.

“Thankfully, before he could force all of his body down my throat, All Might appeared and saved me. He beat the villain with a single punch just like always.” Izuku couldn’t help but find a small smile on his lips at being saved by his favourite hero. “I was out cold for a little while but when I woke up, All Might had restrained the villain in drinks bottles and autographed my notebook for me.”

“At least some good came of it.” Kyoka sighed, glad they’d finally gotten to a good point in the story.

“That had to have been a dream of yours, eh Midori?” Mina asked fondly, remembering all the All Might merchandise in his room.

“Y-Yeah,” He blushed. “But there was one more thing I needed to ask him before he left. I didn’t realise it at the time, but he was already pushing his limits for the day and didn’t really have time to talk.” The girls looked a little confused but Izuku pressed on as he’d reveal exactly why in a moment. “I don’t know exactly what made me do it, but I needed more than anything to ask him my question, so I grabbed hold of his leg before he jumped. We were hundreds of feet in the air before he realised; it was really scary.”

“I’ll bet, you really don’t do things by halves, do ya?” Kyoka shook her head.

“We landed on a tall building and he was eager to get away after he made sure I was safe but I blurted out my question anyway. I asked him ‘Is it possible to become a hero, even if I don’t have a quirk?’” The girls waited with bated breath as Izuku took a bracing one. “‘Not without a quirk’ he told me.”

“N-No way…” Tooru gasped.

“All Might said that?!” Mina exclaimed as even more illusions of people were being shattered in her mind.

"Izuku…” Ochako pitied the boy as she began understanding just how bad his day had gotten by this point.

“To um… be fair… there’s something you should know about that.” Izuku mentally apologised to All Might before revealing the next part. He didn’t want the others to lose faith in the man but, after all Izuku had learned, he had to agree with the hero to some degree. Facing down a foe like All-For-One without a quirk? That seemed tantamount to suicide after what he’d experienced at Kamino. “All Might, how he looks now… he’s actually looked like that since I met him.”

“Wait, what?” Kyoka quirked her eyebrows.

“How is that possible?” Momo asked. “We had him for classes at UA before and he looked just like he always did then.”

Izuku reached up and put a hand on the left side of his abdomen.

“He was injured by a villain, right here.” He explained, “Half his respiratory organs were destroyed and he lost his whole stomach. He told me that, even after all the surgeries to done to try and get better, it was unfixable and he could only do hero work looking like he does for three hours a day. The rest of the time, he appears as we know him now.”

The girls felt their own, still intact, stomachs drop as they realised how little they’d seen of All Might over the recent years besides at UA. What Izuku was saying could definitely match up with a few cursory internet searches.

“Three hours? That’s it?” Ochako asked rhetorically.

“But how?” Momo queried, “I don’t recall ever seeing All Might so severely injured. What villain could’ve hurt him so badly?”

Izuku looked straight into Momo’s eyes as she felt a cold shiver run through her system.

“The villain from Kamino ward.”

Momo’s hand flew to her mouth in terror, the memories of the sheer fear she’d felt just being near someone so ruthless and powerful made her feel tiny once more. While the other girls weren’t present, they certainly saw the battle on the news and knew exactly how deadly that villain appeared to be.

His name hadn’t been released to the public, being known as only the ‘Kamino villain’, but he was widely regarded as All Might’s greatest foe online and the one who finally got the better of the symbol of peace. They could only speculate and make wild guesses and theories about what his quirk was considering what the footage captured, including how he’d turned All Might into his current skeletal form, but they didn’t know the truth like Izuku did.

Kyoka wrapped her arms around Momo as the girl tried to calm her breathing after her memories had sent a small jolt of adrenaline through her system.

“I’ll explain more about him in a minute but… he’s part of the reason that we didn’t want anyone else to know about this quirk.”

“I get that, fuck.” Mina swore, imagining what would happen if such a guy suddenly developed All Might level strength.

“I do understand All Might on some level now…” Izuku admitted, “He said some villains just can’t be beat without a quirk which, yeah, makes sense when thinking about him.”

“So?” Tsuyu replied, “You could still be a hero, ribbit. We all know there’s more to it than beating bad guys.”

“Yeah! I wanted to be a rescue hero like Thirteen when I started!” Ochako smiled though somewhat muted after the recent revelation, “Maybe you couldn’t’ve been on All Might’s level, but you could’ve still been a hero where you could.”

“I’m inclined to agree.” Momo nodded, “My own quirk has almost unlimited utility options and I had to change my mind-set to recognise the combat applications.”

“Number one on the boards? Maybe not. Number one in our hearts though.” Mina sent the boy an empathetic smile with a cheeky wink.

“Guys, stop, you’re gonna-” Kyoka began.

Izuku couldn’t help but let out a fresh sob into Momo’s provided handkerchief.

“Never mind.” Kyoka shook her head fondly. Trust green to continue taking their compliments this badly, though given what he’d been revealing thus far with the bullying, it all made complete sense now. This must’ve been part of what Tsu figured out after they talked on Wednesday.

“Sorry,” Izuku sniffed, gathering himself back together, “So um… after that… All Might left, telling me to keep my dreams attainable and realistic, to become a police officer or something if I wanted to help people. I know I should’ve but… b-being a hero was all I ever wanted to be. Just like that, I felt that my dream had been utterly crushed and there was nothing left for me.”

Tsuyu gulped nervously. Was this the part Izuku was utterly ashamed about mentioning to her from before?

“It wasn’t that windy, but an explosion from nearby stirred it up and shook me out of my stupor… my first instinct was to run and check out which heroes would turn up, but All Might’s words just kept playing on loop in my head. I stopped myself a-and then looked out over the city… where there wasn’t much of a guard rail to stop someone from doing… something s-stupid.”

Stones dropped heavily into the girl’s stomachs as they picked up what Izuku was implying.

“Izuku… no…” Ochako felt tears prickling at her own eyes.

“Midori… y-you didn’t…” Mina gasped.

Kyoka’s breath had caught and her eyes shrunk as familiar dark thoughts returned in her own mind with a vengeance.

“I… thought about it,” He replied honestly, staring intensely at the covers and gripping his hands tightly as he admitted his dark, shameful thoughts. “Everything that had happened that day… it felt like the universe was trying to give me every hint… to just… jump.”

The girls held their breath as Izuku let out a controlled one. The boy was right in front of them but all felt compelled to try and do something, anything, even though it was in the past. It was only the fact that they all didn’t want to interrupt his story that they weren’t clamouring to wrap the boy in tight hugs and tell him that he deserved to live.

“It w-would make my m-mum sad… that’s what s-stopped me.” He revealed, tears building once more as he poured his heart out. “So… I just left. I started walking home again… or I thought I did anyway. I’m not sure why, but I’d found myself subconsciously walking towards the villain battle. When I got there, I realised that the villain that was rampaging was the same one All Might had captured earlier.”

“W-Wait, didn’t you say All Might caught him in drinks bottles, ribbit?” Tsuyu queried, a little confused as to how he’d managed to escape. Izuku dropped his head even further before he admitted.

“It was my fault. When I grabbed All Might’s legs, he dropped the bottles; it’s my fault he escaped.”

“Don’t beat yourself up Izuku, it was an honest mistake.” Ochako tried to comfort him.

“Mistake or not, it did still cause damage,” Kyoka sighed, reluctantly agreeing with Midoriya’s guilt, “Apologies alone won’t bring back blown up buildings or lost loved ones.”

“No way, All Might’s been around for years, it was a silly mistake on his part too!” Tooru interjected.

“Still… it happened,” Midoriya continued. “And the villain had caught someone… a kid, and was using him as a hostage. There were so many heroes there already though: Mt. Lady, Kamui Woods, Slugger, Backdraft, Death Arms,” Kyoka scoffed at the mention of the punching hero, “And more, but none of them were fighting him; just trying to mitigate the damage.”

The group knew this was one of the things they’d been taught in class but it seemed like somehow it was not the right thing to do in this situation judging by Izuku’s words.

“They were all saying they didn’t have the right quirk to handle it, so they were waiting for a hero who did. I knew All Might couldn’t show up because he’d wasted his time on me. But then, I saw who the villain had taken hostage. As soon as I saw Kacchan’s eyes pleading for help, my body moved before I could think.”

Even Tsuyu couldn’t resist gasping as Izuku literally put his life on the line for someone who’d told him to end it only an hour earlier.

“I ran into the battle, in front of the heroes and did the only thing I could to try and buy Kacchan time. I couldn’t pull his sludge away from me earlier, but his eyes and mouth looked more solid, so I hurled my backpack at him, I think it worked because the villain lost part of his grip on Kacchan when I tried to pull him out.”

“Metal.” Kyoka mumbled, torn at whether she should praise or scold the idiot.

“See! You already could do more than bonafide pros!” Tooru cheered, glad the story was taking a better turn.

“It was still reckless.” The heiress bit her lip.

“Y-Yeah,” Izuku nodded, “But my legs just started moving so I just tried to do everything I could to rescue Kacchan. When Kacchan questioned my actions, I didn’t have an answer. The best I had was that ‘I couldn’t just stand there and watch him die.’”

The girls collectively felt their opinion of the hero ‘Deku’ rise as they listened intently to his tale.

“It wasn’t enough though. The villain recovered and was about to blast me with Kacchan’s quirk, I thought I was done for. When I opened my eyes, All Might was standing over me, pushing himself past his limits to protect me.” A round of relieved faces and sighs echoed around him. “Then, he did what All Might always does: he won.”

“Blew him away with a punch that changed the weather, ribbit.” Tsuyu elaborated, recalling the words from the article she’d read and getting a nod from the greenette.

“It put out the fires, stopped the villain and saved Kacchan and myself. Well… it kind of knocked us out too for a little bit actually.” Izuku rubbed his head nervously, feeling a twinge of pain from where he’d accidently bashed himself against Momo’s closet. “When we woke up, the heroes chewed me out big time for putting myself in danger while Kacchan was praised for his bravery.”

“Figures.” Ochako sighed, continuing to rub Izuku’s hand.

“Not cool.” Mina scowled, her frustration at everything Bakugo coming back even if this didn’t look like a hundred percent his fault. She could also imagine that, knowing him, he was probably more pissed off at the praise than anything else.

“For a guy that can’t take criticism, Death Arms sure likes to dish it out.” Kyoka groaned, remembering her own internship with the hero.

Izuku pressed on, “All Might was swarmed with reporters so I couldn’t apologize for what I’d done. When everything died down, I was released and began walking home. I think they kept Kacchan for a bit longer because he came running up to me from behind. He apolo… he… he sort of… urgh… I don’t even know what he was trying to do.” Izuku sighed.

“Doesn’t sound much like a ‘Thank you for saving my life’, apology.” Tooru pouted, Mina agreeing with her girlfriend.

“It wasn’t,” Izuku admitted, knowing that much at least. “But still… I think… I hope it got him thinking. Turning back, I was about to go home and return to giving up on my dreams when All Might bursts out of the alley, having slipped away from the reporters.”

“Please tell me at least he apologises, ribbit.” Tsuyu asked, hoping for some redemption from the story. Izuku allowed a small smile to grace his face once more.

“He did. Even though I don’t think I did anything to help, he told me I inspired him to act, to push himself beyond and risk his life like a true pro hero should. I did manage to apologize for causing the whole incident too at least, but what All Might said next I don’t think I’ll ever forget. ‘Young man, you too can become a hero!’”

The girls broke into relieved and satisfied smiles. Even after All Might said something so painful to Izuku, he clearly saw the error of his ways and tried to make amends. Izuku wasn’t done with his quote however.

“Then he said ‘I deem you worthy of my power, my quirk is yours to inherit.’”

The group almost comically paused in their actions as that truth bomb was dropped like it didn’t just shatter their understanding of quirks.

“W-What? That’s it?!” Mina gasped.

“Did a bolt of that crazy lightning pass between you then or something?” Ochako asked curiously.

“It can’t be something as simple as a command phrase, surely?” Momo tilted her head towards the story teller.

“It freaked me out too. Well… I didn’t understand at first either but then I freaked out.”

“That tracks.” Kyoka chuckled.

“All Might then explained his quirk to me, its true name and part of its history.” Izuku began, clenching his hands as the story changed from being about him to his quirk. “The true name of the quirk isn’t ‘Superpower’… it’s ‘One-For-All’.”

Momo tilted her head, vaguely recalling reading those words in a story book at one point.

“From what All Might told me, one person improves the power, then hands it off to another person. It continues to grow as it’s passed along. All Might was the eighth holder of this quirk, I’m the ninth.”

“What?!” Tooru gasped.

“Seven people before All Might…” Tsuyu mumbled, wondering just who they could be.

“He said he’d been looking for a successor, someone to inherit his quirk… and what I did somehow made him think that… I was the best choice.”

“Fuck yeah Midori!” Mina cheered, happy the boy had finally reached the end of the dark stuff in the tale and was getting his just reward. “Even quirkless you still managed to impress number one.”

“So that’s it?” Kyoka asked, “You got his quirk, and managed to make it into UA?”

“S-Sorta.” Midoriya blushed, “S-See I couldn’t inherit his quirk yet. There was way too much power and back then I was kind of a scrawny kid.”

“The beach.” Tsuyu muttered, getting a nod from Izuku.

“Y-Yeah, All Might trained me in the ten months before UA’s entrance exam to get my body in shape. If he didn’t, my arms and legs might’ve shot off the first time I tried to use it.” Despite the outrageous claim, it seemed very realistic considering all the damage Midoriya had done to his body at the start of the year alone, and that was after his training. “I did everything I could to clean Takoba beach before then. I stuck to All Might’s schedule… f-for the most part anyway, doing all the training, studying, eating and sleeping he prescribed. On the day of the entrance exam, I’d finally cleared the entire beach.”

“The entire… wait, entrance exam!” Ochako exclaimed suddenly. “W-When did All Might give you his quirk?!”

The others all realised Izuku hadn’t said exactly when All Might gave him the quirk during those months of training… he can’t’ve possibly…

“The… day of the exam.” Izuku bashfully replied.

“No way.” Kyoka’s jaw dropped just a little.

“Wait, that means-” Tooru began, stopping as Izuku nodded and continued.

“I didn’t even get a chance to test it beforehand.”

“You went into the exam fundamentally quirkless, ribbit.” Tsuyu stated, having known from before that Izuku never really got a chance to use his quirk, but she didn’t realise it was because he never had it.

“Fuck Midori, I think I speak for Kirishima when I say ‘Manly’.” Mina nervously giggled, not quite knowing how to handle knowledge like this.

“I tried my best, but in the end I couldn’t even get a single villain point.” He admitted. “It was only because of the zero-pointer that I got enough rescue points to get in.”

“Izuku, you saved my life.” Ochako spoke up, knowing where this was going. “Yeah it was an exam, but I don’t think they can account for every stray bit of rubble that that thing sent crashing about.”

“So when you saved Ochako,” Tsuyu began, remembering the time her girlfriend had regaled them with the story about how she got into UA. “That was the first time you ever used your quirk?”

Izuku nodded.

“Jeez,” Kyoka leaned back, recalling the brunette mentioning Izuku had caved in the zero-pointer’s faceplate with a single punch. “What the fuck kinda power are you packing under that hood?”

Izuku blushed as the girls were openly fawning over his potential.

“Clearly, if the power is passed on, then won’t you become as strong as All Might, if not even greater?” Momo asked, thinking rationally.

Izuku confirmed it with a nod, sending the other girls, minus Tsuyu, reeling at his currently untapped potential.

“For now I can only harness about twenty percent somewhat safely.” He admitted.

“H-How?” Mina gaped. “This is so broken and unfair.” She wailed comically.

“T-This is why I didn’t want to tell anyone.” Izuku sighed, still not used to Mina’s jokes.

The girl quickly realised her error and tried to assure him she was just kidding.

“Yeah, but like… can you pass it on too though?” Kyoka gathered the courage to ask. It would’ve drawn stern looks from the other girls if they weren’t also just as curious about the answer to that question. Izuku gave a shaky, nervous nod.

“That makes way too much sense.” Tooru sat back as they all considered the ramifications of that revelation.

“Could you just imagine if a villain got ahold of that?” Mina agreed.

“That’s why you wanted to keep it a secret, right?” Tsuyu looked at Izuku, finally understanding part of why he was so scared for this to get out.

“Partly.” He admitted.

“Izuku,” Momo spoke up, “Forgive my curiosity but… if this quirk can be given, can it be taken too?”

The greenette bit his lip as he decided to reveal to them the true depths of what he may have to face someday.

“It’s not like that.” He admitted. As much as he was trusting them in this moment, he still wanted to hide the method of passing the quirk on from them. “But… there is someone out there that can and would try.”

“Is this what you were talking about?” Ochako asked carefully, “The villain from Kamino?”

Izuku took a deep breath as he began to explain the history behind his quirk.

“His name is All-For-One.” Izuku explained, “He’s the most dangerous villain in the world and, even though he’s locked up in Tartarus, All Might doesn’t think it’ll be enough to hold him forever. If he gets out… chances are… he’s going to come for me.”

Momo, Kyoka and Tooru let out gasps at the information they’d been absent for while fetching drinks while the others paled once more.

“One-For-All, All-For-One… they’re linked aren’t they.” Momo made the connection.

“That villain… his quirk allows him to steal the quirk of anyone he touches and either keep it and use it for himself or give it away to someone else.” Izuku revealed. “When he fought All Might, the reason no one can figure out his quirk, is because he was using so many at once.”

“That’s… not possible.” Kyoka shook her head, frowning at the absurdity but believing Izuku all the same. “H-How?”

Izuku shrugged. For all his research and all that of those much more qualified to study the so called ‘Quirk Factors’ of people, they still hadn’t come up with an answer for why quirks were the way they were, only narrowed down a few things about how they worked, like genetics.

“C-Can he give someone… multiple quirks, ri-ribbit?” Tsuyu gulped. Izuku could read her like a book and knew exactly what she was thinking in that instance.

“Yeah… that’s what the nomu are.”

Ochako reached out with her other hand to comfort Tsuyu while Kyoka pulled Momo’s legs in for a cuddle as memories of the USJ and the training camp came back to them all.

“H-He’s a monster!” Momo choked out. The others suddenly remembered that she was there with Izuku and their other classmates to rescue Bakugo from the league of villains. “I-I’ve never felt more scared than j-just being near him.”

“That’s why I need to get stronger.” Izuku gripped his fists tightly. “It’s why I have to master my quirk as fast as I can so that everyone can live happily with a smile on their face.”

What once would’ve rung as typical heroic rhetoric coming from Izuku now had a much deeper undercurrent the girls now realised. The boy they now knew to be All Might’s successor was looking to surpass his hero with a smile on his face… but it was hiding a great amount of fear.

“You’re scared.” Tsuyu said simply.

Izuku didn’t deny that and looked down at the covers once more.

“All Might said as much himself. He smiles to reassure everyone that they’re safe, that they can rest assured because ‘he is here!’ and everyone knows All Might always wins… but he told me, that there’s plenty of fear behind that smile.”

“‘Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.’ Franklin D. Roosevelt, thirty second US president.” Momo quoted. Izuku looked over her and briefly wondered if All Might knew that same saying. If not, she’d definitely score some points with the man. “That you continue to push forward knowing all this… i-it’s truly admirable.”

“Also stupid.” Kyoka added, “We get you go ‘Plus Ultra’, but you’ve got to realise that if shit hits the fan, we’ll all be fighting too.”

“Yes, but you can’t-”

“Midori,” Mina cut the boy off before he could get into a rant. “We’re gonna be heroes too. Maybe we won’t hit the top spot now All Might Jr. is on the scene but we ain’t gonna give up that spot without a fight.” She winked, “Trust us.”

“Do you think…” Tsuyu began, “All Might… that he got hurt because he tried to shoulder everything by himself?”

Izuku didn’t have an answer for that. Honestly, he’d never asked exactly how the battle between him and All-For-One went down when he got injured. He knew it caused him and Sir Nighteye to break their bond afterward but surely it couldn’t’ve just been All Might versus All-For-One.

“I… don’t know.” Izuku admitted.

“Even if he didn’t, Midori’s got all of us now.” Tooru smiled. “We know the secret so… even if our legs are shaking, we’ll help you take down whatever villain decides fighting us is a good idea.”

“As much as it terrifies me, I have to agree with Tooru,” Momo nodded. “The six of us know your secret, so please, let us offer assistance wherever we can, even if it’s just to talk.”

“We got you Midori.” Mina smiled, even if it was now being used to hide the fear she now felt at the ominous future he alluded to. “We’re now like the seven secret keepers or something.”

“W-Well um…” Izuku began, hoping to clear up the confusion. “Y-Yes, you all know. So does All Might, Principal Nezu, Recovery Girl and a member of the police force; Mr. Tsukauchi.”

“We’ve met.” Ochako grinned, “He helped us with the whole Mineta thing.”

“Th… There’s also um… K-Kacchan.” Midoriya mumbled.

“Bakugo?!” Tooru gasped.

“Seriously? Why would you trust your bully with this?” Kyoka scowled, annoyed at still having to circle back to that jerk.

“Urgh, he’s an idiot, but he’s not stupid.” Mina surprisingly stuck up for the boy. “About the only other person that looks up to All Might as much as Midori is that guy but I gotta agree, why the hell would you tell blasty?”

“I… didn’t… not at first anyway.” Izuku admitted. “I just told him, after our first combat training together, that I wasn’t faking being quirkless all those years just to trick him and stuff. After Kamino and the provisional exam… he figured it out.

“That night you guys fought.” Ochako said, remembering seeing something odd pass between the pair while she was dealing with her own turmoil. Izuku just nodded again.

“Urgh, at least we’re better company.” Kyoka sighed, “Maybe choose someone better to share it with next time.”

“One thing I still don’t understand.” Momo began, a furrow on her brow as the logic wasn’t quite lining up. “How is that v-villain and your quirk linked?”

“Oh,” Izuku realised he hadn’t explained the connection between the two brothers. “My quirk… it comes from all the way back from when quirks first started appearing. All-For-One, he had a weak, quirkless brother who was always getting sick. To help, he gave him a stockpiling quirk to help him build up his strength and stand at his side as the master of evil. The younger brother actually did have a quirk though, he had the ability to pass off his quirk to others. An invisible, technically useless ability, but it merged with the stockpiling quirk to become One-For-All. He didn’t agree with his brother and they fought. While All-For-One’s power grew, One-For-All was nowhere near the level it is today and, before each successor was killed by him, they passed on the quirk to someone else, hoping they’d finally be the one to stop All-For-One’s reign of terror. It only ended a few years ago when All-Might killed him… or so he thought.”

“The dawn of quirks?” Tooru mumbled, referring to the name of the era when quirks first appeared.

“That can’t be, he’d have to be like, over a hundred or something.” Ochako shook her head.

“Maybe he took an immortality quirk?” Kyoka offered before a shudder ran through her system as well as through the other girls at that thought.

“I don’t know, and there’s no way of telling.” Izuku admitted, “But he’s real, and as long as he’s out there he wants my quirk, either for himself or to get rid of it, and he’s willing to kill anyone in his path until he gets it.”

“You accepted All Might’s quirk even after he told you all that?” Mina gasped, wondering if she would make the same decision.

“He er… w-well um…”

“He thought the fight was already over, ribbit.” Tsuyu spoke up. “I don’t think All Might is so callous or stupid to do that to someone if he knew better.”

“Y-Yeah.” Izuku nodded, “He thought he was gone for good. It was only after the USJ that he began suspecting he’d survived.”

The group sat in silence as everyone thought over everything they’d learned that evening.

“Fuck me, what a fucking mess.” Kyoka sighed.

“Language dear.” Momo scolded lightly but couldn’t help but agree.

“Izuku?” Ochako drew the greenette’s attention, “Thank you for telling us, I know this had to be hard and I’m sure Tsu appreciates not having to keep what she figured out from us.”

“I really, really do, ribbit.” Tsuyu smiled at her girlfriend and crush. “I’m sorry for digging but I wanted to help and support you even when you didn’t want to share.”

Izuku paused, trying to figure out exactly what to say. On the one hand, he greatly appreciated the thoughtfulness of his friend, on the other, he now had to reveal the secret to several other people that he didn’t have the same relationship with as Tsuyu.

“I… I’m not going to lie.” Izuku bit his lip. “I’m very scared right now. This… I can’t stress enough that you please, please, not tell anyone else.”

“We get it Green.” Kyoka tried to calm the boy again. “Look, we’ve all got this is big deal. Have a little faith in us, yeah?”

“I think I speak for all of us when I say you have our word,” Momo parroted the boy’s own declaration back to him, “No matter what, we won’t breathe a word to anyone else!”

“We’re your friends Izuku.” Ochako smiled warmly, “We’re not going to hurt you.”

“You keep blasty on this friendship pedestal but I promise being friends with us is so much more different than him. So much better.” Mina reached out to stroke Izuku’s hair, finding it exceedingly fluffy, much like her own.

“I… I don’t… I’m not used to this.” He admitted, the pinkette recalling their conversation about his lack of friends. “Sorry… this has all been a lot… I’m just… can I… just go?”

The girls shot each other nervous looks but Momo and Kyoka still got up off the bed regardless and offered hands out to the boy to help him up.

“Please be careful,” Momo advised. “While I don’t believe you’re greatly injured, you did pass out and I’d feel much more comfortable if you’d allow Recovery Girl to examine you.”

“I’ll be fine.” Izuku replied in a soft, almost robotic voice, as though he’d said that same thing over and over again already.

Rising to his feet after taking their hands in his own, not even noting their softness, Izuku shyly started moving towards the door.

“Midori!” Tooru called out, causing the boy to stop in his tracks. “You um… y-you kind of didn’t answer Tsu and Ochako’s question.”

The group stilled as it dawned on the rest of them that, after they’d gotten carried away discussing his greatest secrets, the boy never gave the two girls his answer. It seemed silly compared to how much they’d learned since then.

“I-I’m sorry… I don’t think I can answer right now…” He said sadly. “Y-You… you should think on it.”

Without another word, the boy passed through the door frame and turned towards the stairs, hoping the walk over to his own dorm would give him time to think.

When the door swung closed behind him, the girls stood there in silence, just digesting everything that had occurred as their minds collectively raced to make sense of everything.

With a sigh, Kyoka was the first one to move, wandering over to Momo’s door before locking it and turning back to the others.

“Well…” She sighed deeply, “Who wants to fucking start?”

Notes:

Chapter summary:

- Izuku feels dread when preparing for the day ahead and the class notes something's up with Izuku by lunchtime.

- During lunch, Izuku seeks out All Might. Other staff members are taking notice of the favouritism.

- Izuku and All Might chat about recent events in Izuku's life. When discussion turns to the topic of One-For-All, All Might officially hands Izuku the reigns on ownership of the secret as it is HIS quirk now. The two spend some time puzzling over Izuku's romantic predicament before classes resume.

- Tsuyu tells the other girls about what happened between her and Izuku and her suspicions over Bakugo's involvement with Izuku's previous bullying problem. Mina wants to get to the bottom of it and makes a plan.

- During that afternoon's quirk training, Mina drags Bakugo away to do battle. While they fight, she drops banter about Izuku and Bakugo's shared past. With his attention split, Bakugo's replies aren't as measured or thought out, replying more truthfully and on instinct. When Mina finally confronts him at the end of the battle, she sees the guilt in his face at telling Izuku to jump. Leaving to see Recovery Girl, the pinkette implies their friendship is done and leaves Bakugo alone.

-Tooru and Tsuyu meet in Mina's room after class to check on the girl who reveals the details of her battle with Bakugo. Attempting to cheer Mina up, Tooru informs the girls of her own chat with Midoriya and revealing to Tsuyu the fact she can now become visible for a short time. Despite the joy over the two happy events, Mina isn't consoled and Tooru spends the night trying to comfort her while Tsuyu goes to inform the other girls.

- Once the other four girls are in Tsuyu's room, the green haired girl asks them to contribute to a factsheet about Izuku to help her figure out the boy's secret so she and they can share his burden. The girls contribute what they can and Kyoka and Momo leave to cook dinner while Ochako and Tsuyu have a discussion about what to do over the boy. Ochako, having steeled her nerve, has decided that she's done living in fear and wants to ask Izuku out sooner rather than later. Tsuyu is glad and the two head to dinner together.

- After food, Kyoka drags Momo back to her room so she can tell someone about her experimentations. Being understanding, Momo tries to offer insights into Kyoka's own thoughts while enjoying the lewd topics. Wanting to continue her experimenting somewhat, Kyoka asks to use the toy on Momo to test some things out which the heiress is happy to oblige. While it doesn't feel great to Kyoka at first, they discover that it's much more acceptable to her if she has roleplay elements added that feed into her kink. Kyoka reluctantly accepts this side of herself and the two talk about their future together and possibly rugrats that would come with it.

- Tsuyu continues her research late into the night and believes she's discovered Izuku's secret, much to her fear.

- Izuku feels more optimistic about Friday while Mina struggles to find any motivation.

- At lunch, Tsuyu refuses to divulge her thoughts about Izuku's secret. The girls try to make a plan on how to resolve the situation as best they can.

- After the end of classes, Momo announces a small pizza party to the class, hoping to restore some good nature after Mineta's departure last week. The class all appreciate another reason to celebrate and make plans for after their respective preparations for the autumn festival. While practice goes well enough for the band, Bakugo's lack of energy is certainly noticed by all the other members.

- Mina's lack of optimism for dance is noticed by all too. Hoping to resolve the situation, Izuku drags her away for a talk as they both confront each other with the small amount of knowledge they have about the other. Izuku goes more in-depth about his relationship with Bakugo while Mina tries to get Izuku to see things from her more normal perspective about the boy. Izuku recalls the chat that he and the explosive blond had shared earlier in the day and, in the end, Mina relents to Izuku's optimism for now.

- During the social gathering, Mina steals Izuku away to Momo's room where the girls reveal the nature of their relationship to the boy as Ochako and Tsuyu ask him to join them as their boyfriend. Izuku agrees to keep everything he learns secret but before he could comprehend an answer to the girls Tsuyu reveals her guess about his secret, being entirely accurate. The knowledge that he hadn't been careful enough freaks Izuku out and, after a bit of pressure from the girls decides to reveal all to them. The boy leaves them stunned at the end without having answered Ochako and Tsuyu's question.

Chapter 13: Aftermath

Summary:

The girls take stock of their feelings in the wake of Izuku's revelations.

***** Trigger Warning *****
Referenced more in-depth suicidal thoughts in this chapter.

Notes:

Thanks to everyone that's joined the discord since last chapter.
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Chapter Text

Even after everything they’d experienced that night so far, and how worn out they were from the emotional roller-coaster they’d been through, the girls gathered on Momo’s bed in their typical sleepover spots.

Despite Tooru bringing up food for everyone to enjoy, it lay untouched on the side as each of the girls reflected on their green haired friend’s plight.

“I’m… I’m sorry Ochako, ribbit.” Tsuyu apologised. “I shouldn’t’ve pushed, it’s my fault that-”

“Shush up Tsu.” The gravity girl pulled her into a firm hug. “This… this isn’t your fault.”

“But... he didn’t… w-we’re not…” Tsuyu felt tears pickling at her eyes as the guilt sunk in at costing both of them their chance with their mutual crush.

“While I’m sorry things turned out this way Darling,” Momo spoke softly to the girl, “I believe he said he ‘couldn’t answer’. I don’t want to give you false hope but it sounded to me like we should all take some time and really think about everything he disclosed.”

“Truth atom bombs cause less destruction than what he just dropped.” Kyoka sighed. Looking back at how worried she was over her note-taking abilities, it seemed almost childish when compared to Izuku who was preparing to face the most feared villain of their time and, if his story was true, most feared since the dawn of quirks.

“Me and blasty gonna have a real long chat after this.” Mina growled. “Izuku keeps sticking up for him but I still don’t like it.”

“Midori’s too good to be his friend.” Tooru pouted, remembering her own recent clash with the explosive blonde.

“He certainly seems strongly apologetic on his behalf.” Momo nodded. “Their frien… childhood relationship has roots; it’s not for us to try and split them. All we can do is try to support our friend and possibly help him see reason.”

“What about you two?” Kyoka turned to the still hugging Ochako and Tsuyu. “Now everything’s out in the open with you guys, how are you feeling?”

Neither Tsuyu nor Ochako knew quite what to say, still trying to sort out their feelings after all that was divulged.

“He’s hurting and scared.” Ochako started, “He’s also one of my best friends since starting UA. Even if he doesn’t accept my feelings or Tsu’s, I’m still gonna try my hardest to stand at his side.”

“It’s a lot to think about, ribbit.” Tsuyu croaked. “I knew and guessed most of it but… it doesn’t change how I feel. H-He’s still cute and loyal and heroic, ribbit… he’s just also trying to carry the weight of Japan on his shoulders too; almost literally considering his… quirk’s legacy.”

“Can we just talk about that for a moment?” Tooru interjected, “Poor Midori was quirkless and runs into All Might who can literally just give him like, the most powerful quirk.”

“Most powerful is debatable considering…” Kyoka left the sentence hanging as the image of the now named Kamino villain washed over them. “But yeah, he’s literally got the ability to be All Might 2.0. No wonder he goes ‘Plus Ultra’ in freaking everything.”

“I told him to cut that out.” Mina sighed, Kyoka offering a small ‘ditto’. “I hope he’s listening but maybe after some sleep and a break I’ll remind him.”

“You’ve already got your hands full with Baku-brat.” Kyoka countered.

“I’ll do it.” Ochako declared, a determined resolve on her face. “We already talked about this sorta thing and… wow… actually a lot of things make sense in that conversation now.”

“Why? What he say?” Tooru asked curiously.

“He was training in the forest after Sir’s funeral. After we sat down to talk, he wondered if someone else would do a better job if they had his quirk.”

“Knowing that he could give his quirk to someone like Todoroki or that gross Mirio guy from 3-B, no wonder he had doubts; imagine the stuff they could do after adding that to their own quirk.” Kyoka nodded though she cringed once she remembered that their upperclassman had somehow lost his quirk in the raid Ochako, Tsuyu and Izuku were involved in,

“Not just students, practically any pro right now could leap to the top of the charts if they had it.” Mina nodded.

“I think this is what Izuku meant, ribbit.” Tsuyu spoke up. “Even just speculating, we’re already looking at all the things other people with quirks could do over someone naturally quirkless like he was.”

“What did you tell him in the end Pet?” Momo asked, turning the focus back to Ochako.

“I just… said what felt right.” She admitted, “Told him that, yeah, maybe someone else could do a better job. But then I tried to remind him just how far he’d come since we began classes and how other people probably thought the same thing whenever he analysed their quirks. Can any of you say you’ve never thought your quirk might be more useful with Izuku’s brain behind it?”

Kyoka, Momo, Tooru and Mina all nodded as they’d definitely entertained that thought in passing.

“It would be funny to see what kind of frog Izuku would be like, ribbit.” Tsuyu allowed a small smile to slip onto her face again.

“Would that make him more, or less attractive to you?” Kyoka teased lightly. A small blush made itself known on Tsuyu’s cheeks before the frog girl’s smile faded again.

“It doesn’t matter.” She shrugged dejectedly. “I forced him into this, he probably hates me now and was just trying to be polite.”

“Tsu, you know that’s not true.” Ochako pulled the girl back into a hug as tears prickled at the greenette’s eyes.

“I haven’t hung around him as much as you guys have, but even I know that’s a crock of shit.” Kyoka shook her head. “You’re just emotionally spiralling right now after a very shitty day. As long as you’re better than Bakugo, I don’t think you could ever get on Green’s bad side.”

“Delicately handled as always Vixen.” Mina deadpanned.

“She does have a point though.” Momo agreed, “Izuku, for better or worse, is forgiving to a fault. I’m sure that after a good night’s rest or two, we may be able to approach him and try to get things straightened out a bit more. There is clearly more conversation to be had here.”

Tsuyu ribbited weakly while Ochako stroked her head, sighing as she looked over at the door.

“I just wish that had gone better.” She muttered.

“I don’t think there was a way it really could go better.” Tooru sighed, flopping back onto the mattress as she felt her heart go out to the boy. “That’s a ton of stuff for anyone to deal with and knowing Midori, even in the best of circumstances he probably would’ve broken down at some point.”

“You think we should confront All Might about this?” Kyoka asked to the room.

“I… think we should delay that.” Momo replied diplomatically. “While we are giving Izuku room, he will likely be watching us carefully to ensure we don’t break his trust. Don’t forget, this is something that should be handled with utmost care akin to our own secret.”

“Urgh, guess that means I shouldn’t confront blasty for a few days either.” Mina huffed, wanting to get things over with rather than stew in her anger.

“As much as I want to kick Bakugo’s ass too right now.” Ochako narrowed her eyes in determination, “I think we need to focus on ourselves and Izuku.”

“You have something in mind?” Tooru asked.

“Sorta.” Ochako blushed, not intending to take the lead on this but had kind of slipped into it now. “When he’s ready, we should approach him privately and individually and just let him know we meant what we said.”

“You make it sound so simple.” Kyoka replied sarcastically as Mina was in a thinking pose.

“This, tonight, might’ve been a mistake.” Mina pondered. “Even though we only wanted to be open and honest, I think Midoriya certainly felt the pressure of being around six, admittedly drop-dead gorgeous, girls. Him against us sorta thing.”

“You mean we may have accidently crowded him?” Momo understood the logic behind that.

“Midori’s like super nervous even with just one of us sometimes.” Tooru agreed.

“An oversight that bit us in the ass.” Kyoka sighed. “But could we really have told him about all of this without us all here?”

“We shouldn’t focus on that.” Ochako waved the punkette’s speculation away. “All that matters now is cheering up Tsu and then making sure Izuku knows he can trust us, all of us.”

“Look I…” Tooru bit her lip. “I like Midori, I really do… I was kinda hoping I could even ask you guys if I could maybe ask him on a date too at some point.” She admitted, getting a look of surprise from Ochako but a more neutral look from Tsu. She didn’t know how they were going to take that knowledge but may as well get everything out in the open now. “But this… big, bad bogeyman he has to face… I’m… I’m not sure I can face that.”

“No one is expecting you to Starlight.” Mina reached out and rested her hand on the girl’s arm. “I don’t think any of us are expecting or ready to go up against him any time soon. That guy… even on TV, he was fucking terrifying.” The other girls agreed, Momo giving the strongest nod of them all while wrapping her arms around herself. “But just like everything else, whatever happens, we’ll face it together, yeah.”

Tooru fiddled with her hands before deciding to just come clean and admit the dark thought that had settled in her mind once Izuku had brought it up.

“I… think it scares me… b-because um… I just… for a moment… I wondered if it would be better if he… t-took my quirk.”

Mina and Momo gasped while Tsuyu gave a soft ribbit.

“Y-You can’t mean that.” Ochako muttered incredulously.

“Guys, stop, can you blame her?” Kyoka pulled their attention away from the fearful invisible girl. “We all know how much she’s struggled, just try to see it from her viewpoint.”

“I-It’s okay Kyoka.” Tooru bit her lip. “It was just for a moment but… I understand why you’d all be scared. Some of you don’t know a-and I was kinda saving it for a happier time but um… j-just look at my belly.”

Confused, all but Mina and Tsuyu watched as Tooru let out a slow breath before an extremely fair hand materialised over her stomach. Even after being warned, Ochako couldn’t help letting out a small squeak of surprise while Kyoka’s jaw dropped open, though it quickly morphed into a delighted smile.

“Oh my goodness!” Momo exclaimed as she realised what was happening. “You finally managed it!”

The hand disappeared quickly as Tooru sucked in a few deep breaths.

“Y-Yeah.” She rubbed the back of her head, both in shyness and to ease the throbbing. “I can’t do it for long and stuff but… I finally figured it out.”

“Fucking A.” Kyoka grinned.

“You must be so happy.” Ochako smiled, their previous conversation briefly forgotten, though not by the invisible girl.

“I am… but I could never have figured this out so fast without Midori.” She admitted. “I owe him a lot and… I was just worried that i-if he hadn’t helped me… would I have maybe wanted that villain to take my quirk?”

Though the group would never be able to comprehend exactly how their invisible girlfriend felt, they could certainly understand in that moment.

“I’m sure those pricks in the CRC would love him.” Mina grumbled. “Take away everyone’s quirk who doesn’t fit their idea of humanity. I don’t care it’s not ‘normal’, I love my pink skin and I love my invisible girlfriend.”

“L-Love?” Tooru’s heart skipped a beat. They’d discussed it before and Mina had said she’d needed a little more time but…

“Yeah,” Mina let out a cheeky grin. “I’m like ninety nine and ten tenths percent sure at this point.”

The pinkette certainly had been thinking about her feelings ever since Tooru’s own confession and her companionship during her depression over the explosive idiot helped cement what she was already pretty sure was true. Reaching out, Mina pulled the invisible girl into a tight hug and planted a soft but loving kiss on Tooru’s lips before resting their foreheads together. It wasn’t how she’d imagined first telling someone that but she figured they could all do with an emotional boost.

“I love you Tooru.” Mina whispered. “If Midori thinks things will ever come to what he imagines, then I don’t want to waste another minute without you knowing that.” She smiled somewhat shyly, a rare blush on her cheeks. “Same goes for you all too.”

“Nice to be noted in the afterthoughts.” Kyoka chuckled but understood. They were all in a relationship together sure, and it had certainly taken her the longest, but she realised now that things didn’t have to be ‘equal’ for things to feel right or fair. She could see the love written all over Mina’s face and, while they couldn’t see it yet, she was certain the invisible girl was in a similar state.

Looking over at Momo, she took the girl’s hand in her own and gave it a squeeze as she hoped to one day know for sure she felt the same for the heiress and received it in turn.

“Shut up Kyoka, you know you’re one of my other best girls.” Mina stuck her tongue out at the punkette. The girls let out a small giggle as the dour mood that had settled over them from Midoriya’s story and uncertain future had begun lifting though they all couldn’t help notice Tooru not joining in.

“I… I l-l-love you t-too Mina.” Tooru choked out. The group realising quite quickly that the girl was holding back a fierce amount of tears, hopefully happy ones. Their fears were quickly proven unfounded as Mina’s face quickly scrunched up with invisible kisses being peppering her all over.

“Ah, help! Tooru attack!” Mina giggled as she playfully tried to dodge the lips she couldn’t see coming, not that she was trying very hard. Soon the pinkette was overwhelmed and the pair rolled onto their sides together, surrounded by their smiling girlfriends.

“Sorry guys…” Tooru apologised softly as she settled into Mina’s arms. “It was just for a minute b-but still… even then, I don’t know how much making stuff invisible is going to do against someone like that.”

“After seeing what that ‘nomu’ thing could do up close, I don’t think any of us besides Mina could do any real damage.” Tsuyu admitted.

“Me?” The girl questioned.

“Not for nothing, but anti-gravity, frog, earphone jack and invisibility quirks don’t shout ‘top combat hero here’, especially with people like Izuku, Todoroki and Bakugo on the field.” Kyoka reasoned. “Regeneration or not, maybe you could melt his brain and Momo, maybe you could fire off a nuke or something at him, I don’t know, but it’s more than we got right now.”

An awkward pause hung in the air as the reality of their situation was sinking in.

“Did we really rely on All Might that much, ribbit?” Tsuyu asked rhetorically.

“Now it’s Izuku’s turn.” Ochako sighed. “At least, that’s what he thinks.”

“I do believe I’m beginning to understand how you felt today Darling.” Momo smiles sympathetically at the frog girl. True, she didn’t have all the details but something like this was clearly bigger than all of them.

“What can we even do?” Tooru asked nervously.

“We can stop moping, that’s for sure.” Ochako declared, having had enough feeling sorry for herself for one lifetime. “Nothing’s changed, not really.”

“How’d you figure?” Kyoka tilted her head.

“We’re still gonna be kickass pros and work our butts off to go beyond just like always. Maybe All Might’s wrong and he put that guy away for good, but even if he gets out, we’ll be ready!” Ochako’s aura of determination, much like the one from before the sports festival, was flaring up.

“I still feel bad right now ribbit,” Tsuyu croaked, “But ‘Chako’s right. Just because we know now doesn’t change anything.”

“Look what we managed to achieve when we put our heads together; Mineta got the justice he deserved!” Ochako grinned, determination flooding her veins. “As long as we’re united, we’re stronger together than we are apart! If we help Izuku, I’m sure there’s nothing we can’t defeat!”

“Hell yeah!” Mina grinned, feeling her blood pumping in excitement.

“We did ask for this.” Momo nodded, “Izuku was kind enough to divulge his greatest secret and now we know what we could be facing. While I am… certainly quite frightened about the worst case scenario, I do find myself oddly comforted that I now know what the enemy and end goal look like.”

“Maybe we should talk to him about our quirks a little more.” Kyoka wondered. “If we’re a team, doesn’t it make sense to utilise his knowledge to get better?”

“Look at me.” Tooru giggled at herself. “Midori’s advice worked out great, maybe he’s got something stashed away for everyone.”

“It’s kind of bad to say…” Tsuyu murmured, “But maybe he’s this good because he was quirkless. If he had his own from birth, don’t you think he might’ve been in the same position we are now?”

“While I certainly don’t wish to imply it as a good thing considering his strife, I can agree that there may have been a silver lining to everything.” Momo nodded

“Who knows, maybe Green can figure out that All-For-One guy’s quirk weakness just like he does with everyone else’s.” Kyoka shrugged.

“Certainly something to pose to him when the time comes.” Momo stretched herself out. Despite everything, it wasn’t even ten o’clock but all the girls could feel the emotional exhaustion catching up to them. “I’m not sure about you girls, but I would quite like to get some rest now. While I’m sure we still have plenty to discuss, I would like to take some time to process everything myself first.”

“Yeah, I don’t think truth or dare is gonna fix things tonight.” Mina sighed, not having planned or expected a sleepover but certainly didn’t want the night to end like this when she woke up today. “Love, you want to come sleep with me?”

Tooru’s cute squeal sent a wave of giggles through the other girls as her arms reached over and wrapped themselves around Mina’s neck tightly.

“I’m guessing that’s a yes.” Mina choked out in a higher pitched voice, breaking into a laugh herself as Tooru quickly released her.

“I should probably get going too.” Tsuyu sighed, rising from her spot.

“Not without me you’re not.” Ochako declared. “I’m not gonna let you sulk and feel bad about all this by yourself; I can read you better now.”

Tsuyu let out a soft but happy ‘ribbit’ as Ochako took her hand. That was exactly what she had been planning to do as penance for causing everything to go wrong tonight. She was glad that at least her relationship with her brunette girlfriend was as strong as ever.

“I’m with Momo, I gotta go hash this shit out by myself.” Kyoka stated, nervously looking over at her girlfriend. “I-If that’s okay I mean.”

Momo smiled reassuringly at the punkette. As romantic as she was, she still enjoyed her own space and she clearly felt a bit awkward at being the only two not pairing up to sleep tonight.

“It’s fine dear.” Momo nodded. “I’ll see you tomorrow.”

The girls all exchanged pleasantries and a few kisses between them before each of them left Momo’s room, the heiress letting out a long sigh after the door closed for hopefully the final time that night.

As expected, Kyoka retreated to her room solo while Mina and Tooru stole away to the pinkette’s and Ochako led Tsuyu back to the frog girl’s own room, figuring she’d be more comforted in her own space for the evening.

As each of the pairs settled in, they didn’t speak any further on the subjects they’d learned that night, instead offering comforting and reassuring words to each other before snuggling up together. They’d clearly stumbled into something much deeper than they realised and now they had to deal with it. For now though, they’d rest their bodies and minds in each other’s arms and just take a few moments to themselves before deciding what the next right thing to do was.

Sleep didn’t come easy for the girls, but one by one they started drifting off.

The last one awake, not that she knew it, was Kyoka.

Like the others, Kyoka had a hard time shutting off her brain that night and could not drop off. She tossed and turned as the reveals and realizations of the evening played over and over in her head. Izuku, All Might, All-For-One, One-For-All, Tooru’s quirk progress, Bakugo’s toxic personality…

Her heart went out to both the poor boy with the enormous burden she never realised he was carrying, and the two girls that tried to confess to him. Despite not having as much of a relationship with Green as they did, she still felt sorry for everything they now had to go through even if it was out in the open.

She sighed and rolled over once again, her eyes falling on her ever loyal bass guitar before glancing around at some of the other instruments she’d gathered. Kyoka wondered if Izuku got around to just relaxing and taking time out for himself after their chat. Knowing what she knew now, he’d probably feel incredibly guilty for ‘wasting time’ or some shit.

Yet another sigh escaped to join the plentiful warm breaths she’d already let out to dance around her ceiling. If only there was something she could do to just get it through his head that they were friends; even if they weren’t super close, it was only natural she’d be there if he’d need help.

A weird tingle ran across her brain as she reflected on that thought.

‘Remember it’s just natural that
I’ll be there, if you need help.’

This had happened before, her random thoughts just turning into potential song lyrics and some of them actually made it into a few pieces she’d made in the past. One could never predict when inspiration would strike and she usually wrote this stuff down in her notebook as it occurred in class.

Kyoka hummed a few bars, trying to find a melody that fit. When one didn’t immediately spring to mind, she pushed aside her covers, deciding that, with sleep not being as forthcoming as she wanted, it would at least be beneficial to do something productive. Kyoka briefly chided herself as now she was following the same thought pattern that Izuku probably used.

Clicking on her table light, she pulled out a pencil and wrote down the lyrics she’d just come up with. Like many she had in draft form, there was no fully realised song on the page, just things she thought were cool enough to note down.

‘We always have high hopes.’

‘Nothing can go wrong with a mighty heart behind you.’

‘I’ll reach out for you.’

Kyoka smiled at that last one. She’d penned it while thinking about getting Momo free from her parents’ clutches, hoping to pour her love into the song in a form of pseudo-confession before that whole polyamory thing became a… thing. Now, they had so much more to deal with.

True Izuku hadn’t joined their unit, but she’d be damned if she didn’t also reach out a hand for the greenette, even if just to make Tsu and Ochako happy. She’d forever deny the flash of desire that rippled through her as she remembered her and Momo’s last intimate experience together that briefly featured an imagined Izuku.

Rubbing her arm nervously, she couldn’t help but allow her worries to come back as she realised what a mountain she and the other girls may have to face along with the One-For-All holder.

All-For-One.

From his description alone, he would be terrifying, but seeing the raw destruction a single person could wrought in an instant on TV when All Might faced him in their final battle… it still sent shivers down her spine. She shook her head, trying to dispel the darker thoughts from settling in. Like Ochako said, ‘As long as we’re united, we’re stronger together than we are apart’ … even if, to her, it seemed like something so much harder than just getting Momo out of her gilded cage.

Kyoka paused, getting that familiar brain tickle that her mind recognised as a decent lyric. Picking up her pen once more, she jotted it down next to the most recent entry.

‘As long as we’re united,
we’re stronger together than apart.’

Resting her hand on her face once more, Kyoka tried humming a few bars to test a few more melodies with the words.

“Stronger together…” She murmured, “All-For-One, One-For-All…”

The punkette scribbled a few more notes down as she continued humming to herself. Notes were moved, lyrics were rearranged and something started to take shape.

Eventually though, the pencil drifted out of her hand as she lay her head on her desk for just a few moments to rest her eyes. Like many times before, her song writing and music crafting had soothed the young hero’s mind and lulled her to sleep. Her notebook functioned as her temporary pillow, not for the last time, while soft snores was all that could be heard until morning.


The next day arrived as always. Despite being a Saturday, everyone had set alarms to be up relatively early. The reason? Continue practising to put on a show that’ll blow everyone away at the autumn festival.

Once more, Kyoka and Momo practised hard with the boys, including Bakugo. After what they’d learned last night though, they now both had a reason to be angry at the explosive blond. While it did cause Momo to strike a few wrong notes every now and then when she got too distracted, Kyoka didn’t have that issue, being much more familiar with her instrument and the music.

Outside, Tooru, Tsu and Ochako greeted each other warmly even though all three were currently carrying bags under their eyes, not that Tooru’s were visible, as Mina began running through the warm-up exercises. She was about to pout and go bang on a certain greenette’s door for not turning up to practise but he made it down with moments to spare from her wrath.

Admittedly, she eased up on any potential scolding she would unleash as it looked like the boy hadn’t slept a wink that night. Mina felt lucky she had Tooru in that regard; the soothing sound of her girlfriend’s snores and her warm arms helped her sink into a slumber. Midoriya couldn’t very well say the same.

Dance practise got underway once more as everyone ran through the steps they’d already learned before attempting to add the next flourish.

“Loosen up Midoriya!” Mina called out as the boy stiffened immediately at his name being called. “You’ve got to be precise but flexible. Just because it’s called a ‘lock’ doesn’t mean you should be so rigid, so get that body moving!”

The other boys in their troupe, that had no idea about the conversation that happened last night, watched happily as Mina demonstrated the move for them all once again. It certainly seemed like she was in better spirits than she was in the last practise.

“And end with a pop!” Mina finished the latest addition to their routine.

Wearily, Midoriya nodded but gave her a small smile. Mina wasn’t sure if it was about the advice or the fact he understood she was just trying to continue as though nothing ground-breaking had occurred last night but she hoped it was the latter; goofy idiot didn’t need the stress of not being able to trust them on his plate too.

Unknown to the group as they continued running through the routine once again, a mysterious figure lurked in the bushes, watching them excitedly.

“Looks like no one has noticed me yet,” The figure grinned, “I’ll swoop in and hit ‘em with a can’t-miss gag that’ll crack ‘em up before they know what’s what.”

Despite his attempt at stealth, the upbeat third year had underestimated his junior’s observation skills

“Oh hey Togata!” Midoriya called out, pausing his dance to wave at the lurking member of the big three.

Mirio Togata liked Midoriya, but ruining a gag before it could begin was just not funny. Regardless, he hoped at least someone would get a chuckle as he went ahead with it anyway, sticking his posterior through the bush so only it could be seen as a small girl, wearing a red dress with overalls, stepped out and into the class’ view.

It didn’t take long for those that took part in the raid to recognise the girl they’d put their everything into rescuing.

“Eri!” Those in the group that recognised her called out.

“Hey guys! I brought a peach for ya’!” Mirio called out, shaking his rear to emphasize his very funny double entendre. It seemed humour was lost on his cute little lower classmates as they all paid him no mind, instead choosing to carefully but quickly approach the adorable unicorn.

“Hi Deku.” The girl spoke softly, the group almost missing it she spoke so quietly.

“Midoriya, don’t tell me you’ve got a secret kid?!” Ojiro blurted out.

Both Tsuyu and Ochako couldn’t help but blush at the image that sprang to their own minds despite what went down yesterday. They wanted desperately to talk to the greenette and see how he’d fared with his own thoughts over the night’s rest, but this was far from a tactful time to talk to him without even considering the new arrivals

“Your dress looks great on you.” Tsuyu cooed, glad to see the girl was looking a lot healthier than when she’d last seen her.

“You are precious!” Ochako cheered, unable to contain her body’s reaction to the cute.

“Midoriya,” Came the gruff voice that still send a faint chill down class 1-A’s spine whenever it was heard outside school hours. “Finally got permission from the principal. In order to avoid additional stress we’re letting Eri explore the campus before the festival.”

The group smiled earnestly as Mirio decided to make his exit from the bushes as Iida felt it proper to introduce himself.

“Well hello, you must be Eri from the work study,” He spoke politely, “Very nice to meet you, I’m Iida.”

“So cute!” Mina squealed as she peeked around the engine quirked boy. “Tooru, come see!”

The invisible girl poked her head around her girlfriend as Eri shyly retreated behind Mirio’s leg, holding onto his arm worriedly.

“Adorable!” Tooru croaked out, much like their resident frog girl. “I want one.”

“I’m not ready for kids yet.” Mina blew up her cheeks but got a kiss from her girlfriend to deflate them.

“Wow, seems like Eri isn’t the only cute one here.” Mirio chuckled as he eyed the obvious couple, “Maybe turn down the PDA with a child around though.”

“Oop, sorry senpai.” Both Tooru and Mina bowed lightly.

“It’s fine,” He waved his hands. “Anyway, I came here to see Midoriya, I wanted to show her as much of the school as I can so she knows what we do here. Did you wanna join?”

The greenette gave a firm nod, before lighting up in the biggest smile the group had seen from him all morning. Mina couldn’t exactly say ‘no’ to something like that and declared a break to their activities. It also helped that Kirishima popped out of the dorms to announce a new idea for the dance crew only to get swept up in introducing himself to the girl he’d never gotten to see during the raid.

After Eri, Midoriya and the rest departed, the dance crew lounged around on the steps with their water bottles as Mina talked over this new idea with Kirishima.

Separating themselves from the boys, Tooru decided to poke the other two girls for information. Even after a single night of thinking to themselves, she had a lot of thoughts and couldn’t wait to talk to her partners about them.

“How’re you girls doing?” She asked in a hushed tone, implying the topic of conversation.

“Better, ribbit.” Tsuyu admitted, fingering her bottle anxiously. “I didn’t know how things would go this morning but I’m glad they’re not too awkward.”

“He looks terrible.” Ochako sighed, remembering the dark circles under Izuku’s eyes.

“That’s not a nice thing to say about your crush.” Tooru teased, getting a small blush and frantic waving from Ochako’s hands but the girl quickly caught on to the joke.

“Do you still think it’s too soon to talk?” Tsuyu asked, wanting to help fix everything right away between them.

“I dunno.” Tooru sighed, wishing she could help the pair out. “Definitely for all of us together. Maybe see if he’s open to chatting one-on-one about something that isn’t that first.” She shrugged.

“He’s probably blaming himself.” Ochako mumbled, gripping her water bottle a little tighter.

“Probably, ribbit.” Tsuyu nodded, feeling much the same way herself.

“He’s gonna be busy for the afternoon at least with that super-cute cutie.” Tooru cooed. “You think he’ll be just as good of a dad when he’s older, ‘Chako?”

“Wah!” Ochako blushed fiercely, “W-Why’re you asking me?!”

“Because I wouldn’t get that reaction from my Darling.” Tooru giggled, getting a small smile from Tsuyu in return.

The girls continued chatting softly about things before Mina returned with a new plan. Midoriya had clearly been let off for the afternoon but the rest she expected to go ‘Plus Ultra’ if that little girl was also going to be watching the concert.


As lunch rolled around, all groups called an end to their collective practise for the day. It was still a weekend and as much as they wanted to put on a great performance, they still needed time for homework, training and just relaxing.

Mina’s group was the one to call it quits first and the class head back inside to begin the start of their free time. Most of the boys, Mina included, went to go top off their water bottles and re-fridge them while grabbing new ones. Going last so that those unused to such exercise would get a chance to cool down first, Mina heard the last few notes of the band’s latest practise wrap up. It certainly seemed like everything was still going smoothly as the drums weren’t in pieces, nor were there any excess explosions going off.

Turning around, she caught sight of the whole band coming towards the kitchen, likely to grab their own drinks and snacks as she quickly scooted out of their way. When they arrived, she realised that there was one member missing. Out of the corner of her eye she noticed the elevator shut on the other side of the room before proceeding up to Bakugo’s floor.

“Good practise?” She asked cheerfully.

“Hell yeah, I’m getting better every day.” Kaminari winked.

“Well duh, even an idiot can master the basics.” Kyoka rolled her eyes.

“Come on Jiro, admit it, I’m doing awesome.” The electric blond challenged.

Kyoka took a long drink to finish off her bottle while deliberately eyeing Kaminari up and down.

“Eh.” She shrugged, getting a look of despair in response.

“Fret not friend.” Tokoyami spoke up after wetting his own beak. “I believe she is merely yanking your chain.”

“Be nice Kyoka.” Momo scolded her girlfriend playfully, taking her bottle and filling it up for her.

“Yeah alright,” She grinned playfully at the blond. “You’re definitely getting there Kaminari.”

In the blink of an eye Kaminari’s mood shot from utter despair to utter elation.

“Woohoo! Yes.” He fistpumped, “Good enough to woo one of those class B girls you reckon?”

“Only the company of the darkness awaits you down that path.” Tokoyami grinned, causing the electric blond to cry fat tears.

“You’ve got the basics down man, just give it time.” Kyoka assured the boy. “You’re all getting better with each jam session.”

“Well, those of us that are putting our hearts into it anyway.” Tokoyami muttered.

Mina quirked her head as each of the band members grimaced a little.

“Wait, oh no, what’s wrong?” Mina asked, concerned something was going to ruin their epic debut.

Kyoka and Momo just shot her a look while Kaminari was the one to speak up.

“I don’t wanna badmouth the guy but… Bakugo’s drumming’s been a little… off.”

“For someone so outspoken, his music has become reserved at best.” Tokoyami nodded.

“Something’s eating at the guy and even Kirishima can’t fix it.” Kaminari explained.

The girls shot each other a nervous look as they all knew, or at least suspected, the true reason for Bakugo’s behaviour.

Mina sighed. She wanted to wait longer and get her own thoughts in order before confronting the boy, especially after deciding to give Midoriya some space. Hopefully the greenette wouldn’t be too mad she felt the urge to seek out the blond now rather than waiting.

“You guys are too hard-headed, Kirishima especially.” Mina declared, “You lack a woman’s touch, so just watch and learn.”

“Are… you sure that’s a good idea?” Momo asked carefully, the double question clear in her voice.

“You guys aren’t the only ones that have noticed,” Mina covered her tracks, “I think he’s sulked long enough and I’m gonna go knock him out of it. Whatever happens is for his own good.”

Kyoka and Momo looked at each other nervously as Mina took her leave from the common room, heading for the elevators.

“Think she’s got a chance?” Kaminari asked the group.

“Maybe her unique brightness can illuminate his problem, even to himself.” Tokoyami nodded.

“I just hope she knows what she’s doing.” Kyoka sighed as her pink girlfriend stepped into the elevator.


Since Bakugo wasn’t with the rest of the group, the acid girl guessed he would either head off for the gym, go train his quirk or, the more likely option right now, go sulk in his room. After the elevator delivered her to the fourth floor, she stepped out and turned towards the boy’s side and approached the blond’s door.

For a moment, she was excited as to what it held as this would be the last room she’d not yet seen from the dorm contest. That thought was swiftly suppressed in favour of getting to the bottom of everything going on right now. Hopefully Izuku would forgive her for confronting Bakugo this quickly but it was for the good of the autumn festival.

Mina reached up and knocked confidently on Bakguo’s door. When no answer nor footsteps could be heard, she repeated her action.

“If someone doesn’t answer, it means ‘Fuck off!’” A shouty yet muffled voice made its way through the wood.

“Bakugo Katsuki you open up this door right now or I will break off both of your legs and feed them to you!” Mina yelled back. All was silent for a moment before the sound of footsteps registered in Mina’s ears.

The door opened a crack as Bakugo’s glaring eye looked over her.

“The fuck do you want?” He growled, though with noticeably less anger than she’d expected.

“You to open up so we can talk like grownups, or am I gonna have to melt my way in?” Mina shot back.

“Tsh, now you wanna talk.” Reminding the girl that she’d walked out of training before he could get two words in.

“Do you really wanna push me right now?” Mina glared.

Bakugo scoffed, his form retreating from the door but it didn’t close. Mina figured that was as good of an invitation as she was gonna get.

Opening up the door and closing it behind her, she spied a room that might’ve rivalled Midoriya’s at one point. There was All Might merchandise everywhere from posters to bobbleheads and even a little trading card from an old card game that got released when she was a kid. Mina had no idea if it was still going but it looked more like a collectable to Bakugo as it sat proudly on his desk in a preservation case.

As for the explosive blond, he’d retreated to the center of his room before turning and staring down the invader.

“The fuck do you want?” He repeated. Mina could sense a touch of reluctance in his tone that wasn’t there a moment ago. Hopefully this chat wouldn’t end with them at either other’s throats with quirks blazing.

“I know about One-For-All.” She said simply.

For the first time in a long while, she got to see Bakugo genuinely surprised and apparently speechless. It only lasted for a few moments before he shook his head and returned to his resting angry face.

“So the nerd told you, did he?” Bakugo scoffed.

“Under duress.” Mina admitted, “But that’s not why I’m here and we both know it.” She stepped forward into the middle of Bakugo’s room, standing only a few feet away from him and not backing down from his gaze.

Tooru had made an admirable attempt to try and stand up to the blond but it took more than not backing down to really earn a place at the same table as Bakugo Katsuki.

“You fucked up.” Mina accused, both knowing the full implications behind her words.

“Maybe.” He replied, trying to at least retain some of his dignity.

“Maybe? Then you are a lost cause.” Mina growled, turning back towards the door.

“No I-” Bakugo replied quickly, pausing after he caught the instinctual reaction she’d pulled from him. “Y-Yeah… I fucked up.”

“I guess Midori was right.” Mina sighed, turning back to the blond, “Seems you can learn. You’ve got this conversation to convince me not to kick your ass all the way to Aizawa and Nezu.”

Bakugo grit his teeth at the threat but realised that this was not something he should be trying to win.

“Whatever,” He scoffed, turning towards his desk chair and pushing it towards the girl. “Sit or don’t, I don’t fucking care.”

“Ever the gentleman.” Mina rolled her eyes, electing to take the seat while Bakugo stood resting against his desk. She knew it was something of a power play but they both knew who had all the power in the room right now.

“What’d the nerd tell you?” Bakugo asked casually.

“Enough.” Mina stated, “There’s no wiggle room out of this. Fess up of fuck off.”

“Urgh, look I… I need to know where to start.” Bakugo admitted.

The defeated look was another rare one for the blond so Mina decided to toss him at least a small bone.

“You and Midori were best friends when you were kids. I’m guessing that changed when you found out he was quirkless?”

Bakugo winced. “That’s… accurate.”

“The fuck was your problem?” Mina growled, “I knew you were rough around the edges but what did you have against Midori?”

“I didn’t… look it’s… gah, you are so fucking annoying.” Bakugo grunted, running a hand through his hair as he avoided Mina’s piercing gaze. Mina let him take a few moments to gather his thoughts before he spoke again. She was on the lookout for lies and dishonesty but at the same time was willing to give him some leeway due to Midoriya’s vouching. Maybe he was right and the blond had never really considered his actions before and this was his first time reflecting. It wouldn’t save him but it was enough to hear him out at least. “I… don’t… like… weakness.” Bakugo finally managed to get out.

“Uhhh… what?” Mina quirked her lip awkwardly.

“I don’t… urgh…” Bakugo thought for another moment, not used to trying to have to explain his thought process to others, especially one that he realised made him come off as bad. “Deku was weak… I was strong, I was going to be even stronger but he… looked down on me.”

“Bullshit.” Mina glared, “Midoriya barely has a bad bone in his body.”

“Fuck you, it’s how I felt.” Bakugo snapped back. Mina raised an eyebrow and waited expectantly. “He was always there, trying to be a hero, even when he couldn’t do anything. It pissed me off.”

“So you bullied him… for trying to be a hero even without a quirk. Do you literally not see how villainous that comes off as?” She spat.

“What’dda you know.” Bakugo scoffed again.

“That those burns on Midori’s journal came from your quirk.” Mina shot, “Even I know that’s a textbook villain intimidation tactic.”

“S-Shut up!” Bakugo gripped his fists tightly.

“And to cap it all off, you said something unforgivable to Midori. So hurtful he fucking quoted you since it’s still rattling around his head!” Mina was standing now, almost yelling at the blond. Admittedly her own emotions were becoming unbottled thanks to this heated chat but she couldn’t find the desire to care in that moment.

“And after all that, he, the quirkless student, runs out to buy you some time to fucking breathe in the middle of a villain attack when the other heroes WITH quirks did nothing!”

“You think I don’t fucking know that?!” Bakugo shouted back. “That defenceless, quirkless nerd did more than anyone else besides All Might. It still pisses me off.”

“The dumbass heroes or Midori running in?” Mina responded.

“Both!” Bakugo growled. “They were fucking useless and should’da been better, then there’s me, the next number one, getting helped by… him!”

“You really think he’s looking down at you?” Mina scoffed. “Bitch, he saw you in trouble and ran to give you any help he could. The fuck do you think happens when a villain has a perfect counter to someone’s quirk? That’s what sidekicks and teamwork is for.”

“I’d find a way to win without them, just like All Might.” Bakugo declared fiercely.

“You’re gonna end up with a hole in your chest just like him if you carry on like that.” Mina shook her head. “He at least had one sidekick and a few others to back him up from what I hear. You go it alone, who the fuck is picking your corpse up?”

Bakugo grit his teeth, wanting desperately to deny the words he knew were true that he didn’t want to acknowledge. He’d based his whole hero ideology off fighting to win no matter what, just like All Might in his prime. After his own experiences with villains, that foundation on which he’d planted his flag was already on shaky ground and an earthquake was coming.

“You know better than I do what kind of villains are out there; people like… All-For-One.”

Bakugo’s breath caught, his mind replaying that night in Kamino in his head knowing that the demon that dealt All Might so much damage almost had him within his grasp. Knowing what he knows now and his declaration never to join the League of Villains, had that mask wearing prick brought him along to continue to use as a hostage, or would he have taken his quirk and been done with him?

“Cut out all the bullshit with your stupid fucking pride for once in your life.” Mina declared, staring down the blond bomber.

It was odd to Mina, seeing how much Midoriya was like Bakugo in a way. His hands unclenched and his body lost all tension as he just sort of… accepted everything, much like how Izuku had reluctantly agreed to divulge his secret last night.

“Fine…” He said in a quiet voice. “I was… I was wrong.”

“We’re already past that part.” Mina shook her head. “You and Midori have the same problem with your worship of All Might. You’re both trying so hard to be like him when you should both be trying to be better. I got one idiot ready to throw his life away in some epic showdown with the ultimate evil of eight… nine generations?” Mina briefly forgot how many times Izuku said the quirk had passed on. “Now I’ve got you looking to be the best, after being the absolute worst, with no fucking idea how to actually get there besides ‘me strong, me kill all villains’.”

Instead of retorting, Bakugo just looked down at one of his palms he held up, a few small pops going off as he toyed with his quirk.

“I wanted to be the best… ever since I could remember.” He admitted, sounding scarily like Midoriya’s story to Mina. “When my quirk came in, everyone knew I was gonna be the best. I wanted it so I decided not to let anything get in my way.”

“Even if that thing was someone as cute and harmless as Midori?” Mina growled.

“Fucker kept trying to keep up with me.” Bakugo said. “No matter how hard I tried, that quirkless runt wouldn’t stop trying to match me. Even when I told him I wasn’t his friend, even when I…”

“Told him to take a ‘swan dive’?” Mina spat harshly, causing Bakugo to swallow nervously.

“He still kept coming back like a damn rash. I got… no excuse other than I didn’t want him there.” Bakugo admitted, “No matter what though, he keeps calling me that stupid fucking nickname and trying to make me do stuff.”

“He wants you to be better than what you are.” Mina sighed, wishing Midoriya didn’t have such a big heart. “I have no idea what the fuck you did to earn his friendship for life but I know you didn’t fucking deserve it.” Bakugo looked suitably ashamed at that. “The only reason we’re talking is because he apparently sees something in you worth fighting for and, to be honest, I’m still not fucking seeing it.”

“So what!” Bakugo shot back. “I don’t need him or you!”

“Yeah, you kinda do.” Mina replied coolly, “Because right now, you still haven’t convinced me not to go to Aizawa or Nezu with what I know. How do you think they’d feel about hearing all this?”

Bakugo grit his teeth harder. He still didn’t understand what the fuck the pink bitch was after. Was she trying to blackmail him? Force a confession or something?

“The fuck are you even here for then?” He asked.

“Why do you want to be a hero?” Mina simply responded.

“Wha?!” Bakugo blanched, “The fuck kind of… you already know that!”

“I know the stupid, prideful answer the Baku-bully gave the first week of class.” Mina responded. “Why does the Bakugo that Midori champions so hard want to be a hero, hm?”

It looked for a moment like the blond couldn’t even comprehend the question. Mina was almost certain she was about to turn around and leave without looking back before the boy looked like he was actually taking the question seriously.

“I… want to win.” He started simply. “I want to win no matter what, so that no villain dares try to pull any of the shit they do. I want people to know I’m the undisputed number one hero no matter what happens. That those weak fuckers are all safe when I’m around because I never lose!”

“And how would you deal with finding a quirkless kid on a roof, about to jump, because he’d been bullied and pushed to the brink for something he couldn’t control?”

“I… I’d…” Bakugo stuttered but had no answer.

“There’s your problem.” Mina shook her head. “You’re so focused on winning you forgot who we’re supposed to be fighting for… or maybe you never knew.”

With that, Mina turned around and began heading towards the door, her heart aching a little as she felt the door closing with finality on their friendship.

“W-Wait!” Bakugo cried out, much like he had during their previous battle at gym gamma. Against her better judgement, Mina paused and shot a careful look back over her shoulder, waiting for whatever last ditch effort the blond wanted to try.

“I can’t…” He choked out, “I-I’m not… I need… he-help.”

Mina’s eyebrows shot up dramatically fast. If she was looking for that glimmer of redemption that Midoriya hoped was in there, this was certainly the first possible glimpse of it.

“Help? With what?” She asked in a measured response, trying not to let him know he’d caught her attention once more.

“I’m not… Deku, he’s… better than me at… that stuff. He… always has been.” Bakugo admitted shakily. “I don’t know… how to… be…”

“Nice? Kind? A decent person to others?” Mina prodded him. Yeah it was a little petty but the blond had earned it in this conversation alone. If he couldn’t get to the starting line and admit his problem fully there was no helping him.

“Inspiring.” Bakugo finished, ignoring Mina’s taunts. “I’m strong but… people like Deku and Kirishima and… you… you all have something I… don’t.”

“That’s called empathy you idiot.” Mina turned around to face the blond now. “We care about how other people feel. We are open to the idea that people need help, strong or weak, in ways that don’t require punching a villain. When was the last time you actively went out of your way to make someone else feel better?”

Mina wasn’t reassured by the pause Bakugo left in their conversation.

“K-Kirishima.” He said after a moment. “He… felt bad after the raid and the funeral… like he’d failed. I tried to make him feel… not shitty.”

“You’re lucky Uraraka already told me about that.” Mina sighed, admitting the boy had a valid example. “You want to be inspiring to others like Midori, Kirishima and me? You have to extend that to other people too; not just people in trouble but other heroes and villains too.”

Bakugo shot her a questioning look but said nothing, hoping she’d continue.

“Urgh, you’re making this so difficult.” Mina groaned, wishing this was much simpler than it had turned out to be. “Look, what happens if you run into someone stealing a loaf of bread from a store? You stop them, yes?” Mina asks hypothetically but doesn’t give the boy time to answer. “But you try to understand why he did it. Maybe he has a family to feed and no one will give him a job because his heteromorphic quirk freaks people out. Is that his fault?”

Mina watched as the boy was clearly grappling with himself internally.

“Let’s try something else, what makes Kirishima so special that the Bakugo Katsuki would go out of his way to try and cheer him up?”

The blond looked up into Mina’s eyes before turning away a distinct red-dusting making its way onto his cheeks. After all she’d experienced with her girlfriends and gaining a much greater understanding on the language of love, there was no way she could miss a sign like that.

“You’ve got to be freaking kidding me.” She sighed, “Okay, first of all, that’s like super cute. Second, I’m now more pissed off that I can’t freak out about it because you need some sense beaten into you.”

“Fuck you.” Bakugo spat, his cheeks reddening further.

“This isn’t over.” Mina rolled her eyes. “Anyway, just fucking start there. Just imagine every time that you’re about to shout or be rude to someone, you’re yelling at Kirishima when he already feels like crap.”

Finally, it seemed like something had at least gotten through the numbskull’s head.

“Not everyone shakes shit off like you do you idiot.” Mina chided, “Words hurt people just as much as physical wounds sometimes. You gotta try and inspire confidence and strength when you speak, not just focus on beating down villains else you’ll just look like a thug… or Endeavour.”

Seems that was a soft spot as Bakugo actually winced at that.

“I don’t… know how.” He admitted slowly. “It’s not… natural to me.”

“No shit Sherlock.” Mina sighed. She took a long moment to look her classmate over one again. After finally stripping away his defensive pride and bravado, she’d finally found that glimmer Midoirya was probably talking about. Weighing her options, she prayed for Bakugo’s own health that he appreciated what she was about to offer after everything she’d learned. “Do you actually want to get better or are you just paying me lip service?”

Bakugo looked like he was grappling internally once more. While she could usually read him pretty well, this unknown side to the boy was throwing off her insight.

Once more her eyebrows tried to race for her hairline as Bakugo folded into an unmistakable bow.

“I… fucked up. I was wrong.” He admitted. “Please… teach me how to be better.”

There it was. Despite everything that she’d learned, she now understood Midori actually knew what he was talking about regarding the boy. It was almost annoying he was correct, but thankfully Midoriya wasn’t the boasting type and it had also possibly saved her friendship with the explosive blond, provided he could keep his head out of his ass.

“All right, fine.” Mina sighed. “I’ll give you some pointers, but you better be taking this fucking seriously.”

Bakugo straightened up but avoided the pinkette’s eyes.

“Thanks or whatever racco… Ashido.” He murmured.

“Progress already. Maybe this won’t be such a pain in the ass after all.” Mina chuckled, “You know you’re gonna have to thank Midoriya for this.” she shook her head in exasperation, a small smile on her face. “If not for him, your ass would’ve been a puddle of acid by now.”

“Like you fucking could.” Bakugo shot back with a glare. “But… I need to apologize to Dek… to him anyway.”

“A good start certainly but you gotta mean it.” Mina nodded, “You know, you give everyone those nicknames but I could never figure out his. Kacchan for you was obvious but I still don’t see why he’s ‘Deku’.”

The blond looked away from Mina as he awkwardly divulged the meaning of the nickname the nerd clearly hadn’t clued her in on.

“It… stands for ‘Defenceless Izuku’.” He admitted.

“Well that fucking stops.” Mina deadpanned. “Jeez, I’ve got enough on my plate already and now I gotta teach you ethics. You’re lucky I can actually see that promise Midori spoke of now.”

He’d never admit it, but Bakugo thanked the greenette in his head. Losing Mina as a friend after figuring out what she knew had shaken him, especially with a potential exposure of his actions at Aldera he’d never see coming. Hopefully he’d be able to mend the bridge he didn’t know how much he’d come to value and make at least a dent in his debt to his former childhood friend for believing in him despite everything he’d done since they were kids. He didn’t know how he’d be able to do it without seeming weak or losing face, but he’d make it up to… Izuku somehow.

As Mina prepared to figuratively and literally roll up her sleeves to teach Bakugo ‘Empathy 101’, there was a set of knocks on the door.

“The fuck?” Bakugo quirked an eyebrow at Mina who just shot him and ‘I don’t know’ face complete with shrug before stepping out of the way.

Annoyed at the interruption, Bakugo stomped over to his door once more and yanked it open forcefully.

“What?!” He yelled out.

“H-Hey Baku-bro.” Kirishima’s happy yet somewhat nervous face looked back at him. “Just wondered if you were feeling better today.”

“Peachy, what of it?” Bakugo replied, crossing his arms.

“Ah, good.” Kirishima grinned, “Then um… do you think that maybe you’d wanna hang out tomorrow, just us… off campus? It’s kinda my birthday so…”

Bakugo’s jaw dropped open.

“What?!” Mina’s head popped out from behind the explosive blond, a massive grin and stars in her eye on one side of her face while the other half looked to be entering a deep depression with a heavy frown. “Oh my god, this is awesome! But I can’t believe I forgot! But this is so cute! But I didn’t get you a present…”

Kirishima’s heart lurched just a bit at seeing Mina alone in Bakugo’s room with the boy, only to remember she was already in a relationship and breathed a small sigh of relief. He certainly hadn’t meant to reveal his crush so obviously to the girl but it was only fitting that he slip up in front of her just like Hagakure did.

“You idiots pick the worst fucking moments, you know that?” Bakugo scoffed and looked away, a light dusting of red back on his cheeks. “But yeah, fuck it, we can hang.”

Kirishima’s own cheeks lit up to match his hair while he nervously rubbed the back of his head.

“Cool, cool, so um…”

“Sorry Kirishima, Blasty’s mine today.” Mina stepped forward, standing at Bakugo’s side. “I gotta teach this idiot some stuff and now I have to go get your present so looks like we’re going shopping!”

“I didn’t fucking agree to that.” Bakugo growled.

“Oh shut up, you probably need to go get him something too so swallow your pride and that massive blush and grab your wallet.”

Bakugo glanced awkwardly back at Kirishima who was doing his best to pretend to ignore the unfolding situation.

“Grrr, fine, just get the fuck out.” Bakugo stepped back inside, gave the girl a kick up the rear to push her beyond the door and slammed it behind her.

“First rule of Mina’s training: don’t kick friends!” She shouted back to the unresponsive wood. Turning to Kirishima, her face lit up once more as she did a few little jumps of joy.

“Kirishima!” She said as quietly as her currently excited, squeaky voice would allow. “Are you? Is he?”

“Cat’s out of the bag now, huh?” Kirishima replied shyly.

“I mean, I get it in that kinda strong-muscly way.” Mina wobbled her hand in the universal ‘sort of’ sign. “But you sure you wanna sink your standards so low? I mean, look at Izuku or Todoroki, you could do better.”

“I can hear you pinky!” A muffled voice came from the other side of the door.

“You were meant to.” Mina shot back teasingly.

Kirishima looked nervously towards the door and back to Mina before cupping his hand and lowering his voice.

“We’ve um… been sorta getting closer and I thought that this might… you know… get him out of his funk, or at least get him to open up a little.”

Mina smiled warmly at her old school friend. She didn’t want to ruin things for him by revealing what she knew about Bakugo’s past to the boy. Even if she did admittedly find their pairing cute, her own joy was somewhat muted at her and Bakugo’s questionable relationship at this point. She hoped for Kirishima’s sake that Bakugo was about to take this whole thing seriously else she’d have to defend the redhead’s honour.

“Make sure he treats you right boy,” Mina spoke in a hushed tone back. “Else his ass is a puddle of acid.”

Kirishima smiled endearingly back at her, shooting her a small nod of appreciation.

“Like you… could you keep it quiet? I don’t want all the attention and stuff.”

“You got it.” Mina grinned, miming zipping her lips shut.

“I’m fucking ready, let’s go!” Bakugo shouted, emerging dramatically from his doorway and trying to put up an indifferent front.

“Looks like that’s my cue, we’ll see you later Kiri.” Mina grinned, walking ahead of the explosive blond towards the elevators. Said blond averted his eyes in an unusual display of shyness as he passed Kirishima until he stepped into the lift as Mina pressed the button.

As the two travelled down in the metal box side by side, the pink girl shot Bakugo a look out of the corner of her eye. In a flash, her fist shot out and punched the blond mildly on the shoulder.

“Ah, what the hell?!”

Mina didn’t turn to face him, simply saying.

“Don’t fuck up idiot.”

The doors pinged open and the girl stepped out, eager to go bother Aizawa to get permission to leave campus with an escort while Bakugo followed along after her, lost in thought about everything that just happened.


Izuku was gone for most of the remaining afternoon and when he returned, the girls that saw him in the living area didn’t have the heart to try and approach him. Since he likely got no sleep the night before, he looked almost dead on his feet as he prepared dinner for himself that evening. When they overheard Tokoyami asking about his noticeable state, they all grimaced as he explained he was ‘fine’ and just had a bad night’s rest.

After washing up, he bade everyone present a good night, clearly hoping for an early rest but gained a small smile as each of the girls he caught eyes with shot him a sympathetic but hopefully reassuring look.

Once the greenette had disappeared, Mina divulged everything that happened between her and Bakugo to the girls in hushed tones, though she kept the blond’s own potential relationship with her redheaded friend a secret. Kyoka was sceptical of the former bully’s sincerity and got a few awkward nods from the others who thought the same but for now they all agreed to leave him to Mina and see if she could make any progress with him. If not, they had no qualms about doing as Mina threatened and going to their teachers once more.

One by one, they each turned in themselves as Saturday ended with each girl still reflecting deeply on everything.


Sunday dawned and another day of dance and planning awaited most of the 1-A class. All those except for Bakugo and Todoroki who had their remedial license lessons to get to. With their drummer missing, the remaining band members practised in isolation.

Up in her room, Kyoka was reclining on her chair with her back to her desk and idly strumming on her bass, lost in her own thoughts. Wanting to spend some time with her girlfriend, Momo had taken to Kyoka’s room to practise her keyboard work, sitting on Kyoka’s bed while rehearsing her part of the upcoming festival song.

The two girls were perfectly content to just lounge and practise in each other’s presence while spending the time together, enjoying the lazy Sunday morning. Both were of course still thinking about everything that Izuku divulged along with what Mina told them about Bakugo after their chat yesterday.

Kyoka sighed deeply, her strumming hand dropping noisily across the strings and letting her head fall back unsupported.

“Something wrong dear?” Momo asked curiously, broken from her own spell of focus.

“Just everything.” Kyoka replied, not adjusting her position. “First the festival, now Green and his problems. It’s just a bit… much.”

“Oh, I’m sorry hun.” Momo shifted her keyboard and scooted down the bed to reach out for her girlfriend. “Is there anything I can do to help?”

“No, I just…” Kyoka’s shoulders dropped. Straightening up, she carefully placed her bass back on its stand as she stood. “Think I just need to take a walk.”

Momo rose to her feet to and walked closer to the punkette, opening up her arms to the girl.

“Would a hug help too?”

Kyoka blushed lightly but said nothing as she allowed the taller girl to wrap her in a comforting embrace. She took a small amount of pleasure at being the perfect height to nuzzle into Momo’s chest, drawing a small giggle from the heiress.

“Would something else maybe help as well?” Momo asked, a teasing lilt in her voice.

“Tempting,” Kyoka chuckled, “But maybe later. I need to go clear my head.”

“If you’re sure.” Momo nodded, a touch of worry in her voice. “Mind if I walk you out?”

Kyoka shrugged, grabbing her jacket and prepping herself for a stroll around campus. Momo couldn’t help but feel concern for her girlfriend and for the others as she’d noticed they’d all been much more reserved since Friday.

Leaving the punk girl’s room, the two casually entered the elevator and headed down to the common room where Momo waved off the girl from the entrance to their dorms. As she left, Momo noticed the dancers weren’t outside practising in the entryway, figuring that they must’ve already finished for the day. Turning around, she spotted several of her peers lounging around in the common space and kitchen, though a noticeable bush of hair didn’t catch her eye.

Like the others, Midoriya’s plight had been on her own mind and she wanted nothing more than to reassure the boy of their integrity and trustworthiness but knew that sort of thing could only be proven with time. Nevertheless, she felt her hand hesitate for a moment as she re-entered the elevator and debated which floor to select.

Making her choice, she soon found herself standing outside Midoriya’s door with her hand poised to knock. She bit her lip as she realised she didn’t even know if he’d returned to his room after practise, but even if he hadn’t, all it would cost her was a few awkward moments of silence.

After three knocks however, she heard shuffled movement behind the door before it unlatched, revealing the somewhat still worn-out looking boy in what she could only guess were his dance practise clothes. Closer examination of his eyes though would reveal that his exhaustion may not entirely be down to just the workout Mina put them through earlier.

“Hello Izuku, may I come in? I’d like to chat with you if possible.” Momo stated politely.

“Yaoyorozu uh… y-yeah, sure.” He stood back, allowing the door to open and grant her passage.

Once more the girl found herself surrounded by All Might memorabilia as she strode into the greenette’s room. She had thought the boy a top fan before but knowing what she did now explained a few more things about his devotion to the former number one.

“May I sit down?” Momo asked, turning towards the nervous boy once more.

“Yes, please uh… thanks- I-I mean uh…” Izuku stuttered clumsily.

Momo couldn’t help a small giggle escape her at the boy’s eagerness; clearly they were all having a hard time with their thoughts if he’d regressed to this in just her presence alone.

Putting the boy out of his misery, she walked over and pulled out his desk chair and took a seat facing his bed.

“S-So um…” Izuku stated, walking over and sitting down on the edge of his mattress. “I-Is something wrong?”

Momo emulated her girlfriend and let out a deep exhale as her own worries sunk in over the situation.

“You could say that.” She nodded. “Over the past few days, the girls and I have been thinking deeply about everything we discussed. I don’t believe I need to remind you of the subject matter.”

Izuku gulped nervously but said nothing.

“While I can’t speak for everyone about how we feel about all this, I can say with certainty that we were sincere when we made our declaration to protect your secret.” She watched Izuku’s shoulders slump from their tightened positions and the boy let out a small sigh of relief. “I understand that, even after our own discussion prior to your revelations, we are not as close as you and Iida or Ochako,” The boy flexed his hands anxiously at the brunette’s name. “But I wanted to discuss a few things with you in private to hopefully help alleviate some of this clear tension that’s still present.”

Izuku looked down, his own thoughts on the matter swirling in his head as he tried to organise them into some sort of comprehensive pattern. Momo wasn’t wrong in that he’d found just being around them nerve-wracking, awkwardly wondering if everything was about to be revealed in an instant. He knew they wouldn’t be so careless or heartless and had certainly felt his share of guilt over those thoughts as he lay awake, trying to find the right solution to a problem he didn’t even know the full scope of.

“I’m sorry.” He admitted firstly, “It… was a lot of information about something that seems so… crazy and scary. I didn’t mean to um… f-freak out like that but… A-All Might told me to keep this secret or society itself could break down. People would be clamouring to get to me and my quirk and everything he’d built since becoming the symbol of peace would come crashing down.”

“I understand.” Momo nodded, “After reflection, I can certainly see your point of view on the matter and while I would like to think better of people, hearing the details behind your quirk had us speculating ourselves after you’d left. While we certainly don’t understand the full mechanics behind your quirk, please be assured that we don’t consider it anything else other than your quirk.”

Izuku looked at his hand as a few green arcs of energy wrapped around it as One-For-All pulsed inside him.

“I-It’s funny, even after we joined UA and took part in the sports festival, I still didn’t consider this my quirk.” He admitted, “I felt like I was just borrowing it from All Might.”

“Did he give you any indication he would ever need it back?” Momo asked curiously.

“No.” Izuku admitted, “But it still didn’t feel like… mine. I was… quirkless for most of my life and still saw myself that way I guess. It’s only somewhat recently I’ve been able to accept that One-For-All is truly my quirk now.”

“I see, so you felt like something of an imposter amongst us whom were born with our quirks?”

“A little, yeah.” Izuku nodded.

“I can honestly say that I felt the same way after the sports festival.” Momo sympathised. Izuku looked up with a confused look on his face to meet one of dejection on the heiress’ as she recalled her third round ‘fight’. “After my… pitiful display against Tokoyami, I wondered if I was truly cut out for heroics. I’ve mentioned before that my quirk isn’t the most combat oriented at a glance and facing someone as strong as he made me doubt myself all the more.”

“T-That’s not true,” Izuku shook his head. “Your quirk has so much potential it’s unreal!”

Momo’s expression softened slightly.

“I’m sure there are many notes you’ve been able to take about potential avenues to explore for my quirk, no?” She asked rhetorically, getting a small blush of guilt from the greenette in response. “Regardless of its potential, I still have the right to decide how and where I apply myself and my quirk in the future; whether as a rescue type hero or something more mainstream is yet to make itself known to me. The difficulties you face with your quirk are much the same. I am not the only one to have taken notice in the change in your fighting style since the start of the school year.”

Izuku looked down at his arms, the scars gleaming in the room’s light as reminders of all the stress he’d put them through so far.

“I was copying All Might too much, I put my arms under too much strain and, if I go overboard, I could lose the use of them altogether.” He admitted, drawing a small gasp from Momo. “Thanks to Gran Torino, my work studies teacher, and Iida, I developed my shoot-style.”

“And it seems to be working out wonderfully for you so far.” Momo complimented. “But as you say, you were copying All Might too much. I believe I should remind you of all the uncertainty and hardships that our society is currently experiencing is because of All Might’s retirement from heroics.”

Izuku nodded sadly, acknowledging that All Might’s status as the symbol of peace had indeed left a void that villains were taking full advantage of.

“While I hope not to dissuade your ambitions, I believe I speak for all of us when I say I hope you do not replace All Might.” Momo declared, causing Izuku to look at her quizzically. “I understand that you have the ability to stockpile even greater power than he, allowing you to become a new symbol of peace, but you would only repeat this outcome in the future. It is clear to me that, for all the good All Might has done, he has left society woefully unprepared to deal with his retirement. Would you copy his image so much as to repeat his mistakes?”

“I… don’t want to.” Izuku agreed, “But how… how can I not?”

“By trusting us, and letting us help.” Momo stressed. “We’re all learning how to be heroes together and when, or if, the time comes, I’m sure we’ll all stand by your side to face whatever darkness comes our way. Even… even… him.”

A shiver ran through the pair of them as both knew who the heiress was referring to. Regardless, she pressed on as though that man didn’t still occasionally haunt her nightmares.

“Do you not believe it is far better to create twen… nineteen pillars of peace rather than relying on just the one?” She finished.

The greenette had to admit she made a compelling argument. The problem was, no matter what, All Might stood at the top for a reason; his strength was second to none and only Endeavour ever strove to try and compete seriously with the man. He gripped his fist tightly and another few arcs of energy crackled around his arm.

“I… want that.” He admitted, “I really do but… other people… they won’t ever see it that way.”

“I’ll admit, at my current level and that I can see myself reaching in the near future, I fear you’d be correct.” Momo nodded, “However, since finding my place with all my wonderful partners, I believe there’s nothing that we cannot achieve if we work together.” Momo declared hotly. “We cover each other’s weaknesses and support each other’s strengths as a team, and I have no doubts that extending such practise to our skills as heroes could push us to match and exceed those that came before us.”

Momo’s strength was certainly on display here and Izuku could almost feel the newfound confidence rippling off the heroine in training. It made him want to believe her wholeheartedly, but there was still the nagging issue of All-For-One and the League of Villains. Hopefully the current heroes and police would be able to take care of all of them before their time at UA was up… but he believed All Might knew what he was talking about when it came to the machinations of the symbol of evil.

“I can see you don’t believe me.” Momo stated somewhat sadly. Izuku cursed himself for always wearing his emotions on his sleeves. “I know I’m somewhat naïve compared to yourself on this subject, but even should I lose my q-quirk and have to face down impending doom, I would do so gladly so long as you and my partners were by my side, for I know that we would truly have gone ‘Plus Ultra’ and given it our all.”

“N-No, I can’t let that happen.” Izuku shook his head. “I won’t let it.”

“That’s not your choice to make.” Momo smiled in a somewhat bittersweet manner. “All six of us know now what lies ahead and we’re going to prepare as hard as we can to face it alongside you should the time come. The only difference you can make at this point is whether you help us prepare or not. We’re your friends Izuku, we want to stand by your side and support you. Please, let us.”

She’d come far since being so resigned to her fate as a mere tool of business for her parents. While it had certainly taken time to accept it, Momo now wholeheartedly believed she and her friends could find a solution to her predicament and come out the other end happily together. She found herself hoping to extend that support to Izuku to escape his own fate as a doomed-to-eventually-fail symbol of peace.

Once more Izuku was struck speechless. Despite having learned about his somewhat bleak past and the dark possible future that lay ahead for him, here was Momo assuring him that she and the others wouldn’t abandon him. He couldn’t help the tears that pooled in his eyes as he couldn’t find it in his heart to reject her declaration after all the warm feelings it brought him. She knew more than anyone else of the group what it was like to just be in the presence of the ultimate evil and she was ready to face it by his side even after that.

“Ya-Yaoyorozu I…”

“Momo, if you please.” The heiress smiled. “I believe if I feel comfortable enough using your name at this point I’d like to request the same courtesy.”

Izuku nodded hastily, swallowing the awkwardness he still felt before pressing on once more.

“M-Momo, I d-don’t know what to say.”

“Nothing is required.” The girl chuckled lightly. “Though if my words have truly struck a chord with you at last, I do hope you’ll be able to assist us in reaching our full potential with that quirk obsessed brain of yours.”

“I… I mean… if you really d-don’t mind.” He agreed nervously, still not convinced even at this point his hobby didn’t put her or the others off. “I do have some th-thoughts.”

“I’m sure they will be most enlightening.” The heiress nodded, “However, there is one more matter I’d like to discuss before anything else.” Momo waited, allowing Izuku to recenter himself before the next part of their conversation. “How are you feeling after Ochako and Tsuyu’s confession?”

The boy froze as he remembered the girls’ unusual situation and their request of him to… join them somehow. That they were all in some form of group relationship together still didn’t make sense to him and, admittedly, he’d been more worried about his own secret than thinking about any possible future he could have with them.

“T-To… be honest, I haven’t given it much thought.” He admitted ashamedly. “At first I thought it was a joke or a… prank or s-something.”

“I can assure you it is not.” The boy clearly still had some trust issues if that was his first thought.

“Mmm,” Izuku hummed, “But I… don’t know what… how… i-it’s all just… not real.”

“Is it so hard to believe someone like yourself would catch the eye of Tsu or Ochako?”

“Yes.” He said a little too quickly.

“Izuku…” Momo sighed, “Despite how everything unfolded on Friday, you can be assured that Tsu and Ochako’s feelings are genuine. They want you to be their boyfriend.”

“But… h-how?” He asked nervously. “Y-You um… you said that y-you all erm…”

“That we’re all in a relationship together?” Momo asked, correctly guessing his insecurity. She scooted her chair closer to the boy and reached out, putting what she hoped was a comforting hand on his knee. “It certainly isn’t traditional certainly. We’re all still very much figuring out how this all works, but we all know that we’re happier together than we are apart and we’d very much like you to complete our little unit.”

“W-W-We?!” Izuku gulped. Momo pulled her hand back and giggled into her hand that send a rolling blush down the boy’s face.

“While you would be dating Ochako and Tsu, we all discussed your inclusion as a group. Communication is especially important in a relationship such as ours and I can confirm that everyone is more than happy to support your addition.” Momo revealed. “It is partly why we were all present that day after all.”

“I… see.” Izuku said slowly, though he still didn’t quite comprehend what exactly Momo was saying.

“To put it in simple terms, you would be dating Ochako and Tsu while Tsu is also dating everyone else and Ochako is… well her involvement is a little more complicated.” Momo blushed lightly, “But there is no jealousy between us. If this is something you could accept, as I said, we would be more than happy to have you.”

“O-Okay.” Izuku swallowed nervously, “That makes a little more sense.”

“It’s called polyamory, I can provide you with several resources on the subject if necessary.” Momo explained, wondering if the boy had forgotten the term as more important topics had been discussed in that conversation.

“I um… a-already um…” He blushed, gesturing over to his laptop. “I just… d-didn’t um… understand how y-you all…”

Momo smiled caringly. It wasn’t hard to imagine that, even if he hadn’t explicitly said so, this was Izuku’s first experience with romance. Maybe it would be worth introducing him to things a little before dropping him in the deep end right away.

“I will have to confer with the others of course, but would you be open to a smaller sort of question and answer session? You would be free to ask all the questions you like about us and our relationship if we, in turn, may ask you some questions to get to know you better.”

“I… w-well um… I guess that seems okay.” He admitted, “Y-You um… kind of know e-everything now so.”

“The major points I’m sure.” Momo nodded, “but I believe we’d all appreciate getting to know you a little more.”

“I’m… not that interesting.” He rubbed his arm nervously.

“While humility is a wonderful trait, I believe you are doing yourself a disservice at this point given all that we know.” Momo shook her head. “Quirk aside, there are many facets that make up a person and I know Tsu, Ochako and Tooru would very much relish the chance to find out what makes you tick.”

Momo carefully didn’t reveal that she was thinking about less than pure thoughts she knew each of the girls held regarding the boy at this point. While she’d phrased it particularly, she hoped that the others wouldn’t go too far should they agree to invite him to one of their almost infamous ‘Truth or Dare’ sleepovers. Momo didn’t expect it to end up like their most recent one, but there was a small part of her she’d admit very much wanted that outcome for herself.

“M-Maybe…” Izuku replied shyly, not remotely thinking naughty things about the girls himself. “I don’t want to um… step on any toes.”

“Unless you did so literally, you would not be.” Momo assured him with a small giggle. “Maybe it would help you come to terms with your own feelings regarding our frog and floaty girls.”

Izuku shook his head softly, causing Momo to tilt hers curiously.

“I um… I know I l-l-like them.” He stammered. “B-But I um… i-its…”

“Uncharted territory, yes?” Momo offered helpfully. “There’s nothing wrong with you accepting their proposal and, should you not all enjoy the experience, break up amicably. Maybe it’s not right for you but at least your mind won’t be bogged down always wondering.”

“I guess…” Izuku sighed. “I’m still… a little lost regarding… everything.”

“I understand.” Momo nodded, “I found myself much the same when everyone else declared they would help me escape from my arranged marriage.”

Izuku’s face shifted into one of confusion before realisation washed over him. After everything that had happened, Momo’s supposed betrothal was almost completely lost under the other revelations of the evening.

“Y-Yeah you um… mentioned that. Do you… can I h-help or-”

“I’m most grateful for your offer.” Momo smiled warmly, “While I certainly hope to figure out a way out of it, I believe I felt similarly to your own predicament with a dark, impending future. My father can be a terrifying man and I’m sure he is dead-set on getting his way no matter what as he has for my entire life. I guess you could call him my own version of All-For-One in a way.” Izuku sucked in a small breath at that, “I apologise for comparing the two to a degree, but knowing that such a depressing future awaited me caused me to become resigned to it before meeting everyone here at UA.”

Momo couldn’t help but notice that Izuku was quite noticeably hanging onto her words right now.

“Even after the other girls discovered this about myself, I did not initially believe they could do anything to assist or resolve my plight in my favour and allow me to explore life outside my family responsibilities. I’m sure you can begin to see our similarities now, yes?”

“How… did you…” Izuku began, not quite knowing how to phrase his question. Luckily, Momo understood him more than he realised.

“I let my friends help.” She said simply. “I do not know the solution or outcome yet, nor if we’ll all get through it without some strife, but the girls… my girlfriends… their support didn’t waver even when I tried to push them away until I had no choice but to accept it. I can understand your fear, wanting to protect everyone else from what you believe to be an unstoppable force, but what are heroes and friends to do when someone is in trouble?”

Izuku’s lower lip pulled up as his eyes began watering. Momo somewhat expected this and quickly popped a tissue out of her arm and handed it to the boy.

“I know I can’t force you to understand our stance, but even if nothing else, we’re your friends and we don’t want you to go through this alone.”

“It’s… it’s hard.” Izuku sniffled. “I don’t… I-I’ve never…”

“It’s okay Izuku.” Momo cooed softly. “Take all the time you need to process everything, I’m sure the other girls will be visiting you at some point soon to say much the same thing I have. Please don’t hesitate to reach out when it gets a bit too much, okay?”

“O-Okay.” Izuku nodded slowly.

“While I’d like to talk further and help you unpack everything, I believe our further conversation would yield little fruit at this point. Would you mind walking me out?”

Izuku blinked dumbly as the heiress stood in front of him and looked over to his dorm door.

“Uh y-yeah sure.” He replied quickly, rising to his own feet.

“Ah, but first,” Momo stopped the boy with a gentle hand on his arm. Izuku couldn’t help but shift his focus to her hand and follow it back up her arm to the girl’s somewhat red-dusted face. “To assure you I mean everything I said today, I’d like to leave you with a little parting gift.”

Izuku swallowed nervously but stood deathly still as Momo’s other hand rose up and wrapped around him, bringing him into a gentle hug with his head nestled against her neck. Slowly, she allowed her hand to trail up and down his back in a comforting manner that Kyoka enjoyed whenever she was feeling insecure; she hoped the greenette was finding a similar comfort from it.

“We’re here for you Izuku.” She cooed softly into his ear. “We’re not going anywhere, I promise you that.”

Momo smiled as she felt Izuku’s shoulders shift, his hands rising up to slowly reciprocate her hug. She wanted badly to just force the boy to understand their dedication and support. Much like her friends had done with her however, she just had to give him some more time and space with periodic reminders about everything.

“Th-Thank you.” Izuku’s soft voice sniffled as he leant into her shoulder. Momo’s hand reached up and cradled his head slightly as she very much felt like the ‘mom’ friend to the boy that the others had described her as to the class in the past.


While Momo and Izuku were talking in the greenette’s room, a certain invisible girl was seeking out her own pair of people for a chat about this whole situation.

Having tried Ochako’s room with no results, the girl found herself in front of Tsuyu’s door hoping both of the girls were inside and free for a discussion. If they were enjoying some private time together, maybe she’d hold off on her upcoming talk until they’d finished… so long as she got to watch anyway.

Her pervy mind was interrupted as the door swung open, revealing a somewhat sad looking Tsuyu dressed in her comfy clothes. Clearly the girl wasn’t in a good mood and she hoped that this wasn’t going to make a bad day worse for her froggy girlfriend.

“Hi Darling, can I come in? I kinda wanna chat with you.” Tooru said softly.

“Sure uh… Ochako’s here too by the way.” Tsuyu announced, opening up her door. Hagakure took the cue and quickly hopped across the threshold, spotting said gravity girl chilling under Tsuyu’s covers lit up by the light of the frog girl’s laptop. Judging by the covers, the two were enjoying a quiet day together that she hoped she wasn’t intruding on too much.

“Hey Tooru.” Ochako called out.

“Hi ‘Chako, I was actually looking for both of you so this is perfect.” She declared, moving over to sit at the foot of Tsuyu’s bed.

The frog girl closed her door and wandered back over to her spot by Ochako but didn’t get back under the covers. Ochako took the hint and sat up herself, looking expectantly over at Tooru for whatever the girl felt the need to come chat to them about.

“So… it’s been a couple days now.” Tooru started slowly. “How are you guys holding up?”

“About as well as you’d expect, ribbit.” Tsuyu croaked softly, offering a half-hearted smile at the girl.

“Tsu still feels guilty about everything.” Ochako revealed, “Even though she’s being a silly that won’t accept that it’s not her fault.”

“Ribbit.” Tsuyu sighed. She wanted to feel better but, predictably, feelings didn’t work that way.

“I get it hun.” Tooru nodded, reaching out to rest her hand on Tsuyu’s knee. “I felt super guilty after I kinda accidently outed me and Mina. Ochako knows.”

The brunette gave an understanding nod, recalling Tooru’s panic in her room after the event.

“Just think though, it’s all done now. Out in the open, at least for the seven of us anyway. We’re all a little on edge about everything, but once he gets his head out of his own panic box, he’ll be here to take up with you two in no time.”

Tsuyu turned her head from the invisible girl and looked down at the ground dejectedly.

“Not that I’m not somewhat hopeful too,” Ochako began, pulling the invisible girl’s attention to her. “But what makes you so sure?”

“Because Midori’s smarter than me.” Tooru shrugged. “And I’d definitely be breaking down your doors after coming to my senses.” She giggled.

Ochako shook her head in fond exasperation while Tsuyu let out a single dry laugh.

“Come on Darling, cheer up.” Tooru smiled hopefully, “I did come here for a reason after all.”

“Oh, ribbit?” Tsuyu looked up at her girlfriend at that. “Hope it’s better than my last idea.”

“Hey, stop that.” Ochako scolded the girl lightly, rubbing her shoulder and nuzzling her head into the side of the frog girl’s. “We talked about this earlier.”

With all the time they’d spent together since the event, both Ochako and Tsuyu had had plenty of time to both think about their own stances on the matter and what the next right thing to do was. Tsuyu wanted to wallow in her feelings a bit but Ochako was determined to try and drag her out of her despair.

“Look, Midori’s just scared and worried, right?” Tooru explained, figuring it best to just press forward with her idea. “Why don’t we show him he’s got nothing to worry about by teaming up and kicking his ass in training!”

Admittedly, that made Tsuyu and Ochako briefly forget their unsettled feelings for the green haired boy to stare dumbly at the invisible girl before them.

“W-What?” Ochako asked. “I… don’t see how that would help.”

“It would totally help!” Tooru stated as though it was obvious. “He’s like scared about his secret and stuff right? While we can only prove ourselves trustworthy with time, we can let him know we’re taking this whole thing seriously by beating him in a spar. If he knows we’re able to hold our own against him, maybe he’ll lighten up about this stupid need of his to protect everyone at the cost of himself.”

Ochako and Tsuyu sat there for a minute as they both reluctantly admitted internally that Tooru had a weird point. While one-on-one they most likely would lose to the boy, demonstrating the power of team work might knock some sense into the greenette.

“The idea has merit, ribbit.” Tsuyu admitted. “We’d have to run it by Mr. Aizawa first though.”

“Obvs.” Tooru nodded, “But I’m sure he’ll be down if we explain it as the power of teamwork vs. going it alone.”

“I get the feeling Mr. Aizawa wouldn’t be very happy with Izuku if he knew all this.” Ochako nodded.

“I mean, you would have to beat down our crush, but like, at this point, he kinda needs it to shake him up a little.” Tooru stated, a touch of satisfaction in her tone. “We’re not weak, he doesn’t have to go it alone, and then we can all kiss and make up.

“He was just trying to protect everyone.” Tsuyu admitted. “It was my fault for prying. Things might’ve gone differently if I had just left it alone and we’d confessed without it.”

“Probably.” Tooru shrugged. “But what’s done is done, he isn’t the type to hold a silly mistake against you so it’s no good worrying about what you could’ve done or what might be.”

Tsuyu considered Tooru’s words carefully while Ochako narrowed her eyes at the girl.

“Isn’t that what Momo told you when you messed up with Mina?” She accused playfully.

“Guilty.” Tooru giggled. “But she had a point. I don’t like seeing my Darling or this Cutie pie upset so I’m trying my best to help too.”

The frog girl found a small smile upon her lips as Ochako squeaked at the nickname. Seemed it was beginning to stick ever since she’d mentioned it during their last sleepover.

“Tooru, no!” Ochako blushed. “W-We’re not even dating!”

“Not yet.” Tooru giggled again. “But both Mina and Tsu are my loves, chances are you’ll succumb eventually.”

“Just throwing the ‘L’ word about are we?” Tsuyu chuckled dryly again.

“No, I know what I’m doing.” Tooru smiled, reaching out to cup the frog girl’s face. “I may have said it to Mina first but I’m pretty sure I feel the same way for all of you. It hurts just as much seeing you two like this as it did when she and Blasty were on the outs.”

Tsuyu felt herself holding back tears as Tooru brought her in for a soft kiss on the lips she hoped emphasize her feelings for the girl.

“I don’t expect it back or anything by the way, but if we’re going to fix things with Izuku then we should do it as a team.” She finished strongly.

“You did mention him as ‘our crush’ earlier.” Tsuyu mentioned, she’d caught Tooru’s words even if she didn’t immediately call her on them. “Are you sure you want in on all… this.”

“You get to be a greedy frog, why can’t I?” Tooru giggled, playing on the girl’s previous silly notions. “I wanted to run things by you first but… yeah, if he’s gonna join us, I’d like you guys’ blessing to see how things go too.”

“I-I think he was freaked out enough with just us two...” Ochako admitted, showing her own insecurity about the whole thing. “Don’t you think it’s a bit much for him right now?”

“Well duh, I’m not gonna jump his bones or anything.” Tooru giggled. “I just wanted you guys to know my intentions; you do kinda have first dibs and everything.”

“As much as I don’t think he’d appreciate being treated like that, I do agree with her.” Tsuyu nodded. “We all took our time with each other before becoming a polycule, do you… do you think we should do the same with him?”

“Wait… do you mean-?”

“Testing the waters with him individually and seeing if it gets a better reaction from him.” Tsuyu nodded. “While I didn’t enjoy the turmoil of emotions I went through, I was able to experience things with the other girls while I was waiting for your answer.” She admitted with a pink colouring on her cheeks. “I’m somewhat grateful as I don’t think we’d all be together if you’d accepted right away.”

“I… get what you mean.” Ochako nodded, recalling her own cautious steps into her journey of self-discovery with the other girls. “But… I mean… w-what is the… you know… limit?”

“I’m pretty sure Midori would freak the fuck out if we suddenly tried to suck his dick.” Tooru giggled, eliciting a soft chuckle from Tsu and a blushing red face from Ochako.

“Well… if it would fix everything.” Tsuyu teased suggestively, eying her brunette girlfriend cheekily.

“I really need Mistress to create me that horny jail bat.” Ochako pouted, glaring at the two teasing girls. “Look, I kinda know him best out of all of us and, yeah, he probably wouldn’t respond well to stuff like that… but… maybe a kiss or two wouldn’t hurt. To show him we really mean it, yeah?”

“Are you convincing us or yourself?” Tooru asked cheekily.

“Keep that up and no Izuku for you.” Ochako threatened playfully.

“I’ll be good!” Tooru straightened up.

The girls fell into a more comfortable laugh together as it seemed their discussion had eased the awkward feelings they all had about the situation.

“Thanks guys… for being so cool about this. I really didn’t expect to catch feelings but…”

“Izuku has his ways.” Tsuyu nodded. “He’s a good person even when he’s not trying and you just feel drawn to that. When you talk, he listens and it makes you feel like the most important person in the room, right?”

“Pretty sure he doesn’t feel that way about himself.” Ochako sighed. “After everything, I don’t know if he really believes he deserves to be here like everyone else on some level.”

“We’ll just have to make him understand then.” Tooru nodded. “First we’ll kick his ass, then we’ll kiss it better.”

“Tooru!” Ochako squealed again, tossing Tsuyu’s pillow at the giggling girl.

The trio descended into some more small talk before the invisible girl bid her goodbyes from the pair, letting them enjoy whatever they were watching before she arrived in peace. At the very least she’d gotten some idea of what to do next regarding their little group and she hoped it worked out for the best between them all.


The rest of Sunday passed somewhat uneventfully. Predictably, all were not greatly enthusiastic about classes resuming as Monday dawned but even a bombshell such as One-For-All wouldn’t prevent them pushing forward to be Japan’s next greatest heroes.

Izuku found himself walking to class early to give himself more time to think in peace as he reflected on everything that had happened so far. He very much wanted to believe everything would be okay between him and all the girls, but having to divulge his secret to so many people at once had shaken him.

He knew they didn’t mean any harm by it now, but at the time, his mind had panicked and wondered if they’d turn on him or something equally stupid like demanding his quirk for themselves. Still, after his chat with Momo, Izuku felt bad about rejecting Tsuyu and Ochako’s feelings like he did. He was more focused on his quirk on the time and was intentionally distancing himself for the backlash that appears to not be coming. It had only been a few days but maybe things weren’t as bad as his fear-addled brain had made them out to be.

He reached his desk with plenty of time until morning homeroom, sending a casual wave at Iida as he prepared to face another day at UA.

Classes proceeded as normal like usual which was a welcome relief for the boy. It was nice to know that even after revealing such a prized secret, the world was currently still spinning. Still, he knew that he had to talk to someone specifically about this latest event and, during lunch, he found himself seeking out the previous One-For-All user once more.

The walk to the staff room felt much longer than usual. After their last talk with All Might handing off the ownership of the secret to him, he knew he hadn’t technically done anything wrong… but he couldn’t help but feel like a child about to be scolded by their parent as he approached.


“Well Young Midoriya,” All Might turned and smiled as he entered the staff lounge with the boy after his protégé had located him in the staff room. “What can I do for you today?”

“I told six people about One-For-All.” He blurted out nervously.

All Might blinked several times but made no other movements.

“I’m… sorry, run that by me again.” He shook his head. “For a moment there it sounded like you said you told six more people about your quirk.”

Izuku looked shyly down at his red shoes as the guilt of disappointing his mentor sunk in.

“Jeez, all right, guess I better take a seat huh?” All Might let out a weary sigh, moving over to the couch before collapsing into it. He’d initially hoped the boy had just wanted to update him on his progress with his quirk but this looked like it was going to be a very difficult conversation. “Right, I suppose you’d better explain everything to me then.”

Izuku nervously walked over to the chair that sat opposite the couch he usually used and sat down, prepared to divulge everything much like an interrogation.

Cautiously, he recounted that fateful Friday with a modicum of detail while leaving out much of the parts the girls wished to keep secret. As far as All Might knew, Tsuyu and Ochako had confessed to him together and the other girls were just there for support but got caught up in everything making sure their friends were okay.

“That… is a hell of a story young Midoriya.” All Might sighed as deeply as his body would allow, leaning back into the sofa and staring up at the ceiling before chuckling mildly to himself. “I can honestly say that’s not a situation I believe any other user has found themselves in.”

The joke fell somewhat flat as Izuku just clenched and unclenched his hands nervously, not knowing what was coming next from his mentor.

“O~Okay,” All Might sat up, putting his hands together and resting them on his lips, adopting a thinking pose of sorts. “I guess first things first, do you trust all of these girls?”

“I want to.” Izuku nodded quickly, “I just… i-it was so sudden a-and-”

“Sudden or not, you felt comfortable enough divulging it to them. On some level, you clearly trust them enough to do so.” All Might spoke up. While he wasn’t above doubting the boy’s actions, clearly his protégé had trouble untangling his own feelings on this matter. Stating facts and seeing if Izuku supported or refuted him would probably help him without the boy realising exactly how he was helping.

Izuku paused, his eyes unfocused as he recalled the moments he made his decision, giving a soft nod before long.

“Maybe this was a mistake,” All Might rubbed the back of his neck, acting as though he was having second thoughts. “If you’re so unsure, I’ll go talk to Nezu and see if he knows someone with a memory erasure quirk.”

“No!” Izuku shouted suddenly. All Might sent a wry grin back at his student as the boy realised his own stance on the matter.

“Clearly you trust them enough to put yourself between Nezu and I, are you really so unsure about all this?” All Might chuckled.

Izuku bit his lip nervously. Clearly he had certain feelings on the matter but he still didn’t know what he was supposed to do to ensure what actions he took were the right ones.

“You’ve bestowed this knowledge on them yes, but do not forget it is also a heavy burden. You’re not going to leave them alone to ponder and question everything by themselves are you?”

“N-No sir!” Izuku shook his head, not wanting that in the slightest. “B-But um… I’m scared… what if…”

“Do you forget our last conversation young Midoriya?” All Might asked rhetorically. “While I am certainly cautious and wary of your actions, coerced though they may have been, I believe your friends are right in that they would live in greater fear with just the knowledge of something more out there. To that end, you did the right thing in telling them once young Asui figured it out. I know Tsukauchi and Mirai both struggled with accepting the truth to some degree. In hindsight, I wish I had also told Dave. Maybe with a support network of each other, things might not’ve ended up the way they have.” All Might sighed, “While I don’t understand them as much as you probably do young Midoriya, it’s probably for the best they all know together.”

Izuku breathed a heavy sigh of relief. Despite all the wrestling with himself he’d done since divulging it, having All Might’s confirmation eased his mind more than anything else. Though, at the back of his head, he found that familiar tickle of a thought that had been stirred up in recent times. Was he copying and relying on All Might for answers yet again?

“All Might… am I… no,” Izuku gulped before rising to his feet. “All Might I’m sorry but… I think I’ve been wrong about this.”

All Might blinked owlishly at his student.

“Wrong? How so young Midoriya?” He asked.

“I came here looking for reassurance and advice.” Izuku stated, “I wanted you to tell me I did the right thing so I wouldn’t doubt myself anymore. You’ve offered your support, but once more I think I’m relying on you too much. I’m supposed to be the next symbol of peace, I’m supposed to say ‘I am here!’ and everyone’s going to look to me for help. I can’t do that if I’m still looking to you for the answers. So now, I’m telling you, I’ve told some of my friends and I think it was the right thing to do, even if it goes wrong.”

All Might chuckled and shook his head fondly. Izuku was making a bold declaration but it was a little late considering he’d already told the boy he’d done the right thing. Still, he could understand Izuku’s position and while he certainly would’ve appreciated his own sensei being around to help guide him into his role, not just Gran Torino, his presence could also hinder more than help at times; especially with confidence issues that Izuku frequently faced.

“I understand what you’re trying to say young Midoriya,” All Might smiled. “I will always be here for help if you need it, but don’t make the same mistake I did and think you have to be solely responsible for everything.” His smile faltered as his mind returned to an incident that could’ve very much gone wrong because of his habit of standing alone. “I believe you remember my own mistake, that day of the USJ invasion.”

Izuku gulped nervously and nodded, returning to his seat.

“Even after all I’d learned and lost taking down All-For-One, I still felt compelled to never rely on others when I could help. Because of my hubris, I cleared up messes other heroes could handle and when it was time to do something only I could, I was out of energy and you all almost paid the price for it.” All Might sighed. “I admire your dedication young Midoriya, but as you say, don’t look to me for the answers for this. If anything, I think the girls of your class are much more wise than myself in this matter.”

Izuku didn’t quite know what to say. All Might was flat out telling him that the way he’d acted for many years, the way Izuku and probably Kacchan had idolised him, was wrong. There was something else he felt compelled to ask now, something that hadn’t sat right with him since he’d pondered the initial fight between the two fated combatants.

“All Might…” Izuku began slowly. “When you fought All-For-One… the first time I mean… was anyone there with you?”

The former One-For-All user felt every one of his years catch up to him as he leant back once more. Despite his relative inexperience at teaching, even he could see this was a crucial moment for how Izuku developed as a hero moving forward. There were times at night where he wished he had made different choices in his past and this was definitely one of those times.

“Gran Torino was there, as well as Nighteye in our ears… but apart from that… no.” He said, letting the words hang in the air for a moment. “All-For-One had influences everywhere, there was no telling who we could trust and who we couldn’t. Do not forget that it was only six years ago that I thought we finally rid the world of him. Until then, he’d been in the shadows trying to control and manipulate everything. Even now I still wonder how many people are beneath his thumb from before.”

All Might let out a slow steady breath, trying to calm his own nerves and shame at being so completely tricked, thinking he’d rid the world of that monster for good.

“I went at him almost as alone as I could be given the circumstances. Looking back on it, I wish I had been strong enough to trust more people, especially those that have proven themselves in the years since. While I was always somewhat wary of him, I think one of my biggest regrets was not trusting Endeavour.”

“E-Endeavour?!” Izuku’s mouth dropped. After everything he’d learned from Shoto, about the man’s own sordid past, hearing All Might wish he’d trusted his greatest rival for the seat of number one more was something of a surprise to say the least.

His mind whirred as it always did though and quickly came to the same conclusion that All Might had after many years of reflection.

“If he was there… you could’ve been sure.” Izuku said slowly.

“Todoroki is a difficult man and I believed him a potential recruit for All-For-One at one point, but there is no doubt in my mind that, at his core, Endeavour wants to be the greatest hero above all else. He and possibly others could’ve prevented a lot of the issues we’re now facing if I’d trusted them to assist me.” All Might admitted.

While Izuku knew more than maybe All Might did regarding the number two’s home life, there was no denying his battle power or skills as a hero. It was, if anything, more frustrating that such a person had skills to back up their bluster and couldn’t be dismissed with simple explanations.

“In short young Midoriya, I believe that, while I have succeeded this long going at it alone, I did so out of necessity. You have a much greater luxury afforded to you right now, one I hope you’ll be able to take full advantage of and reach even greater heights than I ever could.”

Izuku sat there just processing as All Might finished his little speech. The regret and sadness almost rolled off of the former number one that assured Izuku he wasn’t lying or excusing his own mistakes. Despite all his hero worship, like many others, the greenette sometimes still forgot that All Might was human and made mistakes much like the rest of them.

“Thank you… All Might.” Izuku nodded respectfully. “I… that helps… a lot.”

“I don’t want you to feel like coming to me or anyone else is a sign of weakness my boy.” All Might reassured the lad. “Remember that I will always be here should you need a helping hand. Please, use me for guidance when you want to, but don’t forget to trust yourself more. There’s a reason I picked you to be my successor after all.”

The two shared a small smile as Izuku felt his mind calm significantly after the stressful weekend he’d endured. He still needed time to reflect on everything but All Might’s stories and advice certainly would help him put things in perspective and move forward. He did want to surpass the man and now more than ever he realised that it was not some impossible mountain he’d have to climb alone.


“Anyone else still feeling shitty?” Kyoka sighed as she took her spot at the girl’s usual table.

“Better than before but mostly because I got to vent to Blasty.” Mina acknowledged, picking up her pudding cup to devour before her main meal.

“Not great here either, ribbit.” Tsuyu acknowledged, getting a reassuring pat on her arm from Ochako.

“I think I feel a bit better about everything now myself.” Momo declared, mimicking Ochako’s action on Kyoka. “I may have had a talk with Izuku and hopefully managed to assure him somewhat.”

“Is he doing better?” Tooru asked hopefully.

“I relayed my own plight and situation with my father to him. While they aren’t exactly similar, I believe the feelings of impending doom are, and I hope I managed to connect to him on some level. He seemed a bit better after our talk but that could be wishful thinking.”

“You were being quite silly with that whole ‘trying to go it alone to protect us’ thing… ahhh, yeah, okay, I get it.” Mina nodded as the realization sunk in.

“Indeed. I also relayed that you all may seek him out in the future for your own discussions, hopefully it will soothe his anxieties somewhat by knowing its coming for sure rather than leave him in a state of wondering.” Momo continued.

“If no one else minds, I wanna go talk to him tonight alone.” Ochako declared. “I think we’re past needing to talk ourselves and-

“CONGRATULATIONS!” A loud cheer erupted from behind the brunette.

Before they realised what was going on, Ochako and Tsuyu felt themselves engulfed in a headlock and squished tightly against something very soft.

“Oh my god I’m so happy for you guys, I knew it for sure the moment I saw you two working together with Ryukyu and I but I’m so glad you’re together!” The voice continued.

The other girls reeled back as they recognised a bunch of blue hair energetically trying to engulf their two girlfriends in one of the tightest hugs from behind they’d ever seen.

“W-What the hell?!” Kyoka shouted.

“N-N-Nejire-chan… can’t breathe.” Tsuyu gasped, tapping the older girl’s arm as the universal sign of submission.

“Oop, sorry, got too excited!” The girl pulled back, releasing her two lowerclassmen but retaining the widest grin imaginable on her face. “When Mirio told me all about it I was so happy I had to come congratulate you two right away.”

“M-Mirio? What?” Ochako asked, likely just as confused as everyone else there. Her heart quickly dropped as she wondered if they hadn’t been as sneaky as they should’ve been and the elder boy had seen something he shouldn’t’ve by accident.

“We’re not together Nejire-chan.” Tsuyu stated simply. The girls all knew it to be a lie but it still sucked that they had to keep up the pretence about everything. They didn’t want to risk Momo’s future or Ochako’s peace of mind though and so all tried to chip in with assurances that the girl was mistaken.

“Wait… what?” Nejire tilted her head cutely and regarded them all curiously. “But Mirio said he saw you all on Saturday.”

The girl’s minds all reeled back to when the older boy might’ve seen them. While Momo and Kyoka were unaware, the other four girls remembered his appearance at the dorms during their dance practise.

“Are you sure he said them specifically?” Kyoka asked carefully.

“He said it was two of our cute lowerclassmen had gotten together so naturally I assumed it was you two.” Nejire pouted somewhat, as though the girls had somewhat disappointed her by not being together. “Wait, did he mean you two instead?” She gasped, excitedly pointing to Kyoka and Momo who were sitting closer than two students might usually do in the canteen together.

“Ahhh, Miss Hado, I believe you are mistaken.” Momo waved her hands nervously. “I-It’s not us either.”

Again, Kyoka knew that they had to keep up appearances, but having to deny her connection to Momo sat upsettingly in her stomach as she agreed with the heiress.

“Do you think he was referring to us?” Mina asked, making a show of putting her arm around Tooru and cuddling her close. “He kinda told us off for being too much in front of little Eri.”

“Ooo!” Nejire’s joy returned full blast as she used her quirk to swoop over to the pink and invisible pair. “Sorry, I just assumed it was my cute little work studies group. They’d make such a good couple, don’t you think? Anyway, I came here to congratulate you and gush because oh my god it’s so nice to have another girl couple to talk to! Yuyu and I have been dying to go on a double date with another couple and Mirio and Tamaki just want a break sometimes like boring people.”

The girls sat there stunned as yet more truth bombs were being dropped by the hyperactive bluenette.

“Nejire!” A somewhat winded voice called out from behind them.

The group turned to acknowledge the latest arrival, spotting a petite red-head carrying a pair of lunch trays and looking like she’d dashed to catch up with the girl.

“Don’t just rush off like that, jeez.” She scolded the girl.

“Yuyu!” Nejire grinned, swooping away from the six 1-A girls and behind the girl now revealed to be her girlfriend, resting her arms on her shoulders and pushing her forward.

“Cute little underclass-girls, meet Yuyu. Yuyu, those two there are together and we’re gonna go on a date and stuff, isn’t it awesome!”

“Sorry about her.” Yuyu spoke somewhat shyly, “Nejire’s been cooped up for too long. Between the festival and the freeze on work studies, she’s kind of ready to explode over anything right now.”

“Don’t be so mean Yuyu!” Nejire pouted.

“I-It’s fine.” Tooru waved away. “She just guessed the wrong pairings is all. If anything I’m a little mad she thinks we’re only the third cutest couple in our group.”

“Nooo!” Nejire pouted again cutely. “I’m sorry, please don’t be mad.”

“I think she’s just playing with you Miss Hado.” Momo giggled lightly. “Just please be more careful in your assumptions in the future.”

“Sorry!” Nejire bowed quickly before turning back to Mina and Tooru. “But how ‘bout it? Come on, come do a date with us!”

“Jeez, and I thought I had energy.” Mina giggled, “How ‘bout it Starlight?”

“If she can get Aizawa to agree and stuff I don’t see why not.” Tooru agreed. “Maybe not ‘til after the festival though. We’re all like, super busy with everything.”

“Wow, yeah, this is your first one isn’t it?” Nejire realised. “This’ll be our third.”

“I think they get that hun.” Yuyu pushed Nejire’s tray into her hands and turned the girl around. “Sorry to bother you guys, we’ll talk more later I’m sure.”

“But Yuyu! I didn’t hear the other girl’s cute nickname yet!” Nejire pouted as she was marched away from the girls table, leaving very disoriented and confused girls in her wake.

“What… just happened?” Kyoka asked.

“That’s just Nejire.” Ochako smiled nervously. “Me and Tsuyu have a bit more experience with her… energy since working with her at Ryukyu’s agency.”

“Didn’t know she was gay though, ribbit.” Tsuyu admitted.

“Aww man, scratch another cutie off the list.” A dour voice rose from the sides.

The group turned and saw Kaminari pouting into his pudding. From his reaction and the gaze of just about every other boy in their class, they realised the hyperactive girl had drawn more attention to them than they realised.

“She may have been wrong, but I can kinda see what she meant about pairings.” Sero spoke up, “Tsu and Uraraka kinda fit and Jiro and Yaoyorozu do kinda complement each other in a way.”

“Speculating over our classmate’s love lives is not something you should be doing, especially with them present.” Iida scolded Sero before sending an apologetic look towards the girls. “Apologies, it seems we couldn’t help overhearing all the commotion.”

“She wasn’t exactly trying to be quiet.” Mina giggled, trying to take it in stride.

“Ooo, you guys can make it up to us by figuring out who the cutest guy couple would be.” Tooru teased, sending a few awkward looks scattering amongst the boys.

“Not very fun, is it?” Kyoka shot out with a bit more venom than maybe she should have. Having had enough of just everything recently, she pushed her tray forward and dropped her chopsticks on it. “Screw this, I’m going for a walk.”

“Kyoka?” Momo called out.

The girl shook her head at Momo walking off, leaving the rest of them behind. Even some of the boys wondered what was going on that could cause the girl to react like that.

“W-Was it something we said?” Kaminari asked awkwardly.

The girls didn’t have an answer for him as, with all their own conflicting thoughts and feelings, it was hard to keep track of just how everyone was doing. Clearly Kyoka needed some space but what was making their girlfriend act so aloof towards them. Momo resolved to try and check in with her girlfriend and, unlike last time, wouldn’t brush it off.


With her hands in her pockets, Kyoka walked through the main UA building as people laughed and chatted around her. She didn’t want to leave her girlfriends like that but everything was becoming a bit too much and she needed her space.

That third year girl bursting into their chat and just pairing them all up like that sent a wave of fear through her that maybe they weren’t being as careful as they should be. After everything they’d been through, they couldn’t afford to slip up now and bring Momo’s parent’s scrutiny down on them.

The media had gotten wind of Mineta’s actions and had posted what details they’d managed to gather in various slandering articles. They’d clearly also been hounding UA for further news but both Nezu and Momo’s dad knew the value of discretion. She almost felt bad for the grape being prosecuted by Momo’s father’s lawyers who were pushing for the harshest sentence of ten years in prison.

The heiress had indeed deflected her father’s anger solely onto the boy after discovering that his family was very normal and honest, only running a small hairdressers in town with no siblings to speak of. It still painted a very scary image of the things her family could do should Momo be discovered to be going against their plans for her and Kyoka didn’t want to lose the bright light in her life.

And on top of all that, she still had Midoriya to worry about.

The dumbass had dropped all that stuff on them and then acted cagey about it ever since. She wanted to slap some sense into the boy even if she needed the time to herself to calm and organise her own thoughts after learning everything. Despite the revelations about his quirk or the Kamino villain, it wasn’t either of them that shook her most about the boy; it was what he’d said about standing on that rooftop.

Kyoka’s arms curled around herself in a familiar, lonely gesture as she recalled memories she’d much rather forget from way before UA, back when she was struggling with just getting through each day let alone enjoying them. It was something she never wanted to admit to any of the others, thinking she was way past it and she’d never have to deal with it again; hearing Izuku’s own thoughts had brought everything back.

Lost in her mind, Kyoka bumped into something hard that came around the corner just as she passed. Thankfully her reaction time saved her from falling on her ass but now she had a new problem to deal with.

“What the hell man.” She looked up into the face of the idiot intent on ruining her day.

Izuku’s surprised and apologetic mug stared back at her before he quickly tried to apologize.

“S-Sorry Jiro, I-I was lost in thought and-”

“Shut up.” Kyoka rolled her eyes. Wondering if the universe had decided today it would make her its plaything, she sighed deeply before grabbing the boy’s arm and dragging him along after her. “Come on idiot, we gotta talk.”

“O-Okay?” Izuku replied nervously, matching Kyoka’s pacing as the girl lead them towards the front doors and outside.

In the fresh air, there were a number of people milling about as lunch continued. Having been making his way to the canteen after his chat with All Might, Izuku figured he would probably be going without at this rate. Nevertheless, he knew the other girls would be seeking him out if Momo’s words were anything to go by, it was just unlucky he seemed to run into Kyoka while she was having a moment to herself.

The punkette lead the boy over to a patch of trees, turning to lean against one while facing into the small forest it merged into rather than looking back at the school or Izuku before letting out a deep breath. They weren’t completely hidden from view here but it was private enough no one would overhear their conversation unless intending to.

“Is… something wrong?” Izuku asked cautiously.

“Do you really need to ask that?” Kyoka scoffed, though she tried to rein in her snideness as none of this was something to be mad at the greenette for. “S-Sorry… just a lot going on right now.”

“I get that.” Izuku let out a single, dry chuckle, deciding to take a spot next to Kyoka on the tree and just look around.

The two just stood reclined against the tree for a few moments, Kyoka trying to find the right words to say as the silence stretched on.

“What do you think happens… when we die?” Kyoka asked.

Izuku started at that question; it was definitely not what he expected.

“W-What? I… I dunno um…”

“Did you think you’d be reborn, get that quirk Bakugo taunted you with?” Kyoka pressed.

“O-Oh…” Izuku bit his lip, realising how this conversation came about. “I don’t know. I wasn’t really thinking at the time. Everything just looked so… bleak. It felt like… ending it all would just make it all… go away.”

“Mmm,” Kyoka hummed her agreement, just listening to the sounds around them for a moment. “Those thoughts… they didn’t just go away after that day, did they?”

“No.” Izuku admitted shamefully.

“If it wasn’t for All Might, do you think you would’ve done it?”

“I… don’t know.” Izuku sighed, rubbing his neck. “If… it wasn’t for my mom… I don’t know how I would’ve climbed down from that building in the first place. If… If anything happened to her…”

“I get it.” Kyoka nodded, releasing her own sigh and clenching her fists tightly. With all the questioning about Izuku joining their little group, out of everything else, this was the thing she probably felt the most kinship with the boy on, and how depressing was that. “I… thought about ending myself too you know.”

Izuku’s head almost snapped he turned to face Kyoka so fast. She didn’t acknowledge him, continuing to just look out into the shadows of the trees.

“J-Jiro…”

“It was before UA.” Kyoka pressed on. “Back when I was first… discovering myself, I thought I was… weird… odd… broken. I was too afraid to tell my parents anything and, despite health class being a thing, other kids didn’t think it was exactly normal. In case you haven’t figured it out, I’m not exactly ‘out’ as a lesbian to everyone.”

Izuku swallowed and nodded, figuring she was at least bisexual if she and Momo and all the others were ‘together’ as they claimed but didn’t want to assume.

“No one ‘got’ me back then. I didn’t care much for the latest fashion and other pandering bullshit enough to make friends with anyone that shallow. Most days I was just by myself listening to stuff and walking around campus. I want to care about some stuff but… it’s just really hard to find the energy sometimes. My parents are happy-go-lucky goofballs sometimes but I didn’t feel like I’d ever match up to their expectations. Even now, I don’t know if they’ll accept who I am… I just… felt so alone, like there was nothing…”

“N-Nothing that was worth sticking around for?” Izuku offered.

“See… you get it.” Kyoka nodded solemnly.

“The numbness… that was the worst, wasn’t it?” The greenette deflated, feeling somewhat comfortable to drop his normal façade with the girl.

“Yeah.” Kyoka replied, “I remember just lying in bed somedays just… struggling to exist.”

“Wondering if dealing with everything was all worth it? If things would ever truly get better… or if it’d be better if you were… gone?”

“It’s something I don’t think any of the other girls would understand.” Kyoka bit her lip, trying to prevent tears pooling from all the bad memories and phantom feeling of loneliness returning. “Tooru maybe, with… her problem, but I don’t know for sure.”

“Mmm,” Izuku hummed. “How… did you get up?”

“Music.” Kyoka replied simply. “Just spent days listening to random shit, trying to feel something. Found some punk and metal that resonated the best. Eventually decided to pick myself up out of spite against the universe and my own head.”

“How… did you go from there to um… h-here?” Izuku asked nervously, wondering if it was too much to pry.

“I liked putting a smile on my parent’s faces with my music… but I wanted to be a hero so that other people wouldn’t have to feel like I did. So that people as lost as I was could find some support when they think they’ve got none. I don’t know what’s gonna happen in the future, especially with all your… you know.” Kyoka chuckled dryly. “But I want to save people from those dark places more than anything else. I… don’t know how yet but… I want to get there.”

“Wow Kyoka.” Izuku smiled a small, earnest smile. “That sounds great. I know you can do it.”

“I got the girls now and I’m not in that place anymore.” Kyoka turned to face Izuku, “But I’m still… really scared I’ll fall back down there sometimes.”

“You won’t.” Izuku stated as though it were a fact. “You’re strong a-and I’m not just talking about your quirk. Momo told me a little about what you guys are doing about her and her parents.”

“I had a huge crush on her.” Kyoka chuckled a little, “But… the way she spoke when she told us… it was like I could see her resigned to it and heading towards that same dark place.”

“Looks like you’re already trying to be a hero to her.” Izuku smiled.

“Breath a word and you die.” Kyoka’s jacks raised as a blush coloured her cheeks.

“I-Isn’t that the point?” Izuku nervously retorted, the dark joke hanging awkwardly between them.

“S-Sorry.” Kyoka apologised. “You kinda… brought things back when you mentioned how you felt.”

“I’m sorry.” Izuku apologised in return. “I… didn’t mean for everything to go like that.”

“Yeah, that evening probably won’t rank high on our ‘Fun Fridays’ list.” Kyoka sighed, “Not your fault though. I’d do it again to make Tsu feel better.”

Izuku looked away, remembering the fear on the girl’s face, fear of his reaction and maybe… fear for him.

“So what’s your deal?” Kyoka asked. “All Might give you the golden ticket and you decided to go ‘Plus Ultra’ ever since?”

“Sometimes it didn’t feel real.” Izuku admitted, “Like it was all some big joke or dream or something. Like the rug would be pulled and I’d wake up at any minute. I know it doesn’t sound very heroic… but… like yourself, spite is a powerful motivator.”

“Bakugo?”

“Sometimes.” Izuku nodded. “I still want to be a hero more than anything and save everyone just like All Might did… but somedays I needed something different to help me get up. I wanted to make him acknowledge me along with everyone else.”

“We should start a group therapy at this rate.” Kyoka quipped.

“P-Probably not the best thing to bond over.” The greenette replied awkwardly. “But um… i-if I can help, or you ever stop just… feeling again… please.”

“Same for you green.” Kyoka nodded, turning towards Izuku again with a morose smile. She carefully reached out her hand and clasped Izuku’s in it, rubbing her thumb along his wrist.

“T-Thanks for listening and junk.” Kyoka blushed lightly. “I… I’ve never told anyone else that.”

“No problem.” He smiled softly. “I’m… glad someone else understands.”

“Doesn’t mean we feel the same way now though.” Kyoka let out a deep breath. “I’ve got Momo and the girls and… well… you’ll have Ochako and Tsu then the rest of us, sorta, when you get your head out of your ass.”

Izuku coughed awkwardly as the topic turned back to something he was much more uncertain in.

“I… I don’t…”

“Don’t tell me you’re gonna reject them after all this.” Kyoka chuckled. “Those two idiots have been head over heels for you for months.”

“It… still doesn’t feel real.” Izuku admitted. “UA… my quirk… having people care about me.”

“Yeah, I get that.” Kyoka sympathised. “Your backstory is full of angst you know.”

“S-So’s yours.” Izuku chuckled as it briefly brought up the thought of his life as a movie with a somewhat depressing opening act.

“You’re here now though, and we’re not letting you go this alone you idiot.” Kyoka sighed, a teasing smile on her lips. “I know I didn’t exactly scream ‘welcome’ that day but… if you’re worried about joining us, don’t be. I think Tsu and Ochako would take it worse if you tried to be all noble and deny something you three clearly want to explore together.”

“Can… you help?” He asked nervously. “I still don’t… understand how… how you are all like that.”

“Bit personal, ain’t it Midoriya?” Kyoka grinned cheekily, sending a blush through the greenette beside her. Despite her joke, she gave his hand a reassuring squeeze. “I’m probably not the best one of us to talk to about this to be honest. I’m… still in a bit of disbelief myself.”

“Is… are you all… happy?” He asked carefully.

Kyoka couldn’t resist the smile that forced its way onto her face as she pictured each of the other girls in their group. It had taken some time and a couple tears here and there but what they shared now she believed was truly special.

“Yeah, yeah we are.” She replied. “And, Ochako and Tsu want you to join too.”

“I… s-still need to um… think about it.” Izuku replied somewhat dejectedly.

“You’re not getting in our way or something stupid like that you know.” Kyoka deadpanned.

“No, no,” Izuku waved away quickly. “But um… I just… never saw myself in something like that.”

“Let’s be honest, with your confidence, you never saw yourself with anybody did you?” Kyoka pressed, getting a shy look away from the boy. “Look, I’m not gonna force you or anything but remember what we talked about before? About enjoying life outside being a hero? This counts for that. I know that I wouldn’t be dealing nearly as well with all this crap you dropped if I didn’t have the girls for support.”

Izuku didn’t think All Might’s realisation about the people he told having their own support would be proven so quickly but clearly the man knew what he was talking about. If he joined them, would he get to be part of that?

Further thoughts along that path would have to wait as the bell rang out once more to end the lunch period. The two broke their comforting hand hold with each other before glancing shyly at each other.

“Just really think about it.” Kyoka said to cap their conversation before taking the lead back towards the main building.

Izuku still had mixed feelings about how romance factored into all of this but at the very least he felt much less alone after that discussion than he did before. Hurrying to join the girl on their return to class, he was more confident than ever that he’d made the right choice to trust them all.


The final classes for the day passed without issue and 1-A quickly found themselves relaxing back at the dorms after their latest quirk training, all recovering from Aizawa’s latest slave driving efforts.

Once they were free from other’s ears, Momo took Kyoka aside to enquire about her recent bouts of isolation. Nervously, the girl replied that she wanted to keep the details to herself but relayed that during lunch she’d run into Izuku and the two of them had a chat that made her feel a lot better about things as well as hopefully cheering the boy up somewhat.

Momo was quite happy to hear that and the news was quickly spread through their chat to their other girlfriends. Likewise, the others were also glad that Kyoka had risen out of her funk but Mina pouted at the girl stealing their opportunity to speak with Izuku for the day. When questioned, the pinkette reasoned that they probably shouldn’t overwhelm the boy with all of them talking to him one after the other, giving it a day or so between talks to allow both him and them time to process things.

The other girls agreed somewhat though after sending her text to agree, Ochako flopped down on her bed and groaned into her pillow.

“Something wrong?” Tsuyu asked.

The pair were currently in the gravity girl’s room doing their most recent assignments together after class. Ochako hadn’t hinted she was in something of a mood before so, to Tsuyu, this was out of the blue.

Pulling her face up from her covers, Ochako groaned before rolling more onto her mattress and facing her girlfriend.

“I was gonna talk to him today.” Ochako pouted. “Took me all morning to gather up the nerve and Kyoka goes and steals him!”

“I’m sure she didn’t mean it, ribbit.” Tsuyu giggled cutely before biting her lip nervously. “I know I shouldn’t… but I still feel bad about making him reveal everything to us.”

“Tsu, no.” Ochako leant up. “I’ve told you, we’ve all told you, we don’t blame you for any of this.”

“Maybe if I’d’ve just kept my nose out of it…”

“Then we all wouldn’t know and Izuku would probably feel bad about keeping everythin’ from us.” Ochako deadpanned before holding out her arms awkwardly from her prone position. “I think you need a snuggle break.”

Tsuyu wasn’t going to reject snuggles, especially when they were about the only thing right now that staved off the guilt. She crawled over to Ochako’s bed and slipped between her arms, the pair just lying there and enjoying their afternoon together for a moment.

“I’m sorry.” Tsuyu croaked out after a few moments. “I must be coming off as really ungrateful to you all, aren’t I?”

“We all want you to be happy Tsu.” Ochako nuzzled her girlfriend from behind. “I don’t think anyone else minds we’re kinda focused on Izuku a bit more right now because we know that, for better or worse, we’ll all be together in the end regardless of what he says.”

“Thanks Ochako.” Tsuyu sighed happily, her fears somewhat allayed for the moment. She would make it up to all the others somehow for putting up with her silly mistake and all the time they were missing together fixing it.

“Stop it.” The brunette scolded.

“What, ribbit?”

“I can hear you thinking bad things.” Ochako revealed, shifting her hold on the greenette in her arms. “Looks like I’m gonna have to distract you in another way.”

Tsuyu felt her tongue wet her lips eagerly as her core clenched. That actually sounded really good right about-

Her thoughts were cut off as Ochako’s fingers quickly found her weak spots and wiggled maniacally to get her to react in a most un-lewd manner. Tsuyu burst out laughing as Ochako held her down with a leg thrown over her side while her hands tickled under her arms and around her stomach.

“Tickle-tickle-tickle!” Ochako laughed happily as she joyfully tortured her girlfriend beneath her ministrations.

Tsuyu wiggled and flexed awkwardly, her body not responding to her commands as loyally as normal to help her escape her current predicament. At the very least, Ochako had managed to pleasantly surprise her in a way that completely distracted her from her sullen feelings.

The brunette didn’t have the stomach for long term torture and eventually ceased her efforts on the delightfully squirming girl beneath her who was breathing deep but soft ribbits into the room once her giggles had stopped.

“T-That was mean ‘Chako.”

“Fun though, wasn’t it Darling.” The brunette replied, nuzzling the girl from behind again.

Tsuyu stilled somewhat at her usual pet name from the others coming from Ochako’s lips.

“Is… are you still okay with everything?” Tsuyu asked tentatively. “I know I kind of sprung that date with Mina on you but-”

“I’m fine Tsu.” Ochako gave her girlfriend a reassuring squeeze. “It’s… been nice just being able to explore everything with you and Momo and Mina. Don’t tell her but she’s probably right in that… I do kinda wanna join you guys completely, and don’t want things between us all to ever end.”

“E-Even if um… w-with the sleepover stuff, ribbit?”

“You mean where we all get naked and just fuck each other like in your fantasies?” Ochako shot back with a cheeky smile, getting only a shy but affirmative ‘ribbit’ from the girl in response. “I thought it’d be worse… or weirder or something. I’m still probably not on your comfort level yet, but we haven’t exactly been together super long so… we’ll probably get there.” She admitted.

Tsuyu felt her core clench again at hearing Ochako admit as much out loud.

“A-And Izuku?” Tsuyu asked nervously. “Do you… mind if he… joins.”

“Like us or… do you mean all of us?”

“The… second one.” Tsuyu gulped nervously.

“Is that something you want?” Ochako replied neutrally. “You want to see Izuku filling Mina or Momo up?”

“S-Sorry.” Tsuyu replied bashfully. “I know he’s not just like… a piece of meat but… it just-”

“Hey, it’s okay.” Ochako tightened her grip on her girlfriend. “It’s still all new to me and I’m just trying to be careful, okay?”

Tsuyu said nothing, feeling awkward for admitting what she had. Here they were still trying to convince the boy just to go out with them and she was daydreaming about all the lewd things they’d do as a group. He was clearly uncomfortable just talking to them still and she found herself wanting the endgame both for peace of mind and to state her own horny desires.

“Maybe we should just focus on us for now.” Ochako replied softly.

Leaning forward, the brunette breathed a lusty breath into Tsuyu’s ear that sent a very pleasant shiver running down her spine.

“You’re such a horny little frog Tsu… my horny little frog.”

Tsuyu’s hips thrust forward in desire as Ochako softly bit down on her earlobe, allowing her tongue to tease at the part she’d captured between her teeth.

“Oooo-chako.” Tsuyu moaned needily, reaching her hand back to grasp for the brunette’s own.

“I think you’ve been sad long enough Darling.” Ochako cooed softly upon releasing the girl’s ear. “I think it’s time I showed you how grateful I am for all the patience you showed and all the love you’ve shown me.”

Reaching down, Ochako grabbed Tsuyu’s shirt and helped the girl unbutton and shrug it off. The bra joined it shortly and Tsuyu made to turn around to allow Ochako to enjoy her body the way she clearly wanted to only to find herself rebuffed and held in place.

“Nuh uh,” Ochako declared before purring. “I’ve got other ideas.”

Tsuyu felt her toes curl in the most delightful way as Ochako took the lead from her. In all their encounters up until now she’d mostly been content to receive and then give when instructed. Right now though, Tsuyu was being made to receive while her gravity defying girlfriend was planning to do all the giving.

“Stay still.” Ochako whispered into her girlfriend’s ear as she backed off a little.

Tsuyu could feel the girl hurriedly removing her own clothes behind her, but as much as she wanted to turn and take in the delectable sight, she obeyed and remained facing outwards, watching Ochako’s shirt and bra sail over her and onto the floor.

“Much better.” Ochako sighed as she cuddled back up to the frog girl. Tsuyu didn’t need to see her to know that the girl was likely entirely nude behind her from the way her nipples and waist were pressing up against her back. “Now,” Ochako planted soft kisses along Tsuyu’s neck. “You’re just going to sit there and enjoy while I do a little exploring.”

Tsuyu moaned gratefully as Ochako continued her kisses along her neckline while one of her hands reached over and began tracing around the outside of her breast.

“Mmm ‘Chako.”

“You like that?” Ochako asked rhetorically as she rubbed small circles closer and closer to Tsuyu’s own nipples, getting a lewd sigh in response.

The gravity girl zeroed in on her prize and gave Tsuyu’s nipples a few tugs, eliciting some juicy twitches from the girl.

“More… please, ribbit.” Tsuyu begged.

“I think that can be arranged.” Ochako giggled, now allowing her hand to tease down Tsuyu’s abdomen and towards her skirt. “Maybe let’s not take this off for now.”

Tsuyu thrust her hips in anticipation as the brunette’s fingers slipped underneath her skirt and panties, pushing through her public hair until they found the tip of their goal.

“You’re my naughty school girl aren’t you?” Ochako played with the girl. “Do you think about doing stuff like this when we’re in class?”

“S-Sometimes, ribbit.” Tsuyu admitted.

That threw Ochako for just a moment. She hadn’t expected a confession like that. A darker look crept onto her face as she wondered just how much she could extract from her girlfriend while she continued her efforts.

“Are you that dirty Tsu? Do you think about bending us all over our desks and sliding your tongue inside as far as it will go?”

“Y-Yes.” Tsuyu admitted again as Ochako’s finger caressed her clit softly. It was frustratingly annoying as she tried to urge the girl to press down harder and speed along her release.

“How naughty.” Ochako giggled, getting more and more into their little act. “Is that why you like my collar? Do you want me and all of us to be at your beck and call, to fuck and be fucked at your whim?”

“Oh y-yes, p-please.” Tsuyu wiggled as Ochako finally began sinking a finger inside her, letting out a lusty breath with her tongue emerging from her mouth.

“Such a horny girl,” Ochako purred. “Look how wet you are just from thinking about doing such depraved things to us.”

Stopping for just a moment, the brunette’s hands unclasped the girl’s skirt, quickly pushing it and the greenette’s panties down her legs, but not all the way off, before resuming her act.

Tsuyu moaned loudly as her girlfriend’s leg reached over and helped spread her own while her fingers spread her pussy as wide as her hand would allow without cramping.

“Look how lewd you are Tsu.” Ochako nuzzled the girl tenderly. “You’re practically begging to get fucked aren’t you?”

“O-Ochako… please.” Tsuyu reached for her girlfriend’s hand and tried to rub it against her pussy. “Stop teasing, I need it.”

“Nuh uh.” Ochako shook her head cheekily, her other hand reaching up to grab something from under her pillow. “I’m just helping tonight.” She said cryptically before pulling something down and into Tsuyu’s line of sight. “It’s my job to hold you still while Izuku f-fucks you.”

Tsuyu’s eyes gazed at the green dildo the girl revealed. She knew Ochako had it but they’d never incorporated it into their intimate time together. With what she was saying though, it looked like she was revealing exactly what she had planned for Tsuyu and the frog girl clenched wantonly at the idea.

“Open up Darling.” Ochako cooed, pointing the dildo towards Tsuyu’s mouth. “Get him nice and wet for you.”

The small gasps of desire Tsuyu let out were incredibly erotic to Ochako. Her girlfriend’s tongue was lolling out her mouth as her gaze was fixed firmly on the approaching toy enough that she almost felt jealous.

She watched with fascination as Tsuyu’s tongue wrapped around the cock and pulled it the last few inches into her awaiting mouth. Both girls knew it was just roleplay and that it was already enough to get the device ready to use but Ochako wanted to push this little scenario a bit further.

“Good girl Tsu.” She cheered, nuzzling the girl once again while sliding the cock back and forth slowly. “I think we should make sure that every bit of it is nice and wet though, so get ready.”

Tsuyu’s eyes widened as Ochako pushed the toy down further and further, nearly losing her grip on it when it sunk almost past her lips. She could feel it in her throat and, in her eagerness, hadn’t taken a deep enough breath. She convulsed around it, her eyes rolling back as her pussy clenched excitedly.

A little frightened she’d gone a bit too far, Ochako quickly pulled the toy back out as Tsuyu sucked in a deep breath, following it with several more.

“Sorry Tsu, was that too much?” She asked cautiously.

“Keep going!” Tsuyu begged with a gasp. “I’m… so close already.”

Assured she hadn’t just choked her girlfriend, Ochako refocused her efforts on the toy in her hand. Reaching up with the hand that had been playing with Tsuyu’s pussy, spreading her excited juices around ready for its latest guest, she swapped the toy over and lowered it to the girl’s entrance.

“Izuku’s going to put it in you now.” She whispered into Tsuyu’s ear, placing intermittent kisses on the girl’s face, neck and shoulder. “He’s not going to stop until he cums inside you.”

Tsuyu’s toes and hands clenched what they could, trying to resist just grabbing the thing and sorting herself out.

“Here’s your reward for being such a good girlfriend… and such a dirty, horny frog.”

Slowly, Ochako pushed forward and slid the toy between Tsuyu’s eager lips. A long, drawn out groan pulled itself steadily from Tsuyu’s throat as the cock sunk further and further into her depths. Sure she’d used her tongue many times before, but this, with her girlfriend at the controls and a very erotic daydream accompanying her, was an entirely different experience.

“Good girl.” Ochako whispered as she hilted the cock inside her, unable to resist her own desires and more and began rubbing herself on Tsuyu’s leg. The frog girl certainly didn’t mind as Ochako pulled the toy back slowly before pressing it in once more. “This is what you want, isn’t it? Me and Izuku and more just fucking you until you can’t speak or do anything.”

“G-God yes, ri-ribbit.” Tsuyu replied hazily, somewhat in her own world right now.

“Cum for me Tsu.” Ochako cooed, thrusting the toy faster into the girl and grinding harder on her leg. “No… cum for us. Be a good girl and take everything.”

“RI-RIBBIT!” Tsuyu cried out, her muscles contracting as she clenched her entire body painfully. Ochako had thrust the toy as far into the girl as she could and just held it there as she felt her girlfriend quiver beneath her. All in all, it was a huge ego boost to know just how well she’d managed to get her girlfriend off.

Tsuyu’s legs slowly unclenched as her orgasm high began to fade and she could control her limbs once more. Haggard gasps and ribbits filled the air along with hot, misty breath from the frog girl. Ochako rubbed her girlfriend’s head and side softly to help ease the girl back into a normal state. She couldn’t help but giggle however as Tsuyu manually clenched her pussy so tight that she pushed the slippery, phallic device out of herself.

The frog girl’s breathing slowed and began returning to normal levels as Ochako propped herself up, looking down at her girlfriend’s face lovingly and continuing to stroke her hair softly. In spite of everything they’d just done, Ochako felt the moment entirely wholesome and allowed herself a small ‘squee’ of content.

“Ochako,” Tsuyu murmured, opening her eyes to look up at the girl who was wearing a loving but entirely satisfied smile on her face. “T-Thank you so much.”

“Thank you, really?” Ochako playfully mocked, calling back to the frog girl’s own words when they’d first become intimate with each other. “You don’t know what to say after sex, do you Darling?”

Tsuyu giggled as her own words were returned to her.

Thinking about that day, she decided to take a chance and say exactly what she’d hoped Ochako would say, even if it was too soon at the time. Reaching up, she pulled Ochako down into a kiss, raising her neck off the mattress to meet the girl as close as she could before pulling back slowly.

“I love you, Ochako.”

The brunette felt her breath catch, looking down at the girl she’d just spent the better part of half an hour pleasing, the girl she’d taken a chance on and confronted her own repressed sexuality and family for, the girl she hoped to share with a certain green-headed boy and tackle whatever the future threw at them together.

“Tsu I…” Ochako blinked, a tear falling from her eye and landing on the greenette’s cheek. “I… think I love you too.”

Now it was Tsuyu’s turn to tear up as both girls brought their heads together for a round of hurried, eager kisses. It was clumsy and messy, teardrops marred their skin as they fumbled into a better kissing position but they wouldn’t trade it for anything.

Ochako pulled at Tsuyu’s side, finally allowing her girlfriend to roll over and face her as she tried to close the gap between them as much as she could.

The two just engaged in comforting hugs, touches and kisses, words not being needed for the moment as they just revelled in their feelings for each other.

After a time, once the girl’s short burst of emotional adrenaline faded, they lie there together, exchanging soft caresses and touches while looking into each other’s eyes and glancing away periodically.

“T-That was amazing ‘Chako, ribbit.” Tsuyu started nervously.

“I-I’m glad.” Ochako blushed, her self-consciousness creeping back up on her. “I wanted to… you know… let you know I’m alright with everythin’.”

You’re amazing ‘Chako.” Tsuyu practically repeated, hoping to emphasise how much she appreciated the girl in her arms.

“I-It was nothing.” Ochako blushed shyly. “I think I got a bit too carried away and stuff at times.”

“I loved it, ribbit.” Tsuyu smiled, caressing Ochako’s face and drawing her gaze back to her eyes. “I love you.”

A goofy, if nervous grin washed over Ochako’s own face as the words were repeated once more. “I think I love you too Tsu. I hope this is love, else I’mma look like a right jackass.”

“You look like the woman I love to me.” Tsuyu grinned, placing a kiss on the now bright red girl’s nose.

“S-Stop it!” She flustered. “You’re making me feel all funny.”

Tsuyu giggled as Ochako settled down once more, the two slipping into another comfortable silence between them.

“I’m am… still a little scared,” Ochako admitted, “That this… me, you, the others… Izuku, is it really okay for us to do this?”

“You mean being in a relationship together?” Tsuyu asked.

“Yeah and like… sleeping together and stuff. I… I really like it but… I guess I feel a little guilty sometimes… like maybe I shouldn’t be enjoying it.”

“There’s nothing wrong with it, ribbit.” Tsuyu stroked Ochako’s arm lightly. “I don’t know how to explain it well but… when I saw you with Momo… I really liked what I saw.”

“Even though you weren’t the one I was um… doing it with?” Ochako asked nervously.

“You’re both very special to me, ribbit. Seeing two people important to me like that, sharing in an experience as intimate and enjoyable as sex together, is something that makes me really happy.”

“So then… with Izuku… you really wouldn’t mind him j-joining Tooru and Mina without us at some point?”

“I think it would be really hot.” Tsuyu replied honestly.

“And um… t-the future… marriage and kids and stuff.”

“Is that what this is really about?” Tsuyu asked.

“W-Well we can’t exactly all get married and stuff can we.” Ochako blushed, looking away shyly. “I mean… h-how are we going to do things like that?”

“I dunno.” Tsuyu shrugged, making Ochako drop her jaw at her girlfriend’s nonchalance. “We’ll figure it out along the way I guess. Maybe we can’t all get married on paper but we can live together, wear rings with each other, and see if Izuku wants to make babies with some of, if not all of us.”

“I think Kyoka may have an issue with that.” Ochako let out a nervous giggle.

“Izuku may not even want kids… is that something you’re prepared for?”

“I guess I… just thought he might want the same things I want.” Ochako blushed.

“To be fair, we haven’t talked about it either.” Tsuyu shrugged. “I know I want a couple. Growing up with my siblings was tough at times but I wouldn’t trade them for the world.”

“I think I want kids too... a-at some point anyway” Ochako nodded, “But I wanted them to grow up in a home where there was plenty of money and me and their dad weren’t always dead tired just to put food on the table so we could spend time with them.”

“Thinking about how you grew up aren’t you, ribbit?”

“Yeah,” Ochako sighed, “W-With how we’re all going to be… h-how would that even work?”

“I don’t know ‘Chako.” Tsuyu answered truthfully. “But I think that we’ll be fine no matter what happens.”

“I-It still scares me.”

“And that’s okay ‘Chako, ribbit.” Tsuyu comforted her girlfriend. “We’ll all talk about it and figure stuff out together later, okay? Just enjoy everything we have now.”

“Yeah… you’re right.” Ochako hugged Tsuyu tight as she pushed off her worries for future Ochako to deal with. She puffed up her cheek and poked Tsuyu under her rib. “I was supposed to be comfortin’ you.”

“And you did a very, very good job.” Tsuyu giggled. “But I don’t seem to recall you getting off yourself… do you want me to repay the favour Love?”

Ochako squeaked and buried her head into Tsuyu’s chest at the suggestion. After a few moments though, she pulled back before shyly asking, “C-Can you um… do what I did to you on me?”

“It’s your turn for Izuku’s cock is it?” Tsuyu giggled. “Sure, I’ll see if he can go another round.” She joked, reaching for the green device once more.

Notes:

Chapter summary:

- The girls begin discussing their thoughts and feelings about everything Izuku revealed. After admitting her fear about All-For-One, Tooru reveals her recent skill at making herself partially visible. Mina admits to Tooru that she's pretty sure she's in love with the invisible girl at this point, much to the coos of her fellow girlfriends. Ochako leads them in a small rally to resolve to help Izuku out no matter what he decides regarding their group. Not feeling in a very 'Friday' mood, the girls return to their rooms. Kyoka, unable to fall asleep, begins penning a new song.

- During dance practise the next day, the girls try to ensure everything appears as normal to calm Izuku who doesn't appear to have gotten any sleep. Midway through, Mirio and Aizawa appear, escorting Eri for a visit before the festival. Izuku leaves to go help show her around while Tooru, Ochako and Tsu have a small chat.

- After the band finishes their own practise, Mina notices some discontent among the members thanks to Bakugo's mood. Despite a cautious warning from Momo, the pinkette visits the explosive boy in his room and confronts him about everything. Initially Bakugo is surprised at learning Izuku divulged the secret of One-For-All to Mina but quickly becomes standoffish. Mina threatens to go to Aizawa and Nezu with what she knows unless Bakugo demonstrates a shred of decency that Izuku keeps insisting is there. When Bakugo doesn't show Mina close to what she needed to see, she begins to leave only for Bakugo to finally admit he's not as good as others when it comes to the side of heroics that doesn't deal with villain smashing. After begging Mina for assistance, she reluctantly agrees to teach him how to be more empathetic in a language he understands. The two are interrupted by Kirishima who not so subtly asks if Bakugo wants out together for his birthday. Having not realised Mina was there, the girl enjoys revelling in the adorable budding relationship that may very well bloom from the pair before dragging Bakugo off to get the redhead a birthday present, warning him not to fuck up both, things with Kirishima and with her.

- Kyoka is affected more than the rest by Izuku's news for some reason and takes a walk. In the meanwhile, Momo heads to Izuku's room to try and talk to the boy herself, assuring him of their resolve and sharing with him her own situation of impending conflict regarding the arranged marriage. Having been a nervous wreck, Izuku still is unsure about everything but feels a bit better after talking with the heiress. When topics turn to their group relationship, Momo concludes by inviting him to a question and answer session between them all where they can all talk more freely about everything once minds and feelings settle from the recent revelations.

- Tooru seeks out Tsu and Ochako for a talk of her own. She explains that she wants to fight Izuku to try and get it through his skull they're not helpless and will be useful allies in the upcoming conflict. Both girls tentatively agree while Tooru also drops the 'L' word for Tsu and revealing she'd like their blessing on asking Izuku out too which they give.

- School resumes on Monday and Izuku seeks out All Might to tell him about revealing the secret to the girls. Izuku gathers some confidence from the discussion and stands by his decision after a small deception by his teacher. All Might tries to help the boy understand that the girls are right to a degree, how he wishes he had more allies in what he thought was the final battle but couldn't trust anyone as All-For-One was still at the height of his power. The retired pro says that no matter what he would stand by his protégé and hopes he can surpass him one day.

- While having lunch, the girls are ambushed by Nejire who heard 1-A had a new girl couple, mistaking Tsu and Ochako as the pair that are openly together. After another incorrect guess, she coos over Tooru and Mina, revealing her and a fellow classmate 'Yuyu' are in a relationship too and ask the duo out on a double date. She's lead away after the pair confirm as much but only after the festival. Her own feelings and thoughts getting the better of her, Kyoka takes off on another solo walk to clear her head.

- Running into Izuku, Kyoka steals the boy away for a chat about their shared experiences about thinking about ending their own lives. Though morbid, the two find comfort in each other by discussing their shared experiences, knowing that someone else went through something similar helps ease their own minds somewhat. Kyoka apologises for being a bit standoffish on Friday and assures Izuku to date the two girls if it's what he wants.

- Ochako and Tsuyu discuss their feelings together, the brunette reminding the frog girl she doesn't blame her for their current situation. After ensuring the other is still okay with everything, the two share some intimate time together.

Chapter 14: Conflict

Summary:

The rest of the girls find time to talk to Izuku.

Notes:

I'm afraid it's that time again. I'll be taking a short break next week so I hope you'll all return when chapter 15 goes up on the 8th of October.

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

Despite Kyoka’s somewhat hijacking of Izuku time the previous day during lunch, the girls resolved not to bother the boy until after school. Classes were still as tough as ever but with plenty of communication and study sessions between them, that may or may not end in very pleasurable ways, the girls found a way to manage their work load.

Finding the time to broach the topic at lunch on Tuesday, thankfully with no interruption by Nejire this time, Tooru decided to talk to the other girls about her plan to ‘Smash’ some sense into Izuku by besting him in combat together.

“Well?” She finished, having explained herself to the remaining girls, not having yet touched her lunch. Ochako and Tsuyu were already in the know so it was more for Mina, Kyoka and Momo.

“It’s probably gonna hurt like hell, but I’m so in!” Mina grinned, giggling at the absurdity of the situation.

“You really want us to challenge that? Like, now?” Kyoka replied hesitantly. “Numbers advantage aside, I’m pretty sure whatever soundwaves I fire he’d just run around with that mad speed he’s developed.”

“Oh come on Kyoka, don’t be so defeatist.” Mina shot her a pout.

“I’ll admit, I have my own doubts on the outcome of such a spar,” Momo sat with a pondering look on her face. “But if we could surprise him and plan in advance, make several anticipated adaptations based on his previous fights, I do believe we may at the very least catch him off guard enough for it to be effective even should we be beaten.”

“Yeah, but who wants that?” Tooru scoffed, “If I’m fighting him, I’m in it to win it.”

“That’s my girl!” Mina held up her hand for a high-five, a solid clap reverberating from Tooru’s response.

“It’s not the nicest thing to do, but I do feel my blood pumping.” Ochako grinned, a small, dark aura taking shape around her.

“I’m probably the most physical here so I guess it’ll be my job to combat him up close?” Tsuyu asked.

While her face was as neutral as ever, the girls could all hear the tone of hesitation in her voice.

“Don’t worry Tsu, I’m sure you’ll both be too busy to be overthinking about last Friday.” Mina guessed.

“If you’d like, I can design the plan with you in more of a support role.” Momo offered.

“No thanks.” Tsuyu nodded, picking up her drink. “Even if I feel off, we’ll need every advantage for this.”

“Plan ‘Kick Midori’s Ass’ is a go!” Tooru cheered a little bit too loudly, drawing some odd looks from passing students.

“To that end, I should actually inform you all of something form my previous discussion with him on Sunday.” Momo announced. “Providing you all find it acceptable, I’ve offered Izuku the chance to attend one of our get-togethers for a little Q&A session so we can better understand each other.”

“Okay, that is more acceptable to me, providing Mina and Tsu don’t try to make it dirty every turn.” Kyoka replied.

“Nothing to worry about from me this time.” Tsuyu shook her head.

“Urgh, no fun.” Mina sighed. “I thought Midori was gonna join us in the pile.”

“I… don’t think anyone’s ready for that.” Ochako blushed.

“If Ochako and Tsuyu are out, can I call ‘dibs’ then?” Tooru giggled cheekily, earning a withering glare from the brunette.

“I take it there’s no objections?” Momo steered the conversation back to the topic at hand. She got a round of shaking heads at varying degrees of speeds as her answer. “Excellent, I shall inform him today then.”

“Oh no you don’t.” Ochako shot, “You’ve had your turn to talk to Izuku about all this, I’ll tell him after classes.”

“Ooo, defend your man ‘Chako.” Mina giggled. “Go for it, I’m sure I’ll grab him or something after dance one day.”

“I… kinda wanna talk to him last if that’s okay.” Tsuyu blushed lightly.

“Well looks like me and Ochako are gonna go a few rounds then ‘cause I was gonna talk to him today.” Tooru playfully challenged the brunette.

The gravity girl shot a few sparks her way in a glare but before it could get any further Momo interrupted them with a cough.

“If you can’t behave like adults, I’ll just have to take the toy away from both of you.” She stated with a wry smile.

“Jeez, just flip a coin or something.” Kyoka sighed, pulling a five hundred yen coin out of her pocket and holding it up. “Ochako, call it.”

Both girls watched the coin fly up.

“H-Heads!” Ochako said quickly.

“Just what ‘Chako’s aiming for.” Mina giggled to herself, earning her a glare from the brunette as Kyoka caught the coin and slapped it on her wrist.

“Heads.” She declared, revealing the coin to everyone.

“Awww come on.” Tooru pouted, sitting back in her chair while Ochako did a small fist pump of victory.

“You know Ochako,” Mina began slyly. “This means the two of you will be all alone together, talking about very secret stuff; shouldn’t you swing by Recovery Girl’s office or a pharmacy first?”

Even Tsuyu couldn’t help cracking a smile at the squeak of embarrassment that emerged from her girlfriend as the group enjoyed the rest of their lunch together.

The rest of the day’s classes passed quickly for most of the girls but agonisingly slowly for Ochako. Her mind couldn’t keep itself focused on the different subject matters and instead played out different scenarios for how her conversation with Izuku might go.

She resolved to get Mina back somehow as a few lewd situations made themselves at home in her head that she was certain only arose because of her joke at lunch; at least, that’s what she told herself.

Finally the day was called and the class were free to return back to the dorms. Dance practice would be in full swing after a short break so she hoped to snatch Izuku’s attention before then as it would be better to talk to him without both of them panting and breathing heavily near each other.

“Damn it Mina!” She glared at the girl as they walked back to the dorms together who jumped from the suddenness of the shout but sunk into a smug grin when she noticed Ochako’s blushing red face.


Izuku dropped his bag by his desk and allowed himself to breathe a deep sigh of relief. He loved being able to learn how to be a hero at UA but some of the classes were brutal at times, math especially.

Pulling out his desk chair he shrugged off his blazer and propped it neatly on the back followed by his tie. Izuku took a moment to stretch out the kinks in his body before opening his drawer to retrieve the clothes he used for dance practice.

Grabbing his shorts, he couldn’t help but wonder how things were going with the girls. Since his chats with Momo and Kyoka after last Friday, he’d been feeling a bit better over how everything came out. Kyoka especially had helped ease the burden of guilt he felt over his lowest moments as, while it certainly wasn’t normal to most, it was not something unique to him, and they’d both managed to overcome it, though he reminded himself not everyone was so lucky.

He shook his head to rid himself of that train of thought and reached for the buttons on his shirt to begin changing. He was brought back to the idea of Ochako and Tsuyu’s question, of their request of him to be their boyfriend, both of them. Izuku swallowed nervously as his actions slowed, feeling a familiar heat begin pooling in his crotch. Biting his lip, he briefly wondered if he had time for a quick self-indulgence session before practice.

His hand reached down as he rubbed himself along the outside of his trousers, feeling his cock flex needily. Izuku knew he shouldn’t think about the girls in that way, but now that his immediate fear from revealing everything had faded somewhat, more normal, hormonal thoughts had begun returning in force.

Reaching into his pants, he gave himself a few teasing tugs. His body reacted pleasantly, sending encouraging signals to his brain. Izuku bit his lip as he imagined what things would be like if he accepted Tsuyu and Ochako’s feelings.

‘Izuku.’ Tsuyu was on her knees on his bed, wearing a green slip and looking as adorable as ever.

‘Come here Izuku.’ Ochako called out too, wearing a very similar looking pink slip.

Izuku gulped as he felt his ministrations speed up, nudging his pants down beneath to beneath his balls so he could move more freely. He pumped his hand as he imagined drawing close to both of them, sinking into their comforting embrace. The phantom of the kiss he and Tsu shared was on his lips as she repeated the action in his head, followed swiftly by Ochako.

The boy steadied his breathing as their imaginary hands reached out and began taking care of his cock the way he currently was.

‘We want this Izuku.’ Ochako sighed breathily into his ear.

‘Give it to us.’ Tsuyu begged, her tongue hanging lewdly out of her mouth, inching towards his cock.

Izuku could feel himself getting close, his toes were curling into the floorboards.

Yes… give them to me.’ A much deeper and darker voice crawled into his imagination.

It was over in a flash as Izuku opened his eyes and stopped his actions but the fear he felt flooding his system was all too real. From out of the swirling mist of his thoughts, All-For-One had emerged and pulled both girls from Izuku and into his hands, clenching them around their necks; he didn’t need to see anymore to guess what was about to happen to their quirks, and then them.

This very image had come to him frequently the night he’d spilled his guts to the girls. Each time he closed his eyes he could just see them and his other classmates beaten down and quirkless in the dirt as All-For-One stood above them gloating victoriously. Just for added spite, even Shigaraki had turned up and began disintegrating everyone one-by-one until only he was left.

The image persisted in his mind even as he tried to shake it away and calm his breathing. Looking down, he saw his cock was now at half-mast and falling rapidly from the lack of attention. As good as it felt, Izuku knew it was pointless to try again with purveying thoughts like that lingering.

He grit his teeth and pushed his trousers down while pulling up his pants. All-For-One would not get the better of him or his friends and he’d push himself even harder to make sure that things like that would never come to pass. Maybe then… after everything’s done, he might see if Ochako and Tsuyu would still be willing to accept him. Pulling on his shorts, Izuku reached for the remainder of his shirt buttons.

A knock at the door broke his trail of thought.

Blinking in confusion, he moved over and opened it a crack.

“Hey Izuku,” Ochako’s smiling face presented itself. “You um… got a minute?”

“O-Ochako.” Izuku gulped, opening the door wider. He took note the girl had already changed into her dance clothes, likely in a hurry so she could come here for whatever reason he was sure to learn momentarily. “W-What um… I-I guess.”

Ochako noted Izuku’s half-dressed state and tried unsuccessfully to hold a blush back as she stepped into the boy’s room. Noting his desk chair was being used as a clothes horse, the brunette strode over to Izuku’s bed and sat down on the end, her nerves preventing her from speaking again until she’d done so.

“Hey, so um… c-can we talk? About… you know?” Ochako asked nervously, sending Izuku a somewhat pleading look.

“Shouldn’t we… um… w-we have dance.” Izuku mumbled, trying hide his mind’s earlier desires now that one of the participants had shown up.

“Mina knows,” Ochako waved away, “She’ll stall a little.”

Izuku flexed his hands awkwardly before giving a small nod and turning his desk chair around, choosing to sit on his clothes rather than next to Ochako. The girl’s face fell just a little but chalked it up to Izuku’s nerves.

“So… I’ve been thinking, l-like you said.” Ochako began nervously, “I know you’re trying to carry a lot right now but… I still want this.” She said with determination. “No matter what you face, you’re one of my best friend’s Izuku. Like it or not, I want to help even if you’re asking me not to.”

“Ochako,” Izuku looked at her face before his breath caught uncomfortably. For the briefest moment, he saw that same, dark figure from his imagination reaching for Ochako’s neck from behind, where her pretty necklace-choker thing currently rested. He swallowed nervously and looked away. “S-Sorry… I… I can’t be what you want right now.”

The gravity girl’s heart clenched painfully at those words.

“Okay…” She replied slowly. “That’s fine… but it’s still not going to stop me.” Izuku looked back at her as her face sunk into one of determination. “I don’t know if you’re still being cautious or noble or something but, no matter what, I’m not going to let you go on without me.”

She rose to her feet and gripped her fist in front of her tightly.

“We’re all going to be heroes and, like it or not, we’re going to have to fight someday. I’ll push myself and my quirk as far as I can so I can stand by your side with Tsu and the others.”

“T-That’s not…” Izuku began, scratching his head to try and think of the correct words to get Ochako to understand just how easily her quirk, her life, everything could be snatched from her. “H-He can’t take my quirk, that’s why I have to fight him.”

“I know that Izuku… and I don’t care.” Ochako shook her head. “I held myself back for so long. When we got to UA, you stood out to me. My heart got all fluttery when I was around you and I told myself I’d push my feelings down so as not to distract you or me from achieving our goals.” Her hand flitted up to rest on her necklace. “I know now that somethings require other people’s help no matter how hard I try to do things alone. You’re not letting anyone else in but I’m not accepting that! I won’t stand by and watch you throw your life away for everyone else when, if we worked together, we could do so much more.”

Izuku wanted to cry at both her dedication and his own frustration that she still didn’t understand. Unlike Momo, she wasn’t there when All-For-One and All Might clashed last time. She didn’t feel the sheer dread experienced from his presence alone.

“Y-You can’t. You’d be putting yourself in danger for nothing.” Izuku explained. “When All-Might last fought him… he couldn’t go all out right away. Kacchan was still there and he had to protect him while holding All-For-One off. I-If it comes down to it… I don’t know if I’d be able to protect you too.”

A sharp slap rang out.

Izuku blinked at the stinging sensation as his feet lifted off the ground slightly. Ochako stood there with an angry look on her face.

“I’m not gonna be some damsel-in-distress for you to save!” She declared. “I’m going to be a hero too, and right now, you’re helpless before me.”  She quickly kicked the chair away from Izuku’s reach and made sure to stay out of arm’s length as the boy floated there, unable to use anything to push off of to regain his position. Ochako pointed her fingers into a gun and fired an imaginary bullet. “Bang, just like that, you’re dead with no backup.”

The greenette wasn’t one to give up without a fight though. His demeanour changed and his eyes narrowed. He primed his fingers for a flick and held them towards Ochako. Letting out the smallest percentage flick he could that would still generate air pressure, he watched her hair blow back as he was pushed backwards against his wall. In a moment he’d activated his full cowling and kicked off, lunging at the girl.

Still disoriented by the surprising blast of air, Ochako squealed as she felt her outstretched hand’s wrist become grasped by Izuku’s. She felt his body press forward into her, even with his lack of gravity, and cause her to step back into the bed, throwing her other hand out to stabilize herself only to quickly find that one restrained by Izuku’s other hand.

Izuku retained his grip on Uraraka’s hands as she fell backward, allowing it to pull his gravity-less form with it. As she landed, he quickly brought her hands together above her head, restraining them with a single one of his own while glaring down at the girl.

“Just like that, you have no power, no quirk, and can be used against me, Tsu and all the others.”

Ochako’s eyes widened in surprise at Izuku’s retaliation but hardened once again. Even though he was almost sitting on top of her, he was still weightless… and vulnerable. Despite their risqué position and the affection she had for the boy, he still needed to get somethings through that thick skull of his. She briefly realised that Tooru’s idea of a battle may very well help him see reason, but for now, she made a mental note to herself to apologize after all this for what she was about to do.

Izuku cried out in pain as Ochako’s knee rose swiftly and slammed into his balls. It didn’t initially hurt as his form just tried to move out of the way against the stronger opposing force as physics had taught him, only to then realise she was pressing his body against the wall face-first and, while gravity-less, he still had a rigid body that was trying to press back against Ochako’s rising limb.

Like anyone who gets kicked in the genital region, he released his grip on Ochako’s hands to push himself out of her way and cradle himself. While he was tumbling erratically in the air, Ochako sprang back to her feet, grabbed one of Izuku’s legs and slammed him down onto the mattress before sitting on his back, trapping his arms between himself and the bed.

“S-Sorry Izuku.” Ochako apologised quickly. “But I meant what I said. Even if it costs me my quirk, or my life, I’m going to be a hero, and that means facing things no one else would!”

The two sat there momentarily, both breathing deeply from their little exchange as each wondered what the other’s next move would be.

Ochako braced herself for a trick as she felt the tension drop from Izuku’s form beneath her.

“I’m sorry…” He said, his voice somewhat muffled by his sheets and head turned sideways. “Y-You’re right.”

The brunette felt her heart go out to the boy as tears began welling up in the eye she could see. Not intending to hurt him, she quickly released her quirk and got off of the boy, hovering over him awkwardly to see if he needed any help. Izuku pushed himself up on his bed before resettling in a sitting pose looking utterly defeated, though one hand was still holding his package.

“I-Izuku?” Ochako asked nervously.

“You’re right.” He said again. “Y-You’re not some damsel-in-distress. You’re strong… and so is everyone else.” Ochako felt a puff of pride at Izuku’s words. “But not enough. I don’t… I don’t even know if I’ll ever be strong enough to… to take him down.”

“Izuku…” Ochako took the opportunity to sit down next to the boy and wrap her arms around him, pulling him into a tight hug. “It doesn’t matter.”

“H-Huh?” He tried to blink some of the tears out of his eyes to look at Ochako clearly.

“You’re gonna do your best no matter what, yeah? Then even if we give it our all, even if everything goes wrong and the world is his… at least we’ll have given it everything we could have.” Ochako answered, pulling back to cup Izuku’s face. “We’ll fight no matter what, but if we do lose… I don’t want to go with any regrets.”

Izuku’s gasp was caught off as Ochako pressed her lips to his. He briefly wondered if this is what Tsuyu felt like when he kissed her, knowing that he should do the right thing, pull back and stop this… but he admitted in that moment that Tsuyu was stronger than he was.

Ochako’s toes clenched in joy as she felt Izuku pressing into the kiss further. She hoped she had truly gotten through to him but for now she just focussed on kissing him back, her hand caressing his face softly.

Eventually, she pulled back with a smile on her face. Izuku’s shimmering eyes looked back into her own and the ghost of a smile appeared on his lips only for his eyes to drop to her neck and gasp, turning his gaze away and shaking his head.

“O-Ochako… no, I… I can’t.” He replied, a despondent tone in his voice.

The brunette’s hand reached up to her neck and felt her collar but didn’t feel anything else that would cause Izuku to react that way.

“Izuku… what’s wrong? Is it this?” She asked. Ochako didn’t know if Izuku had been told about her bond with Momo during their discussion but she wondered if that was partially what was causing him such confliction.

“No.” He shook his head, biting his lip.

“Izuku, please tell me.” Ochako pleaded, “Whatever it is, let me help.”

Izuku sniffled once more, looking ruefully at her before releasing a shaky breath.

“I… haven’t been sleeping well…” He started. “Since I told you I… I’ve been having nightmares.”

“Oh Izuku,” Ochako cooed, reaching up to caress his hair softly. “I’m sorry. Is there anything I can do?”

“Don’t die.” He let out a single snort. “I just keep seeing everyone… quirks gone… all defeated by him. Like he’s making me watch while you all disappear.”

Ochako let out a controlled breath. She could imagine the image herself but it wasn’t one she wanted to dwell on. If Izuku was experiencing it as a nightmare, no wonder he’d looked so tired in recent days.

“You know I can’t promise that Izuku.” Ochako replied softly, causing Izuku to nod shakily. “One thing I can promise though, is that those fuckers aren’t gonna get us without a fight.” She declared with a stronger voice. “And I know that the best way for me to get stronger is to train my butt off and use all the help I can get so that I can help you and everyone else.”

Izuku looked into her eyes, Ochako hoping that the trick of the light she saw was actually a spark of hope.

“This isn’t the sports festival anymore, so I don’t think I should feel bad for asking to look at your notes now.”

Rising to her feet, Ochako looked around the room before spotting a small stack of books lined on Izuku’s desk. Guessing it wasn’t the small looking one at one end, she pulled a familiar looking ‘Campos’ notebook from the other end. She blinked in confusion when she read ‘Hero Analysis for the Future No. 12’ and lacked the notable burns or water damage she remembered.

“That’s not it.” Izuku’s voice called out from behind her. She turned and watched him slowly walk over to his bag, opening it and pulling out the notebook she’d expected to see. She noticed him look at it strangely for a moment before looking at her, clearly catching her while she watched him.

“I’m… sure I can make more but… for now… this may help.” He spoke softly, holding the book out to the girl.

Ochako nodded, accepting the gift of knowledge with both hands. Only, she would if Izuku wasn’t refusing to let go of it.

“P-Please…” He begged, “I’m… I’m sorry for… some of the things in there. Please don’t destroy it.”

With his piece said, Izuku released his grip on the book, giving it a remorseful look before averting his gaze from both it and Ochako.

Confused, Ochako opened the book up, locating her own page quickly enough by recognising her costume’s pencilled design. Confused, she wondered what Izuku was talking about as she saw the same stuff she’d seen before; her name, outfit notes and a few positives he’d made about her quirk that sent a pleasant tingle down her spine.

“Turn the page.” Izuku muttered meekly.

Ochako did as instructed and couldn’t help the gasp that escaped as she read more. While there were plenty of strategies and notes about her quirk, theories on how to improve and attacks she’d demonstrated, there was also a list of weaknesses and strategies to counter her, including how to completely remove her from the fight.

‘Uraraka’s quirk relies on a five-point touch. If hands/fingers/pads are removed, rendered powerless?’

She glanced up nervously at Izuku who cringed and looked away again. It wasn’t something she expected but it was something she knew already, having considered the weakness herself. Seeing it in Izuku’s notebook admittedly sent a brief wave of fear through her but, after taking a deep breath, she quashed it and closed the notebook firmly.

“Thank you Izuku.” Ochako replied with a nod. “I’ll make sure I keep this safe.

“T-Thanks.” Izuku nodded, as though trying to avoid any attention from the girl after this latest revelation.

“It’s okay, I don’t blame you for this Izuku.” Ochako gestured to the book. “Knowing how you see my weaknesses means I just need to work on them until they aren’t there anymore, right?”

Izuku nodded again. Ochako stepped up to the boy and turned his face with her hand to look at her.

“We’re okay Izuku.” She smiled earnestly at him. “I’m gonna get stronger with this so don’t feel bad. When I do, we’re gonna have another talk about this, okay? I’m not giving up on you yet.”

Izuku couldn’t help but blush at that, his eyes glancing down at Ochako’s lips.

She spotted his eye line shift and gave a smug smile. Seems she was getting through to him after all. Pressing forward, she allowed their lips to meet again in another, if shorter than before, kiss.

“You’ll get no more of those until you commit.” Ochako winked.

As Izuku blushed and turned away to mumble to himself, both of them heard a pair of pings ring out. Recognising the text alert, Ochako reached into her shorts and pulled out her phone, spotting a message from Mina.

‘You have 1 new message.
Alien Queen: You guys better not be fuck…’

Ochako blushed at the message preview, praying Izuku hadn’t gotten the same one.

“W-We better go. Mina’s getting pretty antsy so I’ll just go drop this off in my room, o-okay?” Ochako spoke hurriedly.

Izuku nodded and opened the door for the girl who departed quickly though not before shooting him a last smile before closing the door behind her. Once it was shut, Izuku headbutted it gently and let out a deep sigh of relief. That conversation felt more like a workout than anything Mina was about to put him through.

Walking back over to his desk chair, he pulled his phone out of his pocket and checked the text.

‘You have 1 new message.
Alien Queen: Everything okay Midori? If …’

He let out a small smile at Mina’s text. Even if she knew he was chatting to Ochako, it was nice of her to check up on him since they were now late to practice.

Reaching down to begin to unbutton his shirt he noticed that the button was already undone… so were a lot of the rest. He blinked in confusion before realising that he’d started but never finished before Ochako arrived… and then he’d fought her practically bare-chested. He knew right then that this would haunt his sleepless nights as one of those moments he looked back at and cringed at. With a small whimper of acceptance, he put as much of his embarrassment as he could to the side and finished getting ready to embarrass himself publicly near all of his friends with his attempts at dancing.


Despite wishing for a black hole to swallow him up, Wednesday arrived as predicted for the greenette. Practice had gone marginally well and, despite a few knowing looks from Mina, Tsuyu and Tooru, he didn’t make too many mistakes as they practised their routine once more.

After getting in some extra training after dance practice, Izuku ended his day expecting to get only a couple of hours sleep before being awoken again by his most recent nightmare. Unfortunately, his guess was accurate, but this time, Ochako was standing tall at his side while all their other classmates were consumed once again. It was certainly still a nightmare, but when he awoke, he couldn’t help feeling a mote of hope in his chest.

It wasn’t enough to put a spring in his step but he prepared for the day a little lighter than he had the day before.

Classes were tough but engaging as normal and he was somewhat grateful for the chance to exercise himself in the final hero class of the day. It was a search and rescue mission like they’d done a few times before with groups of them locating trapped bots in the USJ’s ‘Ruins Zone’. Paired up with Kirishima, Bakugo, Hagakure and Koda, he’d felt fairly certain about their chances.

With Koda’s call for animal assistance from the nearby ‘Mountain Zone’, they had several additional small helpers in the form of squirrels, rats and pigeons that had called the place home. Acting as the director for their team, Koda showed progress in his confidence by calling out where people were located to each of their team members. Surprisingly, Izuku watched Bakugo actually accept the guidance and adjust his trajectory when told he was off target by the boy.

“Hagakure, Midoriya, there’s two civilians located in a convenience store three hundred meters north-east.” Koda called out.

With a pair of nods, he and Hagakure started off together.

“We got this Midori.” Hagakure cheered as they ran, hoping to pump him and herself up. Izuku shot her a small smile as they hurried through the streets and towards their goal.

Unfortunately, after they arrived, they located several piles of rubble that the bot could be hidden under. Izuku was about to radio back for further directions but Hagakure stepped up and started demonstrating the progress she’d made with her quick.

“This is nothing, check it out Midori!”

Pushing her invisibility field outwards, she expanded it in front of her hands to clear away the obstructing rubble blocking their vision. The rocks and debris was still there of course but using her skills, she quickly found the pile that contained the pair of downed bots.

“Wow, Hagakure! That’s amazing!” Izuku cheered.

“Yeah, it’s great.” Hagakure panted after having to hold her breath so much in such a short time. “Now make with the ‘Mr. Strong’ stuff.”

Izuku blushed as he’d almost lost track of their goal to gush, stepping up and quickly using his strength to clear the concrete away until they could safely extract the bots. After picking up his own, he made to start back to the safe zone only to be stopped by the invisible girl.

“I got this Midori, go find another.” She declared, taking the other bot from the boy and placing the humanoid figure over her other shoulder.

Izuku was about to retort only to see the invisible girl handling the load with no problem. When Koda radioed him a moment later with the location of another bot, his mind was made up and he dashed off with full cowling.

All in all, they’d completed the challenge with the most recovered bots.

In typical Aizawa fashion though, he revealed that unlike the start of the year, the bots had been upgraded with sensors to detect movement and pressure. Revealing a graph to the class that indicated that, while their group had recovered the most bots, only Izuku and Koda had managed to not cause any additional injuries to their charges, though Koda’s was because he had been solely responsible for locating the bots.

Hagakure pouted but accepted that, while her improved strength was commendable, she and the others shouldn’t forget proper civilian handling just because they were still training as bad habits would carry across into the field.

Izuku noted that, while Bakugo carried a dirty expression, his teeth grit and his fists clenched, he accepted the criticism with a simple “Got it,” and said nothing else. He wondered if, after their talk, the boy had truly began reflecting on everything like he’d hoped.

When class was called after returning their equipment to the main building, Izuku began trudging back to the dorms along with the remainder of the class, looking forward to a nice dip in the bath to wash off all the grime they’d accumulated from the exercise.

“Midori!” A familiar voice called out. He turned and spotted Hagakure’s waving sleeves as she rushed to catch up with him. “Hey! Glad I caught you. What did you think?”

“Hmmm? The exercise? It was good.” Izuku nodded.

“No, not that.” Hagakure pouted. “My quirk! I can push and pull it to various degrees now.”

“O-Oh! Yeah, that was amazing.” Izuku smiled, “I’m glad you got to show off how useful your quirk really is.”

“Well, you already knew,” Tooru giggled, “But yeah, I’m sure everyone watching on camera got a good show. I figure I can also use it on people and stuff, check if bones are broken… Ooo, I can use it half way on someone so we can really scare the pants off of class B next year during camp! Imagine a bloody skeleton just walking towards you ominously!”

Izuku chuckled as Tooru performed what was undoubtedly her best zombie performance though it lost significant effect with him not being able to see her drooling mouth or rolled up eyes.

“So um… I-I’m guess you’re here to um… talk?” He asked carefully.

“Am I that obvious?” Tooru giggled a little before dropping into a more hushed tone. “Not here though, meet me in the common room at… let’s say seven.”

Izuku wondered if this would end up like his hang out with Tsuyu for a moment or maybe she wanted to have dinner together since that’s around when most people ate.

“Oh and um… don’t bathe beforehand.”

Izuku spluttered in surprise, turning to stare wide-eyed at the girl only to spot her prancing back towards the others. He gulped nervously as his mind and anxiety kicked into overdrive. What the hell did she mean not to bathe before?!


Much like his time with Tsuyu last week, Izuku spent much of the evening wearing a hole into his carpet from his worried pacing. Attempting to do anything else was folly as homework, relaxing or doing whatever minor training he could in his room all took a backseat in comparison to his nerve-wracking thoughts about what Tooru meant.

Even though the request was confusing, he’d obeyed simply because he didn’t know what she would do if he didn’t. The girl was very happy-go-lucky, much like Mina, and after his encounter with Uraraka yesterday, he was very wary about making any cute, happy girl angry; his junk was still feeling the odd phantom pain every time he recalled the event.

Thankfully, his alarm finally rang out at a minute to seven, allowing him sixty seconds of calming breath and travelling before whatever happens happens. Swallowing nervously he stepped out of his door and made for the elevator.

“Not that way.” A voice rang out, spooking Izuku almost out of his skin.

As he tried to calm his now erratic heartbeat, he heard a soft giggle coming from behind. Turning, he expected to see the hollow outfit of Hagakure only to spot no one.

“This way’s quieter.” She whispered, grabbing his wrist and pulling him towards the staircase.

“W-What’s going on?” He asked as he was lead into the dark stairwell and towards the ground floor.

“We’re gonna talk.” Tooru said simply though there was a cheeky lilt in her voice.

Izuku figured he wasn’t going to get any more out of her and just allowed himself to be lead downwards. When they reached the door that exited near the kitchen, he felt Tooru slow and heard her take several deep breaths.

“Okay, be silent, keep moving where I point you and don’t stop no matter what.” She explained.

“Hagakure, w-what are you-?”

Izuku’s question was cut short by his own body disappearing from view as Tooru’s hand rested on his shoulder. It was phenomenally weird not being able to see himself. He briefly wondered if this is how Hagakure lived every day of her life to which he then felt a shade of shame about; while he’d regain his body soon, she still had trouble becoming visible for more than moments.

Without any further direction from the invisible girl, he spotted the door to the common space opening before Tooru’s other hand attached itself to his other shoulder and shoved him through it.

As instructed he tried not to make a sound as he was steered, though he certainly had a quick look around to see who was about. Todoroki was preparing some noodles for his dinner while Shoji was relaxing on the sofa. At the dining tables he spotted Mina and Kyoka having a chat with towels draped around their necks and somewhat damp hair.

Remembering his odd instruction from Tooru, he suddenly had a sinking feeling about where he was being led to. He wanted to protest and prevent it from happening but if he spoke up now he knew it would attract at least Shoji’s attention and being caught sneaking into the girl’s bathroom was not on his list of things to do tonight. Instead, he decided to trust the girl behind him and hope that this wasn’t some sort of prank or revenge plan.

As expected, he was directed right into the girl’s baths where a stack of towels sat waiting for them.

“Phew,” Tooru let out her held breath, Izuku’s body revealing itself once more, “Made it without anyone noticing.”

“H-H-Hagakure!” Midoriya whispered as loud as he dared. “What are we doing here?!”

“What?” The fully invisible girl shrugged, walking over to the stacks of towels. “No one’s gonna burst in on us in here so it’s the perfect place to relax and chat.”

“B-B-But what about the others?” Izuku asked hurriedly, aware one of them could show up at any moment.

“Did you not hear me?” Tooru replied, “No one’s coming, I asked them to all take their baths first so we could have the place to ourselves, though don’t go telling them that; Ochako and Tsuyu will probably kill me.”

Feeling she’d sufficiently explained herself, Hagakure picked up a towel and wrapped it around her body, confirming that she was indeed wearing nothing before opening the door to the actual bath area.

“Put your clothes in the basket like normal then come join me so I can scrub your back.” She called out. “Don’t keep me waiting~g”

With that, the door closed behind her and Izuku was left standing in the middle of the changing room alone and dumbstruck. What the hell was he supposed to do now?!

He could always just try to make a run for it, but then Tooru would know and so would anyone who may spot him leaving the girl’s changing rooms and label him the second coming of Mineta. Tooru almost definitely planned on sneaking him out the same way he got in so the only way he could guess he was getting out of this, next to simply breaking down a wall, was to go along with her.

Izuku swallowed the lump that sat in his throat as he stared at the doorway to the baths. Was this a test? Some kind of trick? Izuku didn’t know what the right choice to make was. Thinking back to his previous discussions though, he knew that he’d already trusted all six of the girls with a lot. Tooru was kind of inexplicitly asking him to trust her in return right now and Izuku knew, if she was being genuine, it would be a disservice to not trust her now.

Pulling out the little basket to store his clothes that also populated the space on the guy’s side of the baths, Izuku began disrobing.


“There you are.” Tooru called out as Izuku finally opened the door to the baths. She was admittedly a little disappointed to see him dressed in a long towel wrapped tightly under his arms to cover even his pecs down to his knees. Hopefully that would be remedied shortly though. “You can’t exactly bathe using that, come over here and help wash my back for me.”

Izuku was looking over towards her as she sat on one of the small stools with the shower currently held over her head to get her translucent hair wet. Having learned from that time with Kyoka, Tooru knew her outline could be seen wherever the water couldn’t go which would become even more apparent in the bath but she didn’t care.

“Just consider it a mixed bath Midori.” She said playfully as she washed the last of the shampoo out of her hair.

Tooru watched the boy swallow nervously and nod without saying a word before he waddled over towards her, taking short little penguin steps due to how tightly he’d wrapped his towel.

“Come on Midori, I don’t bite. Plus you’ve kinda been around me naked before and that’s not got you being all weird then.” Tooru teased. It wasn’t a fair comparison but she wanted to light up the boy’s face a nice tomato red anyway.

“W-W-Why did you wanna t-t-talk h-here?” Izuku asked, his nerves very much on display as he picked up a small hand towel from the side before making his way over to Tooru. The girl said nothing until he’d crouched down behind her and carefully took the showerhead from her hand.

“Because we can.” She answered simply. “It’s fun to have a bath with friends, though it’s probably a little different for me since I’m dating most of mine.” She giggled, “Well, all except ‘Chako but I’m sure she’ll say ‘yes’ when I ask her.”

Izuku almost dropped the showerhead at the implication Tooru was just casually dropping. The front of his towel was slowly getting wet from all of the water backsplash but he ignored it for now and tried to figure out what exactly to say.

“Oh I um… di-didn’t know that.” He swallowed thickly, pressing the hand towel forward until it met with something solid.

“That’s it Midori, make sure you get everywhere,” Tooru giggled, sending a strong blush through Izuku’s whole system. “Anyway, yeah, we’re all kinda together on some level. Ochako’s the only one who isn’t. It’s just me and Kyoka she’s yet to ‘officially’ date but she’s gone through a lot recently so we’re in no hurry.”

The greenette at her back hummed noncommittally as he tried to focus on his task and not the naked girl he had been given permission to touch.

“So are you gonna join us and get the harem that purple prick always wanted?”

Izuku’s scrubbing stopped as he opened and closed his mouth, trying to put some semblance of a coherent thought together.

“I-I-I erm… y-you er…” Izuku sarcastically thanked his brain for being great under pressure.

“Wow, found your weakness, eh Midori?” Tooru giggled again. “We’d all be goners if All-For-One was a pretty woman wouldn’t we?”

“Is this just some big joke to you?!” Izuku shouted, a bit louder than he intended to with the reverberation the tiled wall gave the sound waves. He knew the girl in front of him had reacted as the stool she was sitting on scooted forward quickly. As soon as he realised that he felt his shame kick in. “I-I’m sorry Hagakure… this was a mistake.” He stated, standing up and turning towards the door.

“I-Izuku, no.” Tooru turned, grabbing onto his towel before he could get too far. “It’s my fault… I’m sorry. I’m just… trying to not be nervous is all.”

The greenette released a small sigh as the felt guilt about his secret overwhelm his frustration at the girl’s antics.

“Hagakure I’m-”

“Tooru… please.” She asked shyly. “I think we’re kind of beyond surnames at this point with um… what you’ve trusted us with.”

“Tooru then… I’m sorry I yelled. C-Can I please ask what you want from me here? I’d um… be much more comfortable talking somewhere else.”

“A um… good bath always helps me unwind. I… figured the same might be true for you.” Tooru admitted, “Can we please continue? I really do want to talk and I’ll stop making so many jokes.”

Izuku bit his lip pensively. His shoulders fell as he gave into the girl’s pleas and turned back around, picking up the shower head once more and directing it around until he’d covered Hagakure’s back in droplets once more.

“If I get close to anywhere-”

“I’ll let you know if I feel uncomfortable.” Tooru agreed, waiting a few more moments as Izuku returned to scrubbing before speaking up next.

“He scares me you know.” She spoke, “All-For-One I mean.”

“Yeah.” Izuku answered simply. “He… scares me too.”

“I know.” Tooru replied sadly. “But you’re still going to fight him if he gets out.”

“Yeah.” Izuku replied again, travelling quite close to Tooru’s rear as he scrubbed. “Only I can… it’s my job as All Might’s successor and the holder of One-For-All.”

“You still have a choice.” Tooru retorted. “You could leave Japan or just do nothing.”

“Being a hero’s all I’ve ever wanted,” Izuku stated dourly, “Even when I was quirkless. If All Might had told me about All-For-One when he’d offered me the quirk… I might have hesitated a little, but I’m pretty sure I would’ve made the same choice.”

Tooru chuckled fondly.

“Jeez, you really are a hero through and through aren’t you Izuku?” She sighed. “Come on, your turn.” She stated, rising to her feet and turning to the boy. “You’re probably still all dusty from our training earlier. Let me help with this at least. I won’t do anything you’re not comfortable with, trust me.”

Izuku bit his lip and looked away, breaking out into another blush. Mixed baths were a thing he knew about but he’d never been to one.

“If it’s too much that’s okay.” Tooru offered, “I know you probably don’t trust us much after we kinda forced you to talk about everything and junk.”

“No I…” Izuku started but paused to make sure he got his phrasing right. “I… didn’t want to hurt Tsu. She found out and I… reacted badly.” He admitted. “Y-You guys are my friends though… may-maybe not best friends but… I want to trust you; I’m just… scared.”

“I get it Izuku.” Tooru reached out a hand to rest on his arm comfortingly. “You’ve done so much to help me with my quirk I don’t think there’s anything I can do to repay you.”

“T-That was all you.” Izuku waved the praise away. “I-I just pointed you in the r-right direction.”

“And I’d still be stumbling around like a chicken without its head otherwise. I tried for years without getting anywhere,” Tooru countered. “Point is, you went out of your way for me. You didn’t have any ulterior motive like seeing what I looked like or something, I could tell every time we spoke that you just genuinely wanted to help me with a problem I’ve had since I was a kid.”

“T-That was just the right thing to do,” Izuku explained.

“That sorta thing doesn’t come natural to everyone. Just look at Bakugo.”

Izuku had to give her that point, even with the boy’s apparent improvements.

“Please, let me just do what I can while we talk.” Tooru offered, pulling Izuku forward and guiding him towards the seat she’d just occupied.

Slowly the boy accepted the offer, sitting down with embarrassment written all over his face while Tooru took the hand towel from him. Sitting behind him, she patiently waited for him to begin running the water over himself whenever he decided to remove his towel.

“S-Sorry.” Izuku apologised after a moment, standing up. Tooru briefly thought it was because it was too much for him only for the boy to walk over to the little bench along the side. “P-Please don’t um… l-laugh.”

Tooru wondered what he could be referring to, her mind quickly offering the ‘tiny penis’ answer which she was pretty sure all boys would be afraid of such a reaction to. Instead, she was treated to the boy removing his large towel only to reveal a slightly smaller towel underneath, covering his midriff down to his knees. When Izuku heard no reaction from the girl behind him, he nervously removed his second ‘in-case-the-first-one-falls-off’ towel to reveal his green underpants that he’d worn as a last ditch safety precaution.

That was as far as he felt comfortable going and turned shyly back to Tooru, displaying almost everything to the girl.

“Wow, two towels Midori, did you think I was gonna get grabby?” Tooru offered what she hoped was an appropriate joke.

“I… didn’t want to make a mistake.” Izuku said softly. “You um… weren’t too clear and making jokes, I didn’t want to assume and make you… uncomfortable… like him.”

“O-Oh…” Tooru’s voice fell at hearing that. Truthfully she didn’t blame Izuku’s hesitation and nerves, she probably should’ve played this whole thing a bit better but that was her mistake, not his. “It’s okay, you’re not him Izuku. I trust you in here alone with me after all.” She smiled honestly, even if he couldn’t see it. “Come on, let’s scrub up and jump in the nice, warm tub.”

Izuku nervously walked back over to his seat and took his spot, picking up the shower and running the water over himself. Tooru just watched the boy in the mirror as he briefly lost himself in his chore, the greenette shivering slightly as the warmth of the water began to seep pleasantly into his bones.

Once he’d spent a few minutes enjoying the water, Tooru began scrubbing at the hard to reach spots along his back. Despite having Iida, Todoroki and others doing the same for him when their bathing times overlapped now and again, receiving the same thing from a girl was a drastically different experience. Izuku couldn’t help releasing a sigh of satisfaction as Tooru progressed.

“Feel good?” Tooru asked, getting a pleasant hum from the boy as her answer. “I’m glad. Sorry for not taking this more seriously before.”

“It’s okay.” Izuku shook his wet locks. “I’m um… still not used to playful jokes.” He admitted, “Whenever we talk I um… really like seeing you all bubbly and happy. You always try to use your actions to show how you’re feeling since we can’t um… see you. I know you’ve adapted because of your quirk but I think I’d miss it if you stopped when you figure out how to always be seen.”

Tooru felt her heart lurch in her chest. Did the boy have no idea what his words were doing to her?

“Stop it Izuku.” Tooru warned with a teasing smile. “I’ve already fallen in love with Mina, you’re quickly trying to join her aren’t you?”

Izuku stilled, processing her words before answering.

“I’m um… n-not trying to?” He replied awkwardly. “I… think I’ve got my hands full just trying to um… figure out things with Ochako and Tsu.”

Tooru worked on getting the last few spots of him clean as he answered, thinking about how to convince the foolish greenette to just pick the right option and make everyone happy, including himself.

“Why are you hesitating?” She asked “I know they both have been puzzling for ages on when and how to ask you out.”

“Y-You know why.” Izuku replied sadly. “It would put them, and you all, in danger…”

“Nah, that’s not it.” Tooru pondered. “Kyoka was right, the whole class is technically in danger just from you being friends with us… I think there’s something else too.”

Izuku said nothing and waited for whatever Tooru was going to say next.

“No, can’t figure it out yet, lets jump in the bath and keep going, maybe I’ll figure it out then.” She shrugged, tossing the hand towel over to the side before walking over to the tub. Izuku blinked over at her as he saw nothing but heard the soft splashes of her form sinking into the water.

Cautiously he stood up, very aware his underwear was now soaked and clinging to him so he hid himself behind his hands as he looked over at the small hole Tooru made in the water from her presence.

“Come join me Izuku,” She called out. “Keep ‘em on if you’re not comfortable.”

Izuku felt himself a bit more reassured and cautiously walked over to enter the bath himself. The waters were delightfully warm and soothing as he sunk into their depths, sitting down on the built-in chairs so that only his shoulders rested above the water’s surface.

“It’s nice to see a smile on your face again.” Tooru said as she watched Izuku carefully. “Mina’s been a great girlfriend, they all have so far. When I think about giving up during training I sometimes think of them and it helps push me that little bit further. Whenever I think of them it makes me happy. Is that really something you don’t want for yourself?”

“I do… but… I don’t think it’s something I should think about right now.” Izuku answered.

“So you do but something’s holding you back.” Tooru stated simply. “Is this just because you haven’t reached number one yet? Because you can’t wield a hundred percent of your power? Waiting for a prison breakout that may never come?”

“I-I’m the only one who can fight him without losing my quirk… I have to be ready.” Izuku countered.

“I get that Izuku, I really do.” Tooru nodded. “If he gets out, I’m sure we’ll all be counting on you like you say. Until then though… why can’t you be happy? I get having a quirk after wanting one for so long is like some sort of divine chance for you but why does your whole life have to revolve around replacing All Might?

“Because I…” Izuku paused. “B-Because I… i-if I don’t do everything I can… if I don’t train hard enough… a-and I fail…”

“What if you fail because you didn’t accept help when it was offered, even in the unique form it currently takes?” Tooru offered, “This isn’t a choice between one thing or the other; you can have both. I am.” Tooru explained. “I’ve been training my butt off with your help and I’ve had Mina in my corner the whole way, first as a friend, then as my girlfriend. What’s so different about you accepting the same thing with Tsu and ‘Chako?”

Izuku didn’t have an answer for that. He was well aware of the amount of time and effort Tooru had put into her quirk training and knew how much it meant for her to get the result she wanted. Even with all their UA responsibilities and making time for not just Mina, but three of the other girls too, she still managed to achieve her goal in what he considered remarkable time.

“I don’t know if All Might has you on some super strict training plan or whatever but regardless, you need to enjoy life too so you’ve got something to look forward to when you stop fighting.”

Izuku sighed and looked away from the invisible girl’s spot.

“What if… they made a mistake?” He asked softly. “What if I’m… not good enough?”

“Not good en… really?!” Tooru almost shouted in disbelief but lowered her tone when the boy flinched. This was supposed to be relaxing though right now it was anything but. Hopefully, like a knot of stress in the back, she’d found the source and could now try to work it out. “Do you… really think that… after everything?”

“Ochako and Tsu are amazing.” Izuku stated as though it was fact. “A week ago I could barely believe Tsu wanted to get to know me better, let alone d-date me with Ochako, w-whom she’s also dating.”

“And the rest of us but go on.” Tooru nodded.

“What… chance do I have… I’m not… good enough.”

Tooru looked hard at Izuku and really thought about everything she knew about the boy. Was his self-confidence really so low? Then she recalled his story about growing up with Bakugo of all people. After her own experience with the boy, who acted in such a hostile way even when he apparently approved of her if Mina’s instincts were to be believed at the time, she had no doubts Izuku was still suffering the after effects of being beaten down for too long.

“Izuku…” Tooru cooed softly, reaching up out of the water to caress his face. “You’re not worthless no matter what anyone says. I know it’s a lot to ask but please trust me when I say that they genuinely think they’d be the lucky ones if you agreed to go out with them… I know I would be.”

The greenette looked shyly over at Tooru as she spoke.

“The girls know this but… I kind of fall for people that I think see the real me. With all the quirk training we’ve been doing together, I kind of developed my own c-crush on you.” She explained, her face heating up. “I know it might be too much to say but… I’d like to ask you out too… i-if you’ll have me.”

Izuku’s mouth dropped open. He wanted words to come out, especially the right ones, but he had no idea what any of those were.

“I know it’s um… k-kind of inappropriate and stuff with how we’re dressed but… m-may I show you with a um… k-kiss?”

“M-M-Mina!” The boy choked out. “W-What about h-her? Y-You and she-”

“Mina knows.” Tooru smiled shyly. “They um… all do. I wouldn’t have invited you here if they didn’t.”

Izuku gulped nervously, not sure what to say once more.

“Would it… be easier if you could see me?” Tooru offered. “I don’t know how l-long I can-”

“N-No.” Izuku cut her off before she could offer. “I um… I don’t… need to see you.”

“Am I that ugly?” Tooru laughed quickly with a touch of bitterness. She’d finally figured out how to make herself visible and even then she was still being rejected.

“N-No I um… y-you c-couldn’t be sure then… i-if I um… accepted because of your looks.”

Tooru’s breath caught again as Izuku apparently completely understood all her previous fears. She couldn’t remember if she’d told him about her past attempts to romance boys but it seemed she’d finally found the right one.

“So um… c-can I then? K-Kiss you I mean?” Tooru asked with bated breath for the answer.

Izuku took a deep breath to try and steady his rapidly firing nerves.

“O-Only if um, you really think I’m… g-good enough.” He replied carefully.

That was all the permission Tooru needed as she surged across the bath, closing the distance between them as she leaned over and took his face in between her hands.

Despite her invisibility, she could feel Izuku’s gaze seek out her eyes as she stared deeply into his. Maybe it was instinctual or something but Tooru didn’t care. All she knew was that she needed to show this amazing, dense boy how much she cared for and appreciated him.

Slowly tilting her head to the side, she pressed her lips to his in a slow, sensual kiss. She felt Izuku pressing back softly but it still didn’t feel like enough. After a few moments of sharing the initial kiss, Tooru parted her lips and let her tongue push between them, tentatively touching Izuku’s lips. She felt him pull back just for a moment as his brain caught up with what was going on. When he returned the precious few centimeters that had opened up between them, she resumed their first kiss briefly only to try one last request for her tongue and his to meet.

This time, her answer was much more favourable as she felt Izuku’s own lips slowly part and his tongue very hesitantly pushing forward. Knowing what she did about him, she figured he’d be as inexperienced as she was without all the recent practice with the other girls. She slowly introduced him to all the sensations she enjoyed, pushing her tongue into his mouth and briefly demonstrating how to wrestle before allowing the boy to take the lead and move the battle into her own mouth. It was clumsy and a little forceful but she knew that he just needed practice. Practice she very much hoped he got with her and her girlfriends. 

Running low on air, she pulled back from Izuku’s face and let out a shy, girlish giggle.

“Definitely good enough.” She blushed.

“Y-You think?” His own blush flared up. “I’m not… bad?”

“You’re a major catch Izuku.” Tooru replied honestly, not knowing whether he was talking about himself or his performance. “Though maybe you need a bit more practise kissing until you’d be considered ‘good’. Would you… maybe accept a bit of ‘training’ from me?”

Izuku swallowed nervously, noting his mouth felt positively electric after their kiss.

“I-I mean… i-if you think it’s okay.” He replied nervously.

The two sunk into another kiss, this one deepening into tongues a little faster than before. With no further need to hold Izuku’s face to guide him, Tooru allowed her hands to drop down, caressing his cheek, then chin before following the curve of his neck to his shoulders. Izuku noticeably flinched as she tried to stoke down his pec so she broke the kiss once more.

“I-Is this okay?” She asked carefully, rubbing a small circle on his skin above the water line. “Can I um… touch?”

Izuku didn’t know what to say and just let his body do the talking for him by nodding his head slowly.

“Good,” Tooru smiled, “Then for the next one, let me just…” She traced Izuku’s arms with her hands, following them underwater until she found his wrists. One hand she simply took in her own, entwining their fingers together, but with the other, she lead it up and pulled it closer until she’d placed it firmly on her hip, allowing Izuku to hold her.

“H-H-Hagakure.” Izuku blushed fiercely, wondering if he’d be dyed permanently red at this stage.

“It’s only fair, right?” Tooru giggled softly. “I said I’d let you know if you made me uncomfortable.”

Izuku swallowed thickly once more, very aware Tooru’s legs were brushing up against his too with how close they were. He felt her pose adjust again as she leant in for another kiss, the hand that directed his own to her hip was now tentatively pressing against and feeling out his chest. The boy knew he was getting swept up in his emotions and his hormones; part of his brain was screaming at him that he didn’t deserve this and he should get back to training lest he lose everything. Right now though, Tooru’s kisses were able to calm that voice to a whisper, bringing a strange peace to his mind he hadn’t felt in a long time.

The hand clasped in Tooru’s own began getting redirected by the invisible girl. She released his hand from her grip before taking him by his wrist and directing it somewhere only the other girls had touched before. She tightened her grip on his wrist pre-emptively just before his fingertips made first contact. As predicted, when he realised exactly what that oddly soft feeling was he was being pulled towards he tried to yank his hand back but Tooru was having none of it.

“It’s okay Izuku.” She cooed softly as their kiss broke, resting her forehead against his. “I want you to touch me, just a little.”

“I-I… um… a-are you sure? I-Is t-this all okay?” He asked nervously. “I-I-I’m n-not er… c-c-cheating?”

“Cheating?” Tooru tilted her head for a moment before understanding and letting out a small giggle. “You’re the one that said you’re still not with ‘Chako and Tsu, and I’ve got permission from my girlfriends.” Tooru placed a small kiss on his nose and began pulling has hand closer once again. “You’ve taught me so much about my quirk, now let me teach you a few things.”

Izuku’s hand jerked again has his fingers touched the softness of Tooru’s breast but less so than last time before slowly allowing it to be placed completely over it, the now rigid nipple resting against his palm.

“There we go.” Tooru said breathily, biting her lip in excitement as she released Izuku’s wrist. “D-Do you like it?”

The greenette gulped again as he felt the texture information relayed from his hand register in his head. He’d only imagined doing anything even remotely this erotic with Tsuyu and Ochako and now he was experiencing something very real with Tooru of all people. He wasn’t lying earlier when he complimented her; he’d just never imagined something like this being possible.

“I’ll take your silence as a good thing.” Tooru giggled at the disbelieving look on the boy’s face. He was probably touching something like this for the very first time after all. “My turn.” She announced, allowing her hand to once again begin roaming Izuku’s chest, feeling his firm pecs resist beneath her fingertips before proceeding lower to touch at his toned abdomen.

Being with the other girls was all well and good but Izuku’s body, as a man, was just built differently. Built in a way that turned her on all the same, but just for different reasons. It was clear from the resistance as she lightly pressed against him that he was doing some intensive training and it was clearly paying dividends. Tooru figured it was a good thing Mina wasn’t here else she’d probably be drooling over his abs. A dirty thought popped into her head about herself and her girlfriend seducing Izuku into their bed that made her core clench hungrily.

Tooru let out a soft moan, both from her own imagination and Izuku’s actions as he’d chosen that moment to pull his hand back so he could better examine her nipple with his fingers. He blushed deeply when she made that sound, her nipple frozen in place as he stopped his movements.

“That’s nice.” Tooru breathed, her own hormones rising to levels that made her feel much more daring than she had before. Looking down into the rippling bath waters, she noted her hand was inches away from Izuku’s underpants. It wasn’t clear, but given all they’d experienced together he was probably hard, right? Her hand left his chest and her fingers cautiously touched the top of the boy’s penis.

Despite the excited flex she felt under her touch, Izuku’s hand left her hip to grip her wrist.

“N-No… please… I-I don’t-”

“No, no, I’m sorry.” Tooru quickly apologised. “I should’ve um… asked first.”

Izuku blushed deeply, pulling his other hand back from her chest and shyly looking away.

“C-Can we stop? N-Not that I don’t um… like it.”

“Yeah, sure.” Tooru nodded quickly, backing off now she’d been asked to and taking her seat back on the opposite side of the bath.

The two students sat nervously in each other’s presence, waiting for both their hormones to settle and the other person to speak up.

“T-That was um… nice.” Izuku said after a few moments. “T-Thank you very much.”

“You don’t need to thank me Izuku.” Tooru chuckled. “We um… both enjoyed it.”

Izuku blush deepened as he nodded, looking back towards Tooru’s position in the water.

“Bet you’re rethinking joining us now you’ve got a taste, aren’t you?” She giggled, wiggling her chest at the boy though it somewhat lost its effect with her translucency.

Izuku let out a sigh and wrung his hands together on his lap under the water.

“Tooru… this isn’t easy for me. I know you’re all amazing and wonderful and going to be great heroes.” The girl felt her face heat up in a blush of her own. “But… I don’t know if this is something I can do. I need… more time to think. I’m sorry… I can’t give you the answer you want either.”

“I understand.” Tooru nodded, feeling her heart go out to the boy who was able to go from the elation of what they’d just done together to such a sullen look so quickly. They were all trying to help him but this was something deeply ingrained that probably wasn’t going to go away without a lot more time or something drastic to shift his worldview; neither sounded like particularly appealing options.

The two sat nervously, enjoying the pleasant waters for a few minutes longer, each giving themselves a few gentles caresses to both clean and calm their still tingling nerves. The sound was broken eventually by Izuku’s voice once more.

“T-Thank you for the talk… and everything.” Izuku started nervously. “B-But I think we should get out now.”

The invisible girl sighed, wishing she could’ve somehow done more to help the boy. She’d gone into this with the best of intentions but couldn’t help but feel like she’d failed somehow. At the very least, she’d put herself into the same position as Tsu and Ochako now that she’d confessed her feelings to the boy but he couldn’t accept or reject them one way or the other yet.

The pair got out of the bath with Tooru pulling the plug as they gathered their towels over on the side. Despite everything, she couldn’t help sneaking a peak of Izuku’s waistline, noting that his cock was still very much erect. The lewd thoughts in her mind tried to get her to make some very impulsive decisions but she ignored them; Izuku’s feelings came first.

Unbeknownst to her, Izuku was also having a battle with his hormones as the nervous, anxious voice in his head was regaining its previous volume and he desperately wished he could make it shut up for just a bit longer.

“T-T-Tooru?” He said quickly, turning towards the girl as she wrapped her towel around herself.

“Yeah?” She tilted her head, wondering if Izuku was having second thoughts about calling their time together to an end.

“Y-Y-You um… you’re n-naked, right?”

“W-Well I was.” Tooru giggled, flapping her towel a little. “You angling for another peek?” She lifted the hem.

“N-No I um…” Izuku gulped nervously, gathering his courage before he backed down. “T-T-Then it’s only fair if I’m the same, right?”

Tooru gasped as Izuku grabbed his underwear and pulled them down to his feet before standing ramrod straight, arms held tightly at his side with his fists clenched nervously. Izuku was now bare to Hagakure’s roaming eyes as they tried to first process what exactly they were seeing before memorizing every lurid detail.

Izuku’s cock flexed nervously as his butt clenched from embarrassment. Despite this though, he felt a degree of satisfaction as it silenced the voice in his head from what he guessed was his own sheer audacity. He knew Tooru’s feelings now and hoped he wasn’t going too far for the girl despite her reaching for his male implement only minutes ago.

When the embarrassment eventually overwhelmed him, he quickly reached for the pair of towels he brought in and wrapped them around himself, breaking the invisible girl from her stupor.

“W-Wow I-Izuku t-that’s um…” She swallowed the drool that had pooled in her mouth. “Y-Yeah, that’s fair, that’s more than fair, ooo.” She fanned her face with her hand. “I-Is it getting hot in here or is it just you?”

Izuku cracked a nervous smile at her compliment disguised as joke, even if he didn’t quite believe it himself.

“Thank you for… you know… keeping my secret and everything.” He said. “I… still need to do some thinking but, you were right… this was… relaxing.” He smiled honestly that melted Tooru’s heart.

She wanted to pull him into a firm hug and protect him and never let anything bad happen to him ever again. At that point she knew she was utterly smitten with the boy. Striding forward, she placed one last lingering kiss on his cheek.

“We’re friends Izuku, it’s what we do.”

Back in the changing room the two dressed in silence, each sneaking sly looks at each other as they changed back into their clothes; Hagakure’s own stored from before she snuck Izuku downstairs. Once they were both ready, Izuku braced himself for the odd feeling of being unable to see his body once more. It was much less panic inducing for him to leave the girl’s baths and find himself in the stairwell again.

He turned and bid Tooru a good evening before hurrying away upstairs, likely back to his own room the girl thought. Once she heard a door open and close upstairs, Tooru walked back into the common space and headed for the elevators. One trip later and she was stood outside Momo’s door, giving it a few hurried knocks before the heiress showed herself.

“Tooru?” She questioned as she spotted the girl’s hollow outfit at her door. “Something wrong?”

“I need your toy inside me right now… preferably with you on the other end.”

Momo blushed fiercely at the bold demand. It was sudden and surprising, but nevertheless she opened the door with a smile and invited the girl inside, knowing exactly which toy she was referring too. Neither was seen emerging from the room for the remainder of the night.


Thursday rolled around and once more it was mostly back to boring school work with no hero class that day. Mina felt her mind wandering once more as Present Mic droned on about whatever. To her, there was so many more topics that took priority over English in her mind.

Like the others she’d been concerned with Izuku over the past week and wanted to chat to the boy. Tooru relayed at lunch that she’d successfully talked to the greenette the day before though kept mum about a great deal of details Mina was certain she’d tickle-torture out of the girl later. Aside from that, there was so much going on for her and she was starting to feel it.

There was Izuku of course, then her little empathy lessons with Bakugo that actually seemed to be sticking which she was more than relieved about. Spending time with her girls was always welcome but they were busy with preparing for the festival, as was she what with leading the dance troop and all. The final feather in her cap was the now added stress of needing to break some bad news to the green haired boy; that he’d been requested by the special effects group to enhance the dazzle of the Aoyama-Disco ball idea they’d had. Initially she planned to announce it to the boy in a fun little fake-out complete with suit and tie but, given everything they needed to talk about anyway, she figured she’d take a leaf out of Ochako’s book and snag him before dance practice today.

The bell finally rang to signal the end of the day and Mina quickly seized the opportunity to dash to the podium to make an announcement.

“Dance team, listen up!” She called out, catching the whole class’ attention. “Practice will be delayed by about thirty-ish minutes today, that’s no excuse not to give it your all though.”

A few half-hearted if confused cheers rose from those unsure if she was expecting as such but they quickly faded. Mina retreated to her desk and quickly packed up her bag, keeping an eye out on everyone as they left. She got a few enquiring looks from Ochako and Tsuyu as they passed but she waved them away to continue without her.

Once outside the classroom Kaminari turned to Sero as they began walking back.

“Yo, got any idea what Ashido’s deal is? Why the practice delay today?”

Sero rubbed the back of his head nervously.

“We kinda need to steal Midoriya from the dance team, I figure she’s delaying it so she can do it in private with him.”

“Oof, bummer.” Kaminari empathised, “Hope the dude doesn’t take it too badly.”

“His sacrifice for our performance will be commended.” Aoyama intruded on their chatter. “Only he will truly be able to bring out my dazzling sparkle to everyone in the audience.”

As Sero explained the effects team plan to Kaminari, the electric quirk user couldn’t help but feel badly for Midoriya and all the practise he’d put in.

As the class filed out, Mina noticed that Izuku had been incredibly slow to pack up his gear. Once they were the last two remaining in the class, he seemed to speed up, grabbing his bag and letting out a slow, bracing breath before approaching her.

“H-Hey Ashido.” He said nervously.

“Hey Midori, what’s up?” She asked though she figured he had a pretty good guess already.

“The others have been coming to me all week… I figured this delay to practice was so we could talk a bit.” He admitted.

Mina was reminded that Tsuyu wasn’t the only observant person in their class as the boy had gotten it almost fully correct.

“You’re not wrong,” She admitted, “Though there’s a little bit more to it than that.” Mina picked up her back and tossed it over her shoulder. “Mind coming for a walk with me to our bench?”

“S-Sure.” Izuku nodded hesitantly, wondering if he was about to get chewed out for what he and Tooru did yesterday. Assured by the girl or not, this was still Tooru’s girlfriend and what she said versus what she really thought could be two completely different things.

The two left the classroom and began their trek towards the bench they’d now designated as ‘their spot’ to chat. Izuku gripped his yellow backpack’s straps tightly enough Mina could see the white of his knuckles at a glance.

“Chill Midori, you’re not in trouble or anything.” She explained, hoping it would ease his anxieties. He did ease his grip somewhat but still had his gaze focussed downwards as though expecting a scolding. “I actually wanted to just have a more casual chat, see how you were doing sorta thing.”

“O-Oh?” Izuku looked over at her. “Um… I-I’m okay I guess.”

“Ah ah, no lying.” Mina shook her head. “Come on, I kinda know everything now so walk me though what’s going on in your head. I’m sure your emotions have been all over the place this week the way Kyoka and Ochako talk.”

“Y-Yeah.” Izuku admitted, releasing a sigh. “It’s… not even been a week and I’m still on edge.”

“I get it hun, this is quite the earth-shattering revelation you dropped on us.” Mina giggled. “Looking back though, I think I understand you way more now than I did before. Weird quirk and impending doom or not, I hope you still want to be friends.”

“O-Of course!” Izuku said quickly, “I… I thought you would… n-not…”

“Please,” Mina scoffed. “It’ll take a lot more than that to sink my friend-ship.” She giggled at her pun. “Bakugo came pretty fucking close though.”

“H-How are um… are you… friends again?” Izuku asked tentatively.

“Trial basis for now.” Mina explained, “Idiot’s on probation and needs to pass Mina’s patented ‘Empathy’ course before I’ll joke and pal around with him again. When you told us what he did, exactly what he said, I was about ready to break down Nezu’s door and demand he be thrown in the same cell as Mineta.”

“Please don’t.”

“I’m not.” Mina replied causally. “I was gonna since he was being all mopey and shit, ruining band practice for everyone and playing the victim, but he managed to convince me he does want to change. Think I managed to spot that spark of potential or whatever you saw in him, so if it wasn’t for you sticking up for him we’d likely be down to eighteen students.”

“Thank you.” Izuku nodded with relief.

“This isn’t about Blasty however, I still want to hear how you’re doing after… a little bit of bad news.” Mina braced herself. “Sorry Midori but the Special Effects team has requested your help.”

Mina proceeded to detail their plan with Aoyama being flown around the gym using Izuku’s strength since there was no fly system installed. Izuku nodded along but Mina could tell this news wasn’t being well received.

“You don’t look very thrilled,” She gaged his face.

“Not… really.”

“Well that’s no good,” Mina pouted. “Tell you what, just say the word and I’ll get them to back off.”

“W-Wait, what?” Izuku turned to regard Mina curiously.

“You’re not exactly lit up and doing a happy dance at this news. I know you’ve been putting in the practise on top of everything else you feel you need to commit to, and dealing with the six of us girls, so if you want me to keep you in dance just let me know.”

Izuku was reminded once again of Mina’s dedication and strong sense of morals from their last conversations alone. He had promised Eri she’d see him dance and now he was being asked to do something that would very likely cut him out of the show completely. Regardless of how much he wanted to help, he couldn’t break a promise to that little girl.

As they walked he couldn’t help looking around and noticing how much the campus had changed already. Everyone was going all out for the festival with decorations, props, games and so much more considering what he saw with Mirio last week. He wanted to help propel the class to give the best performance they could and if he could help them by doing this then he wanted to.

“I-I promised Eri that she could watch me in the dance performance.” He stated, knowing what he was about to ask was selfish and greedy but he had to try. “But I also really want to make this show the best for everyone. Do… you think there’s any way that I could do both?”

Mina put her finger on her chin as she thought. “Hmmm, I could probably change the choreography around a little bit to make it work, so sure.”

“J-Just like that?!” Izuku faulted, causing Mina to laugh at his reaction.

“Sure Midori. Even without all this I’d probably say the same. I know you want what’s best for everyone, but if this makes you happy then it’ll make me happy to do what I can for you.” She smiled sincerely at him.

Izuku felt a few tears prickle at his eyes but he tried to swallow them down.

“T-Thank you Mina.” He stopped briefly to give her a small bow.

“No problem Izuku, glad I can help.” She chuckled at his action, noting that they were approaching their usual bench. “Let’s sit and talk more, I’m sure you’ve got more than just this weighing on your mind.” Mina dropped her back by the side of the bench and took her usual spot.

Izuku followed quickly behind her, removing his backpack and resting it against the front, sitting somewhat close to Mina. No sooner had his rear touched the seat than Mina’s arm rose up and wrapped around him, pulling him into a side hug, encouraging him to lay his head on her shoulder. The two just sat there for a moment as the autumn wind blew through the trees, snatching a few more leaves from their branches.

“Now, talk to Auntie Mina, how is Izuku really feeling after everything.” She asked softly.

Izuku allowed himself to relax, trying to get his mind to sink into that relaxed feeling being with Tooru had elicited yesterday. Mina’s hand shifted from his shoulder now he’d settled and began petting his hair softly, reminding him of home and feeling safe. He let out a soothed, calmed breath before taking another, a small smile appearing on Mina’s face as he did.

“I’m… still scared.” He admitted. “N-Not just with you all but um… e-everything.”

“Yeah,” Mina chuckled, “The world’s kinda on edge right now. I’m actually glad for school some days.”

Izuku nodded. “I’ve… known since that day… that All Might was going to retire sooner rather than later. Next, it’s my turn… I’ll be the one stepping up and letting everyone know ‘I am here!’ and that they’re safe. I wanted to be able to do it before he retired but… after everything that’s happened, I can’t help but feel like it’s my fault that everyone’s worried. That I’ve not managed to control this power fast enough and show the world that I’ll be there to take over.”

“I think I understand.” Mina nodded along. “Did All Might tell you how long it took him to get used to the quirk?”

“He um…” Izuku sagged. “He could use a hundred percent right away.”

“Oof,” Mina hissed, “Not great for your confidence there, was it?”

Izuku shook his head. “I realise now that he’s not the best teacher. He’s got experience and stuff but there’s somethings he’s kinda useless on.”

Mina couldn’t help laughing at that.

“Wow, Izuku Midoriya calling All Might ‘useless’. Is that the crackle of hell freezing over I hear?”

Izuku understood the joke wasn’t aimed at putting him down and cracked a small smile at the irony.

“I think… since I found that out… I’ve been panicking.” Izuku admitted. “We all looked to All Might to keep us safe; I know I did. When I found out he could only work as a hero for three hours a day… I think that’s when I realised that he’s not always going to be around, that we would have to do things ourselves without him swooping in and fixing everything. Maybe that’s why I tried to fight that sludge villain and save Kacchan.” Izuku shrugged. “When he said he could pass on his quirk to me, I knew I’d be the one making everyone feel safe and protected when the ball dropped for everyone else. Now it has and… I’m not ready.”

Izuku felt a few tears building up again as he poured his anxieties out to his pink haired classmate. Mina’s arm cuddled him closer once again as she nuzzled his hair.

“It’s okay Midori, let it out.” She cooed, her other hand rubbing his thigh.

“It’s so much…” He choked back a sob. “I… I can’t… I want to b-but I…”

“It’s okay Midori, I’ve got you.” Mina cooed again, pulling his face into her blazer as the boy broke down into sobs. This had clearly been eating away at him and with no one but All Might, the one he was trying to become strong enough to surpass, and Bakugo as confidants, it was no wonder the boy had bottled all this up. Really they should find a more private place for this discussion but with Izuku no longer speaking and only a few students moving between their dorms and the school she didn’t feel it was super urgent.

“I know it’s hard.” She sympathised. “Putting up a front and making sure no one sees how much things hurt.” Mina recalled her own experiences with quirkist pricks over the years including her most recent encounter at the mall. “That’s why you need to let it out when it’s safe. Don’t let them see you cry if you want to be strong, but you can always come to me and be weak while I protect you, I swear it Midori.”

Though she sought to reassure the boy it did nothing to stem the tide of tears. It didn’t look like she was going to get any response from him so she just kept talking.

“It took a lot of guts to trust us all, to reveal all this just to make Tsu feel better. You’ve no idea how much she appreciates it even if we’re all a little freaked out ourselves.” Mina chuckled nervously. “Being with them though… I can always just feel my fears and worries melt away when they’re near. Hopefully I… and maybe we, can do the same for you.”

She continued to try and comfort the boy the way her own mother did to her and how she’d done to Tooru before as the boy allowed himself to let down his guard for the first time in a long while. Checking her phone, she still had a good ten minutes until they needed to be back for dance practice.

After a couple more minutes, Izuku’s sobs had reduced to sniffles and he’d returned to leaning on her shoulder instead of burying his face into it.

“Feel better?” Mina asked softly.

“I-I think so…” Izuku sniffled. “S-Sorry… your jacket’s all wet.”

“Bah, no worries, at least your tears aren’t acidic.” Mima chuckled. “Burned holes in almost all my clothes because I sometimes use my quirk without meaning to… don’t check out my tanktop’s armpits.” She stuck out her tongue playfully earning a small blush from the boy.

A ping rang out between them as Mina’s phone chimed. Reaching into her pocket she pulled the device up and opened the message in front of her without worrying about if Izuku saw it or not. It was only from Tooru anyway.

Invisi-badass: Hey Babe, let me know if you need me to start practice without you two. I can get everyone warmed up and stuff if you and Izuku need extra time. Also um… kinda need to talk to you in private later about stuff that happened with him yesterday. ;)

When Izuku stiffened in Mina’s arms, she realised he’d read the text and expected some sort of negative outcome. Now Mina was very curious about what exactly happened between the pair, and she had one of the two participants locked in her grip to pry information from.

“Want to explain this Midori?” She asked in a teasing tone she hoped he picked up on. “I hope you and Tooru aren’t doing naughty things behind my back. I would hate to have to melt you for trying to steal my girlfriend.”

“I-I-I’m sorry!” He blurted out, his nerves returning in full force. “P-P-Please, i-i-it um… I-I thought t-that… s-she said-”

“Whoa, jeez, calm down hun.” Mina put her finger to his lips. “Gather your thoughts then speak, okay? I was just joking about that but maybe you’d better tell me some stuff anyway.”

“Y-Y-You’re gonna be mad.” Izuku gulped nervously.

Mina sighed, making a mental note to give Tooru a kick in the pants for whatever she’d done to get Izuku all rattled like this after she’d just gotten him settled.

“Okay, here’s what I’m gonna do.” She started. “You tell me the whole truth and, no matter what, I won’t get mad or angry or upset at you, okay? We all know you’ve been on edge this week and we’re trying to be as accommodating as we can so, if anything, this is on my invisible idiot.”

Izuku gulped nervously, not wanting to divulge his exploits with the invisible girl to her girlfriend of all people but he was now between a rock and a hard place. Mina quickly shot off another text to Tooru, telling her to explain the short version now as well as giving her the go ahead to start the warm up for the group.

“W-W-Well um…” Izuku swallowed again, keeping his voice as low as he could. “I-I-It started when she asked me to meet at seven yesterday…”

He quickly divulged the major points of his and Tooru’s encounter in the girl’s baths. Mina’s expression frequently switching between surprise, sympathy and something he couldn’t quite place. About half way through his tale Mina checked the response from her girlfriend but kept this one private from Izuku’s gaze.

“So… she basically threw herself at you all naked-like in the baths.” Mina deadpanned, summing up Izuku’s story. “I’m sorry for my idiot girlfriend’s lack of consideration. She didn’t make you too uncomfortable did she?

“N-No, s-she didn’t, I-” Izuku hoped to try and play things down. “I um… i-it was just my first time um… ha-having a mixed b-bath-

“Did you like it?” Mina cut him off.

“H-Huh?” He blinked, caught off guard.

“Tooru’s body. You said you felt it.” Mina stated. “Did you like it?”

“W-W-Well I um…” He gulped, panicking over what the correct answer was. He remembered that Mina had said if he told the truth she wouldn’t be mad so… “Y-Yes.” He blushed.

“Do you want to do it again?” Mina asked casually, as though offering him a drink.

“W-What?! I-I-”

“No lying, remember.” Mina warned. Izuku slowly nodded his head.

“Y-Yes.” He admitted simply. Tooru had asked him out and that night, as he lay in his bed trying to drift off, he could help but feel the urge to touch himself to the memories he’d created with her only hours earlier.

“Do you want to taste her?” Mina asked, unable to prevent the smile from her lips any longer, the lewd thoughts invading her own mind. “Do you want me to hold her down while you explore her naked body to your hearts content?”

Izuku was speechless. These things Mina was saying were confusing but incredibly arousing, so much so he could feel himself stirring in his pants. His crotch twitched and with a quick glance of Mina’s eyes, he knew she’d seen it too.

“What about me Izuku?” She purred. “Are you just gonna have fun with just Ochako, Tooru and Tsu? Or do you want to give in and take us all?”

Izuku’s pants twitched again as he tried to cover himself without making it look obvious to passers-by as Mina leant closer to him. He could practically feel her breath on his lips and it was reminding him very much of his kiss with Tooru which was not helping stem the blood flow to his crotch.

In an abrupt tone shift, Mina giggled cutely before pulling back and texting away on her phone again.

“We should go, else people will wonder why we’re late.” She said in her normal voice.

Izuku could almost feel the whiplash of the conversation as the pinkette stood up and grabbed her bag.

“Come on Midori.” She smiled, waiting for him to make a move.

Carefully, Izuku picked up his backpack and put it on, his eyes not leaving Mina’s face the whole time.

“I-Is everything okay M-Mina?” He asked.

“Oooh ye~eah.” She giggled deviously. “Just trying to figure out a little punishment is all.”

“O-Okay…” Izuku said uneasily, not quite sure if that was aimed at him or not.

“Don’t worry Izuku, you’re not in trouble.” Mina let a more genuine smile show through. “Tooru’s just been a bit naughty and needs to be disciplined. She didn’t do anything wrong by the way.” Mina explained, hoping to ease any guilt he was feeling. “But I really should’ve gotten this from her last night instead of from you.”

“I-Is this part of your um… polyamory stuff?” Izuku asked, getting a nod from the girl.

“Communication and honesty.” She explained. “We’ve been trying to keep things as crystal clear between each other as we can so it all works. Since Ochako and Tsuyu, and now Tooru, are trying to get you to join, I don’t think it’s too much to divulge that I think we’ve all entertained some bedroom thoughts about what you can bring to the table.”

Izuku spluttered. At first he thought it was a crude joke, but considering the lewd turn the conversation had taken just moments ago he was not second guessing himself.

“We’re planning to ask you to join us for a sleepover tomorrow I think.” Mina explained, “Probably be our last one before the festival to be honest, the concert is the Saturday after so everyone will be making last minute preparations next Friday.”

Izuku didn’t know what to say to that. A sleepover? With all the other girls?! He knew they did it fairly regularly but he never expected an invite to one.

“I-I don’t think um… I want to intrude then.” He blushed.

“Oh shush, we want you there.” Mina smiled. “Momo asked you about the whole questions thing right? To be honest, it’s not too dissimilar from what we usually do: Stick on a movie and eat tons of junk food to start, play a little ‘Truth or Dare’ then go to bed.”

Izuku blinked. That actually sounded really nice, just like hanging out with the guys only probably less shouting considering Bakugo not being present, minus the whole ‘Truth or Dare’ part.

“Um… okay.” Izuku swallowed nervously. “I-Is there going to be dares or…”

“Only truths and you won’t have to say anything you don’t want to if it makes you uncomfortable, I’ll back you up.” Mina stated before eyeing Izuku cheekily. “Unless you want some dares… I warn you, they get kinda lewd. You might even be able to get another taste of my girlfriend.” She giggled with a seductive tone, “Or… would you prefer some strawberry?”

Izuku stumbled over his own feet as Mina pushed her chest closer towards him as they walked, clearly intending to get her breast close to his face. Blushing bright red as the girl broke into giggles, he’d had enough of the teasing and felt the girl deserved a taste of her own medicine.

“O-O-Only if you um… w-want some mint.” Izuku grabbed his belt shakily near his crotch, trying to make his reference clear.

Instead of breaking into a blushing mess like himself, Mina’s eye took on a more lidded expression. He suddenly realised his error as she was likely way more skilled at this game than he was.

“Hmmm, maybe I do.” She purred seductively, causing Izuku’s pants to tighten uncomfortably as they walked. “I do hope there’s plenty for me and Tooru to share.”

Izuku’s was breathing through his mouth hotly now as his hormones were trying to tell him to chase this conversation as far as it would go. Unfortunately for the greenette, they’d arrived back at the dorms where Tooru was leading the group through the warm ups. Mina’s suggestive expressions were gone in an instant, replaced by the normal school-girl he’d never expect such erotic talk to come from.

“Hey guys!” She called out and waved. “Go get ready Midori, we’re getting close to the end now and you need to change your positioning so you can be the best for everyone, ‘kay?”

Izuku dashed off up to his room to change with Mina’s gaze fixed on him as he left. He couldn’t help but feel like it was not the exertion from those few moments of running that caused his heart to be beating erratically while he was changing. For a few moments, he allowed himself to replay their conversation in his head and blushed deeply at the implications. Izuku knew he wasn’t ready for any of that, but he’d be lying if he said he didn’t want something like that to actually happen.

Unsurprisingly, the following practice was free of any hints of the conversation they’d shared. Izuku found himself almost eager for practice to end so he could talk to Mina more but maybe that was just his hormones talking. Truthfully, she’d managed to comfort and distract him in a way that didn’t make him feel guilty for being a burden.

Once practice was over Izuku found himself chatting to Iida who was inquisitive about what he and Mina had been talking about before practice. He relayed his possible new duties to the boy regarding the dance and effects team only to catch Mina’s eye when he glanced her way. She was discussing something with Tooru but happened to notice him at the same moment. The two shared a look before Mina licked her lips seductively while staring right at him. Izuku’s heartbeat sped up as he felt his shorts tighten immediately. Begging off from Iida, Mina chuckled to herself as a blushing Izuku quickly fled into the safety of the dorms.

“Oh, yeah, by the way,” Tooru remembered, missing the look her girlfriend had shot the greenette. “Momo wants to go over the plan for tomorrow. With Ochako’s notes that she grabbed from Midori she thinks we’ve got a real chance at winning.”

“Ooo, interesting.” Mina grinned, turning to head inside with her girlfriend. “Before that though… mind explaining to me why I had to get all the lewd details about yesterday from Midoriya instead of you?”

“Ah um… I…” Tooru gulped nervously as Mina’s eye glinted with a lecherous look.


Friday’s dawn broke over UA signalling the start of the end of the week. Many of the classes were focused on finishing up their preparations for the autumn festival, but first, they still had their scholarly studies to attend to for most of the day and, unfortunately for class 1-A, that meant more training.

Izuku was very much ready for the weekend, his whirlwind of a week having very much taken its toll on him but he continued to push through until the end of the day at least.

Being a Friday, everyone was already making plans for the weekend, however, the six girls of the class were more focussed on today. Though their thoughts were usually about the impending sleepover at this time, today they were more primed towards combat as the last normal class of the day eventually ended. Not that Izuku knew this of course, he was just focused on getting through this last class then enjoying the rest of the day sleeping his fatigue away.

“All right.” Aizawa called out sleepily as the final bell rang. “Next up is hero training. Grab your suits, get changed and head over to gym gamma. Today, we’ll be putting your progress to the test in one-on-one spars.”

Most of the students moved to grab their kits and headed towards the classroom door. Aizawa was usually quick to make his exit to get ahead of his problematic class but today he was stopped by Momo quietly standing by his desk. Izuku couldn’t help notice the unusual action from the heiress but paid it no mind for now, heading down to get changed with his friends.

As he pulled on his boots, he couldn’t help but cast his mind back to his discussion with the girl. After connecting with him about the somewhat similar situation she found herself in, he remembered her promise to talk to the other girls about getting them all back together so they could ask more questions. She’d clearly done so if Mina’s own talk with him yesterday was anything to go by.

He let out a sigh as he found himself oddly anticipating the event with a mote of eagerness. After his… admittedly slight over-reaction last week that could’ve been avoided if he’d just calmly denied everything, the talks he’d had with all the girls had soothed his frazzled nerves significantly thus far; even if Ochako had kneed him somewhere sensitive… and Tooru had gotten a good eyeful in the baths.

Shaking his head, Izuku gulped as he knew there was only one person he’d yet to talk to out of the new secret keepers; the one who’d set it all in motion, Tsu.

He felt bad. While he hadn’t intended to ignore her, Izuku was now aware they hadn’t spoken since he’d revealed his secret to the girls a full week ago. The other girls had all gone out of their way to seek him out and make sure he was doing alright after divulging his secret, but he’d been so wrapped up in that he hadn’t thought to check in with Tsu who’d clearly felt bad for figuring it out.

Finishing the last of his costume checks, Izuku closed his locker and strode purposefully towards the exit. He’d made up his mind, after class, he’d check in with Tsu and make sure she understood that, while he was uncomfortable revealing his secret to her and the other girls, he didn’t hold any ill will towards her figuring out his secret. The caring girl had only wanted to help share his burden after all, if anything, he should be happy that someone was concerned about him enough to go so far to try and help him.


As the students filed into the gym, they gathered at the side as Cementoss flexed his quirk once again to restructure the training area. Since this was a much more focussed session rather than spread out training, Ectoplasm was not called to oversee them all. While the students chatted amongst themselves, the girls had gathered together off to the side, whispering quietly to each other as they prepared for what was about to come.

“All right class.” Aizawa’s authoritative voice rang out, pulling the nineteen student’s attention immediately. “This will be a chance for you all to see how far you’ve come since the end of summer. Some of you have made more progress than others but I expect you all to demonstrate how much you’ve learned in that time.”

Their sleep deprived teacher gestured to the area behind him.

“You will do battle in what we like to call ‘The Pit’,” he announced. “Inside this arena is a terrain much like the one you’ve been training in these past few weeks; those who are not fighting will be observing from the walkways above. In this combat scenario, you are to assume collateral damage is not a factor and the victor will only be declared when one student is captured, surrenders, or is knocked unconscious; sometimes there is no running from a threat. Any questions?”

“Sir!” Iida stuck his hand up. “Will we be choosing our opponents or will they be chosen for us?”

“Is this graded?” Kaminari nervously stuck his own hand up. “I don’t think I’ll get to show my stuff if Todoroki freezes me in ice from the word go.”

“I’ll be doing the choosing and this won’t be graded.” Aizawa replied. “This is more for you to gain some more combat experience with your supermoves and new skills. If you aren’t able to show off, I’ll call you next training for a demonstration.” He sighed, “I should also remind you not to go too far. When fighting villains, you are aiming to capture with minimal injuries, not needlessly injure. I want to see your growth displayed with the utmost control lest I see fit to remove your provisional licenses myself, am I clear?”

A shiver of fear rippled through the class who all gave a collective response of, “Yes Mr. Aizawa.”

“Good.” The dark haired teacher sighed. The last thing he needed was another lecture from Recovery Girl today. “Sero, Ojiro, you’re up first.”

With instructions given, the rest of the class filed upstairs to overlook the area, eagerly awaiting their turn to show everyone else what they could do. Looking down, the students could now see into the arena that had been created for them; the outer edges had been raised slightly to remove excess material, allowing the center of the area to be lowered into the ground so stray attacks would slam harmlessly into the cement walls rather than the gym walls. As the selected students approached, Cementoss opened up a small pathway of stairs descending downwards that closed up once the two had entered. Pillars of rock stood at various heights around the area much like they did during their training but were noticeably shorter.

Aizawa and Cementoss remained on the ground floor, standing in the middle of the outer rim and looking down at the pair who took their positions at opposite ends of the gym.

“So… who wants to bet Sero underestimates him with me?” Kaminari asked loud enough for the other class members to hear, leaning on the rails and eagerly watching the two students below.

“Nah, dude’s been super manly during practice, no way Ojiro takes it.” Kirishima spoke up.

“I would remind you that betting is forbidden on campus.” Iida admonished the electric blond lightly with his trademark chopping motion. “However, if you simply mean to ask for predictions, I believe Ojiro may be able to surprise Sero with his gains in agility.”

“Midori!” Kaminari lent back off the rail, seeking out the greenette. “You’re great for this stuff, thoughts?”

“Hmm?” Izuku looked over, having also been watching the match preparations carefully and analysing the terrain for advantages to use in his own match. “Sero definitely has the edge in mobility, especially since it seems we’ll be able to use the outer edge of the arena as a wall. However, Sero mostly replies on swinging rather than zip lining which only allows him to move as fast as his mass and gravity allow; if Ojiro can move quick enough, he may be able to score a hit on him and take him down before Sero can use his tape to set any traps.”

“Ooo, anyone’s game, huh?” He grinned. “This should be f-”

Several of his classmates slapped hands around the boy’s mouth before he could finish that sentence. Even at this distance, they all gulped nervously as Aizawa’s glare made them wonder if he’d heard every word. Thankfully, the battle started without any delay to mete out punishments for the electric blond’s almost slip-up.

It quickly became apparent that, while Ojiro had been developing his agility, it was still no match to keep up with Sero’s speed to begin with. The tape quirk user quickly backed off and launched several long strips of tape up into the air to fall and wrap Ojiro up. Unlike the provisional license exam, he didn’t have a distraction, Ochako’s help, or rocks tied to the other end to help secure his victory and Ojiro dodged harmlessly around them, trying to close the gap between them without stepping on the ones that had already fallen.

Losing sight of the tape boy for a moment, Ojiro hurried after him only to nearly run into a strip of tape erected between two pillars at face height. Ojiro navigated under the trap and listened out for any sound of his opponent.

Unfortunately for Sero, the unrolling and ripping of his tape made a distinctive sound and Ojiro picked up on it quickly. The tailed boy slammed his extra appendage on the ground, leaping into the air himself to avoid any further traps as he spied Sero with elbows outstretched as he taped himself between two other pillars. He grinned as he descended, appearing to have caught the boy off guard by attacking from above.

The marital artist rolled on the ground and prepared to use his tail once more to leap at Sero only to find himself completely stuck to the ground mid-roll.

“Ha!” Sero laughed. “Knew you’d do somethin’ like that. How’d you like my new move?”

Ojiro looked at the ground and groaned. Coating the floor and reflecting the light in a way normal concrete wouldn’t was the shine of Sero’s newest tape. Clearly Sero had developed a new skill and Izuku pulled out his newest notebook, the fourteenth in his hero series, to take notes about the skirmish.

“Double-sided clear tape trap!” Sero grinned, quickly walking backwards. “And now, the finishing-”

“Stop!” Aizawa called out from above. “Ojiro, can you move?”

The martial artist pulled his tail and arms a few times trying to unstick them from his awkward half-rolled position.

“No…” He admitted reluctantly.

“Well done Sero.” Aizawa called out. “Now unstick him so we can move on.”

“Awww man.” The tape user pouted. “I didn’t even get to use my finishing move.”

Reeling in the tape at a much slower pace than he wanted to, the victor of the match catapulted himself over to land next to the boy he’d captured rather than slam into him as he’d expected.

The students gave a small round of applause to the two combatants as Sero pried the tailed boy free from is quirk’s tape. He heard a small ‘whoop’ coming from one of the girls but didn’t notice who it was.

“Wow, even Midori gets it wrong sometimes.” Kaminari chuckled to himself.

The greenette was about to retort that he’d never settled on a victor for the match, especially with not knowing about Sero’s latest advancements only to watch Kaminari cry out in pain as a jack stabbed him in the ear.

“If you’d listened, you would’ve remembered he never actually said who would win.” Kyoka declared, rolling her eyes at the blond.

Izuku sent her a small smile as their eyes caught each other while Kaminari recovered.

“Dang it Jiro, don’t go injuring your favourite bandmate.” The blond pouted.

“Momo’s over there though.” She grinned teasingly at him, even if it was true.

“Kaminari!” Aizawa’s voice rang out, sending a sinking feeling through the blond. “Shoji, you two are up next.”

The masked boy immediately started towards the stairs while Kaminari groaned, hoping he could land a hit on the tallest boy in the class before he got too close. Izuku watched the pair leave with a smile, running through the possible strategies the next match’s combatants might employ.

“So…” Izuku jumped as a voice spoke from beside him. With his head turned, Kyoka had stepped up next to him and was looking down into the arena. “Any plans for your match?”

“Not really.” He shrugged. “I haven’t managed to perfect my latest move, but unless I’m up against Bakugo or Todoroki, I think I’ll be fine.”

“Is that arrogance I hear Midori?” Mina’s teasing voice joined the conversation.

“N-No.” Izuku backtracked. “I-I just meant-”

“Hey, you never know, maybe Tokoyami or Iida will surprise you.” The pinkette grinned, gesturing to the two other boys.

“I do find myself eager to see how my training has compared to your own Midoriya.” Iida nodded. “While I hope my instructions have helped in your own training, I believe my greater experience may clinch our possible matchup in my favour.”

“Dark shadow and I also wish to test our mettle against yours.” Tokoyami agreed. “I believe we may surprise you with our own progress.”

“Could be any of us that gets to kick your ass.” Mina winked at the boy. “Don’t count us out because you, Bakugo and Todoroki are the powerhouses of the class.”

Their conversation had drawn a small audience by this point and even Todoroki, Kirishima and Ochako were giving him nods of wanting to battle. Izuku could read between the lines. He knew that Mina was not just reinforcing the girls’ declaration to stand at his side but also drawing in the rest of the class as well, even if they didn’t know it. A feeling of pride and excitement ran through his system as he looked forward to both testing them and himself when they next could. For now, he’d have to settle for making tentative battle plans for all of them as he didn’t know which of them he’d be paired up against.

Down below, the battle had begun and Izuku took note at how the multi-armed boy, much like Ojiro, closed the gap between himself and the less agile Kaminari. The electric boy tried to use multiple targets fired from his ranged weapon to create a ringed circuit around Shoji as he approached. At first, it appeared to simply create a ring of electricity around Shoji which left the boy cautious. Kaminari revealed his plan and dropped a few of the connectors in the circuit from the loop, the resulting electricity path snapping to the shortest possible route and passing briefly through the tall boy as it adjusted.

“Arcing Volts!” Kaminari cried out triumphantly as Shoji smoked lightly from the heat of the attack.

He’d underestimated the boy’s durability however at Shoji’s arm thrust forward, multiple arms growing one after the other and each stemming from the previous one to greatly extend his reach.

“Get over here!” He growled, retracting his dupli-arms back at speed, yanking the electric boy with them. Kaminari squeaked in surprise at the counter and forgot to activate his quirk in his panic. Shoji held his other arm out firmly and clotheslined the boy once he was close enough, slamming him back and onto the ground.

Aizawa quickly called the match after that as Kaminari was out like a light, much to the surprise of those watching from above. Shoji made his way back up into the stands while some bots were called to help Kaminari to Recovery Girl’s and Izuku took notes on both boy’s progress.

After that, the matches continued in a similar vein. Iida was up next to take on Tokoyami. The speedster displayed the training he’d been doing almost from the word go when he got to show off that his Recipro Burst’s duration had long since exceeded its previous ten second cap. Hoping to end things quickly, he’d sped into the sentient quirk user only to get rebuffed with dark shadow taking the blow, quickly returning to Tokoyami and scooping him up and into the air, demonstrating the boy’s newly gained power of flight. Iida attempted valiantly to use his speed and momentum to launch himself high enough to strike the boy once more and bring him back down to ground level but his attempts failed and he found himself almost helpless under Tokoyami’s swooping ‘Piercing Twilight Claws’ to crush him into the ground and count as a capture.

The next round saw Bakugo taking on Aoyama of all people, the ash blond gleefully hopping over the railing to make his way down as the laser quirked boy nervously took the stairs like normal. Izuku admittedly bit his lip as he watched the two square off, worried this match would end with bitter humiliation for his cheese-obsessed friend.

Unsurprisingly, though Aoyama tried valiantly to surprise the explosive blond with curving beams, scattered shots from his ‘Navel Buffet Laser’ special attack and one final charged beam that almost caught his opponent, he was defeated when Katsuki managed to get in close, pin him to the ground and place his palm threateningly over his face. Aizawa called the match and Katsuki began walking away. Izuku was a little confused at first when his childhood friend took a moment to pause, looking up into the stands towards them before returning to his downed opponent, offering a silent helping hand up as he struggled to rise in his armour.

Mina’s giggles and the roll of her eyes beside him made him realise she might have had something to do with the blond’s recent improved cooperativeness. Whatever the case, Izuku was glad to see the blond wasn’t just blowing smoke when he’d said he needed to do some thinking after their last confrontation.

For Koda’s match against Sato, he was allowed a brief few minutes to gather any help he wanted from the surrounding grounds outside the gym before the pair started. While the flock of pigeons certainly caused Sato to become more wary of his punches as they tried to obscure his vision, there was no overcoming the clear strength gap between the two once he ingested some sugar and pinned Koda to the ground.

The next match was Kirishima against Todoroki and, unlike the sports festival, the half-cold, half-hot quirk user focused very much on using the latter half of his quirk to combat Kirishima to begin with. While everyone knew Todoroki could’ve ended things in an instant, it seems he wanted to show off his greater willingness to use his fire and the control he’d learned. It certainly was appreciated by his redheaded opponent who got to show off his ultimate move, ‘Red Riot Unbreakable’, to the class. The hardening quirk user got singed a couple of times but when the flames danced along his hardened skin, he was just as surprised as others to find he had a small amount of resistance to the damage when hardened, though he did still suffer a couple of burns and the heat made it hard to breathe and fight at his fullest.

Once the pair had pulled all the tricks they could, Todoroki ended things by freezing Kirishima’s feet and restraining his hands together in ice, getting the match called by surrender as the coldness slowly sunk into Kirishima’s bones. As the pair were returning, Izuku noticed Todoroki seek him out as he walked. The greenette shot him a grin and a thumbs up which he received a nod for in return. He and Todoroki were amicable friends but more than once the boy had needed a small pep-talk about trusting himself with his flames as, although he now used them, he still had a bit of trouble accepting them now and again.

As Izuku was writing down his latest thoughts about where Todoroki and Kirishima’s quirks could go from here, he was alerted to the next matchup by Aizawa’s voice.

“Midoriya, you’re up next.” He called out.

Izuku nodded, returning his notebook and pen to the place he kept them as he quickly made his way down to the arena. Thinking to himself, he knew based on the previous matchups he’d be against one of the girls and while he’d leant Ochako his previous notes on all their quirks, he’d had the thing memorized for a while and knew how best to counter each of them.

Arriving in the arena, he noticed Aizawa hadn’t called out for his opponent yet. Turning to examine the remaining students on the upper level, he was concerned to see all of the girls missing and the remaining boys looking down at the arena in confusion. A sinking feeling crept into his stomach as he quickly activated his full-cowling.

“In this round, if I call you out, you are to leave the arena as soon as possible.” Aizawa’s voice called out. “Begin.”

Izuku’s mind raced as he immediately jumped away from his current spot to one on higher ground. While no attacks had flown out to strike where he stood, he couldn’t see his enemies either. Realizing this is what Momo must’ve been talking to Aizawa about before the start of class, he quickly recalled all his notes he'd compiled on the girls so far.

They had the advantage of stealth right now on top of outnumbering him. There was little doubt Ochako had shared his notes to help the girls improve too so at the very least they knew his thoughts about their weaknesses even if they may not have had enough time to put his theoretical suggestions to good use yet.

This had to have been about the fact that he had expressed a determination to be the one to face All-For-One alone. Taking that into account, he knew they would rely on teamwork to combat him and, with that, he came up with a plan.

A shot rang out behind him which Izuku quickly ducked, wheeling to face whomever fired something his way. Spotting nothing, he jumped down and slammed into the concrete with a cry of “Smash”, cracking the floor and sending dust scattering into the air.

“Woah!” A voice called out from nearby as he spied Hagakure’s gloves and boots reappear after the girl lost her held breath and nearly her footing from the shockwave. What concerned Izuku more was the additional vest and bandolier of what appeared to be grenade launcher rounds marked with different symbols wrapped around her along with what he could only guess was the launcher weapon itself in her hands.

The other girls had likely been armed by Momo in a similar fashion and he couldn’t risk letting whatever plan they had fall into place. Kicking off, he raced forwards, hoping to knock Hagakure out as gently as he could to prevent further headaches.

“Acid Shield” A voice shouted from behind a nearby pillar, hurling a viscous wall of liquid between himself and the invisible girl. Izuku slowed his approach, adjusting his course as, while the acid would protect the girl momentarily, Mina had revealed her own position.

Kicking off from the ground, he overshot past the pillar so he could get stable footing as he turned to tackle the pink girl who now had her back turned to him. Annoyingly, it looked like she’d coated herself in acid so any physical attacks he made would damage himself too. While it might’ve worked on other students, Izuku was no stranger to pain or pushing through it to achieve his goals.

The grin on Mina’s face faltered as Izuku charged towards her, fist pulled back as he slammed it into her stomach, hoping to wind the girl enough to take her out of the fight. He instantly noticed the acid begin eating into his glove and though Mina was definitely struggling to breathe right now, he watched her grip his arm tightly and try to wrap him in a constrictive hold. Attempting to pull back, he realised he’d fallen for their trap as her acid was much stickier than he’d expected, realizing that Tooru had merely begun their attack while Mina was the distraction.

Mina tried to call out something but her stolen breath had yet to return. Izuku didn’t count his lucky stars though as he felt a pair of feet slam into his back, hurtling him away from the pinkette and into a nearby chunk of concrete.

“Sorry, ribbit.” What he guessed was Tsuyu’s voice called out through the ringing in his ears. Thankfully his quirk also enhanced his durability, Izuku picked himself up quickly and jumped away from his landing spot, not giving them a moment to capitalize on catching him off guard.

He placed several pillars between himself and the girls to catch his breath. This was no denying this was a planned, coordinated effort now. Izuku knew he needed to take care of the more significant threats first, those of Tsuyu as the greatest combat fighter between them and Momo to interrupt whatever plan her keen intellect had concocted.

Unsure whether seeking them out would play into their hands or not, Izuku hoped to put them on the back foot by utilizing his greater speed to his advantage and take the fight to them. He quickly made a show of bouncing around the area, scoping out all of the areas the others could be hiding in. Remembering that now Tooru could make other things invisible when standing close to them, and was probably utilizing this to confuse him, Izuku instead paused his movements and knelt close to the ground on top of a pillar, listening closely.

Without the wind whipping in his ears, he soon heard the gasp of breath to indicate the end of Tooru’s invisible protection from nearby and sprung towards it. Expecting to see a huddled group of girls as he rounded the corner, he instead came face to face with Kyoka who wore a satisfied grin, holding out a recording device in her hands Izuku quickly realised was the source of the gasp he’d heard. His eyes quickly followed her jacks which were connected to her boot-speakers and let out a continuous, mighty ripple of sound, disrupting Izuku’s thoughts as his whole body vibrated uncomfortably despite putting his hands over his ears.

The earphonejack girl didn’t let up however, turning up the intensity of her soundwaves as Izuku felt himself losing focus. He knew he had to make a move or the battle would be over here and now. Blearily opening his eyes, he kicked off from the ground once more and threw himself at the vibrating vision of a figure in front of him. He was too pre-occupied trying to drown out the vibrations that he didn’t punch or kick at the girl, instead quite literally throwing himself as a projectile at her to get her to stop.

Kyoka hadn’t moved from her spot, focusing all her efforts on shaking the boy’s brain for her part of the plan and braced herself as the greenette barrelled into her. The pair landed awkwardly, rolling away from each other after crashing to the floor. Despite his still shaking vision, Izuku managed to recover, wobbly walking over to a still winded Kyoka to raise his fist above her head.

Gratefully, he heard Aizawa call out, “Jiro, you’re out,” but not before the girl pressed what appeared to be a small red button in her hand. Izuku jumped back clumsily as a strong-looking net shot out from somewhere behind him. He still wasn’t stable after Kyoka’s intense blasts and almost missed Ochako’s pink form as she descended down on him from above.

One touch from her would see him at a significant disadvantage for the remainder of the fight and he wisely chose to dodge her outreached hand.

“Dang it, missed.” Ochako called out quickly as she landed, striking a familiar combat pose she’d demonstrated after her time at Gunhead’s and also wearing a tactical looking vest with several spherical objects attached to it. Izuku knew he had no reliable long range attacks to take care of the girl for now, not trusting his unfinished air blasts to be sufficient to remove Ochako as a threat, nor his own control to not injure himself with his mind still as unfocused as it was.

Ochako could clearly see how unstable Izuku was and took the fight to him, pressing her advantage to take several swipes at the boy as she drew in close. The greenette’s reactions were still all he needed to avoid her attacks and he carefully backed up while his brain tried to reboot. The gravity girl suddenly reached up to her chest and plucked several balls from the clips she had attached, hurling them at Izuku.

The greenette realised the danger when she immediately put her hands together to release their weight as, when he’d jumped up to dodge them, he heard several loud cracks echo round the gym from behind where the projectiles had no doubt impacted.

“Now Tsuyu!” Ochako called out.

Izuku immediately felt a tug on his leg as an almost translucent tongue wrapped itself around it.

“Sorry Izuku.” Tsuyu shouted once more as her being revealed itself as her camouflage fell, perched atop a pillar, tongue extended. Izuku felt the whiplash coming as he was yanked in an arc over Tsuyu’s head and slammed into the ground nearby. It took a moment for him to realise he’d landed in some sort of liquid as he felt the same stickiness from earlier now prevent him on immediately climbing back to his feet.

“Did we get him?” Mina’s voice called out hesitantly from somewhere nearby.

“Don’t let up!” Momo’s voice similarly rang out. “Restrain him now.”

Izuku was grateful for their few moments of hesitation as it had allowed him to take a deep breath and settle his still spinning brain. Everything he’d tried so far had resulted in some sort of retaliation from the girls having predicted his moves. It was impressive that they’d managed to work so well together thus far, but if he lost here, then Izuku couldn’t very well call himself the next ‘Symbol of Peace’. While he’d resolved to try and be better than All Might, he called upon the familiar strength he felt when trying to emulate the man and never give up.

There was a mighty rip as Izuku pulled himself up using twenty five percent of his quirk, patches of his suit still attached to the floor by Mina’s acid. Said girl’s eyes widened in surprise as she took a step back, a pair of thick steel cuffs she’d likely expected to use on him in her hands. Izuku’s eyes quickly spied Tsuyu still on the pillar she’d snagged him from, Ochako closing the distance between them and Momo stood off to the side wearing her own vest, flanked by Tooru’s outfit and launcher.

Before he could move, Tooru’s hand reached out and she and Momo disappeared from view. Ripping his boots from the floor, Izuku cursed that they’d managed to react quick enough and instead shot towards Mina with another gut punch.

Caught off guard, the girl didn’t have time to brace herself as she doubled over, dropping the cuffs she had when she collapsed out cold. Izuku didn’t pause to listen to Aizawa’s announcement, nor watch as liquid concrete controlled by Cementoss consumed his pink classmate and withdraw her from the battle, instead grabbing the dropped cuffs and lunging at Tsuyu.

The frog girl ribbited in surprise and fear as Izuku aimed a kick at her head, ducking at the last moment as Izuku sailed past but only barely. The One-For-All user could feel the strain that twenty five percent was putting on his body so he needed to take Tsuyu out quickly. Using the edge of the arena wall, he quickly rebounded off of it much like he’d learned from Gran Torino and shot back at the frog girl.

He could see the panic in her eyes as he approached, trying to hop away and lose him between the pillars. She wasn’t fast enough as for every leap off of the concrete she made, Izuku made two. He quickly caught up to the girl and grabbed the back of her ankle, yanking her toward him suddenly and crashing to the ground. Instead of using the cuffs on her hands, he targeted her feet as Tsuyu was much more formidable with her kicks and agility than she was with her hands.

“Get away from her!” Ochako yelled out, hurtling towards Izuku after having used her quirk on herself. Izuku regretfully had to jump back to avoid Ochako’s punch, not hearing Aizawa call Tsuyu’s name but it didn’t matter, he only needed a few seconds make Ochako surrender.

With a swift kick, Izuku slammed his foot into the side of a pillar, completely cracking it free from the ground and toppling it to the side. If what he suspected about Ochako’s quirk was correct, it was something that activated against her will and possibly didn’t work on things way beyond her capacity to lift; touching the bare floor probably wouldn’t activate her quirk, but a pillar large enough to make her strain herself…

Moving quickly, Izuku dropped down to a more comfortable twenty percent of his quirk, closing in on Ochako and sweeping her legs out from under her. She went down with a squeak but immediately tried to roll away from him. He grabbed her arm and jerked her close to the pillar. She tried to catch him off guard, taking a swipe at him with her other hand but he caught that in his grip as well.

Pulling her over to the pillar, he pressed her hands to the heavy object and saw the brief glow of her quirk light under her fingers, indicating it was now free from gravity’s pull. Ochako immediately began breathing more heavily as he forcefully kept her hands away from each other. He knew she’d be able to endure it for a little while, but now this was more about someone else.

“Surrender Tsu or I won’t let her stop.” Izuku called out to the frog girl who was trying to free herself from the extra-thick cuffs Momo had created to try and restrain Izuku.

“Don’t Tsuyu, get up an r-r-regroup.” Ochako called out, her stomach lurching uncomfortably.

The greenette felt bad watching Tsuyu’s face sink into one of great inner conflict. Each breath of Ochako’s grew more and more desperate as she tried to fight off the nausea of her quirk but it was clearly a losing battle.

Izuku only heard the briefest sound of a dull ‘thunk’ ring out as another of Tooru’s shots whizzed past his body as he turned himself and Ochako to the side, making sure to keep her hands apart and restricted. Instead of sailing off towards the ceiling of the gym, this one instead impacted the edge of the area, bursting into a black sludge that appeared to grow around the point of impact. Izuku eyed the substance carefully while placing Ochako between himself and where he suspected the shot came from.

Ochako felt her stomach turn from moving and tried to fight Izuku’s grip with the last of her strength only to lose the battle with her body, releasing her stomach contents on the floor.

“Okay!” Tsuyu called out desperately, not wanting to put Ochako through any more pain, “I give up.”

Aizawa’s voice rang out, quickly making it official as Izuku allowed Ochako’s fingers to touch together, the girl weakly mumbling, “Release”, as the pillar came down with a crash.

Before she could think about retaliating, Ochako found herself hurled away and into something soft and squishy. Once she gathered her bearings, she found herself trapped against the wall, stuck to the black substance Tooru’s shot had left behind. Izuku had already left by the time Aizawa called her name to declare her out.

With only two enemies left to go, Izuku knew they would be getting more desperate. Once more there was no sign of Tooru or Momo but he knew that’d soon change. The both didn’t have the strength to take him in hand-to-hand so any further attempts to catch him would be tool based and Momo was the key to that. If he managed to take her down, Tooru would likely soon surrender herself.

Izuku cautiously slowed his movements once more, listening out for whatever sound either of the girls would make that would give their position away.

From his side, Momo revealed herself and fired a net gun towards him. It was almost child’s play to avoid it as Izuku dodged and took off after the now retreating girl. He knew he was being lead into a trap and kept his eyes peeled for anything out of the ordinary. Rounding the corner where he’d seen her go, she appeared to be quickly crafting something new. Noting the lack of fat around her stomach, Izuku quickly surmised she was running low on fuel for her quirk.

Dashing forward, he prepared to kick her in the midsection and take the wind out of her sails.

Instead, with a mighty crack, he felt himself slam into something incredibly dense and crumble awkwardly before reaching his target. The cause quickly became apparent as Tooru’s fatigued breaths rang out nearby. A pillar of concrete she’d been stood next to regained its visibility as Izuku realised what exactly he’d hit. Once again he felt himself feel a measure of pride at the two having successfully tricked him when he’d expected it.

Unfortunately, thanks to full-cowling, he wasn’t as injured as someone else might be from the same action. Tooru had quickly tried to grab her grenade launcher that was hanging by a strap from her shoulder, but as she pulled the trigger, Izuku had recovered and closed the gap between them, pointing the device towards the ground. With a splatter of black ooze, the invisible girl quickly felt her legs become engulfed in the encroaching substance as Aizawa called her name to signify the fight was now down to one on one.

Izuku strode carefully around the side of the pillar, leaving Tooru behind as he realised Momo hadn’t moved. Instead, she glared at him with fierce determination, now holding what appeared to be some sort of automatic gun.

“Give up.” Izuku said simply.

“Never.” She replied firmly, bringing the gun to eye-level and taking aim. It took more effort than he thought to stay ahead of the spray of rubber bullets from the creation girl’s weapon. Their earlier efforts had succeeded to a degree and Izuku could feel his own fatigue beginning to catch up with him.

He took cover behind another nearby pillar before punching off a small chunk to use as his own projectile. When he heard the lull in weapon fire, he quickly peaked his head out from around the corner and tossed the concrete at her.

Whether he hit or not didn’t matter, dashing around the other side of the pillar, he noted that his first attack had done its job to get Momo to either block, dodge or otherwise keep the weapon pointed away from him. Rubber bullets would barely sting at his current output but Izuku wasn’t a hundred percent sure they were just ordinary rubber bullets.

He almost felt himself grin in success as Momo’s eye’s widened at his approach. Thankfully, as the last fighter, he could feel secure in merely restraining her rather than knocking her out.

Izuku’s premature celebration came to an end as the heiress’ look of surprise turned to one of victory. The greenette had already committed to his leap and watched as Momo, instead of recoiling in fear, opened up her arms to embrace Izuku. He noted another button in her hand and the reason for her own odd vest became apparent.

The sounds of several ‘pops’ rang out before the class saw Izuku and Momo become engulfed in a much larger supply of the black goop. A few gasps of fear were released as the substance quickly covered the pair’s heads.

Aizawa and Cementoss sprang into action while cursing the fact that Mina had yet to awaken from Izuku’s earlier attack. Todoroki and Bakugo too quickly jumped the railing and hurried over to the blob which had appeared to have stopped growing at this point.

“Todoroki, do you think you can freeze or burn this stuff away?” Aizawa asked hurriedly.

“I think so,” the boy’s hands outstretched to offer whichever had greater results. The rest of the class looked on with bated breath, wondering if their classmates would be okay. Footsteps approached the group from behind but they were focused on the problem at hand.

Before Todoroki could attempt to use his quirk on the substance, it wobbled fiercely. The group stilled for a second as an odd hissing now began emitting from the blob only for a pair of gasps to overtake the sound in volume.

Around the other side, both covered in a blue, slimy substance, strode Momo and Izuku, both sounding entirely out of breath and with the latter escorted forward by the raven haired girl, a thick set of cuffs wrapped around his wrists.

“G-Got him Mr. Aizawa.” Momo huffed, filling her lungs with sweet oxygen now her last strategy was over with. The two looked around at the four nervous looking faces that greeted them, noting both the unexpected Todoroki and Bakugo’s presence.

“Mind explaining what you were thinking with that last stunt?” Aizawa growled at the girl dangerously.

“I um…” Momo curled in on herself at the obvious discontent written on her teacher’s face. “I-It was our last shot at victory… I um… used myself as bait to get Midoriya close enough before using my expanding capture gel to encapsulate us both. Once secure, I emitted the solvent from myself to allow me room to move and capture Midoriya before freeing us both.”

“You realise how dangerous that was.” Aizawa said, his tone conveying his clear irritation. “Neither of you could breathe, nor did we have any idea if anyone could’ve freed you if something had gone wrong.”

“Um…” A voice spoke up from behind the ground. They collectively turned to notice a shy looking Tooru with what appeared to be a small spray bottle in her hand, her own feet coated in the same substance dripping from her friends. “We each had some of this Mr. Aizawa.” She offered the bottle over to her teacher.

He glared down at it and quickly turned to give the remaining black, sticky substance a spritz, watching as it almost recoiled from the spray and bubbled fiercely where it touched. Aizawa pinched the bridge of his nose and regretted entertaining the idea that, even without villains around, the kids wouldn’t get into any trouble. Letting out a deep sigh he turned back to the two remaining combatants of the exercise and addressed them both.

“Midoriya, you’re out.” He declared with finality, glad to bring this last battle to a close.

“Um…” Izuku began awkwardly. The group watched as his quirk activated once more, the boy pushing it up to twenty five percent again as the cuffs sheered under the twist of his wrists.

“No.” Aizawa said simply. “After that last stunt this match is over. Yaoyorozu, I want an essay on the risks of using any and all capture weapons on my desk by Monday. Class is now dismissed.”

The group watched Aizawa stalk away as Cementoss looked on uneasily at the remaining students.

After the excitement of the last battle of the class, those who were still observing quickly joined them all on the ground floor with Cementoss opening up the stairs he’d created back to normal floor level. Once everyone remaining in the pit had left, the teacher had begun manipulating the terrain to once again return to a smooth, level plane.

Izuku was approached by a majority of the boys, each giving him praise for managing to go six versus one and almost come out on top. The remaining girls, of which Mina, Kyoka and Ochako were all missing having been escorted to the nurse’s office, were similarly praised for trying to take down the physical powerhouse of the class.

Between the barrage of compliments and questions, Momo gave the others the explanation that they’d wanted to demonstrate both their own progress and the power of teamwork even against an opponent as strong and adaptable as Midoriya. Izuku chuckled softly as he knew the real reason they’d all decided to take him on.

While more questions were forthcoming, Momo reminded them all that class had finished for the day and they were now free to enjoy their weekend. Iida took that as a signal to begin herding everyone back towards the main building and their changing rooms despite a few protests.

Izuku spent the walk back separated from the group, thinking about how much effort they’d gone through to show that they were taking his secret and their own declarations seriously. It made his heart swell in an unnatural way as he felt the tell-tale sign of tears prickling at his eyes once more.


While many students had been content to change out of their costumes and call it a day, Izuku found himself roaming the halls of UA once more, heading towards a room he was unfortunately more than a little familiar with.

Wanting to check on the girls he’d taken down with force, he quickly found himself standing before Recovery Girl’s nurse’s office door once more. There were several voices talking inside so hopefully they were already better after her care. Opening the door, he found Ochako holding out her hand while the kindly old healer placed a small tablet in her palm.

“Take this now and come back if you feel any lasting effects.” She smiled, turning back to her desk to note down her latest assistance only to catch sight of Izuku. “Oh, it’s you, Mr. Troublemaker.” She sent him a familiar glare.

Izuku gulped under her gaze as she eyed him carefully.

“You here for a booster too?” She asked at last.

“Uh, n-no ma’am.” He shook his head. “Just wanted to um… see how everyone was doing.”

“Much better now.” A voice by his side said.

Turning, he spotted Kyoka leaning back against the wall next to the door, still dressed in her hero outfit and hands held behind her head as a cushion.

“Next time, would it kill you to cuff me? You weigh a ton.”

Izuku rubbed the back of his head nervously.

“S-Sorry um J-Jiro.” Izuku apologised.

“Hey, what happened to ‘Kyoka’?” She sent him a small, teasing smile.

“Wait, summin’ happened to Kyoka?” A slurred, male voice called out. The pair turned to spot Kaminari pull back the curtain on the first bed in the room, looking bleary eyed around at everyone.

“I’m fine you idiot. Lie back down before you pass out again.” Kyoka rolled her eyes.

While it certainly wasn’t her place to give orders, Recovery Girl simply continued tapping at her keyboard and ignored the small exchange as it was exactly what she would recommend for the boy.

Thankfully, he did as he was asked, flopping back onto the soft pillow and exhaling loudly.

“Shoji knocked a few of his screws loose I think.” Kyoka explained.

“At least we’re not as bad as Mina.” Ochako declared, having swallowed her nausea pill and chased it with a glass of water that’d been provided for her.

“Yeah, and um, s-sorry Ochako.” Izuku apologised again.

“Nuh uh.” She crossed her arms in front of her chest. “That was a fair fight and just another thing I need to work on. How come you didn’t mention that in your notebook?”

“Well um-”

“If you’re going to jabber like baboons may I suggest you take it outside?” Recovery Girl stated. “Mr. Kaminari’s still recovering and Miss. Ashido has yet to wake.”

“I’m up.” A raspy, quiet voice called out.

With another curtain pull, Mina revealed herself sitting over the edge of the bed looking a little worse for wear. Her face was sweaty and her breathing was somewhat shallow. Izuku paled as he worried he might’ve accidently gone too far with his attack.

“Ah, finally, how do you feel dear?” Recovery Girl asked, turning her chair and walking slowly over to the pink girl.

Mina couldn’t resist another tease and looked straight at Izuku when she raspily replied.

“Breathless.”

“That’s to be expected.” The heroine answered, unaware of Izuku’s face lighting up bright red nor Ochako and Kyoka’s soft chuckles. “You didn’t seem to have any major damage. Hopefully, once my quirk is done with you, you’ll need a good night’s sleep then you’ll be back trying to beat each other senseless like nothing happened.”

The pinkette let off a small giggle herself only to devolve into a coughing fit as her lungs betrayed her.

Thankfully, once she was finished, the recovery hero applied a swift kiss to her knuckles and the girl let off a soft green glow as the quirk began fixing her up. Izuku released his own held breath as Mina took in and released a deep one of her own, her ability to breathe without rasping restored.

“Ah, good as new!” She hopped off the bed energetically. “And since it’s Friday, it’s time for a… sleepover.” The girl suddenly flagged at her last word, the quirk’s draining nature taking its toll on even her energy levels.

“Come on idiot.” Kyoka rolled her eyes. “Let’s get you to a bed.”

“Stat!” Ochako joined in.

“You girls take it easy. You all got off lightly considering the injuries he usually brings me.” She pointed her syringe cane accusingly over at Izuku. “As for you, make sure both you and your opponents stay out of my sight next time.”

“Y-Yes ma’am.” Izuku bowed quickly, backing out through the doorway as the other three girls followed after him.

“Oh, he’s here!” Tooru’s energetic voice called out.

Izuku turned to see Tooru, Momo and Tsuyu making their way towards him, the invisible girl waving as they approached.

“Hey guys,” Ochako smiled as she appeared around the door frame. “What took you so long?”

“We wanted to walk up together.” Momo replied.

“Yay, we’re all here.” A weary voice made itself known to the new arrivals. Mina appeared from Recovery Girl’s office next, holding her arm up limply while letting out a half-hearted cheer of, “Sleepover time.”

“Recovery Girl’s quirk took it out of her.” Kyoka explained, eyeing the girl and staying close to ensure a quick grab should she falter before reaching the dorms. “We’re all good to go though.”

“I think someone needs to embrace the ‘sleep’ part of sleepover.” Tooru giggled, reaching out to squeeze her girlfriend’s hand. “Let’s get going though.”

The girls turned to walk away and return to the dorms. Izuku stood there for a second before calling out.

“H-Hey um… T-Tsu?”

“Ribbit?” The girl turned, a somewhat nervous look on her face quickly followed by the other girl’s looking back at him.

“C-Can um…” He faltered under so many eyes. “Can we walk back… together?”

The other girls shot knowing looks at the pair before beginning to walk off.

“Give us a head start.” Tooru called back cheerfully.

“Don’t be too long.” Momo smiled.

Ochako quickly closed the gap to Tsu, whispering something in her ear and giving her a small peck on the cheek before catching up with the others.

The pair of greenettes stood there awkwardly as they waited for the girls to disappear down the other end of the hall. Once their footsteps no longer echoed, Izuku stepped closer to the girl and spoke.

“S-Shall we?”

She gave a small nod before starting a more meandering pace with Izuku down the corridor.

“Sorry about surprising you in class, ribbit.” Tsuyu apologised.

“That’s okay, you all definitely caught me off guard… a few times actually.” Izuku chuckled, rubbing the sore spot on his back. “I um… quickly figured out your plan though; n-not the specifics, but-”

“Makes sense.” Tsuyu nodded, “It was kind of obvious. Wonder if any of the other guys will get jealous you got to take all six of us at once.”

Izuku felt his cheeks heat up. Tsuyu had to have known what she was doing with words like that and he was proven right when she shot him a sly smile.

“I-It was good for me… w-was it for you?” He replied with as much confidence as he could, earning a small giggle from the girl beside him.

“Could do without being cuffed next time.”

“T-Then don’t kick me or use your tongue on me like that.”

“Sorry…” Tsuyu replied, more apologetic than teasing now. “Are you okay?”

“I’m fine… mostly.” Izuku smiled, their quick, little banter at an end. “I’m er, much more durable than I look when I’m using my quirk.”

“I figured.” Tsuyu nodded. “Still didn’t like having to fight you though.”

“Oh?”

“Tooru’s idea.” Tsuyu revealed. “Figured it was the best way to get it through to you we’re not helpless. Hoping it worked.”

Izuku was silent for a few moments as he considered his words carefully.

“I… only used around twenty five percent, and that was only when I needed to do stuff like catching up with you.” He admitted. “You’ve um… seen All Might’s fights in the past right? Do you… really think you could keep up?”

“Does it matter?” Tsuyu countered. “I know Mirko’s climbing the charts but even if she replaced All Might as the next number one soon, do you think she cares if she can keep up? She does her best, just like we all will, no matter what.” Tsuyu tentatively reached out and took Izuku’s hand. “I know that… I want to try, even if we fail.”

Izuku gulped nervously. He could read between the lines.

“I-I need to apologize.” He stated quickly. “I um… s-scared you last week. I’m very sorry, I didn’t mean to.”

“I know.” Tsuyu nodded simply. “I’m sorry too, for being too nosy.”

Izuku licked his lips nervously.

“Y-Yeah… you um… got more than you thought, eh?” He let out a few cautious chuckles. “But um… I just wanted to say that… before all of it, I spoke to All Might.” They were out in the fresh air now, the sun’s light painting the sky orange as it descended once more. “I asked him about… t-telling you. I-I-If you um… w-wanted to still… you know, go out together.”

Tsuyu turned to eye Izuku curiously, her big eyes shining in the light.

“I wanted to tell you… a-after a few weeks I mean, b-because I um… I trust you Tsu.” He admitted shyly. “I’m not sure if Mina um… t-told you but um… I kinda liked you and um… Ochako before that.”

“She didn’t mention it, no.”

“Oh, um, good.” Izuku nodded awkwardly, happy the pinkette had kept that part to herself. “W-Well um… when you wanted to talk, just us and stuff, I just… felt a connection.”

“You took a shot.” Tsuyu smiled. “I’m glad you did.”

“Um… y-yeah, i-in spite of um… everything.” Izuku rubbed the back of his head nervously.

“If you didn’t we definitely wouldn’t be doing this now.” Tsuyu stated, looking forward. “The girls and I haven’t exactly had the smoothest of paths to get where we are together either. Me and ‘Chako especially.”

Izuku remained silent, turning to look at the girl.

“We um… had plenty of tears and a few roadblocks ourselves even after I confessed to her.” Tsuyu explained, remembering her awkward time in Ochako’s room. “I’m… hoping that this is just the same; a rough patch before the happiness at the end.”

The boy released a slow breath as he tried to figure out what to say.

“I… don’t know,” He admitted. “Can I please have some more time?”

“Ribbit,” Tsuyu nodded, giving his hand a squeeze, “Take as long as you need.”

The two settled into silence as they walked, just enjoying the trip.

“What…” Izuku began, “What um… would happen? I-If I said um… y-yes?”

The frog girl felt her heart leap but tried not to let the excitement show on her face.

“I’d probably kiss you a lot,” She let out a small giggle, “Ochako too probably. We’re keeping our own relationship hidden because she’s not ready to come out yet, ribbit. We’d all probably go on dates for sure. Me and you, you and ‘Chako, all three of us, you know.”

“O-Oh,” Izuku gulped nervously. “A-And um… the others?”

“Ochako and I would also be dating them too, well, for the most part.” Tsuyu explained. “If you were happy with just us, that’s more than okay, you don’t have to be with them yourself.”

“So you um… k-kiss them and stuff too?”

“Yup, more too.” Tsuyu replied bluntly. “If… that’s not something you could accept…”

The words hung in the air for a moment as Izuku looked at his feet as he walked.

“Sorry, it’s s-still a bit much to get my head around.”

“I know, but I appreciate you trying.” Tsuyu smiled. “We kinda stumbled into it to be honest. I didn’t plan to have five girlfriends but I wouldn’t trade them for anything.”

“How… do you manage it?” He asked. “I mean… I g-guess I would be your um… s-sixth partner so… how d-does anyone not feel… left out?”

“Oh.” Tsuyu blinked, she honestly hadn’t considered that about Izuku but it suddenly made perfect sense he’d be worried about something like that. “We talk.” She stated. “We’re still figuring a lot of stuff out ourselves, it’s not always smooth and stuff… but when something comes up, we make sure we do what we can.”

The dorm was getting close now and Tsuyu was aware she still had much she wanted to talk to the boy about.

“I’ll admit, I can’t promise you’ll always be first.” She stated, “But I can promise you would never be left out or forgotten about.”

Izuku bit his lip, wishing he could get across all his feelings to the girl. Kyoka was right in that he’d never really considered himself with anyone properly before. No girlfriends in the past to compare against and now an offer to a relationship that was extremely out of the norm compared to most others.

“M-Mina said something about um… a s-s-sleepover… w-with um, questions?” Izuku asked, getting a slow nod from the frog girl. “C-Can I um… talk to everyone else? I would um… f-feel more comfortable once I know more. N-Not that I d-don’t believe you o-or anything!” He added quickly.

Tsuyu nodded, hoping his more inquisitive side was him accepting their feelings just a bit more. The more he asked and knew, the easier it might be for him to accept without fear. Things were a lot less scary when you knew what they were.

“Shall I tell the others you’ve accepted our invite?” She asked cautiously.

“Um… y-yes… please.” Izuku nodded slowly.

Tsuyu wanted to dash into the dorms and go get everything ready now. Maybe ask a favour from Mina about not letting the questions get too intimate and scare him off. As her mind raced with ideas to try and help win the boy over just a little bit more, she felt herself pulled back just before they stepped into view of the dorms, still hidden by the bushes out front.

“Something wrong?” Tsuyu asked nervously, looking up at her crush’s face, hoping he wasn’t having second thoughts already.

“N-No… well yes, um…” Izuku swallowed as he gathered all the courage he’d mustered so far. Tsuyu said she was glad he took a shot, now here he was about to take another one. “T-The um… k-kiss… last week. You stopped before we um… finished.” He blushed fiercely. “Before we go in… would you… maybe like to… try again?”

Tsuyu felt her heartbeat speed up. That kiss before was nice but she’d felt her conscience pull at her more strongly than her hormones. After her chat with Ochako and Tooru however, she knew that she would be allowed to fully indulge in whatever Izuku gave.

The girl’s hand not holding Izuku’s own reached up to rest on his hip, pulling the boy a little closer. He seemed to have gotten the hint as his face began closing the distance between them. Tsuyu allowed herself to close the gap once more, closing her eyes just before their lips touched.

Izuku’s lips pressed softly against hers, allowing them to start with a somewhat chaste kiss at first. The two both felt a shiver of excitement run through their bodies though as their hands unclasped to both hold the other a little closer.

The lips parted slightly and Izuku’s top rested above Tsuyu’s own. The frog girl couldn’t help herself and gentle pressed her tongue forward, asking for permission to take the kiss to the next level. Slowly, Izuku’s head tilted as the familiar yet different texture of a tongue met hers once again. Their hot breaths mixed as they breathed through their noses, just allowing themselves to get lost in each other’s touch.

Tsuyu’s longer tongue pressed into Izuku’s mouth, quickly overwhelming his own as she lost track of her hands. She felt herself wanting to explore him even deeper as her tongue inched further, drawing tantalizingly close to his throat.

She heard a surprised squeak and quickly pulled back as Izuku’s hand pressed lightly on her shoulders. The two separated and panted heavily, not realising how much breath they needed to recollect after their tryst.

Izuku’s hands pulled back, reaching for the girl’s own which she only just realised had been squeezing his toned rear; was that what made him break the kiss? He gently took her hands in his and pulled them off himself, holding them both between them as he shyly examined their grasp on one another, unable to face the girl he’d lost himself in.

“Did you like it?” He asked tentatively.

“Very much, ribbit.” Tsuyu smiled widely, very aware her somewhat larger mouth might freak him out a little but hoping he looked past it.

“M-Me too.” Izuku licked his lips, the taste of Tsuyu still lingering on them. He knew that his hormones would get the better of him if they didn’t stop now as much as they were begging him to continue. “W-We should go in, the others might get suspicious.”

“Sure, ribbit.” Tsuyu nodded.

With one final small squeeze of their hands, the pair broke contact and stepped into view of the dorms.

“S-So um…” Izuku began as they approached the front doors. “W-What should I um… bring to the… sleepover?”

“Comfy clothes, a pillow, maybe some snacks to share if you have any though since you’re following your diet religiously, feel free to just bring dinner up when you’re ready.” Tsuyu smiled. Like the others, she’d noticed Izuku not indulging in their pizza parties before and guessed it would be a similar story with their junk food collection. “If you could also keep it secret from the other guys, it would avoid a lot of unnecessary explaining too.”

“Sure, no problem.” He nodded, an excited tingle of anticipation running through him.

“Thank you, by the way.” Tsuyu turned to the boy one last time as her hand rested on the door handle. “I know this might not be easy. I still have a few questions I’d like answered but… I really appreciate you trusting us.”

“You and Momo kind of forced my hand.” Izuku chuckled. “But… if anyone else had to find out, I’m glad it was you girls.”

The two shared one last smiled together before stepping into the dorms.

Notes:

Chapter summary:

- At lunch the next day, Tooru reveals her plan to fight Izuku to the rest of the girls. The others hesitantly agree while Momo relays her extended invitation to their next sleepover. Ochako and Tooru have a coin toss to decide who's next to talk to Izuku which Ochako wins though not without a touch of teasing from Mina.

- Before dance practice that afternoon, Izuku briefly entertains the idea of playing with himself while imagining both Tsuyu and Ochako to be his partners. Recent nightmares interfere however and he stops short, interrupted also by Ochako visiting his room the talk. After a small chat where he initially denies her affections, he accidently wounds Ochako's pride, resulting in a small scuffle between the two where Ochako tries to get him to see that she's not just some damsel in distress, that she'll be a hero too. Izuku agrees with a touch of shame after realising his mistake. Ochako puts her pride aside and asks to look at Izuku's notes as if she had any opportunity to get better, she should take it. Izuku reluctantly parts with his notes after extracting a promise from her not to destroy his book even if she doesn't like the 'weaknesses' section inside. The two part with a soft kiss before heading down to practice.

- After a class exercise in which Tooru and Izuku work together to rescue civilians, she asks him to meet her later with an ominous message. Izuku panics until the designated time and, when he emerges from his room to meet up with the girl, she kidnaps him and escorts him invisibly into the girls baths. Initially freaked out about someone walking in Tooru assures him that it'd be just them. When Izuku enters, wrapped in multiple towels, he nervously begins washing Tooru as the girl cracks a few too many jokes. When he gets frustrated, she begs him to stay saying that she was just doing it because she was nervous and she really wanted to spend some time helping him unwind. The two resume their mixed bath with Izuku reluctantly dropping his towels, revealing he'd left his underwear on though Tooru understands why. After getting in the bath together, the pair talk some more where Izuku reveals he doesn't know if he's good enough for anything. Trying to assure him, Tooru reveals her own crush on the boy and the pair kiss. Their hormones rise and the two exchange soft touches though Izuku stops it when Tooru's hands wander too far south. Despite his nerves, Izuku enjoyed the short time his brain was forced to shut off while he enjoyed himself with Tooru. When the anxiety begins returning as they get out of the bath, he quietens it down by making things fair between himself and Tooru, briefly stripping off his underwear for her to get an eyefull which she very much enjoys.

- The next day at the end of class, Mina calls a short delay to dance practice after classes. Izuku correctly guesses she's planning to talk to him and the pair journey to their bench together. She reveals that the effects team want him to switch to do something extra to enhance Aoyama's glittery effects but she picks up on Izuku's discomfort at having promised Eri about dancing, deciding the back whatever decision he makes. The two agree to splitting the difference before Mina tries to comfort Izuku about all the stress he's likely endured this week. When Tooru sends Mina a text hinting she and Izuku did some naughty things together, she presses him for the full story where he reluctantly admits everything, including his enjoyment. Mina continues to tease him while enjoying the images in her own head. Izuku tries to tease her back only to realise she was far more skilled at the game than he. Mina invites him to the sleepover that Friday with the promise that they just want to talk some more and they want him there. Izuku is left with nervous anticipation as they return to practice.

- Having talked to all the girls about things, Izuku resolves to try and check on Tsu himself as they hadn't spoken since last week.

- As part of the last combat class of the week Aizawa wants to check their progress in combat with one-on-one battles. After Momo convinces him to allow her and the girls to take on Izuku in the name of teamwork to overcome a great obstacle, the seven have an intense spar where Izuku is technically captured after their last ditch plan.

- After changing and visiting recovery girl's office to make sure he didn't injure anyone too badly, Izuku and Tsuyu are given some time to chat by the rest of the group. The pair have a heart-to-heart with Izuku revealing he'd planned to tell her about his quirk if they'd gone out before asking what would happen if he accepts their offer. Tsuyu tells him and he accepts their sleepover offer at least. The two share an intimate moment before returning to the dorms to get the sleepover started.

Chapter 15: The Fourth Sleepover

Summary:

Izuku attends the girl's fourth sleepover.

***** Trigger Warning *****
Referenced suicidal thoughts in this chapter.

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

The quiet of the 1-A dorms was broken on that Friday afternoon by the many returning boys. They trudged inside with a touch of exhaustion after their most recent combat exercise with the final round being the talk of the group.

“Man, the gap just keeps getting bigger.” Sero sighed, dropping his bag by the side of one of the tables, pulling out a chair and collapsing into it.

“Dude, if Midoriya gets any manlier, I don’t know what I’m gonna be able to do to keep up.” Kirishima agreed, heading for the fridge to grab a couple of drinks for the Baku-squad, or what was left of it for now anyway. With Mina and Kaminari in with Recovery Girl, and the remaining girls and Izuku all presumably discussing their match together while they visited, the common space was host to only eleven of their classmates after their last class.

“Indeed, his progress is astounding.” Iida chimed in grabbing himself a glass of orange juice to refuel. “It just goes to show the fruits that diligence and hard work can produce.”

“Yeah, but six versus one man.” Sero groaned. “He didn’t know it was coming and they clearly did. Even with the drop on him, he still managed to pull out a ‘W’.”

“Didn’t Yaoyorozu clinch it for the girls?” Sato asked, casually rolling his shoulder to ease some tension from the day.

“Eh, only technically.”

“Indeed, it was a most phenomenal exhibition. A magnifique gallery of their passions on full display.” Aoyama professed to the ceiling.

“Chill dude,” Ojiro, sent the blond a nervous glance. “Gotta say though, kinda disheartening when I’ve been working my tail off too and still ended up on the floor.”

“Sorry man!” Sero called out with a small wave.

“It’s cool, but still, guess some people just win the quirk lottery like that.” Ojiro sighed.

Having thrown his gear down on the couch and sat after chugging a good portion of the water Kirishima had gotten him, Bakugo paid no mind to the conversation until the tailed boy had made that last comment.

“Am I sensing some dissatisfaction at your own genetics?” Tokoyami asked carefully.

“Well… not in that sense.” Ojiro replied, holding his hands up. “But when you compare Midoriya and myself, there’s a clear gap in our upper limits. I just wished-”

“Wished what?” Bakugo growled, “That you were born with a better quirk? Be grateful for what you do have dumbass; some people don’t even have that luxury.”

An awkward silence settled over the group for a minute as the implications hung clearly in the air. Strangely, the one to break it was Aoyama.

“While my quirk can be troublesome, I am exceedingly grateful to my parents for it.” He stated shakily. “Being quirkless in a society where such heavy value is placed on what you can and cannot do; it is more than some children can bear.”

Bakugo stiffened ever so slightly. This conversation was definitely not one he wanted right now.

“Had a quirkless friend once.” The ever stoic Shoji spoke up. “We were able to connect over our mutual struggles to find acceptance. I understand it is quite the battle some days when society feels like piling it on.”

“Had?” Sero quirked an eyebrow.

“He was one of the few that couldn’t bear it.” Shoji stated sadly, his shoulders slouching as he recalled the day he lost that friend.

Another awkward pause settled over the group as that news sunk in. Bakugo was growing increasingly uncomfortable at the comparisons being pulled. His hands were sweating and for once it wasn’t from exercising.

“Jeez man, I’m sorry.” Kirishima sympathised.

“Me too.” Ojiro agreed. “I didn’t mean to bring all this up.”

“Regardless, it is still an important topic one must be aware of.” Tokoyami acknowledged, walking close to the tallest student of the class and resting one hand comfortingly on his shoulder.

“Indeed, as future heroes, we must do our best to find those most in need of assistance and help however we can.” Iida declared. “Though we are learning how to best combat villains that would do harm and techniques for weathering disasters, do not forget that we stand as a shield and inspiration for the weak and vulnerable.”

“Heck yeah!” Kirishima cheered. He couldn’t help remembering Mina’s reaction during their middle-school days, redirecting that possible villain towards the police and away from her friends. “You don’t need any quirk to do some amazing things and be a hero to people.”

“Um,” A small voice spoke up. The group turned to acknowledge the most timid member of the class. “I-I don’t much like fighting.” Koji stated. “But I still want to help people where I can. When I graduate, I want to help the people and animals of this world better understand each other. T-There’s a really interesting psychology paper about giving prisoners pets that helps them empathise more and be less likely to reoffend.”

“That sounds awesome.” Sato grinned, giving the boy a thumbs up.

Bakugo sat there and listened patiently. After Mina’s dressing down in their last chat, he’d been told as homework to look at all the things heroes did outside of fighting. With everything his classmates were discussing, it was another blow against his worldview that he wanted to just shout and reject.

Shoji’s admission had been the gut-punch to shut that feeling down. He didn’t want to acknowledge it, but the boy’s succinct words had made him imagine Izuku in his unnamed friend’s place. That the greenette all but admitted he’d had those same thoughts at least once made the comparison much more pronounced. Even Shoji, who kept his face covered most of the time and rarely expressed much emotion, displayed what he now understood as empathy when talking about his former friend. Would Bakugo have felt the same if Izuku had jumped that day?

“Yeah, sorry, I completely get that.” Ojiro rubbed the back of his head nervously. “We’ve got some real powerhouses in our class like Midoriya, Todoroki and Bakugo. I was just feeling a little inadequate is all.”

“If I may, your problem and solution may be one in the same.” Tokoyami said. “Midoriya has been helping Hagakure with her own quirk recently. If you are looking to improve, maybe he would have some new ideas you’ve yet to try.”

“Huh, that’s actually not a bad idea.” Ojiro nodded. “I’m not sure what he can really do with ‘Tail’ but it’s worth a shot.”

“I can vouch for that.” Todoroki acknowledged, having stayed silent until now and grabbing his own drink from the fridge. “Midoriya helped me understand my own quirk better after our fight in the sports festival.”

“Slightly different but still valid I guess.” Sero shrugged. “Actually, is that why you’re so strong Bakugo?”

“The hell are you talking about?” The blond grunted.

“You and Midoriya knew each other before UA. Did he give you tips and shit on how to improve?”

“Hey, yeah.” Kirishima nodded. “You had that super move back during the sports fest like Iida, and he’s from a legacy of heroes. Did you have Midoriya’s help or was that all you?” The red head kind of hoped it was the latter.

“The fuck makes you think I need the nerd’s help to be awesome like that?!” Bakugo shot back.

“Chill bro,” Kirishima held his hands up defensively. “You can’t deny Midoriya’s got some skills after that display today. He took on all six of the girls and basically won.”

“To be fair, their quirks aren’t super combative either.” Sero added. “Nothing like that clash between him and yourself during the sports fest, eh Todoroki?”

“Indeed.”

“Still though.” Sero sighed. “I don’t know if I’d be able to pull off the same against them; Yaoyorozu’s planning skills have clearly gotten better and she’s wicked smart already. Mina’s also like, the perfect counter to me too; she can melt straight through my tape.”

“Damn right! You don’t stand a…” Mina’s voice called out from the front door. The boys turned to spot the majority of the girls entering the dorms with Mina leaning on Tooru’s shoulder, letting out a big yawn mid-sentence. “… chance against me.”

“I take that back, bet I probably could right now with Recovery Girl’s quirk doing its job.” Sero grinned.

“That’s a handicap and you know it.” She pouted.

“How are you all doing?” Iida stepped forward to talk to the group. “Your battle was most gripping and quite the pleasant surprise. You girls should be proud of having bested Midoriya after all of that.”

“Don’t need the affirmation dude.” Kyoka rolled her eyes, feeling a touch talked down to but knew that was just how Iida was at this point. “But feels pretty good to have rattled his brain a little.”

“I’ll admit too, I am quite pleased with how everything turned out.” Momo smiled. “Even if it was only a sparring match, I’m glad at least one of our plans worked out.”

“We caught Izuku off guard a couple times.” Tooru cheered. “Next time we’ll get him for sure.”

“I don’t think Aizawa was too happy at the end of that.” Sero chuckled, taking a little joy at the infliction of some misery on the teacher that enjoyed his rational deceptions.

“You guys did awesome.” Kirishima cheered, walking over to join them. “What made you decide to go for Midoriya? I mean, we were just talking about our quirks and stuff and we kinda have our own ‘big three’ when it comes to powerhouses like him, Todoroki and Bakugo.”

“Why the hell am I last?!” Bakugo shouted.

Ignoring the raging blond, Ochako replied to Kirishima.

“He’s got the best all-around quirk, you know?” She stated. “Bakugo would’ve probably sent us all to Recovery Girl and we didn’t want a repeat of Sero’s match with Todoroki from the sports fest.”

“Ouch, why’d you have to go there?” Sero cringed at the unintentional jab.

“Nah, that makes sense.” Kirishima nodded.

“Where is Midoriya anyway?” Iida noted, suddenly realising the topic of their discussion hadn’t returned with the rest of the girls.

“He’s just chatting with Tsu about something.” Ochako waved his concern away. “They’ll be along in a minute.”

“Then we can party~!” Mina cheered, raising her arm up but only managing about halfway.

“You guys having another sleepover?” Sero asked. “Any chance I could ask you to grab me some stuff from the shop if you’re going?”

“We gotta celebrate our victory after all.” Tooru nodded to answer his first question. “Think we still have plenty of ice cream and snacks from last time though, sorry Sero.”

“No big, don’t worry.”

“For now, I’m gonna go drop this idiot off for a nap before we start.” Tooru gestured to Mina and pulling the girl along gently towards the elevator.

“Just grab me some sugar and I’ll be fi~ine.” Mina whined but allowed herself to be guided.

“Wait up! I’ll grab my TV.” Ochako did a little jog after the pair.

With initial questioning sated, the class broke into smaller groups as they all breathed a sigh of relief now the week was over. This was their last weekend before the festival and chances are they’d be back to the grindstone come the Monday after it so they were taking the chance to enjoy the normal two days off they could.


It wasn’t too much longer before Tsuyu and Izuku made a reappearance in the dorms. Izuku glanced around nervously while Tsuyu strode nonchalantly over to Kyoka and Momo who were preparing dinner together.

“Ah, Midoriya!” Iida called out, having changed out of his school clothes and into his home-wear. “Congratulations on your combat today. It can’t have been easy to face so many of our classmates at once and keep a level head.”

“Hi Iida, it was tough, sure.” Izuku nodded, putting his shoes away in the cubby. “To be honest, I was more concerned with trying to win without hurting everyone too much.”

“Admirable, though I don’t think they had quite the same concern as you.” The speedster chuckled.

“He did have a fair disadvantage.” Sero called out from the sofa where he was watching some gameshow. “Though Mina’s practically dead on her feet. Recovery Girl’s quirk must’ve done a number on her.”

“Yeah… I didn’t know how to um… get them out faster without risking a counterattack.” Izuku replied nervously, still feeling bad about knocking her out that way.

“I’m sure they don’t hold it against you.” Iida assured the boy. “You may have to wait to check with them however, I believe they’re currently setting up for one of their sleepovers again.”

Izuku flexed his hand nervously, simultaneously eager and afraid of what he’ll experience himself tonight.

“I-I’m sure I’ll talk to them eventually.” He brushed off.

Izuku wished his friend a pleasant evening while he went to go put his school things away. As he was considering what to do regarding how to spend the time between now and whenever the sleepover began, his phone ‘pinged’ with a text from Momo; Tsuyu had clearly relayed his answer to the heiress. Giving him a start time of eight, Izuku had plenty of time to get some homework done beforehand. Since he’d be missing a chunk of tonight just talking with the girls, it was better to get it out of the way now if he could.

First though, he required a quick bath after all the exertion from classes. Grabbing his comfy clothes to change into and a towel, he made his way back down to enjoy some relaxation in the warm waters before whatever anxiety inducing truths the girls decided to ask today. Briefly reminded of Mina’s admission about what kind of dares she’d hinted at during their talk, Izuku felt his cock begin rousing at ideas of their previous sleepovers. Needless to say, he held his towel in front of himself as he stepped back out into the common room and made for the baths.


"Is it weird I’m this excited?” Tooru asked as she bounced lightly on Momo’s bed.

She, Ochako and Tsuyu were currently getting a few things ready in the room as eight o’ clock drew near. The TV had been set up and the remaining snacks from their last sleepover were decorating Momo’s bedspread.

“Maybe tone it down a little.” Ochako smiled nervously, her own anxieties about tonight coming back as her mind pictured several different scenarios for how it could go.

“He’ll be fine, ribbit.” Tsuyu offered, relaxing on the bed and undisturbed by Tooru’s jiggling. “It’s not like there’ll be any dares this time.”

“Wait, there won’t be?” Tooru stopped, deflating suddenly at the news.

“Didn’t you know?” Ochako asked, figuring she would’ve understood that when Momo explained her proposition to the boy last week.

“I thought she was just being coy with telling him about the game, I didn’t realise there’d actually be no dares. That’s no fun!”

“Is that really what you’re upset about?” Tsuyu asked knowingly. “Or were you hoping to snag another few kisses from him?”

“Uh… w-w-well I…” Tooru gulped nervously. Clearly her pink girlfriend had blabbed as she’d only shared that with her. Either that or Izuku, but she figured he wasn’t exactly one to kiss and tell at this point.

“Oooh, that makes sense.” Ochako nodded with a small giggle, causing Tooru to blush. “I told him he can’t have any more from me until he commits.”

“Fair.” Tsuyu nodded. “We finished the one we started last week just before we got back. I actually got to enjoy it this time too, ribbit.”

“And you only choose now to tell us?!” Ochako gasped, checking the clock on her phone. They still had enough time before Izuku arrived and the brunette needed details. “What happened?

“We chatted.” Tsuyu shrugged. “He made me feel a bit better about everything that happened, I tried to convince him a bit more to join us. I think that fight may have helped because he was asking what would happen if he agreed.”

“Ooo!” Tooru regained her bounce, shifting over to sit near Tsuyu to listen closely. “He said ‘yes’, then you kissed right?”

“Not quite.” Tsuyu giggled, patting Tooru on the head. “I think he’s still unsure about how we all work together. I get the feeling that he may ask about that tonight in exchange for the grilling we’ll be giving him about his stuff.”

“Kinda hard to not get steamy when talking about that.” Tooru giggled.

“Yup,” Tsuyu acknowledged. “When he asked me to tell you guys, we kissed just after that. I think I may have stopped it a little early again though.”

“Why?” Ochako asked curiously, her girlfriend had full permission unlike last time after all.

“My hands decided to wander and I think he was surprised when I cupped his ass.”

Ochako’s face deepened into a blush while Tooru giggled with perverted intonations.

“Clearly I don’t think he’s ready for more yet but it’s still nice to wonder.” Tsuyu revelled in her recently created memory.

“Maybe ‘Truth or Dare’ would’ve changed that.” Tooru returned to pouting.

Before the girl could dismay any further at her ruined plans for the evening, Momo and Kyoka made their reappearance, fresh from the baths.

“Hello everyone, are we all ready up here?” Momo asked as she placed her folded towel neatly in her washing bin.

“TV’s done and snacks are out.” Ochako nodded. “Just waiting on Izuku and that yummy tea of yours.”

“Don’t forget Mina. Someone should probably go wake her ass up before we all get chewed out for letting her sleep through everything.” Kyoka noted.

“I got it.” Tooru nodded, checking the time on her phone. It was close enough to eight so she hopped off the bed to fetch her girlfriend.

“So… he’s not gonna expect anything, right? No one told him about um…” Kyoka broached the topic hesitantly.

“You’ll be fine dear.” Momo reached out and rubbed her girlfriend’s arm lightly. “We’ll have a film then just talk, okay?”

“Boring.” Tooru called back just before the door shut behind her. Momo and Kyoka turned to regard the invisible girl curiously but evidently got no further answer.

“She’s mad there’s no dares tonight.” Ochako explained.

“Ah, I see.” Momo nodded.

“Makes me feel a little better I suppose.” Kyoka admitted, breathing a small sigh of relief.

“Maybe next time.” Tsuyu chuckled, deliberately riling up the earphonejack girl.

“Fucker has to actually start dating you idiots first.” Kyoka retorted.

“You’d think getting to kiss three pretty girls would be a no brainer, eh Kyoka.” Tsuyu shot back with a giggle, earning a blush from the girl.

“Just as long as it’s not this girl.” Kyoka relented, taking her usual spot at the head of the bed by Momo.

“Actually, where’s he sleeping tonight?” Ochako asked, noting the positions of their pillows in their usual spots.

“I figured between us if you didn’t mind, ribbit.” Tsuyu stated.

“I mean… that works for me.” Ochako blushed, picturing it in her head.

“That is, if he even feels comfortable enough to sleep here.” Momo chimed in. “If it gets a bit much for him, I suspect he may wish to return to his own room for rest after our discussion.”

Both girls hoped that wasn’t the case but neither decided to voice it.

“Okay, I’m back!” Mina’s voice called out as she burst through the door. “Let’s get this sleepover… started? Hey, where’s Midori?”

“It’s not eight yet.” Tsuyu stated simply. “He has a habit of joining social stuff at the designated time rather than before or after if he can help it.”

“How do you know that?” Tooru asked curiously, poking her head around her overly enthusiastic girlfriend.

“Dance practise mostly.” Tsuyu noted, “Though he probably did the same thing last week when he and I were supposed to spend time together too.” Ochako backed her up with a nod, remembering seeing the boy waiting for her girlfriend on the sofa.

Momo checked her phone and, sure enough, there was only a few minutes left until eight.

“If that’s the case then I shall go prepare the tea now.” She said. “Pet, come help press the elevator buttons for me.”

“Got it.” Ochako smiled, pausing to place a small kiss on Tsuyu’s cheek.

“Any film recommendations before you leave?” Mina asked, wondering what they’d be entertained with tonight.

“Not a clue.” Ochako called back.

“Could always see if Midori has any recommendations.” Tooru offered.

“True.” Mina nodded, taking her spot on the bed. “It’ll probably be some sort of hero story though.”

“I heard Kamui Woods actually has a pretty good special or something.” Kyoka offered, having wanted to watch it herself after hearing it detailed his darker elements of growing up.

“Not sure he’ll be super pumped for that.” Mina noted. “He did stand by doing nothing during that whole Bakugo thing with the slime villain.”

“Couldn’t hurt to ask though.” Tsuyu nodded.

The girls settled into further chatter about which other movie suggestions they had. Their discussion was interrupted a few minutes later but the sound of three hesitant knocks sounding out from the door.

Kyoka gulped nervously as the other girls looked a lot more alert all of a sudden. It seemed that their final guest for the night had arrived.

“It’s open!” Mina called out gleefully.

With the click of the handle turning, the door opened slowly to reveal Izuku with a light blush on his face and pillow in hand.

“There he is.” Mina grinned, gesturing to him to come closer. “Get your butt in here and set yourself up. We’re just discussing what to watch tonight.”

Izuku visibly gulped as he tentatively stepped into Momo’s room, offering a small smile to each of the girls in turn.

“H-Hi everyone.”

“Momo’s just off brewing some fancy tea we have whenever we have one of these.” Tooru explained.

Tsuyu patted the spot she’d made between her and Ochako’s pillows where Izuku carefully placed his own.

“Any suggestions for films Green?” Kyoka asked.

“Oh um… w-what do you have available?”

The girls listed out a couple of the options they’d talked over.

“I-I’m good with any of them.” He mumbled.

“Nuh uh,” Mina rejected. “You’re here to enjoy tonight too. If you’ve got a preference for something, don’t try and be considerate for our sakes.”

Izuku looked over nervously at each of the girls before letting out a small sigh.

“If… it’s not too much trouble, can I vote for the Kamui Woods thing?”

“Ha, knew it.” Tooru grinned.

“Can do Midori.” Mina nodded, “Kyoka wanted that too.”

Kyoka felt a little better at having an ally on her side to vote with, at least in this instance. She exchanged a small smile with the boy and an upwards head nod of acknowledgement but said nothing.

Before the other girls could discuss their own preferences, the door opened up wide with Ochako strolling in to hold it open followed by Momo with a tray of tea supplies.

“Hey Izuku!” Ochako smiled genuinely at him, spotting him sat next to Tsuyu. She was suddenly glad she’d gone with the heiress to get tea a few minutes ago; having Momo call her ‘Pet’ in front of Izuku would raise a couple of questions she hoped to delay just a bit longer.

“Glad you could join us Izuku.” Momo smiled as she carefully set the tray down on her desk. “Since our first sleepover, I offered up everyone some of this tea mother told me to reserve for special occasions. Would you like a cup?”

“S-Sure um… Momo.” Izuku nodded, still unsure how to act with everyone all together like this. It felt like there was yet a penny that needed to drop or something, his anxieties telling him he simply didn’t belong and needed to leave. After all the time and effort the girls had put in to make sure he knew they cared, he pushed those thoughts down and tried to enjoy the beginning of their evening together, graciously accepting the first cup of tea offered by the heiress.

“Momo’s got a couple of fancy teas but this one’s my favourite.” Ochako smiled, sipping her own cup only to lightly scald the underside of her tongue.

“Slow down Pet, you need to let it cool first.” Momo rolled her eyes.

Ochako stilled, looking over at Izuku nervously, hoping he’d missed what Momo said. The boy had clearly heard and had his head titled in curiosity but, after a few moments, had elected to say nothing. Hopefully he just chalked it up to a nickname they shared.

After a few more minutes of discussion to select what to watch, Kamui Woods’ documentary won out with Izuku, Kyoka, Tsuyu and Ochako voting for it. Mina and Tooru shot each other a look. Clearly the two love-struck girls were swinging things in Izuku’s favour for tonight. Regardless, once everyone was settled with tea and a couple of snacks, they began watching the deeper dive on the hero with the ‘Arbor’ quirk.

It started off fairly basic with a quick explanation about the hero as he was known today with a display of his more notable combat encounters and achievements. Once that was established, the music changed and quickly set the stage for something ominous. The group watched as a few snippets of his childhood were revealed: growing up in a single parent home when his mother left his father, though the reason wasn’t given. Kamui reportedly tried his best to maintain his grades while balancing a part-time job to support his father who struggled finding work due to his tree-like mutations.

Tragedy struck when, after a rare day out together, a bank robbery gone wrong spilled out into the streets. His father shoved him behind a dumpster and moved into action, placing himself between another family and a spray of bullets. Kamui could only watch in shock as heroes quickly descended onto the scene to gain control of the situation but it was too late for his father. Though his mutation quirk had given him a denser body than most, it wasn’t enough to stop bullets from piercing his organs.

When Kamui comforted his father during his last moments, he asked him why he didn’t just run. His father had replied that, “It was the right thing to do”. Though medics tried, his father had already passed by the time they’d arrived and Kamui was left alone. Police reportedly attempted to locate his mother but nothing came of it. Electing to temporarily live in an orphanage for the short time before he would be able to return to his home, Kamui fell into a depression he almost didn’t emerge from.

Kamui himself, as the group knew him today in a comfy looking interview setting, pensively detailed his experiences with the mental disorder he developed. How he’d lost the will to live at one point and contemplated ending his own life to stop the pain.

The whole group felt equally sympathetic for the hero while most of the girls hoped Izuku wasn’t feeling too uncomfortable at the subject matter. A few quick glances at him allowed them to notice the boy’s eyes were glued to the screen.

When the day of the funeral came, Kamui was approached by the woman with two children that his father had given his life to save. The hero admitted that he broke down in front of them and caused a bit of a scene. The mother sent her children away with her sister, who’d attended for support, before escorting the grieving boy away for some privacy. Kamui admitted to her that he couldn’t help but wish his father had made a different choice that day as he was all he had left.

The hero went on a bit of a tangent here, detailing his bullying experiences at school as, while his costume may look cool with the wooden effects, his entire arms and legs were completely wooden and the source of his quirk. Parts of his wooden biology even extended up to his face so he’d taken to shifting it into a mask as well as wearing scarfs and low hanging hats since he was young to prevent people freaking out.

Instead of being appalled or disgusted by Kamui’s admission, the mother was apparently exceedingly understanding. She was in the process of shielding her children herself from the bullets that day, resigned to her fate as long as it saved her kids. Though official ones had shown up, she considered Kamui’s father the real hero of that incident.

Kamui continued to detail that he’d reacted badly to her words, not wanting platitudes, but for his father back. The woman told him that she couldn’t do that, but she could try to give him a bit more time. Confused, he revealed that she’d used her quirk on him, allowing him to live out a few days in his past with his father again in his mind. By the end of it, Kamui asked his mind’s image of his dad what he should do when he was gone. Like his final words, his father had told him to do ‘the right thing’.

When he’d come to, the woman had asked if she’d managed to help him. Kamui instead asked her why she did that for him. She revealed that she’d heard his father’s final words and had taken them to heart, wanting to do the right thing for his son if she could. The two bid each other an awkward goodbye as the funeral wound down and Kamui found himself very introspective for the next few days.

There was no great revelation to him becoming a hero from there. He felt closest to his father when using his quirk and doing the right thing from that quickly spun into using his connection with his dad to continue to honour his father and save people. Finally finding a goal, he picked himself up and pushed forward, applying to hero schools and eventually graduating to become a quickly rising newcomer.

With his story told, the special began to wind down. One of the final questions caught both Izuku and Kyoka off guard however. When asked how he beat his depression, Kamui divulged that he hadn’t, that there were still days where he felt drained of all energy and the dark thoughts returned with a vengeance. Every failure in his hero career played in his mind on repeat those days, including the disaster at Kamino where he felt like he could’ve done more or better than he had. From there, he continued with a message about mental health; that it was okay to be not okay and that he sought help through therapy and antidepressants to help him when things got bad. Even heroes struggle and that’s okay.

The special wrapped up after that, showing off another montage of his moves and battles with the narrator wondering whether they’d soon see the rising star among those at the top of the charts.

“Well…” Mina sniffled, wiping her watery eyes. “Didn’t expect that.”

“Uh-uh.” Tooru nodded, mimicking her girlfriend.

“I never figured he’d gone through so much.” Tsuyu sighed, saddened by the hero’s story but glad he’d managed to find some semblance of peace for himself.

“Are you okay Izuku?” Ochako rested her hand on her crush’s shoulder, the boy having hidden his eyes behind his arm as he tried hard not to cry.

“S-Sorry,” He sniffled, rubbing away what he could. “B-Brought back a few things.”

“It’s okay Izuku.” Momo cooed from her position on the bed, gesturing to Mina to grab her tissues from the side for the greenette. “I don’t think any of us realised what kind of backstory he had… much like we didn’t for you if I may.”

Mina plucked a tissue from the box and passed it to Izuku who wiped his eyes carefully.

“I think we should take a small break for now.” Momo clapped, plucking the sweet wrappers from beside her and rising from the bed. Everyone gave a few muted murmurs of agreement and started rising. All except for Kyoka. When Momo noticed, she turned back to her girlfriend just to confirm she hadn’t fallen asleep only to find her knees pulled up to her chest, arms wrapped tightly around, and her head buried between them.

“Kyoka?” Momo called out hesitantly. “Everything okay hun?”

The other girls and Izuku turned back to look now and grew a little worried as Kyoka didn’t respond again.  A connection established itself in Izuku’s brain as he realised that she was probably dealing with similar emotions to himself. He wasn’t sure how the two compared exactly from their last talk but Kyoka’s feelings clearly ran deep.

Izuku cautiously made his way over to the girl, standing beside her.

“Hey um, Kyoka?” He started, tentatively reaching out a hand to place on her closest kneecap. The girl twitched at the contact but otherwise didn’t react. Truthfully he didn’t know what exactly to say here. He had no idea if she’d told the girls about her pain in the time between their own talk and he didn’t want to expose anything she might still want to keep to herself. “E-Everything’s okay.” He stated, “You’re um… safe here and we’re here to help.”

Ochako and Tooru tilted their heads in confusion while Mina and Tsuyu understood what wasn’t being said. A couple of puzzle pieces fell together around the same time for the both of them as they made educated guesses on what her discussion with Izuku entailed.

“Hun?” Momo climbed back on the bed, worriedly crawling over to her partner. “Please, I… i-is something wrong?”

The girls grew concerned now as they saw Kyoka’s back convulse as the girl was clearly losing a battle with her own sobs, a few restrained gasps breaking through her held breath and clenched teeth.

Izuku bit his lip as he wondered how he could help further. Looking to the other girls, it was clear they wanted to provide whatever assistance they could but were similarly paralyzed by not knowing how to proceed. The greenette quickly thought about his own feelings on the matter, having only felt comfortable enough to admit this to Tsuyu when alone with her initially.

“Would um… you like to talk to Momo alone?” He asked softly.

There was no response initially, but Kyoka’s head quickly nodded without revealing her face. Momo looked over with concern at Izuku then back to her girlfriend as the boy took on a resolved yet troubled look.

“Um… c-could I please ask you lot to leave with me? J-Just for now.” He pleaded, walking towards them and aiming for the door.

“B-But-” Tooru started, only to have her shoulder’s turned, directed by Mina, and pushed towards the door.

“Not now hun.” Mina bustled, hoping to get everyone out quickly for her girlfriend.

“Let’s go ‘Chako.” Tsuyu took Ochako’s hand and pulled her in the direction of the door. The brunette looked hesitantly towards the two remaining girls but left all the same. As the last one out, she called back to the pair before shutting the door behind her.

“Text us when you’re feeling better, okay?”

Momo gave her a firm nod before turning back to her girlfriend, wrapping her in a comforting embrace. The last thing Ochako heard before she closed the door was Kyoka’s cry of inner pain being released. She didn’t know what exactly was going on but she hoped the text came soon to allow them all to ease whatever was troubling the musical girl.

Inside the room, Kyoka’s dam had burst and she wailed into her knees. The silently cried tears that she’d hid towards the end of the documentary were now joined by fuller, louder tears as Momo pulled her close and tight, crooning words she hoped would reassure her distraught girlfriend. Kyoka eventually broke her hold on her knees and collapsed into Momo, returning her embrace.

The two continued this way for a few minutes as Kyoka released her emotions. The heiress had no idea what exactly had brought her girlfriend to this sate but hoped to find out as her cries began petering out and regressing to whimpers.

“Kyoka, please, talk to me.” Momo begged, pressing her cheek tightly against Kyoka’s head as she hugged her tight. “I… I don’t know how to help… please…”

The purple haired girl’s tears continued for a few moments longer before she tried to reign herself in, her breathing becoming staggered and erratic before longer, and slower breaths replaced them. Momo patiently sat and stroked her girlfriend’s hair, rubbing her hand along her arm as she waited for whatever explanation that would come.

“I-I uh…” Kyoka swallowed nervously, “I… t-thought about… e-ending everything b-before.”

Momo’s breath caught. In turn, she also focussed on her breathing, trying not to let panic and fear overwhelm her now racing brain.

“R-Recently?”

“N-No.” Kyoka admitted. “B-Before UA.”

“I see.” Momo nodded, trying to choose her words carefully. “A-And now?”

“No.” Kyoka repeated. “B-But… I-I think… I’m not over it.”

“Okay… right, okay. Do… you… erm…” Momo paused, trying to think about what exactly to do or suggest. Much like Izuku, she wanted to get through to the girl that she was loved and cherished by at least five other people that would dearly miss her should she do such a thing.

“I… think… I’ve got… d-depression.” Kyoka acknowledged.

“Do… should we go see Recovery Girl?” Momo asked carefully, not wanting to push the girl into anything. The heiress sat there nervously, waiting for the girl to speak again.

“I-Izuku… b-brought it back. T-Then this um… really b-brought it back.” She stated. “I… connected with him… a-about thinking about… ending it. I-I’m s-sorry.”

“There’s nothing to be sorry for hun.” Momo reassured her. “We’ll give you all the help and love we can. H-How can we make it better?”

Kyoka shrugged resignedly.

“‘P-Prob’ly need meds or summin.”

“We’ll get you them.” Momo promised, set to do everything within her power to help her girlfriend. Kyoka let out a shaky sigh, biting her bottom lip. Meds would help certainly but they’d only remove the symptom of a deeper problem.

“I… want to come out… t-to my parents.”

Momo blinked in surprise, eyebrows raised not expecting such a declaration to come from this.

“W-Wow… that’s very brave of you hun.”

Kyoka’s hand reached out to grasp one of Momo’s own, nervously looking up into her girlfriend’s face.

“I love my parents… a-and I don’t want to them to never know i-if… A-All-For-One comes.” She gulped. “A-And I um… don’t want to… h-hide you.”

“Oh?” Momo questioned before it clicked for her. “Oh…” She now bit her own lip nervously. “K-Kyoka I… don’t know.”

“I know,” The earphone jack girl nodded sadly. “B-But um… c-could you please think about it? J-Just to them?”

Momo sighed. It wasn’t a major problem as she’d very much want to get to know her future in-laws down the line… but only after they weren’t at risk from her parent’s retribution should their relationship be discovered.

“I-Is that why you’ve been alone so much recently?” Momo asked.

“S-Sorta.” Kyoka nodded. “I’m… struggling right now… w-with the concert and all of us and I-Izuku and all of his stuff… it’s just…”

“It’s a lot.” Momo nodded, understanding completely. “I know we’ve been focussed on him a lot this week hun, and I’m sorry for not making more of an effort to be there for you.”

“N-No, that’s… I needed my space.” Kyoka admitted, letting out another sigh. “Everything’s been so crazy this year… i-it would be a lot for anyone.”

“That’s true.” The heiress agreed, thinking about all they’d experienced since arriving to study at UA. “But look at all the good that came of it.” She kissed her girlfriend’s hair. “All our friends, you got to discover yourself some more, and now you’re dating myself and three other girls.”

Kyoka let out a single chuckle, nodding as Momo rattled off her list.

“They’re worried too.” The raven haired girl reminded her. “I’m sure they’re all eager to try and help with everything too. Even Izuku if you’d be okay accepting his help.”

“Yeah, you just don’t usually hear this stuff from successful heroes, you know?”

“They’re only human, just like us.” Momo assured her. “If anything, learning about All Might has shaken everyone up a little; he’s no longer this immeasurable paragon.”

“Mmmm,” Kyoka hummed. “I didn’t know what to expect… but hearing that someone like Kamui Woods also um, thought about stuff like that. It made me feel… validated.”

“I understand.” Momo nodded again, squeezing her girlfriend again. “It’s okay to have those thoughts… just please never act on them.”

“I won’t,” Kyoka nodded. “But it still scares me.”

“We’ll talk to Recovery Girl tomorrow, yes?” Momo offered, getting a small nod from her girlfriend. She snuggled her close again and just continued listening to Kyoka’s breathing which was thankfully much calmer now, though the occasional shaky gasp broke the rhythm.

“Do you want to tell the others?”

“No… but I should… sh-shouldn’t I?”

“We’re not going to let you go through this alone hun.” Momo reassured her, reaching for her phone. “I’m going to call the others back in now, and they’re going to hug and fuss over you, okay?”

As much as she didn’t want people, especially her girlfriends, to see her weak like this, Kyoka nodded and resigned herself to getting her own shameful secret out in the open. Ironically, she imagined this was somewhat how Izuku felt last week during his inquisition by them.

Momo sent off a quick text to the girls and the pair waited in comforting silence until they heard footsteps approach Momo’s room. The door cracked open and Mina’s head poked around, looking worriedly over at the pair.

“Hey guys, we good to come spoil you now?”

“I think that would be most welcome.” Momo smiled appreciatively at her.

Kyoka hesitantly looked up, her eyes still red and puffy. Mina pushed open the door and stood to the side, allowing everyone else to file back in.

“I brought you some ice cream!” Tooru announced, the floating container of chocolaty goodness held above her head.

“Ribbit, it’s not much but I brought this for you to hold.” Tsuyu offered up a small frog plush she sometimes cuddled when she got sad.

“I brought an extra blanket.” Ochako declared, hoping that it may help the girl to ground herself much like her dad did when he struggled.

Kyoka blinked in bemusement as they all huddled around her, offering their little gifts to try and make her feel better. The blanket was appreciated after Tooru pressed the ice cream tub into her hands while Mina dished out spoons to everyone.

Izuku felt a little awkward over by his spot on the bed as he hadn’t brought something to help but this was clearly a moment for the girls to share together and he didn’t want to intrude. He watched with a small smile as Kyoka was surrounded by the girls, all trying to help cheer her up in some way. It was endearing to watch.

Despite all the comfort from the girls, Kyoka still found herself looking around for the green haired boy. The two caught each other’s eyes and shared a small smile. True, it wasn’t the best connection to share, but knowing someone else could sympathise with how you felt offered a measure of comfort the others couldn’t provide no matter how hard they tried.

“So, do you want to talk to us now or should we just move on?” Mina offered stoking Kyoka’s arm as she stood by the side of the bed. The other girls shot her nervous but hopeful looking smiles that Kyoka knew meant she’d never be alone as long as she had them.

She breathed a long, deep breath before curling in on herself a little once more.

“I um… I’ve been feeling bad… because I’ve felt what Kamui Woods and Izuku felt…”

Kyoka detailed her thoughts that she’d relayed to Momo moments before; that she was struggling with everything right now and it was bringing back all the dark thoughts she’d hoped she’d left behind. Predictably, the girls echoed the same sentiments as the heiress, supporting whatever she wanted to do to get help.

“You know you can come to us with anything Kyoka!” Tooru declared, nursing the tub of ice cream Kyoka had passed to her after a few bites.

“There’s nothing to be ashamed of, ribbit.” Tsuyu nodded. “You need help, everyone does at some point.”

“I-I’m glad you decided to trust us.” Izuku said, hoping he wasn’t intruding on their moment.

“See, you’ve even roped Midori in for support.” Mina giggled.  “You’re Kyoka Fuckin’ Jiro, of course you’re gonna get through this.” She grinned cheekily at the girl.

Kyoka allowed herself a small laugh at that. What had been a spur of the moment assurance to her crush had long since turned into a rally cry to help each of them get through more difficult things they were facing. Like Kamui Woods stated at the end of the show, it was okay to not be okay and she was surrounded by the best friends she could ask for that wouldn’t let the darkness reclaim her.

“Yeah, I know,” Kyoka nodded, sniffing the last of her tears away. “S-Sorry… kind of took over everything.”

“Don’t worry Kyoka. Tonight was about truths anyway.” Ochako waved away her apology.

“Urgh, but I wanted dares too.” Tooru pouted again, playing up her petulance to try and get a smile out of Kyoka.

“M-Mina mentioned that’s um… what you normally do.” Izuku gulped nervously.

“Ribbit, it kind of became a tradition after the first sleepover.” Tsuyu nodded, digging herself a spoonful of ice cream.

“Last times’ was probably the most fun.” Mina giggled naughtily, earning a warning look from Momo.

“As I stated before Izuku, we’re happy to just have a more open chat today instead as I believe everyone still has questions.”

“But dares!” Tooru pouted again.

Izuku felt awkward once more. He didn’t want to ruin their fun just for him, they were very kind in inviting him here at all. It was admittedly very nice to watch the documentary on the hero with everyone else instead of alone in his room for a change.

“I-I don’t want to impose.” He admitted. “W-We can just do what you did last time if that’s what you want.”

The reaction was almost immediate. Mina burst out laughing while Tsuyu almost swallowed her spoon in surprise. Ochako lit up bright red and Momo let out a very unladylike snort before hiding her mouth behind her hand. It even managed to make Kyoka crack a disbelieving laugh.

“Yay!” Tooru cheered. “Truth or dare! No takesies backsies!”

Izuku looked around wildly at everyone’s varied responses. That was certainly not the reaction he’d expected.

“Haha, no honey.” Mina continued to giggle, trying to stifle herself to get the words out. “You’re not nearly ready for something like that.”

They all knew he had no idea what was so funny but his confusion only seemed to make them laugh louder. After Mina hinted at whatever he was missing, it suddenly came back to him that she’d mentioned things had gotten heated in their previous games. He suddenly realised why they’d reacted the way they did as Mina had clearly been telling the truth when they’d spoke.

He shrank back in his spot with a bright red face, trying not to let his mind run away with his hormones as lewd hypothetical situations played themselves out in his mind.

“Y-Yeah… okay.” He mumbled shyly.

“Mina.” Tsuyu shot her an unamused look. “You told.”

“I didn’t!” Mina held her hands up in defence. “B-But I may have hinted.”

“And you told me off.” Tooru scoffed playfully at her girlfriend.

“Alright girls.” Momo clapped her hands together to draw their attention. “I think that’s enough of that. Please don’t make Izuku uncomfortable.”

“I-It’s f-fine.” Izuku stuttered, trying to push down his blush. “I-I um… g-guess that’s um… my first question.” He gulped. “H-How did you all um… become involved?”

“Figured something like that was coming, ribbit.” Tsuyu nodded.

“Oof, that’s a heck of a tale. You got all night?” Tooru chuckled.

“I-If it’s too long then-”

“Maybe something more abridged.” Momo offered, rising to her feet to prepare herself another cup of tea. “While I’m sure we each have pieces of the tale the others don’t, I believe I’m confident in saying that we all developed a close bond since joining class 1-A, but certain things have only occurred somewhat recently to deepen that bond.”

“Me and Mina kinda shared a thing together.” Tooru hinted vaguely.

“I had a crush on both you and Ochako.” Tsuyu chimed in.

“There was stuff I needed to figure out before I could accept Tsuyu’s feelings.” Ochako blushed.

“Kyoka came out to us that first sleepover.” Mina gestured towards the girl who gave a thankful nod at not having to speak up for herself right now, figuring her voice was probably quite croaky. “Pretty sure she and Momo were crushing on each other before that too.”

“I know that I was.” Momo replied as she poured herself a fresh cup, the empty tub of ice cream full of spoons now sat beside the pot. “Would anyone else like one?”

It was a tad cool but the group all enjoyed a drink as they paused to refresh themselves. Kyoka even quietly accepted a cup to nurse at Momo’s insistence to rehydrate.

“Unfortunately,” Momo continued after returning to her spot. “My parents have what I now believe to be unrealistic and unhealthy expectations of me to a degree. While I would’ve loved to take a partner in Kyoka initially, I was resigned to my duties as the Yaoyorozu heir and felt incapable of accepting a relationship with anyone.”

“Pretty sure I managed to get a few things through to her though.” Mina giggled lewdly.

“Indeed.” Momo blushed but didn’t let the comment go unpunished. “While that first sleepover allowed us all to connect a bit more, I believe it was Mina’s own naughty implement that caught many of our attentions.”

Mina shut up real quick after that. Izuku’s curious gaze wandered over to her however and she could feel herself sweating.

“Oh yeah! Mr. Buzzy!” Tooru giggled.

“That’s not its name.” Mina pouted.

“So it does have one.” Kyoka croaked out teasingly.

“You be quiet miss ‘I can make my own jacks vibrate’.” Mina stuck her tongue out.

“Towards the end of the first sleepover, things got kinda lewd.” Tsuyu explained since the girls were now focused on one-upping each other. “Mina accidently brought her vibrator along and we learned a bit more about each other in that regard.”

“That was your fault, not mine!” Mina huffed.

Izuku nodded, the blush remaining prominent on his face.

“After that, some other things happened between us all, but after a couple of weeks we all grew close enough to talk to each other about this sorta stuff.” Tsuyu continued. “I think Mina, Tooru, Kyoka and Momo all agreed to enter in a relationship together first.” She received nods of approval from the girls who’d stopped squabbling. “Then they offered the same to me and Ochako.”

Ochako took Tsuyu’s hand in her own, bringing it to her mouth for a small, affectionate kiss before taking over.

“There’s… some things between Tsuyu and I that we had to get sorted out. Once we did though, I knew that Tsuyu had developed feelings for everyone that she’d tried to keep repressed herself.” Ochako rubbed her thumb along Tsuyu’s hand. “We’d both just discovered things about ourselves and I didn’t want to stifle her or make her unhappy so she accepted while I’m… getting there.”

Izuku nodded slowly, seeing a little more about how everything had happened though without a great amount of detail. It was clear to him they all cared for one another as more than friends.

“I… had no idea. B-Back then I mean.”

“You weren’t supposed to.” Kyoka said simply.

“Momo’s parents are super strict. We’re kinda afraid of what they’d do if they found out.” Ochako nodded.

“While I would love to be a tad more open with all of my partners, they are correct.” Momo sighed, resting her arm behind Kyoka in a small hug. “I do plan to eventually confront my parents with my plans to defy them, but I’m afraid that we’ve yet to find a solution that doesn’t result in me being withdrawn from UA and them extracting retribution.”

“A-Are they really that bad?” Izuku asked.

“You’ve seen how the news is treating Mineta, right?” Mina spoke up with Izuku nodding to answer her question. “That’s after Momo practically begged her father not to take it out on Mineta’s family too if they weren’t encouraging his behaviour.

“It took a lot of effort to even get that much out of him.” The heiress revealed.

“My family is um… kind of tied up in it too.” Ochako chipped in. “Momo helped me get them away from… some very bad people. Unfortunately, they need to do well now else her dad might squash them like ants.”

“I’m very sorry I could not help more with less strings attached.” Momo apologized again.

“Don’t be.” Ochako smiled, reaching up to caress her collar. “If it wasn’t for you, I couldn’t be with Tsu.”

Izuku looked over at Ochako, his eyes drawn once more to her very pretty necklace he’d noticed back before Momo’s birthday.

“I-Is that when they got you that?” He asked, gesturing to her neckwear.

“O-Oh…” Ochako blushed a deep red. The conversation was somewhat avoidable if she just brushed him off with a vague remark, but this was a time for truths after all. “N-No actually… um…” She gulped, looking over at Momo nervously. “Momo actually gave me this… w-when I agreed to… become her ‘pet’.”

“Pet?” Izuku looked over at the now blushing heiress.

“Oh my, I’d hoped to avoid this for a little longer.” She sighed. “See um… in discovering things for myself, Ochako and I entered into a small, informal contract. Her pride wouldn’t allow her to accept a gift of such magnitude on her parent’s behalf without some form of repayment so we um… came up with this instead.”

“Momo um… basically asks things of me and I have to do them until me and my parents have repaid her generosity.” Ochako explained. She turned around and lifted up the back of her hair to reveal the collar’s keyhole at the back of her neck.

Izuku’s eyes narrowed as he realised what exactly he was looking at.

“Hold your horses there Midori.” Mina cut him off, having been watching him carefully. “‘Chako can get out of it and her agreement anytime she feels uncomfortable.”

“It’s true.” Ochako agreed, lowering her hair and turning back to the greenette with a nervous look on her face. “I’m doing it because I want to, not because she’s making me. I um… actually find it kind of relaxing at times.”

Izuku looked down at the bed, not quite knowing how to react to that.

“S-So um… you’re like her m-maid or something?”

“O-Or something.” Ochako relented with a sweatdrop. “We um… are also kinda in a relationship together too, just not on equal terms like she is with the others.”

“While I do not push my boundaries with my um… orders,” Momo admitted, “It has been a most enjoyable experience for both of us.”

“I… see.” Izuku said pensively. The girls gave each other a quick glance as the boy processed this new information. “You’re um… all happy though, r-right?”

“If we weren’t it wouldn’t be much of a good relationship.” Tooru chuckled.

“You um… s-seem like you’re all happy so… um… w-why do you need… me?” He asked.

“We don’t.” Mina shrugged, figuring it best to lay it out there straight for the boy, no more beating around the bush. “If we wanted, I’m sure us six would could just enjoy ourselves until we all died of old age. Tsuyu, Ochako, even Tooru don’t need you; they want you.”

“Blunt,” Tsuyu chuckled as though she wouldn’t’ve said it similarly, “But Mina’s right. Me and ‘Chako really like you Izuku and we wanted to ask you to be our boyfriend even with all this. I guess we’re kind of greedy like that.”

“Hey, don’t act like you’re the only ones,” Tooru pouted. “I want in too.”

Izuku swallowed nervously as all three of the girls that had expressed interest in him sent him endearing looks.

“There’s um… no pressure Izuku.” Ochako offered. “We wanted to see if this is something you would be interested in um j-joining but i-if you don’t want to…”

“I still don’t know…” He admitted. “You’ve all been so welcoming and friendly e-even after I told you about… everything. K-Kyoka was right when um… we talked. She said I probably didn’t really see myself with anyone and… she had a point.”

The boy let out a sigh as the girls sat patiently, hoping he would continue.

“I think I… want to.” He shyly admitted, “B-But um… c-can I please have a bit more time?”

“Like they said, no pressure Midori.” Mina nodded, getting nods from the other girls.

“I do hope we’ve clarified a bit more on how our unique relationship works.” Momo said.

“Thank you all um… it has cleared up a few of my questions actually.” Izuku replied gratefully.

“No problem.” Tsuyu smiled, reaching out for Izuku’s hand. “Is there anything else we could help with?”

“I can think of a few things.” Mina giggled, earning a small slap from Tooru.

“N-No um…” Izuku blushed, “I’m still just… trying to figure out things for myself.”

“Then I believe I’d like to ask a question.” Momo began. “If I may, what exactly is the method of transferring your quirk? Is it something we should keep an eye out for so you do not do it accidentally?”

“Uh… no, i-its fine.” Izuku rubbed the back of his head. “It’s something I need to intend to actually do, so it can’t be done by mistake sorta thing. Do you mind if I um… not say? I’d rather keep that to myself and… whomever I… pass it on to.”

“Jeez, thinking about the tenth already? Eventually it’s gonna reach that point where one punch could break the world.” Kyoka chuckled.

“Looking for a successor now Midori? Hoping to take a young ward of your own like All Might?” Mina giggled.

Izuku quickly realised they were joking and shared a smile.

“M-Maybe when I’m as old as All Might, I don’t plan on going anywhere i-if I can help it.”

“Not when you’ve got three girlfriends to please.” Mina winked.

“A-Ah um… y-yeah, I… want to think about that some more.” Izuku nodded. “It… never really crossed my mind growing up I’d um… find amazing friends like you guys who er… want to d-date me.”

“To be fair, it took Kyoka some time too.” Tooru revealed.

“I… didn’t do the best job of explaining things.” Momo sighed, “I believe you’ve had the most difficulty adjusting to this yourself, haven’t you?”

“Y-Yeah.” Kyoka nodded slowly. “It was hard not to be jealous at the start. I kind of always imagined Momo and I being together just the two of us. These idiots convinced me otherwise.”

“How um… do you handle that? J-Jealousy I mean?” Izuku asked.

“Pretty easily.” Mina giggled, remembering Momo’s birthday. “Usually a quick romp between the sheets clears her system.”

Kyoka’s jacks suddenly found itself embedded in Mina’s arm, making the girl jump in pain and sending a glare back at the purplette. Izuku blushed at the revelation. It wasn’t exactly new information but he’d only guessed how intimate they really were from Mina’s previous insinuations. He felt his own pants beginning to stir and tried to fight the urge to touch himself, instead opting to rest his hands in his lap to hide himself.

“Mina, keep it clean.” Momo warned the girl, pushing down her own memories of many pleasant evenings.

“To answer your question properly Izuku.” Tsuyu addressed the boy. “We are pretty open with each other about this sort of stuff. We try to talk whenever we have an issue and sort it out. I know Ochako was hesitant at first as I’m her first girlfriend but I make sure she gets all the love and attention she needs.”

“When Tooru realised her own feelings, she came to us and talked about them.” Ochako revealed. “She asked if we would mind if she asked you out too so that we wouldn’t think she was going behind our back or anything.”

“A-Ahhh.” Izuku nodded, “So that thing in the baths… you talked to them first.”

“Wait… what ‘thing in the baths’?” Tsuyu’s eyes narrowed.

Tooru immediately began sweating as all eyes turned towards her. Mina had kept her little secret but none of the others knew exactly where she’d decided to have her own chat with Izuku. While she had genuinely thought the boy could do with a good soak while they had their talk, she couldn’t deny she enjoyed the perks of sharing the waters with him, especially when things escalated.

For his part, Izuku looked apologetic, remembering Tooru had asked him not to tell the others but it had just slipped out.

“Ehehe um…” Tooru gulped. “I-I thought a bath would help him relax is all!”

“Is this the part where I beg you not to kill my girlfriend for her naughty misdeeds?” Mina asked with a teasing tone. “Even if she kinda earned it.”

“Traitor!” Tooru cried crocodile tears, figuring she’d get no help from her.

“Tooru, would you please explain in great detail,” Ochako’s dark aura returned as she looked menacingly at the invisible girl. “Why you thought that a bath was the best place to discuss things?”

“One regret.” Kyoka chuckled as Tooru back up against the edge of the bed.

“I-I-I-” The invisible girl stammered.

“Tell the truth Tooru.” Tsuyu took on Ochako’s aura. “You wanted to see Izuku naked, didn’t you?”

“Y-Yes.” Tooru admitted, an invisible blush rising on her face.

“P-Please stop.” Izuku called out, halting the girls’ advances. “I-I um… s-she didn’t make me uncomfortable or anything. We just um… talked and stuff.”

“Had a little kiss too though, didn’t ya?” Mina winked, intensifying Izuku’s blush.

“N-Not helping Mina!” Izuku spluttered.

“Not trying to.” The pinkette stuck her tongue out. “This is Tooru’s punishment.”

“I thought you loved me.” Tooru cried as Tsuyu and Ochako advanced on her further.

“I do, but maybe next time talk to us before doing something like that.” Mina rolled her eyes at the dramatics.

“Is that why you came to me that night?” Momo blinked, making the connection. She’d more than happily pounded Tooru into the mattress that evening at the invisible girl’s insistence but never got a clear answer as to why.

“Well, if Tooru wants to be like that, then I say she needs to be punished further.” Tsuyu grinned.

“Agreed.” Ochako nodded, “And since she’s so insistent we play ‘Truth or Dare’, I think it’s only fair she go first this time.”

Tooru gulped audibly while the other girls did nothing to assist her.

“Um… t-truth?” She pleaded.

“Nuh-uh, you wanted the dares.” Ochako chuckled darkly.

“And since you clearly didn’t mind being around Izuku naked, we dare you to strip off for the rest of the evening.”

“W-What?!” Tooru felt herself breakout in a full body blush. “N-No way, t-that’s embarrassing!”

“That’s the point.” Mina chuckled. “Stop making a fuss dear and take your lumps. You did it before when you shared that steamy bath together.”

“Y-Yeah but…” She paused, looking shyly over at Izuku. “H-He didn’t know I liked him then.”

Izuku himself blushed, recalling their shared intimate moments in the middle. If he knew her feelings before they’d entered the baths, he might’ve actually chickened out.

“I think you’re all forgetting what we’re actually here for.” Momo announced, trying to get things straightened out once more. “We agreed to try and keep things clean so as not to make Izuku uncomfortable.” Tooru breathed a sigh of relief before Momo’s eyes narrowed in her direction. “Even if Hagakure does deserve it.” Evidently she didn’t appreciate not knowing exactly why Tooru wanted that session together after her bath.

The girl in question squeaked nervously.

“Guys, stop.” Kyoka spoke up. “You said yourselves Green probably wasn’t ready for that stuff so just leave it ‘till later.”

Tooru was glad Kyoka came to her defence at least but didn’t like the implication her punishment was only delayed.

Izuku wrung his hands together as he tried to get his own feelings in order.

“Can you all please stop?” He asked as calmly as he could. The group turned to face him at his more serious tone. “Look I… I really appreciate all you’ve done this past week, trying to make me feel better and stuff. I know I’ve put a lot on your minds with my own problems and I’m very grateful that you aren’t upset at me for it b-but please don’t fight because of me. I-I’m very thankful you invited me to share in your group b-but if I’m more of a problem then I’ll leave.”

“Izuku, no.” Ochako said, waddling over to the boy and resting her hand on his knee. “We’re sorry, we’re all still a bit… careful. We don’t know exactly what to do with this sort of thing to be honest.”

“Admittedly that’s kind of our fault.” Mina nodded. “We’ve been friends a bit longer so I can appreciate you feeling a bit on the outside of our teasing and jokes.”

“Not to mention he’s the only guy here.” Kyoka tossed out there.

“This isn’t to push you or anything.” Tsuyu began, hoping that it was okay to reveal at least a part of their normal plans. “But since we got together, we’ve been a bit more… open in regards to certain intimate topics. We don’t want to make you uncomfortable but I think it’s a bit of a clash with where we currently are with each other compared to what you’re comfortable with right now.”

“I-I get that.” Izuku nodded, “B-But please stop treating me like I’m going to break if you’re just being yourselves around me. I don’t want to get between you… any of you.”

“You’re not that special idiot.” Kyoka stated.

“Kyoka!” Tooru gasped.

“He’s not though.” She continued. “Look Green, I’m probably the one most uncomfortable with you here since, you know, lesbian and all, but we’re not gonna fuck up our relationship just because of you. These guys have been worrying about their every move since you told us everything because they really like you and shit and don’t want to scare you off. I’m pretty sure that underneath that heroic persona of yours even you have a libido, so if you really want to put their minds at ease, why don’t you tell us all what you really want to do now you know three girls want to jump your bones.”

The room was silent for a moment as Kyoka sat back in her spot against the headboard.

“T-That was a bit much Vixen.” Momo chastised.

“Am I wrong though?” She challenged.

Nervously, the girls turned towards Izuku, each admitting to themselves they wanted to know what he was thinking now Kyoka had bluntly spelled everything out.

Izuku nervously bit his lip as Kyoka was correct in assuming he had indeed imagined things about the girls he probably shouldn’t have, both before and after learning about their own affections. He very much felt like Tooru did only moments ago, embarrassed at having to do something in front of the people he was crushing on himself but he didn’t want to back down after making his own declaration just a second before.

“No… you’re right.” He admitted shyly. “I’m… still not sure if um… t-this is right for me.” He gulped nervously. “B-But um… I-I have wondered what it would be like… i-if I said ‘yes’.”

“There we go.” Kyoka gestured to the boy. “I’m guilty of thinking we shouldn’t push you too, but if you think you can handle these idiots being a perverted mess, then try them; just keep it away from me.”

“Kyoka doesn’t like dicks.” Mina stage whispered.

“I like you, don’t I?” She shot the girl a wry smile.

“Touché.” Mina grinned before turning to the boy. “I had this thing with Tooru that probably works here. My mom always told me, ‘You don’t ask, you don’t get’.”

“Oh yeah.” Tooru nodded, remembering when she’d first been nervous about asking to look closely at Mina’s body since she couldn’t see her own.

“Right?” Mina giggled. “For us, ‘Truth or Dare’ has kinda turned into that a little. There’s nothing wrong with asking, especially if you might get it if the other person reciprocates like you four mugs clearly do.”

Izuku, for his part, didn’t know what to say next, looking anxiously over at Tsuyu, Ochako and even Tooru.

“Um… then I g-guess… c-can we play?” He asked nervously, hoping he wasn’t overstepping.

Tsuyu and Ochako’s eyebrows rose close to their hairline at the request. Behind them, Mina smirked at Izuku’s bravery while Tooru cheered at having finally gotten her way.

“Leave me out of it.” Kyoka stated, not wanting to risk the unknown that was Izuku asking something she was uncomfortable with.

“No!” Tooru pouted. “Come on, we have to do it all together.”

“Phrasing aside, I believe that I would indeed miss your presence if you were to not join us.” Momo agreed, turning to her girlfriend. “If Izuku promises to stay away from certain topics regarding yourself, do you think that’s enough for you to feel comfortable too?”

Kyoka sighed, taking a somewhat worried glance over at everyone else’s expectant faces. Izuku looked like he was about to back out since she was clearly expressing discontent with it and that just defeated the point of her previous speech.

“Green, don’t dare or expect me to do anything with you. It’s not happening.” She stated. “If you can handle that, then fine, I’ll play.”

“I-I don’t um… I-I was going to...” He glanced over at the girls he knew returned his affections.

“Don’t blame Kyoka.” Mina rolled her eyes. “She’s worried you’ll fall desperately in love with her.”

“Go to hell.” Kyoka glared.

“In all seriousness Izuku.” Ochako pulled his attention back to her. “Things do get a little… heated. Is that… something you’d be okay with?”

“I mean…” He blushed deeply. “I-I’d be lying if I s-said I hadn’t thought about it.”

Tsuyu and Ochako sent each other looks as unspoken words passed between them, each asking the other if they’re really okay with this. Once they both gave small nods, Tsuyu spoke up.

“How about, just for tonight, we see where things go with each other?” She asked, hoping for a positive response.

“I-If that’s alright with y-you all.” Izuku agreed, nervously playing this his hands.

“Fan-fucking-tastic.” Kyoka rolled her eyes. “I guess I’ll start then just so it gets things out the way. Tooru,” The invisible girl jumped, her focus being on her green-haired crush and losing herself in her own dirty imagination. “You’re accepting a dare, strip off.”

“W-What?!” She gasped, waving her hands back and forth. “N-No I can’t!”

“Just accept your punishment hun.” Mina reached over and wrapped her girlfriend in a small hug, placing a soft kiss on her cheek. “Besides, maybe you’ll get a bit lucky since you get the first real turn of the game.”

Tooru would never admit glancing back over to Izuku and feeling her core clench in desire at Mina’s words lest she be teased until the end of time.

“F-Fine…” She bitterly accepted, rising to her feet. “B-But no one look!”

Many of the girls rolled their eyes as they’d seen her get undressed plenty of times. Izuku though diligently averted his gaze, finding the wall in the opposite direction of Tooru very interesting all of a sudden.

“Guess we should explain the rules for our newbie now.” Mina began with a small giggle. While Tooru undressed hurriedly to complete her dare slash punishment, Mina explained how they usually played to the boy; each person was able to ask another in a single round but everyone could only be asked once before the start of the next round, ending on Kyoka as that was ‘tradition’ at this point.

“So then it’s um… Tooru’s turn, right?” Izuku asked, noticing the depressed patches of the bed where Tooru was now likely sitting.

“Y-Yeah.” He heard her answer shyly. They were both very aware that she was naked in front of him now and he had to admit it was frustratingly erotic. He only hoped whatever she asked he wouldn’t have to stand up for.

“Okay, so, er… I-Izuku, truth or dare?” Tooru began, clearly taking advantage of going first.

“T-Truth.” He replied, definitely not ready for a dare until things had been better established.

“Are you um, prepared to accept our help now that, you know, we kinda beat you and stuff?” Tooru asked, chickening out of what she really wanted to ask thanks to being the only one in the buff right now.

While not expecting it, the others gave small nods as, while on a technicality of it being a spar, they had indeed beaten Izuku thanks to Momo’s last ditch effort. The whole point of it was to get him to accept that they would be there to help him out if the time ever came, so had his feelings on the matter changed?

Thankful the topic was one he was much more comfortable to discuss and he had an actual answer prepared.

“Okay, so… I know you guys were really trying and you managed to throw me off a few times, even when I kinda figured you out just after we started.” He began, “To be honest, even when I was pushing myself when chasing down Tsu or breaking out of those cuffs, I only used about twenty five percent of the power I know I’ve got in my quirk.”

“Urgh, so broken.” Mina scoffed playfully with Tsuyu nodding along to Izuku’s words, learning about his output after their talk earlier.

“I wanted to show you the gap between us, that even with your best intentions, things aren’t equal between us. I learned when I was a kid that all men are not created equal.”

“But we’re women.” Tooru chuckled but Izuku continued anyway.

“Some people just have more power than others. I jumped from one end of the spectrum to the other so believe me when I say I can appreciate you trying to go beyond just to stand beside me. However… when Momo caught me, I realised I made the same mistake All Might did; I underestimated my opponents. Even though I probably could’ve won if it’d been a real fight, I’ll admit that I can see now that… I shouldn’t do this alone.”

“HA! Victory!” Tooru bounced in her spot, only to get a group glare directed her way. “S-Sorry, I just really wanted to beat you after last week.”

Surprising, Izuku smiled at the admission.

“I get that.” He replied, “Kacchan used to be my goal when I was quirkless.”

“If I remember correctly, you did pretty well against him up to a point during our first combat exercise, didn’t you?” Momo asked.

“Oh yeah! You totally slammed him into the ground and didn’t use your quirk until the end.” Ochako grinned, punching her fist into her hand as she recalled their first battle as partners.

“Yeah.” Izuku nodded. “So, I guess that I want to say, thank you, for helping me remember it myself.”

Ochako reached out and stroked Izuku’s arm with a determined smile on her face.

“We said you didn’t have to go it alone and we meant it.” She nodded fiercely.

“Just because we may not end up on the front line with you doesn’t mean we can’t help in other ways.” Momo explained. “I’m sure my own quirk is much more suitable for providing a variety of equipment to counter or hinder the enemy rather than used in direct confrontation.”

“Having thought about it, I’m probably the one most likely to be fighting him directly with you, ribbit.” Tsuyu spoke up. “I may not be on your level, but I’m much more combat oriented and agile than the others. Besides, if it’s to protect my family, I don’t think anyone could stop me.”

“What are we, chopped liver?” Mina giggled.

“You think I don’t already count you all as part of my family now?” Tsuyu replied.

That actually caught Mina off guard as she felt the admission steal her breath away.

“Wow, that was disgustingly sweet.” Kyoka blushed.

“Tsu!” Mina crawled over and wrapped the girl in an inescapable hug, smooshing her face into the frog girl’s own as she tried to satiate the urge to hug the girl until the end of time.

For his part, Izuku smiled warmly at the display unsure whether he should look away once Mina started peppering the girl with kisses.

“So, um, y-yeah.” He finished up pulling their attention back towards him. “I-I know that I was a little rough with you a-and I’m really sorry but um, thanks for not giving up on me.”

“Pfft.” Mina scoffed, releasing her hold on Tsuyu. “Like a couple of punches could come between us. If you wanted to get all up in my guts, all you had to do was ask.” She purred in a sultry way, sending Izuku right back to blush town.

“Mina.” Ochako deadpanned at the girl who didn’t look apologetic at all.

“What did you think of our fight?” Tooru asked excitedly. “Me and Momo totally nailed you with that fake-out, right?”

“No way, that fucking worked?” Kyoka looked over at the girl in disbelief, having been escorted to the medical bay before getting to observe that part of the fight.

The girls had made several plans in the short time they had to try and counter the boy. There was no way they’d be able to counter him directly so they’d opted to focus on tricks and deceptions. Kyoka herself had accepted being a likely early casualty but wouldn’t feel bad so long as she managed to get a good blast off to disorient the boy that the others could take advantage of; his most dangerous weapon was his brain if his notes were anything to go by.

“Yuh-huh! He went ‘Wham!’ Straight into to the wall when he tried to hunt down Momo at the end.” Tooru bragged.

“That one actually hurt.” Izuku admitted, rubbing at his nose briefly. “I mean, mostly ‘cause it was m-my own strength being used against me but still.” He paused to look over in Tooru’s direction. “You must be so proud of how far you’ve come with your quirk.”

“Sh-Shut up!” Tooru blushed, hiding her invisible face in her invisible hands.

“You broke out of my sticky acid way too easily.” Mina huffed. “Blew through my prototype supermove too.”

“S-Sorry,” Izuku rubbed his head, “You um… kinda gave me too much time to recover.”

“That was like, ten seconds at most.” Ochako muttered.

“S-Still,” Izuku blushed. “I-If you wanted to keep me down, T-Tsu should’ve drop kicked me in the head or stomach instead of waiting to see if I was stuck.”

“I didn’t want to hurt you too much.” Tsuyu sighed, knowing her feelings had gotten in the way.

“I felt the same.” Izuku nodded.

“Funny way of showing it.” Mina huffed, rubbing her stomach, now long since healed.

“S-Sorry.” He bowed lightly.

“Don’t worry ‘bout it.” Mina rolled her eyes.

“I have to admit, I was kinda scared when you got your second wind.” Tsuyu admitted, biting her lip. “When you dropped Mina, it felt like you were hunting me down.”

“Ooo, predator versus prey.” Mina giggled. “Did you manage to catch and eat her?”

“Mina!” Ochako blushed, picturing a very different image in her head.

“Thanks to Gran Torino’s training, yeah.” Izuku nodded, ignoring the double entendre. “I took out her legs with the cuffs then made her give up when I… w-when I um…”

“Izuku made me overuse my quirk.” Ochako sighed. “Just another thing I need to work on I guess.”

“Y-You did great too though Ochako!” Izuku tried to reassure the brunette. “B-But um… maybe ranged weapons aren’t suited for you.”

“Yeah,” Ochako nodded, “Those super dense balls got you where I needed you to go but it was tricky to get the timing just right.”

“If you’re able to focus your quirk and choose what you release, it might be worth looking into a heavy physical weapon since you’d be able to carry it no problem.”

“Christ, even in defeat you’re still schooling us.” Kyoka chortled.

“S-Sorry.” He apologised again. “I know it’s kind of weird.”

“How do you know all this stuff about quirks?” Tooru asked, not at all weirded out since it had helped her greatly. “We all read your notes and came up with a few things before our fight to try and surprise you but you seem to have so many new suggestions already.”

“Oh,” Izuku rubbed the back of his head nervously. “W-Well um… b-because I didn’t have one growing up, I guess I just tried to imagine what it would be like if I did.” He admitted. “I found myself wishing I was a late bloomer and imagined what I would do if I had ‘this’ quirk or ‘that’ quirk e-even when I knew they wouldn’t come from my mum’s minor object attraction or… my father’s fire-breathing. I’ve um… done it for so long it just feels natural to me to break something down when I see it.”

“I don’t doubt it.” Momo nodded, hoping to move talk away from mentions of his dad. “Maintaining the grades you do while doing all this training is very impressive.”

“T-Thanks,” Izuku blushed, “I um… g-guess it’s my turn so I’m going to pick now.” He said, sending a glance Mina’s way.

The pinkette’s eyes widened as she realised he could very well ask her to do something very naughty right now thanks to her earlier comment. She wouldn’t, but she’d certainly be impressed if he mustered the stones to kick-start the lewder side to the game.

“Go ahead Midori.” She purred again, making a very obvious glance down at his lap before back at his face. “See what happens.”

“T-Truth or dare Mina.” He officially asked.

“Why don’t you hit me with a dare, big boy?” She teased.

Izuku admittedly couldn’t back up his boldness, opting for something a lot less daring for his first taste of the game.

“I um… d-dare you to uh… c-can I um, p-please touch your horns?” His confidence leaving him the further along his dare he got.

While the girl’s let out a small breath at the seemingly innocent dare, Mina herself felt her own blush creep onto her face.

“W-Why?” She asked carefully. While she wasn’t sure if the others remembered, she certainly was very aware that playing with her horns caused other parts of her to react.

“S-Sorry if that’s too much but um… I always wondered what they felt like.” Izuku admitted, shyly looking away from the girl.

“Oh my.” Momo raised her hand over her mouth to cover a soft giggle, evidently remembering Mina’s admission from when Nejire played with them before.

“S-Sure.” Mina nodded, scooting over to him and slowly lowering her head towards him. From this position, her face was aimed at his crotch and she couldn’t resist picturing a particular what-if fantasy from playing out.

“I think Mina’s gonna enjoy this.” Tooru giggled, having teased her girlfriend by playing with her horns herself during some of their own alone time together.

“Not a word you!” Mina threatened as Izuku’s hand first made contact with her hair.

He was certainly gentle to begin with, tentatively running his fingers up and down their crooked shapes. Being made of keratin, much like fingernails, they had a somewhat smooth texture Izuku found himself enraptured by as he got a little lost in his explorations. After tracing their shape and feel, he gently pushed on one, sending a ripple through Mina’s body as it reacted against her will.

“Mmmm.” She groaned lightly, trying not to make it as sexual as she could, even if she could feel herself enjoying the attention.

“S-Sorry, did that hurt?” Izuku asked, backing off.

“N-No,” Mina admitted, her purple blush still on her cheeks and thankfully not facing the boy at the moment. “It just… feels nice.”

“I’ll bet, ribbit.” Tsuyu chuckled.

“They’re very um… c-cute.” Izuku admitted, hoping to assure the girl he didn’t find them weird or anything.

“I t-think that’s enough.” Mina pulled back before Izuku could rile her up any more. While he didn’t know it, she gave him a point for winning this round of their little back and forth of teasing.

“Thank you Mina.” Izuku shot her an honest smile, blissfully unaware of how his actions had affected the girl.

“Sure, but next turn, expect retribution.” She grinned, trying to will her blush away as she returned to her spot.

As she sat back on her pillow, Tooru leant over and whispered in her ear.

“Was it good for you too?”

Mina slapped the girl on the arm as Tooru’s cheeky laugh rang out.

“A-Anyway, my turn.” Mina cleared her throat, hoping to regain control of the game. “Tsu, truth or dare?”

“I’ll go with dare.” Tsuyu replied.

At this point, everyone was well aware of the girl’s normal pattern of just asking for truths since she was self-admittedly not ashamed of anything. Now though, they all knew exactly what Tsuyu was hoping for when she asked for a dare. This was their first real chance to test the waters with the boy and see what he was okay with and Mina wasn’t going to miss this chance, especially after he’d riled her up without realising.

“Dare, huh? Well this could be fun.” The girl grinned ominously.

“Yup, clearly didn’t think this through.” Kyoka smirked, actually enjoying watching the others trip over themselves for Izuku’s attention.

“They’ve got a long history of being competitive with this.” Ochako explained to Izuku as he looked confused. “Tsuyu’s the queen of Truth or Dare while Mina’s been angling for her crown for a while.”

“I’m well aware I’ll probably not manage to lay my hands on the royal title.” Mina acknowledged, “But being her ‘Princess’ certainly has its perks.” She winked at Izuku. “Anyway, how about you give Ochako a kiss.”

Tsuyu did nothing, waiting for whatever twist Mina was bound to throw in.

“Is that it?” Tooru asked, not quite understanding how it was much of a dare.

“Oh, but you have to give her as much tongue as you can.” Mina giggled perversely.

“And there it is.” Tsuyu nodded while rolling her eyes. She knew exactly what Mina wanted her to do and, while she and Ochako hadn’t actually experimented with such deep kisses before, she was excited she now had an excuse to get to do it with her girlfriend. Plus, she hoped it would rile Izuku up, maybe getting him to imagine it’s his cock instead that Ochako was about to deepthroat. “You okay with that ‘Chako?”

Ochako blushed but gave a nod nonetheless, having had somewhat similar thoughts to Tsuyu.

“Tap me twice when you need to breathe.” Tsuyu told the brunette who gave a determined nod. The two shared a quick glance back at Izuku before taking each other in their arms. The greenette reached up to cup her girlfriend’s face and pull her into a soft, chaste kiss just to establish themselves.

Ochako quickly settled into her role, searching out Tsuyu’s tongue after the second kiss and deepening it until her mouth was almost as wide as it could go. Izuku felt his pants tightening as he definitely heard Ochako gasp as something pushed its way into her orifice. He couldn’t help but find himself entranced as he watched her throat begin bulging from what was undoubtedly Tsuyu’s long tongue exploring its depths.

The frog girl felt her own excitement building as she reached further into Ochako than she ever had before, briefly wondering if it was possible for her tongue to go all the way through to the other end but quickly discarding that thought. For now, just before she stretched down toward Ochako’s stomach where some probably painful acid would likely burn her, she pulled back a bit only to thrust forward as though she was fucking her girlfriend’s face.

The gravity girl, despite her limited oxygen, couldn’t help the moan that rippled through her as her eyes fluttered and her hands clenched and unclenched. She already knew it felt really good when Tsuyu’s tongue did things to her lower half but now she realised said skill transferred upwards. With her imagination already running wild from the suggestive content so far, Ochako knew that if this kept up, she might actually cum just from the sheer eroticism and quickly tapped at Tsuyu’s arm. The frog girl slowly and carefully pulled back, retracting her amazing tongue back into her mouth though they were still joined by a thin rope of saliva neither girl could muster the energy to initially wipe away.

“Fuck guys, take it down a notch.” Kyoka blushed, having also enjoyed the display and finding herself annoyed she couldn’t do anything to ease her own excitement.

“Oh please, you probably enjoyed that just as much as Izuku.” Mina challenged, causing Kyoka to say no more on the matter.

The boy in question was admittedly bright red, shyly averting his gaze now it had been pointed out, and his hands were clearly crossed over his lap.

“While I don’t want to sound like a broken record, please let us know if it’s a bit too much for you Izuku.” Momo offered, having enjoyed watching the dare herself but was much more conscious about ensuring they were all comfortable.

“N-No I um… I-I’m fine.” Izuku stammered.

“More than fine I’ll bet.” Tooru teased.

“I think that’s enough.” Tsuyu wiped her mouth as Ochako was still regaining her bearings, very much lust-drunk. “For my turn, I think I’ll choose you Momo, truth or dare?”

“After that display, I’ll choose truth for now.” The heiress replied.

“Scared you’ll succumb to the lust too?” Mina teased.

“Someone needs to remain in control,” Momo stated, shooting Mina a look that clearly indicated she didn’t trust her with such a role.

“Hmmm.” Tsuyu puzzled at what she could ask. It was a little hard to find something that she genuinely wanted to know, since the girls shared almost everything together now, but was also naughty enough to get Izuku revved up for the next round. “You and ‘Chako have been together a while now, what’s the naughtiest order you’ve given her?”

“Hey, you stole that from me!” Tooru declared, recalling a similar question to Ochako last sleepover.

“A little,” Tsuyu acknowledged. “But Izuku wasn’t here for that.” She grinned.

Momo glanced over at the boy who was practically painted red from everything he’d witnessed so far. Tsuyu was declaring her intentions almost openly now and yet the boy was saying nothing. With Ochako not objecting either, she figured it was okay to speak.

“There may have been a time in the baths where, after enjoying a pleasant chat together, I felt a bit more bold than I usually am.” Momo revealed. “I ordered her to lick me to completion and to um… p-pleasure both of my h-holes w-while I sat on her face.”

“Ooo, that sounds fun.” Tooru giggled.

Ochako blushed as she tried to add some context.

“I um, told her that I kind of liked being ordered around sometimes.” She admitted, “I can just sort of turn the worryin’ part of my brain off while I just um, do my duty.”

“Hey Momo, can I borrow our Cutie Pie next? Mama’s got an itch.” Mina grinned.

“Didn’t she already scratch that for you in the woods on your date?” Momo raised a teasing eyebrow at the girl.

“Oh ye~ah.” Mina purred at the pleasant memory.

“I um, ha-had no idea you were all um… s-so far along.” Izuku spoke up, still beet red.

“I told you we got lewd Midori.” Mina winked.

“You ain’t gonna go all puritan on us are you?” Kyoka raised a brow.

“N-No.” Izuku shook his head. “I-If it makes you happy then it’s not anyone else’s business as long as no one gets hurt, right?”

“I see you’ve been doing your homework.” Momo complimented.

“I looked up a few things about um, polyamory, yeah.” He admitted. “I-I know it’s not my turn but can I just ask, how do you all um, deal with that aspect and stuff?”

“Mina’s actually got the answer for that one.” Kyoka gestured to the pinkette.

“Heh, well Midori,” Mina rolled up her short sleeves as though preparing for a big job. “We all kinda did stuff together before we like, got together together. Tsuyu gave me the idea to make it all official and stuff but like, sex and stuff feels great with another person. I love Tooru, and all these other guys of course, so when I know that they’re getting off and feeling really good with each other, it just makes me feel happy that they’re happy, y’know?”

A small murmur of agreement from the other girls cemented her answer.

“I… probably struggled there really.” Kyoka announced. “I… kinda…” She paused and blushed, not really wanting to admit her hidden romantic side to Izuku. “I wanted Momo all to myself. I had this idea of being the only one for her with… f-flowers and quiet dates and romantic nights and stuff. When she came to me and asked to be in this more open relationship, I didn’t want to hear it, even if I got to be with her too.” She sighed, wondering what exactly would’ve happened if she’d not decided to give things a chance. “I made her feel real shitty that night because I couldn’t handle not being the only person she liked. It took a while but um, M-Mina helped me see that it’s not about having less for me, it’s about there being more l-love for everyone.”

“That answer your question Midori?” Mina asked, shooting Kyoka an appreciative smile at acknowledging how far she’d come since they’d all began together. For her part, Momo cuddled the girl close and placed a few soft kisses on her head while Kyoka’s closest jack wrapped around her wrist.

“Ye-Yes.” Izuku nodded gratefully. “I um… just wondered because I’d um… b-be the sixth i-if I um…”

“It’s been a bit of a balancing act at times.” Tsuyu acknowledged. “But I think we’ve managed it alright so far. Everyone gets the attention they need. Like Mina said, ‘You don’t ask, you don’t get’. Sometimes I just want to spend a quiet evening cuddling with ‘Chako so I just ask her, other times its Momo.”

Izuku nodded, understanding their dynamic a bit more.

“If that answers your question, I believe it’s my turn now.” Momo declared, turning her attention towards her pet. “Ochako, truth or dare?”

“Um… t-truth please.” She blushed. Much like Tsuyu, Momo clearly understood she wanted to advance things between herself and Izuku but evidently wasn’t brave enough to accept a dare just yet.

“Okay Pet, how about, you tell us how you and Tsu imagined confessing to Izuku had our Darling not stumbled onto his secret.” Momo suggested.

“Oh uh…” Ochako paused. “W-We kinda never really um… got that far.”

“Truthfully, what you saw guys saw last week was kinda all we’d really planned, ribbit.” Tsuyu admitted.

“Then what about if we weren’t all together?” Kyoka offered instead. “If it was just you two and Green.”

“W-Well um,” Ochako looked at Tsuyu before shyly looking over at Izuku. “I guess we would’ve t-tried to talk to you together.”

“Probably tricked you into coming to one of our rooms, ribbit.” Tsuyu nodded. “It would’ve been hard enough to get you alone normally without prying ears.”

“Get you inside and then um, sit down, l-look into your eyes and just,” Ochako turned to actually look Izuku in the eyes, pausing for a moment to just take in his green orbs. “T-Tell you how much you inspire me. That even before we got to know each other, I knew you were something special from when you saved my life in the exam, n-not just from your power.” Ochako swallowed nervously. “I’d say that, I think you’re… just amazing a-and I would be one of the two luckiest girls in the world if you said ‘yes’ to being my boyfriend.”

Izuku found his heart fluttering erratically at the display. He was actually speechless and felt his brain try to gather every scrap of power to try and respond in some way.

“Tsu, what would you say?” Momo asked, hoping to complete the little roleplay.

“Well, ribbit.” Tsuyu took Ochako’s hand in her own and drew Izuku’s attention, their gazes now locked. “I’d say that ever since we saved each other at the USJ you’ve been on my radar. Then I noticed your selflessness, dedication, and heart; that you were someone who would truly give a hundred percent to protect anyone. Being your friend has been a wonderful experience and that I too would also be one of the luckiest girls in the world if you wanted to go out with us.”

The greenette could feel his eyes welling up with tears as the girls revealed their hasty but no less heartfelt confessions to him. He felt his chest heaving heavily as he struggled to process the unusual emotions he was certainly not used to feeling.

“I think you broke him.” Kyoka chuckled, trying not to let the raw, adorable romance on display disrupt her punk image in front of Izuku; even if she wanted to let out a very un-punk-like squeal.

Momo placed a hand in front of her chest to indicate not to say anything else with herself, Mina and Tooru all too enthralled and eagerly awaiting Izuku’s response.

“I-I-I-” Izuku stammered tearfully as he tried to say anything even half as profound.

“You don’t have to say anything now, ribbit.” Tsuyu offered, reaching out to take Izuku’s hand. “We know you’ve been a bit pre-occupied with other thoughts this week.”

“We know you said you need a bit more time.” Ochako took his other hand. “But hopefully, now you know how we really feel, you’ll actually believe me this time when I say we want to stand beside you, all of us.” She got a round of nods from the other girls. “That’s gonna happen regardless of… us. B-But um… until we reach that point, I do hope you’ll um, consider us properly.”

Izuku licked his lips and took a slow breath to try and calm his racing heart.

“T-Thank you.” A tear rolled down his face as he blinked. “I-I’m sorry I… d-don’t know w-what to s-say.”

“Like Tsu said, Izuku,” Momo spoke up. “You don’t have to say anything, just accept that they’re telling the truth. I don’t believe you’d be here if we were trying to deceive you in any way.”

“You’re probably gonna need a bit to come up with just as good of a reply anyway.” Mina winked cheekily but the smile on her face was genuine.

“I believe that concludes Ochako’s truth anyway.” Momo smiled endearingly at the group as they shyly withdrew their hands from each other. “Pet, it’s your turn.”

“Oh, yeah, right.” Ochako nodded, returning to the moment with a blush. “I guess that leaves-”

“Me.” Kyoka nodded. “Truth. I’m not risking a dare.”

“Party pooper.” Mina teased, earning a small kick from the punkette.

“Hmmm,” Ochako pondered. “I guess that, since you said you’ve struggled a bit with all of this, what’s been your favourite part since we’re all together now.”

“Momo.” Kyoka replied simply.

“Well duh,” Tooru giggled. “But what part of like, being with all of us I think is what Ochako meant. Like, I like being able to get hugs no matter who’s around.”

“You are very huggable.” Tsuyu nodded.

“Oh, er…” Kyoka rubbed the back of her head. “W-Well… I guess… it’s the closeness I like the most.” She blushed. “We were all friends before and stuff, but now… even when I’m alone, I never feel alone anymore. I told you I was in a darker place before um, UA. Now though, as long as I’ve got you guys, I don’t think I have to really worry about going back there.”

“Awww, sweet.” Tooru wiggled in her spot

“We’ll certainly try to make sure you always feel loved.” Mina smiled.

“Please just let us know if things ever become too much.” Momo wrapped an arm around her girlfriend and pulled her into a light hug.

“Not to mention how you’ve certainly come around to the idea of other perks.” Mina winked.

“Sh-Shut up!” Kyoka raised her jacks threateningly though the blush ruined whatever credibility she had.

As Mina laughed, Ochako asked with a mischievous grin.

“If you’re interested in a cup of revenge, don’t you have first shot now the round’s restarted?”

“Ochako!” Mina pouted. “You’re supposed to be the nice one!”

“Depends how naughty she’s feeling.” Tsuyu giggled.

Kyoka, however, was very much interested in Ochako’s proposal.

“Mina, pick.” She stated.

“Truuu… fuck it, dare.” Mina shrugged. She was originally going to pick truth to escape whatever revenge Kyoka could cook up but with Izuku here she kind of wanted to show off a bit.

Kyoka chuckled in satisfaction. Either way she would’ve gotten her own back but at least with a dare she could enjoy a show at the same time.

“You like teasing everyone Mina. Get your tits out.”

“Ha!” Tooru laughed, enjoying the fact that someone else had to strip off and join her.

“What, seriously?” Mina raised a brow with a small purple blush on her cheeks.

“I’d enjoy it as a perk just like you said,” Kyoka replied smugly. “Or are you going to chicken out because Izuku’s here?”

Normally Mina would’ve been fine with a dare like this if it was just the girls. Izuku’s presence was definitely why she was hesitating however. She didn’t know how many pairs of boobs he’d seen, via porn or otherwise, and now she was feeling a little self-conscious about doing it before either officially throwing her hat in the ring for his attention or before Tsuyu, Ochako and Tooru got their time with him first.

“Izuku,” Momo called softly to the boy. “Would this be too much?”

“Y-You guys are um… all in on me.” He answered, “W-Wouldn’t be fair if I wasn’t the same.”

“Plus, you know, tits.” Kyoka wiggled her brows twice. “What straight dude would back out at that offer?”

Izuku said nothing but made sure his hands were still on his lap, obscuring any embarrassing sights of his own.

“Urgh, fine.” Mina rolled her eyes, turning away from them all and grabbing them hem of her shirt. “If Izuku falls desperately in love with me too then I blame you.”

“Not your gorgeous rack?” Tooru giggled, a little eager to see the boy’s reaction to a sight she so often enjoyed herself.

“These puppies could ensnare any man.” Mina bragged with bravado, pulling her shirt up and over her head, revealing the back of her comfy bra underneath before reaching back for the clasp. “Not that you guys were any stronger.”

“I take offence to that.” Tooru pouted only for Mina to turn and point her now bare chest at the girl.

“And now?”

“I’ll be good mama.” Tooru drooled, overacting a touch for fun.

“Good girl.” Mina smirked. She took a small, calming breath before turning back to the rest of the group. “How about the rest of you?”

She certainly appreciated the attention on her chest as she revealed herself, her nipples now standing to attention. The set of eyes she was both most excited and apprehensive for though were quite firmly averted, pointed instead at the bedspread instead of her.

“Awww man, Midori managed to find my weakness.” She clicked her fingers in frustration, “Can’t fall under my spell if you don’t look.”

The girls turned their attention back to the only boy in the room who was biting his lip nervously.

“A-Are you um… s-sure it’s okay?” He asked nervously.

“Would’ve kicked you out if it wasn’t.” Mina smiled. The boy was endearing in his purity if a little frustrating. If things went well, maybe they’d be able to corrupt him much like she had Momo. That idea sent a tingle of pleasure down her spine.

Hesitantly, Izuku looked up, taking quick glances at everyone else’s faces before looking over at Mina who pressed her chest out just a little more under his gaze.

“Whaddya think?” She giggled, her chest jiggling just a little.

Izuku opened his mouth to speak only for no words to emerge, only a soft release of his held breath.

“Huh, I guess Mina does have magic boobs.” Tsuyu chuckled, getting a good eyeful herself.

“Taste great too.” Tooru laughed.

“T-T-They’re v-very um… n-nice.” Izuku gulped unable to continue to make eye contact with them and turn away.

“Thanks, grew ‘em myself.” Mina joked. “Now, with our naughty Vixen’s turn out of the way. I believe it’s mine.” Mina’s eyeline went from Izuku’s turned away face down to his crotch where his hands were very likely hiding a stiff prize underneath. “Midori, truth or dare?”

“M-Me?” He gulped again. “Uh… I-I guess um… d-dare?”

“Wow, dare huh?” Mina giggled lecherously. “Someone’s feeling brave all of a sudden.”

Izuku’s breath caught, wondering if he had indeed sealed his own doom with four letters instead of five. The other girls, minus Kyoka, were very interested in what might come next. They thought Mina was certainly going to try and test the boundaries and she didn’t disappoint.

“Well~, I hear from a certain invisible idiot of mine that you’re packing something pretty nice under your hood.” Mina grinned, waggling her eyebrows as Izuku’s blush deepened at the reminder of their chat. “I dare you to give us a look too.”

“That’s too far.” Kyoka kicked her.

“Hey! That’s up to him, not you.” Mina shot back.

“It… is a tall order though.” Ochako nodded while turning to the boy. While she was certainly excited by the idea herself, she didn’t know if Izuku would do it even if he was feeling too uncomfortable just to keep fitting in with the elevated stakes they’d clearly risen to. “If you don’t want to Izuku-”

“C-Can… um…” Izuku stuttered. “C-Can you p-promise to uh… n-not laugh… o-or t-tell anyone else?”

“Pretty sure everyone that we would is in this room.” Mina chuckled.

“While I believe we would all keep this a secret anyway, we can certainly reiterate such a promise if you need it.” Momo nodded. “Though again, do not force yourself if you do not want to.”

“I-It’s um o-only fair… T-Tooru and Mina completed their dares.”

“I mean, it’s a little different for me though.” Tooru acknowledged. “You can’t really see me.”

“S-Still um…” Izuku continued, pushing himself off the bed and nervously reaching down to his waist line. “C-Could you um… t-turn around first?”

“Sure thing, ribbit.” Tsuyu agreed for them, averting her gaze after noting everyone else do the same in some way.

The next few seconds passed too agonisingly slowly for them all as the sounds of shuffling clothing were targets of intense focus by most of the girls. A minute passed and the sounds slowed to silence as they all felt the bed shift once more.

“O-Okay… I-I’ve done it.” Izuku’s shaky voice called out.

The girls turned their heads back around at various speeds, Tooru’s being the fastest as it would be unnoticed most of all and she was presented with what was undoubtedly a naked Izuku pressing a pillow against his head with both hands, leaving the rest of his body uncovered. Clearly he was too shy to even look at them as he completed the dare but she knew he certainly had nothing to be shy about.

“O~Oh my…” Momo breathed slowly as she observed his physique.

“Ri~ibbit.” Tsuyu’s eyes inflated to the size of saucers.

If not for catching herself at the last second, Ochako would definitely be bobbing around the ceiling from covering her eyes in embarrassment herself.

Even Kyoka succumbed herself to a glance over at the boy. He was certainly toned and fit but she almost breathed a sigh of relief as she didn’t feel her own libido stirring at the sight of his cock as it stood erect for them all to ogle.

Glancing over at Momo who had reacted strongly to the sight herself, her cheeks red and her breathing a tad more erratic as thoughts ran rampant, she briefly wondered what the heiress was thinking. Her own mind suggested the fantasy they’d discussed last time, of her holding Kyoka down while some dick impregnated her. Now Kyoka couldn’t resist the blush that rose to her cheeks as she definitely felt herself getting wet at that scenario.

As for the one who made the dare herself, Mina’s mouth dropped open as she drank in the fillet steak of male physique before her. Sure, Izuku was a bit more wiry than outright buff, but that six pack didn’t lie and neither did her libido. She was briefly aware of her panties definitely needing a change as she felt her arousal spike very suddenly at the sight and she very much wanted to crawl across the bed and explore to her hearts content. The only thing that stopped her was a small drop of drool landing on her bare thigh that shook her from her trance.

“Y-Yeah… that’s… that’s no laughing matter.” She swallowed the drool that had pooled in her mouth.

“A-At least we can tell you’ve enjoyed yourself so far.” Momo muttered.

“I want it.” Tsuyu stated plainly, lust coursing through her body.

“Tsuyu, no.” Ochako put her hands on the girl’s chest, preventing her from leaning forward and making good on that desire, though Ochako felt a little hypocritical for her own imagination running wild right now.

“Izuku,” Tooru called softly. “You can come out now, I’m pretty sure everyone here is definitely not going to laugh.”

The boy did nothing for a moment before slowly lowering the pillow to below his eyes, shyly peeking out from behind it as steam emitted from his ears.

“O-Okay.”

“Yeah… I think you more than satisfied the dare.” Mina nodded dumbly, eyes still transfixed on his lower body. “You um… didn’t have to get naked but I’m definitely not complaining.”

“Y-You said show what was ‘U-Under the hood’!” Izuku panicked.

“I meant just your upstairs, but I can certainly say ‘Mama likes!’” Mina drooled again, biting her lip seductively at the boy.

“Geez, don’t suck his dick all at once.” Kyoka rolled her eyes.

“Ooo, there’s an idea.” Mina giggled perversely.

“Crude, sarcastic suggestions aside, I believe that we should move on lest certain people become too distracted.” Momo declared, looking pointedly at Mina.

“M-My turn… right?” Izuku asked, lowering the pillow down until it was on his lap, obscuring the sight of his cock from the girls once more.

“Not fair.” Mina pouted playfully. “You don’t see me and Tooru covering up.”

“Don’t be ungrateful.” Ochako chided.

“F-For my turn.” Izuku started, looking nervously over at Tsuyu. “Tsu, truth or dare.”

“I’ll take Truth.” Tsuyu smiled, her tongue briefly flicking out of her mouth to wet her lips.

“D-Do you um… u-use any er… t-toys?” He asked.

“Now we’re getting somewhere.” Mina smirked.

“A couple.” Tsuyu answered simply. “You can probably guess but since Kyoka’s the only one of us that is a lesbian, the rest of us have indulged in using a few things.”

“Momo’s kinda turned into the toy queen really.” Tooru declared, causing the heiress to blush.

“If you recall…” She began, “Part of the reason we were able to catch Mineta was that I hid a decoy chest under my bed. While that one was completely fake, I have indeed been experimenting with a variety of things to enhance our intimate acts together and kept them in a similar container.”

“Cuffs, cocks, strap-ons.” Mina listed off one by one, much to the heiress’ embarrassment.

While the girls had done their back and forth, Izuku had set aside his pillow, having somewhat agreed with Mina when she complained about covering up. Since she was indeed allowing him full access to ogle, he wanted to be fair and allow them the same despite his embarrassment. He’d hoped that by doing so when their attention was diverted that he’d be able to do it unnoticed. It had worked, until Mina had started listing off toys as his mind ran through the various pairings of the girls each using such things on each other; his dick twitched joyfully at the words and Mina couldn’t help but notice.

“I see someone’s come back out to play and likes what he hears.” She purred, causing Izuku’s dick to twitch again. “Be careful girls, his next dare might be for a demonstration of Momo’s collection.”

“Mina, don’t be a Minx.” Tsuyu scolded lightly. While she’d certainly taken another look at the boy’s package, trying to embed the image in her brain, she could at least control herself now the initial spell had been broken. “It’s my turn anyway and I’m going to choose Tooru.”

Feeling a bit braver now that the first round had ended Tooru decided to take a chance herself.

“Dare.”

“I think I’m going to take Mina up on her suggestion.” Tsuyu stated, a wide smile on her face as she would very much enjoy the act too. “I dare you to make a toy disappear… without using your new quirk powers.”

“T-Tsu!” Tooru blanched.

“Won’t hear me complaining.” Kyoka grinned. Even if she had to share the room with Izuku right now, watching her girlfriend do something like that would hopefully help relieve the growing need she felt herself.

“Mina, help!” Tooru cried, “Tsu’s being lewd!”

“Don’t worry Starlight, I’ll help.” Mina wrapped her arm around her naked girlfriend and kissed her cheek, only to then turn her around and sit her between her legs, using her own to keep Tooru’s open while her hands rested on her sides. “I’ll help put it in I mean.” Mina giggled perversely.

“This is not helping!” Tooru slapped at Mina’s hands.

“Hey, you can switch to truth if you really want.” Mina spoke into her ear, “Or you could give us all a show to remember.”

Tooru stiffened, feeling her arousal spike. Having all eyes on her, especially Izuku’s whilst she slid a toy inside herself, she could already feel her pussy preparing for whatever she wanted to insert.

“I-If she doesn’t want to-” Izuku started, trying to give the invisible girl the same out everyone kept offering him.

“I think we’re past that Midori.” Mina purred. “You’ve made it pretty clear you’re not going to give in so I think we should just accept that unless you say otherwise. Tooru though, she’s just nervous, scared of how excited she is now that everyone’s watching her, especially you.”

“We’ve um… k-kinda done w-worse in the past.” Ochako admittedly shyly. “I-It’s just you that’s um… making us all a bit cautious right now.”

Izuku gulped. This was them being cautious?!

“I think by this time last sleepover Mina was already sitting on my face.” Tsuyu admitted, hoping to rile up the boy a little, the flex his cock did made her smile a little wider.

“D-Don’t tell him all our shit!” Kyoka blushed, hoping no one said anything about her own kinks so he wouldn’t get any ideas.

“Oh shush Vixen.” Mina chuckled. “In case you hadn’t noticed, we’ve all been mostly keeping our hands to ourselves this time. I’m going along the lines of ‘It’s okay to look but not touch’.”

“You are literally spreading Tooru out.” Ochako deadpanned.

“Girlfriend privilege.” Mina grinned cheekily, “And it was more for Midori’s benefit. He doesn’t have to do anything he doesn’t want to. Me and my Starlight however…”

“Can um… you get me something small from your box please… M-Momo.” Tooru asked shyly.

“See.” Mina declared. “If you could be so kind Momo, I think Tooru’s got a little magic act planned for us all.”

“I’m afraid I don’t have anything designed to do as you want.” Momo apologised. “But um… will this do?”

Quickly picturing the idea in her head, she produced the item with her quirk that she very much wanted to use herself after researching it recently.

“What are those?” Ochako asked curiously.

“I believe they are called ‘Ben wa balls’.” Momo declared, holding up what appeared to be two bulbous balls encased in silicone linked by a small stretch of the material with one of the balls having a length of cord attached to the end of it.

“The fuck are they supposed to do?” Kyoka scoffed.

“Well,” Momo blushed, “You’re supposed to insert them inside yourself and they can… remain there all day while slowly t-teasing you.”

“Someone’s been having ideas.” Tsuyu smirked, causing Momo to avert her eyes.

“I-I believe they should suffice for this dare.” Momo said, holding out the new toy for either girl.

Mina’s hand plucked it from her raven haired girlfriend before placing it in front of the girl she was currently wrapped around so she could take them.

“M-Mina.” Tooru whispered breathily. Her pink girlfriend frowned slightly and leant forward, turning her ear closer to hear whatever Tooru had to say. “C-Can you um… do it.”

“You want me to?” Mina asked, feeling the nod her girlfriend gave in response. “Sure thing love.” She turned and kissed her girlfriend’s cheek.

Kyoka knew she wasn’t the only one excited to watch what was about to unfold as Mina brought the toy up to her mouth, licking the end of it briefly. Slowly, she lowered it down, using her other hand to trace down Tooru’s body and guide herself while the girl under her ministrations let out a sensual moan. Everyone was silent as they watched Mina’s hand rub at thin air for a moment before spreading her fingers open lewdly.

“Ready for the trick?” Mina grinned, her own breath getting heavier as Tooru leant back into her embrace. When no one objected, she pressed the toy forward between her outstretched fingers as it slowly disappeared from view with a vulgar, wet sound, leaving only the little string remaining.

“Hooo~o.” Tooru breathed as it popped inside, feeling herself clenching at it tightly. Her legs fought against Mina’s as she tried to close them and encourage the new toy’s movement inside herself.

Izuku could barely believe his eyes. With Tooru being invisible, he could still see Mina’s breasts pressed up against an invisible surface behind the girl. Add to that the almost unnatural silence in the room combined with the wet, sticky sounds then Tooru’s moans and his dick was throbbing almost painfully at this point. He couldn’t help himself and allowed his hand to press down on his erection to at least allow him some small modicum of relief.

The other girls weren’t faring much better, their own breathing noticeably heavier at the act that was just performed before them.

“Ta-da!” Mina laughed, doing jazz hands as she released her hold on Tooru.

Ochako couldn’t help but let out a snort of laughter at her.

“I think Tooru’s finished her dare, and dare I say she’s almost finished.” Tsuyu commented smugly.

“You wish you were me right now.” Tooru smirked herself, rubbing her crotch against Momo’s sheets as subtly as she could.

“I won’t deny that, ribbit.” Tsuyu boldly admitted, wishing she could also find some relief right now.

The room was very heavily charged with all their erotic acts so far. If things were like last week, they’d likely all have stripped down by now. Unfortunately, while she loved the boy, Tsuyu wished Izuku would give in and just have his way with her.

“My turn.” Tooru muttered before looking at Ochako.

“‘Chako, truth or dare?”

“I’ll um… t-take dare please.” Ochako blushed.

“I think I-Izuku’s enjoying everything so far.” Tooru started, having watched the boy subtly touch his cock through her own dare. “How about you show him what you can do. I dare you to give him a lap dance.”

“Uh…” Ochako hesitated before saying, “What’s a lap dance?”

Tooru almost choked on a laugh at that response. Mina sent the girl an endearing look while Tsuyu shook her head fondly.

“I’m afraid that I’m unaware of this act too.” Momo stated, a touch confused herself.

“I’m not surprised.” Kyoka chuckled. “It’s usually done for guys in seedy clubs so no wonder you haven’t come across it.”

“Well tell us then.” Ochako pouted, a little annoyed she was asked to do something she didn’t even know if she could.

“You guys remember when Mina and I ‘danced’ together?” Kyoka asked, getting nods from both girls that needed to learn about the act but a confused look from Izuku. “Basically it’s that, but the other person is sitting down and can’t touch you. You can touch or rub up your body against them though.”

This time Ochako didn’t catch herself in time, clapping her hands to her mouth and accidently activating her quirk.

“Oh, I see.” Momo nodded with a lot less embarrassment as she hadn’t been the one tasked with the dare, watching as Ochako rose up to bounce along her ceiling. “Too much Pet?”

“I… I mean…” She looked over at Izuku who was shyly looking away but was still quite firmly erect. This was an opportunity for sure but were either of them ready for it?

Pushing off the ceiling gently, she floated back down to the side of the bed, deactivating her quirk to land on her feet near Izuku’s side.

“I-Izuku? Is that um… something you’re okay with?” She asked carefully.

“I-I mean… i-it’s your choice.” He replied, implying his own stance.

“Okay um…” Ochako paused, turning towards Momo’s desk chair and quickly extracting it from under her desk, positioning it in the middle of the small amount of floor space there was. “C-Could you come and sit down please?”

Izuku clenched his hands briefly, not realising he’d have to move. Still, he found the courage to push himself back and onto his feet, cock still standing upright as he walked over to the chair. He could practically feel all their eyes on him with each step he took, his manly organ bobbing with each step in spite of his mental commands to be still.

On his feet, the girls got a much better look at Izuku’s body. Without the curl of sitting cross-legged on Momo’s bed, his cock appeared to have gained a little extra size compared to that position. Mina’s eyes absorbed every inch of his toned flesh, watching the muscles move in all their glory while always returning to the cock in the middle of his form.

Izuku sat nervously, holding onto the chair seat and blushing fiercely after he’d noticed the girls renewed stares.

“I call next.” Mina declared.

“Keep it in your pants.” Kyoka sighed.

“What if I take them off?” The pinkette giggled.

While those two were doing their own back and forth, Ochako had gotten her phone out of her pocket and began looking up videos. Once more she was glad for Mina’s temporary loan slash gift as she located a video about lap dancing that seemed to have a fair number of views. Quickly muting the sound, she watched some of the moves being performed in the shady looking nightclub by the nearly naked girl. If it weren’t sleepover day she might be enjoying the video in a much different way but she quickly shook her head of those thoughts.

“So… are you gonna do it or can I go?” Mina teased.

“Sh-ush.” Ochako hushed back at her friend as the video came to a close. She was grateful as quickly turning back to Izuku revealed his erection had subsided a fair bit. He’d graciously remained quiet while she had her impromptu study session which she was appreciative for. Swapping out the video for some random pop tune on the front page of the site, she unmuted her phone and tossed it back onto the bed so she could free her hands.

Izuku, for his part, had released his grip on the chair, his hands now awkwardly pooled in his lap as he awaited whatever a ‘lap dance’ was. He certainly had a vague idea but again it seemed most of the girls were more aware of this stuff than he. When Ochako had finished looking up whatever she wanted to and started playing a song he didn’t recognise, she drew his attention with a hand underneath his chin.

“F-For um… the next few minutes, I-I’m the only one you should be looking at.” Ochako tried to state as confidently as she could. Evidently, reading out the video description was the right thing to do as Izuku nodded dumbly. She briefly looked over at the bed, glancing at Mina, trying to put some of the instruction the girl had instilled into her via their practise into some semblance of sensual dance.

Ochako felt her blush rising as she brought her hands up to caress herself around her neck, slowly slipping them down herself to run over her breasts before pushing them forward.

Izuku’s cock clearly didn’t need much prompting, returning to full mast almost immediately and triggering a small snicker from the bed of girls. Ochako paid them no heed though, instead biting her lip while running her eyes down Izuku’s body. She wasn’t sure how much of that she was putting on herself but it seemed to be working on the boy.

Ochako’s hands slid down further, running over her hips before reaching her thighs. At this point in the video, the girl had bent down to then run her hands up the man’s legs but if she did that she’d be way too close to Izuku’s naked penis. She was sure she was producing steam from her ears at the thought alone. Instead, she gyrated her hips in a circle running her hands back up her legs, much closer to her own crotch this time. She was so glad she hadn’t had to remove any clothes herself at this point.

Bringing her hands back up to cup her breasts once more, she watched Izuku get visibly more excited at her probably extremely amateur moves. She felt her face heat up as she thankfully was able to turn away from him. Continuing to wiggle her hips, she took a tiny pair of steps backward while bending forwards. She knew exactly the position she was putting herself in and understood why people would pay sexy girls to do this for them.

Getting a good look at the girls on the bed, Kyoka was clearly watching her more than Izuku while Mina had a way-too-satisfied look on her face. Annoyingly, the one who dared her was invisible and couldn’t be seen but Tsuyu was looking at her with clear bedroom eyes. She had a feeling she was going to be asked for a repeat performance in the very near future with a lot less clothing.

Trying to focus on her task at hand, she rested her hands on her knees and arched her back. Truthfully she wasn’t sure if she could pull off this next move but if it got Izuku going then it’d be worth it to try.

“Is she…” Tooru murmured, watching Ochako’s rear try its best to bounce to a rhythm but it clearly wasn’t cooperating with the girl.

“Yup.” Mina giggled, watching Ochako hopelessly attempt and fail at twerking like so many before her. As funny as it was, she wasn’t about to call her girlfriend out and ruin the performance.

Hoping she was getting a very positive reaction, Ochako tried to turn her head to gage the boy’s face. She couldn’t see him at this angle and tried to turn further. This, she learned, was a mistake. Her shift in weight caused her to overbalance and she felt herself falling backwards, emitting only a soft, “oop” sound to mark the error.

Her breath caught as she felt her hips come into contact with something incredibly firm while her waist was steadied by two very strong hands.

“S-Sorry.” Izuku muttered. “Y-You looked like you were falling.”

Ochako daren’t move. She knew her hips were against his legs and his hands were on her waist… but there was also definitely something pressed up against her ass too.

“Okay, I definitely call next.” Mina giggled perversely once more.

“I-I was, thanks Izuku.” Ochako blushed, now quickly pushing herself back into a standing position.

With the song coming to a close and the rhythm of her dance now lost, Ochako opted to end her dare there.

“I-I’m done.” She declared. “S-Sorry if it wasn’t any good.”

“No, no, i-it was um… really nice.” Izuku tried to compliment. Both knew it was awkward and Ochako offered Izuku a hand to stand up once again, the pair returning to their spots on the bed with faces aflame. She couldn’t help but enjoy the fact that even if she’d been bad, she’d managed to get Izuku’s cock back up and even got to feel it a little. It wasn’t much but it was enough to get her happy hormones going.

“Good try ‘Chako.” Tsuyu patted her on the back sympathetically.

“Remind me to teach you that move next dance practise.” Mina winked.

Ochako really wanted to make Mina do something embarrassing next but unfortunately there was only one person left for her to choose.

“Maybe we should all take a moment to calm down after that.” Momo offered. “Would anyone like a cup of tea before we continue?”

Though no words were exchanged, everyone knew they’d much rather continue the game than take a break now. All were much too eager to see where this much more tentative game would lead them.

Ochako narrowed her eyes at Momo for a moment. She was clearly still trying to be the responsible one, practically saying as much earlier. The gravity girl figured that, much like an object when she released her quirk, it was time to bring the heiress down to their level.

“Momo, your go.”

“I’d like to try a dare please Pet.” Momo smiled, a little too relaxed for Ochako’s tastes.

“I’m sure you and Kyoka have been enjoying watching things Mistress, now it’s our turn.” Ochako smirked. “I dare you to finger Kyoka ‘til she cums.”

“The fuck Ochako?!” Kyoka gaped.

“I think our dear Cutie Pie has let her hormones go to her head.” Mina grinned.

“It seems my Pet has indeed gotten ahead of herself.” Momo levied a small look at Ochako. “But I would not want to interrupt the flow of the game so I shall agree for now.”

“Y-You can’t be serious.” Kyoka stammered, looking between the two.

“Maybe Momo’s right and we should um, take a little break before the next dare.” Tooru offered.

“No way, I wanna see where this goes.” Tsuyu grinned, not having spent as much time with Kyoka as some of the others.

“I’m um… f-fine to continue i-if you all are.” Izuku nodded.

“Of course you would say that.” Kyoka glared at the boy.

“Now, now Vixen.” Momo chided while sliding up next to the girl so they were hip to hip and reclined at the head of the bed. “Izuku’s done nothing wrong. If you’re to blame anyone, blame my Pet. It seems she requires a bit more training if she’s comfortable being this cheeky to her Mistress.” Momo sent the girl a somewhat playful look, hoping to get the message across that she was only playing along. “As for you, don’t tell me I have to get the cuffs out to get you to comply.”

Kyoka felt herself shiver pleasantly at that thought. While that was something to entertain in her head, she didn’t feel comfortable enough around Izuku to put herself in that position, even if she trusted all her girlfriends.

“C-Clothes on.” She murmured, her blush increasing and her jacks clicking themselves together shyly.

Momo reached out to cup her face and drew her into a tongue filled kiss.

“Whatever you want dear.” She replied softly as she pulled back.

The heiress laid several more kisses on Kyoka’s face and neck, drawing a path down to her chest where she began caressing her girlfriend’s breasts. The punk rock girl let out a moan of delight as Momo pinched a nipple through her shirt only to snap her mouth shut and look over red-faced at Izuku. The boy looked away quickly but it was clear he was previously paying close attention to them.

“You tell fucking no one about this or I swear to god even one hundred percent won’t be able to stop me.”

“Y-Yes ma’am!” Izuku bowed quickly.

Kyoka didn’t want to be mean or scare the boy off or anything, she was just still uncomfortable about her own sexuality. Everyone here had now gotten a good look at the boy naked and Mina was all but begging the other three to let her join after getting an eyeful of his muscles. How long would it be before Momo asked the same?

The heiress’ delicate touch distracted her from her thoughts as they made their way under her top briefly to slip into her shorts.

“Mmmm,” Momo hummed as she whispered into Kyoka’s ear, soft enough she knew only she could hear it. “I see you’re all ready for me.”

Kyoka didn’t reply as her girlfriend’s fingers quickly slipped between her folds, already plenty lubed up from the erotic displays they’d witnessed so far. Momo expertly pumped at a rhythm she’d learned Kyoka enjoyed, occasionally flicking her thumb over her clit. The punkette’s hips began moving in sync with her girlfriend’s movements. She felt a tug on her ear as Momo’s lips trailed along the small amount of lobe until she reached the metal tip, taking it deftly between her teeth and using her tongue to tease and play with it.

Kyoka’s breathing sped up significantly, quickly growing more erratic as she felt all her sweet spots getting attention. After a few more moments where Kyoka felt herself approaching her limit, Momo released her jack and whispered once more in her ear.

“Cum for me my love.”

Her heart skipped a beat. This was too much. Even her most enjoyable fantasy couldn’t compare to her pleasure and joy in that moment. She hurriedly reached out, grasping franticly for Momo’s hand with one of her own while the other gripped the sheets so tightly she was almost certain her nails had sliced into them. Her throat let out a needy, high pitched squeal while down below she felt herself clench and soak Momo’s hand with her release, the heiress slowing her actions down lest oversensitivity ruin the moment for her girlfriend.

“W-Wow.” Tooru gasped once Kyoka’s initial rush of pleasure seemed to have dissipated. “I’m like so horny right now.”

“Might have to have that break after all.” Mina laughed, “Can’t continue until Kyoka wakes up from her nap.”

“F-Fuck you.” Kyoka said between deep breaths.

Izuku had tried not to do anything but his will was crumbling. From everything he’d seen and heard tonight, his cock was almost painfully pulsing with every beat of his heart. His balls were aching for release, an experience he’d only had a couple of times in the past. Slowly, he’d reached his own hand down while Momo had been pleasuring Kyoka and he’d began stoking himself softly. Luckily, with those two girls on the opposite side of the bed, everyone had their attention squarely on them, but with the display ending and his cock just as needy for release, he didn’t know how much longer he could go before he’d shoot off from sheer eroticism alone.

“Having fun Izuku?” Tsuyu’s voice rang out.

Shit! He’d been caught!

“S-Sorry!” He apologised quickly, removing his hand from his junk.

“Hey, no worries Midori.” Mina called out, having spotted him just before Tsuyu spoke. “I’m pretty sure even you’re about ready to burst after all this. Am I right?”

Izuku gave a small, ashamed nod.

“Oi, none of that.” She frowned. “There’s nothing wrong with enjoying what you’re seeing. We certainly all are.”

“It is a bit easier for us though.” Tooru noted. “We’re more used to it.”

“Y-Yeah.” Ochako murmured, looking over at Izuku’s crotch.

While the girls were reassuring the only boy present, Kyoka had regained her senses and had pulled Momo close to whisper in her ear.

“P-Please, tell me you um… weren’t just saying that to g-get me off.” She asked shyly, ignoring the others completely.

Acting coyly, Momo gave a quick glance to the other girls before leaning down to reciprocate the whisper.

“Whatever do you mean… my love?”

It wasn’t the most romantic way to profess her feelings but with everything Kyoka had been through tonight, it felt right to let the girl know just how loved she really was. Much like Tsuyu and Ochako did earlier, she’d confess her feelings properly to her girlfriend once they were alone again. For now though, she stole a quick kiss from the girl and drew a small heart with her finger over the center of Kyoka’s chest.

It was overwhelming. With the cocktail of emotions from tonight in her system Kyoka couldn’t stop her lower lip quivering. She buried her head into Momo’s chest as a cry broke free. Momo was almost surprised by the strength that Kyoka enacted as she pulled her busty girlfriend into the tightest hug she could.

The others quickly took notice and dropped their chat to pay attention to them. Momo calmly wrapped her girlfriend in a hug and pet her hair tenderly, an endearing smile on her face as she turned to the others.

“Is Kyoka okay?” Tooru asked worriedly.

“She’s fine.” Momo reassured her. “Just a bit overcome right now.”

“We’ll give her a few minutes.” Mina nodded, recognising if Momo wasn’t worried then it was likely something private the two had shared together.

“I think we all need a few minutes.” Tsuyu stretched her arms as she rose to her feet and hopped off the bed.

“Where are you going?” Tooru asked.

“Loo.”

“Tsh, yeah right.” Mina chuckled though Tsuyu didn’t respond as she shut the door to Momo’s bathroom.

From Ochako’s blush it was clear she’d picked up on Mina’s implication though their other greenette seemed blissfully unaware, his hand still covering his junk after getting caught playing with it.

“I can tell you’ve enjoyed joining us tonight Midori.” Mina winked.

Izuku bit his lip at the attention, still a little hesitant to look at Mina with her chest exposed like that.

“I… it’s been… f-fun.”

“I’ll bet.” Tooru giggled, wishing things could get a little more fun.

“T-Thank you again.” He bowed, “I haven’t um done something like this in years.”

“Uh… y-you’ve done this before?” Ochako asked nervously.

Izuku’s blush intensified before he took his hands off his junk to wave away his accidental insinuation.

“N-No! I-I-I m-mean um… s-sleepover.” He admitted, covering himself again. “T-The last one was um… with Kacchan… before I found out I was… quirkless.”

Mina felt a disturbance in the force.

“Wait, that was like, when you were four right?” She asked incredulously, getting a shy nod from Izuku in response.

“I um… h-hung out with the other guys here a-at the dorm b-but I don’t think that counts.”

“Damn right it doesn’t.” Mina sighed before pointing a thumb over at Momo. “Jeez, Momo was the same back when we first started doing this. It was her first sleepover too.”

“Indeed, and I must say that though I believe we have deviated quite heavily from what one may typically expect from such an event, I find them very enjoyable nonetheless.” The heiress replied, slowly stroking Kyoka’s head now her tears at slowed once more.

“I-I’m glad you’re having fun at least.” Ochako smiled, trying desperately not to look down at his crotch again. 

“Y-Yeah.” Izuku blushed, “E-Even if it is… embarrassing.”

“If you’re that uncomfortable Izuku then you’re free to put on your clothes again. Your dare has long been fulfilled I believe.” Momo offered, trying to maintain what little control she had over her horny friends.

“He can’t do that,” Mina complained “We’ve all given him a show, how ‘bout he return the favour first.”

Izuku coloured once more and eyed his pillow quickly.

“Mina, stop it.” Tsuyu’s voice called out as she exited the bathroom, now a lot more relieved and in control of her animal instincts. “If you’re so desperate then grab one of Momo’s toys, ribbit.”

“B-Besides… i-it’s not your turn.” Izuku mumbled shyly.

Izuku’s implication was picked up on by all the girls thanks to the horny atmosphere; if it was in the form of a dare, he may just do it. Whether this was because he wanted to or because he felt like he owed them from everything he’d seen so far tonight didn’t matter to Mina, she now needed to be the one to get to dare him next.

“Kyoka, pick me!” She begged, turning to the girl who was now watching quietly from Momo’s arms.

“She’s already picked you.” Tooru complained, realizing she may also not get chosen for the same reason.

“Fuck you guys are thirsty.” Kyoka said, shaking her head slightly that doubled as nuzzling into Momo’s chest. “M-Momo, truth or dare.”

“Betrayal!” Mina huffed, collapsing dramatically in a way that just so happened to draw Izuku’s eyes to her bouncing chest.

“Turnabout is fair play I see.” Momo giggled, giving the girl a little squeeze. “Would you prefer a truth or a dare?”

Kyoka bit her lip, hoping Momo would ask for a dare. Since she was giving her the option though, she pushed herself up and whispered into Momo’s ear, embarrassed by what she wanted to ask.

“C-Can um… I dare you to let me do the same to you?” Kyoka asked nervously. It was silly to her, especially in the midst of their sleepover, but she wanted to tell Momo she loved her too while getting her off. There was something super cheesy and corny about doing that which really appealed to her.

“I see.” Momo nodded. “While I’m quite sure the others would like a repeat performance I think we should offer them the chance to continue if they want to without us for a while.”

“What’s going on?” Tooru asked, tilting her head.

“Our dear Kyoka has dared me to have her dare reciprocated on myself.” Momo explained. “While I’m happy to accept this, I wanted to ask if you all would rather I choose someone now rather than waiting for us to finish as it were.”

“I mean, I’m not gonna complain.” Tsuyu giggled, getting matching nods from Izuku and Ochako.

“It is a little repetitive.” Mina pondered, “How about we make it a little more interesting?”

“Oh?” Momo wondered.

“Do it naked.” Mina grinned, getting an almost immediate glare from Kyoka.

“My dare, my rules.” She countered.

“Hey, it was just a suggestion.” Mina held her hands up in surrender.

“You know what you’re doing.” Tooru nudged her girlfriend playfully, glancing at Izuku out of the corner of her eye.

“Hey, it’s only fair. He’s seen my top half but no one’s bottom half.” Mina giggled cheekily. “Plus it’s fucking hot watching someone get off.”

“Seconded.” Tsuyu agreed.

Kyoka was about to counter again only to see Momo pull her legs up and reach for her socks.

“You make a fair point but ultimately I believe it is down to Kyoka after all.” Momo replied, turning to whisper into her girlfriend’s ear. “I understand you are uncomfortable around Izuku but I um… w-would you mind if i… s-show off a little?”

Kyoka was torn. She wanted to just reject the stipulation and keep Momo’s body away from anyone other than her and their girlfriend’s gazes. Though she knew that, after all this, Izuku was probably going to join them all, though she still wanted to savour her time without any male in their group at all. Momo was outright asking her for permission to at least give the boy a look at her most intimate places while Kyoka brought her to that dizzying high.

Fine. If that’s what Momo wanted, she’d get it, but Kyoka was going to make a few things clear at the same time.

“Yeah, fine, go ahead.” Kyoka agreed, pulling away slightly and reaching for the hem of Momo’s shirt.

Momo couldn’t help but blush as her bra was revealed to the girls once more and to Izuku for the very first time. The boy’s cock twitched again and she was excited to see how it reacted to more. She didn’t currently desire Izuku like her other girlfriends but she would certainly admit to being interested in the opposite gender. Seeing how he reacted to her body now she knew all about sex was something she was looking forward to, though for anything to ever develop beyond that would be up to future Momo to decide for now.

The heiress concealed her breasts as her bra unsnapped with Kyoka’s deft hand and she kept her legs close together while she and Kyoka pulled her bottoms out from under her and off her feet. She was as naked as Tooru now and could feel all eyes on her.

“Beautiful, ribbit.” Tsuyu croaked.

“That’s why we call her our Gorgeous girl.” Mina winked.

Momo felt her blush renew at the memory of when she’d first gained her nickname. Now here she was bereft of clothes in front of all her girlfriends and a boy and about to have her love get her off! It was erotic enough on its own but she finally gave into the atmosphere and let herself indulge in their naughty game; she’d be back in control once Kyoka rid her of those pesky hormones.

Once she was bare, Kyoka leant up and placed a soft kiss on her girlfriend’s mouth, followed by a few more with the last deepening into one with tongues. Her jacks extended and ran along Momo’s arm, the soft vibrations of Kyoka’s heartbeat causing the heiress to shiver in anticipation.

Kyoka’s hand reached up, cupping one of Momo’s heavy breasts from underneath, massaging it gently as she moved closer to her obscured nipple. Momo moaned lightly as she felt the need to grind her hips into something growing.

Despite the ongoing show from the couple, the other girls couldn’t help but glance at Izuku every now and then to gage his reaction. He’d been okay with everything so far and hadn’t complained but they all agreed with Kyoka somewhat; what straight guy would say no to staying and watching something like this. Without exchanging words or looks, the girls all agreed that Izuku would have to give as good as he received in this final round.

Kyoka’s jacks had progressed further, one of them wrapping around both of Momo’s breasts and constricting them gently while the other now rested on a nipple, buzzing away happily as the heiress felt her release building. Admittedly, she really loved when Kyoka got her quirk involved with their acts. It added both exhilarating pleasure and a degree of closeness between them as she could feel her girlfriend’s heartbeat through the vibrations. Slowly, she let her arm covering her breasts fall away, revealing the sight to everyone else.

Kyoka’s hand slipped down from caressing her girlfriend’s breasts, sliding across her toned stomach to tease at the threshold created by her legs.

“Legs down.” She ordered. Momo breathed slowly before slowly lowering her knees, allowing her legs to flatten until they were flat on the bed.

Izuku couldn’t help but stare at the patch of black pubic hair now revealed to him, and the small slit that concealed the gap he knew most guys would kill to see. His cock twitched once again.

“Bet you like that, don’t you Izuku?” Kyoka growled, suddenly making direct eye contact with the boy. Like a deer suddenly caught in headlights with walls on both sides, he felt trapped and couldn’t look away. “Bet you love looking at my girlfriend’s pussy don’t you?”

“I know I do.” Mina giggled but Kyoka’s gaze didn’t break.

Slowly, Kyoka reached her hand down and nudged at Momo’s thighs, wordlessly ordering her to open them and give her access. The heiress acquiesced, shyly widening the gap to allow her girlfriend to access her most intimate place.

“Ribbi~it.” Tsuyu croaked happily as Kyoka rubbed her fingers up and down Momo’s clit and hole. The heiress’ moans were becoming breathier. Kyoka’s jacks relocated itself from her breast to slide down and join Kyoka’s fingers, dancing around the outer rim of Momo’s pussy, causing the girl to jolt at the sensations every few moments.

“Bet you wanna stick your cock inside, don’t you?” Kyoka continued. Izuku’s dick twitched against his will, causing the girl to scowl. “Take a good look.” She spread Momo wide with her hands eliciting a moan of both pleasure and embarrassment from the girl.

Izuku’s breathing stopped as he got a very clear view of Momo. His mind couldn’t help being dragged along with Kyoka’s words as he imagined what it would be like to feel her wrapped around his cock, making her emit those same desirable noises Kyoka was pulling from her. He wasn’t sure if this was an act, a warning, or a kink of the punkette’s but he couldn’t find any words to reply.

“You wanna stick your cock inside, knock her up and claim her, don’t you? Just like every other guy.” Kyoka panted, feeling the effect of her own words, imagining Momo with a bulging belly. “You want to see her covered in your gross fucking cum, don’t you?”

“Oh fuck.” Mina groaned, surrendering herself to her own urges at Kyoka’s words. The punkette had no idea she wanted everything she was saying to Izuku, minus the pregnancy, but she needed some relief herself right now and slid her hand into her own shorts.

“Well this bitch is mine!” Kyoka growled at Izuku. “No matter what, you can’t have her.”

Izuku wasn’t about to disagree but once more his voice failed him. Momo moaned again, too lost in her own hormones to speak up for herself. The other girls were enjoying the act, figuring it was part of a roleplay since Kyoka very much understood that they all belonged to each other in their relationship.

“Your pathetic cock can’t top what I have to offer.” Kyoka smugly asserted, allowing her jack to position itself just above Momo’s clit. The heiress was nearing her peak and thrusting her hips gently against Kyoka’s fingers already.

“K-Kyoka, p-please.” She begged. Taking pity on her girlfriend and turning away from Izuku at last now she’d asserted her dominance and position over the boy, she leant over.

“Go on my naughty, dirty girl. Cum for us… m-my love.” Kyoka whispered into Momo’s ear with a hint of sweetness in her tone at the end.

Momo felt her release coming in a wave bigger than many she’d experienced before. Whether it was just doing the act in front of some many others, Kyoka’s own declaration of love, or the idea that she’d definitely be unfit for her father’s machinations thanks to her girlfriend’s efforts, she felt herself cum harder than she had before.

A squirt of liquid erupted from her, travelling a foot or so away from her crotch before several others, much weaker sprays joined it, quickly soaking into her sheets below her. He moans of pleasure sent ripples through everyone else.

“Ooo, quick, towel!” Ochako called out, jumping up and over the end of the bed to dash to Momo’s closet.

“Wow Kyoka, you certainly marked your territory.” Tsuyu smirked, reaching over and grabbing a few tissues and passing them to the girl.

Kyoka felt her own blush increase now her anxiety seemed to be returning, dabbing at Momo’s crotch to remove what liquid she could. She couldn’t also help but notice Izuku’s hand cupping himself while he watched her actions still. Really, she couldn’t blame the boy, if she was in his shoes, she’d be unable to turn her eyes away either. That it was probably his first time seeing a girl’s pussy in person was likely also not helping.

“T-Thank you my Vixen.” Momo said softly, pushing herself up before cupping Kyoka’s face and pulling her into a deep kiss. “I… love you too.”

“Awww!” Tooru squealed as Ochako returned, tossing a towel to the pair for them to soak up anything remaining.

“Yeah, I love you too and junk.” Kyoka replied, burying her face into Momo’s shoulder to hide her blush from the others. Momo giggled lightly.

“She’s just shy.” She explained to Izuku who had his own eyes averted now Momo had regained control of herself.

“I-It’s cute.” Izuku replied.

“It’s not fucking cute.” Kyoka shot back, her blush in full effect across her face. “I’m supposed to be punk damnit!”

“T-Then it’s punk!” Izuku replied quickly, hoping to avoid her wrath.

“Oh lay off you big softy.” Mina chuckled, taking a tissue for herself to dry her own digits despite not finishing. “We all know you’re still in the closet about being a romantic.”

“S-Shut up Mina.” Kyoka blushed.

“Don’t worry Kyoka, we all love that about you.” Tsuyu reassured the girl.

The punkette huffed, reclining back into Momo’s side as she cuddled up to her girlfriend.

“With that, I believe it’s my turn.” Momo breathed, hot heavy air escaping her in a sigh as she regained her regular breathing rate. “Now, who should I pick next?”

“Me!” Mina raised her hand excitedly like a student in class. Momo made a show of pulling her legs up to sit with them folded to the side, covering her crotch slightly, but making no move to cover her chest. Then, she evaluated Mina playfully. “No, I think not.”

“Awww come on!” Mina pouted. “What if I bribe you with my body?” She jiggled her chest at the girl.

“Slut.” Tooru giggled.

“I believe I’m quite satisfied for now.” Momo joined in the laugh. “I think Tsu is the one I’d like to pick next.”

“Ribbit, I’ll go truth.” Tsuyu smiled. Thankful she’d relieved herself earlier, she felt much less compelled to dare Izuku to pound her after she completed her turn, though the urge very much remained.

“Very well, why don’t you tell us all that fantasy of yours, how you imagine things in the future.”

“Ooo yay.” Tooru grinned. “I love hearing about that.”

When all the other girls gave similar understanding nods, Izuku realised that this truth, like Ochako’s, was very much meant for him.

“So um,” Tsuyu spoke up, turning towards Izuku and pulling Ochako into a one-armed hug. “I kinda had this idea about us, all of us, once we were older and left school and stuff, ribbit. I used to think it was impossible and I was a horrible person for wanting it but that’s because I didn’t think I could date more than one person.”

“Look how that ended up.” Mina giggled.

“Shush.” Ochako hushed the other girl, leaning into her girlfriend’s embrace as she pictured the upcoming scene for herself.

Izuku eyed the frog girl curiously as she took a breath to continue.

“I want you all in my life, and I want to keep you close, so I always imagined us living in a big house. We’d each get our own room or office for when we wanted time to ourselves but we’d usually all sleep um… together.” Even Tsuyu couldn’t help a light blush rising to her face. “We’d all be pro heroes of course and have to go away for business and stuff but when we’re at home, we’d all be able to live together, kind of like we do now.”

“And there’d be like a big ass TV room for movie nights!” Tooru interjected.

“Probably a kickass gym.” Mina chimed in.

“Music room.” Kyoka muttered with a blush.

“Kitchen with mochi-maker.” Ochako drooled.

“Mmm a big bathroom to relax in.” Momo sighed fondly, recalling her own spa-like facilities at home.

“You can kind of see that the others are kind of on board with this already.” Tsuyu chuckled as each girl contributed to what may very be their shared fantasy at this point.

“It sounds nice.” Izuku smiled.

Tsuyu held back the intense eyeroll she felt coming. Thankfully, Ochako asked the question she wanted to pose next.

“I’m… sure there’s space for another room or two.” The gravity girl blushed. “Any suggestions for yours?”

“O-Oh!” Izuku realised suddenly.

“You’d think he’d be quicker on the uptake by now.” Mina giggled to Tooru.

“I-I mean… I hadn’t um… thought that far ahead.” Izuku said.

“Understandable.” Momo nodded, recognising the boy still needed that extra time to make up his mind regarding all this. “While I’m not sure if I’ll have access to my family’s fortune at such a time, I’m sure that with all of us being successful pros we’ll be able to fund a satisfying abode to relax from the daily grind.”

“Maybe somewhere for you to put all that hero merch they make of us.” Mina suggested. “Surely you’d want the autographs and action figures of the top six female pros after All Might Jr. in the charts.”

Izuku chuckled lightly, his love of memorabilia well known after all. While his focus was definitely on All Might, he doubted his love of all things heroic would stop now the man himself had bowed out of the spot light.

“W-Why um… would I need that when I’d… l-live with the real ones?” He offered shyly.

“Ha, bet.” Mina winked back.

Tsuyu smiled widely, glad he seemed to be coming around to the idea.

“T-That’s a little way away yet.” Ochako blushed, not sure if she was ready to picture anything more lest her hormones get the better of her. “A-Anyway, who are you picking Tsu?”

“Izuku.” Tsuyu replied simply, looking the boy in the eyes.

Said greenette swallowed nervously, suddenly very aware he was naked and Tsuyu could dare him to do anything.

“Truth or dare?” The frog girl asked after a moment when the boy didn’t speak up.

It was then he remembered he had an out. He could just say ‘truth’ and, sure, he’d suffer a little embarrassment, but he’d avoid something much more embarrassing. About to answer, he stopped, considering everything he’d seen and learned today. The last twenty four hours alone had been a whirlwind with his worldview: the girls had proven their dedication and point in their fight, he’d talked to Tsuyu about what would happen if he accepted their offer and now he’d gotten to see much more of their unique relationship than he guessed anyone else ever would. Steeling his nerve, he decided, like with Tsuyu before, to take a shot.

“D-Dare.” He answered.

“Cover your eyes dear.” Momo giggled, slipping her hands around Kyoka’s face to obscure her vision.

It seemed the girls all recognised the position he’d put himself in if their looks were anything to go by. He gulped as Tsuyu herself licked her lips after his answer.

“You’ve seen a lot of all of us tonight.” She began, looking down at Izuku’s cock. While she wanted to do very naughty things to it, Mina’s words struck a chord with her. If looking but not touching was okay, then she wanted to look as much as she could. “How about you return the favour? I dare you to jerk off until you cum.”

Izuku’s cock jumped gratefully at her words, his aching balls agreeing and wanting to show the girls how hard they’d been working in this heated atmosphere to fill themselves. The boy himself swallowed nervously, looking around each of the girls for objections. None were forth coming and all were blatantly looking down at his penis, even Kyoka had pulled down one of Momo’s hands for a peek.

“C-Can I um… have a tissue… or two?” He requested. “I um… k-kinda make a m-mess.”

“I’m sure Tsuyu or ‘Chako can just open their mouths.” Mina teased, reaching for the box.

Izuku’s balls pulsed at that idea, sending an ache through him that caused him to let out a small groan. The girls all paused at his clear signal of desire.

“Wow, not so shy anymore are you?” Mina giggled, tossing him the tissues.

Izuku said nothing, too embarrassed to reply as he cupped his balls to briefly relieve the ache.

“Maybe next sleepover.” Tsuyu suggested, sending Izuku a look she reserved for Ochako when she was feeling amorous.

Izuku took a deep breath, trying to both encourage that fantasy and not let it break his nerves as he prepared to do something he’d never done in front of another person, let alone six very attractive girls in his class.

“D-Do um… y-you want to see a-anything er… specific?”

Tsuyu fought the urge to tell him to cum all over her girlfriend.

“No, just do what you normally do.”

“O-Okay then.” Izuku nodded, placing the tissues between his legs, uncrossing them slightly and spreading out to give himself room to work. His breathing fluttered as he gratefully grabbed his cock, adding just the right amount of pressure he enjoyed. Already he could tell he wouldn’t last long. Closing his eyes, he began his self-indulgent act.

Slowly, Izuku pumped up and down, his head being hidden by his foreskin and peeled back repeatedly as the shiny surface glistened with all the pre-cum that had been spread over itself. The girls watched entranced, much like Izuku had been doing to them as his breathing sped up, his motions getting faster.

Tooru and Ochako couldn’t help looking at his balls as they bounced around with his motions, wondering just how they’d feel to hold.

Momo, Tsuyu and Mina however, were focussed on the position of his hand and cock head, imagining themselves doing the same thing to the boy either with their upper lips or lower set.

Momo was excited to learn how her toy lived up to the real thing, thinking about ways to improve it to enhance its realism while Mina couldn’t wait to see Izuku’s cum, imagining it plastered over her face and breasts from her sucking him to completion.

Tsuyu felt herself both wishing and glad that her body wasn’t bigger than she was, feeling an intense desire to devour Izuku whole right now she knew she wouldn’t be able to achieve; swallowing his cock and balls whole however...

Kyoka, despite her best efforts, found herself lost in her previous fantasy; imagining Momo wanted her to carry their child and had bound her tightly so she could only pleasure the heiress with her mouth while Izuku filled her with his seed.

It seemed Izuku was getting close; he held his breath and his body was tensed. His free hand sought out the tissues quickly, cupping them over the tip of his cock as he pumped. The girls knew he was cumming when he let tiny gasps escape as he pulled a back on his cock one final time, the organ flexing each time a jet of white liquid shot out and began soaking through the tissues in his hand.

Much like the girls did, Izuku felt himself panting and relax his tightened muscles once he’d cum, letting hot and heavy breaths out into the room. Cracking his eyes slowly, he found several pairs of eyes still directed firmly at his cock as it started to lose its erection. He moved his hand with the tissues underneath it to catch any dribbles of cum before giving himself a few last tugs to try and bleed himself dry.

“O~ooh my god.” Tooru panted herself, unashamedly rubbing against the sheets while the weird toy inside her did a surprisingly good job of riling her up.

“That was fucking hot.” Mina agreed, her own hand in her shorts once more.

Ochako had her face in her hands but was clearly keeping her pinkies off her face and peeking through her fingers.

“I think you’ve fulfilled the dare.” Tsuyu smirked at Izuku, his blush returning in full force.

“Um… I’ll just er…” He said awkwardly as he backed off of the bed, still cupping the tissues below his cock as he walked over to Momo’s bathroom, closing the door behind him. As he went, he knew once more that several sets of eyes were checking out his rear. He allowed himself a small, excited smile at both his courage and the confidence boost this was giving him from their excited reactions.

Once the door had shut, the other girls gave each other nervous but aroused looks.

“God I need to get off.” Mina groaned softly as she played with herself.

“Me too.” Tooru sympathised.

“I think I’m very happy with how tonight is turning out, ribbit.”

“And you didn’t want to.” Tooru scoffed.

“’Twas never a matter of want, only nerves.” Tsuyu countered, thinking more about Izuku than herself.

“I’d say Izuku’s doing very well cumming out of his shell.” Mina giggled.

“Urgh, still gross.” Kyoka grimaced.

“We know love.” Momo reassured her girlfriend with a kiss to her hair.

“Yeah, about that; love?” Ochako turned to the pair. “When did this happen?”

Kyoka reburied herself into Momo’s side as the heiress giggled.

“Just before I made her cum.” She replied coolly. “I know how much she, and by extension you all, mean to me at this point. With how Kyoka felt tonight though, I figured that instead of saving my feelings for a more surprising gesture, she’d appreciate knowing now.”

“Mrrrph!” Kyoka grunted from Momo’s side, her face smooshed into her very soft skin.

“Sweet.” Mina sighed with a smile. “Now can we get back to the dirty stuff? I’m about ready to burst here.”

“Maybe see if Izuku’s up for another round?” Tooru asked needily.

“Three’s more than enough.” Ochako fanned herself, not comfortable to attempt relief the same way Mina and Tooru were.

“It’s Izuku’s turn so I wouldn’t count on much if he picks you.”

As though summoning him, the door to Momo’s bathroom opened and the greenette shyly poked his head out.

“Hey Midori.” Mina greeted him with a cheeky smile. “Would you mind daring me to get off, you’re too fucking sexy.”

“M-Mina!” Ochako gasped, incredulous as such a blatant suggestion.

“What?” Mina asked feigning innocence.

Grateful attention was off him for the moment, Izuku took the time to scurry back across the floor space to Momo’s bed, clambering up and onto his pillow. His erection had long since subsided for now and the girls couldn’t help but notice as much.

“All calmed down now, eh Izuku?” Mina giggled.

“Cute.” Ochako blushed, noting its smaller appearance.

“Clearly a grower.” Tsuyu nodded, “Not that it matters.”

“G-Guys.” Izuku blushed.

“All right, you’ve had your fun.” Momo chuckled. “I believe there are still a few turns in this game left as we keep it to three rounds Izuku.”

“O-Okay.” He nodded, turning back to his remaining targets. “Um… O-Ochako, truth or dare?”

“Dare.” She nodded firmly, hoping for something a little lewder to show off before the night ended.

“I um… d-dare you to uh… um…”

“Having trouble Midori?” Mina giggled.

“I… um… d-don’t want to ask s-something you’re not okay with.” He admitted, rubbing the back of his head shyly.

“Hey, don’t underestimate me!” Ochako pouted. “I’m a big girl, gimme your worst.”

“C-Could… Could you erm…” Izuku’s courage failed him. The hormones clouding his brain with lust had cleared with his release and his anxiety was returning in a hurry. “C-Could you put your arms up like this?” He held his arms up, one around the top of his head and the other by his cheek, both clenched into loose fists and bent outwards.

“Uh… okay?” Ochako replied, a little confused but did as he asked. The other girls watched in bemusement as Izuku lowered his hands, nodding when Ochako’s were in position.

“N-Now um… c-could you… er… nyan?” Izuku asked, embarrassed.

Ochako suddenly realised why her hands were up and heard the snickers from behind her from Mina and Tooru.

“Cute.” Tsuyu muttered from next to her, eager to see her girlfriend do the action herself.

“You… want me to…” Ochako sighed, she was hoping for a little more than that. Her eyes widened as she had an idea. She might look a bit silly pulling it off but she’d need confidence to get the result she wanted. “So you like catgirls, do you Izuku?”

“W-Well um…” Izuku gulped nervously, somewhat embarrassed to admit as much out loud.

“Do you think I’d look good with ears and a tail?” Ochako sunk into a more sultry voice, her hands remaining up. She pretended to lick the ‘paw’ closest to her face much like a cat would and groom herself. “Do you want me to call you ‘M-Master’ and rub against your leg when you come home?”

The other girls clocked on to what she was doing now as Izuku’s flaccid cock stirred in its slumber.

Ochako put her hands down and crawled closer to Izuku, not breaking their locked gaze.

“Do you want me to lick you all over and beg for some… ‘milk’?” She purred. Izuku sat back a little as Ochako leant over and draw close to his face. “Would you like that… nyan?”

To punctuate her little act, she leant forward and licked Izuku on the cheek. She’d promised him no more kisses ‘til he committed, not no more licks after all.

Izuku’s cock couldn’t help itself and flexed up to beg for attention once more. Ochako looked down at the movement then back at Izuku with a satisfied smirk on her face.

“I’ll take that as a ‘yes’.” She giggled, sitting back and settling into her spot once more.

As she pulled back, the rest of the girls could see Izuku’s flushed face and the results of her teasing. Mina had to hand it to her, the girl could be seductive when she wanted to be; she might have to ask for a show herself.

“Hanging in there dude?” Kyoka chuckled.

“Y-Yes! Um… y-yeah she uh, i-it’s Ochako’s t-turn now.” He blustered.

“I think I could make some pretty good ears and tail.” Momo pondered out loud to tease the greenette.

“Nyan?!” Ochako turned towards her mistress with a blush on her face.

“I do believe I may have an actual ‘Pet’ before long.” Momo giggled at Ochako’s reaction.

“Correct me if I’m wrong but cat’s don’t wear clothes, do they Ochako?” Mina laughed.

“Neither does Tooru most of the time.” Tsuyu chimed in.

“Izuku can pet this pussy any time he likes.” Tooru groaned, still feeling the urge to grind against Momo’s sheets, having left a small stain by now.

“Jeez, I think you need the towel more than Momo at this point.” Kyoka rolled her eyes, quickly grabbing and tossing the towel over to the girl.

“You’re the one that dared me to get naked, deal with it.” Tooru countered though gratefully took the towel to dry the spot she planned to sleep in.

“Only two left, who are you picking ‘Chako?” Tsuyu asked.

Ochako made her own show of looking between Mina, who was still rubbing herself softly under her shorts, and Tooru who was now grinding softly into the towel.

“Mina, tru-”

“Dare me.” Mina groaned, hoping for something naughty to relieve her itch.

“May as well give her what she wants ‘Chako.” Tsuyu smirked. “I know we’d all enjoy the show.”

“I guess it was kind of useless to try and prevent such things.” Momo sighed, long having given up on keeping things clean and relenting for keeping everything consensual.

“Fine.” Ochako sighed, wishing she could’ve gotten off herself like everyone else had, or was about to, that night. “Mina, I dare you to scissor Tooru.”

“Ha, two birds, one stone.” Kyoka smirked glad someone else had to suffer getting off in front of the boy.

“Urgh, finally!” Mina sighed with relief, pulling her hand from her shorts and, in one quick motion, slopping them off and over her feet along with her panties. “What do you think Midori?” She paused briefly to show herself off.

“O-Oh um,” Izuku panicked, trying to think of something to say. Instead of something endearing or arousing, he blurted out the first thing he noticed. “I-I see your um, c-carpet matches.”

“Wow, really dude?” Kyoka gave him a look.

Mina couldn’t help laughing however.

“I can say the same for you.” She made a point of looking at his cock again. “Maybe we should make a pink and green shag rug sometime.”

“Flirt later, fuck now.” Tooru complained, pushing Mina back onto her arms and dragging her closer until their crotches kissed. “Ahhh that’s better.” She groaned as she ground into her girlfriend.

“Mmmm, keep going Starlight.” Mina encouraged as the pair matched their rhythms. Foreplay was wholly unnecessary and each just really wanted to get off at this stage. Mina reached up and pulled at her nipples, letting out a groan she felt herself getting close. The only thing that would make this better would be Izuku’s cock either erupting over her or down her throat.

“M-Mina!” Tooru cried out, feeling herself about to cum from all the prep work the toy inside her and grinding against the sheets had done. That she was also about to cum in front of all her other girlfriends, Ochako and Izuku also pushed the right buttons for her.

“N-Not yet, I’m-” Mina began but Tooru couldn’t wait. She pulled Mina’s legs closer, getting one final grind on her clit as she felt herself quiver with release, letting out a lewd, satisfied moan before flopping back onto the sheets. “D-Did you just…”

“I think Tooru’s done.” Tsuyu chuckled, knowing Mina was kind of stuck; rubbing against a sensitive pussy was more mean than it was erotic for the other person.

“The fuck she is.” Mina growled, untangling their legs before spinning her girlfriend around so her legs were pointed towards the center of the bed.

“Wha?” Tooru asked goofily as the happy chemicals worked their way through her system.

“You’re taking a dare.” Mina growled, standing up on the bed and stepping over Tooru’s face. “I dare you to lick me until I cum you selfish bint.”

“W-Wait, P-Princess, I’m so-” Tooru’s protests were cut off as Mina sat down firmly on her face. To the rest of them, it looked like Mina was just squatting in place. After a moment however, her wet looking folds began parting as something licked around them before pressing inside her.

“Mmm, good girl.” Mina sighed with satisfaction, listening to the pleasant noises coming from her girlfriend’s lips as she made up for cumming without her.  Looking around, she saw the expected gazes of her girlfriends as they enjoyed the show but she really enjoyed watching Izuku squirm as he was back at full mast. “Like what you see, I-zu-ku?”

The greenette nodded shyly, his cock bobbing along with his actions.

“I’ll bet you do.” Mina grinned, deciding to be a little cheeky. She leant forward and ran her hand up her girlfriend’s invisible body until she got to her hips. Rubbing closer to her core, she tickled at the little nub the girl was also paying attention to on herself.

“Mmmph!” Tooru grunted from underneath Mina but her girlfriend paid her no heed, grinding into her girlfriend’s face.

“Maybe we should invite you to our next sleepover too.” Mina pondered as she slowly pulled apart Tooru’s invisible lower lips to reveal a small part of the ben wa balls still inside her girlfriend to the boy. “Then, you can fill Tooru up and make her belly bulge.”

“Mmmm.” Tooru groaned from beneath her, sending ripples through Mina from the vibrations she made. Mina felt herself approaching the edge at last, closing her eyes and focussing on the sensations she felt and her little imagined fantasy of Izuku rushing forward to sink his cock into her girlfriend while passionately stealing a kiss from her.

Her knees tightened around Tooru’s head as she came, flooding the girl’s mouth with her release. Mina’s tongue lolled lewdly, her breathing heavy like the others who’d cum before her as she offered Izuku possibly his final erotic image for the night; hopefully he’d think of her when he next jerked off.

Tooru’s urgent tapping knocked her out of her erotic fantasy. Quickly climbing off of her girlfriend and back onto her shaky knees, Mina breathed a sigh of relief at finally getting her spring sprung.

“M-Mina!” Tooru coughed, grabbing the towel and quickly wiping her face. “You nearly drowned me!”

“Heh, sorry.” Mina apologised, still revelling in her climax.

“Did you really have to put that image in everyone’s heads though?” Kyoka asked, embarrassed it had actually aroused her.

“No, but it’s fun to think about isn’t it?” Mina grinned.

“Not really fair on Izuku though.” Tsuyu chuckled. “All riled up and nothing to do.”

“I-I’ll um… calm down.” Izuku admitted shyly.

“Waste of an erection if you ask me.” Mina purred.

“It’s a good thing no one did then.” Kyoka rolled her eyes. “Can Tooru just take her turn so I can go to sleep?”

“Still worn out yourself?”

“Shove off.”

“Enough girls.” Momo stepped in. “I understand we’ve all had a lot of hormones running through our systems tonight but let’s try to keep things civil, okay?”

“Yeah, okay.” Mina sighed.

“Guess I’ll go then.” Tooru announced, returning their focus to the last turn of the night. “Kyoka?”

“Truth.” She answered, still not risking a dare even at this stage.

“Hmmm,” The invisible girl pondered. “Do you think you’d ever get it on with Izuku when he joins us?”

“Hehe, when.” Mina giggled to herself.

“The fuck do you think?” Kyoka blushed, pushing down her imagination.

“I’m not hearing a ‘no’.” Tsuyu giggled.

“Of course it’s a ‘no’.” Kyoka growled, before turning to the boy. “N-No offence.”

“N-None taken.” He held his hands up. “I think I um, understand you all a bit better now and um I-I wouldn’t do anything to make you uncomfortable Kyoka.”

“Damn right.” The girl huffed before lifting her rear to pull back the covers. “If anyone needs me, I’ll be in dreamland.”

The other girls rolled their eyes at Kyoka’s dramatics while they all stretched and moved.

“That’s it for the game.” Ochako smiled at Izuku. “You can um… g-get dressed now.”

“Though don’t if you don’t want to; I’m not.” Mina called out with a wink as she headed to the bathroom.

“T-Thanks.” Izuku nodded to Ochako before standing up himself and grabbing his clothes from the floor space behind him.

“I hope you weren’t uncomfortable with everything tonight Izuku.” Momo enquired. “I know things ventured into territory you’re quite unfamiliar with.”

“Y-Yeah,” Izuku agreed, “B-But I um… I’m really happy you guys invited me.”

“After that, display, who’d be upset?” Tsuyu noted, agreeing with Kyoka’s earlier statement.

“Still, I um… really appreciate all you’ve all done and said through the week. I feel like I’ve really gotten to know you all better and I’m glad that you know more about… me.”

“You and your stupid strong quirk.” Tooru noted.

“We’re here for you Izuku.” Ochako reached out to pat the boy’s arm. “That’s not going to change.”

“Mmmm.” He nodded with a bright smile. “And I-I’m not going to try and stop you a-anymore.”

“Good to hear.” Tsuyu smiled. “Now either get dressed or get ready for round two.” She glanced down at his still standing erection.

Izuku quickly got the hint and hurriedly grabbed his trousers.

“To inform you of our typical nights Izuku,” Momo spoke up as she pulled her shirt back on. “After the game ends, we usually go to sleep. Tomorrow morning, we’ll all get up and enjoy a hearty breakfast of pancakes, fruit and other things together if that sounds agreeable.”

“Y-Yeah.” Izuku nodded shyly. “T-Though I’ll um… be sticking to my diet i-if that’s okay.”

“Never a day off, eh?” Tsuyu asked, getting a shake of his head in response.

“I still need to train until I can utilize a hundred percent.” Izuku gripped his fist. “I-I hope you understand.”

“We got you to agree to teamwork, relaxing can come later.” Mina called out as she returned from the bathroom. “Though I’m pretty sure you’re plenty relaxed after tonight.”

Izuku blushed as the implication landed.

“For now though, I’m beat.” Tooru sighed, fluffing up her pillow.

“Getting off kinda does that to ya.” Mina giggled.

With the game over, everyone began setting up their positions for the sleeping portion of the night. Momo put on her shirt and bottoms though forwent putting her underwear back on. Tooru and Mina both remained nude as they got ready but, thankfully for Izuku’s heartrate, they were on the opposite side of the bed. Tsuyu and Ochako hadn’t removed their clothes during the game and were the first to be ready, placing Izuku’s pillow between them with hopeful looks.

Truthfully, he arrived to the room not knowing if he’d be allowed to stay the night. He fought down a blush as he stepped onto the mattress and sat down on his pillow as the two girls pulled the cover up for him to slide inside. He then faced the bigger problem of wondering which way to turn, not wanting to favour either girl and just lay there instead.

The two shared a small kiss above Izuku before wishing him good night and turning away from him, despite not wanting to. While they would be more than happy to cuddle up to the greenette, they wanted him to actually get some sleep rather than stress out all night. Eventually, they all began dropping off to sleep as the night’s events came to a close.


Ochako stirred from her slumber. Bleary eyed, she looked over at Momo’s curtains, seeing only darkness with the light of the morning nowhere to be seen. She huffed, time was decidedly not on her side right now. Thanks to their very open game, Ochako still felt the need to relieve her ache and it had bled into her dreams. Izuku had been very willing to comply with all her desires in the safety of her imagination but after getting a good chunk of her needs met she’d been returned to the waking world where she couldn’t even retreat to her room for some time alone without arousing suspicion.

Reaching down, Ochako checked to make sure she didn’t need a change of underwear after such an enjoyable dream only to let out a small gasp as she realised something was pressed up against her legs. Slowly, she turned her head and spotted Izuku’s ear pointing towards her, indicating his current position as facing her. Ochako gulped nervously as she realised what exactly was pressed up against her once more.

After her admittedly terrible lap dance earlier, she’d gotten to cop a feel of the boy with her rear and now it seemed she was getting an encore. Listening closely, she identified all the others as still blissfully asleep, including the heavy, warm breaths on the back of her neck from her crush. Ochako could feel her blood heating up again and this time she was going to give in to her urges. No one else would know if she kept as still as possible, right?

She kept her breathing steady as she ran a hand over her breasts, teasing the nipples she planned to pinch. When she was satisfied, she slowly slipped the hand not pressed against the mattress down and into her shorts, brushing through her pubes to her goal. As expected, whether from her dreams or her recent plans, she was wet enough to slide a finger inside herself, letting out a fluttery sigh as she did.

Listening once more, she was assured no one had awoken due to her actions and slowly rubbed her finger around her slit. It was hard trying to balance her need to get off with remaining as still and as silent as she could.

When she jumped slightly from pressing just a tad too hard, she felt Izuku’s cock press up against her again. Her mind cast itself back their game earlier, recalling Izuku stoking himself to completion as she watched. Like the others, she greatly enjoyed the sight such an act and imagined what he would do if he accepted their feelings. While it seemed like a certainty at this point, Mina and Tooru seemed to think so anyway, Ochako was still worried he’d reject them.

She felt her breathing speed up just a tad as she pressed a pair of fingers inside herself, imagining it was the hard member behind her instead. Ochako wondered if it would feel anything like Momo’s cock when it spurted its seed inside. Her mind briefly entertained the idea of herself with a rotund belly but quickly discarded it; she had a dream to achieve first before she thought about that.

“O-Ochako?” A voice called out softly from behind her.

Ochako stilled, daring not to move as she recognised Izuku’s sleepy stirrings. Was she too noisy or was it the movements that woke him up?

“A-Are you okay?” He asked cautiously.

The gravity girl took a risk and turned in her spot, putting a finger over Izuku’s mouth before he woke everyone up. There was no denying he’d known she was awake if he was asking questions. Caught with her hand in the metaphorical cookie jar, Ochako couldn’t help but blush intensely at her position; her hand was down her shorts while the other was against Izuku’s lips.

Though dark, there was enough light to make out his surprised expression as he tried to comprehend what he was supposed to do now. Ochako bit her lip nervously, she still really wanted to get off but there was no way to do that without Izuku realising now. Instead she took a steadying breath and lowered her hand, sliding it down Izuku’s frame under the covers until she found his own. Taking him by the wrist, she gulped as she did the most daring thing she’d probably ever done at this point by directing his fingers under her waistband to touch at her softest part.

Izuku’s breath caught in his throat, eyes widening to the size of saucers as Ochako’s hand reached up once more to press against his lips. She adjusted her legs slightly, widening them to give the boy a little more room to work as she made her message clear. Izuku gulped nervously before flexing his fingers. His reward was a fluttery breath from Ochako that made his cock pulse strongly.

Ochako wasn’t one to ask without offering and allowed her hand to fall once more, sliding down to Izuku’s pants and touching the hard member she’d felt pressed against her. Now it was Izuku’s turn to release a shuddering breath which made Ochako let out a single, soft laugh.

Slowly, with their silent agreement in place, Izuku and Ochako rubbed at each other while their heavy breaths mixed in the darkness. Izuku’s fingers were notably rougher than Ochako’s own and she was sure he was trying to do the best he could with his likely limited knowledge. What he lacked in proper technique the situation made up for in naughtiness as she felt her release approaching.

Her stroking of Izuku had had a greater effect however as the boy soon stiffened under her touch, a few spurts of liquid dampening his pants before his breathing got a tad heavier. Ochako didn’t blame him, she was almost glad she’d managed to get him off before he could to her as it meant she could now focus his efforts.

Changing her target from Izuku’s cock to his hand, she isolated two of his fingers and pointed them, curling the rest into his palm. The greenette didn’t question the girl’s actions, allowing her to guide him as she pushed his fingers inside herself. She let out a satisfied sigh once he’d been pressed in all the way and allowed an excited, nervous smile on her face. Giving him the hint by pulling his fingers back and pushing back in, Izuku was slowly thrusting on his own while Ochako redirected her fingers to rub quickly at her clit.

It didn’t take a few minutes more for her own release to arrive, her core clenching deliciously around Izuku’s digits. To his credit, he knew to thrust in deeply and remain there though not pressing too hard, much like how a real cock would, allowing Ochako plenty of time to enjoy her illicit high.

Once the toe-curling delight had begun to fade, Ochako slowly pulled Izuku’s fingers from her core, rubbing his hand softly with her thumb. While she would admit she’d broken Mina’s unofficial rule of only looking but not touching, she wanted to keep her own resolution of not kissing the boy until he accepted her feelings. It seemed silly after what they’d just done but she wasn’t going to break now. She did want to punctuate the end of their little interaction though.

Leaning forward, she gave Izuku a small lick on the end of his nose before whispering into his ear.

“Nya~.”

She giggled softly as the boy let out a controlled breath once more as she turned her back to him to settle into a sleep once more. It was a little irritating to be sleeping in their own mess but she was sure they could suck it up for one night. With that, she closed her eyes, feeling the fatigue wash over her once more as she drifted into unconsciousness.


Mina was briefly awoken by the shifting of the bed. Whomever just got up and interrupted her beauty sleep would die. With a growl, she sat up and glared at the shape heading towards Momo’s door.

“Where’re you goin’” She mumbled.

The figure stopped, turning around and moved closer to her. As Mina blinked away the sleepy dust in her eyes, she realised it was Izuku who was holding a finger to his lips.

“I’m going for my run.” He revealed in a hushed tone. “Y-You can um, g-go back to sleep I guess.”

“Mmmhmm,” Mina nodded as her brain slowly processed that information. “Come snuggle when you get back.” She sighed pleasantly, settling down for a few more Z’s.

Izuku reddened but didn’t bother replying, instead slipping over to the door and making a somewhat stealthy exit. The sun was just peeking over the horizon and it had bathed the dorms in an orange glow. The green haired One-For-All holder decided to take his time today and enjoy the walk back to his room to get his gear on.

As he walked he let out a content sigh, unable to keep the smile off of his face. True, he’d managed to see things people could only dream about last night but that wasn’t what kept the grin on his face. After all was said and done, he knew he had six of the best friends he’d ever made know practically all his secrets and accept him for who he was; quirkless past and dreaded future included.

Even the fear of All-For-One didn’t dampen his spirits when he reached his room, quickly changing into his running clothes. The girls had proven their tenacity in their battle yesterday. There were still tips and pointers he could offer as well as issues with their efforts but they certainly got through to him. If nothing else, All Might had delayed the clash between One-For-All and All-For-One for one more generation. Izuku was determined though to seize the opportunity that his mentor couldn’t and trust his friends to have his back when the time came to finish off the darkness that had lurked for so long once and for all.

Stepping out into the fresh air, Izuku breathed deeply as his optimistic spirit returned after a week of fear and dread from revealing his secret. Much like he’d told Tsuyu, he was glad that the girls were the ones to discover the truth just for how supportive and accepting they had been. Off in the distance, he could hear the tell-tale bursts of Iida’s engines as the boy jogged at his own ludicrous speed to start the day. Unlike him, Izuku was training his body, not his quirk, and opted for a much slower pace, offering a greeting to the speedster when he eventually passed him as he did most mornings.

Izuku was glad he could confide in the girls and he hoped they’d stand by his side if the time came to tell the class exactly why they were being targeted so frequently. Hopefully Aizawa would forgive him or at least not kill him outright when he discovered the truth behind All Might’s attendance at the school. He laughed to himself as he tried and failed to imagine his teacher’s reaction, ranging from utter indifference to frustrated resolve to kill his student after he saved them all.

As he ran and built up a sweat, Izuku became acutely aware of the slight chaffing in his pants. His completely unexpected activities with Ochako in the dead of night lingered on his mind pleasantly as his face reddened at the memory.

Truthfully, he wanted to throw caution to the wind and give in to all their desires. He knew he shouldn’t though. Not only did Ochako and Tsuyu deserve better than a lust-addled confession, he still needed time to process their relationship with all the other girls and his place in it. That wasn’t even mentioning Tooru making her own confession and, if Mina hinted any stronger, including her in such an arrangement too.

Izuku let out a sigh as he picked up his pace. Hopefully he’d be able to process things over this next week. With the autumn festival coming up, he didn’t want to distract them with a confession but, at the same time, didn’t want to distract them by holding off on it either.

He resolved to take each day as it came; planning what he could when he got inspiration or a free moment and talking to them when he needed to. Communication was a keystone of any good relationship, not just theirs. A plan in place, he eventually ended his jog around campus and returned to the dorms, hoping to spend a little more time with the girls over that morning breakfast Momo mentioned.


“Where’s ‘Zuku?” A groggy voice roused Mina from her sleep once more. She swore if she didn’t love these idiots she’d kill them somedays. Cracking her eyes once more, she spotted the sheets raised in a way that indicated Tooru was sitting up.

“Rummin’.” Mina groaned, hoping that was enough to satisfy her girlfriend.

“What?”

“Runnin’.” Mina tilted her head so she wasn’t kissing her pillow anymore.

“Oooh.” Tooru nodded, letting out a cute, sleepy yawning noise. “Wonder if he’ll make us breakfast.”

“Fat chance.” Kyoka sat up, having given up on returning to sleep herself now that the others were talking. “Dude doesn’t know what we like.”

“Maybe we could train him?” Tooru enquired playfully.

“He’s not a pet, ribbit.” Tsuyu croaked, rolling over in her spot. “That’s Ochako’s job.”

“H-Hey!” The brunette took offence to that, even if it was true.

The girls settled into a comfortable silence after that, each enjoying the somewhat early morning and allowing themselves time to relax guilt-free.

“You fuckers calmed down after last night?” Kyoka tossed out there.

“Dom’t hate na playa’, hate na game.” Mina chuckled into her pillow.

“Please, you were the thirstiest one there.” Kyoka rolled her eyes.

“Guil’y” Mina agreed from her spot.

“Wow, four girlfriends all for Midori.” Tooru giggled. “He must be almost as lucky as you are Kyoka.”

“Whatever, as long as he doesn’t try for more.”

“So you’d mind if Momo wanted a piece of that cake?” Tsuyu asked curiously.

“W-Well I… um…”

“While your conversation is fascinating at this early hour,” Momo spoke up, rising from her position and pausing to yawn, “I would like to state that I have no current plans to approach Izuku on this matter. Whether that changes or not in the future is immaterial at this point.”

“Not to Kyoka.” Tooru pointed out.

“I’m sure we’ll talk it over at a later point.” Momo relented, rolling over to place a peck on her girlfriend’s cheek. “Morning love.”

“M-Morning l-love.” Kyoka replied, still giddy from hearing those words uttered to her even casually by Momo.

“Mmm, speaking of sweet things,” Tooru salivated. “Can we go get brekky?”

“Not dressed like that you’re not.” Tsuyu giggled as she sat up.

“Urgh, fine mum. It’s not like anyone can see me anyway.” Tooru retorted playfully.

“Young lady, we wear clothes in this dorm.” Tsuyu spoke back in the tone she used for her siblings when they were playing up.

“Listem to your mo’her dear.” Mina mumbled again before pushing herself up, resigned to not be getting any more rest now the day seemed to have started for them all. “When we get our own place you can strut around as nude as you want.”

“Deal.” Tooru grinned, hoping they’d all join her as waking up in a big naked pile was becoming a recurring fantasy of hers now that Izuku had been added to it.

“Is Ochako actually up?” Kyoka asked.

“I’m up.” Ochako mumbled, holding her phone above the sheets to indicate her state. “Just textin’.”

“But you’ll see Izuku in a few minutes anyway.” Tooru joked.

“Parents.” Ochako replied. “We text instead of call now ‘cause they know we do sleepovers today.”

“Ahhh.” Tooru nodded.

“How are they doing?” Momo inquired.

“Better.” Ochako smiled, sitting up to address the heiress. “I think working without a fixed location kinda suits them for projects that don’t need big machines and stuff.”

“That’s Izuku you need to thank then.” Momo informed the girl before sliding out of bed. “He’s the one that made the suggestion in the first place, not that he was aware of who he was helping.”

“Wow, quirks, heroing, business management, is there anything that boy can’t do?” Mina chuckled.

“Me.” Kyoka smirked from her spot.

“Give it time.” Tsuyu shot back, earning a glare from the purple haired girl while Mina and Tooru both laughed at the two.

“Okay, enough teasing Kyoka for one morning.” Momo hid a giggle of her own behind her hand. “We should all get up and dressed before Izuku returns.

“But he promised me snuggles.” Mina pouted, a fuzzy recollection of Izuku’s departure playing in her head.

“Did he though?” Tsuyu chuckled, doubting such a situation had occurred.

“Maybe it was a dream.” Mina shrugged deciding to rise herself. “Must’ve been a good one though.”

Midway through putting her shirt and shorts back on, a small knock at the door shook them from their preparations.

“Yes?” Momo called out.

“I-It’s me.” Izuku’s voice called out.

Momo briefly glanced around to make sure everyone was decent.

“Come in.”

The greenette quickly slid inside, hoping to have not drawn too much attention to himself.

“Morning Izuku.” Tsuyu smiled at him as she reclaimed her stuffed frog from Kyoka.

“Hi everyone,” he smiled nervously.

“Did you have a good run?” Tooru asked, pulling her top on.

“Mmmhmm.” He nodded before turning to her girlfriend. “Sorry I woke you Mina.”

“Ha! Knew I didn’t dream it.” She grinned, holding her arms out expectantly. “Where’s my promised snuggles?”

“You just wanna feel him up.” Ochako accused, brushing her hair out with her hands.

“And your point is?”

“Since you’re back and dressed Izuku.” Momo addressed the boy herself. “Are you still happy to join us for breakfast?”

“Pancakes!” Tooru cheered.

“S-Sure.” The greenette nodded. “I just wanted to come grab my pillow and see if a-anyone else was up yet.”

“Here you go dude.” Kyoka grabbed his pillow and tossed it over to him. “Go put it back without the other idiots seeing you then come down to the kitchen and we’ll get breakfast started.”

Izuku nodded before quickly making his exit from the room, ensuring he opened and closed the door as little as possible as he did. Kyoka was ready enough for the day and headed towards the exit herself.

“Any requests while I get things started?” She called out.

“None here.” Tsuyu answered.

“Blueberries with strawberries cut up into pieces in a bowl please.” Tooru salivated, hurrying to get dressed a bit quicker.

Momo asked for maple syrup while Mina wanted to indulge in whipped cream and chocolate chips and, finally, Ochako requested marshmallows.

Kyoka rolled her eyes as she left, heading downstairs to begin preparations for their buffet. Like Izuku earlier, she couldn’t help smiling as she descended in the elevator as her thoughts lingered on her friends and partners. They’d all rallied behind Izuku but she had no doubt they’d do the same for her. That was, of course, not even mentioning Momo finally admitting her love for her. It made her feel warm and fuzzy inside in a way she’d dreamed about since she was a little girl.

The doors opened up revealing an empty common room and kitchen which she was grateful for. The sounds of her classmates enjoying each other’s company was great but sometimes she just wanted some silence while she sorted through her thoughts.

Grabbing several sets of ingredients out from the fridge to begin pancake preparation, Kyoka allowed her mind to wander back to last night and reluctantly conceded to herself that she’d had fun. It was embarrassing as hell to actually go through with the dare Momo received from Ochako and while Izuku had certainly enjoyed the sights from what she could tell, he didn’t make any unnecessary comments or lewd insinuations. If he was going to join them on the regular, she guessed she could live with that for now.

Speaking of the devil, he arrived from the stairs near the baths, clearly content to take the more energetic path than the lazy elevator one she used.

“Yo,” Kyoka gave him a wave, gesturing him over to help her with prep.

“Hi Kyoka.” Izuku smiled, taking hold of the knife Kyoka passed to him and continued chopping the strawberries she’d started on while she pulled out some pancake mix and a bowl from the cupboard.

The two continued in silence for a few moments as the boy was content to continue his assigned task while Kyoka felt like her anxiety over last night begin to creep back in.

“Y-You um…” She muttered, drawing the boy’s attention. “T-Thanks for uh… g-getting the others out. I-It helped.”

“Oh, no problem.” Izuku responded with a small smile. “I know that… it’s hard to talk about that stuff sometimes.”

“Mmmm,” Kyoka hummed, leaving a brief gap in their talk before responding. “I’m um… I wanna go to see Recovery Girl a-about it. Can you… come too?”

“Of course.” Izuku turned to face her though she continued focusing on cracking the eggs into the large glass bowl in front of her. “Momo too?”

“Yeah.” Kyoka nodded, biting her lip as she debated whether to talk more. “S-Sorry about… being a little hostile and stuff.”

“Oh um…” Izuku paused for a moment, reflecting on the girl’s behaviour last night. “I… don’t want to say it’s okay but… I understand.” He let out a small sigh. “I was really nervous too and… I was a little scared I wouldn’t… fit in so I may have tried to t-tough it out a little more than I was okay with at first. O-Once we started though, I could feel the bond and joy you guys share.” He let out a small laugh as he gathered the fruit into a small bowl. “For a little bit, I got to be a part of that and it felt… really, really good.”

“Yeah, they’re great.” Kyoka smiled. “But they want you to be a part of it too. Like, more permanently and stuff.”

“I know.” Izuku nodded, “And I think I want to too. I-If that’s okay?”

Kyoka sighed and stopped mixing the pancake batter, glancing around to make sure no one else was present even though she would’ve heard them coming.

“You don’t need my permission dude, I’m not gonna be part of that thing you’ve got with Tsu, Ochako or Tooru.” She explained. “Things may get… more intense if you accept and come to another sleepover.” Kyoka gulped. “But as long as we don’t step on each other’s toes, we can deal, yeah?”

“Y-Yeah, sorry.” He rubbed the back of his head. “I don’t really know what I’m doing. You guys are um… kinda the first girl friends I’ve… ever had.”

“I’d say ‘I’m surprised’, but I’d be lying.” Kyoka shook her head with a chuckle. Glancing at Izuku’s hand she decided to reach out and take it in her own, hoping the physical connection would drive her point home. “Look, you’re a good friend and probably gonna make those idiots really happy. As your friend, I’m telling you, join us.”

Izuku looked at Kyoka with a shy smile.

“S-Soon.” He replied, “S-Still need to um… do some more thinking.”

“Whatever dude.” Kyoka rolled her eyes with a chuckle, turning back to her preparations. “In the meantime, we’ll have plenty more sleepovers without you and I’ll get them all to myself.”

Izuku blushed at the implication as his imagination ran with that image.

“M-Maybe I should um… k-knock them all up then. C-Claim them for myself.” He joked, referencing Kyoka’s words to him while she played with Momo.

The punkette’s stirring slipped, almost sending the batter across the counter as she turned to give Izuku a small glare.

“Sh-Shut up, that was just a thing.” She blushed. Izuku couldn’t help but give a small laugh at her reaction. Kyoka clearly wasn’t like Mina when it came to teasing. “No, fuck it, no girls for you.” Kyoka scoffed turning her back to the boy. “They’re all mine and you can’t have them.”

Izuku chuckled again, glad the girl felt comfortable enough to joke about this between them. Thanks to last night’s confidence boost and Mina’s earlier teases, he felt much more able to recognise playful teasing than believe Kyoka was withdrawing her permission for him to join the group.

“I-If you’re not going to share, I-I guess I’ll have to make you.” He smiled.

Kyoka stilled as her core sent a brief shudder through her body.

“O-Oh?” She turned her head carefully, glancing at the boy out of the corner of her eye. “And how would you do that?”

From her position, Izuku thought she’d taken on more of a villainous role as she appeared to be disregarding him like so many villains did in shows and other media when they underestimated and challenged the hero.

“I’ll defeat you, take you down and capture you.” He challenged, more confident now it was closer to hero stuff than relationship stuff. “You think you could handle me at one hundred percent, I’ll give you what you want.”

Kyoka swallowed a lump in her throat. She clearly recognised they were on two different wavelengths at this point but Izuku’s words were doing something for her right now. As ashamed as she was to admit it to herself, she wanted to hear what he’d do next.

“S-So you’d cuff me.” She let out a controlled breath. “Force me to stop after you tied me up. M-Maybe let all the girls get their revenge on me?”

“It’s only fair.” Izuku chuckled, completely missing how his words had affected the girl.

Kyoka was about to speak again only for the ‘ping’ of the elevator to break their little back and forth. She quickly picked up the bowl and stirred hurriedly to make it seem like nothing was out of place.

“H-Hey!” Izuku called out with a wave as the other five girls arrived.

“Ooo, is it nearly done?” Tooru called out, running ahead of the group to join the duo in the kitchen.

“N-Not yet.” Kyoka replied, pushing down her blush as she focused almost entirely on stirring.

“Guess I’ll give you a hand.” Mina offered, grabbing a frying pan from the cupboard and starting up the stove.

Momo joined Izuku with preparing the other ingredients as the girls chatted about more casual things that they hadn’t had the chance to during their sleepover. The heiress felt a little put out about being the only one assigned that impromptu essay by Aizawa at the end of their combat but decided to get it done after practise today, apologizing for not being able to spend more time with the girls and especially Kyoka. The musical girl didn’t mind as she suddenly wanted to be alone in her room for a little bit but didn’t let anyone else in on that bit of information.

While Izuku enjoyed his usual protein shake as the girls indulged in their sweet tooth, he found his heart full of joy in a way he couldn’t ever remember experiencing before. He wiped away a small tear of happiness before anyone could notice, pretending it was from laughing at Mina’s joke too hard as he just revelled in the atmosphere the group radiated.

Eventually, the girls officially called time on the sleepover. Once more they had to reengage with the real world and take care of homework, chores and practise for the festival as they each went their separate ways.

Izuku couldn’t help but eagerly await whatever came next as he began planning exactly how to compose his reply to the girls.

Notes:

Chapter summary:

- The boys return and discuss the results of class. Bakugo grows uncomfortable as the conversation turns towards quirklessness. The girls arrive and declare its time for their latest sleepover.

- Tsuyu and Izuku return to the dorms last due to their chat. Tsuyu relays Izuku's decision to join them to the others while Izuku chats with Iida.

- Tsuyu, Ochako and Tooru are discussing their expectations for the night with Tooru disappointed there's no truth or dare. The others arrive and prepare to greet their newest temporary member with Momo making tea for them all. Once Izuku arrives, the group settle on starting the night with Kamui Woods' special detailing his backstory.

- Both Izuku and Kyoka are both personally affected by the Kamui Woods' story. Kyoka has a greater reaction and divulges her shame to Momo. Her girlfriend is nothing but supportive and the pair decide to visit Recovery Girl to be seen about depression with Izuku. The girls and Izuku all join in with support once Kyoka feels calm enough to reveal all.

- Izuku enquires as to their shared relationship. Ochako reveals more about her deal with Momo and is forced to explain more to Izuku. Once Izuku asks about his place in it all and for just a bit more time to get his feelings in order. When Izuku accidently reveals his talk with Tooru in the baths, Tsuyu and Ochako want to playfully punish her for it. When Momo tries to put a stop to things as it's making Izuku nervous, he asks that they stop treating him like he'll break. Kyoka challenges him on that and he asks if they can play truth or dare since it's what they usually do.

- Kyoka starts and dares Tooru to strip nude as her punishment for sneaking Izuku into the baths without telling them.
- Tooru asks how Izuku's feeling since they beat him in combat. The boy accepts that he shouldn't do things alone and he'll stop fighting them about it.
- Izuku dares Mina to allow him to touch her horns. While innocent, it riles Mina up due to their sensitivity.
- Mina dares Tsuyu to give Ochako a very naughty kiss with full use of her tongue which the girl easily completes.
- Tsuyu dares Momo to reveal her naughtiest order to Ochako. Realizing the progress of their relationship, Izuku asks how they deal with that sharing aspect, getting a through explanation from Mina and Kyoka.
- Momo truths Ochako to tell them all what she would say to Izuku if she'd had the chance to do a real, personal confession. After Ochako, Tsuyu also chimes in leaving Izuku thoroughly touched.
- Ochako truths Kyoka, getting her to divulge her most enjoyed part of being in a group relationship which she reveals is the closeness they all share.
- Mina chooses dare, hoping to show off a little and Kyoka dares her to show everyone her boobs which she does to a blushing Izuku.
- Izuku picks dare and Mina asks him to she her some skin. Misinterpreting her request, he bares the same things he showed Tooru, revealing his cock to all the girls.
- Izuku truths Tsuyu about toy usage where she gives him a vague overview.
- Tsuyu dares Tooru to make a toy disappear without using her quirk. Though shy, she's willing with a new toy generated by Momo which everyone watches intently.
- Tooru dares Ochako to give Izuku a lap dance. After Kyoka explains what a lap dance is and Ochako looks up a quick example, she tries and fails, almost falling on Izuku's cock but still getting a feel of it with her rear.
- Ochako dares Momo to finger Kyoka til she cums. While nervous, Kyoka accepts and Momo gets her off after telling her she loves her for the first time. Kyoka breaks down again and the group take a small break.
- Once Kyoka recovers, she dares Momo to let her reciprocate the action. Being a tad more daring, Momo completes the dare in the nude with Kyoka warning Izuku away from her girl with some dominant words.
- Momo truths Tsuyu into telling them about her fantasy of everyone living together including Izuku which he enjoys hearing about.
- Finally, Tsuyu dares Izuku to give them all a proper show and jerk off which he does with great embarrassment.
- Izuku dares Ochako to briefly act like a cat which Ochako more than rises to the occasion for.
- Ochako dares Mina to scissor Tooru, much to the pairs relief.
- When Tooru cums without her, Mina dares her girlfriend to lick her to completion to get her own release.
- Tooru teases Kyoka with her truth about whether she'd ever consider Izuku as a partner which she denies.
- With the game over, they all go to sleep.

- In the night, Izuku and Ochako share a private session and get each other off.

- The next morning, Izuku goes for a run and contemplates his past week.

- After the girls wake, Kyoka starts on breakfast with Izuku with him inadvertently turning her on. The girls then arrive and the sleepover officially ends.

Chapter 16: The Festival

Summary:

The aftermath of the sleepover and the culture festival!

***** Trigger Warning *****
Referenced suicidal thoughts in this chapter.

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

Sunday arrived after a day of catching up on assignments, further festival practise and general relaxing.

Mina had woken up that day feeling a frustration she hadn’t felt in ages. In one of the rare times she slept in her own bed with no one sharing it she’d had a most pleasant dream where a new someone was bunking with her. Curly green locks, rippling muscles and a hard, firm cock had taunted her subconscious and now brought that frustration into her waking hours.

“Damnit Midori, stop being hot!” She pouted sleepily, letting out a yawn that turned into a groan.

Stretching out her arm, Mina grabbed her phone off the side before tucking back in, revelling in her snug sheets like a toasty bug. Opening her display revealed no new updates on any front. She huffed, letting her phone fall to the side as she pondered what to do for the day.

With official dance practise not till tomorrow, leaving a gap between practises since yesterday for everyone to recover, her schedule was surprisingly open. Like the others, she’d focused her efforts on her homework so Mr. Aizawa wouldn’t have any excuse to stop her from participating on Saturday, unlike that awesome test of courage that should’ve been played back during the summer camp.

Mina sighed as her thoughts touched on that horrible night during their summer break, especially on the boy who’d tried his best to save his friend at the camp and, more recently, been the topic of her dream.

Izuku Midoriya was a weird guy on the surface. Since she’d gotten to know him though, he’d proven himself a steadfast friend who stood up for what he believed in and always wanted to do the right thing, even at great cost to himself. She’d felt herself growing much closer to the guy recently, especially after his whole ‘I am the next All Might’ revelation. Ochako and Tsuyu were clearly head over heels for him, and Tooru had sought their permission to court the dude too. Now Mina was wondering if she should ask about doing the same.

Everyone clearly saw how much she lusted after him during their sleepover once he’d revealed ‘dem abs. She’d overacted a little but she knew it was based on genuine attraction. Was it a tad superficial to be attracted to hot bods? Maybe, but Mina knew that was just the spark that caught her eye. Izuku hadn’t spoken a word to her since, beyond a few smiling nods in the common room and at dance practise yesterday, and she was eager to pick his brains about how he felt, maybe seeing if he had room on his dating wait list for her.

Picking her phone back up, she clicked onto the messaging application and punched in Ochako, Tsuyu and Tooru’s numbers for a new chat she labelled ‘Izuku Appreciation Club’. While she wanted to go hunt down the greenette for a chat, she knew it may turn a bit heated after what they’d all experienced together and, unlike Tooru, she was going to keep everyone in the loop beforehand. She didn’t hold it against her girlfriend, but the invisible git was a bit cheeky at luring Izuku into a very risqué situation when he was still reeling from having to trust them all suddenly.

Her mind made up, she bit her lip as she typed in the first message of the new chat.

Alien Queen: Sup girls, figured Id make this chat for… reasons ;)

It took a few minutes for another message to come through which Mina spent nervously playing with her feet.

Invisi-badass: Ooo, fun new chat.

Alien Queen: Yeah… I think its necessary

Invisi-badass: You got it too now?

Alien Queen: Can you blame me?

Invisi-badass: It was the muscles wasn’t it?

Alien Queen: …maybe

Frog Queen: Don’t lie Mina, you want him up in your guts don’t you. ;)

Alien Queen: … The thought had crossed my mind

Frog Queen: And you thought the best way to ask was to text?

Alien Queen: At least I’m telling you about potentially naked things… Tooru. :P

Invisi-badass: Biiiitch -_-

Gravity Girl: Okay but jokes aside… are you just after some mattress time or more?

Mina sighed as she looked at Ochako’s first and last message. Yeah, she certainly wanted to see what the boy was like in the sack, but only after he’d joined them. It wasn’t like she was looking for a one night stand or something. One thing she’d reflected on since first getting Momo off ages ago was that things felt so much better when the feelings were definitely reciprocal.

Alien Queen: I want to have the chance to see if there’s more there, just like you guys. I get that you lot have first dibs, Im jus looking for permish to let him know im interested, just like I did you ‘Chako.

Gravity Girl: And look how our first date turned out -_-

Mina had to giggle at that. She certainly wouldn’t mind if another first date turned out that way.

Frog Queen: We’ve got no answer back yet from him about ourselves.

Frog Queen: Look, he’s not ours, but can I just say that I’m kinda worried it may put more pressure on him and he may say ‘no’ to all of us.

Invisi-badass: No, it’s a fair point, you two are first in line and stuff.

Mina almost dropped her phone she was so focused on the chat, interrupted by a knock at her door.

“Y-Yes?” She called out, realising she was still only in her comfy shirt and panties.

“It’s me.” Ochako’s voice called out from the other side of the wood.

“Ah, two secs.” Mina replied, reluctantly breaking her warmth cocoon.

Striding over to her door, shivering slightly as she stepped from her rug onto the cold wooden floor, she opened it and hid behind the wood so no one on the boy’s side could get a sneaky peek at her. Ochako slipped inside and shut the door, dressed in her more dorm appropriate casual wear.

“Hey.” She smiled at the pinkette, giving her a brief once over that resulted in a small blush when she noticed Mina’s distinct lack of bottoms.

“Like what’cha see?” Mina giggled, giving the girl a cheeky wink before heading back over to her bed.

Ochako paused as she watched Mina climb back in and under the covers, reluctantly blushing after checking out her ass.

“Were… were you just-”

“No.” Mina deadpanned, rolling her eyes at the implication. If she was, her purple toy would’ve been out. “I’ve just been a lazy slug this morning. Not everything is about sex you naughty girl.”

Ochako chuckled lightly, walking over to Mina’s bed and taking a seat on the side.

“I guess that is kinda what I’m here about.”

“Okay… but you do me first.” Mina winked again.

“Mina… serious time please?” Ochako asked with a pleading look.

“Y-Yeah, okay.” Mina sighed, a light blush on her face at the minor scolding.

“So… what brought this on?” The gravity girl asked, reaching out to rub up and down Mina’s legs comfortingly above the covers.

“Stupid, sexy dreams.” Mina huffed.

“‘Cause of what we saw?”

“Well yeah.” Mina sighed, hiding her face with her covers a bit. “I know it’s selfish of me and stuff but it worked out for all of us so far. Do… you really mind if I let him know I’m interested too?”

Ochako scooted a bit closer to her girlfriend and reached out to cup her face.

“I’m… not gonna lie, all of this is still a bit weird for me at times.” She chuckled lightly. “But you’re right, it’s been great so far. If Izuku thinks so too then that’s fine. I think we were just a little worried you’d go a little too far too fast after… how you reacted on Friday.”

“Sorry,” Mina nodded before admitting, “I was horny and a little nervous.”

“I think we all were.” Ochako chuckled, her blush intensifying at the memories of the game and the follow up one where she and Izuku got each other off. “But you genuinely want to see if there’s more there? L-Like with me?”

“Well, maybe not exactly like you.” Mina smirked. “I don’t think he’s ready for middle of the woods sex just yet.”

Ochako slapped Mina’s sheets playfully while the pinkette giggled.

“You know what I mean.” She puffed out her cheeks.

“I got it.” Mina held her hands up in surrender.

“Look, I know you’re much better at this social stuff than I am so can you just promise me you’ll not push things too far when you talk to him?” Ochako asked nervously. “I really want this to end well.”

“It will hun.” Mina sat up and rested her own hand on Ochako’s leg now. “I promise, I won’t do anything to ruin things between him and you.”

The brunette smiled gratefully at her pink haired girlfriend who returned an earnest smile.

“Better fuckin’ not.” Ochako glared teasingly, “Else you’re gonna have to take his place.”

“W-What?” Mina baulked.

“You’d got the hair for it.” Ochako noted, “Maybe grab some green dye and one of Momo’s toys.”

Mina laughed, leaning forward into Ochako as the two shared a hug.

“Thanks ‘Chako.” Mina said, grateful her girlfriend wasn’t too mad about also asking out her crush.

“Just have to ask though… you’re not planning to go full ‘Hagakure’ on us and get him naked as soon as you can, right?”

“She’s never gonna live that down.” Mina giggled, shaking her head fondly at her invisible girlfriend’s antics.

Their phones both pinged again at the latest message to come into their shared chat. It had been going throughout their talk but they’d both ignored it in favour of their current discussion. Mina pulled back from their hug and grabbed her phone from the side, popping open the chat and sharing it with her girlfriend.

Frog Queen: It’s not about being first in line, it’s about Izuku’s feelings too.

Invisi-badass: But what if he wants it? What if he says ‘yes’ then turns around after the concert and says he wanted a group orgy with all four of us, you’d be happy to go for it?

Invisi-badass: Hello?

Frog Queen: Don’t say stuff like that and not expect me to get horny.

Invisi-badass: HA, horny toad.

Frog Queen: Mina, control your girlfriend.

The pair laughed at the messages the pair had exchanged in their absence.

“I think Tsu needs some Izuku time herself.” Mina observed.

“You literally cannot talk.” Ochako deadpanned, shaking her head in exasperation.

“Hey… you wanna tease her a little?” Mina grinned cheekily.

Ochako narrowed her eyes.

“How?”

Mina pulled her legs out from under the covers and took Ochako’s hand in her own.

“We’re gonna send her a little picture is all.”

“Is this gonna result in us losing our morning?” Ochako blushed, getting the implication at where this was going.

“I mean… do you wanna?” Mina asked, now a little nervous she’d overstepped.


Tsuyu sighed as she checked her phone for the fifth time in ten minutes. Not a peep from Ochako or Mina since her last text about Tooru. It was hard enough to focus on her homework this morning without this latest distraction from Mina. She didn’t need reminding how much she liked Izuku but that was clearly just a façade so the pinkette could ask about joining them

Admittedly, it sent pleasant shivers through her when she imagined all five of them wrapped in each other’s embrace. She certainly wouldn’t mind if Mina got to know Izuku better and become his girlfriend too, she just really wanted her turn first.

Tossing her pen on her desk, she gave up trying to focus for now. Tsuyu had indulged in a brief teasing session when Tooru had so casually brought up the idea of an orgy between them all and now she was paying for it. Her libido was annoyingly sensitive at times and wouldn’t go away until she got off.

Standing up to make her way to her bed, she paused as her phone finally pinged with another message. Tsuyu hoped this one was from the missing pair to ease her feelings on the matter.

Her eyes widened to the size of saucers and her breath caught as she opened the image response.

Alien Queen: Got me a Cutie Pie to help scratch the itch for now. I think I can hold off chatting to him for a bit longer.

Below that was a picture of Mina’s pussy with a pair of Ochako’s fingers almost knuckle deep inside her.

“Ribbi~it.” Tsuyu moaned lustily as her core pulsed in need.

Her phone pinged again.

Alien Queen: Either of you two need some relief, come join us. ;)

Invisi-badass: OMW!

Tsuyu almost hit the ground from tripping over her own feet getting out the door. Studying could wait for now and if doing something like this would help keep Mina at bay just a little longer until Izuku got his own feelings in order then she was more than happy to come join.


Once Monday rolled around, class 1-A returned to the grind as normal. Their walk to the main campus building was more enjoyable than ever with plenty of decorations and stalls nearly complete and ready for next Saturday. Everyone seemed to be in good spirits.

Everyone except for Kyoka Jiro.

Her morning was full of anxiety and nerves. After a few words with Izuku and Momo over the weekend, she’d asked them both to come with her at lunch to Recovery Girl’s office so she wouldn’t be alone when she enquired about depression. Both her friends were happy to go with her of course and, though the morning was as tough as ever with classwork, Kyoka felt her determination falter the closer lunch drew near.

When the bell went, she practically jumped in her seat as everyone began packing their workbooks and equipment away. Once everyone packed up, Izuku and Momo hung back as the rest of the class filed out of the classroom for lunch. The remaining girls began chatting casually by the door while waiting for their last two to join them but Momo managed to get them to go on without them, citing some private business. The girls were a tad worried but relented quickly as Momo assured them it wouldn’t take all of lunch.

Once free of prying eyes, the trio took their leave towards Recovery Girl’s office, standing around outside as Momo and Izuku waited for Kyoka to be the one to knock.

“Are you ready hun?” Momo asked, taking Kyoka’s hand in hers and giving her a small squeeze.

“Y-Yeah… just… nerves.”

“We’ll be right here if you need us.” Izuku smiled in what he hoped was a reassuring manner. Kyoka sent him one back, reaching out to give his own hand a squeeze before taking a few, calming breaths.

She didn’t say anything further, just knocking on the door.

“Come in.” Recovery Girl’s matronly voice called out.

Kyoka slid the door open, her breath held as she stepped across the threshold, flanked closely by her friends.

“What can I do for…” Recovery Girl smiled at the new arrivals, having been tapping away at her computer, only to catch sight of Izuku and level a glare at him. “What now?”

“Ah, i-it’s not me this time.” Izuku brushed off.

“It’s… me.” Kyoka bit her lip, hearing Momo slide the door closed behind them for some extra privacy.

It seemed there had been no training accidents so far today as both beds were empty. That was reassuring for the normally more reserved punk girl as she quickly sat on the stool by Recovery Girl’s desk.

“So… um… I’m here about… my um… mental health.” Kyoka began nervously.

“Ah, I see.” The matronly hero gave the girl her full attention now, turning her chair to face her. “Well first things first then, do you want these two to wait outside?”

“No… please. T-They can stay.” Kyoka said quickly.

Recovery Girl gave the pair a cursory glance, as though evaluating them. Izuku and Momo couldn’t help but both stand a little straighter, hoping they passed whatever the heroine was measuring them against.

“Very well.” She relented, clicking a few icons on her computer with one hand as a new window popped into existence. “What can I help you with today?”

“I’d… like to be tested for… depression.” Kyoka released a big sigh, her shoulders slumping somewhat.

“Ah, I was wondering when we’d start seeing you.” Recovery Girl nodded, tapping away on her keyboard once more. “I’m surprised it’s taken this long to be honest.”

“What do you mean Ma’am?” Momo asked curiously. “You were expecting us?”

“Well, at least some of you.” Recovery Girl answered. “Your class has gone through an awful lot so far. I was beginning to worry you were all trying to be overly stubborn like this one.” She gestured at Izuku who sweat dropped in response.

“A-Actually I um… think I’ve had it for a while.” Kyoka admitted. “S-Since I was in middle-school.”

“Oh?” Recovery Girl tilted her head. “Well at least you’ve seen sense to come and get yourself checked out now.”

With the press of a button, Recovery Girl’s printer whirred to life as a single sheet of paper was printed. The matron quickly retrieved it and presented it, along with a pen, to the girl in front of her.

“Please fill this out as honestly as you can. If you’re not sure of something, let me know.” Recovery Girl smiled warmly at her charge. “As for you two, stand over there so you don’t peek.” She gestured over by the bed.

Momo and Izuku stepped over to the other side of the room so Kyoka could have some modicum of privacy while she answered whatever questions she had to. The heiress shot her girlfriend a reassuring look while Izuku gave her a shy thumbs up, still not quite knowing how best to comfort the girl.

Kyoka allowed a small smile to grace her face before she focused on the paper at hand.

It seemed it was some sort of self-assessment thing. The questions varied to a degree but all had the same theme: tiredness, hopelessness and a couple about self-harm. Much to her surprise, she found herself answering rather positively given all the multiple choice options she was presented with. She had no trouble getting up, she was eating plenty and hadn’t ever self-harmed. There were a couple that she answered more negatively though, like her anxiety keeping her awake and her self-confidence being a worry.

Once finished, she nervously presented it to Recovery Girl. It didn’t take long for the heroine to make a few marks with her red pen before tallying something up.

“Well dear, it seems you have a very minor case of depression all things considered.” Recovery Girl announced with a smile. “I wouldn’t recommend any medicine for you, just good old fashion exercise, diet and plenty of time talking to close friends in your support network.”

Kyoka blinked dumbly, unsure how to respond to that.  Momo seemed very pleased with the result while Izuku let out a breath he’d been holding in relief.

“C… Can I… take it again?” Kyoka asked.

Recovery Girl’s smile dropped as she studied the girl before her curiously, raising an eyebrow.

“What for? Did you try to answer what you believe you should be?” She chided.

“N-No.” Kyoka sighed. “I… just… I’m not as bad as I… was.” The girl wrapped her arms around herself protectively. “B-Being at UA has been great but… I know I’ve… been worse before.”

“Ahhh, I see.” Recovery Girl nodded sagely. “Let’s have another look then.”

Once more her printer whirred to life as a duplicate test popped out and was passed to Kyoka.

Momo looked on nervously, biting her lip at her powerlessness right now. Izuku was feeling somewhat similar, wanting to reassure the girl once again. When he noticed, Momo’s hands clenching and unclenching with her own anxiety, he offered his own to squeeze to at least offer some comfort to her. She gave him a small smile, slipping her hand into his own, much rougher one, as Kyoka resumed answering the questionnaire.

This paper presented a much less optimistic look into Kyoka’s brain. She’d cast her mind back to her lowest point, when kitchen knives and busy streets full of cars began looking very appealing as an escape. At her worst, she’d never attempted any kind of self-harm, but she definitely wouldn’t have minded if it all just ended for her in some freak accident. A lot of the bottom options were selected and presented back to Recovery Girl who let out a much more resigned sigh at the answers.

“When was this dear?” She asked, not revealing her diagnosis yet.

“A-About a year before UA.” Kyoka answered, looking down at her knees and gripping them tightly.

“I see.” Recovery Girl said simply. “Well, if you had presented me with this, I would be much more worried for you. I would’ve recommend you leave the hero course immediately and get on medication as soon as possible.”

Momo let out a gasp, her free hand covering her mouth as her eyes prickled with tears. Recovery Girl paid her no mind as she tapped at her computer once more.

“I’m going to leave a note in your file but that’s just for future reference.” She explained. “As it is, you seem to have gone from having a severe case to only a mild one. That is, if you were being truthful the first time.” Recovery Girl sent Kyoka a challenging glare.

“Y-Yes Ma’am.” Kyoka nodded quickly, glad she had no reason to lie with the safety net of her friends nearby.

“Good.” The matron’s face brightened instantly. “I’m not going to recommend any medicines to treat you at this time but please come see me if you feel yourself relapsing.”

“C-Can’t you give me some so… I never have to worry.”

“Oh deary,” Recovery Girl gave her a sad smile, reaching for her Kamui Woods pez dispenser. “Medicine has come a long way but that’s just not how depression works I’m afraid. Hand please.”

Kyoka held out her hand as instructed as she was given a pair of sweets from the dispenser. With all she’d learned last Friday about the Arbor quirked hero, she found herself wondering if Recovery Girl knew about him.

“Um… do you… happen to know about K-Kamui Woods?” She asked nervously.

“Ah, you saw his special too I’m guessing.” Recovery Girl nodded. “Is that what brought this on?”

“A-A little.” She shot Izuku a nervous look as he was technically the one that brought back her worst memories.

“I’m glad he’s able to open up about himself, he was a bit of a wreck when I diagnosed him.”

“That was you?” Izuku couldn’t help asking.

“I was just passing through.” Recovery Girl turned to him. “I can’t divulge the details but his was a severe case for which I prescribed meds. I don’t think he’ll ever be off them to be honest.”

“Why isn’t it like that for K-Kyoka?” Momo couldn’t help but ask, wondering if she needed to push to get her girlfriend the same treatment.

“Our brains are all different.” Recovery Girl answered. “Sometimes medicine is necessary to correct something it can’t by itself. It seems this is not the case for you dear.” She turned back to Kyoka with a smile.

“That’s… good.” Kyoka allowed herself a small smile.

Momo looked down at Izuku who looked nothing but happy for her girlfriend. She couldn’t help but be reminded of his own brush with those darker thoughts and wondered if it was worth bringing up now.

“I-Izuku?” Momo leant down to whisper to him. “Do you think you should take the test? B-Because of… back then.”

The greenette looked confused for a moment before giving the heiress an honest smile and shaking his head.

“Thanks Momo, but I’m fine.” He replied. “Ever since starting UA and training myself to master One-For-All, I don’t have those thoughts anymore.”

“That’s good.” Momo smiled.

“H-HEY!?” Recovery Girl suddenly shouted, standing on top of her chair and thrusting her cane towards Izuku. “Are you mad boy?!”

“W-What is it?!” Izuku flinched, looking around wildly.

“What the hell has that giant oaf been telling you?!” Recovery Girl shouted again, waving her cane around with a panicked look on her face.

Kyoka had backed up while Momo had taken a step forward, holding her arm defensively in front of Izuku as she tried to puzzle out what had gotten the healer so rattled.

“O-Oh, shoot.” Izuku suddenly remembered. “I-It’s okay Recovery Girl, t-they both know about my quirk!”

The elderly woman froze in her angry flailing only for her mouth to drop open.

“And you didn’t think to give me any warning?!” She yelled once more, now glaring at the poor greenette.

The other two girls suddenly remembered that Recovery Girl was one of the few outside their group that knew about Izuku and All Might’s shared history. Clearly the boy had forgotten to update her on who was in the know.

“I’m sorry!” He apologised quickly, dropping into a low bow. “It won’t happen again.”

“Hmph.” Recovery Girl scoffed, sitting back down with a deep sigh. “It better not, for my heart rate’s sake. Think of your elders next time you blurt something like that out.”

“I’m sorry.” Izuku apologised again.

Recovery Girl took another look at the two girls who, again, felt like they were being examined for something.

“W-We’re not gonna blurt it out like this idiot.” Kyoka spoke up, the old lady eye making her feel guilty for something she hadn’t even done.

“Y-Yes Ma’am.” Momo bowed lightly. “Izuku placed his trust in us and I can assure you his secret is safe.”

“I see.” Recovery Girl grunted. “Well I’m not going to pry, but if he’s told you this quickly, I guess I should be giving you all the contraception talk before you need it.”

“W-WHAT?!” Kyoka shouted, a blush blitzing onto her face.

Momo let out a sharp squeak, both her hands rising to cup her face as it matched Kyoka’s own red tone while Izuku’s soul briefly left his body.

“Better to be safe than sorry.” Recovery girl quipped, turning back to her computer.

“H-Hell no!” Kyoka shook her head. “I-I’m not… we’re not-”

“S-Sensei, i-it’s not that at all!” Momo mimicked her girlfriend’s action. “I-It’s all of us girls. We… kind of figured out his quirk and got him to tell us.”

“Oh… well that’s different then.” Recovery Girl turned back around. “At least you could consider that payback I guess.” A smirk made its way onto her face as she took in each of the student’s reactions. It was completely unintentional on her part but since it had gotten them all a tizzy she may as well enjoy the revenge.

“Can we go?!” Kyoka rose to her feet, quickly making her way back to the door, pulling it open with a huff.

“Please!” Izuku’s soul returned to his body as he hurried after the girl.

The two quickly left Recovery Girl’s office, a pair of sighs escaping them after they’d passed the threshold. Kyoka stopped and turned, waiting for her girlfriend to catch up so they could put as much distance as they could between them and this awkward as hell conversation.

“Um…” Momo spoke from inside the room. “C-Could I please have the talk anyway? I um… am missing that part of my knowledge.”

Kyoka’s jaw dropped, there was no way this was happening right now.

“My parents figured I didn’t need to know about it so I was never educated on that.” She admitted to the healer with her head bowed. “Could you please teach me what I may have missed?”

“Of course dear.” Recovery Girl nodded, glad to actually have one student seeing sense. “If neither of you two are gonna listen then off to lunch with you.”

Kyoka flinched, torn between staying for a talk she was sure she’d likely never need and escaping while she could.

“I’m just gonna…” She said awkwardly, reaching out for the doors to the office and sliding them closed slowly.

“Fair enough.” Recovery Girl’s voice called out.

“We’ll… just wait here Momo.” Kyoka called out, taking a few steps to the side of the office before resting against the wall. While she didn’t want the talk, she wasn’t going to leave Momo to reel in all that knowledge all alone once the matron was done with her.

“Um…” Kyoka looked over at Izuku who was flexing his hands nervously, looking like he’d rather be anywhere else right now.

“You can go.” Kyoka acknowledged, glad she wasn’t the only one feeling way too awkward right now.

“T-Thanks.” Izuku’s shoulder dropped, shooting her a small smile.

“You too.” She returned it, grateful he’d at least been here for her own thing. “Now get going.” She jerked her head back down the hallway.

The greenette didn’t need any further prompting and did his best Iida impression as he hurried away as fast and stiffly as possible. Kyoka shook her head with a small laugh at his retreating form. It certainly wasn’t how she imagined her talk with the heroine to go but she was grateful for his presence at the very least. Now she could just worry about what had changed between last year and now.

Knowing the talk was going to take a while, the girl allowed herself to slide down the wall and sit on the floor with her knees pulled up. It wasn’t hard for her to spot the differences; she had a solid goal, friends, and she could finally start being herself around them. Since she’d realised she was a lesbian and wrestled with her identity, it had definitely taken its toll on her. Ever since her first kiss with Tsuyu though, things had been better than ever. Sure there were dips here and there, but overall, Kyoka’d been happier these past few months than she ever had.

If anything, this cemented her next goal; she needed to come out to her parents. Regardless of how they reacted, it was something she didn’t want to hide and feel ashamed about anymore.

Releasing a sigh, she began the long process of figuring out exactly how she was going to come out to her folks. That certainly ate up plenty of time as she waited for Momo to finish her lesson with the school doctor.


Bakugo Katsuki had been thinking a lot over the weekend. He was a proud and stubborn fucker when he wanted to be but, after Friday, he’d been unable to rid himself of the extremely slight idea he could be seen as a villain by others. Time in UA notwithstanding, Mina had quite thoroughly beaten into his head that his behaviour from back then was reprehensible and he needed to never do it again else she’d be first in line to kick his ass. Not that she could.

The blond scoffed as he trudged towards the top level of the main building on that Tuesday afternoon. He guessed he should be thankful to the pinkette as she was giving him a second chance he knew he hadn’t really earned yet. Another thing had remained stuck in his head that Friday which was now the reason he was heading up to the office no student wanted to be called to.

Arriving at the top floor, he marched towards the door that held the principal’s nameplate, swallowing nervously as he drew near. Initially he’d planned to do this yesterday but his stubborn ass didn’t feel like it then. A quick catch up talk in private with Mina after practise about how his empathy homework had gone over the weekend had changed his mind however.

Stepping up close, he raised his hand to knock only for the door to swing open by itself.

“Ah, a guest, do come in.” Nezu’s happy voice called out.

Katsuki looked inside the office to spot no one but Nezu present. The… rat(?) was tapping away at his computer diligently. He scoffed and strode inside, hands in his pockets and uniform scruffy just the way he liked it. If the principal cared, he didn’t say anything, instead continuing to type away until the explosion wielding blond had thrown himself down in one of the comfy chairs that sat before Nezu’s desk.

“To what do I owe the pleasure of your visit young Bakugo?” Nezu asked, apparently finished with whatever he was doing and turning to give the boy his full attention.

“I want a pet.” Bakugo stated simply.

“Hmmm?” Nezu blinked twice. “My, it is rare for a surprise like this to fall into my lap.” The principal let out a joyful laugh.

“What of it?” Bakugo growled, his pride telling him he was being mocked. “You wanna volunteer?”

The principal’s laughing stopped suddenly, his lips curling into a dangerous smirk and his eye glinted. Bakugo couldn’t help but feel like the room got just a little bit colder as the atmosphere changed in an instant.

“Thank you for the suggestion, but alas, my days of being in a cage have long since ended.” The principal stated. “However, since we are getting right to the point. Why should I grant you such a request?”

“You uh…” Bakugo hesitated. “That animal guy in my class has a rabbit, right? I just want something like that too.”

“Koji Koda has a quirk that requires an animal presence for particular training. Regardless, coming from someone else in your class, that would be a reasonable request I would grant in a heartbeat. But you’re Bakugo Katsuki, and you always get what you want, don’t you?”

Bakugo baulked, he didn’t like the sound of that, what the fuck was going on?

“I happened to catch a very interesting conversation the other day.” Nezu continued without missing a beat.

He tapped a few keys on his keyboard before spinning the monitor on its stand to point it towards Katsuki. The blond couldn’t help but look and recognise himself and Izuku talking in the corridors when Bakugo had dragged the greenette off for an interrogation about who he’d told about Aldera.

“There’s plenty of sound too if you need your memory jogged.” Nezu offered. “Since then, I decided to do a little digging and investigate exactly what had two of my students almost coming to blows once more in my school corridors. Imagine my surprise when I find a plethora of footage from your time at a certain ‘Aldera’ school just last year.”

Bakugo’s heart just about stopped in that moment. The principal had seen fit to pause and wait for his reaction, offering a glimpse into the maliciousness that still resided deep down inside him towards humans.

“Speechless? I’d expect as much.” Nezu continued after a few moments when no further reaction was forthcoming. Like many in the past, Bakugo had reacted less like a predator and more like prey when confronted with overwhelming helplessness; frozen in shock. “I took the liberty of examining both of your school records while I was at it. While I had expected to see a couple of infractions on both of them, it seems it was Midoriya that was overwhelmingly saddled with the results of your petulance.” Nezu tapped another key, shifting the screen to Bakugo’s school record, “Yours seems to be as squeaky clean as my own fur.”

Bakugo let out a cough as his body declared its need for oxygen to continue processing. This seemed to kick his brain back into gear as he gripped his fists and frowned angrily, trying not to let any other weak emotion show on his face.

“S-So what? I’m not responsible for what those idiot teachers did with that.” He shot back.

“Indeed,” Nezu replied happily, as though he was enjoying a game on easy mode just to mock it. “Though as they say, actions speak louder than words and yours have spoken very, very loudly.”

Katsuki wanted to retort and shout back. Reject and deny that he did anything wrong in the past and reassert his belief that Deku was nothing but a pebble to be kicked out of the way before he ascended to his rightful spot as number one hero in all of Japan.

Now though, even he knew that to be wrong. That what he’d done back then was something to be ashamed about, not proud of. Mina’s re-education of his actions had helped give him perspective he’d lacked for the longest time. Looking at his old, bullying self now, how would he have felt if it was Kirishima being down beaten instead of Izuku while he stood by?

“I… I…” Bakugo grit his teeth as he tried to get his breathing under control. “I’m sorry.”

“Yes, I imagine.” Nezu nodded. “Sorry you got caught that is.”

“No! I mean yes but…” Katsuki let out a deep breath before taking a couple more, trying to organise his thoughts. It was hard enough trying to re-contextualise his life to himself, now he had to explain it to the world’s smartest rat. “Dek… Izuku didn’t do anything wrong. I-It was all… me. I… bullied him and… he didn’t deserve it.”

“Quite.” Nezu agreed. “For someone in your position to torment a quirkless person so relentlessly, it’s almost akin to torture, wouldn’t you agree?”

Bakugo baulked for a moment, not having known Nezu was in on the secret of One-For-All. It was quickly dropped though as he guessed All Might never would’ve been allowed to teach here normally if the rat hadn’t known. Regardless, it seemed nothing had escaped the principal’s gaze and now it lingered on Katsuki’s past.

“I was a stupid kid, a big fish in a small pond. It’s no excuse… but… I can’t change that shit now. I just… have to be grateful to whatever fucking god is out there that De… Izuku didn’t decide to off himself.”

“Our world would look very different if he did I’m sure.” Nezu nodded solemnly. “Though this has nothing to do with our current discussion.”

“Look I… I don’t know what to fucking do, okay?! What do you want from me?” Bakugo shouted, rising to his feet to glare at the principal. “I was a shit back then, and nothing I can do will change that! Now I’m here and… I’m surrounded by people who… who… are fucking better than me!”

“I wouldn’t say young Todoroki and Midoriya are surrounding you.” Nezu offered cheekily.

“N-Not just in fucking strength!” Bakugo scowled. “In… in fucking…” His shoulders dropped, his gaze cast to the floor. “In being a decent fucking person.”

“Ah, yes, then I can see very well how you much feel surrounded. This is primarily a school for heroes after all.”

“No shit.” Bakugo scowled. “And yet here I fucking am.”

“Oh? Are you saying you’re not a hero?”

Bakugo’s lip quirked in disgust.

“Who I was, back in Aldera… that’s not a fucking hero. I get that now.” He sighed bitterly, wishing he could go back and slap some sense into his younger self. He’d learned so much in the short time he’d been at UA and he didn’t just mean academically. His world views had been challenged repeatedly, he’d learned more about how big the world truly was and his tiny existence in a much bigger picture, and that there were things out there that he couldn’t comprehend at first that would rip everything away from him in an instant if they could. “I… want to be better. I know that… I was wrong and I don’t want to repeat that.”

“And a pet will help you achieve this?” Nezu asked incredulously.

“That gu… Koda, he mentioned somethin’ about… villains not reoffending if they had a pet.”

“So you admit that you are the villain in this scenario.”

Katsuki grit his teeth and gripped his hands into tight fists. If he had any chance of leaving this room still being a student at this school, he had to bite the bullet and finally admit it.

“Y-Yes.” He choked out.

“Marvellous, request granted.” Nezu cheered happily.

Bakugo found himself thrown for a loop once more, his anger and frustration taking a back seat to another whiplash in the conversation.

“I believe I can see fit to grant you a pet now you are clearly on the road to redemption. A path so few are strong enough to choose.” Nezu applauded. “To this end, I believe I can admit one animal in an appropriate environment, such as a lizard or hamster, all the way up to a cat or a dog should you wish. I must warn you though, its wellbeing will be entirely up to you. Should I discover the animal is being mistreated in any way, it’ll be you who will be feeling what it is like to become caged.”

Katsuki gulped as Nezu took on a most menacing aura. He could almost see the reaper of souls waiting behind the principal, as though waiting for permission to be unleashed.

“W-What the fuck is your game?!” Bakugo growled at the principal. “Aren’t you gonna fuckin’ expel me or something?!”

“Now why would I do that?” Nezu asked innocently. “While reprehensible, your actions did not take place during your tenure as my student. Granted we may have made a different choice in your admittance had we been aware of this prior to offering you a place here, but you have yet to commit any serious infractions as a student of UA.”

Bakugo blinked dumbly. Was the rat just flat out saying he couldn’t technically do anything about his prior behaviour?

“You are still young, still growing and learning that there’s a lot of things you don’t know about. Considering your progress in only half a year, I’m excited to discover the results by the end of your tenure here.” Nezu descended into lecture mode. “Who am I to turn away a bright young mind who has seen the error of his ways and wishes to change for the better? Second chances are rare in this world but I believe I am a prime example of their power. If not for my giving humanity a second chance, you would all be currently serving under the great Nezu Empire after all.”

The mad cackle the principal let out had Bakugo wondering just how much of that was a joke.

“Regardless,” Nezu calmed himself, turning his computer screen back. “Now that I believe you are making an honest effort to improve and become a hero to be proud of, I see no reason to expel you. Consider your request granted as I said and please give your new pet’s details to Eraserhead once you have talked things over with your parents and made your selection.”

Katsuki gulped, wondering if that was a dismissal as Nezu turned back to his computer and began typing away again. Slowly, he turned his back and began walking towards the door.

“I’m sure you’re eager to get to lunch and return to your studies, however, it seems you have forgotten your manners young Bakugo.” Nezu’s voice called out from behind him.

The blond quickly turned and sunk into a bow.

“Sorry sir. T-Thank you.”

“My pleasure young Bakugo.” Nezu smiled. “Though do be warned, third chances are not something I have ever given.”

Bakugo quickly made his exit after that, closing the door behind him as Nezu’s sadistic laughter rang in his ears. Nonetheless, he seemed to have escaped the office relatively unscathed and gotten the permission he’d wanted. Now he just had to convince the old man and the hag.

Nezu watched the security camera footage of Bakugo stomping away from his office, back in his usual gait with his hands in his pockets. The principal let out a little chuckle at the proud boy’s act.

Truthfully, he hadn’t been as calm and forgiving toward the boy as he outwardly appeared. Watching the footage back of a younger Bakugo tormenting a younger, quirkless Midoriya was more than enough to get his blood pumping and the memories of his time under the thumb of similarly cruel humans roaring to the surface. He’d wanted to extract a pound of flesh there and then on Midoriya’s behalf alone.

After the initial discoveries and reigning in his instincts, he combed through footage of all the pair’s time at UA to ensure the behaviour hadn’t continued under his watch. While he’d found a couple of incidents, such as the one during their first shared combat training, he’d also come across a discussion young Midoriya had with young Ashido regarding the blond.

Like himself, young Ashido was incensed at young Bakugo’s behaviour and wondered why her friend was being so forgiving. Listening to the bullied boy give his reasons for not giving up on his old friend had stirred compassion in Nezu’s heart. Instead of striking out, admittedly in the name of justice, he would respect the boy’s wishes and give young Bakugo the benefit of the doubt, but only if he admitted his behaviour was villainous in the past and he showed a genuine attempt to want to improve.

It was a tall test for one who’d displayed such a large amount of arrogance prior to attending UA but it seems that the student dorms had done more good than just allowing the school to better protect their charges. Rubbing elbows with those he would’ve considered lesser in the past had opened up the angry boy to new ideas and he was willing to give them a try.

Nezu let out a sigh, climbing down from his chair and walking over to the large window where he could overlook the school grounds. Down below, he spied a number of students chatting and enjoying the autumn weather with a few playing in a pile of leaves that had been gathered.

What he hadn’t told Bakugo was the concerning trend of students accepted at his former school. There was a surprisingly high number of kids with emitter quirks and a worrying lack of those with heteromorphic quirks. It didn’t take a genius to figure out something was fishy.

Further investigation into the environment the two boys grew up in revealed disturbing, quirkist implications. Nezu had already submitted his findings to the police and expected it would be a while for further evidence to be gathered and arrests made as they conducted their own investigation but there was no denying the evidence already present.

Nezu hoped that the issues were purely down to some out of date beliefs held by a small population of teachers in power that he could crush unapologetically. He knew better though. This had been going on far longer than just the couple years that the two boys had attended; someone else was pulling the strings and hiring sympathisers to do their dirty work.

He snarled at the thought of instilling such hate into those who were trusted to your care. As a fellow educator, he took great offence at the thought of someone perverting the system like that to promote their own agenda. That young Bakugo had managed to secure a spot in UA after being unknowingly indoctrinated caused him great worry. How many other heroes out there secretly held onto beliefs like this that had passed through corrupted education institutes?

On the surface, it reeked of Creature Rejection Clan beliefs but that could’ve just been a cover. Returning to his desk, Nezu continued working away to try and unearth who was really behind instilling such misguided beliefs in the youth of tomorrow.


Mina had been trying to hold herself back.

Both Monday and today she’d been a good girl and ignored her brain and libido. Nevertheless, she kept on glancing at the recent green haired person of her affections out of the corner of her eye during lessons for both days and now she’d lost the battle to delay herself any longer. 

Classes wound down for the day again with all the students of 1-A packing up their stuff while their teacher predictably zipped up inside his sleeping bag for his latest nap. As the festival was fast approaching, it was practically all anyone could talk about outside class as anxiety and anticipation rose.

As usual, the girls gathered outside the classroom to begin their trek back to the dorms. Mina was the last to join, having kept an eye on Izuku and hoping he didn’t leave too quickly.

“Hey guys.” She quickly announced. “You go on ahead without me, I’m gonna hang back and… chat.”

Tsuyu and Ochako levelled a deadpan glare at the girl, knowing exactly what this was about. Apparently their efforts to delay her, along with Tooru’s help in a very enjoyable Sunday morning for the four of them, had only staved her off for a few days.

“Really? Now?” Tsuyu asked.

“Hey, I’m not gonna do anything.” Mina held her hands up in defence.

“Yeah, right.” Kyoka scoffed with a knowing smirk.

“Thousand yen she kisses him.” Tooru giggled, ensuring she kept her voice low as other classmates passed them.

“Sucker’s bet.” Ochako shook her head exasperatedly.

“I’m sorry, have I missed something?” Momo asked curiously.

“We’ll fill you in.” Tsuyu stated before beginning to lead the group down the hall. “Good luck Mina.”

Mina shot the frog girl a grateful smile along with Ochako who gave her a thumbs up. Tooru held back and gave her a small kiss on the cheek before hurrying along with the other girls. It warmed her heart that they all supported what was essentially her ‘butting in’ into an ongoing confession.

Hanging back, she spied Izuku walking out of the classroom with that typical excited smile on his face while he chatted to Iida. Their blue haired class president was a stickler for the rules and overly enthusiastic about obeying them sometimes but she could appreciate the passion and enthusiasm he poured into his role. Didn’t mean she didn’t also find him a bit of a stick in the mud, but unless he went full authoritarian on them it was fine.

“Hey guys, what’cha chatting?” Mina inquired, a friendly smile on her face.

“Ah Ashido, we were just discussing our progress for the upcoming performance. I believe your instructions have been most beneficial to Midoriya though I seem to find myself still lacking your grace and dexterity in places.”

“Bah, that’s just your style Iida.” Mina waved the boy away before a cheeky smirk graced her lips. “I’m better at dancing, you’re better at knowing all those laws and rules and stuff, and Midori is best at taking down girls.”

Both boys immediately stiffened with Izuku looking very sheepish.

“A-Ashido! You know that was only a training exercise, how could you possibly imply tha-”

“Chill class prez’, it was just a joke.” Mina stuck out her tongue. “Midori left a hell of an impression last Friday, I’ll tell you that much.” She shot the greenette a wink before rubbing her stomach.

Izuku’s face descended into a fierce blush as Iida chopped his hand frantically.

“Be that as it may, please be more considerate when choosing your words lest someone get the wrong idea.”

“Yeah, yeah, I gotcha.” Mina shook her head. “Anyway, I just wanted to catch up with Midori, see if you got the new steps down for when you need to duck out.”

“Ah yes, your new responsibility.” Iida nodded, turning to his friend. “I must say it’s quite admirable for you to take on extra like this to truly elevate our class’ performance to even greater heights.”

“I-It’s nothing.” Izuku rubbed the back of his head as he spoke for the first time in the conversation. “I want everyone to have the best time so I’m happy to do it, really.”

“Don’t be so modest Midoriya, not everyone would be so willing.” Iida shot his friend a smile.

“He’s got a point.” Mina nodded sagely.

“O-Okay.” Izuku shyly relented. “But everyone else is doing a great job too.”

“Indeed, I believe with all our efforts we’ll be able to put on a performance to remember.” Iida agreed.

“Hells yeah!” Mina cheered, fist pumping. “Let’s keep that energy up for the festival Iida. In the meantime, maybe try to loosen up just a little more, yeah?”

“Agreed, I was planning on doing some extra practise today.” The blue haired boy nodded, accepting his own shortcoming.

“Awesome, do you mind getting started on that while I snag Midori?”

“Uh… okay?” Iida blinked, believing he’d missed a social cue for the conversation to become private somewhere. “I… shall… see you later then I guess Midoriya.”

“Sure thing.” Izuku waved to the speedster as he set off down the corridor.

Once he was out of earshot, Izuku turned back to Mina who was focussed squarely on him now all their classmates had disappeared.

“Is… something wrong?” Izuku asked nervously, wondering if it was related to anything they’d done last week.

“Nothing you’ve done, don’t worry.” Mina brushed off. “Just wanted to have a chat about… everything.” She waggled her eyebrows.

“A-Ah… y-yeah, I guess we can.” Izuku sweatdropped.

“Don’t be so worried Midori, all good things.” She smiled, hooking him by the arm with hers and leading him away. Having grown somewhat used to Mina’s outgoing nature, though still not entirely comfortable with it, Izuku allowed himself to be led for the first part before matching her pace as the two settled into conversation.

“So, did you enjoy yourself last Friday?” Mina asked casually, as though they totally didn’t get up to things that would make a whore blush.

“Y-Y-Yes.” Izuku admitted. “It um… was very enlightening.”

“Not the word I’d use but I think we all learned a thing or two.” Mina giggled.

“T-Thank you by the way.” Izuku smiled. “I know it must’ve been hard to come to terms with… everything you learned about me. I’m glad you were all so accepting.”

“Pffft, please.” Mina scoffed. “We’re going to be heroes, ain’t no little thing like the end of the world gonna stop us from being your friend. Even if you do have some freaky quirk.”

“I guess.” Izuku nodded. “But… I was more talking about… me.”

“You?” Mina tilted her head while looking at the boy.

The pair had emerged into the open air of the grounds with the dance instructor leading the way to their shared bench. All around them the sounds of busy students filled the air as UA’s campus became even more colourful than usual.

“Y-Yeah,” Izuku nodded, turning to smile at the girl. “I… know it seems a little soon but… I consider you all really good friends now. I’ve… never had so many so… thank you again.”

‘Too pure!’ Mina felt an affection arrow pierce her heart at the honest joy radiating off the boy. Any other guy would’ve been ecstatic to be invited to an ‘all girls’ sleepover that turned lewd, then here comes their cinnamon roll of a powerhouse who’s just grateful to have made friends.

“You’re sweet.” Mina smiled back, dropping her usual teasing response. “We definitely didn’t count on things ending up like they did; blame Tooru for that.” She chuckled. “But yeah, of course we’re your friends Midori.”

Izuku nodded with a hum of agreement, unable to keep the happy smile off his face.

“Too bad you won’t get to come to another sleepover.” Mina sighed wistfully.

“W-Wha?” Izuku blinked, shaking his head at the non sequitur. It wasn’t that he was expecting another invite, he was just surprised Mina would just mention something like that without reason.

“Yup.” Mina grinned cheekily at him. “We got things all squared away with you from before: no more worries about spilling the beans for you from us and we learned more about the next number one to answer some lingering queries. I’d say we’re all square.”

“Oh… okay.” Izuku mumbled, a little downhearted at being dismissed like that.

“Of course, if you were to accept Tsu, Ochako and Tooru’s feelings, then I guess we could turn ‘girl’s sleepover’ nights into ‘polyamory parties’.” Mina stuck her tongue out at him.

“T-That was mean Mina.” Izuku pouted.

The pinkette couldn’t resist a giggle at the boy’s reaction.

They were approaching their bench and this was a good time for her to segue into what she really wanted to chat about. The pair took their usual spots as Mina leant back against the support, resting her elbows on the top as she took in the fresh air.

“How are ya doin’ with all that?” Mina asked.

Izuku sighed, wringing his hands a little while trying to put his in-progress efforts into words.

“I’m… getting there.” He acknowledged. “I-I’ve done more research on other people that are… i-in relationships like that.”

“Ha, of course you have.” Mina chortled. “But this isn’t all about thinking remember? What about what you feel?”

Izuku bit his lip, not wanting to divulge his inner thoughts about the matter just yet.

“I feel o-oddly excited?” He said in a questioning tone. “L-Like I’m nervous but also k-kinda looking forward to it?”

“Heh, yeah, it was a bit like that for some of us too.” Mina nodded, thinking back to her discussion with Momo when she first proposed actually going through with their plan to become a unit together.

“I want to reply to Tsu and Ochako but… I’m still working on figuring out exactly what to say.”

“Not Tooru?” Mina asked, a drop of concern rising for her Starlight.

“H-Her too but um… T-Tsu and Ochako asked first.” Izuku admitted.

Mina nodded, understanding his logic but still thinking he should just accept them all at once.

“Actions speak louder than words dude, just lay a kiss on them and they’ll understand.”

Izuku blushed. “E-Easy for you to say.”

“It wasn’t at first I can tell ya.” Mina smirked. “There were teething problems and stuff but we got through it. At its heart, we’re still friends, we just added some benefits onto the end of it really.”

“Y-Yeah.” Izuku felt his face and another part of him heating up.

“You very much enjoyed that part of last Friday too I’m guessing.”

“O-Obviously.” He retorted in a hushed voice, as though someone would put two and two together from overhearing Mina’s words.

“Three girlfriends is a lot though Midori. Think you can handle it?”

“I don’t know.” Izuku gulped nervously, “B-But I want to t-try it… i-if that’s okay?”

Mina laughed, pulling him into a one-armed hug.

“‘Course it is you silly bean. I’ve got five and I’m doing pretty well. You aren’t going to lose to me are you?”

Izuku chuckled, relaxing into the hug and resting a hand on Mina’s leg since he couldn’t wrap his arm around her in return.

“I’ll try not to.”

“Do, or do not. There is no try.” Mina chuckled, quoting a famous movie she was sure he would’ve seen, drawing out a small grin from the boy. She breathed deeply as she prepared her own brand of confession. “But you know… I think, you could probably handle another one. Think you could go for four girlfriends?”

“F-Four?” Izuku blinked in confusion.

It didn’t take him long to realise what was being implied as Mina’s hug grew just a tad tighter.

“I mean, I know I’m pretty late to the game.” She laughed, a touch of nervousness sinking into her voice. “B-But um… s-since it sounds like you might be joining us all anyway… do you mind if I throw my hat into the ring?”

“Y-You?” Izuku mumbled, parroting Mina’s earlier bewilderment.

“Yeah.” Mina nodded, reaching out to rest her free hand on Izuku’s own. “I mean… we’re pretty good friends now, you said so yourself. I know I like you enough to consider it even if I weren’t in this big ol’ relationship with the other girls but, if I’m honest, you kinda sealed the deal when you displayed ‘dem muscles to me. I… kinda have a thing for toned bodies; guy or girl.”

“I-I… wow M-Mina t-that’s um…” Izuku blustered, his blush returning as his mind short circuited, offering no help.

“The girls all know by the way.” Mina giggled. “I’m not pulling a ‘Tooru’ and gonna steal some naked time alone with you in the woods.”

“I-I should hope not,” He chuckled nervously, thinking about Hatsume’s recent testing activity with her latest ‘Third Eye’ baby. “People tend to go exploring in there.”

“I’m sure we could find some quiet spots.” Mina giggled. “But anyway um… yeah. Like the others, I’m not expecting an answer right now or anything, just wanted you to know so… you know.”

“Y-Yes. I got it.” Izuku nodded stiffly.

“You don’t sound overjoyed.” Mina chuckled, trying to cover her anxiety.

“S-Sorry. I’m just a bit surprised.” Izuku admitted, turning to give the girl a nervous smile. “I-It still feels really weird to me, o-other people thinking I’m special and stuff.”

“I know.” Mina smiled, “But get used to it. Being the number one is gonna be a lot more intimidating than getting a confession from me. Everyone will know you’re special then, though not in the way that matters and I’m not talking about your quirk.”

Izuku blushed, his eyes fixed on his and Mina’s hands.

“I… think you’re really special too. E-Even just as a friend. You always know how to make everyone feel welcome and seen. I guess that’s why Tooru and you have such a strong relationship.”

“Yeah, she’s great.” Mina nodded, looking away with a small blush of her own at Izuku’s praise.

The two sat there in a comfortable silence for a few moments, each just enjoying the company and companionship as they debated what to say next.

“I guess,” Izuku spoke up, “Y-You really did want some mint then?”

Mina grinned at Izuku’s teasing. If he wanted to do this, then he needed to be prepared.

“Seems I did.” She nodded. “And now, I’m asking if you want some strawberry.”

“It… is d-delicious.” Izuku blushed, trying to maintain his nerve.

“You haven’t tasted my brand yet.” Mina smirked.

“No… but, I’d like to give it a try.” Izuku squeezed her hand a little.

The pinkette couldn’t keep the excited smile off her face, her toes flexing and her breath quickening from the implications they were both laying out there. Izuku knew now what their group relationship entailed, even if he wasn’t ready yet, he was clearly giving her some very good signs.

“I’m warning you now, you might get addicted.” Mina giggled. “It’s a very intense flavour.”

“S-Sounds like a fun c-challenge.”

“Oh, very fun.”

“I think I can do it.”

“Might get a little messy.”

“T-Then I’ll just have to um… l-lick the bowl clean.”

Mina had to let out a controlled breath after that. Izuku was pressing some fun buttons but she couldn’t give in to her lust. Not just yet anyway. Instead, she decided to lay her cards on the table and see if Izuku backed down. If he didn’t, there would likely be a broken bed in their future by the time they were done.

“I think we both know where this is going,” Mina purred looking into Izuku’s eyes. “Shall I take it that’s a tentative ‘yes’ to future things?”

“Y-Yeah.” Izuku admitted, his big hopeful eyes looking back into hers. “A-As like um, a-actual b-boyfriend g-girlfriend stuff too, yes?”

“Of course.” Mina nodded before leaning in and whispering into Izuku’s ear. “But after that, we’re gonna fuck.” Izuku immediately stiffened, both his posture and something else. “You’re gonna take me back to the dorms after a date and I’m going to milk you dry. I want to choke on your cock, get fucked into the floor and covered in your cum. I, want, you, to ruin me.”

Izuku was letting out hot and heavy breaths at Mina’s words. His cock was fighting against the confines of his underwear and Mina glanced down obviously at it before licking her lips seductively.

“You’ll lick the bowl clean alright,” Mina purred again. “But I won’t leave a drop myself.”

A pair of soft lips made contact with his cheek as Izuku’s breath caught. With that, Mina pulled back with a knowing smile before taking a deep breath herself and standing up. Unlike Izuku, she didn’t have to worry about her horniness being visible to others.

“Well, I better head off before anything else happens.” She declared, grabbing her backpack. “I look forward to our date, I-zu-ku.” The cheeky girl waved before setting off back to the dorms. The poor boy she’d teased could only sit there with a completely stunned look on his face, his brain and hormones still trying to comprehend what exactly just happened.

After a few deep breaths, and a few minutes to allow his stiff problem to clear itself, Izuku rose to his feet before following after the girl. When he got back to the dorms and the safety of his room though, he immediately divested himself of his clothing and allowed his reigned-in imagination to break free, picturing all the different scenarios he could envision Mina’s words hinting at. Needless to say he went through a number of tissues before he was able to get anything else productive done that day.


The rest of the week passed quickly with nerves and anticipation climbing higher with each passing day. Practises were now about refining everything rather than adding anything new and both Kyoka and Mina felt their teams were ready for the concert.

The effects group had done a solid job procuring all the equipment they’d need for the show and, by Friday evening, they were putting the last few things in place in the school gym ready for tomorrow. With one last dance rehearsal on stage so that everyone knew their positioning when the time came, the class as a whole felt confident in their preparations.

Though their class was due to perform, it was only a few sets throughout the day at set times. Apart from then, they could enjoy the festival to their heart’s content. As a result, decorations and stalls now littered the areas outside the school where students of various classes and clubs had made their own final preparations.

After being chided out of the gym on Friday at nine pm by a grumpy Hound Dog, the class returned to the dorms to rest up for the next day. Some, like Bakugo and Koda, went to bed early while others decided to stay up just a bit longer to chat with everyone and revel in their own excitement.

“Dudes, we’re gonna totally rock it out tomorrow!” Kaminari cheered, unable to keep the excitement from boiling over as he fist pumped enthusiastically.

“Those other classes aren’t gonna know what hits ‘em.” Kirishima matched his energy.

“We’re gonna be superstars!” Tooru joined in.

“Jeez, save that energy for the actual performance.” Kyoka sighed, watching the trio hype each other up from the couch. “I’m not gonna forgive you if you’re tired before we play tomorrow Kaminari.”

“Please, I gots plenty of energy.” Kaminari grinned. “You’re a hell of a teacher and I think I see a few lovely ladies phone numbers coming my way when they hear my axe work.”

“Yeah, a bunch of them calling one one zero all at the same time to get the police to cart you off stage.” Sero teased, relaxing on the other sofa.

“Ooo burn.” Mina grinned, leaning on the back of the sofa by Sero. “Everyone’s eyes are gonna be on my totally rockin’ dance crew though. We got the moves!”

“Tomorrow’s gonna be fun but… I’m kinda nervous.” Ochako worried, “I just hope I don’t mess up and make a fool of myself on stage.”

“You won’t, ribbit.” Tsuyu reassured the girl. “Everyone’s probably got a little stage fright right now but we’ve practised enough to see it through.”

“Yeah,” Ochako nodded with a touch of determination. “Still… it’s making me queasy just to think about. I’m gonna head to bed before I worry myself silly.”

“Sounds good,” Tsuyu nodded, moving to go with the girl.

“Night you two.” Momo called out as she brought over a tray of tea to the sitting area for everyone to indulge in. “If anyone wishes to enjoy a calming brew before bed, please help yourselves.”

“No way Yaomomo! You’re not killing this high.” Tooru declared, bouncing on the spot.

“I think I’ll definitely have a cup… or two.” Kyoka mumbled, pouring herself one as Momo sat beside her.

“You don’t have anything to worry about Kyoka.” Momo smiled earnestly. “I’m sure you’ll show everyone just how fantastic you are.”

The music girl held back a blush as she took a careful sip of her tea. It was nerve wracking enough having to play in front of so many people but she was also doing it with her girlfriend as part of the band. She knew she had nothing to fear after so many practises and sessions where Momo expressed only delight in her skills, but she was still on edge. This was totally different from anything she’d ever done before.

“I don’t want to think about it too much anymore tonight.” Kyoka waved away. “Being embarrassed, worrying about what others are thinking… that’ll kill our vibe. We should focus on having fun, that’s what really matters.”

“Yeah, says the girl who was super scared to front the band.” Kaminari teased, confident from beyond the reach of Kyoka’s jacks.

“Sh-Shut up. That was a totally different situation.” Kyoka blushed, leaning over the back of the couch to glare at the electric quirk user.

Momo shot her girlfriend a caring smile as she watched her squabble with the blond. It was clear she was worried for the big day. The heiress was hoping to head to bed herself shortly to settle her own mind and rest before the performance, maybe having a snuggle with her would ease both their minds?

Pulling out her phone, Momo quickly tapped away a private message to the girl in the chat.

Creati: Gonna head to bed. Want to come?

Kyoka felt her phone buzz in her pocket. She gave it a minute before sliding it out and checking the message to try and make it less obvious it was from the heiress.

Deepest Dope: Yes but… I was… gonna ‘calm’ myself down first. Can I have a hand?

Momo shot the girl a small smile but let out a sigh all the same. There was certainly appeal there but she just wanted to go to sleep tonight with no naughty extracurriculars.

Creati: Do you mind if I pass? I was more thinking of just going straight to sleep.

Deepest Dope: Yeah, sure, no problem, I’ll just be in my room tonight then.

Momo spotted Kyoka’s face fall, giving the heiress a somewhat sad smile. She understood the girl’s disappointment and wished she had more energy to give her girlfriend what she clearly needed. A thought came to her in that moment as she looked over at Tooru who was still enthusiastically cheering away with Kirishima as they talked about what they’d been doing over the last few weeks to prepare. A sly smile worked its way onto her face as she regarded Kyoka curiously for a moment.

Creati: I’ve got an idea that may help you and someone else do a bit of relaxing. Are you interested?

The earphonejack girl shot Momo an inquisitive side eye.

Deepest Dope: I mean, kinda, but what do you mean?

Creati: I ask that you trust me and not panic when you return to your room. If the other person agrees, then I look forward to hearing all about it tomorrow.

“I believe I’m going to retire for the evening as well.” Momo announced, standing up and stashing her phone away. “Please, everyone enjoy the tea and I’ll see you all bright and early.”

Several of the other students gave their goodbyes to the heiress as Kyoka regarded her with confusion after reading her latest message.

“Oh, Tooru.” Momo called out as she pressed the button for the elevator, catching the invisible girl’s attention. “I’ve got something that may look really good on you for tomorrow, do you mind coming up and seeing if you’d like it?”

“Huh? Yeah, sure Yaomomo.” Tooru replied, a tad confused but figured Momo could just be talking in code to get her alone.

Kyoka guessed then that Momo was going to set something up between the two of them. Flopping back into her seat, she wondered what exactly her girlfriend was planning. The punkette kept her phone clutched in her hand, waiting for the notification vibration, as the others chatted around her. She briefly noted Izuku mentioning a problem with the rope used to hoist Aoyama but he seemed to have a plan to get it ready before the performance. As long as he was in place at the beginning she didn’t care what he did beforehand.

Her thoughts lingered on the green haired boy for a moment as he chatted with Aoyama, Kaminari and Mina. She was very grateful for his support on Monday and, even though he’d yet to accept, she was coming around to the idea of him being a permanent member of their group. While she doubted they’d ever share the same bonds they did with the other girls, Kyoka knew he’d made a significant impact on her already. It wasn’t every day she wrote a song for someone and yet here she was with a completed one ready to go that was inspired by the boy himself, although technically it would be about their whole group.

Though the class planned to only play a couple songs during the festival, she’d taken some time this week to practise with her acoustic guitar for a small, private performance of an original song to help drive the point home to the idiot about the girls’ combined support for him. While there was nothing planned, she was sure the girls would all enjoy some winding down time in Momo’s room at the end of the day to celebrate their success. Truthfully she’d expected Izuku to have accepted the other pining girls’ feelings by now but maybe this would give him the push to finally commit.

A buzzing in her hand stole her attention as Momo’s latest message came through.

Creati: Everything’s set up. I hope you enjoy.

It seemed it was time for whatever Momo’s surprise was. Kyoka stood up and stretched herself out, feeling a couple kinks work themselves out of her back as she yawned.

“Right, I’m calling it dudes. See you all tomorrow.” She declared, making her way to the elevator and tossing a casual wave over her shoulder for whomever was listening. Kyoka smiled as several wishes of good night, including Izuku and Mina’s, followed after her.

Once on the upper floor, she proceeded carefully back towards her room. Nothing appeared to be amiss for now but Kyoka was sure that would change in short order. Opening her door, she stepped inside the darkened room, flipping her lights on.

Nothing.

Kyoka looked around quickly but again, nothing seemed amiss. Stepping further inside she let out a sigh of relief now that she was in the safety of her room and rubbed at the back of her neck. While she had plans to get herself off, sleep did also sound very appealing too.

Before she could think about doing either of those things any further, she felt a hand grab her wrist as something cold and metal clicked into place around it.

“What the-?!” Kyoka whirled to face whomever had been hiding in her room, only to spot no one. Her mind quickly reminded her that it was Tooru who Momo had spoken to about this unknown event but it was too late to do anything about it as her other wrist was jerked back to meet the other before another click of metal rang out.

“Gotcha Hero!” A cute yet evil voice rang out with a touch of breathlessness as Tooru’s clothes quickly became visible out of the corner of Kyoka’s eyes.

“T-Tooru?! What are you-?”

“Silence prisoner.” Tooru declared in as evil a voice as her naturally high pitch could muster. “You can’t escape me now that I’ve captured you with quirk-suppressant handcuffs.”

Kyoka felt herself being directed by the invisible girl towards her own bed, being pushed down roughly onto the mattress so much that she bounced. Though trying to figure out exactly what was going on, as Kyoka certainly didn’t feel her quirk suppressed by the handcuffs in any way, she was quickly distracted when a red rubber ball was forcefully inserted into her mouth and something tightened around the back of her head which prevented her from spitting the object out.

“There we go, much better.” Tooru giggled, her leg raised to lightly step on Kyoka’s belly, encouraging her to stay down and in place. Kyoka could only look up at Tooru’s T-shirt neckline as the invisible girl’s sleeves clearly indicated she had crossed her arms. “I bet you’re wondering what’s going on. Why all this is happening to the poor little hearing hero, right?”

“Mmmhmm.” Kyoka grunted through her gag, wondering if she should just go along with whatever was happening right now; Momo did say to trust her.

“I’ve been your biggest fan for so long.” Tooru adopted a more cutesy tone. “You do so much good work and you’re just so beautiful and sexy, I just had to meet you. Looking at you now, all helpless before me… I… don’t think I can help myself.” The invisible girl’s arms shifted, pulling up her shirt and revealing her bra. “I want you.”

“Mmmpff!” Kyoka protested though only a weak rush of air passed through the holes in the ball gag.

“It’s okay, you won’t have to do anything.” Tooru giggled again, unsnapping her bra and allowing it to fall away over her shoulders before reaching down to push down her bottoms. “I have you completely at my mercy, but don’t worry, all I’m going to do is pleasure you.”

It was those specific words that finally allowed Kyoka to realise what was going on. She remembered admitting as much as a desire of hers during their second sleepover; Momo must’ve remembered and convinced Tooru to put on this little act. The punkette felt her appreciation for both the heiress and the invisible girl go up as they were both doing this purely for her sake, though Tooru was definitely enjoying herself from all the laughing she’d been doing.

Kyoka felt her ankles get grabbed before she was rearranged forcefully on the bed, her waist now sitting just at the edge as a naked, invisible Tooru was positioned somewhere between her ankles.

“I made sure to pick the perfect spot.” Tooru continued her little act. “Your soundproof room, and at a time no one will bother us. Even if you called for,” A small black disc rose into the air and clicked. Kyoka realised it was a small, vocal button that called out “Help!” when it was pressed. “No one would come.”

Tooru leant over Kyoka’s leg and slipped her arm under Kyoka’s back, pressing the small disc into one of Kyoka’s hands. The restrained girl understood what it was for. If she was uncomfortable at any time she could press it and her girlfriend slash fake kidnapper would stop their little roleplay and check on her or let her go or something.

Now she was fully clued up on what exactly was about to happen, she could feel herself getting wet in a hurry. Though it was through roleplay of apparently overenthusiastic fan and hero, Kyoka knew her girlfriend was about to lovingly pleasure her until she gave in, and she couldn’t wait.

She felt Tooru’s hands running up her sides as her shirt began lifting, exposing her toned stomach.

“Mmmm, you look good enough to eat.” Tooru purred, running a finger around Kyoka’s navel. “Maybe just a quick taste.”

Kyoka clenched her toes involuntarily as a tongue replaced the teasing digit. A satisfied groan pulled itself from her throat and rumbled through her gag.

“Ooo, yay, I’m so happy you like that!” Tooru giggled in that same overly cutesy voice, crawling up the bed and pressing her naked body to Kyoka as much as she could. Kyoka could feel Tooru pepper light kisses around her clothed breasts, advancing up to her bare neck before pressing a couple against her cheeks. “You’re all mine now.”

Kyoka fought against her bonds lightly, making a small show of trying to escape but taking care not to press the button in her hand.

“Mmm, so feisty.” Tooru purred, lovingly cupping Kyoka’s face and planting a more genuine kiss on her cheek. Though she was acting the part of the overly obsessed fangirl, she wanted to help her girlfriend relax since Momo thought she needed it. Truthfully Tooru was glad she’d get to work out some of her excited energy getting off with her girlfriend so it was a win-win really.

Slowly, Tooru pulled up Kyoka’s shirt until it was uncomfortably bunched up over her breasts, showing off her sports bra.

“So cute.” Tooru squealed as she unhooked the clasp on the back. Annoyingly, with Kyoka cuffed, it was impossible to free her any further other than pushing the bra and shirt out of her way. It may be a little uncomfortable for her hostage but that was an issue they’d solve if she ever wanted a repeat of this.

Kyoka felt her pointed nipples now exposed to the girl’s lusty gaze. There was silence for a moment as Tooru simply enjoyed the sight below her before leaning down and capturing one of the tips in her mouth. Her prisoner groaned and writhed under her dexterous tongue as it danced with its new partner.

Once she was done with the teasing, Tooru allowed her teeth to very lightly take hold of the rubbery flesh and slowly applied pressure. She knew her efforts were being enjoyed as Kyoka tried to push her chest further towards her. Gradually, once she had a somewhat firm hold, Tooru pulled back, stretching the nipple ever so slightly to inflict just enough pain to make her charge tingle in a way she enjoyed herself.

Kyoka’s fluttered but muffled breaths through her gag excited the invisible girl. Releasing the tortured nub from her lips, she swiftly began repeating her actions on the other side; she needed to give both equal attention after all. By the end, Kyoka was huffing and puffing in a way she could almost see the hot and heavy condensation from her breaths make it through the air holes.

“Mmmm, I think you’re finally ready.” Tooru giggled, pushing herself down and off the bed. The punkette had had her feet planted on the floor throughout all of Tooru’s teasing. Now, as her kidnapper stood and crouched between them, Kyoka could feel her arousal reach a high she’d only experienced a couple times before.

Tooru reached down and slipped her hands into Kyoka’s waistband, taking firm hold of her trousers and underwear. With a touch of compliance as the earphonejack girl lifted her rear, she was bottomless and spread wide, much to the invisible girl’s giggles of delight.

“You’re practically dripping!” She squealed, “I knew you wanted me as much as I wanted you.”

Kyoka rolled her eyes. That line was a bit too close to darker territory she didn’t want to touch on right now. She liked safe restraint and non-consensual stuff sure, and the roleplay was a fun little bit but it was now drifting a little too close to rape-play language for her liking. Thankfully it didn’t ruin her mood as Tooru moved swiftly on, running her fingertips up Kyoka’s legs and back down.

“I’m gonna make you scream now.” Tooru purred, sinking to her knees and inching closer to Kyoka’s core enough that the girl could feel her breath on her most private place. “I don’t know when I’ll stop.”

The restrained girl’s hips bucked eagerly as Tooru’s soft touch drifted ever closer to her goal. She felt herself opened up and exposed as the invisible girl wasn’t obscured by her own fingers as she got to see every inch of her girlfriend. Just the thought alone sent Kyoka’s crotch pulsing with need.

Tooru’s tongue made first impact. Coated with saliva to assist lubrication, not that she needed it, the invisible girl pressed two fingers into Kyoka that almost glided in she was so ready. A long groan rang out as Kyoka’s needs were finally being attended to instead of being built up.

“Someone’s happy.” Tooru giggled, slowly pumping her fingers inside the girl and curling them every now and then.

“Uh-uh.” Kyoka shook her head, making another token effort to try and break free from her bonds.

“No?” Tooru replied with an almost sad tone, though she was clearly still acting. “Well, I guess I’ll have to try harder until you fall hopelessly in love with me.”

A third finger was added to the mix as Tooru’s head lowered, her lips engulfing Kyoka’s clit which was promptly sucked on with just the right amount of pressure. Kyoka’s legs wrapped around Tooru’s frame and gripped her close. She couldn’t do much from her position but with this at least she could grind against the invisible girl’s face.

It didn’t take her long before she began approaching her limit, small, muffled squeaks now regularly erupting from her as she focused solely on her release. Tooru was probably the one that needed the ‘Help’ button most as she’d been pressed against Kyoka’s crotch a good while at this point. She would soon find her freedom though as Kyoka’s toes curled and her pussy clenched tightly around her fingers. A soft squelching of liquid could be heard between the cry of Kyoka’s release and the deep gasp of Tooru’s lungs finally getting some oxygen again.

While Kyoka’s world whitened as stars danced in her vision, Tooru was wiping her mouth from the abundance of juices that had accumulated there. The punkette’s legs dropped bonelessly back to the mattress, uncurled from around Tooru’s frame as her strength left her.

“Mmmm, you taste so good.” Tooru smiled, rubbing her own pussy lightly as she watched her girlfriend’s eyelids flutter. She was ready for a good time herself and rubbed her own natural lube around to prepare for their next act. “Don’t think we’re finished yet though.”

“Mmmph?” Kyoka looked over wearily.

“I want you to make me feel good too! Let’s become one together.”

Kyoka couldn’t gather the energy to muster even a weak response as she felt her legs lifted and her frame shifted once more, spinning her so she was at least laying the proper way on her bed now. Tooru had stepped onto her covers to do this and though Kyoka’s rear was now raised above her head, she had no intention of releasing her yet.

Carefully, Tooru folded Kyoka’s legs back as she lowered herself towards the girl. Kyoka could feel the pressure on her increasing as Tooru’s weight began settling on her hips. It was only when her sensitive pussy touched something almost equally wet and slippery that she realised what was about to happen.

“Mmmm, that feels good.” Tooru groaned, breaking her act as her pussy made contact with Kyoka’s own. She was in full control of the girl beneath her and could rub away until she found her own release using Kyoka’s body however she wanted. It was a tad thrilling by itself but she knew enough to be careful of her partner’s feelings. “Ready for round two dear?”

Kyoka’s efforts to resist were much weaker than before, her post orgasm high preventing her from putting any power behind her. Truthfully, she was helpless and exposed to the invisible girl who was about to, in no uncertain terms, fuck her into the mattress until she came… and she couldn’t be more excited.

Once Tooru had given her every chance to press her safety button, the girl began focussing on her own release, grinding her pussy into Kyoka’s as their lips kissed and smothered each other. Kyoka’s moans returned as she was still a bit too sensitive from her recent release but it only served to heighten her own enjoyment. She was being used by her girlfriend against her will. Tooru had gotten her off and now it was her own turn. Once more, the Earphonejack girl found herself thanking Momo for being such a good girlfriend to have remembered this and Tooru for going along with it. There was definite room for improvement but that could wait.

Tooru started grinding harder, pushing Kyoka further into the bedding as her lung capacity was reduced from her squashed position. She was close and quickly rubbed at her clit to push herself over the edge. Her limbs clenched as she joined her girlfriend in sweet ecstasy.

With Tooru’s own high-pitched cry of release, Kyoka could feel a wetness dripping down her crotch and down her crack that definitely didn’t come from her. She never imagined she’d be in this position when she first arrived at UA, but right now, she didn’t want to be anywhere else.

Once the invisible girl’s initial high had faded and she regained some motor functions, she released her hold on the punkette as slowly as she could, her own muscles now aching from their exertions. Plopping herself down on the mattress, she crawled up beside Kyoka to nuzzle at her face before releasing a long, satisfied sigh.

“Mmm, that was good.” She said, snuggling into the covers contently.

“Mmph?” Kyoka quirked an eyebrow as Tooru’s breathing slowed and her face relaxed, a little worried the girl was about to drop off.

“Night my little prisoner.” Tooru announced, throwing an arm over Kyoka’s still-bound body and pulling her close.

“Help! Help!” The small call of the button called out from underneath the pair.

“Oh!” Tooru jumped, rolling off the bed and making her way over to Kyoka’s desk. The punkette breathed a small sigh of relief as she spied the silver key that likely unlocked her cuffs hovering in the air. “Roll over,” Tooru ordered, giving Kyoka a push so she could access her hands.

It wasn’t too much longer before a pair of clicks declared the prisoner free who then proceeded to reach up and pull off the ball gag she’d been muffled by.

“Geez, thought you were just gonna leave me there.” Kyoka levelled a deadpan glare at the invisible girl.

“You were my cute little prisoner.” Tooru pouted. “I didn’t want to free you if I didn’t have to. Don’t you think it’s kind of kinky being tied up all night like that?”

“Not when using cuffs.” Kyoka rubbed her wrists softly. “We’ve got a concert tomorrow after all.”

“Ah, yeah.” Tooru rubbed the back of her head sheepishly. “My bad.”

Kyoka sighed, waddling over on her bed to put the tools used for their little roleplay on her desk along with the key.

“If you wanna do stuff like that we need to get some hemp ropes so I’m at least comfortable.”

“Hemp?” Tooru tilted her head in confusion.

Kyoka blushed as she realised she’d said too much.

“I-Its um… they’re special ropes, used in ‘Shibari’… meant for trying people up.” She answered.

“Ooo, sounds fun.” Tooru giggled, shifting closer to her girlfriend and pulling her into a hug. “That mean you wanna do this again?”

“M-Maybe.” Kyoka looked away shyly.

“Good.” Tooru placed a small kiss on Kyoka’s nose before nuzzling their cheeks together. “It was kinda fun being your kidnapper and stuff.”

“Y-Yeah… just… stay away from the stuff where you make it sound like… an actual forced… thing, if you get me. It’s a bit of a turn off.”

“Ah, right, sorry.” Tooru nodded, filing that away as she pulled back from the hug. “But you enjoyed some bits, right?”

“Mmmhmm.” Kyoka sighed pleasantly, savouring the fading tingles in her body.

“Come on,” Tooru shuffled up the bed before pulling the covers back. “Come tell me about it while we snuggle.”

Kyoka felt her heart flutter, Tooru was too adorable sometimes. With a fond smile, she hopped off the bed and went to go flick the lights before returning.  Drawing close, she slipped between the offered sheets with her girlfriend who was now clinging to her like a koala.

“Warm.” Tooru sighed as she leant into the punkette. Kyoka wrapped an arm around her, keeping her close.

The two talked softly for a while, Kyoka shyly revealing more about what she wanted from her kinks which Tooru got right for the most part. Though their dalliance was exciting, their releases caught up to them both as the pair soon drifted off, much more relaxed than before as the day of the festival finally arrived.


Though some found sleep difficult the night before with all the excitement in the air, the nineteen students of class 1-A all awoke the next day full of eager energy. Breakfasts were quickly eaten as they all hurried to fill their bellies before putting the finishing touches on each of their respective areas.

To mark the occasion, the school had allowed them to purchase commemorative shirts for them all that had arrived the night before, they read ‘A Band’ which Kaminari was convinced was the best band name ever, which the music players and effects crew would be wearing. For the dance crew, they had been able to ask for some poofy, yellow and white dresses for the girls with matching outfits for the boys that looked more like suits, which they then jazzed up a touch.

Everyone was busy gathering their equipment and making sure their outfits were perfect that it almost went unnoticed that Izuku had yet to return from getting rope. Their first performance was at ten so he still had some time.

As the minutes passed by though, some began to worry.

The class had gathered in one of the changing rooms for the gym to prepare before their performance. Though he found the whole event pointless regarding heroics, Aizawa was there to check up on his students while escorting Eri and Mirio throughout the grounds to ensure nothing went wrong.

The third-year and the young girl wanted to check on Midoriya before the performance. Seeing it as a good way to escape the crowd, Aizawa had led them inside to meet with the boy only to find his students looking a tad more worried than he’d expected.

“Everyone ready? You’re on in half an hour.” His bored voice called out as the trio stepped into the room.

“Ah, it’s Eri!” Mina gushed, getting Ochako and Tsuyu’s attention as the girls quickly advanced towards the new arrivals with the young girl shyly holding Mirio’s hand.

The other students looked uneasily between each other however.

“Practically ready, yeah. Just waiting on Midoriya.” Kirishima stated a little nervously

“Wait, Midoriya’s not back yet?” Aizawa asked, getting that familiar sinking feeling whenever one of his students found trouble recently. With security around the school so high, there was no need to provide Midoriya with an escort for such a small job. Now he was deeply regretting that decision.

“All he had to do was buy rope. What’s taking so long?!” Sero fumed, annoyed at having to pick up Izuku’s slack shifting the equipment before they began.

The girls shot each other nervous looks, each quickly checking their phones for any update but were dismayed at the lack of information.

“I believe Aoyama’s waiting at the front gate for any sign of him.” Todoroki stated calmly to their teacher.

“He took Midori’s outfit too so he can get changed quickly.” Tooru chimed in.

“Wait, wouldn’t he need to come here to get changed anyway? What was the point?” Sato sighed.

Aizawa could feel another headache coming on and prayed to whatever god was listening he didn’t have to chastise the boy yet again for getting into trouble. For now, he led Eri and Mirio away and into the hallway so he could call up the other teachers for any updates.

It was around nine fifty when Aoyama returned to the locker room with newly purchased rope sans Midoriya, though he did bring news. Izuku had returned and was briefly checking in with Recovery Girl to heal a ‘scape’ on his face he’d suffered when falling down on his quest for rope.

None of the other students believed Izuku’s ‘falling down’ excuse but they’d postpone their irritation for when the boy himself was present and there wasn’t a show to put on. Filing out of the room, the class all made their way up onto the stage and into their positions. With only a few minutes to spare, Izuku came dashing round the corner, hurrying on his jacket while muttering several apologies. The class breathed a sigh of relief as Ochako quickly helped straighten his outfit and shot him a look that practically screamed ‘We’ll be talking about this later’.

With everything finally in position, the curtain raised and class 1-A’s first performance began.


The concert only lasted about fifteen minutes in total. After their initial performance of ‘Hero Too’, the band performed a couple of covers of other popular songs with a lot less effects than before. Once the curtain fell and the other students began clearing out, with many raving about what they’d just experienced, the class got to work cleaning up the mess that had been left behind.

Streamers, tape and food wrappers from stalls outside littered the floor, not to mention Todoroki’s ice that was swiftly brought crashing down from above with a modest application of his flames. With clean-up efforts underway, a number of the class observed Izuku getting called away by All Might shortly after.

“Yeah, something definitely happened.” Kaminari sighed, pushing a broom around.

“Jeez, even with something like this festival we can’t catch a break.” Ojiro joined him, placing down a tub to collect some of the ice that remained.

Ochako and Tsuyu shot each other a look as they gathered the larger chunks of ice themselves, being able to levitate it weightlessly and escort it out of the gym to melt on the grass. Taking the opportunity to leave the gym with their current load so far, they subtly looked around for their green-haired crush, spotting him being scolded by the former number one along with Hound Dog and Ectoplasm.

From his posture alone, they could tell Izuku was ashamed for whatever had happened. Sharing a look, they nodded, resolving to discuss things with him calmly rather than with frustration when the opportunity presented itself.

The girls returned to the hall to continue cleaning up, spreading the news subtly with their girlfriends. Izuku returned himself shortly after, eager to try and make up for his absence by doing everything he could. Before any of the class could accost him however, Mirio and Eri called him over to talk. 

The hall was open and empty with plenty of cleaning sounds muffling the girl’s small voice as she spoke but no one could miss the raw excitement rolling off the horned child as she recounted every part of the concert back to the greed haired boy. None of the girls missed the mile-wide smile and tears tickling at the corner of Izuku’s eyes as he listened intently. Chewing him out for making them worry could wait, having him make up for everything however.

“Midori! No more slacking off.” Mina declared, hauling a pan of ice over to him. “You gotta do double duty for being late, hop to it!”

“Ah! Y-Yes Mina!” Izuku bowed quickly, taking the pan from her as others like Aoyama and Ojiro called him over to do the same, seems the rest of the class had the same idea.

“Don’t be too long Midoriya!” Mirio called out, “We’ve gotta hurry over to the fashion show to cheer on Nejire!”

“That’s right, I almost forgot she was participating, ribbit.” Tsuyu noted.

“We’ll need to get over there too!” Ochako nodded, redoubling her own efforts to go cheer on their fellow work study partner.

Thankfully, with them all pitching in, the class was finished only a half hour later. With them now all free to go their separate ways until their next performance at one o’ clock: Izuku, Mirio, Eri, Ochako, Tsuyu, Kirishima headed out to the beauty pageant to go cheer on their fellow raid member. A reluctant looking Bakugo was also pulled along by Kirishima much to the amusement of their classmates. The remainder of the class remained around the gym exit with the girls chatting slightly away from the crowds for some semblance of privacy.

“You guys were amazing!” Tooru cheered, smothering Momo and Kyoka in a big hug each topped with a pair of kisses to the cheek.

“N-Not in public.” Kyoka blushed, eyeing their male classmates carefully to ensure none of them had spotted Tooru’s display of affection.

“Bah, no one can tell the difference between that and her hugs.” Mina chuckled, shooting the girl a brief kissy face herself rather than mimicking her girlfriend.

“It was rather thrilling up there.” Momo fanned herself. “I was certain we could do it but it’s a very different experience compared to our rehearsals.

“It was pretty good, yeah.” Kyoka agreed.

“I think it was a lot better than ‘pretty good’.” Mina rolled her eyes. “We hecking killed it in there!”

“I knew you had a wonderful voice just waiting to be shared with everyone.” Momo blushed lightly as she turned to Kyoka.

The singer’s heart fluttered at the genuine joy on her girlfriend’s face, her own breaking out into a bright smile.

“T-Thanks, but we all did our parts. You were killer on the keys and let’s not forget you guys with your moves.”

“Aoyama wasn’t the only one sparkling today!” Tooru twirled, refracting light with her quirk to give off the same rainbow effect she used during the performance.

“You did great Starlight.” Mina pulled Tooru in for a hug and placed a big, wet kiss on her cheek.

For a brief moment, Kyoka felt the pang of envy flare up as she was reminded just what she couldn’t do with Momo. An idea struck her in that moment however. They were unable to have dates in public as well as having to be escorted outside of campus by a teacher practically at all times, but right now was the perfect opportunity to spend such a day with her girlfriend with no one being any the wiser.

Before she could speak up, another voice somewhat nervously called out from behind Mina and Tooru.

“H-Hi there!”

The girls turned to spot the person apparently trying to get their attention. It was a red-haired guy with shades, though his colour was noticeably darker than their hardening friend’s own. He was wearing a red hoodie underneath the usual UA uniform and his blazer denoted his position in the hero course but he definitely wasn’t from 1-B.

“Can we help you?” Momo offered.

“Y-Yeah um, I was wondering if I could talk to um… the singer?” He asked, his hands clenched tightly.

Kyoka blinked a few times before the request sunk in, she hadn’t expected to make fans because of this. Her parents had quite a few themselves from their time in the industry and had taught her a couple of things about dealing with them.

“Uh, I guess.” She smiled, hoping to allay his nerves, it’s not like they were rock stars or anything.

“We’ll be over there.” Mina pointed over by the water basin where Kaminari and the others were still hanging out.

Once the girls were a fair distance away, the boy stepped closer but didn’t say anything.

“What’s up dude?” Kyoka asked casually, trying to imbue the feeling into the conversation to help the boy relax. Technically, she should be the nervous one with an upper year asking after her.

“Well I just wanted to say you were fantastic. You’re like, really good at singing and the concert was awesome.”

“Thanks man, we worked really hard on it.”

“Yeah, I’ll bet.” He smiled, flexing his hands nervously in a way that reminded Kyoka of Izuku.

“A~Anything else?” Kyoka asked after the pause in their conversation extended out.

“Do you… wanna go check out the festival?”

Kyoka’s eyes widened as she realised what was really going on. She took a breath before diplomatically wording her response.

“Sorry dude, got plans with the girls.” She gestured over to her friends.

“W-Well I could tag along and join you.”

“We’re just looking to hang out by ourselves.” Kyoka replied again.

“Okay, well… how about after the festival? Maybe dinner or something?”

This guy wasn’t taking the hint. Kyoka knew she needed to nip this in the bud now.

“Dude, I’m flattered but let me be clear, I’m not looking for anything like that.”

“Then what are you looking for?” The guy persisted, taking a step forward. “I can be flexible.”

“Dude, not gonna happen, just drop it and move on.” Kyoka replied, her brow deepening into a frown.

“Come on, please? J-Just give me a chance.”

“I don’t have to give you anything. Stop being so pushy man, I don’t even know your name.” Kyoka knew it was a mistake the moment she said it.

“It’s Hiza, Chikara Hiza.” The boy replied, his face lighting up.

“That wasn’t an… urgh. Dude, I’m not gonna go out with you, ever.” Kyoka raised her voice, gaining the attention of some of her classmates.

“W-Why not?” Hiza frowned “Come on, at least tell me why so I can prove it’d be great.”

“No, now shove off.” Kyoka turned and began walking back to her friends.

Hiza’s arm stretched out and grabbed Kyoka’s, holding her back. Kyoka’s hands gripped into fists and her temper flared.

“Hey, I deserve to know why so just-”

His breath was stolen as Kyoka’s elbow jerked back and slammed into his stomach, just below his ribs. She wrenched her arm free from his grasp and pushed him away, her jacks raised to strike if he took another step towards her. Behind her, she heard the hurried footsteps of her classmates coming to help. It was appreciated but they needn’t bother, she was Kyoka Fuckin’ Jiro and she was done with this shit.

“You wanna fuckin’ know why? It’s because I have no interest in you or your whole fuckin’ gender.” Kyoka growled. “Your limp dick will never compare to what I crave, so crawl back from wherever you came from with your entitled attitude and go fuck yourself.”

Hiza actually took a step back at her harsh words before realising a small crowd of her friends had gathered behind her. He opened his mouth again, determined to get the last word in.

“Go on mate, give me a reason.” Kaminari stepped forward, his hand sparking ominously.

Biting his tongue, Hiza thought better of his remark and simply scoffed before turning and walking away, breaking into a faster gait as he got close to the edge of their vision.

“Fuckin’ douche.” Kyoka spat, shaking her head.

“Are you okay Kyoka?” Momo asked quickly, pulling the girl’s attention.

“Yeah, fine, just an entitled asshole looking for a date.”

“Sounds like he was barking up the wrong tree.” Kaminari chuckled.

Kyoka’s breath caught as she realised exactly who else had just heard her declaration. Kaminari had been gentle in his own angling to get a date in the past. He’d never flat out asked her but there had been plenty of casual jokes between them that usually ended up with her jack in his ear. He just shot her a wink and a nod with a small, smile. They didn’t need to exchange words for her to know she had his support.

“What a jerk, can I go melt him into a puddle?” Mina huffed.

“I’ll hold him.” Tooru agreed.

“Don’t bother.” Kyoka shrugged off. “I think he got the message.”

“Damn right.” Sero agreed, glancing over to where the upperclassman fled into the crowd. Turning around, she noticed that not only were all the girls present but so were Sero, Shoji, Tokoyami and Iida, not to mention Kaminari now behind her.

“I’m… guessing you guys all heard that last bit?” Kyoka nervously asked. The averted gazes of a few of the boys gave her the answer. She sighed before steeling her nerves with the leftover irritation energy. “Fuck it, not the way I planned to reveal it but whatever. Don’t make a big deal of it and you don’t get jabbed, cool?”

The boys gave several quick nods.

“Whilst I applaud your bravery in the face of such an event, I believe we should still report this matter to one of the teachers.” Iida chopped his hand as usual.

“Come on dude, if Jiro says to leave it then let’s leave it.” Kaminari slung his arm around their class president and lead the boy away, sending Kyoka a small thumbs up as he did.

Sero gave her a nod of acknowledgement before turning to join his friend.

“I can assure you that this news does nothing to our friendship.” Tokoyami offered a small bow.

“You do you.” A mouth from the end of one of Shoji’s arms spoke while the boy himself offered a shrug of indifference at the news before the pair turned and left.

Honestly, it was the best kind of reaction for Kyoka. She didn’t want coming out to be this big thing but it still was. Grateful her classmates had either acknowledged her request to not blow it out of proportion or genuinely didn’t care about her status update, she felt a part of an oppressive weight lift off of her shoulders as the encounter came to an end and she was only left with her girlfriends.

“Now that they’re gone, are you sure you’re okay girl?” Mina asked.

“Not great honestly.” Kyoka sighed, leaning into Momo as she offered the girl a small hug. “But better than that guy.”

“Kyoka don’t take shit.” Tooru giggled.

“I’m glad you aren’t hurt but are you really okay with… others knowing?” Momo enquired.

“It’s whatever.” Kyoka shrugged, letting out a deep breath. “I’m just glad a certain someone wasn’t around to find out.”

“None of that.” Mina chided. “Today is for fun! We’ve got two hours to burn before we gotta be back here. Let’s go explore!”

Tooru cheered, getting hyped up by Mina’s words.

“A-Actually um…” Kyoka stuttered, glancing up at Momo. “I-I was kinda wondering if me and Momo could go do our own thing for a bit… you know?”

Mina’s eyes widened as she quickly caught on to what Kyoka was implying.

“Oh shoot, you’re right! This is like, so perfect!”

“Wait, what?” Tooru paused, not knowing what exactly had changed.

“Come on Tooru, me and you are goin’ on a date.” Mina declared while looping her arm with her girlfriend’s. Momo and Kyoka gave off small giggles as the invisible girl was quickly dragged away before catching on and offering no further resistance.

“I must say, this is indeed a golden opportunity I hadn’t considered.” Momo eagerly smiled down at Kyoka, briefly intertwining their hands. “While I’m sure we should keep any PDA to a minimum, I’m sure we’ll be able to partake in a number of events without arousing suspicion.”

It was no substitute for the real thing but Kyoka would take what she could get.

Without further ado, the pair set off themselves into the throng of people, hunting for the perfect booth to begin their first public, if still secret, date.


The beauty pageant was amazing to behold.

Tsuyu and Ochako joined Izuku, Eri and Mirio in cheering on Nejire as she flitted around the stage like a dazzling blue fairy. Amajiki and Yuyu were nearby too with her socially challenged classmate giving a shy smile up at the girl while her girlfriend was almost crying at the raw beauty on display.

Once the performances were all wrapped up, the crowd began to disperse, allowing the small group of students time to chat as they planned their next move.

“So, where do you want to go next?” Mirio asked a happy looking Eri.

“There’s so much stuff I didn’t know about.” Izuku gushed, holding what could only be described as a book that detailed all the events that were set to go on over the course of the day. Crouching down, he shared the book with the small unicorn girl, flicking through a couple of pages. “See anything you like Eri?”

“Um…” Eri reached out and gently took the book from Izuku, admiring the pictures of everything while trying to make up her mind.

As she pondered, Izuku stood and smiled at his friends who were watching the display with full hearts.

“Adorable.” Tsuyu croaked.

“Whatever it is, I’m sure it’ll be lots of fun!” Ochako cheered, eager to explore all of the different attractions.

“The festival’s always a great time.” Mirio grinned, “I can’t believe it’s my last one.”

“That’s right, you’re graduating this year.” Izuku looked over at his upperclassman. He opened his mouth again to say he’d be rooting for him in the hero charts next year only to remember the uncomfortable elephant in the room. Though he was taking things in good stride, Mirio was still quirkless. Though he didn’t regret his decision to protect Eri in the slightest, everyone agreed that they hoped Eri could get a handle on her powers when she was ready and restore UA’s most promising graduate to his former state.

“Yup, yup.” Mirio nodded, oblivious to Izuku’s thoughts. “Gotta make the most of it and try out as many things as I can. Though actually,” The third year stepped around Eri who was focused on the book and leant in closer to Izuku. “You mind if me and Tamaki sneak off for a bit at some point. We wanna make some memories, you get me?”

“Sure, no problem,” Izuku nodded thoughtlessly at first before the words sunk into his brain. “W-W-Wait! Y-You and A-Amajiki?!” He stammered suddenly.

“Shhh, not so loud man.” Mirio sweatdropped, shooting Eri a reassuring smile when she glanced up. “Sorry, forgot you didn’t know.”

“No, I-I mean you didn’t tell me but you had no reason to s-so-”

“Chill dude.” Mirio gave Izuku a reassuring smile. “It’s just for Tamaki’s sake, he’s still super nervous about people knowing and stuff.”

“We kinda already knew.” Ochako chuckled.

“Nejire spilled the beans when she mistook us as a couple at lunch once, ribbit.” Tsuyu nodded.

“Yeah, that part was my mistake.” Mirio rubbed the back of his head. “I didn’t manage to describe your classmates in time before she zoomed away. The moment I mentioned our lowerclassmen and ‘relationship’ she was gone.”

“No harm, just a couple of red faces.” Tsuyu smiled.

“Whose got red faces?! Is it you and Tamaki? Are you going on that date you promised him?”

Rapid fire questions arrived accompanied by the ball of blue haired energy that was Nejire Hado, back in her school uniform as she hovered over to piggy back on Mirio. Though bereft of his quirk, the boy still had muscles for days and barely flinched as Nejire’s full weight landed on him.

“Wait up Nejire!” Yuyu called out as she caught up to her girlfriend, trailed by the shy looking Amajiki.

“We were just discussing plans for today.” Mirio announced, turning to include the new arrivals in their chat.

“Um, to answer your question,” Izuku spoke up. “Of course I don’t mind. I’m sure me and Eri can find plenty of things to do while you guys spend some time together.

“O-Oh… n-now another person knows.” Amajiki gripped his hands nervously.

“Hey, deep breaths.” Mirio stepped over to his boyfriend, gripping his arm to help ease his nerves. The group watched was Amajiki visibly calmed the moment Mirio made contact.

“You got this Tamaki!” Nejire nodded from her position above Mirio’s head, still perched on his back. “You guys go do your thing and me and Yuyu can take little Eri for a spell too!”

“T-Thanks.” Tamaki offered shyly. He looked up to see the encouraging smiles on everyone’s faces, offering his own wobbly smile in return.

“U-Um…” Eri’s small voice spoke up as the group turned to look down at the girl. “Could we go find this?” She held up the book, pointing to the image of a crêpes, though it was specifically the strawberry of the image itself she had her eyes set on.

“Ooo, crêpes!” Ochako cheered, her own mouth watering.

“I think we’ve earned an early lunch, ribbit.” Tsuyu smiled.

“That sounds super yummy! Yuyu, Yuyu, let’s get one to split!” Nejire slipped off Mirio’s back and bounced up to her girlfriend.

“Sure we can.” Yuyu smiled endearingly at her girlfriend, calming her energetic leaps by slipping her hand into her own.

Izuku looked over and spotted Aizawa standing off to the side, eyeing them carefully. Giving the man a small nod, he imparted their plan to get moving and the teacher drew closer though stayed at a respectable distance from the group as they set off.

Eri walked between Izuku and Mirio as they each held one of her hands in theirs, leaving her free to wonder at all the sights and sounds of the festival. The group walked and talked about all the things they wanted to check out as they made their way towards where the guide said the crêpes stand was.

Once they found it, the group placed their orders with Ochako handing Eri her strawberry and vanilla ice cream crêpe first. Nejire and Yuyu got strawberries and blueberries on theirs with coconut ice cream while Mirio and Tamaki opted for a more unusual banana with coffee ice cream crêpe.

When it was Tsuyu’s turn to order, she got herself one with green tea ice cream topped with small balls of mochi. After she’d taken a couple of bites out of the treat, she turned to her girlfriend who was distracted watching Eri gush about the sweetness of the fruit.

“Hey ‘Chako, try this.” Tsuyu held up her hand, a small mochi ball covered in ice cream held between her fingers.

Ochako looked at the delicious, gooey treat between her girlfriend’s fingers and thought nothing of leaning forward and closing her mouth around them to snag her prize.

“Mmmm yummy!” Ochako drooled as she savoured the mixing flavours on her tongue.

Off to the side, Nejire spotted the adorable action and hurriedly poked her girlfriend in the side, wordlessly asking if she just saw what she saw while an excited hum elevated in pitch.

“Shhh, let them figure it out hun.” Yuyu calmed her down, pushing their own treat back towards her girlfriend’s mouth to distract her.

“Hey Izuku.” Tsuyu got the boy’s attention as he chatted to Mirio. “Want a bite?”

“A-Ah, I really shouldn’t.” Izuku waved away. “S-Still sticking to my diet you know?”

“Live a little dude.” Mirio gave him a nudge. “All work and no play makes for a dull hero. I used to be the same way when I was trying hard to master my quirk. When I first joined Sir’s agency, he stuck me in the tickle machine for an hour after he learned I skipped out on karaoke with these guys to train more.”

Mirio’s smile dropped but he didn’t let himself feel too sad as he continued the story, not realising he’d pulled everyone’s attention.

“Sir always tried to impress the importance of being a hero that always smiles brightly. If the joy behind that smile is faked, it would do more harm than good. Sir was so happy the day I turned up late with a big smile on my face because I’d been having too much fun with everyone.” He laughed. “I mean, I still got put in the tickle machine as punishment, but it was worth it.”

Izuku chuckled at the fond memory, remembering his own experience first-hand seeing Sir’s eccentric punishments. Ochako and Tsuyu stood there with awkward expressions on their face; they were suddenly really glad they’d learned under Ryukyu instead.

“Come on Zuzu, have a bite!” Nejire encouraged, miming a bite that she couldn’t take herself as she’d finished the last of her own treat.

“W-Well,” Izuku turned, eyeing the unhealthy snack warily. Though the words were encouraging, it was the hopeful look on Tsuyu and Ochako’s faces that crippled his resolve. He already felt guilty enough with everything that had happened today with Gentle and La Brava and he was determined not to make another girl sad. “Maybe just a bite or two.”

Taking the crepe gently in both hands, Izuku studied it carefully before leaning down and taking a small bite. Ochako and Tsuyu were entranced as they watched his reaction.

“Mmmm, it’s good.” He smiled, enjoying the clashing hot and cold textures.

“You missed the mochi.” Ochako pouted, reaching over and plucking one of the small balls from the side of the packaging where they’d all gathered. “Here.”

Izuku opened his mouth and accepted the treat as Ochako popped it inside, chewing it carefully.

Nejire’s bouncing redoubled as she tried to bore a hole into Yuyu’s arm from her poking.

“Girl, calm down or you’ll blow it for them.” Yuyu grabbed both her girlfriend’s hands and sent a small electric shock through herself to get the message across which made Nejire jump and pout.

“Come on Yuyu, think about it, they’d be so cute together!” She whispered, getting the hint to tone things down. “Then we can all go on dates!”

While Yuyu did her best to distract Nejire from whatever potential moments might be developing between their lowerclassmen, Izuku, Tsu and Ochako polished off the last of the treat together while comparing notes with Eri on its taste. With their bellies full of the snack, the group set off once more together as Eri picked out more stalls she wanted to go look at.

When the clock struck twelve, an alarm Izuku had set on his phone went off. They still had an hour until their next performance but this was for something different. Begging off from the group with a promise to Eri that is was for something special, Izuku headed back to the dorms to meet up with Sato with the promise he’d catch up with the rest of them at the next show. Mirio gave Nejire a nudge, asking for permission himself to go spend some time with Tamaki which Nejire agreed to, practically pushing the both of them away.

Eri was a little sad that Izuku and Mirio were leaving but Tsuyu assured the girl that it was so they could have some girl time together. The girl wasn’t too downbeat for long as they quickly found a stall where the goal was to hook a plastic duck with a wire fishing rod to win a prize. Being in the name of fun, all the ducks had at least a small prize so no one went away empty handed.

As Tsuyu and Yuyu taught the small unicorn the rules and showed her how to play, Ochako took a moment to herself. Her life had changed so drastically in the time she’d been at UA. There was plenty of hardships but, right now, she couldn’t imagine her heart being anymore full.

“Ask her out.” A loud yet hushed whisper breathed into her ear. Ochako flinched in surprise at the sound, not realising Nejire had gotten so close thanks to her introspection. “Do~o i~it.”

“N-Nejire, what are you talking about?” Ochako laughed, trying to wave away her quickly reddening face and the suggestion at the same time. “A-Ask what of who?”

“Tsu. You two should totally kiss and stuff, it’ll be adorable.” Nejire pressed on, a bright, eager smile on her face.

“N-No way, you’re crazy Nejire. W-We’re just really good friends and stuff.”

“Then ask Zuzu out.” Nejire continued, undiscouraged. “You guys would make the cutest babies!”

Ochako felt her blush go into overdrive as a familiar fantasy was dragged to the forefront of her mind.

“Nejire! S-Stop it.” Ochako covered her face as her embarrassment overwhelmed her.

“Are you shy? Do you want help? Should I ask for you?” Nejire continued, dying to get some answers from her cute little underclassman.

“D-Don’t!” Ochako’s hand reached out, hoping to grab the girl before she even thought about hurrying over to Tsuyu to do just that. When all five of her fingers made contact with Nejire’s arm she felt her quirk activate, rendering the normally floaty girl even more weightless. This distracted the blue haired girl enough to thankfully turn away from her current line of questioning, instead testing out her new weightless form.

“Woo, this is weird!” She laughed, pushing a small amount of her quirk into her feet and shooting up into the sky before Ochako could release her accidental quirk activation. Ochako could only look on in confusion as the girl zipped about without a care. She chanced a glance over at Aizawa, expecting at least a stern look on his face. While he was focused mainly on Eri, he gave her a small shrug when he caught sight of the happy, flying girl.

“Ochako! Come join me!” Nejire called out from above.

The gravity girl shook her head.

“I’m good on the ground thanks.” She called back, catching Tsuyu’s attention as Eri focused intently on her game, a determined expression on her small face.

“If you don’t I’m just gonna ask you questions from here~.” Nejire continued, a sing-song lilt in her voice. By now, the blue haired girl had gotten a good couple of bystander’s attention. Ochako definitely didn’t want those kinds of questions posed to her before shouted out for everyone to hear. Glancing over at Tsuyu, Eri and Yuyu, her frog girlfriend gave her a wide smile and a small nod before turning back to watch the young girl’s efforts.

With a reluctant sigh, Ochako braced herself for quirk backlash as she tapped herself with all five fingers before kicking off from the ground. Truthfully she was kinda stuck when it came to returning safely to the earth below but she figured she could probably snag a lift with Nejire.

Once she approached Nejire’s level, the only female member of the big three let out a happy giggle before pulling Ochako closer, having greater control in the air thanks to her quirk.

“W-Why are we talking up here?” Ochako asked, much more comfortable on the ground without her stomach complaining.

“Because it’s like, super private.” Nejire grinned. “Now you can give me all the gossip without your crush overhearing.”

“I-I’m not crushing on Tsu!” Ochako blushed. Technically true, she reasoned to herself as it was definitely more than a crush at this point. “A-And don’t even think about asking the same about Izuku.”

“Hmph, fine.” Nejire pouted, blowing up her cheeks. “But there’s something there. Come on, you can tell me, I can keep a secret. Ooo, maybe I can help!”

Nejire was silenced with a finger on her lips, Ochako giving her a deadpan look. The two floated there for a moment as Ochako ran through ideas in her head for something that would throw the girl off without attracting any further attention or ‘helpful’ offers of assistance. Unfortunately, she couldn’t think of any and Nejire looked like she was getting impatient, her cheeks ballooning up again.

Taking another few beats, her mind offered the suggestion of telling her the truth. They’d formed a good friendship while working at Ryuko’s agency and though Nejire was overly hyper sometimes, she didn’t come off as someone that would spread rumours around for the sake of things. Maybe she couldn’t be trusted with the full truth since that’d break Momo’s trust in her, but Ochako’s own situation was a lot less difficult to navigate now. Really, it was only due to her own anxieties that she wasn’t out with Tsu at this point and while she still didn’t feel ready enough to take that step, maybe telling one of their few girl friends outside their group would help her get closer to that eventual goal.

“If I tell you, can you please promise to do nothing?”

Nejire gave some animated nods.

“Can… I have a pinky promise?” Ochako asked, sure the girl would know of the tradition.

“Yay! Of course! I’ll be like Tartarus, nothing will get out!” Nejire nodded eagerly, offering her pinkie out. Wrapping the small digits together, the pair shook on it in an unbreakable declaration of trust.

“W-Well um…” Ochako bit her lip as she now struggled to figure out how to word this. “So… me and Tsu… we’re… kinda… together.”

Ochako felt only the open air once more as Nejire zoomed away with gleeful laughs, circling the brunette as energy seemed to burst from her.

“I knew it!” She cheered before drawing in close again, repeating herself in a much more hushed tone. “I knew it.”

“Don’t shout it to the world or anything.” Ochako said sarcastically, glaring at the girl.

“Hehe, sorry.” Nejire sweatdropped. “I just had this feeling for you guys since we first met.”

“Since… wait… is that why you asked us to Ryukyu’s?”

“Ma~aybe.” Nejire smiled impishly, trying to look the picture of innocence. “Did it work? Did I help? Can I be a bridesmaid?”

“Shhh!” Ochako silenced the girl, placing her finger back on her lips. “No more talking. I’m… not done.”

Nejire’s eyes widened as she drew even closer, barely able to contain her excitement for whatever came next.

“S-So um… we uh… kinda both like… Izuku too. AH!” Ochako shot Nejire a look when the girl looked to be about to burst. “A-And um… he knows… and we’re kinda waiting for his answer.”

Nejire’s excited hum returned with a vengeance as she waved her hands around trying to rid herself of her excited energy.

“I’m um… still not out to anyone outside the girl’s in my class so… p-please keep it quiet.”

The peppy girl’s look turned from one of utter joy to one of soft understanding in a matter of seconds.

“It’s scary, huh?”

“Mmmhmm.” Ochako nodded shyly.

“Well never fear, Nejire-chan’s here!” The bluenette declared proudly. “We gay gals gotta stick together. If you wanna talk about stuff just come see me!”

The gravity girl allowed an honest smile to grace her face. She’d managed to tell someone about herself and they didn’t reject her. Nejire wasn’t a classmate, a crush, or her family and had no reason to accept her if she didn’t truly want to.

She felt herself pulled into a surprisingly gentle mid-air hug as Nejire nuzzled her cheek.

“I’ll keep your secrets,” Nejire said softly, “in exchange for something.”

Ochako pulled back and eyed her upperclassman suspiciously; she’d already pinky-promised after all so what was she after?

“You guys gotta come out on a date with me and Yuyu sometime, it’ll be super cute!”

The brunette chuckled, figuring she should’ve seen this coming.

“M-Maybe someday… not now though.”

“Hmph, don’t wait too long.” Nejire puffed up her cheeks again. “Else I’ll have to replace you and Tsu as my favourite couple with your other friends that actually accepted our date offer.”

Ochako decided she’d definitely not let her know that they were technically all one big group relationship. Once Momo was free of her parents though, she was almost excited to see how high Nejire would shoot up when she found out.

“Oi, you guys coming down any time soon?” Yuyu called out from below.

Looking down, the pair could spot Tsuyu, Eri and Yuyu waiting for them below, the small girl holding what looked like a prize plush in her hands. With a little coordination, Ochako released her quirk while holding onto Nejire who gracefully lowered them back down to the ground. Aizawa raised his brow at their quirk display but given the lack of forthcoming punishment it seemed they’d broken no rules.

Surrounded by the hustle and bustle of the crowds once more, Ochako and Nejire got caught up with Eri’s rendition of fishing a fierce duck with angry eyebrows to secure her prize; a small plush toy of a sushi roll with a happy face.

While they would’ve loved to do a touch more exploring, it was getting close to their second performance time and the group set off for the PE hall once more. Nejire and Yuyu expressed interest with seeing the girls perform for the first time as they’d been too busy with the beauty pageant to catch their first show.

As they walked, Ochako slyly slipped her hand into Tsuyu’s and gave the girl a smile when she looked over. Tsuyu felt her heart beat just a bit faster as she could practically feel Ochako’s progress accepting herself. While her other hand was occupied with Eri’s, Tsuyu couldn’t help but allow herself a brief daydream of imagining this same scenario playing out a few years from now with a child of their own. A few excited ribbits broke free from her normally stoic exterior as they head back to the gym.


The concert was significantly less packed for the second performance of ‘A Band’. Nevertheless, class 1-A gave it their all once more as everyone pulled off their roles perfectly. Having the experience from the first time and collectively a lot less anxious about both the crowd’s reaction, and Izuku actually being present beforehand, the class was able to enjoy themselves much more than before.

Nejire, Yuyu and Eri were cheering in the crowd with the little girl’s happy expression painted all over her face once more. Izuku could almost cry when he spotted her little waving hands cheering for them.

As before, the concert wrapped up to great applause and the class got to cleaning up soon after. Their last performance for the day was at four so they could all spend another couple of hours enjoying the festival. Once the gym had been declared clean and ready for their last session, the class began breaking up again to continue their day of fun.

Mina gathered the girls together as Izuku chatted with Nejire and Yuyu while Eri caught up a returned Mirio and Tamaki on everything she’d done since they left. Her gossip senses flared as she couldn’t help noticing the ruffled collars and hair on both boys. It was one thing for Nejire to hint the two were a couple, it was another to see proof with her own eyes.

“Everyone having fun?” Tooru asked, having enjoyed tasting a variety of cotton candy with Mina while riding a small Ferris wheel the school had brought in. “I know I am.”

“Found some cool souvenirs.” Kyoka nodded, thinking back to that Cementoss juice box one of the business classes had been selling at their stand that she and Momo had shared.

“I can certainly understand why the other classes would be upset if this day was ruined for them after we got our sports festival.” Momo contributed.

“We certainly had fun showing Eri around, ribbit.” Tsuyu smiled. “She’s a sweetheart.”

“Bet the time with Izuku was also pretty nice too.” Mina elbowed Tsuyu lightly.

“He’ll make a good father.” Tsuyu stated, causing Ochako to break out into a blush and both Mina and Tooru to descend into uncontrolled laughter.

“Guess we know where your mind’s been.” Kyoka rolled her eyes.

“The only thing holding me back right now is his anxiety. Once he gives in, I’m gonna rock his world, ribbit.”

“T-Tsu!” Ochako blushed.

“Down froggy.” Mina chuckled, “Clearly we haven’t been paying you enough attention if you’re this riled up.”

“We’d never leave Momo’s bed if I had my way.” Tsuyu replied shamelessly.

“I think that’s enough.” Momo held her hands out to calm the girls before they got each other too hyped up. “Onto safer topics, how is everyone planning to spend the afternoon.”

“Second verse same as the first?” Kyoka looked over at Momo, hoping for some more time together.

“I appreciate the thought dear.” Momo smiled, “But I was hoping to spend some time with the others today too.”

“Ooo, ooo, I’ve got an idea!” Tooru waved eagerly. “Let’s swap! No pairing up with the same people as before!”

“Sounds like fun.” Mina grinned. “Dibs Momo!”

“W-Wait uh- I call Tsu then!” Tooru scrambled.

“So basically you two just decided all of our pairings since that leaves me with Ochako.” Kyoka deadpanned.

“H-Hey!” Ochako pouted, pretty sure it wasn’t an insult but Kyoka could’ve chosen better words to describe what just happened.

“S-Sorry.” Kyoka grimaced, realizing her error.

“Don’t pout Kyoka,” Mina rolled her eyes with a fond smile on her face. “If you really want you can tag along with me and Momo. It was just a suggestion.”

“No, screw it.” The punkette shot Mina a look. “Me and Ochako are gonna go have the best date out of all of us. Come on ‘Chako.” Kyoka strode forward and took Ochako’s hand, pulling her along. For her part, the brunette shot a confused look over her shoulder at the girls as she and Kyoka disappeared into the crowd.

They’d gotten a fair distance before Kyoka’s angry tugging settled to just firm leading.

“Kyoka, what was all that about?” Ochako asked, giving Kyoka’s hand a squeeze to bring her back to the moment now they were out of view of the others.

“O-Oh… sorry.” Kyoka released Ochako’s hand as they slowed to a stop by a calmer area where only a few stalls were operating along the main paths. “Still a little on edge.”

“Ahhh, stage fright or something?” Ochako asked, understanding the girl’s anxieties about performing for so many people.

“No, it’s because of… wait, you weren’t there were you?”

“Uh, did something happen?” Ochako asked curiously.

Kyoka sighed and looked around, spotting the bench nearby and moving to sit down on it which Ochako promptly followed. The brunette gave the punkette a soft look while waiting for an explanation, Kyoka’s finger wrapping itself in her jack as she played with it.

“Just some entitled prick doing what they usually do.” Kyoka began. “Forgot a cardinal rule of dealing with fans; not everyone wants what you do.”

“I’m guessing it’s a little more than that.” Ochako empathised.

“Dude wanted to get his dick wet with the lead singer.” Kyoka deadpanned, “Told him I wasn’t fucking interested but he wouldn’t drop it. Ended up elbowing him in the chest when he got grabby. Lost my shit then and outed myself to get him to piss off. Not sure that was the thing that did it, probably more Kaminari’s threat if he tried again.”

Ochako blinked as Kyoka’s words sunk in.

“W-Wait so… you’re out?”

“To a couple of people now, yeah.” Kyoka sighed, leaning back on the bench and looking up at the sky. “I’m pretty sure I’m gonna get grilled at some point over it and the rest of the class will probably know by tonight.”

“Wow… I’m… are you okay?”

“Yeah, just a little on edge as you’ve noticed.” Kyoka nodded. “Just kinda waiting for the penny to drop sorta thing.”

“If it helps, I’m kinda in the same boat.” Ochako sympathised. “Told someone about me and Tsu today, though it was private and made her pinky swear not to tell anyone else.”

“That blue haired girl?” Kyoka asked after considering who Ochako might feel confident enough to tell. “Are you sure that was the best idea?”

“She’s energetic and a bit nosey but she’s not a gossip if that’s what you’re wondering.” Ochako defended.

“Yeah? You know her better so I’ll trust you on that.”

Ochako gave the punkette a small smile. It wasn’t as noticeable as her own progress but Kyoka had come a fair way since they’d had their first sleepover. She was much more accepting on particular things now and wasn’t as standoffish on others. It could’ve been down to a number of reasons like Mineta being gone or getting the girl of her dreams in Momo but her confidence had grown bounds.

“How’s things with Green anyway? You and Tsu were chilling with him this morning right?” Kyoka asked.

“Y-Yeah, he’s fine.” Ochako nodded. “We haven’t given him the third degree about what went wrong yet but I figured we’d do that after Eri’s gone, you know?”

“I meant more about you and him and Tsu.”

“O-Oh… well… nothing new there really.” Ochako acknowledged. “No big love declarations or anything like that yet.” She laughed nervously.

“Dude needs to get a move on.” Kyoka rolled her eyes. “Told him I’d keep you all to myself if he didn’t.”

“Well… you could with Tsu, I mean we aren’t dating you know.” Ochako pointed out.

“Ah, y-yeah, I forget that sometimes.” Kyoka sweatdropped.

“You did just declare that we’d have the best ‘date’ out of everyone and dragged me off. Are you sure you’re not the one making a big love declaration right now?” Ochako teased.

“Shut up.” Kyoka chuckled, nudging Ochako with her shoulder.

The two sat in silence for a moment, just enjoying the atmosphere of the festival as other students whooped, cheered and chatted nearby.

“I mean… I guess… if you wanna.” Kyoka began. “We could, you know, make it a date.”

“Are you actually offering because you want to or ‘cause you feel obligated or something?” Ochako asked curiously.

“Well, we’re all kinda together really. You and I haven’t spent much time together alone since um… s-since you came to my room.” Kyoka acknowledged, putting a small blush on both their faces. “I think we’re in this for the long haul provided we can kick Momo’s parents’ butts so… why not give it a shot?”

Ochako considered her words for a moment.

“Test the waters sort of thing?”

“Sure,” Kyoka nodded. “I don’t think we’ve really connected since this whole thing started so let’s see where it goes. If nothing else, we can say we gave it a shot and we wouldn’t be right for each other if not for everyone else.”

“I dunno.” Ochako began with a teasing tone. “After what we did last time together I think you’re just trying to get in my pants again.”

Kyoka gave Ochako an appraising look before quirking an eyebrow.

“I mean, can you blame me?” Kyoka retorted with her own tease.

Ochako burst into a small fit of giggles at that response. It certainly wasn’t the most romantic of gestures but it certainly made her feel attractive and desired. Honestly she hadn’t really considered entering fully into their group relationship much recently; she’d already had her hands full with Momo, Izuku, Tsu, and then Mina a little while ago. With the festival in full swing though, it was the perfect time to just hang out with her friend and see if they clicked in that way.

“Come on, let’s go do some stuff.” Ochako stood up with a smile. “Win me something and maybe I’ll give you a kiss. W-When no one’s looking of course.”

“Aren’t you supposed to be obeying my orders?” Kyoka tapped at her own choker, implying Ochako’s own position as Momo’s pet. “You do belong to my girlfriend after all.”

“I-If that’s where you’d like today to end.” Ochako winked nervously, trying to keep her bravado up.

Kyoka chuckled and followed the girl’s lead. The brunette had come out of her shell much more regarding her sexuality since admitting her conflicting feelings before. She may not be out yet but the punkette knew it was only a matter of time before the girl found her footing and planted her flag. Her determination was one of her most attractive features and Kyoka found herself looking at Ochako in a different light now she acknowledged a potential shift in their dynamic.

The two girls set off to explore the festival with a renewed sense of fun, each paying close attention to the other when pointing out sights and experiences they wanted to share.


“Any ideas for where you want to hit up next?” Mina asked as she licked away at her raspberry ice cream.

She and Momo were wandering around as the heiress scanned the festival guide for sights and experiences she’d like to try.

“There’s a couple of things,” Momo nodded, taking a small bit of her own blueberry ice cream cone she held in her other hand. “There’s another chance to see the phenomenal work the support students have done at a showcase. If you don’t mind, I would like to investigate as it may help provide me with ideas for how to improve my own arsenal.”

“I think your arse-anal is pretty stacked as it is.” Mina sent her a cheeky wink, giving her cone an extra-long lick that coloured Momo’s cheeks.

The pinkette was glad she got to enjoy some time with the girl on a pseudo date since there was no chance they’d be able to take this public anytime soon. Right now they were just two good friends enjoying the festival and no one would suspect they’d likely be fucking like rabbits before the night was out, at least if Mina got her way.

“Mina p-please.” Momo looked around nervously, “S-Save it for later.”

“You can count on that.” Mina purred. “For now though, let’s go check out that showcase. Maybe they’ll give me some ideas for gear to up my own abilities.”

With their plan decided, Mina linked her arm with Momo’s own, though deliberately did not hold her hand. While it was an affectionate action, it wasn’t uncommon to spot other girls doing much the same with their own friends around campus right now. Momo allowed herself to relax and lean on Mina ever so slightly, allowing her fondness for the pinkette fill her heart.

The two made their way into the main building towards the support demonstration hall where several exhibition booths had been set up to best showcase all the tech and gadgets the students had been hard at work crafting. Touring the booths, they found several notable things they’d like to try out to see if they fit well into their heroic repertoire. While there wasn’t a testing area for them to experience the gadgets first hand, most stalls had small videos on their operation to showcase their full potential.

Mina was eagerly chatting away to a second year that had developed a launcher for a student in class 1-B to allow him to add his glue quirk to it and fire off globules to give him a ranged attack while Momo examined the item itself, wondering if she could come up with a similar design in the midst of combat.

“Yeah, it doesn’t quite work right yet.” The second year girl with obvious squirrel mutation features replacing her ears and front teeth and adding a prominent, bushy tail recounted. “The launching part works but his quirk gums it up too quickly, still trying to figure out a solution.”

“Awww man. I was gonna ask if you could do one for me for my acid.” Mina pouted. She’d gotten the idea from reading Izuku’s notes on herself before their fight. He’d jotted down a weakness of hers was the lack of significant ranged attack and written ‘Launcher?’ in the margin nearby.

“Have you considered using some sort of encapsulated solution?” Momo asked. “Something like a paintball membrane maybe?”

“It’s not the worst idea,” The second year sighed, “But with his glue holding it together it’d end up with a worse spatter effect than paintball rather than spreading out like he wants it to. Think more like a waterballoon effect but then you’ve got the problem of it ripping in mid-air from the air resistance and spreading it much too thin in a much wider area.”

“That is a problem.” Momo nodded.

“You need a grenade.” A new voice chipped in.

The three students turned to spot Izuku standing there nervously as Mirio held Eri in his arms, the grey haired girl holding a small, colourful bag and red balloon.

“Use something with a set shell that can release the substance as dictated by a setting on the launcher, for example, stick on first contact, explode on a timer or wait until stationary.” Izuku explained. “It’ll mean he’ll only have limited shots but with the prevalence of micro-tech, he should be able to carry a large number of them in a pouch, expand them when necessary to fill with his quirk and launch them quickly without being too cumbersome. They can be recovered after battle and reused after applying solvent to his quirk providing they’re not too damaged.”

Mina’s mouth dropped open as Momo evaluated the solution in her head herself.

“Wow dude, that’s actually pretty good!” The girl quickly jotted the idea down on some nearby paper. “You a third-year support student or something.”

“N-No… just a quirk hobbyist.” Izuku rubbed the back of his head nervously.

“Pfft, yeah right, that’s Midori.” Mina introduced the boy. “Resident quirk expert of class 1-A with us.”

“Several of his suggestions have been implemented by members of our class and have produced significant results.” Momo nodded with Izuku blushing at the praise.

“N-No, really, I was thinking of how to solve this same issue for Bakugo when I was a kid. I never told him but he had the same idea and it’s worked for him so the same principal can be applied here.” Izuku explained.

“Sometimes an outside perspective is useful, thanks man.” The squirrel girl nodded.

“You guys here for the demonstrations too?” Mirio asked.

“We came to check out all the cool gear and maybe find something to upgrade our costumes.” Mina explained. “Demonstrations could be fun but aren’t they more for specialised and proof-of-concept like stuff?”

“Yup, yup.” Mirio nodded. “But it’s cool to see what the future might hold isn’t it?”

“Plus um… Hatsume said she’d be showing off her stuff here and I wanted to support her.” Izuku explained.

“Awww.” The second year cooed, suspecting a small crush might be the true reason the greenette was here.

Mina picked up on it and smiled secretly to herself; the poor second year had no idea the kind of stuff Izuku was currently involved in.

“We should watch it together.” Momo declared. “I would very much like to get your take on some of the ideas.

“Oh um, sure.” Izuku nodded. “I-It’s starting soon so shall we get over there?”

“Sounds good to me.” Mina nodded before turning back to the support student. “If you can figure out how to do this but with acids of various strengths give me a buzz.”

“Can do.” The support student smiled, taking the gadget back from Momo and returning it to the stand. “Enjoy the rest of the festival.”

Moving on from the stall, the small group found some space at the front of the demonstration area where several large and impressive looking mechs stood. Izuku recognised the one Mei had been working on earlier in the week and gave it an excited, if wary, look, hoping it didn’t blow up the stage. As this was the second demonstration of the day, hopefully she’d worked all the kinks out and had a successful run through this morning.

The sound system crackled soon after as Power Loader stepped out with a microphone in hand, welcoming everyone to the showcase. Izuku noted that he also made special mention of sponsors that stood in a private section off to the side. Even with the school restricting the attendance, it seemed that the potential investors for support course students were much like pro heroes scouting their own class at the sports festival and needed to be present to give their students every opportunity to show off and succeed.

One by one Power Loader called out student’s names, each with their own microphone as they gave a brief overview of their creations and a short demonstration of their workings. For the mechs it was mostly just a few movements while other tech was a full demonstration like the magnaboots that allowed one student to give his presentation from the ceiling.

Izuku cheered loudly when it came time for Mei’s turn as she took to the stage, dressed in her regular school uniform for once and bereft of any grease or dirt from her tinkering. Like the sports fest, she had a unique flair to announce herself to the world, capturing everyone’s attention when her robot autonomously reached down to her level and allowed her to step on its hand, lifting her up so that everyone could see her. They discovered that this giant suit was built by her for intense underwater expeditions and recovery though could also serve as a regular mech suit on land that police could use to help subdue criminals when heroes were running late.

The showcase ended shortly after with Power Loader thanking everyone for turning up and encouraging them to browse the remaining stalls for all other gadgets and equipment the students had developed in their time at UA.

“That was awesome!” Mina cheered. “I kinda wanna go find some sunken treasure ships now. Think that girl would mind if I borrowed her mech?”

“Uh… she’d mind very much.” Izuku sweatdropped. “Hatsume’s very passionate about her ‘babies’.

“She does seem super passionate.” Mirio nodded, Eri now sitting on his shoulders to give her the best view of the show.

“You should’ve seen her at the sports festival.” Izuku nodded recalling her time in the ring with poor Iida. That girl would do whatever she could to succeed in her goal as he’d learned the hard way that day. “I need to thank her for the gloves she made me.”

“Ooo, got a shiny new gadget yourself Midori?” Mina enquired.

“Y-Yup.” He nodded, hoping to avoid the topic of how he knew her latest work was quality when testing it out himself in a real situation a few hours earlier. “Gloves so I can fire off air blasts with my hands.”

“You’ve got proper ranged attacks now too?!” Mina pouted. “Aw man, I really need to catch up.”

The group shared a small laugh as the crowd continued to disperse. Izuku spotted Hatsume reappear shortly after and begin checking over her mech. Before he could think about approaching, a pair of people beat him to it. They were wearing passes around their necks so they were probably support company investors of some sort.

Glad she was getting some recognition, Izuku decided to wait until she was done, chatting with Momo instead about the potential applications all the tech they’d seen had while Mina doted on Eri with Mirio.

It was only when Hatsume’s voice rose that Izuku decided to turn back to the girl, spotting her frowning and waving her wrench around.

“I said ‘get lost’, I’m not interested in your soul sucking company!” Mei scoffed, turning back to her baby now that the conversation had lost her interest.

“My dear, I’m not sure what you’ve heard but I can assure you that this is an opportunity you do not want to pass by.” The man explained. “Only the best are employed by us and we’re very interested in your potential. It’s not often a first year catches our eye like this.”

“Don’t care.” Mei scoffed, “Go find someone else to extort.”

Izuku’s eyes narrowed, giving Momo a nudge who alerted Mina. Mirio had also cottoned on to the situation and stepped away to keep Eri out of a potentially explosive confrontation, navigating through the crowd and over to Aizawa.

“Hey Mei!” Izuku called out as he approached, flanked by his two classmates. “Congratulations on the demonstration.”

“Midori! Great to see ya’. How’re my glove babies working out for ya’?”

“We’re not finished here.” The woman insisted, her voice loud enough for all the students to now hear causing Momo to freeze in her tracks.

“M-Mother?!”

Alerted to her daughter’s voice, the woman turned round to reveal a stunning beauty much like Momo herself. Where her daughter’s eyes were hopeful however, hers were pointed and hard. Where Momo’s face was rounded yet regal, her’s was sharp and business-like. It was easy to see who the heiress inherited her hair from as her mother’s was done up in a similar, if much more complex, style in much the same shade.

“Ah, I was wondering if we’d run into you darling.” Her mother smiled.

Izuku noted immediately that while her mother carried a warmth in her tone, there was an undercurrent of danger present in the air now.

“Ah, my dear, it’s good to see you doing so well.” The man turned around, judging from Momo’s widening eyes, Izuku could make a pretty good guess who he was. The man stood tall with a somewhat rounded physique with short, dark brown hair slicked back. His friendly expression and rounded eyes outwardly displayed joy but Izuku could detect anger and irritation hidden carefully beneath the surface. “Your mother and I were just trying to extend a most generous offer to one of your year mates.”

Mei shot a glare at their backs as she looked up from working on her mech but said nothing.

“I-I can certainly understand why you would be interested father.” Momo nodded, standing up just a bit straighter as she addressed him. “There are many prominent students I’ve seen displaying their creations today.”

“Indeed. Though with the reported speed your fellow first year is able to take ideas from concept to completion, I thought we might secure her skills and help her go ‘plus ultra’ with our assistance.”

Mei scoffed, drawing a glancing glare from Momo’s mother before her happy mask returned.

“I’m sure it was most generous father.” Momo agreed diplomatically though Mina and Izuku could both tell her heart wasn’t behind her words.

“Perhaps we shall give her time to think on it.” Her father turned to her mother, clearly sending the woman a look that said more than Izuku could understand while he stroked his moustache in thought. “I’m sure it’s a little overwhelming for all you ever needed to thrive being offered on such an already excitable day.”

“Oh shut up!” Mei’s voice rang out.

Momo’s hand’s shot to her mouth to cover the gasp that escaped. Her father and mother’s brows creased in a way she dreaded to see as the pair turned back toward the young inventor.

“I beg your pardon?” Momo’s father said stiffly. Everyone present could feel the tone of the conversation take a drastic turn. It wasn’t anything he said or did, but Izuku and the others could tell the man’s entire demeanour had shifted and he was now sending out signals that caused alarm bells to go off in their heads.

Momo watched in fear as Mei stepped out and around her mech to stare unflinchingly into the face of her father once more.

“You heard me. Take that business one-oh-one rhetoric and get lost. I know exactly what happens to people you employ and I won’t be making the same mistake as them.”

“Oh? That’s a rather strong implication.” Momo’s mother said, exuding the same demeanour as her husband.

“Implication nothing, everyone knows not to work for Yaoyorozu industries. Contracts riddled with double talk and technicalities that mean anything and everything someone makes while being employed by you is yours.”

“Well, yes child,” Momo’s mother chuckled though there was no humour in her voice. “That’s how employment works in the real world.”

“Not when you become a slave in everything but name.” Mei glared.

“Careful now.” Momo’s father warned but Hatsume didn’t slow down.

“Fifty years of non-compete, complete ownership over any and all works made on or off the clock, company phones that track and monitor your every move and word, forced relocation at the drop of a hat.” Hatsume listed though the others were sure she could’ve gone on further, “I would rather eat pig shit the rest of my life than let you get your hands on any of my precious babies.”

The group was silent as Mei continued to stare down the Yaoyorozu duo while Momo’s face had whitened to the colour of snow.

“I see. Those are rather unfortunate and incorrect accusations you’re tossing around rather casually. I’m afraid we’ll have to rescind our offer.” Momo’s father stated curtly.

“Behaviour such as yours is most disgraceful. I’m sure you’ve saved us quite the scandal by showing your true colours now.” Momo’s mother added.

The pair turned away from the pink haired firecracker of the support course and regarded their audience carefully.

“It was lovely to see you dear, I hope you and your friends enjoy the rest of the festival.” Momo’s father said, “I understand there may be concerns after such vicious accusations but if any of you are discouraged at what you’ve heard, I implore you to do your own research. I’m sure our daughter can fill you in on how we truly operate.”

“Please accept our sincerest apologies for this display. We don’t know what we’ve done to deserve such vitriol.” Momo’s mother gave the slightest hint of a bow.

Hatsume looked like she was about to launch into another rant only for Power Loader to step in front of her.

“I’m sure everyone’s just a little excited thanks to the festival.” He placated. “If you’d like to come with me, we’ll help you make the most of your time here.”

Momo’s father’s eyebrow raised curiously as he regarded the teacher but ultimately said nothing with he and his wife simply allowing themselves to be escorted from the room.

Once the pair were out of sight, Mei gave one last scoff before returning to her mech baby. Momo, for her part, began breathing heavily, trying to reclaim the lost breath from holding hers too long.

“Jesus fuck.” Mina gaped, finally finding her own voice. “What the fuck was that?”

“M-My parents.” Momo replied shakily. “I’ve… never seen someone stand up to them like that.”

Izuku gulped nervously, very conscious that he had very little control over everything that just happened. He looked over at Hatsume who was working away at her mech once more with a frown on her face.

“H-Hatsume? Are you okay?” He called out.

“Oh, Midoriya! How’re my glove babies working out for ya’?” Hatsume replied as though she didn’t just have an altercation with the heads of a very prominent company.

“Hatsume, what was all that?” Izuku asked, still confused about why everything just happened the way it did. The girl was dead-set on catching every support companies’ eye she could, this was the first he was hearing about any potential exceptions to this.

“All what?” Hatsume asked confused, looking at her mech to see if she’d missed something weird on it.

“That thing with the Yaoyorozus.”

Mei’s expression dropped into a frown once more.

“The truth.” She spat. “Anyone worth their salt knows to stay away from ‘Yaoyorozu Industries’. Their business practises when it comes to R&D are terrible. I’d never see the sun again if I signed on with them. I mean, I don’t now, but that’s my choice.”

“Momo, is this true?” Mina turned to her girlfriend, understanding now more than ever exactly why Yaoyorozu was terrified of her parent’s anger.

“W-While I cannot confirm or deny the accusations myself, I do not doubt they could be true.”

“S-Surely that’s illegal.” Izuku blinked while Momo shook her head.

“I’m sure my father has seen to it that everything is at least technically legal.” Momo explained. “In the early days when heroics was starting to be seen as a career, my great-grandfather saw an opportunity and made a name for himself by developing one of the first support gear companies. He also happened to sit on the diet council, helping pass laws that would benefit his company. I believe it highly likely that the privacy and security clauses my parents have in contracts for those that do the thinking in our company would pass all checks under the umbrella of ‘national security’, citing their need to protect their employees and their products from any potential villain tampering that would endanger national security.”

“That’s… that’s not right.” Mina shook her head.

“No, it’s not.” Momo agreed, wrapping her arms around herself. Forgetting herself for a moment in the history lesson, she snapped back to reality and looked hurriedly over at Hatsume. “Miss Hatsume?”

“Whaddya want?” Mei eyed the heiress carefully, having picked up on who she was even when not paying full attention to her.

“I must apologize for my parent’s behaviour.” Momo offered a much more sincere bow toward the pink haired girl. “But please, listen to what I have to say.”

“I ain’t working for you either heiress.” Hatsume scoffed.

“N-No, I understand but please,” Momo looked around quickly, checking to make sure her parents hadn’t doubled back or anything. “You’ve angered them in a way I’ve never seen anyone else do. You need to warn your family! Their jobs, your home, anything you hold dear could be snatched away in an instant if you don’t look to protect themselves somehow. Your… your own career will likely be road blocked at every turn now.”

Mei sent a dangerous glare at Momo.

“Is that a threat?”

“No, please, I-I-” Momo stammered.

“These guys are bad news girl.” Mina stepped forward. “I’ve never seen it in action but if Momo’s telling you to protect you and yours then something big’s coming. We’re here to be heroes, Momo included. Her parents on the other hand…”

“Meh, my work speaks for itself, I’ll be fine.” Mei shrugged, turning back to her mech though her wrench turned slower than before.

“Mei.” Izuku stepped forward, hoping he’d be able to appeal to the girl’s sense of logic. “Just try to imagine it like someone is coming to rip every one of your babies away from you. They’re going to do the same thing to your family.”

“Not possible.” Mei muttered.

Izuku paused, confused about why exactly Mei thought that. He was about to ask why when the girl continued.

“Dad’s gone and Mom’s in jail. Best they can do is take the orphanage from me and I couldn’t care less about that place.” Mei stated calmly.

“M-Mei…” Izuku bit back a gasp, not knowing any of that about the girl. It now made much more sense why she seemed so uncaring about the world around her; there was nothing for her there. All the time she had was usually spent in the development studio tinkering away. With no true home to return to besides an orphanage she didn’t appear to care much for, of course she’d spend as much time trying to secure her future as possible. “I’m… sorry.”

“Meh, not your fault Midoriya. Those were just the cards I was dealt.” Mei shrugged again though with a lot less energy than before. “All I need to succeed is my drive and my babies, and no one is taking either of those away from me.”

Momo bit her lip. Sure Mei may be fine for now inside the safety net of UA but once she got out she may find herself blocked at every possible turn because of her parent’s influence, not to mention if her mother ever got out of jail, she’d have an even harder time finding a job.

“What about when your mum gets out.”

“Not gonna happen.” Mei stated with an even tone. “Pretty sure no one will ever let Lady Nagant roam free once more.”

Izuku’s mouth dropped open, Momo bit back a gasp and Mina looked between them curiously.

“Who?” She asked.

“Lady Nagant, former pro hero, arrested and sent to Tartarus for killing another pro in an argument.” Izuku explained quickly.

“Not true.” Mei muttered, continuing to examine her mech slowly. “Ever wonder why the Hero Public Safety Commission head disappeared around the same time?”

Izuku blinked, unable to put his thoughts into words as the situation slowly made sense in Mina’s mind.

“If anything, you should warn your parents.” Mei tossed to Momo. “Mum doesn’t exactly have much in the way of morals.”

Momo knew it was an empty threat, a hurt girl lashing out that was clearly bitter about her own situation even if she hid it well. Tartarus was known for being inescapable and anyone who entered as a prisoner was never expected to leave alive again. The prison was built to house criminals for whom the death penalty was not enough after all.

“I’ll make sure they back off as much as I can.” Momo agreed, hoping it would help placate any hostilities between herself and the girl as much as she could. “But… please be warned, if they discover such a connection between yourself and um… Nagant, I’m sure they’ll try to use it against you.”

“Wouldn’t be the first time.” Mei shrugged, letting out a sigh as her wrench stopped turning. “Can you guys just go please?”

Izuku, Momo and Mina wanted to do more for the girl to help her but knew it was pointless at this stage. They couldn’t even help Momo against her parents let alone anyone else. Only the heiress could deflect her parents somewhat and she’d struggled to manage them when the slight was against herself from Mineta’s actions. Being insulted so directly, Momo truly feared for the pink haired inventor.

The group reluctantly walked away, a morose feeling hanging over all of them as they did. All they could do now was wait and see what happened as a result of the confrontation.

“If your parents do anything to her, I’m kicking their bullying asses.” Mina growled.

“I wouldn’t stop you.” Momo acknowledged.

Returning to Mirio and Eri, the group put on happy faces once more but Mirio could see right through them. Luckily they didn’t have to fake it for long as Eri wanted to explain to Izuku all the things she thought about the demonstration. Seeing the little girl mime and act like someone that hadn’t been put through her own horrific ordeal reassured Izuku. While they couldn’t do anything now, if Hatsume needed them in the future, they’d figure out a way to help her. Hell, maybe they’d found another ally in the fight to free Momo from her parent’s influence.

For now, the group returned to the festival to enjoy what was left of their time before the start of their next performance.


After everyone returned for 1-A’s third and final performance for the day at four pm, of which Eri had now been one of the few to see all three shows, the class was nearly ready to call it a day. For the last time they’d sung and danced their hearts out to a gym slightly more filled than their second performance. A number of people were now attending that had been running stands throughout the day and word of mouth had spread the ‘can’t miss’ nature of the show, not to mention those that wanted a repeat performance like Eri.

There was definitely a more subdued air about the class as they wearily cleaned the gym for the last time that day. Some, like Koda and Tokoyami, had reached their social limit for the day and begged off from the class now that their obligations were fulfilled and they needed to recharge. Others, like Kaminari, were still pumped and ready to squeeze as much fun out of the festival as they could before normal school stuff would have to begin again next week.

With the clock approaching five, the sun painted the sky a glowing orange as it began to descend below the horizon. The festival officially ended at six so there was an hour left of enjoyment to be had. Izuku and the rest of the raid squad were commandeered by their upperclassmen to come and check out the beauty pageant’s results through which they cheered loudly as Nejire was declared the victor. Yuyu was crying at her girlfriend finally getting the justice she deserved in their final year, though only she would be able to experience Nejire’s full beauty.

While the festival wasn’t over, Aizawa announced that it was time to say goodbye to Eri. The group was sad but understood, each of them giving her some parting words by the pageant stage. Izuku asked for them to wait at the front gate while he went to go grab something to which Aizawa reluctantly agreed.

Eager to see what Izuku had in mind, both Tsuyu and Ochako decided to accompany Eri, Mirio and Aizawa to the front gate to see off the little unicorn. Tsuyu tried to get the girl to talk about everything she enjoyed that day and while she was told tales of her fun outing with Mirio and Izuku there was a definite air of sadness in her voice.

Snipe was waiting by the front gate to help escort Mirio, Eri and Aizawa back to the hospital and the group waited for Izuku to return with whatever he had planned. Unlike this morning, the boy appeared swiftly with a small bag in his hand.

“Eri, I’m so glad you came today.” Izuku smiled as he jogged up to the group. “I had so much fun. I hope you did too.”

“Mmmhmm.” Eri nodded though her eyes were downcast.

Izuku smiled endearingly at the girl. Their day was at an end even though she likely wanted nothing more than for it to stretch on forever. He was hopeful his last surprise would be enough to put one last smile on her face though.

“One more thing before you leave.” Izuku knelt down and pulled a very red looking candy apple out of the bag. “Got a surprise for ya.”

The difference was like night and day as Eri’s eyes lit up instantly. Ochako and Tsuyu cooed at how happy the girl looked again.

“A candy apple?! From where?” Mirio gasped, “I couldn’t find any.”

“I checked the guidebook last night, it didn’t look like anyone was going to be selling any so I bought the ingredients when I went out this morning.” Izuku explained, allowing Eri to take the apple on a stick from him. “It was easier to make than I thought it’d be. The only thing I couldn’t get was food colouring but Sato had plenty.”

“It’s getting late.” Aizawa’s bored voice drawled from behind Mirio. “But you two should be able to see her again soon.”

Though he meant well, everyone was too focused on Eri taking her first bite out of the sugary treat as her eyes got even bigger.

“It’s the best thing ever!” Eri declared with a radiant smile on her face. Ochako had to wrap her arms around herself to prevent her from launching into the girl and squeezing the cuteness out of her.

“Adorable, ribbit.” Tsuyu croaked from beside her.

“I’ll make them again,” Izuku laughed, “So you’ll have something to look forward to for next time.”

With goodbyes wrapping up, Aizawa held the car door open for Mirio and Eri as the girl’s eyes remained trained on her treat. Izuku, Tsuyu and Ochako waved until the car was out of sight down the hill with big smiles on their faces.

“See you soon Eri!” Ochako called out despite knowing full well she probably wasn’t heard.

“Today was fun.” Tsuyu smiled, letting out a small sigh of contentment.

“Yeah! But man am I glad we’ve got no homework this weekend.” Ochako drooped. “I’m just about ready to pass out.”

“Please don’t.” Izuku chuckled nervously. “There’s um… a-actually something I actually wanted t-to talk to you both about.”

Ochako’s breath caught, a tiny gasp escaping her lips as she gave Tsuyu a very obvious glance. Her froggy girlfriend was doing much the same to her as they both came to the same conclusion.

“Should we find somewhere more private to talk?” Ochako asked.

“Uh… w-well I mean as l-long as no one hears us-”

“If it’s about what I think it’s about, ribbit,” Tsuyu shot Izuku a knowing look. “We’re gonna want someplace a bit more private.”

“O-Oh… o-okay.” Izuku gulped nervously.

“Let’s head to my room, that way you can escape if it’s bad news.” Tsuyu offered, turning to walk back to the dorms though truthfully she’d done it so Izuku couldn’t see the worried look on her face as she felt out the topic of their chat.

Izuku chuckled, biting his lip shyly and giving Ochako a glance as she studied his face. He held out his hand for the brunette’s own who shyly took it before the two broke into a gentle jog to catch up with Tsuyu. Ensuring the greenette was on his other side, Izuku slipped his remaining hand into hers and squeezed gently.

“I… d-don’t think you’ll be disappointed.” He replied with as much confidence as he could muster about the topic.

Despite her stoic nature, Tsuyu couldn’t help letting out a few excited ribbits as she tried and failed not to break out into a wide smile. Both Izuku and Ochako couldn’t help but giggle at the girl as the trio made their way back to the dorms.

With the festival still ongoing, some students were still enjoying what they could. Thankfully there weren’t many people focused on the trio as they made their way to the dorms, even if someone did notice they weren’t calling it out. Both Tsuyu and Ochako wondered if this would be how things felt if they went on a three-way date in the future and hoped it was a good sign of things to come.

It seemed most of their friends were either still enjoying the festivities or had turned in as the common space was completely empty when they arrived. Making their way up to Tsuyu’s floor, the frog girl could barely control her ribbits as she hurriedly tapped her key card on the door lock.

Once inside, Tsuyu moved quickly to tidy a few things away and make her bed so they all had a spot to sit. As she moved around the room, Izuku gestured for Ochako to go first while he followed, moving instead to Tsuyu’s desk chair and pulling it out for himself to sit in. Tsuyu blinked as he positioned the chair facing the bed but didn’t resist when Ochako sat down on her mattress facing Izuku and pulling her down to do the same.

Scooching a little closer, Izuku calmed his nerves with a slow, deep breath before looking up at the girls. Tsuyu didn’t know how a boy could look so cute and handsome at the same time and maybe it was her excitement and the anticipation doing it for her but Izuku had never looked more desirable as he shot them a genuine smile.

“S-So… uh… um…” Izuku realised had hadn’t exactly prepared for how to start this conversation. “I-I’d um… like to say thank you f-first of all. I know that um… t-things have been a bit… off between us since… since that day. I-I was so terrified about someone else figuring things out and I reacted badly when you guessed it.”

“We know.” Tsuyu acknowledged. “We all could’ve handled that better, ribbit.”

“S-Since then… you’ve um… you’ve all welcomed me and shown me that… it wasn’t a mistake to trust you, n-not that I really thought that but uh,” Izuku stammered. “It… was a stupid worry of mine.”

“It was a big thing you shared.” Ochako acknowledged. “We weren’t unaffected either and we aren’t even the ones All Might chose.”

“But you’ve made it clear that… e-even though you all know what I… may have to face… that you’d stand by me.” Izuku nodded. “I thought that… I had to get as strong as I could as fast as I could so no one would have to worry about All Might retiring, because ‘I am here!’” He deepened his voice for emphasis but not to All Might impression levels.

The unusually deep voice and confidence, acted or otherwise, sent a shiver through both girls as they could clearly picture Izuku saying that in the future.

“I was so focussed on my goal that… I was losing sight of other important things. Stuff like trust, and friendship… and… l-lo… a-affection.”

Tsuyu chuckled slightly.

“It’s okay Izuku, the ‘L’ word comes later, ribbit.”

Izuku sent her an appreciative smile as he flexed his hands, rocking back and forth on the chair slightly.

“I was… trying to push you away a bit. I didn’t want any of you to get hurt for my sake.” Izuku glanced at Ochako as he said this, the pair remembering their exchange in Izuku’s room. “Something… something happened today that… made me realise that even if things go bad… there’s no one else I’d rather have by my side.”

Tsuyu and Ochako both allowed their grins to grow wide at that though the first part did confuse them.

“Wait, what happened today?” Ochako asked. “Is it about why you were late this morning?”

“Y-Yeah…” Izuku rubbed the back of his head nervously thinking back to his fight with Gentle Criminal and La Brava.


“Delaware Smash Air Force!” Izuku called out as he sailed through the air, his arms braced and his fingers poised to flick.

Having secured the rope and the ingredients to make candied apples, he’d been returning to UA only to run into a mysterious duo talking about that fancy ‘gold tips tea’ Momo shared with everyone recently. After a brief conversation, Izuku’d recognised the infamous criminal from a video he’d accidently clicked on that hinted at his upcoming attack on the school.

Realizing it was pointless to call for backup or police presence this far from their headquarters, Izuku made the executive decision to take down the duo by himself and prevent their infiltration and attack on the festival.

Releasing his fingers in a powerful flick with the air pressure firmly directed by his new gloves that Mei had given to him just that morning, he managed to land a solid blow on the criminal pair escaping through the air, knocking him off his trajectory.

“All right!” Izuku cheered, rotating his body to brace himself for a quick landing and take-off on a nearby telephone pole.

“Gugh! That’s not enough to stop me!” He heard the gentlemanly criminal call out as he formed another elastic barrier beneath his feet to try to correct his course. “I will not be discouraged!”

Izuku grit his teeth, pumping up the degree of full cowling he was using and quickly shot off as soon as he landed, aiming to tackle the man in mid-air. His aim was true and he grabbed the white haired criminal by the shoulders, determined not to let him go.

“I won’t let you ruin this for my entire school!” Izuku declared as he spotted an upcoming construction site to crash land in.

“Dear boy that’s not your decision!” Gentle replied with a nervous smirk.

A mighty crash rang out as the two touched down in the framework of the in-progress building. As he skidded to a stop, he mentally thanked Hatsume for all the hard work she must’ve put in to get his gloves done. That was only half his thanks as he noted that he couldn’t’ve moved so precisely the way he had without Mina’s help in dance practice.

As his thoughts turned to Mina and the girls, he felt himself wishing any one of them was here to back him up. Tsuyu or Ochako would be a god send with their manoeuvrability while Momo could easily make some restraining device launcher. Sure one of his teachers was probably a better, more rational choice, but his heart was calling out to them and overriding his brain.

Confronting the potential invader who was caught on a piece of rebar by his cloak, he easily divulged his entire plan to Izuku about infiltrating the campus with the help of his partner. Izuku chanced a glance at the girl accompanying the criminal whom he’d assumed as just an accomplice there to film his crimes. She hadn’t made a move to interfere yet but if either one of them made it to the school it would be game over. Izuku wasn’t sure she had a combative quirk as the man known as ‘Gentle Criminal’ had been doing all the fighting so far but he couldn’t disregard her.

When Gentle had apparently had enough of his own voice the fighting resumed, calling Izuku’s bluff regarding his informing of the police.

Being much more cunning than Izuku had given him credit for, he trapped Izuku between a rock and a hard place by threatening a civilian life with a girder he’d elastized.

“You’re a UA student, yes?” Gentle taunted as he bounced up and down on the elastic girder he’d also removed the locking bolts for. “If someone’s in danger,” The beam fell, his heroic instincts kicked in and Izuku immediately seized the heavy construction piece before it could drop and harm anyone. “You’ll step in.”

The strain was immense and it was currently taking all Izuku’s focus to not buckle under the pressure.

“A murderer huh?! You just tried to kill that old guy!” Izuku spat angrily.

“Not at all!” Gentle rebuffed, “I simply wanted to keep you occupied. I planned to bounce the beam out of the way myself if you didn’t step in for some reason.”

Izuku was very thankful he heard the fleeing footsteps of the old civilian man as he finally realised the danger.

“I thought you’d simply rush for the chap.” Gentle noted as he turned to walk away casually, “I see you really do have frightening levels of speed and power. I hate to leave you under such a strain but stay put and bear the pain patiently.” Gentle meandered over to a crane arm that was level with the floor, elastizing it in preparation for his escape. “Help will arrive soon, and you’ll be saved. I shall be done filming by that point.”

Izuku could do nothing but growl as Gentle held the crane arm ready.

“Grab hold La Brava.” He instructed as his red-haired partner stepped closer.

“That’s harsh Gentle! You’re playing dirty!” She said with a touch of joy in her voice.

As Gentle and his partner, now identified as ‘La Brava’, were about to make their escape, Izuku wished Tooru or Jiro would jump out and capture them or for Mina to melt his escape route. They were back at UA though and blissfully unaware of the encroaching threat that he had to protect them all from.

A sinking reminder made its way into his head about why he didn’t want them near to begin with; even if they pushed their quirks to the limit, they’d never be able to keep up with him. While he accepted that they’d stand by him regardless now, maybe Gentle and his partner had the same weakness; he did consider himself a gentleman after all.

Biting down the bile in his throat at his new plan, Izuku pushed even more power into his full cowling, raising up the girder just enough with one hand so he could aim with the other. Just before Gentle reached out to take hold of La Brava, Izuku shot off another air force smash.

The pair heard the whizz of air behind them before La Brava jolted forward unnaturally.

“Gentle…”

Gentle watched in despair as his partner in crime lurched forward and off the edge of the building. Time seemed to slow down so much he didn’t even hear the thundering clatter of metal slam down onto the half-built floor behind him.

He watched his young partner pass over the lip of the building and descend out of sight as his panic filled mind failed him at this crucial juncture. Another strong blast of sound erupted behind him before a green blur shot past, slamming into the rubberised crane he’d prepared to use to sail a significant distance towards UA. A reactive glance revealed a determined Izuku, electrified in green with his full cowling pushed just beyond his normal limits, pivoting on the crane’s underside and using its angle and elasticity to his advantage to kick off once more.

La Brava felt her breath escape her as she lost sight of her Gentle. She tried to manoeuvre her body so she could get one last look at her hero before she hit the ground. If nothing else, she would try to give him as much help as she could before gravity and the cold hard concrete claimed the life she’d dedicated to Gentle.

“I lov-” She began but found her words cut off as a green blur slammed into Gentle’s crane and the figure’s focus was squarely on her. The determination she saw reflected in those eyes in the brief second she saw them stole her last breath away in fear.

Izuku Midoriya pounced, lunging at the girl and La Brava closed her eyes. She expected a punch or a kick but was instead met by a protective embrace as Izuku cradled her torso and head in his arms.

Travelling now at a greater speed towards the ground, she braced herself for the impact but felt a much less jarring and permanent stop than the one she got. The unusual crackle of energy rippled around her as the boy that had both caused her to fall and saved her life adjusted his hold on her, lowering her to the ground safely while maintaining a firm grasp on her shoulders.

“Gentle!” Izuku called out, positioning La Brava in front of himself while looking up at the now rapidly wobbling crane he couldn’t use to escape. The white haired man, looking much older than his current years, peeked nervously over the edge of the building. The sounds of the world began returning to him as he saw La Brava’s shocked but very alive face looking back up at him from the safety of the ground. “I’ve captured your partner! Give yourself up and no one else needs to get hurt.”

Though overcome with relief, Gentle also found himself incredibly angry as adrenaline raced through his system. He jumped, dropping off the edge of the building but conjuring a few small platforms with his feet to reach the ground, touching down a fair distance from the UA student and his partner. His gentlemanly demeanour was gone as he stared at the student who would so callously endanger his dear La Brava’s life, all for some silly festival!

“So you decry murder for the camera yet try to practise it to further your own goals when it suits you, eh?” Gentle spat.

“Not at all,” Izuku retorted, throwing Gentle’s own words back at him. “I simply wanted you to stop. I planned to save your partner myself if you didn’t step in for some reason.”

Gentle heaved a controlled breath, his educated mind understanding what the boy was trying to do.

“Okay, you have caught my attention.” He said bitterly. “I apologize for involving innocents in this.”

“Me too.” Izuku stated, loosening his grip on La Brava just a little. “I’m very sorry Ma’am.”

La Brava didn’t know what to think right now, her heart pumping blood loudly in her ears and clouding her mind. She gave a small nod in response to Izuku’s apology but offered no words of her own.

“Just what possesses you to fight so hard young man?” Gentle asked. “I appreciate the fact that you find this school festival to be an important part of your childhood days but the work I’m doing will have a ripple effect that’ll better all of society that’ll cement my name in the history books. Surely you can understand the concept of a greater good.”

“You may consider this festival trivial.” Izuku growled. “But to a little girl that never had a childhood, who doesn’t even know how to smile yet, this festival means more to her than anything she’s ever experienced and I won’t let you ruin it! My friends and I have poured weeks of our time into putting on the best show we can so we can finally see her smile.”

Gentle let out a frustrated sigh.

“I understand your position young man but I fear we are at an impasse we will never overcome by ourselves. Instead, I shall turn my decision over to another young girl who has her heart set on today’s events.” The gentlemanly criminal averted his gaze from Izuku to his partner.

La Brava’s eyes were sparkling with unshed tears. Normally they’d have long run away since being discovered. That Gentle had fought so hard up until now showed how much his own heart was set on today’s video and achieving his dream. There was nothing she wouldn’t do for the one that had so kindly taken her in and given her life meaning again, even if it meant her spending the rest of her days in a cell so that Gentle could get the recognition the world had denied him.

“Gentle…” La Brava smiled, her expression sinking into one she hoped revealed a fraction of the true depths her love and dedication extended to. “I love you.”

A reciprocal, endearing smile grew on Gentle’s face as he understood her answer.

“And I you, my La Brava.”

Izuku blinked as he tried to process what exactly La Brava’s answer actually was. For a moment, he was distracted by his own feelings of affection for the girls who wanted to explore such a connection with him and how he’d just wished that they’d been here to help.

A moment was all Gentle Criminal needed though as La Brava’s quirk, ‘Love’, activated, powering up Gentle to ten times his usual strength.

In a flash, Gentle surged forward and thrust out with his fist, slamming it into Izuku’s nose and sending the boy crashing back into a storage shed while his other hand scooped up his partner who felt nearly weightless with his new strength.

“Apologies lad, I abhor using brute force but you’ve forced my hand.” Gentle turned, activating his quirk on the ground. “It would be best if you didn’t follow us.”

Jumping firmly on the ground, Gentle’s newfound strength caused him to sink down below ground level before surging up into the sky and toward UA.

Izuku grit his teeth as he pulled himself out of the dent his body had left in the metal. Blood poured down his face as his nose was clearly broken. If this was Gentle’s response, then he’d have to push himself even further to ensure everyone could be safe and have a good time while he protected them. Now he understood that this battle truly was two on one and even though he outmatched both villains individually, combined, they posed a threat he wasn’t sure he could take on. If the universe was trying to send him a message, he was receiving it loud and clear.

Stepping onto the still rippling earth, Izuku followed Gentle’s lead and soared towards UA with a mighty kick of his own. This was his last battle, he decided. His last battle fighting alone when he could do so much more with the love and support of his friends!


The battle had been hard but decisive after that. He’d caught up to the pair in the forest close to the school where Gentle had played the distraction so La Brava could sneak inside. It was only thanks to Hound Dog and Ectoplasm’s timely arrival during their patrol around the outskirts that allowed him to claim a near total victory.

It wasn’t complete as, in the end, Gentle had enough strength to bounce him away before the teachers arrived. By the time Izuku had returned to the scene Gentle had turned himself in to the staff. Though the man had failed in his endeavours, Izuku couldn’t find it in his heart to hate him. If anything he pitied him because he sympathised so much. Looking at Gentle Criminal was like looking into a darker reflection of himself that could’ve been if his dream had been decisively taken away from him.

He wasn’t lying when he said that Gentle was one of the toughest opponent he’d ever fought, though not physically, and that was in no small part down to his convictions and the love, trust and dedication he’d had with his partner in La Brava that were obviously mutual. Quirk compatibility aside, having that much faith in others was a powerful force indeed.

By societal standards, he knew it was wrong to stretch the truth about their scuffle to the teachers. Gentle Criminal and La Brava both needed to be punished in accordance with the law but, in whatever way he could, he wanted to give the man who’d lost his way a second chance. It was definitely something he knew he couldn’t do alone, nor even know where to begin if he tried, but he knew two men he could turn to for something with this level of importance.

That would have to wait though as the festival had already started and his class’ performance was due to go on shortly.

Escorted by Ectoplasm, he returned to the café where he’d first encountered the criminal duo to collect the necessary components to make today a success before hurriedly returning to UA.


Coming out of his memories, he divulged what he’d experienced that day to the pair of girls sitting before him. The two girls felt their heart rates elevate as Izuku spoke about his battle with the criminal duo that were much more formidable than anyone realised.

“So… really… during that fight, there were times when I wished that even just one of you all were there to back me up. D-Did I need it? No… but it would’ve been so much easier to manage.” Izuku finished.

“Ribbit, you didn’t make the best choices.” Tsuyu nodded, “That was a risky move you pulled with… ‘La Brava’ was it?”

Izuku nodded.

“I saw more parallels between us than I thought. La Brava was there and not fighting but he clearly cared for her. I… got into the mindset of a villain, going for the weakest link l-like I fear that… All-For-One might do.” Izuku admitted, hoping the girls didn’t hate him for the decision he’d made. “I-I knew I could catch her but… I deserved that broken nose.”

“It was a mistake,” Ochako sympathised, “One I don’t think you’ll make again.”

“Not if I can help it.” Izuku agreed. “B-But still… I would do the same thing again to protect you all. All the time and hard work we all put into the festival, everyone’s feelings, a-and Eri. So… I decided that it would be my last fight alone. I know it shouldn’t’ve happened anyway but uh… w-what I mean to say is-”

“We get it Izuku.” Tsuyu reached out to take his hand in hers. “We trust you.”

“No more running, we’re a unit!” Ochako did the same for his other hand.

“Y-Yeah.” He smiled nervously, a blush rising up onto his face. “A-And I don’t want to run from something else any more either.”

Tsuyu’s breath caught as Izuku looked her right in the eyes with his adorable green orbs.

“Tsu, I j-just want to say that you’re one of the most amazingly caring people I’ve ever met. You didn’t hesitate to tell us we were wrong when we went to go help Bakugo because you have one of the most steadfast moral compasses I’ve ever seen. That you also stuck by when you found out about… me and my quirk… I-I know that, as long as I have you by my side, I’ll never be steered wrong. Y-You’re also um… i-incredibly cute and your r-ribbits are simply adorable.”

“Ri-Ribbit.” Tsuyu smiled widely nodding her head eagerly.

“O-Ochako,” Izuku turned now to address the brunette girl who was sitting on the edge of the bed in excitement. “I-I noticed you the first time we met. You sent my h-heart fluttering and I couldn’t even say a word to you after you… saved me from kissing the pavement.” Ochako giggled, remembering her much more meagre save of the boy prior to the entrance exam. “Your raw drive and determination is inspiring and I know that you’ll achieve everything you set out to do. I really hope I get to be there to watch you succeed as the amazing hero I know you’re going to be.”

Ochako bit her lip to try and relieve some of the pain her cheeks were feeling from smiling so hard.

“T-Thank you both for… everything so far. I know that I’ve been very selfish but… now… w-would you um… w-would you m-make me the luckiest guy in the world a-and please go out with me?” Izuku finally asked.

Tsuyu couldn’t control herself any longer and lurched forward, pulling Izuku’s hand at the same time so she could plant a firm yet messy kiss on his cheek.

“Ri-ribbit, of course we will!” She cried, ecstatic that, while only the beginning, her dream was coming true. It didn’t matter what the world saw to her, as long as she had the love and support of her girlfriends and Izuku in their polyamorous unit, she felt like she could face anything, even those dark thoughts she once had calling her ‘filthy’ and ‘disgusting’ for wanting so many other people at once.

Much more calmly, Ochako pulled Izuku closer to her and placed a soft kiss on his other cheek.

“You big dummy, we asked you first.” She giggled before nuzzling his cheek with her own.

The three broke into small laughs as each of them looked nervously between each other while their new relationship status settled over them.

“So… we’re all together now?” Tsuyu asked hopefully, just to confirm it was really real. Izuku glanced over at Ochako before giving a shaky but eager nod. “It seems like a dream, ribbit.”

“No dream here Tsu.” Ochako leant over to kiss her girlfriend on the cheek. “More dream come true for you.”

Izuku couldn’t help but let out a laugh at that.

“T-That was so cheesy.”

“Get used to it Izuku, you’re part of the fondue now.” Ochako quipped.

The trio broke into giggles once more before a comfortable silence settled on them all again.

“So… w-what now?” Izuku asked. “D-Do you guys want to um… go see if there’s any stalls still going or…”

“Well,” Tsuyu purred, “I think a certain someone should be rewarded for protecting the festival in the first place.” She reached out to trace a hand down Izuku’s chest.

The boy gulped as Tsuyu’s eyes had a siren-like aspect to them right now.

“I-Isn’t that too s-soon?” He gulped nervously.

“I don’t think Tsu will do anything you don’t want to.” Ochako smiled. “But… maybe we could just relax here for a bit and m-maybe… k-kiss a little?” She felt silly getting embarrassed over such a simple action considering all she’d shared with the girls so far but this was different, this was her first crush that had only just said ‘yes’ to exploring things together.

“I-I mean… i-if you want to.” Izuku smiled nervously.

“What I want would end up with us all naked and worn out, ribbit.” Tsuyu stated bluntly. “But it’s your choice too. Do you want to start small and see where things go?”

“Then um… i-if it’s okay… c-could I kiss you both?” Izuku asked shyly.

Ochako didn’t answer, opting instead to lean forward and capture Izuku’s lips with her own, pressing softly against them after each peck. Izuku couldn’t help closing his eyes as he sunk into the feeling of sharing his first kiss with one of his two first girlfriends. The brunette gave him time to enjoy their slow smooches before she allowed her tongue to slip between her lips and touch at Izuku’s to lead him to the next stage of their intimate act. It was slow at first but Ochako coaxed Izuku’s tongue out so that they could intertwine, her leading the boy through the unique dance.

Just about out of breath, Ochako pulled back to give them time to recover, a dumb smile on both their faces.

“Hot.” Tsuyu said, a touch of drool on the edge of her mouth.

“Your turn.” Ochako nudged her girlfriend with a cheeky smile.

Tsuyu didn’t need any further prompting and sat forward once again, seeking out Izuku’s lips instead of his cheek this time. It wasn’t particularly lewd or erotic as she allowed herself to give into her urges just a little and seek out Izuku’s tongue, allowing herself to indulge in a fantasy she’d long hoped would become reality. Instead, her heart fluttered as she felt Izuku squeeze her hand lightly and let out a small moan as her tongue wrestled with his.

“It’s about time, eh?” Ochako giggled after the pair separated, a dazed look on Izuku’s face while a more seductive one sat on Tsuyu’s.

“Doesn’t matter as long as we don’t waste any more.” Tsuyu smirked.

Pulling on Izuku’s hand, she encouraged him to get off his chair and sit on the bed, shifting her position so he could sit between them.

Still nervous about what could possibly happen, Izuku allowed himself to be repositioned before looking between the girls.

“I don’t think I need to explain that I’ve wanted this for a long time.” Tsuyu started, caressing Izuku’s face and running her hand down Izuku’s chest. “There’s something I’ve also wanted to do with you for a really long time. I’ve… kinda thought about it ever since you saved me back during the… USJ.” She admitted with a small blush, sliding her hand down to his belt. “Do… you want to?”

“If… I say ‘stop’-” Izuku began.

“I’ll stop,” Tsuyu nodded, “but I don’t think you will.”

“Not with me distracting him anyway.” Ochako giggled, directing his face back towards her and stealing another kiss.

As the pair sunk into their act once more, Tsuyu unbuckled Izuku’s red belt and undid the button for his trousers. She rubbed her hand up and down his crotch before cupping it, drawing a moan out of the boy and a giggle out of Ochako as their kiss paused for a second before resuming.

Tsuyu knew this was a bit fast since they’d just technically started their official relationship together but she wanted to be a bit selfish. Izuku would really enjoy her plan so it was a win-win really. Unzipping his fly, she spread the front of his trousers open to reveal his All Might coloured boxer shorts. Suppressing her own giggle, she pressed her hand against his length, feeling it swell and pulse underneath her touch.

Izuku broke his kiss with Ochako to look down at Tsuyu’s hands before looking at the girl in question.

“S-Should… w-would it help if I lay down?” He asked nervously.

“I can do it like this, but yes, ribbit, if you lie down you’ll probably enjoy it more.” Tsuyu nodded, giving his junk a soft squeeze which made Izuku’s breath catch slightly.

“Stop being mean Tsu.” Ochako smirked at Izuku’s reaction.

“I think I’m being very nice actually.” Tsuyu shot back with her own smirk.

Moving more quickly than he had before, Izuku slid back further on the bed and turned so that his head would lay on Tsuyu’s pillow, hoping he wasn’t coming off as too eager.

“Good boy.” Tsuyu smiled as her lusty eyes trailed back down to his crotch. “I don’t think you’ll be needing those.”

Kneeling at his waist, Tsuyu hooked her fingers underneath Izuku’s trousers and pants, tugging them down and over his cock, exposing it to the open air once more as it stood erect. Ochako couldn’t help but blush as she remembered touching it herself during their last sleepover and getting him to cum, though she wasn’t able to see it.

Tsuyu ribbited lustily as Izuku’s cock pulsed and twitched.

“Do… you like it?” He asked nervously, hoping he still measured up to whatever she was expecting.

“I think you’ll fit perfectly between my thighs.” Tsuyu purred, reaching out to trace a finger down its length and getting a twitch in response. Izuku was breathing more heavily now, his lust and anticipation having been building since their first kiss.

“I’m just gonna leave you to it.” Ochako admitted, crawling up the bed to settle at Izuku’s side, laying her head next to his. “Call me ‘old fashioned’ but I kinda want to just do a bit more kissin’ first.”

“Nothing wrong with that, ribbit.” Tsuyu smiled as she tugged Izuku’s lower clothes down fully and off his body, allowing his legs to spread out more. “This is Izuku’s reward from me and my treat too.”

“I-I don’t need a reward.” Izuku smiled shyly down at Tsuyu. “I-It was the right thing to do… b-but if m-my girlfriend wants to.”

“And that’s why you’re getting a reward, boyfriend.” Tsuyu smiled back up at him.

“This is very cute but I want more kisses.” Ochako pouted, pecking Izuku on the cheek.

“O-Oh, s-sorry.” Izuku stuttered.

Ochako rolled her eyes but drew the boy back into another kiss which she quickly deepened into tongues. She allowed herself to let go of all the anxiety that had built up over the weeks and months from wondering if a guy like him could ever like a girl like her. Her worries were now all in the past as she kissed her boyfriend while her girlfriend prepared to do something probably extremely lewd to satiate her own desires.

While Izuku and Ochako kissed, Tsuyu began working on her own task, slowly wrapping her hand around Izuku’s cock before giving it a couple of pumps like she’d seen in so many videos. Izuku’s moans were instant as his hips tried to assist by thrusting towards her hands which made her giggle.

“These hips don’t lie.” Tsuyu chuckled, remembering an old song.

Wanting to experiment and explore a little more, Tsuyu allowed herself to pull Izuku’s foreskin all the way down to reveal his swollen cock head. It was thick and red, much like she’d seen in pictures, with a little slit at the top that probably longed to release its load. Tsuyu felt her own core clench as her mind ran away with the idea of just mounting the boy now until he filled her to the brim. She pushed down her overly instinctual thoughts, trying not to let her hormones get the better of her for now.

Instead, she moved to cup his balls with her other hand, feeling them contract slightly at the touch as Izuku let out another little moan.

“Having fun Darling?” Ochako asked, looking down at Tsuyu who appeared to be entranced.

“Very.” Tsuyu nodded. “Real fun’s just about to begin though.” She stated, shifting her position until she was now sat between Izuku’s legs, his most sensitive area now on full display.

Izuku’s breathing was hot and heavy now as he looked down at Tsuyu, her face tantalizingly close to his crotch. He wanted to know exactly what she was about to do but he daren’t say anything lest she have second thoughts. Ever since Mina had put the idea of asking both the girls out this had become a small fantasy of his own and now it was about to come true.

“Izuku.” Tsuyu spoke up as she wrapped her hand around his cock again and began softly pumping. “I’m pretty sure you have a good idea about what I’m going to do. This is your last chance to back out, ribbit.”

The half-naked greenette shook his head. He wasn’t stupid enough to reject this even if he felt like he hadn’t earned whatever she wanted to give him. His cock twitched again as Tsuyu’s dexterous tongue flicked out and moistened her lips, confirming her plan.

“Then I hope you enjoy.” Was the final thing she said.

Izuku watched in amazement as her tongue crept out of her mouth once more and started licking up and down his organ. He wasn’t sure if it was the texture or the moistness but his hips almost instantly thrust upward into her hand that was still stroking him softly.

“I think he likes it.” Ochako giggled, watching her girlfriend work and feeling her own need build. This was certainly not how she expected to end up when she first imagined getting together with Izuku back when they first started school together but this was absolutely better.

Slowly, Tsuyu’s tongue stopped its teasing of his cock as Tsuyu released her grip on it. Izuku and Ochako watched in fascination as Tsuyu’s tongue wrapped around it like a corkscrew before masturbating him up and down. It was almost too much for the boy and his hand that wasn’t closest to Ochako gripped into the sheets tightly, trying to do everything he could from shooting off too soon.

“You like that Izuku?” Ochako asked seductively, licking her own lips before closing in on Izukus once more, instantly seeking out his tongue with hers.

Tsuyu knew she wouldn’t have long to play once she got her tongue involved and from the way Izuku was gripping at the sheets, she knew he was going to blow sooner rather than later. Opening her mouth wider than a normal person could, she hovered over his cock before slowly lowering herself, aiming to capture it all in one go.

As soon as she closed her mouth and allowed the hot, velvety texture of her lips and cheeks to rub over whatever her tongue wasn’t touching she knew it was nearly time.

“T-Tsu!” Izuku called out frantically, his toes curling, gripping the sheets with one hand while reaching for her head with the other. He aimed it so that he could get underneath and push her away, knowing he hadn’t given her nearly enough time or warning before he was due to cum and, as far as he understood, girls really didn’t like not being warned.

Before he could reach her, Ochako’s hand shot out and grabbed his wrist, preventing him from doing anything.

“Let me.” She said softly, her own heavy breath intoxicating his senses.

She quickly redirected his hand to the top of Tsuyu’s head instead and gently applied pressure to it, forcing the girl further down on his cock until he could feel her throat. That was all he could bare as he felt his balls contract and unleash their load into the girl.

Tsuyu was grateful for Ochako’s intervention both because she wanted to take Izuku’s full load without interference and so she could feel her partner’s hands on her head, encouraging her to take it all. Thanks to her quirk, she didn’t have much of a gag reflex and as she deep throated Izuku’s cock for the first time she could feel the heavy spurts unload directly into her stomach. She regretted not having her own hand in her pants right now so could cum too as the excitement was driving her nuts.

When Izuku’s held breath devolved into short gasps then even longer breaths, she slowly unwound her tongue from around him, savouring the taste of the cum that hadn’t quite made it all the way down her throat.

“Mmmm.” Tsuyu groaned as she released Izuku’s cock from its moist prison. “I don’t think I’ll need dinner tonight.”

Ochako burst into laughter at that remark.

“Tsu! Gross!”

Izuku offered a few weak chuckles from his position but was more focused on catching his breath and comprehending what just happened. He looked down at his rapidly shrinking cock, its load spent, as Tsuyu crawled over his leg and up toward him and Ochako, resting her head on what little of the pillow she could and throwing her arm over his chest to cuddle.

“Enjoy?” She asked cheekily, as though the answer wasn’t obvious.

Izuku didn’t answer with words, nodding dumbly.

“Think you might’ve broken him.” Ochako smirked, caressing Tsuyu’s hand as it lay on Izuku’s chest.

“I hope not, still have plenty of stuff to do with my new boyfriend.” Tsuyu chuckled, kissing Izuku on the cheek.

When he tried to speak, all that came out was a squeak that made Ochako and Tsuyu dissolve into laughter once more. Clearing his throat, Izuku began again.

“Th-Thank you Tsu. I um… r-really liked it.”

“I can tell.” Tsuyu smiled.

“Do…” Izuku bit his lip, “Do you want me to… d-do it back?”

“Ribbi~it.” Tsuyu moaned softly feeling herself clench needily. “I really want to say ‘yes’ but I’m afraid that things would get out of hand very quickly if I did.”

“Tsu’s kind of horny like that.” Ochako explained. “I’m still not ready to do everything yet so why don’t we um… c-call it here between us three.”

“O-Oh, okay… if that’s okay I guess.” Izuku nodded.

“Don’t worry Izuku, the second you’re ready I’m sure Tsu won’t hold back.”

“I won’t.” Tsuyu confirmed.

“In the meantime, I’ll make sure to keep her satisfied.” Ochako giggled.

“I’m holding you to that.” Tsuyu threatened honestly, causing Ochako to roll her eyes endearingly.

For now, the three of them just lay there next to each other, allowing the events of the day to wash over them while they snuggled and caressed each other, sharing the occasional kiss.

After a short while, Tsuyu and Ochako’s phones both pinged with the green haired girl pulling out hers to answer whichever group chat she was sure just updated.

Alien Queen: Wheres our Darling and Cutie Pie? Gonna have a little group celebration in Momos room so come join us when you’re finished sneaking around ;)

Glancing at the time in the corner of her phone Tsuyu noted that the festival was now officially over and their classmates were probably all heading back to the dorms.

“Apparently the others want to hang out in Momo’s room.” Tsuyu explained to the other two.

“Mmmm I’m kinda comfy here.” Ochako nuzzled into Izuku’s side.

“I-I’d um… like to put something back on if you don’t mind.” He blushed. “I-I can get out of your hair then if you wanna go.”

“Stop being silly.” Tsuyu chided lightly. “I’m sure you’re invited too now that you’re in our relationship officially.” She couldn’t help but smile as she said that.

Tapping away at her phone, she posed the question to Mina, just to be sure this was an actual get together and not some sort of code for everyone being naked when they arrived.

Frog Queen: Izuku invited?

Alien Queen: Hmmm not until he’s committed to you two. I told him no more sleepover stuff for him until he did and a poly-party like this kinda counts.

“You can come.” Tsuyu nodded. “Be aware that Mina may shatter your ear drums when we arrive though.”

“You told her?” Ochako asked, slipping herself down to the end of the bed to grab Izuku’s clothes for him.

“No, but when we show up with him she’ll know.” Tsuyu explained, rolling off the bed to allow Izuku more room to move. Annoyingly, three people didn’t fit very comfortably in her bed together. She may have to ask her parents for a bigger one somehow.

Tsuyu shook out her hair and checked herself in the mirror while Izuku and Ochako got up, the boy dressing himself nervously in his trousers.

“Izuku?” Ochako sat next to him on the edge of the bed once he’d redressed. “Could you um… not tell anyone about us yet? I’m um… s-still not ready to come out.”

“Oh… uh… sure.” Izuku nodded. “I guess it would be a little hard to explain anyway what with me and you and Tsu all… together like this.”

“As long as we’re okay with it, it doesn’t matter what anyone else thinks.” Tsuyu shrugged. “But it’s none of their business so I don’t think we need to worry really.”

“The only person I’d even really tell are you guys and Iida and something tells me I’d get us a few hours of lecturing if I told him.” Izuku sweatdropped before his eyes widened. “A-And my mum… w-wow… sh-she’s going to have a heart attack.”

“We’ll bring Yaoyorozu along so she can make a defibrillator.” Tsuyu chuckled, hoping such an announcement wouldn’t truly harm the woman. Thinking about it, she wondered how her own parents would react when she eventually revealed her now seven-way relationship to them. That was a question for later though as she had no plans to do that until the end of their first year at UA when they went home for the holidays at least. Though with how things were going, she wouldn’t be surprised if the school heavily suggested all heroics students stay on campus until their studies were finished.

Once clothes were un-ruffled and hair straightened out from their fun little activity, the three made their way to the door to put a cap on what had turned out to be a fantastic festival all things considered.


“Urgh, tired, sleep now.” Kyoka groaned before she face planted Momo’s bedspread, still dressed in her band gear.

“I’m not surprised you’re knackered.” Mina giggled, stretching herself out, dressed in her comfy clothes after dropping off her super cute dance outfit back at her room. “Three kickass gigs, all that cleaning, and taking Ochako on ‘the best date ever’, you must be ready to drop.”

“Fmuck oaff” Kyoka groaned from her face down position in Momo’s spare pillow that she’d long since claimed as hers.

“Ooo, how’d that go?!” Tooru asked excitedly, also dressed in her comfy clothes. “You guys dating now too? Wait, that means I’m the last one that isn’t dating her! I need to go ask her out.”

“Calm down ‘Nejire’.” Mina giggled, wrapping her arms around her girlfriend who somehow still had this much energy after the festival. “Let her and Tsu figure things out with Izuku first. Those three idiots have enough on their plate right now.”

“That didn’t stop you from adding your own offer of companionship though.” Momo giggled over by her cupboard, halfway through getting changed herself.

“You shush your Gorgeous face!” Mina pouted at her argument being defeated.

The door clicked and Mina and Tooru looked over to greet their new arrivals with Kyoka rolling over now that their group was probably about to be complete.

“Hey guys!” Ochako called out as she stepped in.

“Didn’t realise we planned a party, ribbit.” Tsuyu followed after her. “Hope you don’t mind but we brought a snack.”

“T-Tsu!” Izuku blushed as he closed the door behind them.

It took Mina all of a couple of seconds for her brain to process exactly what had happened. She let out a squeal that made them all wince as an ecstatic yet slightly smug look plastered itself on her face.

“I knew you guys had snuck off somewhere! I didn’t realise it was to snag some snogs with Midori!”

“Is this it?! Are you guys together?!” Tooru asked quickly as they all stepped into the room.

Izuku blushed and averted his gaze from the questioning only to get an eyeful of Momo who was dressed only in her shorts, having removed her shirt and bra to slip on her magenta comfy top that was clasped in her hands.

“S-Sorry!” Izuku’s eyes shot down at the floor.

Momo gripped her top to her chest before slipping it over her head quickly, offering an understanding smile at the boy.

“It’s nothing you didn’t see last time.” She giggled. “Besides, I’m sure that, as part of our now seven member relationship, you may see a lot more should you wish to continue joining our sleepovers.”

Mina figured the greenette must’ve eaten a couple of chili peppers before he arrived with that red face and steam shooting out of his ears at Momo’s implication.

“To answer your question,” Tsuyu announced, pulling the attention of the room back to her. “We came back a little early and had a chat together. By the end of it, we had a new boyfriend, ribbit.”

“Woo!” Ochako gave a small cheer, her face a little red too at announcing the news to all the other girls.

“Oh my god, yes! Finally!” Mina grinned, joined by Tooru as they jumped up and down next to the girls in excitement.

“You doing all right over there Green?” Kyoka called out.

“S-Sorry, this is still sorta… new and surreal.” Izuku blushed.

“Well you’re in the mad house now, enjoy the fuckin’ stay.” Kyoka chuckled, rolling her eyes at Mina and Tooru’s antics.

“Please feel free to come sit down Izuku.” Momo offered as she climbed into her bed next to Kyoka. “I’m sure we’d all like to hear how this came about.”

“Story time!” Tooru grinned, making her way over to claim her spot on the bed. “We got anymore snacks left?”

“How are you not full after the festival?” Kyoka asked incredulously, knowing she’d scoffed a good amount of sugar, popcorn and other sweet treats throughout the day.

“I mean, we did burn hella’ calories on stage.” Mina grinned, pushing Tsuyu and Ochako over to Momo’s bed. “Though we may not’ve if a certain someone hadn’t forgotten how to buy rope and return on time.”

Izuku froze in his steps, a cringe catching his breath as he realised the remaining girls, and the rest of the class, deserved an explanation for their worries.

“I um… g-guess I should explain that first.” Izuku sighed, continuing over to claim a spot between Mina and Ochako. “Something happened that couldn’t be avoided this morning.”

“We kinda guessed that much.” Kyoka nodded.

“Were you attacked?” Tooru asked, suddenly realizing it could be a very real possibility.

“Um… well…” The group, minus Tsuyu and Ochako who’d gotten the details earlier, braced themselves as Izuku didn’t reject the notion. “So… I’m not sure if you’ve seen him on the internet or not… but there’s this guy called ‘Gentle Criminal’…”

For the next ten minutes, Izuku proceeded to explain exactly what had happened between waking up that morning and returning with only a minute to spare before their class’ first performance. While he was physically there and fine, Mina, Tooru and Momo couldn’t help but worry for him as he retold the story. Having to go through a battle such as that to protect them all with no one having any idea at the time made them all feel guilty for getting annoyed about his tardiness.

“When Eri was visiting before, Miss Midnight told us that if a single alarm went off during the festival, they’d have to shut everything down and evacuate… I couldn’t let that happen. Everyone’s hard work would go to waste and Eri… she wouldn’t’ve finally figured out how to smile again.”

“Damn dude, that’s hardcore.” Kyoka admired. “Stupid, but hardcore.”

“I must agree.” Momo nodded. “I am truly grateful for your actions but did you not think to call the police or the teachers perhaps?”

Izuku nodded, letting out a small sigh.

“He was extremely agile and any second wasted could’ve made the difference, especially after he got that power-up. I know that… I pretty much took care of it alone but… after all we’ve been through these past few weeks, I wanted nothing more than for one of you guys to be there backing me up.” Izuku admitted. “Gentle and his partner were one of the toughest fights I’ve ever had to face. Alone, they wouldn’t’ve been much of a problem, but together, they almost won. So… I wanted to say that I’m sorry for being so stubborn.”

“You know, for a guy that idolizes heroes, you’re not the best at understanding the whole ‘power of teamwork’ thing.” Tooru giggled.

“Midori, you single-handedly saved the entire festival!” Mina praised. “You did what you could with what you had.”

“Y-Yeah.” Izuku nodded. “I mean, I still got chewed out by the teachers but I’d do it again in a heartbeat.”

“It also meant he stopped running from his feelings, ribbit.” Tsuyu smiled wide.

“After Eri left, he asked us to talk and well…” Ochako rested her hand on Izuku’s leg who responded by taking it softly in his own.

“Ahhh! So cute!” Mina cooed before her expression turned more teasing. “So who jumped Midori’s bones first?”

“M-Mina!” Ochako blushed.

“Yo.” Tsuyu raised her hand to the scandalised gasps of both Tooru and Momo while Kyoka’s mouth dropped open in shock.

“Oh my god, no way Tsu!” Mina cackled lewdly.

“Simmer down Minx, it’s not what you think.” Tsuyu giggled herself. “We talked and got a little frisky but we’ve not gone that far yet. I just wanted to see your reactions.”

“Hmph, mean.” Tooru pouted at the prank.

“I am certainly glad it was not true though if only because I am unsure if you all have proper protection for… all that entails.” Momo admitted.

“That is true.” Tsuyu nodded. “Might have to nip to the pharmacy at some point. It’s a lot different playing with Izuku than it is with you guys.”

“T-Tsu!” Izuku was the one to blush now, feeling very self-conscious about being the only boy in the room.

“It’s just biology dude.” Kyoka rolled her eyes. “Not like I could knock up Momo.”

“Not for lack of trying anyway.” Mina giggled, earning a small kick from the punkette.

“Regardless,” Momo announced, “I had a discussion with Recovery Girl earlier this week and… um… she may have allowed me to better understand several forms of contraception that may prove useful. I can produce particular pills should any unfortunately accidents occur if traditional condoms fail in some manner.”

“Urgh, don’t remind me.” Kyoka scoffed at the awkward memory, glad she at least managed to escape that chat.

“Yeah, I’m probably gonna go on the pill.” Tsuyu stated, wondering if she’d need a special order due to her more unique biology. “Better safe than sorry.”

“Makes sense.” Mina nodded, “Can highly recommend it.”

“Wait, you’ve used it before?” Kyoka asked incredulously.

“Still do.” Mina nodded. “Period cramps and an acid quirk do not mix well. I would’ve gotten the implant but that shit can break if punched hard enough.”

“How have you not told us this before?!” Tooru gaped.

“Yeah, because you guys are all so open about that stuff too.” Mina rolled her eyes before sneaking a glance at Izuku. “I think we’ll save that topic for another time when Izuku’s head isn’t about to explode.”

“Dude wanted to date those two, may as well get used to this kinda talk.” Kyoka shrugged.

“We’ll put a pin in it for now.” Momo nodded. “As it is, while I would much prefer you all use purchased products, should you find yourselves out, I would rather you come to me than take any unnecessary risks.”

“Mmmhmm.” Ochako nodded with a blush, offering a small bow and too embarrassed to say anything.

“Got it.” Tsu agreed.

“Still, I think Midori’s earned a little reward for saving the festival.” Mina purred, eyeing Izuku’s crotch.

“T-That’s not necessary.” He held up his hands.

“What he means to say is I beat you to it.” Tsuyu stuck her tongue out. “And I made him know exactly how grateful we are.”

“Urgh, Izuku-hog!” Mina pouted playfully.

“Well he is my boyfriend now, ribbit.” Tsuyu smiled widely.

“Ooo, does that mean we can go out too?” Tooru asked eagerly.

“A-Ah um… c-can I just get used to um… all this first?” Izuku asked shyly. “I-I don’t want to say ‘no’ but-”

“Let the lovebirds have some fun by themselves first.” Mina wrapped her girlfriend in a hug. “Though, we’ll both be waiting the second you’re ready I-zu-ku.”

Izuku gulped nervously as the other girls broke into giggles.

“Cute as this is, aren’t we here to celebrate the success of the festival?” Momo asked.

“Yeah, yeah!” Tooru agreed, “What did everyone get up to today? Besides, you know, putting on a kickass concert and kicking villain butt!”

The group sank into an easy-going discussion about all the things they got to see and experience that day. Ochako and Tsuyu eagerly recounted splitting a delicious treat with Izuku while Mina and Tooru told the tale of their time in class 1-C’s haunted house.

Momo and Mina shared a look with the latter giving her a nod of support before divulging the interaction the group observed between Mei Hatsume and her parents with Izuku confirming.

“We should’ve guessed they’d at least have a company rep here though I’m surprised they decided to come themselves, ribbit.”

“I was surprised too.” Momo admitted, “They’ve never spoken of interacting with UA before to this degree, though I should’ve assumed given their ease at securing a recommendation for myself. Employing several notable graduates out of the gate would give them influence after all.”

“What do you think’s gonna happen?” Ochako asked cautiously.

“I… honestly do not know.” Momo shivered. “I’ve never heard of anyone so publicly or blatantly calling out my parents’ practises. Your own family’s situation aside, I fear you all may be about to witness what happens to those that cross my parents and why I felt so trapped by their intentions for me.”

“Doesn’t change a fucking thing though.” Kyoka frowned. “No matter what, we’re gonna get you out.”

“Yeah! We’ve got the next number one on our side!” Mina cheered, looking over at Izuku who smiled nervously.

“I’m… not sure what effect I could possibly have, but if I can help in anyway, please let me know.” He nodded with determination.

“That… reminds me.” Kyoka sighed, sliding off of the bed and making her way over to Momo’s door. “There’s something I need to go get quick.”

“Uh… okay?” Mina replied for the group as Kyoka took her leave. “Maybe she figured something out?”

“I wish.” Tooru hoped. “If she had I doubt she would’ve kept it hidden this long.”

“How was your ‘date’ anyway?” Mina turned to Ochako with a teasing smirk. “You guys hit it off and smooch up a storm behind the school?”

“She was pretty annoyed at you guys for that.” Ochako deadpanned, causing Mina to hold her hands up in surrender.

“It was just a suggestion, I didn’t mean to-”

“We know Princess.” Momo called out, glancing at both her and Tooru. “But please try to have a bit more consideration in the future you two. The suggestion wasn’t bad but taking away her choice was probably what she was annoyed about.”

“Sorry.” Tooru bowed her head.

“Yeah… I’ll make it up to her.” Mina rubbed the back of her own head. “Unless… you already did Ochako.”

“Get your mind out of the gutter.” Ochako rolled her eyes. “We just talked, hung out and had fun. Yeah, we acknowledged that maybe things might go romantic in the future and opened that door but more of a ‘if they happen, they happen’ sorta thing.” She admitted with a small blush.

“That means you got a new boyfriend and girlfriend today.” Tooru tittered. “It’s just me and you that aren’t dating yet.”

“Weren’t you just after Izuku, ribbit?” Tsuyu teased.

“Why not both?” Tooru laughed, getting a blush from the two of them.

“Ooo, then it’s just Izuku and Momo that need to hook up then him and Kyoka and we’ve got a complete set!”

“We’re not fuckin’ collectables!” Kyoka called out as she opened the door, now changed into her comfortable clothes while holding her acoustic guitar. “Me and Green aren’t happening unless he trades in his dick for some tits.”

Izuku couldn’t help but squeak and cover himself defensively.

“Hey, I like that bit of him where it is thank you very much.” Tsuyu chided.

“I think he does too.” Mina giggled, getting a hurried nod from him.

“Right, so stop trying to make it happen.” Kyoka scolded, pulling out Momo’s desk chair and settling into it in the center of the floor space.

“Wait, what’s all this about?” Ochako asked curiously, the others watching Kyoka set herself up too.

“Something I’ve been… working on ever since we made Green spill his guts.” Kyoka admitted shyly. “Can you all just shut up and listen? It’s hard enough as it is to actually do this.”

The group collectively zipped their lips as Kyoka adjusted her position in the desk chair, taking a few deep breaths as she set her finger positions and calmed her nerves. How was it that being onstage was easier than doing this?

“S-So um… I couldn’t sleep and came up with a few things based on what you told us that night.” Kyoka admitted, glancing over at Izuku. “I put this together since then and wondered if you could use it to man up and maybe take the plunge with these two.” She gestured to Tsuyu and Ochako. “I guess that’s kinda pointless now, but since there’s still a couple of… big problems we need to face,” She glanced over to Momo. “I figured maybe we could all um… benefit from it though.”

With one last calming breath, Kyoka steeled her nerves and began to play.

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=556RvQvbNsQ)

“You're not alone.
There's no doubt.
Your gift,
Isn't futile to be.

If we'll be united,
We're stronger together.
We always have the high hope,
Not All-For-One but One-For-All.

Don't worry 'bout a thing,
We'll reach out to you,
Even if it's a harder way.
It's plain to see the reason why,
Oh, that's all because of the mighty heart.

Remember it's just natural that we'll be there if you need help.
Far across the distance, rest assured that our faith just won't die.

You know we’re apt to sacrifice ourselves,
Whatever they may say.
It's plain to see the reason why,
Oh, that's all because of the mighty heart.
Remember it's just natural that,
We'll be there if you need help.
Far across the distance,
Rest assured that our faith just won't die.”

Eventually, Kyoka’s strumming came to an end as the final, soul-filled notes rang out into the dorm room. She breathed another controlled breath before slowly looking up. Kyoka was met with the tear filled faces of her entire unit of girlfriends plus Izuku.

“Kyoka, that was hauntingly beautiful.” Momo said carefully, trying to keep her voice from wavering.

“You… w-wrote that for me?” Izuku choked out, his tears already streaming down his face though he was able to hold back the sobs.

“Y-Yeah.” Kyoka nodded shyly. “I did reuse a few bits that I had before that whole thing, when I was um… writing a song to try and win over Momo once I found out about her parents.” She admitted. “They kinda fit your situation too so that’s why i-it’s more a song for all of us now.”

“You can bet I’ll be there if any of you need help!” Tooru declared boldly, trying not to let her emotions get the better of her.

“I think that was perfect ri-ribbit.” Tsuyu smiled, her eyes glistening with unshed tears.

“No way anyone’s gonna stand in our way now!” Ochako furiously wiped away her own tears before gripping her fists tightly.

“I knew you liked Midori!” Mina teased, nudging Kyoka’s shoulder.

“Get bent,” Kyoka rolled her eyes before looking over at the boy in question. “We probably won’t ever have a thing together but… I can’t deny that I don’t feel some measure of affection for him for making most of you idiots happy. P-Plus he’s like, a good friend too so.”

“I-I promise not to um… m-make you too uncomfortable if I can.” Izuku nodded.

Kyoka just rolled her eyes and propped up her guitar against Momo’s desk before returning to her spot, quickly earning a kiss from her loving, heiress girlfriend.

“Urgh, why’d you have to go and do that Kyoka?” Tooru pouted playfully. “Now I got all the feelings running through me.”

“I’m sure she can help you get rid of at least a couple, ribbit.” Tsu chuckled. “For me, I think I’m gonna go find dinner.”

“I thought you said you didn’t need any?” Ochako joked, only to realise Tsuyu hadn’t said that in front of everyone. While it could’ve been an innocent comment what with all the food they’d all consumed at the festival, Mina wasn’t letting the chance slip by.

“Guess we know what kind of ‘frisky business’ they got up to.” Mina winked before miming a blow job.

Izuku blushed bright red but Tsu was unfazed.

“Jealous much?” Tsuyu smirked, giving her lips a lick.

“Oh yeah.” Mina glanced back at Izuku, eying him up and down once more. “Can we move the next sleepover to now? I need some dares.”

“No.” Ochako grabbed Izuku and hugged him close, his face tantalizingly close to her breasts. “Mine.”

“Come on ‘Chako, just a taste.” Mina pawed at the air playfully. “I’ll even go ‘Nya’.”

“Alright, enough teasing.” Momo chuckled, watching poor Izuku get more and more flustered. “Dinner sounds like a good idea so let’s go find something to do that doesn’t involve sitting in a bed so as not to be tempted.”

“Spoilsport.” Mina pouted, giving Izuku one last wink before rising herself.

“Stop being such a hypocrite!” Tooru playfully pounded her girlfriend’s shoulder. “I want Midori time too so stop stopping me!”

“Like I said Green,” Kyoka rolled her eyes at her girlfriend’s antics. “Welcome to the mad house.”

As embarrassing as it was, Izuku felt the acceptance wash over him from the others.

He and Ochako finally rose to follow the group as they all began heading downstairs to chat more while some of them made dinner for themselves. He couldn’t help but think that, even with the heart stopping events of the morning, today was one of the best days of his life.

While it was just beginning, he hoped that one day, he might attain the same level of love, trust and dedication with them that Gentle Criminal and La Brava so clearly shared.

Notes:

Chapter summary:

- Mina creates a group chat for her and Izuku's other potential girlfriends to ask for permission to join. Ochako comes to her room to chat things through. Their talk ends with the pair inviting Tsuyu and Tooru up for some distracting fun.

- Kyoka, Momo and Izuku go to Recovery Girl for Kyoka's depression. After a short test, Recovery girl declares her mostly fine with no medication recommended. Momo and Izuku breathe a sigh of relief though Kyoka insists on taking the test again from her mindset a year ago. The results are much more worrying but Kyoka assures Recovery Girl that she's better now. Momo asks Izuku if he needs a test too, he declines while accidently revealing One-For-All to the room, scaring Recovery Girl who chides him after realising the girls know too. Beliving them to be intimate, she offers them the safe sex talk which only Momo attends.

- Bakugo visits Nezu to ask for a pet. After disrespecting the principal, he is put in his place when the principal reveals all he's learned about Bakugo's time at Aldera. After a small discussion, Nezu grants Bakugo's request for a pet and a second chance after he admits his behaviour was villainous. After he leaves, Nezu continues digging into Aldera and their ties to discriminatory practises.

- After class, Mina takes Izuku aside with permission from her girlfriends and probes him about his feelings with everything. Subtly, she asks to also be considered as a romantic interest. When Izuku shyly begins to reciprocate, she lays her cards on the table, making several very lewd declarations before leaving Izuku to ponder her offer.

- On the last night before the festival, Kyoka is feeling nervous and Momo doesn't have the energy to sate her girlfriend's needs. Taking aside Tooru, Momo plans a surprise for her girlfriend. When Kyoka returns to her room, she's ambushed by Tooru and the pair engage in some consensual non-con play. After its done, Kyoka and Tooru settle down to sleep.

- The festival begins and the class prepare to perform only for Izuku to be running late. He arrives with moments to spare as class 1-A begin performing.

- After the concert, the class spend some time cleaning up the gym while Izuku gets chewed out by the teachers. Once clean up is complete, the class begins to go their separate ways with Kyoka being approached by a fan. Displeased by her brush off, the fan is physically rebuffed by the girl who declares her sexuality to everyone. The guy runs away and after some assurance by the classmates who heard, Momo and Kyoka enjoy their first public, if secret, date.

- The pageant goes well for Nejire who joins Izuku, Eri and the rest of the group to explore the festival. With their first stop being a food stand, Ochako and Tsuyu take the time to enjoy a shared crepe. When they offer some to Izuku who declines, Mirio explains the need to enjoy life as well as training to be the best. Izuku gives in and takes a few bites, with Nejire gushing over the potential triple romance.

- When Izuku leaves to make candied apples and Mirio takes Tamaki for a little date of their own, Nejire confronts Ochako on her love life. Though pressured, Ochako eventually reveals her and Tsuyu's relationship and status with Izuku under a pinkie promise. Nejire promises to be there for her if she ever wants to talk.

- After their second performance, the girls meet up to coordinate. Mina and Tooru inadvertently annoy Kyoka who is still on edge about outing herself that morning, storming away with Ochako. The pair chat and tentatively open up the door for potential romance should it develop before enjoying some stalls together.

- Mina and Momo decide to visit the support students display, bumping into Izuku, Mirio and Eri. After the exhibition, Izuku approaches Mei Hatsume only for her to be in a confrontation with Momo's parents. Mei makes several accusatory statements about their company and its practises, rejecting their offer. Incensed, Momo's parents take their leave. Momo warns Hatsume that she just brought down her parents wrath on her but the girl barely cares, citing her own coloured past with a hero-turned-villain for a mom. Izuku and co. leave feeling powerless.

- After the final 1-A performance for the day, Eri has to leave with Izuku's candy apple as a parting gift. Once alone, Izuku asks for a chat alone with Tsuyu and Ochako. The trio return to the frog girl's room where he divulges what happened before the festival. Though he managed alone against Gentle and La Brava, he admitted he was done running from their offer of help and their feelings before finally asking them out. Tsuyu and Ochako both accept with the pair enjoying some alone time with their new boyfriend.

- Gathering in Momo's room, the group finally welcomes Izuku as an official member. Kyoka performs a song for him she'd been working on to lift all their spirits.

Chapter 17: Post-Concert and Double Dates

Summary:

The group deals with everything that comes after the autumn festival and normal school events resume.

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

Izuku awoke in his bed exhausted the next morning.

With everything that went down the previous day, including getting his broken nose fixed by Recovery Girl, he’d headed to bed early and was out like a light, unfortunately having to decline Tsuyu and Ochako’s offer of sleeping together.

He was grateful they were so open and accepting, but he still needed time for his own heart to settle on the matter. His penis begged to differ, petulantly rising to attention as his mind drifted to his exploits with the pair prior to announcing their new relationship to the rest of the group.

Izuku rolled his eyes at his own horniness, giving himself a few half-hearted rubs as he turned his mind to other things. Though it was Sunday, there was plenty of things he needed to do before he could even think about indulging in himself.

While Mirio’s advice yesterday had been welcome and appreciated for shifting his perspective to be less stifling and restrictive when it came time to have fun with friends, he still had dedicated training to keep up with. A nice morning run properly woke him up and a quick shower downstairs rid him of yesterday’s grime, though he couldn’t help remembering that he was also washing away the spillage from Tsuyu’s enjoyable act yesterday.

His cock rose to attention once more in the boy’s baths as Izuku gave himself a few strokes, briefly recalling the feeling of Ochako pressing Tsuyu’s head all the way down on his cock. He stopped himself short of cumming, not wanting to soil the baths drainage with himself, though it may have also had something to do with hoping for a repeat performance with either of his new girlfriends at some point today.

The greenette wasn’t sure whether to feel guilty or not over that thought as he dried himself off and dressed for the day. Tsuyu and Ochako were now both his girlfriends and he was part of a seven-way relationship with them and all the other girls of their class. He was glad they had each other else he would’ve felt like he was living inside one of Mineta’s dreams.

Izuku shook his head at the thought of his former classmate. There were some criminals he needed to speak about today but that boy wasn’t one of them.

Returning to his room, Izuku checked the time. It was almost eight am after he’d taken his time to wash and relax so he felt no guilt in opening his phone and seeking out All Might’s number. The phone rang a few times before the former number one’s voice could be heard.

“Y-Young Midoriya? It’s early, is something wrong?”

“Hi All Might.” Izuku gripped his fist in anxiousness, wondering if he should’ve left this for later after all. “I was wondering if you could um, ask the principal to meet with me today. I’d like you to be there too, i-if you don’t mind.”

All Might, blinking a few times and rubbing his eyes, let out a weary sigh.

“Can do Young Midoriya. If he’s available I’ll let you know the time. Next time though, please wait until ten on school weekends.”

“Ah s-sorry All Might.” Izuku apologised, offering a small bow despite the pro being unable to see it.

With goodbyes said the pair hung up, All Might returning to sleep for another hour or so while Izuku breathed a sigh of relief. That was one thing done for now, the other he was much surer he could complete without waking someone. Grabbing the package that had arrived earlier in the week that he’d since wrapped in All Might wrapping paper, he left his dorm to head a couple of doors down, holding the package behind his back.

Knocking softly, he got a quick answer in the form of Tokoyami dressed in his workout gear.

“Ah, good morning Midoriya.” The bird-headed boy nodded. “Something I can help you with?”

“Just a little something for you.” Izuku smiled, pulling the package into view. “Happy Birthday Tokoyami.”

The bird-headed boy’s mouth fell open just a little.

“I... wasn’t expecting anything from you Midoriya.” He admitted, reaching out for the package.

“I figured.” Izuku chuckled. “But since we’ve all become friends since starting classes together, I wanted to get you something.”

“An admirable thought. One I must reciprocate on your own date of birth.” Tokoyami smiled. “Would you prefer if I opened it now?”

“Uh, sure.” Izuku nodded, “I mean, I don’t mind, whatever you prefer.”

Tokoyami chuckled at Izuku’s nervousness. Truthfully he hadn’t expected anything besides the gifts from his parents which had arrived early and certainly nothing like Momo’s party earlier in the term as he had told so few people about his birthday. Izuku was one of them though, and that he had cared enough to remember warmed his heart.

Pulling back the All Might wrapping paper made his eyes widen in surprise. It was a shock that not only had Izuku remembered his birthday, but his favourite pro hero too. Looking back at him was a statuette box of the hero ‘Dark Crystal’ in a battle pose.

“You mentioned he was your favourite and I noticed you didn’t have much relating to him during the room contest. Hope you like it.”

“Indeed, it is much appreciated.” Tokoyami smiled. “Though I don’t believe I will be able to find a similar gift of All Might that you don’t already own.”

Izuku sweatdropped and rubbed the back of his head, his own collection was quite notable after all.

“W-Worry about that some other time, for now, hope you have a good day.” Izuku said before heading back to his room to study.

Tokoyami took a moment to appreciate the gift he’d been left with before heading back inside, intending to set it up on his desk to serve as inspiration. Though he didn’t realise it, he’d get a few more presents over the course of the day from: Koda, Shoji, Ashido, Yaoyorozu, Asui, Kaminari and, strangely enough, Todoroki. Though not all the gifts were to his taste, he and dark shadow both greatly revelled in the sentiments behind them.


It was a struggle to find the motivation to crawl out from her girlfriend’s arms that morning. Ochako felt ever so snug that, along with the exhaustion from the festival and her feelings from the previous day, it was enough to keep her in bed long into the morning. Tsuyu’s soft snores with occasional ribbits were also utterly adorable to the brunette.

Eventually, her froggy girlfriend awoke in her own time and nuzzled at her back affectionately.

“Morning ‘Chako.”

“Morning Darling.” Ochako turned over to kiss Tsuyu on the cheek. “Good sleep?”

“Yeah, but still tired after yesterday, ribbit.”

“Same.” Ochako sighed pleasantly. “It was very busy.”

“Best outcome though.” Tsuyu’s smile widened. “We got a new boyfriend.”

“And you got a full belly.” Ochako smirked, poking her girlfriend’s stomach under the sheets. “Just how many bases did you skip over?”

“Technically only one.” Tsuyu blushed, thinking of second. “Though I hope to fix that soon enough.”

“I-I’ll bet.” Ochako blushed herself. “Um… do you… think it’s a bit fast?”

“A little bit fast, yes.” Tsuyu nodded. “I know I’m ready for it and Izuku hasn’t had any complaints so far.”

“W-Well yeah,” Ochako nodded. “But um… d-do you think he’ll um… e-expect the same of me?”

Tsuyu blinked a few times before she understood what Ochako was really worried about.

“He’s not going to forget about you just because we do stuff, ribbit.” Tsuyu replied. “At least, he better not if he wants to keep doing stuff anyway. You go at your own pace ‘Chako; I don’t think Izuku’s the kind to push, or even ask for it really, so the pace will likely be up to you.”

Ochako bit her lip. She wanted to do things, sure, but she was still nervous about everything. The boy was her first crush and, like it or not, things were a little different with him being a guy.

“When should we… I-I mean…” Ochako muttered, trying to get her head straight. “I-I know we’re all kinda… involved. I-It’s been great but um… it’s different bein’ with him.”

“Scared of a baby ‘Chako running around?” Tsuyu giggled, poking Ochako’s belly in return.

“A little…” Ochako admitted. “A-Aren’t you scared that you’ll get pregnant?”

Tsuyu sighed and rolled over to face the ceiling, it might as well come out now after all.

“If we’re not careful enough and I get the dreaded ‘plus’ sign on a stick, I’ll go to the doctors.” Tsuyu admitted, earning a small gasp from Ochako. “I want to be a hero first and foremost. Sex is fun but being a parent isn’t something I want yet. I know you’re from a more conservative background but those are my feelings on the matter.”

Ochako gulped. Tsuyu was correct in that Ochako’s background was something that factored into her reaction. Back where she was raised, because it certainly wasn’t ‘home’ anymore, she heard slanderous tales of those that ‘did the deed’ with boys and had it removed before their lives were altered significantly. Those tales were always accompanied by hate and disgust, much like it was for those that didn’t fit with their narrow view of ‘right’ and ‘wrong’ lifestyles.

“I was… taught that all life is precious.” Ochako admitted. “I mean, being a hero kinda goes towards that and stuff so…”

“It’s not wrong, but it’s not right. It’s an opinion, ribbit.” Tsuyu stated. “But it’s up to the individual person on what they want to do. If you don’t want to have sex with Izuku like that until we’re as good as married, that’s up to you, but you can’t bemoan us if we want to do it.”

Ochako chuckled at that.

“I think bein’ in a seven-way relationship kinda throws tradition out the window.” Ochako sighed, cuddling up to her girlfriend. “If… it happened… and I wanted to keep it… would you… still be there for me?”

“Absolutely, ribbit.” Tsuyu nodded. “I’m sure Izuku would too, but you’d be giving up your own dreams at the same time.”

The brunette girl swallowed, it was a bitter pill.

“B-But what if they would, you know, go on to make a cure for cancer or somethin’?”

“What if you being a hero saved the life of another person that will cure cancer.” Tsuyu countered. “There’s no point having an argument or debate over it ‘Chako. It’s your body, your future, your choice. At least it should be anyway.”

Ochako hummed sadly; her own upbringing certainly didn’t paint that picture. Given all the love and understanding she’d experienced though, maybe Tsuyu was right about stuff like this. Her parents had loved her growing up but they’d still been practically forced into having her by her evil grandmother. Would they have been able to leave and reach their own full potentials if she’d never been born?

Tsuyu could practically hear Ochako’s mind whirring from beside her and wrapped her in a comforting embrace.

“How about you think on it and cross that bridge if you ever even have to.” Tsuyu rationalised. “I don’t think you need to worry for a little bit at least.”

“Mmmm.” Ochako sighed. “Stupid brain.”

“Hey, come on, I love your brain.” Tsuyu kissed Ochako’s head. “I love your cute face.” She shuffled down to kiss Ochako’s cheeks. “I love your lips.” She kissed Ochako’s lips. “And I love you.”

“E-Even if I’ve got stupid ideas like that?” Ochako asked hesitantly.

“We disagree on somethings but I still love you. I just hope that if something like that happens, you’ll make an informed, educated decision.”

Ochako sighed.

“Grandma always told me people who said that didn’t care about important things like family or tradition.”

“Tradition is just peer pressure from dead people, ribbit.” Tsuyu chuckled, rolling over to straddle her girlfriend. “Besides, I’m pretty sure you’re done listening to her.”

“Yeah.” Ochako nodded, looking up at Tsuyu’s own adorable features, reminded at how even before Izuku she’d found someone that shattered her conservative expectations.

“I want what’s best for us, that’ll make us happy most of all.” Tsuyu smiled softly down at her girlfriend. “I think we’d all like to avoid that particular problem and be great heroes first with a family like that coming later. For now, why don’t we just enjoy the perks of neither of us being a guy.”

Tsuyu pulled her sleeping top up and over her head, her boobs dropping appealingly in full view of Ochako.

“Y-Yes please.” Ochako felt herself lick her lips subconsciously, causing Tsuyu to giggle.

“We focused on Izuku yesterday, but this morning’s all for us.” Tsuyu smirked, sitting up on her knees before hobbling down the bed, pulling Ochako’s bottoms with her as she went. “I’m gonna eat you up, then you’re gonna do me, ribbit.”

Ochako felt herself clench in anticipation as Tsuyu’s mouth lowered towards her hips. She was definitely glad she’d opened herself up to these wonderful new possibilities.


The common room was surprisingly empty around lunchtime that day. Many members of the class had decided to fully enjoy the day off after the fun but exhausting events of yesterday and spend it recuperating in their rooms. Kaminari wasn’t one of these people, having instead brought his games console down to play on the couch.

It wasn’t to be social, though he didn’t mind if anyone wanted to join in, the TV down here was just better. There was the brief appearance of Midoriya just before midday who shot him a brief ‘Hello’ before dashing out the door, who he’d almost asked to join, but no one else had yet made an appearance. It was fine for Denki, who was spending the time going through the story mode of ‘Hero Smash’ to unlock some outfits he’d never gotten around to.

Getting ready for the next battle, he had to select a new character and as his cursor flicked through the array of heroes, he couldn’t help but land on Midnight’s and pause for a moment. It wasn’t to perv, though he certainly didn’t mind the view, but his thoughts lingered on his former friend that almost always made comments when they played together.

Mineta had been gone a while now and while Sero, Kirishima and other members of the ‘Bakusquad’ were fun to pal around with, he missed that part of his friendship with the purple haired boy that allowed him to indulge in normal, male teenager stuff and talk about girls. He didn’t feel sorry for the boy, knowing that he deserved to be punished for what he’d done, though spending the last of his teenage years in a juvenile training school was a sad fate. Denki sighed as he moved the character selector on, hoping to find another fighter that didn’t bring up memories of the friendship he’d lost.

Drifting into the downloadable content fighters, he stopped once more on Mirko, remembering the time the heroine had first dropped. He smiled nostalgically at it as he recalled all the fun he’d had with all the other friends he’d made here at UA that day. Though that alone made the memory a good one, he couldn’t help also remembering Mina’s admission of attraction to the bunny-eared hero and her newly revealed status as a bisexual girl. It had certainly thrown him and the others for a loop at first and, after she left, there was even more drama when Kirishima announced his own guy oriented preference. Kaminari certainly didn’t care about their desires but it had now drawn his mind to what went down in front of the gym yesterday and his own crush’s admittance.

He let out a small sigh, his shoulders dropping as he felt just a tad mournful for the hope of a relationship with the earphone jack girl that he’d likely now never have. It wasn’t like he’d lost anything so he figured he shouldn’t be sad, but he was.

Leaning back on the couch, his head rolling back to look up at the ceiling, he wondered if Kyoka was okay; they hadn’t spoken since they’d scared off that pushy upper year guy together after all.

“Really dude? In the common room?” A cheeky jab floated over to him. Leaning his head back even further, Denki spotted the girl of his recent musings looking over at him with an exasperated look and an empty water glass. “Shouldn’t you ogle them in private at least?”

“Tsh, like you’re one to talk.” Kaminari shot back with a grin. “Bet you’ve given her a look over yourself.”

Kyoka looked over at the TV screen and considered something for a few moments.

“Not my type.” She replied with a chuckle, proceeding over to the sink and refilling her glass.

“Yeah right, she’s everyone’s type.” Kaminari chuckled, “Mina certainly thought so.”

“That girl would probably hump anything with muscles.” Kyoka theorised, walking over towards the TV area with her drink. “Probably means you won’t get a second glance.”

“Ouch, that one’s just untrue. Take a look at these guns.” Kaminari rolled up his T-shirt sleeve and flexed one of his arms which, admittedly, had gotten more defined since the start of the year.

“Pretty sure she’s got her hands full with Tooru anyway.” Kyoka rolled her eyes.

“And how about you?” Denki smiled with a sombre note, patting the spot next to him on the couch. “Got that special girl you’ve been keeping from us?”

Kyoka shot Denki a cautious look, briefly wondering what he was getting at. The hesitant look on his face made her realise this wasn’t a bit or joke, he was genuinely asking. She let out a sigh, placing her drink on the table before sitting down next to the electric boy.

“Trying to find out if you’ve got competition?” Kyoka replied.

“A little?” Denki chuckled. “Pretty sure I’d lose if a girl had to pick between us two though.”

“Don’t sell yourself short man, I’m sure there’s someone desperate enough out there for you.” Kyoka nudged him with her shoulder.

“Man I hope so.” Kaminari smiled. “You mind pointing her out if you spot her?”

Kyoka rolled her eyes again, briefly wondering if the boy was being serious.

“How are you holding up anyway?” His voice sunk into a tone a little less playful. “I’m um… pretty sure you didn’t mean for the rest of us to hear part of… that.”

Kyoka glanced over at Denki, carefully assessing his tone and face.

“I’m… fine I guess? You know now, but so what, right?”

“Y-Yeah.” Denki nodded slowly. “But you um… I wanted to… uh…”

“Spit it out dude.” Kyoka narrowed her eyes, wondering what exactly the blond was trying to get at and steeling herself for whatever came next.

“I-I want you to know that I’m um… here if you want to talk about stuff.” Kaminari said slowly, hoping he was saying the right things. “It doesn’t uh… change anything between us.”

“You just angling for the dirty details?” Kyoka quirked an eyebrow.

“N-No I just…” Kaminari sighed. “Look I’m… not good at this stuff but uh... I want to be supportive ‘cause this was like, a big thing for you I’m guessing?” Kyoka gave a small nod. “R-Right, so um… just like, let me know if I can do anything or help with stuff I guess. I’m still a hundred percent your friend and you’re still a pain in my ear.”

The purple haired girl knew Kaminari well enough to know he was genuinely trying. The guy wasn’t the most eloquent, unlike a certain raven haired girlfriend of hers, but his heart appeared to be in the right place at least. She had wondered if a chat like this was coming with him after he’d had time to mull things over and was glad he was comfortable enough to not make it into a super big deal.

“Wouldn’t be so much if you thought before you spoke.” Kyoka chuckled, playfully raising a jack slowly before dropping it. “But uh… yeah, I get it. Thanks man.”

“No problem.” Denki smiled, a bit brighter than before. “Can you just like, think twice before stabbing me if I say something stupid? I’m not super good with words and stuff.”

Kyoka turned, looking the boy in the eyes with an honest smile.

“You’re gonna need to work on that. Even desperate girls need at least a ‘Yo’.”

“Well now I’ve got an inside track into their minds.” Denki grinned. “Share with me the secrets of women so we can both get lucky when we hit up the club together!”

“Hell no,” Kyoka grinned, “More girls for me.”

“Urgh, so mean.” Denki pouted playfully. “So I’m guessing there is no special girl you’ve got your eye on?”

“I’m not looking for anyone right now.” Kyoka replied carefully. “If you’re nice though, I’ll be your wing woman once we’re allowed to actually leave campus alone again.”

“Urgh, don’t remind me.” Denki leant back and sighed. “Having Mr. Aizawa hanging around while I try my luck at the mall would just ruin everything.”

“Maybe you should request Miss. Midnight and see if she’ll give you some tips.” Kyoka giggled.

“Think she would?” Denki asked, actually considering it.

“You’ll have to ask her yourself dude, you’d be a braver man than most.”

“Ha, she’s probably got tons of fan mail and stuff like that.” Denki laughed, taking up his control once more and moving the cursor back over to their art history teacher. “So not Mirko, what about Midnight? She more your type?”

“Are you really gonna go through all of the female heroes just to ask that?” Kyoka deadpanned.

“Gotta know my besties type.” Denki winked.

“Urgh, such a perv.” Kyoka rolled her eyes.

“O-Oh er… n-never mind.” Kaminari quickly moved the cursor away to a male hero.

Kyoka glanced over at him oddly, wondering what got him so rattled with that fairly standard jab. It clicked for her as he then selected a fighter for himself while avoiding all the other female heroes.

“Dude, you’re not him.” Kyoka stated plainly, the small flinch from Kaminari signalling she’d accurately guessed why he’d suddenly dropped the topic.

“I-I know,” Denki sighed, ignoring the command to start the combat and allowing the generic villain enemies with small health bars begin beating on his selected character of Endeavour. “But I don’t want to um… be like him.”

“There’s a difference dude.” Kyoka sighed, nudging his arm softly. “You haven’t done anything nearly as bad as what he did.”

“No… but I helped.” Denki sighed. “R-Remember the sports festival?”

“Urgh, unfortunately.” Kyoka admitted, recalling the revealing cheerleader outfits she and the other girls had been tricked into wearing. That sucked but she’d never let him know that she’d kept it as it was the first ‘gift’ she’d been given that came from Momo’s quirk. “Don’t pull that kind of shit again.”

“I won’t!” Denki quickly nodded.

“Then we don’t have a problem.” Kyoka stated, glancing briefly at the screen as Endeavour was knocked out and the round failed. Before Denki could do anything, she snagged the control from his grasp and moved the menu selector down from ‘Retry’ to ‘Select new hero’.

Denki gave her and odd look which Kyoka pointedly ignored as the game loaded. When it did, she moved the cursor down to Mirko at the bottom.

“If you must know: no,” She began, giving Denki a look that said ‘keep this to yourself’ before going through each of the female pro heroes one by one and saying either ‘yes’ or ‘no’ as she hovered over each of them before finishing on Midnight. “And finally, yes. She’s… why I stated questioning myself in the first place.”

Denki blinked in confusion as Kyoka pushed the control back into his hands. He opened and closed his mouth a couple of times as his brain tried to process what had just happened.

“Heh… okay… um… t-thanks?” He offered.

“Hey, you asked my type.” Kyoka shrugged.

Denki chuckled as his brain caught up to the situation.

“That’s cool.” He smiled, “Bit rich calling me a perv then, since you’re the one with a crush on our teacher.” He joked.

“H-Hey, I don’t anymore!” Kyoka pouted.

“Methinks thou doth protest too much.” Denki giggled. “For me it’s…” He started listing his own yay or nays over the various pro heroines.

“Really? Not Mandalay?” Kyoka asked.

“Well… she’s got a kid.” Denki justified, thinking about the boy from the training camp. “I’m not nearly responsible enough for that.”

“So I’ll strike MILFs off the list for you.” Kyoka giggled.

“Well… I mean… if their kid’s old enough to be out of the house.” Denki smirked.

“I’m not sure if that’s desperate or just a kink of yours.” Kyoka rolled her eyes though the smile didn’t drop from her face.

“At this stage, I’m not picky.” Denki laughed though it turned a little sullen, “Didn’t get a single number after our kickass performance.”

“After my experience, are you sure you want them?” Kyoka joked but rested her hand on Denki’s shoulder. “Don’t rush this stuff man, you’ll find someone.”

“Yeah, I know.” Denki chuckled lightly. “Just, you know, hormones and crap.”

“Oh I’m well aware.” Kyoka nodded, looking around before leaning in a little closer. “Want to know a little secret?” Denki leant closer, intensely curious. “Girls are just as perverted as guys.”

“Tsh,” Denki scoffed, sitting back. “That’s a lie.”

“Nah, we’re just more subtle about it.” She grinned cheekily. “When you find the right girl, you’ll know.” Kyoka winked.

“Urgh… now I can’t wait even more.” He pouted, causing Kyoka to laugh.

Denki glanced over at Kyoka and bit his lip, hoping he wasn’t about to ruin their little back and forth.

“Thanks for um… chatting about this stuff with me.” He smiled. “The er… only other one I did with before was… him. I know it sounds bad but… I kinda miss that.”

Kyoka sighed and thought about what to say.

“I can certainly say I’m glad he’s gone.” She admitted. “But I understand why you’d miss that. I mean, I’ve chatted about some stuff with the girls.”

“Makes sense.” Denki nodded. “Kirishima and Bakugo aren’t exactly ones to talk to about stuff like this and Sero’s been a bit more reserved since we became a class of nineteen.”

“Not surprising.” Kyoka nodded understandingly. “Look, I don’t have an issue talking about this stuff with you again, just don’t get too lurid about stuff. Everyone you talk about is a person, you know? That purple prick forgot that little detail.”

“Yeah er, I think I can do that.” Denki smiled hopefully. “Thanks for, you know, being a friend.”

“Ditto.” Kyoka nodded with a smile, glad that one of her closest male friends hadn’t gotten all weird about her new sexual preference. Now she only hoped her parents had similar reactions.

The two continued to chat amicably though moving onto less risqué topics when other members of their class began coming down for lunch and Izuku returned from wherever he’d been.

Around two in the afternoon though, both Kyoka and Kaminari were both present to witness a most unusual event: the front doors opened quietly before Bakugo strode into the dorms, quickly putting his shoes away and accompanied by a brunette man in glasses. While that was strange in and of itself, what elevated the strangeness was the unmistakable pet carrier clutched in one of Bakugo’s hands and the large array of packages in the accompanying man’s.

The explosive boy glanced around the room, spotting several of his classmates looking curiously over at him but he didn’t say a word, instead walking over to the elevator and getting in with the man, heading up to his floor.

All was silent for a moment as the room processed what just happened.

“You saw that too, right?” Denki asked.

“I think so?” Kyoka replied, “That was an animal carrier, right?”

“Good, I wasn’t hallucinating.” Kaminari nodded, though still very much confused.

“I believe the dorms have a new resident.” Tokoyami declared, taking a bite out of his apple.

“I do hope he’s informed our teachers about this.” Momo pondered.

“I don’t believe Bakugo to be the type to try and skirt the rules like that.” Todoroki stated.

“Still, that was weird,” Kaminari said, thinking about whatever poor creature would have to put up with Bakugo’s constant explosions. “Never took Bakugo to be the pet type.”


With the festival over, a lot of the stalls and decorations had been cleared away. There were still a few littering the pathways as the students all progressed towards classes once more on that Monday morning.

Unlike most regular schooldays, this one felt eerily similar to one from their first term as, when they all approached the front entrance of the main building, a rabble of people could be observed outside of UA’s front gate.

Grateful that they didn’t have to force their way through unlike that first term, the students all traipsed inside and to their classroom.

“Whatddya suppose that was all about?” Kirishima asked the room when he stepped inside. It was only a couple of minutes until class began but it was worth asking if anyone knew.

“Not a clue man.” Kaminari shrugged. “Seemed excited though. Ooo, maybe they’re here to interview us! Someone got a video of one of our performances and uploaded it online, went sorta viral yesterday.”

“No way, we’re famous?!” Mina jumped up.

“Probably just a flash in the pan.” Sero reasoned. “Not like we’re gonna do another concert.”

“The hell we’re not!” Tooru puffed up. “Kyoka, bust out another awesome song!”

“Yeah, no.”

“Um…” Izuku announced loudly, pulling everyone’s attention to him. “I think I know what they’re here for.” He turned his phone around, offering the article he’d found to the room.

“Jeez, what the hell?” Sero flinched, being closest to Izuku.

“A most macabre turn indeed.” Tokoyami acknowledged, shaking his head.

Izuku flashed the article to everyone that came over for a look. When Momo caught the title of the article in question, she gasped deeply, covering her mouth with both of her hands.

UA School for Assassins? Support student daughter of evil villain Lady Nagant!

Mina bit back her own gasp when she got a look but any discussion would have to wait as Aizawa wearily entered the room.

“Seats.” He stated simply with every student quickly finding their own. “Apologies for the delay. As I’m sure you’ve noticed, we have some unwelcome guests loitering around outside.”

“Sir!” Iida raised his hand. “Is this in relation to a particular article online?”

Aizawa’s shoulders dropped and he heaved a sigh, clearly the students would be distracted unless he sated their overly inquisitive minds for now.

“I see you’re at least well informed, if ill-timed.” He began. “All I can say is please respect your fellow students and do not bother them unnecessarily. UA has not made a statement on this matter since the story broke and I would remind you about the consequences of talking to the press. Even good natured statements can be twisted against you when they’re hungry enough.”

“But is it true though?” Sato asked, raising his hand.

“No comment.” Aizawa glared at the boy, activating his quirk. “I’m glad you all seem so eager this morning. I guess that means you’re all ready to jump straight back into things.”

The class withheld a group groan as the first lesson of the day began in earnest.

It wasn’t until lunchtime that the students had a precious break to check their phones. As soon as math class was over, and Ectoplasm was out the door, the students all raced to check their devices.

It wasn’t just one article.

Practically every hero news site had some variation of the story as the front page piece. Though they were all worded differently, they all contained some very key phrases and information: Mei Hatsume was outed as being the daughter of Lady Nagant, her vicious mockery of an upstanding hero student in Iida during the sports festival called her true opinion for heroics into question, and her inventions were cited as being unstable and dangerous as well as theorising that she was preparing tech to free her mother from Tartarus. The articles concluded with calls for Hatsume’s tech to be stripped from her, for her to be barred from any kind of heroic industry position, and for her to be expelled for weaselling her way into UA for villainous purposes.

Izuku, having finished the article before most, grabbed his bag and bolted for the door. Both Momo and Mina were quickly on his heels.

“Yo, Iida, you think this shit is true?” Sero asked curiously, specifically noting the bit about Hatsume’s interaction with him during the sports festival.

“Absolutely not.” Iida declared before rising from his seat and making his way up to the class podium. “To all those here, I state here and now that while I was deceived by Miss. Hatsume to promote her inventions during the sports festival, I believe her to have done it out of a dedication to her craft rather than to insult heroes as a whole. Though it resulted in an… embarrassing performance from myself, she at least allowed me to advance and was much more interested in my thoughts on how her support items performed rather than any vicious mockery that has been described in here.”

“Hey, doesn’t she make Midoriya’s stuff?” Ojiro asked.

“The nerd’s got those boots from her.” Bakugo scoffed, standing to leave after sating his own curiosity. “If that idiot believes in her tech then you know it’s the real deal.”

“Never thought I’d see the day when you agreed with Midoriya.” Tooru stated.

Bakugo gave a scoff before leaving the class with Kirishima hurrying to catch up.

The remaining girls gave each other nods before packing their own stuff up with the rest of the class, mingling casually before heading to lunch, hoping to save a space for their missing friends.


As Izuku rounded the corner, approaching the development lab, he had to slow due to the crowd that had gathered noisily around the entrance. It wasn’t as big as the one that appeared to challenge his own class during the sports festival but it still blocked off the entrance and a good portion of the corridor.

Cautiously approaching, he wondered if he’d be able to get through or would just have to wait for the others to disperse. Thankfully, before he could ask anyone to move, a set of voices rang out from the front.

“Move along shitheads, nothing for you to see here.” A girl’s voice called.

“Power Loader will be back soon, do you really want to piss him off?” A male one contributed.

Peering over what he could, Izuku spotted what appeared to be a pair of support course students blocking the doorway to the labs, both armed with a comically large spanner and screwdriver respectively.

“We just want to ask her a few questions.” A snide voice spoke up from the front, “Like what’s it like being the daughter of a murderer.”

There were a few gasps from around them as, while everyone was clearly here for one thing, they didn’t expect such a blatant answer.

The support students glared and took a step forward but before either of them could retort, the speaker system crackled to life.

“Nichijo Kirai, please report to my office at once.” Nezu’s distinct voice echoed through the hall. Izuku managed to spot a smug pair of grins plaster themselves on the support student’s faces while the student who’d spoken the hateful comment reluctantly turned and started pushing their way out of the crowd.

With an awareness that the principal’s eyes were clearly on them, the crowd started breaking up. The greenette stood his ground however and navigated his way closer to the lab.

“Didn’tcha hear mate?” The male support student asked rhetorically as Izuku approached. “Better get going before Nezu’s on your ass.”

“I-It’s not like that!” Izuku waved his hands in front of him. “I’m Hatsume’s friend, I came to see how she was.”

“Tsh, like we haven’t heard that one today.” The female student scoffed.

“Hmmm, wait.” The boy pondered for a moment. “You’re Midoriya, aren’t you?”

“Uh… yes?” Izuku nodded.

“Ha, yeah, actually that checks out. I remember you from the sports fest.” The boy grinned, “Teamed up with Mei didn’tcha?”

“Yes! That’s right.” Izuku nodded more enthusiastically now. “Her gadgets were brilliant and really helped us get through the second round.”

A moment later Mina and Momo rounded the corner as quickly as they could, without breaking the rules, locking onto Izuku and heading right for him. The pair of support students’ faces went from enjoyably curious about whom they’d deduced was actually Mei’s friend to suspicious and standoffish once more as the pair approached. Noticing their changed demeanours, Izuku glanced over his shoulder and smiled as he spotted his friends arrival.

“Izuku, everything okay?” Momo enquired, warily eying the support students who appeared armed.

“Yeah, just waiting to see Hatsume.” Izuku replied.

“I don’t remember you two bein’ on Hatsume’s team.” The boy levelled a suspicious glare at the pair.

“They’re with me.” Izuku stated, hoping his word was good enough for the trio to be allowed passage.

“Kemono, Gurīsu!” A stern voice called out from the other end of the corridor. The support students jumped before turning to face an approaching Power Loader. “What are you both lollygaggin’ around for?”

“Sorry sir!” The girl, known as Gurīsu, bowed. “Just getting some of the more rowdy students to stop loitering around the labs.”

“Just while you were gone sir.” Kemono nodded.

“Guess that does fall under class rep duty, but it’s lunch time, go take a break.”

“Yes sir!” They both bowed before retreating inside the development lab to grab their stuff.

Izuku, Mina and Momo gulped as Power Loader then turned his attention on them.

“I’m guessin’ you’re here to see Hatsume?”

“Yes sir!” Izuku nodded, applying a small bow.

“Figured so. You’re not here to harass her are ya? I’ve had to book three people for that already.”

“No sir!” Izuku bowed again.

“Hmph. Very well, though I’ll be amazed if you can get anything out of her.” Power Loader sighed wearily. “Poor girl’s been more fixated today than I’ve ever seen her.”

With that, he gestured to the open development lab door which the three quickly made their way inside. Looking around, they saw Hatsume hard at work on yet another device over in the corner. Judging from the grease on her, she’d had a productive morning.

“Don’t be too long.” Power Loader offered. “You kids need to eat too. We teachers will make sure she’s alright.”

“I’m guessing you all know?” Mina asked carefully.

“You’d have to talk to Nezu ‘bout that. He’s on the warpath this morning and it’s justified from the tripe I read.” Power Loader explained.

Izuku, for his part, cautiously approached Mei from behind, waiting patiently for her to finish her current task which involved a blowtorch.

“Hey Hatsume!” He called out a little louder than normal once the torch’s fire had gone out.

“Hmmm?” The pink haired girl turned around, her goggles over her eyes. “Ah Midoriya! Back to give me that report on my glove babies?”

“Oh uh,” Izuku realised this was the third time she was asking him now. Maybe it was better to ease her into the topic of his visit first. “They’re great! When I um… tested them, they held up phenomenally and really came through for me.”

“Another satisfied customer!” Mei grinned, “Let me know if you need anything else and I’ll whip it up for you lickity-split!”

“That’s very kind of you.” Izuku smiled as Mina and Momo approached from behind. “But um… I came here wanting to ask how you were?”

“Eh? I’m fine, just working away at baby number two-oh-seven here.” Mei patted what appeared to be an unusual chest plate of sorts that seemed to drop down in segments. “Felt like doing something a bit easier today.”

Izuku bit his lip and hesitated, wondering how best to approach the topic.

“Looks great girl!” Mina grinned, giving her a double thumbs up. “Any chance you got some gear in the works that I can use with my acid quirk?”

“Not yet but I think I can fit you in.” Mei grinned, though it didn’t quite reach as wide as usual.

“Good, ‘cause I want the best.” Mina smiled. “Problem is, gear won’t be the best if the brains behind it isn’t in top form, yeah? How ‘bout you take a break.”

If one looked closely, you could see Hatsume’s grip on her blowtorch tighten just a little and her breath catch for just a moment.

“I don’t need your pity.” She stated plainly. “I told you before, my drive and my babies are all I need.”

“We get that Miss. Hatsume.” Momo interjected. “Your dedication is admirable, but we simply wish to offer help, even if it’s not been asked for.”

“Shove it heiress.” Hatsume snapped, “I don’t need anyone’s help, least of all yours!” She pointed with an accusatory finger at Momo. “I’ll get by just fine on my own and I don’t-”

Mei was cut off mid rant as Izuku stepped in front of her. Before she could say anything or redirect her anger, she felt strong arms wrap themselves around and pull her close. Her mouth opened in a gasp as Izuku’s taller, stronger frame pulled her close. When she inhaled, she could swear she could almost taste protectiveness in his aroma.

“Hatsume, please. I know you’re hurting.” Izuku crooned, resting his cheek on the side of her head. “I’m guessing you’ve had to be tough for a long time by yourself. We just want to give you a break. It’s okay to not be okay about this.”

He felt the mechanically inclined girl’s breath hitch and her arms slowly wrap around him in return. Her head tilted as she pressed it into his shoulder as a small sob broke forth.

Any bad feelings from Mei’s prior rant washed away as Mina and Momo watched the girl practically crumple into Izuku’s embrace with Momo making a quirk grab for the blowtorch as it almost dropped from Mei’s grasp. When Power Loader looked over from his spot the two could only offer nervous waves as more and more of Mei’s sobs started escaping.

“M-Midori i-its all gone w-wrong.” Mei wept, “I-I thought I w-was right a-and I-I told them off a-and then the n-news a-and p-people don’t w-want my babies a-and-”

Her wails became a tad more incomprehensive after that but it was enough for the group to get the gist.

“Think just about everyone from class 2-B is refusing anything she’s designed.” Gurīsu, one of the support students from earlier came over to explain, pointing out a stack of hero costume cases over by Power Loader’s desk.

“Any of our class?” Momo enquired. When the girl raised a questioning eyebrow Momo explained her question with, “Class Vice-Representative.”

“Nothing I know but you may have to check with Power Loader.” She jerked a thumb over at their teacher. “Me and Kemomo are here as rep and vice-rep of our class but we’re also Hatsume’s friends too, even if she doesn’t want to admit it.”

“Why not?” Mina asked.

“Girl’s got a great mind and an ego which, to be fair, you kind of need around here. Not so great at socialising though. Any of the usual stuff doesn’t interest her but you start chatting gadgets you can’t shut her up.”

“That sounds like her from how I understand it.” Momo nodded.

“A lot of us support course students don’t have what it takes to be a hero in one way or another.” Gurīsu explained, “Most of us though, have a goal to help those in the field achieve all they can with our tech. It’s our method of being a hero too. I don’t know who Hatsume pissed off to get so many articles written about her but it’s just about robbed her of any support outside our classroom.”

“She’s got us.” Mina gave a determined nod. “And I’m pretty sure Izuku’s like, her number one customer too.”

“Thoughtful, but still.” Gurīsu looked over to where Izuku and Mei were, the former removing Hatsume’s goggles and setting them down on the side so the girl could more comfortably rest in his arms. “Hatsume’s got dreams bigger than any of us. If being class rep were down to skill, she’d fill both positions. We wanna help but there’s only so much she’ll accept. I can’t tell you how many flaws she’s off-handedly pointed out for me but never lets me do the same for her.”

“Sometimes those that need help the most are those that reject it the most.” Mina muttered, looking over at her fellow pinkette and remembering how long it took Izuku to finally accept her and her girlfriend’s outstretched hands.

“Makes a sad kind of sense.” Gurīsu sighed. “Still, thanks for coming here. She clearly needed this.”

“That’s all Midori.” Mina gestured at their green haired friend. “Dude’s like the epitome of heroic to his friends. Got the inside scoop too that he’ll become number one once we leave UA so hopefully that’ll help Hatsume out some.”

Momo gave her girlfriend an uncomfortable look.

“Even if that were true, I doubt even the number one hero could sway so much public opinion after all this.” Momo pondered, feeling guilty and lost about what exactly they could do. Though it hadn’t been stated outright yet, she, Mina, Izuku and likely Hatsume herself from what she’d said had figured out that it was her parents behind the smear campaign.

“We’ve still got two years before we graduate.” Gurīsu sighed. “Hopefully everything will settle down by then, but right now, it’s one big ‘fuster-cluck’.”

After a few more minutes of hugging and comforting from Izuku, Mei dried her eyes and stepped back, grabbing her googles and fixing them back on her head once more.

“Are… you going to be okay Mei?” He asked carefully.

“I’ll be fine Midoriya.” Mei waved away, turning back to her latest project. “Just… needed that.”

“I-If you want I can come back and-”

“No need!” Mei replied enthusiastically. “Now my system’s clear, I’ve got a whole bunch of new babies to draw up. Let me know if you ever need new gear and stuff and I’ll see you then so bye!”

Izuku stood there, a little confused as Mei looked around for her blowtorch, grabbing it from the side where Momo had placed it, before returning to work on her latest bit of gear as though she were never interrupted.

“Come on kid.” Power Loader stepped over to Izuku, gesturing over to his friends. “Leave her be, you guys go get some lunch.”

“O-Okay sir.” Izuku nodded hesitantly. “Just um… let me know if you need anything Hatsume!” He called out.

“Will do!” Hatsume tossed him back a thumbs up with her free hand but ultimately didn’t slow down her welding.

Izuku walked away towards the girls who were quickly ushered out along with the other two support students by the teacher.

Once they were gone, Power Loader let out a sigh before returning to Hatsume, pulling out a nearby chair and sitting down to observe the girl.

“Hatsume.” He called out.

“… What’s up?” Hatsume replied after a moment.

“A word.”

Frustrated at being prevented from working on the one baby she still had on commission from the hero track from 1-B, Hatsume reluctantly set down her tools and turned to glare lightly at her teacher as he’d come to expect whenever he interrupted her.

“I’m sure you know about all the hullabaloo going on outside the gates.” He stated, “While we don’t know exactly why this is being dragged up now, it is UA’s current position that you’ve done no wrong since you’ve started here… besides almost constantly blowing up the lab.”

“Those were progress explosions!” Hatsume pouted.

“Be that as it may kid, Nezu isn’t an idiot. While he wasn’t aware of your connection before you were accepted here, it’s his, and our, position that you are to continue as a UA student with the full confidence of the school. I understand you were livin’ in an orphanage before this so we’re offerin’ you room and board until you graduate… providing you don’t blow us all up by then.” Power Loader chuckled.

Mei, admittedly, was a little taken aback. While she’d found some small measure of acceptance here at UA so far, she didn’t quite realise how much they were willing to stick their necks out for her. The best support she ever got at the orphanage was being tossed the old toaster when they bought a new one.

“So… so then…” Mei blinked. “I can make babies all throughout the summer!” Her eyes widened with glee.

“Urgh, of course that’s the bit you’d focus on.” Power Loader shook his head fondly. “We’ll discuss arrangements closer to the time. I have a life outside this lab you know. For now, I brought you some things courtesy of Lunch Rush.” He placed down a bento box on the side by Mei’s gear. “I asked him what you usually get since I figured you’re gonna wanna avoid crowds for a bit. This isn’t an excuse to ignore safety protocols so get cleaned up and eat before getting back to work.”

With his piece said, Power Loader rose to his feet and marched back over to his desk to continue marking down which students would need new gear since they wouldn’t accept Hatsume’s anymore.

Despite her general dismissal of social protocols, Hatsume did recognise them when they occurred. She was just, by her own admission, shit at navigating them. As she went to wash up, she allowed herself a small smile at Power Loader’s gesture and the knowledge that she had the school’s support along with a few of her classmates, Midoriya, and a few of his friends from the looks of things.

She had, of course, read one of the many articles herself in the morning before school while looking for the latest tech news. It had certainly caused her to falter and wonder how everything relating to her mother had been discovered so quickly. She’d briefly suspected the heiress herself of telling her family but her appearance today, along with Midoriya’s, dismissed that notion.

Now though, everyone knew and her struggle to stand out was going to be even greater. While it wasn’t ideal for her ambitions, she’d rise to the occasion and show them all! After completing baby two-oh-seven, she’d begin work on the babies that had been resting for years in the back of her mind. If they wanted to compare her to Lady Nagant, she’d show them all just how wrong they were.


Izuku and the girls returned to the lunch room less than happy with how things ended between them and Hatsume. Finding their friends, who’d thankfully already grabbed their lunches for them, they began relaying the situation to the others.

“That fucking sucks.” Kyoka scoffed, shaking her head.

“Really? So many of them returned their gear?” Tooru asked, surprised at the overwhelming rejection from a class that were supposed to be heroes.

“Mmmhmm.” Izuku nodded, looking down sadly at his rice bowl. “I… don’t know what else I can do to help her.”

We, Izuku.” Ochako spoke up, patting his arm.

“‘Chako’s right, if she’s your friend then we’ll all help.” Tsuyu agreed.

“Besides, I believe this is due to… my parents’ involvement.” Momo sighed. “There’s no other way retribution would be so thorough, swift and cutting.”

“So this is what we’re really up against.” Mina grit her teeth. Even she had to admit that this was something she didn’t know for sure they could overcome right now; her boundless optimism had apparently hit its limits.

“This was what I’m afraid of for… all of you.” Momo looked around her polyamorous group. “Should they believe we’re interfering in their plans for me, I believe you would all suffer similar, if not greater reprisals.”

“Y-Yeah, well… who gives a fuck?” Kyoka replied, her nerves slipping into her tone. “D-Doesn’t change anything for me.”

Momo blinked at Kyoka’s small declaration before taking her hand under the table, sending the girl an appreciative smile.

“Regardless, we’re still kinda stuck on how to fix anything.” Tsuyu pointed out, pushing her food around a little. “We’ve been aware of this for a while but haven’t gotten any closer to resolving it.”

“While I believe time is on our side somewhat, with UA taking priority for now, I fear the longer I am out of my parent’s influence, the more antsy they will become. Father very much enjoys having as much control over everything as he does.”

“Sounds like a great boss.” Tooru jabbed sarcastically.

“Is there…” Izuku spoke up, hesitating a moment. “Is there… any way you could seize the company for yourself?”

The girls blinked collectively before turning to Momo.

“A thought I’ve entertained myself.” She admitted. “But unlikely as, short of the death of both my parents, I don’t believe such an event would be able to occur and I would not wish such a fate on them. While I can appreciate how horrible they are on the outside, to me, they have been nothing but loving and caring and I would greatly mourn such a thing.”

“Chill girl, no one’s talking about offing them.” Mina tried to calm the now dejected heiress. “We just need to… trick them somehow I guess. Right?”

“Ribbit. Unlike the movies, you can’t just take control of a company by forcing the head honcho to sign a single piece of paper.” Tsuyu noted.

“Blackmail?” Tooru offered, hoping her stealth skills could be put to good use.

“Unlikely.” Momo dismissed. “I have no idea where we’d begin with such a thing.”

“Well, your parents definitely have a weak spot regarding how they appear to the public.” Mina pointed out. “Look how they’ve reacted after Hatsume called them out. Maybe there’s something there?”

“Some companies rely a lot on public perception.” Izuku agreed. “Anything to do with heroes is especially scrutinised.”

“You’d know all about that.” Ochako grinned, getting a nod from her boyfriend.

“It’s why I don’t ever plan on going with Detnerat gear. While new to the heroic support industry, their gear is noted as being volatile and unreliable at times which, I’m guessing, is due to their unfamiliarity with the extended and intense-use-of-heroes-using-their-quirks-to-push-themselves-and-take-down-villains-in-a-number-of-unique-and-creative-ways-”

“Uh… anyone wanna stop this mumble storm?” Kyoka quirked an eyebrow.

“I think it’s cute.” Ochako smiled but still rested her hand on Izuku’s snapping him out of the deep dive into his analysis. “Do you mind getting to the point Izuku?”

“Oh um, yes… sorry.” He blushed, unaware he’d sunk into another of his mutterings. “A-Anyway, Detnerat has spent a good chunk of time and effort to quash any negative opinions of their products. Yaoyorozu Corps. has been more lenient on their own criticism to a degree but actually exposing their practises could very well hurt the company significantly.”

“And how does that help?” Mina asked, still a tad confused.

“Oh um, well, I don’t know if it could solve everything but, if um… Momo could get a hold of some incriminating things, she could er… bargain for her freedom?”

The group sat there for a moment as they pondered Izuku’s words.

“Essentially a hostage negotiation, ribbit.” Tsuyu considered. “Momo for reputation.”

“Hey, it’s better than anything we’ve come up with so far.” Tooru acknowledged.

“No guarantee it would work though.” Kyoka pointed out.

“Indeed.” Momo nodded slowly while her mind whirred. “Certainly not alone, but it has given me an idea of my own.”

“Ooo, spill.” Mina grinned, eager to hear if they finally had something to resolve this once and for all.

“I-It’s nothing yet.” Momo dissuaded her girlfriend’s enthusiasm. “But I believe with some time, I can arrange for certain pieces to fall into place.”

“Hey, aren’t we, you know, supposed to be doing things as a team?” Kyoka pouted. Momo smiled at her girlfriend’s reminder.

“While I would appreciate help, certainly, I’m not sure how quickly you’d all be able to pick up on the nuances of multi-million yen management of properties, stocks, and legally binding contracts.” The group collectively blinked before each of them began looking away nervously, leaving Momo to chuckle to herself. “It’s no matter, this is something I can do alone and, honestly, it feels good to finally have at least some idea of where to go next.”

“Okay, but you just let us know if we can do anything.” Ochako clenched her fist, determination written clearly over her face while the others gave similar, if slightly less intense, looks that said the same.

“This is how I know I’m truly blessed to have you all in my life.” Momo smiled.

With lunch’s end fast approaching, the group quickly hoovered up their meals before returning to the classroom to continue their studies. As they walked, Momo could feel a somewhat renewed spring in her step as she ran through ideas on how to get the upper hand on her parents.


The vultures at the gates of UA were escorted away thanks to local authorities before the end of the day and life seemingly returned to normal for the students of class 1-A. The next two days of school work passed by relatively quickly with how intensely Aizawa was making them focus to make up for all the effort they’d poured into the autumn festival.

It was on that Wednesday afternoon that Mina collapsed face first into the couch as the class dragged themselves back into the dorm.

“Urgh, Mr. Aizawa is such a slave driver!” She moaned as her legs dangled over the arm of the sofa.

“He certainly seems more enthusiastic to have us ‘Go Beyond’ this week.” Momo acknowledged, resting her bag and back against the sofa. Their training had been extra exhaustive and everyone was feeling it.

“Yaaay.” Kaminari gave a sarcastic thumbs up, having recovered from overcharging himself earlier and causing Kyoka to let out a giggle of amusement.

“I’m sure our teacher has his reasons.” Iida stated, though not quite agreeing with the man himself, his engines feeling like they were about to blow out at times during the day’s training. “This is all to make us better pro heroes after all.”

“Sure, and it has nothing to do with Midoriya getting chewed out during the festival.” Sero commented, flopping down next to Mina.

Said green haired boy flinched as a number of gazes turned towards him.

“You know, I’d almost forgotten about that.” Kirishima noted, grabbing his and Bakugo’s drinks from the fridge as usual. “What was with the delay man?”

“Er… I um… fell down.” Izuku blushed, giving the same lame excuse he thought up before.

“Ha, yeah, pull the other one.” Kaminari nudged his shoulder

“Hmph,” Bakugo scoffed as he entered the kitchen. “Just be glad you got back before the performance or you’d’ve been dead meat.”

“Bakugo! It is not nice to threaten your classmates, even retroactively.” Iida scolded his trademark chopping motions.

“I ain’t threatening shit four-eyes.” Bakugo rolled his eyes. “Pretty sure so-… Sero was about to go full rage mode. How many of you also got pi… frustrated at Izuku’s tardiness?”

While Izuku baulked at Bakugo’s restrained words and Mina beamed at the progress he was clearly making, the other students around the common room were each looking a little guilty.

“I mean, I was more worried to be fair, ribbit.” Tsuyu spoke up with Ochako nodding alongside her.

“I had little faith you’d let us down, mon ami.” Aoyama flourished with a sparkle.

“You could’ve sent us a text or summin’ dude.” Ojiro said.

“Annoyingly, I must agree with Bakugo.” Iida reluctantly admitted. “If you had sent us some warning perhaps we could’ve made extra arrangements and not been so reliant on you, or worried.”

Izuku gulped nervously, feeling the pressure of his peers on him.

“That’s enough.” Momo stated, standing next to the greenette. “While I’m sure you all have your questions, it’s also not nice to pressure your friend like this.”

The One-For-All user felt the stress ease a tad as Momo came to his rescue.

“May as well tell them Midori.” Mina peeked over the edge of the couch. “Not like you did anything really wrong or the teachers asked you to keep it secret or something. Might make them think twice next time too.”

“The hell do you know?” Bakugo quirked an eyebrow at the pinkette who just stuck her tongue out at him in response.

“Wait, did something actually happen?” Tokoyami asked, worried there had been yet another villain attack.

“Well um…” Izuku clenched his hands. “I guess it’s fine.” He sighed, shrugging off his bag and plopping it next to a table. “So um… I don’t know if you’re all aware but Mr. Nezu told me about what would happen if an alarm went off during the festival…”

For the next ten minutes, Izuku explained what he knew would happen if any villains dared attack UA and what he’d experienced that day, including his account of taking down Gentle Criminal and La Brava, though withholding details about his thoughts on the girls of their class.

“No way man!” Sero gaped. “We were that close to everything being called off?!”

“Oui, I can confirm his broken nose myself.” Aoyama nodded though his worry for his friend was plain on his face. “I had no idea of the trials you had endured to ensure our success.”

“Don’t think any of us did.” Sato rubbed the back of his head nervously. “Sorry for doubtin’ ya man.”

“To think such a thing was well within the realm of possibility were it not for your heroic instincts and quick thinking. I must apologise for my doubt once again Midoriya!” Iida bowed to his friend.

“N-No, it’s fine.” Izuku waved away, “It could’ve gone much worse and I should’ve relied on the teachers.”

“But you didn’t!” Tooru cheered, enjoying the story for a second time. “You went ‘Plus Ultra’ and saved the festival for everyone!”

“That’s so hella manly!” Kirishima gripped his fists tightly while manly tears poured down his face.

“Urgh, shut up.” Bakugo rolled his eyes before proceeding over to the elevator. “Any one of you idiots would’ve tried to do the same in his place. I would’ve stopped them way before they reached the forest.”

“Don’t be so butthurt Kacchan.” Kaminari called out, intent on teasing his fellow blond. “We’ll save the next villain for you, okay?”

“I’ll find ‘em on my own damnit!” Bakugo raged over his shoulder. “I need to go pet something before I kill you all.”

Thankfully the elevator doors opened and allowed the blond inside.

“Hey, wait up!” Kirishima called out, hurrying over with the remainder of their drinks and sneaking inside before the doors closed, leaving a somewhat confused room of their classmates behind.

“Wait… what he say?” Ojiro pondered out loud.

“Hmmm? Oh, yeah,” Kaminari perked up. “Class 1-A’s got a new four-legged resident courtesy of Bakugo. She’s super cute too.”

“You’ve seen it then?” Kyoka asked, recalling the carrier they’d both spotted earlier in the week.

“Juicy gossip that avoided my ears?!” Mina’s eyes grew to the size of saucers, quickly cosying up to Kaminari to press for the details.

“Woah, uh, yeah, Bakugo got a cat.” Kaminari explained. “Not sure why, but he got permission from the principal and everything.” He glanced over at Iida before the boy could start up a rant.

“I’m unsure which is the more surprising news to be honest; Bakugo’s new pet or Midoriya saving us all again.” Ojiro sighed.

Izuku glanced over as his name was brought back up again.

“I for one am more grateful that our friend not only stopped a villain, but allowed everyone else to enjoy a most pleasant festival.” Tokoyami nodded over at Izuku. “You have my thanks.”

“Likewise.” Shoji offered a courteous nod.

“Hell yeah, Midori’s the best!” Tooru cheered.

“Careful Tooru, Mina might get jealous, ribbit.” Tsuyu pointed at Mina who was still pressing Kaminari and Kyoka for details on Bakugo’s cat.

“Actually, that’s a point.” Ojiro rubbed the back of his head and stepped over to where Izuku was sat. Tooru’s praise of the boy had reminded him of his own need to chat to their resident quirk expert. “Would you mind giving me some pointers with my quirk?” He asked with a shade of embarrassment on his face. “I kinda feel like I’m falling behind everyone else.”

“Oh uh… s-sure.” Izuku nodded. “Uh… what do you think I could help with?”

“Well, you kinda helped Hagakure get her quirk down pat.” Ojiro gestured over at the girl. “Maybe you could do the same for me? There’s only so much I can do with ‘Tail’ after all.”

“No way, Tail’s a great quirk! It’s so versatile and you can do a lot with it.” Izuku gushed, grabbing his bag, reaching inside for his usual notebook. “If you don’t mind, I’ve kinda had a few ideas that I um…” He paused as he couldn’t find his book only to remember he’d lent it to Ochako a few weeks ago. “Oh uh, yeah, that’s right. Ochako? Do you mind if I um, got my notebook back?”

“Hmmm? Oh yeah!” Ochako remembered, realising she’d never returned it after their fight. Truthfully the girls had been using it here and there to bolster their own training since then and returning it to the boy had never crossed her mind. “I think I left it in Tsu’s room. Gimme a minute.”

With that, the girl dashed over to the stairs, finding the elevator too slow for this task, leaving the common room with a slightly awkward silence.

“I guess we know now what you’re always writing in that thing.” Ojiro let out a small laugh, a little nervous at realising his classmate had been watching him so intensely.

“Y-Yeah.” Izuku rubbed the back of his head. “S-Sorry. Everyone’s quirks were just so cool so I um-”

“No need to explain Izuku.” Tsu interjected, noting the uneasiness in both Ojiro’s and Shoji’s eyes. “I can say that me and the other girls found it most enlightening. I’m sure we would’ve been much less of a challenge had you not shared your insights before our fight.”

“That clears up several lingering questions of mine.” Tokoyami acknowledged.

“W-Well I’ve been doing it since I was a kid.” Izuku explained, hoping he could wave away the creepiness factor he knew some of his old classmates saw in his hobby. “I just um, broke down all the great hero’s quirks and thought up a few ways they could improve is all. Since we’re all learning to become like them I uh… figured I’d do the same.”

“That fact that we each incorporated at least one suggestion of his into our fight against him should show you how useful we all found his thoughts.” Momo explained.

“Woah, that’s really cool man.” Sato gave Izuku a thumbs up. “Got any tips for me?”

Izuku blinked, not realising it wasn’t a sarcastic ask at first.

“Oh uh… h-have you tried different types of sugar? Maybe you have different reactions based on where they’re sourced from.” Izuku offered.

Before long, a few of the other students, such as Koda, Kaminari and Todoroki had gathered around the greenette as he gave them each a quick overview of their quirks as he saw and understood them and making a few suggestions for each. Ochako returned shortly with his notepad which he gratefully accepted so he could get into some of the more unusual suggestions he’d noted on a whim.

Once his book was delivered, Ochako skipped over to the girls who’d gathered together, having no need for his expertise right now.

“Nice to see him so happy for a change.” Kyoka smiled as the boy’s face was practically glowing as he exchanged words with their friends.

“Hey, it helped us a ton. Only fair the others see how awesome his skills are too.” Tooru pointed out.

“Your crush is showing, ribbit.” Tsuyu giggled, causing the invisible girl to blush.

“S-Shush up Tsu!” She flailed.

“Thinking about it, I could use a few more pointers.” Ochako sighed, recalling her performance against him in their fight.

“I mean, he is your boyfriend now.” Mina wiggled her eyebrows. “I’m sure you can ask him to get hot and sweaty in the gym together while whispering sweet tips into your ears.”

Ochako’s face burst into a fierce blush, her mouth twisted in an embarrassed grimace.

“Be nice Minx.” Momo swatted her girlfriend’s shoulder. “Though it may be worth seeing if he does indeed have some more ideas on how to improve. I can’t help but feel that every advantage counts right now.”

“With the amount of villain attacks we’ve had, it’s almost inevitable we’ll have another one.” Tooru sighed.

“Well that’s fucking depressing.” Kyoka deadpanned. “But true. Maybe I should go see the support department about that gear Green suggested.”

“Ooo, if you do, go see Hatsume. She’ll super appreciate the business.” Mina suggested.

“If it’s good enough for Green.” Kyoka shrugged, not really having a preference on who developed her gear though she would certainly give her support to the girl that was in Momo’s parent’s crosshairs.

“I feel like I haven’t done enough recently.” Tsuyu sighed. “Even with everything today, I feel like I wanna go train.”

“Maybe hold off for now.” Momo suggested. “Pushing yourself too hard too fast will burn you out rather than give any substantial improvements. We did just have an entire afternoon to practise after all.”

“Urgh, and I’m still feeling it.” Kyoka rolled her shoulder.

“Well, we don’t have band or dance practise anymore.” Mina noted. “How about we see if we can snag Izuku during some of those times for some extra training.”

“Only training?” Tsuyu shot Mina a knowing glance.

“For now.” Mina replied with a cheeky grin, not backing down.

“Must I play chaperone you two?” Momo eyed them both chastisingly.

“I mean, I wouldn’t say ‘no’.” Mina giggled perversely, ignoring the heiress. “Kyoka might have an issue though.”

“Urgh, I’m out.” Kyoka rolled her eyes before heading over to the elevator. “You made it gross Mina.”

The pinkette laughed at her girlfriend’s reaction as the group broke up to continue their days. Tsuyu and Ochako subtly decided to hang around in the common space until Izuku was done with his impromptu lecture about his thoughts before pulling him away to work on their homework together which Iida very much approved of. He might’ve been a lot less approving had he known that said session ended with shy but more confident kisses on Ochako’s bed between the three of them that night.


Lunchtime the next day had the class packing up and filing out as normal. Since Izuku’s inclusion in their group, the boy had spent more of his lunches with them this week than with his other friends like Iida and Tokoyami. Today was the first day he begged off from the girls to sit with them for a change though not that they minded at all.

“I think he’s getting used to everything.” Tooru smiled as she sat down with her tray.

“Should hope so, he’s kinda stuck with us now.” Mina giggled, giving her girlfriend a small nudge. “How are things in lover’s lane?” She glanced cheekily over at Ochako and Tsuyu.

“Wow, not even waiting till we sat down.” Tsuyu chuckled as Ochako’s tray clattered from her nervous wobbles.

“T-Things are fine!” The brunette blushed, thinking back to their shared make out session last night.

“More than fine I’ll bet.” Mina purred.

“Not before lunch please.” Kyoka rolled her eyes as she sat down. “I’d like to eat it before throwing it back up.”

“Language Kyoka.” Momo gave her girlfriend a sour look.

“S-Sorry.” Kyoka apologised quickly.

“Oh please,” Mina rolled her eyes. “You literally wrote a song for him. I wouldn’t be surprised if we see a few unusual dares from you in the near future.” She teased with a smirk.

“Urgh, pass.” Kyoka scoffed, focussing on her food and pushing down a blush.

“Ooo, that reminds me.” Tooru bounced in her seat. “We’re doing another one tomorrow, right?”

“That eager to get another peek at Izuku, ribbit?” Tsuyu sent the invisible girl a knowing look.

“N-No!” She blushed, “J-Just that we haven’t had one in a while a-and-”

“Hey, hey! What are we talking about over here? Something cute?” A familiar voice called out as a head of blue hair settled above Mina’s while resting her hands on the back of her chair.

“Hi Nejire, escaped Yuyu again did you, ribbit?” Tsuyu chuckled, taking a bite of her lunch.

“No, I would never!” Nejire’s face blew up in a pout. “She knows I’m here… sorta.”

“There it is.” Tsuyu shook her head fondly.

“How may we assist you today Miss Hadou?” Momo asked curiously, hoping to distract the girl from the topic of their conversation.

“Hmmm? Oh, yeah, so the festival’s over now and it was amazing, right?!” The older girl started, getting a round of nods from her underclass-girls. “So I’m here for that date!”

“Date?” Kyoka asked curiously.

“Oh yeah! You wanted a double date with me and Mina, right?” Tooru recalled from before the festival.

“Yup, yup.” Nejire nodded, nuzzling Mina’s hair a little. “Yuyu and I are going to a karaoke bar tomorrow and I figured that’d be perfect for all of us.”

“Ooo, haven’t done karaoke in a while.” Mina grinned, getting pumped for the idea. “Sound good Starlight?”

“Yeah!” Tooru cheered.

“I should probably thank you for the idea.” Nejire turned towards Kyoka who froze with a fork full of chicken halfway to her mouth.

“W-What, me?” She blinked in confusion.

“Yeah! Like, your concert with everyone was super awesome but hearing you sing was probably the best part; you looked super cute up there on stage.”

Momo supressed a giggle as she turned to her girlfriend along with the other girls present, watching as her face lit up much like Ochako’s usually would.

“O-Oh um… thanks very much.” Kyoka nodded awkwardly, not knowing what else to say.

“Seems like someone’s got a fan.” Tsuyu pointed out with a smug smile.

“S-Shut up.” Kyoka glared at the girl but it didn’t appear to phase Nejire.

“I mean, if you like you’re more than welcome to join us too.” Nejire offered. “I mean, I don’t know if you have a boyfriend or girlfriend or something but you looked like you had a lot of fun singing and stuff so I thought-”

“T-That’s quite alright.” Kyoka held her hand up to slow the energetic blunette’s offer. “I-It was a one-time thing. Y-You guys all have fun.”

“Aw phooey.” Nejire puffed up again. “If you’re sure.”

“Quite.” Kyoka massaged her temple.

“Anyway,” Nejire turned back to Mina and Tooru. “How about you two meet me and Yuyu by the front gates at like, seven tomorrow evening. Sound good?”

“We’ll probably have to clear it with Mr. Aizawa.” Mina reasoned. “I’m not sure if it applies to your class but with all the incidents this year we’re not allowed to leave campus without a chaperone.”

“Ooo, good point.” Nejire nodded. “I should probably request Mr. Ectoplasm to come with then. He loves karaoke.”

Several eyebrows rose at that nugget of knowledge.

“No way.” Ochako chuckled, picturing the hero in full outfit belting out a love ballad.

“Adorable.” Tsuyu smiled.

“How about we get back to you tonight.” Mina offered. “Hopefully Mr. Aizawa won’t have an issue with it and we’ll let you know then.”

“Sounds good!” Nejire nodded a couple of times. “See you two cuties then!”

Without further delay, the blue haired whirlwind floated away across the cafeteria.

“Guess that answers the sleepover question, ribbit.” Tsuyu stated.

“Hehe, sorry.” Mina rubbed the back of her head. “We did kinda promise her.”

“You didn’t promise but I don’t think any of us really mind, ribbit.” Tsuyu nodded.

“I’m just glad she didn’t invite us along too.” Ochako released a held breath.

“Oh?” Momo looked over at the girl curiously. “Why’s that?”

Ochako blinked for a moment before recalling that she hadn’t told everyone about her chat with their blue haired friend yet. She quickly relayed to them all what she’d decided to divulge to the girl, noting that she’d sealed it with a pinky promise.

“Guess she does take somethings seriously after all.” Kyoka noted, eating another bite of her lunch. “Had no idea she knew about you guys from that conversation.”

“Mmmhmm.” Ochako nodded nervously. “I think we can trust her but I didn’t want to tell her everything.”

“Appreciated.” Momo smiled, a little nervous after Ochako’s admittance. “After… recent events, I would very much like to keep things very close to the chest for now.”

A wave of despair briefly washed over the group.

“Think better thoughts.” Tooru declared, turning to Mina. “Like what super cute outfits are we going to wear to sing our hearts out?”

“Ooo, I’ve got this shiny thing that could really work.” Mina devolved into clothing chatter as the rest of the group tuned out.

“Actually ‘Chako.” Tsuyu eyed her girlfriend nervously. “It has kinda been a while for us… do you think we could have our own date this weekend? Maybe um… drag Izuku along?”

“O-Oh…” Ochako blushed, her mind flashing through the possibilities of a three-way date, specifically what came after the end of it. “I mean… I guess we could.”

“Ah, you’re still nervous, never mind then.” Tsuyu turned back to her meal.

“No, no, I… um…” Ochako blushed, feeling a pang of disappointment in her chest from letting down her girlfriend.

“It’s okay ‘Chako, don’t worry about.” Tsuyu smiled at her.

Ochako felt her heart lurch, annoyed at herself as, while Tsuyu was smiling, it didn’t quite reach her eyes the way it normally did.

“Tsu, I’m still… I’m not ready for… that.” Ochako whispered in a hushed tone.

“I know ‘Chako.” Tsuyu rubbed her knee under the table. “Nothing would happen you didn’t want. I’d make sure of it.”

“I hardly think Green would push for it anyway.” Kyoka rolled her eyes, the two forgetting that she could hear better than any of them. “I’m not his biggest fan but give the boy some credit.”

“I-It’s not that.” Ochako admitted, reluctantly allowing the conversation to extend to Momo and Kyoka. “I just… Tsu’s ready and… I’m not.”

“So?” Kyoka quirked an eyebrow. “Just bug out if she starts pawing at him, because we all know it’s going to be her that starts it.”

“Classy, ribbit.” Tsuyu shot a glare at the musical girl.

“Tell me I’m wrong.” Kyoka challenged. “Point is, you can just come hang with me and Momo since the other two idiots are clearly going to be busy.”

“Whazzat?” Mina looked over, realising she was being gestured to.

“Nothing Mina,” Momo giggled, allowing the pair to go back to discussing their potential outfits.

“I mean, it doesn’t have to be Friday.” Tsuyu pointed out. “We could do it during the day on Saturday or something. We’ll probably be less inclined to return to one of our rooms if it’s before dinner.”

“I-I don’t wanna be… in the way or anything.” Ochako pouted. “I know you’re um… excited.”

“You’re a part of this too ‘Chako.” Tsuyu squeezed her hand. “I’m not going to do anything if it makes you uncomfortable.”

“Izuku has his own agency in this too.” Momo nodded. “Maybe he’d rather wait until all three of you can share it together.”

“Doubt it.” Kyoka shook her head.

“Yes dear, now hush, the bisexuals are talking.” Momo smirked at her girlfriend.

“O-Okay um…” Ochako took a breath and steeled her nerves. “M-Maybe we could go Saturday and um… I-I’ll just… um… w-watch if you and I-Izuku um… want t-to…”

“Kinky.” Kyoka chuckled, getting a nudge and a look from Momo.

Tsuyu sighed and turned to face Ochako directly.

“How about we just have a normal date, just us three, and see how you and Izuku feel by the end of it rather than trying to lock everything in now, ribbit.”

“That does make more sense.” Momo agreed.

“Y-Yeah, sure, yeah!” Ochako nodded, her confidence returning. “That much I can definitely do.”

“Well it’s not like you’ll be able to do much on the date anyway.” Kyoka noted, “Still need a chaperone and I doubt Mr. Aizawa would appreciate you three trading kissy faces.”

Ochako blinked, realising she had completely forgotten to take that into account.

“I’m sure Miss. Midnight wouldn’t mind looking the other way while we split an ice cream, ribbit.” Tsuyu giggled. “Maybe get some small mochi balls on top again?”

Ochako’s blush returned in full force as her frog girlfriend laughed while the other two gave each other a look.

Lunch didn’t last much longer after that with the group returning to classes once more and bracing themselves for whatever their teacher had cooked up to push them today.


Another gruelling school day was at an end.

Mina and Tooru hung back after class to talk to Aizawa about their outing the next day while the others went to get changed. As the four girls of the group walked back to the dorm, Momo spotted Izuku walking back with Iida out of the corner of her eye. While Tsuyu and Ochako hadn’t nailed down what exactly their plan was for the weekend, she couldn’t help but feel a tad nervous for the pair of them and what may happen at the end of the date that Ochako seemed so nervous herself about.

It was no surprise that, with her greater level of knowledge on the subject courtesy of Recovery Girl, Momo felt it was her duty to make sure each of her girlfriends and their respective, shared boyfriend be as safe as possible when it came to particular matters. As a result, she broke off from their group with a half-hearted excuse to slow and wait for their newest group member to catch up.

“I see, so you think it’s worth doing? While painful, it would indeed guarantee significant improvements in my quirk’s performance.” Iida could be heard asking her green haired target.

“Your family hasn’t steered you wrong yet.” Izuku nodded. “I had no idea how they did it but if they say it’s safe then you should definitely consider it.”

“Maybe a further discussion with my brother is in order.” Iida pondered before spotting the heiress getting closer to the pair of them and thinking it rude not to include her in their conversation. “Ah, Yaoyorozu, how did you find our training today?”

“Hmmm?” Momo turned, feigning surprise at being addressed. “Oh it was quite invigorating, though I dare say I could eat a horse after using my quirk so much.”

“Understandable.” Iida nodded.

“We were just discussing potential improvements we could make.” Izuku offered. “I’m still trying to get a hold of all the power my quirk holds so for me it’s mostly just physical training.”

“I see. It must be a struggle to find weights and things to challenge yourself at times considering the easy work you made of the dorm fridge that time.” Momo giggled softly, causing Izuku to break out into a light blush.

“I hope you were not utilising our public utility for your own training regimen Midoriya.” Iida eyed the boy carefully.

“No, No!” Izuku waved away. “J-Jiro’s phone just dropped underneath it and I picked it up is all.”

“Without using his quirk which was most impressive.” Momo added.

“Ah, I see, forgive my assumption.” Iida bowed lightly.

“In terms of workouts, the gym here actually has a really good set of weights I can use to push myself.” Izuku admitted. “They go up all the way to a ton so I figure other students have requested such in the past.”

“Understandable, this is the school All Might went to after all.” Iida noted.

“Actually Iida, do you mind if I spoke to Izuku alone? There’s something I’d like to ask him about my quirk since I have the opportunity and it’s a little… private.” Momo lowered her tone slightly.

“Not at all.” Iida nodded. “I believe our class has all recently noticed how astute your observations are Izuku and I thank you for my own notes.”

“W-Well I’ve been able to observe your brother a-and other family members s-so I had more data and-”

“No need to explain my friend.” Iida chuckled. “I shall leave you two to it, good day.” He bowed again before power walking away as fast as he could without breaking the rules.

Izuku shook his head fondly at the overly rigid boy that’d become one of his dearest friends since starting UA despite their initial, rocky relationship. Turning to Momo, he couldn’t help but remember their previous interactions, allowing a small blush to cover his features.

“S-So um, how can I help?” He asked, looking ahead of them.

“My apologies Izuku.” Momo bowed lightly. “While I would enjoy picking your brain another time, this was merely a ruse to get you alone.”

“Oh?” Izuku blinked.

“Yes. This conversation is more about our… shared arrangement as such.” Momo stated in a more hushed tone.

Izuku gulped, realising which direction this was about to turn.

“O-Okay, is something wrong?” He asked nervously.

“Not right now.” Momo smiled, hoping to allay his fears off of the bat. “However, while I believe you and our fellow… friends are responsible heroes in training, I find myself compelled to ask if you’ve been to the pharmacy recently?”

The greenette felt his throat close at the implication. He and Tsuyu had certainly done something quite far along in that regard but that was only the one time; ever since then they’d just been kissing.

“Uh… no.” He admitted.

“I see.” Momo nodded. “While I would impress that you visit sooner rather than later, I wouldn’t be able to forgive myself if I didn’t provide assistance where I could.”

Izuku’s eyes widened as he saw the tell-tale sparkles of Momo’s quirk forming in her hand. When she offered whatever it was that she’d just created out to him he took it without hesitation. It felt like he pulled a face on par with those in cartoons, with his jaw dropping to the floor and eyes bulging wide as he realised he now had a box of five condoms in his hand with no significant branding.

“I do hope you and the others will be smart with their use.” Momo said, a small blush covering her own face. “I um… also had to make an educated guess as to the size. P-Please let me know if they are too big or too tight.”

Izuku tried to speak only for a high-pitched sound to come out instead. He quickly shoved the package into his pocket as his steaming red face tried to school itself back into something that resembled normal.

“I-I-I a-appreciate this um… Momo, but… I-I don’t think I-I’ll need them anytime s-soon.” He admitted.

“Whether you know that for sure or not, it would ease my own head to ensure you have them and not need them rather than the other way around.” Momo acknowledged. “While I am not sure on your own state of readiness regarding those activities, I do know that hormones can sometimes get the better of us.”

“O-Oh… uh, y-yes, I guess you’re right.” Izuku conceded a little.

“I-If you’re not ready, please do not hesitate to say so when the situation arises. There is no rush on these things after all.”

“Y-Yeah, I understand.” Izuku gulped.

“Good.” Momo nodded.

The two progressed towards the dorms in awkward silence for a few moments.

“D-Do you um… t-think they’ll want to?” Izuku asked nervously.

“I believe you should keep a day of your weekend free for a potential date.” Momo decided to give the boy a heads up. “Anything that happens after such will be down to the three of you.”

“S-Sorry, I know this um… is a little weird.” Izuku rubbed the back of his head. “You’ve um… been d-dating them longer than I have.”

Momo allowed herself a small giggle.

“True, but they’ve been excited about the prospect of yourself for much longer.” She replied, “This is just one of the considerations we must make considering your gender.”

Izuku couldn’t help but let out a nervous chuckle himself.

“Sorry to um, put you out like this.” He apologised.

“Not at all.” Momo smiled earnestly. “I want to see you all happy but also safe.”

“T-Thanks.” Izuku smiled. “I’m um… not sure what I can offer in return.”

Momo giggled lightly.

“I would be surprised if your quirk suddenly developed functions similar to my own.” She laughed. “As it is, I’m fine on things for now.”

“Uh, okay, sure.” Izuku nodded hastily. “B-But if I can um… h-help in some way in the future, j-just let me know.”

Momo was about to wave him away again, reminding him it was unnecessary only for her mind to pose an intriguing idea to her. The whole reason she was doing this was because Izuku was male. Though she’d tried to replicate his gender’s anatomy as accurately as she could, there was definitely more she could glean and learn by observing an actual specimen rather than getting all her knowledge from the internet.

The idea of creating a much more realistic strap on to slide into a tied up Kyoka and forcefully knock her up with her fake seed in their next roleplay session together sent a jolt of desire through her entire system.

“I shall be sure to keep that in mind.” Momo nodded though turning her blushing face away from Izuku.

Not having spotted the change in demeanour from the heiress, Izuku simply allowed himself to breathe a sigh of relief that he wasn’t being a burden to their heiress. When the two finally arrived back at the dorms, Momo begged her leave quickly and hurried to the elevators as soon as she was able.

Izuku, for his part, returned at a much more reasonable pace to his own room and logged onto his laptop. If what Momo had warned him of was true, he’d do his best to give his two girlfriends a date to remember, browsing a few gifts online he hoped would make it here with extra fast delivery.

Before he finalised his purchase, he couldn’t help but note the weight of the box in his blazer pocket. Hoping to avoid relying on Momo’s quirk and not being brave enough to go to the pharmacy or Recovery Girl by himself, he opted to also buy his own pack of condoms online that he prayed would come discretely bundled in the package together with the rest of his stuff.


Despite there being no sleepover this Friday, Mina was in high spirits by the time the final bell rang that week. She was more than ready for the break the weekend offered and kicking it off was a double date with her girlfriend doing one of her favourite after-school activities.

You know, besides sex stuff.

Mina giggled to herself at that thought as she picked her way through her closet that afternoon, still yet to come up with the perfect outfit. Nejire had found them again at lunch and confirmed their plans for the evening, reporting that Ectoplasm more than happy to accompany them though he had apologised prematurely for not being able to let them out of his sight and had to join them in their karaoke booth.

Mina and Tooru didn’t mind considering the way their last date had gone but hoped to get a little privacy once back on campus; the pink haired girl had already spent plenty of time picking out the perfect underwear for her girlfriend to slide off once they returned after all.

When the time drew close, Mina took one last look over what she’d selected and gave herself an appreciative nod and wink. She’d gone with a long-sleeved, short black dress that reached all the way to her palms with gold bands around the hem and her upper arms. Black thigh-high boots made her feel both sexy and powerful whenever she heard the heel clatter against the floor. She found, much like her eyes, black complimented her skin tone wonderfully and she’d leant into it for this outfit. Completing her look was a long, white, beaded necklace she’d looped twice around her neck to reduce the length and a small, red handbag that held her essentials.

She was bound to make Tooru drool and the other two girls jealous she thought as she stepped out of her room and made her way down to the common room to meet her girlfriend. Stepping off of the elevator, she glanced around and noticed she might make a few other people jealous tonight.

“Woah, what is up Mina?!” Kaminari practically drooled as she parked her fine rear smugly against the back of the couch.

“Oh nothing, just got a hot date is all.” She grinned, relishing all eyes being on her.

Glancing around, she noted that not only was Kaminari present, but so was Ochako who appeared to be chatting with Iida, Kirishima and Izuku were in the kitchen preparing dinner who both had dropped jaws along with a familiar spiky haired blond with his back turned while Kyoka joined them, sat over at one of the tables with Momo working on some homework.

“You clean up good pinky.” Bakugo called out from the kitchen when he glanced over his shoulder, wearing what appeared to be an odd, furry scarf.

“Thanks Baku-babe.” Mina teased with a wink.

“Where you off to tonight? No way Aizawa let you and Hagakure out to hit the clubs.” Kaminari asked, still very much gobsmacked.

“Told ya, we got a hot date.” Mina replied with a smirk. “Nejire is taking us out for karaoke with her girlfriend.”

“Can I come too?!” Kaminari immediately asked.

“Woah, you are desperate.” Kyoka shook her head while Momo chuckled by her side.

“Girls night only tonight.” Mina teased the boy. “Maybe I’ll give you some details if you’re a good boy.”

“I can be a good boy!” Kaminari nodded enthusiastically, acting more like a dog than a man right then.

Mina giggled at his antics before the ‘ding’ of the elevators rang out once more. Turning to hopefully see her girlfriend stepping out, she then knew what it was like to be one of these guys when she stepped out herself.

Though Tooru still had yet to solve the issue of turning her quirk off, the way she wore her clothes made her no less stunning. Her mary-jane shoes moved forward, holding her cute feet that were clothed in a pair of alluring, black pantyhose that went all the way up. Mina soon lost sight of them beneath the puffy white frills underneath a black corset-skirt that almost looked more like lingerie than anything else. Tooru’s modesty was persevered by a frilly, short-sleeved white top accented with a fake, pink rose nestled at the top button while her forearms and hands were concealed by a pair of black, opera-like gloves complete with a pair of golden bangles on one arm. The space above where her head likely looked out into the room held a bright red bow on one side which the girls all knew now was to help others identify which way she was facing. Clenched in her hands was a small, silver clutch purse which she held protectively to her chest as she felt all eyes in the room draw to her.

“Hey everyone.” She called out, trying to hide her nervousness as best she could. “Uh, is Mina-”

Tooru spotted her girlfriend before she could finish her question, taking in her girlfriend’s stunning outfit just as much as the pinkette was taking in hers.

“Guh, seriously?!” Kaminari groaned. “Why didn’t I ask one of them out when I had the chance?” He pouted.

“Tsh, you think they’d’ve said ‘yes’?” Kyoka chuckled at his misfortune.

“Wow Mina.” Tooru evidently was the first to regain the power of speech. “You look amazing!”

“You do too hun. Didn’t know you had that hidden away in your cupboard.” Mina purred seductively, causing Tooru to break into a shy giggle.

“All right, that’s enough.” Iida stepped forward. “I’m sure our classmates wish to get on with their evening so please return to what you were doing before and not bother them.”

The room collectively rolled their eyes at Iida’s latest attempt to stop teenagers being teenagers.

“What if we want you to watch?” Mina teased, knowing full well it would rile her girlfriend up a little as she snaked an arm around her back and pulled her into a hug.

Kaminari apparently couldn’t take such a tease, a splattering of blood pouring out of his nose and steam erupting from his mouth as he managed to overload himself without using a single volt of electricity, his thumbs raised to the air and a familiar ‘Yay’ on his lips.

“Jeez man, take a joke.” Kyoka rolled her eyes before turning to the girls, a hypocritical blush on her own face. “You guys look good though.”

Looking around, Mina could spot a similar look on both Izuku and Ochako’s faces. Hopefully they’d be thinking of her tonight so they could speed things up a little and let her get a piece of Izuku-pie.

“Shut the hell up four-eyes and leave them be, they’re probably about to head out anyway.” Bakugo scoffed, quickly drying his hands on a nearby washcloth and walking towards the pair.

Mina wondered why exactly he was coming over until it suddenly became very clear when the furry scarf’s head perked up. She had to physically hold back her squeal of delight lest she frighten the cute kitty, though her girlfriend was infinitely less successful.

“Cute!” Tooru cried out, stepping forward to get a closer look at the furry one.

Bakugo’s smile deepened into a smug grin as he offered his shoulder to the invisible girl with the cat looking around curiously at the floating bow.

“Figured you’d get all pissy if you left before meeting her.” He smugly stated.

Annoyingly, he was right as Mina definitely couldn’t leave before being introduced to the bundle of fluff currently perched around him.

“Oh my god, she’s so fluffy! What’s her name?” Mina asked quickly, cooing as the cat made a half-hearted swipe at Tooru’s bow.

“Queen Explosion Murder!” Bakugo grinned maniacally.

Even with the cuteness on display in front of her, Mina had to give the blond a deadpan expression at that name.

“Really dude?”

“Hell yeah! Got a problem with it?” He quirked a brow, holding it for a second before relenting. “Too much of a hassle to yell each time though, so she she’s ‘Queen’ for short.”

“Much better.” Mina giggled, allowing herself to coo over the kitty.

It appeared to be a fairly big Maine Coon cat if Mina remembered her breeds right, a similar fur colour to Bakugo’s hair, though much more fluffy instead of spikey. Poor Queen evidently carried some history with her as she had a nasty rip on one ear that was missing some of its fur where it had scarred over, along with a pair of small scars; one over her nose and another over one eye, yet both still seemed very much functional with the way she was tracking Tooru’s bow.

“Got her at a rescue,” Bakugo offered as he smiled in a most un-Bakugo-like way down at the cat. “Figured she deserved a second chance over something like a kitten.”

While the words weren’t spoken between them, Mina could clearly understand why Bakugo had chosen this specific cat.

“Proud of you.” Mina grinned, raising a fist and lightly punching Bakugo’s chest.

“Mraow!” The cat growled dangerously from his shoulder, glaring fiercely at Mina all of a sudden and causing Bakugo to step back quickly.

“Yeah, don’t do that.” His typical frown returned, reaching up to calm his pet by stroking along her back. “Bitch got a protective streak already.”

“Hah, noted.” Mina smiled, releasing a held breath as she realised what happened. Luckily she was friends with all her neighbourhood cats back home and knew how to make up with them. Slowly, she reached out with an empty, unclenched hand, approaching carefully while slow-blinking when their gazes met.

Tentatively, Bakugo allowed Mina to draw near again after Queen’s growls had settled. When the pinkette’s hand loomed, the cat took its time sniffing it, pulling an unapproving face the girl figured she probably deserved with all the acid she handled daily. After a few moments, Queen had apparently accepted Mina’s apology as she began rubbing her cheeks along Mina’s digits.

“Haha, another friend made.” Mina giggled, scratching the cat under the chin like she knew they liked.

“Yo, teach me some of that shit sometime.” Bakugo pouted. “Took me two days to get her out from under the bed.”

“Not to be rude but we kinda need to go Mina.” Tooru noted, having pulled out her phone and checked the time.

“Oop, can’t keep our ladies waiting.” Mina nodded, leaving Queen with one last scritch. “See ya later guys!”

A round of various goodbyes followed Tooru and Mina as they left the dorm, freshly energised for their upcoming date. Once they were in the brisk, late autumn air, Tooru quickly took Mina’s hand in her own as they walked.

“That was so cute!” The invisible girl gushed.

“Cats are freakin’ adorable.” Mina agreed. “Surprised Bakugo got one though.”

“Makes him much more approachable.” Tooru smirked. “Kinda… providing she doesn’t hiss at my Princess.”

“Love you too babe.” Mina pressed a kiss to the side of Tooru’s head. “Excited?”

“Oh yeah, first proper double date.” Tooru nodded while clenching Mina’s hand a touch tighter.

“You look gorgeous hun. Nothing to be worried about.” Mina smiled at her girlfriend.

“Mmm, yeah, I know. You look positively delicious too Mina.” Tooru giggled back.

“I should hope so.” Mina laughed. “That’s what I expect by the end of tonight anyway.”

“Mina!” Tooru blushed, looking around quickly to make sure no other students were hanging around.

“Pretty sure we managed to drop Izuku and Ochako’s jaws too.” Mina continued unabashedly. “Maybe we can get them to join us.”

Tooru chuckled lightly.

“Fun as that would be,” She sighed wistfully, leaning into Mina as they walked. “Tonight is for me and you.”

“No problems there.” Mina smiled, wrapping her girlfriend in a hug while replacing one hand with the other.

The two continued in a comfortable silence as the front gate neared. As they got close, they could hear the ever-energetic Nejire talking about something as they approached. Both dressed up senior girls turned towards them as they drew near with Nejire’s eyes becoming like saucers as they did.

“Ashido, Hagakure, you guys look super cute!” Nejire beamed, zooming in close to get a good look at them.

“You guys really went all out didn’t you? Makes me feel underdressed.” Yuyu sighed.

Looking over at the pair, Mina and Tooru could tell why. Nejire had dressed up in her fluttery blue outfit that she’d worn for the beauty pageant while Yuyu was wearing a much more conservative short-sleeve red blouse with a brown jacket over the top that appeared to be much fluffier on the inside while complimented with black jeans that had a silver chain running around them and double-buckle boots. All in all, Yuyu appeared much more Kyoka’s type than Nejire’s right then.

“What are you worried about girl, you look awesome.” Mina grinned, hoping to cheer the girl up a tad.

“Right?!” Nejire nodded, fluttering over to her girlfriend and hovering behind her, wrapping her arms around her shoulders. “Yuyu’s super cute even if she doesn’t believe it.”

“Totally.” Tooru agreed.

“Stop.” Yuyu chuckled, waving the compliments away and snagging one of Nejire’s hands. “Fashion’s never really been my thing so I don’t care much anyway.”

“Says the girl with the cool short-hair and wicked piercings.” Mina smirked, causing the older student to blush a little.

“Ooo, I like you, this is going to be fun.” Nejire declared, unwrapping from her girlfriend before standing by her side, keeping their hands together.

“So are we gonna go grab the bus or something?” Tooru asked curiously.

“Nuh uh, Mr. Ectoplasm is kind enough to drive us, providing he gets to sing his favourite song when we get there.” Nejire reported as a black car pulled up to the curb. “Here he is now!”

The girls stood patiently as Ectoplasm stepped out before ushering them inside the surprisingly roomy UA-owned car. Mina giggled to herself as she wondered if Iida would throw a fit about the ‘non-standard seating layout’ that more resembled a limo than a typical car.

Without any further delay, the group set off for the heart of Mustafu where they’d be spending the evening.


The group arrived at a small karaoke bar called ‘Instant Star’ which Nejire apparently swore by. While it wasn’t in the central part of downtown Mustafu, it was close enough that plenty of rambunctious adults could be heard enjoying the start to the weekend nearby. The bar itself was having a pretty good night judging by the ‘No Walk-ins’ sign Mina and Tooru spotted but the older girls had apparently already booked everything for them.

Once lead to their room, along with Mr. Ectoplasm by an attendant, the group was given free rein to sing, dance and order from the menu as they liked. Mina and Tooru eagerly set about browsing through the song catalogue while their teacher, apparently much more familiar with this place than they realised, kicked things off with his rendition of ‘Stand By Me’ which the girls clapped and cheered for after he finished.

Tooru couldn’t help asking him, as Nejire got up on the little stage next, why he liked that song so much. With the most deadpan expression she’d ever seen him muster, he turned to her and clacked his prosthetic legs together and declared “For ironic reasons”, which delayed Nejire’s turn due to the raucous laughter everyone experienced.

Without further preamble, the night kicked off in full swing with many drinks and snacks being ordered by the students and everyone taking turns performing their favourite, and sometimes, most ridiculous songs they knew. Nejire and Tooru sung the most by far with Yuyu predictably more than happy to sit and watch for most of the evening.

Thankfully, unlike most of their outings during the school year, this one ended without any significant villain attack or criminal activity occurring, bar a few rowdy, drunk businessmen hanging around the front entrance which their teacher made short work of ushering away.

Mina and Tooru were both sated with snacks and worn out from all the singing they’d done and were more than happy to call it a night as Ectoplasm pulled the car around with the four students clambering in. Like before, Mina and Tooru settled into the back seats while Yuyu and Nejire sat in the side seats with each pair cuddling up together.

Ectoplasm wasn’t a fool and knew the students hadn’t been able to talk as freely as they likely would’ve had he not been there. Unfortunately the school’s current policy dictated he wasn’t to let anyone out of his sight barring timed bathroom breaks. Now though, he was more than happy to roll up the separator between the driver’s portion or the car and the passenger’s.

Yuyu glanced over to the man as the glass barrier raised between them and smiled appreciatively at their teacher before turning to the younger students.

“You guys have fun tonight?”

“Tons.” Mina shot her a weary smile, unsure if she’d have the energy left by the time they returned to do anything kinky with her girlfriend.

Nejire looked to be in much the same state, leaning heavily on Yuyu’s shoulder and letting out soft sighs with barely cracked eyes.

“Thanks for coming out with us. Nejire’s been hoping another couple like us would appear so we could do this.”

“Mmmhmm.” Nejire agreed softly.

“Our pleasure.” Tooru smiled. “It was loads of fun, we should invite all the other girls to do it sometime too.”

Mina certainly didn’t miss the hint in Tooru’s tone; it would certainly be a great cover for some private, group date stuff.

“Wait, you said ‘another couple like you’, what’s wrong with Togata and Amajiki.”

“Nuh uh, boys.” Nejire replied sleepily, causing Yuyu to chuckle and stroke her girlfriend’s hair soothingly.

“Those guys are great but there’s something a little different about hanging out with just us girls, don’t you think?” Yuyu explained. “Besides, you try getting Amajiki up on stage.” She giggled.

“He certainly does strike me as the shy type.” Tooru shook her head.

“So there’s no other girl couples you know of?” Mina asked curiously.

“None in the hero track, certainly.” Yuyu acknowledged. “Think my little Fairy had her heart set on your classmates getting together. Er, Uraraka and Asui, I think.”

Mina and Tooru both held in a giggle. Clearly their blue-haired senior hadn’t blabbed, even to her girlfriend, about their brunette gravity girl’s relationship status.

“That’s up to them.” Mina said non-committedly. “Shame they missed out on all this but more for us, right Starlight?”

“Heck yeah!” Tooru cheered with as much energy as she could muster which amounted to half a fist pump.

Yuyu smiled warmly at the pair and let out a content sigh herself. While they’d not learned huge amounts about each other, it had been a great night to just relax with people who didn’t judge their love.

“H-Hey, hey,” Nejire stirred, not wanting the conversation to die down this soon. “You gotta tell us all the super cute things about yourselves, like how’d you two get together an’ stuff.”

“You sure you’re gonna be awake for something like that.” Mina teased.

“Mmmhmm, can’t sleep till Yuyu does that thing I like in bed.” Nejire sighed sleepily, not aware it sent both Mina and Tooru’s eyebrows racing for their hairlines while Yuyu’s face changed colour to nearly match her hair.

“S-She means goodnight kiss!” Yuyu stuttered, hoping it was enough to get the other two not to ask any follow-up questions on the matter. Both first years clearly didn’t believe her but allowed the conversation to stay away from that subject matter.

“Well, I guess it first really started when Tooru was having a really rough day…” Mina began before launching into an abridged rendition of their relationship minus all the drama with the other girls to make up their polyamorous unit.

“Adorable.” Nejire sighed with a smile.

“You sound like Tsu.” Tooru giggled, having tucked her knees up and was now laying across the seat on Mina’s hip.

“Tsu’s cute.” Nejire replied before tilting her head back at her girlfriend. “Ooo, can we keep her?”

“Yeah, no.” Yuyu smiled, cupping Nejire’s cheek lightly. “I’m pretty sure I wanna keep you all to myself thank you very much.”

Mina and Tooru then witnessed the adorable sight of Yuyu and Nejire sharing an upside down kiss as the blue-haired member of the ‘big three’ squealed in delight as though she were kissing her long-time girlfriend for the first time.

“Jeez, get a room.” Mina teased again.

“It’s mine and Yuyu has stuff there.” Nejire grinned cheekily, well aware of what she said this time, much to the exasperated Yuyu’s frustration.

“Nejire.” Yuyu groaned, squeezing her girlfriend’s adorable cheeks between her palms, resisting the urge to squash her melon into oblivion.

“Oh relax, it’s cool with us.” Mina giggled. “I’m sure we can keep this secret… in exchange for your own super cute ‘getting together’ story.”

“Yeah, yeah. What happened?”

Nejire was gratefully allowed to drop bonelessly, head intact, back into Yuyu’s lap as the girl rubbed the back of her head nervously.

“N-Not much to talk about really. We’d been classmates for a couple months but I was too afraid to say anything to her outside of training.” Yuyu admitted. “She was so beautiful and powerful I think everyone was a little afraid of her. I know I was because first impressions really friggin’ matter when it comes to dating and stuff.” The red-haired girl smiled down at Nejire’s nervous looking face. “It was only when Tamaki somehow managed to gather his little lion-heart and ask her ‘what her favourite hero was’ that we all realised what a happy and bubbly girl we had in our midst and never knew it.”

“Yuyu.” Nejire reached up to caress her girlfriend’s face though it didn’t dissuade the red-head from her story.

“Things pretty much went smoothly from there. I managed to snag a seat near her at lunch a couple times and ask her a few questions. Took me about three weeks before I ambushed her in the morning before school with a love letter.”

“You sealed it with an electric-y sticker.” Nejire smiled.

“Y-Yeah.” Yuyu blushed.

“Truthfully, I had no clue if she was gay or straight but I just took a chance and, well, now she’s all mine.”

“Mmmm, squishy.” Nejire snuggled her head into Yuyu’s side a little more.

“Wow, that’s super sweet.” Tooru cooed, wiggling cutely against Mina.

“You guys are like the picture perfect school romance.” The pinkette agreed.

“We gon’ get married and have a buncha babies.” Nejire declared proudly, causing Yuyu to fault slighty.

“Maybe focus on our careers a little first hun.”

“Nuh uh, first thing after UA is our wedding. Fighting baddies can come later.” Nejire declared again before turning to the younger two. “You guys should totally come!”

“We’ll wait for the official invitations.” Mina sweatdropped, hoping Nejire wasn’t pressing her girlfriend into something she wasn’t ready for. Despite the embarrassed counters, both girls could tell Yuyu’s heart wasn’t in it and fully expected to hear wedding bells within the next year.

The group settled down as the familiar UA tree line came into view as Ectoplasm turned the car into the official UA parking lot.

After another few moments the car’s engine finally stopped and the group slowly and steadily exited the vehicle, stretching themselves out after their enjoyable double date.

“A brief reminder that curfew is in effect.” Ectoplasm reminded the group as they straightened out their clothes. “Please make your way straight back to the dorms with no delays.”

“Thanks sir!” Mina gave the teacher a happy wave as she and the others began walking off together. She was thankful he’d been the one to escort them tonight as she’d barely noticed his presence half the time. It would’ve been a much different story had Mr. Aizawa been sitting by as she’d belted out the lyrics to ‘I’m a believer’ along with Tooru.

“Right, better get this one to bed before she embarrasses me any further.” Yuyu rolled her eyes as she helped balance Nejire with a one-armed hug. “It was fun hanging out.”

“You bet.” Mina grinned.

“Make sure you do that thing she likes.” Tooru teased after the retreating pair, causing Yuyu to stumble and Nejire to cheer loudly before snuggling her girlfriend extra close. The pair of first years giggled as they split off and made their way towards their own dorms arm in arm.

“Man, I’ve missed doing stuff like that after school.” Mina sighed pleasantly as the pair walked home.

“Yeah, feels like forever we could just hang out and not worry about villains and stuff.” Tooru joined her girlfriend though a bit more downcast.

“Hey, what’s up?” Mina asked curiously.

“Nothing.” Tooru shook her head. “Just the usual crap. World feels like it’s falling to pieces and everyone’s going on as normal.”

“Oh hun.” Mina cuddled her close. “There’s nothing we can do yet. Best thing we can is just practise, practise, practise, yeah?”

“This coming from the class’ number nineteen?” Tooru nudged with a teasing smirk.

“Uh, well, I meant practise our skills, not out English skills. Don’t think a villain is going to stop if we say ‘pretty please’ in another language.” Mina giggled.

As they walked, she couldn’t help but spot a familiar bench coming up. True it wasn’t their spot but she was sure Izuku wouldn’t mind sharing. The nearby lamppost provided plenty of light so they’d at least not be chatting in complete darkness despite the time.

Leading her girlfriend over with a confused hum, the pair sat with Mina cuddling her invisible girlfriend up to her much like they had in the car on the way back.

“Is that everything on your mind?” Mina asked after a few moments, stroking Tooru’s hair lightly.

“Mostly.” Tooru admitted with a weary sigh. “Just, you know, Hatsume’s stuff and everything. Well more like Momo’s parents I guess.”

“Urgh, yeah, I get that.” Mina scoffed. “Pricks.”

“Those are our future in-laws you’re talking about.” Tooru gave a single, dry chuckle.

“Don’t remind me.” Mina sighed. “How they could produce someone as amazing as Momo is beyond me.”

“Mmmm, Momo’s great. So is Tsu and Kyoka, ‘Chako too and… a-and now Izuku.”

“We’ve got a big, little unit, don’t we?” Mina giggled. “You still happy with everything?”

“Y-Yeah… just… just a little insecure I guess.”

“What’s brought this on?” Mina asked, getting a little worried now.

“Our date I guess.” Tooru huffed. “Still wish I could, you know,” She pulled off one of her gloves and held her bangled hand up in the air, still as transparent as ever. “Not much progress since last time.”

“Hey, don’t rush it.” Mina cooed softly, reaching out to take her girlfriend’s hand in her own, intertwining their fingers together. “You’ll get there. You’ve got plenty of support, including Izuku and that big, thick, meaty… brain of his.” Mina teased.

It worked, dragging a small giggle out of her girlfriend before the two fell silent again.

“I know… but still, it’s not something that’s going to go away overnight even when I do figure out my stupid quirk.”

“Probably not.” Mina agreed. “We’ll have to teach you all about make-up, colour coordination, nail polish and loads of other stuff. Me and Momo have got you more than covered there though.”

“Yeah… thanks.” Tooru smiled weakly, adjusting her position to lean up and place a soft kiss on the side of Mina’s cheek.

“Anytime Starlight.” Mina smiled, snuggling Tooru close again.

The late autumn weather decided to make itself known as a chilling breeze rolled throughout the campus, sending shivers through both girls’ bones.

“Yup! Time to go!” Mina’s teeth chattered as she coaxed her girlfriend to her feet, rising herself afterward. “Your room or mine.”

“W-Wait.” Tooru held Mina back from restarting their journey back to the dorm. “Um… c-could you… tell me I’m pretty?”

Mina gave a fond, if exasperated sigh before turning back to her girlfriend, dropping her hand only to cup both of her cheeks and pull her close.

“Tooru Hagakure, you are my super pretty and totally cute girlfriend whom I love very much.” Mina whispered before placing a loving kiss on her invisible girlfriend’s lips.

“Mmmhmm.” Tooru nodded slowly after they broke, steeling her nerves. “A-And… h-how about now?”

Mina blinked in confusion, wondering what would change in the span of a few seconds only for her breath to be stolen from her.

Tooru emptied the last of her own breath before pulling back her quirk like she’d practised a great many times since discovering the technique. That same, familiar itching and pain at the back of her head returned in full force but she ignored it in favour of pulling her quirk back over her facial features for the very first time in front of another person.

Mina gulped, her mouth dropping open slightly as she looked upon Tooru’s face for the first time. Much like her hands when she’d first shown them off, her skin was ridiculously pale. Framing her head was unusually glittery strands of hair that, for a lack of better words, was a complete mess, likely from Tooru never needing to worry about how it was styled. It carried an almost prism-like quality to it as the streetlight passed through it, reflecting a number of different colours around them though the most prominent were pale greens and yellows with a dash of pink here and there, likely from her skin’s reflection. The same qualities extended to her thin eyebrows and extremely fluffy eyelashes that looked absolutely gorgeous to Mina; now she knew exactly what fluttered against her skin in the early mornings when the pair cuddled together. Tooru’s eyes apparently weren’t excluded from this quality either, having the most unique colour Mina had ever seen with the outer iris being a mix of darker colours like blues and seafoam greens while her inner iris was almost bright yellow. Capping them off, unlike most people, her pupils were almost completely white and right now, they were searching Mina’s face for any clues about her true reaction to her look.

Tooru needn’t have worried though as, once Mina’s breath returned to her, she carefully brushed Tooru’s messy locks out of her face before leaning down and capturing her lips in a much deeper, tongue-filled kiss. Unfortunately, the normally invisible girl couldn’t hold her lack of breath any longer and had to break the kiss much quicker than she’d liked to suck in much needed oxygen, much to her girlfriend’s amusement.

“That was your own fault.” Mina smiled brightly, “Shouldn’t have put someone so beautiful in front of me and expected me not to kiss her.”

Tooru, having been forcefully returned to her invisible state, bit her lip as she tried to prevent tears from welling up in her eyes.

“Y-You think I’m… b-beautiful?”

“Fucking gorgeous.” Mina winked. “With your cute button nose, messy, super colourful hair and pouty lips.”

“T-They were only pouty because I was worried!” Tooru cutely protested.

“Needlessly.” Mina grinned, leaning over to place another kiss on her girlfriend’s lips which lasted a touch longer this time. “Come on, let’s go to bed beautiful.”

“S-Shut up.” Tooru blushed in embarrassment, not expecting that the honest words would affect her like this, even if she had been dreaming of this moment for years.

Mina laughed again as Tooru cuddled up to her arm while they walked the remainder of the distance back to the dorms to sleep.


Like any other Saturday, Izuku rose bright and early to get in some morning training before beginning his homework he’d had left over from the night before. It seemed like today would be just another normal Saturday in his life as he put the final touches on Present Mic’s English, having saved the easiest for last, when a firm set of knocks rang out from his dorm door.

Glad he’d at least finished everything he needed to, he felt no guilt addressing whomever needed him that day. He shouldn’t have been surprised to see Tsuyu standing on the other side of his door but he still had trouble remembering that she was his girlfriend sometimes, mostly due to disbelief someone like him would be desirable to someone amazing like her.

“Hey Tsu, can I help you with something?” He asked, unable to keep a slightly giddy smile off his face at remembering she was his girlfriend and all the times they’d kissed recently.

“Hi Izuku, was thinking it’s a lovely day for a date. Fancy coming into town with me and ‘Chako?” Tsuyu asked in that familiar, blunt way he still wasn’t used to yet.

“Oh uh, yeah, s-sure.” Izuku gulped, “S-Sorry, caught me off guard.”

“Happens a lot with you, ribbit.” Tsuyu smiled warmly. “You probably wouldn’t believe us, even if we said ‘I do’.”

“T-That’s too fast!” Izuku gasped, though even he knew he was playing it up a bit to get a giggle out of his girlfriend which succeeded.

“You and ‘Chako are so similar, is it any wonder I fell for both of you?” Tsuyu giggled.

“A-A little.” Izuku nodded, biting his lip to hold down his blush. “S-So um, what were you thinking?”

“No pressure, just hanging out at the mall and finding some stuff to do if we want, ribbit.” Tsuyu specified. “I’m pretty sure you’d shoot up to the sky if we did any public displays of affection, especially with Miss. Midnight chaperoning us.”

“Y-Yeah, that would be embarrassing.” Izuku rubbed the back of his head at the thought. “But hanging out sounds good. Does Ochako know?”

“She’s good to go, ribbit.” Tsuyu nodded, hoping Izuku didn’t catch her brief glance to the side.

“O-Okay then,” He nodded nervously. “I-I’ll just get changed.”

“We’ll meet up at the front gate in an hour.” Tsuyu smiled, “I still need to confirm things with Mr. Aizawa so you’ve got some time. Don’t worry about dressing super stylish either, this is just a casual thing.”

“Got it.” Izuku breathed a small sigh of relief, not really knowing if he had any clothes good enough for a fancy date beyond that he wore on I-Island, and most of that ended up totally shredded. “I’ll um, see you later then.”

“I’ll drop you a text where to meet up, ribbit.” Tsuyu smiled, closing her eyes in delight before turning and walking away.

Izuku physically breathed a sigh of relief as the nervous tingles flooded his system before he closed his door and began harriedly preparing for his first, proper date with his girlfriends.

On the other side of the door, Tsuyu hadn’t walked more than a couple of paces before a nervous looking Ochako pushed herself off from leaning on the wall, out of sight of their shared boyfriend, to catch up.

“See, no pressure ‘Chako.” Tsuyu clutched her girlfriend’s hand in her own.

“Y-Yeah.” Ochako nodded with a small gulp. “J-Just my heart getting the better of me.”

“We’ll be fine, ribbit.” Tsuyu reassured her girlfriend. “And if things get heavy when we get back, I’m more than happy to take one for the team.” She stuck her tongue out and coiled it, much like she’d done to Izuku’s cock when they’d first gotten together.

“T-Tsu!” Ochako blushed fiercely as they stepped into the elevator. “B-Behave!”

“I will behave,” Tsuyu nodded diligently as the elevator doors closed. “Lewdly.”

“Not what I meant!”


Izuku was testing his willpower as he tried not to jog to reach the front gates as fast as he could without making himself all sweaty. As it was, he’d be fashionably late to his first date because, while he’d dressed and prepared with plenty of time, he’d spent the last ten minutes debating over whether or not to take one of the small, rubber things Momo had kindly gifted him with.

His own set had arrived, along with the small gifts he’d purchased in case her tip about the date had proved fruitful that he’d give to the girls when they got back rather than carrying them around all day, but he didn’t want the heiress’ generosity to go to waste.

Eventually he’d settled for stuffing one into the deepest, most unused region of his wallet for ‘just in case’. He certainly wasn’t going to pressure either of the girls into doing anything if they weren’t ready despite how both the last sleepover ended along with his confession that saw them all get together. It was only when he reached the gate and waved to both of the girls in greeting that he grimaced, wishing he’d put two in instead as proper hygiene research on the subject stated a different one should ideally be used for each unique partner.

Hopefully he wouldn’t need to worry about that as took in the blushing girls looks.

Ochako was dressed in the same brown jacket and pink scarf that Izuku had first seen her in back at the entrance exam all those months ago. She’d clearly grown a little as the jacket was looking just a bit more snug than it had been then. Unlike before, instead of her school skirt, she was wearing blue jean-shorts and thicker, black leggings complete with her pink and white sneakers.

Tsuyu had dressed in a thick, dark green jacket with a colourful blue and yellow floral scarf bundling her up. A pair of light green mittens adorned each of her hands held in her usual, outstretched pose. Underneath, she wore a frilled, teal skirt that reached all the way down to the brown and white, fluffy boots currently keeping her feet nice and toasty.

Izuku considered himself an idiot for almost forgetting how cold it was outside and that naughty things would certainly not be a topic any of them would be thinking about in this weather. Outside at least.

“Hey Izuku.” Ochako called out, “You look good.”

“T-Thanks, just something simple, y’know.” He smiled, glad he didn’t appear to be too late.

Izuku himself had dressed in a blue jacket that hung open with one of his trademark text t-shirts underneath, this one reading ‘Dress Shirt’. While not opting for gloves, he had added a pair of sweat bands around his wrists to keep him a little warm and his lower half was decked out with blue jeans and his red trainers.

“Personally, I think anything that hides your muscles should be destroyed but I can live with this for now.” Tsuyu flirted lightly, getting the desired result of Izuku breaking out in a light blush.

“Tsu.” Ochako gave her a small warning nudge.

The frog girl acknowledged the warning and sent her girlfriend a begrudging look. She was already having to hold back herself from giving either of them a kiss or holding their hands, at least allow her a little flirting while no one was looking.

“What? It’ll be much harder to do that when Miss. Midnight can hear us. I’m just getting it out now, ribbit.” Tsuyu chuckled. “Sorry about being bundled up so much, if I get too cold I’ll hibernate and that’s not fun for anyone.”

“I-It’s fine.” Izuku waved her concern away, “You um, l-look very cute.”

“Ribbit.” Tsuyu smiled, closing her eyes again as a pink dusting placed itself over her cheeks.

“You too Ochako. I like your scarf.”

“Awww, thanks Izuku.” Ochako joined her girlfriend in a mild blush.

The trio didn’t have to wait much longer as, much like Mina and Tooru had observed yesterday, a black, UA-owned car pulled up to the curb to collect them with Midnight stepping out to assure the group things were good to go.

“All ready darlings?” Midnight purred, getting into her heroic persona. Tsuyu almost tripped at her words as she climbed in, not expecting her pet name to ever fall from Midnight’s lips, even inadvertently.

Ochako couldn’t help but giggle at Tsuyu’s deepened blush as they settled into the seats, each sitting a small distance apart so as not to arouse suspicion from their teacher. Once more the UA-owned car began making its way into the town center carrying the three nervous yet eager teenagers.


As they approached downtown Mustafu, the group couldn’t help but notice the wide-open area reserved for the shopping mall where Izuku had his infamous encounter with Shigaraki. He eyed it warily, his hand unconsciously drifting up to touch lightly at his neck where he could almost feel the phantom touch of his assaulter.

Tsuyu and Ochako gave each other a nervous look and were about to speak up before Midnight broke the silence.

“So where exactly do you crazy kids want to go today?”

“Oh, uh…” Izuku looked over at his dates, wondering if they had anywhere specific they wanted to visit. When they both gestured to him, indicting they had no preference, he replied, “Just around here is fine.”

Midnight was well aware of what had gone on in the shopping mall in the past. She hoped the kids weren’t being brave for the sake of it.

“If you’re sure.” She acquiesced, turning towards the multi-story parking garage.

“We don’t have to if you don’t want to Izuku.” Ochako offered. “I know we haven’t had the best experience here.”

“I’ll be fine, we’ve got Miss. Midnight with us too.” Izuku assured her.

“And you kids won’t be leaving my sight for a second.” Midnight declared. “Security at the mall has also been increased so rest assured that it’s plenty safe to explore.”

“Plus we’ve got our provisionals.” Tsuyu added. “Villains wouldn’t dare now.”

She was admittedly putting on a brave face for Izuku as the boy hadn’t been told about the event that happened during their last outing when Ochako’s grandma came to visit.

Izuku did relax a little at everyone’s assurances, sending them a grateful smile.

“Yeah, right.” He nodded.

Midnight soon parked up and the group clambered out into the fresh air before making their way through the connecting building and into the mall proper on one of the upper floors. Being a weekend, the place was packed as usual with all ages hanging out, hunting down bargains or enjoying the various amenities the mall had to offer.

“Where first?” Ochako asked, looking around eagerly, glad she now had an actual allowance to spend thanks to her parent’s hard work.

“We could check out the latest hero merch’ stores for Izuku though that’ll probably take us up until dinner.” Tsuyu teased playfully with her target’s ears pinking.

“I-If you don’t mind.” He admitted, “I-I can put a timer on too so that I don’t-”

“Don’t worry about it Izuku.” Ochako smiled, “Tsu’s just messing, come on!”

With Ochako running ahead in the direction of a merchandise store she’d spotted when they originally visited, the group quickly joined her in beginning their date together.

Though they’d assured him it was fine, Izuku took special care to limit his time checking out all the new hero products they’d gotten in since his last scouring. Not that the girls were bored as Ochako found a cute little Thirteen keyring figure she bought for herself while Tsuyu admired some of the statuettes of water based heroes like Gang Orca and Selkie.

Next, the group decided to do something a little more physical to get their blood pumping and visited the bowling alley. They paid for a single lane and, despite offering, Midnight had to turn down participating just in case something happened while she was focussed on her turns.

For safety, and fun, each of the students started to put in their hero names to mark their turn in the rotation. When Izuku tried to do his though, both Tsu and Ochako weren’t having it, informing him quietly of their discussion with Mina about getting Bakugo to back off the name ‘Deku’. The greenette felt both touched by the girl’s continued dedication to him and also slightly put out as he now had to come up with a new name. For now, Ochako leant over him and changed his bowling name to ‘Dekiru’ that reminded him of her initial assumption back after their first day together. Whether he’d change his hero name to match or not would be something to puzzle over at a later date.

Beginning their fun activity saw the girls remove their top layers as the heat of the alley and their own internal temperature warmed them up. Midnight quirked an eyebrow as she spotted the back of Ochako’s neck as she removed her scarf but kept her observation to herself for now. Izuku removed his jacket too and the group quickly allowed their worries to be lost amongst the clattering of falling pins. It was quickly apparent who had bowled before as Tsuyu took an early and prominent lead with Ochako lagged behind, this being only her third time ever bowling and that was thanks to friends’ birthday parties when she was younger.

When they were about six frames in, they took a small break to recuperate. Ochako was content to stay seated while Izuku spoke to a nearby waiter about ordering some food and Tsuyu decided to test out the different weights of some of the alley balls. The brunette giggled at her green-haired girlfriend’s act as she was clearly enjoying her domination of both her dates.

“Having fun dear?” Midnight’s voice spoke from nearby.

“Yeah, all good here.” Ochako smiled honestly at her teacher. “Thanks for taking the time out of your day to do this for us.”

“My pleasure Uraraka, I get paid double for this so no worries there.” Midnight chuckled. “I’m more interested in making sure you’re all safe no matter what form that takes.”

“It’s appreciated.” Ochako nodded.

Midnight shook her head with a small laugh.

“Dear, I mean to say that I hope everything is safe and consensual between you and, I’m guessing Miss. Asui?” Midnight quirked an eyebrow while pointing at the back of her own neck.

Ochako tilted her head in confusion until she spotted Midnight deliberately look down at her neck. Suddenly she realised exactly what her teacher was asking as she’d clearly recognised what she was wearing now.

“I-It’s not what you think!” Ochako tried to wave away with both hands.

“You’re talking to the 18+ hero dear, game recognises game, even if it does appear to be quite cleverly hidden.” Midnight shot her a wry smile. Clearly the girl was in no danger right now so there was no need to act on assumptions. “I just need to confirm, as a teacher, you’re not being coerced into something you’re uncomfortable with.”

“N-No, this was my choice!” Ochako replied with a fierce blush and hushed tone.

“Ah, that’s okay then.” Midnight nodded sagely. “I wouldn’t want any of my students to get into some naughty fun they couldn’t handle.”

Ochako bit her lip, not sure whether to be mortified or not that one of her teachers now knew exactly what she wore around her neck.

“Y-You’re not going to tell anyone, right?” She asked nervously.

“Dear, so long as you don’t go around in public flaunting such things then I’ve no reason to say anything to anyone.” Midnight smiled honestly. “I remember what it was like to be young and adventurous.”

“You’re not that old Miss. Midnight.” Ochako pointed out, getting an appreciative laugh from her teacher.

“Thank you dear. That is indeed true, but I’m old enough to have accumulated some wisdom in my years. I can’t claim to make mistakes because I’m young and dumb anymore.”

“Er… y-you think this is a mistake?” Ochako asked, touching her collar nervously.

“Oh no dear, not at all.” Midnight shook her head at the girl’s crossed wires before pulling out her phone. Ochako scooted closer when Midnight patted the seat by her as she searched up what she was looking for before showing it to the brunette. “I’m not sure if you’re familiar with the ‘Midnight Boys’ from my earlier days as a heroine?”

Ochako took a very heavy gulp as four incredibly handsome young men were presented to her in rather revealing outfits, though nothing explicit.

“C-Can’t say I am.” Ochako stuttered.

“Ah, well they were my sidekicks… and my side-kicks.” Midnight purred as she revelled in some delightful memories. “I had a small fantasy I may have allowed bleed into my hero work; all boy sidekicks catering to my every whim.” Ochako could almost feel the puff of steam erupting from her head right now before Midnight scrolled to another picture. “And this… is why it started.”

Ochako blinked as she gazed at a picture of a much younger looking Midnight with some pretty gaudy looking glasses on and two distinct leather collars around her neck.

“Y-You…” Ochako began but Midnight swiftly cut her off.

“I was young, in love, and declared it to the world through my hero outfit. Though if anyone ever asked it was because I was taking back kink from being shameful and not because I had two strapping lads waiting for me back home.” Midnight giggled to herself. “The point is dear, as long as you’re happy, it doesn’t matter what anyone else thinks.”

“I-I’ve been feeling that a lot recently.” Ochako admitted timidly. “B-But um… i-it’s hard to know sometimes if I’m not making a mistake when it comes to… um… that stuff.”

“Okay,” Midnight began, “Anything I can help with.”

“W-Well um…” Ochako bit her lips nervously before glancing over at Izuku quickly who was now talking to Tsuyu. “H-How do you know when you’re um…. ready.”

“Ahhh, a male problem is it?” Midnight smirked, sharp enough to pick up on Ochako’s glance. “Didn’t figure the boy for the type.” She tapped her throat.

Ochako’s face burned but she wasn’t about to correct her teacher and let slip about her actual arrangement with Momo.

“Is this a nerves thing or more of a fear of gaining a few extra pounds around the middle?” Midnight chuckled.

“B-Both I guess.” Ochako admitted.

“Well the first is simply whenever you feel comfortable dear; you’ll know when you’re ready and trust yourself when that time comes.” Midnight explained. “As for the other, there’s plenty of options available to prevent such an outcome, the most obvious being contraceptives. I hope you were paying attention in health class.”

“I-I was.” Ochako nodded quickly, hoping to get this conversation over with despite its usefulness. “B-But um… what if it’s… not enough.”

“Ahhh, an accident.” Midnight nodded. “Then that’s entirely down to you dear. You’re making the choice and the risk each time you do something like that. You can’t have all the fun without considering that possibility. If you’re not happy with that, even after factoring in mitigators like condoms and pills, then my best advice is to simply not do it.”

“O-Oh…” Ochako replied, a little downhearted at that answer. She was hoping there was some sort of catch-all solution she hadn’t thought of. After everything she’d shared with Tsuyu and the other girls, she wanted to extend that to Izuku too but her conservative upbringing wasn’t about to disappear overnight.

“I’m sorry I don’t have a better answer for you dear.” Midnight gave the girl an apologetic smile as she figured that wasn’t what she’d wanted to hear.

“I-It’s not your fault.” Ochako waved away. “Just got some thinking to do now is all.”

“Well if I can help any further, even if it’s just for a chat, please let me know.” Midnight offered. “With the dorms system going up, student relationships was one of the factors we considered, especially with whole classes living together under the same roof. While not on Hound Dog’s level, I do have some qualifications that allow me to discuss stuff like this with our students. I’m probably the most likely person they’d seek out for advice anyway.” She gave a small chuckle at the number of small gifts and love letters she’d had to refuse over the years from student admirers.

“Thanks Miss. Midnight.” Ochako shot her a small smile before shaking her head and rising firmly to her feet. “All right!” She declared, causing Izuku and Tsuyu to both jump in place. “Who’s ready to lose to me?!”

Midnight chuckled from her spot as the brunette girl shook off the doubtful thoughts from their discussion and returned to the more driven girl she recognised from the sports festival, even if she did end up losing to Bakugo.

Much like the sports festival however, Ochako fell short as even her renewed drive couldn’t improve her performance enough to surpass Izuku’s score. Tsuyu had them both clearly beaten with a much more impressive score but all three appeared to take it in good fun.

Thanks to Izuku’s reconnaissance, they opted for a cheaper lunch of hot dogs and burgers at the alley, though not before Izuku counted up the calories he promised to himself to burn off later. Part of the reason for this was because Tsuyu and Ochako were much more interested in dessert than they were fancy lunches.

After leaving the bowling alley, the group stopped by a small ice cream parlour nearby to get a cone each. Midnight couldn’t help observe each of them getting a different flavour and allowing the other two to try a sampling. When Ochako recognised her knowing look out of the corner of her eye, she turned away in a blush, all but confirming Midnight’s new suspicion with the pro allowing herself a small laugh.

As the afternoon dragged on the group decided to venture into a few more stores they found along the way with Ochako getting a new dress for herself in a clothes store and Izuku picking up the next strength hand gripper. Tsuyu was more content to just enjoy the various stores her partners wanted to visit with her, only requesting a stop in a plush store for a gift for her sister with her birthday just around the corner. Truthfully she definitely wanted to stop in at a particular naughty store to browse the fun toys and maybe some lingerie to stir up her partners but knew that’d never fly with Midnight present.

Annoyingly, the more time they spent together, the more pent up Tsuyu was feeling. She was Ochako and Izuku’s girlfriend but she couldn’t express herself to either of them right now. Even a small kiss or some hand-holding would be welcome relief as she felt her heart bounce around in her chest. She didn’t begrudge Ochako for not wanting to be out yet after what they’d both experienced last time thanks to her family friends back from Mie but she had needs damnit.

While it was only late afternoon, the sun was beginning to set as winter drew ever nearer and Midnight urged them to consider calling it a day. There was no rush, but the request for this outing was only for the afternoon and the lower the sun got, the more she’d need to justify not speaking up sooner.

With practically everything done the students could think of and no real reason to continue hanging around bar window shopping, the group returned to the car and set off back to campus. Though none of them admitted it, they were grateful to see the shopping mall in the rear view mirror without flashing red and blue lights surrounding it this time.

It didn’t take them long to return to the campus with their purchases which Midnight helped them out of the car with before taking her leave to make her report on the day’s, thankfully, uneventful outing.

With the teacher now gone, Tsuyu felt much less shame in taking one of Izuku’s hands in her own as they walked. Though there were a number of students around, they didn’t seem too interested in the passing first years. Ochako wasn’t nearly brave enough and opted to focus both her hands on her bags as the group returned to the dorms with Izuku in between the girls.

“That was really nice. I hope to do something like that again with you both, ribbit.” Tsuyu offered as they walked.

“Yeah, that was a lot of fun.” Izuku smiled honestly, surprised at how much enjoyment he’d gotten out of it without the pressure of needing to hold hands or act intimate with the two. He thought his anxiety would play up more with not being a better boyfriend or something but since they were accompanied by a teacher, it was much more manageable to deal with.

“Hopefully things’ll die down by second year and they’ll catch those stupid league guys so we can… um… go by ourselves.” Ochako said, blushing lightly as she did.

“Think we’ll all be able to hold hands in public then?” Tsuyu asked. It was both a curiosity and a little petulant from holding herself back all day. She really wanted some affection right now and Izuku’s hand alone could only do so much.

“M-Maybe.” Ochako guessed sadly.

“Sorry ‘Chako, ribbit,” Tsuyu immediately felt a little bad. “You take all the time you need.”

“I’m happy to go as fast as you want Ochako.” Izuku sent her a heart-warming smile. “W-We’ve um, got plenty of time after all.”

“About seventy more years hopefully, ribbit.” Tsuyu giggled lightly, giving Izuku’s hand a little squeeze.

“You’re right.” Ochako nodded. “But I’d rather not wait that long.” She giggled, stepping closer to Izuku and resting her shoulder against his as they walked.

The trio walked in a more comfortable silence for a few moments as their dorm came into sight once more.

“So… what do you guys wanna do when we get back?” Tsuyu tested the waters.

“Oh! I um, kinda got somethings for you two. J-Just for like… our first date and stuff.” Izuku admitted, remembering the gifts he’d bought them.

“Awww that’s…” Ochako paused. “Wait, how did you know we were going on a date today?”

“Erm…” Izuku began sweating nervously, not wanting to out his source.

“Sus.” Tsuyu giggled, suspecting one of the other girls having tipped the boy off, not that she minded. “At least we get a prezzie out of it.”

“B-But we don’t have anything in return.” Ochako pouted, not having bought anything throughout the day that could be seen as some sort of suitable exchange.

“It’s okay.” Izuku smiled honestly. “I wanted to do things right, e-even with our um, unique situation so don’t worry about it.”

“How very gentlemanly of you Izuku, ribbit.” Tsuyu giggled, relishing the romantic gesture for what it was.

Ochako was still pouting a little as they walked up to the front door.

“I-If you guys could um, w-wait in one of your rooms I’ll sneak them over so no one will see.” Izuku offered.

“I’m sure Ochako would appreciate that.” Tsuyu nodded, getting a hesitant nod from her girlfriend. “How about you come over to my room once you put your stuff down. We’ll be waiting there.”

“Sure thing.” Izuku nodded shyly though grateful his nerves had steadied enough he was no longer stuttering over every sentence to the girls who were now his girlfriends.

Dropping Tsuyu’s hand and entering the dorms, the group sent out a wave of greetings to those currently relaxing in the common area before taking the elevator up, stopping at the second floor first to drop Izuku off before proceeding up to the fifth for Tsuyu’s room.

“W-What do you suppose he got us?” Ochako asked as they stepped out onto the landing and proceeded down the hall to her girlfriend’s room.

“If you haven’t figured it out, I’m not telling.” Tsuyu teased with a small smirk. “If he’s being all traditional though, I hope you’ve got somewhere to keep them.”

“Them?” Ochako tilted her head, getting a little worried now.

Down below, Izuku quickly placed his new purchases down by his desk and shrugged off his jacket before seeking out the things that had arrived the day before. Out of view of the door sat two medium bouquets of roses, red of course, and two boxes of treats; chocolates for Tsuyu and mixed mochi for Ochako. It wasn’t much but he would’ve presented them to the pair when he picked them each up from their rooms. Meeting at the gates had kind of ruined that plan but at least he could still give them the gifts now.

Speaking of gifts. Izuku turned almost robotically to eye the bottom draw of his desk where Yaoyorozu’s gift current sat with eighty percent capacity. He gulped nervously but pulled out the box of condoms once again, opting to join the first in his wallet with a friend just on the very, very slim chance something like that would ever happen.

Nerves and fears allayed, he bunched the flowers together out of the bowls of water he’d been keeping them in and picked up the boxes of goodies before unlocking his balcony door and stepping outside.

The autumn wind was much more noticeable without his jacket and he quickly closed his balcony door once more. Taking a deep breath, he activated his quick and jumped off his balcony, landing on the first floors roof with a soft ‘thump’ before running around the back of the building and onto the girl’s side.

Counting the balconies, Izuku pinpointed Tsuyu’s room and made a calculated jump with his quirk, just enough to put him over the top of the railing to land quietly at her glass doors that were currently covered by her curtains. His brain sent him a very unwelcome thought in that moment that he was probably experiencing something much like Mineta had but he rid that brainwave with a shake of his head. Tsuyu had invited him, and he was knocking, this was in no way unwanted.

Reaching out, he lightly tapped his knuckle against the glass of Tsuyu’s balcony door and waited for an answer. Surprisingly it was Ochako who pulled the curtain back, the same emotion written across her face at his appearance there while he sent her a cheeky, reassuring grin while offering his gifts out.

The door was quickly unlocked and opened as the girl beckoned her boyfriend inside, much to his relief as Tsuyu’s warm room began reversing the effects the open air had had on his skin.

As Ochako closed the door to the balcony and covered it back up with curtains, a camera at the top of a nearby lamppost finished sending its warning alarm to the headmaster.

“Izuku, that was silly.” Ochako scolded her boyfriend lightly. “You could’ve just come the normal way.”

“You still want to keep things secret though.” Izuku stated with a smile. “It was no bother.”

“I’m sure Ochako appreciates it very much.” Tsuyu sent her girlfriend a small look while eagerly stepping closer to their shared boyfriend. “Are those for us?”

“Y-Yes.” Izuku couldn’t hold back a blush from his super obvious romantic gesture. “I um… got you some flowers a-and a little, um, t-treat.”

“Are you not including yourself in that list?” Tsuyu asked cheekily as she relieved the boy of both sets of flowers, grabbing a discarded bowl from her breakfast to at least temporarily hold water from her bathroom sink in before she could find a more appropriate vessel for the plants.

With the bushy flowers out of the way, Izuku presented both boxes to Ochako, pushing her intended mochi closer and hoping she got the hint.

“I hope you both like them.”

Even though she now had pocket money to spend on sweet treats and things for herself, Ochako would forever and always appreciate mochi as a gift. As she carefully accepted both boxes though, she again felt bad for not getting Izuku anything in return.

“Thanks Izuku.” She smiled shyly at the boy. “I really do.”

“Let me guess, mochi?” Tsuyu’s voice rang out from the bathroom as she filled the bowl.

“M-Maybe.” Ochako blushed at both her partners having known her so well.

“‘Chako’s heart is definitely through her stomach it seems.” Tsuyu giggled as she returned to the room and carefully balanced the flowers on her desk, propped up against the wall with the stems in the bowl. “Should’da thought of that myself before asking her out.”

“T-Tsu!” Ochako pouted, genuinely wondering if it might have made at least a little bit of difference.

Izuku chuckled himself, glad both girls seemed satisfied with his gifts.

“If that’s it, I’ll just-”

“Oh, you’re not going anywhere.” Tsuyu’s voice sunk into one much more sultry than before.

Ochako and Izuku both blinked at the sudden change in their girlfriend as her eyes took on a much more lidded and predatory look towards the boy.

“I’ve had to hold myself back from kisses and touches all day. Now we’re all alone and I’m going to get my fill.” Tsuyu purred.

“Erm… I…” Izuku’s cock twitched hopefully. “I wouldn’t mind um, making out.” He admitted shyly.

“Hmmm,” Tsuyu smirked as she strode up to the boy, placing her hands on his hips and turning him so his back was towards her bed. “That’s certainly a good start.”

“S-Start?” Izuku gulped nervously before he felt the girl push against him, forcing him to step back with his heels hitting the bottom of her bed and his form to crumple into an unbalanced sitting position.

Ochako’s jaw dropped as she watched her girlfriend immediately step up the steaminess rating in the room. She knew herself how the frog-like girl sometimes got when she hadn’t had release for a while and knew this could go badly if she didn’t intervene now.

“T-Tsu, m-maybe we just talk for a bit first, yeah?” Ochako offered.

“Pillow talk after, ‘Chako.” Tsuyu grinned at the girl before seizing her in a similar fashion and making her sit down right next to Izuku who’d thankfully regained his balance so he could sit normally. “I’ve been very patient today and… yes, I’d like to ask for a bit of naughty stuff.” Tsuyu admitted. “I don’t want to make either of you uncomfortable but I’d really like to do something at least.”

Izuku looked over at Ochako, hoping her greater experience with their shared girlfriend offered him some insight on how to handle this. His cock was more than ready to shut down his brain and let whatever was about to happen, happen, but he was smarter than to listen to it… for now.

Ochako let out a small sigh of defeat as she should’ve seen something like this coming. She certainly didn’t mind helping her girlfriend out but, with Izuku here, she didn’t want things to get out of hand for both her own sake and embarrassment’s.

“Then l-let’s um, not make this about us.” Ochako offered, hoping this one would be much better accepted as she touched her girlfriend with all five fingers and removed her weight.

Tsuyu blinked, letting out a small “ribbit” in confusion as Ochako stood up and made Izuku follow her lead. The green haired boy did as directed without complaint, getting out of the way while Ochako repositioned Tsuyu to be floating in the air on her back before pushing her over to her bed and dropping her onto her pillow like normal.

“Let’s make this about you.” Ochako stated, a more confident smirk on her face now as she crawled onto Tsuyu’s bed, sliding up to the girl on the walled side and gently rubbing her body with a hand. “I-Izuku, um… f-feel free to join in.”

Izuku licked his lips nervously at Ochako’s words, turning to Tsuyu to get final permission which the girl gave with an eager nod. Gently, as though unsure if he’d break something, Izuku knelt on Tsuyu’s bed and mimicked Uraraka’s pose, settling into Tsuyu’s other side on what little bed there was left to claim. Luckily they weren’t planning on sleeping as Ochako leant down and softly started kissing her girlfriend’s lips.

Tsuyu groaned hungrily as she finally got some of the affection she’d be craving all day. When she tried to deepen the kiss into tongues, Ochako pulled back.

“Ah, ah, it’s um, I-Izuku’s turn.”

The green haired boy’s eyes widened and he quickly licked his lips eagerly as Tsuyu’s attention suddenly refocussed to him. Permission granted again, he lowered his head to accept an eager set of kisses from his froggy girlfriend. He was more than happy to allow them to sink into tongues however and quickly felt Tsuyu’s quirked tongue begin exploring his mouth which sent him needily groaning in response.

Ochako felt herself blush through her usual pink cheeks as she took a deep breath to try and calm her own riled up hormones. Seeing both her partners indulge in each other was really getting her going though. For now, she had another task to do and it was much easier to get it done if the attention wasn’t on her.

Both girls had removed their jackets and scarves since arriving home and right now Tsuyu was only wearing her button up, long-sleeve top, her skirt, and whatever lie beneath them. While she knew she wasn’t ready for more with Izuku, she would be a good girlfriend and not deny Tsuyu her needs when she could easily take care of them. Slowly, she began unbuttoning Tsuyu’s top which the girl definitely took notice of but certainly didn’t do anything to stop her.

Once the final button was undone, Ochako untucked Tsuyu’s shirt and opened it up on both sides, allowing herself and Izuku free access to her lime-green bra. Tsuyu took this opportunity to pull back from her kiss with the boy to look down at her own chest and still, partially covered arms.

“Won’t be needing either of these, ribbit.” She said quickly, slipping her arms out of her sleeves and sitting up just enough to undo her bra herself. Izuku couldn’t help but blush and look away as Tsuyu unclasped herself and the green garment sailed towards the end of the bed. “Usually I appreciate your chivalry, but right now, it’s getting in the way of what I want Izuku.”

“U-Um…” Izuku swallowed again. “I-If you’re sure.”

“This is definitely what I want, ribbit.” Tsuyu stated with confidence, reaching up to cup Izuku’s face and pull it back towards her while also cupping Ochako’s lovingly. “I say this here and now, there is nothing I want more on this planet right now than for the two of you to fuck me until I can’t walk straight!”

“T-Tsu!” Ochako blushed, “I-I don’t think-”

“You said it yourself ‘Chako. This isn’t about us, this is about me, and right now, I want nothing more than both of your mouth’s sucking on my nipples.”

Tsuyu gently moved her hand around to the backs of both her partner’s heads and added a small amount of pressure to guide them towards her now erect nipples.

“N-No, stop, j-just,” Ochako pushed Tsuyu’s arm away while looking over at Izuku who was sat there not knowing what to make of any of this. “L-Look um… Izuku, I… I’m um… not ready for… uh… s-sex okay?”

“Uh… o-okay?” Izuku replied curiously confused.

“S-So um… c-can you promise me t-that um… e-even if things get… s-steamier, we don’t um… y-you know.”

Izuku let out a small breath before breaking into a small smile. He reached over to cup Ochako’s nervous face from the other side that Tsuyu had and directed her eyes toward him.

“I promise Ochako, I won’t do a-anything you’re uncomfortable with, o-okay?”

Ochako smiled at the raw honesty she could hear in his voice. It was comforting to know that, after hearing that, she could be in the most vulnerable, opportunistic position in the world and Izuku would never do anything. His word was as good as law and just hearing it made a lot of her anxiety wash away. She couldn’t help herself and leant over to steal a kiss from him, slowly deepening it once they’d found a comfortable position and allowing their tongues to dance together.

“Ribbi~it.” Tsuyu groaned as she watched her partners lovingly assure each other before her. Clearly she’d lied before as this was everything she wanted in the world at that moment.

“E-Enjoying the show Tsu?” Ochako broke the kiss when she was ready and sent a smirk down at her needy girlfriend.

“Please say it’s my turn, ri-ribbit.” Tsuyu moaned, writhing a little on the sheets as her core clenched almost painfully.

“Izuku? I think I need a little help with this one.” Ochako smirked before making a show of opening her mouth and descending towards Tsuyu’s closest nipple. The green haired boy quickly took the hint and joined her, capturing Tsuyu’s other nipple with his own mouth.

The result was a loud groan from their froggy girlfriend as she tried to push her chest into their mouths even further. It was still incredibly odd having two sets of lips on her but incredibly cathartic too. That the people these lips were attached to were the pair of her dreams this past summer only served to heighten Tsuyu’s desires.

“L-Lick, pinch, roll, bite, p-please play with me, ribbit.” Tsuyu begged as she placed her hands behind her partner’s heads and held them to her chest. Izuku took the opportunity to lightly take Tsuyu’s nipple between his teeth and pull back slightly, stretching her in a most delightful way. Ochako opted for a more suction oriented approach, locking her lips around just the tip of the nipple herself and trying to draw in a deep breath.

“Hah, hah, f-fuck.” Tsuyu gasped as her hips raised themselves off the bed, searching desperately for something to thrust against. Her hands were no good were they were, she needed her partners to be as naked as she was, or better. Reaching down, she sought out their respective crotches and tried to cup them as much as she could from her position.

“Mmmm, Tsu.” Izuku groaned, releasing Tsuyu’s nipple as his already strained cock felt the glorious embrace of someone else’s hand.

“Get it out, ribbit.” Tsuyu ordered. “I want to feel it.”

Izuku looked over to Ochako who’d been watching the exchange while teasing Tsuyu’s other hand by playing ‘keep away’ with her pant-line.

“Go on Izuku.” Ochako felt her blush intensifying as she released Tsuyu’s other breast. “Give your g-girlfriend what she wants.”

The boy tried to steady his own breath as he stood up off the bed, quickly fumbling with his trousers and pants before pushing them down to his ankles to allow his cock to feel the open air of Tsuyu’s room. He certainly gave an involuntary flex as Tsuyu eyed his meat hungrily and licked her lips.

“You won’t need that top either.” Tsuyu stated, desire written clearly across her face as she drank in her prize. Izuku didn’t need any further command as he quickly rid himself of his final piece of clothing, leaving him more bare than the girl they were supposed to be focussing on.

“Mmmm, I want you.” Tsuyu growled, beckoning him to come back with her hand reaching out for his cock.

Izuku crawled back on Tsuyu’s bed and let her hand wrap around his member once more, feeling his entire body shiver in satisfaction despite the fact she hadn’t even done anything yet.

“Join him ‘Chako.” Tsuyu ordered, turning to her girlfriend while slowly pumping Izuku’s cock, drawing a small groan of delight from him.

“Um… o-okay.” Ochako nodded nervously, hoping she wouldn’t regret trusting her girlfriend not to make anything happen between Izuku’s cock and her.

“This is for me ‘Chako.” Tsuyu smiled at her girlfriend, “And I know exactly where I want you.” She eyed Ochako’s body perversely which, being her girlfriend, she was more than okay with.

Nervously, Ochako undid her own top and slowly pulled it off, followed by her bra which she used as a temporary shield as she slid off the straps.

“I bet Izuku wants to tell you how sexy you look right now.” Tsuyu hinted at the boy as she gave his penis a small clench to get the point across.

“You look incredible Ochako.” Izuku nodded, drinking in both their forms with desire. “Both of you.”

Ochako couldn’t help but feel her blush now beginning to extend down her body. Taking a deep breath, she pulled her bra away, revealing her perky breasts to Izuku for the first time.

“Aren’t they beautiful?” Tsuyu asked the boy.

“I-Incredible.” He nodded dumbly as he allowed himself a good look at them.

“S-Stop, you’re gonna make me blush!” Ochako pouted, fully aware that she was likely way past that point already.

“And the rest ‘Chako.” Tsuyu prompted, her urges growing larger.

“Not yet.” Ochako rebuffed, “Someone else needs to get there first.”

Ochako reached down with a hand and stroked along Tsuyu’s body, sliding her hand around Tsuyu’s stomach before pushing it down under her skirt-line. The frog girl sucked in a gasp of air as she felt Ochako’s digits push their way through her pubes and tease playfully at her soaked crotch.

“O-Ochako, please!” She groaned, trying to press herself against her girlfriend’s fingers.

“Hmmm.” Ochako pretended to ponder as she slowly sunk one digit into the girl, and then another, each eliciting a desirable groan from the girl beneath her. “I think there’s one more thing we need to do first.”

Ochako’s hand withdrew from Tsuyu’s undergarments and extended out, snagging Izuku’s flexing free hand by the wrist and directing it back down to where she was.

“Gonna um… need a lil’ help here too I-Izuku.” Ochako hinted as the boy quickly realised what was about to happen.

“Izuku please.” Tsuyu gave him permission before he could even turn and ask, her breathing hot and heavy.

Izuku could feel practically every hair as his fingers drifted under Tsuyu’s clothes and onto her most private place. It was so incredibly soft, much like Ochako’s was from their last sleepover though even he knew better than to bring such a thing up right now.

Tsuyu didn’t care how clumsy it felt as her girlfriend’s more skilled fingers pressed into her while Izuku’s less knowledgeable digits fumbled around trying to figure out which way was up. Right now, she was in heaven as she focused all her efforts on pressing into their fingers to seek her relief, even having stopped pumping Izuku’s cock to concentrate.

“N-No, stop, ribbit.” Tsuyu begged breathily, quickly causing both her partners to cease their efforts and pull back slightly.

“I-Is something wrong Tsu?” Izuku asked, hoping he hadn’t ruined the moment in some way.

“Y-Yeah.” Tsuyu groaned in frustration, sitting up so she could unbuckle her skirt and push her remaining clothes down and off her legs. “I-Izuku… p-please tell me you have a condom on you.”

“T-Tsu!” Ochako blushed. She’d hoped she’d managed to get away with everyone just getting each other off with their hands. “You can’t be serious.”

“Absolutely,” Tsuyu panted heavily. “If he doesn’t, I’m going straight to Momo because I really fucking want this right now.”

“W-What about what he wants?!” Ochako countered, with both girls now turning their attention to the very horny boy in the room.

“I-I um…” Izuku gulped for the umpteenth time that day, realizing exactly what was being proposed here. “I-I-I mean… i-it should be fine i-if um… we used one, r-right?”

Tsuyu’s eyes lit up in delight while Ochako’s breath caught in her throat. Her will was certainly being tested as she was now about to watch her boyfriend fuck her girlfriend unless she did something about it. The main question now was, should she do anything to stop this?

Ochako reached out and placed a hand over Tsuyu’s chest, between her breasts and pushed down enough to get her attention.

“T-Tsu… are… are you really sure about this? This isn’t just hormones talking?”

“This is definitely hormones talking.” Tsuyu confirmed. “But also me. I know you’re not ready for something like this ‘Chako, but I am.”

“A-And you’ve… considered the possibilities?” Ochako asked carefully.

“You know my position Ochako.” Tsuyu stated simply. “It’s Izuku we should really ask so thank you for that.” The green haired turned towards their shared boyfriend. “Izuku, you know if we do this, the condom could break and I might get pregnant, right?”

“Uh, y-yeah.” Izuku nodded, this new conversation somehow more embarrassing than them all sitting practically naked on bed together. “D-Do you not want to now?”

“Oh I absolutely do.” Tsuyu confirmed. “I just want you to know that if it does happen, I’ll be seeing Recovery Girl or someone about it. I want to have fun but I also don’t want to stop my career in its tracks. Understood?”

“I-I’ll um, stand by whatever you choose.” Izuku nodded determinedly. “I know that I don’t um… h-have that worry b-but um… I’ll do everything I can to support whatever you decide.”

“Are you just saying that so you can get between my thighs?” Tsuyu asked cheekily.

“No, no! I-I really mean it.” Izuku waved away quickly. “You girls are… standing by me through some stuff I never thought I’d have anyone but All Might to confide in. This is the least I can do, no matter what.”

“And that’s why I want him to father my babies.” Tsuyu turned to look smugly at Ochako, though the boy suddenly froze as his soul began escaping through his mouth. “Not now!” Tsuyu quickly amended, scaring his spirit back inside.

“I guess that…” Ochako began, giving Tsuyu a small smile. “If you guys are happy, then I’m not going to stop you.”

“I want you to be happy too, Ochako.” Tsuyu replied, reaching up to cup her girlfriend’s face. “Which is why I want you to sit on my face while Izuku fills me up.”

Ochako giggled nervously, glancing at Izuku and his slightly deflated cock from the length of this impromptu chat.

“I-I think I can manage that.” She smirked down at her girlfriend before capturing her lips in a steamy kiss. Once she pulled back, she glanced over at the still stunned Izuku who had watched them both intently. “You um… said you had a condom?”

“O-Oh, right.” Izuku fumbled, grabbing his trousers and pulling out his wallet and fresh condom courtesy of Momo. While embarrassing, he was immensely grateful for those brave banana’s sacrifice back in health class as he quickly unwrapped the thing and checked which way to unroll it.

“I’ll just um…” Ochako mumbled as she stood up next to Tsuyu before pushing down her lower clothes and stepping out of them, tossing them off to the side while covering her crotch from Izuku’s gaze.

“Yes, yes.” Tsuyu groaned eagerly as one of her fantasies was about to come true.

“This is super embarrassing.” Ochako whispered down to Tsuyu as she lay down next to her again.

“I’m literally about to put my tongue in you while Izuku fucks me, we’re way past embarrassment.” She shook her head. “Just let go ‘Chako, enjoy all of us being together.”

Ochako let out a steading breath. Tsuyu was right. This was happening and she wasn’t about to stop it. All she could do now was enjoy herself and the best way to do that was to park her rear over Tsuyu’s mouth much like she had a number of times before.

“Hey.” Tsuyu whispered to her girlfriend as Izuku rolled the condom on. “How about I tongue you the same way he fucks me?”

Ochako resisted the urge to cry out again, her own core clenching at the suggestion.

“F-Fine… just… be gentle.”

“I will if he will.” Tsuyu smirked, unsure which way she’d prefer from her boyfriend to start with. Knowing all the rumours about boys from the internet, Izuku probably wasn’t going to last long but it didn’t really matter. She was practically on a hair trigger right now and even if he came without her she’d be happy if she could finger herself to completion so long as he was inside her, though she’d much rather he paint her inner walls white. That was a suggestion for after she started taking the pill though.

“O-Okay, I think I’m ready.” Izuku said nervously as he presented his rubber-clothed cock to the girls. It looked a little tight to Tsuyu but as long as it did the job she didn’t care.

“H-Hold on.” Ochako called out before she began adjusting her own position, getting on her knees and swinging her leg over Tsuyu’s head so she was now riding her while facing Izuku. She didn’t know if Tsuyu wanted it this way but she definitely wanted to see what was about to happen herself, even if she’d never admit it. Once in place, Ochako leant forward and braced one arm on the bed by Tsuyu’s hip while the other snaked down to Tsuyu’s pussy, nervously spreading her girlfriend open, ready to be penetrated. “S-She’s ready for you.”

“Ochako~o.” Tsuyu moaned as her girlfriend somehow followed the script in her head perfectly despite not having relayed such details to her.

Izuku clambered up from the end of the bed between Tsuyu’s legs, the sight alone almost enough to finish him right there. Slowly, he placed his knees on either side of Tsuyu’s rear before lining himself up with the hole that Ochako was offering to him.

“Slowly Izuku.” Ochako called out, somewhat eager to feel his cock slide between her fingers now too.

As requested, Izuku slowly shifted his weight as he pressed his length into Tsuyu, the head of his cock slowly disappearing inside her before the inches of his shaft followed.

“O~oooh.” Tsuyu groaned pleasantly as she could feel his cock flex and pulse inside her. This was definitely different from a strap-on and Momo needed to up her game to keep up.

“R-Right to the hilt.” Ochako breathed heavily, watching her boyfriend slowly sink into her girlfriend.

Izuku finally bottomed out as their hips met, letting out several heavy breaths as he just tried to process what was happening. He’d officially lost his virginity to Tsuyu.

“I need it, please.” Tsuyu begged, wanting to feel all of Izuku’s lust and sexual frustration toward her inflicted on her body.  “Izuku, breed me!”

Izuku cock throbbed at the order, the boy letting out a groan of desire. Before Ochako could object to the wording of that, Tsuyu grabbed her hips and pulled her close before burying her tongue as deep inside her as Izuku’s cock was to her. All three teens then slowly proceeded to let out their true, lurid desires as each of them began to thrust against one another.

Izuku’s thrusts into Tsuyu’s core didn’t pull back very far, his body eager to plant his seed as far inside as it could while Tsuyu’s tongue was eagerly exploring Ochako’s pussy to the same approximate depth. When his thrusts began getting mistimed and overeager, Tsuyu knew he was about to finish.

“T-Tsuyu, I-I-” Izuku stammered between groans, trying to alert his girlfriend to his imminent eruption.

“Do it Izuku.” Ochako reached forward and cupped his face. “B-Breed her.”

Izuku couldn’t hold back any longer and gave one final thrust before releasing himself several times inside Tsuyu. As his face froze while he experienced his first orgasm inside a girl, Ochako pulled him closer and stole a very messy kiss from him, their tongues mistiming their steps with each other as Izuku’s attention was pulled two different ways.

Tsuyu was busy herself, her own hand reaching down to quickly flick at her clit, hoping it would be enough to get herself off in time while she could still feel the pulsing of Izuku’s cock inside her. She was thankful for all the foreplay as she quickly neared her own end and wrapped her legs around Izuku’s rear, locking him inside and pulling him just a bit closer as she imagined him knocking her up. Tsuyu definitely did not want to get pregnant right now but she’d be damned if she didn’t enjoy that kink right now.

Ochako was yet to cum and despite her kiss from Izuku, she was still not quite at her peak. While Tsuyu’s tongue had slowed with Izuku’s final thrust and focussing on her own orgasm, it now picked up the pace again to dance in all the spots Tsuyu knew she liked and would get her off the fastest.

“A-Ahhh, no.” Ochako wiggled her hips, her embarrassment returning to her. “I-Izuku, don’t look.”

Like Ochako had to him, Izuku reached out and, somewhat unsteadily cupped her face, still not recovered from his own orgasm yet.

“C-Cum for her, Ochako.” He said with as much charm and confidence as he could muster.

Looking into Izuku’s eyes and feeling Tsuyu’s magnificent tongue doing its thing, Ochako didn’t last much longer, reaching down to rub and get herself off to speed things up. Finally, she felt herself clench around Tsuyu’s tongue with the appendage eagerly lapping up her released juices like it had many times before.

Once her orgasm high had crested, she fell forward bonelessly with Izuku carefully pushing her back by her shoulders.

“H-Hey, you okay?” He asked with a touch of exhaustion in his tone.

“F-Fine.” Ochako smiled back wearily at him. “Just um… tired… and shy.”

“Says the girl who doesn’t still have her boyfriend’s cock inside her, ribbit.” Tsuyu teased from below, having retracted her tongue and currently savouring both the taste of her girlfriend and the full feeling from her boyfriend.

“T-Tsu, stop it!” Ochako blushed again, quickly swinging her leg back over her girlfriend and covering herself up.

“Really?” Tsuyu quirked an eyebrow. “Now?”

“S-Shut up.” Ochako pouted, her face ballooning up.

Shaking her head fondly, Tsuyu looked down as Izuku pinched the base of his cock where the condom was attached before pulling back, making sure to not let any leaks dribble down at the base.

“E-Excuse me.” He apologised before waddling backward on his knees and standing up before pulling the condom off as he’d been taught to do. It didn’t look like there’d been any rips or tears once he’d gotten it off, though his cock did look a little bruised at the bottom.

“Maybe you should buy a slightly bigger brand Izuku.” Tsuyu noted. “Was that quite tight?”

“Um… y-yeah, it was.” Izuku admitted, though he’d been much more focussed on his first time than any pain he felt.

“Guess that calls off round two.” Tsuyu giggled, much to Izuku and Ochako’s shock but she assured them it was just a joke. After their pleasant date and phenomenal after-date together, she was more than happy to call it quits for now and so were her foggy instincts as they’d been tricked into being sated. Tsuyu would forever praise the inventor of condoms.

Disposing of the used rubber properly in Tsuyu’s bin and cleaning himself up with some paper towels from her bathroom, Izuku awkwardly sat down on the side of the bed, body facing away from the girls but himself paying attention to them as they all let out nervous chuckles.

“So… what now?” Ochako asked timidly.

“I say thank you very much, both of you.” Tsuyu spoke up. “I-I know it’s stupid, and selfish, but um… t-this has been something of a dream of mine for a while now, a-and I never thought it would come true.” She began tearing up. “I-I know it’s e-early but… I-I love you both s-so much.”

“Tsu!” Ochako cradled her girlfriend’s head while Izuku crawled up closer to awkwardly hug the both of them, very much aware they were all currently naked.

“I-I should be thanking you.” Izuku said. “You guys have… you’ve welcomed me into s-something like this a-and I know I don’t d-deserve it b-but I just r-really want to s-say-” The boy’s own sob cut him off as Ochako reached over and pulled his adorable head over so they could cuddle tighter together.

Both greenette’s now had tears running down their faces as Ochako could feel herself coming close with sympathy tears. She wouldn’t break though. Instead, she’d care for her two adorable idiots until they could pull themselves back together.

While this had certainly been a nerve-wracking way to get to this point, Ochako herself was deeply glad too that they’d all managed to get here.

Notes:

Chapter summary:

- Izuku wakes up early the day after the festival to ask All Might and Nezu to meet with him to discuss what happened with Gentle Criminal and La Brava while also delivering a birthday gift to Tokoyami.

- Ochako and Tsuyu wake up in bed together and discuss the possibility of 'accidents' due to Izuku's male factor potentially joining them in the bedroom. Tsuyu is more open to options but Ochako is reminded heavily of her conservative upbringing though the two end up agreeing to disagree for now while assuring each other they'd be there no matter what for each other.

- Kaminari relaxes in the common room with some 'Hero Smash', having an introspective moment on what he'd learned about his crush during the festival. Kyoka comes down to get a drink and ends up joining the boy on the couch. The two begin bonding again though Kaminari is reminded not to make things perverted when he puts his foot in his mouth. Kyoka assures him that things between them are fine and that it's okay to be a normal, horny guy just so long as it doesn't devolve into Mineta behaviour. The two have a more intimate discussion over their potential hero dates when they and a few others spy Bakugo returning to the dorms with, what they assume is his father and a pet carrier. Both assure the other that they did not dream or hallucinate what they just saw.

- Arriving at class the following Monday, Izuku quickly discovers the Yaoyorozu's swift justice for their slander in the form of several news articles trying to humiliate, discredit and punish Hatsume for her words, including her relation to Lady Nagant as part of the many reasons to expel her from UA.

- Once the lunch bell rings, Izuku, Momo and Mina race to find Hatsume and hopefully do something to help, coming across her support class' reps and Power Loader. Once inside, the group try to comfort a frustrated Hatsume but are ultimately powerless to do anything. After they leave and Power Loader allays her fears about being kicked out of UA, Hatsume decides to rectify this wrong the only way she knows how; inventing.

- At lunch, the group discuss what they could possibly do to help both Hatsume and Momo get back at her parents. While they come up with some vague suggestions that likely wouldn't pan out, it gives Momo enough of a brain wave to actually form an idea though there are several things only she can do to start with thanks to her training from her parents.

- After the class feels the effects of a renewed Aizawa's training regime, they collectively remember about Izuku's chastising and lateness during the festival, getting him to spill the beans before realising how grateful they should be for him saving the day again. As Tooru praises Izuku's skills, Ojiro remembers wanting to ask for quirk tips from the boy with the others realising how much the girls had grown since Izuku had apparently leant them his notebook prior to their spar against each other. While the boys get some tips, the girls enjoy watching the others appreciate Izuku's skills like they had come to.

- Nejire drops in on the girls at lunch and confirms her double date with Mina and Tooru for Friday. Ochako still feels nervous about potential dates with Tsuyu and Izuku, mostly due to where they'd end. Tsuyu comforts her and promises nothing would happen she didn't want.

- Momo decides to talk to Izuku after school that day, discretely passing him a created box of condoms since he hadn't managed to secure his own. While she had no idea if things would go that far between himself and the other girls, she wanted to assure her own peace of mind which Izuku blushingly accepts after being given a heads up about a potential weekend date.

- Mina and Tooru get ready for their double date and head out after meeting 'Queen', Bakugo's new pet cat. After spending some time enjoying themselves and getting to know their seniors, Mina and Tooru return with Tooru's insecurities rearing their head again. Mina isn't about to let it happen but Tooru surprises her by making her face visible to her girlfriend for the first time ever which stuns Mina with her beauty.

- The next day, Izuku, Ochako and Tsuyu go out on a date together with Midnight escorting them. During a break at bowling, Ochako has a chat with Midnight about her stance on certain intimacies between a boy and a girl. The teacher helps give her some more info but ultimately things are in Ochako's hands. Once the date has ended and the trio return to the dorms, Izuku presents the pair with gifts he'd bought for their first date together. Tsuyu, frustrated at their lack of intimacy, wants to get things going. While Ochako is hesitant, all three end up enjoying a very pleasant session together.

Chapter 18: Pushing Boundaries

Summary:

Kyoka decides to confront her fears at last while the group settles into their new dynamic and test some boundaries.

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

That same Saturday evening, while Izuku, Ochako and Tsuyu were taking a bold new step in their relationship, Kyoka was doing battle with her phone in Momo’s room while laying on her bed. Specifically having a staring contest with it as she reread the latest messages over and over.

Momo, having been working on some exploratory research for her ideas on her laptop, hadn’t paid her girlfriend too much attention until she let out a very disgruntled groan. Turning to look at her adorable Vixen, she spotted her mobile flying through the air to thump harmlessly against her pillows while Kyoka groaned, face down, into the mattress.

“I’m not sure what the pillow has done to deserve a phone to the face,” Momo smiled endearingly, getting up to pivot and sit next to her girlfriend, rubbing her back. “But don’t you think it’d be better to talk your problems out?”

“Mno.” Kyoka groaned, her voice muffled by Momo’s covers.

“Hmmm, I guess I’ll have to examine whatever has gotten you this upset for myself.” Momo smirked, shifting her weight to slowly reach for Kyoka’s phone.

Since they’d been together for a while now, she knew how to get her girlfriend to open up when she didn’t want to take the initial talking offer. As expected, her hand had barely stretched out before one of Kyoka’s jacks reached out to wrap around her wrist and hold her back.

“Urgh, fine.” Kyoka growled, pulling her head up and glaring at the heiress. She let out a grunt of effort as she pushed herself into a sitting position while her free jack stretched out to grab her phone that now rested at the base of Momo’s pillow and pull it back to her. “Read this.”

Momo quickly adjusted to the screen thrust in front of her, recognising their typical chat app open and active. This conversation however, appeared to be between Kyoka and what she guessed was her parent’s judging by the conversation name of ‘Fam chat’.

Music Man: MIKA, LOOK! Our little girl’s all grown up and hosting her own concerts all by herself!

A video link followed with the preview title for it listed as ‘UA Autumn Fest Band – Cla…’. Momo guessed this was one of the poorly captured performances one of the other UA students had taken of their performance during the festival Kaminari had mentioned.

Music Man: We gotta celebrate! Kyoka, pack your things for a night on the town, we’re taking you to dinner on Sunday!

Music Mama: Dear, while I’m sure you mean well, it’s down to Kyoka if she wants to do anything. I’m sure her studies have been keeping her quite busy in addition to all the practise she must’ve done for this.

Music Mama: That said, it would be lovely to spend some time catching up with you dear. It’s been too long since you moved into dorms and your father’s been missing you a whole lot.

Music Man: Honey! Don’t kill my image, I’m still supposed to be the strong, dependable male role model her life.

Music Girl: You’ve never been that. -_-

Music Man: Kyoka, no! TT_TT

Music Mama: Please don’t worry if you’ve got a packed schedule dear but do let us know a time where you think you’ll be free for something special. Your father is right in that it’s not every day we get to see our little girl performing on stage.

Music Man: We didn’t even get tickets to come watch in person! TT_TT

Momo let out a small giggle at the easy repertoire the family seemed to have with each other.

“I’m not sure what exactly the problem is here Kyoka.” Momo smiled. “Are you behind on your workload? I thought we’d made a significant dent on Friday.”

“Urgh, that’s not it.” Kyoka groaned, flopping back on the bed to stare up at the bed’s canopy. “I… still want to tell them about me but… I don’t know i-if I’m ready.”

“Ah, I see.” Momo sent her girlfriend a sympathetic look. “Though, does the topic even have to come up in conversation? You could just enjoy a nice evening with your family.”

“Well yeah but… then I’m just back to square one and still not being honest with them… or myself.” Kyoka pounded the bed in frustration with a fist.

“Hmmm.” Momo puzzled for a moment. “Maybe a public outing is a bit much for such a conversation. Would it be better to instead address the topic prior to celebrations so you know exactly where you stand? I know you’re worried about their reaction.”

“What, so I can bug out back to UA if they flip? That’s-” Kyoka blinked, considering the option. “Not the worst idea.”

“I do tend to have a couple of those.” Momo chuckled lightly before laying down next to her girlfriend, snuggling close while still holding her phone and looking up at the same, blank canopy Kyoka was watching. The heiress could practically hear her girlfriend’s thoughts and could definitely hear her heartbeat with how close her ear was to one of her jacks.

Kyoka’s hand closest to the heiress began reaching out, searching for its normal partner which Momo quickly delivered by placing her own hand in it. The punk girl licked her lips carefully, trying to properly prepare the words before she spoke them.

“Do… you think you could… c-come with me?” Kyoka asked hesitantly.

“Of course I will.” Momo squeezed her girlfriend’s hand. “I know how much this means to you.”

“A-As my girlfriend?” Kyoka added an addendum to her question. It was one thing supporting your same-sex friend when they came out but it was another to be introduced as their partner. She knew it was selfish but Kyoka really wanted to both cut off the ‘It’s just a phase’ argument if it came up as well as show off her incredible girlfriend at the same time.

“Kyoka…” Momo sighed. “With… everything with my parents recently; do you think it’s… wise to trust your own with something like this?”

Kyoka bit down her initial reaction to defend her parent’s trustworthiness since she was struggling with trusting them with her own issues. She let out several frustrated grunts as she wrestled with herself trying to figure out the answer.

“I… don’t know how your parents will react.” Momo began after it looked like Kyoka wasn’t coming up with anything fast. “Maybe if they react positively, and we swear them to secrecy at least, we could possibly tell them about just me and definitely not everyone else. I cannot fathom how they’d react to our current relationship status.”

Kyoka turned to face her girlfriend, a worried expression clearly written on the heiress’ face. She knew this was hard enough on her girlfriend and it was asking a lot to include more people she didn’t even know in a secret that could potentially destroy all their lives. It was a selfish ask, but one Kyoka really wanted to request.

“M-Maybe you could make them sign a non-disclosure.” She giggled shyly. Her joke appeared to work as it allowed a small smile to grace Momo’s features once more.

“I think a lawsuit from me would be the least of our worries if they let something slip.” Momo shook her head. “If you trust them then I will too. They’re um… supposed to be my i-in-laws eventually, right?”

The punk rock girl leant forward and captured Momo’s lips in a gentle kiss she pressed as much love into as she could without letting it change the mood to something more like her most pleasant dreams.

“T-Thank you.” Kyoka smiled. “I promise I’ll do everything I can to protect you.”

“Protect us.” Momo nuzzled her nose. “Your happiness is important too.”

“I blame the depression.” Kyoka chuckled, reaching out for her phone which Momo then passed to her.

Holding the device above both their heads, Kyoka began to type in the chat.

Music Girl: If I can bring a friend so I’m not totally bored by dad then I’m game.

Music Girl: UA kinda has this protection escort thing too so it’s probably worth me coming home earlier before we go out. This way we only take one car and you can both get wine or some shit.

“Is it weird I’m not surprised at how casual you managed to make that sound?” Momo giggled.

“Texting is easier than talking to hide feelings.” Kyoka noted. “My dad’s an idiot but he’s a good guy… when he isn’t trying to puff up his chest to the UA staff and embarrass me.” She recalled the day Mr. Aizawa and All Might came over to ask her parent’s permission to host Kyoka in the dorms and continue her education. “If that man didn’t worry about bravado so much he wouldn’t have so many holes in his arms or head.”

“I hope you didn’t practise your quirk on your father growing up.” Momo chuckled, not quite sure if Kyoka was joking.

“Oh not me, mum.” Kyoka snickered. “Where do you think I learned how to do it?”

“I do hope to remain rather un-punctured so please do not continue this tradition.” Momo giggled.

“Uh, okay, got it.” Kyoka nodded after a moment. “No using my jacks on you. At all.”

“Mmmm, good.” Momo cuddled up to her girlfriend, breathing a sigh of relief. It only took a few seconds for her words to click though and she quickly tried to take her words back. “N-Not at all! I really like um… t-that part of your quirk.”

Kyoka let out a laugh as Momo caught up to her line of thinking.

“I know you do.” She teased, rolling on top of her girlfriend and pinning her to the mattress, her jacks hovering in front of her face like coiled snakes. “And now you’re going to beg me to use them on you again.”

“Kyoka, you tricked me.” Momo smirked with a faint blush. “You naughty girl.”

“Only for you.” The punkette smirked in return before leaning down and capturing Momo’s lips in another kiss.

Before either of them could take their little flirts any further, Kyoka’s phone chimed again. Reluctantly, the punkette grabbed the device with her jacks and checked the latest message.

Music Man: UA aren’t gonna come and take the other most precious thing away from me, right?! TT_TT

Kyoka rolled her eyes and began thinking of a response only for her mother to beat her to it.

Music Mama: Of course dear, it’ll be nice to meet one of your new friends. Just let us know the time and we’ll be in.

Music Mama: and would you stop being so dramatic Kyotoku. You know you’re stuck with me. <3

The musical pair’s daughter pulled a face as she knew where the conversation was about to turn; her dad would get super sappy, her mom would fall for it and she’d end up having to bury her headphones into her pillow to muffle the sounds of bedsprings that night, even with the damn soundproofing. Boy was she glad she now slept far away from the two of them.

“I hope that’s not bad news?” Momo enquired, having only been able to see her girlfriend’s response to the texts.

“It’s fine, all good.” Kyoka rolled her eyes, tossing her phone away. “Just gross flashbacks.”

“Well now I’m just curious.” Momo giggled.

“Urgh, let’s just say my parents are probably going to do tonight what I’m about to do to you now.”

“I’m… not sure how to feel about that.” Momo gave an uncertain laugh.

“Don’t think about it too much.” Kyoka smirked. “Just think about these.” She trailed her jacks round Momo’s cheeks then down her throat, letting out a soft, steady vibration of her heartbeats as she did.

Momo bit back a moan, closing her eyes and relishing the sensations, knowing they would only get more intense as they touched increasingly lewd places on her body.

“You naughty Vixen.” Momo purred, shooting her girlfriend the ‘fuck me’ eyes which Kyoka was happy to spend the next chunk of the evening complying with.


The next morning Kyoka awoke with a groan, very much regretting her decision to come out to her parents today. Nothing had changed since last night but with everything now looming and her libido calmed down, her anxiety reared its ugly head again.

Her morning training and free time was spent worrying about all the different outcomes the conversation could result in. It got so bad that when she asked Mr. Aizawa for permission to leave campus with Momo for the evening she almost asked if she could take along her hero gear to just make herself feel a bit safer.

She knew she was overreacting and blowing things out of proportion but anxieties and emotions didn’t play by logic’s rules.

Instead of bothering the rest of her group in a selfish meeting with her hang ups as she knew they’d get into a deeper chat about everything and become overly mushy, she rattled off a text to them once everything was confirmed for the afternoon with their teacher. Part of her knew she was unfairly hiding from them by texting while wandering around campus during one of her walks to calm herself but it helped her cope.

Deepest Dope: Heading out tonight with Momo to go tell my parent’s I’m gay as fuck.

Alien Queen: Whoot! You go girl, you sure you dont want us bitches to come back you up

Creati: I’m sure we’ll be fine Princess, we’ve got a plan.

Invisi-badass: I can hide nearby and make you guys disappear if needed!

Creati: I’m sure everything will go well and they’ll be fine and accepting.

Alien Queen: And if they dont, scorched earth! >:D

Creati: No Princess, that’s for my parents. :-3

Gravity Girl: Halp! Can’t breathe *wheeze*

Even Kyoka couldn’t help a sudden giggle at the almost casual way the heiress declared that.

Frog Queen: When Momo memes it’s both adorable and ominous

Frog Queen: Back on topic, don’t think you can escape our love and support by not inviting us or hiding behind texts. You have to show your face sometime and I’ll be ready

Alien Queen: Only Tsu could make that sound both endearing and creepy

Frog Queen: Accept my love or perish ;)

Deepest Dope: Guess I’ll fuckin’ die then ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Creati: Kyoka, no, forbidden.

Green Beyond: She wouldn’t, she’d miss Momo too much.

Kyoka had to pause at that as she walked. She’d almost forgotten Izuku had joined their official group chat now. She let out a small smile as the boy had clearly gained some confidence since the whole revelations chat they’d had about his quirk.

Lingering on him though, Kyoka kicked some stones nearby as she pondered her relationship with the greenette. She was about to come out to her parents as a lesbian but recent discoveries with the help of Momo’s toys and her own imagination had thrown things into question. Why couldn’t the answer be just as simple as gay or straight and leave it at that?

The chat pinged again as she realised she’d been lost in her thoughts for a few moments.

Alien Queen: Woah, Izuku calling you out bitch ;)

Gravity Girl: Sounded more like just an observation to me.

Green Beyond: Can’t it be both?

Invisi-badass: OMG, Midori has a sassy side!

Alien Queen: Muscles? Check. Adorable face? Check. Heroic as fuck? Check. Can meme? Check. Between my thighs? Unchecked.
Come fix this Midori or I will hunt you down.

Gravity Girl: Wait your turn! <.<

Alien Queen: Mama needs her fix damnit! You and Tsu need to hurry up

Invisi-badass: Hey, I was before you too!

Alien Queen: I figured we’d just double-team him hun ;)

Frog Queen: Well you’ve got one less person in line. *Satisfied frog noises*

Green Beyond: T-Tsu!

Alien Queen: O.o Damn Tsu, you didn’t hold back did you? ;) We are so dishing about this later!

Gravity Girl: I think Izuku’s soul just left his body, I don’t think he’s taken a breath in a few minutes. >.<

Attached was a picture of Izuku with his mouth dropped open on the common room sofa, just staring at his phone.

Creati: Oh my. I do hope you used protection.

Kyoka quirked her lip in disgust. As much as she loved her girlfriends, she definitely didn’t want to deal with any rugrats in the near future. Once more, she considered her gut reaction to the idea of Izuku’s manly anatomy and found it significantly unappealing. Picturing herself tied up while Momo forced her to carry her child though, she had practically the opposite reaction to.

Fuck it. One step at a time and she needed to focus on today where she was at least telling her parents she was definitely not straight.

Deepest Dope: Gross.

Deepest Dope: In other news, Momo and I are heading out around 3 so if you’re gonna ambush me with hugs or something then do it before then. I’m currently out walking to calm my nerves lest I gain Baku-bitch’s quirk and just explode.

Alien Queen: I mean, we could certainly help calm you down if you catch my drift ;)

Alien Queen: Who’s up for a sleepover without the sleeping? ;)

Frog Queen: Back you thirsty beast!

Attached was a picture of a cute dog with a photoshopped baseball bat that read ‘Horny Jail’ on it.

Kyoka rolled her eyes at her girlfriend’s antics but found them endearing all the same.

Green Beyond: Please let us know if there’s anything you need Kyoka. I’m sure we’d all be happy to help support you however we can through this. :)

It was almost annoying how endearing Izuku was. It’d be a lot easier to crush her confusing thoughts if the boy didn’t constantly try to inadvertently worm his way into her heart.

That was a lie. She knew he’d become one of her dearest friends just like the other girls had in recent weeks. The only real difference between him and the other girls was that gross flappy thing between his legs. If he were a chick she’d probably…

Kyoka decided that was enough pondering on that topic for one day, not wanting to open another can of worms while she had one to deal with already. For now, she turned in the direction of the dorms and began making her way back, reluctantly admitting to herself that maybe a little bit of fuss and attention from her girlfriends wouldn’t be too bad but certainly nothing like what Mina was suggesting.

Deepest Dope: Noted and appreciated Green. You bitches better be ready to hug my depression away when I get back.

Alien Queen: I’ll warm up the bed for us all ;)

Deepest Dope: Everyone except Mina.

Alien Queen: No wait!


Not long after Kyoka had texted her friends about leaving UA for the day, Mina and Tooru made their own move. Specifically one aimed squarely at a certain froggy girlfriend of theirs that made an incriminating comment that they absolutely had to know more about.

“Ribbit?” Tsuyu croaked as she cracked open her door.

The poor girl was almost bowled over as Mina and Tooru pushed their way inside with the pinkette seizing the frog around the waist and dragging her over to the bed while Tooru closed and locked the door behind them.

“What’s going on here?” Tsuyu asked casually as though she weren’t being moved and unceremoniously dumped on her own bed against her will.

“Oh you know full well what’s going on you naughty girl!” Mina giggled perversely, slipping onto Tsuyu’s bed herself.

“Yeah, come on, you finally did it so you gotta tell us.” Tooru agreed, quickly joining the pair on the bed though sitting specifically next to Mina.

“What was it like sleeping with Izuku?!” The both demanded at the same time, giddily encroaching into Tsuyu’s personal space.

That didn’t take long, ribbit.” Tsuyu rolled her eyes.

“Hey, you’re the one that threw it out there; can you really blame us?” Tooru pouted.

“True, you two are way too thirsty for your own good, ribbit.” Tsuyu chuckled.

“If Izuku is a tall glass of water then I wanna drink deep.” Mina giggled lewdly. “Speaking of deep, how was it?”

“A lady doesn’t kiss and tell.” Tsuyu looked away with her nose in the air, knowing exactly the reaction it would cause.

“You’re no lady!” Mina glared playfully. “You’re a thirsty bitch just like us. Only difference is you’ve had yourself a sip.”

“Yeah, spill some for the rest of us.” Tooru nodded.

Tsuyu turned to look at the two. It was clearly still a joke between them but she was certain they really did want to know.

“I’m normally fine with talking about naughty stuff I’ve done with the others but this isn’t ‘Truth or Dare’, ribbit. What happened between us is staying between us unless Izuku tells me otherwise.” Tsuyu stated. She’d say ‘Ochako too’ but that would be giving too many hints away. After clearly embarrassing Izuku in the chat, she didn’t want to embarrass him any further since she hadn’t realised he’d wanted to keep what they’d done between the three of them after all.

“So Izuku is both the problem and the solution.” Mina grinned mischievously. “I guess I’ll have to pry all of the lurid details out of him myself. Maybe sample a little at the same time.”

“Good luck with that.” Tsuyu shook her head. “If he’s not ready for more, I doubt you’re going to get anything out of him.”

“Maybe he could be persuaded.” Mina jiggled her chest. “Tooru certainly had some luck there.”

“Just what are you implying?!” Tooru blushed, vividly remembering the bath she and Izuku had shared together.

“Might work for getting him in the sack.” Tsuyu admitted. “Might also scare him off for a little longer, and you definitely won’t get any of the details from him then.”

“Damnit you sneaky frog.” Mina glared again. “You’ve covered all your bases, haven’t you?!”

“Thanks for playing, ribbit.” Tsuyu giggled, “Can I go back to my homework now?”

“I’m not done yet!” Mina declared. “It’s time to relight our rivalry.”

“Woah, intense.” Tooru mumbled, watching her girlfriend get fired up.

“I think it’s time I make another play for that crown of yours.” Mina stated.

“Go for it.” Tsuyu shrugged before slapping her thighs. “Before we start though, which leg do you want me to kick your ass with, ribbit?”

“Smug frog.” Mina scoffed but it didn’t matter, hopefully Tsuyu would rise to the bait and she’d be able to snag a victory at long last. “Let’s make a wager. If we win, you tell us all the details about what went down with our precious green boi.”

“And when you lose, ribbit?” Tsuyu shook her head, figuring she’d at least humour her girlfriend.

IF we lose,” Mina stated, pondering for a hot moment. She’d come up with the idea of a bet on a whim, she didn’t actually have an offering for if they lost. “I-It won’t matter because we’ll win for sure.”

“Are you sure about that?” Tsuyu quirked an eyebrow.

“Positive!” Mina lied, bluffing through her teeth.

“And the task?” Tsuyu asked.

Mina faltered again, now needing to quickly come up with a bet she or Tooru could easily beat Tsuyu in. Apparently she didn’t answer in time as the frog girl spoke up again.

“Ribbit, so you’ve come up with probably a silly bet on the spot you clearly haven’t thought through because you don’t know how else to get the answers you want. That about right?” Tsuyu stated bluntly, seeing completely through Mina. The pinkette sweatdropped as she felt way too seen right now.

“F-Fine dangit. I wanna know and so does Tooru,” She pouted, her invisible girlfriend agreeing with her. “I can’t speak for Tooru but come on, give mama those details!”

“Hmmm.” Tsuyu scratched at her chin thoughtfully. “Tooru, ribbit?”

“I wanna know too.” She admitted, a tad more embarrassed now she was the sole focus of the conversation. “We’re supposed to be a unit right? No more secrets between us. I know this is personal but we’ve shared so much already.”

“Going for the guilt route, huh?” Tsuyu sighed, feeling its effects.

“A little, but it’s also the truth.” Tooru admitted. “I’m… a little scared too. I-If things do happen between Izuku and me, I want to know a bit more about what he likes and what he’s like.”

Tsuyu let out a long sigh, rolling her eyes. Both her girlfriends were hopeless sometimes.

“I’m not telling you.” She stated, causing Tooru’s shoulders to slump and Mina to cry an exaggerated river of tears. “But,” Mina’s tears stopped on a dime. “I’ll ask Izuku if it’s okay. Whether he tells you, just says I can, or if he says ‘no’, you have to drop it after that. It’s not fair on any of us otherwise; we’re allowed to have small secrets from each other.”

“Woo!” Mina cheered, quickly reaching for Tsuyu’s phone on the side and passing it to the girl. “What’re you waiting for? Text him!”

“Crocodile tears all dried up Mina, ribbit?” Tsuyu shook her head, pushing her phone down. “I don’t think so.”

“What?! B-But you just said-” Mina spluttered.

“You brought up the idea of a bet. You want these details, you’re gonna have to earn them, ribbit.” Tsuyu sat back with a smug look on her face.

“Urgh, Mina!” Tooru pouted.

“I-It’s nothing Starlight.” Mina waved away, “I’m sure we can win.”

“Since you couldn’t come up with a game, allow me to instead.” Tsuyu smirk widened ever so slightly. “Let’s play ‘Chicken’.”

“… Uh, what?” Tooru and Mina blinked together.

“‘Chicken’.” Tsuyu declared again. “Last one in wins, ribbit.”

“Okay?” Mina shrugged. “But what are we gonna do? Go play in traffic or something?”

“Nothing quite so lethal.” Tsuyu shook her head. “Last one to cum wins.”

“Pffft, so your solution is a three-way?” Mina laughed. “Fuck it, let’s go.” She started removing her top.

“Mina!” Tooru gasped, caught unprepared for this outcome though if given a moment she could certainly entertain the idea.

“Not quite.” Tsuyu sated, rising from her bed and stepping over to her laptop. With a few clicks, she switched the tab onto one she’d had bookmarked for a while. “We’re gonna wear these.”

“The heck are those?” Tooru asked, stepping over, shortly followed by Mina.

“Remote vibration toys, ribbit.” Tsuyu explained. “Thought about getting one for myself a while back. This gives me a good excuse.”

Designed in the shape of a bent letter ‘U’, one side seemed much more bulbous than the other. Mina could already tell exactly how things slid inside and settled into place but what she was missing was the ‘why’.

“Seriously?” Mina frowned, not quite getting it. “Wouldn’t it be easier if we just did things manually here and now? Maybe grab something from Momo’s stash?”

“Oh, we won’t be wearing these while we can relax in the safety of our rooms.” Tsuyu’s smug grin returned. “If you want that info, you’re gonna have to wear it while we go to class. Like I said, last one in wins.”

Both Tooru and Mina’s mouths dropped open.

“What’s the matter?” Tsuyu asked cheekily, “Chicken?”

“I’m in!” Tooru declared immediately when her mind caught back up to her.

“Just like that?!” Mina’s eyes turned towards her girlfriend.

“I-I think we should give it a try is all.” Tooru rubbed her arms nervously.

“Hmph, I don’t know why you’re feeling so smug about this.” Mina grinned as she turned back to Tsu. “Tooru’s in, and you know I’m not gonna back down now.”

“So that’s an order for three, yes?” Tsuyu challenged, adding three of the vibrators to the cart.

Mina took a moment to slow down and think. Tsuyu clearly had the upper hand with this bet as the one declaring it. The frog girl was the most open about sexual acts since the beginning so maybe she had the edge with experience. Mina’s eyes widened as she remembered a small fact dangling in the back of her mind from their very first sleepover.

Tsuyu didn’t have her own vibrator.

She giggled superiorly to herself, smugly crossing her arms. What had caused her initial embarrassment in their first sleepover would now be her salvation. Mina knew first-hand how quickly one could cum if they knew how to use a vibrator right and by this point, she had plenty of experience resisting the urge to cum to prolong her pleasure that Tsuyu didn’t have.

“Better hit checkout girl, ‘cause it’s game on!” Mina grinned as Tsuyu did just that.

“You guys owe me eighteen thousand yen each.” Tsuyu pointed the screen at both of them, showing them the price.

“What?!” Mina gasped.

“Done.” Tooru stated, already flicking through her phone to the app she used to pay people. Mina briefly wondered why her girlfriend was so eager to pay but put it out of her mind for now.

“Urgh, fine.” Mina grumbled, taking out her own phone. “Don’t see why we couldn’t just ask Momo to make them for us.”

“I think this is pushing it for her, ribbit.” Tsuyu chuckled. “One, maybe. Three, as well as an app that connects to our phones to control them? I think that’s a bit beyond her comfortable limit regarding the economy. I’m not even sure if she could create something electronically programmed like that.”

“I’m mad you’re right.” Mina huffed.

“I’m usually right, I don’t see why you don’t listen to me more, ribbit.” She smiled.

Mina couldn’t stay mad at that smile and swooped down to peck her froggy girlfriend on the lips.

“So uh… when will they arrive and how are we going to play?” Tooru asked nervously though with a touch of excitement in her voice.

“Okay, here’s the plan,” Tsuyu began.


When the time came for Kyoka and Momo to head out, the girls and Izuku all saw them off. Due to the heavy demand of students leaving campus this weekend it was finally time for Aizawa to have to take a turn which did nothing for Kyoka’s nerves. As the black UA car pulled up to the front gate to escort the pair to their destination, she felt like she was being lead to her execution.

Admittedly, today would definitely be the end of one part of her relationship with her parents and, hopefully, the beginning of something new.

Momo could clearly tell how nervous her girlfriend was with the way her leg was jiggling in the car, the biting of her lip, and how her jacks twitched every now and then. She discretely took Kyoka’s hand in her own and gave it a reassuring squeeze. Kyoka sent her a small, appreciative smile but it only took a few moments for it to fall from her face as she got lost in her own head again.

Unfortunately, this was just one of those things no one could fix for her girlfriend and Momo just had to ride out the rest of the trip hoping things would go well. Kyoka hadn’t spoken much about her parents but from the little she had gathered about her upbringing it seemed to be full of love, especially towards music as it was definitely something Kyoka admitted her parents getting her into.

Momo’s own parents had been more harshly dictative on what she needed to learn regardless of her enjoyment of the topics in order for her to inherit the business one day. She hoped all that training would inadvertently bite them in the rear thanks to her own planned machinations but that was a topic for another day.

For now, the trio pulled up outside a fairly standard suburban detached house which Momo admired through the window. It was squared and different shades of grey with a flat roof and an electronic doorbell under a family name plate on the front gate. Kyoka certainly didn’t mention her family being fairly well off and with her new appreciation for the housing market, Momo could easily see her parents led successful careers at least.

“Let’s get this over with.” Kyoka groaned as she opened the door to the car and clambered out with her girlfriend following after her.

Once in the fresh air, they noticed Aizawa getting out of the car and joining them.

“I’ll see you girls in, then I’ll be waiting in the car. If you need me just text.” He stated in a slightly more exhausted voice than his usual classroom demeanour.

“Thank you sir.” Both Momo and Kyoka bowed towards their teacher.

“Mmmhmm.” He shrugged before gesturing to the house.

Kyoka took the hint but still allowed herself a moment to take a bracing breath. Stepping up to the gate, she pressed the doorbell and heard the faint chiming going off inside. It only took a few moments for the crackle of her mother’s voice to come in over the device.

“Jiro residence.”

“Hey Mom, it’s me. W-Well us, I guess.” Kyoka’s nerves slipped.

“Lovely dear, two seconds.” Her mom’s happy voice responded before the doorbell went silent once more.

A small buzz rang out and Kyoka instinctively reached for the gate, pushing it open and beckoning Momo and Aizawa through while shadowy figures could be seen moving behind the glass of the front door. When the group stepped up, the door opened to reveal a happy looking set of parents.

Momo could instantly tell who Kyoka took more after with her mother being a very close match from her quirk to her hair colour, though the style differed with her fringe much like Momo’s own. A pair of specs rested on her nose that almost made her wonder if Kyoka would look that good in glasses. She was dressed in a professional manner with a sleeveless light grey blouse buttoned all the way to the collar with a black, pencil skirt reaching her mid-thigh with the remainder of her legs being covered by pantyhose.

Her father on the other hand was dressed much more casually in a red wine coloured shirt with grey, somewhat baggy jeans. Looks wise, he was had much more of that ‘punk’ vibe Kyoka enjoyed with his long blond hair that reached down to his collar bone and wrinkles around his mouth and under his eyes. If Momo had to guess, he was the older of the two.

“Welcome back Kyo!” Her dad cheered, his earnest smile now reaching his eyes. “We’ve been expecting you and your friend.”

“A pleasure to see you again Mr. Aizawa.” Kyoka’s mother gave the man a short bow which he returned.

“Just making sure everything’s safe as promised.” Aizawa reported. “While we don’t expect any villain attacks today I will be present at all times while our students are off campus. Please forgive the congestion by parking out front.

“No worries man, all good vibes here!” Kyoka’s dad grinned.

“Y-Yeah so Momo, this is my mom Mika,” Kyoka introduced her parents, “And that idiot is my dad, Kyotoku.”

“Kyoka! Don’t badmouth your loving father that way!” Her dad pouted in an exaggerated fashion.

“Momo Yaoyorozu, it’s very nice to meet you.” Momo gave her own small bow at her introduction. “Kyoka’s told me nothing but good things, do not worry.”

“A young lady with proper manners and respect?” Kyotoku blinked before stage whispering to his wife. “You think we could trade her for Kyoka?”

Momo could instantly see where Kyoka had indeed picked up the habit with her jacks as Mika jabbed her husband in the ear with one of her own, giving an exasperated yet fond head shake.

“Honestly you two,” She rolled her eyes. “Please come in. We’ll have plenty of time to discuss plans for tonight over tea.”

“Thank you very much.” Momo bowed again before entering.

“No need.” Aizawa begged off. “I’ve no need to intrude any more than I have to. Kyoka and Momo both know the procedure if there’s any trouble. Until needed, I’ll be waiting in the car to escort you to your evening plans.”

“You sure man? We got plenty of room if you’d like to chill inside.” Kyotoku offered.

“I’ll be able to keep a better eye on the building from out here.” Aizawa nodded before turning around and leaping impressively over the closed gate. He didn’t need to expend the energy doing so but he wanted to make a small demonstration to the parents that he was taking their trust and faith in him seriously as a hero.

“Woah, can you do that now Kyoka?” Kyotoku asked as the two girls made their way inside and removed their shoes.

“Uh… not quite but I’m getting better at my cardio.” Kyoka admitted, caught a tad off guard by the question.

“Wonderful dear, you’ll have to tell us all about everything you’ve been learning since summer.” Mika smiled. “For now though, let’s sit down and decide where we’re going tonight.”

Momo didn’t miss the fearful look Kyoka shot her as the pair allowed themselves to be lead into the dining room. The heiress took a moment to take in the Jiro’s living space as, despite being a dining room with a tray of tea and cups resting on the table, there was plenty to suggest their interests. Along one wall alone there was a rack of guitars, both acoustic and electric, on display with a piano resting against the same wall. Atop it was various pictures and awards which she quickly realised didn’t all bear Kyoka’s name; instead some bore her mother’s. The heiress glanced away before being able to read what exactly they were for but she was sure she could ask over dinner, providing the next discussion went well.

“Please let us know if you’d prefer something other than tea. We’ve got juice or water if you’d prefer.” Mika offered as she stood by a seat on one side of the table.

“Tea is lovely thanks, though may I ask which flavour it is?” Momo politely enquired.

“Oh, um, I’m not sure. Honey?” Mika looked over at her husband.

“I got it.” He nodded, wandering over to the kitchen area in the same room that wasn’t segmented off from the dining area in anyway. He quickly pulled out a small box and read off the packaging. “Green tea.”

“Delightful.” Momo smiled. “A calming drink that will help clear our minds.”

“Huh, a tea fan, eh?” Kyotoku chuckled before replacing the box and joining the group at the table, sitting down now everyone was gathered and Mika had poured everyone a steaming cup. “Apologies it’s nothing fancier.”

“That’s quite alright.” Momo hoped she hadn’t offended her hosts as she took a sip. “I just happen to have a range of tea knowledge as it’s an interest of mine. Much like Kyoka has explained to me differences in playing the piano and keyboard.”

“Ah yes, you were the cat on keys weren’t ya?” Kyotoku grinned, in much more familiar territory. “We caught your rockin’ performance online. Shame there was no official video capture though.”

“Yeah, sorry. We didn’t think of it and UA restricted entry to the festival to students and industry contacts only.” Kyoka explained, hoping that would be the end of the matter.

“No good.” Her father rejected. “You gotta play next year and sweet talk that principal of yours into giving us front row seats!”

“Calm down honey.” Mika’s jack rose threateningly at him while smiling at the pair of girls. “They might not even decide to do a concert next year. We can talk more about it over dinner anyway. Is there any place special you’d like to go to? This is something of a celebration for both of you considering your shared success.”

Kyoka opened her mouth to speak but her nerves halted her voice. She coughed once before taking a quick sip of her own drink and trying again. Even the soothing heat of the tea did nothing to bring her voice to the surface. Her parents gave her confused looks and she knew she couldn’t do this; pretending everything was nice and normal. UA and her girlfriends had fundamentally changed her and she knew she needed to rip the band-aid off now.

“A-About that, um…” Kyoka began, swallowing nervously. “T-There’s actually uh… s-something I need to talk to you about.”

“Eh? What’s up rockstar?” Kyotoku asked curiously.

“Are you having trouble at school dear?” Mika followed up, concern written on her face.

Kyoka bit her lip as her breath began catching, her mind pre-empting their many reactions for the worse.

“No… i-it’s not school… it’s me.” She managed to get out.

Both her parents were now drawn into the much more serious nature of whatever their daughter needed to talk about. The last time she’d been this upset had been when she’d told them about wanting to be a hero and not a musician.

Under the table, Momo rested a hand on her girlfriend’s leg which was quickly snatched up and almost painfully squeezed.

“L-Look I… I know I’ve been away a-and you haven’t seen me c-change,” Kyoka could feel the potential tears stinging at her eyes, “But u-uh… I need to tell you that I… I-I’m… I’m gay!”

Momo’s attention switched from her girlfriend to her parents quickly, looking for any signs they accepted this new truth and weren’t about to hurt her girlfriend in anyway.

Both Mika and Kyotoku’s eyebrows raced for their hairlines at the final outburst from their daughter. All was silent for a few moments as both sat back in their chairs as the words settled in their minds.

“Right.” Kyotoku rose to his feet after taking a deep breath and took steps towards the entryway door.

“Honey, no! I warned you about this!” Mika shouted after her husband though she got no response as he disappeared up the staircase.

A sob ripped itself from Kyoka’s throat as Mika’s attention was immediately pulled back to her now crying daughter who looked extremely vulnerable right then as she stared down at her clenched hands. Mika quickly got off her own chair and moved around the table to crouch by her daughter, trying to attract her attention with a gentle touch on her leg.

“Dear, please forgive your father. You know how silly he is sometimes.”

“I-I t-thought t-that…” Kyoka choked out, shaking her head as droplets fell from her eyes. Her voice failed her and she couldn’t get out anything further, instead letting out another sob. Momo’s comforting hand rubbing circles on her back and her mother doing the same on her leg didn’t help alleviate the pain she felt in that moment.

“Kyoka, you know we both love you so much and this changes absolutely nothing.” Mika tried to comfort her daughter. “It doesn’t matter who you like because we-”

“TA-DA!” Kyotoku’s surprisingly joyful voice rang out the doorway.

Mika’s head rose to glare at her husband while Momo turned to face the man, her mind racing to think of something she could legally use to protect her girlfriend from any further harm. The heiress was thrown for a loop however as Kyotoku had reappeared wearing what was clearly a way too tight black T-shirt with another clenched in his hand. In the center was a slogan written in white that read, ‘I heart my lesbian daughter!’ where the heart was the graphic of a typical heart in the rainbow colours of the pride frag.

“Wait, what’s with all the waterworks?” Kyotoku’s face fell as he quickly manoeuvred around the table to crouch beside his wife and join her in worry over their daughter. As he drew close, a familiar jack embedded itself in his arm as Mika made her displeasure known.

“I told you when you bought those stupid shirts she wouldn’t react well.” Mika scolded him.

“I-I thought it was funny.” Kyotoku explained, feeling his wife’s heartbeat rattle his bones a little.

“And look what that ‘joke’ did to our daughter.” Mika decided a typical jab wasn’t enough and slapped her husband around the back of the head.

“Ah, I’m sorry! Dear, Kyoka, I’m sorry. It was supposed to be funny, look.” He stretched out his shirt so Kyoka could read it from her downcast position.

Kyoka had been very numb throughout this exchange, not fully comprehending the words everyone was speaking and instead focussing on her collapsing world. When her attention was redirected, courtesy of Momo’s guiding hand on her chin, she slowly processed the words written on her dad’s shirt.

“Y-You… you f-fuckin’ i-idiot!” Kyoka sobs continued though the corners of her mouth turned upwards as it battled her sadness to try and put a relieved smile on her face.

“Yeah, definitely am this time.” Kyotoku took his lumps, rubbing the back of his head.

“If I may,” Momo spoke up. “While I’m sure she appreciates the sentiment, I believe Kyoka was more terrified you’d reject her. Leaving without a word, even for a gag such as this, could’ve initially been seen as such.”

“Not my smartest move.” Kyotoku grimaced. “Sorry, you lot. I just had this planned for years and got really excited.”

“Y-Y-Years?” Kyoka managed to get out.

“Of course dear.” Mika looked sympathetically at her daughter. “Did you really think we had no idea?”

“Might’ve packed on a few pounds since I bought this.” Kyotoku admitted as he tugged at the shirt’s neckline. “Got you one too rockstar.”

Kyotoku unfolded the shirt still clenched in his hand and spread it out on the table in front of Kyoka with Momo quickly shifting her teacup out of the way. Similar to her dad’s, the one for Kyoka was black with white text reading ‘I am the heart lesbian daughter!’ emblazoned on it and the same rainbow heart symbol in the middle.

As nice as the gift was, Kyoka’s tears immediately decorated the hem as they refused to stop falling, not that her dad minded.

“I’m so sorry rockstar. I was just trying to be supportive and funny.” He apologised again.

“Truthfully dear, we suspected for a while.” Mika explained. “When you sat us down to talk about being a hero and not a musician, we both initially thought it was going to be this conversation.”

“Probably been a good two years before that I bought these things.” Kyotoku gestured to his shirt.

Kyoka’s breath escaped her.

Her parents knew. All this time they knew, or at least very strongly suspected.

“W-Why didn’t y-you e-ever tell me.” Kyoka got out.

“It was always your decision to come out dear. We tried to make it obvious we’d support you no matter what without scaring you.” Mika smiled.

“Bit weird too. Can’t just come out and say ‘By the way, your mom and I think you’re gay.’” Kyotoku chuckled before his face turned into a pout. “Might’ve been a little easier to accept if you let me tell her my old stories.”

“You know I don’t like hearing about your ex-boyfriend.” Mika glared.

Both Momo and Kyoka’s eyes widened at this apparent news. Kyotoku spotted their looks and allowed himself a smug smirk.

“See. Our daughter didn’t even know her dear old dad likes both. Might’ve been an easier conversation if she knew that little titbit.”

“M-Maybe.” Kyoka admitted, wiping her tears. “Y-You’re s-still an idiot.”

Momo placed Kyoka’s teacup back before her and encouraged her to drink. While it rehydrated her girlfriend after her shed tears, it also stemmed the flow of more which was Momo’s goal so that she could get things straightened out with the Jiro clan.

“I think it might be best to be as clear as possible for Kyoka.” Momo stated. “Could you both please tell her how you feel now you know? It might help.”

“Of course.” Mika smiled as honestly as she could. “Kyoka dear, while I’ve known for a while, I’m so proud of you for coming out. I want you to know that no matter what, you’ll always be my adorable little girl whom I love with all my heart. I know you’re going to go on and become a wonderful hero who lights up the world with your music when you find the time.”

“You’re my little rockstar.” Kyotoku grinned. “There’s no way I’m abandoning you on stage. I don’t think anything could ever make me love you any more and this certainly doesn’t make me love you any less. Hero or musician, boyfriend or girlfriend; you’re my little girl and nothing’s ever gonna change that.”

Kyoka felt herself welling up with tears once more as her emotions got the better of her. She pushed her chair out and scrambled into her mom’s outstretched arms, opening them when she guessed what her daughter would do, with her dad wrapping them both in a big hug and holding them close.

“T-Thank you. T-Thank you s-so much!” Kyoka blubbered in her mom’s arms, unfortunately beginning to soak her blouse but she didn’t mind. All that mattered in that moment was comforting her daughter and letting her know just how loved she was.

Momo smiled at the scene, glad that, despite the scare, Kyoka’s parents loved and accepted who she was. Admittedly there was a whole lot of story left for another day regarding their mutual other partners but for now, it was all about them.

Speaking of which, when Kyoka’s sobs settled down and she pulled out of her mother’s arms to sit back in her seat, Momo grasped her girlfriend’s hand once more and cleared her throat as Mika and Kyotoku reclaimed their own seats.

“Whilst I do not wish to intrude on such a moment, Kyoka has asked something of myself and, right now, I know nothing would make her happier than to grant that request.” Momo announced, sending a questioning glance at her girlfriend.

Kyoka nervously returned the look and gave a small nod of her head.

“Mr. and Mrs. Jiro, I’d like to reintroduce myself if I may.” Momo bowed her head. “I’m Momo Yaoyorozu, girlfriend of Kyoka Jiro.”

Mika’s eyes softened and she shook her head.

“I should’ve guessed.”

“Ey, you take after your old man after all.” Kyotoku laughed. “Danny was the keyboard player I dated back when-” Kyotoku began, only to catch Mika’s jacks rising again. “You know what, we’ll talk later.”

Kyoka let out a tearful laugh at that. She felt so stupid for doubting her parents, even if her dad was a moron that clearly didn’t understand a teenage girl’s feelings. With a renewed sense of strength and confidence, she lifted the hand clenching Momo’s above the table to rest in front of her parents, no longer scared of being rejected.

“So come on then.” Kyotoku grinned. “How’d this happen? Are you planning to make an honourable girl out of my daughter Miss. Yoayorozu? I don’t see no ring yet.”

“D-Damnit dad.” Kyoka rolled her eyes while letting out a wet chuckle. “N-Not five seconds a-and you’re scaring her away.”

“What? I just need to know if she’s planning to become my daughter in-law.” Her dad cheekily winked at her.

“Are your own parents aware of you and your relationship or are we the first?” Mika asked. “If you like, I’m sure we could invite them to dinner to-”

“No!” Both Kyoka and Momo almost shouted at the same time, startling both the adults. Kyotoku and Mika paused their racing thoughts to shoot each other concerned glances.

“Ahem. I apologize for our outburst.” Momo nodded her head at her hosts. “But um… let’s just say my parents would be disruptive at best. Unlike yourselves, I know they would absolutely not approve of such a relationship.”

“Homophobic?” Kyotoku quirked an eyebrow.

“No, but their expectations of my future are clear and they do not include choosing my own partner.” Momo sighed. “If I could make a request of my own, it’s that you please never let anyone else know about Kyoka and I’s relationship.”

Kyotoku hissed between his teeth.

“That’s quite a tall order little lady. You’re not just ashamed of dating my precious rockstar are you?”

“Urgh, oh my god dad.” Kyoka sighed, pulling out her phone and searching for a specific recent article.

“Your father’s just trying to understand what’s so wrong.” Mika offered. “I must admit I don’t know exactly why this is an issue myself.”

“Because this.” Kyoka held her phone out for her parents to take. Mika took hold of the device as the parents read one of the articles on Mei. “That’s what they did to a random student who called out their shitty business practises. It’s pretty much all bullshit but it’s on all the news sites.”

“A smear campaign? Against a student?” Kyotoku’s lip twitched in disgust as he read the major points.

“I’m afraid that my parents, the Yaoyorozu of Yaoyorzu Corps., are quite wealthy and influential in many major circles.” Momo sighed, hoping to have avoided this topic.

“Wait, how much we talking?”

“Wow, really dad?” Kyoka raised an eyebrow.

“Hey, I need a ballpark here. Are we talking millionaire, billionaire or ‘I could buy a fleet of yachts and barely notice’?”

“Um… while I believe we don’t quite qualify for that last one, I do know my family has… three personal yachts.” Momo admitted as her face flushed crimson.

Kyotoku’s mouth dropped open while Mika straightened herself up, feeling very out of place in the presence of someone worth so much.

“Look, I’m not dating Momo for her money.” Kyoka stated, a little frustrated with this topic of discussion now. “I fell in love with her kindness, selflessness, and beauty. If everything goes well, Momo might end up penniless just to escape her folks and honestly, that’s primarily what we’re after. We’re just saying these guys have a lot of money and connections and can make things very unpleasant for people who defy them and, right now, that means me!”

Kyoka had risen to her feet at some point during her rant, an angry expression on her face though it wasn’t aimed at her parents. Momo was admittedly feeling a mild blush rise to her face at her girlfriend’s proclamation but she’d save her gratitude for another time.

“No that’s… that’s fine rockstar.” Kyotoku slumped in his seat. “I think I get it now.”

“This sounds very dangerous for you both.” Mika sent them both concerned glances. “Openly defying someone so wealthy… I can understand why you want to keep such a thing secret.”

“Honestly it gets my blood boiling.” Kyotoku growled, “No one should be stuck in such a position. It goes against every rebellious fibre in my body.”

“While I appreciate your concern, the best course of action is to do nothing.” Momo stressed. “We’re hoping to resolve this issue in time as our strategy comes together, but until then I cannot be seen publicly dating anyone lest they earn my parent’s ire.”

“So… you’re dating our daughter in secret, against the wishes of your parents, in a forbidden love sort of situation?” Mika enquired.

“Um… y-yes, that would be an accurate assessment.” Momo nodded with a gulp.

“How romantic!” Mika’s eyes burst into pink love hearts.

“U-Uh…” Momo had to take a moment there.

“Urgh, this is so intense! Youthful rebellion against the old money guard, powered by the flames of love!” Kyotoku’s eyes burned with a similar fire. “This song almost writes itself!”

“S-Song?!” Momo blurted out in her confusion.

“Oh my god.” Kyoka sighed, slumping down into her seat. “They get like this when they get inspired.” She explained. “Mom’s a musician and dad’s a composer.”

“T-That explains all the instruments.” Momo smiled nervously, not sure what to make of the current situation.

“I’m so fired up!” Kyotoku declared, revelling in the feeling of fresh passion to write a new hit song. “But tonight isn’t about us.” He let out a slow breath to calm his blood. “Tonight is about you girls and your awesome concert. Now we just have another thing to celebrate.”

“A nice dinner at a restaurant was the initial plan but if it’d make you two feel more comfortable we could order in so you don’t have to hide your forbidden love.” Mika concurred

“Jeez mom, don’t make it sound weird.” Kyoka let out an embarrassed chuckle. “I-If you don’t mind though, that kinda sounds really good right now. I’m… not exactly in a state to be in public.” She wiped the remnants of tears from her eyes.

“I’m more than happy with this if you are Kyoka.” Momo smiled at her girlfriend, glad everything at least appeared to be resolved for now. “Though I must ask,” She turned to her girlfriend’s parents, “If you are compelled to write a song, like I know Kyoka is wont to do, please could you delay sharing it with anyone until our situation is resolved?”

“You can’t contain the passionate beats of the heart little lady!” Kyotoku declared proudly, only to get a much gentler jack in the arm from his wife who was currently straightening her appearance from her own outburst. “But maybe we could delay the album until it has a happy ending.”

“A-Album?” Momo gasped. A song was too much let alone a potential album.

“Now you know where I get it from.” Kyoka chuckled weakly. “Come on, we’ve got some take out menu’s around here somewhere.”

Kyoka dug around in one of the kitchen drawers where she knew they kept the menus pushed through their letterbox. The clan quickly decided on Chinese which, again, Momo was unfamiliar with in take-out form so they got a large variety of things.

Mika encouraged Kyoka to give Momo a tour of the house, starting with their frankly absurd music collection in the living room even Momo was impressed by. As Kyoka lead Momo around, Kyotoku slipped out of the house and knocked on the door of the UA car, getting Aizawa’s attention. With a brief explanation about their change of plans, Aizawa allowed a mote of relief to sink into his system. They’d had two successful excursions into the city this weekend and he didn’t want to be the one to break that streak with a villain attack. Aizawa turned down the offer of food, citing needing to be on duty but noted that Kyotoku’s generosity was appreciated.

The day turned into night at the Jiro household as the two UA students regaled Kyoka’s parents with stories about their time together, without mentioning the other girls, as well as giving them a bit of information on what they’d been training and learning about over a delicious, greasy meal. Momo was definitely a tad thrown by the outbursts of passion that Kyotoku expressed during particular highlights but found their time incredibly enjoyable in the Jiro household.

Once dinner was wrapped up and the moon was climbing ever higher into the sky, the girls needed to call their visit to an end. Heading out the door with well wishes and promises to have a repeat experience at some point soon, the girls packed into the car and headed back to campus.

As they travelled, Kyoka looked up at the night sky and at the moon, feeling lighter than she’d felt in an incredibly long time despite the somewhat heavy meal. After extracting a promise from her folks not to breathe a word about her relationship before they left, Kyoka wondered how long they’d all have to keep the secret and renewed her own vow internally to help Momo in any way her girlfriend needed.

UA came into view once more and, after thanking their teacher and bidding him goodnight, they returned to the dorms.


Izuku Midoriya was having a bad day.

First, he was in pain. It wasn’t anything serious but it was incredibly annoying.

All throughout Sunday and his classes on Monday he could feel the itchy fabric of his clothes rub against the bruise around his penis. He didn’t want to blame Momo for it, but he could certainly blame her condoms.

As much as he enjoyed his first time with Tsuyu along with Ochako, which he admittedly freaked out about when he was alone again, he wished he’d used one of the rubbers he’d purchased officially. Checking the size of the packet against one of Momo’s creations when he returned to his room displayed a clear difference. While he would’ve loved to test out said difference just to confirm his suspicions, it had hurt to get hard on Sunday. Thankfully it had died down to a dull ache by now but even light touches against his skin had him wince every now and then.

It was embarrassing but he knew it was something he needed to chat with the creation girl about, just so that she knew in case he ever needed her services again as Tsu was quite clear that, if he was out of condoms, she’d go straight to Momo when she was needy enough.

Secondly, and speaking of embarrassment, it was nothing compared to the pair of messages he received on Sunday.

Unknown to him at the time, apparently his excursion around the outside of the dorms and into Tsuyu’s room had been captured by a security camera. He knew this from the chastising text he’d been sent by the principal himself. While his tone was clearly understanding considering the fact the camera also caught a flash of the other girls granting him entry, he was warned of any repeat performances as part of the upgrade they’d installed to improve student security in light of particular events. The principal ended on the remark that students in fresh relationships can do silly things in the name of romance and he’d let it slide this one time.

Izuku had to send a very apologetic email in response to the principal, asking him to please keep that information between them and that the only reason he’d done what he did was to keep their unusual relationship secret while assuring him it wouldn’t happen again. Clearly he needed to find a different way to sneak presents to and from the girls from his side of the dorms but that was a problem for future Izuku if he still had girlfriends by the end of this.

The other message he’d received was a simple one from his mother that shook him to his core. It was just a picture and four words but Izuku dreaded the discussion that came next once he’d read them.

Inko Midoriya: We need to talk.

The attached image she sent was of the presents he’d purchased for Ochako and Tsuyu along with the box of condoms that he’d ordered... from their shared all-purpose shopping account.

Immediately Izuku had begun sweating buckets and desperately tried to think of a suitable lie to cover up his stupid mistake. He’d ordered so much hero merch’ off of the service in the past he regularly forgot it was technically his mother’s account that he just used with his own card for payment.

With shaking hands, he’d called up his mother that night and told the collectively second biggest lie of his life since One-For-All naturally came first. He told her that yes, he’d ordered flowers and chocolates but that he’d mis-clicked and accidently ordered two sets of roses instead of one and the two types of sweet were for if… his crush didn’t like one or the other. Lies were much more effective when mixed with a tinge of truth.

As expected, his mother broke into tearful squeals of joy about his prospective love life but he tried to dissuade her from the idea anything was currently happening. When pressed, he’d answered that it was a secret admirer gift to feel things out with the girl before anything else. Hopefully that would prevent his mother asking for a meeting at some point soon. Unfortunately, that didn’t distract her from the sexual portion of his purchases which he told her was more about being safe first and foremost on the extremely long shot that anything developed sooner than expected between him and the mystery girl. While his mother made her displeasure at anything of that nature happening to her baby boy when he wasn’t ready for it, she also praised his responsible preparation, citing that it was something a girl would appreciate which made Izuku blush a deeper red than he thought he’d ever turned.

Thankfully, the conversation drew to a close soon after with his mother’s concerns sated though now she apparently wanted regular updates on his love life which he was not looking forward to giving. He was already lying to her about so much and now he felt the guilt of this pile on top of his stacked set of deceptions.

That brought him back to today. Once classes ended he packed up his things as usual, patting his pocket for what felt like the fiftieth time that day to make sure the box hadn’t fallen out somewhere. As everyone left and began making their way back to the dorms, Izuku took care to walk by Yaoyorozu.

Thankfully it seems most of the poly group had other plans today as Tsuyu was being frog-marched back between Mina and Tooru while Ochako was chatting about something with Kyoka.

“Erm Momo, do you have a minute?” Izuku called out as loudly as he dared, as though someone would be able to guess what he was about to discuss by those words alone.

“Ah Izuku,” Momo smiled back at the boy as she slowed to match his pace. “How may I help you today?”

“Yes, um… c-could you perhaps give me some tips on the latest assignment? I’m not as confident as I’d like to be.”

“Oh, I’d be happy to do so Izuku. Shall we set up in the common room when we return to the dorms?”

“A-Actually I think it would be better if we studied in private.” Izuku tried to stress the last two words without seeming too suspicious. “I also have some feedback for you on our last discussion.”

“Oh!” Momo quickly understood Izuku’s tone. “Understandable.”

With that, she plucked out her phone and tapped away on the screen before passing it to Izuku.

‘My room or yours?’

Izuku knew she didn’t mean anything lewd by it but after what he’d experienced on Saturday, his mind couldn’t help wandering there, much to his crotch’s irritation. He quickly double tapped the word ‘yours’, highlighting it for the heiress only for her to realise that didn’t quite answer her query due to the perspective of the question.

To clarify, she quickly pointed to herself which Izuku gave a subtle nod to. Grateful no one around them appeared to notice anything amiss, the rest of the journey back to the dorm passed in relative silence as both students pondered at what exactly they were about to discuss with the other.

Once back at the dorms, Momo waited patiently for the elevator while Izuku strode over to the stairs, initially puzzling the heiress until she realised he was making a solid effort to cover their private interaction on behalf of the other boys which she appreciated.

By the time she reached her room Izuku was already patiently waiting outside and she quickly let the pair of them in while the green haired boy breathed a large sigh of relief.

“I’m surprised it’s this exhausting keeping any potential relationship hints a secret despite the fact we’re not going out.” Momo giggled to herself.

“Ah, no, I just erm, you know, didn’t want people to get the wrong idea if I came up with you alone.” Izuku admitted.

“Your discretion is appreciated Izuku.” Momo smiled as she dutifully set her bag on her desk and began unpacking the day’s books ready to begin her homework after this conversation was finished. “You mentioned something about feedback?”

“Oh, yes, right.” Izuku nodded hastily, placing his bag against the wall while touching at his jacket pockets to find the pack of four remaining condoms. “I-I didn’t know what to do with these as they are unused and wanted to return them.”

“Return?” Momo quizzically asked, taking the offered open box from his hands. “Is there something wrong with them?”

“Uh, y-yes actually.” Izuku admitted, embarrassment creeping into his voice. He was technically talking about sexual things to a girl he wasn’t dating despite their tenuous link in the group relationship. “W-When I used one it was um… t-too tight.”

“Too tight?” Momo blinked. “But the latex can expand can’t it? I was sure I made them long and thick enough as I made a test one for my own… toy.” She blushed as she admitted that last part.

“W-Well it um… kind of caused me to er, bruise around the um… base.”

“Oh, my.” Momo cursed herself. “I must sincerely apologise then. I hope it’s not interfered too much in activities between yourself, Tsu and Ochako.”

“I-It was um… fine. I uh, didn’t notice until we’d um… f-finished.” Izuku admitted. “I just wanted to bring it to your attention in case I um, n-need an emergency one in the future.”

“Certainly. This is something I definitely do not want to get wrong again.” Momo nodded. She was annoyed that her test had apparently yielded a false result. Clearly she still had some things to learn about male anatomy. “If I might make a request, could you point out the issue for me now?”

Izuku’s face broke out in a solid blush.

“I-I-I mean I-I want to help b-but um, w-what would that require?” He stammered.

Momo plucked a condom from the box in her hand. Izuku’s breath caught in his throat before the girl turned and made her way to her bed, bending down and pulling out a silver chest from underneath. Izuku gratefully released his breath as Momo shyly pulled out what appeared to be a strap-on penis he recognised for girls to use on each other. He distinctly tried to avoid the suggestion his mind was giving him to ponder which of the girls it had been used on before, though his cock was annoyingly stirring.

“See um…” Momo began, blushing up her own storm as she sat on her bed and unwrapped the condom. “When I tested it like this, it worked fine.”

With a small fumble, Momo deftly unrolled the condom over the fake penis all the way down to the base. As promised, it reached the bottom and had plenty of room for any ejaculate in the tip. Cautiously, Izuku stepped over and sat next to Momo on the bed.

“Um, may I?” Izuku asked, gently taking the device from Momo by his fingertips which she allowed. “See h-here?” He pointed at the base where the ring of the condom didn’t have any space around. “I-It’s supposed to be snug, just um, not that tight.”

Momo watched with rapt attention as Izuku tugged at the ring with almost zero give in it.

“But shouldn’t it prevent any leaks this way?” She asked, pressing the button on her device.

Izuku watched with a touch of surprise as the fake penis produced what definitely looked like cum from the end of it which trailed back along the condom only to stop firmly at the base.

“Well, it definitely succeeded t-there.” Izuku chuckled nervously. “B-But um… i-it left its mark which it shouldn’t do.”

“I see.” Momo sighed with a touch of frustration. “My apologies but in light of this error, I would not feel comfortable producing any more should I get it incorrect again. I may have to beg one of the others to somehow acquire some industry standard ones in order to improve my own designs.”

“O-Oh well um…” Izuku shyly pulled out his wallet, having replaced the pair of Momo-produced condoms with two of the ones he’d purchased. “I um b-bought a pack, j-just in case, y’know?”

Momo’s eyes widened with delight as Izuku pulled out a condom from his wallet that she knew was one of the more common brands available for purchase.

“I praise your forethought Izuku.” Momo smiled. “I hate to ask but, may I please use this myself for educational purposes?”

“Uh y-yeah, go ahead. I’ve um, got some more in my room.”

Momo’s almost excited giggles brought a small smile to Izuku’s face despite the situation. It quickly turned to surprise as once more Momo ripped open the package and examined the condom.

“I-I didn’t think you meant now.” Izuku blushed.

“Oh, I’m sorry. I-I just figured that with you present you could give accurate feedback rather than me doing it by myself.”

Izuku swallowed nervously.

“S-Sure, o-okay.” He nodded.

“Great.” Momo smiled before returning the focus to the condom in her hand. She rubbed her fingers together that touched the tip, feeling a slightly slippery substance between them she’d investigate later. Truthfully she’d made the condoms with just a touch of lube present on them but this seemed a little different.

Retaking her strap-on, she removed her own, created condom and tied it up to prevent spillage from her synthetic cum before tossing it over in her bin with surprising accuracy. Not wanting to soil this new condom simply by putting it on a damp toy, she produced a tissue from her hand and quickly set about cleaning it.

Izuku’s cock was definitely paying attention now as he watched Momo unmistakably begin masturbating her toy. He knew she was cleaning it but the imagery alone was stirring his member further. Once the soiled tissue was also swiftly disposed of, Momo unwrapped the condom and slid it down her strap-on only to frown as she reached the base.

“Um… I don’t think that’s the definition of ‘snug’.”

Evidently the condom was too big for the toy as the ring clearly had a gap between it and the base of Momo’s toy cock where cum would clearly leak from.

“W-Well um… i-if I may.” Izuku blushed as he couldn’t believe he was about to say what he was. “T-The style of this toy, it’s fairly firm and rigid.”

“Yes, I’ve found it’s fairly good at… achieving its goals.” Momo admitted shyly.

“O-Okay but um… c-condoms are more for p-people who uh, don’t always remain that hard and normal um… penises uh don’t just flatly connect to the h-hips like that.” Izuku pointed out.

“O-Oh…” Momo’s eyes darkened a little, frustrated that she’d failed to make a satisfying replica. Then, a thought occurred to her. A very naughty thought that she couldn’t possibly ask her friend for, especially since they weren’t even technically dating yet if that were to ever happen. Fortune favoured the bold though and the outcome of this research would benefit him as well as her. Now if she could only get the courage to ask for it.

“Please let me see how it looks on you!”

Both Izuku and Momo’s mouth dropped open with the heiress apparently surprising herself at her bold words. Still, the deed was done and there was no backing out now with the worst of the embarrassment out in the open.

“I-I mean um… f-for research purposes… t-to help you of course.” She explained, knowing both of them were smarter than to accept a line of reasoning like that.

“W-Well… u-ummm.” Izuku hesitated, not knowing if this was something he was even allowed to do. “A-Are you sure um… T-Tsu and Ochako and everyone w-won’t mind?”

“You are in our group.” Momo reasoned, “And this isn’t about um, sex or anything. This is strictly to improve my own designs with your assistance.”

Izuku’s cock was definitely sure but his brain was still hesitant. He couldn’t help but start fidgeting, guilt settling into his mind.

“Izuku. Everything’s okay.” Momo assured him, rubbing his leg. “You should hear about some of the stuff we all did together before we started officially dating.”

“But I’m definitely in a relationship w-with-”

“With all of us.” Momo cut him off. “Arguably, yes, you’re only officially dating Tsu and Ochako for now, but I believe it’s not untrue that we all expect things to progress with Mina and Tooru. If it helps ease your thoughts, consider this my official declaration of interest, if only for knowledge purposes for now.”

When Izuku glanced at Momo’s face, he swore her eyes were somewhat lidded seductively and pointing directly at him.

“Um… b-but what about Kyoka! S-She’ll definitely not forgi-”

“I will handle Kyoka.” Momo smiled warmly at the boy. “You weren’t there for it but during one of our sleepovers she declared we should ‘acknowledge that we may all end up in each other’s beds at one point or another’ and for us to ‘not make a big deal out of it anymore’. This applied to all six of us and, though I’ve yet to harbour romantic feelings for yourself, I believe, as part of our polyamorous unit, you should not be forced to operate under a different set of rules.”

“O-Okay.” Izuku nervously accepted. “E-Even when um… K-Kyoka said all that stuff to me uh… w-when we played ‘Truth or Dare’?”

“My darling Vixen is a little confused about certain feelings in her heart right now. She’s been the most reluctant to share as she’s an adorable romantic at heart.” Momo sighed wistfully as she was thinking of her girlfriend. “I’m certain that those words were to annoy and frustrate you while also making her claim on myself clear. As much as I love her though, she acknowledges she is not my only partner. This is another thing she will have to live with as being part of a seven-way relationship. If you were not part of our unit then yes, this act would have had much more severe ramifications. As it is, if not now, I would’ve certainly asked for something like this as a dare at our next sleepover.”

“O-O-Oh…” Izuku gulped nervously at that. “I-I-I forgot that um… y-you lot said-”

“Apart from Kyoka, I believe our truth or dare games are very… free-for-all so to speak.” Momo purred, more confident in herself now. “Were you to find yourself dared to fill any of, let’s say, Tooru’s holes, I don’t think any of us would object to seeing you complete such an act.”

Izuku found the image quickly settling into his mind and his cock was most pleased by it, so pleased he could feel himself now fully standing to attention.

“I-I should still talk to um… Ochako and Tsu.” Izuku admitted, guilt still plaguing him.

“How about we send them a message now, would that assure you?” Momo asked, pulling her phone out of her pocket.

“Uh… sure.” He agreed nervously.

“Wonderful, please do let me know if this is okay to send.” Momo smiled before tapping away at her phone.

Izuku looked over her shoulder as the girl had decided to send Tsu a private message first.

Momo: Hi Tsu, is it okay if I do some stuff with Izuku? I think it would help me make an even better toy for me to use on you.

“Is this fine?” Momo allowed Izuku a clearer look at the screen.

“Seems okay…” He responded, with Momo then hitting the send button. “But um… does she know what you mean by stuff? I-I just want there to be no misunderstandings.”

Before Momo could reply, a text arrived back from the girl in question.

Tsu: Sound hot, have fun so long as he consents. If Izuku’s there right now, fill ‘er up. ;)

“W-What?! J-Just like that?!” Izuku’s mouth dropped open.

Momo couldn’t help but laugh at his reaction.

“Did you think I was lying? I’m just surprised she’s not asking to join in.” Momo said.

“A-And Ochako? W-What about her?”

“Ah, well, that’s a bit of a different story.” Momo grinned cheekily before opening a private message to the gravity girl.

Momo: Pet, I am going to do some naughty things with Izuku. As a courtesy I am asking if there is anything that is off limits, Tsu has already given her consent.

“W-Why did you say it like that?” Izuku asked.

“If I give her an order, she needs to obey.” Momo stated. “Addressing her as my Pet helps her understand I am not asking as her friend but as her Mistress. If I were to order her to sit there and watch while we did any number of lurid things, she’d have to obey.”

“T-That still makes me… uncomfortable.” Izuku admitted.

“It is all done with consent I assure you.” Momo smiled at him. “I take Ochako’s feelings and desires into consideration for our unique connection and she enjoys it too. Haven’t you ever desired to have a girl at your every beck and call? Maybe dressed in a cute little cat-maid outfit?” She teased.

“N-No.” Izuku retorted, though his heart wasn’t in it.

“Once you two are more comfortable with each other, I could make it a reality for you.” Momo offered. “Order her to go down on you and not to stop until you release down her throat. To beg you for more ‘milk’ while going ‘Nya’.”

“S-Stop, please.” Izuku blushed, not sure he was comfortable himself with such an offer, even if it was one of his fantasies.

Their attentions were diverted back to Momo’s phone as it ‘pinged’ once more with a reply.

Ochako: If you could please consider not going... ‘all the way’ I would greatly appreciate it Mistress. Please don’t tell him but I want to be his second even though I know it’s sorta silly.

Accompanied by her message was a small gif of a maid bowing her head that played on a loop. Izuku broke into a blush as he saw it thanks to their recent conversation.

“There you go Izuku. Though it has little bearing on our plans, everything is permitted bar that.” Momo stated, though she admittedly couldn’t contain her own blush at the thought.

“O-Okay.” Izuku let out a stunned breath. “But um… h-how… I mean, what-”

“Please allow me to take the lead.” Momo bowed lightly. “I will sate my investigation and curiosity with the most minimal of input from yourself.”

It made enough sense to Izuku that he gave a small nod of acceptance.

“Excellent!” Momo’s enthusiasm returned for a moment only for her to realise exactly what they were about to do. “Um, okay then uh… c-could you please lie down in a comfortable position?”

Breathing slowly, Izuku pushed himself back onto the mattress and lay flat. For her part, Momo turned around and crawled up to his waist with the pair giving each other a blushing red glance before averting their gaze.

“O-Okay, I’ll just, um…” Momo began, reaching for Izuku’s belt and unbuckling him.

Izuku could feel every motion clearly with Momo pulling his belt to the sides before unbuttoning his trousers and slowly lowering his zip. He was already hard and once Momo pulled aside his jean flaps his cock pushed itself toward her, nearly free from its confines.

“Oh, hello there.” She giggled lightly as Izuku reflexively flexed it.

“S-Sorry, i-it does that by itself.”

“I’m a little familiar from my research… and our last sleepover.” Momo admitted. “If you could um… lift your hips please?”

Izuku obliged as Momo pushed both his trousers and the back of his pants down below his toned rear. His cock was now straining against the tensed material of his boxers at the front with Momo tentatively touching at his waistband again.

“A-Are you sure you’re okay with this Izuku?” She asked with a hopeful note in her voice.

“I-It’s nothing you didn’t see last time.” Izuku replied with as much confidence as he could, returning Momo’s own words to her from when he’d arrived in her room after the festival.

“An excellent point.” Momo nodded, feeling much more confident in her decision with that reminder.

Lifting his waistband over his cock, Momo slowly lowered the fabric until it sat well below his balls.

Now she was allowed an up close and personal look at the real thing she very much wanted to poke and prod to her heart’s content. She had explored each of the other girls thoroughly who had plumbing very similar to herself but Izuku’s was new and exciting.

“Do you mind if I er, e-explore a little?” Momo asked.

“F-For research.” Izuku nodded shyly, trying to focus on Momo’s canopy rather than the fact he had another girl practically face-to-face with his cock. He inadvertently flexed again which sent a giggle through Momo.

“How are you doing that?” She queried curiously, unable to hide her amusement at the motion.

“I um… just can, b-but only when I’m… h-hard.” He revealed, manually flexing his muscle this time.

Momo’s curiosity grew as she lowered her face to Izuku’s hip, getting a side profile of his crotch and understanding what he meant now. As she was about to pull back and relay her new comprehension, she spotted the discolouration around the base of Izuku’s cock as he’d mentioned. From her own previous bruises, she knew it would be a little sore at this stage.

“I see what you mean now Izuku. Both by your connecting muscles and the um… injury you’ve sustained because of my design.”

“I-It’s okay Momo.” Izuku waved away. “It was just a small mistake.”

“Still, let me at least do this for you.” She offered before pointing a single digit out. Izuku was about to ask what her plan was when a cold substance began emitting from the tip of Momo’s finger that she lightly smeared around his penis before delicately rubbing it in using small circular motions. “This should help with any irritation and a bit of the pain.” She explained.

“T-Thanks.” Izuku gasped, both due to the cold and Momo’s touch.

The cold had also had an effect on a slightly lower part of his anatomy as his balls shrivelled just a tad at the change in temperature.

“Oh, they changed too.” Momo noticed.

“Y-Yeah. They um… do that when they feel h-hot or cold or they’re about to um… r-release.”

“Ah I see.” Momo nodded, eying the wrinkled sack curiously. Without a word to Izuku, she trailed her finger down from massaging the ointment into his crotch to stroke along the outside of his ball sack, drawing a sound from Izuku that was a combinations between a hiss and a groan. “I-Is that okay?”

“Um… y-yeah.” Izuku gulped, wondering what exactly this had to do with condom usage.

“Forgive my curiosity as, while I’m up to date on the anatomy of males, this is the first time I’ve been able to examine such things up close.”

“W-Well you couldn’t before… ‘c-cause of your parents and everything.” Izuku nodded. His cock flexed again as Momo’s hand turned and slowly cupped his sack, her fingers cradling him delicately in a most delightful way. “Um… Momo, t-that’s not uh…”

“I must admit,” Momo began, not addressing Izuku’s objections yet. “The reason I am so fascinated is partially due to wanting to improve my own… version.” She gestured to the second iteration of her toy which was quickly becoming obsolete in her mind as version three was being planned with all this new information she was gathering. “While I’m sure you won’t benefit from it, could I ask you for your assistance in its redesign so I may better enjoy my time with our girlfriends? It would, of course, enhance their own experiences too.”

Izuku let out a slow breath as Momo’s hand slowly rolled her fingers, massaging his balls in a way he knew would only get him more riled up.

“H-How c-can I help?” He asked nervously, pretty certain on what exactly she was asking for but wanted to hear it out loud.

“You um… j-just need to lie there and allow me to examine you thoroughly.” Momo admitted with very pink cheeks. “A-And um… maybe, g-give me a demonstration on how effective a f-fit condom is.”

“O-Okay… i-if that’s all.” Izuku agreed, feeling his libido rise even further at the latest request.

“E-Excellent, then um… I should make sure your little Mr. is dressed.” Momo shyly giggled before removing the unrolled condom from her toy and rolling it back up as best as she could to its original state.

“T-To clarify um, you shouldn’t do that in non-practise stuff.” Izuku explained. “I-If it accidently comes off during use, you should use a new one.”

Momo chuckled as he tried to impart his knowledge to her.

“That much I did know Izuku.” She smiled. “As this is just practise though, I don’t think it matters for you. Besides, I don’t think I’ll need to use these with my toy.”

“O-Oh, y-yeah, right.” Izuku nodded, wanting to slap his head at his own lapse in judgement. Only he needed to worry about actually needing these things after all.

Once more the condom was placed about a cock, only this time it was a flesh and blood one, as Momo unrolled it. Izuku relished the pleasant feeling of her fingers every time they touched at him. When the condom reached the base of his cock, he gave a small hiss as the rubber ring settled just around his bruise.

“Did that hurt?” Momo asked apologetically.

“J-Just a little.” Izuku nodded. “It should be fine for um, practise though. I er, don’t need to touch the bottom to um… c-cum.”

“Indeed.” Momo’s fingers lingered by the pulsing organ, remembering the way he demonstrated such a technique to them all at the last sleepover. “I-It was something like this, yes?”

Izuku broke into needy gasps as Momo’s gentle hand wrapped around his cock and slowly started jacking him off the way he’d done himself so many times before. He knew he shouldn’t technically be enjoying this as much as he was, but it was in the name of research. At least, that’s what he told himself.

“Y-Yes, that’s it.” He breathed heavily as Momo’s hand continued its motions.

Curious as to the effect of her efforts, Momo used her free hand to once more cup Izuku’s ball sack to see if she could detect when the release would occur. This caused yet another groan from Izuku as he felt himself enjoying every tiny touch.

“Is this good? Are you going to um… c-cum soon?” Momo asked with an eagerness in her voice.

“N-Not yet.” Izuku admitted, rising to his elbows to get a better look down at Momo’s actions. “H-Here.” He offered, reaching down with his own hand.

Momo was about to let go, a little sad the demonstration would now be ‘out of her hands’ so to speak, only for Izuku’s hand to wrap around her own and subtly adjust her grip in him, leading her with a slightly faster tempo.

“S-Speed up just a little bit every now and then. A f-firm grip but n-not too hard to be painful. I-It’s supposed to be, you know, simulating a um… p-pussy a-after all.” Izuku explained.

"Mmmm.” Momo licked her lips as she suddenly found them to dry to speak. “W-Would it help if my hand was… wet?”

“N-Not really.” Izuku admitted. “T-The condom kinda prevents me from feeling that.”

“I suppose this is why forums say guys don’t like using them as much.” Momo chuckled. “Not that that’s an even remotely valid excuse to not wear one.”

“Y-Yeah, I guess.” Izuku agreed as Momo’s efforts continued. He could feel himself getting close now and lay back down.

In his mind, he recalled the evening only a few days ago in his memories where he’s lost his virginity to Tsu and focused on the amazing feeling he felt while inside her. It certainly helped speed up his release as intended.

“I-I’m gonna c-cum!” Izuku announced quickly as his breathing grew flutterier before he let out several shallow moans as he tensed.

Momo heard him and focused her full attention on his cock and balls, eager to see and feel how they reacted. Izuku thrust fully into Momo’s hand, his hips lifting off the bed and pushing as far as he could, even if he felt a little pain from the bruising. The heiress, for her part, felt the two balls, under the skin of the sack, twitch as their load was released, travelling through Izuku’s piping and along his cock that she could almost feel as large globules of the stuff spurted from the end, thankfully caught by the condom doing its job.

Izuku had maybe six or seven good spurts from his penis before he finally ran out of steam and his hips returned to the bedspread, his cock still twitching to release the last droplets it could as blood slowly started to recede from the organ, deflating it. The raven haired girl watched it in fascination as, like the demonstration with her own toy, the cum didn’t remain solely in the tip once it had been released and travelled down the condom as Izuku’s cock deflated. She watched as it definitely pooled at the ring of the condom but the less rigid Izuku became, the more seemed to be able to seep out under the widening gap between latex and flesh.

“Ah, so this is why you should pull out after finishing, even with a condom.” Momo understood, finally releasing Izuku’s cock from her grasp.

“Y-Yes…” Izuku breathed heavily, trying to regain control. He reached down and grabbed himself just above the base of the ring tightly before sliding the condom off, trying to capture as much of the liquid as he could and holding it so the cum could drip back down to the tip. Momo watched him quickly tie the condom in a knot making it ready for disposal. “A-All done.” He admitted shyly.

“Not quite.” Momo giggled, producing another tissue and draping it over his flaccid penis. “I would hate for you to have to return to your dorm with damp undergarments.”

“T-Thanks.” Izuku smiled appreciatively, quickly wiping up the excess he couldn’t catch.

“I’d say that was a very successful demonstration.” Momo declared, things taking shape in her mind though not putting her quirk to work yet. She still needed to research a few things before she could test out these exciting new features. “Thank you very much.”

“I-It was nothing.” Izuku rubbed the back of his head, unable to look Momo in the face.

“Well, I wouldn’t say nothing.” Momo giggled. “I’m sure you very much enjoyed our time together as I did.”

“W-Well um…” Izuku blushed deeply, realising he’d now done naughty stuff with yet another girl. He quickly pulled his pants and trousers back up before redoing his belt. “I-I did enjoy it.”

“That’s all the matters.” Momo smiled as she took the condom and tissue, wrapping the former in the latter. “If there’s nothing more for you to discuss with me, feel free to leave. I will be sure to make use of the information you’ve provided me today to make a better fitting condom for yourself should the need arise, though… another test like today may be in order before relying on the real thing in a pinch, hmmm?”

Izuku’s blush resurged as his cock made efforts to do the same at the implication Momo was laying out there.

“I-I w-will keep that in mind.” Izuku gave a short, light bow.

“Please do,” Momo grinned, “Some of the sounds you made under my fingers were quite titillating.”

“P-Please excuse me, I think I need to go train some more!” Izuku almost shouted as he shot up off the bed, much like she imagined Iida would if he realised he was late.

Momo considered making a joke about wearing him out already but she gave the greenette a pass. She could certainly understand why Mina teased the boy about such matters; it was quite fun.

“Have a good afternoon!” She called out as he grabbed his bag and departed her room in a hurry. With a smile and fond shake of her head, she let out a small sigh at the experience now being over.

Well, mostly over.

There was one more thing she wanted to discover before she grabbed Mina’s laptop and switched to lewd research for the evening. Unclenching her hand with the tissue still in it, she reached inside and pulled out Izuku’s used condom. She blushed at her impending actions but much like her request earlier she wasn’t about to back down now, especially with no one watching her.

Taking a small pair of scissors she kept at her desk, she held the condom by the tip, allowing some of the cum to seep down before she snipped most of the way through it. Her task complete, she leaned back and held it above her head, her mouth and tongue hanging out lewdly.

Momo allowed a small amount of Izuku’s cum to dribble from the rubber and onto her tongue. Once she closed her mouth and began tasting it, her lips downturned in a somewhat sour expression. Bitterly, she swallowed to get the full experience as Izuku’s seed travelled down into her stomach, leaving a somewhat sticky trail down her throat in its wake.

“Urgh… mine’s definitely better there.” Momo shook her head, glancing over at her now outdated toy, filled with a much tastier substance. Carefully she placed the used condom back inside the tissue and tossed it into the bin before grabbing her phone and texting Mina to ask for her laptop.


It was Tuesday mid-morning and three of the girls in class 1-A were already having a hard time focussing on their studies. It wasn’t because they were tired or exhausted, it was because of another, much more lewd reason.

“C-Carry the one and…” Mina struggled to process the math problem they’d been posed, her focus intensely split right now.

Tsuyu was having similar difficulties, emitting a small ‘ribbit’ every half minute or so.

Tooru was definitely suffering the worst, her legs quivering under her desk.

These events were set in motion that very morning with Tooru and Mina getting ready for class extra early before making a stop at Tsuyu’s door to begin their bet.

“Morning Darling.” Mina grinned cheerfully. “Ready to lose?”

“I beat you before Princess, what makes today any different?” Tsuyu replied in an equally as cheerful voice.

“Enough posturing.” Tooru impatiently stepped forward, cutting the girl’s verbal sparring short. “Did you get them all ready Tsu?”

“Good to go.” Tsuyu nodded, gesturing over at her desk where three pink, unique-looking vibrators sat charging on her desk. Having arrived in a discreet package yesterday, Mina and Tooru had eagerly returned to the dorms with Tsuyu to get a better idea of what they’d be messing with. Requiring a charge and linking to the app, the pair had left the devices in Tsuyu’s capable hands to prepare for their bet today.

Tooru strode over and quickly began examining the one closest to her, eager to see how it performed.

“Jeez, what’s the hurry Starlight, it won’t make Tsu lose any faster.” Mina chuckled as she stepped into the room with Tsuyu closing the door behind them.

“Indeed, though I’m quite certain I won’t lose, ribbit.” Tsuyu shook her head, stepping up to the devices and taking one for herself. “You both still set to do this?”

“Yep!” Tooru declared.

“Game on.” Mina shot the greenette a challenging grin.

“Very well.” Tsuyu nodded, pulling out her mobile. “As you can see I’ve installed the app. You can turn the actual devices on and off with a manual switch, all other options are controlled with this.” She announced, pressing a button on the app. Suddenly, all three vibrators started buzzing at a very low level. “We’ll start at level one and, after each class, I’ll up the level by one.”

“Pffft. This is nothing.” Mina smirked, confident in her skills. “Two levels a class.”

Tsuyu quirked a questioning eyebrow at the pinkette, turning to Tooru who was still turning her device over in her hands.

“I don’t mind, whatever’s good.” Tooru replied casually.

Tsuyu shrugged, this was very much a battle between her and Mina, Tooru would likely be out before lunch anyway.

“Right, best put these in to get comfortable before we settle in for the day.” Tsuyu stated, taking one of the remaining vibrators and sliding down her skirt and panties.

“In front of your friends Darling? Have you no shame?” Mina teased, taking her own.

“You know I don’t, ribbit.” Tsuyu shook her head with a chuckle.

“I’m glad I wore wide panties today.” Tooru declared as she yanked down her own skirt and underwear.

“God, I love you guys sometimes.” Mina laughed as she too pulled down her clothes to insert the toy.

“Only sometimes?” Tsuyu teased.

All three of them let out small moans as the thicker end slid inside them, humming away pleasantly as they each settled the outer strap into a comfortable position.

“God that feels weird.” Mina leant from side-to-side, testing the feel of the object now gently pulsing away at a very nice spot.

“Mmmm, feels great to me.” Tooru sighed pleasantly.

“All good here, ribbit.” Tsuyu announced, pulling her clothes back on. “I don’t think I need to say this but be honest when you need to give up else you might have a very irate Aizawa breathing down our necks.”

“Wait, how do we give up before that?” Tooru asked.

“Go to the bathroom and turn it off.” Tsuyu shrugged.

“I hope we don’t at least all fail at the same time.” Mina laughed. “That might look suspicious.”

“Planning for defeat already I see.” Tsuyu smirked.

“You shush!” Mina glared before the trio straightened themselves up in Tsuyu’s mirror and set out for a day of education and delightful torture.

Returning to the present, Tooru had just about reached her limit.

“S-Sir?” Tooru stood up off her seat.

“Hagakure? Is something wrong?” Ectoplasm asked, looking up from the text book he’d been reading the next question from.

“M-May I please use the restroom?” Tooru asked, trying to hold her voice together.

“You may but be quick, there’s homework.” He nodded.

Tooru certainly didn’t waste any time hurrying out the door and down the hall. Mina gulped as Tsuyu sent a small glance back at her. Both girls were sweating with how much they were trying to control themselves and Mina was genuinely wondering which of them would break first.

What had started as an off-hand thought to try and secure juicy gossip from her girlfriend had quickly turned into a competition the likes of which she’d never experienced. At least Tsuyu was in the same boat as her. Tooru was clearly out but she would go till the end damnit!

The bell finally rang to declare lunch, bringing a huge sigh of relief for both girls. Thanks to the class noisily packing up, both girls felt a little more comfortable letting out much needed gasps of relief. Mina had to commend Tsuyu’s choice of device as she hadn’t heard a peep out of them even at level nine; lunch was after fourth period after all.

As she pondered how high the device could possibly go, a shadow cast itself over her and Tsuyu.

“You two idiots, come with me.” Kyoka stood frowning between Tsuyu and Mina’s desks.

“H-Hey Kyoka, what’s up?” Mina tried to casually ask as she attempted to put her books away without shaking.

“A whole lotta shit if you don’t shut it and come with me.” Kyoka growled dangerously.

Tsuyu shot Mina a worried glance. The pinkette briefly wondered what had the girls so rattled before she realised exactly what the issue was.

“C-Coming.” Mina stood up quickly, instantly regretting her choice of words as Kyoka massaged her temples with her jacks.

Kyoka shook her head in dismay as she led both Tsuyu and Mina out of the classroom, down the hall, and towards the nearest toilets.

“In.” She stated simply, holding the door open for the pair who slipped in with a mote of shame on their faces.

Kyoka quickly checked all the stalls with only one of them being locked.

“That you Tooru?” Kyoka called out, hoping her jacks were correctly picking up the sounds of Tooru’s quiet yet satisfied gasps.

“Y-Yes?” She replied meekly.

“Good.” Kyoka nodded, turning back to the other two. “You mind explaining what the fuck are you three idiots are thinking?!”

“W-What do you mean?” Tooru’s voice called out.

“You three fuckers are wearing vibration shit aren’t you?!” Kyoka growled. Tooru could be heard squeaking in surprise while Tsuyu and Mina wore guilty looks on their faces.

“Um… maybe?” Mina offered with an apologetic grin.

“Those things might be quiet enough to get around most people, but you clearly forgot you have someone that is literally trained to pick this shit up.” Kyoka’s jacks rose into the air. “I don’t have to even focus to hear what you guys have been up to all throughout this morning.”

“Ribbit, I’m sorry Kyoka.” Tsuyu genuinely apologised.

“Sorry’s all well and good but you guys need to think before you do this shit.” Kyoka stated. “I don’t care if you decide to do something like this. Problem is, I’m not the only one with good ears in the fucking class.”

Three stomachs collectively dropped as all three girls realised who sat in front of Kyoka.

“You’re damn lucky Shoji sits at the front. If he’d turned one of his arms into an ear, you’d all be fucked.”

“Wow… shit, that was bloody close.” Mina could feel her heart racing, realizing how close they’d come to being exposed despite the toy’s supposed quietness.

“The fuck are you guys playing with this shit for anyway?” Kyoka felt compelled to ask what had caused their lapse of judgement. “Fun?”

“A bet.” Tsuyu admitted, ashamed.

“Better be a fucking good prize at the end of it.” Kyoka said, though the girls knew it was more of an enquiry.

“M-Me and Tooru wanted details on what Tsuyu and Izuku did together.” Mina relented, her shoulders drooping further knowing Kyoka wouldn’t like that answer.

“And if they lost?” The earphone jack girl turned to the greenette.

“Nothing confirmed but I was… gonna get them to um… play with me, together.” Tsuyu admitted.

“Didn’t need a-a bet to get that.” Mina smirked, though she faltered as her pussy twitched from the continued abuse.

“So you’re playing a high stakes fucking game for piddly prizes.” Kyoka growled. “Did you forget we’re trying to keep this shit secret?!”

“W-We’re sorry.” Both Tsu and Mina bowed their heads to their girlfriend.

“Now turn that shit off and pack it in.” Kyoka ordered.

Tsuyu and Mina sent each other a look. An unspoken agreement between them to let this be a draw due to interference, even if it was for a good reason. The frog girl pulled out her phone and began accessing the app while Mina went into the nearest stall.

“F-Fine, but give me like five minutes.” She called back.

“You can’t be serious.” Kyoka narrowed her eyes. “Here?”

“I’ve been teased all fucking morning, there’s no way I’m gonna be able to focus if I don’t get off now.” Mina groaned, poking her head out of the door.

“M-Me too.” Tsuyu admitted shyly, looking to Kyoka as though she needed permission.

“Oh for fuck’s sake.” Kyoka grit her teeth. She took a quick, calming breath before taking Tsu by the shoulders and pushing her toward the stall Mina was looking out at them from.

The pinkette squeaked in surprise, much like her girlfriend did earlier, as Tsuyu entered the stall quickly followed by Kyoka. It was a cramped affair with them all standing around the loo but thanks to UA’s bigger than usual facilities to accommodate larger students, there was enough room for them all.

“Drop ‘em. Both of you.” The punkette ordered.

The two girls didn’t dare question her at this point, both of them pushing down their skirts and panties to reveal the still vibrating toys. Kyoka rolled her eyes, a sour look on her face before stepping close to both of them and extending her jacks, one each travelling southwards.

“You fucks better be quiet.” She growled.

Mina and Tsuyu both had to bite their lips as Kyoka’s jacks connected with their already excited clits. Immediately their arousal shot back up and both girls felt their legs squeeze together in reaction. Kyoka had to quash the smug smirk that threatened to grace her face as two of her girlfriends now quivered under her touch. She knew the groundwork had been lain all through the morning, becoming aware of it by second period, but there was something inherently satisfying about being able to bring the two back to this height so quickly after a scolding.

“Ah, ah!” Mina panted, her hand scrambling to grasp something to squeeze as she rode out her orgasm. It quickly found Tsuyu’s who was currently keeping her ribbits at a much lower volume. Kyoka grit her teeth at Mina’s cries before surging forward and capturing her lips in a kiss, muffling the girl’s moans as she broke down.

Mina’s legs trembled and shook as her orgasm arrived, juices flowing down her legs from all the build-up. Once she’d released all the loud sounds in her voice, Mina pulled back with a gasp from her girlfriend’s lips, an orgasm-drunk look on her face.

“P-Please, m-me too, r-ribbit.” Tsuyu begged Kyoka, having watched the whole thing. The punkette couldn’t resist an eye roll but gave in, mashing her lips with Tsuyu’s own.

Like Mina, Tsuyu came within moments as her orgasm finally washed over her, ending up in much the same state as her pink-haired girlfriend who was now slumped against the back wall, gasping lightly for breath.

“Hmph.” Kyoka pulled her jacks back to their normal length, her heartbeat no longer pulsing through them. “What do we say?”

“T-Thank you.” The pair gasped together as they tried to regain their breath.

“And.”

“We’re sorry.”

“And.”

“We won’t do it again.”

“Good.” Kyoka nodded. “You too Tooru.” She looked up at the top of the bathroom stall where she knew the invisible girl was peering over to watch them.

“Y-Yes Kyoka.” Tooru quickly agreed, releasing her hold on the wall and dropping back to the floor of her own stall.

Kyoka took in a deep breath, somewhat savouring the smell of both her girlfriends that now hung around her ears before releasing it slowly.

“Clean yourselves up and come on, we’ve still got to go get lunch.”

With that, she opened the stall and stepped out into the hallway to stand guard while her girlfriends pulled themselves together.

“H-Holy fuck.” Tooru muttered, pocketing her vibrator that she’d long since turned off after finishing herself during her bathroom break.

“I know I shouldn’t,” Tsuyu began as she tore some loo roll to wipe herself down. “But that was so fucking hot, ribbit.”

“S-Same thing would’ve happened if you met her in a club.” Mina giggled, accepting a second strip from her girlfriend. “We practically roleplayed as such after our… second sleepover? Yeah.”

“She was right though. We should’ve thought this through, ribbit.” Tsuyu sighed. “It was my idea and I was thinking with my pussy.”

“We didn’t stop you.” Tooru admitted. “I… kinda wanted to do it even without the bet.”

“Oh yeah, your ‘being seen’ thing.” Mina giggled. “Wow, you had no chance to win.”

“And I knew it.” Tooru sighed in satisfaction, having had longer to get to grips with herself. “But Tsuyu’s right. We’ve been too lax. Remember the last time we got too comfortable with things?”

The group didn’t need another reminder of the purple menace that now had them check their balcony door’s locks every night but it punctuated her point.

“Rooms only, ribbit.” Tsuyu acknowledged, getting a pair of nods from the other two.

The trio cleaned up quickly after that and ensured each other’s clothes were correctly styled with no mysterious stains. With toys secretly pocketed, the three girls left the bathroom to greet a still grumpy looking Kyoka.

“‘Bout time.” She scoffed.

“We’re sorry.” The trio bowed again.

“It won’t happen again, ribbit.” Tsuyu spoke for all of them.

“It better not.” She sighed, not wanting to be angry at them. Truthfully, it was kind of hot, but she wouldn’t risk Momo’s chance at freedom for a bit of fun. If the girls were discovered doing such a thing together, how long would it be before people started talking about all of them, noticing every small interaction and spreading rumours, even if they were true. “Come on, let’s go find lunch.”

The four girls walked away having escaped any major repercussions this time and they knew they were extremely lucky to do so. Mina though, couldn’t help but pose one last question on the topic.

“So… when we’re all pros… rematch?”

“I will stab you.” Kyoka’s jacks flared.


Momo bit her lip as she puzzled over her latest conundrum.

Kyoka had been somewhat moody at lunch that day and brushed off any of her enquiries as to why. She’d said not to worry about it but Momo was still concerned. When Tsuyu, Mina and Tooru supported their shared girlfriend, with mild blushes on the latter two, she realised it was something private between the four of them. Still, despite being brushed off, she wanted to do something to cheer her girlfriend up at least.

As part of her research with Mina’s laptop, she’d been looking into things she might like to do in the bedroom since they hadn’t tried anything new recently and Momo felt like she’d been neglecting Kyoka’s kinks a little. One of the things she’d come across a while back was ‘Shibari’, the act of bondage often performed with ropes. Kyoka has spoken to her about it before and the heiress had expressed interest in learning but it had fallen to the wayside in recent times.

Hopefully, her learning how to do it so she could tie her girlfriend up and have her wicked way with her would be a nice surprise for the punkette. The problem was, practising often required a companion and Momo really wanted this to be a surprise. She was grateful for her many other partners in that moment as she had plenty of help to call upon. The one she ended up choosing was the most obvious due to her compulsion to obey her orders.

Summoned after school to Momo’s room, Ochako patiently waited and knocked, hoping her Mistress hadn’t minded the few extra minutes she took to wash the day’s grime off herself and… make a few preparations of her own for something she hoped to request.

“Hello Pet.” Momo smiled warmly down at the girl as she opened the door. “Please come in.”

“Yes Mistress.” Ochako nodded before entering.

“As you can probably tell, this isn’t strictly a friendly visit.” Momo stated.

“What do you need Mistress?” Ochako asked diligently.

“Your body mostly.” Momo stated bluntly. Ochako couldn’t help the small gasp that escaped her at the response that sounded more like something Tsu would say. Momo broke into a small giggle at her pet’s reaction, walking over to caress her face. “Not for those reasons, mostly so that I have a partner to practise on.”

“O-Oh?” Ochako blinked, a little disappointed. “What’s up?”

Momo swept up Mina’s laptop in her hands and presented it to Ochako, showing her the explanation about shibari she’d prepared with a couple of non-lewd pictures.

“I want to do something special for Kyoka and want to learn how to do this.” Momo declared. “I’m hoping to surprise her so I’d very much like your assistance in this matter.”

Ochako giggled, Momo still wasn’t always fully comfortable ordering things from her if she suspected she had any reservations about the topic. It was part of why it was so easy to usually say ‘yes’ to whatever her mistress asked of her.

“Sure, I can help with that I guess.” Ochako nodded, returning the laptop to Momo. “Just tell me what I need to do.”

“It shouldn’t require much effort on your part.” Momo smiled. “Just your compliance and moving your limbs into position.”

“Gotcha.” Ochako nodded with determination, turning around to clamber onto Momo’s bed.

Grateful the girl was as eager to begin as she was, Momo took the opportunity to settle the laptop safely at the end of the bed and switch to another tab where an introductory video and step-by-step guide awaited her. Having already produced the high-quality rope she was recommended to use by experts online, Momo began setting everything up for them to begin.

“Do you um… want me naked?” Ochako asked shyly, still embarrassed to say such things out loud.

“It would help, yes.” Momo nodded. “Clothes would only get in the way and I certainly would be performing the same on Kyoka while she was in the same state.

While Momo continued positioning the ropes around her ready to begin, Ochako quickly stripped herself off. She almost found it funny how much easier it was to get naked around Momo now compared to the way she’d acted around Izuku just recently. Hopefully that was something that would get easier with time as she built up the nerve to take things just as far with him as Tsu did.

It was a definitely weird being bound like this but strangely comfy as well Ochako mused. The way Momo meticulously followed the instructions given showed how seriously she was taking her girlfriend’s happiness and she was happy to help however she could. The ropes were definitely doing their job as she could feel her range of movement become more and more restricted with her arms tied behind her back, her feet being bound together as she sat on her knees, while several lines of rope criss-crossed around her front, framing her breasts and making them appear larger due to the way they pressed down on her.

Momo finally came to the end of the instructions and released a deep, satisfied breath.

“I think that’s everything.” She smiled down at Ochako. “Could you please try to move for me Pet?”

“Uh…” Ochako wiggled, trying to free her arms, separate her legs, or do anything to begin freeing herself from her imprisonment. Her efforts were valiant, yet fruitless as she almost tipped over from her struggling, being saved from falling to Momo’s fluffy mattress by her Mistress’ steadying hand. “Think that’s as good as I can do.” She gave Momo a small chuckle.

Momo herself was examining her efforts, drinking in Ochako’s new appearance and realising just how much power she currently had over the girl. She couldn’t help biting her lip as her libido stirred longingly at the girl now helpless before her.

Ochako gulped as she watched Momo’s expression sink into a much more lidded and seductive one, feeling her gaze rake over her toned body.

“M-Mistress?”

“I think we should take a break from the ropes and… have some fun.” Momo purred, feeling herself already get excited at the prospect. “There’s actually another thing you may be able to help me with.”

Ochako’s own core clenched in anticipation as Momo got up from her bed and quickly sought out her chest of toys, one she was intimately familiar with by now with all the times Momo and she had played together. What came out of the box was something new though and Ochako swallowed nervously as she figured the heiress had clearly been doing her homework.

“I’ve recently made another one of these and I’d very much like to see how it compares with the previous versions.” Momo blushed as she held up a much more realistic looking strap-on.

It had much more of a curved appearance now, easing out of its shape rather than stopping bluntly at the connecting point which was even more emphasised due to the slightly swaying ballsack that now hung down below it. The cock looked far more realistic than either of the previous two Momo owned and Ochako knew exactly where Momo would put it if she didn’t speak up.

“Um… M-Mistress?” Ochako began, “C-Could I um… make a small request?”

“You may.” Momo allowed, the unspoken message between them being that she may ignore it if she didn’t want to comply.

“C-Could you um… n-not use that on my uh… pussy?”

“And why ever not?” Momo quirked an eyebrow, a little disappointed at Ochako’s early rejection of her idea.

“W-Well um…” Ochako’s face began brightening into a familiar shade of red with her hands flexing nervously behind her back. “S-See I uh… d-don’t want to get pregnant w-when Izuku and I… when we do things. I don’t want him to go without though s-so… I need to p-prepare.”

Momo said nothing, prompting the brunette girl to continue.

“C-Could you um… u-use my… bum?”

The heiress’ lust began showing as she let out a slow, hot and heavy breath. Ochako was actually requesting her to use her new gadget on an area she knew she very much enjoyed herself and one boys craved almost as much as the other.

“I see, so your plan to avoid getting pregnant is to pleasure Izuku with your ass?” Momo purred. “What a dirty pet I have.”

“B-Better dirty than pregnant.” Ochako countered defensively.

“Shhh, it’s okay pet.” Momo cupped her face and lovingly caressed it. “If I recall, you also had something of a fantasy about me… exploring every part of you while you were bound, hmmm?”

Ochako gulped. She’d certainly hoped Momo had remembered but Ochako had almost forgotten herself it’d been so long since she’d mentioned it.

“Y-Yes.” She admitted needily.

“Yes what?” Momo teased with a smirk.

“Yes Mistress!” Ochako replied firmly, her libido rising quickly as she realised Momo was about to sate herself with her.

“Good girl.” Momo placed a gentle kiss on Ochako’s cheek. “I think I need to get one more thing out then.”

Momo bent down and reached back into her chest, pulling out the spreader bar she’d gotten before. It wouldn’t work with Ochako’s legs tied up as they were so Momo patiently loosened Ochako’s bindings, freeing her legs before tying the excess rope up against her hip. Like a good pet, Ochako didn’t complain as Momo spread her legs apart and strapped each on in place, giving her a nice view of Ochako’s pussy and ass.

“Now,” Momo announced as she quickly slipped out of her own clothes and into her brand new strap-on. “You are to lie there my pet, struggling and squirming delightfully while I mark every part of your body as mine.”

Ochako could already feel the need to squirm, wanting to sink her fingers into herself to savour the moment she’d asked Momo for during their third sleepover.

“Oh, my apologies but, have you already made yourself presentable or do you need to visit the rest room before we begin?” Momo asked.

“U-Uh… I’m… ready.” Was all Ochako replied with, averting her gaze. She’d expected something intimate when Momo ordered her to the room and had planned to make a request to explore this side a bit more anyway and prepared accordingly. Any moment now the heiress would bend her over and fill her with- why was she in front of her?

Momo stroked her fake cock playfully while now standing before Ochako, the cock practically thrust in her face already.

“There are a few upgrades I plan to try out.” Momo giggled. The brunette could swear she saw the dick flex just a little as Momo eyed her mouth. “One I hope you will find tasty as I plan to fill all three of your holes, starting with your mouth.”

Ochako made the mistake of beginning to retort which Momo was counting on. Once Ochako opened her mouth, Momo quickly pushed the cock head inside and watched her pet gasp in surprise around the invading rubber. Instead of pushing back, Ochako gave in to the start of something she knew she would enjoy.

After swallowing what spit she could while the cock rested at the front of her mouth, she began running her tongue around the head to moisten it up.

“Mmmm, good girl.” Momo purred, stroking Ochako’s hair as she observed the few glimpses of her tongue as it slipped out of her mouth every now and then. “Get ready for more.”

The brunette braced herself, taking a deep breath through her nose as Momo began thrusting her hips back and forth, slowly inching her way further towards the back of Ochako’s throat. At the very least this would be good practise for when she did the same thing for Izuku she thought.

As Ochako felt the rubber slipping deeper into her throat, she felt an unusual sensation running through it. Pulling back and releasing the toy with a ‘pop’, Ochako glanced up at Momo to ask her question.

“It is… getting warmer?”

“I see you’ve noticed.” Momo giggled. “I added a minor heating element to better simulate the real thing. Does it merit your approval?”

Ochako gave the tip a few playful licks, knowing it was practically solely for the visual it gave her mistress.

“It helps, certainly.” She nodded. “Too cold before.”

“At least it was before you warmed it up with your body.” Momo smirked, remembering the times she’d felt the residual warmth from the toy as she unstrapped herself after playing with her pet.

“S-Shush!” Ochako blushed before realising what she’d done.

“My Pet giving me an order?” Momo smirked dangerously. “That just won’t do.”

At once, the cock was forced back into Ochako’s mouth, pushing into her throat as Momo began pushing down on Ochako’s head.

“You must be properly disciplined for this.” Momo giggled, reaching for one of the buttons on the side of the belt.

With a few careful thrusts, she eventually hilted herself against Ochako’s lips, the fake balls swinging lightly. Momo savoured the bulge of Ochako’s cheeks and the wet sounding gasp Ochako made as her held breath began running out. Pulling back, Momo cupped Ochako’s chin, pulling it down slightly as she gave her next order.

“Open your mouth and catch it all.”

Despite being a little breathless, Ochako opened her mouth and lewdly stuck out her tongue as she knew Momo liked. The heiress rested the tip of her cock on it before pressing the button, releasing a limited part of the fake cum she’d topped up on. The brunette could definitely feel the cock move by itself this time as it pulsed and twitched while it released its load in spurts onto her tongue, each getting progressively weaker than the last.

“Now, savour it before you swallow my Pet.” Momo grinned, encouraging Ochako to close her mouth with a little pressure.

The girl did as ordered, allowing the full taste of the oddly sticky substance to settle into her senses. Even through the haze of their lewd act she knew this particular taste anywhere.

“M-Mochi!” She gasped after delightfully swallowing the load, getting a giggle out of Momo.

“Yes, I finally managed to get acceptable results after a few more flavour tests in anticipation for our next session together. It’s just plain but I hope you like it for now.”

Momo’s giggles broke into a laugh as Ochako almost hungrily eyed her strap-on now.

“I’m sure you’ll be able to enjoy some more later.” Momo giggled. “For now, I have other desires you must sate for me.”

With that, Momo stepped around her Pet on the bedspread before giving her a gentle nudge on the back. Since her movement was restricted and now she was off balance, the only outcome for her was to face-plant Momo’s sheets with a small gasp.

“Mmmm, that is an appealing sight.” Momo felt herself clench around the other end of her strap-on that was nestled inside her, causing the external cock portion to twitch as Ochako had noticed earlier. She took one of her pillows before returning to her Pet’s side, briefly lifting her shoulder to pull her head back and slide it under her. “Comfortable?”

“Y-Yes Mistress.” Ochako breathed heavily, knowing what was coming left. The ropes were still securely in place and the spreader bar was doing its job as she lay face down, arse up on Momo’s sheets, bearing all to the heiress. Despite her vulnerable state, she felt entirely safe in the heiress’ care, breathing a small sigh of contentment as she focused on her lower half for what came next.

Kneeling atop the spreader bar and lining herself up with Ochako’s pussy, Momo gently eased herself inside the girl once more. What Ochako didn’t know was that, when generating her new toy, Momo had based it off the experience she’d shared with Izuku, especially the ridges and bumps as his was the best reference point she had. The heiress remembered this fact as she bottomed out inside Ochako, who let out a very deep moan as she stretched around the new length and girth the toy demanded of her.

“Mmmm, nice and tight.” Momo caressed Ochako’s rear as her hands took up the familiar thrusting positions. “This shall only be quick to get myself nice and wet for what comes next.”

“Uh… uh huh.” Ochako nodded as she tried to reign in her heavier breaths.

Slowly, Momo pulled back and began lightly thrusting into her girlfriend who let out little grunts each time their hips met. Momo allowed herself a moment to enjoy the sensations for herself as her clit rubbed pleasantly along the inner strap-on material while the smaller cock inside her, that also happened to be somewhat modelled on Izuku, gently pressed into some satisfying spots.

“Mmmm, as fun as this is, I think it’s time for the main event, don’t you think Pet?” Momo asked as she fingered the same button as before on her hip.

“Mmmhmm.” Ochako agreed with a moan, enjoying the sensations herself and briefly wondering if Izuku would feel the same inside her when they finally did this.

With it came a touch of nerves however as this would be the first time she and Momo did anything major with her ass and definitely the first time she’d have anything as large shoved inside. Ochako had experimented a little with her vibrator when she came up with the idea to use the other hole to please her boyfriend instead of the baby-making one. It was extremely slow at first with her needing to spend several minutes coaxing herself open with her fingers before even being able to start using the toy on herself and it had been too painful to do much real thrusting. She figured she’d have some time to build up to the main event and now was as good a time to practise as ever, providing Momo was a little patient with her.

Momo pressed the button on her hip again and Ochako could feel herself getting flooded with a strange warmth, stilling with a gasp. She realised this must be much more similar to how it would really feel when Izuku and she really tried for a baby down the line. It was clearly fake for now but thanks to Momo’s efforts she’d gotten a glimpse of what it might be like in the future.

Unlike her pet, Momo didn’t ruminate on the topic, pulling herself out of Ochako and watching the warm, fake cum drip from her hole. Once more she wondered if this strange prideful feeling was how guys felt when doing the deed themselves. Shaking her head, Momo turned her attention to Ochako’s last remaining hole yet to be filled and ran a finger around her ring.

“Mmmm, think you’re ready Pet?” Momo asked caringly, hoping to make things as easy to handle as possible for the girl.

“C-Could you please um… b-be gentle? I haven’t um… p-practised much yet.” Ochako admitted, glad her position was hiding her blush.

“Of course Pet.” Momo smiled endearingly. While this was very much for her, she also wanted to please Ochako if she could and especially help her prepare for things with Izuku. After their little ‘research session’ together, Momo was much more excited about him joining the next sleepover and the possible dares that will result from such an experience.

Slowly, Momo’s finger began excreting a slippery liquid of lube she knew was good for anal play. Ochako quivered lightly at the sensation as Momo quickly generated a small finger-condom around two of her digits.

“I’m going to warm you up now, please let me know if it becomes too much for you.” Momo offered as she applied pressure with her index finger, slowly penetrating Ochako’s ass.

The girl in question tried to resist clenching as she felt Momo’s finger slip inside her. Once it did, she let out a few breaths to gather herself. Once she’d regained some of her composure, Momo’s finger pushed deeper and began exploring a very different set of insides than the one she normally did with Ochako.

The heiress could feel the gravity girl’s pulse around her ring’s grip and withheld a small giggle as she gently thrust into the girl. After a few more moments of easing her into things, Momo added her second finger, causing another round of calming breaths for the brunette.

“Everything okay Pet?” Momo enquired.

“A-All good!” Ochako shot her a thumbs up from behind.

With that, Momo began gently thrusting again, mixing it with splitting her fingers to widen Ochako’s gap and prepare her for something larger. Each flex she did drew a strained but pleasant moan from the girl in question and no complaints so far so Momo knew she was on the right path.

“I’m going to fuck you now Pet.” Momo cooed as she slowly removed her fingers from the girl. “I don’t know when I’ll stop.”

“I-I can take it.” Ochako gripped her hands into fists, mentally preparing for what was about to come next. If she could take this, she could definitely take Izuku and make him happy!

Quickly discarding her finger condom with a well-placed throw towards her waste basket, Momo ran her fingers along her toy once more, giving it a coating of warm lube. Once more she lined herself up with Ochako’s hole, pressing lightly on the outside.

“Ready Pet?” Momo asked as a courtesy.

“P-Please do it!” Ochako braced herself with a determined face.

With a steadily increasing amount of pressure, Momo felt the toy slip inside the girl. Immediately she knew she needed to pause as Ochaco’s strained grunt reached her ears.

“Just tell me when.” Momo offered, familiar herself with getting over the size difference between a finger and one of her toys. After a few moments of steady breaths, Ochako felt comfortable enough to proceed.

“O-Okay.” She confirmed, feeling her rear having adapted to this new status quo for now.

Momo pressed forward gently, slowing beginning to sink deep into Ochako again. She breathed heavily with lust at the situation itself, ready to press a slightly different button at any time and release the remainder of the tank inside Ochako. It took a struggle of willpower not to sink into familiar patterns and begin thrusting quickly to try and reach her own peak but she managed it. As a reward, the little gasps which were a mix between strain and pleasure that emitted from Ochako made her clench around her inner toy.

Once she’d hilted herself firmly against Ochako’s rear, the girl let out a grateful sigh as she finally relaxed.

“Still acceptable?” Momo enquired.

“Y-Yeah.” Ochako nodded. “If I can handle this, I can handle Izuku.” She grinned in satisfaction.

Momo giggled as the girl likely didn’t know just how true that statement probably was. Who was she to spill the beans now though? Instead, she began pulling back and thrusting once again, finally able to begin satisfying herself as Ochako groaned underneath her.

While the heiress sunk herself inside, Ochako could feel her own release building; Momo was about to fill her final hole and leave her dripping. A minor childhood thought popped back into her head as she once dreamed about eating as much mochi as she could when she was grown up that she’d explode. While this certainly wasn’t still the case, she would certainly be filled with a similar tasting substance that she’d be leaking from everywhere.

“P-Pet I’m-” Was all the warning Momo gave before the heiress’ legs began quivering as she felt her orgasm wash over her. Sinking herself one last time into Ochako’s rear, Momo pressed a pair of buttons on her side. The first released a small amount of the remaining cum into herself, filling her with the same strange warmth Ochako had experienced earlier, while the other dumped the rest of it inside the girl writhing beneath her.

Both girls were breathing heavily, even if Ochako hadn’t reached the same high that Momo had. After a few moments, the heiress pulled back slowly, allowing the cock to emerge from Ochako’s rear as her hole reflexively closed the opening, trembling at the change in size. The brunette led of another strained groan as her body tried to return to its usual equilibrium as a new liquid made itself at home inside her.

“Mmmm, thank you very much Pet.” Momo sighed pleasingly. “A most satisfying test. Did you enjoy too.”

“Y-Yeah.” Ochako groaned. “B-But um… I-I didn’t cum Mistress.”

“Indeed, something I shall rectify soon.” Momo giggled as she stroked delicately at Ochako’s still dripping pussy. “How was the experience for you though? Something you’d consider repeating?”

“I-It was a little painful,” Ochako admitted. “B-But it’s supposed to get better so I’ll keep going.”

“Mmmm, I’m sure Izuku will appreciate it as I know I do.” Momo smiled, releasing Ochako’s legs from the spreader bar and allowing her to turn over. With her hands still bound behind her back, Ochako shuffled her shoulders to make the situation a little more comfy for herself as their heiress unbuckled herself and slipped the toy out and off herself, placing it delicately on her desk to wash.

After that, she lay down next to Ochako, drawing her into a loving kiss that the gravity girl groaned into as it sank into tongues.

“I see someone’s impatient.” Momo giggled.

“You’ve got me all riled up here Mistress!” Ochako pouted. “Please don’t torture me like this, it’s pet abuse.”

“I’m sure you’ll manage a few more moments.” Momo laughed, her hand reaching down to tease at her curls. “Any thoughts on my new toy.”

“Tasty,” Ochako blushed, still desiring another sample now she knew what it tasted like.

“Noted.” Momo giggled.

“It… felt much better than before.” Ochako bit her lip. “I-I hope it’ll, you know, help with Izuku.”

“It will.” Momo smiled knowingly.

“A-Apart from the um… pain, it was fun.” The brunette’s smile returned. “Maybe you could create another two so we can fulfil that fantasy of yours. Y’know, with five partners?”

“Tempting.” Momo acknowledged. “Maybe for personal use but leave it at that. I’d still like to improve the design a little first and I wouldn’t want to deprive the economy of their hard work.”

“Screw that, you should totally sell it. I’m sure you’d make a killing with the patent and stuff.”

Momo was about to rebuff her pet with the usual speech she had reserved for such a topic only to pause. There was clearly an industry for sex and sex toys and she’d made her own to partially to customise her own experience with them after all. Materials, labour and creation time meant almost nothing to her which she knew was a dangerous thought but when producing proof of concept examples, she could make changes almost instantly for production to replicate.

Thinking about it, if people liked her designs, she could absolutely acquire materials and labour legitimately through her wealth and produce a range of satisfying toys for many customers to enjoy. Her parents were almost certainly not in the sex industry so this was a completely untapped market to them. A market she could harness and use against them when the time came to rebel.

“That’s actually given me a brainwave!” Momo cheered, squishing Ochako’s adorable face between her hands. “Ochako you’re a genius!”

“I am?” She replied through pursed lips. “Yay?”

“Yay indeed.” Momo wiggled in delight. “There’s a number of things I need to do to get it up and running but you may have helped me just a little bit more in securing my freedom.”

“Yay!” Ochako grinned in genuine joy as Momo released her face.

“Before all that though.” Momo purred. “I think someone has earned a reward for her ingenuity.”

Momo rotated herself so she and Ochako were now in the familiar sixty-nine position with her on top.

“I’ve left a special treat inside for you.” Momo hinted, wiggling her hips. “Please enjoy while I see to your needs.”

Ochako didn’t need to be told twice as the two girls both indulged each other until their deeds were done.

Notes:

Chapter summary:

- Kyoka gets a text from her parents, prompting her and Momo to seriously talk about the decision to come out to them. Initially hesitant, Momo agrees to go along with her girlfriend and help her come out, presenting herself as Kyoka's girlfriend during a visit the next day only if her parents initially react well.

- After getting permission to visit her parents that evening from Aizawa, Kyoka messages the other girls to let them know as they all discuss the topic. Kyoka still refuses to acknowledge her budding feelings for Izuku despite his endearing qualities during the chat.

- Mina and Tooru swoop in on Tsuyu to get all the naughty details about her and Izuku's first time she mentioned during the last group texting session. As much as they try, Tsuyu refuses to divulge her secrets after she accidently embarrassed Izuku in the same chat. Instead, they make a small wager to play 'chicken' with vibrators during class with Tsuyu asking Izuku if it's okay to tell the other girls if she loses though leaving her own reward up in the air if she wins.

- On Monday, Izuku shyly reports some feedback to Momo in her room about how her condom designs have affected him, leaving a small bruise around himself. Momo, not wishing to see a repeat of the issue, asks Izuku for help in understanding the designs of such things a little more. After getting confirmation from his girlfriends that everything was okay to proceed with Momo, Izuku allows Momo to explore to her heart's content on his now rigid member. Things escalate and after getting Izuku to wear the condom, Momo gives him a handjob to completion to get the full experience of how the rubber should work. After cleaning things up, an embarrassed Izuku makes a quick exit after being thanked by Momo for the information while also hinting she might need a repeat of things.

- The next day, Mina, Tsuyu and Tooru are in the middle of their heated game of chicken before lunch. Tooru finally gives in before the bell rings leaving just Mina and Tsuyu to battle it out as predicted. Instead of being able to finish their fight, Kyoka drags the pair of them off to the bathroom, having figured out what they were doing thanks to her enhanced hearing. After a scolding at potentially getting caught and drawing unwanted attention on all of them, the girls abandon the game. Despite this, both Mina and Tsuyu have yet to get off and both still feel the urge to. Once Kyoka learns of this, she pushes both girls into a stall and dominates them, proving why her vibrations were superior to the toys the two were using. After extracting a promise not to do it again, the girls clean themselves up and head out for lunch.

- Momo notices Kyoka's somewhat sour mood and wants to cheer her up. In this effort, she requests her pet's help to assist her with learning shibari rope play. During this, Momo relishes the power she has over Ochako and things take a lewder turn. Ochako, having somewhat anticipated this, requests Momo assist her with some practise taking things up her arse as that's how she plans to please Izuku while avoiding pregnancy scares. Momo agrees while also taking the opportunity to test out her newest strap-on and fulfil one of Ochako's fantasies at the same time. The heiress then proceeds to leave a load in each of Ochako's holes as she dominates her bound form in a most pleasurable way. When they're mostly finished, Ochako off-handily mentions Momo could sell her much improved sex toys. The heiress actually considers this as it fits nicely into her plan for escaping her parents before the pair finish things up for the evening.

Chapter 19: Revelations

Summary:

Kaminari discovers a new, fun app, the class is informed about an upcoming trip, and training efforts are bearing fruit.

Notes:

Update: Unfortunately, during my break, i have become hospital levels of sick -_- No new chapter today but hope to be back asap.
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Unfortunately it's that time again. I'm taking a week's break to give myself a rest and plan the next few plot beats. It may also have something to do with the new Pokémon game coming out but you can't prove anything.

If you're eager for more hints as to what comes next, come join the discord and maybe try out a fun new MHA game at the same time: https://discord.gg/x85xtWmKCa
I'll be hanging around there most days and chatting rubbish so feel free to bother me. :)

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

That Wednesday evening saw a good chunk of class 1-A sitting around in the common space during dinner time. Bakugo and Kirishima were cooking together in the kitchen with Queen perched around her owner’s neck and Kaminari making idle chat with both of them while playing with his phone. Aoyama was already enjoying what appeared to be a cheese and wine board and talking with Koda, Ojiro and Iida who were eating their own prepared meals.

Izuku was still on his restrictive diet but was happily eating with Ochako and Mina while Kyoka, Momo, Tooru and Tsuyu ate at the next table over.

“So how did your parents take you wanting a pet man?” They heard Kaminari ask the explosive blond as conversation died down. “They put up much of a fuss or did you have to beg them and promise to clean and feed it every day.”

“Get bent Sparky.” Bakugo growled as he shut off the oven. “I do what I want and they have to accept that.”

“Which means he’s taking full responsibility for it.” Kirishima grinned from behind, translating Bakugo-speak.

“Ahhh, makes sense.” Kaminari nodded, grinning at the frustrated expression the blond threw the redhead. “Never had a pet myself, always wanted a cool dog-sidekick though.”

“How in the world would that be helpful?” Kyoka called over to the blond.

“I didn’t say it’d be helpful, I said it’d be cool.” Kaminari shrugged. “Koda’s the one with the animal quirk while I’m not even allowed to own a goldfish.”

“That one’s kinda self-explanatory though man.” Kirishima shook his head.

“Yeah, but still sucks.” Kaminari pouted before something caught his eye on his phone.

“How’s the lovely royalty doing anyway Bakugo?” Mina called over to the blond as he finished up his and Kirishima’s chicken, sliding it onto their plates.

“She’s a pain in my ass.” Bakugo stated while also rolling his head back to nuzzle against Queen’s fur. “She apparently doesn’t know the meaning of personal space and the bitch wakes me up at two am just for attention.”

“I’m sensing a bu~ut.” Mina teased as she watched the fluffy monster head-butt her owner affectionately in the cheek.

“But I wouldn’t trade this asshole for anyone else.” Bakugo allowed a small smile, not a smirk, to grace his lips.

“Bro, even me?” Kirishima’s mouth dropped, playfully offended.

“Maybe Kirishima.” Bakugo admitted.

“Mraow.” Queen’s tail flicked dangerously.

“I-I believe she’s trying to establish her dominance.” Koda called out, understanding the animal’s intentions.

“That’s my girl.” Bakugo’s smirk returned to him as he passes Kirishima his dinner while grabbing the bowl of shredded chicken he’d prepared earlier for Queen and bringing it over to an empty table.

“Yo Sparky, you comin’ or what?” Bakugo called back.

“Yeah, just… two secs.” Kaminari grinned, focused on his phone.

The other’s paid him no mind which he was grateful for as he quickly snapped a selfie with the new filter he’d discovered and downloaded.

“Hey Kyoka.” He called, stepping over to the girl.

“What man?”

“Check it out, is she a ten or what?” Kaminari held back a giggle as he presented his phone screen to the girl.

Kyoka blinked as she was presented with a rather cute, electric blond girl with long hair and full lips.

“Solid eight maybe.” Kyoka admitted.

“Your type?” Kaminari grinned, having the hold himself back further.

“Nah, she looks like your sister and that is not happening.

“Gah, damnit!” Kaminari pouted. “You were supposed to say ‘yes’.”

“Why? You trying to set me up?” Kyoka scoffed.

“No, because you’re looking at that cute young lady.” Kaminari chuckled. “Check it out.”

Kaminari switched back to a live camera and applied the filter before pointing it at Kyoka and snapping a quick pic.

“Look, it’s you as a dude!”

What stared back at Kyoka on the screen was undoubtedly her but with her facial features shifted to be much more square and rough with her hair cut short and styled more like Iida’s.

“Delete it.” She growled, her jacks rising threateningly.

“Hey, just a bit of fun.” Kaminari giggled, stepping back and out of her range.

“Ooo, let’s see.” Mina joined in the giggles, quickly pilfering his phone from behind and getting a good look at Kyoka’s gender-swapped appearance. “Meh, I’d still hit it.”

“Dude.” Kyoka shot her a sour look, not sure whether to be offended or not.

“Oh shush. This looks like fun!” Mina waved her girlfriend’s objections away before turning the camera on again and snapping her own picture.

“Haha! I look so weird!” Mina laughed, showing off her new, machismo look to everyone at her table. “Ooo, we should definitely do this as a class. Just for kicks.”

“Ç'est magnifique idea.” Aoyama declared, “I’ve always wondered how someone as gorgeous as me would appear as the fairer sex.

Mina turned the camera around and waited for the filter to apply to Aoyama’s face. Kaminari would have to forgive her as she accidently sprayed his phone with spittle when Aoyama’s face morphed into a more masculine version of himself with shorter hair.

“Dude it thinks you’re a chick!” Kaminari similarly burst into laughter as Mina turned the phone round to show off to the boy and everyone else.

“A most foul and detestable filter.” Aoyama’s face shifted into an ugly look as he scowled at the phone.

“Don’t worry man, here, check it.” Kaminari plucked his phone back from Mina’s grasp and changed a setting to ‘girls only’ before retaking Aoyama’s picture.

“A much more gorgeous result.” Aoyama declared with a dramatic pose.

“Alright, who’s next?” Kaminari grinned with Mina eagerly standing at his side.

One by one, all those present allowed a snap of themselves to be taken and shifted to the opposite gender. Predictably, Bakugo threatened to blow up the device if anyone thought about taking his picture while the results for Koda didn’t account for his more unique mutations, simply shifting his face to one that was more feminine.

Kaminari turned to the last person in the room and awkwardly flinched, realising it was Tooru’s turn.

“H-Hey so uh…” Kaminari swallowed nervously, not wanting to leave her out but had no idea how to touch upon the subject of her visibly challenged self. “How do you… I mean is it okay if we…”

“Be very careful how you finish that sentence.” Mina growled from over his shoulder, putting the fear of god into the boy as he realised he was about to offend the girlfriend of the girl who could melt his bones into juice.

“Aren’t you going to take my picture?” Tooru giggled, playing along with Mina’s joke.

“Uhhh… Mina’s probably better at this. She knows your best angles!” Kaminari chickened out, thrusting the phone into the pink haired girl’s hands and backing way, way off, much to Bakugo’s amusement.

“Coward.” The blond called out as Queen observed the hijinks from her spot on the table by his side, standing patiently by her finished dish.

“Alive coward.” Kaminari countered.

“I don’t get it.” Tooru feigned innocence. “What’s wrong with taking my picture?”

“Probably just too shy from how beautiful you are.” Mina laughed before pointing the camera at her girlfriend’s invisible form. “Now hold your breath and smile.”

Tooru nervously clenched her hands but did as instructed, emptying her lungs of oxygen once again and pulling her quirk back from around her face. There were several stunned gasps from around the dining area as most that were watching the scene play out got their first ever look at the real Tooru Hagakure.

With a snap, Mina snagged the picture, showing a male but still rather feminine version of Tooru. She had a similar issue to Koda as her unique hair colour didn’t quite translate well but it was good enough.

“What do you think hun?” Mina asked casually, offering out the phone while Tooru sucked in a big gasp of air as her physical form disappeared from view once again.

“Looks great. I look so handsome.” She giggled.

“H-Hagakure.” Iida choked out, being the first one to regain his voice. “How long have you been able to do that?!”

“Do what?” Tooru playfully replied.

“Adorable.” Tsuyu mumbled, able to pick up her own jaw at long last.

“T-Thanks.” Tooru blushed at her girlfriend’s reaction.

“You have the most gorgeous eyelashes Tooru.” Momo cooed.

“So pretty.” Ochako muttered.

The praise was becoming a bit much as Tooru broke out into a deeper and deeper blush with each subsequent compliment, not that anyone could see her now.

“To um, answer your question Iida.” Tooru spoke up, “Izuku’s been helping me with my quirk and I figured out how to do this a few weeks back. Can’t maintain it for very long as I need to have like, no air in my body but I’m trying to figure out how to do it for longer.”

“I must commend your efforts.” Iida bowed lightly. “You’ve clearly worked hard to achieve such a feat.”

“Awww man, I didn’t get a good look.” Kaminari pouted as he returned to the group, eagerly looking over Mina’s shoulder to see what he could glean from Tooru’s gender-swapped photo. “Can you do it again? Please?”

“Dude, are you that desperate?” Kyoka chuckled, having not been paying attention to all the different pictures going around until Tooru’s. “If you have to know what she looks like, she’s a ten.”

Tooru’s blushed deepened even further as she felt her love and appreciation for Kyoka growing.

“You tryin’ to make a move on my girl?” Mina challenged playfully.

“I’m just giving her an option.” Kyoka winked in Tooru’s direction, sending the girl into a shy giggling fit.

It was just playful banter but all the girls could see how much more confident and comfortable Kyoka had grown in the recent days. Coming out to her parents had allowed her to be a bit more daring in their public banter sessions though she was clearly still strict on any hints about their greater collective secret coming to light as Mina, Tsuyu and Tooru found out.

“Really you should be melting Midoriya.” Kyoka gestured over to the boy who straightened up at the sudden attention. “You sure he wasn’t trying to make a move with all the alone time he’s spent with your girlfriend while working on her quirk together?”

Izuku squeaked as Mina’s gaze settled on him. Kyoka shot the boy a small smirk and he knew this was payback for his comment in the chat earlier in the week.

“Care to explain Midori?” Mina eyed the boy up.

“I-I just helped her with her quirk.” Izuku held his hands up. “I had no idea she’d be so beautiful, honest!”

When Tooru squeaked from the compliment Mina couldn’t hold her façade any longer and burst into laughter.

“Yeah, I believe you.” Mina replied after managing to get her giggles under control. “You’re too innocent to lie.”

Izuku breathed a sigh of relief only to realise what he’d said, breaking into his own blush and staring intently down at his remaining food. Slowly the chatter started back up again now the excitement appeared to be over though a lot of it was now directed towards Tooru.

As the scene calmed down, Mina couldn’t help keeping an eye on a particular tailed boy.

Having finished his dinner, Ojiro stood up with his empty plate with a somewhat frustrated look on his face before heading to place his things in the dishwasher and taking his leave of the common space. She’d glanced his way when Tooru had revealed her true appearance and she spotted what could only be bewilderment mixed with regret flashing across his face. She wasn’t one to rub things in but she definitely enjoyed seeing the sour grapes the boy now appeared to be eating due to his rejection of Tooru. His loss was Mina’s, and all her other partner’s, gain which she certainly didn’t mind. Tooru would of course be learning all about her insight and the two would revel in things in the privacy of one of their rooms after dinner.

For now though, Mina began tapping away at Kaminari’s phone again, uploading each individual picture to the group chat as people’s phones pinged around the table. After all were done, she left one message in Kaminari’s name, stating that all the missing students would be snagged at school tomorrow for funsies. She planned to get Bakugo one way or another without him noticing and uploading before it was too late for him to respond but that was for tomorrow’s Mina to do when his guard was down.

Once dinner was over and things returned to whatever qualified as normal in the 1-A dorms, everyone decided to go their separate ways.

Trying to keep up with her homework before the weekend set in, Kyoka prepared for an evening of work ahead of her. Her phone ‘pinged’ again and she decided to mute the thing before she started to keep from getting distracted.

Alien Queen: Got the filter myself and caught Todoroki in the elevator. Doesn’t he look gorgeous?

Attached beneath it was a picture of a much more feminine Todoroki with long, split coloured hair and a strangely good-looking pout on his lips.

Even Kyoka had to admit he’d make a very pretty girl she’d probably look twice at were it not for that ice-cold personality of his.

Sitting down, she flicked up through the chat to spy all the pictures she’d missed during the chaos of Mina and Kaminari taking them. She chuckled as even this filter couldn’t erase the regal, feminine qualities of Momo, mostly only squaring her jaw and toning down her lip colour.

The other girls were a mixed bag with Tsuyu’s face remaining almost the same and only her hair shortening into something more masculine. Ochako admittedly looked pretty good as a guy, the short hair and determined look on her face from her pose translated well enough that she found herself not attracted to her which was how she knew it was good. Mina’s she’d seen already which was pretty good and she much preferred Tooru’s natural look to the odd result the app had come up with for her male incarnation.

She briefly scanned the pictures from the other class members out of curiosity but found herself doing a double take at one particular photo.

It was Izuku.

The app had clearly worked its magic better than some of the others on his picture, softening some of his features, feminizing his eyes and extending his green hair down his back.

Enlarging the image, she allowed it to fill her screen as Izuku’s now feminine face was on full display to her. Kyoka could feel her heart rate begin to speed up just a tad but enough to be noticeable as her mind noted and appreciated the softness of the theoretical girl’s cheeks, the confused, adorable look on her face and the lips she’d love to claim for herself.

“W-What the fuck!” Kyoka shook her head violently trying to rid herself of that last thought. She nervously bit her lip before looking back at her phone, finding the same, heart-skipping image staring sweetly back at her.

Kyoka had to gulp at the way her heart was beating right now. There was no way to deny it anymore. Tweak Izuku’s looks just a little and he’d absolutely be on Kyoka’s radar.

She had to test something.

Moving to her bed, Kyoka quickly lay herself down and slid her hand into her panties, holding her phone in front of her face as she tried to imagine what a full-bodied female Izuku would look like. Changing his gender wouldn’t change his personality much, or quirk, and he’d definitely still be trying to bulk up to harness One-For-All so the result was a strong, toned, powerful girl with somewhat petite breasts that would shyly cover herself in embarrassment much like the male Izuku did.

“Oooh.” Kyoka’s breath fluttered as she rubbed herself to the image of female Izuku she’d conjured in her head.

‘K-Kyoka, I’m um… g-going to do that thing you like now. I-Is that okay?’ The female Izuku spoke to her.

The punkette imagined herself responding positively. At once, the female Izuku’s personality changed, her embarrassment evaporating and her confidence skyrocketing. With her powerful limbs, she surged forward and captured Kyoka in an instant, restraining her arms in one hand while the other ripped Kyoka’s own clothes from her body as they landed on her bed.

‘I’m going to fuck you until I’m satisfied. Scream, cry, resist all you like, it’ll only make things more satisfying for me.’

Kyoka felt her core clench needily as she hurriedly slipped a finger inside herself.

Closing her eyes, she imagined in her mind that the female Izuku did the same, taking what she wanted without any regard for Kyoka’s own happiness, at least in this roleplay. After a few stolen kisses and some weak protesting from Kyoka, female Izuku would pry her legs apart and slip between them. Momo’s strap on had now appeared around her waist and was inching closer to Kyoka’s crotch.

‘No, please, don’t!’ Kyoka begged while simultaneously revelling in the experience. Outside, she was already soaked and switched her attention to her clit.

‘You can’t stop this.’ Female Izuku growled lustily. ‘We’ve decided you’re carrying our child. Momo has decided it so.’

Off to the side, Momo was sat watching the events play out on a throne, lazily resting her head on her hand with a satisfied look on her face while sinking her fingers into herself, not attempting to stop what she was seeing in any way. Kyoka knew it was only her imagination and roleplay but her engine was well and truly running now.

She sunk her fingers back into herself as she imagined herself and female Izuku looking down; Izuku’s cock sliding into her as she helplessly watched where their hips now connected. Pretty soon, the thrusting sped up, both in and outside her imagination, and she could hear the strained gasps of someone nearing their edge. Kyoka’s quirk was summoned to do its thing, sliding down and humming delightfully against her clit as her fingers worked away; she was getting close to the end of her fantasy now.

When the green haired figure looked back up as they thrust one last time into Kyoka, releasing their seed, it wasn’t the feminine Izuku she thought she’d been imagining but regular Izuku releasing his regular seed inside her. It was too late to change course as her body reacted to the mental stimulus in a way she didn’t want to admit, clenching down in a powerful orgasm.

“N-No!” Kyoka cried out, her legs snapping together to futilely try and stop something that was already in motion. This wasn’t what she meant to do. She was, however, forced to ride out her orgasm for all it was worth as Izuku’s face loomed in her mind. Bitter regret filled her as she knew this one was much stronger than any of those she’d had when playing with Momo’s strap-on; both by herself and when using it on the heiress.

Her short gasps soon slowed as air began returning to her, her legs flopping limply to either side.

She wanted to stop her imagination from continuing with this train of thought, opening her eyes to try and reject it, but it had already been processed. In the back of her head, she knew how the remainder of that scenario played out: Izuku would pull himself free after marking her as his sixth conquest, a disgustingly caring look on his face as he made sure she was alright. Momo would hurry down from her throne and they’d both coo and caress her till her heart’s content as she revelled in their attention. Words didn’t need to be spoken between the three as the love they shared was plain to see.

Tears began rolling down Kyoka’s cheeks as once again she found herself lost in her sexuality.

“God fucking damnit.” She cried weakly, trying to punch her mattress with as much anger as she could muster but only resulting in a small, weak bounce as her strength abandoned her. Looking at her phone again, it continued to show that incredibly attractive version of Midoriya.

Kyoka closed the image, backing out of the conversation and into private messages before clicking on Izuku’s profile picture and enlarging it. Staring back at her was a similar looking boy with a very nervous expression on his face. Kyoka knew it wasn’t his true face though, that one was one of kindness and determination to be the best hero he could be, no matter the odds. One that was soft, warm and comforting. One that wouldn’t hesitate to try and comfort her right now if he knew the turmoil her heart was going through.

She hated him for making her feel this way. That’s what she told herself but it was now as plain to her as her love for Momo. Izuku Midoriya, a boy, had snuck into her lesbian heart somehow and he wasn’t leaving.

Kyoka didn’t feel much like homework after that. Instead, she weakly pulled what she could of herself together and did the bare minimum to prepare for sleep. She knew it would be fitful and bad but she couldn’t face the waking world at the moment. Hopefully the temporary escape of oblivion would calm her heart and her head so she could think rationally in the morning.


That Thursday afternoon the class had some intense hero training prepared for them.

The familiar piping of Ground Gamma was their training location today and the class had been split up into different sized groups. Team ‘E’ of Mina, Izuku and Kyoka were tasked with retrieving a robot hostage from team ‘C’ of Tooru, Kirishima, Aoyama and Sato. They, in turn, were defending the hostage as a VIP likely to be attacked by Team ‘E’ so no one saw themselves as the definitive villains. Being outnumbered was hard enough but Mina knew her team had another problem.

Kyoka had barely spoken a word to either of them beyond giving a direction or two as they’d been sneaking around. She hadn’t chipped in during the planning stage and just agreed to the plan Izuku had with a simple nod.

Now, as they approached the enemy base which was nestled near a giant generator a floor below them, likely to cover any sounds they made, Kyoka’s jacks extended to rest against nearby metal to try and detect the enemy team.

“Aoyama’s on guard with Kirishima. I can’t sense the other two so they must be hiding and covering their sounds ‘cause of me.” Kyoka relayed.

“Tooru’s probably not using her quirk to hide her gear and risk gasping which means she’s discarded it.” Izuku pondered.

“Which means she’s naked.” Mina giggled lewdly, hoping to stir a reaction from the pair. She got one but only from Izuku who blushed fiercely at the implications of restraining her.

“Don’t worry Midori, Kyoka or I will snag Starlight, right?”

“Whatever.” Kyoka scoffed. “Can we just do this already? Izuku’s got them all out matched as fuck anyway.”

“Uh… w-well I-” Izuku began to respond but let his words remain unfinished as Kyoka walked away. The boy shot Mina a confused look who gave him a shrug in response. Mina didn’t know what was eating at Kyoka but she’d find out, just once the training was done first.

The trio shuffled quietly into their positions to launch their attack. Izuku was fast but they couldn’t account for two of the enemy team, likely waiting to ambush the boy somehow. Instead, Kyoka would be the one taking point for the initial attack.

The girl hopped onto a pipe and extended her jacks down and into her Stereo Boots. She noisily ran along until she had a clear shot at Aoyama and Kirishima while standing over the normal entrance to the open area.

“Heartbeat Pulse!” Kyoka called out, trying to attract the attention of wherever Sato and Tooru were currently hiding as she fired a massive wave of sound at her fellow students. The pair quickly covered their ears in pain with Aoyama falling to his knees.

Izuku knew the signal. Once Kyoka’s attack stopped he would swoop in and take out the weakened pair while Mina prioritised the rescue. As Kyoka’s attack ended, he lunged, full cowling in place and fist cocked back. Aiming for Kirishima first, he hoped the element of surprise would be enough to get in close before his quirk was used.

Unfortunately, this appeared to have played right into the enemy’s hands as he was slammed into the ground by a massive yellow figure descending from above.

“Sato Smash!” The sugar fuelled student cried out as he and Izuku crashed to the floor. “We knew you’d try something tricky.” He grinned as he pinned the greenette to the floor with his enhanced strength. He’d been lurking above, ready to pounce when he saw that familiar flash of green charge for either his teammates or the hostage.

Izuku grunted in pain as his face and body pressed painfully against the concrete, his quirk working to minimise the damage.

“Midori!” Mina called out, rushing in from another angle and diverting from her original path while hurling a large, sticky globule of acid at Sato’s larger frame followed by smaller ones to prevent him resuming his hold on her teammate. The boy made the wise decision to back off and dodge only for Kirishima to have recovered from the soundwave and place himself between his teammate and Mina, tanking her weaker acid.

Knowing their plan was ruined, Izuku scrambled to his feet as Sato charged towards him once again.

“You are wide open mon amie.” Aoyama grinned, though still clearly in pain as he aimed his belly button laser not at Izuku, but at Kyoka.

The girl had only two paths to choose from to run; left or right down the pipe’s limited form to safely return to solid ground. Her brain wasn’t quick enough to decide though as Aoyama’s laser sped towards her, slamming directly into her chest she only had enough time to try and block reflexively with her arms.

She let out a gasp of pain and surprise as the force pushed her back and she began falling a considerable distance downwards. Those that were watching felt their hearts sink as they knew the girl would suffer a broken limb at the very least.

Izuku felt his heart race but his mind was even faster. At once, he pushed his quirk to his new limit of twenty seven percent and backhanded Sato’s outstretched punch, knocking the boy away and giving Izuku some directional momentum to kick off to intercept his falling teammate.

Kyoka twisted in the air, curling her body into a protective ball as they’d been taught to protect their head and most vital points only to find her fall averted with her back and legs cradled in Izuku’s arms. The boy skidded to a stop, his iron soles leaving tracks on the concrete as he spoke to the girl in his arms.

“Are you okay?”

The punkette unclenched her form, the surprised look on her face shifting into one of frustration and anger.

“I’m fine idiot! Let’s go, we can still win this!” She growled, forcing her way out of Izuku’s arms and running around him, her jacks still firmly in her boots. Those that had observed the scene, including Izuku, blinked in surprise at the girl’s quick turnaround but, with no injury sustained, the scenario would continue.

Stamping the ground forcefully, Kyoka unleashed another wave of sound towards Aoyama and Kirishima. They were prepared this time and covered their ears from the worst of the attack.

“I-It’s up to you mon chère.” Aoyama called out, turning his body to fire his belly button laser off to the side.

Kyoka didn’t focus on that, instead focusing her embarrassment and anger into her quirk, turning up the pressure on the pair she’d covered with her wave of sound.

Aoyama’s attack wasn’t random as it hit its mark, slamming into Tooru’s invisible form, concealed off to the side. Redirecting the attack, she felt a pang of regret aiming it at Kyoka after her kind words yesterday and her fall just now, but this was all about treating the scenario as real and the real her would take out the distracted villain.

“Warp Rejection!” Tooru shouted as the beam travelled towards its target.

Kyoka only realised the threat at the last moment, cursing herself for making yet another stupid mistake.

The pain didn’t arrive this time as Izuku stepped between her and the damaging beam, standing firm and tanking the effects until Aoyama couldn’t hold out any longer.

“My tummy.” He groaned as the organ began making some unpleasant noises.

“Kyoka, go!” Izuku ordered, charging for Tooru’s location and preparing a flick of air pressure with his gauntlets priming to prevent him actually touching her.

“Shut up!” Kyoka shouted back though obeying anyway, racing forward towards the hostage and the two enemies in her path.

Mina had advanced on Kirishima by now but Sato had regained his ground since being cast aside by Izuku, bearing down on the pinkette. The girl had nothing to worry about though as she prepared her latest completed supermove.

“Max viscosity, Acid Man!” She cried out, daring either Kirishima or Sato to throw a punch as she manoeuvred herself between the two, separating them from Kyoka and Aoyama as her girlfriend advanced.

With only the blond in her way now, Kyoka angrily pushed him aside as he struggled to point his tummy towards her, making a dash for hostage. The scenario would end once she touched it and right now she wanted nothing more than to finish this.

Thankfully, with their limited quirks, the enemy team couldn’t set up much in the way of traps, allowing Kyoka to touch the bot uncontested with a buzzer ringing out across the battle field.

“Exercise over. Team E wins.” A speaker spouted.

“Urgh damnit!” Sato grumbled as his team soaked in their loss.

Mina dropped her technique before giving Kirishima a grin, as he admired her clear training efforts.

“Wanna know a secret about Acid Man? I got the idea from your ‘Unbreakable’.” Mina grinned cheekily at her redheaded friend.

“N-Nice.” Kirishima replied with a wobbly smile, trying not to let his admiration and emotions get the better of him at being her source of inspiration.

“Midori, that was so cool and so frustrating!” Tooru pouted, picking herself up from where the air blast from Izuku’s attack had apparently sent her. “Was that the finger thing you told us about?!”

“U-Uh yeah though p-please don’t say it like that.” Izuku blushed as he was very aware of Tooru’s completely naked form standing near him.

“Let’s just go already, god.” Kyoka grumbled, stomping off back to the main area where their teacher and their other classmates were surely waiting on them.

The group collectively sent her a worried look as the punkette left. Mina sighed as she knew when she confronted the girl later on things would get worse before they got better.

“Um… w-would someone mind giving me a hand?” Aoyama begged from his prone position. “I-If I move I’m afraid I’ll-”

His tummy let out a concerning gurgle while Izuku rushed to his aid.


Once the combatants had returned, Aizawa briefly congratulated team ‘E’ for the win only to steal it away from them moments later. Kyoka’s attack after Izuku had initially saved her from her fall didn’t just capture Aoyama and Kirishima in the blast but the hostage behind them too. While the damage wasn’t fatal, it was enough to earn a direct scolding from the man, telling the punkette to do better after she’d bitterly apologised for yet another mistake.

Their battle had been the last one of the day and the class was thankfully released to return to the changing rooms and then back to their dorms. The angry look on Kyoka’s face as she changed kept all her girlfriends from initially approaching her, the earphonejack girl angrily changing and packing.

“Kyoka, something’s up with you, ribbit.” Tsuyu observed.

“Is something the matter?” Ochako asked, concern present in her voice.

“Leave me alone. I’m just fucking frustrated, okay?!” Kyoka spat, really not wanting to deal with this right now.

“Kyoka.” Momo called.

When the heiress reached out to comfort her girlfriend by placing her hand on her shoulder from behind, Kyoka shrugged it off, turning round to shout at the irritation only to lose her voice in Momo’s worried expression.

“Kyoka, please, tell us what’s wrong.” Tooru begged, hoping her girlfriend would spill the beans on her problem.

“Is something about us?” Ochako asked nervously.

Even Tsuyu was at a loss, the mood shift coming out of nowhere today with not enough information to figure out what was bothering her.

As they pressed for answers, Kyoka just shook her head, angry tears welling up in her eyes as she tried to avoid answering.

“Just shut up! Can’t a girl be fucking pissed?!” She shouted, grabbing the last of her things and making for the door.

Mina was quicker though, standing in the way of their girlfriend’s hasty departure. When she paused to try and find a route around the pinkette, Kyoka felt a pair of comforting arms she knew were Momo’s pulling her back and into a soothing hug from behind. The punkette couldn’t hold her emotions back any longer and let out a sob of frustration as the other girls quickly joined the heiress in comforting the purple-haired girl in their embrace.

Bitter, frustrated sobs pulled themselves from the musical girl’s throat. It took a few minutes for Kyoka to calm down enough for the girls to release her from their hug pile.

“Come on Kyoka, please talk to us.” Ochako spoke up, hoping the girl would surrender to their reassurances.

“We’re a team! Whatever’s wrong, we’ll fight it together!” Tooru enthusiastically cheered though it was fraught with worry for the girl.

Try as they might, she still refused to answer any of their enquiring questions.

Mina, having been able to observe the girl during combat, had a suspicion she hoped was right.

“Guys, I think I know what’s up but I’m guessing she really doesn’t want to talk about it.” Mina explained, shuffling over to her own stuff and quickly packing her last few bits up. “Me and her are gonna go talk this out in her room and I’m not taking ‘no’ for an answer.”

Mina hadn’t been aware Kyoka had opened her mouth to rasp out a rejection but it stopped the girl in her tracks all the same.

“I know we all wanna help but this idiot needs some one-on-one time to process her shit.” Mina sighed, throwing her bag over her shoulder and taking Kyoka by the hand. “Come on you.”

The other four watched as Mina lead the despondent girl out of the training room by the hand which the girl would’ve almost certainly rejected if she was in her right mind.

“I don’t know about you guys, ribbit.” Tusyu began. “But I’m gonna wait outside her room with ice cream and hugs.”

“Think Mina’ll fail?” Tooru asked, wondering if whatever Mina’s hunch turned out to be was correct.

“Don’t know but I’m not leaving until I know she’s alright.” Tsuyu replied, getting agreeing nods from Momo and Ochako too.


Despite encountering some of the boys on their return trip to the dorms, all were brushed off with a shake of Mina’s head while Kyoka kept her gaze firmly on the floor, just focusing on putting one foot in front of the other. Thankfully they didn’t encounter the green source of her most recent issue as they rode the elevator up to Kyoka’s dorm with the pinkette prompting her to unlock it and let them in.

Once inside, the door was locked, bags were dropped, jackets were shed, and Kyoka was guided to stand by her bed. Mina quickly propped her pillow up and opened the covers, climbing into Kyoka’s bed with her clothes on.

“In you get.” Mina offered, opening one arm for a hug as the other held up the sheets, likely to throw them over the pair once Kyoka accepted.

Slowly, Kyoka stepped closer, kneeling on her bed before flopping bonelessly down into Mina’s side, sending the pinkette bouncing a little from the force.

“Yup, that’s about right.” Mina shook her head, expecting something like that and covering the pair with the duvet, after which she drew Kyoka into a tight hug. “I know you don’t wanna tell Mama Mina what’s bothering you so let’s just hug it out for a bit, okay?”

Kyoka’s answer was to whimper pathetically into Mina’s side. The pinkette sighed, just holding her girlfriend as her sobbing returned, though it was less intense than before as the sudden crashing of emotions had already occurred.

“Oh dear, not having a very good day are you?” Mina sympathised, rubbing small circles on Kyoka’s back as she nuzzled the top of her head.

It took about ten more minutes of comforting before Kyoka calmed down again with Mina offering reassuring mantras all the while.

“That’s better.” Mina smiled ruefully. “Feel like talking now?”

Kyoka shook her head, remaining buried into Mina’s side.

“No problem. How about I babble for the both of us?” Mina asked rhetorically. “Let’s see, what to talk about… how about we start with Momo. We like Momo, don’t we?” Mina giggled, jiggling Kyoka a little as a slight tease. “We like her smile, the way she’s always trying to do her best, her heroic nature that seems to certainly have not come from her parents. And we definitely like her body, don’t we?”

Mina’s words hadn’t drawn any from the girl in response but had quietened her sobs as she listened.

“We’ve had lots of fun with Momo. Tooru too. What do you think now we’ve finally seen her? I think she’s super cute and you think she’s a ten which, believe me, she will be most definitely showing you how much she appreciated that comment when she gets a hold of you.” Mina giggled again. “Tooru’s fun, bouncy, cute and just a bright happy person, yeah?”

“Mmhm.” A feeble response but a response all the same.

“Yeah, we’ve got some pretty amazing girlfriends, don’t we? Five of them, all for us. How lucky are we? They’re all loving and kind and supportive and we’ll all stand by each other no matter what, yeah?”

“Mmhm.” The same, short response.

Now for the topic Mina really thought this was all about.

“Even when we start questioning ourselves and wondering exactly when we fell in love with that stupid green head of his.”

The way Kyoka stilled in Mina’s arms was all the answer she needed. With confirmation of her suspicion, Mina felt confident in her next words.

“Izuku’s very weird. Sometimes he’s cute. Sometimes he’s handsome. He’s always brave and kind and loyal though, just like everyone else in our little group. He gives great hugs and his cheeks are so soft and squishy. He’s got a hell of a set of muscles on him and he just emanates safety when he’s near. He’s got all that and more but he’s also got one big problem too. He’s a he, and that’s something you’re really struggling with, aren’t you?”

Kyoka’s sobs picked up again, pressing her face further into Mina’s side it was almost painful.

“Oh my sweet little lesbian.” Mina shook her head as she comforted her girlfriend once more. “Everything’s okay, you’re okay.” She cooed once more until Kyoka’s cries settled again.

Looking up at the ceiling, Mina struggled to figure out exactly what to say next. It was a lot simpler for her as she didn’t put much stock into what sat between her partner’s legs so long as it was fun to play with. Kyoka, in contrast, had been uncertain about her sexuality for a long time by her own admission. It was only recently she’d gained a handle on it and now something had thrown her right back into that confused space. Having heard about how she’d felt at her most scared and depressed, this likely brought back unpleasant memories for the girl.

“I can say any number of things right now, hun.” Mina smiled weakly. “Like how labels don’t matter, that Izuku’s more like one of the girls now, or that you never have to do anything you don’t want to. All that pales though in the face of one thing you need to do in order to make these stupid feelings go away.”

Kyoka looked up somewhat sharply, hoping Mina was about to divulge some great secret she could use to get rid of her pain. The pinkette smiled regretfully down at her girlfriend who she knew wouldn’t take this well.

“You have to accept this is part of you hun.” Mina sighed. “Fight it all you want but it’s going to get tiring real fast. You’re Kyoka Fuckin’ Jiro and you fuckin’ love girls. You also love fuckin’ girls.” She chuckled lightly. “You just also happen to like one specific boy too.”

“I-I d-don’t!” Kyoka cried.

“Yeah, you do.” Mina held her close, stroking her hair softly once more. “And there’s nothing wrong with that. None of us love you any less for it and we’re not going anywhere, remember?”

Kyoka’s breathing picked up again but she was all out of tears by now.

“You big softie.” Mina squeezed her tight, hoping to wring all the negative emotion out of the girl. “You got yourself all tied up in knots about not being able to date Momo alone. Then you got all fussy about enjoying the most fun perk of having multiple girlfriends. Now you’re all like, ‘Ah, I like a boy too, I am a traitor to my home country of Lesbienna and must suffer for my crimes’. For someone who likes punk, you sure do love to conform to the romantic norm.”

“S-Shut up.” Kyoka rebuffed but her heart wasn’t in it.

“There’s our fighter.” Mina grinned, hoping to coax her girlfriend out of her shell further. “So you like Izuku now. Big deal. Maybe we can make him into a girl at the next sleepover. Put some make-up on him, some hair extensions, get Momo’s strap-on and shove it up his butt.”

Mina’s heart jumped as Kyoka finally let out a weak chuckle.

“T-That’s the problem.” She croaked out, reaching into her pocket under the covers and pulling out her phone, quickly swapping to the chat app and enlarging the picture of female Izuku once more. “Don’t want him. Want that one.”

Mina giggled as she was presented with Izuku’s rather cute gender swapped snap from yesterday.

“Bet you wouldn’t mind her between your thighs. I know I wouldn’t.” Mina giggled though getting a firm nod from the girl in her arms.

“Look girl, I can’t do anything about that. Izuku’s a guy and I’m pretty sure he’s not shifting his gender anytime soon. You don’t have to ever do anything with him but he’s a part of us now. Enjoy the perks or don’t, it doesn’t matter. You’re still our Kyoka Fuckin’ Jiro, lesbian lover, just with a little asterisk that says ‘plus Izuku’, that’s all.”

“I-I know…” Kyoka groaned in a sad, defeated tone. “B-But… p-pretty girls.”

“Yes dear, girls are pretty.” Mina chuckled. “Would you feel better if we put Izuku in a wig? Maybe call him something like uh… Izumi? You know, before we hold you down while she takes you like you like. Just imagine she’s wearing a permanent strap-on.”

“Mmmm.” Kyoka fussed, trying not to give away how nice that sounded.

“I can’t tell, was that a good moan or a bad one?” Mina teased, genuinely unsure but hoping to get another rise out of the girl.

“G-Go away.” Kyoka blushed, pushing weakly away from Mina’s arms. “Y-You’re being mean.”

“Oh yes, absolute villain here.” Mina grinned, allowing Kyoka to move just far enough away it gave her plenty of space to now roll over and on top of the slightly smaller girl, earning her a surprised gasp. “A villain that’s captured you and got you all to myself.”

“Nooo.” Kyoka struggled, trying to push Mina’s descending kissy face away as it was annoyingly cheering her up.

“Accept my love!” Mina demanded, grabbing Kyoka’s hands with one hand, then the other before descending once more, free to pepper the girl with attack kisses.

“S-Stop! M-Mina!” Kyoka protested half-heartedly in-between the smile that tried to force its way onto her face, deliberately not using her jacks to fight off her girlfriend.

“Nuh uh. You like being loved against your will or something, so as your girlfriend I’m legally allowed to do this.” Mina smirked, attacking Kyoka’s neck with exaggerated nibbles and licks.

It was more ticklish than erotic as Kyoka twisted and jerked, trying to free herself from her girlfriend’s grasp and return to her misery. She knew the pinkette wouldn’t let her, nor would any of the other girls and nor would… Izuku.

She’d been shitty to him during training. It wasn’t much but it still made her feel bad. He’d saved her from getting hurt twice, both for mistakes she’d made because she was mad at him for being a boy. Well, that, and frustrated at herself for falling for a boy but that was splitting hairs.

Point is, Mina was right. She liked Izuku romantically and there wasn’t a part of her that could deny it any longer. Whether it grew into something she wanted to explore or not remained to be seen.

Mina’s attacks on her weak points slowed, the pinkette pulling back to hover over her confused girlfriend once again, looking down at her with care and concern. Kyoka’s smile slipped back into a sullen expression once more, looking away from the pink girl as she croaked out her next question.

“W-What do… I do n-now?”

Mina sent her a sympathetic smile, glad at least something had reached her enough to start pulling her out of her funk.

“Whatever you want. We could just lay here and you have a cuddle and a snooze. That always makes me feel a bit better after this. We could watch something funny on your laptop. Maybe check out a concert or something?”

“I-I meant about… him.” Kyoka sighed.

“Same answer.” Mina shook her head. “You do whatever you want. You listened to your heart about Momo and me and all the rest of us. Don’t you think it’d be good to listen to it again now?”

She watched the girl process her feelings and emotions, trying to puzzle out exactly what she wanted right now.

“I’m… n-not ready.”

“That’s okay. We don’t have to tell him just yet.

“Can we… not do a sleepover.” Kyoka bit her lip. “I don’t… I-I need… time.”

“Of course.” Mina leant down and placed a kiss on Kyoka’s forehead, sealing the promise. “I’m sure the others won’t mind. Izuku’s still getting used to all of us too so you’re probably doing him a favour, but you owe me big time; I wanted some sexy dares.” Mina giggled.

“Do we… have to tell the others?” Kyoka sighed, knowing the answer before she’d asked.

“Well we definitely at least need to tell the girls that are probably hanging around outside that they can come in or go do something else. If I know those guys, all four of them are waiting to see if you’re alright. You feel up for some visitors?”

“No…” Kyoka grumbled, not wanting the others to see her in such a state yet again.

“Well how about I go outside and get them to clear off at least.” Mina pushed herself up onto her knees before climbing off the bed. “Then I can grab some ice cream for us and put on some sad beats to vibe to.”

That did sound really good to Kyoka. She knew it was a bit too selfish though. Mina shouldn’t have to reassure her girlfriends on top of her. The annoyingly invasive pinkette was right, she was Kyoka’ Fuckin’ Jiro and she needed to woman up. It wouldn’t be enough to just accept everything right now, but she needed to make a start.

“Wait.” She croaked, rolling over and lethargically getting to her feet as Mina neared the door. “I should… tell them.”

“If you want hun.” Mina smiled, holding out her hand for the girl. With a steadying breath Kyoka took her girlfriend’s hand, bit her lip and pressed forward.

Opening the door revealed four girls sat nervously around Kyoka’s door like anxious guard dogs. As soon as it had cracked open, she’d spotted them all starting to scramble to their feet.

Her breath caught however as there was yet another visitor she hadn’t expected, though she really should’ve.

“Kyoka!” Momo surged forward, wringing her hands as she took point to look over her girlfriend. “Is everything okay now?”

“Give her some air, ribbit.” Tsuyu shook her head. “Clearly it’s been a tough day for her.”

“Y-Yeah… sorry.” Kyoka sighed, a small smile sneaking onto her face as she took in everyone’s worried expressions; even Izuku’s. “Just… had some stuff to deal with.”

“What stuff? We can help!” Ochako puffed up her cheeks, her fists clenched in front of her in determination.

“Was it about training? You made a mistake but you guys still kicked our butts no matter what Mr. Aizawa says!” Tooru declared.

“A-Actually, I’d um… like to apologize about that.” Izuku started.

His admission drew curious looks from the girls, including Kyoka. She was the one being shitty towards him and Mina, she needed to apologize here.

“I could tell you were um… off in training, a-and I know you’re sort of… uncomfortable with me still.” Izuku began. “But when I saw you falling, my body reacted before I could think. I didn’t want to see you get hurt and I’m glad I caught you but um… i-if I made you uncomfortable in anyway or accidently touched somewhere without realizing, I’m truly very sorry!” He ended his little speech in a deep bow.

Kyoka shook her head fondly; his earnestness, honestly and genuine heroic nature had her appreciating his friendship, and his caring and thoughtful nature had now endeared him to her beyond reproach.

“Dude, it’s okay.” Kyoka started. “You didn’t do anything wrong. I should apologize for snapping. I fucked up and you pulled my ass out of Recovery Girl’s office. Twice.” She chuckled, glancing at Tooru who rubbed her head nervously as she remembered her attack on her girlfriend. “I’m just… going through something you wouldn’t understand.”

“Oh, then um, please, I want to help too.” Izuku brought up two determined fists, mirroring Ochako’s pose. “W-We’re all a unit, um… right?”

Now she cursed his earnestness and desire to always help. There was no way she could talk to the girls alone right now without it being super clear the issue was about him. Fuck, she needed him to leave for just a little bit, but how?

“Period started!” Kyoka almost shouted. “Yup, blood everywhere, my e-emotions are all fucked up. T-That’s why I’ve been so crabby. I s-said you wouldn’t understand, y-you should probably go for now.”

That clearly surprised everyone as for a few moments all was silent.

“O-Oh, right!” Izuku blushed a deep red. “I-I know what to do! I’ll go get you a hot water bottle, Mom says it really helps!”

Without a further word from anyone Izuku dashed for the staircase, not wanting to delay things with the elevator, and quickly disappeared down it.

“Was it just me… or did he take that surprisingly well?” Mina sent the hallway he’d disappeared down a confused smile.

“Better than most guys would I expect, ribbit.” Tsuyu nodded. “Too bad you just lied to him though.”

Kyoka lightly flinched, figuring it was time to fess up to the rest of them now she’d gotten her wish.

“What gave it away?”

“We all change together, duh.” Tsuyu shook her head though she’d give Kyoka points for effectiveness and believability. “You’re not wearing anything for it.”

“You are one observant frog.” Kyoka sighed. “Y-Yeah… so um… it’s not that. I just… I-Izuku um…” This was harder than she thought. “I don’t… t-think I’m a lesbian anymore.”

“W-What?!” Tooru’s jaw dropped. Momo had a sympathetic smile on her face as she figured out what this was all about, pulling her girlfriend into a tight hug.

“Fallen for his charms too, eh?” Tsuyu giggled before sending her a small smirk. “I thought you said we weren’t collectables, ribbit.”

“S-Shut up!” Kyoka pouted. “Look I don’t even know if anything… I… I need to… figure shit out.”

“A new rival appears!” Ochako glared at Kyoka, her eyes shining red. The other girls took it in good humour while Kyoka herself gave a self-conscious chuckle.

“I think Ochako accepts your challenge.” Tooru giggled.

“Might have to take her down before you can snag some Midori time.” Mina joined in. “Finish that date you took her on at the festival with a real ending.” She elbowed Kyoka suggestively.

“Oh my god.” Kyoka buried her head in her hands.

“As amusing as this conversation is,” Momo chuckled into her hand. “Perhaps we should all show Kyoka how much we care. I know this is uncharted territory for you hun, but we’ll be here for you no matter what.”

“Damn right!” Tooru cheered, stepping forward to pull Kyoka and Mina into a sandwich hug with Kyoka as the filling. The other girls quickly joined in, once again wrapping the girl in a loving embrace of acceptance.

The punkette didn’t know what she’d done to be so lucky to have five incredible girlfriends. With her parents assurance they’d love her whatever and these idiots by her side, she knew she’d get through her confusing feelings and come out the other end all the happier for it. Whether she would share in their group’s sole boyfriend too still remained to be seen.

Soon they all separated, giving Kyoka room to breathe once more as she straightened herself up.

The door at the end of the hall could be heard opening again as Izuku’s bushy head reappeared and he hurried towards them, a fluffy green water bottle cradled in his arms.

“H-Here Kyoka.” He offered it out to her. “S-Sorry it took so long. The kettle took a little while to boil all that water.”

The girls giggled collectively at his over explanation, watching carefully as Kyoka gratefully accepted the soothing item she didn’t really need. Holding it to her belly to keep up the charade, she felt a warmth flood through her system as Izuku shot her his charming, honest smile. Immediately she was grateful for the water bottle as she knew her face would be lighting up with a blush one way or another without it.

The girls watched silently as Kyoka uncharacteristically shyly thanked Izuku for the item before excusing herself back to her room to rest. Words needn’t be exchanged to know they’d all keep the girl’s secret from Izuku until she decided to come forward. For now, they all went their separate ways as Kyoka lay down in her bed, hugging the warm object just a bit closer to herself as she felt her mind finally start to settle down.


Friday arrived again and Aizawa was not looking forward to it. Well, he was looking forward to the end of it like everyone else, it’s just what was in the middle that annoyed him.

Yet again the Hero Commission was sticking their nose into UA’s business and telling them how to do things. After a number of years of being able to do things his way, he was just about done with everyone from civilians, to the commission, to villains dictating his class’ schedule. Between the attacks and the meddling, he was about ready to expel his whole class for the weekend just so he could get some guilt-free sleep. Unfortunately, they’d grown on him and even that was an unacceptable option to him now.

He genuinely cared for his class that had come much further and faster than any year prior. They’d endured challenges many heroes didn’t expect to face until they graduated at least. Aizawa wished they hadn’t had to and that was primarily the source of today’s headache.

As he stepped up to the podium to begin the announcement, he couldn’t help but feel like they were tempting fate with this. Thinking back to the meeting they’d had about it, he knew he wasn’t the only one.

Last week, unknown to the students, UA was paid a visit by members of the hero commission about a new initiative. The long and short of it was that they wanted to thrust these kids into the fire before they were ready in the name of looking like they were doing something. Who cares if a few of ‘em die because they weren’t ready, right?

Aizawa recalled the meeting in the staff room that followed where he wasn’t afraid to make his objections know.

“They’re not going.” He stated in his usual dulled tone. “I’m not even sure why we’re discussing this as an option.”

Around the table was the usual upper management of teachers consisting of: himself, Cementoss, Hound Dog, Snipe, Midnight, Present Mic, Power Loader, Vlad King, and All Might. Nezu, after having relayed exactly what was requested by the Hero Commission, sat with a set of binders and a laptop before him, having waited for their feedback.

“Now, now Aizawa. Whilst I find myself agreeing with the sentiment we shouldn’t dismiss this out of hand.” Nezu reasoned. “The students have been working hard lately and trouble’s not been following them as closely as it once was.”

“Are we not counting the events on the day of the festival?” Ectoplasm pondered out loud.

“Regrettable though it was, the duo responsible were not enacting a targeted attack on any particular student or student group.” Nezu explained. “Had Hound Dog or Ectoplasm come across them yourselves, I suspect this wouldn’t be acknowledged. As it is, Midoriya, while brash, did us all a great service that day. After examining the female villain’s laptop, Majima and I deduced that their plan may indeed have succeeded and have since closed the holes in our security.”

“Girl’s got skills.” Power Loader concurred.

Nezu then turned to address class 1-A’s teacher directly.

“I know class 1-A has been through a lot so far Aizawa, but while this is being heavily impressed upon us by the Commission, do not doubt my own abilities to try to protect our students while giving them the best tools to succeed.”

Aizawa sighed. He did have to give the rat credit; UA had become even more notable and prosperous as a school under his leadership in recent years with student deaths at an all-time low. He wished that number was zero, but incidents in the field were unavoidable in their line of work, as he was well aware.

“So, a little field experience for each class running their own business; talk about an enticing opportunity.” Midnight smiled.

“And what of the upper classes?” Aizawa grumbled. “Are they going to be sent through this half-baked program too?”

“Due to their increased experience with internships and work studies, these programs will be allowed to resume instead.” Nezu stated with a neutral look on his face. “Ideally I’d prefer for things to have settled down more since All Might’s retirement before the students resumed their experiences but it seems that’s the very thing the Commission is trying to achieve by getting more heroes on the streets.”

“Quantity over quality isn’t a viable option here.” Cementoss stated before turning to Ectoplasm. “No offense.”

Ectoplasm acknowledged the small joke with a nod before speaking up himself, “I would agree but times are difficult right now. With more villains on the loose than ever, maybe it would be good experience for the higher years to take down the increased quantity of weaker villains to build up their skills and confidence.”

“My thoughts exactly.” Nezu smiled, clapping his paws together once. “While I would certainly hate to step on anyone’s toes; I might have a few suggestions as to the locations class 1-A and B might make their residence for the week in question. That these locations would give them maximum interaction with the community while minimizing the likelihood of villain attacks is a complete coincidence.”

Nezu’s laugh stopped just short of descending into the cackle he brought out when extracting his vengeance on humans.

“Class B gets first pick though.” Vlad King snorted, hoping to snag the best spot for his students.

“By all means!” Nezu replied joyfully.

“I’m with the hobo.” Snipe spoke up. “Ain’t this a bit too much like tempting fate? Surely the universe knows what we’re cooking up and is gonna send us a wake-up call.”

“Whilst I do not believe in such superstitious things myself, I do acknowledge that we would all feel more assured if certain precautions were taken that the commission need not know about.” Nezu acknowledged. “For now, let us discuss the projects themselves as you may all have insight I may lack.”

With that, Nezu tapped a key on his laptop. The projector turned on and the first potential location for the students to visit presented itself to the room.

Back in the present, Aizawa was about to reveal the results of their discussion to the class at large and braced himself for their predictably enthusiastic response.

“The hero work recommendation project.” He announced, catching every student’s attention. The board behind him lit up with a satellite image of the location his students would soon be sent to. “You’ll be stationed here, on Nabu Island in southern Japan. Seems their old hero-in-residence got old and retired. So the lucky people of Nabu Island will have to depend on you until a permanent successor arrives.”

“We’re going to be doing real hero work?!” The class collective cheered before breaking out into excited muttering.

Three students did not join in on the excitement however. Izuku’s face was set in a more determined expression than those of his classmates, knowing this wasn’t something like an internship or work study but actual hero work.

Bakugo grit his teeth in frustration and Todoroki sat there indifferent. Both had yet to acquire their provisional licenses and wondered if this trip would be including them too.

“I wasn’t done talking yet.” Aizawa growled, his hair floating up as he activated his quirk. “Quiet down!” The class instantly returned their focus to him, keeping up their thin façade of properly trained students. “Better.”

Glancing over at the two students who’d were unsure of their place, Aizawa sought to clear the air first.

“This trip isn’t for a month yet. Bakugo, Todoroki. You both failed the provisional. The makeup exam is due before the trip. I expect you to both pass.”

“Yes Sir.” Both gave nods of acknowledgement, even if Bakugo’s was a little too grumpy but that’s just how he was.

“Originally, the idea was for you all to be completely on your own, with no teachers to help you or pros to back you up.” Aizawa sighed, glad they’d at least managed to nip that idea in the bud. “As it is, due to the rise in incidents, you will have a teacher accompanying you in case of extreme emergency. Apart from that, it is completely hands-free. You will bear all the responsibility for anything that happens; good or bad. Keep that in mind, and behave as heroes should at all times. You’re representing the best of UA. Understood?”

“Yes sir!” The class replied together.


“Wow! A whole week’s trip to sunny Nabu Island, I can’t wait!” Mina cheered, too excited to dig into her lunch as the group discussed the recent announcement over the break.

“Pretty sure we’re going to be working more than enjoying the sun.” Ochako shook her head.

“Let her dream, ribbit.” Tsuyu rolled her eyes endearingly while taking a bite of her curry.

“Well maybe we’ll get at least some downtime. It wouldn’t make sense for all twenty of us to work the same shifts, right?” Tooru hoped.

“I believe that will be down to us to decide.” Momo nodded, delaying tucking into her own food to speak. “While I’m sure we will be given sufficient resources to manage ourselves and any incidents that arise, Aizawa said they would be hands off so whether we pass or succeed in a real world environment is quite literally down to us and what we’ve learned so far.”

“With Iida being our class rep he’s likely to inflict ten thousand rules onto us before the first day is out.” Kyoka grumbled before turning to Izuku. “Can you at least control the dude?”

“Iida’s just passionate about ensuring everything is done by the book.” Izuku sweatdropped. “But maybe it would be best to remind him everyone needs a break now and then. Since Momo’s our vice-rep with existing management experience, he’ll have to listen to her at least.”

“You’re too kind Midoriya.” Momo smiled. “While I have experience, this is not a field I’ve touched on before, being somewhat limited to relaying my instructions to others via email rather than directly interfacing and planning shifts.”

“Dear, sweet Momo, apple of my eye and love of my life.” Mina postured. “Could I please have the week off during that time?”

“No.” Momo deadpanned, hoping she was doing it right. She broke into a small giggle as Mina switched into a defeated pout while glaring playfully at her.

“Urgh, you heartbreaker!” She huffed, hoping to seek comfort in Tooru’s arms only to be rejected, playing the part of jilted girlfriend after Mina’s declaration.

“Well, there’s nineteen of us total.” Ochako pointed out. “Maybe we could do some rotation with at least four people off a day. That way everyone gets at least one day of fun and a chance to explore everything.”

“That sounds fair.” Kyoka nodded.

“Ooo, we gotta go buy cute new swimsuits and stuff!” Tooru cheered, no longer teasingly ignoring her girlfriend.

“Sun and sand, here we come!” Mina agreed.

“They’ll be on sale this time of year!” Ochako grinned, determined to find a good bargain.

“Are we sure it’s going to be swimming weather?” Kyoka quirked her eyebrow.

“Nabu Island is much closer to the equator than the mainland.” Izuku explained. “Barring tropical storms, it should be warm and sunny all year round.”

“Perfect for showing off my swimming skills, ribbit.” Tsuyu grinned.

“You know what it’s also perfect for?” Mina teased to the group. “A nice little date with that special someone in such a romantic location.”

“Mmmm watching the sunset on the beach with snuggles.” Tooru sighed dreamily.

The other group members who weren’t able to be as open eyed each other carefully, gaging the others reactions.

“Aizawa did say they only had a population of one thousand there.” Tsuyu threw out there.

“Tourists… likely come and go all the time.” Kyoka felt herself coming around to the idea. “Maybe change our looks a little but…” She gave Momo a hopeful side eye.

“While this is not the first I’ve heard of Nabu Island, I’m quite sure that my family has no dealings with it for business or personal reasons due to its remote location and lack of upper class amenities.” Momo returned a shy but excited smile at the possibilities.

“We would still need to dodge our classmates though.” Ochako pondered.

“Since there will always be someone working, we could keep tabs and ensure, if there’s anyone nearby, to give people a heads up to um… stop doing romantic stuff.” Izuku offered.

“Knew we kept you around for a reason.” Kyoka smirked.

“Well we definitely need a shopping trip now!” Mina grinned with their plan coming together easily for their first romantic getaway together, even if there was the tiny caveat of school slash hero work to do. Getting to live out her dream of being a heroine alongside her friends though, that seemed like the best kind of school work.

The group spent the remainder of lunch discussing the possible things they could do while on the island, both together and as heroes.


That afternoon saw the class hard at work training once again in gym Gamma. Today it was back to a quirk focus though it was more generalised than working purely on supermoves. After around twenty minutes to allow the kids time to start up, Aizawa was walking around and interrogating each student as he passed by for their goals and plans. A number of them were attempting to refine or improve their super moves, others were taking the opportunity to increase their control or aim. This wasn’t unusual to Aizawa.

What was unusual was the green steak of lightning, known as Midoriya, touching down beside one student for a brief chat, then another, then another. When the normally reserved Shoji called out to the green streak, who should be focusing on his own workout, he slowed down to stop and speak to the boy as expected. Aizawa proceeded towards the pair to break up whatever conversation they deemed important enough to slack off with only to pause as Izuku pulled out his notebook from a pouch on his leg. He’d seen the boy scribbling in there before during training but had attributed it to just notes for himself.

Observing quietly, he watched as Izuku pointed out something on a page to Shoji as the stoic boy listened diligently. Once done, Shoji focused on one side of his body’s rear dupli-arms, they began shifting as the tips began merging together. Slowly, an arm just over double the size of what Shoji could generate with one branch of his quirk began taking shape. What the new technique lacked in formation speed it made up for in power as Shoji tested his new arm against a Cementoss generated pillar, breaking off a chunk albeit at the cost of his knuckles now getting bloody.

“Shoji, Midoriya, what are you doing over there?” Aizawa drawled as he resumed his walk over to them, pretending not to have seen the exchange.

“Oh um, nothing.” Izuku apologised immediately, trying to keep his notepad as obscured as possible.

“It was my fault Mr. Aizawa.” Shoji spoke up, his dupli-arms shifting back into their original forms with the cuts receding as the transformation dropped. “I was struggling to remember the technique Izuku suggested to me and wanted a reminder.”

“A technique for someone else?” Aizawa quirked a brow at Izuku, the boy looking a tad intimidated as he should be. “I wasn’t aware you had time to be developing techniques for others, am I not pushing you hard enough Midoriya?”

“I’m sorry sir.” Izuku bowed.

“Mr. Aizawa,” Shoji stepped across. “Please do not scold him for discovering something I should’ve figured out myself. Midoriya’s insights have benefitted a number of our classmates already.”

“I’ve noticed.” Aizawa nodded. “Which begs the question of exactly how.” He turned towards the green boy. “Hand over your notebook Midoriya.”

“S-Sir?” Izuku felt his breath catch, concerned at how his teacher might take some of the darker implications behind some of the notes, especially his own.

“I’m not asking Midoriya.” Aizawa held his hand out expectantly now.

Izuku clenched his free hand tightly and bit his lip, his stomach turning in dread. Reluctantly, he reached up and handed over his hero notes for the future.

Switching his attention from the two boys to the book, Aizawa thumbed through the pages, catching glimpses of several drawings of his fellow classmates and some heroes as well as an All Might autograph the boy had likely asked the pro hero for on the first day of class with the man. Eventually he found Shoji’s page and ran through the information next to the sketch of his hero costume.

There were some good observations here with a few questions dotted around that had since been filled in. The page was mostly filled with this and a little on notable achievements so Aizawa turned the page. His stomach turned as he read through a list of counters and weaknesses that ranged from irritating to downright vicious. That Midoriya of all people had come up with some of this stuff suggested a side to him that either understood the fundamentals of quirk overreliance and how to exploit it, or there was a merciless tactician hidden under the boy’s skin that wouldn’t hesitate to gouge at Aizawa’s eyes if they fought for real.

Aizawa couldn’t help but remember part of the reason the kids had moved into dorms in the first place: there was possibly a traitor among them.

Glancing up at Midoriya again, his heroic instincts now analysed every twitch the boy made, especially around his face. He was clearly distressed but that was written clearly on his expression. Acting? The boy was known to be over expressive, was this a cover for his real emotions? When the boy glanced up himself, briefly meeting Aizawa’s piercing gaze and looking away, he recognised the classic signs of shame. Someone who knew they’d done something wrong and expected to be punished for it. He wasn’t poised to attack, nor was he eying an exit, and he’d handed over the book willingly albeit reluctantly. These didn’t read as signs that he was a villain in disguise nor one that had blown his cover as an innocent UA student.

Returning his eyes to the book, Aizawa continued reading as the page continued into ideas on how to best correct and make up for these weaknesses and finished with suggestions for potential environments to maximise usefulness other than large cities.

This wasn’t a notebook meant to seek out weaknesses and exploit them for his own gain. This was something the boy had put a great deal of thought into and, considering the boy’s known fanaticisms about all things hero, it was clear he wasn’t a blind fan only idolizing the spotlight stuff but one who knew the very real dangers of the profession.

Flicking through a couple of other entries, he spotted several improvements other members of his class had recently made such as Ojiro’s utility belt costume change that wrapped around the base of his tail while he weighted the tip of it down for training, the different sugar effects he’d spotted Sato trying out, and, most notably, Hagakure’s significant progress on her quirk’s abilities.

He closed the notebook carefully, taking notice of the name and number of the generic pad that Izuku had scribbled on it. With the heroes he’d seen before the start of his classmates, the boy had clearly been at this a while if he was up to book number thirteen. Aizawa curled his lip at the somewhat unlucky number.

“An interesting read.” He stated carefully. “You appear to have a knack for analysis despite your lack of judgement skills at times.”

“T-Thank you sir.” Izuku took the words as a compliment, hoping not to anger his teacher any more than he probably already had.

“I don’t believe I need to impress the need to keep something as valuable as this locked up safe in your room, or better yet, destroyed.” He watched Izuku’s reaction carefully, the flinch and wide, scared eyes very telling. “This notebook and any others like it are now to remain on campus at all times. While I don’t expect you will make a mistake, something such as this falling into villainous hands could spell disaster for every hero in here, understand?”

“Y-Yes Mr. Aizawa!” Izuku bowed again, deeper this time until he’d pulled off Iida’s patented, perfect ninety degree bend.

“Here.” Aizawa held out the notebook to the boy. “It is admirable to help your friends but do not slack off on your own training. If I don’t think you’ve gone ‘Plus Ultra’ by the end of the lesson, you will be staying to make up for it. Clear?”

“C-Crystal!” Izuku nodded.

“Alright then.” Aizawa’s demeanour returned to that of a bored teacher. “Back to it you two.”

As he strolled away, he heard the tell-tale sound of a pair of relieved sighs. A few moments later and Izuku’s quirk crackled in the air once more before he jumped away, likely eager to prove he wasn’t slacking off.

Letting out his own sigh, Aizawa pondered the information he’d gathered. He couldn’t discard Midoriya as a traitor completely, but for now he’d give him the benefit of the doubt considering his track record. It also helped he had All Might clearly punching in his corner so maybe his paranoia was just getting the better of him. For now, he’d inform the rat and a few others of his suspicions just on the long shot; it was better to be safe than sorry after all.


Tooru was frustrated. She’d hit another road block with her quirk. Not only was it frustrating but it was painful too with the back of her head thumping and itching like crazy. Previous strategies had worked well enough to improve the duration and control of her invisibility field generation but she’d gotten as far as she could with breath control and now her quirk was able to cover something about the size of a car in all directions at once. The novelty of standing on thin air had worn off by now and she was sat trying to focus on the other aspect of her quirk.

Unlike her field generation, withdrawing her passive field into her body had remained brief at best. There was only so long she could stay visible with empty lungs no matter how much oxygen she tried to get into her blood beforehand. She felt like she’d exhausted both ends of the spectrum for training and didn’t know where to go next. An annoyed grunt echoed out from her corner of the gym as she kicked a rock.

Tooru was grateful for at least being able to see what she looked like at long last. She felt almost greedy for trying to get more now that she’d finally resolved some of the sadness in her heart. Even the… unique training method to hone her focus for today was proving fruitless.

This was how Izuku found her as he landed nearby, sweating up a storm after pushing himself to his new limit of twenty seven percent. The fear of Aizawa’s wrath was apparently a very effective training tool.

“Tooru, are you okay?” Izuku enquired, noting the positions of the invisible girl’s hands and feet.

“No.” Tooru sighed, “Got stuck again.”

“Oh, with your quirk?” Izuku followed up, reaching for his notebook again which had been returned to the pouch he’d decided to wear during training in case anyone wanted some more tips.

“Yeah.” Tooru grunted, kicking the ground. “I can only hold my breath so long. Why does my stupid quirk have to be tied to it?”

“Well, it might not have to be.” Izuku suggested. “If you think you’re ready for the next-”

“Give it to me Midori!” Tooru’s eyes widened, advancing quickly on the greenette who recoiled at the sudden movement.

The two paused as Tooru quickly realised what she said, the pair of them breaking into fierce, stunned blushes as they processed how suggestive it sounded.

“I-I mean the uh quirk, training thing. That thing. I’m um… ready for it.” Tooru grimaced as she knew there was probably a better way to say that but her brain wasn’t complying right now.

“Uh… I um,” Izuku swallowed nervously, really hoping no one else overheard that. “O-Okay so um… you’ve been practising breath control, right?”

“Maxed out both ends.” Tooru sighed, “I’m wondering if I could beat Tsu holding our breaths underwater at this stage. Holding it after breathing out is still… really not great though.” She didn’t bother demonstrating despite the short duration.

“Yes, well um… you’ve always been trying to activate it and let go when you’re done, right?”

“Huh? Well yeah, I didn’t know I could even do that before you.” Tooru nodded.

“Right, so now, we need to get you to switch from focusing on toggling your quirk on something, to activating it passively without needing that activation requirement. Like the light switch responding to your thoughts instead of your hands.” Izuku explained, bringing back the analogy she was currently using.

“How do we do that?” Tooru wondered, not having a clue on whether it would work or how to begin. Izuku had come through for her before though so she had no doubts on his abilities, just her own.

“Well um, you remember how I used to break my bones?” He started, a different type of embarrassing blush colouring his cheeks as he cringed at his naivety from the start of the year. “I was focusing on activating my quirk in one part of my body at a time at full power. That’s what you’re doing now. Now, I’m spreading my quirk throughout my body at a much smaller amount of power continuously rather than letting it out in one big punch.”

“Okay.” Tooru nodded, starting to get the picture now. “So what do I need to do?”

“Well, you’ll be going down a few steps in terms of range and amount that you can generate but you should be able to hide a small amount of material while slowly releasing your breath after having established it.

“That’s why I was focused on increasing it!” Tooru understood.

“Mmmhmm.” Izuku smiled, glad to hear the joy back in her voice. “Here.” He held his hand out for the girl to take in her own. “You work best with your hands so try to make a bubble that hides my hand. Once it’s done, focus on just holding it there and breathing as slowly and evenly as you can.”

Tooru nodded, ecstatic to have gotten her next goal to focus on. She tried not to focus on the idea that she was holding Izuku’s hand between hers as this was a time for training. Slowly, she took in a deep breath and generated a small bubble that felt almost trivial at this point to generate.

As expected, Izuku’s hands and her gloves disappeared, leaving only the stump of his arm. The cross section was admittedly a little gross so she averted her gaze. Now that her field had been established, she let out a little of the excess air she’d taken in.

The field wobbled dangerously.

Immediately she stopped anymore air escaping as she could feel the hold on her quirk struggling to maintain itself. She figured this is what Izuku must’ve been talking about. Letting out a touch more air, she felt that sensation of the field wobbling once again and tried to latch onto it, mentally putting her effort into keeping the bubble active. Her head twitched awkwardly as the pain in the back of it flared again but at a less severe degree than before. Maybe this was tolerance training and she’d get used to it over time, much like Aoyama’s belly button laser.

Her distracted state allowed the field to collapse as her hands and Izuku’s became visible once more.

“That was great!” Izuku enthused over her progress. “I could hear those little bits of air escaping and it didn’t immediately collapse!”

She was glad Izuku was happy because right now, she felt like she had a long way to go yet again.

“Do you… think I can do it in reverse too?” Tooru asked timidly, dropping Izuku’s hand and clenching hers together for comfort.

“Absolutely!” Izuku grinned without missing a beat. “You’ve got this!”

It warmed her heart to have someone believe in her so strongly. Despite their ‘yet-to-begin-dating’ status, Tooru found herself falling for the boy even further than she already had. It had taken a lot to get him to trust them and open up but boy was it worth it with what they got to see and feel now.

“All right, time’s up!” Aizawa’s voice rang out from somewhere in the middle of the area. “Everyone pack it up and head back to the changing rooms, class is dismissed.”

The sounds of shuffling feet replaced those of smashes and crashes nearby as all other quirk use ceased.

“Looks like we’ll have to train another day.” Izuku rubbed the back of his head.

“Wait, no I…” Tooru started. She didn’t want training to end now, she wanted to try and get this new technique down before she lost the feeling. Normally she’d just go back and train on her own in her room but she wanted Izuku nearby to help if she struggled again. “Could you um… come help me train in my room? J-Just till I get the hang of it myself.”

Izuku blinked at her with his adorable big eyes before breaking into a warm, comforting smile.

“Sure, though I hope you don’t mind if I make a start on homework while you practise if that’s okay.”

It wasn’t until Tooru took a step that she remembered the unusual training technique she’d decided to use today as it rubbed pleasantly against her. Having to focus on her quirk with Momo’s ben wa balls inside her was a fun experience even if it wasn’t very useful in the end. Still, she might keep them in just a little longer if Izuku was going to be hanging around.

Getting changed quickly, she relayed her unavailability to the other girls for the evening before heading out, hoping to walk back with Izuku while the toy continued to tease her.


The baths at the 1-A dorms were fairly crowded that evening for the boys side due to them all desiring to wash the stink off themselves from training. It was quite hard to get a decent time to yourself if you wanted a little privacy. The girls had no such issue with their single digit number in the class.

That’s not to say there wasn’t overlap, especially on a day like today, but it was much more welcoming considering their arrangement.

There was no need to rush though as Mina had claimed she needed to catch up with homework and delayed any potential sleepover until next week at least. Momo wasn’t fooled though and watched Kyoka breathe a sigh of relief when she thought no one was paying attention to her. Mina would get a treat at some point for sure.

Instead of preparing for their usual group activity, she and Tsuyu decided to take to the baths first with all their new free time. It would be nice to catch up with the girl anyway.

“Ahhh, nothing beats a nice soak.” Momo sighed as she sank pleasantly into the warm bath waters.

“Ribbit.” Tsuyu nodded in agreement, already up to her neck in the water and a nice warm flannel on her head.

The two allowed the warmth to seep into their bones and just enjoy each other’s company.

One Momo felt the comfortable silence had been savoured enough, she decided to broach a topic with the girl that had played on her mind since Kyoka had mentioned it to her.

“So… I hear you played a rather silly game earlier this week.”

Tsuyu’s expression didn’t change despite her stiffening frame. Instead, she slowly sank into the water, hoping she could hold her breath long enough Momo would forget about her and leave.

She valiantly held out as long as she could, coming back up for air with a gasp as Momo clocked her rather impressive time under water with a laugh upon resurfacing.

“Fear not Darling, I also understand our dear Vixen has scolded you more than enough for now.” Momo shook her head.

“Sorry Gorgeous.” Tsuyu sent her an apologetic smile. “Won’t happen again, ribbit.”

“Outside our rooms, I hope not.” Momo giggled. “Inside… we shall see.”

“Don’t.” Tsuyu groaned. “I’ve been a little more horny than normal this week.”

“Is it because you finally got your fantasy threesome with Ochako and Izuku?”

“So Kyoka just spilled all the beans, did she?” Tsuyu deadpanned though she couldn’t blame the girl.

“She did perform a fairly lengthy rant on the topic.” Momo shook her head at the silly memory.

“Wait, ribbit. I only told them about Izuku.” Tsuyu looked over at her girlfriend quizzically.

“That was a deception on my part.” Momo grinned mischievously. “I had no proof but I doubted you wanted to experience your first time with Izuku without Ochako there. While I’m quite interested in the details myself, I won’t press you for them lest we end up in another risky game.”

“At least you still have a working brain out of all of us.” Tsuyu shook her head. “Ever since I started taking the pill I’ve been a bit fuzzy.”

“Oh! You’ve actually begun?” Momo blinked in surprise.

“Yup.” Tsuyu admitted casually. “Went to Recovery Girl about it. She didn’t ask who or anything like that so at least we know we don’t have to tell her for you and the others, ribbit.”

Momo gave a nervous chuckle.

“Even so, I don’t think I’ll risk the data being recorded. Besides, I’m sure I won’t be engaging in that anytime soon.”

“He might surprise you.” Tsuyu chuckled. “Especially after you two had fun together yourselves.”

“Ah, yes, that.” Momo blushed at the memory. “I do hope that was okay. I must admit I was a bit surprised at the ease of your consent to um… f-filling me up. I know we’re all together but-”

“It’s okay, ribbit.” Tsuyu nodded. “He’s an adorkable mess sometimes that worms his way into your affections as Kyoka found out. I expected you to ask eventually just like Tooru and Mina if the sleepovers didn’t get you two together first.”

“S-Still, we didn’t um… do anything that intense.” Momo explained herself.

“Now you’ve got me curious, though I wouldn’t’ve minded if you had.” Tsuyu smirked, feeling her libido rising again.

“I shouldn’t.” Momo blushed. “It wouldn’t be fair to Izuku. I believe that’s your own reason for keeping your details quiet, is it not?”

“It was, ribbit.” Tsuyu admitted. “Though, after Kyoka’s un-fun tongue lashing, I wanted to clear things up with him anyway.”


“O-Oh, Tsu, Ochako um… is something wrong?” Izuku asked nervously, having opened his dorm door to reveal the pair. Ochako looked self-conscious while Tsuyu looked a tad downcast.

“Can we come in? There’s something we need to discuss.”

Dread settled into Izuku’s heart. Was this it? Had he already made an irredeemable mistake and they were regretting their decision already? It wasn’t because of his performance was it? Or that thing with Momo?

“Izuku, you don’t need to panic, ribbit.” Tsuyu patted his arm, the boy had not moved an inch in the few moments since they’d asked permission to enter. “This is about us, not you.”

“O-Oh… okay.” Izuku mumbled, still unsure about what it could possibly be.

Opening up wider, he guided the girls inside, the pair both taking a seat on his bed while he pulled out his desk chair to face them.

He couldn’t help gripping the seat tightly as he wheeled himself closer, Ochako still with a prominent blush on her face while Tsuyu looked like she was going to speak first.

“Izuku, I’m sorry for embarrassing you in the group chat, ribbit.” Tsuyu apologized bluntly.

The greenette’s mouth dropped open a tad as he tried to process Tsuyu’s words.

“Uh, okay?” He blinked. “Is… that what this is about?”

“Sorta.” Tsuyu wobbled her head. “See, I made a silly bet earlier this week. After I sent that message in the chat about you and me doing it, Mina and Tooru came to me for details, ribbit.” She explained. “After your reaction to everyone knowing, I wasn’t planning on divulging anything else to them so as not to further embarrass you.”

“Okay, um, thank you?” Izuku frowned, not quite understanding what was wrong here. Tsuyu simply shook her head and continued.

“See, after pestering me about it they made a bet with me of the lewd variety. I felt pretty good on my chances to win but I still put our details on the line to a degree, ribbit. Kyoka stopped us before anyone won but I put my own horniness above your feelings and that’s why I’m sorry.”

Izuku sat there and thought about what Tsuyu said for a moment. The frog girl’s hands clenched in worry though one of them was claimed by Ochako who sent her a reassuring smile.

“O-Okay so um…” Izuku began, trying to make comprehensible sentences out of his thoughts on the matter. “I accept your apology but um… I don’t really… mind, I guess?”

“You guess?” Tsuyu tilted her head.

“Well, I mean… you and Mina and Tooru, you’ve um… been going out longer than we have. I-It makes sense they’d be c-curious and want to know.” Izuku reasoned. “I-I’m grateful that you thought of me b-because y-yeah, it is embarrassing.” He rubbed the back of his head as his cheeks pinkened. “B-But we’re all um… together and stuff, right? T-This is just something that comes with that.”

“Izuku, no.” Tsuyu shook her head. “We’re allowed some secrets from each other. If you’re uncomfortable with the others knowing then we won’t tell them.”

The green haired boy sighed and flexed his hands.

“I know… but I can understand both wanting to know and… wanting to tell someone.” He admitted. “I know we’re keeping everything a secret and stuff but… I really want to talk about it with someone too. I-I mean… it was my first time a-and it was amazing and… s-stuff.” His confidence left him. “B-But outside of um… all seven of us, I can’t tell anyone; not even Iida.”

Tsuyu blinked as she realised their folly. While Izuku was in a very enviable position, being the lone guy in a relationship with six other girls, he had no one to share his joys and worries with other than another member of their group. The girls at least had each other to confide in before they all got together.

“I think we’ve had a miscommunication.” Tsuyu chuckled. “From your reaction that Ochako posted of you, I thought you wanted to keep everything a secret.”

“I do, just from everyone else.” Izuku nodded. “It was a surprise to be sure but I um… d-don’t mind if it’s Mina o-or Tooru or the others.”

“Their enthusiasm is growing on you, huh?” Tsuyu smiled, noting how he’d said the two more energy intense girls first. “If you’d like to tell them and give all the lurid details, I don’t mind. Ochako?”

“W-Well um… i-it’s okay with me I guess b-but um… I want to ask something first.” The girl spoke up, having been strangely silent so far.

“O-Oh, I’ll try to answer what I can.” Izuku nodded, wondering exactly was on the brunette’s mind.

“I-I know that… things might happen between you and the um… o-others.” Ochako gulped. “I-I don’t mind that, l-like I said with Momo, b-but um… c-could you please um… not have sex with them i-if possible?”

Tsuyu’s eyebrows admittedly rose in surprise at the request. It was a rather selfish one all things considered. She knew she and Momo had done things recently so why was she denying Izuku the opportunity to do the same things she enjoyed.

“I-I-I mean uh… s-sure.” Izuku readily agreed, much to Tsuyu’s concern. “C-Can I ask um… why?”

“W-Well uh…” Ochako squeezed Tsuyu’s hand slightly, gathering her courage. “E-Even with a um… c-condom, I don’t know when I’ll be ready to um… d-do it.” She admitted, not able to look at her boyfriend through this. “B-But um… I-I really want to be your… s-second. B-Being your girlfriend an’ all.”

Izuku’s blush now matched her own as the two couldn’t look at each other. Tsuyu felt this was a bit too selfish of Ochako and spoke up.

“You know that’s not fair Ochako, ribbit.” She scolded. “You have no idea when you will be ready either.”

“I-I know.” Ochako nodded, accepting it. “B-But um… I know I’m going to be ready for um… s-something else sooner. I still need a bit of time b-but um… could you please save yourself for me? J-Just until I can um… t-take it… somewhere else.”

“O-Oh?” Izuku tilted his head, it not quite clicking as to what Ochako was alluding to.

“You guys are very cute but you’re both adorable idiots.” Tsuyu shook her head. “Izuku, Ochako’s asking if you can wait until she’s ready to take you up the butt so there’s less risk of accidental babies.”

“T-Tsu!” Ochako’s blush reached full intensity as her hands clapped her cheeks, allowing her to break gravity’s grasp and bob around Izuku’s ceiling.

“A-A-Ah.” Izuku swallowed as he comprehended the situation now. “T-T-That m-makes sense.”

“Jeez, you’ve both done it by now. Stop acting like such virgins.” Tsuyu smirked, reaching out to grab Izuku’s shirt and pull him into a steamy kiss. The boy gave a squeak of surprise at the yank put quickly settled into the intimate action, his tongue playing with Tsuyu’s as she slid her own into his mouth.

She pulled back smugly, watching Izuku react so positively to her kisses always made her feel good. The boy had a dumb smile on his face having clearly enjoyed it too.

“Come on ‘Chako.” Tsuyu reached up to retrieve her floating girlfriend, grabbing her by the ankle and pulling her back down. “Your turn.”

Ochako also let out a cute squeak as Tusyu’s tongue sought out her own. Releasing herself, the brunette dropped onto Izuku’s floor before shyly sinking into the kiss. She felt Tsuyu’s arms warp around her middle comfortably as they pressed together, reciprocating the action herself.

When Tsuyu pulled back again, she had a wry smirk on her face, turning the pair so that Ochako now had her back to Izuku.

“We could always just get it over with now.” She giggled, her hands slipping deftly to Ochako’s rear cheeks before pulling them apart, her shorts stretching to accommodate. Ochako stiffened in her grasp while Izuku stiffened in his shorts.

“No! Bad Tsu!” Ochako swatted Tsuyu’s hands, her blush back in full force.

Tsuyu was about to remove them, the joke having run its course, only for Izuku’s hands to settle over her own as he stepped closer, sliding up to settle behind Ochako as the girl’s breath caught. Judging by their proximity, there was no way a certain body part wasn’t currently brushing up against Ochako’s rear again, just like it had during her lapdance.

With as much confidence as he could muster, mostly from the girl facing away from him, Izuku whispered softly into Ochako’s ear.

“I’ll wait for you.” His warm breath tickled. “B-But I almost can’t.”

Ochako could feel herself clench in anticipation, her breath rapidly warming as desire washed over her. Tsuyu had to take things one step further and pull all three of them even closer together.

“And I’ll help you practise.” The greenette pushed her chest into Ochako’s while whispering into her other ear.

The gravity girl realised she was in the middle of a very horny sandwich and if they didn’t stop things right now it would get out of hand. Her lust was strong, but her fear was currently stronger.

“T-That’s enough of t-that.” She blushed, pushing her way out of the embrace, still not ready to go down that path. Once free of the pair, she took in some deep, cooling breaths as she tried to calm herself down again.

“I think we riled her up too much.” Tsuyu giggled from behind her.

“J-Just a little.” Izuku agreed with a nervous chuckle, hoping it was taken in good fun.

Ochako turned back to glare at her two partners, having had enough of being frustrated and embarrassed.

“If you don’t stop, there’ll be nothing for the both of you.” Ochako pouted giving them both big puppy dog eyes. The pair immediately caved and swooped the girl up in a more loving, than lewd, hug.


“Goodness, that sounds like quite a chat.” Momo tittered.

“Yup, ribbit.” Tsuyu sighed pleasantly. “They’re a handful but they’re my idiots and I’m theirs.”

“You could say the same about all of us.”

“Nearly.” Tsuyu felt a wide but genuine smile push its way onto her face. “There’s still a little ways to go yet, if it even goes that far.”

“Is it something you’re hoping for?” Momo asked. With everything she knew about Tsu, it made sense the girl would want them to be one big happy family. The biggest concern would be with Kyoka but despite the girl struggling with her apparent affection for the green haired boy recently, it seemed to be leaning towards including him in her list of partners. Momo couldn’t lie to herself and accepted that a bit of her wanted Kyoka to do so just so that they could play out that scenario she’d imagined.

“As long as everyone’s happy, yeah, ribbit.” Tsuyu smiled dreamily. “Makes that whole ‘one-big-bed’ idea much more plausible, plus I’d never have to worry about hibernating with all that lusty body heat.”

“I’ll bet Mina and Tooru are happy now that you got to tell them.” Momo chuckled, imagining the pair’s over-the-top reactions.

“Didn’t tell them.” Tsuyu said simply, though a smirk pulled at her lips. “We’ve got the go ahead to all talk about stuff now but I’m gonna let Izuku be the one to tell them, ribbit. He deserves to geek out about his achievement with someone that’ll hype him up.”

“Is that the only reason?” Momo shot Tsuyu a shrewd look, knowing her froggy girlfriend usually had something up her sleeve when it came to stuff like this.

“Well… it also means they might be in the mood for a little something, and since Izuku’s partly off the menu, I’m hoping they’ll come see me with my special skills.” Tsuyu stuck her tongue out.

“You certainly are stimulated, aren’t you?” Momo giggled. “Though you may be out of sorts. Since you’ve said that… Izuku doesn’t mind discussing things… I may have used my time with him to improve my own toy’s design somewhat.” The heiress admitted, her face reddening but not from the heat of the bath.

“Oh?” Tsuyu licked her lips eagerly, glad Momo was happy to share now.

“He allowed me to examine and test a few things that I didn’t quite understand previously.” Momo explained. “There’s a few additional features present now that should make the experience both more pleasant and more… realistic.”

“You don’t say, ribbit.” Tsuyu felt her hips shifting at the idea. “I don’t suppose I could… get a demonstration?”

Momo felt herself getting excited at the question; the warm water and lewd topics had clearly had an effect on both of them. There was no need to hold back with Tsuyu like she had Ochako and they could both really enjoy the evening in each other’s arms. Hopefully it would help Tsuyu as well, clearing those pesky hormones out of her system though she knew it was a futile effort.

There was one caveat she wanted to request though.

“I think that could be arranged.” Momo shifted into a sultry tone. “In exchange for that tale of yourself, Izuku and Ochako.”

“Deal.” Tsuyu agreed immediately. The heiress couldn’t help but giggle at the girl’s enthusiasm.

“Not quite yet though.” Momo shifted forward, leaning over the impress her bust towards the girl. “We should make sure we’ve… cleaned ourselves thoroughly first.” Her hand reached out to caress Tsuyu’s face who, in turn, leant into the touch. After a few strokes, Momo’s hand travelled around the curve off Tsuyu’s face to the back of her head and slowly applied pressure to guide the girl toward the first of many naughty acts of the night. “I’m very dirty down there, so make sure to clean me up properly, Darling.”

Tsuyu was grateful for all her breath training as she eagerly set her tongue to work.


“Sorry for the mess. It’s the end of the week and I’ve been a bit lazy.”

Izuku stepped inside Tooru’s room as the girl apologised and quickly set to work tidying up. Clothes were collected from all corners of the room and tossed into a pile by the wardrobe, the bed covers were straightened up, and the curtains were opened to let in what little light there was left in the day.

“It’s fine.” Izuku smiled, “But after all the progress you’ve made with your quirk, I’d hardly call you lazy.”

“T-Thanks.” Tooru replied, a tad flustered from the sudden compliment. “So, okay…” Tooru stood in the middle of her room briefly looking around to check it was as clear as it was going to get for now. “Right, training, yes. What do you think I should do?”

“Um… what do you mean? Do you want me to repeat what I said before?” Izuku asked, wondering if Tooru had forgotten the instructions in the time between the gym and now.

“No, that parts fine. I meant… what should I do to, you know, reverse things?” Tooru replied her confidence faltering slightly.

“Ah, that.” Izuku nodded, cupping his chin as he thought through some possible methods for her to train that would give the best results. “Hmmm. Maybe we should try a couple, see what works.” He figured. “First, I guess you could just try what we did at the gym but in reverse; empty your lungs then try to breathe slowly and hold it for as long as you can.”

“Yeah, got it.” Tooru declared, determination in her voice.

She started priming herself by taking in big lungful’s of air to increase the oxygen in her blood. Izuku smiled happily at the girl’s dedication before moving around her to take a place at her desk to start his homework. Pulling out her desk chair revealed the girl hadn’t quite gathered all of her clothes as a pile of them sat on the seat of the chair.

Izuku shook his head and figured he’d just move it for Tooru while she focussed on her training. He also completely ignored the very lacy bra and panties that currently rested on top of the pile; it definitely didn’t make him stare for a brief moment or blush as he reached out for them.

Scooping the pile up, he quickly shifted around the girl again and placed it on top of the recently formed mound at the base of the wardrobe.

“Sorry!” Tooru apologised quickly as she observed Izuku’s action. “Forgot that was there.”

“That’s okay.” Izuku replied, praising himself for holding his blush and stutter down. “Just focus on yourself. I know you can do it.”

Tooru briefly wondered if the boy had somehow become a natural flirt or it was just his good nature shining through. Whatever it was it was working as she felt her confidence rise at his words.

“Here we go then.” She took a few more breaths while Izuku moved back to take his seat, pulling out his school notebooks and writing tools to settle down at Tooru’s desk.

Slowly Tooru emptied her lungs, allowing that breathless feeling to take hold before she pulled her quirk back inside herself, her head and hands becoming visible once more that she spied in the mirror. All was par for the course so far, carefully trying to maintain her grip on that feeling while taking the most miniscule breath she could.

Instantly she saw her form flicker in the mirror, but it didn’t disappear.

As excited as she was, she maintained control over her breathing as she’d trained to do. Mentally, she counted the seconds in her head but only managed a disappointing six before she regained her invisible form once more.

“Dang it!” She growled after taking in a deep breath to refresh herself.

One of the most frustrating things about this type of training was the sheer amount of time it took to repeat an attempt. She had to carefully pace herself so as not to get dizzy or pass out no matter which side of her quirk she trained since either way she’d end up breathless. As a result, she’d always tried to train with someone nearby in public and Mina in private nowadays.

Nearly half an hour had passed by the time she’d grown frustrated enough with her lack of progress that she turned to Izuku hoping for another potential solution.

“Um, Izuku?” She called, getting him to glance up from his notebook. “Is there something else we could try? J-Just to see if it has a different result.”

“Hmmm? Oh, sure.” Izuku turned away from his notebook to give Tooru his full attention. “Okay so next um… when do you feel most relaxed?”

Tooru had to bite her tongue at the response of ‘after cumming’ that threatened to vocalise itself.

Pondering for a moment, she replied with, “When I’m lying down I guess. Nice and toasty in my covers and just about to drift off to dreamland.”

Izuku chuckled at her content sounding voice.

“So let’s try that. Standing seems easy but it actually takes a little bit of effort and focus to maintain balance. We’re just so used to it we barely notice unless there’s something wrong.”

“Already trying to get me into bed, eh Izuku?” Tooru couldn’t resist the easy tease.

“N-No I’m…” Izuku hastened to defend his innocence but his brain quickly caught up to his instincts. He’d gotten better with the teasing recently but it still took him a moment to recognise it. “W-Well I mean, it’s just a coincidental side effect, e-even if I enjoy it.”

Tooru giggled at his weak response but gave him a pass as she clambered onto her bed still dressed and not settling under the covers; she didn’t want to accidently get too comfy and drift off since Izuku was much too nice to wake her if he thought she needed the rest.

“Right, so, same thing?” Tooru asked, beginning her deep breathing as she found a comfy position on her pillow.

“Give it a try,” Izuku nodded. “If not, I have other thoughts.”

‘Me too.’ Tooru thought, a small smile on her face as she felt the ben wa balls shift inside her again when she got into bed. She should probably take them out to focus on this but definitely not while Izuku was still in the room.

Beginning her breathing ritual again while resting her hand on the pillow in front of her eyes, Tooru restarted her training.

She couldn’t help but notice Izuku’s gaze linger on her visible face for a few moments before he hurriedly turned around. While she couldn’t see it directly, his own face was definitely red from how pink his ears turned. Tooru gave up that attempt and didn’t count it due to giggling at the adorable greenette.

A further half hour passed with better but similar results.

Tooru managed to get into double digits at least, though she was still stuck firmly in the pre-teens section. Izuku didn’t need to hear a word to understand her progress, guessing the results from the huff of frustration he heard.

“Still nothing?”

“Better. Nothing practical though.” Tooru admitted glumly.

“Hmmm… do you mind telling me what you’re doing?” Izuku asked, reaching into his bag and pulling out his hero notebook and flipping to Tooru’s pages.

“Well I get the feeling I usually do when manipulating my quirk then I just sorta try and hold it in place while I breathe.” Tooru explained. “It really doesn’t help that it still feels like a woodpecker is trying to make his home in the back of my head either.”

“Are you thinking about anything other than your quirk?”

“Well I’m counting the seconds, twelve is the most by the way, but that shouldn’t really matter, should it?”

Izuku looked down at his notepad, glancing through the scribbles and notes he’d already made on Tooru’s quirk so far.

“Maybe…” He wondered. “Let’s try something.”

Tooru shrugged, happy to give anything a go he thought might work.

“Okay, make sure you can’t see yourself in any way.” Izuku ordered, wheeling himself over to Tooru’s bed and moving her hand away from her face.

“But then how can I tell-”

“You won’t.” Izuku answered ahead of her question. “Just focus on your control for now and I’ll keep track of it.”

Tooru complied, starting to gather her breath for yet another attempt.

“Whenever you’re ready.” Izuku smiled, gazing down at her.

She almost didn’t manage to focus enough as her core clenched around the toy she had at the thought of Izuku doing nothing but watching her. There would be time for that after he left though, quirk now.

Once she felt her control assert itself over her quirk, her attention was immediately drawn to Izuku.

“So I had a bit of a scare earlier.” Izuku began talking. Tooru frowned in confusion but held her quirk in place, slowly taking tiny, repeated breaths. “Aizawa looked at my notebook. I thought I was doomed when he read some of the stuff in there. Surprisingly, he actually praised me for everything I’d written, though he told me I’m not allowed to take the books off campus anymore. I completely understand of course but even after all this time I still don’t quite understand him. He acts like he doesn’t care about anything but us becoming the best heroes we can, yet he makes all these weird little exceptions for us.”

It was only when he stopped talking that Tooru felt her body remind her about what exactly she was doing. A great gasp of air later and Tooru could feel herself think again as sweet oxygen returned to her.

“W-What was… all that… about?” The invisible girl asked, confused at what the point was of all that.

“Just trying to distract you.” Izuku grinned, now eagerly scrawling in his notebook once more.

“I get that, why? I’m supposed to be focussing.”

“No you’re not.” Izuku declared almost triumphantly. “I think that’s the opposite of what you need to do. When you were focused on me, you forgot you were holding your quirk in place. I think even Kaminari can figure out holding it for twenty nine seconds is better than holding it for twelve.”

Tooru’s jaw dropped.

She’d doubled her visible time without even realising it!

“Y-You’re kidding!” She cried, a bubble of joy welling up in her chest.

“Nope!” Izuku matched her enthusiasm. “We got it backwards, you’re supposed to toggle the switch and forget about it, not keep watching it. Eventually, I’m sure your control will adapt and you’ll be able to do it without thinking. Seamless visibility.”

Seamless visibility. Being able to be seen without putting in any effort, an ability most people took for granted. It was a real goal for Tooru though, one she felt getting closer and closer with each passing success.

She could feel the excitement at such an outcome rushing through her and could hardly wait.

“T-Thank you so much Izuku!” Tooru sat up on her bed. “For everything, you’re just… you’re amazing. You’ve helped me so much.”

“I-It’s nothing.” Izuku rubbed the back of his head, shyly waving away praise he should’ve expected coming by now. “You’re the one doing all the work. I know it’s a personal issue but your dedication to training is inspiring to me, so I’m getting just as much as I’m giving really.”

After an afternoon of teasing from the toy still shifting inside her, the rising feelings Izuku was provoking, and her ecstatic demeanour, Tooru knew she had to show her appreciation in a different way.

Leaning in, she took hold of Izuku’s knees and pulled him closer, the shock on his face eliciting a small giggle from her as she drew close.

“I think I need to show you just how grateful I really am.” Tooru purred, reaching up to cup Izuku’s face and draw him close and into a tender kiss. It was brief, and there was no tongue, but it was deeply satisfying to Tooru.

When she pulled back, she looked nervously into Izuku’s fluttering eyes, hoping he was able to better accept her feelings at this point.

“W-Wow…” Izuku stammered, giving his head a brief shake to clear it. “T-That was um… r-really nice.”

“I should hope so, I’ve had plenty of practise.” Tooru giggled, rubbing her hands up and down his legs lightly. “I um… don’t suppose you’d be interested in a little break?

It was really two questions in one. She knew Izuku and Tsu had progressed their relationship to a significant degree and he’d probably done some things with Ochako too, but was he ready to accept her own feelings?

“O-Oh, w-well um…” Izuku licked his lips, a mix of eagerness and nerves rapidly rising to the top of his emotions. “I-I think it would… be okay… i-if you want.”

“Is that stutter because you’re nervous or because you don’t want to?” Tooru asked, a tad downhearted, not wanting to pressure the boy into something he wasn’t ready for or comfortable accepting.

“No I…” Izuku could hear the tentative tone in her voice. “Sorry, I’m still new to all this and it’s a bit surreal just um… y-you liking me and everyone being so… open.”

“I’m hoping there’s a ‘but’ in there.” Tooru shot him a hopeful smile.

“But um…” Izuku chuckled at her accurate prediction, “I discussed things with Ochako and Tsu so they know, and I know I kinda wanna… e-explore things with you i-if that’s okay. We haven’t gone on a date yet but-”

“Dates are kinda hard to come by.” Tooru shook her head. “Even the rest of us have only had a couple each and that was after a lot of lewd stuff. What’s important is spending time together and how we make each other feel.” Tooru reached out to cup Izuku’s face. “I know you make me feel really good about myself and I hope you’d like to explore something further with me.”

“I-I’d really like that.” Izuku smiled warmly, though his nerves were definitely still on display.

“We’re probably gonna wanna close these then.” Tooru stood and quickly closed her curtains again, bathing her room in darkness before turning on her bedside lamp, giving the area a sense of intimate comfort.

Izuku shuffled his feet as he sat and waited for instructions. Tooru swiftly returned to the bed before lying down on it and shuffling back.

“Come here.” She patted the spot next to her, leaving plenty of space for Izuku to join her.

The greenette shifted his position from the chair to the bed, carefully lying down beside Tooru without touching her. Once settled, he rolled slightly to face the girl and shoot her a smile as confidently as he could.

“You’re such a nervous nelly.” Tooru giggled, wrapping her arm over him and dragging him close enough for their bodies to touch. Even while both fully dressed, Izuku could feel himself getting aroused at where things might lead in such a position.

“F-First um… just before we do anything… I’m not comfortable uh, going all the way right now.”

“Izuku Midoriya!” Tooru gasped. “What kind of girl do you take me for?!”

“W-Wait I-”

Tooru quickly silenced him with a kiss, rolling over to lay half atop him and press her body against his. After another delightful kiss, the invisible girl felt she’d teased the boy enough.

“Don’t worry Midori, I’m still a little nervous too.” Tooru chuckled.

“I-It’s not nerves, um…” Izuku gulped. “Ochako asked to be my um… s-second, so, yeah…”

“Awww, that’s so sweet.” Tooru cooed. “Guess that answers the question of whether you two have done it yet or not.” She giggled. “Wait, does that mean I’m like third then? I asked before Mina!”

“W-Well uh… I’m not doing… uh.” The greenette scrambled for an answer.

“I don’t think we need to worry about that now though.” Tooru smirked, nuzzling her cheek against Izuku’s and letting out a sigh of content at finally being able to do so. “Let’s just enjoy ourselves for a bit and see what happens. I promise we’ll stop before we cross that line.”

Izuku breathed a sigh of relief. It was nerve-racking enough doing this while his brain still struggled to separate the concept of monogamy from what they all shared. Little by little though, he was coming to terms with how exactly this unique relationship worked. Not only was he allowed to do stuff with the other girls in their group that consented, but Tsu was almost encouraging him to do so. Being raised by practically a single mother had given him a healthy respect for women instilled by her but also a specific idea of what was expected of him.

Tooru leant forward once again and captured his lips without complaint. The boy pushed down the part of his anxiety that still reacted to this, allowing himself to savour the moment even if there was hopefully many more to come.

That was how the pair found themselves for the next ten minutes. Kissing gave way to making out while cuddling which sunk into French kissing with caressing. Both were starting to feel the room heat up as they’d long since past the point of self-consciousness for now.

Being the more experienced of the two, Tooru opted to take the lead and feel things out. By that, it was quite literal as her hands had caressed Izuku’s sides before pressing firmly against his six pack, her core clenching needily. Ojiro was old news and Izuku had firmly stepped into his place as the boy she wanted to manhandle and protect her at the same time. Slowly, her hand drifted from his six pack and slipped down to his school trousers, fiddling slowly with the button deliberately while pulling back from the kiss and asking permission with her eyes.

Izuku replied with a breathy nod, his hormones long having given his cock permission to stand at attention as Tooru’s hand slid down his fly, brushing it lightly and eliciting a moan from him.

“There’s more where that came from.” Tooru giggled, slipping her hand into his underwear and grasping him lightly but firmly. Another moan pulled itself from Izuku’s throat as she eagerly began pumping away.

“I’ve been thinking about doing this ever since you started helping me with my quirk.” Tooru whispered in a sultry voice directly into Izuku’s ear. “Bet you didn’t expect this as a reward for all your hard work.”

“Uh uh.” Izuku shook his head, focussing on Tooru’s hand.

“Mmmm, that’s just the start.” Tooru purred. “You’ve helped me so much more since then so you’ve earned a much better reward now. Do you want it?”

“Mmmhmm.” Izuku nodded shakily, wondering if he’d even be able to last that long with how erotic Tooru was making the situation.

Delicately unwrapping her hand from around Izuku’s cock, Tooru shuffled down the bed, stripping off her top and bra as she went, leaving only her bottoms in place for Izuku to use as reference. With some firm tugging, she slipped Izuku’s trousers and underpants down his legs to bunch up at the end of the bed, slipping over to sit between them as she gathered her saliva.

“Ready for part two?” Tooru whispered again though Izuku had no trouble hearing her.

“Please.” He nodded, eager to feel his cock inside the velvety softness of a mouth once again, the organ flexing eagerly.

Tooru giggled at the movement, thinking it oddly cute as she wrapped her thumb and index finger around it near the base and tilted it downwards towards her face.

“Hehe, it feels weird.” She commented. “Hard but flexible. Nice and warm too.”

If Izuku was meant to respond, he didn’t get the chance as Tooru’s lips took the tip in her mouth and her tongue began circling it in the most toe curling way. Oddly, she released her grip on it once her mouth had secured it, only for two very soft orbs to now wrap around his cock and press together, engulfing it in a unique softness.

Izuku cried out at the sensation as Tooru began bobbing lightly, never taking more than the tip into her mouth as she massaged her breasts around Izuku’s cock. Tsu or Ochako had never given him a titjob before and Izuku knew he would be likely to request one the next time he did stuff with them. He briefly cursed as his mind had drifted to those two when he was supposed to be thinking unsexy thoughts to stave off his orgasm.

When Tooru wasn’t getting the results she wanted she decided a little more dirty talk was in order to help Izuku fire away.

“I bet you can’t wait till I can control my quirk now.” She giggled, continuing to sandwich and massage Izuku’s cock between her breasts. “Imagine the reward you’ll get when I can do this at will.”

Tooru briefly forced the air from her lungs and pulled back on her quirk. Izuku looked down to witness the sight of a very attractive Tooru and her breasts sucking on his cock and trying to milk it for all it was worth.

Of course, it didn’t last very long and Tooru had to take a quick breather after returning to her natural, invisible state.

“W-When that happens.” She gasped a little. “You’ll probably have done more stuff with ‘Chako, so you’ll be free to… fill me to the brim with your cum.” Tooru stuck her tongue out, massaging her breasts a little faster so that Izuku would cover her face in his manly substance. “I want you to make me big. Fill me up so much I look like I’m pregnant. I want to be leaking cum for days.”

That was it for Izuku.

His hips thrust, his hands clenched the sheets and his breaths became gasps as he unloaded powerful spurts all over Tooru’s face. Much of it had painted her nose, cheek and tongue as intended, with the first spurt landing somewhere in her hair that she’d have to wash out later. Neither of them had bathed since training yet so it wasn’t a big deal.

“Mmmm,” Tooru made an exaggerated moan as she swallowed Izuku’s cum, briefly imagining it filling her belly to the brim. “I hope you’re looking forward to it.”

Izuku lay there for a moment, recapturing his breath. Tooru was talking so much about thanking him that he was beginning to feel guilty. Whether it was solely that or a mix with ‘post-nut clarity’ he didn’t know but he felt everything was very unfair right now.

Did she not realise how much she and the other girls had done for him? How much he valued their friendship, fidelity, and the comfort just being in their presence brought him? He felt very inadequate in that moment as he realised, for much of the time that he’d been intimate with them, he’d taken without giving. That was going to change now though and he’d start with the girl that had helped him firm up his own resolve in recent days.

Tooru jumped as Izuku’s legs lifted straight up, the boy rolling himself off the bed dressed only in his top. She was briefly worried that he was having second thoughts about what they’d done only for her breath to get stolen away from her inadvertently as Izuku fixed her with a fierce, determined expression.

With a gentleness she didn’t expect from one wearing that look, Tooru found herself seized under her arms, which was impressive given how her top half was currently completely invisible, and deposited on her bed in the same position Izuku was just in. About to ask what was going on, Tooru could only gasp as Izuku grabbed her skirt and underwear and pulled them down, snagging each of her knee high socks as he did and leaving her completely exposed.

She couldn’t help the squeak that emerged from her throat as she tried to cover her breasts and crotch by reflex with her hands, her legs slamming closed too.

“You’re not the only one who needs to give out rewards for being grateful.” Izuku said in a voice that definitely held more confidence than any she’d heard before. “You all found out my secret, accepted me despite everything, and let me be a part of your relationship. I couldn’t fathom having one girlfriend let alone potentially f-five.” He stuttered a little as that reality was still one he had trouble processing. “But you deserve to receive just as much love as you’ve given me.”

Tooru’s breathing was definitely heavy as Izuku firmly cradled one of her legs, pulling it close as he began caressing and kissing along its length, each kiss drawing his head closer to her core where her mind offered her visions of what he could be about to do.

It wasn’t something she intended to ask him for but she’d be damned if she wasn’t going to let it happen. Her hands shifted themselves from covering herself to playing with her nipples, preparing for whatever Izuku wanted to next as her legs spread open for him. She noticed him spot the shifting of her covers and moved closer to settle between her legs only laying prone instead of kneeling like she had.

“After everything you’ve done for your quirk, I’ve found myself pushing beyond my limits more often just by thinking about you.” He admitted. “When I feel like I can’t do one more rep or set, I think about how dedicated you are to yourself and it helps me push through.”

Tooru felt a groan pull itself from her throat as Izuku lowered his head and, with a slow, clumsy lick, parted her lips with his tongue and sending a wave of shivers up her spine. She tried to control her breathing despite knowing this was only the beginning and couldn’t wait for what came next.

“We’re going to do some training now.” Izuku stated. “You’re going to make yourself visible for as long as you can while I do some practising of my own. This is… k-kinda my first time.” He admitted.

Tooru couldn’t help the small laugh at Izuku’s sudden break in character.

“Yes sensei!” Tooru nodded with one last chuckle before trying to refocus on her breathing. With a much greater effort thanks to her riled libido, she felt the familiar sensation of her quirk receding, and now, Izuku was getting a front-row seat to her pussy on display. The thought alone made her clench only to gasp in realization, breaking the hold she had on her quirk almost immediately.

“Something wrong?” Izuku asked in a concerned tone.

“N-No uh… b-but um… there’s something a little… embarrassing.” Tooru admitted. Reaching down, she sought out the little cord that had slipped between the cracks of her rear, and barely noticeable in the heat of the moment. She was about to tell Izuku not to look only to realise she didn’t have that issue with him anymore. If anything, she wanted him to look.

“Ahh… ahhh!” Tooru groaned deeply as she pulled at the cord, a pair of wet pops colouring the air as a pair of familiar looking orbs were displayed to Izuku once again.

“T-Those are…” Izuku blinked, his brain starting the play catch up to how long she had to have had those in.

“I-I thought they might help with my… training.” Tooru explained softly. “N-No one noticed in the gym a-and I didn’t expect this s-so…”

“That is… i-incredibly hot.” Izuku breathed heavily, flexing his hands as his lust cranked up to the top.

Tooru was surprised by his reaction, the intense look in his eyes sending waves of desire though her body. She was briefly afraid they might both lose themselves in the moment and forget their commitment, especially as Izuku’s dick started flexing back up once more. He reached for the toy she’d left on the bed, holding it up and examining it.

“These,” He said in that confident voice, “are staying inside.”

Tooru felt her core clench around a now empty gap, eager for something to fill it again.

“We’re not leaving this bed until you understand how grateful I am too.” Izuku stated, lowering the toy with one hand and spreading Tooru’s pussy with the other. They were still wet enough they slipped in easily with Izuku’s fingers following as Tooru groaned in pleasure at being filled again. It wasn’t Izuku’s cock, nor was it one of Momo’s awesome strap-ons, but it would do to tide her over until she could clench around the real thing.

“Now,” Izuku almost growled. “Back to your training.”

“Y-Yes sensei.” Tooru nodded, much less confident now that she’d be able to manage such a thing.

Once more she made herself visible, trying her best not to focus on her breathing which was pretty easy as Izuku’s head sunk down to deliver another long lick.

It took all of her concentration and effort not to break her breathing rhythm but she managed it… just about. Her form had wobbled and almost disappeared entirely save for the faintest trace of white that coloured the air.

Izuku paid her no mind, focusing instead on memorizing and learning all her could about how Tooru’s pussy looked and how each part felt so he could do this without looking. He wished he had asked to do this with Ochako or Tsuyu so he’d have at least a little idea on what he was doing but he couldn’t change the past. For now, he focused on the basics of what he knew: use the flat of his tongue, pay attention to the clit and don’t rush things.

It made her dizzy, but Tooru tried a further three times to hold her visibility while Izuku learned the ropes of oral. Tooru knew it was partly for him and as much as she didn’t want to disappoint him, she knew he didn’t want to disappoint her either. Thanks to the toy that had been teasing at her all afternoon, she was pretty riled up already and knew it wouldn’t take too much to get her to the end. Izuku was improving rapidly each time she’d become visible and he was now curling his fingers inside her clumsily, searching for her sweet spot.

Resolving to teach him another time, she couldn’t help but notice he was back at full mast himself again. A very lewd idea came to her that would not only play into her fetish but it could potentially give Izuku the time he also needed to get her over the line.

“I-Izuku stop.” Tooru muttered, wiggling her hips to get his attention.

The boy looked up quickly, eager to hear if she had a suggestion or something to help finish her off.

“I-I have an idea.” She gulped, her core clenching as the scenario played out in her head. “T-Turn around and lay on top of me. We’re going to show each other how grateful we are at the same time.”

It took a moment to process in Izuku’s head before he caught on. As much as he wanted to focus on Tooru alone, he wouldn’t turn down her suggestion if she was asking for it.

“Okay, just um… let me know if I’m too heavy.” He requested, standing on her mattress and stepping over to stand above before turning round.

Having seen enough porn to know what to do, Izuku slowly crouched down before placing his weight on his knees and hands, resting on them as they both adjusted to the new position with Izuku hovering over the invisible girl.

The greenette groaned as his cock was pulled back and likely aimed towards Tooru’s face, whether to coat her for a second time or for a blowjob, he didn’t care as he nestled his head between her own legs, his tongue now on the opposite side of her clit.

Slowly, each of them began to pleasure the other once more, their climaxes steadily building. Tooru knew she had some ground to make up since Izuku had cum once already. Instead of wasting time with niceties, she engulfed his cock head with her lips and, once she was sure of her range of movement, began bobbing her head as deep as she could.

Izuku quickly got his fingers to replace his tongue to tease at Tooru’s clit while his mouth was occupied in a deep groan. He couldn’t help thrusting his hips, trying to match Tooru’s bobs and get even more of himself inside her. He refocused his own efforts, quickly descending again to take her clit in his lips and pull it in with a gentle suck.

The two continued for another few moments, each trying to get the other to cum to show their appreciation.

Tooru had an ace though. After sessions with Momo, she’d learned to mix her breath control with suppressing her gag reflex, allowing the heiress to cum down her throat as deeply as she could. It was only for a couple of moments but that would be all she’d need.

Her hands reached up to wrap around Izuku’s frame, clasping his firm buttocks in each palm. With a forceful pull, she forced Izuku as far into her throat as she could manage, waiting for that tell-tale groan of delight.

Tooru wasn’t disappointed as Izuku, with his weaker resistance to all things lewd, felt himself begin releasing for the second time that day. The invisible girl’s toes curled in delight as she could feel the boy pumping spurt after spurt of hot, sticky cum down her throat to bloat her stomach with his load. She didn’t want to miss a drop and held him in place as long as she could. With her lungs rapidly running out of oxygen, she could feel her quirk twinge at the expected command. Exerting herself for what could well be the last thing she did with it that day, she pulled her quirk back to give Izuku one last look at her pussy as her legs snapped together, her orgasm rippling through her.

“Oh f~fu~uck.” Izuku groaned as he realised what was happening riding out his orgasm for all it was worth. Once he felt his balls well and truly drained, he pulled himself back as quickly as he could, very aware Tooru was likely low on air.

A very sticky sounding gasp rang out into the room as Tooru was free to breathe once more, oxygen never tasting so sweet.

“A-Are you… okay?” Izuku gasped, still recovering from his climax but not wanting Tooru to have pulled such a stunt if she couldn’t handle it.

Tooru could only gurgle in response as she tried to swallow the last of the load that hadn’t made it down her throat before speaking in a rough but smug voice.

“W-Worth it.”

Izuku couldn’t help but chuckle and shake his head at the absurdity of the situation. He quickly sought out his bag and grabbed a bottle of water he’d taken to class to rehydrate after quirk practise. Passing the probably only cups worth of liquid over to her, Tooru gulped it down to clear the last of the stuff from her system, rising to rest on her elbow as she did.

“T-That was… intense.” Was all Izuku could say to sum up what they’d just done.

“Y-Yeah.” Tooru replied, still a little hoarse.

“You didn’t have to do that last bit.” Izuku said, hoping she hadn’t pushed herself too far.

“If was hot though.” Tooru smirked, “You filling me up while I choke on your cock as you lick me to completion, watching me squirm… ahhh fu~uck.” Tooru briefly rubbed at her pussy as a pang of pleasure rippled through her still quivering crotch.

“If you’re sure you’re okay.” Izuku tentatively breathed a sigh of relief.

“I think we’re both a lot better than okay.” Tooru giggled. “Now come snuggle!”

Izuku chuckled lightly at the petulant sounding demand, deciding to just roll with it and roll back into bed with the girl. Both of their heads rested on the pillow as the pair cuddled up together, though Izuku took special care to keep his crotch away from Tooru’s. The two just remained in contact as both focused on regaining their stamina after such an extreme act.

Tooru was the first to break the silence, cupping Izuku’s face and turning it towards hers.

“Izuku I…” She bit her lip, wondering if it was too early to say what she felt in her heart. “I-I know that it’s still pretty early for us but um… I-I really like how you make me feel. When I’m with you, you make all my worries about my quirk just disappear and I’m the most important person to you in that moment. I want to say that, e-even if you don’t say it back, I know that I love you.”

After everything he’d survived today, Izuku’s emotions couldn’t withstand a hit such as that as his infamous Midoriya tear ducts began working once again.

“T-Tooru…” He choked out, unable to stop himself from pulling the invisible girl into a loving, but a little wet, kiss. “T-Thank you s-so much. I-I feel the same a-about the time and stuff. I-I don’t know how everything will work out but I’m so glad you’re a part of it. I’m sorry for n-not getting back to you sooner an-”

“Shhh, that’s okay.” Tooru placed a finger over his lips to briefly hush the boy. “We’ve all been a bit manic with… well everything since school started. You’ve had a lot of weight on your shoulders, don’t beat yourself up about not doing this sooner. We’re here now together and that’s all that matters.”

“Y-Yeah, right.” Izuku nodded firmly, trying to rein in his tears. “B-But um… s-still… I-I can’t… say it back but… I can’t wait to explore e-everything else when we can. I-I want to take you out like Tsu and Ochako and make you feel as special as you are b-because you really, really are.”

“Awww.” Tooru whimpered, feeling her own emotions swelling up now. She pressed forward and captured Izuku’s lips in another loving kiss as the two revelled in their shared appreciation for one another.

The two slipped into a comfortable silence after that, content to just lay in each other’s arms and listen to ambience.

“Do... you want me to um… come back again to uh… h-help you train?” Izuku asked tentatively, genuinely enquiring about it and not implying a repeat performance of this, as enjoyable as that would be.

“I think I’ve got an idea on how to train now.” Tooru giggled, placing another kiss on Izuku’s jaw. “Me and Mina’ll just watch a film or something. She’s gonna get real jealous when she finds out it’s a legitimate training method for me though.”

“Sounds good.” Izuku smiled, quickly figuring that such a tactic may work very well with her current method of practising.

“But… i-if you’d like to come join to watch, I wouldn’t mind you hanging around when I’m finished for some… extra training.” Tooru blushed.

“I-I think Mina would eat me alive.” Izuku shuddered, remembering the girl’s declaration on their favourite talking bench.

“Probably, but it’s fine so long as I can watch.” Tooru giggled, sending a full body blush right through Izuku.

The two continued chatting and flirting casually into the early evening, enjoying the other’s company and taking the opportunity to just talk rather than worry about their potential chemistry with each other. When Izuku’s dinnertime alarm went off, the pair quickly realised they’d spent the whole afternoon together.

After gathering their clothes, both felt a bit shy about asking the other to continue their chat over dinner. Instead of words, Izuku just offered his hand to the invisible girl who quickly wrapped his arm in a hug as they made their way out of the dorm room that now reeked of sex and towards the elevator, only splitting up once they returned to the common room.

Notes:

Chapter summary:

- While having dinner in the common room, Kaminari discovers a cool new app that can generate someone's hypothetical appearance if they were the opposite gender. Everyone enjoys a bit of fun until it gets to Tooru's turn. Deciding to play a prank on their classmates, Mina takes Tooru's picture as though it was a normal occurrence with the girl finally revealing to most of the class her visible form. The group gush over her before things settle down. After dinner, Kyoka returns to her room, having not looked at all the genderswapped pictures. When she spies Izuku's in the group chat, she finds her heart thumping loudly in her chest. When attempting to experiment and get off to this version of Izuku, she can't help herself and pictures the real, male one instead. Kyoka accepts that she can't run from her feelings anymore but still rejects them for confusing her yet again.

- During a combat class the next day, Kyoka, Mina and Izuku work together to take down the enemy team. Kyoka's misplaced irritation at Izuku causes her to make several mistakes that earns her a scolding from Aizawa. Frustrated with everything, Kyoka lashes out at the others, wanting nothing more than to be left alone. Mina thinks she understands what's wrong and takes Kyoka back to her room for a private chat, successfully guessing it was about her growing feelings for Izuku. Unable to deny it any longer, Kyoka resolves to explain and apologize to her girlfriends. Finding all of them and an apologetic Izuku outside her door, she conjures up an excuse to get rid of Izuku for a moment while she relays things to the girls. Despite her anger, there's no hard feelings and the girls hope that, no matter which was she ends up, they are all still a unit. Izuku returns with a water bottle for Kyoka's period cramps, the excuse she'd given, which endears him to her all the more though he doesn't realise it.

- Aizawa reluctantly announces the class trip to Nabu Island in a month's time, thinking back to the discussion he and the other teachers had about it since the Hero Commission seemed so dead-set on intervening just to be seen as 'doing something'.

- The group discuss the trip over lunch, geeking out about being able to work as genuine pros and serving the community while also enjoying a little downtime in a remote part of the country where people would hopefully pay their dates no mind.

- Aizawa spies Izuku chatting to several students during training that afternoon, observing his use of a notebook he'd previously dismissed as unimportant. Reassessing the situation, he gets Izuku to reluctantly hand it over. Reading brutal but effective tactics is a bit of a shock but it all appeared to be in the name of improving heroes, at least, on the surface. The teacher returns the greenette's notebook after extracting a promise to never remove it from campus. He still needs to talk to Nezu about it as while Izuku has done a lot of good for the school and his classmates, there is still the unresolved issue of a potential traitor among the students.

- Tooru, after struggling to get her quirk to go past any further limits, gets some further help from Izuku that same training session. Figuring out a new method to continue pushing her quirk even further and close in on her goal of being able to turn it on and off, Tooru is grateful to the boy but asks for his assistance to train that afternoon which he agrees to.

- Momo and Tsuyu chat in the baths about their recent experiences. Tsuyu divulges a few of the details behind a chat she shared with Izuku and Ochako about how they'd be moving their relationship between themselves forward while allowing Izuku to progress with the other girls if he desired. The pair end up getting aroused by their discussions and enjoy their remaining time in the baths pleasuring each other before retiring to Momo's room for more of the same.

- Izuku and Tooru return to her room to train. After trying a few things, the two have a small revelation about how best to get Tooru's quirk to work the way she wanted it to. Grateful for all the assistance so far and reminded of her feelings for the boy, Tooru proposes some intimacy which Izuku shyly agrees to. Both wanting the other to know how grateful they are for everything they'd received thus far, the two end up getting each other off, ending in an intense sixty nine. Snuggling in the after glow, Tooru and Izuku open themselves up to each other about how they currently feel before heading down to dinner for the evening.

Chapter 20: Love, Lust, and Liaisons

Summary:

Some of the group settle in for a very pleasant Saturday while things progress in other areas.

Notes:

Thank you all for your patience. I came down with a severe case of Bronchitis and was practically useless for a good chunk of time. With xmas holidays coming up and my health on the mend, I hope to resume normal schedule starting today.
I'd like to give a special shout out to all those on the discord who have kept me laughing and been incredibly supportive as I recovered. Thanks guys!

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

As it was Saturday, the class was mostly free to do what they liked once more. Many of the students enjoyed the day of rest, others completed their homework first to get it out of the way. The hero course students had extra obligations as, while they weren’t required to exercise, it was encouraged to maintain good physical form with how hectic their career will be.

For two students, they’d booked the heated indoor pool for some swim time. One was there to train her skills, the other one was there to support her and do a few laps for fun rather than put any significant effort in; it wasn’t like she planned to become an aqua based hero like her girlfriend after all.

“It’s nearly winter but the pool is so warm! UA really is the best.” Mina grinned as she pulled herself up and out of the pool to sit on the side, her legs dangling freely.

“It certainly beats training in lakes or the ocean at this time of year.” Tsuyu agreed, casually swimming past her girlfriend at a speed the pinkette could never hope to achieve.

“Wait, did you actually train like that before UA?” Mina queried with a raised brow.

“How else am I going to prepare to resist the freezing cold temperatures?” Tsuyu called back, now halfway around the pool.

“Wow… yeah, that’s a no from me. I’ll just call your butt up if someone needs to do lifeguard duty.” Mina giggled, relaxing back on her arms and releasing a sigh of contentment. “Did someone have to watch you?”

“For my hibernation? Yup. Had to get a swimming instructor to watch over me, just to make sure.” Tsuyu explained. “It wasn’t too expensive but it I think it was worth it.”

“It got you here. That’s definitely worth it in my book.” The pinkette nodded.

Tsuyu decided she’d had enough casual swimming for now and took a breath to dive underwater to do some speedier laps. The frog girl had dressed in a somewhat revealing two-piece green and yellow stripped set while Mina was dressed in her cutest white frilled top and bottoms of the same size. It would’ve been a hassle for Tsuyu to get her hero outfit for out-of-hours practise like this so Mina had suggested just casual beach wear since they’d be alone.

Mina sat up and admired the way Tsu’s body moved in the water, taking a moment to watch the lithe girl move who was far stronger than she appeared. Kind of like Mirko. They both had simple mutation quirks but used them to their fullest. Mirko had those bunny-like legs that allowed her to leap buildings in a single bound while Tsu… could probably do the same when she reached her full potential.

Mina bit her lip as she briefly imagined settling between those thighs once more, closing her eyes and just-

“Having fun?” Tsuyu’s voice asked from way too close to her.

“Gah! Sneaky frog!” Mina flinched, tapping her on the head lightly in retaliation.

“Selkie taught me how to emerge from water silently. Hasn’t been much use so far but it might come in handy one day; like today.” Tsuyu giggled cutely, giving Mina a wide, closed eye smile.

“Stop it, you’re being too adorable again.” Mina reached down and smooshed her cheeks together. “You know we can’t do anything in public. Not after Kyoka scolded slash dominated us.”

“That was hot.” Tsuyu said bluntly, causing the pinkette to chuckle and shake her head.

“Got that right.” Mina sighed dreamily at the pleasant memory. “‘Bout time someone finally nutted up and got properly rough.”

“What do you mean?” Tsuyu asked, folding her arms and resting on the edge of the pool as the two chatted.

“Oh no, I don’t get to hear your saucy secrets, you don’t get to learn mine.” Mina stuck her tongue out.

“That’s fine.” Tsuyu shrugged with a cheeky smirk. “Truth or dare’s more fun to pull it out of you anyway.”

“And as fun as that would be, I don’t think our green bean’s ready for that information yet.” Mina remarked. “Kyoka neither.”

“I figured that’s why we’re taking a break on sleepovers right now.” Tsuyu nodded. “I can delay stuff next week if needed.”

“I’m sure she’d appreciate that. Girl’s got her head in knots over something that took me about twenty minutes to puzzle out.”

“She’s had a bad time with it, sure.” Tsuyu nodded, “But don’t think I didn’t notice you deflecting.”

“Jeez, you’re really persistent at times, aren’t you?” Mina deadpanned to the girl, having been caught out.

“Curiosity isn’t just for the cats.” Tsuyu stuck her own, much longer tongue out.

“Urgh, fine, but only if you tell me yours in return.” Mina offered. “No tricks or games.”

“Actually, you should go talk to Izuku.” Tsuyu offered. “We talked about it and he’s kinda really looking forward to dishing.”

“Ooo!” Mina squealed, now very excited to see if said green bean was free after their workout. “Okay, that’s good enough… if you’re telling the truth.” Mina shot her a suspicious look.

“It is.” Tsuyu rolled her eyes. “Ochako approved it too so you’re good to go.”

“Yes! It’s been ages since I gossiped with anyone besides you guys about… well, you guys.”

“Understandable.” Tsuyu nodded. “I love you all but it’s sometimes difficult to have to hide it from everyone else.”

“Like when I wanna snog you when you make that adorable face.” Mina smirked at Tsuyu who tilted her head in confusion. “That face too. They’ll all snogable.”

“Flatterer.” Tsuyu shook her head but felt a light blush creep onto her face all the same. “Anyway, what did you mean about ‘getting properly rough’?”

Mina took a moment to look around, making sure no one else has snuck in just to be sure before slipping back into the water and mimicking Tsuyu’s pose against the pool wall.

“Well,” She began, a lewd smile appearing on her face with a mild, somewhat shy blush joining it. “Just… you know, some of the girls aren’t that… strong or rough when it comes to doing it. It’s all soft and sweet which is, yeah, fine, but I’m still not getting some of that rough passion I expected when I dreamed about my romantic life.”

Tsuyu’s eyes widened slightly but she said nothing, allowing the pinkette to divulge a weight that had seemingly gone completely overlooked.

“Kyoka did that thing in the bathrooms which was fucking awesome.” Mina giggled perversely. “Apart from that, it’s been fairly tame when it comes to sex. There’s been no real hardcore ‘fucking’ you know? Just like, two people wildly trying to get each other and themselves off in a fit of passion. Closest I probably got was that private ‘truth or dare’ thing when we first bumped uglies.” She winked.

“Ah, I see.” Tsuyu nodded simply. “We do have a tendency to be a bit cautious still. We’ve only collectively been going out for a little while really.”

“Right!” Mina nodded. “And just… yeah, I’m really looking forward to some of the rougher stuff once we’re more comfortable with each other. Especially from Izuku.”

“That’s my boyfriend you’re talking about.” Tsuyu teased.

Our boyfriend.” Mina nudged her arm playfully. “Well, hopefully anyway. Hoping once his confidence comes out he can unleash some of that power he’s clearly holding back and take me in a manly fashion.”

“Surely you want Kirishima for that.” Tsuyu giggled.

“I’m not his type; do I look like I have blond hair, a fifty-foot ego, and a penis?” Mina laughed, thinking fondly about her horn buddy and his crush slash possible secret boyfriend. “But yeah, combine that with some of my original dirty things I wanted to do with a guy since before our first slumber party and I’m very much looking forward to when Izuku gears up to get down.”

“Just don’t rush him and you should be fine.” Tsuyu nodded. “I think he and Tooru had some alone time yesterday so he’s getting bolder.”

Mina’s mouth dropped open.

“How the hell do you kn-”

“Izuku told me after dinner.” Tsuyu cut her off. “Left Tooru pretty drained after training too and I’m sure she drained him just as much. Didn’t you wonder why she went straight to bed after food?” She giggled. “Tooru’s probably going to blow up your phone when she wakes up.”

“Stop it!” Mina whined petulantly. “That sounds awesome and just makes me want my turn sooner.” She sulked into her arms. “I want someone to wear me out into a sex coma.”

“We could always go a few rounds.” Tsuyu nudged her girlfriend. “I was a little emotional the first time we did stuff together so you haven’t felt me go all out with rest. Between easing Ochako into her new sexuality and then Izuku on top of that, I’ve been a bit pent up too so I’m ready to eat any of you up.”

“Vore much?” Mina laughed.

“Don’t make me try.” Tsuyu chuckled, lowering her arm back into the water to grab Mina’s butt which the girl very much appreciated.

“Mmmm, yes, but no.” Mina sighed wistfully. “Need to be good for Momo.”

“You’re probably right.” Tsuyu nodded, removing her groping hand. “I did come here for some training after all so how about you help me with some rescue drills.” She stated. “After that, you can go find Izuku and find out exactly how he and Starlight molested each other.”

“Ooo, yeah, okay, deal.” Mina’s grin returned, pulling herself back out of the water and grabbing some of the rescue dummies UA kept for such training.

For the next half an hour, Mina would test Tsuyu to complete various challenges she set out, like rescuing a certain amount of dummies within a time limit, hunting down a number of the little electronic fish she released, or just hurling herself into the water and pretending to drown to be rescued In Tsuyu’s strong arms.

Once Tsuyu’s phone let out an alarm tone that let them know their time was up, the pair put away the tools they’d used for training and headed back to the changing rooms.

As they were changing Tsuyu couldn’t help but notice no one else was here, indicating that maybe no one else had booked time for the pool after them. Checking her phone again and noting the time, she couldn’t help coming up with a sly idea.

“Hey Mina?”

“Yeah?” The pinkette asked shrugging herself out of her swimwear.

“You got any plans for the rest of today?”

“Well, that chat with Midori, certainly.” Mina pondered. “Maybe corner Tooru too.”

“Nothing else?”

“Besides this? Nope.” Mina shrugged.

“Good, ribbit.” Tsuyu smirked, turning towards her girlfriend and lashing her tongue around her middle.

“Gah, Tsu!” Mina cried out, finding herself lifted lightly off the floor in a surprising display of strength from the girl’s tongue, not that it should surprise her by now. “What are you-”

“I don’t think anyone’s booked the next session. I figure we’ve got about fifty five minutes at least until someone might come here next.” Tsuyu explained as she ‘escorted’ Mina towards the bathroom stalls attached to the changing room. “I think I’ve got some time to show you my wild side.”

Mina couldn’t help chuckling lewdly as she felt the end of Tsuyu’s tongue slide down her back as she carried her, caressing her rear cheeks affectionately.

“Bring it!” She challenged, sticking out her own tongue once more and sliding her hand down to caress one of her breasts.

With hurried hands, Tsuyu slipped the pair of them into a stall and locked it behind her. It would do nothing for the sound but it at least gave them the illusion of privacy.

“This is so naughty!” Mina purred as Tsuyu lowered her to the floor.

“The pool has cameras, here we can at least enjoy their absence, ribbit.”

The pair took a moment to look over each other appreciatively. Mina was much less inclined to hide her obvious lust over Tsuyu’s muscly thighs while Tsuyu plotted exactly how she was going to rip her own name from Mina’s lips.

When their eyes met in the charged atmosphere, the two hurriedly came together and easily slipped into a passionate French kiss. Their hands didn’t bother delicately caressing at the other’s face when there were much more tantalizing options to go for, like waist and ass.

Soon, Mina felt her gag reflex being tested as Tsuyu pressed her up against the stall wall, leaving her no escape as she forced her tongue down her throat. She definitely wasn’t complaining, taking the opportunity to slip her hands inside the lower half of Tsuyu’s swimming costume, firmly grabbing the fleshy globes beneath.

When the froggy girl pulled back to ease up after a moment, Mina instead followed her before pulling back, making it clear she was attempting to deep throat Tsuyu’s tongue. The greenette indulged her partner for just a moment longer before retracting her extra-long appendage.

“You’ve no idea how hot that is to me.” Tsuyu panted just a little, very much feeling the effects of what they were doing.

“I’ve got some idea.” Mina whispered sultrily, shifting one of her hands around Tsuyu’s waist to pet at her pussy. “I don’t think this is just from the pool after all.”

Tsuyu moaned as Mina’s finger slipped inside her, lightly reliving the dull ache that had quickly been building.

She shook her head quickly to regain her senses before pushing Mina’s arms away and grabbing her own, pink rear.

“I’m going to fuck you now.” Tsuyu stated. “Then I’m going to use you to get off.”

Mina felt her core clench in desire. This wasn’t love right now, this was lust, and also everything she’d been wanting recently.

“Prove it.” She dared, fully intending to go along with whatever her sexy girlfriend wanted at this point.

The gleam in Tsuyu’s eye when she was challenged returned with a vengeance. With a tug, Mina’s own swimming bottoms were quickly discarded to the floor and, using her unusually strong yet lithe arms, Tsuyu pulled Mina upwards, making the girl briefly shriek in surprise as her feet left the ground. She was only surprised for a second though as Tsuyu’s arm’s wrapped themselves under her thighs to hold her in place, her face now inches away from Mina’s crotch.

Pressed up against the wall and about to have her pussy invaded by her girlfriend’s expertly skilled tongue, Mina couldn’t help counting her lucky stars that’d she’d been smart enough to be able to pass UA’s written entrance exam.

She watched Tsuyu’s mouth open wide, wider than she’d seen her do so before as her lips wrapped themselves completely around her pussy and inner thigh. For a brief moment, she wondered if her jaw would dislocate and she would actually get eaten by the girl like she joked earlier but laughed away the idea.

Before she could process another thought, Tsuyu’s tongue pushed itself inside her and eagerly began touching all her sensitive spots. As expected, Mina couldn’t help but moan deeply at the sensations flooding her system, hunching over as her legs settled against Tsuyu’s back and pulling the girl’s face all the closer. Her hips began thrusting against the greenette’s magnificent tongue, eagerly trying to coax even more out of it.

Mina’s breath was becoming haggard as Tsuyu refused to let up for a second, changing her pattern of attack from gentle tickles to deep, forceful thrusts and even attempting to press into her cervix once again. Whether it was her arousal or the situation itself Mina was feeling much less sensitive than she was before, simply let her girlfriend do whatever she wanted to her body; as long as she got off at this point she didn’t care.

Now actively face fucking her girlfriend’s tongue and practically forcing her to bury her tongue inside, Mina could feel her orgasm rapidly approaching. Clearly Tsuyu could tell as her tongue began to mimic a cock once again, pressing up against her core and mimicking the desire to deposit her seed inside the girl. That imagery alone was enough to push Mina over the edge as her legs clenched tightly together, trapping Tsuyu’s head in her hunched over posture.

“C-Cumming!” She cried out loudly, making no effort to muffle herself as she let her body’s instincts run their course.

This did nothing to dissuade Tsuyu in her efforts who continued to fuck Mina’s core until her spasms had fully run their course.

“S-Stop p-please.” Mina almost begged by the time she was finished as it was now approaching the more painful and irritating side of sensitive rather than pleasurable.

That was apparently what Tsuyu had been waiting for though as the frog girl stopped and slowly began reeling in her tongue once more. Mina was breathing heavily still and once Tsuyu had pulled her head back, unhooking Mina’s legs from around her shoulders and lowering her to the ground, the girl wobbled dangerously on unstable legs.

Ever the caring girlfriend despite their agreement to give into lust rather than love, Tsuyu supported the pinkette as she slowly regained her senses.

“T-T-That… w-was…” Mina began but struggled to finish that sentence.

“That was your turn.” Tsuyu stated with a lustful smirk. “Next is mine.”

Mina felt herself pushed down to her knees though more gently than she expected. Tsuyu took a moment to divest herself of her own bottoms, giving her pussy a few warm up rubs as she looked at Mina expectantly, eager for what was to come next.

“You’re not leaving until I get off.” She declared, sending another small twinge of pleasure down Mina’s spine at those words. She was about to be used as a tool to get her girlfriend off and the idea excited her immensely despite her recent hormone high.

With a glance over her shoulder to make sure she was in position, Tsuyu sat down on the closed toilet seat and spread her legs, so aroused Mina could already see she was dripping.

With speed usually only seen in combat, Tsuyu’s tongue lashed out once again to wrap around Mina’s arms by her shoulders and forcefully pull her closer. The girl couldn’t help over balancing from her kneeling position and raised her hands to catch herself before she faceplanted the floor, not that Tsuyu would let that happen. With another tug, she was guided closer, her head raising as she crawled the foot or so towards an awaiting and eager looking Tsuyu.

The frog girl retracted her tongue once more, now opting to use her hands instead, reaching down to take a fistful of Mina’s hair just hard enough she could feel it but not enough to cause major pain.

“Get started.” Tsuyu ordered, pulling Mina the final few inches towards her core and forcing her lips onto her pussy.

Mina didn’t need telling twice, though she did start out much more slowly than Tsuyu had in part due to her still recovering mind. Tsuyu was softly encouraging at first, letting Mina proceed at her own pace as she lapped at Tsuyu’s outer lips before teasing at her clit and proceeding deeper with her tongue. She’d never hold a candle to the frog girl’s own skills thanks to her quirk but she’d had plenty of practise in recent weeks so she was definitely no slouch.

Eventually Tsuyu became more impatient, grinding herself against Mina’s face while holding her in place with two hands now. Her orgasm high now much less prominent, Mina began engaging more, bringing her hands up off the floor to grab as Tsuyu’s waist and pull her ever closer, beginning to devour her as though she’d been starved.

This was apparently the right move as the frog girl began letting out delighted ribbits of pleasure every few moments. Mina briefly entertained the idea of adding a few fingers to the mix, either to aid her tongue in the front or surprise the girl in the back but she was conscious enough to reject that since her hands had touched the bathroom floor. Definitely an idea for next time when things were getting heated in a more sanitary area.

The pinkette couldn’t help but gasp as one of Tsuyu’s hands shifted, moving to grip one of her horns lightly. She could feel the involuntary twinge in her pussy immediately and groaned at the sensation.

“This okay?” Tsuyu asked breathily, not wanting to hurt her girlfriend if this was too much.

“N-Not too much bending.” Mina gasped, pulling back for just a moment. She’d never tested the full range her horns could flex, nor whether they could regrow if injured and she certainly wasn’t going to experiment now.

Tsuyu adjusted her hold on the horn until she was gripping Mina’s hair again with the horn nestled in the crook between her thumb and index finger. Giving the girl a few tugs while lightly gripping her thumb against the horn to bend it just a little had Mina groaning in pleasure again. Tsuyu adjusted her other hand to match the first before she redoubled her efforts to get off, almost trying to pull Mina’s face inside herself.

Mina renewed the devouring of her girlfriend in earnest, using every trick she knew as she was limited to just her tongue. Thankfully, with a few choice tickles around Tsuyu’s clit every now and then, the girl’s ribbits began elevating in pitch until she finally felt the frog girl’s release gush all over her face.

“Ribbi~it!”

Her aqua inclined girlfriend collapsed in exhaustion on the seat, her tongue lolling out of her mouth as she panted through the downswing her release. As her grip on Mina’s head finally relented, the pinkette was able to pull back and take a deep breath of fresh air, falling back on her rear as she too let out gasps to reclaim her lost breath.

After everything they’d done together, both girls sent each other a wry grin when their eyes met despite their breathlessness.

“Rough… enough?” Tsuyu queried.

“D-Definitely.” Mina chuckled as much as she could given her fleeting breaths.

The two just sat there for a while, gathering their strength as their minds caught up to their actions. With a heave, Tsuyu pushed herself to her feet, a tad less wobbly than Mina since she’d had time to recover before helping the pinkette rise herself. The pair quickly picked up their swimming bottoms and slipped them back on before emerging from the stall, both thoroughly satisfied after their somewhat risky tryst. With a quick hand wash at the sinks for both and an examination of their thighs for remaining evidence, the duo made their way back into the changing rooms.

As the girls were getting changed back into their casual clothes, Mina did indeed find her phone packed with messages from her invisible girlfriend as Tsuyu had guessed, wanting to talk all about the stuff she and Izuku did together. Her new training steps got a brief mention but otherwise it was all about the developments between her and Izuku. Mina shook her head in exasperation as the all-knowing frog was proved right once again. She really should know better than to bet against her by now but she kinda liked the challenge. Much like her girlfriend had the day before though, she felt thoroughly sexed out and could quite easily drop into her bed for a nap in a sex coma.

While Mina messaged Tooru back with plans to meet up and dish after lunch, Tsuyu finished cleaning herself up with her towel with a smugly satisfied smirk on her face. She certainly didn’t plan on coming to the pool to get laid but it was certainly a nice treat.

The pair gathered the last of their stuff and made their way out of the entrance, standing shoulder to shoulder for closeness even if they couldn’t hold hands in public.

“For a moment, I thought you were actually gonna eat me.” Mina teased as they walked. “Just picking me up and devouring me whole.”

“Well you are a snack.” Tsuyu flirted, licking her lips lightly, Mina’s taste still lingering on them. “Pretty sure my eyes are bigger than my mouth and stomach though.”

“I certainly won’t stop you trying again.” Mina joked having very much enjoyed Tsuyu’s engulfing mouth on her lower region. “Bet Izuku likes it too.”

“Haven’t tried fully.” Tsuyu admitted. “Plan to try and swallow all of his cock and balls next time though, I bet his eyes will probably cross.”

Mina let out a long, loud laugh at the idea despite the imagery turning her on a little. Reminded of her permission to interrogate the greenette though, she would send him a text and try to seek him out tomorrow or something. Once she and Tooru swapped stories of their recent exploits, Mina doubted she’d be leaving the girl’s bedroom for the remainder of the day.


While daily maintenance workouts, such as a morning jog, were good, nothing quite beats an intense session at the gym.

During their typical morning runs, instead of passing his friend by as he usually did, Iida had slowed down to chat to Izuku, mainly to ask if he wanted to go to the fitness centre together today. With no plans, and the slightly guilty feeling that he’d been neglecting his friendship with Iida recently, Izuku readily agreed.

After a hearty breakfast with a good amount of protein, the boys set out, ready to hone their bodies.

UA’s state-of-the-art gym was an incredible boon many students enjoyed using. Access wasn’t limited to just the hero course students with many finding themselves giving it at least a few visits during their time at the school. Saturday mornings were usually reserved for lie-ins however, and much of the equipment sat unused with the two hero students noticing the sparsely populated space.

Having enjoyed a gentle jog to warm up this morning, the pair opted to start with strength training. Izuku racked on plenty of weight to the bar to set himself up, pushing it to two hundred kilos.

Iida couldn’t help but feel a bit useless as he stood to support his friend should his strength falter.

“I see you’ve been busy since we last trained together.” Iida noted. “I believe the last time you were approaching one hundred and fifty.”

“Ah, guess it has been a while.” Izuku rubbed the back of his head as he bowed lightly in apology. “Sorry, just been caught up in… a lot of stuff.”

“Understandable,” Iida waved away. “UA’s course has been intense and we had the festival to prepare for on top of that. We should be proud with all we’ve managed to achieve so far.”

“Right.” Izuku nodded, sitting down and sliding underneath the bar, not bothering to correct Iida’s assumption.

“As it is, I’m still breaking in my latest upgrade myself.” Iida mentioned, priming himself to catch the bar. “While I’ve now regrown my exhausts, the process has left them vulnerable and sensitive, they need re-training to bring them back up to previous performance levels.”

“I see.” Izuku nodded, benching his first set with only a little strain, clearly ready to move onto the next level. “Has it been hard?”

“Keeping my engines from overheating isn’t too difficult in everyday life, though it has caused Mr. Aizawa to question my motivation from my decreased performance.”

“You explained though, right?”

“Of course.” Iida smiled. “While I am also somewhat disappointed in my performance, I’m hoping it will be worth it in the long run. They should be fully functional come late November so there will be plenty of time before Christmas break to demonstrate the improvements they’ll bring.

“Any ideas how much they’ll help?” Izuku asked, re-racking the bar.

“Our family has kept plenty of maintenance statistics over the years and glancing at my brother’s gives me some idea what to expect. Forgive me if I don’t reveal my expected results to you as I aim to both surprise you with my progress and use it to catch you off guard should we find ourselves on opposing teams for training.”

Izuku chuckled at Iida’s declaration. The boy was still showing off just how dedicated he was to challenging his friend. Memories from the sports festival briefly resurfaced as he remembered Iida following Todoroki’s lead at seeing Izuku as a rival to overcome.

“I look forward to the challenge.” Izuku grinned, deciding to respond to Iida’s pronouncement by adding another fifteen kilos to each end. “Better make sure I’m ready for you.”

Iida’s jaw slackened as he observed the mad greenette’s rebuttal. Maybe he would see if there was anything else he could do to close the gap between them lest his head end up like that zero-pointer’s from the entrance exam.

“Oh um, I meant to ask, how is your brother doing?” Izuku queried, pausing to give the sensitive topic his full attention.

“He’s doing well, thank you for asking.” An honest smile graced Iida’s face. “While my mother and myself are somewhat walking on eggshells around him, he’s taken the situation as best as he can. He even cracked a few jokes about the topic here and there.”

Izuku allowed himself a small, empathetic chuckle.

“Still, the elephant in the room will always be there.” Iida sighed. “It’s probably best I don’t relay the scolding he gave me when he found out about my… unfortunate run in with the very man who put him in such a state.” His fists tightened.

It seemed that Iida still wasn’t over his hatred of Stain despite their capture of him. Tensei’s injury had him permanently out of the hero game and Tenya would forever hold it against the man. Izuku couldn’t blame him but he figured it must still hurt carrying that hatred around. Hopefully the engine quirked boy would be able to let his frustrations go over time; with Stain locked up in Tartarus, there was nothing left to do but await news of his eventual death.

“I’m glad to hear he’s doing well at least.” Izuku tried to focus on the positives, “Sounds like he was really worried for you.”

“Yes. Though his scolding was fierce, I’m glad I was able to hear it.” Iida smiled softly at Izuku, his hands unclenching. “I still cannot thank you and Todoroki enough for that day.”

“T-That’s okay.” Izuku waved away. “I’m just glad I managed to get a handle on my quirk at long last.”

“That… is another thing.” Iida decided to slightly change the subject, even less sure he was suitable to spot his friend now as he retook his place under the weight. “I couldn’t help but notice the increased amount of confidence you seem to have gained in recent weeks. Has something significant happened that I’ve missed?”

Izuku nearly dropped the weight on himself when picking it up thanks to Iida’s question, the boy quickly trying to assist Izuku in keeping the exercise equipment from crushing him.

“S-Sorry, heavier than I thought.” Izuku lied, quickly reasserting his strength to gain control of the weight again.

Iida’s question instantly brought the girls and his position in the group relationship to the forefront of his mind. Having been questioned so directly, he couldn’t help but feel even worse at now keeping this new secret from Iida on top of One-For-All. Truthfully, he felt a little guilty about not explaining the shift in dynamics between himself and Ochako that almost seemed to exclude the blue-haired boy.

Still, he knew the risks of spilling both secrets and even though he trusted Iida immensely, he knew this was something he should still keep close to his chest; both for Momo and Ochako’s sake, and his own.

“Not really I guess.” Izuku answered the question. “I mean I’ve been hanging around with the girls a lot more recently after all the time we spent practising dance. I-I didn’t have many friends before UA, e-especially girls and um… I think that they’ve helped make me less nervous around them.”

“Ah, I can certainly understand how some people are more aware about that than others with our differences, especially when it comes to finding a potential companion.” Iida nodded.

“I-Iida!” Izuku blushed at the boy’s blunt, if somewhat overly formal, words.

“Now, now, Midoirya, I don’t mean to imply anything,” Iida smiled down at his blushing friend. “I simply wish to convey my understanding of such matters. While I have no doubts in your future endeavours to find someone to spend the rest of your life with, I’m glad that getting to know our female classmates has done such wonders for your confidence.”

“O-Oh, r-right.” Izuku stammered, sinking back into his old, nervous attitude like a glove.

“Still, if any of us are lucky enough to find a match among our peers, we should still strive to fulfil all our obligations as students of the prestigious UA School before engaging in any courtship.” Iida noted.

“Sure.” Izuku just agreed at this point, hoping the boy would move on from the somewhat uncomfortable topic.

“Hey Izuku, Iida!” A voice called out nearby.

Izuku paused in his efforts as both boys looked over to spot Ochako in her own workout gear walking towards them.

“Ah, Uraraka, a pleasant surprise to see you here.” Iida smiled warmly, raising a hand in greeting.

“Yeah, it’s super lucky ‘cause none of the other girls wanted to come and I kinda need someone to spot me if I’m gonna bulk up.” She chuckled, demonstrating her current arm strength with a light flex.

“Ah, you are indeed in luck then, Izuku and I aren’t far into our own workouts if you’d like to join us in rotation?” Iida offered.

“Thanks, that’d be great.” Ochako smiled warmly.

She glanced down at Izuku who was currently still blushing, though part of it was from exertion. The recent conversation with Iida had sent him into a full body one when one of the very girls he was secretly dating had come to join them.

Re-racking the weight, Izuku sat up to finally welcome his girlfriend.

“H-Hey Ochako.” Izuku simply said before cringing, wishing he could’ve said something smoother.

“Hey Izuku.” Ochako giggled at repeating her greeting and shook her head. “Looks like its arms day for all of us.” She glanced at his biceps.

Izuku just grabbed his towel and began drying off the equipment from his sweaty exertions, hoping it would buy him time to figure out what to say next instead of breaking out into a spluttering mess. He wanted to greet her more warmly but with Iida here, secrecy should take priority.

“Shoot, I forgot my towel.” Ochako sighed, having been reminded by Izuku using his own. “I’ll just go grab it and be right back guys.”

As the brunette left, Izuku couldn’t help but admire her form as she did. After their recent discussion, he couldn’t help his eyes being drawn to her derrière.

“Perhaps some of us have already found their lifelong partner.” Iida muttered, sending Izuku a knowing look.

The greenette immediately panicked, turning to gasp at Iida and ready to deny the whole thing.

“You and Uraraka would make quite the pair.” Iida smiled honestly. “If you would like, I’m sure I can continue my workout while giving you two some time together.”

“N-No, no! You’ve got it all wrong!” Izuku stuttered, “T-Things are… I-I’m not-”

“While I am not yet versed in all the romantic notions, I can recognise the signs when I see them.” Iida chuckled. “The way you and Uraraka look at each other reminds me of my parents.”

“P-Parents?!” Izuku gasped, the idea of mini-Izuku and Ochako running around was brought to the front of his mind. “N-No way t-that’s not-”

“Calm yourself Midoriya.” Iida reassured the boy. “My lips are sealed. Do know though that if you require assistance in the form of a ‘winged-man’, I am happy to play the part.”

Izuku couldn’t help but chuckle nervously at Iida’s offer. Despite everything, the boy had correctly deduced his and Ochako’s crushes on each other. Had they slipped up or was this just Iida spotting small things over time? Regardless, it felt good that at least someone outside the group knew he at least had a crush on the girl. It had progressed much further than that obviously but Iida didn’t need to know those details.

“Iida… t-thanks.” Izuku sent him a grateful, if nervous, smile. “Sorry i-if it makes things a bit awkward but um… yeah. Ochako’s awesome a-and I would be incredibly lucky to go out with someone like her.”

“I understand.” Iida nodded. “I wish you the best of luck should you two choose to pursue something together, though please ensure you keep up with your training and homework as a priority.”

“Of course.” Izuku laughed more genuinely, even a supportive Iida wouldn’t let him forget his obligations.

“Hey guys!” Ochako called out again as she returned with towel in hand. “You ready to kick gym butt?”

“Indeed.” Iida chuckled at Ochako’s clear ambition. “To start, I believe Izuku has earned a rest after pushing himself yet again. Would you mind spotting me to begin with while he recovers? He will then be able to take your place in turn.”

“Sounds great.” Ochako nodded.

With the girl unaware of what the boys had discussed, she missed the surprisingly sly glance from Iida toward Izuku, successfully having naturally set them up together. Izuku hadn’t missed it though and shot back an unamused, knowing glance of his own, certain Iida did it on purpose.

Still, the next round of training continued unchanged with Iida taking his turn as the group chatted casually about all the things they’d learned in class recently.

When Iida was finished with his set, Ochako started pumping herself up, ready to take her turn as the bluenette sat up and wiped down the equipment. With one last knowing look to Izuku, the speedster noted to the pair he was going to begin on the treadmill to build his legs back up. The greenette couldn’t help but notice he picked a treadmill far away enough he wouldn’t be able to hear any immediate conversation, especially with all the noise he’d be making with his metal infused steps.

“You ready to see my stuff?” Ochako grinned, now pumped and ready to go.

Izuku knew he was blushing slightly at the minor double entendre but brushed it off.

“H-How much weight do you want?”

“Set me up for one-oh-five.” Ochako grinned, helping remove some of the excess weight Iida had used.

Once the bar was all ready, Izuku watched somewhat nervously as Ochako breathed deeply to prepare herself. He couldn’t help as his eyes were drawn to the flexing tank top that guarded Ochako’s breasts and the sports bra he knew held them in place.

He shook his head, trying to rid himself of those thoughts. This was a gym. A place for working out, not for ogling his partner… even if she did look really good in those form-fitting clothes.

When she was set, Ochako sat down and leant back on the bench, wiggling into position. The brunette wasn’t the only one breathing deep to settle themselves now.

“Ready?” She called out, getting Izuku’s attention.

“Y-Yes!” Izuku snapped back to reality, holding his arms at the ready if he needed to intervene. Ochako had her zero gravity quirk in reserve so there was no real danger but this was still something he needed to take seriously.

With a grunt of effort, Ochako pulled the bar free and gaged herself against the weight, finding it that comfortable mix of just difficult enough to really feel the burn once she got going and satisfying to push herself against.

As she got underway, Izuku couldn’t help find his attention drifting once again. Her grunts and groans of effort were being twisted in his own head into those he remembered her making when he and Tsu were...

His crotch was right next to Ochako’s face, even if not quite level with it. He cursed himself and refocused once more as he felt blood pumping to an area that it really shouldn’t be while in such a public place.

Ochako was on her last rep when she noticed. Izuku had been fairly rigid throughout her set, so he hadn’t moved much. When his trousers shifted right around a specific area, she suddenly became very aware of the situation, her mind even briefly flitting back to Mina’s admittance of muscles being a turn on and their own gym session. She felt both embarrassed and proud to have brought such a reaction to her boyfriend in that moment.

Like Izuku, her attention faltered and the weight became just a tad heavier than before as her muscles complained.

“Y-You got this Ochako!” Izuku cheered on.

Her determination kicking in, Ochako quickly refocused and pushed the bar back up and over the safety hold, finishing her set.

“W-Well done!” Izuku smiled down at her though not quite looking her in the eye. Ochako didn’t blame him. With the way she was breathing deeply to regain her lost breath, she knew exactly how it looked to the boy. If he slid forward just a bit, he’d be sitting on her face much the same way she had done to some of the other girls and she’d certainly enjoyed the sight.

“T-Thanks.” Ochako slid down and sat up, facing away from the boy and rolling her shoulders. The sooner they got out of this position, the sooner they could both calm down as she knew it wasn’t just sweat that was making her damp after that last thought.

“I-I’ll get this.” Izuku offered quickly, starting to unload the bar. The brunette would’ve offered to help but they both needed the distraction from each other for now. She was really glad Iida had decided to move on with his workout as it would be incredibly hard to explain this if he saw.

“S-Shall we move on to something else?” Izuku asked once he’d finished putting the weights away.

“Sure.” Ochako nodded, the air-conditioned atmosphere having cooled her libido somewhat. After wiping the bench down with her towel, Izuku and Ochako moved on to their next machine.

It was strange how some things don’t dawn on you until a specific set of circumstances occur. For Izuku and Ochako, it was how weirdly sexual a gym could be when working out with a partner who was your partner. Whether it was the rowing machine, dumbbells, or the sit-up bench, everything was tinged with an erotic tone every time the pair’s eyes met.

It wasn’t just Izuku who enjoyed the view as Ochako frequently glanced down between his legs and run her eyes along the cut of his chest as he pushed himself. Each took their time ogling the other when they thought they could get away with it and blushed fiercely when they’d inevitably get caught, though neither spoke a word about it to the other.

Worst was the leg adduction machine that Ochako cut her time short on when she realised exactly what sight she was giving Izuku; spreading her legs wide as his jaw dropped mid-sentence. Both were now very aware what the other was thinking and both knew things would progress if given the opportunity.

There was no denying their workouts had not been as effective as they’d hoped when they decided to call time early.

Iida, who’d been mostly focused on his legs than anything else that day, was greeted by a pair of blushing faces he mistook for exertion as he headed into the final stretch of his workout on the treadmill.

“Everything okay you two?” He asked, a touch concerned for the pair.

“Y-Yeah...” Ochako nodded hurriedly. “Why wouldn’t it be?”

“W-What we mean to say is, um, we pushed things a little too hard and we’re going to head out. G-Go get some ice to make sure we didn’t pull anything.” Izuku explained, hoping Iida would understand.

Understand the boy did, a little too well.

“Ah, I see.” He replied in a tone Izuku knew was different from his usual. “Do not feel the need to wait up for me. I am going for endurance to rebuild my quirk so I may be here a little while longer yet.” He sent Izuku the smallest smirk he could.

Izuku felt his stomach drop. Not only was Iida aware of their crushes on each other by now but he thought he was helping by staying out of their way. Right now they needed him more than ever to make sure they kept things from developing.

“A-Are you sure?” Izuku asked, raising his eyebrows to Iida to try and hint to the boy to change his mind.

“Absolutely.” Iida stayed the course, certain the signal was to keep brushing his friend’s pleas off so he could spend time with the girl he liked.

“I-I guess we’ll see you later then.” Ochako nodded anxiously, excusing them both.

With that, the blushing pair departed the gym, eager and nervous to be alone and unsupervised.

Once in the boys changing room Izuku breathed a sigh of relief. It was hard enough being around Ochako normally sometimes, let alone after some of the things they’d already done together. The memory of the ‘Nya’ sound she’d made during the sleepover after they’d played with each other in secret was a frequent masturbation aid at this point.

Opening the locker he stored his bag in, Izuku briefly wondered if he should quickly nip into the bathroom and rub one out to settle his hormones but thought better of the idea. Unlike earlier, the gym and other facilities were starting to pick up traffic and other students were mingling as they changed here for their own workouts. Wondering if he should just apologize to Ochako via text and dash back to the dorms without her, his phone buzzed.

Ochako: Go back to the dorms asap.

Ochako: My room.

Izuku’s throat suddenly felt very tight and sticky.

His first instinct was to just obey and give in to whatever happened, until that anxious, nervous part of him kicked in again. He knew things were charged right now but was Ochako thinking straight? She’d made things quite clear about how she wanted things to go between them, was this her declaring she was ready?

Izuku licked his lips and took a deep breath before typing his response.

Izuku: Are you absolutely sure?

Izuku: Maybe this is just hormones talking.

It took a few moments for Ochako’s response to come through. When it did, Izuku fumbled his phone at the picture that was sent.

Ochako was bottomless on the changing bench and had snapped a picture of her rear while pulling her cheeks apart with her free hand with the caption, ‘I’ll be waiting’.

That was confirmation enough for Izuku.

He knew his own hormones were definitely playing a role right now but after things yesterday with Tooru he was eager to return at least a little of what they’d all given him so far. Ochako had been there for his and Tsuyu’s first time together despite being uncomfortable with everything so he should show her how much he appreciated her at least. Maybe it would settle her hormones enough to calm her brain and really decide if she was ready to go further.

Quickly changing back into his clothes, Izuku made for the door. It was only as he pulled it open that he remembered he hadn’t showered off the post-workout sweat yet. He paused briefly to wonder if Ochako meant asap asap or as quickly as he could after doing everything properly first.

“So are you just gonna hold it up for everyone or~…” A voice broke Izuku’s train of thought as a student he didn’t recognise was waiting expectantly for him to get out of the way.

“S-Sorry!” Izuku blushed, stepping outside and holding it open for them.

His choice made once the door swung shut behind him, Izuku began his trek back the dorms at an eager pace. He guessed it could be a blessing in disguise as, if Ochako was put off, at least it could serve as another barrier to stop them mindlessly giving into desire.

He pushed open the door to Heights Alliance and quickly made his way up to his room. At the very least he could afford to drop off his own stuff first. Quickly discarding his gym bag by his desk, Izuku nipped into his bathroom, making for his sink and running the tap before splashing some cold water on his face.

“Okay, calm down Izuku, you can’t let your urges get the better of you,” he lectured to himself in the mirror. “As much as you want it,” his mind pictured a sweaty, breathy Ochako writhing beneath him as he felt an intense warmth and softness around his cock, “as much as you really want this, her wellbeing and desires come first.” If Ochako wanted to quit after getting off herself before the main event, he would deal with himself appropriately.

Tapping his pockets for his necessities, he counted his wallet and phone in their proper places before heading back out into the dorms, anxiously making his way over to his girlfriend’s room as ordered.

He bit his lip as he stepped out of the elevator onto the fourth floor, her door looming as soon as he turned towards it. Swallowing his fear, Izuku stepped up and knocked lightly, holding his breath for the response.

Initially, there wasn’t one. Izuku was about to knock again when he heard the tell-tale sign of a toilet flushing. He decided to give it a few moments for Ochako to finish up things. After another minute, the door cracked open and Ochako’s eye looked through the gap at her boyfriend.

“Come in.” She whispered loud enough for him to hear, her form quickly retreating from the door.

His cock standing to attention and guiding him forward, Izuku pressed the door open and stepped inside, being sure to lock it behind him just in case. He took his time in turning around, curious as to what he’d see when he did. He’d seen Ochako naked and even her orgasm face before when doing things with Tsuyu, but this was strangely more intimate, a tad more forbidden considering what he’d read online.

Ochako was standing over by her bed, hands held behind her as she fidgeted nervously, a shy yet eager smile on her face. Izuku slowly walked over, both aware of what they were both here for and how their breathing was getting heavier by the second now they’d reunited.

“S-So,” Izuku began, standing a foot away from his girlfriend yet unsure if he was allowed to reach out and touch her.

“So,” Ochako mimicked with a small giggle, letting her eyes roam Izuku’s gym-wear clad body. “Is this for me?” She reached out with one finger and rested it on the tip of Izuku’s protruding cock.

“I-It is, ummm…” Izuku licked his lips both already wanting more and wanting to clarify things at the same time. “First c-could we um… just talk a sec?”

“Oh?” Ochako tilted her head, her finger dropping from its position. “What about?”

“Well uh... just, are you sure you’re um… ready? You were quite… n-nervous about this stuff before a-and I don’t want to push you. I-In the gym… I think we both didn’t realise quite how… intense some things can seem.”

“You’re not wrong.” Ochako chuckled, thinking back to the rowing machine and imaging Izuku pulling her hips towards his cock like the handle. “But… I wanna do it, p-providing you’re all, you know, covered and stuff.”

“Y-Yeah!” Izuku quickly pulled out his wallet and one of the two condoms he now kept secure inside. He didn’t miss the way Ochako’s face lit up at seeing everything now present for them to let loose on each other. “B-But um… c-can I do something first?”

“Well, there’s a couple of things we can do first.” Ochako purred, leaning closer to Izuku’s face and placing a small kiss on his cheek.

Izuku reached up to hold Ochako’s head in place as he returned the gesture. The brunette giggled and placed a slightly bigger kiss on his cheek again. Izuku responded in kind only for Ochako to reach up herself and turn his chin towards her, able to now plant a much deeper kiss on his lips that soon slipped into tongues.

The greentte felt his hand drop from Ochako’s head to her shoulder as the other one reached up to caress her waist. Ochako groaned into the kiss and grabbed his own rear in turn. This was enough to send a mild enough shock to snap Izuku out of the kiss before things got too out of hand.

“No, Ochako I… l-look we’re both um… very charged right now.” He explained, feeling his clothed crotch now pressed up against his girlfriend’s own. “B-But um… t-there’s something I want to do for you first before we uh… g-get too involved.”

Reaching up and gently taking Ochako’s shoulders in hand, Izuku guided her to sit down on the bed before kneeling in front of her.

“You and Tsuyu have um… d-done a lot for me so i-it’s my turn, i-if you’ll let me.” He offered, lightly pressing Ochako’s thighs on the inside to tease them open.

“Ohhh… my.” Ochako groaned lightly, realising what Izuku was offering. She didn’t quite understand his guilt as it had been mostly Tsuyu that had done things for him; the blowjob and sex they’d shared were much more significant than that sneaky handjob Ochako’d given him.

Raising her hips lightly off the bed however, she definitely wasn’t going to reject the offer if Izuku was making it. The boy took the hint and reached up to take Ochako’s gym shorts and underlying panties in his hands and slowly pulled them down her amazingly sexy thighs. He couldn’t help but stare as he gazed at Ochako’s pussy once more.

“S-Stop.” Ochako shyly covered herself, her embarrassment overcoming her. “S-Sorry, I didn’t shave or anything.”

“D-Doesn’t matter to me.” Izuku replied honestly, caressing Ochako’s bare legs from his position. “As long as it’s you, I’m happy to do anything to bring you joy.”

“So cheesy!” Ochako flopped back on her bed, hiding her reddening face from view with both hands.

Izuku chuckled lightly at the act only to realise it had left Ochako’s most vulnerable place wide open, almost inviting him to begin. Silence reigned in the room for a moment as he didn’t know if he could do anything or whether he should ask. When Ochako’s hips adjusted to shift just a bit closer towards him, that was all the sign he needed.

Taking his time to kiss up Ochako’s legs, he could hear her breathing increase as his lips drew closer to her core. The gravity girl began letting out soft moans as Izuku’s fingers danced around her thighs just ahead of his face, almost touching her but not quite. If he was intending to rile her up and tease her then mission accomplished.

The boy licked his lips, ready to begin his second ever oral on a girl, first being able to see her properly. Having only porn videos to reference, he anxiously hoped he’d learned the correct things to do that’d work as well on Ochako as they did on Tooru.

Lightly pressing on either side of her vagina, Izuka slowly pulled it open, allowing himself to savour the first time he got a proper, up-close look at one. Ochako’s pussy clenched as his warm breath washed over her moist, sensitive insides as she anticipated his next move.

Izuku placed two small kisses on either thigh for the last time before sticking his tongue out and deftly licking upwards. Ochako felt the familiar and very pleasant sensation run up her spine, letting out a small coo of delight. The greenette took that as a good sign as he focused his efforts on slowly testing the waters, pressing his tongue more firmly where he was getting good reactions from.

Before too long, he felt his tongue drift over a small lump that made Ochako’s hips jerk in reaction.

“S-Sorry.” He quickly apologised.

“No, a-again.” Ochako shy requested, knowing full well what Izuku had stumbled upon.

Izuku pulled back a little, trying to locate the exact spot he’d run his tongue along to get that reaction from his girlfriend. He hadn’t been able to see it when doing this with Tooru after all. With a tensed breath, Ochako reached down with her hands and gently pulled herself apart for her boyfriend, using one finger to gently point out her most sensitive spot.

“J-Just here.” She noted, running her finger in a circle around her clit pleasantly, Izuku’s saliva working wonders as a lubricant right now, not to mention her own excited juices though those were more contained below for now.

Following her guidance, Izuku pressed his tongue to Ochako’s clit, earning himself a small moan of satisfaction. He’d known of the little nub from his research but he was still burdened by practical inexperience. Attempting a few techniques he’d heard worked well, he pressed lightly with the tip of his tongue and began writing words into her crotch.

Ochako sighed pleasantly as at Izuku’s effort, letting out a small giggle as she realized what he was doing as she’d found the same advice when she’d gone looking. It was good to start out, but if she was going to get anywhere her boyfriend needed a bit of guidance.

“J-Just small circles.” She explained. “N-Not too fast, not too hard.”

“Okay.” Izuku nodded, eager to do better with this new advice.

Renewing his efforts Izuku did as instructed, allowing Ochako’s spring to coil wonderfully. She wanted more though and now wasn’t afraid to ask for it.

“F-Fingers,” She murmured, “I-Inside.”

Izuku pulled back just a little to gather his bearings, raising his hand with a pair of fingers outstretched to tease at Ochako’s folds. Slowly, he pressed forward and slipped inside his girlfriend like he’d done during the sleepover with Ochako letting out a much louder sigh.

Carefully, Izuku began pushing forward and pulling back with a steady rhythm, making sure to split his attention evenly between his fingers and his tongue as Ochako’s moans began increasing in tempo.

“P-Press harder.” Ochako begged, getting close to her limit but not quite there yet. Izuku redoubled his efforts, hoping he was giving her what she needed. His fingers pressing into her pelvis was really satisfying but his faster rhythm on her clit was throwing her off.

Ochako reached down and took matters into her own hands for now, pressing his head back lightly and rubbing her clit with a speed and motion that lead to her quickly clenching around Izuku’s digits. Her breath caught as she crested over the orgasm hill, her legs clenching around the sides of her boyfriend’s shoulders.

Once she could breathe again and the worst of the twitching settled down, Ochako pushed herself up on her elbows to look over at her boyfriend with a satisfied smile on her face. A nervous and somewhat sheepish looking Izuku greeted her, his fingers still buried inside her and not knowing if he should remove them or not.

Rising into a sitting position, Ochako hunched over and kissed the top of Izuku’s head, pushing him back lightly until she gained access to his face and planted a further number of kisses.

“That was great.” She smiled, her cheeks red more from the experience than embarrassment.

“Y-Yeah.” Izuku smiled back.

“You… sound unsure.” Ochako’s brow creased. Had he not liked doing such an act?

“Well… I mean,” Izuku sighed, looking away. “I-I couldn’t… you know… f-finish you myself.”

“Awww.” Ochako giggled, pulling Izuku’s face in for another kiss on his nose. “That’s okay. It’s sorta… o-our first time so I don’t expect you to know a-all my buttons right away.” She reassured him, knowing it was frustrating for her at first to figure out exactly what some of the other girls liked that was different to her own preferences. “I’m sure we’ll get better with… practise.”

“O-Okay.” Izuku nodded, reassured his lack of skill wouldn’t be an issue.

Both of their cheeks coloured at the implication. Ochako should’ve been more experienced with the embarrassment of doing lewd things by now, but this was her first crush, it was a little different.

“So.” Ochako couldn’t look the boy in the eye as she spoke next. “A-Are you… ready?”

“O-Only if you are.” Izuku gulped, feeling his cock jump in excitement.

“Yeah. I-I want this.” Ochako admitted, having gathered her courage to say such a naughty thing.

Slowly, Izuku stood up and reached for his shirt, pausing just long enough to get a nod of approval from his girlfriend. This was really happening. As he brought it over his head, Ochako couldn’t help licking her lips as she got another good look at his incredibly toned chest and abs. Romance hadn’t been a huge part of her idle thoughts before UA but when she’d felt the mood stir it was often a hunky, fit man that filled the position of her partner and made her feel safe and protected. Girls made the occasional appearance too but she’d squashed those thoughts for years until recently.

When Izuku reached for his bottoms, Ochako remembered she wasn’t supposed to just be watching, even if the sight was very enjoyable. She quickly stripped off her top, allowing her breasts to break free. Adjusting her position on her bed, Ochako maneuvered herself over to her pillow, briefly leaning over the side of her bed to reach for something she’d kept hidden underneath.

Izuku waited patiently as Ochako moved, his cock now exposed to the open air and standing at attention, waiting to be deployed. Her naked form was incredibly enticing to him right now, and despite his misgivings towards her jewelled collar at first, it was really doing it for him. A little bell would make it perfect though.

“I um… got Momo to make me this.” The brunette held up the item she’d retrieved, a small, clear squeezy bottle of liquid in her hand. “I-It should help um… things go in.”

Izuku nodded dumbly, unable to resist glancing down at Ochako’s crotch.

“A-Are you ready?” Ochako asked, wanting to make sure her boyfriend wasn’t doing this if he wasn’t ready yet himself.

“Yeah.” Izuku nodded eagerly, moving to join Ochako on the mattress.

“Uh… forgetting something?” Ochako giggled, pointing to his cock.

Izuku looked down confused. His cock was ready and he’d stripped off, what was she-

He could’ve slapped himself he was so stupid.

“R-Right!” He nodded, quickly reaching down into the pockets of his trousers on the floor to retrieve a condom.

“He can’t get in without it. There’s a dress code here.” Ochako teased as she rearranged her pillow and settled on her back.

Izuku chuckled at the joke while opening the packet and rolling the rubber down in place. Much like he had when he demonstrated them for Momo, he felt much better with this one over the kind she’d created with her quirk. When he looked over at Ochako, now fully prepared, she tossed over the bottle of lube to him which he deftly caught.

“You just need a little, it’s quite slippery.” Ochako explained, unsure if Izuku had ever used something like this before.

The boy proceeded to squeeze a few dollops onto his fingers before rubbing them along his cock satisfyingly as though jacking himself off. The waiting brunette giggled at the soft groan he let out at his self-pleasure.

“I-Is that everything?” He asked with a hopeful, excited lilt.

“Should be.” Ochako bit her lip in excitement. She spread her legs once more and invited Izuku closer. With one hand she reached down under her leg and pulled at her cheek, spreading herself just a little while the other reached down to cup her pussy and defend it from Izuku’s protruding appendage. She didn’t expect him to mistake one for the other, but she didn’t want any accidents just in case.

Izuku didn’t seem to mind, his gaze focused solely on her rear as he shuffled forward on his knees into place. Pressing down on his cock to try and align it, Ochako pushed her legs against the mattress, raising her rear up to help him. A small gasp of excitement broke through her lips as she felt Izuku’s cock press against her much like Momo’s toys had in the past. She was grateful to her Mistress for the experience she’d gained as she tried to relax her clenched hole as much as she could.

The greenette felt the pressure increase around his cock as it slowly began pressing into his girlfriend, her hole widening to take him. It was much tighter already than what he’d experienced with Tsuyu during normal sex.

All of a sudden, he felt the pressure around the head give way and his cock slid quickly into Ochako’s rear, the girl letting out a restrained groan as she felt her ass fill up once more.

“W-Was that too fast?” Izuku asked worriedly, not realising how quickly half his cock would sink into her.

“It’s fine.” Ochako giggled, expecting it. “That was the hard part, now,” she clenched her lower half, causing Izuku’s mouth to drop open with his own restrained moan as her ring squeezed his cock. “Is the fun part.”

The brunette held out her arms invitingly. She’d chosen this position over the more accessible doggy style because she wanted her first time with Izuku to be face to face; wanting to watch his expressions as they revelled in their relationship.

Adjusting his knees, Izuku leaned forward, bracing himself with his hands either side of Ochako’s head before lowering himself towards her, feeling his cock move teasingly as he reorganised himself.

Ochako giggled as his face approached hers, her arms wrapping around his back and holding her close.

“Hey.”

“H-Hey.” Izuku blushed, still somewhat unable to believe this was real after all this time.

The gravity girl didn’t want to waste any more time though, pulling him in for a kiss she quickly deepened. As she did, she gently encouraged Izuku to begin moving by rolling her hips. The boy got the message and pressed deeper into her slowly, not stopping until his entire length was fully sheathed inside her. Ochako let out a deeply satisfied groan once she felt his hips connect with hers.

“G-Good?” Izuku enquired, looking down at the gorgeous girl in his arms.

“Oh yes.” Ochako licked her lips, her lower half clenching in delight and making Izuku groan back to her. The tightness and sensation of Ochako around his cock was a lot for the inexperienced Izuku to take. He knew he wouldn’t last as long like this as he did with Tsuyu. He felt bad already and only hoped Ochako would get some enjoyment out of everything before he blew his load.

Not wanting to delay things any longer himself, Izuku resumed their kiss as his hips pulled back and began gently thrusting. It felt incredible and the whimpers Ochako was making were definitely not helping him hold back. He sped up, pressing harder into Ochako with each thrust and lifting her hips slightly each time. His breathing was already ragged between holding it while kissing and trying to control it when not; Izuku knew the end was fast approaching.

With one last thrust, Izuku buried himself as deep into his girlfriend’s rear as he could, letting out a grunt of pleasure each time his cock pulsed, emptying his seed into her.

Ochako could feel each pulse, her mind conjuring images of him painting her insides white were it not for the thin layer of rubber that separated them. Her pussy clenched in envy as her ass revelled in the full feeling, trying to milk the last few drops from her boyfriend.

His hot, heavy pants made Ochako giggle as she felt him begin to soften, unlike the toys she’d had inside her in the past.

“That was amazing.” She smiled warmly, not having orgasmed from the experience but very glad she’d managed to bring Izuku to such a dizzying high. The tongue bath she’d gotten earlier made up for it anyway.

“R-Really?” Izuku smiled, glad she didn’t appear to regret their act.

“Yeah.” Ochako nodded, drawing him back in for a much more chaste and loving kiss. “That was everything I wanted.”

Izuku felt relief flood his system. He knew from her reactions she hadn’t cum a second time but as long as she was happy then he was too.

With his cock now shrinking as blood retreated from the organ, Izuku reached down to grab the base of it and pull out, taking care not to spill a drop of his load. Thankfully, as his penis popped free, there was no issues with the condom, his white essence successfully captured. He shuffled back a little as he tied up the end in a knot and looked around for Ochako’s trash can to dispose of it.

With the climactic event they’d built up now over, the pair took to their next task of washing up. Once Izuku had finished his turn after Ochako in the small bathroom, he was invited to come lay down next to her on the bed that she’d resumed her place on.

Settling in next to her, the pair wrapped each other in a soft embrace, both a little lost for words.

“T-That was amazing Ochako.” Izuku found his voice first. “Thank you for sharing that experience with me.”

“Thank you for listening to my selfish request.” Ochako blushed. “I know it’s selfish and stupid wanting to be your second but-”

“It’s not stupid if it means something to you.” Izuku cupped her cheek. “I’m… still a little lost with everything with everyone but if I can do something to make any one of you happy then I’m more than glad to do it.”

Ochako shook her head with a fond chuckle.

“Always trying to be the hero, even in our relationship.”

“I-I don’t, um… t-that’s just how I feel.” Izuku stated, “I’ve… known since I was young, if I was ever able to find someone that wanted to be with me, I’d do everything I could to make them know just how lucky I was to find them. Now I’ve got… f-four girls that want to see where things go.”

“Ha, I win, I’ve got four too and you.” Ochako giggled, kissing his cheek.

“Is it a competition now?” He chuckled. “S-Should I ask if any of the 1-B girls are interested?”

“No, mine!” Ochako smooshed her face against Izuku’s rubbing her cheek against his, them both breaking into small laughs at the act.

Once the giggles ceased, Izuku caressed Ochako’s face delicately again, taking a moment just to admire every adorable inch of her.

“I’m so lucky we’re here together.” He smiled warmly.

“Me too.” Ochako returned the smile in kind.

The two sank into another slow, tender kiss, just revelling in the closeness with each other.

For the next ten minutes the two just lay there, softly caressing one another and just exploring their intimate bond. During that time Izuku’s hand drifted down to Ochako’s collar, running his fingers along the glass gems carefully.

Ochako felt just a little self-conscious as he admired her neckwear, her own hand overlapping his when she decided to broach a topic she didn’t know how he’d react to.

“Izuku,” She began, unable to keep the mote of worry from her voice. “I… know you’ve had an issue with this in the past but… c-could I… ask something from you for it?”

“Uh… y-yeah sure.” Izuku nodded slowly.

Ochako shifted her position, turning to face the wall and lifting the back of her hairline up to display the back of her collar to him.

“See these here?” She pointed to the sides of the lock where gems representing each of the other girls currently rested. “T-There’s one for um… a-all of the girls. They all have my back and support me, no matter what.” Ochako rotated back around to face Izuku once again, though looking away shyly when their eyes connected again. “C-Could I please um… a-add one for you?”

Izuku blinked as the request processed itself in his mind. Reaching out, he cupped Ochako’s face once more and pulled her gaze to meet his.

“T-That would make me very happy.” He agreed. “I-I know it’s not norm-… traditional, t-the relationship between you and Momo, but she makes you happy. I mean, we’re all kinda not in a traditional relationship anyway so that doesn’t really matter I guess.”

Ochako leant forward and captured his lips again, glad Izuku was coming around to everything. It was a small gesture but it meant a lot to her.

After a further few minutes of enjoying each other’s company, a faint buzzing rang out in the mostly silent room. Both students looked alerted when they heard it and quickly sat up to look for the source. Ochako glanced at her phone, which she’d placed on her headboard before Izuku had arrived, but found no new notifications. Izuku reached into his discarded trousers to do the same, the screen lighting up and displaying two message alerts.

“Huh, musta missed the first one.” Izuku blinked, opening up the app.

When he spotted the name of one of the two who’d messaged him however, his blood ran cold.

Mina’s message was first, evidently he’d missed the vibration while he and Ochako were otherwise occupied, but the one from a few moments ago was from Principal Nezu.


Dear Mr. Midoriya,

Please make your way to my office as soon as possible.

Kind regards,
Nezu


With a burst of speed he didn’t know if he’d accidently used Full Cowling for, Izuku began redressing in a hurry.

“Izuku, what’s going on?” Ochako asked worriedly.

“I-I don’t know.” The greenette replied honestly, passing the phone to his girlfriend as he stumbled over when stepping into his trousers. “B-But I don’t think Nezu wouldn’t message if it wasn’t serious.”

“Do you want me to come too?” She queried, wondering if Izuku was in some sort of trouble.

“N-No.” Izuku shook his head. “He only asked for me so… I should probably go alone.”

“Okay…” Ochako bit her lip. “But you come right back and let me know you’re fine afterwards, got it.”

“Of course.” Izuku nodded, taking his phone back and hurrying towards the door.

A few moments later and Ochako was left alone in her room, still very much naked on her bed. She let out a frustrated sigh as she stood to get dressed herself. In her mind, she cursed their principal for making Izuku hurry off like that. It hadn’t ruined their first experience together but she had hoped to just lay there with her boyfriend for a while until they were ready to separate.

With an annoyed grunt as she plopped herself into her desk chair, she checked her planner for homework to do, figuring she may as well channel this irritation into something productive after all.


While most of the students were enjoying the weekend, the teachers still had a schedule to keep to. Aizawa loathed having to do work when he could be resting. Part of his ‘time-off’ was usually spent marking class assignments or reviewing student’s performances in their practical lessons to see how they could improve. A teacher’s job never ends when the bell rings.

Today was not a normal Saturday however and while he had marking and other evaluations to do, he had instead spent the better part of yesterday evening and today reviewing everything he knew about a particular green-haired student of his.

Izuku Midoriya had been something of an enigma at first. With an incredibly powerful quirk yet the disposition of a baby deer, something was amiss right from the day they’d met, though Aizawa had discarded the notion at first. He’d chalked it up to a kid being given permission to use his detrimental abilities for what was probably only the second time counting the exam but now he was second guessing himself.

When the boy had proved his intelligence and adaptability during the ball test, admittedly, Aizawa had been a tad impressed. Didn’t stop him from coming in last but enough to withhold the expulsion clause for then. With the way things had gone, he almost wished he’d stuck Mineta there instead and just been rid of the pervert right there, save the rest of the class some suffering.

Still, that was an error on his part, one he’d resigned himself to not making again.

Case in point, today’s efforts were focused not on diligently catching up with his class’ work, but grabbing every piece of logical reasoning and evidence he could about Izuku Midoriya’s unusual behaviours; writing them all down in a report complete with video evidence and pictures from security cameras where possible.

After reading the boy’s supposed thoughts and analytical breakdown of his classmate’s quirks, it struck a little too much like cataloguing for him. Something the most fearsome villain of all time, one only All Might was able to take down, would love to get his hands on.

There was a lot of coincidental incidents that he couldn’t ignore: being targeted directly by a Nomu during the Hosu incident, Izuku’s brush with Shigaraki during the mall incident, and, of course, no one being above suspicion during the training camp. There wasn’t enough to guarantee a link from any of the events but the sheer number meant something was there.

He didn’t like suspecting Midoriya of being someone to sell them out, let alone any of his students. On the surface, the boy had a heart of gold even if he didn’t have the confidence to match. The boy’d be one of the best heroes in Japan once he’d been trained up and he got over this self-sacrificing thing of his… or its worst nightmare. Someone with All Might levels of strength sneaking into the school and turning out to be a villain was a very bad scenario and one Aizawa sincerely hoped wasn’t true.

He couldn’t take the risk though and with the press of a mouse key he sent his findings to Nezu along with squirrelling a copy of his report away on a private server, to be distributed to his contact at the local police station in twenty four hours if he didn’t check in.

While he didn’t suspect Nezu of being the metaphorical rat in UA either, it was better to be safe than sorry.

Leaning back on his chair, he waited the customary two minutes he always did after sending Nezu any form of communication, taking a sip of his afternoon coffee as he did. Thinking to himself, he wished he could get some straight answers by just shaking them out of someone. Being able to get his hands on Shigaraki in a ‘fair’ fight would be an excellent opportunity but unfortunately the universe wasn’t that kind.

With the ‘ding’ of his mailbox, he saw the expected reply email from Nezu. As he opened and read the few lines it contained, his stomach dropped.


Dear Shota,

Excellent work on compiling this data. I found it a very interesting read.
Please report to my office as soon as you are able.

Kind regards,
Nezu


The rat knew something.

Evidently, his hunch had lead somewhere and now Nezu was telling him to get to his office without delay. This could either be nothing, which was very unlikely, or he’d just stumbled into a hornet’s nest of issues.

“Shit.” Aizawa swore, placing his mug of coffee down and moving quickly to get changed into his hero gear.

Living in the teacher’s dorms was relaxing for the most part with a number of other pros nearby for company on top of being inside the most secure security system outside of Tartarus in the country, but it gave Nezu a little too much power for his liking. If the rat was indeed hiding something he didn’t want discovered, he could easily erase any of them at his leisure.

Aizawa had a hard time trusting and even Nezu wasn’t above that. There was someone who was though.

Leaving his room, he proceeded down the hall to where his best friend of many years now lived after relocating from off-campus like many of the students. With a few firm knocks, Aizawa was greeted by the sight of Present Mic with his hair down and in his lazy, casual clothes.

“Sho? What’s up buddy?” He asked, having evidently been napping judging by the yawn he let out.

“Operation Rat.” Aizawa said simply.

“Oh shit, yeah?” Present Mic immediately woke up. “Gimme ten then go.”

Mic’s door shut and Aizawa heard the customary locks being engaged.

‘Operation Rat’ was one of the code phrases the pair used when they thought they were about to be targeted by Nezu for a reason they didn’t fully comprehend. While it had been a thing before the summer training camp, both he and Mic had reviewed their emergency procedures after the rescue of Bakugo once it was believed a traitor might be amongst them.

This was the first real time it was being used and, once ten minutes had elapsed, Aizawa set off for Nezu’s office alone. He knew that if Mic didn’t hear from him in the next hour or so with their confirmation code, his best friend would get out of UA and sound the alarm on Nezu’s betrayal. As it was, the ten minutes was for Mic to get dressed in his own hero gear and be primed to leave at the slightest hint of something going wrong.

Giving a deep sigh as he left the teacher’s dorms, Aizawa acted as aloof as he always did when called for an unnecessary meeting, making his way towards Nezu’s office via the direct path as he usually did in case the rat was watching.

As he made he was across campus and up to the upper floors of the main UA building, he tried to puzzle out exactly what he’d stumbled into regarding Izuku Midoriya and Nezu. Were they in cahoots? Partners in crime? Maybe the boy was the rat’s secret apprentice and he didn’t appreciate the recommendation that Izuku’s background needed a thorough investigation.

Either way, Aizawa soon approached the door of Nezu’s office and, much like every other time he’d been summoned, did not break his stride as the door opened to allow him entry.

“Ah, Aizawa, right on time.” Nezu called out cheerfully from behind his desk, not paying the teacher any attention as he tapped away at his keyboard. “If you’ll please allow me a moment.”

“Sure, whatever.” Aizawa shrugged, acting much like the bored teenagers he often scolded.

“We’re just waiting on one more to complete our party so do take a seat.” Nezu offered, again not looking up at the man.

“I’ll stand.” Aizawa replied as he always did.

The two remained in relative silence for another few minutes before Nezu’s office door swung open once more, allowing the emaciated form of All Might to step inside with the man wearing what could only be described as a winter wrap over his shoulders in addition to his casual clothes and jacket. Aizawa was once again reminded of how even the mightiest of heroes could fall looking at how frail All Might had become.

“You wanted to see me sir?” All Might asked, taking note of Aizawa’s presence and confused expression. “What’s young Midoriya done now?” He asked in a tired voice.

“Nothing but good things I assure you.” Nezu smiled, finally turning away from his computer and giving the pair his full attention. “Mr. Aizawa brought something to my attention earlier this evening and I figured you should be made aware lest more mistrust be sown in our school.”

“What’s this got to do with him?” Aizawa quirked an eyebrow.

“All will become clear in time my friend.” Nezu waved away. “For now, could you please relay to us a summation of your thoughts of that delightful report you sent my way earlier this evening?”

Things were still very unclear to Aizawa but at the very least, with All Might here, there was less to fear as Nezu would need to dispose of two bodies instead of one. Frail as he was, the man was still the epitome of heroics, even with all the theatrics and showboating over the years. Aizawa didn’t fully like him but he did respect him and his opinion when it came to mainstream heroics. Teaching, not so much.

With a tired sigh considering it had long been the talk of the staff room that All Might heavily favoured Izuku, Aizawa relayed a shorthand version of his report to the man, denoting the number of instances Izuku had been in close proximity to villains and could’ve relayed information on top of what he suspected was information gathering from the notebook he’d viewed.

It all came to a head when he delivered his final opinion and recommended course of action.

“As it is, with all this circumstantial evidence, I believe that Izuku Midoirya received a quirk from All-For-One prior to attending UA. This would explain his lack of familiarity with his own power and the severe blowback he received at first and his unusually strong dedication towards heroics; if he fails his mission, whatever it is, he’ll likely pay the price.”

After delivering his thoughts Aizawa stood tensed, ready for whatever would come next.

One of the things he was definitely not prepared for though, was laughter.

The stern teacher’s mouth dropped open just a tad as he watched All Might break into what was undoubtable a deep guffaw before slipping quickly into several hacked coughs, blood spilling through his fingers as he raised his hand to catch the aftereffects of his wound. A side eye aimed at Nezu saw the mouse chuckling politely to himself but making no moves of his own.

“My apologies Aizawa.” All Might started once he’d pulled out a handkerchief to clean himself up. “I don’t mean to offend you.”

“Considering the severity of my accusation, someone better explain to me why laughter is an acceptable response to this.” Aizawa growled in a dangerous tone, now actually incensed at his efforts being discarded like some sort of bad joke. That was Emi’s job, not his.

“As I said before, you’ll understand in time,” Nezu nodded, turning back to All Might. “I do believe it would be prudent to bring him in on your secret rather than let any further misunderstandings develop.”

“You may be right.” All Might agreed, putting his handkerchief away. “However, I handed ownership of the secret over to young Midoriya; it’s his decision now who he tells, not mine.”

“Ah, well that’s a simple matter for us to rectify.” Nezu smiled, tapping away at his computer once again.

Aizawa let out a deep, frustrated sigh.

“I’m guessing from your reactions that you both believe Midoriya is a hundred percent beyond reproach?”

“Indeed,” Nezu smiled happily, having sent off a summoning text to the boy in question. “A viewpoint I’m sure you’ll share yourself soon enough.”

Aizawa didn’t know if there was an implied ‘or else’ at the end of that sentence but he’d delay his judgement for now. His frustration was enough for him to actually take a seat in one of Nezu’s chairs as they now waited for the problem child to show up.

“Whilst I admire your dedication to finding out the truth Aizawa, did you sincerely believe young Midoriya to be the one to so callously sell out the school?” All Might asked cautiously.

“No one is above suspicion to me.” Aizawa groaned in response. “You’re not excluded from that either. Clearly the worst year we’ve had on record and it just so happens to be when you join the school? Believing in coincidences in this line of work is lazy and negligent at best.”

“You must forgive Aizawa, All Might,” Nezu spoke up. “Unlike the things you’ve seen as a more mainstream hero, there are many unsavoury investigations and connections he and other underground heroes have made in no small part to this belief. I’m sure Mirai would’ve been able to tell you much the same thing, though he surely wanted to spare your feelings on such matters.”

“That… makes sense.” All Might let out his own weary sigh at the reminder of his former partner. “Even when we were working together he would spare many of the details in our briefings if he thought they would dampen my smile too much. It’s one of the reasons things would become strained towards our eventual fallout.”

“Quite,” Nezu nodded. “And I’m hoping not to have a repeat of such a thing here and now between a student and his teacher. Aizawa is one of my most trusted members of staff primarily due to his paranoia. I believe it helps keep a healthy sense of accountability that we are doing all we can for our students whom we’ve been entrusted with.”

Aizawa had to send the rat a curious look at that. It wasn’t the first time he’d been called out on his paranoia but this was the first time he’d heard the rat admit he was one of his most trusted staff members. At least the man had that much good sense. Wouldn’t stop Aizawa from suspecting he’d only said as much to butter him up for whatever was coming next though.

“Now, I believe we should greet our last guest to get this whole mess straightened out.” Nezu smiled before his office door swung open yet again with All Might and Aizawa turning to observe the timid Izuku Midoriya poised to knock and looking very much like that deer in headlights Aizawa suspected he was.

“Um… Hi?” Izuku turned his raised hand into a wave.

“Please join us Mr. Midoriya.” Nezu gestured to a third, unoccupied chair. “Don’t worry, you’re not in any trouble and I’m terribly sorry to bother you on a weekend.”

Izuku nodded nervously but still sent a worried look to All Might who returned a consoling smile. Despite his complete lack of power now that One-For-All had fully burned out inside of the former number one, Izuku took solace in his presence. Aizawa’s, not so much.

He took a seat in the remaining chair, very aware that all eyes were on him as Nezu’s office door swung closed.

“So, to quickly summarize, your teacher has noted some of the difficulties you’ve had regarding your quirk.” Nezu explained to the boy with Aizawa noting he was clearly keeping his actual suspicions out of it. “While I did not expect things to develop this far, I believe it’s time we allow Mr. Aizawa in on the secret you and All Might share to clear up any confusion.”

“O-Oh…” Izuku’s breath caught, quickly looking at both Aizawa and All Might for confirmation. His idol and mentor wore an understanding face and gave him a slight nod of his head to indicate his agreement while Aizawa was giving him a much more critical eye.

He wasn’t scared of Aizawa’s wrath, at least not directly, but he was a little afraid of how the man would react to a secret of this magnitude and being deceived for so long, even if it wasn’t personal. The other two people in the room that were already in on said secret considered this a good idea though so Izuku would trust their judgement in this instance.

Like his mother, he’d considered telling Aizawa at one point to better get the teacher to understand his situation. He figured, after getting to know the man a bit better, that he might think it was some kind of excuse for his lack of control and with his quirk now functioning much better, he’d abandoned that line of reasoning. Now though, maybe the most critical member of the teaching staff would be able to help him achieve even greater heights once he gained insight into how exactly One-For-All worked.

“O-Okay um…” Izuku nervously flexed his hands, reminded of the time he’d had to relay this story only recently to the girls. “S-So um… in my last year of Aldera, there was this incident with a sludge villain…”

For the next thirty minutes Izuku broke down some of the events that lead to him becoming the ninth holder of a power known as ‘One-For-All’ and the history of the quirk. All Might chipped in on the areas Izuku had a lot less knowledge of, such as the previous holders and their time with the quirk, though it was mainly focused around his own master in Nana and himself.

Aizawa was notable silent through all the backstory though his glare deepened into one of great displeasure as Izuku approached the entrance exam. His arms and hands had steepled over his mouth as the greenette continued but even the boy could understand how angry the typically emotionless Aizawa was getting.

When he got to the entrance exam and All Might giving him the quirk that very morning, Aizawa spoke for the first time since Izuku’d begun.

“You’re fired.”

Izuku blinked in surprise as Aizawa’s head had snapped towards All Might who was now gaping in surprise.

“I-I’m sorry?”

“Fired.” Aizawa reiterated coldly, “Get out.”

“Now, now Aizawa, making hasty decision based on emotions isn’t very logical.” Nezu reprimanded with a chuckle. “Despite that, the fact remains that only I oversee the hiring and firing of our staff.”

“You’re fired too.” Aizawa glared at the rat next, ignoring his technicality. “You both knew full well how stupid and dangerous it was to give a child a quirk that the literal underworld bogeyman was drawn to, yet you both still did it, putting this entire school and its population in danger. Your judgements are clearly in question and neither of you are fit to serve at your stations.”

“A-A little much there Aizawa.” All Might rubbed the back of his head. “I was firmly of the belief that I had ended All-For-One and his reign of terror was finally over with.”

“Indeed, and whilst I permitted All Might to join our teaching staff to seek out a potential successor, I had no idea he would find an ideal candidate in Mr. Midoriya before term even began.” Nezu explained. “Whilst I strongly suspected as much during the final seconds of the entrance exam, the suspicion didn’t lead me to favour Mr. Midoriya in anyway with the rescue points he rightfully earned.”

“His performance alone should’ve tipped you off that this was an irresponsible idea.” Aizawa growled. “The risks you described, the backlash he suffered, and the inexperience displayed clearly showed he wasn’t up to the task of handling the quirk, yet you both seem to be acting as though this was the best possible outcome.”

Apparently accepting that the most powerful pro-hero’s quirk could be transferred was minor to Aizawa compared to the idea it should be given to someone who wasn’t ready to handle it.

Izuku was in an odd place. He wanted to defend All Might and Nezu but, from an objective viewpoint, the harsh teacher was right and he couldn’t disagree with him. From the moment he’d met All Might up until now, he’d trained and pushed his limits harder than he ever had, much to the praise of many of his classmates, but it still wasn’t enough yet. Once more his brain suggested the idea to turn the quirk over to Mirio who had the strength, skill, and experience to harness more of its power right now than Izuku could for sure.

He gripped his hands into fists as he felt his girlfriends’ many kind words coming back up to defend him too. Sure he hadn’t made the greatest first impression, but he’d grabbed the heavy responsibility he now bore with both hands and he wouldn’t be letting go no matter what.

“M-Mr. Aizawa,” Izuku called out, preventing the teacher from tearing another strip off of the other two. “I-I know it doesn’t make much logical sense. I know there are other people probably more suited to take One-For-All than myself even now… but All Might chose me! Being a hero is all I ever wanted when I was young and he just finally gave me the chance to stand alongside everyone else. There’s a lot I still need to learn, but you can bet I’m not going to rest until I can stand proudly with everyone else in our class and declare ‘We are here!’ so that nobody has to worry now that All Might’s retired.”

“A fine ambition if I do say so myself.” Nezu smiled warmly at the boy with All Might feeling pride well up in his chest.

Aizawa regarded the boy carefully before letting out a weary sigh.

“I don’t doubt your ambition or your drive Midoriya.” He explained, that much being made clear to him in his story. “Even if I could fire these two idiots, you would remain.” Aizawa admitted. “Despite your constant knack of getting into trouble that I now know the source of, it would be illogical to remove you purely based on the skill and adaptability you’ve displayed already. Even Mirio Togata of the big three was still having trouble with his quirk going into second year while you’ve all but removed the worst of the backlash from your own, and you didn’t have years of experience just having it like the rest of us did.”

“Yes young Midoriya, after your training before UA I-” All Might began, only to be shut down by Aizawa’s fierce glare.

“I say that in spite of you being trained by him for so many months considering his initial skills teaching your classmates.” Aizawa growled again, making the deflated former pro feel all the smaller.

With another weary sigh, the dry-eyed teacher knew that things weren’t going to move forward until he got the complete story and would withhold further scolding until the problem child was safely out of earshot.

“Finish your story Midoriya,” Aizawa said, returning to his pensive position. “Let’s hear the rest of this fantastical tale before I decide whether or not to remove these two with my foot.”

Despite the threat, Nezu merely chuckled while All Might was now looking a tad concerned for his health in the near future.

“Uh… r-right.” Izuku nodded after getting nods of confirmation from the chastised teachers.

Telling them about his worry of being expelled by Aizawa on the first day, Nezu joyfully divulged that he’d expelled an entire year group last year, scaring Midoirya briefly before the tired teacher explained it was to weed out those that didn’t have any promise or take things seriously and they were mostly reinstated.

It was another fifteen minutes before Izuku concluded his story of the things he’d endured while here at UA. Aizawa listened intently as Midoriya countered all the fears and worries he’d put forth in his report, as Nezu had said, removing any doubt the boy was the leak for the League of Villains and All-For-One. Like he’d said himself, the boy wouldn’t’ve been Aizawa’s first choice to inherit such a powerful and burdensome quirk but there was no denying that he was determined enough to see this through, even after knowing about All-For-One’s goals.

“Thank you very much for that delightful insight Mr. Midoriya!” Nezu smiled, clapping his hands together to punctuate Izuku’s monologue ending. “I dare say you’ve answered many of my own lingering questions I’d not found the time to enquire about.”

“O-Of course sir.” Izuku bowed politely.

“So, now you know.” All Might turned towards Aizawa. “While I handed ownership of this secret over to Midoriya, as it is now his secret to divulge, I must stress the importance of keeping it as-”

“Society at large would literally tear this boy apart to try and take this quirk from him if they knew how.” Aizawa acknowledged, understanding exactly why they hadn’t made it clear to him either how the quirk was transferred from one person to the next. “Rest assured Midoriya, the secret is safe with me.”

Izuku breathed a sigh of relief. Having had to entrust another person he didn’t expect with the secret of his quirk was becoming a trend at this point, one he hoped he’d see the last of with this.

“Still, now I know that a power greater than that of All Might in his prime currently sleeps inside you,” Aizawa’s voice turned menacing. “There will be zero excuses or tolerance for not going ‘Plus Ultra’ in any of your classes. If you want to be number one you’re going to earn it through blood, sweat and tears; not resting on the laurels of those that came before you. Am I clear?”

“C-Crystal sir!” Izuku panicked, stood and bowed deeply at his teacher.

“Marvellous!” Nezu declared joyfully, arms raised. “I do believe that’s all we will require of you for today Mr. Midoriya, though I may have to enquire about those exciting sounding notebooks I’ve heard about at a later time.”

“Oh um… s-sure.” Izuku nodded nervously.

“Then feel free to return to your leisurely activities.” Nezu offered, his door opening up once more. “I’m sure you’d like to take the chance to rest before the gauntlet I’ve no doubt Aizawa is planning for you as we speak.”

Izuku chanced a glance back at his homeroom teacher who shot him an eager, somewhat malicious-looking smile, clearly leaning into the callout. With a gulp and a polite, if hurried, goodbye to all the staff, Izuku made his hasty exit before hurrying back to the dorms, eager to put the meeting behind him.

For the second time, with the click of the latch as Nezu’s door closed, Izuku left behind people to discuss the revelations about him and his quirk.

Once the door had shut, Nezu and All Might turned towards Aizawa who dropped the ‘enthusiastic taskmaster’ face and returned to his ‘I-am-too-tired-to-deal-with-this’ face, settling back into the chair with a thump as his head snapped back over the headrest to stare lifelessly up at the ceiling.

“I believe a spot of tea is in order for this discussion.” Nezu announced, dropping down from his chair and proceeding over to the trolley with full tea set he kept nearby, proceeding to boil the kettle on a hotplate before offering a cup to All Might who accepted the drink, hoping to ease the chill of autumn on his bones.

Aizawa, who hadn’t said a word in the few minutes it had taken for Izuku to leave and the kettle to boil, finally sat up as Nezu tapped his leg, offering him his traditional mug of black coffee instead of whatever tea brand he was currently enjoying. He gratefully accepted the drink too and took a long sip, still processing exactly what he’d learned over the past hour.

At that, he quickly pulled out his phone and sent the word ‘Delay’ off to Present Mic via their private chat. Nezu and All Might had explained a lot but they weren’t completely out of the woods yet, he needed just a bit more time to confirm that these two were well meaning idiots rather than idiots who’d try to force him to sign or do something against his will in exchange for this knowledge.

Putting his phone back as Nezu settled into his chair with his own steaming cup, Aizawa decided to be the one to break the silence.

“So what are your plans for Midoriya then?” He asked openly, not addressing either directly.

“Plans?” All Might asked tentatively.

“You were looking for a successor, surely you have some goal you’re looking to achieve through whomever you picked.”

“Ah, I see.” All Might nodded. “Truthfully, I was looking for nothing more than to find someone with the right attitude and morals to pass my quirk onto. This power had been cultivated for eight generations and I thought I had finally succeeded in fulfilling its goal to bring down All-For-One so I was looking to pass it on to the next generation and give them some guidance before retiring, thanks to my wound.”

“And then things changed.” Aizawa stated.

“Indeed, though I don’t think any of us suspected All-For-One to survive such wounds. One finds it difficult to function when your grey matter is splattered six ways from Sunday.” All Might sighed ruefully. “My only regret is not destroying more of the foul being before passing out from my own damage.”

“Someone call the presses, the All Might actually tried to kill someone?” Aizawa scoffed, disbelief evident in his voice.

“It was kill or be killed young Aizawa, much like how my predecessors were.” All Might stated firmly. “Were I not at the end of my power, I would’ve finished the job in Kamino rather than risk All-For-One remaining alive and in custody. Taking a life may be one of the most extreme actions a hero may have to choose to make, but that monster wouldn’t bat an eye before cutting down anyone in his path.”

“Hmph, you say that like I’ve never killed.” Aizawa sighed, feeling the warmth of the coffee mug soak into both his hands. “Limelight’s a little different from underground.”

“I am sorry for your burden.” All Might empathised, knowing more about the darker path some heroes trod for the sake of justice since arriving at UA. “As for young Midoriya, I want nothing more than for him to fulfil his potential and grow into the best hero I know he can be. I only hope we can be ready for when All-For-One makes his next move.”

“So you still don’t think this is over?” Aizawa quirked a brow.

“No more than you do young Aizawa.” All Might sighed wearily, having heard around the staff room about the man’s suspicions from Midnight.

“With the League of Villains still out there, the possibility remains that a contingency plan could be in place to restore All-For-One to his former glory somehow.” Nezu admitted. “While I accept the chastisement for my part in keeping this from yourself and the other teachers, knowledge and suspicions such as these could stoke the fear that already runs rampant through our society with All Might’s retirement. Caution must be taken with every step, lest we give the villains the opportunity to rise again.”

“I’m guessing that’s why you decided to make an exception, and let All Might teach here without getting his papers first?” Aizawa turned his attention to the principal.

“In short, yes.” The white being nodded. “While I didn’t foresee events taking place as they have this past year, I was already aware of All Might’s wound and his limited tenure left as our number one. It would’ve been foolish not to allow him to find a candidate to take over his mantle, though I daresay we have a number of rising stars from your class alone, even not counting Mr. Midoriya.”

“Bunch of problem children if you ask me.” Aizawa sighed in exasperation, reminded of all the marking he had yet to do over the weekend.

“With only one expulsion due to understandable circumstances in your class this year, we all know how you really feel Aizawa.” Nezu chuckled, taking a long, exaggerated sip.

Aizawa sent a glare at his boss but ultimately didn’t rise to the bait. Getting emotional was exhausting and he had enough on his plate as it is.

“There are a number of people I could very well have chosen had young Midoriya and I not crossed paths that day.” All Might admitted. “Like him though, I do not regret my choice, even if I wish I could’ve finished things first.”

“Hopefully All-For-One decides to scratch his arse with a quirk and gets a bullet in the brain in prison.” Aizawa grumbled. “Until then, I guess I’m, what, the third person who knows about this now?”

“Actually…” All Might grimaced before divulging the somewhat lengthy list of all those that now know the secret about One-For-All. By the end of the list of girls that had learned about it recently, Aizawa’s eye was twitching in annoyance.

“I’m not sure if I’m more impressed or annoyed you’ve managed to keep something like this from the public for so long. You and problem child both.”

“Midoriya’s list is a tad lengthier than I would’ve made mine,” Nezu nodded, “But if he trusts them then that’s his decision.”

“The next ‘symbol of peace’ everyone.” Aizawa sarcastically remarked. “If there’s no further discussion needed then I’ve had my fill of the world for one weekend.” He returned his now drained mug to Nezu’s tea trolley and made for the door.

“Please do not hesitate to make another report if you spot anything suspicious.” Nezu reminded the man. Though it had been a misfire this time, Aizawa had made an accurate assessment of Midoriya’s quirk status prior to UA based on his professional instincts.

Aizawa tossed a hand back in a feeble wave of acknowledgement as he left the room, the door swinging shut behind him.

Once he was outside of the main building, Aizawa pulled out his phone and sent a single, smiley face emoji to Present Mic to signal to his friend things were all clear. It was a false alarm for now but Aizawa knew the simple answers were normally never right when Nezu was involved. That those same circumstances now stretched to All Might and the green-haired problem child was just another obstacle to overcome in his goal to sleep until retirement.

Glad at the very least that the traitor worries were over for now, he proceeded back towards his room, intending to put off his marking for another day and just go straight to bed to free himself of the madness that was Midoriya and All Might.

Back in Nezu’s office, the remaining pair of teachers waited just a moment for Aizawa to leave before making their thoughts known to each other.

“That could’ve gone better.” All Might let out a breath of relief, the dreary teacher still scared him even after all these months of working together.

“It was a little touch and go at times but I feel that was a rather productive meeting.” Nezu stated cheerfully. “As I said, Aizawa may come off as a tad hostile and paranoid but it has saved his life and others a number of times. He was not technically wrong about Midoriya’s quirk, only the source.”

“Still, I hope this doesn’t blow back on young Midoriya; it’s not his fault I was too weak to finish the job.”

“Moping is unbecoming of you All Might.” Nezu shook his head. “While I’m sure Mr. Midoriya may see a slight increase in his expectations, Aizawa has long since earned my trust, even with his more unusual style of teaching. Were we to find a certain imprisoned villain knocking at UA’s door tomorrow, there is no one else I’d put my faith in more to put the students first.”

“Aizawa has proven surprisingly humble and heroic compared to my initial impression of him.” All Might admitted with a touch of shame in his voice. The man’s actions at the USJ alone had secured All Might’s trust in him to do the right thing.

“Still, at least we will not have to worry about any suspicion falling on Midoriya after this. If anyone else brings up the topic around Aizawa, he’ll shut them down quickly; the others tend to listen when he speaks.” Nezu smiled, placing his tea cup to one side. “To draw attention to his original topic however, we are no closer to finding the leak inside our school. I have considered the idea that with All-For-One in jail, the traitor may be biding their time. Unfortunately, all we can do is wait.”

“Tartarus is the most secure prison in Japan… but they have never tried to hold a monster like him before.” All Might’s hand clenched into a fist. “I can’t help but feel so… helpless.”

“You’ve done plenty for us over the years All Might.” Nezu reassured the man. “Twice we have to thank you for ridding us of him, even if the public only knows about one of those instances.”

“I’m afraid it will fall to young Midoriya to rectify my mistake and end things once and for all; a burden I never intended to place on the boy.”

“We understand Toshinori, as does he.” Nezu smiled. “If what I’ve read in Aizawa’s report is true, he’s already well on his way to becoming a hero we can all be proud of and get behind. While I agree that maybe it would’ve been better for the boy to be older and have more time to hone his skills, he has made remarkable progress since joining the school. All we can do now is train and prepare all of our students to be the best heroes they can be.”

“You make it sound so easy.” All Might chuckled.

“I’ve found humans remarkably susceptible to certain stimuli in my years at this school to get the best results.” Nezu divulged. “Some perform best with the promise of a monetary reward, others with fame or reputation, but those are paltry compared to those who draw their drive from within themselves and have it reinforced by like-minded people. There’s a reason echo chambers are so enticing after all. If we were to take a look at a change in another of Aizawa’s students, say, one Mina Ashido, one would gather she’s managed to find her drive in the recent months, moving from nineteenth in the class rankings to a projected twelfth.”

“Oh? I was of the belief young Ashido was less… um… academically inclined?” All Might offered nervously, hoping he was using the correct terminology to not get in trouble.

“While that may have been true at the start of the year, it seems that after learning your protégée’s secret, all of the girls of the class seem to have increased their efforts.” Nezu admitted, glancing over the projections for class 1-A’s end of term tests. “Whether it is their connection with their friend or something greater, I cannot say, but they quite handily prove my point.”

All Might smiled a fond smile. He didn’t know the exact dynamics behind Izuku’s relationships with the various girls now they all knew the secret, not to mention his potential romance with young Asui, but it seems that the revelation had done them all a world of good. Hopefully they kept rest in mind as much as work, lest he be picking up exhausted teenagers much like he had young Midoriya when he’d overworked himself. Maybe that could be the topic for his next lesson.

“People fight their hardest when defending those closest to them.” All Might nodded. “Maybe it could’ve helped me once upon a time.”

The two continued to idly chat into the late afternoon about meaningless topics before parting ways. There was still a part of the weekend left to enjoy but they were both glad they could absolve the young greenette of any undue suspicions.


Mid-morning on Sunday found Momo Yaoyorozu at her desk, typing away on her laptop in the latest line of correspondence to her real estate company managers. Her normal homework was all done for the weekend but instead of taking a break and maybe spending some time with one of her many partners, she found herself focused on the latest issue befalling her plans to escape her parent’s influences.

She let out a weary sigh as she sent the email off, frustrated at another potential buyer backing out of a deal. Despite all the renovations that she’d asked the Uraraka family to make to the numerous properties she’d acquired around the beach area in recent weeks, they weren’t selling for whatever reason. Momo briefly wondered if switching them to a renting model or timeshare would be a better idea to get business going.

In her musings, another email popped into her mail box from the very construction company that had started all this.

Opening it up, Momo was greeted with some good news at last; the apartment block unit the Uraraka had been hard at work on was finally completed. Still, if she couldn’t find people to stay there, what was the point of all her renovations? Was there something repulsive about the location, were the repairs not up to standards, or was it something she was yet unfamiliar with still?

Sitting back from her computer, the heiress puzzled out the best thing to do to solve her dilemma. Ideally she could get an independent team to try and figure out exactly what was going wrong but that would involve even more time and paper work, besides she couldn’t be sure they would know either. Despite her desire to chart her own path, she found herself falling back on her mother’s advice; “Always make sure you know exactly what is going on in your business. Even a small rat skimming off the top could bring a scandal that could ruin all the good things we’ve achieved so far.”

It wasn’t great advice certainly but her mother did have a point. She would go see for herself what was so untenable about living in such properties.

As Momo began typing her response email however, she paused. With an upbringing such as hers, how was she to know exactly what was acceptable and what was not to those not blessed with as much wealth as she enjoyed growing up? Her only two interactions with such things were the visit she paid to Kyoka’s house and this very dorm room, which was the size of one of her closets back home but practically a luxury apartment to someone like Ochako.

That was when Momo had a brain wave that put an eager smile on her face as the idea took form. This would be the perfect opportunity to both get her friends collective input on areas she was unfamiliar with and get an improvised group date out of the experience.

Pulling out her phone, Momo opened the group chat to the one her polyamorous partners all shared.

Creati: Ochako’s parents have just sent me the final report for their latest project. Would anyone be interested in coming with me on an impromptu excursion to check out their hard work near the beach front?

Creati: Maybe we could go for a walk altogether afterwards, find some dinner at a local spot?

Gravity Girl: That sounds awesome, I’d love to come. Will my folks be giving us a tour or something?

Deepest Dope: I’m more interested in that walk. Is this you hinting you want a group date like we discussed a while back?

Creati: Well, it is the perfect excuse. ;)

Creati: Dinner is the least I can do to reward my friends for assisting me in an area of expertise I am rather lacking in, that being the living conditions of those less fortunate than myself.

Frog Queen: Accidental humble brag if I ever saw one.

Creati: Humble brag?

Alien Queen: OMG this sounds perfect! Count me in!

Invisi-badass: Ignore Tsu Momo, we’d love to go.

Frog Queen: I’ll grab my five layers, though if I start hibernating one of you will have to carry me.

Gravity Girl: I can give you a froggy back ride if that happens. :)

Alien Queen: ¬‿¬

Gravity Girl: Mina, no.

Deepest Dope: I’m in providing the idiot trio can keep it in their pants.

Small Might: Depending on the location in Musutafu, I know a few places that might be good to visit.

Small Might: Hey who changed my name?

Alien Queen: *Innocent whistling*

Small Might: You’re lucky I like it.

Alien Queen: Or what? You’d smash me? I welcome it at this point big boi ;)

Deepest Dope: Jeez really Mina? Can you not be a horny bitch for like 5 mins?

Alien Queen: Group date to a building Momo owns which means tons of privacy plus dinner afterwards? How can I not be? :D

Deepest Dope: Did you forget we have to have an escort or do you want Aizawa to watch?

Alien Queen: Think he can keep a secret? :P

Small Might: About that…

Momo’s eyes widened as Izuku relayed that he’d had to divulge the secret of his quirk to their homeroom teacher yesterday.

Frog Queen: A thousand yen says the whole class knows before the end of the year.

Invisi-badass: Thats what, the eighth person to figure it out?

Frog Queen: Third. Bakugo and I apparently figured it out, Izuku just told you five.

Small Might: Guys! TT_TT

Creati: Don’t worry Izuku, I’m sure they’re just playing.

Deepest Dope: You do seem to have as much trouble keeping this secret as Mina does keeping it in her pants.

Small Might: I’m not that bad… am I?

Alien Queen: Okay, first, ouch. Just because it’s true doesn’t mean you have to say it. Second, don’t worry green bean, we’ll run interference anytime someone gets the wrong idea.

Gravity Girl: In space, no one can hear you chat shit.

Creati: Not to distract from pre-mediated spacing, but was that a round of yeses for a visit to the beach front? I shall put the request to the teachers now if so.

Alien Queen: Hells yeah!

Invisi-badass: Do it

Frog Queen: Why not

Gravity Girl: Yay, I can’t wait to see my parents

Deepest Dope: Sounds fine to me

Small Might: Could be nice to see how the beach is doing.

Creati: Perfect!

With that, Momo switched tabs to the UA intranet and submitted the electronic request complete with the list of who was going. With the escort system looking like a permanent feature of living at UA at this point, Nezu had seen fit to upgrade the site ton include these new leaving requests.

Being more business-minded herself recently, Momo recognised it was a way to increase visibility and accountability for the school as well as easing the request process but she didn’t need to concern herself with such things right now.

As she penned a draft of her response to Ochako’s parents providing she got a positive answer to her application, her email ‘dinged’ with the school’s response. Momo chuckled as Mina would be absolutely heartbroken that Aizawa would not be joining them on this trip, though Midnight would be.

Finishing up her response email and pulling out her phone once more, she let the others know the details of their journey.


“Definitely should’ve done this in the summer.” Mina shivered as she stepped out of the UA provided car.

“Kinda hard to do when this didn’t even exist then.” Kyoka chuckled, rolling her eyes at Mina’s complaint as she followed the girl out the door.

“‘This’ being Momo’s business? Or ‘this’ us?” Tooru giggled, nudging Kyoka and earning her a small glare.

“Careful Tooru, might earn us another scolding.” Tsuyu’s voice called out from under her scarf, the girl being wrapped up in plenty of layers to keep the heat inside with the only exposed skin being her face with even her ears covered by earmuffs.

As the group poured out of the car, a building at least ten floors tall from what they could count at this angle stood before the group of students. The exterior had clearly been repainted recently and some of the areas around the outside of the building looked like they were ready for flowers, bushes or even trees to be planted to mark the finishing touches.

Midnight stepped out from the driver’s side and wandered around to join the group as they waited for their hosts for the afternoon.

“Welcome everyone!” A familiar voice to most rang out.

Ochako’s face lit up as her mum opened the front door of the building and held it open for her dad to pass through.

“Hey Angel!” Ochako’s dad called out enthusiastically.

Ochako dashed forward and leapt into her father’s arms, her mother quickly joining with a quick, one-armed hug, more concerned about their others guests than greeting her daughter alone.

“Welcome everyone, I’m sure Miss Yoayorozu is most excited about seeing the results of our endeavours so if you’ll please come along we’ll give you a quick tour before you can look around yourselves.”

“Cleaned up nice.” Midnight nods appreciatively as she studied the outside of the building. Like other Musutafu residents, she knew about this section of the coast and had avoided buying her apartment in this part of town due to the trash heap. If the heiress was planning to make a few extra yen by buying up the property and actually refurbishing it, she might have a decent business on her hands once the beach is fixed. “Keep in mind kids, there’s a whole class unit about property and business ownership in your third year dealing with that tricky minefield. If this is something you intend to do long-term Miss Yaoyorozu, I’d be happy to provide the unit’s resources to ensure you’re aware of certain things before becoming a full-fledged pro.”

“I would be most grateful.” Momo nodded at their teacher. It was something she’d already considered when applying to heroics and she’d need it now more than ever with her expanding businesses so it certainly wouldn’t hurt to get all the official material she could.

“Woo! Let’s go check out some fancy new cribs.” Mina charged ahead after the retreating hosts and Ochako.

As the group began entering the building, Tsuyu couldn’t help but notice how nervous Izuku seemed.

“Something up, ribbit?” She asked quietly while hanging back a little with him.

“F-Fine just… we’re um… dating now and those are her parents.” Izuku mumbled.

“Ahhh, afraid of the shovel talk?” Tsuyu chuckled.

“W-Well um… d-do they know? Like, about her and… us?”

“They know about me.” Tsuyu admitted. “Might be best to hold off on introducing yourself until Ochako’s ready though, ribbit. For now, you’re just here as a friend and local.”

That didn’t make Izuku feel as good as he thought hearing something like that would.

“S-Sure.” He nodded.

“We’ll be all together eventually.” Tsuyu reassured him, taking his hand slyly as they made their way into some of the management only areas on the ground floor of the building. “For now, you’re our naughty little secret that we like very much.”

Izuku chuckled a little at that, squeezing Tsuyu’s hand gratefully before dropping it as they stepped into the empty administration office area. They listened casually while looking around as Ochako’s parents explained some of the work they’d been doing like patching holes in the walls, restoring the plumbing, and generally bringing everything up to code.

While it didn’t seem particularly fancy, Momo could tell how much effort they’d put in from the pride on their faces. Despite her relative newness to the business, she’d spent years attending her parent’s parties and gatherings hearing men and women who’d never lifted a finger brag about their accomplishments. The way the Uraraka adults spoke about their work showed that they clearly had a passion for the good work they’d managed to accomplish.

“Now with the boring stuff you’d never usually see as a resident out of the way, unless you want to see the basement and maintenance,” Ochako’s dad chuckled, “Shall we proceed upstairs to some of the rooms?”

“Please.” Momo nodded, enthusiastic to get to the bottom of what exactly could cause her other refurbished properties to fall through.

With that, they all filed into both the building’s elevators, making their way up to the seventh floor. Stepping out, the Uraraka adults lead the group over to an apartment door and opened it up, allowing the group to get a glimpse of their work.

It was just a basic apartment, much like the one Izuku had lived in for most of his life, but almost completely bare of furniture. The carpet, windows and walls looked very clean and should someone wish to move in immediately he strongly suspected they could.

“This is just one of the apartments someone can live in.” Ochako’s mother declared. “Everything up to the eighth floor is ready for use, though we have a little bit more cleaning up to do on the upper levels.”

“Are there bigger apartments up there?” Mina queried.

“Just more of the same.” Ochako’s dad shook his head. “This isn’t like one of those fancy buildings with penthouse on the top floor, though it could be converted to such.”

“As instructed, we didn’t alter the building’s layout in any way so everything you see is how it was when we started minus the fixes.” Ochako’s mom finished.

“Thank you very much.” Momo nodded, “It’s nice to know I have such reliable staff.”

“You get what you pay for, and you’ve paid us more than just money.” Ochako’s dad winked.

Momo fought back a blush as the others rolled their eyes, having long been acquainted with Ochako’s deal with the heiress. Izuku couldn’t help noting his girlfriend’s hand flitting once again to her collar with a small smile on her face. If it made her this happy and helped achieve all this, who was he to complain.

“Feel free to explore,” Ochako's dad offered, with him and his wife taking their leave towards the apartment door. “We’ll be just outside if you’d like to see more of anything else.”

“I’ll leave you young ones to it.” Midnight followed suit, angling to give the kids a little privacy since they clearly weren’t in any danger here.

With that, the seven students were left alone in the empty apartment, free to explore the space to their hearts content.

“It’s a bit bigger than my mum’s place at first glance.” Izuku noted, looking around the kitchen space and what he guessed was a living room area.

“I definitely wouldn’t mind living here.” Ochako nodded, looking around the clean kitchen area.

“What was the problem again? You couldn’t find a buyer?” Kyoka asked, just wandering around and looking casually at everything while Mina and Tooru made their way down the corridor to explore the other rooms.

“Several actually.” Momo nodded, “Apparently people have been enthusiastic when viewing properties such as this online but become very non-committal during and after a tour of the place.”

“Looks good to me so far.” Kyoka shrugged. “Is price a point?”

“On recommendation I set the price to something a tad competitive considering the local area.” Momo explained, taking the time to check the corners of the room and inside the kitchen cabinets. “Cheaper than surrounding apartments but still enough to provide a small profit in time. My goal is to establish a business first rather than make significant gains from the beginning. I have all I need courtesy of my allowance as you know.”

“Yeah, yeah, rich people stuff.” Kyoka waved away as Izuku opened up the balcony doors and stepped outside.

“My allowance barely covered a box of mochi every few weeks.” Ochako murmured to herself.

“Hopefully you’ll never have to return to that situation Pet.” Momo winked at the girl who smiled warmly in response.

“Um… Momo.” Izuku called out, stepping back inside. “I think I figured something out.”

Eager for information, the heiress hurried over to the boy, followed by Ochako, Tsuyu and Kyoka while he stepped back outside and pointed.

The apartment block was situated at a prime location by the coast much like Momo’s other properties. This would normally mean a fantastic view of the ocean that was quite the selling point to some that Momo included on the advertisements for the properties. Only now did she realise once people saw the state of the area did all the credibility of the advertisement go out of the window.

“What happened?” Her mouth dropped open as the group observed the pile of garbage that had begun rebuilding itself on Takoba beach.

“Since we’ve moved into the dorms, I haven’t been doing my runs down by the beach. Whenever I spotted something washed up during my morning run, I’d get rid of it in a dumpster nearby. There was usually one or two things every day or so but I think people have started dumping there again.” Izuku grimaced.

“But that’s illegal.” Momo shook her head.

“If there’s a lot of trash there already, no one will notice.” He shrugged. “It was like that for years before All Might and I cleaned it up.”

“How big is it now compared to when you started, ribbit?” Tsuyu asked, a tad surprised he’d managed all that in the name of training.

“Maybe a third?” Izuku guessed, taking note of the height of some of the larger piles he could see.

“Clearly you alleviated a symptom of the issue, not the root cause.” Tsuyu sighed. “Unless you fix stuff washing up, it’s probably gonna keep happening.”

“No wonder you said you got this cheap.” Kyoka shook her head.

Momo’s hands gripped themselves into fists. She was incredibly exasperated at this turn of events that seemed to place yet another road block in her path. Knowing that her freedom and her partners lay at the end of that path however, allowed her to channel that frustration into something productive.

“It seems I’m going to have to have a few words with some environmental agencies and the mayor.” The heiress growled. “For now, I think I have seen enough.”

“Already?” Ochako asked downheartedly when Momo turned and re-entered the apartment.

“Izuku, come.” Momo called back authoritatively.

The remaining girls turned to the boy who looked just as confused as they did. Briefly shaking his head, he trailed after her nevertheless.

Momo strode out into the hallway where Ochako’s parents were making pleasant conversation with their teacher who was taking the opportunity to relay some of Ochako’s class performance in recent weeks.

“Everything all right Miss Yaoyorozu?” Ochako’s mother asked, noticing her employer’s approach.

“Not entirely but it’s through no fault of yours.” Momo addressed the woman. “I’ve had a quick look around and couldn’t see anything wrong with the building as such but I believe we’ve pinpointed the reason for my visit.” She announced before turning to her teacher. “Miss Midnight, I’d like to request a slight change of plans.” Momo asked as politely as she could.

“Uh… sure I guess?” Midnight quirked an eyebrow. “Providing it’s not too far out of the scope of what we could expect today.”

Izuku emerged from the room to catch up to Momo.

“Perfect, then if you don’t mind, I’d like to request we relocate to the nearby beach.”

The boy frowned in confusion at the heiress as the adults much did the same.

“In November?” Midnight queried. The temperature alone was bitter let alone adding wind chill and ocean spray.

“Um, there’s not much down there but rubbish I’m afraid.” Ochako’s mom explained. “When we first moved here I thought they were just cleaning up the last of it but I guess it was actually just becoming dirty again.”

“Something I intend to begin rectifying.” Momo declared. “While I don’t expect to make much of a dent today, I’ll be getting in contact with the local officials to work out a more permanent solution.”

“Cleaning up the local beach on your rest day? What an admirable display of goodwill.” Midnight purred in a sultry manner that made the Uraraka parents give her a somewhat concerned look. “Very well, we shall leave when you’re all ready.”

“Actually,” Momo delayed, “It’ll be just Izuku and I. I require his guidance as someone who’s done this before but the others shouldn’t have to come along to assist in such a menial task that we didn’t agree on.”

Midnight was about to respond that she couldn’t split the party, even if she trusted the Uraraka parents to watch over their daughter and the others when a voice called out from the apartment.

“The hell we aren’t.”

Momo turned to see the rest of the girls, minus Mina and Tooru, pull the door open fully from where they’d been eavesdropping; Kyoka evidently being the one to make the statement.

“You asked us for our help so this counts.” She pouted. “This is all for that thing so fuck it, I can do some grunt work for the day.”

“If it helps you and my parents then I’ll help too.” Ochako chimed in.

“Providing I don’t have to take any of this off I can help as well, ribbit.” Tsuyu nodded. “Could be nice to see Izuku’s training regime too.”

“I feel kinda bad about letting things get back to this point.” The lone boy rubbed the back of his head. “I can call All Might and see if he can get the removal company we used before.”

Momo felt bad for hijacking their outing in such a manner, intending to go alone as this was her business and would technically only benefit her. She’d underestimated her all partners' dedication and willingness to stand by her though, even in the yucky muck that was trash pickup. There was no doubts that they were doing it to help support her and their shared goal.

“My, what a cute display of comradery.” Midnight cooed at the group, sending several of them into a mild blush.

“I’ll go get the others.” A blush free Tsuyu announced before returning to the apartment to grab Mina and Tooru.

“Guess we’ll be earning our dinner tonight.” Ochako giggled, pumping herself up for a workout.

“I will, of course, be paying for everything.” Momo nodded, “It’s the least I can do for you all.”

Ochako’s parents looked on fondly as the group of students got themselves together and adjusted their plans for the remainder of the day. Their daughter had been naturally bubbly as a child and made a couple of friends at the schools when she grew up in Mie, but this was a different kind of friendship, the type they could tell would endure long past their days at UA.

When her froggy girlfriend returned with the two other students in tow, Ochako’s parents took the lead once more and began escorting everyone down in the lifts and towards the front entrance.

“Where have you two been?” Kyoka asked, glancing over at Mina and Tooru as they stepped into the second lift with Izuku and Tsuyu since the adults, Momo and Ochako had taken the first one.

“Bedroom works.” Mina declared while giggling, straightening out her top and brushing down her jeans, getting an embarrassed laugh from the girlfriend who’d joined her.

“Oh for god’s sake.” Kyoka sighed, giving the pair a withering glare.

Before too long and with a few well wishes from Ochako’s parents, giving a set of hugs and kisses to their daughter, the group of UA students was quickly escorted to Takoba public beach.

Izuku couldn’t help but sigh as they pulled up, noting all his hard work had washed away. He still had the body to show for all his efforts but it had felt really good to also have done a public service like All Might had said. The people he’d spotted enjoying the beach on his runs alone had made it worth it. Now, there was no one else around but them as the group stepped out of the car.

“That’s… quite a mound.” Tooru gulped, looking around at the scattered junk that littered the sand.

“TV’s, microwaves, a fridge.” Kyoka noted with a touch of dread, feeling very powerless with her less than buff arms.

“That’s a tall task you’ve set yourselves up for.” Midnight noted with a wry smile as she leant on the bonnet of the car. “Sure you’re still up for it.”

“Yes ma’am.” Momo nodded firmly. “Though I will absolutely understand if anyone else would rather not.”

“Should be a good workout.” Izuku chuckled with as much confidence as he could, rolling his arms a little.

“We got this.” Ochako matched him, warming herself up with a few stretches.

“I’m not using my tongue for this, ribbit.” Tsuyu stated.

“Urgh, this is going to suck but the food will be worth it.” Mina complained but made no move to stand back from the challenge before them.

When no one made any noise to declare they were sitting out, Midnight decided to give them all a pleasant surprise.

“Considering the nature of this task and my presence as an official pro hero, I believe I can give you upstanding students permission to use your quirks if you choose.” She announced. “This isn’t a punishment after all.”

Mina was practically crying in relief while Ochako flexed her hands in preparation.

“Great for some.” Tooru pouted playfully. “Not much use making trash invisible.”

Momo and the others chuckled lightly before the heiress began pulling out thick sets of gloves from under her shirt and distributing them.

“Don’t pout Starlight.” Mina wrapped her girlfriend in a hug. “Perfect chance to show off all those muscles you’ve been building up.”

After their little make-out session in the bedroom of the apartment, Tooru was still a little worked up and flushed at Mina’s compliment.

“Let’s not forget Green bragged that he did this to build up his muscles before UA.” Kyoka reminded them, taking care not to hint at his quirklessness at the time with Midnight not in on the secret.

“It was quite hard to be fair.” Izuku admitted, pulling his gloves on. “I’ll take the heavy stuff first I guess.”

“Ditto, it won’t weigh much to me.” Ochako joined her boyfriend, the pair striding towards some of the larger objects in the pile.

Momo produced several types of trash bag in rolls, leaving them by the steps separating the sands from the sidewalk as she and the other girls grabbed one each and got to work on some of the more manageable types of garbage.

As the afternoon began passing in earnest, Midnight watched proudly over the students, now leaning on the railings of the beachfront. With a smirk, she pulled out her phone and sneakily snapped a picture of the students when they were relatively close together, all getting stuck into the task and helping each other out.

With a flurry of taps, she’d sent the picture and a text to Aizawa with the cheeky line, ‘Don’t look like problem children to me’. She only got exasperated sounding ‘Urgh’ in response which made her chuckle. Try as he might, the teacher had grown fond of the class and Midnight was definitely understanding why the more time she spent with them. It reminded her of the more optimistic time during her own schooling, before they’d lost a bright blue flame of their own.

Watching on, Midnight only hoped that this class wouldn’t have to suffer the same loss she and, more importantly, her friends did. The league of villains were still out there though and Aizawa’s pessimism was clearly starting to wash off on her as she felt an unsettling sense of dread sink into her bones.

No matter what, she’d give her all to make sure this class and many more like it wouldn’t have the same experiences their teachers did in their schooling.


When the sun started to set, Midnight called time on the group’s efforts. Though they had the proper safety things thanks to Yaoyorozu, she drew the line at working in the dark even if the girl could likely produce floodlights.

The group had made a significant dent to begin with though. They’d cleared a wide path between the stairs and the sea with several large appliances and bags of trash now awaiting pick up in the area Midoriya relayed he’d used before. They were tired, and a fair bit grubby, but there was definitely an aura of satisfaction surrounding the group as they got back into the car to depart.

“Where to for dinner then kids?” Midnight asked once the tired but noisy group were settled in their seats.

“I’m open to ideas.” Momo looked around, not knowing what was good around the local area.

“There’s a pretty nice shabu-shabu place just a few blocks away.” Izuku noted, having been there a couple of times with his mother in the winter months for a treat. “I think they have private rooms too.”

“Oh I could murder a hot pot right now.” Mina groaned as her stomach grumbled.

“Ditto,” Tooru echoed.

“As long as it’s warm.” Tsuyu agreed, hoping she’d be able to remove some of her layers. After all that exertion on the beach, she was annoyingly feeling a tad too toasty right now.

With the delicious sounding decision made courtesy of their resident local, Midnight set off for the place once Izuku gave her the street name.

Mina took note of the window between themselves and the teacher rolling up, likely in an effort to give them a touch of privacy much like she remembered having during her and Tooru’s date with Nejire and her girlfriend.

“Jeez Izuku,” She rolled one of her arms weakly while looking at the greenette. “How did you manage to do that entire beach by yourself?”

“A lot of hard work.” He blushed lightly.

“Hopefully it is a task that shan’t need repeating.” Momo sighed, somewhat exhausted from their efforts herself. “Once we return, I shall immediately be making my enquiries into both organising a company to come and clean up the mess as well as get in contact with those who can get to the root of the problem.”

“Then what was the point of us doing that today?” Kyoka asked, a little annoyed.

“A selfish desire to take control of something.” Momo curled in on herself a little. “I apologise again but it is incredibly frustrating to fix one problem only for several more to take their place.”

Kyoka let out a small sigh, pulling her girlfriend in for a one-armed hug and nuzzle.

“Sorry. I know it sucks.”

“We’d do more if we could.” Ochako spoke up.

“I know you all would.” Momo smiled at them all. “Still, thank you all for indulging me today. I know I only asked you to help identify the problem but this made me feel a lot better.”

“No sweat.” Tsuyu shrugged. “Izuku was right, it’s a good workout.”

“All Might recommended.” The boy chuckled lightly.

“Doubt we could punch through a building after only a day though.” Kyoka teased.

“Won’t know until you try.” Tooru retorted.

“I’ll leave that to Small Might.” Kyoka smirked at Izuku who shot her a playful glare in response.

The group settled into an easy chatter for the short time it took them to arrive at their destination.

Midnight pulled up in a nearby parking spot as the nightlife hadn’t gotten to underway just yet. She was grateful as she got a lot more attention the longer nights went on. It also helped that the kids were out of uniform too; they didn’t need to draw more attention to themselves than necessary.

Stepping out and getting their bearings, Izuku lead the way into the moderately sized restaurant. Speaking to the server, the group was escorted to one of their private rooms. Tsuyu couldn’t help ribbiting in delight when she spotted their table was actually a kotatsu.

“Great pick Midori.” Mina grinned at the greenette as the server stood aside to let them hang up their winter wear.

“Well we could all do with a bit of warming up.” Izuku shrugged, knowing how cold and uncomfortable it could be hauling trash around all afternoon at this time of year.

“Better scrub up first kids.” Midnight reminded them before they got too comfy. “It wouldn’t do to have you all get sick after the marvellous work you’ve done today.”

A quick trip to the restrooms for the group later and everyone was seated comfortably underneath the kotatsu, Midnight included. A quick perusal of the menu let everyone order a few choice things to boil away in the pot in the middle. Their teacher politely declined getting food, citing being on duty, but did relent to a drink of water at least.

With the arrival of the raw, prepared food, everyone took turns adding some of what they wanted to eat to the giant pot as it began boiling away. Conversation started out light, just discussing their day and some of the things they’d done during the week. It didn’t take a genius to know that the group was clearly holding back due to the teacher’s presence.

Midnight admittedly felt a little disappointed at that, though she knew she shouldn’t. The students had a right to their privacy after all and were it not for the frequent attacks of this year they would’ve been able to enjoy this trip unsupervised like many of the previous year’s classes had. One thing she’d hoped to achieve at UA was that the students would’ve been able to talk to her about anything, and the feeling that she was an intruder to this group of friends definitely pulled her smile down just a tad.

Mina, ever the socially-aware bee, noticed Midnight’s small sighs during the group’s chat and the downcast way she lazily nursed her drink. She felt bad for their art history teacher, having to give up her weekend time to make sure they were safe in this increasingly hostile-to-heroes world. Even if she couldn’t join them with food, the least Mina could do was invite her into the conversation.

“So Miss Midnight.” She called, getting the pro’s attention. “Apart from, you know, all the villain attacks and stuff, has learning at UA changed much since you were a student?”

The others all turned towards their teacher at the somewhat interesting question posed. Midnight couldn’t help but sent back a cheeky smirk.

“Are you implying there’s a significant time difference between then and now young lady?” Midnight gasped in faux outrage.

“Ooo, you’re in trouble.” Tooru giggled, nudging her girlfriend as Mina hadn’t expected to have it turned around on her. The teacher let out a small giggle to assure them she was only joking before replying properly.

“Hmmm, when I was a student things weren’t too different truthfully.” She explained. “A number of classes and modules have remained relatively the same with a few updated here and there as laws and ethics change over the years. Biggest difference would probably be how the lessons are taught rather than what is taught. My homeroom teacher was bit more lenient than your own.”

“UA without Mr. Aizawa? Doesn’t seem right to me, ribbit.” Tsuyu chuckled.

“Must’ve been nice to not have to worry about getting expelled every day.” Mina dabbed at her eyes with her napkin to wipe away some fake tears while Midnight giggled at the display.

“He’s strict but he means well; we all do,” she assured them. “I pity the poor villains that get in his way next with the way he was sulking yesterday about your class being at risk.”

A few eyes glanced over at Izuku who deliberately bit his tongue.

“While we certainly didn’t have any villain attacks on the school back in my day,” Midnight continued, feeling her age just by uttering those words, “we also didn’t have our provisional licenses or work studies in first year. You should all feel proud with all you’ve achieved so far as you’ve eclipsed many of your teacher’s accomplishments as students at this same point.”

The group couldn’t help but feel a mote of pride in their chests at the honest praise Midnight was offering up.

“As much of a taskmaster as he is, Mr. Aizawa’s pressure has kept us on our toes, ribbit.” Tsuyu agreed.

“Do you think we’d be where we are if we’d gotten Mr. Vlad instead?” Ochako asked curiously.

“Our class does seem to be made up of more powerhouses than our sister class.” Momo pondered. “Is that by design Miss. Midnight? Since Mr. Aizawa’s quirk can be used to disable out of control quirks.

“It’s a little luck of the draw truthfully, though some students are sorted based on their quirk or academic record for whichever homeroom teachers had outgoing classes that year. If you were just a year later, you likely would’ve gotten myself or Cementoss as your homeroom teacher.” Midnight chuckled. “I’m a little grateful Mr. Sourpuss got you guys. There’s certainly nothing wrong with how we teach but Cementoss and I both find it difficult to show that ‘tough love’ to students at times. Aizawa’s much more suited for your naughty class and the results show.”

“Awww man.” Mina pouted, “That would’ve been awesome though.”

“Probably for the best considering we’ve got Bakugo, Todoroki and Izuku in our class and they get in enough trouble as it is.” Kyoka chuckled, sending their resident powerhouse a look.

Midnight couldn’t help but agree with the girl, noting some of the others doing the same.

“He’s a big softie at heart really.” Midnight giggled. “You should’ve seen him when he was just starting out. In fact, Aizawa and I studied together under a hero called-”

“His Purple Highness! Highest rank in the hero charts as ninety-nine, quirk: Chest Hair. He can… um…” Izuku recited from memory before petering out as everyone regarded him with amused faces, leaving his to deepen into a shade of red.

“Oh? A fan of my early work Midoriya?” Midnight teased. “I seem to recall that was before I caused the laws about hero outfits to come into effect.”

Mina looked like the cat that caught the canary as she eyed Izuku while Kyoka did her best to look inconspicuous, having indeed looked up Midnight’s early years in private for the very reason their teacher was implying.

“N-No, no!” Izuku shook his head. “I-It was more about him since I read up on everyone in the top two hundred a-and it’s also one of the few places where I could find information on Mr. Aizawa.”

“Wait, is that how you knew him on our first day?” Ochako asked in amazement, recalling Izuku knew their teacher by his hero name once his quirk had been erased.

“You did a work study with Mr. Aizawa?!” Tooru was more incredulous at this revelation. “Were you in the same class too?”

“Not quite.” Midnight smiled. “He and Present Mic were in the year below me. I only met them in my final year but I could tell right away the three of them were something special.”

“Three?” Momo tilted her head in curiosity.

Realizing her slip up and not wanting to unload on the students or bring down the mood, Midnight expertly corrected herself.

“I caught the two of them eating lunch on the school roof one time which, I may remind you, is off limits to students,” she gave them a look to remind them of this fact, “along with the love of my life.”

“Really?!” Mina sat up with an eager look. “Spill the tea! Who is it? Do we know them?!”

With a chuckle, Midnight pulled out her phone and unlocked the thing.

“It was completely unexpected, but my heart was captured by this handsome gentleman.” Midnight presented the phone to the table with each of the students eagerly leaning forward. On the screen was an orange coloured cat with dark stripes wearing an adorable black bowtie and looking wide-eyed towards the camera. “His name is Sushi and my naughty lowerclassmen had snuck him onto campus which was also against the rules. As their responsible senior, I made sure the little fella found his forever home.”

She pointedly left out both how one Oboro Shirakumo was present, how she’d selected his favourite food for the kitten’s name, and that she hadn’t initially planned on keeping the furry little guy.

“Oh my god, he’s adorable!” Tooru cooed, wiggling from the sheer cuteness overload at his little bowtie.

“Awww man, I was hoping for some hunky man.” Mina pouted, even though she enjoyed the kitty picture as a consolation.

“But Izuku’s right there.” Tsuyu giggled, teasing Mina and her boyfriend with a single line.

“You know what I mean!” Mina puffed up her cheeks.

“Wow, thirst much.” Kyoka chuckled herself, checking on the food and finding much of it now ready for consumption and so began handing out plates.

“I apologise for the small deception,” Midnight giggled, putting her phone away and now feeling much more at ease among the heroes in training, “But I’m afraid my actual love life is off topic for tonight. It wouldn’t be good for the 18+ hero to be telling inappropriate tales with so many impressionable youngsters with partners present.”

A collective breath was briefly held as all the students paused to process their teacher’s words with Kyoka’s chopsticks holding a slice of radish slipping and dropping it back into the pot.

“What do you mean Miss Midnight?” Mina loudly tried to avert the topic. “It’s just me and my Starlight who’re together.” She pulled Tooru into a hug to punctuate the point.

“Ah, my mistake, of course.” Midnight lightly blushed and averted her own gaze, her intuition at these friends all knowing and supporting one another apparently being proven wrong.

The group shot each other uneasy looks as the atmosphere turned tense. They could just as easily laugh the whole thing off as a mistake but there was no doubts Midnight had picked up a few things. Just how much though was cause for concern and while they wanted to ask her about it each student didn’t know how to delicately retrieve such information without tipping their hands.

“Are you talking about me, Ochako and Izuku too?” Tsuyu stated directly, catching the others and Midnight off guard.

“T-Tsu!” Izuku blushed.

“I was pretty sure she had us pegged back at the ice cream parlour on our date, ribbit.” Tsuyu shrugged, “No sense beating around the bush now, everyone else here already knows.”

“If I may,” Midnight began politely, “Miss Asui is correct. After our little chat Miss Uraraka, that was my top deduction from your collective interactions that day.”

“I figured but um… t-thank you for not saying anything.” Ochako nodded politely, a small blush on her cheeks.

Mina let out a long sigh while reaching out with her chopsticks to take some cabbage from the pot.

“Pretty hard to keep the cat in the bag when you’re followed by a teacher everywhere.”

“I can certainly understand your frustrations.” Midnight empathised. “This is not something that’s been done during any other year after all. I apologize as, while I would love for you all to be able to come and go freely so you can explore the wonders of blossoming relationships together, our priority is your safety due to recent events.”

“Understandable, ribbit.” Tsuyu nodded. “I didn’t mind so much considering it’s you Miss Midnight but I do have to ask if you’ve told any of the other teachers though. We were trying to keep our somewhat more unusual relationship secret after all.”

“I do have to make reports about what happens during those outside trips,” Midnight relayed, “But I can assure you I leave certain personal interactions vague; I’m not someone who likes to kiss and tell herself after all.”

“So Mr. Aizawa doesn’t know?” Ochako asked hopefully, getting a shake of her head from the teacher. “Oh good. I would just be mortified.”

Feeling a tad guilty about somewhat ruining the happy atmosphere as each of her charges began reaching for bits of the meal, Midnight decided to share a small tidbit of something harmless that went on behind the scenes.

“Though, and I urge you to keep this to yourselves, there may have been a small bet between the teachers about who gets together in your classes.”

“Oh my.” Momo’s hand rose to cover her mouth as a small giggle threatened to break free as she chewed on some beef.

“The teachers bet on our love lives?!” Tooru’s mouth dropped open.

“Just some harmless fun.” Midnight relayed, “It’s nothing personal as it happens every year. We see so many students pass through our halls and all the interactions you share when you think we aren’t looking. Don’t forget, we were young too once and we know what to look for.”

“Doesn’t surprise me.” Tsuyu admitted, knowing full well she’d do the same if she were a teacher. Hell, she’d already marked Kirishima and Bakugo for a relationship by the time they’d moved into dorms.

“Isn’t that a bit… weird?” Kyoka pulled a face, not knowing how to feel about that.

“Lighten up Kyoka.” Mina chuckled.

“We certainly try to keep things professional around you students.” Midnight nodded. “But if we happen to spot you glancing at a special someone, we may just pair you up for more events to give you the prospect for something. School should be a fun place where you can enjoy the many social opportunities as well as learning.”

“I’m guessing Mr. Aizawa doesn’t do something as ‘illogical’ as that.” Momo couldn’t help piping up.

“Heavens no, he couldn’t care less really.” Midnight chuckled. “Though it hasn’t stopped him complaining in the past.”

“Complaining?” Izuku enquired as he grabbed a piece of tofu.

“Hmmm? Oh, like,” Midnight brushed some of her hair over her face and let out a deep sigh, “I’ve got some real problem children this year; these two both have obvious crushes on each other but won’t make a move. If it cuts into their performance any more I’m going to expel them both.”

The whole group couldn’t resist breaking into laughs at Midnight’s impression of her co-worker and their homeroom teacher.

“I hope that wasn’t about anyone here.” Tsuyu chuckled. The teacher waved her concerns away.

“I’m not naming names; that was from a few years back anyway.” She laughed lightly.

“Well you can’t hide it anymore!” Mina pressed, “Come on, who was paired up in our class! We’ve got a legal right to know about ourselves at least!”

“I don’t believe this falls under the data protection act Mina.” Momo chastised the girl.

Midnight help her hands up in surrender.

“I’ve already said too much. Please keep that to yourselves otherwise Aizawa might drown me in paperwork as revenge.”

“But you said there was a bet on our classes specifically!” Tooru concurred with her girlfriend. “You can’t just leave us hanging like that teach.”

“Maybe if we asked Mr. Aizawa we’d be able to get some answers.” Tsuyu sent Midnight a sly look.

“Urgh,” Her shoulder’s dropped. “Serves me right for trusting you ‘problem children’.” She complained, though it didn’t sound sincere. “All right, fine, you’ve twisted my arm, but only about yourselves. Clear?”

Mina and Tooru both nodded eagerly while the others leaned forward slightly. Despite the scare, they’d now gotten an insight into what the teachers really thought, at least, from Midnight’s perspective.

“To start, I believe you cost someone some paperwork duty Miss Ashido.” Midnight declared. “They were firmly convinced you and Mr Kirishima would not only get together but be the first couple of your class.”

“My horn buddy? Nah, the spark just isn’t there. Definitely not in his case.” Mina shrugged.

“While a tad surprising, I’m pretty confident no one had you and Miss Hagakure coming together as you have.” The teacher continued.

“She’s my Starlight.” Mina grinned proudly while snuggling into Tooru’s side.

“And she’s my pretty, pink Princess.” Tooru declared back, placing a small kiss on the end of Mina’s nose.

“How utterly adorable.” Midnight couldn’t resist cuddling herself at the cute display of affection.

“I’m guessing there was a bet on these two.” Tsuyu nudged her head towards Ochako and Izuku.

“Hey!” Dual cries of embarrassed indignation erupted from the pair.

“Don’t blame her.” Midnight giggled, “You two were down from… I think it was just after your first battle trial if I’m remembering correctly.”

“Oh my gosh!” Ochako’s cheeks burned.

“W-Who um… made that bet.” Izuku asked nervously.

“That would be telling.” Midnight winked before turning back to Tsuyu. “I believe there was one bet putting you and Tokoyami together, though I think that likely resulted from your fine demonstration of teamwork during your practical test before summer.”

“He’s a good friend and Dark Shadow’s a good bird.” Tsuyu smiled warmly.

“You’re not like, gonna confirm that one about Ochako and Green to the others, right?” Kyoka asked nervously.

“Of course not.” Midnight shook her head. “Not only is it technically wrong, but the only way to be sure is when the students go public with their relationship after all.”

“That’s a relief.” Ochako sighed taking a piece of pork.

“Actually, there was one other about you Miss Uraraka.” Midnight put forth. “Someone got it in their head that you and Mr Bakugo would make a good couple after your display during the sports festival.”

“Oh ho ho!” Mina giggled excitedly. “I pity the poor fool that placed that bet.”

“That had to be a joke, right?” Momo quirked an eyebrow, not sure if she’d heard a more ridiculous pairing.

“Their justification was that you two would be the type of competitive rivals that had tension build between you.” Midnight shrugged. “I can’t see it myself.”

“How do you think I feel?” Ochako stuck her tongue out at the thought.

When Midnight turned towards Momo, Kyoka couldn’t help but feel her heart clench. She knew she shouldn’t be worried, but hearing about who she could’ve lost her practically perfect girlfriend to was not a thought she really wanted to entertain.

“I believe you and Mr Todoroki had been cited as a pair more than once.” Midnight revealed to Momo. “Though it usually happens to a number of students that get in via recommendations, especially when they are of the opposite gender.”

“Any reason why?” Tooru asked, genuinely curious as she bit down on a tasty bit of leek.

“People just naturally like pairing things together when they’re placed together already.” Midnight shrugged. “I only like making bets myself when I’ve seen the spark of affection from both sides, though I believe the second time the bet was placed for yourself and Mr Todoroki was after the practical exams too.”

“I can see where one could make that assumption.” Momo nodded diplomatically. “He has been silently supportive in his admiration up until that point, first with the student representative position, then during our exams. When I was feeling my confidence shake after my performance in the sports festival, he helped me find the courage to pick myself up and try again.”

“Hmph,” Kyoka scoffed lightly. “Dude needs to get off his ass and say something then.”

Once again she found herself acting like she and Momo were not together. Though Tsuyu had revealed her relationship with Izuku and Ochako as a smokescreen, they didn’t need to needlessly reveal hers and Momo’s. It still felt crappy though and she allowed her hand to drop under the kotatsu to touch her girlfriend’s leg for strength.

“Speaking of saying something.” Midnight turned her attention to the punk rocker. “I’m presuming there’s nothing between yourself and a certain electric blond?”

“Kaminari’s an idiot and not my type but he’s good people,” Kyoka shrugged indifferently, seizing a bite of mushroom from the pot, “dude’s gotten much better since the purple pest left too.”

Midnight sighed as they were all reminded about the other type of black mark on this year’s class.

“Let’s put that topic aside now. I’m sure you’re more than eager to get stuck in rather than listening to me blather on about hypothetical romances.” Midnight gestured to the hot pot.

“Awww was that it?” Mina pouted. “I would’ve thought I’d’ve had more hunky boys paired up with me.”

“Sounds to me like you’re disappointed with just Tooru.” Tsuyu teased, sticking her tongue out.

“No, wait!”

“Mina, how could you!” It was Tooru’s turn to cry fake tears. “After all we’ve been though. Hey Tsu, room for one more? I’m apparently in the market all of a sudden.”

The others laughed as Mina played along, trying to win her girlfriend back with tasty offerings from her chopsticks that the invisible girl eventually accepted.

With the atmosphere somewhat restored, the group settled into their meal in earnest. With so many mouths to feed and everyone having built up quite an appetite after their afternoon on the beech they ordered several more rounds of ingredients to boil with meats being the most popular among them. 

By the time they’d finished the shabu-shabu off with a round of noodles to use up the remaining water, everyone was stuffed, warm, and could quite easily fall asleep under the very comfy kotatsu. Even Midnight was revelling in the cosiness, only perking up once her phone alarm went off to remind her of their time limit.

“I’m afraid that’s where we’ll have to call it for tonight.” She announced, rising to her feet, unburdened by a full belly but planning to order take out as soon as she returned home.

“Don’t wanna, am comf’.” Mina pouted having laid down to slip further under the blanket and had lightly dozed.

“We’ll leave you behind.” Kyoka rolled her eyes and clambered to her feet.

“Urgh, fine.” Mina pulled back the cover. “But only if someone carries me.”

“Don’t.” Tsuyu turned to Izuku who had his mouth open to offer.

“Spoilsport.” Mina grumbled, grumpily pushing herself up as Tooru and the others did the same.

As expected, Momo picked up the full tab for the group with barely a thought as the UA students filed out into the bracing night air once more.

“Even under all this I can really feel it.” Tsuyu shivered, feeling her hibernation instincts flare up as the cold air hit her exposed face.

“Let’s get back to campus where it’s nice and warm shall we, my precious students?” Midnight playfully turned and lead the group to the car.

One by one they all filed in and relaxed once more. Though it was only a short trip back to UA, each of the group could feel themselves drifting off with the relaxing hum of the car for comfort.

“Straight to bed when we get in.” Tooru declared, intending to take Mina with her for snuggles.

“I’ve got a few more things I’d like to do before I call it a night.” Momo stated, intending to at least draft some emails.

“Make it quick.” Kyoka pouted, snuggling into her girlfriend’s side. “I’ll be waiting for you.”

“Noted.” Momo agreed, hoping Kyoka wouldn’t get too fussy keeping her bed warm for the both of them.

Ochako shyly glanced over at a sleepy looking Izuku and Tsuyu. The frog girl got the hint immediately.

“If it’s alright with you Izuku, I think someone wants to become an Ochako sandwich, ribbit.”

It was still way too easy to make the pair blush as they both nodded shyly at the statement, one in acknowledgement, the other to accept the suggestion.

Despite Momo’s business set back at the start of the afternoon, today turned out to be a practically perfect first group date for their little cluster. Things were definitely on the more casual side in no small part due to Midnight’s presence, but worries that they wouldn’t be able to work out in such a big seven-way relationship were gently melted away among the delicious bubbling of a hot pot.

When the car pulled into the UA parking lot once again, the students all wearily clambered to their feet. The combination of workout and stuffed bellies had very much taken its toll and they were all ready for a good night’s sleep.

Emerging from the vehicle, the sluggish students stretched themselves out for what was hopefully the last time tonight.

“Well my little darlings,” Midnight called out as she closed the driver’s side door. “Back to your dorms, I’m sure you’ve got a busy day ahead of you tomorrow.”

A chorus of acknowledgement and thanks from the group left Midnight feeling glad she’d taken the request today, though the double pay certainly didn’t hurt; Sushi needed his fancy feast after all. There was one, well technically two, last things that needed addressing though.

“Oh!” Midnight called out suddenly before the group got too far away. “Miss Yaoyorozu, could I have a word quickly about today.”

The heiress looked back in confusion, getting similar bemused looks from her friends who looked between the pro hero and the girl. Kyoka muttered something to the heiress that Midnight couldn’t hear before the group set off again with only Yaoyorozu now hanging back, shuffling towards the parking lot.

“Yes Miss Midnight?” She asked politely, arms around herself to keep warm. The pro could sympathise as her outfit distinctly lacked a jacket and definitely did not keep out the cold. Thank god nipple tape was a thing else there would be many more lewd images of herself online.

“First, I just want to say how proud I am of you for stepping up today. You saw a problem and took ownership of it and provided a public service. Even if it would benefit you in the long run, you at least got your hands dirty, which is more than I can say for most people who come from backgrounds similar to yours.” Midnight praised.

Momo was admittedly a little caught off guard, not quite knowing how to react to such honest admiration.

“Uh, t-thank you very much.” She bowed politely.

“You’ve come a long way since the sports festival.” Midnight continued, “Whatever drive you’ve found is clearly working wonders for you so keep going.” Now came the slightly more sensitive part. “Even if that drive might happen to be a certain purple haired girl.”

Momo’s breath caught and she knew instantly that they’d been caught somehow with the way Midnight’s eyes lit up in delight.

“I’m sorry, I didn’t want to confirm things since I didn’t know you were trying to hide things from each other at first and I slipped up.” She rubbed the back of her head nervously. “From the way I saw you two looking at each other in class, am I right in placing my own bet down on you two?”

Momo controlled her breathing, clenching her hands lightly. Much like Tsuyu had said, if anyone were to discover their relationship she was glad it was Midnight.

“You… are correct.” Momo acknowledged slowly earning a small, girlish squeal of delight from the teacher who was clearly rooting for the pair. “But much like your own admission of placing bets on student’s love lives, you must not tell a soul.”

“My lips are zipped.” Midnight mimed the action.

“I’m grateful, though,” Momo sighed as she may as well reveal the consequences of the matter to ensure her teacher’s silence. “Should my parents discover my relationship with anyone outside of their choosing, I’m afraid the consequences would be most… severe.”

Midnights fangirl like enthusiasm died almost immediately as Momo hinted at something greater.

“Dear, are you in trouble of some sorts at home?” She asked carefully.

“Not… yet.” Momo sighed. “I’m not sure if you’re aware… but those with significant monetary assets live a life far different from those without…”

The heiress then proceeded to give Midnight the abridged version of her impending future: of a ‘heavily suggested’ betrothed marriage of business, of a dedicated heroine in training being locked away in a gilded cage away from people she could help, and of the potential retribution her family would take on those that defy them.

“I’m ashamed to say that the libel and slander that has been suggested by the media in regards to Miss Hatsume was likely due to my parent’s influence borne of the dressing down they publically received from her.” Momo finished with a sad sigh. “Should my parents discover my relationship, I fear the same or worse may befall Kyoka.”

“My god…” Midnight’s mouth had long since opened in shock with her head shaking lightly in disbelief. “I’m… I’m so sorry, I had no idea.”

“It’s… something I had resigned myself to a while ago.” Momo admitted. “H-However, since coming to UA, I’ve found friends who are willing to stand by me no matter what. I’m still not fully sure on how I’ll achieve it, but I plan to use every tool at my disposal to outmanoeuvre my parents and take control of my life back.”

“Would your recent interests in business have something to do with this?” Midnight enquired.

“Y-Yes.” Momo nodded. “So please, do not tell anyone else what you know. For… my girlfriend’s sake more than my own.” She pleaded.

“Relax Miss Yaoyorozu.” Midnight tried to calm the girl down as her voice had taken on a much more desperate tone by now. “I meant what I said; I won’t breathe a word of your relationship to anyone.” Momo breathed a thankful sigh of relief at that.  “Your situation clearly has a number of obstacles to overcome and I’m truly sympathetic to your plight. Should you require it, please count myself and the other teachers among your allies should you need our aid.”

“I’m most grateful for your words.” Momo bowed much more deeply this time.

“Much like your friends, I wish there was more I could do to reassure you at this point.” Midnight slumped a little, feeling a fraction of the secretive burden the heiress was carrying. “The only other thing I can offer was something I was going to discuss with you next to relay to the others.”

The heiress tilted her head in curiosity.

“I understand the difficulties you’re all currently facing regarding keeping your relationships somewhat secret. I’m very honoured you decided to trust me today after my miscalculated assumption and I’d like to offer my services as a more discreet staff member should any of you wish to go on a date.”

“A-Ah, I see.” Momo understood. “While I certainly appreciate the offer on behalf of Kyoka and myself, I fear we would still be unable to utilize such an opportunity should anyone recognise us, snap a picture on social media, and it then get back to my parents.”

“An outlying risk but one I can completely see happening.” Midnight sighed, reminded of her own dates since her sports festival debut.

“I will pass it onto the others though. I’m sure Izuku, Tsu and Ochako will greatly appreciate your discretion.”

“Of course,” Midnight nodded. “I understand Miss Ashido and Hagakure are already public but I’m sure they’d be more comfortable seeing a romantic movie with myself present rather than Aizawa.”

Momo had to chuckle at that imagery.

“Actually, if it’s Mina, you’re just as likely to see a horror film.”

“Ooo, maybe I’ll let Aizawa take that one then,” Midnight chuckled. “That’s all I wished to discuss and it’s definitely getting close to curfew by now; run along to your girlfriend Miss Yaoyorozu.”

“Sure, thank you again Miss Midnight.” Momo bowed again for the last time before hurrying off back to the dorms, rubbing her arms to heat herself up from the chill of the night air.

Midnight found herself quickly imitating the heiress as she skipped along back to the teacher’s dorms, eager to get into the warmth of a nice hot bubble bath while enjoying a nice big pizza or something equally warm.

Once back in her apartment, she felt her warm little bundle of fluff rub up against her leg. Sushi was getting on in years now and had definitely become more distinguished in time with the grey hairs he’d sprouted, but he’d always be her furry little baby. Plucking him from the ground and cuddling him close to steal some of the warmth he’d been cultivating at home, Midnight broke into that same cutesy voice she’d used back when she’d first met him.

“Hello my darling.” She cooed, rubbing her cheek against his. “Did you miss mama? Mama had to go guard some adorable little birdies but now I’m all yours.”

He settled into her arm as she cradled it under him, his paws hanging limply on either side of her arm and his check pressed into the crook of her elbow as he purred lightly, much as he had for his entire adult life. Midnight let out a sigh as she eyed her laptop placed on her living room coffee table, surrounded by papers.

“Not tonight.” She sighed. “I’ll deal with that tomorrow, I need to recharge after so many revelations.”

Sushi meowed nervously in the way he always did when Midnight approached the bathroom with him in her arms.

“That’s not for you, you big wimp.” Midnight chuckled as she reached for the bathtub plug. “Mama needs to relax and unwind. As cute as they are, your uncle Aizawa was right, he’s got some problem children. Though they’re more like children with very big problems.”

The pro hero spent the rest of the evening collecting her thoughts as she indulged in a private pampering session. If Momo’s plight was anything like she’d stated, the girl and her friends would need all the help they could get. Love was absolutely something she could get behind and she’d be damned if she let any one of her students suffer such a horrible fate as the picture she’d been presented with.

Notes:

Chapter summary:

- Tsuyu and Mina go train in the school's indoor pool. Mina reveals that she's looking forward to the rougher, more passionate side of sex things once everyone's more comfortable with things. Tsuyu gets in some more training but once they're in the changing rooms afterwards and away from the camera, the frog girl steals the pinkette away for a rougher, more lust filled romp in a bathroom stall. Afterwards, Mina thinks about chatting to Izuku to gossip about his recent experiences since she's given the go ahead to do so by Tsuyu.

- Izuku and Iida spend some time at the gym catching up with each other as Izuku felt bad for neglecting their friendship with all his recent endeavours. When Ochaco joins them and briefly leaves to get ready, Iida reveals he knows about Izuku's crush on Ochako. Izuku feels somewhat glad Iida knows at least that much so he can spill some of his feelings for the girl. In an effort to wingman, Iida leaves Izuku and Ochako alone to workout together. Both notice how things in the gym are strangely sexual when working out with a partner you're attracted to. After bidding Iida goodbye, the pair hurry back to the dorms where Ochako invites Izuku to her room for some private time. Izuku, feeling bad about only giving and not receiving so far, goes down on Ochako in an effort to make sure she isn't just letting her hormones get to her head and really wants this. The two share a quick but intimate first time as Ochako takes Izuku inside her rear as she wanted. The two enjoy the afterglow and pillow talk for a while, Ochako asking Izuku if she can add a gem to her collar to represent him which he agrees to. Before the two can enjoy the rest of the afternoon in each other's arms, Izuku is summoned by Nezu to his office.

- Aizawa, still suspicious of Izuku's unusually high encounter rate with the league of villains, compiles a report denoting all of the events and suspicions he has before sending it to Nezu. Summoned to his office, Aizawa prepares a failsafe incase Nezu is the traitor or in cahoots with Izuku, putting Present Mic on alert to ring the alarm. Arriving along with All Might, Aizawa gives a short version of his report which is laughed at by the former number one. Somewhat insulted, he asks why they believe Midoriya is beyond suspicion. Izuku is then called to reveal the secret about his quirk and tell his story of how he got where he is today, with the more questionnable oversights by All Might and Nezu earning them a harsh scolding by the tired teacher. After the boy leaves, Aizawa is exhausted but checks to make sure neither of the other two are harmfully stupid rather than just being well meaning idiots. Taking his leave, Aizawa calls off Present Mic with an all clear as All Might and Nezu briefly discuss the issue of the traitor still plaguing UA.

- Momo is hard at work on her personal projects, trying to get her real estate business up and running but appears to be encountering setbacks. She contacts the others in the group to assist her in locating the source of these issues herself, taking the opportunity to have their first group date together while Izuku informs them all he'd had to reveal his secret to Aizawa. With plans made, Momo puts in the request for their excursion with Midnight joining them.

- When the group arrive at the newest completed project of Ochako's parents, the group are invited to look around. Ochako's family have done genuinely good work but the credibility of Momo's ads for the apartments and similar lodgings relied on a clear, sea view with amazing beech. Unfortunately, without Izuku around, the beach has gotten full of junk again. Momo takes matters into her own hands and asks Midnight to take her to clean up the beach herself but the others won't let her do it alone, joining her in an afternoon of public service.

- When darkness falls, the group go to dinner together at a hot pot restaurant, casually chatting about their weeks and other light topics, Midnight becomes aware they're holding back due to her presence. Mina tries to include their teacher in the conversation for fun but Midnight accidently reveals she knows about some of their secret relationships. After sharing some secrets between each other, the group becomes more comfortable with letting Midnight know about themselves. Once the dinner ends, the group returns to UA with Midnight holding Momo back briefly, privately confirming that she and Kyoka had become an item together. Momo decides to trust their teacher with her situation and gains an ally against her parents while Midnight also promises to discreetly supervise future dates for the group before returning home to her cat and pondering the problem children.

Chapter 21: Night-time Antics

Summary:

A number of things go bump in the night.

Notes:

***** Trigger Warning *****
Mentions of past child abuse.

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

Monday was torture.

Well it was for Izuku anyway. Once class had resumed as normal after their weekend of fun, Izuku found Aizawa following through on his promise during hero training that day, pushing the greenette and his Full Cowling to his current limit by smashing pillar after pillar of dense concrete for endurance. Even poor Cementoss was put through the wringer as he constantly repaired the damage to gym gamma’s concrete spires so that Izuku had more targets to train himself against. Needless to say, the rest of the class gave their teacher and the student he’d targeted for the day a wide berth lest they be the next one chosen for such intense training.

Once the class had been called, a very weary Izuku was practically dragging himself back to the dorms, his posture hunched and his arms hanging limply from their sockets. Between his extra beach training yesterday and now, he was completely drained.

“Jeez, Mr. Aizawa really did a number on you today.” Ochako pat her boyfriend’s back lightly, hoping to offer a little comfort.

“Guess he really meant it when you said he’d be pushing you, ribbit.” Tsuyu noted.

“Somebody, All Might, please, save me from the villain.” Izuku joked as exaggerated tears rolled down his cheeks, his body very much ready to collapse into bed when he got back.

“Aren’t you supposed to be All Might now?” Ochako said in a hushed tone, a smile pulling at the side of her lips.

Izuku groaned at the reminder, feeling his bones complain with every step.

“Maybe he did push you a bit too hard.” Tsuyu acknowledged.

“It’s okay, we are here!” Ochako declared with a grin, reaching out and taking Izuku’s arm. Her quirk activated and Izuku felt the pressure greatly ease off his tired feet without gravity pulling him down. “I think someone needs a bit of help before he can help others again.” The gravity girl pulled him over, getting him into position on her back.

With a gentle ‘release’ the boy felt his weight return to him, though the strain thankfully hadn’t come back, as Ochako was now giving him a piggyback ride.

“Adorable.” Tsuyu smiled, observing the pair.

“Ochako…” Izuku mumbled, a tad embarrassed but more grateful for the relief. “Thank you.”

“No problem Izuku. I’ve got your back, and now you’re on mine.” She giggled, adjusting her grip under his aching thighs despite the few strange looks she was getting from some of her nearby classmates and other random students walking around campus.

Izuku chuckled weakly, relaxing into his girlfriend’s support, his head resting against her shoulders and eyes beginning to flutter closed in relief. His girlfriend’s words did bring back a thought from a few days ago though. As Ochako walked, her hair bounced and he could spy the lock to her collar that was normally hidden from view. He smiled as he spotted the gem now representing him in place alongside the others. Whether it was a brand new collar or just modified he didn’t know but that was the last thought that passed through his mind as Ochako’s gentle steps lulled him into a light sleep.

“Wow, he really was exhausted, ribbit.” Tsuyu noted as she observed her napping boyfriend.

“Izuku pushes himself so hard usually, he must really need it today.” Ochako agreed, not minding her boyfriend’s unconscious state.

“You do know how this looks though, right?” Tsuyu glanced around, spotting the odd looks the trio were still getting because of her girlfriend’s actions.

“Yeah…” Ochako bit her lip. “But… I don’t know, after yesterday and um… Saturday, I just don’t mind it anymore.”

Tsuyu studied her girlfriend curiously, wondering if she was saying what she thought she was saying.

“So you mean…” Tsuyu pressed for a less vague answer, just to be sure.

Ochako took the opportunity to walk a bit closer to her girlfriend, practically rubbing shoulders.

“I mean, I’m not going to announce anything.” She admitted, “But… I don’t think I’ll hide it if someone asks.”

“Just Izuku?” Tsuyu asked curiously. “Or… both of us.”

“Well, I’m not just dating Izuku am I?” Ochako blushed lightly, wanting very much to take her girlfriend’s hand. Tsuyu got the message though and reached out with her own to rest on Ochako’s arm as she held up her boyfriend. Both girls felt a small amount of elation keep the spring in their step despite their own fatigue from today.

“Let’s get this one to bed when we get back.” Tsuyu suggested, “Then I’d very much like to spend time with my girlfriend.”

“I think I can do that.” Ochako smiled nervously.

The trio maintained their position until they got back to the dorms. Ochako shied away from the few curious eyes being sent their way as she took Izuku up to his room. She knew they’d gossip but she didn’t care; she had many wonderful partners and even if she couldn’t show them all off to the world, Ochako didn’t want to hide her most precious away in shame or fear anymore.


The world returned to Izuku slowly. He was vaguely aware of the darkness that engulfed what he recognised as his room as he felt his body sluggishly respond to his orders. Despite his aching muscles, he sat himself up and looked around.

He was definitely in his room as All Might merchandise littered the place but he didn’t remember climbing into bed. Another thought came to him as he realised he didn’t remember undressing to his boxers either. Izuku shook his groggy head to wake himself up only to groan as his body complained at the sudden motion.

“Urgh, what happened?” He spoke in a raspy voice, now very aware he also needed a drink.

Looking around, he spotted his phone resting on his headboard along with, to his great relief, a tall glass of water. He quickly took both, his phone lighting up the room a little when he clicked it on as he took deep gulps of the refreshing liquid. Once he was quenched, he looked blearily at his phone as his eyes adjusted to the light source, finding a single message waiting for him.

Opening it up, he was greeted by his, Ochako and Tsuyu’s chat, a long message having been left apparently just for him. He smiled gratefully as he read that his girlfriends had taken care of him when he’d drifted off from exhaustion, putting him to bed as carefully and comfortably as they could, hoping he had a good rest and that they’d made his dinner for him when he woke up with it resting in the fridge. He felt truly blessed as their affection for him bled through their words and actions and into his heart.

He was a little annoyed at Aizawa’s commitment to pushing him beyond ‘beyond’ but he was grateful he had his partners to support him when he needed it.

With his stomach recognising Izuku was now awake with the consumption of the glass of water and the thought of food, it growled in a fuss. The greenette checked the time and found it was long past his usual dinner time. He definitely didn’t want to waste his girlfriend’s efforts and just go back to sleep, so despite his complaining body, he pushed himself up and onto the floor.

Finding his casual clothes folded on his desk chair, he felt another smile grace his face as he definitely didn’t leave them that way when he left this morning. Changing slowly, he emerged from his room and proceeded to the elevator, way too tired for the stairs tonight.

With its usual ‘ding’ of announcement, the doors opened up to the common room and Izuku stepped out, making his way towards the kitchen.

“Hey, it’s Midoriya!” Kaminari’s voice rang out.

Izuku turned to glance at the source and found the Baku-squad, minus their titular member, all hanging out in the longue area.

“Have a good nap sleepy head?” Mina asked with a grin.

“Yes thanks.” Izuku returned a small smile, not stopping in his walk to the kitchen.

“Dude, you look dead. What did you do to piss of Aizawa this time?” Sero asked curiously.

“Nothing.” Izuku replied, unsure if Aizawa was truly mad at him after Saturday. “I think he’s just being a grumpy sourpuss.”

The group broke out in laughter at the return of sassy Midoriya.

“The way you pushed through it was so manly though dude!” Kirishima pumped his fist. “I can’t believe how much concrete you managed to shatter.”

“And not a broken bone in sight for once.” Kaminari sniggered.

“What are you doing up anyway man? I’d be sleeping for the rest of the week if I was you.” Sero called out as Izuku opened the fridge.

“Hungry.” Was Izuku’s one word answer.

“Top shelf, behind Kaminari’s shredded cheese.” Mina called out, having helped prepare his food along with her own when the girls ate together.

“Thanks.” Izuku called out, letting out a big yawn as he reached for the plate.

He moved over to the microwave and put it in, setting the timer as appropriate while Mina’s group returned to their conversation.

“I’m just saying, if it was between Mirko and Bubble Girl, I’d take the blue bombshell any day.” Sero shrugged.

“Urgh,” Mina scoffed, “You’re taste is so off, how are we even friends? The right answer is both of them of course!”

“Yeah, sure, but like Sero could net Mirko or Bubble Girl to begin with.” Kaminari laughed.

“Screw you, chicks’ll be throwing themselves at me once I go pro. They might be older but I sure as hell wouldn’t say no.”

“Mina definitely wouldn’t for Mirko if I remember.” Kirishima teased.

“Mmmm yeah.” Mina purred.

“Don’t be a greedy bitch. You’ve got a girlfriend already.” Sero laughed. “Save some for the rest of us.”

“I can have two… or three or four.” Mina smirked knowingly. “Think I could convince Tooru to let me ask bunny girl to join us if I get the chance?”

“Good fucking luck.” Kaminari rolled his eyes endearingly. “You guys are glued at the hip half the time, like she’d give up time with you so you can play ‘mating season’ with a pro.”

The group was vaguely aware of a ‘ping’ going off in the kitchen.

“Maybe if I let her go first…” Mina pondered playfully as though trying to take the idea seriously.

“Shut up.” Sero chuckled as he tossed a pillow at Mina’s face that hit her with a satisfying ‘thump’. “Here you are bragging while the rest of us are still single pringles.”

“You could always pair up with each other.” Mina smirked, tossing the pillow back at the tape boy. “Maybe then you’d at least get some action.”

“No way.” Kaminari stuck his tongue out. “Girls for life. I’ll leave the man hunting to Kirishima.”

“Heh,” Kirishima chuckled nervously, “A-Actually, I’m out of the game too.” All attention was suddenly turned towards the redhead. “I’m trusting you guys to keep it quiet but… I may have gotten a kiss the other day.”

Mina’s eyes widened to the size of saucers as her insider knowledge gushed over her horn buddy’s pairing with the blonde bombshell.

“What?! No way.” Sero groaned in defeat.

“You guys like going out or something? Who’s the dude?” Kaminari enquired.

“It’s… Bakugo.” Kirishima admitted with a blush.

“You’re fucking kidding.” Sero groaned louder. “How the fuck did he get someone before me.”

“Not gonna lie, that’s an ego blow.” Kaminari cried a river of tears. “Good for you though bro. You guys like official or something?”

“I dunno.” Kirishima flexed his hands. “We haven’t talked yet but… I wanna be. D-Don’t tell anyone else though!”

“Of course!” Mina nodded excitedly.

“You got it man.” Sero shrugged.

“Uh… maybe we shouldn’t talk so loud with Midoriya here.” Kaminari looked over to where he’d last spotted the greenette.

“Izuku’s fine, he can keep a secret, right Midori?” Mina looked over, hoping to get an assurance from the boy. When she didn’t receive one, her brow furrowed in worry.

“Izuku?” Sero called out, prepared to tape the boy’s mouth shut to protect his bro.

No response came.

Concerned, Mina rose from her spot and hurried over to the kitchen. Had he snuck away up the stairs without them noticing?

Her fears were alleviated when she moved round the counter; Izuku hadn’t even been awake to hear their chat. In the time he’d been waiting for the microwave to cook his dinner he’d evidently rested his head on his arms on the countertop and drifted back to sleep standing up. It was almost impressive and Mina couldn’t help but laugh at his position.

“Everything all right?” Kirishima called out.

“It’s fine.” Mina called back. “Someone’s just a very sleepy sheepy.”

She walked over to the boy and gently shook his shoulder.

“Izuku, hun, you can’t nap here.” She cooed softly.

“Hmmm?” Izuku’s eyes fluttered open. “Wha?”

“You fell asleep waiting for your dinner.” Mina chuckled, reaching over to open the microwave and retrieve the plate of food followed by snagging some cutlery. “Come on, let’s get you back upstairs and into bed.”

“Yeah… okay.” Izuku sighed wearily, not fighting Mina’s guiding directions.

The remaining Baku-squad members observed the exhausted boy, shaking their heads fondly at his state.

“Get some rest dude.” Kaminari said.

“Night bro.” Kirishima chimed in.

“Maybe go ‘Plus Medium’ rather than ‘Ultra’ tomorrow dude.” Sero chuckled.

“Don’t wait up for me guys.” Mina called out. “I’m probably gonna hit the hay too.”

“Yeah, it’s pretty late anyways.” Kaminari checked his phone as the group decided to start turning in. With a head start, Mina and Izuku got the elevator to themselves as they made their way back up to the second floor and Izuku’s room.

“Thanks Mina.” Izuku said sleepily as they stepped through his doorway, flicking on the light.

“No problem Midori. Gotta make sure the next number one eats and gets his rest.” She chuckled, placing his food and cutlery down on his desk.

Izuku sent her a grateful smile as he pulled out his chair and settled down to eat. After his first few bites, he noticed Mina hadn’t left instead taking a seat on his bed and watching him.

“Um… you don’t have to stay if you don’t want to,” Izuku offered, taking another bite to settle his stomach. “I don’t think I’m gonna fall asleep again.”

“No harm in making sure.” Mina grinned. “Besides, we still need to dish about a few things.”

Izuku’s mind drew a blank until he remembered Mina’s text from a few days ago. Nezu’s more urgent request had pushed it from his mind and he’d accidently left the pinkette on ‘read’.

“O-Oh.” He said simply in response.

“‘Oh’ indeed.” Mina grinned cheekily, letting the silence reign for just a minute. “I heard all about how you fucked my girlfriend’s face until you filled her belly with your cum.”

Izuku felt his face rapidly heating up at the memory that was forced to the surface, the phantom sensations washing over his cock which stirred in surprise.

“T-T-That um…” Izuku swallowed nervously. “W-We uh…”

“It sounds so fucking hot.” Mina purred sultrily. “Makes me wish I’d been there.” Izuku was right when he’d warned Tooru that Mina would eat him alive if she were present just judging from her tone. “Sounds like someone’s enjoying the perks of multiple girlfriends.”

“Y-Yes.” Izuku admitted a tad reluctantly, not having expected such a discussion at this time.

“Tsu told me a little about things between you two, and ‘Chako too. Something about you being eager to have a little gossip session with someone?”

Izuku swallowed another bite of his food. He had indeed been eager to be able to talk to someone about the amazing things that had been happening to him recently; this just wasn’t the first situation that came to mind when he imagined chatting to Mina about it.

“S-Sorry I didn’t reply. Got a little busy.” He apologized, taking another mouthful of food.

“It’s fine, no rush.” Mina waved away. “Besides, the longer you delayed things, the more you’d have to share.”

The boy couldn’t help as his mind pulled up memories of his other recent escapades.

“I remember my first times with everyone.” The pinkette sighed wistfully. “So much fun.”

“Y-Yeah?”

“Oh yes. It wasn’t nearly as tame as some of the stuff you’ve seen us do so far.” Mina giggled. “There’s this one time, where me and Kyoka were dancing together and she just took me for a ride. That girl can dominate when she wants. Shame she doesn’t bring it out more.”

Mina knew she was being a little mean to the boy, filling his head with lewd images while he had food to finish. Guy was probably nursing a semi already. It was all in good fun though since Izuku was very fun to tease, even sleepy.

“Do… you like that?” Izuku asked, reminded of her declaration to him about their first time.

“What being dominated?” Mina asked. “A little I guess but it’s more the passion of really getting into things with the other person. Just, like, lust taking over a little and fucking each other desperately because they’re so hot and you wanna get off with them.”

Izuku could understand that feeling somewhat. While he hadn’t experienced it yet with Tsuyu or Ochako, what he and Tooru shared had been a bit more urgent and less caring than the practically gentle first time he’d shared with Ochako and the tad more erotic time Tsuyu took his virginity as the brunette helped.

“How about you Midori? What’s been your favourite ‘cup of tea’ since you joined us?”

“P-Probably Momo’s.” He supressed a small smile. “Her fancy tea during the sleepover was very pleasant.”

He knew his joke had landed when Mina burst out in an unexpected laugh.

“Okay, yeah, you got me.” She admitted. “Alright then, what about you’ve favourite sex act? Do you like getting your cock sucked or do you prefer to worship at our lady parts?”

Izuku was grateful he’d finished his dinner by now, having sped up just a little so he could give the conversation his full focus.

Turning around, he spied a smirking Mina reclined on her arms on his bedspread, eagerly awaiting his answer.

“W-Well,” his confidence failed a little as he faced he directly, “my first time with Tsu. T-That was really good.”

“Oh yeah?” Mina sat up, finally getting the tea she desired. “What happened?”

“W-Well… we um… struggled a little to start. Ochako was embarrassed and nervous while Tsu was pretty much ready to go…”

Izuku detailed his experience losing his virginity after his and the girl’s three-way date. Mina listened eagerly, trying to picture the event complete with Izuku’s endearing stutter and Ochako’s hesitance. It didn’t surprise her about Ochako’s fears from her conservative upbringing. She hoped they wouldn’t get in the way of a good thing the three of them clearly had going not counting everyone else.

“Did you finish inside her?” Mina asked as Izuku’s recollection of the event drew to a close.

“Y-Yes.” Izuku admitted shyly. “A-And um… Ochako really helped there. She um… said something that I think was the thing that p-pushed me over the edge.”

“Do tell.” Mina giggled.

“S-She said… ‘Breed her’.” Izuku admitted with a burning face.

“Oh my yes.” Mina broke into more raucous laughter. “Sounds like someone wants to knock up their girlfriend.”

“W-Well it just…” Izuku shook his head. “I-It was in the moment. I imagined her like… um, w-with me as a f-family and… it made me happy.”

“You claimed her as yours by marking her with your seed.” Mina smirked. “Don’t try to disguise it as anything else. You like the idea of stuffing her with yourself and having a kid.”

“S-Shut up!” Izuku blushed, unable to really deny the accusation. The idea of cumming deep within his girlfriends was just a primal thing he leant into like most guys surely, and of course picturing them all happy together with a potential family on the way made him happy.

“The defence has no case so it must be true.” Mina declared victoriously. “Good thing you were wearing a condom else Tsuyu might be a whole lot rounder.”

“I am trying to be careful.” He stated. “But if something goes wrong, I’ll do whatever I can to support her.”

“Awww, cute.” Mina teased lightly. “Pretty sure you don’t need to worry with Tsu though. It’s Ochako you clearly need to look out for.”

“Y-Yeah.” Izuku agreed. “W-Which is why we um… d-did it in another hole.”

Mina was struck speechless at the unexpected treat that was dropped into her lap.

“No way, you and our pink-cheeked angel did it? And in the backdoor too? Izuku you dog.”

“I-It was so we could be more safe!” Izuku defended. “I mean, not like babies come out of there.”

“No, but your baby batter certainly went in I’m guessing.” Mina laughed again.

Izuku didn’t know where she was coming up with all these weird and lewd names for so many different aspects of sex but it was clear she was trying to do it to get the rises out of him. Right now she was thriving on how red she could make his cheeks. Admittedly, as embarrassing as it was, the joy he was feeling at telling her about his exploits was satisfyingly cathartic.

“A-As deep as I could.” He admitted. “N-Not that the condom couldn’t catch it of course.”

“Oh ho, your corruption is going well my young apprentice.” Mina bowed mockingly. “Trying to knock up our froggy girl, face-fucking my girlfriend until she was stuffed with your cum, and breaking in Ochako’s backdoor. You have been a busy bee.”

“Um, excuse me, I think you’ll find that Tooru is… um… our girlfriend.” Izuku challenged.

“So you are trying to claim us.” Mina didn’t back down, making a show of crossing her legs. “Maybe I should go before I’m your next conquest.”

“I think you’re safe… for now.” Izuku chuckled. “If I tried to do anything tonight, I think I’d break.” He admitted, letting out a yawn. With his full belly and fatigued body, he was ready to finish what was left of today in a slumber.

“Awww that’s no fun.” Mina pouted but understood. There was no way she was getting that pounding she wanted tonight no matter how much she teased and poked at him. “Want to get some rest? We can continue this chat another time ‘cause I definitely want to hear more.”

“Probably for the best.” Izuku nodded sleepily, rising to his feet.

Mina couldn’t help but giggle at one aspect of the boy that clearly wasn’t ready for bed yet.

“If you’re going to bed, can he stay up and play?” She pointed at his crotch. Clearly he was still aroused from their discussion.

“S-Sorry. It’s kind of got a mind of its own sometimes.” He revealed.

Mina rolled her eyes, boy’s tells were so easy compared to girls.

“Come on you, into bed.” She stood up and pulled the covers all the way down to the foot of the bed. “Let’s get you ready for sleep.”

Izuku did as asked, allowing himself to be looked after just a little bit longer as he rolled onto his mattress in his resting position. He expected Mina to tuck him in like a kid, maybe kiss him goodnight and turn off the light as she left with a few kind words.

That was not what she did next.

With a sly smirk, once Izuku was in position she quickly jumped onto the bed to join him, her legs either side of his, before pulling the cover down over her as she crouched down, the top of it landing on Izuku’s stomach as she disappeared completely.

As his mind was trying to process what exactly just happened, he felt Mina’s weight settle on his legs and her hands reach for his bottoms.

“M-Mina!” He gasped, reaching for the covers and lifting them up.

In the shadows underneath, he spotted a pair of golden eyes looking back at him, the girl not ceasing in her actions in the slightest as Izuku’s cock broke free of its confinement with a bounce.

“I said ‘let’s get you ready for bed’.” Mina purred, “Can’t go to sleep all excited like this.”

Izuku was speechless. Mina was even more brazen than he realized but that thought and most others quickly fled his brain as her soft hand wrapped around his cock.

“I’ve been looking forward to getting you alone for a while.” Mina smirked, “I know you’re tired, so let’s just call this a teaser for what’s to come and I’ll do all the work.”

Izuku could only groan as Mina began stroking him up and down, watching as his foreskin peeled back and returned, her other hand reaching up to cup his balls delicately.

“Not gonna lie, I want so much more time to play with this.” She examined the implement in her hand as she tested its hardness, texture and give. “Alas, this is your treat, not mine, so I guess I’ll just-”

The cheeky girl didn’t finish her sentence, choosing instead to put her mouth to better use by engulfing Izuku’s cockhead. The surprise of the whole act and the sensations already had Izuku twitching and breathing heavily. He felt his strength leaving him as Mina winked up at him, teasing his cock with her tongue.

He was too tired to fight this. Giving into the girl’s desires, he dropped the comforter’s edge, letting it fall back down to his chest as he lay back down, the bottom of his eyes casually observing the large lump that was an obscured Mina.

Said girl felt incredibly naughty, trapped in complete darkness with Izuku’s crotch all to herself like a dirty little secret. Hopefully doing this would convince Izuku to get a move on with approaching her for more. Tsuyu, Ochako and Tooru had gotten some personal penis time so she was due her turn. For now, she’d focus on what exactly she should do when Izuku blew his load. Taking his cock deeper in her mouth and listening to the pleasant groans made a case to mimic her girlfriend and enjoy a protein drink. It just didn’t feel right though; not for now at least.

Mina took more and more of the boy in her mouth as she puzzled out her options, Izuku’s groans were almost as rythmatic as her actions at this point. She jiggled the fingers cradling his balls playfully as she continued her task, eager for them to release their load. There was no telling how much she was to expect. Ideally she wanted a nice big load she could-

And like that Mina knew exactly what to do when Izuku was done. It would be a tad messy but she’d make sure to clean up.

Letting go of his cock with her hand, just bobbing with her mouth now, Mina pulled back the covers until her head was uncovered, her gaze pointed squarely at Izuku once again who she spotted was a trembling mess.

“Come on Midori.” Mina pouted playfully, releasing his cock with her mouth and jacking him with her hand again. “I want you to cum for me. Let that big fat load come out and coat my face. I promise you’ll like it.”

Izuku’s breathing sped up as he watched Mina’s mouth engulf him once more, her head sinking down until he felt her lips press up against his hips. It was too much and he knew he was too far gone now.

“M-Mina!” He cried tensely.

The girl pulled back quickly, jacking the boy hurriedly as her prize was forthcoming, pointing the fleshy rod towards her face. With a grunt of effort, Izuku felt his release arrive, a wad of white shooting out forcefully and leaving a line across Mina’s face with the second following quickly, forcing her to close her eye as it landed across it, the last of it landing in her hair. The next few shots were less powerful but still left thick ropes of Izuku’s essence across her pink skin.

When the spurts were meagre and instead oozed out, dripping over Mina’s hand, she knew he was nearly done. Without cleaning herself up, she opened her mouth again and swallowed his head once more, sucking off all the leftovers while coaxing the last of it out of his cock with a few rubs.

“Ah, ah, ah!” Izuku twitched jerkily, the sensitivity of his cock not able to take Mina’s efforts any more.

The pinkette disengaged, sliding off his cock before making a show of tasting his spunk, still with one eye closed. She swallowed but stuck out her tongue at the taste.

“Could use some sweetening.” She commented, causing Izuku to weakly laugh as he struggled to regain his breath. “Wow Midori, even when you regularly see me with sticky, white globules of acid running down my body, you just couldn’t help adding your own, could you?” Mina teased as Izuku’s cum dripped down her face.

“Y-You um… look better this way.” Izuku cockily responded.

“You cheeky fuck.” Mina admired his bravery and gave his nuts a light squeeze as revenge.

“Ah, ah! I’m sorry, I mean you look beautiful no matter what!” He quickly edited his previous response.

“Flattery will get you somewhere.” Mina chuckled, a mild blush colouring her cheeks. “But not today. I think I’ve tired you out enough.”

“Uh huh.” Izuku nodded dumbly.

Lifting the cover once more, Mina rolled out of the boy’s bed and onto her feet, standing up straight before looking down at her partner and correcting his sheets, his essence still untouched on her face.

“Now you get some rest Mr future number one.” She smirked, tucking him in gently while leaning in close. “We’ll chat more later.”

When Izuku opened his mouth to respond as well as comment on Mina’s decision to not yet wipe away his cum, she snagged his lips with hers, quickly deepening the initial kiss into a tongue wrestling as she unleashed the last of her lust for now on the person of her desires.

“Mmmm, there’ll be more where that came from too.” Mina grinned as she pulled back, a thin line of spittle connecting them that quickly broke.

All Izuku could do was dumbly nod at this point, accepting whatever as his mind processed the last fifteen minutes.

With that Mina walked towards Izuku’s door, again, making no move to clean herself up.

“M-Mina!” Izuku called out, scared she was actually going to walk out like that.

“Yes?” She turned, the cum having spread a little from dripping.

“Y-Your um… f-face.”

“Hmmm?” She tilted her head playfully. “Oh, right.”

She made Izuku watch as she reached up with her hands and began rubbing Izuku’s cum into her skin like it was a facial cream which, she giggled privately, it technically was.

“All gone?” She asked playfully, feeling the odd sensation of the substance spread across her skin.

“Y-Yeah…” Izuku replied with a touch of disbelief.

“Good.” Mina grinned. “No one will know you’ve now left your mark on me too.” She stuck her tongue out. “Night Izuku~u.”

“N-Night.” He called out weakly as the door opened and closed after Mina flicked off the light, leaving him with only his thoughts in the darkness. “W-Why was that so hot?!” He muttered strongly to himself.

For her part, Mina glanced around the empty hall before allowing herself a quite groan of desire. Her crotch was pulsing painfully at this point, desperate for her own relief at the erotic actions she’d only dreamed of doing before. It was only a teaser for both of them but she sincerely hoped that it was a sign of things to ‘cum’.

Her hurried footsteps echoed in the hall as she quickly made her way to the elevator and waited impatiently for the metal box. Once she was back in her room she would be focussing all her efforts on giving herself a heck of an orgasm to satisfy her urges. Her little purple friend would be getting quite the workout tonight as she revelled in the recently made memories.


Thankfully for Izuku, it was Wednesday before they had their next hero class, giving him a full day to rest and recover his overtaxed body.

The class, including him, couldn’t help but get excited when it arrived though as it was covering a new topic they’d only briefly touched on in the past.

“Hostage negotiation.” Aizawa announced once they arrived in the cityscape of Ground Beta. “An essential skill every hero without exception needs to know to have even a chance to succeed at their job. Today, it’ll be your task to distract, disable and disarm a variety of hostage situations.”

The hero students looked on eagerly as Aizawa gestured over to their two guest teachers.

“For each scenario, Snipe will be the villain and one of Ectoplasm’s clones will be the hostage. If your negations fail and the hostage or hostages are shot, you fail. If you end up in a scuffle and Ectoplasm’s clone suffers enough damage to deform, you fail. If I think you’re not taking this exercise seriously, you fail. Understand?”

“Yes sir!” The class collectively declared, observing the strangely dressed Ectoplasm. The teacher had his mask on from his hero costume, but other than that he was dressed as a typically salary man.

“Good.” Aizawa’s enthusiasm returned to his normal, low energy levels. “You will be tackling this task in groups of two to four depending on the scenario. Listen carefully when I call your names.”

Despite Aizawa’s threats of failure, all the students were excited to try their hand.

When the teams were announced, Tsuyu and Tooru had a good feeling about theirs. Not only were they both paired up with Aoyama in a group of three, but they’d both be able to demonstrate their stealth skills since he wanted to be ‘the sparkling star of the event’ since the villain ‘wouldn’t be able to keep their eyes off him’.

Izuku was paired up with Ojiro, Sero and Shoji and they felt pretty good about their chances despite the apparent difficulty of a four person scenario. Mina was excited to see what skills she, Koda and Iida could demonstrate in this task. Kyoka was pretty satisfied with Tokoyami as her partner for a two person scenario as it was technically three with Dark Shadow. Momo wondered if she’d be able to put her developing leadership skills to the test with the strong-willed Bakugo and Kirishima on her team while Ochako was worried about what she could do with Sato. Kaminari was fairly confident in his skills and figured the exercise was in the bag with a partner like Todoroki.

Their teacher, ever one to try and knock the unearned hubris out of his students, clearly noticed the boy’s relaxed demeanour and decided to test it by making them go first. The rest of the class would at least have the benefit of watching the other groups from the viewing room to hopefully gain some experience and ideas for their own turns.

With only a two person team, the scenario was fairly tame. A jewellery store robbery gone wrong that reminded a few of the students of the scenario earlier in the year with the villainous All Might and the love-struck Midnight, though that was more about crime-scene assessment and analysis rather than flat out hostage negotiation.

With a few minutes to make their plans after being briefed on the scenario, Todoroki and Kaminari conspired quickly with the electric blond doing most of the talking.

Approaching the building with the provided walkie-talkie in one hand, his arms elevated to make it clear he wasn’t trying anything funny, Todoroki made contact with the villain by speaking into the device.

“Hello. Am I speaking to the hostage taker?”

“Who the heck else would you be talking to?!” Snipe’s gruff, modified voice called back from the other end. “Listen here hero,” Todoroki spotted movement as the villain looked out of the nearby window. In one hand he was holding up the complimentary walkie-talkie and with the other he held a gun that was pointed at Ectoplasm’s face who was currently held tightly in the crook of the villains arm. It was clear Snipe was distracted and trying to do too much, making disarming him easy if he could get close enough, but that was Kaminari’s job. “I want a car outside in the next ten minutes or I blow this guy’s brains out.”

“Please don’t.” Todoroki replied simply. “If you were to do so, you’d be left without any bargaining chips and we would quickly overwhelm you. You would go to prison for much longer as well which is something I think you do not desire.”

“Of course I don’t!” Snipe yelled back. “But you got a good point. All right, change of plans. The hostage is getting in the car with me. If you follow us I’ll blow his brains out anyway and take my chances.”

“That would be a most disastrous outcome.” Todoroki said again, a distinct lack of emotion in his voice still. “It is my duty to protect those who need it most. Please, at the very least, let me take this man’s place. I will not resist and an innocent person will be spared.”

“No deal!” Snipe scoffed. “You heroes are prepared to die. This random nobody is way more valuable as a hostage than you are.”

Todoroki gritted his teeth. There goes any chance of him giving Kaminari backup by getting in the building ahead of time.

“Very well, I shall talk to someone about getting you a car. Would you like any particular make or model?”

“What the?! I don’t give a damn! As long as it’s got a roof, gas, and four wheels then just gimme-ARGH!”

Todoroki dropped the walkie-talkie and sprinted for the door, slamming it open with his shoulder and taking aim with his ice. The Ectoplasm clone was free, scrambling away from the conflict since he hadn’t had his limbs bound while Kaminari wrestled with Snipe.

“Todoroki, now!”

The red and white haired boy didn’t need any further prompting, sending a wave of ice at both combatants. Despite their overlapping limbs, Kaminari was mostly untouched by the ice, with only the hand overlapping Snipe’s getting stuck together but it was worth it to keep the gun pointed harmlessly at the ceiling. Snipe himself was covered completely up to his neck, his head twisting and turning as he exerted himself to try and break free.

“Son of a gun.” He groaned, dejectedly.

“Heck yeah, we got him!” Kaminari cheered.

Todoroki advanced on the frozen pair and, as he defrosted the duo’s joined hands, made sure to remove the gun and apply one side of the handcuffs they’d been provided.

Looking around afterwards, Todoroki spotted the Ectoplasm clone huddled in the corner of the store.

“You’re safe now civilian. Feel free to leave.” He stated, gesturing to the door.

Once Ectoplasm had passed over the threshold a klaxon sounded to declare the round officially over, allowing Todoroki to use his flames to free the frozen teacher.

When the group returned to the viewing room, Aizawa was ready to break down their performance.

“Alright, the heroes managed to achieve their objective. Can anyone tell me what they did right and what they did wrong?” Aizawa threw out to the room.

A number of hands shot up and the teacher decided to call on Sato to start.

“Well I noticed Kaminari used his quirk on the villain while he was still touching the hostage. Wasn’t that dangerous?”

“No way.” Kaminari countered. “I kept the voltage super low and touched Mr Snipe’s arms to shock him just enough to get him to release the hostage without making him jerk around too much. Once Mr Ectoplasm was free I was gonna give him a bigger jolt if Todoroki didn’t get there in time.”

“An interesting strategy.” Aizawa nodded. “You needed precise control on your output to make sure he jerked his arm without pulling the trigger since it was still pointed at Snipe’s head. If you’d gotten it wrong, the exercise would’ve been over there and then. There were safer options you could’ve taken but you managed to pull it off this time.”

“Aw yeah.” Kaminari grinned.

Aizawa didn’t miss the small thumbs up he sent to the pack of other students. The target recipient was made clear with Midoriya’s smile widened a tad. Clearly the boy had gotten a tip from the problem child in the past and it had paid off.

“Anyone else?” Aizawa asked again, choosing Tsuyu this time.

“When Todoroki was talking to the villain, he made some good points to try and talk him down from rash actions, ribbit, but then he aggravated the villain back up by asking a question the villain thought was stupid.”

“Correct.” Aizawa nodded. “As much as it pains me to say it, when dealing with villains with hostages you need to try and connect with them. Take their demands seriously and respectfully if possible and let them know they’re being listened to. Sometimes you can talk someone out of a bad situation this way, others, it can buy valuable time for your team mates to do their jobs. Aggravating a villain will only rile them up and think talking is not an option. Understand?”

“Yes sir.” Todoroki replied, though he thought the question he’d asked was a valid one.

“You do get points for trying to take the place of the victim, as illogical as it may seem. Trading your own position of relative safety for a civilian means the innocent are out of harm’s way and you, a much more skilled and trained professional, are in a better position to turn the tides when an opportunity presents itself. There’s also the case that you’ve pledged to give your lives to protect others while random civilians haven’t done the same.” Aizawa explained.

That did bring down the mood a tad as the students were reminded of their mortality once again. Ectoplasm stepped forth to give his own thoughts.

“Another mistake was not prioritising the evacuation of the civilian when the villain had been disabled. When Snipe was frozen, he was effectively handcuffed despite also immobilizing Kaminari. The reason the scenario didn’t end there was because I wasn’t escorted out to safety and instead fled to another corner of the room in fear.”

“Prioritising the villain is all well and good, but saving people is what we’re here to do first and foremost.” Aizawa declared, glancing over at Bakugo who narrowed his eyes at the obvious hint. “Anyway, those are the most egregious positives and negatives, you’ll get more detailed reports as usual when we review in class. Next, Jiro and Tokoyami.”

The trials continued to play out in difficulty order, giving those with the highest demands more chances to learn before their turn.

The musical girl and the bird-headed boy managed to also pull off a win with Tokoyami managing to appeal to Snipe’s new role of ‘tweaked out junky’ with philosophical questions to bemuse him. Kyoka used stealth to hide in the villain’s blind spot, sliding her slim earphone jacks along the underside of his arms and grab the gun firmly from behind, giving Dark Shadow enough time to encapsulate the victim and escort them to safety. She was nearly shot in the brief space between Tokoyami’s departure and return to capture the villain as Snipe overpowered her more meagre cord strength with his arm strength but she tripped him by pushing him with her free hands and feet to secure the win. Aizawa didn’t hesitate to bring up her need to improve her cord strength to reliable levels before she tried that again in the real world but that was the only major complaint.

Ochako and Sato were up next with their scenario being a ‘ripped-off customer’ taking his rage out on the antique store owner that screwed him out of thousands. The brunette took the lead, figuring she had the better chance to talk the villain down since she could appeal to his money troubles, while Sato slipped in behind. Things were going well at first and she almost managed to talk Snipe out of the whole situation, avoiding the need for violence when Sato knocked over a plant pot in the cluttered room, giving away his position and their deception. This resulted in the villain losing all trust in Ochako’s sincerity, shooting Sato in the shoulder, then head with his gun which, for the purposes of the exercise, contained red paintballs before moving to turn it on the hostage. It was only Ochako’s reaction speed to the situation gone wrong which saved the clone as she dashed into the store and took Snipe down with her trusty Gunhead Martial Arts.

As expected, Aizawa had critiques, though they were mainly for Sato, explaining that if you can see that villain was responding to the negotiation, you should express caution rather than pressing forward with the plan they’d come up with for if it hadn’t worked. Avoiding a scuffle of any sort was the optimal outcome, even if they should prepare to intervene the moment things go wrong.

With all the duo teams out the way, now it was time for the trios. Things were a little more complex with more Ectoplasm clones to rescue and a more prepared villain with a harder to breach location.

Unfortunately, Mina, Koda and Iida got off to a bad start and a worse ending. Iida insisted on being the negotiator, despite Mina’s protests, since he reasoned he could present a more logical argument to the villain robbing a bank with a vault full of hostages as well as use his speed to dash in should things not go well. Koda was supportive of Mina’s challenging of Iida’s plan but it wasn’t enough to convince him before they ran out of planning time.

Mina and Koda infiltrated the bank through a second floor window around the back via an emergency staircase and a helpful set of rats that had squeezed through some weak brickwork to access the window and unlock it from the inside. Things were going well for them but they could hear Iida’s disastrous attempts to negotiate over their earpieces. The villain was a betrayed bank robber whose support had fled the moment the alarm had tripped, leaving him behind. He was steadfast in his desires to get an unmarked car and escape with hostages for insurance, much like the first scenario’s villain only he seemed much more determined to avoid prison at all costs which was a worrying thought.

At the very least they were grateful that Iida was keeping the villain’s focus away from the open vault where he’d gathered most of his hostages bar the one he was personally threatening. Thanks to Koda’s information gathering rats, he located the vault and its position on the ground floor. With a careful application of acid, Mina burned through the first floor and the top of the vault, though it took a little while for the latter. It was only when she dropped down into it that things began going wrong.

Iida, in his frustrations with not getting anywhere with the negotiation, stated he was sure the villain wouldn’t execute any of the civilians as it would only make the whole situation worse for himself. Unlike the first battle trial where one hostage was the only bargaining chip, Snipe immediately executed the Ectoplasm clone to make a statement, declaring he would do the same to the rest if his demands were not met and ended the discussion.

Though Mina was about to begin melting a pathway out of the vault through the rear, Iida ran in without coordinating with the pair, determined to take down the villain to save the other hostages now that he was away from those remaining. Despite his speed, the engine hero was still recovering from his recent impromptu upgrade and Snipe was able to peg him with a set of bullets before he made contact.

Mina knew the plan was a bust and, thinking quickly, seized the heavy vault door and pulled it shut. Sure she was now locked in here with the hostages, but they were safe from immediate danger. When Koda relayed that Snipe was coming up the stairs as he figured out they’d tunnelled in from above when he saw the closed vault, Mina renewed her efforts into melting the back wall to try and get the hostages out through another exit.

Koda had gained confidence in recent weeks but he still lacked a significant way to attack or defend at range. Snipe quickly found the hole the boy was guarding and two bullets later he was out of the exercise.

Mina had made progress on the escape plan but it wasn’t enough before Snipe appeared on the ceiling, crouching down to look at them all trapped inside the vault.

“You don’t have to do this.” Mina pleaded, trying desperately to buy time she knew she didn’t have.

“It’s all over partner. I’ve killed two heroes already so my life is over, might as well go out with a bang.”

Mina felt her gut wrench as one by one Snipe shot down into the vault, executing the struggling Ectoplasm hostages and leaving Mina for last.

“So long, ‘hero’.” He declared, firing a bullet that struck her in the forehead, her reactions slow as she was still in disbelief at how badly things had gone wrong.

Though she was technically dead, the exercise continued for a brief moment where she watched Snipe then put the gun to his own head and say ‘bang’ out loud, likely not wanting to actually shoot himself point blank she figured.

With that, the scenario was over and a despondent group returned to the viewing room utterly defeated.

The criticism was thick and fast though Mina was grateful it seemed mostly aimed at Iida. He was reprimanded in no small part due to his belief that he’d analysed the situation correctly, forgetting the wild card factor of a desperate person driven into a corner didn’t listen to logic or reasoning well. He should’ve appealed to the villain’s frustration at being abandoned, saying something like he’d help him get through this no matter what and that he’d stand by his side and support him through everything that happened next if he gave up and let the civilians go. It seemed to confuse Iida that he should’ve thrown the villain a lifeline such as that considering his crimes but he took the message on board.

His rushing in was also declared reckless as while he had a fair bit of speed still, Snipe was playing with the same quirk, his own, in every scenario, one they’d known as part of the mission brief. Since Mina and Koda had yet to be discovered, he should’ve taken a less direct route with the time he had to get closer to the villain such as using outer walls for cover and smashing through a window closer to his goal to take Snipe by surprise.

Koda and Mina got some praise for their infiltration and exit strategy even though it would leave one civilian behind in Snipe’s hands at the time but Aizawa stated they couldn’t’ve known what happened next since the exercise went the way it did, guessing the duo would’ve returned to help the other had their exfiltration been successful. Their strategy was also solid with Mina scoring points for her plan to access the vault through the ceiling as well as her quick thinking to close the vault door and lock herself in. Had she snuck inside rather than burning a hole, it would’ve been very effective to cut off the villain from the hostages so others could safely move in and she could escape via any path with her quirk, so it wouldn’t have been the end even if she was the last one standing.

Koda, of course, was reprimanded for his continued lack of ranged attack and hesitation not to try and ambush Snipe when he appeared which the quiet boy took with good grace.

To cap it off, the whole class was reminded that villains with nothing to lose are the most dangerous and those who can only see the end coming might make the choice to destroy everything they could before it does just to inflict some hurt on the world that they felt themselves.

It was a bitter pill to swallow and Mina was comforted by Tooru’s embrace while Momo’s group took the stage next.

Despite her worries, Momo’s team seemed to actually get along during the planning stages. Bakugo put forth his plan first which surprisingly didn’t consist of ‘run in, kill the villain, win’ and Momo made some suggestions he seemed to take on board and tweak accordingly.

Though she wasn’t the unofficial leader of this group, Momo played her part well as she and the explosive blond climbed the five story building in a window-washers frame while Kirishima was tasked with talking to the villain. Though his defensive quirk was good for this scenario, Bakugo couldn’t deny Momo’s utility and his own offense to get the job done best; besides, his unofficial boyfriend was much better with words than he was.

Once Kirishima was on the line, Bakugo and Momo settled in on the roof, observing the meeting room below where a board of directors were being held hostage by a former CEO who’d been ousted. This scenario lacked the obstructions that the last had, with Snipe having a clear shot at all the hostages from anywhere in the room.

The duo had to stay out of sight as Snipe was much more erratic now, whipping his head around in a paranoid fashion to check for anything out of place. It didn’t help that three of the four walls were glass, leaving only one route in with cover.

Deciding to back off as Kirishima was doing a pretty good job keeping Snipe from making any stupid moves, though not making the best progress in talking him down, Bakugo and Momo retreated to the window-washer frame again, moving down to the goal floor and breaking in silently thanks to a created glass cutter. Proceeding down the only hallway on the floor, which separated the meeting room itself from the elevator, Bakugo and Momo began to plan their approach.

Once they’d established the breaching plan, Bakugo returned to the roof once again, leaving Momo to generate her gear.

Snipe’s patience was wearing thin and with no results coming from Kirishima regarding an escape helicopter, an intentionally impossible request for the scenario, his trigger finger was getting itchy. From above, Bakugo took a deep breath and palmed a cupped hand, preparing his special move. It had taken time and effort to refine but his greater patience in recent days had helped him persevere instead of giving up in a huff.

Giving the command order to Momo, he took aim at the front of Snipe’s head. This would only work if the hero fell backwards and he’d waited for the perfect opportunity.

The masked villain spotted Bakugo and turned his gun towards him in reaction, but Bakugo was faster, launching his new AP Sniper Shot that cut easily through the glass and detonated a small concussive blast on Snipe’s forehead. It was a lot weaker than his usual AP shot and it was certainly not enough to knock the pro out, but it was enough to get him to drop the Ectoplasm clone when his head snapped back.

Momo took it as her signal, the auto battering ram she’d created smashed through the locked doors cleanly in one slam. Snipe recognised the girl, now bearing some sort of weird vest that wasn’t part of her normal costume, as the greater oncoming threat and fired quickly. The heiress raised a shield to guard herself as she dashed forward. The pro yelled in surprise when she collided with him, slamming the shield into his arm and knocking the gun out of his hand. Despite the collision, Momo wasn’t done yet, using his off balance posture to slam him up against the nearby window while making a grab for his mask.

The glass cracked ominously though ultimately held as Momo finally broke one of Snipe’s straps, causing his mask to hang on one side. The pro, being taller and stronger than the younger heroine in training, seized one her arms and grabbed her round the neck to regain control of the situation. This was a mistake as it left Momo’s other hand free to pull the chord on her vest. From her back, a rapidly inflating rubber structure began unfolding in a circle before engulfing the pair in a sphere similar in composition to a bouncy castle.

While this was going on, Bakugo broke through the rooftop window he’d damaged and quickly began getting all the Ectoplasm clones to the elevator and sending them downstairs, though not joining them himself. When the room was empty he rushed over to the spherical creation of Momo’s that the pair were trapped within. He let out a small blast to rip a hole in the inflated thing with the air now quickly escaping, taking care not to breathe it in himself. In the center, he found an unconscious Momo and Snipe, pulling them both from the weird container thing after ripping the vest off Momo and slapping some cuffs on Snipe.

The klaxon blared to end the scenario which stirred the pair but didn’t wake them. Bakugo reached into his pouch and cracked the smelling salts Momo had given him for this, waving them under the pair’s noses. It seemed to work as both were roused if a little confused.

After a moment to get their bearings, with Bakugo announcing to the pair that they’d won much to Snipe’s displeasure, the group returned to the class.

Kirishima was a bit put out that he didn’t get to do much but that also meant he didn’t get any scolding beyond improving his rapport skills. He’d been unable to connect to the villain meaningfully which was intentionally hard due to the target being an out-of-touch former CEO so it didn’t cost him much.

Bakugo was praised for his new move and new sense of cooperation, not being the one to rush in and play a support role instead which got a satisfied smirk from him, though he gave credit to Momo for refining his initial plan which was a pleasant surprise.

Momo was the most critiqued as she’d nearly pushed Snipe through the window along with herself, though she tried to defend her actions by stating she knew it was a possibility hence the entrapment sphere being bouncy, just in case. Still, her decision to isolate herself with the villain and knock him out using a gas she produced was praised, even if Aizawa made her recognise that would only have worked with a single villain and she didn’t have Midnight’s immunity to her own quirk. She’d rendered herself helpless and though it had worked out this time she should prioritise better strategies that don’t disable her after a single use.

The rest of the class couldn’t help giving a certain greenette the side-eye at that declaration, with the boy himself shrinking a little at the reminder of where he started.

Thankfully, the next to take to the challenge were called up.

With the negotiator decided already, Tooru and Tsuyu planned their approach while Aoyama thought through what he was going to say. This scenario had the villain and the hostages sequestered in the basement; apparently the police had discovered a drug lord’s operation and he was holding the down-on-their-luck civilians who took the shady job of working to produce the chemicals for the money hostage.

Tsuyu and Tooru went to work immediately, camouflaging and undressing themselves respectively. Once they entered the building where the only access to the hostages and villain was down a single staircase, they realised that Aoyama was completely unsuited for the villain who was much more confident and no-nonsense in his chatter. He made his demands quickly and clearly before cutting off initial contact with a warning not to call again until his escape car was ready to use. Aoyama’s attempts to try and keep the conversation going fell completely flat and the boy pouted over being so thoroughly ignored.

Tsuyu crawled along the ceiling after sneaking into the room thanks to the open door while Tooru hurried inside herself. Cautiously, they made their approach on the villain, hoping to disarm him first and foremost.

When the walkie-talkie crackled with life again, Aoyama making another attempt to stall the villain, Snipe asked about his demands. When Aoyama tried to bluster that they were working on it, Snipe immediately told him that his premature message had cost them a hostage. Tooru and Tsuyu’s stomachs dropped as Snipe turned his gun toward an Ectoplasm clone on the far side of the room.

They both moved quickly but their lack of vision on each other cost them. Tsuyu’s tongue, which unfortunately didn’t camouflage with her, shot out and jerked Snipe’s gun-wielding arm. The villain pulled the trigger anyway but instead of curving back towards the Ectoplasm clone he was targeting, the paintball exploded prematurely as Tsuyu had inadvertently put Tooru’s invisible form in the line of fire, the red paint coating her throat as it exploded and making her collapse from the sudden pain.

The frog girl immediately knew she’d screwed up and didn’t give Snipe another chance to hurt anyone else, launching herself powerfully off the ceiling and punching him fiercely in the head. Her hand stung from the power she’d put into the blow and it had resulted in cleanly knocking Snipe to the ground, his gun clattering to the floor and skidding off underneath a table. She immediately cuffed him as he groggily tried to shake off the unexpectedly strong blow to the head before tending to the civilians.

Once the innocents were out, the exercise was called and Tsuyu immediately tended to her girlfriend who was still struggling to regain her breath from the blow to her throat on top of being in a bit of shock and teary eyed from the pain. Unfortunately Tsuyu didn’t get the chance to do much other than offer an initial apology before Aizawa ordered the invisible casualty to see Recovery Girl just to be certain there were no issues.

Tsuyu had to bite her lip to hold back her tears by the time they were getting their feedback from Aizawa. Aoyama was of course chastised for not taking the villain’s threat seriously and causing the intervention by Tooru and Tsuyu to become necessary before they were in position. Aizawa told him that a better course of action was to either cater to the villain’s demands to get a better opportunity for communication once they know they’re being obliged or abandon the tactic and join his allies in the assault.

The frog girl couldn’t help the tear that silently rolled down her cheek as Aizawa confirmed that she had inadvertently caused her girlfriend’s death by not targeting the gun instead. It was an accident but she still felt terrible even with the consolation of not failing the exercise since none of the hostages died. Her growing strength was acknowledged by Snipe too as it had been a while since he’d been knocked down with one punch by a first year though Tsuyu was barely listening at this point.

The remaining girls gathered round Tsuyu in support when she returned to the group with Izuku frustrated he had to now leave and take his turn at the exercise.

As expected, the scenario with the most heroes available had the toughest goal of getting over twenty Ectoplasm clones to safety while somehow talking down a mass murderer who’d escaped Tartarus. Though the scene was playing out in the more accessible area of a food court in a mall, the civilians had all been wired with explosive vests along with the villain himself. A dead man’s switch was already in effect too, clutched between Snipe’s palm and gun; if they tried to disarm him, it could set off the explosives and kill them all.

The group was given a little longer to plan this time due to the complexity of the situation but not by much. Time was always against the heroes and they didn’t get to choose their battles. Thankfully, with their team composition, they had a solid plan prepared courtesy of Izuku by the time they advanced on the building.

Thanks to Shoji’s reconnaissance, they quickly located the majority of the hostages in the main hall as well as the few that had been squirrelled away in a supply closet nearby. The multi-armed boy would focus on getting those out while Ojiro negotiated with the murderer, who wanted nothing more than to see the as many people bathe the ground in blood as he could in a glorious explosion. He didn’t want to see his disturbing work end here though as he wanted to kill many more hence why he hadn’t already blown everyone up.

While the tailed boy was struggling with how to connect to the villain and somehow talk him down or provide a distraction long enough for his friends to get into position, Sero and Izuku were already on the roof, scoping out the situation through the skylight. This would have to be quick and the whole event would be decided in a moment.

As silently as he could, Sero swung in, using his tape to hang from the ceiling until he had a clear shot at the villain’s hand. With coordination from Izuku, the boy shot out a roll of tape, wrapping it around the villain's hand to prevent him dropping the gun as well as letting go of the dead man’s switch. With a jerk, the gun was pointed up and safely away from the Ectoplasm clone in his arm.

As soon as he’d launched his tape, Izuku had begun falling to the floor before kicking off, aiming a kick squarely at Snipe’s head. The villain had enough time to get off a shot before Izuku landed, the bullet curving towards Sero, but the boy was already reeling himself away at an angle the paintball couldn’t follow.

When Izuku’s foot connected with Snipe’s head, he pressed against the villain and used him as a springboard, grabbing the Ectoplasm clone and jumping away to safety. Snipe was launched across the hall and into a wall, slumping down but still not unconscious. Before he could raise his gun to retaliate, Sero fell upon him, pointed the barrel of his gun at the floor, and taped it in place before cuffing the villain.

The rest was little more than clean-up as the Ecto-clones were escorted to the ‘bomb disabling’ area to count as being rescued with Ojiro running a keycard over their vests to release them.

All in all, it was a very successful end to the exercise with Aizawa pointing out that a clear plan, speed, and decisiveness allowed them to claim victory. Izuku was acknowledged that his strength wasn’t used to fully subdue but to give someone else more suited a position to restrain the villain while he got the civilian out of immediate danger. Sero was praised for his precision and the strength of his tape while Shoji got some acknowledgement for his detection skills, having located the secret hostages. Unknown to them all, the civilian vests were on a timer too and they would’ve lost had they not all been located in time.

Needless to say, Sero was pumped at his victory while Shoji stoically took pride in his developing skills and Izuku just being happy it had been a success. Ojiro was a little put out at having the least to do but was assured he’d get another chance soon enough.

When Aizawa declared the class over with Snipe grumbling about needing to see Recovery Girl for his Tsuyu and Izuku-induced headache, the students returned to the changing rooms to pack up and return to the dorms.

In the girls changing room, the group tried to comfort Mina and Tsuyu on their performance. Mina was disheartened at her powerlessness and the apparent apathy Snipe displayed that read a little too much like he’d seen a situation turn out that way before to her. As upbeat as she usually was, this had knocked her in a way she hadn’t expected.

She wasn’t as bad as Tsuyu though, who was completely unresponsive to their attempts to reassure her. Having caused her girlfriend’s death, even as an accident, was hurting Tsuyu’s heart and she wanted nothing more than to go to bed and cry herself to sleep. Ideally she also wanted to make sure Tooru was alright but the invisible girl’s locker was still engaged meaning she’d not yet returned for her stuff and was still with Recovery Girl.

Shrugging off all attempts to console her, Tsuyu walked back to the dorms in complete silence while her girlfriends and Izuku surrounded her protectively. Once back, she retreated to her room and locked it, keeping all of her friends out while she wallowed.

The girls and Izuku were all worried, but there was nothing they could do at this point other than wait to see how things turned out when Tsuyu emerged.


It was a while before Tsuyu awoke. Much like Izuku had fallen asleep on Monday, she had drifted into unconsciousness too, but hers didn’t serve to rest her body or her mind. She didn’t dream but her slumber was fitful and she awoke in the dead of night. Her gloom quickly returned, tears blinking into existence again as Tsuyu just lay there alone with her thoughts.

Analysing the situation after it had occurred was easy and she’d already come up with a number of different ways they could’ve approached the situation to avoid that outcome. It didn’t fix anything now though and only served to torture herself rather than provide any helpful insight.

Glancing over at her clock revealed the late time. Tooru was almost certainly back by now but it was way too late for a visit to selfishly try to ease her own heart. Biting her lip, the only thing she felt like she could do was get out her thoughts and feelings about the situation now.

Opening the private chat between her and the invisible girl, Tsuyu began typing out one long message.

Tsuyu: Hello Tooru,
I’m sorry this message is coming so late but I’m hoping you won’t see it until morning. I want to apologize in person as I can’t stop feeling absolutely horrible for what happened in class today but can’t at the moment so please don’t count this as my apology.
I’m so sorry for getting you hurt from Mr Snipe’s gun. I hope you can accept this stupid frog’s mistake and believe that I would never intentionally hurt you like that. I know it must’ve been really scary and shocking and you’ve every right to be angry and upset with me. It was a stupid move, one I shouldn’t have made and I’m so, so sorry.
I have no idea what I can do to make it up to you but please think of something, anything, and I’ll do it to make things right between us just to stop this horrible feeling in my chest. I hope to see you tomorrow so I can apologize properly.
Love, Tsu.

She sent the message off with the press of a button, hoping it didn’t wake her girlfriend.

Rolling over to face the wall, she closed her eyes and tried to get back to sleep, hoping the darkness of oblivion could take away some of the pain she was currently feeling.

Her heart lurched weirdly when she heard a familiar buzz. With a slow, nervous turn, Tsuyu looked over at her phone warily before reaching out and checking the notification.

It was Tooru.

Her girlfriend had replied and Tsuyu opened her message up, hoping for the best but dreading the worst.

Tooru: Oh shush up you silly-billy, it was an accident. Yeah it was scary and caught me by surprise but thats all. I couldn’t breathe properly after it hit me and it hurt like hell at that range but that couldve happened anyway cause I was reaching for his gun myself, you were just faster.

More came in quick succession as Tsuyu read.

Tooru: If anything, im stupid annoyed at myself for not being able to make a part of myself visible yet. I wanted to make my head and arms appear and take Mr Snipe by surprise but I wasn’t good enough. I know you would’ve seen me too if I did that so its partly my fault too. Don’t stress Darling.

Tooru: I love you very much so dont feel bad. We can have a nice hug in the morning to cheer you up yeah?

Tsuyu felt tears clouding her vision as relief flooded her chest. She ribbited a few times as she lightly sobbed, trying to think of something to say back. Right now, she wanted nothing more than to say she was sorry in person again and get that cuddle she thought she didn’t deserve and replied appropriately.

Tsuyu: … can I get that hug now?

The greenette waited with bated breath for the response.

Tooru: Come to my room you silly frog. J

She didn’t need telling twice, moving as fast as her body would let her considering the lethargy it still felt. Dressing quickly, she made her way out the door and down the staircase to Tooru’s floor, knocking lightly on her door when she arrived.

The door cracked open quietly before opening up, seemingly on its own.

“Hey Tsu,” Tooru’s voice called out from seemingly nowhere. “Come on you big silly.”

Tsuyu blinked confusedly as she was wrapped in a familiar embrace, Tooru’s head resting on her shoulder as she pulled her in tightly. Answers as to why Tooru was apparently naked would have to wait as all Tsuyu could muster in response was to blubber into her girlfriend’s shoulder.

“I-I’m so s-sorry, r-ribbit.” She cried. “Y-You got hurt a-and-”

“Shhh, it’s okay,” Tooru rubbed her girlfriend’s back comfortingly. “I’m okay. Come on, let’s sit you down.”

The frog girl let herself be lead into Tooru’s room with the invisible girl shutting the door behind them. She was guided over to the bed and sat down with Tooru at her side, still embracing her in a side hug.

“What’s got you this way? I’ve gotten hurt in training before.” Tooru enquired.

“I know, ribbit.” Tsuyu said sadly, “B-But this time it was my fault. W-We were trying to prevent people dying a-and then you got shot in the neck a-and it was because of me a-a-and-”

The tears resumed falling from Tsuyu’s overly large eyes as she lost the battle of composure. Tooru pulled her close again, taking her closest hand with her own.

“I’m not dead, I’m here.” Tooru cooed, rubbing her cheek against Tsuyu’s. “But I know what you mean.” She sighed after a moment. “That thought flashed through my head too.”

“I’m sor-”

“No.” Tooru’s hand reached up and quickly silenced her tearful girlfriend. “It could’ve happened to any one of us. Look at Mina, she got shot in the brain. That thing’s on the fritz enough without Mr Snipe doing any more damage.”

Tsuyu let out a short wet chuckle at the good natured tease.

“Point is. I’m safe, you’re safe, Mina’s safe, we’re all safe.” Tooru comforted. “I know that… it’s a little harder for us to deal because of… everything that’s happened this year, but we’ve got each other, right? If you’re feeling sad, you come and get snuggles from me or one of the others until you feel all better ‘cause I know you’d do the same for us.”

“R-Ribbit.” Tsuyu nodded.

“There we go.” Tooru declared softly, as the pair just sat there enjoying the embrace.

Tsuyu admittedly felt a lot better after Tooru’s words, finally feeling the edge fall away that she’d been on ever since the exercise. Being in her girlfriend’s loving, invisible arms greatly reassured her that things were okay right now, but there was still that lingering doubt in her mind about the future. Things had been going well for a while now, and she was thankful that this was something of a stumbling block rather than yet another villain attack. She didn’t doubt one would come in time what with Izuku’s quirk and ‘destiny’ and all and since they’d likely be in the thick of it by his side, mistakes like today could happen again but for real. That kept at least some of the pain persisting in her chest for now.

Putting away that thought and reminding herself not to borrow trouble from the future, Tsuyu let out a soft sigh as her breathing slowed. Once Tsuyu’s tears had calmed down significantly, she felt the need to ask the question that’s been on her mind since Tooru opened the door.

“H-Hey Tooru?”

“Yeah?”

“Why are you naked, r-ribbit?”

“Oh!” Tooru giggled, pulling back. “Yeah, so, like, when I went to Recovery Girl, she healed me up but there wasn’t much damage so it didn’t sap my stamina like normal. The shock however, kinda had the adrenaline running through me and she made me wait in the bed until I calmed down a~and I fell asleep.” Tooru sighed. “So then I woke up like, two hours later, came back, made sure everyone knew I was okay but the others said not to disturb you so then dinner and homework and now I still have energy to burn so I figured I’d get some more training in with my quirk.”

Tsuyu smiled at Tooru’s babbly rant.

“I-I’m not sure if that was all just you or if Izuku’s rubbing off on you.” She teased.

Though invisible, Tooru’s cheeks pinkened at the obvious double entendre.

“Oh shush up you!” The invisible girl’s cheeks ballooned up as she pouted.

“Sorry.” Tsuyu apologised again. “But that still doesn’t explain the naked part.”

“Huh? Oh, right, well I can see myself better obviously and… I kinda… just like looking at myself.” Tooru shyly gestured over to the mirror that was pointed at her bed. Even though her hand couldn’t be seen, Tsuyu got the hint. “I gotta do this thing where I try to breathe without letting my control drop or quirk slip which is like, much harder than you’d think. One way that seems to be working is not focusing on my breathing so I’ve been… distracting myself while I do it.” Tooru’s cheeks deepened into a full blown blush, not wanting to say what exactly she was doing out loud.

“Oh.” Tsuyu said simply. “Y-Yeah, that’d work to distract you.”

A small silence hung in the air between the two.

“So um… I was kinda in the middle of training a~and I didn’t really finish doing… either.” Tooru hinted. “You maybe… wanna distract me?”

“On any other day, I’d take you u-up on that, r-ribbit” Tsuyu chuckled weakly. “But not after what happened today.”

“We~ell,” Tooru glanced over at her clock. “I mean it is technically tomorrow.”

Tsuyu let out another small laugh and ribbit as Tooru snuggled her head again. The invisible girl could go either way truthfully but Tsuyu needed comforting more than she needed to get off.

“We should get some sleep.” Tooru reached over to pull back her covers. “You wanna be little spoon?”

Tsuyu nodded with a touch of red in her cheeks from a mixture of her tears and the affection and care she was feeling from her girlfriend.

The pair settled in, though Tooru didn’t feel the need to put on any sleepwear which Tsuyu admittedly appreciated a little despite her complete lack of libido right now.

“Night Darling.” Tooru pulled Tsuyu close, her warm breath running down the frog girl’s back pleasantly. “Sweet dreams.”

“Night Starlight.” Tsuyu replied in kind.

It didn’t take too long before the two drifted off into a peaceful, restful slumber.


After a training session like yesterday, class 1-A was grateful for the lack of it today.

Though the mental gymnastics were tough as always in the myriad of classes they had, the group was grateful to return to the dorms without having to go ‘Plus Ultra’ in body as well as mind.

“Man, Mr Aizawa’s really pushing us hard this week; that test was totally out of nowhere.” Kaminari complained as the class collectively walked back.

“Pop quizzes are an essential part of testing our knowledge and understanding of the material covered so far so we may correct errors in our revision.” Iida declared, gesturing as normal.

“Give it a rest man.” Sato placed his hand on Iida’s shoulder. “We get it, just let us moan about it; blow off some steam, you know?”

“You should try it sometime.” Mina grinned, slapping Iida on the back as she passed to catch up with Tooru.

“See it hasn’t got you down.” Kyoka groaned at the excess energy displayed.

“Why would it when all my hard work is finally paying off!” Mina declared proudly.

Sero, Aoyama, Kirishima, Kaminari and Sato all groaned at the reminder. They’d all failed the pop-quiz and been given extra homework while Mina had somehow managed to escape with a pass.

“How the hell did you pull that off?” Sero grumbled.

“I’m glad you’re taking our study sessions seriously.” Momo smiled warmly. Though it had absolutely started out as a means to spend some time together studying ‘biology’, Mina had eventually relented to getting actual tutoring from the smartest student in the class. It was mostly so she wouldn’t be the one to have to unnecessarily cancel sleepovers to begin with but she’d definitely found her drive to want to do better since they’d all gotten together.

“You’re the best Yaomomo!” Mina cheered, glomping her girlfriend.

“Yeah, that tracks.” Kaminari sighed.

“Meanwhile I’m just a blockhead that can’t get it through his thick skull.” Kirishima gripped his fists in quiet frustration.

“Shut the hell up.” Bakugo slapped the back of his maybe-boyfriend’s head. “You got brains in there since you got in here, all you fuckers do, so just nut up and hit the grindstone.”

“Yeah, alright, I get it,” Kirishima rubbed the back of his head. “I feel bad enough after all your tutoring, doesn’t mean ya need to hit me though.”

“It’s just course correcting ya moron. Helps the lesson sink in.” Bakugo growled.

“Woah, no dude. You don’t just hit your b-… friend like that.” Kaminari scowled.

“I’m all for rough-housing in good fun man, but this ain’t it.” Sero agreed.

“There is no need for physical violence to encourage or reinforce wisdom.” Tokoyami frowned, stepping closer from behind the redhead and explosive blond, ready to move between them should the situation develop.

“The fuck you mean?” Bakugo’s ire was rising. “My old hag did it to me when I was growing up and look how that fucking worked out.”

While Bakugo’s position from the midterms as number three in the class was undisputable, the more major concern was what the blond had just accidently revealed.

“W-Wait, what…” Kyoka couldn’t help but mutter as most of the class came to a collective stop.

“What the fuck are you all looking at me like that for?!” Bakugo shouted, having stopped a moment after everyone else. “Heiress, back me up here. That’s how you got raccoon eyes doing so good, right?”

“I’m… still processing that.” Momo had to shake her head a little to straighten herself out. When Bakugo looked to Mina for her opinion, her mouth had dropped open and she was giving him a pitying look, shaking her head slowly.

“Bakugo, that’s… that’s not right.” She said slowly.

“I assure you, while Mina has had difficulties focusing at times or getting a few things incorrect, I have encouraged her learning with nothing but support, praise and kind words. I have never laid a hand on my friend because they didn’t perform to my expectations.” Momo clarified.

Bakugo looked around more frantically, seeing more and more members of the class giving him the same look Mina was. When his eyes met with Izuku’s, who bore the same face, he felt like that day back when they’d been young and in the woods together. He had made great strides with his and Mina’s sporadic lessons on empathy, but their expressions made him feel like he did when stupid, useless Deku reached out his hand. Hurt, weak, pathetic.

“P-Piss off the lot of you! Don’t’chu fucking look down on me!” Bakugo yelled, much louder now, before pushing forward in a run. Before anyone could stop him, he’d swerved around those blocking the path and was making for the dorms in a pace not many in their class could match.

“Did… that just really happen?” Ojiro asked in a touch of disbelief.

“A most nauseous notion has been revealed.” Tokoyami scowled.

“H-Hey, Midoriya.” Sero called out to the boy who was still looking over at where Bakugo had disappeared past the greenery. “You guys knew each other as kids, right? Did you… ever hear about something like this?”

Izuku looked over slowly, taking a moment to look at his friends and gage their reactions. The primary emotion he was detecting was worry rather than anger but he still chose his next words carefully.

“K-Kacchan’s always been… strong-willed.” He said, even though everyone was beginning to understand the context behind those words. “I didn’t see him interact with his mom much like that that I can remember, but I know they have… similar personalities.”

“Jesus.” Kaminari grit his teeth. “You don’t think-”

“Assumption is the folly of many. We must be wary not to fall into the same trap.” Tokoyami warned. “We should delay any action until we can confirm things with our friend, though we must also keep a close eye on his wellbeing.”

For many, it was weird to see Bakugo this way. His anger was familiar, but the fear in his eyes was not and it was worrying to see someone who always had confidence in his actions think such a thing was normal and expected.

As the group returned to the dorms, with a few enquiring after Kirishima’s wellbeing, many of them scattered uneasily that afternoon, the explosive blond remaining in the front of their minds.


When dinner rolled around, Ochako, Mina, Kyoka and Izuku shared a table. They all exchanged pleasant conversation but the elephant in the dorm was hanging over them like a dark cloud. Eventually the topic couldn’t be ignored anymore and the question was asked.

“So… do you guys think Bakugo’s the way he is because… you know?” Kyoka put out there.

“We shouldn’t really be talking about that.” Ochako grimaced.

“I know but I’m… urgh, I’m worried for the guy.” The earphone jack girl reluctantly admitted.

“You’re not the only one.” Mina sighed, glad she was mostly finished with her food. “Bakugo… he’s been doing well recently. Like, just talking to people better and getting praise from Aizawa in class. I don’t think this is him thinking we’re wrong and he’s right, I think he’s… scared. Scared he’s been misled again.”

“Your parents are supposed to teach you how to be good at stuff when you’re just a kid,” Ochako nodded. “If he learned this back then, that’s way too many years he’s just accepted it.”

“Shaken his worldview probably.” Kyoka sympathised. “That can mess with a person.”

An uncomfortable silence rose for a few moments.

“Izuku? You okay there?” Ochako asked, noting the greenette’s silence.

“Y-Yeah, just… thinking.” He admitted.

“What’s cookin’ in the ol’ noodle?” Mina reached out and ruffled his fluffy hair.

“He’s alone.” Izuku stated. “He’s probably hurting and I want to reach out or something but… I don’t know how.”

“Well if you’re stumped then we’re all doomed.” Kyoka sighed. “You guys were ‘friends’ as kids whereas we’ve only known him for most of a year.”

“Well, yeah, sorta.” Izuku wobbled his head as it was kinda true. “But we’ve never really been close. Not like-”

The boy’s eyes widened as he remembered a piece of information he kicked himself for forgetting. When rescuing Bakugo from the League of Villains, it hadn’t been him that reached out for Bakugo’s hand. Even then he knew it had to be Kirishima.

Izuku quickly scanned the common space for the spikey redheaded boy, rising to his feet much to the confusion of the others. He spotted the familiar hairstyle in the kitchen preparing food and abandoned his spot to go talk to the boy.

“Yeah, sure, don’t finish that thought or nothing.” Kyoka rolled her eyes as Izuku took off.

“I think I know what he’s thinking.” Mina declared, following after him and leaving her own tray behind.

“Uh… should we-?”

“Don’t bother Ochako.” Kyoka shook her head, figuring out what the pair were doing. “Those three know him best and can probably handle it now.”

The brunette watched her two partners approach the redhead and begin talking.

“A-Actually, this is as good a time as any,” Kyoka decided to seize the moment for something she’d wanted to do for a little while. “Can we… chat alone after dinner?”

“Huh?” Ochako tilted her head. “Uh, yeah, sure.” She shrugged, not pressing for details as ‘alone’ clearly meant away from prying ears and not in full view of the common room despite them now being the only two at the table now.

“Thanks.” Kyoka licked her dry lips and released a small breath before finishing up the last of her food.

Over with Izuku and Mina, they’d approached Kirishima who was cooking a pot of something on the stove, a pensive look on his face.

“Kirishima?” Izuku called out softly.

The redhead turned to spy his friends standing nearby, his face shifting into his usual happy expression they all knew was at least a little faked right now.

“Midoriya, Mina, what’s up guys?” He asked.

“Well… I was just wondering if you’d spoken to Bakugo since…” Izuku implied the event that took place rather than say it out loud.

“Uh… no.” Kirishima said sadly. “Dude likes his space so I figured I’d just give it to him.”

“How are you feeling?” Mina asked. “I don’t wanna pour salt on the wound or anything but like… did he do it when he was tutoring you?”

“Y-Yeah…” Kirishima sighed, figuring he may as well admit it. “It didn’t register to me then. I just thought it was banter, you know? Like when me and Sero mess with each other we punch each other’s arms and stuff at about the same strength. Knowing it was to… ‘reinforce the lesson’ or whatever though… that’s…”

“We know.” Mina sighed. “Look. We don’t wanna make assumptions, we just wanna help. You wouldn’t happen to have any bright ideas on how to get our foot in the door do you?”

“Actually,” He gestured to the pot on the stove. “I’m making his favourite curry. Didn’t know if he’d come down to eat or something and I don’t want him to go hungry.”

“Awww.” Mina cooed, reminded of her and the girls taking care of Izuku the same way earlier in the week.

“Do you mind if we come up and see if he’s open to talking?” Izuku asked hopefully.

Kirishima hissed through his teeth.

“Maybe. I mean, I know this’ll probably be enough to get his door open but I can’t guarantee he won’t slam it in your face.”

“If he does, we’ll just have to try again tomorrow.” Mina shrugged. “He’s an idiot but he’s one of us.”

“Damn right.” Kirishima grinned, glad his friends hadn’t just written the guy off. “Anyway, food’s almost ready, mind grabbing that plate for me?”


With a pair of trays laden with curry and drinks, one set for Kirishima’s own dinner that Izuku had offered to carry in case the blond wasn’t receptive, the trio made their way up to Bakugo’s room, Kirishima gesturing to them to stand to the side and out of view of the door for a moment. They all took a collective, bracing breath when the redhead reached up to knock.

There was no response.

“Hey Baku-bro, it’s dinner time.” Kirishima called out. “Got your favourite curry, be a real shame if the spiciness wore off because it got cold.”

There was silence for a moment more, making the group wonder if he was asleep or even in his room but the creak of bedsprings alerted them to the fact they’d gotten his attention at least.

With a fumble of the lock on the other side of the door, the wood cracked open a sliver.

Kirishima’s breath admittedly caught a little as Bakugo’s eye glared back at him in a way he’d never seen; puffy and red.

“Why are you here?” His voice croaked, clearly having been strained recently.

“Bro… you know I’m not going anywhere.” Kirishima smiled warmly. “I’m the immovable idiot-rock, remember?”

“Well maybe you should.” Bakugo shot back before saying in a much quieter voice. “Before I hurt you again.”

“Katsuki I… this isn’t you man.” Kirishima stated with a bit more strength in his voice. “Look, it’s not right, but it’s a problem you got and I’m not gonna leave you to face it alone man. Others wanna help too, they know this is hurting you.”

“Yeah? Like who?” Bakugo scoffed.

“Like me ya’ idiot.” Mina popped her head into view before stepping out. “After everything I’ve taught you so far, you think I’m gonna give up on you because of this?”

Bakugo was admittedly taken aback by Mina’s appearance.

“There’s others too.” Kirishima stated, not wanting to reveal Izuku just yet knowing how the blond felt about his contentious relationship with the boy. “They just don’t know how to approach you, or this… whole topic frankly.”

Bakugo’s breathing got heavier, feeling the emotions welling up that he’d tried to beat into submission throughout the afternoon.

“How about you let us in, me and you can have dinner, and we can all talk about it in a safe way so we can figure out how to help you best? Sound good?”

It took a few moments watching the boy wrestle with himself before they got an answer.

“Urgh… fuck it… fine.” Bakugo relented, pulling open the door a little wider and walking away.

Kirishima gave Izuku a look, a silent message passing between them, asking if the greenette was sure it was a good idea to make his presence known. Izuku responded with a firm nod; even after everything, he wouldn’t let Bakugo go through this alone if he could be there for him. It also helped he knew more than the other two about how Mitsuki Bakugo was but that was something he’d kept to himself for now.

Gathering their courage, the trio opened the door and entered the lion’s den.

Kirishima went first, making a beeline for Bakugo who’d sat down on his bed before accepting the tray of food from the redhead. Queen was curled up on one side of his pillow and eyed them all warily as though they were trespassing in her domain. Mina moved for Bakugo’s desk, grabbing his chair and pulling it out to sit on, watching the two boys carefully. Once Kirishima had given the blond his food, he sat down next to him as Izuku cautiously approached next, passing Kirishima his own tray.

“What the hell are you doing here Deku?!” Bakugo growled dangerously, suddenly on edge at the greenette’s presence with Queen rumbling as though in agreement.

“Bakugo.” Mina warned, noticing that he’d slipped into his old nicknaming again earlier in the day.

To Mina and Kirishima’s surprise, the boy didn’t shrink back in fear, instead standing firm with his decision to join them.

“I’m here to help Kacchan.” Izuku stated simply. “I’ve known you the longest even… if we haven’t been the best of friends over the years.” Bakguo snorted derisively. “B-But just like Kamino, I’m not gonna just stand by and watch while someone I care about needs help.”

Bakugo scowled at the mention of that day. He was about to retort but glancing over at Mina made him take an extra second to think about it. Deku wasn’t bringing it up to mock him, he was bringing it up because like then, for whatever fucking reason he had, the idiot had shown up with the rest of them to pull his ass out of the fire, and that was before Mina’s dressing down that had since made him almost apologize for his previous behaviour.

“Whatever.” Bakugo scoffed, grabbing a spoonful of curry and shoving it in his mouth, the spices tingling on his tongue in a pleasantly distracting way.

With no more seats, Izuku stood awkwardly by Mina, resting against Bakugo’s desk. He couldn’t help but notice the old trading card of All Might they’d pulled two of together was framed to preserve it and off to one side.

The group let the blond eat a few more bites of his food before they began, with Kirishima starting at a much slower pace and needing frequent gulps of water to prevent his mouth from exploding into flames.

“Bakugo… Katsuki.” Mina started softly. “Do you wanna tell us exactly why you ran off earlier today?”

“No.” Bakugo shot back. Mina raised an eyebrow as though to reply ‘really’ as he deliberately took her question literally. “Urgh, fine.” He growled. “I didn’t wanna be there anymore.”

“That was kinda obvious bro.” Kirishima chuckled.

“Then don’t ask stupid questions.” Bakugo retorted.

“Katsuki, you know what we’re asking.” Mina tried again. “None of us are gonna think any less of you for what you tell us here. We’re here you help you murder this problem like the villain it is.”

Bakugo admittedly cracked a smile at that wording that made Mina wear a smug grin in response. Again, Bakugo sent a nervous look over at Izuku who was admittedly second guessing himself now.

“I-I think it would be better if I-”

“Don’t’chu fuckin’ move nerd!” Bakugo shot at him. The group grew silent for a minute as the blond licked his lips while trying to figure out what to say next. “You… know the hag better than these two idiots… you can back me up.”

Izuku was glad Bakugo had at least recognised that much about why he was here, even if he didn’t fully believe Izuku genuinely cared and wanted to help.

Another small silence permeated the room as Bakugo put together the real answer to Mina’s question in his head.

“I… didn’t… want people looking at me like that.” He pushed out. “Like I was… someone… weak… or wrong or… s-something.”

“Well, what you did was wrong.” Mina gave him that much. “At first, yeah, we thought ‘how could anyone actually believe that hurting someone they like to make them learn better was normal’. But after what you said, we all knew the real reason; when you told us that’s how your mom taught you, that’s what really had everyone worried.”

“Baku-bro, I was a little upset when you did it but yeah, I’m much more worried for you. You’re my bro, and it hurts that anyone treated you like that and made you think it was normal.”

“But it is… w-was.” Bakugo replied. The rest of the group was silent again, letting the boy expand and not taking his declaration at face value. “When… I was young, if you did something wrong, you got a spank. Then, when I was older, I got… a ‘clip round the ear hole’. Now it’s just a smack on the back of the head. That’s just how it is.”

“Looks like Mina’s going melting again.” The pinkette glared dangerously, holding up her hand as though to generate an acid ball, hoping Bakugo’s mom would appear in her range.

“Okay…” Kirishima said neutrally as he processed Bakugo’s admission. “Did you ever get more of an answer than that as to why?” Though he had a good idea at one of the possible reasons.

“I was strong, even as a kid.” Bakugo declared. “I didn’t do what she said sometimes ‘cause I thought she was wrong or stupid. Some of it, yeah, like not going to bed at on time or smashing something on purpose because I was mad was probably justified but-”

“No.” Mina said flatly. “I could go into a number or reasons why that’s wrong but you just do not hit kids because they’re not listening to you or have done something bad.”

“It’s so unmanly, I would never hit my kids.” Kirishima agreed.

“There’s um…” Izuku spoke up, wondering if he was allowed to talk, when Bakugo didn’t immediately stop him, he continued. “There’s actually a study that says uh, hitting kids can actually worsen their behaviour.”

Bakugo laughed ruefully.

“You’d know all about that wouldn’t you.”

“Bakugo, don’t mock-” Mina began, only for Bakugo to talk over her.

“Then it definitely didn’t work for me either.” He spat. “I didn’t improve for shit, I just hid it from her better. If I did something she didn’t like, I got ‘corrected’ so I just didn’t fuckin’ live there. I spent more time out of my goddamn house than inside.”

“Dude…” Kirishima shook his head, the dispirited look back on his face.

“Don’t fuckin-” Bakugo began when he spotted it only to clench his fists tightly, take a few deep breaths, and try to calm down.

“It was fuckin’ fine. I went to school, did my shit, left, and just did my homework in a fuckin’ café or some shit before I went home. L-Like I said… it fuckin’ worked to make me smarter.”

“You don’t believe that now, do you?” Mina asked, a worried, empathetic tone in her voice.

“You can’t fuckin’ deny I’m the third best in our class!” Katsuki growled, “Only behind rich b-… Y-Yaoyorozu and Iida.”

Both Mina and Izuku were glad he didn’t finish those nicknames else they might’ve ended up in Aizawa’s office for sending Bakugo through several walls then melting him.

“Dude, you only got that way because your mom would hurt you if you went home.” Kirishima said in mild disbelief.

“I’m guessing bad tests or marks was also something you got ‘corrected’ for?” Mina asked.

“… Yeah.” Bakugo sighed, annoyed he’d had to admit it out loud. “Being fuckin’ loud too, even though that bitch shouts the house down on her own.”

“Hypocriticalness of her aside, tell me that didn’t extend to your quirk. We all know how skilled you were from that first battle trial with Midori, there’s no way you didn’t train before UA.”

“Course I fuckin’ did… i-in the woods.”

“The woods…” Mina sighed.

“Dude, you know that’s like, technically illegal, right?” Kirishima stated.

“You think I didn’t know that?!” Bakugo scoffed. “Had some heroes come sniffing around when I was a squirt and drag me back to the hag with a slap on the wrist ‘cause-a my age. Had to find a place no one would find me after that.”

“The old off-limits part.” Izuku realised, muttering softly.

“What?” Mina asked and glanced over at Izuku.

“The um… the old forest near our houses. It has a section that people aren’t allowed to just wander around in. There’s a fence and stuff to warn people and keep them out, but it's old and there’s a hole in it we could get through as kids. Bakugo lead some of us inside sometimes after school and knew his way around like the back of his hand.”

“That’s because I did nerd.” Bakugo sighed. “How else could I train to be better than All Might if I couldn’t fuckin’ do it at home?”

“Lemme get this straight.” Mina announced, putting together things in her head. “Since you were a kid, your mom ‘corrected’ your bad behaviour with physical repercussions. So you did all you could to avoid her like staying out of the house as long as possible, revising and studying in stores and stuff whilst training your quirk in an unsupervised environment illegally where no one could find you if you got hurt or things went wrong.”

“Yaoyorozu was right, you can learn.” Bakugo mocked.

Mina took a deep breath and let the insulting comment wash over her for now. Bakugo was still hurting and was just lashing out defensively as they poked into a very sensitive part of his life. She did notice Izuku’s hand tighten into a fist and lightly touched his hand to let him know it was okay.

“Baku-bro… you need help.” Kirishima rested his hand on the boy’s shoulder. “Not that you’re weak because you’re not. You’re strong, so strong. I know I couldn’t’ve gotten where I am today if I had to go through what you did.”

Bakugo felt himself taken aback. Not only was Kirishima praising him for what he’d gone through, but he’d said he couldn’t’ve done it himself, and his quirk was practically built for this. Then came the anger. The anger of anyone doing to Eijiro what his mom had done to him. Unfortunately, that wrapped around into today’s revelation where he’d realised he’d done the same to the boy that his mom had done to him. Like he said, it was something he thought was normal, even if he didn’t like it, and that made him feel sick.

“I-I… K-Kirishima I-…” Katsuki felt his throat block up as the unfamiliar prickling of tears poked at his eyes again. “I-I’m sorry!”

It was a little awkward with trays on both their laps but Kirishima pulled the blond’s head in for a one-armed hug while trying to hold their food in place with the other. Mina and Izuku moved quickly to relieve the pair of their burden as Kirishima was able to wrap the blond in a much tighter hug now.

“It’s okay bro. It’s fine.” He tried to calm the boy down.

Queen was apparently worried enough to make her move, wandering over from her spot on the pillow to try and headbutt her way between the two. Kirishima noticed and moved back a little, allowing the fluffy girl to slip between them and onto Bakugo’s lap. The redhead took one of Bakugo’s limp arms and directed it to wrap around his pet to keep her in place as she looked up at him worriedly.

“We got you man. We all got you.” Kirishima continued.

While the two were wrapped up together, Mina looked over to Izuku and whispered to him.

“Midori, what’s your experience with his mom?”

“Uh… well…” Izuku sighed, not sure if he should say anything while the other two were having a moment. “My mom became friends with her when Bakugo and I met as kids. When I went over to Bakugo’s house when I was young, she was always nice to me and called me ‘cute’. I remember one time she gave me a cookie and told Bakugo he should be more like me which… he didn’t like. I remember her hitting him when he got angry and I was asked to leave shortly after. Bakugo didn’t invite me over much after that time.”

“You got me hit that day.” Bakugo’s voice called out, having pulled back from his embrace with Kirishima.

“Bakugo, that wasn’t Izuku’s fault. It’s no one’s but your mom. She chose to hit you, not Izuku.

“Y-Yeah… I… I’m getting that.” Bakugo grit his teeth. “Sorry.”

Izuku just waved away his apology. Things were beginning to make much more sense now than they ever had. If anything, he was grateful for a reason as to why Bakugo didn’t want him around his mom as much.

“Dude, where’s your dad during all this?” Kirishima asked cautiously.

“That weakling doesn’t do shit.” Bakugo declared, running his hand down Queen’s fur. “He hasn’t lifted a finger practically my whole life I can remember. Whenever the hag and I start shouting he just leaves us to it.”

“Does he get hit too?” Mina asked.

“Never seen it.” Bakugo shrugged. “Might explain some shit though. She put him in his place so she tried to do the same to me.”

“Good thing you grew up idolising All Might instead of her.” Mina sighed.

“Not much of a fuckin’ hero is she? More like a…” He didn’t want to say it, knowing he’d acted exactly the same way just recently, even after he’d admitted he wanted to be better to Nezu.

“I mean, is she using her quirk too?” Mina asked, worried it was even worse than they thought.

“Like she fuckin’ could.” Bakugo scoffed. “She makes glycerine from her skin. Not much use other than a fucking moisturiser.”

“Okay I’m a little envious of that.” Mina chuckled, relieved his mom wasn’t a technical villain at least. “Acid dries out my skin and makes me super thirsty when I push myself.”

“Katsuki?” Kirishima voiced, concern evident in that one word. “Look I… I know this is hard for you to admit and it’s super manly of you to do so… but please… I need you to listen to me now.”

Bakugo frowned, his lips pursed for a moment but nodded.

“I want you to get help, like… from a professional.” Kirishima requested.

“The fuck?” Bakugo quirked an eyebrow. “What do I need a fucking hero for?”

“No, like… psychological.” Kirishima braced himself for a blow up.

“I don’t need no fuckin’ shrink!” Bakugo scoffed.

“Katsuki, listen,” Mina joined in. “This is bigger than what we can do for you. We can listen and provide advice all day but if you want to change something like this that’s been part of you for so long then you should really consider it.”

“No! I’m not… I’m not fuckin’-”

“Katsuki. Going to see someone doesn’t mean you’re weak or helpless or something.” Kirishima tried to reassure him to the idea. “It means you’re strong enough to admit you’ve got a problem and want to fix it. When you’re done, the problem will be gone and you’ll have less weaknesses; you’ll be even stronger! Get me?”

“Hmph, I know what you’re fuckin’ doing.” Bakugo scoffed before his shoulders sagged. “But… if it’ll make you happy… then fine.”

“I think Mr Hound Dog here at UA can do it if you want.” Izuku offered as an idea.

“That mutt?” Bakugo quirked an eyebrow, scratching Queen’s head without paying her further attention.

“He’s listed as the school’s ‘lifestyle guidance counsellor’, but he’s fully qualified in other areas too.” Izuku noted.

“Let me guess, he’s top two hundred so you know everything about him?” Mina chuckled.

“Well yeah,” Izuku blushed, “But I… also thought about going to him myself.”

“Why?” Bakugo asked but immediately clammed up when Izuku looked him in the eye, completely understanding.

“See? Even Midori-bro thought about going and you two are like the strongest in our year.” Kirishima grinned, thankful the boy had helped prove his point.

“I’m stronger.” Bakugo grinned. “Kicked his ass last time we fought.”

“And you got more days of suspension for it.” Izuku smirked, unable to resist getting the dig in.

“Screw you, it was because I punched first!” Bakugo set the record straight.

“Looks like you’re back to normal for now.” Mina smirked smugly.

Bakugo paused as he had to admit their chat had helped him make a few things clear in his head. He had at least some semblance of a plan going forward and at least the support of Mina and Eijiro. Izuku too, but he didn’t care as much about him.

“Yeah, I’m better or whatever, now get the fuck out so I can eat!” Bakugo said in his usual tone.

“Alright mister grumpy, we’ll get going, come on Midori, Kirishima.” Mina called, knowing exactly what she was doing.

Kirishima made to move only for Bakugo to grip his leg.

“Kirishima’s got food too, you idiots don’t, so get going.”

“Sure.” Mina sent him a sly smile and a wink that made his face entertain a blush against his will. “Come on Midori, our work is done here.”

Izuku sent Bakugo a small smile of support which the blond didn’t return before he headed out of Bakugo’s room, Mina closing the door behind them.

Once outside and walking away, Izuku spoke up.

“I guess that explains some stuff from before.”

“A little, yeah.” Mina nodded. “Don’t think for a second it excuses it though. Just because someone has problems doesn’t mean they’re justified taking out their frustrations on someone else. You didn’t deserve what Bakugo did to you, just like he doesn’t deserve what his mom apparently does to him.

“Don’t worry,” Izuku chuckled as the pair approached the elevator. “You made that clear enough before.”

“Good.” Mina smirked. “Though I wouldn’t mind giving you a reminder if you’d like to find somewhere private to talk about it.”

Izuku blushed as the pair headed back down to the common room, knowing Mina definitely wasn’t intending to just chat if he accepted.

Back inside, Bakugo let out a sigh of frustration now he could drop a little of the bravado he put on.

“Proud of you man.” Kirishima smiled warmly, resting his hand on Bakugo’s leg. Queen looked at it with an upturned expression and hopped down, not wanting to share her lap space with a hand.

“Yeah, whatever, I’ll go talk to the damn dog and get… fixed.”

“You’re not broken Katsuki.” Kirishima shook his head, “You’re hurt. You don’t run a marathon on a broken leg. It’s the same with this.”

“Hmph, fine.” Bakugo grunted. “This is why I keep you around, you make it make sense.”

“Is that the only reason?” Kirishima smirked.

“M-Maybe one or two others.” Bakugo looked away.

Kirishima shuffled closer and leant forward, wetting his lips. He felt his heart sink when Bakugo noticed and looked away.

“N-No…” He said softly.

“B-Bro?”

“I… I don’t…” Bakugo sighed. “I don’t… deserve it… not after I… hit you. How I’ve been… hitting you.”

“Katsuki, bro.” Kirishima reached out to pull the blond’s face back towards him, a frustrated, upset look resting on his features while his eyes were glued to the floor. “I know that’s not you. That’s your mom and what she’s done to you. You really think I’m so weak I’m gonna take the same kinda shit from you? You hit me in a way I don’t like, I’m gonna hit you back.” Kirishima held up his fist and activated hit quirk. “You ain’t going out with no second rate rock after all.”

Bakugo allowed himself a small chuckle.

“Going out? Wow, bit presumptuous ya moron, you didn’t even ask me.”

“I’m asking now.” Kirishima smirked, leaning in again and capturing Katsuki’s lips in a kiss.

Despite the emotional turmoil he’d endured today, Katsuki couldn’t help but smile as he kissed back, the two just letting their lips play over each other as they each renewed the kiss. It took a few moments of nervous, excited enjoyment before they separated, Kirishima nervously smiling while Katsuki sunk into a grin.

“Alright, fine, I guess you can be my moron.” Katsuki smirked confidently, though his blush revealed his true feelings.

Kirishima couldn’t help letting out an excited giggle and shuffle just a bit closer so they were sitting hip-to-hip, taking Katsuki’s hand in his own.

“W-Well then,” Kirishima remoistened his lips. “I think I wanna kiss my boyfriend again.”

“Cool it idiot.” Katsuki denied, standing up and retrieving the two trays of half-eaten food that Mina and Izuku had placed on his desk. “Finish your dinner first. It’s fuckin’ delicious and I don’t wanna waste it.”

Kirishima chuckled as he accepted the tray, grabbing his spoon once more. Katsuki didn’t like to show or voice the quieter, sensitive side Kirishima knew he had, but he hoped he could get his new boyfriend to open up a bit more in time. Even if he didn’t, Kirishima knew he cared from the way he acted and spoke when no one else was around. For now, he’d just enjoy his first meal with his new boyfriend before they hopefully resumed where they’d just left off.

Taking a bite of his curry, he winced as he reached for his drink, his face falling as he found the cup already drained from when he’d began.

“M-Maybe I should’ve left with Mirodiya and Mina.” Kirishima joked as he breathed rapidly. “I need some more water.”

“Urgh, here you big wimp.” Katsuki passed him his own glass that hadn’t been touched since he started, much more used to the spiciness level which Kirishima gratefully accepted.

The redhead drank deep for a moment before replacing the cup on his tray, sending a grateful look towards the blond. Even if he was a bit bristly to others, Kirishima knew he cared.


Across the hall, another conversation was taking place.

After dinner, Ochako had invited Kyoka up to her room for their private chat as the pair now sat cross-legged on the brunette’s bed.

“So what’s up?” Ochako asked breezily.

“Well um…” Kyoka bit her lip. “I-It’s a little difficult to say really.”

“Take your time.” Ochako smiled with a shrug, not caring so long as she could help her girlfriend.

Kyoka sighed deeply, trying to gather her thoughts that she’d been puzzling over for the past week.

“So… you know I’ve been… struggling a little recently… with Izuku?”

“Yeah.” Ochako nodded sympathetically. “But, I mean, you shouldn’t. I know he’s kind of like, Tsu’s and my boyfriend but we’re all going out so-”

“That’s not… what I mean.” Kyoka sighed. “Look I… r-remember when you came to me for advice? A-About whether or not you were… gay?”

“Yeah.” Ochako nodded again, recalling the time she and Kyoka had ended up on the punk girl’s bed touching each other.

“W-Well… w-what was it like for you?” Kyoka asked.

“Huh? Like, how did I know I was attracted to girls? ‘Cause that was kinda what I was going to you for.” Ochako tilted her head, still not quite understanding what Kyoka wanted.

“Urgh, no! Like, how… did you… feel and um… d-deal with realizing your sexuality wasn’t… what you thought.”

The light clicked on in Ochako’s head.

“Ohhh. Right, okay, yeah, I think I got it now.” She chuckled, feeling silly for not getting it faster. “You think you like Izuku and you’ve made it quite clear that you’re a lesbian. You wanna know how I dealt with the change when I was sure I was straight.”

“Y-Yeah.” Kyoka blushed, unable to look Ochako in the eye.

“Makes sense why I’m your best pick then.” Ochako smiled, glad to be able to return the favour that Kyoka did for her. “Hmmm, I guess to start with I should tell you that it wasn’t easy.”

“Urgh, I figured.” Kyoka sulked.

“Hey, you’re in a better position than I was.” Ochako chuckled. “Least your grandma and town didn’t try to condition you to be something you’re not.”

“True enough.” Kyoka shrugged. “Did that myself though. I mean… I never really saw any guy and just… liked them. Figured out the girl thing in time but only knew for certain when I came here.”

“And on Momo’s bed.” Ochako giggled.

“Yeah, whatever.” Kyoka rolled her eyes. “Point is I… i-its never happened that I found a guy that… interests me, I guess is the right word. I mean, I get Izuku’s toned and hot for you guys but that just doesn’t do it for me, even now.”

“Okay, so what do you feel?” Ochako asked curiously.

“Well, like, the same stuff I did for you guys in the beginning. Just like… I want him to be near and I like his hugs, maybe a k-kiss wouldn’t be too bad I guess, but it’s not like I wanna jump his bones like most of you guys do.”

“Well there’s nothing wrong with that.” Ochako shrugged. “You could just accept that you and Izuku are more than friends but not do any um… s-sex stuff with him.”

“I… guess that’s an option.” Kyoka pondered.

“You don’t sound convinced.” Ochako noted. “Is there something else?”

Kyoka bit her lip, not wanting to admit this to the others but if she was asking for help then Ochako needed the complete picture.

“O-Okay so like… don’t judge me for this, but… I… tried, you know, g-getting off with a um… p-penis. A-And it wasn’t really doing anything for me but then I um… p-pictured being… h-held down or restrained a-and it made it so much better.”

“Oh, your kink thing, yeah.” Ochako remembered. “So, what, you want Izuku to hold you down?”

“Well… I mean…” Kyoka pondered before shaking her head. “No, that’s not the point. I mean like… I only like that stuff when I’m… you know, tied up. Does that… w-what does that say about me?”

“That you like being tied up.” Ochako giggled making Kyoka flush. “No, but like… Izuku’s really great. He’s sweet and he’s kind and caring despite what he’s been through. You can rely on him and know he’s good for it. When pressed, he comes into his own and I know he’ll be a proper leader once he’s ready for it so I’m not surprised he got to you. He and Momo are quite a lot alike in some ways.”

“W-What? You can’t be serious.” Kyoka shook her head. “They’re like… so opposite.”

“Well,” Ochako held up her hand to list things. “They both have confidence issues, and they can both be natural leaders when they come to terms with it. Both are very smart and show it, using their big brains to help us all out and they would both give the clothes off their back to help someone without a thought. There’s their determination too. Momo needed a bit of a push to fight against her parents, but can you say she’s not as determined as she is to escape them now compared to Izuku trying to master his quirk?”

Kyoka blinked, realising that the two did actually share a number of traits she found attractive beyond those. Plus there was that way Izuku challenged her after that last sleepover that really got her going.

“So, what? Izuku’s just male Momo? Is that how I should look at it?”

Ochako couldn’t help but laugh at the image in her head, reminded of the gender swap pictures of everyone.

“Well did you find Momo’s picture attractive when Mina and Kaminari snapped it and changed her?”

Kyoka pulled out her phone and scrolled up in the group chat, coming back to the pictures. She briefly lingered on the female Izuku and once again wished things were simpler before coming to Momo’s. Hers had turned out fairly well with the app fully recognising her hair and features, maintaining her regal looking appearance even as a guy. The punkette studied it closely before closing her eyes, imagining a male Momo cuddled up next to her, sharing some chaste kisses, then moving things into the bedroom.

Again, she just didn’t feel that spark thinking about a chiselled Momo’s chest, her strong jawline or whatever size cock she’d slide inside her, shaking the image away before looking back at Ochako’s curious expression.

“N-No… I don’t think so.” Kyoka sighed. “I guess that means I am just a lesbian that finds Izuku attractive.” She voiced as the strongest thing she currently identified as.

“Hmmm.” Ochako didn’t want to give up with just that. She grabbed her laptop and returned to the bed, before searching for a list of sexualities. If it was her, she wouldn’t mind not defining herself anymore even if she was comfortable being bisexual, but Kyoka was looking for answers, something more definitive. “Okay, let’s see, list of sexualities a~and… whoa… that’s way more than I thought there was.”

Kyoka couldn’t resist waddling over on her knees and sitting next to Ochako to share the screen.

Looking back at her was a list of at least a hundred different sexualities.

“Okay, where to start.” Ochako scrolled through the list. “Well, we can cross ‘lesbian’ and ‘straight’ off since you’re not them.”

“Woo(!) Only ninety-eight more to go.” Kyoka said sarcastically. “Geez, when did all this stuff get so… complicated.”

“Some people just want really specific labels I guess.” Ochako shrugged.

“Urgh, can we at least narrow it down somehow?” Kyoka asked.

“Well, we can just try to look up if someone’s had the same issue you have.” Ochako offered, opening and put things into a new tab. “Let’s try… ‘sexuality, attracted to girls and one guy’.”

When the first links popped up, the two began processing them.

“Hmmm, ‘Demisexual’? Only with people you emotionally connect to?” Ochako offered.

“Nah, don’t think I’d be with Momo as a guy, great as she is.” Kyoka shrugged. “Sounds kinda like Tooru but she thirsts over people she doesn’t know so, like, maybe a slightly different version of that for her?”

“If we find it we’ll let her know.” Ochako shrugged. “How about… well I guess you’re kind of this one. ‘Anthrosexual’, don’t relate to, or know your orientation but can still feel attraction to a person based on gender.”

“That’s just a catch-all.” Kyoka sighed.

Ochako decided to speed-read a few more to try and find a good one.

“Pansexual, no. Femmesexual… eh, no, you’d like Aoyama. Mutosexual, no. Omnisexual, no. Sapiosexual, no. Semi-bisexual… what? No.”

“I’m beginning to regret this.” Kyoka groaned.

“This one looks good; ‘Gyneflexible’. Someone who’s predominantly attracted to females, women, or femininity, but not limited to it.”

“That… sounds like a good match.” Kyoka wobbled her head. “I mean, it’s not exactly perfect but at this point I’m pretty sure I won’t get something like that unless I make my own.”

“Wait, there’s another.” Ochako offered. “It’s ‘Finsexual’, apparently it’s basically the same but is less ‘problematic’ with transgender people.”

“Is that really a thing? What was problematic with the last one?”

“Apparently it’s used by like, transphobes or something?” Ochako read out.

“Oh fuck me.” Kyoka sighed. “You know what, fuck it, I don’t know anymore and I don’t wanna know. If anyone asks, I’m one of those two things I guess but fuck it.”

Ochako let out a small laugh. “Well you’d be more ‘finflexible’ since that’d include Izuku but I get your point.” She continued to scroll through the list despite Kyoka having apparently given up, flopping back on Ochako’s pillow.

Kyoka groaned as she stared up at Ochako’s ceiling, wishing once more ‘Izuku’ was ‘Izumi’ just so she didn’t have to have this sexuality panic again. She briefly wondered if Mina would be mad if she asked Izuku to dress exclusively in a wig and wear eyelash extensions. It wouldn’t be fair to him though. She shouldn’t make him change just because it would make her feel more secure in her sexuality… whatever it was.

“Hey! I think I got something.”

“If you say Izuku-sexual I swear to Momo-”

“No, it actually fits, look.” Ochako pointed.

Reluctantly, Kyoka sat up and read the latest entry on the screen. ‘Boreasexual’, having an exception to your usual sexual orientation.

“No.” Kyoka stated.

“W-Wha? But it fits!”

“Yeah, I don’t give a fuck anymore. This has made me miserable. All we’ve done is find a fancy, official word I’m not even sure is official and I’m still at square one. I’m a lesbian that’s boreasexual for Izuku. Whoop-de-fuckin’-do.” She flopped grumpily back on the bed.

“I’m sorry Kyo.” Ochako sighed, closing her laptop and placing it on the floor.

“No, wait.” Kyoka started up again. “Maybe I am just straight but I haven’t met the right man! Or maybe I’m ‘Kyokasexual’ which means whatever the fuck I want it to.” She huffed bitterly.

“I know you’re having trouble but try not to focus on the bad.” Ochako offered. “Didn’t you say you felt really good when you thought you’d figured it out?”

“Well yeah,” Kyoka sighed. “Then Mr future number one swans along and poof, return to starting positions.”

“Some other people probably really need those labels like you did before.” Ochako offered. “Maybe they’re just a starting line for people to discover themselves. It’s easier to figure things out if there’s an established name for it, you know?”

Kyoka let out a long, reluctant sigh.

“Yeah, I guess.”

“Right, so then why don’t you just throw away the labelling thing? Doesn’t that fit more with your cool, punk rock image? No one can label you ‘cause you’re a rebel, a punk, one of a kind!”

Kyoka let out a small laugh at that.

“That’s the most convincing argument for that I’ve heard yet.” She smiled weakly.

“Well at least some good came out of this.” Ochako returned the smile, laying down next to Kyoka.

The punkette’s earphone jacks clicked together as she pondered how to phrase the next bit. She was frustratingly done with trying to define herself with whatever existing labels there were but it still didn’t resolve the issue she had with accepting it.

“So… w-what do I do about… Izuku?” Kyoka asked softly.

“Whatever you want.” Ochako reached out to caress one of her arms slowly. “If you want to try things I’m sure he wouldn’t mind exploring that. He’s been pretty good with trying new stuff recently.” She giggled, clenching her lower muscles as the memory of their first time ghosted over the front of her mind. “If you don’t like it then you can just go back to being friends, he doesn’t strike me as the type to get spiteful or hurtful about it.”

Kyoka snorted.

“Dude would probably do that sad puppy thing and be a little sad but glad it helped me figure out what I wanted.”

“See, you already know him pretty well considering that was my thought too.” Ochako laughed. “He’s always going to be there for you as a friend, just like you’ve been there for him. If you want to… experiment,” Ochako winked, drawing a parallel to their own dalliance. “I’m sure he’d be open to it.”

“Urgh, I’d rather him not know until I do.” Kyoka sighed.

“Well,” Ochako’s hand slid up along Kyoka’s arm, resting briefly on her shoulder before moving to cup her face delicately. “You could always do what we did and… test the waters.”

The two both remembered the conversation on the bench they’d shared, prepared to let whatever happens between them happened. Kyoka was picking up what Ochako was laying down, both in regards to Izuku and herself. This definitely wasn’t how she imagined things going with the gravity girl, but as she said, if it doesn’t work, they can just go back to being friends.

They both figured that this was it and shyly leant in, their lips connecting softly.

Kyoka’s core clenched in desire as Ochako’s lips tasted decidedly sweet to her. It was chaste at first but both girls allowed the kiss to deepen when the other didn’t pull away.

After thoroughly enjoying some time exploring each other’s mouth with their tongues, the two pulled back slowly, a small string of saliva connecting them before Kyoka broke it with a swipe of her jack.

“I think these waters run a little deeper than we expected.” Ochako giggled.

“Urgh, shut up.” Kyoka rolled her eyes while smiling softly. “I-It was just a matter of time. I’m a massive gay and you’re a… c-cutie pie.”

“Oh god, why did that end up being my nickname.” Ochako blushed, burying her face in her pillow.

“Well, I mean… you’re cute, a-and you um… taste sweet.” Kyoka offered nervously.

“You don’t know that.” Ochako bit her lip. “W-When you’ve only had a sample.” She reached out with her hand and slid it into Kyoka’s own before guiding it downwards and into her shorts. “M-Maybe you should say that a-after the um… m-main course.”

Kyoka snorted again before giggling weakly to herself.

“W-What!” Ochako pouted, her face flushing further.

“N-Nothing.” Kyoka settled down. “You’re just… so cheesy.”

“Y-Yeah?! Well if I’m cheesy then- EEP!” Ochako clammed up immediately as Kyoka sank a finger inside her.

“You also talk too much.” Kyoka grinned, curling her finger in a way that made Ochako clench her arm just a bit tighter.

The punkette moved quickly, pushing Ochako’s shoulder lightly before shifting her own position to hover over the girl. For a moment she just watched her, savouring the delicious expressions she made when she employed all the fingering skills she’d picked up in recent months. Hearing Ochako’s breath catch and those small gasps when she did something really good was music to her ears.

“We never did finish what we started.” Kyoka purred, sliding another finger inside her girlfriend. “First, I’m gonna make you scream my name, then you’re gonna make me scream yours.”

Ochako clenched her pussy around Kyoka’s encroached digits, causing Kyoka to sigh pleasantly. This. This is what she loved about girls. That lightly pained expression worn in desire to get off made her core tingle in all the right ways.

Her fingers gained a steady rhythm as she pumped and curled into Ochako, the brunette’s hips twisting as she clutched at the sheets with one hand.

Kyoka had satisfied her urge to watch the girl squirm under her touch for now. She wasn’t done, but it was time to do as Ochako said and ‘taste the main course’. Letting her fingers slip out from Ochako’s heat, she took hold of the girl’s shorts and panties, sliding them eagerly down and off her legs. The brunette put up no resistance as she tried to catch her breath in the few moments she knew she had.

“Well,” Kyoka giggled as she settled between Ochako’s knees. “Don’t you look delicious.”

“Stop!” Ochako brought her hands up to her face though she didn’t activate her quirk.

“Fine, I’ll just… dig in.” Kyoka smirked, leaning down and bringing her jacks round to her face for the next parts.

She started slow, spreading Ochako’s lips before making sure they were plenty moist with one long, flat lick of her tongue. Kyoka was right the first time but now she could confirm it; both of Ochako’s lips were sweet to her. The brunette’s breathing had grown heavy again, her fist redoubling its grip on the sheets in preparation. The punkette knew she would need it as she focused her tongue on sliding inside the girl while one of her jack’s reached out and lightly settled on Ochako’s thigh, sending her heartbeat pulsing over the girl’s skin.

“Ohhh, t-that… that’s weird.” Ochako gasped between breaths as she felt the sensation tingling at her. Kyoka just giggled into her crotch as she slid the jack closer and closer to her middle. The nearer it drew, the jerkier Ochako’s movements became. She’d never experienced Kyoka’s unique skill when it came to this stuff and she was in for quite the awakening. Kyoka briefly giggled as she challenged Izuku to top what she was about to do to their girlfriend in her head.

When Kyoka’s jack pressed up against Ochako’s button, the reaction was immediate, her hips jerking and pushing Kyoka’s head back as they tried to dodge the overstimulating sensation.

“O-Oh god.” Ochako mumbled, both wanting to feel it again and afraid of what she’d feel if she did.

“I mean, I could always ask Momo to join us if you want.” Kyoka smirked up at the girl, taking the opportunity to give her tongue a small break.

Ochako puffed up her cheeks at the tease.

“T-That’s enough out of you!” She complained, reaching down and resting her hand on Kyoka’s head. “T-Thought you were going to make me call out your name.”

Kyoka smirked at the cheek on display from the girl. A few months back she could barely tolerate the idea of entertaining another girl like this and now she was practically, no, literally pulling her in to do more.

The punkette resumed her carnal act while toning down her heartbeat’s effect on her lobes. Ochako let out a much more satisfied sigh when it touched at her clit once more. Pressing against it with just the right amount of pressure.

Kyoka could spot the girl laying her head back down and her legs tensing, indicating her oncoming orgasm. Pumping up the vibrations, just a little, Kyoka opened her mouth wide and engulfed Ochako’s hole as much as she could, wanting all the juices that were about to pour forth.

“Kya-Kyoka!” Ochako squealed as her orgasm arrived just ahead of where she expected once Kyoka’s jacks sped up. Her knees clutched at Kyoka’s shoulders as her thighs kept her head in place, not that the punkette needed any convincing.

It was only for a few moments but Ochako felt herself breathless as she rode out her high before slowly letting her muscles unclench and go boneless, flopping back onto her mattress.

“Y…Y…Yeah… okay, you’re definitely a… a lesbian.” Ochako sighed dreamily between heavy breaths as she came down from her high.

“Thank you captain obvious.” Kyoka chuckled, rubbing at her drenched face as she savoured Ochako’s taste. It was a tad selfish and she felt bad for doing it, but bringing Ochako to such a height made her feel good about herself. She didn’t know what sexuality she was still, but she knew she liked girls and they damn sure liked her.

“C-Come here.” Ochako patted Kyoka’s former spot next to her.

The punkette did as requested and crawled back up before flopping down next to her girlfriend. Ochako, still panting heavy, warm breaths, faced her with a smile and just let her hand brush over Kyoka’s cheek.

“Jeez, I really did do a number on you.” Kyoka smirked. “You’re completely out of it, guess I’m just that much better than your boyfriend.”

“H-Hey, don’t do that.” Ochako frowned a little. “You’re both special to me, in different ways.”

“I was only joking.” Kyoka rolled her eyes.

“No, you don’t get to be mean like that.” Ochako’s pout continued, rolling over unsteadily until she was sitting on Kyoka. The purple haired girl groaned as Ochako’s weight pressed down on her as she hadn’t mounted her with the greatest of grace since she was still fairly out of it from her orgasm.

“Izuku means a lot to me and he is… r-really good at some other stuff you’re not.” She blushed, not wanting to say it out loud. “I know you’re having difficulty accepting him but I love him and he’s done nothing wrong to you. I get you’re snarky and have this way you want certain people to see you but I know the real Kyoka, and she doesn’t make fun of someone else’s feelings like that!”

Kyoka had to blink in surprise at the confident Ochako now straddling her.

“Y-Yeah… y-you’re right… I’m sorry.” She sighed. “I-It was a joke but… yeah, neither of you deserved that.”

“Good.” Ochako nodded firmly.

As the brunette took a moment to catch her breath, Kyoka wished she’d gotten Ochako’s top off before they’d finished so she could see the delightful way her breasts were currently bouncing without obstruction. Much to her delight, Ochako seemed to be reading her mind as she grabbed the hem, pulled it over her head and placed the shirt next to her, taking a moment to unsnap her bra and do the same with it. The punkette clenched herself as she drank in Ochako’s form before settling on her still pouting face.

“I bet if you gave him a chance, you could maybe like it with him too since you clearly want to.”

“Did you not listen to me?” Kyoka quirked an eyebrow. “I don’t really find him all that attractive. I mean he’s got a softer face than most guys which is kinda nice and he’s more in touch with his emotions unlike someone like Todoroki but the lack of boobs and that dingle-dangle between his legs just isn’t for me.”

“Oh no?” Ochako asked innocently before a mischievous smirk made its way to her face.

“Urgh, please don’t tell me you are taking that ‘just haven’t found the right man’ seriously? That was a fucking joke.”

“Oh I know.” Ochako giggled while leaning down, her face drawing close to Kyoka’s but her attention focused on grabbing something stored beneath her bed. “I just thought you might like a little test run like you gave me.”

Kyoka’s mouth curled awkwardly as Ochako sat back with a green vibrator clenched in her hand.

“You can’t be serious.” Kyoka deadpanned.

“Very.” Ochako nodded. “You helped me so now it’s my turn to help you. We just need to ease you into it a little.” The brunette grabbed her discarded shirt and tossed it at Kyoka’s face.

“What?” Kyoka pulled the shirt away from her face to stare confusedly at her girlfriend who was reaching down for the tube of lube she also kept hidden beneath her bed.

“Put that over your eyes and don’t take it off.” Ochako ordered.

“Urgh, fine.” Kyoka groaned, dropping the shirt over her face. She didn’t know what the girl was up to but she’d humour her for now. When she saw how much it didn’t work at least she’d give up.

Reaching down, Ochako took hold of Kyoka’s pants and panties and pulled them down and off, her girlfriend not resisting. Once more she was presented with the purple haired girl’s shaved mound. With the make-shift mask in place, Ochako put the toy and lube to one side before settling between Kyoka’s legs to get her started, much the same way the punkette had done for her.

She slowly kissed and teased at the entrance to her folds making Kyoka squirm a little, though it was purely in need to get things going. When Ochako reached forward to press a finger inside the girl, it almost glided inside.

“Ah that’s better.” Kyoka sighed in relief.

“Careful, you’re starting to sound like Mina.” Ochako giggled.

Ochako started slow, just teasing at her girlfriend’s folds with her tongue, occasionally winding it around the nub of her clit as she slowly and steadily brought her girlfriend up. Before too long, she was as wet as she thought the girl needed to be.

“Mmmm, I think you’re ready.”

“Urgh, did you have to stop?” Kyoka huffed. “Whatever you’re planning it’s not going to work.”

Ochako ignored her, shifting over her leg to lay against Kyoka’s side while she lubed up the cock.

“O-Ochako?” Kyoka called out, reaching for the shirt on her face.

“Ah-ah.” Ochako stopped her with one hand. “You’ll spoil the fun. Don’t make me tie you up.”

Kyoka admittedly felt a shiver of pleasure run through her at that and stopped her hand’s progress.

“Now. If you want to test things out, I suggest we have a little jump in the deep end.” Ochako purred, lowering the prepared cock towards Kyoka’s hole. “Just try to picture Izuku in your mind.”

“J-Just me and him or… a-are you still here?” Kyoka asked, a little nervous.

Ochako paused before she reached out and took Kyoka’s nearest hand with her own.

“If you always want me to be there I will be.” She promised.

“O-Okay.” Kyoka accepted with a deep breath to brace herself. It wasn’t like she hadn’t had a toy cock in there before, it was just… imagining a man on the other end. No, not just any random guy, Izuku.

Kyoka felt her whole body tense as she felt Ochako press the firm toy inside her. With her vision obscured, it was much easier to picture Izuku being here.

‘I-Is that okay, Kyoka? P-Please let me know if you’re uncomfortable.’ An imagined Izuku’s voice called out caringly to her.

“Okay.” Kyoka spoke out loud which Ochako used as her signal to continue, sliding the toy further inside.

“Don’t worry, Izuku’s very gentle.” Ochako giggled. “But, you know what might also help?”

Kyoka didn’t get a chance to answer as Ochako lifted the girl’s top to expose her breasts. She was small enough she could get away with wearing no bra sometimes in her larger tops and the brunette was taking full advantage now. Starting at her navel, Ochako kissed her way up Kyoka’s chest until she captured one of Kyoka’s nipples in her mouth.

A pleasant groan rippled through the air, somewhat muffled by Ochako’s shirt being in the way of Kyoka’s mouth.

“You like that? You like when I distract you?”

“I-It’s helping, yeah.”

“Good.” Ochako smiled. “Maybe this’ll help a little more.”

The purple haired girl felt her breath catch as Ochako left the toy, apparently nicknamed ‘Izuku’ for this, inside her while she stood up and sat down on Kyoka’s chest, just low enough that her rear wasn’t on Kyoka’s face which she’d’ve much preferred.

Annoyingly, Ochako deliberately settled her knees on either side of Kyoka’s arms, trapping them against her so she could only move them at the elbow.

“Much better. Now, I think you and Izuku should get to know each other a little better, eh?”

Kyoka tried to control her breathing as the lack of mobility switched her gears from nervous apprehension to tentatively letting things play out. She could easily escape and still had full use of her jacks but Ochako was playing into her kink to make things better for her. At least the girl was trying.

Deciding to at least indulge the idea since she’d come this far, Kyoka gave in and pictured Izuku on the other side of her girlfriend, lightly protesting.

‘A-Are you sure this is alright Ochako? S-She is um… a l-lesbian. She didn’t want anything to do with me.’

‘She’s between terms right now,’ the Ochako in her head explained away. ‘Now, Mistress was quite clear on her safe word, so no matter how much she complains, you’re not to stop until you’re done. Okay?’

‘O-Okay.’ Izuku gulped nervously. ‘Here I go.’

“P-Push it in. D-Deep.” Kyoka requested out loud.

“Sure thing.” Ochako agreed, leaning forward so her breasts pressed up against Kyoka’s belly while she got comfortable. Slowly, she started to thrust her vibrator deep inside the girl, watching her pussy twitch as she clenched around it. “That good?” Ochako asked, getting a small grunt of approval from the girl. “Then you should like this too.”

Kyoka’s hips jerked much like Ochako’s had when using her jacks. Feeling a tongue stimulate her clit while the toy thrust inside her was a new, exciting feeling.

She didn’t want to, but there was a small part of her that was revelling in this. Kyoka felt her toes curl as the imagined Izuku pumped away while Ochako serviced both her and him at the same time, alternating between lapping at her clit and sliding her tongue along his dick as it thrust in and out of her. It was so unusually pleasant that she forgot she needed to fake struggle to keep up the act. The only thing that would make this better was-

‘You look ravishing Pet.’ Momo’s sultry voice slipped into Kyoka’s fantasy as she clenched around the toy once again.

‘Always happy to please Mistress.’ Ochako declared.

‘And how is our little stud doing?’ Momo turned towards Izuku.

‘A-A little awkward honestly Momo.’ Izuku admitted.

Momo nose flared as she inhaled sharply.

‘Duh- I meant um… M-Mistress.’ Izuku apologised quickly.

‘Good boy,’ Momo praised. ‘Do not make that same mistake again.’

Izuku just bowed his head in acknowledgement.

‘And finally, how is my loving wife doing?’ Momo enquired.

‘She’ll be carrying before you know it.’ Ochako answered for her.

‘Mmmm, that’s what I like to hear.’ Momo smirked. ‘I do hope you appreciate the stud I’ve picked out for you dear.’

‘I-I thought y-you were-’ Kyoka began only for Momo to cut her off.

‘We talked about this dear, you were quite clear you didn’t want any male seed sullying this body, didn’t you?’ Momo smirked.

‘Y-Yeah…’ Kyoka admitted, recalling her words during the last sleepover.

‘Well then, my love, you shall bare our children.’

Kyoka groaned, both in the real world and her fantasy.

‘There is one thing that displeases me though.’ Dream Momo frowned. ‘I do not wish our sire to be consummated under duress. Pet, dismount.’

‘Huh? B-But um… y-yes Mistress.’ Ochako nodded before climbing off Kyoka.

‘Much better, don’t you think?’ Momo enquired.

‘B-But um…’ Kyoka repeated Ochako’s mumbling. ‘I… I can’t…’

‘Can’t you?’ Momo tilted her head. ‘You’re doing pretty well already, are you just scared?’

‘Y-Yes.’ Kyoka admitted.

‘S-Scared of what?’ Izuku asked, concern on his face as his thrusting slowed.

‘O-Of… m-my feelings for you.’ Kyoka admitted slowly. ‘T-That… i-if I like you… like this… I won’t be… me anymore.’

‘K-Kyoka.’ Izuku leant down, inadvertently pushing himself further inside her as he leant forward to match his face with hers. ‘No matter what happens, you’ll still be you.’

‘Indeed,’ Momo nodded sagely. ‘And I believe I’m rather taken with you. I did put a ring round your finger after all.’

Kyoka felt both her head and her crotch clench.

‘And I,’ Izuku breathed, his face almost flushed with hers. ‘I-I think I’d do anything for you Kyoka.’

‘Y-Yeah?’

‘You guys all promised you would for me.’ Izuku chuckled lightly. ‘I promise to be by your side no matter what and do everything I can along with the others to make sure you’re protected and safe and loved.’

‘L-Loved?’

‘Very loved.’

Kyoka imagined herself reaching up and pulling Izuku into a deep kiss. She didn’t know if that was the trigger or Ochako had been doing a really good job while she was lost in her own world but she felt her legs clench desperately as everything came to a head at once.

“I-Izuku!” Kyoka moaned as the real Ochako let out a small gasp of shock, her tongue almost numb with the time she’d taken to pleasure the girl from this angle. Her hand was partially trapped by Kyoka’s legs as she did her best to not flinch as her girlfriend rode out what was evidently a strong orgasm.

Like always, the climax didn’t last too long and soon Ochako had her hand and toy back as Kyoka tried to catch her breath.

Still a little taken aback by Kyoka’s exclamation, the brunette girl dismounted and turned towards her girlfriend, reaching up to take off the make-shift blind fold. Her heart just about broke as she saw Kyoka’s scrunched up face as she was trying to hold back her tears.

“Oh, o-oh no Kyoka! I’m… I’m so sorry, I-I went too far a-and-” Ochako began hastily apologizing, fearing she’d done more harm than good.

She was silenced by Kyoka’s hand resting on hers despite the girl not looking any happier. Kyoka’s other hand rose up, holding her index finger aloft for the universal sign for ‘one moment’. When Kyoka took a few deep breaths, she opened her mouth to speak but only managed to get out a high-pitched, short squeak.

“Oh hun.” Ochako adjusted herself so she was laying down next to her girlfriend again, taking her discarded shirt in hand and dabbing at Kyoka’s tears which the girl greatly appreciated, even if she couldn’t voice it.

The two lay there in a modest silence, only the occasional restrained sob from Kyoka breaking it every now and then. When she was able to regulate her breathing again, breathing long, deep breaths, even if they were a tad shaky, Kyoka tried to vocalise herself again.

“I-I’m sorry.” She croaked.

“What for?” Ochako asked, confused.

“G-Got your s-shirt wet.” Kyoka smiled weakly through a sob.

“Oh, stop it.” Ochako allowed herself a small laugh as Kyoka seemed to enjoy her own little joke. “Do you wanna tell me what happened?”

Kyoka slowly shook her head.

“Okay, that’s fine.” Ochako cooed softly while reaching out to stroke her girlfriend’s cheek lightly. “Were you thinking about Izuku?”

Kyoka slowly nodded.

“Was it good things?”

Another nod.

“Did… did what we do… help you?”

Another, slower nod.

“Okay, I think that’s enough.” Ochako sighed with a chuckle. “How about we talk in the morning, yeah? You look like you’re exhausted after all that so why don’t I just…”

The brunette pushed herself up and clambered over the weary punkette before turning and pulling the half of the quilt that she was on over Kyoka.

“There we go.” Ochako smiled down at her handiwork, with only Kyoka’s head poking out of the covers once she’d tucked her in. “Who’s a happy lil’ sushi roll?”

The wet snort of laughter from the sushi roll was worth it.

“Right, I’m just gonna go turn off the light. You have a nap, or sleep, or whatever, okay? I’m gonna start my homework so just let me know if you need anything.”

The sushi roll nodded lightly.

Ochako returned a warm smile before hitting the light, plunging her room into darkness for only a moment while she made her way over to her desk and turned on her lamp. Kyoka listened as Ochako pulled out her books and pad and began working; probably on the math Ectoplasm had set.

Despite the light, Kyoka could very much feel the fatigue setting in from her emotional roller coaster of an evening and felt her eyelids drooping in the warm, safe atmosphere.

When she awoke, a little groggily, she could tell she hadn’t been asleep for too long. The light to the side of her had remained on and it was still dark outside from the little she could glean from the curtains.

Ochako had redressed and moved at some point, shifting from her desk to sitting under the small table in the middle of her room. The TV was on but there didn’t appear to be any volume playing from it. As Kyoka blinked away the blurriness from her eyes, she could tell Ochako was understanding everything through subtitles instead. It was a small gesture she’d clearly done to not disturb the girl that had basically stolen her bed, but Kyoka felt a pang of warmth in her chest that didn’t come from the heat she’d cultivated between the sheets.

Kyoka couldn’t help a grunt escaping her mouth as she sat up on slightly aching limbs, drawing the brunette’s attention.

“Hey sleepy head, you alright?” She asked softly.

“Need to pee.” Kyoka announced gracefully. Ochako rolled her eyes and gestured over to bathroom.

With some effort, Kyoka pushed herself to her feet, still relatively naked apart from her shirt which she straightened out before walking over to do her business. She couldn’t help but note that Ochako stole more than a glance at her rear as she passed in front of the TV which made her feel just a tad pleased that she could pull the girl’s eyes like that.

When she was done, she stepped back out into the room and quickly skipped over to the bed to reclaim whatever warmth she could.

As she snuggled back into the covers, Ochako turned around and rested her folded arms on the mattress by Kyoka’s feet.

“Have a good snooze?” Ochako enquired.

“It was alright.” Kyoka replied softly. “How long was I out?

“That’s good.” Ochako smiled. “And about four-ish hours.”

“Urgh, sleep pattern’s gonna be ruined.” Kyoka sighed.

“Not necessarily.” Ochako smiled. “Budge up and lemme in. If we drop off soon we should both be fine.”

A little reluctantly, Kyoka unwrapped herself from the quilt and instead climbed underneath it while Ochako turned off her desk lamp before crossing over the girl and sliding herself in next to her.

“Mmmm, nice and toasty.” Ochako sighed pleasantly, sidling up to Kyoka to steal her warmth.

“Urgh, such a limpet.” Kyoka chuckled.

“You’re the limpet.” Ochako pouted. “You’re stuck in my bed.”

“That’s fair.” Kyoka sighed pleasantly, accepting her new position as bedwarmer.

“So… do you… wanna talk about what happened?” Ochako nudged.

“Thought we were gonna talk in the morning.” Kyoka raised a brow.

“Well you just woke up so it counts.” Ochako puffed up her cheeks.

Kyoka rolled her eyes and brought one of her jacks above the covers to pet the brunette’s head lightly.

“Do… I have to?”

“Well, no.” Ochako relented. “But if you want to, I’ll listen.”

“It’s… nothing really.” Kyoka sighed, turning to look up at the ceiling. “No big revelation or something like that. I just… kinda… accepted it.”

“Really?” Ochako blinked. “Was the toy that good for you?”

“No.” Kyoka chuckled. “But… you made me confront it, at least a little. When I was trying to... get there, I just imagined something I wanted and just… let it play out.”

Ochako remained silent, hoping for more.

“So… I still don’t think I find Izuku all that… attractive, but I still want to um… do stuff with him. N-Not just that stuff either.” Kyoka cut Ochako off before she thought about making a comment but Ochako remained silent, letting the girl talk herself out. “He… makes me feel safe and protected and… l-loved. N-Not like love-love but er… y-you know, like we were before… all this. I-I know it seems stupid, like I haven’t really moved or anything but I think that I actually want to give things a try a-and just… h-hope he um… feels the same way. N-Not to step on your toes o-or anything, I-”

“Kyoka, it’s okay.” Ochako cut off her babbling. “You don’t have to explain that bit. You know we’re all together like we said earlier. If you wanna just hang out alone with him and see what happens then you have my blessing; not that you need it.” She chuckled. “Even if you just end up listening to music together and nothing else, if it makes you happy just being with him, then you should do it.”

“Y-Yeah?” Kyoka asked nervously, “Y-Yeah. Okay, yeah.” She let out a small chuckle. “You’ve gotten so smart about this stuff, where did it all come from? You were not this confident before.”

“I dunno.” Ochako shrugged. “I guess I just… stopped caring.”

“What do you mean?” Kyoka asked.

“Well, I just…” Ochako put her finger to her chin, unintentionally mimicking Tsuyu. “My parents are safe and even though I haven’t told them about Izuku yet, I know they’ll love and support me. Then there’s you guys and that’s pretty much all the most important people in my life. You all know and accept me so what do I have to be afraid of anymore by not being myself? If someone doesn’t like it they can rant and rave but I don’t care ‘cause I know I’ve got you all in my corner and that gives me all the strength I need to be proud of what we’ve got.”

“Sounds nice.” Kyoka smiled. “Wish I could do that.”

Ochako reached out to stroke her cheek.

“Maybe you’ll be able to do it once we break Momo free. I’m not sure how still, but once we do they’ll be no one else we need to worry about disapproving of our relationship.”

“Urgh, can’t wait for that.” Kyoka sighed again.

Slowly she felt the weight of her eyelids grow once more and knew she’d drift off before too long. Kyoka had one more thing left to say though as she turned to the softly sighing and dozing Ochako.

“Thanks Ochako, really.”

“Mmmm s’ok.” Ochako said as she breathed out, not opening her eyes. “Jus’ returnin’ the favour.”

Kyoka chuckled lightly before allowing her eyes to close again, the pair drifting off together.

When the sun crested over the horizon, it wasn’t long after before alarms started going off across UA. One such alarm was in Ochako’s dorm room, bringing the pair of sleeping girls back to the waking world after a very pleasant slumber together.

The two greeted each other pleasantly before stretching and rising to their feet with Kyoka having some difficulty locating her bottoms from the night before.

After dressing and giving herself a once over in the mirror, the earphone jack girl bid her girlfriend a quick goodbye before heading out the door to sneak back to her own room and get ready for the day.

Ochako roused herself properly and started getting dressed for classes. Once she was nearly ready, she grabbed her laptop and put it back on her desk, opening it up to have a quick check of her emails, news and weather.

As her laptop opened up to the last page she looked at, she remembered almost finishing the list of sexualities before Kyoka got too frustrated and gave up on labels. Scrolling down briefly, she noted a couple more that might’ve fit the girl until she came across the last entry on the list. ‘Pomosexual’, active rejection of sexual and gender labels.

“… Let’s just close that.” Ochako chuckled. Kyoka would just roll her eyes if she suggested it at this point.

With that, Ochako went to school with a skip in her step.

Notes:

Chapter summary:

- After making good on his promise to push Izuku, Aizawa pushes the boy to his limits the first day back in training. Weary and ready to collapse, Ochako gives him a piggyback ride back to the dorms. Tsuyu notices and asks Ochako subtly if she's okay with people speculating about her and Izuku. Ochako replied that she's not going to tell anyone but she doesn't want to hide it anymore either, not minding if people figure out she's dating Tsuyu, Izuku, or both. The two return to the dorms with a sleepy Izuku whom they put to bed.

- Izuku wakes up groggily and discovers his girlfriends too care of him when he was exhausted. Hungry after sleeping all evening, he goes downstairs to grab some dinner and discovers the baku-squad minus the blond chatting casually. While Izuku is microwaving his food, Kirishima drops the bomb that he and Bakugo have kissed but not yet discussed becoming an item together yet. Worried, Izuku might blam, the group look over to the greenette only to find him asleep. Mina helps him back upstairs to his room and stays while he eats with the pair slipping into gossiping about Izuku's recent dalliances with the others. When Izuku wants to go to sleep again, Mina decides to give him a little extra encouragement to do this again while helping him get to sleep, coating herself in his essence before leaving and eagerly awaiting their next session together.

- The class deal with a variety of hostage situations for training. Mina's ends badly which somewhat disheartens her while Tsuyu accidently gets Tooru shot, causing a spike of guilt and shame to shoot through the frog girl who returns to the dorms despondent.

- After a nap, Tsuyu sends Tooru a message hoping she didn't hate her for the training accident which Tooru immediately understands and offers hugs of support. No wanting to wait for them, Tsuyu seeks out the invisible girl in her room to apologize properly and get comforted herself. The two share their feelings on the event with Tooru continuing her training to make herself visible. Despite offering to turn things more lewd, Tsuyu isn't in the mood and the pair end up just going to sleep in each other's arms.

- On the way back from class the next day, Bakugo inadvertently reveals to the group his habit of smacking people to help the lesson 'sink in'. When the other students are shocked to learn this, he accidently lets slip it's what helped him learn as a kid before running off back to the dorms in shame. The class is collectively worried for the explosive blond despite his actions.

- During dinner, Izuku and Mina still want to reach out to Bakugo but don't know how. Izuku gets the idea to use Kirishima as their entry method and the two approach him with the idea which the boy hesitantly agrees to, wanting to help his crush out too. The trio take up food to the blond's room and manage to get inside the door without being blown up. Despite Bakugo's initial hostility to Izuku, the trio discuss his thoughts and feelings as well as get more information on what happens at his house where Bakugo tells them all about his mother's 'encouragement' over the years. Reluctantly, and with great support from Kirishima, Bakugo agrees to see Hound Dog about his problem. Once Mina and Izuku are kicked out of the room, Bakugo and Kirishima share a moment and a kiss together with the redhead officially asking the blond bombshell to be his boyfriend which he agrees to before the boys eat the remainder of their dinner together.

- Kyoka chats with Ochako in the latter's room, wanting to discuss how the girl felt when her sexuality changed beyond what she thought it was. As she is kind of following Ochako's path but in reverse, the girl understands why she was coming to her and is glad she can attempt to return the favour the earphone jack girl did for her in the past. The two discuss sexualities first, trying to come up with an official label to fit Kyoka's new identity but the purple haired girl gets frustrated with all the different names and the minutia between different ones, though Ochako reminds her that these things are a godsend for people that need the initial identification. Kyoka decides not to take an official label right now as she still doesn't fully understand her feelings for Izuku. When she and Ochako share a kiss and get into things, Ochako tries to encourage Kyoka to really think about Izuku while they do stuff together. Kyoka confronts an image of the boy in a fantasy where she admits she's scared about being with him because she'd lose part of her identity. Fantasy-Izuku is nothing but encouraging and helps give Kyoka the clarity of mind to understand that she actually wants to try things with him. Chatting with Ochako after a nap, the two sleep together before heading to class the next day, with Ochako deciding not to tell her girlfriend about the last label she found.

Chapter 22: Admittance

Summary:

The weekend is full of self-reflection.

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

That Friday, after one final, gruelling workout by Aizawa in training for the week, the students returned to the dorms weary and beaten.

Evidently Aizawa’s determination to push Izuku beyond had now spread to the others as they experienced a training session much like the one they had at the Wild, Wild Pussycats’ camp. Several of them were utterly exhausted from the workout and ready to collapse in a heap already.

“I think I’m done for the week.” The unusually quiet Shoji spoke up as they stepped into the common room.

“Urh, don’t say that. If you’re exhausted how do you think the rest of us are doing?” Ojiro groaned, collapsing into one of the dining area chairs.

“I think the ‘strengthers’ got it worst.” Sero gestured over to a particular group of their friends that had huddled together for safety.

Kyoka and Tooru were supporting each other, just focusing on putting one foot in front of the other while Aoyama and Kaminari were practically crawling across the threshold.

“Mon dieu, I fear this is the end for moi.” Aoyama strained himself to collapse off to the side, wanting just a small break to rest his overtaxed muscles before he had to endure the evening.

“You said it man.” Kaminari agreed, using the wall to steady himself.

Instead of focusing on their quirks, Aizawa had put them through some intense physical exercise to build up their strength, something he noted had become a liability for those students in particular.

Koda, even though he was fairly well built, lacked any sort of fighting technique due to his shy nature and was sure he’d also be taking part. Despite that, he’d instead been tasked with coming up with a new ranged supermove before the lesson ended or he’d be suspended until he did. Thankfully he managed to come up with one in time though it would mean risking the lives of his feathered friends. It was something he was told to come to terms with however, even if he didn’t like it.

Even though Koda felt a little bad at escaping their teacher’s wrath in the physical training aspect for now, he knew it was coming and planned to spend part of this weekend preparing.

“H-Hey um… M-Midoriya? Do you think you could um… g-give me some pointers on fighting this weekend?” Koda hesitantly asked.

“Huh? Oh um, sure.” Izuku nodded, quite tired himself but with Aizawa’s split focus he’d had more chances to take small breaks. “I’ve shifted to focusing on my kicks so I can help there but Iida and Ojiro might be better able to assist you if they’re willing.”

“Always happy to assist a fellow classmate.” Iida proudly declared without a hint of fatigue, “Just…” His arms drooped as even he couldn’t keep up the façade and was exhausted from pushing his legs so hard. “M-Maybe not tonight.”

“Ditto,” Ojiro threw up a hand weakly in acknowledgement. “Come get me tomorrow at least.”

“Um… Koda?” The shy boy turned to spot Momo apparently asking for his attention now. “If you’d like I can ask Kendo from class B? I know she’s definitely experienced in martial arts and would likely make a fine tutor.”

“T-That would be great, thank you very much.” Koda bowed politely to all that offered to help him.

“Do you have to ask 1-B for help?” Kaminari groaned. “This week’s been torture enough and I don’t think I can deal with Monoma’s posturing.” Despite his aching body, he assumed a very Monoma like pose. “Oh, what’s this?! Class 1-A is falling behind enough they require our help?! Well of course they would, they clearly can’t keep up with our superior skills and drive since they’re too busy trying to get their picture in the papers.”

Much like it always happened whenever Monoma went off on one of his rants, someone came up behind him and chopped the back of his head, only this time it was Mina interrupting Kaminari.

“Was the impression really necessary?” Mina groaned, not chopping her friend hard enough to knock him out like Kendo regularly did to the 1-B tormentor.

“Regretting it already.” Kaminari groaned, now adding a headache to the list of pains on his person.

“Least it’s the weekend.” Sero sighed gratefully. “I’m tempted to just sleep until Sunday.”

“Same, ribbit.” Tsuyu agreed. “Might put myself down for a frog nap straight after dinner.”

“What? No sleepover this week?” Kirishima asked, the most unaffected by Aizawa’s training since he was built for endurance.

“We haven’t planned anything so probably best to give ourselves a break rather than rush something we won’t enjoy.” Tsuyu shrugged.

When a particular earphone jacked girl glanced over at her froggy girlfriend, the greenette sent her back a small wink when no one was looking.

Kyoka was grateful for the stay of execution once more. She’d only just gotten to grips with her feelings yesterday for Izuku and still needed time to put herself in order before any risqué or lewd dares involving the boy came her way.

“Sleepover or not, I’m definitely not down for cooking tonight.” Sato pulled out his phone. “Anyone else want in on some ramen or something?”

“Oh, that sounds awesome.” Mina sighed pleasantly, already feeling the broth warming her from the inside.

In the end a number of the class joined Sato’s order including: Mina, Kirishima, Tsuyu, Sero, and surprisingly Todoroki who asked if the place they were ordering from did Soba.

Tooru, despite her aching muscles, decided to hang around the common room with Mina while the pinkette waited for her dinner. The invisible girl had already eaten the small chicken salad she’d prepared for herself earlier so the two were just relaxing on the sofa with the TV off with Tooru leaning into Mina’s shoulder and almost snoozing she was so comfortable.

“That’s adorable.” A voice called out as she joined the duo.

“Why thank you.” Mina chuckled, lying her head on Tooru’s own to snuggle her girlfriend a little. “We try.”

Tooru opened her eyes to see Ochako holding a mug of hot chocolate in both hands, taking a long sip and letting out a deep breath that could be seen in the somewhat cold atmosphere of the common room.

“Got plans for tonight?” Mina asked casually.

“Well, considering we’re not doing our thing, I figure I might just watch a movie and take it easy.”

“So same sleepover stuff but just without us.” Mina giggled.

“Well everyone’s exhausted so I figured I’d just have a relaxing night too.” Ochako shrugged.

“Hmph, and I was looking forward to getting a dare out of one of you guys.” Tooru pouted.

“Oh?” Mina glanced down at her girlfriend, a little worried she might spill some beans with so many prying ears around.

“What for?” Ochako enquired, oblivious to the possible danger.

“Uh… um… n-nothing.” Tooru bit back. Mina breathed a sigh of relief, thinking she’d caught herself in time, however, Tooru’s next words made her think it was something different instead. “It’s stupid.”

“Hmmm?” Mina nuzzled her girlfriend again, unable to resist not knowing and whispering into her ear at a much more reasonable volume than declaring it to the class. “Something naughty?”

“N-No!” Tooru protested honestly. Her answer only proved to enhance the other girl’s curiosity though, both now looking at her expectantly. “J-Just for that, you don’t get to know!”

“What? No, come on hun, I didn’t mean it.” Mina protested as Tooru rose to her feet and moved over to the brunette.

“Only Ochako gets to know now. You can just wait like everyone else.” Tooru huffed, directing the brunette away from the sofas by her shoulder, much to her confusion.

Mina was a little confused at the proceedings but knew Tooru was just being playful. She’d try to pry a straight answer out of the girl later after food since Sato was calling out for some helpers to bring it back.

Once Tooru had gotten Ochako far enough away from her girlfriend, she dropped her arms that still ached from today.

“Everything okay Tooru?” Ochako asked carefully.

“Y-Yeah, just… embarrassed.” Tooru sighed.

“What’s up? Is it something I can help with?” Ochako pressed, not used to seeing the girl this unlively.

“Well, yes, but I’m sure you’d rather do those plans you’ve got for tonight.” Tooru shook her head. “I’ll just do it next week when we play or something.”

“Actually, I’m pretty free.” Ochako giggled. “Tsu’s quite tired and is gonna head to bed soon, and Izuku wants to help Koda so he’s doing some research for him. I got most of my homework done yesterday too and um, Mistress doesn’t need me so~o…” She left her sentence hanging.

“I mean… i-if you don’t mind?” Tooru asked hesitantly.

“Your room?” Ochako asked in return, taking the invisible girl’s hand and making for the elevators.

The invisible girl pressed the button for her floor as she had the only free hand between her and Ochako since the girl still had her hot chocolate. Before long, they were inside Tooru’s pink, frilly room that the girl hastily attempted to clear up.

“Sorry! Didn’t think I’d have a guest over today.” She apologized while gathering her discarded laundry together and tossing it into the corner.

“Don’t worry about it.” Ochako smiled, walking in and setting her cup down on the desk.

Once Tooru had tidied everything away, she too approached her desk and tentatively reached out for her drawer.

“C-Can you um… promise not to laugh?” She asked nervously. Ochako could instantly hear the worry in her voice and steeled her nerve to make sure she didn’t laugh no matter what Tooru was about to show her.

“No problem.” She nodded in determination.

Tooru bit her lip and opened her draw, pulling out what appeared to be a pad of various make-up bits and pieces. Ochako blinked in confusion as that was nothing funny or weird like she’d been expected.

“Is… that it?” Ochako asked curiously.

“Y-Yeah.” Tooru placed it on her desk. “I-I never needed to use it before so it’s super embarrassing I don’t know how to really do it to myself.” Ochako’s eyes widened as she understood completely. “I… wanted to try it out, you know. Make myself a bit more pretty.”

“Tooru,” Ochako approached the girl and pulled her into a hug. “You’re very pretty already. Beautiful even. You saw how all the guys were tripping over themselves when you showed off for the first time.”

Tooru let out a small giggle as she remembered, also recalling that mote of satisfaction when Mina told her Ojiro’s reaction to it that she’d missed.

“Even Kyoka gave you a ten and I’m pretty sure Mina would only give you a higher score.”

“Yeah, I know I’m being stupid.” Tooru sighed. “It’s just… something I wanted to try out for when I… get my quirk under control.”

“Okay, are you doing anything tonight then?” Ochako asked, reaching out to take the palette and examine what types of make-up were included.

“Uh, nothing now I guess.” Tooru shrugged since the sleepover was called off.

“How about we just do this together then, maybe watch a movie while we work.” Ochako offered. “I’m not the best at applying make-up either, couldn’t really afford it when I was young, so how about we both learn together.”

“T-That sounds amazing!” Tooru cheered.

“This… is cheap though, right?” Ochako looked down at the palette. “I don’t wanna waste this if it was expensive.”

“Only a couple thousand yen.” Tooru waved her concern away. “I had the same thought you did; cheap for practise.”

“Perfect, why don’t you pick out a good film and I’ll go see if we’ve got any snacks.” Ochako grinned, not having had dinner yet herself.

“Sure thing.” Tooru reached for her laptop, waking it up as Ochako dashed out of the door.

As she searched through her online streaming catalogue for something fun to watch a weird thought popped into her head.

‘Wait, is this a date?’ Her mouse paused in its actions. ‘Ochako did make it clear that she didn’t know if she wanted to be with all of us. Then again, she went on that date with Mina, then during the festival with Kyoka. Momo and Tsuyu were already involved so that just leaves… me.’

Tooru swallowed nervously.

They were all together in a unit but was she reading too much into this? Did Ochako even think about this or even want anything to happen? I mean, Tooru definitely wouldn’t mind as she’d been prepared for something like this for a while and she knew she loved Ochako just like the others. No. They were just friends hanging out and doing make-up together, that’s all this was. Not that there was anything wrong with the two of them doing something it’s just definitely not what Ochako intended, right?

The invisible girl had to shake her head a couple of times when scrolling through her movie list to dispel those same thoughts when they crept back in.

She eventually settled on watching ‘Legally Blonde’ as it was a favourite of hers. A strong woman being unabashedly girly in pink and totally kicking ass at what she does filled younger Tooru with joy.

Ochako returned to the room soon after with arms full of goodies. Raiding their supply had yielded popcorn, cookies, a bar of chocolate and some mochi, not to mention some cherryade.

“I hope you don’t mind, but I snagged your favourites from your cupboard too.” Ochako offered, placing her haul on Tooru’s bed before rearranging it.

“That’s… perfect.” Tooru smiled earnestly, glad Ochako had remembered an off-hand comment from all the way back before their first sleepover.

“Good.” Ochako smiled over at her. “One sec, couldn’t bring up glasses with me on top of all this.”

The brunette departed once more for the last of the things they’d need before they could begin their impromptu Friday night plans together. Tooru picked up her laptop and placed it on her small, pink, round table and dragged it closer to the bed. As she rearranged her pillows so the two could kick back once they were done with make-up fun, she couldn’t help but ponder the thought of Ochako and her just laying back and seeing what happens.

Tooru shook her head again, trying to not be the horny bitch she knew she was. After getting interrupted by Tsuyu the other night, she’d yet to find time to finish her little ‘training session’. Hopefully focussing on her quirk, the make-up, and the film would be enough to distract her libido.

With the laptop set up and ready, Tooru distributed the snacks as appropriate, grabbed the make-up kit and a towel to rest it on; it wouldn’t be good to stain her sheets with lipstick after all.

Ochako returned shortly with the glasses she placed by the fizzy drink before the pair settled in on the bed.

“Okay so… how do you wanna do this?” Ochako asked. “We could just do ourselves, then again you could do me for fun or I could do you?”

Tooru was glad she was invisible because she could feel her cheeks heating up, even though she knew exactly what Ochako was talking about. This was hard enough as it is, did she have to go and use double entendres like that?! It’s not like she could tell her though because that would out her perverted mind during this friendly make-up session, so all she came out with was:

“Movie first.” Tooru leant forward and hit ‘space’ on her keyboard to start the film.

As the introductory titles began playing, Tooru leant back into her pillow to relax, taking a few larger than normal breaths to calm herself.

“Got it, you first.” Ochako chuckled, reaching for the make-up kit, guessing Tooru was preparing herself for how she used her quirk. Tooru certainly didn’t mean to imply that but she wasn’t going to correct the girl now. Besides, focusing on using her quirk would distract her plenty from Ochako’s handiwork.

“So what do you wanna try to start?” Ochako offered, regarding the selection. “Lipstick? Eyelashes? Eyebrows? Ooo, we can try and find your colours!”

“Whatever you think is best.” Tooru shrugged. “I am your canvas, paint me.”

Ochako couldn’t help but giggle at that before selecting some eyeshadow palettes and opening them up.

“What?” Tooru regarded the girl curiously.

“N-Nothing just um… d-don’t say that to Mina… o-or Izuku.”

“Well, I get Mina but why-” Tooru began only to cut herself off as her mind conjured lewd images of Izuku using his unique ‘white’ paint on the canvas that she proclaimed herself to be. “Ochako!” Tooru hid her hands in her face. “Y-You can’t just say something like that.”

“Sorry,” Ochako chuckled lightly. “Was that too much? I’ll be quiet now. You need to focus on your quirk after all.”

“Uh, y-yeah, right.” Tooru nodded, quickly trying to steady her breathing once more, emptying her lungs and pulling her quirk back. She had to try more than once as her control slipped when images of Izuku’s cock popped into her head.

Slowly, Tooru’s features became visible, her body filling out underneath the clothes that normally hovered in place. Admittedly, Ochako had to blink a few times when Tooru’s face appeared; the girl’s wide, bright eyes framed by her fluffy eyelashes in particular were attracting her attention.

When Tooru’s breathing fluttered lightly as she tried to focus on the film Ochako realised she was meant to be doing something. Holding up the eyeshadow palette, Ochako began testing each colour against Tooru’s unique hair colouring with her eye, trying to find the right tones that contrasted, complimented or blended in.

There wasn’t a huge selection but she found a nice lilac colour that would work to start. While it complimented her yellowy-green hair colour nicely, it would be much harder to find one for her eyes. She couldn’t help but notice that not only did Tooru’s hair change colours ever so slightly at different angles, spotting some dashes of red at just the right points, but her eyes did it so much more. It was almost entrancing. If anything, Ochako was glad Tooru had to close one eye so she could apply the shadow just so she have less risk of getting lost in it.

“Uh, o-okay, I think I’m done with that one.” Ochako shook her head while pretending to look for the hand mirror she knew full well was on the side.

“Ooo, yay!” Tooru grinned after sucking in a gulp of air to re-inflate her lungs to normal level, the pain in the back of her head having been pulsing steadily throughout her quirk manipulation.

Ochako backed off of the bed and grabbed the mirror, bringing it over to the girl and showing off her work, even if her face was invisible once again.

“So I think this colour really draws attention from your hair and to your eyes rather than blending in which I think is probably impossible considering it being so shiny and kinda refractive.”

“I have noticed.” Tooru chuckled, observing the floating blue spot in the mirror. With another careful breath out, she regained her visibility and inspected herself properly. As much as she wanted to gush at how good she looked she had to control herself until she was done checking herself out… or she ran out of air, whichever came first.

“Do you like it?” Ochako asked, a tad nervous. “I know it’s not ‘Momo’ quality but-”

Tooru smiled warmly at her before she disappeared once again in a gasp.

“I love it.” She praised. “Do you mind doing the other to match?”

“Of course not.” Ochako agreed, shifting position to plop down on her other side.

It didn’t take her too long to get the other side done for which Tooru was grateful as she hadn’t pushed her quirk this long and repeatedly before, often taking breaks between longer stretches of training. The pain was getting a little too irritating for her to ignore and she needed a break.

“S-Sorry.” Tooru apologised as she couldn’t yet check out how she looked now her eyes matched. “A little painful.”

“No problem, ‘cause it’s my turn.” Ochako grinned, moving into the spot where a pillow had been prepared for her. Tooru began looking through the kit, wondering what kind of make-up to apply to her friend first while Ochako glanced over at the movie she’d missed a good chunk of already.

“Uh… should we like, pause this, or restart it or something?” Ochako asked. “I was kinda distracted and don’t know what’s going on or anything.”

Tooru glanced at the screen for a couple of seconds before returning her attention to the kit, picking out a nice pink for Ochako’s eyeshadow to compliment her rosy cheeks.

“Okay so Elle, the blonde girl, is like totally in love and going out with this guy at the start but then the jerk dumps her instead of proposing like she expected for not being good enough. Just to spite him she decides, ‘fuck it, I’m gonna go to law school too’, then she gets there and she’s about to run into this totally dreamy guy.” Tooru explained.

“Know this well I’m guessing?” Ochako chuckled.

“Hell yeah, she becomes like this totally kickass lawyer but doesn’t have to give up her femininity to do so. Everyone else wears these like drab outfits for most of it but she’s like, ‘I’m gonna wear a hot pink suit to win my first big case’- OOP! S-Sorry, spoilers.”

“Don’t worry about it.” Ochako chuckled, closing one eye so Tooru could get to work. “I can enjoy it anyway. Just because I know the outcome doesn’t mean it’s not fun.”

Tooru smiled gratefully as she began painting Ochako’s eyelid. The invisible girl filled her in on a few more details as characters popped in and out of the scenes as she worked, able to effectively get Ochako’s eyes looking pretty good in around half the time the other girl took for her.

“Whaddya think?” Tooru held up the mirror to the brunette.

“Cute.” Ochako blinked one eye then the other, liking the effect. “What’s next?”

The girls applied a few more things after that. Ochako bore some eyeliner to make her lashes pop just a little more against the pink while Tooru donned just a dash of blush. Both opted for some lipstick just for fun with Tooru going for an alluring red while Ochako opted for the subtle peach since there wasn’t a huge variety in colours there.

“Moment of truth, ready?” Ochako asked, a tad nervous herself as Tooru retook her place on the bed after moving the make-up kit back to her desk.

“No, but do it anyway.” Tooru let out a slightly shaky breath before pulling in her quirk one last time.

Ochako saw the girl wince out of the corner of her eye as they both looked up, posing for the gravity girl’s camera phone with peace signs as she snapped a couple of pictures quickly.

“Argh… d-did you get it?” Tooru groaned rubbing the back of her head that was now feeling very sore and strained. Ochako sent her a worried glance but flicked through her pictures anyway, finding the perfect shot of them both.

“Got it.” She declared, passing the phone over to the invisible girl for a better look.

“Wow, we look so hot!” Tooru declared happily.

“Yeah we do.” Ochako chuckled briefly before regarding Tooru carefully again. “Hey… have you been to Recovery Girl about that?”

“Hmmm?” Tooru blinked. “O-Oh, yeah. She couldn’t tell if anything was really wrong so it’s probably nothing to worry about.” She waved Ochako’s concern off.

“Tooru.” Ochako challenged. “You didn’t downplay it, right?”

“No,” Tooru replied honestly.

“Then why did she say there’s nothing to worry about?” Ochako questioned. “Surely she can run some more tests like x-rays and stuff.”

“N-Not really.” Tooru sighed. “She’s… already run them.”

Ochako’s mouth dropped open a little. Tooru had definitely not told any of them about this before.

“Apparently,” Tooru continued, “using my quirk this way strains some bit of grey matter in the ol’ noggin.” She tapped the side of her head. “She said not to push myself over my limits and to keep an eye on it but there’s not much else she can do.”

“I-I see.” Ochako sighed dejectedly. “Probably not the news you wanted.”

“Damn right!” Tooru huffed, a tad harshly though it wasn’t directed at Ochako. “Every time I start getting somewhere something else gets in my way. I’m… I’m sick of it ‘Chako. I… I’m tired. I just… want to be seen.”

“Oh Tooru.” Ochako reached out and pulled her in for a hug. “I’m sorry. I had no idea.”

“‘s not your fault.” Tooru sighed deeply. “It’s my stupid quirk.”

“Hey, your quirk’s not stupid.” The brunette protested. “It’s just tryin’ real hard to hide your beauty from the world ‘cause, let’s face it, you’re gonna catch everyone’s eye when you figure this out.”

Tooru chuckled lightly and shook her head softly in Ochako’s embrace.

“You’re jus’ saying that.”

“You remember everyone’s reactions that day we snapped pictures.” Ochako brought up the event again. “Even I had to um… h-hold back the compliments a little.”

“O-Oh?”

“W-Well you know, we were with everyone else a-and I couldn’t just say like, your eyes were gorgeous and sparkled like sapphires could I?”

Tooru felt her heart lurch in that familiar way. If she hadn’t been open to the possibility of something developing with Ochako before, she definitely would’ve been now. Leaning back from the hug, she reached up and cupped Ochako’s face gently which the girl leant into, averting her eyes from the spot she knew Tooru’s head was.

“S-Sorry if it’s too um… y-yeah.” Ochako tried to backtrack a little.

“Ochako I…” Tooru started but didn’t know what to say. What could she say after that? She wanted to show the girl exactly how she felt but she couldn’t do it with her face like other, normal girls. Instead, she just asked a question that had been on her mind practically since this evening had begun. “C-Can I kiss you?”

The brunette’s eyes widened slightly, drifting back towards Tooru’s translucent form. She looked like she was thinking for just a moment before she tilted her head up and pursed her lips, a sign Tooru couldn’t give herself but one she could absolutely receive.

Pulling the girl in while leaning forward, Tooru let the small amount of air in her lungs flow out as she pulled on her quirk for what she promised herself was the last time for a while. Ochako let out a small gasp, her lips parting slightly as Tooru’s form returned once more before capturing her lips in a soft kiss. The pair’s eyes locked and Ochako could instantly identify the feelings of affection and gratitude exuding from the girl as they sparkled in her big blue orbs.

Throwing caution to the wind as she didn’t know how much time Tooru would have, she deepened her kiss with the girl, allowing their tongues to dance playfully while feeling her crotch heat up in nervous anticipation.

As expected, Tooru pulled back shortly after, rubbing her head again and apologizing.

“S-Sorry, still stings.”

“D-Don’t worry about it.” Ochako blushed lightly, more focused on the girl behind the quirk.

Tooru’s giggle rang out in the brief silence and the brunette shot her a questioning look.

“I um… think I ruined your make-up a little.” She reached for the mirror, holding it up to Ochako who spotted the small dash of red smeared across her lips. Admittedly she broke into her own small laugh as the two girls settled into the situation they were now in.

Neither really knew what to say next so they just eyed each other shyly while their minds raced.

“So…” Tooru started, trying to prompt Ochako to speak first.

“Was that um…” Ochako took the hint though she was still trying to puzzle herself out. “I-I know we’re all like… a-and I’m with the others already but… y-you don’t have to force yourself to-”

“Ochako, I… I’ve um, been thinking about whether this was a date or not since you got here.” Tooru admitted. “You’ve had the most trouble bar Kyoka coming to terms with all this and I didn’t want to make you uncomfortable if you didn’t want to um... s-see me like you do the others.” The irony was not lost on her using that phrasing. “I didn’t want to push anything b-but um… i-if you’d like to maybe t-take the same chance you did with Kyoka I’d um… r-really like that.”

The gravity girl felt her heart swell. She knew Tooru could’ve had at least something of a thing for her ever since she admitted she could possibly see anyone as a love interest if they understood the real her. Then there was the joke she made after the festival about only the pair of them not dating yet that she wasn’t entirely sure was a joke at this point.

The answer was crystal clear now though and, despite her apprehension to not ruin things between them, she felt confident leaning in a second time and connecting with the invisible girl’s lips that were much easier to target with lipstick applied.

The two shared another, shorter embrace before Ochako pulled back again.

“I think that sounds… really good.” Ochako smiled warmly, not caring that she’d smudged their lipsticks even further. She should’ve expected it as they were only cheap after all. “I know I was… in a weird place at first, but with everything that’s happened with us all… I-I know you’re all incredibly special to me and I think I want to experience everything we can together and just… s-see what happens, you know?”

Tooru nodded happily, her bobbing shirt getting her action across to the other girl.

“I feel the same! I just… didn’t wanna push i-if you didn’t… um…”

“I know now.” Ochako chuckled, taking one of Tooru’s hands in her own. “So… should we… make it official?”

“What do you- oh! Oh, right.” Tooru smiled as she understood what Ochako was asking. “Ochako Uraraka, would you like to b-be my girlfriend?”

Ochako leant forward and kissed Tooru on the lips once more, though much more chaste than before.

“I would.” She blushed lightly. “I-If you’ll be mine too?”

“Of course!” Tooru declared, much less hesitant to show off her emotions now as she leant forward much father to ensnare Ochako’s lips once again. In her enthusiasm, the pair overbalanced and flopped onto the bedspread on their sides though it just caused them to both break out into giggles.

“S-Sorry, a little too eager.” Tooru apologized, reaching out to stroke her new girlfriend’s face.

“Don’t worry about it.” Ochako giggled. “It’s cute.”

“You’re cute!” Tooru pouted. “You’ve got those pink, pinchable cheeks.” Her hand circled the girl’s cheekbone.

Tooru could feel her core heating up, the throbbing almost irritating with how badly she knew she needed release. She knew from looking at Ochako’s lidded eyes that if they both just lay here and let things continue they’d advance faster than they might intend. She lightly stroked Ochako’s face again, the girl reaching up to clasp her hand close and nuzzle into it.

“We should probably get up.” Tooru stated.

“Yeah.” Ochako nodded.

Neither of them moved.

“We’re… not going to, are we?” Tooru blushed.

“I wouldn’t mind just lying here and just… seeing how things go.” Ochako mimicked, her cheeks darkening without the aid of make-up.

Seeking out the girl’s lips yet again, Tooru and Ochako lay there and just made out for a few minutes, their tongues teasing and exploring each other’s mouths more than they usually would to avoid the waxy taste of the cheap lipstick. Both girls were breathing a little heavily when they pulled back again, able to read the situation as well as the other.

Both girls reached down at the same time, both attending to the other’s school shirts and helping shrug them off. Ochako was the first to unsnap her partner’s bra seeing as Tooru was wearing a front-clip one. Since it was their first time, Tooru was very aware it would be harder for Ochako to find certain points on her without some guidance.

“J-Just here.” Tooru guided Ochako’s hand to one of her nipples, pressing her fingers to pinch it which the brunette continued to do after Tooru let go of her hand, biting her lip softly.

Ochako had to admit the soft sighs escaping Tooru’s mouth were both adorable and erotic, much like they were with Tsu. She could tell the invisible girl was nervous, and the truth was that she was too, but she had a plan.

“Hmmm, I like this spot a lot.” Ochako giggled, tweaking her girlfriend’s nipple ever so slightly. “But I wanna explore some more. I should probably leave a mark to make sure I know where to find it again.”

Tooru gasped as Ochako’s lips sought out her goal, removing her fingers from the nipple and rolling it between her pursed lips instead. Her hips shifted as she felt their need to grind against something growing.

“All done, now I can find it again in a… pinch.” Ochako giggled as she mimed a pinching action with her fingers.

A little confused, Tooru looked down at her breast and spotted Ochako’s handiwork; a small peach circle now encapsulated her nipple making its location clear even when she shifted. She felt her pussy clench needily as her brain revelled in the idea of lipstick marks covering every inch of her body that Ochako kissed.

“C-Can I um… a-ask a favour?” Tooru asked nervously.

“Y-Yeah?” Ochako replied, wondering if it was too much.

“C-Could we um… d-do that to each other but um… a-all over?”

The image of the pair of them covered in opposing lipstick coloured kisses appeared in Ochako’s head. It was a very pleasant image and one that would definitely be an experience but not one she’d likely want to do every time. Still, if it seemed to appeal to Tooru this much then who was she to deny her girlfriend such a request.

“Go grab the lipsticks.” Ochako giggled. “I think we might need to re-apply it a few times.”

The invisible girl immediately rolled off her bed to fetch the pair they’d used while Ochako reached back and unhooked her own bra, getting the thing off herself rather than making Tooru struggle with it in a moment. Said girl returned to kneel on the bed with their colours in hand, quickly reapplying her own red while Ochako took her time to do her own.

“M-My turn.” Tooru said shyly, leaning down to capture Ochako’s nipple between her lips.

The familiar sensation was always one that Ochako revelled in nowadays. Whether it was Tsu, Izuku or her Mistress, she didn’t think she’d ever get bored of her nipples being played with.

With a loud smack of her lips, Tooru pulled back, revealing a comically perfect kiss mark over Ochako’s chest she couldn’t help giggling over. Ochako had to look down and shift her breast to fully admire Tooru’s handiwork.

“Red looks good on you ‘Chako.” Tooru giggled.

Ochako’s eyes narrowed. Her own first mark on the invisible girl was nothing compared to this. She needed to even the score, even though this wasn’t a competition. The brunette’s arm shot out and wrapped the invisible girl in a hug, her mouth seeking out her other breast to leave another peach-coloured kiss mark there to compliment the first. Tooru groaned more audibly than before as the reality of what they were about to do to each other settled in.

Tooru didn’t stop to check Ochako’s handiwork when the girl pulled back, instead diving for her stomach and leaving a big red set of lip marks around her bellybutton. The gravity girl wasn’t one to take this lying down and pushed Tooru back, attacking her neck next and likely leaving quite the unseen hickey, as well as a big peach mark on the girl.

The two continued for a few more rounds, with Ochako getting kissed on her own collar, right bicep and nose while Tooru received kisses on her pelvis just above her skirtline, ribcage and forehead, with the last being more lovingly applied than the former two.

Ochako pulled back slowly as she finished applying it, looking down into the blank space just below Tooru’s eyeshadow she knew the girl’s eyes to be.

“Your turn.” She declared.

“Y-Yeah.” Tooru nodded, her hands sliding down to Ochako’s waistline, “a-and I know where I want to put my next one.”

Ochako understood the hint and reached out for Tooru’s lipstick, popping the top and slowly applying it to the girl once more.

Having gotten all the permission she needed, Tooru, with a fresh coat, rolled the pair over so Ochako was resting beneath her. Crawling down the girl, she pulled down her skirt and tights, slipping them out from under the brunette’s rear and tossing them off to the side.  Gently, she coaxed Ochako’s legs apart with gentle caresses before leaning down close to her center.

The brunette felt Tooru’s hot breaths against her rapidly moistening core as she expected her to kiss it any second now. The invisible girl’s hands brushed at the insides of her thighs gently before her tongue darted out and flicked at the skin lightly, teasing Ochako even further, her anticipation building.

Instead of laying a kiss directly on her lower lips to start, Tooru instead placed it just above her fluffy curls, leaving a clear, clean lipstick print. Ochako couldn’t help licking her own lips as she felt Tooru’s head lower once again, placing a much lighter kiss just above her clit before finally deciding it was time to slide her tongue into the main event.

It was weird feeling; this toe curling sensation when it appeared that no one was responsible for causing it. Ochako couldn’t help balling the sheets in both her hands to keep them occupied as she had no idea where to place them to encourage Tooru to do more. Her legs had no such issue though, wrapping around the invisible girl’s frame and squeezing her tight enough to get her point across.

Tooru, for her part, couldn’t help put enjoy going down on Ochako. The thought of them leaving evidence of their intimate act on each other had her own hand seeking out her pussy while she focused her tongue on exploring the brunette’s depths. With a few long laps with her tongue and soft circles at her clit, Tooru slowly wrapped up her oral ministrations.

“Nooo…” Ochako pouted petulantly, trying to pull Tooru back down with her legs to finish her off.

“S-Sorry ‘Chako.” Tooru apologised. “But um… c-could you um… do me too? Then I… I’d like to kiss you while we um… g-grind i-if that’s okay?”

Ochako huffed but she unwrapped from around the invisible girl, allowing them both to sit up with Tooru kneeling in the circle of Ochako’s legs.

“Fine… but only ‘cause you’re cute.” Ochako relented, leaning forward and claiming another tongued kiss from the girl the pair both moaned into.

Eager to begin her turn, Tooru lay back while Ochako grabbed her lipstick and reapplied it.

“C-Could you um… also… leave more marks?” Tooru asked shyly. “I like… seeing them.”

The brunette smiled down warmly at the slightly squirming invisible girl. Instead of agreeing verbally, she instead capped her lipstick and kept it in her hand as she took her turn between the girl’s legs and started kissing much further down.

Starting with her feet, Ochako made sure to plant a kiss on both, leaving peach coloured marks on the top of Tooru’s insteps. After that, she didn’t treat each leg equally with the next kiss landing on Tooru’s left, lower calf followed by her upper right shin. Tooru watched with glee as Ochako left more and more marks as she crawled up towards her goal, laying more kisses on her knees and thighs randomly.

Once Ochako drew near to her final goal, she took a moment to reapply her lipstick once more. Tooru could feel herself breathing heavily at this stage as Ochako’s hand reached out to locate her own, invisible curls before the girl placed a similar kiss to her own above them. For today, it seemed they’d marked each other as lovers. Tooru knew if Mina saw this she would have a sleepless night and that was exactly what she planned on doing soon.

For now though, Ochako teased Tooru’s thighs apart to give herself room before turning her head and unmistakably making out with Tooru’s lower lips. The invisible girl’s hips rose to press deeper into the kiss and she was sure she was now wearing two different kinds of lipsticks.

Ochako’s tongue explored diligently, trying to seek out a counterpart she knew the girl didn’t have down here and stroking all the right spots. Tooru writhed and felt herself clenching around Ochako’s tongue, hoping the lipstick wasn’t ruining the experience.

Tooru allowed herself a breath of relief when Ochako pulled back, figuring she was getting ready for the last part where they’d cum together while kissing. She was wrong.

The invisible girl yelped as she felt Ochako’s arm’s slide underneath her legs and suddenly begin lifting them. Ochako could only guess the girl’s position right now but with a firm hold on her upper thighs, she knew everything she needed.

“O-Ochako?! What are you doing?” Tooru questioned as her back began lifting off the mattress too, her body now pointing straight up while Ochako pushed her knees back towards her head, almost folding the girl in half.

“Getting a better angle.” Ochako chuckled, holding the girl in position with her body while she quickly reapplied her lipstick one last time.

“W-What are you-” Tooru began to question again, only for the girl to lean down and place two more kisses on her person; one on each of her ass cheeks, though they would appear upside down if she stood up. Tooru let out a controlled breath as Ochako’s hands felt out her crotch once more. With her legs out of the way, it was much easier for the brunette to take ahold of Tooru’s invisible pussy lips and spread them wide before Ochako’s tongue disappeared inside her once more, diving deeper than she’d yet gone.

With a free hand, Ochako started rubbing Tooru’s clit to stimulate the girl further as her tongue worked tirelessly to taste her entirely.

“You like that?” Ochako called out after a few minutes to give herself a small break.

“D-Dear god yes.” Tooru panted heavily, wishing the girl would just finish her off already despite her earlier plans.

“Hmmm.” Ochako giggled, licking her lips and just stroking around the outside of Tooru’s lips. “Maybe I should just keep you like this.” She pondered. “Maybe I should go get Izuku and just have him fill you up like this until you burst.”

Tooru’s fluttery moan made Ochako laugh.

“Izuku and I have done it now you know.” Ochako relayed to the girl. “I took him right in here.” She pressed a single digit lightly on Tooru’s backdoor that had the girl a tad squirmier for a moment. “I know you’ve done stuff with him too. Mina told me.”

The invisible girl didn’t know whether to curse or praise her pink girlfriend at the moment as she felt her release physically fading but her excitement remain at an all-time high.

“I-I didn’t um… h-have sex or anything with him.” Tooru offered, remembering Izuku’s promise to the brunette he’d relayed to her.

“I know.” Ochako chuckled. “You took him in your mouth, didn’t you? You enjoyed a nice full belly from what I heard.” Tooru’s mind brought forth the very pleasant memory as she clenched in desire. “I bet you want him here too though.” Ochako tickled Tooru’s clit once more, pulling another groan from the girl.

“Mnngh, y-yes!” Tooru gasped.

“Maybe if you ask nicely, he’ll give you what you want.” Ochako smiled, genuinely wanting the best for the girl quivering under her touch.

The gravity girl knew she’d come a long way since their first sleepover: she’d managed to gain the affections of her male crush as well as several girlfriends, her confidence in herself had skyrocketed, her training was progressing better than ever, and she and her parents were finally able to live in a moderately comfortable way which, to someone poor, was the dream.

Now, as she cooed softly at the girl underneath her touch, she felt herself find a deep satisfaction she felt like she’d been looking for her whole life. There were still things she yet wanted to achieve, and she couldn’t wait to do them while sharing everything with her loved ones.

Speaking of which, one of her precious people was suffering under her touch due to lack of attention; well it was more because she was drawing things out really. Time to give Tooru what she wanted for now. She was no Izuku, but she could fulfil the girl’s earlier request.

Ochako kept hold of Tooru in her current pose, the girl’s legs still dangling hopelessly while she was somewhat pinned and at the brunette’s mercy. Rising to her feet on the covers, Ochako lowered Tooru’s hips just enough for her to step over her crotch and touch down again, her own core now hovering just over Tooru’s.

The invisible girl’s heavy breathing continued as she worked out what Ochako was about to do. She nodded to give the girl the go ahead to continue only to remember her visibly challenged state and verbalise her response.

“D-Do it ‘Chako. Please!” She almost begged not minding in the slightest they wouldn’t be kissing during this.

Ochako thought the girl had been riled up and teased enough. Kiss marks littered both their bodies and she wondered just what the others would think if they could see them now. To her though, despite being invisible, Tooru Hagakure was a gorgeous and beautiful girl she was lucky to now call girlfriend.

Slowly, Ochako descended so they didn’t clash painfully. Their lower lips kissed teasingly at first before Ochako began to use her dominant position and gravity to gently start grinding into Tooru. Both girl’s moans quickly filled the room as each closed their eyes, focusing solely on reaching their climaxes.

Being the most recently riled up, Tooru finished first, her pussy clenching and expelling her gathered moisture that only made it easier for Ochako to rub herself against her. Tooru knew she would quickly become oversensitive but swore to go it as long as she could so that Ochako could get as close to, if not reach, her peak before it started hurting.

Thankfully she needn’t have worried. Ochako was already plenty excited from earlier and hearing Tooru cry out in satisfaction sent a shiver of pleasure through her system, accentuated by the new warm liquid coating her crotch as she ground into her girlfriend.

When her peak came, Ochako went rigid as the pleasure washed over her, her cry giving Tooru a pleasant aftershock of her own. Once she’d crested it however, Ochako felt her strength rapidly waning and quickly lowered Tooru’s legs down to the mattress safely as she flopped down to follow them. Both girl’s legs were still tangled as both panted heavily to regain their breaths.

Tooru leant up, grateful to not be pinned anymore and looked over at her tired girlfriend. With her eyeshadow still in place, if a little smudged from the sweat, Ochako could tell where Tooru was looking and sent her a happy, if weak smile as returning air to her lungs took priority.

As the pair allowed themselves to revel in their act just a little, a jaunty pop tune made its presence known on top of many cheers ringing out.

Ochako looked around confusedly for a moment only to stop Tooru’s laptop showing what appeared to be a class of graduating students in black gowns and caps tossing the latter into the air in celebration. A few moments more and pink credits started rolling up the screen.

“I think we missed the movie.” Ochako chuckled breathily.

“Mmmhmm.” Tooru agreed, unwinding her legs from Ochako’s and sitting up. “Maybe just a little. It um… was worth it though.”

“Y-Yeah.” Ochako nodded with a blush.

Tooru shifted her position, using her arms to help scoot herself up the bed to settle back into her pillow from when they’d started the film and allowing herself a deep sigh of satisfaction once she did.

“Comfy?” Ochako chuckled.

“Come join me um… C-Cutie Pie.” Tooru offered, patting the spot next to her while a blush blazed on her cheeks.

“Oh god.” Ochako sighed, shaking her head fondly as she joined the invisible girl. “Do I really look like a delectable pastry to everyone?”

“Well, you are delicious.” Tooru couldn’t resist the low-hanging tease, causing Ochako to blush herself.

“S-Shut up… S-Starlight.” Ochako tried out the girl’s own nickname, feeling it flow easily from her lips. Tooru wouldn’t deny the small leap her heart made in her chest at the girl’s words. “S-So um…” Ochako snuggled up to the invisible girl as she settled back into her own position. “D-Do you wanna restart it?”

“Hmmm?” Tooru blinked for a moment before realising the girl meant the movie that had just about finished running on her laptop. “Oh right! W-Well, I um… certainly wouldn’t mind. We never did get to enjoy the treats after all.”

“Yup.” Ochako nodded. “Gotta do this date properly… e-even if it’s in the wrong order.”

Tooru couldn’t help but giggle at Ochako’s words as the brunette leant forward and filled up their glasses with the fizzy beverage she’d brought up. The invisible girl had to admit, this evening had turned out way better than she figured it would after the sleepover got predictably delayed.

Rolling the film back to its beginning since they’d barely caught any of it, Tooru grabbed some of the snacks as she and Ochako sat back to snuggle while they enjoyed the flick.

The two sat in a comfortable silence with the exception of eating and drinking noises while the film played out. Tooru enjoyed it as always but found extra enjoyment sharing it with her new girlfriend.

When the credits began rolling, Ochako spoke up.

“I can see why you like that.” She smiled.

“Of course, you saw it yourself, the kickass heroine saves the day in style, her loser boyfriend ends up a nobody and she’s graduating at the top of her class with the hot guy she met about to propose to her that night.” Tooru sighed dreamily.

“It’s cute.” Ochako chuckled. “Actually… doesn’t that first part kind of fit you and a certain tailed someone now?”

“J-Just a little.” Tooru blushed, realizing the similarities. “B-But I actually ended up with four… w-well five, girlfriends and a boyfriend so, like, not completely similar.”

“Shush!” Ochako blushed in return, nudging the girl’s shoulder with her own.

“O-Oh um… t-that reminds me.” Tooru remembered, reaching for her phone. “C-Could you um… do me a small favour?”

“Sure.” Ochako shrugged accepting Tooru’s phone as she passed it over to her.

“S-So um… you can totally say no but um… c-can you please take a picture of me like this?” Tooru shook herself slightly so Ochako’s eyes were drawn to the lipstick marks still present on her body. “I um… w-want to send it to Mina.”

Ochako’s eyes widened and a blush crept back onto her face from the implications.

“Trying to make her jealous?” Ochako giggled.

“M-Maybe just a bit thirsty.” Tooru admitted.

Ochako had no issues with that and pushed herself forward and off the edge of the bed, shifting the table back so she could stand at the end of Tooru’s legs and snap the picture.

The invisible girl posed as best she could, trying to make sure Mina could see all of the lipstick marks Ochako had left on her, bringing her knees up and spreading them so the implication was clear from the smudged marks around her pussy. Ochako worked to get a good angle and snapped a couple of pictures quickly before looking through them at the results.

“How’d they turn out? Good?” Tooru asked, dropping her pose.

“Yeah,” Ochako nodded slowly. The pictures were great; very arousing and Mina would definitely delight in receiving these, but that lead her to thinking about herself. She was also covered in kiss marks and it would be a shame to waste them. “Um… Tooru?”

“Yes?” Tooru asked curiously, unsure why Ochako had turned pensive all of a sudden.

“Do you… think you could um… do it for me too?” She asked shyly. “I-I think Tsu and Izuku would… get a kick out of them.”

“Ooo, absolutely.” Tooru giggled, catching on.

In a few moments their roles were reversed with Tooru now clutching Ochako’s phone as the gravity girl shyly spread herself wide to show off her variety of red lipstick marks that Tooru had left. Once the pictures were snapped, Tooru plopped herself on the bed and shuffled back up to Ochako to show off the shots.

The brunette couldn’t help covering one side of her face as she thumbed through the images but knew they would definitely get her partners riled up. After boldly sending Izuku that shot of her in the changing rooms, she had to admit the results spoke for themselves after their passionate embrace shortly after.

As Tooru selected the best photo on her own phone and prepared to send it to her pink girlfriend, a small thought crossed her mind.

“Hey, it um… would be a real shame if Kyoka and Momo missed out on this.” Tooru suggested.

Ochako blushed slightly as she thought about her mistress.

“W-Well we can just send it to them too, yeah?”

“We could,” Tooru nodded diplomatically. “Or… we could take another picture of us both and… put it in our group chat.” She felt her core clench as if gearing up for a second round at the thought of all her partners being able to see her in such a lewd position any time they wanted.

“Tooru!” Ochako gasped.

The invisible girl said nothing, instead, she watched the brunette girl appear to wrestle with herself, her eyes darting to and fro and her mind whirled.

“I-I mean… it would be a shame to leave them out.” The gravity girl relented after a few moments, causing Tooru to giggle lewdly.

After a few moments of preparation, Ochako stood at the side of the bed again, holding Tooru’s phone once more though ensuring the invisible girl only took up half the frame.

“R-Ready?” Ochako called out nervously.

“Do it ‘Chako!” Tooru replied with excitement in her voice.

Ochako pressed a button on the phone to set the camera timer to count down from twenty seconds. Another moment saw her activating her quirk on the device and letting it go as delicately as she could. The phone hovered in place without gravity’s force acting on it with an ever so slight rotation that would be negligible for the picture. The brunette jumped back into her spot and slipped her arm around Tooru’s back. As the counter approached zero, the pair’s hand’s that weren’t hugging each other settled on the other’s closest breast, ready for the image to be captured, even if they were both blushing messes.

With the sound effect of a camera shutter ringing out, Ochako hurried to her feet once more and grabbed the device.

“Is it good?” Tooru asked, though she had her answer as Ochako returned to the bed and showed it to her.

“A-Are you sure we should?” Ochako blushed, self-conscious at her open and suggestive appearance.

“If you don’t want to-” Toor began offering.

“N-No I… I want to… i-it’s just… nerves.” Ochako admitted.

Tooru smiled and cupped the girl’s face in her hands again.

“You’re beautiful Ochako and you’ve got nothing to be nervous about.”

“Thanks.” Ochako blushed. “Same to you though. I know you’re still working out your quirk but I’m pretty sure at this point, even if we’d never seen you, all of us know the real beauty that is Tooru Hagakure.”

“Nooo, stop it!” Tooru flushed fiercely, squirming in spot. “You’re gonna make my heart burst.”

Ochako chuckled at her expressive girlfriend and wrapped her hand around the phone she still held.

“L-Let’s do it.” She nodded. “Let’s show them what they missed tonight.”

“You know the next sleepover’s gonna be hell if we do this, right?” Tooru offered one last chance to back out.

“Maybe,” Ochako giggled. “But so long as it’s with you guys, I think we’ll manage.”

Without any further words between them, Tooru attached a message to the image and sent it off into the group chat.

Invisi-badass: [Attached image] Just two girlfriends sharing make-up tips and having a date night.

It didn’t take long for the first reply to appear which both girls eagerly read.

Frog Queen: L U S T

Creati: Oh my. Looks like you two had fun tonight.

Alien Queen: ԅ(♡﹃♡ԅ) OMW

Deepest Dope: Fuck… I’m almost tempted to join her.

Invisi-badass: Mina, no! You can look but you can’t touch tonight. ;) Me and my new girlfriend are having our first date after all.

Deepest Dope: Wait, that wasn’t just a joke?

Frog Queen: Did you really think they’d send a picture like that and not be dating after that?

Alien Queen: You teasing bitch. Mark my words you will both pay for this injustice! I shall devour you both after I hear all the lurid details.

Frog Queen: Not gonna lie, same.

Alien Queen: Queens unite!

Creati: Girls, no undue threats to our partners; pleasurable or not. I’m sure they will be happy to discuss things when they are free. J

Creati: If not, I’m sure truth or dare will extract everything we need from them.

Frog Queen: Looks like it’s about to become a team game.

Alien Queen: Everyone vs. new couple >:D

Invisi-badass: You’re all so mean! (つω⊂*)

Invisi-badass: Me and ‘Chako gonna go do more things and none of you are invited!

Invisi-badass: No more pics either.

Frog Queen: I fear we may have errored.

Alien Queen: No! Ill be good I swear!

Tooru and Ochako shared giggles as they read and replied to the chat. Tooru had clearly succeeded in her goal of riling up Mina but Ochako knew Tsuyu was likely just as bad right now. If the frog girl pounced on her at some point over the weekend she wouldn’t be surprised, nor if her mistress suddenly decided that she ‘needed’ her.

“We’re so gonna pay for that.” Tooru stated out loud at last.

“Y-Yeah.” Ochako blushed, her mind still conjuring many ways they would be pleasurably interrogated.

“Strange Izuku’s not replied though.” Tooru noted. “Think we broke him?”

“Possibly.” Ochako chuckled. “Either that or he hasn’t noticed. He did say he would be looking up stuff for Koda tonight.

“Oh yeah.” Tooru recalled Ochako telling her earlier.

The two sat in comfortable silence while both their phones continued to ping, likely from Mina and Tsuyu.

“So…” Tooru started. “Wanna watch the sequel?”

“Sounds good.” Ochako shook her head fondly.

After the pair took some tissues and wet them in the bathroom to remove the worst of the lipstick from their bodies, the pair returned to the bed. Unfortunately in their rolling around there were plenty of stains on the sheets but Tooru couldn’t find it in herself to care right now.

Unlike before, Tooru shifted their pillows to the head of her bed so the pair could snuggle up together under the covers as night set in. Neither of them clarified if Ochako wanted to stay the night but the brunette figured if she wasn’t asked to leave then she wouldn’t mind staying.

Rearranging the bed so the pair were comfy enough with the laptop on their legs, the two cuddled together as the next movie in the duology played out.

Exhausted from their training and new relationship activities, the pair didn’t remain in the waking world for long and dropped off in each other’s arms about halfway through the film. While the pair were slumbering in each other’s arms as the day reached its final minutes, one last text made itself known in their group chat.

Small Might: (⁄ ⁄•⁄ω⁄•⁄ ⁄)


The birds were chirping pleasantly as yet more orange leaves fell from the trees to collect on the ground. The robots employed by UA were hard at work gathering up the autumn debris to keep the paths clear and the campus looking pristine.

As Momo walked along the main path that Saturday morning, she smiled gratefully at the hard work the automata were putting in. The breeze was cold enough now that jackets were practically mandatory but the heiress saw no need to don one for her short journey, though it certainly put a spring in her step to get to her destination. After communicating with her cohort next door last night, she knew she was expected for their chat.

Dressed in her casual clothes, Momo had left the 1-A dorms and made the short trip over to their sister class’ dorms, knocking loudly but politely three times. The door creaked open and a bright flame of red hair appeared.

“Momo, prompt as expected.” Itsuka Kendo smiled, opening the door up to allow the girl inside. “Come in.”

“Thank you very much.” Momo bowed politely before stepping inside and shedding her shoes. The pair had agreed to meet today so Momo could ask her favour on Koda’s behalf, though it would also give her a chance to catch up with her fellow class rep.

Stepping inside 1-B’s dorms was much like stepping into her own. Momo looked around and found everything exactly where it was supposed to be, from the living room and kitchen to the various potted plants lying around though 1-B’s looked a lot more cared for and vibrant than 1-A’s.

Kendo led Momo over to their lounge area where a steaming pot of tea was resting along with two cups and a tray of biscuits.

“I remembered you were a tea fan so I took the liberty of preparing some for us.” Kendo smiled. “Please, sit down and help yourself.”

“You’re too kind.” Momo bowed politely again before the pair sat down and Momo poured them both a fresh cup of jasmine she hazarded a guess from the smell.

It was still fairly early in the morning and it didn’t seem like anyone else was around. While it was great for their discussion, the heiress did wonder if she’d interrupted Kendo’s normal routine.

“So what’s up?” Kendo asked nonchalantly. “You said you wanted to ask a favour?”

“Indeed.” Momo nodded after a taste of the delicious tea. “Recently, it seems Mr Aizawa has been pushing our class a fair amount beyond more than normal. As such, some of our classmates are feeling the pinch in certain areas. Just yesterday many were subject to intense physical exercises as he was less than satisfied with their current core strength levels.”

“Oof, sounds rough.” Kendo nodded, polite enough to wait for the actual question.

“It is from what I have gathered.” Momo conceded. “Today though, I would like to make a request of yourself regarding your martial arts expertise on behalf of Koji Koda. He wants to improve much like the rest of us but lacks the knowledge on how to improve his fighting technique. We’ve recruited Ojiro, Iida and Midoriya to assist him so far but with your more formal training, compared to the latter pair, I believe he would see greater results.”

“Koda… he’s the shy one, right?” Kendo pondered. The two classes hadn’t interacted much apart from the training camp and the sports festival so she didn’t have every name and face matched. “Animal quirk?”

“That’s him.” The ravenette nodded.

“I should be able to help.” Kendo shrugged. “He got a time he wants to train or something?”

“Here’s his details.” Momo pulled out her phone and gave it to the other girl on the contacts page. The red head pulled out her own phone and began copying them across. “Normally I would’ve suggested he come and ask you himself but… I believe his confidence might take a knock should the wrong person greet him.”

Kendo flinched lightly before shaking her head. If the boy was as she as she remembered him from the sports fest and camp, there’s no way he’d survive a one-on-one encounter with their resident braggart.

“Yeah, I can see that.” Kendo reluctantly agreed, handing Momo back her phone. “Same reason why I suggested now for you to visit. Monoma’s usually out training around this time so it gives us a chance to catch up uninterrupted.” She smiled.

“How are your class getting on?” Momo enquired, delighted at the subject change. “Did many of you manage to find internships?”

The two conversed for a while in relative peace. Kendo relayed that she and Yanagi managed to intern under the same hero while Shishida and Awase managed to also secure internships, though not together, before they were cancelled after that whole business with Sir Nighteye. Her class had made some solid strides with their training since they last spoke and Momo was pleased to hear the pride oozing from the red head, even when it came to Monoma’s progress.

As Momo was discussing her own class’ recent efforts, the door to the dorms opened up and several rowdy voices could be heard entering.

“All right! Good burn today guys. I’mma grab a spinach and protein shake if anyone else wants to join me.” Tetsutetsu’s loud voice could be heard over the others. Several groans of disgust rang out.

“After that workout I’m gonna do burgers for lunch. Beats scrambling everything together into a tasteless mush.” Awase stated.

“The beast hungers for something meaty.” Shishida agreed. “Please allow me to join you.”

“Ah come on guys. It’s got everything ya’ need after pushing yourself beyond!” Tetsutetsu doubled down.

“I will be joining you, of course.” Monoma grinned, rolling his shoulder as he slipped out of his shoes. “I doubt any of those fools in 1-A are likely to be able make such a tasteless sacrifice to get the most out of their training efforts; it’s a shame really.”

“Dude, if you don’t like it you don’t have to choke it down.” Tetsutetsu rolled his eyes. “Least Kirishima gets it.”

“Oh please, like that blockhead could hope to stand up to the raw might of your steel.” Monoma laughed disparagingly.

The sound of a clearing throat caught the four boy’s attention as they made their way over towards the kitchen. They turned their heads collectively to see an unimpressed looking Kendo glaring at them along with a slightly embarrassed looking guest in Momo.

“I hope you’re not planning to go on one of your rants while we have a guest.” Kendo’s warning rang out, though only Monoma felt a shiver of fear run down his spine.

“Oh hey! It’s Yaoyorozu from class A. How ya’ doing?” Tetsutetsu greeted warmly.

“Very well thank you.” Momo nodded politely at the group as they made their way over.

“Apologies for the interruption.” Shishida bowed. “If we’d known you would be here we would’ve planned accordingly to not disturb you.”

“Don’t worry about it.” Kendo waved her friends away. “We were just chatting about how everyone’s been getting on.”

“Kendo!” Monoma groaned. “Don’t tell me you’re betraying us?! Spilling all our secrets to the enemy.”

The red head rolled her eyes which had become an ingrained response to Monoma’s accusations at this point.

“I was actually just relaying how my work study went.” She sighed.

“Dude, lighten up.” Tetsutetsu nudged the boy.

“If I may,” Momo spoke up. “Kendo hasn’t spilled any of your secrets, nor did I come looking for them. I actually came here today to ask for Kendo’s help on behalf of one of my own classmates.”

“HA!” Monoma declared triumphantly. “So you admit that class 1-B is superior to your own! How the mighty have fallen if the arrogant class A is seeking assistance from humble us. Coming from the smartest girl in 1-A, this undoubtably means that- URK!”

Kendo had sent a nod to Tetsutetsu, who’d primed his quirk-enhanced arm behind Monoma’s neck. A quick chop promptly saw the brash boy lose consciousness.

“You’d think he’d learn.” Awase caught the blond before he hit the floor and helped him into a nearby dining chair.

“Rivalry is all well and good, but at the end of the day, we’re looking to all be heroes.” Shishida stated.

“Apologies for that.” Kendo bowed her head to Momo. “The class has kind of started tuning him out. I think the training camp put things into perspective for most of us.”

“Ah yes, that was… enduring for us all.” Momo agreed.

“It sucked is what it did.” Tetsutetsu declared. “If you guys went through that kinda stuff during that whole USJ thing then we owe you a royal apology.”

“No, no, please, it’s okay.” Momo waved off. “I heard about your own run in with a villain there. You can Kendo more than held your own in a time of crisis.”

“I can’t deny there was some animosity between our classes at the start of the year.” Kendo continued for the steel boy. “A good chunk of us actually listened to Monoma and his plan when the sports festival rolled around because of it and look how that worked out.”

“Wasn’t it only like three of us who broke a hundred internship offers?” Awase recalled their dismal count with Vlad King stating that they collectively got less offers in total than Bakugo in the rival class. Monoma had been practically catatonic at that bit of news.

“We underestimated 1-A and paid the price.” Shishida confirmed. “Our arrogance cost us but it won’t happen again.”

“We’ve been training hard.” Kendo nodded, raising her fist in determination and gripping it tightly. “Next time we face off, we’ll be the ones to take the lead.”

Momo smiled warmly. Despite their differences, class B was training just as hard to be heroes as hers was.

“I look forward to seeing your progress in action. We’ll be giving it our all too!” Momo sympathised.

“I should hope so, you’re who I’m aiming to beat.” Kendo declared.

“Kirishima may be my bro but he’s going down next time we fight!” Tetsutetsu declared proudly.

Momo chuckled, shaking her head fondly.

“You’re more than welcome to try, but we haven’t been slacking off either.” She challenged right back. “Though I do hope this doesn’t discourage interclass cooperation or friendship in anyway.” Momo hurriedly amended.

“Of course not.” Kendo chuckled with a shake of her head. “We need to beat you at your best for it to count.”

“If I didn’t have Kirishima to test my steel on, there’s no way I’d be where I am now.” Tetsutetsu declared.

“If you require our further assistance or would perhaps entertain the idea of a joint training session, I’m sure we would all benefit from our pooled knowledge.” Shishida offered.

“Maybe we’ve figured some stuff out you haven’t and vice versa.” Awase smirked, eager to show his stuff off and maybe catch the beautiful Momo’s eye if she’d changed her mind about things.

“A most gracious offer I will take back to my class.” Momo nodded.

“We’ll see if we can get something organised officially.” Kendo nodded, “If not, we’ll just see if Cementoss wouldn’t mind supervising some joint training in the gym, though Monoma probably won’t shut up about it either way.”

Momo chuckled as she sent a small exasperated smile of sympathy over at the unconscious blond.

“I think I’ve taken up enough of your time today.” Momo bowed politely. “Thank you all very much for your hospitality.”

“Hey no problem!” Tetsutetsu grinned, getting an elbow from Kendo for his cheek, not having done anything.

“Let’s do it again sometime, I’ll shoot Koda a text now.”

“That’d be most appreciated.” Momo bowed politely as Kendo saw the girl to the door.

Stepping out into the brisk open air once more, Momo rubbed her arms as her skin shivered and her hairs stood on end. Returning to the 1-A dorms, she was glad things had gotten better between their two classes and they’d gained a small mutual respect for the most part. Hopefully over the next couple of years they’d be able to push each other to even greater heights in a more friendly rivalry than the one Monoma constantly tried to impress upon them all.

With her task for the day done, she returned to her room in a hurry to snuggle under her blankets for a little while before starting her studies and business management for the day.


While most students were spending their Saturday relaxing or doing homework, Bakugo and Todoroki had been hard at work trying to prove their worth for a provisional hero license. There was less than a month left before the hero association would either pass or fail them and every session just reminded Bakugo of how he’d failed the first time.

Luckily it hadn’t been as bad since the time they’d had to entertain those kids with the other flunkies from Shiketsu but Bakugo was still in a mood. Returning to UA in the private car driven by Eraserhead gave the boy plenty of time to think since he and Todoroki never spoke during these times which was normally just the way he liked it. Today however, being left to his own thoughts was much more irritating.

Despite gaining a boyfriend his mind focused on how he’d been forced to confront the idea that he and his mom shared a bad and possibly abusive relationship that, like it or not, seemed to have rubbed off onto him. His fist clenched lightly as the thought rolled around his head yet again, like an annoying bug he couldn’t squash.

Todoroki glanced over at the blond, taking note of all his small movements. He didn’t like feeling this way again; constantly on edge around someone. It was bad enough he did it when he had to share the same room with the man he reluctantly called ‘father’ but after hearing about Bakugo’s little slip-up Thursday he couldn’t help but have his guard up.

“And we’re back.” Aizawa announced wearily, grateful to be behind the safety of the UA defence system once more, another uninterrupted excursion into the increasingly chaotic world done with.

The teacher climbed out of the car and stretched his neck as his two students exited the vehicle, awaiting his dismissal as they’d learned to.

“You’re doing good work,” Aizawa praised. “Keep it up and I don’t believe the commission will have any reason to fail you. Understand?”

The pair nodded.

“Good, now, go spend the rest of your day how you like.” Aizawa turned and began walking away without another word, planning on taking a nice long nap before returning to his marking tonight.

Like normal, Bakugo and Todoroki turned and began making their way back to the dorms, with Bakugo doing his best to stay ahead of the bi-coloured boy. Once the teacher was out of sight and the duo had rounded some greenery obstructing the car park from view, Todoroki spoke.

“Bakugo. I wish to speak with you.”

“What do you want Icy-hot?” Bakugo growled, not even bothering to look back. “Bad enough we gotta do this together, now you wanna start chatting like we’re buddies?”

“It is about the matter relating to Thursday.” Todoroki stated simply.

Bakugo instantly stopped walking, his hands gripping into tight fists and his senses on edge. Todoroki wasn’t phased by the blond’s instant stop, having been watching him carefully still.

“Choose your next words carefully. They might be your last.” Bakugo spat, turning his head just enough to shoot Todoroki a fierce one-eyed glare over his shoulder.

Any other person would flinch at such an expression. Todoroki had faced down fiercer though and wouldn’t be intimidated until he’d said his piece.

“I wanted to say, about your situation, I sympathise.” Todoroki stated, causing Bakugo’s eye to narrow. “But I must warn you; if you travel down the same path as your mother… and my old man… I’ll stop you myself.”

“The fuck did you say to me?!” Bakugo turned around aggressively. “Let’s make one thing clear! Unlike your shitty fuckwad of a father, I didn’t come about because of some shitty quirk marriage,” Todoroki’s eyes widened and he let out a small gasp. “Don’t pretend you know a fucking thing about my life!”

Shoto actually had to take a second to compose himself at that revelation. How Bakugo knew about his father and mother’s unethical relationship was beyond him. The only other person he’d told was Midoriya and he knew his friend wouldn’t’ve blabbed about this. Had he figured it out somehow? Regardless, that was not what he was talking about and he needed to make that clear to the boy first and foremost.

“I do not know if your parents entered into a relationship in the same way that mine did.” He started, his voice still calm and monotone. “I was referring to knowing what it was like to suffer at the hands of someone who I’ve learned is never supposed to harm you.”

Bakugo grit his teeth but held his tongue. He’d known about the scarred boy’s fucked up family dynamic ever since the sports festival when he’d overheard him and Izuku chatting about it in a less-than-private hallway. If he was referring to his one-time injury then this was a totally different situation that he had no right trying to sympathise with.

“Yeah, yeah, your mother gave you that scar by pouring boiling water on your face. I overheard everything you said to that green-haired idiot back when you first told him.” Bakugo divulged, answering Todoroki’s curiosities before he could vocalise them. “If you think we’re the same then you’re even stupider than I thought you were.” He turned to walk away.

“So you were not regularly beaten by your parent for not living up to their standards?!” Todoroki called out, causing Bakugo to stop again. Nothing but the wind disturbed the air for a few moments. “My ‘father’ was obsessed with surpassing All Might as you seem to know. If I didn’t perform to his expectations, he made his displeasure known physically.” Bakugo turned his head to look at Todoroki once again, though his eyes lacked the fierceness they did prior. “After what I heard about Thursday, it sounds like my ‘father’ and your mother share similar teaching methodologies.”

Bakugo reluctantly conceded that point; he hadn’t known anything else about Endeavour other than his public perception and what he’d learned from his classmate since entering UA. After what Eijiro, Mina and Izuku talked to him about together, he was beginning to think something like this was a bigger deal than he initially thought.

“Hmph,” Bakugo grunted before adjusting his path, turning instead towards the nearby treeline. “Unlike you, I don’t want my shit to be shouted around campus. If you wanna talk, we’ll do it over here.”

Todoroki was perplexed at first, since Bakugo was the one shouting, but followed after the explosive blond off the pathway. Like before, Bakugo lead the way for the two until the trees were all the duo could see around them, the structures of UA visible only over the tops of the branches. Once he was sure they had sufficient privacy, Bakugo stopped, turning back to the icy-hot pain-in-his-ass and waited expectantly for him to say something.

The two stared each other down for a moment, each testing the other.

“You got something to get off your chest then, bastard?” Bakugo quirked an eyebrow when Todoroki wasn’t forthcoming.

“As I said, I merely wished to warn you.” Todoroki stated again. “I understand from others that you have practised this same behaviour recently. Do it in front of me, and I won’t hesitate to stop you myself.”

Bakugo wanted to bear his teeth, shout, and challenge the arrogant asshole to just try it, but he knew he couldn’t. He’d been entirely in the wrong with his actions as the others had made quite clear. Didn’t mean he was going to back down entirely though.

“Like you could stop me doing whatever I wanted you second-rate extra.” Bakugo scoffed, watching the red and white haired boy’s eyes narrow with a small amount of smugness. “Too bad for you you’ve missed your chance. If you’re looking to pick a fight, I’ll gladly give you one, but it won’t be because of shit like that.”

Todoroki studied the boy for a moment, regarding him carefully.

“Your words are bold and determined but your actions Thursday tell a different story.” Todoroki declared. “What makes you so sure I won’t need to step in to protect someone from you?”

Bakugo’s hands gripped into fists. The insinuation was there, even if the words weren’t.

“Because I’m not a fucking villain!” He declared fiercely. “You’re looking at the next number one hero, and heroes don’t do shit like that!”

“Are you sure about that?” It was Todoroki’s turn to scoff.

“I don’t give a fuck what your beef with your old man is; take it up with the eternal runner-up himself, maybe that’s why he could never beat All Might.” Bakugo declared. “I got dealt a shitty parent too but that’s not gonna stop me from fixing what I know is fucked up.” The blond huffed, his frustration still clear. “What I did was… wrong, that’s been made clear, so how about you fuck off and find someone else to focus your daddy issues on.”

Bakugo and Todoroki challenged each other with their eyes again, only this time, the blond refused to back down. He’d admitted his mistake to someone he wasn’t even close to and no matter what the boy thought now, he wouldn’t let Todoroki’s own problems or assumptions get in the way of him getting better.

The bi-coloured boy sighed, causing Bakugo to smirk as he’d won their little eye-exchange.

“You seem more sincere than he does at least. I hope you are able to overcome your challenge with no further issues.” Todoroki nodded lightly.

When the stoic boy turned and began walking away, Bakugo spoke up again.

“So what did that flaming fuck do to you then?” He called out, his voice strangely devoid of smugness or pride. It caused Todoroki to pause for a second to comprehend if he’d heard correctly.

“And you care because?”

“You’re the idiot who brought it up.” Bakugo sighed in exasperation. “You said my old lady was like the number two. How bad was it?”

“I didn’t realise this was a competition.” Todoroki bristled.

“Grrr, I’m not-” Bakugo took a deep breath. “Look, you aren’t gonna get some sob story out of me. I got hit, I dealt with it; sounds like we both did. You said you sympathised so fucking meet me halfway icy-hot.”

Todoroki faced Bakugo once more. Instead of the usual array of anger, derision or dismissal expressions plastered on his face, this one was more focused. His mouth was downturned in his usual frown but he could sense the boy wasn’t looking to try and pick some sort of fight in retaliation for his earlier prodding.

“It’s as I said,” Todoroki repeated, “If I didn’t perform to his expectations, he made his displeasure known physically.”

“Oh for fuck-” Bakugo rolled his eyes. “Look, if I failed a test, got into trouble, or pissed her off in any way, I got a smack round the head.” He explained. “Didn’t overly hurt but she did it to ‘correct my behaviour’ and help her messages ‘sink in’. That clear enough of an example for ya’?”

“Oh, I see.” Todoroki nodded. “Then, I guess we were similar to a degree. My ‘father’ pushed me to practise and control my quirk almost every moment I wasn’t sleeping, studying or eating. The forced training sessions would often end with myself on the floor, exhausted, and sometimes I would be unable to hold my stomach contents after repeated blows to my person or from the heat of my quirk.”

Admittedly, Bakugo was taken aback. Endeavour was the number two hero and to hear something like this from his own son’s mouth left a gross feeling in his gut.

“Unfortunately, while my mother cared, she was not strong enough to stand against him. If she tried to interfere on my behalf, she too was… assaulted.”

Bakugo’s teeth grit themselves as that familiar feeling from before came back. The guilt and shame he felt after realizing he hurt Kirishima was something he didn’t think applied to Endeavour in those moments.

“How old were you when this… ‘training’ began?” Bakugo asked carefully.

“Five.” Todoroki stated simply.

“Tsh.” Bakugo scowled. “Well if you were looking to piss me off congrats; gold star”

“That was not my intention.” Todoroki explained.

“Whatever, point is, you still can’t sympathise with shit.” Bakugo shook his head. Before Todoroki could respond, the blond continued in a way that left him momentarily speechless. “You had it way worse than me, and neither of us fucking deserved that.”

Todoroki blinked. Was… Bakugo actually sympathising in return? Or was it empathising? Had he mixed the two up and Bakugo was trying to correct him in the most obtuse way possible? All he knew for certain was that this was definitely not the reaction he’d expected out of his most explosive classmate when he’d thought to talk to him about his behaviour.

“Have you confronted your shitheel of a father about it yet?” Bakugo asked.

“No.” Todoroki admitted.

“Figures.” Bakugo sighed. “Even if that shit gets number one next week, there’s no way he’ll ever be able to live up to All Might; not that he ever stood a chance to begin with.” He scoffed. “Why haven’t you gone to the teachers with this shit? Fucker needs to be taken down a peg.”

“It’s not their problem.” Shoto shrugged.

Bakugo’s face twisted in disbelief.

“Not their-” He gaped. “They’re fucking heroes! They’re supposed to stop shit like this.”

“I doubt they’d be able to do anything.” Todoroki shook his head. “My ‘father’ has powerful connections, those that have been able to keep my mother in hospital for years now. Even if something were to be done about it, would it really be the best thing for society right now to arrest the number two hero when villains are only growing bolder?”

Bakugo could only glare at the boy in response. He made a valid point but that still didn’t excuse anything. If what he was saying was true, then Endeavour needed to pay for his crimes regardless. Unfortunately, he’d been keeping track of the statistics on the news too and crime was still on the increase despite Endeavour setting new personal bests for resolving cases. Take that away while Bakugo couldn’t yet take his spot as the next rightful number one and villains would only try for more.

“I don’t like it.” He growled at last.

“Neither do I.” Todoroki nodded. “But I must deal with it for now.”

“The hell you do.” Bakugo scoffed. “Just fucking don’t go back there anymore and move the fuck out when you can. That’s my plan.”

“Unfortunately, my ‘father’, while detestable, attained his position as number two for a reason.” Todoroki held his hand up and a small flame danced in the palm of his hand. “I want to be able to master my fire side and he’s the best option to do that for now. I do not believe you have a similar conundrum with your own parent.”

Bakugo shook his head bitterly. Todoroki was stuck between a rock and a hard place and it didn’t sit right with him. If he could, he’d avoid the old hag as long as he could and never see her again once he got his own place. UA establishing dorms was one of the best things that could’ve happened to him.

“Guess that explains why you took that internship with him.” Bakugo voiced, getting a nod from Todoroki as confirmation. “Does he still do this shit then?”

“He seems to have stopped pushing so hard.” Todoroki explained. “I believe All Might’s retirement has affected him in a way I’m not sure I understand. While training is still intense, he hasn’t touched me physically since before UA.”

“That’s somethin’ at least.” Bakguo sighed.

The two slipped into silence for a few moments, both pondering exactly what to say next or how to finish their conversation without making it awkward, or at least, more awkward.

“Look.” Bakugo was the first to speak again. “This shit ain’t cool. I can’t count the number of times I wanted to get revenge on my mom for the shit she did to me sometimes. I know you’re the same with that ‘ice-only’ challenge you tried at the start of the year.” Todoroki nodded slowly. “I don’t know when or if you plan on taking that prick to task but… if you want back-up, just say the word and you’ll have the next number one breaking down your door. Got it?”

Todoroki’s mouth dropped open slowly as Bakugo looked away quickly, wanting the moment to be over already. If he wasn’t mistaken, the blond was offering his support to go against the number two hero; something tantamount to career-suicide if it went wrong. He’d never known Bakugo to be forthcoming in his assistance, even in training. Thinking back to that session with Yaoyorozu and the hostages however, maybe he’d grown without him noticing in the past few months.

“I understand. Thank you Bakugo.” Todoroki nodded.

“Tsh, don’t fucking mention it. I’m serious.” Bakugo pushed off the tree he was resting against and made to walk past the ice and fire wielder. “This doesn’t make us friends or anything so don’t get the wrong idea.”

“Of course.” Todoroki nodded, turning to and following after the blond. “I am curious though, you said I’d have the next number one backing me up. Are you planning to tell Midoriya so he knows to turn up?”

It only took a second for Bakugo to realise what Todoroki had said.

“I was talking about me you half-and-half fucker!” Bakugo barked back, glaring over his shoulder before turning back in a scowl. The small smile on Todoroki’s face in the brief seconds he’d shouted made him realise he’d fallen for the bait. He didn’t know when Todoroki learned to joke but he reluctantly let the boy have that one.

As the two boys returned to the path once more and began trekking back towards the dorms, neither of them acknowledged that the gap Todoroki was supposed to maintain between him and Bakugo by order of the blond had grown just a tad shorter.


Tsuyu was in a surprisingly good mood that day.

Despite her difficulties during the week, a good few sleeps after chatting with Tooru had done wonders. With it now being the weekend, she hoped to use a little of her free time to just relax with some of her partners and enjoy the relative peace despite their frantic lesson pacing.

After what Ochako and Tooru had sent out yesterday in their group chat, she was tempted to make good on her promise and add green lipstick to both girls. When the pair didn’t respond to her offers last night she’d held back from breaking down Tooru’s door to join them. Instead, she planned to seek out one of her other partners today and see if he was ready for things to get a little more intense.

Arriving at her boyfriend’s dorm door, Tsuyu knocked politely and waited for his response.

“It’s open.” The only male voice of the many she’d fallen in love with called out.

Tsuyu opened and closed Izuku’s door as she entered, noticing the boy was engrossed in his laptop despite acknowledging her presence.

“Hey Izuku, ribbit.” Tsuyu called out, walking inside casually.

“Hi Tsu.” Izuku’s smile widened as he glanced over at her briefly. “One~e second.”

Tsuyu took a seat on Izuku’s bed as his attention drifted to the new looking notepad he was working on. Before she had time to ask him about it, he finished whatever he was scribbling and swivelled to face her.

“H-Hey Tsu.” He smiled, his voice faltering a little as he saw her reclined on her arms on his mattress. “What’s up?”

“Nothing much.” Tsuyu chuckled. “Just a little bored, wanted to see if you wanted to do something together today.”

She giggled when she deliberately adjusted her hips, widening her legs ever so slightly, and made Izuku audibly gulp.

“W-Wow um… T-Tsu I… I’d love to but um… n-now isn’t really a great time.” He explained, double checking the clock in the corner of his screen.

“Oh?” Tsuyu quirked her head. “Got better plans?” She teased lightly.

“N-No, just um… prior ones.” Izuku sighed. “I’m… expecting a video call.”

The way Izuku’s whole body tensed slightly made Tsuyu pause for a second.

“Is it your mom? Are you not ready to introduce us, ribbit?” She asked curiously.

“N-No,” Izuku denied but didn’t expand on his answer.

“Your dad?” Tsuyu queried again, thinking about the only other person who she knew wasn’t local the boy might call.

“No,” Izuku looked a little confused himself at that shaking his head with a weak chuckle. “God no.”

Tsuyu remained silent now, waiting for the boy to explain himself instead of continuing her guess streak. For his part, Izuku was rubbing the back of his neck nervously and looking anywhere other than his girlfriend. It was clear he didn’t want to say anything but why was he looking like the picture of guilt?

He opened his mouth to begin explaining only for his laptop to start chiming.

The pair directed their attention back to the device as Izuku braced himself for whatever came next. On screen was Melissa Shield’s picture in a circular icon awaiting his input to either accept or deny the connection. He shot Tsuyu and apologetic look while his hand itched to answer the waiting girl.

“It’s rude to keep a girl waiting Izuku, ribbit.” Tsuyu gestured to the laptop while stepping out of view of the camera.

Izuku felt his nerves grow as Tsuyu’s neutral voice didn’t give him a clue as to her thoughts right now. He decided to bite the bullet and just answer the call with Melissa with Tsuyu here, even if he knew it would likely require an explanation before long.

“Hey Izuku!” Melissa’s cheerful voice came through clearly as a full video feed of the girl at her desk appeared on screen. She was dressed in the same garb she wore back when they first met on I-Island though it definitely seemed a tad ruffled and grubby after what he assumed was a hard day working on cutting edge tech.

“H-Hey Melissa.” Izuku smiled nervously. “Glad we can finally chat again.”

“Urgh, I know.” Melissa sighed huffily with a shake of her head. “Sorry, it’s been kind of mad here recently. With everything going on right now in Japan, I-Island’s fabrication district has been pressed to its limits to provide support gear for heroes just as fast as it gets used up. Some of us students have been helping for extra credit so it’s been crazy.”

“Right, right. We’ve been kinda busy training here too. Mr Aizawa’s been pushing us to our limits and I’ve kinda collapsed after training some days.” Izuku chuckled weakly, shooting Tsuyu a nervous look the girl didn’t react to.

“Well make sure you take that rest seriously. You need to keep up your strength after all.” Melissa lightly chastised.

“I will.” Izuku rubbed the back of his head. “So um… h-how have you been?”

Melissa’s shoulders visibly sagged.

“Honestly… I’ve… I’ve been a lot better.” She said with a weariness that Izuku could practically feel through the screen. “Things are… I… I’m…” Izuku’s breath caught when he heard the tell-tale hiccup that everyone made when trying to speak while holding back tears.

“I-It’s okay Melissa. Take your time.” Izuku offered, his focus solely on the screen now.

“S-Sorry,” Melissa sniffled, trying to control her breathing. “Just… i-it’s just been a lot and you’re the first… o-only person I can… talk to about this.”

Izuku shot Tsuyu a glance out of the corner of his eye. He knew he should speak up about her presence but it was too late at this point. When Melissa took off her glasses and reached for a tissue, he sent her a pleading look.

Tsuyu admittedly felt a tad guilty for cutting into whatever this was, but she wanted answers from her boyfriend. He was clearly hiding something about this connection for a reason and considering what he went through with the girl during the I-Island incident she wanted to make sure someone else wasn’t cluing themselves into how wonderful her boyfriend was; even if it was too late for them.

Relenting to Izuku’s unasked request, Tsuyu decided on a compromise. Instead of leaving, she’d make her presence known in a way that covered her boyfriend’s ass.

Walking over to Izuku’s dorm door, she rapped on it three times loudly to announce her presence.

Izuku made a small show of looking over to the door before back at his laptop screen.

“O-Oh uh, one second.” He called out. “Sorry, Melissa, be right back.”

“T-That’s okay.” Melissa waved him off, still wanting to gather herself so the extra few moments to do so were appreciated.

Izuku muted the conversation and quickly walked over to Tsuyu, whispering to her despite being able to freely talk.

“Tsu, look, I-I know how this looks b-but-”

Tsuyu reached out and shushed the mumbling boy with a finger.

“Izuku, nothing’s going on between you two, right, ribbit?” Tsuyu asked neutrally, not helping the greenette’s blood pressure.

“N-No!” Izuku denied outright. “I-I’ll explain more later but Melissa, she’s… she’s been going through a rough patch ever since we visited I-Island. We’ve been talking sometimes but things got busy recently and I forgot to tell you all and-”

Tsuyu put her finger back on his mouth.

“Are you happy to tell her I’m your girlfriend, yes or no?”

“Y-Yes.” Izuku nodded quickly. “I mean… if I’m allowed to.”

“You are.” Tsuyu nodded, “but ask her to keep it to herself all the same.”

“Okay, sure.” Izuku agreed quickly. “So… a-are you staying?”

“I would prefer it.” Tsuyu stated evenly.

“If… she asks you to leave… will you?” Izuku braced himself for the answer. He knew he was asking a lot from his girlfriend considering the apparent situation but he didn’t want to jeopardize Melissa’s trust over this.

“If she asks.” Tsuyu acquiesced.

Izuku supposed that was the best he could hope for at this point.

“Okay, just, let me go warn her.” He relented, returning to his chair and sitting down, spotting Melissa’s more schooled face light up a little at his return. Unmuting himself, he spoke up. “Hey Melissa, just real quick; my um… girlfriend wants to hang out with me today, do you mind if she um… sits in until we’re finished?”

“You got a girlfriend?!” Melissa’s voice rang out. “Oh my god, it really has been too long. Can I meet her? Wait, no, I look a mess.”

“You look fine Melissa.” Izuku smiled warmly, glancing over at Tsuyu as his heart settled a little. “If you’d like I’m sure she wouldn’t mind saying ‘Hi’.”

Melissa eagerly watched the screen as Izuku beckoned someone over from off screen. A small frown appeared on her face when an unfamiliar girl stepped into view however.

“Hi, I’m Tsuyu Asui but call me ‘Tsu’, I don’t believe we had the pleasure of meeting, ribbit.” Tsuyu greeted with a wave as she stood at Izuku’s side.

Melissa’s smile was back in place in a second as she greeted the girl warmly regardless.

“Nope, I’d definitely recall meeting you.” She smiled. “So, you and Izuku, huh?”

“Yup.” Tsuyu smiled honestly. “I kinda fell for him a while back, the girlfriend thing is still sorta new to me too.”

“Awww, how long?” Melissa pressed, wanting more happy details to light up one of the few joys in her life at the moment.

“Hmmm, about a couple of weeks?” Izuku offered.

“It’s been three weeks exactly today, ribbit.” Tsuyu stated.

“Phew.” Melissa exaggerated a sigh of relief. “Least I know you weren’t hiding her from me last time we spoke.”

“N-No.” Izuku chuckled as his cheeks flushed. “I-It was kind of a surprise to me when it happened too.”

“I kind of ambushed him with a confession.” Tsuyu stated, even if she was stretching the timeline out a little through ambiguity. “He’s cute when he’s embarrassed.”

“That’s adorable.” Melissa cooed.

“A-Anyway, enough about us.” Izuku shook his head. “Are you okay? You were saying something earlier.”

“Oh, that?” It was Melissa’s turn to act cagey now. “That’s just… that was nothing. Me getting silly over some little things, you know.”

“Melissa.” Tsuyu stated calmly. “You don’t have to pretend on my behalf. We may not have met on I-Island but I was there when everything happened with you guys. I’m in the same class as Izuku, Ochako and everyone, I just couldn’t get a ticket for the preview.”

“Oh? Oh, I’m sorry, I didn’t want to assume.” Melissa apologised quickly. “You were… probably there for the barbeque All Might threw to lift everyone’s spirits after the attack, weren’t you.”

“I was.” Tsuyu nodded. “Ochako told me all about what happened then. You were all very brave that day.”

“Thanks.” Melissa smiled weakly. “Sorry I wasn’t there. I was… visiting my father.”

“How is he now? Doing better?” Izuku asked.

“He’s… healed.” Melissa sighed, biting her lip softly. “But… I haven’t seen him since… he was taken to prison.”

“Oh.” Izuku heart dropped for the girl. Tsuyu didn’t know the man personally from the experience but she knew of David Shield’s work with All Might and from the way Melissa acted it was clear this was a great loss for her. “Will you be able to visit him at least?”

“Eventually, maybe.” She shrugged. “But… regardless, I’ll only be able to visit him for the next few months even if that happens.”

“Wait, why?” Izuku’s brow furrowed in confusion.

“Oh, I… I was going to tell you before but um… I don’t think I’m going to be allowed to stay on I-Island anymore.”

“What?!” Izuku’s mouth dropped open. “W-Why?”

“I-It’s… w-well… t-they think I’m just going to turn out like him. O-Or at least they don’t… trust me.” Melissa felt her mask slipping. She really didn’t want to break down in front of Izuku’s girlfriend and seem even more pathetic but she’d been bottling this up for well over a month now.

“Did they really say that?” Izuku asked, pity and worry clear in his eyes even through the digital lens.

“W-Well no.” Melissa admitted. “But it’s all there: my favourite teacher told me to ‘make preparations’, security are watching my every move, and everyone else in my class has been scouted by at least one of the companies on the island. If I graduate this spring without a job lined up here, I’ll be forced to leave, and if I leave, I can’t see papa anymore since he can’t leave the island.”

“He’s still a scientist.” Izuku realised. In order to prevent information leaks, all I-Island scientists can’t leave the island as a rule. That rule appeared to extend to if they’re arrested too, even if they no longer officially worked for the island.

“Mmmhmm.” Melissa sniffed, feeling her tears prickle at the corner of her eyes again. “Y-You already know how I haven’t been able to focus in class a-and they took my lab a-a-and…” The poor girl’s composure completely broke here as tears began rolling down her cheeks.

Izuku felt his hands flex in useless frustration and Tsuyu let out a ribbit of sympathy as she watched the girl lose the battle against herself.

“I-It’s… i-it’s not f-f-fair.” Melissa cried somewhat petulantly. Izuku wouldn’t begrudge her that. Her whole world was currently being taken from her and he didn’t have much to offer other than his unwavering support.

“Melissa…” He called out softly, hoping to try and reach the girl somehow. “I know things seem… really, really bad right now. I know it sounds stupid, but you’re allowed to feel this way. Let yourself just… experience all this pain and frustration and anger you’re probably feeling right now, okay?”

The blonde girl sucked in a breath and held it long enough to give Izuku a shaky nod before her sobs burst forth again.

“Good.” Izuku smiled weakly. “Once you’re done, and all your tears have worn themselves out, you’re going to pick yourself back up like the strong, brilliant support technician I know you are and you’re going to start fixing this.”

“I-I can’t.” Melissa blubbered. “I don’t k-know… I…”

“I don’t know either.” Izuku admitted, understanding where the girl was going. “But no matter what, I’m going to be by your side while we figure this out. If I can help in any way, please let me know. I’m sure All Might, or maybe Mr Nezu, can do… something.” Izuku was clutching at straws a little. All Might’s influence was fast fading and even during the event itself in the summer he couldn’t get David off the hook for his part in the heist gone wrong.

“Hmmm,” Tsuyu pondered with a finger on her chin. “Ochako mentioned you were a support technician, or at least, planned to be an official one once you graduated. Are you any good?” She asked abruptly.

“Wh-Wha?” Melissa was a little struck dumb by the question.

“Tsuyu, she’s um… pretty great.” Izuku spoke up, a little confused as to why Tsuyu was asking this now but trusting his girlfriend had a point to this. “She made this really cool gauntlet that protected my hand and allowed me to use my quirk at full strength without injuring myself. A-And she’s won tons of awards too.”

“Mmmhmm.” Melissa confirmed with a nod of her head.

“That’s good.” Tsuyu nodded, “What about your dad; do you know how long he’s been sentenced for, ribbit?”

“Er… I… I think about… f-five years, maybe?” Melissa replied, not sure why the girl was asking now.

“So not the best but definitely not the worst.” Tsuyu wobbled her head. “That’s plenty of time for you to pick yourself up and make a name for yourself. Prove to everyone they were wrong about Melissa Shield from outside I-Island until your dad’s released and you can see him again.”

Tsuyu knew she had the girl’s attention as she watched her try to reign in her tears and control her breathing.

“B-But… no one-”

“I happen to know someone who’s looking to create a variety of start-up businesses and has plenty of cash to do it with.” Tsuyu smiled. “I’d have to talk to them first, but I’m pretty sure so long as you agree to a few things she’d be more than happy to have someone of your talent on our team.”

Izuku didn’t need anymore than that to realise exactly what Tsuyu was suggesting. Having Momo bankroll whatever incredible new tech Melissa could come up with would be an incredible boon not just for them and to get Melissa’s reputation back up, but to have some significant clout and business under Momo’s name and not her parents’; it was an easy win-win scenario for everyone!

“I know who she’s talking about.” Izuku’s smiled brilliantly as he tried to push this newfound feeling of hope through his laptop toward the despondent girl. “It’s a great idea and I’m sure she’ll make you an offer.”

“No…” Melissa shook her head weakly. “That… that sounds…”

“Too good, ribbit?” Tsuyu finished for her. “Yeah, probably, but I’m sure she could drive you like a workhorse if it’d make you feel better. Not that she’d want to.” She giggled. “If you’re Izuku and Ochako’s friend then you’re my friend and theirs too. You don’t deserve everything I’ve heard today and I know that Izuku would’ve made the same offer if he’d remembered before me.”

“A-Absolutely.” Izuku nodded hastily, though he knew it might’ve taken him a lot longer to get back to his blond friend as relying on Momo’s money still didn’t register as an option in his head.

The pair watched as cogs began turning in the girl’s head.

“I… I still need to… finish at the academy first. G-Get my license.” She croaked.

“Not a problem I’m sure.” Tsuyu nodded. “We still need to get things checked with her on our end so why don’t you and Izuku catch up quickly while I go ask her.”

“A-Are you sure?” Izuku asked nervously, the second implication clear in his question.

“I trust you can cheer her up without me getting in the way.” Tsuyu smiled before leaning down and snagging a kiss from his lips before walking away. Izuku watched after her dumbly as the door swung shut behind her, the girl likely having left to find Momo.

“I-I think you’ve found a k-keeper.” Melissa chuckled wetly.

Izuku responded in kind, still a tad in disbelief himself.

“Y-Yeah.” He smiled. “Oh, but um… c-could you keep it quiet please? We’re not quite telling everyone yet.”

Melissa chuckled bitterly.

“Who the fuck am I gonna tell?” She sighed. “You’re… you’re the only friend I’ve got left. E-Everyone else I was remotely close to bailed after…”

“Yeah… I remember.” Izuku sighed. It had been tough for Melissa to admit that she hadn’t had the greatest number of friends to begin with to the greenette who was mildly stunned when he heard that tidbit during their first chat. Come the second time they spoke, everyone had already begun distancing themselves from her. He knew from personal experience it was hard making friends when you were quirkless but Melissa seemed so approachable and bubbly. While he’d hoped she enjoyed a better experience than him growing up, she was drifting into dangerously familiar territory for his liking.

“S-Sorry.” Melissa apologised quickly. “S-Shouldn’t have snapped.”

“No, it’s okay.” Izuku accepted. “You’re… going through some really rough stuff and… I know how dark everything must feel right now. Like… there’s no way out and everyone’s against you. You need to know though, that no matter what happens, I will always be here for you! You don’t have to go through this alone, and I intend to make sure you won’t.”

Melissa felt her breath catch in a way that wasn’t due to her tears. She knew All Might was his inspiration for being a hero, but in that moment, however briefly, she truly believed Izuku’s borrowed words as if they were his own.

A small chuckle broke free from her throat instead of another sob as she shook her head fondly.

“Izuku… y-you’re going to make an amazing pro one day.” She didn’t want to say hero; he already was one to her.

“And you’re gonna be one of my top supporters, creating amazing new gear and showing everyone else that they’re wrong to underestimate people like us!”

Melissa smiled, feeling hope swell in her chest once more. She didn’t quite know what Izuku meant by ‘people like us’ but that was a question for when she didn’t feel like curling into the smallest ball possible.

“R-Right!” She nodded as firmly as she could, wiping at her tears. “Urgh, I’m such a mess. I-I probably didn’t make a great first impression, huh?”

“Don’t worry about it.” Izuku shook his head with a smile. “Tsu likes you, I can tell.”

“That’s something at least.” Melissa chuckled weakly. “I-I’m gonna want that full story at some point.”

Izuku shook his head fondly while also internally panicking about how he could possibly explain everything that happened in the past month or so.

“M-Maybe once you get here we’ll have a catch-up day.” He suggested.

“T-That… that sounds lovely.” Melissa smiled honestly. “I know it’s silly but… just having this semblance of a plan now… it’s helping. G-Graduate, come to Japan, a-and go from there.”

“Right.” Izuku nodded. “We’ll be here to support you so that you can support us.”

“I’ll h-have to make Tsu something nice as thanks.” Melissa chuckled. “W-Won’t be until I leave though. My research got confiscated and everything I make here is claimed as I-Island property so I’ve been unable to make you another gauntlet or improve on it, sorry.”

“Don’t worry about it.” Izuku waved away. “Just… keep all your plans in your head so they don’t get anything else.”

“Got that right.” Melissa sighed, feeling her tears ebb away as her redemption plan began taking shape. “Thanks again Izuku.”

“It’s no problem, really.” Izuku sent her as earnest a smile as he could.

The door handle jiggled once more as Izuku’s attention was drawn to it with Tsuyu stepping inside, a happy smile on her face.

“Momo gave the go ahead, ribbit.” She nodded. “Pass on her details so those two can talk.”

“That’s great!” Izuku’s smile grew into a wide grin as he quickly copied Momo’s mobile number to his laptop and sent it to Melissa in their chat window.

“Momo… why does that name sound familiar?” Melissa puzzled for a moment.

“You met her on I-Island.” Tsuyu called out as she stepped back into view. “Momo Yaoyorozu.”

“H-Her?! Oh, she was so nice.” Melissa smiled at the memory. “W-Wait…” She paused as another memory clicked into place. “Oh um… s-sorry I… I don’t think-”

“She’s not working for her parents either.” Tsuyu cut in, spotting the girl’s sudden hesitation once she heard the Yaoyorozu name attached to the offer. “She’ll explain more when you talk but you won’t have to deal with any of that legal bullshit she knows her parents try to pull.”

“You can trust her.” Izuku sent her a genuine smile. “She’s trying to be a hero just like us after all.”

Melissa bit her lip. She’d heard all the rumors about working for the Yaoyorozu group the same as everyone else in her class, and the hints dropped by her instructors even before her life had been turned upside down were something to take into consideration. But this was Izuku and his girlfriend that were vouching to her specifically, not her parents. Meeting the girl herself on the trip she’d had her apprehensions of course, but if she didn’t already know her name, she would’ve been just another amazing hero student that knew Izuku.

“O-Okay.” Melissa nodded slowly. “I trust you two.”

“You won’t regret it, ribbit.” Tsuyu smiled, closing her eyes as she did.

“You can count on all of us.” Izuku clenched his fist in determination.

“T-Thanks.” The American girl brushed the remaining unshed tears out of her eyes. “Both of you. I… I really needed this boost.”

“Don’t mention it,” Tsuyu waved away. “We’re heroes, helping out is what we do, but we’re also friends. At least, I hope so.”

“Yes!” Melissa smiled gratefully.

The trio spoke for a few minutes more about things but it was clear Melissa didn’t have the energy to continue their conversation for much longer which the two hero students fully understood. After unloading all her emotions, anyone would feel exhausted and Tsuyu could really empathise with what happened to herself earlier in the week.

With a wave, the three said their goodbyes. As the connection between them closed, Melissa allowed all remaining strength to drop from her figure. She’d been handed a lifeline from a source she’d never expected in Izuku’s girlfriend; ‘Tsuyu’ was it again? At first she’d been a little wary of the girl when she’d appeared on screen, not knowing if she was a fellow student at UA like Izuku or a civilian, but what really shook her was that it wasn’t Ochako.

She wasn’t an idiot and noticed the clear embarrassment and awkwardness the gravity girl had struggled through all day around Izuku before the party that night where everything went so dreadfully wrong. Melissa hoped Ochako, Yaoyorozu, Jiro, and the rest of Izuku’s male friends she’d briefly met were doing okay, or at least, better than her.

With a new connection to make to Yaoyorozu, Melissa felt the fiery hope that lingered in her chest that the pair had stoked continue to burn. Her dreams wouldn’t be snuffed out no matter what. She was going to make sure of that and become the best support technician in the world with her hero gadgets helping to save as many people as she could, that was her pledge!

With her strength returning, Melissa smartened herself up once again before punching in the contact number she’d gotten into her phone and pressing ‘call’.

Back in Izuku’s room, he breathed a great sigh of relief himself now the video chat was over. He was more than happy to support his friend but his adrenaline had been running high when she’d called with Tsuyu present.

“Well, now that that’s wrapped up, you want to tell me why you looked so guilty, ribbit?” Tsuyu’s voice queried from his side.

The boy let out a sigh as he’d expected this line of questioning, he just knew all the stress and misinterpretation could’ve been avoided if he’d only remembered to tell them about this.

“S-Sure. Do you mind if we…” He gestured to the bed, wanting to stretch his legs a little as well as sit next to Tsuyu while he detailed everything.

The frog girl nodded and soon the pair were sitting side-by-side on the edge of his bed, the long-haired greenette looking expectantly at the short haired one.

“I know things looked a little bad at first.” Izuku gathered his courage to start. “I mean… I’ve seen the trope: girlfriend walks in on boyfriend talking to another girl...”

“It was something that crossed my mind, yes.” Tsuyu nodded. “I was pretty sure there was a valid explanation, but I did want to hear it from your own mouth that it wasn’t that. That’s all I really needed.” She explained.

Izuku chuckled weakly.

“Sorry, wish I’d known that else I wouldn’t have gotten so panicked.” He admitted.

“It’s alright.” Tsuyu shrugged. “I’m more concerned with everything I learned about. You seemed to be hiding something at first which is what made me suspicious. Hearing about everything made it all clear though.”

“Yeah… I… promised not to tell anyone else about her… struggles.” Izuku admitted. “We exchanged information before we parted on I-Island and kept in contact every now and then. Mostly it was just emails to start but then we started chatting when we could both spare the time. It was nice to talk to somebody outside the hero course that still knew all about it.”

“I’ll bet.” Tsuyu nodded. “As much as I love chatting to my family about stuff, it does feel like they just smile and nod sometimes no matter how much passion I try to convey.”

The One-For-All user agreed. “Melissa shared things that had been happening since we visited; how her classes and research projects had been going and stuff. The more times we talked though the… less optimistic things got.” He sighed. “There was… also a part of me that… felt really guilty for what I said to her on the island.”

“Ribbit?”

“You know all about… my life before All Might. About how I was… quirkless?” Tsuyu nodded. “Well Melissa… she didn’t have an All Might to pass on a quirk to her; she’s quirkless. When we talked before the party that night, and after things started going wrong, she wanted to help but… all I could see was the danger she was in because… she lacked a quirk like me.”

“I see.” Tsuyu said neutrally.

“We wouldn’t have succeeded without her though.” Izuku stressed. “So I know I was wrong to say those things but… it was because I know how strong I am now with this one quirk compared to… where I was before.”

“It’s okay Izuku. I understand, ribbit.” Tsuyu nodded. “You’ve got that perspective so you know how different it can be on both ends of the scale. I can only guess but you said it to protect her, not to disparage her.” She received a nod from the boy. “Don’t hold it against yourself. You’re right to acknowledge that there is a factual difference between people with quirks and without. I wouldn’t ask a quirkless Izuku to swim down into a sunken ship with me, but I would ask him to monitor my equipment and keep me safe. To be honest, I’d probably do the same to you now; I’m pretty sure One-For-All doesn’t give you gills.”

“No, it doesn’t.” Izuku chuckled.

“People have different strengths with or without quirks and they should be acknowledged. You were only looking out for your friend, and to me, Melissa doesn’t seem like the type to hold it against you, especially when you’ve been such a good friend to her since then.”

“Yeah,” Izuku conceded. “I mean, I’m trying to be. There’s only so much I can do.”

“That’s why you have us, ribbit,” Tsuyu chuckled. “I mean, even for all your mighty quirk power, you’re still nothing before the might of Momo’s money.”

“I really hope they can work something out.” The greenette said optimistically.

“I’m sure they will.” Tsuyu comforted. “I do wonder though, why didn’t you just explain this to me from the beginning?” Tsuyu asked him curiously.

“I… didn’t know how to.” Izuku chuckled weakly. “I mean… she’s an amazingly intelligent, girl with a bright future ahead of her that… um… t-to most would appear really pretty suddenly calling me out of the blue. It looks really bad if I um… declined your suggestion to talk to her instead.”

“I can see how most girls might get jealous about that, ribbit.” Tsuyu conceded that point to her boyfriend. “But I trust you Izuku.” She reached out to cup his face. “I know you wouldn’t do something like chase other skirts when you’ve already got all of us.”

“I’m so lucky to have found even just one of you.” Izuku smiled.

“Flattery might get you somewhere, ribbit.” Tsuyu grinned, leaning in to give the boy a small kiss on the lips. “Won’t stop me calling you an idiot for worrying about this though.”

“S-Sorry.” Izuku apologised again. “I should’ve told you all earlier… she just wanted to keep it between us. With our schedules the way they are, we barely talk as it is and she didn’t even know about you or anyone else since we’ve… um… you know.”

“Fucked?” Tsuyu offered.

“I-I was going to say ‘started going out’.” Izuku flushed a deep red.

“Ah,” Tsuyu acknowledged. “Well ‘fucked’ is more appropriate for what’s about to happen next anyway.”

Izuku barely had time to process what he just heard before his eyes widened in surprise as Tsuyu pushed him down on his back and into his mattress. Despite the odd situation, it had been dealt with appropriately, and now, Tsuyu was going to claim what she came here to get.


When Sunday rolled around, everyone was content to do their own thing for the day.

Izuku and the rest of the group that had offered to teach Koda what they knew had grouped up early and headed out to one of the gyms. The rest of the class took it easy and either continued relaxing to recover from the week prior or finished up any homework they had lest they earn a second week of hell by drawing Aizawa’s ire.

Mina was quite content to do the former and just chill in her room for the day mostly doing nothing. It was rare for her to get some downtime with all the studying she’d been doing recently but had decided to give herself a little break after passing that surprise test.

It seemed one of her girlfriends had other ideas though as her presence had been requested for a favour she needed to keep absolutely private between the two of them.

That’s how Mina found herself standing outside Kyoka’s door after lunch having knocked to alert the girl to her presence.

“Pinky’s delivery service.” Mina called out.

“C-Come in.” Kyoka’s nervous sounding voice called out.

Curious already, Mina wasted no time opening the door carefully and slipped inside, quirking a brow as she observed the darkness.

“Kyoka? Something up?” Mina called out as she stepped round the door and closed it behind her.

“Y-Yeah, everything’s fine.” Kyoka’s voice rang out again.

The lights were off and the curtains were drawn but Mina could spot her girlfriend’s outline sitting on the edge of her bed.

“You wanna be an edgelord today or can I turn on some lights?” Mina asked.

“Leave them off.” Kyoka ordered. “I-I did it for a reason.”

“Well colour me intrigued.” Mina chuckled, stepping forward cautiously in case there was any obstructions on the ground; she knew she’d faceplant the floor pretty hard in her own room with her clothes currently lying everywhere. “So~… what’s the deal my cheeky Vixen?”

“W-Well um…” Kyoka started, unsure on how to ask Mina a request like this. “Y-You’re like… um… quite comfortable with doing more… weird stuff, right?”

“Ummm, if we’re talking bedroom stuff then I’m down to clown for most things really.” Mina pondered, taking a seat on the end of Kyoka’s bed before sliding along it to rub shoulders with her. “Got something freaky you wanna try out?” Mina grinned, her voice teasing and a tad eager.

“S-Sort of…” Kyoka admitted. This was out there for her but probably stupid and tame for Mina. She picked up the device she’d borrowed from Momo’s stash, bit her lip, and then placed it in the pinkette’s lap. “I-I want you to um… h-have… sex-with-me-with-that.”

Even though it was dark, Kyoka knew her face was bright red as she clutched her hands on her knees, her shorts wrinkling in her grip.

Mina blinked dumbfoundedly for a second, just comprehending the muttered request and what was just thrust into her possession. Reaching down she felt a much improved version of the strap-on Momo told her she’d developed. She couldn’t help but giggle as she rolled the fake balls around and compare the texture and firmness against Izuku’s own rod now she had some experience with it.

“Are you gonna help or not!” Kyoka raised her voice. She guessed Mina’s mirth wasn’t aimed at her request but she felt very self-conscious right now.

“Woah girl.” Mina leant away from the mildly hostile purplette. “Chill, I’m just checking out this awesome new toy you gave me. If I’m gonna dick you down, I gotta know what kinda equipment I’m handlin’.” Mina giggled again.

“S-Shut up!” Kyoka grit her teeth. “If you’re gonna just make this into one big joke-”

“Okay!” Mina reached out to clasp her thigh. “Okay, I’m sorry. This situation’s just a little weird and funny, I can’t help it.”

“Well then help it… p-please.” Kyoka sighed.

“Okay, I got it.” Mina squeezed just a little to reassure her girlfriend. “Before we get down to business, you wanna tell me what this is all about? I’m guessing it has to do with a fluffy green-haired boyfriend we kinda share.”

“You know already.” Kyoka sighed again. “I’m… going through some stuff and just… w-want to test a few things but… without him.”

“Hence the pee-pee.” Mina wobbled it in her hand for a laugh though the effect was lost due to the low light.

“R-Right… a-and you um… you kinda have the same sorta hair style and are the closest in height and build and-”

“I see, you want to do a bit of light roleplay.” Mina offered.

“I-In a way.” Kyoka admitted in a small voice. “Y-You um… don’t have to talk in his voice or stuff like that.”

“Pretty sure I couldn’t even if I tried.” Mina giggled.

When a small silence settled over the pair, Mina reached over for Kyoka’s other shoulder and pulled her in for a sideways hug.

“You know you don’t have to force yourself, right? Just because most of us want the ‘dicku’ doesn’t mean you have to too.”

“I know,” Kyoka nodded. “It’s fine, O-Ochako helped me figure some stuff out.”

“Ah, I’ll just shut up then.” Mina chuckled. “You think you’ll be good for the sleepover next week? I can try and keep the ‘dicku’ all for myself if you’re still not ready.”

“Yeah, just… don’t send him my way if you can… o-okay? Truths are fine probably but…”

“I got you babe, don’t worry.” Mina gave her another squeeze which Kyoka returned by wrapping a jack around her extended arm and returning the gesture. “Right! So, any other requests before we begin? I wanna really sink into the role before I… sink into you.”

“I will gag you.” Kyoka’s glare cut through the darkness.

“Yeah, you’re probably right, Izuku wouldn’t be the kind to make jokes.” Mina chuckled, rising to her feet, toy in hand. “Maybe I should gag you though?” Mina smirked. “Get some cuffs out and really-”

“N-No.” Kyoka shook her head. “J-Just um… n-normal.”

“Got it, one bland missionary fuck cummin’ up.” The pinkette declared sliding her trousers and knickers down before stepping out of them.

Kyoka didn’t bother to respond to that, instead too focused on hesitantly stripping herself completely and getting into position with her head on her pillow.

As Mina finished disrobing and sliding the toy into herself, securing it in place with the straps, she couldn’t help but find this whole situation a bit… clinical. She knew Kyoka wanted to experiment with this but it didn’t feel natural; even if they did this then what would it matter when the real thing came around and it was different?

Her lack of ability to replicate Izuku’s voice wouldn’t stop her from the path she decided to tread next. Even if she got a few things wrong, Mina figured she knew her boyfriend well enough by now to be able to give an acceptable performance.

With Kyoka settled and waiting, Mina crawled into the bed and between her girlfriend’s legs as best she could; they were relatively closed considering all their previous shared dalliances. It didn’t matter right now, instead, Mina placed her knees either side of Kyoka’s hips instead, the cock jiggling over the petite girl’s stomach while Mina leant down and began her performance.

“H-Hi um… K-Kyoka.” Mina spoke in a somewhat deeper voice. It was clear she was deliberately changing it but with hers and Izuku’s voices so close in pitch, she knew she’d be unable to mimic him so she chose to just deepen her normal voice.

It definitely didn’t have the intended effect though as Kyoka laughed in a knee-jerk reaction that saw the pinkette covered in spittle before the punkette could cover her mouth.

Mina admittedly saw the funny side and let out a few giggles while using one hand to clean herself up as Kyoka tried to control her outburst.

“T-T-That’s your Izuku?!” Kyoka managed to get out.

“Oh shush, his voice is hard for me to do!” Mina chuckled.

“W-What’s next?” Kyoka asked before trying very hard to get her breathing under control for a moment. Her own voice deepened as she tried her hand at Izuku’s voice. “H-Hey sweet cheeks, h-how about you come float away with me.”

Mina couldn’t help but laugh at Kyoka’s even worse impression.

“W-What is that?! Are you trying to be Midori hitting on Ochako?”

“Well if you guessed it then it wasn’t completely crap.” Kyoka replied, back to her regular laughing volume.

The two girls just enjoyed the moment briefly, both letting their laughter come to an end only for one small chuckle to stir the other back up. It went back and forth for a few minutes before they both finally reached the end of their gigglefit.

“I told you, you don’t have to put on a voice.” Kyoka shook her head.

“Well no,” Mina agreed. “But work with me. If you two are gonna connect then you need to connect as people too. You can’t just use him like a sex toy and toss him away when you’re done; there’s a sweet, adorable idiot attached to that dick you know.”

“Sh-Shut up.” Kyoka blushed, “I wasn’t gonna-”

“Then prove it.” Mina challenged. “Do a little roleplay. It’ll be fun and you’ll see if you’re happy with more than just the ‘dicku’.”

“If I say ‘yes’ will you stop saying that!” Kyoka groaned, though using it as an excuse to accept.

“Only for today.” Mina winked.

“Urgh, fine, whatever.” Kyoka scoffed lightly. “B-But don’t just make jokes and stuff like you normally do. I-If you’re gonna do this then… you… have to really try to act like him.”

“I’ll do my best.” Mina grinned, glad she at least got this concession out of the girl.

Clearing her throat, Mina tried to put herself in Izuku’s mind-set. Smart but not brash, strong but earnest, caring to a fault and in utter disbelief Kyoka wanted to do anything naughty with him after making herself plenty clear.

“H-Hi Kyoka.” Mina tried again, though she still got a small smile out of the punkette from what she could tell.

“H-Hi um… I-Izuku.” Kyoka replied.

The two sat there awkwardly for a moment, both waiting for the other to say something next.

“So… I um… j-just to be clear… you uh, are okay with… this?” Mina asked, thrusting her hips lightly as the fake cock and balls wobbled.

Kyoka glanced down at Mina’s temporary member but in the process caught sight of her breasts just hanging down towards her, begging to be groped or played with. Figuring it worked the first time, Kyoka closed her eyes and pictured Izuku in her mind’s eye with a small sigh.

“I-I am.” Kyoka gulped nervously. “J-Just… please be um… g-gentle. I’m um… n-nervous.”

“That’s okay.” Mina chuckled. “I-I am too. I didn’t know you um… developed feelings for me.”

“Can you blame me? You made it um… r-really fucking hard not to.” Kyoka admitted.

Mina admittedly had to hold back a double entendre at that. Her girlfriend seemed to be getting into things and she wondered if she could gain a little insight while they had their fun. It would definitely add to the girl’s confidence if she could talk about her feelings to a fake Izuku without worry.

“I’m sorry, I know you all um… s-say nice things about me but I really don’t see them sometimes.” Mina admitted, continuing her roleplay. “I thought you wanted nothing to do with me.”

“You’re an idiot.” Kyoka scoffed.

“T-That’s not a nice thing!” Mina chuckled weakly.

“Then don’t be an idiot.”

“Oh… o-okay.” Mina decided to back off just a little. Izuku was fine with teasing but putting him down needlessly like this was no basis for a romantic encounter.

“Urgh just,” Kyoka reached out with her arm hand and touched Mina’s side, sliding her hand comfortingly up and down. “L-Look… you um… you just… get me. A-At least a certain part of me anyway that the others don’t. You’re… strong but… you don’t scare me. You’re not this like, overly macho guy and you’re in touch with your emotions more than any of the other dudes. Grow a pair of tits and lose the prick and I’d’ve jumped on you like the others have.”

“P-Please no. I like my penis where it is.” Mina chuckled weakly.

“Y-Yeah um…” Kyoka’s hand drifted down to fondle the toy between Mina’s legs. As she touched it and imagined it was flesh and blood beneath her fingers tips attached to Izuku, she found herself not repulsed by the idea. Her breathing sped up slightly as she just allowed herself to explore a little more. “You’re… a good guy Izuku, a-and I um… wanna share this with you.”

“A-Are you sure?” Mina asked, staying in character. “I-I really like you too Kyoka but um… w-with everything you said, I thought you didn’t want anything to do with me, or well, men in general… o-or me with Momo for that matter.”

“We’re just testing the waters. Don’t get ahead of yourself!” Kyoka scolded. “I-If you wanna touch Momo then you still gotta impress me first.”

“S-Sorry!” Mina apologised quickly, much in the way Izuku did still. “I-I just want things to be clear. I’ve… been thinking about you a lot too. W-What it would be like to… hold you and um… k-kiss you.”

Kyoka felt her breath catch and her core clench. This reaction both scared and excited her and she couldn’t help licking her lips in anticipation.

“W-Why don’t you um… f-find out.” She offered.

Mina didn’t need any more convincing before leaning down and capturing Kyoka’s lips between her own, the pair allowing their tongues to tentatively touch before sinking into each other’s mouths to explore.

Kyoka, admittedly, was a little confused with Izuku descended to kiss her, feeling a set of breasts bump and press against her own. When she opened her eyes, she remembered it was Mina and not Izuku that was ontop of her right now. It sent a small shiver of both relief and disappointment through her in that moment. With relief overpowering by just tad, she allowed herself to indulge in Mina’s assets with a few gropes.

For her part, Mina just let Kyoka get her handsy girlfriend have her fun before pulling back to sit up, grabbing both the punkette’s wrists and instead placing them on her hips.

“Izuku doesn’t have those.” She teased in her normal voice

“Then don’t touch me with them.” Kyoka pouted. “Distracting.”

“Can do.” Mina saluted cheekily.

Kyoka shot her a small glare before the pinkette shuffled back on the bed, lifting one of her legs and sliding it between Kyoka’s to pry them open before she settled in. For her part, Kyoka closed her eyes again to restore Izuku’s imaginary visage.

With one hand, Mina ran her fake penis up and down Kyoka’s pussy, testing to see if her girlfriend was ready.

“G-Go ahead.” Kyoka offered, spreading her legs just a bit wider.

Mina didn’t know if it was because the girl was nervous, not thinking or what but she could clearly tell if she pushed in now it’d hurt.

Returning to her Izuku persona, she tried to let her know in character.

“I um… think I should get some lube or um… maybe I should d-do something for you i-if you’ll let me.” Mina said, leaning down to get her point across.

Kyoka reluctantly opened her eyes to comprehend what Mina was implying, catching her golden eyes in the darkness as the bushy-haired pinkette leant down.

“C-Can I…” Kyoka reached out and grabbed a handful of Mina’s hair, squeezing it somewhat tightly and drawing a small hiss of pain from the girl purely out of surprise. “S-Sorry, t-too tight?”

“Just surprised me.” Mina chuckled, replying in her normal voice. “You wanna get a little rough?”

“If… you don’t mind.” Kyoka gave a small nod.

“Ooo, this should be good then.” Mina giggled, glad she was actually going to get some of her own stuff in this little experiment of theirs. “How about I say ‘bunny’ if I think it’s too rough for Izuku but ‘Aizawa’ if it’s too much for me?”

“Uh… I get ‘Aizawa’ ‘cause that’s kind of a mood killer but why ‘bunny’?” Kyoka asked.

“‘Cause Izuku’s costume has those bunny ears.” Mina grinned before shaking her head and sinking back into her Izuku voice. “A-Anyway um… m-may I?”

Kyoka, feeling a tad braver now Mina had set limits, gripped her hair again and almost pressed her into her crotch.

“Y-You should consider yourself l-lucky. No other fuckstick of a man is ever gonna get to touch this lesbian s-so you better do a good job down there.”

Mina’s brows raised in surprise at the language Kyoka was suddenly displaying. She honestly didn’t know how Izuku would respond to that. It got her going a little so she wouldn’t complain for now and just go along with it.

Starting with some light, cautious licks at Kyoka’s crotch, she relaxed into her usual rhythm. Spreading Kyoka out with her fingers, she made sure to get her girlfriend nice and lubed up.

“Deeper.” Kyoka ordered, pulling Mina’s head closer still and starting to grind her crotch on her. Again, Mina wasn’t sure how Izuku would react but she was very much in her element. She spread her tongue wide to start for the first few licks before thrusting her tongue as deep inside Kyoka as she could manage, really grinding herself against the girl’s hips.

“Mmmm fuck.” Kyoka groaned, closing her eyes again and leaning back in satisfaction.

Not one to let her fingers go to waste, Mina set to work using them to rub vigorously at Kyoka’s clit and assist her tongue in plundering the girl’s depths.

“F-F-Fu~uck, keep going Min… I-Izuku.” Kyoka groaned again.

With her girlfriend well and truly ready to start the experiment, Mina decided to grant her the peak she wanted for now. Maintaining her efforts, she soon felt Kyoka’s pussy clenching at her tongue as the girl’s grip tightened and her fingers curled. Instead of a name, Kyoka just let out a strained cry as she felt herself cum.

Once the punkette felt herself coming down, she released Mina’s hair and let herself flop on the mattress. Mina wiped her mouth of the accumulated release and saliva before sitting up once more and taking her fake cock in hand.

“I-I’m glad I was able to get you there.” Mina smiled, using her Izuku voice. “But um… I-I think it’s a bit unfair if only you um… f-finish so I’ll just…”

Kyoka watched as Mina pressed her dick down towards her entrance and felt the head start sliding into her.

“W-Wait fucker!” Kyoka growled, causing Mina to pause. “I-I just came. At least be a fuckin’ gentleman about it.”

Mina quirked a brow. Kyoka was protesting, but would she like it if she took a bold liberty with Izuku for her enjoyment?

“So um… M-Mina told me your uh… s-safe word is ‘Pineapple’?” Mina said, still in character.

“Uh… y-yeah?” Kyoka frowned, opening one eye cautiously. “W-Why?”

Mina leant forward, taking care not to allow her hips to sink anymore cock into her girlfriend as she grabbed the girl’s arms and leant on them to balance herself, restraining her at the same time. Kyoka looked down at the girl in disbelief and, to her own surprise, arousal.

“B-Because um… I-I’m not too sure what I’m doing a-and I want to make sure I don’t go too far.”

“Well then piss off and just do what I tell you.” Kyoka protested, staying in character herself.

“But Kyoka, it’s my turn.” Mina grinned before sliding her hips forward.

Kyoka’s mouth opened in a silent gasp as she felt Mina’s cock slide inside her. No, she closed her eyes, it was Izuku’s cock.

“You feel so good.” Mina gasped lightly, admittedly taking more from porn than Izuku right now. She had no idea what sorta things the boy would say at this point as their only sexual encounter had been when he was very out of it.

“F-Fuckin’ better you prick!” Kyoka retorted. “Y-You don’t just push in before a girl’s ready.”

“Oh, but you’re ready.” Mina chuckled. “I can fe~el it.” She pulled back and thrust back in deeply, causing Kyoka to clench herself and cross her legs behind Mina’s rear. “See, you want me inside you.”

“Fuck you!” Kyoka growled.

“Mmmm, if it’s with one of you six, gladly.” Mina purred.

Kyoka offered some token resistance, trying to struggle Mina’s arms off her but the pinkette ensured she stayed put while she began thrusting in earnest.

“You’re not going anywhere ‘til I’m done.” Mina growled.

“And you’re gonna just stop me?” Kyoka challenged but thrust back against her girlfriend all the same.

“You wanted this. I’m just fulfilling your request.” Mina ground against Kyoka, matching their rhythms. “M-Mina also told me you like being um… held down so.”

“So what, you think you’re a big man now?” Kyoka scoffed. “Gonna empty your big load inside me?”

“B-Bet you’d hate that, wouldn’t you?” Mina nodded.

“Don’t you fuckin’ think about it.” Kyoka warned.

“Mmmm, but you’d look so good dripping with my manly seed.” Mina purred.

As turned on as she was, Kyoka had to stifle a laugh at that last line. They were well and truly far from any semblance of Izuku roleplaying but this was fuelling her kink.

When Mina didn’t get any complaints from her girlfriend about her treatment, she decided to turn things up a notch. Her own release was building inside her, and she had no idea how close Kyoka was to her second after getting her off with her mouth, but she wanted things to get a little rougher so she decided to make her next move.

The pinkette released Kyoka’s arms from her grip, placing her palms on the inside of them on the mattress by her waist. The punkette let out a curious sound at the change only for Mina to order her to, “Sit up a little”. Confused but not unwilling, Kyoka pushed herself up with her elbows. Once her back was clear of the mattress, Mina swooped down and pulled Kyoka into a tight embrace, their chests mashing together almost uncomfortably.

Kyoka gasped at the surprise action as she was forced back into the sheets as Mina kept thrusting into her.

“Now you can’t escape.” Mina whispered intimately into Kyoka’s ear, sending chills down the girl’s spine. “Not even if you tried to scratch my back with your nails.”

Kyoka’s breathing was shallow from her arousal. She was well and truly trapped and being pounded into the mattress by Min-Izuku. She’d challenged them not to cum inside her and unless she did something, they would. She knew also what Izuku was hinting at with his words. Clearly they were both enjoying this and if she could help Mina get to her own end for her help then she’d do it.

“G-Get off me you fuck!” Kyoka growled, wrapping her arms around Mina in turn and raking her nails down the girl’s back.

Mina let out a delighted groan as her toes curled. This was the kind of passion she was looking for. Admittedly it was more of a ‘get the hell off me’ more than a ‘this is so fucking good I can’t take it’ situation but it worked all the same right now.

“Oh, it’s too late, I’m… gonna cum soon.” Mina whispered into Kyoka’s ear.

“Take it out!” Kyoka retorted, scratching at Mina’s back again.

“Urgh, that’s fuckin’ nice.” Mina groaned, breaking character for the first time out of pleasure.

Mina could feel herself getting close and her thrusting sped up. From Kyoka’s gasps she could tell the girl was definitely on the way herself. Pulling back ever so slightly, she looked down at her captured girlfriend’s head and placed a small kiss on the side of Kyoka’s cheek.

“I love you, you bitch.” Mina smirked before leaning down once more and seizing Kyoka’s ear in a nibble. The punkette groaned under her teeth but Mina didn’t stop there. Her goal was the one sensitive spot she hadn’t forgotten about since their first sleepover, though admittedly it was for teasing purposes at first. Now though, she sought to take full advantage as she used her lips to follow the ‘wire’ of Kyoka’s lobe all the way to the metal glint at the end of it and seizing it between her lips.

When Kyoka let out a tense gasp, she licked and sucked at the thing like there was no tomorrow while pounding away in the girl, eager to reach her own release.

“C-Cummin’” Mina groaned, jack still between her teeth as she felt herself clench around the part of the strap-on inside her, thrusting one last time deep inside her girlfriend.

“W-Wait…” Kyoka complained briefly, using her other jack to stretch down and find the very particular button she knew was located in the same place as the previous model. When she found it with the tip of her jack, she hesitated for a second. If she pressed it, and she liked the feeling, would that cement her change in sexuality for the second time?

Kyoka frowned. She thought she was over this. Much like the first time she’d played with one of Momo’s fake cocks, there was no point going halfway. With a press of the button, she felt the mechanics of the toy activate and her insides get flooded with the synthetic replica cum Momo had developed.

Despite Mina’s weight, her heavy breathing, and Kyoka’s own second release she hadn’t reached yet, all the purplette could focus on was the feeling of the cock inside her and what it was leaving behind. Having pictured Izuku through most of this experiment, even if Mina had kinda failed towards the end, she didn’t find herself repulsed, disgusted or afraid of this delightful feeling she was experiencing. She felt herself clenching around the cock, trying to savour its feeling just a little as the first time she’d really enjoyed something like this.

Idly, she wondered if this was something she’d repeat if Momo really did demand she carry their babies. With Izuku being part of their group, there’d been no need to find some rando or a sperm bank so…

Pushing that thought away for now, Kyoka unwrapped herself from around Mina and pushed the heavy pinkette off to the side.

“G-Get off you fucking green lump.”

“G-Green?” Mina queried as she flopped to one side.

“You fuckin’ disgust me Izuku.” Kyoka continued, making it clear she wasn’t done yet. “You think I’m some sort of weakass girl that’s just gonna roll over and pop-out your brood? Go fuck yourself.” Kyoka stood up on the mattress before leaning down and dragging a confused Mina by the arms into a more comfortable position.

“Er… Kyoka? What-”

“Shut up Green.” Kyoka ordered, making Mina hush up. “I am not gonna become a fucking mom yet so you better undo what you did real fast.”

Mina’s eyes widened as she watched Kyoka start crouching down over her face, her pussy full and dripping with a whitish liquid. A single drop fell and landed on her lips that she reflexively tasted. The confused thought of, ‘Strawberries?’ passed through her mind before Kyoka’s lower lips met her upper ones and the girl’s hand found itself in her pink hair once again.

“Now apologize by cleaning me the fuck out and getting me off. Maybe then I won’t tell everyone what you did to me.”

Mina didn’t need telling twice. Even though her tongue and fingers had already done some work here today, she didn’t mind going back for seconds. The new taste and texture admittedly helped a lot and she allowed herself her own daydream of actually licking her girlfriend out after Izuku had left a load inside her. The strawberry taste definitely clashed with what she now knew the boy tasted like but she’d look past that. For now, she just focused on lapping at her girlfriend whose cries kept elevating in pitch.

As expected, Kyoka reached her second peak before too long, her pussy clenching around nothing and squeezing out as much of the invading cum as she could. Mina felt positively dirty as she got covered in the mixture of substances but it only served to make her want a second orgasm of her own. After a pounding like she gave Kyoka though, it would have to wait.

Kyoka braced herself against her headboard as she carefully rose to her feet again to step away from Mina’s face. The pinkette was in a bit of a daze after everything they’d done but she looked like she regretted none of it and, truthfully, neither did Kyoka.

With a great sigh, plopping herself down next to Mina and laying back to share the pillow, Kyoka felt the tension finally fade from her body. As the pair recovered their breaths, Kyoka could help but comment.

“Mina… you fucking suck at sex talk as Izuku.” She chuckled weakly.

“Hey, how am I supposed to know what he says?” Mina defended “That asshole still hasn’t smashed me, or my asshole.”

“Gross.” Kyoka rolled her eyes.

“You’re the one that just took a load inside.” Mina teased, tapping Kyoka’s belly weakly.

“S-Shut up.” Kyoka blushed, swiping at Mina’s hand.

“Hey, no judgement, only jealousy here.” Mina admitted. “Think I could get a turn next?”

“S-Sorry um… tried that with Momo. I’m… not very good… or like it.”

“Ah well.” Mina shrugged. “Might have to go see if the real thing’s up for a round.”

“Now who’s smashing and dashing?” Kyoka scoffed.

“Oh my god, that’s brilliant!” Mina laughed loudly. “I’m so stealing that.”

“Whatever.” Kyoka shrugged.

The two just allowed themselves to recover from their exertions, both content to revel in their thoughts for now.

“So…” Mina started eventually. “Did that help?”

“Y-Yeah.” Kyoka nodded shyly, still looking up at the ceiling. “T-The um… r-roleplay helped.”

“Ha! Knew it.” Mina grinned smugly. “Gonna ask him for a date first or just lure him back here with your lesbian wiles?”

“Tsh, yeah, like I can fucking date Izuku now Midnight’s in on our shit.”

“Hey, Midnight’s cool. Maybe she could give you some tips.” Mina giggled.

“And learn we’re all in one big fuck pile at the same time? No thanks.” Kyoka scoffed.

“Okay, yeah, my bad.” Mina nodded, forgetting Midnight might make a connection like that if she escorted the very taken Izuku on a clear date with Kyoka. “Could do one of those indoor dates like we did with you and Momo. Maybe you could give him a private performance!”

“Just… drop it please?” Kyoka asked. “Can I just… let things happen as I feel comfortable?”

“Yeah, sorry.” Mina apologised, rolling to face her girlfriend. “I’m just a little excited. I mean, you and Izuku. That’s kind of a big thing.”

“Not if you don’t make it one.” Kyoka sighed.

“Oh come on. This is great. We can really do what Tsu wanted and all be in one big happy group.” Mina smiled.

“It… is more appealing now than it was then.” Kyoka admitted.

“See!”

“Hey, don’t rush me.” The punkette said shyly.

“I know, I know.” Mina surrendered. “Definitely gonna tease you in private though.”

“You know, I might just drop you and take up with Izuku. Might save me the earache.” Kyoka threatened.

“Okay moody.” Mina relented. “I’ll stop. But, like, seriously. You okay?”

“I’m fine… just… processing.” Kyoka admitted.

“Well take all the time you need. There’s no way in hell I’m letting him smash you before me so you’ve got that long at least.”

“So like a day then?” Kyoka smirked.

“Urgh, bitch.” Mina chuckled, slapping her girlfriend’s arm playfully,

The two indulged in some light teasing and cuddling for another half hour before their bodies warmed down, letting the chill of the ambient air dictate when it was time to get up and spend the rest of the afternoon being productive.

Well, Kyoka was going to be productive and get some homework done. Mina was gonna go have a nap and relax some more like she originally planned.

When they rose to redress, Mina hit the light so they could gather their clothes together. As they did, she felt her back twinge with pain. Checking herself out in Kyoka’s mirror, she let out a loud laugh at the marks Kyoka had dug into her skin with her nails. She was glad the punkette didn’t keep them long or sharp as her skin was now red and irritated in great big criss-crossing lines across her back.

Kyoka was somewhat apologetic at the sight but Mina captured her lips in a kiss and told her it was worth it.

When Mina had redressed and bid her girlfriend goodbye, Kyoka let herself flop back down on her bed and replay the whole thing in her head again. Despite her kink of being restrained, she couldn’t help but revel in being the one to do the restraining; forcing Izuku to eat her out after he’d left his load inside her. Maybe this was something she could explore at later time but for now, she’d take a few moments longer to relax before starting on that English homework.

Notes:

Chapter summary:

- The students return to the dorms on friday after a long, hard week of training. Koda, who knows he's falling behind his peers, requests Izuku's and others help in developing more of a fighting style to try and catch up. With everyone exhausted, there's no sleepover this week though Kyoka knows it's partly for her sake. As everyone begins winding down from the week, Tooru, Mina and Ochako chat on the couch. When Mina teases her girlfriend, Tooru takes Ochako up to her room for a private make-up session she wanted to do with someone. Deciding to turn it into a night for themselves, Ochako and Tooru put on a movie and grab snacks for their own mini-sleepover. The pair apply make-up to each other during which time Tooru confesses her continued issues with head pain when using part of her quirk. During this time, Ochako and Tooru talk about themselves and Tooru is unable to hold back her feelings after Ochako confesses about finding her beauty stunning and kisses the girl. The two agree to extend their romantic lives to each other before exploring their new connection together. After this, the pair send off naughty snaps of themselves to their group chat with the others to make their other partners aware and a tad jealous before settling in for the night together.

- Momo visits class 1-B's Kendo who agrees to help Koda with his training. Whilst there, Momo gets an apology and explanation behind some of 1-B's actions since the start of term when some of the boys arrive back from a workout. With a more friendly rivalry in place over what they had before, Momo feels good about their classes continued interactions moving forward.

- Bakugo and Todoroki return from their latest provisional training session on Saturday afternoon. On the way back to the dorms, Todoroki confronts Bakugo about what he'd heard went down about Thursday, warning him not to follow the path of abuse. Not wanting to get into it for all of UA to hear, Bakugo leads Todoroki to a quiet bit of forest where the two resume talking. Bakugo knows all about Todoroki's situation from when he overheard him telling Izuku but is surprised to learn just how bad Endeavor's past abuse was, reluctantly conceding that Todoroki had it worse than him. With his newfound insight into himself and perspective on these kind of relationships, Bakugo declares to Todoroki that if he needs help against his abusive father he only need ask and he'd come to his aid. There is a new reluctant respect between the two boys as the conversation ends and they both return to the dorms.

- Tsuyu goes to visit Izuku in his room, hoping for some intimate time. While researching things for Koda, Izuku is surprised by Tsuyu's offer of intimacy but he'd already made plans with someone else. Before he can explain, his video call with Melissa Shield comes through. Tsuyu, initially wary of Izuku's clear attempts to hide something, sets things up to give him a brief chance to explain without alerting Melissa. With Izuku reassuring her, Tsuyu is introduced to the girl from I-Island as his girlfriend and the three start up a conversation about how things have been going. Melissa unfortunately can't hold it together when it comes to her life and breaks down with everything that's been going wrong since the night of the failed heist. Izuku and Tsuyu are saddened and the boy wants to support his friend but doesn't know what he can do. Tsuyu offers a tentative solution by suggesting Melissa come to Japan and work for Momo. Despite her hesitancy at the Yaoyorozu name, Melissa cautiously agrees to get in contact with the heiress and set something up after she gets her license. When the call ends and Melissa has some renewed hope once more, Izuku explains the full situation to Tsuyu who completely understand before leaping on her boyfriend to get what she initially came for.

- The lazy Sunday afternoon sees Mina relaxing until getting a request from Kyoka. Journeying to the punkette's room, Mina is taken aback slightly by Kyoka's odd request to have sex with her with a strap-on since she most resembles Izuku. Despite some laughter and missteps, Kyoka and Mina begin getting into things with the latter putting on a fairly good Izuku impression (in words, not in voice) while Kyoka pours out some of her feelings. The two then begin things, playing into each other's kinks lightly as Kyoka doesn't feel repulsed by the situation and begins really enjoying it. By the end, despite her teasing, Kyoka is grateful Mina helped her that day and has taken another step closer to accepting her growing feelings for the green haired boy.

Chapter 23: Mistakes and Worry

Summary:

One last week before the fifth sleepover.

Notes:

****Update*****
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***** Trigger Warning *****
Depression

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

Thankfully for class 1-A, Aizawa seemed to be in a much better mood today than he started the previous week in. Izuku was very grateful that he’d seemed to have eased off both himself and the rest of the class during training but the pressure was still on to go ‘Plus Ultra’. After last week, going only regular ‘Plus Ultra’ seemed almost easy compared to Aizawa’s special ‘Plus Ultra’ though no one dared point this out.

As the class walked back to the dorms, Mina decided to enquire with the group about the reinstatement of their upcoming Friday celebrations. Izuku and Tooru were walking ahead of her and the rest of the group, separated by most of the Baku-squad but they could be filled in later.

“So we all good for this Friday?” Mina queried to her girls. “I’ve been itching to have another slumber party. I don’t wanna jinx it, but with Aizawa easing off, this might be our best chance.”

“Or the calm before the storm.” Kyoka suggested.

“Oh shush.” Mina glared playfully. “Come on, let’s lock this one in now so we’ve got plenty of time to prepare.”

“I have been missing our comradery in recent days.” Momo agreed. “We’ve all been preoccupied individually and it would be nice to get together as a group again.”

“Ribbit, it’s been a little while but I’d say it’s been worth the break. Someone’s started coming out of his shell a bit more thanks to the hiatus.” Tsuyu hinted, nodding ahead of their group.

All five couldn’t help but recount their own experiences with the green haired boy in the recent weeks.

“I mean… he wasn’t even our boyfriend during the last sleepover.” Ochako stated in a hushed voice.

“Nor were you dating my girlfriend.” Mina giggled.

“Or mine.” Momo joined in the tease, causing Ochako and Kyoka’s faces to break into blushes.

“Be careful, ribbit. Either you two or my girlfriend might end up in the stratosphere if you keep going.” Tsuyu chuckled.

“Don’t think I won’t!” Ochako puffed up her cheeks in an adorable pout that kept Mina laughing while Momo reined in her polite chuckles.

“Apologies Ochako,” Momo conceded, “perhaps we should move back to the original topic.” The heiress turned to her punkette girlfriend. “Are you sure you’re ready to resume them?”

“I’ll be fine.” Kyoka waved away casually, though a small sweatdrop could be observed on the side of her head. “I mean, you all know not to point him in my direction. Right?” Her jacks hovered, pointing towards each of the girls in turn.

“Calm your snakes girl.” Mina giggled. “I’m sure they’re more interested in getting some for themselves. I know I am.”

“Don’t push him too hard.” Tsuyu warned, though she was equally looking forward to what the next sleepover would bring with their changed dynamic.

“I think he’ll be fine since you’ve gotten your hands on him a few times by now.” Mina teased. “Dirty frog.”

“Jealous?” Tsuyu shot back, smugly.

“Yes! Urgh.” Mina groaned, accepting this defeat for now.

“Apart from certain games,” Momo pulled the conversation back on track. “Are there any special things people might want to enjoy this week?”

“Ooo, don’t tempt me with pizza or something.” Mina’s stomach groaned, very much ready for dinner already.

“Well if we don’t then we probably need to go on a snack run.” Ochako noted. “After last Friday, me and Tooru kinda ate all our snacks.”

“Ate something else as well, didn’t ya.” Mina teased.

Ochako glared at the pinkette who was looking too pleased with herself. Darting forward, she reached out and quickly pressed her hand to Mina’s cheek before turning back to the conversation.

“W-Woah... h-hey.” Mina wobbled, her stomach dropping as she felt herself rising up off the ground and get slowly left behind as the girls continued chatting for a moment. Momo and Kyoka watched her for a few seconds but were clearly content to follow Ochako’s lead as the brunette drew their attention.

“H-Hey! I was joking!” Mina called out, getting a tad worried as she rose to the height of the bare trees around them and attracting the attention of other students. “I’m sorry!”

That was apparently what Ochako wanted to hear.

“Tsu, could you be a dear?” The gravity girl smiled sweetly at her girlfriend.

“Ribbit.” Tsuyu nodded, turning her head back and shooting out her tongue to latch onto her floating girlfriend’s arm while the group paused their steps. Once Tsuyu had reeled her back in, Ochako released her quirk and Mina touched down onto solid ground once again. “I would say your teasing is going to get you in trouble one day, looks like that day’s today.”

“J-Jeez, I thought you were just gonna leave me there for a second.” Mina panted.

“I wouldn’t do that.” Ochako smiled with her eyes closed in a somewhat creepy manner. “It’d make my new girlfriend sad.”

“Ochako taking charge.” Kyoka chuckled. “Looks like the hierarchy’s shifting.”

“We have a hierarchy?” Tsuyu questioned.

“If we did, I’m pretty sure Mina just dropped a few rungs.” Kyoka noted with a smirk.

“Be nice Vixen.” Momo chastised. Kyoka rolled her eyes but ultimately said nothing.

“Well clearly Momo’s on top, ribbit.” Tsuyu stated as the group began walking again.

“I’d like to believe we’re all even in our positions.” Momo said diplomatically, though she knew Ochako was at least technically beneath her.

“Anyway,” Ochako returned to their topic after another deviation. “I don’t think we have many treats left so we should probably get some more.”

“We can make a run on the day.” Kyoka shrugged.

“But what if Aizawa decides to redouble our training.” Tsuyu suggested.

“Urgh, not fun.” Mina sighed.

“Well, since you and Tooru are out of food, you should both go grab some now then.” Kyoka suggested. “Least you’ll refill for the week at the same time.”

“Awww man, but I went last time.” Ochako pouted.

“That was over a month ago ‘Chako.” Tsuyu chuckled. “Nearly two.”

“But still!” She continued puffing up her cheeks.

“If we tell Aizawa it’s a snack emergency, you think he’d let us use her quirk?” Mina giggled.

“Doubtful but since you said ‘we’ you’re clearly volunteering.” Kyoka smirked.

“H-Hey, wait-” Mina began protesting.

“Thank you very much Mina.” Ochako smiled at the pinkette brightly. “I’ll give you a list.”

“Oh come on!” Mina pouted, causing the others to laugh.

“Don’t worry Mina, maybe you could get Tooru or Izuku to help out.” Momo offered, not wanting to go herself as she’d gone last time too, even if it was back during their third sleepover.

“Hmmm…” Mina pondered. “There’s an idea.” She schemed.

“I wonder if the other two are sneezing about now.” Tsuyu wondered, the group having lost sight of them since they’d slowed down.

“Well, I mean, me and Midori never did get to finish our little gossip sesh.” Mina hinted. “Plus he’s got all those big, strong muscles to carry all those heavy goodies.”

“It’s clear where your head’s at, ribbit.” Tsuyu chuckled. “But if you’re fine with it, I’d like to request a few things as well.”

“Yeah, yeah, just send ‘em all to my phone you cheeky gits.” Mina sighed fondly. “Twist my tits a little harder why don’t you.”

“Maybe as a reward when you get back, ribbit.” Tsuyu smirked.

“But if you forget my Mochi, you’re going straight back up there.” Ochako smirked evilly.

The girls devolved into laughing at Mina again who didn’t mind being the butt of the jokes for now; she’d have her revenge in time.

Once the group made it back to Heights Alliance, Mina told them to send her a list in the next hour while she made the request to leave campus. As everyone scattered to change into their comfy clothes and do their own thing, Mina changed into her more stylish winter jacket and jeans rather than remaining in her school clothes for this excursion.

She was looking forward to this Friday immensely as it was Izuku’s first time joining their group as an official part of their relationship. Thinking about it, they were now seven people big and that was quite a number. As much as she loved her partners, even she had to admit her time was being stretched a little thin at this point. Thankfully, it didn’t seem like there were any new prospects on the horizon and, to be honest with herself, she was rather content with her group as is.

Sure, Mina would love to fulfil her fantasy of a couple of guys covering her in their love juices but that’s what Momo’s awesome toys were for, plus Izuku. She was especially pleased with how tasty their heiress had managed to make her replica cum, wondering if she could do other flavours too. That’d make for a much more satisfying session, though she wished Izuku’s would taste just as sweet.

Regardless, Mina tucked those thoughts away for later as she busied herself with her laptop, sending off a request to the teachers to get an escort to the shops. Despite it not being a date or romantic liaison of sorts, she still requested Midnight specifically just in case Izuku and her’s discussion got a little loud and they were overheard.

With some free time to kill until she got a reply, Mina just scrolled through her usual social media sites for memes and shitposts since Monday was not a good day for fresh new internet videos.

Before too long, she received a couple of lists from the other girls asking after particular sweets and treats which, after tallying it together with her own list, seemed more than reasonable for both her and Izuku to manage.

With a ‘ping’ from her laptop indicating a new notification, Mina saw the accepted request by Midnight who would wait for the pair by the front gate.

With all the girls lists compiled except for Tooru’s, Mina figured she’d go grab the girl’s in person and snag a kiss at the same time. Leaving her room, she proceeded down to Tooru’s floor while tapping out a text to Izuku. Since the boy was coming with her, there was no need for his list, just requesting he come join her for the trip.

Stepping out of the elevator while sending off the text, she knocked twice on Tooru’s door before opening it up and walking inside.

“Hey Tooru! Going to the shops so-”

“M-Mina!” Tooru’s voice shouted out.

Walking into her girlfriend’s room had become something of a habit both Mina and Tooru had been doing recently. Their bond had grown comfortable enough for the pair to not mind the unannounced presence of the other, even when in the middle of something lewd; though interruptions of that nature had only happened a couple of times.

That counter was definitely up now though as Mina caught a glimpse of her visible girlfriend naked on her bed before she disappeared into thin air with her cry. Finding Tooru like this had been surprising the first time and arousing both times it had happened so far, but this time was different. This time, she had a guest.

His mouth dropped open and frozen completely in place sat Izuku Midoriya who was currently stark naked and sitting in Tooru’s desk chair, his erect cock covered only by the sketchpad he was currently holding.

The trio present in the room were speechless as only the sound of the movie that was playing on Tooru’s laptop could be heard.

Mina, for her part, had her own mouth drop open as the situation made itself comprehensible in her head when she spotted the half-finished sketch Izuku was currently working on of Tooru. The more she understood, the more her crotch pulsed at the desire to strip herself off and join them.

“Well… must be my birthday or something.” Mina’s mouth slipped into a lusty grin as she reached for her coat buttons.

“Mina, no!” Both naked people called out.


The UA campus air was usually not disturbed by loud noises after classes were over for the day. Many students trained in the dedicated gyms that had soundproofing and any chatter was usually kept at acceptable volumes to be polite to others.

This was broken today by the frequent laughter bursting from Mina Ashido every couple of seconds as she and a mortified Izuku made their way towards the front gates of the school.

“Mina… please.” Izuku repeated, on the same loop since he and Tooru had been discovered.

“I-I-I can’t,” Mina gasped between laughs. “I-I-It’s just so perfect.”

“Mina… please.” Izuku groaned yet again.

“I’m sorry, I-I’m s-sorry, I… just…” Mina tried to control her breathing only to bust her gut once again.

“I was helping her train!” Izuku tried defending himself yet again.

“Oh man, that’s some training.” Mina continued. “Can I cum lend a hand?”

Izuku sighed as he allowed Mina to get it out of her system, trying not to take it too personally.

After their rather unfortunate discovery, he and Tooru quickly sought to explain themselves to the pinkette while Izuku hurriedly put on his underwear which, considering the annoying itch from the label above his crotch, he’d put on the wrong way around.

Mina didn’t need anything explained to her though and instead found the situation incredibly hilarious; not so much the two of them together doing such a thing, but her bursting in on them. In-between her bouts of laughter, she’d told Izuku to get dressed and come help her get snacks which the boy dutifully agreed to do out of sheer embarrassment while Mina told Tooru to text her a list of goodies.

With the front gate soon to be in sight, Izuku took a moment to stop and let Mina calm herself down lest whomever was escorting them ask what exactly had the girl so ‘tickled pink’.

“Haha, hooo, man.” Mina shook her head as she felt her stomach finally having enough of her jolly rumbling. “That’s gonna be a story to tell the others.”

“Please don’t.” Izuku begged. “It was bad enough the first time, I don’t wanna relive it.”

“Oh come on Midori, lighten up.” Mina chuckled, reaching out to ruffle his hair. “It’s funny! I mean, don’t get me wrong, if I hadn’t sent out the request to the teacher’s already I’d have definitely stripped off and joined you like I wanted; but since we’re here, I just have to settle for laughing instead of moaning.”

Izuku’s face coloured an even deeper red at the thought of Mina joining his and Tooru’s ‘training’ session, which, it really was for her. It just had the added bonus of them both aroused by each other’s nudity as requested by the invisible girl.

Despite his recent progress with both girls, he wasn’t quite ready to make that sort of leap with them, especially at the same time as Mina was implying.

As much as he knew she was just playing around, Izuku felt like he was back in Aldera again, the mocking laughter of his peers ringing in his ears.

“Mina!” Izuku stressed, tears prickling at his eyes. “E-Enough… please.”

Izuku’s face had shifted from reluctantly accepting the tease to strained pleading and Mina realised she’d taken the joke too far. The pair looked at each other silently for a moment before Izuku turned away.

“Let’s just go!” He shook his head and upping his pace towards the gate. The sooner he got within earshot of their escort the sooner Mina would have to drop it.

For her part, Mina couldn’t help but feel her stomach sink as she watching Izuku’s retreating back. Between him and Ochako scolding her today, her teases hadn’t been well received at all. In fact, judging from the sparkling in Izuku’s eye, she guessed she’d royally messed up.

Mina jogged to catch up to the boy but it was far too late to talk about it as Midnight had spotted the approaching pair, she could only hope Izuku wouldn’t mind her not immediately addressing things until their teacher was out of earshot.

“Hello my precious students, is it just you two today?” The pro hero asked.

“Just us.” Mina nodded. “I’ve been ordered to fetch snacks for the rest of the girls and Izuku very kindly agreed to help me.”

Izuku nodded but said nothing, causing Midnight to frown a little but ultimately press on.

“Right then, all ready for your date?” She queried with a teasing smirk.

“Miss Midnight,” Mina chuckled a tad forcefully, glad she apparently had someone to joke to today but it couldn’t have come at a worse time. She stepped between the teacher and the green haired boy to take the brunt of her teacher’s attention. “As appealing as he is, does this look like my Starlight to you?”

“Oh no,” Midnight winked at the pair. “But nothing wrong with a bit of partner swapping, don’t you think?”

Mina’s laugh rang out once more, more in irony than anything else as Izuku felt the stress of the situation ease just a tad as the focus was taken off him.

The group set off down the hill that UA sat atop of and Izuku realised Midnight served as the perfect distraction. He really didn’t feel like talking to Mina right now and the girl was happy to chat away to Midnight without him for the most part. He just had to deal with it until they were back at the dorms and he could retreat to his room for safety.

“So how are things between you five?” Midnight asked casually. “I believe you and Miss Hagakure have been going out the longest of your class now.”

“Yup, yup,” Mina grinned. “It’s been great! I mean, I didn’t come to UA to find love but I’m like, super happy I found it at the same time.”

“Oh my, love?” Midnight raised an eyebrow. “You must be serious if you’re tossing words like that around. Am I detecting wedding bells in your future?”

“If this is you angling for an invitation, did you really think you’d be left off the guest list?” Mina grinned, not missing a beat. “Like I’d miss a chance to see you cut loose. Same with Mr Aizawa though I’m not sure if he’d just not turn up even if we invited him.”

“I’m sure I can convince him to go.” Midnight assured her, thinking of ways to trick her grumpy friend into a tuxedo. While it rang as young love she would absolutely keep that commitment if a wedding invitation turned up in her mailbox. She’d already RSVP’d to Hado and Haya’s when her homeroom blunette had presented her with the sparkly letter, even if it lacked a date. “How about you Midoriya? Having two girlfriends is a big responsibility, I hope you’re keeping them both happy and they you.”

“Oh um… yes!” Izuku nodded quickly, though he lacked enthusiasm. “We’re all um… well we’re just t-testing the waters mostly.” He admitted, not sure how much he should tell the teacher, even if she was in their confidence. “I… never expected to really find one girl l-let alone two so… I’m trying to be careful and not treat them unequally.”

“Ooo, might wanna rethink that champ.” Midnight grimaced, “I can understand where you’re coming from but making sure everyone is treated the same in a relationship such as yours can be the wrong thing to do.” She’d drawn both Mina and Izuku’s attention at this who both seemed to be listening intently as they walked so she continued her reasoning. “Think about it this way. If you have two plants, a peace lily and a cactus, would you water both the same?”

“Don’t cactus’ need much less watering than regular flowers?” Mina queried.

“Indeed,” Midnight nodded. “They both need attention but at different times and different amounts. If you treat them both of them same, either or both may suffer as their needs are not getting met. Relationships are much the same: one partner may like their personal space and only want occasional interaction to be content while the other might require much more frequent socialising to be happy.”

“I see.” Izuku nodded slowly. “W-Well I’ve been trying to um… give them both the attention they want. We’ve… not gone on many dates but we spend plenty of time together just doing things like homework and stuff.”

“So long as you keep communicating with each other, I doubt you’ll have a problem my dear.” Midnight smiled. “It was just a word of advice.”

“Sounds like you’re speaking from experience.” Mina smirked.

Midnight raised her brows at the boldness of the pink girl, trying to draw more of her love life out of her.

“No comment Miss Ashido,” Midnight returned the smirk with a knowing glint in her eye.

“Oh come on.” Mina pouted.

Izuku licked his lips as he gathered his courage to speak again. With Midnight here and knowing more than other teachers, both about them and apparently relationships in general, he felt it was an opportunity he couldn’t miss to ask her advice on another part of the topic.

“Um… M-Miss Midnight?” Izuku called timidly, though his teacher caught it all the same.

“Yes Midoriya?”

“Um…” His cheeks coloured again, feeling very much like a tomato today. “W-When it comes to um… b-bigger relationships… d-do you have any other advice? I-I know um… personality clashing can be uh… more of an issue.”

Mina tried to not look too guilty at that.

“Hmmm, let’s see.” Midnight pondered. “‘Communication is the key’ would be the single greatest piece of advice I can give. If things aren’t clear enough, there’s bound to be mistakes or miscommunication in places that can hurt when they occur. This is true for all relationships, not just bigger ones.” Midnight glanced at Mina who eagerly accepted the advice too. “When it comes to a case like yours Midoriya, I would suggest you all sit down and make it clear what is and isn’t acceptable to you all in the relationship. I’m not quite sure how far along you are but, when you get to that point,” she winked, “ensure all of you are on the same page regarding intimacy. I can’t tell you how many stories I’ve heard of relationships going bad because partners weren’t clear with each other.”

The group were now at the bottom of the hill now and the trees and greenery gave way to suburban housing and modern life.

“I would say it’s obvious but I kinda messed up on that front recently.” Mina admitted.

“Oh? Trouble in paradise?” Midnight asked not with a teasing lilt but a caring one, hoping to lend an ear and a hand if necessary to her student’s troubles.

“Yeah.” Mina relayed with regret in her voice, “I kinda went a little too overboard with my teasing.” Izuku’s eyes widened as he realised she wasn’t talking about Tooru. “Something was funny to me and I thought they were in on the joke. They were taking it okay for the most part but… I hurt their feelings and didn’t realise it until after I’d pushed things too far.”

“I see.” Midnight nodded. “Everyone has their limits for stuff like that. Even if you think your partner’s okay with something, always try to keep in mind the situation, the location, and their state of mind at the time. Someone who’s relaxed at home is much more likely to be able to take a joke than if they’re outside with a number of other people around for example. As long as you apologise you should be forgiven but make sure you learn from it so as not to repeat the same mistake.”

“That much I got.” Mina nodded, glad she’d at least known enough to do the right thing, even if she couldn’t right now. She sent a glance over to Izuku who sent her a weak smile back in response.

“If that fails, you could always make it up to them with gifts or doing something nice for them.” Midnight winked cheekily.

“Miss Midnight!” Mina gasped with faux outrage. “Just what are you implying?”

“I was a student once too you know.” Midnight chuckled, unfazed. “The dorms may be new but don’t think I don’t know how passionate and intense young love can be.” She turned to the two seriously, pausing in their steps for a moment. “While I can understand this may come off as embarrassing for the two of you, if you need any advice or assistance regarding your relationships and don’t want to tell your parents, please come to either Recovery Girl or myself. We would both be glad to assist and advise rather than have any of our students getting into any sort of trouble and help love blossom in a healthy way. Understand?”

Both students gave a positive acknowledgement before the trio set off again.

“To be fair though, who better to ask for sex tips than the 18+ hero herself?” Mina grinned.

“Careful Miss Ashido.” Midnight warned cheekily. “You might bite off more than you can chew and I’m sure as good of friends as you are with Mr Midoriya, you wouldn’t want your details discussed with him in earshot.”

As if on cue, Izuku’s face reddened while Mina was unfazed.

“Well you did say something about partner swapping earlier, should we start with that?”

Midnight realised she’d been had and let out an honest laugh.

Thankfully, there wasn’t much distance left between them and the corner shop as the group turned the corner onto the last street. As they walked along, Mina spotted a half-built building being worked on down the road nearby. It jolted her memory and she felt compelled to ask her travelling companion about it.

“Hey Izuku, is that where you had that fight?” She asked, pointing out the building.

Izuku looked over and grimaced. Though it was a little more built now, that was definitely the construction site where he and Gentle Criminal had part of their scrap together.

“Y-Yeah.” He admitted.

“Oh my, a fight? You haven’t been naughty now, have you Midoriya?” Midnight quirked a brow.

“N-No!” He defended himself. “T-This was… back during the festival.”

“Oh, the criminal who ‘turned themselves in’ after a ‘sparring session’ with yourself.” Midnight made it clear she didn’t believe a word of the fake story. Izuku clenched his hands, worried he was about to get a second telling off for his efforts. “Don’t worry Midoriya.” Midnight reassured him, noticing the boy tense up. “I’m not going to scold you a second time after Aizawa and Inui got their hands on you; I’m sure you’ve suffered enough.”

Izuku couldn’t help breathing a sigh of relief at that.

“I mean, he did kinda save the whole festival so…” Mina grinned.

“I-It was actually um… because of what you said Miss Midnight.” Izuku admitted. “That day, in the canteen?”

The pro hero cast her mind back for a moment before remembering she’d directly informed the boy, along with Mirio Togata and Eri, about the festival being shut down if there was even a false alarm. In a way, she was partly guilty for the boy deciding to take matters into his own hands that day.

“Ah, yes, I remember.” Midnight sighed. “In which case, I’m sorry for worrying you. That was a burden that should’ve been left to us teachers.”

“Wait, so, the festival wouldn’t’ve been shut down if Izuku hadn’t acted?” Mina asked, confused.

“No, that part was all true.” Midnight confirmed. “But the blame lies at my feet for making you think you couldn’t trust us to handle such an occurrence. After reading the report myself, I do worry that between the pair of them they may have been able to cause a big enough disturbance that would’ve cancelled the festival so, unofficially on behalf of the other students and teachers, thank you for taking that risk Midoriya.” The pro bowed her head lightly at the boy.

“O-Oh…” Izuku didn’t know quite how to respond to that. “I-It was nothing!”

“Hey, don’t sell yourself short.” Mina pulled him in for a small hug. “If you didn’t save the day, it might’ve been way longer before you and your girls got together.”

“So it was the festival that kindled your romantic flames?” Midnight smiled. “How delightful.”

“Well they were kinda dancing around each other plenty before that but it certainly helped seal the deal.” Mina winked at Izuku.

Thankfully for the boy, they’d reached the corner store where he’d last been to buy ingredients to make Eri’s candied apples that day. Midnight waved them in, saying she’d stand guard outside while they shopped.

Mina pulled up her list of things to purchase and said they wouldn’t be too long but she didn’t feel the need to hurry. Pulling Izuku inside, she was glad for the obstructions the shop offered, shielding them from view from others for the most part. The two grabbed a pair of handbaskets and set off down the sweet isle to start their gathering.

“Now that we have a little privacy,” the pinkette declared and sent an eye over at Izuku. “Can I please apologize?”

Izuku sighed, his shoulder slumping slightly. He was hoping Mina would wait until they were back at UA, but the shop was relatively empty so it was as good of a place as any outside their rooms. He turned to face her, and the expression he was wearing just about broke Mina’s heart. With Midnight no longer around, Izuku didn’t bother keeping his emotions off his face; his eyes were glistening with tears and his mouth was downturned in a way Mina hated to see.

“Izuku…” Mina gasped lightly, seeing just how much hurt she’d inadvertently caused her boyfriend. “Izuku I’m so, so sorry.” She reached out with one hand to touch his shoulder but thought better of herself in the moment. “I… I really didn’t mean to hurt you. I-It was just… I’m sorry. I took it too far, that’s one hundred percent my fault.”

Izuku turned his head to the side, his eyes downcast.

“I… don’t mind the teasing sometimes… the playful stuff… but that f-felt like it was mocking… h-hurtful.” He admitted. “I-I’m trying all this um… n-new stuff I’m not comfortable with and you just…”

“Oh Midori.” Mina felt like a complete bitch now. “I’m so sorry, come here.” She pulled him in for a hug which he weakly accepted. “I thought we… with everything we’d been doing already…”

Clearly she’d misjudged his feelings on the matter. He’d gotten better at countering her teases but this was undoubtedly too one sided.

“I… don’t mind usually.” Izuku repeated. “You’re fun a-and it’s been helping me um… get more used to things.”

“But it wasn’t a back and forth like we normally do.” Mina nodded, nuzzling his cheek. “Sorry, I’ve been a bit off with Ochako today too. I think I’m having a majorly off day. You should’ve seen it though, she nearly sent me to the moon. Tsuyu had to retrieve me with her tongue; I felt like a juicy fly she was gonna eat up.” She giggled weakly.

That drew a small laugh from the boy and he hugged her a bit tighter which she took as a good sign.

“I’m sorry Izuku,” she apologised again. “Sometimes I forget you didn’t grow up like some of us, and definitely not like me. You told me yourself a lot of this social stuff is new and idiot that I am, forgot that.”

“Y-You’re not-”

“Shhh.” Mina silenced Izuku with a finger. “This is my fault Midori. Despite your ‘all mighty’ quirk, you’re still probably one of the softest of our group, even if it feels like you’re just a natural part of us that’s been here for way longer than it’s actually been.”

“T-Three weeks and two days.” Izuku offered. “Tsu’s counting and told me.”

“Yeah, doesn’t feel that long.” Mina chuckled. “Feels way longer, but in a good way.” She smiled. “You’re a part of us now Izuku, even if you’re still coming to terms with stuff. I’m sure we’ll clash sometimes but believe me when I say I never want to hurt you.”

Izuku nodded, believing the girl’s words.

“I-I know.”

“Knowing and knowing are two different things though,” Mina chuckled. “So anytime you feel uncomfortable, you just let me know and it’ll shut my trap or whatever, okay?”

Izuku nodded, wanting to accept her apology even if he still felt a bit of hurt. For now, the best way he could reassure her was speaking her language. He really didn’t feel like it, but he racked his brain for something she’d respond positively to.

“B-But then um… h-how will I kiss you?” Izuku asked shyly, hoping his own small tease would be well received.

Mina’s eyes crinkled with her warm smile, glad at least he wasn’t shouting her out of the store or worse. Things definitely didn’t feel fixed for now, but she’d go along with it until they could talk more privately.

“That’s better, isn’t it?” Mina grinned at the boy’s attempt, feeling her heart settle a tad at his attempt to tease back. “Now, as much as I’d love to stay hidden back here and make things up to you until the cows come home, we should probably get our girl’s orders; I think Tsu may actually eat me if I forget her jelly.”

Another small chuckle from the boy eased Mina’s nerves again as the two set about collecting the desired treats.

“By the way,” Mina spoke to Izuku in a hushed tone. “We’ve got more to gossip about, hope you’re ready to dish because I think we’ve both got some beans to spill when we get back.”

Izuku’s face coloured but he couldn’t deny the excitement he felt from the idea of getting to talk about things again, even after everything so far today. It would have to wait just a bit longer though as Midnight greeted them warmly when they stepped back out into the fading sunshine, arms laden with bags.

“You weren’t kidding about the snacks.” Midnight admired the supply they’d gathered. “Is this just to satisfy some cravings or do you have a special event planned?”

“We have sleepovers!” Mina cheered. “The girls and I try to get together when homework’s low. It started as cheering up Tooru when she couldn’t see a movie with her folks like she usually did on Fridays but now it’s just a semi-regular thing.”

“That’s very kind and clearly it worked out for the two of you.” Midnight smiled. “As for poor Midoriya here, I do hope you’re compensating him sufficiently since it seems to be a girl’s only sleepover.”

Mina and Izuku glanced at each other, both knowing they couldn’t exactly reveal the true nature of their get-togethers or Izuku’s more recent involvement in them. Surprisingly it was Izuku that spoke up instead of Mina as the pro hero had expected.

“Mina said she owes me a favour.” Izuku stated. “A-And this is a bit of extra training so I don’t mind, really.”

“Such a gentleman.” Midnight chuckled while Mina narrowed her eyes slightly. Did Izuku say that just to get the teacher off their back or was he actually angling for something? “I’ll make sure not to pile too much on your plates if I can help it.”

“‘Preciated teach.” Mina grinned. “Though if you could just get rid of homework entirely my sleeping pattern would thank you.”

The trio shared a laugh as they headed back up to campus, chatting casually as they did.

Upon reaching the top and passing into UA’s grounds once more, the pair of students gave Midnight a bow to thank her for the escort.

“Don’t worry about it, my pleasure.” Midnight waved them off. “Hope you enjoy your Friday.”

“Thanks Miss Midnight.” The pair called out before turning and walking the path around the main building back to their dorms.

Midnight couldn’t help but entertain the thought crossing her mind as the pair rounded the corner. Answering together about Friday was innocuous enough but combined with a number of other small things, like the way neither of them had really denied the partner swapping tease on top of Mina almost deliberately referring to Tooru as ‘they’ when talking about messing up made her wonder.

She shook her head. It was probably just her imagination trying to make a soap opera out of nothing. Watching the seven students interact during their group outing had brought a warmth to Midnight’s heart she hadn’t felt in a good while and the romantic in her was trying to make pairings out of nothing.

Turning back to head to the teacher’s dorms, she briefly wondered if she was becoming more like Snipe and seeing romance where there was none; how he thought Shoji and Aoyama were destined for each other was beyond her.

Once beyond their teacher’s vision, Mina couldn’t help broaching the topic that still hung in the air between herself and the green haired boy.

“Izuku, when we get back, can we talk?”

“Y-Yeah,” he sighed, their bags rustling as they moved. “We… probably should. P-Properly I mean.”

Mina nodded, grateful he didn’t want to just leave things like this between them. If there was a problem with something she usually wanted to fix it as fast as she could. Having Izuku or any of her partners be mad at her for an extended period of time sounded like hell already without actually experiencing it.

The two made it back to the dorms and set about storing everyone’s goodies in their designated spaces in the kitchen. Mina wrote out a text to the others explaining they were back and the snacks were stored. She didn’t send it until she and Izuku journeyed up to his room so as not to be disturbed or distracted by them.

Stepping into Izuku’s dorm as he held the door open for her, Mina walked over to the boy’s bed and took a seat on the side. Any thoughts of naughty stuff they could get up to were taking a back seat compared to making sure the boy knew just how sorry she was.

Mina’s breath caught as she spotted the boy briefly glance between the spot next to her or his desk chair. A touch of relief ran through her when he decided against the chair.

Sitting down next to the pinkette, though not quite touching her, Izuku let out a deep sigh as he allowed himself to relax. After regular school stuff, getting caught by Mina doing naked things with Tooru, and the pain he’d felt from her laughter, it was all a bit much for him.

“Can I… do you want me to start?” Mina asked softly and cautiously.

Izuku shook his head, just letting himself breathe for a minute to get the words right in his mind. Mina sat there patiently waiting for whatever came next.

When he was ready, Izuku reached out and took Mina’s hand in his own, holding it softly in his own, scarred equivalent and rubbing his thumb along the outside.

“I…” Izuku started, only for words to fail him. Swallowing the lump in his throat he began again. “I know that you’re sorry a-and you didn’t mean it… b-but it still hurt.” He explained. “I felt… I felt like I was back at Aldera… b-being laughed at, n-not with like we usually do.”

Mina once again cursed herself, she already knew how bad Aldera was from both Izuku and Katsuki’s stories.

“W-With um… you all,” Izuku continued. “I’m… very much scared of losing… e-everything. I sometimes can’t believe how lucky I am that you all… f-feel the way about me that you do.” He admitted. “Sometimes… I feel like it’s too much a-and I’m just waiting for that rug-pull ‘gotcha’ m-moment.”

“Izuku, hun.” Mina put her other hand on top of Izuku’s sandwiching them between hers. “I swear to you that’s not what this is.”

“I know that.” Izuku nodded. “B-But ‘knowing and knowing are two different things though’.” He brought her words from earlier back up. “I know you’re all my friends and I know you all don’t want to hurt me… but it doesn’t mean I’m not… t-terrified of it.”

Mina wanted to clench her fist and find some of the people Izuku went to school with that made him feel this way. The boy was free from that part of his life physically, but mentally, he was still carrying a lot of stuff with him. After what they’d said to Katsuki, maybe she should advise Izuku to go see Hound Dog like he’d originally intended.

“I can’t express how bad I feel for making you feel that way.” Mina stated. “I know I’ve hurt you and I’d do anything to make it up but we both know this just needs time, doesn’t it?”

Izuku nodded his head shakily.

“S-Sorry.” He apologised himself.

“No, no, don’t say that.” Mina shook her head, leaning over to lay her head on his shoulder. “This is my fuck up, you’ve done nothing wrong.”

The two sat in silence for a few moments, both just contemplating what to say next.

“Sorry I… kinda ruined your training thing with Tooru too.” Mina continued since she was apologizing for stuff. “Looked like a sexy, fun thing you were doing.”

“Mmmhmm.” Izuku replied shyly.

“Is she doing well?”

“She’s getting better with her quirk.” Izuku confirmed, though he had no idea how long it would be until she got to the stage she wanted, especially without that pain she seemed to have to endure each time.

“It’s good that you’re also taking time to enjoy yourself too. That sketch looked much better than some of your earlier stuff.” Mina complimented.

“T-Thanks.” Izuku smiled softly. “T-Trying to, you know, take some time to just relax.”

Mina chuckled, wondering if it was okay to start up a small tease again.

“If you wanna relax, I mean, I know something that helped last time.” She giggled, bouncing on his bed slightly.

Thankfully, the boy seemed to take it in good humour and gave her a small laugh in return.

“You um… r-really surprised me with that.”

“So long as I relaxed you too then my job was done.” Mina grinned. “Wanna tell me what other things you’ve been up to recently?”

Izuku admittedly hesitated for a moment, the mild fear of things being turned into a harmful joke rearing its head again. He knew he was being silly and Mina had accepted her mistake but this was something he’d just have to deal with until things were solid between them again. The best way to do that would be to tentatively trust her again.

“Ochako and I have um… n-not really done much since last time but Tsu visited me over the weekend. We um… we had sex again.”

“That frog has been very eager now you guys are all together.” Mina chuckled. “She’s been holding back too since she doesn’t want to scare you.”

“I know.” Izuku nodded. “And… I’m trying my best to do what she wants and we’re both um… enjoying everything so far.”

“Am I sensing a ‘but’ there?” Mina queried.

Izuku sent her a shy look before nodding.

“I… h-how do I um… ask to do more without it being… weird?”

“Weird? You mean like you’re too shy to ask for stuff?” Mina asked to clarify, getting a nod in response. “You heard Miss Midnight; she’s not just blowing smoke. Talk to her honestly.” Mina explained. “We’ve all done plenty of actual weird stuff already so chances are she’d be down to do it. If not, you can just wait till the sleepover and dare her to do it then.”

Izuku shook his head.

“D-Definitely can’t do that second part. What if she doesn’t want to but doesn’t want to say no? I don’t want to force her or anything.”

“You are too innocent for your own good sometimes.” Mina chuckled, squeezing his hand lightly. “Why don’t you tell me about it?”

Izuku opened his mouth to reply but closed it again and shook his head.

“N-No, sorry.” He sighed.

That had Mina a touch concerned. What was so bad he didn’t even want to talk about it? It wasn’t something really gross or painful or something was it?

“Can I ask why?” Mina quirked a brow.

“O-Only if you um… p-promise not to make a joke out of it?” He asked cautiously.

“I swear it.” Mina nodded, hoping that would be enough to earn part of Izuku’s trust back.

Izuku licked his lips, before giving voice to his most recent desire.

“T-Things have been um… g-great since we started but I feel a bit… like I’m being treated like glass.” Izuku explained. “We’ve done the um c-caring and soft stuff but l-like you said, Tsu’s holding back and, honestly, I-I kinda am too.”

“Go on.” Mina offered.

“T-There’s a lot I want to do, b-but I don’t… I-I’m still scared of… you know, it not being real. M-Maybe I say the wrong thing and suddenly you all think I’m… disgusting and want nothing to do with me.”

Mina couldn’t help but chuckle at that, reaching up to tug at Izuku’s chin so she’d face him.

“Izuku, I’m sure we’ve all watched some pretty freaky porn. I know I have.” Mina acknowledged. “I know it’s really ironic to say right now but if you’re worried about that, please trust and talk to me. I’m kinda the one most learned in this stuff besides Tsu, though Momo is starting to give us a run for our money.”

Izuku blushed at that, his mind bringing up images of the three of them in a variety of lewd positions.

“Here, why don’t I tell you some of my worst stuff so yours doesn’t look so bad in comparison, yeah?”

“O-Okay.” Izuku nodded, admittedly a little excited by the prospect.

“Let’s see,” Mina pondered for a second. “Well it’s not like the ‘dirtiest’ thing I’ve done but me and the girls all got off collectively the sleepover before last. Like, we were all doing something to someone else or having something done to us while panting and sweating away on Momo’s bed. Licking, fucking, sucking, you name it, we probably did it that night.” Mina recalled fondly.

Izuku felt his cock rouse at the thought.

“It’s pretty obvious we all held back last time when you first joined us but if something like that sounds good to you then I think we can squeeze you in somewhere.” Mina winked.

“Uh… uh huh.” Izuku nodded, confirming that as something he would enjoy.

“Hmmm, dirtiest thing I’ve probably actually done is probably either fucked Tsu in the swimming pool toilets, and gotten fucked in return.” Mina purred at the memory. “Or it’s that time when she, Tooru and I all tried to outlast each other with discreet vibrators in class. Kyoka could kinda hear us the whole time and made us apologise in the school bathroom after finishing us off with her jacks. Her dominating me and Tsuyu at the same time like that was really hot.”

“R-Really? Y-You like that?” Izuku asked nervously, a little excited at that last part.

“Ooo, did I hit on something you like?” Mina winked, glad Izuku seemed to be opening up a little now. “One more first. That’s just the stuff I’ve been able to do so far with the girls. If we’re talking fantasies, you helped me fulfil just a little bit of it last time I was here. Before all this, I had this desire to just get used by a bunch of really hot guys and just feel them leave all of their… let’s call it ‘desire’, over my body while I rub it in.”

“S-S-So um… t-that thing you did when you left…” Izuku gaped.

“Oh I definitely scratched the itch you left me with after I got back to my room.” Mina grinned, knowing it would turn the boy red. “If you weren’t so tired, I’d’ve made you do it a couple more times before I was satisfied.”

Izuku couldn’t deny the mild irritation he was now in with his cock straining against his pants, exasperated even more by the lack of room it had already from his underwear being the wrong way round.

“So, that’s some of my stuff, how about you?” Mina offered, hoping Izuku felt comfortable enough now to tell her.

Izuku swallowed nervously before opening his mouth once more.

“I um… I know I’m strong, like, physically, but I haven’t really been er… u-using it when we’ve been together so far. M-Me and Tsu that is.”

“Or you and Ochako I’d wager either.” Mina chuckled. “I’m pretty sure if you tried to ‘smash’ anyone with your quirk though we’d end up with Recovery Girl.”

“T-That’s um… q-quirk-play has always e-excited me but I wasn’t referring to that.” Izuku admitted, causing Mina to raise a brow but say nothing. “I-I mean I’m… strong, like, benching fridges strong a-and I want to u-use it.” He looked down at his arms and tensed his muscles ever so slightly. “It probably sounds silly but… I’m um… r-really proud of what I’ve accomplished with my workouts.”

“Can you explain?” Mina licked her lips tentatively, very much liking where this was going.

“I-I’m sure you’ve seen the videos.” Izuku blushed. “O-Of like… strong guys holding girls up while they… f-fucked. E-Either in the air or against the wall or… s-something like that. I-It’s not like a big fantasy or something but… I want to just… hold Tsu or Ochako close and give them all of me like that.”

“You mean,” Mina steadied her breathing, trying to control her rising libido as best she could. “Something like folding them in half and just… fucking yourself with them. Burying yourself deep inside them in a fit of passion and strength until their eyes roll back in their head from sheer pleasure?”

When Izuku moaned lustily from her description, she knew they were both doomed. Here he was, this exquisite specimen of rising hero in front of her that ticked most of her boxes as it was and now he was reciting one of her favourite fantasies from his own mouth. She didn’t wake up and think she’d get to have sex with Izuku today but there was no way she was going to let this pass by.

“Do it.” Mina moaned, reaching for his belt. “Do it now.”

“M-Mina!” Izuku blushed and pushed her hands away. “I-I asked you not to-”

“I’m not fucking kidding Izuku.” Mina stressed, locking eyes with the boy as she started hurriedly pulling at her top. “You want rough stuff? You got it, just take a look at this!” The pinkette turned after tossing her shirt aside and baring her back to Izuku. The boy’s mouth dropped open as he saw the numerous criss-crossing marks marring Mina’s skin. “Someone else got a bit carried away over the weekend, and I loved every moment of it.”

Izuku sat there a little stunned, admiring the marks one of the other girls had left on the pinkette. He reached out and softly caressed one softly, eliciting a small hiss from Mina that gave way to a small groan.

“D-Did it hurt?”

“Yeah.” Mina nodded. “Probably a bit too rough considering we agreed no marks but fuck me if it wasn’t good.”

Izuke felt tempted, deeply tempted to take Mina up on her offer if she was as serious as she seemed. He knew he was thinking with his dick and he still felt a touch of the pain she’d caused him earlier so was it right to do this together? Taking Midnight’s words to heart, he decided it was best to talk this out first before either of them made a mistake.

“Mina… I’m… I’m still hurt.” He admitted. “I want to… I r-really want to but s-shouldn’t we wait until things are better?”

Mina turned back to Izuku, his face a torn mixture of arousal and trepidation. She reached up to cup the boy’s face and pull him in for a soft kiss that deepened for a few moments before she pulled back.

“We don’t have to do anything you don’t want to Izuku.” She replied honestly. “If you’re unsure, then we can wait. That’ll be my punishment for messing up, ‘cause I really want this right now.” Mina chuckled.

Izuku licked his lips sheepishly, his worries about how the others would see him if he made odd requests rearing their head. Still, Mina seemed to be understanding and asking her now would be better than putting it off for a later time when the moment had passed.

“C-Can… can I punish you in a different way?” He asked shyly, “T-To make it up to me I-I mean.”

“I see where you’re head’s at.” Mina tittered fondly. “I mean, don’t get me wrong, I’d probably be happy to do whatever you have in mind regardless right now but are you sure this will help make things better between us.”

“No.” Izuku admitted. “But um… c-can we try anyway?”

Mina could clearly see Izuku was a little confused with everything right now. As much as she also wanted to fix the problem between them, she didn’t truthfully know if sex would help either. Still, she knew she cared for Izuku a lot and she desperately wanted to make him happy, and judging from the snake in his pants, he felt the same about her.

“How about we put a pin in our argument for now.” She offered. “We put that aside and you just take out all your desires and frustrations on me in a fun way. When we’re done, and our minds are a bit clearer, we can talk again. Sound good?”

“Y-Yeah.” Izuku agreed, eager to help Mina undress the rest of the way. “B-But um… s-should we set like a safeword or something? I… don’t wanna accidently hurt you.”

“I can’t wait for you to try.” Mina smirked cheekily. “Would ‘pineapple’ do?” She stole from Kyoka. “If I can’t say it then I’ll tap you three times.”

“That… that sounds good.” Izuku agreed, his breathing now heavy with anticipation.

“Well then, what are you waiting for?” Mina smirked, undoing the top button of her jeans teasingly. “Come get me.”

Izuku didn’t need any more prompting, he moved forward and captured Mina’s mouth in a kiss as he wrapped his arms around her. Mina felt it was surprisingly soft for the rough stuff Izuku described earlier but then again he might need to work up to it first. After a few minutes of tame lip-locking, Mina’s tongue sought out Izuku’s own. Pressing at his lips appeared to open the flood gates as his tongue surged forth and pushed her own back into her mouth. She was almost concerned he didn’t know how to kiss properly only to realise he was well aware of what he was doing, by simply exploring her mouth and tongue at his leisure.

That was only Mina’s first taste of Izuku’s intentions as his hands reached around her back and started fiddling with her bra strap. It took him a few moments, the boy noticeably pausing once or twice in their make out session to focus, but he unhooked her bra which she shrugged off.

The two broke apart and Izuku sat back, just admiring Mina’s figure with lustful eyes.

“C-Can you um… lie down?” He asked, reaching for and beginning to remove his top.

“I can.” Mina shrugged. “But I’m not. You’re gonna have to use those big, strong arms of yours to make me.”

The green-haired boy knew what she was doing and felt both his heart and his cock jump at the challenge. This wasn’t her denying him, it was her making him take charge else he wouldn’t get what he, and they likely both, wanted. It was probably for the best anyway because he wanted her to lay down in a position that wasn’t exactly normal.

Izuku rose to his feet and quickly undid his belt before pushing the entirety of his lower half’s clothes to the ground and standing before Mina whose eyes were focused on his bobbing cock.

Standing with his legs on either side of Mina’s knees Izuku pushed her lightly back onto the bed which she didn’t resist, smirking at him all the while. That smirk, much like the rest of her body, was turned upside down as Izuku bent over to grab her legs before he began spinning her around in place.

“W-Wait, what are-” Mina began but wasn’t able to finish. Izuku had turned her so her body was now on the bed but her head was dangling off the side. The boy let out a lustful breath before stroking his cock slowly and the pink-haired girl excitedly realised what was about to happen. She was suddenly very glad she’d spent part of her masturbatory sessions deep-throating her dildo because those skills were about to be put to the test.

Words didn’t need exchanging between the two as Izuku crouched down and pointed his cock towards Mina’s mouth. The girl acted defiant and playful at first, intentionally dodging the fleshy rod while reaching up to caress his dangling sack that greatly resembled the one Momo had recently created.

Izuku enjoyed the brief teasing but he knew what they were both here for and when Mina was done groping his sack, he reached down with his other hand and steadied her chin.

“O-Open wide.” He ordered, not quite getting the confidence behind it yet.

Mina didn’t seem to mind and opened her mouth wide to accept him inside, her tongue lolling upwards as she started taking him inch-by-inch. He went slow, very slow at first, letting Mina adjust while her tongue teased his glans and shaft. When he felt she was ready, he thrust his hips a little deeper, letting her briefly adjust to the new amount of cock she had to entertain. He watched Mina’s hands clench and flex while her still jean-clad legs clamped together and rubbed.

Mina tapped Izuku twice as a warning when she felt him hit the back of her throat. He knew it wasn’t three but he gave her a moment to adjust as she shifted her head into what he could only assume was a better position.

“Ready?” He asked?

“Mmmhmm.” Mina’s reply came, sending a delightful vibration through his cock.

With permission granted, Izuku decided it was time and pressed as much of himself into Mina’s throat as he could. The girl had taken a breath through her nose just before hand and intended to keep the boy inside her as long as she could. Her nose was pressed up against his balls and she couldn’t be happier right now.

When her oxygen level ran short, she tapped Izuku’s leg three times and he slowly backed himself out fully, leaving Mina’s drool still connecting her mouth and his cock to drape over her face as she caught her breath.

“H-How was that? Okay?” Izuku asked, wanting to make sure he hadn’t gone too far.

“G-Good.” Mina gurgled, trying to get her mouth clear of sticky saliva. “B-Bit tame though.”

“I just… wanted to make sure you could take it.” Izuku smirked as boldly as he could before pressing his cock back towards Mina’s mouth who hurried to open and accept it again. “N-Now, I’m going to um… f-fuck your throat.”

Mina gasped as best she could through her nose alone as she felt Izuku begin thrusting back and forth. He didn’t have much control with his hips alone but Mina felt herself clench when Izuku’s hands reached down and cupped under her head. She was literally about to be fucked by Izuku, used by him to get off and the idea sent her squirming.

Izuku was breathing heavily as he thrust back and forth into Mina’s throat, hearing her groan each time through her nose and her hands clutching at the sheets made him almost blow his load into her stomach there and then like he had Tooru. He’d better learned his limits by now and just before he got to the point he knew he’d be too far gone, he pulled back out of Mina, her face now coated from saliva and pre-cum that’d mixed in.

“T-That was good.” Izuku moaned, focusing on his breathing while Mina wetly tried to swallow all the saliva in her mouth.

“Fuck, y-yeah… that was… yeah.” Mina gasped.

Despite Izuku pulling out, she knew he hadn’t cum but that didn’t stop her eying his wet, sticky cock hungrily. Having watched so many porn videos, she hoped Izuku would have a good reaction to what she was about to do.

“Mmm thank you for that Izuku.” She pulled him a tad closer by his cock before rubbing her face all over it, coating herself in their shared excitement.

“M-Mina stop.” Izuku groaned as he watched her cover her face with the clear-ish substance.

“Mmmm, make me.” Mina teased again.

Izuku knew what was coming next, he wanted it and clearly so did she. While his arousal was priority number one in his brain, not having kids right now was just a smidge higher than that.

“O-One second.” Izuku pulled back out of Mina’s grasp and moved back over to his jeans.

“Uh… what’s up?” Mina asked curiously as she watched him rummage in his pockets.

When Izuku pulled out his wallet and a small, square packet he kept within it, everything made sense.

“Hey, Izuku?” Mina grinned, reaching down to her waist and shimmying out of her trousers, the clothes bunching up against his wall. “Aren’t you forgetting something?”

The greenette, for his part, looked a little confused between Mina and the object in his hand.

“Um, the condom’s right here.” He offered, reaching up to unseal it.

“You won’t need it.” Mina purred sensually, spinning around on the bed so she could point her legs at Izuku and spread them apart slowly and enticingly. “You forgot I’m already on the pill, didn’t you.” She giggled at Izuku’s cock flexed in excitement at the news.

“Y-You um… s-shouldn’t we still use one?” He asked nervously.

“We could do,” she nodded, before spreading her pussy out, giving him a glimpse at what lay inside. “Or you could feel what it’s like without one worry free; I’m with Tsu, I’m too young to be a mom.”

Izuku was torn, he glanced between the girl and the condom again. Mina knew he was close, he just needed one more push; she hoped this would work.

“Izuku, hun?” She called out, catching his attention again. “Trust me? Please?”

She braced herself for the rejection, watching her boyfriend carefully. Slowly, Izuku’s hand lowered and he dropped the condom on top of his pants. Mine felt her own breathing quicken as she watched the unwrapped cock start towards her once more. There was one last thing she needed to do to. Pointing with her foot, she poked Izuku in the stomach, halting him in his tracks.

“If you want this.” She wiggled her hips. “You’re gonna have to take me in the way you want.”

It wasn’t a complex instruction but it held a number of possibilities for the next few minutes and she was excited to see which Izuku would take. Izuku started by grabbing her heel and lifting it higher before placing it over his shoulder. He quickly did the same with her other foot before pulling her close, her pussy now rubbing against the length of his cock.

Mina clenched and idly wondered if he could feel it along his penis when Izuku leant over and slipped his hands under the small of her back. The squeal of surprise she emitted when he lifted her into an upright position almost had her scared she’d alert one of Izuku’s neighbours to their lewd activity. Right now though, all she could focus on was Izuku’s strong, muscular hands holding her waist, controlling her hips as she threw her arms around his neck to steady herself.

“A-Are you sure about this?” Izuku asked one final time.

Mina smiled a warm smile before leaning in and claiming his lips in a tender kiss. As she did, she rolled her hips, letting her more than wet pussy rub sensually up and down his eager cock.

“Fuck me.” Mina grinned when she pulled back. “Show me how strong you are.”

Izuku didn’t need any more than that. The two held their breaths as Izuku lifted the girl up just a bit higher once more, letting his cock fall forward and take aim before lowering her carefully, the pinkette letting out a deep moan as she sunk down onto Izuku’s cock, the boy pulling on her hips until he bottomed out within her.

Both had to take several heavy breaths after that, their arousals both nearing their peak already.

“I-I’m ready when you are.” Mina offered, leaning down to stick her tongue into Izuku’s mouth.

When he felt he’d calmed down enough, he lifted her up again and brought her down, feeling Mina’s raw pussy clench delightfully around him and both letting out another gasp of satisfaction.

“I-I can’t.” Izuku shook his head, trying to calm himself again.

“Hey, it’s okay.” Mina cooed, stroking his face. “Whenever you’re ready just go.” Even if she wasn’t that close herself, she didn’t mind feeling Izuku’s cum inside her this quickly.

“N-No, I just need…” Izuku trailed off, looking behind him.

Mina wondered what was up only to gasp as Izuku took several steps, carrying her elsewhere. It wasn’t long before she got her answer as her back was softly leant against the cold hard wall, Izuku now pressing her against it while his hands were free to press against the wall.

“N-Needed more stability.” He stated.

The pinkette didn’t need to ask for what as he suddenly started thrusting at a much more frantic pace.

“Oh, oh, oh, oh f-f-fuuuck.” She groaned, wrapping herself around him as much as she could while just focusing on the pounding he was now giving her.

Mina felt her hips being pressed into the cold hard wall as Izuku’s cock explored her depths rapidly. It already felt a lot different than ever before with the lack of silicone texture, instead being something more real and warm. Izuku wasn’t frenzied in his pounding of her, but in that moment she knew that it was more about him than it was her, which inadvertently only made her more aroused.

She felt her muscles squeeze around his length, trying to encourage him to unleash his load inside her, though she certainly wouldn’t mind however long he could keep up this pace.

“M-Mina, I-I-”

“D-Do it.” Mina groaned tempted to give Izuku permission for whatever he wanted in that moment. She always loved it when she played with herself and used her quirk to simulate cum, gave her just that little bit more enjoyment out of it. Now, she didn’t have to pretend as she felt Izuku’s thrust pin her to the wall as he undoubtedly unleashed his seed inside her.

She felt her pussy clenching as she tried to milk him for every drop, her toes curling as she felt him leaving a sticky mess inside her. The two struggled for breath as they crested their highs and began to calm down, Mina going somewhat limp in Izuku’s grip.

For his part, Izuku slowly pulled back, supporting Mina’s behind while his cock started to soften but stayed inside the girl for now. He turned them both before carefully leaning down and laying Mina on the end of his bed, her legs hanging limp off the end. With a small gasp, he pulled his hips back and separated from her, the sticky mixture of their cum oozing from her slit in a way he found deeply satisfying.

“I-Izuku… t-that… that was.” Mina shook her head, still trying to get her senses together. “F-Fuck… that was worth the wait.”

Izuku felt a small amount of pride rise up in his chest at that before reaching down to cup his balls and stretch them out a little after their release.

“Here.” Mina pat the space next to her on Izuku’s bed weakly, too exhausted from their act to reach out for a hug.

Stepping to the side of his girlfriend, Izuku turned around and lay back on his bed, trying to match the same position as Mina so he could turn and look at her. When he did, he found a sweaty but satisfied face greeting him with a warm smile.

“Hey you.” She grinned, sticking out her tongue.

“H-Hi.” He smiled back shyly.

Mina’s hand reached out for his own and gave it a squeeze as the two just collected their breaths.

“You know, I should’ve figured.” Mina started. “It’s always the quiet ones that are the secret doms.” Mina chuckled weakly.

“I-I don’t think so.” Izuku shook his head. “I’m um… n-not like Momo like that.”

“There’s different types.” Mina giggled. “You can definitely dominate me like that any day.”

Izuku’s cock weakly tried to stir at the thought but quickly settled down.

“I don’t think I’m like that.” He reiterated. “It’s… I-I guess um… you know how there’s the uh… b-big spoon and little spoon when cuddling?” He started.

“Yeah.” Mina nodded, remembering plenty of snuggled nights with the others girls.

“I-Its more I’m uh… f-fine being the little spoon and just doing what Tsu and Ochako want… b-but sometimes I wanna be the big spoon and um… do this stuff.”

“Oh, you’re a switch.” Mina nodded, understanding immediately.

“A… ‘switch’?” Izuku tilted his head as best he could.

“Just means someone who can do either role; ‘dom’ or ‘sub’.” Mina explained. “I’m guessing you weren’t into much BDSM porn?”

“Uh… n-not really.” He admitted.

“We’ll catch you up.” Mina giggled. “For now, let me just lay here and get good and pregnant.”

Izuku’s eyes widened before he spotted the teasing smirk at the corner of Mina’s lips.

“Just a joke hun.” Mina smiled. “I told you to trust me.”

“Y-Yeah… yeah you did.” Izuku sighed, figuring they should address that now that their little intermission was over. “I forgive you, you know. J-Just to be clear.”

“I know.” Mina nodded, “But I’ll make sure I earn back your trust again properly, not just by putting out.” She wiggled her hips.

Izuku chuckled at the girl before smiling warmly, turning on his side to wrap his arm over her.

“It was a mistake, um… o-one you won’t make again e-else you won’t get any more of this.” He thrust his hips into the side of her leg.

“Okay, that’s just not fair.” Mina pouted playfully. “You can’t just give me a great fuck like that and take it away.”

“B-Be good and I won’t have to.” Izuku smirked.

“Bi~itch.” Mina narrowed her eyes. “I’ve taught you too well.”

“I’m sure I’ve still got plenty to learn… f-from you all.” He blushed.

“Yeah you do.” Mind grinned knowingly. “You ain’t going nowhere now. Like I said, you’re one of us.”

Izuku shook his head at Mina’s double negative but chose to ignore it for the sentiment it carried.

“I’m starting to move from knowing that to knowing that.” He chuckled.

Mina giggled along with him before pulling him in for another intimate kiss, the two content to lay there in their afterglow until the heat from their act dissipated.


Homework was still the bane of any student’s existence and class 1-A was no exception. With Ectoplasm deciding to add a double portion to their load, the group grumbled about it over lunch together.

“So unfair.” Tooru pouted taking an angry bite of her beef stew. “We just handed in his last piece, why did he have to give us two more?! Is he gonna do the same next week too?”

“Doubtful,” Kyoka shrugged. “Probably just wanted to cram some extra revision time out of us or something. Maybe the back half of the class is bringing down our average and he’s trying to correct it.”

“Couldn’t be me, I aced the last test.” Mina grinned smugly. The girl had been walking on air all day and not even this seemed to curtail her mood.

“It’s frustrating, but manageable.” Momo sighed, using her chopsticks to play with her rice idly. “Though I wish there were more hours in the day. As it is, I’ve been struggling to find time for socialising on top of school studies and managing my businesses.”

“How’s that going anyway.” Ochako asked. “I haven’t heard much from my parents about things recently.”

“They’re taking on some smaller projects around town to diversify their client base and get their name out there.” Momo explained. “As for our little skirmish with the beach, that has been going… slower than I had hoped. One of the negatives of not being associated with my parents brand is that I’m in a queue just like everyone else to be addressed in time.”

“That sucks, ribbit.” Tsuyu acknowledged. “Surely you can just drop your name and get someone’s attention.”

“Not unless I want them to try to schmooze with my parents immediately after.” Momo sighed. “Anyway, that’s for me to deal with. Regarding the homework, if anyone would like it, I’m more than happy to study with you all if you’d like some assistance.”

“Ooo, please and thank you Yaomomo!” Tooru bowed gratefully.

“I’m fine, me and Izuku are gonna study together tonight.” Ochako gestured over at the greenette who’d elected to spend some time with Iida today.

“I’m gonna do it in the peace and quiet of my room if you don’t mind.” Kyoka smiled weakly at Momo, “If I get stuck I’ll give you a shout though.”

“You’ve helped me tons already, I wanna have a crack at this solo!” Mina declared. “But may I come visit so you can give me a quick once over of my answers when I’m done.”

“Of course Mina.” Momo smiled fondly, glad to see the pinkette actively attempt this assignment by herself.

“I could probably do with coming along too, ribbit.” Tsuyu spoke up.

“Tea for three then?” Momo nodded. “Hopefully between the three of us we can knock it out efficiently.”

“Let’s face it, you’ll probably be dragging me across the finish line.” Tooru groaned, getting a chuckle from the rest of the group.

After lunch, as the school day continued, the class felt it was on the easier side this week. The afternoon’s training was sufficiently intense as usual due to Aizawa evaluating everyone’s progress with some quick check-ups. It seemed they’d all sufficiently impressed him, or at least not managed to annoy him further as he looked less surly than usual when the final bell rang.

Returning to the dorms, Momo prepared her room to entertain her friends, getting their studying supplies ready so they could power through the assignments. Part of it was at least a tad selfish as she hadn’t had much time to be intimate with anyone recently and wanted to rectify that if possible; she needed a good destressing and hoped one or both of her girlfriends would be open to as much after their homework.

After changing out of her school clothes and into her comfies, Momo settled in to read the assignments over to get them situated in her mind. As expected, she didn’t have to wait long after that for the other two to turn up with a pair of knocks at her door signalling their arrival.

“Come in.” Momo called out.

“Hey Momo,” Tsuyu replied as she opened the door, allowing Tooru to pass through behind her before closing it. Both girls carried their school bags but had changed into their relaxation clothes before coming here as Momo suspected they would have.

“Thanks for the help Yaomomo.” Tooru thanked happily as she approached her usual spot on Momo’s bed, setting her bag down by the side of it. “This math makes my head spin.”

“It’s no problem.” Momo smiled, setting out their textbox in front of her on the indicated pages where the two exercises lay. “Can’t have my Starlight or Darling falling behind after all.”

“Actually, I’m just here for the socialising part.” Tsuyu admitted, pulling out her own books. “I think I’ve got a pretty good grip on everything for this assignment, I just wanted to hang out too.”

“While your deception was unnecessary, I won’t deny I’m pleased to hear that.” Momo smiled warmly.

“You don’t need an excuse, you could’ve just asked to hang out.” Tooru shrugged.

“True, ribbit.” Tsuyu nodded. “But this way we’re all productive first rather than relaxing and putting things off. Could you honestly say you’d want to do homework if I asked for just a hangout session, ribbit?”

“No.” Tooru sighed. “Okay, fine, homework first, then hangout.”

“At least we’ll already be together too,” Momo smiled. “Shall we get started?”

The trio diligently began work on the assignments. Tooru struggled to understand the new mathematical concept only recently introduced to them but with Momo’s assistance and Tsuyu’s slightly different way of looking at it, the three got the first piece of homework knocked out in an hour.

“Urgh, finally.” Tooru collapsed back onto Momo’s sheets, the final equation now having an answer.

“Drama queen.” Tsuyu chuckled teasingly.

“I don’t have Momo’s big brain. This stuff’s hard!” Tooru pouted.

“It took me a couple of attempts in class to get a hang of the concept myself.” Momo admitted. “The next topic builds on this as a foundation so you should have an easier time with it.”

“Can we take a break first?” Tooru grumbled. “I get enough pains in my head thanks to my quirk as it is.”

“A break does sound good.” Tsuyu stretched herself out.

“I was thinking about some tea and biscuits maybe?” Momo offered, planning to offer them now regardless.

“Ooo, nice warm tea.” Tooru sat up and moved for the edge of the bed.

“I’ll come too, we can chat while we’re waiting for the kettle.” Tsuyu nodded.

As the girls gathered themselves together and stretched the kinks out of their bodies from the previous hour’s work, a chime began ringing out. Momo and Tsuyu looked confused for a second before Tooru pulled out her phone solved that little mystery.

“Hey, it’s my mum,” Tooru smiled. “Sorry girls, do you mind?”

“Come join us when you’re ready, ribbit.” Tsuyu shrugged.

“Feel free to stay here and use the room.” Momo offered before taking her own leave.

The pair heard their girlfriend answer her phone enthusiastically as the door swung shut and the two proceeded over to the elevator.

“Speaking of parents, how are yours?” Tsuyu asked curiously. “I take it there’s been no major shifts recently?”

“Not much, no.” Momo admitted as they stepped inside the metal box. “I know father’s been keeping watch over my businesses as he’s made suggestions and offered small pieces of advice he likely wouldn’t have if he didn’t. Mother has, of course, offered to rewrite all my contracts for me to offer to my employees as ‘befitting their station’ but I was able to brush her off.”

“How’d she take that?” Tsuyu asked as the elevator ‘dinged’ and the doors opened up once more.

“Not the best at first.” Momo sighed. “I had to explain again that this was practise for me, not yet an expansion of our brand and assets. That I almost… wanted someone to cross me so I could experience ‘putting my training into practise’.”

Tsuyu was briefly worried her girlfriend was about to throw up judging by the face she made. The two passed through the common and dining areas undisturbed as only a few people were around with Aoyama, Sero and Koda watching something on TV while Ojiro and Shoji worked together on their own homework at the dining tables.

“After what I saw regarding Miss Hatsume, I don’t even like to entertain such ideas as mere concept anymore.” Momo finished.

“Understandable, ribbit,” Tsuyu nodded as she reached for the kettle. “We’ll just have to try and fix that if we can.”

With them being in earshot of their classmates, Momo turned the discussion away from such depressing topics and hopefully to more pleasant ones.

“How are your parents anyway? I haven’t heard much about them or your siblings in recent weeks, are they doing well?”

“As well as they can be, ribbit.” Tsuyu nodded. “Mom and dad are still having issues balancing work between each other and making sure someone’s around to take care of Satsuki and Samidare. In a way, me leaving home was sort of the worst thing that could happen since I was taking care of them from after school until dinner and beyond most days.”

“Oh dear.” Momo frowned in concern as she pulled out a plate for the biscuits, “You know I’d be happy to provide money for a maid or a butler to come look after your siblings if necessary.”

“There’s no need.” Tsuyu shook her head. “I’ve taught both of them how to look after themselves, being safe on the streets, and a few meals to cook if they get hungry before dinner. Also, the word you’re looking for is ‘babysitter’, not butler or maid, ribbit. Most of us can’t afford fancy wait staff like that.”

“Oh.” Momo blushed, again realising she was inadvertently flaunting her wealth.

“They’ll be fine.” Tsuyu continued, swapping roles with Momo to grab the treats while Momo tended to the tea now the kettle had warmed. “I was a latchkey kid too. At least I’ve taught them everything I had to mostly figure out on my own.”

Momo made another face as she poured the hot water into her teapot.

“But you shouldn’t’ve had to.” She grumbled. “I know I’m not experienced to speak of such things but even when my parents were absent, I had my favourite maid and butler to take care of me, celebrate minor accomplishments with, and teach me a few things in my formative years like the basics of cooking.”

“That’s not really possible with my parent’s jobs.” Tsuyu shrugged. “They’re both busy trying to provide for us so I just stepped up to help out where I could. Satsuki did start calling me ‘mom’ at one point so I do understand where you’re coming from, ribbit.”

“Are you sure I can’t help? It would be no trouble I’m sure.” Momo offered again, adding some teabags to the tray.

“If I think we honestly need it you’ll be the first person I talk to, ribbit.” Tsuyu promised. “Anyway, my parents themselves are fine last I spoke to them. It’s been a while though and,” she lowered her voice, “since Ochako’s more comfortable now, I’ve been wondering if and when to tell them.”

“Ahhh, yes.” Momo nodded, gathering the tray together and lifting it gently. She deliberately didn’t speak again until the pair made their way back across the common space and into the lifts. “Would this be just for you and her or all three of you?”

“I mean, ideally I’d like to tell them about everyone, ribbit.” Tsuyu shrugged. “But that’s not on the table right now.”

“My apologies.” Momo bowed lightly. “I did try to do a little digging with my father during our own last exchange. I asked if he had any suitable prospects lined up for my twenty-fifth considering the state of the current economy. To keep matters short, I will abbreviate his answer to simply ‘not yet’.”

“So it’s still on the table then, figures.” Tsuyu sighed. “We’ll get you free soon enough Gorgeous.” She stood on her tiptoes and pressed a small kiss to Momo’s cheek before the doors to the elevator opened again and allowed them out onto the top floor.

The two could hear Tooru still chatting to her own parents on the other side of Momo’s door before they opened it and made their way back inside.

“Yeah… yeah… no, it’s fine mum. Seriously, it didn’t even hurt. Recovery Girl had me fixed up really quick anyway.” Tooru giggled, her smiled widening a little as her girlfriends returned. “Hey mum, look, I’ve got to go. Me and some of the girls were taking a break while doing our homework together and looks like the break’s over.”

Momo and Tsuyu both waved her off, not minding if she continued the conversation with her parents. They both knew how much she used to enjoy their Friday night movies so clearly they had a better relationship than either of theirs with their parents.

“Hmmm? O-Oh! That’s awesome.” Tooru blinked at the news. “But um… I’ve kinda already got plans for Friday. See, me and the girls in my class, they wanted to cheer me up when the dorms first got started and we couldn’t go, so now like, it’s a regular thing for movie Fridays and we’ve got stuff planned for then and… uh… y-yeah, Saturday would work too, one sec.”

Tooru covered the phone with her hand.

“We don’t have anything planned for Saturday do we?” Tooru asked quickly.

“Just the aftermath of the sleepover in the morning, ribbit.” Tsuyu reasoned.

“Unless you have anything personal planned with one of the others, nothing as a group certainly.” Momo confirmed.

“Ooo, that’s a point, should I… I mean… I can at least tell…” Tooru bit her lip before taking a deep breath. “Yeah, I think Saturday’s fine mom, but um… do you… think I could bring a friend? I mean, I have to ask her first but… yeah? Okay, great, then I’d love to. There’s been some changes and I have to get permission with a teacher and we’ll need an escort but that shouldn’t be too much of a problem. So I’ll see you Saturday then? Perfect. Bye then, love you lots, tell dad the same.”

By this point Momo had poured the tea for all three of them as she and Tsuyu casually sipped theirs while observing the energetic, clothes-covered invisible girl.

“Good chat then?” Tsuyu grinned smugly.

“Yes!” Tooru returned the wide smile. “Well, sorta, I mean, they called to catch up and invite me to the cinema because it’s been a while since we had a trip as a family but then we got distracted as I told them all about classes and stuff and then they told me about Friday but we had plans so now it’s Saturday and do you think Mina would mind meeting my parents?”

Momo blinked, dumbstruck. “That was… Izuku levels of mumbling.” She shook her head.

“Not quite, it was mostly intelligible, ribbit. Either that or I’m getting better at reading him.” Tsuyu chuckled. “As for you, you’d have to ask Mina yourself. I’m guessing you’re presenting her as your girlfriend to them?”

“Well… I’d hoped to.” Tooru clasped her hands together. “Do… you think she’d want to? I mean, my parents don’t know I’m… not just boy-crazy.”

“Two-in-one reveal, eh?” Tsuyu pondered. “It worked for Kyoka, no reason why it couldn’t work for you too.”

“I apologise for the sensitive question but are you parents particularly prejudiced of any kind?” Momo asked carefully.

“I don’t think so.” Tooru thought back to all the significant moments she could with her folks. “They taught me a lot about love growing up; about how it doesn’t matter what anyone looks like so long as they’re a good person. I mean, they were kind of biased since they’re both invisible like me but I guess it taught me a good lesson. Growing up, yeah I was interested in boys but I was looking for my prince charming to share an eternal love with. I had no idea my prince was actually a princess, and then several princesses and a prince.” She giggled.

Tsuyu chuckled along with her while Momo smiled warmly.

“Then I don’t believe you should have any issues, though you may wish to ask Mina now before she makes any plans of her own.”

“Ribbit, might wanna warn her about a potential shovel talk too.” Tsuyu advised.

“Ooo, yeah, there’s no way my dad’s not gonna try that.” Tooru giggled. “When I talked about finding my prince as a kid he told me they’d have to pass his ‘royal test’ as the king first. I figured out what he was talking about later after he um… comforted me after my r-rejections.” She sighed, pulling out her phone to text their shared pink girlfriend.

“Did you tell him about Ojiro, ribbit?” Tsuyu asked.

“Yeah.” Tooru nodded. “He and mum helped when I was bein’ all reclusive and pouty.”

“Sorry, I’m still a little lost, what’s a ‘Shovel talk’?” Momo asked, not having gained enough context from the clues.

“Typically, it’s the parent or guardian evaluating their daughter’s chosen partner and threatening their wrath if they should ever hurt them in any way. You see it sometimes in movies and TV shows to both comedic and serious effect.”

Momo’s hand rose to cover a small gasp.

“T-That sounds much the threat from my parents! Should we be worried?”

“Yours are… an extreme case,” Tsuyu said diplomatically. “Tooru’s parents will probably want Mina to keep their little girl happy while yours want to keep everyone else away. Usually the shovel talk is just a warning to make sure the relationship is serious and not a casual fling.”

“I believe I’m getting the picture.” Momo nodded slowly. “But then… are we all in for this ‘shovel talk’ at some point.”

“Probably.” Tsuyu snickered. “Depends when we get you free from your parents really. I don’t think Tooru’s dad will have much luck telling the top heroes not to hurt his fellow top hero little girl.”

“Though it would be fun to watch him try.” Tooru agreed, sending off her text to Mina.

Momo passed Tooru her tea which she gratefully accepted along with a digestive biscuit.

“How about your parents, Darling?” Tooru enquired. “You gonna tell them ‘bout Ochako and Izuku?”

For the next few minutes Tsuyu relayed her conversation with Momo downstairs to the invisible girl.

“Wait, so, are you gonna tell them about Izuku and Ochako or just one? I get not telling them about all of us because I’m sure not but still.”

“Absolutely, ribbit.” Tsuyu nodded with determination. “You guys are all I ever wanted, and being polyamorous… it’s a part of who I am, like you and falling for anyone that can ‘see’ you.” The frog girl pointed out. “I know we have like these, ‘unofficial pairings’ where you and Mina are a thing while Izuku, Ochako and I are another but it suits me that I can at least share a part of us with other people.”

“I feel most sorry for you Yaomomo.” Tooru empathised. “I know you and Kyoka are another thing but you can’t even couple up with her without-”

“I’m… well aware.” Momo sighed. “I’m at the very least grateful a select few trusted people have either figured us out or we can trust them not to divulge our secret, namely Miss Midnight and Kyoka’s parents.

“Do you think… if we manage to convince your parents otherwise… they’d accept a relationship like ours?” Tooru asked softly.

Momo rubbed her thumbs along the outside of her slowly cooling teacup as she looked down pensively into the remaining sip.

“I… don’t… think so.” She murmured.

Tooru and Tsuyu both wore gloomy expressions.

“I-It’s not because of you,” Momo quickly clarified. “I just can’t imagine them being okay with such an arrangement that isn’t beneficial to them or the Yaoyorozu name as a whole.”

“But aren’t you like, their heir?” Tooru asked. “You don’t have any brothers or sisters or other relatives waiting in the wing they can pass you over with, right?”

“No, that is true.” Momo nodded sadly. “Though, in my youth, I remember them talking late one night after a… disappointing performance on my exams. I had recently discovered heroes and had become enamoured with them, spending much of my free time reading about them where I could. My quirk was perfect for any manner of situations so often fantasised myself accompanying the main characters from my favourite stories, providing anything they might need in a pinch. Like many, I even wanted to become All Might’s sidekick at one point.” Momo chuckled lightly. “But… when I lost focus on my studies, my parents scolded me fiercely by restricting the freedoms I had. I stayed up late that night, wishing for one of my heroes to come help me, but it didn’t look like anyone was coming. I steeled my nerve and decided not to be the princess in the tower that needs rescuing and, instead, would be my own hero.”

If Momo glanced up she’d spot the enraptured attention of both her girlfriends as she spoke. Instead, her gaze was fixed blankly on the teacup in her hands as she recounted the memory.

“I wandered back downstairs, searching out my father in his study. Being sneaky wasn’t something I was trying to do, I was just waiting to gather all the courage I could to march in there and tell him how unfair it was. Then I heard my mother’s voice. They were talking about trivial things at first, I don’t really remember them, but when the conversation turned to me, I can remember it clearly. I’ll spare you the details but… my mother wondered if I was already peaking, my father told her not to worry and that if I turned out to be a failure they’d just make another. My mother didn’t want to bear any more children but they talked about a surrogate. Of course, I didn’t know what that meant until I was older, but I snuck back to bed that night knowing it was only the beginning of bad things if I kept failing tests. Thankfully, with my natural intellect, I was able to catch up on my missed learning quickly which put smiles on both of my parent’s faces again. Since then, there hasn’t been a test I have failed… because I can’t afford to.”

The tea in Yaoyorozu’s glass rippled as a droplet landed inside it. She blinked in confusion as to what it could’ve possibly been only to realise her eyelashes were now moist with unshed tears. Stowing the teacup on the side, the heiress quickly generated a tissue for herself and dabbed at her eyes.

“Yaomomo… I…” Tooru spoke softly but didn’t know what to say.

Momo looked up to see the two girls looking incredibly dejected.

“I’m sorry.” She apologised quickly, sniffing quickly to pull her emotions back inside. “I appear to have brought the whole mood down.”

“We didn’t… had no idea Momo.” Tsuyu said succinctly.

“It’s fine. It changes nothing after all.” Momo waved her worries away. “Now you just know more about me is all.”

“Yeah but…” Tooru glanced over at their notepads. “Now I just feel bad for asking for your help.”

“Please don’t.” Momo consoled. “While I admit there are… unpleasant consequences for failure, one of the few joys I get from it are from assisting others. During those times I am free to both help where I can and enjoy socializing without scrutiny, though that hasn’t been as much of a worry since we moved into the dorms.”

“Despite everything, your parents still don’t appear to have any idea about us so I’d say we’re doing something right so far, ribbit,” Tsuyu noted. “And at this point, it would be harder for your parents to replace you than back then.”

“But not impossible.” Momo sighed. “Now though, if I could just leave without the threat of reprisals against me or mine, without a penny to my name, I would take it in a heartbeat. If they replaced me though… they would likely do all they could to ensure their new heir’s success and I don’t want to contemplate what that might entail for me.” Momo looked up and smiled warmly at her girlfriends. “You all… I don’t think I could’ve found better friends and partners if I’d tried.”

“At least you know it.” Tsuyu chuckled teasingly. “We are pretty good, ribbit.”

“Good? We’re awesome!” Tooru declared proudly. “We’re all gonna be super cool heroes and save our Gorgeous just like we promised. Then we’re gonna pool whatever cash we have and get that super cool house we all talked about.”

“That’s the dream.” Tsuyu ribbited happily.

“And heroes turn dreams into realities.” Momo declared, reenergised with fresh hope.

“Yeah!” Tooru cheered. “Though um…” She turned back to their homework. “I wish doing that would involve a lot less math and a lot more fun.”

“Math can be fun.” Momo chuckled, standing up and pulling the invisible girl in for a hug. “Lets see, two completed homework pieces times three girls, plus enough love to fill up this room equals?”

“At least one very satisfied frog I’m hoping.” Tsuyu drank down the last of her tea.

“That sounds like part of the answer.” Momo giggled. “Don’t think we can get there without the completed homework part though, so shall we resume our studies?”

“Does it count as complete even if I answer them wrong?” Tooru chuckled cheekily, giving Momo one last squeeze before retaking her spot on the bed and picking up her pad once more.

The trio continued to work for the next hour, working steadily but surely to both complete and understand the assignment. Once it was done, the books were closed and the clothes came off.

As dinner time rolled around, Momo lay on her back under her sheets snuggled up with two of her loving, adorable, and satisfied girlfriends under each arm. She let out a contented sigh, cuddling the girls close who squeezed themselves against her in turn. It was moments like this she never wanted to end or lose.

Despite the ever-present threat of her parents, she knew she would do everything in her power to protect her group, and they her. For now, she’d just relax and revel in her girlfriend’s love until their stomachs rumbled and demand feeding.


When Kyoka woke up on Wednesday, she knew it was going to be a bad day. There was no logical reason for it to have already cemented itself as bad in her mind but she knew it was true.

Turning off her alarm clock as normal, she allowed herself her customary five minutes to contemplate before she had to get up and get ready. Already she was exhausted. When the snooze timer ticked over and the alarm rang out once more, Kyoka had to drag herself out of bed to begin her day.

After her morning rituals, dressing for class and making sure she had all her books and things for today, Kyoka headed out her door where she was immediately pissed off by the brightness of the morning sun. If being a hero wasn’t her dream then she would’ve definitely skipped today’s classes and stayed in bed. She even contemplated doing such as she travelled down in the elevator.

She decided not to wait for anyone else today when even the ‘ding’ of the elevator made her flinch. Any excess chatter would surely get on her nerves much more and she didn’t feel like snapping at her classmates nor apologizing for doing so.

Thankfully her trip to class was quiet and uneventful. When she arrived at her desk after greeting the ever diligent Iida who was already here as usual, she put her head in her arms and closed her eyes.

It wasn’t to sleep, it was just to tune the rest of the world out for as long as possible. When the class started filing in closer to the start of the school day, she regretted not bringing the noise cancelling balls Momo had made for her quirk.

“Morning Kyoka.” Momo greeted with a touch of her hand on her shoulder as she passed by her girlfriend’s desk.

“Mmmm.” Kyoka groaned in greeting.

“Hey, missed you girl.” Mina greeted too loudly and too cheerfully. “Wanted to get an early start or what?”

“Go away Mina.” Kyoka groaned again, not looking up.

Mina frowned, a tad confused, but did as requested.

None of the others greeted her before homeroom started which she was grateful for. She felt an unusual kinship with Aizawa when he began reading the morning announcements as if she could personify her current mood it would look a lot like him.

The day dragged on all too long for the musical girl with Ectoplasm and Cementoss’ lessons taking forever to finish. Kyoka decided to duck out of school at lunch and head back to the empty dorms for some peace and quiet and to grab those ear mufflers before Present Mic’s English lesson that afternoon.

Momo couldn’t help but send a worried look at the retreating girl when she begged off joining the rest of them for lunch.

“I’m worried about Kyoka.” She declared once they were all situated around a table with their meals.

“Is something wrong?” Ochako asked, noting the girl being unobtrusive today but nothing overtly concerning.

“She’s been quiet all day, ribbit.” Tsuyu relayed. “Buried her jacks in her clothes too. Maybe she’s got a headache?”

“I don’t think so,” Mina shook her head. “Feels worse than that. Migraine maybe?”

“Oh, I hope she feels better after lunch.” Tooru worried.

“Maybe we could do something for her?” Ochako offered.

“Apart from medicines, what can we really do?” Mina shrugged.

“That’s if she’s even hurting in that way.” Tsuyu suggested.

“What do you mean?” Momo enquired.

“I think Izuku’s already figured it out.” She gestured to the boy who’d remained silent so far, a pensive look on his face.

“Y-Yeah, I think I know what’s up.” He admitted. “It’s… not something you can help with unfortunately.”

“Why not?!” Tooru complained, feeling powerless now the smartest among them confirmed something was indeed wrong with their girlfriend.

“Because sometimes the brain just doesn’t function correctly.” Izuku offered from a place of experience. “If I’m right, there’s nothing she’s gonna want to do more than go to bed as soon as we get back to the dorms. Best thing you can do to help is to just give her space.”

The thought sat uneasily with the other girls.

“Could you at least tell us what it is?” Momo asked politely.

“O-Oh, it’s um… I think it’s her depression just playing up.” Izuku revealed downheartedly.

“Thought so.” Tsuyu agreed with that assessment.

“Wait, what’s exactly wrong?” Mina asked, not quite understanding.

“It’s a little hard to describe.” Izuku began. “You remember when I told you about my um… best worst day ever? The day I uh… met All Might?”

“Yeah.” Mina nodded.

“Well… Kyoka’s probably feeling like I did after All Might talked to me on top of that building.” Mina’s face curled up in a flinch while Tooru gasped and Tsuyu let out a small sympathy ribbit.

“S-She’s not going to…” Ochako panicked.

“No, no.” Izuku tried to calm them all down. “She just probably woke up feeling like that if I had to guess. It’s… something I’ve got experience with unfortunately. You may have all had a day like that once or twice but um… people with depression, it happens more frequently and can just be random. Like the world decided to just pile it onto you today for no other reason than it can even when nothing’s happened.”

“Poor Kyoka.” Tooru sympathised, remembering the days somewhat recently when she didn’t want to leave her room from her Ojiro heartbreak.

“Izuku,” Momo piped up. “Forgive me if this is rude to ask but is there anything you can think of that might help Kyoka out at all?”

Izuku sighed, remembering his days dealing with depression after successfully hiding it from his school peers and mother before returning to his room.

“Nothing you can do right now.” Izuku replied. “But depending on how she feels after class, I might have an idea for something. It kinda hinges on if she wants to accept it though; if she says to leave her alone that’s probably the best thing to do.”

“I don’t like it.” Mina sighed, knowing she would probably be more of a hindrance than a help with her upbeat attitude and desire to fix the problem immediately. “I want happy Kyoka back.”

“She’ll be back.” Izuku smiled sadly. “She just needs to be sad right now.”

The rest of the lunch period passed uneasily with a grey cloud over everyone’s heads.

When they returned to the classroom, they found Kyoka in a similar state to how she appeared that morning; head in her arms and closed off to the world. Momo wanted to lean down and have a quick talk with her girlfriend there and then but the bell rang a moment before she approached and she knew there was no time left.

The group retook their seats with each keeping an eye on the punkette over the remaining periods that day. Despite Kyoka clearly wearing her sound mufflers during Present Mic’s class, they all noticed her flinch when the blond got a tad too excited.

They were all grateful for the lack of hero training that day as the final bell rang to signify the end of their school obligations. With everyone packing up noisily, Kyoka was noticeably still, her hands gripped into fists and her eyes closed, at though trying to bear a great pain being inflicted on her. The group stood around idly as the rest of the class cleared out.

When Kyoka was ready, she slowly began packing up her stuff, oblivious to the majority of her girlfriends who were waiting patiently behind her. When she stood with her bag and turned around to leave the classroom through the rear door, she caught sight of all their worried faces. If anything she was grateful it had taken them this long to confront her about her silence today.

“What?” She asked simply, her voice much quieter than normal.

Momo stepped forward and gently reached out, taking the girl’s bag from her before gesturing that they all walk together.

A tad confused but relieved to be rid of the weight of her books, Kyoka allowed herself to be escorted by the other six out into the fresh air; no one spoke until the UA doors had closed behind them.

“How are you feeling Kyoka?” Momo asked softly.

“Shit.” Kyoka replied simply.

“Do you um… wanna go to bed when you get in?” Tooru asked a tad nervously.

“Fuck yes.” Kyoka groaned, releasing some of the tension in her shoulders. A bit of it returned as she saw the girls glance nervously at each other at her answer. “What?”

They all glanced over at Izuku, apparently deferring to him now. Surprisingly, the boy seemed resolute as he began giving out orders to the others.

“Okay, Momo, please help Kyoka to her room. Tsu, Ochako, could you please start on dinner for Kyoka so she can eat it and go straight to sleep when she’s done. Tooru, Mina, could you please run ahead when we get closer and make sure everyone’s being quiet when we get back so Kyoka can get upstairs peacefully?”

Kyoka watched in bemusement as everyone clearly accepted Izuku’s quiet but confident instructions as they continued on their way back to the dorms.

“Uh, what’s going on?” She asked nervously.

“Izuku gave us some idea of what you’ve been going through today.” Momo explained. “If he’s not mistaken, is it your depression?”

Kyoka’s eyes widened slightly before nodding slowly.

“I-I think, yeah.” She admitted.

“That’s okay dear. We’re here to help however we can.” Momo smiled at her. “That includes leaving you alone to get today over with by sleeping.”

Kyoka looked around at her girlfriends, them each giving her small, reassuring nods of support as they walked. When she glanced over at Izuku, he gave her a sympathetic smile in a way she knew he understood exactly what she was going through right now. If she didn’t feel so numb and overstimulated at the same time she might just cry at the thoughtfulness of them all.

Instead, Kyoka settled for quiet acceptance as the group continued back to the dorms. On approach, Mina and Tooru jogged ahead as ordered with Mina popping her head out of the main door to give a thumbs up that everything was all clear.

The punkette was quickly escorted into the elevator with Momo and Izuku while Ochako and Tsuyu saw themselves over to the kitchen. Arriving on Kyoka’s floor, the girl led the remaining two into her room where she let herself faceplant onto her bed since Momo was currently carrying her bag. The heiress let out a small yelp of surprise at the apparent lack of care the girl had for herself right now but Izuku was unfazed.

“Momo?” Izuku called out. “Could you please pass me her bag while you um… h-help her get ready for bed? I’ll just set up her books for tomorrow and leave.”

“Sure.” Momo nodded, passing him her girlfriend’s bag.

Having stayed with her girlfriend a couple of times on school nights, Momo knew where Kyoka kept her casual and sleeping clothes, raiding her closet quickly for a shirt and shorts. By the time she was approaching Kyoka’s bed, Izuku was heading out the door, sending her a thumbs up as he did.

“Kyoka? You feel ready to get changed?” Momo asked softly.

“Mmmm.” Kyoka sighed, rolling herself over.

The punkette was glad she had incredibly understanding partners and gave credit in no small part to Izuku for making hopefully the last part of today run as smoothly as it has so far. Despite sitting up and stripping down to her panties alone before donning the clothes to sleep in, Kyoka felt no sense of shame or excitement from being alone here with Momo. Hell, Izuku could probably have been staring right at her tits and she wouldn’t’ve batted an eyelash she was that out of it.

“There we go, feel a bit better?” Momo asked, tidying up Kyoka’s room a tad by gathering her remaining discarded clothes and putting them with the rest of her laundry.

“A bit.” Kyoka shrugged.

The heiress sent her a sad smile, finishing up her task before returning to sit by Kyoka’s side and wrapping her in one armed hug, taking one of her hands in her remaining one.

“Kyoka, I’m so sorry you’re going through this. I wish I knew what you were feeling so I could help more.”

“No you don’t.” Kyoka shook her head. “This fucking sucks. It’s horrible and I hate it. I hope you never have to feel this crap if I can help it.”

“Oh dear.” Momo sighed, squeezing her girlfriend for support. “Is there anything else we can do to help?”

Kyoka sighed and shook her head.

“I just don’t wanna feel like this anymore.” She replied. “Only way I know how to get rid of it is just sleeping it off. I’ll be fine once my brain figures out it’s fucked up.”

Momo nodded sadly.

“We’re all only a text away.” She offered. “I’m not sure what Ochako and Tsu are making but they know what you like. After that you can sleep until you feel better, okay? If you’re still feeling like this tomorrow I’m sure we can talk to Recovery Girl and get you the day off or something.”

“We’ll deal with that later.” Kyoka shook her head, not wanting to even think about tomorrow yet.

“Okay then.” Momo nodded. “Shall I leave you to it then?”

“Sorry.” Kyoka squeezed Momo’s hand. “I know I’m… not very good right now but I do appreciate this… from all of you.”

“I’ll let them know.” Momo smiled before rising to her feet, reluctantly leaving her girlfriend sitting alone on her bed. As much as she wanted to join her, she’d follow Izuku’s advice and leave her be unless the girl asked for her.

“Um… Momo?” Kyoka called out when the girl began heading for the door.

“Yes dear?” Momo turned eagerly.

“C-Could you um… s-send Izuku in please? I um… want to thank him for everything.”

“Sure.” Momo smiled warmly, though she felt a pang of jealousy in her heart she knew she shouldn’t. Izuku had experience in an area she didn’t and, accordingly to Kyoka, should never want to experience for herself.

Stepping outside, she spotted the boy waiting for her across the hall, leaning against one of the pillars by the window overlooking the central courtyard.

“Izuku?” The boy turned when he heard his name. “Kyoka’s asking for you.”

The boy blinked, a tad dumbfounded at the girl actually asking for him to come back in for something. After a moment to process the thought however, he figured he knew what it was about.

“Uh, thanks Momo.” He smiled at her before passing by and entering Kyoka’s room.

Stepping back in the center of the girl’s space, he saw she’d crawled into bed at this point with only her head and one arm poking out over the covers.

“Hey Kyoka,” He called softly. “Something you need?”

“I just… wanted to thank you.” She admitted, a small blush colouring her cheeks. “I was… kinda dreading everyone figuring stuff out and pestering me to try and help. I’m pretty sure you had me figured out and told everyone what not to do, right?”

“Yeah.” Izuku nodded, stepping closer to her bed. “May I… sit down?” Kyoka nodded and Izuku took a seat on the side of her bed, close to her head. “You already know I’ve um… been there, so it wasn’t hard to recognise the signs. I know how much it sucks and how you don’t want to feel this way but there’s nothing you can do.”

Kyoka nodded along at Izuku getting everything right so far.

“Hopefully some sleep’ll fix me.” She chuckled weakly. “But um… I still need to eat and stuff so I gotta stay awake for that.” Izuku nodded at her. “Until then… would you… n-no never mind.”

“Kyoka, it’s okay.” Izuku smiled warmly. “If it’s something I can do to help, you know I will.”

The punkette gripped her hand tightly under the cover; it was almost annoying how caring he was.

“I… don’t suppose you’d mind just… being here with me and um… listening to some depressing shit to make me feel better?”

“I’m going to assume you mean music?” Izuku queried, getting a small nod from the girl in response. “Then sure.” He nodded.

With her hand outside the covers, Kyoka grabbed her phone and pulled up the playlist she listened to when the world got a bit too much for her. As she’d mentioned before, there was plenty of punk and metal to be found here and she just hit random to mix things up. She didn’t know if it’d be to Izuku’s taste but regardless he nodded his head slowly to the first song.

She felt herself close her eyes and relax for the first time since she woke up this morning as the heavy sounds overrode her negative thoughts and let her mind drift in the music. Kyoka felt much more at peace with herself when the song came to a close as she briefly wondered what would play next.

“Um, Kyoka?” Izuku called out, pausing the playlist.

“Hmmm?” She glanced over at him curiously.

“Feel free to say ‘no’ but, do you mind if I share some of the songs that helped me feel better?”

It was a very bold request of the boy, one she knew he was making an effort to make. While she knew for sure her playlist contained songs that would help her feel better, she was also curious as to what Izuku listened to when he became this despondent.

“As long as it’s not All Might’s anthem or some shit.” She joked.

“It’s not.” He smiled. “I wouldn’t ask if I didn’t think you’d like it.”

Kyoka was surprised he put that much thought into what appeared to be a simple request. She watched him tap a few keys on her phone to search through the online library she subscribed to before apparently finding the song he was looking for. With a final tap, the first melancholic notes began playing through her phone and Kyoka felt herself closing her eyes again, getting lost in the song.

The boy was evidently full of surprises as this song brought her sadness to the surface instead of letting it just bubble numbly beneath. She felt the tears rolling from her eyes without even opening them.

When the song came to an end, she opened her mouth to see the boy’s eyes glistening a little too.

“Sorry.” He wiped away at the gathered moisture. “That one helps me start feeling again, thought it might help.”

“It did.” Kyoka nodded before reaching for her phone and intending to play one of her own playlist songs next. “Here, c-check this one out. It just kinda validates that there’s all these shitty things in the world but we should still keep moving on.”

The pair went back and forth for the next thirty minutes, each showing off one of the songs that helped them feel better during the tough times. Before they knew it, there was a knock at the door.

“Dinner’s up, ribbit.” Tsuyu’s voice called out.

Izuku turned the latest song of his down before calling back to come in, the door swinging open wide as Tsuyu and Ochako entered and a bowl of chicken soup with some hot chocolate balanced on a tray that the frog girl was carrying.

“Hey Kyoka.” Ochako smiled as they entered. “Came to see how you were doing.”

“This should help you feel all warm and full so you can go to sleep.” Tsuyu gestured down to the tray while Izuku stood up to get out of the way.

“Thanks.” Kyoka replied softly, finding her body much less lethargic than earlier as she pushed herself into a sitting position which Tsuyu took to mean she’d like to have dinner in bed.

Once Tsuyu had made sure the tray was balanced on her girlfriend’s lap, she made to pull back only for Kyoka to gesture her closer with one of her jacks. Tsuyu leant in close allowing Kyoka to lean forward and place a soft kiss on Tsuyu’s cheek.

“Thanks for taking care of me.” She smiled gratefully at the girl.

“No problem, ribbit.” Tsuyu returned the expression.

“Ochako?” Kyoka called, gesturing to the gravity girl much the same way she had Tsuyu.

The brunette repeated the green haired girl’s action and got a similar kiss on the cheek as thanks.

“You guys are great, thanks for this.” She nodded politely at the two.

“We gotta look after our girlfriend.” Ochako grinned, Tsuyu agreeing with her.

“Could you um… do me a favour and pass out those kisses to the others please? I want to thank you all but-”

“Don’t worry about it.” Tsuyu waved her off.

“We’ll pass them along no problem.” Ochako gave her a thumbs up, accepting her new mission to make the girl feel better.

“Thanks.” Kyoka nodded, looking down at her meal and picking up the provided spoon.

The three took the opportunity to eye the door and began taking their leave.

“Oh um… I-Izuku,” Kyoka called out, “before you go.”

The other two girls glanced at Izuku who gave them a shrug before making his way back over to Kyoka. The punkette was glad the other two decided not to stick around so she’d have some privacy for what she was about to do next.

“You forgot something.” Kyoka informed the boy, patting the spot he was previously sitting in.

Still confused but willing to go along with it for now, Izuku reclaimed his spot by the girl. No sooner was he seated than he felt the cool metal of her jack on the side of his chin. His eyes widened as he could feel it guiding him forward as Kyoka closed the gap between them. Unlike the girls, his kiss was a soft one on the lips that left him both surprised and even more confused. It was only for a moment, but he immediately noticed Kyoka’s fierce blush when she pulled back.

“T-That one’s um… a-all for you.” She stammered. “N-No sharing.”

Izuku didn’t know what to say. Was this just a ‘thank you’ from the grateful girl or was this something more? He wanted to ask and get a possible answer but the only thing that came out of his mouth was, “O-Okay.”

“Good.” Kyoka nodded shyly. “Y-You can go enjoy the rest of your evening or whatever.” She shooed him away.

Despite his racing mind, Izuku could tell it was just bravado and embarrassment speaking for Kyoka at that moment. He decided to make his own leave, though not before turning on her side-light and turning off her main light.

“Have a good sleep Kyoka.” He sent back, closing the door behind him.

“Thanks Green.” Kyoka replied softly, too soft for the boy to hear once the door shut. She glanced down at the food on her lap and the song still softly playing on her phone. “For everything.”

It didn’t take Kyoka long to finish up her meal and drink, relishing the warm feeling of both in her belly as she placed the tray of things on the floor. Taking her phone in hand again as she settled down, stretching out a jack to turn her side-light off, Kyoka flicked back over Izuku’s picks for music in her history.

Despite knowing no one was around, Kyoka still glanced around her room to be sure she was alone before adding each of Izuku’s songs to her depression playlist. Plugging her jack into the audio slot, the girl finally settled down for the night to put an end to the best depressed day she’d ever had.


When Thursday rolled spirits were up through the whole class. Mina was still floating on cloud nine about something, though she brushed it off as excitement for Friday, while Kyoka was feeling in a better emotional state today after her downer of a Wednesday.

Aizawa’s mood had held and it looked like one of their most relaxing weeks in a while and people were savouring it while they could. There was homework of course but apart from Cementoss, the over-the-weekend stuff was lightened by the lack of Art History that week. Mina’s grin only widened when the 18+ hero shot her a subtle wink after her announcement was made for them all to have a good weekend.

“Only one more day left!” The pinkette cheered as she walked back to the dorms with Izuku, Tsuyu, Tooru and Ochako.

“Is… she always this energetic?” Izuku asked curiously.

“Before sleepovers? Absolutely, ribbit.” Tsuyu nodded.

“Can you blame me? This next one’s gonna be awesome!” Mina grinned.

“Are they not already?” Tooru teased lightly.

“Well even more awesomer then.” Mina countered.

“Not a word but still.” Tsuyu chuckled.

“Hey,” Mina turned and walked backwards in front of the rest of them. “This time’s special; our little group is all complete ‘cause you two love-struck fools aren’t still pining after this love-struck fool.”

“Rude.” Tsuyu shook her head fondly, taking the tease in good humour. “I think Mina’s looking for another free trip to the clouds, eh Ochako?”

“That’s what I heard.” Ochako’s eyes turned red, her hand wiggling as if itching to use her quirk.

“Woah no.” Mina crossed her arms in front of her chest. “I learned my lesson last time.” She breathed a sigh of relief as Ochako’s hand lowered and the glare faded into a smirk of satisfaction.

“M-Maybe we should get you a um… collar from Ochako.” Izuku chuckled.

The girls all got a chuckle out of Izuku’s tease. Mina glanced over at the boy and shared a small smile with him that he returned. Things were getting better between them if he was happy enough to tease her like that. She wouldn’t start retorting at him for a while, she still felt like she was due some digs as they rebuilt their trust but it was clear Izuku was willing to put in the effort.

“Hmmm,” Mina pondered thoughtfully. “Would I then be the pet of a pet?”

“As long as Ochako feeds you, walks you,” Tooru joined in, “makes sure you get some time to play with an invisible playmate, then I’m fine with it.”

“Tooru!” Mina pouted.

“Nah.” Ochako decided, “Too much responsibility. She’d just make a mess everywhere and there’d be less mochi for me.”

“Nice to know I rank below mochi in your heart.” Mina deadpanned.

“To be fair, I think we all do, ribbit.” Tsuyu teased, the others all laughing while Ochako looked like she was genuinely pondering it. “Anyone got plans for tonight? I think we’re all ready for tomorrow so nothing to do but homework for tomorrow if you’ve still got it.”

“Why are you looking at me when you said that?” Mina glared at the frog. “I’ve been good!”

“All wrapped up here!” Tooru declared. “Was just gonna chill, maybe work on my quirk a little more.”

“Oh yeah?” Mina raised a brow at her with a knowing smile. “Want some help?”

“N-No thanks, I’m good.” Tooru blushed, recalling the last time Mina burst into her room while she was training.

“Koda wants to train some more so I’ll be working on a refining my Air Force smashes while nearby so I can help if he needs it. I think he said Kendo and Ojiro will be there too.” Izuku informed them.

Ochako breathed a small sigh of relief before she spoke. “I’m probably going to take it easy, maybe go for a run or something if I feel like it.”

“Ribbit, fair. I’ll probably just start on next week’s homework then.” Tsuyu shrugged.

“Boring afternoon then.” Mina sighed, turning back around and walking ahead of her friends. “Maybe Momo and Kyoka have something exciting going on.”

As the group returned to the dorms and went their separate ways, Ochako headed up to her room, dropped her bag and immediately began changing. She felt a little bad deceiving Mina and the others with her casual dismissal of what she was doing but after the last time she went to the gym with a partner, it ended up making her too hot under the collar and she never finished her workout.

This time though, she was going to go solo and redouble her efforts; it wouldn’t do to fall behind after all.

Dressed in her UA gym kit and jacket to block out the cold, Ochako made her way out of the dorms once again and off to the school gym. It was still early after the school day when she got there so only those that had just gone straight there after classes were present with plenty of lockers spare for her stuff.

Stripped down to just her tank top, tracksuit bottoms, trainers, and her towel around her shoulders, Ochako headed into the gym and hunted down her first piece of equipment.

To start with, she finished up her workout from before, using the machines that were… too suggestive when a partner was present. She rolled the reps she missed from last time into this session’s reps for her new total. It left her a little worn out but nothing she couldn’t handle.

Rolling her shoulder, she started on some of the hand weights, making sure all her fingers didn’t touch the grip as she curled in a variety of ways to train different muscles in her arms. Once she was done, she diligently wiped them down with her towel and let out a satisfied sigh.

There was only a few things left to do now and most of them she could do by herself. She glanced over at the weight lifting bench which she’d really like to use to keep up her gains, but unless one of the other older years was kind enough to… was that Bakugo?

“Keep it up Kirishima!” Bakugo’s voice growled down at the person on the bench she figured was her red-headed classmate. She hadn’t recognised him at first from behind but if he and Kirishima were here then one of them could spot her, though Ochako admitted to herself she’d rather the redhead than the blond.

It sounded like Kirishima was nearing the end of his set so she started walking over to the pair to greet them and ask her favour. As she drew close however, she heard something that made her stop dead.

Kirishima looked to be struggling with his last rep, attempting to push the heavy stack of weights up but only managing half-way before the bar slowly started sinking. Katsuki held his hands out, ready to support it if it got too low but he also spoke softly to the boy.

“Come on, you got this! Do it and I’ll… give you a kiss.” Bakugo mumbled.

Ochako immediately saw the change in Kirishima as the rock-hard boy braced himself and pushed, his face clearly displaying the effort he was exerting until he finally finished the last rep. The boisterous blond grinning triumphantly as he grabbed the bar and made sure it re-racked properly as Kirishima panted on the bench, his arms dropping limply on either side.

“Heck yeah!” Kirishima cheered wearily.

“Told ya you could do it.” Bakugo smirked. “The hell do you doubt me for?”

“I don’t doubt you Baku-bro.” Kirishima groaned as he rolled onto his side and made to stand. “I doubt myself.”

“Well you shouldn’t,” Bakugo scolded. “Else you’re saying I picked the wrong idiot.”

When Kirishima stood and looked at Bakugo with a warm smile, two things happened at once. The redhead spotted Ochako over the blond’s shoulder watching them with a somewhat gob-smacked look on her face while his boyfriend, that wanted to keep things secret between them and everyone outside of their group, leant in to give him his reward.

“Uh Kats-mmph” Kirishima tried to warn the boy before his lips were silenced in a quick kiss.

“What?” Bakugo pulled back a little too quickly, a questioning look on his face.

Kirishima just reached up and used a finger to turn the boy’s head until he spotted Ochako staring at them.

“Well fuck.” Bakugo cursed as he grit his teeth.

“H-Hi guys,” Ochako waved stiffly. “N-Nice gym for a day, eh?”

“Urgh.” Bakugo rolled his eyes. “All right, let’s get this over with. Get your ass over here Cheeks.”

“Probably shouldn’t use that nickname with ‘ass’ dude.” Kirishima laughed nervously.

“Shut up.” Bakugo glared, though he had realised his own error after saying it out loud.

Ochako did as ordered, hurrying over to the pair and drawing in somewhat closely.

“First things first.” Bakugo declared before she could open her mouth. “Breathe a word of this to anyone and you’re dead.” He ran his thumb across his throat in a gripped fist to make his point clear.

“Really dude.” Kirishima deadpanned. “Are you that embarrassed about me?”

“No, I-” Bakugo hesitated, trying to think about how to explain his feelings without blowing up at the redhead.

“Ignore him.” Kirishima shook his head, his tease successful, “But we’d both be crazy grateful if you could keep this to yourself.”

“Sure, no problem.” Ochako nodded immediately without hesitation. She knew how important it was to keep some secrets after all.

“See Baku-bro? Uraraka’s cool.” Kirishima grinned toothily at the blond who just glared in return.

“Hmph, whatever.” He scoffed before looking back at the brunette. “Go ahead, ask your dumb questions I know you’ve got and get it out of your system before you never speak of this again.”

Ochako blinked. She didn’t think Bakugo would be so accommodating. Still, if he was giving her the option to ask.

“Okay first, like, how did this happen? You guys were like, friends but I didn’t even know you were…”

“Gay?” Bakugo eyed her warily. “Got a problem with that Cheeks?” He challenged.

Despite his guard clearly being up, Ochako wouldn’t be intimidated when there was no need to be.

“I’d be a pretty big hypocrite if I did.” She shot back, a smug smile pulling at the corner of her lips as both Bakugo and Kirishima’s eyebrows raced to their hairlines.

“W-Wait, what?” Kirishima blinked in confusion, much like Ochako did before.

“I thought I was allowed to ask questions first.” She chuckled as the redhead tried to process that new information. “So how’d you two get together?”

“Well it wasn’t love at first sight I’ll tell ya that much.” Bakugo replied. “Didn’t plan on doing shit at UA other than learning all I could so I can be the next number one. Then this asshole-”

“Dude.” Kirishima deadpanned.

“Went and endeared himself to me by showing just how… urgh… manly he could be.” Kirishima couldn’t help looking smug at that. “Turns out, this fucker had a crush on me and couldn’t keep it inside. Couldn’t exactly say ‘no’ and break his heart so-”

“Tell the truth man, jeez.” Kirishima rolled his eyes before finishing the story. “I asked him out, he’d been crushing on me a little too so we just decided to roll with it.” He smiled. “We’re still exploring things but I’d say it’s going good so far.”

“That’s why we aren’t saying shit to others besides the squad.” Bakugo finished. “Ain’t no one’s business but ours.”

Kirishima opened his mouth to explain the list of people but Ochako beat him to it.

“Oh, so Sero, Mina and Kaminari?”

Kirishima laughed. “See! Told ya people know who our squad is.”

“Shut up.” Bakugo rolled his eyes. “Anything else Cheeks?”

“Well, I’m guessing this is kinda new so I think the only thing I have left is if your parents know?”

“I don’t owe them shit.” Bakugo scoffed before turning away. Ochako was quickly reminded of the recent speculation around Bakugo’s home life and decided not to pull the pin on that grenade.

“My folks are cool with it, don’t think they know I’m gay or about Katsuki though.” Kirishima admitted.

“Any reason you haven’t told them?” Ochako asked curiously.

“Uh… y-yeah I um… just don’t think I should need to come out, you know?” Kirishima nervously rubbed the back of his head.

“Tell the truth Eijiro.” Bakugo growled, returning the redhead’s own words back to him. Kirishima sighed before nodding slowly.

“Well I’m… kinda terrified about how they’re gonna react.” He admitted.

“Have they given you any reason to be afraid?” Ochako enquired, her own thoughts resting on her experience coming out to her mom and dad.

“Well no… and they seem fine about it when it comes up in movies and stuff, it’s just… you know.”

“I do.” Ochako nodded, sharing a sympathetic smile with him.

“If that’s all your stupid questions then it’s our turn.” Bakugo stepped up. “What about your parents? You told them yet either?”

“Yeah, actually,” Ochako smiled. “A couple months back now. It was kinda terrifying ‘cause we lived in an area where that kinda… ‘lifestyle’ wasn’t exactly tolerated. They accepted everything though so I’m happy for that at least.”

“Homophobic country fucks?” Bakugo quirked a brow, getting a nod from Ochako in return. “Figures. Between that, and the mutant and quirkless hate, I’m surprised you’re as well rounded as you are growing up in the sticks Cheeks.”

“It’s Uraraka, get it right or I’ll show you that the sports fest was just you getting lucky.” Uraraka pouted.

“Hey, no need for violence, we’re all pals here.” Kirishima played negotiator. “Anyway, I saw you coming over just before… that,” he glanced at his secret boyfriend, “you after the bench?”

“Oh! Yes, actually.” Ochako nodded enthusiastically. “Well, I mean, I was going to skip it because I came here alone and there was no one else I knew here but then I saw you guys and then this whole thing happened so would one of you mind spotting me?”

“Sure, no problem.” Kirishima grinned, flexing his somewhat still tired arm. “Gotta get those gains, right?”

“You two morons do what you want. I’m hitting the ‘mill.” Bakugo rolled his eyes at their display before walking away.

Ochako frowned at the retreating boy’s back.

“Don’t worry about him.” Kirishima brushed off. “He’s just embarrassed he got caught. Come on, let’s rack you up.”

“Right.” Ochako nodded, getting her head back in the game.

After a few moments of removing some of Kirishima’s weights and getting it down to Ochako’s more comfortable range, which Kirishima whistled at, impressed, when he saw how much she was keeping on, Ochako took her position under the bar while the redhead took the safety spot.

“So,” Kirishima began slowly while Ochako started her reps. “I gotta ask ‘cause it’ll drive me crazy otherwise but um… are you ‘bi’?”

“Yup.” Ochako answered simply as she focused on the weight.

“Yeah, cool, that makes sense.” Kirishima nodded.

“Uh… why does that ‘make sense’?” Ochako paused briefly with the bar lowered to speak before resuming.

“Well um… sorry but everyone’s seen how red you go around Midori-bro sometimes. I figured you and him would-”

“We are.” Ochako puffed.

“Oh… wait, you are? As in like… going out or just crushing?”

“Dating.” Ochako admitted, still keeping her responses short.

“… Whoa.” Kirishima blinked. “See, Kaminari saw you carrying Midori last week and said as much but I didn’t believe him.”

“Yup.” Ochako confirmed.

“Awww, that’s awesome.” Kirishima gushed. “Dude looked exhausted from the way Aizawa was pushing him. Good for you guys anyway.”

Ochako pushed the bar up and over the hold to lock it in place again, finishing the last rep of her first set.

“Yeah,” She huffed, rolling her shoulders, getting ready to add a bit more weight to the bar. “We’ve been kinda keeping it secret too for… reasons.”

“Yeah, don’t worry, nothing’s getting out of me.” Kirishima zipped his lips.

“I’m grateful.” Ochako smiled, standing and grabbing the next five kilos to add to either side. “I mean, we mainly hid it because I wasn’t ready to be out yet what with dating Tsu as well so… yeah.” She shot him a careful look as spoke.

Kirishima nodded along in understanding until his face scrunched up in confusion.

“Wait… did… I hear that right?”

“Probably.” Ochako chuckled, sitting back down on the bench but now shyly looking at her hands that were cupped in her lap. “Me and Izuku are going out… and… so are me and Tsu.”

Kirishima’s mouth dropped open but no words emerged.

“I mean, Izuku’s also going out with Tsu so we’re like a full unit so um… y-yeah.” She finally blushed. “I’ve… been less subtle with things recently because I’m ready to not hide anymore and you’re the first person that’s asked and I didn’t wanna say I was dating one without the other and-”

“Woah uh, Uraraka, I get it, just um… gimme a sec.” Kirishima assured her while he still puzzled things out in his head.

Ochako glanced over at him nervously, hoping for the best.

“So… like… you don’t mind if Midoriya and Asu- uh, Tsu, kiss and stuff without you?” He asked carefully, trying not to offend the girl as he wrapped his head around this new concept.

“No.” Ochako admitted shyly. “We’re in a um… ‘polyamorous’ relationship.”

“Poly-armour… yeah, gonna have to look that up.” He admitted rubbing the back of his head. “But if you guys are cool and happy then I guess it’s great.”

“We are.” Ochako smiled, delighted she was able to trust someone outside their group at last with something like this. “I mean, we’re not telling people unless they ask us directly so-”

“Nah, I got it.” Kirishima nodded again. “Secret for a secret I guess.” He chuckled.

“Thanks. Really. It… feels nice to admit it to someone else.” Ochako sighed, a tad relieved.

“Don’t worry about it.” Kirishima grinned. “Red Riot’s got your back since I know you’ve got mine.”

“Right!” Ochako nodded determinedly before slipping back under the bar and starting her next set.

The two continued chatting about the minor details back and forth about their relationships as Ochako pushed her limits. When the brunette was done, she thanked Kirishima for both the support and the chat before splitting off to finish the remainder of her workout.

“The hell took you so long?” Bakugo raised an eyebrow as Kirishima got on the treadmill next to him.

“We chatted ‘bout some stuff.” Kirishima grinned cheekily.

“What stuff?” Bakugo glared lightly. “It better not have been about me.”

“Only good things bro, chill.” Kirishima chuckled at the expected reaction. “Just swapping stories about the things she’s been keeping on the down low like we have.”

“What kinda things?” Bakugo’s brow quirked again.

“Oh I’m so glad you asked.” Kirishima turned to his boyfriend with an excited look on his face. “She said that if you asked, I can’t tell you, and if you get mad, she said she’ll only tell you when you call her by her name.”

Bakugo narrowed his eyes at his boyfriend again and let out a frustrated sigh.

“Goddamnit. Urgh, fine, Uraraka wins this round.” He conceded, annoyed his defensive flare up and fall back of using people’s nicknames he gave them was coming back to bite him.

“Great.” Kirishima smiled. “Now just go say it to her face and she’ll tell you.”

Uraraka chuckled to herself as she worked on the rowing machine when she heard Bakugo’s quirk go off in anger.

Notes:

Chapter summary:

- After classes on Monday, most of the girls head back to the dorms together. Mina teases Ochako a little too much and briefly gets sent skyward as a minor punishment. After returning to the ground after apologizing, the girls decide to stock up on food early just in case Aizawa drives them hard on Friday and they're too exhausted for a snack run. Mina decides to go with Izuku to gossip with him at the same time and gets changed to get ready when she gets back. Remembering Tooru needs to give her her list of snacks, she visits the girl to get it and a kiss before she leaves. She accidently walks in on Izuku and Tooru training her quirk while naked for fun.

- Despite the embarrassment, Izuku accompanies Mina to the shops. While the two are still on campus, Mina's mocking feels too similar to the frequent mockery of those from Aldera and Izuku tells her to stop with tears in his eyes. Before Mina can apologize for taking things too far yet again, they meet up with Midnight and head off campus. While walking, Mina and Izuku get some advice about relationships from the teacher with Mina subtly asking how to properly apologize to Izuku since she can't right now. As the group pass by the construction site where Izuku fought Gentle, Mina points it out. Midnight then apologizes to Izuku on behalf of everyone for what he did that day. Inside the store, away from the teacher, Mina apologises to Izuku but knows she's still hurt him. After getting their things, returning to campus, and storing them for everyone, Izuku and Mina return to his dorm room to talk things out. Izuku explains himself more and Mina apologies more sincerely before she leads them into a gossiping session to try and begin mending things between them. When Izuku talks about wanting to do Mina's fantasy, the pair find things getting hot and heavy quickly. Due to Mina being on the pill, she and Izuku quickly engage in rougher sex than she's used to which she enjoys and the two finish. Lying on Izuku's bed, Mina promises to help make things better between them even if Izuku forgives her.

- When Cementoss piles a large homework assignment on the class, Momo, Tsuyu and Tooru decide to work together to finish up the assignments quickly. After the initial one, the group takes a break while Tooru gets a call from her parents. Tsuyu and Momo go downstairs to get tea and biscuits and chat about their respective parents and how things are going recently. Heading back upstairs, the two hear Tooru finishing up on the phone where she gets invited to the movies by her parents this coming Saturday. Taking the opportunity to bring a friend, she plans to invite Mina and come out to her folks at the same time. Chatting some more, Momo reveals that, despite her good grades, she partly maintains them because her parents, despite no other relative to pass the Yaoyorozu name to, would replace her if they find her unfitting to take over as the head of the business. Tooru and Tsuyu both express sympathies but reiterate their desire to free Momo. The girls tackle the last piece of homework with renewed spirits before spending the afternoon enjoying each other's naked company.

- Kyoka wakes up and knows today would be bad. She has to drag herself to class that day while everything is simultaneously numb and oversensitive, especially her hearing. Throughout the day's classes, the group notice Kyoka's strange behaviour and that she begged off for lunch. The girls have some ideas as to what it could be but Izuku suggests its most likely her depression playing up. Looking to him for advice on how to deal with this, the group makes a plan. After the final bell rings, Kyoka waits till everyone else has left before packing her stuff up. The group ambush her somewhat quietly and help her outside before querying about her state. When she confirms Izuku's thoughts, everyone diligently follows Izuku's orders on how to make things better for the girl. Returning to the dorms, Kyoka is put to bed early though asks Izuku to briefly stay while they share and exchange depressing music to help her feel better. After a warm meal, Kyoka thanks some of the girls before going to sleep as well as Izuku with a kiss on the lips he enjoys but is confused by. The girl is left alone to nap the rest of the afternoon away after her best worst day ever.

- After classes on Thursday, Ochako heads to the gym alone, not trusting herself with working out with a partner anymore due to what happened with Izuku. Partway through her workout, she discovers Bakugo and Kirishima on the weight bench and they share a kiss much to her confusion. Spotting her, the pair decide to just get everything in the open with her. Reassuring them she'd keep their secret, Kirishima spots her on the bench where she reveals her own relationship with Tsu and Izuku to his surprise. When Bakugo asks about things afterwards, Kirishima won't tell him until he gets Uraraka's name right.

Chapter 24: The Fifth Sleepover

Summary:

After the arrival of UA's newest resident, the group settle in to enjoy their fifth sleepover together.

Notes:

Note: will be taking a week's break after this monster of a chapter (longest one yet).
See you on Feb 4th.

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

Sleepover Friday had arrived once again and every member of the group knew it.

Despite joining them last time, Izuku was an official member of their group now that he was a member of the girl’s polyamorous unit. After what happened when he wasn’t a member, he wondered just how far things might progress tonight and if he was really ready to experience them.

For the others, the mood was somewhat more jovial. Subtle winks, nods, and knowing smiles were exchanged throughout the day in anticipation of what they knew was likely to happen that evening.

They hoped to avoid their grumpy teacher’s radar as best they could with everyone being on their best behaviour and praying that Aizawa didn’t bestow the gift of double homework on them at the last second; not that it would matter since it could wait till after their slumber party, but it’d be nice not to have that worry.

As the last class of the day began rounding out and the students eagerly awaited the dismissal bell, Aizawa called out a last minute announcement.

“Oh yeah, before you leave. Would everyone please be present in the dorms at four this afternoon, you have some guests arriving.” That sent a wave of eyebrows raising throughout the classroom in surprise. “Also, Midoriya, Asui, Uraraka, Kirishima.” Their intimidating teacher called out, locking eyes with each of the students in turn. “Wait around after class, there’s something you need to be updated about.”

Those named students, and a few of the others, glanced around wondering what those announcements were all about.

Before anyone could ask, the end of the day bell rang out, causing Aizawa to tiredly dismiss the class.

“You guys want us to wait around so we can walk back together?” Mina asked as she turned in her seat to address Tsuyu.

“We’ll be fine.” Tsuyu nodded. “You guys head back to the dorm and get stuff ready for tonight. It’s probably something official from the raid considering who he called out so best not to lurk and look suspicious.”

“Hey, yeah.” Kirishima nodded, overhearing as he packed up. “It’s been a while now, wonder what’s been going on.”

“Hopefully nothing bad.” Ochako worried lightly, packing her stuff away.

The rest of the class filed out of the room while the students called out by their teacher stood around together, waiting for the weary adult to gather up the last of his papers.

“All right, come on you four.” He announced, leading the way out of the classroom.

The four diligently followed, each a tad nervous about what Aizawa needed to relay to them but still hopeful it was good news.

Izuku felt a little weird as he recognised the room they were approaching as the same one he and All Might usually had their chats in regarding his quirk. He almost thought Aizawa wanted to discuss that very topic if not for the fact Kirishima was with them.

When the door slid open and everyone stepped inside however, everything became clear.

“Hey guys!” The energetic voice of Mirio rang out. “Guess who’s here!”

The four 1-A students faces lit up as they recognised the small girl on the couch who was having her hair done up into pig-tails by Nejire with Tamaki standing against the wall nearby, looking nervous as ever.

“Eri!” They all called out simultaneously, rushing to stand around the girl at a reasonable distance

“Eri’s coming to live at UA. You four seemed invested in her wellbeing so I thought it best you know.” Aizawa explained lazily as Nejire finished her work on Eri’s hair.

“Wow, I can’t believe she’s back so soon!” Izuku gushed.

“I’m so glad you’re here.” Ochako beamed down at the girl as Kirishima crouched down to her level to greet her with a wave.

“Welcome to your new home.” Tsuyu smiled at the girl, standing by Ochako’s side. “You remind me of my little sister with your hair like that, it’s very cute.”

“Gee, thank you so much.” Eri accepted the compliment with a smile, feeling relaxed around her numerous protectors.

“So why is this happening now?” Izuku turned to his teacher curiously. “I thought she’d have to stay in hospital.”

“Couldn’t make her stay there forever.” Aizawa explained before glancing at the girl. He gestured subtly at Izuku to follow him back out the door.

“Looks like Mr Aizawa needs us for a minute.” Ochako reassured the girl as she noticed her boyfriend gesturing her to come with.

“We’ll see you real soon Eri.” Tsuyu nodded.

“You’ll be fine here with Nejire for a little bit, won’t you Eri?” Mirio smiled down at the girl, following along with Tamaki bringing up the rear.

“Mmmhmm.” Eri smiled.

“Ooo, let’s try a ponytail next.” Nejire gushed at the girl, hoping to distract her a little as everyone else took their leave.

Once the door was shut behind them, Aizawa shuttled them down the hallway a short distance before turning into an empty classroom. When the students all filed in, he started to explain the full situation to them.

“From what we can tell, Eri was abandoned by her parents.” He sighed, just another in a long line of abandoned children cases for him. “We know the head of the Shie Hassaikai is her blood relative, but he’s been in a coma for a long time and I don’t think I need to explain the law regarding releasing a minor into the care of an imprisoned criminal. After that, there’s nowhere else that legally has a claim on her.”

“That’s not all,” Mirio chipped in, gathering their attention on him. “Mr Aizawa may have mentioned this to you already but the docs figured out that Eri’s horn is where her quirk is released from.”

“Hey, yeah, it was smaller back during the festival, right?” Kirishima queried.

“Truth, it was.” Mirio nodded, “But it’s slowly starting to get bigger again.”

“Meaning,” Ochako blinked as she connected the dots, “in order to keep an eye on her power…”

“Exactly.” Aizawa took over the conversation again. “That’s why she’ll be living here at UA instead of going to an orphanage. We’ll set up a room for her in the teacher’s dorm where she’ll stay, but I’m expecting it means that you’ll be dropping by from time to time.”

“She’s too adorable to keep away from.” Tsuyu cooed.

“Of course.” Aizawa sighed in exasperation, though it seemed more forced than usual. “Anyway, hopefully she’ll be happy here and we can find a way to help her harness her tremendous power. This is only our first step though, clearly, it’s going to be a long road for her.”

“That sounds like it’s going to be a lot of work for you sir.” Tsuyu pointed out, knowing Aizawa always needed to be nearby incase her power went out of control.

“That’s where I come in!” Mirio snatched the attention and focus back. “I’m on a temp leave from all hero related stuff right now and Eri’s my best little buddy so I’ll be helping out.” He declared proudly. “I know you four are majorly busy right now, but I’m hoping you’ll stop by every now and then?”

“Of course we will!” The four first years happily declared.

“Hopefully,” a shaky hand reached out and clamped on Mirio’s shoulder. “If Eri’s quirk becomes usable, and she learns how to control it, then I bet we’ll have our invincible man back in no time.”

Mirio’s own hand reached up to rest on his boyfriend’s own, smiling optimistically at him, almost blinding Tamaki with his brightness as was regular between them.

“Man, that’d be awesome, right?” Mirio chuckled. “Guess we’ll see though.”

Izuku and the other first years sent their own hopeful smiles towards the blond haired third year but their guess was as good as any when it came to knowing if that was a genuine possibility or wishful thinking.

“Sorry to be asking for help already, but would you mind getting her settled in?” Aizawa asked the third year civilly in a way that almost stunned his first year class with the politeness of the request.

“Roger sir! We’ll play some board games.”

Izuku eyed Ochako and Tsuyu momentarily, hoping they’d catch his eye as he stepped forward. As he did, they both noticed his questioning look and sent him small nods of agreement.

“Do you mind if we join you? Just for a little while?” Izuku asked, hoping to spend some time catching up with the little unicorn girl before their group sleepover later.

“I do.” Aizawa turned back to the four. “Go back to the dorms, you still have visitors to greet and they’ll be here soon.”

“Oh that’s right.” Ochako nodded, almost forgetting about that herself.

“Was this not that thing?” Kirishima wondered, figuring the guest they were to expect was Eri.

“We should probably head off then if we want to be presentable, ribbit.” Tsuyu said, leading the way back out of the classroom.

As everyone made to leave, Izuku briefly locked eyes with Mirio and held out his hand.

“I-If it’s alright… can I talk with you a moment Togata?” He asked.

“Huh? Fine by me if that’s cool with you teach.” Mirio shrugged, happy to help if he could.

“Whatever.” Aizawa turned away before heading out the door himself. “It’s your own fault if you miss your guests.”

“I’ll um… w-wait for you at the end of the hall.” Tamaki smiled shyly at Mirio.

“Same with us.” Ochako nodded to Izuku, hoping they could all walk back together.

“Don’t take too long man.” Kirishima chuckled lastly before he closed the door behind them all, leaving the pair alone.

The two waited a few moments before Mirio turned to face his green-haired lowerclassman and asked, “What’s up buddy?”

Izuku licked his lips nervously, wondering just exactly how to phrase his question so it didn’t come off as rude or insensitive.

“So um… you mentioned you were taking a break from hero stuff at the moment, right?” Izuku began.

“Sure am. Still hoping out hope our little Eri’s gonna have the magic stuff to put the pep back in my step.” Mirio gave a happy thumbs up.

“R-Right.” Izuku nodded. “But um… did you have to? I mean, you’ve got so much skill already, and you’re so strong; why not continue training to be prepared for if it doesn’t work? You can… you can still be a hero!” Izuku stated louder than he expected of himself.

It even made Mirio blink for a minute as he processed what his friend said.

“Sorry, maybe I wasn’t clear enough, my bad.” He rubbed the back of his head nervously. “I’m still here at UA, doing all my school work and stuff as normal, I’m just not participating in the hero training. I’m still busting my butt at the gym though; like you said, gotta be prepared, right?” Mirio flexed an arm.

“That’s… that’s not…” Izuku fumbled as he thought about how to explain himself better. “You were able to hold off Overhaul for so long even without Permeation. Is it… so necessary that you can’t be a hero without it?

“I get what you’re asking.” Mirio nodded, a touch more sombre than before. “But a lot of my training has been built around my quirk and how I utilised it.” He sighed. “I’m still gonna be a hero, no doubt about that; gotta fulfil that promise I made to myself, you know? But if I started training differently now though, it could mess up part of what I’ve built up already. All my reactions were based on Permeation. If I practise fighting quirkless and if Eri’s quirk works and brings my own back, then I’ve got to unlearn that and relearn my old style; it’ll take even longer for me to start saving people.”

“I… see.” Izuku nodded slowly, a tad disheartened by that revelation.

“Hey, don’t look so blue buddy.” Mirio tried to cheer him up. “It’s not that I’m giving up or anything, I just believe in Eri so much I’m sure she’ll be able to help. Being optimistic, you know?”

Izuku chuckled weakly. Even now, with the quirk he inherited from All Might still warming his chest while Mirio stood there quirkless, he realised he still had a lot to learn from the boy about being an inspiring hero. Here he was trying to assure his upperclassman that he could still be an amazing, quirkless hero and Mirio was schooling him in believing in others first.

“Y-Yeah, you’re right, sorry.” Izuku apologised, shaking his head. “I’m being too pessimistic, aren’t I?”

“Just a tad.” Mirio chuckled. “Don’t worry Midoriya. There’s a fine line between pessimism and realism. Had to teach Tamaki that the hard way. If worse does come to worst though, and little Eri’s quirk is the permanent sort, I’ll figure something out.”

“No, you’re probably right.” Izuku changed his mind. “With her power, I’m sure she’ll be able to help you in no time.”

“That’s the spirit.” Mirio grinned before glancing up at the clock. “Woah, looks like we need to get moving else you guys are gonna be late, best hop to it.”

Izuku checked the clock and spotted the time creeping almost uncomfortably close to four if he was to return to the dorms and change.

“You’re right, sorry, let’s get going.” He agreed before leading them both out into the hallway and towards their friends.

“Woah, that’s so cute man!” The two heard Kirishima’s voice calling out from down the corridor. He was grinning at Tamaki who was bright red and trying to hide himself behind his hands. “I bet he was surprised when you asked.”

“Telling our story again buddy?” Mirio asked cheerfully as he and Izuku re-joined their friends.

“I-I didn’t mean to. Kirishima asked about you touching my hand and… it’s so embarrassing.” Tamaki turned to face the wall.

“Haha! Guessing you guys only got the short version, huh?” Mirio asked as Kirishima, Tsuyu and Ochako nodded, each with smiles on their faces.

“Come visit Eri soon and I’ll give you the full story if you’re interested,” he smiled at the group. “For now, you guys gotta go. Talk to you later!”

With that, Mirio grabbed his boyfriend by the shoulders before steering him back down the other corridor towards the teacher’s lounge.

“Adorable.” Tsuyu smiled at the retreating couple.

“I know, right!” Ochako agreed hastily.

“So manly!” Kirishima could feel manly tears threatening to roll down his cheeks.

“I… feel like I missed something.” Izuku tilted his head in confusion.

“Absolutely man!” Kirishima nodded vigorously. “Sorry, but that story was cute as heck.”

“You’ll have to ask Togata about it sometime, I don’t think Amajiki did it justice, ribbit.” Tsuyu explained.

Izuku could work out what they were talking about and smiled, reminding himself to indeed ask for the full tale of what he could only guess was Tamaki asking Mirio out.

With a brief reminder about the time, the group set off at a slightly hurried pace to make it back to the dorms with enough time to change, chatting about plans they wanted to make now that Eri was on campus to hang out with.


When the group arrived back at their lodgings, they briefly felt all eyes on them for a few moments as all their classmates heads all swivelled to face them.

“Meh, just you guys.” Sero dismissed, turning back to the homework he was doing on a dining table.

“‘Just you guys’ he says.” Mina rolled her eyes as she hurried over from the kitchen. “Come on girls, go get changed already, we got a sleepover to set up for soon,” sending a wink over at Izuku too when Kirishima wasn’t looking

“Got it,” Ochako nodded, “I’ll go grab my TV.”

“Probably best to wait until our guests are gone, ribbit.” Tsuyu suggested.

“Indeed.” Iida stepped up to the group, having changed into his own more relaxed clothes for the night, even if it still looked like he was ready for a day at school somewhat. “We should all be ready to entertain our guests as soon as they arrive, though I admit, I wish Mr Aizawa had told us who to expect so we could better prepare for them.”

“Knock it off Iida.” Bakugo yawned from his relaxed spot on the couch, Queen curled around his shoulders. “If they wanted us to entertain them they shouldn’t’ve given us the five minute warning, it’s their own damn fault if they wanna leave as soon as possible.”

As Iida rounded on the explosive blond to chastise him for his words, Mina turned back to the four that were held back by their teacher and jerked her head at the elevators.

“Go get changed. We’ll just prepare what we can down here before going up.” She smiled.

With the conversation shifting away from them, the four departed the common space to quickly change in case their guests were like Iida and turned up slightly early.

Over in the kitchen, Yaoyorozu was preparing her tea set for use tonight, having washed up extra, regular cups for if their guests wanted to stay for a spell.

“Getting things ready Yaomomo?” Tooru asked as she walked over.

“Everything’s good, we just need to fulfil our obligations first before making our own preparations for an enjoyable night.” Momo nodded.

“Enjoyable night, huh?” Kaminari overheard as he walked into the kitchen, hunting for a snack in the fridge. “You girls having another sleepover together?”

“Jealous?” Tooru teased.

“A little, yeah.” Kaminari chuckled. “Us guys don’t really do sleepovers like that.” He grabbed a can of fizzy from his shelf. “We just kinda hang out and stuff, though it’s more comfy to sleep in your own bed. Sleepovers seem a bit kiddy now though anyway so probably no real loss.”

“You’re missing out.” Kyoka spoke up as she joined the group in the kitchen.

“On getting my makeup and nails done? No thanks.” Kaminari chuckled. “Gimme video games, arm wrestling and dude talk any day. Closest us guys probably got was during the training camp, though that was pretty fun if not for everyone practically passing out when we could.”

“You can still do all that dummy.” Tooru rolled her eyes.

“Meh.” Kaminari shrugged. “Bit harder to arrange anyway with, what, thirteen guys in class compared to your six? Don’t think a single room would be able to hold us all except down here. Besides, how mad do you think Iida would get if we all started dragging our quilts and beds down here?”

“Ooo, yeah.” Tooru considered wondering how Iida’s rage red would look compared to Ochako’s embarrassed red.

“Don’t worry about us though.” Kaminari grinned, surprisingly confidently. “Guys bond in our own way. It’s usually just a little different to you girls.”

“We’re all just people dude.” Kyoka rolled her eyes. “How much different is it for you compared to us just chatting?”

“Oh it’s very different.” Kaminari chuckled. “Watch.” He glanced over at the dining area and spotted Sero with his head down, still working on his homework. “Hey Sero?”

“What?” The tape boy raised his head to look at the blond.

“You’re a dick.” Kaminari smirked.

“And you’re an asshole, what’s your point?” Sero shot back.

“Nothing, thanks bud.”

“Whatever.” Sero shook his head, getting back to the irritating math problem.

Turning back to the girls, Kaminari smirked at them. Momo looked a tad perplexed, Tooru had tilted her head in curiosity which he could only identify from her leaning clothes and Kyoka was just shaking her head in dismay.

“Dude’s one of my best friends and I’d probably take a bullet for him, but there’s no way I’m not gonna bust his balls for shits and giggles when I can.” The electric blond chuckled.

“Ohhh, no wonder you and Kyoka get along so well then.” Tooru realised the two had a similar style of affection when it came to insulting their friends. Considering what she learned from Mina regarding how she and Bakugo interacted, things made a bit more sense to her now.

“Don’t compare me to this loser.” Kyoka sighed, even if she did enjoy doing the same thing with Mina.

“Love you too dear.” Kaminari laughed, making kissy faces at the punk girl.

Momo couldn’t help giggling at the scene. Were they not together, she might’ve felt threatened by Kaminari regarding Kyoka’s affections. Thankfully, she had no such worries, though she did hope to get some answers tonight regarding her and Izuku.

The blond’s actions were interrupted by a jack spiking him in the ear and a thumping heartbeat that wasn’t his own running through his system.

“Youch! Okay! Damn gurl, I can take a hint.” He rolled his eyes as Kyoka pulled her jack back, making a clear demonstration of wiping it on her jeans first.

“Even if you were a girl, zero out of ten.” Kyoka smirked at him.

“You’d be all over me and you know it.” Kaminari winked. “Anyway, I’m prob’ly just gonna chill down here with some games or somethin’ tonight; maybe see if I can get Midoriya and Bakugo into another round of ‘Hero Smash’.” He shrugged. “Hope you guys enjoy.”

“Thank you Kaminari. You too.” Momo nodded at the boy as he walked back to the TV area.

“Why can’t guys just be nice to each other?” Tooru pondered. “Is it so hard to just give each other a compliment rather than that?”

“I think it’s just one of those things.” Kyoka shrugged. “Izuku’s not like that at least.”

“You could say he’s one of the girls considering where he’s spending the night.” Tooru giggled to herself, a touch of naughtiness present in her laugh.

“Ahhh, that does make sense regarding certain things.” Momo subtly prodded at Kyoka, making sure the girl caught her implication when they locked eyes.

“S-Shut up.” Kyoka blushed lightly and looked away.

Momo was well aware of the girl’s developing feelings of course but, with their bond so different from the one the two shared, she couldn’t help but be curious as to what exactly made him appealing from Kyoka’s perspective considering her previous stance on the matter.

Soon, the missing students returned to the common space dressed in their more comfortable clothes. Mina let out a small chuckle at Izuku’s infamous ‘T-shirt’ labelled T-shirt but said nothing as the boy mingled with Todoroki and Tokoyami.

The class didn’t have to wait too much longer as a few minutes past the hour a polite sounding knock was heard on their dorm’s front door.

“Our guests have arrived!” Iida declared to the room alerting everyone who hadn’t heard the knock. “Let’s welcome them.”

Everyone’s faces lit up as they spied who exactly walked through the door, quickly removing their shoes and slipping into the guest house slippers.

“Your feline fantasies are here!” Mandalay declared, starting off her team’s motto and roll call.

“Allow us to lend a helping paw!” Ragdoll spoke next.

“We’re champions serving up justice!” Tiger’s gruffer voice called out.

“Purr-fectly cute, cat-like heroes!” Pixie-Bob finished for their individual parts as they all gathered into position.

“We’re the Wild, Wild Pussycats!” They called out altogether, finishing with one of their signature poses when grouped up.

By now, everyone had gotten up and started to gather around, excited to see the hero group that oversaw their training camp activities once more.

“How unexpected, glad to see you.” Iida bowed respectfully as Tiger held out a few packs of something for someone to take which Mina and Tooru eagerly leapt on before returning over to Tsuyu and Ochako, the former shivering lightly from the cold breeze that blew into the dorms.

“Seems our little kittens are doing well.” Pixie-Bob grinned as she surveyed the crowd.

After Mina and Tooru had accepted the gift from the group and moved away, the blond haired woman spotted a brand new addition to the class and rushed over to greet them.

“Oh my gosh! Who’s this beauty?!” She gushed over the cat draped over a bored looking Bakugo’s shoulders.

“This is ‘Queen’.” Bakugo explained simply. “Also known as the royal pain in my ass sometimes.”

“You shouldn’t be so rude about such an adorable creature.” Pixie-Bob continued to coo over the cat, who was giving her a curious eye in return. “May I pet her?”

“Only if the bitch lets you. She’s kinda selective.” Bakugo scoffed, turning his shoulder and offering his cat’s head out.

While Pixie-Bob and Queen continued to feel each other out with their eyes, Tiger, now free of their gift, turned to address the boy.

“We couldn’t protect you back then. For that, we sincerely apologize.” He offered the boy with a small bow.

“I already forgot about that.” Bakugo rolled his eyes, annoyed they decided to go straight ahead and dig up the past.

“We’re all doing pretty good since then actually.” Kyoka smiled, glad they had a chance to see the group again. “Right guys?”

Any support she was looking for was currently distracted as Mina, Tooru and Ochako cheered about the delightful gift of thirty ‘Paw Pad Manju Buns’.

Despite the invitation to sit for a while, the hero group explained how they needed to pay a visit to class 1-B before the end of their time too. Tsuyu and Momo watched Izuku with a fond smile on their faces as the boy eagerly approached the form of Kota, Mandalay’s nephew, that appeared to have silently accompanied everyone.

Having been relayed the tale of what exactly happened in the forest that day by the greenette, they weren’t surprised to see him overjoyed at the boy’s safety and more accepting presence towards him after his little… temper flare when Izuku had first approached him back at the camp. Tsuyu was admittedly glad her inner emotions didn’t show so easily on her face else the small glare she felt like sending the kid’s way after what he did to Izuku’s dick might disrupt the happy atmosphere.

With everything that had gone on since the training camp, the Pussycats had been taking a leave of absence while they regrouped and recovered from their injuries and the experience. With Pixie-Bob suffering significant head damage and Ragdoll losing plenty of blood before having her quirk stolen, the future of the hero team had been in question online for a little while.

Luckily, it seemed they were here to announce that they would be going back to work after the weekend once the hero charts were published. Unfortunately, the mood was somewhat dampened by Ragdoll’s announcement of still being powerless despite her upbeat attitude.

With the newspapers and magazines all working hard in the months since to try and uncover the secret truth behind All Might’s last villain takedown, some of the details of All-For-One had managed to become uncovered so the Pussycats felt no hesitation in explaining to the students exactly why they couldn’t get Ragdoll’s quirk back from the man incarcerated in Tartarus.

Since their position had dropped from 32nd during the first half of the year down to 411th, the Pussycats wanted to reassure everyone that they were back and grateful for everyone’s continued support since heroes quickly fell to the four digit marks when out of action for a significant time.

“There are people waiting for us to return.” Pixie-Bob smiled warmly, glad that even after their failure at the training camp, so many people still cheered for them to do their best. Queen had transferred from Bakugo’s shoulder to hers and was sitting proudly while getting her chest fluffed absentmindedly by the pro hero, much to Bakugo’s scowling at how easily she was accepting of her.

“No way we can just stay on the side-lines!” Ragdoll cheered, hoping to reassure all the little kittens before her that everything would be okay again.

“Ah, it’s such a shame the billboard isn’t till Sunday.” Mina groaned. “We could’ve watched it tonight.”

“I think we need to find something more complimentary to our delicious gift anyway, ribbit.” Tsuyu chuckled, eyeing up one of the paw pad bun boxes.

“Ooo, cat film?” Tooru asked. “I’ve got just the one!”

While the others were distracted with most of the Pussycats and discussing the upcoming pro hero rankings, Izuku took the opportunity to boldly do the same stupid thing again he’d failed once tonight already.

While Mirio had given him an answer that he could accept regarding his possible quirk’s return, Ragdoll had a much smaller and less likely chance of ever getting her power back. Her announcement of being the ‘office cat’ just didn’t sit right with him and just from looking carefully at her face when she’d declared as such, he knew she was hiding a great pain behind those large eyes of hers.

Maybe it was his experience with reading Tsuyu’s emotions with her similar eyes and being more sensitive to the quirkless assumptions he made regarding Melissa thanks to their chat recently, but he felt he couldn’t let this opportunity pass without asking her about it.

“Miss Ragdoll? Do you have a minute? I’d like to ask you something in private.”

“No problem kitten.” Ragdoll replied at a normal volume, glancing over at Mandalay who gave her a small nod to indicate they had time.

Izuku lead her over to the other side of the common area and away from most prying ears before he took a deep breath and asked a question he knew was deeply sensitive.

“Miss Ragdoll I… I know you said you’re… going to support the others in the field from back at the base, being their support and everything, but, I have to ask, why exactly do you have to do that?”

Radoll was admittedly taken aback by the question. Truthfully she had no idea why the green haired kitten wanted to talk to her alone, maybe to get another autograph after the four she and the others already gave him from back at the camp or something, but she definitely wasn’t expecting something like this.

“What do you mean silly? I don’t have my quirk anymore, I can’t help the others like I used to even if I wanted to.” Ragdoll explained, trying not to let the pain in her chest display on her face. “This way, I can still provide recon and support to my team and be their gal in the chair!”

“I know that,” Izuku nodded slowly. “But… fundamentally Miss Ragdoll, your quirk didn’t do anything for your strength, speed or fighting skills; all things you’ve worked so hard to achieve to support yourself and your team. As powerful as… All-For-One is, he didn’t take those from you, did he?”

“Well, no.” Ragdoll’s mouth straightened into a fine line.

“No, you can’t use ‘Search’ anymore, but you can still help just like you did before, right?” Izuku posed to her, causing Ragdoll’s hands to grip into fists at her side, unbeknownst to him. “I know it’s not the same, and it may never be the same, but I believe in you! You can still be a hero!”

Ragdoll’s eyes crinkled as her heart throbbed painfully in her chest. Izuku knew it would be a sensitive subject and was about to apologize for making her tear up as he saw the liquid start forming in the corner of her eyes. He wasn’t prepared for the woman to suddenly step towards him and wrap her arms around his sides, pinning his own arms helplessly while she let out a few soft cries into his hoodie.

“I… I…” She whimpered into his jacket while he stood there awkwardly resolving to using one hand to stroke her side in as comforting of a manner as her could without touching anything he wasn’t supposed to; it was already awkward enough he was well aware of her chest on his with his mind on the upcoming sleepover tonight. “E-E-Everyone just… a-assumed I can’t… t-that I couldn’t…”

“I know.” Izuku nodded, realising all too well how Ragdoll felt after just a few words. “But quirkless doesn’t mean useless. There’s… never been a quirkless hero before and… I know it’d be hard… but I believe it’s not only possible, but you have everything you need already to get started and succeed.”

Ragdoll pulled back from the boy with a curious, if tearful, expression. When she didn’t say anything, Izuku continued.

“You have all the training, knowledge and experience you’ve built up already and you have a team that I’m guessing loves and supports you.” Izuku smiles, hoping his words will reach her. “I… won’t lie and say you can be number one because I’ve learned that… some villains just can’t be beaten without the right quirks. If I didn’t have mine that day in the forest… I’m not sure if I could’ve beaten or escaped Muscular and saved Kota, but I would’ve died fighting because it was the right thing to do. Even if you leave bigger villains to your teammates, you can still support, evacuate, negotiate, and many more things that I’ve learned make up a hero in Mr Aizawa’s class.”

“Mmmhmmm.” Ragdoll agreed, nodding as she feels a flicker of hope rekindle itself in her chest. No, not rekindled, relit by Izuku Midoriya’s own flame of aspiration and support. Even if it was just a single person, someone believed she could still be a hero after everything she’d been through, and that was enough. “Midoriya… t-thank you.”

Ragdoll pulled him back in into a tighter hug as she tried to calm herself back down after her small, emotional outburst.

“I-It was nothing, please.” Izuku dismissed. “You’re the one that will have to do this so all the credit is yours. I do know that… there are some kids out there that could really use a quirkless hero to look up to. Before my own came in very late, I was one of them.” He admitted.

“T-Then I’ll do my best to make all future Izuku Midoriya’s proud.” Ragdoll smiled again after she pulled back, a genuine one this time and not the half-hearted one she’d been wearing in front of his classmates.

‘Ragdoll, we should be leaving soon. Please wrap up whatever discussion you’re having with Midoriya and re-join us.’ Mandalay’s voice echoed in Ragdoll’s head, courtesy of the fellow Pussycat member’s quirk.

“Well,” the green haired woman brushed her eyes with her sleeves, “we should be getting back. I need to visit class 1-B still and you’ve got an evening to enjoy.”

Izuku felt a small pang of fear run through him momentarily but realised she knew nothing about his plans and was just hoping he had a nice night.

“Yes, of course.” He nodded respectfully. “Thank you for your visit and for the gift.”

“No problem little kitten.” Ragdoll winked before taking one last breath to center herself again. “Okay, let’s both get out there and do our best!” She declared, though Izuku knew she wasn’t just talking about today.

“Right.” He smiled before the pair of them returned to the front entrance, earning several odd glances from some of his classmates, including the girls.

Unbeknownst to him, Kyoka allowed a small smile to tug at the corner of her mouth at the opposite side to the one closest to Izuku. With her recent training, she didn’t even need to plug her jacks in anymore to hear everything said in the common room.

“Thank you all very much for your hospitality.” Mandalay bowed politely, followed by the other Pussycats and a somewhat reluctant Kota.

“Thank you for your visit! It was most reassuring.” Iida bowed back politely at a full ninety degree angle, followed by less deep bows from the others.

“And for the tasty treats!” Ochako declared.

“It was our pleasure.” Tiger nodded.

“If that’s everything, then let’s move on to 1-B.” Aizawa declared dryly.

“Ah! Mr Aizawa!” Mina jumped, her heart pounding a little as she hadn’t even realised their homeroom teacher had turned up with the Pussycats. “H-Have you been here the whole time?!”

“Yes, I have.” He sighed. “Clearly your observation skills need refining if you only just noticed. Do I have to assign you extra training?”

“N-No sir!” Mina declared.

“Then I expect you to prove it next class.” Aizawa smirked devilishly, causing a shiver to run down not just Mina’s spine, but all those that also hadn’t noticed their teacher casually standing to the side.

With a last few goodbyes and an exchanged smile between Izuku and Ragdoll, the Pussycat’s visit was over and the class was left with their regular Friday free time.

“Right! Now that our guests have departed, everyone is free to do as they wish.” Iida declared.

“Way ahead of you dude.” Kaminari slumped into the sofa.

“Anyone mind if we take our share of the paw pad buns now?” Tooru asked the room while everyone was still present. There were more than enough for at least one each so taking seven wouldn’t be an issue.

No one minded and those interested in enjoying the snacks moved over to the kitchen to help themselves to their own portion where Momo also started warming up the kettle to begin with their traditional sleepover tea.

Tooru was almost scolded by Iida when she took seven of the buns and put them on a plate to take upstairs, exceeding the unofficial ‘one per person until everyone had had one’ rule. Luckily Izuku covered for her and reasoned she just miscounted before pinching the extra one from the plate to correct the miscount.

Ochako, Tsuyu and Kyoka went upstairs to move Ochako’s TV and grab everyone’s pillows as normal, while Mina gathered a bunch of the girls snacks along with a few of Izuku’s stashed in the middle to avoid Iida’s watchful gaze.

With his own bun on a plate and needing to grab his pillow from the boy’s side of the dorms, Izuku followed the girls to the elevator, quickly begging off Kaminari’s offer of another game night together.

Thankfully, there would be no more interruptions before the group could finally enjoy their eagerly anticipated sleepover.


“Either of you two got suggestions for films tonight, ribbit?” Tsuyu asked as she relaxed on her front on Momo’s bed while watching Kyoka and Ochako hook the TV up. After greeting the Pussycats and catching the chill from the winds they’d briefly let in, she’d grabbed her green, frog-faced hoodie before heading to Momo’s room.

“Well Tooru said she’s got an idea,” Ochako noted. “Something cat themed?”

“Could be a number of things.” Kyoka admitted, sparing a few glances at Tsuyu every now and then as she pictured something pleasant in her head. “I know a couple, but with her, it’s probably something cutesy or animated or some shit.”

“There’s nothing wrong with that.” Ochako shrugged.

“Watch ‘Aristocats’ with your little sibling thirty times in a week and tell me the same thing with a straight face.” Tsuyu grinned.

“Ooo, yeah… I can see that.” Ochako winced, feeling a tad sorry for her girlfriend.

“My pick ended up being a royal fuckin’ downer last time so I’m not suggesting anything.” Kyoka conceded, finishing the last of the wiring.

“Hey, it got you the help you needed.” Ochako smiled warmly at the girl. “Plus Izuku voted for it too so you both share the blame.”

“Forgetting our part in that, ribbit?” Tsuyu chuckled, having helped sway the vote in their not-yet-boyfriend’s favour to help him feel validated and included.

“I knew you two idiots did it for him.” Kyoka rolled her eyes.

“We’ll be less biased this time.” Ochako admitted, blushing at Tsuyu stating as much out loud.

“Mostly because we’re more looking forward to what’s gonna happen after the film.” Tsuyu grinned widely.

“Don’t remind me.” Kyoka rolled her eyes.

Despite her recent progress with her feelings and actually managing to kiss Izuku on the lips, she was still somewhat wary of how things will go during their traditional ‘Truth or Dare’ session. At least she got to pick the first person in each round which gave her a touch of control, helping ease her nerves.

“You’re sure you’re gonna be okay with things?” Ochako asked, catching Kyoka’s eye.

“I’ll be fine. I’m… still not ready for things to move forward with him but I’m not gonna freak out or anything.” Kyoka admitted.

“That’s good, ‘cause I think the ‘no touching’ rule won’t be enforced this time, ribbit.” Tsuyu chuckled.

Before Kyoka could reply as Ochako blushed at the implications of Tsuyu’s statement, the door opened up to reveal a floating plate of paw pad buns.

“Hey guys!” Tooru called out as she held the door open with a free hand for Momo and a snack-burdened Mina.

“Food’s up.” Tsuyu smiled, still eyeing one of the buns from earlier, her tongue flicking out briefly as she resisted the urge to aim for the top one on the stack.

“We got everything and a little extra!” Mina grinned, dropping the majority of the snacks beside the frog girl on the bed.

“Do we really need all that?” Tsuyu asked.

“We haven’t had dinner so this is making up for it.” Mina giggled.

“I believe Izuku will be joining us shortly if I read the situation correctly.” Momo explained, setting out the cups for everyone before she began pouring.

“Group’s not complete without both our greenette’s anymore.” Mina winked at Tsuyu.

“That is true,” Momo nodded. “He makes the perfect tie-breaker for our votes.” She giggled lightly, knowing he was much more than just that.

“That’s not the only thing he can break.” Mina sighed pleasantly.

“Down girl.” Tooru swatted Mina’s arm. “Movie first.”

“Hey, I’ve got a movie now and tomorrow while I’ve only got Izuku tonight, let me enjoy this while I can.” Mina giggled.

“Ah, your date.” Tsuyu smiled. “You all ready to meet the folks Mina?

“More like ‘are they ready to meet me?’” She smirked. “I’ve been excited to get to be introduced as someone’s girlfriend since I was ready to date.”

“Even with a ‘shovel talk’ on the horizon?” Momo asked curiously, still a tad worried for the girl.

“Absolutely.” Mina grinned. “That’s the best part.”

“So, like, are you gonna tell them before you start doing stuff, or after?” Kyoka enquired.

A knock at the door interrupted their conversation.

“It’s me.” Izuku’s voice called out from the other side of the wood.

“Come in beau,” Mina responded.

A few seconds later and Izuku hurried inside, awkwardly carrying his pillow and his plate with a lone paw pad bun on it.

Tsuyu’s heart warmed as she saw the smiling, if nervous, face of her boyfriend. She also spotted something she’d been after since they’d arrived and couldn’t hold herself back anymore. In a flash, her tongue shot out and snagged the cat paw shaped treat on Izuku’s plate before yanking it back, biting down on half of it between her teeth.

The frog girl cursed her instincts as she suddenly became the center of attention along with mildly surprised faces glancing at Izuku for his reaction. While she was usually unflappable, her instincts getting the better of her was still embarrassing and made her want to pull her hood over her head until the moment had passed.

The boy blinked in confusion for a second as he processed what happened. Glancing at the others in the room too, his eyes met Mina’s who was trying to stifle a giggle behind her hand. Tsuyu had stolen his treat but he could tell already it wasn’t intentional, there was plenty left after all, so he decided to just roll with it.

“T-Tsu, if you wanted a bite, you just had to ask.” He chuckled, walking over to the girl who was still lying down on the bed, now looking a tad guilty. Mina released her laugh at this point as he placed his pillow on her other side before bending down to match Tsuyu’s eye level. “J-Just um… save some for me.”

Tsuyu felt herself blush as Izuku leaned forward and took a small bite out of the half of the bun still sticking out of her mouth. Their lips didn’t meet but their noses did and Tsuyu felt like it counted just as much.

“So cute!” Tooru gushed.

“Didn’t know you found your balls Izuku.” Kyoka chuckled.

“After the amount of time’s Tsu’s handled them, I bet he’s got a good idea at this point.” Mina stuck her tongue out at the punkette.

“S-Sorry.” Izuku stood up, his confidence fleeing at the comments. “W-Was that too much?”

“Dude, you literally watched Mina and Tooru fuck in here.” Kyoka rolled her eyes.

“I mean, I’m not saying ‘no’ to jumping straight to it this time.” Mina grinned.

“Well I would prefer if we kept things orderly.” Momo stated, having finished pouring the last cup to distribute. “I’d rather the tea not go cold once our minds become… muddled with particular thoughts.”

“Says someone who totally isn’t already thinking muddled thoughts.” Mina teased.

While the other girls bantered back and forth, Tsuyu took hold of the bun she’d swiped from her boyfriend and took a small bite, delighted to share the treat with him, even if it was a mistake.

“Can… I have a bite too?” Ochako asked quietly, having subtly maneuvered over to the pair.

Tsuyu, her blushed fading, offered up the treat to her girlfriend with a smile who took a bite out of it while in her girlfriend’s hands.

“I hope we’re not doing that with all our treats.” Tooru commented. “My cookies are mine.”

“We share many things in this dorm like beds, partners and sex toys, but Tooru apparently draws the line at food.” Mina laughed, nudging her girlfriend playfully while reaching for a cup of tea.

“Actually, now that you’re all here, may I enquire as to what Aizawa called you back for?” Momo asked.

“Oh right!” Ochako exclaimed. “Little Eri’s coming to live here at UA!”

“The cute unicorn girl?!” Mina exclaimed in delight.

“Oh my gosh! She was so cute!” Tooru cheered, wiggling at the thought of dressing the girl up in a few cute outfits.

“Yup.” Izuku nodded with a smile before relaying some of what Aizawa had told them, leaving out some of the more sensitive information regarding the raid.

“If they think it can restore that blond guy’s quirk, do you think it’d work on Ragdoll?” Kyoka suggested.

While Mina, Tooru and Ochako looked hopeful, Izuku shook his head forlornly.

“I don’t know if it really works like that.” He sighed. “It’s theoretical of course, but Mirio’s quirk factor never left his body. If Eri’s quirk can rewind the bullet’s rewind, he can get it back. Ragdoll’s quirk was stolen though. Even if Eri rewinds her, there’s no quirk to affect, just her body to when she had her quirk.”

“This is beyond me.” Tooru shook her head, lost in the logic.

“It’s um… probably the same with my quirk.” Izuku offered. “If Eri rewound All Might to before his big battle, I doubt he’d get a new copy of One-For-All, nor would it leave me to return to him.”

“Sounds like solid reasoning, ribbit.” Tsuyu reluctantly accepted the explination. “I’m guessing you’ve thought about it before?”

“S-Since um… since I found out her quirk actually.” Izuku sighed. “I… don’t want to impress anything on her, but she could become a great hero or doctor with a quirk like hers!” He enthused, a more upbeat smile rising to his lips.

“That is true.” Momo nodded. “The act of rewinding damage would actually negate the drawbacks Recovery Girl’s quirk suffers from if used instead.”

“I’d love to not feel tired after getting injured in combat training.” Mina sighed wistfully.

“It also means you live longer too, ribbit.” Tsuyu chimed in.

“W-Wait… what?!” Tooru gaped, a little panicked.

“You guys don’t know?” Izuku blinked wondering if Recovery Girl hadn’t told them, they’d just forgotten, or never made the connection to begin with. He briefly explained to Tooru and Mina about how the body’s cells can only split to heal a finite number of times and Recovery Girl’s quirk technically reduced the time until the body reached that limit by making them reproduce to heal early.

“That means that…” Mina’s mouth dropped open a little.

“Y-Yeah.” Izuku grimaced at his own, slightly diminished, mortality. “I-It probably isn’t much, but it’s still part of the reason why I think she doesn’t want people needing her quirk unnecessarily.”

“This is why we want you to stop hurting yourself, dummy!” Ochako punched him lightly on the arm, though Izuku still rubbed it in acknowledgement.

“But as I mentioned, young Eri’s quirk wouldn’t have that drawback; though I hope there is nothing worse that yet lies undiscovered when she uses it.” Momo sighed.

“That’s not an excuse to go breaking yourself though idiot.” Kyoka sent a teasing look over at Izuku who nervously rubbed the back of his head.

Everyone had seen the many scars on his hands from all the blowback damage his quirk had done to him since the start of the year alone. Due to the early hour, his compression sleeve was still in place on his right arm to try and help ease the pain in his tricep caused by his fight with Muscular.

“I’ll try to refrain from that in the future.”

As much as the group wanted to believe him, they all knew better by now. As long as someone was in danger, Izuku Midoriya would fight with every fibre of his being to save them. Hopefully they’d be there too so he didn’t break every bone in his body and could put him back together again.

“All right humpty dumpty, go sit your butt down before you break that too.” Mina smirked, rolling her eyes at Izuku’s impossible promise.

“So are we watching something or what?” Kyoka asked, accepting the cup of tea Momo offered to her.

“Ooo! Aristocats, Aristocats!” Tooru suggested eagerly while Tsuyu grimaced at having to watch a film she had practically memorized at this point. “We’ve got the treats to match and they fit with the Pussycat’s visit.”

“The animated one or live-action.” Mina shot her girlfriend a testing look.

“Animated, duh.” Tooru rolled her eyes. “The kitties are so much cuter.”

“All their remake live-action shit is just worse by comparison.” Kyoka stated, having wasted her money on one such film in the past.

“They do seem to lack a certain spark.” Mina agreed. “Plus I’m more of a dog person anyway.”

“Well there is one that I always enjoyed.” Ochako offered. “Anyone else seen ‘Homeward bound’? It’s got both.”

“Ahhh, that’s great too!” Tooru agreed. “Can I change my vote?”

You suggested the first one dear.” Momo chuckled politely, handing out the last of their hot drinks.

“At least it’s not ‘Cats’.” Izuku shivered, having had to sit through that with his mother in the past.

“Not a fan of musicals dude?” Kyoka quirked a brow.

“Not that one.” He grimaced. “I’m sure the stage play is better but… not the film.”

“Well then, if nothing else, I guess we have two films to choose from. Unless anyone has another suggestion, shall we vote?” Momo asked.

After Ochako explained the basic premise of her film to the group, it was a landslide vote for it. Kyoka, Mina and Momo hadn’t seen it but the rest were happy to rewatch it as it had been a while for all of them. With snacks distributed, tea steaming, and pillows being rested on, the group settled in to watch a movie in the comfort of each other’s presence.


“You are so lucky that had a happy ending.” Kyoka glared over at Ochako.

“Sorry.” The brunette apologized, rubbing the back of her head nervously. “Forgot how much that last bit made me sad as a kid.”

“As a kid?” Mina’s lip wobbled. “That makes me sad now.”

“Awww, it’s okay Princess, the doggies and kitty all got home safe.” Tooru cuddled her girlfriend.

“If they hadn’t, I would’ve bought the rights and remade it.” Momo chuckled, glad the movie was one to be remembered fondly.

“I don’t think any of us doubts that.” Tsuyu chuckled, standing up to stretch herself out.

With the movie at an end, everyone began picking up the wrappers they’d left and refilling their tea cups for a drink. Mina nipped to the loo while Tsuyu couldn’t help but notice that Izuku remained strangely quiet at the end of it.

Glancing over at the boy, his gaze was averted and his cheeks were coloured, avoiding anyone’s eyes as he refilled his own cup and took a drink. Apparently she wasn’t the only one that noticed Izuku’s pacified state as Tooru stepped up to the boy to talk.

“Hey Midori, what did you think of the film?” She asked, curious to his thoughts.

“It was good.” Izuku smiled, glancing over at Tooru though he quickly looked away. “I’ve seen it before but it’s a fun watch.”

“You okay there?” Tooru enquired, leaning closer to the boy. “Something up?” She whispered.

“N-Nothing um… really.” He replied, his nerves sinking into his voice.

“You know there’s no point in hiding things Green.” Kyoka sighed, having reclaimed her favourite position on the bed at the head with a fresh cup of tepid tea for herself. “If something’s up, just tell us.”

“Like you did?” Tsuyu teased with a wink, getting an eye roll from the girl as she recalled her depressive episode earlier in the week.

“I don’t think he’s that bad.” Kyoka reasoned. “Spill.”

Izuku’s shoulders dropped a tad but knew the girls were right, he was just hoping it flew under the radar until things got underway.

“Are… we doing ‘Truth or Dare’ again now?” He asked.

“You got it!” Tooru nodded happily.

“R-Right.” He nodded, trying to steel himself.

“Izuku, do you not want to play?” Momo enquired, taking a guess as to his worries.

“I-It’s not that, I’m just still… a little nervous a-about everything.” He admitted, returning to his spot between Tsuyu and Ochako with a blush on his face. “Last time I um… p-pushed myself quite a bit because I didn’t want to disappoint anyone or anything.”

“You didn’t have to do that for us.” Ochako comforted him with an arm on his shoulder.

“N-No, it was fun and I um… enjoyed it… but i-it was nothing like I expected.”

“Well we don’t have to do it right now.” Kyoka admitted. “It’s still pretty early so we could just chat and stuff if that’d help.”

“What’s going on?” Mina asked as she returned from the bathroom.

“Midori’s still super nervous about ‘Truth or Dare’.” Tooru explained succinctly.

“To be fair, this is like, our fifth and his second.” Mina could see why he’d still feel nervous, especially between how things went down last time and her recent reminder about his social experience and lack thereof. “Do you guys remember what our second was like?”

“I’d rather not.” Kyoka scoffed, feeling embarrassed at her behaviour from back then.

“You just suggested we can chat, ribbit.” Tsuyu called her out. “Why don’t we just tell Izuku about some of the things we talked about during those?”

“Ooo, he can answer some of the truths too!” Tooru clapped excitedly, knowing exactly what she wanted to ask him about.

“Does that sound more acceptable to start Izuku?” Momo offered.

“Can I… not answer if I’m not comfortable?” He asked shyly, wondering what exactly they’d talked about before things got to the stage they did during his first sleepover with them.

“Well they’re not official truths so I don’t see why not.” Mina conceded. “And a bit tamer compared to now.”

“If that was me, you’d be singing a different tune.” Tsuyu chuckled.

“You challenged me back then, it’s not my fault I played to win.” Mina retorted.

“And yet I’m the one with the crown.” Tsuyu smirked.

“These two kind of had a rivalry during our first couple of sleepovers.” Ochako explained.

“It was clearly flirting in hindsight.” Tooru giggled.

“Not intentionally!” They both shot back at the same time, causing a ripple of further giggles to run across the group as the small amount of tension eased itself.

With plenty of snacks still available, the group all took their positions back on the bed and settled in for a more casual start to their regular sleepover fun than most previous times. The six girls took turns explaining some of the situation regarding their first sleepover to Izuku as he listened diligently, enraptured by the odd history lesson.

“You know, we never did figure out any punishments or stuff if you refused to do a dare.” Tooru pondered.

“Isn’t being called chicken or whatever it was enough?” Kyoka quirked a brow.

“That was more for Mina and Tsu’s sake. Their pride to outdo the other and stuff.” Ochako giggled at the girls’ previous one-upmanship.

“I mean, apart from Izuku, is there much any of us won’t do together anyway?” Mina grinned perversely. “Apart from pain, gross stuff, and keeping all this a secret, I’m down to try anything.”

“That’s why you’re the group bike.” Tsuyu smirked. “Everyone’s ridden you.”

Izuku felt his cheeks colour, not knowing if Mina had told anyone else about their session together on Monday or not.

“Oh ha-ha, you could say the same about you and Ochako. Not including Midori, we’ve all been with everyone else here.” Mina scoffed playfully. “And at least half of us have had sex with him.”

“Wow, you suck at math.” Kyoka rolled her eyes. “Half of six is three and last I checked Ochako and Tsu only count as two people.”

“No, I’m pretty sure my math’s correct, eh Izuku?” Mina winked at the boy.

When the boy’s blushed deepened to tomato red, the realization started appearing on people’s faces.

“W-Wait, when did this happen?!” Tooru demanded, surprised her girlfriend had managed to keep a secret like this from her for any significant amount of time.

“That was admittedly faster than I expected.” Tsu conceded before turning to her boyfriend. “Have fun?”

“Y-Yeah…” Izuku replied timidly.

“Good.” Tsuyu smiled, leaning into his shoulder affectionately and nuzzling it.

“She didn’t pressure you or anything, did she?” Ochako asked curiously.

“Why you acting like I’m the bad guy when we both just had fun giving in to our base urges?” Mina acted offended at Ochako’s implication.

“Because you’ve been eying him up like I did those paw pad buns.” Tsuyu stated, taking another packet of jelly to sip on.

“Maybe Midori decided he couldn’t help himself anymore, held me down, and fucked me hard and fast before I could get a word in, hmmm?” Mina proposed, trying focus more on the teasing than arousing herself with that statement.

“Because he’s not the horny animal like you are.” Kyoka replied, squirming in her seat a little.

“Ok everyone, keep it civil.” Momo put a hand across Kyoka’s chest to both prevent her speaking and to interrupt anyone who retorted to her comment, stepping in as the responsible one among them. “While I’m sure we’d all like to know the details behind that event, if neither wish to divulge them then we should respect that.”

“You’ll tell me later, right?” Tooru stage whispered to Mina.

“Only if Izuku lets me.” She sent the boy a small smile and wink. Though it was kind of separate from their little falling out over her teasing, Mina wouldn’t tell anyone if the boy wanted to keep that whole thing a secret for now.

“You’ll um… just have to ‘truth’ one of us later.” Izuku offered teasingly to Tooru.

“So mean!” She pouted but accepted all the same. “Actually, if we’re recounting old sleepovers, shouldn’t we give Izuku a braid to match the rest of us too?”

“Oh yeah! I’d forgotten about that.” Ochako recalled. Kyoka admittedly sat up and paid attention at this.

“Not if he doesn’t want to.” Momo offered, giving the nervous looking boy an out. “Our little Vixen didn’t get one either.”

The purple haired girl cursed her reluctance to do something girly way back then.

“I-It’s fine.” Izuku waved away. “I-I don’t mind, providing I don’t have to wear it out of here.” He rubbed the back of his head.

Tooru blushed at the memory of her getting caught sneaking around by Tokoyami while Tsuyu couldn’t help noticing Kyoka now deliberately trying not to look too interested in Izuku now.

“Dibs.” Mina backed herself off the bed and walked around to Izuku, grabbing a pair of loose hairpins from Momo’s desk as she went. “We’ve got the same style of hair so I can give you a good one.”

“Uh, sure.” Izuku nodded, hoping Mina wouldn’t make things too embarrassing for him as he felt her take hold of a good chunk of his hair, specifically around his fringe, and drag most of it in one direction.

“Regarding old truths, I should relay that this was how I had to reveal my… unfortunate situation regarding my parents.” Momo explained. “I couldn’t exactly divulge my crush on Kyoka at that point as I didn’t want to entertain the idea of something wonderful only for it to be ripped away from me.”

“She was much more pessimistic.” Tooru stage whispered again.

“With good reason.” Kyoka admitted.

“You already know all about that so I guess we can skip that one.” Momo stated.

“Actually there’s others too. I mean, we all know why Izuku wants to be a hero now.”

“And who he’s crushing on.” Mina giggled, ruffling his hair as she handled a part of it close to his fringe.

“We can still ask a few.” Tsuyu stated before listing out the ones she remembered that they didn’t know about the boy already.

After a small chat amongst them and the generation of some paper and a pencil by Momo, the group had a list of things to catch Izuku up on their previous sleepovers.

“Something I’ve always wanted to do and never told anyone?” Izuku pondered the first question he’d been asked from the list. “W-Well I um… you know by now I’m… not the most confident person. There’s a part of my that wishes I was stronger in that area because sometimes, when I’m really upset, I just want to find the courage to just stop caring and tell people what I really think of them.”

“Like Bakugo?” Tsuyu asked.

“Mmmhmmm.” Izuku nodded. “Back in Aldera, I tried standing up to him before but it didn’t work very well. I wonder if things would’ve been different if I’d fought back a little more. Maybe he would’ve respected me for it?”

“Knowing him it’d be begrudging at best.” Mina figured.

“You can always talk to us about these things though.” Ochako claimed one of Izuku’s hands in her own, rubbing her thumb along it comfortingly.

“Thanks Ochako.” He smiled warmly at her.

“You could always practise on us too.” Tooru offered. “We’re probably a little biased but I know how good it felt to hear what you really thought about me back when um… you helped me with my quirk.”

“Was that all you were doing, ribbit?” Tsuyu sent the girl a teasing smirk, the girl blushing an invisible red.

“N-Not now if that’s okay.” Izuku blushed himself.

“Got some secret things you don’t like about us?” Kyoka prodded.

“M-More I um… I’m not good with words so I probably can’t… do you all justice yet.”

“Awww.” Ochako nuzzled his side. “That’s still sweet.”

“Or he’s just covering.” Kyoka teased.

“If you want that answer then you’ll have to wait until his turn later dear.” Momo rubbed her hand along Kyoka’s thigh.

“Might have a ticking clock over your head now Izuku.” Mina giggled, continuing to work at his messy locks.

“Moving on… hmmm, what’s the most embarrassing thing you’ve done at UA?” Momo asked after reading from the list.

“W-Well um…” Izuku flushed red pre-emptively. “A-Are we not counting um r-romantic stuff?”

“Just more funny situations and stuff, ribbit.” Tsuyu explained. “This one was mine and I told them how I once thought Kyoka’s jack was a fly and snagged it with my tongue.”

“Oh yeah!” Tooru laughed as the purple haired girl tried to bury herself behind her hands.

“And that’s how we learned Kyoka loves getting her jacks sucked off.” Mina leered.

“Would you all shut up! Jeez.” Kyoka flushed, still embarrassed herself by the story.

“Uh, let’s see e-embarrassing stories.” Izuku hurriedly spoke to try and switch the attention back to him and away from the mortified girl. “W-Well you all probably saw my most embarrassing.” He admitted. “It was probably the time I got too overconfident and um… slipped during the race after we got back from our first internships.”

“Oh yeah. We were racing together weren’t we?” Mina recalled, frustrated she was last in their particular bout.

“How was that embarrassing?” Tsuyu asked. “You slipped and fell out of sight but you appeared to mostly get right back up, even if the camera lost sight of you for a few seconds.”

That was news to him.

“W-What?!” He blinked.

“Yeah. We saw you slip from back at the big screen on the cameras but we didn’t see where you fell.” Tooru explained. “We thought you’d broken another bone or something when you collapsed at the end but you didn’t go to Recovery Girl or anything.”

“O-Oh.” Izuku laughed nervously. “So… so no one saw then?”

“Well no one on the big screen saw, Mina didn’t, clearly, so maybe only Iida, Sero, or Ojiro at most dude.” Kyoka reasoned. “But considering you think that’s your most embarrassing, I’m guessing there was more to that fall than we saw?”

“Y-Yeah.” Izuku blushed, relieved the class hadn’t been secretly laughing at him after training that day. “S-So um… you know those old cartoons… when guys fall straight down with their legs apart… then land on a pipe awkwardly?”

Tooru tried not to do a spit-take with the sip of her tea she took as she figured out what Izuku was referring to first, quickly followed by a majority of the others.

“No wonder you collapsed!” Mina laughed, almost losing her place in Izuku’s curls.

“I-It really hurt!” He admitted, but considering his relief at no one seeing anything and being among friends, he let out a small chuckle at the situation. “I couldn’t exactly go to Recovery Girl with an injury like that.”

“She might’ve slapped you out of the room if you’d asked her to kiss it better.” Ochako giggled, though she might be able to be persuaded to give it a try herself, even without a healing quirk.

“Sorry I’m… not quite getting it.” Momo looked around confusedly, not being familiar with the cartoons Izuku was referring to.

Kyoka leant over and whispered into her ear. Izuku couldn’t resist seeing even more of the funny side of it when he saw the surprise and concern in Momo’s expression before she had to cover her mouth to hide her own giggle at the picture that was painted in her head.

“I am glad you suffered no lasting damage at least.” She said in a light tease.

“Y-Yeah,” Izuku nodded. “Um… t-these three have made sure it all works fine.”

“Izuku!” Ochako blushed while Mina laughed again and Tsuyu just nodded, accepting the statement.

“Plumbing’s all good at least, ribbit.”

“We can’t tell if he’s firing blanks until he tries to knock one of us up.” Mina laughed. “Definitely gave it a good go with me though; I swear I was dripping a little for the rest of the afternoon.”

“You did it without a condom?!” Momo’s jaw dropped.

“Chill Gorgeous.” Mina rolled her eyes. “You forget I’m the only one of us on the pill right now.”

“Only one it’s working on right now.” Tsuyu corrected, causing a few eyebrows to raise. “What? I don’t want kids yet either.”

“We all know that’s not the main reason you’re taking it now though.” Mina smirked.

Izuku sent a glance over at Tsuyu, wondering if she’d admit it.

“Obviously.” Tsuyu agreed but said no more on the subject.

Tooru decided to stay silent on the matter since she too had made the change recently and likely for a similar reason.

“Well, guess that leads nicely onto what the dirtiest thing you’ve ever done is?” Kyoka smirked, hoping to get a bit of revenge on Mina.

Her truth bullet’s aim was true as Izuku immediately recalled his experience with the pink skinned girl.

“W-Well um… e-everything I’ve really done has been with um… y-you guys, so you already know.” He tried to wave away.

“Dude, we don’t tell each other everything.” Kyoka reminded him.

“It would make stuff like this rather redundant.” Mina nodded. “But still, if Izuku doesn’t wanna say, he doesn’t have to. Unless he wants to, in which case, I suggest he watches your reaction very closely.”

When the others looked at Mina curiously, Mina simply looked down at Izuku who’d swivelled his head to glance at her just to be sure she was actually giving him permission in front of everyone else. Confirming it with a wink, Mina settled in to watch the show while Kyoka strangely felt like her tease had just backfired.

“Um w-well… the um… dirtiest was p-probably with Mina.” Izuku admitted. “S-She um… we kinda got into things and after er… clothes came off and I sorta…” Izuku’s confidence failed him. Could he really say such a thing in front of the others? Would they look at him differently for it?

“Go on Izuku, tell them what you did to me.” Mina giggled, still watching Kyoka. The others didn’t dare interrupt, curious themselves after the teasing reveal of the pair’s coupling earlier.

“I kinda just… t-turned her upside down on the bed and um… m-made her take all of me in her mouth.”

Kyoka blinked twice at feeling herself warm up just a tad.

“I’m sorry… ‘made her’?” She asked testingly.

“With consent, duh.” Mina giggled. “He wouldn’t be here otherwise. But yeah, he just sorta turned me around, took me gently by my chin and just thrust his heart away. I got super messy.” Mina sighed dreamily. “It was an awesome start.”

“Start?” Momo enquired, surprised herself at Izuku’s boldness.

Mina just tapped Izuku twice on the shoulder to indicate he should continue.

“Y-Yeah. I didn’t um… finish with that. When I went to get a condom, Mina… kinda convinced me not to.”

“Mina!” Momo shook her head at the girl.

“Hey, it was perfectly safe.” Mina shrugged, before tapping Izuku again.

“T-Then um… I wanted to show off a bit of my strength a little, without my quirk I mean, so I um… l-lifted her off my bed and sat her on my… c-cock.”

“Dude had my legs over his shoulders and folded me like a deck chair.” Mina smirked, watching Kyoka’s mix of arousal and frustration at the image with great enjoyment.

“Adding that to the playbook.” Tsuyu stated boldly.

“Y-Yeah?” Izuku asked hopefully.

“You know I’ve been holding back Izuku.” Tsuyu shook her head fondly before giving him a kiss on the cheek. “If you’re ready for some more stuff, I wanna try it with you too.”

“Maybe just stick to some simpler stuff for now for me but could be something for um… in a bit.” Ochako pet Izuku’s arm reassuringly but matching Tsuyu’s kiss on his other cheek.

“Still not even at the best part.” Mina smirked, tapping Izuku so he could reveal the last part to them all.

“Oh, I um… I’m not used to the motion of doing it like that so I er… p-pressed her up against the wall so I wouldn’t over balance.”

Kyoka was deliberately controlling her breath at this point, trying to keep her arousal under control. She couldn’t speak out to stop it without that touch of mockery but she also couldn’t say anything to alert anyone it was affecting her in that way without revealing to Izuku how arousing she found the tale.

“I had to brace my arms against it a-and then I just… l-lost control a little.”

“He fucked me until he was done.” Mina purred, feeling her insides clench a little at the memory. “Just pounded inside me until he painted my pink insides white.”

“Ribbi~it.” Tsuyu bit her lip at the idea.

“Oh my.” Momo couldn’t help her minor outburst at the idea. As much as she’d explored with the girls, she hadn’t done something like that yet. Did standing change much or was it just Mina’s enjoyment of muscles putting the fond, dopey grin on her face?

“L-Like Mina said, i-it was all consensual. She just um… l-let me do something I wanted to try.”

“You probably picked the right person for that.” Tooru giggled. “Mina’s muscle thing is well known at this point.”

“Not to him.” Mina chuckled. “Took him completely by surprise. Either that or my eagerness.” She ruffled his hair as she finished his braid and pinned it to the hair just above his ear, intentionally waiting until now to do so. “Well, what do you think?” She asked the rest of the group, gesturing to her braid. “Cute, eh?”

Kyoka knew it was aimed at her. Mina was relishing her most minor of reactions and she knew it. Honestly she didn’t know whether to thank the pinkette or shank her with pointed jacks. Izuku’s clueless face now sported a simple side braid across his forehead, hiding his hairline before coming down the side of his face with it pinned in place, leaving just a smidge free to flutter just a little. The punkette was reminded just how little the genderswap filter needed to do to change Izuku to become more appealing to her, and now Mina was definitely doing it on purpose.

“Very cute.” Tooru agreed readily.

“Adorable.” Tsuyu smiled at her boyfriend.

“It does add a certain softness to your face.” Momo noted, catching onto what Mina was implying at this point.

“I prefer your hair all messy but this is fine.” Ochako admitted.

“His hair is almost the same as mine. You saying you prefer me without cute braids?” Mina challenged with a smirk.

“Yes.” Ochako stated simply before reaching up and tapping Mina’s nose. “I think both your hairs are adorable just the way they are.”

“Awww.” Mina smiled, not expecting a compliment from the girl. She leant down and pressed her lips to Ochako’s forehead in an appreciative kiss. “Love you too Cutie Pie.”

“Hey, that’s a point.” Tooru spoke up. “Midori doesn’t have an official group nickname!”

“I don’t?” He asked, a tad confused. “I-Isn’t it ‘Midori’ or um… ‘Green’?” He glanced at Kyoka for that last one who averted her own gaze.

“Those are just like, public nicknames.” Kyoka admitted.

“I call Tooru ‘Starlight’ in public but that’s ‘cause people know we’re going out. Tooru’s right, you need a cutesy nickname too.” Mina declared, tapping the braid she’d worked on. “You’re all official-like now so it’s a requirement.”

Tsuyu and Tooru nodded along as though it was an unbreakable law.

“How about Handsome?” Momo suggested simply. “It simple but gets the point across.”

“B-But I’m not really that-”

“You are to us, ribbit.” Tsuyu reassured him. “But he doesn’t really feel like a Handsome.”

“Stud?” Mina purred, rubbing his shoulders as she had yet to return to her spot.

“Not calling him that.” Kyoka flat out refused.

“Guess ‘Lover Boy’ is out then.” Tooru pouted, figuring her suggestion would have the same issue.

“Honeybun?” Tsuyu suggested while putting her finger to her chin to think, admittedly drawing inspiration from the paw pad buns from earlier.

“Closer…” Ochako pondered, examining Izuku with a critical eye.

The boy admittedly felt a little intimidated with everyone suddenly paying him such close scrutiny.

“Freckles?” Kyoka shrugged, tossing her off-hand suggestion into the ring.

“How about…” Ochako reached up with a single finger and pressed it into Izuku’s cheek. “Squishy.”

“Squishy?” Kyoka raised her brow curiously.

“Squishy?” Izuku also questioned, glancing at his brunette girlfriend.

“It’s cute, endearing, and sounds like you give some of the best hugs, which you kind of do.” Ochako explained.

“Cuddling with you is very relaxing, ribbit.” Tsuyu agreed. “I feel safe and protected while being super comfy.

“I can understand that, though I’m sure I don’t have as much experience as you all.” Momo conceded.

“Something you could change real quick.” Mina winked gesturing down to the boy in question who was looking suitably embarrassed.

Before Momo could answer, a single jack slowly stretched out before pressing lightly into Izuku’s other cheek. The boy blinked in surprise as he felt the low thumping of Kyoka’s heartbeat through the somewhat cold metal.

“Yeah, it fits.” She admitted shyly before pulling her jack back a bit faster than she’d stretched it out.

“Adorable.” Tsuyu mumbled, though Izuku clearly caught it. He knew something weird was going on with Kyoka. Something had shifted but he didn’t know exactly what.

“How’s that Izuku? Want to be our Squishy?” Mina asked, pulling him back by the shoulders so he was looking up at her upside down.

“I-If that’s okay then… yes please.” He nodded shyly.

“You’re too cute for your own good sometimes.” Ochako wrapped her blushing boyfriend in a hug.

“Mina! Come back, I need to hug something.” Tooru pouted, stretching her arms out for her girlfriend.

“Alright you needy girl.” Mina chuckled, walking back over, her braiding job done and taking her place back by Tooru, the invisible girl quickly wrapping her in her arms when she did.

“You’re now officially our Squishy.” Tsuyu joined her partners in the hug, wanting some love too with her oversized hoodie’s sleeves wrapping around the pair.

Kyoka glanced shyly over at Momo who rolled her eyes at the girl’s hesitance to admit things she wanted out loud, pulling her into her side for a snuggly, one-armed hug.

Despite having attended the last sleepover and becoming involved in this large polyamorous relationship since he accepted Tsuyu and Ochako’s confessions, it was this that truly made him feel welcomed and accepted by everyone, even Kyoka.

There was always a nagging tension he’d been carrying around ever since he’d gotten more involved with the girls as a whole. It was especially noticeable anytime things happened that went beyond the borders of friendship. For the first time, he felt that tension begin to ease and his heartbeat and anxiety slow and quieten just a bit. He took in and released a deep, calming breath and just enjoyed the feeling of love and affection radiating out in the room.

As the moment stretched on, and while everyone was a little distracted, Ochako leant over and put her lips close to Izuku’s ear.

“A-Also mochi-is-squishy. Anyway,” Ochako finished quickly before trying to move the conversation along before anyone, specifically Kyoka if she heard her, mocked her for that last part. “Are there anymore questions left?”

Momo looked down at the sheet of paper she’d placed by her side absentmindedly and quickly looked for the next thing on the list.

“Oh my… so um, Izuku… what is the sexy act you most want to do or get done to you?”

Izuku’s blush returned in full force.

“I-I thought you said these were ‘tamer’,” he bemoaned a little.

“To be fair, you’re kinda the focus right now for like three sleepovers worth on non-specific truths, ribbit.” Tsuyu rubbed his arm reassuringly.

“Got something naughty you wanna try out?” Mina grinned almost eagerly. “Why don’t you try your luck on a dare later and see if you get lucky?”

“I-It’s nothing special.” Izuku waved away. “J-Just um… q-quirk-play.”

“That’s it?” Kyoka asked in confusion. “I mean, you’ve got like… four other idiots that wanna jump you and that’s what you’re most excited about?”

“But it looks fun.” Izuku countered. “L-Like Ochako, we could um… j-just float around a-and stuff.”

“I… haven’t actually tried that.” Ochako pondered to herself. With always needing to control her fingers so she never levitated anything accidently, she’d done the same to all her romantic interactions with her partners.

“How would that even work?” Kyoka queried. “Surely you’d just float around and bump into things around you.”

“F-Finding out’s part of the fun.” Izuku admitted. “I-I mean… I’m guessing Tsu’s been more than happy to show off the benefits of her… quirk.”

“They have all thoroughly enjoyed it, yes.” Tsuyu said smugly, knowing she was the undisputed oral master among them.

“I-It’s just that, but a bit different, even if it’s not inherently sexy.” Izuku explained before ticking quirks off one by one on his hand. “Floating around, Tsu’s tongue, Mina’s acid could probably make some slippery lube, seeing my… um… cock disappear.” He blushed. “I don’t really have to uh… say anything regarding creation, and um…” Izuku paused before glancing at Kyoka. He didn’t want to exclude her but he didn’t want to imply he’d thought about her in that way either if she was uncomfortable with such a thing. “A-And I’m um… guessing Kyoka’s jacks have other uses for you girls.”

“Smooth save.” Kyoka glared lightly at the boy, though a blush coloured her cheeks as her mind went to the exact place Izuku was trying to avoid.

“Hey, it’s a fair answer.” Mina shrugged. “I mean, I’d dish the deets to you but I’m pretty sure Kyoka’s jacks would be wrapped around my neck instead of something else.”

“You’re already pushing your luck.” Kyoka threatened though there was no intent behind it. Mina was striking just the right balance of annoying and endearing right now.

“Please don’t strangle my Minx.” Tooru begged playfully.

“I think we should just move on before Mina’s mouth gets her in trouble again.” Ochako chuckled, not knowing how true that statement rang to her boyfriend and the girl in question. “Was there anything else?”

“Would you ever consider have sex with a guy if it was with another girl?” Tsuyu stated simply, a little interested in the answer even if she’d likely never see it.

Kyoka quirked a brow at that since it was her truth from way back when. For all they knew Izuku was straight but that was all just a firm assumption at this point.

“P-Probably not.” Izuku admitted. “I’m not very attracted to other guys.”

“How do you know if you haven’t tried it?” Kyoka asked.

Mina coughed loudly while clearly saying the word, “Hypocrite”, in the middle, earning a small glare from Kyoka before the girl conceded the point.

“Yeah, don’t answer that.” She shrugged.

“Well, it’s not that I haven’t wondered sometimes.” Izuku admitted, remembering some night when he pondered the idea of girls just not being for him when he’d barely spoken two words to those even in his class at Aldera. “I mean… technically speaking, I’ve um… liked a hundred percent of the penises I’ve played with. That list just contains one entry; mine.”

Ochako and Mina couldn’t help letting out a spray of spittle at Izuku’s factoid or joke, they genuinely couldn’t tell which.

“It’s just um… not something I thought would happen for me, you know? F-Finding the same spark with a guy the same way I felt it for Ochako at first a-and then Tsu and um… s-stuff.”

“So if someone like Todoroki asked you out?” Tooru posed the hypothetical. “He’s the class pretty boy after all.”

“Todoroki?” Izuku blinked. “W-Well I don’t really see him that way so I’d probably say no.”

“On top of having all this already.” Mina winked at him.

“Y-Yes! B-But I thought that was understood.” He briefly panicked before realizing Mina was just messing with him.

“What about if one of us used a particular… attachment?” Momo enquired shyly. Izuku’s eyes widened as he knew what she was referring to.

“Well… I-I guess we could um… t-try it if you want to maybe?” He blushed.

“My apologies, I didn’t mean to imply I wanted to do so with you myself, more it is just one of my favourite um… t-toys to use and an option should you wish to explore such a scenario.”

“Don’t lie, Momo wants that Squishy butt.” Mina giggled.

Izuku didn’t know if that was Momo showing her interest in such a possible interaction in their future but he wasn’t inherently opposed to the idea, just pretty sure it wasn’t something he’d enjoy already. Still though, like Kyoka said, if he hadn’t tried it, how did he know? These girls had already taken plenty of big leaps regarding each other and relationships without knowing if they’d like where they landed so he’d keep an open mind for now.

Glancing back over at Momo, the girl gained a small look of surprise on her face as she read the scrap of paper in her hands

“I guess this is the last one.” She stated.

“Some of the others were quite specific to the person they were asked to.” Tsuyu conceded.

“I guess so,” Momo shrugged. “The last one’s about your biggest fantasy.”

“Um… h-how is that different from the er… earlier question?” Izuku asked, tilting his head in confusion.

“Well, a fantasy is just something that you get off to whether it’s possible or not.” Mina offered.

“Like um… doing it in outer space.” Ochako offered.

“Ha, million-mile-high club.” Mina teased.

“You only need to go up about a hundred miles, not a million.” Ochako challenged.

“So this is one fantasy you clearly want to make a reality.” Mina winked, sending Ochako into a blushing storm, realizing she’d been caught. “Looks like you really could have that outer-space fun time after all with your quirk.”

“Not without me coming along too, ribbit.” Tsuyu’s smile widened. With all of Izuku’s truths, she figured everyone was getting more than ready for their truth or dare game now. “Could even be something weird you’d never want to do but you still found sexy for whatever reason, ribbit.”

“Is this your egg thing again?” Kyoka questioned.

“No, but it’s a good example.” Tsuyu admitted.

“I feel like there’s more you’re not telling us.” Tooru eyed the greenette suspiciously.

“Ask later at your own grossed-outed-ness, ribbit.” She chuckled. After so many rounds of ‘Truth or Dare’ with these girls by now, she knew how they ticked and figured they’d get a kick out of that one weird fantasy of her own.

“W-Well um…” Izuku spoke up, drawing the attention back to him. “I-It’s just… I always… um…”

“It’s okay Izuku, no one will laugh.” Momo reassured the boy.

“I-It’s stupid… but you kinda know from before, when I asked um… Ochako to say ‘Nyan’.” Izuku offered, hoping the others would get his implication.

“Oh, the catgirl thing.” Ochako nodded, not embarrassed by it at all now considering what she and Izuku had done by this point.

“Y-Yeah. I-It’s cute and sexy and um…”

“So you probably got off a lot to the Pussycats then.” Kyoka smirked. Izuku’s flinch was all she needed to confirm that little detail. It wasn’t subtle so she was far from the only one who noticed.

“Ooo, which one was it, or were you a naughty boy and had all three of the girls begging for your milk?” Mina giggled.

“It… rotated.” He admitted shyly.

“Think you could make us some outfits in the future Gorgeous?” Tooru asked, liking the idea of possibly entertaining Izuku with some custom ears and a tail once she got a handle on her quirk.

“I… really should say ‘no’ since I know they um… probably already exist as a licensed product.” Momo reasoned, not wanting to deprive the economy and heroes of a significant chunk of change she’d seen people pay online for outfits like that.

“O-Only unofficially… oop.” Izuku spoke quickly before realizing his error.

“Sounds like someone’s been doing his homework, ribbit.” Tsuyu teased lightly.

Izuku sighed, knowing he’d already blurted out part of it so he may as well give them the full answer.

“Heroes aren’t allowed to officially endorse um… sex products. Any costume you see needs to be family friendly else they aren’t allowed to promote it. This doesn’t stop um… fans and other companies making ‘official’ unofficial merchandise though since there’s clearly um… money in it.”

“Sex sells.” Mina shrugged.

“R-Right, but since the heroes are technically employed by the government you can see how that is…”

“A PR nightmare, yes, I understand now.” Momo nodded, accepting this. She would, of course, check the laws herself but that gave her an idea for something she now felt was a tad more acceptable to do in the near future; Kyoka would be in for quite the pleasant surprise.

“S-Still um… d-don’t worry about it. It’s only a fantasy and I’m not after like, c-cosplay of the Pussycats or anything so-”

“Didn’t stop you getting all cosy with one though, did it?” Mina smirked, recalling the private time he’d asked Ragdoll for earlier.

“What did you need to talk to her about anyway?” Tooru asked curiously.

“Well…” Izuku began with a sigh. These girls were supportive to the extreme but he wondered how they’d react when he told them. Still, the fear didn’t hold him back and he divulged his brief chat with the now quirkless member of the Pussycats.

“That’s touching.” Momo smiled warmly at the boy.

“Why didn’t she tell us? We would’ve supported her all the way!” Mina cried, glad Izuku had found his courage to tell the disheartened hero that. “I mean, we said before we would’ve done it for you if we knew you when you were quirkless.”

“It’s just a societal norm at this point.” Tsuyu sighed. “Breaking something like that you never considered possible is harder than you think.”

“Being the first person do to do something is probably terrifying.” Ochako nodded, wondering if the first people on the moon felt the same way.

“You just can’t stop inspiring people, can you Squishy?” Tooru cheered, happy she could count the green haired Pussycat in the same group as her, unified under the banner ‘Wouldn’t be here without Izuku’s help!’

Kyoka remained silent, having heard everything when it happened but the same smile from before returned to her face.

“I wasn’t trying to be… not at first.” He admitted. “I just… when I was young, it seemed impossible even though it was all I dreamed about. I… wasn’t shy about telling people about it, even after I was told I was quirkless… but no one believed in me.” He said sadly. “If I had just one person in my corner though, just one who said they believed I could do it… I think things might’ve been very different.”

“And then you went and got All Might’s support and quirk in your corner.” Kyoka chuckled only to realise the atmosphere had changed.

Almost in an instant, the air was heavier and had lost its jovial overtone as no one laughed along with her. The other girls were looking sadly at Izuku while the boy himself was looking downcast at his knees.

“Izuku…” Ochako said softly.

“What… about your mom?” Tooru asked in the same tone, fearing they all already knew the answer from Izuku’s implication.

Izuku bit his lip and slowly shook his head. All of the girls collectively grimaced as they shared looks between each other.

“She… has always wanted me to be safe and happy… but when I was little, I remember asking her if I could be a hero like All Might, even without a quirk. She just said ‘I’m sorry’.”

The awkward looks intensified as everyone could tell that was clearly the wrong thing to say.

“It’s not her fault.” Izuku stated quickly, though his low tone hadn’t changed. “But i-it’s not something that’s ever been done and hero work can be very dangerous and… a number of other things.”

“I don’t… agree with her.” Tooru started slowly. “But I do understand a little. My quirk isn’t inherently offensive so my parents worried for me when I first said it, making sure I knew the risks and everything.”

“It sounds like your mom was sorry you couldn’t achieve your dream.” Momo offered.

“Could be she blames herself, at least a little.” Tsuyu concurred.

“I know she didn’t mean to hurt me.” Izuku nodded. “But… she did, even though I know she loves me and only wants me safe.”

“Do you blame her?” Kyoka asked curiously. “I mean, for how things turned out before… all this.”

“No.” Izuku replied simply. “It’s just genetics at the end of the day and she wanted to protect me. I was just… unlucky. When it came time to move into the dorms, after everything we’d been through and even with my quirk ‘coming in’,” Izuku used finger quotes, “my mom was looking at pulling me out of UA.”

The girls gasped.

“Why would she… no, wait, stupid question.” Mina shook her head.

“With everything I’ve done to my arms, yeah, she was scared for me and doubted UA’s ability to keep me out of trouble. She wondered… if it was better if I never got my quirk, and just watched heroes instead like as a kid.” The group pulled faces at each other at that. “She wanted to support me still at least and said I could switch to another school, but All Might and I convinced her to let me stay at UA.”

“Which we are definitely grateful for, ribbit.” Tsuyu squeezed his hand reassuringly after pulling up her hoodie sleeve.

“Sounds like she never wanted her baby to grow up.” Ochako sighed, squeezing Izuku’s other hand.

“Yeah… so I can’t blame her or be mad at her or anything, but this is my life, and I’m going to be a hero!” Izuku declared. “I know it’s not the same for Mirio or Ragdoll but, if they’re anything like me and just need that one person to believe in them, then I’m happy to be that person.”

“Hopefully we’ll see the Pussycats back in action as a full team soon then.” Momo smiled endearingly as they returned to the original diversion of their conversation.

“Maybe with some new members if Ochako and Tooru suddenly sprout kitty ears and tail butt plugs.” Mina giggled.

Izuku felt his cock stir with that idea and decided not to correct Mina that the Pussycat’s tails connected to their belts. Seeing the pair of them like that would certainly make his day.

“Well, considering that’s all the questions I have here, you are all caught up um… Squishy.” Momo tried out Izuku’s nickname with a small giggle.

“It’s still not that late, ribbit.” Tsuyu checked the time on her phone. “But I’ve got no objection to playing ‘Truth or Dare’ now if others don’t.”

“How’s that sound Squishy?” Mina smirked. “Down for the game now?”

Izuku nodded, still nervous but definitely less so now than before.

“Sure.”

“Small break first.” Ochako declared, rising to her feet. “Tea’s gone through me.”

“I should probably go refresh the pot too if people would like more.” Momo offered, getting to her own feet.

The group took a few minutes to stretch and relax as they all took enjoyed the intermission between their little chat and the game most had been somewhat eagerly awaiting tonight.

Once the teapot had been freshly warmed and everyone had another first sip of the tingly tea leaf juice, the game was kicked off.

“Right, which of you idiots should I pick first?” Kyoka smirked as the eyed up her six targets.

“Take your best shot!” Mina dared her.

“You just wanna be picked so you can dare someone specific.” Tsuyu rolled her eyes while leaning her head towards Izuku.

“Can you blame me?” Mina purred, sending Izuku a wink. He tried to resist but ultimate failed, his blush colouring his freckles on his cheek at the ideas Mina was probably entertaining.

“Yeah, I’m not gonna be mean to start with, so I’ll go with you Tsuyu.” Kyoka looked over at the frog girl. “Truth or dare.”

“I’ll go dare.” Tsuyu shrugged, figuring she was probably safe to do so with the very first round and from Kyoka.

“Brave frog… or foolish?” Mina pondered, wondering what Kyoka was cooking up.

The earphone jack girl frowned a little as she’d been more prepared to ask for a truth from the girl. Still, if Tsuyu wanted to go that way then she could try and play ball. With the way Mina and Tsuyu usually were, it wouldn’t take long before things devolved into lewd territory, but for once, thanks to Mina, she was riled up enough to consider things for herself to start with.

“First, just a small question, what’s with the hoodie?” Kyoka asked, not that it would change her dare.

“Something wrong with Tsu’s awesomely froggy threads?” Tooru questioned.

“No, she just never wears stuff like that to this is all.” Kyoka shrugged.

“Ah, well that’s just ‘cause it’s getting colder, ribbit.” Tsuyu relayed. “It was a bit chilly downstairs so I grabbed this. I’d rather not go into hibernation and miss all the fun. I got this one nice and large so I can snuggle up inside it and stay warm if I need to, ribbit.”

“Oh yes, I remember from our provisional exams.” Momo nodded, recalling how Tsuyu just shut down.

“Urgh, those girls were not fun to deal with.” Kyoka recalled. “Anyway, I dare you to strip off everything except that.”

“Oh ho ho,” Mina grinned, her eyes lighting up. “I see Kyoka’s good to go.”

“Shut up.” Kyoka rolled her eyes. “We all know where this might end up and I just… wanted to see Tsuyu in just her hoodie.” She finished timidly.

“Is it because I’ll look cute and sexy at the same time?” Tsuyu asked, a light blush rising to her cheeks.

“Y-Yeah.” Kyoka admitted.

Ochako and Izuku weren’t going to complain as the idea definitely appealed to them now. All eyes were suddenly on Tsuyu as she sat up on her pillow before tucking her knees under her hoodie which stretched easily to accommodate them. For a moment, all gave her a confused look before Tsuyu’s arms retracted inside her comfort wear, leaving only a ball shaped form with a head, though that too quickly tucked itself inside.

“What are you doing?” Tooru asked after Tsuyu’s limbs around the hem could be seen moving around.

“Give it a sec.” Mina chuckled, figuring out exactly what the girl was doing.

In another few moments. Tsuyu’s head and one arm popped back out of her turtle-like hoodie-shell before reaching under the hem of it and pulling out a set of shorts, knickers, a top and a bra.

“Ribbit.” She declared with a mixture of pride and smugness.

“Did you just…” Momo blinked, surprised the girl had managed such a feat.

“I’ve curled up and gone to sleep in this in bed sometimes.” Tsuyu admitted. “When it’s nice and toasty, I don’t wanna take it off to get undressed so I figured out how to do this.”

“And stopped any of us from sneaking a peak.” Tooru giggled, glancing at Kyoka who was probably most disappointed from her dare not resulting in a cute, naked from the bottom down Tsuyu.

Kyoka wasn’t too disappointed however as just knowing her froggy girlfriend was naked under that hoodie stirred her imagination and fired up her loins. Plus, if she looked closely, she could just about see Tsuyu’s pussy in the middle of the small gap between her feet. When she saw a single digit of the greenette’s run up and down her clit, she gulped before looking up at the frog girl’s face and receiving a wink that clearly said everything.

“Your turn then Tsu.” Ochako smiled, admittedly a little flush from sharing in Kyoka’s imagination of a naked Tsuyu under that oversized item of clothing.

“That’s easy.” Tsuyu chuckled. “Truth or dare ‘Chako?”

“Oh?” Ochako blinked, not expecting to be instantly chosen. “Um… d-dare I guess?”

The others looked at Tsuyu expectantly as she was somewhat known for upping the stakes by now. Her dare turned out to be rather cute all things considered however.

“Brrr, all this lack of clothing has got me pretty chilly.” Tsuyu badly acted. “I need someone to come share some warmth with me. Why don’t you come join me in here, if you dare?”

“Awww, that’s actually super cute!” Tooru gushed, already picturing the two snuggled up.

“Note to self, buy giant jumper.” Mina chuckled.

Ochako herself blushed a little at the thought but started crawling around Izuku who backed off the bed to give his girlfriends plenty of room. When Ochako reached for the hem, Tsuyu’s tutting voice stopped her.

“Ah, ah, ah.” Tsuyu smirked. “Naked people only allowed in here.”

“What a predicament.” Momo giggled behind her hand. Everyone here had seen her naked before of course, but Izuku’s somewhat newness to it all still left that small amount of excitement in watching his and Ochako’s reactions.

“O-Of course there’s a dress code with you.” Ochako rolled her eyes before biting her lip and sitting back. “Guess that makes me um… first this time.”

Reaching down, Ochako pulled her top up and over her head, revealing her comfy bra underneath.

“Yeah, work it girl!” Mina whooped. “Wish I had some Yen to be throwing at ya.”

“Shut up Minx.” Ochako blushed, covering her chest from the pinkette’s gaze. “Um… Izuku?” She glanced back over her shoulder. “Mind helping me with the clasp back there?”

“Oh, uh, s-sure.” Izuku nodded after a moment, reaching forward. He’d had some practise by now unclasping bras but he still found dexterous tasks like this a tad more difficult than he used to. Even after his hands had healed up after his fight with Todoroki in the sports festival, this was just another reminder not to go too far again. “Got it!”

“You say that like it’s an achievement.” Kyoka rolled her eyes.

“Well it’s not like he has practise putting one on and taking one off every day.” Mina countered.

While Izuku blushed up a storm, Ochako hurriedly slipped her bra off from around her shoulders, hooked her fingers under her shorts and knickers and slid them off quickly before trying to slip inside Tsuyu’s hoodie with her.

The remaining members watched enthusiastically as Ochako stuggled to get inside despite Tsuyu expanding the area available as much as she could. Everyone got a very good look at Ochako’s rear as she used her feet against the covers to push herself inside.

“Izuku, I dare you to put something inside her right now.” Mina challenged teasingly as they watched her struggle.

“It’s not your turn!” Ochako called out, slightly muffled by the outerwear as her rear disappeared beneath the hem as she turned into a more comfortable position. For them both to fit Tsuyu had to uncurl her legs so they were now both sitting with their heads close together with a single arm each and four sets of legs now facing the inner circle of the group. Kyoka was slightly disappointed her view was now gone as the hem now rested over Ochako’s and Tsuyu’s closed legs.

“I think you may have stretched it a little.” Momo glanced at the hoodie, noting the tightness of it against the pair.

“I did get this a while ago so I was a little smaller then.” Tsuyu acknowledged before rubbing her cheek up against Ochako’s. “Will make a good threesome jumper though.”

“Uh… what?” Kyoka queried. “You can barely fit two people in there.”

“True.” Tsuyu agreed. “But if I lean forward and tip us over, Izuku has his pick of our butts and neither of us can escape.”

Kyoka blushed as she realised both the truth of that statement and how much it annoyingly turned her on. Yeah, she wouldn’t mind if she was in it, and she’d prefer if Momo or one of the other girls was doing stuff to her, but Izuku wouldn’t be too bad so long as she was distracted with one of the others inside the hoodie.

Ochako blushed lightly and forced herself to refrain from biting her lip. As appealing as that sounded, she didn’t think daring Izuku to do exactly what her girlfriend suggested would be the smartest thing to do right now so she decided to just avoid him entirely for her turn.

While everyone else was briefly enjoying the mental image Tsuyu had painted, Ochako chose the game’s next target.

“Um, Tooru, truth or dare?” She called out.

“Ooo, which to pick.” Tooru pondered while Izuku reclaimed his spot on the bed, reaching out and taking Ochako’s hand in his. “I’ll go with truth.”

“Hmmm.” Ochako pondered for a second.

“I though two heads were better than one.” Mina giggled, still amused by the pair sharing the oversized clothing.

After a small glare at the pinkette, Ochako had her question.

“Tooru, you like being watched, so um… would you ever have sex in public?”

Mina turned to her girlfriend with a cheeky smile. Momo already knew about the girl’s little stunt in the common room and despite warning her not to do it again, was curious as to whether or not it was still a desire of the invisible girl’s.

“W-Well… y-yeah but,” She glanced over at Momo, not that the girl could see her. “It’s kind of illegal and unethical so even if it actually has become a bit of a fantasy of mine I can’t really do it if I wanna be a good hero.”

“True.” Momo nodded. “As erotic as the act may appear, it is still illegal whether or not you get caught doing it. However, I believe there are certain areas in other countries that actually account for and allow public sex.” Momo refused to divulge having looked this up a long way back out of curiosity after catching Tooru in the common room.

“Looks like we’re off on holiday.” Mina smirked, wiggling her fingers teasingly as though to grab the girl and haul her onto the next jet elsewhere. Tooru admittedly had the same thought, wondering if she could persuade the group to visit one of those particular destinations.

“I mean, as long as you’re quiet, would it really matter much?” Kyoka asked. “Tooru can make other people invisible now, who does it really hurt?”

“It’s the moral side of it Vixen.” Momo stated. “Breaking the law as heroes would be very bad for both our careers and reputations.”

“Maybe if you find an isolated, quiet area you could persuade one of us, ribbit.” Tsuyu hinted, having had similar thoughts herself. Indulging in some love while surrounded by nature sounded like a good time to her.

“While not ‘public’, there are a number of areas around my parent’s main estate that could be… thrilling to experience such things at.” Momo admitted. “Whilst I doubt we would ever be able to make use of them, should I… once I break free of them, we should look into buying some property together with significant hedges and fences to indulge these aspects. After all, if we’re on private property with reasonable expectation of privacy, everything is perfectly legal.”

Tooru didn’t hold back the fluttery sigh that easily found its way up her throat, imagining different variations of her and her partners getting things on while the hustle and bustle of daily life happened feet from them behind a thick hedge.

“Sounds like you’ve done your homework.” Ochako teased lightly.

“Indeed, and to make sure our Starlight doesn’t get in any trouble, I may just have to order you to test things out first Pet.” Momo countered.

“I-I’ll be good Mistress.” Ochako blushed, the idea of anyone catching her while she satisfied those particular urges didn’t appeal to her like it apparently did Tooru and Tsuyu.

“Don’t be mean to my new girlfriend.” Tooru puffed up her cheeks. “She’s a good girl.” Ochako felt her smile widen just a tad at that. “For that, Momo, truth or dare?”

“I believe I shall go with dare to start with.” Momo challenged, a little eager herself to get things moving this time.

“Good, then I dare you to pick someone to drink milk from your tits.” Tooru smirked, satisfied in her dare.

“Uh, what?!” Kyoka gaped while Mina roared in laughter. The group were admittedly a little taken aback with that

“Wow… Tooru’s going for blood.” Tsuyu chuckled.

“D-Don’t you mean, um… m-milk?” Izuku offered, joining in the tease.

“I…” Momo mumbled, the most confused among them. “Starlight you… know I’m not pregnant, right? I can’t produce milk yet.”

“‘Yet’ she says.” Mina continued laughing.

“Ribbit, I think she’s referring to your quirk.” Tsuyu offered.

Momo blinked before realizing her oversight. With her brain now processing that valuable piece of information she’d missed, she realised that something such as that was well within her capabilities.

“Oh… oh my.” She tittered, seeing the funny side of it while her cheeks coloured.

“Looks like that’s a ‘yes’ as to whether or not she can do it.” Ochako stated.

“I will admit that it is possible,” Momo nodded. “Along with other possible liquids now I consider them.”

“Oh my god, can you make tea with your tits?!” Mina asked as the cherry on top of this hilarious dare.

“Unfortunately not.” Momo chuckled. “All tea is made by different strains of a particular plant and that is out of the scope of my quirk.”

“Would’ve been better though.” Mina’s giggles quietened, gesturing over to the tea set. “Give a new meaning to ‘Momo’s fancy teas’.

“As um… theoretical as all that is, doesn’t Momo have to pick a person to um… receive it?” Izuku asked. “They could pick their own um… d-drink, t-technically.”

“You offering?” Tsuyu smirked, making the boy blush deeply.

When Izuku looked down, Momo admittedly considered him to be the one to be on the other end of the dare. While they hadn’t yet done much behind their rather clinical handjob and analysis of condom structure together, she was admittedly curious to learn more about both Izuku and the male body.

A soft, subtle tug on her sleeve and a shy, sideways glance from Kyoka told her the girl was too shy to ask for such a thing with everyone listening, likely due to Izuku’s presence more than anything. It was a bit more than the dare was asking for but she figured she was prepared to rise to Tooru’s challenge anyway, why not double it?

“This is admittedly quite a dare my Starlight.” Momo giggled. “For my partner in this experience, should they wish to do so, I would like to pick Izuku.”

“M-Me?” Izuku gulped nervously, though he felt his cock jump at such an opportunity.

“I admit it’s a tad selfish as I’m curious as to how you will interact with these.” Momo wiggled her chest just a little. “I would also like to compare with someone a tad more experienced in handling them too.” She turned to the girl sitting next to her, a somewhat sour look on the punk girl’s face.

“W-What?” Kyoka blinked in confusion before realizing what her girlfriend was getting at. She was a little miffed her girlfriend had chosen Izuku to complete the dare with, but that she was offering the same to Kyoka not out of obligation was a bit heart-warming. Whether or not anyone else saw it that way didn’t matter to the girl as a grateful smile shaped itself on her lips, glad her request had been acknowledged. “Uh, y-yeah, I can do that.”

“Hey, you do you.” Tooru shrugged. “As long as you complete the dare.”

“This’ll be good.” Mina rubbed her hands together excitedly.

Ochako was a little excited to see what happened next herself. She’d had more than her fair share of Momo’s mammaries thanks to their more unique relationship when the girl was curious about things she wanted to try and Izuku was about to get his first taste of them. Sharing her boyfriend with five other girls was not something a younger her would have ever entertained but now she couldn’t imagine things any other way.

Speaking of which, she felt a sly hand inside the hoodie slide up her leg and stomach before tentatively cupping and playing with her own breast. Glancing to her side, she saw Tsuyu’s smile widen just a tad before nodding her head. Ochako understood the hint and realised that despite the tight fit of the hoodie, she couldn’t see Tsuyu’s hand playing with her breast from the outside. Well if Tsuyu was going to tease her then turnabout was fair play right? Ochako’s own hand inside the hoodie moved and sought out its target.

Izuku, for his part, had awkwardly shifted into position against Momo’s free side. Instead of leaning down and capturing her breast in his mouth like he’d been expecting, the girl had gestured for him to lay down with his head on her thigh instead. Kyoka had already assumed the position so Izuku copied her as best he could.

The boy steadied his breath as Momo pulled her top off and released her breasts from her bra, the fleshy orbs and the pretty pink nipple hovering not even a foot from his face and lips.

“Would either of you two like to request a different um… beverage?” Momo asked, trying not to let her mild embarrassment get the better of her.

“N-No, it’s fine.” Kyoka shook her head, making Momo and her chest wobble slightly.

“Uh, y-yeah, s-same.” Izuku agreed, unsure of what to pick even if he could think of something.

“Very well.” Momo agreed, glad she wouldn’t have to try and think of producing two compounds at once.

Breathing deeply, she slowly activated her quick, building up the combinations of nutrients she knew were in a regular glass of milk. Admittedly she didn’t know exactly what factors altered the taste to something preferable to both her willing partners but hopefully what she produced would satisfy.

Leaning over slightly, Momo reached forward and hooked her arm under both Kyoka and Izuku’s further away counterpart before cupping under their respective heads and guiding them to her chest.

“Sit up dears.” She asked the pair, playing into the role of mother slightly. “Time for your drink.”

Neither Izuku nor Kyoka could keep the blushes from their faces before leaning forward and capturing Momo’s nipples in their mouths.

“Good boy, good girl.” Momo cooed as the two softly latched onto her and began sucking lightly. With the milk produced inside her, she just needed to put her quirk training into effect and have it split and emerge from two separate points. She’d never tried it with this particular part of the body before but it wasn’t much different from doing it anywhere else.

Both Izuku and Kyoka flinched a little when they first felt the tang of Momo’s milk drip onto their tongues. The flow soon increased and drips became a steady stream as both heroes in training began drinking down the substance.

“Awww look at the babies.” Mina teased, even if the sight was both adorable and erotic to her right now.

“I’ll admit, I didn’t think she’d do it.” Tooru shrugged.

Both Ochako and Tsuyu remained silent, both observing what they could and teasing each other discretely at the same time.

Momo knew this was just pretend but her arousal was very much real. Despite playing mother, she had two very attractive partners on her chest right now catering to her needs. Her tongue flicked out from her lips and wet them as she allowed herself to revel in the sensation somewhat.

Izuku was admittedly a little lost in the minor fantasy, closing his eyes and just doing as instructed. Tentatively, he reached up and squeezed Momo’s breast as though it would increase the flow of milk somehow. It didn’t, but he enjoyed the small moan the girl let out as he caressed her.

Kyoka was in a similar position, enjoying herself in this new scenario. She was more focused on Momo’s breast than the act itself and teased Momo’s nipple with her teeth and applying light pressure with them, Momo’s hand clenching the back of her head a little tighter as she did.

Eventually, the milk she produced ran dry and all that was left was the mild sucking on her nipples. As much as she wanted the pair to continue, the dare was completed and they still had a game to play. Hopefully it wouldn’t be too long before she was involved in another dare to help scratch the itch she knew was aroused.

“Well done.” She cooed softly to her charges. “All gone.”

Kyoka gave her girlfriend one last nibble to tease her before looking up at the heiress with lightly lidded eyes, the sparkle in them promising her more later, with or without the slightly odd tasting liquid she’d produced.

Izuku detached somewhat quickly with a heavy blush still in place and hoping no one would acknowledge the pointed muscle in the room.

“Someone enjoyed himself.” Tooru giggled as Izuku stood.

As expected, his rod was on full display and almost painfully hard at this point. While the entire room had seen him nude before, he was more embarrassed by how much he’d enjoyed that act and how relaxed he’d felt at the same time. It wasn’t just the fact Momo was using her quirk, there was something else there too.

“Nothing wrong with that, ribbit.” Tsuyu acknowledged. “You’re telling me you don’t want to be where Izuku was, getting filled with a creamy, milky substance until your belly bulges?”

“Ooo, okay, you got me.” Tooru admitted, rubbing her belly a little at the memory of Momo filling her up with her quirk via a different hole.

“It was a unique experience.” Momo offered, not making a move to redress. “One that would be most enjoyable even without the use of my quirk.”

“What did Momo’s milk taste like?” Mina asked, looking over at Kyoka to take some of the heat off Izuku.

“Uh…” The punkette blushed, trying to find an answer that didn’t embarrass her. “G-Good.” She failed.

“Just ‘good’?” Mina smirked. “Clearly you were focused on something else.”

“They’re kind of hard to ignore.” Ochako giggled.

“Be that as it may, I believe I have completed my dare, yes?” Momo turned to the invisible girl, getting an affirmation before turning her attention to the remaining participants. Only Izuku and Mina were left for the round. While she wouldn’t mind posing the boy a few questions, Mina was clearly hopeful to be the one to pose the game’s namesake question to the greenette this round. “Mina, truth or dare?”

“Yes!” Mina pumped her fist to her chest, glad Momo had either read her face correctly or decided to humour her. “I’ll take truth.” She wanted to be in her full mind for Izuku’s hopeful dare coming up.

“Very well.” Momo nodded. “Mina, your acid quirk doesn’t burn you, right?”

“Not unless I push myself too hard.” Mina acknowledged.

“Considering that, how do you feel about wax play?” Momo asked.

“Ha! Yeah, that’s fair.” Mina chuckled while all the others gave each other slighty quizzical looks.

“Wax play?” Ochako queried.

“Basically pouring special melted wax from candles on yourself or your partner.” Mina explained briefly. “Do NOT use any fucking candle though… found that out the hard way.”

“Ribbit, I smell an embarrassing story.” Tsuyu chuckled.

“Urgh, stupid kid I was tried it once since I wondered if it felt anything like my quirk and yes, I’ve used that to get myself off too.” She clarified. “Everyone was out, we had spare candles lying around since mom likes them for some reason so…” Mina grimaced as she gestured to one of her feet. “Didn’t leave a mark but a few drops and I realized I’d fucked up.”

“Ouch, why the fuck would you do that then?” Kyoka asked.

“Because there are specially made candles that melt at body temperature.” Momo explained. “The wax is more of an oil and can be used for massages as well as wax play. I understand the smell permeates the room and everything feels very… sensual while you wait for the candle to have melted.”

“Not sure if they’d be any good on me but I’m good to throw down if you are Gorgeous.” Mina winked while some of the others considered the picture Momo had painted for them. “Whelp, if that’s all then I guess there’s only one person for me to pick.” The pinkette grinned eagerly at Izuku who could only worry about what she had planned for him. “Truth or dare?”

“I…” He breathed slowly. “Know I should pick truth, but I’m guessing you don’t want me to.”

“I do have an idea for something yes.” Mina admitted. “I’ll be up front and say it’s nothing harmful or stupid or something like that. Should be much tamer than some of the stuff we did last time actually.”

“I guess… dare then?” He asked rather than stated, bracing himself for whatever he’d just opened the floodgates for.

“Ooo, yes.” Mina grinned triumphantly before pushing herself back and onto her feet. “Come over here Squishy.”

“Er… okay?” The boy looked over, confused, but did as he was asked to.

Once he and Mina were stood in the center of the open space in Momo’s room, the pinkette revealed her dare.

“Squishy, I dare you to do a strip dance for us like Ochako did to you last time, only you take it all off.”

“Ooo, I would pay to see that.” Tooru giggled.

Mina got a knowing look in her eye but said nothing for now, waiting on Izuku’s answer.

“Y-You mean um… just dance like Ochako did for me last time but… take clothes off while doing it?” He’d seen the odd stripping video online but never imagined he’d been in that position himself.

“You got it.” Mina nodded. “We’ll provide the tunes, you just focus on giving us a heck of a show cutie.” She leaned forward and gave him a kiss on the lips, hoping it would boost his courage enough.

“I can find something!” Tooru offered, pulling out her phone quickly.

“Yeah, we don’t wanna miss this, help me spin Ochako.” Tsuyu requested of her girlfriend while they continued to share the cramped space of her hoodie.

While the brunette and frog girl used some awkward coordination to spin themselves, Mina walked back to the bed but didn’t stop at her spot to enjoy the show. Instead, she walked up to Momo and whispered in her ear.

“I can’t do that!” Momo responded, a frown on her face at why her girlfriend would ask such a thing she’d been vocally vehement about.

“No but like, change it so we know it’s fake.” Mina offered. “Like…” She leant down to whisper into Momo’s ear again. While Kyoka could hear clearly and rolled her eyes at the request, the other girls gave the two curious looks while Izuku psyched himself up, grateful for the distraction. It was just like what Ochako had done for him after all so if he just did something like that he’d be fine.

“O…kay.” Momo finally relented to the pinkette. “But I’ll be counting every note and you will be destroying them before you leave this room.”

“Oh absolutely!” Mina promised, having no intention to use this for anything else.

“I can’t believe you let her talk you into this.” Kyoka shook her head.

“Hey, if it was Momo dancing you’d be asking us for more notes.” Mina teased. Kyoka fell silent, unable to refute that.

With the glow of creation, several small stacks of paper emerged from Momo’s arm, dropping onto the sheets before she nervously began passing them out to everyone.

“Ribbit?” Tsuyu looked down at the stack given to her. There was a small cardboard band around it to hold it together as it was clearly a stack of cash. What differentiated it from actual, legal currency was Aizawa’s look of disappointment glaring back up at her from one side.

“Everyone has a stack of three different kinds of notes with ten each. As I understand it, please use them appropriately at points of the… show that you find particularly entertaining.

“This is awesome!” Tooru cheered, pulling the yen notes out of the sleeve and spreading them out in front of her. As declared, Momo had given them three denominations, one, five and ten thousand and each one couldn’t be mistaken for actual currency due to the person appearing on the note with Aizawa on the one, All Might on the five, and Nezu on the ten.

“I think Izuku might want to keep one of these.” Ochako giggled lightly, waving one of her All Might notes around with her single, available arm to catch the boy’s attention. He cursed himself that his girlfriend was correct.

“Maybe if he’s a good boy I may permit him to keep one note.” Momo offered. “But he has to earn it though.”

“Hear that Izuku? Unless you please us with your body and dancing, no All Might collectable for you.” Mina giggled, retaking her seat and priming herself to make it rain or not depending on the greenette’s display.

“H-How much?” Izuku asked shyly, already thinking about throwing in some more lewd actions to get the offered prize.

“There’s nearly a million fake yen here.” Tsuyu did some quick maths to get the total.

“Shall we say seven hundred thousand then?” Momo suggested as that sounded like a fair bargain to her.

It would be by far the most he’d ever pay for a single All Might collectable but considering it was in fake currency, completed his dare, and hopefully aroused his girlfriends at the same time, he was willing to go along with it. ‘Plus Ultra’, right?

“I-I guess I better do a good job then.” Izuku smiled tensely, trying to steady his breathing once more.

“You got this Squish Bean.” Tooru cheered, finding the correct music she wanted to put on for him. “Got the perfect song right here too.”

When she clicked the ‘play’ button, Kyoka almost tossed her whole wad of cash at the girl in annoyance.

“Fuckin’ really?” She glared at the invisible girl to no effect as the badly recorded version of ‘Hero Too’ from their autumn festival performance began playing.

“Yes!” Mina laughed. “It’s great because he’s our boyfriend, right now he’s our personal stripper, and he’s a… hero too!”

“That is not what that song is about.” Kyoka glared resignedly at the pinkette and her invisible partner in crime. “You know what, here um… Squishy.” She tossed over her still wrapped wad of cash at Izuku who deftly caught it after it impacted his chest. “I wasn’t uh… gonna enjoy this anyway so you may as well take it.”

Momo glanced at her girlfriend curiously as she didn’t need a lie detector quirk to know that’s just what her girlfriend was doing. Whether it was to give Izuku the instant boost toward his goal, curry his favour, or something else she didn’t quite know but she didn’t like this feeling that was growing in her chest.

“T-Thank you Kyoka.” Izuku bowed his head politely before placing the cash on Momo’s desk. “I’ll try to be quick.”

“If you want this cash, quick isn’t gonna work.” Mina waved a fan of Nezu notes teasingly.

Izuku sighed, knowing he was being objectified right now but it was all in good fun, hopefully. Still, with all the courage he’d gathered, his body started moving to the beat much like it had when he was performing on stage, the dance moves coming back to him naturally from all the practise they’d done.

“Ooo, going for the classic are we?” Mina giggled, tossing out the first thousand yen note of hers as Izuku got into things, the paper fluttering to the floor.

“We worked hard on those moves.” Ochako offered, feeling herself wanting to move to the beat as well.

“Gonna need to start showing some skin if he wants my hard earned yen though.” Tsuyu teased as Izuku performed the hero landing pose that rose into a raised fist.

It was easy to get the hint from that and Izuku decided to shuck his own hoodie off, leaving him in just a shirt and shorts.

“Better, but still not enough.” Tsuyu tossed out a pair of Aizawa notes along with the other girls.

Izuku didn’t take it to heart though as he knew the more skin he showed the more the notes would flow. At least, he hoped away, his anxiety telling him they’d not find his body appealing even after everything they’d done already.

When the song ended and the cheers from the crowd only growing louder before the recording cut off, Tooru quickly rewound the clip to the beginning. This time, instead of following the dance moves Mina had taught him, Izuku started running his hands up and down his body as best he recalled from other videos.

This whole thing was about showing off and while Izuku was no braggart, just like with Mina, he was proud to display how far he’d come since first meeting All Might, transforming his body into an imperfect vessel for the quirk but more than enough to make the pinkette drool. Reaching down, he teased his shirt up before pulling it off and tossing it toward the acidic girl in question where it landed on her head, catching on one of her horns.

“Yeah baby!” Mina licked her lips after pulling the shirt down and observing Izuku’s toned stomach and flexing muscles, even with his compression sleeve still hiding some skin.

“You go Izuku!” Tooru cheered, tossing out a few of her notes.

Admittedly, Izuku felt his confidence growing from the clear enjoyment the others were getting out of his awkward dance. Deciding it was time to go further, he unbuttoned his trousers and quickly slid them down and stepped out of them, kicking them to the side.

Mina and Tooru’s whoops were getting a tad loud while Tsuyu was casually tossing notes at him with a wide grin and Ochako doing the same with a heavy blush. Momo had balled up a few Aizawa notes and tossed them his way but wasn’t wholly satisfied with his performance so far.

She didn’t know if she was just being petty over her unusual feelings as well as the awkwardness of promising Izuku a souvenir of something she knew she shouldn’t be creating but she felt he really had to earn this little prize of his. If every other girl gave away their cash, he’d be able to get the keepsake no problem but she wanted to get something more out of this performance.

“You’ll have to work harder than that if you want this Izuku.” Momo held up an All Might note. “Show us something new.”

“Uh… new?” He asked, glancing down at his boxers while still swaying slightly.

“Surely you’re more confident around us now. Do something a bit more daring that excites us.” Momo challenged.

“Ooo, this should be good.” Mina ceased tossing any more notes to the boy. “Come on Izuku, give us your best.”

‘Best what?’ Izuku thought to himself as he was really just going with the flow at this point. Thinking quickly to himself, he remembered Ochako’s last, albeit failed, move she used on him where she slipped. Sure he was stripping, but weren’t lap dances part of what went on in shady clubs such as those?

“O-Okay Momo, you um… asked for it.” He replied, taking a breath before he started awkwardly dancing around the side of the bed. Momo blinked and pulled back a little in surprise as Izuku started dancing almost beside her, giving her a front row seat since she had only observed from the back until now.

Mina and Tooru were still cheering him on while Ochako and Tsuyu were turning to observe this latest development. Beside Momo, Kyoka held her breath uneasily as she wasn’t sure about what exactly the boy was about to do.

When Izuku was ready, he took a step onto Momo’s bed and stood with his feet either side of the heiress’ legs. With as much boldness as he could muster, he lowered his hips slightly and began thrusting in front of Momo’s face. With only his boxers covering his lower half at this point, the intention was clear, especially with Izuku’s erectness closing the distance even more.

“I… supposed this is acceptable.” Momo noted, reaching up and placing a note in the band of Izuku’s underwear as she’d seen in her research videos.

“Must be Momo’s birthday.” Mina giggled as she watched the special treatment the heiress was getting.

“I-I’m um… not forgetting you all.” Izuku said, before turning around and repeating the motion, giving Momo a good look at the boy’s behind. The view didn’t last long though and was replaced with a better one as Izuku threw caution to the wind and pulled his underpants down, exposing himself to them all.

Kyoka predictably covered her face with her hand but left just enough gap between her fingers she could see all she wanted while Mina and Tooru were unabashed in their gawking.

“Kinda wish I had both arms free.” Tsuyu admitted as she tossed a Nezu note Izuku’s way.

Under the hoodie however, she internally retracted that desire as Ochako reached down and rubbed at her crotch teasingly. There wasn’t enough space to slip fingers inside without spreading their legs and alerting the others but Tsuyu quickly found herself reciprocating the act, becoming more careless as to which notes she tossed out.

Once Izuku’s pants had been slid down his leg and kicked off the side of the bed, he continued his thrusting to the four girls in front of him while Momo was given a good look at his gluteus maximus and just how tight it was considering how clenched he currently was.

“I-Is that good um… Momo?” Izuku asked over his shoulder.

“She’s getting an eyeful, that’s for sure!” Tooru laughed.

“Seeing your physique from this angle is certainly enlightening.” Momo acknowledged, tossing out a Nezu note to the boy.

“O-Only one?” Izuku asked as he braced himself for his next act. “M-Maybe you’d prefer to um… s-see me like this. He bent forward and presented his rear to her, his balls framed by his legs as he presented a hole Momo had yet to explore. Despite what she’d said earlier, she really wanted to grab one of her toys and see what it felt like to hug Izuku tight while she fired off a round inside his rear, much like he probably had Uraraka.

“G-Getting better.” Momo admitted, pulling out a pair of Nezu notes this time and pushing them towards his hole. “Clench tightly or I’ll take them back.”

As mortifying as it was, Izuku clenched his cheeks together and accepted the pair of notes from the heiress before standing up straight again and turning around for the others to see.

Aside from the pleased hollering of the other girls, Momo was now once more face-to-face with Izuku’s erect cock as it bounced and twitched with his actions. She was admittedly taken aback at being so close to it while not being fully in control like last time and she felt the urge to reach out and re-examine it under her fingertips once again. She schooled herself though and sat back to just enjoy the remainder of the show Izuku put on.

When Tooru replayed the song again, Momo declared it as the ‘last time’ which meant Izuku needed to be sure he’d made enough to earn his prize. Glancing around at the notes still occupying the girl’s hands, the boy knew he still needed to draw more out of them.

“T-Taking requests.” He offered as bravely as he could.

“Jerk off a little for us.” Tsuyu requested first, eager to get some of the more lewd acts underway with everything this first round had brought them so far. “No cumming though.”

“Gotta save that for later, right?” Mina smirked.

Izuku figured his entire face was dyed red at this point so he didn’t hold back from reaching down and giving himself a few tugs and letting out a somewhat relieved sigh.

“Ooo, play with your balls a little.” Tooru requested as he continued. “It’s weird how they change and stuff.”

The greenette knew what she was talking about, the outer skin being either tight or loose at different times. Right now it was fairly loose and aiding the act by allowing his testicles to swing freely as his hips had gyrated. Reaching his other hand down, he cupped himself gentle and juggled his nuts in a way that eased some of the tension he was feeling.

The notes were flying by now and most had run through all their Aizawas and were well onto their All Mights.

“Do the heli-cock-ter!” Mina demanded next. Izuku couldn’t help giving her a befuddled look along with almost everyone else. “You know, when you spin it around like the top of a helicopter.” She explained. “I’ll give you four Nezu notes for it.”

Izuku didn’t care how stupid it looked, right now he just cared about those Nezu notes. It took a second for him to get the rhythm but he managed to start twirling his cock in circles. Just as he thought, it was incredibly stupid but it brought a round of laughter to most of the girls, Mina especially as others chipped in for the act.

“T-Tuck your cock between your legs so you l-look like a girl.” Kyoka called out, wishing she’d kept hold of her cash to blow it on this.

“How much will you pay him for it?” Tsuyu teased, waving her remaining notes around.

“I’ll spot you.” Ochako agreed, holding the remainder of her notes up. “This should be funny.”

“Only as long as he doesn’t squash anything.” Tooru chuckled.

This one was more awkward, with Izuku pushing his anatomy between his legs and closing them gently to ensure they remained obscured. It was fairly uncomfortable but he could manage for a few minutes to give the girls what they wanted.

“H-How do I look?” Izuku asked, turning to fully face the punkette as it was her request.

Kyoka had never felt more attracted to the boy.

With his legs clenched awkwardly in that pose and his hair in a braid, he looked more feminine than ever and, despite his toned chest, his nudity was making her ache to touch herself.

“It’s… alright.” Kyoka nodded with a blush.

“You look cute!” Ochako declared as Izuku turned to show her and everyone else, a variety of notes fluttering in the air at this point.

“Yaaas, make it rain!” Mina declared, simply tossing the remained of her wad up high for it to cover their dancing entertainment. This was by far the most successful and enjoyable dare of the evening and she wondered if it would be able to be topped before the end.

The song once more ran out on Tooru’s phone and time was declared on Izuku’s dare, the boy nervously moving to start gathering up the cash.

“Could anyone with notes still remaining pass them over to me.” Momo asked politely. “It’ll be easier to count those that are remaining than those scattered about everywhere. Ochako, Tsuyu and Tooru passed over their megre stack of notes and it was clear from the less than ten remaining in total that Izuku had managed to reach his goal, even with the fifteen Momo had retained herself.

Izuku still continued to collect all the notes that had been scattered as Mina and Tooru rose to help him. Once all the yen had been accounted for, Momo somewhat warily handed Izuku a crisp All Might note she’d retained.

“I shouldn’t have to mention this is for keepsake purposes only.” Momo reminded him as she passed it over.

“Yeah, I know.” Izuku smiled widely. “I know it’s silly, but you all had fun and it’s just a little something to remember this with too.”

“Plus, how often do you get to be covered in All Might branded cash?” Mina giggled. “I’m half tempted to take a Nezu or Aizawa note to show them just for their reactions.”

Momo’s sharp glare made her rethink that joke.

“Don’t worry Gorgeous, it’s just a bit of fun.” Tsuyu chuckled while Izuku sat back down in his spot, deciding to store the note safely between his phone and the protective casing he had for it.

“Besides, now we get to something rather interesting.” Mina glanced over at the star of her dare. “Izuku, do you have a question for Kyoka?”

“Hmmm? Oh uh, y-yeah.” Izuku remembered, turning to face the punkette. Said girl felt a bit awkward as Izuku, much like the others that had lost their clothes so far, had opted not to redress. While she’d reminded them all to try and avoid putting her in this situation, it was Momo’s decision to pick Mina that had locked in the turn order for the last part of the round. “Truth or dare?”

“From you? Truth.” Kyoka said easily.

Izuku looked almost relieved at that.

“Okay so um… there’s actually been something I’ve wanted to ask you for a few days and I guess now’s as good a time as any.” He admitted, recalling that moment the two had shared. “Kyoka um… I-I know you’re um… not into me so… why did you kiss me on Wednesday?”

“Woah, Kyoka kissed you?” Tooru asked, surprised the punkette had been so bold already.

“When exactly did this happen?” Momo asked in a curt tone.

“Ribbit, I’m guessing it was when she called you back after me and Ochako left, right Izuku?” Tsuyu theorized, getting a nod from the boy.

“S-Sorry to bring it up now but um… it’s been confusing me since, and I didn’t want to make any mistakes with your um… boundaries and stuff.” Izuku admitted, looking shyly over at the punk rocker who he could admit was very cute. He’d put that thought out of his mind since discovering her sexual preference however and now he was after the answer as to whether or not her kiss was just a friendly gesture or something else.

Kyoka could feel everyone’s eyes on her and hid behind her hand once again, leaving no gaps this time.

“Dude… not cool.” She got out as her face coloured itself bright red from being called out.

“S-Sorry,” Izuku apologised again. “I-I can um, pick something else-”

“Not a chance.” Mina cut him off, eager for details. “This is too juicy to let go.”

The sentiment was somewhat the same around everyone else with Tsuyu and Ochako looking equally curious and Tooru bouncing in her spot somewhat. The only one who didn’t look excited about this development was Momo who was regarding both Izuku and Kyoka with a mild frown.

“… Fuck it… most of you know some shit anyway.” Kyoka huffed before peeking out over the top of her digits. “I… I’ve been… dealing with some… confusing feelings recently.” She admitted. “It took me until UA to confirm that I was a lesbian… and then you fuckin’ came in and ruined it.”

“I-I’m sorry?” Izuku apologised, though he wasn’t quite sure what for.

“You should be.” Kyoka scoffed. “It’s your fault I’m questioning myself again. Even though I don’t… find your body like, attractive like these guys do, I’m still… sorta… interested in you. I-Izuku the person, n-not Izuku the boy.”

Ochako and Mina knew that wasn’t exactly one hundred percent true but figured the girl was coming out with enough for now and wouldn’t call her on it.

“O-Okay um…” Izuku paused as he processed that new information. “Okay… so… w-what do you want to do?”

“You don’t have to do anything if you don’t wish to.” Momo offered uneasily.

“C-Can we just drop it for now?” Kyoka asked, agreeing with her girlfriend. “I-I’m still um… figuring some stuff out, so like… can we just… keep being friends for now?”

“Uh… sure, I guess.” Izuku nodded slowly. Kyoka had answered his truth, but he felt more confused and left with more questions than when he’d posed it. Unseen by the others, Momo’s lips pressed together into a thin line as that same awkward feeling from before throbbed in her chest.

“A-Anyway, let’s just…” Kyoka quickly tried to move things along. “Ochako, truth or dare?”

“Oh, um… dare, I think.” Ochako blinked, feeling a touch of tonal whiplash from Kyoka’s quick turnaround.

“I uh… dare you to wear those cat ears and tail Izuku was talking about.” She challenged, hoping to get the boy’s focus off of her and onto one of his actual girlfriends.

“Huh? Uh, yeah, sure, if Mistress is happy to make them for me.” Ochako nodded, a mild blush on her face when she briefly glanced at Izuku who was now turned towards her.

The room was silent for a moment as each of the group realised Momo hadn’t responded.

“Uh, Momo? Gorgeous?” Mina called out, getting the girl’s attention with the wave of her hands.

“Hmmm, yes?” Momo blinked confusedly, being lost in her own head for the past minute or so.

“Kyoka dared Ochako to wear cat ears and a tail, think you could make them?” Tooru repeated.

“Um, yes, sure.” Momo nodded quickly, focusing on the items in her head. It took her longer than normal though not because the pair were particularly difficult to picture or create, it was more her mind was still distracted by the previous round. Thankfully, she managed to produce a suitable set of headband cat ears in brown with a matching tail coloured to the shade of Ochako’s hair without too much delay.

“O-Oh… right.” Ochako gulped a little, spotting the way she was meant to wear one of the items. Unlike the Pussycats, whose tails attached to their belts, Momo had taken the liberty of making her tail one that was attached to a butt plug to remain attached to her person.

“You forgot that bit didn’t you, ribbit.” Tsuyu chuckled.

“J-Just a bit.” Ochako nodded. It was no real issue since she’d taken things up there before, but with all six of her other partners present, it was a tad daunting still.

Nevertheless, she reached out and accepted the items from Momo before placing them on the bedspread before her.

“Looks like our time is up, Darling.” She chuckled before giving one last kiss to her froggy girlfriend while the pair shared her hoodie.

“You’ve been an excellent warming buddy.” Tsuyu giggled cutely before helping Ochako slip down and out of the oversized piece of clothing, the naked girl sitting before everyone once again with Tsuyu now retaining full ownership of her hoodie.

“Ooo, naked Ochako and Izuku, wonder what things they’ll get up to.” Tooru giggled.

Ochako just rolled her eyes before reaching for her new dress items, slipping the ears on easily.

“How do I look?” She turned to face her boyfriend, holding one hand up in a pawing pose much like the Pussycats did.

Izuku didn’t need to speak as his twitching dick said all that needed to be spoken, causing Mina, Tooru and Tsuyu to break into small giggles.

“That’s a ‘yes, I like’.” Mina relayed on the greenette’s behalf, getting a concurring nod from the boy.

“Y-You look very cute.” Izuku admitted with a blush, his dick twitching again.

“Awww.” Ochako smiled, glad she could arouse such a reaction in her boyfriend even after what they’d done so far. “Now for the um… harder bit.” She admitted, taking hold of the butt plug with the fluffy tail attached to it.

“Do you mind Mistress?” She offered it out to the heiress.

“Oh, yes, my apologies.” Momo realised, running her finger over the toy and coating it in a small amount of lubricant that Ochako spread around the silicone tip.

With the toy now prepared, Ochako shyly slipped back and off the bed, facing the group while holding the toy behind her back.

“Awww man, we don’t get to watch?” Tooru pouted.

“Kyoka didn’t say anything about that.” Ochako challenged as she pressed the toy up against her hole.

“It’s whatever.” Kyoka waved away, trying to keep attention off herself still.

Before anyone could protest, Ochako let out a small gasp, tiptoeing on the spot from the sudden intrusion before taking a few deep breaths as she adjusted to the size.

“H-How’s that?” Ochako asked, performing the pose again. “N-Nya?”

Izuku’s low moan brought a round of giggles to everyone’s mouths, including small ones to both Kyoka and Momo now that the next round had truly begun. Tsuyu, unbeknownst to anyone else, was making full use of her roomy hoodie once more and was slowly fingering herself at her partner’s new appearance.

“Well, that’s another fantasy Izuku can cross off the list.” Tooru noted, watching Ochako slowly retake her spot and sitting on her knees instead of her rear to accommodate her new tail while Izuku tried not to stare too hard at his girlfriend.

“Nah, gotta get all up in that while she’s wearing it first.” Mina grinned. “Anyway, ‘Chako’s turn.”

“I’m tempted to pick you just to make you wear a set.” Ochako shot the pinkette a warning glance though it had no effect considering where this night had already gone to. “Though, instead, I’m gonna pick you Mistress.” Ochako declared.

“I think I shall take a dare my dear Pet.” Momo offered before Ochako could give her the question.

“Eager are we, ribbit?” Tsuyu smirked.

“So… you mentioned it a while back but could you show us what your original outfit looked like?”

“Original outfit?” Izuku asked as Momo had barely adjusted hers since the year had begun.

“Momo said her first hero outfit wasn’t accepted on the basis it showed too much skin.” Mina explained. “This should be interesting to see where your pre-lewd awakening mind was.”

“Ah, yes, that.” Momo sighed. “I had hoped to save it for something a little more special but I guess I can reveal it now.”

Kyoka glanced over at her girlfriend who sent her a small smile before she rose off the bed. There was no doubt the heiress had wanted to show it off to her at some point, maybe as a birthday treat? Wait, Christmas was coming up, so maybe then? Either way, it seemed the event was happening early as Momo quickly stripped off her lower half at the edge of the bed.

“This isn’t an exact replica of course, just the clothing pieces.” She relayed as she produced a cloth version of her top and bottoms they she’d’ve worn before slipping them on. “This would be accompanied by some elbow and knee pads along with some combat ready boots.”

When she turned around to show herself off, the group could understand why her original design was rejected. Her top could only barely be called a tube top while her shorts greatly resembled those that professional bikers wore only with about half the material, only covering up what really needed it.

“I’d also have my combat belt and encyclopaedia of compounds around my waist but this was essentially it.”

“You’d definitely make an impression if you turned up in just that.” Tooru giggled.

“This was before I realised just how arousing seeing so much bare skin could be!” Momo blushed at her former naïvety.

“And now?” Tsuyu asked.

“There’s no way I could go out in this.” Momo admitted. “Most of this is for um… your eyes only.”

“Awww, that’s actually kinda sweet.” Ochako smiled, glad she’d both sated her curiosity and got something cute out of it too.

“Y-Yeah, probably for the best.” Kyoka agreed, eying up what Momo was offering delightfully which the heiress enjoyed. “It’d be hard to work with you dressed like that.”

“Figuring you’d sneak her off into a back alley somewhere and do a ‘team-up’ mission?” Mina smirked.

“Like you wouldn’t.” Tsuyu chuckled, knowing full well they both would too.

“Well now, yeah. If Momo turned up in that during our first practical I might’ve realised some things about myself earlier.” Mina laughed.

“Still,” Momo pulled the attention back to herself. “It only ended up as a pure concept due to the legalities so I changed it to my current design.”

“Which could um… do with a little tweaking.” Izuku admitted, hoping he wasn’t overstepping his bounds.

“Is there improvements I could make?” Momo asked curiously.

“Well… yeah. You’ve um… read my notes on them from before, right?” Izuku responded.

“Ah, those.” Momo nodded. “Yes, they should have my new costume design ready soon I’ve heard.”

Izuku appeared to breathe a sigh of relief.

“Good. That um… shelf on your back was really worrying me.”

“A most concerning oversight I have since corrected thanks to you.” Momo smiled. “Now, I believe it is my turn.” She stated, climbing back onto the bed and pulling Kyoka’s head in to lean on her shoulder. “And I believe I shall pick Tsu for the next truth or dare.”

“I’ll go with truth.” Tsuyu relayed, not wanting to emerge from her froggy warmth just yet. Besides, there was still a question she was sure she was about to be asked.

“You mentioned earlier some sort of weird fantasy of yours,” Momo enquired, right on cue. “May I ask what it is?”

“Certainly, though I’ll have to bring up my old girlfriend to do it, ribbit.” Tsuyu nodded.

“The one in the cute picture in your room?” Tooru asked, having spied it when visiting the greenette.

“Yup, Habuko Mongoose.” Tsuyu nodded. “Most, if not all of you, have seen the picture I have of us, the girl with flaming red hair and the snake head mutation?” A round of nods. “Well, during the short time we were dating, we’d kissed and it was definitely an experience with our two different tongue types.” Tsuyu recalled fondly. “Her quirk is Paralysis, and with her lack of eyelids and control, sometimes she accidently used it on people, especially me. One night, I was just having a rather pleasant dream of doing stuff with her when she paralysed me, only this time it was intentional and way longer than the three seconds she could usually use it for. She told me I looked delicious and good enough to eat. Starting with my feet, she lay me down before opening her mouth and swallowing them.”

“W-What, like… whole?!” Tooru gaped.

“Like an actual snake, yeah.” Tsuyu nodded. “She started with my feet, worked her way up my legs and then to my crotch where her tongue decided to slip inside and do some exploring.”

“If it was anything like your own, I’m sure you enjoyed.”

“Not there yet.” Tsuyu chuckled. “When she was finished with that, she continued eating me. At that point it went from morbid curiosity into a little bit of a nightmare as I realised she was actually going to eat me. When she had my head in her mouth she somehow told me she was so glad we’d be together forever as a part of her before she swallowed me down. At that point I woke up, breathing heavily and having gotten off in my sleep.”

“No way.” Kyoka gaped.

“Yeah… that was weird even for me.” Tsuyu admitted. “Didn’t stop me feeling horny either and I kind of… relived the dream while getting myself off. Weirdest orgasm I’ve ever had for sure.”

“So… is that like a fantasy of yours?” Ochako asked curiously, not sure they’d be able to even think about replicating something like that for the girl if it was.

“Not one I actively entertain.” Tsuyu shrugged. “Just that sort of odd curiosity thing.”

“I knew you were a vore girl.” Mina smirked, reminded of the girls declarations of eating her.

“Not really.” Tsuyu stated. “Think it’s more one of those stress responses to my instincts. You know fight or flight, but there’s also freeze and fuck.”

“Well now I know you’re lying.” Kyoka rolled her eyes.

“Actually Vixen, it’s a noted phenomenon, strange as it may sound,” Momo explained. “It’s just most fall into the first three categories.”

“Hell of a first response to a villain attack though.” Mina giggled.

“Villains!” Ochako pretended to tremble in fear. “Quick, to the nearest bed!”

A pleasant laughter encompassed the group.

“Anyway, yeah, that’s my weirdest fantasy.” Tsuyu recounted. “So, for my turn, I think I’m going to turn up the heat a little. Tooru, truth or dare?”

“Well I can’t exactly say ‘truth’ after you say something like that, can I?” The invisible girl giggled, eager to see what Tsuyu would come up with.

“Dare it is then.” Tsuyu smirked. “We’ve all heard how you like being watched, we all saw it last sleepover with you and Mina.”

“Yeah…” Tooru nodded slowly, still eager to hear where Tsuyu was going with this.

“Ribbit, I dare you to let us watch your first time with Izuku, right here and now.”

The group fell silent.

“Wow…” Mina gaped, surprised but not objecting to watching such a thing.

“Fucking really?!” Kyoka came to her senses next.

“They can reject it if they want, I just want things to get moving a bit more.” Tsuyu stated.

“No, you just want to get off.” Kyoka accused. “I’ve been able to hear you finger banging yourself since Ochako got out of your hoodie.

Tsuyu admittedly blinked at that, figuring she’d been slow and steady enough to not make much noise and wasn’t actively teasing Kyoka with glimpses anymore.

“Oh lay off Kyoka.” Mina chuckled. “I mean, let’s face it, things are probably gonna head there anyway, Tsuyu’s just gonna get us there quickest.”

“I mean… Mina and Tooru did kinda do it in front of us all before and you didn’t have any complaints then.” Ochako pointed out.

“Y-Yeah but…” Kyoka blushed.

“Maybe we should hear from the two this dare involves, yes?” Momo offered.

Tooru’s clothes were still and somewhat impossible to read due to that and Izuku had pretty much the same reaction, only his blush was colouring his whole body at this point; it was amazing there was still enough blood left to fill his eagerly twitching cock.

When both were nudged by their closest partners in Ochako and Mina, they both stammered back to life in a flurry of incoherent mumbles.

“Izuku, shush.” Ochako placed her hand over the boy’s mouth. “Tooru’s the dared, she can go first.”

“Go ahead Starlight.” Mina nudged the girl who’d taken a breath to organise her thoughts.

“W-Well we um… me and Izuku- uh, Squishy.” Tooru blushed invisibly. “We haven’t done that before.”

“That’s what ‘first time’ means.” Tsuyu chuckled.

“Y-Yeah and um… I mean… i-if you guys er… don’t mind then… I-I don’t either.”

“Don’t mind is a little weak there Tooru.” Mina nudged the girl again. “Don’t you think Izuku deserves a little more than you ‘don’t mind’ having sex with him?”

“Y-Yeah, okay, I um… I really would like to do it with you Izuku, s-so long as you don’t mind everyone else watching.”

“I-I um…” Izuku took his own breath to steady himself now it was his turn to speak. “I-It’s something I would v-very much like too… um… I just… figured we’d be a bit more alone when we um…”

“Screw that, we’ve all fucked here.” Mina laughed while wrapping her arms around Tooru’s shoulders. “Put a fresh load inside our girlfriend.”

None of them missed Izuku’s cock twitching at that.

“Well, since I’ve been outed anyway.” Tsuyu shrugged before lifting her hoodie up and over her head, revealing her naked body to everyone before unashamedly resuming rubbing her pussy. “I would very much like to watch this if you don’t mind.”

Tsuyu being so upfront with her desire to watch him have sex with someone that wasn’t Ochako was admittedly reassuring to the boy.

“W-Well um… I don’t have a condom so if you’ll give me just five-”

A small square of plastic impacted Izuku’s chest and dropped into his crotch.

“Hopefully that should suit you just fine.” Momo offered, glad for the experience they’d shared together so she could provide this when needed.

Picking up the condom he’d suddenly been provided in surprise, he looked back over at Tooru with a somewhat excited smile on his face.

“I guess that’s everything.” He chuckled weakly. “I um… I know it’s not after a um… date or really romantic or anything but if you’d like to then-”

“Not romantic?” Tooru replied with a fond chuckle, rising to her knees and crawling forward on the bedding towards Izuku. “I’m about to share my first time with you with the other five people I love most in this world. Not how I pictured it sure but I definitely want this… and you.”

She reached up to cup Izuku’s face and pull him into a tender kiss.

“I-I want you too.” He replied a little dumbly. “T-That is um… a-after everything, I think we’ve got a really good connection and um… w-with how you all accept me, e-even Kyoka, then I shouldn’t be so um… nervous about showing you or anyone else how much I value our connection.”

“You’re about to connect hard and fast I’ll bet.” Mina smirked, getting a slap on the shoulder courtesy of Tsuyu’s tongue for nearly interrupting the moment. Thankfully Izuku ignored her and pulled Tooru back in for a second kiss, his tongue briefly disappearing as it dipped inside Tooru’s mouth.

“W-Well… I guess I should… complete my dare.” Tooru giggled nervously.

“I-I’m uh… r-ready when you are.” Izuku replied, glancing down at the condom in his hands and quickly pulling apart the wrapper.

“Everything okay dear?” Momo whispered to Kyoka who’d been silent for the past few minutes.

“Still weird.” Kyoka mumbled back.

“You’re not looking away though.” Momo followed up, a barely perceptible frown on her face.

“W-Well it’s… t-there’s no point, I’ll see it all anyway eventually.” Kyoka shrugged. “Might as well get used to it now.”

Once Izuku had the clear condom on that fit much more nicely around his package than Momo’s first attempts, Tooru leant back and pulled off her top, revealing her lack of bra underneath. Izuku ran his hands over her legs, sliding up them until he reached her shorts and underwear underneath. With a tug he pulled them down and over her legs until the clothes were free.

All that was left of Tooru was the indentation she was currently leaving on Momo’s bedding. Despite the lack of visual, knowing that one of their girlfriends was currenly lying there ready to have sex was something everyone found arousing.

“Give it to her stud.” Mina winked at Izuku.

“Make her cry out.” Ochako giggled, sitting close to Tsuyu once again so she could feel her girlfriend’s skin on her own.

Izuku looked down at the nervously giggling girl. He considered leaning over her and doing things in the missionary position but that would make him more of the focus than the girl. Since she got off on the attention, he decided to take a slightly different approach.

Backing off the bedsheets, Izuku stood up once more before reaching for Tooru’s feet indentations and pulling the girl towards him, hearing her small yelp as he did so.

With only enough room to stand in the gap between Momo’s bed and the wall, Izuku gently rested Tooru’s feet against them whilst firmly holding her hips in place.

“T-There.” He stated before breathing deeply. “A-Are you ready, um… Starlight?”

“Y-Yes.” Tooru bit her lip, eager to experience Izuku inside that part of her for the first time.

Instead of pressing himself down to find her opening, Izuku instead lifted Tooru’s hips up to the tip of his cock, running it back and forth briefly to add some additional lube courtesy of her very ready to accept him pussy. The others collectively held their breath before Izuku pulled back one final time and pushed forward, the tip of his cock disappearing from view.

“O-Oooh.” Tooru moaned softly, knowing things had only just began.

“I-I’ll go slow.” Izuku breathed slowly, trying to resist the urge to press the rest of himself inside.

“That’s okay.” Tooru giggled. “The others have kinda… prepared me for this already. Do whatever feels best.”

Izuku moaned lightly but continued his path anyway, slowly slipping more and more of his cock inside the invisible girl until he was nothing but a hilt to the other girls, the two in the act moaning deeply once he’d bottomed out inside her.

“Satisfied?” Tsuyu asked casually.

“Oooh, that’s good.” Tooru bit her lip as she tried to memorize the feeling of Izuku’s pulsing cock inside her.

“Everyone’s watching you Starlight.” Mina chimed in, unable to resist her own urge and slipping a hand into her shorts. Tooru moaned at her words and knew she wouldn’t be able to last long if she focused on that.

Slowly, Izuku began to pull back and thrust into Tooru again, trying not to focus on the extremely pleasurable sensations engulfing his cock or the fact that Tooru’s quirk was hiding it repeatedly from view of the others. It wasn’t quite quirk play but it was close enough for him to enjoy it.

He knew it was a lot and he was getting close quite quickly. Since they’d just started, he didn’t want to embarrass himself and give Tooru a bad time by finishing too quickly, so he paused briefly to both buy himself time and to pose an idea to the girl that was currently wrapped around him.

“H-Hey um… Tooru? Why don’t you show everyone what we’ve been um… working on?” He suggested.

“Please do, ribbi~it.” Tsuyu groaned, having riled herself up a fair bit by now.

“B-But it’s not… ready.” Tooru admitted shyly, still frustrated she hadn’t managed to get her skills up to snuff yet, even if she’d made phenomenal progress in the weeks since Izuku first began assisting her.

“You’ll look radiant whether you do it or not.” Mina smiled down at her girlfriend, her face upside down from their current perspectives. “Seeing your ‘O’ face as you get close though… mmm, that’d be so hot.”

“I-I might um… d-drop it.” Tooru worried.

“That’s okay.” Kyoka muttered. “You’re um… very cute, so it’s a treat just to glimpse your beauty.”

“Well aren’t you the flatterer.” Mina grinned at the girl.

“S-Shut up.” Kyoka blushed but remained focused on the invisible space. The girl occupying that invisible space felt her heart swell at Kyoka’s words and wanted very much to reach out and drag the girl in for a deep kiss if she could. For now though, she’d settle for just granting their wish.

With a few deep breaths, Tooru sucked in a deep gulp of air to fill her blood with oxygen before letting it out until her lungs were empty and pulling back on her quirk. It was a lot harder to do with Izuku sending very pleasant ripples through her body with each thrust of his hips but she managed it.

Tooru’s body came into view almost suddenly, startling everyone as they watched the girl scrunch up her face in both pleasure and strain as she tried to maintain her hold on her quirk. Izuku’s cock rubbing delightfully along her insides was much more distracting than watching TV and she knew she wouldn’t be able to hold her visibility long.

“Look at her face.” Ochako smiled down at the girl. “You look like you’re having fun Starlight.”

“She looks like she really wants to moan right now.” Mina giggled before reaching out with a free hand and softly caressing Tooru’s cheek.

Izuku didn’t know if it was because of all the eroticism of the night so far but he was getting close fast and his thrusts were getting slower and deeper, pulling Tooru’s hips towards him as each thrust felt like it could be his last.

“Go ahead Izuku, fill her up. I believe she would very much like that.” Momo smiled at the pair.

Tooru felt the strain of her quirk but wanted to be visible when things finished for Izuku at least and gave him a shaky nod of agreement. The boy stopped holding himself back and thrust into Tooru one last time before releasing himself. The condom stopped most of the sensation but Tooru could swear she felt Izuku’s release. It was probably just phantom sensations of her expectations as when Izuku slowly pulled himself out, the condom was fully intact though it showed off a good amount of milky liquid gathered at the tip.

Unable to hold her quirk in place any longer, Tooru gasped for air before reaching down and rubbing her clit vigorously to finish herself off. Her cute, needy groans and moans sent a ripple of pleasure through everyone as they heard her pussy clench noisily against itself, trying to close around the recently departed member that was just filling her.

“Bet that felt good, ribbit.” Tsuyu moaned lightly, wanting to find her own release but not just with her own hand; tonight was special with them all together after all.

“Ahhh, ye~ah.” Tooru sighed, satisfied and letting her arms flop against the sheets again.

“Mmm, better save some of that for later.” Mina purred, leaning over her girlfriend and stealing an upside down kiss. “We’re only halfway through the game after all.”

“It’s what I’m counting on, ribbit.” Tsuyu smirked, making her intentions clear now.

“I um… m-might sit that out.” Izuku stated shyly, having pulled the condom off and was in the process of tying it in a knot, his cock having deflated slightly.

“You’ll have time to recharge.” Tsuyu grinned widely at the boy. “I’m sure I can get you back up by then.”

Izuku had yet to go more than a single round with any of his partners but with the way Tsuyu was looking at him he had no doubt he was going to find out if he was capable of such tonight.

“Would you like a moment to recover too Starlight?” Momo offered.

“I-I’ll be fine in a sec.” Tooru waved lazily, though it couldn’t be seen. “It’s my turn to choose anyway. Um… w-who’s left?”

“This round? Just me and Squishy again.” Mina giggled.

“Then Squishy.” Tooru stated, taking another recovering breath. Considering the way Izuku’s truth to Kyoka ended up last round, she didn’t want any more friction to come between any of them and distract from the very pleasant experience she just enjoyed.

“Gonna dare him to go another round?” Ochako giggled teasingly as Izuku retook his spot next to her.

“W-Well um… there’s only so much I can er… do right now.” Izuku reasoned.

“So what, truth then?” Kyoka asked to clarify for everyone.

“W-Well um… I-I was actually thinking dare.” Izuku replied with a blush. “I-I don’t have to be h-hard to um… d-do everything.”

“Now we’re getting somewhere.” Mina smirked, eager for whatever Izuku would dare her to do next since there’s no way she wasn’t going to at this point.

“Dare?” Tooru blinked as she processed his answer. She hadn’t actually come up with a truth or a dare for the boy and her post-orgasm mind wasn’t presenting her with any good options.

“I have a suggestion if you’d like it.” Momo offered, sitting up a little straighter and looking a tad eager.

“A special request from Gorgeous? Well we can’t not hear this.” Mina grinned.

“Go ahead Yaomomo.” Tooru shrugged, taking one last breath before propping herself up on her elbows.

The heiress looked over at Izuku as she prepared to make her case.

“As you’ve probably gathered by now Izuku, things between us all were somewhere around this level prior to your joining of our group. Part of what I believe lead to this coming about was the testing and pushing of boundaries between our established ideas of ourselves. To that end, you have yourself mentioned still not knowing if you’d appreciate certain acts. I propose we find out now by… using a dildo or similar toy on your behind.”

“Ha!” Mina giggled.

“Lot of words to say you dare him to take something up the butt, ribbit.” Tsuyu joined in.

Izuku flushed and grimaced a little at the prospect.

“I-I mean… I can give it a go b-but um… I-I’ve never uh…”

“You did it to me.” Ochako reassured him by stoking his arm. “It’s not too different from what you normally expect.”

“Except he probably feels weird to be on the receiving end instead of giving, right?” Kyoka offered, getting a shy nod from Izuku.

“Well, one of us can certainly help with that.” Mina grinned eagerly.

“I believe I know of something that may be good for a first time such as yours Izuku.” Momo offered, ensuring the boy was watching before she created a toy she remembered from her earlier research into anal.

“Ooo, I call next.” Mina giggled as she spotted the string of plastic beads on a rod, each subsequent one closer to the ring to control the depth being a touch larger than the one before it.

Izuku felt his butt clench along with his nerves but resolved to try and complete the dare anyway.

“Uh… so, how should I, um…” He stammered.

“Whatever position you find comfortable.” Momo said as she generated a small amount of lube in her finger tips and wiped it around the entry points of the beads.

“O-Okay…” Izuku nodded slowly, not really sure what the most comfortable pose to be in was for this. Considering the biology of it, he decided to turn around and get on all fours, presenting his rear to Momo while facing Ochako, Tsuyu, Mina and Tooru who’d since reclaimed her regular spot on her pillow. If having sex with one of the girls he’d grown close to over the past weeks was nerve wracking, doing anal for the first time ever definitely skipped past that and left his face in a worried state.

“Don’t worry Izuku, Mistress will stop if you feel uncomfortable.” Ochako reassured him, leaning down to kiss his cheek. “Maybe if you like it, you can get a tail like mine.” She wiggled her hips.

“Y-Yeah, r-right.” Izuku nodded with a small smile before taking a breath to brace himself.

“Just relax Izuku.” Momo cooed before she approached his rear with the toy, some extra lube on the tip. “If you clench it’ll make it more unpleasant.”

“Right, right.” Izuku tried to fight the urge to clench as Momo touched one of his rear cheeks with a hand.

The group admittedly looked on eagerly as the heiress pressed the first bead against the boy, slipping it into his rear relatively quickly before the second and third followed, each resulting in a grunt from the greenette.

“How does that feel?” Momo enquired, noting that she was only halfway down the toy.

“It’s… odd.” Izuku stated truthfully.

“Odd good?” Tooru asked.

“Just… odd.” Izuku could only answer.

“Maybe you need a touch more encouragement.” Momo reached down with her other hand and cupped Izuku’s somewhat flaccid crotch as she pressed the next bead inside.

His cock twitched and he emitted another small grunt but the girls that could see his face could tell this wasn’t bringing him much in the way of joy.

“I think that’s enough for now.” Mina suggested, not wanting Izuku to have to go through something he didn’t like out of politeness or anything. If he didn’t like the act, he didn’t like it.

“He hasn’t said his safe word.” Kyoka chuckled from her position, unaware of the boy’s modicum of distress at the uncomfortable feeling he knew he wasn’t enjoying.

“Maybe he just needs some time to get used to it?” Momo posed.

“Uh no, nope uh… s-safe word, safe word or w-whatever.” Izuku shook his head, giving in to his feelings instead of trying to push past them. “P-Please take it out.”

A touch surprised at his sudden rejection of the act, Momo blinked before slowly pulling the beads out one by one. Each time one emerged from Izuku’s rear, the boy grimaced once again until they were out and he all but collapsed from relief.

“Wow, that’s a firm no.” Tsuyu stated, leaning forward to brush Izuku’s hair lovingly while Ochako rubbed one of his shoulder.

“S-Sorry.” He apologised, feeling like he’d failed. “It… uh… j-just…”

“You don’t have to explain.” Mina reassured him. “If you didn’t like it, that’s all that matters.”

“You did well for giving it a go though! Well done.” Tooru cheered, hoping it would bring his spirits up.

Izuku gave them a weak smile but it didn’t settle the feeling of disappointment he felt. He turned around to face Momo while trying to keep his rear above the bedspread.

“I-I’m just gonna go clean up if that’s okay?” He asked, getting a quick nod from the heiress. “I-I’ll um, go clean that too if you like.”

Momo mindlessly passed it over to him by the ring grip before the greenette cautiously stepped off the bed and made for Momo’s loo.

“Dude can dish it out but can’t take it.” Kyoka noted quietly. Instantly she felt four sets of eyes send a glare her way.

“Hey, don’t do that. At least he tried.” Ochako defended him.

“Ribbit, nothing wrong with not liking it.”

“We could always dare you to do something you’re not sure about. Namely him.” Mina challenged, using an extreme to prove her point.

“Yeah, I got it. Sorry.” Kyoka sighed. “That was uncool.”

“I believe… part of the fault lies with me though.” Momo joined Kyoka in sighing. “M-Maybe I was not the best person to introduce him to-”

“You’re not responsible for his preferences Mistress.” Ochako shook her head. “It’s not your fault he doesn’t like it, just like it’s not anyone’s fault I don’t like green peppers.”

“Huh… learn something new.” Tooru chuckled.

When the sound of flushing reached their ears, the girls turned to regard the lone boy who stepped out of the bathroom still naked but not carrying Momo’s newest toy.

“I um… left it in the sink if you don’t mind. I cleaned it first, so it’s not-”

“Thank you Izuku.” Momo smiled as warmly as she could, still feeling a tad guilty about things herself despite her girlfriends’ assurances.

“Gotta move on to my turn after all.” Mina grinned, hoping to reignite the passion that had unfortunately drained a little after that somewhat failed dare.

“Right, so, um, truth or dare?” Izuku asked, tentatively sitting back in his spot as he still felt a touch of residual sensations.

“Dare.” Mina stated confidently. “Let’s get lewd Squishy.”

“Oh, w-well it’s not exactly that naughty but I um… think you’ll like it.” Izuku noted. “I dare you to m-melt out of your clothes.

“You know, I’ve done it accidently in the past and it was embarrassing, but now it’s just sexy.” Mina grinned before backing off the bed. “Should probably go grab some old clothes I don’t mind getting rid of anyway; no way am I burning through my best top and shorts.”

“But those could be donated.” Momo suggested quickly, stopping Mina in her tracks. “If you’re only going to destroy them anyway, I shall provide you with some alternatives.”

“Either way’s good with me.” Mina shrugged.

“Should probably put something down on the floor to stop her dripping too, ribbit,” Tsuyu noted.

“Dance while you do it too!” Tooru cheered on her girlfriend as Momo stood up to begin producing the items.

“Stripping round two.” Kyoka chuckled, noting that she and Momo would be the last two dressed after this.

“Oh I’ll give you a show.” Mina giggled, retreating into Momo’s bathroom after the heiress passed her the temporary clothes.

While Mina quickly got changed, Momo placed a large metal bucket with a somewhat oblong shape down so that Mina would have plenty of space to work while the drips were still caught safely.

Stepping out of the bathroom, Mina was dressed in practically the same clothes she was wearing now only these looked much crisper and less worn.

“Still amazes me how much potential your quirk has.” Mina chuckled, before pressing a kiss to Momo’s cheek. “These feel like I just bought them.”

“I’m glad they’re to your liking, however temporary that may be.” Momo chuckled. “For now however, you can also dispose of these at the same time.”

Mina looked over and spotted the stacks of fake cash she’d convinced the girl to make.

“Can do!” She declared happily, grabbing the notes and tossing them in the small tub before stepping inside herself. “Starlight, my stripping music if you please.”

“No problem.” Tooru giggled, finding something on her phone that would likely play at such a club.

A dull, tinny beat began thumping out from Tooru’s phone and Mina started bopping her head to the music.

“That’s it!” Mina grinned as she started rotating her hips and dancing sensually.

The group watched eagerly as Mina pointed her middle and index fingers towards them, showing off swelling globules of acid growing atop them. Touching one of them to her belly where a hole opened up immediately in her midriff, showing off her belly button.

“I can go stronger but this should do.” Mina winked, swiping the other globule along her pant thigh, opening up a slit in its design. While she would love to go full acid man and completely melt her outfit, she’d need a shower to get all the stinging liquid off of herself afterwards before she could touch any of her partners again, so right now it was about controlling her acid production precisely.

Turning in place, Mina began dancing while simultaneously running her fingers along strips of her clothes that wouldn’t quite allow them to fall away just yet. When she was ready and felt everyone was suitably teased, she raised her fingers up to her shoulder and melted from her collar to the end of her sleeve. Her shirt fell halfway but didn’t expose anything significant. She repeated the same action on her other side but before her shirt could fall away, she turned around as it fell, obscuring the view from her partners.

All was not lost though as she was still wearing a bra and shorts. That was quickly rectified however as Mina reached behind her, as though to unclasp herself, only to pour a trickle of acid from her fingertips which trailed down her back, quickly melting her bra clasp before sliding down further and melting a clear line in her shorts and panties from behind.

While the remains of her bra fell away into the basin below her, Mina bent forward and put a hand between her legs, feeling for the center of her rear where the fabric had burned. Slowly, she pressed down and ran her finger from back to front, melting the last of the fabric guarding her slit and rear away, the fabric falling uselessly down and leaving her bare.

Turning back around to her partners, she bent forward, now showing off her figure without a stitch on her and blowing them a kiss.

“How’s that my darlings?” She purred lightly, holding her pose.

“Hot.” Tsuyu stated bluntly.

“Very erotic.” Momo felt herself more than aroused by Mina’s teasing little show.

“Shame you can’t do that just, all over.” Ochako noted.

“Yeah, it’s a bitch to get off without a shower, though could someone get me an old, very wet towel so I can wipe off the bits I missed.” Mina gestured to her elbow where she knew a drop still rested. “A little of this stuff can go a long way and I’d rather not burn through Momo’s sheets.”

Momo rose to her feet, unwilling to produce a new towel after the amount of stuff she’d created so far this sleepover. Strolling over to her cupboard, she glanced down at Mina’s feet where there was a surprising lack of notes or fabric resting in the metal basin; only sludge about a centimetre deep.

“Yeah, I’ll dilute it but this stuff will just eat through shit.” Mina grinned, spotting Momo’s curious gaze. “Made quick work of those balls during the provisional exam.”

“Of course.” Momo nodded before fulfilling the acid girl’s request for a thoroughly moistened towel. Once retrieved, the pinkette washed herself off before reaching out for Momo’s desk chair, pulling it over and sitting down to clean her feet.

“Rather than watch my sexy butt do all this not sexy stuff,” Mina teased as she knew she had everyone’s attention. “Truth or dare my dear Vixen?”

Everyone’s heads swivelled from one side of the room to the other.

“Urgh, I know I’m gonna fuckin’ regret this but… dare.”

“Awesome, I’ve got just the thing.” Mina grinned. “We are all very aware how awesome your quirk is, but I wonder if it can be used for a slightly different purpose. Gorgeous, can you create Kyoka an earphone jack compatible dildo? I then dare her to keep it inside herself for the rest of the game.”

“Yup, regretted it instantly.” Kyoka shook her head. At least she was grateful she didn’t have to answer any truths regarding her still fluctuating feelings regarding a particular greenette. “Fuck it, fine, whatever. Least I’ll actually get off.”

“Like you didn’t last time.” Ochako teased lightly, remembering her and Momo’s clear demonstration on each other from before.

“Okay, but this is the last thing for today.” Momo sighed, relenting to create this newest item but only because it would likely bring joy to Kyoka. “I fear I have been pushing my luck so far regarding using my quirk for our own entertainment.”

“Your sacrifice has been well worth it.” Tsuyu noted.

“Very worth it.” Tooru groaned pleasantly, grateful Momo had provided Izuku’s protection.

Momo rolled her eyes but the fond shake of her head and smile betrayed her true emotions. Walking back over to her bed, she pushed the created device out of her palm and allowed it to drop into her hand before holding it out to Kyoka. While it lacked the balls of her newest strap-on toy, she’d based the design off the same shape so it felt more natural to just slip inside. This fact may have escaped her conscious mind in the moment but it did not escape Tsuyu’s, who’d been on the receiving end of said device before, and knew full well whom it was based off of.

When Kyoka accepted said device, she looked over it weirdly, a little annoyed at the detail; a plain one would’ve done just fine. At the base there was a slot for one or both of her jacks to insert into the device and pump her heartbeat into. She tentatively reached out with one lobe to test the thing out first before it went anywhere near her crotch.

The rhythmic buzzing from the device made everyone giggle.

“Pretty sure it’s better as a continuous buzz.” Mina suggested as she took her spot back on her bed, the ruined towel discarded over in Momo’s bin while the tub of remaining acid had been diluted with some near-water-like substance from her fingers she’d streamed into it. Tipping it out onto the ground outside in the morning would be fine if it hadn’t dried out by then.

“Just gimme a second, jeez.” Kyoka scoffed before adjusting her quirk’s output to be more consistant. When she was satisfied, she held the tip back towards Momo. “C-Could I um… h-have some lube.” She muttered quietly.

“You got spit don’t ya?” Mina chuckled, only for Kyoka’s free jack to point threateningly at her.

“No problem dear.” Momo agreed, spreading a little of the created liquid around the tip with a single finger.

Taking one last look at the device and letting out a resigned sigh, Kyoka pulled her shorts out and started sliding the self-powered toy inside.

“Oh come on, we don’t even get to see?” Tooru complained.

“Wasn’t part of the dare so shove it.” Kyoka rebuffed while feeling for her entrance with the device. Before anyone else could voice a complaint, the toy found its mark and easily slipped inside thanks to the mixture of lube and Kyoka’s own growing excitement throughout the game. Much to her embarrassment, she let out a long moan as it entered quicker than she’d expected.

“Enjoying your dare?” Ochako teased.

“I will make you suffer.” Kyoka shot back though without much bite in it. “Not a word out of you either.” She switched her attention to Izuku who simply held his hands up in surrender.

Focussing her heartbeat back into her lobes, Kyoka felt the device begin to buzz pleasantly inside her. Much like the other times she’d tried using Momo’s other, similar toys, she didn’t get much from it but this fulfilled her dare so she’d live with it for now.

“Urgh, right, last round so make it count assholes.” Kyoka declared, content to sit in the same pose she had been just with her new toy nestled between her legs. “Instead of waiting for you guys, I’m just gonna pick Izuku now and get it out of the way.”

The other girls raised their brows at this, a few suspecting more than Kyoka was saying out loud.

“Oh uh… sure, then I think… truth.” The lone boy answered.

“Boo! Do a sexy dare!” Mina jeered.

Ignoring her, Kyoka was glad she didn’t have to entertain coming up with something like that for Izuku to perform. There was something on her mind she did want answering though and, considering Izuku’s question to her earlier, she may as well rip the bandage off now.

“Alright, then he’s something for you to chew on. Where do you actually see all this going?” She asked.

“Uh… l-like tonight or…” Izuku replied, wanting to be clear on what exactly he was answering.

“With us as a whole fuckin’ unit dude.” Kyoka clarified. “Last time you weren’t dating any of these idiots and now you’re with four so you’ve got no excuses now. We’ve told you about that house we’ve all kinda been thinking about since Tsu made us all fall in love with it a bit.” The frog girl smiled a tad wider at that. “What kinda future do you honestly see with all of us? No bullshit.”

Izuku blinked slowly as he processed the question, looking down as he thought about his answer. The others were admittedly quite eager to hear what he replied considering the current state of their group relationship.

“I’m… not sure.” He replied honestly. “Sorry I just… haven’t really thought about it that much.”

Kyoka quirked her lip at that answer. Before she could retort, Izuku continued.

“H-Honestly I’m still trying to get through each day without wondering if this isn’t all some amazing, fantastical dream of some sort. You’ve all been the most kind and caring friends and um… fellow heroes in training I could ever ask for; anything further still feels surreal to me in a way.” He sighed. “I know it’s a bit silly after um… e-everything so far but I still have to remind myself this is real and happening.”

“I could remind you if you like, ribbit.” Tsuyu puckered her lips and made kissy noises at her boyfriend, getting a small chuckle out of him as he looked over at her and Ochako who were still sat side-by-side.

“O-Ochako, Tsu, you both told me how strongly you felt and when I finally got my head on right I figured I was the luckiest guy in the world to have caught the attention of two incredibly wonderful future pros who will do amazing things with or without me. I’m just really glad you want to do it and are patient enough to put up with me.”

“It’s not that hard.” Ochako chuckled.

“You’re incredibly lovable, no matter what you or anyone else says.” Tsuyu smiled at him.

“R-Right, and I don’t think I’ll ever really understand that, so I hope you’re both around for a long time to keep reminding me.” Izuku returned the smile warmly before turning his attention to Mina and Tooru. “Y-You two were a um… complete surprise really.” He rubbed the back of his head. “Mina you… you’ve been terrifying sometimes, pushing me to open up more and teasing me and stuff, but it’s been the good kind of scary. You make my heart beat weirdly and I’m not sure if it’s fear or excitement sometimes but I know it’s usually going to be fun.” Mina couldn’t help blushing at that. “Tooru, I um… know your quirk’s progress has been difficult but it’s brought us closer than ever and I’m… a little sorry if it seems selfish but I’m very happy it did.” Tooru wiggled happily in her spot and let out a cute squee of delight.

Turning to the heiress next, Izuku thought more carefully about what exactly he needed to say.

“Momo, we… I-I like to think we’re good friends by now and I don’t have answers as to if something will develop between us like it has for the others… but I’m excited and willing to try if you are. You have a phenomenal head on your shoulders and if not for certain things holding back your potential, I have little doubt you’d be a pro already if it was possible.”

“Thank you very much Izuku.” Momo smiled warmly at him. True, she had yet to develop significant feelings for the boy like the others, but she had little doubt he would fit perfectly into their group whether or not they found that spark in each other.

Turning to the last girl of the group he’d yet to address, he shyly looked Kyoka in the eyes, the punkette’s breath hitching just slightly at the honestly she could feel Izuku outputting.

“Kyoka, I um… t-things have been a bit… confusing since we um… k-kissed, but apart from that, you’ve been really great to just hang with. You’ve been a great friend and, e-even if nothing um… h-happens, I know it won’t stop us from having fun together. I don’t think I’ll ever be able to show you all how grateful I am for how you helped little Eri learn how to smile again. I know that’s something of a great hope of yours Kyoka and I have no doubts you’ll be able to achieve it one day for many other people that need you.”

Kyoka found herself struggling to not let a few tears well up enough they’d roll down her cheek when she blinked.

“I don’t know what’s gonna happen in the future, especially with all our… you know.” Izuku chuckled, practically parroting a line from his and Kyoka’s first discussion about their shared depression experiences. “But I know I want to find out. The um… h-home that everyone’s really interested in… I want that too. I just… don’t quite know what things will look like for me, or us, yet apart from that. I know I want to be a pro and doing all the good I can before coming home at the end of the day to you all would make me the luckiest guy in the world and I… don’t quite know if I need or want anything else at this point.”

The group found themselves just smiling endearingly at Izuku, feeling their hearts and emotions swell at his kind words. Ochako reached out and claimed Izuku’s nearest hand, pulling it gently into her land to clasp tightly with Tsuyu joining in with her own, sandwiching it between theirs.

“That was an awesome truth.” Mina grinned brightly, though she had some tears at the corners of her eyes.

“You’re too sweet Squishy!” Tooru squeezed her girlfriend since Izuku was otherwise occupied.

“I truly hope things will work out the best for all of us.” Momo smiled warmly at the boy. When she glanced down at Kyoka, upon observing the girl’s tearful but happy face, she felt that same frustrating pang in her heart as the girl looked at Izuku as though she was seeing him for the first time.

Kyoka couldn’t find the words to say anything towards Izuku. Instead, she let her actions speak for her, extending her remaining jack out slowly before wrapping it around Izuku’s free wrist, letting the metal rest against his skin before sending out the low, thumping pulse of her heartbeat to dance and hum through his arm.

The messy haired greenette smiled back at Kyoka in a way that let her know her message was understood. In the brief times he blinked, he could swear he almost saw the girl blushing shyly at him in a dark void that didn’t quite fit her current appearance but he brushed it off. The game still had one final round to conclude it and he shouldn’t hold things up on this first turn any longer than he needed to.

“I guess that makes it my turn now.” He said, turning back to the rest of the group.

“Best position to be in besides Kyoka.” Mina grinned, gesturing her arms out. “Pick of the litter.”

“I think Tsu.” Izuku turned to his froggy girlfriend. “Truth or dare?”

“Dare me.” Tsuyu grinned widely, hoping her decision to play things patiently would be paying off in a few short moments.

“R-Right, um…” Izuku gathered his courage as he knew he didn’t want to miss this chance. “I-I dare you to um… w-wrap me in your tongue a-and use it to uh… m-masturbate me.”

“Hey! Looks like someone’s ready to go again.” Mina grinned, eyeing up Izuku’s rising member as he detailed his dare.

“Squishy knows what he likes.” Tooru giggled, nodding at the satisfying sounding dare.

“And what he likes is us, ribbit.” Tsuyu smirked, her tongue briefly running along her lips as she moistened them to prepare for the act.

“I’m just gonna…” Ochako excused herself, backing off the bed and retreating around to the other side to stand by Tooru and Mina, well away from the splash zone.

“Ready?” Tsuyu asked, sitting so she could directly face her boyfriend and getting a shy nod from him in return. “All right then.”

In a flash, Tsuyu’s tongue shot out. There was a second’s pause as it took a sharp turn around Izuku’s bicep and, in a flash, the boy was bound in most of Tsuyu’s tongue, acting like a rope to keep his arms pinned to his sides as it looped around his figure a number of times. The tip of her tongue still had some length though and slowly it progressed down to its target: Izuku’s now erect cock.

Kyoka decided to withhold the pleasant groan flooding her system at the sight of the dare, inadvertently causing her lower regions to buzz more with her elevated heart rate when she pictured herself as the recipient of Tsuyu’s tongue wrap.

Izuku didn’t withhold his groan and started breathing hot, heavy breaths as Tsuyu’s tongue started stroking up and down his cock before coiling around it.

“Ahhh, yeah, that’s hot.” Mina bit her lip as she shamelessly rubbed herself.

The others were very much appreciating the sight too, with Tooru and Ochako rubbing their thighs together to ease their own aches. They watched Tsuyu’s tongue squeeze just tightly enough for Izuku’s face to scrunch up but not enough to hurt him before continuing to jack him off. When Tsuyu felt she’d gotten him sufficiently warmed up, she slid her tongue down just a little further and wrapped it around his sack, applying very light pressure as she jiggled the two orbs inside.

“You know, I’m not sure Tsuyu was entirely truthful about that vore stuff; she looks like she really wants to eat Midori.” Tooru teased.

“He’s tasty enough,” Tsuyu chuckled, speaking clearly despite her tongue being busy. “Don’t think he’d fit though.”

“Not sure if he’s into it or just not paying attention.” Ochako giggled as she watched her boyfriend writhe in his bonds as Tsuyu’s tongue sped up its ministrations. His eyes were closed and he’d bitten his lower lip from clear enjoyment. When he curled his toes and felt himself getting close however, Tsuyu’s tongue suddenly wrapped around the base of his cock and squeezed almost painfully, causing his impending orgasm to sharply recede.

“Ah, ah! W-Why!” Izuku complained sulkily as he was denied his peak.

“Because you never said you had to cum to fulfil the dare.” Tsuyu smirked. “Besides, I think you’re gonna wanna be ready for more now that it’s my turn.”

“Ooo, got something good planned?” Mina grinned lewdly. “Is it for me? Please say it’s for me!”

“Actually, it’s one I’ve been saving and hoping I could use tonight.” Tsuyu acknowledged as she slowly unwound her tongue from around Izuku who was wearing a slightly petulant frown. “Considering where we all are with each other, I’m going to pick Momo for this next dare.”

“Oh?” Momo blinked, having been enjoying the show by the frog girl up until she stopped. “What if I would like a truth instead?” She posed.

Tsuyu’s smirk widened since there was no doubts in her mind Momo would say ‘truth’ after she heard what she planned to dare her.

“Then I guess you’d rather not have that seven-way where we all focus on you.” Tsuyu shrugged nonchalantly as Momo’s breath hitched and her eyes widened. “If you’d like to pick ‘truth’ instead, then I guess-”

“W-Wait one moment!” Momo reacted eagerly before realizing how much she’d just clearly admitted she wanted that dare.

“Well… looks like a happy ending for us all.” Mina grinned, wiggling her fingers eagerly to get started.

“Only if Momo wants that dare.” Tsuyu grinned.

“Very well, I will choose ‘dare’… i-if everyone else would be comfortable um… participating.”

“Yeah, don’t think anyone’s gonna say no to that.” Tooru giggled, sitting up.

“W-Wait, hold on. Um…” Kyoka hesitated, wanting to be sure of the specifics before she committed to anything. While doing anything with Momo was more than welcome, she didn’t know if either she or Izuku were ready for that kind of intimacy. “Which… I mean… h-how is this going to work?”

“Well, it’s kind of up to Momo,” Tsuyu shrugged. “I don’t mind where she wants us all so long as she completes the dare.”

“I bet you wouldn’t mind getting off in the process though, eh Darling?” Mina winked.

“If… if I may choose then.” Momo’s breathily became more hot and heavy. “I-I think I would like my pet beneath me. O-Ochako, please put on one of my favourite toys and lay down.”

“Fav… ah, yeah.” Ochako nodded, dropping to her knees and pulling out Momo’s toy box from under her bed.

“You may as well get undressed dear.” Momo leant over to Kyoka and drew her into a sensual kiss. “I know exactly where I want you.”

Kyoka didn’t fight the urge to bite her lip after Momo’s lips left hers, feeling her pussy clench around the vibrating toy inside her eagerly.

“Do I still have to keep this thing in me?” Kyoka turned to Mina since she was the one who set the dare for her.

“Hmmm, yes.” Mina smirked. “It’s a good look on you.”

“Urgh.” Kyoka rolled her eyes and hoped it wouldn’t interfere with whatever position Momo wanted her in.

“Ooo, still feels funny.” Ochako giggled as she slid one end of Momo’s most recent strap-on into herself and finished doing up the buckles. “Ready!” She declared.

“G-Good, um… are you comfortable using your quirk on me for this?” Momo asked hopefully. She could just order the girl to, but if this was something Ochako couldn’t do without risk of sickness then they’d find an alternate method.

“Just you? Shouldn’t be a problem, why?”Ochako confirmed.

“Okay, good.” Momo nodded as her plan for this began coming together. “Could you please lay down in the middle while I undress?”

Ochako did as instructed while the others watched Momo strip off her barely functional proto-hero outfit. With a slightly giddy smile on her face, Momo stepped over Ochako and crouched just above her waist.

“C-Could you please use your quirk Pet and take hold of my hips.” Momo asked which the brunette obliged. In a moment, Momo began levitating off her bedspread while Ochako stopped her floating upwards with her hands on her hips.

“Woah… that… is very unique.” Momo noted, feeling the weightlessness wash over her. “N-Now does anyone have any um… preferences before we begin? If I may, I would like to use my hands on you Izuku.” Momo glanced over at the boy who accepted this easily, not sure he was confident enough in their relationship to do anything else.

“You had somewhere special for Kyoka?” Mina enquired.

“Y-Yes, um… on my mouth please my dear Vixen.” Momo awkwardly glanced over at the girl from her floating position.

“With you in the air like that I don’t have to crouch which is good at least.” Kyoka shrugged, though not displeased with how the situation was going.

“I-I would also like someone else on my other hand and um… someone massaging my breasts in addition to whomever would like to um… p-pound me.”

“Sayin’ all the right things Gorgeous, ribbit.” Tsuyu turned to the remaining duo of Mina and Tooru. “You guys go first.”

“I’m like super close so I’ll go with hand or pussy.” Mina licked her lips, eager to get her lower set off.

“Relatively good here so I want a go on her boobs!” Tooru declared cheerfully, not minding the lack of stimulation on her person thanks to her romp with Izuku.

“Mind if I take her with my tongue?” Tsuyu asked Mina.

“Only if you save some for me, Darling.” Mina winked before running her eyes up and down the frog girl’s body and causing Tsuyu to shiver from anticipation.

It was clear just how intense this dare was to all of them right now and whether or not everyone got off, this was the turning point that just discarded the pretext of ‘lewd game’ for what this really was; horny students with an excuse to eagerly fuck each other until they were all sated.

As everyone got into their relative positions, Momo focused her creation quirk on her rear, creating a fair amount of lube around her puckered hole for her pet to once again ram a cock inside her.

When she gave the order, Ochako pulled the floating Momo’s hips down towards her erect toy and pushed her way inside her Mistress’ back door, eliciting a groan of delight from the girl.

“That’s how you take it up the ass.” Mina teased Izuku with a wink, standing on the opposite side of the bedspread to him, the pair aligned with where Momo’s outstretched arms would end up. The boy just blushed and rolled his eyes at the tease he was pretty sure was good natured.

As Ochako slowly lowered Momo down to the hilt of her fake cock, enjoying the sensation of Momo’s hips backed against hers, Tsuyu knelt down to get in position, sticking her hand between her own legs as her tongue emerged from her lips and prodded at Momo’s before slipping inside.

Momo’s breathing was growing heavy as her partners were starting to state her and themselves with her body. It was incredibly naughty, and an act that was unspeakably un-Yaoyorozu-like from how she’d been raised; she couldn’t help but wonder what her parents would think if they could see her now.

Her thoughts were interrupted by Mina reaching out and taking Momo’s hand and sliding it up against her pussy, encouraging the heiress to get to work. Izuku plucked up the courage to do the same, taking Momo’s other hand and guiding it to wrap around his cock.

“A-Apologies in advance,” Momo said, “I’m not sure if I can focus on the pair of you whilst I am-”

“Don’t worry about it.” Mina waved her away before turning back to Izuku. “Follow my lead.”

“O-Okay?” Izuku quirked a brow as he watched Mina’s hand take hold of Momo’s wrist and essentially use her to masturbate herself. Understanding immediately, Izuku mimicked her action, using Momo’s hand to begin jerking himself off.

“These are mine!” A peppy voice declared before leaning over Momo and pinching both her nipples, pulling a small gasp out of the heiress due to the unexpected suddenness.

“And this,” Kyoka almost whispered as she stepped over Momo’s floating head, taking it in her hands and guiding her girlfriend’s mouth to the top of her currently occupied pussy. “Is mine.”

The whole thing was clumsy; it was bound to be with seven horny participants each trying to reach their peaks after all. While Izuku, Mina and Kyoka were focused more on their own pleasure, Tsuyu and Ochako worked together, alternating their thrusts into the heiress until they felt her release or state she was sated.

The brunette could feel her quirk active on the girl and it felt strangely cathartic to slam her hips into Momo’s knowing this was everything the older girl wanted. Likewise, Tsuyu was seeking out Momo’s sweet spots with her tongue before she planned to once more push into Momo’s cervix like the girl enjoyed.

Momo had no control over anything. Not her hips, not her hands, not even her head as Kyoka ground herself against her mouth. She could feel the vibrating dildo inside the punk girl buzzing away when it tapped her chin as Kyoka practically forced Momo’s tongue to pay all its attention to her clit.

“Uh, uh uh, y-yes!” Kyoka panted as she pressed Momo’s face against her crotch even harder, urging the heiress to do it just that little more intensely. Her eyes were closed and she was lost in her own mind at this point.

Since she wasn’t contributing much to Momo’s pleasure other than keeping her mouth occupied, Kyoka closed her eyes and pictured a scenario to try and finish herself off. It was a new one admittedly, thanks to the toy currently occupying her lower half she just couldn’t ignore; Izuku was plowing her from behind on Momo’s orders while her heiress lover was encouraging her to cum quickly else Izuku would knock her up with their family early.

Of the group, Kyoka was the first to find release, her pussy clenching and her juices squirting slightly from the stimulation, covering Momo’s lips. The taste of her girlfriend’s release on her tongue drove Momo’s own release closer as she observed the punk girl’s moans and twitches from continued stimulation.

As Kyoka tapped out, releasing Momo’s head and dropping into a crouch once she was clear, Izuku and Mina redoubled their efforts on themselves.

“G-Go ahead Izuku.” Mina purred shakily from all the motion. “I wanna watch you cum all over Momo’s body, and when you do,” she licked her lips in a circle sensually. “I’m gonna lick it all up.”

The poor boy couldn’t take that and felt himself pass the point of no return. Pulling Momo’s incredibly soft, moisturised hand down to the base of his cock, he unleshed spurts of cum with a power he didn’t know he still had within him. While most of it indeed landed across Momo’s chest and one of her boobs, the other was blocked by Tooru’s face who’d been happily sucking away at Momo’s other tit, hoping for something sweet to come out.

“H-Hey!” She objected before realizing what was happening. “Oh… oh fuck.” Tooru felt her own need to cum rising, despite not touching herself and focusing on Momo. “Thank you for the snack.”

While Izuku let out a few last spurts of cum onto Momo’s hand, his mouth dropped open in a groan as Tooru clearly began licking up the stains he’d left on the heiress.

“O-Oi!” Mina objected in turn. “I just said-”

“Mmm.” Tooru moaned as she savoured the substance she’d gathered on her tongue before leaning back and cupping Mina’s face. The pinkette didn’t have time to realise what exactly was going on before she was pulled into a kiss and the sticky, slimy substance was forced into her mouth by her girlfriend’s tongue. When her brain caught up to what exactly Tooru had just done, she felt herself cresting her own peak.

“F-F-Fu~uck!” She cried as her knees threatened to buckle, her pussy clenching around the two fingers she’d made Momo insert into her.

After riding out her orgasm, she released Momo’s arm and drew Tooru into another deep kiss before attacking her girlfriend’s pussy with her fingers, knowing the other girl hadn’t reached her second peak yet.

With participants on Momo’s body falling away, noticed by both Ochako and Tsuyu, the two remaining girls took to opportunity to up their rhythms, hoping the bring Momo to her own peak.

With no need to focus on others anymore, Momo allowed herself to close her eyes and focus entirely on clenching around the tongue and dildo inside her respectively. With Kyoka’s taste still on her lips, she knew she was close and could feel her toes curling in anticipation.

Her head jerked in reaction to the sudden, light touch of Kyoka’s hand as the earphone jacked girl steadied her girlfriend’s head. When Momo opened her eyes to work out what was going on, Kyoka was smiling endearingly down at her.

“Cum for us you naughty, dirty girl.” Kyoka smirked lovingly.

Momo felt herself crest her peak and opened her mouth to moan her release out. She never got the chance to however as Kyoka descended and captured Momo’s moans in her own mouth before wrestling with the heiress’ tongue. It was almost too much for Momo to bear as her arms flailed somewhat, searching for something to grip onto to ease her strongest orgasm in a long while.

Her hands were caught by three others; Izuku’s on one side and Mina’s and Tooru’s on the other, all squeezing back encouragingly as Momo felt the love of all her partners run through her completely.

Tsuyu bore the brunt of Momo’s orgasm, feeling her tongue clenched and milked while being coated in her release while Ochako felt herself getting close to her own release too. With a press of a button, the strap-on dildo buried in Momo began releasing its load into her rear while Ochako desperately tried to finish herself by grinding against Momo.

After a few moments of straining, Momo’s muscles ceased their clenching, letting the girl hover drunkenly in the air. Tsuyu slowly unravelled her tongue from inside the heiress while Ochako gently pushed Momo’s floating body up and off her strap-on before rolling out from under her and lowering her to the mattress, resuming gravity’s pull on her as she did. Though her body landed on the gentle softness of the cushiony sheets, Momo’s head was gently cradled in Kyoka’s lap as the girl had kneeled while the ravenette was brought down and positioned herself accordingly.

With all the exertion going on in the room, it was more than warm at this point and everyone felt content to just sit back and recover for a moment. To punctuate the end of her dare Momo, let out a deeply contented sigh, rolling onto her side and cuddling into Kyoka’s thighs.

“Someone’s ready for bed.” Tooru giggled, watching the girl curl into a comfy position.

“I could, quite easily.” Momo agreed, feeling her body request that very thing. She didn’t heed its call however as there was still a little game left to play. “Thank you for a most delightful dare Darling.”

“No problem but mind returning the favour?” Tsuyu asked hopefully.

Momo sat up and glanced over at her girlfriend who was currently sitting back and rubbing lightly at her pussy. She clearly wanted to cum but didn’t want it to be from her own hand. Considering their current arrangement, there was no reason anyone needed to finish themselves off right now.

“Mina?” Momo called out. “Do a dare and please finish off our Darling in whatever manner she requests of you.”

“Awww, you mean I don’t get to pick truth?” Mina giggled but started moving regardless.

The frog girl lent back on her hands and pushed her crotch out.

“I need something to grind against, ribbit.” Tsuyu moaned needily.

“Scissoring it is.” Mina acknowledge, getting herself into a similar position.

“What am I, chopped liver?” Tooru pouted, having had her girlfriend stolen away to service one of the others. Her second orgasm has yet to peak but she was pretty far along.

“You’ve had one already and our poor Darling has had none.” Mina explained. “Neither has our cute little catgirl, so I dare you to go lick her pussy until you bring her up to our level.”

Tooru had admittedly not realised poor Ochako hadn’t even cum once yet but it was clear upon looking at the girl who’d since removed her strap on and was vigorously flicking her bean that she needed relief more than her.

“I um… p-please?” Ochako breathed heavily, her voice heavy with lust.

“Coming ‘Chako.” Tooru giggled at her little joke before an idea popped into her head. “But I dare you to do the same to me.”

“Dare! I-I mean deal! I-I mean… just hurry!” Ochako practically begged as she welcomed the invisible girl into her arms.

While Tsuyu was finally getting some much needed relief, pressing her pussy and clit up against Mina’s, and Tooru and Ochako manoeuvred to begin their sixty-nine, Izuku, Momo and Kyoka watched the quad with fond, satisfied smiles on their faces.

Kyoka was idly brushing Momo’s hair as the heiress let out slow, sleepy breaths, drifting in and out of the moment. The vibrating toy Kyoka had been using lay motionless by her side but the punkette could care less about failing her dare. Izuku glanced over at the pair with a warm smile on his face, content to sit and just be. When the punkette noticed him looking at them, his smile widened in a way that tugged at her heart. Between his admittedly naturally soft face, the braid, and her own burgeoning feelings, Kyoka couldn’t help but blush under the attention of the very pretty boy right now.

Izuku chuckled when Kyoka’s cheeks lit up red and she looked away. Returning his attention back to the others, it seems things were reaching their peak.

Tsuyu’s tongue had extended out once again and started pouring into Mina’s throat while the pair vigorously ground themselves together. He was almost a little worried for the pinkette as her eyes were rolled up and fluttering, perhaps from excitement or lack of breath, but when the pair came almost simultaneously, Tsuyu’s tongue pulled back and Mina cried out in pleasure, their hips spasming together.

Ochako and Tooru weren’t much better, both girls were letting out intense moans of their own as they felt their climaxes overtake them.

The room was once more filled with warm pants as everyone finally had their fill for now.

“That… was… awesome.” Mina gurgled, her voice a little raspy from taking Tsuyu’s tongue so far.

She got several sated murmurs of agreement from the others.

“That’s one way to end it.” Izuku chuckled as he crawled closer, smiling down at Ochako and Tsuyu who were currently both wearing dazed expressions.

“G-Game’s not over yet… Squishy.” Tsuyu corrected him.

“It’s ‘Chako’s turn last.” Tooru chimed in, waving lazily beside the girl in question, her hand returning to the sheets with a thump.

“Y-Yeah.” Ochako groaned, sitting up from her spot wearily. As fun as the game had been so far, she was about ready to clock out with all they’d done. Since there was only one target left, the last question was asked.

“Truth or dare Kyoka?”

“Hmmm?” Kyoka looked over at the brunette, having been more content to watch Momo’s snoozing face. “Oh, uh… whatever I guess.” She shrugged, figuring there were no more sexy dares coming her way after all that.

“Uh…” Ochako struggled to think of something. They were all more than satisfied so there was no point in trying to start up something new. There was something she did actually want to see the punkette do though courtesy of her sleepy brain returning their last private session together to the forefront of her mind. “Heh, I dare you to kiss Izuku like you kiss us.”

Kyoka had to do a double-take at that, figuring she’d somehow misheard the girl for a moment, only to realise she was dead serious with that cheeky smirk she was wearing.

“Ooo, is Kyoka gonna lose the game at this critical juncture?” Mina giggled, giving the girl as much attention as her brain could direct right now. Clearly she hadn’t spotted Kyoka’s lack of toy but it didn’t matter to the punkette.

Izuku glanced back over at Kyoka, a puzzled expression on his face. He certainly didn’t mind the dare but he’d not go through with it if the girl didn’t want to, recently revealed feelings or not.

“Well?” Mina prodded.

“I-I’m thinking.” Kyoka replied with a touch of frustration. Her gaze was aimed at the sheets and her eyes jittery as her mind was being pushed to rush after sinking into a relaxed state. The group watched the punkette process herself before she apparently landed on her answer. “C-Come h-here.” She patted the spot next to her.

Izuku nodded slowly before crawling close to the girl, suddenly very aware they were both very naked. If it mattered to Kyoka, she didn’t say anything as he got within a foot of her and settled back on his knees, prepared to lean forward if Kyoka required him to be the one to lean in.

The punkette took a steadying breath before looking into his eyes, wetting her lips with her tongue as she focused on the little tuft of hair wrapped up in the girly looking braid. It was indeed cute as Mina had suggested, but then she made the mistake of looking into Izuku’s eyes. Inside his green orbs, she could read him like a book. His hesitance, anticipation, nerves, curiosity, desire, they were all there clear as day.

She wanted to, really she did, but something about being watched by everyone else while her most precious girlfriend lay in her lap made her hesitate. Izuku noticed.

“We don’t have to.” He smiled in understanding. When he put his hand down to push himself away, Kyoka’s jack stretched out and coiled around his wrist.

“N-No… j-just… um.” Kyoka sighed, trying to figure out how to do this in a way that made her more comfortable. Gently, she raised Momo’s head with her hands and slipped her knees out from under her, stirring the heiress a little. Looking over at everyone else who was watching them, Kyoka made her next request. “C-Can you all look away,” she asked shyly, waiting till Mina opened her mouth to no doubt raise an issue but she prematurely cut her off. “J-Just till I start… please.”

Admittedly, the other girls felt like they could give her that much at least and averted their gazes.

Kyoka took another deep breath before looking back at Izuku again. He sat ready but she knew he’d rabbit if she showed any sign she didn’t honestly want this. Steeling her nerve, she wanted to do one last thing to make herself just a bit more comfortable with the dare. Slowly, she stretched out her jacks and pulled Izuku in close, wrapping them around his back before doing the same to herself. It wasn’t much, but it was just enough to count as being bound and get her motor running for the short duration she needed. In time she wanted to be able to kiss the boy like this without such a caveat, but for now, it’d do.

Izuku leant in as far as he dared and let Kyoka come to him so she was in full control. The purple haired rocker leant forward and turned her head slightly, prepared to do with him as she did with all the others already. It was tentative and cautious at first as Kyoka’s lips brushed Izuku’s own, but slowly they each applied pressure and felt the kiss deepening.

Letting Kyoka lead again, Izuku waited patiently for the permission he knew would be sought out. It took a few moments, but he felt the distinct texture of a tongue prodding at his lips. Opening his mouth slowly and turning his head the other way, Izuku let himself respond in kind, the pair’s tongues touching and greeting each other before settling into a timid first dance. With each second that passed though, the two got bolder as Kyoka felt herself almost forgetting Izuku’s gender entirely as the fact that his tongue felt no different to any of her other partners cemented itself in her mind.

By now the girls had all returned their curious gazes to the pair and were looking on in silence, small smiles on each of their faces as they saw Kyoka take another step towards accepting her feelings that Izuku seemed to be okay exploring with her.

The four were joined by a fifth observer who had gently awakened at Kyoka’s words to the group. While she’d stirred unnoticed, Momo had remained silent as she watched her girlfriend start kissing Izuku of her own free will. It should’ve been a joyus occasion as it meant their entire unit was one together… so why did it stir feelings of pain in her heart?

Kyoka pulled back after a few more moments, a hot blush on her face. It was more than tempting to look away and try to ignore what just happened but she didn’t want to, she wanted to prove to herself that this was good and okay and that she was allowed to have these feelings for a boy despite her firm attraction for the female form.

“And so, as tradition goes,” Mina began speaking as though she were a popular, older documentary narrator. “Kyoka then complained about the last dare and the game comes to a close.”

“N-Not this time.” Kyoka stated, turning her blushing face toward Mina before looking back at the recipient of her dare, his big, emerald eyes holding new depths to her now. “I… really like how this one ended.”

“Ribbit!” Tsuyu croaked excitedly.

“Awww, sweet.” Tooru cooed.

“I guess now that wraps everything up.” Ochako smiled, happy for both her girlfriend and boyfriend.

“Ride’s over.” Mina chuckled. “Please exit the bed and collect your clothing on the way out. We do hope you come back to Momo’s room soon.”

“Aren’t you forgetting the sleep part of ‘sleepover’?” Tsuyu rolled her eyes.

“It’s a figure of speech, you know my schtick by now.” Mina nudged the frog girl with her foot.

Rising up, Momo pretended to let out a sleepy yawn as though she’d been dozing this whole time.

“Hmmm? I’m sorry, I must’ve drifted off for a moment.”

“Don’t worry about it hun.” Kyoka sidled up to her girlfriend and placed a kiss on her shoulder. “We’re just wrapping things up and getting ready to sleep anyway.”

“It’s still a little early.” Ochako noted, rising to her feet.

“I’m sure we’ll sleep right through.” Tooru waved her concerns away, pulling back her side of the covers before slipping inside, content to just drop right off.

As Ochako reached behind her to pull out the tail she’d kept inside her until now, intending to go wash it off in the bathroom, she felt a shy touch around her wrist stop her. Turning to face its owner, she spotted a blushing Izuku standing at her side looking like he wanted to say something.

“C-Could we… um… k-kiss? J-Just once before you um… take them off?” He asked nervously.

Ochako rolled her eyes and shook her head fondly at her boyfriend’s reaction. She should’ve guessed this would come at some point. While she wasn’t exactly up for another round of anything right now, she would grant Izuku a little taste of what he may get to enjoy down the line.

Instead of answering him, Ochako leant in and captured her boyfriend’s lips in a steamy kiss, putting all the pride she felt for him for braving tonight despite his nervous disposition. She greatly sympathised with his journey and rewarding him in the same manner she enjoyed seemed only fitting.

Once their tongues had enjoyed a quick dance, Ochako pulled back with a smirk, lifting her arms and letting her wrists drop into the cat pose she knew he liked.

The way his eyes raked over her still nude body before she shook her hips a little to let the tail flutter sent a thrill down her spine, though still not one she was willing to entertain tonight save for one last line.

“Maybe if you’re good, you can… p-play with my pussy, nyan.” Ochako stated in a slightly elevated, cutesy voice. Despite their relationship status, she knew she was bright red from that display and quickly made for the bathroom to chase away her embarrassment with a splash of cold water. Mina’s raccous laughter and Tsuyu’s giggling ribbits following her all the way until the door closed.

“Looks like someone’s ready for round three.” Mina pointed down at Izuku’s slowly rising cock once her laughs had faded.

“M-Maybe not.” Izuku waved away, reaching down to unstick his sweaty sack from his leg from how he’d been sitting. “I think I’m ready to call it too.”

“Probably for the best, ribbit.” Tsuyu nodded, pulling him in for a quick kiss while he was close before flipping the sheets up so they could both settle in together.

Momo and Kyoka had lifted the sheets at the head of the bed and both eagerly slipped inside. The vibrating toy lay on one of Momo’s side tables once the punkette had placed it there and she turned back to snuggle her girlfriend. The heiress’ back was to her but she didn’t mind being the big spoon sometimes; it meant she could enjoy the feeling of Momo in her arms after all.

“Night love.” Kyoka sighed pleasantly, a little giddy with how the night had ended up in all honestly.

“Night love…” Momo replied, snuggling Kyoka’s hand with her arm as she found a comfy position but it didn’t ease the troubled thoughts in her mind and pain in her chest. Her less than enthusiastic response went unnoticed for now and she hoped to deal with these confusing feelings the first chance she got.

With a flush of the loo, Ochako emerged from the bathroom, allowing Mina to enter to clean herself up. The others were content to leave things as they were for now and ‘tidy up’ in the morning. Once Ochako has slipped under the covers, snuggling into Izuku’s back who was in turn snuggling Tsuyu’s, Mina emerged from her clean up and deftly flicked the light switch.

With their last member settling under the sheets and curling up against her invisible girlfriend, the night came to a calm and pleasant end.


Despite it being Saturday, Izuku’s phone alarm went off as normal signifying it was time to get his morning workout in. Though he certainly didn’t mean to, everyone was at least roused by the noise due to being sufficiently rested after the slightly longer sleep. At first Izuku tried to sneak out of the bed and not disturb their slumber but it quickly became apparent that it was an effort in futility.

“Mmm Morning.” Tooru groaned and stretched, her joints clicking and popping as she did.

“A-Ah, sorry Tooru. Didn’t mean to wake you.” Izuku apologised as he slipped his underwear back on.

“Alarms tend to do that dude.” Kyoka groaned from her spot by Momo.

Izuku grimaced as it slowly dawned on him how everyone was stirring more than normal.

“Sorry everyone.” He apologized quickly.

“Ribbit, don’t worry about it.” Tsuyu yawned widely. “Go have your run.”

“Get them gains for mama, boi!” Mina cheered with as much energy as she could muster at this time, though it wasn’t enough to get her to emerge from the cocoon of warmth they’d collectively built under the covers.

Izuku chuckled and shook his head at Mina with a smile on his face. Redressing in the last of his discarded clothes, he slipped out to return to his room after promising he’d be back shortly.

“Not ideal but kinda good we’re up this early.” Tooru snuggled into Mina’s side, avoiding the temptation to slip back into slumberland with the girl.

“Why’s that?” Ochako asked curiously, deciding to get ready for the day herself after kissing Tsuyu good morning.

“I’ve got me a hot date.” Tooru giggled, pinching Mina’s side excitedly.

“Yah! Alright, I’m up.” Mina pouted, having been content to doze until mid-morning if undisturbed. “Oh yeah, gotta meet the folks.”

“Nervous?” Tsuyu asked.

“A little.” Mina admitted honestly.

“You’ll be fine, they’re gonna love you.” Tooru gushed, wiggling happily.

“Yeah, yeah, I’m amazing and all. I just hope they see that and not the deviant who’s corrupting their daughter into lewd ways.”

“To be fair, we’re all kinda guilty in that regard.” Kyoka chuckled.

The flow of conversation was interrupted by the growl of Ochako’s stomach as the group quickly realised they’d been only snacking since last night and never had a real dinner.

“I think that’s breakfast calling.” Mina giggled.

“Mmm can you make waffles please?” Ochako drooled, eager to sate her hunger with the traditional end-of-sleepover breakfast already.

“Fine.” Mina sighed, figuring she may as well get up anyway. “You can come help though greedy guts.”

“Pancakes for me please!” Tooru cheered as the three girls started getting their things together.

“We’ll make a start if you guys wanna join us in like fourty minutes or so.” Mina announced to the three remaining in bed. She got waves of acknowlegdement back before the trio of breakfast preppers headed out to start on their smorgasbord.

Once the door closed, Kyoka turned to acknowledge the unusually quiet member of their group. Cuddling up to her girlfriend from behind again after rolling over in her sleep, Kyoka stoked her side caringly as she spoke.

“Momo? Is something the matter?”

“No.” Was her short reply.

“You know we’re smarter than that, ribbit.” Tsuyu shook her head, having noticed the girl’s silence this morning too. “We’re not going to drop it without a reason if you’re hurting.”

Despite her relaxed position, Momo’s shoulders visibly dropped as she let out a sigh.

“I-It’s nothing, really.” She explained. “I’m just… processing some things is all.”

“And what would that be?” Kyoka asked. “Was last night a bit much?”

“I thought that’d be more of an issue for you and Izuku personally.” Tsuyu noted to the punkette who gave an understanding nod of her head.

“Y-Yeah but… I think I’m… I really do like him. If we take things slow then I’m… c-cautiously optimistic you could say.” Kyoka allowed a small smile to appear on her lips.

When Momo let out a small, sad moan, the two realised the heiress wasn’t quite as happy as everyone else about Kyoka’s feelings.

“Want to explain that or would you rather suffer in silence?” Tsuyu asked bluntly.

“S-Sorry,” Momo apologised. “I’m… i-it’s… I-I don’t know what it is really.” She sighed again.

“Hey, we’re here to listen, okay love?” Kyoka smiled down at her girlfriend, pulling at her shoulder lightly to roll her onto her back. When Momo’s eyes were revealed, they were looking guiltiy everywhere but at Kyoka or Tsuyu. “Please tell us what’s going on and maybe we can help you er… process I guess.”

Momo glanced briefly at her girlfriend but soon averted her eyes once more.

“I-It’s not… I shouldn’t feel this way… I just need some time to adjust is all.” Momo tried one last time to get her partners to drop the subject.

“I’m pretty sure I know what’s bothering you so unless you want me to tell her you may as well speak up now, ribbit.” Tsuyu sighed.

Kyoka glanced over at the frog girl with a confused expression, now feeling she was the only one out of the loop. After scrunching up her face, Momo finally decided to bite the bullet and admit this to the pair, hoping she wouldn’t cause any discord from her silly feelings.

“O-Okay, w-well,” she sat up slowly and pooled her hands in her lap. “There were… several times yesterday when I felt a small measure of pain in my chest.” Kyoka’s kneejerk reaction was to ask if she needed to go see Recovery Girl since Momo’s health was paramount to her only to realise she wasn’t talking about physical pain. “It… mostly happened when I learned there had been… developments between yourself and Izuku, Kyoka.”

“W-What?” Kyoka shook her head, wondering if she’d heard right. “You… uh…”

“I don’t know why exactly.” Momo admitted. “Everything else we’ve all done has been completely acceptable and exciting up until now. Hearing about you and him though, a-and then seeing you two um… kiss. I-I don’t know why but it makes me um… s-scared and worried and I don’t know why.”

“Y-Yeah…” Kyoka struggled to understand it herself. “You’ve got nothing to worry about. It’s… I mean, I’m not like seeing him behind your back or anything.”

“That’s not the issue here, ribbit.” Tsuyu spoke up, getting both girl’s attention. “We’re all fine with out arrangement in theory but there’s no denying certain things. Polyamory is difficult for a number of people and Momo, if I had to guess, is feeling jealous and a tad threatened by yours and Izuku’s developing relationship.”

“J-Jealous?!” Kyoka scrunched up her face in disbelief. “Why? That makes no sense.”

“A-Actually…” Momo blinked slowly, realising how the pieces started to fit together with jealousy as their core. “T-That explains a lot.”

Kyoka looked bewildered at Momo’s downcast face, waiting for the girl to explain herself.

“When I saw you two kissing… a-and you saying you um… l-liked it, it made me worry about… us.” Momo admitted, biting her lip.

“That… that’s stupid.” Kyoka shook her head dismissively.

“Hold on Kyoka, ribbit.” Tsuyu warned. “Regardless of what you think, Momo’s feelings are valid and we should acknowledge them.”

“But… but… she’s got nothing to be afraid of.” Kyoka protested. “It’s not like me and Green are gonna run off together and leave her or something like that.”

“You’d have the rest of us hunting you two down if you did.” Tsuyu chuckled. “But it’s still something Momo’s clearly insecure and afraid of, even if it’s very unlikely to actually happen.”

“That’s… not inaccurate.” Momo admitted with a measure of shame. “I know that I love you and… i-it would kill me if anything were to happen to you… but I think I would suffer more if you decided to find something with Izuku you… can’t with me.”

“What could I possibly find with him I don’t already have with you?” Kyoka asked disbelivingly.

“Kids, ribbit.”

Kyoka blinked at the sudden answer to her question, turning to the unsurprised looking greenette.

“Like it or not, Izuku’s a boy and he can do something you two can’t. I did wonder if this problem would come up at somepoint with one or more of us; apparently it’s not uncommon for those in mixed poly groups to have this conversation at some point.” Tsuyu explained. “I know none of us are thinking of having kids right now and hopefully not for a good while yet, but I think Momo’s feeling guilty the two of your can’t naturally have kids like either of you and Izuku can.”

The punkette turned back to Momo who wore a thoughtful look on her face, clearly processing this idea and finding it also fit with her mixed feelings right now.

“When we… messed around before,” Momo started again, “it was more play than it was serious. Now it’s… very real and appears increasingly possible and it… scares me. I… I don’t want to lose you.” She reached out to take Kyoka’s hand in hers.

“Momo…” Kyoka shook her head. “Look, you’re not going to lose me like that. Ever. Things are… w-well things may not work out between me and Green but even if they do, you’re always going to be my most important person no matter what. Whether we borrow some of his… urgh, sperm to use to start our part of the family together or whether we use some rando or see if there’s a weird ass quirk out there we can abuse, nothing will ever change how much I love you.”

Momo’s eyes crinkled as tears peaked out the sides of them. She hurriedly pulled Kyoka close and wrapped her in a tight embrace as she released the emotions she’d been feeling since last night.

“I love you so much.” Momo squeezed tightly.

“I love you too you big, rich idiot.” Kyoka chuckled, nuzzling Momo’s head with her cheek.

The pair just comforted each other for a few moments as Tsuyu looked on fondly at the two.

“I… know it’s stupid.” Momo admitted after a few moments, pulling back from Kyoka. “And irrational, because I know neither of you would ever consider doing such a thing, but… t-there was this connection between you two when you were going through your depression rough patch.” She sighed. “He was able to help you with that and I… couldn’t, not really.”

Kyoka chuckled and shook her head.

“But you did help. You all did. Izuku’s just been through this shit; shit I hope you never have to. The way I was feeling is probably how you imagine you’d feel if me and the green idiot actually ran off together. It’s really not something I want you to understand from experience.” Kyoka smiled endearingly.

“I understand,” Momo sighed. “But you can see where I’m coming from, yes?”

“Of course I do.” Kyoka rolled her eyes. “Don’t you remember how I got a bit jealous and told him to back off while um… making you squirm under my fingertips last time?”

“That was a good show for all of us, ribbit.” Tsuyu chuckled, reminding the two of her presence. “Seems you’re feeling a bit better now you’ve talked about things so I’ll just go check up on the others.”

“Thank you Darling.” Momo called out appreciatively as Tsuyu reached for her clothes.

“When did you get so smart?” Kyoka asked with a wry smile at the frog girl.

“I’ve been reading a lot about good practises for this stuff since finding out polyamory was a thing.” She shrugged. “In case you didn’t realise, I really, really want this to work for all of us.”

“Kinda clocked that.” Kyoka smiled. “Looks like you might get your wish.”

“Once Momo gets over her little jealously thing, sure.” Tsuyu chuckled, slipping her top and bottoms on. “You and Izuku seem to have made some progress too what with kissing and getting off on his cock and all.”

“W-What?!” Kyoka’s face scrunched up in deep confusion. “I-I never… w-we didn’t touch down there at all!”

“True, but maybe you should ask Momo who she molded her newest creation around, like the one you used last night.” Tsuyu chuckled as Kyoka’s mouth dropped open to stare disbelivingly at her girlfriend who realised exactly what she’d accidently done. “I’m sure you have a lot to talk about so I’ll be going now.”

The door closed firmly behind Tsuyu with a click, leaving only a gobsmacked Kyoka to stare at a deeply apologetic Momo who’d only just realised what had inadvertently happened.

Proceeding to the elevator, Tsuyu figured it was a tad mean but something like that needed to come out now lest it be seen as a deception later on and cause more strife than the simply forgetful action it was.


The girls that were downstairs cooking up breakfast were chatting casually about the upcoming day. That is, they were when Iida walked through the common room after his morning run and sent them all a friendly morning greeting. Once the class president had passed them by, making his way to the bathroom to scrub off the early sweat he’d built up, the main topic returned to last night’s fun and games.

“I cannot believe Tsu dared you to do that!” Ochako hissed quietly in gleeful disbelief at the invisible girl sharing her first time with Izuku with everyone else in the room.

“I know!” Tooru replied in an elevated whisper. “It was so awesome though, it made me feel so seen and loved and… mmm, just thinking about it makes me wanna do it again.”

“Down girl.” Mina swatted her girlfriend’s ass with a free hand as she prepared to flip the pancakes she was cooking up. “You’ve had your fill for now.” She winked.

“Only after you did technically.” Tooru pouted. “When were you planning on telling us that, hmmm?!”

“Yesterday.” Mina admitted with a smug grin. “Wanted to see all your faces at once.”

“Mission accomplished.” Ochako rolled her eyes. “A-Actually um… you’ve… both done it there with Izuku now so… what does it feel like?”

“Huh?” Tooru quirked her head before remembering Ochako’s hesitation to do things in that specific hole with their boyfriend.

“Very satisfying.” Mina answered simply. “I mean, I know it kinda goes along with my quirk, but I kinda just really like how it feels inside me.”

“Whereas I just got the feeling of him pulsing before he pulled out.” Tooru pouted again, wishing the pill didn’t take a whole month to kick in; it technically did so in seven days but Recovery Girl recommended a month to be safe.

“You know, you could easily get on the pill and join us ‘Chako.” Mina teased with a wink. “No baby surprises and you get to do it raw.”

“I-I’ll stick to my method for now.” Ochako blushed, chopping up fruit at a faster rate to distract herself from Mina and Tooru’s giggles.

“Speakings of butts, you think Izuku’s is okay after last night?” Tooru asked curiously. “Poor guy really didn’t like that much.”

“It’s not for everyone.” Mina shrugged. “Some guys have a harder time doing stuff like that despite expecting us to do it.”

“To be fair, maybe he didn’t expect anything to ever go up there.” Ochako reasoned.

“Well that’s kinda out the window with how much Momo likes using her toys and Tsuyu with her tongue.”

“Wait, has she done that to you?” Tooru asked incredulously.

“No,” Mina acknowledged. “But I wouldn’t be surprised if she’s thought about it.”

When the sound of the front door of the dorm opening caught the girl’s ears, they quickly switched tracks to their usual default conversation about homework. They didn’t have to keep up the act for long though as a familiar bush of green hair became visible. Mina had to control her laughter though as it seemed they’d forgotten to do something for the second time.

“Hey guys.” Izuku greeted happily, approaching the kitchen before all three of the present girls were wearing amused faces, though Ochako was the first to move, quickly walking up to him and reaching up to his hairline.

“Sorry Izuku, I think we forgot something.” She apologised, undoing the hair tie that kept his hair in a partial braid he’d been wearing since the night before.

Izuku grimaced as Mina and Tooru stopped holding back their amusement as much, watching the boy’s face colour into a familiar red.

“Did anyone see you with this?” Ochako asked a tad nervously, wondering if he’d get unindated with questions soon.

“N-Not really, just Iida.” Izuku explained. “Though he kinda passes by fast so I don’t think he noticed either.”

“Your male dignity is safe for another day.” Mina giggled.

“And our secret.” Tooru reminded her.

Ochako finished by ruffling her boyfriend’s hair, enjoying the feel of her hand running through his untidy locks while resisting the urge not to touch his impressive physique in public. While she was comfortable with people knowing about her relationships with Tsuyu and Izuku, she’d rather not give any others walking in an unexpected show.

“We were just talking about stuff last night.” Mina explained, gesturing to the prep work and sink to suggest he come help. “How’s your fine ass feeling?”

“Oh uh… f-fine.” Izuku blushed again, feeling himself clench lightly at the phantom pain as he moved over to wash his hands.

“Don’t worry Squishy,” Mina chuckled. “No one will be going after that bit of you again, you’ve made that quite clear.”

“S-Sorry.” He apologised, making the girls look at him curiously. “I’ll um… g-give it another try later I guess.”

“Uh… why?” Tooru asked curiously. “If you don’t wanna, you don’t have to you know.”

“W-Well, I mean…” Izuku glanced nervously over at them. “I-It’s not fair if I expected you to do it and me to not… r-right?” His eyes caught Ochako’s especially as she was the only one he’d performed such an act with so far.

“Don’t be silly.” Ochako shook her head. “I know I don’t want you to be uncomfortable just for my sake.”

“Midori.” Mina shook her head in fond exasperation. “Don’t forget Miss Midnight’s chat with us; you don’t water all plants the same way. You’re just the cactus in that expression: willing to give us a poke but not wanting one in return.” She winked.

Tooru burst into laughter at the joke while Ochako struggled to hold back her giggles. Izuku, for his part, felt a mote of further embarrassment, but it was eclipsed by the warmth he felt from Mina’s words at the reminder.

“Y-Yeah… you’re probably right.” He rubbed the back of his head and chuckled along with them.

“Miss Midnight is a very wise woman, we should all heed her words and her whip.” Mina stated sagely.

“Should we call her ‘Mistress’ too?” Tooru giggled.

“W-We’ll leave that to Ochako.” Izuku teased, sending his brunette girlfriend into a blushing pout as the other two enjoyed the tease.

“D-Don’t be mean or… or… no more ‘nyan’s for you!” Ochako declared, turning away in a playful huff.

As joy reigned in the kitchen, the group was soon joined by Tsuyu as everything reached the end of its cooking time and, shortly after, Kyoka and Momo appeared who were sending each other unusual looks, though it didn’t stop them from sitting next to each other and holding hands under the table.

The group talked about more casual things once more as each tucked into a delicious breakfast as the fifth major sleepover came to a close.

Though they didn’t know it yet, the laughter and joy they were relishing now was something each would look back on fondly in the future as the last time they experienced such as naïve hero students…

Notes:

Chapter summary:

- After class on Friday, the raid group are held back after class with everyone being informed to be in the common room for guests at 4pm. Aizawa then takes the raid group to visit Eri who is being doted on by the big three, informing them that she'll be living at UA now. Once Aizawa is finished explaining things Izuku asks to speak to Mirio privately. He tries to encourage the now quirkless third year to continue his training to be the first quirkless hero but Mirio still has faith in Eri's quirk, inspiring Izuku to have more faith in others in turn.

- The guests at the dorms turn out to be the Wild, Wild Pussycats who greet everyone warmly and inform them of their return to hero work. With Ragdoll staying off the frontlines though, Izuku takes her aside and tells her that he believes she can still be a hero, even quirkless. Ragdoll is incredibly grateful for his support as no one else believed she could be one anymore without a quirk.

- The girls and Izuku head upstairs and prepare for their sleepover. Once all are settled, they pick out a movie and enjoy their time together.

- Once the film is done, Izuku is still a little wary about how things will go down between them in the game so the group decide to just chat for a while with Izuku answering some old truths the girls previously had during their sleepovers without him.
- Kyoka dares Tsuyu to strip down to only wear her hoodie.
- Tsuyu dares Ochako to get in her hoodie with her.
- Ochako truths Tooru to ask if she would ever have sex in public.
- Tooru dares Momo to have her breasts sucked and produce tasty liquid out of them. Momo goes ahead with Izuku and Kyoka latching on to help her with this.
- Momo truths Mina and asks about her thoughts on wax play.
- Mina dares Izuku to strip with music. Momo is asked to generate fake currency by Mina while Izuku prepares and the group enjoy his performance.
- Izuku truths Kyoka and asks why she kissed him.
- Kyoka dares Ochako to don cat ears and a tail butt plug for Izuku.
- Ochako dares Momo to show them her originally proposed hero outfit.
- Momo truths Tsuyu and asks about her weirdest fantasy which Tsuyu reveals that she once dreamed of actually being eaten by her former girlfriend.
- Tsuyu dares Tooru to have sex with izuku while everyone watches their first time.
- It's Tooru's turn to dare Izuku but can't think of one. Momo instead proposes Izuku try anal for the first time and creates a simple toy to use on him. While he tries his best, it isn't something he enjoys and stops it early. While most of the girls are supportive of him since he gave it a try, Momo is a little dismayed that she was the one to hit a bad boundary with him.
- Izuku dares Mina to melt out of clothes. Says she’ll go get some old ones to do it with which Momo protests could be donated instead and generates some duplicates she uses to complete the dare and melt the fake currency at the same time.
- Mina dares Kyoka to use an earphone jack powered dildo that Momo creates on herself for the rest of the game. Momo inadvertently shapes it just like Izuku’s cock.
- Kyoka truths Izuku to tell them what kind of future he sees them actually living as a group together.
- Izuku dares Tsuyu to wrap him in her tongue and use it to masturbate him.
- Tsuyu dares Momo to let them all perform the girl's fantasy seven-way (upgraded from six-way) on her.
- Momo dares Mina to finish off Tsuyu and get her to cum however the frog girl likes.
- Mina dares Tooru to eat Ochako so the brunette can cum too.
- Tooru dares Ochako to eat her right back, resulting in the pair sixty-nineing.
- Finally, Ochako dares Kyoka to kiss Izuku on the lips which Kyoka tentatively agrees. When she’s struggling to do it, she binds the two of them together with her jacks, turning herself on and allowing her to kiss him.
- With the game wrapping up, the group prepare themselves for an early night and settle down.

- Izuku wakes up early for his run which rouses the other girls. Mina, Tooru and Ochako go to make breakfast while Tsuyu addresses Momo's mild concerns over Kyoka and Izuku's blossoming relationship. After clearing things up, the frog girl departs after asking how Momo improved her toy’s cock design, causing Kyoka to realise her vibrating toy was based off Izuku's cock.

- Mina and Ochako comfort Izuku after he’s still feeling down about not liking anal stuff. He believes that since he did it to Ochako he should be able to return the favour if one of the others wanted to do it. Mina reminds him of Midnight’s discussion with them, that it was okay they were each treated differerntly and he was just the cactus in this analogy, giving them each a prick without taking one himself. The reminder and joke cheers up Izuku and makes Ochako laugh.

Chapter 25: Future Thinking

Summary:

Mina and Tooru go out on their date with Tooru's parents, the hero billboard charts are announced and Aizawa sets up an emergency drill for his class.

Notes:

Apologies for the day delay getting this one out. After a week's break I got hit with some writers block over this last week and didn't get things properly flowing again until Saturday. This chapter also ended up much longer than intended (being about 35k instead of the 23-26k ish I imagined it) so I hope you enjoy it all as an apology for the delay.

If you'd like to come yell at me or keep better tabs on how the next chapter is going or delays, come join us over on the discord at: https://discord.gg/x85xtWmKCa
There's also fun new MHA game of my creation to try out at the same time and I'll be hanging around there most days usually chatting rubbish so feel free to bother me. :)

*****UPDATE*****
Apologies again for the inconvenient update buuut, chapter's delayed for another week. Life got in the way (and a hospital visit) and yeah... didn't manage to get all the way through the joint training like I planned. Fingers crossed it's 25th of Feb and it'll be a long one (25k of words already and only at the start of round 3 and I don't wanna split it into two chapters). Thank you for understanding.

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

Nemuri Kayama found herself in her hero persona once again, standing by UA’s front gate with a discreet black car parked nearby to escort her charges off of campus for the day. Mina had once more requested her escorting presence and as the time to leave drew near she could easily understand why.

Arm in arm, the two adorable girlfriends rounded the corner of the main building and made their way towards her. Both were dressed in some nicer looking threads than normal that clearly screamed ‘date’.

“Aren’t we nicely dressed?” Midnight commented as the girls approached with smiles plastered on their faces.

“We got a hot date.” Mina smirked. “Gotta dress to impress the ‘rents to make sure I can keep this one.” Tooru giggled and rolled her invisible eyes at Mina’s posturing.

“Ahhh, big step.” Midnight nodded in understanding. “Nervous?”

“Nope.” Mina grinned widely.

“She totally is,” Tooru outed her girlfriend. “Took her over an hour to pick this out.”

“Bay-buh.” Mina pouted while Midnight chuckled lightly.

“Introductions are difficult.” Midnight sympathised. “While I’m sure this one will go well, if you need to end things early, how about you flash me the ‘okay’ gesture and I’ll get you out with a ‘hero emergency’ we can’t ignore.”

“My parents won’t be that bad.” Tooru rolled her eyes.

“You got it Miss Midnight.” Mina agreed immediately after.

“Mina!” Tooru gasped.

“What?” Mina grinned cheekily. “With how I plan to take the shovel talk we might need it more than you think.”

“Well now I’m worried my dad will need my protection more than you will.” The invisible girl glared playfully.

“Alright girls, as much as I love a good catfight, we should be heading off.” Midnight interrupted their little spat.

With renewed enthusiasm at the reminder, Mina eagerly opened the rear car door for her girlfriend before climbing in after her. Midnight took her place in the driver’s seat and they were off. It wasn’t too long of a car ride into town but Tooru snuggled into Mina’s side as they travelled, her mind replaying their pleasant memory from this morning.


With their stomachs full of unhealthy breakfasty goodness, Tooru and Mina were in high spirits as they dressed for their upcoming date. Tooru was currently lounging on Mina’s bed, having already selected her date-wear beforehand while Mina was going through her wardrobe trying to pick out the right outfit.

“Urgh, nothing’s working today.” She pouted, tossing another dress over her shoulder that landed on the lap of her girlfriend.

“You’ll look great in any of this Princess, don’t worry so much.” Tooru said calmly, kind of enjoying the fact that Mina was showing a little bit of panic over her parents impending judgement; it meant she was taking it seriously and wanted to impress.

“I know!” Mina puffed up her cheeks. “But I wanna knock their socks off before I open my mouth and show them how much of an airhead I can be.”

Tooru just giggled at Mina’s minor insecurity. Despite her recent improvements in class, it seemed the pinkette was worried about living up to some imaginary brainy standard.

“Well then I’ll just open my mouth and my parents will know we match perfectly.” Tooru reassured her.

“Urgh, no it’s…” Mina paused, adopting a thinking pose while facing her girlfriend.

If not for the fact that they’d sated their sexual urges for a while from last night, Tooru would be very tempted to strip Mina of her lace bra and underwear and indulge in a round of play to ease her girlfriend’s nerves.

“Look, I… I know you love me and I love you, but your parents don’t really know me yet, especially as your girlfriend.” Mina explained. “I want us to be able to show up ready to have a great time together and whenever you wanna introduce me then bam! They realise that their daughter has found a keeper that will love, provide and take care of their little girl no matter what.”

“Awww Princess.” Tooru pushed herself off the bed hurriedly and closed the distance between them quickly to wrap her girlfriend up in a tight hug, kissing her repeatedly on the cheek as she did so. It was a lot harder not to lead the girl back to her own bed and go a few rounds after hearing that. Mina’s words meant a lot to her but still, the girl didn’t need to worry about such a thing. “I love that you’re thinking about stuff like that, but honestly, just go as you and my parents will love you too. You don’t need to borrow Momo’s brain to impress them.”

“Yeah I know…” Mina smiled while rubbing the back of her head nervously. “But you remember this when you’re getting antsy over meeting my folks.”

“I will.” Tooru nodded. “It won’t help in the slightest as I’ll be freaking out like, way too much, but I’ll remember it.”

“Not helping dear.” Mina deadpanned with a sigh before turning back to her wardrobe.

Looking at it with fresh eyes, she pulled out a couple of things before mixing and matching them to form something she finally deemed acceptable.


It wasn’t some overt or grandiose gesture but it warmed the invisible girl’s heart all the same as she sighed dreamily under Mina’s cuddly arm.

Before they knew it, the car was pulling into the parking lot at the cinema they’d be meeting at. It was a smaller establishment than the one at the mall so the hustle and bustle of weekend life wouldn’t get in the way here as much as it would there. The films were practically the same anyway so it didn’t matter to either girl.

Once parked and in the midday sun once more, the trio walked the short distance around the building to the front entrance and made their way inside. While Mina was psyching herself up in her own head, Tooru’s hand quickly left her own as she took off at a run.

“Mum, dad!” She called out joyfully, wrapping her arms around her parents’ middles. Mina and Midnight could tell at a glance the pair were her parents from their complete lack of features with only floating clothes defining the pair’s presence at all; clearly Tooru wasn’t joking when she said her parents had the same quirk.

“Hey there Shimmer!” Tooru’s dad reached down to tussle his daughter’s hair playfully. Much like their daughter, her parents were wearing things on both arms to indicate where their hands were; on each of their lefts sat a gold wedding band while Tooru’s father sported a wristwatch on his right arm and her mother had a silver bracelet in the same position.

It seemed the pair had dressed fairly casually for their outing as Tooru’s dad was just sporting a simple jeans and t-shirt combination that showed off his somewhat fuller figure while her mother was dressed in a blue, short sleeved blouse with a pink, knee-length trumpet skirt.

While Mina was more used to it at this point, Midnight had to consciously adjust her eyes to not stare at the gap in Tooru’s mother’s neckline where her bra straps could be seen. With it being winter, it was almost odd the pair didn’t have coats with them until the pinkette spotted them draped over a small backpack that sat against the wall.

“It’s been far too long my darling.” Tooru’s mom leant down to capture her daughter in a hug and snuggle against her cheek affectionately. The pinkette couldn’t help the warm smile that she wore at hearing her girlfriend so happy.

“Sorry, hero training’s been super intense,” Tooru apologised though she knew her parents understood.

“Quite alright dear,” her mother assured her. “We’re glad you’re working hard and doing well, though it’s been somewhat lonely for your father and me without you around to keep us on our toes.”

“Not the worst for getting some work done but we’ve definitely missed you for movie nights, kiddo.” Tooru’s dad chuckled.

“Well that’s what today’s for!” Tooru cheered. “What are we gonna watch?”

“Maybe you should introduce us to your friend first, and your… I want to say teacher?” Her dad asked quizzically.

“Nemuri Kayama, also known as the pro hero ‘Midnight’.” Their teacher introduced herself with a small nod. She’d had parents be wary of her in the past because of her heroic persona and today was apparently no different. “I teach modern hero art history at UA and I must say your daughter does fairly well in my class.”

“Nice to meet you.” Tooru’s mother replied, both parents bowing politely back at the hero. “I presume you are the escort our daughter mentioned?”

“UA is taking all student’s safety while off campus very seriously ma’am.” Midnight acknowledged. “I understand it is not ideal for a family outing but I hope to be as un-intrusive as possible while keeping the girls and yourselves safe.”

“Perfectly understandable.” Tooru’s mother nodded.

“Speaking of the girls; Shimmer, want to introduce us to your friend?” Tooru’s dad asked, glancing over at Mina who’d resisted the urge to clench her hands. They hadn’t much talked about it so Mina wasn’t quite sure when Tooru would introduce her officially to her folks. However, when the invisible girl quickly bounced back over to her and took one hand in her own, she knew it was time.

“Okay so, um… I may have fudged things ju~ust a little.” Tooru braced herself. “Mum, dad… I’d like you to meet Mina Ashido, my girlfriend.”

“Hi there.” Mina waved bravely with her free hand, keeping her confidence on the surface.

As silence stretched on for more than a few moments, both girls and their teacher began to get a little nervous.

“G-Girlfriend?” Her dad stammered after a second.

“Oh honey, why didn’t you warn us?” Tooru’s mother shook her head. “Oh I feel so underdressed.”

“And me without my speech.” Tooru’s dad chuckled in mild disbelief, tapping his pockets for a roll of paper he knew wasn’t there.

Tooru and Mina nervously chuckled along as the shock seemed to start wearing off her parents.

“Sorry if that came off as rude.” Tooru’s dad apologised. “Our little girl’s had her heart set on a prince for a while then she goes and snags herself a princess.”

Mina couldn’t help but blush at her pet name being unknowingly being spouted by Tooru’s father.

“She is my princess and I’m really glad that I found her.” Tooru leant into Mina.

“Pleasure to meet you both.” Mina nodded politely.

“Likewise.” Tooru’s mum returned.

“Almost don’t want to go watch a film now.” Tooru’s dad chuckled. “Clearly we’ve missed a lot if our girl’s grown up without us being there.”

“We’ll have plenty of time to chat after I’m sure.” Tooru’s mom rolled her eyes. “For now, how about we pick something. Tooru, I’ve got your old bag right here.”

Tooru grinned as her mother passed over her old school bag, almost assured she knew what was inside. Popping it open to confirm, she grinned in delight as her favourite cookies and a few other goodies were sitting inside.

“Ah yes, very important stuff I’m sure Tooru would hate to forget.” Mina giggled as she spied the bag’s contents, knowing full well how far her girlfriend’s sweet tooth stretched. It was technically not her cheat day anymore but considering the circumstances they could afford to make an exception.

With the two adults grabbing their coats and slinging them over their arms, the group then proceeded over to the selection screens where different times for all the movies were listed.

“Got something in mind for this time darling?” Tooru’s mum asked as she pondered the choice in films herself.

“There’s a couple good ones…” Tooru thought about it, having a passing familiarity with a number of them due to looking them up in advance.

“Actually,” her dad smirked cheekily. “Considering our guest, maybe she should choose the film we see.”

“Me?” Mina blinked curiously.

“Of course,” he nodded. “What better way to show us how well you know our Shimmer than picking a movie she’d enjoy. Just name it and we’ll all go see it.”

“Don’t be mean.” Tooru’s mum smacked her husband’s belly lightly. It was well known how eager he’d been to give the shovel talk in recent years and testing her girlfriend’s partner had clearly begun.

“Hmmm, in that case… how about,” Mina glanced through the list of names for the perfect choice. “The Rising Dead 3: The Bloodening.” She smirked right back, knowing full well what Tooru’s dad was doing.

Seeing the man’s clothes move in a similar way to Tooru’s when she flinched gave Mina all the information she needed to know she’d won their little spar.

“Yeah, okay, maybe not that one.” Tooru’s dad chuckled.

“Too scared dad?” Tooru giggled.

“Your mum’s the horror nut, not me.” He shook his head but noting the girl’s behaviour for later. “Well played Miss Ashido.”

“Just Mina is fine.” Mina chuckled. “As for an actual film… how about that new Avatar one?”

“Not Glass Onion?” Tooru’s dad enquired curiously. “I’ve heard it’s a great murder-mystery.”

“True, but this is more for Tooru. Murder-mysteries are kinda like hero work and we’re here for a fun day out; nothing better than a little fantasy flick to take your mind off the real world.”

“Sound logic.” Tooru’s dad held his hands up in surrender. “Sound good Shimmer?”

“Sounds great dad.” Tooru squeezed her girlfriend’s hand affectionately to let her know her pick had been a good one.

“Very well, five for the blue man group.” Tooru’s dad chuckled as he made for the counter.

“Please don’t feel obligated to pay for my ticket.” Midnight stopped him. “UA reimburses me for everything spent at times like this so just the four of you will be fine.”

“Gotcha.” He nodded in understanding. “Anything else?”

“… Are you sure we can’t see ‘The Rising Dead’?” Tooru’s mum asked curiously, causing her daughter to giggle and her dad to shiver.

The movie was soon paid for and concessions were secured in the form of a large popcorn for the girls to share. Midnight got her own ticket for a few rows back so she could keep an eye on everything along with a receipt for her to redeem with finances at a later time.

After entering the theatre where no outside food was allowed and finding their seats, Tooru opened up her old school bag and broke out her cookies. As was tradition with her folks, she passed over their own personal snacks they’d sneak in together; giving her dad his gummies and her mom her dark chocolate with the adults sharing a medium popcorn together.

Surprisingly, her bag wasn’t empty and a small array of sweets still littered the bottom. When Tooru nudged her dad and showed him, he leant down to whisper to her, “We didn’t know what your ‘friend’ would like so we got a few.”

Tooru leant on her dad’s shoulder slightly to let him know how much she appreciated the gesture. Offering the bag to the girl, Mina accepted a box of Pocky with a smile before munching on the first while the trailers rolled. When she pulled out the second, she put half of it in her mouth and turned to her girlfriend, tapping her on the arm to get her attention. With a small ‘squee’ of delight, Tooru accepted the other half of the chocolate and biscuit stick in her mouth before biting it off and giggling cutely. Mina felt her worries for the day begin melting away as she settled in to watch her second movie in two days.


The group had underestimated how long the film would be and, like many others, made a dash for the rest rooms once the movie credits began rolling. Midnight had no such issue and waited patiently for them all with an empathetic smile on her face.

“Benefits of not eating or drinking on the job.” She commented towards the girls who emerged from the loos first. The pair shot her a mild glare each but took it in good spirits. Once Tooru’s parents emerged too, the group shuffled themselves outside to chat.

“Right, I think a spot of early dinner is in order after that.” Tooru’s dad started once the bracing outside winds whipped up.

“We’ve booked a table at Yukihira’s for us all.” Tooru’s mum revealed. “Apologies Miss Midnight, I wasn’t sure how to-”

“Don’t worry about it.” Midnight smiled. “Most places around here are familiar with UA and know how heroes operate; I’ll be fine.”

“If you’re sure.” Tooru’s dad shrugged, not minding the extra mouth to feed if needed.

Luckily for the group, the restaurant they’d booked was only a short walk away. Mina and Tooru had their hands clasped as they talked about a few things they liked and disliked in the film while the adults were content to just listen for now.

When the group arrived at the little hole-in-the-wall restaurant, Tooru’s dad stopped them for a moments.

“Before we go inside and enjoy a lovely meal, may I speak to you alone for a spell Mina?”

“Uh oh,” Mina chuckled, feeling the excitement rise in her. “Here it comes.”

“Daddy, be nice.” Tooru puffed up her cheeks as the expected shovel talk the girls knew would come eventually seemed to have arrived.

“I’m just doing my fatherly duty.” Tooru’s dad admitted. “If your princess can’t handle it then maybe she should go look in another castle.” Tooru’s mother let out an audible groan at the long dated reference while Mina let out a chuckle of amusement. “At least someone appreciates my humour.”

“While I’m sure you don’t have any negative intentions with splitting the group, I’m afraid you must all remain within my eye line.” Midnight stated professionally.

“Safety stuff, right.” Tooru’s dad nodded. “How ‘bout you girls wait here and Mina and I talk just over there.” He gestured to a nearby bench.

“That should be fine.” Midnight nodded.

“If you would Miss Ashido.” Tooru’s father led the way, switching to a more professional sounding tone that almost made Mina double take. Her invisible girlfriend pecked her cheek and whispered words of luck into her ear before Mina marched after Tooru’s dad to get read the riot act. Taking a breath to steel herself, Mina sat down beside the man’s clothes and looked over to where his head would be.

While Tooru had always been a bubble of energy that could be easily read, even without facial cues or hand gestures, her dad was currently proving to be a unique challenge. Mina eyed him subtly for a moment as she tried to get a read on how to best counter him and put them both in good spirits. Cheeky and mischievous? Serious and Iida-like? Confident and brash? Hopefully her plan to cheerfully laugh at all his threats of not making his daughter unhappy would be enough.

“So… you seem to be making my daughter happy so far.” He began with, causing Mina to smirk at the obvious opening line.

“Been making her very happy for a while now sir.” Mina replied respectfully. “Couple months if I recall.”

“Any particular reason she neglected to inform us of such a development?”

“We were keeping things on the down low while we felt them out. It was a little bit of a surprise to both of us things developed the way they did.”

“At least you can understand our confusion then.” Tooru’s dad chuckled. “I’m not sure if she’s told you but Tooru’s been dreaming of finding her prince charming since she was just above my knee.”

“She made that clear, yeah.” Mina chuckled back. “I’m pretty sure she’s happy with a princess instead though. Me too if I’m honest.”

“Yes, about that.” Tooru’s dad turned pensive. “You seem to be a bright girl so I won’t beat around the bush any longer. What are your intentions with my daughter?”

Mina was glad for all her chats with Tsuyu since UA started as it had given her much practise to address bluntness like this.

“Same as you with your wife.” Mina grinned cheekily. She knew she was pushing her luck a little but if he was gonna start with a classic line like that then she’d pull out the rebuttal she had planned for years.

“That’s a bold statement.” Tooru’s dad challenged.

“I’m a bold girl.” Mina countered.

“I’m getting that.” He allowed himself a small chuckle. “You’re both young though, how are you sure this isn’t just puppy love? Especially since a relationship like, this, could just be your childish feelings that will fade in a few months’ time once the initial excitement wears off.”

This?” Mina questioned curiously, hoping he wasn’t hinting about what she thought he was.

“Two girls playing and experimenting with a relationship.”

Mina was a little taken aback by that. She could feel her surprise turn to a touch of anger and a frown formed on her face.

“With all due respect sir.” She said curtly. “What I feel for your daughter is a lot stronger than what you seem to believe. This isn’t some passing fling, childish fancy, or way to kill time until I grow up and find someone better.”

“I really would like to believe that.” Tooru’s dad sighed. “But you strike me as someone who’s had a fairly easy-going life, one where trouble doesn’t mean much so long as you can get back to having fun afterwards; a party girl. How do I know I won’t have to pick up the pieces of my little girl’s heart when something more beneficial or fun comes along?”

“Because I’m not a homophobic prick like you seem to be.” Mina growled, having had enough.

She’d gone into this thinking it’d be a fun back and forth like she’d had with Bakugo when her relationship was first revealed to the class or something more akin to the banter she shared with her own father, but here, Tooru’s dad was just completely dismissive of everything he’d seen so far. Rising to her feet, she was ready to unleash her frustrations.

“I get that you’re her dad and want to protect her but news flash; she’s gonna be a kickass hero that protects you and everyone else and so am I. This isn’t some flash in the pan romance you seem to think it is as that invisible girl is one of the loves of my life and nothing you say will change that. I’d like to not have to kick your ass because that’d make my girlfriend sad, so how about instead you shut ya’ damn face, pack your prejudices up, and we act like civil people as long as we know each other; otherwise, Christmases, birthdays, and our fucking wedding is gonna be real awkward.”

By the end of her rant, Mina was breathing heavily through her nose, her girlfriend’s father having managed to piss her off more than she’d realised. For a moment, she wondered if she’d gone too far as she regarded the man’s stillness and silence as shock. She kept her eyes focused on his center so she’d catch the tell-tale sign of him making a swing at her via his sleeves.

Instead of anger though, a deep belly laugh rang out into the night eye, admittedly shocking the pinkette in turn.

“You’ve got some fire in you don’tcha?” Tooru’s dad chuckled and Mina could swear he was smirking even if she couldn’t see him. She looked at him with an expression of clear confusion to which he simply patted the bench with one hand. “Sit back down and I’ll tell ya how I really feel.”

It suddenly occurred to Mina that this could all have been a test; a front to poke and prod at her until she displayed her true feelings. Snarky banter and a defensive, if passive, father figure she’d been ready for. This? Not so much.

Taking her seat again, she heard Tooru’s dad exhale a long breath before breathing in and starting again.

“Sorry about the unkind things I said, but I kind of have a knack for reading people.” He admitted. “From what I could tell, you were clearly ready for something like this so I needed to catch you off guard.”

“Fine way to do it, disregarding mine and your daughter’s feelings for each other.” Mina replied a little testily.

“My little Shimmer had her feelings stomped on twice before by idiot boys and once by a particular tailed classmate of yours.” Tooru’s dad explained with Mina recalling how despondent Tooru became after being rejected by him. “Gotta make sure she isn’t gonna go through that again needlessly.”

“Yeah, that sucked, but she got through that with me and our friends help and she’ll never have to again.” Mina stated.

“Considering you believe marriage is in your future, I don’t doubt it; you made your stance on that perfectly clear.” Tooru’s dad chuckled heartily.

“Yeah, w-well...” Mina blushed lightly, not expecting that topic to have come up like it did. “Of course I want to marry my Starlight. I’d just much prefer my in-laws not be hostile jerks so we wouldn’t mind visiting them.”

“Sorry, sorry.” Tooru’s dad apologised again. “From what I can tell, you two clearly care for each other. She may be invisible, but I can read my little girl like a book.”

“Getting closer to doing the same every day.” Mina stated.

“I got no issues with you two so long as you keep my little girl happy and safe.” Tooru’s dad smiled honestly at the girl, satisfied with what he’d heard so far. “It’s a big responsibility that I’ll be handing off to you once you put that ring on her finger, think you’re up to the task?”

“If I’m not, you can be the first to feed me to Bowser.” Mina smirked, circling back to the man’s aged reference which he took great joy in from the following laugh he let out.

“Heck of a wit on you too,” he smirked. “At least I know you’ll be able to keep up with that bundle of energy I call a daughter.

“She needs to keep up with me usually.” Mina chuckled, feeling a bit more secure Tooru’s dad wasn’t suddenly going to flip-flop again and give her another shock. “So what was with that little… irksome ‘performance’?”

“I’m a lawyer by trade Mina.” Tooru’s dad admitted. “Specifically a defence attorney. While I work at a bigger practise, I have a degree of ability to choose my clients rather than the company pushing each case on me; as such, I prefer to represent innocent people and give them a little interview first. Being invisible can make it really easy to look for body language tells without the other person noticing.”

“And how long have you been reading me?” Mina narrowed her eyes.

“Pretty much since we saw you.” Tooru’s dad admittedly rubbed the back of his neck at this, knowing it sounded creepy. “Deepest apologies again, but you seemed confident and prepared, if a little nervous but that bit was to be expected. I could tell you expected this and had some sort of plan but that’s it. It’s much harder to get someone’s true feelings when they expect what you’ll throw at them.”

“You didn’t need to do all that sir.” Mina sighed. “I was hoping to catch you off guard to make this painless and assure you your daughter’s heart is safe with me.”

“That’s certainly good to hear.” Tooru’s dad chuckled. “To apologise again, how about I make it up to you by getting an extra take-home dessert for you and Tooru to split.”

“It’s a start.” Mina smirked, wondering if he already knew about her sweet tooth from observing her or if Tooru had mentioned it before.

“One last thing though, since I am curious,” Tooru’s dad piped up again. “You said ‘loves’ in that heated little speech you gave me. You aren’t seeing other people on the side are you?”

Though his tone was still somewhat jovial, Mina could sense the danger lurking beneath the surface of that statement. She had to word this carefully to protect both her own and her girlfriend’s ass.

“Tooru’s great an’ all, but to be fair, I’ve known sweets, carbs, and dance a lot longer and they’re just as important loves to me as she is. You know, besides partying since I’m a ‘party girl’.” She sent him a look that let him know she was being deliberately obtuse. “But in all seriousness, I’m not ‘seeing anyone on the side’ and obviously neither is Tooru. We’ve got our close friends who we love almost as much as each other in our little group, like Ochako, Kyoka and Tsu, but Tooru tops that list.”

While Tooru’s dad’s clothes were still for a few moments, Mina knew she didn’t have to worry about lying to the man; she definitely wasn’t seeing anyone else on the side since they were all her main squeezes.

“Good.” Tooru’s dad stated with clear relief after a few moments. “I’d hate to have to represent myself in court for dropping my daughter’s girlfriend off a cliff.”

“No worries there. Everyone loves our Starlight.” Mina smirked, confident she could slip that past the man now she had a better read on him.

With one last sigh and slapping his knees, Tooru’s dad pushed himself to his feet.

“Right, we should probably get back. I’m sure I’m in for an earful.”

Mina glanced over to where Tooru, her mother, and Midnight were currently waiting for them. Her teacher had a curious, if somewhat uneasy look on her face while Tooru’s anxiousness was plain to see with her hands clutched to her chest as obviously as they were.

“I guess you will be representing yourself to the court of Tooru.” Mina chuckled.

“The one court I dread to find myself in.” Tooru’s dad grimaced.

With their talk over, the pair returned to their girls. Midnight raised a curious brow at Mina who sent her back a slightly uneasy smile in return which Tooru could clearly read.

“Daddy!” She growled, quickly seizing Mina’s hand in hers to comfort the girl if she needed it.

“Busted.” He meekly chuckled.

“I told you not to pull that lawyer stuff.” Tooru’s mum slapped her dad’s arm; he wasn’t the only one that could read their invisible loved ones.

“Sorry dear.” He apologised.

“Please tell me you still want to be my Princess after dad’s fuck up.” Tooru asked her girlfriend, a little nervous of the answer.

“Wouldn’t be a very good hero if something like that could scare me.” Mina smiled warmly at her girlfriend, kissing her clearly on the cheek. “Could’ve done with a warning about his job though.”

“At least you didn’t do too much damage.” Tooru’s mum sighed in relief and giving her husband the invisible stink-eye. “Now come along everyone, we’d both love to hear about all the fun you two have been having at UA since summer.”

Squeezing her girlfriend’s hand once more to help alleviate more of the negative feelings from her father’s ‘friendly chat’, Tooru lead the pair inside after her parents with Midnight bringing up the rear.

The diner was a little family-owned business and, thanks to the early time, wasn’t busy at all. This made it much easier for Midnight to ask for a table to herself while the group were prompty escorted to their reserved table.

Deciding to return to lighter topics, pre-dinner conversation involved much more neutral topics such as the things the girls had learned and been doing in classes since Tooru’s parents last saw her. Even if Tooru reiterated some things to the two after their phone calls every now and then, it was fun to get to do it in person and Mina was able to join in easily, easing her back into her normal disposition.

By the time dessert rolled around, things were getting back to the more personal topic of their relationship. While they definitely avoided the more lewd aspects of their blossoming romance, the pair couldn’t keep the smiles of their faces as they spoke of the bits they could.

“And that’s when I told her I loved her.” Mina smiled warmly glancing over at Tooru after the pair finished relaying their story to the older couple. Tooru’s mother was currently leaning on her father’s shoulder judging by their clothes as they listened to the tale.

“That sounds incredibly delightful.” Her mum sighed warmly.

“Annoyingly sweet.” Her dad relented.

“Think I could’ve avoided that grilling if you’d waited till after dinner to chat?” Mina teased.

“… Maybe.” He chuckled.

“Urgh, daddy.” Tooru pouted again.

“Hey, I know she’s the real deal now.” Her dad surrendered. “I’m just glad she’s not a vain idiot like those other boys.”

Mina nodded, giving the man that point at least, though admittedly she had seen what lay under Tooru’s invisibility quirk.

“Kinda hard when I’m pretty sure I’d get a similar thing for all… this.” She gestured to her face with a wave of her hand. She loved her pink hair, skin, black eyes and weird horns but knew full well the negative reactions some people could still have in this day and age towards someone like her.

“Oh, no offence intended,” Tooru’s dad covered. “I meant more how my wife and I fell for each other without looks being a factor. I know it was something we were both very self-conscious of back when we were teenagers.”

“Looks are taken into account for attractiveness when you don’t know a person.” Tooru’s mother sighed. “We knew it was something you might feel a little… self-conscious about growing up dear. I’m glad you’ve found someone at so young who can see the true you.”

Mina smiled warmly with a hint of pride, though she knew how much Tooru had indeed suffered with the same issue her parents clearly had at her age.

“Y-Yeah um… a-about that.” Tooru steeled her nerves. “So um, mum… dad… there’s… someone else I want you to meet.” She started nervously.

Her parents looked confused judging by their clothes and briefly glanced around to see if there was someone lurking around they hadn’t spotted this whole time.

“Uh… who would that be darling?” Tooru’s mum asked curiously.

“She can’t really talk to you so um… Mina? C-Could you do so for her?” Tooru asked with a slightly pleading voice.

Mina understood what her girlfriend was asking and sent her a warm smile and a nod in response.

“Of course Starlight.”

Tooru’s parent’s looks of confusion only deepened when their daughter started taking deep breaths.

“Oh uh, please don’t jump or be frightened or anything.” Mina warned the pair as she realised they wouldn’t quite know what to expect in a few moment’s time.

When Tooru released her last breath and emptied her lungs in the familiar way she knew by heart now, she pulled her quirk back and became visible to the world once more.

Despite the warning, Tooru’s parent’s eyebrows raced for their hairline and their mouths dropped open in shock as a pale, shimmery haired girl with feathery eyelashes appeared in their daughter’s clothes.

“T-T-Tooru?!” He mother gasped.

Tooru simply performed a jazz hands manoeuvre in response.

“Ta-da!” Mina translated the action. “Mr and Mrs Hagakure, meet Tooru.”

“S-Shimmer? I-Is that really you?” Her father asked, his voice full of wonderment and disbelief.

Tooru nodded her head enthusiastically but said nothing other than sending her parents a beaming smile.

“We’ve all been working really hard on our quirks since summer. Thanks to a green-haired friend of ours who really likes breaking down quirks, they helped Tooru figure out how hers worked a bit more. Unfortunately she can’t speak while doing it yet as it requires she not have any air in her lungs but we’re working on trying to make it a thing she can turn on or off whenever she wants.”

Tooru gave her folks a thumbs up to back up her girlfriend’s words.

With a slow and careful move, Tooru’s mother reached out with one hand and wrapped it around her daughter’s hand. Though no one could tell, a tear was making its way down her mother’s cheek as she saw her daughter’s body react to her touch for the first time. Tooru took her mother’s hand in her own and rubbed her thumb along her fingers, giving her a wide, bright smile of reassurance as she did.

“I-I… can’t believe it.” Her mother shook her head.

“Believe it.” Mina smiled. “Starlight’s been almost single-minded since figuring everything out and this is what she’s achieved so far.”

Leaning over, Tooru’s dad reached out and cupped his daughter’s face, her cheek morphing under his touch too as her hair shimmered from the different light sources.

“My baby girl.” He whimpered, unabashed in his joyful tears since no one could see them anyway.

Tooru would've been able to hold her quirk back for longer but felt her emotions getting the better of her as she blinked out a pair of tears and leant into her father’s touch. Her normal, invisible state was returned when she choked back a breath of air, coughing a little from the sob that tried to break free at the same time.

“H-Hi guys.” Tooru smiled weakly, even though she knew she could no longer be seen.

“Tooru… I… I don’t know what to say.” Her mum whimpered, unbelievably happy for her daughter but unsure at how to express such in public.

“Maybe something about how beautiful she is?” Mina smiled understandingly. “If she’s half as beautiful as you Mrs Hagakure then your husband is a very lucky man.”

“Didn’t need to see her to know that.” Tooru’s dad chuckled weakly while pulling back from his daughter.

“I can’t keep it up all the time.” Tooru explained, rubbing the familiar spot on the back of her head that twinged when she pushed herself. “I get this pain right here.” She pointed out the spot. “I’m hoping to sort of… train my quirk to not do it or train my tolerance or… something so that I can… you know… be seen when I want to be.”

“That’s a helluva lot more than either your mother or I can do.” Tooru’s dad admitted. “I… guess there’s no shame in telling you that… despite our assurances when you were growing up, both me and your mother have tried to figure it out too.”

“R-Really?” Tooru blinked, relieved they didn’t feel bad about her choosing to try and do this. “Did… you guys have any luck or know anything about this?” She pointed to the pain at the back of her head again.

“I’ve never managed more than a refraction of light.” Tooru’s Mom sighed.

“I thought I reflected light once but I couldn’t do it again so maybe I was mistaken.” Tooru’s dad admitted. “When you were young though, we occasionally saw you in your crib not as an empty gap between the covers, but an array of colours floating around, kind of like a prism effect I guess.

“It’s why we ended up giving you your nickname after all dear.” Tooru’s mum giggled happily.

“I still think prism would’ve been cool too.”

“That’s more of a hero name.” Mina giggled, joining in. “To me, she’s my Starlight.”

“And I’m just… so happy right now!” Tooru felt tears running down the side of her face as she took her parents’ hands in her own for comfort and just soaked in the moment.

Mina remained relatively quiet after that as Tooru’s parents enquired after everything their daughter did to get as far as she had. There was an inkling that she was being milked for information so the two might try to make themselves visible by training at home but whether they did or not was none of her business.

‘So long as they didn’t become villains anyway.’ Mina thought with a giggle.


Eventually dinner and dessert was all finished with and the group rose to put an end to their visit. The Hagakure adults had a long drive home so even though it was only mid-evening and the sun had already set, the group left the restaurant and made their way to the movie theatre car park to begin their journeys back home with an extra slice of delicious chocolate cake boxed up in Mina’s hand for her and Tooru to split later on.

As said invisible girl talked to her mother and laughed along to a story about how her dad had tried and failed to be a handy-man in the time she’d been gone, Mina was asked away by the man in question.

“Mina, one last word if you will.”

“Uh… can do Mr Hagakure,” Mina nodded. “Provided it’s okay with you Miss Midnight.”

“Stay within the parking lot where I can see you.” Midnight nodded.

“Daddy!” Tooru turned to address her father. “Don’t try to ruin our relationship again!”

“It’s nothing like that my dear, just a little fatherly question is all.”

“It better be.” Tooru puffed up her invisible cheeks. “Else you won’t get to see me or my face anymore.”

“A little harsh there Shimmer.” Tooru’s mum chuckled but did nothing to convince her daughter otherwise.

Assuring Midnight they wouldn’t be far, Mina went along with Tooru’s dad away from the other girls’ ears once again. She hoped this wasn’t another rug pull shovel talk as the first one hadn’t exactly gone the way she’d wanted.

Once they were far enough away, Tooru’s dad turned to face Mina and took a deep breath to begin.

“Firstly, I’m sorry about the way I acted before. I want you to know, no deceptions this time, that you both have my full blessing, not that you really need it.”

“Damn right.” Mina smirked.

“Not just for the relationship I mean, but should you wish to procure a certain item of jewellery before the end of your studies.” Tooru’s dad wiggled the finger that his wedding ring was currently wrapped around.

Mina admittedly felt a mild blush rise to her cheeks but it was an option she’d long considered. Thoughts as to how an actual marriage between them were still vague and confusing since there were now seven of them all in total in their unique relationship but she had no doubts that she wanted to see her girlfriend in a glorious white wedding dress at some point. The others too, and even Izuku if she could get away with it for giggles, but Tooru was the one that she was dealing with here and now.

“T-That is… very kind of you sir.” Mina nodded happily. “I’ll be sure to keep that in mind if we um… get to that stage before becoming full-fledged heroes.”

“Of course, of course. No rushing these things after all.” He chuckled. “But um… would you permit a protective father one last, selfish question and please answer me honestly?” He asked carefully and Mina could feel the pleading tone in his voice. This definitely wasn’t a test or a trap of some kind, but something else.

“Shoot.” She replied.

“Did… did you know my daughter looked that beautiful when you decided to go out with her?”

It was indeed a selfish question, and a vain one. However, Mina knew why he was asking. Tooru had relayed her past heartbreaks to her parents and she also likely relayed their reasons for rejection too. She was glad she didn’t have to hide anything and could answer the man honestly.

“Mr Hagakure, I can safely say that me and your daughter started our relationship prior to us having any idea she could make herself visible. She’s absolutely a knockout bombshell, but I would love her even if she could never get the hang of her quirk. It’s her adorable personality and heart I fell in love with.”

She heard the man breathe a great sigh of relief. Mina knew she should feel some anger or frustration that he still doubted her after the shovel talk and their chat over dinner, but she understood that the man only wanted to assure his little girl’s happiness, even if he was being a tad overbearing to get it.

“That settles my heart more than you could imagine.” Tooru’s dad chuckled. “Anyway, we should get going. Don’t want the others to wait on us too long.”

“Our princesses might move to another castle if we do.” Mina teased.

The two shared one last laugh before catching up with the group.

With that, the outing came to an end and Tooru and Mina waved the former’s parents off in their car as they climbed into their own while Midnight settled in to drive them back once more.

All in all, the day had been great despite that one, small hiccup in the middle and Tooru, even after all the energy she’d expended over the visit, still felt energised enough to babble to Mina about everything on the way home; incredibly glad Mina seemed to get along with her dad, as annoyingly overprotective as he could be sometimes.

Mina totally understood and assured her girlfriend that her own mother was much the same way while her father had more of a hand’s off approach when it came to his pink haired daughter; he and her brother got along much better anyway. Tooru wondered what it would be like when she meets her family and Mina assured her that they’d love her all the same. Whenever that would occur she didn’t know, but that was something to plan for the future after all. Right now, she was content to just sit and relax with her girlfriend in her arms as the two head back to hero school.


Mid-afternoons on a Sunday were usually a time the dorms were fairly quiet. Typically, everyone was doing their own things like training, homework or just relishing the free time they had until lessons resumed the next day.

Today though, there was the event a good chunk of Japan was tuning into, or were at least aware of, including the hero students of UA.

While a few people were present in the common room already at dining tables and in the kitchen having a late lunch, the disturbance of a loud Kaminari and Sero accompanied by Kirishima and Bakugo back from the gym brought fresh life to the room.

“Sweet! No one’s using the TV.” Kaminari grinned, spotting the empty sofas and grinning excitedly.

“Even if they were, I don’t think anyone in our dorms wouldn’t be interested in switching over for a bit.” Sero chuckled.

“What’s got you guys so pumped?” Tooru asked curiously from her spot at a table with Ochako and Tsuyu.

“Billboard charts start in twenty minutes.” Kirishima explained as the group walked over to the dining area to chat with the girls.

“I thought those were at three?” Ochako quirked a brow.

“Yeah, but you gotta watch the pre-announcement speculations.” Kaminari explained. “Gives some ups and downs you may not have seen for heroes throughout this half of the year and behind the scenes drama.”

“I always just caught the results after they were done, ribbit.” Tsuyu shrugged, not much interested in gossip-like stuff about pros.

“Nah, you gotta watch with us this year since the hero commission’s making it more of a show. Usually it’s just like, a talk show where they debate some stuff before the list is put up. We should get the whole class actually.” Sero grinned excitedly. “Since you guys did work studies with major pros, you may get some screen time!”

“We could?” Ochako blinked excitedly.

“You two interned with Ryukyu, so you’re probably gonna get at least a mention.” Kaminari made an educated guess. “Tokoyami interned with the number three so there’s probably gonna be some snaps or footage of him in the background at least.”

“Urgh, if we’re gonna watch this damn thing together then I’m gonna go wash this sweat off me.” Bakugo took his leave from the group, annoyed at the delay and heading back to the lifts.

“Yeah, probably not good to sit around here stinking of old cheese all afternoon.” Sero nudged Kaminari with a smirk before following suit.

“Shut up tape boy.” The blond rolled his eyes and joined his buddy, leaving only Kirishima behind.

“You guys are welcome to join us, we’re gonna put a message out to the class since it’s kind of a big thing.” He smiled toothily.

“Sounds like it could be fun to all get together.” Tooru agreed.

“Pretty sure Izuku will be watching already so may as well see if he wants to do it with everyone, ribbit.”

“Count us in Kirishima.” Ochako grinned.

“All right! See you in a few then.” He nodded before turning and making for the elevator himself.

As expected, the girl’s phones all buzzed shortly after with the group chat updating. Kirishima opened the event to the whole class and many were interested in joining, including the remaining girls and Izuku. The only ones not interested were Shoji and Todoroki with the former confirming he’d be down to only watch the main event while Todoroki had no interest whatsoever.

After the boys from the gym had come back down for a quick bathe, the common room started filling up with their classmates and the common area sofas were shifted to incorporate the two from the other side so everyone had a place to sit. Bakugo was lounging at the edge of one of the sofa’s arms with Queen around his shoulder as always while Koda was sitting on a stool nearby and entertaining the cat with a stick toy.

Once the clock struck two, the TV became the object of focus as the pre-announcement show began. The show’s hosts were in a booth with a window behind them that showed off a section of the arena where the main announcements would made in the next hour.

Predictably, the focus for the start was around this being the first list for years without All Might. Considering the class knew more than most about this subject, they tuned it out for their own discussion for now.

“Think Endeavor will actually get the top spot this year?” Sato asked

“He’s been chasing All Might’s coattails for years. He’s kinda the next best by default.” Sero shrugged.

“What about Hawks?” Tooru asked. “Tokoyami, think he’s got a shot at snagging the top spot?”

“While he’s certainly fast enough and has a good rapport with the public, I do not believe he would be a suitable person to replace All Might at the top.”

“And Endeavor is?” Kyoka asked sarcastically.

“Well shouldn’t we ask our resident expert on the subject?” Kirishima offered, turning towards Izuku who was currently sat between Tsuyu and Iida. “Midoriya, if you had to pick, who would be best to replace All Might?”

“Huh?” Izuku blinked at the sudden focus. “Well, I mean… there’s a couple ways to answer that.”

“Short answers for each would be appreciated, ribbit.” Tsuyu chuckled, knowing the others wouldn’t appreciate a Midoriya mumbling session.

“R-Right, so um, if we’re going with only picking from heroes from the last charts and who I think should be number one, then I would have to say Edgeshot.”

“Why don’t’cha just marry him if you love him so much.” Bakugo scoffed, clearly still annoyed at being beaten at Hero Smash by Izuku with that hero.

“He’s got a lot of qualities that the public likes such as precision, speed and a lack of collateral damage once he’s on the scene.” Izuku continued without acknowledging Bakugo’s jibe. “Problem is, he lacks the raw strength and confidence that All Might effortlessly displays. It comes with his ninja theme but Edgeshot is more like Aizawa considering his stealth and infiltration skills; useful, but not as flashy as seeing All Might or Endeavor fight.”

“So good points but not number one?” Kaminari asked for clarity.

“Oh, um, yes.” Izuku nodded. “Considering the current… climate, I believe it’s probably going to be… Endeavor that takes steps into All Might’s cape but… probably not for the reason you all think.”

“Why’s that Izuku?” Ochako asked.

Despite not publically acknowledging Shoto’s unfortunate past with his father, Izuku could think of a number of reasons why the pro should and shouldn’t be number one.

“Everyone’s feeling scared right now, even the teachers when considering our escorts off campus. While not as popular or inspiring as All Might, I’m guessing the commission will make him the next number one to display strength and stability. Endeavor has a great record when it comes to arrests, even greater than All Might’s.” He neglected to reveal that All Might hadn’t been at his full strength in years as that still wasn’t common knowledge. “But he appears to prefer striking fear into his opponents with intimidation and confidence in his power and skills. Sure the villains will be caught and go to jail, but they’re probably banking on them being too scared to commit crimes in the first place and face Endeavor’s wrath.”

Tsuyu should’ve known better than trying to prevent Izuku’s ramblings, at least everyone was interested in this one.

“That kinda rings a bell, ey Kacchan?” Kaminari smirked over at the blond.

“Don’t compare me to that flaming bag of trash!” Bakugo growled, though he was somewhat annoyed at Izuku for using words that made him compare his own intimidation tactics to the possible new number one.

“Sounds more like a ‘Symbol of Fear’ than a ‘Symbol of Peace’.” Ojiro frowned.

“I-I’m sure they’ll try to frame it more as a ‘Symbol of Strength’ or… something.” Izuku sighed. “The commission wants to be seen as ‘strong and stable’ right now. Business as usual despite All Might’s retirement.”

“They’re just burying their heads in the sand.” Bakugo scoffed. “Just admit you fucked up and do better next time.”

Mina sent a small smirk over at the blond bomber. If comments like that were coming to him naturally, he’d come a fair way since their spat and empathy lessons started.

The hosts of the pre-show had now turned to Endeavor themselves and began both praising him and slamming him in equal measure, mostly by comparing his popularity and confidence ratings to All Might’s.

The class was impressed with Izuku’s analysis again as they also touched on the worthiness of other top ten pros for the coveted number one position including Edgeshot, Best Jeanist and Hawks, though all were dismissed at once for not having the raw power behind their quirks that Endeavor did with his.

“Is there anything about heroes you don’t know?” Kaminari chuckled.

Izuku blushed in his seat while the surrounding classmates laughed along at another example of the boy’s intimate knowledge of heroes and the culture around them.

The hosts soon moved on to discussing who among the previous top ten, apart from Endeavor, would take new spots. Starting with Hawks who was predicted to slip comfortably into the number two spot as a few clips of him in action played on screen.

With Tokoyami’s internship, everyone was interested if their classmate would be mentioned or spotted at all.

Cheers of many in 1-A rang out as they showed off some pictures from the public of the hero in action as he went about his day in action, calling out one picture in particular and the post it was attached to that was clearly snapped by a fangirl of his.

Akatori:
OMG is Hawks starting to make a theme?! Can I be your next bird sidekick?

Below was a picture of Hawks flying casually while Tokoyami tried to keep up, leaping from lamppost to lamppost.

“Hey, look! Tokoyami made it in!” Sato cheered.

“And there goes my chance at a decent first impression.” Tokoyami sighed, annoyed at the class being able to observe one of his less proud moments in trying to keep up with the speedy hero.

“You still got on national TV dude, soak up the attention while you can.” Ojiro commented.

“I would’ve preferred they capture a moment later on during my internship where I rectified this problem in a more dignified manner,” Tokomaki stated. “As it is, I should be glad they merely captured a small snippet of me and not a more embarrassing display.”

As the class turned their focus back to the TV, it seemed that this post was being mentioned as it was one of the few Hawks actually responded to.

The replying post read:

Hawks:
Ha! That’s funny. Maybe I should do a theme; I could call my hero agency ‘The Nest’. What do you think, my little chick?

The picture he responded with was of a smirking Hawks taking a selfie, while in the background, Tokoyami was taking an impromptu nap on the agency’s couch after a late night’s patrol.

Peals of laughter rippled through the room as Tokoyami’s jaw dropped.

“Dude, he got you good!” Kaminari slapped the couch multiple times to try and control his outburst.

“That is not very professional.” Momo frowned, recalling her experience with Uwabami.

“Motherfu-”

“Tokoyami! Do not finish that word.” Iida warned as the bird-headed boy struggled to control his frustration at his happy-go-lucky mentor.

“This is so humiliating.” Tokoyami cursed, pulling out his phone and intending to send a strongly worded message to the bird-themed pro.

“Well, Hawks is dead once Tokoyami gets his hands on him.” Mina laughed.

“I do hope that Ryukyu conducted herself in a much more appropriate manner towards you two.” Iida addressed Ochako and Tsuyu.

“Everything was fairly good with her actually.” Ochako relayed.

“If anything, we’re more likely to show up on Nejire’s social media than hers.” Tsuyu shrugged.

The frog girl was correct in that discussion around Ryukyu’s new rank didn’t feature any embarrassing footage. There was a brief shot of them standing around together in the aftermath from they’d helped capture the giant quirk users along with the dragon hero and their blue haired senior but discussion was more centered around how many of the top pros were being seen training the next generation, especially those that were known to be first years at UA.

Once the show passed the half hour mark, the hero list was released, minus those from the top ten. Focus was kept on the top one hundred as the names were listed on the screen and slowly scrolled up and down.

“Hell yeah! Fat gum’s at fifty eight!” Kirishima cheered. “I think that’s an improvement for him.”

“Mt. Lady is up to twenty three?!” Mina gaped.

“She did get some significant press by teaming up with Edgeshot and Kamui Woods.” Kaminari stated.

“And she helped rescue our brash classmate.” Aoyama twinkled, much to the blond’s irritation.

“Not sure she’s twenty three material though.” Mina’s eyes narrowed, recalling her uselessness from Izuku’s origin story and wondering if sex appeal got her bumped up a few ranks with popularity.

“Ah, it seems Gang Orca has fallen from the top ten.” Iida noted.

“Serves the overblown dolphin right.” Bakugo chuckled. “Damn bastard-”

“Bakugo!”

“-is making me jump through so many goddamn hoops for my license.”

“Isn’t stuff like that why you didn’t get your license in the first place?” Sero smirked over at the blond who just flipped him off while Iida looked appalled at the display.

“Don’t see Best Jeanist on here. Think he’s still top ten?” Kirishima asked Bakugo, recalling the blond’s reluctant fondness for the pro.

Bakugo furrowed his brow lightly. Considering the Pussycats fall in the rankings, he wondered if that damn fashion icon had slipped too after helping rescue him from the League due to recovering.

“He’s fine.” Bakugo rolled his eyes though his words were a tad more hopeful than they usually were.

There was some further idle chatter about the pros who’d managed to secure spots in the top one hundred but eventually the clock approached three and all discussion died down. Shoji emerged from the elevators when the TV switched over from the presenters to what appeared to be official camera shots as the top ten presentation began.

Cheers rang out when Ryukyu was announced at the number ten hero, though Ochako and Tsuyu were sad she apparently dropped a rank to replace Gang Orca as the new number ten.

The Equipped Hero: Yoroi Musha was positioned at number nine, having slipped from a little higher on the list though considering his age it was still impressive he was up there at all. His quirk and arrest record were clearly putting in all the work since most of the class weren’t too familiar with the pro.

“Okay, how the hell did he climb that high?” Sero scoffed at the number eight hero.

“You dare question our lord and saviour Wash?!” Kaminari smirked.

“Dude, voting him for as the new number one was meant to be a joke, I don’t think anyone actually thinks he’s got what it takes.” Sero explained.

“Wait, what happened?” Momo questioned.

“It’s one of those online poll things.” Izuku tried to explain. “The commission actually takes some of the interactions online at face value and since All Might retired… there’s been a subsection of the internet that think the best person to replace him would be… Wash.”

“Wasn’t he like, a hundred and something last list?” Ojiro noted.

“Clearly popularity is playing an ever greater role in the results.” Tokoyami muttered, having finished sending his sternly worded thoughts to Hawks.

“That’s just stupid.” Sato shook his head.

“He seems very friendly though.” Koda chipped in.

“He’s meant to be.” Kyoka noted. “I’m sure they get paid a fortune for those washing machine and detergent commercials. Kids get a free plushie of him when their parents by either five boxes of his crap or a machine or something.”

“Meme culture strikes again.” Kaminari concluded. “These are my people.”

“Buncha idiots.” Kyoka noted with an eye-roll only to blink in surprise as Kamui Woods got announced as the next number seven pro.

“Hey, that guy’s doing good for himself.” Mina smiled, glancing over at Kyoka and Izuku as she spoke with them both wearing small smiles on their faces. Despite the negative association the green-haired boy had with the hero at first, the pro seemed to actually want to be a force for good judging by her own interaction with the pro at the mall that one time.

“Couple high exposure rescues, a team up and getting his own special must have given him a fair boost.” Ojiro noted.

“A fitting position.” Shoji stated quietly, watching the screen intently.

Admittedly, the others were a little curious about the way the boy seemed almost too focused on the screen but as long as he didn’t mind the chatter, they’d pay it no mind for now.

Crust was declared the new number six with a tear in his eye. His position had shifted around the top ten for the past few lists but he was a consistent staple.

“Manly dudes represent.” Kirishima grinned, pumping his fist and hardening it at its peak.

“I’m surprised you and Tetsutetsu didn’t intern under him to be honest.” Mina smirked at her horn buddy.

“That would’ve been the dream.” Kirishima grinned. The shield hero was the one that had sort of stepped into Crimson Riot’s shoes after the former pro left the game. He hoped the defensive hero well until he could show everyone his own manly passion.

There’s the bunny bitch.” Bakugo chuckled as he pet Queen’s fur. The class remembered the blond’s words regarding Mirko from back when her character was announced for Hero Smash.

“That’s my girl! Make momma proud!” Mina gushed.

“I’m like, right here!” Tooru slapped her girlfriend’s arm as the pinkette drooled over the lovely shot of the rabbit hero and her delicious brown thighs.

“Oh shush, you know I’ve got room for both of you in my heart.”

“And in your bed.” Kyoka chuckled.

Admittedly that kept several of the boys from making comments for a moment as that image made their cheeks heat up.

Thankfully, the list swiftly moved on to Edgeshot who came in at number four.

“HA, not even top three! Suck it loser.” Bakugo smirked triumphantly at Izuku.

“It was only if the list was done the way I think would be better.” Izuku mumbled while Tsuyu pet his arm.

“With a quirk like his, it gives me hope for moi.” Aoyama sparkled. “Monsieur Edgeshot can only truly do one thing, but he does it incredibly effectively.”

“It’s kinda cool what you’ve managed to do with your Naval Laser.” Sato acknowledged the twinkling boy.

“Merci.” Aoyama soaked in the praise like a sponge.

The screen switched to a short clip show as the class quickly realised why the number three hero wasn’t present. Best Jeanist had claimed the position for this half of the year despite him still being in recovery from the Kamino incident.

“Hey, there you go man.” Kirishima nudged Bakugo who had a small, smug smile on his face but said nothing.

“Another hero who has honed their quirk to perfection.” Izuku noted, naturally comparing him and Edgeshot together as well as remembering the pro’s skill and quick reaction time to save all the other pros from All-For-One’s surprise attack.

“Guess that makes the rest of the list obvious, right?” Tooru noted.

“Not quite, but highly likely.” Tokoyami acknowledged.

It was a foregone conclusion however as Hawks was quickly announced as the number two hero.

“There’s that pesky pigeon.” Kaminari smirked over at Tokoyami. “Want me to turn him into KFC?”

“Kaminari, you shouldn’t threaten the number two hero, even in jest.” Iida declared.

“Unecessarily too, hopefully simply standing next to the new number one will do just that to ease his transgression.” Tokoyami joined in on Kaminari’s tease.

“Guess that really does seal it, ribbit.” Tsuyu nodded, having come to the same conclusion.

Before anyone else could agree out loud, as many had guessed, Endeavor stepped forward as the new number one hero.

“So is Todoroki like, royalty now or something?” Sero chuckled.

“Hmph, only two, five, and seven.” Shoji muttered as the list was officially filled now the number one had been announced. “Disappointing.”

Before anyone could ask what he meant, the stoic boy turned and walked back toward the elevator and proceeded back up to his floor.

“Uh… anyone understand what he meant by that.” Kaminari asked out loud.

There was a brief silence in the space as students looked to one another, but those that had figured it out or had similar thoughts themselves kept them private.

Izuku’s mouth had thinned once he’d worked out what the boy had implied almost as soon as he’d said it. Of the top ten pro heroes, only three were considered heteromorphic quirks to a degree with Hawks’ wings, Mirko’s rabbit features, and Kamui’s partially wooden body. He didn’t want to make assumptions but one could imply a clear bias, especially with two of those three heroes not having significantly un-human like attributes; Hawks was basically a normal guy with wings on his back while Mirko was seen by some online as a desirable bunny girl playmate. Kamui Woods was one of the few he knew had been discriminated against for his appearance and looking at it from that angle, Izuku could guess why Shoji expressed the list was ‘disappointing’.

“He’s a mysterious guy, maybe talk to him in private later.” Mina announced, trying to get her own thoughts away from the same topic and back onto the more happy banter.

A few people noted Endeavor’s new look as he’d clearly taken the news of being the next official number one to upgrade his hero outfit to match.

Before they could really get into further discussion however, the president of the hero commission took to the stage and began making her speech with everyone falling silent to listen. From her words, the class could clearly tell that Izuku was right in that the list was about assuring stability and enduring these difficult and almost unprecedented times since All Might had been almost a constant presence as number one for over sixty previous lists.

One by one the host for the event got some brief words from each of the top ten heroes. When she got to Hawks however, the winged pro hijacked her microphone and took to the air to give a little speech that was clearly more than a few words.

The class reeled a little as Stain’s name got brought up along with the revelation of the top four hero’s rankings by popularity. The breakdown of exactly why each pro was given their final rank in the list was never available to the public so it was interesting to note that the number one was beaten in the popularity portion by the next three in the list.

Izuku wouldn’t confirm with anyone else that he felt a tad vindicated when Hawks agreed with him that everyone was playing it safe and that the list needed shaking up though he definitely disagreed that the approval rating was the most important element. Focusing on that would mean heroes would only do things to be seen doing good, not to be actually doing good as All Might had taught him on the beach.

When Hawks finished his little speech and passed the microphone over to the new number one, everyone drew just a little closer to the TV to hear what the next number one’s first official words would be.  

The fiery pro stood tall and declared to all of Japan to just watch what he does next.

“That’s it?” Kaminari questioned as murmurs could be heard breaking out in the crowd.

“Actions do speak louder than words.” Tokoyami noted.

“Yeah but like… where’s the passion? The inspiration?” Mina complained.

“All Might probably took it with him on the way out.” Tsuyu chuckled a little nervously, not reassured by Japan’s new number one in the slightest.

“What a load.” Bakugo scoffed before rising to his feet and heading out.

“Aren’t you gonna stay for the post-show man?” Kirishima asked.

“No need,” Bakugo muttered, “this parts always just a circle jerk of who guess right and who guessed wrong.”

“Make it seem more appealing why don’t ya?” Sero chuckled.

“While I had no predictions or biases going into this list, doesn’t it seem a tad… empty?”

“Empty?” Tooru questioned.

“Apologies, that’s not the right word and I can’t quite find the one I’m looking for.” Momo apologised.

“There’s no new All Might.” Izuku stated simply. “What you’re looking for in that list, someone to step into All Might’s shoes and take his place as the next symbol. After what we saw from Endeavour and everyone in that list… there’s no one there that measures up.”

“Are you just saying that as his biggest fanboy?” Kaminari teased.

“I get what he means, ribbit.” Tsuyu supported her boyfriend. “When you think the word ‘hero’ do any of the new top ten actually come to mind?”

“Well… they’re still good pros.” Sato reasoned.

“They are.” Izuku nodded. “But All Might filled a role that now lies empty. Unless Endeavor can start doing something new in the coming days to step into that role, I really don’t think people are going to be as reassured as the commission wants them to be with this line up.”

“You disrespecting my beloved bunny?” Mina glared playfully at Izuku.

“I mean, I think everyone would like to see a fight between Mirko and All Might at full strength and see who’d come out on top.” Sero laughed.

“But Izuku’s right.” Tooru agreed. “We know All Might would win because he’s All Might, the hero. Can you really say the same about Endeavor?”

The class were admittedly left with a bit of unease at that thought as they slowly broke up to spend the rest of the day doing their own things once more. One thing was for certain though, Endeavor hadn’t yet won Japan’s confidence as their new top pro.


With the billboards now over and the class splitting up to do their own things once more, two of those students slyly retreated up to Momo’s room when Kyoka had subtly taken the heiress’ hand and given her a head gesture to follow her back in the common room.

Stepping inside Momo’s room, Kyoka braced herself for a chat both knew was coming ever since the end of their last sleepover.

Without a word, once Momo had closed the door she strode over to her girlfriend and tugged her along to the bed. The punkette was a bit confused at first but Momo was clearly not looking for anything sexual right now as she settled into their typical cuddling position, offering Kyoka her spot to lay against her chest and shoulder with a hopeful face. Considering Kyoka was the one currently annoyed at Momo, she debated not taking up the seating offer to make her point but gave in at seeing Momo’s pleading face.

The two just sat there together and enjoyed each other’s presence for a few moments, calmly listening to the sound of the other breathing and the feelings of the other’s touch.

Eventually, Momo spoke up.

“So… are you ready to talk?”

The two lapsed back into silence as Kyoka debated how best to start.

“I’m still upset.” Kyoka stated simply.

“I know,” Momo grimaced, “and I’m so very sorry for it. I should’ve remembered before I created anything.”

While it had been a total accident on her part, there was no denying that it was her fault Kyoka now knew what a model of Izuku’s cock felt like inside her; something she wasn’t ready to consider and felt like she’d been tricked into enjoying.

“Right fuckin’ mess we’re in right now. All because of some cock.”

“I am… not sure if you’re just referring to the toy or… the one it’s based off of.” Momo could only sigh. While Kyoka was mad at her for their little accident, she was annoyed at herself for her feelings of jealousy over Kyoka’s growing feelings for the sole male of their group.

“Both.” Kyoka huffed.

Ignoring Kyoka’s little jab at the boy, Momo decided to put her own feelings forth.

“I’ve been doing some thinking and I’ve come to the conclusion that I am indeed… jealous of you and Izuku.”

“Took you two days to come up with what Tsu told us flat out?” Kyoka snorted with a small chuckle.

Momo pulled a face down at her girlfriend but decided again not to address her mild snark.

“More just confirming her hypothesis.” Momo replied. “For a long while I’ve been more than happy to give what I can, when I can, since I’ve had more than enough for myself. Since us all becoming a single, six person group, that has mostly remained the same; I did not mind you spending time with Tsu, Mina or the others.”

“But now a dick’s in the picture.”

“Could you please not refer to him as such?” Momo frowned. “I understand you are having a difficult time with everything, as I now find myself, but your abrasiveness towards him has been noted by the others.”

“Urgh, I know.” Kyoka grumbled. “It’s… look I’m still… not fully comfortable with all this shit yet and it’s just… a defensive thing I think.”

“I understand that.” Momo squeezed the girl to reassure her. “But I don’t think the others, or he, will appreciate it. I know that I do not and that’s unrelated to our current… issues.”

“I’m… working on it.” Kyoka relented. “I just need to get some stuff sorted with him first.”

Momo felt a pang of jealousy flare up in her chest at Kyoka’s words and quickly squashed it down.

“About that; while I’ve been fine with us six, since Izuku has entered the picture, specifically regarding yourself, I’ve found myself more… selfish than before. I find myself thinking you are mine, not his, and that is not something I know is conducive to a relationship such as ours.”

“Well yeah but… I kinda am yours,” Kyoka agreed, “and you’re mine. We’ve got everyone else too but… you’re the one for me if I had to pick. You know that.”

“I do,” Momo smiled and snuggled her girlfriend closer, “but as true as that is, it is something I, and maybe we both, need to get past. To that end, I’ve decided to increase my efforts towards getting to know Izuku on a more… intimate level.”

“W-What?” Kyoka blushed, sitting up so she could turn and face her girlfriend. “Why?”

“Like yourself, I’m wondering if it’s a touch of fear that is causing these issues. I’m not wholly comfortable with this situation and getting to know more about how Izuku thinks and feels regarding everything might help me make more sense of it all.”

“Wait so… you’re going to fuck him so you’re not jealous?” Kyoka asked in disbelief.

“I don’t believe I would need to go that far to better understand my feelings but it’s within the realm of possibility.” Momo nodded. “He is not unattractive to me but we haven’t connected as much as the other girls have with him. I fear I am even behind yourself on that front.” She sighed. “Perhaps being last in this regard has caused these feelings somewhat.”

“If that’s the case, why don’t we go get the ass… guy and just toss him at your tits and see what happens. He seemed to like it last time.”

“You know there’s more to it than that.” Momo rolled her eyes.

“Yeah but… urgh, why do feelings have to be so… fuckin’ weird.” Kyoka’s shoulders sagged.

“If they made sense life would be too easy.” Momo chuckled lightly, reaching out to cup her girlfriend’s face and bring her close once more. “We’re still young and have plenty of time to figure things out. This is just me making things very clear so there are no mistakes between us. I couldn’t bear if I lost you to something as silly as jealousy.”

“Fat chance of that.” Kyoka scoffed. “Just gotta fix this shit then hopefully things’ll be more… peaceful. Less drama-filled.”

“We’ll still have slip ups and silly mistakes; no relationship is perfect,” Momo shook her head. “Much like my mistake to generate a toy with that particular mould.”

“Couldn’t’ve just gone with ‘plain’, could you?” Kyoka huffed.

“The other girls have appreciated the modifications at least.” Momo offered lightly in her defence with a small chuckle. “Still, I know I need to make it up to you.”

“Damn right,” Kyoka pouted.

“Even though you clearly enjoyed it?” Momo allowed herself a small smirk.

“I-It was mostly you and the vibrations.” The punkette flushed.

“I’m sure.” Momo agreed diplomatically. “I will admit, I missed having you in my arms last night.”

“Was tempting to make you create and then sleep on a couch.” Kyoka laughed once.

“Um… I don’t…”

“Oh, uh, when one partner annoys another to this degree, they are usually made to sleep on the living room couch while the other takes the bed until their anger cools down.” Kyoka explained since Momo was clearly unfamiliar with that concept. “Usually it’s the guy doing something like forgetting his wife’s birthday or something.”

“Ah, so you sleeping in your own room was emulating this concept to an effect.”

“Y-Yeah but you didn’t really get it.”

“The effects were still felt.” Momo squeezed her girlfriend again. “I do long for the day when all this sneaking around will no longer be a worry and we can be more public with our affections.”

“N-Not too public though.” Kyoka blushed. “I’ve got an image to maintain.”

“Of my foxy punk rock princess?” Momo giggled, knowing it was the wrong answer.

“H-Hey!” Kyoka pouted cutely. “T-That’s wrong and you know it.”

“Correct,” Momo smiled. “You’re my punk rock Vixen.”

Kyoka could almost feel the endorphins run through her system at hearing Momo call her that pet name so intimately. She still wanted to be annoyed at the heiress but she couldn’t find the strength to when it just wasn’t really there. Was she still peeved that she’s now technically taken Izuku’s cock inside her and liked it? Absolutely. Would she forgive Momo if she asked right now? Also yes. Kyoka was a softie at heart and knew her weakness was her loved ones.

“And you’re my Gorgeous Goddess.” Kyoka replied, turning her head to capture Momo’s lips in her own.

With relief flooding her own system, Momo allowed herself to fall prey to Kyoka’s delicious lips and tongue as the two turned to cuddling as they slid a little further down the bed to get level and comfortable as they made out.

It didn’t take long for both of their hormones to start getting the better of them as hands began roaming each other: touching intimate place and tugging at clothes.

“I want you.” Kyoka pulled back and purred with passion as she felt herself ache for Momo’s touch.

“Then… do you forgive me for my little accident?” Momo asked. “I really am sorry and it won’t happen again.”

“Yeah, you’re forgiven or whatever.” Kyoka nodded hurriedly.

Momo smiled and felt a weight lift from her shoulders. She didn’t want to go into something like this with her girlfriend still mad at her after all. Still, there was something she figured she could do to ensure Kyoka well and truly forgave her; besides giving her plenty of orgasms of course.

With a quick kiss to the girl’s lips that she prevented from evolving into another round of making out, Momo rolled herself to the side and off of her bed.

“W-Where are you going?” Kyoka asked a little desperately.

“To get ready for you.” Momo smiled seductively before crouching down beside her bed and retrieving something from her chest of fun things. Instead of returning to the bed, she hid what she had acquired behind her back and walked away from the bed towards her bathroom. “Feel free to make yourself more comfortable, I’m certain you’ll enjoy what comes next.”

Only when Momo’s bathroom door closed did Kyoka break free from her girlfriend’s naturally enticing spell. Shaking her head to clear her lustful thoughts, she divested herself of her top and bottoms, flinging them casually off of ‘her’ side of the bed which she’d practically claimed at this point, leaving herself in just her casual bra and panties.

She didn’t know if this was an above or below covers thing but she took a guess and made herself comfortable above, keeping herself going with some light petting of her crotch.

When nearly ten minutes had passed, Kyoka was getting a touch concerned.

“Uh… Momo?” She called out.

“Apologies, just another few minutes please.” Momo’s voice called out from the bathroom.

Now confused but trusting her girlfriend, Kyoka relented and settled back in place, extending a jack to vibrate across her chest just to keep things going.

As expected, Momo took a few minutes more but it was well worth it.

Hearing the door click open once more, Kyoka sat up and heard Momo clear her throat before her performance began.

“I hear someone’s been naughty recently.” Momo’s voice poured out in a slightly deeper, more seductive tone than usual.

Stepping out, Kyoka first glimpsed a very familiar and stylized, knee-high boot connected to a set of grey stockings that gave way to what was undoubtedly a very thin beige material. With a further step, Kyoka felt herself instantly blush a full body red as a ‘Midnight-ified’ Momo stepped out with as much confidence as she could muster; her boobs looked perfect held up by a replica of Midnight’s corset, loose cuffs were in place around her wrists, and her hair flared out in spikes that looked a tad moist with what she could only assume was quickly applied gel. She was even wearing a copy of Midnight’s red eye-mask.

“Is there a villain I need to… take down?” Momo purred, though the image was a little ruined by the nervous smile and fierce blush on her own face.

Something that minor didn’t matter to Kyoka however who felt her libido just shift into maximum overdrive. Her breathing was instantly heavy and she felt herself almost brain dead just eying up her girlfriend while dressed as her first hero crush and now their school teacher. It was a number of kinks rolled into one and Kyoka was ready to indulge in them all.

“Oh-h-h-h-h.” Was all Kyoka could murmur as her breath fluttered.

“It seems I have a fan.” Momo smirked before striding over in an imitation of Midnight’s seductive gait she’d researched especially for this. “You wouldn’t happen to be the villain I’m here to capture, are you?”

Kyoka said nothing but nodded her head dumbly in response to the question, her gaze fixated on Momo’s bouncing chest as she approached but wasn’t quite close enough to touch yet.

“Oh good, then you won’t mind if I do this.” Momo purred before striking quickly.

In a flash, she’d jumped onto the bed and seized one of Kyoka’s hands. While the punkette had been shaken from her lust induced haze, there was no time to counter Momo before she was flipped onto her back and her hands were pressed together against her spine.

“Good girl.” Momo purred again. “Now, let’s just make sure you stay this way.”

With the cold touch of metal now binding her wrists, Kyoka didn’t need her eyes or jacks to tell that Momo had just slapped a pair of cuffs on her. To anyone else, it might’ve been frustrating to have been bound with this vision of perfection roleplaying before them, but Kyoka only felt her horniness rise with each kink her girlfriend was playing to.

“There we go, everyone’s safe now the big, bad villain has been apprehended.” Momo continued while Kyoka felt the distinctive touch of her girlfriend’s fingers running up and down her sides playfully. “Now… what should we do while we wait for the police to arrive?”

“Fuck me!” Kyoka blurted out to Momo’s rhetorical question. “Fuck me now!”

“My, my,” Momo acted surprised. “The mouth on this one. Do you really think a villain such as you has earned such a prestigious right?” She chuckled in amusement. “You’ve committed an injustice against society that you have to make up for. As a matter of fact, you can start correcting that right now.”

Kyoka felt a tug of her hips as she was dragged downward. After being released and a few moments more, Momo stepped into view, sitting down before her with her legs spread either side of Kyoka’s face. Reaching down, Momo unclasped her corset at the crotch, which appeared to be a separate piece from the main part, and pushed it aside, leaving only the beige fabric between Kyoka’s face and her goal.

“You know, I tell the world that this fabric is to hold back my quirk and it rips easily to let it out.” Momo explained, continuing to play into the role. “But in reality, it’s secondary compared to being able to do this.” A sharp tug at her crotch easily ripped the fabric as stated, giving Kyoka unobstructed access to her girlfriend’s core. Much like the real thing, a heady scent emerged and she could smell the difference immediately with Momo’s arousal filling her nose.

Kyoka licked her lips eagerly and squirmed her way closer to Momo’s crotch. The heiress helped by pushing her hips forward and guiding her head with one hand.

“Good girl, now, start working off that debt to society.”

The punkette didn’t need to be told twice, eagerly sinking her tongue into Momo. Even if she had to go first, this was a hell of a way for Momo to apologize; besides, she owed her a tonguing from the sleepover.

Hitting all the spots she knew warmed Momo up, Kyoka started focusing on her clit while stretching her jacks out. Pushing her heartbeat into one of them, she allowed it to slide into Momo while she rolled her clit around with her tongue. Momo could feel her girlfriend’s quirk in action, the hum of the wire detectable even if the metal part wasn’t touching her inside yet.

Slowly, Kyoka adjusted the jack inside her girlfriend to point back towards her and touch down inside Momo, searching for a very particular spot that would have the girl jumping around; she’d know when she hit it. Momo’s breathing was already getting haggard and laboured from Kyoka’s efforts, their little make-out session not having lost its effect on her libido as she got ready. When Kyoka’s jack found its target however, she knew she only had a few moments before she came.

Kyoka felt Momo’s thighs close around her head and knew she was close. Pulling back with her tongue just slightly, she let her other jack lay across the flat of it before pressing it, and her tongue, onto Momo’s clit, letting the vibrations wash through her girlfriend on two fronts.

It was predictably too much for Momo who cried out as she came, gripping Kyoka’s hair tightly while also gripping the sheets with her other hand. Kyoka decided a little punishment was in order and maintained her heartbeat and application of her jacks for longer than she knew was comfortable. If she was going to be playing a villain, then she may as well sink into the role too.

“Ah, s-s-stop!” Momo cried out, feeling herself almost powerless as her body tried to flail to get away from the intense feelings on her sensitive flesh.

Kyoka pulled her head back slightly, enough to speak, but kept both jacks in place for now.

“I’m a villain, remember.” She smirked before capturing Momo’s clit again.

When Momo felt the vibrations increase again, she felt her pussy flood and desperately try to force out the invading jack by clenching around it and pushing as much as it could. There was only so much it could do against a strong, thin wire though and Momo had to use every ounce of strength to roll herself away from Kyoka’s head, though they both took care not to injure the other as best they could.

Now standing at the side of the bed once more, only on very shaky legs and bracing herself against the wall this time, Momo tried to gather herself.

“That… was… mean.” She puffed, trying to stop herself from quivering from the aftershocks of the intense orgasm and vibrations she’d endured.

“Villain.” Kyoka smirked, licking her lips and savouring the taste of her girlfriend.

Momo glared at her over her shoulder before an idea popped into her head.

“Yes, you are a villain, I should’ve known you couldn’t be trusted.” She chuckled before bending down and grabbing something else from her toy box. Kyoka admittedly looked a little questioningly at her when she pulled out her strap-on, noting it very much looked like the improved version she now knew the origin for. “Villains should be punished with something they shouldn’t enjoy after all.”

“Uh c-can we not? P-Please?” Kyoka asked in a pleading tone. “I get it, but um… c-can we just do things with us two for now?”

Momo recognised that Kyoka was still not completely comfortable with everything, even if she’d reluctantly enjoyed what happened during the sleepover. While she was committing to the bit for now, this was for her girlfriend’s pleasure more than her own so she knew not to push when it would only hamper things between them.

“Of course,” Momo smiled sweetly before replacing her toy where it came from. “You’re still going to get punished though, naughty girl.”

Kyoka chuckled before rolling over and making a show of attempting to wriggle away.

“Oh no, what a nightmare.” She cried in an exaggerated fashion. “Woe is me who fell to the forces of justice.”

Momo’s quirk went to work once again, generating a leather hilt from one hand and pulling it out with the other. A loud, echoing slap of her bedspread rang out and Kyoka ceased her movements as the end of a riding crop slammed down next to her hip.

“I didn’t give you permission to leave, villain.” Momo smirked again before reaching out and seizing one of Kyoka’s legs, pulling her towards the edge of the bed. Once in place, with her feet just hanging off the side, Momo touched the end of the crop to the punkette’s ankle and slid it upwards slowly.

“Such lithe, beautiful legs, it’s a shame you’ve decided to use these for evil.” Momo sighed sadly. “Maybe we could put you on the right path yet.” She slid the crop back down along the inside of Kyoka’s thighs. “Spread them.”

The punkette did as instructed, opening herself up for the ‘hero’.

“My, what a sight.” Momo purred, leaning forward and brushing up against Kyoka’s thighs while she teased at Kyoka’s core over the top of her underwear with a single digit. With how sensitive Kyoka was from all her arousal so far, she was already struggling to hold back just from the sight of Momo’s Midnight touching between her thighs. “I don’t think you’ll mind if I just…” Momo smirked, pulling aside Kyoka’s underwear before slipping a finger inside her, sliding easily down to the knuckle.

“Ah, ha, n-nooo!” Kyoka grunted as she felt her dam break, even as she tried to hold it back. She didn’t want this to be over already, she’d only just been touched!

“Oh my.” Momo giggled as she felt Kyoka’s pussy throb and twitch around her finger, clearly orgasming around her. “I see this has all had quite an effect on you.”

“D-Don’t!” Kyoka turned away as she rode out her less than optimal orgasm.

Momo continued to touch and tease at Kyoka’s lower lips lightly as the punkette clenched and gasped until she slowed into deeper breaths.

“F-Fuck!” Kyoka kicked the sheets lightly.

“Something wrong?” Momo asked curiously.

“I… wanted to enjoy it more.” Kyoka pouted. “Feel like a fucking idiot blasting off this early.”

“Nothing wrong with that.” Momo giggled, ducking under Kyoka’s leg and sliding onto the bed to lay next to her girlfriend. “I’m sure I can find something to… entertain you until you’re ready to go again.”

Sliding up a little further than her girlfriend, the heiress reached out for Kyoka’s chin and turned her head back to face her. As Kyoka turned, instead of her loving girlfriend’s face, she came face to nipple with Momo’s breasts.

“I know you want these.” Momo purred. “I bet you’ve imagined ripping open Midnight’s outfit with your teeth before.”

“M-Maybe.” Kyoka admitted.

“Well then be a good girl and show me.” Momo pressed her chest forward.

Kyoka shyly glanced up at her girlfriend’s face before leaning forward and capturing her nipple between her lips and sucking. Momo sighed pleasantly and pressed her closer, much like she had during her dare at the sleepover. For a few moments, Kyoka allowed herself to indulge and enjoy the texture of the material on her tongue that guarded her girlfriend’s breasts before taking it between her teeth and giving it a sharp yank.

“There we go.” Momo grinned, feeling the material give.

The punkette resumed her work at once, retaking Momo’s breast in her mouth and playing with the nipple with her tongue. Utilizing her quirk again, Kyoka’s vibrating jack reached out for Momo’s other breast, coiling around the whole thing once before lowering its vibrating jack to the nipple.

“Mmm, good girl.” Momo sighed, feeling her libido pick itself up for another round.

Cuddling Kyoka close since the girl’s hands were currently bound behind her, Momo took the liberty of teasing the girl’s own chest, caressing her covered breasts lightly to start building her up again.

“Don’t worry about a thing.” Momo cooed at the girl. “Midnight’s gonna take good care of you now.”

With another glow at her fingertips, Momo generated a small pair of scissors. With a few snips, Kyoka’s bra straps had been severed on one side. The release of tension was enough for the punkette to notice and she gasped at Momo’s brazen action.

“H-Hey!” She protested only for Momo to silence her with a kiss.

“There, there,” Momo whispered back down at her. “Villains like you don’t need clothes when you’re around me.”

Kyoka felt a shiver run through her as Momo sunk further into their roleplay. She was just glad she wasn’t wearing her favourite bra and panties for this as Momo’s newly generated scissors repeated their snipping action on her underwear, leaving her totally naked as the strips of cloth fell away.

“Now, let’s just keep you nice and pliant until the police arrive.” Momo purred, tossing her scissors away and sliding her hand back down to Kyoka’s crotch. The girl gave no resistance to her captor, spreading her legs once more and Momo began rubbing around her moist lips.

“See how nice things are when you comply?” Momo giggled before sliding a finger into her girlfriend, extracting a throaty moan from her.

Before her mouth could close, Momo once again pulled her to her chest to put her mouth to good use. Kyoka needed no further prompting, eagerly latching on once more.

With her girlfriend already full lubed up from her previous high, Momo allowed herself to slip a few fingers inside and thrust as deep as she dared, feeling Kyoka groan into her breast. Stretching her digits out from each other, Momo sought out the very spot her girlfriend had similarly found in herself.

Kyoka gasped when one of Momo’s dexterous fingers found its mark, releasing her breast and squirming in her spot.

“T-That’s it! T-There!” Kyoka ground her hips into Momo’s hand.

Releasing her girlfriend from her grasp, Momo lay her down gently so she could indulge in her girlfriend’s chest while finishing her off, hoping it would bring her to her second peak.

“Mmm, looks delicious.” She purred before capturing Kyoka’s nipple between her teeth and giving it a light tug.

The purple haired girl’s mouth opened as a deep groan filled the room.

As she felt her girlfriend getting close to her peak, Momo had one last thing she had to do before the end. Releasing her hold on Kyoka’s breasts, she swiftly plucked the tips of her girlfriend’s quivering jacks from the bed spread and guided them to her mouth before biting down on them lightly and sucking.

That seemed to be too much for Kyoka as she reached and crested a much greater peak than the one before, groaning loudly into the room as her body clenched and shuddered.

Slowly but surely, Kyoka’s body wore itself out and the girl collapsed bonelessly back onto Momo’s bedspread, her chest heaving with her deep breathing.

Ever the caring girlfriend, Momo allowed her to recover, stroking her hair lovingly while entranced by her beautiful features. Kyoka was positively radiant after orgasming and Momo always loved seeing her in such a state.

As she brushed her hair, she briefly wondered how she would feel seeing Izuku bring Kyoka to this point. That familiar pang of jealousy flared in her chest again but she pushed it down. She’d seen Kyoka get like this from the other girls ministrations, Izuku should be no different.

“B-Better.” Kyoka huffed wearily, a happy smile tugging at her lips.

“I’m glad.” Momo smiled down at her. “While I’m not certain on the specifics of her material, it shouldn’t be too hard to generate a new one of these.” She gestured to the ripped, thin bodysuit. “This one won’t fix itself like the real deal after all.”

“It worked for me.” Kyoka chuckled, nuzzling her head against Momo’s knee. “Though um… could I be uncuffed now? I think I’ve served my time as a naughty villain.”

Momo giggled while fetching the key from her case and unlocking her girlfriend’s cuffs, placing them on the side table before settling back down to cuddle with her.

“The outfit is awesome by the way.” Kyoka noted.

“I did try to get a good amount of the details as accurate as I could.” Momo smiled. “I was tempted to also go for her whip or flogger but I don’t have any experience with either and didn’t want to hurt you.”

“Probably a good call.” Kyoka sighed contently.

“I hoped this would make a suitable apology for my mistake.”

“You didn’t need to do something like this.” The punkette rolled her eyes. “But feel free to throw that outfit on anytime.”

“So you do still have a crush on our teacher.” Momo chuckled. “Will she be joining our harem next?”

“Don’t even joke about that.” Kyoka chuckled at the tease. “I don’t think we’d be able to handle her.”

“I can’t help but notice there’s not a ‘no’ in there.” Momo smirked.

“That’s implied.” Kyoka shook her head. “The ethics alone would see her kicked out of the school before the end of the day. Besides, we’re both in enough trouble with one new member, you really wanna drag in another to vie for my affections?”

“We’ll just stick to the outfit then.” Momo smiled, intending to store it away along with her other bits and pieces.

The two sat together in silence for a little bit as they just enjoyed the warm air they’d generated and each other’s company.

“Everything will be alright you know.” Kyoka spoke up, getting a questioning hum from Momo in return. “With Izuku I mean.”

“Oh?”

“You’re not the only one that’s been… thinking.” Kyoka sighed, deciding to address it now. “He’s… I don’t know what it is that just appeals to me that other guys just don’t have but… he feels like he belongs here, with us; all of us.”

“Tsu will be glad to hear you say that.” Momo chuckled lightly. “But I can understand what you mean, even if I don’t fully comprehend yet.”

“Not until you get some of his stick for yourself, eh?”

“You’re being more Minx-ish than Mina today, aren’t you?” Momo chuckled.

“Only a little.” Kyoka smiled back at her. “Just talking about it helps I think.”

“It certainly helps alleviate my own fears.” Momo nodded.

Kyoka licked her lips as a small break before gathering herself for her next topic.

“Regarding that, um… do… you think it would help if you were um… t-there for um… s-stuff between me and Izuku?”

Momo blinked, taking a second to get her head around what Kyoka was asking.

“You mean… when you two get intimate?”

“Y-Yeah… a-at least parts of it,” Kyoka nodded. “I don’t know if I’ll be brave enough to do things without your support and um… you can see that there’s no threat from Izuku.”

“So something a little more akin to Tsu and Ochako’s intimate relationship with him from our Darling’s stories.” Momo understood.

“Probably.” Kyoka shrugged, not overly familiar with them. “Just… it might be easier for both of us if we were both there, you know?”

“Well… there was one idea I came up with that I think you might enjoy.” Momo offered, getting Kyoka’s full attention.

Leaning down to the girl’s ear, she whispered the intimate act to the girl. Kyoka’s face broke out in a blush as she felt her libido stir at the idea.

“T-That um… y-yeah, t-that sounds um… good.” Kyoka nodded shyly.

“Interesting.” Momo giggled, feeling her own loins stirring at her girlfriend actively entertaining the idea.

“H-How about also…”

The two girls continued to exchange ideas back and forth for a little while. Momo felt her jealous feelings barely stir as they talked about things they could do together while those same things sounded a lot less nerve-wracking to Kyoka as she confided her new feelings to her girlfriend.

By the end, Momo felt herself ready for another round which Kyoka was more than happy to give to bring them both level with each other for the night as the two settled in for the early evening together.


It was just supposed to be another normal Monday for everyone. Chatter was abound about the results from the hero list as students around campus discussed where their favourites placed this time and Aizawa seemed to be in a better than usual mood, much to the relief of his class.

Things changed once evening rolled around.

Kaminari and Tokoyami had been watching something on TV when they were joined by Momo, Ochako, Tsuyu, Kirishima and Izuku before dinner. Conversation was light and soon the two were distracted from their show when talk turned to how they’d all been improving their quirks recently.

The entire group’s attentions were redirected once again when the TV suddenly changed to a special news report showing Endeavor in combat. The report had appeared at the worst time as not only did it look like Endeavor was losing the fight, falling from the sky and appearing to be down for the count, but Todoroki was walking by and was now frozen in place, watching his father fall.

As the hero fell out of the line of the camera’s sight and it was turned on the panicking crowds now all struggling to escape the combat zone, the reporter’s fear could be clearly heard in her words.

While it was an uncommon sight, Aizawa made a rare appearance in the dorms, apparently checking on Todoroki considering the current circumstances but ultimately no one could do anything other than watch the TV and see how the situation played out.

Others from the class who were nearby came to watch too with Bakugo and Sero standing off to the side as Endeavor’s flames sparked up once more, the battle raging on between him and what they could only guess was either a monstrous villain or, more frustratingly, a Nomu.

The details were hard to pick up with the speed the battle quickly escalated to but everyone in the class was able to make out Endeavor’s foe as time wore on. Both Izuku and Bakugo glanced over at Todoroki as he expressed clear discomfort with how everything was progressing. As much as the boy refused to admit he cared about his father, it was plain to see that their relationship had changed since the sports festival.

Bakugo wondered what exactly that change was while Izuku looked on at his friend in concern, hoping things would go well for the new number one if only for Todoroki’s sake.

Everyone watched with bated breath as, through the combined efforts of both the number one and number two hero, the Nomu appeared to be fried to a crisp and Endeavor stood proud with his first number one victory now under his belt.

Relief flooded a number of faces as they processed the outcome of the battle, none more so than Shoto himself who couched down to calm his more erratic breathing and heart rate.

The cameras focused in on Hawks hurrying over to support Endeavour who looked like he was practically down for the count, all but collapsing after his triumphant pose. Breaths caught when the two were distracted by a figure casually striding towards them before a wave of blue fire surrounded the pair.

Predictably, the class gasped and flinched at the familiar coloured flames and even the reporter acknowledging the newcomer as Dabi from the League of Villains. Thankfully, Mirko made a smashing entrance and apparently scared Dabi enough for him to rabbit away with whatever teleporting quirk the villains were using now.

For the moment, it seemed the danger had passed and though the class kept the news on to look for potential updates, it seemed the heroes jobs were done for now.

With his emotions likely running high from the event, Aizawa escorted Todoroki away to a quieter area of the common room. Endeavor was clearly going to need medical attention after a battle like that and he offered the boy the chance to visit should the hospital allow it. After a few moments of calming breaths, Todoroki’s demeanour returned to one he was much more used to seeing and the boy declined. It was a touch concerning seeing the boy switch from an unusual extreme for him back to neutral so quickly but Aizawa could offer nothing further if his student wasn’t receptive to it.

Returning to the rest of the class, giving Todoroki a few more moments of privacy, Aizawa announced that, if anyone was worried about anything they’ve seen, his door, Recovery Girl’s and Hound Dog’s were always open if they needed it.

A last glance around at the worried yet relieved faces didn’t cause Aizawa to worry any less for his students. This battle was far beyond what any of them were currently capable of, including Midoriya.

Departing the dorm when no one felt the need to come forward, he made directly for Nezu’s office. He needed to talk to the rat about an emergency training session for his students; maybe seeing how far they’d come since starting at UA would help allay their fears.


Once Aizawa departed, Izuku hurried over to chat with Todoroki in private. As he left, the girls present couldn’t help comparing their green haired boyfriend with the battle damaged new number one. Heroism was a dangerous career path and even though they were all hoping to enter it with good intentions, today was a grim reminder at how fast things can go bad, with even those at the top never truly being untouchable.

“Jeez, that was way too intense.” Sero shook his head.

“I’m glad a most macabre ending was thankfully avoided this time.” Tokoyami sighed in relief now that the news had switched to news casters discussing the events rather than live feeds.

“Had me going for a while there.” Kirishima agreed. “That nomu was… something else.”

“I’m sure the other heroes are already on the case.” Momo spoke up. “Hopefully this was a desperate attack out of fear as the jaws of justice tighten around them.”

“The League just keeps coming back though, ribbit.” Tsuyu frowned worriedly. “We haven’t heard anything new and I’m sure they’d parade around the fact that they caught someone like that magician guy or… Toga.”

“Don’t worry Tsu.” Ochako took her girlfriends hand and smiled warmly at her. “If they don’t catch them soon then we’ll get ‘em and make sure they don’t hurt anyone else.”

“Ribbit.” Tsuyu agreed with a nod.

“They do seem to have it out for us in particular.” Kirishima sighed. “I don’t wanna sound like a downer but I’m gonna go train like I’m expecting them to come back.”

“You’re right, that is a downer.” Sero groaned before sliding after the red haired boy. “You’ve probably got a point though.”

Bakugo also followed after the pair without speaking a word throughout the whole exchange. He paused briefly by the door as he and the others put their shoes on to head out, angling for and catching Todoroki’s gaze as Izuku was speaking to him about something. The bi-coloured haired boy glanced at him curiously for a second before giving him a small nod. That was all the blond needed to put the whole event out of his head. If that icy-hot bastard didn’t need help, he could forget about this and focus on his training.

“Sinister shadows still lurk in the shade.” Tokoyami muttered to himself before deciding to take his leave too. “Excuse me ladies.” He nodded politely, leaving only Momo, Tsuyu and Ochako still sitting in the lounge area.

Tsuyu glanced over to Izuku before speaking to the other two in a hushed tone.

“I know he’s got his quirk… but are you guys a little worried Izuku might… end up like our other number one?”

“I sincerely hope not.” Momo shook her head.

“With his big brain, I’m sure he’ll be able to outthink any villain.” Ochako declared, though there was definite doubt in her voice.

“You’re thinking he’d take the blow for someone, aren’t you, ribbit?” Tsuyu gave her girlfriend a look.

“Can you blame me?” Ochako blushed lightly. “He’s just as much of a threat to himself as he is to villains really.”

Both Tsuyu and Momo couldn’t help giving a small chuckle at that unfortunately true point.

“Hopefully he’ll think twice before pulling any moves that injure himself. It’ll be a lot harder to have fun in a plethora of casts.”

“We would get to wear cute nurse outfits though, ribbit.” Tsuyu considered for a moment.

“Tsu!” Ochako glared at her girlfriend, less about the imagery presented and more about letting their partner get injured for a bit of roleplay.

“You’re right Ochako.” Tsuyu admitted, picking up on her girlfriend’s ire. “It would be better to punish him for being a bonehead again. Think you could pump out two copies of Midnight’s costume Momo?”

The heiress hoped her polite chuckle was convincing as Ochako’s mouth dropped at her girlfriend’s brazen ask; it wouldn’t do for her to confirm such a thing had already been done.

“Still,” Tsuyu returned to their original topic. “I think Kirishima’s got the right idea, we should keep up our training as best we can.”

“So do you want to join the boys at the gym?” Ochako asked curiously.

“Nah, too much testosterone.” Tsuyu chuckled. “Besides, knowing Mr Aizawa, he’s probably going to throw us into some crazy exercise tomorrow so best to enjoy the last bit of break we have, ribbit.” She reasoned. “If I have any energy left after that, I’ll do some extra training. For now though, I think I wanna just enjoy our downtime together.”

Despite being more willing to be open with things, Ochako couldn’t help glancing around when Tsuyu leant in for a kiss before kissing her back. Momo smiled and shook her head fondly at the girls actions, agreeing with Tsuyu’s logic and revelling in how much Ochako had grown since the summer.

With the other three girls not present, Momo felt it best to update them via their group chat, sending off a message about the villain attack by a nomu, Endeavor’s victory, and the League’s appearance. Needless to say, responses were shocked but relieved that the flame hero had managed to overcome his first trial.

Giving the girls fair warning about what Tsuyu suspected their teacher might have in store for them for tomorrow or the rest of the week, Mina and Tooru opted to spend some time together ‘honing Tooru’s quirk’, though Momo suspected that that wasn’t all they would be doing, while Kyoka sent her a private message for some snuggle time too. It seemed everyone wanted to hold someone close right now and, rather than butt in on Ochako and Tsuyu’s time together, she’d continue making sure Kyoka knew exactly how important she was to her.


When morning classes rolled around the next day, talk of Endeavor’s victory was prominent throughout the 1-A students who hadn’t been present for the live report, catching it online as the news spread.

Todoroki, of course, became the center of attention once he made it to class.

“Todo-bro-ki, how’s your pops feeling after that sweet victory?” Kaminari called out from his seat.

“He’s doing fine.” The half-hot, half-cold user reported emotionlessly. “His condition didn’t sound serious at least.”

“Looks like a solid win then.” Sero smiled, grateful the new number one was stronger than the footage had made him seem.

“Too bad he couldn’t snag that Dabi guy.” Ojiro remarked.

“The hell was he even doing there anyway?” Mina scrunched up her face, annoyed that Mirko didn’t get a chance to show some of her awesome bunny-based moves to smack that guy down hard for what he’d done to their class.

“Testing the top hero’s strength?” Shoji posed.

“Sounds like something they’d do.” Iida concurred, chopping his hand. “Only the most dastardly of deeds would be performed by a group so heinous. They were also likely trying to undermine the new hero rankings. Imagine if they managed to succeed with taking down Endeavor; society would lose even more faith in heroes than it already has.”

“Iida!” Izuku waved his own hands in a stopping gesture, glancing nervously over at Todoroki.

“No, he’s right.” The son of Endeavor said calmly. “If the number one was defeated so easily, the villains would grow even more bold.”

“Too dark.” Tooru shook her head, not wanting to entertain such an idea.

“Even for one such as I.” Tokoyami agreed.

Further discussion was tabled for after class however as the door opened and revealed their tired teacher glaring around, looking for any time wasters. Thankfully the class had learned to remain near their seats by now so they could slip into them when the door first cracked open.

“Good to see you’re picking up on things by now.” Aizawa noted, walking over to the podium to begin the morning announcements. “As you’ve all probably seen the news by now, I don’t think I need to explain myself when I say it’s time to stop playing around and start being serious.”

‘We were just playing around until now?’ The class collectively thought.

“Things are about to get much harder from here on out.” Aizawa continued. “Even though most of you have provisional licenses by now, I’m sure you’ve realised the gap between where you currently stand and full-fledged heroes with plenty of experience under their belts.” The class nodded together. “For the two of you in supplementary courses, I’ve seen the progress you’ve made and have little doubt you will be joining your peers with licenses of your own very soon.”

Bakugo huffed while Todoroki didn’t feel the need to react.

“Needless to say, if you don’t pass, you will not be going with your peers on the placement at Nabu. I hope that serves as suitable motivation so you don’t fall even further behind.” Aizawa glanced over at the two. “As for the rest of you, if you do not perform to my satisfaction, you will also not be going, so do not take this as an opportunity to rest on your laurels.”

He noted a few nervous glances, particularly from those that hadn’t made wholly significant improvements in a while, namely Ojiro, Koda and Sato. Despite his typical gruff demeanour, Aizawa felt it prudent to try and ensure his students got the message, even if it seemed a little harsh.

“The League of Villains underestimated Endeavor yesterday and paid the price. We cannot hope to always be that lucky. Deaths in the field happen and I’ll be damned if I let any of you go out there unprepared for the harsh realities of this world. You need to be ready for anything, so train hard.”

There was a few blinks of mild confusion, as if some were just realising why he had been pushing them so hard in the first place. Hopefully it would start a conversation that lit another fire up their rears to take this seriously.

“For now though, today’s homeroom lecture will be-”

The lights suddenly dropped and deep red ones lit up the classroom in their place from two panels either side of the classroom clock. An alarm also began blaring and the blackboards lit up with caution, emergency and warning symbols and words.

“Emergency drill, emergency drill,” Nezu’s voice began blaring out of the loudspeaker. “Hypothetical villains have infiltrated UA grounds! Assistance from hero course class 1-A requested.” The four cabinets that held the nineteen students’ costumes popped out of the wall one by one. “Please change into your hero costumes and report as soon as possible.”

Tsuyu didn’t need to parade around that she’d been right and just hoped it wasn’t something too extreme. The others, trusting their girlfriend’s instincts, took the alarm in stride, having been prepared for a surprise of some kind.

“You heard the announcement everyone!” Iida declared over the noise. “Let’s do this!”

Despite the suddenness of the practical, everyone was in high spirits to try and prove they were rising to Aizawa’s challenge to become the best heroes they could be.

“Get changed and make your way to ground beta, you’ll be briefed on arrival.” Aizawa called tiredly over the top of the scuffle.

Grabbing their gear in the semi-orderly fashion that still left something to be desired by Iida, everyone snagged their costume case and hurried to the changing rooms.

By now it took barely a few minutes for everyone to go from school clothes to suited and booted; ready for action.


Upon arrival at the training ground the class was briefed with only the most minor of details: villains were suspected of letting off a bomb around the hospital area and were last seen scattering while heading in the general direction of the school.

Iida reasoned that since they were currently located between the hospital and the school, they would likely encounter whomever was playing the villains today while on their way to do rescue and recovery.

The reconnaissance team of Shoji, Kyoka and Koda had already made for the emergency stairs to reach a vantage point to best use their quirks with Momo generating earpieces and microphones for the whole class. Creating such a staple had become a priority to research given their class’s history and she’d quickly passed them out.

When Shoji confirmed the presence of a collapsed building and a fire, Iida took charge and declared that top priority for now. He, along with Todoroki, Tokoyami, Sato and Aoyama volunteered to help extinguish it however they could as Momo provided a cart they could all ride in, pulled by the engine hero.

Before they could set off, Koda confirmed the presence of a civilian in danger who’d been washed away by the river.

Seeing her moment, Tsuyu joined up with the extinguishing group as the building was by the body of water. With nothing else forthcoming, it seemed there was no need to delay any longer and Iida set off at a frantic pace as fast as his quirk would allow.

“Oi Riot, Cellophane, you two are with me.” Bakugo declared, walking towards an alley.

“Where are you three going?” Mina called out before the trio could get too far.

“You idiots focus on the rescue stuff. We’ll either flush out the bad guys or kick their ass before you even need to worry.” Bakugo called back casually. “Cello, cover rooftops, Riot, take the ground. I’ll take mid.”

“Hey, we’re supposed to be-” Tooru shouted back only for Izuku to shake his head, causing her to stop mid-rant.

“Bakugo’s got the right idea.” He agreed. “We should focus on doing what we can. Their team can handle themselves or become well-rounded backup for anyone else, we just need to make sure we stay in contact with them.”

“Probably best to contact Kirishima instead of blasty for updates then.” Mina giggled.

“Everyone!” Momo called out. “We should set off for the damaged building with caution to support the others, make sure you keep an eye out for any ambushes too.”

The remainder of the students nodded, setting out at a more cautious pace than the one Iida set.

By this time, the rescue team had arrived at the smoking building that had clearly caught ablaze. Todoroki, Iida and Aoyama started to tackle the smouldering wreckage while Tsuyu, Sato and Tokoyami made for the river.

Thanks to Koda’s communication, Tsuyu was quickly able to locate, strangely enough, Mirio Togata in casual clothes just floating down the river despite his supposed excusal from hero exercises though that was probably just as a hero.

“How’d I end up in here?” He laughed in a happy-go-lucky manner as he floated downstream towards a bridge that had also clearly been destroyed by the villains since it was rapidly crumbling into pieces, dropping concrete chunks heavily into the water.

Tsuyu was tossed by Sato to get close to and save the boy while Tokoyami was sent sailing next to land on the bridge, utilizing Dark Shadow to prevent as much of the concrete from collapsing into the water system as they could.

“Hey, look at that, you saved me, yay!” Mirio praised Tsuyu as he was lifted from the water and placed onto the remaining stable portion of bridge.

“What are you even doing here Togata?” Tokoyami asked quickly while Dark Shadow continued to work.

“Probably here to support his friends.” Tsuyu narrowed her eyes, reaching for her microphone before it crackled to life first.


Back at the building, by making good use of his icy quirk, Todoroki made quick work smothering the flames and smoke in ice to settle the worst of it. Pillars of the stuff littered the area and it looked like a sudden blizzard had been concentrated over one building and part of its parking area that they were currently standing in.

“I’ve covered the problem areas,” Todoroki declared. “We should ensure there are no other civilians in danger inside.”

“Right.” Iida nodded with Aoyama moving to back him up.

“Mistake.” A nervous voice muttered, raising his hand from the shadow and pointing at Todoroki’s back with his finger. Combining the paralysis agent from one animal with the toxic dart of another, tiny projectile shot out from the shadows and hit its mark in Todoroki’s neck.

The boy clutched at the location he’d been hit in confusion, pulling out the small stinger and examining it for a second. Glancing back in the direction it came, he spotted Tamaki Amajiki dressed in his full hero outfit stepping cautiously towards him.

From the yellow and blue oversized tank top he was wearing with ‘Villain 2’ written on it, it was clear what he was doing here and now.

Opening his mouth to warn the others, Todoroki suddenly felt his voice only croak and his limbs become stiff and unresponsive.

“S-Sorry…” Tamaki apologized, winding his hand back. “But you’re out.”

Todoroki couldn’t make a move to defend himself as a barrage of tentacles whipped out and slammed into his side, sending him careening back into a pillar of ice he’d made for the building.

The noise was enough to draw the attention of Iida and Aoyama who’d been investigating what they could of the building to make sure any practise bots were not trapped underneath.

“Todoroki!” Iida called out as he saw his classmate groaning weakly on the floor. Spotting Amajiki’s tentacles rising up to slam down on his downed friend, Iida quickly pushed his quirk into gear and rushed forward, snagging Todoroki and pulling him out of harm’s way before the blow landed.

“You saved your friend… that’s good.” Amajiki muttered, feeling his anxiety creep up again now he knew more eyes were bound to be on him.

“Emergency!” Aoyama called into the communication device. “We have monsieur Amajiki attacking us at the explosion site. He appears to be playing a villain!”

The message rang in the ears of every other class 1-A member.

“Everyone, let’s hurry!” Momo called out, picking up her own pace to get to the damaged site faster.

Izuku felt the temptation to go on ahead using his quirk’s speed to provide back-up even faster only to have the sinking feeling that this exercise wasn’t going to be as simple as that. While Mirio was certainly good enough with his quirk to take out almost all of the class, including himself at one point, he doubted Amajiki alone would have the same confidence in his abilities.

“Be careful everyone!” He decided to call out, just on the off chance his hunch was correct. “Nejire Hado is probably lurking around here as a villain too.”

“The cute girl with the blue hair?” Kaminari questioned, a grin appearing on his face as they ran.

“Don’t underestimate her.” Ochako called out. “Nejire-chan can kick some major butt when she wants to.”

“You got that right!” A new voice called out from an alleyway nearby. “Oop!”

Shivers ran through those of the group that realised who they’d just stumbled into and rushed to get into defensive positions. A spiralling blast of yellow energy shot out from the alley and sailed towards Kaminari who raised his arms to try and take most of the damage.

With One-For-All rushing through his body at twenty percent, Izuku leapt forward and grabbed the boy, carrying him out of the danger zone of the attack before putting him back on his feet.

“Woah! Thanks Deku.” Kaminari said gratefully as he got back into a combat pose.

“Oh poo!” Nejire’s voice called out in a pouty way before she stepped into view, wearing her hero outfit and a pink tank top that read, ‘Villain 1’. “Ochako you like, totally made me ruin my ambush with that compliment!”

“I’m sorry?” Ochako apologized instinctively only to shake her head in confusion at herself. “Wait, no, that’s good. You’re a villain!”

“You bet I am today.” Nejire giggled, taking to the sky thanks to her quirk. “And I’m supposed to kick all your cute little butts.”

“You think it’s cute?” Kaminari took her words at face value.

“Fight now, flirt later, jeez.” Ojiro called out, dashing forward and slamming his tail against the ground to leap up to Nejire’s level, aiming to slam her with a follow-up tail strike.

“Nope!” Nejire thrust her hands out, another coil of yellow energy slamming into Ojiro and sending him sailing back to the ground. “I’ve already got a girlfriend.”

Mina, having slapped Ochako’s hand to make herself weightless, began floating towards the bluenette.

“And you’re both adorable.” The pinkette called out, two globules of acid in her hands. “But not as adorable as me and my Starlight.”

“You take that back.” Nejire blew up her cheeks and pouted, aiming a charge at the girl.

“Never!” Mina declared proudly. “Now, Invisible Girl!”

“Say ‘cheese’!” Tooru declared, quickly redirecting all light around her into a bright flash that Nejire and a few of the others had to look away from.

Nejire released her blast regardless but before it could impact Mina, the girl let out a stream of harmless acid from her hand, letting the opposing force push her out of the way before adjusting her streaming position to fly closer to the villain.

“Gotcha!” Mina declared proudly, holding up a hand of acid in front of Nejire’s face as she clung to her like a Koala. “If you don’t wanna have singed hair for our next double date, you’ll give up now.”

“No way!” Nejire glared, still trying to regain her vision through rapid blinks. “Yuyu won’t give me victory kisses if I don’t win.”

Much like Mina had, Nejire used her free hand to blast in the opposite direction, pushing her body to slam Mina against a nearby wall where her shoulder dug painfully into Mina’s chest, robbing the girl of her breath.

The acid wielding girl couldn’t maintain her grip through the pain and released Nejire from her grasp to clutch at her own stomach that threatened to release her breakfast.

“This isn’t a game.” Nejire declared in a more serious voice. “I’m a fearsome villain.” She held a building charge up to Mina’s head. “You all need to treat me as such.”

“Smash!” Izuku shouted, having taken aim with his fingers. With his gloves primed for an air force attack he loosed a destructive blast of air at Nejire.

The girl had no way to counter or dodge at that range and was forced to take the surprise hit, her hands moving to try and block as much of the damage as she could while she was also slammed into the building she’d pressed Mina against.

“Release!” Ochako announced, moving quickly along with Momo to catch Mina as she descended back to the ground.

“Chargebolt!” Ojiro called out, having recovered from his initial blast back. “Taser mode!”

“You got it!” Kaminari grinned, preparing his quirk.

Ojiro ran in front of the boy and set his tail in position. Kaminari knew what to do and took a running leap onto his friend’s quirk. A moment later and he was airborne, having been tossed by the tail, his hands now sparking with electric energy.

“Get charged!” Kaminari’s grin deepened as he felt he had this villain in the bag already.

What he didn’t expect was for Nejire to recover enough to just fly straight up, totally avoiding him and causing him to have to brace himself against the wall, wasting his attack before sliding down to join the others.

“Urgh, so not cute.” Nejire pouted as she flew over them all, regaining her composure and preparing to start her counterattack. “Time you all learned what it means to be a member of the big three!”


“He’s not giving us a second to think!” Iida grunted, forced to hide behind another of Todoroki’s ice pillars along with the downed Todoroki whom he was keeping safe. Having to protect his injured classmate hindered both his speed and retaliation abilities but Iida wouldn’t abandon a comrade in need to go after a villain, not again.

Aoyama was doing the best he could to try and stave off Amajiki’s attention and attacks by using hit and run tactics with his naval laser but there was only so much he could do. The third year’s greater power, utility and experience was quickly pressing them all into a corner, their upperclassman clearly intending to finish them off.

“Sorry,” the older boy apologised again. “Looks like the two of you can’t cut it by yourselves.”

“Why are you doing this villain?” Iida called out, hoping to delay their defeat for a few more seconds for anymore help to arrive. “Surely attacking these innocent people and heroes can’t bring you any joy. Tell us what you want and maybe we’d be willing to negotiate.

“What I want?” Amajiki admittedly paused for a moment to consider the offer. “W-What I want is to… is to go home!” He said softly, though without the crashing of debris from his attacks, the two heroes could make his words out clearly. “But I can’t do that until I’ve taken you out. Please forgive me.”

Iida cursed his inability to do anything, looking around hastily for something else to stave off Amajiki until their fellow classmates could back them up.

“Sugar CRASH!” A shout echoed around the area as a yellow blur fell from the sky, arms and raised before bringing both down on top of Amajiki. It was only the boy’s quick reactions from sparring against Mirio so often that saved him from Sato’s blow, being able to manifest a clam shell over his back and chest as he was pounded into the ground.

“Help has arrived.” Tokoyami’s voice called over the comms.

Glancing out from behind his defensive ice wall, Iida spotted Tokoyami somehow flying above them before swooping down out of sight into a nearby alley.

“Buy me some time and I can end this.” Tokoyami spoke up again as Sato continued to beat down on Amajiki’s defensive shell.

Seeing the opportunity presented to them, Iida grabbed the unconscious Todoroki once more.

“Can’t Stop Twinkling, can you provide initial assistance, I shall return momentarily once I have secured Todoroki.”

“O-Oui mes amie.” Aoyama nodded shakily, not knowing how much more his stomach could take but was willing to go beyond to defend his friends. “But do hurry.”

“Count on it.” Iida nodded resolutely.

Glancing out onto the battlefield once more, Iida took the opening Sato was providing to sprint over to the alley he saw Tokoyami land in. Entering the gap between buildings, he found the bird-headed boy standing in the shadows with Dark Shadow out who was growing with each passing second.

“Ingenium, you have an injured.” Tokoyami noted.

“Yes, may I leave Todoroki in your hands? We need to keep him safe but I’m of no use if I have to watch over him.”

“Leave it to me, Dark Shadow and I can stand watch until we’ve gathered our strength.” Tokoyami nodded.

Walking over to a bare patch of wall, Iida propped Todoroki against it while checking his vitals since he hadn’t had a chance to yet.

“He doesn’t seem to be injured in anyway. Hopefully he’s just out cold from something Amajiki did.”

“That would be my guess.” Tokoyami agreed. “His power is quite troublesome.”

“Indeed.” Iida agreed. “Where is Froppy by the way?”

“She’s securing the civilian that turned out to be Mirio Togata.” Tokoyami explained. “I don’t think she’ll be back in time to assist us.”

“Very well.” Iida nodded, getting up and firming up his resolve. “Looks like it’s down to us then.”

With a blast of exhaust from his engines, Iida dashed back out onto the battlefield.

His presence was very welcome as Amajiki seemed to have been able to recover from Sato’s attacks and get some distance from the boy, shedding his clam shell defence. Aoyama had tried to keep him from putting too much distance between himself and Sato by aiming naval laser shots behind him to keep him contained lest he get hit.

Frustratingly, Iida knew he couldn’t activate any of his recipro super moves. His brother had advised a strict time limit before pushing himself again after regrowing his exhausts and he still had another day before that limit was up. He was still much faster than Amajiki though and quickly closed the gap between them from the side, slamming a kick into the boy’s side that sent him careening into an ice pillar.

“All right Ingenium!” Sato called out in relief, unsure if he’d been able to hold out if his opponent had managed to recover from the surprise attack.

“You know the plan.” Iida reminded the boy as Aoyama stuck his head out from behind some rubble where he’d taken refuge. “Ensure we see it through to completion and we’ll beat this villain.”

“D-Don’t be getting so cocky.” Amajiki’s voice called out, the boy picking himself up from the ground. “I-I’ve got a job to do and I can’t let you stand in my way.”

“We’re heroes!” Iida declared proudly. “Getting in the way of villains machinations is what we do!”

“Yeah!” Sato cheered, palming some more sugar for their follow up attacks.

“T-Then… I’ll just have to show you how v-villainous I can be.” Amajiki declared uneasily. He really didn’t want to do this, or play this role, but it was important to his teachers and to Mirio that their friends be as prepared as they could be for the future. “Vast Hybrid: True Chimera!”

Amajiki’s whole body began shifting and transforming, his costume bulging and ripping in places where his arms and legs gained heavy mass. Iida, Sato and Aoyama could only gasp and watch in both fear and amazement as a lion’s head replaced Amajiki’s, though it retained his vague shape.

On his chest, pointed goats horns protruded, acting like a ribcage to shield his core before the slam of something heavy dropped to the floor behind the third year that looked thick and scaly.

“H-He wasn’t kidding!” Sato gulped, recognising the creature from mythology as a chimera-fied Amajiki now stood before them.

While still on two legs, Amajiki had grown taller and was now breathing heavily through his mouth, gathering oxygen in his blood to fuel his new body’s needs. He crouched down, flexing his leg muscles and building up a pounce. Both younger students could tell something was about to happen and made a move to dodge whatever was coming.

This form was slow, but powerful and Amajiki planned to take out the biggest threat that might possibly match him right now.

With a growl, he surged forward.

Iida had no issues getting out of the way but Sato wasn’t so lucky, easily being captured by Amajiki’s extended clawed hand and slammed painfully into the ground, his head knocking back against the concrete and sending him into unconsciousness.

“Sugarman!” Iida and Aoyama called out in a panic, worried for their fellow student.

“I’m not ready yet. I need more time.” Tokoyami’s voice rang through the comms.

Iida knew he needed to find that time somehow and leapt towards the transformed upper year.

“Surrender now villain!” He yelled out, despite knowing the boy wouldn’t just give up at this stage.

Amajiki raised his hand to block the strike towards his head, taking the blow on his forearm almost harmlessly before roaring in response. Iida wasn’t sure if it was to intimidate him or Amajiki just couldn’t form words like this but it certainly caused him to back off momentarily.

For the next few moments, Iida could only dodge as Amajiki’s lion empowered blows struck out towards him. Just when he felt like he was getting the hang of dodging his senior’s strikes, the boy whipped around and his scaly snake-looking tail slammed into Iida’s stomach, sending him crashing back into a pile of Todoroki’s ice, grateful for his armours defence.

“Mes amie, I have a plan.” Aoyama’s voice crackled over the comms. Please lead him closer to my position if you can.”

Iida wanted to reply, asking if the normally meeker boy when it came to combat was sure, but he was too preoccupied with rolling away from Amajiki’s next strike. His own kick had been next to useless and without greater speed, he couldn’t hit any harder. All they had to do was trust in Tokoyami however and if Aoyama had a plan to get that extra time he needed then he’d go along with it.

Once Iida got his feet underneath him again, he spotted Aoyama building up a laser charge in his belt behind their opponent. Ducking under Amajiki’s latest strike, Iida dodged the tripping foot that was subsequently aimed at his legs and zigzagged back and forth, retreating closer to Aoyama with each subsequent strike and miss.

Once more he found himself confident he could dodge all of Amajiki’s attacks until a set of tentacles manifested on Amajiki’s hand once more and lashed out, pulling his legs from under him.

Before Amajiki could land another blow though, he heard the relieving sound of a smug Aoayama’s voice.

“Surprendre!” He declared before crossing his arms in front of his chest so that his shoulder emitters were facing forwards.

Amajiki’s eyes widened in surprise as a multitude of lasers from Aoyama’s knees, shoulders and central belt began shooting towards him. He dropped Iida quickly and dodged out the way but soon found himself hit by a few of the lasers coming from a direction he didn’t expect that unpleasantly singed his fur.

“Navel Buffet: Ricocchet!” Aoyama declared proudly as, instead of aiming directly for Amajiki, targeted a variety of the ice pillars around the area.

Iida grinned in amazement as Aoyama’s lasers created a unique maze of pain that their villainous foe was needing to work overtime to avoid. Even then he still found himself hit by the odd stray blast. They weren’t as powerful as if they’d hit him directly but Aoyama hadn’t been squandering his training time with Tooru at all.

The engine quirked boy’s amazement quickly turned to fear as he was forced to roll away from a laser himself as it nearly struck him in the chest.

“Can’t Stop Twinkling! Please be careful where you’re aiming.”

Iida’s warning was unnecessary though as Aoyama ceased producing his laser, now clutching his stomach as his knees quivered.

“A-Apologies, I do not have much practise using that.” He stated weakly.

With Aoyama apparently hitting his limit for now, Iida looked back as the myriad of lasers slowly petered out as they lost their power or struck other surfaces. Amajiki had been forced back but now he’d spotted that the danger had passed and was making his way towards them aggressively. Iida stepped in front of Aoyama, prepared to either defend or run away with the boy if the opportunity presented itself.

Relief flooded his system once more as a giant shadow was cast over the three of them.

Amajiki turned to see what had blocked out the sun so suddenly only to fruitlessly raise his hands to defend against a giant fist the size of a truck slamming down over himself.

“Many thanks for the distraction.” Tokoyami announced, standing in the shade of some rubble nearby. “Dark Shadow was able to absorb enough darkness to take care of this for now.”

“You got it!” The mysterious being’s voice called out, shifting its form from a fist to wrapping around Amajiki like a snake and squeezing tightly, making the lion headed boy roar out in pain.

“Villains such as you stand no chance against true darkness!” Tokoyami declared fiercely, lifting Dark Shadow up with his bound captive before slamming him roughly into the ground.

For the next few moments, Iida and Aoyama started slack jawed at the roughness Amajiki was being subjected to, with Dark Shadow being guided to slam him against every surface he could.

Amajiki was shaken but continued to fight, biting, clawing and tearing at Dark Shadow but it was doing less damage than just the natural light from the sun. Tokoyami knew he and his partner didn’t have much time in his enlarged form before the curse of the day reduced him back to his normal state and used the being’s more fluid form to bind Amajiki’s hands to his side and finally pin him to the ground, pressing his face into the dirt and leaving only his head and a foot visible.

“Stay down Amajiki.” Tokoyami called out. “The sooner you surrender, the sooner you can go home.”

All the fight seemed to leave the boy in that moment as he realised the truth of that statement. He’d done enough to help train his underclassman by now, right? Slowly, his features shifted back to their original forms, leaving only the sharp-eared Amajiki where a mighty chimera once lay.

“L-Looks like you caught me.” He agreed with the statement, not intending to fight any further.

Iida and Aoyama sighed in relief though Tokoyami didn’t drop his guard.

Reaching up, Iida sounded off through the comms system.

“Amajiki has been taken down and secured.”


Izuku found himself dodging another attack by Nejire, thankfully able to evade her waves relatively easily.

She’d noticed this fairly quickly and had focused her attentions on his classmates who didn’t have the ability to move as fast as he did. While he would more than happily get the girl to focus all her attention on him, her flight ability prevented him from making her fight on a level that he was better suited to.

The two were in something of a stalemate as Nejire fired off beams at him every time he decided to send off Air Force smashes at her. She was also smart enough not to remain solely hovering in one place so repetitive blasts to draw her focus to him wasn’t an option.

He, along with the others, had heard Tokoyami using the comms device to request time that he hoped Iida and the others were able to provide. Right now, they needed to focus on taking down Hado so they could hurry and assist their classmates if they needed it. While he could probably push himself to become faster than the girl, it wasn’t without his risks and he trusted Momo’s latest plan so he’d play the distraction role for as long as she needed.

Springing off the walls yet again, he lunged at Nejire with his fist cocked back.

“Give up villain!” He yelled just after she sailed out of his line of attack.

“No way!” Nejire rebuffed, swooping down to fire off another blast of energy at Mina who still hadn’t recovered from the winding she’d received earlier. The pinkette couldn’t find the energy to dodge and was struck back painfully, taking the full force of an ‘output fifteen’ blast.

“Pinky!” Ochako called out, from her spot by an alley way where she’d taken refuge.

“Sorry.” Nejire apologised, “But I’m winning this thing.”

“Not if we can help it!” A voice called out from near Mina the group recognised as Tooru’s, though she’d shed her hero outfit to make herself fully invisible. “Say ‘cheese’!”

In reaction to Tooru’s planned brightness attack, Nejire closed her eyes and shot upwards to get herself out of harm’s way from whatever counter attack they’d planned.

“Now!” Tooru called out, knowing Nejire would react to the attack though not using it so her teammates weren’t blinded either.

Nejire cracked her eyes just a little as she whipped her head around. She just about caught a glimpse of a smug looking Kaminari pointing her direction while Momo was crouched by his side with what appeared to be a rocket launcher poised on her shoulder.

She gasped as Momo fired, launching a shell at her which quickly exploded, taking the form of a net with weighted, orange points she was certain would drag her down to the ground. Luckily, her quirk could make quick work of any material if she focused it enough.

“Full charge, output level thirty!” She smirked before raising her hand and letting another blast loose. It easily tore Momo’s net to shreds, even if it was reinforced with metal components. Momo and Kaminari braced themselves against the rush of wind that was left after the net was destroyed. That wasn’t the whole plan though.

“Kaminari!” Momo gave the go ahead as one of the shredded net’s weights struck Nejire and stuck to her outfit.

The girl realised too late exactly what the orange thing was and that she’d fallen for her lowerclassman’s trap.

“Sorry babe.” Kaminari smirked. “Target Electo!”

Nejire was fast, but she couldn’t outfly electricity. The shock that ran through her system made her spasm uncontrollably as her quirk control faltered and she started plummeting towards the ground.

“Uravity!” Tooru called out, hoping the girl could do something to catch the falling fake-villain.

The gravity girl was already on the case, moving to intercept along with Izuku while Ojiro coiled his tail to do the same.

It was apparently unnecessary as Nejire stopped her descent, regaining her hovering ability as swirls appeared beneath her feet, though she was breathing heavily now. Her outfit was singed and her hair dishevelled from the shock but she had a determined frown on her face as she recovered.

“Do you know how many times Yuyu has accidently done that to me?!” Nejire growled with a mote of satisfaction in her voice as all those accidental orgasm shocks had helped her recover from this somewhat impressive attack. “No more Miss nice villain!”

With speed she hadn’t displayed before, Nejire simultaneously grabbed and tossed the marker that had guided Kaminari’s shock attack before zooming back up to their level.

“Output charge level fifty.”

Kaminari knew they wouldn’t be able to get out of the way in time. The roof was kind of isolating since there was nowhere to run without going down the emergency stairs next to them and knew that he’d exhausted most of his bag of tricks at this point. Standing in front of Momo, he hoped he would be able to take most of the blow for the girl so that her more limitless bag of tricks could be used to take down their enemy.

Nejire’s blast launched and sent both Kaminari and Momo careening back across the roof to the edge. The fairy-like villain followed after them, watching as they toppled off the edge of the roof into the alley below. Before she swooped down and saved them from a horrible splat, since she didn’t want to actually kill her schoolmates, a shell of plastic and air erupted around Momo that engulfed both her and Kaminari in a bouncy-castle like sphere. She watched as it bounced around for a moment before coming to a stop, deflating quickly and spotting both the boy and the girl emerge, unharmed from the fall.

Satisfied, she flew around the side of the building, lower than the roof so that she could sneak up and surprise Ochako from behind in the connected alleyway with another, stronger blast that would take the girl out of the fight, but not too harshly.

“She’s here!” Ochako called out as she’d heard the blue-haired girl approaching, familiar with the sound of her spiralling energy from the time they’d worked together.

“You fall down now!” Nejire narrowed her eyes and put on the best cute villain voice she could before firing another level fifty wave at the girl.

Unfortunately the alley provided too much cover either side and Ochako used the buildings to evade the blast.

Flying forward to catch up, Nejire was caught off guard by Izuku who’d apparently managed to time her appearance and figure out the position she was flying at. His arm was pulled back and that green energy was arcing around his form. She knew she wouldn’t survive a point-blank hit from someone as physically strong as him so she countered using a move she’d been working on but yet to perfect.

“Nejire Punch!” She cried out, turning her body to match his as she allowed her spiralling energy to gather around her fist, contained by the spiralling blue handguards that were actually tech designed to assist with this very move.

“Detroit Smash!”

The two punches collided with force, sending a rippling wave of air out that shattered the nearby windows. The other students ducked for cover while Izuku and Nejire were both thrown backwards from each other, each hitting the sidewalk and rolling to try and mitigate the damage they took. Izuku took less thanks to his quirk boosting his natural durability while Nejire used her greater experience to push herself into the air mid-roll so she didn’t scrape herself along the concrete, though she was still spinning.

After correcting her own spiral, Nejire quickly spied Izuku similarly regaining his footing and starting towards her while Ojiro was much closer and closing in fast. Ochako was still hanging back and the invisible girl was nowhere to be seen along with Mina whom she’d hoped she’d not injured too badly. Still, there was only a couple of them left to deal with now and she wouldn’t be going down without a fight.

“I warned you!” Nejire blew her cheeks up again. “I didn’t wanna have to use this.” She raised her arms up, aiming down the center of the street instead of directly at anyone; the damage they’d take just from being at the edge of its path was enough. “Full charge, output level one hundred!”

The words alone were enough to make Ojiro adjust his trajectory, ducking for cover along with the others who were able to. With a relatively short charging time thanks to her intense training, Nejire felt the blast itching to erupt from her hands.

“Nejire Floo-”

“X-Catapult!”

Nejire didn’t have time to react to the voice as something incredibly hard slammed into her back. Whatever, or whomever, it was wrapped their arms around her before locking themselves in place with an application of their quirk. She briefly remembered Tamaki’s fellow work study having some sort of hardening quirk but that was all she managed before the concrete began rapidly approaching her once more.

It was tough, but thanks to the blast she’d already charged up, she unleashed it downwards to keep herself airborne and away from a major injury. The horizontal momentum carried her and her clingy passenger down the road where she only just managed to slow them to a hover before slamming into another building.

“Who are you?!” She called out, trying to get a good look at the boy currently clinging around her midsection as she tried to catch her breath, her stamina beginning to run a little low from both her blasts and the damage she’d received.

“Name’s Red Riot!” Kirishima grinned as Nejire’s eyes widened in recognition. “And I’m not letting you go villain.”

From the proximity of Nejire and Kirishima’s head, she heard the crackle of a message come through the earpiece.

“Amajiki has been taken down and secured.” Iida’s voice came through the comm.

“Aw man, I guess it had to happen.” Kirishima groaned, annoyed his friends had to take down his fellow Fat Gum work study.

“Amajiki’s down?” Nejire blinked before her eyes narrowed. “I bet you definitely went down too easy. Looks like it’s time for me to go ‘Plus Ultra’.”


“Where the hell have you guys been?!” Tooru called out as Bakugo touched down in the middle of the road with Sero quick behind him.

“Wasting goddamn time apparently.” Bakugo growled back, annoyed they’d been searching fruitlessly while everyone else got some action.

“Amajiki has been taken down and secured.” Iida’s voice came through the comm.

“Looks like that’s one down.” Sero grinned as he landed nearby, having launched Bakugo and Kirishima ahead with a whip of tape before the explosive blond performed his move.

“Then let’s make sure we’re two for two.” Bakugo grinned before taking off again.

Izuku knew they should be working together to go against Hado but a fresh Kirishima and Bakugo could buy them some time to catch their breaths before re-joining the fight.

“Who’s still able?” He called out.

“I’m good, if a little useless.” Ochako admitted, annoyed her outfit upgrades hadn’t been implemented yet.

“I can still go.” Ojiro called out.

“Me too.” Momo rounded the alley corner, supporting a rather worn looking Kaminari.

“I’m out guys, sorry.” He apologised.

“Pinky’s down too.” Tooru declared for her girlfriend. “I don’t think I’ll be much good either since I can’t really fight her with my quirk.”

“Got it.” Izuku nodded. “Invisible Girl, you take care of everyone that’s injured. Everyone else, listen up.”

Izuku quickly explained his plan to those remaining and the newly arrived Sero. Just when he’d finished explaining, the group was interrupted by a body being launched down the street at high speed, crashing into the blacktop and leaving a considerable ditch.

“M-Man that hurt.” Kirishima’s groaning voice called out weakly before the boy lost his lunch all over himself.

Looking back down to the other end of the street, the group spied Nejire spinning like a top at speeds that made their own stomachs turn just from watching her. She’d managed to dislodge her passenger by just spinning them both until he let go and even she needed a moment to get her bearings after something like that.

Bakugo wasn’t about to give her that moment though and launched himself towards her.

“Everyone set?” Izuku finished quickly, getting a round of acceptance. “Go!”

He and Ojiro took off down the street while Ochako made both herself and Momo weightless before clinging onto Sero, who blushed at the embraces, but took off with his tape to the planned vantage point he was to deliver the pair to.


“Hold still damnit!” Bakugo called out as he fired another blast at the surprisingly agile third year.

“Make me firstie!” Nejire stuck her tongue out as she dodged another one of his blasts. Unlike Izuku, she needed to watch out for Bakugo’s greater ranged arsenal but had the advantage of being able to listen to his mid-air explosions he was using to keep himself airborne to know where he was at all times.

When the time was right, she flew up high before curving around, placing herself between her opponent and the mid-morning sun. Swerving into a dive, Nejire streaked towards the blond haired boy who grinned smugly, reaching for the pin on one of his grenade gauntlets.

“Exactly as planned.” He cackled before letting the blast rip that he’d built up from all the sweat searching around. Looking back, using it on Izuku during their first training session was a clear mistake, even if the idiot had managed to dodge it successfully. A cocky third-year on the other hand? If she couldn’t mitigate this, then she had no right to call herself a member of the ‘big three’.

As expected, she rolled out of the way of his explosive blast but continued towards him. The sudden explosion he’d generated however made him careen towards the ground at around the same speed she was currently at, making it all the easier to aim with his other arm and leave himself just enough time to land.

“Gotcha!” He fired a blast that managed to clip Nejire’s left side.

The one thing Bakugo didn’t expect was for her to push through the pain and, if anything, increase her speed further. The blond boy knew the ground was fast approaching and reacted, loosing a blast behind himself to mitigate his fall but that’s what Nejire had now been counting on. With his momentum near zero and close to the ground, she charged a punch with her undamaged hand and thrust forward, putting all her momentum behind it as it sunk into Bakugo’s stomach.

“Nejire Punch!” She called out in determination, feeling the boy’s rib bones groan uncomfortably above her fist as she slammed him into the ground.

The boy’s breaths were shallow as she’d stolen practically all the air from his lungs but he was clearly out of the fight. Admittedly she might’ve gone a little too ‘Plus Ultra’ but Yuyu’s kisses were worth it.

She didn’t have time to recover from her own damage however, shooting quickly back into the sky as Izuku passed under her, aiming to kick her in the back where her spine already ached fiercely from the human shaped cannon ball that was Kirishima.

Before she could rise too high, Ojiro had launched himself up like before and was using his downward momentum to slam his tail into her again, her reactions being too slow from her exhaustion to fight him off this time.

She faltered in her ascent, taking the blow hard to her shoulder when her hands dropped their guard but used enough of a charged blast to send the boy crashing backwards once again.

“Hado!” Izuku called out from below. “Give up! You’re badly injured.”

Nejire glanced at her damaged arm and side, noting the burns that her outfit hadn’t managed stop.

“I promised Yuyu I’d win, so I’m going ‘Plus Ultra’ until I do!” Nejire retorted though her breathing was heavy.

“But you can’t win!” Izuku called out. “Not like this.”

“You’re not so tough.” Nejire bluffed, not knowing if she’d actually be able to combat the boy with all the stamina she’d used up.

“Maybe.” Izuku shrugged. “But I don’t need to be.”

For the second time that day, an ominous shadow fell over a member of the big three.

She turned with a gasp, her hands out to try and blast away whatever was about to hit her but it was already too late. While she and Bakugo had been fighting, Ochako, Momo and Sero had landed on a nearby building with Momo beginning to generate the massive steel frame needed for this plan. As each piece dropped out of her, Sero and Ochako assembled the frame with Sero’s tape binding the pieces together.

After it was assembled, Sero once more provided tape around the edges in organised strips, leaving plenty of gaps for air to pass through.

Once his role was done, Ochako touched the frame and hefted it up easily despite the construct being almost twice her size. As she heard Izuku’s voice calling out to Nejire, she knew it was her time to move, taking a running leap of the edge of the building and swinging her newly constructed capture device with all her effort.

The look on Nejire’s face made it all worth it as the girl’s hands immediately stuck to Sero’s tape before the rest of her body followed.

“Improvised Special Move: Human Fly Swatter!” Ochako called out only after she’d hit her opponent with it.

She felt a blast of spiralling energy erupt, likely from Nejire’s hands to try and get herself free but as soon as Ochako landed she released the weapon from her quirk’s hold, allowing the heavy steel to keep Nejire from taking off even with everything stuck to her.

The impromptu capture device was laid down so that Nejire was facing the floor, her whole body stuck to the tape, minus her hands that had indeed tried to blast a hole in the sticky textile. Ochako and Izuku both approached the girl from a place she could see them before saying the same thing.

“Surrender.”

Nejire felt her lip quiver a little at the thought of not getting her prize but it conflicted heavily with the pride she felt for this sect of underclassmen who’d managed not only to best her, but Amajiki too.

“Okay… fine.” She pouted, still unhappy with getting bested, especially in a manner such as this. “I give up.”

Izuku and Ochako’s shoulders both dropped simultaneously in relief with Ochako reaching up to her microphone a moment later.

“Nejire has been captured.”

As everyone around the training ground breathed their own sighs of relief, Nezu’s voice rang out from the various loudspeakers.

“The drill is over. The drill is over.”


Many of the students sluggishly made their way back to the front entrance of the training ground where Aizawa was currently standing. Those that were unconscious or too badly damaged to get themselves here under their own power were immediately sent to Recovery Girl such as Nejire, Bakugo, Todoroki, Sato and Mina. Aoyama looked a little put out he wasn’t able to leave yet with his stomach the way it was but he was able to hang on for now… barely.

Aizawa looked out among his broken and battered students, hoping now they’d learned a lot about going up against a foe much stronger and experienced than them. It was a different lesson than the one they’d learned being taken down by Mirio so easily before as they had just enough experience now to start closing that gap. Normally, this wouldn’t be something he would do to his first years, but these students were no ordinary first years. Both their growth in recent months and the struggles they’d all faced had caused them to grow much more rapidly than any other year he’d taught. Deep down in his heart, he couldn’t wait to see what these kids made of themselves come graduation.

“There’s too many of you missing so I’ll keep this brief; we’ll go more in-depth during tomorrow’s lecture.” He began. “Congratulations to all of you, you did excellent work at stopping a bad situation from becoming worse, saved a civilian in need, and managing to apprehend both villains.”

The class shot him some proud but weary smiles.

“You’ve all grown considerably, so take this exercise as the victory it is. Head back to the school and get changed. You’ve got the rest of the morning off until we resume classes after lunch.”

“Awww man! We still have to do regular school stuff after that?!” Kaminari groaned, his fatigue overriding his brain when it came to exactly who would hear his complaint.

“Would you like to add detention to that list?” Aizawa glared dangerously at the boy, who felt the chill of fear quickly correct his behaviour.

“No sir!” He straightened up before bowing quickly.

“That’s what I thought.” Aizawa muttered. “Dismissed.”

The walk back to the school would take a good ten minutes and the students groaned before beginning the journey back.

“Amajiki. Before you leave,” Iida stopped the upperclassman from departing. “I really need to ask, I understand your quirk is ‘Manifest’, and that you can create things based on the foods you have eaten, correct?”

“Uh… y-yes.” A weary Amajiki nodded nervously, feeling way too many sets of eyes on him right now.

“Then could you please allay my concerns about you manifesting a lion’s attributes. While impressive, I was under the impression that lions were on the world endangered species list.”

“T-They are.” Amajiki acknowledged before pulling a silver wrapped bar out of his pocket with the image of a lion on it. “While um… unpleasant, I don’t have to necessarily eat meat from the animal to be able to generate its abilities. These bars contain…” he blushed fiercely, “l-lion hair clippings from the zoo.”

“Ha, gross!” Sero chuckled, less exhausted than everyone else due to the lack of damage he’d suffered and causing Amajiki to hide in the hood of his hero costume.

“Hey, don’t tease my man.” Mirio stepped forward, taking his boyfriend’s hand. “Tamaki’s got the heart of a lion whether or not he eats one.”

“N-Not helping Mirio!” Tamaki complained with everyone getting a good laugh out of the interaction as they traipsed back to the main building.


After the group of able-bodied students returned, many just collapsed into the changing room benches to catch their breath with idle chatter breaking out amongst them.

Despite his actions during the battle, Izuku hadn’t suffered much in the way of damage nor was he particularly exhausted thanks to his quirk. He counted himself lucky after seeing the denting to the rear of Iida’s costume and the rips and tears on Kaminari and Kirishima’s.

In their discussion on the way back, Ochako had noted with frustration that her upgraded gauntlets hadn’t come in yet and nor had Momo’s new costume, though she’d taken to simply disregarding the application of her bookshelf and leaving it in her costume case which was probably a good call considering today.

Leaving the changing rooms, Izuku waited around outside, waiting for Ochako and any of the other girls that were going to join them to check in with the support department as to when they might see their improvements come through.

Tooru emerged first, not needing much time to change and while she greeted Izuku pleasantly, she apologized for not sticking around as she dashed off to Recovery Girl’s office to check up on Mina. The other four girls emerged soon after as a group, presumably having been informed of the plan while inside and the five set off through UA’s main building.

“That was a hell of a drill.” Kyoka spoke up, more to get Izuku’s thoughts on it than anything else as the girls had done some light discussion already.

“A surprising one,” Izuku nodded, “But nothing we weren’t ready for.”

“Thanks to Tsu’s warning especially.” Ochako grinned, squeezing her girlfriend’s hand.

“It was only logical, ribbit.” Tsuyu giggled after delivering her words in an Aizawa-like manner.

“It was an enduring experience.” Momo nodded. “One I am grateful for and terrified of repeating.”

“‘Cause you got blown off a building?” Ochako asked, still a little shocked Nejire had gone that far.

“That I had to generate my crash-bubble so quickly and without a harness.” Momo explained. “I admit I wasn’t sure if it would work with me creating everything rapidly from my back instead of a pre-made device.”

“Gonna have to punch her one for that.” Kyoka eyes narrowed, having heard of her girlfriend’s plight after the fight but couldn’t do much as part of team reconnaissance.

“I’m sure Nejire would’ve caught Momo and Kaminari if they were unable to save themselves.” Izuku reasoned. “That’s probably why she ducked down into that alley to then surprise you Ochako.”

The brunette nodded while Kyoka scoffed, still displeased with the way her girlfriend had been treated.

“Still feel useless. Didn’t get to show off anything new.” She complained.

“I just saved one person.” Tsuyu sympathised. “I think this was more about us all working together than strictly us taking down our upperclassmen.”

“We passed, that’s all that matters for now.” Momo reasoned.

“I guess.” Kyoka sighed as they rounded the corner and approached the development lab.

Before the group could reach for the door however, Kyoka’s jacks shot out and blocked them all from taking another step forward.

Izuku and Ochako braced themselves for another explosion like the one they’d faced when first approaching the development lab only for nothing of that nature to happen. Instead of an explosion, the door simply slid open to reveal a purple-haired boy on the other side.

“Oh, it’s you.” He muttered.

“Shinso!” Izuku grinned, happy to see the boy he’d not caught up with in a while.

“Yeah, me.” The tired looking boy rolled his eyes. “How are you doing Midoriya?”

“Great!” Izuku nodded enthusiastically. “W-Well not too great we um… just had a really intensive drill.”

“Really?” Shinso quirked a brow.

“Some of us got our asses kicked, others did the ass kickin’.” Kyoka stated, strangely drawing a chuckle from the boy.

“Sounds like fun.”

“Not when you’re put into Recovery Girl’s capable hands.” Ochako admitted, wondering how Mina was getting on.

“It’s curious to run into you here of all places.” Tsuyu noted, putting a finger to her chin. “Any particular reason?”

“Maybe I’ve got an interest in hero tech,” Shinso shrugged. “I do want to become one after all.”

“Did you hear anything yet?” Izuku asked enthusiastically. “We’ve kinda got a spot open in our class so you’d fit there perfectly.”

“Dude, chill out.” Shinso stated, almost tempted to use his quirk on the overenthusiastic greenette. “Everyone knows about the open spot in your class.”

“Oh right, the assembly.” Momo nodded.

“Right.” Shinso nodded, shoving his hands in his pockets. “If anything changes in regards to your class you’ll be the second to know besides the lucky person joining you.”

“I wouldn’t call them lucky.” Kyoka remarked cheekily.

“Aizawa’s a bit of a slave driver.” Ochako admitted after looking around to ensure her teacher was nowhere near them.

“Right.” Shinso rubbed the back of his neck, easing the scarf burns he’d gotten from practising incorrectly. “Still, don’t let me get in the way of your… whatever.” He shuffled out the way before proceeding down the hall.

“Hope to see you soon!” Izuku called out, getting a small wave over Shinso’s shoulder for his trouble he matched with a small smile. As uncaring as he appeared to be, Shinso still had his heart set on the hero course and Izuku truly hoped that empty spot would go to the boy.

“You kids gonna stand there blabbering all day or are you gonna get in here?” A gruff voice called out from the studio.

“Sorry Mr Power Loader.” The group collectively apologised before slipping inside the development studio and closing the door.

“Good.” The technical minded teacher nodded. “Now, what can I do for ya?”

While the girls talked to Power Loader about their potential upgrades, Izuku couldn’t help looking around for a particular pink haired girl. He spotted her with her back to him while sat at a desk facing the wall, utilizing a set of tiny looking tools to make some adjustments on some sort of weird black mask hovering on a stand specially designed to hold it in front of her.

Hoping not to shock the girl, he carefully approached her before realizing there was a mirror opposite her on the wall, probably to both help see details on the other side without turning devices being worked on, or to prevent people from being shocked when others approached them while they were focused. Izuku didn’t have to worry about whether or not the girl saw him as he spotted the eyes behind her goggles look back at him in the mirror as he gave a little wave in greeting.

“Midoriya!” Mei called out, turning to greet the greenette. “What can I do for you? No issues with my glove babies hopefully? No, of course, not, they’re darlings! Something new maybe?!”

“N-Nothing like that!” Izuku hastily tried to deescalate the girl’s enthusiasm. “The gloves are great! Really helped me in the drill I just did actually. They’re so lightweight and fast I barely even needed to remember to activate them.”

“Well duh.” Mei giggled. “Heroes should focus on catching the bad guy, not figuring out their tech. Once you get the hang of my stuff, using it should feel as natural as walking.”

“I’m definitely getting to that point.” Izuku nodded, glad to see that Mei was apparently doing okay. “To answer your question, I’m not here for anything new in particular, just thought I’d accompany my friends who are looking into their upgrades.”

Mei glanced around the side of the boy and used her quirk to zoom in on the four by the door.

“Uravity, Creati, Froppy and Earphone Jack.” Mei listed off. “Most of their stuff’s done but Mr Power Loader isn’t releasing new tech until the start of winter; ‘budget constraints’ and all that.” She mocked with air quotes.

“Ah, so probably soon then.” Izuku nodded, glad his girlfriends’ upgrades would appear for their next training session. “That’s good. How about yourself? Anything new and amazing to show off?”

“Oh I’m so glad you asked!” Mei eagerly jumped before turning around to her desk and making a few adjustments before presenting Izuku with her latest creation. “Ta-da! Baby number two-six-eight.”

“Looks cool!” Izuku gushed, able to get a good look at what appeared to be a mask. “I presume it’s got something to do with the mouth, but then, what’s this bit here? A filter? Maybe for keeping some toxins and debris out but it looks more like a grill, and what’s these long bits and levers-”

“I’mma stop you right there,” Mei laughed, glad to see someone outside of the support course actually giving her invention a thorough examination for a change. “This little baby can change your voice into someone else’s by manipulating your own vocal chords from the outside!”

“Woah, really?! That’s amazing!” Izuku gushed. “That’d be so amazing for someone like…” His mind linked the two events and realised exactly why Shinso was in the development studio.

“Yep!” Mei declared proudly. “This thing’s the real deal, check it out.” She quickly attached the device to her own face and shifted it into position before fiddling with the dials.

“Yo dude,” Kyoka walked over lazily. “The others are ready to head out.”

“Just a sec.” Izuku muttered, eager to see the new device in action.

Mei apparently finished fiddling with the device’s settings and glanced over at the boy before realizing she had another observer. Considering what the device was intended for, she decided to see if it was good enough to fool someone who could identify a friend’s voice.

“Hey sweet cheeks.” Mei called to Kyoka in Izuku’s voice. “How about me and you go back to my room and do some kissin’.”

Both Izuku and Kyoka’s mouths dropped open in surprise and blushes coloured both their faces down to the bone.

“Whaddaya think?” Mei-zuku asked again before un-hooking the mask from around her mouth. “Pretty effective, eh?” She finished in her normal voice.

“M-Mei… t-that’s…” Izuku shook his head before turning to Kyoka. “I… t-that wasn’t.”

“C-Chill dude.” Kyoka averted her gaze from them both before turning and walking away. “W-Whatever, let’s just go.”

“Oops,” Mei grimaced. “Was that too much? I only meant it to tease.”

“S-She um… i-it’s fine.” Izuku assured the inventive girl. “I’m sure she was just thrown by the accuracy of it. I was about to apologize and tell her that wasn’t me after all.”

“Ah, good.” Mei grinned, apparently unconcerned with the embarrassment aspect of the situation. “My baby is a success once again.”

“Y-Yeah.” Izuku chuckled nervously, wondering what sort of mischief that device could get up to in the wrong hands. Thank god Mina wasn’t currently here. “It sounds excellent, and I’m sure Shin… your um, customer will be very happy with it.”

“You already know, huh?” Mei quirked a brow, unsurprised the boy had managed to guess her baby’s owner.

“I-It wasn’t hard.” Izuku rubbed the back of his head. “He was hoping to become a hero student through the sports festival and I think he’s got what it takes. When we fought in the final round and, even though he wasn’t that strong, I could tell he had the will to do whatever it took to prove everyone wrong and become a hero.”

Mei blinked at Izuku as his true feelings on the boy shone through for a moment, it made her cast her mind back to the first time she’d met the purple haired student before he became her customer.


The pinkette was working by herself in the labs once again. Everyone else had returned to the dorms but Hatsume was still fuelled by her irritation at the Yaoyorozu clan, putting that frustration to good use by developing her latest baby she hoped she never had to personally use one day.

The door to the development studio opened and Power Loader looked up from his desk. Aizawa and another student stood in the door frame.

“Eraser Head?” Power Loader called out. “It’s after classes man, what’s up?”

“I’m here to show a potential hero student around and get him acquainted with hero tech.” Aizawa stated in his normal tired voice as he and the student approached the desk.

“This kid?” Power Loader looked at Shinso with a calculating gaze which the purple haired boy returned with gusto. “Ah, from the sports fest.” Power Loader nodded at his jogged memory. “You did well to get so far kid.”

“Thank you.” Shinso stated politely.

“Right, guess I can show you around a little considering almost everyone’s gone home for the day.”

Hatsume tuned out the next few minutes as Power Loader gave his generic speech she remembered from her first day at UA. She had better things to focus on anyway, like how this baby would scan the area and take out any no-good, rotten, abandoning-

“Hatsume!” A voice rang loudly in her ears.

“Huh?” She shifted her goggles up and turned around, spotting that she’d now gained an audience of three with an exasperated Power Loader standing before their two guests.

“I was just explaining to Mr Shinso here how you’re one of my most prolific students.” Power Loader sighed. “For better or worse I’m not sure at this point with all the explosions you’ve caused.”

“Mei Hatsume.” Shinso muttered, though it was loud enough for Mei to hear it.

Her eyes instantly narrowed as she could tell it wasn’t out of familiarity he spoke her name, more putting a name he’d read besmirched all over several news sites to a face.

“What’s it to ya?” She replied testily.

Power Loader admittedly got a little worried, wondering if this new student was about to cause even more trouble for the girl who was clearly trying to shake the shackles of her parents past.

“Am I allowed to request my hero tech from particular students?” Shinso asked, looking back at the two teachers who were regarding him carefully in turn.

“You are.” Aizawa nodded.

“Provided they can handle it.” Power Loader nodded more carefully. “Can’t have no first years playing with overpowered tech.”

“Then I’d like to request her if I may.” He stated bluntly, looking back at Hatsume.

“Me?” She quirked a brow, her suspicion still present despite his apparent desire to be her customer. “Why?”

“Do I need a reason?” He replied flippantly.

“If you don’t give one, then she’s got no reason to agree to it,” Power Loader shrugged, a mote curious himself as to why. “Relationships between a hero and their support are a two-way street.”

Both teachers looked expectantly at the hero prospect while Mei’s gaze didn’t ease up.

Shinso sighed and rubbed the back of his neck in embarrassment, averting his own eyes from all three of them.

“People… called me a villain-in-the-making for my quirk.” He stated plainly. “I read the shi… stuff in the news and figured that, if she’s still here, she’d be able to best understand my desire to become a hero in spite of that label.”

She has a name you know.” Mei huffed, still unsure about the boy’s motivations. The eyes were the window to the soul after all and with her vision she could see a lot more than people realised, she just didn’t care about it most of the time. Now though, she wanted answers before she made any kind of commitment regarding baby development. “Tell me what you want to my face and I’ll let you know if it’s actually possible or not.”

Shinso clenched his fist by his side, embarrassed at such a demand being made of him. Considering neither Aizawa nor Power Loader seemed to be speaking up though, it seemed the girl was well within her rights to ask that of him.

Turning his head back to look into her face, he found one as defensive and cautious as his own. It was almost a relief since anything else he might’ve regarded with suspicion but he could tell for certain that Hatsume was nothing like what those news sites had written about her and, much like him, wanted to break the label the world had apparently so kindly bestowed upon her.

“Mei Hatsume,” Shinso declared, looking into the girl’s eyes. “I would like to request my potential hero gear from you if possible. I want to train to be the best hero I can be and show the world that I’m no villain. Do you think you can make gear to help me reach that goal?”

The quartet of people was silent for a moment as Mei looking deep into Shinso’s unflinching eyes before the girl broke out into a satisfied grin.

“I don’t think I can,” She declared, proudly twirling the spanner in her hand around. “I know I can. You got yourself a support technician.”

Mei reached out to shake the boy’s hand and seal the deal, the slightly stunned boy taking a moment to actually realise his request had been accepted before putting his hand in the stronger girl’s grip and shaking twice.

Potential technician.” Aizawa corrected after the two had shaken hands. “You’ll be limited to a single piece of gear while we evaluate you so as not to waste UA resources if it doesn’t work out. You don’t have to choose now, but I’d suggest choosing wisely as there are no do-overs and your choice will be taken into account when it comes time to utilize it.”

“I don’t need to think about it.” Shinso declared. “I have just the idea.”


Mei was sufficiently impressed with the item he’d envisioned for himself after experimenting with his quirk and what would and wouldn’t work on another person. He’d drawn some cursory pictures and notes he’d brought to her the next day and while she’d taken his style into account, function took priority and she’d let him know it.

The boy had been informed he would be taking part in a special exercise some point soon and had come to see how his gear was coming along. A few more tweaks and Hatsume would deem it perfect for him.

With the way Izuku was gushing about the boy and his skills to her, it was clear he knew more than most about his goal to become a hero. If the endearing greenette was supporting her latest customer as much as he was her, then she had no doubts she’d made a good decision to help out.

“Yup, that Shinso’s got one awesome quirk.” Mei grinned back at the boy. “Be sure to say ‘Hi’ to him for me when he makes it into your class.”

“Will do Mei.” Izuku nodded sincerely before his demeanour changed into a somewhat nervous one. “I um… also wanted to just check in with you a little.” He admitted with a single rise and fall of his eyebrows hinting to her just exactly what he was implying. “How are you doing?”

“Couldn’t be better.” Mei lied easily with a smile on her face. “Shinso’s baby was plenty of work so that’s been keeping me occupied. A marvel of finesse of my own making, why, I astound even myself sometimes!”

“Would you like a hug?” Izuku offered simply.

Mei’s mouth stopped moving before she could launch into another exaggerated spiel to try and convince him she was doing just fine. Truth was, there was a lot less customers asking for her nowadays and so her baby-making had been slowed down to a degree. She still got to make her own tech but she missed the challenge of working on something she didn’t come up with. If things had continued at the rate she’d started the year with, she’d be up to baby number three hundred by now but that seemed to be more like an end of the year goal rather than by New Year’s.

While Mei had pride in her quirk’s skill to zoom in on the small twitches and micro expressions a person could make to gather their true feelings, it seemed Izuku’s vision was even better than hers. Either that or the dude just was like, the opposite of autistic or whatever she was confirmed as. She read people defensively as a skill, he seemed to be able to do it naturally and she couldn’t be more grateful for it in that moment.

Without a word to confirm his question, Mei stepped forward and leant against the boy who wrapped her in a comforting embrace. The tightly wound technician felt her tension and anxiety melt away as Izku’s arms protectively encircled her, taking a deep, calming breath to clear her system before indulging in a few more.

Izuku, for his part, allowed to girl to take as long as she needed. His mother’s advice of only pulling away from a hug when the other person is ready working wonders for the pink haired girl in his arms as he could almost feel some of the stress leaving her body. Thanks to all the practise he’d had from his girlfriends, he didn’t feel nearly as awkward as he knew he would’ve only a few months ago.

Eventually, he felt Mei stir and start to pull back, taking one last breath as she blinked rapidly, reorienting herself to the world around her.

“Thanks ten million.” She smiled honestly at him. “I needed that.”

“N-No problem Mei.” Izuku smiled back with an endearing look. “Whenever you need one, y-you know.”

“I’m starting to.” Mei grinned. “Anyway, those ladies you came in with are starting to look pretty cheesed from all the waiting so I’ll let you go. Bye!”

With that, Mei turned around, refreshed and ready to get back into her work. Izuku on the other hand, slowly glanced over his shoulder to see if his girlfriends were as ‘cheesed off’ as Mei said they were.

While they certainly didn’t look happy, he couldn’t quite tell what each of them were feeling as he walked back over to them.

“E-Everything good?” He asked.

“Fine.” Ochako stated simply before turning and making for the door.

“Ooo, you’re in trouble, ribbit.” Tsuyu chuckled as she followed after her girlfriend.

“W-Wait, what did I do?!” Izuku hurried along with Momo and Kyoka bringing up the rear.

As Izuku tried to apologize for whatever it was he did wrong, Momo whispered down to Kyoka teasingly.

“Do you think he’s trying to recruit us an eighth member?”

Kyoka blushed deeply as she recalled the girl hitting on her with Izuku’s voice. The fact that she felt her libido spike and her mind instantly crack open a three-way fantasy between the three of them made her tight lipped save for a small, “Better fuckin’ not be,” to keep up appearances.


Thankfully Ochako didn’t keep up the charade for too long, informing Izuku that someone could get the wrong idea when he hugs someone other than his girlfriends for that long. Despite everyone understanding it was just a friendly hug of support, it was fun to tease the greenette for a little longer.

Lunch came and went without issue and the students found themselves back in class once more complete with all their missing members. Mina was frustrated she’d made a move that got her put her on the defensive so early in the exercise that resulted in her getting taken down quickly and missing all the action soon after. Sato didn’t mind so much, knowing he’d simply been out sped which gave him a clear goal to work towards next while Todoroki sat and quietly stewed in his disappointment. Izuku was a little worried for his friend but, after questioning him, it was clear it was more about his sister requesting his presence at their family home that evening to celebrate their father’s victory and return from hospital.

On the other end of the simmering scale, Bakugo sat and growled at almost anyone that came near his desk or tried to talk to him for the remainder of the day. Despite his quick thinking and planning, the damaged Nejire had managed to take him out of the fight from full health. No matter how much Kirishima tried to reassure the boy that they’d both helped wear her down, it wasn’t a complete victory to the blond and that’s all that mattered. It was bad enough he couldn’t try his hand at taking down Mirio considering his lack of quirk and all.

There were no more scheduled Aizawa lectures for the day which they were all relieved for and they were assured that the day’s afternoon training was indeed the early drill they’d run so they were free to leave at the normal time.

When the bell rang to declare an end to the day’s mandatory things, Izuku stretched himself out while standing and gathering his school supplies.

“Hey Izuku, got plans for the rest of today?” Ochako asked casually as she approached his desk.

“Oh um, yes.” Izuku nodded with a smile. “I didn’t really feel I got much physically out of that exercise this morning.” They heard Bakugo scoff as he left his desk though he didn’t comment further. “If I want to be able to take on people like Hado and Amajiki, I still need to build myself up so I was thinking about hitting the gym.”

“That sounds like an excellent idea.” Iida approached them both while rolling his shoulder. “I hope you have a productive workout.”

“Would either of you like to join me?” Izuku asked carefully, a little uneasy about the situation as while he wouldn’t mind a repeat of last time with Ochako, he really did want to actually workout this time.

“I will have to rain check you on that.” Iida apologised. “While my engines are all but fixed up, I still need to give them another day or so before they are truly effective once more. Better to be safe than sorry when it comes to these things.” He explained.

“And you also took a few hits from Amajiki, right?” Ochako recalled from their classes discussion of events on the way back from the exercise.

“Indeed.” Iida nodded. “Recovery Girl’s quirk truly is amazing, but it has left me rather drained so I’d rather not risk anything further until I’ve rested.”

“As for me, I’m kinda with you there Izuku.” Ochako smiled. “I wanna pump some iron since Nejire didn’t really hit me during that exercise.”

“Wonder if it was because of our familiarity, ribbit.” Another familiar voice joined the conversation as the trio opened up for Tsuyu.

“Hey Tsu, gym?” Ochako asked simply.

“I only managed to really get a short swim in so I could do with a more intense session.” The frog girl agreed.

“G-Great.” Izuku smiled though a touch of unease was present in his voice. It was hard enough holding back when it was just him and Ochako, how the hell was he meant to do his workouts when his thoughts drifted to two of his sexy girlfriends posing in front of him.

Iida, sensing the unease in Izuku’s voice, probably figured the boy hoped to get more time alone with Ochako. Far be it from Iida to not be a good ‘winged-man’ for his friend.

“Maybe you’d prefer to do some pool exercises Tsu.” He suggested, hoping to dissuade her from joining the duo. “I believe I saw plenty of spaces free for booking.”

“Thanks Iida,” Tsuyu chuckled, instantly able to understand what he was getting at. “But I need to work on my out-of-water skills. If I was the one facing either of our two upperclassmen, I don’t know how I’d fare.”

“Maybe Nejire might not’ve gone as hard on us if you were there too.” Ochako giggled. “Do you think Ryukyu would tell her off for beating up her other two trainees?”

“It’s fine Iida.” Izuku reassured the boy before he could try again. “I think we all just want to get better with our skills.”

“Of course, I didn’t mean to assume.” Iida bowed lightly. “I hope you all have a productive rest of the day.” He declared before departing with a smile.

The trio watched their well-meaning, slightly robotic classmate depart before setting off themselves.

“You know what he was trying to do, right, ribbit?” Tsuyu asked the other two.

“Y-Yeah.” Izuku rubbed the back of his head. “It’s um… partially his fault we went so far during our first… time at the gym together.”

“Can you imagine his face if he ever found out?!” Ochako blushed fiercely, clutching her cheeks.

“And that’s why we must take it to our graves… for Iida’s sake.” Izuku stated nobly before breaking into a light chuckle.

The trio returned to the dorms and quickly changed into their exercise gear before setting out. Tsuyu was wrapped up in all her winter gear for the trip whereas Izuku and Ochako bore the cold in just their typical gym wear. Both found the wrapped up Tsuyu utterly adorable as always and put her between them with each snagging a hand of hers for warmth and comfort as they walked with the frog girl enjoyed very much.

After the trio made it to the gym, pausing briefly to wait for Tsuyu to put her outerwear in a changing room locker, the three set to work pushing their bodies to new limits. They decided to go round as a group as all three were focusing on strength training today and took turns spotting each other on equipment.

While the resultant experience could’ve either been incredibly horny or exceedingly normal, Izuku and Ochako found that every time their minds began wandering to their partners’ private parts and what they wanted to do to them, Tsuyu’s tongue would strike out and give them a light slap to keep them focussed. They brushed it off the first few times as being too obvious but even when they tried to sneak glances Tsuyu would catch them.

“What’s the deal Tsu?!” Ochako shook her head after getting caught yet again eyeing Izuku’s ass as he crouched down while lifting.

“Focus on the gains, not on the buns, ribbit.” Tsuyu stated.

“Yeah, kinda got that from everything.” Ochako rolled her eyes. “Why are you being so… not Tsu though? I mean… isn’t this something you enjoy? Checking us both out in suggestive poses.”

“Of course I do, ribbit.” The frog girl admitted quietly. “But… I… I want us to really focus. Today made it clear how much of a gap there was between three quarters of our class and just two third years. Endeavor was also seriously hurt yesterday and he’s supposed to be the number one hero now. Even All Might wasn’t safe and the guy that did that is still around, even if he’s locked up.” Tsuyu’s hands clenched into fists as she looked down at the ground. “I don’t… want to lose any of you a moment before I have to and I need us to actually focus on things other than… that when we’re together.”

“Oh Tsu.” Ochako pulled the girl in for a hug, feeling the smaller girl wrap her arms around her mid-section. “We’re gonna be fine. We’ll keep up our training and be the best heroes we can be for each other, okay?” 

“Ribbit.” Tsuyu nodded.

“Just… don’t be afraid to um… give me a glance every now and then.” Ochako whispered into her ear. “I like it when you look at me like that and… we can just train our willpower and hold off until we get back to the dorms.”

“I don’t know if I’m that strong.” Tsuyu chuckled.

“Well you’re gonna have to be.” Ochako giggled, turning Tsuyu’s head to face Izuku who was squatting with his weights yet again. “Else you won’t get a piece of that either.”

“Ribbi~it.” Tsuyu groaned needily before shaking her head and slapping herself with her tongue.

“Stop being mean ‘Chako!” She pouted.

“Sorry, sorry.” Ochako laughed, not sorry in the slightest.

When Izuku was finished with the weights the two girls filled him in on their discussion which earned the frog girl a group hug for comfort though thanks to Ochako’s teasing she allowed herself a moment of weakness and squeezed each of their rears, earning squeaks from both of them for her trouble.

Thankfully there was no further interruptions at the gym and the trio made their way back to the dorms in higher spirits as they’d each raised their upper limits once more.

After dinner rolled around, everyone was about ready for bed considering the day they’d all had.

While Izuku and Ochako were washing and wiping up their dinnerware, Tsuyu approached the both of them quietly and subtly asked the two if they could snuggle up to her that night to help get rid of the worried feelings she was currently feeling.

It was easy for them to declare Tsuyu the ‘meat’ in their sandwich with the only question remaining being whose room they should use.

None of them had anything other than a single bed, let alone something sized to Momo’s typical proportions which they enjoyed.

Izuku, still rising early for his morning jogs, asked if they wouldn’t mind sleeping in his room so he wouldn’t run the risk of getting caught sneaking out of the girl’s side in the morning. Ochako looked to Tsuyu since she didn’t mind and neither did the frog girl since she just wanted to sleep for now, though muttering that they could work off their sexual tension together tomorrow.

After a quick bath for each of them, though not together unfortunately, and redressing in their comfy clothes, Izuku lead them up to his floor where he checked the coast was clear before leading them into his room. Before he could close the door behind himself after ushering them inside, he felt a chill run down his spine as a voice called out to him.

“Bonne nuit Midoriya.” Aoyama’s sleepy voice called out as he stepped out from the other elevator behind them, making slow steps towards his own room.

“Bon er… g-good night Aoyama.” Izuku hopefully reciprocated, waving to the boy before closing the door and letting out a small sigh of relief.

“Maybe it would have been better if we’d used one of our rooms.” Ochako giggled nervously.

“We’re here now, no point in worrying.” Tsuyu chuckled before slipping out of her shorts.

“Getting right to it then?” Ochako teased.

“More surprised that you two aren’t.” She admitted as she hopped onto Izuku’s bed and slipped under the covers to stave off the winter chill. “You guys fought more than I did today. Don’t you think it would be nice to close off the day with a nice, cosy cuddle?”

The frog girl giggled as both Izuku and Ochako smiled pleasantly as they got briefly lost in the daydream she just conjured for them.

“That does sound nice.” Ochako agreed, shedding her own bottoms before joining Tsuyu, taking the side closest to the wall.

After their little stint at the gym, Izuku felt much less energetic and ready to sink into sleep rather than do anything potentially naughty with his girlfriends, even if they looked super cute and sexy wearing just their comfy shirts and panties like that.

Turning off the lights and navigating over to his bed, Izuku snuggled in close to Tsuyu. There wasn’t much room for all three of them on the bed so they were all pretty snug but wrapping their arms around each other helped out a great deal.

With his winter comforter that was large enough to cover all three of them in place, the trio slipped off into a deep slumber together.


Something was wrong.

Izuku opened his eyes and saw nothing he could recognise. An empty, black void stretched out before him in all directions. Only when he turned right did something else make itself known in the darkness as seven shining silhouettes shined by his side. One by one, they started taking on more human characteristics.

The first was a beautiful woman with a fierce expression looking off into the distance, the next was a bald man with goggles on his forehead with a very similar look on his features. None of them were recognisable as people he knew but Izuku realised he’d seen them once before. They were the vestages of One-For-All that had come to his aid during the sports festival against Shinso.

He tried to gasp as he realised this only to look down and realise he had no mouth. Most of his body wasn’t present actually, only half his head, his left foot, and most of his right arm. Looking back down the line of people for help, he realised that there were three figures much like himself. Two were present only as whispy black smoke with a red and purple hue outlining their vague features while another was a glorious golden yellow that bore a striking resemblance to All Might’s features from his younger years.

It wasn’t hard to figure out exactly where he was but Izuku now struggled to try and understand exactly why he was here. As soon as he had that thought however, the figures melted away and Izuku was thrown into a scene of two brothers fighting over ideology. From the voice alone he could identify the one that would go on to become All-For-One. Considering he called the other ‘little brother’ that must mean the other one was the first user of One-For-All.

As the scene played out before him, Izuku felt himself annoyingly agree with All-For-One on a number of reasonable points he was making about helping those that had been discriminated against because of their quirked and quirkless status. On the surface it appeared to be an act of charity, but Izuku knew better; it was all to further All-For-One’s selfish desires.

By the end, Izuku was amazed that all the suffering that All-For-One had caused was due to misinterpreting or idealising the wrong aspects of a piece of fantasy media. As he watched the mass murderer forcefully bestow his little brother with the stockpile quirk that would go on to form half of One-For-All, Izuku felt himself frustrated at the sheer stupidity, hubris and ego of the man. Sure he was intelligent, but intelligence applied to the wrong things was worse than being wilfully ignorant. It was dangerous and he epitomised that to the extreme.

When the scene ended with Izuku reaching out to try and somehow affect the memory he was being shown to ease the first’s suffering, he heard a soft voice address him directly.

“You’re the ninth wielder, right?”

The darkness around Izuku gave way to an equally stark bright white environment as the first was walking towards Izuku, looking much more solid than any of the other past wielders.

“I’m sorry, I wanted to show you more,” the first stated as he walked ever closer, “but you’re barely using twenty five percent of the power yet. Be careful, we’re long past the singularity point.” The first looked sorrowfully at Izuku, stretching out his arm to try and take Izuku’s half-formed, outstretched limb in his own. “Don’t be afraid. You are not alone.”

As Izuku felt his hand almost touch the first’s, their fingers about to interlock, his mind believed he understood what the man was trying to tell him. His thoughts turned to the girls and his friends who had stood by him so far and he hoped would continue to be there for him no matter what happened in the future.

The first’s next line made him worry to his core in the few moments he had remaining in this dream world.

“For what it’s worth… I’m sorry for what’s about to happen.”


Izuku awoke with a start as screaming filled his ears. His eyes shot open and he felt a pain pulsing through his hand. Before he had time to process anything, he was kicked squarely in the chest and sent careening off the bed and onto the floor.

As his mind returned to him, his surroundings started to make sense to him again. He was on his dorm floor on his ‘All Might’ rug while looking up at his bed that had a frightened looking Ochako and a… bleeding Tsuyu.

“W-What’s going on?!” He called out as Tsuyu cried from what he could only assume was the shock and pain, clutching at her bicep while Ochako tried to help her apply pressure to the wound.

“Izuku!” She shouted, glancing up at the boy. “Turn your quirk off and get us some tissue!”

“M-My quirk?!” He gasped in harried confusion.

Looking down at his arm that was currently bracing himself against the floor revealed One-For-All currently surging through it at an aching twenty five percent without him even realising it. It was the same hand he’d used to snuggle Tsuyu close and cuddle her with.

Did he do this?

Izuku gripped his arm with his other and forcefully tried to shut off the valve that controlled his quirk, trying to stuff his power back in its container. It took a minute but he managed to finally get it under control.

As he breathed heavily from the effort, he glanced around his room, noting items around where he’d been positioned on the bed having been blown around and apart from the epicentre that could only have been himself. Coming to his senses as another cry from Tsuyu brought him back into the moment, Izuku jumped up and dashed for his bathroom.

Before he could make it however, his heart sank as his door opened and a sleepy, grumpy looking Aoyama stood in his frame, looking as irritated as one might if awoken in the dead of night only for his eyes to widen in surprise as the situation made itself known in his head.

“Merde.” He muttered softly as Izuku tried to focus on what was important for now.

“Aoyama either get in and shut up or call Recovery Girl.” Izuku ordered, opening his bathroom door and making a grab for the whole roll of toilet tissue.

The effeminate boy chose the former, making sure to stay out of Izuku’s way as he dashed back and over to his crying girlfriend who was now sitting up, courtesy of Ochako.

As Izuku unrolled plenty of the textile to absorb Tsuyu’s blood, he felt guilt stab his torso and an increasingly heavy bunch of rocks lodge itself in his throat before sinking down into his stomach.

This was his fault.

Notes:

Chapter Summary:

- Mina and Tooru go out on a date to meet Tooru's parents while escorted by Midnight. After a round of teasing by the older woman, the trio set out to meet up at the movies with Tooru's parents. Initially ecstatic to see their invisible daughter after so long, Tooru doesn't want to hide her girlfriend from her parents and introduces Mina as such. Tooru's parents are thrown for a moment before beginning to welcome Mina more warmly. After choosing a film courtesy of Mina, the group settle in for a while.

- After the film, the group head to a nearby restaurant where, just before they go in, Tooru's dad steals Mina away for the shovel talk she'd been a little eagerly expecting. They both probe each other testingly at first before Tooru's dad says he doesn't think Mina is serious about his daughter. Insulted, Mina pushes back against the man and stands up for her and Tooru's relationship. Tooru's dad reveals it was just to get Mina off guard so he could see her true feelings. The two tentatively make peace and they share a family dinner. Before they leave, Tooru reveals her newest quirk ability; being able to make herself visible. This overwhelms her parents who now see their daughter for the first time ever. The group then part on happy terms.

- The next day, the class enjoy watching the hero billboard charts together initially without Shoji or Todoroki, sharing their thoughts on all the announcements and cheering when one of their classmates gets spotted in a picture or some recognition in a post. When the top ten are announced, Shoji comes down to watch. Once they're all announced, Shoji expresses disappointment that only a few of the ten could be considered heteromorphs which some others subtly pick up on. Endeavor is announced as the new number one but leaves the country and class a little uneasy.

- Kyoka and Momo retreat to the heiress' room for a chat about what happened during the sleepover. Momo is sorry for accidently creating a toy with Izuku's shape and letting Kyoka use it on herself as well as being jealous about Izuku and Kyoka's recent closeness. The two resolve to try and make things clear with each other regarding how they'll explore their respective feelings with Izuku. To make up for her mistake, Momo dresses up for Kyoka in Midnight's outfit and the two enjoy some fun while roleplaying.

- The next day after classes, the 1-A students are chatting while watching TV and observe Endeavor and Hawks' battle with a new nomu. Though Endeavor wins, it's hard fought. While Izuku chats to Todoroki after Aizawa makes sure the icy-hot boy is okay, Aizawa heads to Nezu to arrange an emergency training session to ensure his students are as prepared as they can be. The girls present wonder if they, and especially Izuku, may have to face something like that in the future as the next top heroes.

- Instead of homeroom the next day, the class are informed of a surprise drill they will be participating in instead. Rushing to the training ground in full hero outfits, the hero students split into teams and set about trying to run damage control on a collapsed building and saving what appears to be a civilian in trouble who turns out to be Mirio floating lazily down the river. When the lead group arrive and control the building fire, Tamaki emerges from the shadows and starts attacking them, swiftly removing Todoroki from the fight before rounding on Iida and Aoyama. After a vicious fight when Tamaki initially looks like he'll win, Dark Shadow overpowers him and he gives up.

- The back up up team who are on approach engage Nejire whose ambush is foiled and begins fighting in earnest, refusing to back down else she won't get reward kisses from Yuyu. Through teamwork, trickery, and some backup distractions from Bakugo, the girl is captured and the exercise completed.

- The girls and Izuku go to the development lab to check on equipment and bump into Shinso. Though the boy acts cagey, Izuku suspects something good will be happening for him in the future if he's hanging around here. Chatting to Mei inside the lab to catch up, he gets some insight into a potential hero gadget for the boy that Mei's making since she's become his exclusive hero tech provider. Mei and Izuku end their interaction in a hug before the boy leaves.

- Tsuyu, Izuku, and Ochako go to the gym and Tsuyu keeps them focused on actually getting stronger, reminding them they need to actually focus on their skills in order to see the future through together.

- The trio decide to sleep together that night. While Izuku slumbers, he ends up in the vestige world where the first gives him a glimpse of the past and a warning. He's awakened by the sound of Tsuyu's screams after his quirk inadvertently activates in his sleep and wounds his girlfriend.

Chapter 26: Joint Training

Summary:

Izuku, Ochako and Tsuyu need to deal with the fallout of Izuku's quirk backfiring, then, focus their attentions on the joint training with class B.

Notes:

Apologies for the extended delay in getting this chapter out... it kinda took longer than expected and got away from me at the same time.
Thankfully, the end result is finally here, enjoy the longest chapter yet!

Side note, I will be switching to a fortnightly release until further notice to help build a buffer between these larger chapters so I can bring you a more consistent release.

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

As Ochako held the rapidly dampening loo roll to Tsuyu’s arm that was still bleeding profusely, Izuku felt a strange sense of disassociation wash over him.

This couldn’t be real. He was still dreaming. He’d just had a nightmare about the origins of his quirk so this was probably just the aftermath of that, right?

Looking around, he spotted that whatever had happened had destroyed a portion of his winter comforter, ripping it to shreds while Tsuyu’s sleeve, where his hand had been resting, was completely gone. Even Ochako hadn’t gone un-assaulted with a portion of her own top having some slight rips around where it would’ve been closest to the blast area of his hand and the skin underneath was reddening itself.

“Mon dieu.” Aoyama’s voice murmured from the entryway as he spied the wrecked room with battered All Might merchandise scattered everywhere. Some of the posters were torn, models knocked over, and even the sliding balcony door closest to Izuku had been shattered which is what woke him up in the first place.

“It’s not stopping.” Ochako panicked, shaking her head as the soaked toilet tissue was breaking apart in her hands. “I-Izuku get a towel or, or something!”

Izuku’s disassociation ended when Ochako called his name again. Nightmare or not, he needed to act to help his girlfriend. He quickly grabbed the towel he’d been planning to use after his run tomorrow morning and moved back to his bed, planning to wrap it tightly around Tsuyu’s arms tightly.

When Ochako moved the remaining tissue from her wound, Izuku almost found himself freezing in shock. Whatever had happened had taken most of Tsuyu’s skin off of her muscle, so much so that he could see the raw ligament. Tsuyu cried out in pain again as Izuku applied the probably rough feeling towel to the hyper-sensitive flesh that should never be exposed in this way.

“H-How can I help?!” Aoyama called out, hoping there was something he could try and do to assist his friends even in this unusual arrangement.

“T-This is too much.” Ochako shook her head. “Go call Recovery Girl or Aizawa or… someone!”

“R-Right.” Aoyama stammered before wrenching open Izuku’s door again and making a dash for his phone in his own room.

The trio was alone once again and despite their best efforts Tsuyu wasn’t doing any better as her cries echoed in the small room, tears streaming down her face.

“I-I’m sorry.” Izuku apologised as he tried his best to try and figure out whatever he was meant to do next to try and fix the situation, tying the towel in a knot around Tsuyu’s wound. “This… this was my fault.”

Ochako grimaced while Tsuyu was too focused on her injury to really be paying attention.

“That doesn’t matter.” The brunette discarded. “Just focus on getting Tsu some help.”

“R-Right.” Izuku nodded shakily, trying to recall his first-aid training as best he could. “W-We shouldn’t move her if we don’t have to.”

“Then how will Recovery Girl-”

“She’ll just have to come here.” Izuku shook his head.

“Mes amie, the matron is on her way.” Aoyama called out from the open doorway.

“T-Thanks Aoyama.” Ochako felt a touch of relief run through her, even if it was clear the boy was sure to suspect something by finding them in such a compromising position after all.

The sound of rapid footsteps outside suddenly had Aoyama back up and gasp. Izuku’s door was wrenched open and a dishevelled looking Aizawa stood in the doorway, having clearly hurried here from what was likely the teacher’s dorms.

“The system alerted me to a window shattering.” He stated plainly. “What’s going on?”

“I…” Ochako froze, not expecting to see the teacher here so quickly with them dressed the way they were. “I-I think Izuku’s quirk went crazy when we were sleeping.” She surmised. “W-Whatever happened, it hurt Tsu and she’s bleeding!”

“Has Recovery Girl been called?” Aizawa asked quickly, stepping into the room to assess the crying girl’s injury better. She was clearly in shock; that much he could tell even at a distance. Flicking on Izuku’s bedroom light as he passed by, he crouched down by the bed as Izuku moved out of the way to look into Tsuyu’s eyes. She seemed to be responsive at least as he moved a finger from left to right and up and down in front of her.

He glanced at the wreckage and shards of glass that now littered the area by Izuku’s bed and made a call.

“Uraraka, do you think you can get yourself and Asui dressed appropriately and take her down in the lift to wait in the common room?”

“Y-Yes.” The brunette nodded quickly.

“Do so.” He told her. “She’s lost some blood but it shouldn’t be too harmful if we keep it as minimized as possible. The cold air won’t do her any favours here so sit at one of the tables and await Recovery Girl.

“G-Got it.” Ochako nodded, slowly releasing her girlfriend from her embrace and shyly looking around for their shorts.

Luckily for her embarrassment, Aizawa jerked his head to Izuku to get the boy to follow him as he lead them out into the hallway where Aoyama currently stood nervously awaiting any news, leaving her free to climb out of bed in just her damaged top and underwear to grab her bottoms.

Outside, Aizawa left Izuku’s door slightly ajar once the boy exited and stepped over to the side to address him and his neighbour.

“What happened?” He asked simply.

“I… I don’t know.” Izuku replied honestly, shaking his head to try and get the past ten minutes worth of events straight in his head. “T-There was this dream and… s-something happened with my quirk and I…”

Aizawa let out a heavy sigh. Of course this would be because of that stupid, rule-breaking quirk of his.

“Aoyama.” He turned to the blond boy, who straightened up in an instant. “What happened from your perspective?”

“O-Oh ah… I was awoken from my beauty rest by a strange rumble.” He began. “It definitely came from Monsieur Midoriya’s room and I was about to ignore it but the sound of glass shattering made me want to check up on him. Forgive my intrusion, but I hoped something wasn’t too wrong when I tried your door and found it unlocked. I only intended to take a peak to make sure you were all right when I came across the… scene.” The boy blushed a light red.

“Anything more?” Aizawa pressed.

“Monsieur Midoriya rushed to Mademoiselle Asui’s aid while Mademoiselle Uraraka did her best to stem the bleeding. When it got more serious than they realised I was asked to called Mademoiselle Recovery Girl which I did. T-That’s when you showed up monsieur.”

“I see.” Aizawa sighed.

Fortunately, Izuku’s door opened at that moment and the pair of girls emerged with Ochako guiding Tsuyu towards the elevators, who’d since managed to reign in her tears but was still letting out several restrained sniffles that broke Izuku’s heart to hear.

“If that’s all then go with those two and do anything you can to assist them and Recovery Girl when she arrives.” Aizawa ordered, getting a hurried nod from Aoyama who dashed down the hall after the pair, climbing into the same elevator as them and heading down towards the common room.

With the two of them alone, Aizawa turned his attention to Midoriya who looked dumbstruck and disbelieving in equal measure as he looked over to where the girls had disappeared.

“Midoriya?” Aizawa called out, getting no response from the boy. He knelt down and put his hand on the boy’s shoulder, jolting him from whatever trance he was just in. “Midoriya, I need you to focus and to tell me everything, okay?” He asked the young hero-in-training. “I can’t help if I don’t know exactly what happened, okay?”

Izuku nodded slowly, looking at Aizawa’s face but the man knew he wasn’t really seeing him. It was common enough when victims of traumatic events suffered in the space of time between getting them to safety and them realising they’re out of the danger zone but that something had triggered this in his student was troubling, especially since it seemed to be related to his own quirk.

“From what I can gather, it seems you’ve had a quirk accident, is that right?”

“I… think so.” Izuku replied slowly, still trying to put everything together himself.

“Why don’t you start from before it all happened, what were you doing prior to going to sleep?”

That seemed to bring Izuku back to the present somewhat as his eyes gained a clarity he hadn’t seen in the boy yet as he looked fearfully into Aizawa’s own.

“I… I don’t…” Izuku struggled to get out. “A-Are we in trouble?”

“Only if you lie to me.” Aizawa assured the boy. “I don’t want to make assumptions so, as embarrassing as it might seem, please tell me what lead to you all being present when this event occurred.”

Izuku definitely didn’t want things to come out this way and, even more embarrassingly, he had to tell Aizawa as part of something official like this.

“M-Me and um… Tsu and Ochako… w-we’re um… k-kind of in a relationship… t-together.”

“Okay.” Aizawa nodded, unfazed by the revelation as this was not the first thruple he’d seen, not even in UA alone.

“We wanted to um… c-cuddle, so they um… c-came to my room to sleep.” Izuku explained further, getting another nod from Aizawa. “W-We um… went to sleep together. J-Just sleep! W-We didn’t do anything we’re not supposed to!”

“That’s okay Midoriya, just keep going.” Aizawa pressed. He didn’t care if his students were being intimate with each other, even if he’d rather not hear about it. So long as they were being safe and not falling pregnant he didn’t care how their hormones fluctuated, though any kept pregnancies would be grounds for a year’s academic delay in his eyes without even mentioning the official rules around that stuff.

“I had a dream a-about um…” The greenette glanced down the corridor towards the room of Tokoyami whom he hoped was still deep asleep. This wasn’t exactly the most private place to discuss his quirk but he trusted Aizawa’s senses better than his own right now. “A-About my quirk’s first owner.”

“I… see.” Aizawa sighed, guessing this was something to do with Izuku’s unique situation.

The greenette gave him an abridged summary of everything he saw in the dream before relaying the first’s last words to him.

“This seems like something you need to talk to All Might about.” Aizawa noted, admitting the man may yet have some information as to why this happened. “Is that when you woke up?”

“Y-Yeah.” Izuku nodded. “I heard screaming a-and crying a-and my quirk was ‘on’ in my arm a-and my room’s a mess a-and I hurt my girlfriend and-”

“Slow down Midoriya, you’re spiralling.” Aizawa tried to calm the boy back down to normal levels as his breathing speed was elevating. Taking the greenette through some small breathing exercises, Izuku seemed to calm down enough to listen once more. “First things first, you’re not in trouble for anything leading up to the accident, okay?”

“O-Okay?” Izuku blinked, a little dumbstruck.

“You are allowed to have a relationship and anything you do within it, so long as it is consensual, is not UA’s business. Understand.”

“Y-Yes.” Izuku nodded again.

“Good.” Aizawa sighed. “Now, regarding the damage. This is a clear case of accidental quirk activation. It shouldn’t be happening at your age to this degree in normal students but you’re anything but at this point. Considering you’ve only had it for under a year now, I’m surprised this hasn’t come up sooner; although factoring in your dream, I guess this was something that couldn’t be observed until this point.”

The tired pro pinched his eyes as he tried to word the next part in a way that the boy would accept though he knew it was probably fruitless.

“Regarding Asui’s injury, you won’t be punished for it as it was a complete accident, providing her and Uraraka’s recollection of events matches your own, and I’m sure you already feel bad enough for what has happened.

“Y-Yes!” Izuku nodded hurriedly. “I-I didn’t mean to at all!”

“Clearly.” Aizawa nodded and stood back up. “While your room is mostly undamaged, a shattered door and stray glass is cause for moving you for tonight; I’ll get you a key for the spare room on this floor after Recovery Girl’s given you and the other two the all clear. I’m sure you have other options considering your relationship but I would advise taking the room by yourself until we can get some clarity on the matter tomorrow.”

“Uh… h-how is that sir?” Izuku asked, not quite sure what Aizawa meant.

“You’ll come with me at lunch and we’ll corner All Might about this. I’m sure he may be able to shed some light on the matter and hopefully he won’t be next to useless.”

“R-Right.” Izuku nodded, planning on seeking out his mentor anyway though now anxiety filled him that Aizawa was going to be present too.

With no further words to say, Aizawa turned and stepped towards the elevator, intending to head down to the common room and see if Recovery Girl had arrived yet. Izuku was quick on his heels when he realised where Aizawa was going and the two descended in an awkward silence, at least, for the boy.

Stepping out, there were two medical bots waiting in the entrance with a stretcher while Aoyama and Uraraka stood close to Tsu who was sitting at a dining table as the small figure of Recovery Girl was gently examining her arm.

Izuku’s breath caught as he saw the heroine shake her head before applying a layer of gauze to the wound.

“Situation?” Aizawa asked calmly as he and Izuku drew close.

“I’m afraid my quirk won’t be able to fix this right away.” Recovery Girl sighed. “There’s too much skin missing: she needs a graft which I can’t do here. I’ll take Miss Asui over to the main building for the night and do what I can.”

“Not unexpected.” Aizawa sighed.

“If you could just get on the stretcher dear, we’ll get you sorted as fast as we can.” Recovery Girl offered the still sniffling Asui as the medical bots drew near with the stretcher.

When she stood, she spotted a sad and guilty looking Izuku rooted to the spot and likely searching his big brain for something, anything to say. Unfortunately, she didn’t trust herself or her voice enough to respond in a way that would help right now and simply looked away before climbing onto the stretcher and laying down, having a soft blanket pulled over the top of her to keep the chill from the night air out as best they could.

“If you could please take her to surgical suite one I’d be most grateful.” Recovery Girl said to the two bots.

“At once ma’am.” One of the pair said in his robotic voice before the two set off.

“She’s always so nice to us.” The other muttered to his companion as they made their way out of the dorm’s front entrance.

With Tsuyu now gone and out of their hands, Recovery Girl turned her attention to her remaining patients.

“Don’t think I didn’t spy that little injury on yourself missy.” The aged healer turned towards Ochako and gestured to the seat Tsuyu had just been occupying. “Sit.”

The brunette did as instructed with a morose look on her face. Izuku could tell now that she hadn’t escaped unscathed from the incident either as her shirt was shredded under the arm.

“You boys behave like gentlemen now and avert your eyes.” Recovery Girl declared with a touch of an implicit threat in her words, causing all three boys present to turn their backs on the girls as Recovery Girl lifted Ochako’s shirt up.

“Hmmm, a minor welt it seems.” Recovery Girl noted after examining the raised red area by the side of Ochako’s breast. “I can use my quirk or you can let it heal naturally. Either option should have no lasting damage my dear.”

“Q-Quirk please.” Ochako blushed lightly, wanting the pain gone so she’d have no excuse to not see Tsuyu as soon as she could tomorrow morning. The minor drain on her stamina would also help put her to sleep after this adrenaline inducing night so it was a tad selfish too.

“Very well.” Recovery Girl sighed before sticking her lips out and kissing Ochako on the back of her hand. As always, her quirk went to work and the healing energy ran up the girl’s limb and down to the afflicted area, reducing the swelling and redness until it was like the damage was never there to begin with.

“There we go, right as rain.” Recovery Girl declared happily before turning towards Izuku. “Now for you dearie.”

“Whilst you’re doing that, Uraraka, come with me for a moment.” Aizawa ordered, leading Ochako over to a section of the common room where she could give him her version of events away from Izuku and Aoyama.

As Izuku took his turn in the chair to be seen by Recovery Girl, he looked over at his girlfriend who currently had her back to him. Learning he’d hurt Ochako as well hurt his heart even more than he realised it could be. Obeying all of Recovery Girl’s probing instructions had her swiftly declare the boy completely uninjured.

Izuku looked stunned at the heroine as she gave him an empathetic smile of reassurance.

“T-That’s it?” He asked, bemused.

“Nothing that wasn’t already present.” Recovery Girl nodded sadly. “It’s your quirk so I’m guessing it didn’t hurt you because of that.”

Well now Izuku just felt even worse; whatever his quirk had done to hurt his girlfriends hadn’t damaged him at all.

“Cheer up dearie.” Recovery Girl patted his knee. “You can come visit Miss Asui tomorrow if she’s not in classes by the morning.”

“Uh… r-right.” Izuku nodded uneasily.

With no further need to remain, Recovery Girl bid both boys goodbye before making her way out of the dorms; she had a late night surgery to perform now.

“Midoriya…” Aoyama muttered quietly, getting Izuku’s attention after he’d just been numbly watching the heroine leave. “If… I may ask, am I correct in believing you and our two mademoiselles are in a… relationship together?”

Izuku opened his mouth to refute that at first. He paused as conflicting feelings welled up in his chest. As far as he knew, they were both his girlfriends and they weren’t exactly hiding their relationship anymore… but would they both still want to be with him after tonight?

“W-We… y-yes.” Izuku nodded shyly, looking down at his hand that had caused this entire mess. “A-At least… I hope we still are.”

“Monsieur.” Aoyama carefully put his hand on Izuku’s shoulder and gave him what he hoped was a reassuring squeeze. “This is just a petit quirk accident, non? We all have them, why,” Aoyama unbuttoned one of his buttons on his purple and white striped onesie. “I still require my fabuleux belt lest my sparkle go off in the night.”

Izuku glanced back and saw that his dorm neighbour was indeed wearing his quirk control belt. He chuckled once in a bitter way, wondering if he needed to go back to Mei and ask for something to keep his quirk in check for himself.

“There is no shame in it my friend.” Aoyama tried to reassure the boy again. “People like us… we sometimes need a little extra assistance, non?”

“Maybe…” Izuku sighed, his heart still doubtful everything wasn’t about to come crashing down around him.

The two were interrupted by footsteps as Aizawa returned to them with Ochako trailing after him.

“Right,” their teacher began wearily, addressing the three students before him. “I still need to discuss tonight’s events with Asui once Recovery Girl deems her able but I have a reasonably clear understanding of what happened, providing Asui’s recollection doesn’t differ wildly from your own.” He sighed. “To reiterate, no one’s in trouble, the damages to your room will be repaired during class tomorrow Midoriya, and for tonight you will be staying in the room next door; a bot will be bringing your key card by shortly.”

“U-Understood sir.” Izuku bowed deeply. “I’m very sorry for the disturbance and hassle I have caused.”

“It was an accident.” Aizawa assured him again. “These things happen. What matters is that you understand this and don’t dwell on it. I expect your full effort as normal in the coming days. Worse things will happen on the job and heroes don’t always have the luxury of slowing down.”

“Y-Yes sir.” Izuku nodded.

“Good.” Aizawa acknowledged. “Now, anything else before I leave?”

“When can we go see Tsu?” Ochako asked worriedly.

“Tomorrow at the earliest.” Aizawa replied. “You’ll have to check in with Recovery Girl first to make sure she’s suitable for visitation if she’s not in class.”

Both Izuku and Ochako’s faces dropped at that.

“If that’s all then you should get back to bed; curfew is still in effect.” Aizawa stated before turning and making for the front door.

The trio of students didn’t make a move until the heavy wood had closed behind their teacher. Izuku flexed his hands nervously, unsure if he could bare to look into Ochako’s disappointed eyes.

“Izuku.” His brunette girlfriend’s voice called softly.

“Y-Yes.” He glanced to his side nervously, terrified of what he might see.

“I um… t-think I’m going to sleep in my room tonight.”

“O-Okay.” Izuku said numbly, waiting anxiously to see if there was anything else coming his way.

A small, awkward silence hung in the air for a few moments.

“It… was your quirk, wasn’t it?” Ochako asked slowly, hoping Izuku understood what she was really asking while being subtle enough to go under Aoyama’s nose.

“Y-Yeah.” Izuku admitted. “I-I don’t know how… I didn’t mean-”

“I know that.” Ochako reached out for Izuku’s hand, taking it softly between both of her own. “And… I’m sure Tsu does too. We’ll… try to figure everything out tomorrow, okay?”

“Y-Yeah.” Izuku nodded slowly. “I-If you… s-still want to um… b-be with-”

“It was an accident.” Ochako said somewhat firmly. “Something like this isn’t enough to scare me off. W-We just need to um… figure out if it’s something we need to do something about.”

Izuku finally found the courage to look over into Ochako’s face. Unfortunately, while her words were reassuring, her expression was not as her eyes were filled with tears and a brave, torn smile rested on her lips. The One-For-All user felt guilt drop his stomach through the floor.

“I… I can’t…” Izuku felt tears well up in his own eyes and his face twist into an ugly expression. “I don’t know what to do!”

Ochako didn’t either. Her heart aching for her injured girlfriend and her emotionally crippled boyfriend and it felt like she couldn’t see the wood for the trees right now.

She knew two things though; they needed each other and they needed their girlfriends.

Pulling Izuku into a hug, she rested her chin over his shoulder as she allowed her own tears to drip down her cheeks, releasing a small sob as she did.

“W-We need help.”

The two stood there hugging and letting out their emotions as Aoyama stood silently off to the side. He knew it was awkward and he probably shouldn’t be watching this, but he wouldn’t let his friends suffer like this if he could do anything to help… he just needed a small opening first.

“Um… mes amie?” He called softly, causing Izuku and Ochako to flinch a little at the same time, the pair almost forgetting the boy was there they were so lost in their own issues. “M-May I offer my assistance?”

Ochako pulled back from Izuku and wiped her tears quickly, gathering herself together again.

“S-Sorry Aoyama… t-that was probably p-pretty awkward.” She apologised for them.

“It’s okay.” He smiled as encouragingly as he could. “Sometimes we need to cry, oui? The important thing is that we pick ourselves back up afterward.”

“You’re… right.” Izuku nodded, though still feeling like he needed to cry at least several bathtubs worth of tears yet.

“Oui. Then may I suggest, once you’re ready, you confide in our other friends? I understand revealing your… unique relationship to them may be daunting, but I’m sure Mademoiselles Ashido and Hagakure may have some advice for you both.”

Ochako almost choked out a laugh at the idea only for it to turn into a splutter thanks to her prickly throat and tears.

“I-I um… t-told him about… us.” Izuku admitted, looking a little guilty.

“I suspected your ménage à trois relationship the moment I spotted you all together tonight.” The French boy continued. “But I understand this is not an ideal way to reveal things. I will not divulge anything I have learned if that eases your minds so.”

“I-It does.” Ochako nodded with a small sigh of relief. “W-We weren’t really h-hiding it anymore but um… y-yeah… I don’t want people to find out like this.”

“Oui, so I shall say nary a word of this.” Aoyama smiled weakly.

“You’re r-right though… we should… tell the others.” Ochako noted with Izuku grimacing. “But… we shouldn’t disturb them at this time, right?” She glanced at the clock, noting it being past two am.

“Unless you feel there is something more they can do, I suspect it best to leave them to their beauty rest.” Aoyama suggested, in no small part to seeing Izuku’s flinch. “Perhaps new solutions and feelings will make themselves known to you both tomorrow after your own rest, oui?”

“Y-Yeah.” Izuku sighed warily, glancing over at Ochako again. “S-Sorry for um… disturbing you Aoyama.”

“Please don’t be.” Aoyama waved away with an empathetic smile. “I only wish I could be of more assistance.” With that, the three set off awkwardly for the elevators.

Before they could reach them, there was a couple of knocks at the dorm entrance which the students paused to listen to. A robot opened the door and rolled inside, a key card clutched in its claw. Passing the door key for the room next to Izuku’s to the boy, the robot reminded them all to get to bed and promptly departed.

Izuku looked bitterly down at the key card before glancing over at Ochako. She gave him a small smile but didn’t hold his gaze long, tugging the boy’s arm towards the elevators where all three ascended. When Izuku and Aoyama made to get off of the elevator, Ochako released her boyfriend’s hand with the two giving each other one last, sad look before the elevator doors separated them and Ochako proceeded upwards.

“Everything will be fine mon amie.” Aoyama said once more. “Uraraka and Asui are kind souls, much like yourself. You will get through this.”

“I-I hope so…” Izuku muttered, tears prickling at his eyes again.

The French boy accompanied his friend to his new room a little further down just to make sure everything was okay. Inside, they found the room spotless, much like they found their own back when they first moved into the dorms.

Aoyama offered to help Izuku move a couple of things from his room into this temporary lodging safely but the greenette politely declined, just wanting to shut everything out so tomorrow came all the quicker and he could make sure Tsuyu was alright. After that, he’d begin his eternal penance for what he and his quirk did to her.

Leaving the blond uneasily at the door, Izuku slowly walked over to the empty looking bed with only a single, simple pillow and comforter stacked at the end of the bed and set them up. He didn’t want to bother going for his own since they had been partially shredded along with half his room.

None of that really mattered right now though as all his thoughts dwelled on Tsuyu, Ochako, and the other girls, wondering what the hell tomorrow was going to bring.

As Izuku tried to wearily fall to sleep after all the excitement of the evening, he looked at the hand that had caused it all and clenched it tightly in anger. He was trying his best every single day and now this new wrinkle was ruining one of the few comforts he allowed himself. Was it trying to tell him something? Send a message that he needed to stop playing around and solely focus on mastering his quirk? The answers didn’t come to him as he lay there with silent tears running down his face until he drifted off into a very uneasy slumber.


The next morning was horrible.

Not only did Izuku miss his morning run because he’d broken his alarm clock thanks to his quirk, with him only waking up on time for classes thanks to Aoyama coming to check on him, but he’d missed several texts in the group chat by the time he was ready to go to class.

Ochako had mentioned that something had happened in the night to the others in their group early in the morning and that they needed to talk before school started. Everyone except Tsuyu and himself responded. By the time Izuku got down to the common room to try and help clarify the situation, the others had already headed out.

He knew he could trust Ochako not to make things worse than they seemed but they seemed pretty bad already and now his anxiety would be playing up all morning; it was difficult enough to focus on anything since his thoughts were still lodged on Tsuyu.

There was nowhere near enough time to go visit her at this point so after a quick change, teeth brushing and slice of toast with a power bar to get him through the morning, Izuku dashed to class.

He arrived a moment before the bell rang, slipping into his homeroom guardedly and not looking at anyone as he made his way to his desk. Once he was settled, he breathed a small sigh of relief. With the bell this close, Aizawa was bound to appear before anyone could accost him, for better or worse.

As predicted the door slid open, but it wasn’t Aizawa standing there.

“Good morning class.” Ectoplasm’s deep voice called out to them all. “Eraser head is indisposed at this time with something and has requested I take your morning lectures instead.”

Izuku knew there would be several glances around the class room as friends communicated silently to each other. He avoided looking anywhere other than the front of the class. At least he could count on Bakugo to never decide to make idle chatter.

The morning went as well as could be expected. Izuku struggled greatly with keeping his mind focused but managed to stay under the teacher’s radar for any questions that came up.

He knew he’d have to ask Iida for his notes for the whole day at least by lunchtime considering his current knowledge retention and chicken scratch notes. Thankfully there was no physical training today but he’d still have to get through-

“Midoriya.”

“Y-Yes!” Izuku jumped in his seat and looking over at the voice, finding Aizawa standing in the doorframe. The bell was close but hadn’t quite rung yet and several of his friends looked over at Izuku in confusion.

“Come with me.”

Izuku blinked as the instruction registered with him, glancing at Cementoss who had been teaching before making his way over to Aizawa and out the door, the tired teacher closing it behind him.

“Uh, right… where were we?” Cementoss tried to recall where he was in his wrap up speech. The ringing of the bell brought a swift end to the lesson though with everyone moving to pack up their things and head to lunch.

For the five girls present in the class however, almost as one they tidied away their things before heading out of the door and down the corridor, much to the confusion of the remaining boys.


As Izuku trailed after Aizawa, following the man down the familiar corridors, he wondered if anything had changed in the hours since the incident and how Tsuyu was doing. The look on her face was heart-breaking but she probably had every right to hate him with how badly she’d been injured.

Still, he knew that wasn’t the main reason he was being lead down this corridor right now and into a room he’d visited as recently as last Friday.

“Good, you were prompt.” Aizawa grunted at the skeletal form of All Might who sat anxiously on the staff longue couch, apparently waiting on the pair of them.

“Well this is somewhat serious considering what you told me.” All Might replied with concern, his face etching into a worried expression when his eyes met his protégé’s. “Young Midoriya, how are you doing?”

“N-Not good All Might.” Izuku felt his face twist as tears prickled at his eyes when he stepped into the room with Aizawa closing the door behind them both. “S-Something happened a-and… I hurt Tsu.”

“Yes, I’ve heard all about it.” All Might sighed in a way that spoke of the volumes of pain he’d seen throughout the years that he was powerless to stop. This was some of the first that he truly felt guilty about due to the source of the issue. “Aizawa mentioned you believe it had something to do with your quirk?”

Izuku nodded bitterly, clenching his hand tightly once again. The action didn’t escape All Might or Aizawa’s notice.

“Why don’t you sit down?” All Might gestured to the nearby stool positioned for the boy to take. “Let’s have some tea and you can fill me in.”

Izuku’s shoulders drooped but he complied, settling into the chair while Aizawa poured him a warm mug of green tea he’d already brewed for the boy.

“Just take a moment to calm yourself and think everything through.” All Might comforted while taking long, deep breaths himself.

Despite his worries, Izuku found himself following along with the former number one as he breathed in and out at the same pace, feeling a shift in his brain as his mind stopped racing for the first time since the event.

“That’s better.” All Might nodded, briefly glancing over at Aizawa who was resting against the wall by the door who was currently checking his phone from an alert. “Now, start at the beginning.”

“Hold that thought.” Aizawa stated for a moment before turning and opening the door forcefully. Izuku and All Might jumped at the noise as the man stuck his head out of the room and looked down the corridor. “Detention for all five of you,” he declared sharply.

Izuku’s eyes widened slightly as he heard Mina’s tell-tale squeak of surprise from where he was sat.

“M-Mr Aizawa! P-Please um… a-are… i-is it um… my classmates?”

The grumpy teacher turned his head and glanced at Izuku out of the corner of his eye. He recalled that these five were on the list of the people the boy had entrusted with the secret of his quirk.

“Your female classmates, yes.” Aizawa nodded. “Nezu just informed me they were trying to listen in.”

“I understand you’ve entrusted them your secret young Midoriya. Would you prefer if they were present for this?” All Might asked.

The boy looked torn for a moment, thinking back to their words about being stronger together if they knew what was coming. Even if they didn’t want anything to do with him anymore, he knew they could at least trust that he was being honest when he divulged the contents of his dream.

“T-They um… t-they should know.” Izuku muttered lightly.

“Let them in Aizawa.” All Might instructed the tired teacher on his student’s behalf.

“What a pain.” Aizawa rolled his eyes. “You five, your detention is in here and begins now. Move.”

Izuku chanced a glance out of the corner of his eye as he spotted the five forms of his girlfriends all filing into the room nervously. The door closed behind them before Izuku turned his head and mutter a muted, “Hi,” to them.

To her credit, Ochako strode over quickly and hugged her boyfriend from behind. Even if Mr Aizawa knew about them, Izuku needed the support more than she was afraid of the embarrassment of the personal display of affection in front of their teacher.

“Izuku, we were worried.” Ochako said to the boy. “When you didn’t turn up this morning we thought…”

“I’m sorry.” Izuku muttered, savouring the feeling of Ochako’s arms around his torso. “I… broke my alarm last night.”

“And a window from what we heard.” Kyoka noted as the others stepped forward.

“Oh, how are you doing Sq… Izuku?” Tooru had to hold back from smothering both the green and brunette in a hug. Aizawa may know about them and Tsuyu being together, but not their whole group.

“B-Been better.” He tried to joke.

Better be ready for some hugs after this then.” Mina frowned. “No scaring us by not replying!”

“S-Sorry.” He apologised, wishing he’d remembered to set his phone alarm.

“Just to update you,” Momo spoke up. “We’ve talked to Recovery Girl and Tsu should be up and about by the end of classes today.”

That bit of news did bring a mote of relief to the greenette.

“That’s good…” He smiled weakly.

“Stop it.” Kyoka rolled her eyes. “Ochako already made it pretty fu… clear that this was something to do with your freaky quirk.” She glanced at the two teachers, hoping they wouldn’t pick her up on her almost swear.

“And that is what we were here to discuss.” Aizawa sighed, leaning back against the wall again. “I understand you are worried about Asui, but the best way we can get things back to normal is to discover why this occurred in the first place.”

“Agreed,” All Might nodded. “I’m sure your concern is appreciated, but we are on limited time today. Young Midoriya, if you’d like to begin with what happened. Leave no detail out if you think it’s important.”

Izuku took a few breaths as the girls quickly scooted over to places on the couch of by the boy’s side so they could listen more comfortably. When he was ready, he began retelling everything he experienced in his dream up until the point he awoke, leaving out the aftermath of the event.

As the tale came to a close, All Might leant forward in a thoughtful pose.

“So, you really saw his memories.”

“I-I think.” Izuku nodded.

“That was like… a hundred years ago though.” Tooru stated in disbelief. “A-And like… are those people inside your quirk still alive? He spoke directly to you!”

“Creepy.” Mina shivered.

“Fantastical as it is, we can’t confirm whether it’s real or not at this time.” Aizawa noted from the side. “Nezu’s already looking into the parts I relayed to him last night. We’ll have to wait and see what he can come back with.”

“Records from the era of quirk emergence are spotty at best sometimes.” All Might agreed. “Still, this is more to go on than I’m sure he needs.”

“A-All Might.” Izuku spoke up. “You said you saw them in the past, right? The spirits of the past wielders of our quirk?”

“Indeed I did Young Midoriya.” All Might nodded. “I learned from my master, my predecessor, about the existence of these vestiges. That’s why I even know how the power functions; I witnessed its history.”

“Did… you have anything like this happen to you All Might?” Momo asked curiously.

“Nothing like this.” He shook his head. “I believe I woke up in a cold sweat but… nothing so volatile. As for them being alive… the fact that the first spoke to you and knew how high of a percent you were comfortable using could just be your subconscious at work.”

The uneasy look on All Might’s face told everyone he didn’t know if he believed his own words.

“I don’t think so.” Izuku shook his head. “It was too real, like he was seeing me standing before him. You said before, when I saw them during the sports festival, that they were like ghosts that didn’t have their own intentions. I don’t think I can believe that anymore; I think they want something from me.”

“Well they’re not gonna get it.” Kyoka scoffed.

“Least they could do was ask and say ‘please’.” Tooru puffed up.

Thinking deeply on the subject, All Might recalled the discussion he shared with Nana about it; how she believed that feelings of all the past users were stored up in the quirk as part of its power. All Might let out another sigh as he prepared to deliver the bad news.

“I didn’t experience it like you did… and I’ve told you everything that my master told me. Based on what I know, this phenomena has only happened to you.”

“Is it because Izuku’s past that ‘singularity’ or something?” Ochako asked, rubbing her boyfriend’s back for support.

“What even is that?” Mina asked.

“Oh the um… ‘Quirk Singularity Doomsday’ theory or something.” Izuku mumbled before giving the group a short summary from what he’d read online about quirks mixing and growing in power until they’d become too much for humans to handle anymore.

“It’s an unpleasant thought.” Momo noted, a tad fearful of the concept now because of how logical it sounded considering all they knew about quirks today.

“So like… my grandkid or whatever could make an acid that eats to the center of the earth when he’s five or something?!” Mina exaggerated.

“P-Probably not quite that level.” Izuku admitted. “But they might be able to do stuff you are only just learning how to do now at that age.”

“Woah, I would not trust a five-year old me with that power.” Mina shook her head.

“That’s clearly the fear.” Kyoka stated, wondering if her own kids would have hearing so great they’d go insane from all the details they’d pick up at such a young age, never knowing peace and quiet.

“Hey, wait a minute.” Tooru paused them all. “Didn’t you say some ghosty-vestige of All Might was there too? How?”

“I don’t know.” Izuku shrugged weakly. “If the past users do reside in the quirk, maybe it’s because he’s… still alive?”

“Oh jeez, I didn’t even consider that.” All Might shook his head, a worried look appearing on his face.

“Hell of an afterlife you’ve got to look forward to.” Aizawa spoke up, with Mina and Tooru unsure if they were supposed to laugh. “For now, let’s just focus on that twenty five percent you mentioned Midoriya. While it’s unrealistic, I expect the best way to prevent this from happening again is to gain full control over your quirk. I hope you enjoyed your little break after our last intense session because for your benefit, and apparently everyone else’s, it’s only going to get tougher from here.”

Izuku gulped but nodded resolutely, wanting nothing more than to get a grip on his power so nothing like this has to ever happen again.

“Right!”

“You know sir,” Mina giggled, “you keep saying ‘it’s only gonna get harder from here’ and like, yeah, it does, but it’s kinda lost a bit of meaning now.”

“Is that so?” Aizawa’s tone deepened as his quirk activated. “If you’re finding the confidence to be this cocky then I’m clearly not pushing you hard enough. Are you angling for some actual detention Ashido? Because that can be arranged for every night for the next week if you’d like.”

The pink haired girl quickly paled and shut her trap, bullets of sweat dripping down her face.

“Didn’t think so.” Aizawa sighed, blinking a couple of times. “If that is all then I suggest you all head out for what remains of the lunch period.

“Unless there’s anything else you feel the need to mention Young Midoriya?” All Might asked.

“No… t-that’s everything regarding my um… q-quirk.”

“Very well then, off you go.” Aizawa opened the door for the students, who quickly rose from their various positions and made their way out.

As the group left, Aizawa had one more word left to say to one in particular.

“I will remember that last comment Ashido, be prepared to go even further beyond when you least expect it.”

Chills ran through Mina’s spine and she made a dash away from the doorway as fast as she could.

The tired teacher shook his head before closing the door and turning back to All Might.

“Was that really all you experienced yourself?” He asked curiously, wondering if the aged pro would reveal more to him now that the students had departed.

“It truly was.” All Might sighed, sinking back into the sofa. “Just when I think One-For-All has run out of mysteries it provides us with another one like this.”

“One we need to solve fast if we’ve to prevent anything like this happening again.” Aizawa groaned. “If nothing else than for Midoriya’s peace of mind.”

“Y-Yes…” All Might glanced over at Aizawa, a small blush on his face. “You mentioned finding young Midoriya in a compromising situation.”

“I believe him, Asui and Uraraka to be in a relationship.” Aizawa reiterated to the man. “That’s all you need to know.”

“S-Sure but… I mean… considering the way you found them, were they being safe?”

“I don’t care.” Aizawa rolled his eyes, preferring to not think about that particular detail. “If they screw up they’ll be out of here before you can say One-For-All.”

“I have more faith in young Midoriya than that.” All Might defended his young protégé. “Still, I hope he doesn’t feel too bad about what’s happened considering that.”

“Quirk accidents happen.” Aizawa sighed. “Especially to those who’ve not had theirs long.” His eyes narrowed at the blond, still not quite forgiving him for deciding a child was the best person to next inherit his power. All Might grimaced but said nothing. “If their relationship is strong, it’ll survive. If it’s not, then it better not interfere with their training lest they find themselves hunting for a new hero school.”

“So drastic.” All Might shivered.

Finding out about his apprentice’s potential relationship had been a surprise after what they’d previously discussed. Considering the uniqueness of it, he wasn’t surprised the boy had decided to keep it secret from him for now, even if it was a tad disheartening. There were many times in his own career he was sure he could’ve found something enjoyable with multiple partners, though it would probably be more of a fling than anything long lasting.

Izuku wasn’t like that though and for these students to be doing something like this, and showing this much concern about each other, meant they were trying to make this work long-term. He wouldn’t breathe a word to anyone else until he clarified things with his disciple of course but he hoped things would work themselves out considering this incident.

Still, discovering that he’d appeared to accept the feelings of two of his classmates and not just one was something he didn’t expect. He made a mental note to himself to avoid the Midoriya household when the boy sought to introduce his mother to the pair; the tears alone might require heroes to be on the scene to deal with flooding.


There wasn’t much left of lunch after Izuku’s retelling of everything and the group decided to retreat to the classroom instead of making their way to the cafeteria.

Entering their homeroom saw Aoyama clearing his desk up after consuming his own meal and he gave Izuku a small, comforting smile and nod. Izuku sent him one in return as he was guided back to his desk while the others gathered around him, making sure he was okay. Momo had retrieved her school bag from her desk and provided the boy with an apple, water bottle and an extra protein bar that she regularly kept stocked in case she exhausted her quirk for whatever reason.

The girls gave him words of reassurance as he ate since he’d missed breakfast but quickly found themselves back at their desks as the bell rang to begin the afternoon’s lectures. Considering the current situation, it was good they didn’t have any training today.

When classes let out once more, Izuku grouped up with the girls to head down to Recovery Girl’s and check on Tsuyu. Timidly, he stood at the back of the group as they approached just in case Tsuyu didn’t want to see him but the matronly hero turned them all away quickly once they appeared in her doorway, informing them she’d released Tsuyu a little early to avoid all the hustle and bustle of the end of classes.

Relieved that their girlfriend was at least up and about, the group quickly made their way back to the dorms to catch up with her. While unspoken between the girls and Izuku, they planned to kidnap him if he put up any resistance to discussing everything in Momo’s room once they were all reunited. They figured he’d avoided them this morning out of guilt instead of genuinely missing his alarm but they wouldn’t risk him trying to distance himself in that manner now anyway.

Back at the dorms and much to their collective relief, they found Tsuyu casually chatting with Tokoyami and Aoyama at the tables dressed in a UA tracksuit where she sat with the remains of a late lunch in front of her.

“You grab her when you can, we’ll be upstairs.” Mina whispered to Ochako before she and the others headed for the elevator, trying not to look too suspicious.

Ochako glanced over at Izuku who looked like all the guilt was flooding back to him as he saw his girlfriend happily chatting away. Reaching out, she took his hand in hers and gave him a reassuring smile when he looked at her.

“We’ll be fine.” She said softly, pushing all her confidence and belief of that statement into it as she could and hoping her feelings reached the boy. Whether they did or not she didn’t know as Izuku had become almost single-minded in his guilt in the few interactions they’d shared since the event. Pressing forward however, the pair walked through the common room, hands clasped still, and approached their friends.

“Hey guys, hey Tsu!” Ochako smiled cheerfully. “We missed you in class today.”

The frog girl looked back at the pair with the same expression she always did. After knowing her for so long though, they felt a great weight lifting off both their shoulders as her eyes and smile widened just a tad in the way they knew she was happy to see them.

“Sorry, felt a bit under the weather, ribbit.” She replied. “Took a day to get back to normal.”

“Everyone needs a reprieve from the darkness now and then.” Tokoyami nodded, not having addressed the girl’s lack of attendance in class with her yet. “I’m glad you are feeling better, though I do hope it’s nothing contagious.”

“You’re looking much more well rested than when I saw you last.” Aoyama agreed.

“Thanks.” Tsuyu turned and gave the French boy an honest smile since he was clearly clued into their situation after last night and was covering now.

“You guys mind if we steal Tsu for a bit?” Ochako asked. “Got to um… catch her up on what she’s missed.”

Both boys didn’t mind at all and bid the group a good evening. Tsuyu gathered up her plate and utensils and stuck them in the dorm dishwasher before following after the pair to the elevators, noting Izuku’s slightly shaking hand as they walked.

Once the doors closed to the common room, Tsuyu took Izuku’s shaking hand in her own, giving him a reassuring smile when he glanced over at her nervously. Exiting the elevator at the top floor caused Tsuyu to pull on Izuku’s hand for a moment as they made for Momo’s room.

“Before we go in,” she started to the pair before taking a breath. “I know it’s all probably understood but, Izuku, I don’t blame you for what happened.”

“T-Tsu?” Izuku’s lip quivered.

“I won’t lie; it hurt like hell and I wish it didn’t happen in the first place, ribbit, but it did and it’s done now. If I know you, you’ve probably been blaming yourself all day and moping around. I had a similar thing when I accidently got Tooru shot in class by Mr Snipe; if you don’t believe that there’s no hard feelings for this, then I’m going to snuggle you until you do, okay?”

Izuku felt himself losing the battle against his emotions as Tsuyu’s bluntness cut to the heart of the matter between them right away. As his eyes filled with imminent tears to be shed, Ochako pulled them both into a hug.

“We’ll both snuggle you… just… maybe hold off on falling asleep for now.” She chuckled weakly. “At least till we can get you some gloves like my sleeping mittens.”

“Perhaps Momo can make them out of steel.” Tsuyu chuckled.

“I’ll wear them!” Izuku agreed almost immediately. “N-No matter what I… I don’t… I-I hurt you.”

“And it’s all better now.” Tsuyu cupped his cheek. “Well, mostly.”

Izuku and Ochako looked at the girl curiously, glancing at her arm only for the frog girl to shake her head.

“I’ll show you inside. Best get everything out of the way all at once, ribbit.” She explained. “One thing though.”

Before he could protest that he didn’t deserve it, Izuku felt Tsuyu pull his head into a brief, tongue-filled kiss before she repeated the same with Ochako.

“Thank you both for everything you did to help, ribbit.” She smiled weakly. “Even if it wasn’t Izuku’s quirk, I know I can count on you two in an emergency.”

“Well duh, we’re heroes.” Ochako giggled.

“Trying to be.” Izuku weakly agreed.

“None of that.” Tsuyu rolled her eyes. “Now come on, I bet Kyoka’s pissed we’re chatting out here than in there.”

Entering Momo’s room, the frog girl was greeted warmly by her other four girlfriends who quickly scooped her into a group hug. Admittedly, while getting injured like she did hurt like hell, Tsuyu wouldn’t mind getting hurt more often if it resulted in her being the center of their affections like this.

“Ribbit, thank you all for worrying about me, but I’m fine.” Tsuyu smiled once the others had sated their hugging urges.

“We heard everything from Ochako.” Mina explained. “Hopefully you can knock some sense into Squishy since he’s been feeling guilty about everything.”

“Working on it.” Tsuyu chuckled.

“They talked outside.” Kyoka explained, twisting a jack between her fingers.

“You get in here too Squishy,” Tooru grabbed Izuku by the wrist and pulled him close, allowing the other girls to engulf him in an affectionate hug they couldn’t indulge in before.

“Don’t scare us like that.” Mina snuggled the boy close. “Thought you were gonna go all dark and broody and cut us off for our protection or something stupid.”

“Well he’s talked about it before.” Kyoka reasoned, remembering their initial conversation about the boy’s quirk.

“But certainly not in this context,” Momo noted. “The danger was always from external forces, not his own power.”

“Y-Yeah.” Izuku agreed. “I’m… not going to lie… I’m still a little… terrified of everything right now. I don’t even know if I can trust my own body anymore.”

“It’s worked out pretty well so far, at least you’re not breaking bones left, right, and center anymore.” Tooru giggled.

“You just need more control hun.” Mina ruffled Izuku’s fluffy locks. “I’ve melted my clothes, sheets and mattress more times than I can count when I was young. Hell, even my favourite tank top that I still wear has holes under the arms where I’m kinda weak with my control.”

“Either not sure how you’re still in UA with math skills like that or worried at how much your parents had to shell out over the years, ribbit.” Tsuyu chuckled.

“Enough to make Ochako cringe, let’s put it that way.” Mina winked over at the girl who grimaced at the imagined number.

“You’ve had your quirk for less than a year.” Momo reassured the boy. “You’re certainly not lacking in power, but control is something you seem to be ever struggling with. If I may offer, perhaps we could do some training sessions together since my quirk requires the utmost focus and control to produce the required results it does.”

Izuku blinked as he realised that Momo was probably right; with control over every atom of the items she produced, stray thoughts could throw off the whole construct while it was forming in her body.

“I-If you could help at all I would greatly appreciate it.” Izuku bowed somewhat deeply to the girl.

“So would we.” Kyoka chuckled. “I’d like my arm to remain where it is thanks.”

A few of the girls deadpanned at Kyoka as Izuku sunk guiltily at the tease. Clearly it was too soon for jokes about it.

“Kyoka.” Momo looked over at her disapprovingly.

“N-No… she’s right.” Izuku defended her. “I-It’s um… g-gonna be hard since I’ve enjoyed it so much… but um… I-I think I should sleep on my own until I figure out what’s going on.” He sent a reserved, apologetic look at Tsuyu and Ochako, the main two with whom he’d spent the most time in each other’s beds.

“I don’t like it.” Tsuyu sighed. “But I kinda have to agree.” She unzipped her tracksuit front to reveal nothing underneath, her bloodied nightshirt having been thrown away by Recovery Girl yesterday. Despite the appeal of a bare chested Tsuyu sitting before them all, attention was immediately drawn to her left arm which bore a grey compression sleeve.

Izuku grit his teeth as Tsuyu began rolling down the article of clothing that he still wore himself for a wound that may likely never go away. That he’d managed to permanently injure Tsuyu in such a way brought him to tears before she even revealed the results of Recovery Girl’s efforts.

Ochako and Momo rubbed Izuku’s back as Tsuyu showed off a section of skin that was clearly miscoloured right where he remembered her wound being.

“We match Izuku, ribbit.” Tsuyu chuckled weakly, allowing everyone to get a good look at the palm-sized patch of redder, inflamed looking skin around her bicep. Tooru couldn’t help but hissing at the sore looking site.

“That… looks painful.”

“It was.” Tsuyu admitted before rolling up her sleeve again. “No point beating around the bush. Recovery Girl did what she could but the rest is up to me. It should return to something resembling normal in time but will probably never be like it was before.”

“We’re so lucky to have her.” Ochako felt her gratitude towards the heroine surge for remaining a pro for so long when she could clearly retire if UA was paying her anything near what she deserved.

“Can’t her quirk do more for it?” Mina asked curiously.

“It can but she didn’t want to do so for something that’s cosmetic at this point.” Tsuyu explained. “She grafted some skin from another section of my body to use. That bit healed up perfectly thanks to her but this just requires significantly longer to integrate fully with my body.”

“So… I scarred you.” Izuku let out a sob, blinking and releasing the tears that had been building in his eyes.

“Sorry, but yes.” Tsuyu nodded. “I know you probably feel horrible about it but as I said outside, it was an accident. No one intended for this to happen, especially not you. I know you’d never intentionally hurt me.”

“Eee, about that…” Mina wobbled her head uncertainly. “This was a quirk accident but we think Izuku’s special quirk had something to do with it.”

“Dude’s got ghosts in his blood.” Kyoka stated.

“W-Well more like the um… p-past users of the quirk may still be conscious inside it.” Ochako took Izuku’s hand and explained what she could simply. Tsuyu was admittedly taken aback by that and blinked a couple of times.

“O…kay.” She let out slowly. “I’m guessing I missed something in all the confusion.”

“More than you’d think.” Tooru sighed, moving over to Momo’s bed and clambering onto it. “Get ready for a freaky and a half story.”

“Izuku, I think it best you fill Tsu in.” Momo reasoned softly. “I’m sure we could do so in your stead but you are the one who experienced all this.”

Despite his ragged emotions right now, Tsuyu deserved to know why all this happened in the first place. Once more the group settled in on Momo’s bed as Izuku divulged what he’d experienced for the third time in twenty-four hours.


“Ribbi~it.” Tsuyu sighed, shaking her head lightly as the retelling came to a close.

“Unbelievable and yet I can’t help but know it’s true.” Tooru declared, knowing Izuku wouldn’t lie about something like this.

“Do you know anyone else with a quirk transplant this could happen to?” Kyoka rolled her eyes.

“All Might seemed to have something similar happen to him when Izuku told him at lunch.” Mina spoke up, letting Tsuyu know they’d gone to the man at the same time. “He didn’t have anything like this happen to him though.”

“Probably because he could control the quirk to its fullest as soon as he got it.” Izuku lamented, gripping his scarred hand tightly in frustration again, feeling like an even bigger failure.

“He didn’t have over thirty years of All Might strength built up inside it though.” Ochako reasoned. “You’ve got everything All Might had at his peak plus whatever you’ve added to it so far.”

“If anything, I think it’s too much to contain for one person.” Momo rationalised. “While I don’t have the specifics, your quirk has built up to a level I don’t think it was meant to by being traded over the generations.”

“Looking at it that way, it makes sense.” Tsuyu agreed. “Maybe the ‘singularity’ was that point? The first said you were long past it so it explains why you face such a backlash.”

Izuku let out a single, weak chuckle at his girlfriend’s admittedly reasonable logic, even if he really didn’t feel it.

“But I should be better.”

“Dude, you’re literally figuring out how to get around human limitations and holding back so much we probably can’t even comprehend. Give yourself a break.” Kyoka chipped in.

“Just… maybe… when you’re done… have you thought about not passing it on in the future?” Tooru asked curiously.

That option surprisingly hadn’t crossed Izuku’s mind. He was focused on being the best hero he could be here and now and hadn’t given much thought to any potential future with the quirk. If he passed it on to someone else, would they suffer even greater backlash because of him? What if All-For-One came back and put him at death’s door like the other wielders? Should he desperately pass it on to someone before that point just in case?

“Maybe let’s not think about that for now.” Momo appealed as Izuku’s face scrunched up in thought. “The main thing is, we need to figure out what exactly is going on and how we can best fix whatever issues arise.”

“Maybe we should look into some stuff that might help. Meditation’s good for depression so I can look more into that.” Kyoka sighed. “Still, all we can do at the moment is wait and see.”

“Extra snuggles during the day to make up for night time ones though.” Tooru offered, reaching out to rest her hand on Izuku’s knee who sent her a weak smile in return. It was joined by Tsuyu’s who sent Izuku another reassuring smile like before.

“Even if this is down to these ‘vestiges’ or whatever they are, ribbit, I still don’t blame you for this Izuku.”

He didn’t deserve her, nor any of them really. That’s what Izuku thought as his eyes filled with tears again and gratefully accepted the hug offered by Tsuyu, though both participants made sure to avoid Tsuyu’s injured arm.

With everything now mostly squared away, the group called an end to their little meeting and began making plans for their evenings. Momo offered to catch Tsuyu up on the stuff she’d missed in class that day while Izuku planned to simply return to his room and do some research on things for the evening.

Despite their collective conflicted feelings on the matter the girls let Izuku go, though not before Tsuyu and Ochako both snagged some last kisses and assurances from him before he left.

Last night’s events were now over with but they’d left their mark on both the greenettes. Tsuyu only hoped Izuku could bounce back from his damage as well as she was from hers.


The next day was almost unbearably normal to begin with. There was no public acknowledgement about Tsuyu’s absence by Aizawa to the class and, aside from the few well wishes she got during the gap at lunch now that she was feeling better, everything seemed to be back to normal.

The class realised that today wouldn’t be very normal once they reached their last lesson of the day however.

“All right.” Aizawa called out as everyone readied themselves for more practical training. “Today marks the start of winter so everyone suit up appropriately and meet in training ground Gamma.”

“Wait, why is winter important?” Kaminari asked curiously.

“New winter outfits man!” Sero reminded the boy. “Plus that new gear freeze is officially over.”

“Oh yeah!” Kaminari grinned as the class’ outfit cases were popped from the wall.

“Finally.” Kyoka groaned. It wasn’t for herself as she was fairly up to date on her gear but Momo would be free of her foolish first design forever now. Well… second design, the first was currently in her closet and reserved for playtime after all.

With no further discussion, the class grabbed their outfits and headed down to the changing rooms to kit themselves up.

By the time they’d all made it to the industrial training grounds, everyone was checking out everyone else’s upgrades.

While most students outfits were changed or adapted to better suit the cold weather, like Mina’s stylish new jacket or Tsuyu’s inflatable pouches around her neck that heated and staved off the cold, there was also a couple of gadget and gear upgrades too.

Iida was wearing some exhaust extenders that would help his combustion output, Bakugo’s tank top had changed to a thick turtleneck to increase his sweat output, and Ojiro was wearing a strange pair of utility belts around his tail; one at the base and another about two feet from the tip.

The one with the biggest change was obviously Momo.

“Woah, check out Yaoyorozu!” Sero gaped, glad his visor somewhat obscured the blush on his face.

Momo strode proudly into the training ground in her new outfit, redesigned almost completely, though she kept her colour scheme. It was somewhat obscured by her winter cloak that reached down to her knees and fastened at the side of her neck but others could tell Momo’s leotard had been completely discarded in favour of a somehow more modest two piece cyclist-looking outfit.

Her top had been redesigned to be something akin to a halter sports bra, dropping down to about an inch below her chest that offered no skin or cleavage above, the material going all the way up to her neckline and fitting around it like a turtleneck. Most of her back was still exposed with the singular yet thick band at the bottom of the clothing piece connected by a semi-powerful magnet.

A solution to Momo producing larger creations without exposing herself was giving her top the ability to split at the back via said magnet that deactivated when she needed it to. The band of material for the top was created with her DNA so it could detect when she was using her quirk, disable the magnets as appropriate if creation was detected, then refasten when the creation was complete. This was decided after a discussion with Power Loader, knowing that items wouldn’t be able to push through the top even if it integrated Momo’s DNA due to the other materials the top was made out of and confirmed once the top had been completed, just to be sure.

Her utility belt remained, though it was tightened to sit more comfortably above her hips now, and her shorts bore extra padding to prevent particular risqué snaps of certain areas being taken when she bent or stretched a certain way.

She’d also now incorporated knee pads that had a similar technology to Ochako’s own boots that too some of the strain off her joints if she landed from a high place as well as guarding from scrapes and other minor damage when kneeling or crouching in the field. Her boots also looked a little different, losing their heel and becoming flatter that had the same technology incorporated as well as something new she was excited to show off.

Gone was the stupid bookshelf over her spine, replaced with a book-pouch on her thigh, though it was only there for emergencies. Instead, should she forget something in the field, a wrist mounted display had been integrated into some small wrist braces on both arms. The technology allowed the screen to bend and flex as she moved, though due to possibly blocking attacks, she’d followed Izuku’s advice to get them on each arm in case one broke mid-mission.

“Probably the most drastic upgrade among us.” Ojiro noted, giving her an appreciative look before wondering if he should’ve done something flashier with his winter coat.

“You look so good!” Mina gushed as she examined Momo’s new look as much as she could.

“Thank you very much.” Momo smiled warmly, displaying a few poses for the other girls to fully check out all her upgrades. “An overhaul was clearly long overdue, though I had a little help obviously.” She glanced over at Izuku who shyly looked away at the second-hand praise.

“I’ll say.” Kyoka nodded, admittedly missing the boob-window on her girlfriend but glad others wouldn’t get to ogle what only she and her partners could fully enjoy.

“And you wonder if I get cold.” Tooru giggled, showing off her winter gloves and boots.

“My extremities have similar heating capabilities to your own outfit Tooru.” Momo gushed before showing off her wrist bracers. “These guards can access all the knowledge I need at a moment’s notice, have communication tech built in, and are also voice activated in addition to possessing a touch interface so I don’t have to busy my hands to search for a blueprint or formula.”

“Wow! So high tech.” Ochako examined Momo’s new toys for herself.

“Can it play ‘Hero Smash’ though?” Kaminari chuckled to himself.

“W-Why would I want it to-”

Momo didn’t get to complete that thought as a rather obnoxious voice cut through the air to break the good mood the class was feeling.

“Well look what we have here! Relaxed and full of yourselves as always. Obviously you underestimate us.”

While several sets of faces morphed into confused expressions, the other half rolled their eyes at their class’ self-declared rival turning up to belittle them again.

“Aw yeah!” Kirishima punched one hand into the other as he clicked on that a particular type of training session would be the main topic of today. “We’ve been looking forward to this!”

“Though probably not for reasons that are too heroic.” Sero muttered quietly, with those that heard him silently agreeing with the unspoken sentiment.

“Ha, is that so?” Monoma declared as he and the entirety of class 1-B strode into the gathering spot, dressed in their own impressive looking hero outfits. “I’m not sure why; there’s no way you’d stand a chance against us in this exercise.” The arrogant blond struck a surprisingly familiar pose to some, trying to intimidate them with his confidence and passion. “Come on class A! Let’s see who’s best once and for all!”

While Monoma was busy posturing, several of his classmates were cringing at his antics as usual, including Kendo and Tokage, though others like Tetsutetsu and Bondo were getting fired up.

“You might wanna take a close look at this survey!” Monoma continued. “I took it at the festival and it’s enlightening! I asked what was better: class A’s pathetic attempts at being rock stars,” Kyoka and the other band members bristled, “or class B’s obviously superior play?”

The blond waved a flimsy looking piece of paper in front of the class titled, ‘Whose school festival performance was better? (My research)’.

“Oh? What’s this? We won by two votes?!” He cackled, passing the survey off to a downhearted Kirishima, Sero and a reluctantly interested Kyoka. “You guys have been hogging the spotlight ever since we started school but your standing around campus is trash!”

“Aw man, seriously?” Kirishima frowned sadly at the paper, disappointed in himself for not somehow doing better. “Did we somehow blow it at the festival?”

“Dude, there’s like, not even a hundred people here.” Sero scoffed at the results. Even if they weren’t faked, it was still a paltry number they’d lost by.

“Ha!” Kaminari laughed triumphantly. “Clearly you haven’t seen our survey. Hey, Yaoyorozu, can your tech connect to the internet?”

“Uh, it can, yes.” Momo nodded.

“Awesome.” Kaminari smirked. “Would you mind searching out ‘class 1-A, Hero Too’?”

As Momo did so, a tad confused as to what exactly this would prove, those who knew exactly what Kaminari was angling for felt a smug sense of satisfaction ghost across their lips.

“Is this what you’re after?” Momo held out her wrist, showing the badly recorded video of their performance the group had used during their sleepovers in the past.

“Perfect, thanks vice-prez.” Kaminari winked at her. “Now, if you’re to direct your attention here, here, and here.” The electric blond pointed out the like to dislike bar, views and comments counters respectfully. “You’ll see that they say ‘we win’ in giant letters even you can understand.”

“T-T-Two million views?!” Monoma’s jaw dropped and his eyes bugged out, seizing Momo’s wrist for a closer look. “T-This can’t be! There’s no way your class was this popular! You must’ve cheated or bumped the number or- Urk!”

A grateful Momo felt the pressure on her arm release as Monoma crumpled to the floor once more, courtesy of Kendo’s reliable, chopping hand.

“Thank you.” She smiled at the girl.

“Don’t mention it.” Kendo returned the smile before looking down at Monoma and rolling her eyes at his latest blunder.

“That doesn’t matter, I’m super pumped for this combat training!” Tetsutetsu declared passionately. “Time to see how we stack up!”

“Wait, are we gonna be fighting?” Sato asked curiously.

“Certainly seems that way.” Shoji nodded.

“You guys didn’t know?” Awase tilted his her curiously. “Mr Kan told us at the start of the week.”

“Mr Aizawa doesn’t tell us anything we don’t need to know.” Sero shrugged. “We’re kinda used to it at this point.”

“Our lack of warning doesn’t mean we aren’t gonna go all out though!” Kirishima grinned excitedly, eager to test his mettle against Tetsutetsu’s metal once more.

“Won’t matter, we’re finally going to teach you who’s top dog.” Kamakiri grinned raising his arms as though preparing to show off his quirk. “Spoiler, it’s us.”

“We’ll see about that mantis reject!” Bakugo growled.

Iida was about to step in and put an end to the posturing only for a voice to silence everyone swiftly

“That’s enough!” Aizawa called out.

The classes turned to see both their homeroom teachers walking into the area, accompanied by a third, smaller figure behind them.

“As you’ve probably gathered by now, we’re going to be putting you through a combat exercise together.” Aizawa announced.

“I expect all of you to do your best out there and show us how far you’ve come this term.” Vlad King stated, though he was clearly facing his own class as he declare this. “That said, we have a special participant joining us for training today.”

“Please try not to embarrass yourselves if at all possible.” Aizawa warned them. While Shinso was going to be assessed with footage from today’s exercise, there was also the possibility of others being reviewed for dismissal to general studies out of his hands should their own performances be clearly inferior to his own.

“Who’s going to be joining us?” Iida asked eagerly, hoping to make a good impression as class representative to them.

“I’ll murder ‘em no matter who they are.” Bakugo grinned confidently.

“A new babe?” Kaminari asked, wondering if he should turn on the charm now.

“We’ll do our best whoever it is!” Kirishima and Tetsutetsu declared simultaneously.

Izuku didn’t say anything and just grinned eagerly, having more than a sneaking suspicion he knew exactly who it was.

“This person is interested in switching to the hero track.” Aizawa declared as the purple haired figure stepped out from around the teachers, wearing a UA tracksuit and a mouth guard around his neck that was partially obscured by a familiar looking scarf. “From General Studies class C, Hitoshi Shinso.”

While Izuku and Kirishima reacted with excitement, Ojiro couldn’t help but tense up at the sight of the one who’d embarrassed him at the sports festival.

“Shinso will be taking part with you all today so treat him as you would any other classmate.” Aizawa continued.

Class B welcomed him with positive comments about his equipment while class A was recalling his quirk.

“You’ll be brainwashed if you talk to him mes amie.” Aoyama reminded everyone.

“A powerful quirk.” Ojiro noted with slightly narrowed eyes.

“Yo, Midoriya, you broke his control back at the sports fest, how’d you do it?” Kaminari asked curiously.

“It was honestly kind of an accident.” Izuku admitted, though his thoughts turned pensive as he recalled that being the first time he saw the vestiges of One-For-All. “I don’t actually know.”

“Bummer man.” Sero sighed, figuring he’d have to work something out if Shinso was his opponent.

Having not spoken yet, Aizawa turned to the stoic boy.

“Well Shinso? Why don’t you say a few words?” He understood the boy was likely nervous about his first combat exercise but if he didn’t communicate well with his peers, it would only cost him points when it came down to combat.

The purple haired boy gathered his courage, ignoring the negative memories poking at his brain, and introduced himself.

“I’m Hitoshi Shinso. I already faced some of you as opponents during the sports festival… but we’re not friends just because we fought before.” Izuku couldn’t help but think that comment was aimed directly at him. “I don’t subscribe to that sort of sportsmanship. We’re still competing to be the best and I’m already countless steps behind. I need to prove myself as one day, I will become a proper hero; then I can use my power to help citizens in need. All of you are hurdles I need to overcome… I’m not here in search of friends. Thanks for having me.”

A round of muted applause broke out as both classes didn’t quite know what to make of the boy after that little speech.

“So serious.” Ochako noted, a tad impressed at his confidence.

“Be on guard.” Tokoyami muttered.

“He’s taking intensity lessons from you ‘Roki” Sero nudged their own cold member of the class.

“Wait, really?” Todoroki glanced bemusedly over at Sero.

“Oh yeah.” The tape boy nodded.

“Hopefully Izuku won’t have to send him flying before he lightens up and becomes our friend.” Kaminari giggled, seeing the opportunity to tease arise. “Maybe he’ll punch a friendship shaped hole into his icy heart.”

Izuku sweatdropped as both Sero and Kaminari chuckled at their own tease of the boy while Mina looked like she wanted to pull a ‘Kendo’ and knock some sense into the two knuckleheads. She was interrupted by the teachers beginning to read out the conditions of today’s exercise however.

Vlad began explaining that each class would be broken up into teams of four and pitted against each other in this industrial environment. While no one initially questioned it, since they had a nice, round forty students with the addition of Shinso, Vlad explained that the new boy would be participating twice to see how he communicated with each class.

“Wait, why do that, shroom?” Kinoko Komori asked. “Wouldn’t it just make sense to put him with class A?

“We have an open spot, yes.” Aizawa nodded. “But we’re also aware that some students click well with others and elevate each other to greater heights. If Shinso would make a better fit in your class, one of you will instead move to class A.”

A round of surprised looks overtook both classes as Monoma chose that moment to wake up.

“One of us join class A?! That’s absurd! Why would you possibly tolerate such a heinous punishment Mr. Kan?”

“Don’t perform up to my standards and I’ll boot you there anyway.” Vlad chuckled.

“Please no.” Sato muttered.

“He’s not class A material.” Kaminari chuckled, “Only the best here which is why we’ll get Shinso anyway.”

That admittedly earned him a couple of glares from class B but he couldn’t take it back now.

“It’s still super unfair for the smaller teams.” Tooru complained.

Vlad made a point about explaining Shinso’s inexperience working more as a possible handicap than a benefit despite the numbers bonus it would give a particular team before diving into the scenario they’d be fighting under. With each team acting as heroes from an agency trying to capture the opposing organisation of villains, class A couldn’t help but tie the scenario to one they might face trying to capture the League of Villains.

Class B seemed to enjoy the simplicity of the assignment while Iida struggled to resolve the paradoxical nature of their roleplaying status as both heroes and villains.

With the stipulation that only four members of the opposing team needed to be captured to win, class B realised they had a technical disadvantage with Shinso on one team since his weaker performance and subsequent capture could hinder his teammates.

With the scenario announced, Aizawa and Vlad pulled out small boxes with a hole on top so the students could select their teams through lots. As each member of the class stepped up and pulled their number, it was noted down and the relevant ball removed if the ball was selected four times.

The matchups were quickly decided and displayed on a nearby giant viewing screen for everyone to see:

Match 1: Kirishima, Kaminari, Koda, and Asui vs. Shiozaki, Shishida, Rin, and Tsuburaba.

Match 2: Tokoyami, Hagakure, Yaoyorozu, and Aoyama vs. Komori, Kendo, Kuroiro, and Fukidashi.

Match 3: Ojiro, Todoroki, Shoji, and Iida vs. Tsunotori, Honenuki, Kaibara, and Tetsutetsu.

Match 4: Sato, Sero, Jiro, and Bakugo vs. Kamakiri, Tokage, Awase, and Bondo.

Match 5: Uraraka, Ashido, and Midoriya vs. Monoma, Kodai, Shoda, and Yanagi.

“Woo!” Mina cheered, seeing their team was the only one with three. “We get the new guy. This is gonna be cake!”

Izuku felt a prickle of danger at Mina’s words, glancing over at Aizawa who had clearly heard them. Their eyes met and Izuku knew something was about to go badly wrong. Considering everything that happened just the other night, the greenette knew Aizawa would be trying to push him and he was sure today was no exception.

“Oh? You think so?” Aizawa asked curiously, reaching into the box to pull out the remaining ball that signified Izuku’s group while Vlad restocked his box so Shinso could pick his class B team. “Just for that, I think your group could use a little extra motivation.”

Fear swept through Izuku, Mina and Ochako as Aizawa squeezed his hand and the hollow plastic ball crumpled with a small pop before he dropped it to the side.

“N-No way!” Mina gulped.

“Ha! Looks like an easy win for our team.” Monoma smirked, confident their team of four could take down their handicapped comrades.

“It gets worse.” Vlad called out, unable to hide the pleased tone of his voice or the smirk on his face.

The class turned to look at Shinso who was standing there holding a bright blue ‘5’ ball to signify his team.

“Oh my god, this is too rich!” Monoma laughed in an exaggerated manner, tears of joy rolling down his face. “If we didn’t already have this in the bag, our dear Shinso just sealed your fate, ahaha!”

The trio of teammates were gobsmacked at the horrible turn of events, all taking the same slack-jawed pose.

“Dude… that’s some seriously bad luck.” Kaminari grimaced at the sole team of three.

“A truly murky abyss.” Tokoyami muttered solemnly, hoping his friends souls weren’t too discouraged by the dark situation ahead of them.

“Hey, what are you guys doubting them for?” Tooru ballooned up her cheeks. “Don’t you remember what happened last time Izuku was outnumbered?”

“Oh, yeah.” Sero chuckled, finding his spirit. “If those three together can pull of anything like that then they’ve got this.”

“I hope I’m still conscious to watch that.” Ojiro sweatdropped, eyeing Tetsutetsu nervously as the boy cracked his fists together with his steel quirk engaged.

“Hey, yeah!” Mina was the first to regain her positivity. “We’ve been training like hell for this! With our team like this, there’s no way we can lose!”

Ochako and Izuku gave her small smiles but they certainly weren’t as positive of the outcome as their girlfriend had suddenly become, the nervous glances they sent each other saying more than words could.

“They don’t seem as nervous all of a sudden.” Shoda narrowed his eyes a little, wondering if class A actually had some sort of plan up their sleeves.

“Spooky.” Yanagi concurred.

“Oh please. They’re probably just underestimating us because they believe they’re untouchable, just as I thought.” Monoma rolled his eyes. “Today’s the day we show them once and for all the power of class B!”

“Mmm.” Kodai’s neutral gaze brushed over her future opponents.

“Ahem… most unfortunate there Eraser.” Vlad chuckled to his fellow teacher.

“I’m sure.” Aizawa sighed, seeing the hot-blooded man’s competitive streak warming up already. “Let’s just finish up here.”

With Shinso then assigned to team ‘1’ for class A and being welcomed by Koda, Kirishima, Tsuyu and Kaminari, the class prepared for their next instructions.

“Teams will begin at your base camp! You’ll have twenty minutes to totally subdue and complete your capture of as many members of the enemy team as possible.” Vlad King explains.

“If there’s no decisive victory within the time limit, then whomever has the most people left will be the winners.” Aizawa finished.

Both of the first teams began stretching and making final checks of their gear ready for the round as everyone else gathered around the viewing screen. Two new sets of footsteps could be heard marching towards them and several students turned to regard the unknown newcomers.

“Ah, All Might and Midnight are here together~r; is it a date?” Mina teased as the teachers approached.

“Stop that,” Midnight giggled, “you know older men aren’t my thing.”

“H-How does she know that?” Awase asked quietly, a few lewd thoughts running through his head right now.

“What brings the two of you here?” Tooru joined in, excited she’d get to show off her new skills.

“We’re just here to observe and see if we can provide assistance on potential improvements, mistakes and other things.” All Might explained, deciding to not inform the girl that technically he and Midnight were there as unbiased judges to ensure Shinso’s trial was fairly given and not biased by either teacher one way or the other for discrimination’s sake; standard UA practise apparently.

“I’m looking forward to see how all you young sprouts have… developed.” Midnight purred, causing a couple of boys to blush and look away as she struck a seductive pose.

“Please do not lead my flock astray,” a somewhat restrained sounding Shiozaki said to the 18+ hero. “I fear the temptation may be too much for them to overcome.”

Midnight didn’t quite know how to respond to that so simply apologised and walked off to the side with All Might, talking over the upcoming matches together. With class A turning disasters into strength while class B slowly and steadily followed the curriculum mostly uninterrupted, the matchups were sure to be ones to watch. The retired pro wasn’t one to take up Midnights offer of betting on the outcome, even without stakes since they were within earshot of their students, though he couldn’t help but wonder if one other thing could be a deciding factor in these matches.

Glancing over at Izuku, he spotted the boy sat with a fresh notebook in hand, eagerly ready to take notes on the latest fantastical quirk demonstrations and strategies that were about the be displayed.

“Fighters take your marks.” Vlad announced passionately, having pulled out a microphone from the screen to ensure every word was clearly heard, getting an eye roll from Aizawa for his trouble in the meantime.

With a few waves and muttered well wishes, the students for the first teams started towards their home bases, getting a few minutes for the match in prep time before Vlad called a start to the exercise.

After getting a good amount of information on Shinso’s quirk, class A had ran out of time to properly prepare a plan of attack. Deciding to play things cautious they advanced as one unit with Koda scouting out the enemy’s location with some nearby birds.

Unfortunately, class B had used their prep time well and come up with a solid plan with Shishida and Tsuburaba intercepting the group early, briefly taking out their physical fighters in Tsuyu and Kirishima by launching them into the surrounding buildings.

When Tsuburaba took out Koda with a well-timed Air Prison, only Kaminari and Shinso were left standing to fight back. Despite a sneaky deception of Shinso using Tsuburaba’s voice to catch Shishida off guard and place him under control, his slow response time after he’d secured one of the two opponents let Tsuburaba get off another Air Prison to capture him before the class B member freed his beastly ally from Shinso’s control.

Kaminari moved quickly and tried to trick Shishida into catching him before shocking him into submission but the Beast quirk user was able to rid himself of the human taser by tossing him into some pipes.

Tsuyu managed to snag Tsuburaba mid-air when he tried to escape Kaminari’s shock with her tongue, wrapping him up in it and quickly escorted him to jail while Kirishima returned to his feet and freed Koda from his translucent cell. Both were quickly taken hostage by Shishida however and, after launching Kirishima into the sky to be snatched up by Shiozaki and running away with Koda in his grasp, class A’s team ‘1’ was officially down to just three members.

Back at the big screen, the classes and teachers were watching the match unfold with the first skirmish clearly ending with class B holding the advantage, much to Vlad King’s joy.

“Oh, what’s this? Class B is already pulling ahead! Each team has three competitors left, but it’s obvious class B is setting themselves up for a win. I can’t say I’m surprised given their brains and brawn. My superior students are attacking furiously, looks like they’ll finally crush class A!” Vlad announced.

“Keep bringing the truth Mr. Vlad!” Monoma cheered on his obviously predisposed teacher.

“Stop with the biased commentary!” Mina complained, backed up by Kyoka and Aoyama who wanted to hear more about how their friends were actually stacking up.

With the other students muttering amongst themselves, Ochako found herself turning to Izuku who was already a couple pages deep into some fresh notes.

“She’s got this… right Izuku?” Ochako asked, wondering if Tsuyu’s quirk could match up to Shishida’s. The frog girl could easily outrun him from the looks of it, but after her initial slam and the beast boy enduring Kaminari’s shock, she wondered if his toughness would be too much for her.

“They all do.” Izuku nodded. “It’s a shame Kirishima didn’t get to show off more and I know Koda’s going to feel bad after all that extra training he’s been putting in, but they’ve still got a solid team left.”

“They’re outnumbered, but not outmatched is what you’re saying, yes?” Iida chimed in. “Considering the circumstances, I presume this five on four matchup is helping you plan for your own stacked match?”

“Yes.” Izuku nodded. “Considering how far Tsuyu and Kaminari have come in training, I suspect they’ll be able to at least even the playing field soon enough. If Shinso can use his quirk right too, they could take the fight to the other class and catch them by surprise.”

“Look, they’re on the move!” Ochako nudged them both.

Indeed they were as Izuku watched Tsuyu and her slime covered teammates advance down three separate paths. It took him a moment to realise it wasn’t actually slime, it was mucus! Mildly stinging, toxic mucus to be specific that Tsuyu had told him about way back during the shipwreck exercise that she could secrete. It didn’t take him another moment to piece together their plan and smile confidently at their increasing chances of success.

All he could do was sit back and watch as Kaminari got engulfed by Shiozaki’s vines and aim an electric shock at the pointer he’d fired earlier that’d stuck to Shishida’s trousers when he was dragged into proximity. Both he and Aizawa made a note to remind the boy not to announce his plans before actually carrying it out which had given Rin the chance to shoot off the target.

Luckily, it somewhat worked in their favour as Shinso managed to get the vocal range of the Scale quirked boy’s voice and use it to trick Shiozaki into his control. Reacting on instinct, Shishida made a dash for the boy he now considered the greatest threat while pointing out Tsuyu’s location to Rin. Communication was breaking down as Rin couldn’t initially spot the girl. Before he could wake up Shiozaki, Tsuyu snatched her out of harm’s way with her tongue, the troublesome girl remaining passive and under Shinso’s control.

With Rin trying to alert Shishida to Tsuyu’s presence, his words fell on deaf ears as Shishida continued his single-minded goal of taking down Shinso. A brief glance over at the beast was all Tsuyu needed to slam her feet into Rin and drop him to the floor.

After punching his way through some obstructing pipes, Shishida rapidly closed in on Shinso, ready to take the inexperienced general studies student down. The boy surprised him with an adept use of an Aizawa imitating scarf that wrapped around a pipe and slammed it into the top of Shishida’s head. While the beast boy gave him credit for trying, he was much tougher than that and closed in on the boy who was now out of options.

Despite getting ample warning to dodge from his teammate that was hurtling towards the back of his head courtesy of Tsuyu’s tongue, Shishida realised the danger too late and was knocked out, along with Rin, when their heads collided.

The remaining class A members let out a cheer of triumph as they watch Shinso instruct Shiozaki to tie up her teammates and drag them to their prison to join Tsuburaba.

“All right!” Ochako lead the cheers.

“Yes! Expertly done.” Iida smiled.

“Between Tsu’s scent changing and Shinso’s modulator, they were able to use the other team’s paranoia against them.” Izuku smiled warmly, glad his friend and girlfriend were able to give a good first showing.

“Brainwashing… a most frustrating quirk.” Todoroki muttered.

“Won’t hear me saying otherwise.” Ojiro agreed.

“Grrr, despite their failures… the team of class A plus Shinso are the winners.” Vlad King reluctantly announced once all of class B were successfully contained in the Nezu-like prison.

With the battle declared, the students on both teams began making their way back to the staging area.


“Everyone listen up.” Aizawa called out as he prepared to go through the results of the first round, turning towards class A’s team first. “Explain what you learned or would do differently.”

Reluctantly, Kirishima removed his headpiece before kicking off the feedback. Only Kaminari was positive about the whole experience, proud his plan had been the one to derail their opponents and lead them to victory.

“Despite the win, Tsu and Kirishima are taking this pretty hard.” Tooru noted as they heard Tsuyu’s downhearted talk about being sloppy after Kirishima felt useless again.

“It’s probably because of their work study experience, right?” Sero muttered. “Going up against the Yakuza in a battle that left the kind of devastation we saw couldn’t’ve been easy, and… they know what’s at stake more than any of us.”

It was an uneasy thought but everyone knew how the raid team had suffered in the days after returning to UA, both after the event itself and attending the funeral of Sir Nighteye.

Kyoka couldn’t help giggling lightly at Kaminari’s enthusiastic posing compared to the more sombre expressions of his teammates, Shinso included.

“Listen up.” Aizawa called out, regaining everyone’s attention. “Kirishima, you should focus on forcing your opponent into a head-on fight.”

“Yes sir.” Kirishima nodded resolutely.

“Koda, it’s exactly as you said.” Aizawa continued. “Increase the accuracy with which you control animals. Don’t rush. Think about your enemies weaknesses.”

The gentle giant nodded in understanding.

“Kaminari!” Aizawa was a little sharper at the dopey blond. “You weren’t serious at the start. Are you only strong if your team’s in trouble?”

“N-No…” Kaminari deflated.

“Asui, focus on how to recover from a mistake instead of the mistake itself.”

“Yes sir.”

“Use what you’ve learned today to improve your future. Dismissed. Now go and get your other notes that I’m sure you’re much more eager to receive.”

“Yes sir!” Class A’s team replied dutifully.

While Shinso was replaying the battle in his head, thinking through exactly how he could’ve reacted differently to better support himself and his team, the other four walked over to Izuku who flipped back through his notebook as they approached.

“W-What is class A doing?” Kaibara asked, watching all four of the 1-A’s first participants approach the greenette. “And what was with that weird dismissal from Mr Eraser?

“I’m not sure, but whatever it is, it could be trouble.” Awase noted.

Back over with Izuku, Kaminari was the first one that wanted to be addressed with some decent feedback.

“Midoriya, help a bro out.” He pleaded. “I didn’t do that badly did I?”

“Mr Aizawa’s right, you guys did start off slow and get caught unawares.” Izuku reluctantly agreed with the teacher. “I’m guessing it was because you were discussing Shinso’s quirk with him.”

“It was insightful and helped us come back after our initial fault.” Tsuyu nodded. “But with Shishida’s size, any one of us should’ve heard him coming.”

“There was no reason for you to immediately set off to take on the enemy.” Izuku noted. “You could’ve stayed at the base for just a little longer to plan while being aware of your surroundings. While the other team drew close, you could’ve started with a quick comeback with that extra planning time.”

“I could’ve even prepared to ambush Shishida if we’d planned for it like Mr Aizawa said.” Kirishima stated. “It would’ve been easy to jail him then and take the lead.”

“Hypotheticals aside,” Izuku continued, “I know you get significantly sharper when you harden Kirishima. I know it’s probably something you’d have to work on, but maybe try tuning your quirk on your arms to become more blade-like. When Shiozaki’s vines got you, you were practically gone already. If you have some control over the exact shape you harden in, you could have sliced some of her vines apart and put up more of a fight.”

“Hey, not a bad idea.” Kirishima smiled, crossing his arms and hardening, noting the inconsistent angles at which his hardened parts took. “Could make some kickass machetes out of these. If I do it right.”

“Or a giant pair of scissors.” Kaminari chuckled. “Looks like rock can beat paper.”

“Shut up man.” Kirishima rolled his eyes.

“Koda,” Izuku turned to the shy boy. “Your bugs dispersed pretty quickly once Shishida got a hold of you. You could’ve easily given him a bad case of fleas or bug bites if you’d just told them to attack him instead of calling them to you. It’s much harder to avoid many tiny projectiles rather than a single swarm.”

“I know…” The quiet boy looked down. “I panicked.”

“It’s okay.” Izuku smiled warmly, reassuring him. “Just don’t forget you’re not the center of distribution for all your companions, you’re the radio tower that relays orders to them.

“R-Right.” Koda nodded.

“What about me Midori!” Kaminari pouted, having asked first.

“You did phenomenally actually Kaminari.” Izuku happily praised the boy. “Aizawa’s right that you should’ve been more on the ball at the start but apart from that, you managed to trick Shishida into grabbing you and giving him a shock that allowed Tsuyu to remove Tsuburaba from the battle. Getting intentionally captured by Shiozaki was smart but you should probably execute your plan before revealing it since it gave Rin a chance to foil it.”

“Urgh, don’t remind me.” Kaminari sulked.

“Only thing I can really think of is to keep improving all around for now. You got lucky Shiozaki brought you so close, you can’t rely on that happening with a villain. Being able to avoid most of her vines through agility and get in close would put you at the same advantage without the fear of her snapping your neck with a few twisted vines.”

“T-That got dark real fast!” Kaminari gulped. “B-But I appreciate it Midoriya.” He grinned. “Gotta go brag to Kacchan about my victory now.”

Izuku, Ochako and Iida chuckled as the trio of students walked away, leaving Tsuyu behind for her feedback.

“A-As for you um… Tsu. You did great out there, even if you got caught off guard at the start.” Izuku praised his girlfriend.

“Thanks, ribbit.” Tsuyu smiled warmly back at him. “Been working on my speed since you chased me down in our own fight.”

“Ah… i-it shows.” Izuku returned the smile. “I know it may not seem it, but you were clearly the M.V.P. of that round. Shinso and Kaminari provided openings but your efforts were the key reason you secured one capture at the start, kept Shiozaki under Shinso’s control, and then took down Rin and Shishida.”

“Tsu’s a badass!” Ochako cheered, pulling her girlfriend into a hug and smooshing their cheeks together.

“Thanks Izuku.” Tsuyu smiled again, reaching out to take the boy’s hand. “I’m trying my best for everything.”

The greenette knew exactly what she was referring to. While he was more than proud of her progress, he still felt bad that she had to push herself due to his and All Might’s gut feelings that things between One-For-All and All-For-One weren’t resolved just yet.

As the trio celebrated the frog girl’s victory together, Iida couldn’t help but glance curiously at Izuku and Tsuyu’s clasped hands. He knew the girl was blunt in her words, but was that extending to her actions? He would have to talk to her after class and let her know about Izuku and Ochako’s blossoming feelings for one another since she was clearly unaware.

By this point, Vlad had already given his class’ team their own feedback, aided by a smug, if slightly irritated, Monoma. While it was a bitter pill for the blond to swallow, he was taking it in stride as the best was yet to come, especially since he chalked their win up to Shinso and was now courting the boy to assist them in coming up with a plan to take down Izuku’s team.

“We… should probably make plans thinking about it.” Izuku mumbled now that his own feedback had been given out. Tsuyu’s team had the disadvantage of going first, but with this short break between rounds, it seemed other teams were getting the same idea and plotting out their tactics ahead of time. “Mina! Come plan with us.”

“You got it Midori!” Mina called out, giving Tooru a kiss on the cheek before departing to plot with her team.

“I should probably join my own team for such discussions too. Excuse me.” Iida begged off the group, making for Ojiro, Shoji and Todoroki.

With that, planning began among everyone.

As the students all discussed their upcoming matches and potential plans, the teachers gathered together off in a corner. Chatter of their own mostly revolved around Shinso and his performance since that’s what the guest teachers were here to help evaluate.

After such an intense first match, All Might couldn’t help looking out proudly among all the gathered students, amazed at how much they’d all grown since he’d first met them all and the passion they’d all retained despite their shared hardships. He only hoped things would continue this way until they were all ready to go out into the world as fully fledged heroes.

The short break in proceedings didn’t last long however as Vlad Kind gathered up his breath to call a start to the next round.

“Second round teams to the field!” He yelled.

“Good luck. Be safe.” Kyoka whispered to Momo, giving her hand a small squeeze before the heiress departed with a reassuring smile.

“We got this Yaomomo!” Tooru cheered, squeezing the heiress in a brief hug as they departed along with Tokoyami and Aoyama.

“I believe we have a very strong team.” Momo nodded. “The others will have to earn their victory, of that I’m certain.”

“Hey, Yaoyorozu?” Kendo asked curiously as her own team walked alongside class A’s. “I have to ask, why weren’t you in the beauty pageant during the autumn festival?”

As Momo explained her lack of knowledge about the event to her class B companion while the two teams walked to the battlefield together, everyone else’s gaze returned to the screens to observe the section of industrial area where this part of the exercise would be taking place.

“Who do you think’s got this one?” Kaminari asked, relaxing after his hard fought victory.

“My money’s on our class but that’s clearly biased.” Sero shrugged. “We already know not to underestimate class B but they could pull out some surprises.”

“You bet we will!” Monoma grinned, intentionally overhearing their conversation and butting in. “Our Kendo’s been working hard on her quirk since some losers around campus keep trying to lump her in with Yaoyorozu. They clearly don’t understand how superior our dear rep has become thanks to her hard work.”

“Dude.” Kaminari dead panned while Kyoka gripped her fist, urging herself not to stab the annoying blond.

“You can’t deny we’re kind at a disadvantage too.” Sato muttered. “I don’t know about you guys, but I feel like we haven’t seen much of class B’s quirks.”

“You’re right.” Shoji nodded. “We didn’t get much of a chance to during the camp.”

“Or the sports fest but that one was at least by design, even if it didn’t work out for them.” Sero chuckled at Monoma who looked a tad uneasy at that last jab. Needless to say the members of the class who’d gone along with his plan still remembered and blamed him for their less than notable number of requests by Pro Heroes after the event.

“We can always rely on our class rep.” Tetsutetsu declared proudly. “She’d been itching for a chance to separate herself out from Yaoyorozu after that commercial they both starred in.”

“Oh yeah, we got a couple fans cheering for her at the concert.” Mina noted. “Our girl’s getting more popular by the day.”

“Don’t underestimate the rest of them.” Honenuki warned. “Kuroiro is more than a match for Tokoyami and Fukidashi’s got quite an arsenal of effects. Also, she may look cute, but Komori is… scary.”

“Wait, the girl with the mushroom gimmick?” Kyoka quirked a brow, glancing at the other boys who were suddenly sweating just a little too much for it to be an act.

“Hopefully she won’t use her last resort against your friends.” Tokage chuckled. “But if they push her, that girl has no mercy.”

Kyoka and the rest of the class could only look up eagerly at the screen as both teams made last minute discussions.

“Both teams are at their bases, and now, it’s time.” Vlad Kind muttered before taking a deep breath. “Team Kendo, tear them to pieces! Start the second match!”

“Hey!” Both Mina and Kyoka objected to their rival class’ teacher’s commentary once again, joined by Kaminari, Ojiro and Sero.


“We’ll start reconnaissance immediately.” Momo called out to Tokoyami as the group ran forward, not wanting to give the enemy the benefit of preparation time. “If you please.”

“Roger.” The bird headed boy nodded. “Now Dark Shadow!”

“Got it!” The being of darkness stretched out from Tokoyami’s stomach, twisting and turning around the battlefield ahead of them at speed.

“Report back when you find the enemy.” Tokoyami ordered, just to be clear to the dark construct.

“Leave it to me!”

With that, the yellow, glowing eyes of Dark Shadow soared off into the darkness of the industrial pipes, sniffing out the opposing team. As they ran, Momo created four earpieces for her team, the group slipping them into place easily. Unlike class B’s previous efforts, they wouldn’t be hindered by the lack of communication.

It didn’t take long for the quirk to locate his targets, relaying the information back through his connection to Tokoyami.

“Dark Shadow’s found our opponents,” he declared. “They’re located near the chimneys.”

“I’m not certain of how they’ve all developed their quirks.” Momo warned as the group proceeded after the shadow. “But I’m certain we’ll have the upper hand soon enough.”

“How can you be so sure?” Tooru asked curiously.

“Because right now,” Momo glanced at the quivering trail of Dark Shadow’s path. “They think they’re the only ones that have been paying attention to quirk interaction.”

“Mon amie?” Aoyama turned a questioning eye towards the confident vice representative.

“Focus on your quirk for a moment Can’t Stop Twinkling. We may need it sooner than you expect. You too Invisible Girl.” Momo called out. “Tsukuyomi, how is dark shadow’s power level?”

“Falling.” Tokoyami stated. “The further he is from me the less time he lasts. We won’t have too much longer.”

“It should be enough.” Momo nodded, watching for the moment she suspected might come.

“Speak of the devil.” Aoyama announced, the first to spot Dark Shadow’s return, though Tokoyami paused just for a moment as his familiar was acting… off.

“Stay back!” Tokoyami called out in surprise as Dark Shadow raised a fist to his partner and stuck him strongly in the chest.

Momo, knowing something like this was coming, turned and gave her orders.

“Twinkling, Invisible, light Dark Shadow up!”

It took Aoyama a moment to process the order, wondering why he was being directed to attack his own companion but by the time he’d primed his belly button laser to fire, Tooru’s trust in her girlfriend had led her to fire with barely a moment’s notice.

“Warp Refraction: say ‘cheese’!” She announced, turning back to light up the area with all the refracted light she could.

Dark Shadow’s punch had sent Tokoyami sailing into some nearby piping but the quirk reactions of Tooru and her light attack sent the quirk shrinking and scurrying back into Tokoyami to recover. Momo’s suspicions were confirmed as a somewhat confused Kuroiro was ejected from the quirk, landing a few feet from Tokoyami’s downed position.

“Can’t Stop Twinkling! Fire!” Momo called out, again, preparing her next reaction to the situation inside herself.

Aoyama didn’t need to hesitate this time and fired off a well-aimed beam straight into Kuroiro’s chest, sending him crashing right next to Tokoyami, his head impacting the wall hard enough to leave him fuzzy.

“Nice shot!” Tooru called out.

“H-How…” Kuroiro groaned as he began pushing himself to his feet. “That should’ve taken you longer.”

Instead of replying, a grenade launcher tube formed on Momo’s outstretched palm before a circular round shot out, impacting the boy squarely on the forehead and sending his ears ringing.

“Invisible Girl, can you focus light on his form consistently?” Momo asked as she approached their downed opponent, generating a pair of cuffs in her hands even Tsuyu might have a hard time breaking out of. Not Izuku though.

“You got it.” Tooru announced, focusing her quirk into her chest, drawing all the light currently hitting her to that point and focusing it in an area wide enough to ensure Kuroiro was completely covered. This new technique had an unusual effect that others viewing the match from afar as well as her fellow teammates were only just noticing. “Warp Spotlight!”

With this new technique’s power, there were no shadows left for Kuroiro to escape into as Momo cuffed him.

“To answer your question.” Momo began explaining to her opponent. “You gave your plan away when you spoke to Tokoyami earlier. He knew your quirk beforehand and filled us in. Using a bit of creative interpretation, I made a prediction about how your two quirks could possibly interact. ”

Kuroiro grimaced as his own emotional trap was used against him. She knew he’d be targeting Tokoyami and somehow managed to perfectly counter him when he struck. It was only supposed to be a distraction so he could grab someone weak like Tooru or Aoyama but they’d been too prepared. He’d failed.

“We’re still close to base.” Tokoyami muttered as he was now back on his feet, though his pride was still wounded. “Allow me to escort our prisoner to the darkness of jail.”

“We’ll all go.” Momo announced, calling Aoyama and Tooru back over. “While it will give our opponents more time to prepare, they’re down an essential member for now. It could also be that they know our current location from Invisible Girl’s flash so we should retreat for now.”

“An inspired decision.” Aoyama agreed as the quartet packed up their prisoner and returned the short distance to their prison where he was swiftly deposited.

After taking a brief moment to regain their breath, Tooru broached the topic of their next move.

“So what’s next?”

“Mayhaps we should simply defend?” Aoyama offered. “Should the timer expire, we will secure our victory, non?”

“In this battle, yes,” Tokoyami agreed, “but we will lose out on valuable experience not easily obtained.”

“Tokoyami’s right; they’ve lost their eyes and ears, this is our best chance to strike and glean a decisive victory.” Momo concurred. “By now they’ve probably realised what’s happened so here’s how I believe we should proceed.”

Kuroiro admittedly shuddered as he listened in on class A’s plan of attack. While he had much faith in his classmates, this might be too much for them to overcome.


“All right! That’s one down.” Mina cheered as she watched her girls work together to catch Kuroiro by surprise.

“Damnit. Wasn’t that the same plan as last match?” Awase complained. “Of course 1-A are gonna expect it if we pull out the same moves.”

“I don’t believe our dear abyssal being to be that careless.” Ibara noted sadly. “Nor our class representative.”

“Kendo probably had some sort of idea but looks like it went to shit.” Tokage chuckled. “Seems even she underestimated class A’s response times.”

“Momo’s awesome!” Mina grinned. “And my Starlight is no slouch either.”

“Starlight?” Tokage quirked a brow. “You dating Mr Twinkling out there?”

“Nah, she’s with uh… Invisible Girl?” Rin queried, hoping he’d gotten her hero name right. “Didn’t you see them earlier?”

“Yup!” Mina flashed them a smirk.

“Damn,” Tokage sighed, though she flashed Mina a cheeky grin. “That’s two hotties off the market. Guess I better find a new pink girl to crush on.”

“W-Wait what…” Mina blinked as a blush slowly coloured our cheeks.

“Don’t take her too seriously.” Kamakiri rolled his eyes. “Tokage flirts with anyone.”

“Not everyday she admits a crush though.” Awase noted.

“I… genuinely can’t tell if you’re being serious or not.” Mina eyed the group carefully.

“Maybe I’m just trying to throw you off your game.” Tokage smirked. “Or maybe you and your cute-ass girlfriend might wanna come back to my room and party later.”

Mina had to double take at that, along with a couple of the boys. The spell was broken by Tokage’s laughter at the blush rising up Mina’s cheeks.

“Hooo it’s been a while; everyone else is used to my schtick by now.” She chuckled after a few moments. “If I can get you this bad, who wants me to try it on greeny over there?” Izuku was pointed out. “Chances are he’d either go to the moon or faint right off.”

“Don’t try it.” Mina shook her head and returned to the moment. “You should focus on your own match rather than trying to sabotage us.” She jerked her thumb over to Bakugo. “You’ve really got your work cut out for you if you’re gonna beat blasty after all.”

Tokage broke into another round of giggles as Bakugo looked curiously over his shoulder, away from the screen at the mention of his Mina-based nickname.

“Yeah, we got a plan for ‘blasty’.” Tokage chuckled. “Just make sure you watch me during that match.” She purred again, lidding her eyes at Mina. “You might like what you see.”

While Mina was fighting down bad thoughts that didn’t involve most of her poly-partners, Izuku was busy scribbling away at his notebook.

“Momo’s reaction time has improved to scary levels, either that or she somehow managed to predict that Kuroiro was able to hide inside Dark Shadow and manipulate him but even then that’s something I hadn’t even considered. Did she know his quirk and improvements ahead of time by talking to members of class 1-B or was this just her natural intellect at work. Still, Aoyama’s delayed response and Tooru’s implicit trust in her gave them just enough time to reveal him then immediately land a shot. I doubt he was expecting as much but this had to have been a risk 1-B considered…”

“He’s gone.” Ochako chuckled, watching Izuku mumble to himself.

“We should just leave him to it, ribbit.” Tsuyu smiled fondly at her boyfriend.

“Still, it was an impressive bit of foresight and reaction by Yaoyorozu.” Iida drew their attention back to the board as their class’ team set off once more. “She’s clearly been training hard.”

“We all have.” Tsuyu revealed. “Remember when we wanted to test our skills against Izuku? Well we didn’t stop training together after that, it was just less frequent.”

“Oh?” Iida blinked.

“I’m surprised you boys don’t group up more.” Kyoka rolled her eyes. “Fighting against Tsuyu now and then helped me up my reaction time and speed.”

“I picked up some ideas from fighting against someone I couldn’t see.” Ochako giggled, remembering her sparring sessions with Tooru.

“Momo’s grown the most though.” Tsuyu smiled. “Considering her quirk, there’s very little she can’t do. She just needs to be able to think to apply it in the right way.”

Their attentions collectively resettled on the main screen as class A had sighted class B and were beginning their attack.


“I’ve spotted them.” Tokoyami relayed through his created earpiece, hidden on one of the upper levels amongst the industrial pipes. “They’re now in a small clearing about a hundred meters west of the chimney area from before.”

“I see, so they haven’t moved to counter attack our earlier position. Suspicious.” Momo pondered, thinking on what she knew of their opponents’ remaining quirks.

“Should we lure them out?” Tooru whispered from nearby.

“There’s no guarantee they’ll take the bait; they’re on guard already.” Momo replied softly. “We stick with the original plan. Everyone ready?”

“Oui.”

“Roger.” Tooru whispered.

“All set.” Tokoyami declared before removing his cloak, allowing Dark Shadow to take cover underneath before leaping into the air. The first move was his and like a sinister bird of prey he planned to strike swiftly and accurately.

He smirked triumphantly as he rose into place, directly above the opposing three enemies. Being so open to the sun’s rays, he knew the little of Dark Shadow that was exposed wouldn’t last too long without a break to recharge and made his move.

“Now!”

At once, he dived down, aiming to swoop in and take out Komori, or Fukidashi, whichever gave him the better opening.

Unfortunately, as Momo, Tooru and Aoyama dashed around their hiding places and made to attack, they caught sight of a surprised enemy team, but only for a moment.

“You’re up Shemage!” Kendo yelled quickly when she first spotted Momo leaving her hiding place.

“Mushy Explosion!” Komori called out.

From under their feet, a giant Portobello mushroom emerged and rose quickly, sending Komori, Kendo, and Fukidashi out of reach of the three floor based heroes while Tokoyami was forcefully landed on the mushroom top as it rose to meet him. From his close inspection of the surface of the ‘shroom, he noticed that it wasn’t actually one mushroom but hundreds of smaller mushrooms growing on top of each other.

“Ka-clink!” Fukidashi called out, the onomatopoeia characters swirling around Tokoyami’s wrists and ankles before solidifying into a steel-like appearance, turning into makeshift cuffs.

“What the-!” Tokoyami gasped as he felt himself restrained.

“Gleam!” Fukidashi chuckled evilly as the words were placed over Tokoyami’s chest where they started sparkling like the sun. Dark Shadow let out a cry of pain before retreating back into Tokoyami for protection.

“They’re getting away!” Aoyama called out helplessly as he, Tooru and Momo could only watch the mushroom grow ever taller.

“Sorry about that.” Kendo taunted. “You take our heart of darkness, we take yours. Only fair right?”

“No way!” Tooru puffed up her cheeks. “Get back down here and fight like heroes!”

“Maybe when the odds are a little more in our favour.” Fukidashi chuckled. “Zzz.”

Tokoyami cringed as the sleep inducing letters floated towards him, their aura lulling him into a forceful doze.

“That should do it.” Kendo nodded. “Sorry to cut and run but we’ve left you a parting gift.”

“Cute little mushrooms for everyone!” Komori declared cheerfully.

Almost at once, the entire area was practically caked in mushrooms of all shapes and sizes. Much to the remaining students’ horror, they all started sprouting mushrooms on their form as well.

“Ew, ew, ew, ew, ew!” Tooru tried to brush off as many as she could, very conscious they were covering her form and making her visible in a very unflattering way.

“Non! Too many champignons!” Aoyama cursed, trying to brush the frustrating fungus off of his fabulous cloak.

“Focus!” Momo called out, brushing a stray mushroom out of her eyeline. “They’re escaping!”

The heiress was right as Kendo, with Fukidashi and Komori clenched in one giant hand, and a sleeping Tokoyami clutched in the other leapt off the top of the still growing mushroom and presumably towards their prison.

“Let’s go!” Momo called out, taking off at an unsteady run across the unstable surface of mushrooms.

“There’s too many!” Tooru groaned, not having any luck with reducing the growing mushroom population on her body.

“I fear the match will become even once more momentarily.” Aoyama sighed.

Momo wasn’t giving up that easily though. She’d trained through blood, sweat and tears to get to where she was now and losing Tokoyami to a sneaky counter like this wasn’t something she was going to give up without a fight.

If this were real and it was one of her girls, she’d fight tooth and nail to avoid a situation like this.

Thinking quickly, she searched her memory banks for targeting goggles and produced the device as fast as she could, tossing it into Tooru’s fumbling hands.

“You two, find higher ground together.” Momo ordered before crouching down to prime her legs, unsnapping her cloak from around her neck. “Make sure you are able to assist when I need you.”

“What are you-” Aoyama tried to reply only to watch as four study looking metal poles pushed themselves out of Momo’s soles, launching the heiress up into the air and away from the majority of the problematic mushrooms that had made the floor their canvas.

“Trust Creati.” Tooru declared, brushing yet more mushrooms off herself, not surprised by Momo’s newest costume revelation. “Come on, there’s some service stairs over here to start.”


It was easier to breathe now.

Landing on a pipe before producing more rods from her feet to propel herself again, Momo realised just how damp feeling the area behind her was which likely only helped facilitate Komori’s quirk. She could see the offending opponent running on the ground below her alongside Kendo and Fukidashi with Tokoyami still out cold. Clearly they believed their head start to be enough to evade the remainder of her team.

Grinning at their overconfidence, the heiress performed one more leap to fly over them at an angle, producing and tossing down a weighted net at the same time before landing safely, her boots cushioning her fall.

Momo had worked with Tsuyu and Izuku to request these boots that would not only allow her to land much more safely from heights but allowed her to produce resource-light jumping aids from her feet to give her much more mobility. These boots were going through their first proper field test now but, thanks to Momo’s ability to create crude imitations, she already had a leg up from practising with replicas.

Spotting the incoming shadow of the net, Fukidashi turned and took in a deep breath.

“Shhhinnng!” He called out, producing shining silver letters that were deadly sharp at the edges to slice through Momo’s net before dispersing harmlessly in the air.

The trio of fleeing class B members stopped and turned to face Momo directly who was stationed on a roof above them.

“Surrender villains!” She shouted down at them. “You cannot escape.”

“We weren’t trying to.” Kendo grinned, the heiress having fallen for her second trap. “Fukidashi!”

“Dun dun duuun!” The comic based student called out.

Momo gasped as giant stone letters grew in size and crashed to the ground from the direction they’d come from. There was definitely a chunk of collateral damage done as pipes and structures caved under the might of the heavy blocks of text. With that, they’d cut off Momo’s easy retreat and any hope of backup arriving.

“You’re in truffle now!” Komori giggled cutely while preparing a battle stance.

“Ready Fukidashi?” Kendo asked, holding out the still unconscious Tokoyami to the boy.

“Got it.” He nodded. The plan was to get Tokoyami to the prison and return as soon as possible. This way, even if Momo played for time, the match would at least end in a draw. It wasn’t a decisive victory but they’d cleanly eliminated two of the others from interfering any further. He had complete trust his class representative would be able to handle class A’s vice-representative until he returned.

“No you don’t!” Momo raised her hand, preparing to produce her trusty launcher, filled with a gooey grenade round to restrain the boy before her could escape with her teammate.

Before she could though, Kendo had leapt into the air, thrusting an enlarged fist towards her that she had to hastily jump back to dodge.

“Your team is missing their brain, now I just have to defeat you with brawn!”

The martial artist girl kept up her attack, lunging for a second strike at Momo. The heiress erected a hasty shield of tungsten which crumpled unusually easily under Kendo’s strength. Momo had to give it to the girl, her quirk was simple but she’d trained it incredibly well so far. While it was a shame she couldn’t rescue Tokoyami by herself, she had to trust her girlfriend and fellow teammate knew what to do to make up for her shortcoming.


“Are we sure… we should be… up here?” Aoyama gasped as he and Tooru now stood near the top of one of the chimney stacks on some service scaffolding, both having brushed off most of the mushrooms from their forms, though a couple still remained here and there.

“Momo said to get up high, there was clearly a reason for that.” Tooru explained simply. Looking around, she could see practically the whole battlefield from here, even… even the enemy jail! It would be clear if there was anyone in it but the cell remained empty, unlike their own.

“Tokoyami’s not been caught yet.” Tooru explained, peering through the gaps in the piping to see if she could see Momo or the others.

With a crash, a giant set of words appeared a few hundred meters to the right of their opponent’s jail. If Tooru was a betting girl, she’d put money on Momo having caught up to their enemy.

“What should we do mademoiselle?” Aoyama asked nervously, glancing at the googles Momo had provided them. “Even if we can see the battle taking place, I’m afraid my laser will not be able to stretch such a distance.”

Another crash echoed throughout the training ground as Tooru could barely make out someone in Kendo’s colours attacking what was probably Momo.

“I… I don’t know.” Tooru gripped the railing in frustration. She wasn’t the dullest bulb but there had to be something she was missing they could do to help, right?”

“Invisible Girl? Twinkling? Are you in position?” Momo’s voice spoke through their earpieces.

“We’re here Creati.” Tooru replied quickly. “By the chimneys. What do we do?”

“Fukidashi was able to escape.” Momo replied with a gasp as she used her increased agility to propel herself away from Kendo again. “Pressure him with lasers until he drops Tokoyami!”

“How?!” Aoyama asked desperately. “It isn’t within my power!”

“Channel it through Invisible Girl.” Momo replied with a grunt. “Tooru, use that focusing technique of yours on the laser blasts, the smaller and tighter you make them, the further they’ll go.”

“Like Bakugo!” Tooru gasped as she realised who Momo was being inspired by from their hostage exercise. Donning the goggles, she stood in front of Aoyama and adjusted her vision, zooming in on the end goal. “Aoyama, when I say, hit me with everything you’ve got.”

“E-Everything?” The French boy worried.

“Not everything, everything but your strongest attack in short bursts.” Tooru explained. “We’ve practised this remember?”

“That was nothing like this!” Aoyama worried, not wanting to shoot his friend with his quirk in the back. The concept disgusted him already.

Tooru’s eyes widened as she saw Fukidashi’s colourful form emerge from the piping, making a dash for the jail.

“Aoyama, now!” Tooru called out, sucking in deep lungful’s of air before flexing her quirk all around her.

“Forgive me!” Aoyama cried, reluctantly firing off his laser at Tooru.

His worries were thankfully unfounded as, much like in training, the beam curved around Hagakure’s form. He was surprised the girl had come so far to be able to do it using just her quirk’s natural field rather than focusing with her hands but they were currently occupied acting as a makeshift targeting reticule.

Compressing the energy as best she could, Tooru fired it from between her outstretched hands towards her target. The first few got most of the way to their goal before petering out but the invisible heroine-in-training wasn’t about to give up there. Gritting her teeth and tensing her stomach, she clamped down on the energy field in front of her, forcing Aoyama’s beams to become even tighter. Her renewed effort was not for naught as Fukidashi jumped to the side in shock when one of the projectile’s narrowly missed him.

“What the…” He squinted off towards the direction the beam had come but saw nothing. Being a stationary target, even for that short time though, was enough for Tooru to land a hit in his stomach. It stung but his inkwell chest piece had taken most of the damage. Looking over at the jail, it wasn’t far and he quickly dodged the next blast that came his way.

“Rapid fire Aoyama!” Tooru declared, sucking in another deep breath. It was risky, she knew, since refining those previous blasts had taken its toll on her quirk; namely through that pressure in her head. The back of her head itched and stung but it wasn’t as bad as it had been at other times. She could probably get one more round of quirk-fire out of herself before it became too much for her.

Dutiful as ever, Aoyama released his stunning navel laser at the girl once again who didn’t need to find her equilibrium to refine his quirk this time. In a flash, lasers peppered the area around Fukidashi as he tried to avoid getting hit as well as letting Tokoyami get struck since it would likely wake the boy up.

He considered that was likely his opponent’s goal though and knew it was time to defend himself, even if it was a tad overkill.

“Dun dun dun!” He called out, the stone letters again taking shape and forming a strong barrier against the onslaught of blasts. The enhanced navel laser attacks impacted harmlessly on the defence he’d called forth and Fukidashi breathed a sigh of relief, knowing he was now safe from attack in the shade of his quirk-produced words and could deliver Tokoyami safely to jail.

“Hello darkness… my old friend.” A sinister voice spoke from beside Fukidashi’s head. He turned quickly to witness the smug maw of Dark Shadow having emerged from Tokoyami’s back, the boy’s front pointed away from them both along with the light emitting words stuck to his front. “Gotcha!”

“Nooo- mmmpf!” Fukidashi was silenced as Dark Shadow’s enlarged hand engulfed his head before slamming him up against the stone words, knocking the boy out cleanly while Tokoyami ungracefully dropped to the floor on his beak.

The shock was enough to rouse the boy from his induced slumber and quickly tried to regain his bearings.

“W-Where am I? Did we lose?”

“Nah, we’re still winnin’ thanks to me.” Dark Shadow chuckled, glancing over at the enemy prison they’d been mere meters from entering.


With Momo’s instructions given to Tooru, the heiress could only hope her girlfriend could make the play she suspected would occur. Forced to create another barrier to block Kendo’s latest, unrelenting strike, she felt she could now focus on the task at hand, namely taking down the two remaining class B members.

“You’re flagging Yaoyorozu!” Kendo grinned triumphantly, having forced Momo back into a corner. “Allow me to strike the final blow!”

With one last thrust, Kendo’s mighty palms blew away Momo’s final set of shields. The surprised look she expected to see on Momo’s face was instead plastered on hers as a grenade popped out from Momo’s stomach with no clear pin visible. The black haired girl then looked like she was trying to minimise damage to herself by crouching down as something began forming on her back.

Flashbang, smoke, rubber bullet; the grenade could’ve been anyone of those types and more considering her opponent. It was all Kendo could do to raise her hands in front of her to block whatever happened next.

Apparently Momo was as crazy as she though as both of them got caught in a large gooey explosion. The class B student felt one of her palms become caked in the stuff while the other got away with only minor splashes. Already she could feel it was hard to move her hand and flexed her fingers curiously. The substance held tight, but she was able to shrink her hand down so she could at least see the mutual destruction her class A companion had inflicted upon herself.

Instead of seeing the heiress covered head to toe in the same goop, a large rubber-like sphere was set in her place though it was still drenched in the black, gooey substance that pinned it to the wall.

A hissing sound emerged from the sphere and it rapidly began deflating as a knife punctured it from the inside. Unwrapping herself cautiously, Momo Yaoyorozu stood up from the rubber ball, using it as untarnished ground to observe her entrapped opponent.

“I believe you thought that separating me from my teammates was a good idea.” Momo giggled playfully. “In a battle of strength and endurance, you would surely win, but I have resources on my side.”

“I was hoping you wouldn’t have time to think.” Kendo growled, testing to see if she could pull her hand free from the stickiness that tied her to the ground.

“I thought through this possible scenario before I separated from my team.” Momo smiled. “You made the smart play, just not smart enough.”

“But maybe sneaky enough.” Kendo smirked. “Shemage!”

“Whoopsie, is that my cue, shroom?” Komori appeared from around a nearby pipe, her spore and dampness guns in her hands. “Did you really think we’d lead you down this path at random?”

At once, mushrooms of all varieties began sprouting in the surrounding area, including over the goo that restrained Kendo.

If they wanted Momo to look worried, again, they were mistaken. When Komori tried to activate her quirk on the spores she were sure would have covered Momo by now after Kendo had tossed her around the area, she found there were none on her person.

“While it was incredibly hasty, I predicted you’d come after me with Komori’s quirk once I subdued you.” She grinned. “Inside that protective sphere I produced is a healthy amount of anti-fungal spray that now covers my skin. Just give up, you’ve both lost.”

Kendo admittedly looked a little uneasy at that, though Komori started laughing. After a moment, it turned a tad sadistic.

“Just give it some time. My mushroomy friends really grow on you.” She giggled. “Or rather… in you.”

When Momo opened her mouth to question that unusual response, she found herself suddenly short of breath with her airway partially blocked. Whatever was in there seemed to be growing and her throat capacity was only getting smaller.

Admittedly, Momo began panicking as she collapsed to the floor, her rapidly dwindling supply of air being used up with every passing second.

“I’d be such a bad shroom if I didn’t use this when we need it. Little schizophyllum commune isn’t a typical cutie but it sure does go for the throat when my other cuties can’t cut it.”

Could she create something in her throat to clear the blockage and sterilise herself? The same combination of chemicals she used on her skin would be too deadly to drink, not to mention useless since the mushrooms were already growing inside her windpipe. Hastily she reached for her wristbands to try and find something to help her get rid of the invading fungus but thanks to Kendo’s relentless assault, both of her bands were unresponsive.

‘N-No… I’m… blacking out!’ Momo thought as the world began darkening around the edges of her vision. She heard a voice speak into her ear but the words were fuzzy and she lost the ability to comprehend them. ‘I-I can’t! I need to… need to…’

Kendo breathed a sigh of relief as Momo all but collapsed, though it was a tad concerning.

“You sure she’ll be okay?” She asked Komori quickly.

“She’ll be fine shroom.” Komori waved away. “Though I should probably give her one of my special lozenges. My little communes might’ve had a bit too much growing power if she went down that fast; had to overcompensate for that horrible substance that harms my poor cuties.”

“Oh really?” A muffled voice spoke.

Both Kendo and Komori felt a shiver run down their spines, the pair turning to see Tokoyami hovering behind them silently, being carried by Dark Shadow’s form which required no noisy flapping. Clutched in one of Dark Shadow’s hands was Fukidashi while Komori flinched at spotting Tokoyami’s cloak firmly covering his beak.

“You may have finally managed to best Creati through trickery but you’ll find only pain if you continue down this shadowed path. Surrender now.”

Kendo tried to pull herself free once more to no avail and when Komori tried to run she was snagged and restrained by Dark Shadow’s other hand. Reaching over with his own hands, Tokoyami pulled a tin of sweets from Komori’s belt.

“I’m guessing these are the ones that’ll clear up that annoying fungus?” He asked rhetorically, stepping over the sludge using the produced mushrooms as a platform before lifting Momo into a sitting position and popping one in her mouth, rubbing her neck lightly to help tease the sweet down.

The lozenge dissolved quickly on Momo’s tongue and the liquid travelled down her throat, causing the quirk-produced fungus to harmlessly break down. The heiress coughed and spluttered as her faculties began returning to her, smiling weakly but gratefully up at Tokoyami.

“After all that.” Kendo sighed, trying to grip her fist in frustration. “Guess I still have some work to do before I catch up to you Yaoyorozu.”

The heiress wanted to reply and tell her that if not for her recent training, she may well have come out the loser of this match instead of the victor but her throat was still scratchy and sore so she opted instead for a smile and thumbs up, hoping to catch up with the girl later to reassure her.

“No fair, we totally had you!” Komori squirmed in Dark Shadow’s grip.

“Were it not for my teammates astounding abilities and teamwork, you most certainly would have.” Tokoyami acknowledged.

“Shiitake!” Komori pouted.


Class A let out a cheer as their team was declared the victors for a second time.

While they waited for the eight students to return, Aizawa couldn’t help sending a slightly smug look over at Vlad who was groaning and complaining to himself.

“That’s two and oh!” Kirishima fist pumped, his teeth flashing from his wide grin.

“Man, come on!” Tetsutetsu pounded the ground. “Even Kendo couldn’t pull out a win?! What the hell!”

“Are we underestimating class A again?” Shoda pondered, glancing over at Monoma who was on all fours, staring at the ground in a mixture of disbelief and despondency.

“The fact that those three aren’t scared about a three on five makes it almost obvious.” Honenuki pointed out Izuku, Mina and Ochako.

“What kind of training has Mr Aizawa been putting them through?” Tokage quirked a brow.

“Spooky.” Yanagi agreed.

“I’m glad Yaoyorozu was able to pull this plan off.” Todoroki nodded.

“Our Creati will grow into a top class leader one day. All these ‘Plus Ultra’ moments are oh so stimulating.” Midnight purred.

“Knew she could pull it off.” Kyoka grinned up at her girlfriend, even if she did want to go punch that mushroom girl for her sneaky trick.

“Yaoyorozu had complete trust in her teammates and it paid off.” Izuku agreed, though he knew there was a touch more behind it than that. It was clear Tooru and Aoyama were a deadly combination with how much they’d practised together and Tooru’s better handling of her quirk allowed her to improvise a move that saved the day. That’s not to mention getting to see Tokoyami’s new power of flight for the first time since hearing about it from their training exercise with the big three.

Shinso watched the screen curiously but ultimately said nothing.

When the teams both returned to the meeting spot, much like the previous students, they were lined up to get their feedback. Vlad King apparently couldn’t control his frustration and went first.

“What happened out there? Not only did you lose but Fukidashi, you destroyed a chunk of the battle zone with your quirk and I know we’ve gone over collateral damage before.”

“Sorry sir.” He apologized.

“You did what you could.” Vlad King admitted. “Your versatility has risen at least, good job on those restraints for Tokoyami. If it hadn’t been for Hagakure and Aoyama’s combination you would’ve succeeded in completely disabling him.”

“T-Thanks sir.” Fukidashi nodded.

“Hmph, as for you Komori, you had Yaoyorozu dead to rights at the end as well as removing the other two from the battle for the most part, what happened there?”

“Tokoyami had his cloak around his mouth, I couldn’t get him with any ‘shrooms that would stop him.” She replied.

“Why didn’t you engage in physical combat then?” Vald asked. “I told you to increase your combat abilities; that means hand-to-hand as well!”

“But muscles don’t look cute!”

“Heathen!” Mina sent a mild glare at the girl.

“Of course you think that.” Kyoka rolled her eyes.

Vlad sighed before continuing down the line.

“Kuroiro, that was a good trick and it’s clear you’ve improved your quirk, but never count on something like that working for long. You ventured too far into enemy territory with no backup. On a less competent team, that might have worked, but let this be a lesson to you not to underestimate your opponents’ intelligence or reaction times.”

“Yes sir.” He nodded downcast.

“Kendo.” Vlad came to the leader of their team.

“Yes sir?”

“Your first plan failed but you made the best with what you had remaining. Going after Yaoyorozu was the smart choice, however you completely disregarded the others, considering them easy pickings without their leader. Every enemy should be thought of as competent in their own right and leaving those two together was the single mistake that unravelled your second plan.”

“I understand sir.” Kendo nodded dejectedly.

“Take heart though.” Vlad reassured her. “While it didn’t pan out, you made the best of your teammates’ skills and your own to keep the pressure on class A. Your leadership and analysis abilities are coming along nicely, don’t let one loss bring you down.”

“Yes sir.” Kendo sighed, trying to gather up what was left of her pride.

“Aizawa?” Vlad glanced over at his fellow teacher.

“Right.” The tired one nodded before addressing his own class. “While you pulled out a win, there was a moment when it was do or die, all or nothing. Those moments should not occur in the first place if you can help it; which you could.” The four students gulped. “Yaoyorozu, I understand your desire not to let a single classmate get captured, but going after the three of them alone when you had two teammates counting on you was reckless; seems you’ve been learning too much from a certain someone.”

Momo had the good sense to avoid Aizawa’s gaze and blush lightly at that. If it was within her power, she wanted to save Tokoyami. It only ended with her compromised and at the mercy of Komori and a trapped Kendo but she’d succeeded even if she’d… oooh. Her behaviour had been a tad Izuku-ish but she could certainly understand why the boy did what he does now.

“Yes sir!” Momo nodded sincerely. “I shall do better next time.”

“See that you do.” Aizawa rolled his eyes at the excessive response. “Tokoyami, good use of Dark Shadow but your opponents were able to use that to isolate you. While I doubt they knew about your new ability ahead of time, judging from their reactions, it only served to benefit them. Part of the blame falls to Yaoyorozu’s planning but if something doesn’t feel right then speak up.”

“Understood.” Tokoyami nodded, a tad frustrated he’d been caught off guard and unconscious for a chunk of the battle.

“Aoyama,” Aizawa turned to the boy. “Your reaction times could do with some improving but it worked out in this instance. As before, I see your quirk use has improved but keep working on negating those negative aspects.”

“Y-Yes sir.” Aoyama nodded, hoping for a loo break after this feedback session, even if he could hold it a little longer thanks to his training.

“Hagakure, ensure you keep a level head under pressure, you and Aoyama both panicked for a moment there.”

“Yes sir.” Tooru sighed, still feeling a pang of pain in her head from her final push. “It went wrong so fast though.”

“These things happen.” Aizawa acknowledged. “But with a calm head, your intelligence and training can prevail. I know you’ve been practising as a pair and that improvised move could’ve been suggested by either one of you considering your improvements recently. Instead, you both left the thinking entirely to Yaoyorozu.”

“Yes sir.” The invisible girl replied again. “It’s just been a lot recently.”

“I understand that,” Aizawa nodded. “But no one ever said being a hero was going to be easy. Knowing your own skills and abilities is vital when working with others, not just getting along with each other. As it is, you’ve proven exactly why you’re here. Your willingness to explore these new avenues of your quirk has given you a much more versatile range of abilities than one would suspect on the surface. Well done.”

“Thank you sir!” Tooru smiled gratefully with her part finished.

“As it is, well done for managing to pull a win out of the jaws of defeat. Let this be a lesson to you on pre-empting counters to your own skills. Villains will have the upper hand in the world and it’s not uncommon for some to group up and try to assassinate a particular hero with particular counter quirks and skills. You need to all be well rounded as a whole to evade and survive those situations. Understood?”

“Yes sir!”

“Dismissed.” Aizawa released them with a sigh, watching the second quartet head over to Midoriya once more.

“I don’t get it Aizawa.” Vlad murmured from beside him.

“Hmmm?”

“Kendo and her team had that. How did your four come together and pull it off?”

Aizawa glanced over at the greenette who was going through his notes with each of them.

“I’ll tell you at the end of class.” Aizawa chuckled lightly.


“Midoriya, I am most curious as to your opinion on our match.” Tokoyami declared as the four approached the boy. “Though I didn’t get to put forth my full assortment of new abilities, I’m assuming you have thoughts.”

“You bet!” Izuku smiled eagerly at being allowed to openly express his curiosity. “The way you and Dark Shadow worked together was amazing! He relayed the enemy’s position to you without saying a word and then you were able to fly around by keeping him hidden while he carried you. It was a shame he got hurt so much by the light but when Fukidashi put you to sleep, because Dark Shadow was already inside you he was unaffected by the sleeping words, right?”

“All correct,” Tokoyami nodded. “While lucky, if he’d used the sleep inducing words first and the light spell second, it would’ve resulted in the same outcome. The only reason we weren’t able to break free sooner was due to the lack of darkness.”

“The sun is scary,” Dark Shadow whimpered from underneath Tokoyami’s cloak, having had enough brightness for one day.

“But you’re the big, bad Dark Shadow,” Izuku smiled at the sentient quirk.

“Indeed, my eternal companion was waiting to recharge and find the optimal moment to retaliate. I am grateful Hagakure and Aoyama were able to provide us with the time and darkness we needed.” Tokoyami nodded. “I would like to get your thoughts on some other things in the near future the next time we make use of the training facilities together.”

“Sure, no problem.” Izuku nodded happily, always eager to discover more about the duo’s unique bond.

“And how about moi?” Aoyama posed dramatically. “While we all sparkled in our own way, how was my starring performance?”

Izuku grimaced a little. Thankfully, another trio of his classmates couldn’t wait any longer and came over to ask their own questions.

“Guys!” Kaminari geeked out. “Tell me you named that combo attack what I think you did!”

“That was totally awesome!” Sero joined in.

“So manly!” Kirishima joined in.

“W-What, what is it, what?!” Tooru panicked, waving her gloves around.

“That attack you did, from up high.” Kaminari continued. “That was definitely the Kamehameha!”

“Nah that was the Twinkling Kamehameha!” Sero chuckled.

“Uh… what?” Tooru tiled her head.

“Your guess is as good as mine mademoiselle.” Aoyama shrugged nervously.

“I’ll explain later Starlight.” Mina swooped in and placed a big kiss on her girlfriend’s cheek.

“As amusing as that conversation will be,” Tokoyami glanced at the pair, “allow them a chance to get their feedback as two of you have already.”

“Oh, yeah, right,” Kaminari apologized with a sweatdrop. “Sorry guys.”

“I am simply happy you noticed my dazzling performance.” Aoyama smirked flippantly while Izuku tried to break the news to him gently.

“Aoyama you’re… doing well.” He smiled weakly. “But maybe you should try and see what else you can do with your navel laser aside from increasing your limits. I know it’s something you’ve improved and are working hard on but… you’re kind of limited in combat.”

“What do you mean? My dazzle always shines through.” Aoyama posed again though he knew he indeed had several shortcomings.

“Well, have you ever considered a change in belt?” Izuku asked. “Maybe one that allows you to fire off your beam in different directions without you having to move?” The greenette showed him a basic sketch of a few different belt types he’s thought of. “I get the shoulder and knee pads channel your quirk but they’re not the most practical. Have you also thought about moving them, or at least, adding a pair to your hands?”

Aoyama admittedly considered the ideas for a moment until he saw the note attached to one of the belt designs. ‘360 Degree belt. Needs shorter/no cape?’

“Mon amie, I cannot fathom getting rid of my glittery hallmark.” Aoyama bunched up and clutched his cape tightly. “I have dreamt of saving people with a sparkle my entire life and this brings the entire ensemble together, no?”

Izuku felt bad for grimacing again as everyone around him was giving Aoyama a look now. Considering there were three people on his team alone that were currently wearing longer cloaks, the blond thought he was in good company.

He was wrong.

“Aoyama, I’m wearing this mostly to keep the chill off.” Momo admitted. “It also helps obscure my creations, but you’ll notice I dropped it the moment it would become a hindrance during the exercise.”

“As a fellow cloak wearer I can agree with the aesthetic.” Tokoyami nodded. “However, my cloak brings added functionality to my range of abilities; it is not merely for show.”

“Even Lemill… uh, Mirio Togata’s cloak didn’t inherently get in the way of him using his quirk to the fullest.” Izuku chimed in. “When um… we fought together, he used it to obscure the enemies vision as well as ripped it off to comfort a crying little girl. Could you… honestly say you’d do the same.”

“N-Now that’s not fair I…” Aoyama gripped his fists tightly. “I-I’m sorry, this is dulling my sparkle.”

With that, he turned and left the group, stalking away over to another corner of the viewing area by himself.

“A dark truth he must come to terms with.” Tokoyami sighed.

“I didn’t mean to upset him.” Izuku frowned sadly, wondering if there was a way he could’ve handled that better.

“I mean… we all kinda knew it.” Mina admitted, remembering the very first instance of Aoyama worrying about his cloak during their first combat exercise together, even if she’d been a touch too excited with her acid at the time. “We’re not supposed to be playing hero, we’re trying to be heroes.”

“Some of us just know that more than others, that’s why we’re all here learning still.” Tooru stated. “Anyway, since I was kinda with him for the whole thing, have you got anything for me Midori?”

“Oh y-yes, absolutely.” Izuku smiled warmly at the invisible girl. “You’ve come a long way so fast, it’s amazing!”

“We~ll, I had a little help.” She giggled. “But what did you think?!”

“You were great! Am I right in guessing that you used that spotlight move by channelling all the light hitting you and focusing it forward?”

“Yup, yup.” Tooru grinned. “I wondered if I could make it into like a magnifying glass effect but I’m not quite there yet.”

“Well it worked great to give Kuroiro nowhere to hide with his quirk… but um… it might’ve revealed a few things,” Izuku continued, blushing nervously. “Do you um… know how your quirk makes you appear when you do that spotlight move?”

“Hmmm?” Tooru tilted her head. “Oh, yeah! It makes me all super dark where the light’s absorbed and moved. Pretty mysterious, yeah?”

“That’s… not how I’d put it.” Izuku rubbed the back of his head.

“Idiot.” Kyoka scolded the girl. “Did you forget what you’re wearing? Or… what you’re not wearing?”

Tooru quirked her head again, not quite clicking on what her partners were referring to. Mina giggled before leaning in close to Tooru’s ear.

Everyone saw your pitch black butt, you naughty girl.”

Tooru’s eyes widened to the size of saucers as everything suddenly made sense in her head. It hadn’t mattered to her before since she’d always practised alone but her simple outfit of just a set of gloves and boots meant she’d shown off her rear end and back to everyone.

“Oh…” She gasped, her breath catching in surprise. Those that overheard the conversation thought it was out of sheer embarrassment but they were wrong. Tooru was grateful in that moment that her natural state was invisibility as she felt her pussy quiver needily at the realization.

“M-Maybe only use that after you figure out a way to get a proper outfit.” Ochako blushed.

Kaminari opened his mouth to say something but Sero smartly clapped his hand over it before dragging the boy away, preventing him from saying something he’d likely regret.

“Smart.” Kyoka chuckled at the pair.

“A-As for um… your combo move with Aoyama, that was amazing!” Izuku moved along. “You were able to extend the reach of his quirk by focusing it with yours like a laser.”

“It… took a lot out of me.” Tooru sighed. “My head still hurts from focusing that hard.”

“Are you sure it’s just that?” Mina asked worriedly, more than familiar with her girlfriend’s pains when pushing her quirk in new ways. “We can go to Recovery Girl still and-”

“I’m fine.” Tooru hastily calmed her girlfriend down. “But maybe no more practise for today.” She chuckled lightly.

With Tooru brushing off their concerns, all they could do was trust she knew what she was doing.

“W-Well either way, that was really good. If you can control normal light like that after refocusing it from its original position, you’ve got a solid laser without Aoyama’s help there.”

“You know it!” Tooru grinned.

“Last and hopefully not least.” Momo declared, pulling their collective attention to her.

“Momo, that first counter was amazing! How did you manage to predict that Kuroiro would attack using Dark Shadow like that? I didn’t even think of it at first.” Izuku enthusiastically asked, notebook at the ready for her answer.

The heiress blushed at the sudden unapologetic and honest praise of her skills.

“W-Well um… I actually just applied what I learned from you.” She admitted with a smile. “Your insight into my own quirk, as well as our friends and all the others that I’ve observed in your notebook, allowed me to try and think critically in the same vein. I analysed what I knew about our opponents and applied a more creative interpretation of their abilities than those of face value.”

“Now you see why she’s number one in grades in our class and not Midori.” Mina giggled as she elbowed Kirishima who nodded along with her. If Yaoyorozu could pick up Midoriya’s analysis skills, she’d be unstoppable the redhead thought.

“Then there’s your new boots.” Izuku looked down at the fancy new footwear. “How exactly do they work?”

“After training with Tsu,” Momo smiled at the frog girl. “I realised I drastically needed to increase my mobility. While it is somewhat wasteful, in a pinch I can create poles of material from two spots on my feet which have panels that slide back when they detect my quirk being activated there. Doing such out of a simple, cheap material allows me to propel myself while staying somewhat balanced. The boots also have shock absorption in place to support my upright landings.”

“That’s inspiring.” Izuku scratched away at his notepad, wondering how the heiress fixed the problem he’d posed to her about having boots with holes in the soles.

“Honestly you were kinda the M.V.P. of the match there.” Mina nodded. “But Aizawa’s also kinda right; you Izuku’d a little too hard there.”

“Just because you could, doesn’t mean you should.” Ochako agreed sagely.

“The right play is not always the smartest, ribbit.” Tsuyu chuckled.

“I… am well aware.” Momo giggled lightly.

“In um… terms of quirk usage, all I can say is just make sure you know how to get out of that jam Komori got you in at the end.” Izuku shrugged. “What you did was pretty good and again, the only limit is your processing speed and imagination.”

“Skills I will likely be training all my career I suspect.” Momo nodded. “Still, like Tokoyami, I hope to pick your brain at a later time when I decide which direction I want to go in next.”

“If I can help, then I’ll be happy to.” Izuku smiled earnestly.


As Izuku and the others chatted away, some of class B were beginning to get suspicious.

“Yo,” Tsuburaba tapped Kaibara on the shoulder. “You get why both class A teams went to Sir Breaks-a-lot after their matches?”

“I ‘unno,” Kaibara shrugged. “Chatting with their friend maybe?”

“Well yeah, but they’re centered around him like groupies or something.” Tsuburaba noted.

“Perhaps they asked him to take notes on everything being said.” Shishida joined the conversation. “This feedback is important and I would not hesitate to guess that, despite Monoma suggesting otherwise, class A is working just as hard as we are to become heroes.”

“Think we should ask Fukidashi to do the same?” Tsuburaba chuckled, implying the boy use his quirk to help take notes which Kaibara picked up on and drew a smile out of him.

“Can you imagine?”


Aizawa declared a slight change in battleground location due to the damage done to their first area, students would simply walk to a new section of the battle ground as the lippy robots grumbled over being ordered to move the fake jails.

When another staff member in particular saw an opportunity to catch the attention of his most troublesome pupil, the teacher moved.

“I am here,” All Might whispered, “without startling you.”

“Oh All Might.” Izuku turned to look at the emaciated man. “Something up?”

“Just a moment of your time please.” All Might gestured to a less occupied area of the viewing platform.

The girls gave each other a look but ultimately left the two of them to it, knowing full well what they were about to not-so-subtly chat about. As they departed, Tsuyu couldn’t help but reach up and rest her hand lightly on her injured arm, more than a little worried about any news that might come of this.

Checking around briefly, the student-teacher duo huddled together with their backs to the rest of the class.

“Young Midoriya, have you sensed anything strange in your quirk since that night?” All Might asked curiously.

“No, thankfully.” Izuku breathed a little easier, knowing he at least got a restful night’s sleep last night, even if it was lonely.

“Interesting,” All Might pondered. “Spontaneous activation isn’t really a thing that happened in the past so we’re in all new territory. Gran Torino might have some more information but we shouldn’t count on it considering the… significant difference between when my master had the quirk and now.”

“Whatever he can provide would be super helpful.” Izuku nodded gratefully.

“I do have one word of warning, though it is based on the single circumstance when you mentioned this happening before.” All Might whispered to the boy. “Be mindful of your control during your battle, and be especially careful of Shinso.”

Izuku was about to narrow his eyes at the man until he recalled the only other instance of seeing the vestiges being when he was under Shinso’s mind control. Considering his quirk activated without his permission then too, did Shinso’s power allow his conscious to touch at whatever lay within the heart of his quirk?

“I remember,” Izuku nodded, glancing over at the boy. “I’ll be on high alert.”

“You two idiots might wanna make these meetings less obvious.” A coarse voice settled in on All Might’s other side.

The pair jumped as they realized Bakugo had managed to sneak up behind them without either of them noticing.

“K-Kacchan, w-where did you-”

“You already drew attention to yourself by giving all the other idiots feedback so count yourselves lucky I decided to clue your dumbasses in. It’s fuckin’ clear something’s up ya idiots.” Bakugo rolled his eyes, feeling that he’d at least earned that insult considering the pair’s less than sneaky behaviour.

Glancing over his shoulder again, Izuku spotted a few members of class A and B looking over at the trio before hurriedly looking away.

“Least no one will bother coming over with me here.” Bakugo scoffed before turning a tad pensive. “I’m guessing this has something to do with two nights ago?”

Both All Might and Izuku blinked.

“H-How did you?”

“Sparky woke up in the dead of night to the sound of a crash from below.” Bakugo informed them, causing Izuku’s blood to run cold. “Heard a couple voices too; panicked ones.” The blond didn’t need to look over at the greenette to know he’d hit the nail on the head. “I don’t know more than that since Kirishima told the idiot to button it but I think he only talked to me and him about ‘something weird going on’ with you.”

All Might turned to Midoriya who was taking a few deep breaths to center himself. Considering Bakugo wasn’t in the room when everyone else discussed his latest quirk issue, it only made sense to clue him in now… but maybe hold a few things back until a more private opportunity arose.

“Something… happened with my quirk that night. It activated by itself in my sleep and I had this… vision,” Izuku began, giving Bakugo the barebones of the situation.

Once the blond was filled in on what Izuku had to say he decided not to address the clear parts he was hiding.

“In your sleep?” Bakugo narrowed his eyes. “Aizawa’s right, your control’s shit.”

“About that young Bakugo.” All Might chimed in. “Aizawa’s in on the secret now too.”

“That explains why he pulled you out yesterday.” Bakugo tilted his head, resolving that little mystery. “Explains why I can still kick your ass though. I’ve only gotten stronger while you can’t even handle twenty five percent of your quirk.”

“I-I’m pushing twenty eight!” Izuku countered.

“Pathetic.” Bakugo rolled his eyes. “Get stronger faster you idiot, else no one will provide a challenge for me at the top.”

To All Might, as Midoriya and Bakugo bantered in their own unique way he wasn’t quite sure he should stop, he couldn’t help turn his mind towards the vestiges and his master, wondering just what they were trying to tell his protégé, and why they felt the need to injure young Asui in the process.

An inhale of air from Vlad, the former number one glanced over at the two class teachers as they took their positions again, class was about to resume.


“The third match will take place in an area two blocks east of where the previous rounds were held.” Vlad King announced, getting everyone’s attention. “The cages have been moved to your new bases and this little breather is over. Prepare for the third training battle!”

With any further discussion tabled for another time, Izuku jogged back over to his group of friends, seeing Iida briefly make his way over to say his goodbyes with Ochako as he departed for his match. Izuku joined the girl and some of the others in wishing the speedster well in his battle, giving Todoroki a wave when he turned back to wonder what was taking his teammate so long to gather.

Tokoyami also took a moment to take Todoroki aside for a quiet word about upholding the honour of the top two heroes considering who they studied under. Like Todoroki had done to him, Iida paused a moment to ensure his classmate wasn’t delayed too much and noticed his hand gripping tightly before releasing at Tokoyami’s words.

What the bird-headed boy had said hadn’t been hurtful but it still left an impression on one of their class’ top fighters and his teammate for this fight. As the two walked alongside Shoji and Ojiro, Iida enquired into the bi-coloured boy’s wellbeing.

“Todoroki? Is there something wrong? You have quite the puzzled look on your face.”

“Oh, really?” Todoroki replied neutrally, trying not to let the memories of his past anger get to him.

“It’s true, are you worried about something?” Iida continued.

“No, I’ll be okay.” Todoroki shrugged off the boy’s concern. “Thank you for asking.”

“You’re not exactly the most expressive person so I didn’t notice.” Ojiro chuckled. “That’s impressive Tenya.”

“It’s my responsibility, I am class representative.” Iida smiled, raising his costume’s helmet over his head. “I must aid any of our troubled peers.”

“You seem really cheerful, more than usual.” Shoji spoke through one of his dupli-arms.

“Yes, I am,” Iida agreed. “My brother’s recovery has been going well lately.”

“Oh? That’s great to hear!” Ojiro smiled at the good news, though Iida turned a tad more serious as he replayed the memories of his brother’s request for him to continue to Ingenium name.

“I also have the duty to uphold my brother’s honour and live up to his name.” Iida said with conviction. “I’m watching everyone closely, but that means everyone’s watching me too,” he placed his helmet over his head. “I was third place at the sports festival, I’ll show everybody that I’m worthy of being called a hero, a hero named ‘Ingenium’.”

Shoji’s looked over at the speedster carefully, wondering if there was anything deeper behind that goal. He’d not interacted much with the overly stern boy since the year had begun, opting more to chat more with Tokoyami and Koda on the occasions he felt like socialising and hung around them during group events. Iida qualified as someone much like himself, a heteromorph, but he always got the distinct impression his life experiences nowhere near matched up with his own.

Lining up together, the boy steadied his mind for the coming challenge. Not only did they have the burden of keeping class A’s hot streak going but, like Iida and Todoroki, he personally had something to prove. He hadn’t studied under any of the top ten heroes, but he was determined to reach that spot one day and try to make a difference for people like himself.

Despite their team’s more acquaintance like relationships with each other compared to other groups, everyone was ready to give their all in the match. Shoji readied himself as the klaxon blared and the round began.


“A thousand yen on Todoroki pulling the same move he always does.” Sero chuckled as he watched their class A team advance.

“Sucker’s bet.” Mina chuckled with Ochako staying well away from that action.

“Sports festival made that pretty clear.” Tsuburaba nodded from nearby.

“With such an obvious starting move, I wouldn’t be surprised if even Tetsutetsu manages to outwit the so-called golden boy of class A.” Monoma postulated once more. “While one can’t underestimate the sheer power the son of the new number one has, our skills should more than make up it.”

“Are you seriously at it again?” Kendo strode towards the blond with her fist raised.

“He’s got a point though.” Kirishima noted as Monoma backed off with his hands up defensively.

“We’ve all been training super hard to come up with new and interesting ways to harness our quirks and Todoroki’s kinda just… stuck with the same thing.” Kaminari continued for the redhead.

“Ice?” Awase asked.

“Nah, working on his flames.” Sero pointed to left side of his body. “His ice was always good, but he’s been more focused on getting his flames under control. It’s kind of a crutch for him at this point though and dude still leans on it.”

“Actually, doesn’t our class kinda have a theme?” Kaminari noted. “Midoriya, Aoyama, Hagakure, Tokoyami, Todoroki, and even me struggle to control our quirks in a way. Guess that’s why we got Mr Aizawa since he can just shut them off if we lose control. Though it doesn’t do anything to help Kacchan control his temper.”

“What’d you say?!” The ash blond growled menacingly from behind the electric blond, causing him to shudder in fear; he’d thought the boy was still over with All Might and Midoriya.

“That makes a surprising amount of sense.” Shishida nodded. “Though I can’t say we don’t struggle with our own issues as a class too.”

“Don’t tell them our weaknesses Shishida! Laugh at them for theirs!” Monoma slid back into the conversation to prevent his classmate sharing anything with the enemy only to receive a chop to the back of the head.

“You were warned.” Kendo rolled her eyes before dragging him away.

While a few watched the blond get knocked out again, they all suddenly snapped to attention at the sounds of metallic destruction erupting from the screen. While class B had faith in their classmates to turn this match into their first win, those hopes started slipping away as Tetsutetsu decided to go on a rampage in front of their own prison, immediately alerting the enemy team to their location since Shoji had his eyes and ears up in scouting mode.

“Okay,” Vlad King sighed dejectedly, “maybe I should start shouting directly in the kid’s face.”

“Looks like another win for us I guess.” Kyoka shrugged, losing interest in the match.

“Not necessarily.” Izuku noted as he pondered what he knew about everyone’s quirks.

“Ooo, Izuku’s got some theories.” Mina giggled

“Considering their compositions, this one’ll probably come down to match ups honestly.” Izuku relayed. “Tetsutetsu eliminating their need to locate the enemy by drawing them in like this actually puts them at a small advantage. Depending on who faces off against who, quirk combinations, and who makes the first mistakes, it could go either direction.”

“I’m not sure if that says more about Todoroki or us that the other powerhouse of your class gives us those odds.” Tokage chuckled.

The class continued watching the screen for a few more moments as the first clash of the round drew ever closer. As many predicted, the first move was made by Todoroki covering the entire area in ice. Despite the coldness of the move, the observers couldn’t help but sweatdrop at how obvious the boy still was at this stage.

“And there it is.” Fukidashi chuckled, briefly wondering if he could make an ice move with even a tenth of that power; maybe ‘krk’, or ‘shnk’?

“Considering that apparently open secret,” Kendo sighed, “think they’ve got a better chance than we did?”

“If Honenuki’s smart, and he is, they’ll have prepared for this.” Kuroiro said softly. “We all know he more than earned his recommended spot.”

“Oh yeah.” Shoda nodded. “Two recommendeds are going head-to-head.”

“That explains that then.” Momo gestured at the screen as, while Todoroki had entrapped all of the class B team, they were quickly brushing off the apparently soft gel-like substance it had now become with Honenuki’s quirk acting on it.

“Class B does an excellent job of brushing off Todoroki’s area attack, now to show their stuff.” Vlad proudly commented, hoping to see the overpowered elemental boy in his rival class get taken down a peg.

Iida and Ojiro, who were scouting around the outskirts of Todoroki’s attack quickly found themselves sinking into the ground and piping respectively from where Honenuki had softened them up. Class A watched on as Iida was left stranded in the sea of soft solids before they hardened again while Kaibara pressed their advantage and engaged Ojiro in physical combat.

The tide was quickly turning and after a combination move by Tsunotori to take away and isolate Shoji while she assisted Tetsutetsu in forcing Todoroki in close combat, it seemed like class A would soon be experiencing their first loss of the day.

“Come on Iida.” Ochako worried for her friend as he was trapped and unable to do anything.

“Don’t worry Ochako.” Izuku smiled at the girl. “Iida’s not been resting on his laurels for the past month, remember?”

With a passionate cry from the class A student representative, he unleashed his improved supermove and marked class A’s counterattack. Everyone in the audience heard Iida’s declaration about his increased quirk training and his new move, “Recipro Turbo! I’ve raised Recipro’s horsepower and lowered fuel consumption to a minimum. Ten minutes. For ten minutes, nobody can stop me!”

“Unlimited speed for ten minutes?! That’s broken.” Awase complained, taking Iida’s words literally.

“That’s our class rep!” Kirishima fist pumped with a sharp grin, watching Iida wrestle back control of the situation with his incredible power up.

‘So this was why he was holding back.’ Aizawa noted, finally getting to see the improvements the boy had assured him were coming once his legs had fully healed. Admittedly, it reminded him of the time he’d watched Mic faceoff against Tensei Iida from class B back when they fought in second year and that unusual boost of speed the speedster had gained between the first and second sports festivals.

Class A let out a cheer as Iida managed to land a blow on Honenuki only for the boy to retreat underground. The match was still on, but their class representative had won this skirmish.

Watching the boy take off to assist his classmates, attention was then focused on those who were still fighting from the initial engagement.


Ojiro, despite all his improvements, was being forced back by Kaibara and his ‘Gyrate’ quirk. From his utility belt around the stump of his tail, the martial arts hero had attached what could only be described as a mace head over the tip of said tail in preparation to take on Tetsutetsu if he needed to, but he was unable to get a single swing off right now. Kaibara was fast and he’d clearly trained hard with his quirk to be able to use it to slide along pipes like Mina did with her acid.

Backing off for a moment, the boy thought he was done for when a pipe vibration caused by Kaibara loosened his tail’s grip on the object enough to cause him to become helpless in mid-air. Kaibara tried to capitalise with a drilling punch only for Iida to speed in at the last second and abscond with the boy, his Recipro still burning away. The tailed boy was grateful for the save but couldn’t help wincing at the pain Iida must be experiencing trying to keep Kaibara captive, who was now gyrating his whole body to get loose.

It was less than a minute later for Iida to deposit their captive behind bars, taking a moment to catch his breath before returning to the fight.

While this was going on, Todoroki was struggling to contain a rampaging Tetsutetsu. With Honenuki out of the way somewhere, the steel boy had taken to simply smashing through all of Todoroki’s remaining ice and keeping the fight close since engaging. The boy was dense at times by his own admission, but he saw what went wrong for Kirishima and planned to not make the same mistake, especially when it was his responsibility to take down the most troubling member of this team.

Todoroki could clearly see the writing on the wall though and finally decided to switch to using flames. Though hesitant, it quickly became apparent that Tetsutetsu wasn’t afraid of them, unlike Tsunotori who was trying to avoid the intense heat.

It wasn’t his goal to split them up, but since it did, he called to Shoji to take on Tsunotori. He quickly wondered if that was the right call to make as Tetsutetsu got the upper hand due to his apparent immunity to his own quirk. The heat was getting to him and it became harder to think. For all his efforts, Tetsutetsu seemed determined to push through.

He tried to think about what Yaoyorozu would do in this situation, or Izuku, but once again all that came to mind was the lessons inflicted on him by Endeavor. Todoroki’s anger worked in his favour, allowing his quirk to burn hotter and make Tetsutetsu back off for just a moment while he focused and harnessed it, just like Hagakure had with Aoyama’s laser and like Endeavor did with his own flames.

Harnessing his quirk, it still wasn’t enough to stop Tetsutetsu pressing back on the offensive as the boy seemed determined to go ‘Plus Ultra’ himself and prove himself against Todoroki. Considering the sports festival, the half-cold half-hot boy shouldn’t’ve been surprised.

As their battle continued to heat up, another began to unfold nearby.

Tsunotori found herself entirely occupied by outrunning the surprisingly speedy Shoji who was keeping up frustratingly well as she rode her flying horns throughout the twists and turns of the maze.

Dodging his outstretched duplicated hands for yet another time, Tsunotori decided the only way she’d be able to regroup with her teammate was by either defeating Shoji or getting him off her back somehow.

Taking a stand on a nearby air-conditioning unit, Tsunotori made her stand while Shoji hung back, preparing to counter whatever she threw at him.

“Sorry Tentacole, but I never look at the Octopuses in the aquarium. They are not cute!”

It shouldn’t hurt, but it did.

Like all the other frustrating things hurled his way over the years though, Shoji tried to push down his anger and focus on the task at hand. He couldn’t help clenching his fists just a little tighter in response however.

“I’m used to people being scared of me.” He retorted defensively, not having expected to do as much from Tsunotori of all people.

“Then don’t take it personal, ‘kay?” Tsunotori got into a prime pose to fire off her horns, the four she’d already popped off hovering between them menacingly. “I’m trying to help us win!”

“Bring it on.” Shoji replied with determination, quickly morphing his extra limbs into a multitude of extra arms.

“Thunder Horn!”

“Octo-blow!”

Shoji’s fists shattered the multitude of horns that Tsunotori fired his way. Despite only being able to control four after launching, Shoji was surprised at the speed at which she could send a number of uncontrolled projectiles at him. Her firing rate couldn’t keep up with his flurry of fists however and his training was paying off as he pressed forward through the barrage.

Tsunotori wasn’t a simple minded girl though and she subtly tried to send one of her horns out of sight to stab at Shoji from behind to distract him and give herself the advantage.

It was all for naught however as Shoji had produced an eye on the back of his arms to watch his own back, allowing him to intercept the sharp horn before it could pierce him. Under his mask, his lips twisted into a smirk as the eye also spotted something else rapidly descending from above.

“Twirling Tail Dance!” Ojiro called out, easily smashing Tsunotori’s hastily fired horns when she finally noticed the falling martial artist. Landing on the girl’s shoulders and wrapping his tail around her arms to restrain her, Ojiro gripped on tightly to Tsunotori’s horns, making sure she wasn’t going anywhere. “You may be good with those horns but they’re no help to you if you can’t shoot them.”

“This is how you catch me?! It’s so darn ordinary!” Tsunotori yelled in English out of frustration.

“I’ll take her to the jail.” Shoji offered, hoping to have a little chat with the girl on the way. “You go support Todorok- huh?”

Shoji and Tsunotori, and by extension Ojiro, quickly found themselves unbalanced as the battlefield began shifting unnaturally, all three of them sinking down into liquid concrete.

“Him again?!” Ojiro blinked as he saw the one who’d caused this.

“I’ll be taking my teammate back now.” Honenuki surfaced from underground. “If you didn’t know, class is pretty tight.”

Sinking back underground, he allowed the trio to sink even deeper into the sludge of his creation, swimming forward to grab at Ojiro’s tail and try to free Tsunotori.

“You bastard!” Ojiro growled, having momentarily let go of Tsunotori’s horns to try and keep his head above ground by swimming. “Fist of the Tail: Swamp Smack Spin!”

Unwrapping his tail from around Tsunotori, Ojiro unleashed a whirlwind of force that turned the surrounding watery sludge into more of a whirlpool. His attack had enough power to blow both Honenuki and Shoji away, with the former slamming into a pipe and the latter using his arms to hold himself clear of the unstable ground.

When Ojiro’s attack speed slowed and he began sinking once more, Shoji reached out and grabbed his comrade, pulling both him, and Tsunotori free once Ojiro secured her in his grasp once more.

“Thanks for that.” Shoji breathed easier without the weight of liquid concrete pressing down on him.

“Likewise.” Ojiro reciprocated, making sure his grip was firm on the captured villain.

“How’d he use so much force?” Honenuki shook his head to recover from the slight ringing in his ears.

“You gotta tell me before you do something like that Honenuki!” Tsunotori yelled, having completely submerged without taking a deep breath beforehand and almost didn’t have the strength to take advantage of Ojiro’s mistake of letting go of her horns.

Rising out of the swampy ground, two of Tsunotori’s horns emerged and quickly stabbed themselves into Ojiro’s tail. Pushing through the pain, the martial artist refused to be discouraged.

“I won’t let you go!”

“It’s cool, I’m not worried about that.” Tsunotori smirked, manipulating another pair of horns she’d released from underground and stabbing them into Ojiro’s tail as well. The boy grunted in pain again but bore it for the sake of the match. It was only when he felt himself ripped from Shoji’s grasp that he realised what the girl was actually doing.

“Ojiro!” Shoji called out, stretching to try and reach his classmate.

Tsunotori’s pushing power under the strength of all four of her horns far exceeded the speed at which Shoji’s arms could reproduce and extend, the two sailing out of sight amongst the piping as the class B girl directed her horns to send both of them directly to class B’s jail, crashing straight through the door.

Shoji watched on helplessly as another classmate was forcefully taken from his grasp. He swore to himself it wouldn’t happen again after that day and yet it had. There was nothing he could do to chase down Tsunotori at that speed and so, biting back his pain at the situation, he turned his attention to Honenuki.

“Well, that’s my cue.” The helmeted boy smirked before sinking into the sludge once more and disappearing from sight.

Shoji briefly thought about reaching down and pulling the recommended student out by the scruff of his neck but he knew he’d just immobilise himself when Honenuki solidified the cement first. With no sign of Iida or Todoroki, the only thing he could do now was return to the place he’d left the bi-coloured boy.

Cursing at the labyrinthian architecture of the zone, Shoji swung through the scaffolding at speeds he hoped were faster than Honenuki could swim in his direct path. Following the intensity of the heat towards its source where he knew he’d find his teammate, the dupli-armed boy hoped he wouldn’t be too late.

His fears felt realised as the intense heat suddenly disappeared.

As he moved at a swiftness he’d developed from all his training in recent days, he knew things were going from bad to worse for his team. If something wasn’t done quickly, not only would they lose, but he would prove himself a failure in his own eyes. What good were being able to produce so many arms if he couldn’t even reach a single person?!

Swinging onto the scene, Shoji arrived in time only to see the collapsing of a silo, its matter state unstable that could only be the work of Honenuki once again. He took in as much of the scene as he could, spotting the culprits of the fallen building apparently unconscious at its base from where they’d likely pushed it.

He briefly wondered what happened, but spotting Iida trapped and yelling in frustration under the tip of the hardened concrete and metal silo made it clear the speedster had arrived to back up their hot and cold classmate before he could.

Once again, he was too slow.

Still, it seemed to have resulted in a quadruple knockout as Iida was immobilised with the other three unconscious.

“Iida!” Shoji dropped down and called out to the boy who tried to look over at the new arrival as much as he could with his trapped position.

“Shoji!” Iida gratefully responded. “I’m sorry, I wasn’t fast enough. Please, help Todoroki get somewhere safe. I’ll be fine here since Honenuki’s probably lost consciousness by now.”

“No need.” Shoji grunted as he manipulated his quirk in that uncomfortable way he’d been practising. Iida gasped as Shoji’s right arm enlarged as his limb combined into a single, oversized, warped looking arm. “Hold still!”

Iida braced himself as Shoji slammed the construct down on the hardened concrete that had poured from the silo, cracking the nearby area enough to send ripples of force through Iida but not enough to wound him.

With his other arms, Shoji lifted the shattered pieces of the debris from his classmate and helped him to his feet. Iida winced as his left arm and leg had been injured in the crash and Recipro had only a little fuel left in the tank.

“Thank you my friend.” Iida smiled weakly. “Do you think you can handle the other two while I get Todoroki somewhere safe?”

“No problem.” Shoji nodded, set to redeem himself.

“Good, now, let’s win this.”

“Not so fast!” Another voice called out.

Shoji cursed himself for forgetting about Tsunotori as the girl swooped back onto the scene standing on two of her levitating horns. She quickly snagged Todoroki by his jacket as she flew by, trailed by the floating pair of Tetsutetsu and Honenuki who were being lifted by another horn each.

“No!” Shoji and Iida both tried to reach out for their classmate but Tsunotori was too fast.

She sped away at a much slower pace than earlier thanks to her triple burden but Shoji knew he could catch her at this speed and took off.

“Ah!” Iida flinched as he put weight on his leg and collapsed after taking a single step.

Shoji formed an eye behind himself as he ran to follow Tsunotori to see what had happened.

Iida knew he was clearly too injured to do anything further but couldn’t hold his friend back if he could still reach them.

“Save him Shoji!” Iida called out through the pain of what might be a fractured or broken leg. He was done but he rested easy seeing his able-bodied classmate on the case. “You can do it!” he yelled with conviction.

Despite his words, Shoji felt a pang of doubt in his heart as he trailed after the girl. He’d failed so much already today, how Iida’s words and belief in him feel so genuine when it was clear he wasn’t up to the task of being a hero.

No.

That wasn’t him talking; that was everyone who’d ever doubted and discriminated against him. Harsh words from his childhood flashed through his mind as Tsunotori tried to make her escape. As small as it was, even Tsunotori’s insult from earlier was now stuck in his mind along with the others. Octopus, freak, mutie, creature, monster? How could a monster be a hero? How could a monster like him save anyone?

Shoji felt his anger get the better of him as his quirked limbs began twitching. If everyone was going to label him a monster, then he’d be the best monster he could be and prove them all wrong at the same time!

“You’re not getting away!” He yelled angrily at Tsunotori, his quirked hands extending and making a grab for the blonde. When he missed, his outstretched fingers gripped the ground and he used it to pull himself forward, rapidly closing in on the girl.

Looking over her shoulder, the blonde American panicked at the rapidly approaching boy who drew closer with every missed swipe.

“Give him back!” Shoji yelled again, his voice deeper and sending a shiver of fear running through Tsunotori.

Thinking quickly, the girl made the only choice she could and lifted herself and her friends skyward. If Shoji couldn’t reach them, then he couldn’t throw any of her friends in jail. True, she also couldn’t risk going down and depositing Todoroki in their own prison, but a draw was much more preferable to a loss. Now she just had to hold up here until the timer expired. It wasn’t her most heroic action, but she rationalised it as waiting for backup.

Looking down, she breathed a sigh of relief at Shoji’s wide-eyed look, feeling more confident she’d managed to at least make this work. A mote of fear crept back into her bones as Shoji’s deep voice reached her from below the rooftops.

“I said,” The mutant boy growled from below, one of his arms twisting in an unnatural way once more. “You’re not getting away!”

With a set of extending arms, Shoji began climbing a nearby silo using only one side of his body, a new branch replacing the previous one as he rapidly ascended by grabbing the walkways.

Tsunotori felt a little uneasy at the boy’s persistence and raised herself a little higher still.

“There’s no way!” She called back, hoping to dissuade the boy from making any attempt to get her or her friends. “You can’t reach me here!”

Shoji continued unimpeded until he reached the top of the silo, twisting his body until his grotesque looking arm was now pointed behind him and at the floor.

Tsunotori gasped as she realised the boy had coiled up his arm like a spring thanks to the flexibility of his branch joints. In a flash, the boy had launched himself up into the air. It was only her quick reflexes that managed to pull herself away from his arm’s reach as he rose above her height.

She smirked in triumph only to realise the boy hadn’t even made a grab for her as he passed. No, he was too focused on his quirk and the rapidly crisscrossing branches of limbs that now covered the small section sky above her and her friends.

“There’s no one I can’t reach anymore!” Shoji declared fiercely, thrusting his arms downward and capturing all four of the others in their interlocked pattern. “Octo-Web!”

Tsunotori cried out as the heavy limbs thrust down on her, causing her to overbalance and slip off her horns. Despite his status as an enemy, she cradled Todoroki tightly as she felt the collective weight overwhelm her other two horns as Shoji dragged them all back to earth. It was clear the boy didn’t have full control over this new move as the branches further away from his main body were twitching more and more erratically. The interlocking solution kind of fixed that issue, but Tsunotori figured the best chance she had to try and survive this was to strike back as soon as they touched down. Even if she could only get out herself, she could at least put up a fight to try and stall for time.

With a new pair of branches being created at Shoji’s shoulders that reached out to grab a walkway and slow their descent, everyone was safely deposited back on the ground as Shoji’s limbs were pulled back with a degree of difficulty thanks to his lack of control.

Tsunotori took that opportunity to strike.

With the two horns that had been under her feet and were now floating above, she sent them sailing towards Shoji’s shoulders, hoping to send the boy sailing away once more. Apparently he’d been expecting it though and the horns were quickly smashed by his fists.

“This match is over!” Shoji angrily struck back, thrusting his fist forward at the surprised Tsunotori’s face. She flinched, expecting the blow to send her into a world of pain any second now. It didn’t come though and she cautiously opened one eye to look at her opponent. “You lose.” He said simply. It was different from what she was expecting, which was probably why it worked, but the chop to the back of the head, reminiscent of Kendo’s blows on Monoma, ended her participation in the battle.

Shoji breathed heavily as he looked upon the four unconscious classmates before him. They were all beaten, bruised and probably as exhausted as he was considering everything that had happened, but it was all over now.

He reached down and picked Todoroki up in his main arms, gripping the unconscious boy a little tighter than he needed to as he lost himself in his memories.

This time he’d reached out and managed to save his classmate.

Looking down, there were the three unconscious opponents before him. That would surely classify a win if he could get them all back. He could do it, he just wondered how much time he had-

The klaxon blared.


“Twenty minutes have passed! The third match is over, each team put one person away so we’ve got ourselves a draw.” Vlad declared to the crowd of students with a somewhat satisfied tone.

True, his students had all been rendered unconscious or captured, but the official score was at one student in jail for each team; there was nothing in the rules they’d given that the other team automatically won if the opposing team was collectively incapacitated.

“What?! No way!” Kaminari complained.

“Aha! Yes! Finally we’ve proven that the almighty class 1-A isn’t infallible and can be taken down. This is the start of our comeback as a class!” Monoma cheered, staying near Vlad King to avoid Kendo’s wrath.

“All of class B was taken out though, surely that counts as our win!” Mina made an impassioned plea to her homeroom teacher.

Aizawa rolled his eyes at Vlad’s use of technical logic but he had to give it to the man in this instance. While he was also proud of his students for all they’d done here too, it’d wouldn’t be good to leave morale in the other class too broken.

“The rules were clear.” Aizawa sighed. “There was no decisive victory in terms of points since only one person a piece is actually in the jail and with neither team containing an extra team member, the result is apparent; it’s a draw.”

“Aw come on!” Sero groaned. “Shoji made that last clutch play and everything!”

“Am I not being clear enough?” Aizawa glared with his quirk active. “If they’re not in the jail, then it doesn’t count. Are you going to whine about technicalities when the media takes you to task for your own shortcomings?”

“N-No sir!” Sero apologised with a gulp with everyone else feeling the effects Aizawa’s warning. Izuku, though he shivered, couldn’t help but entertain a new idea that came to mind.

“Admittedly, if it wasn’t for the time limit, that’d be another loss for us.” Kendo sighed. “You class A guys sure aren’t holding back.”

“Why should we wait up for second rate heroes?” Bakugo smirked.

“Wanna try that again?” Kamikiri growled in response. “I’ll slice you to ribbons.”

“I can’t wait to see you fail.” Bakugo smirked, pumping himself up to take down this guy.

“Bakugo, be nice.” Mina pushed the blond away like scolded puppy.

“You too Kamakiri.” Kendo walked off with the greenette.

“Seriously though, how do you guys seem to have gotten so good already?” Shoda asked curiously

“We’ve had plenty of experience, ribbit,” Tsuyu stated simply. “And some good advice.”

When Shoda glanced over at Izuku who was scribbling the last of his notes down from the match as the able bodied students returned. While the majority were carried off to see Recovery Girl, Tsuyu knew the secret of Izuku’s smarts was close to coming out but it was too late to do anything about it now.

“We’ll be taking a short break while we check on the injured.” Aizawa announced to the class. “In the interest of time, we’ll proceed with the next match when we return and go over the results from the last match in class tomorrow.”

Midnight and All Might were left to watch over the students who continued mingling as the two homeroom teachers stepped away to ensure there was no one too significantly injured.

After a few moments, only two of the eight combatants of the round returned in the form of Kaibara, who’d spent most of the round behind bars, and Shoji, who’d made it through most of the round without significant damage. The unconscious ones were easy to speak for as Recovery Girl would likely want to give them a check over just to be sure but Iida and Ojiro had both gone to see to their own injuries.

“Shoji!” A chunk of class A gathered around the boy as he returned, a small amount of surprise evident on his face from his wide eyes.

“Dude, that was awesome at the end there.” Kirishima cheered for the tallest member of their class. “You totally took charge and pulled it back for us.

“A fine display of your progress.” Tokoyami nodded with a smile.

The tall boy looked a bit bewildered with the praise at first.

“What’s the official result?” Shoji asked simply.

“Huh? Oh uh, y-yeah, it kinda ended in a draw.” Sato relayed to the boy.

“As awesome as you were, the timer was your greatest enemy in the end.” Kaminari commiserated.

“Disappointing.” Shoji sighed.

“Don’t take it too hard.” Mina tried to reassure him. “Kendo and a chunk of the others pretty much consider this our win thanks to you. If it was real, you were kinda the last man standing.”

“Sure.” Shoji brushed her off before making his way through the group of his classmates, targeting one who’d been holding back from crowding him. “Midoriya, a word?”

“H-Huh?” Izuku blinked in confusion, turning to Ochako beside him who just shrugged. “Uh y-yeah, sure.”

Nodding at the smaller boy, Shoji lead the pair of them over to an empty corner of the viewing platform, ensuring Izuku was facing away from others so his lips couldn’t be read for this discussion. He was well aware he’d drawn more odd looks from not only his own classmates but class B too. It didn’t matter, this was a conversation he needed to have with the boy.

“I wanted to thank you for your assistance in training recently. Without your insight, I probably would’ve been helpless to reach out yet again.”

“Oh, uh, no problem.” Izuku nodded with a small smile. “You were amazing at the end of that round and that was all down to your efforts.”

“Appreciated,” Shoji nodded. “However, I shouldn’t have let things get to such a desperate stage in the first place. I’d like your input on what I should focus on next.”

Izuku was happy to offer his notes just like he had for everyone else but there was something off about everything if Shoji was pulling him aside like this.

“Sure but um… is everything alright?” He asked with concern. “You seem… more tense than usual.”

Shoji quirked an eyebrow.

“I-I mean,” Izuku panicked, hoping he hadn’t irritated the boy in asking. “I-I know you just finished the match and probably still need some time to cool down but even at the end you looked more… angry than I’ve seen you in a while.”

The dupli-armed boy shouldn’t’ve been surprised at Midoriya’s insight; that was the whole reason he was chatting to him right now after all. However, it only confirmed his own irritation at his lack of control over his anger and bitterness over the past he felt was taunting him throughout the match.

“I am fine, thank you for asking.” Shoji replied neutrally. “However this match brought up a memory I’ve been trying to work through.” He gripped one hand into a fist and looked down at it with a pensive look on his face. “I would like to ask you a somewhat sensitive question. Please do not feel the need to answer if it makes you uncomfortable.”

“Uh… okay?” Izuku agreed slowly, unsure of exactly what the boy wanted to know from him.

“At my current level, after what you saw today, if I had these skills back at the training camp… do you think I could’ve saved Bakugo?”

Izuku blinked, surprised to hear such a question from the normally stoic boy. Before he could ask why this was coming up now, Shoji continued, having easily read Izuku’s expressions to answer the question he was thinking about.

“You weren’t the only one that blamed themselves for Bakugo’s capture that day.” Shoji stated simply, frustration clear in his voice.

Izuku paused for a moment to think back to when he, Shoji and Todoroki made one last ditch attempt to rescue their captured friends from the League of Villain’s grasp.

“But you saved Tokoyami.” Izuku replied. “You did better than Todoroki and… much better than I did to help him.”

“And do you blame yourself for not saving Bakugo that day?” Shoji challenged the boy to which Izuku knew he didn’t need to answer. “You and Todoroki at least then set out to rescue your friend with others while I did not, an action I regret.”

Izuku glanced around to make sure Aizawa wasn’t back yet, he wasn’t sure what the teacher would do if he heard something like that but he didn’t want to find out.

“S-Shoji, listen um…” Izuku began, trying to find the words to reassure the normally closed off boy. “What happened that day… it was a lot for all of us. I know I was… incredibly frustrated at my own lack of control that day too. I kept thinking, if I’d trained more, had been better, could I have made more of a difference? It’s hard not to think about, but don’t let it consume you. I don’t know if you could’ve saved Bakugo that day using what you know now because, honestly, it doesn’t matter. You’re here now trying your best to become better so something like that doesn’t happen to anyone else; that’s all that matters.”

“I see.” The stoic boy nodded, letting out a deep breath. “I shall try to keep that in mind in the future.”

Izuku wanted to respond with more to help the tall boy but didn’t know what else to say. Shoji was normally someone of few words and he could practically feel the boy retreating back into his shell. Had he said the wrong thing?

“If you want to talk more about it later um… we can.”

“I shall consider it.” Shoji muttered, though he had no intention on following through. Midoriya had no idea what it was like to come up short while being someone like him; Iida was right at the start of the match when he said everyone would be watching. When the time came for them to step out of school and start their careers as true pros, every slip up he made would be judged much more harshly by his critics than someone like Midoriya or Bakugo, all because of his appearance.

“Um… r-regarding your quirk and stuff, I think you’re doing great,” Izuku smiled honestly. “That thing you did with your arms to launch yourself up? That was amazing. The net looked a bit unstable but you managed to catch everyone so I’m sure you’ll master it before long… then like you said, no one will be beyond your reach.”

Shoji took a second to regard the boy. From anyone else, it would come off as patronising, but Izuku wore his emotions on his sleeve and everyone knew it. Knowing how he looked at heroes, not just All Might, so critically to know their limits and break them down, it was actually reassuring to hear those words coming from him.

“Thank you, I appreciate your words.” Shoji nodded, allowing himself a small smile under his mask.

“A-Anytime.” Izuku replied sincerely.

The two boys stood together awkwardly for a moment before Izuku glanced around.

“I-If there’s nothing else, I’m just gonna…”

“Of course.” Shoji nodded, moving with the greenette to return to their classmates. Izuku re-joined his team of Mina and Ochako while Shoji moved off to another side to stand by Tokoyami, the bird-headed boy offering a nod of greeting which Shoji returned.

“Everything okay Izuku?” Ochako asked curiously, glancing over at Shoji as he moved.

“Yeah, all fine, Shoji just wanted to get his feedback in private.” Izuku reassured her.

“Busy today ey, Mr Expert?” Mina giggled. “You should start charging for all this, you could make a mint.”

She laughed harder when a small, excited look passed over Ochako’s face, though the brunette quickly shook it away.

“I’m not that good.” Izuku blushed. “Though um… quirk analyst is something I considered during that um… brief time after someone told me to find a more realistic job.”

Ochako and Mina both sent a small glare towards All Might out of the corner of their eyes. The pro didn’t notice them, but he did notice the shiver that ran down his spine.

“Everything alright with Shoji though?” Tsuyu asked, re-joining the group with Kyoka. “He looked a bit upset at the end there.”

“He’s fine, just… remembering our time in the forest.” Izuku said softly, hoping the group got the message. Ochako and Tsuyu understood immediately while Mina and Kyoka took a second to catch up.

“Ribbit, I hope he’s feeling better after that unofficial victory.”

“He’s… okay.” Izuku sighed, wondering if there was something more eating at the boy.

“Hard to remember sometimes he’s the baby of the class and not you.” Mina ruffled Izuku’s hair.

“Uh, what?” Kyoka sent her a confused look, nothing about Shoji could really be described as even babyish. “What do you mean ‘baby’?”

“I mean he’s the youngest.” Mina chuckled. “Out of everyone’s birthdays in the class, his is last, even after Tsuyu’s.”

“I’m the next youngest though, ribbit.” The frog girl stated.

Izuku felt his heart go out to the boy a little more. He’d forgotten just how much weight they were all carrying from everything that had happened to them so far and it was even tougher for those younger than himself. Shoji was clearly dealing with a lot and he would try his best to help his classmate and friend as best he could if he needed further support, even if it was just in the form of helping him get stronger.

Pretty soon Aizawa and Vlad returned to the class with only Tsunotori and Ojiro trailing after them, both looking a tad downhearted.

“Right. We’ve wasted enough time.” Aizawa called out immediately after stepping onto the viewing platform. “Both team fours head to your ready positions else we’ll be here all evening.”

“Go get ‘em bro!” Kirishima cheered, sending his boyfriend a secret smile most would clearly mistake for simple goodwill.

“Shut up idiot.” Bakugo rolled his eyes.

“Wish me luck.” Kyoka took a deep breath, sending her gathered group a smile before she left, and Momo a wave, as she moved over to where Sato, Sero and Bakugo were gathering.

“Do… you think they’ll be able to work together effectively?” Momo joined her partners, a tad worried about Kyoka’s safety. After her own match where she knew she could count on her teammates, Bakugo was still the one she doubted most to be able to work well as part of a unit.

“She’ll be fine, quit being such a worrywart.” Mina brushed her off. “If we can count on blasty for one thing it’s his determination.”

“Oh, we’re indeed counting on it,” an unsettling voice chuckled from behind the group. Mina shivered and turned to tell off the offender only to behold a laughing Monoma once again. “Well, that and his unyielding pride.”

“You seem very smug for someone who’s not won a single match yet.” Tsuyu stated, managing to cut the boy off mid laugh.

“Burn.” Mina giggled.

“Ahem, be that as it may, I believe our fortunes are shifting,” Monoma brushed off.

“Back to zero?” Tsuyu shot back.

“Oh my no.” Monoma shook his head condescendingly. “See, considering Yaoyorozu’s razor thin victory and the draw by Todoroki and our own dear Honenuki, it’s clear that recommendation students clearly earn their prestige. Considering our Tokage is the last recommendation student to fight, this match is almost guaranteed to result in our victory. And with our… ahem, significant advantage in the final round, I’d say that for all 1-A’s bluster, we’re still going to end up tying with you overall.”

“Urgh, really?” Ochako scoffed, surprised Monoma’s bravado could still lift its head above water with how things had been going.

“Of course.” Monoma continued smugly. “You’ve no idea how much I’ve been looking forward to this fantastic matchup. Why you ask? Because between Tokage and Kamakiri, I’ll be surprised if there’s anything left of your team. Kamakiri will slice them to ribbons and Tokage will tear them to shreds, though maybe we’ll take pity on you and Bondo and Awase will stick them back together again, if they can find all the pieces that is, ahaha!

“Stop it!” Kendo arrived and chopped the boy a little harder this time, thankfully freeing the group from the blond’s obnoxious laughter. “Sorry, got a little distracted.”

“It’s not your fault,” Tsuyu shrugged. “You’re not his handler, though he should probably come with one.”

“Maybe a collar and a leash too?” Momo offered cheekily, causing Mina to gasp and chuckle in surprise.

“Honestly I’m considering a full muzzle at this point.” Kendo sighed, holding the pompous boy up by the scruff of his jacket. “He and Mr Vlad kind of rile each other up sometimes. I know this would be a lot more fun if they just lay off the constant one-upmanship.”

“We’ll just give him a taste of humble pie come the final round.” Mina smirked.

“While he’d certainly deserve it, you’ve probably got your work cut out for you, and that’s not even counting Shinso.” Kendo warned. “We may be behind now, but we’re not going down without a fight.”

“You certainly proved that to me.” Momo smiled warmly at the girl.

The group was broken out of their discussion when Vlad King’s microphone blared out once again.

“Everyone’s in position!” Vlad King called out to bring the attention of the remaining students back to the main screen. Kendo bid the group a hasty goodbye and carried her annoying classmate back over to their gathered class. “Fourth match, prepare for battle… go!”

At once, eight students took off and began enacting their plans.

“I still can’t help but worry.” Momo clutched her hand to her chest.

“Don’t,” Mina rolled her eyes fondly. “He’s still rough around the edges but Bakugo’s been doing way better recently.” She reassured her girlfriend. “Look, does that look like the face of someone who’s worried about her chances?”

The cameras periodically cycled through some of the students in these early stages, giving close ups on their faces or their actions if they were laying traps. Right now, the team A camera was focused on Kyoka, and she had a knowing smirk plastered firmly on her face.

“I’d say she’s got this, ribbit.” Tsuyu nodded in agreement.

“She’s no pushover.” Ochako gripped her fists in empathetic determination.

“Their whole team is well rounded and have been training hard recently. If class B are basing their plan on what they know about us from the training camp, then they’re in for-”

“Shhh.” A new voice cut halted Izuku’s words, just loud enough for them all to make out.

The group glanced around in confusion for a moment, not seeing any other classmate close to them, only to realise Midnight was also standing nearby and sending them a sly look.

“Miss Midnight?” Mina asked curiously.

Slowly, the teacher meandered away from the railing she was leaning against and stood near enough to the group that she could chat without anyone listening in.

“Aizawa’s been a bit more chipper in the teacher’s lounge recently. He wouldn’t tell me outright, but he did tell me to pay attention during today’s class with an unusual smirk. If I had to wager, I’d say that little edge that’s keeping your class ahead of Vlad’s comes from that little notebook of yours Mr Midoriya. Am I right?”

Izuku blushed and held his notebook a little closer to his chest, definitely not wanting to show Miss Midnight her own entry, even if he briefly forgot this was a brand new notepad.

“Ma~aybe.” Mina giggled.

“Midori’s our secret weapon in more than one way!” Tooru declared proudly, though Ochako quickly slapped a hand over the girl’s mouth when Aizawa glanced back at them.

“I think he’s looking forward to pulling the rug out from underneath Vlad’s feet at the end of this, best not spoil it for him early.” Midnight chuckled, miming zipping her lips.

Admittedly, the group all shared the same desire when they imagined what it would be like seeing Monoma’s face if they managed to decisively win the remainder of the rounds.

This knowledge alone added a little more pressure to Izuku, Mina and Ochako to perform well when their turn came. If they stuck to their plan though, then they’d succeed and the rewards would be well worth it.

With that, the group eagerly directed their attention back to the big screen, cheering internally for their girlfriend and another win.


It was a blowout.

There was no other way to describe it.

Class B had a solid plan to counter everyone in the enemy team and even using class A’s abilities against them. Tokage threw off Kyoka’s recon abilities by breaking into many tiny chunks and creating noise while Bondo used Sero’s tape trap against them, covering it in his sticky glue which dripped towards the helpless team. Kamakiri sliced up the surrounding piping to close the trap around their prey and it looked like the round was all but over.

Then Bakugo blew everything away with his sheer power.

Not only did he save his teammates but they began their full counter of class B’s counter. Working like a well-oiled, if a tad dysfunctional, team, Bakugo kept the pressure on the weak link in Bondo, chasing him down.

When Awase emerged to support his retreating classmate, he managed to stop the rampaging blond in his tracks by welding him to some tightknit piping. He baulked when he realised Sato had been keeping pace and used his enhanced strength to quickly shatter the bonds he’d used to hold Bakugo in place, letting the explosive boy loose once again.

Apparently Awase wasn’t even worth blowing up as Bakugo sped past and told his team to handle him. Thanks to Sero’s manoeuvrability, he’d aided Kyoka to help her keep up with Bakugo’s almost reckless pace as the girl took point to blow Awase away with her Heartbeat Surround attack.

That began a pattern that continued until the match was over. Bakugo lead the attack, taking down Bondo next while Sato remained behind to restrain the boy and next came Kamakiri who was hurled into a wall thanks to Bakugo’s less teammate friendly X-Catapult attack who was then restrained by Sero’s tape.

Tokage watched all this carnage going on from on high thanks to her quirk’s levitating properties but soon found herself almost blown up by one of Bakugo’s utility grenades he’d distributed to his team before the match began. In pulling her spread out body pieces back, Sero had attached one to her with some tape that nearly spelled the end for her. She’d managed to dodge at the last second but the explosion clearly gave away her position and Bakugo swooped down to seize on the opportunity, catching her in a near point blank blast that left her unconscious.

All that was left to do was the formality of clean-up with each of the class A students escorting their captured enemy team members to their jail before locking them away. When all was said and done, class A’s team emerged from the battleground with a sense of strength and progression that class B couldn’t’ve hoped to match.


“The horror… the shame… the match didn’t even last five minutes!” Vlad King all but sobbed into his microphone. “Thanks to unexpected teamwork, class A wins with the most decisive victory of the day.”

Aizawa angled his face down, hiding the smug grin from his self-professed rival as his class secured the overall win of the day.

“Woohoo!” Mina and Tooru cheered, jumping up and down together with both sets of hands entwined together. “Class A is the best!”

“They pulled it off!” Ochako fist pumped.

“That looked almost easy, ribbit.” Tsuyu chuckled.

“I’m glad everyone pulled through okay.” Momo breathed a sigh of relief, her eyes not straying from her girlfriend until she left the camera’s view on her team’s triumphant return walk.

“How… this isn’t possible!” A voice called out from the other side of the viewing area.

All of class A turned to look at Monoma who appeared to be teetering on the edge of a breakdown. “This doesn’t make any sense! We’ve been meticulous in our training efforts, diligent in our studies, we’ve even had strategy meetings to figure out how to counter you!”

“It was mostly just him ranting while we had group study sessions and tossed some ideas around.” Tsuburaba clarified non-threateningly, though Monoma ignored him.

“How?! How did your class turn things around like this?! Even Bakugo’s playing ball now! How could his personality do a full one eighty like that?! You’re supposed to be just immature attention seekers!”

“No dude, that’s just what you think about us.” Kaminari rolled his eyes despite the smug smirk on his own face at seeing the irritating blond forced to accept reality.

“Our bonds were forged in the darkest of times and so they are steadfast to all but the darkest of malcontents.” Tokoyami stated.

“What?” Shishida blinked.

“He said their real world battle experience has made them closer as a class.” Kuroiro translated.

“Considering how Kendo and Tetsutetsu seemed more driven after the training camp, I’ve no doubts in the power of experience.” Shishida nodded.

Shinso, who was still stood by his class B team for the final round, narrowed his eyes, wondering if there was anything more than basic training he could’ve done to close the gap and catch up.

“Oh yeah, they took down the guy that made it all gassy.” Kirishima recalled, hearing about it from his steely friend.

“That they did; a most heroic act befitting noble students.” Shiozaki praised.

“When they were paired up for our next combat exercise after that, they fought together like pros!” Shoda recalled.

“Mmm.” Kodai agreed softly.

“No! That can’t be it!” Monoma rejected. “There has to be something more, some sort of edge you have that we don’t!”

Even Kaminari was smart enough not to out Izuku at this point with no one in the class wanting to put their friend and secret weapon in the line of fire from the mad copycat.

“Guess we’re just the superior class.” Kaminari stated smugly, knowing it would only rile the boy up further.

Before Monoma could literally explode without Bakugo’s assistance, Aizawa put a stop to the class rivalry for now.

“Everyone focus.” He called out lazily. “Your classmates are back and you should be paying attention.”

Like before, the two teams made their way over to line up in front of the teachers, though one was looking significantly more upbeat than the other. Momo could hardly contain her smile at how proud she was of Kyoka for securing a win uninjured, someone was definitely getting a special reward for her efforts.

Vlad kicked things off, only just able to hold back his tears and frustration at his beloved class being so thoroughly humiliated.

“Given what you knew about the other team, you came up with a strategy that should’ve given you an edge,” Vlad recounted, praising them as best he could considering the circumstances. “Urgh, but you were stuck on it and needed to be more flexible like Honenuki.”

All four of class B’s team member’s heads were bowed in apology to their teacher as they accepted the feedback.

“I’m sorry I made our team look lame.” Tokage took the most responsibility as team leader. “I failed us.”

The other three let out little gasps at the normally unflappable Tokage’s meek demeanour and similarly rare apology.

“No, let’s just carve this loss into our hearts and learn from it.” Kamakiri tried to reassure the others.

“Yeah, sure.” Bondo said simply, not quite knowing how to respond to the two most abrasive members of their class acting so unusually for them.

“If a monster like Bakugo turns into a team player there’s no weakness for us to exploit.” Awase rationalised, getting agreements from Kamakiri and Bondo. Tokage couldn’t help but let a small smile return to her face at another example of her class’ unwavering support for each other, though she never thought she’d be in this position for a change.

Over with class A, a very different feedback session unfolded.

“You didn’t do unnecessary damage and you neutralised your opponents efficiently.” Aizawa stunned the remaining class A members by giving their fourth team an exceptionally rare thumbs up. “Bakugo may have taken the lead but you three supported him, solid win; great job today.”

Three of the students beamed at the praise while Bakugo retained his normal resting scowl. Behind them, Kaminari nudged Kirishima’s shoulder with his own to get his attention.

“Have you ever gotten a thumbs up from Aizawa?”

“I didn’t even know he gave out thumbs up.” Kirishima chuckled. “But it figures that Bakugo got the first one of the day for how much he’s grown.”

With both teams feedback delivered, Aizawa dismissed the four saying, “I’m sure you’re all eager to receive more pats on the back but you won’t get them from me. You know what to do.”

“Yes sir.” Everyone but Bakugo nodded before the quartet turned to face their friends. Again, everyone but Bakugo made their way over to Izuku while the blond sought out his boyfriend.

“Way to go Baku-bro!” Kirishima cheered, punching him lightly on the shoulder.

“You totally killed it out there Kacchan.” Kaminari grinned, earning himself a glare in the process.

“Shut the hell up. I just took down some overhyped weaklings, why the hell did you guys have so much trouble.”

“Aaand he’s back.” Kaminari chuckled fondly.

“Don’t sell them short man, they did good out there,” Kirishima lightly scolded the boy. “You just did better.”

“Yeah whatever.” Bakugo scoffed.

“Young Bakugo.” A voice spoke softly from behind the trio. The three turned to witness a smiling All Might standing there with a proud look on his face. “Well done in your match. You really gave us quite an impressive show.”

“Hmph, it was nothing.” Bakugo rolled his eyes.

“No really, your skills are as phenomenal as ever and you’ve really come far since enrolling,” All Might smiled. “If I was still active, I might’ve thought about retiring in a couple years when you make your debut.”

“Well that’s already happened so what was the point in saying that?” Bakugo replied.

“Bakugo.” Kirishima gave his boyfriend the look.

“Urgh fine, god.” The explosive blond groaned before sighing deeply. Looking at the scrawny former pro he nodded lightly at the man. “Thank you.”

“You’re more than welcome young man.” All Might smiled warmly, taking his leave from the group since it was clear his presence wasn’t desire but they were words the somewhat troubled student needed to hear.

As he left, Bakugo couldn’t help but reflect on the speech he’d given at the start of the match. His gut instinct had been to go in guns blazing with everyone else picking up the leftovers he dropped to take back to jail when he was finished, but getting their input had made this exercise go so much smoother than anyone else’s.


“Alright you guys, listen up!” Bakugo called out to his teammates as they stood at their ready position, awaiting the klaxon to begin the round. “Those other idiots are gonna fight tooth and nail to take us down so leave everything to me. I’m gonna take ‘em out and then we’ll show everyone what a real set of heroes is supposed to look like.”

“Urgh, really?” Kyoka quirked an eyebrow. “That’s like a super bad idea.”

“Dude, we’ve got a well-balanced team here. Between my manoeuvrability, Jiro’s scouting, and Sato’s strength, I’d say there isn’t any other team as strong as ours. Don’t ruin this with your bravado man.” Sero sighed.

“I’m not.” Bakugo growled. “Look, you guys got all that which leaves me free to be the unrestrained powerhouse. I’ll take point and set off all their traps if they try to set any, even if they won’t work because I’m strong enough to take them down and get myself out.”

“Jeez, really man? Even Yaoyorozu didn’t account for everything the enemy could throw at her team; you think you’re ahead of her?” Sato asked, getting firm, agreeing nods from Kyoka.

“Let me finish damnit.” Bakugo snapped before taking a deep breath. “In the rare instance that I need help, you guys need to be there to support me, and in return, count on me to support you when you need help.”

“He said the ‘H’ word.” Sero gasped with a wry smile.

“Shut the hell up weird elbows. Shitty hair and raccoon eyes have been on my case about this so unless you wanna bring those nicknames back then take this seriously.” Bakugo scoffed.

“Alright man, jeez.” Sero held his hands up in surrender.

“But what about a plan?” Sato asked. “Is it just follow your lead when you blindly rush in?”

“Pretty much.” Bakugo shrugged. “Not a single one of them can match me head on so I’ll always come out the victor!”

“They could trick you though.” Kyoka shook her head. “Imagine if they lock you down without having to fight, where does that leave us?”

“Kyoka’s right, we should hang back and feel it out. The other team looks like they’d be great at counterattacks so it’s like we’d be intentionally walking into a trap.”

“That’s not gonna happen if you stay close enough to me.” Bakugo stated. “If you want your hand held so bad then take these too.” The blond tossed a pre-charged sweat-grenade to each of them, smirking as they each held it like it was about to explode; his gear wasn’t second rate. “They don’t pack much of a punch but they can be useful.”

“As long as they don’t blow us to bits first.” Sato gulped.

“Right, that’s the plan. Any other suggestions or improvements, speak up now or get ready for the fight.” Bakugo declared.

Both Sero and Sato shook their heads, attaching the grenade to their belts or placing it in a free pouch while Kyoka raised a jack.

“Uh, yeah, I have one.” She offered.


Bakugo had to admit her idea of only weakening each of the enemy team he encountered so the others could finish them off made sense; why use a cannon to catch a rabbit after all.

Awase wasn’t even on his radar as a threat once he was out in the open, Bondo needed to be stunned so he couldn’t use his glue, and Tokage was barely better than a normal, floating person in terms of strength from what she pitifully displayed. The only real threat was Kamakiri and he went down after a single X-Catapult so how strong was he really.

Still, as stupid as a younger version of him would think it was, he was glad his three teammates backed him up as effectively as they did. Maybe they won’t end up second-stringers after all. Especially when they were all getting advice from Izuku.

Looking over at the greenette as he delivered his feedback to the trio that had gathered around him like he was god’s gift to quirks, he was annoyed these people couldn’t think outside the box on their own. All of his own shit he came up with by himself and that’s what made him so awesome. If it meant they might actually put up a fight in combat training he guessed it was worth it; still wouldn’t save them though.


“Whelp, guess that’s it then,” Kendo sighed, observing the scoreboard that now recorded three wins for class A and a tie between them. “Class A has officially won over all. We’re just playing for pride at this point.”

“Are we though?” Shishida asked their class representative. “The last match is four of us and Shinso against three from class A. If we win, it puts a mark on our tally at the cost of a significant two person handicap. If we lose, then it’s only more humiliating.”

“Not to mention how much we’d disappoint the rest of our class, and Mr Vlad.” Shoda agreed.

“Then the only thing left for us to do is to win!” Monoma declared fiercely. “I will not squander this marvellous advantage fate has bestowed upon us and will reclaim our pride from those clear cheaters.”

“Cheaters?” Shiozaki pipped up while Kyoka’s earphone jack twitched from afar. “That is a most heinous accusation you are tossing around. I do pray you are not doing so lightly lest you spend eternity burning in hellfire.”

“It’s the only explanation.” Monoma reasoned. “They had to have been given special classes on our quirks and how to counter them as well as enhancing their own.”

“Well we’re all trying to be better heroes so we’ve all been working on our quirks dude.” Awase sighed.

“And I doubt Mr Eraser is the kind of teacher to give his class an edge like that.” Shishida reasoned.

“Then what other possible explanation do you have?” Monoma challenged. “Our best laid plans are in tatters while they appear to be simply ‘winging it’ and having greater success.”

“It is kind of de-morel-ising.” Kinoko said.

Standing nearby and simply observing, Shinso could understand this notion from their point of view and he wasn’t even in their class.

“If we’re gonna take ‘em down a peg then it’s all up to your team Monoma.” Kamakiri patted his friend on his shoulder.

“Fear not my friends, I shall endeavour to see that our class shan’t be further humiliated in this fashion and-”

“Oi,” Kirishima called out as he approached the group of 1-B students, flanked by Kaminari and, of all people, Ochako.

“What do you want?” Monoma drawled.

“For you to shut your trap.” Kaminari stated.

“I wish that were possible.” Kendo muttered, causing Kodai to crack a small smile.

“You’ve been practically bullying our whole class for our entire time at UA, always trying to bring us down.” Ochako stated with a frown. “And now you’re calling us cheaters?!”

“Well, trying to, not that it’s worked.” Kaminari chuckled, jerking his head at the scoreboard.

“I am simply defending our class’ honour and reputation from being besmirched by your uppity class of immature miscreants.” Monoma defended himself as though butter wouldn’t melt in his mouth. “It’s clear we’re cut from a different cloth than you trouble-makers and I want everyone to know that when 1-B, the superior class, gets their due time in the sun.”

“Has he been practising that?” Yanagi muttered.

“Probably.” Shoda replied.

“Well we’ve had enough,” Kirishima stated. “So since proving things in battle hasn’t worked, how about a little wager?”

“Oh?” Monoma paused, intrigued. “And what could you possibly offer to make something as censoring as that seem worth the risk?”

All of the listening in class B members turned to face the small group of 1-A students.

“Well, if we win, you need to stop bad-mouthing our class like, full stop.” Ochako declared.

“On the flip side, if we lose, the whole class will admit that yours is the superior class.” Kaminari smirked.

Monoma’s mouth cracked open as a small gasp escaped while his eyes widened at the opportunity that fell into his lap.

“Okay, that seems too good for him to pass up so while he’s processing, what exactly are we wagering on?” Tokage asked curiously, having also wanted to show off her skills to class A, though not quite with as much hostility as Monoma.

“The last match.” Kirishima grinned toothily. “Class A wins, then you gotta shut your beak.”

“We lose? You get what you always wanted.” Kaminari teased the prize tantalisingly before Monoma.

“Wait, what about a draw?” Kendo asked, wanting to make sure there was no wiggle room for Monoma to crawl out of; it’d make her responsibilities much easier after all.

“Let’s be generous and say a draw falls in your favour too.” Ochako nodded with determination.

“Jeez, now that is tempting.” Tokage whistled.

“Are you really that confident?” Shoda asked carefully, wondering just how sure the brunette was since she was taking part in their match along with him after all.

“Oh yeah,” Ochako nodded, “we’re gonna destroy you!”

Monoma’s brain finished its reboot at that taunt and fed him the words he needed next.

“You’ve got yourselves a bet!” He declared eagerly, an almost crazed look in his eye. The surrounding students felt the urge to step back as Monoma’s crazed laughter started up again. Before he could start up his taunting however, he was interrupted by an adult voice.

“Well then, if it’s going to be official, you should shake on it.”

“M-Miss Midnight?” Kendo blinked, unaware their art history teacher had heard the whole thing.

“Indeed dears.” Midnight smiled, “I couldn’t help overhearing about this invigorating wager and just had to ensure everything was done consensually.” She purred. “Only thing now is to seal the deal with a handshake.”

“Like men!” Kirishima grinned, holding out his own hand for Monoma to take.

The blond boy eyed it reluctantly but clasped it with his own and shook once to make it all official.

“Oh and just incase you decide to back out, we now have the whole thing on video.” Midnight winked, pointing at the cameras dotted around the area before waving playfully as she walked back over to where All Might was standing.

While he figured it was unnecessary, Monoma felt a creeping pang of doubt in his heart. 1-A were incredibly overconfident in their abilities and this would just prove it to them; there was no way they could lose. But on the off chance they might...

“Well, now that the stakes are that high,” Shoda sighed, gesturing to Shinso, Kodai and Yanagi to come in close. “We should go over the plan once- h-hey, Monoma?”

But the blond boy was already gone, worryingly making his way over to class A and, more specifically, their opponents for the last match.

“That can’t be good.” Shoda sighed, gesturing for his team to follow and try to avert whatever difficulties Monoma was about to bring down on them.

Izuku, who’d been chatting amicably with his teammates, Kirishima and Kaminari, and those from the last match excluding Bakugo, noticed Monoma’s approach first.

“Can we help you?” Izuku asked carefully while hiding his notebook, the group already aware of Monoma’s accusation of cheating and the upcoming bet.

“I just wanted to make sure you understood the friendly wager being placed on your behalf.” Monoma explained. “It wouldn’t do to win only to have you try and back out of your end of it because you weren’t informed ahead of time.”

“Yeah, we already know.” Mina said sharply. “Why don’t you go plan with your own team instead of trying to distract us, it’s not going to give you a better chance.”

While Monoma had indeed come to provoke them somewhat, he was more interested in using it as a distraction from his true goal; reconnaissance. With every passing second he studied his opponents, noting their outfits, muscles and gear to try and get a better idea just what they were up against.

The two girls looked like easy pickings once Uraraka’s hands were restrained, though Mina might need to be knocked out due to her troublesome quirk that could be produced anywhere on her body.

Their true test would be Izuku Midoriya however, the Bakugo of this team. Monoma was no fool and knew the boy packed a lot of power under his hood. Last he’d seen, the boy still felt a very detrimental backlash when using his quirk but heard through the grapevine that he’d managed to rectify that issue. Of the group, he was also the one decked out in the most gear. From his thick utility belt to the unusually thick, metallic soles of his boots and even the weird elbow length gloves on his arm, the boy clearly put some extra stock into gadgetry.

“I see you’re all ready for this match so no harm in a friendly chat, especially you Midoriya.” Monoma smirked. “Seems you’re more than ready with all those support items minimizing your backlash, no more broken fingers with those gloves I hope.”

“No chance of that.” Kirishima smirked. “Midori-bro’s got that down without his gear.”

“It does help manage it though.” Izuku noted before glancing curiously at Monoma. “On top of… other uses.”

“Ah, secrets and deceptions I see.” Monoma smirked. “Don’t tell me, I’d like no accusations of insider knowledge spoiling class B’s victory. I do hope they’ll be able to hold up in the heat of battle though.”

“Monoma.” Shoda placed his hand on his classmate’s shoulder and tried to pull him away from whatever antagonistic thing he was concocting. “Let’s just go plan.”

“You can count on that!” Kaminari smirked, replying to the arrogant blond. “All Midoriya’s swag is top tier. The same pink haired chick who made it made my pointer and shooter.”

“Dude, learn her name.” Kyoka rolled her eyes.

Pink haired? There was only one pink haired girl he knew in the support course since she’d been horrifically slandered across the news for a few days. While Monoma wasn’t so stupid as to request his gear not be made by her, he was smart enough to instead request another student exclusively make his gear, hyping up his skills to throw off the foul scent of discrimination so to speak.

From the way Izuku’s mouth broke into a warm smile as he glanced down at his gloves, Monoma had all he needed to give his team the edge. An angry opponent is a sloppy opponent, and with Midoriya out of the way, the match was as good as theirs.

“Whom ever could you… ah yes, the… ahem… hero support student that’s been so popular recently.” Monoma started with a smirk. “Terrible shame about such horrible accusations that are being so callously thrown around these days to wound one of our own.”

“Pot, meet kettle.” Tsuyu stated, though Monoma once again ignored her as well as missing the narrowed glare that Shinso was sending at the back of his head.

“I’ve never had the pleasure of using a piece of her gear since my quirk relies more heavily on my opponents’ but I do say I rather favour our chances a bit more knowing the origin of your gear.”

“And what’s that supposed to mean?” Ochako growled in an accusatory tone, daring the boy to say what he was implying.

“Monoma.” Shoda warned again. “As vice representative I ask that you not-”

“If someone as morally compromised as that were to make my gear, I’d be afraid it might break at just the wrong time.” Monoma’s smirk increased in size as he looked directly into Izuku’s eyes.

“Dude.” Kirishima warned, his own fist clenching as he caught up to the boy’s implication.

“Let’s just hope your gear isn’t sub-par like Kaminari’s and can stick the landing.” Monoma finished, tapping his rear pocket where Kaminari’s targeting disc had attached to Shishida’s outfit before Rin shot it off.

Monoma congratulated himself on a job well done as the greentte’s eyes narrowed, a deep frown now on his face while his hands clenched in anger.

“Take that back.”

“Take what back?” Monoma asked innocently as he turned and began walking away, his class B classmates parting to let him through, not wanting to be anywhere near him if something was about to go down. “I didn’t say a single untrue thing. Good luck in our match though, you’re probably going to need it.”

The other members of Monoma’s team felt a shiver run down their spines when they looked at Izuku, the intense look on his face barely comparable to what they knew of the kindly 1-A student. Even some of the class A students felt the determined intent rolling off the boy with Kyoka feeling a little hot under the collar suddenly at such a look.

“Don’t do it man.” Kirishima reached across Izuku to potentially hold him back. Bakugo would’ve gone off like a nuke by now and while Midoriya was definitely more easy-going, it was clear even he had his limits.

“Jeez, what a fucking asshole.” Ochako spat.

“I am gonna do to him what I should’ve done to Mineta.” Mina growled.

“Mina, don’t.” Kirishima stood in front of his friend to block her too.

“Mina, yes!” The pinkette growled. “No, wait, Mina do! No… that doesn’t sound right.”

“Calm down idiots.” Kyoka scolded them. “I know it’s irritating but that’s probably exactly what he wants right now.”

“I can’t apologize enough on his behalf.” Shoda bowed deeply, the responsibility of mending their interclass relations falling to him with Kendo apparently distracted by their homeroom teacher. “That was uncalled for and I know it’s probably one of his stupid bravado things or something.”

“Dude’s scared of losing the bet I’d say.” Kaminari smirked. “He knows Midoriya’s our ace for this team and wants to get under his skin.”

“That’s… surprisingly insightful of you.” Kyoka remarked.

“I have my moments.” Kaminari shot her a cheeky grin.

“So unmanly.” Kirishima sighed, letting his arms drop now the initial danger seemed to have passed when Izuku closed his eyes and took a set of calming breaths.

“You okay there Midori?” Mina asked carefully, not used to seeing him like this. Hell, none of them were.

“I’m fine Mina.” Izuku said after letting out one last, finishing sigh. “I’m just thinking of a new plan is all.”

“Uh oh, someone’s in trouble.” Kaminari smirked.

“If it’s anything like your… uh… other training sessions then this should be good.” Kirishima pounded his fists together and sending a grin at the four remaining members of class B.

“Just as long as Mr Aizawa doesn’t disqualify me.” Izuku stated. “That could even be what he wants.”

“Dude’s not that slick, right?” Kaminari asked.

“I just hope you will not excessively punish us for Monoma’s actions.” Shoda sighed. “Again, please accept my apologies and I hope you understand that Monoma’s behaviour and beliefs aren’t shared by a majority of our classmates.”

“We’ll have to see, won’t we?” Mina narrowed her eyes, hoping to toss some intimidation back at their team for what they just pulled.

“We’ll just take our leave.” Yanagi bowed low, followed by her two other classmates, though Shinso did not, before the four departed.

As the quartet left to rejoin their masochist of a teammate, Shoda tried to broach what just happened with them.

“That vibe… Midoriya’s definitely the one we need to most watch out for.” Shoda shuddered.

“Don’t you think he’s spooky?”

“Mmm.” Kodai nodded.

“He’s spooky?” Shinso asked.

“Oh, she loves spooky stuff, it’s kind of her thing.” Shoda explained as they all walked away. “Now we just need to come up with a plan to not get smashed by him thanks to Monoma.”

While the four departed Kyoka’s jacks twitched when she picked up Yanagi’s words and then Shoda’s explanation.

“Hey Izuku?” She called out to the boy.

“Uh, yes?” Izuku asked innocently, the angry look almost vanishing from his face as his attention was directed to her.

“Watch out for that girl with the silver hair, don’t let her touch you.” Kyoka warned him, a very faint blush rising to her cheeks.

“Huh? Uh, okay, but I don’t think her quirk works on people… or was that Kodai’s?” Izuku rationalised, thinking through what he knew of the girl.

“Just don’t let her touch you idiot!” Kyoka turned away and strode over to stand next to Momo, noting to herself never to bring up the fact that Izuku is literally haunted around the girl lest she try and go after their shared boyfriend.

“What was that all about?” Ochako wondered, figuring she’d ask after the girl later. Mina chuckled but said nothing, recognising that type of behaviour.

“So what’s the plan Midori?” Mina asked curiously. “We gonna pull a Bakugo and just annihilate them like Monoma deserves?”

“I’ll tell you when we get to the starting point.” Izuku said softly but with a strength in his words. Mina didn’t know if he was intentionally putting on this voice but it sent shivers to all the right places for her.

Glancing over at their teachers who just stopped talking together, it seemed they were about to begin the slaughter.


“Fifth match will start momentarily! Teams to your marks!” Vlad King announced, the little break between matches now over with.

“Good luck!” Tooru cheered for her girlfriend, giving her a parting kiss.

“We won’t need luck.” Mina giggled. “We’ve got karma on our side.”

“Karma?” Ochako asked curiously as their group deliberately set out far back from Monoma’s group.

“Monoma’s about to get what’s coming to him.” Mina smirked. “With a Midoriya plan, we can’t lose.”

“She’s right.” Izuku nodded. “But I’m gonna need both of your help too.”

As the two groups departed the viewing platform there was a palpable tension in the air. Word had spread to those that didn’t know about the bet and Midnight had informed the other teachers. Whatever happened next was anyone’s guess but they knew Izuku was about to be at the center of it all.

“Think they’ll be okay?” Tooru asked nervously, standing next to Tsuyu, Momo and Kyoka.

“They’ll be fine, ribbit.” Tsuyu smiled reassuringly at the girl.

“Even with you-know-what acting up?” Kyokas asked, glancing at Tsuyu’s arm.

The frog girl reached up to cup the still aching spot but nodded all the same.

“Izuku’s not going to let something like that stop him and neither are the other two.”

“That’s what I’m afraid of.” Momo sighed, sharing Tooru’s worries for their partners.

“It’s now time for the fifth and final training match!” Vlad King declared with as much remaining passion as he could muster. “This one’s just for glory so do your best until the last student’s down! Begin!”


Instead of racing towards their opponents, when class B’s team heard the klaxon go off they simply meandered forward calmly. Their initial plan was to use team A’s eagerness to get revenge on Monoma against them, letting them get close to their jail cell and using that against them. Even if they only managed to take down Ashido and Uraraka and get them to prison, Midoriya would be hard pressed to capture three of them and take them all the way back to class A’s cell single-handedly.

Either taking down the green powerhouse or stalling until the match is over was the aim of the game thanks to Monoma forcefully leading the team, which no one wanted to fight him on thanks to the stunt he’d pulled. Now, win or lose, it was all on his head.

“Ever since I was a kid I heard the same thing on repeat. ‘There’s no way you can be a superhero with a quirk like that.’” Monoma lectured as they walked.

Shinso gave him the side eye and tried to just ignore him like the boy’s classmates were doing. When the other three split off from the group to enact their part of the plan, Shinso knew Monoma’s words were directed at him as they continued walking together and his blathering didn’t stop.

“What are you talking about?” Shinso scoffed, already irritated at the blond for his stunt with the other team and his words about Mei. If he didn’t already suspect his actions were being judged he’d be tempted to tell the boy to go to hell like the rest of the idiots who doubt people like him and Mei.

“The two of us are both very aware of our weaknesses. Sometimes we have to embrace our darker sides to survive.” Monoma continued, getting on more and more of Shinso’s rapidly falling reserve of nerves. “I really like you Shinso, honestly. We’re so similar.” He sighed wistfully sending the boy a knowing look.

“Disagree. Strongly disagree.” Shinso stated.

“Oh come now Shinso, don’t be like that.” Monoma chuckled. “After all, I just employed the same tactic you did at the sports festival; insulting his friend.”

Shinso’s eyes narrowed, frustrated Monoma saw the two acts as even remotely the same.

“I did it in a battle to fight for my chance at the hero course. Far as I can tell, you did it to be spiteful.”

“My, do you think so little of me you couldn’t see the trap I was laying for our dear classmates?” Monoma tittered. “In order for us to become heroes one day we must sometimes act in less than heroic ways. If we don’t, we can’t stand alongside those with more power. It’s not enough to try to copy our idols. Don’t you feel that way?”

Monoma paused, turning to address Shinso directly.

“Like you had all these grand hopes and dreams when you were a kid, but now those goals are just burdens. It’s almost as if the two of us are cursed.”

“We are nothing alike!” Shinso spat coldly, reaching the end of his own tether. “I’ve always kept my eyes firmly on my own dream of becoming a hero. I may have stumbled here and there and wallowed in my apparent misfortunes but I do not jealously eye everyone else’s dreams and try to sabotage them to lift myself up higher.”

“Shinso, buddy. Where’s this coming from.” Monoma took a step back at what he believed was undeserved hostility. Shinso wasn’t done though and continued laying into Monoma.

“I’ve only been around your class for a day and I can tell that you and I will never get along; our ideas of what makes a hero are too vastly different. You are so focused on your own perceived hardships and slights that you lash out at any who don’t meet your standards.” The purple-haired boy scoffed. “We’ll never get along because you’re where I was back during the sports festival… and I hate that guy; so let’s cut the crap, act like professionals and do our jobs.”

Monoma watched as Shinso stepped towards him, a scathing look on his face. He almost thought he was going to get punched but Shinso merely tapped his hand with his own.

“Here, copy my quirk like you were almost definitely going to ask and let’s just finish this.” Shinso stated.

Monoma just nodded dumbly and did as requested, clicking one of his pocket watches on his belt to begin timing out ten minutes.

“Come on.” Shinso took the lead when Monoma stopped directly touching him. “We’re on the clock.”

Monoma watched Shinso’s retreating back with mild disbelief on his face. The purple-haired boy was only a general studies student and he was lecturing him about being a hero?! Monoma sent a dirty look at Shinso’s back. At least he got one thing right: the two of them would never get along.

While Monoma tried to quell his irritation at the general studies guest his team had to tolerate, he missed a flicker of a shadow passing down the other end of the street below them.


“What the hell are they doing?” Kamakiri asked, posing the question to anyone that could offer an answer within earshot.

“Are they not even trying?” Bondo joined in.

“Beats me,” Kirishima shrugged. “But whatever it is, you ain’t seen nothing yet.”

“Yeah, when it comes to being outnumbered, Midoriya’s kinda at his best.” Kaminari grinned smugly.

“Wait… what?” Shishida turned.

“Oh, did we not mention this isn’t the first time our green machine has had the odds stacked against him?” Kaminari continued his taunt.

“Not to mention his stacked backup with Uraraka and Ashido.” Sero chuckled.

“Is there a rest stop between now and the point?” Kamakiri rolled his eyes.

“Alright, spoil our fun.” Kaminari chuckled. “Hey girls?” The four remaining girls of class A turned their heads towards the electric blond.

“What?” Kyoka called back.

“What happened when all six of you tried to ambush Midoriya, who was alone, in a training match?”

“We lost, ribbit.”

“D-Don’t say it so simply!” Kyoka blushed, not wanting class B to think of her as weak despite her recent performance.

“Yeah, we kinda wanted to prove ourselves against him and he kicked our butts.” Tooru giggled, causing Kyoka to groan.

“There’s no way that’s true.” Tsuburaba gaped in disbelief.

“It is.” Aizawa stated simply, not tearing his eyes away from the board lest he miss a moment of the green problem child’s headache of a plan, his words washing over class B like a wave of cold water.

“No way!” Awase joined Tsuburaba with a slack jaw.

“Woah, green did that?” Tokage looked the boy on screen with new eyes, a predatory expression on her face.

“But he had no one to have to watch out for.” Kuroiro stated. “Ambushes from the dark are a lot easier when it’s a solo act.”

“No one to watch your back but no one to hold you down.” Rin pondered the scenario. “A challenge he does not face here.”

“That’s right.” Vlad called back. “I’m sure it may seem impossible but don’t forget that a single villain can turn the tide of an entire battle.”

As the students continued to debate among themselves while nothing entertaining happened on-screen, Vlad took a moment to step closer to Aizawa and whisper to him.

“Eraser. Is it really true? What was the handicap for you to allow that?”

“Urgh, yes, it’s true and for Midoriya, I thought he needed the challenge. The girls? They needed a lesson in biting off more than they could chew.” Aizawa fudged just a little. “As for the handicap, only the girls knew about the scenario ahead of time, Midoriya believed it was a one on one at first.”

“Crap.” Vlad cursed, now actually worried for his students rather than reassured by the numbers advantage they had.

“Wait, are they doing what I think they’re doing?” Ojiro asked.

“My, how ingenious!” Momo clapped lightly. “I’d never considered such an option.”

“There’s nothing in the rules against it, ribbit.” Tsuyu smirked.

While class B was carefully searching around and being cautious in their moves to locate class A’s team, Izuku, Mina and Ochako were making a decisive move that greatly lessened their chances of a loss.

“Cowards, they strike at which cannot strike back.” Shiozaki cried.

“They can’t do that!” Vlad roared into the microphone, concurring with his student in nature.

“Actually they can.” Aizawa turned to his fellow teacher and smirked. “The rules were only that students inside the jail counted towards the final score. There was nothing about this as a potential option.”

“They’ve got some balls on them, I’ll give ‘em that.” Tokage laughed as Vlad King’s mouth dropped open.

“Is it weird I kinda wanna root for them now?” Awase chuckled, seeing at their hopes of a full win sail out the window.

“Let’s be honest, we’re rooting against Monoma.” Kaibara cracked a smile.

“It’s just too bad for everyone else that this is how it ends.” Shishida felt bad for his classmates and Shinso for their ultimately doomed match. The best they could hope for now was a draw and something told him that wasn’t on the objective list for their opponents.


“Where are they?” Monoma grit his teeth as he scanned the area, still not seeing hide nor hair of any of their three opponents. He certainly didn’t mind if the clock ran down like this since a draw would mean their win from the bet perspective but he also wanted to show up the cocky, overconfident 1-A personally.

“Maybe they’re just hiding at their base?” Shinso offered, wondering if both teams had had the same idea.

“Not after… no, I don’t think so.” Monoma stated biting his lip as he strained his eyes and ears for a hint of movement or sound.

Down below he could see Shoda, Kodai and Yanagi cautiously looking around too with Yanagi’s Poltergeist manipulated objects scouting around, all registering on Shoda’s wrist guard should any of them lose their quirk power or be destroyed.

Everything was silent… too silent.

Then, all five of them picked up the same sound at once; an oil drum being knocked over.

“This way.” Monoma ordered to Shinso as the other three began advancing themselves on Shoda’s command.

“It could be a trap.” Shinso warned.

“It almost certainly is,” Monoma smirked, “but we’ve got a better one,” he tapped at his neck, indicating Shinso’s hero gear.

As they approached an overlook near where the sound came from, Shinso hid himself behind some nearby piping while Monoma jumped out into the open on a horizontal pipe to act as bait. From here they would trick Midoriya or one of the others into Shinso’s spell while the rest of the team provided back up.

Looking forward for the enemy however, meant they were blind to their behind.

An unfamiliar scream breached the still air.

It wasn’t by any member of the opposing team. Instead, Monoma could only watch as Kodai streaked by, thrown front ways over Midoriya’s shoulder with a look of great surprise on her face as her hands were bound in Izuku’s strong grip, his gloves haphazardly overstuffed in a pair of utility belt pouches.

“Where did he come from?!” Monoma shouted, giving away his position, though not that he cared. He knew Midoriya heard him, but the boy was apparently single-minded in his goal as he bounced back towards his home base with prisoner in hand.

“Emily, Mines, after him!” Monoma ordered, though the pair were already trying their best to salvage the situation. Yanagi was hurling the array of objects she and Kodai had prepared earlier in the match with their quirks towards Midoriya, hoping they would hit.

“Make sure you don’t hit Rule!” Shoda warned, trying his best to keep the enemy in his sight but Midoriya was just too fast, leaping from one pipe to another before he was out of sight.

“Shit, Kodai can’t use her quirk on living matter.” Monoma grumbled as he tried to use the pipe-pathways himself. “Is he gonna try and pick us off one at a time? And where are the other two?”

“Right here!” A cheerful voice called from above.

Looking up, Monoma gasped as he saw Ashido and Uraraka floating above them, the brunette having both arms wrapped around the pinkette’s waist with smug grins on their faces.

“Improvised special move!” They called out simultaneously. “Sticky rain!”

Monoma’s mouth dropped as Mina pointed her hands down in a spout and fired. A spray of acid blew out around the area, coating a good number of surfaces in the substance. When Mina fired downwards, the opposing force of the spray also pushed her and Ochako further into the sky, only widening the scope of their attack, if costing them a bit of effectiveness the higher they went.

Monoma took shelter behind a wall and waited for the attack to blow over.

“Damn, they got me.” He heard Shoda call out. From the attack name it was clear that his teammate was temporarily restrained somewhere he couldn’t see from this angle.

“Phantom Thief!” He heard Yanagi call out and knew what that signal was for. With such an obvious floating target, how could they resist not blasting the annoying pair out of the sky with both barrels?

Pulling the array of objects he’d stored in his pocket out, Monoma quickly activated both the middle pocket watch on his belt and Yanagi’s quirk, controlling the shrunken objects with poltergeist.

“Let’s see you dodge this class A!” Monoma shouted angrily, putting as much power into the objects force as he could.

“Wall of protection; Acid Veil!” Mina announced, increasing her acid’s solubility to hold in front of them for as long as she could with a single hand, the other emitting another stream of acid at an angle to direct them towards the top of some nearby tall scaffolding to land safely.

“Where’s Tsu when you need her?” Ochako giggled, thinking of her girlfriend’s helpful tongue.


“Right here ‘Chako.” Tsuyu giggled.

“Aaand, that’s game.” Aizawa smirked as Izuku gently placed Kodai in jail while apologizing to her for the rough ride.

“This is so not fair.” Vlad gripped the microphone in frustration. “We should just call the match now instead of letting this farce go on.”

“Don’t even think about it.” Aizawa warned. “These kids need to know the importance of keeping up the good fight until the bitter end. Don’t forget the importance of fog of war.”

“Could you just stop being right today.” Vlad sighed, allowing the match to continue despite knowing all that awaited his precious students was pain.

“Way to go Midoriya!” Sato cheered along with a number of other class A members.

“Victory is assured.” Tokoyami smiled.

“They’re gonna win.” Tooru hugged Kyoka tightly, much to the punk rock girl’s annoyance due to her public persona.

“Monoma’s mouth got us into trouble again.” Shishida sighed.

“Think Yaoyorozu would generate that muzzle if I ask her?” Kendo chuckled weakly, giving a small clap at the forgone conclusion that was this match.

“The real question is, would we have won if Monoma didn’t provoke him?” Fukidashi sighed.


Frustratingly, Monoma couldn’t use two quirks simultaneously and re-enlarge the objects he was tossing at the two girls with Kodai’s quirk. The best he could do was save some from getting destroyed by Mina’s acid wall and drop them from overhead when the girls landed on the scaffolding using gravity to try and assault them.

Between Ochako’s use of her quirk to nullify the falling debris and Mina’s flexibility to dodge the ones she couldn’t liquefy, the two girls were looking like untouchable queens of the castle right now.

Yanagi had broken off her assault to try and use her quirk on Shoda’s boots to unstick him from the ground where he’d unfortunately stepped just after a thick globule of sticky acid touched down.

“Emily, focus!” Monoma called out, trying to manipulate more objects with Yanagi’s quirk to strike at the girls from all angles at once. Trying to coordinate so many little objects at once was difficult though and his lack of support was pissing him off.

“Just a little more and I can free him.” Yanagi shot back. “You come help too.”

“We can’t let this opportunity slip away from us.” Monoma countered, not ceasing in his attempts to try and knock the girls off their tower. Yanagi scoffed and redoubled her efforts, finally managing to free one of Shoda’s boots when she focused solely on it.

Out of the corner of his eye, Monoma’s frustration faded a little as he saw Shinso working his way through the scaffolding and climbing up to the girls from below, obscured by the criss-crossing piping below them. Perfect, with his quirk, they could secure two birds with one stone. Maybe the boy had some potential as a side-kick after all, just definitely not his.

Dropping a pair of steel hexagon nuts on the floor, Monoma stepped on top of them and took to the skies himself, manipulating them with Yanagi’s quirk to maintain his foothold and rise up to his enemy’s level.

“Aren’t we putting up a significant defence?” He postured, knowing they might slip up and react to his provocations alone. From what he gathered, Ashido was the more impulsive one of the two, though it was Uraraka who’d taken greater issue with his provocations earlier. As the greater threat, he decided to focus on Ashido as the worst Uraraka could do was make him float, and that’s only if she could physically touch him. “You two look like helpless little girls waiting for their green prince charming to roll in for the rescue.”

Ashido cracked a smirk, probably feeling some sort of superiority over him right now since she’d guessed he’d copied Brainwashing but it didn’t matter; he was just the bait after all.

“Ochako, Mina, are you all right?” Izuku’s voice called out the girls. Monoma tried to hold back his smirk as he forced his face to school itself into one of intense worry, looking around wildly for ‘Midoriya’ who was about to swoop in and save them.

To his horror, instead of falling for it, both girls looked at each other and grinned before looking straight down through the scaffolding grating. Shinso gasped in Izuku’s voice as they both spotted him after a moment of searching.

Without a word to each other, Mina and Ochako vaulted the scaffolding rails and slipped between the many pipes to charge downwards towards Shinso, completely ignoring Monoma.

“Hey! I’m still here!” Monoma growled, frustrated their ploy had been found out so fast.

He reached into his pockets to grab some more loose debris he’d picked up to support his ill-mannered teammate only to pause as another girlish scream rang out.

“Emily!” He heard Shoda call out a moment after.

Tearing his eyes away from the two 1-A girls as they chased after the now retreating form of Shinso, Monoma looked back at his other two teammates to spot the back of that familiar green hero outfit worn by his current nemesis as a lifeless Yanagi was thrown over his shoulder.

“Where are you going you coward?!” Monoma called out, swooping down and trying to follow Midoriya on his Yanagi powered air skates. His speed was no match for Yanagi’s own with his quirk, nor Midoriya’s agility as the boy once more absconded with his teammate.

“Phantom! It’s too much, we need to regroup!” Shoda shouted, deciding to abandon his shoe for now and pull his foot free, standing lopsidedly for a moment before running back towards their base.

Monoma cursed internally, wishing he’d topped up his copy timer with Yanagi before she’d gotten herself captured. Regretfully, he gave up chasing the greenette as a lost cause and re-joined his only other class B teammate, switching his copied quirk to Shoda’s to preserve the last five minutes he had with Yanagi’s.

“What happened?!” He practically yelled into Shoda’s face after they checked they were alone.

“Midoriya ambushed us. He got Emily when she was focusing on my boot.” Shoda explained. “One chop to the back of the neck and she was out.”

“Shit.” Monoma cursed, holding his hand to his mouth as he tried to puzzle out what to do next. Time was ticking and his quirks were only going to disappear sooner if they didn’t make a play soon. Something had to change.

“Wait a sec,” Shoda realised slowly. “Where’s Shinso?”


‘Where the hell is Monoma?!’ Shinso swore as he used every ounce of his training to try and give the two hunting heroes the slip.

From the grunts of effort behind him, he could tell he was only just able to stay ahead of the two agile girls. He counted his blessings as if it was Midoriya, he’s sure he would’ve been caught by now. Their training was clearly ahead of his own, but Aizawa’s scarf came in handy to pull himself along and aid his jumps as he yanked himself over a gap towards another horizontal pipeline.

“Cutie! Throw me!” Ashido’s voice called out from behind him.

“Princess, you got it!” Uraraka replied. Had they devised a nickname system to let the other know when it was safe to talk?

He chanced a glance behind him, hoping to keep an eye on his pursuers and see if backup was on the way. Unfortunately, all he could see was the gravity girl and acidic girl with no backup in sight. Actually, was that Uraraka holding a crouched Ashido like an oversized baseball?

“Improvised special move: Acid Comet!” The brunette called out, hurling her projectile in the form of Mina forward who added to her own momentum by kicking off Ochako’s hand as best she could, arms outstretched as she hurtled towards him.

Shinso only had a moment to react but this was something he’d trained for. Dodging Aizawa’s capture scarf from wrapping around his throat had clearly been good for something as he jumped up, lashing his own capture scarf around the industrial metal above as Mina sailed under his feet.

“Damnit!” She cried in frustration when she missed.

The purple-haired boy knew this was it. The perfect chance had opened up for him with the girls separated like this.

“Big mistake.” He called out, jerking his arm to unwrap the scarf from around the pipe above before hurling it forward, wrapping it securely around Mina’s floating body and bringing her to a jerked stop that made her gasp. “Now you’re my girlfriend.”

“The hell I am!” Mina shouted back only for her eyes to lose focus.

“Mina, no!” Ochako gasped.

Shinso knew not to hesitate this time. As soon as he landed back on the pipe, he tugged the tied up, weightless pinkette over to him and jumped away.

“Oh no you don’t!” Ochako growled, chasing after the boy while touching her fingers together. “Release!”

Shinso jerked a bit in mid-air but he’d been expecting the girl’s weight to return to her and continued regardless, though at a slower pace.

‘If I can get her to the jail, even if we lose this, I’ll still prove myself!’ Shinso thought, using every muscle he could to try and stay ahead of Ochako for the short time he needed.

While he was running away from the two, he’d still remained conscious of his surroundings and lead the pair back towards class B’s jail. He figured they were too caught up in the chase to realise what he was doing and thankfully did what he wanted them to.

“You’re… mine!” Ochako called out as she made one last lunge, grabbing at and just missing Shinso’s ankle as he jumped down from the piping and turned the last corner before their jail would be in sight. After a few steps forward however, he slowed until he came to a full stop.

Ochako quickly rounded the corner after him and slowed herself, a smirk winding its way onto her face.

“Lose something?”


Izuku hopped, jumped and pounced his way through the industrial piping, returning to the last location he’d encountered the enemy once more. Having now secured two of the opposing team in their jail, their victory was guaranteed. Admittedly he hoped he got to see either the replay footage of Monoma discovering their little ploy or watching him react in person. Izuku just wanted to have a friendly match against the opposing class to test their skills against unfamiliar opponents but Monoma made it personal and Izuku let out his inner cynic to help plan how to best get his message through to class A’s self-professed rival.

It probably wasn’t his most heroic act by sabotaging the enemy like he did to prove a point but the blond needed to know his behaviour was not acceptable. It reminded him too much of the snide looks and mutterings from back in Aldera.

Too lost in his thoughts, Izuku didn’t even notice the shrunken barrel flying towards his face.

“Now.” Shoda stated as Monoma released Yanagi’s quirk and switched back to Kodai’s, increasing the size of the barrel while Shoda activated his Twin Impact quirk, sending the barrel hurtling into Izuku’s side and making him crash into some dense piping.

“Ha! You arrogant idiot. Did you really think we’d fall for the same trick thrice?” Monoma shouted, satisfied he’d managed to knock the overconfident boy down a peg. “Using the same route over and over, did you really think we wouldn’t notice?”

Izuku groaned as he pushed himself out of the dented metal, the dust obscuring his vision just a tad. As soon as he landed to find his footing however, Shoda was on him in an instant, throwing a punch at his center mass that would almost assuredly send him into or possibly through the pipes completely this time with his quirk.

Jumping the second his foot touched the floor, Izuku twisted his body to try and dodge the blow if he could. Even a glancing blow was enough for Shoda’s quirk though so while Izuku’s escaped with just a graze on the side of his stomach, Shoda activated his Twin Impact the moment after, sending Izuku spinning through the air.

“And now you’re imitating a pinwheel!” Monoma laughed. “After those first two captures, I was getting worried, but it turns out you’re pretty useless when you can’t ambush someone.”

Before Izuku could crash into the surrounding area, he primed his gauntlets he’d re-equipped after depositing Yanagi in their prison and let out several air blasts in the direction he was spinning. He slowed himself enough to gain his bearings and land very awkwardly on all fours. Not giving himself a moment to pause knowing he’d just be at his opponent’s mercy, Izuku jumped towards a tall area he thought was directly beside him, though thanks to all the nausea he wasn’t a hundred percent sure he’d aimed correctly.

Regardless, he managed to crash into a set of scaffolding handrails and quickly grabbed on to prevent himself falling.

“Look how the mighty have fallen.” Monoma smirked, resisting the urge to use Yanagi’s quirk and hover in front of the pitiful boy, opting to just stand on his vantage point.

“Press the attack!” Shoda ordered, having had enough of Monoma’s mouth himself at this point. Izuku Midoriya had proven himself a threat to be taken seriously and if they didn’t strike now then they were as good as finished. Using several pipes as footholds, Shoda launched himself up and threw his strongest punch at the dangling greenette.

Much like his fight with the six girls of his class though, giving Izuku enough time to recover and retaliate was their flaw.

Still somewhat dizzy, Izuku used just his arm strength to hoist himself up, barely avoiding Shoda’s punch which impacted the railing instead. Shoda grit his teeth and activated his quirk anyway, sending the scaffold wobbling dangerously. Izuku wasn’t on it for long though. As soon as his feet touched the floor he’d jumped once again, flipping back over Shoda’s head with his arms primed.

“Delware Smash: Air Force!” Izuku declared, letting four finger flicks of air pressure fly at the amply sized boy. Two of them missed their mark, another glanced his shoulder, but the final one landed squarely in his back, sending the boy crashing into the piping below stomach first.

“Shit!” Monoma swore, hurling another shrunken barrel at Izuku and pressing his fingers together. “Release.”

Turning in midair, Izuku aimed a kick at the incoming projectile and sent it soaring back towards Monoma who scrambled to get out of the way.

“Are you trying to kill me?!” Monoma gasped as he saw the metal container embedded deeply in the concrete.

“Your days of terrorizing people are over villain!” Izuku declared as he landed on the ground, still a little shaky. “We’ve won so just give up already.”

“It’s not over until I say it’s over.” Monoma growled, tossing a brick at Izuku before enlarging it again. The greenette dodged though instead of jumping towards Monoma, he made instead for the downed Shoda.

“Not so fast!” Monoma declared, tossing out a wave of objects now, hoping one of them would nail the greenette as he enlarged them all.

Izuku gasped as he desperately dodged, kicking himself clear of the flying rubble. Apparently Monoma hadn’t used all his tricks up yet as three glowing bricks that had been thrown out had swooped Shoda up and were currently whisking him away from the battle.

“I’d love to stay and chat but I believe our dear Shinso has probably captured your two classmates by now.” Monoma bluffed, not truly knowing what had become of the boy at this point. “So long as it’s two to two that means you still lose, so you’re not getting any more of my precious classmates.”

Jumping onto a pair of floating bricks himself, Monoma bowed smugly as he took off with Shoda towards his team’s jail. He was taking a risk that Midoriya was stupid enough to fall for this but regardless he needed to retreat and set up another ambush if he could. He was briefly worried about speed, not being able to catch up to the fleeing greenette earlier, but for a moment he didn’t hear the tell-tale sounds of the boy kicking off from his footholds.

Chancing a glance over his shoulder, he thought for a moment Midoriya wasn’t falling for the bait, the boy just standing there and taking a few deep breaths. Clearly that last skirmish between them had taken more out of the greenette than he realised if he was having to either catch his breath like that or calm himself down. Either way, it might just be time to break out Shinso’s quirk again.

Unfortunately, Izuku recovered quickly and was soon hot on his trail once again. Monoma grit his teeth as he pushed Yanagi’s quirk to go faster but… for some reason, Izuku was unable to catch up. Maybe they did more damage to him than he initially realised? Whatever the case, with each passing second, they drew closer and closer to class B’s base.

To his astonishment, he saw Shinso jump out of the piping on his right, carrying what appeared to be Ashido who was all wrapped up in his capture tape and being closely trailed by Ochako.

This was it! They could still win this! With all three of the enemies literally at their jail doorway, all it would take is the right leverage to push them inside and secure the win for class B.

Gliding over the industrial works, Monoma sailed into the clearing where class B’s jail… was supposed to be.

“Lose something?” Uraraka’s voice smugly asked as both Shinso and Monoma were taken aback.

Where their jail once stood was now a pile of acidic slag.

Absolutely everything appeared to have been completely melted down and all that was left was a puddle of acid shimmering in the sunlight.

“What… what did you do?!” Monoma roared.

“We destroyed your base of operations villain.” Ochako declared proudly.

“Pie! Remember they both have Shinso’s quirk!” Izuku called out warily, landing behind the stunned pair on top of a nearby pipe.

“Oh, right, sorry.” Ochako apologised, shaking her head.

That seemed to snap their opponents out of their stupor, the pair turning to face the two from 1-A.

“What do we do now?” Shinso looked to Monoma since he so desperately wanted to be leader for this match.

“We win of course.” Monoma laughed nervously. “Since they clearly sabotaged our winning conditions, that means they’re disqualified!”

When Izuku jumped down to land next to Ochako, she tapped him on the shoulder so they could look at each other’s mouths.

“Izuku?”

“Yes?”

“Did you hear the klaxon that stops the match?”

“No.” He smirked.

“Me neither.” Ochako cracked her knuckles intimidatingly as she turned back to face the two conscious opponents. “So that means we’re still fighting and unless you want to wake up in the nurse’s office, you’ll give up now villains.”

Shinso knew it was only an exercise, one that had them explicitly playing as villains in the opposing team’s eyes, but Uraraka’s words still stung.

“I’ll never give up!” Shinso declared proudly. “Because that’s not what a hero does!”

Izuku couldn’t help but smile at purple-haired boy’s words. If it were up to him, he’d be in the hero course tomorrow. Not only had he proven himself in the first round, but he’d managed to capture Mina even after they’d made a solid plan to not speak unless prefaced by one of their nicknames, changing it up if they knew Shinso had heard them.

As the purple-haired boy began unravelling his scarf from around Mina, intending to lay her on the floor and fight to the bitter end, the girl’s body jerked unnaturally.

“What the-” Shinso gasped, watching as the girl who was still under his brainwashing began floating away, taking his capture scarf with her.

“Neither am I!” Monoma declared proudly. “And we still have a chance to win this!”

“What are you doing?” Shinso asked in confusion as the blond had apparently dropped Shoda's quirk and was using Yanagi’s to take Mina off his hands and fly up high.

Izuku and Ochako looked on helplessly as Monoma reached out and drew the still mind-controlled Mina up to him.

“If they’re going to act like villains and not play by the rules, then neither will we.” Monoma smirked, assured this final ploy would seal their victory. “I’ve got your friend hostage here villains.” He taunted. “And if you don’t hold your hands up now, declare you surrender, and officially quit the match, I’m going to drop her.”

“What?!” Ochako gasped, clutching her hands to her mouth while Izuku took aim with his gauntlet, intending to fire a shot at Monoma’s head so that Ochako could catch their falling girlfriend.

Izuku was still well aware the blond may be using this as a ploy to get them to talk, not knowing if he still had Shinso’s quirk or not. He couldn’t risk saying anything and falling under Monoma’s control but he couldn’t give up either, not after he’d come so far! It was a dastardly trick, one straight out of their training with Mr Snipe and the hostages. The fact that the klaxon had yet to ring or any announcement to be made meant that match continued. Monoma wouldn’t really drop Mina surely, but was that a risk Izuku could afford to take in the real world?

He felt his anger bubbling at this whole situation, how Monoma had constantly belittled his class, insulted his friends, and now tried to do something as unheroic as taking Mina hostage.

“Tick tock.” Monoma teased with a smirk. “I don’t know how much longer I can hold her or Yanagi’s quirk. Can you afford to take that risk?”

Izuku’s teeth ground together bitterly. He had a ranged attack now but it was useless in this situation. He needed to reach out and save Mina first and foremost and then make Monoma pay!

“Let her go!” Izuku yelled.

He felt something inside him snap.

Izuku watched everything move in slow motion as his glove exploded, dark green tendrils lashing out everywhere. Ochako’s eyes widened as Izuku’s face turned towards hers.

“Run!”

Her body moved on instinct, jumping to the side as an inky tendril slammed down nearby, flailing erratically.

“W-What’s going on?!” Shinso asked, forced to dodge a whip of his own.

“I-I can’t control it!” Izuku gasped, trying to steady himself. “S-Something’s… w-wrong with my quirk!”

Shinso wished he’d been fast enough to think to brainwash Izuku when he asked that as he saw some of the tendrils flex and Izuku was whiplashed into a nearby wall.

“Just what theatrics is this supposed to be?” Monoma scoffed, a dazed Mina still in his grasp. “You can’t seriously expect me to believe this is random, right?”

As if the out of control quirk heard him, he could almost feel them direct themselves towards him.

“No way.” He cursed, manipulating Yanagi’s quirk once again as several tendrils lashed out towards him. “You’re not getting out of this that easily.” He spat, flying away and out of Izuku’s range.

Apparently, Izuku’s out of control quirk wasn’t done with the blond yet as it began dragging its host forward, whipping him through the air towards Monoma.

“You’ve gotta be kidding.” Monoma grit his teeth as he dodged Izuku once again, the boy crashing into some pipes below.

“Just run!” Izuku called out to him.

Monoma didn’t know to take that as a threat or not but didn’t bother to respond, zooming off with his hostage once again.

“Monoma stop! Come back!” Shinso called out, following after the three in the wake of the destruction, flanked by Ochako, the match all but forgotten to them.

“Don’t focus on him, focus on Izuku.” Ochako ordered, following her boyfriend as he was swung around into another wall. “We have to save him from himself.”

“Right.” Shinso nodded, following Ochako’s lead.

“I need you to do something for me in a second.” Ochako stated, tapping Shinso and making him weightless while doing the same to herself and kicking off from the ground.

“A-And what would that be?”

“You need to throw me as hard as you can at Izuku like I did to Mina.”

“That’s too dangerous!” Shinso objected as they landed on some upper scaffolding, Ochako releasing her quirk.

“We have to try and get through to him.” Ochako replied. “I don’t know exactly what’s going on, but Izuku’s in pain and I can’t let him go through it alone! Not again.”

Shinso barely managed to restrain himself from asking if this had happened before but another green and blackish tendril stabbed towards them and both heroes in training were forced to duck.

“Fine.” Shinso shook his head, disagreeing with the girl’s plan but trusting she knew her friend better than he did. “Just tell me when.”

Ochako nodded as they jumped from pipe to pipe, trying to get a good angle on Izuku. Her heart soared despite Izuku crying out in pain as the inky quirk manifestation stuck out at all angles, almost anchoring Izuku in place for a moment.

“Shinso, now!” Ochako called out, balling herself up and activating her quirk.

It took the purple-haired boy a second to grab Ochako’s feet, but when he did, he hurled her with all his might, launching her at the green-haired boy who’d bested him in the sports festival. He didn’t know why that thought popped into his head just then, but he knew that Izuku Midoriya had been instrumental in changing his approach to heroics and now he strived to live up to that.

Shinso watched the brunette sail through the air, a tendril just missing as it tried to intercept her. He clenched his fist triumphantly as Ochako latched onto the green-haired boy’s side; luckily it was against the arm not currently emitting the out of control darkness.

“Izuku, calm down!” Ochako cried as she hugged her boyfriend close. “It’s gonna be all right, we’re gonna give up and we’re gonna protect Mina no matter what.”

“Ochako! I-I can’t stop it!” Izuku groaned. “You have to leave!”

A tendril whipped back and slammed into Ochako’s back, rattling the girl as Izuku’s eyes went wide. Yet again his lack of control had hurt someone he cared about.

“I’m not leaving!” Ochako grit her teeth through the pain. “I’m never gonna let you deal with this all alone! Remember the promise we all made? Nothing’s gonna stop us from standing by your side!”

“B-But I can’t-” Izuku groaned, his arm pulsing in pain.

“Then don’t!” Ochako smiled as brightly as she could at her boyfriend. “Just let everything go and focus on me.”

She reached forward and turned his chin until she brought his lips in for a kiss. Izuku’s heart skipped a beat as he realised what Ochako was doing in full view of the cameras. Everyone would see them, everyone would know.

“Hey.” Ochako said softly, pulling his mind back to the here and now. “It’s okay now.” She smiled again. “Why? Because I am here.”

Izuku couldn’t help choking out a laugh at the ridiculously out of place corny quote as Ochako drew him into another kiss, this one much deeper than the other.

Though she focused on her love for the adorable green boy in front of her, Ochako couldn’t help remembering when she first wanted to become a hero. Seeing everybody happy when a hero helped out translated into her helping people to see their smiling faces. Now Izuku was the one who needed saving; a hero in need of a hero, and she was hoping she could put that smile back on his face once again.

Shinso watched in amazement as whatever force was behind the tendrils slowly eased from being vicious and angry to relaxed and floaty. Instead of lashing out everywhere, they began almost un-tensing and just drifting in the wind. Ochako clearly tapped Izuku with her hand at some point as neither of them appeared to be experiencing gravity’s pull on them.

When the pair broke the kiss, it seemed like everything would be okay and Izuku had things under control. Unfortunately, that was clearly wishful thinking as the inky tendrils started regaining their former energy. As both Izuku and Ochako noticed, the tendrils only seemed to recover faster.

“It didn’t work.” Shinso gaped, clutching his fists desperately.

“Shinso!” Ochako called out, fully aware her plan had failed now. “Use your quirk on him.”

The general studies student watched the pained look begin returning to Izuku’s face as Ochako tried desperately to draw him back into another moment and calm him. He knew this was their last ditch effort as none of them were powerful enough to stop an out of control Midoriya. Taking a deep breath he called out to the boy who’d set him back on his path.

“Midoriya! Answer me this, are we going to be heroes together?!”

Izuku’s arm was pulsing in pain and the tendrils of his quirk were smashing into everything again, but through it all, he heard Shinso’s words to him as clear as day. He knew what was about to happen and only prayed it worked.

“Of course!”

Shinso felt the second connection take hold as Izuku stilled. Much like the one they originated from, all the inky black vines stilled completely too. The world was frozen for a moment as Ochako and Shinso dared not take a breath in fear everything would resume. They needn’t bother though as all at once, the unusual quirk manifestation began retreating back from where it originated from, sinking back into Izuku’s flesh and leaving no sign it had ever erupted from him to begin with.

Unbeknownst to the pair, Izuku’s consciousness was in the depths of his mind where the line between real and quirk got very murky as one of the previous One-For-All users began talking to him.

“Is it over?” Shinso muttered.

With nothing to support them, Ochako and Izuku slowly drifted around in the air, gravity yet to be returned to them both. The brunette bit her lip as she considered her options. If she woke him up now, would that power come back? He had to wake up sometime as Shinso couldn’t keep Izuku under his quirk forever. If she woke him up now, they could easily put him back under if there was any other issue.

Making her choice, Ochako raised her hand up and slapped Izuku firmly on the cheek. The boy didn’t flinch from the incoming blow but certainly reacted after she’d delivered it, blinking dazedly as Shinso’s influence was broken.

“Oh no, I’m sorry, did the slap hurt?” Ochako fussed over her floating boyfriend as he returned to his senses.

“G-Get away!” Izuku panicked, reaching for his out of control arm that… now didn’t have any weird energy striking out from it, nor was there that intense pulsing that caused him pain.

“Don’t worry,” Ochako reassured him. “Shinso’s Brainwashing took care of you.”

“He did?” Izuku blinked as the last few minute’s events began returning to him. “He did.”

“Are you okay?” Ochako asked with a relieved smile.

Izuku looked into her eyes and tried to return it only to notice all the battle damage she bore that definitely hadn’t been there when they’d had the stand-off with Monoma.

“Oh my gosh, you’re hurt!” Izuku began fussing over Ochako in turn. “Don’t tell me… it’s my fault… I did this to you… again.”

“Izuku, no, this wasn’t your fault,” his girlfriend reassured him. “Whatever’s going on with you, we’ll figure it out together, alright?”

The boy wanted to reject her, to tell her ‘no’ and to ‘be safe’, keeping her well away from himself and his troublesome quirk. But after all they’d gone through so far, she’d at least earned the right to choose after he explained himself. Now wasn’t the time for it, but he had no doubts he’d be at the center of inquiry by his six polycule partners before long.

“Just what was the point of that?” Monoma’s drawling voice called out from above. Three angry heads turned to face the boy as, once again, he floated above them all with Mina held hostage. “Not only did you destroy a chunk of the environment, you didn’t even manage to save your friend. Are you sure she means so little to you you’d let her fall?”

“Stop this right now Monoma!” Shinso called out, trying to take control of the boy with his quirk. It might’ve been against the exercise to use his quirk on his teammate, but this had gone too far out of hand to keep going. Enough things had gone wrong already, they didn’t need another.

Monoma didn’t respond. Either the blond was too focused on the floating couple he considered his enemy or he knew Shinso would try and use his quirk on him.

“Come on lovebirds.” Monoma taunted. “What’s it gonna be? Give up and save your friend from the hero, or revel in victory while knowing you abandoned her.”

Despite everything, Izuku knew what they had to do. It was better to just end this so no one else got hurt because of him, even if it was just pretend. Mina would understand, right?

As he opened his mouth to respond, he felt his stomach drop as the pink glow around the bricks keeping Monoma and Mina aloft suddenly vanished. His face whitened, matching Monoma’s own as he realised what happened.

The cocky blond had lost track of time and Yanagi’s copied quirk had run out.

He was briefly aware of Ochako calling out for Mina next to him, the two of them powerless to do anything floating in the air as they were. Both Mina and Monoma were beyond their reach and even Shinso didn’t have his scarf to try and save either of them. Time seemed to crawl along as his brain frantically worked to try and find a solution.

‘Control your heart kid,’ Izuku felt the words of the previous One-For-All vestige ring in his ear. ‘And master using those who live in this power!’

The green-haired boy raised his right arm once more and felt that unusual prickle of power lying in wait just beneath the surface. Releasing a slow breath as time stretched on, Izuku knew what he wanted and how he was going to get it. In the moment, all his doubts fled his mind, banished by the calming presence of the previous One-For-All user.

Everything would be alright now… because he was here.

Shinso gasped as those same inky tendrils that caused so much havoc before shot out from Izuku’s arm before wrapping around the falling Mina and Monoma. Raising his other arm, Shinso watched Izuku fire off another set of coiling branches to wrap around something on the floor above them.

Why he did this soon became clear as Mina and Monoma swung in an arc that left Izuku and Ochako in the middle with the weightless greenette supporting all their weight and trying not to let either of them slam into any pipes or debris.

Izuku groaned from the effort it was taking to maintain the… tendrils? Vines? No, wait, it was whips wasn’t it? Whatever it was, he slowly fed more of the itchy whip out of his hand as he lowered Mina and Monoma to the ground, resting them softly on some debris as best he could given the lack of flat surfaces due to his rampage.

“I-Izuku… a-are you okay?” Ochako asked again, worried at seeing the odd quirk power reappear.

“I’m fine Ochako.” Izuku smiled warmly. “It doesn’t hurt right now.”

Releasing his hold on the upper floor, the quirk quickly retreating into his body once more, Izuku and Ochako slowly drifted downwards as he pulled them with his remaining hand latching onto the floor. When they were close enough, Ochako released them both from her quirk’s effects and Izuku stood there as though his quirk hadn’t just gone out of control.

Satisfied everyone was safe now, Shinso released his hold on Mina who quickly awoke from her haze and latched onto Ochako, tears beginning to stream down her face.

“O-Ochako! I thought that was it for me!” Mina blubbered as the brunette swept her into a fiercely tight hug.

“It’s okay, we’ve got you.” She cooed, feeling a little odd to be in this position for a change. “We’ve both got you.”

“I’m sorry I couldn’t do more sooner Mina.” Izuku apologised, resting on hand on her shoulder. If he was expecting her to somehow keep her composure after being held as a hostage like that then he was sorely mistaken as she dragged him into a hug too, crying into his shoulder.

“I got caught.” Mina shook her head, inadvertently wiping her tears on Izuku’s suit. “But you saved me. I don’t know how but you saved me.”

Ochako rubbed the back of Mina’s head comfortingly as the girl was clearly distressed over the situation. If Ojiro was to be believed, she witnessed everything as though a passenger in her own body. It must’ve been pretty distressing to not be able to do anything while you fell from such a height. Needless to say, Mina would be getting all the hugs she would need tonight no matter what.

“As heart-warming as this is.” An incredibly irritating voice spoke up, as Monoma rose, dusting his tuxedo outfit off. “I believe we’re still in the middle of a match, so why don’t you-”

There was a sickening crunch as Ochako’s fist slammed into Monoma’s nose, sending the boy reeling back onto the ground as he tried to stem the pain and the rapid bleeding.

“Shut the fuck up Monoma.” Ochako growled dangerously, her own anger finally reaching its boiling point. She was tempted to use her full array of Gunhead Martial Arts on him right now but held back for Mina’s sake. “We played your little game and we won. Accept this result or we can keep going if you really want.”

“You… you viw-wan!” Monoma shot back, mumbling through his hands. “How coub you bo somebing bike-”

“You bully our class, belittle our friends, abandon your teammates, and threaten my friend’s life. If you were a real villain, you’d be seeing jail faster than you just fell.” Ochako hissed.

“Monoma!” Shinso called down from above.

“Whab?” The blond angrily answered before his eyes turned misty.

“Shut the fuck up.” Shinso ordered.

Forced to comply, Monoma sat there in silence as the situation finally settled down and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Their respite only lasted a few moments however as Eraser Head and Vlad King landed down the way, running hurriedly towards the group.

“Is everyone alright?” Aizawa asked quickly, clearly seeing now that whatever had Midoriya going out of control had been quelled. He and Vlad had set off at All Might’s insistence to stop the match but they didn’t bother with a klaxon since it was clear Izuku’s actions weren’t his own; they were that damnable quirk of his.

“We’re fine Mr Aizawa.” Ochako sighed gratefully now that the teachers had turned up, “just a bit shaken,” she pet Mina softly.

“Got your quirk under control Midoriya?” Vlad asked.

“I think so.” Izuku nodded, flexing his hands. “Sorry. I know that was scary for everyone, but that’s never happened before.”

“Clearly.” Aizawa sighed. “If you think you’ve got it under control then we should head back.”

“W-What about the match?” Mina asked, trying to dry her tears and hoping it had all been worth it. “D-Did we at least win? I didn’t hear the buzzer.”

“I hardly think that’s-” Aizawa began.

“You’ve made it pretty clear how much you dominated this round before that little snafu at the end there.” Vlad sighed. “As much as it pains me to say it, despite the interference and our presence, you clearly won beforehand. The match is yours.”

“Just as well.” Shinso called down from above. “As the only member of our team left, I figured it was only best to offer our unconditional surrender for my teammate’s atrocious behaviour.”

“I’m guessing that’s why Monoma’s on the floor brainwashed with a bloody nose?” Vlad asked curiously.

“Combat injury.” Shinso shrugged. “He was saying it himself, we were still in the middle of a match.”

“These things happen.” Aizawa shrugged, hoping that it was indeed true.

“That they do.” Vlad sighed, figuring the behaviour was regarding Monoma’s treatment of Ashido before Midoriya’s freak out was the reason for whatever happened after. He liked the kid but sometimes he just had to push things too far. Hot blooded competition was all well and good but at the end of the day, if you couldn’t shake hands and say ‘good game’, you were doing it wrong. He was going to have to have a talk with the boy and his parent might even end up being called.

“Come on you lot.” Aizawa sighed as he turned around. “Let’s go see Recovery Girl.”


The crowd of students breathed a sigh of relief as the match finally ended and it looked like everyone was safe.

“What in the world was going on with Midroiya?”  Kaminari exclaimed now that the danger had passed.

“Something not right, that’s for sure.” Kamakiri watched the boy warily through the cameras.

“Did you guys have any idea he could do that?” Rin asked.

“Not a clue.” Sero replied. “If he knew I’m sure he would’ve asked me for tips by now considering how that quirk of his worked a bit like my Tape at the end there.”

“A dark power he struggles to control that can act like an out of control beast. Perhaps I may return some of the assistance Midoriya has given me at last.” Tokoyami muttered loud enough for those listening to hear.

“Bro saved Mina with it. Whatever this new power of his is, he’s gonna be training it like crazy.” Kirishima agreed. “Can’t see him ignoring something this useful.”

“He saved Monoma too, even if the idiot was the one to cause the incident in the first place.” Kendo sighed.

“Alright my lovely boys and girls.” Midnight’s voice rang out through the speaker system as she stepped up to the front of the class. “Aizawa has just informed me that everyone’s alright and those that need it are heading to Recovery Girl now. We’ll be taking a short break while those that can return do for our final wrap up of the day, but in the meantime, here are the results.”

On the screen, each matchup was displayed and class B felt their morale sink to an all-time low as class A had almost swept the board with the exception of match three that, while officially ending in a draw, many saw as class A’s victory since it was only the timer that stopped them from losing outright.

“The overall winners of the hero course battle are class 1-A.” Midnight declared proudly, hoping to distract the students from their current worries. “Congratulations to our victors and commiserations to our losers. You all put on a phenomenal show today and I hope this session has helped you learn about your classmates and yourselves; you all fought bravely and showed your pro potential.”

Class A let out a mostly collective cheer while the sentiment was much less joyful for their companion class.

“I wasn’t feeling super competitive but this loss really stings.” Tsuburaba sighed, seeing their class’ failure laid out on the board for all to see.

“I know, talk about a frustrating end. Hmph.” Komori pouted.

“I witnessed such sinful deceptions today.” Ibara cried, taking their loss pretty hard as a few tears rolled down her cheek.

While both classes celebrated and commiserated in equal measure, the remaining girls of 1-A were still somewhat on edge.

“I’m so relieved Mina’s alright.” Tooru cried, brushing away panicky, invisible tear tracks from when she’d watched her girlfriend fall.

“Midoriya managed to save her so everything’s alright now… I hope.” Momo tried to reassure the girl who she’d comforted in a hug.

“Ribbit, his quirk went out of control though.” Tsuyu brought up nervously, clutching her arm and glancing over at the relieved looking All Might. “It was almost very much not alright.”

“That’s the second time in two days.” Kyoka grit her teeth. “What the fuck is going on with him?”

“I don’t know.” Momo sighed, looking frustrated at the sprite of Izuku on the victory board. “But whatever it is, we need to make sure he gets through this.”

“I’ve no doubts he’s gonna be blaming himself too.” Tsuyu nodded. “No matter what, we can’t let him pull away from us like he’s probably planning.”

“He’s our squishy.” Tooru mumbled quietly, intending to give the boy the biggest hug and as many kisses as he wanted when they found themselves alone again.

“Our problematic, stupid, reckless Squishy.” Kyoka sighed in agreement.


It didn’t take too long for people to begin returning to the class.

First was Kodai and Shinso who had both barely taken damage during the battle. When the others pressed the purple-haired boy for details, who looked very awkward at all the intense attention, he remained fairly quiet apart from telling them that Aizawa wanted to speak first.

Chatter continued amongst the class as some, like Kaminari and Kirishima, tried to chat with the boy and discuss his performance. Shinso didn’t quite know how to act at the over-excited redhead calling him ‘manly’ for his moves or the electric blond telling him he was totally awesome but they were a damn-right welcome nuisance compared to the ravings from Monoma he’d had to endure before their match.

It wasn’t too much longer before the homeroom teachers returned, flanked by all their missing classmates who had been resting under Recovery Girl’s watchful eye up until this point. Many were confused as they didn’t have much information on what they’d missed after their own matches but before any of their friends could fill them in, Aizawa and Vlad lined up the students from the last match at the front of the classes.

“Right, let’s wrap this up.” Aizawa sighed, the excitement of today already wanting to make him sink into a weekend long coma despite it only being Thursday. “We’ll discuss the results of the last battle quickly now, but you can be sure we’ll be revisiting them in-depth tomorrow.”

“For now, let’s address the elephant in the room.” Vlad began, rounding on one particular student. “What was going on with your quirk Midoriya?”

The downhearted looking boy’s eyes widened at being put on the spot, having expected Aizawa to question him and not Vlad.

“W-Well um…” He hesitated, not quite sure what to say.

“A sinister darkness appeared to manifest and take shape from within you.” Tokoyami noted.

“You were raging out there. Was that really your quirk?” Kuroiro asked.

“Completely different from your normal super strength, that’s for sure.” Kirishima pondered.

Izuku looked down at his right hand that had gone wildly out of his control.

“Yeah, you’re right.” He replied to them all. “I’m trying to figure out exactly what it was myself. I was overflowing with power and couldn’t hold it back.” Izuku thought back to the similar experience two days ago when he’d hurt Tsuyu and Ochako. “It was like something I’d trusted up until now suddenly bared its fangs at me… I was terrified. I didn’t know what was going on, but thanks to Ochako and Shinso stopping me, I was able to get a handle on things and I realised that whatever this is, it isn’t something I should fear. If Shinso hadn’t calmed me down with his Brainwashing, I don’t know how things would’ve gone… so thank you; both of you!”

“A-Anytime.” Shinso didn’t look over at the boy.

“I-It was nothing.” Ochako blushed, remembering her contribution to slowing down Izuku’s destructive new ability.

“How thrilling,” Midnight purred. “And entirely romantic too. Shinso was great but watching Uraraka leap into action was so invigorating. Putting your own body on the line help a friend is true devotion but something tells me there’s more than friendship between you two, isn’t there?”

Both Ochako and Izuku lit up bright red at the tease they expected coming but in no way softened the blow.

“I-I just leapt into action to save my friend like anyone else would do.” Ochako tried to defend herself. “M-Maybe I should’ve thought things through a little more in hindsight.”

“Bet you wouldn’t give someone like Bakugo a kiss like that though.” Tokage smirked, feeling a little annoyed her latest conquest had been stopped in its tracks before it had even truly begun.

Ochako covered her eyes as she could feel everyone’s intense and invading stares at what she would say next.

“Before we go any further, I have to apologize.” Shinso called attention away from the girl. “If it wasn’t for me, Monoma wouldn’t’ve had the opportunity to do what he did and let all hell break loose. I knew we were outmatched with no chance of victory without a jail, but I didn’t want to just roll over and give up like that. I wanted to fight until the end and prove my strength but all it ended up doing was making a bad situation worse.”

“That’s not on you, don’t beat yourself up for it.” Aizawa chided.

“Even with a quirk like yours, you were in no way responsible for the actions of my student.” Vlad stated firmly before he turned to the blond in question who was now being given odd looks by his teammates who didn’t know what had happened after their part of the fight ended. “Neito Monoma. Words cannot describe how disappointed I am with you today.”

The blond grit his teeth and said nothing while looking down at the floor bitterly, frustrated that, once again, 1-A was getting all the praise while he and his class were just shoved off like side characters.

“What you did out there, while technically valid, was unsportsmanlike and a prime example of being a sore loser. The enemy team outthought, outflanked, and outmatched you and your response is to act like a petulant child, threatening to hurt another until you got your way; that doesn’t say ‘hero material’ to me.”

“Sounds more like a villain.” Shishida sighed sadly, surprised that Monoma could stoop to such a thing, even in training.

“You told us we were villains to the enemy team Mr Vlad.” Monoma countered weakly. “Why shouldn’t I use every tool available to prevail? That’s what heroes do!”

“Dude, no.” Awase shook his head slowly.

“If you base your idea of yourself solely on what others think of you then no wonder you did what you did.” Vlad shook his head. “That’s not a valid excuse either! You’re meant to be heroes first and foremost, simply treating the other team like villains who needed subduing. Is this what you would do to villains working together? Threaten one of them unless the others back down? Once in your custody, you are responsible for their wellbeing as a hero and, like it or not, even villains need protecting sometimes from other villains for justice to be served.” The 1-B teacher ranted, a puff of steam emitting from his nostrils he was so mad. “Clearly you need a reminder of what exactly a hero is and what they do. As of right now, consider yourself in detention until Christmas and banned from the upcoming trip. We will be reviewing your behaviour in great detail and, if necessary, I will put the paperwork on Nezu’s desk myself to have you repeat the year if I’m not satisfied.”

It was incredibly harsh but, from the way the kid had acted and the concerns his classmates had brought to him, it was finally time to stop looking the other way when it came to his problem student. Aizawa made the call to expel Mineta despite his clear fondness for this year group and, while Vlad King tried to keep up his students spirits by cheering them on proudly with every step forward they took, he may have to make the difficult decision of expelling this boy too if his attitude couldn’t adjust.

“Do I make myself clear Monoma?” Vlad finished.

“…Yes… sir.” Monoma replied softly, his gaze squarely on the ground again, refusing to let the tears he knew were building up form and fall from his eyes.

“Good.” Vlad sighed heavily before turning the remaining members of the team. “As for the rest of you, understand exactly why you lost this match when we watch the footage tomorrow and let it be an important lesson to you all moving forward.

“Yes sir.” Shoda and Yanagi said, nodded together with Kodai who said nothing.

“Great.” Vlad released a deep sigh. “With that, the day’s lesson is finally over.”

“Not quite.” Aizawa reminded the man, turning his attention back to Shinso. “Hitoshi Shinso, considering everything that we witnessed from you today during your matches. I believe I can safely say that you’ve more than proven yourself capable of switching to the hero course.”

The purple-haired boy’s eyes widened and his breath caught.

“There’s still some evaluation to go and paperwork to do, but I believe that before long, you’ll be joining your peers here in the hero course.” Aizawa said.

“All right Shinso!” Kaminari called out.

“Well done, ribbit!” Tsuyu congratulated their former team mate.

“You the man, bro!” Kirishima grinned.

“We still have much to analyse from these fights but from what I saw out there today, almost every one of you tried your best and did yourselves proud.” Vlad announced to the pair of classes, each student accepting the praise with various nods, grins and smiles.

“Before we finish class for the day, there is one last thing I would like to announce.” Aizawa said, pulling all attention back to himself. “I’m sure you’re all well aware of the results by now. As you can see, they are heavily sided in class A’s favour.”

“They were just too good.” Tokage sighed, reminded of her own failure.

“We’re not keeping up.” Yanagi said gloomily.

“It feels like you guys just keep pulling ahead of us no matter how hard we train!” Tetsutetsu declared.

“You didn’t warn them this was coming beforehand, did you Eraser?” Vlad sent his fellow homeroom teacher a questioning look.

“Not in the slightest.” Aizawa shook his head. “However, we did have one advantage that has clearly been key in helping everyone understand their quirks better and coming up with increasingly varied and effective ways to apply their powers.”

“You brought in a quirk specialist?” Vlad jumped the gun again. “Why was one not offered to my students?”

“Because I didn’t bring in anyone.” Aizawa rolled his eyes. “It was brought to my attention that one of my students is rather gifted at quirk analysis; the concept around breaking down a quirk and identifying what exactly is going on to help better understand what power you’ve been blessed with and its limits. As it is, some simple guidance from them allowed my class to look at their skills in a brand new light, coming up with many ideas I know lead to a number of today’s victories.”

Izuku blushed and tried to look as inconspicuous as he could but it seemed a few of class B’s members had already caught on to his feedback sessions after each round.

“I suggest to you all to really take the time to dissect your quirk and try to look at it as though you were seeing it for the first time. What do you know your quirk does at its core level and are you making the most of it? I’m certain the answer is ‘no’ so think hard on all the different directions you could take your quirk and mould them into something even better. If you can’t think of anything, direct your enquiries to Midoriya, I’m sure he’d be more than happy to talk your ear off about it.”

If anyone wasn’t aware of who Aizawa was talking about before, they sure were now. Feeling his face heat up once again as even more eyes rounded on him, Izuku didn’t know how this day could get any more embarrassing.

“That’s all.” Aizawa finished before starting to casually walk away. “Class dismissed.”

‘Just like that?!’ Class B thought collectively.

“Uh, yeah, class dismissed too I guess.” Vlad said confusedly, glancing over at Midoriya with a critical eye before jogging to catch up to Aizawa, intending on giving him a thorough grilling.

With the two homeroom teacher’s now gone, the classes slowly realised that they were free to do whatever they wanted now as school was over for the day. What class B most wanted to do though was press some answers out of Midoriya.

“Is that what your notebook’s been for?”

“Dude, did you do my quirk?”

“Have you guessed all the cute little shrooms I can make?”

Izuku flinched back and felt the urge to run away as he became the center of attention once more. The crowd pushed forward and he knew he was about to be bombarded with questions he wasn’t ready to answer as his analysis of each of them was primitive at best right now, solely based on what he’d seen from their limited interactions at the sports festival, at the training camp, and today.

“Back off you vultures!” Mina stood in front of Izuku to body block the mob from her boyfriend.

“Izuku’s gone through a lot today so give him some space and time!” Ochako agreed, standing protectively with Mina.

“Bet you’d like some more of Midoriya’s time.” Tokage grinned. “Time to suck face.”

The group was quickly reminded of how Ochako had first tried to calm Izuku down when she’d grabbed onto him.

“Don’t say that.” Kendo scolded the cheeky looking girl who was grinning unapologetically.

“Hey, yeah. What was up with that?” Kaminari asked, his eyes narrowing at the pair.

“That was certainly… something.” Sato rubbed the back of his head awkwardly.

“Are you two boyfriend-girlfriend now?” Bondo chimed in.

Izuku watched Ochako’s shoulders sag with a sigh before she turned back to him, an apologetic smile on his face.

“Guess it’s time to face the music, huh?”

“I-If you’re sure.” Izuku gulped, his nerves rattling with every breath as he looked into the eager faces of everyone before them. Ochako reached out and took Izuku’s hand while taking a deep breath, turning back to the crowd.

“Yes, Izuku’s my boyfriend and we’ve been dating for a while now.” She blushed fiercely as she announced herself to everyone. This was definitely not how she wanted everything to be made clear to her friends and acquaintances but it was better to come clean now than let speculation run wild.

“Called it!” Kaminari smirked, having wondered if there was something deeper between the two when she carried him back to the dorms that one time.

“Woah, Kaminari actually got something right? The world must be ending.” Sero shook his head, having heard the boy detail his suspicions to the Bakusquad.

“I see the secret is out mes amie.” Aoyama winked.

“Wait, you knew?” Ojiro looked at the French boy in confusion, wondering how or why he knew about the pair.

“I hope you two enjoy a solid relationship with many happy returns.” Tokoyami nodded.

“Why are you making it sound like we’re married?!” Ochako blushed.

“Huh, that’s weird.” Sato rubbed his chin.

“What is?” Shoji asked.

“I thought she was going out with Tsu.” Sato explained. “Couldda sworn I saw them close together at one point. Guess I was mistaken.”

The brunette took another deep breath, biting her lip as she steeled her nerves. She looked through the crowd, noting Iida simply looking at her an Izuku fondly instead of speaking up before she spotted the girl she knew she didn’t have to hide anymore.

“A-A-Actually um… a-about that.” Ochako stuttered. “Tsu! Could you come here please?”

Tsuyu knew it was stupid of her to look on at Ochako being embarrassingly grilled by nearly thirty five people about her relationship and envy Izuku for standing at her side but she couldn’t help but feel left out. They’d made the decision not to hide things anymore but it was a little different when it was being called out in the open like this. Was Ochako just going to gloss over Tsuyu’s involvement in their little trio?

When she heard Ochako call out to her however, her heart soared and her worries melted away. Slipping between her classmates who looked at her in confusion, Tsuyu reached out and took Ochako’s other hand that the brunette had offered and stood proudly at her side, a wide smile on her face.

“See… the thing about that is… I’m um… actually dating Tsu as well.” Ochako admitted slowly.

“We’re a thruple, ribbit.” Tsuyu declared proudly while Izuku just nodded his head, his face still bright red.

“Dude! How’d you manage that?!” Kaminari aimed at Izuku.

“Don’t ask him that!” Kyoka’s jack struck true, jamming into her idiot friend’s ear.

“Wait, how long has this been a thing?” Sero called out.

“Good for you Uraraka!” Kirishima grinned.

“Everyone, please settle down.” The authoritative voice of Midnight called out above the many overlapping sounds of an energetic pair of classes. “I’m sure you have a plethora of questions from today but please act like the orderly, civilized heroes in training I know you are. Now, while I can understand your youthful passion and curiosity, I must remind you that class has ended and you should be returning your hero costumes and departing the training area. Please do so now else you will be… punished.” She licked her lips seductively at that last part.

The students didn’t want to risk irritating Midnight after how badly they’d seen Monoma get punished and quickly began making their way towards the exit. As they did, Ochako glanced back over her shoulder at the 18+ heroine who sent her a wink and a thumbs up. While she didn’t expect her relationship to be revealed all at once in such a public way, she was glad it was clear now and she could finally start being herself in public.

At least, providing her classmates don’t tear her to pieces with their embarrassing questions!

“I hope they’ll all be okay.” All Might spoke up, startling Midnight slighty as she’d completely forgotten he was here.

“You shouldn’t sneak up on a lady like that. It’s not very charming.” She chided teasingly.

“Sorry,” All Might apologised bashfully.

“I know what you mean though.” Midnight agreed with the former pro. “But I get the feeling that those kids are gonna be able to handle anything that comes their way.”

“I sure hope so.” All Might sighed. “After today, I wouldn’t be surprised if we get a few students questioning themselves.”

“Maybe,” Midnight acknowledged. “But those of true hero stock will learn from this and persevere, becoming the next generation of heroes I’d be proud to work alongside.”

The pair watched the students leave with proud smiles on their faces. The students were all growing up to be fine young heroes and both couldn’t wait to see what they all blossomed into.


The forty students chatted excitedly back and forth as they made their way back to the changing rooms, eagerly talking about the matches and all the crazy stuff that had happened today.

In the girl’s locker room, Momo cautiously peeled Kendo off to the side before everyone started getting unchanged and enquired about a potential idea she had to help restore some goodwill between their two classes. The pair sent out a group text to their respective classes and before they knew it, most had replied positively to having a mingling session at the 1-A dorms to wind down after that intense training session.

Predictably, Ochako and Tsuyu were both fending off embarrassing questions about their unique relationship, mainly from Tokage, Tsunotori, and Komori as they hurriedly got changed. Kendo warned them to back off and give them some space since there would be ample time to mingle later but that’s not why the duo were hurrying to get changed.

Ochako and Tsuyu both wanted to get out quickly to grab Izuku before he could sequester himself away somewhere and blame himself for everything that went wrong in that final match. When Ochako finished up, she was about to dash out the door only to get pulled back by Tsuyu who showed her a text that Izuku had sent to their phones in their polycule group chat.

Small Might: Hi everyone. I’m not sure how long I’ll be but All Might came to get me and wants me to go train with him immediately in the gym so we can figure out my new… ability?

Small Might: He also asked you not to come just in case something goes wrong again.

Small Might: Kacchan’s coming too so don’t worry.

Well now Ochako was worried.

The other girls comforted her and Tsuyu as they all caught up with the message on their own phones, resolving to simply get the full story out of their boyfriend when he returned for the night. It would be rather conspicuous if all six of them absconded with the boy as soon as they were supposed to be greeting their 1-B guests after all.

Reluctantly, the girls finished getting changed and made their way back to the dorms to prepare as best they could for the grilling their class was about to receive.


Izuku breathed deeply as he walked back alone towards the class A dorms. The sun had long since set due to winter’s influence and only the street lights illuminated his path. His muscles ached not only from all the training they did fighting against class B, but also trying not to get blasted into pieces by Bakugo as the explosive blond tried to force him to activate his new quirk though an intense round of combat.

After a post-training discussion with All Might and Bakugo once they entered gym Gamma for the private session, Izuku had divulged everything he learned in what he was calling his ‘subconscious world’ from the mysterious past One-For-All user.

It wasn’t someone All Might knew personally, nor his master from the way he spoke about her, but the man definitely knew his stuff and called the unusual inky essence that emitted from Izuku his past quirk, known as ‘Black Whip’.

Where there was one quirk and one user, there was probably more hidden further within the core of One-For-All that Izuku had yet to unlock. For now, they focused on trying to figure out exactly how and why Black Whip decided to emerge when it did as well as how to stop it if Izuku lost control again.

This marked two occasions that the boy had inadvertently injured someone due to his quirk acting up and Izuku was taking the full blame for it. All Might hoped that his protégé could find some new way to manipulate his quirk to stop this happening again not because Izuku would be punished, but because of the self-punishment he’d bestow upon himself.

Sighing one last time as his mind returned to the present, Izuku reached the top of the steps and stood at the front door of his dorm, looking at the handle in concern. He wanted to be a hero so badly but now even his own quirk was trying to get in his way. Or wait, was it trying to help him? Everything was so messed up right now and he just wanted to crawl into bed and sleep the rest of the day off. The girls would understand if he didn’t explain everything to them tonight, right?

Opening the door, he was greeted by boisterous sounds of all his classmates chatting away to a number of class B students. He blinked in confusion only to remember Momo’s text he’d replied positively to just before leaving the changing room with All Might.

“Oh right,” Izuku muttered to himself, diligently removing his shoes and putting them away.

“Midoriya!” The eager form of Iida appeared in a flash, stopping on a dime in front of his friend. “Beef stew is on the dinner menu for tonight.”

“Oh, okay.” The One-For-All user offered a weak smile to the class representative, glad he didn’t have to cook but not sure how much socialising he wanted to do after the extra training session. “I see class B’s already all here.”

“Most of them, yes.” Iida nodded. “With a few exceptions.”

Glancing around the room, it was clear Monoma wasn’t present but Izuku couldn’t tell who else was missing.

“Before you come in though. Do you mind if I have a quick word?” Iida asked carefully.

Izuku looked back at his friend and gave a slow nod, figuring something like this was coming from the boy.

“Sure.”

“Thank you.” Iida nodded in appreciation. “First, I’d like to ask how you’re doing. I understand from talking to the others that your match got pretty intense and something concerning happened with your quirk.”

“I’m fine thanks.” Izuku smiled. “It was pretty scary as I said at the end, but everything’s okay now.”

“That’s reassuring to hear. I admit I was concerned when you didn’t return to the dorms or come down when I knocked on your door but Asui explained everything to me.” Iida returned the smile with a kind warmth. “Which brings me to my next point. I didn’t want to say anything in front of everyone else considering how riled things got at the end of class, but I understand that you, Asui and Uraraka are apparently now engaged in a committed relationship with each other.”

“Y-Yes.” Izuku nodded shyly. “I’m sorry for not telling you sooner b-but we decided to not tell anyone at first and-”

“You don’t need to explain anything to me Midoriya.” Iida held his hand up. “While unusual, it is truly none of my business to judge others personal relationships, even one as atypical as the one you three are engaged in. There is one thing I want to know though and I apologise in advance if this is too personal. As long as you are happy that’s all that matters to me as your friend, so… are you?”

“H-Happy?” Izuku blinked, wondering if there was more. “W-With Tsu and Ochako?”

“Yes.” Iida nodded. “So long as this relationship makes you happy, you will have my full support throughout any difficulties you may face against those that disapprove of such an arrangement. I can offer no less to my dear friends after all.”

Izuku paused for a moment and really thought. It was a simple question really. One he should easily be able to answer but he hesitated. Not because he was unhappy with Ochako, Tsu, or any of the other girls but because he was scared. Scared that he needed to walk away from them all until he could master his quirk. He didn’t want to, but he’d already hurt Ochako twice and Tsu really badly once.

“I… want to be.” Izuku’s lips crumpled into a sad, wobbly line as tears prickled at his eyes. “I really do… but… e-everything’s going wrong right now a-and it’s feeling like… I… I can’t handle it.

Iida saw his friend was getting emotional and quickly stepped forward before turning him around. While Izuku’s emotional outbursts were well known, it wouldn’t do the boy any favours to attract undue attention while in such a vulnerable state.

Forgoing either of their shoes, Iida opened the front door and stepped out onto the cold stone entryway with his friend, stepping to the side as the door closed behind them.

“Midoriya, I had no idea.” Iida shook his head at the boy’s distressed state.

“Y-You weren’t meant to.” Izuku hiccupped. “B-But I hurt Ochako today… and I hurt Tsuyu a few days ago. My quirk went wrong and she had to go to Recovery Girl; that’s why she wasn’t in class.” Izuku admitted, the truth of the matter falling out of him due to his guilt. “A-And now… I… I want to be happy with them… but I don’t want to hurt them anymore.”

Iida let the boy cry for a few moments as his heart went out to him. When he’d taken Uraraka and Asui aside earlier, they’d both expressed joy in their relationship with Izuku, but he also detected an underlying current of worry.

This was clearly that something.

They must’ve known Izuku would be feeling guilty about all this and were worried about his state of mind. If anything solidified their relationship to him tonight, it was their clear concern for each other.

“Izuku?” Iida called softly. “Izuku, can you just breathe with me for a moment.”

The greenette let out a few shuddering breaths as he tried to control himself, the pressure of the past few days having overwhelmed him once again. It took a few moments, but Izuku slowly got his breathing under control as he mimicked Iida’s long, slow breaths.

“Very good.” Iida reassured his friend as the tears slowed. “Now, you say you hurt Uraraka and Asui, yes?”

“Mmmhmm.” Izuku nodded sullenly.

“Yet neither appear to be angry at you for any instance. In fact, I dare say Asui appeared ecstatic as the three of you stood together at the end of class.”

“Mmm.” Izuku replied, sounding more like he was emulating Yui Kodai from class B.

“In fact, could you choosing to distance yourself from them also be seen as hurting them if they want to stay close and support you?”

“I-I guess,” Izuku admitted reluctantly after a few moments.

“I have no doubts there.” Iida chuckled. “The cornerstone of a good relationship is communication after all. Keeping your cherished ones at a distance will only make that communication harder. If you believe you are happy with Asui and Uraraka, then why distance yourself and hurt them at the same time when they could help.”

“W-What if I hurt them again by staying close?” Izuku asked softly. “W-What if I can’t control my quirk?”

“My friend, I don’t believe for a second that it’s beyond your capabilities,” Iida smiled honestly, “and I believe you don’t believe that either. You’ve done incredible things since arriving at UA that have truly blown me away, even without your quirk. One of those things was assisting myself when I as at my lowest, a feat I can’t thank you enough for. Please allow me to reach out a hand to you now.”

Izuku hiccupped again as he felt the unconditional acceptance radiate off Iida’s kind face, a pair of fat tears rolling down his cheeks.

“C-Can I have a hug… please?”

“Of course.” Iida smiled, pulling the boy in for a gentle embrace, accepting the light staining of his shirt as a satisfactory casualty to comfort his friend in his time of need. It was nothing like going toe to toe against a vicious hero killer alone but Iida knew the boy wouldn’t see it that way.

The two stood there for a moment as Iida let his friend hug him as long as he needed. When he felt Izuku pull back, he smiled down at the greenette who sent him a weak one back in response.

“How are you feeling now Izuku?”

“B-Better, thanks.” Izuku nodded shakily, still feeling the effects of his intense emotions.

“I’m glad.” Iida smiled. “I believe I have the answer to my question but before we return to the social event taking place inside, let’s just give it a few more minutes to make sure no one worries, yes?”

Izuku blinked in confusion before Iida pulled out a handkerchief from his pocket and offered it to his friend.

“I’m sure Uraraka and Asui would take an unpleasant revenge on me if they discovered I’d accidently made their boyfriend cry.”

Izuku chuckled weakly at Iida’s joke, gratefully taking the offered cloth and dabbing at his eyes.

“T-They’d have to catch you first… a-and you’ve got a good ten minutes with your new Recipro move. That’s what you’ve been hiding all month isn’t it?” Izuku enthused as best he could at the class representative.

“Indeed it is.” Iida nodded in satisfaction.

“T-That thing with your mufflers, it allowed you to achieve new heights, right?”

“Correct.” Iida nodded. “You’ll understand if I still want to keep the details somewhat concealed as it is an Iida family secret of sorts, and not the most pleasant thing I have ever experienced, but I’m happy to answer some of your questions.”

“G-Great, b-because after seeing all that, I-I think my shoot-style definitely needs work if I’m to keep up with you.” Izuku smiled, grateful for the distraction.

“And here I thought I was still behind you,” Iida chuckled as he and Izuku spent the next few minutes going over his new capabilities and theoretical possibilities.


Once Izuku had regained his composure and his tears were all dried up, he and Iida made their way back inside the 1-A dorms, finding everyone milling about and chatting as though he didn’t just have a break down for the past twentyish minutes.

Iida was a good friend.

“Hopefully we should still have some stew left still. Be sure to grab some to refuel after today.” The engine quirked boy waved as he returned to mingle with the others.

Taking a deep breath Izuku stepped forward to make his way towards Tsu and Ochako.

It only took two steps before he was ambushed from the side.

“Midoriya, I’ve been looking for you.”

“Oh, hey Todoroki, what’s up?” Izuku asked, turning to face the boy as he approached.

“I didn’t know you had two quirks this whole time as well, given what you said that day we fought.” Todoroki accused neutrally.

“Oh?” Izuku blinked before his mind helpfully offered him the memory of their battle, reminding him he yelled at Todoroki to come at him with ‘all you’ve got’. He must’ve heard about Black Whip manifesting and going out of control from the others

“You were adamant that I not hold back against you in our fight, but I guess you were hiding something yourself.” Todoroki stated in that same neutral tone that didn’t fit his words.

“N-No, it’s not that.” Izuku quickly tried to clear up the honest confusion with his friend. “I think this um… d-dark energy is derived from my quirk in some way… which would means it’s… part of my original power I guess. Today was the first time something like that happened so I was surprised myself.”

“How interesting. That must’ve been difficult for you, it must’ve been pretty shocking. I apologise for doubting you.”

“T-That’s okay, I’d doubt me too.” Izuku brushed off. “Still um, speaking about our matches, you were amazing in yours. I didn’t know you’d gotten so good at using your flames.”

“Not nearly good enough.” Todoroki lips curled, recalling the text he’d sent off to Endeavor. “Seems the two of us are almost in the same predicament, and that’s why I have to start aiming even higher.”

“That’s great.” Izuku smiled, glad the boy was still so set on improving himself despite his misgivings with his power. “Though um… I do have some pointers from your match if you’d like to hear them.”

“I’d rather not. My performance was shameful.” Todoroki stated roughly in a downhearted voice. “I let down my classmates and myself. I can only apologize and try to do better next time.”

“B-But you were so close.” Izuku stressed. “If you’d gotten off your final attack, you would’ve beaten Tetsutetsu, but on the other hand, if you’d alternated and used your ice again, the pressure feedback would’ve sent Tetsutetsu flying just like what happened to us in our sports festival match.

“I… recall that, yes.” Todoroki nodded slowly, not knowing if Izuku realised he’d been working on that already. “Unfortunately, due to the intense heat, I was unable to think clearly in the moment and the idea didn’t come to me.”

“Ah, I see.” Izuku nodded. Before he could open his mouth and respond, another loud voice joined the conversation.

“I felt my ears burning, was that you Midoriya or is Todoroki looking for another round?” Tetsutetsu stepped up.

“I assure you I am not using my quirk right now.” Todoroki stated simply.

“Nah man, it’s just an expression.” Tetsutetsu sweatdropped. “Anyway, good to see ya man,” he turned to Izuku, “heard your fight was brutal and you kicked Monoma’s ass all around the arena.”

“That’s… not quite what happened.” Izuku shook his head. “Something went wrong with my quirk and it caused me to sort of follow him but he was thankfully too fast thanks to Yanagi’s quirk.”

“Yeah, weird black stuff of somethin’?” Tetsutetsu quirked a brow before shaking his head. “But you at least got a front row seat when Uraraka punched Monoma when all was said and done and gave him that broken nose I saw him come to the nurses office with.”

“Y-Yes?” Izuku replied slowly, not knowing if that was a good thing or a bad thing from the steel boy’s tone.

“Dude, I wish I could’da seen that first hand.” Tetsutetsu laughed, allowing Izuku to breathe a sigh of relief. “When my buddy Kirishima told me how unmanly he’d been, provoking you all and stuff with that bet, I wanted to give him one too.”

“Oh uh…” Izuku didn’t know how to respond to that.

“You shouldn’t admit something like that out loud Tetsu.” Another voice joined the three as Kendo stepped forward. “Sorry about all that by the way, I was coming over to smack him one when I saw him start up but Mr Kan pulled me aside to ‘keep an eye on me’,” she apologised. “I think he just didn’t want me hurting our chances in the final round by injuring Monoma, but honestly, I think it might’ve been less humiliating if I’d stopped the idiot beforehand.”

“I-It’s not your fault.” Izuku waved away Kendo’s blame. “L-Like Mr Vlad said, you’re not responsible for the actions of someone else, right?”

“True, but I am our class representative.” Kendo countered. “It’s a rewarding position sometimes but dealing with Monoma almost makes it not worth it.”

“Least you don’t have to worry about that after these guys pulled out that win.” Tetsutetsu grinned. “Anyway, that’s not why I came over here. Mr Eraser said something about you giving tips and stuff to everyone about their quirks to help ‘em do better.”

“Y-Yes?” Izuku held his breath, his memories from Aldera creeping back in.

“Awesome, think you could work your magic with mine? I’ve done what I can but as you’ve probably guessed I’m not the top of the class like Kendo here.”

“Hey, you say that, but your team still technically did better than mine.” Kendo shrugged before addressing Izuku herself. “Actually, if it’s not too much trouble too, would you mind going over some ideas with me sometime? I know it was close but Yaoyorozu still beat me and I was hoping to finally best her here.”

“Uh… I-I guess… yeah, sure.” Izuku nodded in mild surprise. He shouldn’t be at this stage considering all he’d experienced at UA so far but part of him had been scared that the class B students would react much like those from Aldera.

For the next couple of minutes he chatted away with the three, discussing a bit about their performances, asking them his in-depth questions, and sharing contact information so they could chat easier in the future.


By the time Izuku had finished with the 1-B students, he was just about running on empty for his social meter for the day. With everything that had happened, he just wanted to crawl upstairs and into his bed before passing out.

That wasn’t an option right now though as he still had two more people to talk to before he could call it quits for the night.

Marching with determination, Izuku made his way over to his officially outed girlfriends who were currently chatting with Mina, Tooru, Tokage and Awase at a dining table.

“My quirk might seem weak on the surface, but I can actually channel a huge amount of force into each blow.” Izuku heard Tokage explain as he approached. “Imagine I’m going to punch you.” She popped her hand off. “And I use all the force I can muster, probably gonna hurt, right? Well, if I focus all that power on a single knuckle, that’s only gonna hurt more since it’s the same power but a smaller area.”

“She can almost knock out Tetsutetsu with his quirk on by herself.” Awase chimed in.

“Hurts like fuck though.” She shook her hands from the phantom pains of training sessions gone by. “That’s why I’ve been working on getting my bone-density up through training. Needless to say, I’m not Recovery Girl’s favourite patient.”

“Her favourite patient is no one so I think you’re fine.” Mina giggled.

“Can’t be worse than this guy.” Tooru pointed out Izuku playfully, her heart quelling its worry when she saw him come close.

“Yup, even in class B we’ve heard of your infamous exploits Midoriya.” Tokage chuckled. “Recovery Girl is definitely annoyed at you more for intensity, but me for frequency of visits.”

“That’s… good to know.” Izuku chuckled weakly. “Can I um… steal my girlfriends away real quirk?”

“Hey, they’re both yours after all.” Tokage winked as Tsuyu and Ochako quickly rose to their feet and embrace Izuku in a double hug.

“Get going lovebirds.” Mina teased at the trio’s retreating forms. “No one wants to see that.”

“Really? I’d stay and watch if they’d let me.” Tokage chuckled.

“You really are a shameless flirt.” Tooru shook her head with a giggle.

“I have shame.” Tokage reasoned. “I’m covered up right now after all, but that can change quite quickly if you wanna show me what your room looks like.”

Tooru felt herself blush as red as Ochako usually went even though she was invisible.

“Would you stop hitting on my girlfriend?” Mina glared, though she knew the girl wasn’t serious about her words at this point.

“Jealous? I mean, I can hit on you too if you like. Maybe we show those three what a real triad looks like.”

“That’s enough.” Awase grabbed Tokage by her shoulders and began pulling her away before Tokage’s mouth got her in as much trouble as Monoma’s.

When he pulled though, Tokage intentionally disconnected her head and one hand, making the universal phone sign out of her thumb and pinky finger and raising it to her ear.

“Call me.” She winked at the pair before zipping her limbs back over to her body and an eyerolling Awase.

Mina and Tooru sat there for a moment a little stunned at the brazenness of their sister class’ most thirsty member.

“I’m… not sure if that’s better or worse than Mineta.” Mina mumbled.

“Because despite everything you’re actually a little turned on and curious right now?” Tooru asked.

“You think the others would mind an eighth member?”

“Mina!”

“What? You were thinking it too!”

“…”

“…”

“Wanna sleep in my room tonight?”

“Oh god yes.” Mina groaned.


“Izuku, how is everything?” Ochako fussed over her boyfriend as they moved to a corner of the common room together.

“We were getting worried for a minute there, ribbit.” Tsuyu touched his arm for comfort.

“I’m… better now.” Izuku admitted, letting them think that he was just referring to the match. “All Might, Kacchan and I did some training and I think everything’s fine for now but… we still don’t know what’s going on.”

“But I’m guessing you know more.” Ochako pressed.

“We have some hunches.” Izuku nodded. “And there’s some stuff I need to fill you in about tomorrow but um… I-I wanted to apologize first Ochako.”

“Apologize?” The brunette quirked her head.

“When my quirk went out of control again, I hurt you. That’s the s-second time now.” Izuku bit his lip.

“That wasn’t you Izuku.” Ochako chuckled fondly. “I know that’s not you. Tsu knows that’s not you.”

“My boo-boo was bigger too.” Tsuyu nodded.

“It was an accident, so let’s treat it like an accident, okay?”

“Okay…” Izuku nodded nervously. “B-But um… w-what do you think I… w-we should do? I really don’t want this to happen again and the only thing I can think of is… staying away.”

“Which isn’t happening, ribbit.” Tsuyu shook her head.

“You’re just being silly again Izuku.” Ochako pet his arm. “We’re big girls, we know what we’re getting into, and so do the others.”

“Do you not trust us to make our own choices on this?” Tsuyu asked.

“I… w-well…” Izuku hesitated, not knowing what the right answer here was. “I-I know that you um… l-love me, and I love you,” he started. “B-But a-are we just letting our feelings um… c-cloud our judgement?”

“No.” Ochako clapped Izuku’s head between her hands, her fingers pressed together on both of his cheeks. “You know better than to think like that after everything we’ve been through.” She scolded, recalling her exact same feelings on the matter when first musing over her crush on the boy. “You know we’re stronger together than we are apart and we know there’s no one else that knows how to break a quirk down and make it his bitch like Izuku Fucking Midoriya, that’s your name now.”

Tsuyu couldn’t hold back her snort as Izuku stood there with a touch of bewilderment on his face.

“I know you’re probably really tired and emotional after everything that happened today so how about we put a pin in this and you march your adorable butt upstairs and get some sleep and we’ll talk about this tomorrow, yes?”

Izuku nodded dumbly.

“Good boy.” Ochako pulled his face in and lay a determined kiss on his lips that let him know what was what.

“Don’t forget me.” Tsuyu croaked, taking her turn with their boyfriend and giving him a deeper kiss, adding a little tongue.

“Well now that’s just not even.” Ochako shook her head, matching Tsuyu’s kiss with her own.

“How come you get two and I only get one?” Tsuyu pouted, taking another turn.

By the time Izuku realised what was happening he was actually laughing at his girlfriend’s antics. He didn’t know if it was some sort of act they were putting on to try and cheer him up or just playing around with each other but he recalled Iida’s earlier question about if they made him happy. Standing here, sequestered in the corner of the common room while his girlfriends squabbled over kisses, he realised there was nowhere else he’d rather be right now and that he was truly glad he got to share this moment with them.

“Nice to see you’ve cheered up, ribbit.” Tsuyu smiled at the boy.

“Y-Yeah,” Izuku nodded. “Just a bit. You were right though Ochako; I was being silly.”

“Well duh.” The brunette rolled her eyes fondly.

“I… think I need sleep.” Izuku agreed. “I um… s-should probably sleep alone but… do you think you could come say goodnight?”

“Are you propositioning us?” Tsuyu winked.

“I’ve had worse offers.” Ochako giggled.

“J-Just sleep please.” Izuku joined them with a chuckle. “W-We um… will probably have people keeping an eye on us now too.”

“Let them watch.” Tsuyu chuckled, giving Izuku a kiss on his cheek while taking his hand in hers.

“L-Let’s not go that far.” Ochako blushed, giving Izuku a peck on the other cheek and seizing his other hand.

The trio walked forward, getting the occasional glance from their classmates as they walked to the elevator and got in. If anyone was gonna whisper as they escorted their boyfriend to bed then let them, all that mattered right now was getting Izuku’s head on right before they sorted things out and made a new plan to tackle whatever new problems his quirk was bringing them.


Back down below, the last of the girls continued to mingle with their peers making idle conversation about the day.

“Tsunotori, that ‘Thunder Horn’ move you did was impressive. Did you always have that level of control?” Momo asked the girl curiously.

“Oh, well I just kinda got my control good enough for it recently. I was gonna call it something Monoma suggested but Kendo told me not to, though she didn’t tell me why.”

“Probably something rude or gross.” Kyoka shrugged.

“What was it?” Kaminari asked, intrigued regardless of what he thought about the blond boy.

“Oh um…” Tsunotori pondered for a second, trying to recall the exact Japanese pronunciation of the unfamiliar word.

“Horny Four You!” She declared a little loudly, pointing her index fingers up to demonstrate what it might’ve actually looked and sounded like on the battle field.

All those within earshot baulked and turned to the exchange student in mixtures of disbelief and amusement.

“Well that’s… probably for the best.” Kyoka blushed.

“Not the worst attack name though.” Kaminari giggled lewdly.

“You think it’s better than Thunder Horn?” Tsunotori asked naively.

“Choose your next words carefully.” Kyoka raised a jack and pointed it at her own idiotic blond friend.

“N-Nah, Thunder Horn’s got that edge, you know?” Kaminari gulped.

“Thunder Horn it is then.” Tsunotori clapped happily.

“You live, for now.” Kyoka chuckled, glad Kaminari had made the right decision.

“As much as I’d like to continue this conversation going.” Momo giggled, holding her phone in her hand. “I believe I need to speak to you privately for a moment Kyoka.”

“Uh, why?” Kyoka asked confusedly.

“I um…” Momo struggled for a moment to come up with an acceptable excuse. “I must lecture you about threatening your classmate in such a violent fashion. Please come with me.”

With that, Momo stepped away from the conversation and Kyoka, after giving the other two a shrug, followed after her. 

“What was all that about?” Kaminari muttered, watching the pair move over to and enter the elevator.

“Maybe they are going upstairs to make sex?”

Kaminari almost popped a rib from how hard he began laughing.


“Really?” Kyoka rolled her eyes in the elevator. “A lecture was your excuse?”

“I panicked!” Momo blushed. “It’s been a long day.”

“Damn right it has.” Kyoka sighed, as the doors opened, allowing them to step out onto the second floor.

Glancing around, Momo spotted Ochako, Tsuyu, Mina and Tooru waiting for them and quickly approached.

“What’s up?” Kyoka asked casually as they approached.

“Izuku’s down for the night but he’s a little… unstable right now.” Ochako explained.

“It’s not his quirk is it?” Tooru asked, wondering if she should still be worried for the boy.

“No, just his emotions.” Tsuyu explained. “Oh, and by the way… that’s now quirks with an ‘s’.”

The four unaware girls froze, wondering exactly if what they just heard was right.

“Come again?” Mina shook her head.

“Wait, you’re not suggesting that stuff that came out of Izuku’s arm was another quirk.”

“Apparently it is.” Ochako confirmed, having coaxed Izuku’s worries out of him as they tucked him in in the spirit of warning the others ahead of time.

“How?!” Tooru gasped.

“Not quite sure but something to do with the ghosts living inside him and their former quirks.” Tsuyu stated.

“That… sounds a tad unbelievable.” Momo shook her head.

“So was the idea of a transferrable quirk a few months back yet here the fuck we are.” Kyoka sighed.

“What now?” Tooru asked, hoping Izuku was doing okay with everything.

“We’ll discuss it more after class tomorrow.” Ochako explained. “He’s gonna fill us in on what he talked about with All Might and Bakugo but I think this really sorta rattled him.”

“I’m not surprised.” Mina sighed.

“Anything we can do to help?” Kyoka questioned.

“Just give him space tomorrow.” Tsuyu replied. “It’s still fresh in his mind and today was a lot for everyone, ribbit.”

“Then that’s what we’ll do.” Tooru nodded. “Until we get him home, then we snuggle the squishy.”

“That’s the plan.” Ochako chuckled.

The girls parted on that note, heading back downstairs to continue chatting with their friends. As fun as it was, it wasn’t the same knowing that Izuku was upstairs and still suffering from everything he’d been through this week.

They hoped the new day would bring new fortune and they could turn this negative into a positive plan of action.

Notes:

Chapter summary:

- With Tsuyu still crying and bleeding from her wound, Izuku helps out and Aoyama calls Recovery Girl. Aizawa, alerted by the system, turns up and gets everything straightened out by sending the girls downstairs while he talks to Izuku. The greentte reveals his dream and Aizawa sighs at the troublesome quirk playing up. Recovery Girl turns up and requires Tsuyu go with her to get stitches. After Aizawa gets the stories from the other two students, he tells them to head back to bed as no one's in trouble. Ochako opts to sleep alone that night as Izuku falls to sleep with a guilty, heavy heart.

- The next day, Tsuyu isn't in class and Izuku is almost late to lessons. Just before lunch Aizawa comes to collect Izuku to talk with All Might about his experience. Before they can start, the other five girls are caught spying and are reluctantly allowed to join by Aizawa. Izuku reveals everything he learned in his dream and unfortunately no one has any answers before the group return to classes.

- After school ends, the poly group find Tsuyu back at the dorms with Ochako and Izuku escorting her upstairs to fill her in on Izuku's quirk that caused her injury. She doesn't blame Izuku but all remain wary of the boy's quirk until they know what they're dealing with.

- The next day's training session begins with class 1-A and B being pitted against each other to see how far they've come and are joined by Shinso. Due to only having 19 students in his class, the teams are unbalanced and Izuku's is left with only 3 on a team. Instead of simply giving them Shinso, Aizawa prevents them from getting him instead while Monoma's team ends up with the boy.
- Round 1 - The battles begin and 1-A take an early lead thanks to Shinso supporting class A. After the match, the 1-A students get their feedback from Aizawa and some extra feedback from Izuku on what to work on next.
- Round 2 - Momo's team face off with Kendos and take an early lead by catching out Kuroiro quickly. When they try to ambush the remaining students, Kendo's team spring their first trap with plenty of mushrooms to assist. Momo chases them down alone while Tooru and Aoyama get into sniping positions. On Momo's order, they combine their quirks to free Tokoyami from the enemy and prevent him getting captured. While Momo fights off Kendo using her produced tech, she can't stop Kinoko's mushrooms from invading her throat though Tokoyami swoops in to make the save, winning them the round.
- Round 3 - Iida, Ojiro, Todoroki and Shoji face off against Honenuki's team. Shoji and Tsunotori are the only pair left standing towards the end. Refusing to allow any of his friends to be beyond his reach anymore, Shoji manages to push his limits and snag Tsunotori in a net of his own arms, and while he knocks her out, it results in a draw for his team due to the timer elapsing.
- When Shoji returns to the viewing platform, he takes Izuku aside to ask if he thought he could've saved Bakugo in the forest with the skills he has now. Izuku doesn't believe that's important anymore but the training he does now means it won't be a worry moving forward. Shoji still struggles with his issues as a heteromorph and retreats into his emotional shell.
- Round 4 - Bakugo's team absolutely destroys class B's resulting in the most decisive victory of the day. With all the empathy training with Mina and applying it with Kirishima and the others, he learned how to work effectively as a team member while doing things his way. When Monoma bad mouth's class A by calling them cheaters, the class has had enough of him and opts to make a wager since the results already speak for themselves. If his team can beat Izuku's or draw, they will admit 1-B is the superior team, else if Izuku wins, he has to shut up about them for good. The bet it made and, when trying to get a leg up, Monoma deliberately angers Izuku to try and throw him off his game by making unkind insinuations about Mei and her dedication to being a hero support student.
- Round 5 - Izuku and his team make a sneaky plan that almost guarantees their victory. After jailing two of Monoma's team mates and knocking out the third, only he and Shinso are left with no jail to use to win the round. Throwing a tantrum, Monoma holds a captured Mina hostage and threatens to drop her from height. Izuku's anger activates Black Whip which begins tearing up the area. Through Shinso and Ochako's teamwork, they get Izuku back under control while Ochako punches Monoma for all he's done today.
- With the five rounds done, class A are officially the winners though Ochako is forced to admit Tsu and Izuku are her triad partners as class ends.

-Izuku goes to train with All Might and Bakugo while class B come over to mingle at the class A dorms.

- Returning to the dorms, Izuku chats with Iida about his relationship while informing the girls he has 2 quirks now.

Chapter 27: Check-ins

Summary:

After the joint battle, several check-ins are made to ensure everyone is doing okay.

***** Trigger Warning *****
Mentions and allusions to domestic abuse.

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

With Izuku in bed and asleep early from all the stress his new quirk put him through, not to mention the extra training with Bakugo afterwards and his emotional outburst with Iida, he subsequently awoke early.

Bleary-eyed and still fairly tired, Izuku knew an extra half-hour of sleep wouldn’t do him any good for the rest of the day and set about his morning routine. After taking care of his teeth and bladder, he dressed in his UA workout clothes and set off for his morning run. Considering how early it was, he didn’t see Iida his entire time around their shared circuit but then again the boy was even more of a stickler for routine than he was.

Once his morning workout was done, Izuku stopped by the kitchen to check out the large pot on the stove. There wasn’t much left but after missing it last night he decided to help himself to a serving of cold beef stew that he began heating in the microwave.

The sound of footsteps broke him from his auto-pilot mindset as Kaminari rounded the corner of the staircase and entered the kitchen, rubbing at his eyes.

“Mmm? Eyyy, Midor…iya.” Kaminari yawned out as he greeted the greenette. “You’re up early today.”

“Uh, yeah, just finished my morning run.” Izuku nodded with a small smile.

“Urgh, don’t.” Kaminari waved away, reaching for the fridge and pulling out carton of milk labelled ‘Kaminari ONLY’ in big black letters. “After yesterday I’m worried Aizawa’s gonna put us through the wringer today. My shoulder’s still a little sore from when Shishida tossed me.”

“That did look painful.” Izuku sympathised as his blond friend took a swig from the carton.

“Psssh, that’s nothing compared to you man.” Kaminari said, wiping his upper lip. “You got freaking ragdolled by that crazy energy your arm was putting out and now you’re already back up and training; the heck’s up with that?”

“O-Oh, u-uh…” Izuku rubbed the back of his head. “J-Just a new facet of my quirk I think. I had no idea I could do something like that, but now that I can control a certain amount of my power without all the backlash, it’s trying to manifest in a new way you know?”

Kaminari blinked in confusion before shaking his head.

“Magic broken quirk, got it.” He nodded decisively before taking another swig. Izuku sweatdropped at how technically accurate that description was. “A-Actually um… there was something I wanted to talk to you about yesterday.”

Izuku regarded the electric blond carefully, wondering exactly what part of the day’s exciting events he wanted to talk about.

“Oh?”

“Yeah, you disappeared from the hangout pretty early so I didn’t get the chance. It was actually about Tuesday and… well, I heard some… concerning shit coming from your room dude.”

“W-What do you mean?” Izuku gulped, remembering exactly what happened on Tuesday.

Kaminari looked uneasily at Izuku but steeled his nerve to say his piece.

“I was just sleeping like everyone else when I heard a crash from your room dude. Normally I’d just think it’s Kirishima getting a late night workout in but… I heard glass shattering man, and… girls crying.”

Izuku felt himself tense and knew his face had lost some colour as the blood drained from it.

“Some stuff makes sense now but, from the way you reacted yesterday, I’m guessing it wasn’t your plan to like, announce to the class and stuff that you, Asui and Uraraka were dating. I mean like, good on you and stuff but… c-can you um… explain why I heard Asui crying and Uraraka panicking?” Kaminari asked warily.

He didn’t want to accuse Izuku of anything untoward but some things were just not adding up. His own stomach twisted as he watched the greenette’s expression warp into something awkward and painful.

“Y-Yeah um… it’s… it was my fault.” Izuku sighed, lifting his right hand up to look down at it again. “Y-You um… noticed my quirk went wild yesterday and um… t-there was an early warning. I don’t know exactly how or why it happened but um… m-my quirk activated in my sleep and trashed my room.”

Kaminari nodded slowly. Even just a finger flick from Izuku could hurt like hell so glass stood no chance if his quirk activated.

“And… the crying?” Kaminari challenged again.

“It… I hurt Tsu.” Izuku grit his teeth. “We were uh… all together and… w-when my quirk activated… I hurt her. Aizawa was alerted and Recovery Girl came to help out but… it doesn’t fix anything”

“Dude…” Kaminari’s face relaxed slightly at the knowledge that Aizawa knew about this. “So… it was just an accident?”

“I still hurt my girlfriend.” Izuku gripped his hand into a fist. “Accident or not, I don’t know if I can make up for that.”

Instead of seeing the blond reacting with the same wariness he’d felt throughout this conversation, Kaminari was looking greatly relieved and releasing a huge sigh.

“Ah man, that’s great.” He chuckled. “W-Well I mean not great since um, yeah, hurting someone else like that really fucking sucks and stuff but I’m glad it was just your quirk being weird.”

Izuku was thrown for a little bit of a loop, not quite getting why Kaminari switched his emotions so fast.

“Um… w-what?”

“What?” Kaminari replied.

“What uh… do you mean by that?” Izuku asked carefully.

“Oh uh… sorry, that probably seems weird, doesn’t it?” Kaminari rubbed the back of his head. “It was just a quirk accident wasn’t it? Kinda like when I used to short out my house when I had a nightmare. You didn’t mean to do it but you still feel shitty.”

“Y-Yeah.” Izuku nodded slowly.

“To be honest, as much as I want a girlfriend, I’m scared that I’ll have another accident in the night and shock her or something.” Kaminari chuckled weakly. “Used to get them every now and then. If you, Asui, and Uraraka can get through something like that though, maybe there’s hope for this idiot yet; I saw you smooching up a storm in the corner yesterday before you disappeared.”

“D-Don’t.” Izuku blushed. “T-They were just… trying to make me feel better after that horrible match.”

“Horrible? You guys wrecked Monoma’s shit.” Kaminari laughed more jovially. “We won the bet too. Ain’t no more smack talk coming from him for a while, not after Uraraka smacked him anyway.” 

“I’d… completely forgotten about that.” Izuku blushed. “Other things were kinda on my mind.”

“I’ll bet.” Kaminari winked. “Between your quirk going nuts, Ochako kissing you in front of everyone then announcing your relationship, I’m surprised you’re not like permanently red.”

“I will be if you keep bringing it up.” Izuku shot back awkwardly.

“Okay, okay.” Kaminari held his hands up. “But seriously man, it’s good to hear that it was just an accident and wasn’t, you know, anything intentional or something.”

 “Y-Yeah…” Izuku nodded. “B-But um… what do you mean by… ‘intentional’?”

“Oh…” Kaminari’s face fell as he realized how saying what he did would come across. “I’m sorry man, I didn’t mean to accuse or offend you or anything. I just… wanted to make sure you weren’t… you know.” Kaminari grimaced, not wanting to say what he really thought out loud. “You’re a nice guy and one of my best friends… but after Mineta, I’ve been… wary.”

“Wary?”

“I’ve been doing research.” He let out a small chuckled at Izuku’s confused face. “Yeah I know, bit weird for someone like me right? But… with how Mineta acted… I was worried that I let him influence me too much. I mean, I wouldn’t do anything like he did but… I joined in some of his jokes and stuff sometimes. Hell, part of me wants to slap you on the back right now and ask for details about your new relationship.” Kaminari chuckled weakly. “I won’t but… after reading some stuff on uh… proper behaviour, it just came to mind when I heard banging and crying from your room.”

Izuku bit his lip, his mind briefly flashing back to the time he stood before his mother and defended her from his dad.

“I… I would never-”

“I know man.” Kaminari held his hands up again. “You’re like the person I’d least suspect for something like that. I just… couldn’t ignore it, you know? That’s why I wanted to talk to you, make sure it was just dumb, ol’ Kaminari being stupid again.”

“You’re… you’re not dumb. I can um… see your point of view,” Izuku acknowledged. “My um… dad was… someone like that.”

“Oh… oh fuck dude… I’m sorry, I-”

“It’s okay.” Izuku shook his head. “You didn’t know and um… t-thank you for following up I guess. It doesn’t feel good to be thought about in the same way but… I’m glad you didn’t just ignore it.”

The two stood there in awkward silence as neither really knew what to say next.

“S-Sorry,” Kaminari apologized. “This really wasn’t a topic for early Friday morning.”

“B-Better now than at lunch.” Izuku chuckled weakly.

“Yeah… h-hey wait, is that why you’ve been spending so much more time on the girl’s table?” Kaminari asked, a realization dawning on him.

“Y-Yeah, kinda.” Izuku nodded. “I’ve helped Tooru with her quirk too and other stuff but… y-yeah.”

“Dude, you’re just full of surprises.” Kaminari shook his head. “I’m surprised you managed to keep something like this secret for so long anyway. If it was me I’d be crowing from the rooftop.”

“I’m not sure Iida would like that.” Izuku sweatdropped.

With the ping of the microwave announcing his unusual breakfast was ready, Izuku pulled out his beef stew and got himself a spoon.

“I’ll leave you to it then man.” Kaminari put his milk back in the fridge. “Sorry for… you know.”

“That’s okay.” Izuku smiled.

Kaminari smiled back in response before heading back towards the stairs. Once inside the stairwell he let the façade drop from his face and let an awkward grimace take over.

“Stupid idiot, why’d you have to go and be weird like that?” Kaminari punched his own thigh. “Urgh, way to make your friend feel like crap.” He sighed, walking back up the steps to the third floor.

Despite what he’d just heard from Izuku, he’d double check things were as he said with Uraraka and Asui when he got a moment just to be sure, but he still felt like crap for thinking badly of his friend in the first place.

Hopefully Izuku or the girls wouldn’t hold it against him as he was just trying to do what he thought was right. Thinking about it, Kirishima told him to be quiet when he tried to voice his concerns on Wednesday. Did the redhead know about their relationship in advance? Maybe chatting to the manly boy would help him get his head back on straight but, for now, he needed to get ready for school.


Since yesterday, everyone was still somewhat feeling the burn from the joint training matches. Izuku arrived at class with Tsuyu and Ochako and everyone seemed to still be chatting about their matches and progress from before.

“Hope we get to go up against 1-B again. That was awesome.” Sero grinned, leaning back in his chair.

“You’re just saying that ‘cause you got that win with Bakugo.” Kirishima chuckled. “You guys were like a perfect team.”

“Cleanest win of the day, that’s for sure.” Sato nodded. “Maybe a little more planning next time though.”

“You got a problem with how we won?!” Bakugo growled.

“Chill dude,” Kyoka rolled her eyes. “Not everyone’s used to working with you and flying by the seat of their pants.”

“Get better then.” Bakugo huffed. “Villains aren’t gonna wait around while you plan shit out, you gotta get in and crush them before they can think themselves.”

“Bakugo.” Mina warned him. “Be nice.”

“Urgh,” Bakugo groaned. “But for teammates you guys did alright I suppose.”

“Good boy.” Mina grinned while the explosive blond pouted, getting a reassuring back slap from Kirishima. When Mina spotted her favourite outed trio enter the room however, she begged off from the conversation to join them at Tsuyu’s desk along with Tooru.

“Hey guys,” Tooru smiled, “how’s the happy trio this morning.”

“Good thanks.” Ochako blushed lightly, unused to the direct open question where everyone could hear.

“We’re totally stealing you at lunch and getting all the deets from you.” Mina winked at them.

It wasn’t exactly subtle, but at least it got the point across that they needed to talk at lunch. Hopefully it would keep the others from prying but they had the excuse to hide away where they could chat privately.

“I’ll field your one thousand questions, don’t worry Mina.” Tsuyu chuckled, playing along.

“You were kinda coy about everything yesterday,” Sero joined in, wanting to ask Izuku how the hell he got two babes to agree to date him without scratching each other’s eyes out. “Are we gonna get the probably stupid sweet story I’m sure is behind that?”

“I must admit, I am intrigued too mes amie.” Aoyama joined in. “Your union’s origin is a tale I’m most eager to hear about.”

Izuku and Ochako blushed at the interrogation. Last night the gravity girl and Tsu had been able to brush off most questions about how everything happened with wanting to wait till Izuku was around before they answered, now there was no escape.

“Shut the hell up. Who cares how they got together.” Bakugo scoffed, moving back to his seat.

“Clearly a number of us.” Sato smirked as he hoped to listen in himself.

“The bell’s about to ring, everyone to your seats.” The tired voice of an angel rang out, relieving Izuku and Ochako of their red faces as everyone scrambled for their desks.

Aizawa walked in with a thick notepad and placed it on the podium as the class got ready for the morning announcements.

“First off, congratulations on your performances yesterday. You all did outstanding to pull off the end result you did. While not a complete sweep, you certainly showed 1-B that you’ve been working hard to turn your experiences into strength.”

“Is Mr. Vlad mad at 1-B?” Momo asked with a hint of worry, not wanting her fellow schoolmates to suffer because their class did better.

“He’s been reminded of the differences experience can make.” Aizawa said diplomatically, though he was unable to hide the small smirk at the corner of his lips at how the blood-based hero fumed while writing up the day’s paperwork at his desk. “You’ve all been through significant events that had major consequences if you didn’t go beyond, some more than others. I had to remind him of the improvements two of his own students made after the training camp to put things in perspective.”

“Oh yeah, the gas villain.” Sero noted.

“My bro and Kendo put up the best fight yesterday clearly.” Kirishima grinned proudly.

“Quiet.” Aizawa ordered and the class fell silent once more. “Considering you’re clearly aware of the differences yourselves, there’s no excuse for you to slack off at this point. As I was saying, you all did well. Don’t rest on that though and instead use it to keep pushing beyond, I’ll accept no less moving forward, understood?”

“Yes Mr. Aizawa” The class responded together.

“Good,” he finished, opening his notepad. “Today we’ll be going through each of your matches and picking out good and bad points. This can be anything from excessive collateral damage, wasted effort, or something that could look bad to the general public. To confirm, there’s no training this afternoon so you can recover from yesterday and ruminate on this feedback.”

With that, class began and everyone began taking dutiful notes.


As expected, Mina and Tooru made something of a show about pulling Tsuyu, Ochako, and Izuku away during lunch to chat about things, though there was no explanation needed about how exactly they got together. Instead, the topic of conversation turned to the one the two girls had reported back on the night before about Izuku’s quirk developments.

“So… the fuck happened yesterday?” Kyoka asked as they all sat at a canteen corner table away from the normal crowd of students.

“My um… quirk?” Izuku asked tentatively.

“Yes, it was most confusing news that Ochako and Tsu brought us after you went to bed.” Momo nodded.

“What exactly happened in your fight? It looked like you were out of control for a good portion of it.” Tooru worried, recalling how she was almost catatonic from watching Mina get held hostage by Monoma.

“I… was.” Izuku sighed, looking down at his meal dejectedly. “I couldn’t control anything. Those whips were just reacting on instinct and I couldn’t direct them where I wanted or force them back. You… saw how I hurt Ochako… again.”

“Hey, none of that.” Ochako gripped his knee under the table. “It was an accident, better it happen now in training than out in the field, right?”

“Small victories.” Tsuyu nodded, gripping his other knee.

Izuku swallowed his further self-deprecating words about hurting the pair before that from the other night; none of them would likely respond well to more of that.

“Well… my um… Black Whips, they seemed to be reacting in some way with how they chased after Monoma to begin with. I was angry at him for what he was doing, and at myself for letting it get that far.”

“How was that your fault?” Kyoka rolled her eyes. “Not like you forced him to do it.”

“But it was my idea to make him um… realise how outclassed he was.” Izuku explained.

“Squishy came up with his awesome plan where he snuck us over to the enemy base by going around the perimeter.” Mina smirked. “Ochako made me and her weightless and Izuku carried us until we reached their base and acid splash! No more jail for you.”

“I-It was a risk but there was nothing in the rules we were given that said we couldn’t.” Izuku chuckled weakly.

“I believe everyone was somewhat impressed when we saw it on the screen.” Momo smiled. “Most of class B actually ended up realizing the eventual outcome right then and there.”

“Maybe just avoid Shiozaki.” Tooru giggled. “She wasn’t too pleased with the deception.”

The group shared a small chuckle before Izuku continued.

“Still, the plan was for Ochako and Mina to act as a distraction for the most part, allowing me to secure at least one of their team in jail. Technically we won then but… I wanted to show Monoma up for what he said.”

“About our class, or about Mei?” Mina asked curiously.

“B-Both.” Izuku confirmed. “But um… after I’d taken out Yanagi and Shoda, I let Monoma return to his base. I was overconfident and I wanted him to see just how hopeless it was for him.”

“It kinda worked.” Kyoka reasoned. “The look on his face was priceless when the cogs in his head slowly worked out what had happened.”

“But like Aizawa said today in class, a cornered villain is a desperate villain.” Tsuyu reminded them. “It was training, sure, but you had to deal with the Monoma making the decision to hold Mina hostage because you let it get that far.”

“I know.” Izuku sighed.

“Sorry about getting captured too.” Mina apologised. “Shinso got me by saying he was my boyfriend.”

“Couldn’t let that one go, could you?” Kyoka rolled her eyes.

“He probably saw how affectionate you and Tooru were before the matches.” Momo reasoned.

“Stupid brain.” Mina pouted. “Why couldn’t I get out of it like you did Izuku?”

“B-Because um… I’m… haunted?” Izuku offered weakly.

“Is this about the vestiges?” Momo enquired, getting a nervous nod from the boy.

“I think it was them that helped me out the first time we fought at the sports festival.” He explained. “Now… when Shinso brainwashed me at the end… I got to meet one of them.”

“Was it the same guy from the first dream?” Tsuyu asked. “Please tell me you punched him in the face if it was.”

“N-No.” Izuku shook his head, a small smile on his lips at the idea. “It um… was the fifth user. He told me a few things, l-like how I can’t um… use my quirk casually anymore.”

“Were you ever to begin with?” Ochako asked, wondering if Izuku had been walking around with Full Cowling active that she’d missed or something.

“You spoke to him?” Tooru’s mouth dropped open.

“W-Well um… kinda? See… I didn’t really have a mouth… or a body… just my hands and a bit of my arms, the rest of me was kinda this… odd smoke again.”

The group were reminded of the first time Izuku explained his dream of the past users to them.

“Wait… how much of you do you think was present?” Momo posed, a theory falling into place in her head.

“Well… only my hands and arms… oh, and part of my head I guess.” Izuku thought about it. “I guess around…” His eyes widened.

“About twenty five percent?” Momo nodded, coming to the same conclusion.

“Wait, so… Izuku can’t talk to them until he’s mastered more of his quirk?” Tooru asked.

“Probably, ribbit, but we know he has his hands so I’d still like to request that punch.”

“What else did he say?” Ochako asked, sending Tsuyu a look that told her they needed to get back on track.

“He told me that those black whips were originally his quirk,” Izuku continued, “and that all the past user’s quirks mixed in with the core of One-For-All.”

“The past user’s quirks…” Momo covered her open mouth with a hand.

“That’s… that’s like seven or eight, right?!” Tooru shook her head in disbelief.

“Depends how you look at the first two since they fused but pretty much.” Tsuyu nodded. “Seven past users before a quirkless All Might.”

“Fuck…” Kyoka breathed slowly.

“Y-Yeah.” Izuku bit his bottom lip. “I-I don’t know how or when… but they might come out like before and… I really don’t want that to happen.”

“Does All Might know anything about this?” Ochako asked.

“Yeah… he said he was going to call around and do research.” Izuku explained. “For now, I um… know that this new power is called ‘Black Whip’, while I may unlock, um… ‘Float’ at some point.”

“All Might’s mentor’s quirk?” Tsuyu asked, getting a nod from the boy.

The group just sat there and took in the revelation for a moment, each of their thoughts trying to comprehend exactly what this meant and what happens next.

“Well that’s perfect then isn’t it?” Kyoka offered only a little sarcastically.

“Uh… why?” Tooru asked.

“If that big bad ever breaks out or Tartarus, Izuku can just surprise him with all his new powers.” She explained. “Let’s see how the fucker likes a taste of his own medicine.”

“That’s… not the worst idea.” Mina chuckled. “Maybe we just focus on the one for now and hope things never get to that stage.”

“You said you were training with All Might and Bakugo after the battles yesterday.” Ochako pressed. “Did you manage to do anything there?”

“Not really.” Izuku shrugged. “I think I knew it was too much for me right now so I’ve locked the power away. It kind hurt after using it yesterday and not just when it slammed me around.”

The girls winced at the imagery, the whole class getting the full view of how Izuku was dragged around by his quirk from the view of the cameras this morning.

“Did the fifth user say anything more Izuku?” Ochako held her boyfriend’s hand.

“Oh um… just how One-For-All is um… growing and how to use his power.” Izuku explained. “Black Whip is stronger now with One-For-All behind it. When I wanted to catch Monoma, I was angry and the quirk reacted accordingly. It’s not sentient but… it reacts to my emotions, so I have to remain in control at all times.”

“That’s gonna be hard.” Tooru noted.

“You do have a tenancy to wear your emotions on your sleeves.” Momo agreed.

“I… know.” Izuku sighed, realising even now he wasn’t in full control of his emotions. “But I’m just going to have to um… suck it up and train even harder until I master this new power! He told me rage can be a great source of power, but I need to control it.”

“You were only out for what, ten seconds at most?” Kyoka queried. “You had a whole ass conversation in that time?”

“Things must just pass by faster inside your own head.” Tsuyu reasoned. “Or quirk I guess.”

“Considering power’s never been your problem but control has, I’m not sure what more you could be doing.” Mina sighed.

“Maybe it’s time we think about those control lessons I offered.” Momo posed. “I’m certain I can come up with something that may help you considering my own quirk and we have a whole weekend in front of us after today.”

“Wow, really?” Tsuyu smirked. “We just came out as a triad and you’re already trying to steal our boyfriend for a weekend of salacious fun.”

Momo blushed lightly as the other girls giggled at the tease, though Kyoka just rolled her eyes.

“You know it’s not about that.” The punk girl chided. “As for the emotional shit; me and Tsu are probably better to handle that stuff.”

“You are?” Mina rose an eyebrow. “But you fluster so easily my delicious Vixen.”

“Shut it!” Kyoka blushed in turn. “Tsu’s an expert at holding her true feelings back while I deal with depression regularly. Maybe some of the shit that works for me might work for him.”

“If you’re um… sure it’ll help.” Izuku nodded gratefully.

“Sure? No. But it’s worth a shot.” Kyoka shrugged. “I’ll get back to you on it later.”

“Thank you.” Izuku smiled warmly at her that left the girl’s cheeks a little pinker than normal.

“Whatever man.” She shrugged, tucking into her lunch.

The rest of the group followed her lead while enjoying what was thankfully a quiet lunch all things considered.

When the bell rang and everyone began returning to the classroom, the group bussed their trays and walked back with something of a plan in place.

Since they were out now, Ochako and Tsuyu felt no shame in taking each of Izuku’s hands in their own as they walked back to class as a trio. Izuku sent them a small, grateful smile from the reassurance he felt from them, but it was clear he was still worried about what was to come next.

“Don’t worry Izuku, we’ll get through this. I know you can get a handle on your new quirk before long.” Ochako whispered as they walked.

“Yeah… I know.” Izuku sent her a small smile.

“Hey, I know what’d cheer you up.” Tsuyu squeezed his other hand. “Let’s go visit Eri this afternoon. I’m sure Aizawa wouldn’t mind, ribbit.”

The difference was like night and day as Izuku’s smile widened at the thought of seeing the girl again.

“There’s that smile.” Tsuyu chuckled.

“S-Sorry,” Izuku shook his head. “It’s easier to be happy when I’m not uh… focused on myself.”

“No shame in deriving happiness from others.” Tsuyu assured him. “Just make sure you’re happy too, okay?” She leant up and gave him a quick peck on the cheek.

“Y-Yeah.” Izuku nodded. “I’ll try.”

“You’ll do.” Ochako rolled her eyes. “We told you; we’re a unit. We’ll fix you up when you’re down and you’ll do the same to us if and when it comes, right?”

“Right.” Izuku nodded, a feeling a bit more genuine happiness now.

“Come on,” she tugged him along a little faster. “Faster we get class over with the faster we can see Eri.”

“T-That’s not how that works!” Izuku chuckled as he, and subsequently Tsu, were dragged along by his eager girlfriend, much to the odd stares of others in the hallway.


There was no class with Aizawa for the rest of the day so they didn’t get the chance to ask about visiting the little girl.

When classes ended, Izuku, Ochako and Tsuyu explained their plan to the rest of the group and, joined by Mina and Tooru, they set off for the staff room to see if their teacher was still around.

They were greeted at the door by Present Mic who called for Aizawa fairly quickly upon spotting who was asking for him. The tired teacher came to the door and looked down at the problem children, wondering what they needed him for now.

“What?” He asked simply.

“Oh um… we were just wondering if we could go visit Eri today.” Izuku answered. “I mean it’s Friday and we don’t have training so we-”

“You don’t have to explain yourself Midoriya.” Aizawa sighed. “I’m sure she’d be more than grateful for the visit.” Izuku and the girls smiled at those words. “However, are you sure you’ve got a handle on your quirk?” Aizawa asked, a small warning hidden behind it.

“Yes sir!” Izuku nodded firmly. “I may not be able to control it yet, but I’ve locked away this new power until I can handle it.”

Aizawa eyed the boy cautiously for a moment.

“All right then.” He sighed. “There’s a staff meeting until six, swing by the teacher’s dorms around six thirty and you can visit her.”

“Can’t we go now?” Mina pouted. “I wanna snuggle the cute unicorn girl.”

“And what happens if you startle her and her quirk activates?” Aizawa eyed Mina with a warning gaze. “I know you only have the best of intentions but we shouldn’t take any chances, especially since I think we’ve all had enough with spontaneous quirk activations for the meanwhile, right Midoriya?”

“Y-Yes sir.” Izuku nodded, conceding that point.

“Very good.” Aizawa sighed. “Six thirty, teacher’s dorms. Don’t be early or late.”

With that, the teacher’s office door closed to the group who could do nothing else but return to the dorms and await the appropriate time.

“Well that was… weird.” Mina noted as they walked away. “Who threatens someone not to be early? I mean late, I get.”

“Probably doesn’t want us hanging around unnecessarily.” Tsuyu shrugged. “You’re thinking about it too much.”

“Or maybe he’s hiding something.” Tooru challenged. “Like a secret rendezvous that ends at six twenty-five sharp or something.”

“You really think Mr. Aizawa’s doing something like that?” Ochako shook her head.

“It… does seem unlikely.” Izuku agreed.

“Maybe,” Mina nodded, “but then again crazier stuff has happened, right my poly-playmates?”

Tsuyu let out a small ribbit of a chuckle along with a giggle from Tooru. Ochako and Izuku both blushed a light red and shook their heads in mild exasperation.

Returning to the dorms, the group spent a chunk of the afternoon taking care of some chores, making a start on their homework, or lounging around and relaxing until the time to visit arrived.

Dressed in their comfy clothes and jackets, the five set off close to six thirty towards the teacher’s dorms.

“So what’s the plan, fam?” Mina asked as they walked. “Gonna do some kickass colouring? Maybe some heroes and villains play fights?”

“Let’s just see what Eri wants to do.” Tsuyu chuckled, bundled up in her winter coat and scarf.

“Ooo, we could always do movies!” Tooru squealed. “It is cheat day.”

“I don’t think Mr Aizawa’s stocking popcorn and cookies,” Ochako smiled. “Though um… maybe pizza?”

“Ooo, I could murder a pizza.” Mina drooled.

“Maybe don’t use the word ‘murder’ around Eri.” Izuku sweatdropped.

“Unless you wanna see what getting tossed out of the teacher’s dorms feels like.” Tsuyu chuckled.

“Oh, yeah, yeesh.” Mina grimaced. “Remind me never to invite Bakugo to join us then.”

“We could always do it just to see how far he’d fly.” Tooru giggled.

The walk to the teacher’s dorms was short, taking only a few minutes at most. As they approached the entranceway, they noticed a familiar blond stepping onto the main pathway.

“Monoma?” Tsuyu quirked an eyebrow as the group stopped. The blond in question had turned towards them, clearing intending to walk the way they came and back towards the 1-B dorms, but one look at his suddenly nervous face at recognising the five before him sent him scurrying away in the opposite direction without a word.

“That was… weird.” Tooru noted.

“Think he’s still scared of you ‘Chako?” Mina asked with a small smirk.

“Maybe,” the brunette sighed, “I just wanted to shut him up.”

“If the bet didn’t, you sure did.” Mina grinned as they continued walking, turning down the path towards the teachers dorms where Aizawa was apparently stood waiting for them.

“Hey Mr Aizawa, we’re here.” Mina grinned cheekily.

“And early.” The tired looking teacher checked his watch. “It’s six twenty eight.”

“What’s wrong with that?” Mina shrugged. “We just wanted to be on time.”

“Because I didn’t want you picking fights unnecessarily.” Aizawa sighed. “After yesterday’s scolding by Vlad, Monoma’s being kept on a short leash. I thought the temptation of seeing you so soon after might set him off again. You’re lucky he seems to be taking this seriously and walked the other way.”

“You saw that?” Tooru winced.

“Just get inside.” Aizawa sighed, turning around and holding the front door open for the group. “I’m sure Eri and the others will be glad to see you.”

“Others?” Izuku blinked.

Stepping inside, the group found it a little unnerving how the dorm looked almost exactly like their own. Same style architecture, wall colouring, rugs and layout.

“Huh, thought your teacher digs would be something fancier.” Mina pondered while looking around.

“We’ve got better rooms than you but that’s because we’re adults.” Aizawa remarked. “And no, before you ask, you can’t see them.”

“Hey Eri! Look who it is!” A familiar voice called out.

As one, the group turned to see a snazzily dressed looking Mirio sitting on a couch in the TV area and waving to them. A moment later and a curious white head of hair and tiny horn stood up to look back over the couch.

“Eri!” The five smiled warmly, flocking over to greet the girl.

“Hey Eri, how are you?” Ochako cooed.

“I’m fine.” Eri smiled crookedly, still not having quite mastered doing it on reflex.

“Mr Aizawa didn’t mention you guys were coming, what a nice surprise, huh Eri?” Mirio nudged the girl.

“Mmmhmm, are you here to play?”

“We are if you want to Eri.” Tsuyu smiled widely at the little girl. “We came for you after all.”

“Wow, so many friends.” Mirio laughed. “Why don’t you guys chat about what you’re gonna do while I just talk to Mr Aizawa, okay?”

“Okay.” Eri replied, gripping a hand nervously as she didn’t know how to talk to so many people at once. Mirio rose to his feet and stepped around the couch until he stood by Aizawa, allowing Tsuyu to take his place beside Eri while Ochako crouched down before her.

“We asked Mr Aizawa to come visit.” The brunette smiled as warmly as she could at the girl. “If you don’t want to play with us, that’s fine too but we wanted to come make sure you’re happy.”

“I am now that the bad guy’s gone.” Eri’s lip wobbled a little.

“Bad guy?” Mina’s brow narrowed, glancing over at Aizawa and Mirio.

“She means Monoma of class 1-B.” Mirio chuckled. “He was just here but it wasn’t a very successful visit.”

“Uh… why was he here?” Tooru asked with a touch of derision in her voice.

“He was helping me.” Aizawa stepped forward. “If you’re gonna gossip I may as well tell you all anyway. I asked Monoma to visit Eri so we could see if he could copy her quirk and maybe practise with it a little. I figured that if someone else had an idea of how it worked, we could get her control up and our worries down.”

“Too bad it was a ‘blank’.” Mirio sighed.

“A ‘blank’?” Izuku asked, curious as to the nature of Monoma’s quirk.

“Ah, right, see, apparently that guy can only copy a quirk’s nature,” Mirio explained. “He said if it stockpiles something to use, like energy, he has to start from scratch since he doesn’t copy the fuel from the person he’s copying from. Her quirks a no-go apparently so we’re back to square one.”

Izuku blinked and suddenly felt a wave of relief wash over him. During their battle, he’d completely forgotten that Monoma might copy One-For-All if he was able to land a physical blow on him. Knowing now that, even if they had a rematch, the boy wouldn’t blow his limbs off was a huge relief. Though knowing this about Monoma’s quirk only made the boy want to ask more, like how it reacted to him now that he had more than one quirk available.

“It was a long shot but it was worth investigating.” Aizawa shrugged.

Eri touched her horn self-consciously while the girls looked on awkwardly.

“I’m really sorry.” She apologized instinctively. “You’re having a lot of trouble because of me. It’s always like that. I cause everyone problems. I just wish that… I didn’t have this power.”

“Oh Eri, no, don’t get sad.” Mirio’s face fell as he saw Eri’s downcast look.

“Eri, it’s okay.” Izuku smiled widely as he knelt down by the arm of the sofa. “It doesn’t always cause trouble, remember? You saved my life with it when I needed you the most with your rewind quirk. Powers aren’t good or bad, it’s how you use them. Think of it like a knife in the kitchen; it may be dangerous but if you use it right you can make yummy food, right? That’s why, when you use your power for good like you did with me, it’s wonderful.”

Eri’s eyes lit up at seeing the reassuring smile on Izuku’s face and the honest expression he looked at her with. It was simple but she could tell he wasn’t lying like the bad people that worked with Overhaul from before.

“O-Okay then.” Eri nodded. “I-If the bad guy can’t help me, I’ll get better at my quirk without him.”

“Probably best not to keep referring to him like that.” Aizawa chided lightly. “But working on your quirk is something we’ll work on together safely, alright? No going off and doing things by yourself.”

“Mmmhmm,” Eri nodded with an adorable determination, her hands gripped into fists in front of her.

“Awww she’s so cute.” Mina gushed, joined by Tooru as the pair wiggled from the overload.

“Come on, time to talk about happier stuff,” Tooru grinned, “what do you wanna do while we’re here to play?”

“We’ve got until Mr Aizawa kicks us out or your bedtime, whichever comes first.” Tsuyu smiled.

“Are you gonna stay Mirio?” Izuku asked the boy.

“Love to, but Tamaki and I have plans.” The blond boy laughed. “Dates don’t work with just one person.”

“Clearly you haven’t heard of ‘treat yourself’ days.” A sensual purr called out from the other side of the room.

The group looked over to see Midnight walking out from the staircase by the kitchen. Several of the group members felt their breaths catch as they’d never seen Midnight out of costume before. Instead of her typical dominatrix-style hero wear, the pro was dressed in what appeared to be just an oversized sweater with the sleeves rolled up that fell past her crotch for decency. The only other piece of clothing on her was the pair of indoor slippers if you didn’t include the half-rim reading glasses on her face. Capping off her look was her hair that was tied back in a simple pony tail; though it retained some of its flair from whatever product she used, it looked much silkier brushed out.

“Kayama, what have I told you, not in front of Eri.” Aizawa scolded.

“Oh, my apologies.” Midnight blushed lightly, her voice returning to something less performative as the wide-eyed unicorn girl blinked curiously at her.

“Miss Midnight?!” Mina’s mouth dropped open, a purple blush rising to her face.

“Hello darlings, nice to see you all.” Midnight giggled lightly as she made for the coffee maker. “Aizawa told me some of you would be dropping by to play with Eri for a bit. I thought it’d be just me and her having some girl time today.”

“Well, most of us are girls.” Tooru giggled.

“Izuku’s kinda honorary at this point.” Tsuyu joined in, getting a small pout from her boyfriend.

“Wait, are you going somewhere too Mr Aizawa?” Ochako turned to their teacher.

“Just upstairs to do some marking.” Aizawa explained, making his way to the elevator. “I’ll be available for emergencies if they arise. Try not to let them.”

“I should probably be heading out too.” Mirio sent them all a wave. “See you real soon Eri, I had a lot of fun today.”

“Yeah!” Eri nodded, though her smile was a little smaller at seeing her blond hero leave. Izuku noticed and smiled back over at the girl.

“Well, we’ve still got all evening, what would you like to do now Eri?”

“What were you doing before we arrived?” Tsuyu asked, looking at the pictures on the coffee table that Eri had been drawing.

“Me and Lemillion were making drawings.” Eri turned back to her work. “We did some um… colour by numbers but Lemillion kept drawing outside the lines.”

She picked up a picture that looked very messy and had ‘Lemillion’ signed at the top. The group chuckled at the blond’s less than ideal work while Eri showed off her much more impressive picture, though she still went outside the lines here and there. They could all tell immediately that their upperclassman was doing it to give her some much needed confidence and smiled.

“Then we um, did colouring but without numbers.” Eri picked up two new pictures. “Lemillion drew one about him with his boyfriend.” She showed off a much better looking drawing in coloured pencils of what was clearly a costumed Lemillion and Sun Eater holding hands. “I wanted to draw um… something else though.”

Eri moved around the sofa and presented Izuku with her picture with both hands.

“I remember when you saved me, I got to see all of the buildings and trees from up high. It felt like I was flying. If it weren’t for um… being so scared and all the fighting… it might’ve been fun.”

Izuku looked down at the picture with wide eyes, seeing himself flying through the air joined by Lemillion and Eri over a crude skyline and trees. It wasn’t a masterpiece by any stretch of the imagination but it nearly brought Izuku to tears.

“Adorable.” Tsuyu croaked as the girls grinned at watching Izuku’s face twist up in a weird mix of happiness, tears, pride.

“T-This is amazing Eri!” Izuku gushed. “Is that Lemillion flying with us?”

“Yup.” Eri nodded happily.

“She’s been practising for a while.” Midnight walked over, a steaming cup of coffee in hand and sat down on the other sofa, her jumper riding up a little to reveal a pair of shorts on underneath. Several of the girls who noticed didn’t know whether to be disappointed or relieved. “I’m glad you decided to stop by.”

“Well we’ve got no training and no homework… right now anyway.” Mina chuckled, delaying it till tomorrow at the earliest as usual. “Usually we’d be having ‘Sleepover Friday’ but checking on Eri and making sure this one’s doing alright is more important right now.” She gestured over to Izuku who was still running through the details of Eri’s picture with the girl.

“Ah yes, considering the little scare from yesterday and the big news you two seemed ready to divulge, things must be a little awkward for you three right now.” Midnight chuckled, looking over at Ochako and Tsuyu. “I hope the other students are being respectful with their questions.”

“It’s been fine really, ribbit.” Tsuyu nodded. “A couple knew already, like Kirishima and Aoyama.”

“We were kinda not hiding it for a while but not telling anyone outright either.” Ochako explained. “It just… came out now because I thought it would calm Izuku, and his quirk, down a bit.”

“Not your smartest move dear.” Midnight giggled. “Take it from me girls, kissing is more likely to rile up than calm down.”

“Maybe we shouldn’t discuss this now.” Tooru gestured over to Eri who pulled Izuku to sit down next to her.

“Of course.” Midnight chuckled. “How long are you actually planning on staying here? While I’m sure Eri’s happy for you to stay as long as you want, she does have a bedtime.”

“Whenever you want us to leave Miss Midnight.” Izuku smiled, rejoining the conversation.

“Have you five eaten?” Midnight asked, nursing her coffee.

“Not really, we didn’t know how long we’d be here.” Tsuyu admitted.

“Then how about take-out and a movie,” Midnight offered. “I planned to do as much with Eri anyway considering it’s Friday so I’m sure Nezu won’t mind if I tack on a couple extra items.”

“Wait, free take-out, movies, and chilling with an adorable unicorn? This Friday rocks!” Mina cheered.

“I almost feel kinda bad.” Tooru worried. “Think we should invite Momo and Kyoka?”

“If they’d like to come join and Eri’s happy with it, they’re more than welcome but maybe limit it at that, yes?” Midnight chuckled. “I don’t think I can get away with feeding all of class A. It could be seen as favouritism after all.”

“You saying we’re not your favourites?” Mina gasped playfully.

“Honey, you couldn’t handle what I do to my… favourites.” Midnight purred, causing Mina to blush again.

As enjoyable as it was to see Mina on the other end of the teasing for a change, the group turned their attention back to the little girl they were somewhat roped into babysitting at this point.

“Does that sound good Eri? Take-out and a movie?” Izuku moved the conversation swiftly away from anything untoward.

“Can it be Disney?” Eri asked cutely.

“Is that your favourite?” Ochako asked.

“I think so.” Eri tilted her head before reaching for the TV control.

“We may have sprung for one of the more popular streaming services thanks to our newest resident.” Midnight chuckled, watching the girl navigate the interface almost effortlessly at this point. “Snipe’s been avoiding the common room whenever something too cheesy’s on but Ectoplasm and Present Mic love it. Kinda skirt’s the edges of the karaoke ban but Eri likes it so we let it slide for the most part.”

“Where is everyone anyway?” Tooru asked.

“Here and there.” Midnight shrugged. “Think Mic’s upstairs somewhere and Hound Dog and Cementoss are going out somewhere but Friday’s rather free for most of us when no one’s leaving campus.”

“Sorry about that, I guess we’ve kinda eaten up a lot of your free time recently.” Mina rubbed the back of her head.

“Don’t worry, happy to do it.” Midnight smiled warmly. “Sushi’s been more than content with the fancy tuna he’s been getting too.”

“Ooo, can we meet him!” Tooru cooed.

“I don’t see why not.” Midnight shrugged, setting down her coffee. “Despite what Aizawa says, I can trust you five for a few minutes, can’t I?”

“Yes Miss Midnight.” The five chorused, much to Eri’s confusion.

“Good, two seconds then.” Midnight headed to the elevator and made her way upstairs.

“Is it just me or does she kinda feel like just another student right now?” Mina asked the room.

“Like one of us.” Tooru agreed with a nod.

“Well, she did attend UA, and this is her home right now like the dorms are ours, ribbit.” Tsuyu nodded.

“First time we’re seeing her out of costume though.” Ochako noted. “She almost seems like a different person.”

“Well, kinda.” Tooru countered. “Remember um… when Mineta said that horrible thing to me? She came and spoke to me then out of costume and she was the nicest then too.”

“Miss Midnight is super nice.” Eri agreed, having found the movie she wanted to show Izuku and all the others. “She always makes me um… hot cocoa when I get cold.”

“That sounds delicious.” Mina giggled. “Think she’d make you some to go with your take-out?”

“Um… I don’t know.” Eri bit her lip. “What’s um… take-out?”

Mina felt her heart throb for the little girl. Obviously she’d heard a few of the details at how bad things were with the girl from the raid team but simple stuff like this was clearly overlooked. If the poor unicorn didn’t know the deliciousness of take-out food, then it was up to auntie Mina to right this wrong she’d found in the world.

“It’s super yummy food! We can order pizza or burgers or noodles or any number of tasty treats and they’ll be delivered right to the front door. You don’t have to cook them yourself, though you do have to wait for them.”

She knew she had Eri’s attention when the girl’s eyes grew wide and a small amount of drool started pooling at the corner of her mouth.

“D-Do they have apples? Maybe um… candy apples?” She glanced nervously at Izuku, reminding the others of Izuku’s gesture to the girl during the autumn festival.

“Depends on where we order from but we can have a look.” Mina grinned. “There’s other things too, like apple pies, apple mochi, apple cake.”

If Mina wasn’t so dead set on being a hero, she’d be tempted to take to a life of crime to give the adorable girl with the biggest eyes everything she ever wanted. She probably shouldn’t be riling her up so much but she was just too darn cute not too.

“S-Sounds yummy.” Eri drooled with Ochako nearly joining her at the mention of tasty mochi.

“It is.” Tsuyu chuckled while rolling her eyes, grabbing a tissue from the coffee table and wiping the girl’s drool, much like she’d done repeatedly to her sister over the years. “But let’s wait till Miss Midnight gets back before choosing what to eat.”

“Actually,” Ochako snapped out of her sweet daydream, “did anyone text Kyoka and Momo to see if they want to join us.”

“Right here.” Tsuyu passed over her phone.

Frog Queen: Kyoka, Momo, we’re gonna do Disney movies and take-out with Eri. Want to come join?

Before Ochako could hand the phone back, the device pinged with a reply, and then another.

Creati: Feel free to enjoy yourselves without us. Kyoka and I are in the middle of our own plans. ;)

Ochako felt her face heat up with a fierce blush as a picture of Kyoka eagerly lapping at Momo’s crotch was attached. She hurriedly passed Tsuyu’s phone back, making sure Eri’s attention was firmly elsewhere.

Tsuyu glanced at the response and croaked out of desire.

“What is it?” Mina asked, a cheeky grin on her face from Ochako’s telling reaction.

“They won’t be joining us but they’re eating out too, ribbit.” Tsuyu giggled.

“Wow, didn’t waste any time, did they?” Tooru giggled as Izuku’s face similarly heated up at the image now presented in his mind.

“W-W-What was the film you wanted to watch Eri?” He quickly joined Ochako in looking for a distraction to protect the girl’s innocence.

“It’s the buggy one.” Eri pointed out, showing ‘A Bug’s Life’ selected on the TV. “I remember there was a blue girl and a bug man who helped save me. They were there after that nice man got hurt protecting me and Lemillion. I hope he’s doing better now. I never got to say ‘thank you’ to him.”

Izuku, Ochako and Tsuyu’s heartstrings tugged. Clearly no one had told Eri yet that Sir Nighteye didn’t make it.

“T-That’s um… Bubble Girl and Centipeder,” Izuku explained, a touch of melancholy in his voice. “They worked with… Sir Nighteye, Lemillion and I and all the other heroes to help you that day.”

“Oh… should I write them letters too?” Eri asked.

“Letters?” Ochako asked curiously.

“Oh, that’s right!” Eri’s eyes widened as she pushed herself off the sofa and onto her feet. “Wait here, I got something for you.”

The five regarded the girl curiously for a moment as she ran with a sudden urgency over to the elevators and reached up to press the button. Luckily for her the doors opened relatively quickly as she dashed past Midnight’s long legs to get inside.

“Woah, where’s the fire little one?” Midnight asked, curiously.

“Gots to go get my letters.” Eri announced to her, oblivious that everyone else could hear her as the elevator doors closed behind her once she reached up to hit the button for her floor. Midnight shook her head in confusion but figured it was fine; Eri was allowed to come and go around the dorm as she pleased so long as she didn’t enter other people’s rooms or leave on her own, though Aizawa was usually tailing her when she went exploring for the first week as she settled in.

“She’s in a hurry.” Midnight chuckled as she turned to the group, holding her furry companion that made Tooru and Mina practically leap out of their seats. “Everyone, say hello to Sushi. Sushi, be nice.”

The orange, aging cat that was cradled in Midnight’s arms, let out a small ‘Mao’ in greeting as he sleepily glanced between the new faces.

“Oh my gosh, he’s adorable!” Mina gushed.

“So fluffy!” Tooru nodded.

“Let’s go sit down girls and you can give him some fuss and attention; lord knows he’s always hungry for it.” Midnight chuckled, walking back over to the sofa and sitting on one side, placing her rounded, fluffy cat by her side. Tooru and Mina followed after like loyal kittens eager to interact with another of their kind. “I also brought these down so you and Eri can choose what we have tonight.” Midnight reached under her jumper and pulled out a number of pamphlets of local eateries that delivered. “I’m sure you kids know what’s good but maybe try to choose something Eri may enjoy as a priority.”

“Of course.” Izuku nodded, reaching for the pamphlets with Ochako and Tsuyu and thumbing through them.

As Midnight picked her coffee back up and took another sip, she admired the students that’d come together to make the little orphan among them welcome. Togata was a frequent presence in this past week alone along with Amajiki and, of course, Nejire and Haya but it was nice to see Midoriya following through along with Asui and Uraraka from the raid too as they pored over the dinner options together. Ashido and Hagakure were unexpected but welcome additions that would surely do their best to make sure the young girl’s time was full of laughter. She let out a small, contented sigh at the people these students were becoming.

The ping of the elevator brought her musing back to the present as a breathless Eri dashed out of the elevator holding something behind her back. When she turned to stand before the raid trio, she spied the letters she’d been hard at work on and knew what was coming next.

“So um…” Eri started shyly, eager to give her present over to the three heroes but still struggling with how to say what she meant. “I’ve been practising my writing so um… here.” The small girl brought her hands around to her front and held out three letters, each addressed to ‘Deku’, ‘Froppy’ and ‘Uravity’ in shaky handwriting.

Izuku looked positively awestruck as he delicately retrieved his letter and Ochako looked at the girl as though her heart could burst from just receiving the letter itself.

“Thank you very much Eri.” Tsuyu took her own letter as the girl blushed lightly from embarrassment and looked shyly at her feet. “May we read them now?”

“Um…” Eri bit her lip, unsure if they’d be happy with what she wrote in them, like it wasn’t enough for all they did for her. “Okay.”

“Eri.” Tooru called to distract the girl while her partners read their gifts. “Come pet the kitty!”

“Him likes chin scritches, yes him do.” Mina crooned in a baby voice as Sushi’s eyes fluttered from the satisfying attention.

“I’m sure they’ll love them dear.” Midnight smiled warmly down at Eri as the girl approached Sushi with whom she was well acquainted with by now. The girl just nodded slowly as she joined Mina and Tooru in pampering the aged kitten.

Each of the letter recipients unsealed their letters delicately, not wanting to tear the envelope as all planned to keep this gift as pristine as possible even before reading. What lay inside was two sheets of paper that had the same oversized, wobbly handwriting on the front of the envelope.

As Izuku read his, tears predictably threatened to gather and fall from the corner of his eyes.

Dear Deku,
I wrote you a letter because speaking is hard. I am happy you saved me. I did not want you to get hurt so I am very sorry for all the trouble I caused but I am happy the bad guy is in jail now. Mr Aizawa said he can’t hurt anyone else which is good. I hope you can help lots more people soon and not get hurt because I would be sad.
Eri

Ochako and Tsuyu’s read much the same and each waited for the others to finish before they addressed the girl again.

“Eri?” Izuku called out softly, the girl shyly turning back to see three touched expressions on his and the girl’s faces. “Thank you very much for this. I’ll treasure it always.”

“Us too.” Tsuyu nodded, with Ochako agreeing with her own.

“You’re um…” Eri scrunched up her face before turning to Midnight. “What was it again?”

“You’re welcome dear.” Midnight chuckled lightly.

“You’re welcome!” Eri grinned brightly at the trio.

“Adorable!” Both Tsuyu and Ochako cooed.

Midnight chuckled at the display while reaching forward and taking one of the take-out menus.

“So, Eri, any preferences?”

“Apples!” Eri cheered.

“Those are your favourite.” Midnight chuckled, having already peeled plenty for the girl as snacks since she arrived. “How about we stick with something simple for your first time then?”

The group decided to order from a local curry place that did a variety staple comfort foods. Izuku was more than pleased to learn that, while Eri would be happy with her apple dorayaki for dessert, he’d get to indulge in some katsudon.

Midnight stepped away to make the order on their behalf while the group of students and their white-haired ward settled in to begin watching the chosen film. When Midnight got the message that their food had arrived at the front gate, she asked if some of the group could join her in retrieving it.

Having seen the film plenty of times, Tsuyu offered to go with the teacher to collect their tasty treats and returned in short order with many bags.

Before too long tempura shrimp, stir-fry, miso soup, curry, rice, chicken teriyaki, and a sushi selection was spread out before the seven. Once Eri had been given a plate with a small sample of most of the dishes, everyone began to dig in to the mini-buffet.

The group giggled when Midnight passed over the tuna part from the topping of a piece of sushi to Eri before gesturing to her kitty. The little girl giggled joyfully as she carefully held out the tasty morsel for the cat who carefully sniffed it before snatching it from her grasp.

“Pig.” Midnight rolled her eyes as Sushi scarfed his namesake while the others chuckled along.

As the film progressed and the food was devoured, the group settled in with full bellies and sleepy eyes as they felt the feeling of contentedness wash over them all. Midnight noticed the odd teacher come and go who glanced over at the unusual group of guests but didn’t interrupt.

By the time the credits rolled and the bloopers were done, the group was a mess. Sushi was curled up in the crook of Tooru’s legs that were resting on the sofa while Tooru herself had drifted off while in Mina’s lap and Mina had dozed off with her head propped up by her arm up on the edge of the sofa. Ochako was still conscious and was passively stroking Eri’s hair who’d fallen asleep in her lap, much like Tooru. Izuku and Tsuyu were still conscious and just holding hands though now they began to separate and stretch to get the blood flowing once again.

“She does this a lot.” Midnight giggled, pointing at Eri as Izuku and Tsuyu observed the room. “As much as I don’t mind you kids hanging around, you should probably get back to your own dorms before curfew kicks in.”

Ochako checked the time on her phone and noticed it was indeed closing in on curfew.

“Here, let me.” Midnight said softly as she leant down and picked Eri up off of Ochako’s legs, cradling her like an oversized baby. “You kids get going. I’m sure you’ll see her soon.”

“Sure thing Miss Midnight.” Tsuyu nodded sleepily, rising to her feet while looking over all the take-out containers on the coffee table. “Do you want some help with this before we go?”

“Don’t worry yourselves dears, just head on back and let a pro handle everything.” Midnight winked before slowly walking towards the elevator with Eri. Sushi apparently wanted to come with and gracefully hopped down from his snuggle spot on the sofa as Tooru began stirring and followed after his owner into the elevator.

Once the doors opened up again and Midnight stepped out, she made her way over to Eri’s room and slipped inside with the sleeping girl. Cementoss had been a dear and turned part of Aizawa’s apartment into Eri’s room with a door linking his bedroom to hers in case the girl had any issues in the night.

Midnight glided through the room and gracefully set Eri on her bed before tucking her in. A furry tail brushed against her leg before jumping onto the bed.

“Sushi, no.” Midnight chastised as the cat strode over to the side of Eri’s face. He simply plopped himself down and gave her a smug look that dared her to move him now. “Fussy furball,” Midnight rolled her eyes, “you better not disturb her.”

Relenting to the cat’s request to sleep at the girl’s side, Midnight moved across the room and lightly knocked on the door on Aizawa’s side.

“Yes?” Aizawa’s rough voice called back. Midnight opened the door and slipped inside, leaving it open a crack for Sushi to make use of the spare bathroom Aizawa allowed to be set up in his room due to the cat’s frequent visits.

“Just me, Eri’s down.” Midnight called softly to her contemporary sat at his dimly lit desk. “Between her movie, her first take-out experience, and getting to enjoy some time with your problem children, I think she’ll be out till morning.”

“What did you get her?”

“We got a small spread from Tadokoro’s,” Midnight smiled, “simple comfort food but she looked like Christmas had come early. She tried a few things but her favourite was the apple dorayaki.”

“That’s something I guess.” Aizawa sighed, hoping the girl’s palate would keep expanding to a healthy range soon enough. He paused for a moment before speaking again. “How are the others?”

“Looking better.” Midnight smiled. “I think they needed some Eri brightness to balance out yesterday.”

“By ‘they’ I’m guessing you mean ‘Midoriya’.” Aizawa stated.

“Don’t discount the girls too darling.” Midnight chuckled. “Ashido was in tears by the end of her match from the helplessness she felt and I don’t want to find myself on the other end of Uraraka’s wrath. That’s not to mention how their girlfriends felt, only being able to watch from the side-lines as things went wrong.”

Aizawa sighed deeply. “You’re right, of course.”

Midnight shook her head fondly, waltzing over to the man and ruffling his messy hair.

“They’re strong, they just need time. You’re pushing them hard and they can take it, but don’t forget that they’ve endured a lot more than any other class in recent memory.”

Aizawa shot a sad look at the yellow goggles that rested on his desk.

“I just-”

“I know hun.” She leant down, gathering his head in a cuddle from behind and rubbing her cheek against his. “I don’t know what’s got you so ruffled these past few weeks, but don’t forget to cut yourself some slack too sometimes. You’re doing fine; I’m sure he’d be proud.”

Aizawa reached up and rubbed along one of Midnight’s arms around his neck softly, cursing the secret he kept for his student he knew better than to speak of or even hint at.

“Thanks Nemuri.”

“Anytime Shota.” Midnight smiled, giving him a soft kiss on the cheek before standing up straight and heading for the main door rather than backtrack through Eri’s room. “Don’t stay up too late now, wouldn’t want to have to spank you for being naughty.”

“Out.” Aizawa rolled his eyes without looking back at his frustrating senior.

“I’m going Mr Grumpy.” Midnight giggled childishly. “Sushi’s with Eri, just kick him out if he gets fussy.”

With a parting grunt of affirmation, Midnight left Aizawa’s room and let out a satisfied breath. Tonight wasn’t one of her typical self-pampering indulgences but she’d enjoyed the change of pace. Eri truly was a sweet kid and those five had a certain easiness about them that allowed her to let down her guard somewhat. She was just glad she wasn’t their homeroom teacher as getting sharp tongued with them would be much too hard; it was bad enough when Hado pulled those goo-goo eyes out on her.

Making her way back downstairs to the common space, she took in a deep breath to brace herself for the worst part of getting food delivered; the clean-up.

“Oh…” She blinked in surprise when she approached the TV area. Instead of a mess of plastic bags, containers and wrappers, she found no problem children in sight and only a note in their place. Nemuri could guess already the gist of what it said but retook her spot on the sofa to sit down and read it out.

Dear Miss Midnight (and Sushi),
Thank you (and Mr Aizawa) for letting us spend time with Eri (and the free food). We had a lot of fun and hope to see our little unicorn again soon. We’ve taken care of all the trash as thanks.
Maybe next time Eri could come to our dorm and we’ll have a slumber party in our common room! You’d be more than welcome to join us.
Enjoy your weekend!
Mina, Tooru, Izuku, Ochako, Tsuyu

Nemuri chuckled at the thought, it wasn’t the first time she’d been propositioned by a student but this was one she might actually entertain; Eri still had yet to give her letter to Red Riot after all. For now, she’d give them some space and enjoy her weekend as instructed.

Figuring it was time to head up herself as the marking of her own class’ work began in the ‘morrow, Midnight rose to her feet after stretching out and made for the kitchen; their little ward wasn’t the only one that enjoyed a cup of cocoa on a winter’s night like this.


Kyoka awoke that Saturday morning snug and content in her girlfriend’s arms.

Thanks to their differing sizes, she often found herself the small spoon of their snuggles and greatly enjoyed waking up in such a state; especially as naked as she was. Kyoka decided to take the time to just lay there and revel in her life right now.

Between Momo and the rest of her partners, recent training experiences, and the happy hormones coursing through her brain right now, she knew she should take the time to just enjoy it while it lasted. Kyoka hummed as the arm over her stomach tightened.

“Morning.” Momo sighed pleasantly, her warm breath sending tingles over the back of Kyoka’s neck.

“Morning.” Kyoka snuggled Momo’s arm, overlaying her hand with her own.

“Good sleep?”

“Very.”

“Good.” Momo snuggled her girlfriend just a bit closer.

Much like her girlfriend had before, Momo just allowed herself to enjoy the closeness she felt with her partner right now, sighing softly into her hair as she breathed in her scent.

Unfortunately, the time for relaxing was brought to an end by every student’s worst nightmare; the alarm clock. Momo unwrapped herself from Kyoka, who groaned in protest, reaching over to her phone on her side table and switching off the classical music she used to wake.

“Right, time to rise my little Vixen.”

“Mmm can’t I just hold you hostage here Gorgeous? I can be the villain a little longer.” Kyoka purred, rolling over to become the big spoon.

“Hmmm, as tempting as that is.” Momo sighed, wiggling her rear into Kyoka’s crotch. “I have plenty of management duties I need to be getting on with, on top of homework, training, and more.”

“Urgh, yeah, I know.” Kyoka pouted, reluctantly releasing her girlfriend.

Momo turned and shot the punk rock girl a coy smile as she reached down and cupped her crotch, rubbing her middle finger up it teasingly.

“Maybe you should go and see if one of the others are awake. I’m certain they’d be happy to share their bed warmth with you.” Momo giggled.

“Uh… m-maybe um… not today.” Kyoka blushed, biting her lip lightly as she felt herself warm up at Momo’s intimate touch.

“Saving yourself for me?” Momo asked with another giggle.

“N-No um… m-more I… planned to talk to Izuku today.”

“Oh?” Momo blinked, her hand stopping its action. Suddenly her morning routine could wait an extra few minutes. “What about if I may ask?”

“Well… you saw how he was on Thursday, after all that shit with his quirk went down. I did some research yesterday and figured I’d do some… um… meditation with him.”

“Meditation?” Momo asked curiously.

“I learned a little about it when I was younger, you know, trying to deal with my own stuff. It’s a long shot but maybe, while it didn’t work for me, he could get something out of it. Might keep his temper in check with that ghost in his head saying ‘anger’ was an issue with his ‘Black Whip’ or whatever it was.”

“Ah, I see.” Momo nodded. “Nothing um… intimate?”

“I’m not planning on it.” Kyoka replied, rolling the thought around in her head where it had been sitting ever since she’d come up with the idea herself. “If you wanna join to be sure then-”

“No, no, I just… I want you to be okay.” Momo reassured her. “You don’t have to do anything you don’t want to. Don’t forget that.”

Kyoka admittedly let out a chuckle at that.

“If the fucker leans in for a kiss and I’m not feeling it then he’s getting the boot but I… still want to see were this goes. You’re making it sound like I’m gonna go into Mineta’s lair rather than casually hang out with the boy we’re both technically dating.”

“Yes, well…” Momo cleared her throat. “I would rather this all work out for the best with as little pain as possible. If that results in you and him just remaining friends rather than anything deeper, then that is fine; if you two become more intimately acquainted, that’s fine too. It’s more this… awkward unknowing phase that is throwing me.”

“I know hun.” Kyoka leant in and stole a kiss from her girlfriend. “I’m not gonna tell you I’m not nervous and a little scared because that would be a lie… but I know I’ll always have you here for me regardless of how things go, right?” Momo gave her a firm nod. “Just like… h-how I’ll be here for you for the same.”

“How has it become you reassuring me about intimacy with a boy?” Momo giggled at the absurdity of their current situation.

“Hell froze over?” Kyoka offered with a nervous chuckle. “I dunno, I just… get the feeling that this’ll work out.”

“Really?” Momo asked hopefully. “A-All of this?”

“Even the stuff with your parents.” Kyoka smiled warmly. “It still really fucking sucks having to hide this shit, but if we can decide to face down a century old boogieman for Izuku, who we didn’t exactly know all that well at the time, there’s no way any of us will back down against them either.”

“I’m not sure if I’m more excited to become a hero or to live the rest of my life with you all at this point.” Momo pulled Kyoka’s face in for a much deeper kiss, her heart swelling with affection for the punk rocker she called a girlfriend.

Kyoka wrapped Momo in a tight embrace of her own as the girls quickly found themselves getting lost in their passions once again. Soon, both were sliding their hands down the other’s body to begin a new round of fun that they’d shared the night before only for Momo’s alarm to go off again.

“Curses!” Momo huffed a little breathlessly, reluctantly pulling herself back from her ready and willing girlfriend. “I’m sorry Kyoka, that’s my emergency back-up, j-just in case things got um… out of hand.”

“So shut it off and get back here.” Kyoka pouted.

“Not if I want to be presentable for my meeting with the mayor to discuss the issue with Takoba Beach.” Momo sighed.

“Urgh, fuck.” Kyoka huffed, knowing this was a lost cause with how important that was. “Fine, anything I can help with before I go?”

“Just um… would you mind straightening everything up please?” Momo asked somewhat apologetically as she rolled out of bed. “I’ll be on camera for the meeting and a messy room could give a bad impression.”

Kyoka rolled her eyes as she flopped back on the mattress as Momo gathered her morning essentials, threw on her comfy clothes for now, and made her way downstairs to the baths to wash up and get ready for the day.

With Saturday morning clearly starting whether she liked it or not, she took a few more moments to gather herself mentally before getting up.

After making Momo’s bed as best she could and redressing in her own clothes from the previous night, there wasn’t much else to tidy away for her girlfriend so Kyoka took her leave, dropping her girlfriend a ‘good luck’ text she’d likely see when she got out the baths. With a sigh, she made her way back to her room, a little more riled up than she wanted to be but she could take care of that later. For now, she needed to get some homework out of the way while she was in a good place before messing with whatever trouble Izuku might bring her way.


It was late afternoon when Kyoka finished her second to last assignment for Cementoss. Maths was still a beast at times and she definitely wasn’t a ‘STEM’ learner at heart; give her tricky melodies and creative beats any day of the week over advanced quadratics.

Glancing at the time in the corner of her computer window, Kyoka figured she may as well bite the bullet. She hadn’t even asked Izuku how free he was this weekend and if she put it off any further she may just ignore it altogether, but he’d helped her when she was down so now it was time to repay the favour.

Kyoka pulled out her phone and shot Izuku a private message.

Deepest Dope: Yo Izuku, you busy?

Stretching herself out after her long homework session, Kyoka paced her room a little to work out the kinks in her joints. She was about to rattle off another text to the boy on the off chance he’d missed her first but a swift ping informed her he’d just been busy replying.

Small Might: Hi Kyoka, I’m not currently doing anything. Can I help you?

Kyoka rolled her eyes at the boy’s eagerness to please. She couldn’t even be sure he wasn’t currently busy and would just drop whatever he was doing to help her. Well, whatever.

Deepest Dope: I got something that might help your control problem. Stop by my room whenever and I’ll go through it with you.

With her offer sent, Kyoka glanced around her room to make sure everything embarrassing was put away. Even if the boy had seen her in her birthday suit there was no need to flash him her dirty underwear after all.

A knock at her door quicker than she’d expected made her freeze for a moment before taking a deep breath to calm her nerves.

‘Calm down Kyoka, it’s just meditation; not like it’s streaming and chill.’ She reassured herself in her head before turning and making her way over to the door.

Pulling it open revealed a nervous looking Izuku dressed in his own longue-wear who sent her an awkward yet annoyingly endearing smile.

“H-Hey Kyoka.”

“‘Sup.” Kyoka nodded upwards. “Come on then.”

Izuku scampered into the room as Kyoka closed the door behind him. Standing awkwardly in the center of her room, Izuku wondered where exactly he should sit, or even if he should for this.

“Sit down dude.” Kyoka rolled her eyes at the boy’s clear anxiousness. “My bed doesn’t bite.”

“Uh s-sure.” Izuku said, shifting quickly to the side of Kyoka’s bed and sitting on the edge, trying not to disrupt the bedding as much as he could.

“Oh for fuck’s sake.” Kyoka groaned. “Sit down properly like you do in your other girlfriends’ rooms. This shit ain’t gonna work if you wound up tighter than Aizawa’s nerves.”

“S-Sorry.” Izuku apologised and scooted a little further back onto Kyoka’s bed.

Retaking her seat at her desk, Kyoka brought up a bookmarked page she’d researched the day before to remind herself of the practise.

“Here,” she turned her laptop to face her bed and pushed it towards Izuku. The greenette quickly scanned the page and found a step-by-step guide on how to meditate before him.

“Meditation?” he asked curiously, much like Momo.

“Yes.” Kyoka nodded. “You’re like the worst person for putting pressure on yourself with everything that’s going on. Granted some of it’s kinda valid but I told you before to take some time to just chillax and you’re still bursting with stress… literally.” She flexed her right arm where Izuku’s new quirk had shot out of.

“I-I did listen.” Izuku defended himself weakly. “I’ve been um… drawing more and trying not to worry as much about things but… it’s still a lot.”

“I’m not doubting you there dude.” Kyoka agreed with a shake of her head. “But you’ve kinda lost a great source of stress relief too, haven’t you?”

“W-What do you mean?” Izuku blushed lightly, his mind going to particular places.

“I dunno about you, but waking up in my girlfriends’ arms kinda just washes the morning stress away for a little while before I gotta return to reality.” Kyoka shrugged. “How you been holding up since your little accident with Tsu?”

“Y-Yeah, okay, I get your point.” Izuku sighed. “I miss them both.”

“Thirsty bitch,” Kyoka chuckled.

“H-Hey, you’d be the same way with Momo.” Izuku shot back, a tinge of red on his cheeks.

“Got that right.” Kyoka agreed readily. “That’s why you’re here now. I get how it must suck but maybe this’ll help.”

“Y-Yeah, sure.” Izuku sighed.

“I’m not suggesting this randomly dude.” Kyoka explained. “I practised this for a little while too, thought it would help with my depression, you know? Inner peace and all that junk.”

“Did it work?”

“Eh, kinda?” Kyoka wobbled her hand. “I felt better after doing it when I wasn’t all depressed but it didn’t help to get me out of a rut when I was in one. Practising it regularly is supposed to help but I found channelling my feelings into music and getting into that ‘flow’ state was just as good if not better.”

“I can see that.” Izuku nodded, glancing around at all the instruments before focusing back on the computer screen.

Kyoka watched the boy’s eyes reading the instructions, flicking back and forth with each line. When he finished he took a deep breath and somewhat settled into the spot he was sitting in.

“Think you can handle actively doing nothing for a while?” Kyoka smirked.

“I’ll give it a go.” Izuku replied. “Kinda hard to um… turn my brain off though.”

“Let’s just run through it a few times and see how you do.” Kyoka shrugged. “I’ll make sure you don’t actually fall asleep or whatever.”

“Past experience?” Izuku raised a brow.

“Shut up.” Kyoka rolled her eyes but gave him that one.

Preparing himself by getting comfy, Izuku took several deep breaths and brought his legs up on the bed to cross them like he’d seen done in media and just tried to let all his anxious thoughts, stress, and emotions go for a while.

Kyoka watched the boy for a moment, waving her hand in front of his face to see if he reacted but only the twitching of his ear gave any indication. Figuring he was actually trying and getting somewhere, Kyoka sat silently in her chair while checking her emails and message boards on her phone.

Not even five minutes had past when Izuku’s sighed and hunched forward.

“Urgh, nope. That’s…”

“Got in your own head?” Kyoka asked casually.

“I kept trying to think about nothing but something always popped in a moment later.” Izuku explained.

“Don’t have to explain it to me, I’ve been there.” The punk girl nodded. “Wanna go again?”

“I’ll try.” Izuku agreed, resuming his position and taking several more deep breaths before slowing them right down again.

It took him a little longer this time to break out of his attempt, giving it up when all he seemed to be able to focus on was all his past mistakes. For the better part of half an hour Kyoka sat there and encouraged the boy to try again each time he seemed to fail at clearing his mind.

“Is… there another way to do this?” Izuku asked hopefully. “Maybe a demonstration or follow along guide?”

“Kinda hard to follow along with something when you’re not supposed to be thinking about anything.” Kyoka chuckled. “But yeah, maybe we’re going at this wrong. You kinda learn best by watching after all.”

“I-It’s easier to analyse from an outside perspective.” Izuku blushed lightly, reminded of all the notes he’d been planning to write up on class B.

“Yeah, whatever helps.” Kyoka shrugged, feeling her own anxiousness creep up as she moved over to the head of her bed and took a seat in the middle, right below her pillow and still somewhat distanced from Izuku. “How about I take you through it this time?”

“Uh… y-yeah sure.” Izuku nodded quickly, reaching instinctively for his notebook that wasn’t there.

“Don’t worry about notes idiot.” Kyoka chuckled. “There’s only a few steps so just follow along.”

“O-Okay, right.” Izuku agreed, turning to face Kyoka.

The girl reached behind her back and propped up her pillow behind her so she could lean back and let out a deep sigh as she focused on lowering her heart rate.

“I thought you shouldn’t be touching anything.” Izuku remarked.

“What are you basing that off of?” Kyoka quirked an eyebrow.

“Uh… m-movies and stuff.” Izuku admitted, a tad embarrassed now he said it out loud.

“Half that crap is just done for dramatic effect.” Kyoka sighed. “What you need to do is find a position you’re comfortable in that means you won’t feel the need to move for a while. You honestly telling me you’re comfortable like that?” She pointed at his crossed legs which he immediately uncrossed.

“N-No.” Izuku admitted.

“Here.” Kyoka sighed, reaching under her bed and pulling out the spare pillow she’d bought for when one of the others stayed over. “Sit against the wall, stretch your legs out, and put this behind your back.”

Izuku did as instructed, sitting just beyond Kyoka’s own leg reach so as not to interfere with her position. When everything was in place, he let out his own calming sigh.

“Better?”

“Much.” Izuku smiled warmly at her, sending a small flutter through her chest.

“Good.” Kyoka said, closing her eyes and forcing down any blushing. “Right, next, just take deep breaths until your heartbeat slowly goes down.”

“Uh… how slow should it be?”

“Don’t focus on that, just slower than normal is all that matters.” Kyoka explained.

For the next couple of minutes, the two just spent time breathing together and feeling each beat of their heart in their ears thanks to Kyoka’s sound proofed room dampening all the outside world sounds.

“How you feeling?”

“Calm.” Izuku replied, neither of the two opening their eyes.

“Good. Now, just focus on your thoughts and slowly drop them one by one until you’re left with nothing.”

Izuku complied, imagining a box he was temporarily storing all his thoughts inside as he put them in one at a time. He felt this attempt going much better than the first couple as he stored his worries for the future, replacing parts of his collection, and keeping up with his homework away quite nicely. It was when he reached the much larger and more daunting thoughts that it became an issue.

As much as he tried, it was a struggle to put away his guilt over what happened with his quirk, not to mention his fears and insecurities about not being good enough for the quirk and what could possibly happen if he failed in his quirk’s generations long goal of bringing down All-For-One.

“Izuku, you okay?”

The boy’s eyes snapped open suddenly as he realised he was breathing fairly heavily, his hands gripped tightly into fists in his lap.

“Dude…” Kyoka gave him a worried look. “Everything chill?”

The greenette let out a frustrated sigh as his breathing slowed down again now he wasn’t focused on his thoughts.

“Didn’t work.” He answered. “All-For-One, One-For-All, everything… it’s just too much to stop thinking about.” Izuku explained. “Ever since finding out about becoming All Might’s successor, there’s been this pressure to succeed that’s always there in the back of my head. It wasn’t so bad to start with but now…”

“Now you’ve got a literal boogieman waiting in the wings to rise if things go to shit and you’re the only one that could probably stop him if All Might is to be believed.” Kyoka finished, getting a sad nod from the boy. “Well fuck.”

Izuku let out a bitter chuckle at the sudden expletive.

The two just sat there for a moment pondering what to do next. As much as he wanted this to work, Izuku was becoming more and more convinced the only way to solve his issue would be to stay the current course and master his quirk as fast as he could. Kyoka wasn’t ready to give this up as a dead end though.

“You’re not this down and anxious twenty four seven though.” She pondered. “What gets your mind off of all this stuff?”

“Well um…” Izuku blushed lightly. “I-I know it sounds silly but… spending time with you guys.”

“So sex.” Kyoka deadpanned.

“N-No!” Izuku blushed, waving his hands. “S-Spending time um… j-just being a normal student… t-talking, laughing and just… pretending like everything’s okay.”

“Right, non-hero stuff basically.” Kyoka relented. “That’s not exactly gonna fly with meditation.”

“I know.” Izuku nodded downcast. “I’m sorry for wasting your time.”

“Don’t apologize, we’re not done yet.” Kyoka scolded him lightly. “Besides, this was worth exploring, even if it didn’t work so you’re not wasting my time or other stupid shit, okay?”

“O-Okay.” Izuku looked over at her nervously. “I-Is there something more we can try then?”

“There is one thing.” Kyoka nodded. “One thing I know of anyway. There’s probably more but I’m not exactly a monk so don’t take my word for it. When I was doing this for myself, I had a similar experience you did; couldn’t get outta my own head so to speak and couldn’t empty it either. Instead, I tried focusing on one thing alone until it was the only thing I was thinking about. It’s not guaranteed to work but it helped me then sidestep into that thoughtless state when I became numb to that thought in particular.”

“W-What was your thought?” Izuku asked, curious as to if he could use the same thing.

“My heartbeat.” Kyoka shrugged.

“Oh…” Izuku’s felt his hopes dash.

“What’s that look for.” Kyoka frowned.

“W-Well um… that’s part of your quirk isn’t it?” Izuku pointed out. “You can focus on and feel your heartrate much more than other people.”

“Uh…” Kyoka blinked realizing that it was indeed something that may come easier to her than it did for others. “W-Well um… can’t you feel your heartbeat and focus on it?”

“Not like this.” Izuku explained. “Everything else in my head is just so much louder than anything I’m touching or feeling right now.” He rested his hand on his chest. “I can’t even tell how many beats per minute I’m running.”

“Sixty seven.” Kyoka answered almost out of impulse before blushing and letting out her own sigh. “I guess it is my quirk.”

“T-There’s nothing wrong with that.” Izuku quickly noted. “I guess we just… have to do some research to see if there’s anything else that might work. M-Maybe contact a few monks if we can.”

Kyoka let out a reluctant chuckle the boy was able to draw from her with his suggestion. She manipulated one of her jacks to hover in front of her vision as she pondered the effects of her quirk. That was when the idea hit her.

“H-Hey um… m-maybe we don’t give up just yet.” Kyoka started slowly. “I… have one more idea but um… it’s kind embarrassing.”

“Uh… I-I’m willing to try I guess,” Izuku nodded slowly, “b-but if it’s embarrassing then please don’t feel you need to.”

“I wouldn’t offer if I wasn’t sure!” Kyoka puffed up her cheeks. “Just don’t say a word of it to anyone else, okay?!”

“O-Okay!” Izuku agreed readily, snapping back into position.

Kyoka sighed, annoyed at herself for snapping at the boy who was clearly trying his best to improve for himself and the others. She could afford to do something a little embarrassing for his sake without reaming him out about it.

“Come sit in front of me.” Kyoka ordered while crossing her legs loosely so Izuku could sit closer.

The boy pushed himself forward and turned to face the punk girl, crossing his own legs before moving close enough that their kneecaps were almost touching.

“Like this?” He asked.

“That’s it. Now, hands on your knees, p-palms up.” Kyoka ordered again.

Confused but complying, Izuku did as he was told. The earphone jack girl tried to slow her heartbeat down as her nerves had pulled it up.

 “Here.” Kyoka glanced away from Izuku with a blush while stretching her jacks out, slipping them into the palms of his hands. Already Izuku could feel Kyoka’s heartbeat through the metal as he just let them sit in his palms for a moment. Needless to say, Izuku blushed too.

“W-What am I-?”

“Just… focus on my heartbeat.” Kyoka ordered, taking a deep breath to slow her elevated heartrate further. “You… can feel it, right?”

“Y-Yes.” Izuku answered quickly, pressing the jacks into his palms with his thumbs just a little.

“Then do what we did before.” Kyoka closed her eyes again. “F-Focus on my heartbeat, slow your own, and take deep breaths.” Izuku did as instructed, just focusing on the new vibrating sensation running up his arms and into his ears. “Also, blow my jacks off and I’ll bury you.” Kyoka opened one eye to glare at the boy.

“N-Not helping!” Izuku panicked, feeling his own heartrate shoot up.

The two quickly settled back into their routine, their breathing both slowing as Izuku found it easier and easier to focus on Kyoka’s heartbeat than anything else. The girl in turn found it easy to focus on just maintaining her constant quirk output.

Izuku didn’t know exactly when it happened, but he knew something changed when he began hearing other sounds besides Kyoka’s heartbeat. The odd ‘whooshing’ of wind that wasn’t there made him twitch before he cracked open one eye slowly.

A vast inky blackness stood before him.

‘I’m here?!’ Izuku would’ve gasped if he had a mouth. ‘S-Sorta. I’m back inside One-For-All I guess.’

The greenette strained his eyes, looking around for any of the vestiges, hoping maybe Banjo would show up and explain more about ‘Black Whip’. His heart lodged in his throat however as when he looked around, he spotted what appeared to be a fully corporeal Kyoka standing right next to him.

He tried to exclaim her name but with his lack of mouth nothing came out. This definitely didn’t happen last time when Ochako was hanging onto him! What was he supposed to do? Did he try to wake her and see if she knew anything about this?

Before he could make a decision, a voice he’d heard only once before echoed through the void.

“What the hell are you doing here kid?!”

Izuku jumped in place as he turned to see Banjo once more barrelling towards him out of the darkness. Apparently he wasn’t the only one who heard him though as Kyoka immediately jumped in surprise and fear at the rapidly approaching former One-For-All user.

As he drew closer to the pair, Kyoka reacted out of instinct.

“Who the fuck are you?!” She cried out, stepping forward and slamming a punch into the side of Banjo’s face hard enough for the man to immediately stop and turn away from the blow.

If Izuku had a mouth, it’d be dropped open in shock right now.

Coming back to her senses, Kyoka blinked and jumped back, away from the threat only to spot a very misty-looking Izuku looking worriedly at her while a black, endlessly shifting void swirled around them.

“I-Izuku?! W-What the hell is this?!” She panicked as Izuku mimed the ‘calm down’ motion with his hands.

“Holy hell, there’s two of you?” Banjo rolled his jaw with his hand as he recovered from the unexpected blow. “I thought it was just you kid, how the heck did you bring someone else in here? Wait… did you bite the big one and this is your successor?”

Izuku shook his head frantically, wishing he could just explain the situation as best he could to both parties. Turning to Kyoka first, he was thankful his hands had manifested as he was able to point at Banjo while holding up his other hand and counting to five with his fingers.

“Him… five?” Kyoka blinked slowly, her erratic breathing from the shock coming down. “Wait… he’s the fifth user?”

“That I am little miss.” Banjo smirked and stood tall. “Daigoro Banjo, fifth wielder of One-For-All which… considering you’re here, means you’re the tenth.” He sighed. “Damn kid, I was rooting for you too.”

Izuku rolled his eyes and tapped what he could of his wrist with two fingers to indicate pulse.

“Wait, you’re still alive?” Banjo quirked his lip in confusion, reaching up to scratch his bald head. “I’m guessing that somehow ties into why you’re here little missy.”

“Don’t call me that!” Kyoka curled her hand into a fist again, her jacks raised, before she cautiously looked around. “Though… where exactly are we?”

“You haven’t figured it out?” Banjo laughed. “You’re inside the kid’s quirk, the core of One-For-All!” Kyoka’s mouth did drop open as the reality of the situation set in on her. “The heck were you two doing that brought you both here though?” Banjo asked again.

Once more Izuku tried to speak only for nothing to come out.

“Uh… we were…” Kyoka began speaking instead, “m-meditating.”

“Meditating?” Banjo scoffed. “Musta been some zen you fell into.” He shook his head. “Anyway, whatever it was, you’re here now so what exactly was so important you had to break in?”

“It’s not like we were trying to.” Kyoka shot back. She glanced over at Izuku who she expected to speak next only for her mind to process that he really wouldn’t be speaking anytime soon. The more she looked, the more her brain understood that, while she was apparently fully present with all her limbs intact as well as dressed, her boyfriend currently was not.

Her face heated up as she looked away from Izuku who was trying to mime what to say to Banjo as best he could.

“L-Look,” Kyoka continued talking, “I-Izuku’s like… unable to use that ‘Black Whip’ stuff right now but, with how it showed up last time, we’re looking for a way where he doesn’t have to be scared of his own quirk anymore. This fucking power already hurt our girlfriends and the idiot’s terrified it’s gonna happen again so he’s been getting more stressed about his goddamn quirk which means even less control!” Kyoka was yelling by this point. “So either you and those other vestiges, or whatever you call yourselves in this quirk, stop messing with my boyfriend when he’s sleeping so he can get some goddamn rest before working his arse off trying to harness this power you left him or I’ll punch you again.”

If Banjo had eyebrows, they’d be firmly under his goggles as his browline was so high from surprise. After her little tirade, he couldn’t help but look at the punk rock girl and see that same spark in her that he liked in the kid before bursting out in a laugh.

“Hahaha! You got some spunk girl, I’ll give ya that.”

Kyoka looked at him in mild disbelief. Glancing at Izuku and hoping to see the same reaction, her breath caught as he was instead sending her a look that practically screamed appreciation and affection towards her. It made her stomach twist in an odd way she’d need to sort out later.

“The reason we come out when we did was because we had to use cracks in the kid’s consciousness to speak to him.” The fifth wielder said before he looked over at the ninth. “Some of this is as new to us as it is to you kid so we’re kinda just figuring things out as we go along; we only just gained the ability to manifest our physical forms in here and talk to each other and it takes energy. First thing the first did was try to reach out to you as he thought it was time to bring you in on his and All-For-One’s backstory to light a fire under you.”

“And hurt our girlfriend while you were at it.” Kyoka glared.

“He said he was sorry!” Banjo held his hands up, not wanting to take a punch that the first definitely deserved in his opinion. “Still, if you and the kid can somehow replicate this through whatever you’re doing then there’s no reason for us to try and get his attention unless it’s an emergency. Hell, I feel like I could stand here and blather all day with whatever’s happening right now.”

Izuku’s eyes widened. Did this mean what he thought it meant?!

“So you promise no more late night visits that’ll blow us all up?” Kyoka asked testily.

“Don’t worry your head off, I’ll make sure the others get the message when I can.” Banjo rolled his jaw again, still feeling the hit from earlier. “Maybe with a little less punching though.”

Izuku felt his heart soar. Either he was wearing his emotions on his barely manifested face or Banjo could somehow tell what he was feeling as the man turned to him and sent him a grin.

“If that’s all, as much as I’d like to jabber away, head on back to your bodies.” Banjo chuckled, turning on his heel and walking back towards the surrounding darkness. “I’m sure we’ll talk some other time.”

“H-Hey wait!” Kyoka called out, but Banjo had already gone. Her lips pressed into a thin line as she turned to Izuku who looked curiously at her. “So, uh… h-how do we get out of here?”

Izuku blinked before putting a hand on his non-existant chin while thinking back to how he awoke the first two times. Unfortunately, all he could puzzle out was that he ran out of time in the quirk or something and he had no way of really relaying that to Kyoka.

The girl herself was looking down at her hands, curling one and biting her lip at what she remembered seeing Ochako do.

When Izuku gave her an apologetic shrug, she sighed and decided to go through with her own plan.

“Well… let’s hope Ochako knows best then.” Kyoka grimaced. “Sorry ‘bout this.”

Before Izuku could react, Kyoka had swung her hand at him and slapped the boy hard around the cheek. There was an odd moment when darkness was all the boy could see before Izuku instinctively reached up to cup his cheek.

“A-Ah…” He hissed before his mind caught up to his body, realizing that, strangely, he wasn’t in any pain. He opened his eyes and realised the darkness was only caused by him holding them shut and now found himself back in Kyoka’s room.

Looking over at Kyoka, her eyes were still closed and she was breathing softly, as though she were simply sleeping. Was that how they both looked a moment ago? Honestly, Izuku felt his heart beat a little awkwardly as he thought about how adorable she looked right now.

He shook his head to rid himself of that thought quickly though. With their relationship as undefined as theirs currently was he shouldn’t look at her like that until she says otherwise, speaking of which, the question remained as to how exactly to wake her. She’d clearly slapped him, and so had Ochako during the battle trial, but he didn’t want to do that to her.

Looking down, he noticed he still had one of her jacks in his hand that hadn’t cupped his face. If he just dropped his hold on it, would Kyoka come out of her trance or be stuck inside his quirk? Now that was a question he really didn’t want to know the answer to. Deciding to actually try and wake the girl, he maintained his grip on her jack while reaching out to shake Kyoka by her shoulder. It took a few tries of increasing magnitude but he was able to see the flutter of her eyelashes before too long.

“Phew, you’re back.” Izuku breathed a sigh of relief.

“Y-Yeah,” Kyoka blinked blearily, trying to process everything that happened, “your quirk… Banjo… that was all real?”

“Y-Yeah.” Izuku nodded uneasily though a small smile remained on his face. “I had no idea something like that would happen. I thought this would just be about um… figuring out how to control my emotions better or something.”

“You think I did?” Kyoka snorted, “That’s definitely the first time I’ve dived into anyone’s sub-quirk-concious. Your quirk’s weird man.”

“I’m not sure it’s that…” Izuku pondered, biting his lip. “I don’t feel like we went to sleep. It was like… your quirk did something.”

My quirk?” Kyoka’s eyebrow raised.

“Maybe you helped resonate with it? No, that doesn’t seem right, why wouldn’t other people notice this. Because we were touching? No, I was holding Tsu when it happened the first time and she didn’t join me then, nor did Ochako get pulled in when Shinso mind controlled me. I mean, the only real difference was that we were trying to meditate and I held your quirk so maybe if we try again without your quirk we’d be able to tell one way or the other.” Izuku mumbled at a speed Kyoka still found somewhat dizzying.

“Woah, slow down dude, I’m not getting any of that.” Kyoka shook her head. “Try again.”

“Banjo mentioned something this time he didn’t before, that he could talk all day now rather than quickly running out of time like he did during my um… accident in training.” Izuku explained. “I’m… not sure exactly… but I think your quirk did something to interact with mine.”

“That… makes no sense.” Kyoka deadpanned. “I’ve used my quirk on like, everyone else in our class but no one’s experienced that; even you in training!”

“No one else has a quirk like mine.” Izuku shrugged. “I-It’s just a theory, but it would explain why it did something different now. He said his manifestation was recent and you also weren’t trying to attack me with your quirk this time, you were… connecting us.” Izuku held up Kyoka’s jack that he just realised he still held softly in one hand.

Kyoka blushed and quickly retracted her jack, causing Izuku to blush in turn.

“S-Sorry,” Izuku apologized.

“It’s fine.” Kyoka shook her head.

The two sat there for a moment, just breathing together and thinking about all they just experienced.

“You think that guy’ll keep his word?” Kyoka asked slowly. “No more night time visits means no more isolation.”

“I… really hope so.” Izuku smiled brightly, an optimistic lilt in his voice. “I-It’s been… lonely.”

“I get that man.” Kyoka sympathised this time. “If things work out, you can thank me later for all the pussy you’ll be getting again.”

Izuku spluttered at the sudden crass joke Kyoka cracked which only served to put a smug smile on the girl’s face.

“Let’s… not get into that.” Izuku chuckled, still uncertain on how to talk to Kyoka about stuff like this, especially alone. “But um… seriously, thank you so much for this.” He smiled honestly. “I didn’t expect something like this… but if it works, I owe you big time.” He flexed his right arm and hand. “I… don’t think anything’s changed regarding my quirk... uh, quirks, but this is a serious load of my mind.”

“Hey, happy to help.” Kyoka smiled back at the boy. “Ochako and Tsuyu are my girlfriends too so I’d prefer to see them happy again, along with you of course.”

“Y-Yeah,” Izuku blushed remembering what Kyoka had said inside his quirk, “you um… called me your boyfriend inside there, to Banjo. Should we um… talk about uh… us?” He asked cautiously, getting an awkward look from Kyoka in response. “O-Or not, I mean, I don’t wanna make you uncomfortable and-”

“Stop it Squishy.” Kyoka ordered, shutting the boy up promptly before she released another long sigh. “I didn’t plan for this either today but fuck it, may as well do it now, right?”

“Well-”

“No, come on, no more running scared.” Kyoka straightened up again before giving Izuku her full attention.

The boy gave her a nod before sitting the same way she did, the pair of them focused on the other with crossed legs between them.

“Right so… I’m definitely still a lesbian.” Kyoka began. “But recently I’ve um… been finding you and you alone out of all the other guys in the world like… appealing or whatever.”

“Mmmhmm,” Izuku nodded, reminded of her admission during the sleepover.

“And um… I mean, considering we’re all in this like… group polycule or whatever, it’s um… not a big deal if we like… explore this a little, right?” Kyoka asked, her voice carrying a touch of vulnerability Izuku rarely saw in the girl. He knew his response had to be made carefully to get his own feelings across.

“I um, kinda agree,” Izuku nodded slowly. “I’ve um… liked when we uh k-kissed but um, a-after everything you said before, I’d like to be uh… perfectly clear on what you want, s-so I don’t mess up.”

Kyoka was about to reply with something snarky but thought better of it. She had admittedly been the coldest of the group towards Izuku since his joining and he’d respectfully kept his distance in all their group events. For her to turn round now and ask for more gave him every right to press for further details.

“Well I guess we’re like um… boyfriend-girlfriend in the traditional sense now.” Kyoka admitted with a mild blush. “B-But if you try to press me for shit you’ll find yourself dickless real fucking fast.”

“I-I won’t!” Izuku held his hands up. “T-That’s why I’m um… asking for clarity.”

“I know dude,” Kyoka smiled. “I think that’s part of why I don’t find things as… unappealing when it comes to you rather than other guys. You’ve got like, Ochako and Tsu and Mina for all that stuff so um… you won’t mind if I take things slow, right?”

“Y-Yeah um, whatever pace you want to set is fine by me.” Izuku readily agreed. “To be honest, while I’m happy you want to explore things, I’d be just as happy if we just end up as just friends that er… share girlfriends.” He chuckled. “I know it’s probably weird but… you, Ochako, Tsu, and everyone else just being there for me makes me happier than anything else. The um… naughty stuff is just kind of a bonus really.”

“Urgh, you cannot be this innocent.” Kyoka chuckled in return rolling her eyes. “Seriously dude, you’re in bed with four sexy bombshells and you’re like ‘I’m just happy to be here’.”

“It’s the truth!” Izuku defended. “Growing up, I er, obviously always wanted to be a hero, but one thing I also really wanted was a friend; just one proper one. Kacchan… we used to be friends, sorta, which is probably why I clung to him for so long even when things weren’t… good.” Izuku’s lips pursed. “But now I have so many friends here at UA and six amazing partners in you girls with um… f-four of them willing to do those things too.” Izuku smiled honestly. “Really… what more could I want?”

Kyoka felt her heart clench just a bit for the boy.

“S-So um, n-no.” He blushed and returned to the original topic. “I-I really don’t mind if we er… go slow.”

Kyoka laughed at the typical Izuku behaviour on full display here, she should’ve known better than to wonder if he’d mind. Better to be clear and upfront still and now things were squared away, she felt no shame in doing what she did next.

“That’s good.” She rolled her lips to moisten them inside her mouth. “Because I um… d-do you wanna stay a bit longer and um… k-kiss again?”

She almost laughed at the way the boy’s breath caught, his eyes dipping to her lips out of instinct and licking his own at the prospect.

“I-If you want to.” He muttered after a moment.

With both their intentions declared, Kyoka found herself a little breathless as she held it while leaning forward. Izuku joined her as the two inched closer together.

It was chaste to start with. Both simply pursing their lips for what amounted to little more than a peck but it was clear it was just an ice-breaker. Kyoka pulled back only enough to adjust herself for the next kiss as she pressed deeper this time. Izuku felt his eyes flutter closed as he leant into it, kissing back with soft pecks and trying to match Kyoka’s own.

Before too long, the two parted with Kyoka pulling back first, shyly looking away as she licked her lips when Izuku opened his eyes again.

“T-That was nice.” Izuku smiled, hoping to reassure her.

“That was tame.” Kyoka let out a little scoff. “Move.”

Izuku was strong but he didn’t try to resist as Kyoka pushed his knee to spin him in place so he faced into her room with his back to her wall now. His confusion only lasted a second though as Kyoka scooted herself to sit in a similar position, a small electric shock running through them both when their hips sat side by side.

It was admittedly much easier to kiss her in this position without her knees in the way. He suspected laying down or doing something similar to get closer from the front was too much for her right now but, as he said, he didn’t mind how fast they went.

It was no surprise to him then when she leant back in for another kiss which he reciprocated only for her head to turn and deepen it. The two kissed with lips parted for a few moments as Izuku held himself back. Unlike the others, whom he knew to meet in the middle with his tongue to start off their typical dance, he kept his firmly in his own mouth, letting Kyoka lead if she indeed wanted to go that far.

Once again he didn’t have to wait long as the tentative touch of a tongue licked along his lower lip as though scared to enter. The two had slowed their kissing to focus on the other’s reactions as Kyoka tiptoed towards the line she’d stopped at during the last sleepover. Sure it had been a dare that made her and Izuku kiss, but now she was doing it willingly and without her earphone jacks wrapped around her in a feeble bondage excuse to rile her up.

This was all her.

Bracing herself for whatever came next in her future after today, Kyoka let her tongue slide a little further forward until it met Izuku’s awaiting one. The two were certainly not familiar with each other, but they were very familiar with the dance they often shared with the others and fell into a comforting routine of twisting around each other and pressing to and fro.

Their dance only stopped when Kyoka let out a gentle moan of enjoyment. Suddenly, the spell had broken for her and she pulled back quickly, blushing fiercely at herself for getting lost in the act.

“T-That wasn’t… you didn’t hear-” She began, only to stop at Izuku’s soft chuckling.

“Kyoka, it’s okay.” He smiled warmly. “I was um… really enjoying that too, I’m not er… gonna hold it against you or anything. Aren’t we kinda supposed to be um… enjoying this?”

“W-Well yeah, just… i-it’s still new to me, alright! I’m allowed to get embarrassed!”

Izuku knew it was a bad idea before he said it, but after spending time so much time with Mina, it simply slipped out.

“New to kissing?” He asked with a cheeky smirk.

“N-No!” Kyoka blushed a deeper shade of red. “You… I…” She wanted nothing more in that moment than to get back at the boy for that jab and reacted impulsively.

Her free hand shot out and grabbed Izuku’s crotch which instantly twitched in her grasp, his cock already somewhat hard, while that smug smirk was cleanly wiped from his face.

“No, new to kissing you.” She said more confidently. “Not so cocky now, are we?” Kyoka smirked, giving his cock a squeeze to really get his attention.

“N-No ma’am.” Izuku gulped.

“Better.” Kyoka nodded, though still sported a small blush as her mind caught up to what she was actually doing. She could feel Izuku’s male organ pulse beneath her touch even through his underwear and drawstring bottoms he’d been wearing that day. It was… odd.

She noticed Izuku was breathing through his mouth right now and his penis was still trying to flex against her. It sent her into a full body blush as he mind ran through outlandish hypotheticals.

“I-Is this… okay?” She asked nervously, a little sorry for grabbing the boy without his more explicit permission. “I-I mean… we’ve seen each other naked and stuff but-”

“I-It uh… w-was a surprise.” Izuku mumbled, unable to look at Kyoka himself he was so embarrassed right now. “B-But um… i-if this is the um… p-pace you want t-then I um… won’t complain.”

“I uh… bet you won’t.” Kyoka said, though not in a threatening tone and squeezing lightly. “Bet Tsu and Ochako and the others have done this for you already.”

“Y-Yeah.” Izuku nodded, trying to will himself not to flex as much as he was under Kyoka’s touch.

Kyoka released him from her grip but her attention didn’t divert. Curiously, she pushed her finger against the side of his cock, making the muscle ache awkwardly from the unusual direction.

“Ah, ah.” Izuku moaned uncomfortably.

“Still fuckin’ weird to me.” Kyoka shook her head before running a finger down the underside and causing Izuku to suck in a fresh breath. “Wait, that was good?”

“Uh, y-yeah.” Izuku nodded. “I um… y-you probably don’t get this much feedback from um… Momo’s toys.”

Kyoka had to give him that. Despite her limited interaction with them, she knew that the full range of sensitivities couldn’t be transferred from the toy to hers or Momo’s crotch in the same way a real cock might’ve. Seeing Izuku so easily reacting under her touch left her curious.

“I-I’m not promising anything,” she blushed as she lowered her hand to the waistband of his trousers, “b-but um… c-can I see and stuff… to get used to it more?”

“Uh, y-yeah, s-sure.” Izuku nodded nervously. If she was asking, it was definitely okay, right?

He lifted his hips and reached down to his waist, pulling both his underwear and bottoms out from underneath his rear though he stopped short of pulling them down further and over his cock. If she wanted it, she could go layer by layer at her own pace this way.

“Uh, feel free to um… explore I guess.” Izuku gave her the go-ahead.

Both knew they couldn’t look the other in the eye at this point and settled for just staring at Izuku’s crotch. Slowly, Kyoka’s fingertips slipped under the waistband of both his items of clothing and lifted them carefully. She couldn’t help it when her breath caught as she saw Izuku’s cock once again. During the sleepovers, she never paid it much attention if she could help it at first but now she had all the time she needed to get an exclusive eyeful of it.

Like it had when his bottoms were on, the organ twitched and flexed seemingly on its own that made Kyoka chuckle out of surprise.

“N-Not sure if I should be um… insulted or not now.” Izuku attempted a joke. “L-Laughter isn’t what I expected when you saw it um… again.”

“If you’re worried about being small… I’m pretty sure you’re fine.” Kyoka waved him away, knowing some guys could be insecure about that stuff. “The others were um… satisfied. I’m just… this is weird and new to me still.”

“Take er… as much time as you want I guess.” Izuku offered, deciding not to make a joke this time.

“What? Not gonna demand I ‘get on with it’ or try and push my head down on your cock so I choke on it?” Kyoka rolled her eyes.

“N-Not unless you want me to.”

Kyoka felt her pussy clench traitorously at the thoughts that ran through her head. Images of her tied up while Izuku pushed her head down on his cock as Momo attended to her crotch made her shiver.

“L-Let’s just um… start with me not punching you in the dick.” Kyoka joked, tentatively reaching out again to press a single finger against the side of Izuku’s cock and drawing a moan from the boy.

For the next few minutes, Kyoka just indulged in her curiosity, poking, prodding, rubbing and fondling Izuku in a variety of ways. Hearing his pleasured moans when she did something right made her feel just a smidge giddy. Yeah she could get him to cum if she wanted, she knew the mechanics of it after all, but this exploration was making her apprehension over doing sexual stuff with Izuku seem much less frightening.

“Uh, K-Kyo… um, V-Vixen?” Izuku braved, hoping he wasn’t overstepping. “I’m um… k-kinda backed up from um… n-not doing stuff so er… i-if we keep going I’ll-” He groaned.

Kyoka paused in her explorations. She was about to make Izuku blow all his man-juice by herself. She did that. Kyoka Fucking Jiro, supposed lesbian. Despite all the baggage that came with that though, she couldn’t find it in herself to care. Right now, she was with a boy she clearly had a crush on and knew he’d do anything he could to make her happy along with the rest of their girlfriends. If she had to give up some silly label to put a smile on his face when he tried his best to do the same for her then so be it.

Kyoka wrapped her hand lightly around the top of Izuku’s cock and slowly stroked downward.

“B-Bet you like that, don’t you?” Kyoka deliberately started riling him up. “Finally getting the lesbian of the group to admit she likes you and is now touching you.”

“N-No!” Izuku shook his head quickly. “I-I mean uh, y-yes to the first bit but not to the second.”

“What, so you don’t want me to get you off? I’m insulted.” Kyoka allowed herself a little smirk, having unintentionally caught Izuku into a slightly mean trap.

“N-No I…” Izuku gulped again. “I-I don’t know what you want.”

“But I know what you want.” Kyoka leant in and whispered to him in a slightly sultry voice. “I know you want to blow your load right now. Would you um… like it on my face, on my boobs? Maybe you’d like to hold me down and stick it in me.”

“D-Don’t!” Izuku begged, trying to hold himself back from cumming to those images, as appealing as they were. Kyoka’s stroking was now deep and long, reaching the base of Izuku’s cock as she figured it would emulate him thrusting all the way into something. As much as he resisted, it was too much for him to hold back.

“Gah-ah-hah…hah…hah.” He gasped as he felt himself release all over himself and Kyoka’s hand. From the lack of intimacy over the past few days, both from the girls and himself, his orgasm had the first spurts reach just below his chin, covering his top in his sticky release before they slowed, covering his lap, crotch, and Kyoka’s hand as she slowed her actions.

“H-Huh… at least Momo’s toys got that bit right.” Kyoka chuckled awkwardly, releasing Izuku’s cock slowly as she felt the sticky substance run over her fingers. “Urgh, you’re messy. Don’t move.”

Izuku wasn’t certain he could. He could still feel his balls pulsing and his dick twitching as he slowly came down from his high, a few extra dibbles of cum leaking onto his crotch. Keeping her hand aloft, Kyoka slipped off her bed and hurried over to her bathroom where Izuku heard the tap running for a few moments. She returned in short order with what looked like half a roll of toilet paper with her.

“Uh… here.” Kyoka passed off the clean-up material to the boy.

“Thanks.” Izuku smiled awkwardly, taking a few lengths and starting to wipe himself clean.

When he was done with his crotch, which wouldn’t be fully clean until a good bath or shower, he dabbed at his top as best he could. There would still be a few wet stains so this would go straight in the wash bin as soon as he left Kyoka’s room and switched it out for another.

Kyoka helpfully took Izuku’s dirtied tissues and quickly dropped them off in the loo, flushing them far away from herself and washing her hands again before returning to the boy in her bed. As he reached for the waistband of his lower garments though, Kyoka made him pause.

“H-Hey um… n-not yet please?” She asked hopefully, a blush still present on her face.

“Uh… okay?” Izuku agreed somewhat awkwardly, sitting back against the wall. The punk rock girl joined him once again, sitting by his side and settling in. The two said nothing for a few moments as neither really knew how to begin again after an experience like that. Izuku’s cock was flaccid at this point and Kyoka couldn’t help wanting to examine it in this form and comparing it to the more intimidating previous form it just had.

“Penises are weird.” She stated simply, reaching out with a single finger and poking Izuku’s floppy cock.

Izuku let out a small laugh at that.

“Uh, yeah, I guess.” He agreed, watching her fondle him in a lightly pleasant way, knowing she was investigating the firmness, texture, and reactions of all his parts. He let out a small hum of approval when she cupped his balls and rolled them around in her hand.

“G-Good?” She asked.

“Y-Yeah.” Izuku sighed pleasantly. “They um… are kinda sensitive after… you know.”

“I’ll bet.” Kyoka chuckled, continuing to just play with him.

“S-So um… d-did you er… w-what was with that last bit you said before?” Izuku asked carefully. “Was that um… just to get me to finish?”

Kyoka’s ministration slowed as she considered Izuku’s question.

“I-I wasn’t offering or anything but um… i-it’s something I’ve er… thought about that I figured might help you… get there. It's also um... a bit of a kink of mine; being uh... r-restrained,” Kyoka explained. “W-We’re still a long way off of any of that though!”

“Right!” Izuku agreed. “I-I mean… I’m surprised you er… went this far. We er… haven’t even had a first date or anything.”

“Do you actually want me to crush your nads?” Kyoka growled.

“N-No.” Izuku gulped.

Kyoka sighed, cursing herself internally for her kneejerk reactions to the light teasing.

“Sorry, just… still getting used to this.” Kyoka sighed, leaning her head on Izuku’s shoulder. “You can probably tell I’m like… really self-conscious about this stuff, right?” Izuku nodded, knowing Kyoka could feel his head moving. “So it… took me a while to just come to terms with what I was feeling for you. Going down this path together… it still freaks me out a little.”

“T-Then I um… promise to do everything I can to make you comfortable.” Izuku stated. “I won’t push for anything, I’ll try to er, limit the teasing and um… i-if you want me to do stuff then I’ll try my best to accommodate.”

“Even if I wanna shove a big ol’ dildo up your ass?” Kyoka smirked.

“W-Within reason.” Izuku amended quickly with a chuckle.

The two sat in silence for a few more moments before Izuku decided to take a chance. He raised his arm closest to Kyoka above them before wrapping it around the girl’s shoulders, holding her close in a one-armed hug.

“You’re my friend first and foremost Kyoka. If I can make you happy in whatever capacity I’ll try my hardest to do it.”

“You’re such a dork.” Kyoka rolled her eyes, finally ceasing her touches on Izuku’s cock before lifting her head and turning to face him. “But from now on, you’re my dork too.”

“I thought I was um… Squishy?” He chuckled.

“Well, right now you are.” Kyoka glanced cheekily back at his crotch before leaning in to his face once again. “But you’re also my um… cute boyfriend.”

The pair’s lips came together again as Kyoka pressed them into a deep kiss. Her tongue reached out to Izuku’s much more quickly this time as the pair revelled in their new shared closeness. Kyoka could feel herself getting riled up at this point and knew she needed to satisfy herself as much as Izuku did a few minutes ago. That was a barrier she still wasn’t ready to cross with him though and the pair just continued making out for a small while.

Eventually their breathing grew a tad more ragged and Kyoka knew they had to put a stop to it now lest things devolve any further; Izuku’s cock was already returning to full mast for round two after all.

“You should um… probably get going.” Kyoka mumbled after pulling back from the boy.

“S-Sure.” Izuku agreed, knowing full well that it was just a polite way of saying she needed space right now and pulling up his trousers.

“I… t-thanks for this.” Kyoka offered, hoping the boy wasn’t too offended at her kicking him out now as he stood up off of her bed. “It um… helped.”

“I-I should be the one thanking you.” Izuku chuckled weakly. “You um… might’ve helped solve my quirk outbursts and then we did… that so um… thank you.”

“D-Don’t mention it.” Kyoka blushed, shaking her head before pushing herself off the bed to stand with him. “Of course I’m gonna try and help my… boyfriend.”

The two smiled awkwardly at each other with blushes on their faces. Izuku decided to take another chance and leant in. Instead of a kiss, it was just a hug as his arms wrapped around the more petite girl and pulled her close.

“Even without all this, you’re really special to me Kyoka.” Izuku said softly, causing Kyoka’s breath to hitch again.

She never thought she’d be in this position, but here and now, she felt incredibly safe, and warm, and loved wrapped in Izuku’s embrace. It made her heart beat a little faster as she allowed her arms to wrap around him in turn.

“You’re… getting there for me.” Kyoka chuckled into his shoulder. “Just keep doing what you’re doing.”

“I’ll try.” Izuku chuckled, slowly releasing the girl as the two looked at each other and blushed again.

“Go on, get going!” Kyoka pushed his chest playfully.

“I’m going.” Izuku replied, scurrying over to the door. “Thanks again Vixen.”

“Piss off already Squishy.” Kyoka chuckled with no malice in her voice.

After another few seconds, Izuku had opened the door and left, leaving Kyoka standing alone in her room as she passively heard Izuku’s footsteps retreat from her door. When she was sure she was gone, she let a dumb wide smile appear on her face as her toes curled and her jacks twitched excitedly.

“W-Why was that so fucking cute.” She blushed, shaking her head. “Guh, Mina’s right, I’m such a fucking softie.”

Kyoka didn’t actually know what to do with herself next from all the giddy emotions she was feeling that she didn’t want to show in front of Izuku but she was riding a very enjoyable high. That thought alone brought her back to what she and the greenette had done in her bed together and she felt her loins stir.

“Fuck… I can’t believe I said that to him.” Kyoka scolded herself. “I mean… it fucking worked but jeez.” The recent memories returned to the forefront of her mind, including the outrageous ideas her brain had presented to her if she was more daring and impulsive.

Biting her lip, she zipped over to her door and quickly locked the thing tight before returning to her bed and slipping under the covers. She was still wound up from this morning so who cared if she just took a few minutes to relieve herself… even if she was thinking about what she said to Izuku.

Between imagining herself tied up and both her boyfriend and her heiress girlfriend having their wicked way with her, Kyoka found herself soaking her sheets in short order, breathing more heavily from the orgasm than she expected.

“R-Right, so that’s um… something to think about.” She swallowed nervously as she fought to get her breathing under control and return to a state of normalcy now she’d dealt with her raging hormones.

As she tidied herself and her bed up however, she heard her phone ping on the side. Investigating the message, she quickly found that Izuku had posted in their group chat.

Small Might: So Kyoka and I just had a very unusual meditation session. We um… managed to make contact with the fifth again. After talking with him I think that he got the message not to disturb me at night along with the others.

It took a few moments for someone else to text as Kyoka wasn’t gonna be the first to respond to that.

Gravity Girl: Really?! That’s amazing!

Frog Queen: That is good news if true. How soon will you be able to tell?

Small Might: Well it’s not something we can really test. We just kinda spoke to the guy and he said it wouldn’t happen anymore unless there’s an emergency.

Frog Queen: Forgive me if I seem a tad dubious but I’d like to give it a few days, just to be safe.

Small Might: I completely understand.

Alien Queen: In that case dibs

Gravity Girl: Wait what?

Alien Queen: If youre looking for a volunteer im down. Me and Squishy havent had a nap together yet so its a risk im willing to take for some snuggles

Gravity Girl: Hey, I didn’t get to say anything yet.

Alien Queen: Just think of it as me claiming Tsus spot. ;)

Creati: That is most pleasing news to hear.

Creati: The part about your quirk being under control that is.

Small Might: It was all thanks to Kyoka really. I think her quirk has some weird reaction to mine but I’m very grateful to her for it. :)

Alien Queen: If you like ive got some ideas for how you can show your appreciation im sure she’d like

Deepest Dope: Shut up you. Me and Squishy are fine as things are right now.

Alien Queen: What if he ties you up with that Black Whip when he gets it under control? Think you might wanna move forward then? ;)

Kyoka’s mouth dropped open at that. In all the confusion and worry of the past week and since the fight, Kyoka had completely forgotten Izuku had used that weird new quirk to capture and save Mina when she was falling. Could he… use it in the way Mina suggested when he got the hang of it?

The punk rock girl felt herself clench in desire as her mind flashed her images of Izuku having captured her in his black whips, forcing her into all manner of lewd positions as Momo, Tooru and the other girls took their time indulging themselves with her whether she liked it or not.

She felt her breathing grow a little more ragged as she licked her lips and closed her eyes, letting her free hand drift downwards once again only for a quick set of ‘pings’ to jolt her from her fantasy.

Invisi-badass: Wait, did that like, not hurt when he caught you in the fight?

Alien Queen: You know it actually felt more like a warm hug strangely

Alien Queen: Be a bit weird if villains feel the same thing if he captures them with it though

Small Might: You’re making it sound weird!


Kyoka blinked as she then got a separate private message from Momo.

Creati: Hi Kyoka, did everything go okay with Izuku then?

Deepest Dope: Yeah it went fine.

Creati: … just fine?

Deepest Dope: Well… we um… might’ve done some stuff.

Creati: Are you okay?

Kyoka rolled her eyes.

Deepest Dope: I’m fine worrywart. It was… actually really nice. He… made me feel special and stuff like you guys usually do. I never thought a guy would be able to do that.

Deepest Dope: It was a little weird to like, enter his quirk and meet the fifth and shit but afterwards we just like, kissed and cuddled and… a little more.

Creati: Dare I ask?

Deepest Dope: I mean… do you really wanna hear?

Back in her room, Momo bit her lip as she looked down at her phone. She wanted to know more but she wasn’t sure if it was out of curiosity or jealousy. Knowing Kyoka and Izuku spent this odd, special time together inside his quirk felt incredibly intimate and it made her stomach twist into an uncomfortable knot.

Creati: If you would like to ‘dish’ I am available to listen as always hun. :)

Momo sighed as she awaited her girlfriend’s response.

Deepest Dope: I’ll tell you later. For now I kinda just wanna do some thinking and stuff.

The heiress felt her hand ball into a loose fist before she noticed and calmed herself down. It was fine, this was fine, everything was fine. She knew full well Kyoka and Izuku may get up to things after all.

So why was this hurt feeling not going away?

Kyoka wasn’t to blame for her feelings, nor Izuku his, but she couldn’t help but feel irritation at the boy that she knew full well he didn’t deserve. This was her problem and her feelings she needed to deal with.

Bringing her attention back to her phone once again, Momo typed out her next message.

Creati: Understandable my adorable Vixen.

Creati: I’m looking forward to my own experience with him. While I do hope you’ve solved his unconscious control issues, maybe I can still offer something regarding his conscious control.

Creati: While I don’t intend for something salacious to happen, much like yourself, it may end up happening regardless it seems.

That last part was admittedly a small lie. Momo knew exactly how things might turn that way if she wanted them to, and she did. Hearing Kyoka almost gush, for her anyway, about her and Izuku’s private time together, Momo wanted to see what all the fuss was about.

She wouldn’t be mean to Izuku, the boy would definitely enjoy himself after all, but she planned to establish herself as the dominant one here whether he liked it or not. For too long Momo had not been able to control her own life and, after gaining so many wonderful partners, she wouldn’t be side-lined by him.

Licking her lips at the idea she’d been entertaining in her head for a while, she closed her chat with Kyoka and opened up another with one of the other girls.

Creati: Hey, I plan to do something… interesting tomorrow to see if I can help Izuku improve his control and would like your assistance. I’m sure you will find the experience more than pleasurable while assisting our boyfriend if you consent. Are you interested?

Notes:

Chapter summary:

- Izuku awakens early after the trialling day before. After getting in an early run and some beef stew, he runs into Kaminari in the kitchen. The two begin talking things out regarding Izuku's quirk going haywire the day before only for Kaminari to enquire about the concerning sounds coming from Izuku's room the night he hurt Tsuyu. Izuku frustratingly admits it was his fault Tsuyu was hurt in a quirk accident to which Kaminari is greatly relieved though it comes out that he was enquiring just on the off chance Izuku was possibly hurting either of the two girls intentionally. Izuku reluctantly accepts this while also divulging that his dad was that way too and while he doesn't appreciate the accusation, slight as it is, he's glad Kaminari followed through with it. The two part with Kaminari planning to talk to Kirishima about stuff since he might've known about Izuku's triad relationship before the announcement.

- Before class that day, everyone's enjoying discussing the previous day's events and when Izuku and his two new girlfriends appear, some others are quick to flock to him for some answers. They're interrupted by Aizawa who congratulates them on their previous performance before starting the day's review of those same battles.

- At lunch, Mina gets the group together alone under the guise of interrogating for details about their relationship when they're actually discussing Izuku's quirk and what he'd learned. After revealing everything, the group try to come up with a plan to help their favourite green boy. Before they return to class, Ochako and Tsuyu make the suggestion to Izuku that they go and visit Eri after school that day which Izuku agrees with a smile.

- With Mina and Tooru tagging along, the group of five head to the teacher's dorms at six thirty only to nearly run into Monoma who hurriedly leaves without a word. Aizawa informs them that he was here to try and copy Eri's quirk to see if they could get a better understanding of it but there's no luck. While Eri's happy to see everyone, she's still shy around so many people as Mirio, who'd been taking care of her during the staff meeting, leaves. With Aizawa also leaving to do some marking, Eri is left in the competent care of Midnight and the five students. Eri had written letters to the heroes that helped her during the raid and leaves to get them after Midnight brings Sushi down for a visit, returning with takeout menus for the group. Izuku, Ochako and Tsuyu are touched by Eri's letters and vow to keep them pristine for the future. The group then indulge in some takout and watching a film Eri picked out to share with everyone. Once the evening comes to a close, Midnight puts Eri to bed and chats with Aizawa before heading downstairs and finding the TV area completely clean thanks to their five guests who leave her a nice note.

- Kyoka wakes up in Momo's arms that Saturday morning and the two share a brief discussion about things as they are and where they're going in the near future, especially regarding Izuku. Momo needs to attend to her weekend duties however and Kyoka does a quick tidy up before making her leave from her girlfriend's room.

- In the late afternoon, Kyoka invites Izuku to her room to introduce him to meditation that she thinks may help his quirk control. Izuku spends a fair amount of time trying and failing to achieve any significant results, unable to clear his mind of things. Kyoka offers to do it with him, using a trick she did to get herself into a meditative state when she was younger and dealing with her depression. Unbeknownst to the two, when Kyoka connects to Izuku using her quirk's heartbeat, they both enter into One-For-All's vestige world. While Izuku is the same gaseous spirit, Kyoka is fully corporeal and clothed when Banjo shows up whom she punches in the jaw out of surprise. After explanations are given, Kyoka explains to Banjo about Izuku's difficulties sleeping thanks to his quirk difficulties. The previous user tells them it should be fine now and they won't make anymore unintended visits unless there's an emergency.
Izuku and Kyoka leave the vestige world and the two decide to talk about their uncertain relationship. When Kyoka admits she wants to explore things with Izuku, the pair start with kisses before sinking a little deeper into things. Thanks to a joke by Izuku, Kyoka squeezes his dick to get back at him only for her to end up being allowed to explore the male organ with no pressure to do anything. Izuku's backed up however and Kyoka relents to finishing him off with some dirty talk. Afterward, the two discuss a few more things before Izuku leaves and Kyoka tends to her own needs. When the boy informs the other girls of what happened regarding his quirk over their group chat Momo contacts Kyoka to enquire about everything. When Kyoka admits things got heated, Momo plans to see just what all the fuss is about for herself.

Chapter 28: Fears for the Future

Summary:

Several students worry about things that have happened recently and fears for their future begin settling in.

***** Trigger Warning *****
Mentions and allusions to domestic abuse.

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

Kaminari felt himself getting antsy that Sunday morning. He hadn’t been able to catch Kirishima yesterday to talk about things and now he was getting into his own head with worry.

He knew Izuku wasn’t a bad guy and one of his good friends, but he was afraid he’d ruined that with their talk yesterday morning. He needed to find his bro to talk things out; that’s how he found himself standing in front of Kirishima’s door at nine in the morning.

Letting out a frustrated sigh, he reached up and knocked on the door. No answer.

“Kirishima? Buddy, you there?” He asked, his voice wavering just a tad with anxiety. “Could really use a hand bud.”

He primed his ears for sounds and thankfully heard the shifting of bedsheets. It took a good minute or so for footsteps to approach and Kirishima’s face to finally appear when the door opened.

“What is it man?” Kirishima’s morning voice croaked out. “It’s Sunday, can’t it wait?”

Kaminari’s face scrunched up in indecisiveness.

“I-I mean… yeah but… I really kinda need to talk to you when you can. It’s about something personal and… I think I fucked up.”

Kirishima felt his brain rapidly awaken at the clear struggle written all over his friend’s face.

“Dude, just like, gimme two seconds, alright?” Kirishima asked. He knew he was making the right decision when he saw the relief evident in Kaminari’s expression.

Closing the door, Kirishima stepped over several strewn clothes on the floor before grabbing a set of boxers and tossing them at his bedmate.

“Bakugo man, gotta get up.”

“The fuck?” Bakugo growled sleepily as the fabric of his underwear landed on his face. “Urgh, what now?”

“Kaminari needs to talk about something important.” Kirishima said, slipping on a t-shirt to go with the underwear he’d put on just before opening the door. “If he doesn’t mind you listening, great, but if not, then you’re gonna have to get up and leave.”

“I’m not fucking moving.” Bakugo scoffed, though relenting to slipping his underwear on under the covers. “If that idiot’s got a problem then you two can go to his room.”

“Urgh, don’t be difficult man.” Kirishima rolled his eyes, figuring it was easier to just explain the situation to Kaminari rather than make Bakugo do anything at this point.

Once he slipped on some shorts and tidied his room a bit more, Kirishima opened his door to a relieved looking Kaminari once again.

“Hey, so um… Bakugo’s kinda here and is being a lazy butt-”

“Fuck off.”

“-so if you’re okay with him being here then we can talk inside.”

“Oh, uh, that… actually might help a bit.” Kaminari nodded despite the awkwardness of the situation. “He knows Midoriya from when they were kids so-”

“The fuck’s the nerd done now?” Bakugo sighed deeply from inside the room. There apparently goes his lie-in.

Taking Bakugo’s question as permission to come in, Kaminari entered the room once Kirishima stood aside.

“Woah, looks like you two had some fun.” The electric blond chuckled at seeing Bakugo’s clothes bunched up at the end of the bed where Kirishima had put them.

“Make any jokes and I’ll blow your dick off.” Bakugo growled, raising his head off the pillow just enough to glare at his fellow blond.

“Ignore him.” Kirishima rolled his eyes, though unable to keep a small blush and happy smile off his face at the memory. As Kaminari took a seat on Kirishima’s desk chair, the redhead sat on the edge of his bed helping partially block his undressed boyfriend from view. “So what’s up man?”

“Right so… you remember how I heard those weird sounds coming from Midoriya’s room like a few days ago now?”

“Yeah.” Kirishima nodded curiously. “What about ‘em?”

“Well… that was like, Uraraka and Asui, right?”

“I’d be surprised if it wasn’t.” Kirishima chuckled.

“So then, you knew about them before the training stuff then?” Kaminari asked.

“Ah… yeah.” Kirishima rubbed the back of his head. “Uraraka told me a while back in the gym.”

That’s what you wouldn’t tell me about?!” Bakugo growled. “Waste of my goddamn breath.”

“That answers why you told me to ‘shut up’ when I asked I suppose.” Kaminari chuckled weakly. “But um… the thing I didn’t get around to er… talking about, the crash I heard? Well, it was Uraraka panicking and Asui crying.”

“Wait… what?” Kirishima frowned. “From Midoriya’s room?”

“See, that’s what I mean!” Kaminari felt a little vindicated at Kirishima’s reaction. “That’s like, concerning, right?”

“Yeah man… I didn’t want you to say anything ‘cause it was their business who they tell and stuff but… why the heck did you hear that?”

“Well you remember the day after, the one where Asui was absent? Apparently Midoriya had a quirk accident in his sleep and hurt her accidently.”

“Oh man…” Kirishima felt his shoulders drop. “Damn, so I guess his quirk was acting strange before that stuff in the training happened.”

Bakugo said nothing, his mind silently filling in the missing pieces Izuku had clearly left out of their chat during the joint battles.

“Yeah but… that’s not the bit I wanted to talk about.” Kaminari sighed. “See it all makes sense now in hindsight, but… I didn’t know about his quirk accident until I talked to him. The way I said things… I made it sound like… I thought he hurt Asui on purpose or something.”

“Bro, Midoriya?” Kirishima asked with a touch of offense on the boy’s behalf. “He wouldn’t hurt a fly much less his girlfriend if they weren’t a villain.”

Before Kaminari could refute that, Bakugo spoke up.

“It makes sense Kirishima.” He said simply. “You hear a crash, a cry of pain. It’s either an accident or something deliberate. Sparky was probably just covering his bases like a good hero should.”

“Right!” Kaminari agreed. “But… I think Midoriya might be upset at me for um… checking in about it. After Mineta… I don’t wanna see any of our other friends get hurt just because we didn’t speak up when we had the chance. I talked with Uraraka and Asui just to confirm what Izuku said and Asui showed me this scar on her arm she’s now got hidden with a compression sleeve. I feel super bad for doubting our bro but… do you think I did the right thing?”

“Of course you fucking did.” Bakugo growled. “The only thing you did wrong was not going to a teacher first.”

“Bro.” Kirishima warned him.

“No, Kaminari actually did something good, he shouldn’t be feeling shitty about it.” Bakugo countered, sitting up on his elbows now, unbothered by his now visible bare chest. “You confirmed as best you could there’s no fucking issue when there was something to be worried about. Case closed whether that green haired idiot likes it or not.”

“Yeah but dude, like… he told me his dad was the same way. I feel like stepped over a line or something. I mean, I had no idea but… it still feels shitty.”

Kirishima turned back to Bakugo, getting ready to cut him off before he got started on the next part of his tirade only to see the boy’s mouth open in shock and what could only be described as a moment of revelation wash over his face.

“Deku told you this?” Bakugo growled out.

“Shit, should I not have said anything?” Kaminari punched his leg. “Fuck.”

“Hey, let’s just calm down a moment.” Kirishima put his hands between his friend and his boyfriend. “Look I’m sure Midoriya doesn’t blame you for asking. Did he say as much?”

“Well, yeah.” Kaminari sighed. “But like, you could tell it hurt him.”

“Okay, well, what’s done is done so after this we’ll go do the manly thing and make things clear with him. I’ll go with you, okay bud?” Kirishima offered.

“You think that’ll fix things?” The electric blond asked. “I don’t wanna make him mad by bringing it up again.”

“Midoriya’s a cool guy, he probably just feels bad for the whole thing. I mean, he was keeping his relationship with Uraraka and Asui secret and then he goes and accidently injures Asui in their sleep, how’d you think he’d feel being reminded of that?”

“Yeah… you’re probably right.” Kaminari sighed, finding Kirishima’s rationalization reassuring.

“What do you think Baku-bro? Think Midori-bro will hold a grudge over this?” Kirishima turned back to his boyfriend only to find him with the same stunned state he’d left him in. “Bakugo?”

“Uh,” The blond gave himself a small shake.

“Dude, you were out of it for a second there. You think of something?” Kaminari asked.

“Izuku’s shitty dad left when he was a kid.” Bakugo stated simply. “Dunno where the fuck he went and didn’t know why either. Thought it was to do with… something else, but this makes more sense.”

“Well at least he’s not still around.” Kaminari chuckled weakly. “Jeez, could you imagine if anyone tried to do that to Midoriya now?”

Bakugo felt his rage climb and his lip quirk upwards in irritation.

“Katsuki, babe.” Kirishima’s calming voice called out, his hand reaching up to softly caress Bakugo’s cheek. The explosive blond flinched hard at the contact only to realise who exactly was touching him and relaxed into the embrace.

Kaminari sat there awkwardly as he watched what was clearly a somewhat tender moment between his friends.

“Uh… should I go or…?”

“Stay there Sparky, just… give me a minute.” Bakugo sighed, taking several deep breaths to calm himself down. “I’m good Eijiro.”

“You sure babe? I don’t wanna have to scrape chunks of Kaminari off my punching bag.” Kirishima chuckled.

“Wait, what?!” Kaminari gulped, unsure if the redhead was joking.

“I’ll just stuff him inside instead, how about that?” Bakugo chuckled.

“Still no idiot.” Kirishima rolled his eyes.

“I’m… not sure if I should be running or not.”

“You’re fine.” Bakugo sighed. “You’re just gonna get dumped on for a second time so brace yourself.”

“Uh…” Kaminari made a face.

“Dude, no.” Kirishima shook his head at both of them; Bakugo for the phrasing and Kaminari for taking it literally.

Taking a moment to swing his legs around, Bakugo scooted forward enough to sit off the edge of the bed, hip to hip beside his boyfriend before taking a long, deep breath.

“Hearing that Izuku dealt with that shit as a kid… it’s surprising.” Bakugo admitted. “You remember when you um… checked me after I hit… Kirishima on the way back from class that one day?”

“Urgh, yeah.” Kaminari grimaced. “That was like, just after I read up on that stuff. Sorry man.”

“You weren’t fucking wrong idiot.” Bakugo rolled his eyes. “Clearly your instincts are on point to at least spot potential shit because, yeah, I was doing that,” he sighed. “Well, like… because I picked it up from my shitty mom or whatever.”

“Um…” Kaminari looked over at Kirishima, wondering if he was missing something.

“Bakugo’s been… dealing with some stuff.” Kirishima explained. “I think this subject hits a bit too close to home for him.”

“Fucking really? With that phrasing man?” Bakugo glared at his boyfriend.

“Shit, sorry babe.” Kirishima held his hands up with an apologetic look on his face.

Bakugo took the opportunity to glance over at Kaminari who was still looking awkwardly between the pair.

“Long story short Sparky, my mom’s probably abusive and, as much as I fucking hate it, I’ve picked up some things from her that I’m trying to drop.”

“Uh… your mom…” Bakugo and Kirishima both watched with a little apprehension as the wheels turned in Kaminari’s head. “Dude, have you told anyone?”

“No, and don’t even think about doing it either.” Bakugo threatened. “I’m dealing with it so butt out.”

“Hey, didn’t you just say-” Kaminari started up.

“It’s cool man.” Kirishima placated him. “Bakugo’s here at UA and he’s seeing Mr Hound Dog so the staff know.”

“Hound Dog?” Kaminari quirked a brow.

“School therapist.” Bakugo explained simply. “Helping me deal with my anger and shit.”

“Huh… that explains why you’ve been more mellow than usual.” Kaminari noted. “So are like, the school doing anything about it?”

“No proof.” Bakugo scoffed. “My word against the hag's.”

“But it’s stopped now, right?” Kaminari asked, genuinely worried for his friend.

“Only ‘cause I’m livin’ here. Fuckin’ blessing.”

“Apart from summers, we’re obviously allowed to stay here year round.” Kirishima reminded the blond. “Bakugo’s planning to stay here over all the holidays if he can and then move out as soon as we graduate.”

“Makes sense,” Kaminari sighed. “I’m… sorry man, I didn’t know.”

“Weren’t supposed to idiot.” Bakugo rolled his eyes. “Just like Izuku doesn’t talk about his shitty father until it was fuckin’ relevant I suppose.”

“Guess that’s why he was so understanding before.” Kirishima noted, turning back to Kaminari. “Only you, me, Mina and Midoriya know about Bakugo’s home life so I don’t think even he needs to say ‘don’t spread it around’.”

“Yeah, no, I got it.” Kaminari nodded hurriedly. “Just… I’m sorry man.” Bakugo resisted the urge to tell the boy to ‘fuck off’ for pitying him. “Look, if I can help in anyway just say the word man.”

“‘Preciated.” Bakugo muttered.

Kirishima smiled a secret proud smile at his boyfriend. Before he would’ve blown up at the thought of someone looking down on him. Admittedly he still believed Bakugo would deny help even if he needed it but acknowledging it was still a major step forward for him.

“See, we can talk about this and we’re all still friends.” Kirishima noted. “I’m sure the same is true with Midoriya too.”

“We’re part of the Baku-squad.” Kaminari’s spirits lifted a tad. “It’s a little different with Midoriya but you’re probably right.”

“Urgh,” Bakugo growled, thinking about their little group. “The only idiot that doesn’t know about my shitty home life is Sero.”

“You thinking about telling him too?” Kirishima asked curiously.

“Be a shitty thing to leave him out of the loop on this now every other fucker knows.” Bakugo sighed before rolling back under the covers. “You idiots go deal with Midoriya or something, I’ll go find the sticky idiot when I can be asked.”

“I think that’s all we’re gonna get out of him today.” Kirishima rolled his eyes before turning back to Kaminari. “You wanna go find Midori-bro now and get this over with?”

“Yeah, if you don’t mind.” Kaminari nodded. “Get this damn monkey off my back so I can enjoy what’s left of the weekend.”

“So you’ve done your homework then?” Kirishima asked offhandedly, causing Kaminari to still.

“Damnit!” Kaminari groaned, having indeed not done his homework and seeing the last of his free time for the day sail out the window.

“It’s cool man, I’ll give you a hand.” Kirishima chuckled. “Maybe I can put some of those tutoring sessions Bakugo’s been giving me to good use.”

“Ah, that’d be great! You know, so long as you don’t try to stick your tongue down my throat after we’re done like you two probably do.” Kaminari smirked.

“Fuck off Sparky!” Bakugo growled from the bed as the other two rose to leave.

Even Kirishima couldn’t resist a chuckle and a mild blush at that tease as he quickly ushered their frustrating friend out the door leaving Bakugo alone with his thoughts.

Looking up at the ceiling, a number of memories replayed themselves in his head of the past. First and foremost was all the times his mother went overboard and left marks on him he’d spotted in the mirror that he initially kept hidden, like they were badges of weakness. Then his mind turned to Izuku and wondered what his own father was like. Was it better or worse the man had left when Izuku was young? All he knew was that it was another thing Bakugo had mercilessly teased him about when he overheard his mother chatting with Izuku’s and another thing he needed to apologize for.

Knowing any chance of rest was long gone, Bakugo rolled out of bed and onto his feet, stretching himself out. His frustrations were still near the surface and he needed to take them out constructively. Thankfully, Kirishima’s room came equipped with his own punching bag from home and he began his day by getting a quick session in with it, using that frustration to build himself up to be better than before. Today was the day he’d be taking his final test in the provisional licensing make-up lessons and he needed to be focused and ready.

For now, he’d handle himself, but when the time came to tell his mother and father exactly what he thought of them, it’d be nice to have an audience… no, it’d be nice to have his friends there supporting him.


Izuku was having an enjoyable morning thus far. Despite waking up alone at his own insistence, regardless of Ochako, Mina, and later Tooru, being willing to snuggle together to test his lack of quirk accidents, he’d had a very restful night’s sleep; probably the first since his accident with Tsuyu.

After getting his regular morning workout in, enjoying breakfast with his girlfriends then returning to his room to study, he was interrupted by a knock at his door. Crossing his room with a small bounce in his step, he opened it up to reveal a bashful Kaminari along with a hopeful looking Kirishima.

“Hey man.” Kirishima smiled toothily. “Wanted to come by and clear some stuff up, you got a sec?”

“Yeah, sure. What’s up?” Izuku asked curiously.

“It’s um… about Friday.” Kaminari spoke up. “I um… got the feeling you were upset at me for um… what we discussed.”

Izuku blinked in confusion for a moment before the topic of his early morning chat with the blond returned to him.

“Ah, that.” Izuku chuckled nervously. “Yeah, um, it’s fine. We’re fine,” he waved away. “I was uh, still feeling bad after… everything and hadn’t slept well either so I wasn’t in the best mood that morning. I’m sorry if I was a little gloomier than usual.”

“Told you it was fine man.” Kirishima chuckled as Kaminari felt his shoulders relax with relief.

“Cheers man. Sorry to bother you, I just… I got the impression I screwed up our friendship or something.”

“You were just trying to do what was right.” Izuku smiled warmly at the boy. “Looking back on it, I know it must’ve been a bit scary to confront your friend like that.”

“Especially one as strong as you.” Kaminari chuckled nervously.

“R-Right,” Izuku rubbed the back of his head. “But you did what you thought was right rather than what was easy; that’s what a hero does.”

“Don’t forget what All Might said, ‘Meddling where you don’t have to is the essence of being a hero’.” Kirishima reminded the pair.

“I wasn’t trying to be a hero.” Kaminari shook his head. “I was just trying to look out for my friends.”

“And that’s why you’ll make a good hero.” Izuku smiled warmly.

“Awww, thanks man.” Kaminari felt the last of the doubt in his chest slip away as he realised Izuku really didn’t hold anything against him for it. “Means a lot coming from you.”

“I’m nothing special.” Izuku brushed off the nice comment. “Just trying to be the best hero I can be too.”

With the awkwardness of the situation cleared up, Kaminari departed Izuku’s room with Kirishima in much better spirits than he’d arrived. Izuku was glad he could help his friend and he really didn’t hold anything against him asking after Tsuyu and Ochako’s safety; he’d be much the same if the situation was reversed after all.

Returning to his desk, Izuku settled in to continue the last of his assignments for the weekend.


Closing in on one in the afternoon, Izuku felt he’d finished his assignments to the best of his ability and decided to head down for lunch.

Stretching after he finished making his way down the stairs, Izuku opened the fridge and began getting out all the ingredients for his food.

“Hey Midori!” Tooru’s peppy voice called out from the dining area where he spied the girl eating her own lunch along with Momo and Tokoyami. “Come sit with us when you’re ready.”

Looking over, Izuku could spy Ojiro and Shoji also having lunch at another table while Aoyama and Sato were in the TV area watching something. It was pretty calm for a Sunday all things considered.

Putting his chicken into the oven to grill for the next ten minutes, Izuku found himself taking a seat by his bird-headed friend and joining in the conversation with the group about their feedback from the joint training now that Aizawa had given them more thorough paths to look into.

Just as Izuku rose and made his way back to the oven to take his food out, the room echoed with Sato’s panicked shout calling out to all of them.

“Hey guys, you better come take a look at this.”

The last time something like this had happened hadn’t even been a week ago with Endeavor and Hawks taking on that weird Nomu. Was the league making another move against the pros?

Everyone in the common room hurried over to the TV where a breaking news report had interrupted whatever show was airing at the time. Izuku found himself clenching his fist and gritting his teeth in frustration, sympathy, and dismay as he immediately caught sight of widespread ruin.

“This is the result you see here folks. The complete devastation you see before you is the result of only twenty villains running riot for little under an hour.” The newscaster informed everyone. “Around late afternoon yesterday, they struck first at the local news and broadcast towers, cutting off all communication and causing a delayed response from the local authorities, including the heroes, who had been lured outside the city with false requests for assistance. With the devastation mounting and lives and livelihoods being lost, it’s reported that the citizens of Deika city took up arms with whatever they could and fought back bravely against atrocities being committed against them.”

“Shit, I know a guy from Deika.” Sato gulped.

“Mon dieu, how awful.” Aoyama covered his mouth as the story continued unfolding.

Shots of the city were interspersed with footage of civilians helping each other out, while some stood around acting like make-shift militia, armed with various tools normally used in manual jobs like construction or maintenance.

“According to those that encountered the villains first-hand, their goals were to lower the public’s trust and faith in heroes in a display of strength by causing massive amounts of destruction and heartless loss of life. As good citizens of Japan, the locals rose up in arms to defend themselves and their countrymen against this rhetoric and joined together to fight back. Unfortunately, though the villains were stopped, this resulted in all twenty perpetrators losing their lives along with many honourable and noble citizens.”

There were a number of gasps and sullen faces among the students as the news kept getting worse.

“Reports also indicate that a number of notable figures were among those unwilling to allow these villains to do as they please. The president of Detnerat, Rikiya Yotsubashi, was engaged in a direct battle with the villains whom had ambushed a meeting between himself and the executive reporter of Shoowaysha, Chitose Kizuki. While the support company president was able to escape the battle with his life at the cost of his legs, Miss Kizuki wasn’t so lucky and was viciously killed along with so many others. With the destruction comparable to that of Kamino Ward, it is thought that a monument will be erected once the infrastructure is rebuilt and the final lives lost are tallied to honour these brave citizens.”

Behind the students, the front door could be heard opening and closing as Aizawa lazily walked into the common room.

“Are Todoroki and Bakugo ready?” He called out to the gathered students. Tooru gave him a harsh shushing only to realise who she was doing it to.

“Oh, Mr Aizawa, th-the news.” She pointed towards the TV.

Striding over quickly, Aizawa took in all the details he could at a glance to grasp the situation as best he could. Deika city attacked, twenty villains the cause (though apparently not the league), a large amount of collateral damage judging by the shots, and yet another incident for the hero haters to latch onto.

“First things, does anyone have family in Deika?” Aizawa asked sharply, getting a complete round of headshakes. “Not everyone’s here so I’ll ask you, Yaoyorozu, to spread the word to your peers to contact the staff if there are any worries about family that could be involved in this attack. The school will see to it that every measure is taken to accommodate those students at this time.”

“Yes sir.” Momo nodded anxiously, pulling out her phone and bringing up the class group chat.

With the ‘ping’ of the elevator, the group turned to see an irate Bakugo stepping out along with a stoic-as-ever Todoroki, both dressed in their school uniforms.

“You two.” Aizawa called out. “There’s been an attack in Deika city, do either of you two have family there?”

“What? No.” Bakugo scoffed, looking over at the TV where he guessed the current report was playing.

“My mother’s side of the family at one point.” Todoroki answered Aizawa, causing the man to brace himself. “I’ve never met them however.”

“I see.” Their teacher sighed. “In which case, there will be no need to delay your exam. I assume you’re ready to go.”

“Let’s get this over with already.” Bakugo groaned, heading for the shoe rack and shortly followed by Todoroki. Aizawa turned back to the group that had gathered around the TV as the report continued to unfold.

“I’m sure you’re all worried about the people suffering right now. Unfortunately, there’s nothing you can do to assist them. Use this as fuel to motivate you to do better in the coming years so situations like this don’t occur under your watch.”

Several of the students gave hesitant nods and murmurs of acknowledgement to their teacher who escorted the two provisional make-up students out of the dorm.

“No pressure.” Tokoyami muttered sarcastically once the front door had been closed for a few moments.

“It’s horrible to think about.” Momo bit her lip, having gotten the message out to their fellow classmates and informing Kendo in case class B had yet to hear about this.

“It’s what’s coming if we’re not good enough.” Shoji stated.

“Mes amie, this feels like too much.” Aoyama worried.

“We’re still just first years, don’t worry Aoyama.” Izuku sent the boy a weak smile. “There’s still plenty for us to learn before we have to face something like that.”

“Dude, with everything we’ve gone through this year? I’m surprised it wasn’t here.” Sato stated bleakly.

The thought passed round the room and everyone’s face twitched as they all wondered if it was something that was possible. The news hadn’t divulged the reason for what why Deika was targeted; was it random chance or selectively chosen?

The students continued to watch as more news kept coming in.

“Apparently, while some of the villains perished in the battle to quirk use that left nothing identifiable, eighteen of those that took part have been identified.” The news reporter confirmed while an animatic showed the faces of all who took part in a grid system with a larger image on the right that periodically rotated which villain was displayed in the enlarged frame.

It was a bitter pill to swallow that a number of the supposed villains were clearly heteromorphic and that fact wasn’t missed by the largest member of the students present.

Shoji found his hands gripping into fists as the news divulged the names, ages, and quirks of those accused. There was no one there he recognised but he knew exactly what was about to happen in the wake of this tragedy. Every mutant-type quirk owner that had the good sense to learn their history feared a repeat of the ‘Jeda’ incident, and it all began with an event much like this one.

He needed to go do research, reach out to the those like himself from that place and make sure they were okay and, maybe, for a little bit of reassurance in turn.

“Excuse me.” He stated firmly, leaving no room for interruption as he strode over to the elevator and made his way upstairs.

“What was that about?” Ojiro asked curiously, torn between watching Shoji leave and paying attention to the news.

“A dark shadow hangs over this event. One far greater than I fear we realise.” Tokoyami stated in concern.

While many took his comment at face value regarding the concerning news, Tokoyami made a note to check up on his dupli-armed friend later to ensure he was okay.

For the most part, the breaking story seemed to be over with new details becoming drip fed through the broadcast as they were discovered. The students began to peel away from the TV as they sought to continue their day, though the tragedy would likely weigh in on their minds for the remainder of it.

Izuku knew it wasn’t his fault. Nothing he could’ve done would’ve prevented something like this happening, but he still wondered if All Might simply being around might’ve had an effect and prevented this event. He could feel the pressure he was mounting on himself again and needed to do something productive before he spiralled.

Taking out his phone, he rattled off a message to the poly’s group chat.

Small Might: The news has me feeling useless and antsy. Going to go push myself in the gym. Anyone want to come?

Deepest Dope: Are you actually asking for a gym buddy or really just asking if someone can come make sure you don’t go too hard on yourself?

Small Might: … a little of both.

Deepest Dope: Thought so.

Alien Queen: Going with muscles to the gym? Heck yeah im down

Deepest Dope: You can’t just leer at him the whole time.

Alien Queen: I wont! Ill be doing… resistance training ;)

Deepest Dope: I know what you’re thinking, that’s not how that works and you know it.

Gravity Girl: Just caught up on everything. I could help so much in Deika right now, I’m coming too.

Alien Queen: Not yet ur not but soon enough ;)

Gravity Girl: Mina! X3

Rising to his feet, Izuku started walking towards the elevator to go and get changed in his room.

Checking all the alerts on their phones, Momo and Tooru were left watching the boy’s retreating back. Leaning over, Tooru whispered into Momo’s ear.

“Does this mean we’re not doing whatever you were planning today?” Tooru asked a little disappointed.

“It seems that way I’m afraid.” Momo nodded. “While I apologise for the delay, I assure you we shall try to find time during the week. I believe I should be adjusting my own plans anyway.”

“Huh? Why?” Tooru asked curiously.

“While unfortunate, I see there is a lot of good that can be done to help the people of Deika right now. I should contact the Uraraka pair and adjust their schedule as appropriate. They will likely find a great deal of business in the region in the coming months.”

“Oh… yeah, that makes sense.” Tooru nodded. “Well if you’re busy then I guess I’ll um… go train or find Tsu or something myself.”

“Apologies again for the adjusted timeline.” Momo nodded her head at the girl. “I’m sure I can fit you in soon.”

With that, Momo turned and walked towards the elevator, thoughts of business opportunities on her mind in terms of profit and press that could really boost her company’s image. The bigger she got, the faster she’d be able to find a way out of her parent’s machinations and be free.

As she left, Tooru watched Momo’s retreating form with a slightly puzzled look. That didn’t sound like Momo. Then again, all the high-level business stuff went over her head anyway so it was probably just her girlfriend thinking on a higher level or something.

For now, Tooru decided to go about the rest of her day and prepare for whatever Mr Aizawa decided to throw at them next week.


Mina was having a great time.

After suiting up super quick following her exchange with Izuku and Ochako in their group chat, she hurried to meet them in the entrance hall of the dorms before setting off.

She had no issues drinking in their outfits even if the good stuff was obscured by their jackets for now. Once they got into the gym things would be different and she wasn’t disappointed. Mina wasn’t shy about giving Ochako a blatant full-body look in the changing room when the pair were ready and gave her a wink that told the girl she liked what she saw.

Izuku was surprised to see two pink girls arrive to join him in the gym but from Ochako’s embarrassment and Mina’s naughty looks his way he could tell what happened.

“Hey Small Might, ready to go ‘Plus Ultra’ on some weights?”

Izuku admittedly gave a small laugh and fond shake of his head at Mina’s tease, though he hoped she wouldn’t be like this all session.

“I’m ready to push myself if that’s what you mean.” He flexed his arm, just to give her a little bit of what she clearly liked, hoping it would move things along. Mina very much enjoyed his response judging by her biting her lip and giving him bedroom eyes.

“I’m guessing its strength training for you Izuku?” Ochako chuckled, knowing his routine by now.

“Yup, but I also wanna do some endurance stuff too.” He looked down at his right arm. “When my quirk went wild, I felt a lot of pain just maintaining it. I’m wondering if it’s something I’ll need to train differently to hold rather than just increasing how much percentage of my quirk I can use.”

“Then let’s start with strength then.” Ochako gestured to the weights area.

“Not gonna ask me what I’m gonna focus on?” Mina asked, acting offended.

“Thought you were ‘resistance training’.” Ochako smirked at her before pointing to the opposite side of the gym. “That’s a~ll the way over there.”

The pinkette pouted realising she’d dug her own grave on that.

“Mina,” Izuku began a little nervously on seeing her reaction, “are you actually just here to um… leer, like Kyoka said, or are you gonna train?”

“Can’t I do both?” Mina winked cheekily.

“Not to be rude but um, yeah.” Ochako agreed with her boyfriend. “I’m here to get better and I’d rather not be distracted by… you.”

“You saying my natural charms are good enough to throw you off your game even when I’m just around?” Mina giggled. “Man, I must be getting good.”

“Mina.” Izuku deadpanned, letting her know the time for jokes was over. “This is serious. If you’re gonna just make fun then-”

“Okay, I get it.” Mina raised her hands in surrender. “Jeez, just trying to lighten the mood a little.”

“We get that but… not now.” Ochako shook her head. “Today’s news is just too depressing.”

“That’s… why I was trying to lighten the mood.” Mina sighed. “Keep you two from getting too in your own heads.”

“If it was just regular stuff, it’d be fine.” Ochako stroked her girlfriend’s arm. “Izuku and I just wanna channel our frustration into results. Bit harder to do that if you’re trying to make us laugh.”

“Or… other stuff.” Izuku blushed lightly and Mina nodded in understanding.

“Okay, I get it, I’ll be good.” Mina relented. “But I can at least leer a little, right? With all this delicious eye-candy you two are showing off I’d be rude not to.”

The trio had removed their tracksuit tops and stored them in their lockers before entering the gym, leaving them only in their respective tracksuit bottoms and tank-tops, along with Izuku’s compression sleeve. The green and brunette eyed each other curiously, noting the amount of skin they were both displaying before their faces heated up and they looked away, remembering the last time things had gotten out of hand at the gym.

“H-How about this,” Ochako started, “you promise to be good and help us with our workouts, and actually do yours, and um… we’ll do something nice for you uh… t-tonight.”

Mina’s mouth dropped open in an ‘O’ shape, her eyes alight and dancing with ideas already.

“W-We will?” Izuku blinked, his blush returning. “Y-You mean…”

“Yeah… if you’re okay with that too?” Ochako smiled sheepishly at him. “It might be nice to help um… lighten the mood like Mina suggested.”

“And you’ve been missing out since last week after all.” Mina grinned, getting riled up already by the prospect. “I’ll say ‘yes’ if you do,” she winked.

Izuku pushed down his crotch’s urge to flex and bring his member to attention right now.

“F-Fine,” Izuku agreed, getting an eager cheer from Mina. “But no teasing this entire time. Or um… naughty comments.”

“What?!” Mina’s mouth dropped open. “I can’t do that!”

“Just think of it as ‘resistance’ training.” Ochako giggled, turning her back and heading for the bench.

Izuku just gave her a cheeky smirk of his own before following after Ochako.

“Be glad you’re at least allowed to look.” He called back, putting a little extra sway into his steps, flexing and tensing his rear as though he was preparing a smash attack.

Mina gripped her hands into fists and hissed through her teeth.

“Boi, if you weren’t so fine…” She grumbled but ultimately decided to comply. It wouldn’t do good to back down now with such a tantalizing reward dangling in front of her. She could go without teasing or commenting for an hour or two, right?


Mina was just about at her breaking point. It was like they were doing this deliberately or something!

From Izuku’s frankly astounding performance on the bench, that only Ochako could spot for with the aid of her quirk if things got too heavy for him, as well as Ochako’s display on the leg press machine, to the grunts, groans, and moans they were all collectively uttering at this point with increasing frequency, Mina almost decided to bite her tongue off to stop words coming out.

An arm curl here, a leg flex there, the sound of dense weights being dropped and the relieved sounds being made once free of the pressure. Mina should be in heaven… but right now she was in hell.

Currently, she was gritting her jaw tightly as her eyes focused solely on the timer on the treadmill she was running on, and boy was she running. A simple jog wasn’t enough to numb her brain to the lewd noises coming from her partners so she’d cranked up the speed until all she could hear was her own heavy footfalls, gasping breath, and the beeps from the machine that slowly counted down the time she had left until she could start making comments again.

If the timer started off slow, it was practically crawling with only a minute to go.

There was a faint sound of muttering nearby but she couldn’t make anything out.

“Hey Izuku,” a teasingly cheerful voice then called out from behind her that sounded way too smug, “think she’s gonna do it?”

“I don’t know Ochako, she seems pretty certain from here.” A fellow smug voice replied.

Just ignore them Mina, one more minute and you’ll show them! Then you’ll take your reward out of their fine asses tonight. Her concentration broke when she spotted two smug faces in her peripheral vision, one on each side standing on unmoving treadmills while looking haughtily at her.

“We could just go back early and leave her to her workout then.” Ochako teased. “Wanna come back and shower with me?”

“Whatever do you mean Ochako?” Izuku asked, acting innocently even though he was anything but.

“I mean we should go back to the dorms alone and wash our hot, sweaty bodies together.”

Just thirty more seconds and she’d be done!

“O-Ochako!” Izuku gasped in an over exaggerated manner, looking around to ensure no one heard them, though it doubled as an actual check too. When he was sure no one was looking in their direction, he blew Ochako a kiss, though he was unable to keep the blush from his face at this point.

“I’ll take that as a yes.” Ochako blushed herself, admittedly warming up to the idea, even if it was just for teasing purposes right now.

Ten seconds!

As she counted down in her head firmly, she noticed her partners both looking at her with warm eyes, the smug, teasing looks from their faces turning into more endearing ones as they counted down with her, only out loud.

When the timer hit zero Mina felt herself nearly collapse, reaching desperately for the treadmill railings either side of her with both hands as the treadmill gradually slowed to jogging pace and then walking.

“Well done Mina.” Ochako cheered, smiling brightly at her girlfriend.

Mina wanted to play up her frustrations and pout playfully at Ochako but she was too focused on regaining her breath right now. As she slowed to a stop however, she felt her muscles ache in an unpleasant way and she felt her balance slip.

Before she could collapse in place, Ochako’s hand shot out and touched her arm with all five fingers, removing her gravity.

“Izuku?” Ochako called quickly, though the boy was already moving, stepping up behind Mina and gingerly lifting her up and into his arms.

“We’ve got you Princess.” Izuku chuckled, wrapping one of Mina’s arms around his shoulder as he held her in a weightless bridal carry. “Looks like you um… get to enjoy some of these muscles early, e-eh?”

Mina just narrowed her eyes at him, still breathing fairly heavily and Izuku couldn’t help but watch her chest heave with every breath.

“P-Pervert.” She smirked, satisfied she’d finished her part of their little bargain. Izuku blushed a little deeper and turned his attention to Ochako to avoid staring any further.

“Hmmm we are still in the gym. Think we should count that Izuku?” Ochako giggled, stepping off her treadmill.

Mina made an admittedly pathetic whine at the thought of losing on some weird technicality now.

“But I went ‘Plus Ultraaa’.”

“Yes you did.” Ochako coddled her like a child. “And maybe when you can stand on your feet again, you’ll um… g-get to enjoy your reward.”

“Don’t need ‘em.” Mina scoffed. “Just take me to bed and have your way with me.”

She admittedly felt a bit of pride come back to her when she felt Izuku’s arms tense at that.

“Drama queen.” Ochako chuckled, putting her fingertips together. “Come on, you can stand now.”

“It’s okay Ochako.” Izuku said as he felt Mina’s weight return to her. “I can carry her to the changing rooms.”

“Fine, but no further, people are looking as it is.” Ochako noted, glancing around at the others using the gym who were giving them odd looks now. Carrying a friend after overdoing their workout was one thing, but with her and Izuku’s new triad relationship reveal still fresh in people’s minds, Ochako knew there might be whispers and speculation about more people joining them.

Instead of teasing or making further comments, Mina just relaxed gratefully into Izuku’s arms. She was definitely going to feel the burn from this tomorrow but hopefully it’d all be worth it tonight.

After enjoying the feel of Izuku’s muscly physique against her as he followed Ochako to the changing rooms, Mina’s ride ended all too soon when he dipped her legs so she could return shakily to the floor.

“Thank you Prince Squishy.” Mina chuckled breathily, still not quite recovered as she pulled Izuku’s cheek in for a kiss as no one else was in the halls to witness it.

“A-Anytime.” Izuku blushed and nodded before hurrying toward the male changing room.

Supporting herself between the wall and a helpful Ochako, Mina hobbled into the changing room and over to their lockers.

“Looks like you made it.” Ochako giggled with a small blush of her own. “I knew you had it in you.”

“Only when you bribed me.” Mina pouted, gratefully taking a seat on the bench inside. “Do you know how hard it was to say nothing with all that huffing and puffing you two were doing?”

“Y-Yeah.” Ochako blushed, once more recalling her and Izuku’s private workout together. “S-Still um… thanks for doing it anyway. I know it seems silly but I really wanted to just focus on getting my er… helplessness out.”

“I get it hun.” Mina waved her off. “Remember before? Nighteye and the raid? I’ve seen you all pissy and primed to pump iron.”

“Oh, yeah, right.” Ochako rubbed the back of her head, remembering how frustrated she was back then. “Sorry about that.”

“No big. You needed to work it out.” Mina shrugged. “You work through your anger like that, I try and process stuff by making jokes sometimes; we just do things a little differently.”

“Wait, that stuff before, you were just trying to-”

“Not let that horrible news get to me? Yeah, little bit.” Mina nodded with another shrug.

“Oh my gosh. I’m sorry, I didn’t realise.” Ochako hurriedly apologised. “And I made you just stop that. Mina I’m so-”

“Shush up Cutie Pie.” Mina rolled her eyes, pressing two fingers to her lips before putting them on Ochako’s. “It would’ve been one thing if you just told me to shut up, but you distracted me with something very appealing and just shifted my focus. We’re fine.”

“Still.” Ochako rubbed her arm nervously. “I should’ve been more aware.”

“Meh, if you’re still feeling bad then make it up to me when we get back.” Mina winked. “I believe there was talk of bathing together?”

“T-That was just a tease.” Ochako blushed, making for her locker.

“Awww, and here I was hoping it was a promise.” Mina giggled, pushing herself to her shaky feet before sliding up behind Ochako and wrapping her arms around her midsection, her head resting on her shoulder. “We could get all nice and wet together and then Squishy could…”

Ochako’s face turned a deeper and deeper red as Mina unleashed a number of lewd suggestions into her ear through her sensual whispers. It might be worth a quick shower now just so she could disguise the growing wet spot on her panties she knew she was making.

Thankfully, Mina relented and moved to her own locker to grab her jacket too, allowing the brunette to cool down just a bit before heading back outside to meet Izuku and begin the walk back to the dorms.

The sky was a dark grey as the sun had set over a cloudy sky.

Once away from any cameras or other people, Mina felt the need to enquire about what exactly the limit was on what she’d won today.

“So… what’s this ‘something nice’ I’ve earned tonight?” She asked, thoughts flittering through her head. “You said ‘we’ so what, you gonna double team me?”

“That’s… one possibility.” Ochako mumbled quietly as they walked. “I um… hadn’t really thought of anything specific.”

“I was just roped into it.” Izuku rubbed the back of his head. “I-I guess if there’s something you really wanna do, you can just ask.”

“Ooo.” Mina licked her lips excitedly. “You might be making a big mistake there, giving me free rein and all.”

“Well, you did earn it.” Izuku chuckled. “So long as it’s nothing too um… uncomfortable.”

“Nothing’s going near your butt you big baby.” Mina chuckled. “Mine and Ochako’s on the other hand.” The brunette blushed but felt herself clench at the idea.

Izuku too felt himself getting riled up again and Mina wore a smug smirk as she observed both their faces.

“Well~,” She began playfully. “If we’re all done with things today, how about we go to bed early? I don’t think anyone would mind.”

Ochako and Izuku gave each other nervous looks, gauging the others reaction. Mina felt her heart and loins jump in excitement when they gave each other a small nod.

“This is gonna be awesome! Get to blow two cuties’ socks off tonight.” She gushed, knowing that’s probably not going to be the only thing she’d end up blowing.

“J-Just as long as we keep the noise down!” Ochako warned. “Don’t want um… Aoyama or Kaminari coming and asking questions… again.”

“Good point,” Mina chuckled. “Guess we may have to stop by Momo’s first for a gag or three.”

It was fun seeing which of the two Mina could make redder with her suggestions, she was free to now since their little agreement had ended and she was ready to keep her partners in that state all night.

Approaching the dorms, Mina pulled open the door and hurried the other two inside, eager to get events started. When they stepped inside however, a delicious smell wafted through the air that was tasty enough to get them all to pause and take in their surroundings.

A few small banners had been put up at the front with the word ‘Congratulations’ written on them and most of the class was currently gathered around the common area or kitchen.

“What’s going on?” Izuku asked curiously as several sets of eyes had turned towards them when they entered.

“A small celebration is what.” Iida announced, walking calmly over to the trio. “I’ve gotten word from All Might that Bakugo and Todoroki have passed their make-up provisional license exam and are on their way back. We thought it might be nice to celebrate the fact that we’re now all provisional heroes.”

“Not the best excuse for a party but you won’t hear me complain.” Sero called out from the TV area.

“They did?! That’s awesome!” Mina cheered. “Ooo, have we got any party poppers or balloons or anything?”

“I don’t believe so.” Iida noted.

“Phooey.” Mina pouted, “Yaoyorozu around? I’m sure she could whip up a few.”

“Probably in her room.” Tooru called out, seated next to Tsuyu on the couch and both dressed in warm hoodies. “She said something about doing business stuff earlier.”

“Party poppers or not, it’ll be nice to congratulate those two when they get back, ribbit.” Tsuyu stated.

“Our bros went ‘Plus Ultra!’ So manly!” Kirishima cried exaggerated tears of pride and joy for the pair, though mainly for his boyfriend.

“I’m mostly here for that kickass cake Sato’s baking.” Kaminari chuckled, flipping between TV channels while avoiding those with the Deika city news being shown.

“Urgh pig.” Kyoka rolled her eyes, sitting with her knees to her chest on a nearby chair.

“Don’t pretend you’re not here for the same.” Kaminari smirked, earning a small blush from the earphone jacked girl and hiding her mouth deeper in her hot cocoa.

“So it’s a proper party then!” Mina cheered, her energy having returned to her as though magically. “This is awesome! Oh uh…” She turned to Izuku and Ochako who were simply smiling at her enthusiasm. “I uh… know we just talked about ‘studying’ together but um… can it please wait? I kinda wanna make sure blasty knows how proud I am of him.”

“Of course.” Ochako chuckled, shaking her head. “Don’t worry about it, he’s your friend.”

“It would be nice to tell them both in person.” Izuku agreed, wanting to congratulate Todoroki himself too.

“Woo, rain check then.” Mina breathed a sigh of relief, glad they weren’t at least outwardly mad at her for that little delay. With what she had planned for tonight anyway, it might be for the best they all got a little break after their gym session and before their next round of vigorous exercise.

Despite that, the trio took the elevator up to their respective floors and got changed back into their comfy gear after washing up a little with some flannels and water from their bathroom sinks. Sure they’d be a little ripe for now but they’d find some time to bathe properly after the other two returned from their test and before class tomorrow.

Once she’d freshened herself up, Mina skipped her way to Momo’s room and knocked playfully at the door.

“Yes?” She heard called out to her.

“Just me Yaomomo, got a sec?” Mina called out.

“Uh… yes, sure.” Momo sighed from the other side.

Frowning at her girlfriend’s clear irritation even through the door, Mina cautiously pushed down the handle and entered. Inside, she found her girlfriend in a rare state; Momo was dressed in a professional looking blazer with her hair done up in a more refined ponytail than normal, and wearing what Mina called her ‘smart girl’ glasses. Despite having entered the room, her heiress girlfriend’s attention remained firmly on her laptop as she tapped away at whatever she was doing.

“Yes?” Momo asked, a tad snippily.

“Jeez girl, bite my head off why don’t’cha?” Mina joked awkwardly. “Not sure if you’ve heard but Todoroki and Bakugo passed their exam so we’re gonna have a little party downstairs. Wondered if you wanted to come and make some party poppers so we could make it special for them.”

“Mina, how many times must I ask you not to treat my quirk frivolously like that?” Momo sent the pinkette a look of irritation. “If you must, go to the store and buy them yourself.”

“It was just a little surprise for the guys. They’re probably gonna be back soon so I just thought that-”

“No means ‘no’ Mina.” Momo stated with finality.

“All right, then, no, this isn’t happening.” Mina frowned, stepping forward to stand by Momo’s side and put her hand on the desk with a little bit of force. Momo let out a small flinch at the sound before turning her head towards Mina’s, irritation clear in her expression.

“What?” She asked firmly.

“What me?! What you?” Mina reflected the question. “You’re super high strung right now and getting upset at me for no good reason. What’s your damage girl?”

“I’m fine Mina, I’m just very busy is all.” Momo brushed off her girlfriend’s concerns.

“Doing what?”

Trying to establish myself in the clean-up effort for Deika.” Momo glared. “While everyone else is a little helpless right now, I can actually do something about it so I’m trying my best here.”

“Oh, right.” Mina looked over at the screen and spotted a very wordy email in the process of being written that mentioned Deika, cleaning up, reputation and goodwill benefits. She also noticed it was being sent to Uraraka’s parent’s company email address. “Wait, you’re sending Ochako’s folks all the way out there?”

“It’s the best thing for them and for us.” Momo nodded. “They get some prestige and goodwill from donating their services that I shall bankroll that will only see good things come back down the line.”

“Well yeah but… how long are they gonna be gone?” Mina asked carefully. “It’s nearly Christmas and clean up like that may take a while.”

“They’ll be fine, there’s plenty of other companies chipping in anyway, including my parents own.” Momo pursed her lips. “Efforts to restore Deika should be done in no time. Besides, Ochako is here at UA, and we should be focusing on our current goals of improvement anyway. I don’t believe she had any plans to visit her folks or vice versa so isn’t this best for everyone?”

“I… guess.” Mina scrunched her face up, still a bit confused by the ins and outs of the business world. She knew people best and if the Uraraka clan agreed then there was no harm since Momo was their employer after all. “Just don’t forget about Ochako in all of this.”

“I haven’t.” Momo rolled her eyes. “I’m sure we’ll be plenty busy with Nabu coming up anyway so it’s not like we won’t be busy away from UA ourselves.”

“That’s true.” Mina nodded, feeling more comfortable in that rationale. “But still, make sure they’re back for Christmas or New Year’s or something.”

“I shall endeavour to do so.” Momo nodded. “As for your request, if I give you some party poppers, will you leave me to my work?”

“You’re not coming down?”

“As you can see, I’m quite busy.” Momo gestured to her laptop. “The more I can build up now, the more prepared we’ll be to take on my parents when the time comes.”

“Urgh, don’t remind me.” Mina sighed, knowing it was still a great source of irritation for the heiress and likely where this frustration was coming from. She reached up and cupped Momo’s cheek, drawing her eyes to her own. “While I’m sure Bakugo won’t miss you, I thought Todoroki was your friend. He’d probably miss you if you hid away up here.”

“He’s the son of the number one hero, he’ll understand.” Momo brushed it off again. “Still, I do appreciate you checking up on me. I realise this isn’t a state you usually see me in and one I’d rather keep away from you all if I can help it.”

“When the business jacket’s rockin, don’t come knockin’.” Mina tried to turn it into a joke as best she could. “I get it hun, just don’t be too hard on yourself, okay?” She leant down and stole a kiss from Momo’s lips that the heiress found herself hard pressed to pull away from. “You’ve got us to lean on remember? Maybe see if Kyoka’s around to help you relax after you’re all done tonight, yeah?”

Momo snorted. Kyoka was the last person she needed to see right now, not until she made things clear with Izuku.

“I’ll likely be very tired once I finish everything I need to do but I’m sure I’ll see her, and you all, tomorrow.” Momo smiled. “Now go on.” Her hand glowed at the edge of the desk as a variety of party poppers dropped from her palm. “And please don’t tell anyone I made these for you.”

“Sure.” Mina sweatdropped, hoping she could technically keep her promise since she’d already told the others she’d be visiting Yaoyorozu about this. “Don’t push yourself too hard, ‘kay?” She called out, grabbing the party poppers and stuffing them in her hoodie pockets before taking her leave from Momo’s room. The heiress mumbled an agreement before she left then turning back to her laptop and trying to pick back up from where she left off.

Closing Momo’s door behind her, Mina sighed at the weird situation Momo was putting herself in. Something didn’t quite add up right now but, considering it was all business related, she knew she wasn’t the smartest person to try and help her deal with it. Mina figured she’d ask one of the others later, but, for now, she skipped downstairs to help continue preparations for the party.

In the common space, several of her friends were starting work on their dinner while Sato looked to be working on the icing of his four tiered cake.

“Got the goods!” She called out, depositing the party poppers on one of the dining tables.

“Well it seems we shall be able to surprise them with these at the very least.” Iida smiled though his face fell at the news he had to relay now. “Unfortunately I’ve just been informed they will be delayed on their way back from their exam.”

“Oh, no, nothing’s wrong is it?” Tooru worried as she came over to inspect the goods Mina had acquired.

“Not anymore.” Iida smiled warmly. “There was a bit of an incident with a villainous gang. I’m told that Bakugo and Todoroki handled it quite professionally however.”

“Wait, what?! They fought villains?!” Kaminari gaped.

“Wow, so soon after getting their licenses.” Sato blinked, pausing his icing efforts. “That’s gotta be some kind of record.”

“What’s a record?” Izuku asked curiously, having just arrived from the elevators now dressed in his own hoodie since everyone was doing it right now.

“Not even a full day and our friends seem to be putting their licenses to good use.” Iida explained succinctly to his friend.

“Woah, was it just outside the test center?!” Izuku’s fanboy senses picked up.

“Er… no.” Iida hesitated at his friend’s enthusiasm. “It was on their way back, it’ll probably be on the local news soon.”

“Ah,” Izuku sighed. “Hawks stopped a mugging only a few minutes after passing his own. It’s probably too late already for them.”

“I see,” Iida chuckled. “Well we should still welcome them warmly and congratulate them heartily for their achievements nonetheless.”

“Are we gonna get everyone for this?” Ochako asked, noting some of their classmates weren’t in the common room.

“I don’t see why not.” Iida agreed, pulling out his phone and rattling off a text to every student in their class personally instead of in the group chat, even those that were in the room already.

“Count Momo out,” Mina sighed. “She’s kinda busy with stuff right now.”

“Oh… can she not come down for even a few moments when they arrive?” The bluenette asked.

“Unlikely dude, tried to convince her already.” Mina sighed.

Before the matter could be discussed any further a cry from Kaminari alerted everyone to something new.

“Hey guys, check it out! It’s snowing!”

“All right!” Kirishima jumped up with joy, hoping for this weather. “Let’s test our bodies against the elements!”

“Kirishima!” Iida called out, looking over at the redhead who was quickly running to the front door while removing his top. “Do not disrobe in such a fashion in a public space!”

The class chuckled as Iida ran to follow after Kirishima to scold him some more from the open front door.

As the cold breeze rolled in while the class rep let out all the warm air, Tsuyu curled up on the couch from the drastic change and snuggled into Ochako’s side with a soft ribbit, her eyes sliding shut quickly.

“Hey, close the door Iida. Tsu’s going into hibernation.”

“She hasn’t done that in a while.” Kyoka noted, pressing her refilled hot cocoa cup into the frog girl’s hands who stirred at the heat.

“I’ll go grab a blanket!” Tooru dashed off.

“Please do not scatter!” Iida begged, feeling the situation begin to get out of his control.

“Take a chill pill prez. We’ve probably still got some time right? Just ask All Might to send you a text when they’re back at campus. That gives us a five minute warning at best to regather.” Mina chuckled.

“I see your point.” Iida sighed. “But still, I’m wondering if I should go inform the others personally. I have yet to receive any texts back from our missing classmates after all.”

“Maybe you should let someone else handle that.” Mina rolled her eyes. “You don’t exactly scream ‘happy party time’.”

“I am just doing my duty as class representative to make sure everyone is informed of the event.” Iida countered.

“Something tells me you won’t stop knocking on their door until you get an answer though.” Mina chuckled. “Leave it to me Prez, you know I’m better at the people thing.”

“Admittedly I must bow to your superior social skills in this instance.” Iida humorously dropped into a small bow to punctuate his point. “Very well, please ensure Koda, Ojiro, Tokoyami and Shoji are informed if you please while I try to get Kirishima back into his shirt.”

“Don’t bother class pres, it’s probably better this way.” Kaminari laughed, knowing he may get to see a rare Bakugo blush if the redhead congratulated him dressed as he was currently while dancing around on the front lawn to keep warm.

Mina chuckled along and walked back over to the elevators as Iida’s mouth dropped open, wondering just what Kaminari was implying with that remark. While she was loathe to do extra work, being the class social bee came as naturally to her as breathing, plus, she was more than happy to allow the others to escape the gathering if they didn’t feel up for it which Iida probably wouldn’t.

Starting on the second floor, she knocked on Tokoyami’s door twice before determining he was either asleep, ignoring her or, most likely, not inside. Moving up, she got a positive response from Ojiro, if a little reluctantly, while Koda was shyly accepting of being there. Mina definitely enjoyed the nice bonus she got of getting to pet Yuwei-chan before she left too.

Arriving at the last door humming a pleasant tune, she knocked firmly to collect the answer from the last missing member of their class. It took a few moments but the door opened up before she felt like knocking again.

Instead of the dupli-armed boy answering the door however, Tokoyami’s familiar face appeared on the other side.

“Hello Mina, is there something I can do for you?”

“Ah, wondered where you’d gotten off to.” Mina grinned, glad she’d likely found two birds behind one door. “We’re gonna have a little celebration for Bakugo and Todoroki for passing their exams. Just a small thing but there’ll be cake. Are you and Shoji gonna come down in like, half an hour maybe?”

“Apologies, but the darkness has consumed us both for the time being.” Tokoyami stated with no small amount of gloom in his tone. “Please enjoy the festivities without us.”

“Hey, hold on.” Mina frowned, sensing something amiss. “Everything all right in there?”

Tokoyami let out a soft sigh.

“Something far beyond our control I’m afraid.”

Mina couldn’t help herself and peaked over Tokoyami’s shoulder. While she couldn’t quite see Shoji or his bed from this angle, even with the extremely empty room, she could definitely see the teary, one eyed tentacle and ear hovering by the wall corner.

“Shoji? Hunny? Everything okay?” Mina called out on a hunch.

The eye and ear quickly retreated from view.

Tokoyami reached out to rest his hand on Mina’s shoulder, preventing her from moving in any further.

“Our friend has been… affected by the news today. I do not wish to be rude but I believe you have our answers.” Tokoyami politely tried to acknowledge the situation and get Mina to back off.

A few clearing coughs from inside alerted the pair to Shoji still listening in.

“It’s okay Tokoyami.” A somewhat raspier version of Shoji’s voice called out. Mina could tell instantly that he’d been crying just from his timbre.

Mina gave Tokoyami a worried look before moving inside, the bird-headed boy dropping his arm to let her pass before closing the door behind them. Once in the boy’s room, Mina hurried over to the bedding where she saw a defeated looking Shoji sitting cross-legged on his covers looking especially dejected.

“Hi Shoji babe, how’re you doing?” Mina asked as she crouched down in front of the boy to try and match his eye level. Even when sitting on the floor he was still fairly tall so it was easy for the boy to look her in the eye when he raised his head.

“I’m scared.” He admitted, his voice almost catching as Mina could tell he was bracing himself to prevent from crying further as he spoke.

“Was it the news?” Mina asked simply, getting a saddened nod from the boy.

“Deika has us all worried for the future.” Tokoyami explained, stepping closer. “Though I don’t think I need to explain to you where this fear actually stems from.”

“No.” Mina shook her head in morbid understanding. “May I sit down with you Shoji?” The tallest boy in the class nodded and Mina quickly sat by his side. “May I rub your back?” Again, another nod and Mina rubbed her hand up and down Shoji’s back, hoping to offer some measure of comfort.

“Unfortunately, there is nothing but the feeling of powerlessness around us right now.” Tokoyami sat down in front of Shoji where he had been before Mina’s arrival.

“Oh hun.” Mina sympathised with the boy, pulling Shoji into a one-armed hug. “Anything we can do to cheer you up? You don’t have to come down for the stuff later if you don’t want to. Maybe I could bring you some cake? It’s the fruity kind I think.”

“I’m scared.” Shoji repeated, ignoring Mina’s offer. “For the future. For things to… happen again.”

Mina frowned. The ‘Jeda’ incident that was on her own mind was still a fair amount before any of their times. It was a terrifying thought that something like that could ever happen again, something Mina knew her own mother deeply feared in the back of her mind, but why was Shoji so on edge because of this?

“We all are hun.” Mina leant her head against the boy, giving him a squeeze of support. “That’s why we’re here training after all. We want to protect people as best we can.”

“That’s not it.” Shoji shook his head slowly. “Today, it… brought back memories. Bad ones.”

Mina frowned at Shoji’s words, he was speaking from personal experience.

Reaching up with his arms that Mina wasn’t sitting beside, Shoji hooked his fingers under his mask and slowly pulled it down.

“My god.” Tokoyami gasped as Mina’s eyes widened, tears prickling at her own eyes now after spotting the horrific set of scars lining the youngest of their class’ mouth. There were several going straight down on his left side and one on his right, clearly from the same weapon or whatever was used to harm her friend. Another that looked like it was trying to wrap around Shoji’s neck, starting from the left corner of his mouth though it thankfully stopped at the back of his neck save for one separate scar of the same type just above where it ended.

 “Shoji… who did this to you?!” Mina grit her teeth and tried to keep her anger under control.

For the first time since they’d known the boy, he spoke from here without obstruction instead of using his tentacles.

“That’s not important.” Shoji shook his head.

“It is!” Mina shook her head. “How could anyone do this to someone like you?!”

“Ashido!” Tokoyami reached out, putting a hand on her leg, finding himself now trying to calm the girl in turn while maintaining his control over a rampaging Dark Shadow inside himself. “Not now.”

Mina opened her mouth to counter only to pause, take a deep breath, and remember exactly why she was here in the first place. Her anger could wait, Shoji’s sadness came first.

“Sorry,” she apologised quickly. “Just… someone as kind and gentle as you… how could anyone do this.”

“You… both grew up in cities, did you not?” Shoji asked somewhat rhetorically, getting wary nods from the both of them. “This is what happens when you grow up in a horrific backwater village like mine.”

“That’s… terrible.” Mina shook her head.

“What about your parents? Did they suffer the same discrimination?” Tokoyami asked carefully.

“My parents didn’t have arms like mine.” Shoji stated sadly in a way that made Mina and Tokoyami brace themselves from the wording. “I would… rather not talk about things from back then. It still hurts to think about.”

“Of course.” Mina nodded quickly in agreement before eying his scars. “Shoji I’m… we’re so sorry any of this happened to you.”

“Indeed.” Tokoyami agreed. “Were it in my power, I would see to it that this never happens again.”

“Appreciated.” Shoji said solemnly. “But that doesn’t stop the hurt and the fear now.”

“I understand hun.” Mina reached around to give the boy the biggest hug she could against his larger frame. The larger framed boy awkwardly pulled his closest arm and webbing out of Mina’s embrace before tentatively returning the gesture, almost completely engulfing the girl’s own frame under his canopy.

“Mmmm, comfy.” Mina giggled as best she could despite the sad situation. Shoji admittedly allowed himself a small smile at that, though Mina couldn’t help but feel a pang of pain in her heart for the boy even so as she examined the scars once more.

“I hope our presence has eased the darkness in your mind and heart somewhat my friend.” Tokoyami said with a touch of hope in his voice.

“It’s been reassuring, yes.” Shoji nodded. “Seeing others like me able to keep going, even if they have not suffered as I have. It is inspiring to be among you all.”

“Pffft, I’m nothing special.” Mina waved away. “Just a pretty pink princess with a passion for pulverizing punks.”

“Amusing wordplay, but you are also an inspiring hero in training.” Tokoyami stated with a certainty. “While it may not seem it at times to ourselves, I know we all deserve to be here. I myself have struggled with whether or not I can overcome the darkness and serve as a motivating presence for others like us. Though I have endured some smaller measure of discrimination, it does not deter me from pushing beyond and always trying to do the right thing. A thought I daresay you share too Shoji.”

The tall boy nodded.

“The future scares me, and I do not know what will come of it, but I won’t let anything deter me from becoming the hero I aspire to be and serve as a beacon for those like us, even if I appear… pitiful right now.”

“Not a chance.” Mina shook her head. “You’re not pitiful in the slightest! You’re just taking a small break from being the big, strong boy we know and love right now; you’re our big, strong boy that needs some extra love.”

“To pursue your goal in the face of something so heinous is true strength my friend.” Tokoyami nodded. “Should you ever need company or assurance, do not hesitate to call on my companionship.”

“Or mine!” Mina squished herself against Shoji again.

“Thank you.” Shoji smiled, feeling a warmth in his heart he knew he’d treasure; much like he felt reaching out for that young girl the first time he’d used his arms for something undeniably good, he’d hold this feeling tight and use it to become the best mutant hero he could be.

Like before, his eyes welled up with a few tears, but those of gratitude and relief rather than those of fear and despair. As he had before, he’d pick himself back up once his negative thoughts had passed and keep moving forward.

With a few more words and one final hug that she dragged Tokoyami into as well, Mina departed Shoji’s room with a slightly heavier heart but a much bigger perspective of the boy. It was yet another reminder he was the youngest of them all and they’d all experienced things no one should have gone through, but that they were all heroes at heart looking to do the best they could.


Mina returned to the rest of the class downstairs and informed Iida of those that would show and those that wouldn’t. While the class representative was disheartened by an incomplete roster, he understood that everyone was free to do their own thing.

After clearing things away with the bluenette, Mina made sure to sidle up to Sato as he put the finishing touches on his cake. While pinching a strawberry slice from the extras leftover, she asked him if he could save a couple of extra slices for Shoji, Tokoyami, and Momo who likely wouldn’t be showing up that evening.

With her work done, the pinkette was finally able to relax, seeking out her friends and plopping into the sofa next to them and giving her aching legs another break. Even her manic energy had its limits sometimes and after the gym and the emotional chat with Shoji and Tokoyami, she was almost ready for bed for real.

There was still one more thing she needed to do before she could allow sleep to claim her for the evening however and when Iida got a text from All Might declaring their two friends safe return, everyone present hurried to grab a party popper and turned off the lights.

It took a hot minute for the pair to return to the silent and unlit dorm, but once they were inside, the small display began.

“You got your licenses!” Ochako called out, starting the wave of party poppers as Iida flicked the lights back on.

“Congratulations!” Those present chorused.

Slipping out from behind the footwear storage, Sato brandished his delicious looking baked good at the pair.

“Have some cake!”

“That thing is massive!” Bakugo baulked, taking a step back at the oversized mound of calories, though Kirishima couldn’t help but chuckle at the line.

“Dude, phrasing.” Kaminari chuckled too, apparently unable to resist.

“Enough with the insinuations.” Iida chopped towards the immature blond. “We’re all here to state how proud we are you two have managed to complete your course and get your licenses.”

“Thank you.” Todoroki allowed himself a small smile, looking out at those gathered.

“Way to go, Bakugo, you did it!” Kirishima walked over and slapped his boyfriend on the back who had decided to indulge in a slice of cake. “I knew you’d do it but still.”

“It was nothing.” The blond scoffed. “Child’s play.”

“Still man, now we’re all semi-pros.” Kaminari gave him a thumbs up.

“Sigh, too bad,” Mina pouted. “Guess I can’t tease you about just being a civilian anymore.”

“Fuck you, that was never funny.” Bakugo growled at her though they both know he didn’t mean it. Her pout quickly disappeared into a playful smirk and she sent him a wink.

“We’re all equal again so let’s have a proper battle again soon, semi-pro to semi-pro.”

“I’ll kick your ass!”

“You’ll melt trying.” Mina stuck her tongue out.

Bakugo just rolled his eyes and took another angry bite of cake. Looking around at all the other mugs in the class that turned up, his eyes caught Izuku’s who was standing near Todoroki, waiting to talk to the boy. The greenette turned slightly to face Bakugo more directly before giving a small smile and nod. The explosive blond said nothing, only narrowing his eyes in response before giving his own small nod of acknowledgement. Even though they now had the same legal license as each other, this would only cause them to push one another higher in their rivalry at this point.

At the very least, the blond appreciated Izuku avoiding him and talking to Todoroki instead. Today wasn’t a celebration for him, he was just catching up to where he should’ve been all along. This slice of cake and the pat on the back from his boyfriend was all he wanted to acknowledge as any form of success today besides the license itself, though it was a heck of a bonus to get to beat up those villains and display his might to everyone.

The party itself was only small and once cake was distributed to everyone, people found themselves drifting around and away from the common room. With both Todoroki and Bakugo calling it a night early, everyone has had mostly gone back to chatting or doing their own thing as before.

Now that her deeds for the day were officially complete, Mina felt no guilt at all when she stepped into the elevator and made for Izuku’s room, adding him and Ochako to a group chat.

Alien Queen: Tired and heading to bed now, I’ll be waiting ;)

She giggled to herself at the faces those two would pull when they got the message.

Glancing around to check for any other boys, Mina quickly slipped into her boyfriend’s room and let out a sigh of relief. She was finally out of the public eye of her friends and could relax a little. Stretching herself out as she walked over to Izuku’s bed, Mina noted the slightly less populated room.

She hadn’t been here herself since Izuku’s quirk accident but she could tell that there was less All Might merch around already. While a tad disheartening considering how Izuku valued his collection, she was glad for the smaller amount of eyes that would be looking at them tonight. Maybe it would be something nice to get him for Christmas, helping him replace the damaged parts of his collection, surely he’d have a list of things.

Deciding to be a tad daring, Mina quickly slipped off her clothes until she was in her birthday outfit. This would be a perfect way to cap off her day and get her cute, sexy partners in a good mood for the week ahead.

Turning off the light that one of the others would no doubt switch on when they arrived, she hopped onto Izuku’s bed before settling herself in the middle, resting her head against his pillow while holding her arms above her in a sexy pose. If the other two would have bright red faces from viewing her text, she expected outright nosebleeds at this.

After a few moments of her soon-to-be lovers not bursting into the room hungry for a piece of her, Mina lowered her arms as they started to ache, electing to instead settle on her side and glance alluringly at the door. She lowered her eyelids to give that sexy, ‘come hither’ look but quickly began to find that pose exhausting to hold too.

As a matter of fact, her eyelids were too heavy to keep open for very long right now.

Before her mind could process that thought, Mina’s eyes closed and her breathing slowed into light snores. The toll of the day had caught up to her and despite her excitement for her reward at the end of it all, it seemed slumber had decided to claim her first.

It was another ten minutes before Ochako checked her phone downstairs for the time before alerting Izuku to their missed message.

The two quickly made their excuses and separately journeyed up to Izuku’s room with the greenette briefly waiting outside for his gravity defying partner. The two braced themselves for whatever they found waiting for them inside.

Opening the door and encountering only darkness, Izuku warily allowed Ochako to go in after him before closing the door behind them both, expecting an ambush or surprise or something. When nothing came, Ochako cautiously flipped on the light. Immediately the pair spotted their pink-skinned partner on Izuku’s bed, waiting for them all dressed down, but had clearly slipped into dreamland.

“Guess she was kinda too tired after the gym.” Ochako chuckled.

“She did push herself quite hard.” Izuku nodded, remembering how heavily she was breathing after her workout.

From the light and sounds, Mina stirred a little but not enough to wake. Izuku and Ochako sent each other an endearing look as they moved to get mostly undressed themselves, remaining in just their underwear for bedtime tonight.

Approaching the bed, Ochako crouched down and gently called to Mina. She was on top of the covers and it wouldn’t do for the girl to catch a chill when they could all snuggle up underneath in a warm cocoon.

“Mina, Princess?” Ochako brushed the backside of her hand along the outside of Mina’s cheek. That was enough to get the girl stirring again and her eyelids started fluttering open. “Hey, it’s time to get under the covers, okay? We’re all ready to join you in bed now.”

“Mmmm fuck.” Mina groaned sleepily. “fel-sleep.”

“Yes you did.” Izuku chuckled, joining Ochako. “You clearly need it so let’s all um… snuggle up together, yeah?”

“Nuh-uh.” Mina pouted, still bleary eyed and spreading her arms and legs out like a lazy starfish. “Mus’ pay one reward to enter.” Ochako giggled while Izuku just rolled his eyes at their girlfriend’s childish antics. “I earnded it.”

“Mina, you’re clearly tired,” Ochako chided.

“I can wake up.” She pushed herself up on her elbows. “Just don’t make me use my legs.” Izuku reluctantly felt himself stir when Mina spread her knees and wiggled her hips as best she could. “Come get some.”

Ochako sighed fondly at the frustrating girlfriend she had.

“If we get you off, will you go to sleep?”

“Ma~ybe,” she replied playfully, her smirk coming back to her as her brain woke up. “Might need filling up with some man juice to keep me going.”

“Mina.” Ochako rolled her eyes at the crass line before turning to her boyfriend. “What do you think?”

“W-Well um… if she wants to,” Izuku acknowledged. “We did uh… kinda come up expecting this after all.”

“Yay,” Mina cheered weakly, still a bit dozy.

“You’ve got a point.” Ochako admitted, having been a little looking forward to tonight’s events too. “But let’s give Mina a chance to wake up first. I need to go to the bathroom anyway.”

Izuku chuckled as Ochako turned on her heel, grabbed one of Izuku’s discarded towels from his washing pile, and retreated to his loo, likely to clean herself up a bit. Moving over to his desk, he opened a drawer and reached inside, grabbing a condom from the pack inside and bringing it over to the headboard.

“Hope you’re not planning on using that on me.” Mina winked.

“W-Well um… you liked it the way we did last time, right?”

“Oh yeah.” Mina grinned in satisfaction.

“This is for Ochako and her um…”

“Ah yeah, she likes butt stuff.” Mina giggled lewdly.

“M-More she doesn’t-”

“I know big boy, jus’ playin’.” Mina chuckled. “Speaking of big… you got something for me there?”

Izuku felt himself twitch as Mina eyed his package.

“Only if you want it.”

“You bet I do.” Mina licked her lips. “Let’s get you nice and ready while Ochako does the same.”

Reaching out, Mina pawed at Izuku’s underpants which he quickly pulled down, allowing his cock to spring free. It wasn’t quite at full mast yet but Mina could fix that quite easily. She turned him towards the bed by pulling on his side before sitting up herself and leaning forward.

“Bet you’ve been looking forward to this too.” She giggled, flicking her tongue out and licking the tip of Izuku’s cock playfully while she fondled his balls with her hand. Izuku’s eyes were closed in pleasure and the potential they would soon be indulging in.

“Y-Yes.” He admitted.

“Good, then just do as I say and you’ll enjoy every moment of tonight.” Mina giggled impishly before engulfing the tip of his cock in her mouth and drawing a slow groan from him.

Izuku felt himself rising to his hardest and slowly began thrusting his hips back and forth into Mina’s mouth as she in turn started bobbing her head, making sure to keep her invading occupant nice and lubricated with her spit.

“H-Hey!” A voice called out a moment after the sound of a door opening reached the pair’s ears. Turning towards the source. Izuku and Mina with her mouthful saw a puffed up, pouting Ochako standing there as naked as the pair of them. “You didn’t wait for me!”

With a pop, sucking back most of her build-up, Mina shot Ochako a cheeky grin as she continued to stroke Izuku with one hand.

“Just getting him warmed up for us Cutie Pie.”

“Hmph.” Ochako shot her a light glare. “Could’ve waited still.”

“Oh don’t be like that hun.” Mina patted the mattress next to her. “Come share, there’s plenty left.”

“I’m not a dessert or something.” Izuku deadpanned.

“No, but I’ll bet you’ve got a creamy treat you want to give us.” Mina gave his balls a light squeeze, causing the boy to twitch under her touch.

Izuku blushed fiercely before putting his hand on the back of Mina’s head and pushing her back towards his cock to make her shut up. Luckily for him she liked that and got back to work with gusto.

“If only it was that easy to make her be quiet all the time.” Ochako giggled, earning her own small glare from the girl.

Stepping over to her boyfriend and girlfriend, Ochako wrapped her arm around Izuku and pulled him in for a kiss, their mouths opening soon after and their tongues exploring each other.

“Having fun?” Ochako asked playfully, looking down at Mina’s bobbing head once she and Izuku broke their liplock.

“Y-Yeah.” Izuku nodded with a touch of strain, trying to hold himself back from releasing too early.

“Mina looks like she is too but maybe we should um… move this forward a bit. It is a school night after all.” Ochako chuckled, reaching out to caress Mina’s horns to which the pinkette felt herself clench involuntarily and slow her blowjob as Ochako teased her more and more.

“‘Chako~,” she groaned, finally pulling back from Izuku’s cock and allowing the cold air to hit it.

“You wanted your reward, you’re getting it.” Ochako declared, lightly tapping Mina with all five of her fingers. The pinkette felt gravity leave her once again as Ochako took her gently by the leg before she was arranged in a position on her back partway down the bed before Ochako gently released her quirk. “You said you didn’t want to use your legs so I’m sure Izuku won’t mind um… pounding you from the front.”

Izuku blushed but moved to get into the classic missionary position between Mina’s legs.

“And you?” Mina glanced over at Ochako again, figuring she knew what was coming next.

“D-Don’t need your legs for me either.” Ochako said with a blush before stepping onto the bed too, swinging her leg over Mina’s head so her pussy was directly above her face. “Y-You got Izuku all warmed up, now it’s my turn.”

“Yes ma’am!” Mina giggled, reaching up to guide Ochako into position as she began sitting down.

Despite her frequent interactions with everyone at this point, Ochako still got embarrassed by doing something like this. It felt somewhat selfish and forceful but there was no denying the enjoyment she got off of it with a willing partner such as Mina. The girl eagerly pulled her close and stretched out her tongue to get Ochako’s whole vagina nice and lubricated for her before pointing it and exploring the creases and folds of her girlfriend.

Izuku gave himself a few tentative rubs at hearing Ochako’s moans and the wet sounds coming from Mina as he crouched by the pinkette’s crotch. Licking a few of his fingers, he ensured Mina was ready for him which was more than apparent due to her current slickness then wasted no time lining himself up before pushing into her with a groan.

Ochako looked down at Mina’s feet as she almost felt Izuku push into her through Mina’s own movements, watching the girl’s toes curl at the penetration. Izuku’s face was also shaped into an expression of satisfaction and relief as he felt Mina’s body wrap around him excitedly. It was still a little weird seeing him make such a face, especially with another girl, something she never thought would happen about half a year ago, but all she could think about right now was getting herself off on their mutual girlfriend’s tongue while her boyfriend emptied himself into the pinkette.

While the temptation was there to go more experimental, all three of them could accept that they were indeed tired and that, after they got off, they’d all be going right to sleep.

The three quickly settled into a gentle rhythm as Izuku felt himself building to his climax first. Seeing Ochako grip her legs as Mina’s tongue worked its magic on top of the sensations he was feeling as well as Mina’s build up earlier, everything was getting to him.

“M-Mina I’m… cumming!” He called out.

Pushing as deeply as he could into his girlfriend, Izuku felt himself pulse several times, knowing he was releasing his essence into the girl who, in turn, had wrapped her legs around his rear to keep him in place. Apparently she wanted everything he had and he was more than happy to not move an inch right now as his balls clenched and twitched.

Breathing heavily, Izuku gently caressed Mina’s sides and stomach lovingly, just revelling in their softness as he got to grips with his own heightened sensitivity right now.

For her part, Mina had slowed her exploration of Ochako with her tongue while Izuku was finishing up but was now trying to ensure her girlfriend was good and ready for what was coming next.

“All done there stud?” She giggled, pushing Ochako’s quivering thighs up to free her head.

“Yeah.” Izuku shot her a satisfied yet weary smile, feeling his cock twitch again as he pulled out of Mina, watching a small amount of white liquid drip from the girl.

“Mmmm, little early for a white Christmas but I’ll take it,” Mina wiggled her hips as she felt the warm cum inside her move around. “Still good.”

“Hopefully that won’t change.” Izuku chuckled, blushing lightly at the lewd joke.

“Keep doing that and you can count on it.” Mina giggled. “For now though, I think it’s Ochako’s turn.”

“B-But Izuku just finished.” Ochako blushed. “A-And you haven’t um… finished me yet.”

“I was just the warm up.” Mina smirked. “Izuku’s gonna get you to the end while you finish me off in turn.”

“W-Wait, you mean-”

“Yup, swap places with me hun,” Mina ordered, pushing herself back up the bed and through Ochako’s legs until she was sitting reclined against Izuku’s headboard with her legs spread out. Ochako, having stood up to watch what Mina was doing, realised what her girlfriend wanted when she pointed to her dripping crotch. “Don’t need my legs for this either.”

The brunette felt herself clench at the naughty act Mina was suggesting. Having cleaned herself to be ready for her boyfriend, it was clear what he’d be doing while she was tending to Mina in all this. It felt weird to wonder both how it would feel and if it was too much all at once.

“Here you go Izuku.” Mina tossed the condom to him he’d put aside earlier. “Dress yourself when you’re good and ready.”

“M-Mina.” Izuku flushed, catching the condom and already feeling himself twitching for round two at what Mina was suggesting. Glancing over at Ochako, he knew it would be harder for his brunette girlfriend to say no now that she’d been riled up. If she was happy to continue then so was he… after a few minutes anyway.

“W-Well um… I-I’ll just…” Ochako accepted what she was about to do.

Crouching on her knees, Ochako scooted back until she had enough room to lean forward on her hands as Mina’s still dripping pussy loomed before her.

“There’s my Cutie Pie.” Mina smirked, lifting her butt and angling her crotch upwards towards Ochako. “I’ll admit, this is probably the dirtiest thing I’ve done.”

“We had a six-way.” Ochako deadpanned, causing Izuku’s cock to flex a little.

“Yeah, but it wasn’t getting your girlfriend to lick you out after your boyfriend-”

“Shush!” Ochako blushed a deeper red with every word. “Just stop talking please!”

“Well, you can make me by- woah!” Mina didn’t even need to finish the sentence as Ochako reached her hands under Mina’s legs and curled them, dragging the girl’s hips closer and pushing her tongue against her mildly abused clit. “F-F-Fuuuck that’s good,” she purred.

Izuku didn’t know exactly what did it. Maybe it was watching Mina’s toes curl in pleasure, Ochako’s heart-shaped pillow of a rear waggling back and forth, or the idea of all the other girls pleasuring each other in a pile, but his mast was soon rising and eager to re-join the fun.

With her eyes closed and head rolled back as Mina let herself just enjoy the feeling of Ochako eating her out, she almost missed the sound of the condom wrapper crinkling as Izuku pulled the rubber out. Once he was all protected he eyed his target and moved forward.

“Hey Squishy~,” Mina called out in a breathy tone. “You’re probably gonna want some lube for that.” Izuku’s eyes widened before flicking back over to his lowest desk drawer. “Don’t worry about it, Mama Mina’s got ya’ covered; hold out your hand.”

It didn’t take a genius to connect the dots and Izuku eagerly leant against Ochako’s rear, his cock pressing up against her cheek and inadvertently pushing her nose into Mina’s clit as he held his hand out. Mina flexed her hand a few times to open her pores before a puddle of very, very mild acid covered her hand and pooled in her palm. Reaching out, she rubbed her hand on Izuku’s before letting a few more droplets land directly in his hand.

“That should do you.” Mina grinned saucily before leaning back and putting her non-acidy hand on the back of Ochako’s head, the brunette letting out a squeak of surprise.

Admittedly, Izuku felt his cock flex eagerly from the quirk use alone let alone when he gave it a few rubs with the liquid before delicately touching Ochako’s rear hole to lube her up.

“Is that okay?” He asked tentatively, very aware that a weak acid to Mina might still be somewhat damaging to those without her natural resistance.

“Mmmhmm.” Ochako hummed, not trusting her voice with the taste of both her partners on her lips and in her mouth. She let herself only lick and tease at Mina’s pussy for the moment as she focused on her bum, knowing what was about to come and tried to get herself to relax her muscles as she’d done before.

Lining himself up, Izuku pressed lightly against Ochako’s rear, his domed cock slowly slipping inside. Unlike last time, his entrance was more controlled and Ochako felt the pressure and filling feeling wash over her slowly and steadily instead of all at once.

Both she and Izuku groaned together as he sunk inch by inch inside her until his hips connected to her cheeks and he’d officially bottomed out. Once he had, both started panting heavily at the intense sensations they were feeling right now.

“Fuck this is hot.” Mina rubbed her clit since Ochako was clearly a bit too distracted right now, keeping her impending orgasm building.

“You okay ‘Chako?”

“Yup, mmmhmm.” Ochako confirmed with a slightly strained response. “J-Just not too rough.”

“I don’t think you have to worry about that.” Mina giggled. “Looks like Izuku might just fill you up now if he can’t hold it.” The boy aimed a small, playful glare at Mina who continued laughing in response. “Anyway, this is still my reward too so~.”

Ochako felt herself guided back to Mina’s pussy and resumed her task, now slipping her tongue much deeper inside and trying to imagine it was Izuku’s cock in a slightly different place on her.

Once he felt comfortable, Izuku felt himself pumping away back into Ochako’s rear, her muscle clenching much more tightly around his member than Mina’s pussy. It made it very hard not to focus on blowing his load right then and there. Still, he wanted to enjoy this and having already cum once allowed him to more easily stave off his orgasm despite the increased sensations.

While Izuku thrust into Ochako, she was having a little trouble not head-butting Mina’s crotch with how much she was moving thanks to Izuku’s thrusts. Mina had apparently decided to help her out a little and was currently continuing to rub at her clit while Ochako focused on her pussy.

Unhooking one arm from around the girl’s legs, she brought her own hand up to assist her in both spreading Mina a little wider and sliding a number of fingers inside.

“Y-Yes, more!” Mina groaned, feeling her girlfriend’s efforts inch her closer to release.

Already at two fingers due to her well lubricated walls, Ochako inserted another finger that slid in easily too.

“More!” Mina almost demanded.

With four fingers buried in her girlfriend, Ochako’s tongue couldn’t do much other than assist with Mina’s fingers by pressing against her clit. She was doing something very right as Mina’s moans started elevating in pitch each time Ochako’s hand pressed hard against her crotch. It was a little surprising, but Mina’s hand was against the back of her head again and pressing her lips and tongue firmly against herself as she felt her release cresting.

“Y-Y-Yes! A-Ah!”

Ochako found her hand tightly gripped by Mina’s clenching walls despite all the natural lubricant. As Mina’s release dripped down her hand, she wished they’d had the forethought to put something down to catch everything. Still, it wasn’t a very pressing thought as Mina collapsed in a boneless pile in front of her, finally sated.

With her task over with, Ochako finally gave boyfriend her full attention and rhythmically timed her thrusts against him.

Izuku’s grunts grew louder as he felt Ochako thrust back, feeling himself drawing ever closer to release. With Mina taken care of, Ochako allowed herself to unwrap from the pink girl and slide one hand underneath herself to reach between her legs and begin masturbating with Mina’s release. She’d hadn’t gotten any attention there since Mina’s own oral on her but she was still fully wet and eager for attention. After everything, Ochako just let the situation of what she’d done and was currently doing wash over her, letting the lewdness sink in as she rubbed vigorously at her clit the way she liked when she wanted to get off quickly.

“O-Ochako…” Izuku groaned, feeling his release nearing.

“G-Go ahead.” Ochako gave him permission, eager to try and match their orgasms as best they could.

There was a few more thrusts until Izuku pressed his hips firmly against Ochako’s rear once again, feeling his cock twitch and pump his balls dry as he released inside his girlfriend.

Ochako for her part groaned into the mattress as she rubbed herself to completion, aiding Izuku’s own release as her lower half clenched down around him almost painfully.

Everything was great for a few moments as the pair just rode their orgasms out until something snapped.

It was odd at first. Both Izuku and Ochako felt something change but couldn’t work out what it was at first. It didn’t sound like a bed board breaking underneath the weight or motion of their activities.

“Ochako, did you feel-” Izuku began asking only for the shifting of his position to reveal exactly what happened. “Oh… no.”

“Izuku?” Ochako feels herself clench in a small amount of fear which didn’t help the situation as the greenette flinched from the oversensitive stimulation around his member.

“H-Hold still um…” Izuku panicked just a little, gripping the bottom of his condom and pulling back slowly. At first he thought it was a false alarm as the rubber around the ring was intact with no leaks, but when he pulled himself back slowly his fears were confirmed.

“Uh M-Mina, h-help?” Izuku’s panic escalated as he tried to prevent the situation getting worse.

While Mina was still a bit ditzy and exhausted from her own release, the worry in her boyfriend’s voice brought her straight back to her senses.

“What’s up?” She asked hurriedly, sitting up properly and raising her leg up and over Ochako’s body so she could push herself off the side of the bed.

“Tissue, please!” He replied hurriedly.

Mina rose to her feet, though they were still a touch wobbly and quickly grabbed the box from Izuku’s desk and moved to his side, plucking a couple from the top. Immediately she could see what was wrong as Izuku’s condom had split along the middle and cum was oozing from the split until it disappeared into Ochako where the pair were still connected.

“On three, pull out, slowly.” Mina ordered, holding the tissues between Ochako’s rear and vagina. On the three count, Izuku eased his softening cock out of his girlfriend who heaved a sigh of relief while both he and Mina spied the damage.

Izuku’s condom had split at the tip and his cum had burst into his girlfriend. Without Mina’s assistance, it would’ve dripped down and things might’ve been a tad worrying for a while. Thankfully, the pinkette caught everything and wiped her girlfriend clean, as embarrassing as it was for the brunette before she offered a murmur of thanks and waddled quickly to the bathroom.

“Stupid.” Izuku scolded himself, plucking another tissue out and balling up the useless condom inside it before tossing it towards his trash can.

“What is?” Mina asked curiously.

“Me… us… those.” Izuku pointed out the condom box on his desk. “Should’ve gotten better ones.”

Curious, Mina stepped over to grab the box. They were a decent brand as far as she knew, and extra thick too; he probably wanted to be extra safe for Ochako.

“You’re fine.” Mina chuckled nervously. “This is um… probably my fault.” Izuku glanced over at the pinkette as she flexed her drying, lubed covered hand. “Maybe I don’t take care of that next time and you stick to the official stuff that probably doesn’t melt condoms.”

The boy gained a wide-eyed look of understanding and felt both guilty and sheepish in equal measure for going along with it.

“T-Think she’s angry?” He asked nervously, worried he might end up sleeping alone again at this rate.

“She’ll be fine,” Mina chuckled, “it’s just a little mistake and we caught it in time.”

The two turned their heads towards the bathroom as they heard the toilet flush and Ochako walk out, clutching one arm nervously.

“We um… got a bit carried away there.” She mumbled.

“My fault.” Mina took the blame. “Official products only near your butt next time.”

“Y-Yeah, sure.” The brunette sighed, biting her lip.

“Everything okay Ochako?” Izuku asked nervously, hoping he hadn’t messed things up again.

“Yeah, I’m fine, just… surprised is all.” She said, shaking her head. “I got too lost in the moment with you and we should’ve um… changed positions or something.”

“Don’t focus on that.” Mina rolled her eyes, bringing Ochako in for a cuddle. “We all had fun and it was awesome.” She purred.

“Well… yeah, okay, it kinda was.” Ochako admitted with a blush. “But um… maybe safer next time.”

“Definitely.” Mina kissed her cheek. “Get in here Squishy,” she opened her arms up to invite Izuku in for a group hug which he eagerly accepted, holding the pair of them close.

“I’m sorry Ochako.” Izuku apologised despite Mina’s reassurances. “I’ll um… we’ll-”

The gravity defying girl silenced him with a kiss.

“Mina’s right. Let’s um… not worry.” She stated. “For now, let’s just um… clean up and go to bed, yeah?”

“Yeah.” Izuku smiled with relief, nuzzling his cheek against hers.

“Ooo… yeah, sorry ‘bout that.” Mina chuckled, glancing her at her spot on the bed.

Breaking the hug, the other two looked over and saw that, while the sheets were a little moist from where they’d all been sitting or kneeling on it, there was a definite dampness where Mina had been sitting and finished.

The other two chuckled and gave her arms loving strokes before grabbing a pair of towels, using one to absorb what dampness they could while the other was used to cover the still mildly damp spot until the sheets could be changed tomorrow.

After all the excitement, the three of them were very much ready to call it a night and after Mina and Izuku took their turns in the bathroom, the latter emerged to see Ochako snuggled up against Mina under his covers, leaving him to make the top slice of bread in their Mina sandwich.

When he switched the light off, he bit his lip and nervously walked towards the bed, cautiously noting things around him before carefully settling into bed and leaning against Mina.

“Where’s my cuddle?” She asked with a touch of sleepy petulance.

“I um… m-maybe just leave it at this for tonight.” Izuku reluctantly said, keeping his arms firmly by his own sides once the cover was over him too. “I… don’t want a repeat of-”

“Oh don’t be silly.” Mina rolled her eyes before grabbing Izuku’s shoulders and pushing him. For a brief moment, he was confused as to what was happening only to realise Mina was turning him until his back was to her instead of his front. “If you’re that worried still then you’ll just have to be little spoon for tonight.”

Izuku felt Mina’s arm wrap around his chest and caress his stomach, her arm resting under his as his hand naturally overlay hers out of comfort.

“Does that make me the biggest spoon?” Ochako giggled, having done much the same thing to Mina.

“You like being on top for a change?” Mina teased.

“W-Well… sometimes I like bein’ in charge.” Ochako blushed, pulling Mina closer to herself.

“And sometimes I bet Izuku likes not being in charge.” Mina did the same to their green haired boyfriend. While a little awkward at first, Izuku relaxed into Mina’s embrace, allowing his hands to hang safely outside the covers where they could do the least amount of harm. Admittedly, this position was bringing him a great amount of relief right now but he wasn’t sure if it was because of his hands not touching either of his girlfriends or Mina’s embrace.

The girl confirmed which it was when she began nuzzling her cheek into his messy locks from behind and whispering into his hear.

“Just relax, our little Squishy, we’ve got you right now.” She cooed softly.

Izuku inhaled deeply and then let out a long, slow, steady breath as he felt a great amount of tension leave his limbs as though a coiled spring was gently eased out of its position. Almost immediately his eyes grew heavy and Mina giggled softly to herself as he was lightly snoring within minutes.

“He really was tired.”

“It’s been a hard week.” Ochako admitted, leaning up slightly to gaze lovingly at the back of her boyfriend’s head. “Just hope the worst is over now.”

“Hopefully,” Mina slowly let out a sigh of breath herself. “How are you? Still worried about that little accident at the end there?”

“A little.” Ochako admitted, not happy that the condom had broken.

“Wanna go to Recovery Girl about it?”

“Yeah… I think it’s fine but… m-maybe I need something more reliable.” Ochako admitted.

“Pill?” Mina asked, getting a small nod from Ochako. “Nothing to be ashamed of girl. You can still use condoms too to be safe if you like. Can tell you that me and Tsu are very grateful for it at least.”

“Y-Yeah.” Ochako nodded, recalling the image of Mina’s pretty pussy oozing with Izuku’s cum. It had been an odd mix to taste but she wanted to make her partners happy so had lapped up what she could and just spread the rest around with her tongue. “H-How does it feel?”

“Awesome.” Mina grinned dumbly. “I don’t know about you but I love the feeling of it inside me. I’m very aware it’s probably a kink of mine, I just like sticky slimy stuff sometimes and this definitely qualifies.”

“And… kids?”

“Ooo I’m gonna spoil the fuck out of any we all have.” Mina giggled. “Just definitely not for a while yet. Having you two in my arms like this is what I want right now. When I’m ready, yeah, I hope I’ll be a good mum and aunt and stuff but that’s not till much later. Gotta save the emperor and be declared the number two hero in all of Japan behind this great lump.” She snuggled Izuku a little tighter. “I know this is probably something you’re worried about for yourself but it’s okay to let yourself be happy in this way if you’re looking for some weird sort of permission.”

“Mmmm.” Ochako bit her lip still unsure. “I’ll… sleep on it.”

“Whatever you want Cutie Pie.” Mina smiled warmly, looking over her shoulder as best she could and wiggling her rear deeper into Ochako’s embrace. “Would be nice to return the favour at some point though.”

Ochako felt herself heat up again, hopefully for the final time that night as she imagined Mina licking and sucking at her to clean out whatever Izuku had left inside.

“M-Mina!” Ochako puffed up, getting a knowing giggle from the girl.

“Stop worrying babe. How ‘bout we swing by Recovery Girl’s tomorrow and talk about things, okay?”

“O…kay.” Ochako hesitantly accepted.

“Good, now if you don’t mind, we should all get some sleep and have round two in our dreams.”

The brunette puffed up her cheeks but relented, snuggling up to Mina before letting her breathing slow and trying to drift off.

Mina knew she was the last awake when Ochako’s slow breathing tickled at her neck and she felt an endearing smile grace her lips. The brunette more than likely had nothing to worry about but hopefully a discussion with Recovery Girl would get her to see that liking to do naughty things with Izuku in that hole wasn’t something to be ashamed about when concerning kids.

For now though, she just embraced the delightful feeling of being sandwiched between two people she loved and drifted off into dreamland herself, idly wondering if her usual good dreams could even match the enjoyable reality she’d managed to find herself in anymore.


Earlier that night, after Izuku, Mina and Ochako had disappeared up to the boy’s room, another girl made her way to hers once she was done socialising.

Closing the door behind her and adjusting the heating dial, Tsuyu shuddered just a little from the ambient cold as she pulled the blanket around her a little tighter. She loved her quirk but sometimes her instincts annoyed her. From the urge to shoot her tongue out at flies and insects to the forceful naps in the cold, there was definite downsides to her quirk.

Shuffling around her room, she began packing her school bag for the classes she knew she had the next day. Preparing now meant she could savour the extra few minutes in bed at the start of the day and enjoy the warmth that the still snowy exterior would quickly rob her of given the chance. On her desk chair, she lay out her uniform for the day as well as her scarf and mittens with her coat being in the cupboard downstairs by the shoe rack.

By now, thankfully, the room’s heating had kicked in and she could finally shed her blanket. Folding it neatly, she rested it on the end of her desk to return to Tooru when given the opportunity. A small smile and ‘ribbit’ graced her lips as she thought about her caring girlfriend.

Like Tsuyu, the invisible girl would probably be sleeping alone too tonight considering it was both a school night and that Mina had snapped up the free spot in Izuku’s bed, not that she minded. Tsuyu reached out to touch delicately at the compression sleeve covering the recently transplanted skin that still felt delicate to the touch. She didn’t blame her boyfriend for what happened but she was saddened by both her scar and the fear she felt right now. Hopefully things would get better in the coming days and weeks but Tsuyu wanted some space to separate and heal both her body and her mind from that scary event. While it would definitely benefit her right now, the frog girl still felt a pang of loneliness after having grown used to almost always having someone sleeping next to her.

Shaking her from her demoralising thoughts, there was a knock at Tsuyu’s door. The frog girl blinked twice and wondered who’d be coming to see her at this time, especially when there was a nice warm bed calling her name.

Opening the door revealed the floating garments of Tooru that was admittedly a welcome sight.

“Hey Tsu!” Tooru smiled cheerfully.

“Hi Tooru, come for the blanket, ribbit?” Tsuyu asked, already feeling a draft from the coldness of the hallway.

“More for you.” Tooru chuckled, noticing the girl’s skin on her arm raise into goose bumps from the slight change in temperature of the hallway. “Got something you might enjoy so mind if I come in?”

“Is it you?” Tsuyu smirked, admitting to herself that it wouldn’t be the worst way to wrap off the evening as the invisible girl quickly skittered into her room.

“Only if you play your cards right.” Tooru winked, taking the tease in good fun as the door closed and locked behind her. “Actually I was just coming to make sure you were doing okay after everything.”

“Everything?” Tsuyu tilted her head and put a finger to her lip.

“You know, with your arm, Izuku’s quirk, and not um… being with him tonight.” Tooru rubbed the back of her head. “Also the hibernation stuff; you kinda dozed off for a bit before I could get you a blanket.”

“It happens, ribbit.” Tsuyu acknowledged. “There’s no issues with it so long as I get warmed up sooner rather than later.”

“That’s good. Can definitely tell you’re toasty in here.” Tooru noted the warmer atmosphere of the room. “But I wondered if I could interest you in something that might help a few things at once.”

“Oh?”

Tooru pulled out a bottle of something she’d been keeping behind her back until now, holding it up so Tsuyu could get a look at it.

“After our last sleepover I did some looking around for those wax candles Mina and Momo mentioned and came across this stuff. I figured, you know, with it being cold and snowy, you might like a bit of warming up.”

Reading the bottle, Tsuyu spotted that it was a sensual massage oil that had a warming element which admittedly sounded pretty good right now. It was also cherry scented.

“Yeah I know, it’s more for that stuff but I figured it might help you too.” Tooru admitted.

Tsuyu eyed the girl curiously for a moment before making her deduction, though she’d keep it to herself for now.

“Sounds like fun, are you gonna stay while I put it on or…”

“W-Well I could um… help you reach the spots you can’t get.” Tooru blushed lightly. “Not that I came here for that; I just thought-”

“It’s okay Starlight.” Tsuyu stepped forward, knowing exactly what she was after and wrapped the girl in a hug. “Thanks for being concerned about me.”

“You’re our Darling, of course I was.” Tooru nuzzled Tsuyu’s hair and cuddled her back.

Once the two ended their embrace, Tsuyu took Tooru’s hand in her own and lead the girl over to her bed before grabbing a towel from her cupboard. With the curtains drawn, the heat on, and the atmosphere one of caring and love, Tsuyu felt no shame as she began to strip herself off before her girlfriend. When she pulled off her compression sleeve, she noticed Tooru’s interest in her arm and held it out for her to examine.

“Still stings a bit here and there. The battle trial didn’t hurt me in any major way but I was kinda wary though the whole thing, ribbit.”

Tooru reached out and took Tsuyu’s arm in her hands so she could get a closer look, delicately touching at the sensitive skin that was still clearly discoloured.

“I’m sorry that it happened to you.”

“It’s no one’s fault.” Tsuyu acknowledged. “Well, other than the first’s maybe. Tempted to ask Kyoka to take me into Izuku’s quirk if that’s possible so I can give him a piece of my mind.”

“I’d like to see that.” Tooru chuckled, releasing Tsuyu’s arm as the girl finished getting unchanged.

“How do you want me?” The frog girl asked cheekily.

“Naked and willing.” Tooru chimed back without missing a beat. “But we’ll start on your back first, arms by your sides.”

“You just wanna touch my bum.”

“Not in-accurate.” Tooru giggled, letting Tsuyu lay down on her mattress after pulling the covers to the bottom of the bed. If all went well, they shouldn’t need to move much after they were finished.

As Tsuyu lay down, resting her head lightly against her pillow, Tooru read the instructions on the bottle, squeezing a little of the substance into her hands to warm it up as instructed. Once she felt the oil had warmed up, she began with Tsuyu’s leg, rubbing the back of her calves with the slipperier than expected substance.

The frog girl let out a soft sigh as she felt Tooru get to work on her. All things considered, a nice massage really did sound good, even if it would likely lead to sex.

Once Tooru had finished with her calves, she moved up to Tsuyu’s thighs and began pressing harder and more deeply with her amateur massage.

“Wow, don’t think I ever realised just how dense your thighs were.”

“I believe the correct term is ‘thicc’, ribbit.” Tsuyu turned her head to the side to chuckle.

“Then you are one ‘thicc’ frog.” Tooru giggled, squishing her thighs playfully.

“I kinda walked into that one.” Tsuyu sighed, knowing it could be interpreted another way.

“Oh! I didn’t mean-”

“It’s fine, ribbit.” Tsuyu shook her head. “I know you’re just trying to compliment me.”

“‘Cause you’re cute and you deserve it.” Tooru stuck her tongue out, not that Tsuyu could see.

Tsuyu admittedly blushed a little at that, her cheeks colouring just slightly at the honest affection. Speaking of cheeks, Tooru advanced upwards again, spreading some more oil on her palms before rubbing it gentle into Tsuyu’s firm backside.

“Got a good grip there?”

“Oh yeah.” Tooru nodded, grabbing hold of Tsuyu’s cheeks and giving her a good couple of squeezes.

The two girls chuckled as Tooru continued her massage, proceeding upwards slowly. Tsuyu could tell she was getting aroused, knowing she’d be practically dripping if she dipped a finger into herself right now as she let out increasingly satisfied moans and groans as Tooru’s hands rubbed at and dissipated some of the accumulated stress that she’d built up.

By the time the invisible girl was done Tsuyu felt almost like drifting off. The massage oil had definitely worked its magic and now that it was all rubbed in Tsuyu’s back felt mildly toasty even bare like this.

“Time for your front.” Tooru chimed playfully, tugging at Tsuyu’s side.

With a surprising amount of effort needed due to her weariness, Tsuyu rolled herself over so she was now resting on her back. She made a mental note to herself to clean the covers tomorrow to rid the sheets of any oily leftovers.

“Now for part two.” Tooru giggled, squirting some more oil onto her hands which Tsuyu could almost make out from the mild coating covering them at this point. The smell of cherry was heavy in the air and Tsuyu could feel her libido rising as Tooru started with her feet and slowly climbed higher. When she reached her hips, Tooru rubbed around Tsuyu’s pussy but didn’t touch it directly. Tsuyu thought she was just being a tease until she continued moving upwards and onto her belly.

“Waiting till I’m all covered before going for your prize, ribbit?” Tsuyu chuckled.

“Prize?” Tooru blinked, glancing at the girl’s face before continuing her ministrations.

“Yeah, though I’m surprised you're not naked too at this point if you’re looking for a romp.”

Tooru paused for a moment before realising what Tsuyu was getting at.

“Oh… well, actually, I didn’t actually come here to do that,” Tooru admitted.

“You didn’t, ribbit?”

“I mean, we can if you want but I really did come here to make sure you were alright.” Tooru smiled warmly. “If you’re looking for a secret goal or something, closest you’ll get is I was gonna ask if we could, you know, sleep together tonight; just snuggling and stuff.”

“Really?” Tsuyu blinked, a little surprised.

“Yup,” Tooru popped her ‘p’.

“In that case, ribbit, of course you can stay.”

“Great,” Tooru grinned, tickling Tsuyu’s belly and getting the girl to twitch and jerk in response.

Applying what was likely the last squirt of oil she needed for that night, Tooru covered her hands once more and started on Tsuyu’s chest and shoulders, planning to use the remainder on her arms.

Predictably, once she was in the middle of covering Tsuyu’s boobs and nipples, the frog girl couldn’t help herself from letting out several small moans and ribbits as her libido climbed even higher. The fact that Tooru hadn’t come here for some physical affection was now annoying her as it meant she would need to get herself off once Tooru was done with this… unless.

“So um… Starlight? Do you think it’s possible you could redo a section you missed, ribbit?”

“Wait, what’d I miss?” Tooru asked in confusion.

Tsuyu felt just a touch of embarrassment as she spread her legs wide enough for the invisible girl to get the hint.

“Oooh.” Tooru giggled. “Guess this stuff really got you going.”

“That and the fact that it’s you doing this for me.” Tsuyu admitted. “I feel more relaxed than I have done all week.”

Tooru gave the girl a small smile, knowing things had been especially hard for her and Izuku. Thankfully they had some amazing girlfriends to come take care of them. Mina seemed more than happy to test out Izuku’s hopefully non-dangerous hands now while Tooru wanted to check up on her favourite froggy girlfriend.

“Just gimme a sec then.” Tooru chuckled, rising to her feet as she began stripping herself down into her underwear. Once she was undressed, she turned on Tsuyu’s bedside lamp and turned off the overhead light before climbing onto Tsuyu’s bed and settling in by the frog girl’s side with the slightly oily towel in hand.

“Hey Darling.” Tooru leant in to kiss her girlfriend on the cheek cheekily when she was settled.

“Hi Starlight, ribbit.” Tsuyu chuckled, raising her hand to caress Tooru’s side idly.

“Let’s just get the last of this first.” Tooru declared, rubbing her hands along Tsuyu’s arm, paying particular attention to the muscles as she eased the last of the stress she could out of the girl. Tsuyu sighed in relief as parts now ached she didn’t realised were so tightly wound as Tooru leant over her to finish her last arm.

When the invisible girl felt her job was done, she gave Tsuyu a look over and had to admit she liked the oily, sweaty sheen the girl was wearing, much like she was exhausted after a long sexy session together. It made her own core heat up at the thought, rising to about the same temperature as her hands but she paid it no mind; tonight was about making sure Tsuyu felt better.

“Let’s just…” Tooru started, rubbing the towel lightly over all her girlfriend’s parts to get rid of any excess oil the skin wouldn’t absorb. Tsuyu let out a needy croak that made Tooru laugh when she rubbed her breasts and nipples.

“You’re deliberately teasing me now, ribbit.”

“No I’m not.” Tooru chuckled. “But I am about to make it up to you. Hips up.”

Tsuyu did as ordered and Tooru slipped the soiled towel halfway under her waistline, allowing half to stick out by her crotch to catch any spillage she may leave. Once that was in place, Tooru threw her leg over one of Tsuyu’s and clutched it between her own, hugging the girl to her side as they lay intimately together.

“I guess this is the final part of the ‘massage’.” Tooru giggled.

“I’ll be sure to give you five stars for your services if you finish me.” Tsuyu returned playfully.

Tooru smiled at the girl before leaning in for a kiss on the lips the pair slowly but surely deepened. As Tsuyu’s tongue hungrily searched out Tooru’s, the invisible girl’s hand began rubbing over her breasts once more, teasing and titillating the girl beneath her touch.

“Ribbit, please.” Tsuyu moaned a tad desperately. She didn’t know if it was all the build-up, the massage oil, the loving feeling in her chest or a combination of all three but she felt the deep, pulsing need to cum hard as soon as she could. With her body feeling as heavy and exhausted as it did after Tooru’s massage she could only ask her girlfriend to take care of her in another way.

“Needy frog.” Tooru chuckled, drawing her into another kiss as her hand snaked down Tsuyu’s chest and through her pubic hair towards her new goal. She let out an unsubtle laugh once her first finger rubbed at Tsuyu’s clit and her girlfriend let out a loud, long ribbit. “Like that.”

“Please.” Tsuyu groaned again. “Hard and fast, I need it.”

“Whatever my Darling wants.” Tooru giggled, placing another kiss on Tsuyu’s lips as she began kissing her way down her neck towards her breasts. Tsuyu clenched her toes desperately as Tooru’s fingers started their circular motions entirely too softly though before she could complain she felt the pressure rising.

Tooru’s fingers slipped away from her clit briefly to sink a couple inside her girlfriend and pump away furiously for a few moments, drawing a different groan from the girl as she got her digits nice and wet before resuming her pressured attack on Tsuyu’s clit.

The frog girl’s hips were twitching and jerking by the time Tooru engulfed one of her nipples in her mouth and swirled her tongue around it, knowing it wouldn’t be long before her girlfriend reached her release.

“I-Inside!” Tsuyu cried out as she felt herself past the point of no return. Quick to please her girlfriend, Tooru pushed her fingers back inside the girl as she felt the pressure of Tsuyu’s muscles begin clenching around her, coating her with the girl’s release. It was almost a tad painful but she endured as she very much enjoyed clenching around something when she came too sometimes.

Once the most intense part of Tsuyu’s orgasm was over and the girl was panting heavily on the bedspread, limbs completely useless at having used up all their strength, Tooru pulled out of the girl and wiped her digits on the towel beneath her then using it to wipe at Tsuyu’s drenched crotch.

“Th-Thanks,” the exhausted girl panted gratefully.

“Anytime.” Tooru smiled, punctuating her words with another quick kiss on the lips. “I think that’s bedtime.” Reaching down, Tooru grabbed the edge of Tsuyu’s quilt and pulled it up over the both of them up to their necks and snuggling down into it while nuzzling into her girlfriend. “Night, night.”

“Uh,” Tsuyu didn’t mind the extra warmth but was a little confused. “Don’t you want me to do you?”

“You can do that another time.” Tooru giggled lightly, sighing softly into her girlfriend’s side. “Tonight was about you.”

Tsuyu felt her heart swell almost to bursting point. Even for her, holding back her emotions after an intense release like that was a struggle as she felt a few tears begin gathering in her eyes.

“Thank you.”

“For what?” Tooru asked, “All this? You’re my Darling and you clearly needed it.”

“I love you.” Tsuyu reached up weakly to try and caress Tooru’s face as best she could. “Really.”

“Awww, I love you too.” Tooru kissed her back, holding it for a few seconds. “Really. Like, I know this whole group relationship is weird and stuff but… I’m really glad you, Mina and everyone are my partners in this. I couldn’t imagine a better group of people to spend the rest of my life with.”

Tsuyu almost felt like a proposal was coming on but knew it was way too early for that. They were both a little caught up in the atmosphere of love between them but the emotions behind it were real enough.

As she revelled in the warmth she and Tooru shared, Tsuyu chuckled as she figured her quirk's downsides sometimes could be turned into upsides.

With the lights out and the cosiness at maximum, the two girls snuggled until they slowly drifted off together content in each other’s arms.


With the dawn of Monday came the dawn of another school week at UA. Once the poly group had snuck back to their own rooms that morning to get ready and go to class, everyone appeared to be in jovial spirits as they began the day and lessons as normal.

Apparently Aizawa felt that they’d had more than enough time to recover from their joint training and it was time to resume pushing themselves in earnest, setting up another quirk training session for that afternoon.

With most people having a number of supermoves under their belts now, the focus was on refinement and improvement of those existing moves. The students were given free rein to train as they liked so long as Aizawa agreed with their goals and efforts.

Today, Izuku was working on his quirk control, hoping to find that elusive moment where everything clicks and he’s better able to harness One-For-All. Nearby Kyoka had decided to train her own quirk, repeatedly striking rocks to refine her jacks while Momo worked on a new technique of her own.

Encased around her hand was a glove she’d produced earlier that had a crude pipe in the centre of her palm extending out about a foot. Controlling the precise elements of her quirk, Momo transformed the lipids in her body into a flammable gas and pushed them out through her palm where it was quickly exuded out through the pipe. With a spark generated by the lighter in her other hand, Momo was quickly wielding a makeshift flamethrower from her hand at a fraction of the cost of generating the full weapon to produce an equal result.

“Woah, I feel that.” Kyoka glanced over at her girlfriend as she noticed the heat, taking a break in her own efforts as she felt the ringing of steel on rock becoming a bit too much for her right now.

Izuku allowed his quirks power to mostly fade from his system as he observed the determined smirk on Momo’s face at her latest success.

“Wow, that’s awesome Momo!” Izuku called out once she clenched her fist and the flames exhausted themselves.

“Thank you.” Momo smiled back, flexing her hand with the odd glove on it, the pipe in the centre preventing her from closing it fully. “It’s rather crude but I have an idea for some gauntlets that would allow me to engage in more physical combat while aiding my utility to provide an array of substances precisely while keeping my skin safe from chemical reactions.”

Izuku looked intrigued by the glove once she pulled it off and showed it to him.

“See here? When the fingers clench, a little valve closes here to prevent the flames from doubling back and burning my palms.”

“That’s amazing Momo!” Izuku grinned, taking the glove from the girl as she offered and examining it up close.

“I’m just focusing on my detection and sound quality.” Kyoka shrugged, joining the pair up close and holding her jacks up. “The clearer I can hear and better I can make my heartbeat the stronger these things are.” She gestured to the two sound amplification devices on her wrists.

“From Awase’s face during the joint training, I’m pretty sure you can blow people away with it as it is right now.” Izuku chuckled, causing a small smile to appear on Kyoka’s face at the memory of her victory over the bonding boy.

“What are you up to anyway Green?” Kyoka asked. “Would’da thought you’d be trying to bench press a mountain or something.”

“Indeed.” Momo agreed. “Is there a reason you’ve deviated from your normal training pattern?”

“I’m actually working on it right now actually.” Izuku chuckled.

He lifted his foot and slammed his heel down on the floor beneath them, sending a very minor shockwave out only a foot or so while the concrete beneath them cracked a little.

“Since I’ve been rapidly focusing on, and gaining power, I’ve been neglecting how to properly harness what I have. Those um… sparks of green energy mean I’m not controlling my power properly. Right now, I’m harnessing about five percent as efficiently as I can. Can you tell?”

Looking the boy up and down, neither could see the tell-tale signs he was utilizing his Full Cowling capabilities.

“You look normal.” Kyoka nodded appreciatively.

“All Might never um… sparked,” Izuku glanced around to make sure no one else was listening in. “Made me realise I was doing something wrong, especially after our chat with Banjo. When we were young and All Might was on the TV more, he was always wearing his smile and seemed in control of his emotions. Maybe he was a little scared underneath but he was in control of himself at all times.”

“That makes sense.” Kyoka agreed.

“Plus, um, look at this.” Izuku breathed deeply, letting the green sparks of energy break out again as he pumped his power levels back up to his new maximum. “Full Cowling, 30%!”

“Hey, you hit thirty.” Kyoka chuckled, “Doesn’t seem like anything’s new though.”

Izuku raised his gauntlet-less hand up, having elected to not don them for the training he was doing today, and focused on unlocking his newest quirk from its chamber. From just above his knuckle, a single, small green-tinged tentacle stretched out and wiggled around with purpose.

Both Momo and Kyoka let out a little gasp at the display only for the whip to freeze for a moment and begin undeniably waving at them with its tip. It stuck around only a moment more before Izuku let out a gasp as his control slipped and the whip was sucked back inside his body.

“Still… need to… practise a lot to get to do what I did before.” He panted. “I felt my bones ache when I first used it.”

“That’s… s-some real progress there.” Kyoka stuttered, unable to keep Mina’s words coming back to her from the suggestive text she’d sent a few days ago as a light blush graced her face.

“Thanks! I’ve been working hard.” Izuku was oblivious to Kyoka’s embarrassment and took to compliment in good nature while Momo’s eyes narrowed ever so slightly at the pair. She’d read the group texts too and there was no doubt in her mind what Kyoka was thinking about.

“I see your control has definitely improved.” She congratulated the boy as politely as she could. “It’s clear you still have a way to go but a definite improvement over before.”

“Thanks.” Izuku accepted the compliment again.

“Still, I was wondering if you were interested in my own idea for control lessons. Considering Kyoka’s meditation idea helped you discover more about your quirk, maybe our session will help you develop further in turn.”

“That sounds great.” Izuku agreed, the idea of figuring out how to use his quirk better was very appealing considering the past few days progress. With Deika so fresh in everyone’s minds, he would do anything he could to increase his skills right now.

“Guess that’s you two set for today.” Kyoka chuckled with a warm smile. “I’ll probably hang with Ochako or Mina or something tonight.”

“You three!” Aizawa’s stern voice called across the chaos of the training area. “I hope you’re not slacking off; unless detention sounds appealing to you.”

“No sir!” The three chorused quickly, returning to their training efforts once more.

As Kyoka and Izuku returned to their positions, Momo couldn’t help but allow a frown to cross her face. Whatever happened between her girlfriend and Izuku needed to happen between her and Izuku so things stayed even and Kyoka didn’t slip away from her more. Gritting her teeth with resolve, Momo redoubled her efforts on her training for the rest of the session.


Once training was over with for the day and the class was free to return to their dorms, Momo made sure to catch Tooru in the changing rooms and whisper to the girl to go wait for her in Momo’s room as they’d be doing the naughty plan today.

Tooru, still a touch riled up from what she and Tsuyu did last night, was more than ready for what Momo had planned and got changed quicker than any of the other girls. While she dashed ahead of the group on the way back to the dorms, Momo hung back to inform Izuku he should come to her room in an hour at about five thirty. Izuku smiling face warmed Momo’s heart and she knew he’d enjoy what would shortly go down by the end of it; hopefully it would also help with his quirk and discipline too.

After updating the boy on their plans, Momo retook her place next to Kyoka who gave her an affectionate bump with her hip and a wry smile that let her know the punk rock girl knew exactly what might be happening shortly. The heiress smiled warmly, knowing everything would be good between them all soon enough.

At the dorms, Momo dutifully headed up to her room where Tooru was excitedly waiting inside.

“Come on! You said it was something good. Can you tell me what it is now?” The hyper girl asked, bouncing on the balls of her feet in anticipation. The heiress had been somewhat vague before, only promising good things but it had to be more than just a simple threeway or something.

“I think you’ll very much enjoy this.” Momo giggled playfully, moving to shrug off her school jacket and rest it on her desk chair before crouching by her bed and pulling out her toy box. Tooru’s eyes widened as Momo began pulling out lengths of rope, a riding crop, and her favourite strap-on before her quirk began glowing on her palm as something new was being created. “Remember that fantasy of yours you told me about?”


Izuku didn’t quite know what to think when five thirty rolled around. Considering Momo compared their upcoming session together akin to something like what he and Kyoka shared, he didn’t know whether or not to expect anything naughty to come afterwards or not.

He and Momo hadn’t quite bonded like the others yet but they were still good friends and he was very thankful for all the intimacy they’d shared so far. He could easily see himself falling for the heiress like everyone else, especially Kyoka, but there just hadn’t been that moment yet where he could confirm they were both really interested in exploring things with each other. That’s probably what had his nerves on edge right now as this could easily be that very moment.

The ‘ping’ of the elevator shook him from his thoughts and he stepped out and travelled the short distance to Momo’s front door, taking a deep breath before knocking firmly.

“Who is it?” Momo’s voice called from the other side.

“M-Me… er Izuku.” The greenette called back awkwardly.

A few moments later and Izuku watched the door crack open a tad with Momo just poking her head around it to confirm it was the boy.

“Come in quickly.” Her voice carried the tone of authority in it that Izuku obeyed, almost jumping inside.

Once he was in, the door was quickly closed and locked behind him as he stepped into the heiress’ room again. Despite her ‘down-to-earth’ nature most of the time, Izuku always felt a tad out of place in here as he glanced around for any hint of what the girl had prepared for them.

Confusingly, it seemed the curtains around Momo’s bed were closed, obscuring the mattress from view. That was a bit odd as Izuku hadn’t seen her ever use the curtains like that, even when they were all here for a sleepover but he brushed it off. If Momo didn’t want him to see her bed if it was unmade or something he wouldn’t blame her considering her upbringing, the only problem now was whether or not he should as to take a seat somewhere. There was also an odd whirring but that could’ve just been the air conditioner.

“Right, I guess I should explain to you my plan.” Momo spoke from behind him, causing the boy to turn and regard Momo properly now he could see all of her. Strangely she was dressed in a thick, fluffy bathrobe that looked very out of place considering what he was here for.

“P-Please.” Izuku nodded. “Erm, should I sit or-”

“You’ll stand for now. We won’t be long.” Momo explained. “Now, about your quirk. I must admit, you seem to have beaten me to the punch somewhat as I had the same thought as yourself regarding training. I had planned to ask you to maximise your focus and control of your strength as low percentages to see if you felt a difference in your power management. As you seem to be on your way already, we shall simply move onto step two of the process I have thought up; doing so while doing particular tasks and becoming distracted by certain stimuli.”

Izuku blinked slowly as he processed exactly what Momo was trying to say.

“So… you’re going to try and distract me so I can maintain my grip on my quirk better?” He asked in a more simplified summation.

“In fewer words, yes,” Momo chuckled. “I’m sure you’ll find the distractions quite enjoyable however.” Reaching into her bathrobe, Momo pulled out what appeared to be a riding crop to Izuku that he looked at in confusion. “This should help both distract and correct any wandering attentions as appropriate. Especially when you’ll be spending part of this evening looking at this.”

With a small flourish, Momo opened up her robe to show Izuku that she’d donned what appeared to be a small version of Midnight’s outfit. He admittedly stared a tad dumbfounded as his eyes latched onto the bodice, belt and garters that Momo was wearing that looked exactly like the ones Midnight wore… only she wasn’t wearing the white, rippable fabric underneath and instead her breasts were on full display and so was her crotch.

After a moment of gobsmacked staring, Izuku felt a sharp sting on his hand as Momo had smacked him with her crop, jerking his attention back to her smirking face and making his realise how much he’d been staring.

“I see that my distraction’s working,” she grinned playfully, enjoying both the look on the boy’s face as he clearly lusted after her right then as well as the small blow she’d given to break him from that thought. He was the big, strong, ninth wielder, he could easily take it and more.

“Y-Yeah.” Izuku gulped nervously rubbing the back of his hand lightly. “I-Is that it?”

“To start.” Momo smirked, picking up a muscle gripper similar in appearance to those used during their fitness training back during their very first day together from her desk. “You’ll be using this so I can measure your current output and you will adjust accordingly as I call out different numbers. Think you can handle this task?”

It was a clear challenge, and a difficult one considering everything Izuku had learned about himself and the girls over the past months. He wasn’t a horn dog by any means but with someone as desirable as Momo walking around dressed as the hero almost everyone had a crush on at some point was already causing a reaction in his pants he had to force down. Maintaining and flexing One-For-All with precise control on top of having such an enticing sight before him was something he knew would challenge his current level of control.

“Plus Ultra.” Izuku accepted the challenge with a confident determination.

Momo’s eyes narrowed just a tad at how confident he seemed, she would just have to make sure he knew she wouldn’t make this a walk in the park for him.

“Very well, we shall do this for the next ten minutes at least. If you don’t meet my standards by that point, we shall continue until you do. Once you manage to display a level of control we’re satisfied with, we’ll proceed to the next stage which is part task and part reward.” Momo smirked devilishly.

Izuku had no idea what the heiress had planned for him but considering her resources and that look in her eye, it could be anything. Still, this was something he needed to do and steeled his nerve for whatever was coming. Reward or no, this would definitely help his control and that was good enough for him.

Momo tossed the hand grip to Izuku, calling out, “Begin,” as she did so while tapping a button on her phone to begin the stopwatch functionality.


It was tough.

Izuku knew it would be but still, he’d gotten slapped a number of times by Momo’s crop as she walked around him, deliberately trying to distract him with her body, her words and her touches. The greenette had been pinched, prodded, slapped with the crop and even goosed at one point while Momo lewdly whispered into his ear but still he tried to maintain his control as best he could.

Needless to say, he’d failed to reach Momo’s standards the first ten minutes and again for the next ten. He struggled for the first time and upped his resolve for the second but it wasn’t good enough. Still, he persevered and when the timer restarted for their third attempt, Izuku was deadset on achieving his goal this time.

Momo called out various grip strengths and Izuku adjusted his Full Cowling as appropriate to bring the numbers to the appropriate level as fast as he could. He had to admit, he was already feeling the difference in the sheer speed he was able to adjust his output and the control he was feeling over everything. Sure he wasn’t moving much, but by using Full Cowling over his whole body and only using one part to measure the output, he knew he was getting an even spread workout. If he needed to kick someone with exactly fifty kilos of force, he was sure he could at this point.

The timer was ticking down on this third session and Izuku had made barely any mistakes so far. If anything, he felt Momo was being a tad too precise and short with her requirements but still he did what he could. He did think it was weird that her smile had thinned as he got closer to the end but he couldn’t afford to focus on that for now.

Eventually, to his great relief, the alarm chime rang out and he released his hold on the grip tester with a grateful sigh of relief. Much like Izuku, Momo sighed too though more because she couldn’t find a decent way to continue their little game that she was rather enjoying.

“I guess that could qualify as a success.” She stated with a touch of frustration.

Izuku flexed his hand awkwardly as the muscles ached from the continuous strain they’d been under.

“Definitely! I feel like that really helped. I might have to ask Mr Aizawa if I can borrow one of those the next time we train.”

Momo said nothing, simply scooping up the device and resting it on her desk from before while picking something up from her chair Izuku hadn’t noticed before.

“Well, if you’re satisfied with your current achievement, then I guess we can move onto the next stage then.” Momo giggle as she stepped into her strap-on.

The greenette turned to regard her and stilled at the sight.

“Um… t-that’s not er… my reward, is it?” He gulped, hoping he wouldn’t have to politely decline as best he could.

“As amusing and enjoyable as it would be.” Momo eyed him and his crotch with a small leer, thinking about how it might feel to take the boy from behind like Ochako did to her two sleepovers ago. “I have something else planned for us to enjoy a… bonding experience over.”

Walking over, Momo began parting the curtains on her bed as Izuku wondered just what was behind them. He felt his mouth drop open for the second time that day as he spotted what appeared to be a small egg-like vibrator and its control hovering in midair where it hummed away happily. All of a sudden it twitched and bucked and he realised was more than likely attached to Tooru who was more than likely bound to each pillar of the bed considering the current positions of each of the sets of rope he could see hovering around where he guessed her limbs were. To cap it all off, there was a strange ‘O’ shaped leather strap around the area her head would be that Izuku couldn’t work out what it was possibly for.

“While you’ve been hard at work, poor little Tooru’s been here waiting desperately for you to pass so we could all have some fun together.” Momo giggled lewdly, stepping around her bed to the sit where she sat by Tooru’s head. “You may remember our little invisible girl’s kink? She likes being filled up, and that’s exactly what we’re going to do together.”

“Wha- bu-… i-is she really alright with this?” Izuku asked in a somewhat hasty voice, very aware Tooru had been like this for at least the past thirty minutes if not longer waiting for them.

“Let’s ask her, shall we?” Momo chuckled, reaching up to unclasp the ‘O’ shaped gag she was planning to make use of soon.

“Oh god!” Tooru groaned as soon as she was able. “It fucking hurts! Someone stick something in me now or I swear to Nezu I will make you both pay!”

“Answer enough for you Izuku?” Momo smirked.

All Izuku could do at this point was nod, his body diverting a measure of blood away from his brain and down to his penis unimpeded this time.

“R-Really Tooru? You want me and Momo to-”

“Take turns filling me with your cum? Yes already! Just hurry so I can get off too, this thing has been torture!” Tooru practically begged.

“Shhh sh sh sh, talking time is over now.” Momo hushed, putting the girl’s gag back in place. “Just sit back and enjoy.”

Izuku felt his breathing elevate as he tried to control his raging hormones that wanted to just surrender to this sexy situation right now. With a breath, he looked back at Momo and narrowed his eyes.

“W-What’s the catch? You said this was part reward so I’m guessing there’s something else too.”

“Clever boy.” Momo nodded. “You’ll be doing the same thing as before. Utilizing your strength to produce an output I call out while we have some fun. Think of this as a much more intense distraction than before. Think you’ll be able to maintain your concentration while our little Starlight wiggles and squeezes beneath you?”

“Uh… p-plus ultra?” Izuku offered, a more unsure he’d be able to complete this task.

“Good boy.” Momo smirked before standing and retrieving the device. “Strip.”

Izuku did as ordered again, quickly divesting himself of his clothes though a touch of shame remained in that he covered his erect cock as he awaited what came next.

“You’ll take her mouth to start.” Momo declared, gesturing to the girl’s head. “Should be enough to get you warmed up.”

Giving her a small nod, Izuku made his way up to just over where Tooru’s gag was floating. It was then he realised exactly why it was shaped like it was and that it likely prevented the girl from accidently biting down if things got too bouncy.

“H-Hi Tooru.” Izuku greeted shyly, getting a small, pleased sounding hum in response.

“Tooru’s been looking forward to this.” Momo announced, pulling out a small tube of lube and spreading a small amount over her synthetic member. “I do hope you’ll be able to measure up.”

Izuku frowned at that. It was likely just an odd choice of words but Momo had been increasingly different since he’d arrived. Was this her more dominant side that Ochako seemed to enjoy so much that she remained the girl’s pet? It still rubbed Izuku the wrong way but since Tooru was clearly willing to go along with things then he wouldn’t complain.

“Don’t forget your task.” Momo reached out with the device and handed it to Izuku who held it somewhat awkwardly. “I’m most eager to see how far we can go.”

Izuku nodded, allowing a small measure of One-For-All to run through him, his cock flexing as he tensed and relaxed his rear muscles.

“She’s ready whenever you are.” Momo gestured for the boy to get started as she lined herself up by touch in turn, sliding into Tooru and earning a grateful groan of relief from the girl.

All signs were currently pointing at him to go for it so Izuku carefully took his cock in his free hand and aimed it at Tooru’s gag. The metal wasn’t as cold as he thought it would be, warmed by Tooru’s saliva and breath as he slid inside easily and greeted eagerly by an invisible tongue.

“All the way.” Momo urged, hilting herself inside Tooru and gesturing Izuku to do the same. Having done it before with the girl, Izuku took things nice and slow before he felt his balls brush up against Tooru’s nose and he heard her make a deeply satisfied noise that rumbled pleasantly around his cock.

At once, he felt a small slap on his wrist at Momo lashed out with her crop.

“Don’t get too distracted,” she smirked. “Now let’s see thirty eight kilograms.”

Their training renewed in earnest once more as Izuku split his focus between trying to get himself off, ensuring his girlfriend had enough room to breathe while his cock remained in her mouth, and that he hit all the goals Momo was setting for him which hadn’t let up from their previously high standard.

He knew he was getting slapped a number of times more than he was before but he channelled a slightly higher measure of his quirk around the rest of his body to reduce the pain to mere bug bites so that he could focus on the more important things. There didn’t appear to be any time limit this time so Izuku presumed it was until Momo was satisfied or he was. While he wouldn’t mind continuing to do this to Tooru with the heiress for the rest of the evening, he wanted to do so without the overture of training hanging over their heads.

It wasn’t too much longer as he focused his efforts on trying deliberately to cum that he felt his balls pulse and strain.

“C-Cumming Tooru,” he announced.

He received another smack for that.

“Who told you you could?” Momo asked with an irritated look on her face.

“S-Sorry.” Izuku apologised breathily as he felt himself release spurts of cum into Tooru’s awaiting mouth. The girl’s tongue swirled around his tip, lapping up every drop she could as she knew it would begin filling her belly in what she hoped was the first of many loads.

Momo sighed from her position and reached for the button on her strap-on, releasing her own load into Tooru’s waiting pussy.

The girl rolled her hips appreciatively as she felt the liquid flooding her pussy in a way she adored.

Once Momo’s toy had finished depositing its load, she pulled out of the girl quickly and rose from her spot.

“Switch.” She ordered.

“Just a sec.” Izuku panted, catching his breath after his release with his cock not as firm as it was before. “M-Might need a um… few minutes to recharge.”

“Well I don’t,” Momo smirked, stepping over Tooru and her bonds to sit by the boy and Tooru’s head. “Looks like toys win when it comes to endurance.”

“Uh… they’re inanimate?” Izuku reasoned. “Of course they would.”

Momo tittered before leaning in, letting her hand fall to Izuku’s waist.

“Still, bet you wish you could do more than this.” She smirked, grabbing Izuku’s cock firmly and giving it a few jerks. “Have you imagined taking us all? Filling us all up since we invited you into our group? Having your seed drip from our every orifice?”

Izuku felt uncomfortable, both by Momo’s more dominating persona and by the question as he had indeed pictured each of them at one time or another since entering into this group relationship.

“Pervert.” Momo smirked. “I guess you get to fulfil part of that today.” She reached below his cock and caressed his balls, the pair clenching from the touch thanks to their recent sensitivity. “We’re gonna empty these and see if you’ve really got what it takes.”

It was then Izuku truly understood what ‘scaroused’ meant. He nodded quickly, hoping to get Momo to release his sensitive organs.

“Y-Yes, okay.”

“Yes what?” Momo quirked a brow.

“Uh… y-yes… Mistress?” Izuku offered hesitantly.

“Good boy.” Momo released his balls. “Now do as I say and get in position.”

Izuku got to his feet quickly and moved away from the heiress. He kept his face schooled but internally he was wrestling with himself. He really didn’t like the way this was going and Momo’s actions were increasingly weird to him. Once more he chalked it up to her being this way in the bedroom and, while he felt like he could continue now since it was Tooru they were mainly focused on, he didn’t know if anything would come from the two of them alone together if this was the way she was. The greenette certainly didn’t mind not being the one in charge but this felt… demeaning. For now, he’d grin and bear it but maybe he’d try talking to her about things afterwards.

Reaching the spot he knew to be between Tooru’s legs, he caressed the girl lightly around her crotch to ensure she was still properly wet and ready for fun. The act of touching her alone made his cock stand to attention once again as though it knew where it was going.

“R-Ready Tooru?” Izuku asked carefully as he lined himself up, getting another positive sounding hum from the girl that was almost as quickly silenced by Momo’s own cock sinking into the girl’s throat.

“Mmmm, there we go.” The heiress hummed again, feeling the part of the strap-on inside herself press nicely against her.

Izuku took a deep breath and pushed himself inside Tooru, feeling the delightful tightness and warmth of the girl wrap around him comfortingly. He sank himself to the hilt quickly, letting out another satisfied grunt of pleasure. Since they’d taken this step in their relationship, Izuku was happy to repeat it as often as the invisible girl wanted.

“Round two.” Momo reminded him, tapping at the gripping device with her crop. “I do hope you’ll do better this time and wait for my instructions.”

Izuku frowned but continued his exercises as directed before. Without having to worry about Tooru’s breathing he could allow himself more focus on his control and felt he was getting much better results than last time.

Momo apparently disagreed.

He’d been tapped with her crop almost as much as before and once again he felt himself deliberately trying to cum just so he could finish things. At least after ending things with this load he could reasonably tap out as he’d never tried for three with any of the girls.

As Izuku’s face scrunched up as he focused his sensitivity, Momo recognised the look this time and used her crop a little harder to stop the boy and get his attention.

“I didn’t give you permission to cum yet.” Momo instructed.

Izuku narrowed his eyes and decided to fight back at that.

“H-Hey, I’m just enjoying myself. I thought that was part of this.” He shot back.

“I didn’t realise you were in such a hurry. Do you find Tooru and myself so displeasing?”

“No.” Izuku sighed. “But I’d rather make sure we’re all actually just having fun. You’re making this very… unappealing.”

“Unappealing?” The word seemed to sour Momo’s face. “One might be at least acting grateful to indulge in such an experience. However if this is truly as ‘unappealing’ as you say then how about we finish things up and you can leave.”

“F-Fine.” Izuku frowned, promising to talk to Tooru later and apologise for all this and focused his efforts on cumming once again.

“Stop that!” Momo ordered. Before Izuku could get a word in, Momo pointed downwards. “I promised Tooru she’d be filled and I intend to see it through so if you’d kindly aim your penis a little lower we can finish her little fantasy in a hurry.”

Izuku glanced down at the nothingness that was Tooru before realizing what Momo meant.

“There’s a bottle of lube beside you should you need.” Momo rolled her eyes.

While Izuku hurriedly covered his cock in the substance to make sure Tooru was as comfortable as possible through this, the invisible girl gave a groan of worry from her position. She’d never taken anything back there before and this was a bit much all at once, right?

“It’s okay Tooru.” Momo reassured the girl, stroking her neck and running her hand satisfyingly over the cock-shaped lump in her throat. “He’ll be gentle, won’t he?” Momo challenged, earning a small glare from Izuku.

“If she doesn’t want it then-”

“She’ll be fine, let’s just finish this up so you can leave.” Momo was getting irritated now.

Thankfully Izuku seemed to be listening to reason and slowly felt out Tooru’s back door, pressing his lubed up cock carefully against it. Momo watched him move, a little annoyed at how slow he seemed to be going when she was just fine taking Ochako there before. Clearly Tooru was getting impatient too as she began wiggling beneath her in what was probably frustration Momo guessed.

As Izuku began pressing his cock into the girl, he felt her muscle part with a degree of difficulty; clearly she’d had less practise than Ochako since it was harder to press inside.

Tooru was wiggling and writhing in earnest now and Izuku briefly wondered if it was too painful for the girl. The ropes that held her in place were moving somewhat erratically now and only seemed to be increasing their motions.

“Tooru, are-”

“She’s fine, just hurry up.” Momo ordered again.

Izuku refused. Something was wrong, he just couldn’t tell what.

It was only when Tooru desperately pulled her quirk’s invisibility field back into her body and made herself visible that the boy knew what was wrong.

Momo hadn’t moved in a while and Tooru couldn’t breathe.

“Get off!”

Izuku’s quirk lit up the room quickly as he raised himself onto one knee and launched himself over Tooru to push Momo away from the girl. With a wet, spluttery gasp for sweet oxygen, Tooru felt her mouth become cock free once more and the tears that rolled down her eyes from her fear began flowing in earnest.

Momo’s back hit her headboard as she and Izuku crumpled together, both aware of the invisible girl and trying not to hurt her before the boy quickly got back up again and began forcefully ripping at Tooru’s bonds.

The heiress could only sit in a stunned silence as it dawned on her what exactly had just happened and what she’d almost done to her girlfriend.

One by one Izuku pulled the rope of Tooru’s restraints as the girl cried out of fear, relief and a touch of pain. When the last bond was released, the girl desperately reached out to Izuku for a hug which he quickly gave her, scooping her up into a bridal carry as he held her close.

“I-I-I c-couldn’t b-b-breathe.” Tooru removed any doubt of why she’d been panicking and Momo felt her stomach drop out from under her.

“Star… Tooru, I’m so sorry!” Momo hurriedly apologised.

The glare Izuku shot at her made her own breath catch and made her sit in her place rather than try to get any closer to the pair.

“You’ve done enough.” Izuku declared brutally. “I don’t know what happened tonight but this is not the Momo Yaoyorozu that cares for her friends and would do anything to see them happy. I thought this was about training and having fun together, now I realise this was about something more and now you’ve hurt Tooru in whatever game you were trying to play.”

“I-It wasn’t a game it… I was… I…” Momo desperately tried to explain only for her brain to offer her nothing that would get her out of this. The short answer and realisation that swept over her, was that she was trying to punish Izuku and put him in his place in their polyamorous hierarchy; make him know that she was the top bitch however she could. It all came down to control, she wanted control over Izuku so that she could decide when, where and how he interacted with the rest of the group. The pleasure she’d felt run down her spine when she thought he correctly understood his place and called her ‘Mistress’ was something that now turned to poison in her veins.

Momo felt sick to her stomach.

“Whatever.” Izuku disregarded her to turn his attention back to Tooru who was still crying in his arms. “Come on, let’s get you dressed and go find Mina or something.”

He could feel the small shakes of a nod that Tooru gave him as he effortlessly used his strength to stand while carrying the girl and gracefully hop off the bed onto Momo’s floor.

Confirming that Tooru could stand, albeit on shaky legs, Izuku passed her some of her clothes while he got dressed as quickly as he could. Tooru was slower to dress but she was soon back in most of her uniform while carrying the rest, her tears having slowed but not stopped as she did.

“Here we go.” Izuku offered, picking Tooru back up in the same carry as the two proceeded over to Momo’s door.

Opening it up and stepping through, Izuku couldn’t help shooting one last piece of advice at the girl who’d clearly made a mistake today. He only hoped it was something she could reflect on and better herself for in the coming days.

“You should think about what exactly was running through your mind when you came up with this. This doesn’t seem like something the Momo Yaoyorozu I know would do to help her friend.”

With that, Izuku closed the door to Momo’s room as the girl sat there in stunned silence, unable to say anything as she was left alone in her bed like she’d been so many times growing up, feeling alone and powerless, only this time, she’d done it to herself.

“I’m sorry.” She whimpered, tears beginning to fall from her eyes. “I’m so sorry…”

Notes:

Chapter summary:

- Kaminari, feeling guilty over his chat with Izuku, seeks out Kirishima for a chat, finding Bakugo had stayed over in the night. Asking if he did the right thing in confronting Izuku about potentially deliberately injuring Tsu, Bakugo tells him he did good. When Kaminari divulges Izuku's behaviour and mention of his dad that left being the same way, Bakugo has a realization and relays his own situation with his parents to the electric blond. Kaminari understands and reassures him he'll be there if he needs him which Bakugo appreciates. Kaminari and Kirishima then depart to talk to Izuku while Bakugo has some introspection time. After knocking on Izuku's door, the green-haired boy is quick to assure his friends he not only understands Kaminari's thought process but appreciates how hard it was to confront him about it and the matter is settled.

- When the students are enjoying lunch, the news begins reporting on Deika City. Aizawa arrives to collect Todoroki and Bakugo for their provisional test and reminds the students help is there if they need it and to use this incident to motivate them to do better when their time comes. Izuku is feeling helpless and heads to the gym with Mina and Ochako to do some training while Momo needs to delay her plan, telling Tooru as much.

- At the gym, Izuku and Ochako challenge Mina not to distract them while they work-out, promising an exciting reward if she succeeds. Mina agrees but finds her willpower almost overpowered by what's on display for her. Thankfully, she makes it to the end and is promised her reward once they return. When they get back, they hear how Bakugo and Todoroki passed their exams. Mina wants to up the celebration and heads up stairs to talk to Momo about producing some party poppers. Mina finds the heiress surprisingly snippy and reminds her not to lose herself in her business stuff. Momo concedes and reluctantly produces some party poppers for Mina before the pinkette sees herself out. After giving the supplies over, Mina goes to get the other missing class 1-A members and finds Tokoyami and Shoji together, the two talking seriously about something. Getting permission to enter, Mina quickly discovers the source of the issue and comforts Shoji as best she can as the boy expresses fear over heteromorph hate being stirred up. Revealing his scarred face to Mina and Tokoyami, the two worry about the boy but he doesn't want to divulge any more. The comforting assurances help and Mina soon departs, leaving them a bit happier than when she arrived.

- Most of the class are present to celebrate Bakugo and Todoroki's return and promotions. When all is said and done, Mina heads up to Izuku's room to await him and Ochako for their rendezvous. After everything, she falls asleep before they arrive. While the two are content to leave her sleeping, Mina wakes up and the three begin indulging in their urges. Izuku enjoys some anal with Ochako, applying a condom just in case. When Izuku and Ochako climax together, something snaps and they realize the condom broke. Since it was in Ochako's rear, it shouldn't matter but Mina helps clean them both up before any leakage spills elsewhere. The three believe they've dodged a bullet for now and, after Izuku drops off into sleep first, Ochako confides in Mina that she wants to start taking something more reliable.

- When Tsuyu heads to bed that same night, Tooru comes up to check on the girl and make sure she's okay after her recent unfortunate experiences. Tsuyu says she's fine but Tooru has brought some warming massage oil and asks if Tsuyu's up for using it. Tsuyu's definitely open to doing something and Tooru gets her off, saving her own excitement for another time as the girls cuddle to sleep.

- Izuku talks to Kyoka and Momo during training, showing off his refined Full Cowling technique and his basic grasp of Black Whip. Momo offers to do some special training with him later which Izuku eagerly accepts before the three are told to get back to work by Aizawa.

- After returning to the dorms, Momo retreats to her room with Tooru to get things ready for her plan. Izuku arrives as Momo explains her plan to him. Izuku's a little hesitant to let Momo distract him with pain but agrees and the training initially begins working. Momo soon ups the ante, revealing Tooru on the brink of cumming while awaiting the pair. The training resumes while Izuku and Momo fuck a tied up Tooru but the more Izuku tries to enjoy things the more Momo hits him in the name of training. Soon, Izuku isn't enjoying himself at all and plans to leave. Angry, Momo rebuffs him but forgets she's positioned in a way that meant Tooru couldn't breathe, the girl visibly appearing as she panics. Izuku immediately pushes Momo off her before helping a tearful Tooru up and leaving with the girl, sending a parting shot to a regretful Momo who realizes just how serious and far her jealousy has taken her.

Chapter 29: Belated Epiphany

Summary:

The group deals with the fallout of Momo's actions after Izuku and Tooru's training session gone wrong.

Notes:

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(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

Izuku was very aware of how things looked as he held a crying girl, who was not either of his known girlfriends, in his arms as he carried her down the dorm staircase. He wasn’t sure if Tooru realised this or not, but her crying had slowed to whimpers after they’d left Momo’s room for which he was grateful for in the echoed stairwell. Her weight was practically nothing for him with his muscles and adrenaline fuelled state and he made sure to carry her as carefully as he could down to Mina’s room.

Glancing across to the boy’s side of the dorms, Izuku was thankful no one was coming or going right now as he strode across the girl’s side and up to Mina’s door, knocking firmly.

“Just a sec!” Mina’s voice called out from the other side.

Izuku bit back a sigh as he saw Mina’s smiling face appear only to fall into one of worry and concern.

“What’s wrong?” She asked quickly, stepping aside and letting the pair step inside.

The greenette was a little surprised to see Ochako sitting at Mina’s desk but paid her little mind as he moved over to Mina’s bed and sat the girl in his arms down on the edge. Ochako quickly packed away the thing she’d hastily covered with a book when Izuku came in before hurrying over to the pair along with Mina.

“Is something wrong with Tooru?” She queried.

Izuku’s face twisted as he didn’t exactly know what to say. How do you tell your girlfriends that your other girlfriend just almost choked your other, other shared girlfriend while doing some weird mix of training and what was probably domination?

Sitting down next to Tooru while comforting her by rubbing small circles on her back, Izuku began speaking words he hoped wouldn’t ruin everything the group had built up together.

“There was an… accident while uh… training?” He explained to begin with.

“Is it your head, hun?” Mina sat by her girlfriend and cupped her forehead. “Do you need to see Recovery Girl?”

Tooru continued whimpering but gave a small shake of her head.

“It wasn’t to do with Tooru’s quirk.” Izuku clarified. “We were… well I was with Momo and she was… she had this idea on how to help me improve my control.”

“Is she fine too?” Ochako asked, worried for her Mistress suddenly.

“She… this is… kind of her fault.” Izuku stated through a grimace. “Look I… y-you probably won’t like what we’ve got to say so um… c-can we get everyone else here? Everyone except… Momo?”

Ochako and Mina’s worried looks deepened. Something serious had happened if these two were coming here in this state. While it certainly felt odd leaving out a member of their group for whatever discussion was about to be had, they trusted Izuku, and by extension Tooru since the girl wasn’t objecting, that this was for the best.

Within minutes the other two had been summoned with a pair of personal texts and were entering Mina’s room with much confusion.

“What’s going on?” Kyoka frowned as she noticed her pink girlfriend wrapped around her invisible one in a comforting hug with the others looking almost as confused as she felt.

“Something’s happened with Tooru.” Ochako explained quickly.

“Is she alright, ribbit?”

“She’s fine but Izuku’s got the story, sit down.” Mina called out. “It involves Momo.”

“What happened?” Kyoka asked, her voice carrying more worry now as she fixed Izuku and Tooru with a hurrying look. “Why isn’t she here?”

“She’s… fine.” Izuku sighed, figuring it was best to just rip the bandage off now. “She um… caused Tooru to end up like this.” He gestured to the girl who felt another wave of tears coming on as a measure of fear returned to her from the fresh memories.

“Then… I guess we’re all here now,” Ochako gestured to Izuku, urging him to talk more since Tooru was in no state to do so, “what exactly happened?”

“W-Well…” Izuku hesitated, feeling much more awkward than he thought he would with Kyoka in the room. He knew how much affection she alone had for the heiress and saying anything bad against her could undo the closeness he and the girl had built up recently. Still, his mind told him what the right thing to do was so he pressed on regardless. “Momo told me to come to her room today.”

“Training, yeah, I know that part.” Kyoka recalled from earlier though she quietened down when the others gave her a look.

“It… I think she wanted to help like you did.” Izuku offered. “We talked about how I was coming along with my control and focus and how to improve what I already had. With um… Black Whip, I’ve been trying to harness my control enough to make use of it before anything else… unlocks.”

The girls nodded along with his story, Kyoka recalling the small measure of control he’d already gained from his efforts.

“So, Momo suggested that I try to do what I did today in training but while being distracted by things. To do this she was um… dressed as Miss Midnight and had a riding crop.”

Kyoka’s frown deepened, slowly putting together the pieces as Izuku dropped them.

“For like, thirty minutes, I tried to control my grip strength while using Full Cowling all over when she called out what I needed to adjust it to. She tried to distract me by using her um… looks, as well as uh… h-hitting me with her crop and other stuff.”

The girls shared nervous glances at that. They hadn’t even reached Tooru’s point in this tale and already they were starting to get uncomfortable.

“I mean, it kinda worked.” Izuku offered weakly. “I certainly feel I got better control after that, so it wasn’t all bad but… it did strike me as odd that she got increasingly more demanding even when I was improving. Has… she ever been like that with any of you?”

The group shook their heads though most gazes shifted to Ochako.

“S-She’s been fine with me.” Ochako shook her head. “There may have been the um… odd spank here or there but nothing like that. It was always uh… we both seemed to have fun.”

“So she wasn’t sorta… snippy? Even when you did what she asked?” Izuku felt his chest tighten.

“No.” Ochako bit her lip, gripping her hands lightly.

“Come on, what next.” Kyoka tried to hurry the boy along; the sooner she got the full picture the better.

“W-Well um… s-she wanted to go a step further with things so uh… she revealed that she’d um… tied Tooru up on the bed and kept her waiting the entire time with an e-egg vibrator on.” Izuku blushed.

Kyoka squashed the horny urges she felt at that mental image for now and encouraged the greenette to continue.

“Tooru was… excited for it, so I saw nothing wrong with it at first. I would be um… basically doing the same training while we both uh… ‘filled Tooru up’.”

Mina frowned as she brushed some of Tooru’s hair to the side and stroked her face. This was a well-known fantasy of the girl’s and it was already looking like something had ruined it.

“She um… ordered me and… well, it was tricky to balance my quirk use and um… Tooru trying to g-get me off with her mouth,” Izuku blushed. “O-Once I’d gotten the hang of things again, I was pretty close so I… came. Momo didn’t like that. She got… demanding and belittled me and my… um…”

“Uh, why?” Mina raised a brow, shooting a look at Izuku’s crotch as indicated by him. “Ain’t nothing little about that.”

“It’s not as good as toys according to her.” Izuku shrugged, still feeling the frustration of what he considered mocking behaviour. After leaving Aldera and Bakugo lightening up, he thought he was done with all that here at UA. “After that, she made me uh… call her ‘Mistress’ before we swapped positions.”

“Did you consent to that?” Tsuyu asked curiously.

“I-It wasn’t exactly discussed.” Izuku shook his head. “She just kind of… expected it I think? I mean, I did it because I thought that would, you know, help her get off and it wasn’t a big ask but… looking back on it… it feels bad.”

Tsuyu hummed her agreement, the pieces slotting together in her own head, following the same line of thought as Kyoka.

“We um… then got started again and when she was becoming more… er… s-sorry to say but um… unbearable, I kinda just wanted to finish and get it over with,” Izuku grimaced. “No offense to you at all Tooru,” he hurriedly added.

Everyone glanced at the invisible girl who they could tell was shaking her head from the way her neckline moved.

“S’ok.” She croaked out in a weak voice, the others feeling a pang of sympathy for their girlfriend.

“Then what?” Kyoka pressed.

“Then… she noticed.” Izuku stated. “I was trying to cum and she’d ordered me not to and I was kind of done with the whole thing. It wasn’t fun or enjoyable and the pretence of training was kind of gone at this point. I’m… not sure if she was uh… getting off on hurting me or something but she hit me harder and told me to stop. I told her I wasn’t having fun and she told me to just finish up and leave if that was going to be my attitude.”

All the girls were frowning at this stage, this definitely didn’t sound like the Momo they knew and loved whenever they got intimate.

“So um… she ordered me to put it in Tooru’s behind to uh… finish. I think um… this was the point Tooru started struggling to breathe a little.”

“Uh uh.” Tooru’s croaky voice spoke softly once again. “N-Never had anything there… p-panicked.”

Izuku’s eyes widened with realisation, as did the other girls except Kyoka. They knew well enough not to go for anal with no preparation, especially with something like this as their first experience.

“W-Wait, I was right?” Izuku asked carefully, “You didn’t want anything um… up there?”

“Uh uh.” Tooru shook her head.

“Did you not clear it with Momo before Izuku arrived, ribbit?”

“She uh… just said she and Izuku would fill me up. I-I think she um… g-got my fantasy a little wrong.”

“Probably meant something different to her than it does to you.” Mina sighed.

“So what? Momo made you take Tooru from back there?” Kyoka asked Izuku, wondering if this was what caused the girl to get in such a state.

“Y-Yes but um… n-not exactly.” Izuku grimaced as the worst was about to arrive. “See… I thought something was wrong at this point and spoke up. Momo um… encouraged me to continue. I-In um… focusing on me though… she’d kind of… forgotten that Tooru needed to breathe. She was wearing her uh… strap-on and it was all the way in Tooru’s throat and um… w-when Tooru made herself visible, I knew something was wrong.”

“I couldn’t breathe and n-no one could see m-me,” Tooru said in a small voice. “I was panicking, a-and did the only thing I thought of.”

All the girls understood at that point. With the invisible girl only able to do such when out of breath, it was clear she had been forgotten in whatever Momo’s plan was.

“Then?” Tsuyu prompted as Kyoka was too focused in frowning at the floor.

“I moved.” Izuku shrugged. “Tooru was in trouble so I pushed Momo off her. S-Sorry if I was um… a little rough getting her out of you.”

Tooru shook her head when Izuku glanced at her, raising her hand to rub at her throat a little.

“Y-Yeah… but I’d rather that than um… c-choking.”

“After that,” Izuku sighed. “I ripped Tooru’s bindings off and shouted at Momo. Whatever she was doing just seemed like nothing I’d seen before from her. She tried to apologise, maybe even help, but I told her she’d done enough.” Izuku cringed a little, wondering if it was the right thing to say. “That seemed to get her to back off. Then I um… got dressed with Tooru and… here we are.”

Silence reigned in the room for a few moments as everyone just processed Izuku’s wrap up with only Tooru’s sniffles breaking it.

“Thanks for helping Tooru.” Mina said uneasily, in one of those rare situations where she really didn’t know what to say. “If nothing else, you did the right thing there.”

“Momo was definitely in the wrong here, ribbit.” Tsuyu sighed.

“She’s never done anything that bad with me.” Ochako admitted as if to reassure herself this was out of the ordinary for the girl.

“I blame myself.” Mina lightly gripped her hand into a fist. “I introduced her to all this stuff, I should’ve been checking to make sure she knew the safety procedures and everything.”

“That’s not your fault.” Ochako shook her head. “Momo knows them; she practised them with me when we uh… did some things together ourselves.”

“She tied you up, ribbit?”

“Y-Yeah.” Ochako nodded with a blush. “I-It was so she could practise for um… yeah.”

The others drew their gaze to Kyoka when Ochako had clearly turned to her to indicate who Momo was practising for. The girl was pensive, looking down at the floor with a frown as her mind was whirring away.

“Kyoka? You alright there?” Mina asked slowly.

“Ribbit, you’ve been very quiet.” Tsuyu tried to get a read on her, though it was proving difficult right now.

“Just… thinking.” Kyoka replied evenly.

Izuku again felt the awkwardness of having caused this issue in the first place.

“K-Kyoka, I’m uh… sorry if I-”

“Shut up Green, uh, Squishy.” Kyoka glanced over at him, shaking her head. “This isn’t your fault.”

“It… kinda feels that way.” Izuku awkwardly flexed his hands.

“Momo was acting weird yesterday too.” Mina admitted, hoping it offered a measure of comfort. “Nearly bit my head off when I came to get her for the party.”

“Did she say why?” Tsuyu asked.

“Not unless ‘busy’ counts.” Mina relayed. “She was trying to set up stuff to help with Deika.”

“My parents told me they’re going there to help with rebuilding.” Ochako added, having received a text from them saying as much.

“Yeah, she was sending them an email.” Mina confirmed. “Speaking of parents, you think this has anything to do with them?”

“No doubts.” Tsuyu stated. “Whether she was feeling worried, insecure or whatever else is no excuse for hurting Tooru like this though.”

“I’m not hurt… j-just… it was very scary.” Tooru said, not wanting anymore misunderstandings to be had.

“I’m fine too,” Izuku sighed. “The crop just kinda… stung a little.”

“Still, what should we do?” Mina asked. This wasn’t one of those occasions where she could offer to melt the offender since it was one of their own after all.

“Izuku,” Tsuyu turned to the boy, “how did Momo seem after everything?”

“Oh, er… I was kinda more concerned about Tooru.” He rubbed the back of his head. “But I guess more… stunned than anything. After I pushed her off she just kinda sat there. I mean uh, I did kinda say ‘you’ve done enough’ after she seemed to snap out of her persona or whatever she was doing. When we left, I told her to think about what was going through her head so…”

“Well at least she seems sorry, ribbit.”

“Should we… call her down?” Ochako asked hesitantly.

“No.”

The group turned to look at Kyoka who’d spoken.

“She’s probably had enough for tonight and needs to think like Izuku said.” Kyoka muttered in a pensive, if a tad defeated tone. “But… I’m not sure if that’s the right thing to do either.”

“Momo’s still our girlfriend as much as Tooru is but we shouldn’t make this worse if all we’re gonna do is berate her.” Mina caressed her girlfriend’s back, the girl’s sniffles having eased by now. “What do you want to do Starlight?”

“Go to bed,” Tooru murmured. “I want to wake up and this be a bad dream.”

“It’s no dream I’m afraid.” Tsuyu sympathised. “You’re the wronged party here, and you Izuku,” she glanced at her boyfriend. “Momo needs to make this right so how do you want to proceed. After a good sleep of course, ribbit.”

“Leave her for now.” Izuku agreed with Kyoka. “We should maybe check on her but… she’s a smart girl, she probably already knows we’re all talking about this so total silence would be more like cutting her out.”

“Ribbit, I think, in part, that’s what she’s afraid of.” Tsuyu spoke up, having come to that conclusion herself. “Considering everything that’s happened over the past few months, you have kind of taken a good chunk of our focus. First because of Ochako’s and my own crush on you, revealing your quirk to us, then joining the group and now, I’m sorry to say, taking Kyoka’s attention from her.”

“Wait, what?” Mina blinked while Izuku looked a little dumb founded.

“No, she’s right.” Kyoka agreed with a sigh. “You and your stupid charming personality have been the bane of my life for a little while now; longer than you knew of certainly,” she admitted. “Tsuyu warned me and Momo about her jealousy after our last sleepover. Even when we talked after that she seemed… possessive, using words like ‘you’re mine’, and stuff like that.” Kyoka noticed Tsuyu wince a little. “I thought it was just a cute thing. ‘I’m yours and your mine’ sorta thing. Now, I’m wondering if it’s something… more.”

“Like?” Mina raised a brow.

Kyoka sighed and rubbed the side of her neck, not wanting to put the idea in the other’s heads but couldn’t help the connection she made.

“Well… with me and Izuku getting closer, maybe she was trying to punish him for it or ward him off or something. I mean, we all know what her parents are like and, in her eyes, Izuku wronged her so…”

“Like crushing an ant…” Ochako mumbled to herself, her eyes widening with realization.

“No. Momo wouldn’t do that… would she?” Mina sent the others a nervous look.

“Not intentionally, ribbit.” Tsuyu offered. “But still, it can be hard to identify all your bad points when you’re not even aware of them yourself. I’ve never seen Momo upset with someone like this before and it’s almost certainly a first for her too; maybe she never even realised this was something she’d picked up.”

“She… did look kinda… shocked by everything at the end.” Izuku stated.

“Maybe thinking about things alone is what she needs right now then.” Kyoka finished, though she reached for her phone and pulled it out. “Still, I want to say something.”

“Send it in our group chat,” Mina said. “That way she knows we all know.”

Kyoka sighed and opened the chat up, her fingers hovering over the keypad but unmoving. She looked to the others for what exactly to say but only found awkward looks in response. Slowly, she typed out something.

Deepest Dope: We know. Is there anything you want to say right now?

The message was sent and Kyoka gave the group an upwards nod as several alert chimes went off on everyone’s phones as she verbally relayed what she sent.

“So… what do we do now?” Ochako asked awkwardly.

“Unless she responds or something we should leave her alone for now.” Tsuyu sighed. “She knows we know, the next step is hers.”

“If she doesn’t respond tonight we’ll check in with her tomorrow morning.” Mina shrugged, giving Tooru a squeeze. “Tonight Tooru, tomorrow, Momo and make up time… hopefully.”

The others gave hopeful, if weak smiles at the idea of everything working out quickly and easily but no one believed it would be as simple as that.

When their phones all chimed a second time, most couldn’t help reaching for their own to view the message that only their missing member could’ve replied with.

Ashamed: I’m sorry.

Ashamed: I know it’s not enough but… I’m really sorry.

“That answers that.” Mina sighed, shaking her head at the new name Momo had chosen for herself. Another ping alerted them that the heiress wasn’t done responding.

Ashamed: I deserve to be punished but I beg you all not to leave me. I’ll do whatever you want just… please.

“She’s spiralling.” Tsuyu grimaced. “I’m pretty sure… well I hope I’m sure, that I speak for everyone when I say we don’t want this to break any of us up?” There was a small shake of heads from Ochako, Kyoka, and Mina while Izuku looked pensive and Tooru was still. “Tooru?”

“S-Sorry um… no, I don’t want to break up.” Tooru seemed to snap out of her little trance. “B-But um… I don’t want to uh… talk to her right now.”

“Understandable.” Mina snuggled her girlfriend close. “We’ll get you an apology in person at the very least. She needs to do so before I’ll forgive her at least.”

“It does seem like an accident.” Ochako sympathised. “I want to hear her side too.”

“Same.” Kyoka agreed.

“Izuku?” Tsuyu turned to her boyfriend who had yet to visually or verbally agree. He let out a deep sigh and bit his lip before revealing his own thoughts on the matter.

“I-I know you all have… different experiences with her but um… I… don’t know if this is something we should um… pursue.” He reasoned. “M-Me and her I mean.”

Tsuyu admittedly felt her heart ache just a little at that. While she certainly couldn’t blame the boy after what sounded like a very bad experience with the heiress, she also wanted that big, happy seven-way cuddle pile she’d been imagining.

“Really?” Mina asked with a touch of both sadness and understanding in her tone.

“Y-Yeah.” Izuku nodded slowly. “And um… m-maybe we uh… s-shouldn’t date either um… K-Kyoka.” He grimaced as he looked over at the punk rock girl whose eyes widened at his words. “N-Not that I don’t want to with you b-but um… I’m just… getting in the way.”

The other girls said nothing as they watched Izuku look away out of sadness, shame, or something else but they also saw Kyoka’s face start as one of shock before it started morphing into one of anger.

“Uh, fuckin’ no!” Kyoka growled. “You do not get to endear yourself to me after all this shit then dump me like that! It’s not fucking happening,” she rejected. “I fuckin’ love that idiot that’s probably kicking herself upstairs but don’t think you or anyone else here is any less important now, got that?!”

The others reeled a little at Kyoka’s flaring temper and gave her quick nods as the girl rose to her feet.

“Since our two fuckin’ leaders are both feeling too fuckin’ sorry for themselves to see the woods through the trees, I guess I’m taking fuckin’ charge of this relationship shit again.” She sighed angrily, recalling the last time she had to do this being how the group got together in the first place. “You!” She pointed at Izuku who shrank a little at the attention. “You’re not breaking up with me period and you’re giving Momo a fair shot when she gets her head out of her ass, understood?!”

“Yes ma’am.” Izuku nodded quickly.

“Tooru!” Kyoka turned her attention to the invisible girl who squeaked in response. “Momo’s going to apologise and make this up to you in whatever manner you want.”

“O-Okay?” Tooru nodded in turn.

“Good.” Kyoka sighed, pulling her phone back out. “The rest of you, leave Momo alone for the rest of the night.”

With that, she began typing away in the chat again and shoved it back in her pocket before the pings were sent to everyone else’s. Tsuyu cautiously looked down to read her message.

Deepest Dope: You fucked up, no two ways about it, but you don’t get to leave this relationship after pushing for it with the others that easily. You’re gonna make things right starting from tomorrow and we’re gonna be one happy fucking family that doesn’t get jealous over petty shit. We’re gonna leave you alone tonight so you better do as Izuku says and get some thinking done before you talk to us all tomorrow. We still love you but this will not be happening again, understood?

“A… bit harsh maybe.” Mina hissed a little through her teeth.

“Telling it like it is.” Kyoka shrugged indifferently. “Now, if you don’t mind, I’m gonna go have dinner, channel this rage into my homework or training or some shit, then go to bed.” With that, Kyoka stepped up to Tooru and pulled her in for a quick kiss on the lips which the girl accepted albeit with a touch of surprise. “I’m glad you’re alright.”

One by one she went around the group, giving them each a kiss, though she hesitated a little before giving Izuku’s his just because it was still new to them both and she didn’t know if she was overstepping. When she was done, she straightened up and made for the door.

“I love you assholes, but everyone in our group is an idiot sometimes.”

Mina couldn’t help but laugh as Kyoka saw herself out with that touch of dramatic flair.

“You know, I forget how straight forward she can be sometimes, ribbit.” Tsuyu put a finger to her mouth as she smiled endearingly after the punk rocker.

Their phones chimed once again and she looked down to see what the response was.

Ashamed: Okay.

“Yeesh, what a mess.” Mina sighed, still somewhat at a loss as to how to make everyone feel better.

“How you feeling Tooru, Izuku?” Ochako asked cautiously.

“B-Better.” Tooru nodded, her sobs having long since eased into weary breathing.

“Just… guilty I guess.” Izuku shrugged. “It… still feels like this is my fault somehow.”

“Only technically from the sounds of it.” Tsuyu shook her head. “You didn’t do anything wrong though.”

“Thanks Tsu, I feel so much better.” Izuku deadpanned.

“Well, your sass is back so you’re probably fine.” Mina chuckled, nudging him affectionately with her foot and getting a thankful smile from the boy.

“I guess if that’s everything.” Tsuyu got to her own feet, following Kyoka’s earlier lead. “Food does kinda sound good right now. Anyone else.”

“Sounds good.” Ochako stood too, though remembered her concealment earlier and grabbed the thing she’d hidden from under the book. Tsuyu caught sight of the packaging and glanced at Izuku but his focus had shifted to Tooru.

“I’m guessing since you’re not moving you three want us to bring you something?” Tsuyu offered.

“Nah, I’ll shift my fat butt in a bit.” Mina jerked her head towards the door. “Gonna snuggle my Starlight a little more.”

Tsuyu looked to Izuku who gave her an awkward smile before he too nodded at the door; the message was loud and clear to the frog girl.

“We’ll leave you to it then.” She took Ochako’s free hand and pulled her towards the door.

Once they were outside she chuckled when the brunette breathed a sigh of relief.

“Don’t want him knowing?” She smirked.

“Shush! It’s embarrassin’.” Ochako hushed, tucking the pills she’d gotten from Recovery Girl into her pocket.

“Probably best to take with food considering your nausea.” Tsuyu chuckled, earning herself a playful shove from Ochako as the two stepped into the elevator.

Back in Mina’s room, the pinkette gave Izuku a look now that all that would be leaving had left.

The boy opened his mouth to start only to realise he had no idea on how to begin. While most things had been relayed and said already, Izuku wanted to apologise to Tooru for this whole situation but his mind was not providing him the words to phrase it without sounding totally ludicrous. He rested his hand on her back again and tried to start as best he could.

“T-Tooru… um… Starlight? I know this is um… belated but I’m sorry that… whatever issue Momo has with me got you um… c-caught up in it.”

Tooru sighed and rubbed the boy’s knee in turn.

“I’m sorry that I went along with her.” She admitted. “I’m not the only one that got hurt. She must’ve swatted you like, over a hundred times or something?”

“Wasn’t counting.” Izuku admitted.

“I know you guys probably don’t want to, but she needs to be punished for this.” Mina told them both, feeling her worry and sadness begin morphing into anger and irritation at the heiress for her actions.

“Can we talk about that later?” Tooru asked wearily. “I kinda just wanna get cuddles right now.”

“Then cuddles you’ll get.” Mina snuggled her girlfriend tightly.

“I’ll just uh…” Izuku shifted out of the way and stood, intending to make his way out and leave the two in peace.

“Hey, um…” Tooru caught his sleeve before he could get too far. “I didn’t mean just from Mina.”

“Looks like it’s ‘Tooru sandwich’ time.” Mina giggled, winking at the greenette.

“Oh um… I figured you wouldn’t want me around after-”

“You need hugs too.” Tooru puffed up her cheeks. “I’m just um… getting them first.”

“Oh, so rotating ‘piggy in the middle’, are we?” Mina snickered.

“M-More like ‘Pinky in the middle’ when it’s your turn.” Izuku offered cheekily, earning a wink from Mina as she fondly remembered the night before.

The three shared a small laugh as Izuku allowed Tooru to pull him back in to join their hug. Ultimately he didn’t need much convincing to stay as Tooru lured them both into bed for a snuggle before they thought about their own dinners.

Both she and Izuku felt much better after getting double-sided hugs and Tooru was glad at least one instance of being in the middle worked out today. Confronting Momo could wait at least a day but tonight she was going to be in the middle again as she made Izuku promise to cuddle with her and Mina since his quirk seemed to be under control now.


Tsuyu and Ochako didn’t see the others, besides Kyoka, in the time they were downstairs for dinner.

Despite Tsuyu’s teasing, she was quietly comforting as Ochako took her first pill with food. They only noticed the others continued absence when they’d finished cleaning up and checked the time.

“Think we should bring something up for them?” Ochako asked as the pair made their way up in the lift.

“They can take care of themselves, don’t worry, ribbit.” Tsuyu shook her head while squeezing Ochako’s hand. It had only been a short time but she already loved being able to show her affections off more in public. It wasn’t like Tooru’s thing of being seen, it was more about being able to show everyone how lucky she was to have someone like Ochako or Izuku as a partner. Ideally she’d like to do the same to everyone else but that would have to wait, especially with Momo right now and not just to hide it from her parents.

Stepping out of the elevator on the fifth floor, the pair walked along the corridor towards Tsuyu’s room, both glancing at Momo’s door as they passed.

Tsuyu felt her hand pull back as Ochako slowed and stopped.

“Something wrong?” Tsuyu asked, hoping it was just the obvious.

Ochako bit her lip and reached up for her collar, a contemplative expression on her face.

“Ochako?”

The girl looked up when Tsuyu called again.

“Sorry Tsu, I… I have to do something.”

She dropped Tsuyu’s hand and moved back towards Momo’s door.

“Do you?” Tsuyu asked carefully. “We did say to leave things till tomorrow.”

The brunette sighed as she stepped up to her Mistress’ door and heaved a sigh.

“I know… but this is important.” Ochako offered, knowing it was weak as far as excuses went.

Tsuyu let out a soft, sad croak but nodded hesitantly.

“Want me to com-”

“No thanks.” Ochako shook her head as she mustered up her strength. “This is… between us.”

“Ribbit.” Tsuyu nodded again, moving to stand against the wall and wait for whatever came next.

Ochako knocked on Momo’s door and, predictably, heard no response.

“Momo? Momo, it’s me. I’m coming in.” Ochako called out in a somewhat firm voice, taking one last breath before pushing down the door handle and stepping inside.

The door gave way to her Mistress’ room like it had many times before, only right now it was in total darkness with only the small amount of hallway light behind her illuminating anything. Ochako cracked the door open enough to step inside, hoping that Momo was indeed here and she wasn’t technically breaking in right now.

“Momo?” She called again.

It was only when she heard a sniffle coming from Momo’s bed that she knew the girl was still in here. As much as she loved Tsuyu, Ochako wanted privacy for this next part and closed the door behind her and reached for Momo’s light.

When the room illuminated itself Ochako almost gasped at the mess. Clothes were strewn across the ground, Momo’s bedside lamp had been clearly shattered against a wall along with what she could only guess was the strap-on she’d been wearing that had its harness snapped. Books lay haphazardly in various states along the ground like landmines and one of Momo’s side tables was face-down in the only direction it could’ve fallen by the side of her bed. To cap it off, Ochako could only guess that the whimpering lump in the middle of Momo’s bed among the thoroughly ruffled sheets was the girl herself.

As much as she wanted to feel sorry for the heiress in her current state, Ochako steeled her nerve for what she’d come here to say and stepped forward carefully.

“Momo, I’m here for my key.”

The small noises coming from Momo halted with an intake of breath.

“After today… I don’t think I can trust you with my safety anymore.”

Momo’s sheets moved and Ochako almost recoiled at the tearstained, sorrowful appearance of her Mistress as she looked further agonised at Ochako’s request when she sat up.

“No… please, no.” Momo snivelled, a small hiccup leaving her.

“This isn’t a request.” Ochako stated sternly. “What you did… that’s something I can’t ignore.”

“I-I didn’t m-m-mean-”

“I know.” Ochako cut her off. “But still, you hurt Tooru in a way that could’ve easily been me or any one of us. How would you feel if it was Mina who’d hurt Kyoka like that?”

Ochako felt a little bit guilty at seeing the way Momo’s face twisted up as her tears began flowing once again and sobs escaped her throat.

“I-I didn’t… p-p-please…”

The brunette knew she was faltering when she watched Momo descend into tears and choked sobs. Ochako sighed and stepped carefully around the debris on the floor, noting the roped restraints once used on her still attached to the bed posts where Izuku had ripped them in two from restraining Tooru.

Once by the side of the bed, Ochako carefully sat down but kept her distance from the crying heiress.

“You know what you did to cause this.” Ochako sighed. “What I don’t get is why?”

Momo opened her mouth to try and stumble her way through an answer but nothing would come out other than more cries and choked gasps.

“Take a moment to breathe and calm down.” Ochako ordered, knowing she was the one in control of the situation for a change. Thankfully, Momo decided to listen to her and took several steadying breaths to try and slow her renewed tears. Ochako reached out slowly and took one of Momo’s hands in her own, rubbing her thumb along it comfortingly. “Better?”

Momo nodded shakily before opening her mouth again.

“I-I… I wanted… I thought… I… don’t know.” Momo broke again.

Ochako heaved another sigh and shook her head.

“The others said you’ve been acting weird recently. This isn’t the Momo we all know and love. You clearly need some more time to think about it, so please just give me my key and I’ll leave you alone.” Momo’s grip tightened on Ochako’s hand and she shook her head again, her eyes practically begging Ochako not to go through with this where her voice failed her. “Look… I don’t want to do this but you’ve given me no choice, I’m sorry.”

Momo shook her head, tears continuing to fall and fresh sobs coming out.

“What we had… it was precious to me and I hope that, one day, I can trust you enough again to get back to that point. But for now, I’m no longer your pet and you’re no longer my Mistress.” Ochako said solemnly, getting another sob from Momo. “I’m still your girlfriend and partner, just like everyone else still is for now, but this is something I can’t help you with. I really hope you figure out exactly what’s going on with you so things can go back to normal.”

“B-B-But… I-I-I n-need you!” Momo begged.

“I’m not going anywhere.” Ochako comforted her. “Once you figure yourself out I’ll help however I can if it’s possible, but it’ll be as your girlfriend, not your pet, until further notice.”

“I-I-I’m… scared.” Momo crumpled, not knowing what else to say at this point.

“I know, I think we all are a bit.” Ochako sighed. “I don’t think any of us expected something like this to happen. I’m… not going to lie, it’s shaken everyone a little; Tooru most of all of course. We gather it’s because you’re… jealous of Izuku, or something to that degree. You should know by now you’re irreplaceable to all of us and he’d never do something like force you out, nor us leave you. What you’ve done has hurt more than just Tooru and Izuku; you’ve scared everyone. Even Kyoka had to put her foot down just to get us to stop wallowing and worrying. Take this time now, figure yourself out, and come back to us with answers when you’re ready. I promise we’ll be there to listen and help however we can.” Ochako offered Momo what she hoped was a hopeful smile. “Until then though, I’ll ask one last time for my key before I take this off myself, and if I do, there’s no putting it back on.”

Reaching up for her collar, Ochako hunted around for the clasp and felt her fingers touch at the two-pronged release mechanism. Momo’s eyes grew wide as she quickly shook her head with urgency. She let go of Ochako’s hand and a hurried light of her quirk began forming on her palm. After another few seconds, a scruffy, misshapen key rose out of the palm of Momo’s hand.

Ochako frowned only to watch Momo hurriedly toss the key to the side and her quirk light up as she quickly made to produce another. The same rough looking, if slightly different, key rose from her palm and Momo tossed that one away too and clearly made to try again.

“Stop, stop.” Ochako retook Momo’s hand. “I get it, okay? Just tell me where the original key is and I’ll get it myself.”

Momo hiccupped again as tears rolled down her eyes. She pointed towards her mattress and Ochako understood what she meant. Rising from the bed and bending down, she pulled out the box of toys from underneath the bed and opened up the chest in the small amount of space she had.

The heiress had accrued quite a collection so far, and there were things here she knew they hadn’t used yet. She sifted her way through them as she hunted for that small bit of silver she’d seen Momo use before to unlock her last collar and replace it with this new one that had Izuku’s gemstone added to it.

“H-H-Heart,” Momo choked out.

Ochako paused for a moment, wondering if Momo was addressing her only to see a small heart-shaped container buried in one of the corners. Fishing it out, Ochako opened the small, hinged, heart-shape box to reveal a small key sitting in the center. With a small sigh, she plucked the key from its rest and replaced the box inside the chest before closing it and pushing it back under Momo’s bed.

Standing up again, Ochako reached up with the key only to get a strangled murmur from Momo.

“P-Please… j-just… n-not here.”

“Fine.” Ochako sighed, granting Momo that kindness at least. Sitting down on the bedspread with the key palmed, Ochako reached out to stroke Momo’s hand again. “It um… seems you’ve made quite a mess. Do you at least want some help tidying things up before I go?”

Momo shook her head slowly and choked back another sob. Reluctantly, she let go of Ochako’s hand and slumped back into her bed, covering her head with her covers once again before a slow, mournful sob broke the silence of the room again.

The brunette’s heart really did go out to her former mistress and girlfriend, but she wouldn’t falter at this point, not that she thought Momo was trying to garner sympathy or anything. No, what she was looking at was a girl who’d made a mistake she felt utterly devastated about and one she wished she could take back more than anything. Ochako hoped Momo would use this evening, and however much more she needed, wisely to reflect for all their sakes.

Rising from the bed, Ochako navigated her way back over the mess on the floor and over to the door. Before she opened it, she paused and looked back over at the dejected heiress shaped lump of covers.

“We all love you very much Momo. Don’t forget everything we’ve done so far and how much we’re willing to do for each other.”

With her last piece said, Ochako opened the door, stepped out, and closed it behind her. Once she heard the click of the latch, she let out another deep sigh as she felt her emotions rise up as her strength faltered. Tears welled up in her eyes as she struggled to control her own breathing now.

“Ochako?” Tsuyu’s worried voice called from the same spot she’d remained in, stepping forward to comfort her girlfriend. The brunette just shook her head and sucked in another breath to try and stave off the tears as long as she could.

“C-Come on.” She said softly, stretching her hand out for Tsuyu’s before leading them towards the frog girl’s room.

Tsuyu ribbited in worry as Ochako lead them inside before her breath hitched again. With a door between her and the outside world however, Ochako let out a small sob once she was clear and slumped onto Tsuyu’s bed.

The frog girl quickly hurried over to make sure her girlfriend was alright, grabbing a tissue and dabbing at her eyes only to get Ochako shaking her head.

“H-H-Help.” Ochako asked wearily, holding up the key she’d acquired from her former mistress.

Tsuyu bit back her own sadness at the rift that was now clear in their group from this event. Taking the key from her girlfriend, she reached up and carefully slipped it into the lock and turned, a soft click making both girls wince before the fabric of the collar slackened and it fell away into Ochako’s waiting hand.

Stretching it out in front of herself, Ochako looked at the gems that represented their group and sincerely hoped that she’d be able to wear this again one day. Whether it was as Momo’s pet for fun or just as a prideful piece of jewellery to keep all her partners close she didn’t know and only time would tell for now.

“Are you okay?” Tsuyu asked, knowing full well her girlfriend wasn’t but all she could do was try and comfort her as best she could.

“S-She’s hurting Tsu.” Ochako sobbed lightly. “S-She looked so sad.”

“That’s good.” Tsuyu smiled weakly, knowing that probably sounded bad while rubbing Ochako’s back comfortingly. “Momo knows she’s done wrong and hopefully she’ll be trying to fix it.”

“Mmmhmm.” Ochako nodded sadly, trying to control her emotions. “Do you think we’ll go back to normal?”

“I… hope so.” Tsuyu replied diplomatically. “I really, really do. But I think Momo has a lot to deal with before she’s ready to re-join us.”

The brunette nodded again and curled into her girlfriend’s embrace, rubbing softly at her own bare neck with one hand for the first time in months. She sincerely hoped Momo got through whatever issues she was currently having and apologised properly so they could work at getting back to where they were.

Tsuyu and Ochako spent the rest of the evening comforting each other before settling in to sleep wrapped in each other’s embrace.


A new day dawned for everyone in Japan and one UA student wearily awoke from a dreamless sleep, wondering in vain if some divine being had granted her prayers and rewound time to be Monday once more. Judging by the ache of her face and head from crying along with the hand that she’d used to punch her bookcase, her prayers had gone unanswered.

Rubbing the crust from her eyes and slowly sitting up, Momo Yaoyorozu observed her wrecked room once more. She was a little ashamed of what could only be called a childish temper tantrum she’d thrown once Izuku and Tooru had left her room.

There was little doubt in her mind that the others would know before too long once they’d left and she’d began crying, worrying and panicking out of fear. That fear quickly turned to anger though, anger she couldn’t direct at anyone and so had taken it out on her own things in a very un-Yaoyorozu-like fashion. Ironically, this brought her the most relief from her swirling emotions and after scattering many books, smashing a lamp and upending her side-table, she’d punched the side of her bookcase and the pain had circled her back around to tears.

Once more she felt helpless and bitter. Her entire future that she’d dared dream of and cultivate was now held in the hands of others and not herself with the worst part being that only she was to blame. Momo thought she was doing so well, doing everything right to escape her family’s clutches and live the life she’d dared imagine with her friends and lovers, only to have ruined it all when she’d felt threatened by Izuku Midoriya. This was all because of him and how he’d ensnared everyone, even her beloved Kyoka, with his charms and… good looks and… honest… façade?

She’d given up at this point, her resentment fading in futility. There was no denying that Izuku wasn’t to blame for all this; just her and her pathetic jealousy and insecurity that caused her to hurt, belittle, and demean her supposed boyfriend and let her invisible girlfriend get caught in the undeserved crossfire.

Throughout the night, before she’d been able to finally drop off to sleep out of sheer exhaustion, her mind had been working to try and figure out exactly what was going on with herself. Introspection had never been her strong point but doubt certainly was at times. Why was she so threatened by Izuku that she felt the need to hurt him, to use one of the others in her plan to get back at the boy and let him know she was the top girl around here?

Unfortunately the answers didn’t come to her and she rose from her bed for what was likely a horrible day of classes.

Crossing her room with heavy feet, skimming a few books with her toes as she barely lifted them from the ground to walk, Momo made it to her wardrobe and began to prepare for her day.

Once she was somewhat presentable in her dresser mirror, she looked at her unhappy face with a sour look stuck on it. With a sigh, she put her heiress training to good use and brightened up her expression into the one her parents had taught her to use whenever she was in public; a horrid, phoney smile on her lips and faux interested look in her eye that would fool most business folk into believing she was pleased to just be in their presence.

She hated this look and felt more disgusted with herself than ever.

Hopefully she could hide away in the back of the class in her seat and no one would call on her while she tried to scavenge whatever her brain could put forth to try and fix things with everyone.

Stepping forward, her day was determined to get off on the wrong foot as she heard something squeak under her foot in a most unfamiliar way. Biting back a scream of frustration at the unexpected sound, Momo looked down and saw it was just the bodice she’d been wearing yesterday she’d discarded in irritation.

She was about to kick it away into a corner where it could sit for the rest of the day if she had her way as Momo had no intention of cleaning up anything right now only to pause as her mind finally presented her with a useful idea.

As much as she tried, she was clearly inexperienced in this area of relationships and their dynamics, especially compared to the one this very outfit piece had been based off. It would require her having to divulge a few things she’d rather not, but at this stage Momo was willing to do anything to try and get back what she’d suspected she may lose forever if she wasn’t careful.

Her heart steadied a tad with a small measure of calm washing over her mind as some semblance of a plan now formed in her mind. It was just a single step, but that was all she needed to get started. Once classes were over, she would seek out Midnight and beg her for any help she could offer.


Initially classes appeared to be going normally for everyone in 1-A; Aizawa gave his morning speech as usual and lectures began with Present Mic’s English class. To those in the know however, there was a measure of acting going on with several students faking their typical demeanours while underneath even that was fear and worry.

Unlike most days, Momo was distracted and busy counting down the minutes until lunchtime so she could go find Midnight while many of her partners had sent her and each other nervous glances throughout the morning.

When lunch finally arrived, Momo packed up her belongings as normally as she could before making a swift exit from the classroom and down the hall, away from the lunchroom. Navigating through UA’s halls and staircases, she came upon the teacher’s longue and hoped the teacher she needed was inside.

Before she could knock to announce her presence, the door opened up and the very woman she was looking for almost bumped into her carrying a stack of papers.

“Oh! Miss Yaoyorozu, what an unexpected yet pleasant surprise. Are you looking for someone dear?”

“Um, y-yes actually.” Momo nodded, feeling her voice already catching at the thought of divulging all she needed to the risqué teacher. “It’s you actually, um, c-could we talk… alone?”

Midnight was no fool and more perceptive than many gave her credit for. From Momo’s nervous expression, the words she used and the lilt of her voice, she knew this was something personal and serious for the girl.

“Of course dear, we can go talk in my homeroom if you don’t mind the trek. Unfortunately a teacher’s work is never done and, unlike a certain someone, I don’t spend all lunch catching up on my sleep.”

“Leave.” Aizawa’s groaning voice could be heard from inside the office.

“If you could just take these,” Midnight passed Momo the stack of papers she held while briefly ducking back into the office to grab another stack, “saves me making two trips.”

“H-Happy to help.” Momo nodded, glad for the small, normal interaction before everything.

The two set off with Midnight leading the girl up a set of stairs where they eventually came to a doorway to a classroom that almost matched Momo’s own homeroom were it not for the giant ‘3-A’ painted on it.

“Just in here.” Midnight lead her inside, finding none of her students inside that she’d have to shoo out before closing the door behind the raven haired girl.

Once papers were deposited at Midnight’s teacher’s desk, the pro gestured to one of the two chairs stationed against the wall she specifically kept for when students wanted to talk to her one-on-one rather than making them grab the nearest desk chair.

Once Momo was sitting down, her sitting pose tight and defensive, Midnight slowly coaxed the girl to begin.

“Now we have some privacy, what’s on your mind?”

When Momo opened her mouth to explain, the swirling emotions within her came back with a vengeance after being bottled up all morning, and she let out a very ungraceful sob before devolving into a gentle weep.

“Oh dear, something’s not right at all, is it?” Midnight sighed, hoping she wasn’t about to hear about the end of relationship: Jiro and Yaoyorozu made such a nice pair after all.

Plucking several tissues from the box she kept on her desk, the pro handed the crying girl some meagre relief as she let her get out all the emotions she needed before she felt like she could begin. Momo was glad she was able to recenter herself somewhat quickly after her initial outburst but still felt the shame of doing so in the first place in front of her art history teacher and braced herself for the disappointment yet to come.

“M-M-Miss Midnight… I-I need to fix things b-but I don’t know h-how. P-Please tell me… how can I be a good M-Mistress when I messed up?”

“Mistress?” Midnight blinked. That was a line she certainly wasn’t expecting to hear out of the heiress’ mouth and her curiosity grew. Looking up at once of the cameras in the corner of the room, she gave it a small nod to acknowledge that she knew she was being recorded as was procedure when subjects like this came up. It covered UA’s and her own behind if a student ever tried to blackmail them for whatever purpose. “Have you been experimenting with some more advanced activities and equipment in the bedroom? I hope you were being safe.”

“I-I did… b-but I forgot.” Momo cried again. “I-I hurt her a-and now I don’t know if I can f-fix it.”

The 18+ heroine sighed softly. Youngsters were always tackling some things before they were ready and it seemed the young heiress had leapt before she looked.

“Come on dear, tell me everything and we’ll see if we can put our heads together and figure you out a plan, hmmm?” Momo blew her nose on the tissues and solemnly nodded her head. “Good. Now, start from the top; what exactly happened and what’s the situation now?”

And so, Momo talked.

She told Midnight how she and ‘her girlfriend’ were using toys and rope in the bedroom and that she’d accidently left her no way to signal for an escape when performing an intimate act. As a result, ‘her girlfriend’ had asked for the key to her collar back while stating that she didn’t feel safe anymore. Momo knew she was blending Tooru and Ochako’s stories under the guise of this all being done to Kyoka but the pro didn’t know about their unusual extended relationship and she hoped to gain the advice she desperately needed without divulging that bit of information.

The pro was no fool however, and parts of Momo’s story were clearly not adding up. She’d never seen Jiro wearing a collar of any sort. A choker, maybe, but not a collar. While it could certainly be something the two played with strictly in the bedroom, a niggling memory pushed its way to the forefront of her mind.

Sitting forward a little, Midnight gave the girl before her the most empathetic, understanding look she could before asking her next question.

“You’re not talking strictly about Miss Jiro, are you?”

Momo felt her breath catch. She’d failed yet again and now Midnight knew she wasn’t being truthful, or worse!

“I-I’m not cheating!” She blurted out hurriedly, only for Midnight to raise her hands to try and calm the girl down.

“I’m not implying that you are,” the pro tried to assure her. “But dear, I can’t give you honest advice if I don’t know the full story.” Midnight sighed, wondering what complex situation the heiress had gotten herself in beyond what she’d already gleaned.

Momo’s breathing had picked up, tears running down the side of her face as she panicked again at potentially outing the whole group. Why was everything she did right now going so wrong no matter what she tried?!

“I know this must be difficult and embarrassing for you,” Midnight gave the girl the most reassuring and comforting look she could, “but please believe that I am here to help. I haven’t told anyone about your relationship as I promised so please trust me again to help now.”

Whether it was the pro’s words, her earnest expression, or simply Momo reaching the end of her tether and surrendering to fate now that she was caught, the heiress didn’t know, but she knew that she had to fix things no matter what if she wanted to regain the love and trust of her girlfriends she so desperately wanted.

If that meant entrusting her secret to Midnight to get the advice and guidance she needed, so be it.

“O-Okay… I’ll… tell you everything.” Momo conceded.

As she opened her mouth to begin telling her teacher the complete truth, the school bell’s ring echoed in the classroom and hallways, alerting everyone that lunch was at an end.

Once more Momo felt like crying as she’d wasted her opportunity.

Midnight could see the girl’s grip on her emotions slip after finally getting her to open up fully and knew she needed to guide her.

“Yaoyorozu, listen to me, here’s what we’re going to do.” Midnight declared, allowing her more commanding demeanour slip into her voice to get the girl to follow her orders. “Classes are about to resume. Do you think you can make it through the afternoon so we can talk after school? If not, I’ll ask Nezu to get me a substitute, get you out of classes, and we’ll continue our chat over some tea and biscuits in the teacher’s longue.”

The heiress wanted nothing more right now than to take Midnight up on her offer, to be able to avoid her partners until she got the information she so desperately needed to begin fixing things… but that would mean not only missing out on the afternoon’s lessons, but depriving other classes of Midnight’s tutelage all for her own selfish gain.

A pattern finally established itself in her brain.

Her eyes widened as she realised every action that had gone wrong for her in the past few days had been born out of selfishness, putting her own needs above everyone else’s. Whether it was getting a leg up on the clean-up effort in Deika and ignoring Todoroki’s success in getting his license, trying to establish her dominance over Izuku with her training method, begging Ochako not to break their unique relationship, or even now where she could easily give in and get the answers she needed by taking Midnight away from her responsibilities for her mistakes.

No. If things were going to get better, she needed to acknowledge that this was all because of her selfishness and not let it control her anymore.

“T-Thank you, M-Miss Midnight, b-but I’ll come back after c-class.” Momo declared, rising to her feet.

“Are you sure hun? I know Aizawa can be grumpy but you can let me deal with him.”

“I-I’ll be fine.” Momo tried to assure the teacher through brushing her tears away to look presentable once more. “I um… think I need some time to… prepare myself anyway.”

Midnight gave the girl a hesitant look but relented. With a sigh, she watched Momo gather herself as her own class started filing into the classroom before the girl took her leave, slipping out amongst the crowd. Hopefully the heiress would be more forthcoming after classes so they could fix the damage she’d done. She only hoped the girl would be able to listen to any advice she could give; it wasn’t every day you came across a polyamorous relationship at least five members large.

Sitting back in her chair, Midnight’s thoughts raced as she wondered just what her precious students were getting up to and whether they were strong enough to handle it. While she had no doubts about their heroic potentials, emotions were a lot harder to reinforce from disappointment and disaster, especially in matters of the heart.


Returning to the 1-A classroom, Momo slipped inside through the rear door as a few people were still chatting casually at each other’s desks as they waited for the next class teacher to arrive. Sitting down at her desk, Momo breathed a small sigh of relief as she had her next step in mind… even if it meant detailing more than she expected to her art history teacher.

Off to her side, while Izuku was engaged in conversation with Tsuyu and Ochako at the latter’s desk, Iida walked up to begin getting everyone back in their seats but couldn’t help noting something about the brunette’s appearance.

“Uraraka, I notice you’re not wearing your necklace today.”

Izuku tried not to wince as he suddenly noticed the lack of collar too and knew exactly what it meant.

“Oh, y-yeah, um…” Ochako touched at her neck, glancing over at Momo who looked away in shame. “I’ve been wearing it since I got it and I figured it was time for a… clean, you know?”

“Ah yes, keeping such sentimental items in pristine condition requires maintenance every now and then.” Iida nodded.

“Yeah.” Ochako nervously nodded along with him. “Can’t let it get too grubby, you know? I’d hate if it got too damaged beyond repair and I couldn’t wear it again… but sometimes that’s not up to me.” Ochako made a quick glance over at Momo and knew the girl could hear her.

“Indeed, though if I may, it might be better not to take such a sentimental item into combat training if it means that much to you.” Iida offered.

“True but… I don’t know what I’d do without it sometimes.” Ochako smiled weakly. “It reminds me of… how far I’ve come and all those that are supporting me and my goals. To not wear it… it almost feels wrong at this point, like a piece of me is missing; kinda like you without your glasses.”

“Well my glasses serve a more functional purpose than a necklace, but I understand the sentiment.” Iida chuckled.

Ochako once more glanced over at Momo and saw the heiress sending her a shy, sidelong look.

“I hope that with proper treatment,” she continued, “I can have it back on before too long.”

“It uh… does seem odd to see you without it.” Izuku commented a tad awkwardly.

“Not as shiny but you’re definitely still a gem to us, ribbit.” Tsuyu smiled weakly, glancing over at Momo too.

“In which case, please allow me to lend my assistance should you need advice or support procuring any substances for cleanliness, shine and polish.” Iida eagerly spoke up. “With my family background in mechanics, I believe my mother would be most knowledgeable on the subject as she has prided herself on keeping the Iida engines shining brightly as a beacon of heroics!”

“I’ll… keep that in mind.” Ochako sweatdropped with a small chuckle.

The conversation moved into other subjects briefly before the teacher arrived and lectures continued again once everyone returned to their seats.

After having a night to think about everything, getting caught out by Midnight, and hearing Ochako’s words that she hoped she was interpreting correctly, Momo was more determined than ever to make up for what she’d done.

The others had done so much for her already just by hiding their own relationships and affections for her sake. It was time she confronted herself and start repaying them for all they’d done for her so far.


When the end of the day bell rang, Momo packed her things up and headed out the door alone, blending in with the crowd outside as the others watched her leave with a twinge of worry. She made her way up towards class 3-A once more and got somewhat caught in the throng of students leaving.

Among the crowd she spotted Tamaki along with Nejire and Yuyu, who were holding hands and talking together but she slipped through without engaging them.

As the last of the students past her, Momo gathered her courage as she stood before the imposing 3-A door once again. Resigned to her fate but pressing forward regardless, she opened the door and walked inside to see Midnight straightening her things up at her desk.

“Ah, Miss Yaoyorozu,” she shot her an empathetic smile, “ready to finish our chat?”

“Please.” Momo nodded, having much better control of her emotions this time as she pulled out the spare chair and sat down again, resting her schoolbag by the side of it.

Midnight steepled her fingers as she rested her elbows on her desk, wanting to say a few words to the girl before they tried this conversation all over.

“Miss Yaoyorozu… Momo, before we start I want to give you my complete assurance that nothing that will be said here will reach anyone else’s ears. This is strictly between us unless I have cause to believe someone is in danger moving forward. Do you understand?”

“Yes Miss Midnight.” Momo nodded politely.

“Good. Now, I’ve had time to process what you said during lunch and I’m certain there’s a lot more to this story, and your unique relationship, that you’re not telling me. With that in mind, no matter how unusual or embarrassing or ‘wrong’ you may think I will find it, I promise that, so long as you are all treating each other with love, care and respect, that’s all that matters to me.”

Momo gave a grateful, if shaky, couple of nods before taking a deep breath.

“W-Well then, um… I-I guess I should start at the beginning…”

For the next hour, Midnight sat and patiently listened as Momo detailed every important part of her seven way polyamorous relationship to the pro hero. From some sparse details about her sexual awakening and first intimate exchange with Mina to the initial formation of the group without Ochako, Tsuyu and Izuku up until the most recent sleepover they’d shared together.

Throughout it all, Momo also detailed how much she’d come to love and appreciate every one of her partners and knew the feelings had been mutual up until recently, how she was truly happy being with all of them, even Izuku… up until the point when her jealousy started getting the better of her. 

Slowly, Momo began detailing the more recent experiences she’d had with everyone and how she believed her selfishness had caused everything to culminate in what happened yesterday.

“A-After that um… O-Ochako l-left a-and I… I don’t know what to do now.” Momo sniffled, reaching the end of her tale. “I-I thought th-that you-”

“It’s okay dear, take a deep breath now.” Midnight encouraged her, passing over the now nearly empty box of tissues the girl had been making her way through. “Is that everything?”

“Mmmhmm.” Momo nodded shakily before blowing her nose. “B-Basically.”

“Right, well… that’s certainly… something.” Midnight leant back in her chair, trying to take in and process everything she’d learned.

Not only was Yaoyorozu in what was quite clearly a happy and consensual seven-way relationship but also had a somewhat unhealthy Mistress-Pet relationship with Uraraka. If it wasn’t already apparently over, that would’ve been the first thing she’d advise that needed to go, and she was somewhat surprised the brunette wasn’t the one to receive this apparent blowback.

Momo sat there in her chair and felt the weight of her actions hang around her shoulders like lead. After vocalising everything, she could tell her actions yesterday had been out of pettiness and cruelty rather than a genuine attempt to help Izuku with his training. She felt sick to her stomach at what she’d done.

“I’m not going to lie Yaoyorozu, I am somewhat concerned with everything you’ve told me.” Midnight spoke up after a few moments. “I would’ve thought you were smarter than this and certainly not as callous and reckless as your latest misstep clearly appears to be.”

“I know.” Momo replied timidly, expecting a scolding of some kind.

“Okay.” Midnight breathed a sigh as she gathered her thoughts. “Just so we’re clear, what exactly are you asking my assistance for?” Midnight asked cautiously.

“I… messed up.” Momo admitted. “I hurt two of the people I’m closest to in a way that they are absolutely justified to use to break up with me. If there is any chance of fixing my mistake and atoning for it, I’ll do it so that things can…”

“Go back to the way they were?” Midnight offered.

“Yes, but… no.” Momo bit her lip. “I… need to change. I need to be better. What I did… it was wrong and I shouldn’t have done what I did to Izuku. I was… spiteful and, worse, I felt justified in it.”

“Indeed.” Midnight grimaced. “Forgive me for my forwardness but, from what you’ve told me about your parents regarding Miss Hatsume and your upbringing, it almost sounds like you may have integrated more of their lessons than maybe even you realised.”

Momo’s breath caught and one phrase stuck out in her mind;

‘We’ll crush them under our boot heel like the ants they are.’

Almost instantly she knew it was too much for her to handle any further and that sick feeling she’d been stomaching became intolerable. Falling to her knees and scrambling forward, Momo grasped at the waste bin by the side of Midnight’s desk and felt herself heave into it.

Despite not having time for any food at lunch, she was grateful in that moment as all that came up her throat was a bit of bile she spat onto some crumpled papers at the bottom. The sick feeling didn’t stop however and she felt her chest convulse again as her mind repeated the revelation in her head.

While this was happening, Midnight had rose from her seat and was crouched by the girl’s side, gently rubbing her back as she got up everything she needed to.

“There we go.” She cooed softly when it seemed Momo had reached the end of her convulsions, offering the girl another tissue to wipe her mouth with. “Feeling better?”

Momo shook her head despondently.

“I-I’m a monster…” She choked out before a fresh wave of tears broke free.

“No, you’re not a monster.” Midnight comforted the girl. “The Momo I know that performs so well in class and always strives to do her best could never be a monster.”

The girl just shook her head and bawled again. After everything she’d been doing to escape her parents, their lessons had had their intended effect; she was tainted with their apathy.

No wonder the girls were having second thoughts after what she did. If she looked in the mirror right now, would she see only her mother’s smirking, satisfied face at having outwitted a business rival, or her father’s smug grin at getting his way in whatever manner he wanted?

“No!” Momo cried, her hand gripped into a fist and striking at the floor, sending a ripple of pain through her system. “I-I can’t… I… I’m not…”

“Momo, please.” Midnight’s hand gripped her wrist as she restrained the girl from doing any further harm to herself. “If you hurt yourself any further I will be forced to use my quirk,” she warned.

The threat registered in Momo’s mind and she felt all fight flee from her body as she crumpled into a heap.

With reactions expected of a pro, Midnight caught the girl around the waist and lifted her up before gently depositing her back on her seat as best she could. The heiress continued to sob in place as Midnight remained crouched at her level. The girl was clearly in a lot of distress and she wondered if she needed to call Recovery Girl up to assist if Momo continued to be a risk to herself.

“Momo, I understand you are going through a lot right now but getting hysterical won’t fix anything.”

“I-I-It’s over.” Momo cried with resignation. “I-I-I can’t f-fix this.”

“No one’s said that.” Midnight shook her head. “Come on. Take some time to settle yourself and we’ll talk this out. My schedule’s clear and I won’t leave your side until you’re okay again, alright?”

Momo didn’t answer as she felt hopeless in that moment. Everything good in her life was about to leave her and there was nothing she could do because she knew she didn’t deserve any of it anymore.

It took a while but Momo’s sobs eventually quietened down as Midnight simply held the girls hands softly, rubbing her thumbs along her fingers to keep her grounded. When she felt the girl had exhausted her tears for the moment Midnight began speaking again.

“This is it dear, you’ve hit rock bottom,” she started, getting a small nod from the girl. “The thing about rock bottom is, the only way to go from here is up.”

“I-I can’t-”

“The only one saying that is you.” Midnight reassured the girl. “The Momo I know doesn’t know the meaning of the word ‘can’t’ and will do whatever it takes to achieve her goals.”

Momo shook her head, relating the feeling back to stepping on others to get what she wanted like her parents.

“The girl I know that is kind, and caring, and honest, and will become one of the strongest and best heroes of your generation and be an inspiration to people everywhere. You’ve already proven to us at UA you’ve got what it takes to go the distance and I know I’m not giving up on you now. The world needs more truly good people like you in it. Sure, you’ve made a mistake, but that’s why you’re here in school; to make these mistakes now and learn from them, even with matters such as this,” Midnight declared in a firm yet passionate voice. “You’ve said yourself that you don’t want to become your parents so don’t let them win now. If you give up without fighting, they win by default; do you really want to surrender everything you’ve built with the others just like that?”

Another shake of the girl’s head and her sniffling slowed, Midnight’s words causing what little reason she had right now to sit up and pay attention. Midnight squeezed Momo’s hands and hoped she was finally getting through to her as she knew that, sometimes, even the brightest among them took the longest to learn things.

“You’ve got what sounds like six amazing partners all waiting on you right now and I’m sure you don’t want to disappoint them. Even if you can’t do things for yourself right now, do it for them and they’ll support you in turn,” Midnight continued. “It’s clear to me that there is a lot of love and strong feelings in your little group in the relatively short time you’ve all been together and, take it from me, sometimes that’s all you need to get through even your worst days. I know you think you don’t have it or don’t deserve it right now, but I promise you that you do. If I’ve learned anything from watching you all over these past few weeks it’s that you care for each other in a way most married couples would be envious of. You said it yourself, they messaged you and are waiting for you to make the next move. They haven’t given up on you yet and you shouldn’t give up on yourself either.”

The heiress felt another wave of tears coming on but these weren’t from sadness. With every word that fell from the pro hero’s lips, Momo felt herself reminded of everything she and the others had been through up until now; how everyone had pledged themselves to freeing her of her parents influence and she could only hope that extended to whatever horrible traits she’d picked up from them growing up.

She had screwed up and she would apologize and atone for it in whatever manner the others wanted, and if they still wanted her after that, Momo would consider herself truly grateful for each and every one of them.

“H-How do I do it?” Momo asked croakily. “I-I need to make it up… b-but how?”

“This is a good start.” Midnight smiled warmly, glad to see some small measure of fight return to the girl. “You’ve come looking for help which means you want to fix things of your own volition. While I can’t speak for any of your partners, all I know is that you need to go to them with an open heart, an open mind, and listen to their issues and needs. Relationships are about give and take and, right now, it seems you’ve taken too much from those that didn’t want to give it.”

“N-Nothing more specific?” Momo asked hopefully.

“Nothing specific I know would work.” Midnight shook her head. “Relationships are about trust, honesty, communication, and openness. If you can’t be honest with yourself, how can you be honest with them? I think you know some of the problems you now have, let them know you’re willing to fix them and work on them together. Acknowledge your issues and don’t shy away from your mistakes. Maybe you’ll stumble again, maybe one of the others will screw up in the future. So long as you all want this relationship to continue, as long as you communicate, you’ll find a way through together.”

Momo felt her tears break free once more but out of hope rather than hopelessness. Somehow, Midnight had made it all seem like everything was going to be okay and she felt like her strength and ability to change things had been returned to her.

It was a little inappropriate, but she quickly leant forward and captured the woman in a hug and held her tightly as she profusely thanked her through mumblings of tears.

Although awkward, Midnight returned the embrace, making sure to keep her hands in appropriate areas and visible to the cameras in the room but was glad she seemed to have helped the girl turn a corner in her self-reflection.

Midnight held the hug as long as the raven haired girl needed and when she felt Momo pull back, she did too.

“How are you feeling now?” She asked, stroking the girl’s arms.

“Better,” Momo nodded a little shakily. “I-I um… still don’t know what I’ll do but… I-I’ll talk to them and we should be able to work it out.”

“I hope only for the best for you all.” Midnight smiled sympathetically. “If you ever need to talk through anything again, please don’t hesitate to come find me. That goes for all of you.”

“Thank you, r-really.” Momo smiled weakly, her first all day.

“Anytime dear.” Midnight nodded. “Come, let’s get you seen by Recovery Girl for that swelling.”

Momo glanced at her hand, the same one she’d struck her bookcase with the night before and noticed it had swollen with an angry red tinge. With everything else going on it had barely registered in her mind but gave the teacher a small nod, agreeing to go see the nurse for it even though she felt like she didn’t deserve it for a self-inflicted injury like this.

The two shortly made their way downstairs where Recovery Girl was finishing up her discharge of a second year student to return to the day’s training.

A mumbled excuse about tripping and a small scold about looking where she was going from the healer later and Momo’s hand was fully healed. She left the office soon after with a lighter heart as she began her trek back to the dorms, a plan taking shape in her mind to show the others how truly apologetic she was about everything as Midnight and Recovery Girl waved her out the door.

Once the heiress was gone, Recovery Girl turned to Midnight.

“So what am I really putting in her medical record?” She asked carefully.

“Self-inflicted injury from an emotional outburst.” Midnight sighed. “Miss Yaoyorozu is going through a sensitive time right now and blames herself and her upbringing for her current woes. I can’t go into more detail but I don’t believe she’ll be a danger to herself moving forward.”

“And what about towards others?” Recovery Girl pressed, covering her bases.

“She’s a good student and a good person,” Midnight shook her head. “Matters of the heart can make anyone emotional but we’ve hopefully found a way forward for her.”

“Ah youth.” Recovery Girl sighed wistfully. “Sometimes I miss it and sometimes I don’t.”

“Whilst I certainly recall my own schooldays with a certain fondness, I can’t help but not miss the follies of inexperience. Everything is so much simpler now I’m an adult.”

“Pfeh, you’re still a young maiden with plenty of mistakes ahead of her.” Recovery Girl snorted. “Do I need to remind you about how disastrously your last booty call with your ‘Midnight Boys’ ended?”

“I have needs Chiyo!” Midnight puffed up her cheeks petulantly. “Not my fault they didn’t want to share.”

“Yes, yes, and that’s why you all broke up, I’ve heard it all before.” Recovery Girl shook her head in mild exasperation. “Honestly, you young people make love and sex way more complicated than it needs to be.”

Midnight was tempted to retort with something clever but knew the elder heroine had a point. She was by no means the perfect role model for a solid, steady relationship but hopefully her experience in failure could help another find her path to succeed where she couldn’t. Bidding the nurse farewell, she kept her fingers crossed that Yaoyorozu was able to find success in such an unusual relationship where she hadn’t.


The dorm had been full for most of the evening and each of the group members were wondering if anything would occur tonight or whether Momo needed more time to herself to think things through. While a few of them had seen the girl return to the dorms as well as duck into the bathing area, there was no indication anything was going to occur.

It was nine o’clock in the evening when they all received the same text through the group chat.

Ashamed: Would it be possible to meet you all in one of your rooms?

Kyoka, still annoyed at her raven haired girlfriend, decided to take the lead again.

Deepest Dope: Everyone, my room, ten minutes.

As expected, everyone but Momo turned up first, most wearing nervous, worried looks as they’d all seen precious little of the heiress throughout the day. Mina and Tooru turned up together with the invisible girl sticking close to the pinkette as they sat down together on Kyoka’s bed. Izuku, Tsuyu and Ochako turned up separately but stood together by Kyoka’s desk. The musical girl herself stood resolute in the center of the room; if she had to act as mediator between these idiots to get them all back on the same level then she would.

Putting her foot down and demanding her way wasn’t something Kyoka liked to do, but with Izuku being somewhat kowtowed by this event and Momo being the aggressor, the group had lost its two natural leaders.

It took a few moments more for anything more to happen as, finally, there was a knock at the door to announce the presence of their last expected member.

“Come in.” Kyoka called out neutrally.

Opening the door and stepping inside, the group watched a demure looking Momo Yaoyorozu walk in, her feet and legs bare while dressed in what appeared to be some sort of overly large brown coat old detective films would use.

“What’s with the get-up?” Mina couldn’t resist asking as Momo moved further into the room and stopped short of Kyoka.

The punk rock girl held her hand up behind her to stop Mina from talking further before she folded them in front of her, acting very much the guard to the rest of her partners.

“Right,” Kyoka began simply, raising a brow at Momo. “We’re here. Izuku and Tooru have told us what happened, so, what do you have to say for yourself?”

Momo glanced up, looking at everyone guiltily and took in each of their faces. Each one was a person that was clearly hurt by her actions and now she had to stand here and prove to them all that she deserved a second chance. She took a deep breath and began the speech she knew they expected.

“As I’m sure you all know by now, I did something… atrocious to two dear people here. Consequently, I know I’ve… hurt you all by extension with what I did, not just Tooru and Izuku, to which I’m truly sorry.” Momo bowed her head lightly. “My actions recently have been made out of a selfishness and pettiness I did not know I could possess. Upon reflection, I believe my parents’ teachings have instilled some negative qualities in myself despite my best efforts that I truly despise. This is not an excuse for what I did and I take full responsibility for my oversight, my disrespect, and my callousness towards yourselves, Izuku and Tooru. I hurt you both and endangered you, Tooru, all to attack someone for… t-taking away what I perceived as mine.”

Izuku braced himself at the admission while Kyoka’s brows furrowed.

“I… I truly do regret my actions and wish with every fibre of my being I could take them back but I cannot. I know I have damaged our relationship and the trust we have built up and I beg that you give me a second chance to make things right. I deserve whatever punishment or sanctions you desire to place on me to make things up to you all. To that end, I offer this:”

The group’s collective eyes widened as Momo removed something from her unusual overcoat’s pocket before shrugging it off to reveal her completely bare form, devoid of any clothing. Several eyes wandered as they took in Momo’s apparently trimmed and proper form that the girl was showing off with barely a hair to be seen beneath her neckline. Speaking of necklines, the only thing remaining on her person was a collar similar to the one Ochako previously bore.

Everyone could only watch in fascination as Momo slowly sunk to her knees before placing what appeared to be a small wooden box before her. She carefully opened it up to reveal six silver keys inside that she pushed forward as she sank into a full dogeza position, prostrating the back of her neck to them all where they could spy six keyholes.

“I am your humble servant until you feel I have atoned; please do with me as you wish.”

A stunned silence filled the room as others in the group tried to blink away their surprise and bewilderment at this latest development, turning to each other as though someone would know what to do next.

Izuku frowned, looking down at the way Momo was presented to them all with the gleam of the collar dancing in the room’s light and knew this wasn’t right. He knew it was bold, and he was taking liberties right now, but he couldn’t stand by and let this progress any further.

He moved from his position and stepped up to the girl before crouching down next to her and reaching out. With control he was even impressed at himself for, he gripped the collar between his fingertips and ripped the fabric on one side with enhanced strength.

When the neckwear fell away from the heiress in his grip, Momo looked up with wide, panicked eyes.

“N-No! No, please I-”

“We don’t want this.” Izuku declared firmly. “We never wanted anything like this.” Reaching out, Izuku cupped Momo’s face softly and caressed her cheek comfortingly as he could spot the tell-tale signs of tears building up. “I… we could all tell something wasn’t right. Something’s been hurting you and I’m pretty sure now that something was me. I… know I came into this relationship um… late but I never intended to hurt you, any of you. Kyoka explained some of your worries and I promise you that I have no intention of taking her or anyone else away from you. You’re just as much a part of this relationship as I am and anyone else so please, let’s talk and figure out a way through this that makes everyone happy again. Please.”

Momo felt her guilt return in full force. How could she have possibly wanted to hurt and demean someone who was so ready and willing to forgive her for what she’d done to him? She should’ve guessed the size of his heart from his odd friendship with Bakugo alone but she was more grateful than ever for it right now. Momo could only hope the others were as understanding as he was.

“Jeez Izuku, just gonna make the decision for all of us?” Mina chuckled weakly. “Didn’t need to be so dramatic. We could’ve just taken it in turns to unlock her collar like she wanted.”

“S-Sorry.” Izuku rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment, turning back to face the others with a blush. “I-I didn’t mean to speak for everyone i-if someone feels differently.”

“Tooru?” Mina offered, turning towards her girlfriend that had arguably suffered the most from Momo’s actions.

“I just wanted to have some fun and get close to you both. I thought that’s what you wanted too.” Tooru told Momo in a small voice, not looking her in the eye. “You… kinda ruined that.”

“I did.” Momo accepted bowing her head again. “And I will spend as much time as I need making it up to you.”

“You’d better,” Tooru nodded lightly. “Gonna look like a big idiot if I forgive you now and you do it again.”

Momo felt like crying from those words alone. First Izuku, now Tooru. She felt her heart swell hopefully as the two she most needed forgiveness from apparently accepted her apology. No matter what, she wouldn’t waste this opportunity.

“Thank you both, so, so much.” The raven haired girl profusely acknowledged their graciousness.

“You’re an idiot,” Kyoka rolled her eyes as she looked down at Momo who had sat up into a kneeling position at this point. “We were scared and worried for you! We didn’t need all this,” she gestured to Momo’s chest which was currently on full display. “The hell did you even come here naked for anyway, wasn’t the collar enough?”

“I-I wanted to show I had nothing to hide.” Momo blushed, though made no move to cover herself up.

Kyoka simply sighed and shook her head in fond exasperation before turning back to the others.

“I tried to warn you about this, ribbit.” Tsuyu spoke up. “You should always listen to the wise frog of knowledge.”

“I shall endeavour to do so more often.” Momo agreed with a small smile.

“The others might be being quick to forgive but I’m not.” Mina shook her head and looked sternly at the heiress. “You could’ve seriously hurt Tooru with what you did, or worse. I don’t want to lose you but don’t think you’re getting off scot free either.”

“A-As um… long as you don’t melt me, I hope I can convince you something like this will never happen again.” Momo nodded hurriedly.

“It better not,” Mina huffed. “Sex is awesome so don’t go twisting it into some weird sort of domination tool or weapon again.”

“I won’t.” Momo assured her.

“Ochako?” Tsuyu turned to her girlfriend who’d been notably silent up until now.

The brunette bit her lip and shook her head.

“I said all I needed to last night.” She explained. “I’m not her pet anymore and she’s not my mistress. We’re all even in this relationship now; no one is above or below anyone else. If one of us have a problem, we’re going to sit down and talk it out like adults. We’ve already got to fight off a quirk-stealing bogeyman and probably some of the most powerful business owners in all of Japan before we can take a break so let’s not fight amongst ourselves for problems we can fix.”

A round of nods followed along after Ochako finished before the girl turned on Momo herself.

“Kyoka said it best yesterday in her text; we all still love you and are worried about you. Let us help.”

With each of their pieces said, the ball was back in Momo’s court as she internalised all their worries and concerns.

“Thank you… all of you. I feel I don’t deserve even half of the affection you’ve shown me so far.”

“Oh you’re gonna be earning it before long, don’t worry.” Mina grinned with a teasing glint in her eye.

“Just make sure you don’t make the same mistake, ribbit.” Tsuyu chuckled.

“She’ll be able to breathe plenty while she’s giving me a hundred orgasms,” Mina smirked. “Or a hundred foot massages, whatever comes first.”

“Shouldn’t it be Tooru and Izuku receiving these, not you?” Kyoka shot with an exasperated smirk.

“Tooru!” Mina turned to her girlfriend. “You’ll share right?”

“Maybe after the first fifty or so.” Tooru giggled lightly.

Momo and the others knew it was just a joke to break the tension that had formed but the heiress would do everything the invisible girl asked if she truly wanted it. Though she wasn’t bound physically by a collar, she would make sure all her partners knew just how much she loved and appreciated every one of them for this.

“Right then, I guess that’s that for the most part.” Kyoka announced to the room. “I know it’s stupid, and sappy, but I think we’ve got one thing left to do before I kick you all out.”

Everyone watched with a touch of confusion as Kyoka offered her hand down to Momo who took it cautiously before being pulled to her feet, still completely naked.

“Everyone get in.” The punk girl ordered as she pulled Momo into a gentle hug.

The heiress hesitated to return it, not knowing if Kyoka was trying to force physical affections too soon, however, her worries began dissipating as Izuku moved in to join the hug around her, his hands staying well away from any of her personal areas. Tsuyu was next, followed swiftly by Ochako, and then Tooru as Momo became the center of a six way hug.

When Mina stood, her eyes clearly spoke to Momo in a way her voice did not.

‘We’ll be talking about this later,’ they promised, to which Momo gave a small nod of acknowledgement.

With that quick interaction out of the way, unnoticed by the others, Mina joined the group and completed their cuddle, each member snuggling into the others to show there truly was no hard feelings between them from this event.

Momo had gone on quite the emotional roller coaster over the past day and it seemed it wasn’t quite over yet as she felt her heart overflow with gratitude at her partners. She knew then that they’d get through this and she’d become a better, stronger person for it. If she could, she’d give them the world even though that wouldn’t be enough, so instead, she renewed her pledge to herself to escape her parents' grasp with her partners' help and spend the rest of her days with them, treating them to any luxury they wanted in return.

“I’m sorry, I’m so sorry.” She vocalised. “And thank you all for this.”

“Yeah, well, don’t waste it.” Mina sighed as she stepped back. “Starlight and Squishy may be quick to forgive you now but we all know better than to make stupid power plays with risky sex so there’s no excuses for anyone if this happens again.”

“I’ll hold you to that if you burn anyone with your acid, ribbit.” Tsuyu chuckled.

“You know what I meant.” Mina pouted as the group hug broke up.

“If you two idiots are gonna fight, can you do it outside?” Kyoka sighed. “It’s late and we do have classes tomorrow after all.”

“Urgh, fine,” Mina pouted. “Come on Tooru, you still need more snuggles.”

“Won’t hear me complaining.” Tooru kissed the pinkette on her cheek as the two began moving for the door. Before she passed Momo however, she took the heiress’ hand in her own and brought it up to her lips for a quick kiss on the back of it. “We’ll talk more later.”

“S-Sure.” Momo nodded, hoping it was just to settle any lingering issues or worries the girl still had that she was entirely justified to have at this point. An apology was a start, but what would matter more was her actions and allow time for things to truly begin fixing themselves in the rift she’d created between them.

Kyoka’s door opened and swung shut, seeing the two girls step out into the hallway before leaving five alone inside.

“We’ll head out too.” Tsuyu offered, taking Izuku and Ochako’s hands in her own. “I’m sure you two have some things to talk about without us.”

Before the trio could manoeuvre around the pair however, Kyoka reached out and put her hand in front of Izuku.

“I-If you don’t mind um… I’d like to speak with Izuku too.” The punkette requested, asking him to stay with a look.

Tsuyu and Ochako gave the boy a quick look as he gestured to them to go on without him.

“Stealing our boyfriend for the night?” Ochako teased lightly.

“I’m sure I’ll give him back at some point.” Kyoka rolled her eyes, unfazed.

“Just don’t wear him out, ribbit.” Tsuyu joined in as the pair made to leave without their official third.

Momo couldn’t help but feel her anxiousness rise as both Tsuyu and Ochako shot her a careful look before leaving the boy behind, the door closing behind them with a click.

The room was eerily silent once more thanks to Kyoka’s moderate sound proofing as the owner of the room let out a steadying sigh.

“You.” Kyoka reached out to take Izuku’s hand. “Sit there.”

“Okay.” Izuku nodded, taking the spot indicated on the edge of Kyoka’s bed.

“You.” Kyoka rubbed her heiress girlfriend’s arm. “Next to him.”

“S-Sure.” Momo agreed, stepping quickly over to Izuku, his eyes averted to avoid looking directly at her naked form out of courtesy despite everyone having seen it plenty of times before.

Kyoka, for her part, walked over to her desk, grabbed her chair and pulled it out to sit in front of the pair, resting her hands on her knees as she let out a long drawn out sigh.

“Okay,” she breathed slowly. “Now we’ve got that issue resolved as best we can for now, us three are going to sit here and talk until everything’s out in the open between us. Got it?”

“S-Sure.” Izuku gulped a little nervously, wondering what more there was to say at this point with Momo just nodding her head to acknowledge her girlfriend.

“Good.” Kyoka declared, glad they could finally resolve this and move on. She really didn’t like having to be in charge of this stuff but someone needed to woman up and both of these two would likely walk on eggshells until things blew up again. “First things first, we are all dating each other, yes?”

Kyoka received a pair of hesitant nods at her question, Izuku from being unsure if him and Momo trying things together was still a good idea and Momo from not wanting to pressure the boy into anything so soon after he forgave her.

“To that end, you’re both going to be intimate with me, and likely with each other the longer this relationship goes on.” Kyoka continued. “Momo, whatever damage you have with Izuku and me feeling things out between us ends here if it hasn’t already, got that?”

“Yes.” Momo nodded quickly. “I’m truly sorry I took things as far as I did.”

“And um… I-I’m sorry for not realising things sooner.” Izuku spoke up.

“That part’s not your fault Green.” Kyoka sighed. “Momo and I are both stubborn in our own ways and made the mistake of not including you in our talk after Tsu pointed out some things between us. I’ve been hiding my… growing feelings about you for a while and it’s… still hard for me to accept you to a degree. Don’t get me wrong, I want to, it’s just… still a bit weird.”

“And um… I was afraid Kyoka would end up liking you more than me.” Momo admitted. “She was my first crush out of everyone and the idea of losing her… it stirred something inside me I don’t like.”

“I understand.” Izuku nodded. “I told Kyoka yesterday that maybe it would be better if I just um… stayed back from you two but she explained how that wasn’t going to happen.”

“Damn right.” Kyoka nodded.

“So, to that end, I want to say again that I’m truly grateful for everything you’ve all done for me so far. All the um… love, affection and uh… e-everything has been wonderful, like a dream almost. When… I hurt Tsu… I felt horrible, even if it was only an accident. If you’re feeling anything close to that, then I imagine last night must’ve been… terrible.”

“It… it was.” Momo acknowledged. “I was so scared… that I’d ruined everything and everyone would hate me for what I did.”

“I get that.” Izuku sympathised. “I felt much the same way. Please believe that I honestly don’t want to take anything away from you after all you’ve done for me.”

“You two idiots are more alike than you think.” Kyoka sighed. “It’s the main reason I felt at least a little threatened by you when you first joined, Izuku.”

“Oh, y-yeah.” Izuku gulped as he remembered his first sleepover with the group as Kyoka somewhat warned him off making any moves on Momo.

“You’re both strong, kind, caring future leaders that are probably going to end up in the top ten compared to, well, me.” Kyoka grimaced a little. “On the surface, you two make a better match than you’d think which is why I was so initially um… hostile.”

Both Momo and Izuku regarded each other carefully before turning back to the petite punkette.

“We’re all at least partly to blame for this mess.” Kyoka continued, “So, right here, right now, we’re going to make a pact to talk any issues we have with each other out like proper adults before it gets to this stage ever again. Yes?”

“Okay.”

“Sure.” The pair agreed.

“No more jealous, possessive stuff between any of us. Got it?”

“Whatever you say.”

“Of course.”

“Good.” Kyoka nodded now that the air had been cleared before a blush started making its way up her face. “Now, you’re um… both going to kiss and make up with me and, if you feel like it, each other. Then, we’re going to go to bed and you’re going to cuddle me so we can put this whole issue to rest and start tomorrow fresh. Sound good?”

If she was intending to get both of her partners to blush she succeeded as Izuku and Momo felt their faces heat up.

Scooting her chair forward, Kyoka leant in first to Izuku, getting a soft, chaste kiss from him while resting her hand on his knee before doing the same to Momo. When she rose from her desk chair to put it back in its place, Izuku and Momo looked at each other shyly.

Despite their sparse interactions with each other, it felt like they had an entire conversation without words as Izuku tentatively put his hand on Momo’s leg and looked up at the girl, she leant forward just a tad to indicate her willingness before Izuku mimicked the action. In a matter of seconds, the two had closed the gap with a cautious kiss of their own that they held for a few seconds before shyly pulling away, blushes in full bloom on their faces.

Kyoka was right in that this was the end of some things. Neither felt any true ill-will or animosity towards the other and tomorrow would bring a fresh start to their relationship. Without a word, both Izuku and Momo resolved to give each other a proper chance at this new relationship dynamic without the baggage and issues from before.

With their conversation at an end, Izuku thought his blush might begin to die down as they wrapped things up, but Kyoka’s top flying off to land somewhere on the floor made that a near impossibility.

He gulped as he watched the girl pull down her shorts and step out of them, leaving her only in her bra and panties before turning back to him and her girlfriend shyly, covering herself with her hands and arms.

“Um… i-if you two lovebirds are done, I think we should get ready for bed.”

Izuku didn’t know what to do as he felt Momo move from her position next to him. The heiress, for her part, hurriedly slipped up to the top of Kyoka’s bed and pulled back the covers before sliding inside.

Kyoka moved next, moving across the floor light on her feet to scamper under the covers to join her girlfriend and snuggle into her side.

“W-Well?” She called out once only her head was poking out above the covers. “Are you um… gonna get undressed and come join us?”

If not for all the awkwardness and emotional anxiety he’d faced throughout the day, Izuku would’ve thought he was dreaming a rather lewd dream.

Rising from his spot, he quickly made his way over to the light switch and turned off the room’s lights first to provide himself with cover. He quickly shrugged off his bottoms, before moving over to Kyoka’s bed where, in what little light there was through the curtains, he spied the girl opening up the sheets to allow him in.

Predictably, it was a bit of a squeeze to get all three of them in a single bed, much like the issues he faced when sleeping with Ochako and Tsuyu but they managed. Admittedly, he felt very nervous about touching Kyoka in any way but the girl snagged one of his hands, along with one of Momo’s, and lay them on top of one another on her belly, capped by one of her own.

It was nerve-wracking and exciting at the same time to all be doing this together but the three settled into this new situation peacefully. As each of them found their comfy positions to fall asleep in, they wished each other good night as the last of the tension from the day eased up and they all drifted into a soft slumber.

Notes:

Chapter Summary:

- Izuku and Tooru retreat to Mina's room and call the rest of the group, apart from Momo, to discuss the heiress' actions. Izuku reveals that Momo overstepped the 'training' that she'd offered and began hurting him, while Tooru was momentarily forgotten and almost choked due to Momo. The group discuss what they should do about it, with Kyoka quietly pondering. The group let Momo know she's in trouble, and she acknowledges and apologizes over text. Izuku isn't so sure he and Momo should pursue any relationship, extending that to Kyoka due to her affection for the heiress but is talked into postponing a hasty decision by the punk rock girl. The group splits, with Izuku remaining with Mina and Tooru while Ochako tucks some pills into her pocket.

- After dinner and while returning to Tsuyu's room, Ochako goes to check on Momo, finding her room a wreck by the heiress' hand. After explaining the group's decision to Momo and despite the heiress' tears, Ochako requests the key to her collar, which Momo reluctantly and tearfully gives up. Reminding Momo that she and the group still love her, Ochako offers to help her clean up her mess which Momo declines. Ochako then leaves to find Tsuyu waiting for her outside and the two return to the frog girl's room. After taking off Ochako's collar, both hope that Momo will learn from her mistake and begin to make amends.

- After a restless night with no answers to her issue, Momo wearily attends classes. Having decided to go to Midnight for advice, Momo seeks her out and tries to get advice without revealing everything. Midnight sees through her minor deception but by the time Momo's convinced to tell her the truth class needs to resume. Midnight assures the girl that they will talk afterwards if she tells her the whole truth which Momo agrees to. Returning to her own class, Momo and others notice Ochako's lack of collar. Through coded language, Ochako reaffirms to Momo that she hopes the heiress will put things right and maybe they can have something like they used to again one day.

- Once classes are done Momo returns to Midnight and explains almost everything about her complex relationship with the group. When Midnight points out that Momo had been acting like her parents, the heiress crumples. Through kindness and assurance, Midnight coaxes Momo to focus on what she can do now to fix things despite her desolation. Through her efforts Momo begins to see the way forward and knows she needs to be humble and accept her faults while doing what she can to genuinely make things up to all her partners. After a quick trip to Recovery Girl to get herself healed after injuring herself in her hysteria, Momo is on her way. As she departs, Midnight stays true to her word and keeps the details of Momo's relationship to herself while Recovery Girl muses on her own younger years.

- That evening, Momo asks to speak to everyone. Meeting in Kyoka's room, Momo arrives last wearing an overcoat. She sincerely apologizes for what she's done and offers to become everyone else's servant until they feel she's atoned, complete with her own collar. After prostrating herself, Izuku steps up and reminds her they didn't want anyone to feel left out or indebted, removing Momo's collar. While unexpectedly speaking for all of them and jumping the gun, the others tentatively agree with Izuku in wanting Momo to rejoin them provided she's learned her lesson, albeit the trust will take time to rebuild between them all. After a group hug to establish the heiress' second chance, the others besides Momo begin leaving though Kyoka requests Izuku remain. The three talk frankly about their feelings for each other since Izuku was invited to join and they make a pact to talk like adults in the future. When all's said and done, Kyoka gets cuddled between Izuku and Momo now that they can start putting the whole event behind them.

Chapter 30: Recovery

Summary:

While the group do their best to try and move on, sometimes saying 'sorry' isn't enough to fix everything right away.

***** Trigger Warning *****
Panic attacks featured.

Notes:

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(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

Despite his unfamiliarity sleeping in such close proximity with Kyoka and, to a lesser extent, Momo, Izuku woke up that Wednesday morning feeling thankfully well rested.

Shutting off his phone’s morning alarm, he let out a soft sigh as yesterday’s conversation shuffled to the front of his mind.

Despite everyone forgiving Momo for what happened, including himself, he still didn’t know what to make of their relationship. Kyoka had asked, well more demanded, he give Momo another shot and, honestly, he was interested in seeing where things went between him and the heiress. However, he couldn’t help be apprehensive about what had already happened between them.

She’d turned what seemed like a fun, if very unusual, bonding session into something he’d much rather forget. Obviously he’d enjoyed the things they’d done in the sleepovers up until now and he found her just as attractive as the others but… Momo had somewhat tainted that image with the berating and belittling she’d done with him in the name of ‘training his quirk’.

The worst part was it had worked somewhat. Having tested his control in the confines of his room yesterday, he’d felt himself adjusting to his power much faster and more precisely than before; even the small amount of Blackwhip he could control at this point felt more manageable.

Izuku let out a sigh as he knew he couldn’t do anything right now other than wait and see how things turned out between them. Hopefully they’d be able to establish a better relationship moving forward though, if they couldn’t, they could at least be friends since that’d worked well for them so far.

“Dude… you gettin’ up or wha’?” Kyoka groaned from beside him, having woken along with his alarm.

Turning his head, Izuku spied the purple haired girl glaring sleepily at him with the one eye he could see.

“Move your butt or stay in the warm,” she grunted, giving him a nudge with her hip.

“Sorry.” Izuku apologized softly, rolling out of the bed.

As he stood, Kyoka’s arm came up and tapered down the abandoned sheets to keep as much of the comfy morning warmth he’d cultivated inside as she could. Izuku allowed himself a small smile at the relaxed look on Kyoka’s as she tried to drift off once again.

While she didn’t seem up for a quick chat right now to relay how nicely he’d slept, and Momo certainly didn’t as she was currently facing the wall and hadn’t stirred yet, Izuku wanted to let Kyoka know how grateful he was she’d lead things to a somewhat peaceful end yesterday. This whole relationship was still a bit awkward for him, especially regarding the pair before him but it seemed things had really turned a corner last night.

Leaning down, he placed one hand on her shoulder softly, getting the girl to crack her eyes once more.

“What?” She murmured with a small measure of grumpiness; mornings would never be her thing.

“I um… thanks for handling everything last night and um… I slept really well.”

“Mmmhmm.” Kyoka hummed neutrally, wondering why he was vocalising something she thought he already understood.

“I’ll uh… see you both in class later.” He finished, leaning down and placing a soft kiss on her forehead.

It was hard to resist the urge to open her eyes fully the moment she realised what Izuku had done. Kyoka was grateful the boy still seemed to be embarrassed by his actions as he quickly turned away from the sleepy pair and manoeuvred his way over to his discarded clothes with his phone light.

Once he was redressed and out the door, Kyoka’s eyes bulged as she bit her lip and curled her toes. How could someone of that gender be so fucking adorable to her and make her heart got ‘pitter patter’ like that?! Did he do that with all the others or was this a spur of the moment thing? Would he do it again by himself or would he be an asshole and make her request he do it every time he got up before her.

The fact that she didn’t even realise that last question naturally assumed they’d be sleeping together more, and didn’t bother her until after she’d thought about it for a minute, made her blush fiercely and snuggle down into her sheets to hide from the world.

Rolling over, she draped her arm over a sleeping Momo and tried to catch whatever z’s she could until she had to get up her-

Any chance of that disappeared as her own alarm clock went off, set slightly earlier than normal to allow Momo to get up and do her annoyingly long morning routine. As the heiress stirred from her own slumber, Kyoka sighed in mild annoyance at not getting her lie-in.

“Morning.” A dozy Momo murmured as she pushed herself up and smiled at Kyoka, leaning forward to place a soft kiss on the punk rocker’s lips.

Once more Kyoka’s heart went ‘pitter patter’ and a dumb smile graced her lips.

Okay, maybe waking up this early wasn’t so bad.


Once everyone arose, got themselves fed, watered, and dressed for the day, class 1-A trooped off to classes once more. The midweek experience was never fun and even Aizawa seemed tired when he rattled off the list of announcements for that morning.

That is, until he came to the footnote he left himself.

“Oh, Bakugo, Todoroki. For some reason, after your handling of those petty criminals on Sunday, the media hounds have been persistent in barking at UA’s door. Nezu has seen fit to grant one outlet permission to interview here on campus but only if you accept.”

“Of course they would.” Bakugo grumbled, resting his hand on his chin. “That takedown was lame though; stupid villains barely put up a fight.”

“How soon do we need to give an answer?” Todoroki asked in his monotonous voice.

“Ideally now, but any time before the end of lunch is also acceptable.” Aizawa sighed. “I’d rather the media stay well away from UA and all its students but this is a prime opportunity to build up some reputation and good will considering both of your career goals.

“Urgh, fine, I’ll do the stupid interview,” Bakugo grumbled. “If they’re showing footage from that shit they better have gotten my good side.”

“I too will agree to do the interview.” Todoroki nodded.

“Fantastic.” Aizawa replied sarcastically, noting their response down to report to Nezu later. “Head to the common room straight after classes end and don’t be late.”

With that out of the way, classes began and everyone was in for a fairly normal day of schooling. Normal that was, until art history right before lunch.

While Midnight taught professionally as expected, when the students were temporarily working on jotting down their impressions of neo-classical comic art pieces she provided on the board she caught Momo’s eye and gave her a subtle, questioning look.

The heiress understood the message and gave the teacher a small smile and nod in return, causing Midnight’s own demeanour to brighten. While she could glean that things weren’t fixed between Momo and the others, it seemed the advice she’d given had been helpful enough to set the girl straight.

Ochako, being the only one on the same row as Momo, caught the exchange and made a note to herself to enquire during lunch.

Once the bell rang and most of the class headed out to feast on some of Lunch Rush’s delicious food, the brunette decided to bring up the topic at the table.

“Momo, what was with that look Midnight was giving you in class today?”

“Look?” Mina quirked a brow as she snacked on a pasta bowl.

Momo opened her mouth to reply only to realise exactly what she was about to divulge and a deep blush bloomed on her face.

Looks like it’s something good, ribbit.” Tsuyu chuckled.

“N-Not exactly,” Momo sighed lightly. “Please don’t be mad as this completely slipped my mind considering everything we um, discussed yesterday but I went to Midnight for some advice on how to… rectify my mistake.”

“Oh?” Kyoka turned to her girlfriend, hearing her heartbeat speed up.

“I tried to disguise our… situation,” Momo whispered, “but she saw through me and, in order to get the advice I needed, I had to… reveal our arrangement to her; all of it.”

“Uh… all of it, all of it?” Tooru gulped uneasily and getting a shy nod from Momo.

“Indeed, she knows that the um… seven of us are… involved.”

“That’s… something.” Izuku breathed, not quite sure what to make of that.

“So she knows?” Ochako felt her hand move towards her throat only to stop halfway as she realised there was no longer any collar there to touch at.

“Correct,” Momo nodded. “I sincerely apologize for doing so without consulting you all, however I figured she was someone I could trust given her handling of our previous secret,” the heiress reached down and squeezed Kyoka’s hand underneath the table.

A small silence reigned for a few moments as the others processed this latest bit of news.

“Well, I guess that’s that then.” Kyoka shrugged, returning to her rice bowl.

“Wait, what?” Tooru blinked. “Someone else now knows about that and you’re just so… casual about it?”

“Did you forget the entire reason we’re keeping this secret?” Kyoka quirked a brow. “It’s only because of Momo’s parents that we have to hide shit,” she pointed between Momo and herself. “You and Mina, and you three,” she gestured to Izuku, Tsuyu and Ochako, “can be public all you like.”

“Yeah but we can’t be public with you two.” Mina winked. “Unless you’re saying I can give you a kissy now.”

“That’s not it and you know it.” Kyoka deadpanned.

“Miss Midnight also seems to be able to keep a secret,” Momo reminded them. “I needed the help and… she was the only one I felt like I could turn to. I apologize for talking to her without you all knowing but I trust her to keep things confidential.”

“What was her reaction?” Mina asked, somewhat curious as to what the 18+ hero thought about their relationship.

“Um… taken aback?” Momo recalled. “I don’t believe she has any problem with it but it did seem to surprise her.”

“Well duh.” Kyoka shrugged. “Not every day you see something like what we’ve got.”

“She clearly helped at least, ribbit.” Tsuyu said. “Unless… did she tell you to come to us naked with a collar on?”

“N-No!” Momo blushed fiercely. “T-That was um… all me. She told me to open my heart, my mind, apologize and listen to all your thoughts and feelings.”

“You had the right idea but um… m-maybe the wrong way to put it into practise.” Izuku blushed at the memory.

“Agreed,” Momo nodded. “I apologize for my lack of understanding. While I’ve learned a lot about… particular topics, I’m still new to relationships.”

“Well… so are we.” Ochako put forward. “Not like any of us have any experience before this except Tsu.”

“Even then, that was mostly just kissing and stuff, ribbit.”

The heiress felt her heart drop and her face scrunch up just a little at feeling so behind her partners in the dating department. She tried her best to do what was right but she didn’t have the knowledge that seemed to come naturally to them.

“Guys, don’t be too hard on her,” Tooru spoke up, drawing everyone’s attention. “Momo told us she grew up kinda sheltered. I’m guessing she hasn’t seen like, bad TV romances and stuff to learn what not to do.”

“I’ve read a few novels,” Momo admitted, “but I fear you all have expectations I’m not aware of. I thought a um… gesture like the one I performed would help convince you of my sincerity.”

“It kinda did but that’s not a healthy thing to do, ribbit,” Tsuyu explained.

“I’ve watched countless rom-coms, angsty teen shows, and even this super adorable foreign cartoon about witches and owls that… huh… okay maybe I was more into girls than I thought because I remember thinking I wanted what the main romance had,” Tooru listed off. “A-Anyway, point is, I’m betting you all saw some of that stuff too. Momo might just be a little behind us is all.”

Momo bit her lip nervously as Tooru hit the nail on the head from her own perspective. As grateful as she was to her invisible girlfriend for standing up for her and watching everyone else realise the truth to Tooru’s words, it only proved once again how stupid she was for getting the girl caught up in her unjustifiable retaliation against Izuku.

Across the table, an idea began forming in the pinkette’s mind, but first, first she had to plant the seed.

“I smell a movie night!” Mina’s smile widened, hoping to break the tension that had formed.

“Urgh, no thanks,” Kyoka brushed off. “A film during a sleepover is one thing, but I’ve had enough trashy romance, grand gestures, and misunderstandings for the time being.”

“Doesn’t sound like my cup of tea either, ribbit. I’d rather spend the time doing other things.” Tsu winked.

“Fine,” Mina pouted, “guess I’ll just figure something out later.”

“We’ve got homework and our trip down south to plan for.” Kyoka sighed. “There’ll be time for movies later.”

“That’s right!” Mina’s enthusiasm returned. “Aren’t we going to a super cool beach island?!”

“Nabu is sunny and sandy but we’re not going there to relax, ribbit.”

“We’re going there to be real heroes.” Izuku grinned, clenching his fist in determination.

“Do we even know how that shit is gonna go?” Kyoka asked. “Aizawa’s been mum on the details.”

“I haven’t heard anything either,” Momo relayed as class vice representative.

“Knowing him,” Ochako put a finger to her chin, “he’s probably going to only give us details on Friday.”

“That makes too much sense.” Tooru huffed.

“Well we won’t be on duty like, all the time, right?” Mina pitched. “There’s bound to be some time aside to have a little break and soak up the sun.”

“We’ll just have to wait and see.” Tsuyu shrugged

The meal continued with idle chatter until the bell rang to return students to their classes and the group resumed their studies. Thankfully there was no second class with Midnight that day but half the group wondered if they’d be able to look the pro hero in the eye again if she sent them a knowing look.


Class dismissed at the usual time and everyone traipsed back to the dorms. Once inside, they met an unusual sight in their common room, as it was claimed by a camera crew who, as expected, were only interested in Bakugo and Todoroki, almost demanding everyone else leave to ‘clear the set’.

Everyone was more than happy to leave when Aizawa appeared to stand watch, making sure the reporter didn’t try to ask any inappropriate or misleading questions to his two students, though some like Iida and Ochako hung around behind a corner to watch events unfold.

After retreating to his room, Izuku only just put his bag down and began changing out of his school clothes when his phone buzzed. Curious, he checked out the text message and saw it was from Tooru.

Invisi-badass: Hey Squishy, so, like… we didn’t get to talk after yesterday about… things, so…

Izuku shot his phone a sad half-smile, figuring this conversation was coming at some point.

Small Might: I understand, my room or yours?

Invisi-badass: Mine plz.

With that, Izuku finished getting changed into his comfy wear and head out the door to slip over to the girl’s side, heading up to Tooru’s floor and knocking on her door.

Knocking softly, the greenette was quickly greeted by a t-shirt collar peaking around the door.

“Hey, thanks for being quick.”

“No problem Tooru.” Izuku smiled as the door opened up and he stepped inside, noting the casually discarded school uniform draped over the girl’s desk chair, figuring she must’ve changed like he had.

When the door closed behind him, he turned and watched Tooru awkwardly step closer as she was clearly hesitating.

“So…” She started as awkwardly as he expected.

This was it, he needed to say it now and clear the air between them. As he spoke however, he realised he may have misread the situation as Tooru began speaking at the same time.

“I’m sorry you got caught up between me and Momo.”

“I’m sorry I went along with Momo’s plan.”

The two fell silent for a moment, just looking at each other in mild confusion they both let out nervous chuckles.

“I-I thought-”

“You shouldn’t-”

Both felt their chuckles grow a little louder as each realised what was happening right now. Izuku felt a wave of relief wash over him as he watched Tooru wiggle with what he believed was joy if he was correct while Tooru felt her cheeks heat up at seeing the adorable, bashful smile appear on Izuku’s face.

Reaching out, she took Izuku’s hand in her own and led him over to the bed where the two sat down together, though Tooru did not release her boyfriend’s hand as they did.

“Sorry; should’ve made it clearer why I wanted to talk,” Tooru apologised.

“No, its fine, I guess we both have um… been thinking about this is all.” Izuku blushed lightly.

“Yeah…” Tooru sighed with melancholy. “It… sucks that it happened the way it did cause like, I was really excited to, you know, do some more stuff with you now that we’d… you know.”

“R-Right,” Izuku’s blush didn’t fade. “You um… mentioned-”

“Momo came to me with what I thought was a training exercise for you that would devolve into us all kinda having fun together by the end. It… didn’t take a whole lot to convince me to join in.” Tooru said with a modicum of shame in her voice. “Izuku, I swear I didn’t know she was going to do all the things she did.”

“Y-Yeah…” it was Izuku’s turn to sigh. “It didn’t hurt or anything when she hit me with that thing but the belittlement and stuff kind of got to me after a while.”

“I know.” Tooru gripped his hand tighter to hopefully comfort her boyfriend slightly. “I was… kinda focused on myself for the first part, but when you two got to me, I could tell something wasn’t right with… either of you.”

“I should’ve said something then.” Izuku shook his head. “I was a bit caught up in the experience and shock of um… what was about to happen, on top of the fact that,” Izuku focused his efforts into his free hand and a small, prehensile Blackwhip emerged from his knuckle, wiggling through the air with purpose. “It kinda worked.”

“That’s something at least.” Tooru smiled half-heartedly, glad something good had actually come of the event in the end.

“Look, Tooru, I know it’s sorta not my fault.”

“Not sorta; at all.” Tooru corrected. “You had no idea what Momo was planning and just went along with it.”

“But that’s the problem.” Izuku shook his head. “I still feel guilty, like, I noticed things weren’t right b-but I wasn’t brave enough to say anything because I… didn’t wanna ‘rock the boat’.”

Tooru opened her mouth to respond only to pause and think about it for a second.

“You’ve… been with us for a while now.” Tooru said slowly. “I know you’re not like, super comfortable with social stuff considering your past and everything but… I have to admit, you have been… kinda passive.”

“Yeah.” Izuku’s shoulders dropped. “I realised that too… but only after um… this.” Tooru nodded along but said nothing for the moment as a small silence stretched out. “I think I… need to speak up more. B-Be a bit more vocal in things.”

“You should,” Tooru agreed. “You came in a little later but you’re no less a member than anyone else in the group. Hell, Ochako and Tsuyu weren’t there when we first got together and stuff either.”

“Right,” Izuku nodded. “So… I’ve made it my new goal to try and um… be more vocal and speak up for things and uh… stuff.”

“Good start,” Tooru chuckled at his nervous declaration. “Maybe with a bit more confidence though. You… belong here with us now, you’re allowed to say and want things without worrying we’re gonna kick you out or leave you or stuff.”

“Y-Yeah, I’m getting that.” He chuckled weakly. “Hopefully um… things between Momo and I will smooth out in the coming days.”

“Ooo! I had an idea about that!” Tooru enthused. “Have you got her anything for Christmas yet? Actually, better question, what did you get me for Christmas?”

“Uh…” Izuku blinked a little confused at the seemingly random topic change. “N-Nothing yet. Even if I did, I wouldn’t tell you what your present is.”

“Phooey, worth a shot.” Tooru shrugged with a chuckle. “Still, have you thought of something good?”

“No,” Izuku sweatdropped, “and i-it honestly slipped my mind. I should probably see if I can go shopping soon. I think I should have enough to get everyone a little something at least. Maybe nothing too expensive and definitely can’t buy online since mom’ll probably start asking questions again. There’s also the-”

“You’re mumbling again.” Tooru shook his shoulder playfully. “But anyway, if you’ve got nothing then I know exactly what you can get her.”

“Really? Wouldn’t that make it less personal though since you helped?”

“Nonsense; if you get it for her, it’s still your gift to her. Take my advice or don’t, but I think it’ll be better if you do.”

Admittedly, Izuku’s brain was drawing a blank on what he could possibly buy the heiress right now. How do you buy something for the girl who has everything already? Not to mention all the minutia of gift giving social niceties he was already worried about screwing up since this was his first major gift-giving holiday with partners.

“Are you mumbling in your mind?” Tooru poked him in the cheek. “It feels like you’re mumbling in your mind.”

“Sorry,” Izuku blushed. “Just planning.”

“Sure.” Tooru rolled her eyes, not believing that excuse. “Anyway, you wanna know?”

“Uh, sure.” Izuku shrugged. It couldn’t hurt after all and if he didn’t agree with it he could always get something else.

As Tooru explained her gift idea to him, his mouth slowly dropped open as he understood exactly what she was going for.

“You really think she’d like that?” Izuku replied more eagerly than he intended.

“Absolutely!” Tooru grinned at having struck a chord. “If she doesn’t, I’ll take full responsibility for it.”

“You don’t need to do that.” Izuku waved away.

“Well it’s not like it’d be entirely your fault if you take my advice.” Tooru puffed up her cheeks. “Besides, it’s not like you’d be messing up like…” she trailed off, cutting herself short from what she’d been about to say but Izuku got the gist of it.

“I-I mean, I certainly don’t plan to mess up like um… Momo has, b-but we’re still forgiving her even so, right?”

“It was a mistake,” Tooru shook her head in agreement. “We’re all gonna make them. It was scary, sure, but I still um… love her, a-and you, even if I was mad with her and still kinda am.” Izuku nodded in understanding. “We’ll get better eventually, then we can maybe do that big snuggle pile that our Darling wants.”

“Y-Yeah, maybe.” Izuku blushed at the thought, wondering if it would be more or less embarrassing than the last sleepover they did together.

Tooru glanced down and noticed a slight shifting in Izuku’s pants as he was clearly thinking about it. Time to put his new resolve to the test.

“Speaking of which,” Tooru tried to make it obvious she’d noticed a certain something, brushing her free hand along Izuku’s leg. “Since we’re both here and alone and stuff… is there anything you want to ask me to do?”

Izuku’s face began rivalling a tomato once again as he realised Tooru had practically heard his lewd thoughts.

“W-Well um… i-isn’t it too soon for-”

“If you ask, the worst I’m gonna say is ‘no’.” Tooru giggled, glad to finally feel a bit more normal around the boy after the past few days. “Maybe you’ll get lucky and I’ll say ‘yes’.”

Tooru bit back a giggle at seeing Izuku’s tongue flick out to wet his lips as her hints registered.

“I-In that case,” Izuku began, causing Tooru’s eyes to widen eagerly. “Can I… um… get you off?”

The invisible girl blinked in confusion for a moment. She thought for sure he’d gotten she was offering a blow or handjob with hopes to move further.

“Oh… any reason?” She queried.

“W-Well… last time we did stuff I don’t think you got off… or had the best time,” Izuku reasoned. “I got what you were going for now but… I want to take care of you first, i-if that’s okay?”

“It’d be rude of me to turn you down after that.” Tooru giggled cheekily, a little excited that she got to go first and Izuku was actually offering. Yeah, it was probably at least partially because of what happened with Momo, but hopefully they could do this together and put the event behind them, as far as their relationship went anyway.

Izuku smiled shyly before leaning forward, reaching up with his hand to cup Tooru’s face and guide himself towards her lips as the pair sunk into a soft and comfortable embrace. The two turned to face each other a bit more as things deepened and soon they were in a full blown make-out session.

Predictably, Tooru moved first by running her hands along Izuku’s chest while he followed after, pushing himself to be more decisive in his groping of his girlfriend. When she rested one hand on top of his which was massaging her chest, she felt the rough skin underneath her touch and looked down at it.

“Your poor hand.” Tooru sighed when they both pulled back for air, taking a moment to just examine the scars he’d left himself with. “Why did you feel the need to break yourself during the sports festival so much?”

“Todoroki needed help and… I wanted to prove myself.” Izuku joined her in a small sigh, looking down at his crooked hand’s scars, knowing they extended upwards with more to be uncovered under his top. A feeling of doubt and self-consciousness entered his brain. Did Tooru find his scars ugly? “I’m… All Might’s successor and… maybe I tried to live up to him too fast but, I needed to do it.”

“That was when Todoroki used his fire, right?” Tooru asked, remembering the intense heat from the match and getting a nod from Izuku. “I’m glad he didn’t burn you.”

He knew she was just being honest, but he couldn’t help feeling further self-conscious about his other wound further up his arm, hidden by his compression sleeve. Evidently his worries showed on his face as Tooru noticed that and his eyes briefly glancing to his bicep.

“The training camp?” Tooru correctly identified, her hand trailing up his arm to where she knew his hidden sleeve was.

“Y-Yeah.” Izuku nodded shyly. “I got that protecting Kota.”

“Mmm.” Tooru hummed absentmindedly as she trailed a finger over the visible scars.

“I know they’re… off putting.” Izuku grimaced. “But-”

“Not really.” Tooru replied before he could try and justify them. “I just don’t like the thought of you getting hurt. I know it’s probably futile to say but you’d better not get anymore if you can help it… these though,” she traced his scars again, “are from you just trying to be the best hero you can be.”

Izuku nodded as he felt his mind ease even more when Tooru pulled his hand up to her mouth to kiss his marks.

“T-Thank you,” He felt himself choke up a little.

“You can thank me by putting this to good use.” Tooru giggled, returning his hand to its rightful spot on her breast. “These too,” she leant up to pull him back into another make out session he happily sunk into.

The two continued for a few minutes, just enjoying each other’s kisses and touches as their hormones climbed ever higher.

Once Izuku was satisfied with touching all that he wanted, he broke away and stood up, leaving Tooru excitedly on the edge of the bed.

Stepping in front of the girl he knew was watching him, he reached up to pull off his t-shirt and compression sleeve to bare his muscles.

“That’s the good stuff.” Tooru cheered as she very much took in the view.

“Your turn.” Izuku replied with as much confidence as he could muster, reaching for Tooru’s top and pulling it up and over her head.

Evidently she’d removed her bra for the day as there was nothing underneath her top to obstruct his view any further, though Tooru knew that that ultimately meant he was looking at nothing. Taking a deep breath to fill her bloodstream with oxygen, Tooru began flexing her quirk to prepare to pull back as she breathed out slowly.

Her concentration was interrupted when Izuku leant in to continue their kisses and she giggled as he peppered her with a number of smaller ones.

“S-Stop! I’m trying to do the thing.” She lightly tried to bat him away.

“Don’t.” Izuku smiled, “I don’t need to see you to know how beautiful you are… o-or know my way around.”

Tooru felt her heart throb almost painfully in delight and reached out to grab Izuku’s head and wrap him in a slightly too hard power hug.

“You are so, freaking, perfect sometimes!” She squeezed just a little harder with every stop.

Izuku didn’t want to pry her off, even if it didn’t hurt, so opted instead to reach up and take advantage of the vulnerable girl and tickle her underneath her arms, sending Tooru reeling back as she struggled to contain the loud guffaws that burst from her lips.

With his head free and Tooru reclined on her bed, Izuku took the opportunity to crawl over her, cupping her face once more and looking into where he guessed her eyes were.

“I’m not trying to be,” He replied honestly. “I’m just trying to do my best.”

“And that’s what makes you perfect.” Tooru smiled back earnestly, hoping the boy believed her and gained some measure of confidence from this interaction before leaning up and claiming his lips once again.

Izuku, admittedly, felt positively giddy with all the positive reinforcement he was getting from this. It was probably silly to still feel like he didn’t belong with so many wonderful partners at this stage but, just when he’d felt like he was really fitting in, Momo had thrown him a curve ball that had knocked his confidence in that thought.

Thankfully he had a wonderful partner in Tooru who was clearly happy to build him back up and the least he could do for her was stuff like this, especially when he enjoyed the reactions he got out of her too.

Breaking the kiss again, Izuku slowly started kissing along her chin and down her neck and collar, flittering around her chest and taking his time to draw several extra giggles out of the girl. Once he reached her breasts, he captured one of her nipples in his mouth and lovingly teased it with his tongue and teeth, applying a small amount of pressure on it he knew the girl liked.

Tooru’s breathing, while light and bubbly at first, was descending further and further into heated huffs, her body reacting to Izuku’s teasing touches and kisses. She let out a groan of need when Izuku pinched her nipple lightly with one hand and pressed lightly with his teeth on the other.

“Good?” He asked, just to be sure.

“Very.” Tooru replied breathily.

“Ready for more?”

“Please.”

Cupping the girl’s rear briefly, Izuku’s hands slid around her sides to her sweatpants waistband and hooked his fingers underneath, making sure to grab hold of her panties too before pulling them down and sliding off the bed with them as he got further and further down his girlfriend’s legs.

Once she was free of the garments, Tooru was totally invisible and again felt a little self-conscious about it.

It didn’t seem to hamper Izuku though who knelt down at the edge of the bed and ran his hands along her thighs, taking hold of her hips and pulling her closer as he leant forward.

When his tongue first touched at her vagina, Tooru allowed her more primal thoughts subdue her anxieties and just lay back to enjoy Izuku’s ministrations. Her hands prematurely balled in the sheets as she felt his tongue explore more of her and his fingers quickly join in.

Spreading his digits wide inside her, he asked a small question that had been niggling at his mind.

“Um… Starlight? When, you said you liked to be filled. Did you also mean like… more fingers and fisting and stuff? Or is it just-”

“It was just the um… cum stuff.” Tooru admitted. “Though… we can try if you’d like.”

Izuku did kinda want to try. The idea of spreading Tooru, or any of the girls, wide and exploring them entirely sent a shiver of pleasure down his spine. He knew enough about sex by now to work up to things and continued rubbing around Tooru’s pussy with two fingers while he licked at her clit.

Pulling back, he announced, “I’ll start slow,” before pressing a third finger inside the girl, getting a pleasant hum from her as his tongue returned to its task.

After a few more moments of feeling things out he felt brave enough to push a forth finger inside and flexed against Tooru.

“Ooo, that’s… just the right side of painful.” Tooru hummed pleasantly. “Not like, it hurts but like, I can feel the stretch. Your hand’s kinda bigger than… Momo’s and she used this special lube or something.”

“Got it.” Izuku smiled, unperturbed by the mention of the heiress before continuing to rub her from the inside and outside.

As Tooru’s sighs and breathing built up, he lightly sucked her clit into his mouth and tried humming for the vibrations. The invisible girl liked this a lot and quickly let him know by wiggling at the exciting sensation as she felt her toes flexing.

Staying the course, Izuku continued what he was doing until Tooru’s hips rose from the bed and she shuddered intensely as her orgasm washed over her. Ceasing his attentions on her most sensitive button, Izuku pulled back and gave her a contented sigh as she tried to catch her breath.

“Haaa, that… was good.” Tooru said between deep breaths.

“Glad to um, pay you back.” Izuku chuckled.

“Don’t keep score.” Tooru smirked. “Girls can go more than guys.”

“I know, but still.” Izuku shook his head fondly.

Tooru squeaked as the greenette started pulling his fingers out of her. The experience itself was probably better suited for Mina than her; it wasn’t bad but she still liked the idea of being packed to the brim with cum better.

Sitting up, Tooru watched Izuku rubbing his fingers together idly, guessing she’d probably left a fair mess on her sheets from the amount of liquid she could see on his digits and feel running down her rear. A small idea came to her mind in that moment and wondered if she could help clear the air between her and Izuku a little more.

“H-Hey, Squishy?”

“Yeah?” Izuku gave her his full attention again, that adorable honest smile on his face.

“S-So… this is gonna sound silly, and you can totally say ‘no’ if you want, but… d-do you um… could you… p-put a finger up my uh… bum?”

It was almost comical how Izuku’s eyes bulged at that.

“J-Just to test and stuff,” Tooru explained. “I wasn’t focused on it last time and… maybe it’s not as bad as I thought. Ochako and others seem to enjoy it, so…”

“If um… that’s what you want.” Izuku nodded slowly. “Just… let me know if it gets too much,” he recalled his own uncomfortableness when he tried something back there. “Shall I go get some lubricant?”

“Uh m-mine should be fine.” Tooru blushed, flexing her pelvis muscles as she felt her release already having produced what was probably enough.

She was both excited and nervous as Izuku nodded and slowly re-moistened his fingers inside her. Once he was satisfied they were wet enough, he used his other hand to spread Tooru’s cheeks a little from this position and slowly circled her ring with a digit to ensure it was nice and lubed.

Tooru couldn’t help holding her breath and tensing a little as Izuku’s finger slowly started pushing its way into her. As it slowly slid inside, she couldn’t help recalling Izuku’s own comments from their last sleepover.

“Ooo… yeah, I see what you mean now, this is… very… odd.”

“Want me to stop?” Izuku asked.

Tooru bit her lip. It didn’t hurt but it wasn’t bad, it just wasn’t good either right now.

“K-Keep going,” she requested with a blush.

Izuku hesitantly kept pushing into the girl until his finger bottomed out and he wiggled it a little.

“M-Maybe another?” Tooru suggested, still not feeling the appeal.

As prompted, Izuku slid a second finger inside slowly before flexing them slightly, hoping the same nice stretchy feeling Tooru had before would be triggered by this.

Unfortunately for him, the opposite was true as Tooru’s face scrunched up at the aching sensation.

“No, no, that’s enough.” Tooru said quickly, getting Izuku to stop what he was doing and slowly back out. “Sorry, just… y-yeah,” she felt her rear pulse uncomfortably at the new sensations it endured. “I can see what you meant about it being odd.”

“Slight painful pulsing?” Izuku asked.

“Yes!” Tooru exclaimed. “Wow, no wonder you didn’t like it.”

“Y-Yeah,” The greenette blushed at the memory. “Not your thing either then?”

“S-Sorry, no.” Tooru felt her spirits dampen, feeling like she’d disappointed him in a way.

“No, it’s fine.” Izuku renewed his smile. “If you didn’t like it, that’s all that matters.”

Tooru felt her lips curl into a grateful smile as he channelled Mina with the same line she’d used to reassure him.

“I’ll just go um…” Izuku pulled back and stood up, gesturing to his fingers.

“Sure.” Tooru nodded as Izuku made first use of her bathroom to clean up his digits.

While he was gone, she shifted her rear awkwardly to try and get the mild pulsing to stop. Maybe it was something she, and maybe Izuku, might get used to in time if they really pushed themselves but at least for now she was pretty sure both of them had no interest in trying it again anytime soon.

When Izuku emerged from the bathroom again, Tooru sat up carefully and took her turn. She tried to be quick to clean herself up as she didn’t want to lose more of the steamy moment they were both enjoying as it was Izuku’s turn to for some loving. Hopefully afterward she could get some creamy filling again.

Returning to the boy, he was now sitting on the edge of the bed now, divested of his own clothes.

“Someone’s bold.” Tooru giggled, making her presence clear.

“I think I’m getting used to accepting this.” Izuku smiled warmly in her direction. “Sharing this with you all; it’s wonderful, and I shouldn’t be so scared to lose it like you said.”

“Damn right.” Tooru nodded, as she stepped closer. “Now, for being a good boy and listening to reason, imma give you a little treat.”

Tooru almost giggled at the way Izuku sat up a little straighter at being called a ‘good boy’. She’d have to remember that for later. For now, she dropped to her knees between his and shuffled closer to get a look at his imposing cock.

The invisible girl blinked and shook her head. That was a weird thought. Licking her lips to moisten her mouth for what she was about to do, she reached out and took hold of Izuku’s penis and rubbed it a few times. For some reason, it didn’t seem as appealing as it was a few moments ago.

“Ready for me?” Tooru asked playfully.

“Mmmhmm.” Izuku nodded, already flexing his cock from her touch alone.

Trying to put aside those weird thoughts as best she could, Tooru opened her mouth and leant forward, intending on capturing most of Izuku in one swift gulp.

The second the head of his penis touched the roof of her mouth, a pang of fear shot through Tooru and she felt her throat close involuntarily. She pulled back quickly with gasp which quickly descended into short rapid breaths as her mind was flooded with the memory of choking and being helpless to do anything about it.

The room suddenly felt too small and her eyes began swimming with tears. Despite her short breaths, her throat suddenly felt sticky and too tight for even air to get through. Tooru was vaguely aware of seeing Izuku’s mouth move as she backed away from him with her hands until her back hit her chest of drawers but if he was telling her to get on with the blowjob then she couldn’t hear it through the sound of her heart in her ears.

Something was wrong and whatever it was, she couldn’t stop it.

“H-He-Help!” Tooru gasped between breaths. “C-C-Can’t b-b-breathe.”

The moment she finished getting the words out Izuku moved. He made directly for Tooru’s balcony and threw the curtains open. The sun was setting and bathed his form in a bright orange glow. Normally Tooru would’ve been worried about being discovered by this from someone seeing Izuku nude in her room but all she could focus on right then was the sound of her balcony door sliding open and feeling the fresh breeze fill her mouth.

Gratefully, she sucked in as much fresh air as she could but her body was trying to fight her control, breaking up her desired drawn in breaths with hitched inhales.

Izuku had moved again and was now crouched by her side, one hand resting on her leg and the other clenching her hand.

“Tooru? Tooru just breathe.” Izuku’s voice sounded strangely distant as he comforted her. “Focus only on your breathing. Try and take long, deep breaths as best you can. You’re safe, you’re okay, you can breathe, nothing’s stopping you.”

As the words registered in Tooru’s mind, she felt her sudden fear and anxiety slowly loosen its sudden grip on her brain.

For the next several minutes, Izuku kept repeating the same lines in a variety of orders while his girlfriend slowly but surely began to regain control of her breathing.

When she finally felt in control of herself again, Tooru felt her face scrunch up as she let out a sob, falling bonelessly into Izuku’s arms.

“W-W-What was that?” She cried, feeling tears roll down her cheeks following the path of many she’d unknowingly shed during her episode.

“Shhh, it’s okay.” Izuku reassured her again, rubbing her back and cuddling her lightly. “You just had a… panic attack, that’s all.”

“W-W-What?” Tooru muttered in confusion. “I-I don’t… I-I’ve never-”

“I know,” Izuku understood immediately, his heart going out to the girl.

Nothing like this had happened before when they’d done stuff in the past and Tooru’s impending blowjob had barely begun when she reacted. He’d been just as confused as she was when she’d begun hyperventilating and backing away but when she’d managed to gasp out what was wrong he understood what had happened whilst his body was already moving to help resolve the issue.

As sorry as she was for what she’d done and as much as the pair had forgiven Momo for her little accident with everyone wanting to move forward, the heiress’ careless actions had clearly affected Tooru more than any of them realised. The girl was hurt and as much as he wanted to try and take the pain away, he couldn’t.

With her panic attack seemingly over and plain sadness taking over, Izuku slid his hand under the girl and picked her up in a bridal carry. Though they were both still naked, there was no chance anything was going to happen now as Izuku only hoped he could get Tooru through this and figure something out.

Laying her down on her bed, he sat on the edge before rolling in with her, allowing her to sink into his side as he wrapped her in a protective embrace. For now, all he could do was offer the small measure of comfort he could and hope she was open to talking to Recovery Girl more about it when she was ready. Hopefully she would have some ideas.

Eventually, the girl’s sadness receded to only sniffles and whimpers as the two cuddled into the early evening.

“‘M sorry.” Tooru mumbled, “I ruined it.”

“No, no you didn’t.” Izuku comforted her. “Don’t worry about all that.”

“But it was your tur-”

“Shhh, don’t focus on that.” Izuku sighed. “You’re hurting, that needs addressing first.”

Tooru fell silent, not knowing what to say.

“Do you want to see Recovery Girl about it?” Izuku asked kindly.

“No…” Tooru sighed. “I-It’ll get better on its own, right?”

“That’s something you need to ask her.” Izuku shrugged, not knowing much about panic attacks other than what they’d learned in class about how to deal with them when a civilian experiences one. “Do you want to go with the others?”

“I… don’t want them to know about it at all.” She whimpered sadly, feeling horrible about this despite Izuku’s reassurances.

“Starlight, we’re… all here to support you too. Sorry if it seems pushy but you should tell them just… just in case you have another attack.”

“B-But I…” Tooru felt her tears returning. “I-I don’t want this!”

“I know, I know.” Izuku comforted her as best he could, stroking her invisible hair with one arm curled around her to hold her close.

While the invisible girl was happy to forgive Momo for her accident, it might take a little longer to forget because of what she hoped wasn’t lasting consequences. All she could do now was bitterly accept this new… thing and move on.


As Tooru and Izuku were cuddling in the invisible girl’s room, Momo was being visited by a particular pink haired girlfriend.

Mina had a furrow on her face, a laptop under an arm, and a goal to achieve as she knocked firmly on the heiress’ dorm door.

“It’s open.” Momo called out, sounding much more like herself than the last time Mina had knocked.

Stepping inside, Mina’s eyes took in Momo and her room as the girl swept the pieces of her shattered lamp into a dustpan and brush.

“Hi Mina.” Momo smiled a small smile at the girl as she glanced over to see who’d decided to pay her a visit.

“Momo.” Mina replied coolly, not wanting to give a false impression of why she was here.

The heiress grimaced slightly at the cold tone as Mina stepped closer, depositing her laptop on the heiress’ bed. Whatever Mina had to say could apparently wait as the girl then knelt down to pick up some of the books Momo had yet to return to their proper place and began restoring them herself. Biting her lip, Momo continued to clean up her tantrum inflicted mess with her girlfriend until everything was as orderly as they could make it once again.

When the last of the books had been tidied away, the bin bag was by the door, and the room looked almost like normal, Mina turned to Momo who looked away in shame when she saw the disappointed look in her girlfriend’s eyes.

“Sit.” Mina ordered.

Momo’s eyes widened and she felt a mote of panic as the pinkette didn’t indicate where she was to sit. Did she pull out her chair? Go for her bed? Or just drop to the floor and sit like a scolded child?

She opted for her mattress as her desk chair would be too difficult to pull out from this position and sat with her hands clasped on her lap. Her mind briefly remembered she was in the proper pose her parents had instructed her to take when she was being scolded and kept her head low, hoping this wouldn’t turn out like that.

Mina walked over and stood by the wall, resting her back and a foot on it while crossing her arms and looking down at the heiress. For a moment, neither one of them said anything; Momo was awaiting whatever judgement Mina had while Mina wanted the girl to stew just a little under her gaze.

“You fucked up.”

“Yes… I did.” Momo accepted with a small nod. “It shouldn’t’ve happened.”

“Damn right.” Mina’s eyes narrowed a tad. “You hurt our girlfriend. You hurt our boyfriend. You did that to them; I threatened to melt Ojiro for less.”

“I know,” Momo nodded again. “I’d… be grateful if you didn’t melt me.”

“You’re lucky I love you… even if you’re in the dog house right now.” Mina sighed.

“I thought I wasn’t being um… collared.” Momo mumbled, getting a confused look from Mina for a moment before her brain figured out Momo’s logic and she couldn’t help the snort that escaped her.

“Not… ‘Dog house’ just means you’re on our bad side right now,” Mina explained. “You scared and hurt us all and, after that, I’m pretty sure me and Kyoka are both pretty annoyed with you.”

“Oh! Kyoka explained that previously, would you like me to uh, create then sleep on a couch to atone?”

Mina couldn’t help the small giggle at the imagery this time, shaking her head as the heiress kept jumping to the wrong conclusion in her eagerness to appease Mina’s frustration.

“No, stop trying to… j-just stop.” Mina shook her head. “Look, I came here to talk about this and get some answers to make sure we don’t have any more issues. First, you messed up and have apologised, correct?”

“Y-Yes?” Momo replied with an asking tone, unsure if it was a trick question; she’d fallen for them before.

“You have,” Mina nodded. “Then, we accepted your apology and you accepted you’re going to make up for it, yes?”

“Mmhmm.” Momo bowed lightly, convinced this wasn’t a trick question either.

“Right.” Mina agreed with her only to move onto her final question. “So how are you going to do that?”

“I… I-I’m going to…” Momo blinked, her mind drawing a blank. What was wrong? Her determination to repair her relationship with the others hadn’t faded and she would do anything she needed to make things right; but for some reason words were escaping her brain right now. “N-Not let it happen again?” She offered, much more unsure of her answer this time than the first.

When she glanced up at Mina to gauge her reaction, she saw the pinkette slowly shaking her head.

“You don’t actually know, do you?”

Momo began panicking and felt her pulse rise. She’d answered wrong, she didn’t know the answer! She was blowing her chance to make things right already!

“No! N-No, I know. I’ll-”

“Calm down hun.” Mina crouched down and put a hand on Momo’s knee to draw her focus, the ravenette’s gaze darting around as she tried to find the answers in her mind. “You’re okay. Just means I was right to come here.”

“W-Why?” Momo pulled back slightly, her mind conjuring up memories of past punishments from her parents. They’d never struck her, but after each screw-up she had, she was put on an increasingly shorter leash; the irony was not lost on her.

“Because you’ve got homework to do.” Mina declared with a wry smile as she stood, hoping Momo would enjoy her little idea after that, admittedly slightly petty, payback.

“Yes mother.”

Both girl’s stilled after the heartbeat’s length of time it took for them both to process those words. Mina’s smile slowly fell into a worried frown as Momo’s eyes were now fixated firmly on her own hands which were currently balled up tightly in her lap.

While Mina still struggled intellectually now and again, even with her recent dedication to making sure her homework was done on time, her ability to understand people socially was second to none; even if Tsuyu was more insightful.

Crouching down again, Mina took both of Momo’s fists gently into her palms.

“There’s something deeper here, isn’t there.” Mina pushed lightly, hoping Momo would open up despite their recent difficulties.

“I’m sorry.” Momo apologised again, feeling herself pathetically tearing up again. “I’ve… I’ve been horrible!”

With everything that had been on her mind thanks to her screw up and the revelation to herself that she’d acted as ruthless as her parents towards Izuku, Momo had replied on instinct as though she was being scolded by her mother. This brought all her underlying feelings back to the surface and, as much as she wanted to keep this nugget of information from Mina and the rest of her partners, she couldn’t stop the tears or her mouth divulging her worries.

“I’ve… I was as bad as my parents!” Momo whimpered. “I-I tried to- I-I wanted to crush Izuku… I… I don’t ever wanna be like that!”

Mina could see her girlfriend was spiralling again and quickly pulled her in for a hug, wrapping her in a tight embrace so the taller girl could cry into her chest. Hugs usually helped and clearly Momo still needed it.

“Shhh, shhh,” Mina tried to comfort her, wracking her brain for words that would hopefully ease the heiress’ pain. “You’re not like that hun.”

“B-But I am.” Momo cried again feeling her guilt creep in again. “I-I wanted to hurt him.”

Mina sighed. She had to admit, this had been part of the reason she’d decided to confront Momo about her behaviour instead of just forgiving and moving on.

Behaviour learned as kids was hard to unlearn, especially when it’s from people you’re supposed to trust. Her own mother had taught her that when she explained why she’d gotten so angry after practically breaking down her previous school’s doors after Mina was called a derogatory slur by one of her peers.

She was thankful her previous school had a zero tolerance policy on discrimination but still felt bad for the kid as he was clearly regurgitating his parent’s opinions and didn’t understand why he was being expelled for it. Since then, Mina had tried to gain an understanding of why people acted and reacted the way they did. If they can be taught their actions are wrong she wanted to reach out a hand to try and bridge the gap before it was too late.

It all came back to bullying for her, and that was something she would never stop standing up to.

“You can’t help the way you’re taught.” Mina comforted in understanding. “You’re a good person Momo, you know none of us would’ve fallen for you if that weren’t true. Living with your parents, from what we’ve seen, there’s no way you wouldn’t pick up some of their bad parts without realising it.”

The heiress didn’t react, just listening to Mina’s words while trying to stifle her sniffles.

“No one is naturally perfect in this world and we’ve all got bad parts of ourselves that we wish we didn’t have or wish were better. The difference is the good people, once they realise their bad parts, will try to fix them as best they can. You’re a good person Momo, you know that, and as long as you keep wanting to improve, we’ll stand by you no matter what and provide all the help we can. That’s how we learn and grow together.”

“H-How…” Momo asked weakly. “I-I don’t know-”

“That’s why I am here.” Mina smiled warmly, hoping to instil some comfort in her girlfriend with the small joke. “You’ve taught me so much about book stuff this year so now I’m gonna help teach you about social stuff most people are familiar with. I mean, we already covered sex but I think I need to fill this gap in too.”

The ravenette let out a single low laugh as, to her, this whole thing began with Mina in the first place. Sure, she may not have hurt Tooru or Izuku if Mina hadn’t helped introduce her to a number of lewd things, but she also wouldn’t have experienced half as much love, care, and affection with every one of her loving partners as she had.

She felt every bit a failure, but such that she could recover and learn from. If Mina was going to give up her time and effort to help her understand everything she needed to so that something like this never happened again, then she would seize the opportunity with both hands.

“Thank you. Thank you so much, f-for not giving up on me.” Momo replied gratefully.

“No problem Gorgeous.” Mina leant forward and pressed a small kiss on her girlfriend’s cheek. “Like I’ve said, I’ve got plenty of homework for you to do but I think you’ll enjoy it.”

Momo was content her girlfriend didn’t mean it in any manner like her mother or father did when ‘re-educating’ her over the years and curiously watched Mina step to the side, reaching for her laptop at the end of the bed.

Turning the device towards Momo, Mina presented what appeared to be nothing more than a streaming service’s catalogue of shows and movies.

“U-Um…” Momo looked questioningly at the pinkette, feeling her cheeks heat up as she didn’t quite know what the girl was expecting her to react to.

“We’re gonna educate you with only the choicest cliché romantic tropes from general media.” Mina grinned. “Trust me, there’s plenty to pick from and lots to learn so you’ll be a bona fide expert in relationship trappings by the time we’re done.”

“I-I didn’t expect this.” Momo shook her head with a small smile. It seemed like such a simple idea to give her insight she lacked and she felt stupid for not having thought of it herself.

“You can thank Tooru for the idea, she gave it to me at lunch.” Mina chuckled.

“I don’t deserve her.” Momo’s face fell a little, that kernel of knowledge making her feel bad for getting Tooru caught up in her misplaced frustration once again.

“You deserve all of us and more.” Mina shook her head fondly. “You’ve been nothing but amazing up until recently and I don’t think we’ve given you enough credit for being as strong as you are.” She took a seat by her girlfriend and took hold of her hands again. “Look at how far you’ve come already: you’ve developed your hero skills for your tricky as hell quirk to be arguably the most versatile of our class, you’ve set up a whole business empire to try and get out from your parents thumb, and you’re holding back so much of your love and affection for us because you don’t want any of us to get hurt by your parents. It can’t be easy seeing me and Tooru or Izuku, Tsu, or Ochako get all cuddly while you and Kyoka can’t.”

“O-Of everything that’s um… probably the hardest,” Momo admitted. “Y-You taught me about all about intimacy to start with and I do envy you all by not being able to show my affection to Kyoka, even if we should keep our group dynamic somewhat secret.”

“I know hun.” Mina stroked her side. “You’ve been incredibly patient with everything and we’ll do whatever we can to get you free of all your bad influences. After that, I’m sure you’ll be positively overwhelmed with the amount of kisses, cuddles, and dates we’ll be having after so we can all show off our awesome girlfriend.”

“That sounds so wonderful.” Momo smiled dreamily.

“Right?! So buck up. For now, we’re gonna have a nice night in together and watch tons of good and bad romantic trash and you’re gonna ‘go beyond’ to learn everything you can. Why?”

“B-Because I’m Momo ‘Fucking’ Yaoyorozu?” Momo asked hesitantly.

“Damn right you are.” Mina giggled triumphantly, leaning forward and placing a soft kiss on the heiress’ lips. “Come on, let’s get you into bed.”

That was one order Momo was happy to obey as she crawled into her usual position and slipped under the covers. Mina spent a moment picking out something to watch on her laptop before crawling over with it to slip in next to her girlfriend, wrapping her in a comforting one-armed hug as the laptop once again settled on their legs like it had that very first time they’d experienced something new together.

“So I’m thinking this one now and another two before the end of tonight with a break for dinner and stuff in the middle.” Mina announced. “Sound good?”

“W-What about… homework?” Momo asked in a small voice, vocalizing the nagging thoughts at the back of her head. Term was coming to an end and they had a trip next week but they still had a couple of assignments left before they could spend entire nights watching less educational things such as this.

“Class assignments come and go Gorgeous, don’t worry about it,” Mina stroked her girlfriend’s hair as the raventte cuddled into her.

“B-But-”

“The world won’t end and your grades won’t go down because of one missed assignment.” The pinkette chuckled.

“Are… are you sure?”

“Positive.” Mina smiled warmly down at the girl. “This, you, us. I know it sounds cheesy and cliché as heck but what we’ve got, what we’re all trying to make for the seven of us, is forever.”

The acid quirked girl felt her heart do a little flip at saying something like that out loud, feeling the reality of the situation settle comfortably in her own mind too. It wasn’t butterflies, or a rushing heartrate, but a sense of home and cosiness

“It… doesn’t sound cliché to me,” Momo felt a small smile creep back onto her face. “I haven’t seen nearly enough things for it to be.”

“And that’s what tonight is for!” Mina declared with a giggle, kissing the top of Momo’s head before reaching for the button on her laptop to start the first series on their list.

Despite everything, Mina knew this wouldn’t heal things completely but it was a good first step. With this, Momo would be better equipped to recognise and deal with her jealous feelings if or when they cropped up again though the duty wouldn’t just be on her; they’d all have to keep each other in check as things move forward for them all.

Like Midnight told her a while back, they shouldn’t treat each other equally, but give each other what they need to succeed and thrive like a variety plants. Right now, she was giving Momo what she needed and they’d all benefit from it.

She did feel a little guilty about deliberately ignoring their homework though but she’d missed assignments before and it was usually fine. Besides, the homework was for Midnight’s class; surely their pro hero confidant could understand the ‘tribulations of the heart’ as an acceptable reason to delay handing in their assignment for an extra day.

Snuggling down into the sheets, Mina and Momo settled in as the movie began and the heiress could finally feel a clear direction for her to go next.

Needless to say, more tears were shed before the end of the night at the rise and fall of fictional relationships lost to jealously but by the end of it, Momo believed she’d gained some valuable understanding to take forward.


The next day, everyone in 1-A woke as normal and proceeded to their homeroom to begin the day fresh once again.

While there were a few minutes left before Aizawa appeared like clockwork and class began, Izuku spotted a stoic Todoroki and a bored looking Bakugo sitting at their desks like normal as though they didn’t just get interviewed for saving people for the first time.

“Morning Todoroki,” Izuku greeted, deciding to approach his friend to get some information.

“Oh, Midoriya good morning.” Todoroki greeted in his usual monotone.

“How did your interview go yesterday?”

“Fine.” Todoroki replied blandly. “It went as well as I expected.”

“That sounds good at least,” Izuku smiled. “Did they say when it was going to be aired?”

“Today I believe.” Todoroki answered simply. “It will air during their breakfast show so I doubt we will be able to see it.

“Hey guys,” Sero leant back in his chair to look over at the two. “Don’t worry about that, Kaminari’s recording it.”

“He is?” Izuku looked over at the boy past his quirk taped classmate who’d turned around at his name being mentioned.

 “Hell yeah!” Kaminari grinned. “You think I’m gonna miss the comedy gold that is Kacchan’s first interview? That’s gonna be hilarious.”

“Shut the hell up Sparky!” Bakugo turned and growled at the blond who simply shot him a cheeky grin from the other side of Kyoka. “I’ve done two before! Besides, that interviewer was terrible! She didn’t know what she was talking about.”

“I dunno, she’s been an interviewer longer than you’ve been a provisional pro.” Sero chuckled, getting in on the teasing.

“If you ask me,” Iida joined the conversation, standing by Izuku and Todoroki, “it was incredibly tame compared to the things I’ve seen my brother get grilled with at times. I have a feeling the principal was very deliberately selective in who was invited onto campus and what was asked.”

“Sabotage?!” Bakugo glared at the class representative who flinched at the gaze.

“I doubt it was done with malicious intent!” Iida defended the principal on principle. “Considering the current state of affairs in Japan right now, I’m not surprised they were screened. It was probably intended to be more of a successful rising star fluff piece rather than any hard hitting journalism. Observing some of the answers you gave however Bakugo I’m wonder if they’ll have enough footage to air such a piece.”

“Did… Iida just throw shade?!” Kaminari’s mouth dropped open.

“Sabotage.” Bakugo growled out in confirmation.

“That is not what I said!” Iida tried in vain to correct the boiling blond.

Izuku chuckled at the pair as he settled in at his desk, hoping that Todoroki and Bakugo had at least made the most of their interview opportunity to get their names out there. Reassuring the public and presenting an approachable persona was necessary to form a bond of trust with the community after all and trust seemed to be in smaller and smaller supply nowadays.

“All right everyone, take your seats.” Aizawa’s voice rang out as the door slid open. “Time for class.”


With the promise of training at the end of the day that would surely sap them of energy, the entire polycule sat down at a lunch table with hearty meals to boost their energy.

“Woo! One more assignment left before no more homework!” Tooru cheered as she tucked into some chicken.

“Don’t jinx it.” Kyoka sighed, taking a bite out of her sandwich.

“Well, only one assignment left for some of us, ribbit.” Tsuyu smirked over at Mina and Momo, the latter of whom looked understandably embarrassed.

“That’s the first time I’ve ever missed one.” Momo cringed, a little panicked word would reach her parents about it.

“Don’t worry, Midnight’s cool.” Mina giggled, acting like it was no big deal.

“Easy for you to say, you’re a pro at sneaking in an extra day extension.” Ochako teased.

“What were you two doing anyway that had you so distracted?” Kyoka asked, wondering if it was something that could be said in public.

“Just some romantic education.” Mina declared with a giggle. “Watching films to catch Momo up on the bits of general media she’s missed.”

“Wow, didn’t think that was like an actual thing you’d do?” Tooru blinked with a small smile, not intending on anything coming of her little observation from before.

“I wasn’t about to waste a good idea like that Starlight.” Mina smiled warmly at her girlfriend and slid her leg affectionately up Tooru’s under the table.

“Has it helped at least?” Izuku glanced at Momo.

“I’ve only just begun learning some of these social intricacies and ‘tropes’ I was unaware of but I believe I am a step closer to understanding certain pitfalls already. I hope that Mina is kind enough to continue educating me, though not at the cost of homework going forward.”

“Yeah, yeah, we’ll work on both assignments tonight before dinner.” Mina waved her off casually though fully intended to do as she said.

Before conversation could continue any further, a polite call from behind them caught the group’s attention.

“Hey, Yaoyorozu, got a minute?”

Turning to face the one who called her, Momo spotted Kendo standing patiently nearby.

“Oh, hi Kendo. What can I do for you today?” Momo asked with a polite smile.

“I was hoping to catch you for a quick chat about an idea some of us had in 1-B. Think you could spare a few minutes to talk logistics?”

“Logistics?” Kyoka quirked a brow.

“Certainly.” Momo smiled back before rising from her seat as the class B representative led their own vice rep off to a quieter part of the lunch hall.

“What do you suppose that’s about?” Tooru asked curiously.

“Training maybe?” Mina offered.

“Unlikely.” Izuku theorized.

“Ribbit, I’m sure she’ll tell us later if it’s important.” Tsuyu shrugged, snagging a spoonful of jelly.

“Um… speaking of important.” Tooru heaved a reluctant sigh and looked down at her meal to avoid eye contact. “I’ve… got something I think I need to tell you all and now’s kinda perfect.”

Glancing over at Izuku, who gave her a small, reassuring nod, Tooru began divulging a small summary of what happened the day before, keeping her voice low when referring to the act that caused her panic attack.

“Oh Starlight.” Mina took her girlfriend’s hand and gave it a sympathetic squeeze.

“I see why you waited until Momo was distracted before telling us, ribbit.” Tsuyu sighed.

“How can we help?” Ochako asked.

“You can’t.” Kyoka shook her head. “It’s a stupid brain overreaction the body does to try and protect itself, even when there’s no real danger. There may be some stuff Recovery Girl can suggest but all we can do is help and support Tooru however we can.”

“Mmmhmm” Tooru nodded sadly. “Looked some stuff up last night after Izuku left.”

Though no one said it, it was clear to all now that Momo’s actions had had a lasting impact beyond just damaging their relationship; something that may take far longer to heal.

“Should… I tell her too?” Tooru asked nervously, honestly not wanting to burden the girl with this knowledge and just wanting to put everything behind them.

“We shouldn’t keep secrets.” Tsuyu nodded. “Not like this anyway.”

“Leave it to me.” Mina offered. “Keep it quiet for now but when she’s in a better place, I’ll tell her during one of our little film nights. If any of you want to join us at any point or have recommendations, feel free.”

The others gave half-hearted agreements and hoped this would keep things progressing back to where they once were.

After a few more minutes, Momo returned to the table and took her seat again with an excited smile on her face.

“Got something to share?” Kyoka asked curiously.

“Indeed.” Momo smiled. “I hate to be presumptuous, but I do hope you’ve all not got anything planned for Saturday.”

“I was gonna lay in while I can.” Mina informed the girl warily.

“Same.” Kyoka agreed.

“Well, Kendo just came to talk about organising a class trip to the mall altogether. While we still need to check in with the teachers if such a thing could be possible, I thought it would be a good idea for us all to get any last minute items we need for the school trip.”

“Oh my god, I totally forgot to get like, so much stuff!” Mina’s eyes bulged as she realised she was way overdue to start packing.

“Suncream, sunglasses, beach towels. Ooo, we need to get totally cute swimsuits too!” Tooru’s excitement grew.

“We should also grab a beach ball and like, totally get a game going!” Mina continued their feedback loop of excitement.

“Oi, don’t forget this is for the hero course.” Kyoka rolled her eyes. “Not like we’ll all be able to just drop hero work and hang out on the beach all day.”

“Well maybe if we’re all assigned there at once we could.” Mina giggled teasingly.

“Probably not the best idea,” Izuku sweatdropped. “Still, I wonder how it’s all going to work. When do you think Mr Aizawa’ll give us details on how we’ll be operating?”

“Five minutes before we begin.” Tsuyu chuckled.

“Which is why we should go shopping as a group to best prepare for anything we may need.” Momo enthused. “It will also give us a chance to get to know our sister class better and foster better relations with them without fighting each other first.”

“You just clearly like shopping.” Ochako smirked, earning a blush from Momo.

“Also, why is the lack of fighting good? It was awesome kicking class B’s butts.” Mina giggled.

“Probably best not to rub it in.” Tooru reminded her.

“Ribbit, is all of class B going do you know?” Tsuyu asked, wondering if they’d have to worry about friction with a certain blond member of that class.

“No,” Momo shook her head. “As it’s just an idea for now, Kendo hasn’t gone back to her class to see how many are up for it.”

“Well I’m definitely down!” Mina grinned.

“Me too!” Tooru joined her girlfriend.

“I could do with picking up one or two things.” Kyoka shrugged.

“S-Same.” Izuku agreed, recalling Tooru’s idea about Christmas gifts and wondering if he’d be able to sneak into that specific store.

“Considering we’ll be spending all day on our feet, we should probably get some good rest the night before.” Tsuyu decided to broach the topic that had been on her mind. She most of all wanted everyone to go back to normal so they could resume their big happy sleepovers once again. However, she was well aware trying to force the issue, especially with Tooru’s recent development, could hurt more than it would help. “Let’s delay our next sleepover until after the trip to celebrate.”

“I… agree.” Momo stated with a touch of hesitancy. She could tell they all knew the real reason she was all for the delay but hadn’t been openly acknowledged yet.

“Ooo, we could like stock up on all the local treats, bring them back, and have a feast!” Mina grinned, hoping to continue their sidestep of the issue for now.

“Think they’ll have local mochi?” Tooru chuckled as Ochako’s expression brightened at the thought.

“Maybe some home grown fruits?” Izuku chimed in, wanting not to go overboard with unhealthy stuff and somewhat keep to his diet.

“Just don’t go trying to buy ice cream or crap that’ll go bad by the time we get home.” Kyoka joined in.

Though none of them mentioned it, they all felt an unusual warmth well up inside them at Kyoka’s wording; they’d been at UA for less than a year but with them spending so much time together and what they optimistically planned for the future, right now, they could all definitely call the dorms their home.

Despite the awkward and touchy subject of the sleepover thankfully coming and going without much fanfare, the group shared a laugh as they discussed other things they might be able to find on the island before the bell rang and a tentative plan for the weekend formed in their heads.


After classes drew to a close with one final practical for Aizawa to gauge his student’s recent progress with their quirks, everyone returned to the dorm exhausted but excited as their teacher seemed relatively satisfied with their progress so far.

With the chance for everyone to show off their skills a bit where everyone could see, the topic of discussion on the way back to the changing rooms was, of course, about how everyone had improved.

“That ‘Acidman’ move of yours is still so totally manly Mina!” Kirishima gushed as the class returned to the dorms.

“Thanks.” Mina grinned as she walked between the boy and Tooru, holding her girlfriend’s hand. “Been working on improving it so I can become this awesome acidy-shield that dissolves any attack that comes at me.”

“A bit more dangerous than Kirishima’s unbreakable but it’s clear you two are following the same line of thinking.” Sero stated.

“I gotta up my game next term.” Kirishima gripped his hands into fists. “Gotta keep up with you but how do I get better than ‘Unbreakable’ though?”

“Don’t panic and focus on your weakness’ idiot.” Bakugo rolled his eyes. “The answer is obvious if you think about it.”

“It is?” Kirishima tilted his head. “Then what is it?”

“Use that brain of yours to figure it out,” Bakugo shook his head.

“Or… I could just go ask Midoriya.” Kirishima teased. “I know he’d tell me.”

“You do, you die.” Bakugo gave him an angry side eye only to realise he’d been played when he saw Kirishima’s smug look back at him.

“If we’re talking improvements I think Koda’s got something to say about that.” Kaminari grinned over at the usually shy boy. “Dude, you must’ve been practising hard to get those moves down.”

“I-It was nothing, really.” Koda replied softly as he walked beside Shoji and Tokoyami. “Kendo of class B has been giving me pointers and stuff and I’ve been trying to improve since the um… hostage training.”

“It clearly shows my man.” Sero sent the boy a thumbs up. Koda felt a surge of pride wash over him at his classmates pride and returned a bright smile.

“We have all improved but we can’t discount the assistance and support of our friends that got us here.” Shoji joined the conversation, raising one of his hands and flexed it into a fist. “Things that should’ve been obvious to myself have been pointed out and capitalized on.”

“I hear that.” Tooru smiled. “Midori like, totally helped me redefine my quirk.”

“And we got to see your super cute face because of it.” Mina turned and nuzzled Tooru’s cheek with her nose, drawing an embarrassed giggle from the girl.

Once the class returned to their dorm, everyone began settling into their post school routines.

While sitting on the couch and relaxing as some of his classmates pottered around the kitchen for snacks and drinks, Kaminari remembered what he’d set to record from this morning.

“Hey, everyone!” The electric blond called out to all who were still around. “Who’s up for watching Bakugo and Todoroki’s interview?”

“Count me in, this should be amazing.” Sero grinned, slumping into the spot next to him.

“Out.” Bakugo scoffed, grabbing his protein shake and making for the stairs.

“Come on bro, you wanna see how it turned out, right?” Kirishima tried to get him to stay by sending him puppy dog eyes. Bakugo hated that it worked.

With a chunk of the class gathered round, Kaminari connected the TV to his phone and played the file sitting on his drive upstairs.

“Urgh, three hours?” Kyoka groaned. “I’m out.”

“Hey, I had to record the whole show.” Kaminari explained. “No idea when they would show the segment.”

“Can you skim through and find it?” Sato asked.

It took a few minutes to breeze through most of the show but they found a segment with Todoroki’s face and rewound to just before that.

Introduced as two of UA’s up and coming heroes who took down the rampaging villains after shortly getting their licenses, the class watched in fascination as Todoroki seemed to be the only one answering any of the interviewer’s questions. All in all, the interview was only five minutes long but Bakugo didn’t get a single answer of his shown to any of the questions. When the segment cut back to the studio hosts, even they seemed a bit confused as to why only one of the two boys spoke during that entire interview.

“Oh my god!” Kaminari felt his mirth rising. “They interviewed you two for an entire hour but all Bakugo’s answered were trashed!” He burst into laughed, shortly joined by Sero. “The most we could see you were just an angry blip in the corner of Todoroki’s shots!”

“The hell?! Why’d they cut me out?!” Bakugo growled, grinding his teeth.

“Take it easy bro, I’m sure they didn’t mean anything by it.” Kirishima pat his boyfriend on the back.

“So much for racking up any good press over that throw down.” Kyoka shrugged. At least no press was better than bad press.

“While I’m sure you’re disappointed in this result Bakugo, let this be a lesson about proper question and answer conduct for yourself moving forward.” Iida lectured, hoping the explosive blond would learn from his clear mistake. “As I suspected, this was a clear fluff piece and answers like the ones you gave were just not suited for such an interview.”

“If you wanna live to see another, you better shut the hell up.” Bakugo threatened.

“Tha~at’s enough outta you.” Mina seized Bakugo’s hand and led him away. “Come on Kirishima, we got some work to do.”

The class sweat dropped as the duo most able to control the blond’s temperament took him into the dorm staircase and away from the situation.

Izuku watched them leave and hoped the pair could settle Bakugo’s temper. It seemed the blond was content to waste getting any prestige until it was done on his terms even if it annoyed him though that may be because Todoroki subsequently got all the spotlight because of it.

“Izuku?” Tsuyu called out to the boy, pulling his eyes away from the scene and towards his girlfriends who were stood side by side. “We’ve only got one homework assignment left, want to work on it together?”

“Sure,” Izuku smiled warmly. “I’ll grab us some drinks.”

With a few bottles of cold water in hand, the trio hopped in a few elevator and headed upstairs to Izuku’s room.

Once they were inside, all three breathed a sigh of relief about being out of the public eye and wasted no time chatting about what they just saw.

“Man, that was kind of a car crash.” Ochako shook her head. “Watching Bakugo answer that interviewer lady’s questions was hard enough but it’s almost as awkward as knowing they judged and cut him for it.”

“Ribbit, I won’t say he deserved it since I didn’t linger and listen but I’m guessing he was as angry as normal?”

“More so.” Ochako sighed. “The questions were kinda basic. ‘You two must’ve bonded during training, right? Was it frightening fighting those villains? What are your aspirations for the future?’ you know.”

“So questions Bakugo thinks are beneath him?” Izuku chuckled weakly and shook his head at the explosive blond’s behaviour.

“Pretty much.” Ochako nodded as the trio began setting up for their study session.

It was fairly routine for them all at this point and they all dumped their bags together and pulled out their pads, pencils, calculators and textbooks to get the final maths assignment done while slipping off their blazers and making themselves more comfortable. Ochako and Tsuyu sat on Izuku’s bed with their legs crossed while Izuku took his desk chair and sat facing them nearby; his laptop rested between them all so they could use it for extra assistance if necessary.

As expected, between them all working together the assignment was finished without much difficulty and their free time was finally their own again.

“It’s nearly over!” Ochako groaned as she flumped back onto Izuku’s mattress, letting out a deep sigh of satisfaction.

“Drama queen.” Tsuyu giggled at Ochako’s exaggerated act.

“Frog queen.” Her girlfriend shot back.

“And don’t you forget it, ribbit.” Tsuyu smiled happily.

“I’m just glad it’s less thing to worry about.” Izuku smiled, setting his school supplies and laptop back on the desk.

“Our free time is ours again!” Ochako cheered.

“Well… with that out of the way.” Tsuyu’s voice turned somewhat sultry. “There’s nothing holding me back from spending my free time with you both doing something we’ll all enjoy.”

“N-Now?” Ochako blushed as Tsuyu crawled up to her side. “B-But I’m-”

“I know.” Tsuyu smiled before leaning down and capturing Ochako’s lips in a sensual kiss that quickly deepened into tongues. “I just want to just enjoy you both now if you don’t mind indulging me, ribbit. This week has been… not good for any of us and I’ve tried not to worry, but I was really scared things could start breaking apart and that’s the last thing I want after falling for you all.”

“Oh Tsu.” Ochako cupped her girlfriend’s cheek. While she wasn’t expecting this or fully in the mood right now, there was no reason she couldn’t get there with some teasing. Biting her lip nervously, Ochako gave the girl a blushing nod and turned to her boyfriend. “I think our Darling could use some stress relief.”

Izuku had already built up a semi watching his two girlfriends and didn’t need further prompting to join in. He was more than happy to make Tsuyu the focus if Ochako didn’t mind today.

Stepping forward and reaching for his shirt buttons, Izuku was stopped in his tracks by the ringing of his phone. All Might’s catchphrase repeatedly rang out as the trio stilled to glance at his trouser pocket.

“Sorry about this.” Izuku blushed as he reached into his pocket, hoping whomever was calling didn’t delay his time with his girlfriends much. Pulling the device from his pocket and seeing the caller ID however made his hopes disappear. “Oh… uh, you two can um… get started.” Izuku offered while walking towards his door. “I kinda gotta take this.”

“Wait, who is it?” Ochako asked curiously.

“My mom.” Izuku replied with a blush.

“Just answer it in here, we’ll be quiet,” Tsuyu offered before turning back to Ochako and deciding to distract each other by pushing her girlfriend down and having as quiet of a make-out session as they could. The brunette wanted to protest but resigned herself to resisting the urge to make any noise as Tsuyu’s tongue twirled around her own.

Izuku was a little grateful for the offer as talking to his mother in the hallway was not something he wanted to do if Aoyama or Tokoyami walked by at the wrong time. Accepting the call, he put his phone to his ear and answered.

“H-Hi Mom!” Izuku’s voice warbled nervously.

“Hi Izuku honey.” Inko’s motherly tone reached his ears. “Just thought I’d check up on you since next week is your big class holiday.”

“I-It’s not a holiday mom.” Izuku chuckled. “We’re going to be going to Nabu to practise being real heroes.”

“I know honey, but you should have some time to enjoy the local beaches and stuff, right?” Inko asked, hoping her boy wasn’t pushing himself too hard for the sake of a good grade.

“I don’t know.” Izuku sighed, walking back over to his chair and sitting down. “Mr Aizawa hasn’t really given us much in the way of details so we may be working every day we’re there.”

“Well that’s not very good. Have you told All Might?”

“All Might can’t help with everything mom.” Izuku chuckled.

“But he said he’d look out for you. Working towards your dream is one thing but don’t neglect your own mental health either. As much as you’ll learn working there, don’t forget to take a break and just enjoy yourself, okay hun?”

“Yeah,” Izuku looked at his girlfriends who were currently engaged in their quietest ever make-out and groping session. He briefly imagined the three of them getting a day to enjoy together and spending it at the beach without the worry of hero work or the ever looming threat of All-For-One and Shigaraki in the background. Maybe he’d try and see if there was a way they could get some free time together on the island. “I mean, all my friends will be there so we should have some time to hang out and stuff. We can’t be all working twenty four seven.”

“I know dear, but you’ve had a tendency to ‘Go Beyond’ or whatever it is in anything you do with that school and I worry.”

“I know mom.” Izuku conceded. “I’ll be safe like I promised.”

At this point, Tsuyu had gotten herself good and riled up and her hand was starting to slide down Ochako’s shirt and towards her skirt. Izuku couldn’t help but enjoy the sight and absentmindedly rearranged his trousers, trying to relieve the ache he was beginning to feel as his cock strained against them.

“That’s good to hear dear.” Inko breathed a small sigh of relief at Izuku not forgetting what they’d talked about before. He was her only child and he’d been powerless for so long but he was always safe. Now he had powers and could fulfil his dream, he seemed way too eager to throw himself in harm’s way. “How have things been going at school?”

No sooner had Tsuyu’s hand slipped inside and into her panties than Ochako let out a moan before immediately pulling back and covering her mouth, looking mortified.

“Are you okay Izuku?” Inko asked, having clearly heard the noise.

“Y-Yes!” Izuku’s mind raced to figure out a cover story. “I-I was just walking and talking and h-hit my toe against my desk.”

“Oh dear, do be careful honey,” Inko chuckled.

“I will.” Izuku replied, feeling his shoulder droop in relief as his mom easily bought the cover story. Ochako had blossomed into a bright red at this point while Tsuyu was giggling silently behind her hand. Izuku couldn’t help but join in with a small smile and shake his head at the situation despite the fear of discovery. “As for school, school’s been great! I’ve been learning a lot this term and I feel I’m really starting to understand and get to grips with my quirk.”

“That’s wonderful news dear, I do hope you’ve been keeping up with your studies as well as your training.”

“Of course.” Izuku smiled.

In this time, Tsuyu was trying to coax Ochako back into another embrace but the gravity girl was having none of it. Her blush still hadn’t faded and she definitely didn’t want to let out any more noises while Izuku’s own mother could hear her make them and so batted her girlfriend’s hands away softly, intending to do so until Izuku had hung up.

It didn’t take long for the frog girl to get the message and pout cutely. As adorable as Ochako found Tsuyu however, she wouldn’t budge and just looked away from the girl to resist her cuteness.

Tsuyu’s lips thinned into an unhappy line as she turned and glared at Izuku’s phone. She didn’t mind him chatting to his mother, but that woman was both cock-blocking and clam-jamming her right now. Her eyes dropped to Izuku’s crotch that was undeniably bulging at the show she and Ochako had previously put on and a rather wicked idea made itself known to her.

“I hope you don’t mind me asking Izuku but it’s been on my mind for a while and you haven’t spoken about it since before… how did things go with that girl?”

“That girl?” Izuku queried, not quite knowing what his mom was referring to.

“You know, the one you got those flowers and treats for.” Inko tried to hold back her eagerness to know the answer.

“O-Oh!” Izuku’s brain reminded him of his previous lie about giving an unnamed girl a secret admirer present when it was treats for both Ochako and Tsuyu. “T-Things are… um… going well?”

“She liked them then?”

“Y-Yes, she did.” Izuku replied, wondering if this was the time to tell his mother he was not only successful in getting one girlfriend, but two. Definitely not six though, especially with things still up in the air regarding himself and Momo. Wait, would it be better to do it in person? End of term was fast approaching so he’d be able to do it then and maybe the pair of them could introduce themselves and assure his mother that they were all happy with their unique arrangement.

“Are you together? Did you ask her out?”

“Uh…” Izuku hesitated, still undecided on what to do.

As his brain worked to try and figure out the correct answer, Tsuyu had slipped off Izuku’s bed and had closed the gap between them, slowly sinking to her knees and gently prying Izuku’s open. The boy’s eyes widened in realisation only when Tsuyu grasped his trouser zipped and pulled it down slowly.

Izuku didn’t know why, but his cock positively throbbed at the attention and idea of what Tsuyu wanted to do and he wasn’t as immune to Tsuyu’s pleading look at Ochako was. Now he had to think about something else in addition to figuring out how to tell his mother that he was dating two girls.

Once Tsuyu grasped his cock through his underpants however, he felt both choices solve themselves in that same moment.

“W-We’re um… s-still dancing around each other.” Izuku replied figuring he couldn’t possibly tell his mother anything now while his cock was in the hands of his girlfriend. God forbid he did and Tsuyu began talking to the woman too while beating him off.

“Oh honey, I don’t mean to be pessimistic, but you’re sure she’s aware of your interest? Any girl would be incredibly lucky to have a catch like my charming boy so don’t hold yourself back.”

“Y-Yeah Mom, I’m um, sure she knows.” Izuku replied, fighting back a moan as Tsuyu pumped away at his cock before slipping it out of his underwear too.

Glancing over at Ochako, the girl had her hands over her mouth and nose in shock, unaware she’d touched herself with all five fingers on one or both of her hands and was slowly rising towards the ceiling, her face ablaze in a fresh blush.

“Well maybe this would be the perfect opportunity to take her out on a date.” Inko continued. “Surely you can try and ask her out on an evening when things are quiet and go to a restaurant or something?”

“Uh y-yeah, sure.” Izuku agreed blindly as Tsuyu’s efforts only increase as she opened her mouth wide to show him the back of her throat before her long tongue stretched out and coiled itself around his penis like she knew he liked. “I like… I-I’d like that.”

“Oh, wonderful! Don’t feel embarrassed when you ask her. Act confident but not cocky, just be yourself and you’re bound to make a connection.” Inko enthused through the line. While she was definitely still not ready to let go of her baby boy and see him become a man yet, she hoped that having a girlfriend would cause Izuku to value his own wellbeing just a bit more. She knew that line of thinking was selfish but she was his mother, not a hero, and she’d always put Izuku’s safety and wellbeing above anyone else’s. “I’ll put a little extra money in your account so you can buy some nice things while you’re there, okay?”

“T-Thanks mom.” Izuku replied, feeling very conflicted about saying that as Tsuyu’s lips engulfed the head of his cock which he flexed. The frog girl felt her chest convulse slightly at the absurdness of their current situation but it did nothing to slow down her efforts.

“No problem, sweetie.” Inko replied happily. “Just… please make sure things don’t develop too fast between you two if they go well. You know full well I’m nowhere near ready to be a grandmother yet.”

“M-Mom!” Izuku blushed fiercely. His cock twitched again and he could feel every touch of Tsuyu’s mouth and tongue around it.

Izuku’s reaction and words stirred up giggles in Tsuyu she couldn’t hold back, even as she tried to seal her lips around Izuku’s cock to stop them breaking free. Not wanting to have to explain something else awkward to his mother, Izuku covered his phone’s receiver by putting it against his shoulder while reaching to push Tsuyu back and off his cock.

“P-Please, no more Tsu.”

“Sowwy.” Tsuyu whispered, though unable to form words properly with her mouth half-full of her boyfriend. “I’ll be qwiet… and good.”

The girl resisted his attempts to push her away and slid more of her boyfriend into her mouth. Izuku had to fight the urge to groan himself now.

“F-Fine.” He gave up, admittedly giving in to his own desires rather than listening to his brain and insisting. “But stay quiet.”

Ochako shook her head in disbelief as Izuku gave in to their girlfriend and lifted the received back to his ear while simultaneously encouraging Tsuyu to go deeper by pushing his hips towards her.

“Izuku? Are you there?” Inko called out, having had no response to the question she’d just asked.

“Y-Yeah, sorry.” Izuku replied as he focused on keeping his breathing even. “Just put the phone down to tidy my homework away.”

“Oh good boy. All done?” Inko asked, figuring her next question could wait a moment longer.

“N-Nearly.” Izuku chuckled, his mind drawn to two different implications of the words now. “I mean uh… I’ve just got to h-hand it in.”

“That’s good, anyway, I was just asking if you’re planning to come home for New Year’s or however long you’re allowed to be off campus now.”

“Um, yeah, sure.” Izuku agreed. “I’m sure I can come- I mean I’ll definitely ask if I can uh go back to visit.”

Tsuyu didn’t need to hear the conversation on the other end of the phone to know how funny this conversation was and felt her giggles welling up inside her again. In an effort to stop them erupting, she decided to fill her throat with something else and took Izuku down the hilt.

Izuku had to bite his lip and wasn’t sure if he’d draw blood or not as he resisted the urge to groan into his phone.

“Wonderful, I’ll be sure to have your bed made up before you arrive.” Inko replied happily. “I’d best let you go now dear, I’m sure you don’t want to talk to your mom all night when you could be busy packing for your trip.”

“Mmm… mmmhmm.” Izuku replied as casually as he could.

“I’ll let you go then hun. Be good and don’t forget to stay safe.”

“I will.” Izuku breathed out slowly.

“I love you Izuku.”

“L-Love you too mom. Bye.” Izuku replied a tad awkwardly.

When he heard the click of the call disconnecting with a tap of his finger, Izuku released a long, loud groan. He gently placed his phone on the side before resting his hands on either side of Tsuyu’s head before undoubtedly fucking her mouth.

“T-Tsu, I-” He stammered quickly before his rear flexed and he pushed himself as far into his girlfriend’s throat as he dared, making sure he wasn’t forcefully holding her in place.

Once more Tsuyu felt Izuku’s hot, sticky seed being released inside her and she felt her quirk’s instincts stir her own libido higher in response.

Ochako, not needing to worry about making noise anymore, released her quirk after pushing off of the ceiling and dropped onto Izuku’s bed, looking at her partners in shock.

“T-Tsu! How could you do that?!” She asked in disbelief, shifting her weight until she was sitting on the edge.

Tsuyu pulled back until her mouth was off Izuku’s cock before turning and answering the girl, Izuku falling back into his seat and twitching occasionally as he came down from his high.

“I’m horny and couldn’t wait any longer.”

“B-But he was on the phone with his mother!” Ochako replied incredulously.

“It wasn’t a video call, ribbit.” Tsuyu shrugged, sliding a hand down into her own panties and feeling the plentiful slickness that had built up. “You didn’t want to do anything so I found a solution.”

“Y-You couldn’t’ve just entertained yourself for five minutes?” Izuku groaned only for Tsuyu’s tongue to resume stroking him and getting a sultry look from the girl.

“Don’t tell me you didn’t enjoy that.” Tsuyu giggled.

Izuku blushed fiercely and glared at the frog girl who felt very much like prey in that moment, her instincts urging at her.

“That was still naughty Tsu.” He said in a firm voice. “Off.”

Tsuyu felt her stomach lurch awkwardly. Was Ochako right, did she go too far? Pulling her tongue back into her mouth, Tsuyu sat back as Izuku was free of her touch for the time being. He rose to his feet and offered his hand out to her which she cautiously took as he led her back over to the bed and guided her to sit on the edge by Ochako.

“I won’t lie.” Izuku said as he walked back over to his chair and scooted forward to sit closer to the duo. “I… weirdly enjoyed that.”

Tsuyu’s stomach settled as thankfully Izuku didn’t seem too mad about it.

“We probably shouldn’t do it again though.” Izuku chuckled weakly. “I don’t think my mother could take it if she found out about you two like that.”

“Don’t forget, it’s not like um… the ‘other person’ consented to being part of that… stuff.” Ochako flushed, not wanting to think about Izuku’s mother in that regard.

“Oh… yeah, okay, I’m sorry.” Tsuyu admittedly felt bad for forgetting that aspect of things.

“Maybe if it was one of the other girls it wouldn’t be an issue.” Izuku chuckled weakly. “But what’s done is done.”

“Well, you didn’t have to give her the satisfaction of finishing.” Ochako glared at the boy who looked a tad ashamed at letting his lust overcome him at the end. “And as for you.” The brunette turned to her girlfriend. “I think you need to be punished for what you did.”

“Ribbit?” Tsuyu croaked with a mote of worry.

“Izuku, go behind her and hold her hands together.” Ochako ordered, emulating her former mistress.

Not wanting to disappoint his girlfriend any further, Izuku did as he was asked while Tsuyu let him do it.

“Now,” Ochako started, crouching down in front of Tsuyu and reaching up to grab her skirt and panties. “For the next… shall we say twenty minutes, I’m going to get you as close to the edge as I can and you don’t get the satisfaction of cumming.”

“W-What?” Tsuyu’s face fell, though she lifted her hips when Ochako tugged at her clothes to slide them out from under her.

“After that,” Ochako continued as if her girlfriend hadn’t responded. “Izuku is going to do stuff to me until I cum. Only after that will we finish you off.”

“That’s not fair.” Tsuyu pouted.

“Neither was getting Izuku’s first shot all to yourself but greedy frogs need to be punished.”

For the next hour the trio indulged in each other with Izuku and Ochako both making sure not to allow Tsuyu to reach her peak either by her own hand or theirs. By the end of it, Tsuyu definitely knew she did not like edging.


It was the last Friday, and subsequently last school day, before the trip to Nabu and everyone was starting to feel the excitement. Chatter was louder than usual as most speculated on what they’d exactly be doing on this trip.

Iida found himself more popular than usual thanks to his knowledge of how his brother’s agency typically operated but, like clockwork, everyone quietened down when the clock ticked over to the start of homeroom and the door slid open.

“Everyone settle down, it’s time for class to begin.” Aizawa’s voice drawled out as though this wasn’t an exciting day.

Strolling over to the podium as normal, the tired teacher set his papers down and began with the morning announcements.

“Today’s the last day before your trip but don’t think for a second it’s time to slack off. You’ve all put in some hard work this term and it shows from your progress; for now, consider me satisfied.”

The class felt some collective pride at that announcement.

“Regarding the trip, you are to make your way here at seven PM on Sunday to collect your costume case then report to the parking lot by seven thirty. As for what we’ll be doing today, you have a special guest instructor coming in to teach you some things I couldn’t care less about. Any questions?”

The class blinked in bemusement.

“Uh, Sir?” Kirishima raised his hand. “Aren’t you gonna tell us more about the trip and what we’ll require and stuff?”

“You shouldn’t be requiring much of anything.” Aizawa replied lazily. “You’re going to be treated like the heroes you’re aspiring to be. That means you succeed and fail based entirely on your own merits. You’ll be there a total of seven days so if you want to play around on the island the entire duration, that’s fine, just don’t expect your spot at UA will be waiting for you when you return.”

A collective shiver rippled through the class. Aizawa’s expulsion threats were expected at this point, but there was something strangely personal about this one.

“Sir?” Iida raised his hand.

“Yes, Iida?”

“Whilst I believe we all understand the general parameters of this project, I believe my classmates and I were wondering if you had any idea if there are extra items we should bring along to support our endeavours.”

“You should all already have prepared in advance for this.” Aizawa sighed. “I informed you a month ago about where exactly you’ll be going; you’ve had plenty of time to research the island and buy supplies like sunscreen as appropriate. If you’re out, you still have the weekend to grab any last minute provisions.”

A few awkward and mildly panicking faces among the class made Aizawa’s eyebrow twitch in annoyance.

“Sir!” Momo’s hand raised. Aizawa looked over and gave her a nod before Momo stood and took a deep breath. “Everyone, if you have not yet procured anything you wish for the trip then Kendo and I are organising a joint class excursion to the mall tomorrow so we can ensure we’re fully prepared for the task ahead.”

“Whoa, really?” Sero grinned.

“You’re a lifesaver Yaoyorozu!” Kaminari breathed a sigh of relief.

“Hopefully it shall contain less darkness than our last class visit.” Tokoyami murmured.

“Ahem.” Aizawa cleared his voice to settle the chatter as his eyes remained focused on Momo. “Have you put in the proper paperwork for this?”

“Kendo and I submitted the proposal to Principal Nezu last night sir.” Momo bowed politely. “This is all pending his approval of course.”

“So long as you followed proper procedure.” Aizawa relented, hoping he wouldn’t be one of the staff members assigned to guard over such a large group. Hopefully he could escape by citing his need to watch over Eri. “Any further questions?”

Apart from Momo retaking her seat, no one spoke up.

“Good.”

“Now, for this afternoon’s training-”

“You’ll be focusing on how to appeal to the public’s good will and spin events into reassurances.” A new voice called out as the door to the class slid open once again.

“Whoa, Mt. Lady!” Sero’s mouth dropped open.

“And Miss Midnight?” Kaminari joined him as the teacher and guest pro hero stepped inside.

“Always nice to see my fans.” Mt. Lady grinned, sending a subtly smug side-eye towards Midnight at her name being called first.

“We’re here to teach you all how to deal with publicity.” Midnight announced. “Judging by recent events, it seems you all may be dealing with the press before long and we want you all to be able to make good impressions lest your careers be over before they start.”

“Why the hell did you look at me when you said that?” Bakugo growled quietly at Midnight when he spotted her glance at him.

“The media and general public are fickle; they like flashy moves and cool takes downs.” Mt. Lady stated. “But they also eat up the fluff pieces you give them afterwards. Given the feelings everyone has in the wake of All Might’s retirement it’s easy to see that people feel the world’s on fire and everyone’s scared. Are people cheering for pros they’ve got ample faith in, or are they praying desperately we don’t get our butts kicked? I hope you’re all ready for ‘Media 101’ because the public can be more vicious than any villain you’ll ever face.”

Izuku was actually surprised Mt. Lady could say that with a straight face considering she was there when All-For-One and All Might fought for the last time. Was this just bravado? Or did she not know how close everyone was to dying that day at cruel and merciless hands.

“This afternoon during your training session slot, grab your gear and instead make your way to the P.E. field.” Midnight declared with a smile. “For now, it’s time for Art History!”


Excitement was high over the course of the day for the class’ more unique training. Classes seemed to drag on but finally, after all their homework was handed in and the last class bell rang for the other courses, class 1-A made their way to the changing rooms with their costume cases.

Once everyone was dressed and prepared for whatever unusual situation this lesson would present them, they gathered together outside the gym to see Mt. Lady and Midnight waiting for them on a small stage with costumed camera guys nearby snapping pictures of the pair while Aizawa stood nearby looking like he wanted to be anywhere else.

“Er, are those real paparazzi?” Kirishima asked curiously.

“Not at all.” Mt. Lady replied. “Just some of my lucky side-kicks who get to spend the day figuring out which side is your good one.”

“If possible, the media can and will run candid shots of you in unflattering positions.” Midnight explained. “Whether it’s a bad shot of you mid-supermove, taking a small rest break after dealing with a troublesome enemy, or even if a situation just looks bad by going overboard on a villain. When you’re in costume, consider that you could be photographed at any time.”

“You’d know all about that considering ‘Midnight’s Law’.” Mt. Lady smirked over at the teacher who sent her a small glare in response.

“Midnight’s Law?” Kaminari muttered in confusion.

“The one that inspired the limits on costume skin stuff.” Sero whispered to him, getting wide eyed recognition on the blond’s face in response.

“I thought that had a different name.” Kaminari replied.

“It does.” Izuku informed him.

“Mt. Lady’s just digging at Miss Midnight.” Sero confirmed.

Kyoka clearly overheard the pair and while she’d certainly enjoyed the shots of a younger Midnight in her original costume, she also completely understood why the law was changed like it was. You wouldn’t catch her running around in the buff. Tooru on the other hand…

“Everyone ready?” Mt. Lady called out when it seemed all the students were changed and present. “Today, you’ll all be practising hero interviews!”

“Cool!” Kirishima grinned, pulling what he hoped was a manly face the cameras would eat up.

“Shoto my dear, you first.” Mt. Lady beckoned the boy towards her, getting a mumbled ‘okay’ from him in the process. Clearly he was as enthusiastic about this interview as his last one.

Once on stage, Mt. Lady cleared her throat and began speaking as though she were an interviewer, complete with holding a microphone towards the boy.

“My goodness, you were amazing out there-”

“Wait, what are you talking about?” Shoto replied, confused as to what exactly was going on.

“Pretend you just finished up a big mission, go!” Mt. Lady quickly informed him, annoyed at the interruption.

“Right.”

“Tell us Shoto, what kind of hero would you like to be?” Mt. Lady finished her question.

“Well, I guess, a hero that makes people feel safer?” Shoto replied, sounding much more like he was asking a question than making a statement.

“Lovely.” Mt. Lady pressed on. “Problem is if a handsome boy like you showed up to save me I’m afraid my heart might go into overdrive.”

“Oh, do you… have heart problems?” Shoto enquired, wondering idly if this was part of the exercise.

Most of the class gave him an exasperated look as he took things a little too literally. Midnight, watching the pair, couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow at the way Mt. Lady was eyeing up the boy. For some reason, she was getting a very… Mineta vibe in that moment.

“And what kind of ultimate moves are you working with?” Mt. Lady continued. She was left a bit stunned as Todoroki slowly walked off the platform and stood off to the side, aiming at an empty patch of earth. With a wave of his arm, a mighty glacier burst forth, sending a chill whipping through the area on this already cold winter day.

“Heaven-Piercing Ice Wall.” Todoroki announced. “I can use it to cover a wide area and to stop villains; plus it can be used as a platform. Additionally, I’m working to refine a move called ‘Flashfreeze Heatwave’.”

“And hey, what about the other fire one you used in the fight against class B?” Kyoka asked absentmindedly.

“That’s not originally his.” Sato replied.

“Flashfire Fist!” Tooru cheered.

“Yeah, Flashfire Fist is my old man’s move.” Shoto replied in a bored tone.

“Oh.” Tooru deflated.

“The problem is I’m nowhere near his level.”

“Eh, I’m not really here to discuss your family issues, and if you want people to feel safe I’d recommend smiling at least once.” Mt. Lady suggested. Again, Midnight quirked a brow, unsure if she was really telling the boy ‘he’d look better if he smiled more’ and deliberately trying to make a mockery of the struggles women faced in the past or she was just that stupid. “You flash those pearly whites and the ladies will drop dead, you feel me?” Mt. Lady winked.

Midnight’s glare intensified, this was almost definitely a Mineta situation and she was about to step in. Only Shoto’s reply made her pause.

“If I smile then they’ll die?!” Shoto panicked, showing the most emotion he had all interview.

Unable to contain her laughter, Midnight covered her mouth with her fist but did nothing more than laugh harder when Mt. Lady sent her a dangerous glare.

“Moving on!” The visiting pro declared in frustration.

“So when we do an interview, we show off our moves?” Tokoyami asked, wondering if they’d all be expected to demonstrate something.

“Aw, sweet baby first years.” Mt. Lady looked down at them as though they understood nothing of the real world. “Remember, you’re just starting out, it’s not like everyone knows who you are. You ultimate moves are like your personal calling cards; people won’t forget you if you show off your assets.”

Midnight returned to her glare almost certain that that was another dig at her.

“They’re also handy when teaming up with others, and as ways to frighten off villains too. Those moves help people trust you with their lives. We don’t yell out the names of our moves just because it ‘sounds cool’.” Mt. Lady finished.

“Huh, there is a brain up there.” Midnight muttered to herself.

“What was that?!” Mt. Lady glared back at her.

“Oh nothing.” Midnight shrugged, walking over to center stage herself. “Okay class, one by one you’re going to come up here, tell us who you are with a catchy, snappy snippet that best represents you and show us one of your moves.”

Iida raised his hand.

“Will we be graded on this?”

“By your peers dear.” Mt. Lady rolled her eyes. “It doesn’t matter how good you are on paper if you can’t get the support of the population after all.”

“Very well, then as class representative I shall lead the way!” Iida declared, stepping onto the stage.

“I’m Ingenium! I chose this hero name because it was my brother’s and I want to live up to the honour and passion he embodied as Ingenium.”

“You’re oozing with sincerity, if a bit stiff.” Mt. Lady fed back.

With his turn on stage done, Iida showed off his Recipro Turbo move by speeding once around the P.E. track at intense speed.

As vice rep, Momo went next and she showed off her one of her restraining weapons in one hand while generating a medkit in the other.

Each student proceeded to take to the stage with an invigorated passion with Ochako, Tokoyami, Kirishima, Mina and more making good impressions on everyone.

When it came time for Bakugo’s turn, everyone grimaced at how clearly he wasn’t cut out for even doing interviews solo. All Might may be his idol, but he had yet to learn how to inspire people like the man.

Unfortunately, Izuku didn’t fare much better, stiffly moving into position as though he were made of Lego blocks. Just imagining everyone in Japan potentially looking at him was enough to have his mind almost burn out from worry.

“H-Hi, I’m Deku, it’s nice to Deku- I mean meet you!” Izuku stumbled over his words.

“He’s so nervous.” Tsuyu worried slightly for her boyfriend. “Now that I think about it he probably hasn’t done anything like this before.”

“Stage fright.” Kyoka muttered recognising Izuku’s state of mind easily.

“Inspiring kid.” Mt. Lady chuckled sarcastically. “Shall we try that again?”

“Yes, sorry.” Izuku bowed lightly.

“Wow, I saw you in action just now, who are you strange new hero?” Mt. Lady prompted.

Izuku looked out to the crowd of his friends that had already gone and tried to borrow some of their confidence. Everyone apart from Bakugo had given such amazing responses that made him want to root for them but here he was, the supposed protégé of All Might screwing up a basic interview.

Eventually his eyes caught Kyoka’s who’d looked like she was trying to draw his attention by waving her jacks around for him to notice. She raised her hands slowly which breathing in before pushing them down slowly to release a big breath. His mind was able to process the hint and he felt himself following along with her, taking a deep breath in and releasing it slowly.

With fresh oxygen in his brain, it felt like he could process things again and his mouth began moving.

“Hi there,” Izuku said with much more confidence, a kind smile gracing his lips. “My name is Deku, and you’ll all be safe now that I am here!”

The girls could help but smile and several of his other classmates cheered at their friend’s successful second take.

“Attaboy Midoriya!” Kirishima cheered.

“A bit too All Might but whatever.” Mt. Lady shrugged. “Are you gonna do one of those ‘smashes’ for us you’ve clearly modelled after your hero?”

Once again, Izuku was reminded that he needed to take a different path from All Might, he couldn’t just copy him and expect to win everything the same way. He would become his own hero, taking the best of All Might and improving on it with his own brand of heroics.

“Not today.” Izuku chuckled, holding his right arm out and bracing it with his left.

Midnight watched the boy carefully while Aizawa made sure to actually pay attention right now. Several of the other students also leant forward, eager to see what Izuku was going to pull out but also wary, wondering if he had full control over that crazy new power of his yet.

‘Focus.’ Izuku thought to himself as he opened his eyes and looked around for a target. His mind drifted to the one that had helped him gain his latest modicum of control and spotted an object in her hand.

“Go, Black Whip!” Izuku called out, a single strand shooting out from the hole in his glove and stretching out to Momo. The girl in question let out a small gasp as the strand wrapped around the medkit she still clasped in her hand before it began retreating, taking the item with it.

With a flourish, Izuku grasped the healing box in his hands as it approached him at speed and looked incredibly pleased with himself.

“Yes! I did it!” He cheered.

“Woah, that was awesome!” Kaminari cheered.

“Dude’s trying to steal my brand.” Sero shook his head but had a pleased smile on his face.

“Way to go Midori!” Mina cheered.

“Probably best not to look so surprised when your move works dear.” Mt. Lady tittered at the boy. “Still, it’s different enough that at least you won’t be fully compared to All Might now, though it’s weird how you’re super strength translates into that… thing.”

“Oh, that’s just because I didn’t understand my quirk fully, see there’s this energy inside of me and it can manifest in different ways and the first-”

“Didn’t ask, don’t care.” Mt. Lady brushed him off before his lie of a mutter storm could get underway.

Izuku thankfully stepped off the stage and breathed a big sigh of relief as Ochako and Tsuyu greeted him with a cheer.

“Well done Izuku.”

“Glad you managed to gain some control, ribbit.”

“Thanks guys.” Izuku smiled before glancing over at the others. Tooru gave him thumbs up and Mina’s grin deepened when she spotted his glance. When he caught Kyoka’s eye again and mouthed a ‘thank you’ towards her, she just blushed and looked away. Izuku couldn’t resist chuckling at the girl’s behaviour now he understood it better.

Looking around he caught Momo’s eye and offered up the med kit to return it to her. She just shook her head and looked away herself. Izuku felt his smile fade as Momo’s face twisted into an unhappy one as she looked at the ground and her fist tighten underneath her cloak from the partition he could see through. Clearly the girl recognised just as much as he did that he’d gained some of this control from that negative event they’d shared together and was ashamed by it.

As much as they’d avoided things so far, it was clear they needed to talk as he had a bad feeling she would continue to blame herself every time she was reminded of this.

“I’ll go next.” Shoji stated simply with the only other person left being Tooru.

Stepping onto the stage, Shoji stood tall and awaited Mt. Lady’s prompting.

“My, my, thank you for you brave work young hero. Whatever should we call you?”

“My hero name is Tentacole and I will fight to ensure this is a world we can all live in as equals!”

“Hmmm, a bit hot button but I like your optimism,” Mt. Lady nodded. “Just be careful you don’t make your whole persona political, that can kill a career stone dead.”

“The right to exist without fear because of your appearance isn’t political, it’s a basic right.” Shoji stated simply.

“Of course dear, I meant nothing by it, just some friendly advice is all.” Mt. Lady waved away, not caring about whatever problems the boy had with the world. “And what kind of demonstration do you have for us today?”

“A new move that will allow me to stop even the strongest of assailants.” Shoji declared, focusing his dupli-arms into a single form and expanding them as though they were one. Everyone looked on in awe as Shoji’s arm grew to over twice its normal size before he punched forward, a ripple of air washing over the other students before him. “I call it ‘Octospansion’.”

“Impressive, that must take some focus.” Mt. Lady nodded. “Keep it up and you may be able to rival All Might Jr. over there.”

Izuku quirked his lip at the unnecessary callout and didn’t know what to think when Shoji’s eyes narrowed towards the pro hero.

“Hmph.” Shoji shrugged before stepping down and off the stage.

“Right, is that everyone?” Mt. Lady called out.

“I’m last!” Tooru declared, waving her gloved hand around as she hopped up onto the stage.

“Oh, sorry dear, didn’t see you there.” Mt. Lady apologised.

Tooru rolled her eyes at the typical response and let it go in favour of introducing herself.

“Wow, that last villain was defeated almost out of nowhere, who are you young hero?” Mt. Lady prompted.

“I’m Invisible Girl and with me around your worries will be out of sight!” She declared in a peppy tone.

“People love a happy hero.” Mt. Lady nodded satisfied. “Have you got any special moves to show us today?”

“I’ve got my Warp Refraction! Say ‘Cheese’.” Tooru declared, with all the students and teachers knowing to close their eyes but Mt. Lady unfortunately getting hit with the full blast of the refracting light.

“Argh, that’s… urgh… probably not the best move to show off all of a sudden.” Mt. Lady groaned as she blinked away the spots in her eyes. “Don’t you have any more camera friendly moves?”

“Well, I can make other stuff disappear too.” Tooru announced, putting her hand to the backboard of the stage and taking in a deep breath. A moment later and it appeared as though the board had a circular hole through it where one could see the school through.

“Still… not that flashy.” Mt. Lady grumbled.

“Oh…” Tooru grew a little disheartened. “Well, I guess I can make up for it with my charming good looks.”

Letting out her breath Tooru slowly pulled back her quirk just around her head. Once more her hair, face and neck saw sunlight as she gave everyone a dazzling smile and posed with a pair of peace signs before sucking in some fresh oxygen.

“Ah, sure, that’ll… come in handy.” Mt. Lady sighed rubbing at her eye. “You can go now dear.”

Tooru felt her heart sink as she didn’t feel like she’d made any significant impact with her quirk, other than blinding the guest pro of course. There was a few cheers coming her way from her class but they couldn’t overcome the doubt she felt in her head. This week was shaping up to be utterly horrible.

“Urg that’s annoying.” Mt. Lady continued to rub her eyes and mumbling to herself. “Freaking Midnight 2.0 over here.”

Several students stilled; those close enough to the guest pro to overhear her as well as Shoji and Kyoka with their enhanced hearing.

“What did you just say?” Kyoka growled, her jacks raised.

“Me?” Mt. Lady looked blearily into the crowd of students, not knowing who spoke. “I said-”

While the students had heard Mt. Lady’s mumblings, they weren’t the only ones.

It took all of three steps for Midnight to cross the stage, put her hand on Mt. Lady’s shoulder, and slam a fist into her nose so hard she flew back off the platform and landing ungracefully on the floor on her back, blood immediately starting to spill from her face.

There wasn’t a single jaw that wasn’t agape as everyone looked at the furious Midnight standing there with her fist outstretched.

“Nothing dear.” Midnight finished Mt. Lady’s sentence for her. “She said nothing.”

“F-Fugk.” Mt. Lady swore as she reached to cradle her nose. “You fugking bibth. You brobe by nobes. Tell be one ob you god dat om cabera!” The pro demanded of her sidekicks.

“S-Sorry boss, we thought we were finished.” One of the sidekicks replied, rubbing his eyes himself from the after effects of Tooru’s Warp Refraction.

“Albight, bat does it!” Mt. Lady angrily rose to her feet. “Dis enbs rigbt here.”

The pro went to use her quirk and show her uppity senior how she liked a supersized knuckle sandwich only to find herself remaining at normal size.

“Don’t even think about it.” Aizawa glared, his eyes ablaze with his quirk. “Midnight, report to Nezu immediately.”

“Don’t have to tell me twice.” Midnight shrugged nonchalantly then walked off the stage as though she didn’t just technically commit a crime.

“Mt. Lady.” Aizawa growled at the pro. “Don’t think you’ll be getting off easy because you were the one attacked. We’re gonna swing by Recovery Girl’s office and then we’re going to Nezu to straighten this whole thing out, am I clear.”

“Crysbal.” Mt. Lady growled, starting her walk after the 18+ hero.

“You three come too, and bring your cameras.” Aizawa glanced at the gues pro’s sidekicks. “We’ll still need the pictures to train our future heroes.”

“S-Sure thing sir.” One of the sidekicks nodded politely as they all grabbed their gear and trailed after their boss.

“As for the rest of you.” Aizawa turned to the class, his quirk now deactivated. “You all did as well as could be expected today. We’ll go over some more techniques in the future but for now, consider class dismissed for the rest of the day.”

With that, he turned and followed after the others, keeping his eyes on Mt. Lady in case she suddenly felt the urge to try and get in a cheap shot at his co-worker.

Class 1-A stood there in a touch of awe at what just went down in front of them.

“Did… Miss Midnight just…” Kirishima began.

“Punch a bitch?” Kaminari finished for him. “After what she said, I’m surprised she got off that easy.”

“Hagakure, are you okay?” Shoji asked the girl in question who was stood stock still closest to the stage.

“Uh… y-yeah.” Tooru nodded. “I’m… as fine as I can be I suppose.”

“Oh Tooru.” Mina rushed in a swept her girlfriend into a hug. “I’m so sorry that bitch said that.”

“S’not your fault.” Tooru replied, though a warble could already be heard in her voice. “R-Really, I-”

The classes’ heart broke when Tooru’s voice hitched and her words stopped.

“Come on dear, let’s go.” Mina quickly turned and ushered her girlfriend away. “Can you all give us like, five minutes head start? Thanks!” The pinkette called back as she and Tooru made for the main building and changing rooms within.

The rest of the class didn’t call out to answer her but no one moved either, all silently agreeing to Mina’s request.

“Conceited bitch.” Kyoka spat.

“Dude, what'd she say?” Sato asked, not having been close enough to make it out.

“Don’t man.” Kyoka shook her head.

“It was an undeniably cruel comparison considering what I know of the context.” Iida declared. “While I will not repeat it myself, for those who are curious, I will state here and now that it was a most undeserved comment that grossly misrepresented our friend as the result of a feud between our Art History teacher and the guest pro. I urge you all not to gossip for Tooru’s sake and, if concerned, please talk to Mr Aizawa when he’s next available.”

“So unmanly.” Kirishima scoffed as his opinion of the pro practically nosedived.

The girls and Izuku couldn’t help gravitating together and sharing knowing looks between each other. As soon as they could they’d check up on their girlfriend but for now, all they could do was worry.

As requested of them, everyone waited around a few minutes before Iida declared the time necessary having passed before leading everyone back to the changing room.

With that, the last class of the day was over with no more official schooling between now and the trip to Nabu. All that was left was to savour this last break as best they could before they had their trial run of being pro heroes. While it should’ve been a cause for celebration, that last class left a tinge of disgust in every student’s mouth that kicked off the weekend in a bad way.

Notes:

Chapter summary:

- Izuku wakes up early to complete his regular early morning training, accidentally waking Kyoka. After an apology, Izuku leaves Kyoka to rest with a kiss on her forehead that makes the girl's heart flutter. When Kyoka tries to roll over and get some more sleep, she's awoken by the alarm for Momo. Once Momo wakes up and gives her another soft kiss, Kyoka figures being up early isn't so bad.

- During class, Bakugo and Todoroki are informed about an interview for their capture of criminals after their exam. Momo gives a subtle look to Midnight who is relieved that her advice seems to have paid off for the girl. Ochako notices and enquires during lunch to which Momo guiltily relays that she told Midnight about their relationship. The group are nervous but accepting of Midnight knowing about them after Momo explains things. When Tooru reasons that Momo at least partially made this mistake since she hadn't seen any trashy romance and know what pitfalls to avoid, Mina suggests a movie night which the others shoot down in favour of focusing on their school work and preparing for Nabu.

- After class, while Todoroki and Bakugo are being interviewed, Tooru invites Izuku to her room to talk. Both attempt to apologize for their roles in Momo's actions and easily forgive each other, though Tooru reminds Izuku how passive he's been in their relationship and the boy resolves to be more vocal. Moving onto other subjects, Tooru asks if Izuku's bought Momo anything for Christmas as she has a suggestion for him. Things get a little suggestive and Izuku wants to help make up for their last intimate session by getting Tooru off. After a brief makeout session where Tooru feels bad for Izuku's hand scars, the two move onto steamier things. After Tooru cums, they experiment a little with anal, discovering Tooru's just as averse to it as Izuku. When Tooru attempts to return the favour by blowing Izuku she experiences a panic attack. Izuku manages to help calm her down and the two commiserate over Tooru's lingering wound over Momo's actions.

- Mina visits Momo with a goal and a lecture. While she makes sure Momo's definitely received the message to do better she helps the heiress identify that she doesn't exactly know how to make it up to the ones she's wronged. After a slip of the tongue, Momo admits her darker thoughts about becoming like her parents. Mina reassures her that she's a good person who just made a mistake and that she wants to fix it and improve. Grateful her pink girlfriend isn't giving up on her Mina relays that she has homework for the heiress, namely catching up on romantic clichés and pitfalls. The two soon snuggle down to begin Momo's education.

- Before homeroom begins the next day, the boys hear from Todoroki and Bakugo about the interview.

- At lunch, Mina informs them all about Momo missing an assignment but learning more about romance. The others are a little surprised but glad it seems to be helping the heiress to some degree. Kendo then interrupts and steals Momo away to discuss a plan 1-B has. While Momo's away, Tooru relays the fact that she now suffers panic attacks; Mina resolves to tell Momo at a later time. When Momo returns, she announces the plan to go to the mall for missing supplies before Nabu. The others are enthusiastic about the trip and look forward to it.

- Back at the dorms, the class discuss their quirk improvements before deciding to tune into Bakugo and Todoroki's interview. Izuku, Tsuyu, and Ochako sneak away to do their last assignment together but Tsuyu quickly turns it into a snuggle session. Before they can really get started, Inko calls her son who relays some of the details of their upcoming trip. When Ochako shoos Tsuyu away during the call to prevent any moans, Tsuyu focuses instead on Izuku. The boy tries his best to hold his composure as Tsuyu handles and sucks his cock. Once finished with the call, Izuku and Ochako scold their girlfriend who concedes she may have overstepped. As punishment, the two edge Tsuyu for a while.

- The next day in class, Aizawa gives his students the details of their Nabu trip. Momo then proposes the trip to the mall that she and Kendo arranged which the class feels relieved for to gather any last supplies. The class then discovers what their lesson with Midnight will be today with Mt. Lady present as a guest to host Media 101. The class is instructed to practise their interview techniques with Mt. Lady by demonstrating their uniqueness and answering some basic questions. While Izuku demonstrates some initial skills over Blackwhip, Tooru almost gets forgotten about. When her Warp Refraction accidenly catches Mt. Lady off guard, the pro makes an unjustified comment. Before anyone can react, Midnight breaks Mt. Lady's nose with a single punch. Aizawa takes both pros to Nezu while dismissing the class as everyone tries to comfort Tooru who returns to the dorms in tears.

Chapter 31: The Shopping Trip

Summary:

Class 1-A and 1-B go to the mall to gather supplies for their upcoming trips.
Nothing could go wrong, right?

Notes:

***** Update (3/6/2023) *****
Due to unforeseen sickness, the next two chapters will be delayed by a few days while I catch back up to full health.

Small note that Nabu, which comprises the next two chapters of the fic after this, will be completed together before being released as a double feature in four week. I apologize for this unusual adjustment solely for something I know you've all been waiting for, but I hope the payoff is worth it. Until then, enjoy this latest chapter.

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

With the excitement of their final class over for the day, class 1-A returned their costumes to their cases and redressed in their school gear before making their way back to the dorms.

There was some idle chatter amongst some, like Kaminari and Kirishima, but most were still processing what they’d witnessed from a pro they were supposed to be learning from.

“What a bitch.” Kyoka scoffed as she and the rest of the group walked back to the dorms together, keenly aware of their missing two members.

“Poor Tooru’s had it rough this week.” Ochako sighed. “She did not need that on top.”

“At least it’s the weekend, ribbit.” Tsuyu offered. “Plenty of time to cheer her up.”

“Glad Miss Midnight was around to show Mt. Lady what’s what.” Kyoka grinned in satisfaction. “She’ll think twice before doing something like that again. Still, I’m surprised Midnight stood up to her like that.”

“They’ve been rivals since Mt. Lady’s debut,” Izuku explained. “Something like this may’ve been inevitable; today likely just exasperated it.”

“I do hope our teacher doesn’t get in too much trouble for it.” Momo wrung her hands together lightly.

“Surely Nezu wouldn’t throw the book at her for this? Would he?” Ochako worried.

“Ribbit, Midnight’s a seasoned pro that’s built up a lot of goodwill not to mention all the cameras and stuff Nezu’s got set up.” Tsuyu noted. “I’m sure she’ll be fine.”

“Even if it was technically assault?” Kyoka quirked a brow.

“Training accident?” Tsuyu offered, a little more nervous now.

The others joined Tsuyu in worrying a bit more now as a small silence descended around them.

Having hung back to group up after changing back into their school clothes, the poly group arrived back at the dorms last of their class. After entering, it was clear what the current topic of discussion was as you didn’t need Kyoka’s ears to hear Midnight’s name repeatedly uttered.

As everyone stored their shoes and moved inside, Momo felt her phone buzz in her pocket and pulled it out.

“I know it’s kinda soon but should we go check on Tooru?” Ochako asked.

“Mina’s there so there’s no rush; let’s sort ourselves out first.” Tsuyu suggested, making for the elevators.

“One moment!” Momo called out, causing the others to pause. “The principal has responded to our request for a mall trip tomorrow.” She relayed, reading quickly. “Apparently it’s too large for a single teacher to handle so several staff members will be assigned and we’ll be taking the school buses tomorrow.”

“You know, I almost forgot about that,” Kyoka blinked.

“We’ll definitely need to treat Tooru to something to cheer her up.” Ochako stated, her fist gripped in determination.

“Does it say a time we should be ready for?” Izuku asked, wondering if he’d need to adjust his morning workout.

“It will be from nine in the morning until seven in the evening.” Momo relayed.

“Plenty of time for shopping, ribbit. Might even be able to slip some personal time in together too, ribbit,” Tsuyu winked.

The idea hit them all at that. With so many people around there was no way anyone could misconstrue the idea that any of them were there doing date-like activities as anything more than friends having an outing together; aside from any obvious kisses or handholding of course.

“Oh.” Kyoka felt her heart skip a beat as she looked over at Momo with a blush. The heiress shot her a reciprocating smile.

“Come on you two.” Tsuyu shook her head fondly. “Let’s go get changed and you two can plan after we talk to Tooru.”

“You all go first,” Momo turned towards the common room, “I need to inform everyone else.”

The group split again as most of them proceeded upstairs to change out of their school outfits for the week while Momo announced the plan for tomorrow to the rest of the class that were present.

After ensuring everyone knew the plan, and Iida writing out a formal announcement in the class’ group chat for those that weren’t here, Momo nipped upstairs to change too before meeting everyone else outside Tooru’s dorm door.

With a knock to announce their entry, the remaining group members cautiously entered Tooru’s room where they spied the girl curled up under the covers with Mina, cradling her from the front.

“H-Hey Starlight.” Izuku called out softly. “How you feeling?”

All he got was a sad groan in response as Mina shot the group a sad half-smile.

“Early night tonight to just hurry this week along,” she explained.

“Well hopefully we’ve got some good news for you then.” Tsuyu explained.

“The principal confirmed out mall trip tomorrow.” Momo enthused. “Nothing to worry about but shopping and having fun.”

“Mmm,” Tooru hummed in reply.

“Sorry guys, I don’t think todays the best to get into happy stuff. We’ll plan things out properly tomorrow,” Mina apologized.

Kyoka walked over and sat on the edge of Tooru’s bed as the others drew closer too.

“Anything we can do to help?” She asked hopefully, knowing full well the others had done the same for her.

“Dinner would be nice,” Mina requested, knowing full well Tooru wouldn’t. “I don’t think we’ll be able to get you to eat otherwise,” she poked Tooru’s belly playfully under the sheets but got no response.

“Anything else?” Momo offered.

The group grew silent to listen to the girl’s muted response whether it be words or just another hum of sadness. Instead, Tooru surprised them all after a moment of consideration by pushing herself free of Mina’s grasp and sitting up to look at her.

“C-Can you um… go with them to do dinner?”

“Uh…” Mina blinked, her face falling just a smidge. “Sure hun. You gonna be okay on your own?”

“I’ll be fine.” Tooru shook her head before looking over at the others. “Momo’ll be here with me.” A few sets of eyes widened at that, though none more so than the heiress’. “I need to talk to her privately anyway.”

“Uh…” Mina turned to Momo, everyone else looking nervously between the heiress and the invisible girl now. “Sure.”

“Thanks Princess.” Tooru placed a small kiss on Mina’s cheek as the pinkette started untangling herself from the sheets.

“Um, any requests?” Mina asked, stepping awkwardly to get out of the bed from the bottom and not tread on her girlfriend’s legs.

“It’s Friday so something deep-fried and smothered in chocolate.”

“Wait, can we even do that?” Kyoka questioned in confusion, wondering if they’d have to ask Sato for some cooking implements if he even had them.

“How about something healthy,” Tsuyu offered. “We’re going to the mall tomorrow so you can have a day of indulging then.”

“Hmmm.” Tooru pouted, wondering if it was worth the trade-off of with her purse strings being not the loosest with Christmas coming up.

“If I may,” Momo drew their collective attention. “I was planning on surprising you all tomorrow as we journeyed there but now’s as good a time as any; considering the success of my business endeavours outside of my parent’s purview thanks in no small part to your own assistance as well as that of your parent’s Ochako,” Momo announced, “I would like to fund the entire day’s activities at the mall for us all.”

Ochako’s mouth dropped open and Tsuyu let out a small ribbit of surprise, her own mouth falling open slightly. Kyoka and Izuku just looked at her in surprise while Mina raised a brow questionably and tapped her on the shoulder.

“You aren’t doing this just because you feel guilty, right?” Mina tested.

“I’ll… admit that is a factor,” Momo acknowledged. “However, it was an idea I was toying around with before. Think of it all as my early Christmas gift to you all for being such wonderful partners.”

While Kyoka, Ochako and Tsuyu looked a bit more relieved at that, Izuku still didn’t feel quite comfortable considering their current history as ‘partners’. Still, that was something he needed to discuss with her separately and he was sure he’d get his chance soon enough. For now, he’d sparingly accept the gift but ensure his purchases were within his own budget.

“I’m gonna eat so many caramels.” Tooru perked up a little, a touch of drool escaping her mouth.

“Hmmm, okay,” Mina conceded giving Momo a small kiss on the cheek, “but only because you’re cute. And you,” Tooru ‘eeped’ when Mina pointed at her, “no only eating caramels tomorrow.”

“Pffft, like you could stop me.” Tooru giggled, easing the others fears as to how she was doing though hopefully it wasn’t just a distraction from her sadness.

“Come on you lot,” Mina announced, “let’s make our Starlight something green and leafy.”

The others sent Tooru sympathetic smiles, glad to see she was doing better as they followed Mina out the door, leaving only the invisible girl inside with the heiress that had recently wronged her.

No one was more aware of that fact than Momo in that moment who felt her hands clench automatically as her anxiety rose. As much as she’d learned all about her girlfriends in recent times, Tooru was still the hardest to read through no fault of her own. Momo didn’t know if this would be a screaming session for the girl to get her frustrations out or something less explosive but she would stand here and take it for what she’d done.

“Sit down.” Tooru’s voice called, her invisible hand patting a side of her covers for Momo.

“O-kay.” Momo hesitated for a moment before gingerly taking a seat on the edge of Tooru’s bed, still facing the girl.

Tooru let out a sigh, feeling the weight of what she needed to talk to the heiress about sink onto her shoulders on top of an already crappy day.

Mina had comforted her plenty after the initial shock of being dissed by a pro and she’d realised being compared to Midnight was much more preferable than to Mt. Lady; she’d much rather be a sexy badass than a starlet who got lucky by flashing her giant ass around.

Still, talking to Momo right now was bound to unleash a few tears, she just didn’t know who from.

“So… there’s something I need to um… tell you about.” Tooru began nervously, scrunching her hand up on the covers. “I-I know I um… forgave you for what… happened, but… something else has um…”

Momo nervously swallowed the lump in her throat.

“I’ve um… developed a uh… f-fear of s-specific things in my throat.” Tooru explained hesitantly. “M-Me and Izuku tried to um… do some stuff, and when I went to uh… y-y’know… I had a panic attack.”

That lump Momo swallowed fell through her stomach and dropped deep into her gut as a horrible feeling set in. She’d hurt Tooru worse than she’d thought; her girlfriend just admitted to a possible life-long condition that she was undeniably the cause of.

“T-Tooru I’m… I… I’m so sorry!” Momo felt tears welling up in her eyes as she processed the news.

“I know,” Tooru replied sadly. “I… looked it up. It might get better, it may never. I’ve just… gotta work on it as best I can. The others all already know and um… I wanted to tell you privately.”

“I…” Momo hesitated. “I-I uh… t-thank you for your courtesy.” She replied morosely. “It’s more than I deserve and certainly something I should’ve given you in the first place.”

The two sat in silence for a moment, both tensely waiting for the other to say something.

“Y-Yeah, I know… you didn’t mean it.” Tooru began, reaching out and taking one of Momo’s hands in her own, squeezing lightly. “And I hope this doesn’t um… affect things for us. I really like being your girlfriend, just… promise me you’ll never do anything like that again?”

“Tooru I swear!” Momo agreed wholeheartedly. “Mina’s helping me learn how to be better and I know just how badly I messed up. If there’s one thing I’m certain of it’s that… I will never stop trying to make this up to you until its right again.”

“It’s mostly fine,” Tooru accepted, rubbing her thumb on Momo’s hand. “I said I forgave you after all.”

“But… why?” Momo asked in a small voice. “Why aren’t you angrier? Throughout this whole thing I’ve been… waiting for something to snap… for you to get angry and shout at me; tell me off or hit me or… something! Why haven’t you done that?”

Tooru blinked in confusion.

“I mean, I was sad and a little angry before but I know I still love you so why would I want to hurt someone I love like that?” She asked innocently. “As long as we work on this together then I hope we can get through it and come out better for it.”

Momo felt a tear roll down her cheek.

“Tooru I… I don’t deserve you.”

“Of course you do.” Tooru smiled hopefully at Momo. “We all deserve to be happy and… if I still make you happy like you do me, then we deserve to keep making each other happy, right?”

Honestly it didn’t make complete sense to Momo. Tooru had more than enough right to call off their relationship, demand she stay away from her, and more, but here she was being as selfless in love as she was bubbly and kind.

“If you need anything, anything, please don’t hesitate to let me know.” Momo almost begged. All the money in the world felt meaningless to her in that moment if she couldn’t use it to help her partners. “I-I want to make this up and show you that you won’t regret this.”

“The caramels are a good start.” Tooru gave a slight giggle, reaching up to cup Momo’s face and wipe away her tear track. “Just stick to our promise and hopefully everything will get better. If you want, let’s spend some time together tomorrow and just reconnect. Sound good?”

“Yes. Yes, it does.” Momo felt her anxiousness fade and she returned Tooru’s smile.

“Good, it’s a promise.” Tooru nodded. “Now let’s just seal it with a-”

Momo felt a tad awkward as she watched Tooru lean forward and place a soft kiss on her lips. After everything she’d been through this week, affection like this from her felt off.

Tooru could clearly tell something was up when she pulled back a moment later.

“I’m not gonna stop kissin’ you till you kiss me back.” She giggled, leaning back in again. Once she had Momo’s lips captured by her own she reached out and snagged both of the heiress’ hands and put them on either side of her waist.

Tentatively, Momo felt herself touching Tooru and allowed herself to reciprocate the kiss. Another tear rolled down her cheek as she definitely felt she hadn’t earned this in anyway but she’d spoil Tooru rotten tomorrow for this extremely gracious second chance.

“There, all better.” Tooru smiled softly as she finally pulled back after a fair make-out session. Momo shyly licked her lips and looked up at Tooru in a way the invisible girl knew she’d succeeded in getting through to her.

“I was… supposed to come here to help cheer you up with the others.” Momo chuckled lightly.

“And you did.” Tooru replied happily. “I just cheered you up at the same time so now we’re even-stevens!”

Once more Momo didn’t quite know another phrase used so casually by one of her partners but she was happy to learn and find out.

For now, it seems things had finally settled between them all and as Mina returned with some chicken salad for her and Tooru that the others had helped make, she proceeded downstairs to make her own.

When she arrived however, the others were all eating away at a table happily nearby including Izuku and once more she felt bad. The two of them still needed to talk and she’d unconsciously excluded him from her thoughts of ‘everyone’.

Her shoulders drooped as she proceeded towards the kitchen to fix herself something so she could get an early night to be fresh for tomorrow.

“Hey Momo, where’re you going, ribbit?” Tsuyu called out as the heiress walked past their table.

“Oh um, I was just-”

“We made you a plate too.” Izuku offered, holding up a plate to the heiress that had sat in an empty seat that usually wasn’t placed at the table of four. “We’re planning some stuff for tomorrow so come join us.”

Momo felt her heart clench again before she took a deep breath and walked back over to the group. With a grateful smile on her face she accepted the prepared meal from Izuku and sat down with them all. After a small confirmation on how Tooru was doing, chatter returned to their plans for tomorrow which Momo joined in.

Now wasn’t the right time to steal Izuku away for their own talk, Momo was exhausted enough after chatting with Tooru for one day, but she resolved to try and get things squared away with him before their trip to Nabu. Hopefully things would go as well with him as they did with Tooru but Momo knew she couldn’t be that lucky.


Excitement was high as many students in the first year hero dorms woke up early that Saturday morning. Chances to leave campus and hang with their entire class didn’t come around anymore thanks to the increased security so this was a rare treat for all involved.

A treat that is for all except the teachers.

Aizawa grumbled into his morning coffee while suited up in his hero outfit. He was hoping for a lay-in today now that he’d soon be free of the problem children for a week but apparently Midnight just had to go and punch another pro so he was back on the front lines during what was supposed to be his weekend too.

“Mr. Aizawa?” A small voice called to him from the other side of the table.

The weary pro looked over at his white-haired charge who was dressed in her cutest red dress and boots, all ready for the enduring day ahead of them with her side bag resting on the table that contained the healthy lunch he’d packed for her.

“Will Deku and Lemillion be there?” She asked enthusiastically, munching away on a slice of buttered toast.

“Deku probably yes, Lemillion no.” Aizawa answered succinctly, taking another sip of his black morning coffee.

“Oh.” Eri replied, a tad downhearted, hoping she’d get to spend the day with both her favourite heroes. “What about those um… nice girls from before?”

Aizawa had to wrack his brain for a moment to figure out who exactly Eri was referring to until it clicked.

“Some of them probably, though I don’t know who just yet,” he replied. “You’ll be able to see and sit with those that do turn up on the bus.”

Eri’s smile brightened as she took another bite of her breakfast, figuring out all the things she was going to do today with Deku and possibly the others. The grumpy teacher allowed a small smile to grace his face and shook his head fondly.

“Don’t forget to give them time to do their own thing,” he reminded her, “this is a trip for them to get last minute things they need.”

“So…” Eri’s face dropped. “We won’t get to go to get to find creeps with apples?”

As much as Aizawa wanted to temper the girl’s expectations, it was hard to say ‘no’ regarding anything when she pulled out a pouty face like that.

“It’s pronounced ‘crêpes’, and I’m sure he’ll be able to find time to help you locate some.” Aizawa replied. “If not, I’m sure Lunch Rush will be able to whip you up one when we get back.”

“Yay!” Eri’s smile brightened up again and her legs began kicking excitedly as they dangled from the chair.

Aizawa let out another weary sigh into his coffee cup. Now he had to make sure either Midoriya was amenable to hunting down said treat with the girl or procure the ingredients himself. Once more he cursed Nemuri for getting suspended right as the weekend started; he should’ve punched Mt. Lady instead.


“Alright! Hittin’ up the mall with my bros!” Kaminari cheered as he stood by the bus dressed in his casual clothes. “Feels like we’ve been waiting forever for a chance to hang out like this.”

“Considering all the hassle of getting permission to leave campus, even with an escort, it just doesn’t seem worth it half the time,” Sero shrugged.

“Still, a chance to unwind like this is rare and we must not squander it.” Tokoyami agreed, leaning against the coach and standing in its shade.

“I don’t think anyone’s wasting it.” Sato chuckled, looking over everyone that had gathered so far and counting eighteen of their classmates.

“With all the security this time, hopefully we won’t have a repeat of before, ‘ey Midoriya?” Sero chuckled as Izuku approached with Ochako and Tsuyu by his side.

“Uh I’ll… try to make myself a less obvious a target.” Izuku blushed.

“Gotta start disguising you when we go out, ribbit.” Tsuyu chuckled. Izuku decided not to mention the odd clothes he’d purchased when going to rescue Bakugo still sat at the bottom of his cupboard.

“Well considering we’ve got class B and the teachers to back us up this time, no villain will stand a chance.” Kirishima gestured over to the other gathering area where their sister class was mingling by their own bus.

“Let’s hope it doesn’t happen at all rather than tempting fate.”

A shiver ran down everyone’s spines as Aizawa’s bored drawl washed over them. Turning to face their teacher, who’d just walked round the side of the bus, their anxiousness was quickly replaced with joy as the class spotted an adorable extra that was apparently joining them.

“Eri!” Ochako, Mina and Tooru called out as they hurried towards the girl who looked hesitant at first from the surprise, hiding behind Aizawa’s leg at the shout but quickly realised it was the people she was also excited to see.

“Looks like we’ve got our twentieth class member.” Kirishima grinned at their teacher.

“Due to a last minute change, I will be coming along with you to supervise today,” Aizawa announced. “Originally Midnight was supposed to be taking you all but she’s become… unavailable. As such, Eri will also be joining us.”

“Woo! We get our own cute mascot for this trip!” Mina cheered, smiling widely at Eri who tried to beam back as best she could.

“Is it just you and Mr Vlad King escorting us sir?” Izuku asked curiously, drawing closer to the newly arrived pair.

“Not quite.” Aizawa shook his head. “With a group this large and precautions to take into account, Hound Dog will be joining, along with Present Mic, Snipe, and Ectoplasm.”

Izuku nodded as he thought about those choices in his head; great for crowd control, managing everyone at once, and retaliating if anything does go wrong. Needless to say the teachers would be backed up by thirty nine students who all had their provisional licenses now so he was feeling a bit better about their security regarding this whole thing.

Looking around, everyone seemed to be excited to get things going despite the early weekend start. Even Bakugo didn’t look to be in a terrible mood, though he was clearly staying close to Kirishima and not joining in any conversations.

When it looked like everyone was getting antsy to get things underway, the other teachers arrived and split themselves between the two coaches which signalled Iida’s cue.

“Everyone please line up in seat order and proceed onto the bus in single file taking the earliest available seat on your left until all are filled.” The class representative announced, directing everyone with his hands.

Several members of the class gave him eye rolls at his typical behaviour but let it slide considering the exciting day ahead of them.

“Um… Mr?” Iida felt a tugging on his shirt. Looking down he baulked as he recognised the small girl that clearly meant a lot to several of his friends. “Can I sit next to Deku?”

“What do we say?” Aizawa prompted.

“Um, please!” Eri gripped her hands into determined fists.

The class watched with glee as they observed Iida struggling to match his love of rules and order against the cuteness of an adorable youngster.

“O-Of course you can.” Iida conceded. “Providing Midoriya doesn’t mind of course.”

“Not at all.” Izuku smiled warmly, glancing at the girls and getting several nods from them in reassurance.

As Eri ran over to Izuku’s side, Sero smirked over at the class rep.

“Hey, if Izuku gets to pick his seat mate, then why can’t we.”

“Well, this was an exception!” Iida tried to restore order.

“My seat mate’s my Starlight!” Mina called out.

“Dude?” Kaminari offered a fist bump to Sero.

“You got it.” Sero bumped him.

“Anyone tries to sit next to me they’re gonna die,” Bakugo growled.

“I’ll take that bet.” Kirishima chuckled.

“Do I get a seat?” Dark Shadow emerged from Tokoyami’s body and raised his hand.

A few chuckles ran through the class as Iida’s plans went up in flames. The orderly boy apparently realised as much too and surrendered to the whims of his classmates.

“Very well, I can see when I have been outvoted. Please at least climb aboard in an orderly fashion!” He called out. “We are representing UA even while we are outside campus so please act accordingly.”

Though they had no reason to obey him, everyone climbed aboard with relatively little fuss. While most of the Bakusquad was content to take the back seats, the poly group took the next section up with Mina and Tooru, then Tsuyu and Ochako grouping up to sit together along with Kyoka and Momo, and finally, Izuku and Eri.

“I know it’s not for us,” Present Mic brushed up against Aizawa’s shoulder outside the coach as the last two to get on, “but this collaboration should be dynamite for the student’s moral, eh?”

“One can only hope.” Aizawa sighed wearily at his loud friend. “Now you get on too.”

“I’m getting’ yo.” Present Mic chuckled before walking up the steps and into a seat at the front.

With all students and one small unicorn accounted for Aizawa gave the signal for the driver to take them out as he took his own place. A small cheer broke from some of the rowdier students as they passed through the main gates and out of the school while their teacher sat in his seat and hoped for a quiet excursion.


Chatter was aplenty as people made plans with others throughout the bus on shops they wanted to visit, stuff they wanted to do, and activities they wanted to take part in.

As the familiar sights of downtown Musutafu began growing increasingly familiar to many, they all recognised the Kiyashi Ward Shopping Mall appear and pass them by as the busses made their way to the adjoined parking lot.

Aizawa was glad the lowest floor was reserved for larger vehicles like coaches as leading a group of unruly students around a parking lot was asking for trouble. Still, once the coach came to a halt, even his excitable students knew not to let their enthusiasm get the better of them and waited for his orders.

“Okay, everyone off the coach and group up with class B. Present Mic and Hound Dog will be checking in with management and security momentarily. You will wait patiently until we give the ‘all clear’ am I understood?”

“Yes Mr Aizawa.” The class chorused.

“Don’t forget, it’s ‘Eraser Head’ when out in public.” Aizawa sighed, rolling his eyes as Mic chuckled at him while the blond disembarked first.

Each of the students stepped off the bus and eagerly grouped up with their friends as class B did the same. Ectoplasm started to build up his army of doubles as the other teachers headed to carry out their designated tasks and the many students were left to mingle for the time being.

Predictably, Kirishima and Tetsutetsu were the first to greet each other between classes with a strong fist bump while Momo and Kendo greeted each other more cordially.

“Hey Yaoyorozu, I’m so glad we were able to set this up for everyone.” Kendo smiled at the class A vice representative.

“Agreed, everyone already seems to be enjoying it and we’re not even inside yet.” Momo chuckled politely, noting the atmosphere of her fellow students.

“We’ve got a whole day of shopping and fun ahead of us!” Tetsutetsu grinned. “What could go-”

“Silence you fool!” A jet-black hand immediately covered Tetsutetsu’s mouth as Kuroiro made himself known. “You want to jinx us all?”

A few nervous shivers ran down the spines of several members of class A that could hear the exchange.

“Uh, yeah, you’re right. Good save man.” Tetsutetsu rubbed the back of his head at his almost slip-up.

“Spookier things have happened,” Yanagi agreed. “Especially to your class.”

“You’re not wrong there.” Kirishima sighed dejectedly.

“Tempting fate is best avoided on this day of supposed relaxation.” Tokoyami muttered.

“Agreed.” Kendo nodded. “Nothing against your class but yours is more of a trouble magnet than ours.”

“Can’t really argue with that,” Sero reluctantly agreed.

“That sounds suspiciously like a ‘Monoma’ line to me.” Mina eyed their fellow class’ rep.

“It’s just factually correct.” Kendo help up her hands in defence. “I meant nothing by it.”

“Mina, stop it.” Momo rolled her eyes, trying to avert a disagreement already. “We’re all supposed to be on our best behaviour, remember?”

“So long as he doesn’t try anything.” Mina sent a judgemental glare over at the cocky blond of class B once she spotted him who was practically ignoring all of their class, content just to talk to Shoda and Tsuburaba.

“He promised he’d be good,” Kendo sweatdropped. “Monoma seems to be taking that lost bet seriously at least.”

“That’s something I guess.” Tooru snagged Mina’s hand in hers, still a little upset at the blond for the stunt he’d pulled during training.

The two classes engaged in some friendly chatter while they waited patiently for their teachers to give them the all clear. Pretty soon, Aizawa was clearing his throat to gain their attention.

“Right,” Aizawa called out, his voice echoing softly in the concrete cavern of the multi-story parking lot.

Before him stood all thirty nine students of this year’s hero course, aptly paying attention, while flanked by his accompanying pro hero teachers and a small army of Ectoplasm clones. This was their biggest operation of the term and he was determined to see that it went off without a hitch.

“It is now…” he checked his watch, “nine thirty two. You have eight hours and fifty eight minutes left to enjoy the day.”

Enthusiastic murmurs greeted his ears in response as the students eagerly started moving towards the entrance. As the group made their way through the connecting corridor and out into the fresh air, the hustle and bustle of the mall greeted them with shops galore to keep them all well entertained for the rest of the day.

Food, supplies, activities and more were all laid out for them all to enjoy just like normal people for a change.

Before they could dash off and unleash their unique brand of madness on the mall, something caught everyone’s attention.

“Oh, Eraser, hi!” An excited voice called out.

The voice was full of pep which was unusual for anyone addressing their weary teacher and many students hesitated to leave as they looked around for the source.

“What are you doing here?” Aizawa sighed as he watched Midnight approach in her casual outfit. Several of the boys' eyes widened as they spotted Midnight’s swaying hips, fluffy collared coat and overly large sweater which almost appeared to be the only thing she was wearing underneath though one could spot some jean shorts occasionally peeking out below the hem.

“Well I just figured I’d come to shop today and take in the sights since I’m off and everything.” Midnight grinned smugly. “Nothing wrong with a teacher taking some time out to spend some hard earned overtime pay.”

“Except the fact that you’re technically a civilian right now and I should tell you not to linger around the hero students.” Aizawa grumbled. “You had to go and make things difficult for us, didn’t you?”

“Only for you darling,” Midnight winked, getting a couple of chuckles out of Present Mic and Snipe.

Aizawa let out an annoyed sigh since Midnight was now unofficially here and he still couldn’t go home and back to bed.

“If you’re gonna hang around, at least make yourself useful and keep an eye on the students when you see them.”

“Yes Sir Mr Hero, Sir!” Midnight gave him a salute before winking at the students.

“As for the rest of you.” Aizawa turned to the group. “You know how to reach all of us by now and the time you’re expected back at the busses. If you’re late, you’re expelled.”

Class B felt a shiver of fear run down their spines while class A just took it in stride with a group nod.

As the students began scattering, many of those that had grouped up with friends and acquaintances in class A if they knew anything about the exchange. Needless to say, Midnight’s technically unwarranted defence of Hagakure soon spread like wildfire between the every hero student.

With the students breaking off into groups, each cell was trailed by an Ectoplasm armed with a communication device; this was supposed to be a fun day out for all the students but the teachers were now heroes on the clock.

One particular group currently comprised of Ochako, Tsuyu, Izuku, and most importantly Eri, was followed closely by both Aizawa and the original Ectoplasm. Unfortunately for the tired teacher, their new civilian onlooker saw fit to trail them for a spell.

“Couldn’t’ve waited until after the weekend to punch her, could you?” Aizawa groaned softly.

“Our precious student’s honour was at stake, what else was I supposed to do? Set a bad example?” Midnight shrugged nonchalantly.

“I believe the technical term is to ‘turn the other cheek’,” Ectoplasm noted.

“And here I thought I knew all about that,” Midnight giggled to herself.

“You’re also lucky Nezu’s as prepared as he is,” Aizawa replied, shaking his head. “This isn’t the first time this little rivalry with her has gotten out of hand and next time he may not be around to save you.”

“Darling, please,” Midnight scoffed smugly, “that two bit quote-unquote ‘hero’ spends more time trying to angle herself in the right position for the camera than she does doing her job. It’ll take more than her to take me out.”

“You're unusually smug for someone on suspension,” Aizawa shot, getting a little annoyed at this point with her flippancy.

With pay.” Midnight winked. “That’s the impressive and, admittedly, surprising part. I bet you’re just jealous.”

“And?” Aizawa challenged.

“Oh lighten up,” Midnight rolled her eyes fondly. “Instead of being all cooped up indoors, you get to spend the day with Eri and treating her to stuff she’s probably never gotten to enjoy before along with your favourite student.”

“I don’t have favourites,” Aizawa reminded her.

“Except Eri,” Ectoplasm joined in.

“See!” Midnight smiled, glad she had a teammate for this little back and forth. “Hey, how about I cover your shift tonight to make it up to you since you’ll be all worn out to go on patrol.”

Aizawa levelled a suspicious eye at her.

“What’s the catch?”

“Just think of it as my apology for you having to take my spot.” Midnight relented, allowing a touch of her honest feelings to show through now she’d had her fun.

“Next three shifts and maybe I’ll forgive you.” Aizawa huffed.

“Two?” Midnight counter offered.

“Urgh, fine.” The tired teacher relented, knowing this was exactly where they’d end up anyway. “Now stop being a risk to the student’s trip and move along.”

“Deal.” Midnight skipped closer to the man before leaning in and giving him a playful peck on the cheek. “Your worry’s showing. How about I buy you something pretty to make it up to you?”

Aizawa rolled his eyes at Midnight’s typical carefree attitude as she sauntered away. In turn, Ectoplasm shook his head at his co-workers banter, wondering idly what the least serious thing he could do to also get paid suspension was.


“What do we have next?” Mina pondered as she and Tooru strolled along around mid-morning, a bag of sundries from their first purchase for the trip swinging in a bag she carried for them both.

“Hmmm, we could get some early lunch.” Tooru suggested. “I kinda went light on breakfast for today.”

“Nah, don’t want it weighing us down just yet,” Mina chuckled. “You’ll probably end up a sphere before we’re done today anyway.”

“Tasty sphere though.” Tooru giggled, picturing herself with a big round belly and had to suppress a small urge at the thought of being that full with something else. Luckily, it seemed Momo hadn’t ruined that fantasy for her which would’ve really made her mad since it was one of her favourites.

“What else do we have to get?” Mina pulled out her phone and opened the ‘Notes’ app with their list of things she’d prepared in advance. “Ooo, swimsuits! I need to get something super cute to show everyone what they can’t have.”

“Everyone except us anyway.” Tooru giggled and squeezed Mina’s hand.

“Well duh,” Mina smiled in return. “How about you, need one?”

“Not really,” Tooru shrugged only to realise something had drastically changed since she last bought a swimsuit. “Wait! I can actually get a swimsuit that looks good on me and not just looks super cute by default!”

“Hey, yeah! Then come on girl, let’s go get you something pretty.” Mina giggled as she pulled Tooru along to a clothing store she’d seen from their previous visits.

“Only if it sparkles and shimmers but also shines and delights.” Tooru joined in the merriment, feeling her spirits lifting already after the bad week she had. Behind them, their Ectoplasm clone stepped quickly to keep pace with the energetic youngsters.

As they made their way through the mall, they caught the eye of another student whose gaze followed them until they’d reached their destination.

Upon reaching the store and entering, the two girls quickly sought out the section they needed and busied themselves by looking through the myriad of styles and options. Ectoplasm stayed nearby but kept his gaze focused on the surrounding area rather than on the girls directly as they compared various bathing suits with each other.

“I’m pretty sure I know what I’m gonna go with so let’s start with you.” Mina stated to her girlfriend as she swept through a rack of suitably sized two-piece swimwear.

Halters and tanks, classic bikinis, bandeaus, and more were gathered in a variety of colours before Tooru was ushered into the nearby changing room to get herself ready for an impromptu fashion show. Over the next ten minutes she had Mina eating out of the palm of her hand as she displayed her visible form in a number of different designs.

She had to admit, watching Mina’s eyes widen and seeing them roam over her body with each new swimsuit was almost more enjoyable than the idea of swimming at all. Still, by the time she’d run through all the ones they’d gathered so far, Tooru hadn’t found the one that she wanted.

“Urgh, nothing.” Tooru huffed once she’d returned the tried on clothes to the nearby rack to be cleaned before re-display. Mina sent her a fond head shake before returning to the nearby clothes to continue their hunt.

“No worries girl, we’ll find something for you.”

“Am I being too picky? I feel like I’m being too picky.” Tooru scrunched up her face as she browsed beside her girlfriend.

“What makes you say that?” Mina asked. “Did you actually like some of those?”

“Well… they’re cute and all,” Tooru admitted, “but this is kinda like my first since I can see myself. I kinda just picked stuff in the past that functioned while looking super cute since that was all anyone could see of me, but now…”

“Now you want something special that looks good on you instead of just by itself.” Mina patted her arm. “I understand hun,” she leant in and gave her a quick peck on the cheek. “There’s nothing wrong with being picky right now. We’ve got plenty of time and many more shops if you wanna try something different.”

“I’m still not feeling any of these,” Tooru sighed. “Why don’t we find one for you first then I can try to match it or something.

“Okay, sure,” Mina chuckled, turning back to the nearby rack that had her sizes. “Now what colour should I go for this time?”

“I think this one would go great with your eyes.” A voice spoke from behind Mina.

The pink girl turned in confusion to see a grinning Setsuna Tokage dressed in a fairly cute green sweater dress with a thick, stylish, white belt and purple wedge ankle boots. In her hand, the class B girl held out a gold bikini set that appeared to be composed of very little material.

The girl’s appearance was a surprise, but Mina found herself ready with a snappy retort to break the ice.

“Tempting,” Mina smirked in response, “but what about something to actually cover me?”

“Who said anything about that?” Tokage winked before clearly looking down Mina appreciatively, sending a small blush up to Mina’s cheeks.

The pinkette was all for a good flirt but she had plenty with her group already. Besides, didn’t the lizard-like girl from class B know she was with Tooru?

“I think you’d look much better in this.” Tooru’s voice interjected from beside Mina, holding out a frilled, blue bikini set that was much more modest but would likely still show off her impressive physique. The invisible girl punctuated her point with a loud kiss to Mina’s cheek the pinkette was sure she did to mark her territory.

“I didn’t forget about you Hagakure,” Tokage’s grin widened as she gestured with a look beside Tooru. The two girls turned to look themselves and noticed one of Setsuna’s hands holding up a silvery bikini of equal modesty to the gold that floated into view. “I think this would go great with those cool reflective locks of hair I hear you’re rocking.”

Tooru took the outfit off Tokage’s hand and gave it a once over. It was certainly cute, if a little revealing, much like the one Mina had been suggested.

“I think you’d look downright gorgeous in it, and I challenge you to prove me wrong.” Tokage grinned before turning back to Mina. “Both of you.”

It was Tooru’s turn to blush as she felt her cheeks heat up at the rare compliment on her looks from someone outside their group.

“You’re not so bad yourself.” Mina retorted, giving Tokage a similar blatant look over which drew a blush to the green haired girl’s cheeks despite her probably expecting it. “Trying to butter me and my girlfriend up are we?” She narrowed her eyes playfully. “What’s your angle here? Trying to score some intel’ for our next scrap?”

“Nothing of the sort,” Setsuna’s hand returned to her as she held up both in surrender. “I just saw two lovely ladies come into this store and wondered if I could maybe lend a hand,” she wiggled her fingers.

“Uh huh.” Tooru narrowed her eyes in suspicion now, not that Tokage could tell. “Not buying it.”

“Just stopped by for a friendly chat?” Tokage offered with a sweat drop, feeling suspicion ramping up by the pair.

“If you’d said that first, we might’ve believed you,” Mina stated with a smug ‘caught you’ smirk. “Clearly you’ve got an ulterior motive so how about you be straight with us and we’ll go from there.”

“Yeash, alright,” Tokage sighed. “Clearly gotta work on my smoothness but being straight ain’t exactly somethin’ I’m good at.”

Both Tooru and Mina quirked a brow as Tokage rubbed the back of her head nervously.

“So um… yeah, you’re right, though I was kinda hoping to get like, a back and forth going before we got to this bit but clearly that didn’t work,” she sighed before taking in a small breath of courage. “Look, I know we haven’t talked much since the battle trials and stuff but I’ve kinda had my eye on you for a while before that.” Tokage looked clearly at Mina who could only blink in surprise.

The splitting girl had admitted a crush on Mina back during training but she’d thought it was only a joke or something to throw her off her match.

“When I heard you were taken by this invisible bombshell, I’ll admit, I felt like crap for missing my shot and tried to play it off, then your class’s green menace kinda opened my eyes to something,” Tokage blushed. “When we chatted after, back at the dorms, I was kinda trying to see if you guys were open to something like what he and his two girlfriends had but um… I think you thought I was just joking.”

Both girls realised where this was going as Tokage bit her lip and looked down at the floor. Apparently the shameless flirt of class B was a shy softy when confronting her feelings.

“I-I know we don’t know each other that well but we could fix that if we um… w-would you please both consider going on a date with me?”

Mina and Tooru stood there a little lost for words. Of all the things they expected to do today, getting asked out wasn’t one of them. The pair looked at each other, both having a bit of a difficult time wondering what the other was thinking to this new situation and how to deal with it. While they were together publicly, Tokage had no idea about the group dynamic they shared. That wasn’t even mentioning how the others would react to something like this or even if they were accepting new members; it felt pretty good with all seven of them as they were right now.

“Uh…” Tooru was the first to utter a sound. “This… is a little surprising.”

“I’m a surprising gal?” Tokage grinned what she hoped was a charming crooked grin. “I’m um… guessing you two might wanna talk before you answer so um, I’ll just…” she pointed over at another section of the store, near where the two ectoplasm clones were discussing things with each other and went to go pretend to browse things for herself.

As Tokage left, Mina made sure to keep an eye on both her ears to ensure she didn’t use one to listen in on anything she shouldn’t hear. Immediately after, she pulled Tooru further into a corner and away from the changing rooms for optimal privacy while they unpacked everything that was just unloaded before them.

The pinkette opened her mouth to begin but honestly didn’t know where to start, just letting out a sigh of surprise.

“I know!” Tooru whispered a tad loudly. “What… what do you think?”

“No clue,” Mina shrugged while biting her lip. “I don’t know… I mean, would I consider it if not for like… everything? Absolutely, but we’re in this together and with everyone else. Can you imagine what Tsuyu would- no. What Kyoka would- no.”

“Stop picking the ones most likely to agree out of lust!” Tooru giggled nervously, unsure if it was a deliberate joke or not. “We… haven’t really talked about anyone else joining since Izuku and… to be honest, I think I kinda like how we are now.”

“I know what you mean,” Mina agreed. “Though I’m surprised she didn’t worm her way into your heart with flirtations that strong about your looks.”

“I mean, I liked her compliments but it sounds different coming from her than one of you guys,” Tooru admitted. “Could she get me to fall for her? Maybe. Would she fit in with everything? I don’t know. We’d have to tell her all about us and Izuku’s thing and Momo’s thing and everything before anything else, and that’s not even mentioning if there’s any conflicts we don’t expect like um… Momo and Izuku.”

“You’ve got a point.” Mina nodded, glad Tooru was at least able to put her thoughts in order for them both. “We should definitely tell the others though.”

“No doubts but I think we’re both agreed on our answer?” Tooru replied with an asking lilt.

“We are.” Mina smiled warmly, taking Tooru’s hand in her own. “I’ll book us a love hotel around the corner immediately then we can tell her ‘no’ after.”

“Mina!” Tooru playfully slapped her girlfriend’s arm who half-heartedly defended herself.

“Okay, okay.” The pinkette relented after a moment’s retribution. “Come on Starlight, let’s go break a heart.”

“Don’t make it sound so harsh either!” Tooru pouted, not wanting to hurt their tentative friend from their sister class.

Moving back over to where they were before, Mina called out Tokage’s name which the girl eagerly responded to and she hurried back over, trying not to let the anticipation show but from the way her hands were flexing by her sides, she was failing.

Unfortunately, as she drew near, neither Mina nor Tooru could keep their emotions from showing on their faces. For Tooru it wasn’t so bad as she was still invisible but when Tokage saw Mina’s sympathetic smile she knew her fortunes weren’t about to look up.

“Look, Tokage, it really is flattering for both of us but-”

Before Mina could say another word, both she and Tooru felt their hearts sag as Tokage’s face fell at the implication of the ‘b’ word alone, though they could tell the second her false mask of happiness was in place.

“That’s cool, I get it.” Tokage held her hands up, not really wanting to hear reasons or explanations or excuses; a ‘no’ was still a ‘no’. “Shouldda’ figured you’d be all set just the two of you.”

Mina and Tooru did feel a mote of guilt about that but neither one of them was willing to tell Tokage the truth over keeping their group relationship secret for Momo’s sake.

“We can still hang out and chat and stuff if you wanna join us today,” Tooru offered, hoping to ease their girl’s disappointment, “be friends even if we wouldn’t date and stuff.”

“That sounds great but another day maybe.” Tokage smiled though both girls could tell it was hiding a grimace underneath. “I think I’m just gonna go.”

“We’re really sorry Tokage!” Tooru admitted.

“Hey, don’t feel bad for me.” Tokage waved away. “Plenty more fish in the sea and what not. Might go see if Midoriya will let me join him instead, maybe see if my womanly wiles will work better on him. Either that or go drown myself in ice cream.”

Mina chuckled at the possible joke, idly wondering if she should give the boy and the others a heads up via text beforehand.

“A-Anyway, you two look busy so I’ll just…”

Once more Tokage hurried away from the pair but didn’t intend on returning this time, her Ectoplasm clone following after her as she left the store. Only after she was out of sight completely did both Mina and Tooru release the tension they’d been holding.

“Oh man, I kinda feel real bad after that,” Tooru admitted.

“We did the right thing.” Mina reassured the girl. “Maybe it could’ve been different in another world but I don’t wanna risk what we’ve got right now, especially not without talking to everyone else first.”

“Could you imagine?” Tooru giggled. “Hey everyone, good news, we’ve got a new girlfriend for the group, bad news, Momo’s gonna need a bigger bed.”

“Oh please, that girl loves shopping,” Mina rolled her eyes. “I’ll bet Kyoka and Tsuyu definitely wouldn’t say ‘no’ though I’ve no idea on the others.”

“Should we… talk about this with them? Make it clear since it’s kinda murky right now.”

“Definitely.” Mina agreed. “Nothing wrong with clarifying, but for now, we need to finish what we came here to do.”

The pinkette turned back to the rack where sets of gold, silver, and blue bikinis rested where they’d left them.

“I think I’ll try this one you picked out for me,” she smiled, picking up the frilly blue swimwear.

“Not going to go for Tokage’s suggestion?” Tooru asked curiously, though also dismissing her own choice from the girl in her head.

“Gold like that’s a bit too gaudy for me,” Mina shook her head with a chuckle while holding up Tooru’s pick for her. “You know me so much better.”

The invisible girl couldn’t help but giggle girlishly when Mina placed an affectionate peck on the end of her nose before she skipped into the changing room to try on the outfit. Needless to say, when Mina emerged and struck a pose to get a rise out of her girlfriend, she’d found her new swimwear for the trip when Tooru tripped over her words as she eyed up all the skin she was showing.


As midday drew closer, several students had broken away from some of their friends to mingle with others. Izuku’s group wasn’t one of them as he walked along with Eri’s hand in his left and Tsuyu’s in his right with Ochako taking their froggy girlfriend’s other hand.

They’d been to a couple of shops so far to get a few things like new bath towels as the old ones they were planning on taking would get far too sandy to be much use again. Admittedly all three got a curious eyebrow raise from Aizawa when they’d bought them but he ultimately said nothing.

Walking along down the center of the mall once more, Izuku felt a tug on his sleeve.

“Um, Deku?” Eri asked nervously. “Could we um, go to get some creeps?”

“C…Creeps?” Izuku blinked in confusion, genuinely befuddled by the girl’s request.

“Yeah! Like from the festival. I got a strawberry one and I was wondering if they maybe could do an apple one too.”

“She means ‘crêpes’, ribbit.” Tsuyu chuckled on Izuku’s other side.

“Isn’t it a bit early for junk food Eri?” Aizawa called from nearby, guarding the group alongside Ectoplasm.

The students weren’t about to try and convince their teacher otherwise, considering he was technically her guardian right now but they needn’t have worried as Eri turned to look at him with big doe eyes and a cute pout on her lips.

“Please Mr Aizawa?”

“Urgh, fine.” Aizawa knew he didn’t have the strength to combat the girl without a good excuse. “But only if you promise to eat all your lunch.”

“I promise, thank you!” Eri smiled widely, though it was still just a little crooked. Aizawa refused to acknowledge that his own lips turned up at the sight.

“Heh, clearly she’s got you wrapped around her finger.” Ectoplasm whispered to his fellow teacher in amusement while Aizawa sunk a little lower into his capture scarf to ensure his mouth was hidden.

With the mention of a dessert treat, Ochako’s thoughts predictably turned to mochi and eyed the direction she knew the store was in.

“Easy to tell where your line of thinking’s gone.” Tsuyu chuckled, noticing her girlfriend’s gaze. “Izuku? How about we split up for now, grab some things separately and maybe meet back at lunch.”

“Sounds good to me.” Izuku smiled warmly at the pair. “There’s uh… a couple things I need to get alone anyway.”

Neither Ochako nor Tsuyu needed any further information to figure out what Izuku was talking about. With Christmas coming up, they were also planning on grabbing a couple things while they could without everyone’s curious gazes on their every purchase.

With their plan set to meet up at a nearby fast food restaurant for lunch, the group split into two with Izuku, Eri, and Aizawa going one way while Ochako, Tsuyu and their Ectoplasm clone went the other, though not before the girls exchanged some chaste kisses with the boy to send him off.

As they walked, Izuku felt another tug on his arm.

“Mr. Deku?” Eri’s curious voice asked.

“Yes Eri?” The boy gave her his full attention now it was only the two of them.

“Um… why did you kiss Miss Uravity and Miss Froppy?”

“What do you mean?” Izuku asked curiously. “They’re my girlfriends.”

“Huh?” Eri’s face scrunched up a little. “But how comes? I thought you could only have one.”

The greenette baulked at that. He’d completely forgotten that most people did indeed only have one partner, let alone the two he publicly had and the tentative six in total they all shared together.

“Be careful Midoriya.” Aizawa’s voice reached his ear and made his skin break out in goosebumps. “You’re always supposed to be setting an example, remember.”

“R-Right.” Izuku gulped, wondering exactly how he was going to get out of this awkward situation he’d caused for himself.

While he, Eri, and Aizawa went on their way to find a crêpe shop, Ochako, Tsuyu, and a fresh Ectoplasm clone went another in search of the brown haired girl’s own favourite treat.

“So what’s on the menu today?” Tsuyu asked curiously, wondering if her girlfriend was going for some new flavours.

“Just a snack box for today and some for later I think.” Ochako smiled. “No point going overboard when we’re going away so soon.”

Tsuyu quirked a brow. That didn’t quite seem like something Ochako would say but then again she did have other expenses to think about soon enough.

“Planning to get some for Christmas gifts, ribbit?” Tsuyu asked cheekily.

“Maybe.” Ochako pondered with a finger pressed to her chin. “I mean, fresh mochi is the best but it only lasts a couple days if refrigerated properly. I mean, I could freeze it but then it’s only really good for two weeks and it kinda loses its freshness and isn’t as nice. Then again, I could get some dried mochi which keeps for much longer and-”

“You’re mumbling ‘Chako.” Tsuyu chuckled, giving her girlfriend’s hand an endearing squeeze. “I’ll take your word for it though.”

“Sorry,” Ochako blushed.

“Don’t worry about it, ribbit.” Tsuyu shook her head. “It’s cute seeing you get all excited by it.”

“Well I’ve finally got money to properly spend like normal people.” Ochako explained shyly. “Doesn’t mean I’m going to waste it overbuying.”

“Understandable,” Tsuyu nodded. “But I thought Momo was-”

“Let’s not right now.” Ochako cut her girlfriend off quickly as they approached the store. “I’d rather think about which yummy flavours I should buy.”

“If you say so.” Tsuyu gave Ochako a half-smile, though the girl was too focused on the store to notice.

It was tucked away between two bigger stores either side but the little ‘Mochi café’ was too cute for Ochako to pass up whenever the opportunity arose. It was clearly a date spot for couples considering some of the menu items and warm atmosphere but she was only here for a few things today.

Once inside, Ochako eagerly browsed the small tables of boxed, longer lasting varieties and picked up a couple before turning to the counter and looking through the fresh treats they had for sale.

She was so engrossed in her selection she almost missed the appearance of two others greeting them.

“Figures we’d find you two in here.” Kyoka chuckled as she approached Tsuyu.

“Ribbit? Oh, hey you two,” Tsuyu smiled at Kyoka and Momo, each with a bag in their hands. “Got some things already?”

“Just a few essentials so far,” Momo nodded. “We were thinking about maybe checking out the movie theatre later since we have plenty of time today.”

Tsuyu couldn’t help but feel her smile widen at the slight blush in Kyoka’s cheeks. While it wasn’t the pair’s first date, it was the first time they could be out like this together and go off by themselves while disguised in a larger group; it was as close as they could get for now and Kyoka seemed to be enjoying it at least.

“Well I hope you choose something fun to watch.” Tsuyu replied with a knowing smile.

“About that,” Kyoka sighed, “mind coming out here to help me choose which film to pick?”

“Ribbit?” Tsuyu blinked in confusion as Kyoka jerked her head towards the store doors. Things clicked into place when she saw Momo nervously looking over at Ochako. “No problem, there’s a few good things out right now I believe.”

Before Tsuyu stepped away from her brunette girlfriend, she squeezed Ochako’s hand and told her, “Back in a sec,” before stepping away much to the girl’s confusion.

Broken from her mochi browsing, she watched Tsuyu retreat from the store, led by Kyoka, while Momo stepped closer.

“H-Hello Ochako.” Momo smiled hopefully.

“Hi Momo, is something up?” Ochako asked curiously, glad she hadn’t been waiting in the queue while she selected her choices but stepped into line now as Momo stood alongside her.

“Well I um… thought this would be a good opportunity to chat is all.” The heiress replied nervously.

Ochako wasn’t unobservant despite her recent focus on treats and knew exactly why Momo was acting skittish.

“Chatting is fine but what do you want to say?”

“I um…” Momo hesitated as she eyed the others nearby, wondering how much she could get away with without anyone suspecting anything. “I just… wanted to check in after uh… e-everything.”

Ochako raised a questioning brow at Momo’s barely disguised words but understood exactly what she was talking about.

“We’re fine Momo,” Ochako shrugged. “I mean, nothing’s really changed since you apologised to everyone.”

“I see,” Momo bit her lip. “Still, I wanted to check in personally since um… you were the one I was closest with after Kyoka due to our… unique situation.”

“True, but as I said, we’re fine.” Ochako replied again curtly. “You’ve made some good first steps to getting better but I’ll let you know if anything changes.”

“Do you… think it’ll take long to um… change back?” Momo asked hopefully.

“Honestly Momo? It’s way too early to tell,” Ochako sighed, shaking her head. “It’s not even been a week yet. Look, broken trust is a lot harder to build back up, especially for something like this. If you’re wondering how long it’ll be before I start wearing something again, then I’m sorry but it’s going to be a lot longer.”

“O-Oh…” Momo sighed dejectedly.

Maybe those films Mina selected that showed everything getting resolved inside two hours wasn’t a good example of how long she had to wait before everything could return to normal. She knew time was relative in movies but she’d paid attention to how long in-universe one character stayed mad at the other before things seemingly returned to normal.

When Momo moved to speak again, Ochako shook her head and nodded at the guy in front of her whom she’d noticed had glanced back at their confusing, coded discussion. The heiress didn’t need any other hints to know she should pause for now; it would give her time to gather her thoughts anyway.

Luckily, the man soon stepped away with his purchases and it was Ochako’s turn next as the cashier greeted them both. Ochako then promptly selected a pack of twelve with two mochi each of a number of flavours: green tea, mint, peach, blackberry, sakura, and salted caramel as well as a larger selection box with many more varieties; though she couldn’t choose the ones included in that.

“That’ll be four thousand nine hundred and fifty yen please,” the store clerk smiled as another began preparing Ochako’s order.

Momo felt her lips thin as she noticed Ochako let out a small sigh while she brought out her purse. Though the girl wasn’t her pet anymore, she was still her girlfriend and Momo had agreed to pay for the whole day for them all.

“Ochako, please, allow me,” Momo offered, reaching for her purse and pulling out her brand new debit card for the account completely unlinked to anything her parents knew about.

Before she could hand it over however, Ochako placed several notes into the clerk’s hand who looked a little awkward for a second but quickly counted out Ochako’s change and returned it to her.

Momo, standing still with her card still mid-way out of her own purse, couldn’t help letting the small amount of hurt show on her face. She knew Ochako wasn’t her pet anymore but was she just outright rejecting her gift of paying for the day as a girlfriend? Was this the first step towards things ending between them?

Slowly, the heiress returned her purse to her handbag and stood demurely while Ochako accepted her treats in a bag.

“Come on.” Ochako reached out and took one of Momo’s hands before leading her over to one of the small tables inside the store and directing her to sit before taking her own spot opposite.

It was a corner booth but the increased privacy did nothing to get Momo to start speaking again as she reflected on her feelings.

“Right,” Ochako sighed, glancing around briefly for anyone that might recognise them. “Momo, look, I understand you want to fix things quickly and I appreciate you talking to me personally after everything but pressing isn’t going to get things resolved any faster. If anything, it’s going to make it harder.”

“I-I know,” Momo bit her lip again. “But I want… n-no… that’s me being selfish again isn’t it?”

“A little.” The brunette agreed, not even needing to hear the end of whatever Momo had planned to finish that sentence with. “There’s nothing wrong with being a little selfish in a relationship but the whole problem is you were too selfish. You took liberties you didn’t have and it’s going to be a while before I feel comfortable enough to trust you with something like… what we had.”

“I know that. Really I do,” Momo nodded dolefully. “I just… can’t help but feel like I’ve lost something special.”

“You haven’t lost anything,” The brunette sighed, rubbing her leg up against Momo’s under the table, hoping to impart at least some physical comfort to her girlfriend. “We’re just not there yet. You know how much I… enjoyed parts of our bond and it’s something I genuinely do want to continue doing. I’m not entertaining anything until that trust between us and the others is restored though. For now we’re just… partners like everyone else, okay?”

“I… understand.” Momo nodded, feeling at least a little better now. “Thank you for that clarification.

“You’re welcome, now, hold out your hand,” Ochako ordered.

Momo blinked dumbly before doing as she was told. As she was doing so, Ochako pulled out the smaller of the two containers she’d recently purchased and selected the peach mochi she’d bought for this specific purpose.

“I was gonna save this for lunch but here.” Ochako placed one of the two peach mochi into Momo’s hand.

“I… don’t understand.” Momo muttered in a confused tone. “I thought that um… you-”

“I wanted to share all these flavours with my um… partners.” Ochako whispered that last part. “That one’s yours.”

“But… why did you stop me paying?” Momo asked.

“We’re even now.” Ochako stated simply, raising her eyebrows to indicate what couldn’t be said. “You don’t pay for everything for me anymore. As for this, you paid last time, so this one’s my treat.”

Momo felt her heart settle further as her girlfriend smiled warmly at her, Ochako taking a small bite of her mochi ball and her eyes widening in delight at the taste. Raising her own to her lips she took a bite, savouring the fruity taste before swallowing as the treat dissolved the uncomfortable weight that had settled in her stomach.

“Super good, right?” Ochako grinned, licking her pads where the treat had touched.

Momo had to agree with Izuku in that the adorable brunette before her would indeed suit cat ears and a tail right now but kept that line of thinking to herself; especially the part about the adorable cat collar with bell.

“Quite a delight indeed,” Momo smiled back, “thank you for sharing this with me.”

“Of course,” Ochako winked. “Though next time, don’t be surprised if you have to pay for a bigger box.”

“I wouldn’t mind in the slightest.” Momo agreed as the pair stood to return to their other partners outside.

As they approached, Kyoka had a somewhat nervous look on her face while Tsuyu looked unconcerned.

“All good?” The earphone jacked girl asked cautiously.

“Very,” Momo smiled brightly, her fears set aside for now.

While it wasn’t the result she’d hoped for, Momo was glad everything seemed like it was going to get better if she stayed her course. Her mistress-pet relationship with Ochako was finished, but out of it, something stronger and better could grow with no reason to say they couldn’t engage in their old behaviour once Momo had proven herself a trustworthy mistress once more.

“So, where next, ribbit?” Tsuyu asked as the four of them walked along.

After her worry for her girlfriends had eased and smelling all the delicious, sugary treats from outside on top of only having a small breakfast, Kyoka felt her stomach rumble for something of more substance.

“How about lunch?”


The foursome made their way to the food court area nearby where a dining area sat in the middle of the mall’s ground floor so shoppers could take a break and enjoy some of the nearby eateries. It seemed a number of their classmates had had the same idea as they quickly joined those that were gathered nearby.

Ectoplasm clones littered the area and seemed to be dissuading people from approaching that clearly recognised so many from the sports festival or other heroic exploits. Several students had already been approached for pictures and an autograph or two during their walk around. Most were gracious and accepted but when their overeager fans tried to take liberties Ectoplasm helpfully stepped in to dissuade them overstepping their goodwill.

Bags were plentiful under the tables as everyone took turns watching each other’s stuff as they got food from different places around the area.

It didn’t take long before Izuku and Eri appeared and joined the gathered group for lunch with Aizawa and the real Ectoplasm standing nearby. The horned girl happily sat between Izuku and Ochako while placing her tiny bag on the table and unpacking the lunch she’d had prepared for her.

“Not gonna get something from the shops?” Kyoka asked the girl curiously.

“I promised Mr Aizawa I’d eat all my lunch if I got a creep.” Eri announced proudly, still able to taste the strawberry ice cream that came with the savoury treat, along with some chunks of apple.

“She means crêpe.” Izuku corrected automatically, having had to correct her again when they’d ordered at the store with him abstaining from the dessert. Pulling out his own packed lunch, since mall food was definitely a cheat day thing and today wasn’t one, Izuku and the girls chatted casually about their days so far and what they wanted to do next.

Soon after, a few shadows fell across the table as those facing Izuku noticed the newcomers.

“These seats taken?” An unexpected voice asked from the free seat at Izuku’s side. Izuku’s eyes widened as he saw Yanagi leading Tokage and Shoda, all bag laden and waiting for a response.

“Uh, no, feel free.” Izuku smiled politely at the trio who gratefully stored their stuff underneath.

“Was hoping we’d be able to catch you at lunch Midoriya.” Shoda smiled as he sat down.

“Me?” Izuku blinked, not realizing they were looking for a conversation too. “W-Why?” He asked nervously.

“We didn’t get to talk much after the join training since you kind of disappeared for the most part.” Shoda explained. “I, well a few of us actually, were hoping to enquire more about your notebooks and how you seemed to be the key to your class's improvement above what even we expected.”

“Don’t let Bakugo hear you say that, ribbit.” Tsuyu chuckled down the table.

“Not to mention that freaky new power of yours.” Yanagi spoke up. “On review, it was delightfully spooky. I’m sad I didn’t get to see it in person.”

“Don’t be,” Ochako sweatdropped. “It was kinda scary for everyone and I was on his team.”

“I’ve got it under control now,” Izuku blushed. “For the most part anyway.”

“Which is impressive in and of itself if you’re telling us the truth,” Tokage noted.

“You can see why we’re somewhat eager to pick your brain.” Shoda brought the focus back to his original topic. “I couldn’t help but notice that you were taking notes throughout our fights and wondered if you were also examining our quirks. If you did, and I don’t mean to be presumptuous, would you mind divulging your insights?”

“Oh boy,” Ochako giggled.

“Back up girls, we’re about to lose him.” Kyoka joined in.

Eri and their class B peers looked at the four girls confusedly for a moment as they all shuffled away from Izuku to give him space. Before any of them could ask what was going on, Tsuyu filled them in.

“Izuku’s got a habit for talking your ear off about quirks, ribbit. Be prepared for a deep dissection and some possibly invasive questions.”

“When someone gets him talking, it’s a wonder anything can bring him back sometimes.” Momo chuckled politely.

“I-I’m not that bad,” Izuku blushed but understood it was a good natured exaggeration.

“I would recommend you take it in turns now to go get lunch.” Ochako advised to the three unknowing victims. “You may be here a while.”

“I see,” Shoda nodded. “Does this seem reasonable to you Midoriya? I would hate to impose if you’d rather just enjoy your food.”

“Not at all.” Izuku smiled, feeling his excitement build at getting to deep dive into some new quirks; he only wished he had his notebook on hand. “Who wants to go first?”

“I’ll go,” Tokage shrugged. “I could use the distraction honestly.”

“Fitting.” Yanagi nodded as she began rising to her feet. “You have the best handle on your quirk out of any of us so it shouldn’t take too long.”

“Don’t challenge him please.” Kyoka shook her head at the girl as Shoda also rose to his feet to find lunch.

Tokage looked back at Izuku after that mild warning as the boy seemed to be taking a deep breath that made her wonder if the class A girls had the right idea and she needed to back up too.

“So your quirk is called ‘Lizard Tail Splitter’, right? I get how that’s based on some reptiles abilities to regenerate their tails much like how you can regenerate your many pieces but have you considered that it is space warping ability? Your organs can function without being directly attached to each other so there’s clearly something unusual going on there. Have you tried holding an item and regenerating your hand and seeing if the item travels with you? Wait, your costume does, was it specially made with your DNA because of this? Also, have you heard of this manga called One Piece?”

The girls chuckled endearingly as Tokage quickly found out how intense Izuku could get when given permission and both Shoda and Yanagi were glad they were able to escape for now to prepare for their own grilling soon enough.

While everyone was enjoying their lunch and mingling, one particular class A student spotted someone he’d been meaning to talk to for a while.

“Tokoyami?” Shoji caught his friend’s eye from across the table.

“Yes?”

“Mind watching my stuff for a moment. There’s something I need to take care of.” Shoji asked, standing from the table and leaving his purchases underneath.

“Sure thing.” Tokoyami nodded, watching his friend curiously as he advanced towards another table populated with class B students.

As Shoji’s shadow fell over the table, the chatter slowed to a stop as Kendo, Kodai, Komori, Shiozaki and Tsunotori all looked at their new arrival curiously.

“May we help you Shoji?” Kendo asked politely.

“I was hoping I could borrow a few moments of Tsunotori’s time for a chat if I may.” The tall boy replied.

The other girls looked at the horned blonde as she processed the request and translated it in her head.

“Sure!” Tsunotori replied happily.

For a moment, no one moved and the other girls gave each other the side eye, wondering exactly what was going on.

“In uh… private,” Shoji added after a moment.

Realisation dawned on Tsunotori’s face as the others chuckled lightly at another of the blonde’s typical misunderstandings.

“Oh! Yes um, lead the way,” the horned girl nodded as she rushed to get up, accidently nudging the table as she awkwardly slipped out from the eatery table and followed after the multi-armed boy.

“What do you think he’s after, shroom?” Komori asked once the pair were far enough away, watching and Ectoplasm clone quickly trail after them.

“Doesn’t seem like a confession or a date request or something.” Kendo noted, getting an agreeing hum from Kodai.

“I do hope our multi-armed compatriot has only good intentions for our fair Tsunotori,” Shiozaki’s lips thinned. “If not, may the fires of the underworld claim him for his sins.”

“Too far,” Kendo deadpanned.

A little ways away, Shoji lead Tsunotori to a corridor between stores and out of the sun where they could have a little privacy, though he made sure they were both within eye line of an Ectoplasm clone.

“Do you have something to said?” Tsunotori asked with a smile now they’d reached their apparent destination.

“I do,” Shoji replied curtly, ignoring the girl’s broken Japanese. “I’d like to talk about our battle during the joint training we had if I may.”

“Oh, that!” Tsunotori’s already wide eyes widened further in recognition. “That was so frustrating but fun! You made me do the work but got me at the end, so annoying!”

“Ri-ight.” Shoji frowned a little. It seemed Tsunotori was unaware of why he’d actually wanted to talk to her, meaning that it seemed her comment was out of ignorance than hate; at least that was something. “Actually, this is about something you said during our scuffle towards the middle of our match, around when you used your ‘Thunder Horn’. You said something that hurt my feelings and I would like to politely ask for an apology.”

“Huh?” Tsunotori blinked curiously. “What do you mean? I’m sorry, but I don’t know what I said wrong.”

Shoji let out a small, frustrated sigh; he’d rather the words not be repeated at all but it seemed the girl was truly clueless as to the hurt she’d caused.

“You compared my form to that of an octopus,” Shoji stated, raising his six arms up slightly to make it just a little bit clearer for the girl. “While this is something I have grown used to, your comment about them ‘not being cute’ was unnecessary and hurt my feelings.”

“But they’re not.” Tsunotori frowned in confusion. “Am I not allowed to not like them?”

“I… n-no that’s not what I…” Shoji stuttered for a moment, not expecting that retort.

“Is that not the talk of smack?” Tsunotori continued.

Shoji stopped talking, trying to figure out exactly how the exchange student was processing this conversation and how he could get them both to an understanding without any more confusion.

“I see what you are saying but this is not that.” He stated. “I am sorry if this comes off as rude or blunt, but I feel hurt and somewhat discriminated against by your comment. I understand that was not your intention at the time now but I would still like to request an apology.”

“Dis-crim-in-a-ted?” Tsunotori sounded out the word. It was a new one to her and she didn’t know exactly what it translated to.

Shoji watched in bemusement as Tsunotori pulled out her phone and held up a single finger to the boy as she typed away with one hand. Again, this wasn’t how he expected things to go but if it got them closer to a resolution then he could wait.

The American born girl brought up the translation app she had installed for occasions such as this and quickly typed in the unusual word, getting the English translation in short order.

“Oh no,” the blonde looked up at the boy with a sad expression. “I didn’t mean to dis-crim-in-a-ted against you, I thought it was just the talking smack!”

“It still hurt my feelings.” Shoji replied again, refusing to drop that point. Whether she meant the words to hurt or not, they still did. “I understand you are an exchange student here but heteromorphic quirk users still face regular discrimination in areas of Japan.”

“No, no, I understand now!” Tsunotori’s expression morphed into one of melancholic sympathy. “Back home, in America, other people say bad things about my feet,” she lifted her hooves and Shoji noted for the first time that Tsunotori wasn’t wearing actual shoes but metal soles that would typically be found as ‘shoes’ on horse’s feet. “They call me ‘animal’, talk about riding me, making me so angry and sad,” the blonde continued. “I do not want to make other people sad like that but Japanese are hard and I see I messed up.”

Shoji watched carefully as Tsunotori straightened up with her arms at her side before breaking into a low bow.

“I am very sorry for having dis-crim-in-a-ted you. Please accept my apology.” Tsunotori offered, hoping the large boy wouldn’t hold such a thing against her.

“Apology accepted.” Shoji smiled gratefully, feeling a weight lift from his heart. “Thank you for your understanding.”

The exchange student straightened up and smiled back, though it was notably less wide than before.

“Thank you for explaining so politely. Kendo told me Monoma been not always correct with teaching me things about Japan.”

“Its fine,” Shoji waved away. “I’m just glad we could put this behind us.”

“Yes! All finished,” Tsunotori nodded. “Though um… may I ask a favour of you?”

Shoji took a moment to think about the request but conceded that he’d at least hear the girl out.

“If it’s reasonable,” he replied.

“Could we hug?” Tsunotori asked simply, causing Shoji’s eyes to widen at the request. “I know touching and stuff is not big Japanese culture but it would make me feel like no hard feelings.”

The multi-armed boy admittedly wanted to reject the girl’s request out of principle alone. She’d proven herself not an enemy but she wasn’t exactly a friend as the two hardly knew each other. However, he also considered the fact that Tsunotori was going through her own things too; she was an exchange student in a foreign country and was clearly still learning the language and culture while attending one of the top hero schools in the nation. While it was certainly out of the ordinary, Tsunotori was doing a lot to try and adhere to their customs and holding back on her own. If this was something he could do to meet her halfway and bridge understanding, then he’d be a hypocrite not to do so.

“If you’d like, provided you do not mind my extra appendages.”

“App-en-dages?” Tsunotori questioned, getting clarification in the form of Shoji wiggling his four extra limbs under his regular arms again. “Oh! No, it is fine,” she smiled.

The blonde haired girl initiated the hug by opening her arms wide enough to fit around Shoji’s frame. The taller boy did the same though being a foot taller than the girl presented a slight issue of how to position himself. The issue didn’t last long though as Pony apparently had no regard for embarrassment as she stepped forward and wrapped her arms around him, not quite able to encircle his chest. He, in turn, wrapped all six of his arms around her in a sort of blanket or cocoon of sorts.

“Mmm, warm.” Pony giggled as she quickly felt the effects of being blanketed by his arms once again, though it wasn’t anything like when he’d ensnared her during their training session. “Your arms are strong. Can tell you’ve been training hard.”

“I have,” Shoji chuckled. “I want to use my arms to help out all those like me… like us, that need someone to make it better when things look hopeless.”

“Sounds like a good hero motivation.” Pony smiled before slowly pulling away from the boy as the two broke the hug. “Better?”

“Yes actually.” Shoji smiled under his mask, feeling lighter than he had in weeks. “Thank you again.”

“You’re welcome,” Pony nodded. “Shall we return to friends and food?”

“Lets.” The tall boy agreed as the girl now lead them back to the food court area where they sought to re-join their friend groups.

The two split up without a word with Shoji retaking his place with Tokoyami and Pony sliding back in with the 1-B girls at their table.

“So what did he want, shroom?” Komori asked, the other girls listening curiously just as Pony returned to her spot.

“Is private,” she replied with a cheeky smile as she picked up her burger to take a bite.

While it wasn’t the start of a bright new friendship, Pony at least felt a new connection with another of her classmates that could only mean good things for the future. As she chewed on her meal and ruminated on the conversation, and the hug, she figured that maybe octopuses could be kinda cute.


While Shoji and Tsunotori had been having their conversation, Mina and Tooru appeared to bring the poly group back together again. The pair shared a polite, if slightly awkward, smile and wave with Tokage who was waiting with Shoda as Yanagi was finishing the last of their quirk discussions.

“That’s very insightful Midoriya.” Yanagi bowed politely to the boy after he finished his last rant about her power’s potential. “I shall get back to you with my results in due time.”

“It was my pleasure.” Izuku smiled, rubbing the back of his head. “I’ve been curious about you all for a while now.”

“I’m sure some of the others could benefit from your advice.” Shoda chuckled, picking up his bags and getting ready to leave with the others now their lunch and discussions were done. “I hope you don’t mind if I send them your way if any of your suggestions work.”

“Oh god, what have we unleashed, ribbit.” Tsuyu gulped in an exaggerated fashion.

“Did we miss something fun?” Mina giggled as the group waved off those from 1-B.

“Just Izuku doing his quirk breakdown thing.” Kyoka chuckled, stretching herself out from sitting down.

“Nuts.” Tooru pouted. “It’s fun watching people get surprised by it at this point.”

“Yeah, you missed the good bit.” Tsuyu teased lightly.

“Anyway, we better get going if we’re gonna visit everywhere today.” Ochako stood from her own seat with Tsuyu joining her.

“Awww, but we just got here!” Mina complained. “You’re all just gonna leave us on our lonesome?”

“You snooze, you lose. Seems we’re all heading out.” Kyoka shook her head.

“Actually,” Momo interjected, causing her girlfriend to pause. “Could we remain a few moments longer? I was hoping to find a better time for this but I was wondering if I could borrow Izuku for a private chat.”

The group stilled and awkward looks were exchanged with the clear implication of the conversation passing between them all.

“I believe we all know what this is about at this point so I would rather address this now rather than beat around the bush any longer.” Momo sighed.

“Well if you put it that way.” Tsuyu shrugged.

“What bush?” Eri spoke up, not quite understanding what was being talked about.

“Nothing for you to worry about hun.” Ochako smiled at the girl. “How about we go find some more fun things to do and you come with us.”

“Can I stay too?” Eri asked hopefully. “My legs are still tired.”

Several hearts melted at the adorable girl’s admittance as it was clear the day was already taking its toll on her.

“Eri, how about we go sit with Eraser Head just for a bit until you’re ready to go again.” Tsuyu offered her hand to the girl while picking up her little bag, now much emptier after lunch.

“M’kay.” Eri relented, her boots touching down on the floor again as Ochako and Tsuyu lead her away.

“Guess I’ll just wait here then.” Kyoka huffed, sitting back down.

“It’s appreciated.” Momo smiled gratefully at her girlfriend, hoping she’d be able to apologize tonight in the form of some much needed physical affection they’d had to refrain from doing all throughout the day so far.

“You’ve got us for company at least.” Mina grinned at the earphone jacked girl.

“Well, after we go grab our food anyway.” Tooru giggled before dragging Mina off.

Kyoka was tempted to send them a one-fingered salute but thought better of it.

“Thanks Kyoka. We’ll… try to be quick I guess.” Izuku offered, realizing she was on her own for the time being.

“Just get everything straightened out already you two before I sort you both out myself.” Kyoka grumped, resting her chin on a propped up hand.

Izuku knew it wasn’t intended to be taken lewdly but his mind offered him an image of Kyoka dictating naughty orders to both him and Momo while in her musically themed room. Needless to say he kept his imagination to himself as the heiress lead him over to a bench on the edge of the dining area that was more for taking a break rather than eating at considering the lack of table.

Admittedly, while Izuku sat down with Momo by his side, his mind offered him the comparison to his previous chats on a similar bench with Mina. Hopefully this one would go much like those and they’d both come away from this conversation better than before.

“Izuku,” Momo began, looking down at her hand that were nervously settled on her knees. “I would like to start by again apologizing for my behaviour earlier this week. It was unfair and callous of me to treat you in the manner I did as well as irresponsible for dragging Tooru into things and hurting her in the process.”

“Mm-hmm,” Izuku responded, allowing Momo to continue getting what she needed off her chest to start.

“I have… taken steps since last we spoke to improving my knowledge about relationships, specifically how to make amends after a… mistake. I know I breached all of your trust during this incident and accept that I will need to rebuild it which will take time. If you have anything to suggest, please do not hesitate to let me know and I will endeavour to address it.”

Izuku couldn’t help the single dry chuckle that escaped his throat at Momo’s choice of words; it reminded him of another hero who was apparently working on making up for a mistake judging from what Todoroki had told him so far of his interactions with his father. Momo’s offence, while nowhere near Endeavor’s level, still bordered on relationship abuse. He may be a guy, and have an incredibly strong quirk, but no one should have to worry about their partner, or one of them in his case, abusing them in that way.

The greenette took a deep breath, and tried to channel his previous decision to be more vocal about his feelings and wants regarding the group. He was as much a part of this as Momo was and they should treat each other with kindness and respect, even if love never blossomed between them.

“Momo… I’m not going to lie, I’m still… wary,” Izuku admitted, getting an accepting nod from Momo who patiently listened. “I thought… I didn’t… s-sorry, just a little lost right now. I wasn’t really expecting this.”

“It’s okay, please take your time.” Momo smiled sympathetically as the boy took a moment to gather his thoughts.

“I… was nervous coming into this.” Izuku admitted, finding a good starting position. “You all treated me kindly despite learning about… everything and you were all my friends, at least I’d like to think so, before I um… accepted Tsu and Ochako’s invitation to join you all.”

“I would say that is accurate.” Momo nodded.

“Kyoka was… protective of you and wary of me at first and I had no intention of trying to force anything between us; I… tried to make that as clear as I could at the time,” Izuku sighed. “Things um… clearly changed and she felt differently then than she does now, I understand you saw that as me taking her away from you in… someway.”

“Also… accurate.” Momo reluctantly admitted. “I didn’t know why exactly either. There was nothing wrong with the six of us before sharing but adding you seemed to… trigger something in me.”

“You like being in control.” Izuku stated somewhat bluntly. “It’s um… not hard to figure out with everything I know now. Between your difficulties with your parents, the deal you struck with Ochako, and Kyoka not reacting to me how you expected, I’m not surprised you felt… is threatened the right word?”

“It… fits.” Momo acknowledged. “First it was Ochako and Tsu whom had a pre-existing crush on you prior to our formation. Then, after you joined, both Mina and Tooru fell to your charms, and after that Kyoka too despite her belief otherwise. In some way, I think I… may also have been a bit afraid of the same happening to me, so I kept you at arm’s length emotionally which I now believe was a mistake.”

“You weren’t in control so you… tried to regain it.” Izuku grimaced. “Tried to… show me my place?”

“I am truly ashamed for the way I acted Izuku,” Momo gripped her hands into fists. “I should never have even considered something so heinous. I fear that my… upbringing has had an effect on me I had never considered. Please do not think of this as an excuse for my behaviour but rather my locating and addressing of a potential contributing factor to the issue.”

“I understand,” Izuku acknowledged. “And the fact that you are doing so is why I’m happy to give you another chance along with the others. That wasn’t the ‘Momo Yaoyorozu’ everyone else fell for and certainly not the one I want to get to know better.”

Momo felt her heart stir at the modicum of hope in Izuku’s words the she hoped she wasn’t prematurely reading into.

“Are you um… talking about a romantic relationship?” Momo asked tentatively.

“I don’t know honestly,” Izuku admitted. “If things go that way and you would like to explore that option then I’m… o-open to it, but I don’t want to make assumptions at this point. I know we can be good friends at least so if we try and there truly is nothing, then I am perfectly content just being your friend if that’s acceptable to you. We’d both just um… share the same goal of making all the others happy girlfriends without worrying about each other like that,” he blushed.

“That sounds more than reasonable.” Momo smiled, feeling the pressure ease from her chest. “In return, I promise never to try and order you around or… ‘dominate’ you in a manner you’d be uncomfortable with ever again.”

“Thank you,” Izuku smiled, “that’s actually kind of reassuring to hear out loud.”

“You’re right in that I do like to be in control. I fear this is a bit of a head rush after not having much throughout my life until this point and I made bad choices. If I begin making a mistake in this regard in any capacity, please don’t hesitate to tell me.”

“Then please understand when I say that you don’t need to dominate me,” Izuku urged. “You’ve grown amazingly as a hero and a leader since the sports festival and I would trust your judgement and input in any heroic situation. If you’d asked me before all this for anything, chances are I would’ve gone along with it too. Should you wish to… take the lead in where our new relationship goes once we’re ready, then I won’t fight you for ‘dominance’ or anything like that. You can be as in control as you need providing everyone’s happy and consenting, and that includes me.”

Momo once again cursed herself for her mistake. Izuku had felt threatening to her but it was by complete accident. If only she’d taken some time to talk her feelings out with him and the others then so much could’ve been avoided.

“I fear this sounds too good to be true,” Momo chuckled weakly. “Like I don’t deserve this.”

“We… still need time to… let things heal. E-Emotionally, not physically I mean.” Izuku explained. “I know we’re not there yet, but when we’re both ready, I really would like to try again.”

“I’m glad.” Momo smiled warmly at the boy. “I won’t squander this chance.”

“I understand.” Izuku reached his hand out and tentatively touched Momo’s own resting on her knee. “Let’s both do our best to make sure everyone gets everything they need!”

The heiress wasn’t exactly sure what it was but Izuku’s touch felt infinitely more intimate now than it ever had before, and that included the times they’d… done things together. Was this due to now accepting him as a genuine partner or was she just beginning to let go of all the undeserved animosity in her heart towards the boy? Either way, she felt her face heat up and couldn’t help but feel her smile widen just a tad.

Momo turned her hand over, underneath Izuku’s, and clasped it lightly.

“Thank you again Izuku, truly.”

“I-It’s nothing,” she noticed his face redden and felt a giggle escape her lips. She wasn’t falling for the boy, not yet, but this was certainly a good start to fully fixing their damaged relationship and putting this whole event in the past where it belonged with a bright future ahead of them all.

Both students rose to their feet and Momo quickly dropped Izuku’s hand, returning to their simple, friendly façade for now though the two shared a secret smile between each other. They returned to their table where Mina, Tooru and Kyoka were catching up together as the former two hurriedly ate their lunch so they could resume shopping.


Due to their appearance at the mall, the group of UA students had drawn some attention with many notable faces from the sports festival running around, not to mention the increased amount of rarely seen school teachers.

Unbeknownst to the students while they were all gathered in the dining area on the ground floor, there were many shoppers turned opportunists on the upper floors who’d snuck a few candid snapshots of their favourite up and coming heroes for their personal ‘before they were famous’ collections.

However, there was one particular thirty second video that someone took and posted to their social media page that would have ramifications for one student.

L33tf33t: I think some lucky chump just made his move on my goddess from the sports festival TT_TT goodbye hopes and dreams.

Teachin’Dummy: OMG, is that the creation girl? What was her name again?

L33tf33t: My goddess: Momo Yaoyorozu! She was supposed to rescue me on her debut then we’d fall desperately in love!

Super Simp: Looks like that ‘chump’ beat you to it dumbass XD

YukiOnna: Bone-Break Boy! If not for all the black and blu back then, he’d look cute in a couple years.

YukiOnna: *blue

Super Simp: Thirsty bitch

YukiOnna: Fuck you

Teachin’Dummy: What was his name again?

YukiOnna: How are you a teacher with a memory like swiss cheese?

Teachin’Dummy: My quirk’s for maths, not random dude’s names you cradle robber

YukiOnna: I said a few years! Pick on L33t, isn’t that what older brothers do?

Komari-chan: Keep it civil please! (✿´•̥̥̥ ‸ •̥̥̥` )

L33tf33t: Who gives a fuck, we’re all degenerates. Let’s focus on the main issue here, that being I’M not the one holding her hand right now!

Super Simp: How lewd (¬‿¬) and on a public post?! Have you no shame?

L33tf33t: They’re the ones doing it, not me! Also, I’m friends with you lot aren’t I? I think it’s clear I don’t

It was just a small post on a crack account that shouldn’t matter to anyone, and for the most part, it didn’t.

While the post didn’t pick up much traction in the way of going ‘viral’, the mention of that particular student’s name sent an automated email winging its way to the head of the Yaoyorozu’s personal inbox.


After lunch, featuring a delicious minor indulgence courtesy of a green tea mochi ball from his brunette girlfriend, Izuku was one again roaming the mall looking to make some purchases. Unlike before however, his hands were surprisingly free as Eri wanted to rest her legs a little more and stayed behind with Aizawa while the girls went off to do their own thing.

This suited him just fine as he walked along with his Ectoplasm clone with the intention of visiting one of the local fitness stores; once more he was looking to get the next increment grip strength trainer and maybe grab a couple of extra pounds for his home hand weights.

It didn’t surprise him to find another Ectoplasm clone outside the store he’d visited on previous trips here but it did surprise him to see who was chatting by a display just inside.

“With this, you’ll be able to train your reaction speeds. It’s a little pricey, but professional athletes of the past used to use something similar.” Kendo lectured as she showed off a light reaction trainer.

“I’ve seen it at the gym.” Koda nodded eagerly at the class B representative, his fists gripped in front of him excitedly. “Do you think you could teach me how to use it properly?”

“Sure thing,” Kendo smiled warmly. “Keep going like you are and I’ll definitely have to watch out next time we spar.”

Izuku grinned secretly as he passed by. When Koda had asked for help working on his hand-to-hand combat, Momo had clearly had the right idea to set the pair up to work together. Since then, he’d managed to assist Koda himself a little here and there when the two trained together but the larger framed boy was clearly suited for a power style that matched his body type rather than the speed style Izuku had switched to.

“Oh, hey Midoriya.” Koda called out as he spotted his friend.

“Hi guys.” Izuku waved nervously, greeting Kendo at the same time with a nod.

“There’s 1-A’s secret weapon,” Kendo chuckled. “How are you doing Midoriya?”

“Fine thanks, just looking for some stronger workout gear.”

“Wow, burn though UA’s gym already?” Kendo chuckled.

“Not quite,” Izuku smiled at the good natured joke. “Just some things for use in the dorm. Grip strength trainers, weights, you know.”

“I do indeed,” Kendo nodded before flexing her arm. “These babies didn’t pop in overnight after all.”

As Izuku admired the orange haired girl’s muscles, he had to remind himself not to ogle the girl before him as though she were one of his many girlfriends, though he chuckled at the thought that Mina would be having a much harder time resisting than he was.

“Kendo was just showing me some new equipment,” Koda enthused. “She’s a great teacher and I’ve really learned a lot.”

“It’s nothing,” Kendo waved away. “I’m sure if anyone in our class had any issues, we could come to you lot for help now too.”

“O-Of course.” Izuku nodded after a moment’s hesitance.

While both Koda and Izuku agreed with that statement for the most part, the pair couldn’t help sending each other a slightly nervous glance at the one black sheep of the class. Kendo wasn’t blind and could clearly tell what crossed both the boy’s minds and decided to address the elephant in the room.

“Except maybe Monoma,” she relented with a sigh.

“How is um… he doing?” Izuku asked carefully, not trying to seem like he was being nosy or gossipy.

“You mean since your team kicked his keister?” Kendo quirked a brow. “Better I guess. It’s been… weird.”

“How so?” Koda asked timidly.

“Well, even when we’re just all hanging in the dorms, he’s not deliberately started up mean comments about your class. It’s admittedly been close, like, there was a couple times where it was clear he wanted to say something but shut himself down. Call me an optimist but I think that punch from Uraraka knocked some common sense into him,” Kendo admitted.

“I’m… going to choose not to say anything incriminating about that,” Izuku held his hands up.

“Probably smart,” Kendo relented. “Forgot Uraraka’s your girlfriend for a second there and that’s a whole other thing,” she chuckled. “But I heard about you giving a few tips to a couple of my classmates at lunch.”

“Oh, yeah,” Izuku smiled enthusiastically. “I um… helped them figure out some new paths to try with their quirks. Some might work, others less so, but at least they’ll know for sure.”

“Have you got everyone down in that notebook of yours we all saw you scribbling away in during training?” Kendo chuckled.

Izuku wasn’t sure if that was meant to be a rhetorical joke or not and awkwardly flexed his hands. That was as good of an admission for Kendo and she raised her eyebrows in a touch of surprise.

“You work fast,” she admitted.

“Midoriya helps everyone with his notes.” Koda defended just in case Kendo got the wrong idea. “He helped me come up with that new technique.”

“The bird one?” Kendo’s eyebrows raised. “Impressive, if a little scary,” she shivered, turning back to the greenette. “Koda showed me that before training and it freaked me out how overwhelming it could be.”

“That’s kinda the point,” Izuku admitted. “If you can’t see, hear, or move because your senses are all overwhelmed, you become much easier to control, corral, or subdue.”

“Remind me never to get on your bad side,” Kendo chuckled.

“I just wish I didn’t have to put all my feathered friends in harm’s way for it.” Koda poked his fingers together.

“You’ve got a heart of gold Koda.” Kendo smiled warmly at the boy, patting him reassuringly on the shoulder. “I almost feel bad for teaching you all those moves.”

“I will try to use them only in service of others,” Koda bowed politely to his friend and training partner.

“That’s great to hear.” Izuku smiled at the boy. “I know you’ve improved a lot considering your shortcomings a few weeks ago.”

“Thanks Midoriya,” Koda blushed from the praise. “I wanna be a more well-rounded hero,” he admitted shyly, “I don’t want to hurt people but sometimes the only way to stop more people getting hurt is to stop the ones doing the hurting.”

“See? Heart of gold,” Kendo nudged him again. “Though hopefully with fists of steel.”

“I’m not Tetsutetsu,” Koda chuckled, reminded of his few spars with the boy when Kendo had brought him along to help train.

“Still, it’s good to hear you’ve done well with Kendo’s help,” Izuku smiled. “I’m just sorry I couldn’t help more.”

“Eh, I was better suited, don’t worry about it.” Kendo shook her head. “Though if you have some tips for me in that notebook, I wouldn’t be averse to seeing them at some point.”

“Sure! Uh… I mean…” Izuku blushed at his overeager response.

“Don’t worry about it man,” Kendo chuckled. “You like quirks like Koda loves animals.”

“They’re cute, fluffy, interesting, and kind… mostly.” Koda admitted.

“Mostly?” Both Kendo and Izuku asked together.

“Yuwai-chan kind of has a vindictive steak,” he sweatdropped. “I’ll never forget his after dinner lettuce again.”

The other two laughed as Koda revealed the adorable revenge of Yuwai-chan chewing holes in the bottom of only his left socks before returning to their shopping.


Walking down one of the many upper walkways of the mall, Bakugo and Kirishima wandered the shops together after splitting up from their other friends at lunch. The redhead had discretely asked for some privacy so the two could do some more date-like activities, but right now, things weren’t going all that well.

“Then how about we go try out that new rock-climbing place!” Kirishima excitedly suggested yet another activity.

“Pass.” Bakugo sighed in a bored tone. “We just ate, not to mention we’d get all sweaty which would be a real bad thing for me unless some villains show up; use your head man.”

“Hey, I’m trying.” Kirishima sighed, having had another activity dismissed by his boyfriend. “That’s like five different things you’ve said ‘no’ to and I’m running out of ideas.”

“Then pick something better,” Bakugo rolled his eyes.

“And get shot down again? Nah bro, you pick.” Kirishima shook his head while glancing around to make sure no one they knew was around before reaching for his boyfriend’s hand. “I’m open to anything.”

When Bakugo realised what his boyfriend was trying to do, he jerked his hand out of Kirishima’s grasp and looked around nervously.

“Dude!” Bakugo raised his eyebrows to make sure Kirishima got the very strong hint.

“Hey, come on man. Are you embarrassed by me or something?” Kirishima asked, a feeling a little rejected by his boyfriend’s constant brush offs.

“Hell no,” Bakugo scoffed, sliding his hands back into his pockets. “I just don’t wanna do any of that shit in public.”

“Dude, come on, we are kinda on a date.” Kirishima reasoned. “People are gonna find out eventually but let’s enjoy this while we can, you know?”

Bakugo’s jaw tightened, he still wasn’t comfortable with all this yet. It was bad enough so many people in the class already knew. Thankfully, most were idiots they both trusted and he had the ultimate blackmail on Izuku so it was clear he wouldn’t blab.

Before either one of them could make another point however, a third voice decided to chime in.

“Do my ears deceive me? Is that a lover’s quarrel I’m overhearing?” A teasing lilt reached the pair’s ears. Turning to face the source, the two boys were met with the grinning face of Midnight who looked very much like the cat that caught the canary.

“Uh, h-hey Miss Midnight,” Kirishima greeted nervously. “W-What are you talking about?”

“Nothing much,” Midnight replied coolly as she studied that pair’s nervous faces. “Just the blossoming of young love.”

“You take that back,” Bakugo growled dangerously.

“My, so defensive,” their teacher chuckled, completely unafraid. “Don’t worry, I won’t tell a soul darlings.”

While Kirishima’s relief showed on his face, all but admitting to the relationship at this point, Bakugo refused to back down.

“You won’t say shit because you didn’t see shit, got it?”

“Dude, she’s a teacher!” Kirishima stressed.

“Unfortunately for me, I’m off duty today,” Midnight sighed an exaggerated sigh. “I’ll just have to slap you with detention another day for your naughty words. Must you always be so prickly Bakugo?” She asked rhetorically.

“What’s it to you?” Bakugo scoffed.

“Nothing personal obviously,” Midnight shrugged. “I just thought to offer some helpful advice where it may be needed, especially in matters I have more… experience in.” The pair of boys glanced at each other nervously as Midnight giggled to herself. “I couldn’t help but overhear your little argument and wonder if you’re rejecting all of your strapping ‘not-boyfriend’s suggestion because you’re afraid to be seen together.”

“No duh,” Bakugo scoffed, giving up the pretence at this point if Midnight was going to play along as unconvincingly as she had so far.

“The question I have is why?” Midnight smirked. “I thought you were the big, brave next number one.”

“You’re damn right I am,” Bakugo confirmed.

“And you’re scared of some random ‘extras’, what? Judging you for your relationship?”

“I don’t give a crap about what they think.” The explosive blond countered, though both Midnight and Kirishima could tell she was closer to the mark than he was admitting.

“There’s nothing wrong with admitting you’re scared Bakugo,” Midnight said in a more serious tone. “But don’t let that fear control you and dictate your life is all, otherwise, they win.”

Bakugo’s eyes widened and his teeth grit at that thought as he gripped his hands into fists in his pockets.

“Those fuckers will have no choice but to cheer for me when I have to save their asses and I’m gonna enjoy watching them choke on any shitty words they spout.”

“Uh-huh.” Midnight shook her head fondly at the boy with a smile, content she’d helped open his eyes to a new line of thinking. Next, she rounded on Kirishima.

“As for you, Mr Steadfast, this one is clearly uncomfortable with the pace you are setting right now. I understand your eagerness, but don’t forget relationships are a give and take. There’s plenty of time for you two to enjoy the steps you’re clearly eager to take together in the future, so just enjoy what you can for now and be a little patient, yes?”

“Yeah, that makes sense.” Kirishima chuckled with a touch of embarrassment. “I’m just… it’s awesome that we’re… you know,” he smiled shyly and jerked his head towards his boyfriend.

“New relationship steps are exciting, yes, but just be more sensitive to your partner’s feelings. Even if you think you know them inside and out, they may surprise you with something you don’t expect and then everyone ends up unhappy.”

“Sorry Bakugo,” Kirishima rubbed the back of his head as he turned to his boyfriend. “I didn’t figure you’d be this uncomfortable. We can just hang out and stuff if you want. I’m just glad we get to do stuff outside school together and I guess I was jumping the gun.”

The blond opened his mouth to give a sarcastic comment or retort but he was admittedly taken aback by how relieved he felt hearing Kirishima apologize like that.

“Take care and treasure this while you can boys. In our line of work, you never know when one of you might not make it home again,” Midnight offered some parting advice, intending to go on her way now that her job was done,

“The hell do you know?!” Bakugo scoffed.

“Dude.” Kirishima sent him a look but the blonde pressed on.

“She doesn’t know shit and she got it all wrong.” The blond protested, addressing his teacher once again. “You’re looking at the next number one who always wins no matter what and this idiot’s an unbreakable shield that’ll never falter. Nothing will be able to beat either of us, and together, no villain or disaster stands a chance!”

As Kirishima looked nervously back at their art history teacher, he was surprised to see a wry smile on her face instead of something more annoyed at the dismissal of her advice.

“Bold words from a bold boy.” Midnight chuckled and winked at the pair. “While I hope you’re able to live up to your words, please take my own as advice should you ever need it. Not that you clearly do.”

Bakugo flushed red, hoping he could pass it off as anger instead of embarrassment at having his feelings so quickly exposed and decided right then to prove her wrong.

“Come on idiot, we’re leaving.” Bakugo reached out and took Kirishima’s hand in his own.

The redhead wasn’t about to look a gift horse in the mouth but still had to question if they were just going to end up right back where they started in a few minutes.

“Where are we going then?” he questioned as he caught up to Bakugo’s pace.

“I got my allowance the other day for the trip and shit. We’re gonna go blow it at the arcade.”

“Really?! Aw yeah!” Kirishima grinned brightly. “I can show you my moves on the punching bag.”

“Then you better make sure you get a high score and win us tons of tickets or some shit because you’re winning me something by the end of it.” Bakugo demanded.

“Only if you win me something too.” Kirishima challenged.

The spikey haired boy could tell he’d ignited his boyfriend’s competitive spirit judging by the grin on his face. The two hurried along towards the arcade for an afternoon of friendly rivalry that was more affectionate than anything to two shared with anyone else.

As she watched them leave, Midnight spoke to the Ectoplasm clone that was following the pair.

“And that’s another win for me,” she giggled.

“I swear I should just copy you whenever you place a bet on a relationship.” Ectoplasm sighed, not looking forward to owing Midnight a week’s worth of paperwork duty as he hurried after the lads he needed to watch over.

The dressed down teacher merely chuckled before returning to her own shopping whilst keeping an eye on all the cute little students around her, taking full advantage of the suspension with pay she was currently getting. It was good to be on Nezu’s good side.


The time drew near for everyone to leave and in dribs and drabs, all members of both classes soon made their way back to doors to the parking lot where they were expected to gather. Iida was of course there promptly, followed by Shishida of class B not long after as they got into a friendly discussion about glasses.

Eri, Aizawa and Ectoplasm turned up next, the little girl being carried by the weary teacher as she was fast asleep from all the exercising she’d done today. At least he’d been able to meet up with Midnight, purely by coincidence of course, and get the girl some new clothes to wear that she picked out herself.

The girls and Izuku turned up before the majority of the classes returned and casually chatted while admiring each other’s purchases that they could see. Izuku looked like he was actually using a portion of his super strength to carry all the bags he was weighed down with but denied any help to assist with his burden.

Kaminari and Sero arrived at a run and were out of breath as they skidded into the group, followed by their Ectoplasm who wasn’t doing the greatest himself.

“Sorry,” Kaminari apologised to everyone who was looking at them, including Aizawa. “Had to… finish… our set.”

“Bowling,” Ectoplasm offered before the clone dissolved into mist.

Aizawa made a point of checking his watch and glaring wide eyed at the pair but ultimately said nothing.

“All right, you’re all back in time. Let’s make sure we all get back on the busses with minimal fuss. I understand you’re all tired after today so the sooner we get all the checks done, the sooner you can collapse in your beds.” Aizawa called out as though he wasn’t intending to do the same as soon as he got back to his room.

“Yes! Told you we’d make it.” Kaminari sighed in relief.

“Barely,” Sero showed his friend his phone which read six thirty on the dot.

“It counts!” Kaminari chuckled weakly as everyone began moving towards the parking lot.

“Be more responsible with your time you two!” Iida chided. “Need I remind you we will be acting as professional heroes in a mere two day’s time?”

“What do you think we came shopping for?” Sero rolled his eyes and held up his own bag of supplies. “We’re not on the clock yet so don’t blow a gasket class pres’.”

“Just let it go Iida,” Izuku called to his friend from behind his boxes of stuff. “This was a chance to blow off steam too.”

“I guess you’re right,” Iida relented. “But do not believe for a moment behaviour like this will be acceptable when we get to Nabu.”

“Nabu?” Shishida queried. “Is that where you’re going? We’re off to ‘Okuto Island’.”

“Woah, really?” Izuku’s mouth dropped open. “That’s so cool! You’ll get to see the Okuto Aquarium!”

“Indeed,” Shishida smiled, pleased someone else seemed as interested as he was. “I take it you know that it’s one of Gang Orca’s pride and joys and that it’ll fall within our jurisdiction to guard during out trip.”

“Lucky, ribbit.” Tsuyu croaked, a little jealous herself.

“Mr Aiz- Eraser head?” Kaminari called out. “Is there any cool landmarks we’ll get to see on Nabu?”

“If you don’t know already then do you think I should keep you back so you can learn how to prepare properly?” Aizawa threatened with a glance over his shoulder, shutting up the blond promptly.

“No sir,” he mumbled.

“Good, and before you ask, the trips were assigned randomly so it’s just luck of the draw that class B’s has a notable attraction on the island.”

“That just means ours will have way less tourists,” Mina giggled to Tooru, secretly hoping it would also mean less chances of disturbances so they could enjoy some sun.

“Don’t even think that means you should take things any less seriously.” Aizawa sent his glare in Mina’s direction now. “One bad day for one person with the wrong quirk could cause plenty of trouble for a great many people, and that’s not counting those that seek to stir up trouble in the first place. While you’re on the clock, you should be on the ball, understood?”

“Yes sir,” Mina agreed, fully intending to take her time there seriously but also not going to forgo enjoyment where permitted.

Reaching the busses once more, the students split into their respective classes as Snipe, Present Mic and Hound Dog were waiting for them to do some safeguarding checks before they returned to campus. It seemed a little excessive to some but it wasn’t too long before engines were engaged and the students on their way back to the school.

Aizawa sat back in his seat nervously as the world outside passed by, Eri still snoozing peacefully in his arms.

“You all good man?” Present Mic asked his friend who was still notably on edge.

“I won’t be until we’re back behind UA’s walls.” Aizawa muttered.

The blond gave his oldest friend a sympathetic sigh but didn’t begrudge him his paranoia. Today had gone well, almost like clockwork. No plan survives first contact with the enemy but today had gone off without a hitch. While many would take this as a good sign of a job done right, those in the know thought better of it; things this peaceful didn’t stay that way for long.

As the busses pulled onto the road that lead through the UA barrier, Aizawa felt himself un-tense in a way that instantly made him ache as though he’d been clenching his entire body all day. They were all back at campus safe and sound and everything had gone according to plan. All that was left was the final double check of everyone before they could let the students retire for the evening.

Hound Dog checked everyone out once again just to be sure as well as confirm his own security question and answer with Power Loader who’d come out to meet them but there was nothing out of the ordinary. Everything seemed to be fine and Aizawa actually cracked a smile as he heard several of the student’s tired but happy chatter as they wandered off back to their dorms or to the canteen for a late dinner in joyful moods while he, a now awake Eri, and the rest of the staff waved them off.

“Well, I’d say that was a pretty jamming way to end a Saturday!” Present Mic’s arm landed on Aizawa’s shoulder as the annoying blond lent on his best friend. “You about ready to drop into a coma?”

“Yes.” Aizawa replied curtly, turning and shrugging of Mic’s arm at the same time as he began walking back to the teacher’s dorms with Eri in tow alongside her oversized bags of goodies in his other hand.

“I hear that,” Present Mic stretched himself out and followed along. “Couldn’t have imagined a better day out with the rising stars if I tried.”

Aizawa agreed with the loud blond but said nothing. Today’s event was already over and ended successfully but why was he still somewhat nervous. Despite being back inside UA’s impenetrable barrier, he still felt on edge about… something. There was nothing they’d missed, and everyone had been double checked with Hound Dog on the way back with the man himself passing a test to ensure he wasn’t a fake like Himiko Toga in disguise… so why did Aizawa feel like something big was coming.

Unfortunately, ominous feelings would have to be put aside for now as Eri stumbled in her steps, the little girl having walked a fair distance more than she ever had today and he quickly scooped her up into his chest again.

“T’ank you.” Eri mumbled wearily, her breathing slowing down once more as slumber tried to reclaim her.

“No problem.” Aizawa rolled his eyes as the girl drifted off, set to be put straight to bed.

Much like the girl, he would also seek out the comfort of sleep once they were home. Maybe he’d be able to work out what had him on edge after a good rest.


“Dorm sweet dorm!” Kaminari groaned as he all but collapsed into one of the common room sofas, his shopping dropped by its side.

“That was admittedly more exhausting than I thought it would be,” Tokoyami admitted. “If you all don’t mind, I shall adjourn to the safety of my abode for the evening.”

Several people gave the bird-headed boy a casual parting word or wave though many joined him. The group gathered subtly together in the entry hall under the guise of saying their own good nights to each other.

“We got stuff we need to chat about but that can wait till tomorrow.” Mina sighed heavily as she leant on Tooru for support. “We gotta unpack all this then repack it for tomorrow night so I need as much beauty rest as I can get.”

“Same,” Ochako agreed.

“What about dinner?” Momo enquired.

“We’ll snack or something. Sleep more important now,” Tooru waved her off.

“Very well, shall we meet up before lunch then?” The heiress tried to arrange.

“As long as it’s not before twelve.” Mina dismissed herself with a yawn. “Night all.”

Though Momo wanted to protest, Tsuyu cut her off.

“We can arrange stuff on our phones, ribbit,” the frog girl comforted the anxious heiress. “Just leave her a text and I’m sure she’ll get it.”

“If not, we can just break down her door,” Kyoka chuckled. “Let’s start with getting all this put away before we think about anything else.”

“Good idea,” Izuku agreed, looking over what was clearly multiple trips worth of purchases.

The group, along with the class, was thankful the dorms had two elevators for stuff like this as they were fairly active for the next half hour.

Kyoka, who hadn’t bought a whole lot, helped Momo with her own things and the pair ended up in the heiress’ room by the time they were done. Admittedly, this was a little by design by Kyoka who was eager to both sleep and get some affection in from Momo that she’d had to hold back on all day.

“Hey,” the earphone jacked girl called over to her girlfriend as she settled on the bed. “Feel like relaxing with a nice cuddle?”

“That sounds delightful.” Momo allowed an honest smile to form on her face, her public mask falling away now she was back home. “Just let me organise some things to make packing smoother for the morning and I’ll be with you.”

“Don’t keep me waiting too long,” Kyoka chuckled, slipping under the covers while divesting herself of her top. “I’d hate to have to keep myself warm all alone tonight.”

Momo admittedly watched Kyoka’s top sail off the end of her bed with eager eyes as she hurried herself along to finish what she needed to. Before everything was done though, something else caught her attention.

“Hmm?” the heiress heard her phone go off. She thought Tsuyu mentioned texting rather than calling.

Considering it was now past eight and all her friends were in the dorm, she wasn’t expecting any calls from any of her business arrangements.

Pulling out her phone, Momo’s breath caught as she spotted her father’s caller ID flashing.

“Gorgeous?” Kyoka called out curiously.

“Shhh!” Momo hushed her girlfriend a little harshly. Kyoka froze and her face shifted into one of worry and concern. Still, she obeyed her girlfriend for the time being, knowing this was well out of character for her even considering recent events.

With as steady of a breath as she could take. Momo tapped the ‘answer’ button and held the phone to her ear.

“Hello father,” she greeted as normally as she was able.

“Explain yourself. Now.” A cold voice greeted her, sending Momo back to memories she’d rather forget of the few times she’d displeased her parents before.

Kyoka didn’t need to be any closer to her girlfriend to hear her father’s cold voice come across the other end, even without speaker phone engaged. If she wasn’t quietened already, she daren’t make a sound now.

“Did you really think you were being discrete? That you wouldn’t get found out?!” Her father’s rage was clearly and quickly building. “I thought I was clear when I told you there was to be no dating while you attend school. Imagine my surprise when I come back home tonight to find video evidence of your disobedience.”

Momo’s heart stilled.

“That’s… that’s impossible father,” she rejected.

“Do not lie to me,” Her father replied sternly in a way that made Momo’s blood run cold. Had they truly slipped up? “You seem to be ignorantly unaware your dalliances might be seen and outed by a member of the public and posted for all to see. A video of you was captured today at the Kiyashi Mall and posted online along with your name. Not only were you locatable and targetable by potential kidnappers but our business acquaintances might’ve seen such a thing.”

Momo knew what wasn’t being said by her father; it wasn’t about her safety or wellbeing, she was guarded by teachers from one of the best hero schools in the country after all. No, it was about her value as a bargaining chip for a business merger marriage. Her father had long since stressed to her the importance of never dating let alone thinking about anything further. She was supposed to remain pure, untouched, untainted by another’s hand until she could be sold off to the highest bidder.

The only difference between now and a marriage from hundreds of years ago was that her gender no longer made a difference over who was running the company after the wedding; whoever’s business dealings was worth more got the controlling stake.

This, she was taught growing up, was normal and expected. Only now that she’d had a taste of freedom and a life outside her parents’ narrow and filtered view of the world did she realise how wrong this was.

That thought alone nearly made her retch but she held her body’s urges in check lest her father get any angrier.

 “I have had the offending video scrubbed from the net along with all devices bugged to factory reset with no chance of data retrieval. You can thank your lucky stars it wasn’t someone more influential spreading your consortment around the internet.”

“Father, please!” Momo begged. “I don’t know what you saw but I swear to you that I am as unattached as the day I arrived at UA,” she lied through her teeth.

“So you’re saying I’m not currently looking at a video of my only daughter affectionately holding a green-haired boy’s hand.”

Both Momo and Kyoka’s eyes widened as they knew the exact moment that had been recorded from somewhere.

“Your silence speaks volumes,” Momo’s father’s voice seeped through the receiver.

“Father, that’s Izuku Midoriya!” Momo quickly tried to run damage control. “He’s been struggling with his quirk ever since coming to UA. He’s only recently gained control of it thanks to my assistance by giving him some control pointers!”

“Do not take me for a fool young lady.”

“It’s the truth!” Momo lied again. “He was thanking me for being a good friend and, like you told me, I tried to build a rapport with my fellow students; especially the ones who might… make something of themselves one day.”

The silence on the other end of the line was almost deafening to Momo she strained so hard to hear for any hint her half-truth was working.

“Continue,” Her father said simply.

This was it! He was buying it. All she needed to do now was convince her father that Izuku was a worthy investment and a hero to keep an eye on for the future. Momo chewed her lip for a moment, hoping Izuku or the others wouldn’t think less of her for divulging a small amount of information she could claim she’d observed since starting UA with him.

“His quirk is strong, really strong,” Momo began. “I’m sure yourself and mother observed the sports festival and saw him reach the third round. While he didn’t place in the medal’s, it has already been noted, not just by myself, that All Might and he have been spending an unusual amount of time together since.”

“All Might you say?” Momo’s dad replied, his voice clearly carrying his intrigue.

“I cannot confirm but I believe All Might saw something in the boy akin to a successor providing he got the backlash on his quirk under control. I’ve been working with him, strictly in our group training sessions, to guide his control issues to a less harmful result. As you can imagine, going from breaking one’s bones after every use of your quirk to beginning to harness a power even All Might finds noteworthy would leave one feeling tremendous gratitude to the one who was able to assist.”

“Naturally.” Momo could hear the smirk in her father’s voice now.

“I fear he may have mistook my offer of assistance and kindness for potential romantic interest, I understand how that might look to an outside observer. What you are likely seeing is the result of this after an unfortunate impromptu ‘thank you’ during our class excursion for supplies today. I assure you I merely accepted his thanks and we carried on with the rest of our days separately.”

The phone was silent once more as Momo knew her dad was pondering her lie, trying to find kernels of deception that didn’t line up with what he was seeing. She was grateful that she and Izuku had indeed barely seen each other the rest of the day as her story would hold up under scrutiny should her father go digging further.

“I see.” Her father replied simply. “Then, if you are indeed telling me the truth, you are doing well to make yourself known to someone of such… potential.”

Momo resisted the urge to breathe a sigh of relief.

“However,” Her father’s sharp voice returned. “You should’ve done this at school, in private, where there were no people or cameras to capture or misconstrue something like this.”

“But father, he-”

“No excuses young lady,” Momo’s father cut her off. “You should’ve known better than this.”

“Y-Yes father.” The heiress relented, glad the worst of the damage seemed to have been deflected.

“Good.” He replied curtly. “As punishment to remind you not to make such a foolish mistake again, I have already withdrawn what remains from your pocket money account. Perhaps living the remainder of the month on only what you have will teach you not to disobey me again.”

“Y-Yes father,” Momo accepted without quarrel. Though she had an entire account concealed from her father, she still needed to act every part of the chastised, obedient girl she was expected to be. “I’m sorry for talking back as well. I only wanted to clarify and explain.”

“That’s a good girl.” Momo's father smiled, his more jovial nature beginning to return. “I presume you had fun shopping today at the very least, unfortunate business aside?”

“Yes father, I should be set for my trip, though I hope you understand if I’m unable to purchase you or mother a souvenir.”

“You learning your lesson is what’s most important to me dear.” Momo’s father replied with a sigh. “You know I don’t like getting upset at you like this so please try to be more careful in the future.”

“I shan’t forget father,” Momo replied almost robotically now.

“Good girl. Well, I suppose I shall leave you to your evening now. Get some rest and prepare well for tomorrow.”

“I will father. Give my love to mother will you?”

“Delighted to dear. Enjoy what’s left of your evening. Goodnight.”

Momo barely moved before she registered the phone click from other end, indicating her father had hung up. Only once she checked for certain the call had been ended did Momo’s façade crumble into the misery she’d suppressed until now.

“I’m a horrible person!” Momo cried as she collapsed to her knees now that her father’s overwhelming presence was no longer keeping her together.

Kyoka didn’t miss a beat and tossed the covers off to hurry to her girlfriend’s side, gathering her tightly in a comforting hug. Despite how horrified she was at every exchange from Momo’s father during that conversation and the way he made her girlfriend feel with just a few words, there was no doubt in her mind that Momo needed her to be the rock right now while she crumbled from the pressure that was invisible to the rest of them for most of the time.

While they’d been cautious in ensuring that they never gave Momo’s parents a hint that their daughter had been engaged in a wide variety of lewd things they would certainly disapprove of, this was a cold, hard reminder that it was absolutely the right call to make no matter how disheartening Kyoka found it to not acknowledge themselves publicly.

The fear Momo had for retribution was real, and it was uncomfortably valid.


A short distance away by one of the many trains in Japan, Momo’s father replaced his phone on the expensive desk he was sat at in the main Yaoyorozu estate. He eyed the only copy remaining of the video taken of his daughter and her supposed ‘just a friend’ earlier that day on the computer screen.

“Izuku Midoriya,” his eyes narrowed dangerously as they roamed over all the available information he’d been able to gather through a routine sweep of public information. Name, birthday, quirk, relatives; all that and more lay before him. “What secrets are you hiding?”

Notes:

Chapter summary:

- Returning to the dorms, the poly discuss Midnight and Mt. Lady's scuffle. Before they can check on Tooru, Momo receives word that their trip to the mall was approved and informs the rest of the class. Heading to tell Tooru the good news, the girl is curled up in bed waiting for her horrible week to end. When Mina requests dinner for them both so she can stay by Tooru's side, Tooru instead asks Mina to leave for a while so she can talk to Momo alone. Once the others are gone, Tooru relays her new panic attacks much to Momo's guilt. The two then have an honest discussion about what happened between them and where they currently stand. While hesitant, Momo accepts that Tooru is genuine in her forgiveness and trying to move past things though she resolves to continue atoning however Tooru desires. When Mina returns with food, Momo heads down to get her own only to be surprised that they've made her a plate too and were waiting for her.

- Aizawa prepares himself for a long day at the mall. Eri is coming with so that he can keep an eye on her quirk and the little girl is interested in spending time with Deku to get some crêpes.

- The class chatters excitedly about the trip as Aizawa and Eri arrive with the teacher relaying the plan to the students. Despite Iida's attempts to order everyone, Eri quickly and cutely derails his plan but he isn't too mad as everything gets underway.

- While the teachers are coordinating with the mall staff, the classes have a chance to chat and mingle. Before they can be let loose on the stores, Midnight appears in her civilian outfit, having been suspended for her actions the day before though not upset over the outcome. Once the students head out, Midnight teases Aizawa a little but promises to make it up to her friend as well as keeping an eye on the students as she intended.

- When Mina and Tooru go swimsuit shopping, they're approached by Tokage who brazenly flirts with them both. Suspecting something, Mina calls her on it to which Tokage admits she had tried to feel out if Mina and Tooru were open to also dating her. To their surprise, Tokage requests that the three of them go on a date but, unfortunately for her after a quick discussion by those she's propositioned, she's politely turned down. While Mina and Tooru feel a little bad, they also know they enjoy their current 7 partner poly dynamic.

- While walking around, Eri requests crêpes so she and Izuku split off from Tsuyu and Ochako but not before an awkward question arises. Leaving their boyfriend to his fate, Ochako and Tsuyu head into the mochi shop. Kyoka and Momo arrive to chat and Kyoka steals Tsuyu away so Momo can talk to Ochako privately. Momo tries to subtly enquire about their former Mistress/Pet relationship but Ochako remains firm with her decision, saying that Momo needs more time to regain her trust. The heiress feels hurt when Ochako pays for her own mochi despite promising to pay for them all but Ochako takes her aside and makes their position as equal girlfriends clear. The two reconcile over mochi much to Momo's relief.

- During lunch, some of class B attempt to pick Izuku's brain for quirk ideas. While the classes mingle, Shoji takes Tsunotori aside to talk privately. He explained that he felt hurt and discriminated against by Tsunotori's comment during the joint training and asked for an apology. While Pony is initially confused, she realises what happened and sympathises with Shoji before she apologizes. The two share a hug that leaves both feeling better afterwards.

- When the poly is momentarily reunited, Momo borrows Izuku for a private chat. The two talk about what happened between them and figure out a way to move their relationship forward, either as simply friends or something more if they feel inclined. Unfortunately, while the pair enjoy the moment, they're observed by a civilian who recognizes Momo, posting a video to his social media along with her name which sets of an automated alert to the head Yaoyorozu.

- After lunch Izuku heads to the fitness store, encountering Koda and Kendo chatting about training and joins in for a spell.

- While Kirishima and Bakugo have trouble deciding what to do, Midnight overhears and offers some advice to the pair about relationships. While Bakugo's bravado prevents him from acknowledging it, both boys clearly take her advice to heart.

- The class eventually rejoins to depart the mall with Sero and Kaminari skidding in at the last second. Aizawa imparts some last minute advice to everyone in earshot as class A learn that class B is heading to Okuto Island.

- Back at the dorms, everyone collapses as Momo and Kyoka head up to the heiress' room. Their respite is broken when Momo receives a distressing call from her father. The heiress convinces her father Izuku was just a friend and a valuable asset to their business which she feels horrible for.

Chapter 32: The Calm

Summary:

Class 1-A leaves the safety of UA to head to the idyllic island of Nabu where they get to be real heroes... and experience all that comes with it.

Notes:

Thank you everyone for your patience as my writing of Nabu finally nears its end. I hope you enjoy this double length chapter today and the finale tomorrow.

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

Needless to say, Kyoka immediately called the others to Momo’s room via their group text and everyone arrived to a despondent Momo having been moved from the floor to her bed.

“What’s going on?” Tsuyu asked with concern.

“Annoying shit,” Kyoka sighed, moving to join them all standing at the end of the bed while Momo calmed herself down. “Looks like someone snagged a video of Momo and Midoriya today at the mall.”

“What’s wrong with that?” Ochako raised a brow with Izuku a tad confused himself.

“Remember when you two went off together?” Kyoka turned to the boy. “Remember holding hands at any point?”

Izuku’s brain helpfully provided the pleasant memory of the moment he and Momo had made peace and resolved to move forward together.

“Wait, you held hands?” Mina covered her mouth. “How salacious, and in public no less.”

“Not the time Mina,” Kyoka snapped. “Apparently Momo’s father thought the same thing you just did so guess who she just got off the phone with?”

“Oh no,” Tooru gasped, several stomachs dropping as realisation crept in.

“Yup,” Kyoka shook her head. “It was everything Momo could do to keep him from doing to you what he did to that support girl.”

“I’m- I-I’m so sorry,” a small voice called over from Momo’s bed.

A confused look took over Izuku’s face while Ochako held his hand. The others looked over at their upset girlfriend who was clearly struggling right now.

“What is she sorry about?” Izuku asked out of concern for the girl, directing it towards Kyoka rather than Momo.

“It’s… probably better if I just fill you all in on everything I can remember,” Kyoka sighed.

Thanks to her quirk, Kyoka hadn’t missed a word from either side of the conversation and fairly accurately filled everyone in. They all listened carefully but grew concerned for Izuku’s reaction when Kyoka divulged exactly what Momo had done to prevent her father from inflicting his wrath on him.

“Izuku… I… I’m sorry.” Momo called out again, having crawled forward to the end of the bed by the time Kyoka had finished recounting. “A-After everything… I feel like I’ve betrayed your trust… a-again.”

The others more obviously shot Izuku concerned looks now, anxiously awaiting his reaction. He took a deep breath and closed his eyes, processing everything he’d just been told and trying to sort it out in his head.

“Okay, that’s… not great admittedly,” Izuku stated with a sigh. “I’ll need to talk to All Might about everything tomorrow. I don’t know how much of our secret can be traced back to me but he’s probably better able to deal with it in that regard. Apart from that, I guess if he’s gonna look into me like he did Mei, I’ve not really got much he can dig up,” he chuckled weakly. “Guess that’s one good thing to come from not having many friends growing up.”

The girls felt a pang of sympathy for the boy but also a mote of reassurance.

“Is your mom gonna be okay, ribbit?” Tsuyu asked carefully.

“I think so. We always had money and she’s worked here and there for both wages and charity,” Izuku admitted, “nothing he could use against us.”

“So she’s not like, some super-secret vigilante or ex-villainess or something is she?” Mina winked.

It took a moment for that question to register properly in Izuku’s mind before an amused smile graced his lips.

“If she was you’d think she’d train me or something growing up,” Izuku chuckled at the joke. “No. She probably doesn’t have much of anything to exploit either. The only thing I can really think of is the child support payments from my father.”

“W-What about your… father,” Momo enquired nervously. She wasn’t sure if Izuku had told the others about his past but she at least knew about it and wondered if that would be a weakness her father would abuse.

Izuku chuckled mirthlessly this time.

“If he can find him then by all means,” he shrugged.

Tsuyu sensed something deeper there and wanted to make sure Izuku wasn’t just brushing this off.

“You haven’t said much about your dad Izuku, is there-”

“I’d… rather not talk about it if that’s okay,” the greenette shook his head.

The girls that weren’t in the know shared a look; this would definitely be picked up again at another point.

“Besides,” Izuku tried to divert the attention back to the one in actual distress, “this is about Momo and how she’s feeling.”

“H-Horrible,” the heiress hiccupped. “I feel like I threw you under the bus to save my own skin when I absolutely did not intend to do so. I just… wanted him to back off and leave you and I alone.”

“For what it’s worth, I don’t blame you,” Izuku sighed, moving forward to stand by the end board of the bed. “I know he’s someone you deeply want to be free from and I’ve seen first-hand his… cruelty towards someone that offends him. If anything, I’m glad you were able to hold him off for my mom’s sake, so thank you.”

Momo looked up hopefully at the boy’s face, still seeing the same kind eyes as before with resolve that hadn’t wavered in the slightest from this new development.

“From what you’ve told him, it doesn’t sound that far-fetched and probably fairly close to the cover story All Might and I came up with so I don’t know if we really need to do much of anything there. All Might was able to cling on to the embers of One-For-All for a while after he passed it on to me so hopefully your dad won’t come to the same conclusion Tsuyu did.”

“I had everyone else’s help on top of knowing you for a number of months, ribbit,” Tsuyu admitted. “Even if he has the resources to dig into your past, there shouldn’t be anything incriminating there before UA between you two from what you’ve told us.”

“Yeah,” Izuku sighed with relief, glad he and All Might had trained at the beach where there were no security cameras around or anything. “Considering I showed off my power during the entrance exam and the first training session we had, that’s more than enough for him to ‘know’ about my quirk and take an interest there so, all things considered, I think we’re relatively safe.”

The group breathed a collective sigh of relief with the boy; if he thought there was little cause for concern then they should be fine.

“I guess this just means we need to be even more cautious with how we appear with you at all times,” Ochako stated, looking at Momo.

“Any phone with a camera could be problematic.” Tooru groaned. “Well, except for me I guess.”

“I apologize again,” Momo bowed her head lightly. “This is something I’ve had to contend with my entire life and now it is intruding on our relationship. I know um… Kyoka has been very patient with everything.”

“Then… I guess today is more my fault then,” Izuku rubbed the back of his head nervously. “I’m… sorry for taking your hand like that since it caused all this trouble.”

“No one’s blaming you Izuku,” Kyoka sighed. “Just another shitty thing we have to deal with now.”

“But we’ll deal with it together,” Mina enthused. “Don’t forget everything we’re working on is to help Yaomomo break free from her parent’s control so we can live happily ever after in that big ass house Tsuyu wants.”

“Ribbit!” The frog girl croaked happily.

Mina’s motivational pep brought a small smile to everyone’s faces as they each redoubled their resolve to get their girlfriend out of this situation. They’d all experienced the joys of being able to be with at least one of their significant others in public by now, excluding Kyoka and Momo themselves, and hoped those two could soon indulge in the simple joy that they’d shared.

“For now, we should probably get back to packing for tomorrow,” Ochako said, stretching out a little, her arms still sore from all the bags she’d carried today.

“Hopefully there’ll be a lot less cameras at the beach,” Tooru remarked. “I can’t wait to enjoy the sun.”

“Easy girl, we’ve got hero work to think about first,” Kyoka shook her head.

“Besides, probably best starting you out in the shade,” Mina giggled. “Who knows how easily that pale skin of yours will burn?”

“Is it weird I’m kind of excited to find out?” Tooru giggled back. “I’ve never had a sunburn before.”

“Let’s hope you don’t have to, ribbit,” Tsuyu shook her head as everyone made their way to the door.

Before they could all file out however, someone spoke up.

“Um, I-Izuku?” Momo called out, the boy pausing as Kyoka held the door open for them all.

“Yes?” He turned to regard the heiress.

“There is um… still something I would like to get off my chest now, i-if you don’t mind.”

The greenette wasn’t exactly busy, only midway through putting his belongings away and packing for tomorrow so he shrugged and stepped back into the room.

“Um… alone,” Momo added.

Izuku looked confused for a moment before realizing she was talking to Kyoka who was shutting the door from the inside.

“O-Oh,” the purple haired girl realised. “Sorry, I’ll just go hang outside for a bit then.”

With the swift opening and closing of the door once again, Izuku was left alone with Momo who for all the world looked like she’d rather be anywhere else.

“So…” Izuku stepped closer.

“I um…” Momo bit her lip. “There’s still something I haven’t told you about… e-everything and um… in the interest of honesty, I w-would like to do so now.”

“Okay…” Izuku frowned lightly. “Why didn’t you just tell me back at the mall?”

“W-Well this is um… not something one discusses in public,” Momo flushed. “Rather… something only to be discussed in the bedroom.”

Izuku’s brows rose as he started getting a slightly clearer picture, though made no effort to start randomly guessing, only nodding along.

“You see, and I hope you’ll understand my hesitancy to divulge this; I um… after our intimate session through which you um… allowed me greater insight into condom use, I may have unconsciously um… memorized a certain part of your anatomy,” Momo blushed, hiding her face behind her hands.

This was not how she wanted to restart her friendship with the boy.

Izuku however, still didn’t get what Momo was dancing around and took a leaf out of Tsuyu’s book.

“I’m… not sure what you’re getting at but what exactly did you do?” Izuku asked bluntly.

“W-Well um…” Momo gulped. “Whenever I next created certain… toys, I did so with your form in mind. B-Both of the um… s-strap-on and vibrating variety.”

Realization dawned on the boy in that moment.

“Oh…” he mumbled, taken aback by the admission, his cheeks colouring.

“P-Please understand I didn’t realise I was doing so at first and it was only when Tsuyu recognised your um… shape that I realised what I had done,” Momo hurriedly admitted. “Still, I used your form without permission and I would like to both apologize and um… a-ask permission to continue using it.”

That last part snapped Izuku out of the small brain fuzz he’d slipped into.

“You um… you’d what?”

“I mean…” Momo blushed more deeply than before. “I-I know it’s um i-intimate but I um… k-know the others enjoy the experience and it is much more natural than my own um… crude designs.”

“I-I get that,” Izuku blushed deep enough to nearly match the girl. “That… is both flattering and um…e-embarrassing to know.”

“I understand,” Momo nodded, waiting hesitantly for the boy to say more.

“You… I…” He stammered to try and put his rushing thoughts into words. “I-I guess… if the um… others know about it and are er… happy to use it too t-then I guess I have no problem. I-I mean um… a-apart from you and er… Kyoka, we’ve all um… you know.”

“Yes,” Momo nodded. “I shall inform those that are unaware the next time we become… intimate, though that might be a while considering… everything.”

“R-Right,” Izuku sighed, hoping to relieve some of the heat from his cheeks. Unfortunately, his mind decided to throw some exciting ideas at him that kept his cheeks firmly in the red, like whether or not Momo had used one on herself or Kyoka. He hoped she hadn’t done the latter, if only to prevent the argument that would arise from that but he didn’t need to be a part of it.

“That is all I wanted to um… inform you on,” Momo breathed a small sigh of relief. “I believe that, at this stage, there are finally no more secrets between us and we can truly start afresh as um… I hope we still can.”

“Y-Yes um…” Izuku nodded quickly. “W-Well thank you for being honest at least. I-If you hadn’t told me I’d probably have never known but uh… t-this helps I guess.”

“Of course,” Momo agreed gratefully. “Well, I understand how this conversation could be embarrassing for the both of us so feel free to leave if you have no further clarifications.”

“Yeah I’ll just… go pack.”Izuku pointed behind him before quickly turning and exiting the room a little more hurriedly than he usually would.

After shutting it behind him he breathed a deep sigh, finally out of that mortifying situation only to turn and spot Kyoka bobbing her head to whatever music she was playing on her phone right now.

“All done?” She asked nonchalantly, pulling her jack out of her phone’s port.

“Y-Yep!” Izuku said a little bit too loudly, his cheeks aflame once again as his thoughts turned to a more risqué kind. “A-All yours!”

Without further risk of embarrassment, he strolled away quickly down the hall, opting to take the stairs to help settle his raging hormones. As much as he tried not to, his mind was filling with thoughts and images of how Momo and any combination of the others had used particular toy versions of himself to enjoy certain acts. He was grateful he’d opted to sleep alone tonight for a good night’s rest as he needed to take care of something that he definitely didn’t think he’d be able to do for the next week at least.

Kyoka watched the boy practically dash away from her and raised a curious brow. Stepping back inside Momo’s room, she found the heiress with her head sandwiched by her hands, face aflame and muttering to herself.

“Stupid, stupid, stupid!”

“Hey, hey,” Kyoka tried to calm the girl down for the second time that night. “What’s going on? What did you two talk about in here?”

As much as Momo didn’t want to answer her girlfriend’s question, she forced herself to for the sake of honesty. Needless to say, Kyoka’s face soon deepened in colour to match both Momo’s and Izuku’s a few moments later.


With the arrival of Sunday, the hero classes of UA awoke with excited hearts and many were in good moods as they performed their morning routines.

Today was the day the first years were leaving for their field trips to temporarily become real heroes.

While it was just the first years that were participating in this particular excursion, all hero course students with their licenses would be going back out to resume their internships and work studies. Excitement was at an all-time high as students dressed in their uniforms could be seen gathering at almost every hour in the parking lot to be escorted to the train station and seen off to the hero agencies that they’d be working at.

Classes 1-A and 1-B would be leaving campus last today and Izuku was talking full advantage of their seven p.m. leaving time by seeking out the teacher who shared in his secret; well, the biggest one at least. The boy chuckled to himself as he walked through the halls of UA as that could technically extend to more than one teacher at this point but that was part of the reason he had contacted All Might for this meeting.

Knocking politely on the door to the break room he and All Might often had these chats in, he was welcomed inside by the former number one’s warm voice.

“Welcome young Midoriya,” All Might smiled from the couch as the boy entered. “I took the liberty of making us some tea to warm up in case we’re here a while.” A steaming teapot sat on the table with a small plate of biscuits on the side, All Might’s cup already half consumed.

“Thank you,” Izuku returned the expression, sitting on the stool as usual as his teacher poured him a cup.

“Now,” All Might set the teapot down and lifted his own cup, enjoying the warmth seeping into his hand on this cool winter’s day, “what was it you needed to talk about today? Your quirk hasn’t developed any new facets has it?”

“Not at all,” Izuku shook his head after taking a sip. “This is more of an… overdue risk check I guess.”

“Oh?” All Might’s brow rose.

“Well… something occurred to me recently regarding your retirement,” Izuku started, feeling a touch of guilt at not being able to tell the man exactly why these new concerns had been brought to his attention. “I know we’ve tried to keep One-For-All a secret and I completely trust everyone who knows so far, but since um… Tsu worked out our secret, I was wondering if others might be able to have a better chance to too now they know what you look like when you’re like this.”

“How so?” All Might questioned.

“Like… security camera footage of us together I guess,” Izuku grimaced. “I know we mostly trained at the beach and park but do you think there’s a chance people would recognise your skinny form training me when we jogged past shop cameras and stuff?”

The former pro hero chuckled to himself and shook his head.

“Young man, unless a crime is committed, people rarely spend their time trawling back through old security footage,” All Might laughed. “Even if they did, they wouldn’t find much as most businesses only keep mundane footage for roughly a month or two at most; data retention of such is inefficient and costly. No my dear boy, if anyone were to discover our connection through our training efforts, it likely would’ve happened by now.”

Izuku couldn’t help breathing a sigh of relief. While Momo’s parents certainly seemed all powerful with what they did to uncover Mei’s past and spot him and Momo at the mall, he was grateful to know even if they go looking there wasn’t much they could find. After all, it wasn’t like he was on TV often, just the sports festival and… the news.

“W-What about the sludge villain incident?” Izuku asked with a touch more concern.

There was that reporter that had visited the class and put everything together about Izuku being All Might’s successor right around the hero work study program, Mr Tokuda. It had been a while since then and with everything that happened Izuku had completely forgotten about the man.

He’d gathered so much evidence about Izuku’s past and made a spot on deduction. The only thing he was missing was about Izuku literally inheriting All Might’s quirk. The greenette couldn’t help but feel his anxiety creep up despite the man’s assurances he wouldn’t be reporting anything. If the Yaoyorozu’s got to him, would he divulge everything?

Then again, he’d never mentioned anything about All Might training him before UA, only that All Might had saved him and Bakugo during the villain attack and then joined the school at the same time Izuku became a student.

“Don’t worry yourself young Midoriya,” All Might chuckled, watching the boy’s mind clearly processing his own mild panic. “You might be new to keeping out of the public eye but I assure you I am not. I was still the number one hero at the time and had my ‘public relations team’ ensure that neither my weakened form, nor clear shots of either of you boys were used outside of live footage. Bakugo was unfortunately more identifiable thanks to his quirk but your involvement seems to have gone under the radar as just another civilian. It’s a good thing you didn’t develop that strength of yours until after the event, right?” All Might winked.

That was true, Bakugo had been identified a few times after their shared villainous experience but, outside of his previous class who knew about it and Mr Tokuda, he’d never been overtly recognised for his role.

“Wait, public relations team? Did they know about this form too?” Izuku pressed.

“You’re looking at him kid,” All Might smirked. “If I’m only good three hours a day, I had to spend the others ensuring no one knew that fact. Needed to make it seem like I was busier than I was to the public too so I did a lot of charity work where I only buffed up for short appearances and sent ‘Toshinori Yagi’ to handle everything else.” The aged pro took another sip of his drink before replacing the cup on the table and pouring himself another. “If you ask me I’d say you’re in the clear my boy, so long as you don’t go telling others who you trained with before UA.”

“Thanks All Might,” Izuku breathed a deep sigh of relief. “Sorry, I guess my paranoia just hit me.”

“It’s to be expected,” All Might nodded knowingly. “I didn’t tell Dave after all because I was paranoid about anyone really knowing the secret at that time, and he was my best friend while I was in America.” The former number one looked over at his protégé and regarded him carefully. “Honestly though, I don’t think you’re actually worried about being us being discovered all of a sudden.”

“I’m not?” Izuku frowned in confusion.

“My boy, clearly you’re on edge because of the trip today,” All Might laughed. “It’s the first time you and your class will be running things on your own; that’s a big step for any student let alone you first years.”

“That… makes sense,” Izuku reasoned, glad All Might thought he didn’t actually have a genuine reason for being worried right now. “Sorry, I guess I called you here for nothing.”

“It’s okay young Midoriya,” All Might brushed off, “it saved me a text since I wanted to check in before you went away.”

“You did?” Izuku sat up. “What about?”

“Well, this is going to be your first big solo task since getting your license,” All Might reasoned. “You and your class will be responsible for keeping all the citizens of Nabu safe and the community patrolled. Whether you pass or fail is down to your own merits and everything you’ve learned over these past months, so I’m not surprised at your mind for being a little jumpy today.

“Actually, I’m… I think I’m quite alright with that part,” Izuku felt a slightly surprised smile grace his face. “Mr Aizawa gave us the information we needed and I’ve looked into the area extensively since we learned about it. Considering what we’ve been through in class, I think we’re all more than prepared to face this.”

“Careful with that overconfidence young man, I might not recognise you,” All Might laughed. “What happened to that nervous, skinny kid I met last year?”

Izuku thought back to everything he’d experienced so far at UA, all the lessons he’d learned and people he’d met. There had been hard times and times he regretted, but he’d lived and learned from every one of them.

“I know there’s plenty I still have yet to learn and master,” Izuku gripped his hand into a determined fist in front of him. “I’m nowhere near your level with my quirk, skills, or experience, but I’m certain we can handle this and show everyone that ‘we are here!’”

“Well said,” All Might chuckled fondly. ‘Guess I was worried for nothing too,’ he thought to himself.

The two spent a little more time chatting amicably about Izuku’s progress and the kind of things he expected to do on the trip. They weren’t being graded like a normal school assignment so All Might had no issues telling Izuku about what he got up to on some of the days when the symbol of peace wasn’t needed to push back villains.

Soon enough it was time for Izuku to think about getting ready and he bid the former pro goodbye as he would not be seeing them off. All Might left a happy Izuku with a wave as the boy hurried back to his room to ensure everything was ready for their journey.

As the symbol of peace returned to the teacher’s dorms, he mulled Izuku’s more confident words around in his head with a proud smile.

“‘We are here’, huh? I like it.”

Jogging through the halls, Izuku felt his anxiety creep back up. As always, even in his skinny form, All Might had a calming presence that the greenette had let reassure him. Now, without the man around, his mind returned to the Mr Tokuda and the chat they’d shared before he left the campus.

He already knew Mr Tokuda was trustworthy enough to keep the fact Izuku was All Might’s successor a secret as he hadn’t heard a peep online since the man left. Momo’s parents had practically ruined Mei’s reputation before she’d even finished at UA through the power of media, so maybe it would be wise to see if the man was willing to be their ally should anything get revealed.

While Izuku wouldn’t bring him in on any more secrets, perhaps contacting him and promising an exclusive for his book in the future could deny the Yaoyorozu of more ammunition to use against him. Hell, maybe Momo could even help him get it published and make it a hit they’d all benefit from.

The gears were turning and a plan was forming in Izuku’s brain. He needed to talk to Momo and had a call to make.


There was definitely less energy in the air on campus with all the upper year hero students having left by the time classes 1-A and 1-B lined up in the parking lot for the second time in two days.

The last set of hero students had plenty to spare though and excited exclamations were exchanged frequently as they all stood around in their school uniforms. All thirty nine hero course first years were present and early just to make sure they didn’t miss any last minute surprises, especially 1-A.

“Everyone please ensure you have everything accounted for that you’re bringing with you.” Iida called out as a reminder. “Mr Aizawa is due to arrive any minute and I’m sure we will be leaving promptly to stick to a schedule.”

“You’re clearly more tense than usual.” Sato chuckled, his large rucksack hoisted over one shoulder as everyone waited by the baggage hold of the bus.

“For many of us, this is our first official test as heroes since gaining our hero licenses,” Iida reminded the boy, “of course I’m tense!”

“Chill class prez’,” Kaminari nonchalantly slapped the boy on the back. “You’ve got the mighty Chargebolt backing you up; everything’s gonna be fine.”

“This is your first test too Kaminari,” Iida retorted. “I’m surprised you’re not more worried.”

“Test schmest, this is hero work!” The electric blond grinned. “I’m totally ready to get out there and show everyone what I got.”

“And we’ll arrest you right after for public indecency,” Sero smirked at the easy jab.

“Dude, you know what I mean,” Kaminari pouted. “Besides, we’ve got those four; if we need any help, we can just ask them for advice.”

Iida looked over at the group Kaminari had pointed at, seeing Izuku, Tsuyu, Ochako, and Kirishima chatting together while a bored looking Bakugo scowled nearby. Izuku and Ochako seemed to notice the new attention they were getting and looked over curiously.

“I must agree with you on that part,” Iida nodded, “I do hope we will be able to rely on their valuable insight in the coming days.”

“Valuable what-now?” Ochako asked as she opened up their own conversation to the others.

“Iida’s worried about his first time,” Kaminari poked the boy’s cheek as several faces flushed almost instantly. “You guys managed to get work studies and did that whole raid thing so you’re bound to have some good advice on how to get the job done this week, right?”

“O-Oh,” Izuku felt his cheeks gratefully start cooling. “Y-Yeah, we can tell you a bit about what we did, I guess.”

“Nothing confidential though man,” Kirishima reasoned.

“I should hope not,” their teacher’s voice called from nearby as he rounded the side of the bus. “I would hate to have to arrest you and send you to jail instead today.”

“Mr Aizawa sir!” Iida straightened up immediately as the rest of the class started paying attention too. “I have performed a head count and we are all packed and ready to go.”

“Fantastic,” Aizawa sighed, his attitude contradicting his words, “unfortunately we’ve got a few more minutes yet as someone wants to say goodbye.”

The class collectively blinked in confusion before another pair of figures stepped out from the side of the bus. There stood the only upper year hero course student left on campus, Mirio Togata, and the little Eri who was predictably holding his hand while hiding shyly behind his leg as best she could.

“Hey everyone!” Mirio called out boisterously. “We’re just here to wish you a super-duper good luck for your project.”

“Hey, thanks man,” Kirishima flashed him a toothy grin.

Izuku, Ochako and Tsuyu walked closer to the pair with Mina and Tooru quickly bringing up the rear excitedly.

“Hey Eri, I’m glad you came to see us off,” Izuku smiled down at the shy girl.

Eri broke her hold on the upper year’s hand and ran to greet her other hero, slamming into his waist and wrapping her arms around his midsection. Izuku was surprised at the action and carefully patted the white haired girl’s back comfortingly.

“Eri? Is something wrong, ribbit?” Tsuyu asked carefully.

“I don’… wan’ you to go,” Eri replied sadly, her voice muffled by Izuku’s shirt.

“Awww, it’s okay Eri,” Ochako crouched down to the girl’s level, “we’re coming back.”

“No, don’t go,” the girl rejected, her little grip on Izuku’s clothes determined not to break.

“Eri, listen to me, okay?” Izuku asked politely, crouching down to the girl’s level too and taking both her hands in his own which she then gripped just as tightly as though it would keep him here. “We’ve got to go now so we can learn how to be better heroes. We’re gonna come back soon as this is only for a week.”

“But you’re leaving me,” Eri replied petulantly, her face screwed up as tears threatened to break from her eyes. “I want you to stay.”

Izuku couldn’t help but chuckle at the girl’s actions but he knew he had to handle this delicately. The girl had abandonment issues already and, like it or not, he needed to do everything he could to not make it worse for her.

“I know you do,” he smiled warmly, “but there are other kids out there that need us too and we have to go learn how we can save them like we saved you.”

“O-Others… like me?” Eri bit her lip.

“I hope not,” Izuku gave her a sad smile, “but if there’s another bad man out there like Overhaul, we need to stop them and save those kids too; we can’t do that if we’re here, they need a hero too.”

Off to the side, Kyoka couldn’t help but crack a smile as she listened to Izuku’s comforting words.

“Okay…” Eri reluctantly loosened her grip on Izuku’s hands.

“Don’t worry cutie, we’ll bring you back something nice as a souvenir,” Mina tried to cheer the girl up.

“Maybe something sweet? Do they do apples on Nabu?” Tooru asked to the others.

Aizawa sighed as clearly the girl hadn’t done her research on their location.

“Farming is a large part of their exports along with fishing and they do produce apples there due to the warmer climate,” Aizawa divulged for Eri’s sake.

“Woo! A bushel of apples it is!” Mina cheered. “Something for you to look forward to for when we get back.”

“Mmm,” Eri nodded but her lips were still scrunched up, holding back her objections.

Izuku didn’t really know what more to offer to try and placate the girl and shot an awkward look up at Mirio and Eraser Head.

“Eri?” Another voice called out softly.

The little girl wasn’t overly familiar with the approaching person and stuck a little closer to Izuku as the tall girl approached before crouching down.

“I understand you’re going to be missing Midoriya terribly, so how about something to remember him by until he returns?” Momo asked politely.

The others were now all looking questioningly at the heiress as she rolled up her sleeve and the sparkles of her quirk began flashing. In a few moments, a small plush figure had pushed its way out of her body which she grabbed before it could flop and hit the ground and presented it to the young girl.

Eri’s eyes widened in wonder as a chibi, plush version of Izuku in his hero outfit and a happy smile on his face rested in Momo’s hands.

“I’m sure Izuku would love to stay here and spend time with you, but until we return, you can hug this one instead.”

“I-Is that for… me?” Eri asked cautiously, bad memories of gifts to curtail any bad behaviour coming back to her.

“As long as you want it,” Momo offered with as warm of a smile that she could offer.

“Wow, that’s super generous,” Mirio grinned, clearly going along with the plan. “Look at that Eri, now Deku will always be with you to protect you and keep you safe.”

Izuku had to blush at that and several people around the group were breaking out into teasing smiles.

Eri tentatively reached out and took the plush from Momo’s hands and examined it carefully, her eyes shining brightly.

“It’s the only one in the world Eri so make sure you take good care of him,” Momo smiled.

“Mm-hmm, I will,” Eri pulled the toy in close for a hug, hiding one of her eyes behind its head as she looked shyly at the girl that had given her the gift. “Thank you miss… um…”

“Yaoyorozu, dear,” Momo smiled again before standing.

“Thank you Miss Yaoyorozu,” Eri smiled, stepping back from the girl to stand by Izuku again.

“Wow, that’s awesome, isn’t it Eri?” Mirio called out to the girl.

“As much as I’m enjoying this little farewell, we must be going now,” Aizawa stated firmly. “Go back to Mirio now you’ve said your goodbyes Eri.”

The little girl bit her lip once more at the thought of Deku leaving. She quickly threw her arms around his head while he was still crouched, giving him a big hug with her Deku doll still clutched tightly in one hand.

“Come back soon!” She mumbled.

“I will Eri,” Izuku chuckled, giving her one last hug too.

When the girl relaxed her grip, she turned and hurried back to Mirio’s side, Deku plush being clutched tightly to her chest by both her arms.

“Haha, well I guess I’ll say my goodbyes too,” Mirio grinned. “You all take care out there. Eri and I will hold down the fort until you all get back.”

“Don’t blow anything up without us,” Kaminari grinned, earning a laugh from the blond.

“Right,” Aizawa banged on the bus twice and after a few moments the baggage hold opened up. “Everyone store your belongings safely and securely then get on the bus, we’ll be leaving as soon as possible as we’re already behind schedule.”

Iida baulked at that and quickly made it his duty to help everyone get everything stored correctly and neatly as fast as he could, much to his classmates’ amusement. Without further delay, everyone climbed aboard the bus and prepared themselves for a late evening trip.

As the bus started up, Izuku and the girls could see Mirio and Eri standing nearby, waving at the coach as it began moving, the girl still clutching her Deku doll in one arm. They all waved back until they rounded the corner of the school building and proceeded towards the gate and out of sight.

Eri’s brave face dropped once more as she sniffled into her new doll.

“Hey, come on now Eri, you know they’ll be back soon,” Mirio tried to cheer the girl up as they began walking back towards the teacher’s dorms. “How about we go put on something Disney and eat so many apples we feel sick; Mr Aizawa isn’t around to stop us after all.”

“Mm-kay,” Eri replied with a soft voice as she took Mirio’s hand.

“I know it feels bad,” Mirio stated, “I feel lonely too with everyone off learning how to be better heroes.”

“You miss Tamaki,” Eri noted.

“Sure do,” Mirio smiled down at the girl. “I wish we didn’t have to be apart either, but he’s got a very important job to do to; making sure he’s ready to rescue the next cute little unicorn that needs help. I’m not out with him ‘cause-a my quirk being gone but I’ve got a very important job too.”

“What’s that?” Eri asked curiously.

Mirio stopped walking for just a second to allow Eri to get a step ahead before swooping down and grabbing her underneath the shoulders. With a nervous laugh, she was lifted high into the air before being plopped down with a leg on either of his shoulders as he repositioned his hands to keep her balanced.

“Taking care of you and making sure you’re happy!” Mirio laughed as Eri clutched her Deku doll close to her chest. “When Mr Aizawa gets back, we’re gonna do lots of training on your quirk so you can show Deku how much you’ve improved!” Mirio tried to get the girl excited. “Sound good?”

“Yes,” Eri agreed, her smile creeping in as Mirio pushed back her sadness.

“Alright! But first, onward to apples!”


After a bus trip, a plane ride, which Ochako found very enjoyable as only her third time on one considering I-Island, then a further bus ride, the students finally arrived at the docks for the final leg of their travel.

Each of the students looked out of the bus windows in awe at the large tourist cruise liner that would soon be carrying them to Nabu Island. Even in the dark of the night it still looked impressive with many of its windows aglow and some were eager to begin exploring it in the small amount of time they had.

“That thing is massive!” Kaminari grinned excitedly, wondering what sort of awesome stuff was aboard.

“Alright everyone, listen up.” Aizawa called out in his typical bored voice, getting the attention of the class even if they couldn’t quite contain their excitement. “You will each be handed a pass for your rooms you will be using to sleep in tonight. Do not bother unpacking anything as you will be expected to rise before we dock for our final meeting before this little project begins at six in the morning.”

“But we get to enjoy the free cruise until then, right sir?” Kaminari asked while putting his hand up.

“Kaminari, it is currently,” Aizawa checked his watch, “eleven o’clock at night. You need to be ready for a full day of hero work starting at six a.m. sharp tomorrow. If I don’t see you at that meeting because you overslept, you will be going back to UA and it will not be a pleasant ride back.”

The electric blond gulped and decided maybe it was best they didn’t have much time to explore the ship.

“On that note, if I get a single complaint from any of the staff or other guests before we arrive, you will also be going back to UA,” Aizawa stated firmly. “Right now, you’re not just representing the best UA has to offer, but you’re also the future heroes of Japan soon to be acting in that official capacity under hero association jurisdiction. Mess up here and the last thing on your mind will be detention.”

More students gulped at that, Aizawa was being particularly prickly today and that was without a single expulsion threat.

“Now, when I call your name out come and get your pass, your costume case, and your luggage from below. Oh, and enjoy the cruise.”

‘That’s not reassuring at all,’ the class collectively sweatdropped.

Still, they were soon all gathered and checked off whilst standing at the ramp to board the cruise and the mood was electric. When Aizawa gave the word, everyone climbed eagerly but politely on board.

They were directed to the section of rooms that they’d be staying in and quickly found they were doubled up. The girls were together by dorm floor number but the boys were a bit more jumbled. Izuku found himself paired up with Iida and while the blue haired boy expressed his opinion that they should immediately go to bed, Izuku wanted to stay up just a bit longer and savour the situation a bit more; this was his, and many others, first time on a ship let alone a cruise and he didn’t blame Kaminari for his excitement in the slightest.

After storing his belongings safely underneath his bed, Izuku took his leave and started strolling back to the main deck. Clearly the ship had been waiting for them to board as Izuku felt the engines hum and the floor shift, having to grab the rail lightly to steady himself. He heard a few cheers from up ahead and jogged to get back to the main deck.

Some of the cruise’s passengers were still hanging around at this hour littered about, but he spied the majority of his class hanging out by the front of the ship and leaning over the rails.

Much like Iida, some others had decided to remain in their rooms once they’d put their things down, such as Shoji and Aoyama. Others wanted to explore a bit, knowing they were too eager to sleep for now given all they’d experienced so far and were about to experience shortly.

Strolling over to the girls, he joined them with a smile as they enjoyed the castoff with the rest of the class.

Momo spotted him first, greeting him with a slight blush, remembering their last conversation, but he returned a warm smile.

“Everyone excited?” He asked rhetorically as though any of them could be anything but.

“Real heroes here we come!” Mina cheered.

“So you can get excited about something other than sun and surf, ribbit,” Tsuyu teased with a sly look.

“Hey, when I’m off the clock, you can bet I’ll be enjoying the beach. Apart from that, all systems are go for being totally awesome pros!”

“Heck yeah!” Tooru joined in the cheer.

“I know it doesn’t count, but this is like my first holiday to a place like this,” Ochako admitted. “I hope I’ve packed enough.”

“You did,” Tsuyu reassured her girlfriend by taking her hand and squeezing it lightly. “If I know Aizawa, we won’t get much, if any, time to enjoy ourselves so you may not even get to use half of it.”

“Awww,” Ochako pouted.

“Do not worry,” Momo shook her head with a smile. “Once everything is dealt with, I shall endeavour to bring us all to plenty of locations like this in the future for relaxing getaways.”

“On your private yacht?” Kyoka smirked.

Yachts,” Mina emphasised with a giggle. “One for each of us. Ooo, we can race!”

“Maybe not to that degree,” Momo chuckled politely.

“Something to look forward to in the future, ribbit,” Tsuyu croaked happily.

Everyone took a moment to simply stand and savour where they were right now; on a cruise ready to be pros, many for the first time, and getting their first taste of what the world will be like once they graduate. Their nerves were electric and it wasn’t just because they were near the resident human phone charger.

“It’s odd to think how we’ll be real heroes in just a few hours.” Tsuyu remarked. “I wonder what exactly we’ll be doing.”

“The sooner you go to sleep, the sooner you’ll know,” Kyoka stretched, enjoying the gentle breeze as the cruise liner began to pick up speed.

“We should probably call it a night now, as much as I really don’t want to,” Tooru huffed. “How the heck are we meant to sleep with all this new stuff going on?”

“Maybe you should’ve stayed awake the entire trip,” Izuku chuckled, having done so himself deliberately in preparation.

“How do you know I wasn’t?” Tooru gasped.

“The drool patch on Mina’s shoulder,” Tsuyu teased.

“What?!” Both Tooru and Mina exclaimed, looked down where the girl had been leaning on both the bus and plane rides over. “Ewww!”

“Looks like someone might need to find a laundromat when we get there,” Ochako giggled as Mina playfully scolded her girlfriend for the stain. “For now, maybe we should get some rest for tomorrow.”

Their banter was interrupted by a nearby cry that turned all their heads.

“I’m king of the world!” Kaminari whooped with joy as the whipping wind covered most of his exclamation.

“You’re probably right Ochako,” Mina giggled, “I vote we head in before Kaminari gets us all in trouble.”

“For the best,” Izuku sweatdropped, watching Sero scold the boy though he couldn’t hear a word over the wind.

“I’m surprised he’s even seen that film, ribbit,” Tsuyu chuckled.

“Don’t give him too much credit,” Kyoka rolled her eyes, “he’s probably just seen the memes.”

With that, the group decided to head back to their rooms and leave the remainder of their classmates to whatever plans they had. Admittedly they gave Tokoyami and Dark Shadow a curious look when they passed, spotting the pair relaxing in sun loungers but didn’t see fit to comment on how the boy and his quirk enjoyed their time.

Izuku bid them all goodnight first, re-entering his darkened room where Iida was anxiously sitting on the bed, debating whether he should go and tell everyone else to get some sleep as class rep or lead by example and eagerly asked Izuku’s advice before the door had even closed

With the sole male member of their group gone, the girls made their way down the corridor and over to their own rooms.

“Wouldn’t like to be stuck with Iida as a roommate,” Kyoka chuckled.

“Right?” Mina joined in with a laugh. “That’s not to mention poor Squishy might not get the best night’s sleep without his kitty and froggy to cuddle up next to.”

“Ribbit, it’s just for a little bit, he’ll manage.” Tsuyu smiled fondly.

“I don’t see you offering to switch rooms with him,” Ochako teased the pinkette.

“Ahem, that would be most improper Uraraka. You know males and females cannot be trusted in the same space until marriage!” Mina chopped her hand as she mimicked what she figured was an accurate estimation of their class president’s potential response. The impression got a giggle out of everyone but Mina was still hushed lightly by Momo since it was quite late after all.

As they drew near to their doors, one member of the group decided to speak up about that potential topic, though it wasn’t regarding their shared boyfriend.

“Hey um… you uh… think Aizawa would mind if we switched rooms?” Tooru asked as quietly as she could while still being heard over the wind.

“You can’t seriously be having issues with me as a roommate already,” Kyoka deadpanned.

“You know what I mean!” Tooru nudged the girl.

“Clearly it’s because I’m so good at particular things that my adorable girlfriend can’t go a day without gettin’ any,” Mina teased, sticking her tongue out.

“Fine! No cuddles for you, see what happens,” Tooru huffed.

“Wait, no, I’ve made a terrible mistake!” Mina exaggerated her response playfully.

“Keep it down Minx. I understand you’re excited but paying guests are likely sleeping already,” Momo scolded again. “It’s not long until we arrive and it’s just a short sleep so, rather than risk it, let’s all just head straight to bed.”

“Spoilsport,” Mina stuck her tongue out again. “Love you really Yaomomo.”

“Yes, yes,” the heiress rolled her eyes, quickly checking around to make sure no one was recording them. “Come on, we really should be getting to bed now.”

While the others thought Momo was being a tad paranoid, it was clear from yesterday that she still had good reason to be.

Without any further arguments, everyone returned to their rightful rooms for whatever sleep they could get.

Sitting down on her single bed, Tooru reluctantly began her nightly routine for when she slept alone.

“Hey, um…” She heard Kyoka start from by the door. “J-Just to be clear, you just wanted to snuggle with Mina, right?” The punk girl asked with a touch of trepidation.

“O-Oh, um yeah,” Tooru admitted. “Not that you’re not good too but um, I figured you’d want to be with Momo all things considered.”

“Well… actually yeah, you’re probably right,” Kyoka conceded that point.

“Sorry, I guess we’ve kinda… grouped off in a way.” Tooru admitted, rubbing the back of her head.

“But there’s no reason we can’t have a cuddle together,” Kyoka shrugged.

“Oh, I didn’t mean to imply anything by it,” Tooru hastily waved away, “I just… things have been hard recently and um… cuddles have really helped me sleep.”

“You know you can just ask me, right?” Kyoka offered, walking over to sit down next to Tooru. “I know you’ve… been through a lot recently and we’re all here for you too, no matter what you need.”

“I-I know…” Tooru replied hesitantly.

“I’m sensing a ‘but’ there,”Kyoka eyed the girl cautiously.

The invisible girl’s shoulder’s sagged and she turned to face her punk girlfriend. Now was as good of a time as any to have this conversation. She only hoped it didn’t cause animosity between them with the work project so close.

“Kyoka I… I didn’t want to um…” Tooru struggled to start. “You are… so like… me and Mina are a thing and so are you and Momo and I… w-well-”

“Hey, it’s okay,” Kyoka reached out and rested her hand on the girl’s own. “I promise I won’t get mad and junk if that’s what you’re worried about.”

Tooru chuckled gratefully before taking a moment to breathe deeply and settle herself before beginning again.

“I know you’re quite… protective over Momo at times and I’ve been kinda worried about if you um… were mad at me or something for everything that happened.”

“What?” Kyoka quirked a brow.

“Well like… obviously Momo and Izuku had their uh… issue to deal with but it wouldn’t’ve blown up so bad if I wasn’t in the middle, and I just… I was worried if you blamed me a little for things being strained with Momo right now,” Tooru finished timidly. “I know you don’t like being mad at her and… I helped with it.”

Kyoka sighed and shook her head lightly.

“You’ve clearly been hanging out with Mina too much if you’re being this silly,” she chuckled. “Girl, my problem with Momo is between me and her, especially after what she chose to do. Not like I’m gonna start victim blaming since Izuku and you got hurt because of her.”

Tooru admittedly felt a small weight lift from her shoulders at that admission; she hadn’t expected Kyoka to be angry but she’d avoided her a little because of that small amount of doubt in her mind.

“That’s good,” Tooru breathed a sigh of relief. “Sorry it’s just… this is the first time one of us really screwed up and I don’t really know how to handle it.”

“We’ll get better with time… hopefully,” Kyoka chuckled. “Still, I’m not mad at you hun. If anything, I was worried you might be a little mad at me because, yeah, she’s kinda my main partner in all this so I feel like I had some responsibility in preventing this.”

“No!” Tooru shook her head definitively. “It’s not like you could tell what she was thinking any better than we could.”

“I know,” Kyoka sighed. “It’s just something we’re all getting through right now. Still, by your own logic, haven’t you just countered your own argument about your blame in all this?”

“Well… yeah,” Tooru blushed lightly. “But it’s different coming from someone else.”

“It is,” Kyoka agreed. “So let’s just keep talking, alright? If you like, I can promise to talk to you if I’m ever irritated at you… after I cool off of course.”

“Same-sies,” Tooru giggled cutely before leaning sideways and resting her shoulder and head on Kyoka’s. “Thanks Vixen.”

“No problem Starlight,” Kyoka chuckled, letting her jack line out so she could cuddle her girlfriend with it since her hand was occupied.

The two let out content little sighs as they just enjoyed the moment of honesty and peace between them. Tooru turned her head slightly and gave Kyoka a kiss on the shoulder as thanks for the comfort while Kyoka in turn kissed Tooru’s forehead from the angle she had without moving the girl.

She didn’t know if it was the affection she felt for her punk rock girlfriend or the happy relief hormones in her system right now but Tooru turned her head further and placed another kiss on Kyoka’s jawbone, hoping the other girl would reciprocate.

Reciprocate Kyoka did as the purple haired girl leant forward and placed another kiss just off-center of Tooru’s nose. The pair barely separated as Tooru all but chased the girl’s head back before pressing their lips together softly.

When Tooru pulled back slightly Kyoka felt like she knew what the girl was asking for without words; cuddles clearly weren’t the only thing on the invisible girl’s mind anymore.

“Hey, so… you uh… wanna join the nautical mile club?” Kyoka asked shyly, her jacks sliding down Tooru’s chest and towards her crotch while she reached around Tooru’s back to hug her closer.

“Nautical mile club?” Tooru questioned. “What’s that?”

“Well it’s kinda like the uh… m-mile high club but like… on a boat,” Kyoka admitted, her cheeks reddening.

“How… do you know that?” Tooru asked, getting only a further flushed look from Kyoka. The invisible girl let the punkette suffer in her anxiety before letting out a laugh. “You were so totally planning to join it with Momo weren’t you?!” Tooru snorted a little loudly, prompting Kyoka to try and stifle her with her hand.

“Shhh! Okay, yeah, maybe,” she blushed.

“Don’t worry,” Tooru’s giggles quietened, “maybe we’ll have some more time on the way home. For now though, I’m happy to join this clearly well-known and prestigious club if you are.”

“Oh har har,” Kyoka narrowed her eyes playfully before pushing the girl down on her back, the invisible girl letting out a ‘whoop’ of surprise. “Make fun all you want but those laughs will soon turn to moans.”

“Ma~aybe,” the invisible girl replied teasingly.

“I still owe you for last time,” Kyoka smirked, feeling more confident and bold now.

It took Tooru a second to remember what had happened last time between them until she recalled having Kyoka bound and at her mercy.

“Uh-oh.”

“‘Uh-oh’ is right,” Kyoka’s lustful eyes raked down Tooru’s body. “Now it’s my turn on top and you… well, you look good enough to eat.”

Tooru knew it was her girlfriend calling back to something she probably said the last time they did this but she didn’t care. Her brain was releasing all the happy juices right now as Kyoka began eagerly undressing them both, easily sliding off her bottoms with a few swift tugs and stripping herself down to her birthday suit straight after. Tooru helped with quickly tossing her shirt and bra off to the side before she found herself once again pinned by Kyoka arms either side of her head as the punkette sunk into a deep kiss with her.

Wrapping her arms around her girlfriend, Tooru and Kyoka’s tongues wrestled fiercely as both seemed to take it as a challenge to rile the other up even further at this point.

Before long, Kyoka broke their kiss and began teasing her way down Tooru’s body. Her jacks settled nicely around Tooru’s nipples and thrummed pleasantly with the punk rocker’s heartbeat while the girl herself kissed and licked Tooru’s jaw, neck and chest as she slid down her body. Tooru’s legs had squeezed together as best they could at this point, trapping Kyoka’s form between them though the lithe girl was strong enough to slip downwards regardless.

Once Kyoka reached Tooru’s belly, it was clear the invisible girl was already quite far along as Kyoka could feel her hips thrusting and the subtle muscles clench where her own chest rested on Tooru’s crotch.

“Someone’s eager,” Kyoka chuckled with lidded eyes, intensifying the vibrations of her jacks while sliding a pair of fingers down to Tooru’s crotch. The girl was unable to hold back a lewd moan as Kyoka’s fingers entered her and she involuntarily clamped down around them.

The punkette let out a steadying breath. Sometimes, despite her depression and the stress of becoming a hero as well as the frustration of hiding their relationship, she really loved where she was right now. Being between Tooru’s legs as the girl squirmed under her touch was a very good place to be in and she took a moment to savour it.

“How can you be so cute and sexy at the same fuckin’ time?” Kyoka purred as Tooru let out an unsteady whine.

“M-More… p-please,” Tooru moaned.

Unsure whether it was for the seductive words or her current actions, Kyoka decided to up both, her jacks vibrating just a bit more intensely.

“Mmm, I love the way you… quiver under my touch,” Kyoka spoke with an alluring tone, adding another finger inside the girl and drawing Tooru even deeper into their salacious act. “Feeling you writhe and wriggle, it’s so… enticing.”

Leaning down, the girl opened her mouth and wrapped it around the top of Tooru’s vagina, her tongue flicking out and lightly teasing Tooru’s button out of its hiding spot.

Tooru’s hips jerked immediately from the contact and Kyoka felt a hand reach down onto her head to further encourage her actions. Not one to shy away from such an opportunity, Kyoka’s hand pumped and flexed while her tongue teased and tickled, sending Tooru’s moans into a more erratic pattern as she felt the girl draw closer to her peak underneath her touch.

She wasn’t immune from her own actions and Kyoka knew she was incredibly wet at this point. Reaching down with her free hand, she rubbed two fingers around her clit as she tried to catch up to her girlfriend.

Tooru knew she was drawing close, feeling her coil tighten with every pump and lick from her girlfriend. With all Kyoka’s words about how she felt under her touch though, she wanted some more about her appearance as the icing on the cake.

“S-Stop please, just for now.” Tooru stammered out between breaths.

Kyoka pulled back from her ministrations with a somewhat curious look.

“Everything okay?”

“Y-Yeah just um… c-can you… talk more about my appearance?” Tooru asked shyly, her chest heaving from her heightened libido.

“Uh, sure,” Kyoka agreed readily, thinking through a few things she could say. The invisible girl knew there was only so much she could say and wanted to do something to draw a surprise of her own out of the girl. 

“G-Give me… j-just a second,” Tooru breathed quickly before taking a big gulp of air and letting it out slowly. When she was done, Kyoka felt her heart skip a beat, certain it was reflected in her jacks as she saw the dishevelled and erotic physical form of Tooru appear before her.

Kyoka’s eyes raked over Tooru’s body anew, re-examining every muscle and curve of the girl much to the now visible girl’s delight. She almost dropped the hold on her quirk when Kyoka unconsciously bit her lip when looking at her now visible crotch that she’d been paying attention to for the last five minutes.

“Fuck you’re hot,” Kyoka said simply, her own libido now rising greatly. “No wonder you got that invisibility quirk; it was clearly for you own protection to keep girls like me from snapping you up.”

Tooru felt her cheeks redden in a way she now knew was visible to her girlfriend as Kyoka’s lidded eyes finally looked back at her own twinkling set.

“You are so fucking dazzling,” Kyoka stated bluntly, sending a thrill through Tooru’s system and her crotch tightening around Kyoka’s digits. This seemed to remind the girl of what she was doing and knew she had somewhat limited time.

Lowering her head once more, she made it her mission to get Tooru’s to cum in this state so she could see her orgasm face for the first time. With renewed effort, she quickly hit all the girl’s favourite spots and quickly regained any lost ground from before.

It wasn’t long before Tooru was writhing and clutching at the bed, her mouth calling out in soundless cries as she held her lack of breath as long as she could. Thankfully, Kyoka hit just the right spot to push her over the edge and she practically crushed the girl’s head between her thighs as she reached her peak.

As predicted, it was too much beyond the first moment and Tooru quickly let out several gasps for air as her need for the life sustaining gas conflicted with trying to puff out from her orgasm overtaking her. It was a heady experience and her mind definitely clouded from it in probably not the best way as she felt the room spin.

Once she’d crested her peak, Tooru drank the air greedily as she flopped bonelessly back on the mattress, her muscles completely spent for the moment.

“God-fuckin’-damn you looked so hot,” Kyoka groaned, a little frustrated such a sight had been only partially observed. “It’s a crime you can’t do that all the time yet. Then again, I wouldn’t be able to keep my hands off you.”

Tooru let out a chuckle between breaths at the good natured comment.

“G-Guess I’m just… t-too pretty for… a-anyone to handle.”

“Maybe,” Kyoka smirked, pulling her jacks back and getting ready for her next move, “but I’m gonna do my best to indulge while I’ve got you right where I want you.”

Crawling back up her girlfriend, Kyoka took a moment to place her hands on Tooru’s face and pull her into a gentle kiss as she let their crotches kiss, her knees hooking under the invisible girl’s own and pushing them up.

Tooru was far too weak to resist and let out a small cry as her sensitive vagina rubbed against her girlfriend’s.

“Call this my ‘revenge’ for last time,” Kyoka purred eagerly.

Tooru watched the earphone jacked girl’s quirk extended again, her lobes flowing behind them both, to where she did not know but had a very good guess. Navigating carefully, the jacks slid over Kyoka’s rear to help guide them to their targets. Delicately, she slid one onto her clit and moved the other to match on her girlfriend. While she couldn’t pound her girlfriends into the mattress like Izuku or Momo with her favourite toy, she could absolutely use the position for a different reason.

The punkette began grinding away eagerly, trying to catch up to her girlfriend and experience her own release even if she couldn’t look at her gorgeous face as she came.

“Ah, ah, ah!” Tooru’s hands scrambled to clutch at the sheets again, her sensitivity elevated with her recent orgasm.

The combined cries of her girlfriend, her twitching under her touch, and her own efforts had Kyoka quickly approaching her own peak as she pressed more and more firmly onto her girlfriend. Her jacks were buzzing away at that ideal frequency she enjoyed, knowing this was more for her than her girlfriend at this point and Kyoka was racing towards her own end.

“Uh, uh, uh, fffuuuck!” Kyoka practically growled out, her leg muscles tightening with her release and pushing Tooru into the mattress.

The invisible girl wasn’t much better and had cupped her mouth with both hands to muffle the delighted moans of pleasure that were threatening to break free.

Kyoka felt her excitement only heightened as she felt Tooru’s legs clenching her tightly as she reached her peak. Despite everything she experienced with Izuku so far, there was nothing like feeling another girl lose themselves under her touch. She chuckled internally at the greatly reduced fear from the idea of Izuku doing this to her one day.

After a few moments of remaining in her final thrust, Kyoka felt her muscles relax and a weariness overtake her much like her girlfriend before. She panted heavily into Tooru’s face and turned a little to the side so she wasn’t making the girl breathe her used air.

The room was practically sweltering at this point despite the cold of the night and open sea air outside.

Slowly, Kyoka backed up and let Tooru’s legs flop uselessly back down before all but collapsing on the girl’s stomach, breathing deeply.

“Fuck that was good,” Kyoka panted with a satisfied smirk.

“Yeah,” Tooru agreed, panting less heavily than her girlfriend and propping herself up on her elbows shakily. “I… I think I needed that.”

“You and me both,” Kyoka shook her head with a laugh. “Feeling exhausted now though.”

“That’s fine,” Tooru chuckled, patting the tiny amount of space beside her on the bed. “L-Let’s get sorted and we can snuggle.”

“That sounds awesome,” the punkette admitted with a smile. “J-Just give me another minute.”

The girls bathed in the afterglow for a few moments more, enjoying the ambience in the room and the deeply satisfied feelings they were experiencing for just a bit longer. Tooru was the first to move, heading to the bathroom after sliding out from under her girlfriend and running through her nightly routine and a little clean up.

While Tooru was gone, Kyoka rose from her spot on shaky legs and straightened the bed up as best she could. She idly wondered if it would be better to swap to the other bed for the night but she’d leave that up to the invisible girl when they switched.

After the invisible girl emerged, given away only by the door opening and closing on its own with her still in the buff, Kyoka took her turn quickly, eager to settle down at this point as the heat was starting to dissipate.

Once she’d cleaned and freshened up, Kyoka emerged to see Tooru’s figure outlined under her sheets.

“Hey,” Tooru called out before tapping the bedspread to her side again, much more room on offer than before. “Come cuddle.”

Not one to reject such a prospect, especially as the beds were about the same size as their own back at the dorms, Kyoka quickly hit the light to their room and navigated back over to her girlfriend, slipping into the covers beside her.

Tooru turned on her side so that she was facing away from Kyoka only to reach back and feel around for her arm. The punkette snorted and threw her arm around Tooru’s shoulder, tucking it into the crook of the girl’s neck between her and the mattress as she cuddled up close, her form matching Tooru’s own position.

The pair let out satisfied sighs as Kyoka enjoyed the somewhat rare occurrence of being the ‘big spoon’ in a snuggle session.

“Feeling better?” Kyoka asked with a fulfilled smile on her own face.

“Much,” Tooru cuddled her girlfriend’s arm tighter around her neck with both arms.

“Good,” Kyoka sighed deeply, letting her mind and breathing settle after a very enjoyable session together. “Don’t forget what we talked about earlier.”

“I won’t,” Tooru smiled warmly. “Though you did your best to try and make my mind go blank.”

“Your own fault for being so hot,” Kyoka chuckled.

“Thought you said you weren’t victim blaming?” Tooru laughed cheekily.

“Okay, guess I’ll just take this back then,” Kyoka rolled her eyes, pulling her arm out of Tooru’s grasp.

“No, mine!” The invisible girl demanded somewhat excitedly, reaching out for the retreating limb.

“Yeah, yeah, you needy girl,” Kyoka chuckled fondly, adjusting into a more comfortable position under the covers before wrapping her arm around Tooru’s waist this time.

“Happy?” Kyoka rolled her eyes.

“Yes!” Tooru sighed dreamily in response, wiggling her rear against Kyoka as she curled up and enjoyed the skin contact.

“Nightmare,” Kyoka chuckled fondly, squeezing the girl tightly.

It didn’t take long for both girls to feel the darkness settling in and their eyelids grow heavy.

“Night Vixen. Love you,” Tooru sighed sleepily as she felt her high finally fading and exhaustion quickly aiming to claim her.

Kyoka felt her heart thud and speed up just a bit after hearing Tooru say that, but surprise quickly gave way to giddiness. After everything they’d all been through it was clear they were all approaching that stage with each other and it didn’t feel weird at all to hear that from someone other than Momo.

“Love you too Starlight,” Kyoka whispered to the girl, kissing her softly on the side of the neck while the girl hummed happily in response.

The two drifted into silence as all that could be heard from the room was their soft snores before too long as the waves lulled them to sleep.


As Tooru and Kyoka entered their temporary lodgings, Momo followed Tsuyu inside their own, closing the door firmly behind her and letting out a sigh of relief once it was locked.

“Ribbit, still nervous about being spied on?” Tsuyu asked as she made her way over to her bed.

“Is it that obvious?” Momo grimaced, biting her lip.

“Yes,” Tsuyu stated bluntly. “I think you’re fine for now but if you keep looking like you’ve got something to hide then surely your parents will pick up on it the next time you’re caught on camera, no?”

“You… you’re right,” Momo sighed, making her way over to her own bed. “Sorry, I’m still a bit on edge from yesterday.”

“I get that, ribbit,” Tsuyu acknowledged, sliding off her shoes, jacket and skirt. “But maybe you should listen to me next time considering I’m right about a lot of things recently… like your jealously.”

Momo flinched in the middle of loosening her tie and felt like it was hard to breathe all of a sudden even without the garment around her neck.

“Y-Yes… you were,” Momo sighed again, looking guiltily over at her girlfriend who was just looking back with a neutral expression.

“I don’t think I have to explain that I’m still a bit mad at you, ribbit,” Tsuyu noted. “I tried to warn you as best I could so this wouldn’t happen.”

“You did,” Momo acknowledged, “and I’m sorry for that. I fear my… emotions got the better of me in a way I was greatly unprepared for.”

“And people think I’m bad with them,” Tsuyu shook her head with a touch of exasperation. “How have things been since we all talked about it?”

“Better,” Momo offered, “I um… came to an understanding with Kyoka and Izuku about things and you um… know what happened at the mall yesterday.”

“And Tooru?”

“We’ve had a chat and talked but I’m hoping we’ll get some time on this trip to connect again,” Momo replied nervously. “Mina read me the riot act and is helping me learn some of the more common pitfalls even normal relationships experience through movies and other media. Already I can see where I went wrong in just not talking to everyone and thinking I could handle it myself.”

“You and Izuku share that problem I think,” Tsuyu chuckled weakly, “you two are more alike than you think.”

“So I’ve been told,” Momo sighed, recalling Kyoka’s words after their group talk.

Tsuyu slipped off her top and unhooked her bra as she searched for the words she wanted to say to the girl next. She’d already been chastised enough and now it was a matter of just getting across how important this was to her.

“Momo,” Tsuyu began carefully. “I… w-when you did what you did… it really hurt.”

Momo looked over at the frog girl who now hand her hands pooled in her lap and a quiver on her lip.

“I thought… a-after I warned you… that you did it on purpose.” Tsuyu sniffled as tears gathered in her eyes. Clearly she’d been holding back a lot and Momo realised it had all been bottled up until now. “I thought that… everything was going so well, and then you hurt Izuku and Tooru and I… I wanted to… tell you to leave.”

“Tsu…” Momo’s heart dropped.

“W-We’ve all said we’ll help you out with your parents a-and… then you did that.” Tsuyu’s face scrunched up. “That’s n-not right. You hurt so many of the people I love a-and-”

Momo quickly moved around the side of her own bed to crouch in front of Tsuyu and try to catch her eye, taking the girl’s hands in her own.

“Tsu? Tsu, listen. I swear I didn’t mean it and you know how bad I felt because of it,” Momo tried to comfort the girl. Tsuyu gave a shaky nod where a large tear dripped and ran down her face.

“I-I know now,” Tsuyu acknowledged, “b-but it s-still-”

“It still doesn’t excuse what I did,” Momo reciprocated. “I know Tsu and I’m willing to spend as much time as I need to show you all how sorry I am.”

“I know…” Tsuyu nodded a small nod. “I just… want to be able to trust you again and I… I can’t… not right now.”

“I understand,” Momo bit the inside of her cheek. Out of everyone she expected to want to forgive and forget, Tsuyu was the last she’d expect to hold onto something like this; especially as the girl was partially the cause for their entire poly group getting together. “Do you… if you want I can see if one of the others wouldn’t mind switching, i-if you’re uncomfortable.”

Tsuyu shook her head, her tears not stopping any time soon.

“T-That won’t help a-anything,” she stated.

“Then please Tsu, let me know how I can make it up to you,” Momo practically begged. “I want everything to go back to normal, no, better than it was before but I… I can’t do it alone.”

“I don’t know,” Tsuyu admitted with a sob, “a-and that scares me.”

Momo didn’t know what to do either. She knew they all needed time to allow things to get back to normal but clearly Tsuyu was taking this hard even after everything she’d done so far to try and repair things.

“Look, Tsu, I… I can’t make any more promises I haven’t already. I mean it when I say I’m sorry for all of this and I’m here for all of you now, Izuku included. What you want, that big, happy pile with the seven of us all living together after graduation, I still want that too and I believe it can still happen if we can work through this. C-Can we work though this?” Momo asked hesitantly with bated breath.

Honestly she didn’t know what would happen if Tsuyu said ‘no’. When the girl didn’t respond immediately her anxiety started getting the better of her and she felt her own tears start prickling at her eyes.

With great relief, she watched Tsuyu’s head nod lightly and her anxiety released its hold on her lungs.

“G-Good… g-great,” Momo nodded too, biting her lip and trying to figure out what came next. “O-Okay then um…”

The heiress felt a tugging on her hands as Tsuyu tried to pull her closer.

“Ri-Ribbit, c-can I um… h-hug?” Tsuyu asked in a small voice.

Momo broke their hand hold for only a second as she wrapped up her girlfriend in a tight embrace as both felt their emotions swirling from their difficult talk despite not much being said. As if opening the floodgates, Momo could hear Tsuyu break into sobs over her shoulder as her own tears now threatened to break free.

“I’m sorry, ri-ribbit,” Tsuyu apologised. “I-I shouldn’t’ve brought this up now.”

“It’s okay, it’s okay hun.” Momo felt her own tears falling as she held the girl tightly, relishing their closeness. “W-We’re both s-silly sometimes, yes?”

“Mm-hmm,” Tsuyu hummed, slowly wrapping her arms around Momo to reciprocate. “W-We’ve got to be up for work in a few hours, ri-ribbit.”

“It’ll be fine,” Momo chuckled through her tears.

The two sat there awkwardly for a few minutes and just allowed their emotions to get the better of them, letting it out now where it was safe with each other. Hugs turned to soft, calming caresses as each tried to comfort the other to little avail and eventually they both needed to pull back.

Though both their tears had slowed, the girls were still a tad bleary eyed and brushed what moisture they could away.

“Is there um… a-anything else you want to say?” Momo asked, glad she was still wearing her own shirt.

Tsuyu shook her head before sniffing once more, hoping the last of her sadness had been released for now.

“No, ribbit. We should probably just… get some sleep now.”

“Sure,” Momo agreed rising to her feet and looking over at her bed.

She hesitated, hoping she wasn’t being too presumptuous as she turned back to Tsuyu and opened her mouth slowly.

“Would it um… be too much to ask if I could cuddle you tonight?” Momo asked carefully.

Tsuyu looked up at the heiress’ face and considered the request. While she didn’t yet trust Momo like she did before, rebuilding their relationship had to start somewhere and this would certainly help her feel more at ease after everything tonight.

“Ri-Ribbit,” Tsuyu nodded with as strong a smile as she could manage right now. “B-But no lewd stuff… you haven’t earned that yet.”

“Of course,” Momo chuckled, a quick flash of memories with the girl overtaking her mind’s eye for a moment before she moved to finish undressing herself.

Tsuyu slipped under the covers and shuffled up to leave plenty of space for her girlfriend to climb in. Once Momo was divested of all but her underwear, she switched off the light before slipping between the sheets and cuddling up next to her colder than normal girlfriend. The heiress was briefly reminded that Tsuyu sometimes struggled to retain body heat like others due to her quirk and made sure to snuggle up close to the girl to share what warmth she could offer.

“Night Darling,” Momo offered softly into the frog girl’s ear as the dark of the night started taking hold of her vision.

“Night… Gorgeous,” Tsuyu replied after a moment, letting herself sink into Momo’s comfortable embrace.

The two lay there for a while with nothing but the open sea sounds breaking the silence of the room. Tsuyu heard her girlfriend slip into dreamland judging by her rhythmic breathing before too long as she was left with her own thoughts.

She truly did hope Momo could earn back her trust, as well as that with the others too. Only time would tell though and it was getting more and more frustrating having to wait for things to progress.

Now she had her group of partners, she didn’t want anything to ever come between them and that something did so from the inside made her question where they were all going with this relationship. Was it doomed to fail? Was she being too greedy to try and keep them all together like this? Tsuyu hoped it was just her doubts preying on her weakness causing these thoughts right now and that they could all be one happy family like she wanted when all was said and done.

Cuddling Momo’s hand closer to her chest, Tsuyu closed her eyes and joined her girlfriend in dreamland as the ocean current rocked her to sleep.


Several phone alarms echoed throughout the rooms on the cruise ship the next morning. At various times between five and five forty-five a.m., many UA students rose bright and early for their first day of being official pro heroes, despite how temporary it would be.

Dressed once more in their UA uniforms, the students slowly trickled out of their rooms and towards the small meeting room that their teacher expected them in. It didn’t look like much with twenty chairs all facing towards a whiteboard and projector that almost resembled a worse version of their classroom set up but they were clearly guests here so it would make do for the instructions they would be getting.

As expected, there were many tired faces and sleepy looks amongst everyone as they settled into their chairs and chatted quietly amongst themselves. Neither Aizawa nor his sleeping bag was here so they knew they likely had until six on the dot to fully wake up.

As the time inched closer, Iida started getting worried as Kaminari and Sero had yet to show. He briefly wondered if their alarms hadn’t gone off and pondered if he’d be fast enough to go get them and return here before Aizawa could turn up.

Luckily, just before the clock struck six, the two boys practically threw themselves into the room.

“Safe!” They called out in the heap they’d both landed in on the floor.

The reason for their panic was obvious as Aizawa walked in not a moment later.

“Barely,” he murmured as he strolled to the front of the room.

Kaminari and Sero quickly scrambled to their feet and took their places in two of the remaining chairs while Aizawa picked up a remote control for the projector.

“Good morning everyone, I hope you all slept well as it was your last rest before the gruelling task of being heroes falls solely on your shoulders for the next week.”

Despite Aizawa’s words, everyone was awake now and eagerly listening for their instructions on what they’d be doing for the next seven days with Iida, Momo and Izuku all ready with notebooks.

“As you know, we’re approaching the island of Nabu and you’ll be disembarking in the next hour,” Aizawa began. “The nineteen of you will be forming the ‘UA Hero Agency’ and you’ll be acting as the island’s official pro heroes for the duration. That means that any task expected of you as a full-fledged pro will be on the table for you to pick up; public service, villain attacks, patrols, etcetera.”

“Wait, villain attacks?” Koda raised his arm, “I-Is there trouble expected on the island already?”

“No, and let’s hope it stays that way,” Aizawa sighed, though Bakugo gave a somewhat incredulous look. “This program was pushed by the hero association to all major hero schools. While UA couldn’t technically deny it, Nezu has seen fit to analyse the possible options and ensure your class and 1-B’s were sent to areas that are extremely unlikely to have any sort of true villain activity. Your class has been through a lot this year and we’re all hoping this week will go off without a hitch while fulfilling our obligations to the Hero Association.”

“If we’re not fighting bad guys, what’s the point?!” Bakugo growled, though still having enough common sense to raise his hand.

“If you really need me to answer that, you can come back to UA with me Bakugo,” Aizawa glared at the blond who scoffed in return. “While villain attacks are unexpected, like real pros, if one occurs, you will be expected to handle it.”

“Please, Mr Aizawa,” Momo raised her hand, “I thought you said before that you would be joining us-”

“Due to the rise in incidents regarding your class, yes, a teacher will be overseeing your stay here,” Aizawa nodded. “However, I never said I would be the one accompanying you on this trip.”

That, would be me!” A cheerful voice called out as the meeting room door opened once again.

Nineteen heads swivelled to observe their art history teacher standing there in her full hero outfit before strolling into the room with a cheeky wink.

“Miss Midnight?!” Mina called out in surprise.

“In the flesh darling,” Midnight smirked.

“When did you get here, ribbit?” Tsuyu asked curiously.

“I arrived yesterday morning,” Midnight giggled as she stood by Aizawa. “Had to make sure I got my towel down on the best sun lounger.”

“And how was your sunning?” Aizawa asked with a curious glance at the heroine and got another cheeky wink in response. 

“It’s not as fun when the boat’s stationary,” Midnight replied.

That was their pre-agreed on passcode to ensure Himiko Toga hadn’t taken her place. Aizawa gave her a small nod and turned back to the students.

“As Midnight seems to find herself without class duties right now but is still a member of UA, she will be here in the case of extreme emergencies to help support you,” Aizawa explained.

“Hopefully you cute kids won’t need me too much,” Midnight grinned. “Gotta get a good tan before we head back.”

“With all due respect sir,” Iida raised his arm, “I was under the impression that Mr Vlad was accompanying his class. Why the switch with our class?”

“Because Eri still needs to be watched,” Aizawa replied simply. “With all the hero students going back to their internships or on this recommendation project, this will be a perfect opportunity to help her gain control over her quirk without having to worry about you lot.”

“I’ll take good care of them,” Midnight chuckled lightly and getting an eyeroll from Aizawa.

“While she will be here, Midnight will not be supporting you on your day to day activities, only stepping in in the case of an actual emergency. Attempting to use her to gain insight into what you should be doing this week will result in a reduced grade.”

The students gulped, not wanting to risk Aizawa’s ire even when he wasn’t here.

“Though don’t feel afraid to have a friendly chat when you have some time,” Midnight winked. “Just treat me like any other civilian for the most part and you’ll be fine.”

The mood in the class picked back up as it dawned on them all they wouldn’t have Aizawa glaring over their shoulder and analysing their every action while here.

“Now, back to the task at hand,” Aizawa clicked a button on the remote as an image of a building appeared onscreen. “This is Iogi Heights, located here in the low hills. You will operate your hero agency out of here for the duration. It was the base of the last hero who worked on Nabu and while the living arrangements may be a bit cramped, the support network has already been set up for you all to handle.”

“Do the public already know how to reach us then?” Sato put his hand up.

“An advertisement was put out to ensure you’re all kept plenty busy during this next week,” Aizawa nodded. “As it is, you are expected to be shining examples of both UA and our next generation of heroes, so slacking off will be looked at unfavourably by everyone. After you’ve finished your week here, you will all be expected to write a report detailing everything you did, how you handled certain situations, and things you can improve in the future, but more on that on the ferry ride back.”

Aizawa clicked another button and the projector shut off.

“That’s all. Any questions?”

Several students looked awkwardly between each other as they were wondering if there was some last minute twist Aizawa wasn’t telling them.

“Um, sir!” Mina’s hand rose up. “What about our schedule? Like, how do we know we’re on the clock or who needs to patrol where and stuff?”

Aizawa’s lips curled into a smirk.

“That’s completely up to you,” he replied. “I told you this week will be a test of how you all handle being pro heroes, as such you are to run this hero agency however you see fit, just like real pros. You can set your own hours, patrol routes, shifts, everything; there’ll be no hand holding this time so I hope you’ve been paying attention in class.”

Despite the fear of having to be responsible for everything, a wave of excitement passed through the students. This wasn’t just for show, they were really being treated like the real thing for everything!

“Of course remember that you need to adhere to all the standards regular pro heroes do so and you’ll be reporting back to me at the end of the week. I don’t think it needs to be said that I don’t want to see you slacking off the whole time and leaving everything to your classmates. Clear?”

“Crystal sir!” Mina cheered, this suiting her just fine.

Aizawa raised a brow but decided to let it go.

“Very well then. If there’s no further questions, you’re all dismissed. I advise you go get your stuff and be ready to depart; we’ll be arriving in twenty minutes.”

There was a slight scramble as everyone quickly rose to their feet and made their way out of the only door to the room before Aizawa let his shoulders drop in a sigh.

With only the two pros left in the room, Midnight stepped over to her co-worker after noting his apprehensive expression

“Hey, you doing alright hun?” Midnight asked softly.

“Peachy,” Aizawa shook his head.

“I know you’re worried but I promise I’ll take good care of them,” Midnight brushed her hand along Aizawa’s arm.

“I know you will Nem, doesn’t mean I hate this any less,” Aizawa shook his head.

“They’ve trained hard and learned well,” Midnight smiled warmly at the man. “Trust them to handle this.”

“It’s not them I don’t trust,” Aizawa glanced out the window at the cloudless, bright blue sky.


It took no less than ten minutes for every UA student to return to their temporary rooms and grab their gear before returning to the main deck where the ship staff were getting ready to dock. They looked out at the harbour and surrounding city in awe as everything became a lot more real.

“I can’t believe we’re gonna be responsible for all of this!” Kaminari grinned excitedly, eyeing the beaches and trying see if there were any babes in need of immediate rescue.

“It’s a big job but I have confidence that we’re up to the task,” Shoji commented.

“As prestigious students of UA we must put our best foot forward and show they world why we are the top hero school in the country!” Iida announced proudly.

“I’m more interested in checking out our new digs and base for the week first,” Sero pondered.

“I do hope each of our rooms comes with its own mirror,” Aoyama daydreamed, “the public deserves to see me at my best after all.”

“Uh, I don’t think that building has nineteen bedrooms dude,” Sato shook his head.

“Ooo, is it gonna be like camp again?” Mina grinned, recalling their group sleeping arrangements. “Sleepover every night!”

Several of the other girls perked up. While they would unlikely be able to engage in anything particularly naughty if things were like that, they might be able to get away with snuggling up closer than they did back then.

Everyone watched the staff members finalise the boat’s docking procedure as the walkways were extended down to the pier. Aizawa and Midnight stood patiently nearby, holding the eager students up as all the regular guests disembarked first.

Once it was their turn, the students were let go and they all hurried down to stand on dry land once more. Aizawa and Midnight gave them a minute to just look around and take in the sights and sounds before leading them down the pier where a smartly dressed gentleman was waiting for them.

“Mr Mayor, thank you for agreeing to take our students for this venture,” Aizawa politely greeted the man as he and Midnight offered a small bow.

“Oh not at all, you’re doing us the fine service after all,” the mayor greeted Aizawa with his own bow.

“Students, this is the mayor of the island, Veesh Parupatiin,” Aizawa introduced the man. “He will be overseeing your stay here. If you have any problems that you believe need to be brought to his attention, he will be available to assist.”

“I’ve left my hours and contact details at your office,” Veesh smiled warmly at the students. “I look forward to seeing you all perform this week.”

“Thank you very much for having us,” the class collectively bowed.

Aizawa checked his watch and looked over at the nearby bus parked up.

“With introductions out of the way, we should get going,” he gestured to the vehicle.

“By all means,” the mayor nodded as he led the class over to their transport.

Once more everyone stored their baggage as appropriate before they were on the road again. The students were much more focused on looking out of the windows and observing at all the areas they’d likely find themselves exploring soon enough.

The mayor happily gave them all a small overview of all the amenities they had on the island including a healthy marketplace, stunning beaches and other tourist spots; like a relaxing hot springs.

As they travelled up the slopes of the nearby hills, the cityscape gave way to a more peaceful domestic setting with quaint housing fairly spaced out with plenty of greenery separating everyone. Before long, they arrived at a somewhat large two-story building with a pair of signs out front: the one on the stone wall read ‘Iogi Heights’ while the sandwich board below it read ‘UA High School 1-A Agency’.

“Oh-em-gee, this must be us!” Tooru cheered as the bus slowed to a stop.

Everyone struggled to get a good look out the side windows as they observed their new home for the next seven days.

“Alright, everyone off and grab your gear; let’s make this quick,” Aizawa grumbled as he alighted from the bus first.

The students at least retained their manners and allowed the mayor and Midnight to leave the bus before them before it became a free-for-all to get off as fast as they could with Iida protesting all the while.

Soon enough, the nineteen students were stood outside the building with only the three adults separating them from exploring it from top to bottom.

“If you’ll excuse me a few more minutes of your time,” the mayor spoke up, “your teacher informed me you had the basic frame of instructions for this week and I’d like to give you a small tour on how things worked previously to give you a solid start, if I may.”

“That would be most helpful sir!” Iida bowed deeply.

“Wonderful, now if you’ll all follow me.”

The mayor led them through several rooms of the building, starting with the main hall where a large number of desks and computers had been set up, each with their own connection to the hero net and response system on the island. They only had one previous hero to support them, but it was simple enough to get some extra copies of the software installed and set up for everyone.

Also available downstairs was a dining area, kitchen, and washing facilities so they had everything they needed here at their office. In a way it was much like the dorm where the only thing they really needed to leave the building for was shopping throughout the week, though a selection of fruit, vegetables and a small array of meats had kindly been donated to help the students start up if they hadn’t yet had breakfast.

As expected, while there was a singular bedroom where the previous hero had slept, the students were expected to share floor space between two separate meeting rooms on the upper floor. For those that hadn’t brought sleeping bags, there was plenty provided. Apart from the garden and the washrooms, the tour was complete and the mayor and Aizawa stood before the students outside the front door.

“As your teacher mentioned before, do feel free to let me know if you have any problems you are unsure how to deal with,” the mayor bowed lightly, “I hope you all enjoy your time here as much as we will enjoy having you.”

“Thank you for your wisdom and hospitality!” Iida bowed deeply once again while everyone else gave a much smaller bow. “We will be sure to serve you and your community with the utmost diligence and enthusiasm.”

“Tone it down Iida,” Aizawa shook his head. “You all have your instructions for the week. You have until eight a.m. to get changed and get acquainted with your set up before you’re expected to be contactable, I suggest you all get to it.”

There was a flurry of activity as many of the students immediately hurried back upstairs to their sleeping area to get changed into their hero outfits leaving only the three adults behind.

“Well, I guess that’s everything,” Midnight stretched herself out, her mind already wandering towards how she’d spend her ‘vacation’ which totally wasn’t part of her suspension that she was thanking Nezu for.

“Don’t look so relaxed Midnight, you’re technically on call don’t forget,” Aizawa chided.

“Would you get going already,” Midnight rolled her eyes, “unless you’re thinking about hanging around to catch some rays with me.”

“Hard pass,” Aizawa shook his head and turned back towards the waiting bus.

“Thank you again for being here with the students Miss Midnight,” the mayor bowed. “You all have my number so we’ll leave you here.”

“You got it,” Midnight winked and gave the man a once over that left him a little hot under the collar, not that he could know it was only part of her persona.

The art history teacher waved to the pair from the doorway as the vehicle set off once more while the first students began trickling down from upstairs.

“Is Mr Aizawa gone already?” Kyoka asked as she caught Midnight waving.

“That he is dear, meaning you’re now all under my supervision,” she chuckled. “While this will be an important time for you all to spread your wings and show us what you’ve learned, I shall sit in while you establish how you’ll be tackling this week to keep things above board, but after that, you’re on your own.”

“Uh, got it.” Kyoka nodded, heading into the main operation room and looking over the computers with Kaminari and Ojiro joining her in short order.

Soon enough, everyone had been gathered once more and both Iida and Momo were standing by a mobile whiteboard where everyone could see them.

“All right everyone!” Iida called them to order. “As of today we are to be the sole pro heroes of Nabu and need to work hard to support the citizens of this fine island to the best of our abilities. In order to do so most effectively, we should establish how to best manage ourselves to get the most coverage and use out of each of us.”

“What we’re asking, in simpler terms, is if anyone has any ideas for how we should run our new agency in order to produce the best results.” Momo assisted the class representative.

The other seventeen students pondered to themselves while Midnight stood against a doorframe off to the side, watching how these chicks took their first steps.

“Are we going to be working every day?” Mina’s hand rose up. “We’re here for like, seven, right? Shouldn’t we get at least one day off each or something?”

“It would be nice to visit my grandma,” Sato idly pondered.

“Can clearly tell where your minds are at,” Kaminari chuckled though didn’t debate the issue himself.

“Ashido, Sato, do not forget that we are here to help and learn. This is not a chance for you to get a free vacation out of this,” Iida scolded.

“Um, Iida?” Izuku raised his hand. “According to the Labour Standards Act, we can only work twelve hour shifts six out of every seven days unless there’s a significant emergency. Even if we wanted to, there’s no way we can all work every day this week.”

Mina sent Izuku a grateful wink though Izuku just gave her a shrug and a smile in return.

“I see your point,” Iida nodded thoughtfully. “Very well then, how about one day off for everyone to enjoy at their leisure. In order to ensure everyone gets a fair turn while maintaining a certain level of manpower, please write down your preference for the next six days by the end of today.”

“So we’re all working today?” Tooru asked.

“How better for us all to get up to speed with everything as a class and learn what will be required of us?” Iida stated. There was a few agreeing nods and reluctant acceptance as everyone agreed with the class representative’s logic, though most everyone was more interested in getting to be actual heroes right now than thinking about time off already. “Right, with that out of the way, let’s talk about how we shall best handle incoming requests for assistance.”

The meeting lasted nearly thirty minutes longer where the class collectively decided on shift times, minimum manpower at the office to handle incoming requests, and a number of other small intricacies.

As they were discussing potential patrol routes, eight o’clock arrived and the monitors for the computers lit up as several phones began ringing throughout the room.

“Places people!” Iida called out, “Patrol will have to wait, for now, we’ve got civilians to assist!”

Several students grabbed the phones and took their spots at desks as requests began pouring in. Midnight decided to stay just a bit longer, watching over them all proudly as they’d gotten off to a solid start. Watching Iida write ‘continuous requests’ on the board, followed by ‘Lifeguard(s)’, she figured they were fine to leave to their own devices for now.

Grabbing her own bags by the front door, Midnight headed upstairs and into the sole bedroom in the building where she would be staying for the duration. The students all had her contact details and, short of a major incident, she was fine to indulge a little more than they were when it came to enjoying what the island offered.

Changing out of her hero outfit and into a less than modest bikini and towel combination hidden by a beach wrap, Nemuri Kayama got herself ready for a day of relaxation.


Much of the remaining work hours of Monday was spent by the class enthusiastically getting stuck in to the foundations of what it means to be pro heroes.

Jobs came in frequently to start with as it seemed everyone on the island decided to call at once, though thankfully some people were requesting jobs in advance and others could be handled without any specialised quirk. The computer system was put through its paces as the students all needed to learn as fast as they could while making sure everything was accounted for; it wouldn’t do for a request to get lost in the shuffle just because they were new to the system.

By the time the students were forced to clock out and end their workday, they’d racked up an impressive fifty six jobs completed. When the pre-set alarm rang out, only half of the students were back in the office with Momo calling everyone else to let them know they were off the clock after their last jobs.

Around the room, Aoyama, Kirishima, Sato, Ojiro were all collapsed on the sofas while Bakugo and Izuku were refreshing themselves with a drink of water. Iida and Momo continued to make use of the phones while Kaminari, Mina, and Sero trooped in from their last job.

“Man, I’m exhausted!” Kaminari groaned as he removed his support gear and slumped into one of the many chairs.

“My sparkle is almost gone,” Aoyama croaked from his spot on the sofa with a cold compress over his forehead.

“Take heart friends,” Iida tried to rally everyone and round the day out on a happier note. “We helped many people of the island today and surely have made a dent in the requests we’ll see tomorrow. For now, let’s focus on getting the patrol route completed and organising time off.”

Many groans ran out through the room at the thought of not taking a break before resuming work.

“I think we all need a day after today,” Sero groaned.

“You losers don’t have any stamina, no way you’re gonna make it in the real world if this crap is giving you trouble,” Bakugo rolled his eyes as he joined Iida over by the map they’d pulled out to plan that morning.

“This coming from the guy who complained about there not being any villains to fight?” Mina glared at the blond.

“I didn’t say the day was productive, just that you losers need to get stronger,” Bakugo growled. “Waste of my time frankly.”

“Hey, come on man,” Kirishima nudged his arm. “We helped those old ladies carry their shopping back after getting those loitering teens to move along, you can’t not call that a win.”

“Tsh, should’ve blown them all up,” Bakugo scoffed.

“The… teens or the old ladies?” Ojiro asked with mild confusion as though trying to recall how Bakugo got his provisional license in the first place. The evil smirk the explosive blond returned didn’t alleviate his concerns.

“Simmer down please,” Iida chided the boy who just rolled his eyes and returned to looking at the map. “We should keep up the momentum and finish today strong.”

“Iida, everyone’s tired and a break for dinner can’t hurt,” Izuku suggested, still also able to do more had time not run out for the day. “Besides the only people that really need to know are the ones that’ll be involved in the patrol tomorrow.”

“Compartmentalise man!” Sero called out.

“What he said,” Sato agreed.

Iida looked around and was clearly outnumbered by the amount of tired faces he could spot.

“Very well,” he relented. “Does anyone want to volunteer for tomorrow?”

“Let’s just say I’ll do it,” Izuku offered before anyone could groan again, hoping to save his classmates a touch of frustration at the diligent class representative.

“You the man Midoriya!” Sato shot him a thumbs up as heaved himself to his feet and headed to the kitchen to begin dinner for them all.

“I see,” Iida adjusted his glasses. “I guess a short break is okay since we have that squared away. Still, I would like to get everyone on the same page before tomorrow so there are no misunderstandings.”

“Less talking more cooking please!” Kaminari groaned. “Food and rest comes first.”

Iida thankfully left that last remark unchallenged as he and Izuku headed into the kitchen to help Sato with preparation.

With no time to get much in the way of ingredients, tonight was a simple curry with rice that brought to mind their happier memories of the summer camp. By the time everyone had returned to the office, the smell of the delicious meal was wafting throughout the building and hungry tummies were rumbling.

There was no real eating area able to hold all nineteen of them considering all the computers set up on the tables so the class spread out to find what seats they could in mixed states of dress; some were still in uniform and others had slipped upstairs to change into more comfy clothes.

As food was consumed and strength began returning to everyone, happiness blossomed in the office as everyone began enthusiastically talking about their day and everything they did, comparing jobs and experiences they’d had on the island so far.

When Kirishima passed by the whiteboard that had been set up that morning on the way to return his plate, he spotted the section of space reserved for everyone to jot down when they’d like to take their day off. Most of the others had put down a day already and the red-head grabbed the board pen to do the same. Reading through it though, the boy frowned as he didn’t see a particular name there.

“Hey, Baku-bro?” He called out. “When are you taking your day off man?”

“I’m not,” Bakugo replied back casually, taking another bite of his curry at a computer desk. “Villains could appear at any time so I’ll be ready to blow them away.”

“Dude,” Kirishima sighed.

“I must protest at this,” Iida called out. “You heard Midoriya this morning, it is illegal for you to work every day this week.”

“I don’t care about that,” Bakugo rolled his eyes, “if you’ve got a problem with it then just try to lock me up.”

Before Iida could launch into another tirade, Kirishima put his hand out to the class rep to get him to hold back before walking over to his boyfriend.

“Hey, come on babe,” he whispered as he sidled up to Bakugo. “We’ve got a kickass island to enjoy for at least one day together. Don’t you wanna go to the beach or find something fun to do, just the two of us?”

Bakugo opened his mouth to retort but lost all motivation when Kirishima flashed him his cheeky smile that got him to reconsider things with unusual frequency.

“I hate you.”

“I know.” Kirishima chuckled.

“Urgh, fuck it, fine,” Bakugo groaned, “put me down for whatever.”

“You got it!” Kirishima grinned with success, stepping back over to the board and writing his and Bakugo’s names by Saturday.

Iida eyed the pleased redhead with consideration, knowing there was something he was missing here since Kirishima seemed to be able to wrangle Bakugo’s compliance all too easily. The spikey haired boy simply sent Iida a happy grin as he replaced the pen and moved away from the board towards the kitchen

The class rep took a moment to approach and read the board himself since he needed to get acquainted with the schedule tomorrow regarding who was working and who wasn’t. Looking through the list of names, it was clear another one was missing from the list.

“Midoriya?” Iida called out.

“Yes?” Izuku poked his head out from the sofa room.

“You’re the last person to put your name down for a day off. Would you mind doing so now?”

“Oh? Is everyone else done?” Izuku asked, walking over to view the board with his friend.

“Indeed, were you holding out for a specific reason?” Iida asked curiously.

“I just wanted to give everyone else first choice,” Izuku rubbed the back of his head. “I don’t really mind when I’m off.”

“I do, ribbit,” a voice called out from nearby.

The pair turned and spotted Tsuyu and Ochako walking towards them with empty plates in hand, Izuku couldn’t help but smile as he looked at his girlfriend’s happy faces.

“Ochako and I took tomorrow off,” Tsuyu pointed at the board. “We were hoping you’d join us for a date.”

“Ooo, romance on Nabu?” Mina teased, poking her head out of the sofa room at Tsuyu’s words.

“Don’t pretend like you didn’t have the same idea,” Ochako challenged with a smirk, noting both Mina and Tooru’s names by Thursday.

“Guilty,” Mina giggled and left the group with a wink before returning to her conversation.

Iida cleared his throat to get things back on track.

“Oh, uh, right,” Izuku shook his head, “y-yes, I’d love to go on a date tomorrow.” He grabbed the pen and wrote his name by Tuesday.

“Perfect,” Iida sighed, grateful everyone had now satisfied their legal obligation to not work at least one day each and he could stop worrying. Looking down the list, it seemed everyone was thankfully fairly spread out evenly already.

Midoriya, Asui, and Uraraka had tomorrow off followed by Jiro, Yaoyorozu, and Kaminari on Wednesday. Thursday saw Ashido, Hagakure, and Shoji taking a day, and Friday had Aoyama, Sato, and Todoroki. The final two days had Kirishima, Bakugo, and Tokoyami enjoying Saturday off while Iida, Ojiro, Koda and Sero would be enjoying the final day before returning to UA.

As Iida looked at the board, a sinking feeling came over him as he looked at Midoriya’s name and the day he was now officially not working.

“W-Wait a minute!” he panicked. “This means you’ll be unavailable for patrol tomorrow!”

“Oh uh, y-yeah, sorry Iida,” Izuku sweatdropped.

“Everyone reconvene!” The class rep called out hurriedly, moving to stand by the island map again. “We need to decide who’s doing patrol tomorrow.”

Several groans were heard around the office as Izuku blushed from embarrassment at forgetting the duty he’d volunteered for.

“Don’t worry Izuku,” Tsuyu slipped her hand into his. “Let’s just enjoy our day together, yes?”

The greenette felt his anxiety melt away as he looked at Tsuyu and Ochako’s smiling faces before giving the pair a firm nod.

“Have you got someplace in mind?”

“Actually, we do,” Ochako nodded.


With their first day officially over with, everyone slowly started heading to bed to rest up for tomorrow or hitting the shower room to get the day’s grime off themselves.

The girls and the boys were sleeping in two separate rooms with plenty of sleeping bags to ensure everyone was as comfortable as they could be given the circumstances. It wasn’t ideal but the building wasn’t designed to house so many heroes at once.

“Man, that curry hit the spot!” Mina sighed with satisfaction as she returned from the bathroom, dressed down in her comfy clothes and having finished her nightly routine.

“I’m not sure if Sato intended to replicate the recipe we learned at summer camp but it was a welcome surprise,” Momo smiled, laying down her sleeping bag next to Kyoka who was already relaxing in hers with her arms behind her head.

“I’m just glad we can call it a day, my legs are killing me,” the punkette complained, glad to be off her feet and hoped to stay that way as long as she could.

“Awww, did you not have fun being a hero today?” Tooru teased lightly from her own sleeping bag where she and Mina had set up theirs.

“Of course I did,” Kyoka rolled her eyes, “just bloody exhausting.”

“Good thing we’re not having an actual sleepover, ribbit,” Tsuyu chuckled. “I don’t think even I have the energy for anything right now.”

“Does that mean if I challenge you to ‘Truth or Dare’, I win by default?” Mina giggled, winking at the frog girl.

“Don’t push it Mina,” Tsuyu stuck her tongue out at the pinkette. “You’ll never get my crown.”

“Maybe not, but I’ll have fun trying,” Mina smirked, her eyes roaming up and down Tsuyu’s body.

“Seriously you two?” Kyoka sat up to glare at the pair. “The boys are literally next door.”

“Yeah, we should probably keep it down,” Ochako agreed.

“Hmph, fine,” Mina sulked. “But only because Izuku isn’t here to join us and make it a proper sleepover.”

“I think Iida and the others might notice,” Ochako sweatdropped.

“Not Iida,” Momo noted. “He’s sleeping downstairs tonight. Apparently we forgot to designate someone for the night shift, so while it’s not technically working he’s sleeping by the phones just to be sure no one calls in.”

“Dude needs to take a chill pill,” Kyoka chuckled.

“Or get laid, ribbit.”

“Tsu!” Ochako blushed fiercely, not wanting to think about her friend in that manner while Tooru and Mina let out loud laughs.

“Blunt as ever, ey Darling?” Kyoka chuckled over at the greenette.

“I calls ‘em as I sees ‘em,” Tsuyu grinned.

“Who would he even fancy? Not like there’s any single ladies left in our class,” Tooru giggled.

“And whose fault is that?” Mina glanced over at Tsuyu cheekily.

“Isn’t it technically yours since you convinced Momo to try and get me to share with you all?” Kyoka pitched.

“Lies and slander!” Mina deflected.

“Alright, settle down Minx,” Momo rolled her eyes as everyone chuckled at Mina’s playful attitude. “We should all get some rest for tomorrow, we’ve got five more days each of this so we should be ready for it.”

“Only because you asked nicely Gorgeous,” Mina winked, heading over to her sleeping bag after turning off the main light.

Illuminated only by phone screens that lit up to guide the pinkette back, the girls began snuggling up together to sleep.

“Hey, you guys?” Ochako called out softly.

“No Cutie Pie, you had your chance for some loving already,” Mina smirked without opening her eyes.

“What’s up ‘Chako?” Tsuyu asked, hoping the others were at least listening in still.

“Considering what we’re doing right now… is this kind of like what it’ll be when we graduate?” Ochako asked the room.

“What do you mean?” Tooru responded with a tilt of her head.

“I mean like, we’re all here in almost one big uh… pile,” Ochako stated.

“Except for Squishy in the other room,” Tsuyu noted.

“And we’re living together and doing hero work. Do you think it’ll be something like this in a few years?”

“Hopefully the bedding situation will be a bit better by then,” Kyoka chuckled.

“No sharing with the other boys either,” Mina commented, “‘cept Squishy.”

“Maybe a nice hot bath to dip into before bed too,” Tooru daydreamed.

“Okay, so there’s lots of things that’d be different,” Ochako blew her cheeks up with a small amount of petulance as the others laughed quietly.

“I get what you mean though ‘Chako.” Tsuyu took her girlfriend’s hand in her own. “Apart from the details and emergencies, I think this really is a taste of what things could be like in a few years if we keep going.”

The thought properly dawned over the others and each felt a degree of deep satisfaction settle in their hearts.

“It’s only been one day but… I really like this,” the gravity girl said with a small blush.

“Helping people today, even in little ways, was really fun!” Tooru joined in.

“There was no bad guys to fight but getting to use our quirks to help was super awesome!” Mina agreed.

“Even if we were run off our feet?” Kyoka asked.

“Today was very busy but I understand what you mean Ochako,” Momo acknowledged, “there’s a certain sense of accomplishment and satisfaction I’m feeling after helping so many people that I just… don’t get from managing my side businesses.”

“Even if they earn a lot more money?” Mina queried.

“Money’s a means to an end at this point,” Momo admitted. “The more I have for leverage over my parents, the better our chances are of… making something like this a reality after we graduate UA, providing you um, all still want that.”

“I know I do,” Tooru replied.

“It was hard enough getting you all together in the first place, I’m not letting go now,” Kyoka rolled her eyes.

“Isn’t that Tsu’s line, you giant lesbian?” Mina smirked.

“Don’t tease her Mina, we all know she’s Izuku-sexual on the side, ribbit.”

“Fuck you both.”

“If you’re offering,” both Mina and Tsuyu replied at the same time.

Despite the tease, the group shared a small laugh as their minds each processed how they might end up with something even better than this in just a few years’ time.

“A lot’s changed since we started UA, huh?” Tooru mumbled.

“Yup; we all got laid!” Mina laughed, earning her several groans from the others.

“Ruin the moment why don’t ya,” Kyoka sighed.

“Oh shush, you know I love you all,” Mina chuckled.

“In both ways, ribbit?” Tsuyu asked, a small nervousness in her voice.

There was a small pause in the conversation as it seemed Mina was taking the question seriously.

“Hmm,” Mina pondered. “Fuck it, at this point, I’m all in.”

“Classy,” Kyoka shook her head.

“You shush,” Mina shot back, “and tell me you love me back.”

“You can have one or the other,” Kyoka retorted.

“Fine, the second one then.”

Another small pause.

“Y-Yeah, okay,” Kyoka took in a steadying breath. “I love you all too.”

A phone light switched on and everyone turned their heads to look over to Tooru’s sleeping bag where the girl had rolled over onto her front to look at everyone.

“You guys are my best friends and… I can’t imagine life without any of you now; Izuku included of course. Despite um… recent stuff,” she glanced at Momo, “I love you all too.”

“We really should do this when Izuku’s here, ribbit.” Tsuyu spoke up.

“He can be part of it next time,” Mina waved away, “this time’s just for us girls.”

“Besides, some of us have yet to figure things out with him,” Kyoka noted, counting both herself and Momo at this stage.

“In that case,” Tsuyu also rolled over onto her front. “You know I didn’t realise I was polyamorous until after our sleepovers started and, since then, you’ve all made me a happier frog than I could ever imagine. I love you all so much.”

“Woo, bring on the cheese!” Mina giggled as Tsuyu felt a rare blush creep onto her face in the dim light.

“Um,” Ochako cleared her throat. “I didn’t start off in the best place for all this… but even a thousand angry grandparents couldn’t stop me wanting what I’ve got with you all now.”

“Which is good ‘cause we may have to fight Momo’s actual parents,” Kyoka chuckled.

“Let’s hope it doesn’t come to that,” Momo sweatdropped.

“Still, thank you all for everything you’ve done to help me discover just who I am,” Ochako continued, “I don’t think I’d be anywhere near as happy as I am right now if I didn’t love you all so much.”

With everyone else now having gone, attention turned towards the last member of their group who could feel their eyes on her. She bit her lip and tightened her fists before speaking her piece.

“I… know I’ve recently done wrong by you, all of you, but I thank whatever lucky stars I have that you all decided to give me a second chance. I’ve come to love and cherish each of you in different ways over the past months in manners I never thought I would ever be allowed to. You’ve all helped open my eyes to everything I could be and I so desperately want to meet those expectations. I understand I still have a lot of trust to make up for, but I hope you’ll continue to allow me to show you how much I truly do love you all.”

“Sweet, ribbit,” Tsuyu smiled.

“Awww,” Tooru agreed, knowing it was at least partially aimed at her.

“And after that Momo-logue,” Mina chuckled at her own joke. “We really should call it a night.”

“Are we all gonna say ‘Goodnight’ to each other too now?” Kyoka asked sarcastically.

“Well, if you’re asking for it.”

“Just one will do,” Ochako intervened, sliding on her bedtime mittens now they were settling down properly.

With that, the girls all bid each other a good night and tried in earnest to get some rest for their next day of her work tomorrow.


Tuesday morning broke over the sunny island of Nabu where the seagulls cawed eagerly to greet the new day.

At the class 1-A hero agency, Izuku Midoriya was already up for his morning run and was using the opportunity to scope out the surrounding area a bit better. While he had no solid route planned in order to get his required distance in, he figured it was fine so long as he felt the burn and enjoyed himself since he didn’t need to work or study today after all.

Running around the greener parts of the local area, Izuku greeted many farmers who were similarly up early, though many were already tending to their work days instead of exercising. The boy actually stopped when he heard the cough and splutter of an engine dying and spoke to the farmer whose machine appeared to have failed on him. While he was unable to help, he knew just the friend for the job and promised to send Kaminari out to the nice Mr Matsuda just as soon as he started work for the day, much to the gratitude of the man.

Returning sweaty to the agency by the time most of the island was beginning to rise, the boy quickly took his turn in the shower before the flood of others rolled in from their alarms. The building only had one shower room, though luckily it had two toilets, and the boy thought himself fortunate to get in when he did as he passed a recently washed and grumpy looking Bakugo on his way in followed by an impatient looking Iida on his way out.

After getting dressed in some casual, breathable clothes he’d packed for the trip including a plain white, short-sleeve T-shirt with ‘Beach Shirt’ written on it and shorts, Izuku sent a message off to his girlfriends to ask what the plan was for the day. It wasn’t long before they replied and told him to meet outside their room. While the girls had no issue with Izuku going into their shared room, him doing so might raise a few eyebrows as everyone was in much closer proximity with each other here than at the dorms.

“Morning Izuku,” Ochako and Tsuyu greeted as Izuku stepped out, the trio sharing a couple of kisses as they all appeared ready for a day out together.

“So um, what’s the plan for today?” The boy asked as he admired the two girl’s outfits.

Ochako was dressed in a short-sleeve, white top of her own along with an orange wrap around her waist and her regular shoes while Tsuyu had a straw hat on along with an old looking blue sleeveless top and green shorts completing her look with a pair of flip-flops.

“We’re gonna hit the beach nice and early to start, ribbit,” Tsuyu smiled.

“I’ve packed sun cream, and a beach ball, and some towels, and loads more stuff so we’re ready for anything!” Ochako declared proudly, hoping up a heavy looking duffle bag she’d likely used her quirk on.

“Sounds great,” Izuku smiled, glad he’d worn his swimming trunks underneath his shorts after the girls suggested at least visiting the beach yesterday. “Anything else I need to grab before we go?”

“No, but there’s some things I definitely want to grab,” Tsuyu eyed his waistline, eager to see how her boyfriend’s butt would look in his trunks.

“Shhh!” Ochako scolded her girlfriend as Izuku felt the heat rising to his cheeks. “Don’t listen to her Izuku, we should have everything we need already.”

“C-Cool,” Izuku nodded, still a tad awkward about flirting in such a public space though Tsuyu seemed to have fewer hang-ups than he and Ochako.

Without any further preamble, the trio made their way downstairs and headed out the office, waving goodbye to all those that were present on the computers at this time including a somewhat tired-looking Iida.

With the sun beating down a healthy warmth already they all felt optimistic about their coming date together, though to one there was definitely something missing that needed to be said.

“It’s a shame we can’t get everyone to the beach at once for some fun but we’ll just have to come back again, won’t we?” Tsuyu mentioned.

“Think we’ll have some time at the end of the trip?” Ochako asked curiously.

“Doubtful,” Izuku replied, “Mr Aizawa’s more likely to set us extra homework than let us enjoy a break. Tsu’s right, we’ll just have to come back another time… just the seven of us.”

They all had to admit that it sounded wonderful but wouldn’t let it detract from today’s enjoyment. With a bag full of beach supplies, the threesome set off down the long road towards the beach.


It wasn’t too long a journey and the three enjoyed pleasant conversation starting with everything they did and learned yesterday before it turned to more mundane things like what they would do once they arrived at their destination.

Tsuyu, thanks to her froggy family, was very familiar with water games and beach activities, having played in the sands and sea a couple of times as a young girl, and was excited to share her favourites with the pair that hadn’t really gone before; Izuku hadn’t had much reason to visit when he was young with no friends to enjoy things with, his training at Takoba not counting, and Ochako and her folks just couldn’t afford the trip or time off.

Today was for them though and Tsuyu was determined to make some amazing memories with two of her most dear partners.

“Doesn’t look that busy this morning,” Ochako observed as she scanned the beach, seeing only about fifty or so people enjoying themselves.

“Ribbit, probably mostly tourists right now,” Tsuyu reasoned. “Residents probably still have work and school to go to right now as it isn’t vacation time yet.”

“More beach for us I guess,” Izuku breathed a little easier, glad there was less people around for him to make a fool of himself in front of.

“So where should we set up?” Ochako asked, looking around for the perfect spot to make base camp. “Can we get one of those umbrellas for shade?”

“We might have to rent them, ribbit,” Tsuyu relayed, “don’t worry about it though, we’ll set up closer to the stalls over there.”

As Tsuyu pointed out the small array of colourful beach stalls that lined the edge of the sands, the trio made their way a tad closer before Tsuyu declared a nearby spot good. Whipping out a pair of towels, the frog girl lay them out before putting their bag to one side and pulling out some sun cream.

“Did you two put any on before we left?” The frog girl asked. Izuku grimaced at his mistake and Ochako blushed and shook her head. “Thought not,” she tossed the bottle to Ochako who quickly caught it. “I’ll go see about getting an umbrella, you two protect yourselves from the sun; I’d rather not come back to two extra crispy partners.”

Izuku chuckled nervously while Ochako popped the sun cream bottle and squirted a little onto her hands.

Heading over to the stalls, Tsuyu quickly scoped out what was on offer including several beach food stands, a small trinkets boutique, and one that had a variety of things one might’ve forgotten to bring to the beach including towels, sun cream, and games. It was clear which stand had umbrellas to rent as it was the busiest right now and Tsuyu got in line like everyone else.

“I should’ve figured I wasn’t the only one wanting to indulge in the beach today,” a familiar voice chuckled from behind Tsuyu.

The frog girl turned with a curious hum as she spotted a smiling Midnight now stood in line behind her. Judging from her beachwear outfit and bag of supplies, the teacher had the same idea they did and decided a day on the sands was in order.

“Miss-”

“Nemuri,” the art history teacher pre-empted the girl’s response with a wink. “Today I’m just Nemuri Kayama.”

Tsuyu smiled warmly as she stood to the side, offering for her teacher to join her which she swiftly accepted.

“Here with Midoriya and Uraraka I’m guessing?” Nemuri asked, having glanced at the list of those who had today off when she left the office this morning.

“Yeah, it’s a beach date, ribbit,” Tsuyu confirmed happily.

“Oh how nice,” Nemuri smiled. “Always good to spend time with your partners enjoying a fun new location.”

“I’ll admit I feel a little bad about it,” Tsuyu stated, “we came here to work and we’re the first group to take the day off.”

“Nothing wrong with that,” Nemuri reassured her, “Midoriya made a sound argument yesterday for it and you shouldn’t feel guilty for relaxing in your downtime.”

“I’ll try not to, ribbit.”

“Good. I’ve seen many in our field burn out from overwork so take the time to enjoy yourselves today and get to know the community at a more personal level than your friends can while they’re busy.”

“That’s true,” Tsuyu nodded, “we were so busy dashing around yesterday we barely got to learn anything about the local area besides its layout.”

“Exactly dear, so take some time to just relax, enjoy yourselves, and explore. You may pick up more than you realise.”

“Ribbit!” Tsuyu agreed.

The pair lapsed into an easy silence for a moment as they patiently waited for those ahead of them to rent their shades and leave.

“So…” Nemuri tried to tactfully approach things, “how are things between you and your… friendship group?”

Tsuyu’s eyes widened for a moment before she recalled that their teacher knew about their polyamorous pack.

“Things are… better,” she admitted. “You know all about the um… difficulties of last week, ribbit.”

“Indeed,” Nemuri nodded, “I’m hoping Yaoyorozu has been taking my advice.”

“She’s definitely trying,” Tsuyu acknowledged. “But it’s… hard sometimes to just move on from something like that.”

“Oh?”

Tsuyu bit her lip, wondering how much she should tell her teacher. Considering Yaoyorozu already spilled all the beans and the teacher hadn’t appeared to betray their implicit trust so far, maybe it was okay to ask about her own issue.

“I… I’m struggling to accept her back again somewhat, ribbit,” Tsuyu admitted.

“Any particular reason?” Nemuri asked, “Or is this based solely on the broken trust of before?”

“Mostly the latter. I felt… hurt and betrayed because I’d warned her about everything but she didn’t listen. I’d hoped to stop it before something went wrong but… I failed, and now we’re all trying to make things work again but I’m… scared that it’s all going to be for nothing.”

“Okay,” Nemuri nodded slowly. “I understand it’s been a lot for you all. I hope I’m not being too intrusive by relaying that Yaoyorozu told me a lot of things for context, including your own difficulties regarding your discovery of polyamory,” she lowered her voice just in case others were trying to listen in. “If I may, I too struggled with those same worries about keeping all my partners happy and not fighting with each other.”

Tsuyu blinked wide-eyed at the woman with a small blush appearing on her cheeks.

“You um… never said before.”

“Indeed I didn’t,” Nemuri confirmed, “my personal life isn’t one that should cross with my professional and I’m fairly strict at keeping them separate, but I feel my previous insights are something you could benefit from, if you’re willing to listen anyway.”

“I’d appreciate it if you think it’d help, ribbit,” Tsuyu agreed. “I’m a little lost at what to do next in all honesty.”

“And that’s fine,” Nemuri nodded, “we’ll figure it out and you can go from there.”

By now the pair had reached the front of the queue and ordered an umbrella shade each to use until lunch time. While Tsuyu opened her wallet, Nemuri was faster and paid for both with the tap of her bank card. When the frog girl looked at her quizzically Nemuri replied with,

“I’ll be borrowing yours for a bit so don’t worry about it.”

Tsuyu decided to just roll with it as she grabbed both of their shades with her somewhat increased froggy strength; she was no Izuku, but this was well within her means.

“Where are you three stationed then?” Nemuri looked around as they left the stand.

“Just over there,” Tsuyu pointed out where Izuku was now applying a healthy amount of sunscreen to Ochako’s back now the latter had removed her top and revealed the cute swimming costume underneath. Despite the protection the cream offered from the sun’s rays, it was ineffectual against blushing and both were as red as tomatoes doing such a thing in public.

“Then I’ll just set up there for a spell so we can continue our conversation,” Nemuri smiled, leading the girl towards their destination.

Both Izuku and Ochako looked over gratefully as Tsuyu returned but bore slightly confused looks at their art history teacher who seemed to be tagging along.

“Hey Tsu, um… Miss Midnight,” Ochako waved as they approached.

“Just Nemuri will be fine today dear,” Nemuri brushed off, not as concerned for the slip considering there weren’t as many people nearby to hear it.

“Are you joining us?” Izuku asked curiously, looking to Tsuyu for clarification on what was going on.

“Miss Asui and I just need to have a bit of a girl’s chat, I hope you don’t mind me stealing her for a little bit,” Nemuri explained.

“I just need some advice, ribbit,” Tsuyu shot her partners a somewhat apologetic look due to this unexpected ambush.

“That’s fine Tsu,” Ochako nodded, “do you want me or Izuku to stay too or should we…”

“You two go have some fun in the water, ribbit,” Tsuyu smiled, knowing this chat was likely to be more for her benefit than either of the others, “I’ll catch up soon.”

“I promise not to keep her too long,” Nemuri concurred.

Ochako and Izuku looked at each other and shared a look before nodding along, vacating their spots on the towels as they tentatively headed for the water’s edge.

With her partners gone, Tsuyu lay one of the shades down while opening up the other and sticking it firmly in the sand to overcast their belongings.

“Mmm, much better,” Nemuri sighed pleasantly as she reclined on her elbows on one of the two towels and patting the other next to her. Tsuyu took the hint and nervously sat down, pulling her knees up to her chest and hugging them together. “With body language like that, I don’t think I need to wonder how much this is troubling you,” Nemuri chuckled.

“I’ve been thinking a lot lately,” Tsuyu admitted with a mote of trepidation. “I… I wonder if this group is too big. I love everyone in it… and I want us to be a big, happy family but… I don’t know what I can do to stop something like this happening again.”

“You can’t dear,” Nemuri shook her head sadly, “you just have to trust them all as best you can.”

“But… what if they do something stupid again? What if they make another mistake, ribbit?” Tsuyu asked with a touch of emotion colouring her voice. “I… I don’t want to get hurt like that again and I don’t know if our relationship would survive.”

“That’s something you just have to risk I’m afraid,” Nemuri sighed empathetically, “you can’t stop someone making a mistake like that. If you tried, you’d be doing the same thing you’re upset at Yaoyorozu for.”

Tsuyu looked over at the teacher with a confused expression.

“She tried to control Midoriya’s part in your relationship the way she wanted,” Nemuri explained. “You know as well as I do it was out of her fear of losing you all and getting hurt herself.”

“Ribbi~it…” Tsuyu croaked to herself pensively.

“Conflicts of the heart are difficult at the best of times,” Nemuri stated wistfully. “Yaoyorozu made a mistake, but if she’s truly dedicated to making amends and you think you can be happy with her and everyone again when you get through it, even if she or someone else may slip up in the future, then I’ve no doubts you’ll be able to work things out. If not, you may end up like me.”

Tsuyu looked over at her teacher again who in turn looked melancholically out at all the couples around the area currently enjoying the sea, including Izuku and Ochako.

“I used to be part of a group like yours,” Nemuri explained, “you ever hear of the Midnight Boys?”

“Your sidekicks?” Tsuyu tilted her head.

“Indeed, we were something of the opposite of you and your group in terms of gender ratio,” Nemuri chuckled. “We kept it secret of course and, for a time, we were happy; just me and four strapping lads. Unfortunately, as you may have gathered, things eventually came to an end.”

“What happened?” Tsuyu asked, hoping she wasn’t overstepping.

“I made a mistake,” Midnight sighed with a touch of dejection at a hurt that still hadn’t fully left her. “We had different ideas about our relationship and I overstepped my bounds. There was hurt feelings, shouting, begging, reasoning, and everything came out. It didn’t take long after that and our group dissolved practically overnight.”

“All… all five of you?” Tsuyu asked, her worry elevating now.

Nemuri nodded sadly and let out a soft sigh.

“I sympathise greatly with Yaoyorozu,” she admitted again, “much like her, I tried to control my partners in a way they weren’t happy with and it wasn’t something they thought we could move past, so… we broke up.”

“Ribbit…” Tsuyu murmured, not really knowing what to say to that.

“I’m glad you all seem to be talking and trying to move forward,” Nemuri’s smile returned to her face as she looked back at Tsuyu, “You all seem to care for each other a great deal and are willing to listen to each other and find a solution to your problems. This doesn’t seem to be a deal breaker for you but make sure you express your concerns to Yaoyorozu and everyone else, even if you’re afraid of the repercussions. Communication, clarity, and honesty are the cornerstones of a good, healthy relationship no matter its size.”

“I talked with Momo on the way over here, ribbit,” Tsuyu explained, “it wasn’t much but she knows I haven’t forgiven her for everything yet.”

“That’s fine, only you get to decide that hun,” Nemuri reassured the girl.

“How… do I know when I can though?” Tsuyu asked tentatively. “I want to but… I can’t, not yet.”

“Are you waiting for something specific?” Nemuri asked. “Something that proves her dedication more than words and placations?”

“That’s the bit I don’t know,” Tsuyu clutched lightly above her chest where her heart sat. “I’m usually so sure of things and this is… difficult.”

“Then I’m afraid I don’t have that answer,” Nemuri commiserated. “If you think you can forgive her eventually, you should give her that chance to prove herself. If you can’t, don’t string her along with ‘maybe one day’; neither of you deserve that.”

“Ribbit,” Tsuyu croaked sadly, “I just wish I knew what to do.”

“Don’t we all,” Nemuri chuckled to herself. “All I can say is this; you discovered these affectionate feelings for so many people and that’s truly a wonderful thing. You just need to figure out if those feelings are greater than your fears of losing them. It’s still recent and painful I’m sure, but will you be making a bigger mistake walking away from a relationship you obviously care deeply about?”

Tsuyu bit her lip again and really thought about it.

As she sat there on the beach with her two partners splashing each other playfully in the distance, Tsuyu thought about the life they could easily build together with just the three of them. They could become heroes together, live together, work together, probably have kids and other stuff together before hopefully growing old together without Momo or Mina or anyone else… but in her heart she knew that felt wrong. She’d been excited to come to the beach today and enjoy herself with her partners, but in the back of her mind there had been the constant niggle of wishing they were all here to enjoy the experience together.

Last night the girls had all declared their love for each other and it was only now that it seemed to be dawning on her what that really meant. Tsuyu loved each and every one of her partners so much that the thought of one of them leaving made her choke up.

“I don’t want things to end,” Tsuyu felt tears prickling at her eyes as a small, sad ribbit croaked from her throat.

“Then there’s your answer,” Nemuri smiled empathetically, reaching into her bag and pulling out a travel pack of tissues before handing the sniffling girl one. “You don’t have to forgive Yaoyorozu just yet, but now you know you truly do want to forgive her and move forward; all you need is time and patience.”

“Ri-Ribbit,” Tsuyu nodded gratefully, dabbing at her eyes with the tissue.

“H-How’d you get so good at this stuff?”

“Hindsight is twenty-twenty,” Nemuri smiled reflectively. “My boys and I made our choices. Do I wish things turned out differently? Sometimes, but I’ve come to terms with the fact that while we split in a somewhat negative way, we’re all better off for it.”

“I’m sorry that happened to you,” Tsuyu empathised, “but I’m glad you seem to be okay with it.”

“It still hurts sometimes,” Nemuri admitted, “but being with no one is better than being with the wrong person or people. If you ask me, after looking back and seeing you seven interact this year once Yaoyorozu told me what she did, I don’t think you’ll ever need to worry about that.”

Tsuyu had to dab her eye to remove a happy tear this time and wondered if it’d be inappropriate to hug her teacher right now. Despite her sadness and confusion before learning about polyamory, she’d never felt more confident in her decision to move forward with all of her partners and hoped brighter things lay on the horizon for them all. She was truly grateful Midnight cared enough about her to take time out of what was clearly a semi-vacation for her to help with her confusion.

“Thank you Miss Mi… Nemuri,” Tsuyu replied with a smile.

“My pleasure dear,” Nemuri returned an honest one of her own. “Now, I believe I’ve taken up quite enough of your date time; go have fun with your partners. I’ll guard your stuff until you come back then head out.”

Tsuyu threw caution to the wind and quickly wrapped the teacher in a firm hug, much to the older woman’s surprise. Further words didn’t need exchanging between the pair as Nemuri just allowed the girl to embrace her as long as she needed.

Once Tsuyu had her fill, she shyly pulled back with a soft, “Ribbit,” before hurriedly removing her top, shorts, and flip-flops, leaving her in her green and white two piece swimsuit before hopping away to join her partners.

Midnight let off another soft sigh and a fond shaking of her head as the frog girl leapt from the sands all the way out to her waist deep boyfriend and girlfriend and splashing them both with a cannonball. She giggled as she watched the pair instantly restart their splashing contest, ganging up on the new arrival and enjoying their carefree day to just be happy with each other.

The more Midnight watched, the more she longed to call up her boys once more and hope they could give things another try together but she knew that was just her loneliness getting to her.

Instead, she pulled out her steamy romance novel from her bag along with a beach pillow and lay back for some self-indulgent fantasies of things she hoped to do again with the right person or people in the future.


The trio enjoyed their little splash in the ocean along with an impromptu game of tag with each other and some light racing just for fun - Tsuyu won of course - before they headed back to the sands of the beach. Midnight was content to watch for a spell as they moved onto digging a hole in the sand, because it was something everyone needed to experience at least once, but departed just before lunch.

The trio enjoyed some packed sandwiches so they could stay on the beach and take in its atmosphere for a while longer and when Izuku and Tsuyu went to top up their umbrella rental they returned with some cones of shaved ice to enjoy much to Ochako’s delight.

Once the group was refuelled and ready for fun once more, the beach ball was pulled out and inflated before they took to the waters once more to play around. While they all kept an eye on their stuff, glancing over at their things every now and then, it didn’t detract from the enjoyment of a game they made up where they each had to keep the ball in the air with a single strike. While it was child’s play for a trio of heroes, they added a twist where the two most recent ones to strike the ball had to try and stop the last from continuing the chain.

Tsuyu practically dominated due to her natural advantage in the water and the other two could tell she was tempted to use her tongue at times to get around their body blocking. Izuku was no slouch either, using those muscles he’d been building up to stride powerfully through the waves to keep the ball in the air and Ochako seemed to be unusually buoyant at times to get around her partners but they all had good fun keeping it going as long as they could.

Eventually the day wore on and the group packed up their supplies, returned the shade, and made their way back towards town as the sun descended.

“So what do you two want to do for dinner, ribbit?”

“I think someone mentioned a food run yesterday,” Izuku recalled from the general chatter in the boy’s room. “We could head back and see if they made another group meal.”

“I think we should do something a bit more romantic than that,” Tsuyu chuckled, “we’re still on our date after all.”

“R-Right,” Izuku rubbed the back of his head nervously. “Anyone have any preferences?”

“Something filling would be good,” Ochako pondered, “I’d rather not need to eat again before breakfast tomorrow.”

“So stuff you silly until you need to float back to the office, ribbit,” Tsuyu chuckled with a sly grin. “We’ll also try to find you some food too.”

“T-Tsu!” Ochako hissed with embarrassment, a blush materializing instantly on her cheeks with both her partner’s laughing at her reaction, though Izuku didn’t escape without his own blush. “J-Just for that, I’m picking where we eat.”

“Be our guest,” Tsuyu gestured to the stores and restaurants around them as they continued walking.

“I’m fine with whatever,” Izuku agreed, hoping to have something a little lighter so he wasn’t bloated for tomorrow.

Puffing up her cheeks and turning away from her partners to try and help the embarrassment fade that much faster, Ochako looked around to see if anything caught her fancy. They continued walking down another road before she spotted a familiar Italian restaurant she’d lived near while she rented her apartment for UA.

“Ooo, how about this place?” The brunette pointed out.

There was a cozy amount of seating out front and glancing through the windows, the three could see some more secluded booths inside. It was still a little early for dinner for most so it wasn’t very packed either. The greenettes shared a look before exchanging small nods of agreement.

“Sounds good,” Izuku smiled as they all headed inside.

The atmosphere was warm and cosy, though not hot as the air conditioner unit was clearly working away inside which was somewhat of a relief for the three. Tsuyu was very much looking to rehydrate after their energetic activities all day and as they were led to their table by the waitress she ordered a big pitcher of water for them all before they even had a chance to look at the menu.

“Any particular reason you chose this place Ochako?” Tsuyu asked casually. “I think this is a chain and there’s one near town back home somewhere.”

“There is; I was never able to go to that place while I was living on my own,” Ochako explained. “Sometimes I walked by it to smell the delicious things they were cooking up and I imagined what they might taste like but I never went in; budget and whatnot.”

“Ah, we get it hun,” Tsuyu smiled warmly at her girlfriend and patted her knee reassuringly as the three continued to browse the menus.

There was a few dishes Izuku and Tsuyu were interested in trying, not including the more obvious pizza choice if they wanted a safe option, though it would be fancier than the deliveries they got back at the dorms.

“I think I’m probably going to go for the risotto and maybe something pasta,” Izuku mumbled as he looked over everything.

“I’m wondering what their spaghetti and meatballs might be like,” Tsuyu agreed, “you can try a bite if you don’t want to order a full plate.”

“That’d be nice,” Izuku smiled, though couldn’t help the small blush rising to his cheeks at the idea of splitting meals like this.

“Ochako?” The frog girl turned to her girlfriend. When Izuku and Tsuyu looked at Ochako, the gravity girl was practically drooling at all the delicious looking things.

“Ochako?” Izuku prompted, bringing the girl back to the moment with a blush. “Have you decided what you want?”

“Sorry um…” Ochako blushed, hiding her face behind her menu just a tad, “there’s a lot that really looks good.”

“Do you need more time, ribbit?” Tsuyu asked curiously.

“W-Well um…” Ochako bit her lip nervously. “Could we maybe get like… several things and split them?” She asked nervously. “I don’t mean to be greedy, but I kinda wanna try a lot and see what I like best.”

“Sure, I shouldn’t eat too much still but I’m sure I’ll be burning it off over the coming week, maybe get a workout in tonight” Izuku pondered, adjusting his plans without a second thought while Tsuyu looked a tad pensive for a moment. “That alright with you Tsu?”

The frog girl came back to her senses and gave an agreeing nod.

“Sounds wonderful.”

When the waitress came back, the group ordered a variety of dishes that made the girl’s own brow raise as she took down everything. Ochako felt a little self-conscious after they’d placed their order but her partners reassured her by claiming a hand each and stroking them softly. The brunette felt her heart do a somersault as conversation turned to more general topics as they waited.

It didn’t take long before some of the easier, simpler dishes arrived, like a table salad which was crisp and refreshing after the warm weather they’d experienced. As they munched away, Izuku broached the topic both he and Ochako had been curious about ever since the morning.

“So Tsu, what did you need advice for from Miss uh… Nemuri?”

Tsuyu chuckled at his correction, clearly unused to calling their teacher by her first name.

“I was feeling a bit insecure about something between us, ribbit,” Tsuyu explained, “not us three but… Momo.” Ochako and Izuku gave the girl a sympathetic look, understanding full well with what they’d all been through. “She gave me some good advice and I’m happier with how things are for now, but I still can’t wait till things are more settled.”

“That’s good,” Izuku nodded.

“Anything you need our help with?” Ochako offered.

“I’m fine for now,” Tsuyu rubbed her girlfriend’s knee under the table affectionately. “I think Nemuri knew exactly what I needed before I did, ribbit.”

“She’s good like that,” Izuku smiled, sharing a look with Ochako who’d also received some sage advice from their teacher in the past.

“It does bring to mind one thing I wanted to talk to you two about though,” Tsuyu continued, taking a small breath for courage. “With Christmas coming up, I started to think about my family back home and… do you think it’d be too much to ask if I introduce you to them as my partners?”

Izuku and Ochako sat there for a moment and soaked in the question.

“I… don’t think I mind,” Ochako began, “but I kinda need to talk to my folks again and introduce Izuku now that we’re all kinda official. I’m a little worried how they’ll take it.”

“Me too,” Tsuyu sympathised, “it’s why I wanted to ask you both first.”

“Do your parents know you’re bi?”

“They do, ribbit,” Tsuyu chuckled, “kind of hard to hide when I brought my first girlfriend home one time. It’s more the polyamory stuff I’m worried about.”

Izuku remained pensive, running through the idea in his head. Not only would he be introduced to both sets of parents as dating their daughters, but he still had to tell his own mother about everything and that was something he’d been avoiding.

“I hope things’ll go well,” he spoke up, “but I’m not sure how my er… mother’s going to respond to it.”

“Were you thinking about telling yours too, ribbit?”

“Well… no,” Izuku admitted with a small grimace, “but if we tell both of your parents about me, then they might want to talk to my mother about it and I’d rather not have her find out like that.”

“Right,” Ochako nodded knowingly, “my mother has been kind of unsubtly asking about talking to your folks Tsu. I’m guessing she’d do the same for you Izuku.”

Izuku nodded at his proven point and Tsuyu felt a small pit form in her stomach.

“We don’t have to if you feel uncomfortable with it,” she offered. “I just thought I’d be clear in telling you what I want. We can hold off if you both don’t feel ready.”

“No, no,” Izuku shook his head, “it’s fine I just… hadn’t prepared for anything like this yet.”

“That’s kinda your fault,” Ochako giggled, “I mean it was practically all I could think about after considering going out with Tsu.”

“And don’t forget how much stress that put you under, ribbit,” Tsuyu lightly teased, getting an accepting nod from Ochako at something that seemed little a distant memory at this point.

“I just… hope she takes it well,” Izuku breathed deeply, trying to imagine all the possible outcomes his mother could have to his announcement that he had two girlfriends. He was grateful they at least weren’t all coming out together yet as potentially introducing his mother to six girlfriends would cause only a few reactions, chief among them likely being fainting.

“We don’t have to do it right away, you have some time,” Tsuyu giggled lightly. “Just something to think about before Christmas.”

“Maybe I should butter her up with a Christmas present first,” Izuku pondered, “ease her into the idea.”

“Maybe we could get her something too,” Tsuyu grinned, “what All Might merch’ does she like?”

“Oh ha ha,” Izuku rolled his eyes at the good natured tease.

Thankfully more of their ordered dishes appeared shortly after and the discussion was temporarily tabled as the three began tucking into their small buffet.

Despite his hesitance, Izuku definitely ate more than he should have during their merriment as they chatted about what they were looking forward to over the next five days and tentative plans for Christmas.

Before too long it was time to pay the bill and Ochako proudly paid for her third of it without feeling bad. It took a moment for them all to gather themselves and rise form their spots due to the amount of food they’d eaten before bidding their server and the restaurant goodbye.

After departing, the trio turned in the direction of their office and began walking with no one objecting; they were all too full right now to think about doing anything else to extend their date.

“That was fun,” Tsuyu sighed deeply with satisfaction, wondering if she might need to squeeze into her hero suit tomorrow. “What dish did you like best Ochako?”

“They were all super yummy!” Ochako enthused, breathing deeply herself as she nursed her own food baby with a small groan. “No regrets!”

“Even though we now have to walk back to the office up the hills?” Tsuyu quirked a brow as they approached the long road that would take them straight out of town and back towards their base of operations.

“Maybe a little regret,” Izuku chuckled as he wondered if Ochako was actually tempted to use her quirk on herself and float home judging by the looks she was giving her fingers. “Don’t worry, if you need I can carry you.”

“That would be amazing!” Ochako looked at her boyfriend with eyes almost as wide as Tsuyu’s. “Can I um… be carried now?”

Izuku rolled his eyes and shook his head fondly.

“Guess I do owe you for that one time,” he chuckled, knowing he would do it even if Ochako hadn’t carried him back to the dorms; it would also help him burn some extra calories too. He stopped briefly and slightly crouched with his arms behind him. “Alright, climb up.”

It didn’t take Ochako more than a second to accept Izuku’s offer as she hopped aboard, wrapping her arms around his shoulders as his kept her aloft by wrapping underneath her knees.

“Comfy?” Tsuyu chuckled, holding their bag of supplies by the pair’s side.

“Mostly,” Ochako replied with a nervous giggle, not realising how self-conscious she would feel like this with her rear as exposed as it was as Izuku began walking.

“Good,” Tsuyu smirked before she swatted said exposed rear firmly.

“H-Hey!” Ochako blushed deeply, trying to ward her girlfriend off with a few embarrassed swipes of her own.

“Couldn’t resist,” Tsuyu sent her a cheeky smile as Izuku just shook his head fondly at the pair.

“Be nice Darling,” he chided lightly, “we’ve gotta get this um… Cutie Pie home in one piece for dessert after all.”

“Stop it!” Ochako blushed again, hiding her face in the back of Izuku’s neck, much to the amusement of her partners. They decided to relent on their teasing for now as Tsuyu slipped her arm through Izuku’s own while he held their girlfriend as the trio resumed their walk back to the office.

“This was nice,” Tsuyu sighed contentedly, leaning into Izuku’s shoulder.

“Definitely not how I um… expected things to go when we first heard about this trip,” Izuku admitted.

“For better or worse?” Ochako saw the opportunity to get her own tease in.

“Better, absolutely,” he chuckled. “I’m… really thankful for both of you to just be in my life, let alone both of you being my girlfriends. We’ve had some… unique difficulties since coming to UA, on all fronts, but I’m really happy we are where we are right now.”

“Awww,” Tsuyu cooed, squeezing her boyfriend’s arm a little tighter. “Looks like our big, strong, future number one is actually a big softy.”

“For you two and the others? Definitely.” Izuku smiled warmly. “I-It’s um… still a little early for them but… I think I really uh… l-love you two.”

Both Ochako and Tsuyu felt big, dopey grins appear on their lips as they both felt their affection for the boy lurch in their chest.

“We love you too Izuku,” Tsuyu replied easily, placing a small kiss on his bicep.

“As if that was unclear by now,” Ochako agreed, doing the same to Izuku’s neck.

Now it was Izuku’s turn to feel his affection for the pair lurch in his chest. Instead of saying anything more, the trio just relaxed into a comfortable silence as they continued their walk back to the office, content in each other’s company after an amazing date.


Wednesday had everyone waking up as normal for another day of hero work.

In the girls’ room, various alarms chimed at the same time and one by one everyone sleepily shut them off and rose to greet the day. Once everyone present had silenced their annoying tones, there was still one alarm happily chiming away.

“Uh… where’s Momo?” Kyoka felt a mote of panic wash over her as her girlfriend’s sleeping bag was empty and her phone was clearly not with her. Ochako, Tsuyu, and Tooru looked over with their own worry while Mina seemed to be unable to care less, stretching herself out as she rose to her feet and scratching her bright pink rear before pulling her ridden up shorts down.

“She’s gone…” she yawned, “out.”

“You couldn’t’ve said that all at once, ribbit?” Tsuyu glowered at her girlfriend.

“Better than saying nothing,” Mina shrugged as she rubbed sleepy dust out of her eyes while searching for her wash bag.

“Well do you know what she went out for?” Ochako interrogated.

“Yep,” Mina replied flippantly, popping her ‘p’.

“…and?!” Tooru hounded.

“Se~ecret,” Mina giggled in a sing-song tone.

Before anyone could press her further, Mina had sauntered over to the door to the room and headed out to get ready for the day, though as she passed Kyoka she sent the girl a cheeky wink.

It left the punk rock girl a little confused but hopefully Momo knew what she was doing and was being safe about it. Leaving her phone behind in this day and age felt like she was completely cutting off any chance of contact and it left everyone feeling a little uneasy.

Despite having the day off, Kyoka got herself washed up and dressed with everyone else, though in her casual clothes compared to the others dressing in their hero outfits. She casually strolled downstairs and stuck a breakfast wrap in the microwave, unperturbed by the more hurried pace everyone else was eating in. Everyone except Kaminari.

“Morning Jiro,” the electric blond greeted, halfway through eating a bowl of cereal though it was bereft of milk, the liquid instead sitting in a glass beside the bowl.

“Yo,” Kyoka greeted casually, leaning back on the kitchen counter and pulling out her phone as her breakfast heated up.

“Any ideas how you’re gonna spend the day?” Kaminari asked, taking another crunchy bite of his own breakfast before taking a swig of milk.

“Not entirely,” Kyoka replied truthfully. “Probably just gonna longue around for a bit before heading into town or something.”

“Oh yeah?” Kaminari replied carefully, building up a touch of courage. “You wanna go with me?”

“You got something planned?” Kyoka asked with a raised brow.

“Well kinda,” Kaminari shrugged, “I figure we’re only here for a week, yeah? Perfect time to test the waters with some pick-up lines and see if some cool chicks wanna get with a pro hero.”

Kyoka shot him a disparaging look.

“Dude, don’t be creepy.”

Kaminari ran over the words he just said out loud in his head again and grimaced.

“Oh, right, yeah, that seems bad,” he sweatdropped.

“You think?” Kyoka raised her brow again, the microwave dinging as her wrap was ready.

“What I’m trying to say is I was gonna hang out at the beach and just try to talk to some girls, maybe impress them a little with being a hero and stuff and wondered if you, you know, wanted to come join me.”

“Watching you get rejected isn’t my idea of a fun day off,” Kyoka rolled her eyes.

“No, I mean like, you said you’d be my wing-woman when we could leave campus on our own. Doesn’t this technically count?”

Kyoka blinked at the boy’s recollection of her off-hand comment from after the sports festival. Like back then, she took a moment to evaluate him critically and saw that he was clearly hoping she would agree. Whether it was to better his chances or he genuinely wanted to just hang out with her as he tried to get some hapless girl’s attention was unknown but she figured he was worth the benefit of the doubt at this point.

“Twist my arm why don’tcha?” Kyoka chuckled, taking a bite of her wrap and pretending to think about it. “Yeah, alright I’ll come. Could be fun to watch you flounder I guess.”

“Awesome!” Kaminari cheered, his face lighting up like it was Christmas. “Besides, maybe we’ll find you a little cutie to have a winter romance with,” Kaminari winked.

“Don’t ruin this for yourself man,” Kyoka rolled her eyes as a reluctant, yet fond smile worked its way onto her lips. “Told you I’m not looking for anything.”

“Well yeah but a fling could be good fun and good practise, right?” He chuckled, hoping his friend wasn’t just putting up with him for the sake of it. “If you’d rather hang out then we could just do that too.”

“We’ll see man,” Kyoka rolled her eyes, taking another bite of her breakfast. “Though if by some miracle you pull of the impossible, feel free to ditch me so I don’t cramp your style.”

The pair shared a laugh as they continued to finish up their breakfasts.

Some of the others ducked into the kitchen to grab their own food and drink as the morning progressed but Kyoka and Kaminari were content to just continue chatting idly about stuff.

It was only when they heard Mina loudly greeting a returning Momo in the main office that Kyoka remembered her girlfriend had snuck out earlier and she needed to see what she was up to.

“Hey, wait,” Kaminari called out as Kyoka made to leave. “Where you going?”

“Gonna go chat with Momo, think we had plans to do something today too but she hasn’t let me in on the specifics.”

“Oh, right, well, when do you wanna meet up later?”

“Whenever you want dude, just shoot me a text this afternoon and I’ll meet you wherever,” Kyoka replied as she headed out the door.

“Cool beans, laters!” Kaminari called after her before finally getting up himself and taking his bowl to the sink.

Kyoka moved through the office where her friends were all hard at work being heroes and headed upstairs where she guessed her girlfriend went. Strolling down the corridor to their shared room, she opened it up to reveal a sun-kissed Momo applying a healthy amount of sunscreen to her exposed skin. Considering she was currently wearing a cute floral gypsy style top that left her shoulders exposed while tucked into a bright red corset and skirt combination, she was focused on those. The look was somewhat broken when Kyoka saw Momo was wearing more sturdy shoes than anything particularly suited to match the outfit but she brushed it off as not wanting to wear anything too fancy considering the hilly, muddy walking environment around them.

“Early start?” Kyoka asked curiously, stepping into the room and closing the door behind her.

“Oh, Kyoka,” Momo smiled warmly at her girlfriend. “Yes, had to nip out for some things.”

“And didn’t take your phone with you?” Kyoka quirked a brow.

“I um… didn’t want you to be able to contact me while I was busy,” Momo admitted. “I was hoping to return before you all awoke but I misjudged how long it took to get everything ready.”

“Ready?” Kyoka’s confusion grew. “Ready for what?”

“Not yet,” Momo giggled, stepping over to her girlfriend and pulling her into a soft kiss. “It’s a surprise.”

“Are you trying to be all obtuse and mysterious today for a reason?” Kyoka deadpanned, just wanting a clear answer.

“It should all pay off soon,” Momo smiled before pressing an envelope into Kyoka’s hands. “I’m going to head out again, see you later.”

With that, the heiress grabbed her phone and cross body handbag before heading out the door with one last kiss on Kyoka’s cheek. The punkette just stood there stunned for a moment before turning to the letter in her hand.

‘Don’t open me for 30 mins.’

Kyoka had a weird feeling about this and quickly moved over to the window once she heard the front door to the office below open and close. Sticking close to the edge, Kyoka watched Momo cheerfully head down the walkway until she almost reached the main road.

Before she left however, she reached behind a bush adjacent to the wall that bordered the property and pulled out a big duffel bag. The punkette’s confused frown only deepened as Momo apparently thought there was nothing suspicious about her actions and proceeded on her merry way in the opposite direction of the town.

This was too weird and once her girlfriend was out of sight, Kyoka again looked down at the envelope in her hand that instructed her to wait thirty minutes before opening. She turned it over and reached for the seal only to hesitate at the last moment. Something weird was going on and Momo was being very secretive again. Was this a bad sign? Should she tell the others?

Her mind flashed back to this morning and realised that Mina definitely had some knowledge of what was going on. If she couldn’t open this message and get to the bottom of things yet, there was no reason she couldn’t press her other girlfriend for details.

Sticking the letter in her pocket, Kyoka made her way out of the shared bedroom and back into the temporary hero office. There was still a fair few of their classmates around as requests had slowed down from coming in all at once in the mornings and were more spread throughout the day now but the person she needed was still present.

Stalking over to her target and pulling out the chair next to her, Kyoka reversed the seat and slumped onto it, crossing her arms on the backrest and glaring at Mina without saying a word.

“Yes?” Mina asked curiously.

“What do you know?” Kyoka asked simply.

“Nothin’ much,” Mina’s slightly too wide smile betrayed her words.

“Mina,” Kyoka deepened her glare.

“Hey, I really don’t know anything,” Mina refuted again. “Well, nothing from this point anyway.”

“And that means?” Kyoka continued her interrogation.

“Well, a certain cut-off heiress saw fit to come to little ol’ me regarding a small funding issue.” Mina giggled. “Did you know that nowhere accepts her business card accounts here?”

“And that has to do with?”

“We~ell someone wanted to make a few purchases without daddy dearest finding out,” Mina quietened her voice and raised her brows suggestively. “Apparently she wanted to do something for you two today but heck if she let me in on it any more than that.”

“So you don’t know about this?” Kyoka flashed Mina the envelope from her pocket. “She just gave it to me and left.”

“Ooo, that’s interesting,” Mina’s eyes widened at the developing mystery. “What’s it say?”

“Don’t know,” Kyoka sighed, “can’t open it for another… twenty three minutes.”

“Urgh, what?!” Mina groaned. “Well that’s annoying. You’re gonna sit here and wait with me so I can read too, yeah?”

“I don’t think you’ve earned the right after keeping that information from us all,” Kyoka eyed Mina suspiciously.

“Kyoka, don’t be mean!” Mina huffed.

“Jiro?” Iida’s voice called out from across the room.

“Yeah?” Kyoka stood up from the desk to spot the class president looking for her.

“I understand that it is your day off but it is not Ashido’s, please stop bothering her while she is on active duty.”

“Dude,” Kyoka deadpanned.

“Leave off class pres’,” Mina brushed the boy off, “I’m still keeping an eye out for any requests, don’t worry. If anything, I’m currently helping a citizen of the island with a problem.”

Iida opened his mouth to respond only to get a challenging look from a smug Mina who knew she was technically correct, which to her, was the best kind of correct. The interaction had pulled the attention of the rest of the room who were collectively hiding their own amusement.

“Very well,” Iida relented, “but make sure you log it correctly, and I will be checking.”

Mina rolled her eyes at the petty response but knew the boy meant well, he was just super high strung right now as they were all starting to get a handle on things and he didn’t want their performance to start slipping.

“Anyway, back to your mystery message,” Mina ogled the envelope again. “Can’t you just open it now and then wait twenty minutes before doing anything about what’s inside?”

“You really wanna challenge Momo’s ingenuity?” Kyoka asked rhetorically. “She could’ve made this with her quirk with a little circuit inside on a timer that detects this stuff.”

“Now who’s paranoid?” Mina rolled her eyes.

“Besides,” Kyoka looked down at the message pensively, “I’m not sure what she’s doing, but this is a chance for her to earn our trust back. To do that, I need to trust that she doesn’t mean anything stupid or harmful with this, and that means not opening it until it’s time.”

“Awww,” Mina gushed. “That’s actually kinda sweet. Okay fine, wait, but at least open it here with me.”

Kyoka shrugged and pulled out her phone to help pass the time as Mina returned to her task of supervising the island’s request system and memorizing the layout of the latest patrol route Iida had marked.

After a number of minutes scrolling through picture boards to distract herself, Kyoka glanced at the time as it finally rolled over to indicate thirty minutes had passed. Reaching for the envelope, Mina’s gaze instantly focused on her as she broke the seal and pulled out the slip of paper inside.

There was only a single line of text written on it reading, ‘30°24'23.5"N 130°34'04.3"E – Start at the Shrine’.

Kyoka frowned a touch confused as Mina eagerly awaited the answer to what was so secretive.

“Hey, can you look something up for me?” Kyoka asked.

“Not what I was expecting,” Mina deflated. “What word did she use that has you confused.”

The punk girl just rolled her eyes and handed over the paper.

“Oooh,” Mina nodded slowly, reading the text. “Riiight.”

The pinkette rested her fingers on the keyboard but hesitated to type.

“You don’t know what that means, do you?”

“Numbers with letters are not my strong suit,” Mina sweatdropped, rubbing the back of her head.

“Just punch that into the map app,” Kyoka pointed at the search bar at the top of Mina’s currently open image of the island.

“Oh, right!” The pinkette flushed as she realised it was a set of coordinates. When she hit enter, the map loaded up a seemingly random patch of forest by a stretch of water. “What’s so special about that?”

“That’s probably where she is,” Kyoka sighed, looking for other markers. “Zoom out.” Mina did so and as she scrolled, a small icon appeared on the screen labelled ‘Shinto shrine’. “Well, I guess that’s where I’m going,” Kyoka rolled her eyes.

“Hold on,” Mina scrolled out a little further, “here you go, this, looks like the shortest route from here.”

“Thanks,” Kyoka shot her a secret smile that Mina easily returned. “I’mma head out.”

“Another good deed done!” Mina cheered to the rest of the room. “I’m counting that as one case of helping a civilian solved.”

“Ashido, please take this seriously!” Iida chided again as Kyoka rolled her eyes, opting to avoid any further furore and slip out before Mina riled up the boy any further.

Closing the door with a sigh, Kyoka slipped a headphone jack into her jeans pocket and wrapped it around her phone, pulling it out as she walked, placing it in her hands and plugging herself in. She had a small trek ahead of her and music would definitely be required for the trip. Selecting her old ‘Walk to School’ playlist, the punk rocker began slowly bobbing her head as she headed out to meet up with her mysterious girlfriend.


It didn’t take her too long to find the shrine. A twenty minute walk in itself wasn’t too bad but now, as she stood before the small altar on the forest path, she noted that this was the end of the road.

“Urgh, what now,” Kyoka groaned, looking around for some sort of sign or pathway she was supposed to take.

Something niggled at the edge of her mind, something familiar that her free jack picked up on. Freeing the other from her phone, Kyoka plugged them into a nearby rock and ground to try and listen for whatever weird thing was triggering her senses.

As she focused, she could hear the sound of crashing water from nearby in the direction she thought she needed to go next along with the unmistakable sound of… her own voice?

“Guess I’m roughing it,” Kyoka sighed, checking her navigation mark on her phone’s map app and began heading straight towards her destination by pushing through the bushes.

She growled to herself as her top snagged on stray twigs and the footing was less than great. Kyoka figured she’d definitely need a bath tonight and felt her frustration at her girlfriend rising a little higher. Whatever she had planned, this better be damn worth it.

After five minutes of forcing her way through the thick forest, Kyoka finally pushed her way into open air and freedom.

What greeted her on the other side of the thicket was almost breath-taking: before her was a natural waterfall running into the river she knew flowed down the mountains, bordering it was a small field of wildflowers painting the area in a variety of colours, and capping it all off was Momo Yaoyorozu sitting daintily on a large blanket in the middle of it all with her phone beside her playing their tinny, recorded rendition of ‘Hero Too’ from the autumn festival.

Kyoka’s mouth dropped open and even from here she could see Momo adorably stifle a giggle before beckoning her forward. When the pieces started falling into place at just what exactly her girlfriend had set up and how romantic it was, Kyoka blushed a bright red.

Stepping carefully through the flowers, trying not to cause much damage with her boots as she did, Kyoka made it to the blanket Momo had set out and sat down carefully to not upset what appeared to be a wrapped lunch spread laid out before her just waiting to be unpacked and eaten.

“Hi Vixen,” Momo smiled warmly, leaning forward and capturing her girlfriend’s lips in a somewhat passionate kiss before pulling back.

“Momo, what… what is all this?” Kyoka asked, still confused about everything.

“Well… I thought I would surprise you with something I think we’ve both wanted for a very long time,” Momo blushed. “I’m sorry for being so secretive this morning but I didn’t want anyone else catching on to what we’re doing today, this is just for us to enjoy a um… a proper date.”

The heiress reached behind her and into the bag Kyoka had seen her carrying before and pull out one of Kyoka’s favourite tops.

“I didn’t know if you’d come dressed for the occasion so I took the liberty of bringing along an outfit for you more reminiscent of our first date at the dorms. I figured we could just stay here all day and just… be with each other the way we can’t back home yet.”

Kyoka looked at the top and gave Momo a little credit, if she’d known this was all for an actual date then she definitely would’ve worn her better stuff.

“Momo this… this is incredible… I’m so… unbelievably flattered right now and I really wanna just stay here all day and kiss you silly,” Momo smiled and blushed lightly. “But,” as soon as she said that word Momo’s face fell a little that tugged at the punkette’s heart. “I can’t. I made a promise to meet up with Kaminari this afternoon.”

“O… Oh,” Momo sighed with a touch of disappointment.

“If I’d known about you doing something special for us beforehand, I would’ve given him a rain check,” Kyoka stressed. “You gotta stop being secretive with stuff, even the good things like this,” Kyoka gestured around them. “Do you know how utterly amazing you are and how much I love how you’ve set all this up for us?”

“I wanted to do something special,” Momo admitted. “We… we can’t have this back on the mainland yet and I wanted to take the chance here while we could.”

“And that’s great, but why did you keep this secret from me and the others? We would’ve understood and maybe they could’ve helped run interference. I already know Mina helped with getting you some extra cash-”

“Which I will be compensating her for just as soon as I can.”

“Right, but still. This is amazing but I was worried about you all morning, I had to walk here alone instead of together chatting with you and I’m guessing you’re going to want us to return separately so no one gets the wrong idea?”

Momo nodded with a touch of shame.

“I… I just… feel like I have to keep everything so secret still. That call with my father… that deeply scared me and I was in two minds about even doing this.”

“I know hun, it scared all of us,” Kyoka reached out and cradled Momo’s cheek. “But we’re not the ones you need to keep secrets from.”

“I’m sorry.” Momo bit her lip. “I-I’m trying, I really am to make up for… e-everything recently and I… I wanted to make things up to you with this.”

“It’s a wonderful idea hun,” Kyoka took both of Momo’s hands in her own. “Just… even if it’s a surprise, let us help next time so we can enjoy even more together. I’d rather spend much more time with you rather than being a little extra surprised.”

“Understood,” Momo nodded resolutely with a hopeful smile, “I know for next time now, but I believe I shall cherish the look on your face for as long as I live. You were so utterly adorable and gobsmacked and you blushed bright red.”

“T-That was from exertion!” Kyoka blushed again to defend her punk image. “I had to walk ages to get here while you lounged around.”

Kyoka felt herself pulled into another kiss that promptly silenced any further outburst before Momo pulled back and cupped her face, looking lovingly into her eyes.

“There’s my adorable punk rock girlfriend.”

Said punk rock girlfriend didn’t even try to deny it this time, her jacks reached up to wrap around Momo’s head as she crashed their lips together once again, sending them both spilling to the blanket and disrupting some of the food were it not for their wrappings.

Needless to say a good amount of time passed before the pair tucked into their lunch as they indulged in their love for each other beneath the sun for the first time.


Thursday morning saw Mina wake up excitedly at the alarm. After several days of hard work, she’d felt she’d more than earned a nice relaxing day off to explore and enjoy everything the island has to offer and she was going to take full advantage.

While her partners rose and began getting ready for another day of hero work, Mina looked very smug with a giant grin as she started her day by indulging in a small lie in. No sense rushing when the others had a greater need to get washed up and dressed before she did.

“Mmm morning,” a dozy voice from beside her croaked out.

“Morning Starlight,” Mina rolled over and kissed her girlfriend awake. “You ready for a day of fun?”

“Mmm,” Tooru hummed again, not yet opening her eyes but a pleasant smile on her lips from her waking kiss. “Don’ lemme fall ‘sleep again.”

“I won’t,” Mina chuckled.

“Lazy butts,” Kyoka shook her head and she gathered her washing bag to head to the bathroom.

“Hey, you had your day off already, don’t hate,” Mina stuck her tongue out.

“Enjoy your day you two,” Momo smiled over at the pair.

“Don’t do anything we wouldn’t, ribbit.” Tsuyu smirked, getting an agreeing nod from Ochako who was too sleepy to contribute at this time.

The pair simply lay there and relaxed as the hustle and bustle of the early morning passed them by. Once the others had headed downstairs to begin their shift on duty, Mina jostled the dozing Tooru who blearily blinked herself awake again.

“Hmmm? Oh, right, morning.”

“Come on sleepy head, they’re all gone now,” Mina chuckled, sitting up herself and stretching out pleasantly at her own pace. “Time for us to get started.”

“Sure,” Tooru yawned before sitting up herself and rubbing the dust from her eyes. “So what’s the plan?”

Mina grinned before taking a deep breath.

“Well…”


It had been a most enjoyable day for the pair so far. Using what knowledge they’d gained from running around the town doing hero work for the week, they’d started with a relaxing late morning breakfast at a seaside café before heading into the town and window shopping at every store they didn’t recognise.

Needless to say both came away with a couple of extra cute pieces of clothing such as a homemade straw hat Mina eagerly donned after poking holes in for her horns to slot through while Tooru bought herself a new wrist band made of seashells and a cute blue top with a floral pattern decorating it.

After strolling along the beachfront for an unhealthy lunch of fish and chips along with a cone of shaved ice, spotting Tsuyu and Koda keeping watch over the area as the day’s lifeguards, the pair visited an array of local tourist stores with a number of baubles and trinkets on display for people to take home as mementos of their trip.

While Mina examined much of the tat on display with an eyeroll as too specific or too cheesy for anything worth purchasing, Tooru grabbed a magnet with a stylized picture of Nabu’s luscious landscape displayed on it along with the island’s name and held it up proudly to her girlfriend.

“How about this?”

“A fridge magnet?” Mina chuckled with a touch of confusion. “Okay I guess but… why?”

“Well ‘cause um…” Tooru blushed lightly, “when we get that uh, big place together, we can grab a magnet whenever we go on holiday together or something, bring it back and slap it on the fridge. That way we’ll be able to see all the cool places we’ve been together every day and remember all the awesome memories we’ll have made.”

The pinkette struck an exaggerated thinking pose, tapping at her chin thoughtfully.

“Hmmm, I don’t remember you eating a whole block of cheese today,” Mina grinned cheekily, “but you’re certainly full of it right now, aren’t you?”

“Shut up,” Tooru giggled before passing it over to Mina for her to examine. “What do you think?”

“I think it’s awesome,” Mina smiled honestly at her girlfriend, examining the magnet for herself. “Let’s just remember to run it past the others when we get back; no sense us all buying a magnet this trip since we’re getting this one.”

“Woo!” Tooru cheered as the pair made their way over to the cashier who greeted them coolly.

Leaving the store with their day’s purchases swinging in bags from their free hands, the pair walked arm-in-arm around the town just wandering and taking in the sights.

“Today’s been awesome!” Tooru enthused with a contented sigh, leaning her head on Mina’s shoulder as they strolled along.

“Not over yet, got a whole evening to enjoy,” Mina smiled, nuzzling her girlfriend’s hair.

“Anything you wanna do for food?”

“Let’s just see what pops up,” Mina brushed off for now, "there’s something I kinda wanna do more than eat right now.”

“Oh? Got something special planned?” Tooru asked with a grin.

“Hmmm well I’m feelin’ a little grubby from all this heat,” Mina fanned herself a little with her free hand. “How about we make a stop at this super cute hot springs I spotted? It’s right by the beach and the forest so can watch the sunset, grab some dinner at their restaurant, then take the scenic route back home.”

“Wow, that sounds amazing!” Tooru grinned excitedly before her eyes turned lidded. “Maybe we’ll be able to scrub each other’s backs and then a little more, if you know what I mean.”

“Tooru!” Mina gasped, scandalised but was unable to keep the smirk from her face. “I thought I was supposed to be the naughty one of us two.”

The invisible girl giggled as she unapologetically snuggled into Mina’s arm, the pair enjoying the sun as they headed through the town and towards the island’s hot springs.

As they exited the market and headed along the smaller streets, the crowds disappeared, leaving only the odd person or two walking around and going about their day. Mina sighed pleasantly as she just let herself enjoy the moment. While she loved interacting with people, there was something to be said for enjoying the peace and quiet.

Turning down another street, Mina and Tooru headed past a school, a corner shop, and a fishing store before the forest was all that was left on one side of the road with a single, enticing building coming up on the beach side.

Glancing to the sands, the duo could see the sun waning in the sky as it sunk towards the sea and some boys on the beach enjoying a game of volley ball. It looked like fun and Mina idly wondered if it might be possible to get a game with their classmates going before they all had to leave.

She watched the ball land right beside one of the players who made no move to strike it, instead, he was looking at something his friend was pointing out, something in their general direction. Mina twisted her head back for a moment to look around to see what the boys were looking at only to spot nothing of interest.

Tooru watched as all four of the boys playing had stopped at this point and had converged to chat amongst themselves. Before either could realise what was happening, the four lads were casually jogging their way.

“Hey, girls? You wanna come play?” One of them called out.

Tooru looked to Mina to lead the conversation and hoped that her girlfriend wouldn’t sway from their plans by guys in swim shorts. They weren’t half-bad looking to Tooru, but she knew Mina was much weaker than her when it came to admiring muscles.

“Not today boys,” Mina brushed off casually, “got a hot, steamy date with the springs.”

“You got plenty of time to do that,” another of the boys countered. “Sun’s setting, last game, just for fun! You two gorgeous girls can’t say ‘no’ to a bit of fun, can you?”

“Sorry to disappoint but we’re good,” Tooru joined in, hoping the both of them saying no would get the hint across even if the compliment was nice. She felt Mina’s pace quicken and she extended her own strides to keep up without trying to make it seem too deliberate.

The boys had drawn even closer at this point and were scrambling up the steeper bank to stand on the pavement with them. A couple were wobbly and nearly fell back down, though they did their best to remain upright which was more difficult than you’d expect with bottles of what was probably alcohol in their hands.

“Come o~on,” another of the lads pleaded, moving to walk beside Mina. “You girls are clearly tourists so let’s have a game then we can show you around. We know all the best spots for fun when the sun goes down.”

Tooru quirked her lip at that; this guy was sounding more like Mineta than she was comfortable with.

“Just one game!” The apparent leader of the boys dashed in front of the group and was walking backwards, though his pace was rapidly slowly. “We promise it’ll be well worth your time, and you’ll make an awesome memory to take back with you.”

“Guys, back off!” Mina firmly stated, realizing they’d surrounded her and Tooru at this point and she was starting to feel these guys had more than ‘fun’ on their minds. “We’ve already got plans for our date that don’t involve you so shove off.”

“Wait, that wasn’t a joke?” The lad behind them spoke.

“Oh, you two are together?” Another asked.

“Yes!” Tooru stated firmly, loosening her grip on Mina’s arm until it was just their clasped hands showing. While they both would rather this not end in a scuffle, it would be easier to separate and punch these boy’s lights out if they needed to.

Mina didn’t like the look that crossed these guy’s faces when they realised the two of them were serious about being together. They seemed too… excited for a rejection.

“Well now we know, but still, you two girlfriends should come join us!”

“Not interested, now move,” the pinkette declared firmly. “If you don’t, we’ll just have to call the heroes to deal with you.”

At any other time, the invisible girl would’ve laughed at the notion since the pair of them could just whip out their hero licenses and tell the boys to move on, hoping their status would do something, but if they didn’t, that could lead to a whole other thing and would ruin the rest of their day. Why couldn’t some guys just take the hint when it was loudly and plainly waved in their faces?

“Pffft, those wannabe do-gooders in their shitty dress up?” One of the boys mocked.

“Think I saw one with like, grenades on his wrists carrying some old broad’s shopping.” Another laughed. “How pathetic.”

“At least they’re clearly helping the community instead of disturbing and harassing people,” Tooru spoke up.

The boy in front narrowed his eyes at Tooru, though it was clear he was inexperienced talking to someone invisible as he was focused more on her top’s neckline; either that or he was just being a major creep. He took a slow swig from his bottle before speaking again.

“You’re probably right,” he shrugged, apparently relenting to her logic. “How about you both come with us and tell us all about how good heroes really are instead. We’re very good listeners.”

Tooru’s heart lodged in her throat as the boy reached out to grab at her arm.

“Hey! The ladies said they didn’t want to go with you,” a firm voice declared from behind them all. Mina and Tooru had never felt so relieved to see Shoji standing there imposingly in his camouflage trousers, heavy boots, and tank top with his own muscled form on full display.

“Shoji!” Mina and Tooru both cheered.

The boy’s faces instantly darkened as they turned to face the new arrival.

“The fuck’s it got to do with you?” One of them scoffed.

“Why don’t you fuck off back where you came from?” Another spat.

Shoji simply narrowed his eyes as he realised what he was about to deal with.

“Either move along nicely or I’ll have to arrest you for harassment,” he declared, reaching into his trouser pocket and pulling out his hero license.

“You gotta be kiddin’ me,” one of the boy’s jaws dropped.

Mina and Tooru breathed a sigh of relief, it looked like their troubles were finally coming to an end.

“They made this mutie fuck a hero?!”

The girls felt their stomach’s drop despite the boys attentions now solely focused on their friend.

“You’re one of those do-gooders trying to replace the old man? Don’t make me laugh.” One of the boys sneered.

“As if someone like you could ever amount to anything.”

“Slink back to the sewers where you belong.”

Despite all the hate thrown his way, Shoji stood firm, using one of his extra arms to pull his phone out of his pocket.

“I’m afraid you’ve left me no choice in the matter now.”

As Shoji was dialling in the local number for the police, one of the boys tried to make a grab for his phone but the multi-armed boy was clearly faster and held it above his head and out of their reach.

“Some fuckin’ hero, running to the police to do his job,” the leader of the boys spat before hurling his bottle at the Shoji who swiftly ducked the projectile. “Let’s see if you’re so cocky without those arms of yours; might make you look better too.”

Mina spotted Shoji’s eyes widen and a flash of fear sweep across his expression, though most of it was hidden under that mysterious mask of his.

“It’s not just the police,” another voice called out, coming from the original direction of the hot springs building. There, dressed in her beachwear, was Nemuri Kayama with her phone out and her camera on. In a flash of light, everyone had to close their eyes as the hero snapped a picture of them all. “The mayor will be personally interested in what just happened here.”

“Miss Midnight!” Mina and Tooru gasped at seeing their teacher standing behind them. Despite the joy they felt at her arrival, Midnight’s expression was the complete opposite as she regarded the quartet of boys in front of her.

“I believe I’ve heard enough to officially declare you all under arrest,” Midnight pulled her own hero license out of her bag. “I’d recommend sitting down and shutting up until the police arrive as they’ve already been alerted.”

It was like a switch had been flipped and the boy’s fight or flight modes engaged. In a moment and without a word shared between them, three rabbited for the forest, diving through the brush and hoping they’d be able to avoid whatever consequences would come for them if they stayed. Shoji noted they were clearly avoiding the path he’d enjoyed his late afternoon walk down to indulge in the quiet of nature but they probably knew the land better than he did.

The last one let out a small squeak, his eyes wide and mind whirring to try and process what was happening.

“Be a smart boy and stay there, would you?” Midnight said with as friendly a tone as she could muster right now. “While your friends can run, there’s certainly no place to hide now that I’ve got your faces.”

The heroes in training breathed a sigh of relief as the sole remainder nodded dumbly and just sat down on the curb, putting his head in his hands.

It seemed the situation had been deescalated and the trio of student heroes relaxed as Midnight approached.

“Is everyone alright?” She asked kindly.

“I am fine, thank you for asking,” Shoji said in a way neither Mina nor Midnight knew was truthful.

“How did you know we were in trouble?” Tooru asked.

“I didn’t,” Midnight casually admitted. “I was just leaving that most wonderful establishment up ahead after a day of pampering. Unfortunately it seems some boys don’t know how to treat a lady, or people in general.”

The lone boy grimaced in his spot, clearly listening in.

“I wouldn’t’ve stepped in if was just a simple case of harassment,” Midnight told her students. “You’re all here to learn how to handle these things on your own as heroes after all, even in everyday and off-the-clock situations, but this is something we both haven’t covered yet and you don’t need to deal with right now.”

“We’re grateful for your involvement,” Shoji bowed politely and the girls agreed.

“We should be thanking you too Shoji,” Tooru turned to the boy. “You stepped in first.”

“And you got all the bullshit these racist punks spewed,” Mina glared down at their remaining harasser, knowing exactly why Shoji was treated differently compared to herself.

“It’s fine,” Shoji shook his head. “It was the right thing to do.”

Midnight smiled proudly at the boy as he nervously accepted hugs from Tooru, then from Mina.

Soon after, a pair of police cars rolled up and everyone began running through standard procedure. While Tooru and Mina hadn’t acted in any hero capacity, they showed off their hero ID’s to the officers on duty. Even though the pair were capable of handling any escalation, they were still the victims in this instance and had to give a statement to the officers along with Shoji, though he’d also have to fill out some additional paperwork back at the agency.

As the students were reporting to the officers, Midnight had her phone out and was filling in the mayor on what exactly had happened. Needless to say he was frustrated and annoyed that some of his citizens, even boys as young as the heroes in training were, had discriminated so clearly and openly against their heroic guests.

“Fuuuck,” the boy in cuffs could be heard muttering under his breath as he realised just who he and his friends had been harassing.

“Let that be a lesson in judging people you don’t even know,” Midnight glared at the boy as he was unceremoniously shoved into the police car by an officer.

As the vehicle carted the youth away, two of the officers remained behind to search the surrounding area to hopefully pick up more of the boys and the four heroes were dismissed.

“So… what do we do now?” Tooru asked nervously.

“While the sun’s gone down, you three should enjoy what’s left of your day off,” Midnight suggested. “I believe you two were heading that way?”

“Urgh, I could use a deep clean after that disgusting display,” Mina shivered.

“Those stupid jerks ruined the moment, the sunset’s already over.” Tooru pouted.

“Don’t let that ruin a good thing girls,” Midnight smiled at them. “The island is still wonderful at night, and a soak under the stars can be equally as romantic.”

“Ooo,” Tooru’s eyes widened in delight. “I hadn’t thought of that.”

“It’s not like we’ve got a curfew here,” Mina noted with a grin, adjusting their plans accordingly in her head though maybe they’d skip the walk through the forest with those pricks still on the loose. “Shoji, wanna join us?”

“Not like, in the baths and stuff, but you know,” Tooru clarified.

Shoji just shook his head and turned to leave.

“Paperwork needs doing. I’m heading back. Enjoy your date.”

“Mind if I join you?” Midnight asked with a smile, “It’d be nice to have some company to walk home for a change.” The tall boy just shrugged his shoulders and waited for the teacher. “Enjoy your evening girls and don’t hesitate to show off your credentials if those punks come back.”

“We won’t!” Mina grinned a tad maliciously, wondering if they’d look at Tooru and her so lecherously if they knew she could melt their junk off.

With that, the girls bid the pair goodbye and headed for the springs and an evening soak.

Midnight, in turn, started walking with her remaining student as they proceeded back towards their temporary dwellings.

As they walked in silence, Nemuri looked over at the boy who had barely spoken since the incident and when he did it was in short snippets. He seemed pensive and introspective in a way she knew was a sign someone was bottling something up.

“Shoji, hun?” She spoke softly. “How you holding up?”

“I’m fine,” Shoji replied in a gruff voice that Nemuri could tell was him forcing it.

“Are you sure? There’s nothing wrong with not being okay after something like that.”

Shoji turned his head away from the teacher and for a moment it seemed like he was going to just block out any attempt to communicate. It was only when Nemuri heard a hitched sniff that she realised he was trying to hide his tears and emotions as he struggled to hold them back.

“Oh hunny,” Nemuri sympathised, putting an arm around his shoulders. “This has kind of shaken you, hasn’t it?”

“I-I’m fine,” Shoji insisted, clearing his throat to try and hide his faltering façade.

“On the outside, maybe, but the inside is just as important. Come on, let’s go find a nice bench and just have a chat, shall we? I get the feeling you’d rather not head back and have everyone see you like this.”

Shoji nodded slowly as he allowed his smaller teacher to guide him along the pavement as they headed for a park with a play area that was bereft of parents with kids at this time of day.

It seemed the boy had been bottling things up for a while and today was another disappointing notch in a never-ending streak of discrimination. Nemuri only hoped she could cheer him up and help him move forward to become the best hero he could be.


By the last day of the typical work week, the students of UA had gotten their temporary agency running like a well-oiled machine.

After waking up early and getting their morning routines sorted, everyone was active and ready for anything by eight a.m. when any non-emergency issue could be called in by the island-folk. As it was Friday, there were a few more calls than usual as everyone wanted to get issues sorted before the weekend rolled around.

Today saw Shoji and Tsuyu taking on lifeguard duties at the beach while Sero and Tokoyami took care of creating a temporary warning sign around some nearby rocks after someone had gotten caught in a current by swimming nearby and injured themselves there yesterday. Ojiro patrolled the beach front for the morning while Koda was out hunting in the woods for a lost dog and everyone else was on call for whatever turned up.

Todorokoi, Sato and Aoyama all had the day off and all three were walking around the island, enjoying it in one way or another. Aoyama was taking the time to get a spa treatment at the hot springs on Midnight’s recommendation, Sato was looking for local and unique ingredients he could use to add some different flavours to his confectionary baking with plans to visit his grandma later, and Todoroki was browsing the local bookstore to see if there was any new manga out.

There was a sense of pride shared amongst the class as they interwove all their experiences at UA, both in class and in the dorms, to get everything running so smoothly so quickly.

“UA Hero Agency,” Mina answered the latest call in with no small amount of delight as she listened to the request for help. “Sure, I’ll send someone right away.” She replied after replacing the receiver. “Kaminari! Head to the west district; Mr Matsuda‘s battery’s dead.”

“Jeez, again?” Kaminari sighed, getting up from his spot at one of the computers to head out for this specific request for the third time this week. “Why can’t the old man buy a new one already? Urgh.”

“Go get ‘em Chargebolt!” Mina cheered, hoping to put some pep in her friend’s step.

“Go, go!” The others in the room all called out, joining in the motivational call.

Apparently it worked as Kaminari took off at a run with renewed vigour.

As Tooru received some good news from Koda regarding the lost dog, Ochako was picking up another call.

“Please! It’s my little brother, I can’t find him anywhere,” a little girl’s voice squeaked through the line.

“Stay calm, okay, we can help you,” the gravity girl did her best to calm the panicking big sister down. “First, can you tell me yours and your brother’s names?”

As Ochako continued her call with the distressed girl, Momo was wrapping up her own call.

“No, really, it’s no trouble at all,” she politely replied, “of course.” Hanging up the phone, she looked over to the speedster of the class. “Hey Iida, do you mind? It sounds like poor granny Sato threw out her back.”

“Right, on it!” Iida called out, rising from his seat and putting on his costume’s helmet. “Fear not granny I’m on the way!”

As Iida made his way speedily out of the office, Ochako rose from her own seat to look around at those still free to assist.

“Lost child in the shopping center, is there anyone available to come with me?”

“Hard pass,” Bakugo called out from another room, the boy reclined and relaxed as he read through a Nabu Island guidebook.

“Come on!” Ochako groaned, starting to get annoyed that the boy had just lazed around for the past two days, not taking any calls unless Kirishima convinced him to go with him.

“Yeah, obviously you’re real busy Bakugo,” Kirishima rolled his eyes. Not wanting to drag his boyfriend out of the office for once to get some action, Kirishima rose from his spot and replied to Ochako, “Count me in, let’s find this kid!”

“Yeah?” Bakugo glanced over at his boyfriend, “And how’s your quirk gonna help you find anything?”

“I can still just look man,” Kirishima shook his head.

“We’ve got a missing kid?” Kyoka pulled down her headphones and spinning one of her jacks, having been getting some paperwork done until now. “Sounds more like a job for me.”

“Yeah, alright,” Kirishima relented, returning to his spot and hoping something more his style would come in soon.

“I’m free,” Izuku called out, rising from his spot, “we can cover more ground together.”

“And we get a free ride to save our energy,” Kyoka grinned, looking forward to testing Ochako’s plan for getting around the island quickly with minimal effort.

Ochako clearly had the same idea and the three made their way outside with the brunette grabbing a lifebuoy that happened to be sitting around the office. Izuku slipped it over his head and around his middle, flexing his quirk and bringing Full Cowling up to eight percent, enough for a decent amount of speed without overly affecting the environment around them as he ran.

Kyoka and Ochako both took hold of the ring by its outer rope as Ochako activated her quirk on both of them, their legs leaving the ground as they both became weightless.

“Hero agency…” Ochako began.

“Members of class of 1-A…” Kyoka continued.

“Heading out!” They all finished together in a fun little cheer as Izuku kicked off and began speeding down the country roads towards their initial destination.

Despite all three of them having enjoyed their day off already and still more hero work coming in, the trio couldn’t keep smiles off of their faces as they raced towards their destination, eager to continue doing hero work together like they’d dreamed of.


It wasn’t long before the three heroes reached the mall and unfortunately they didn’t find the girl where she said she’d be. They figured she must’ve continued looking for her brother by herself and quickly began asking around those who appeared local about her and her young brother.

Izuku called their own hero agency number and got Momo on the other end to relay the location the girl was when the call first came in as well as ask to try and call her back to discover her current location. While he was doing that Kyoka was plugged into the ground and was trying to detect the voices and sounds of small children.

Thankfully, they quickly got a lead and headed through the mall while continuing to hunt for the youngsters. Every time they thought they were getting close however, it seemed that the trail started pointing them somewhere else.

There was a nearby school that appeared to be just getting out and while Izuku and Kyoka questioned some of the students there regarding the two lost kids, Ochako ducked inside and asked at the front desk to see if they had any further information, successfully getting a photocopied picture of the two from last year’s yearbook and their home address thanks to the kind receptionist.

Using the information they had, the trio concluded the kids may have gravitated towards somewhere they knew and decided to check some places between the shopping center and mall where kids may go.

Kyoka was invaluable in saving them time as her quirk allowed them to detect whether locations had any people or kids present to begin with as they quickly ticked off the places to look.

Eventually, she detected a voice from a nearby park calling out for a, “Mahoro” and Izuku quickly sped off to get to the boy as soon as possible with Ochako and Kyoka bringing up the rear.

Luckily, Izuku managed to find the missing boy Katsuma, but not before his sister Mahoro did and gave him an earful for his slow performance. As Ochako and Kyoka arrived at the scene, Mahoro was striding away smugly while Katsuma seemed to be apologizing to their boyfriend before trailing after his sister.

“Uh, hey, what’s going on with those two?” Ochako asked curiously as she and Kyoka approached Izuku.

“Why were you apologizing?” Kyoka quirked a brow, overhearing part of the exchange.

“Apparently I took too long to find him so his sister yelled at me,” Izuku explained with a smile.

“Huh? That’s ridiculous,” Kyoka scoffed, sending a small glare after the direction the kids left in since it was her quirk that they used to primarily hunt for the pair.

“Still, I’m glad,” Izuku continued.

“About what?” Kyoka asked.

“Katsuma’s safe, and that’s all that really matters, y’know?”

Kyoka heaved a sigh and shook her head fondly at a response that could only have come from Izuku while Ochako bore a much happier expression.

“It’s amazing just how optimistic you can be sometimes,” Ochako smiled. “Even when getting told off for something we’re all technically to blame for, you’re still just glad everything worked out.”

“Just how much of that is you and how much of that is you pretending to be All Might, Squishy?” Kyoka teased with a smile.

Izuku didn’t quite know how to answer that at first. While he’d long since looked to his mentor for inspiration in how to act when on the job, he was starting to forget to consider his idol’s actions every time he acted, instead relying on his own words and instincts.

“At this stage, it’s more me I think,” Izuku smiled warmly at his own thoughts, hoping it meant he was truly becoming his own hero and not just All Might’s shadow. “As long as everyone’s safe and happy, I don’t mind getting told off for something like that.”

“Yeah…” Kyoka rolled her eyes at his overly mushy response. “Still, we should probably flag that girl as a troublemaker seeing as this was a fake call and everything.”

“W-What?!” Izuku baulked at getting those two in trouble. “What makes you say that?”

“Well, if her brother was really lost, don’t you think she would’ve called off the search? Seems to me this was a prank call and waste of official hero time.”

Ochako and Izuku grimaced as Kyoka technically wasn’t wrong.

“Maybe we let them off easy this time,” Ochako tried to suggest instead. “There was no harm done after all.”

“Yeah,” Izuku joined in, “I’m sure they just really wanted to see some heroes up close is all.”

Kyoka sighed at both her partner’s overly apologetic natures.

“Urgh, fine,” she relented, “but if she does it again I get to say ‘I told you so’.”

“Hopefully it won’t come to that,” Izuku sweatdropped as they all turned and started making their way down the hill.


The day continued much the same as it had for all the others. Calls came in and the heroes of class 1-A answered them with the best they could manage at the time.

Tokoyami surveyed the skies for the day’s patrol while Ojiro continued to patrol the beach, having decided to up their presence after yesterday’s incident with Mina and Tooru. The pinkette herself was called away to deal with a rockslide that’d blocked a mountain road which she quickly melted away and Kirishima was asked to assist at the docks loading a fisherman’s supply up on his truck while Momo was busy repairing an old motor scooter that needed some attention for an aging lady to get around.

Soon enough, it was time to clock out as the sun descended to round out the day and paint the sky a serene orange.

Back at class 1-A’s agency, all the heroes were relaxing after a hard worn week of work.

“It’s the end of the week and I’m exhausted,” Ojiro groaned.

“We’ve gone ‘Plus Ultra’ and there’s still two more days left.” Kaminari joined in.

“Just one for me and I’m beat,” Sero agreed, “can we limit the amount of small jobs we take on or something? Feels like I’ve been all around the island on a massive fetch quest.”

“No can do,” Iida waved off, finishing up the day’s paperwork with a glass of refreshing orange juice in his other hand. “All jobs are equally vital.”

“Don’t forget, we’re still outsiders here,” Momo stood up, “the residents don’t know us well and so we need to put our best foot forward to prove that we can be relied on and trusted by accepting all tasks required of us if possible.”

“Urgh, fine, I get it.” Sero relented, “but can we at least prioritise those of us who haven’t done as much as everyone else tomorrow?”

A few of the other students looked a tad offended before they followed the tape user’s glare and spotted an indignant Bakugo looking offended.

“Well somebody’s gotta stay behind and watch the office, moron!” He snapped, “What are you gonna do if a villain shows up while all you geniuses are out doing stupid stuff, huh?”

“Come on Baku-bro, there’s not been any villains here for ages and none have shown up since we got here,” Kirishima sympathised with his friend over his boyfriend. “You can afford to do some of the smaller jobs like the rest of us.”

“Fat chance,” Bakugo smirked, “tomorrow’s my day off or did you forget?”

“Oh that’s just not fair!” Sero groaned from the other room.

Before any further discussion on the topic could be made, there was a knock from the front door.

“Sorry for barging in,” a familiar voice called out as the door to the front of the office slid open.

The class looked around and spotted the mayor of the island flanked by a number of the island’s residents they’d all helped so far this week that appeared to be burdened with items.

“Mr Mayor!” Iida greeted, hurrying over to the man and welcoming everyone inside. One woman immediately pressed the tray of food she was carrying into the boy’s arms.

“It was so sweet of you to carry granny to the hospital earlier, thank you,” she bowed politely.

“And thanks for fixing that old bike of mine,” another lady directed at Momo as she brought her own tray inside.

“And my battery,” Mr Matsuda grinned at Kaminari.

“And for keeping the beach safe too,” a pair of girls with a cooler between them glanced over at Ojiro.

“Freshest fish on the island, right here!” the man Kirishima had helped out deposited his goods on a nearby table.

By the time the tables had been cleared of the computers and all the trays and things were lain out, there was a veritable buffet of food covering almost every surface.

“Just a little something to show you how grateful we are for all your work this week,” the mayor informed them, hoping this would also sweep the bad taste of the discrimination from yesterday under the table. Judging by the excited faces of all the hero students, including the pink girl, the multi-armed boy and what he could guess was the invisible girl too, he considered it a success.

“All right! Let’s dig in!” Kaminari, Sero, and a number of other students called out, eagerly heading to the kitchen to grab dishware and utensils for everyone.

“We’re heroes people, show some restraint!” Iida called out, hoping their eagerness didn’t ruin the upstanding image they’d cultivated all week.

“Don’t worry so much Iida,” another voice called out as she entered the room, “everyone here would be more offended if you were less enthusiastic about everything.”

“Ah, Midnight,” the mayor smiled as the art history teacher descended the stairs. “I hope you’ve been enjoying the island thus far.”

“I have indeed,” Midnight replied politely as the students continued to look over the feast before them. “Feel free to dig in students, I’ll join you momentarily.”

The teacher escorted the mayor and all the grateful citizens out of the office as the students didn’t feel the need to hold back anymore with everyone looking to grab some of the unique island cuisine on offer. Iida and Momo however joined Midnight in heading out of the office to humbly offer thanks to the citizens for their generosity.

As the student representatives politely accepted the gift on behalf of their class and promised to keep up the good work, Midnight spoke to the mayor away from prying ears.

“I do hope that we can consider yesterday’s matter settled now,” the mayor said discretely to the teacher, “what happened between your students and some of ours was unacceptable.”

“Indeed it was,” Midnight replied coolly, “I’ve informed the other staff back at UA about it and they were satisfied with all the actions that happened at the time. Do you have an update on what punishment those boys will be subject to?”

“They’re currently going through the system,” the mayor replied with a touch of hesitancy. “They’ll be processed like any other regular citizen for their actions.”

“Really?” Midnight raised a brow. “And yet my information tells me they were all released without charge.”

“W-What?” The mayor felt a bead of sweat appear on his neck. “I’m sure that’s incorrect.”

“I’ve been sent the police records to prove it,” Midnight’s gaze narrowed at the man, “apparently they were released due to apologizing as it was all a ‘big misunderstanding’. I’m certain none of my students received any such apology.”

“They uh… must be planning to do so before you leave,” the mayor grasped. “I will make sure to get this sorted at once.”

“Actually, while I’ve got you here,” Midnight continued, the kindness from her voice now long gone. “While my students have been handling all the hero work that’s been asked of them, I took the liberty of looking into your island’s population,” she explained carefully. “Do you think it’s curious how, despite a population of just over one thousand citizens, there is a total of zero people with mutation type quirks living on the island?”

“Now that’s just factually incorrect,” the mayor refuted. “I’ve seen plenty of citizens with mutation quirks personally.”

“Tourists, Mr Mayor, and not very happy ones at that.”

“What do you mean? Our island’s facilities have outstanding records.”

“You may be able to boast a clear record for all things on your island by obscuring evidence to the contrary, but one thing that you couldn’t erase was customer reviews from businesses outside the island,” Midnight brought up the website for the cruise that brought her and the students to their destination. On the page was listed a number of one star reviews for the package that contained the trip to Nabu and many of them listed terms like ‘discrimination’, ‘racist’, and ‘prejudiced’. “I have to say Mr Mayor, I expected better of you and this island. You can be sure that UA will not be doing business here again after our time here concludes.”

“This is slander and libel,” the mayor puffed up, annoyed he’d missed the tourist cruise business to get those ‘obviously incorrect’ reviews taken down. “These are good people you’re talking about, people who have just decided to reward your students purely out of the goodness of their hearts.”

“I’m sure some of them did,” Midnight agreed, “but how much was you coordinating the effort in an attempt to distract them from yesterday?”

“UA may boast its pedigree, but you can’t just come in here and make accusations like this and not be held accountable,” the mayor countered.

“Nor can you discriminate against people and expect the same,” Midnight hissed dangerously. “Nezu has already been made aware and I’m sure he’s currently compiling quite a case to have you and the island’s police force investigated.”

The mayor was speechless, a thorough review of everything on the island’s systems by an outside force was sure to reveal discrepancies he’d be hard pressed to talk his way out of, and that was just the stuff he knew about.

“Good day Mr Parupatiin,” Midnight finished, strolling back towards Iida and Momo as they waved away the group that had donated the food and all three returned inside.

The mayor stood there stunned, trying to think of something he could do to avert whatever came for him next but nothing was coming to him. With one last scowl at the hero office building, he turned and began making his way back to the main town to try and salvage whatever he could while he could.


Once the residents had been thanked, everyone properly dug into the spread and chatter was plentiful as class 1-A celebrated their apparent reward for a job well done.

While Midnight wasn’t part of their agency, she was invited to partake too by the students, and though she accepted, she waited until everyone had served themselves before she helped herself to a plate since this was their reward.

“Man, I could get used to stuff like this,” Kaminari sighed as he relaxed back in his chair and patted his full belly, “helping folks, being a hero, and getting served delicious food by cute girls makes it all worth it in the end.”

“Keep going and you’ll end up looking like Fatgum before the year’s up,” Sero snickered.

“Hey!” Both Kaminari and Kirishima objected.

“Now boys, be civil,” Midnight chided lightly, “this is special. I can tell you from experience that it’s not every day you find people as grateful as this.”

“So this isn’t a regular thing?” Kaminari pouted.

“Not quite hun,” Midnight chuckled, “don’t forget, as nice as it is to receive tokens of affection from those you rescue, there are limits in place to ensure donations aren’t abused. Heroes are government workers at the end of the day.”

Iida balked and looked in concern down at his own plate.

“In that case, was it wrong of us to accept this offering?” He asked with genuine concern.

“Not at all,” Midnight assured him, “this was something low cost and a community token of appreciation rather than a single or small group rewarding you for your efforts. We haven’t covered this in class yet as its more second year material but I would’ve stopped it if I believed there was any concerns.”

There was a small amount of chuckling as everyone watched Iida gratefully deflate at Midnight’s reassuring words.

“Well it certainly was delicious,” Izuku stacked his dish on top of Shoji’s own empty one, “man, I’m so full.”

“You could really feel the love they put into their cooking,” Shoji agreed.

“Moments like these remind me of why I wanted to become a hero,” Tsuyu smiled as she patted Ochako’s leg, her girlfriend nearing a food coma after all she’d eaten.

“Yeah,” Ochako groaned weakly with an accompanying thumbs up.

“I’m definitely going to need to burn this off before bed,” Izuku gathered a few plates together before standing to take them into the kitchen.

“Don’t go and push yourself too hard,” Shoji politely warned, knowing they both had work the next day.

“I’ll be fine, but thanks for your concern,” Izuku smiled warmly at his friend’s worry.

“Speaking of working hard,” Kaminari grinned as he, Sero, and a few others moved to take their own dishes to wash up. “Kacchan of the Bakugos!” The bored looking blond turned a curious eye towards them. “We’re gonna go wash up and hit the sack, night watch is all yours.”

“What?! Why me?!” Bakugo shouted, jumping from pleasantly relaxed to ready to throw down in an instant.

“Because you sat around the office all day,” Sero smirked, glad to be able to pull one over on his friend before his day off after he was so smug earlier.

Bakugo knew he didn’t have a leg to stand on to reject this and could only sit there and growl as the others left with laughter in their voices.

“Don’t worry about it man,” Kirishima chuckled and patting his boyfriend on the back. “I’ll stay up with you to make things less boring. At least, for a bit.”

Bakugo released his clenched jaw and let out a huff of indignation before looking at his boyfriend with a softer gaze reserved only for him.

“Do what you want.”

“I’ll take that as a thank you,” Kirishima grinned before grabbing his and Bakugo’s used stuff and leaving the room.

Soon enough, everyone had finished indulging in their small reward for a good week’s work and began their evening routines of washing up both plates and bodies before heading upstairs to rest.


Darkness fell and the stars came out to bathe the island in their brilliant tiny glows as the students of class 1-A got some rest.

While everyone else was settled down to sleep, there was one person left in the yard outside the front of the building, practising his technique to both burn off his latest indulgence and continue his efforts to perfect his quirk’s control.

With fists clenched and breathing as steady as he could make it despite his exhaustion, Izuku continued kicking away at the air, trying to build muscle memory and refine his technique. Having set himself a target of one thousand five hundred roundhouse kicks between both legs, the boy knew he was pushing his luck with how tired he’d be tomorrow but needed to keep going if he was ever going to push his limits to even greater heights.

It was this scene Bakugo Katsuki returned to after his slow, boring, evening patrol. Izuku was facing away from him as he worked and, for a moment, Bakugo watched carefully from behind the wall bordering the yard as the greenette finished up his enduring late-night drill.

Once again the boy All Might chose as his successor was trying to live up to the man they both idolized and giving it his all. Bakugo reluctantly had to give the boy some credit as he wasn’t skipping training like these other idiots just because they were running their own agency; do they all think they wouldn’t need to train when they graduate from UA? Morons.

When Izuku reached his target of kicks, Bakugo stepped out and made his presence known, stomping once loudly as he turned down the path towards the front doors.

“K-Kacchan!” Izuku nearly jumped as he realised he wasn’t alone. “Hey, uh, how’s the patrol going?”

“Looks like you’re still grinding away at One-For-All,” Bakugo scoffed, ignoring the question, “made any damn progress?”

“Shhh! We can’t talk about that here, what if someone’s listening!” Izuku hushed the boy who just rolled his eyes in response.

“You’re holding back and it’s pissing me off,” Bakugo continued undeterred. “Why aren’t you using that damn black energy crap yet?” He asked flippantly.

“W-Well I… I’m not sure if I can really handle it properly yet so-”

“You’ll never be ready if you don’t train with it moron,” Bakugo rolled his eyes. “Apart from that extra training crap with All Might and in class you don’t use it at all.”

“T-That’s because if something goes wrong then-”

“It’s because you’re a damn chicken,” Bakugo spoke over the boy. “I bet you’re afraid of using that power because you hurt roun… hurt Uraraka, aren’t you.”

Izuku looked down at the hand he knew Black Whip had first manifested from. He was keenly aware of how he felt as the power poured out of him like a faucet with a broken handle and he didn’t want to feel that way ever again. It was only thanks to Shinso that he managed to get the power under control enough to reach out and save Mina from something way worse than the few scratches Ochako had suffered but that was beside the point.

“Tsh, pathetic,” Bakugo rolled his eyes. “If you’re so scared about using your damn quirk then what good are you when the time comes?”

“I just need more time to practise,” Izuku retorted, “I have to be sure I have complete control next time.”

Bakugo held his palm out directly at Izuku’s face, making the boy flinch back slightly.

“You know my quirk better than anyone else, right?”

“Y-Yeah, Explosion,” Izuku replied simply, knowing the boy wasn’t asking for a breakdown.

“Right, so you know exactly how much destruction and damage I can cause anything in my way,” Bakugo stated. Izuku wondered exactly what the boy was getting at as he lowered his hand until it was palm up and a few sparks jumped around on it. “Every single move I make has to be with complete control else me or some other dumb fuck will get hurt so I make sure every move I make is as decisive as I can make it.”

“Kacchan…” Izuku mumbled, realising this was the most helpful thing the boy had discussed with him in a while.

“You’re a dumb nerd that hasn’t used a quirk for nearly as long as any of these other fucks have but you haven’t got time to rest on your ass. You were weak as fuck as a kid but now you’ve got power, the power to change shit and help where you couldn’t before. Stop being such an indecisive fuck and just do it already, otherwise I’ll just blow you up now and save us both the trouble.”

Izuku thought over the boy’s words and thought he understood what he was saying. His thought process was broken only by the sound of a button being pressed.

“Hey, your girlfriends’ room is just over there, right?” Bakugo asked casually, turning away from Izuku.

Before the boy could answer, he watched in horror as Bakugo casually tossed one of his grenades up towards their window.

Instantly, Izuku knew he needed to get that grenade away at any cost. Without thinking, he felt Black Whip bleeding through his knuckles and stretching out to grab the grenade before hurling it straight up into the sky. As he did, he also lunged for Bakugo and pinned him to the nearby wall with a fierce look on his face.

“What the hell do you think you’re doing?!” He almost yelled.

“Proving a point,” Bakugo smirked down at him despite being held by his costume’s shirt.

Izuku looked confused for a moment before there was a dull thud behind him. Looking back, he saw the grenade Bakugo had loosed laying in the dirt, though it didn’t seem like it was about to do anything.

“It’s a dud you moron,” the blond shoved Izuku back before straightening himself out. “Didn’t put any of my sweat into it.”

“Why the hell would you do that?!” Izuku hissed angrily.

“Actions speak louder than words idiot, and you’re pretty fucking loud right now,” the blond gestured at Izuku’s wrist as he moved to pick up his fallen grenade. Izuku looked down and saw some remnants of Black Whip wisping around his knuckles before they disappeared as soon as it registered in his brain.

“Don’t be such a wimp,” Bakugo scoffed, “that’s your power now, not anyone else’s; you make it obey you, not the other way around.”

The greenette just looked at Bakugo incredulously for a moment before he broke into confused but strangely happy laughter.

“Have you been talking to Todoroki?” Izuku asked through his chuckles.

The blond narrowed his eyes and growled for a moment, thinking Izuku was mocking him again for some reason before biting back an explosive response.

“I can’t prove I’m going to be the best there ever was if I don’t beat you at a hundred percent, and that includes that extra shitty quirk you’ve got. I’ll prove to you, All Might, and the world that I can stand at the top no matter what.” Bakugo said with a firm determination that Izuku knew meant he believed every word he was saying.

“You’re right Bakugo,” Izuku replied, gaining a quirked brow from the blond, “this is my power now, and it’s up to me what I do with it. I sometimes still forget that and, with this new one being so different, I guess I regarded it as something separate from me too.” The greenette looked back at the blond with his own resolute determination now that a new fire had been lit underneath him. “I’ll definitely make this entire power my own no matter how hard I have to work and show you just what I’m capable of. Then I’ll become the greatest hero in the world.”

Bakugo scoffed and turned away, though it was mostly to hide the small amount of pride he had at seeing his rival learn from him.

“Yeah, whatever, I’m gonna be greater than the greatest.”

Izuku just chuckled to himself as the blond started moving back towards the office again, their conversation seemingly at an end.

“Um… excuse me?”

The two boys’ ears perked up to quickly turn to a new voice by the entryway. Izuku’s eyes widened as he saw the same small boy from earlier.

“Katsuma?” He blinked in confusion. “Why are you here so late?”

“Um, to tell you that… there’s a villain!”

“A villain?!” Izuku’s mind immediately switched gears. “Wher-”

Before he could even get the one word question out, Bakugo shoved him aside and bore down at the boy.

“All right brat, start talking!”


A phone rang out in the girl’s room as all six of them groggily stirred in their sleep. The one whom the tone belonged to reluctantly reached out and answered the call without looking to see who it was.

“Ribbit?”

“Tsu!” Izuku’s voice called out so loudly and suddenly that it made the girl jump in place.

Her heart racing, the frog girl immediately rolled over and started struggling to her feet.

“Izuku? What’s going on?”

“Villain attack we think,” Izuku’s voice replied through the speaker as all the other girls started tuning in to the conversation and rapidly waking up themselves. “Kacchan and I are on our way to their location! Apparently they’re attacking Mount Shiroyama!”

In the background, Tsuyu could clearly make out the sounds of explosions, likely made by Bakugo boosting himself for speed.

“Ribbit, I’ll get everyone on standby, do you need backup?”

“Not yet, but best wake Iida, he’d be best to get others here quickly if we need it. I’ll call back soon!”

With that, the call ended and Tsuyu was left standing in a room with her girlfriends looking alarmed.

“Everyone, there’s a villain attack, get up and get ready!”

The girls didn’t question the greenette and immediately started getting ready for combat. As the least offensive member of the girls, Tooru hurried to the boy’s door and quickly banged on it before sliding it open. Plenty of groaning, complaining boys stirred from the light in the hallway before Tooru alerted them to the danger that had just been reported.

Much like the girls, many of the boys jumped into action and prepared themselves for battle as costume cases were grabbed and hero garb donned.

Midnight was quickly alerted too and the hero suited up just on the off chance she was needed though until the situation became dire she was tentatively hanging back from the action for now.

Everyone was soon dressed and waiting on baited breath for more information.

The seconds seemed to drag on as those less combat oriented waited by the computers, looking up everything they could about the small island off of Nabu’s rim known as Mount Shiroyama while Iida, Tsuyu, Kirishima and more were anxiously awaiting further news from their friends.

“Man, what’s taking so long?” Kirishima worried. “Think they got ambushed?”

“I certainly hope not,” Iida shook his head, “but in case they have, if we do not hear anything within the next few minutes, we shall head out anyway.”

“Right!” Some of the others agreed, preparing themselves for whatever came next.

Midnight could clearly tell everyone was on edge as a majority jumped once more when Tsuyu’s phone rang again and she eagerly answered it.

“Izuku? Everything alright? You’re on speaker.”

“H-Hey Tsu, um… everyone,” Izuku’s voice came across nervously. This served to only heighten tensions at first as it wasn’t like the boy to be so skittish when it came to heroics. “Sorry for getting everyone on edge but it um… seems like this was a prank.”

Several jaws dropped as everyone remained somewhat silent as the news set in. It wasn’t broken by any of them, instead, a different voice shouted across the phone so loudly that Tsuyu actively held it at arm’s length.

“It was a no good, stupid brat and his big, dumb sister trying to make us all look like idiots! I swear to hell I’m gonna blow them to kingdom come!”

“Kacchan! Settle down, they’re already gone!” Izuku tried to placate the boy on the other end but a massive explosive noise lead the others to believe he was unsuccessful. “Bakugo’s just… blowing off some steam… we’ll be back soon,” he sighed with resignation. “Sorry again everyone.”

“It’s not your fault Izuku!” Ochako tried to reassure her boyfriend though she didn’t have all the details about it yet.

“Just come back safe and sound and we’ll get this all straightened out,” Iida concurred. “For everyone’s sake however, please confirm that there is indeed no villain attack and you do not need backup.”

“Everything’s fine, there’s no villain,” Izuku confirmed, “just a bad prank.”

“All right, you heard him everyone,” Iida announced to the room, “while I am pleased to see you all so responsive to this incident, there is no more need for us to be ready for action. You may all return to your rooms if you wish.”

“Urgh, interrupted a pretty sweet dream,” Kaminari groaned, taking that as his cue to try and go return to it.

“At least there’s no actual danger,” Sero shrugged.

“And imagine how frustrated that likely left the most explosive of us,” Tokoyami muttered as he joined them in heading upstairs.

Several more followed suit, pulling off the peripherals of their hero outfits as they went.

Izuku ended the call with assurances they’d be back soon and not to worry. Despite that, the girls all remained awake and silently awaited the return of their boyfriend safe and sound before they’d be able to get any rest themselves as they would if any of them were in his place.

As Izuku and Bakugo returned to the office, several of the other students besides the girls were still up and awaiting their return before they officially dismissed the situation. Marching angrily into the building, Bakugo angrily strode through those blocking his path, including his boyfriend.

“Get out of my way!” He growled menacingly, frustrated at having such a viewing gallery thanks to the annoying girl’s stupid prank and Izuku’s stupid reporting of it.

Izuku sighed at Bakugo’s behaviour and informed the others about what exactly happened. While speaking, he couldn’t help but notice Iida typing away at a computer as the boy ultimately wrote up the late night report for the incident. Once Izuku finished his tale of what went down, Iida asked him to sign off the paperwork before he went to bed and head up himself.

While the others sweatdropped at the orderly boy’s behaviour, they agreed with the sentiment and found themselves heading up as well with yawns aplenty going around.

When Izuku sat down, there was one present who wasn’t quite ready to head back to bed yet. Stepping closer to the boy, she cleared her throat to get his attention as he logged onto his HeroNet profile.

“I told you so,” Kyoka deadpanned to her boyfriend. Izuku reluctantly agreed that Mahoro may need another talking to tomorrow about abusing the system.

 

With the excitement of the false alarm fresh in the minds of class 1-A as they arose for their day of work, many were more than a little drowsy from the interrupted sleep, even Midnight seemed extra dozy. However, that didn’t stop her energetically waving goodbye to everyone as she headed out to the beach to work on her tan once more.

As always, the beach needed a lifeguard and patrols needed doing and while Shoji and Tsuyu volunteered for the first duty, the other was covered by Sato who was reenergized after his day off.

While the class got into the swing of things once more, Bakugo refused to get up. As it was his day off, many of the others were more than happy to leave the grumpy blond to it as they set about working their shifts.

Unlike his boyfriend, Kirishima rose with the others and both washed up and dressed for the day ahead, though his casual clothes were the dress of choice instead of his hero outfit.

He was happy to let Bakugo get some extra rest after the excitement from last night and took the liberty of bringing the blond breakfast along with his own when no one was looking.

“Morning Baku-bro, how ya feeling?” The energetic redhead walked into the boy’s group room, spotting his boyfriend idly laying in his sleeping bag while watching something on his phone.

“Mornin’ Kirishima,” Bakugo grunted, glancing over at the boy though a touch of frustration was still present on his face from last night.

“Sucks about that false alarm,” Kirishima commiserated with the boy as he sat down next to him, laying out an apple, banana and some slices of toast for them both to enjoy along with pulling a pair of cold water bottles out of his hoodie pockets, “least we know we’re ready for anything, right?”

“Oh yeah,” Bakugo scoffed, “I’m totally ready to blow up that snot-nosed brat and her doormat brother, just point me in their direction.”

“Don’t be so surly bro, it was just a prank,” Kirishima shook his head before biting into a slice of toast. “Don’t tell me you weren’t mischievous as a kid.”

Bakugo grimaced as his own childhood was not something he liked to think about right now, whether it was normal, everyday shit at home or what he did at school with Deku, he’d long since come to terms with how much of an asshole he was back then; it was just the issue of making up for that shit he still had to figure out.

“Urgh, fine, I won’t blow them up,” he relented, “immediately. They get a five second head start.”

“Give it a rest man,” Kirishima grabbed one of the waters and placing it against Bakugo’s neck. The boy jerked at the coldness of the container and glared at his smirking boyfriend. “There you go, you’re angry at me now so you can blow me later for training.”

Bakugo simply glared harder at his boyfriend, knowing that anything he said right now would likely mean falling into that double-entendre laced trap he’d just set.

“How ‘bout you blow me first then we’ll see if I’m still angry or not.”

Kirishima felt his cheeks heat up but was hoping this conversation would go this way.

“If it wasn’t for sharing a room with all the other guys you know I’d take you up on that,” he grinned, “how about instead we go out and find something to do today to take your mind off everything, then maybe we… find somewhere quiet in the afternoon.”

“Clearly you’re in a mood,” Bakugo raised a brow at his boyfriend, grabbing the apple on offer and taking a bite, mulling over the idea. “Yeah, fine, whatever, but you gotta make sure none of the other fuckers know what’s up.”

“I’m sure we can find somewhere secluded,” Kirishima smiled, reaching out to cup his boyfriend’s face. After another few moments, he leaned down and locked lips with the blond, hopefully easing some of his ire from the previous night. “Feel better about everything now?”

“Only because of your dumbass eternal optimism,” Bakugo rolled his eyes.

“Whatever works,” Kirishima chuckled. “Feel like heading out now?”

“Hell no,” Bakugo dismissed, “you get your ass in here and watch these idiots get what’s coming to them for being idiots. It was cheering me up before you finished the job.”

The blond unzipped his sleeping bag and Kirishima slipped under the half-converted cover, his feet mingling with his boyfriend’s at the bottom as he slid in close so they could both watch whatever Bakugo wanted while enjoying breakfast together. It wasn’t much, but both relished the closeness with the other in this moment despite the risk of other classmates potentially walking in on them.

Kirishima hoped that they’d be able to come out soon, especially with Mina and Hagakure being the divining rod for classmates’ attitudes about gay relationships in the class and then Midoriya, Uraraka and Asui having an odd, definitely not traditional relationship too with barely any notice from the others. The only one still struggling with things was Bakugo and he was much less prickly nowadays compared to when he first brought up the idea.

“So how about after lunch we head out then?” Kirishima offered. “Saw some pretty rad batting cages near a school, might take your mind off things.”

“And pulverize something to dust,” Bakugo grinned with a modicum of excitement at the idea, it might actually be a good idea to get some of his frustrations out.

Once again though, Bakugo felt self-conscious about others seeing him and Kirishima together in that way and didn’t want them to judge him. Not now while they were on this stupid excursion with no villains and after being made a fool of yesterday.

“Look man I’m… do you think you could… head out before me?” Bakugo asked carefully. “I wanna do this shit but I’m still… not ready.”

Kirishima smiled sympathetically at his boyfriend, lightly resting the side of his head against the blond’s own affectionately.

“Sure thing man, but I’m pretty sure you’ll have to catch up for the fun stuff later. Won’t be nearly as good if you’re not there.”

“Don’t be a smartass,” Bakugo rolled his eyes, “… but thanks… and this time, you can go first.”

Kirishima felt his libido rise and his cock flex in his shorts. That was the first time Bakugo had offered such a thing and while he didn’t know exactly what it meant for them overall, it could only be a good thing.

“Sure thing babe,” Kirishima kissed Bakugo’s cheek with a dopey grin on his face. “I always knew you had a sensitive side.”

“Shut the hell up you moron,” Bakugo rolled his eyes and hugged his boyfriend close.

For now, the two enjoyed an easy morning together just relaxing and watching dumb stuff on their phones. It may not have been as glamorous as some of the other dates they did and didn’t know about that had already taken place on the island, but for them, it was a great start to the day.


It was approaching midday on that pleasantly warm Saturday. Once more the students of class 1-A were out in force as many of the citizens on the island were enjoying the weekend while the tourists weren’t slowing down their own enjoyment any time soon.

Down at the beach, Todoroki had been requested again to refill the ice for several stands as the sun’s rays bore down on everyone and many sought solace in cold treats and refreshments.

At the 1-A hero agency, the heat was starting to get to a few of the students.

“Hey, it’s getting kind of hot, is there a fan or something we can turn on?” Ojiro asked, ruffling his gi to help some of the excess warm air escape.

“With so many computers active it’s to be expected,” Tokoyami commented, relaxing in his comfy clothes on the couch as he decided to have lunch at the agency before heading out to explore the island some more.

“All we’ve got is the regular air-con and it’s already maxed out.” Sero groaned, gesturing at the older model air-conditioning unit in the longue area.

“Hey Yaomomo, think you could create us a couple of fans?” Tooru asked with a pleading tone.

“I’d… rather not,” Momo sweatdropped. “It’s not technically for hero work, even if we are on the job.”

“Worth a shot,” the invisible girl sighed.

“Ooo, I’ve got something!” Mina called out, rising to her feet and scurrying off to the back of the building.

Several eyebrows were raised at the girl’s outburst but casually resumed their work as they waited for whatever the pinkette’s idea was to manifest. Sure enough, after a few more moments of peace, Mina came racing back into the room with a large box held above her head triumphantly.

“Ta-da, salvation!” She called out.

“When did we get those?” Ojiro raised a brow.

“I believe the residents brought them yesterday.” Momo smiled, recalling the very satisfying meal they’d enjoyed. “With all the food they brought no one had much room for dessert so I took the liberty of storing them for future use.”

“And it’s a good thing you did Gorgeous,” Mina winked, slipping in Momo’s pet name where it could be easily disguised as gratitude. “Now everyone gets a frozen treat to cool off.”

The pinkette walked around after popping the cardboard box and everyone took a moment to select their ice cream or lolly from the variety pack. She headed up stairs to deliver one to her spikey haired friends and after hearing some suspicious shuffling after knocking on the boy’s room door, Kirishima grabbed a pair of lollies for him and Bakugo.

With many of their friends out on jobs right now, there was plenty left but Mina returned the box to the freezer so they wouldn’t melt before they all got back.

Tooru had idly selected one of her favourites, an orange ice pop, and thought nothing of it as she sat back down at her desk to continue monitoring for calls. Unwrapping the treat and taking a few licks, the sweet taste danced on her tongue and she felt a cool relief start to wash over her. When she went to suck out more of the cooling juice however, she stuck the lolly in her mouth and instantly felt a sense of dread wash over her.

Immediately her throat tried to close up and her breath hitched. She spluttered suddenly and pushed herself away from her desk forcefully, sending her chair clattering to the floor.

“Hagakure?” Ojiro called out, raising a brow at the invisible girl’s antics. “Everything okay?”

Tooru couldn’t reply, her throat uncooperative and panic filling her brain.

Others looked over now as Ojiro’s call hadn’t been answered. It was only when Tooru’s ice lolly dropped to the floor and she tried to run over to the doorway that Izuku realised what was happening.

The greenette slipped out of his own chair, his own ice cream untouched and still in its wrapper, and hurried over to support the girl.

“She just needs some fresh air,” he called out. “Can someone get Mina?”

Momo realised what was happening too and felt another pang of regret hit her heart before brushing it off; she didn’t have time to feel sorry for herself right now and quickly hurried into the kitchen area to get the pinkette.

Izuku didn’t look back to see if anyone was responding to his request as he quickly escorted the struggling girl out into the open area at the rear of the building, the fresh air hitting them like a wave when Izuku opened the door for them both.

Almost immediately, Tooru began gasping and gulping down the fresh, warm oxygen as her throat opened up again. With the ability to breathe came the ability to cry and Tooru instantly felt tears welling up in her eyes as she struggled to catch her breath.

“It’s okay, it’s okay,” Izuku comforted the girl, rubbing her back softly as he guided her away from the building to stand by the flower bushes. “Just focus on your breathing.”

The invisible girl nodded shakily as she tried to put her breathing techniques into practise now to regain control of herself. It was clear to the boy what had triggered this and he felt his heart go out to his girlfriend as she shakily took another breath wracked with a couple of held back sobs.

“Tooru!” Mina could be heard calling as she dashed out of the door to join the pair. Izuku shot her an awkward smile as the pinkette joined them. “Is everything okay hun?”

Neither could see the girl shaking her head but they were both familiar with her movements by now to be able to tell.

“What happened?” Mina asked carefully.

“Ice pop,” Izuku said simply. “I think it um… triggered her.”

“M…Mm-hmm,” Tooru agreed as best she could, though words were beyond her right now.

“Oh dear,” Mina sighed, rubbing her girlfriend’s back along with Izuku.

For a moment the three just stood there, giving the invisible girl time to recover as her breaths grew less shaky the more she took, neither unaffected party really knowing what to say.

“Izuku?” Mina spoke, getting the boy’s attention. “Mind heading back inside and telling everyone not to worry? I think they’re gonna get curious and come checking on us and the last thing Starlight needs right now is more fuss.”

“Sure,” Izuku nodded. “You gonna be okay Tooru?”

“Y-Yeah,” Tooru croaked out, patting his arm.

Izuku smiled what he hoped was a reassuring smile before heading back inside and closing the door behind him. No sooner had he gone than Tooru let out a choked sob and stomped her foot so hard it hurt.

“Urgh!” She growled before her breathing broke into muted sobs once more.

“Hey, hey, you got this girl, it’s okay.” Mina tried to comfort her.

“N-No, it’s not!” Tooru retorted. “I can’t… I… I just… urgh!” She stomped her foot again and kicked a patch of grass. “Why! W-Why is this so… it’s so stupid!”

“Trauma is hun,” Mina empathised.

Tooru’s sadness had clearly turned to anger at this point and Mina just let her pace and deal with it, the girl letting out grunts and growls of frustration as she tried to get her breathing and temper under control again.

“I-It was a fucking popsicle!” She scoffed. “Why the heck did… I-I mean I know why, but… grrr.”

“Looks like you’ll be having ice cream from now on instead,” Mina chuckled weakly.

“Shut up,” Tooru snipped.

“Hey, don’t take this out on me,” Mina raised a brow, challengingly that seemed to stop her girlfriend in her tracks.

“You’re right,” Tooru sighed as deeply as she could. “S-Sorry, just… hrrr.”

“I get it hun,” the pinkette pulled her into another cuddle, tighter this time to get those happy hormones flowing through her girlfriend. Tooru whimpered into the embrace but weakly joined her hands behind Mina’s back and returned the hug.

“This sucks…”

“Yeah,” Mina agreed.

“Why’d it have to happen?”

“Because our genius girlfriend is an idiot.”

That got a chuckle out of Tooru.

“I… I don’t blame her. Well, I do but… I don’t…”

“You said you two made-up,” Mina prompted, “are you sure you like, actually forgave her or did you just do so for everyone else?”

“I… thought we were fine,” Tooru admitted. “I’m… still mad but… I still love her and stuff.”

“Hun, it’s okay, no one’s making you go through with this. If you don’t feel you can be with Momo after everything then that’s that.”

“No, I-”

“And don’t just say you want to because you want to keep us all happy or some other dumb shit.”

“No! It’s not that!” Tooru rejected firmly. “I-It’s just this! I-I just… wish t-that stuff with her never happened in the first place.”

“I know you do hun… and I think me and Momo are at the top of that list with you too,” she sighed. “Everyone makes mistakes and this left you with some pretty bad things to deal with. You know we’ll all be with you to deal with everything we can together but this is something we can’t help you with.”

“I know…” Tooru sobbed once, “just… just another fucking thing I’ve got to deal with.”

“Hmmm?” Mina held out for more.

“It feels like I can’t catch a break right now,” Tooru slumped into her girlfriend. “Just when I think I’ve got a grip on things, the universe throws another fucking curve ball at me.”

“Hun-”

“And it’s not just Momo; it’s fucking everything!” Tooru pushed off of Mina. “My f-fear, my quirk, my fucking appearance! It seems like no matter how much progress I make, something’s always there to smack me down. Oh, looks like Tooru’s having a good day, better fucking fix that!”

“Tooru, come on now,” Mina reached out again only for Tooru to pull out of her girlfriend’s reach.

“No! I’m sick of this and I don’t wanna do it anymore,” the invisible girl rejected, stamping her foot again.

“Do… what?” Mina asked, confused and a tad worried.

“I’m done taking everyone’s shit!” Tooru declared. “This is my fucking life and no one’s gonna make me feel bad for living it how I want anymore. I’m done.”

“O…kay,” Mina replied warily. “That’s… good?”

“Yeah, it is,” Tooru huffed, folding her arms petulantly.

The wind blew through the area softly, ruffling the girls’ hair as both waited for the other to say something.

“You… don’t really know what to do now, do you?” Mina chuckled lightly.

“I know what I’m not doing,” Tooru puffed up her cheeks, “not taking anyone’s shit.”

“Right, because you’re Tooru Fuckin’ Hagakure!” Mina grinned, chuckling lightly now that her girlfriend seemed to have turned her sadness into anger and then determination, even if she didn’t exactly know where to aim it.

“Damn right!” Tooru nodded firmly.

Mina walked close once again and put her hands on Tooru’s naked hips, pulling her girlfriend close.

“Well as long as you’re still my Star-Fuckin’-light then I don’t have any issues.”

“You better not.” Tooru grinned, grabbing Mina surprisingly behind her head and the small of her back, startling the girl for a moment before she was pushed back by her invisible girlfriend.

It only took a second, but Mina realised she’d been lowered into a dip as Tooru’s lips sought out her own. The two shared a steamy kiss for a moment before Tooru stood her girlfriend back up as their lips broke, the pair breathing somewhat heavily after their extended tongue interaction.

“Wow… remind me to hang around when you have your next tantrum,” she giggled with a mild blush.

“This wasn’t a tantrum!” Tooru pouted.

“Right, right,” Mina rolled her eyes. “Proud declaration then.”

“Just be glad we’re on shift right now,” Tooru smirked, “else I would be taking out my frustrations on your crotch.”

“Urgh, you can’t threaten me with that after we had our day off,” it was Mina’s turn to pout. “I’d’ve given you a popsicle sooner otherwise.”

“Don’t be a bitch Minx,” Tooru chuckled, “else I’ll have to pin you to the wall like Izuku did.”

Mina licked her lips as a fluttery breath slipped past them.

“Too bad Iida will never let us have another day off,” Tooru shrugged cheekily as she meandered back towards the building.

“W-Wait!” Mina called out. “Maybe he can be bribed! Or threatened!”

The two returned to the office in better spirits and, after brushing off the majority of the boys that were concerned, returned to their desks to get on with the day. 


As the morning began turning to the afternoon, more calls came in for assistance for 1-A to address. There were more people utilizing the beach than expected so Ojiro headed out for extra manpower while Kirishima left to go ‘explore the island’.  Another came in about a tourist’s lost luggage and Tooru eagerly accepted the call to action; anything to get her mind off of her weakness and was joined by Aoyama.

Izuku noted the time and headed out to assist the Nijima’s with the fields as asked for, though he was temporarily held up by a nervous Katsuma hiding around the side of the building who was looking to apologize for the incident last night.

Having been leaning on the balcony to enjoy his icy treat while watching his boyfriend leave, Bakugo heard every word of the stupid kid’s reasoning as well as Izuku’s nauseating good-natured replies. Listening to the kid bitch about his useless quirk while wanting to be a hero reminded Bakugo of Izuku back in the day. At least the nerd was able to give the kid some decent advice rather than the assbeating he would’ve given the kid if he’d run into him first.

Still, the blond decided to give the brats at least a small pass after hearing about their living situation from one of the women who’d delivered food yesterday but resolved to definitely show them what for if they tried to pull a stunt like that again.

After Izuku finally bid the old lady farewell and headed out on his job, Bakugo decided to do the same, figuring enough time had passed that he could go join Kirishima with no suspicions.


It seemed to be another beautiful afternoon in paradise for this idyllic little community as everyone worked, rested, and enjoyed the island’s atmosphere. They had no idea however, that this day would live on in infamy and mark the beginning of a turning point in hero history.

Down at the docks, several sailors and fishing folk noticed something amiss shortly before it happened.

“Hey, isn’t the ferry going kinda fast?” One of them called out, getting the attention of those around them.

“It’s off course too, it’s gonna hit the breakwater!”

Sure enough, there was a mighty boom as the ferry slammed into the stone, shattering it and slowing itself down greatly but not enough to stop its collision course with the harbour.

“We gotta get out of here!”

Citizens began running for safety as the ferry seemed intent on maintaining its course. Thankfully everyone managed to scatter further along the harbour and out of its way before it crashed into the dock with a groan of rupting metal before slamming down on its side.

Up above, two small children overlooked the scene with horror and fear on their faces as they watched the scene unfold.

The dust hadn’t begun settling yet as some civilians tentatively hung around to check if there was any passengers on board that might need a hero’s help.

At first they thought their fears were confirmed as they spotted four figures standing on the side of the ship that now pointed towards the sky but they were sadly mistaken.

“Chimera, Mummy,” one of the figures called to his canine and bandaged companions, his voice muffled by the life-support mask over his face. “You’re in charge of diversions. I don’t want to be interrupted.”

“So how should we do it?” The canine figure known as Chimera asked, his cigar smoking away between his razor sharp teeth.

“However you want,” The masked man replied emotionlessly.

“We’re on it,” the other figure, known as Mummy confirmed.

“Slice?” The masked figure called back to the only female of the group who was stood behind him.

“I’m ready,” she smirked, stepping forward as her bright red locks of hair whipped up in the wind.

With orders given, the three males moved out, jumping off the edge of the crashed ferry towards the ground while Slice leapt up into the air. Tossing her head back and forth with practised precision, a swathe of sharp, dangerous spikes shot out that were actually just singular transformed strands that punctured every ship available in the harbour. Her assault continued until explosions rocked the area as engines exploded and vessels sunk. By the time she was finished, there wasn’t a single sea worthy ship left.

Class 1-A’s experience handling problems on the island of Nabu had been nothing short of enjoyable for the most part. Unfortunately for them, that was just the calm before…

Notes:

Chapter summary:

- Kyoka and Momo inform the group of how Momo prevented Izuku from befalling the same wrath from her father as Mei but the heiress still feels like she betrayed his and their trust again. Unfortunately, the elder Yaoyorozu now knows Izuku's value so they need to keep up their guard. Still, Izuku's grateful for Momo preventing his mother from suffering undue distress. Before they all leave to pack, Momo requests Izuku stay for a minute longer. In private, Momo admits to Izuku that she copied his anatomy for her sex toys and apologises. Izuku accepts and, despite this new wrinkle between them, they are both happy to continue this fresh start.

- Before the trip, Izuku checks in with All Might to ensure their association prior to UA wouldn't be discoverable by anyone looking into things. All Might assures his protégé that everything is fine and he's probably displacing his anxiety over his upcoming trip. Izuku leaves reassured that his mentor knows what he's talking about considering how well he hid his time limit before his retirement but thinks about reaching out to Mr Tokuda in case he had any public relations needs in the future.

- Class 1-A chat about their trip as everyone prepares to leave. Eri comes with Aizawa to say goodbye but doesn't want Izuku to go. After Izuku talks her down, Momo assists by creating a plush Izuku doll for her to hug while he's away, melting everyone's hearts.

- During their travels to Nabu, the class needs to take a cruise ship to reach the island overnight. After enjoying the cast-off, the group heads to bed. Tooru wonders if they could switch rooms but is gently dissuaded by Momo. Kyoka and Tooru have an honest chat about their current feelings regarding Momo before joining the nautical mile club together. Momo and Tsuyu have a similar discussion and Tsuyu acknowledges that she's not truly ready to forgive Momo and move on. Momo reiterates her promise to be better and the two gently cuddle.

- During the next morning's meeting, Aizawa relays that it's Midnight with them on this trip instead of himself due to Eri. Soon the ship arrives on the island and everyone's greeted by the island's mayor. After the class gets acquainted with their temporary agency, they begin setting up how they'll work for the next week while Aizawa departs. At the end of the first day, everyone debates which mandated day off they'll take and the schedule is set.

- With the girls grouping up in one room, unable to sneak Izuku in, they savour the test run of what life might be like for them in the future. They close the day by reflecting on how much they've grown and expressing how much they love each other.

- Izuku, Ochako, and Tsuyu, with the first day off, go on a date to the beach. While there, they spot Midnight getting some sun too. As Izuku and Ochako take a dip in the water, Tsuyu gets some advice from Midnight about the Momo situation. With a renewed hope for their poly relationship, Tsuyu rejoins her partners with her optimism returning. The trio enjoy the rest of their date with dinner before heading back, resolute in their joy of being with each other.

- The girls awaken the next day to find Momo missing. Over breakfast, Kyoka agrees to hang out with Kaminari that afternoon. When Momo returns, she's being secretive and gives Kyoka an envelope. With Mina's help, the pair realize that Momo has set up a private meeting point for them both which Kyoka treks out to. The punk rock girl arrives to a surprise picnic date with Momo, though lightly scolds her for being so secretive which the heiress promises to work on so they can enjoy things more together in the future.

- Mina and Tooru enjoy a day's date together in town. When heading for a nearby hot spring, they're accosted by beach boys who don't want to take no for an answer. Shoji arrives and attempts to diffuse the situation but they racially discriminate against him. Midnight steps in before things can get physical and waits with the group when the police turn up. Afterwards, Tooru and Mina continue their date while Midnight walks Shoji back to the agency, taking some time to comfort the heteromorphic boy.

- Izuku, Kyoka, and Ochako look for Katsuma who is reported as lost by his sister, finding out it was a fake call. At the end of the day, the class is treated to a feast as thanks by the islanders. While the students enjoy, Midnight takes the mayor aside, informing him she and Nezu know about his interference regarding the heteromorphic discrimination displayed by some of the islanders.

- Bakugo comes across Izuku training at night and reinforces their rivalry only for Katsuma to tell them about a villain attacking the island. Everyone else is awoken to be on alert but it turns out to be a false alarm.

- The next day, Tooru encounters a problem with an ice pop and Bakugo and Kirishima enjoy their day off while villains make their move.

Chapter 33: The Storm

Summary:

As villains appear on the island, class 1-A gives it everything they've got to hold off the villains and win the day.

Notes:

Enjoy the second part of Nabu Island pushing us over 1 million words.
After this, I'm gonna take a short break. I'll still be writing but I won't be setting a deadline for the next chapter to give myself some breathing room after eight weeks of solid writing for these two chapters.
If you'd like to come chat, keep better tabs on how the next chapter is going or possible delays, come join us over on the discord at: https://discord.gg/x85xtWmKCa
There's also fun new MHA game of my own creation to try out at the same time and I'll be hanging around there most days usually chatting rubbish so feel free to bother me. :)

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

At the Class 1-A Hero Agency, everyone was enjoying the late afternoon sun with much better spirits now the hottest part of the day had passed. Some were tempted to review their outfits once they returned to UA to hopefully make them a bit more breathable for the heat next summer, but that was a problem for another time.

Currently, all they needed to worry about was wrapping up the day’s paperwork and begin calling everyone back from the field.

Izuku had thankfully been up to the task of assisting the Nijima’s in their fields and with his strength they’d finished with enough time for him to return to the agency to help close down for the evening. As he returned, he spied Iida and Ochako chatting with the kindly mayor as he approached, though it seemed they wouldn’t be getting another spread to enjoy for dinner today.

“The Nijima’s are all set,” Izuku called out as he hurried past the two, knowing it would benefit Iida more to know of the job well done than Uraraka, though her proud, wide smile filled him glee.

“I’m sure they appreciated the help,” Iida nodded as Izuku dashed past.

“Good work Deku!” Ochako cheered, putting that much more spring in the boy’s step as he sought to finish his report on the task.

Entering the call reception area, he noted that he was the only one in the room, likely as everyone else here was either clocked out or about to do. It suited him just fine as he slid into the seat with the computer he’d unofficially designated as his for the time they were here and logged into his profile.

Before he could get any further, the phone began ringing next to him.

Izuku almost jumped from the sudden noise but shook his head in amusement as a hero’s work was never done.

“Hello? This is the UA Hero Agency,” he answered clearly as he picked up.

“There’re villains at the fishing harbour!” A panicked cry responded immediately.

“Villains?! I’ll be… wait… is this Mahoro?” Izuku replied cautiously, his nerves on edge from her shout. “You know you shouldn’t be calling in things like this for fun.”

“I’m not lying this time! It’s the truth, I’m telling you!” Mahoro’s panicked voice continued.

“Okay, okay, I believe you,” Izuku tried to reassure her, “now where are you and what’s going on?”

“It’s the fishing harbour! It’s under at-”

The line suddenly cut out and Izuku’s breath caught in his throat as he momentarily strained his ears for something other than the dial tone.

“Hello? Hello Mahoro?!”

No answer.

Did she end the call there for dramatic effect? Did something happen to the communication tower? Or was she discovered by whatever villains were attacking and her phone was destroyed. Whatever it was, Izuku knew he needed to move now.

He replaced the receiver and stood up quickly. The report on the Nijima’s request could wait; prank or not, Mahoro sounded serious and it was his duty as a hero to investigate.

Moving quickly, he ran out the front of the building once more, his strained expression and the noise he made catching the attention of Ochako, Iida, and the Mayor.

“Deku? What’s-” Iida called out but Izuku spoke over him.

“There’s a villain attack at the fishing harbour! I’m going to investigate!”

It was all the three could do to gasp before Izuku channelled his quirk around his whole body and the second he touched down on the road he shot off like a bullet in the direction of the reported attack.

‘I hope it turns out to be nothing… but I still have to check!’ Izuku thought to himself as he ran as fast as he was able to at this percentage.


“Well sweetheart, we got it back!” the female tourist smiled happily.

“We did my darling.” Her boyfriend chuckled as the two felt their stress ease and relief flood their systems, both chuckling at the situation now it was over with.

“Thank you so much for your help!” The couple reunited with their lost property bowed politely to the two helpful heroes before clasping their hands and looking lovingly at each other.

“Glad we could help!” Tooru smiled warmly at the pair’s affection, reminding her of how she wished someone could look her in the eyes with such affection while she wasn’t holding her breath.

“You’re most welcome Monsieur et Mademoiselle.” Aoyama twirled energetically in place, showing off the sparkle of a job well done with his cape fluttering along in the breeze.

With a parting wave, the heroes left the two to return to their holiday as they walked back outside into the late afternoon air.

Nabu was much closer to the equator than mainland Japan and winter was still pleasantly warm right now so Tooru didn’t mind the breeze caressing her skin as she’d long since grown used to it.

“I’m glad we worked together on this Mademoiselle Invisible Girl.” Aoyama smiled over at Hagakure. “I do not believe I would’ve been able to retrieve the lost item had you not been here.”

“Hey, it was your idea to check the bathrooms,” Tooru replied happily. “I was just the girl around to go in.”

“We do magnifique as a team,” Aoyama agreed, “and I do not just mean our quirk interactions.”

“If not for your help, I don’t know if I could’ve figured out as much of my quirk as I have.” Tooru flexed her control with a quick held breath, holding out her hand and making her glove disappear and reappear.

“Thank you for your kind words but I merely assisted your own sparkle to shine brighter. I think I speak for both Monsieur Midoriya and I in that we are happy to help our friend. The hard work though, was all you.”

Tooru’s smile grew wider at the honest praise; it felt good for someone even as somewhat vain as Aoyama to notice and compliment her effort and ‘sparkle’.

However, their happy interaction quickly came to an end and they braced themselves defensively as an explosion rippled through the air before several more followed in its wake.

Aoyama and Tooru’s heads whipped around to locate the source of the disturbance as nearby civilians reacted almost as quickly, running away from grey and black smoke they could see rising down the road.

“What’s going on?” Tooru called out as one of the more panicked civilians passed her by.

“It’s a villain!” He replied hurriedly, fear evident in his voice. “Do something heroes!”

Tooru took the lead as she and Aoyama hurried closer down the middle of the street to where the shockwaves and crashes were still taking place. Plenty of dust had been kicked up from whatever destruction was being wrought and both provisional heroes stopped short from entering it once they saw the ominous red figures hovering in mid-air.

“It really is a villain,” Aoyama gasped, his voice wavering as the number of floating figures now outnumbered Hagakure and himself. “What do we do?”

“Use your Naval Laser!” Tooru ordered, feeling bad she had to rely on him once again for all their offensive capabilities. “Cut the cords and free the people!”

Straining his eyes, Aoyama spotted that the floating figures appeared to be solely comprised of red tape or bandages of some sort, connected though one or two strips that surely originated from the villain’s location.

“Right!”

Striking his usual pose, Aoyama clenched his stomach and focused on controlling the difficult quirk to work with him and protect everyone as a real hero. Aiming carefully, he fired his beam and directed it to quickly slice the connecting component and free whomever was trapped inside the material.

Much to both their confusion however, once the figures impacted with the ground, the bandages fell away to reveal nothing more than a car, a park bench, a public mail box, and other assorted items of similar sizes.

“W-What is-?” Aoyama stammered, confused.

“Oh?” A sinister voice spoke up through the clearing dust cloud. “Two heroes out here in the middle of nowhere?”

Tooru and Aoyama spotted the man they assumed to be the cause of all the commotion judging by the same red wrappings covering his arms and torso completely up to his face, acting like a mask. He was also decked out in what appeared to be battle gear, complete with vest protector and a sword on his back.

This man was clearly looking for a fight and it seemed that his sights were now squarely set on them.

Thrusting his arms wide, the wrappings on his arms came to life, shooting out at speed while wrapping up a new assortment of large objects around the area like a truck and vending machine. Once they were encased, the forms of the object seemed to shift, growing arms and legs before acting as though they were alive. It was honestly creepy to both heroes and they both felt the pressure rise.

“How many can he make?!” Aoyama exclaimed, watching no less than thirty new figures of varying sizes rise up into the air under the revealed villain’s command.

“We need backup!” Tooru panicked, pulling out her phone and bring up her list of contacts quickly while Aoyama, now not needing to worry about whether there were hostage civilians inside the bandages, fired off another round of his Naval Laser at the looming threats, slicing them to ribbons. “What?! There’s… there’s no signal!” The invisible girl gasped as Aoyama needed to take a momentary break as his laser petered out.

Before her sparkly companion could renew his attack, one of the smaller red figures moved far faster than its larger counterparts and swooped in, using the opportunity to strike at them both. Only their quick reflexes saved them as they both jumped back at the last second.

Both sides took a moment to carefully gauge the other but to Tooru it was clear; unless someone was miraculously nearby right now, backup couldn’t be contacted and they were on their own.


The evacuation of the beach was already well underway. Watching the explosions and rising smoke from the harbour down the coastline had the nearby students jump into action immediately and a good chunk of the civilians had already been moved into the forest nearby.

Those remaining had been the ones further down the beach or swimming further out at the time and the students were having difficulty keeping them all corralled and heading in the correct direction away from whatever was going on.

“Everyone please depart in an orderly fashion!” Ojiro called out as Tsuyu grabbed a couple of small children with her tongue and leapt up the side of the embankment to help hurry along the evacuation.

“You should all leave, we’ll handle this,” Shoji called out with authority as some of the civilians were simply gawking at the destruction they could see from here.

“Y-You’ll handle that?!” One beachgoer pointed out and Shoji looked over his shoulder. From the forest on the other side of the beach’s embankment, a torrent of flames burst through the trees, whipping back and forth as though someone was purposely trying to set fire to everything they could with a flame thrower.

“It’s our job to handle that,” Shoji doubled down with a firmness, “it’s your job to get to safety so we can work without interference.”

The message finally seemed to sink in and several bystanders quickly hurried towards the throng of people trying to leave up the shallowest part of the natural embankment and into the treeline.

The evacuation continued steadily but all of the students were keeping a close eye on the direction those flames came from.

It wasn’t long before a lone figure stepped out from the burning brush, sweeping some smoking leaves from the shoulder of his tan duster.

“Well, well, well, lookie what we got here.” His sinister voice called out from the nearby minor cliff. “Some do-gooder heroes that need to be taught a lesson.”

The students all turned and spotted the strange figure looking down at them now. It appeared he was a tall, canine-faced being with blue and white fur and a cigar clutched in his teeth. Known as ‘Chimera’ but not to the students, he also had what appeared to be sharp talons for hands that he was baring like claws and a long, green, scaly tail. All this was covered up by what appeared to be an unusually simple button up shirt, belt and jeans combination with a tan duster jacket completing the look.

“Who is that? A villain?” A civilian called out.

“Froppy! Tentacole! Hurry, let’s get these people out of here!” Ojiro called out as he raced forward, aiming to be the first line of defence as those better able to evacuate the people did what they could.

“So, you’re up first are ya’ kid?” Chimera chuckled, casually jumping down the cliff to land with a heavy thud on the sands below.

Ojiro hoped to get a quick attack in and take this villain out rather than let him build up any steam. Leaping from his spot, he spun his body with force in the air as he aimed his tail to slam down on the skull of the villain where he landed.

“Twirling Tail Dance!”

Chimera simply raised a single hand to block the strike before pushing back with enough force to send Ojiro soaring back from whence he came. The boy used his momentum to keep his balance before landing in the sands once again, his attack seemingly useless.

“What are you after? Why are you doing this?” The tailed hero called out, hoping to both stall the villain and get them to reveal any nuggets of information he could.

“You look a little young to be a hero kid.” The odd canine-like villain scoffed, reaching down and plucking two large boulders from the earth and raising them above his head like they were mere tennis balls. “You mutant types piss me off the most!”

The villain hurled the large boulders at Ojiro, quickly reaching for and launching another set as the tailed boy quickly used his agility to dodge and weave around the incoming projectiles.

Unfortunately, his path was blocked by the third one tossed and the fourth had been hurled predicting this. Ojiro raised his arms to fend off the incoming boulder as best he could but a timely swoop from a flying Tokoyami, dressed in his casual clothes and held up by the scruff of his neck by Dark Shadow, allowed the bird-headed boy to pull his friend to safety, dropping him on his feet in the sand nearby before swinging around for his own attack on the villain.

“Dark Shadow!” Tokoyami called out, feeling his shadowy companion release his grip and drop him in the sand while stretching out to advance.

“Right!” The sentient quirk replied with determination, its claws sharpening to tear into the foe.

“Another one.” The Chimera growled, baring his fangs and biting down on his cigar just a little bit more.

As Dark Shadow rapidly approached, the canine villain readied a punch before throwing it with might, impacting the bird-headed quirk directly in the head and stopping it dead in his tracks. The wind whipped up from the force of the clash before sending a mighty gust along with Dark Shadow flying towards Tokoyami.

The bird-headed boy felt the wind push back against his form, feeling like he was near one of Izuku’s full power smashes from the start of the year before he was launched backwards off his feet, falling into the somewhat cushioning sand behind. Dark Shadow was weakened from all the sunlight they’d enjoyed today, right now he was powerless to take on someone like this villain.

“Pathetic mutant traitor scum!” The canine villain roared angrily. “How much did you sell your pride for you pathetic dogs?!”

“If anyone’s a dog around here it’s you!” A voice called out from the villain’s side.

He snapped his head to look and instantly felt it jerk the other way as a strong kick slammed into his muzzle before his assailant kicked off to stand between him and the young heroes.

“Miss Midnight!” Tokoyami called out, a moment of relief flooding his system before a touch of dread crept in. If their teacher was stepping in now, the situation was beyond serious.

“Focus on the people as best you can heroes!” Midnight called back, taking a combat pose as defiantly as she could, clothed only in her swimsuit.

“That one actually hurt,” the canine villain rubbed at his muzzle. “Too bad for you it’s gonna take a lot more than that to bring an end to my rampage.”

“I can handle all you’ve got and more, hunny,” Midnight smirked, watching her enemy carefully for his next move.

“Should we help?” Tokoyami looked over at Ojiro now he was back on his feet, the tailed boy stood tensed beside him.

“Our phones have stopped working,” Ojiro updated his friend. “Head back to the office and get the others!”

“You sure?” Tokoyami asked, worried not just for his friend but also everyone else considering their less than optimal quirk matchups.

“I’ll back up Miss Midnight as long as I can. Just go!” Ojiro confirmed, moving forward as Midnight and the canine-like villain charged at each other for a quick strike.

Tokoyami angrily grit his teeth as he regrettably took to the sky once more, held awkwardly aloft by Dark Shadow as the pair tried to focus as much of their remaining quirk energy into returning to the office and getting their gear and reinforcements. 


With their offensive power laying solely in Aoyama’s hands, the two heroes quickly found themselves on the defensive and backing up constantly.

The villain had driven them both into the parking lot of a nearby business where he’d taken the opportunity to seize all of the vehicles around and add them to his floating construct army.

Aoyama was doing his best to hold out, using his Navel Laser conservatively while trying to get a clear shot at the villain, but it was all too easy for their enemy to replenish his resources without risk to himself. Even using his knee and shoulder emitters to surprise him did nothing.

Tooru had tried to step in and use physical combat against the beings but despite being wrapped in many cloth bindings she did virtually nothing to the constructs since they were still made of hard, heavy objects. All it resulted in was a sharp pain pulsing through Tooru’s hand before she decided not to try that again.

“Give up heroes,” the villain known as ‘Mummy’ taunted, “you’re outnumbered and outmatched.”

“My tummy,” Aoyama groaned, clutching his midsection. “I don’t know how much more I have in me.”

“Stay tough Twinkling!” Tooru tried to motivate him, though she could hear the doubt in her own voice. “We just have to… hold out for the others.”

“There’s no one coming to save you,” the villain chuckled. “By now all communications on the island should be out and we’ll soon secure our prize. If you can’t even beat me, neither of you deserve a place in the new world anyway.”

Tooru felt the impending dread creep into her heart. She was supposed to be a hero and here she was, about to be defeated and possibly killed by a villain without having done anything significant to fight back. What kind of hero was she?

“Invisible Girl, quick,” Aoyama called out desperately as he shakily struck his typical pose once again. “Our combination!”

It was desperate, and she didn’t know how much use she’d be just amplifying what Aoyama could do, but it was better than nothing at this stage. She needed something new, something that pushed their combination even further ‘Plus Ultra’ to overcome this obstacle.

Thinking quickly, Tooru sucked in a deep breath and focused all her attention on her quirk, bending it to her will as she felt the familiar sensation of Aoyama’s laser slamming into her light manipulating field behind her.

“What’s this?” Mummy raised an intrigued eyebrow. “The last desperate move of the cornered rats?”

As much as Tooru wanted to retort something clever, she was too focused on splitting her control in a way she never had before. Where Aoyama’s laser was impacting her from behind, she was bending the light energy around her arms up to her hands and, once there, she split it into eight individual streams that ran along her fingers, each now emitting a precise, focused beam of devastation that pierced eight holes in the tips of her gloves.

With her teeth grit and her head throbbing painfully from the effort, Tooru slashed her arm across the swathes of constructs in the sky, the Naval Laser energy briefly slicing them to multiple ribbons before they promptly exploded.

“What?!” Mummy gasped, quickly trying to refill his ranks with new members from what debris he’d already made during their battle.

A wave of Tooru’s other hand sent yet more of his constructs collapsing to the ground as the duo started making a significant dent in his forces. If things kept up at this pace, he might need to fall back to regather resources.

Unfortunately for the heroic duo, the villain was smarter than believing overwhelming power was the only way to win; subtly and cunning had to be employed to ensure you weren’t caught off guard yourself, just like how the heroes soon would be.

Another wave of the hero’s hand sent yet more minions free from his bandage’s control but Mummy paid them no heed, he only needed one new one to finish this fight. Grouping up the remainder of his forces to obscure himself, he sent a single tendril of bandages behind him, swooping around the outside of the battle area behind the debris his fallen constructs had created.

The invisible girl’s new attack was dangerous, but if he could take out the power source, then she’d be as helpless as she once was.

“I’m… running out of… time.” Aoyama groaned, his stomach protesting greatly from its extended quirk use and his gut feeling like it was one fire.

Tooru couldn’t respond, entirely too focused on harnessing her own quirk to reply.

In the moment where Aoyama was forced to stop for a brief moment to rest before emitting another blast, something latched onto his swishing, sparkly cloak and yanked, hard. He fell to the ground with a crash, his armour taking most of the damage from the fall before his cries for, “Help!” were quickly muffled by the bandages now encasing his entire body, turning him from an ally to an enemy against Tooru.

With her power source gone, Tooru gasped in surprise to take a new breath and taste sweet oxygen once more before dodging a right hook from the Aoyama construct.

“Pathetic,” the villain smugly postured now the threat of defeat had been completely removed. “Objects wrapped in my bandages move according to my will. I can’t affect living things but your body is covered by much that is inanimate. Your gadgets, your armour, your clothes; they’re mine to control!”

Tooru gasped as she was forced to retreat further, dodging another attack from her classmate’s construct. Thinking quickly she quickly discarded her singed gloves, and prepared to divest herself of her quick-release boots too.

“Now you’ve lost your single ally and source of attack as he becomes your enemy! What now hero?!”


Bakugo and Kirishima had been walking back to the office when they first noticed the attack on the harbour; it wasn’t hard to see all the smoke rising after being alerted by the faint explosions.

First the redhead had pulled out his phone to try and call the others and let them know what they could see but it seemed the service was out. Kirishima then immediately wanted to run back to the town and start helping out but Bakugo convinced him it would be better if they returned to the office first to get their gear. With a plan confirmed, the pair set off at a run to get back to their stuff and their friends as fast as they could.

As they approached the building, a civilian on a speeding bike passed them by before sliding to a stop outside the agency.

“Hurry! There’s a villain on the island!” He called out to what the pair could only guess was every one of their available friends.

“We are already aware sir!” Iida’s voice called out. “We’re getting ready to head to the fishing harbour as we speak.”

“That’s just where they landed!” The civilian informed him. “One of them is tearing apart the shopping arcade district! Your people are trying to hold him back but-”

As Kirishima and Bakugo burst into the yard, much to Iida and the other gathered students’ surprise, Tokoyami’s voice called out from above as he gilded down to land roughly on the grass nearby.

“Reporting in! We’ve got a villain down at the beach!”

“Another one?!” Sato exclaimed.

“Ojiro and Midnight are fighting him off, Asui and Shoji are evacuating civilians but they need help.” Tokoyami reported.

“Midnight’s fighting?!” Koda panicked.

“This must be serious,” Todoroki frowned.

“What’s the plan?” Sero asked, wondering what the right move to make next would be.

“We act quickly and decisively,” Iida announced, assimilating this new information into something of a plan.

With Bakugo, Kirishima and Tokoyami back at this critical time, their chances hopefully went up to respond to this crisis but everyone needed to be sent to the areas they could be utilized best. Unfortunately, they didn’t have that information, nor any way of getting it easily with the phones down.

“All right everyone, we’ll split into groups and deal with the villains as quickly and efficiently as possible!” Iida announced. “Bakugo, Kirishima, and Kaminari, you’ll head out to the shopping center to back up whoever’s there.”

“Don’t order me around idiot! I gotta go grab my gear,” Bakugo scoffed as he took off into the building followed by an apologetic looking Kirishima.

“I do too but I should know where I am going first,” Tokoyami concurred.

“Understood,” Iida nodded before addressing those remaining. “Yaoyorozu, Jiro, and Ashido, go with the first group to help with first aid and evacuation. Todoroki, Sato, Sero, and Tokoyami, come with me to back up Ojiro at the beach. Uraraka and Koda, you’ll be our relief evacuation team, split up and each cover the shopping district and beach respectively with your focus being on the civilians.”

Everyone gave firm nods as they were each assigned an area, not finding fault with anything Iida declared and were eager to set off and help as best they could. Tokoyami took the opportunity to duck inside and start grabbing his gear while Iida held everyone together just a little longer so they could set out with the missing trio.

“This is a race against time people,” Iida called out, hoping to rally those before him.

“We’re the only heroes on this island,” Momo continued, “which means we’re the only ones who can save the people here. This is what we’ve trained for and now you need to give it your all.”

“Plus Ultra!” A group cheer rang out as everyone got pumped for whatever came next.

If things were as bad as they seemed already, they’d need every ounce of motivation they could get.

There was only a few moments more before Bakugo, Kirishima, and Tokoyami rejoined the group before everyone set out to do their best and be true heroes!


Using his head, Izuku figured the best place to check for the kids would be the park that he found them in the last time as it overlooked the harbour and would’ve given them the best view of everything happening.

Unfortunately, as he arrived, he couldn’t see either Katsuma or Mahoro anywhere and as he crested the hill once more, he spotted the devastation that had been wrought on the harbour.

Gritting his teeth, Izuku thought about his next move.

He’d already alerted Iida and the others to a villain attack. With evidence like this, people must already have tried calling in to the agency to report it. Izuku pulled out his phone and saw there was no signal, just as he suspected. This was a real villain attack and they’d gone after the communication’s tower.

With something that obvious, his friends would likely have already confirmed that something was wrong and would react accordingly. For now, he needed to locate those two small children he knew could be lost and scared in a situation such as this, especially with their only parental figure away from the island. Much like with Eri, there was no way he was going to let two small children cry in fear and confusion alone while he could help it.

Taking off at a run, Izuku headed off in the direction of Mrs Suzumura’s house, the kind lady that Momo had helped with her bike as she’d told him earlier she lived near to the pair and watched over them with the other neighbours. He only hoped they were smart enough to try and go home so he could pick them up and bring them somewhere safer.


“You’ll have to do better than that big guy!” Midnight teased, dodging swiftly out of the way of the canine-like villain’s blow.

“Get back here so I can wipe that smug look off your face,” Chimera growled.

Having circled around the side, Ojiro shot towards the villain again, whipping his tail fiercely at his side.

The villain countered with his own spin, his lizard-like tail slamming into and matching Ojiro’s own briefly before overpowering him and sending the white gi suited boy flying back.

“Tailman!” Tsuyu called out in worry while Shoji quickly replaced their downed friend and advanced on the villain himself.

“Octo-blow!”

Before Shoji could build up steam, Chimera stepped forward and hit him in the face with a cheap shot, stunning the boy just long enough for the villain to grab his head and lift him up.

“You’re an ugly one,” the canine villain clenched Shoji’s head tightly in one hand, applying a not insignificant amount of pressure to the boy’s skull. “Bet you get bullied a lot for being so funny-looking.”

Shoji’s grit his teeth at the insult, feeling his blood begin to boil. Was this villain mocking him or was he weirdly sympathising?

“You ever blame your parents for the crappy genes?” The canine villain smirked before applying even more pressure to his grip.

The dupli-armed boy let out a muffled cry of pain but did his best to push through it. It was clearly some form of hypocritical contempt from the villain now and he raised one set of his arms to throw the strongest punches he could to try and free himself.

“Back off!” Midnight cried out. Using Shoji’s body to obscure her actions, she’d leapt up into the air directly behind the boy and was now coming straight down towards the ground with a heel drop. Once more her foot successfully connected, sending the villain’s ears ringing as he was forced to drop his prey, though without her reinforced costume’s heels, Midnight certainly felt her bones complaining from that attack.

Midnight hoped Shoji was conscious enough to get himself out of danger as she couldn’t turn her back on this villain but thankfully it seemed help had arrived.

“I’ve got you.” She heard Iida’s voice call out as he sped onto the scene and snagged the boy before boosting away.

“Miss Midnight, leave this guy to us!” Todoroki called out as she heard the tell-tale sound of his ice forming rapidly and she made the judgement to jump away out of any path between him and the enemy.

This proved to be a smart move as Chimera was quickly engulfed in ice around his feet.

“Take care of the injured,” Sero called out as he launched his tape to wrap tightly around the villain, binding him everywhere that Todoroki’s ice wasn’t up to his shoulders.

Chimera seemed to be shaking off the previous blow and blinked furiously to clear his vision before spotting a rapidly descending pair hurtling towards him.

“Now! Tokoyami, Sato, go!” Iida called out their coordinated attack.

At the right moment, Tokoyami dropped his friend after helping him pick up speed, the muscle-bound sugar hero having ingested quite the amount and beefing up before calling out his move.

“Sugar Crash!”

The heroes braced themselves for what looked like the final blow to end this skirmish. Their opponent had other ideas though and quickly burst his restraints with a mighty display of his own strength.

“You think that’ll hold me?!” He cried out as he primed his fist to attack.

Unable to stop his momentum, all Sato could do was follow through and hope for the best. The two fighters both threw their punches with all the force they could muster in that instant and struck each other’s knuckles.

Had they been working with equal strength, the two blows might’ve cancelled each other out or, more likely, would’ve resulted in both combatants nursing some very bruised hands. Unfortunately one party was clearly superior in this field and Sato cried out in pain as Chimera’s fist forced his own back as he heard the crunch of bone breaking under the force.

Chimera wasn’t done yet though as he threw his whole body into the punch, his fist slipping off Sato’s own, broken one and into the boy’s chest, sending him flying back and into some of the surrounding rocks.

Koda, who was trying to assist evacuating everyone with Froppy, watched in fear as Sato was taken out with one move.

“He’s down!” Iida confirmed as he sped to his friend’s aid.

“Sugarman!” Midnight called out with worry but kept her focus on the beast man before her.

“Alright, enough,” the canine villain roared. “School field trip with your teacher or not, I don’t feel like dealing with this many heroes.”

The students braced themselves as the villain tensed his legs before launching himself forward, poised to attack.


Down a small path and beside a field of corn not yet ready for harvest, the two kids who’d first called in the attack ran with the big sister hurriedly pulling along her little brother by the hand. The two panted, not having stopped running since their call with the heroes had gotten cut off and were aiming for the safety of home to protect them.

“The heroes can’t save us from the villains if they don’t know we’re here!” Katsuma tried to reason with his sister, wondering if Mister Deku had already tried looking for them at the park where they’d called from.

“Well the phone’s not working so I can’t do anything about that,” Mahoro panted as she tried to run even faster than her little legs would currently carry her. “We’ll go home first, then let the people in the village-”

She was unable to finish that thought as just when they were able to see their meagre house and think they’d made it to shelter did it explode in a cloud of dust and debris. The force was enough to send a shockwave rippling around the area and as Mahoro moved to protect her brother, the pair’s hats took to the skies as the wind blew them clean off their heads.

“Our house…” Mahoro gaped, unable to fully comprehend what just happened and her brother wasn’t doing any better.

“Found you,” a sinister voice, muffled by a facemask muttered to himself as he stepped through the wreckage of the former building, his eyes aglow with a scanning quirk that was focused solely on the little boy before him. “Cell activation of type B blood.” The two kids cowered in fear as the masked figure drew ever closer. “Boy, I’m going to take your quirk.”

When Mahoro heard that, she moved in front of her brother, protecting him as best she could with arms wide.

“Don’t worry, I’m not going to kill him,” the figure chuckled again.

“Please, don’t!” Mahoro begged, knowing there wasn’t much she could do other than try to beg for whatever mercy this guy had to defend Katsuma like she’d promised their dad.

“If you give it up peacefully, this will all end here and we will leave without causing further destruction on your home,” the figure continued, ignoring the girl and keeping his eyes fixed on Katsuma now, his goal almost within reach.

“No, stay away from him!” Mahoro activated her own quirk, summoning up an illusion of a pink lion she’d seen in a picture book her dad had brought back from a foreign country one time that towered at nearly two stories tall compared to the approaching villain.

Though the illusionary beast did it’s best to try and consume the man with a firm snap of its jaws, much like her illusions against the explosive hero yesterday, they didn’t do anything to harm him.

“Your illusions don’t frighten me,” the figure continued unabated.

“W-What’ll we do?” Katsuma worried into his sister’s arms.

The two embraced, bracing themselves for whatever happened next when they suddenly felt themselves get scooped up before leaving the ground entirely.

Izuku shot out, having used the nearby field to mask his movements and grabbed the children to pull them to safety by darting into the forest opposite, hoping to break the villain’s line of sight.

“Deku!” The pair cried out in relief as the boy quickly landed on the opposite side of the small wood, depositing them carefully on the ground

Behind them, the masked figure’s eyes glowed ominously, undeterred by this new event and adjusted his course to follow after the trio.

“You two okay? Think you can run?” Izuku asked quickly, the pair replying positively with nods. “Good, then get out of here quickly. I’ll make sure to stop him.”

“Okay,” the two agreed without further need for discussion as Mahoro grabbed her brother’s hand once again and the pair took off.

Straightening up, Izuku looked back into the forest with a frown. For whatever reason, this villain was far from any of the other destruction he’d seen so far and appeared to be directly targeting the kids.

He quickly jumped back into the forest as he waited to see if the villain had followed after them.

His hypothesis was confirmed as the well dressed, masked villain seemed to be trailing after them at the pace of a leisurely stroll.

“Stop!” Izuku called out with authority, though predictably the villain disregarded the order. “Why are you targeting those kids?”

“Stand aside,” the villain replied simply.

“That’s not going to happen!” Izuku responded fiercely.

“I’ll have to kill you if you’re in the way,” the villain spoke again, raising his hand as his fingertips glowed with some sort of quirk.

Izuku wasn’t about to let the man do as he pleased and struck first, hoping to end the fight before it even began. He launched a straight, powerful flying kick towards the villain’s head but his attack was slowed and then stopped by the appearance of some sort of circular shield between him and his opponent.

‘An invisible wall?! Like it’s made of air?!’ Izuku’s mind quickly processed this new information.

The shield moved quickly, jerking Izuku’s foot as it was cast aside with the villain’s hand that was producing it, forcing the boy back. Izuku’s eyes widened in fear as the villain raised his other hand and from his glowing fingertips fired several purple lasers that tried to puncture him.

He managed to find his footing on a tree behind him first and with his Full Cowl running he was able to dodge every shot before seeking shelter behind another nearby tree that appeared thick enough to take the blasts.

‘Lasers from his fingertips? Those two quirks don’t seem like they’re related.’ Izuku glanced from around the side of the tree to examine the villain as best he could once more. ‘He almost reminds me of…’

And like that, his stomach sank as though it had been filled with lead.

‘All-For-One!’


Tooru was forced to dodge yet another incoming blow of Aoyama’s as he apologized profusely from inside his bandaged prison and tried to warn her as best he could of incoming danger despite not being able to see the outside world.

“Invisible Girl, I feel my left arm moving this time!”

The transparent girl gasped as, despite discarding all of her hero outfit at this point, she was still having way too many close calls.

“What kind of hero are you? This is more like a game than anything else!” Mummy laughed. “Just how long can you avoid my attacks before you succumb? I’m interested to find out!”

Even being fully invisible wasn’t an advantage at this point due to the sheer amount of dust and debris in the air making her movements visible whenever she got too close to a cloud.

“Invisible Girl, just run away! Find the others!” Aoyama called out, hoping he could hold on long enough for his stealthy partner to go get their classmates.

“Oh yes, by all means, run away and get backup while leaving your friend’s fate in my hands.” The villain laughed cruelly, tensing his hand.

Tooru gave away her position once more when she heard Aoyama’s screams of pain as his armour began to tighten, squeezing him painfully all over.

“I control the very thing he wears to defend himself. Wouldn’t it be a crying shame if you were to leave our little game early and return with backup only to find his crumpled corpse?!”

It was the impossible choice.

Run and get backup for a villain that was clearly above her power level and leave her friend to fend for himself, or stay and do precisely nothing to get any closer to defeating this villain? Tooru was paralyzed with indecision and the villain took the opportunity to backhand the place he suspected the girl stood with another construct, sending her hurtling back towards the entrance to the parking lot.

“I’m not completely heartless,” the villain mocked as he watched some gravel shift where the invisible hero was likely pushing herself to her feet. “The exit’s right behind you, so make your choice.”

Tooru breathed heavily as her mind raced. Nothing new had opened up and it didn’t look like she could buy herself or Aoyama anymore time. Backup still wasn’t here so clearly the villain wasn’t alone in this attack and her friends were probably distracted with more villains attacking other areas around the island.

Her side and back hurt and her chest ached, not to mention the stinging pain in the back of her head that had returned from pushing her quirk in a new and unfamiliar way. Everything now hinged on her and what she did right now and Tooru didn’t know if she could do anything at all.

Aoyama’s pained cries pierced the air again as the villain tightened his hold on the boy’s armour just a bit more to apply pressure to the girl. Watching this pathetic hero squirm under his might, even if he couldn’t see her, brought him cathartic joy he’d longed to indulge in.

“After taking away your little battery pack of a friend, this has been the most enjoyable ‘fight’ I’ve ever humoured. It would be a shame to end it now, but if you leave, I can always satisfy myself with this one’s screams.”

“Run Tooru!” Her Naval Laser wielding friend cried out. “Save yourself Mademoiselle!”

Despite the demoralizing monologue from her opponent, something in the villain’s words stuck out to Tooru in her mind. He’d called Aoyama a ‘battery pack’. Thinking back to her conversations with Izuku and all the physics knowledge she could collate right now, a new idea took shape in her mind.

Aoyama was the whole reason she’d been able to fight back at all and regain some ground. She’d used her quirk with his light energy but that was exactly it! He’d powered her with light and light was all around them!

“I’m… not giving up! I’m not going to run!” Tooru declared fiercely, gripping her hands into fists and standing firmly as she braced herself to twist her quirk in another new way, glancing at the setting sun and hoped there was enough time left for her to win. She was Tooru Fuckin’ Hagakure, and she wasn’t going to take this shit anymore; not from her own quirk, or from this villain! “I’m going to defeat you here and now and be a hero!”

“Oh? And how exactly are you going to do that?” The villain chuckled to himself.

Tooru took in a deep breath and focused on manipulating all the light that she could feel hitting her body. She began absorbing it and collecting it, turning her figure completely black in the process from the absence of light reflecting off of her. Inside, she imagined herself forming a lens on her palms instead of her whole body, combining both her focusing technique with Aoyama to intensify the energy, and her Warp Spotlight technique to direct it. With every passing second she felt her power growing as she harnessed all the latent potential of the sun’s rays. Her head pulsed intensely again but she pushed through it; she needed to do this!

“Making yourself visible? You’re only making this easy on me.” The villain smirked, sending another construct to strike her with an overhand blow.

The now visible girl’s hand rose up to intercept the blow, her palm aimed just a little below the incoming strike where the center of the wrapped up figure was. Just before it could impact her, Tooru’s hand let off a high pitched whine as a blast of light focused through an opening the size of her palm in her quirk field and pierced the construct.

A moment later, it exploded and dropped to the ground, free from Mummy’s control.

“What?!” He gasped, confused as to what exactly was happening.

Tooru wasn’t going to let this chance pass her by though as she only had the span of one exhausted deep breath to finish this before he came to his senses. Despite the now intense pain in the back of her head, she struck quickly, dashing past the construct that held Aoyama and slashing her other arm upwards, letting out another beam of light that disconnected the mummified hostage from its host.

Aoyama felt his prison loosen and dropped heavily to the floor as he tried to get his bearings back.

“No!” The villain growled, frustrated he’d lost his leverage to have some fun as he regrouped his remaining constructs to defend him.

Tooru’s hands moved quickly though, far faster than Aoyama could direct his Naval Laser from before as she used alternating swipes of her hands to take out more and more of the villain’s defensive forces. With every wave of her hands she drew closer and closer to the villain and knew she didn’t have long left; the intensity of the pain was beginning to affect her vision and she felt something dripping from her nose.

When the last of his constructs fell and the villain stood alone, separated by only a few feet between him and the aggressive hero rapidly closing the gap, he drew the short sword from his back to try and end things that way instead.

Before Tooru could get within reach however, he gasped as she put her hands together and pushed forward, a much larger blast of harmful light energy pouring fourth and striking him in the chest. He could feel the intense heat from the focused rays and briefly wondered if this is what ants felt like under a magnifying glass.

When the villain’s footing slipped from the force, he found himself blasted back and crying out in pain as Tooru didn’t let up her attack. His last conscious thought was of hitting a stone wall painfully where the back of his head slammed into it and sent him spiralling into unconsciousness, his defensive clothes doing nothing to stop his skin blistering underneath from the heat of the persistent attack.

Tooru knew none of this however and struggled to maintain her grip on her quirk for as long as possible, long pushing herself past ‘Plus Ultra’. She never knew if her attack was successful or not as the overwhelming pain at the back of her skull finally eased for a moment; the last thing that entered her own mind before darkness claimed her was an odd snapping sensation before the pain erupted in intensity and she knew no more.

Aoyama watched from the ground, stunned as Tooru’s light based attack struck the villain down, his body slumping against the wall after her light faded. A relieved smile graced his features for but a moment before his stomach dropped.

Tooru’s form suddenly changed from being completely pitch black not to her typical, invisible appearance, but to a completely normal-looking opaque one as she collapsed. He knew well enough by now that she’d had to train herself to gain even a moment’s visibility and knew something was wrong.

Moving as best he could in his deformed armour, Aoyama pushed himself to his feet and hurried over to his fallen companion. His sense of decency wrestled with itself as he could see her unclothed form entirely as she lay face down on the hard concrete. Any qualms he had with looking were completely discarded when he spotted blood pooling underneath her face.

“Invisible Girl!” He called out in a panic, carefully rolling her onto her back.

The sight of Tooru’s clearly broken nose gushing blood, her eyes rolled up into her head, and her body beginning to shake in growing intensity sent his panic levels rising to eleven.

“Mademoiselle, please, hold on!” Aoyama called out, unsure if the girl could even hear him as, without even a further moment’s hesitation, he grabbed his sparkling cloak and tugged forcefully, ripping it from his shoulders as he carefully concealed the girl’s naked form while using a torn strip to wipe away what blood he could from around her face.

For a moment, even more fear clutched at his heart as explosions could be heard approaching from behind. Gritting his teeth and turning to stand protectively over his fallen classmate, Aoyama braced himself to use all his remaining strength to fight until his last breath.

Much to his utter relief, the explosions were caused by Bakugo who was flying directly towards him from the direction of their temporary agency.

“What the hell happened here?!” The explosive blond called out as he landed and took in all his surroundings. From the debris everywhere and the unconscious and badly damaged villain in the corner to the somewhat familiar girl wrapped in Aoyama’s cloak meant something big had gone down.

“A villain!” Aoyama quickly explained. “They caught Mademoiselle Invisible Girl and I by surprise and we were barely able to fight them off. Invisible Girl pushed herself too far and I fear she may be gravely injured.”

Bakugo looked back at the shaking girl and recognised their classmate now from the sparse time she’d shown off her real face.

“She’s having a seizure!” He declared, recognising the symptoms from what they were taught in their first-aid lectures.

“W-What do we do?” Aoyama panicked.

“She needs a doctor, quick.” Bakugo checked over the girl’s face, noting her still bleeding nose. “Take off that shitty, broken armour and get her to one as fast as possible.”

“Bakugo!” Another voice called out as Kirishima and Kaminari arrived on the scene. “Don’t go off by yourself man!”

“Move faster you idiots!” Bakugo shouted back as Aoyama was struggling to remove his deformed hero outfit. “People are already getting hurt and we can’t wait around! We’re late enough as it fucking is!”

“Is everyone okay?” Momo’s voice called out as she, Mina and Kyoka brought up the rear.

“Ashido! Get your ass over here and melt off this idiot’s armour quickly!” Bakugo ordered, thinking through the best course of action with what limited options their back-up gave.

As the five drew close to the scene of the battle, Kyoka, Momo and especially Mina’s hearts dropped as they recognised their injured girlfriend.

“No…” Kyoka murmured as Momo’s hands cupped her mouth.

“T-Tooru!” Mina called out in shock, rushing towards her girlfriend.

“Back off Ashido.” Bakugo blocked her from getting close. “Do what I said and melt that idiot’s armour!”

“Let me go you prick!” Mina struggled fiercely, seriously tempted to sucker punch the boy in the nose as tears built up in her eyes. The explosive blond instead grabbed her shoulders and held her firm, forcing her to look at his face.

“She’s still in danger Ashido,” Bakugo said with an unusual calmness, causing everyone else to look at him too. “She needs a doctor as soon as possible while those of us that can fight need to do so until everyone is safe.” He grit his teeth, a bitterness present in his stomach at having to hold back the girl from her partner like this. If anyone tried to do the same to keep him from Kirishima, they likely wouldn’t have a face by this point. “Aoyama looks like he’s all fucking used up so melt his useless, heavy costume off so he can get her to safety.”

“He’s… he’s right Mina.” Momo bit her lip as she produced a med-kit from her arm and quickly moved to do what she could to clean up Tooru’s face and determine the extent of her injuries; the girl’s shaking alone was a horrifying sign and the faster they got her help the better. Momo didn’t know how serious the others thought her injuries were but she knew that if she wasn’t attended to soon, they may lose her. “Do as he says.”

Mina grit her teeth and tearfully tore her gaze away from her girlfriend’s injured body and over to Aoyama, watching the boy struggle to unbuckle a clasp that had been squashed out of shape and now didn’t appear to be able to open. Fighting off the tightness in her chest that threatened to overwhelm her, Mina quickly conjured a strong acid at her fingertip and raked it over Aoyama’s armour, letting the material completely split down the middle and allow him to easily begin discarding it.

Once unburdened by the heavy metal, Aoyama carefully crouched by Tooru’s side and looked to Momo for permission to move the girl.

“Keep her as steady as you can and support her head as much as you are able,” Momo explained, having created a brace using her quirk that was now wrapped around Tooru’s head and attached over her shoulders. “We shouldn’t move her at all but this is serious.”

“I shall make haste as much as I am able,” Aoyama accepted before sliding his hands underneath the girl and carrying her in a bridal pose.

“Ashido,” Bakugo got the pinkette’s attention, tears continuing to make their way down her cheeks. “That idiot’s going to be vulnerable and useless when he’s running. You wanna do something useful for your girlfriend? Then protect his ass with your strongest moves while you two get her somewhere safe.”

Mina’s sadness shifted to focus as she now had a solid plan before her. As long as she did her part, Tooru would be okay; she had to be…

As Aoyama turned and looked at the others, he could feel the weight of expectations placed upon him by the others, Kaminari and Kirishima both wore concerned looks while Kyoka appeared close to tears herself. Bakugo appeared more angry and focused than anything else but Mina had eased from her despair into a mood of cold, bitter determination.

“We shall not rest until she is safe!” Aoyama stated with as much conviction as he could to try and reassure everyone.

Without another moment’s pause, he started off at a gentle run with Mina taking off too and easily keeping up, her head swivelling around to look for potential danger.

The five remaining students watched their friends leave and hoped nothing further got in their way before getting Tooru the help she needed.

“Kaminari, Jiro, Yaoyorozu,” Bakugo barked after the others had left. “Restrain that piece of shit and make sure he can’t even scratch his… nose.”

“Got it,” Kaminari nodded, hurrying over to the fallen villain with Kyoka and Momo hesitating for just a moment before following after.

Kirishima turned to his boyfriend, a worried look on his face as Bakugo’s mind raced, thinking through what the next best course of action was.

“What are we gonna do bro?” He asked gently.

“You stay here with the other three,” Bakugo ordered. “Get the civilians to safety and use Yaoyorozu’s quirk to provide first aid. With how fast things have gone to shit, these aren’t second-rate fuckers we’re dealing with so only the big guns will do.”

“You’re going back out there,” Kirishima stated rather than questioned.

“Who better to put these bastards in their place?” The explosive blond scoffed.

“I get it bro,” Kirishima nodded before gripping Bakugo’s arm near the elbow. “Just… be safe.”

A cocky smile graced Bakugo’s lips as he grabbed Kirishima’s own arm near the elbow with the same arm.

“You too you dense idiot. Finish up here then come back me up.”

“You got it!” Kirishima grinned.

The pair leant in and pressed their foreheads together firmly before breaking their hold, each charging off in a different direction; Kirishima towards their friends and the fallen villain, Bakugo to where other villain attacks were reported, using his quirk to blast off into the sky.


Midnight danced around another mighty swipe of Chimera’s talons, trying to keep the focus off all the others and on herself as much as possible.

It had been working so far with her close-combat approach aggravating the enemy who’d been unable to hit her, but she was growing weary from all the dodging and his stamina just seemed to go on and on, even with all the powerful moves he was making as well brushing off any of her students’ ranged attacks.

There was a moment when both Midnight and her opponent noticed an opening when her footing slipped on the ankle she’d kicked him with earlier. The hero’s eyes widened in fear unable to do anything brace herself as Chimera whipped around in a circle, slamming his thick, reptilian tail into her chest and sending her hurtling back across the sands.

“Miss Midnight!” Iida called out, swooping in and gathering the coughing hero in his arms before retreating back to a safe distance behind a nearby large rock as Todoroki and Sero provided cover fire.

“It’s… not so bad,” Midnight tried to brush the boy off as she pushed herself back to her feet from his grasp while clutching at her ribs, “I can push through.”

“You’re injured, you need to evacuate with the others!” Iida tried to order the hero.

“I’ve faced down a lot worse and still come out on top,” Midnight chuckled mirthlessly, “besides, I’ve got you all for back up.”

Iida didn’t want to let her go back out there but not only was she their teacher and senior hero, they needed every advantage they could get.

Chimera’s fist struck out as he put his strength into another mighty blow, this time to counter Todoroki’s Heaven-Piercing Ice Wall attack which he stopped dead in its tracks and causing the ice that had formed so far to explode outward, the wind rippling from the force.

Todoroki braced himself against the gust and prepared to strike again, aiming to put as much ice on top of this villain until he couldn’t move anymore. He’d underestimated the man’s speed though and Chimera had lunged forward in the short time Todoroki had elevated his foot to strike again.

The ice and fire user flinched in surprise, saved only from getting pummelled into the sands and resulting dust cloud by Sero’s timely rescue, snagging him with his tape and pulling him back to safety. Safety was a relative term however as the heroes were increasingly aware of the shortening gap between them and the civilians.

“Damnit, he’s holding us back with raw power,” Todoroki surmised,

“Anyone have any ideas?” Sero called out. “Miss Midnight?”

Before anyone could reply however, they were forced to react once more as Chimera launched himself through the cloud of dust his last attack had created.

Stepping forward, Tokoyami knew they needed something equally as powerful as this monster to try and hold him off and he hoped all the darkness he’d cultivated so far by fighting defensively was enough to bring out some of Dark Shadow’s potential.

Iida hoped to use something ranged to keep the villain back but their options were severely limited with what they had. Instead, he manoeuvred to a better position behind a large, nearby rock and charged his quirk.

“Black Abyss, Piercing Twilight Claws!”

“Recipro Burst!”

Dark Shadows sharpened claws extended off of Tokoyami’s body while Iida slammed his foot into a the rock, shattering it and sending the debris hurtling towards the villain, hoping to get a lucky shot in that would slow him down.

It was all for naught however as Chimera slammed his foot down on the sand, sending a chunk of the grainy earth upwards along with a resultant gale from the force of the blow, enough to absorb the majority of both attacks

When the dust settled once more, Chimera resumed his advance, drawing closer still and now bore down on the group with teeth and talons glinting in the fading sunlight.

“Not putting up much of a fight heroes!”

Todoroki had had enough of playing nice and knew if they needed power then he would have to reluctantly call on his fire side to do that which his ice couldn’t. With his palm facing the villain, Todoroki unleashed a stream of flames, hoping to get the man to back off.

Chimera wasn’t even phased, unleashing his own torrent of flames from his mouth that practically engulfed Todoroki’s own and sent the heat hurtling back towards the heroes.

Todoroki quickly realised his error and stamped his foot to manifest a jagged and sharp wall of ice to separate them all and defend from the flames. Initially the barrier seemed to be holding under the continued assault but it became quickly evident that the flames were too much as the edges began melting and evaporating.

As the students and their teacher braced themselves against the heat of the villains attack, guarded by Todoroki’s ice shield, the situation was beginning to look more and more hopeless. Their enemy truly was a monster with strength and stamina without end.

“We can’t keep this up forever,” Iida muttered to himself tensely, just waiting for the chance to retaliate and gain an advantage in this losing battle. Over his shoulder he could hear the frightened cry of the civilians that had still yet to escape the beach and knew they had to either hold out longer for further reinforcements or beat this guy here and now.

While Iida was trying to figure out what to do next with his ever shrinking pool of options that might work, another hero sought to try and turn the tables.

“Shoto,” Midnight called from her position, breathing steadily to try and conserve her stamina and prevent the heat from getting to her. “I need you to do something for me.”

“Do you have a plan?” The stoic boy replied, his hand pressed against his ice to try and maintain its integrity.

“I do,” Midnight confirmed, “but it’s not going to be pretty.”

The hero quickly relayed her plan to her student whose eyes widened in shock and fear at the request.

“I can’t do that, he’ll kill you!”

“It’s the only chance we have and it’ll buy you the time to get everyone else out of here,” Midnight replied. “Trust me.”

Todoroki grit his teeth in frustration. This felt like a horribly bad idea that could easily go wrong, but Midnight was the more experienced pro and he had to trust her judgement.

“Come out, come out heroes!” Chimera taunted from the other side of the ice, loosing another punch to shatter what little of the barrier there was left.

As the ice crumbled into tiny shards before him, he was greeted only by the smirking visage of Midnight primed for combat.

“Now Shoto!” She called out.

Chimera glanced further back, seeing the younger heroes all having retreated to the remaining civilians except for one. The white and redhead remained between the two groups of heroes and stamped his foot with purpose once again.

At once, a massive barrier of ice sprung up, spreading all around and over Chimera and Midnight before closing off behind the villain, entrapping them both in the makeshift dome.

Midnight breathed painfully, her ribs still arching from the blow earlier.

“It’s just you and me now you big lug,” she taunted.

With the ice dome erected to isolate the combatants inside, Todoroki hurried to assist the others with the civilians and their injured friends.

“Quickly!” He called out. “The sooner we get everyone out of here, the sooner we can come back and support Midnight.”

“Why did you lock her in with that monster?” Sero accused in confusion, reluctantly trusting his fellow classmate had a plan other than throwing their teacher to the literal wolf.

“She said she had a plan,” Todoroki bitterly replied, “we just need to trust that she can handle herself until we get back.”

The others grimaced at the news but continued carrying out their new task.

Thankfully the evacuation was nearly complete and Koda, Tsuyu, and Shoji had already gone ahead with the injured while they would bring up the rear until it was safe to leave the people to their own devices.


‘Delaware Smash Air Force!’ Izuku thought to himself, not wanting to give away any hint of his attack to an enemy this dangerous as his gloves automatically adjusted into position.

He flicked his fingers repeatedly, hoping the villain either wouldn’t put up a shield to defend from the invisible hits or he’d learn more about his opponent’s abilities.

The masked figure clearly recognised Izuku was to be taken seriously as the shield raised before the first air pressure flick landed and all they all dissipated against the yellow shield harmlessly.

“Weaponized blasts of air,” the villain mused, regarding Izuku curiously, “an interesting use of your quirk.”

Knowing attacking further like this was fruitless to do any actual damage, Izuku took off at a run, continuing his assault of air bullets.

‘I can’t let that guy get close to Katsuma or Mahoro. I gotta keep him distracted.’

Without moving a muscle, the masked figure sent a bluster of wind from the air shield low along the ground back at Izuku, the force hitting the boy’s ankles and causing him to stumble. Already predicting his opponent’s falter, the masked figure followed up his attack with another round of lasers from his fingertips.

Izuku jumped back, gaining some distance and dodging the blasts as best he could. At the very least he’d gleaned enough after two attacks to identify the villain couldn’t shield and attack at the same time. So far his total number of quirks was up to three; Air Walls, Finger Lasers and maybe some sort of wind manipulation quirk.

Watching All Might’s final fight against All-For-One has the villain bragging about many more quirks than that just to launch a single attack. Was this guy the same way?

Still, All Might was able to overcome the odds to beat the emperor of evil twice before and now he’d do the same with this cheap knock-off.

‘One-For-All Full Cowling 30%!’ Izuku thought to himself as sparks of green energy arced off of his form.

“His strength suddenly increased,” the figure mumbled to himself, his eyes aglow with his scanning quirk once more.

‘I need to take him down with everything I can here and now! I can’t let him get anywhere near the others!’ Izuku thought as he grit his teeth and kicked off with more strength than he’d ever put into a leap. Swinging his leg round in a practised arc, he was ready to take this villain down in a single blow, ‘St. Louis Smash!’

Leaves and bushes were ripped from their places in a swirling vortex of wind as Izuku’s attack landed. Once more the villain had raised his hand and shields to face the attack head on but this time was different, this time, the shield that had absorbed the blow was cracking. The villain’s eyes widened as he saw the results of Izuku’s efforts.

‘If it can be cracked, it can be broken!’ Izuku thought with determination as he continued to press as much power as he could into the barrier.

“Interesting, this quirk,” the villain grinned underneath his mask, “I think it’s worth stealing!”

At once, the shield dropped and the villain’s other hand reached out to grab Izuku by the head. The boy gasped in fear as he felt something dark and evil trying to worm its way into his body from the man’s hand as his own reached up to try and pry it off.

‘He said “steal”,’ Izuku’s mind raced. ‘That means it’s either definitely a clone of All-For-One… or something new. Either way, I can’t waste this opportunity!’

While the villain was focused on stealing his quirk, Izuku pulled his arm back and loaded it with as much power as he could with his quirk fluctuating like it was.

“Detroit Smash!” Izuku called out, ploughing his fist into the center of Nine’s chest.

At once the villain was catapulted back from the force, losing his grip on Izuku’s head. Without anything to brace against, Izuku was launched back in the opposite direction and found himself skidding across the earth outside of the forest.

“Whoa, you okay kid?” Izuku heard a familiar voice speak.

‘B-Banjo?’ Izuku replied in his mind, trying hard just to work out which way was up right now.

“Yeah kid, something fucky’s going on with that dude. He may not be Yoichi’s brother, but that sure as hell felt like All-For-One right there.”

‘Good to know,’ Izuku replied, somewhat sarcastically.

“Don’t worry, between the eight of us, there’s no way he’s getting One-For-All.”

Izuku just ignored the man as his voice faded, focused on pushing himself to his feet. That blow surely set the villain back but it had also injured himself; still, it was better than letting him get near those kids or any of his friends.

“Oh no, look” another voice called out, this time from outside Izuku’s body that made his stomach drop. “It’s Mister Deku!”

“Go, get out of here!” Izuku tried to wave off the siblings as they hadn’t yet escaped and were instead coming to investigate his reappearance.

“But you…” Mahoro worried, looking at his cut cheek and shaky form.

“I’m fine, just winded, now go!” Izuku tried again. “He’s after the two of you!”

From inside the forest, several purple beams shot out of the darkness. It was all Izuku could do to push Full Cowling up to thirty percent once more and take the blasts head on. If he moved, the siblings would be hit instead.

“Mister Deku!” Katsuma called out as Mahoro grabbed him and tried to shield him with her own body in turn.

The sound of several more laser bullets fired out and the kids could hear Deku groan with each impact he was taking in their place. Mahoro was smart enough to realise he couldn’t move without risking them. If nothing was done, he’d be torn to shreds and the villain would get them.

From out of the woods the masked villain shuffled, one hand clutched around his midsection.

“That hurt,” he growled, firing another round of bullets. “You’re too strong to remain in my new world, which means, you must be eliminated.”

Mahoro’s heart dropped at that threat. This man was going to kill the boy protecting them, even if he wanted them alive for Katsuma’s quirk. They needed help, they needed more heroes!

Mahoro dug deep and began manifesting her quirk. At once, a giant cartoon-like image of Izuku with his battle wounds stretched up into the sky.

Over the nearby hill, the giant, holographic figure gained the attention of those that had evacuated from the beach as they were being lead to safety further into the island by Koda, Tsuyu, and Shoji. Listening carefully, they could make out a young girl’s shouted plea.

“Somebody, please, you have to protect Deku!”

At first it seemed like there would be no answer, the injured villain continuing his advance with intent. Then, there was a faint explosion from somewhere nearby and almost in an instant Bakugo slid into position right next to the masked villain, the pin on one of his grenade bracers already pulled.

A massive explosion erupted in the small field beside the forest, a plume of smoke and ash engulfing everything, including the hologram Deku before it faded.

The spikey haired form of Bakugo was forced to jump backwards from the recoil as the explosive force hadn’t obliterated his enemy like he’d expected. Coughing some of the smoke out, he yelled, “Take that ya damn villain,” before landing.

“Kacchan,” Izuku breathed a sigh of relief at seeing his classmate arrive.

“It’s the mean one,” Katsuma mumbled, surprised by their apparent saviour.

“Bakugo?!” Mahoro shouted, more surprised than her brother after what they’d done last night to the boy.

“An exploding quirk?” A muted voice mused behind another cracked shield.

“It would be you two brats in trouble,” Bakugo scoffed, eying up the villain now he realised how he’d survived that massive blast. “Now watch closely! Here’s what it takes to become the number one hero!” With that, he launched himself forward with two powerful explosive blasts behind him. “This is real strength!”

The masked villain frowned at the new contender, erecting a fresh, uncracked shield.

Bakugo thrust forward and let loose another smokey explosion, using it to change his momentum to fly up and over the villain much like he had against Deku during their first fight at UA.

“Gotcha!” He aimed a blast at the villain’s back.

The masked villain simply adjusted his hand’s aim and fired off a barrage of finger lasers. Bakugo had his work cut out for him to dodge them all and after a few close misses as he drew near to his opponent to deliver another devastating blow, the villain threw up another shield and used it to create a gust of air, slamming it into the blond and sending him flying backwards until he landed heavily on his back on the ground.

“Kacchan!” Izuku called out, his body still groaning from all the damage he’d sustained thus far, Full Cowling, even at thirty percent, couldn’t mitigate it all. “Be careful, he’s got a copy of All-For-One.”

“Well that’s fucking great,” Bakugo scowled as he pushed himself to his feet, feeling his anger building. If this guy had All-For-One, then he was trying to become the new king of evil and as the next number one hero in all of the world, there was no way Bakugo would let happen to him what All-For-One did to All Might. “Then I’ve gotta crush this guy here and now!”

“No wait!”

Bakugo didn’t listen though and exploded off to begin the fight anew.

“Troublesome gnat,” the masked villain scowled, taking aim with his hand again and letting off more lasers.

Bakugo grinned as he accurately and easily dodged the attacks this time; the villain was clearly not used to using this quirk in an unpredictable manner.

“I’ve already seen these moves,” he taunted as he blasted himself in close, dashing around the side of the shield the villain put up instead of going over this time. When the villain adjusted his hand to defend from the new angle, Bakugo’s relatively weak kick was enough to throw off his aim and leave his back wide open to a full blast. “No way they’re gonna stop me again!”

The breath was immediately stolen from Bakugo’s lungs as a huge, blue, snake-like creature erupted out of the villain’s back, snapping him up in its maw and taking him high into the sky before slamming him down into the ground once more.

When the dust cloud cleared, Bakugo was fighting for his life as the creature tried to bite him in two, stopped only by the grenade canister on one of his arms. The boy groaned in pain, feeling that last hit had at least bruised a few ribs, if not broken them entirely. This thing was strong and if it got the chance, it would crush him entirely.

“Stand up… help him!” Izuku ordered himself, forcing his battered body to move.

“You just won’t stop barking,” the villain’s eyes narrowed, intent on ending this here and now.

“Shut your face, and eat this!” Bakugo pulled the pin of his free grenade gauntlet with his teeth, another mighty explosion ripping through the earth and straight into the villains shield. The blast was strong enough to shatter the creature’s hold on existence and Bakugo himself as he gasped for air. The first thing out of his mouth as soon as he was able to speak again was, “Do something Deku!”

The villain was prepared for another attack, raising his shield in anticipation of another strong punch, kick, or blast of air from the green hero. What he didn’t expect was an inky-green tendril wrapping around one of his feet before pulling taut, yanking him down and onto his back. His arms hit the ground along with his back as he realised he was defenceless before the green hero who was already airborne and aiming a drop kick right at him. There was nothing else he could do other than bring out the big guns, but he knew it would cost him.

With a wave of his hands, the dark clouds that had been steadily gathering over Nabu Island discharged some of their payload. A mighty bolt of lightning crashed through the air until it directly hit its marks; the two heroes trying to stop him from bringing about a new world order.

The twin cries of pain were like music to his ears but the sooner they stopped and died the better.

All throughout the island, the clouds discharged further uncontrolled bolts of electricity as the energy grid quickly shorted out as generators and powerlines overloaded. By the time the lighting strikes had run their course, the entire island was without power and everyone was beginning to panic now.

When the dust settled back on the battlefield, Bakugo and Izuku’s bodies were slightly smouldering and twitching on the floor. The villain gratefully pushed himself to his feet with a noticeable strain before advancing on the two kids again. Victory in this battle was his, and soon, the entire world would fall to his might as soon as he got his hands on that damn quirk!

As the two kids recoiled in fear at the villain who seemed unstoppable, two pairs of hands reached out and gripped his ankles, slowing his movements even further. With a glare he turned to the two obstacles who just wouldn’t give up and die, seeing them both trying to hang on with all their meagre strength in a pathetic effort to try and stop him.

“I-I’ll stop… you…” Izuku groaned.

“Y-Yeah… this fight isn’t done… so face us!” Bakugo continued defiantly.

Katsuma and Mahoro gasped as the villain raised his hand once again.

“No… no please!”

“Bakugo…”

A circular shield appeared and let loose a blast of air.

“Heroes can be such… a nuisance,” the villain breathed heavily, feeling the strain from using all his different quirks along with the damage he’d suffered. Unfortunately, all he’d been able to muster was an air burst to blow the two heroes off his legs but it would be enough until he could get that kid’s quirk and heal.

Upon taking another step however, it quickly became apparent that his body was reaching its limit. A powerful, familiar ache swept through him that stole all of his strength.

“No… not now!” He groaned, sinking down to one knee.

Izuku, still barely conscious, managed to look over at the man and wonder what exactly was going on.

Before anyone else could react, an enormous flock of crows emerged from the tree line. The two children looked up in both fear and awe as a tornado of feathers swarmed around the three combatants.

“W-What is this?!” The villain cried out in confusion.

Through the cacophony of caws, a pair of figures appeared and surged forward.

“Leave our friends alone!” Koda yelled out, surging straight towards the villain.

“I’ve got the other two!” Shoji called out, circling around with the flow of birds, his targets being their downed friends.

The masked figure raised his hand, trying to create a new air shield to defend him from whatever quirk or attack this latest hero had but another surge of pain sent his control spiralling.

With a fierce battle cry, Koda stepped in close and swung a forceful uppercut against his opponent. The attack struck true and lifted his enemy up for the few moments he needed to bring his other fist over his head and impact against the man’s back, slamming him firmly down onto the ground and squashing the air from his lungs just like Kendo had taught him.

“You’re under arrest, stay down and don’t move!” Koda ordered, planting his foot and body weight firmly on the villain’s back to hold him in place.

“Anima, I’ve got them!” Shoji yelled, his arms holding up the battered duo of Bakugo and Izuku.

“Great work!” Koda smiled, hoping that the situation was almost resolved with a villain in custody.

Their victory was short lived however, as a loud, feminine cry could be heard even over the sounds of wingbeats and bird calls.

“Nine!”

Koda and Shoji looked around cautiously for a moment, before a new opponent made her presence clear.

“Get away from him you monsters!”

Koda watched in horror as huge, red blades started viciously flailing on one side of his Hitchcock Birds technique. With each slash, more and more feathered friends were reduced to ribbons, their lives snuffed out without a thought as a red haired villainess tried to clear herself a path.

“We need to go!” Shoji shouted, hastily making his retreat with their friends.

“But the villain!” Koda panicked.

“Leave him!” Shoji replied. “Move now!”

Koda bitterly turned and ran with his friend, leaving the villain prone but free behind him as he ran. Around them, the birds scattered from the assault, though a few remained to guard the one who’d called on their aid.

It was a good thing too as while dead crows lay all around her, Slice took aim with her hair, hoping to impale those who’d dared lay a hand on her Nine. Much to her disappointment, she couldn’t get a clear shot as the multi-armed boy, his two rescued friends, the frog girl with the two small children held aloft with her tongue, and the hero who’d hurt her precious Nine all crested the nearby hill and disappeared.

The vicious look she wore disappeared quickly once she realised they weren’t returning and hurriedly helped Nine onto his knees.

“Are you okay?”

He shook off her helping hand.

“Follow them! Get that child… he’s the key to our plan!”

As much as Slice desperately wanted to follow that order, and maybe tear into some heroes while she did, she knew her leader had pushed himself beyond his limits and needed to rest else this entire operation would have been for nothing.

“There’s no way for them to leave the island.” She reassured him, certain she’d sunk every boat in and around the harbour. “Take a break and let your body recover, then, we’ll kill them for this insult.”

Nine pounded the ground with his fist angrily as he struggled through the aches and pains his body was feeling but didn’t object. He had been so close!

With their mission temporarily halted, Slice pulled out the flare gun from her pocket before pointing it straight up and firing, a bright white light burst into existence and flashing in the sky for all to see. 


Inside the ice dome, Chimera took a moment to knock his knuckle against the thick ice without taking his eyes off of his solitary opponent.

“One on one with no backup?” The canine villain smirked as he eyed his prey up and down. “Just the way I like it.”

“And don’t forget limited oxygen,” Midnight returned the smirk. Bigger guys like this were always tougher to take down and she needed a less open space to draw out the maximum power of her quirk. Throughout the fight, she’d been carefully building it up inside her and now she was ready to release it all. “Nighty night.”

The canine villain’s face dropped as a thick pink cloud of smoke erupted from the female pro’s every pore, flooding the area with her scent. His nose twitched at the overwhelming sensation he was being bombarded with and he could tell after one shallow breath of the stuff that the gas she’d released was trying to dull his senses in some manner.

Midnight hoped the man went down quickly but she knew better from all her previous experiences; heteromorphic quirk users with animalistic traits were much more resistant to her quirk than others. She knew utilizing small bursts of her quirk throughout the fight up until now would’ve been pointless and she was banking not only on one big, concentrated burst hitting the man all at once, but also pumping out her mist until either he fell or she did.

Todoroki had been given clear instructions to wait five minutes before freeing them both from his ice. She estimated it’d be just over that time before her gas replaced the entirety of the oxygen supply they could both draw from and they’d collapse, regardless of if either of them could still fight.

“You think that’s gonna be enough to stop me?!” Chimera scoffed, shaking his head to try and clear the fog his brain was starting to accumulate.

“I was hoping, but why don’t you come over here and take a deeper whiff if you’re feeling brave.”

Chimera knew he should’ve made the smart play and just shattered the dome behind him but the challenge before him was something exciting. Here was a hero putting everything on the line to defeat him and he couldn’t wait to watch that cocky attitude wash away as he ripped her guts out through her chest. Besides, he thought to himself, the last time he didn’t make the smart play, he’d gotten everything he’d wanted and more.

Once more he lunged at the hero, talons and teeth bared. Midnight was already injured and wasn’t as agile as she was before but it was still enough to keep just ahead of his swipes, though that tail was still problematic. Thankfully he seemed to be more like the brawling type than an actual fighter and Midnight continued pumping out her quirk as she flipped over her opponent and tried to remain in his blind spot.

Physical combat for her was out of the question given all she’d learned so she simply focused on filling the space with her quirk. It definitely seemed to be working as while she was tiring from all her exertions, the villain’s attacks were slowing too.

“This isn’t a fight,” Chimera growled in frustration. “You’re nothing but a pathetic coward just like all heroes.”

“I’ll do whatever I have to… to keep people safe from you,” Midnight retorted, feeling the strain as well as the lack of oxygen present.

“Fine,” Chimera scoffed, “if you’re not gonna play fair.”

Midnight’s body yelled at her to duck as the man opened his maw wide. As she did, another torrent of flame burst out and engulfed the area above her in a burning intensity she knew she would feel later.

Then, at once, it stopped.

Before she could recover her footing as the last of the flames eked out above her, Chimera strode forward powerfully and swiped at her face.

Midnight’s gasp was cut short as Chimera’s taloned hand completely engulfed her head.

“Looks like I win.” The canine villain grinned maniacally and slammed the back of Midnight’s head down into the sand beneath their feet.

Though it wasn’t the most solid surface, pushing a skull into it with force was akin to slamming it on much firmer substances and Midnight’s eyes closed from the mighty blow, sending her into darkness as blood immediately began dripping from her nose.

“Troublesome… woman,” the canine villain scoffed with a raspy breath, shaking his head to try and clear some of the gas’ effects. Clearly the pro had never dealt with such a monstrous, inhuman mutant like him but that was her mistake.

Raising his fist, the villain let loose another mighty blow, this time aimed at the refracting walls. Though it wasn’t as powerful as those he’d started the fight with, it was still enough to shatter the ice prison surrounding them, sending the crystallised water scattering from the internal pressure.

“Ah, fresh air.” The canine villain breathed deeply as the pink mist dissipated.

His enemy apparently agreed with him as Midnight’s form rasped in a breath of oxygen, a faint wisp of pink expelled from her own lungs.

“Huh, you’re stronger than I thought,” the canine villain chuckled lightly, looking down at his helpless opponent and a little surprised she was still alive after a hit like that, though it was probably down to her gas affecting him more than anything as he gripped his hand into a fist to test his strength.

His flex of power hadn’t gone unnoticed as Todoroki, who’d returned to the scene hoping to free his victorious teacher, watched in horror as the wrong person claimed victory in that battle.

“Miss Midnight…” Todoroki muttered, looking down helplessly at their fallen teacher.

The canine villain’s ears twitched and he immediately turned to stare directly at Todoroki’s position.

“Ready for round two kid?” He smirked and took a step forward, cracking his knuckles.

The sound of something shooting up into the air and exploding could be heard and both hero and villain turned their heads to see a signal flare shoot up into the sky.

“Well,” the canine villain chuckled, “guess you get to stay alive this time.”

Todoroki’s heart leapt at the words but tried to not let it show on his face. All the villain had to do now was leave and he could grab Midnight. His heart sank when a taloned hand reached down and picked up Midnight by the throat before casually tossing the woman over his shoulder.

“I’ll be taking this one,” he smirked, “just in case.”

“You bastard!” Todoroki raised his foot to stamp down and trap the pair in another ice prison but the villain was too quick, leaping off the ground with a powerful bound and heading in the direction of the flare.

He wanted so badly to chase after the villain and rescue his teacher but he knew he couldn’t win as he was now; even with backup they’d hardly made a dent in the villain’s offensive and now he was escaping with their teacher.

“Todoroki!” Sero’s voice called out no more than a minute later as he, Iida and the others returned now the civilians had been evacuated. “What happened? Where’s Midnight?”

“She’s gone,” Todoroki shook his head gripping his fists tightly in frustration. “He took her and left when that flare went up!”

“Miss Midnight… lost?” Tokoyami’s shoulder’s dropped as everyone felt the reality of the situation setting in.

“We have to go save her!” Sero plead, making for the vague direction he remembered seeing the flare launch in.

“Don’t,” Iida held back the tape-armed boy. “For all we know this could be a trap. The four of us together and more couldn’t take him down. As painful as it is to leave her in the hands of that monster, we need to regroup with the others and protect the islanders until we figure out our next course of action.”

“But we can’t just leave her with him.” Todoroki joined Sero’s protest, feeling his powerlessness turn to anger.

“I agree,” Iida nodded. “But we must remember that the path of a hero is one bathed in self-sacrifice. Miss Midnight risked her life to protect us and the people of this island. We need to honour that by doing the right thing and making sure that wasn’t in vain.”

“If the enemy is smart, they won’t kill her,” Tokoyami spoke up. “This attack reeks of greater machinations. We can only hope our comrades have foiled any other villains for now and they keep her alive as a bargaining chip for whatever they want. The other options are not worth thinking about.”

It was a harsh truth but it was the best they had at the moment.

As the students bitterly returned to their duties, they knew it was only by the grace of whatever lured the evil doer away that the fighting had ended, but the result was a clear and decisive loss for the heroes.


After splitting off from Koda, Ochako arrived at the island’s hospital early into the attack. Running through the doors she saw a frantic panic among the staff and dozens of injured residents looking for assistance; apparently one of the nearby transformers had been destroyed and rendered the hospital powerless and no one knew what to do.

Finding her voice, the gravity hero had taken charge, getting the doctors to tell her about anywhere on the island with its own power supply. She chose a nearby factory to send them towards over the other options as it could doubtlessly hold a large supply of civilians and, depending on the scale of the damage the island may suffer, they’d have the best chance to keep everyone safe, fed, and heated. When the doctors had asked about medical supplies, Ochako ordered for them to bring her as much as they could carry and she would lighten it all so they could take everything they possibly could.

Everyone that was able to move under their own power was herded out and directed towards the factory while those that required help utilized medical beds or wheelchairs with the doctors and nurses pushing them to safety.

As Aoyama, Mina, and a very injured Tooru arrived at the hospital, they saw that Ochako was already mid-way through evacuating everyone there and while she wasn’t reaching her weight limit, she’d definitely found a new one regarding the amount of items she could affect at once and looked close to throwing up.

When the gravity girl saw the severity of Tooru’s injuries and the state of both Mina and Aoyama, she pushed down her sickness and quickly made a medical bed weightless for the pair to give Tooru a smoother ride to those that could help her. As Aoyama began pushing the now visible girl still wrapped in his cape away, Mina and Ochako shared a tearful hug before the pinkette departed, carrying on with her heroic duties to guard her fallen girlfriend with her life.

Thankfully, despite the distance they had to run, the pair arrived at the factory without any delays from villains.

“Someone!” Mina called out as they hurried into the parking lot with Tooru’s gurney. “We need a doctor quickly!”

Thankfully the nearby civilians parted quickly at the sight of Mina’s obvious hero costume and medical staff from the make-shift triage area that’d been set up flocked to the girls.

“What happened? How was she injured? Was it a villain’s quirk?”

“I-I don’t know! She… she’s just injured and needs help!” Mina blubbered, her visage breaking down as she had to focus on her girlfriend’s current state.

“Pinky!” Aoyama’s voice snapped her attention back to the here and now along with his shoulder shake. “I can provide the details. Please, go help the other civilians. It seems we are the first to arrive.”

“Y-Yes, right…” Mina hesitantly nodded, leaving her girlfriend in the capable hands of Nabu Island’s medical crew and Aoyama. With tears in her eyes, she forced herself to turn away from Tooru and look for something else to keep her busy.

“E-Everyone with food and water come with me!” She called out, intending to set up a supply store with what people had carried with them and were willing to donate on top of whatever the factory lunch hall had.

As Mina worked away, so did the doctors, analysing the critically wounded Tooru at their shelter inside the factory for those with severe injuries. Thankfully the injuries to civilians hadn’t been that bad up until this point and a doctor with a stabilization quirk was able to stop Tooru’s shaking while medical aid was provided.

From what they could tell, not only had Tooru suffered a broken nose from falling on her face, but her quirk factor had been badly damaged and was the cause of her seizure. After Aoyama relayed information to the doctor’s about Tooru’s continued pain whenever she pushed her quirk, they concluded that whatever part of her brain controlled her invisibility had been pushed too hard. Aoyama stayed through the whole thing as he watched Tooru’s physical state slowly start to improve and by the time Mina returned, things were starting to feel more under control.

“How is she?!” Mina almost shouted as she arrived, having quickly slid the door open and rushed to Aoyama’s side as he watched the doctors work from a distance.

“Mademoiselle Hagakure is doing better I think,” Aoyama looked sadly over at their fallen friend. “But I’m afraid she may have injured herself greatly in saving my life.”

Mina’s eyes filled with tears again as Aoyama regretfully gave her a small play-by-play of what happened when they faced off against the bandaged villain. The pinkette almost felt like cheering as she heard about Tooru’s total victory over the guy if that same move hadn’t led to where she was now.

“Mademoiselle Pinky, do we know what happened with the villain?” Aoyama asked tentatively.

“Chargebolt and Red Riot brought him here,” Mina’s face twisted into a sour expression. “Creati locked him up in the basement with some of her strongest chains.”

“At least he can do no further harm,” Aoyama consoled, though he didn’t like the dark frown marring Mina’s face; it looked so unnatural settled on her typically happy features.

Soon enough, the one of the doctors broke away from treating Tooru, her part seemingly done to come talk to the pair.

“How is she?” Mina immediately asked before the doctor could even open her mouth.

“A-Ah… unfortunately, without the technology or resources to safely operate on her head, the best we can do right now is stabilize her. Until we can access the hospital again or help arrives, there’s nothing further we can do.”

“B-But she’ll be fine until then, right?” Mina pressed the woman further, Aoyama was forced to keep her in check with a hand on her shoulder to make sure she didn’t push too hard.

“We’ve got her for now, she’s in the best hands she could be in on the island and we’ll keep her stable,” the doctor replied diplomatically.

The way they were talking didn’t sit right with Mina and she wanted to push further, somehow make them do more to help her girlfriend but a reassuring squeeze on her shoulder made her hold her tongue.

“Please, if you’re able, go help the others. We’ll take care of her as best we can.” One the other doctors requested with a mote of pleading in his voice.

“I-I don’t want to go.” Mina sniffed, not wanting to leave Tooru’s side until she awoke.

“Ashido, they are professionals, they need to do their jobs just like we need to do ours.” Aoyama tried to coax the girl away, well aware he’d spent too much time here doing nothing but watch as all his friends were helping with the evacuation management.

“Y-Yeah… I-I know,” Mina bitterly accepted before turning back to the medics. “But… please… tell me as soon as she wakes up.”

“We’ll let you know if anything changes.” The other doctor said while offering a reassuring smile.

Slowly, Mina was gently guided out of the room by her classmate, the pinkette’s eyes frequently glancing back at her girlfriend until she was completely out of the improvised casualty room and out of sight.

Once they were sure she was gone, both doctor’s faces fell into sombre looks.

“Was that… the right thing do to?” The male one asked.

“She needs to focus on her job right now just like we need to focus on ours,” the other gravely murmured.

“And the girl?”

“Without proper equipment, I wouldn’t bank on her lasting the night.” The woman shook her head downheartedly. “Let’s just focus on making her as comfortable as possible; it’s the least we can do for her sacrifice.”


As night fell, it was clear the island had suffered greatly. Despite the lack of electricity flowing anywhere, several buildings were brightly lit as flames consumed them from within whether it be from direct lightning strikes or the discharges sent through the system via faulty wiring. The rain did nothing to quell the flames and only made the sky and situation appear more dreary and dismal.

The only building with some semblance of artificial light right now that appeared completely undamaged was the factory that the Class 1-A Hero Agency had now firmly established as their evacuation center and base of operations.

After Mina and Kaminari’s group arrived, the evacuation team turned up with their own injured as Sato, Ojiro, Bakugo, and Izuku were immediately handed over to the doctors for treatment as the others got to work doing what they could to support everyone in this time of need. Katsuma and Mahoro were unfortunately forced to join the other civilians now they’d been saved and couldn’t do anything but watch as the other heroes tried their best to keep everything together.

When the beach combat team returned without their teacher in tow, moods dropped even further as some suspected the worst already.

In the generator room, Momo was busy pumping batteries and supplies out while Kaminari tried to stockpile as much of his electricity into the provided storage as possible. Shoji and Tokoyami oversaw the distribution of hot vegetable soup and rice balls to everyone to keep the ration supplies going for as long as they could while considering the amount of people that were present. There was a tense moment as one of the boys that had verbally abused Shoji arrived at the front of the queue. Though Shoji’s gaze narrowed at the boy, he still did his duty as a hero and handed the boy his rations just like everyone else.

Iida did his best to coordinate all the efforts, both from his fellow heroes and volunteers as people got to work helping where they could. The boy himself had made several raids on nearby stores along with Ochako to grab supplies and bring them back, aiming to be in and out while avoiding any possible villain presence. The store owners would be properly compensated after this is all over, that much he knew and it gave him peace of mind as he smashed through locks to get at the necessary supplies the people needed.

Sero walked into the kitchen with the box of carrots where several civilian volunteers were already assisting to make rice balls for everyone while Koda, Tsuyu and Kirishima chopped up ingredients for further batches of stew. The skills they’d learned from their short time at the summer training camp had already begun proving how useful they were in a large scale crisis and everyone was feeling a bit more prepared to face the task of providing relief because of it.

“It’s a good thing there are so many vegetables on the island,” Tsuyu noted as Sero put down the box nearby to resupply the group. “We should have enough for a good few meals at least.”

“Let’s hope it doesn’t come to that,” the tape armed boy sighed. “The sooner we take care of those missing villains the better.”

“What did we do with the one we captured?” Tokoyami asked curiously.

“Kirishima, Momo and Kaminari chained him up tight in the basement boiler room, but he refuses to talk and hasn’t said a word.” Sero explained. “From what Aoyama said about the look on Mina’s face when she heard that, I think it was as much for his protection as it was ours.”

“Ribbit…” Tsuyu croaked sadly as her mind drifted back to the pinkette and their now visible shared girlfriend.

On her way to the casualty room, Ochako carefully opened the door while maintaining her grip on the plate of food she’d brought with her to give to those unable to tear themselves away from their patients.

“I brought food,” she called out softly, getting the attention of Todoroki, who was filling a water bottle with ice to chill a patient with a fever, and Ojiro, who’d had his wounds bandaged and had been somewhat cleared to move around again but with strict orders to stop if he felt dizzy. “How is everyone doing?”

“None of them have regained consciousness yet,” Todoroki replied downheartedly.

“The doctors have treated Sato’s hand but it’s just a patch and cast job compared to Recovery Girl so he’s just resting in the other room,” Ojiro explained. “They’ve moved to focus on Izuku and Bakugo but Hagakure… she doesn’t look good.”

Ochako felt her heart clutch painfully at the news but forced her reaction down, now was not the time to get emotional, not when everyone else was working hard to make sure they got better. Walking over to the doctors, she set down the tray of rice balls between Izuku and Bakugo.

“Thanks for all your hard work,” she offered softly.

“I apologize,” the male doctor offered in return, having listened in to the girl’s hushed conversation in the quiet room, “our powers have helped us close their wounds but I’m afraid that’s all we can manage. We can’t do anything for their broken bones.”

“All three need to be taken to the hospital on the main land,” the female doctor informed the group as Ojiro and Todoroki had now gathered around a downcast Ochako.

With this news, it seemed that their combat potential had dropped significantly with their two arguably best fighters now completely out of the mix and at least three villains still on the loose out there.

It was class A’s darkest hour, but thankfully, hope arrived with the call of a small boy opening the door.

“Can I try something?”

The three heroes perked up and looked behind them, spotting the small, shy form of Katsuma by the door as Mahoro stood protectively by him.

“Katsuma?” Ochako mumbled in confusion.

“He might be able to help,” Mahoro vouched, “his quirk is cell activation. We’re… not really sure if it can be used to heal injuries though.”

“They were hurt because of us!” Katsuma spoke up, trying to plead his case to let him help as best he could. “I can’t just let them suffer like this! Please!”

The doctors thought for a moment, wondering if such a quirk could indeed be used to heal. With a boy as young as this, his skill may not be up to par or his quirk may not have the strength to do anything and may make things worse. Still, at this point it was worth it to try so long as they carefully monitored him and whatever his quirk did to the less injured boys.

“We’d appreciate your help little Katsu,” the male doctor offered, gesturing to the pair of patients before him.

“Thanks!” Katsuma eagerly hurried over and dropped to his knees between the two fallen heroes and pulled on his quirk that he was still vastly unfamiliar with.

“You can leave them with us,” the female doctor assured the heroes, lightly reminding them that they had their own duties to attend to.

“R-Right,” Ochako nodded, getting back to her feet as she and the others went back to work.


Momo returned from the factory’s generator room, her lipids almost completely spent and looking close to collapse. Only Kaminari holding her up as he recovered from the side effects of his own quirk overuse allowed her to direct the two of them to the kitchen to sit, eat and recover.

The others in the kitchen had quickly attended to the two and Momo felt her hero costume filling out again the more she ate. Having long burned through the calorie intense bars she packed as part of her costume gear for emergencies, she felt guilty at being offered more than her fair share of food when everyone else was being limited to particular rations.

Despite her protests, Momo had been forced to accept the prepared soup and multiple rice balls by both her fellow class members in the kitchen, including a stern looking Tsuyu, as well as the civilian helpers that assured her everyone else would understand.

Still, after she’d taken a second helping of all the food they’d foisted on her, Momo slipped out of the kitchen with her rations and looked for a quiet place to eat in peace and maybe gather her thoughts at the same time.

Checking a few nearby rooms revealed their occupancy by several civilians and medical teams so she kept up her search until she came across what appeared to be a locker and break room normally used by the factory’s employees. A sense of peace and relief washed over her as she spied a couch that looked suitable enough for a quick lie down to rest once she’d finished her meal and made her way over to it.

She soon realised she wasn’t alone in the room when she heard a restrained sniffle coming from behind the old looking fridge.

“Who’s there?” Momo asked curiously, unworried it was a villain that had snuck in and more a lost or scared civilian she’d intruded on.

A few more sniffles broke the silence before a rough voice called out.

“J-Just me.”

It was Mina.

Momo placed her oversized portion of food on the large table in the center of the room and hobbled over to where she heard the girl’s cries coming from. Rounding the fridge, Momo’s heart ached as she spied Mina sitting on the ground, her legs clutched tightly to her chest as tears rolled down her cheeks and stained her acid patterned hero outfit.

“Hi Princess,” Momo said softly, doing her best to supress the aches she felt as she bent down to get to Mina’s level. “I guess I don’t need to ask what’s wrong.”

Mina shook her head sombrely.

“I… don’t know what t-to do,” the pinkette spoke up croakily. It was clear she’d been crying for a while if her voice was this strained.

“What do you mean?” Momo asked softly.

“T-Tooru’s hurt, Izuku’s h-hurt, Bakugo’s hurt… e-everyone I care about is getting hurt and there’s nothing I can do to stop it,” Mina explained as best she could. “I-I told Tooru’s dad I would protect her!”

“I know dear,” Momo sympathised. “This is just what villains do.”

“I want to hurt them!” Mina growled, her teeth gritting themselves to the point Momo thought they might crack as a vengeful look took over Mina’s face “I want to make them pay for hurting Tooru. I… I wish they were dead!”

Momo tried not to flinch at the harshness of Mina’s dark desires, especially when the girl seemed to get herself riled up and let out and angry growl, her hands tensing into claw shapes as though she were about to tear into an imaginary enemy.

“I understand Princess,” Momo sympathised clutching both of Mina’s hands tightly in her own. “Truly I do. Someone has hurt you, hurt us all, and you want to make them pay and break them down until they’re no more than a smear beneath the boot you used to crush them.”

Mina’s eyes seemed to return to focus at Momo’s choice of words, looking curiously at the heiress with a confused expression.

“While not as severe, I wanted to make a certain someone pay for the pain they’d caused me recently. I wanted to use my position to put them in their place for the wrongs they’d done to me and extract my own brand of justice… but look how well that turned out.”

The pinkette looked pensively at Momo, as though she was processing and understanding the difficulties the girl had gone through on a level she hadn’t before. The heiress knew that she couldn’t let her girlfriend fall prey to the dark thoughts that had misguided her own actions and caused greater pain. Here was her chance to pay Mina back for her kindness and understanding in the wake of her own failing and hoped her girlfriend would be receptive to it.

“I know it’s not the same situation; these people undeniably deserve justice and punishment for what they’ve done compared to my misguided feelings, but you know that trying to extract that pound of flesh yourself isn’t the answer.”

“Then… what do I do?” Mina whimpered. “I can’t fight… I can’t help… all I can do is worry about Tooru and the others and feel this urge to… to hurt.”

“Don’t give into those thoughts Princess,” Mina comforted. “I know you’re stronger than this. We’re here to be heroes, true heroes, and this is a test of our resolve.”

“B-But it’s not fair!” Mina sobbed petulantly.

“Mr Aizawa warned us it wouldn’t be,” Momo agreed. “This is what the life of a hero can be when things get bad. I’m just about holding it together myself right now; if it was Kyoka that got hurt… I’m sure I’d be sharing your feelings,” she sighed. “This is just the risk we take fighting together as heroes.”

“I-I know,” Mina sniffed. “I just… it hurts so much.”

“Think positive thoughts dear,” Momo offered. “The sooner we figure a way out of this situation, the sooner we can get Tooru the help she needs.”

“S-Sure…” Mina replied sombrely.

Despite wanting to stay in this position and reassure Mina even further, Momo felt her muscles ache from her crouched position due to the loss of cushioning fat from around her body. She let out a groan of discomfort that almost instantly had Mina on alert.

“Momo you… you look terrible!” The pinkette appeared to only just realise. “H-How much of your quirk have you used?!”

“Almost all of it,” Momo chuckled weakly. “I was looking for a place to lay down and eat to replenish but I found you first.”

“L-Let’s get you resting then,” Mina released her girlfriend’s hands and pushed herself to her feet, using the side of the fridge to steady herself before easing Momo up and out of her crouch. The heiress hissed at the mild pain and discomfort before Mina led her over to the nearby sofa and sat her down.

“F-Food’s on the table,” Momo gestured weakly as she took a seat.

Mina quickly grabbed the tray and brought it back over, making sure Momo was ready to receive it before setting it down gently on her girlfriend’s thinner than usual legs.

“Join me?” Momo asked hopefully, patting the spot next to her. “They gave me more than I should have because of my quirk and you don’t look like you’ve eaten either.”

“I… shouldn’t let you,” Mina let out a single dry chuckle but sat down regardless. “We’re gonna need you running on full if we’re going to get out of this.”

“I know Princess,” Momo held out a rice ball to her girlfriend who gratefully accepted the food, “but you can just give me some of your portion later,” she giggled lightly.

Mina sniffled as she tentatively bit into her food, finding it hard to swallow thanks to her dehydration from crying.

“Izuku, Tooru, and Bakugo are down, Miss Midnight’s captured… and we still have no idea what these villains want.”

“Things look tough for now,” Momo agreed, “win or lose however… no matter what, we’ll do it together and we’ll do it right.”

Mina felt Momo’s lips press lightly against her cheek as she leant over and a shiver of warmth returned to her body and her heart.

Thoughts of using her quirk to extract revenge were put out of her mind as she tucked into the meagre dinner with her girlfriend, letting herself just enjoy the moment for now. Battle talk would come later when the rest of the class was ready and when it did, she’d make sure to try and keep herself in check if her acid was needed.

The pinkette felt her gratitude towards the heiress rising and knew the girl was well on her way to fixing her own faults and helping Mina through this one.

“Thanks Gorgeous.”


The large frame of Chimera with his unconscious hostage on his back, trudged through the forest towards the rendezvous point; an old abandoned lighthouse along the coast.

They sky had long since been darkened, both by night and by Nine’s cloud coverage and the only thing to guide the mutant quirk user’s path was the embers of his own cigar and his enhanced vision. The rain was making it hard for him to follow his comrade’s scents, though not impossible as he finally saw the tall structure through some branches.

With each step he could feel the nearly naked woman’s weight shifting on his shoulders, though she barely weighed a thing to him. The hero had actually proved something of a challenge to him while he was holding back, even when unaided by those youngsters. Chimera grinned at the thought that if he clenched his hand just right he could snap her like a twig, but set it aside for now; she could still be useful if they hadn’t succeeded in their goal yet.

“Down we go,” Chimera chuckled as he grabbed Midnight round the waist and propped her against the wall next to the door he planned to go through. After experiencing her quirk, it was idiotic to even think about going into a confined space with her.

Opening the door slowly, Chimera poked his head inside and spied Slice playing nervously with her hair as she watched over a sleeping, injured Nine, illuminated only by the light of a candle.

“Nine’s injured?” the beast man asked as the first thing.

“Some hero brats got the drop on him but he’s doing well,” Slice replied casually as she looked over at her comrade, “I expect that he’ll be awake within the next few hours.” The red-haired woman’s face morphed into a frown as she realised Chimera should’ve been the last of them to join up. “Where’s Mummy?”

“You haven’t seen him either?” Chimera’s eyes widened for a moment before he bared his teeth a little. “Don’t tell me the heroes got him.”

“Of course not,” Slice rose to her feet, bemused that he’d even entertain such a notion.

“Hmph, well they’ve got some skills on their side, that’s for sure,” Chimera begrudgingly admitted. “Damn idiot may have bitten off more than he can chew.”

“Do you really think him that weak?” Slice quirked a brow.

“The fact that we’re still on this rock is because Nine wasn’t able to get the kid, isn’t it?” Chimera growled at the woman who looked away bitterly. “Don’t underestimate your opponent or it’s the last thing you might do.”

“Those kids managed to take him by surprise is all,” Slice countered.

“One slip up is all it can take,” the beast man growled. “Even if the heroes got him, we stick to the plan no matter what.”

“And what about you?” Slice asked curiously. “What took you so long to get here?”

“Carrying some extra baggage,” Chimera jerked his thumb behind him as the rain continued to fall around his shoulders.

For a moment, the hair manipulating woman grew excited, only to realise her comrade would be a little more pleased if he’d secured their goal already. She started towards him and he opened the door wide to allow the woman to step outside as she immediately hardened her hair to prevent the rain sticking to it.

Slice’s face fell as she spied Midnight still unconscious with a bloody nose as the rain did its best to try and cleanse her.

“Ew, Chimera, if you wanted to have fun, the least you could do was wait until after the mission.”

“Don’t get smart with me idiot,” Chimera growled. “She’s a hero too,” Slice’s face instantly slipped into a scowl, “probably the nanny to those kids in costumes. We didn’t count on a school field trip but it shouldn’t be a problem anymore.”

“Oh? Weren’t you just saying not to underestimate them?” Slice eyed the man curiously.

“Now we’ve got a hostage to trade so Nine doesn’t have to exhaust himself.”

“Smart thinking,” the red-head smirked, “though are you sure I can’t cut her up just a little?”

“Save it,” Chimera waved her away, “goods are more valuable undamaged.”

“Hmph,” Slice scoffed, “and here I thought you were just the dumb muscle good for nothing but your instincts.”

In a flash Slice found herself slammed into the wall beside Midnight, Chimera’s talons almost piercing through her jacket as he held her in place and snarled in her face. Not two seconds later her hair had split into a variety of hardened blades of varying thickness, each pointed at a vital organ of the beast man’s, including one for each of his eyes.

“Say that again and I rip out your throat!” Chimera spat.

“I’ll pierce your brain before you think twice!” Slice snarled back.

The two remained motionless except for breathing for a few moments, each waiting for the other to make the next move. Only when the sound of coughing from their captive broke the air did the two slowly ease back as they glanced down at the woman.

“Let’s not forget what this is all about,” Chimera grumbled.

“Better to put that energy into slaying heroes than each other just yet,” Slice agreed in her own way as Chimera lowered her back to the ground. “If you’re gonna drag that bitch around with us, at least tie her up.”

“With what rope you moron,” Chimera rolled his eyes.

Slice sighed and returned to the lighthouse for a moment before emerging once again with a thick length of rope that looked like the kind used to lash ships to docks. The beast man grabbed it with no measure of politeness as Slice returned to her vigil over their leader.

In his frustration he grabbed Midnight somewhat roughly round the middle and dragged her over to the nearest tree before beginning to tie her to it. When the first pass of the rope pressed uncomfortably around her bruised ribs, Midnight started up a coughing fit that saw her splutter back into consciousness.

“W-W-Where…” was all she could get out without taking a hissing breath of air as she felt the pain.

“Hmph, finally awake,” Chimera commented as he made a second pass on the ropes, lowering them just a tad to sit around her stomach as his large hands worked the material with surprising dexterity.

Midnight blinked quickly to try and rid her waterlogged eyes of liquid as her mind tried to work out where she was and what had happened.

“Oh…” she mumbled with a small chuckle, “I lost. Looks…” she hissed in pain, “looks like you were too much for me big boy.”

“Don’t flatter yourself, I didn’t even go all out,” Chimera scoffed, walking round to the front of the tree to look the woman directly in the face.

As her mind returned to a cognizant state, Midnight’s attitude began flaring.

“What did you do to my kids?” She growled in a soft yet threatening tone. Chimera actually raised a brow, impressed by her tenacity despite her sorry state.

“Take it easy hero, all your brats were saved by the bell.”

Midnight scoured his face for clues that he was lying but thankfully the man seemed too unbothered to lie for whatever reason. She reluctantly let out a sigh of relief though hissed in pain again as her ribs protested at the strain.

“That’s… that’s good.”

“No promises with you though,” Chimera added with a touch of anger, incensed the woman seemed to be disregarding her own condition right now. “Might just cut you up for fun, see what spills out,” he flexed a taloned hand as his razor sharp digits did their best to glint in the limited light.

“If that was… your goal, I’d already be dead,” Midnight wheezed, trying her best not to aggravate her injuries.

“Pretty cocky for someone at the mercy of a filthy mutant,” Chimera spat.

“You should say kinder words to yourself,” Midnight smirked, “self-deprecation isn’t an attractive trait in a partner.”

“Hmph,” Chimera grunted, “now that’s a first.”

“A hostage with attitude?”

“You’re a cheeky bitch I’ll give you that,” Chimera smirked, briefly reminded of the fun he had fighting her before turning his back and heading towards the lighthouse once more. “If you survive the night, maybe you’ll find out.”

As the door closed behind the beast man and Midnight was left alone with her thoughts, her hands bound by her side and the rain continuing to come down all around her. She let out a small sob as she wondered how she was going to get out of all this.


The night wore on and when all the civilians were fed, watered and heated for the cold, rainy evening, the heroes finally found a lull in necessary activities.

While they all felt like collapsing and taking a break, Iida felt it was important to gather everyone together and bring them up to speed on the entire situation so they could prepare for the coming day. Using the break room Yaoyorozu and Mina had eaten in earlier, the sixteen able bodied heroes in training got together.

“Here’s the current situation,” Iida called out beginning the meeting. “Communications are down and the electrical grid is destroyed. We can’t call for help.”

“I sent a drone out earlier,” Momo offered, having been rushed to the edge of the island by Iida and Ochako before she’d started pumping out supplies. “It’ll send an S.O.S. message once it’s close to the mainland, but the flight is at least six hours. Plus, even after someone comes across it, the heroes will need time to assemble and travel to us.”

“In the meantime, I doubt the villains are going to sit around and wait,” Ojiro grimaced, not looking forward to any potential rematch with that beast villain.

“Right now, our top priority is to protect the people of the island. If that means fighting villains, so be it,” Iida declared.

“Yeah, but how?” Sato asked before hissing as he shifted in place, his broken hand aching painfully inside his cast and sling.

“That villain Midoriya and Bakugo fought almost took them out, it was all Koda and I could do to get them out of there in one piece.” Shoji spoke up from his spot standing near the door.

“Many of us took on the beast and that wasn’t enough.” Todoroki chimed in. “Worse, we don’t know if Miss Midnight…”

A small silence filled the room as they were forced to confront the grim reality of their fight.

“Yes we… are aware of Miss Midnight,” Iida acknowledged, “but that shouldn’t distract us from doing all we can without her presence. We can only hope the villains have taken her hostage for a reason and will be able to recover her in time.”

“With who?” Kyoka asked with concern. “Yaomomo and Kaminari have both used up a lot of their quirks already and we’ve got four injured or out of action.”

“Yay,” Kaminari gave a zoned out thumbs up, having overused his quirk to the point of short-circuiting himself. It would’ve been funny if the situation wasn’t so morbid.

“We know there are at least three villains left, but there could be more,” Tsuyu worried.

“If they attack us together, we probably won’t stand a chance,” Kirishima continued, trying not to think about both the loss of offensive ability and manpower his downed boyfriend represented.

“Unfortunately we’ve yet to confirm why exactly the villains are here and what they’re after,” Iida mumbled, trying to figure a way out of this situation without further fighting being necessary.

“Um…” A small voice called from the doorway. The sixteen heroes turned to see Mahoro awkwardly pushing open the door and revealing herself. “I-I know what they’re after.”

“Mahoro?” Ochako called out, beckoning the girl inside.

Nervously, she stepped forward, her hands clutched together awkwardly as though she looked like she’d rather be anywhere else than here.

“I-It’s my little brother, he’s what the villains want.”

“What did you say?” Iida asked, wondering if he’d heard the girl correctly.

“That bad guy in the mask said he wanted to take my brother’s quirk. Please, you have to protect him!” Mahoro pleaded.

Five sets of eyes widened in the room and stomachs practically dropped through the floor as one of their worst fears was coming true.

“So it’s power theft,” Tokoyami stated, coming to his own conclusion about the villains.

“Another ‘All-For-One’, could it be?” Ojiro muttered, having seen one of the documentaries about the villain that ended All Might’s career.

“I-It’s not possible…” Aoyama shivered, his eyes wide and his breath short.

“We’re going up against something like that?!” Sato gaped before clutching his arm, pain shooting through him after jostling it too much in surprise.

“Everyone calm down, it will do us no good to lose our heads,” Iida called them all to attention again. “At least now we have an idea about why they’re here.”

“Can’t someone just like, take the boy and run away?” Mina suggested, hoping to maybe send Momo along with Tooru with them after they crafted a speedboat to get back to the mainland faster.

“It’s not going to be that easy,” Todoroki dismissed. “These guys are serious, what if they start making threats to kill everyone if they don’t get what they want? They already have Midnight as a hostage and if they take us out they’ll have an island full of hostages they’d threaten to kill if they don’t get their way.”

“Then… what are we supposed to do?” Sero asked with a touch of hopelessness in his voice.

“You could give them the boy,” another voice chimed in. Once more the students turned towards the doorway and spotted the mayor standing there with a worried but firm expression on his face.

“W-What?” Ochako’s face sunk into a frown along with many others. Mahoro spun in place to look at the mayor in horror, speechless at the suggestion.

“It’s only logical isn’t it? One boy for an island’s worth of people? His quirk is only a minor one that I don’t even think is offensive or useful and we don’t even know if they’ll kill him to take it so why risk everyone’s lives like that?”

“H-How could you suggest something like that?” Kirishima grit his teeth at the unmanliness of the suggestion.

“I’m the mayor of everyone on this island,” the mayor retorted. “I have to think about what’s in everyone’s best interests and right now, that’s handing the boy over so I can protect my people.”

“There’s no way we’re doing that!”

Before anyone had a chance to retort further at the mayor, someone else had done it for them as a boy with a familiar bush of hair strode into the room, turning to glare fiercely at the mayor.

Several cries of, “Deku,” “Izuku,” and “Midoriya,” rang out in the room along with a half-formed “Squis-” that someone quickly tapered down amongst the chaos.

“You’re alright!” A genuinely relieved look appeared on Iida’s face.

“Yeah, I am,” Izuku nodded, glancing over his shoulder at his friend, “and it’s all thanks to Katsuma’s quirk. Cell Activation; it speeds up regeneration and enhances physical performance. It’s an amazing ability and if the villains get a hold of it there’s no telling what kind of terror they could unleash.” The last part was aimed more at the mayor who grimaced at the hypothetical situation. “No matter what, we’re not going to let them hurt anyone else on this island. That’s the whole reason we came here, right?”

The class all gave affirming nods as Mahoro looked up hopefully at Deku, praying that he’d keep his word.

“T-This is insane! You’re going to risk the lives of everyone on this island to try and fight these villains again right after you just got healed?” The mayor shook his head in disbelief. “If you couldn’t win at full strength, why should we trust you now?”

“Because otherwise the other option is giving up a kid to save your own skin,” another voice growled behind the mayor that sent a shiver down his spine, “and from here, you’re sounding mighty villain-like yourself.”

“Bakugo!” Kirishima excitedly jumped to his feet, seeing his boyfriend standing menacingly behind the mayor looking much better than he did before.

“We don’t trade lives asshole,” Bakugo continued his little rant, “we’re heroes; fighting against the impossible and coming out on top is what we do. Besides, you’ve got the next number one fighting on your side so quit pissin’ your pants already.”

“A~And you ruined it,” Sero chuckled with relief, glad to see his friend back with his normal attitude.

The mayor sputtered and tried looking around for support, feeling ganged up on by the two heroes, but found none among all the other faces in the room.

“Y-You’re mad! All of you!”

“We’re heroes, we kinda have to be to run towards danger instead of away from it,” Kaminari chuckled, having returned to his normal state of mind, though he had a definite headache right now.

“While your concerns have been noted, I’m afraid you don’t have authority to make such calls sir, we do,” Iida declared, rising from his spot. “And as heroes, we will protect you all and surely defeat these villains if they indeed come looking for the boy.”

The mayor glowered and bitterly accepted this fact for now. If they made it out of this however, he would absolutely be putting in a formal complaint against UA and the hero association against these trainee heroes that bought into their own hype.

With a scowl, the man departed from the room, slipping past Bakugo who refused to adjust his position to make it easier for the man to get past who smirked a little once the politician started hurrying down the hall.

“Sato,” Iida called out to the injured boy. “If this Katsuma boy can heal with his quirk, it might be worth getting yourself check out by him.”

“The brat may also need a guard,” Bakugo agreed, “no telling if that mayor will try and go behind our backs.”

“That much I can handle even with one arm,” Sato chuckled, rising from his spot and heading for the door. “Uh… where is he?”

“Healing that invis… Hagakure,” Bakugo replied, realizing he couldn’t very well call her the ‘invisible girl’ at this point.

Mina’s eye lit up with hope shortly before all the others did at hearing their friend was in good hands, even if they weren’t Recovery Girl’s.

“Got it,” Sato nodded before heading out as Bakugo moved aside and stepped up to stand alongside Izuku.

The two shared a sideways look for a moment, words passing between them without a sound only to turn back to the others.

“We’ll definitely protect you, Katsuma, and everyone else!” Izuku declared to Mahoro.

“The villains are as good as dead,” Bakugo slammed a fist into his palm, letting off a small explosion as he did for emphasis. “Obviously we’ll win!”

“I agree with both of you, I’ll help however I can,” Todoroki joined them.

“Me too, let’s protect the people with everything we’ve got!” Ochako pumped. “We have to fight!”

“Heck yeah!” Kaminari stood too, “I can’t fix Mr Matsuda’s tractor if he’s not around.”

“You can count me in, Granny Sato still has plenty of years left in her.” Iida agreed.

One by one, all the other members of class 1-A stood and declared their determination. Mahoro stood there speechless as they all pledged themselves to protect everyone she held dear. She almost felt like crying but forced her emotions down, she needed to be a big brave girl after all.

“It’s just like we always say right?” Momo pushed herself to her feet, still feeling a touch weak after using up all her lipids.

“We’re going to go beyond,” Iida knew where she was going with this.

“Plus ultra!” Everyone cheered, the spark of optimism and hope restored to the group.


With motivation restored, the group quickly set about making a plan for what they would do next. Mahoro had been escorted back to her brother by Mina who wanted to quickly check in on her girlfriend’s state before returning.

After acquiring a physical map of the island, Izuku lay out his idea for how to best defend everyone whilst giving them the best chance to achieve victory; by digging in and entrenching themselves on the smaller, nearby castle ruins island attached via a sand bank to the main island of Nabu.

The civilians would all be defended from the fighting by seeking refuge in the caves underneath while those that could fight would use all the benefits the high ground offered them to make the villains work for every inch of their advancement.

Izuku relayed what he suspected was an innate weakness of Nine’s - the masked villain - after he observed him doubling over in pain and purple veins covering the small amount of skin he could see before Koda and Shoji arrived for the save. He also confirmed the villain’s intent to steal quirks, carefully not mentioning his own knowledge or resistance to the quirk though some amongst them knew.

“That’s probably why he’s after Katsuma’s quirk,” Izuku noted, “he somehow knew about its healing properties and wants it for his own.”

“I see, so we simply exhaust him,” Todoroki nodded.

“We’ll attack him in waves and make him use his quirks until he’s at his limit,” Izuku nodded before looking worriedly at the girl. “Since he can steal powers… we’ll want to avoid close combat if at all possible. Hopefully that’ll be enough for us to defeat him, but even if we can’t, we just have to last long enough for help to arrive.”

“That’s all this is about at this stage,” Momo agreed, certain her drone would be able to get help even with the wind and the rain against it.

“No way,” Bakugo scoffed, “we’re gonna kick the crap out of these losers and show everyone what real heroes look like.”

As much as everyone agreed with the sentiment, Iida had to ensure they thought of everything before committing to anything.

“And what about Miss Midnight?” He asked the room. “We still don’t know how the villains are going to try and use her against us.”

“Our best hope is a hostage exchange,” Shoji noted. “That’s the smart play and they don’t seem like idiots.”

“Problem is, they’ll also suspect a double cross,” Izuku grimaced. “These aren’t like the scenarios we ran before.”

“One false move and they could…” Kyoka gulped, not wanting to finish her sentence.

“That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t still try something,” Mina shook her head. “After everything she’s done for us, we can’t just leave her to them.”

“Death is staring us all in the face right now,” Tokoyami mumbled with a macabre tone. “We must tread very lightly.”

“It’s too bad we don’t have Tooru, ribbit,” Tsuyu stated with worry. “With her quirk it might’ve been much easier.”

Aoyama clenched his fist by the edge of the group. While everyone knew the current situation, they didn’t realise how useless he had truly been in their fight.

From getting caught by his cape to hardly being anywhere as effective with his quirk as Hagakure was, Aoyama swore that if he made it out of this, he would make every effort to improve his hero costume and put the same amount of effort into pushing his quirk as Hagakure had; he owed her that much for saving his life after all.

“I do have something of a plan,” Izuku noted, “but… it’s going to be risky.”

“Is there any part of this whole thing that isn’t?” Sero tied to lighten the mood a little but it didn’t do much.

The greenette then lay out his plan for retrieving their captured teacher. There was a number of awkward faces as they let him explain everything before they started voicing their thoughts.

“Dude, whomever does that is at a super big risk of failing,” Kaminari noted.

“They’d have to get in and out faster than the villains react and that’s a big ask,” Kirishima agreed.

“I know,” Izuku agreed before stating firmly, “that’s why I’ll do it.”

“You?” Ojiro raised a brow.

“I’m the best one for the job,” Izuku put forth. “I’m fast, I’ve can reverse direction quickly by kicking off, and if Nine steals my quirk, any attempt to use it will result in him breaking an awful lot of bones.”

Izuku knew it was a lie, but he couldn’t very well say that he was immune from Nine’s version of All-For-One.

“You’re fucking moron!” Bakugo gnashed his teeth.

“W-What?” Izuku flinched. If anyone was going to agree with this plan, he thought it’d be Bakugo considering he knew his secret.

“Don’t try to be some self-sacrificial fuck throwing yourself at the problem when you’re not the only option.”

“Plus, even if the worst were to happen there’s no guarantee he would even use your quirk,” Iida rationalised. “It could be all for naught and we’d lose you and likely Miss Midnight in the attempt.”

“We lose you… we lose any chance of winning this battle.” Bakugo admitted with a touch of bitterness in his voice before stating with finality, “It has to be me.”

“You?” Iida asked, intending on nominating himself for the position.

“None of us wanna go out and face all three of those fuckers at once and risk death. Only a few of us have the speed to get in and out without them catching on. This idiot’s too fucking useful to risk and you can’t turn worth shit at speed; anyone else isn’t fast enough.”

“Katsuki…” Kirishima’s heart dropped.

“I know what I’m doing Eijiro,” Bakugo continued dismissing his boyfriend’s concerns before he could raise them. “I can do everything Deku can, besides that shitty whip stuff, but I can make a smokescreen to cover our exit at the same time. Maybe I’ll catch them off guard and blow them all up in the process.”

Annoyingly, it sounded like an ideal scenario if it worked. If the villains were caught off guard enough to take a blast from Bakugo head on, it could seriously better their chances of getting through this.

“Besides…” Bakugo’s voice lowered, “if I fuck up and he takes my quirk, this idiot knows it almost as well as I do, so you can plan around it.”

“That’s not going to happen,” Izuku shook his head, taking a moment to think it through. “You’re right, you probably are more suited for this.”

“‘Bout time you recognised my superiority!” Bakugo laughed proudly.

A couple of the others wore small smiles as the pair’s familiar dynamic briefly washed away the fear about the situation before they returned to the task.

Soon enough, the plan was in place and everyone set out to get some brief rest. After a short sleep, they’d all arise and rouse the civilians to get them all to the castle before sun up to hopefully stay ahead of the villains.

As they all began dispersing with some taking guard positions to watch for a sneak attack, Kirishima snagged Bakugo’s hand and pulled him aside. The two found a quiet hallway away from everyone else and the blond deliberately didn’t speak until they were alone.

“What’s up?” He asked.

“Bro, I… Katsuki… I know it’s not been all that long but-”

“But what?” Bakugo raised a brow. “Spit it out man, we got shit to do.”

“W-Why’d you volunteer for that rescue over Midoriya?” Kirishima found his voice, hoping to gather his courage for what he really wanted to say in a moment. “You know he could do it too so why-?”

“Quit your blabberin’ you idiot,” Bakugo scoffed, shaking his head. “There’s no way gutter trash like that is gonna take out the next number one so don’t worry about stupid shit like that.”

Kirishima bit his lip lightly, wanting to say so much more but didn’t know how to articulate his feelings. He was definitely more the straight shooter of the two and even he was lost on how to tell the boy he had fallen for just how much he didn’t want to lose him.

“I’ll come back,” Bakugo declared slowly. “But… if I don’t-”

Kirishima felt Bakugo’s hand wrap around the back of his head and pull him in quickly. The two bumped foreheads lightly as they looked down at each other’s chest, both watching the rising and the falling of them for a moment.

When Kirishima felt Bakugo’s head tilt, he followed the motion as he had many times before in the privacy of one of their rooms, twisting their heads at the same time just enough to lock lips and sink into a deeper kiss.

Bakugo was predictably the one to pull away and was breathing somewhat shakily.

“If I don’t… move on.”

“Bro…”

“There’ll be other assholes out there you can make better just by being you; even if none of them would ever match up to me.”

“Dude… that… that just sounded wrong,” Kirishima laughed with scared tears forming rapidly.

“Shut up, idiot.” Bakugo chuckled along with him.

The two remained like that until their merriment died down and the reality of the situation fell upon them once more.

“Now… let’s go out there and do our goddamn jobs,” Bakugo growled with determination.

“H-Hell yeah!” Kirishima gripped his fists together, quickly wiping away the tears in his eyes and trying to pump himself up.

Elsewhere, Izuku found himself quickly cornered by his girlfriends away from prying eyes.

“I’m so glad you’re okay, ribbit,” Tsuyu practically launched herself into her boyfriend, almost pinning him to a nearby wall as she squeezed him tightly.

“I’m fine Tsu just… a little sore,” Izuku pulled a face as his chest felt tender from all the recent healing.

“We were so scared for you!” Ochako wrapped them both in a hug as the other three stood nearby.

“It’s okay, I’m here now,” Izuku chuckled weakly, trying to return their affections as best he could.

“Dude, you were pretty out of it,” Kyoka’s lips thinned as she thought about how he looked when he was first brought in. “You sure you’re doing okay?”

“Thanks to Katsuma’s quirk, yeah,” Izuku tried to reassure them, “it’s not perfect, but I feel much better now.”

“Are you sure,” Kyoka tilted her head, “you just got taken out by that villain, we need you at your best if we’re gonna stand any chance of winning this.”

“Kyoka’s right,” Momo nodded, “with what’s coming, we don’t need you going overboard tonight now you’re back up.”

“I know,” Izuku understood, “it might be a side effect of the quirk but I swear I’m fine.”

“That’s good…” Mina smiled weakly at the boy.

Izuku looked over at the normally bright, energetic girl that looked like she had a dark cloud hanging over her head. It didn’t take a genius to figure out what was wrong considering their missing member.

“How’s Tooru?” Izuku asked, “I didn’t really get a chance to ask the doctors before I left.”

“She’s okay… we think,” Momo grimaced, trying to be wary of everyone’s feelings especially Mina’s. “She managed to take down the villain we’ve got locked in the basement but it… cost her. The doctors have stabilised her but she needed more help than they could give.”

“Katsuma’s quirk will hopefully work on her too,” Izuku theorized, hoping the boy still had the energy left to treat their girlfriend.

A small smile graced Mina’s lips for a moment but it quickly departed.

“She’s gonna be okay Mina, ribbit,” Tsuyu offered reassuringly.

“I… I hope so,” Mina felt a small amount of tears building up once more. “I-I don’t know what-”

Reaching out, Tsuyu and Ochako brought their girlfriend into the cuddle pile as Mina’s walls started to crumble again and Kyoka and Momo quickly joined behind her. While they all needed to focus on making it out of this situation, they all knew the importance of keeping their head clear and hoped this would ease their girlfriend’s burden a little.

“No matter what, we’ve still got each other,” Ochako tried to comfort.

“We’ll make it through this, I promise,” Izuku stated.

“We’re heroes, we make the impossible happen every day,” Momo joined in.

“Tooru’s done her part, now we need to do ours,” Tsuyu said with a hopeful tone.

Mina knew it was all lip service and none of them really knew what the next day would bring but it did ease the storm in her heart now that they were nearly all together again. She could only hope that while they worked to take down the villains, Tooru could work on getting better.

The group stood there for a few moments, not exchanging further words but just drawing as much strength from their connections as they could. Soon enough, they knew they needed to get moving.

“Come on idiots, we’ve got hero work to do,” Kyoka broke the hug and resumed walking down the hall, swiftly followed by her partners as the group set out to wrap up all the remaining tasks to do before getting some rest.


As the sun rose above the sea line on Sunday morning, the squeak of an old door broke the natural sounds of gulls and waves crashing into the shore.

Stepping out of the cramped building, Chimera breathed the fresh air deeply and, for a moment, was reminded of a simpler time. It brought a scowl to his lips as he hoped to avoid the scent of the ocean and fish as best he could when their plan reached fruition but they still had work to do until then. For now, it was tolerable, especially with their goal so close.

“H-Hey b-big boy,” a shaky voice called out.

For a moment, Chimera started, his eyes narrowing and looking around for the unfamiliar person who’d managed to find their base only to relax as he spied their hostage still tied to the tree where he left her.

“Huh, almost forgot about you,” Chimera smirked, “cold enough?”

“I-I could do with a warm b-bath and a snuggle under s-some sheets,” Midnight shot back as confidently as she could, though the shivers she was experiencing shattered her normally alluring image. “I-I’m just grateful this t-tree had cover.”

“Heh, I’ll bet,” Chimera shook his head. “You’re in luck, I’m just about to have breakfast, care to join me?”

“A warm, t-thick, j-juicy steak would be g-great about now.”

“Ha! Now that I could get on board with,” Chimera laughed loudly before proceeding over to another nearby tree, “Afraid we’ve only got canned crap, and it’s all called for.”

Midnight closed her eyes as Chimera slashed out with a claw and several branches quickly found themselves pruned from the tree in a pile at the beast man’s feet. She opened them after it sounded like he was done and she observed him carrying the wet wood over towards her and dumping it at her feet.

Once he was done with that, the man headed back over to the lighthouse and grabbed a stray crate that had been left against the wall and carried it almost effortlessly back over to drop down across from his captive.

“W-Where were you w-when I moved l-last?”

“Don’t push your luck,” Chimera grumbled before taking a seat.

The beast man scrunched up his snout for a moment, taking a deep breath. Midnight was a tad confused as to what he was doing until a small burst of flames erupted from between the man’s teeth, washing over the wood and almost licking at her feet. Despite the circumstances, the heat was a welcome relief from the cold and Midnight felt her muscles ache almost pleasantly for the small amount of time they enjoyed the flames.

When Chimera was done and his flames extinguished, there was a roaring fire covering the now dry branches and he pulled a tin of… something out from his pocket.

“A-Aren’t you just the complete package,” Midnight chuckled, her shivers abating.

“No shit,” Chimera shook his head as he simply held the can upside down over the fire, unconcerned by the heat that would easily burn a normal person.

There was a few moments of silence as neither spoke and all they could hear was the crackle of the flames and the sounds of the sea and birds.

“S-So, what’s your story?” Midnight asked bluntly.

“You think I’d tell you shit, hero?” He spat as though it was a dirty word.

“H-Humour me,” Midnight smiled her kindest smile. “At least t-tell me what that ‘first’ was, I survived your little challenge.”

“Heh, you’re a fighter, I’ll give you that,” Chimera smirked. “Isn’t gonna help you any though.”

“D-Does it look like I’m g-going anywhere?” Midnight flexed her hands, having been unable to free them in the night. “When you tie a girl down y-you know how to do it.”

“Easier to tie ships down, don’t have to worry about crushing them,” Chimera commented.

“Oh? Am I talking t-to a captain?” Midnight asked curiously.

“I know what you’re doing,” Chimera growled. “Don’t pretend you care else I’ll save us both the trouble and rip out your tongue now.”

“I can’t help it,” Midnight chuckled weakly, “I’m a hero, it’s in my nature to care.”

The can in Chimera’s hand was crushed in an instant as the man snarled fiercely at the woman.

“Are you asking to fucking die?!”

“I-I see I’ve touched a nerve,” Midnight flinched only a little, her shivering covering her somewhat.

Chimera realised how his anger had flared suddenly and held himself back, he wouldn’t give this hero the satisfaction of getting under his skin.

“Memories,” the man grunted, dropping the crushed and useless can in the fire before pulling another from his coat pocket and starting again. “You heroes are all the same, only out for yourself. I bet the only reason you’re fishing for information is to try and weasel your way out of this situation, isn’t it?”

“The thought had crossed my mind,” Midnight decided not to lie, “but can you blame me for trying to fight for my life against people that want me dead?”

“Preaching to the choir there, bitch,” Chimera huffed.

“S-So let’s establish a dialogue s-so no one has to die,” Midnight reasoned.

Chimera looked at the woman for a moment, judging her again. Despite the dried blood on her face, the minor shaking she was still experiencing from the cold of the night, and being dressed in only her bikini before a vicious predator such as him, she was still trying to reach out a hand. The only question left was whether or not it was all a greater ploy.

“You were just in the way,” Chimera grunted. “Call it fate or bad luck you were here now.”

“So you don’t hate heroes?” Midnight quirked a brow.

“Oh I hate you all,” Chimera narrowed his eyes, “nothing but glory hounds chasing the loudest positive public opinion. You’re worse than villains, at least we’re honest with what we want.”

“And what is it you want?” Midnight asked. “Why come to this island and terrify all these people that are just trying to live their lives.”

Chimera eyed her again before uttering one word.

“Freedom.”

“What?” Midnight frowned in confusion.

“Heh, of course you don’t get it,” Chimera shook his head, “you’d never understand.”

“Then help me learn,” Midnight offered. “If I can help then it’s my duty to do my best to do so.”

Chimera scoffed and shook his head again.

“You think you can change the world’s attitude towards people like me?”

Midnight quirked a brow.

“Strong, grizzled, good with his hands? I’m surprised you’re not fighting suiters off tooth and talon.”

“Funny,” Chimera rolled his eyes.

“But I do know what you mean,” Midnight nodded sadly. “I’m sorry for whatever difficulties you’ve had to go through.”

“If you were truly sorry you wouldn’t be a hero,” Chimera said.

“I’m guessing heroes played a part in… this?” Midnight asked.

“Just gonna keep needling me, aren’t you?” Chimera growled at her.

“I’d offer to poke you with something bigger but I left all my toys back home,” Midnight chuckled.

“Wonder how quickly your tongue would cook over this,” Chimera mused, gesturing to the flames.

“You’re free to go whenever, I’m the one stuck here,” Midnight gestured again to her bonds.

Chimera heaved a sigh, his breath emitting a few flames from his throat as he hung his head.

“I’m guessing those other mutant brats I fought are in your class?” Chimera posed first.

“Them and more,” Midnight confirmed cautiously. “Despite the outcome, I’m proud of them for holding you off as long as they did.”

“Tsh, I was toying with them at best. You couldn’t tell it was a distraction?”

“I’ve worked out as much now,” Midnight admitted.

“Either way, they’re traitors to their kind. When Nine gets what he needs, I don’t think the others will look too kindly on their oppressors in the new world; even those in training.”

“Is this that ‘freedom’ you spoke of?”

“The freedom to be all that you are, unshackled from this rotten civilization where we can return to our natural state of order.”

“And what would that be?”

“The strong rule the weak,” Chimera grinned. “That’s the only law that should be in a world such as ours.”

Midnight shook her head.

“You’re talking about anarchy.”

“That anarchy already exists in this society,” Chimera spat, “Heroes like All Might and Endeavour stand at the top because of their power while those of us that look like this have to fight ‘tooth and talon’ as you put it for every scrap we have; we get nothing just because we look different with our power. Do you know what it’s like to go hungry because nowhere will hire you despite not causing a damn problem your entire life? I’ll bet some of your brats might know. Least this way those of us that look like this will have a fighting chance.”

Midnight’s mind instantly flashed to Shoji and what she’d read in his file all the way back before she’d met the boy in her class.

“You emitter fucks have it easy compared to us,” Chimera stated. “All I want is a level playing field.”

“You’re right,” Midnight admitted. “I’m afraid I’ll never understand and I’m sorry, but not everyone has it as easy as you think.”

“Hmmm?” Chimera quirked a brow. “What, like this buxom beauty had problems that could ever compare.”

“They don’t,” Midnight said simply. “Our problems are very different, but others didn’t always have such high opinions of me.”

“So you got hit on more often than not, big fuckin’ whoop,” Chimera scoffed.

“And accused of rape more times than I can count.”

That made the beast man pause.

“You know what my quirk is?” Midnight asked.

“Knock-out gas?” Chimera guessed, not being overly familiar with Midnight but had heard of her before.

“I may not know what it’s like going through education with a quirk like yours or some of my students, but when I was young, I didn’t have the control I do now,” Midnight explained. “From daydreaming in class and accidently releasing my quirk to getting embarrassed on my first date and knocking him out, I always had to work to keep control of my quirk.”

“School yard problems,” Chimera disregarded.

“Not when your control was as bad as mine,” Midnight admitted. “Heroes had to eventually walk me to and from school; whether for my protection or everyone else’s I don’t know, but I know some of them thought the worst of me. I was unable to interact with my peers without at least two adults present at all times, there was immediate discipline for any slip of control over a quirk I was still developing and then I was isolated from everyone and taught via stream, and more. There were nights I would cry myself to sleep where even my own parents were afraid to comfort me or support me with so many accusations being tossed my way. I may not ever comprehend how things are for you and others like you, but not every emitter has it as cushy as you seem to believe.”

By the end of her speech, Midnight was surprised to find a pair of tears slide down her cheek. She hadn’t meant to get so emotional, only share her own perspective, but it had opened a wound she thought she had closed a long time ago.

“At least you’re honest about that shit,” Chimera gave her that much. “So why join up with the heroes then?”

“Because I believed in what they stand for,” Midnight stated proudly, earning a growl from her captor. “Should stand for I mean. Become a protector for those that can’t fight for themselves and help anyone who needs it, offer guidance where I can and make the world a better place where people can be free to live their lives in peace and safety.”

“Well congrats, you failed spectacularly,” Chimera scoffed, using his claw to open the now cooked can of food and tossed the lid at Midnight’s feet. “Here’s your medal.”

“I never said I succeeded, nor that it was easy to even get here,” Midnight shook her head. “At one point, after everything I’d been through, I wondered if just giving up was the best option,” she grew silent for a moment, reliving those dark days in her mind as another tear slipped out. “Eventually, I decided to embrace my emotions. I’d had enough and decided to take control of my quirk and my life; stand tall and proud of what I can do even if people make their horrid accusations. I wanted to be a hero and work for good and I like to think I did; then I became a teacher so no one would have to go through what I went through and I could help those that needed it before they found their resolve like me.”

“Hmph,” Chimera scrutinized the woman, looking for any sign of deception. His enhanced senses couldn’t pick up any tells but heroes were never to be trusted. “Sounds like you actually care compared to most of those fake heroes out there.”

“Empathy is a strong trait I try to encourage in all my students,” Midnight admitted. “Not everyone commits a crime because they’re bad or evil.”

“Guess we proved you wrong,” Chimera chuckled weakly, pulling a fork from his pocket and digging into the can of meat.

“You’re not evil,” Midnight shook her head, “not really. You sound like you just want equality and have gotten tired of waiting for it.”

“You don’t know shit,” Chimera grumbled.

“I can tell you’re bitter about some things that happened to you in the past,” Midnight started. “How unfair the world is, that it chooses some days to pile it on no matter what. You’ve had a horrible experience with heroes, probably bad ones, people that treated you unfairly through no fault of your own. What you want isn’t evil or wrong, but how you’re going about it definitely is.”

Once more Chimera was taken aback by the hero’s admission. In another life, perhaps she could’ve stood with them as they ushered in the new era; she’d make a damn better comrade than Slice at this point.

“Heh, you don’t know a thing about me hero,” Chimera commented. “If you knew what I went through, then maybe you’d understand why this world needs to be reborn.”

“Then please, talk to me,” Midnight offered once again. “Let me help.”

Help. That was still a funny word to Chimera. Not ‘ha-ha’ funny but the fact that a hero was trying to reach out to him now despite everything that’d happened to him and that he’d done since.

“You wanna know my sob story? It’s the same as most other mutant fuckers out there; discrimination, rejection, and abuse by the whole fucking world.” Chimera started. “I worked on the dock. They didn’t give a shit what I looked like, that I smoked, or would sooner eat pig shit than get chummy with them; so long as I got the work done, I got paid,” Chimera explained. “Then… that day happened…”


With one last heave, the last crate was loaded on the truck and slotted perfectly into place to maximise space efficiently.

“Alright, that’s it!” The beast man called out, banging the side of the truck lightly after he shut the sliding door and locked it tight.

“Thanks Kon.” A thumbs up was gestured to him out of the driver’s side window before the engine of the truck started up and the last shipment headed out for the day. Chojuro Kon sighed in satisfaction at another job well done… alone.

Turning back, he returned to the warehouse hounded by the gulls of the harbour hunting for careless fisherman.

“Hey, mutt,” a grating voice called out in that aggravating drawl.

Rather than responding, Chojuro just turned his head towards his frequent tormenter who was surrounded by his other work ‘friends’.

“Boss is handing out paychecks,” the self-entitled shit yelled, waving around his payslip. “He made sure to add a little extra for all our hard work recently. Better go grab yours before he thinks twice about being so generous.”

Chojuro wanted to snarl. Actually, that wasn’t quite true, he wanted to slice this prick’s throat from ear to ear since he’d first hurled racist language his way. That would be giving in though, and Chojuro Kon had weathered every storm that had come his way so far, and today would be no different.

With only a nod of his head as acknowledgement, Chojuro headed towards the stairs that lead to the foreman’s office.

“Fucker’s lucky the old dude pays him anything,” another one of his nemesis’ posse muttered, “don’t know why we have to put up with that ugly mutie taking jobs from hard working folks like us.”

“Don’t worry about him,” the self-entitled one smirked. “He’ll get what’s coming to him one day.”

Chojuro could hear every word they said as he ascended to the office level and he was almost sure the others knew he did but still he didn’t let it show that it bothered him. At least it was the end of the day and he was getting paid; soon he could go drown his misery at the bottom of a bottle, maybe buy some half decent cigars for a change with that bonus.

“Ah Kon, sent off that last delivery?” The fat foreman greeted excitedly, turning away from his computer as the beast man entered the room.

“Yes sir,” Chojuro nodded politely, making sure to keep his head down and appear as normal as everyone else acted while taking a seat before his boss.

“Excellent, another job well done,” the foreman smiled, tapping away at a few keys on his keyboard. “Here for your pay?”

“Yes sir,” Chojuro replied politely again, hating all this small talk as his boss reached into a drawer at his desk and pulled out a stack of payslips. Flicking through them, the man found Chojuro’s and plucked it from the bunch before sliding it across the desk.

Before he even reached for it Chojuro could see something was wrong.

“Where’s the rest?” He asked with his eyes narrowing.

“Sorry buddy, that’s all you’re gettin’,” the foreman stated simply, putting the other slips away and returning to his computer.

“What are you talking about?” Chojuro held back his growl. “The same shifts last week paid ten thousand more than this.”

“Yeah, well,” the foreman shrugged without care, “that was those shifts and this is these shifts. Company cut backs, y’know?”

“Bullshit!” Chojuro had had enough, standing from his seat. “You think I don’t hear the other fucks out there bragging about their ‘bonuses’? I work harder than every other asshole in this place, where’s the rest of what I’ve earned.”

“What you’ve earned is what I’ve given you,” the foreman’s eyes narrowed now. “You should know how things are by now.”

“I’ve forgotten,” Chojuro scowled, “why don’t you remind me.”

The foreman’s lip curled distastefully.

“Despite all the good work you do here, people are paying less for things nowadays. Cost of living’s going up and everyone’s just trying to make ends meet. Just be glad for what you’re getting,” the foreman grinned, making his official excuses that he knew he could get away with, “not like any other place will hire you around here; especially if I put the word out about your attitude.”

Chojuro wanted to tear his boss’s throat out but exercised all his strength and restraint to settle his growl.

“Maybe if you pick up a few more shifts I could find the money in the budget,” the foreman smirked, content that Chojuro knew his place once more. “Should I put you down for a few?”

Chojuro scoffed, snatching his pitiful paycheck off the desk and heading for the door.

“Talk to me in the morning,” he scowled, not wanting to deal with the man any longer today.

The foreman let him go for now, knowing his best worker would be more compliant once he’d burned through his pay yet again and needed more.

Heading down to the locker rooms, Chojuro shrugged off his work clothes and redressed in his respectable shirt, jeans and shoes before throwing his favourite tan jacket over his shoulders and clocking out for the day, his tail swinging lazily behind him.

Once he was off the property, he growled to himself as he clutched his meagre paycheck in his pocket as he walked towards the market. There was barely enough here to get him through the week let alone splurge on some decent booze or smokes. Chojuro tilted his head to the side and rolled his shoulders. Looks like he was hitting up the fight club again, not that he was complaining; he needed to burn off some aggression.

Chojuro wished he’d lived closer to Osaka when the underground masquerade fights were going on; he could’ve made so much goddamn cash as well as rip and tear all he liked; now that sounded like heaven. The local illegal fights were trash in comparison with only a few hundred fucks bothering to turn up and most of those were slack-jawed gawkers looking for entertainment. Those that did fight were like meek rabbits compared to him. Chojuro had to limit the amount of times he showed up too as people tended to avoid going when he did and the winning pot went down which wasn’t good for stress relief or his wallet.

Too bad that bunny bitch never showed up now she was pro hero trash. How he’d love to sink his teeth into her-

Chojuro’s ears twitched and his instincts told him to duck.

Not a second later and a blade of air sailed through the spot where his neck was just moments ago. Instantly he bared his fangs and talons, standing wide to challenge whoever dared threaten him.

Three figures stood at the end of the side road, stepping towards him with dark smirks on their faces.

“Look boys, the beast is right where we expected,” the leader of the group called out.

“What’re you doing out in daylight dog?” The one on his right spat, his eyebrow raised derisively.

“Did you lose your leash or are you a wild beast?” The man on the leader’s right asked as his hand and arm transformed into a heavy looking ball and chain that thudded on the floor with a metallic clank.

Chojuro narrowed his eyes, clearly these fucks were at least troublemakers and more than happy to use their quirks.

“The fuck do you want?” He spat.

“We’ve been lookin’ for you,” the leader smirked, a small amount of air whipping around his arm as he pointed at Chojuro.

“Well you found me,” Chojuro growled. “Now I suggest you fuck off and lose me.”

“Now why would we do that?” The leader smirked. “When you discover a wild animal, you put it down before it can do any harm.” Rolling up his sleeve, Chojuro’s eyes grew wide as he spotted the letters ‘CRC’ tattooed clearly on the man’s bicep.

No more words needed to be said for everyone to understand what was happening here.

Chojuro knew he should run, to try and find a police officer or… hero and act meek while pointing them in the direction of these thugs just like his mother taught him when he was little, but none of them ever patrolled this section of the city without reason, all too caught up in finding fame and fortune downtown where folks did nothing but lick their boots for using their powers. That was the smart play, but Chojuro knew the smart play wouldn’t cut it against killers like this and, to be honest, he didn’t mind it.

No, today he’d have to take things into his own hands and he’d make these fuckers regret ever trying to come for his head.

The villains made their move as the leader shot a blade of air straight at Chojuro which he easily dodged, surging forward to strike at the man. It seemed the leader was light on his feet as he jumped back out of striking range.

The villain with the ball and chain lashed out, his weapon aiming to strike Chojuro in the head. The beast man was quicker though and raised his arm to block the ball but it changed its trajectory and wrapped itself around his arm.

“I’ve got him!” The man called out.

“Do you?” Chojuro smirked before yanking backwards. His strength was well above the villain’s and the man felt his feet leave the ground as he hurtled towards Chojuro. With a mighty head-butt at the incoming villain, Chojuro sent the man sprawling.

The last to attack had been biding his time, breathing deeply before letting out an ear-piercing shriek. The sound waves he emitted were incredibly painful to Chojuro and the man was forced to cover his ears just to try and dull the sound. It was so intense that his vision began blurring as his eyes shook from the vibrations.

With one of his arms still wrapped up by the villain with the ball and chain, Chojuro thought quickly and swung his arm wide as though wielding a whip. The man struggling to get to his feet was jerked off them once again and flew through the air to crash into his friend, thankfully ending the unpleasant sound.

Chojuro had had enough of the weapon around his arm and, with his free hand, he started yanking the chain intending on snapping it. The one to whom it belonged began shrieking and writhing as he struggled to try and untangle himself from the beast man. He was far too slow however, and the chain sheered in two from the force with Chojuro shaking off the part still attached to him.

As he watched the man writhing around with some satisfaction, he realised that after snapping the links, there was blood leaking from both ends.

“My arm!” The villain cried out as he flailed around.

Chojuro was about to laugh and say he deserved it only to realise it was suddenly quite hard to breathe. Looking around, he noticed the leader standing at a distance while he clutched his hands in a ball shape in the air.

The beast man swatted at the air in front of his face, trying to dispel whatever technique this was but it didn’t seem to work as the leader grinned maliciously.

“No creature on earth can survive without breathing,” he laughed. “It doesn’t matter how strong you are, you still need air!”

Chojuro knew he’d be in trouble if he didn’t stop that technique and was about to charge again only for the ear splitting shriek to resume and engulf him in the brutal sound waves.

Things were getting desperate now, these guys had been prepared and he’d gone in bull-headedly. Still, they likely didn’t know all his tricks and he hoped his last ace up his sleeve could grant him the few seconds he needed to catch his breath and retake the advantage.

Using up the last of the oxygen in his lungs, Chojuro spewed a stream of fire from his maw, flailing from side to side to catch the whole street in the attack. He knew it had worked when both techniques faded and he could once again make sense of the world, watching the leader hastily putting out the fire on his jacket as the sound quirked one had chosen to dodge and run instead of getting hit.

Chojuro stepped forward once more, intending to end this scrap only for his body to seize up as a powerful electric current ran through him from behind, forcing him to drop to his hands and knees.

“Useless,” Chojuro recognised that single word through the ringing in his ear as his body spasmed against his will. “How are you having so much trouble with one mangy beast? I paid for professionals and I’m doing all the work!”

Stepping into view, Chojuro’s workplace nemesis appeared, his hand resting on Chojuro’s back as it sent further electric currents running through him.

“I told you you’d get yours one day,” his nemesis smiled cruelly down at him, “I guess I should be thankful I get to watch you suffer before we put you down.”

“We had everything under control,” the leader of the villain group scoffed, drawing closer as the sound wave villain tried to examine his downed friend’s injuries, the remaining chain part of his arm now having transformed back into flesh and blood, only a bloody stump remaining.

“Clearly,” Chojuro’s nemesis snorted, “now, finish him off.”

Chojuro felt another electric jolt run through his system, likely to keep him down as the villains prepared to resume their attacks that had nearly ended him the first time. This was his last chance to get out of this with his life, crappy as it was, and Chojuro would be damned if he died and gave his nemesis the satisfaction he was after.

Forcing his body to obey him, Chojuro hurled kicked himself off with all his strength, reaching out for the leader of the pack’s face. He managed to make out one horrified look before he slammed his head back onto the tarmac.

The beast man let out a triumphant roar before turning his gaze on the remaining pair. His nemesis was quickly turning tail to run but the sound wave villain sent another ear splitting attack at the man.

After so many blasts so quickly, Chojuro felt a little more able to deal with the pain and focused as hard as he could to spy his opponent through the haze. All it would take it one more leap or one solid blast from his fire to end this and escape with his life.

As Chojuro thought about which move to make, he was sent flying backwards with a powerful kick to his snout and crashing to the road.

“You’re under arrest, stay down and don’t move!” A voice instructed from above him with a foot pressing down on his chest as a pair of swords levelled themselves in a scissor formation on either side of Chojuro’s head.

With his vision clearing from the last attack being disrupted, Chojuro spotted a ninja-like hero standing above him, his eyes boring into him with a fierce glare as dark clouds gathered above them in the sky.

Behind him, two of the hero’s sidekicks arrived with one pinning the sound wave villain against a wall while the other checked on the fallen leader.

“Y-You got it all wrong!” Chojuro cried out. “They attacked me, I was defending myself!”

“He’s lying!” The villain with the sound quirk explained despite his face being pressed into the brickwork. “He was out for blood, he’s a monster!”

“Sir!” Another hero checked on the unmoving man where a pool of blood was now gathering at the back of his skull. “I think this one’s dead.”

Chojuro grimaced. While he was fighting for his life, he wasn’t deliberately trying to kill these guys. There was no way he was getting out of this scot free anymore and he could feel the noose figuratively tightening around his neck.

“M-My arm!” The villain with the ball and chain quirk screamed, “that m-monster tore off my arm!”

“I saw it all!” Chojuro’s nemesis called out, reappearing and acting every bit the scared bystander he could. “They’re telling the truth, that mad villain has been threatening to eat people for months!”

The ninja hero’s glare intensified as he looked down at Chojuro, his swords glinting ominously in the dying sunlight.

“No! They’re CRC, they were out to kill me! Check their arms!” Chojuro pleaded, hoping the hero bought the scared look in his eyes. It wasn’t out of fear of him, but the fear of dying now, to give that prick the victory he’d so clearly longed for.

In the distance Chojuro could make out sirens as the police drew ever closer, surely there was no way a hero would murder even someone like him in cold blood with them around.

“Sir, orders?” The sidekick called out as he checked on the villain that had lost an arm. The wind had picked up and was whipping fiercely now as the whole scene felt electric.

“He’s too dangerous to be left alive!” Chojuro’s nemesis called out. “Don’t give him an inch or he’ll kill you too!”

The ninja tensed above Chojuro, what little of his face the beast man could see was filling him with dread.

“Do it!” Chojuro’s nemesis cried, his smirk clear from this position with uncontrolled glee in his eyes.

Chojuro’s eyes widened as the hero made his decision and the swords started closing in around his neck.

In a way, this was somewhat of a relief, in death, at least he could find his shitty mother and possibly father and try to tear their shitty souls to pieces for the shitty life they’d bestowed upon him.

Before the Hero could finish his death blow and end Chojuro’s life, a mighty crack split the sky as a bolt of lightning shot down from the heavens and engulfed the entire area. It was all Chojuro could do to endure everything, closing his eyes and bearing the pain from the immense ripple of thunder that followed as everything turned white.

When the bright light faded, and Chojuro could tell he was still breathing and he cautiously opened his eyes, witnessing an unbelievable amount of devastation surrounding him. Warehouses and buildings were on fire and collapsing, the street was torn up and he could see the smoking body of the hero, his sidekicks and villains alike unmoving on the floor around him as the police cars in the distance appeared overturned with one exploding in the aftermath.

Warily pushing himself to his feet and marvelling at the destruction, Chojuro couldn’t help but wonder what the hell had just happened to save him from his terrible fate.

The sound of ruffling fabric was picked up by his recovering ears as he looked up to the top of a collapsed building. Without the figure even speaking a word, Chojuro knew all of this was their doing.

“You!” He called out at the mysterious cloaked figure standing atop a collapsed building. “Why did you save me?!”

The wind whipped and blew off the cloaked figure’s hood revealing an unusually stoic face adorned by long, white hair.

“I want you to join my cause,” the figure called out as residual lighting continued to strike in the distance. “Together, we’ll destroy this unbalanced society that labelled you a monster and a villain.”

Chojuro’s eyes widened. Was this guy serious?

“We will create a world ruled by the truly powerful, where your strength is revered.”

It was like he’d read his deepest, darkest desire and was now offering it up to him.

Chojuro barely had to think about it. All his life he’d played by the rules, did as he was told, and tried to do what others wanted so they wouldn’t feel threatened or insecure around him and look what had happened. Now, it would be his turn to make the rules, the only rules that should matter; the strong survive and the weak die.

“What do you say?” The figure called down for an answer.

There was some groaning nearby and Chojuro recognised the timbre of that particular voice.

“Give me a minute,” Chojuro snarled, turning his attention from his saviour back to the wreckage around him.

Partially obscured by a pile of rubble covering everything below is waist lay Chojuro’s smug, racist co-worker.

“S-Someone, h-help!” he called out.

The beast man couldn’t help his fur bristling in excitement as each step he took towards the man seemed to elicit a greater and greater fear in his enemy’s expression.

“N-No! Stop! G-Get away you monster!”

“You got that right,” Chojuro smirked, his teeth glinting in the light of a lightning strike behind him and his eyes practically dancing with joy. “I’m a monster, and now, I’m gonna do what I should’ve done a long time ago!”

Chojuro reach down and grabbed the man’s head firmly in one hand and yanked hard. His victim cried out in agony as he was forcefully ripped from the rubble, aggravating his broken leg and ribs. The beast man held his captive up high as he gripped his head with his other hand now, talons leaving deep scratches where they raked over his skin to get a grip.

“You always thought yourself so high and mighty just because your quirk don’t make you look like a freak,” Chojuro snarled. “Well now you can watch from there while this freak makes your outsides match your insides!”

With that, Chojuro began squeezing, slowly applying more and more pressure as his nemesis’ face began twisting in unimaginable pain. Desperately, he reached out and grabbed Chojuro’s arms, sending as much electricity racing through the beast as he could, hoping to cook him alive and save himself.

The shocks only seemed to excite Chojuro more at this point as his menacing grin deepened with each centimetre closer his hands pressed.

Eventually, it was all too much for bone and muscle to take and as the man cried out his last breath, his skull gaving way with Chojuro’s hands clapping together with force and smushing bone and brain matter together.

“Disgusting creature,” Chojuro smirked, flicking his hands to try and rid himself of the blood and gore despite the immense satisfaction such an act had brought him.

From behind, the cloaked figure approached.

“Is that all you needed before you gave your answer?” he asked.

“Not quite, but it’ll do for now,” Chojuro grunted before reaching into his inner coat pocket and pulling out a fresh cigar, lighting it with a scoff of flame. “You wanna rebuild the world the way you say? Count me in.”

“Good,” the figure smiled, “I’d hoped to recruit someone as reliable and hard working as you.”

“Hmph, at least you know your shit,” Chojuro nodded.

“We should get going,” the figure stated, “more police and heroes will arrive soon enough.”

“Sure, but I got one last thing I need to take care of,” the beast man smirked.

By the time back-up police and further heroes arrived on the scene, the pair were gone, leaving only destruction behind.

No one thought it unusual that a nearby warehouse caught fire in the wake of the storm given the widespread damage it had caused. There were bodies found in the wreckage once control over the catastrophe had been established but upon exhumation of them, it looked like many of the victims had been torn to pieces before their flesh burned up.


“Since then,” Chimera continued, “I’ve gladly done everything Nine’s asked of me in service of our goal. He may stand at the top, but I’ll finally be able to live the life I want after all I’ve had to suffer through.”

Midnight couldn’t hide the horrified look she had on her face after a story like that. The callousness, cruelty, and maliciousness from every party was something out of her worst hero cases. There was no doubt this man had spoken the truth about his own actions from the sadistic glee that graced his muzzle as he recounted his revenge and descent into villainy but none of that mattered right now.

“I… t-that whole story was… h-horrific,” Midnight admitted, shaking her head to try and clear her mind of the graphic images he’d painted.

“Ha! I knew it,” Chimera’s mouth twisted into a triumphant scowl. “You’re just like all the rest.”

“No,” Midnight disagreed, “that’s… everything was terrible. You did a terrible thing… something you should never have done… but the position you were put in, if everything you told me was true… I can’t condemn you for it.”

Chimera quirked his brow, a growl on his lips.

“Hollow shit,” he scoffed. “Don’t think you’ll be getting any sympathy points from me.”

Midnight sighed, feeling her ribs ache painfully.

“I’m not trying to, I’m just being honest,” she replied. “It’s certainly not heroic, but I’m sure there are plenty of people out there that the world would be better off without. I deeply wished I could get revenge on my own tormentors growing up, but I never did.”

“Shame,” Chimera chuckled.

“You may not be wrong,” Midnight joined him. “For all the good I’ve done, those people are still out there living their lives probably. Maybe they grew up and changed or maybe they’re the same callous, spiteful people they were when we were young and are now making someone else’s life a living hell.”

“Sounds like you regret not doing anything about them,” Chimera stated.

“In a way… I think I do,” Midnight agreed. “I can’t deny that what you did was wrong, but at the same time, those people that tormented you and probably killed others are now dead and can’t hurt anyone else.”

“And good riddance,” Chimera laughed, his teeth glinting in the light of the rising sun.

“But… you could say the same about anyone you disagree with,” Midnight countered. “They thought the world would be better off without you in it. After what you’ve told me, can you really say they were all that wrong? You became the monster they made you out to be, they made their choice and now you’ve made yours.”

“You think you have any right to judge me?!” Chimera snarled. Why did he let down his guard and for some reason expect better from this hero?

“Not me,” Midnight shook her head, “those who come from a similar background and didn’t give in to the darkness you did… they would, and I’m certain they’d condemn your actions too.”

“You sound like you’re talking about someone you know,” Chimera smirked, “who’s the lucky prick you think could go through all that shit and not come out a monster?”

“His name is Tentacole,” Midnight glared back defiantly, “and he and the others will do everything they can to show people like you there’s a better path before it’s too late.”

Chimera threw his head back in a mighty laugh, his voice carrying on the winds and scaring some nearby gulls.

“Tentacole, ey?” An evil glint sparkled in his eye. “I’ll remember that.”

A mote of fear gripped Midnight’s heart as she realised she may have just painted a target on her student’s back.

“He’s still just a student, forget him and just leave.”

“No way we’re leaving without what we came for,” Chimera stated. “Get us what we want and maybe we’ll leave your precious brats alone.”

Midnight chuckled ruefully, relaxing back into her bonds.

“Whatever it is I can’t make that promise,” she rejected. “It goes against everything I believe as a hero. Even if I was so desperate as to bargain for whatever it is you villains want, there’s no way my students will let you get it without a fight.”

“You willing to die for that pride?” Chimera challenged with a raised brow.

“From the moment I first put on my hero costume!” Midnight retorted with a smirk.

“Heh,” Chimera actually grinned. “You’ve got spunk bitch, I’ll give you that much. What about your students, though?”

Midnight hesitated. Every one of those students had the heart of a hero but this shouldn’t have to be their battle, they were still learning, still growing, and she desperately didn’t want any of their lives to be brutally cut short by this villain or any of the others.

“They’re too young, they should never have been put in this position.”

“They’re old enough to fight, they’re old enough to die,” Chimera shrugged.

Midnight chuckled bitterly and shook her head.

“The Hero association is inclined to agree with you. Fuckers wanted boots on the ground and now my students are in danger, again.”

“You sound pretty pissy at them for a hero,” Chimera chuckled once.

“This is exactly the thing we were trying to avoid,” Midnight explained. “Our students are our priority and raising the next generation right is our duty.”

“So they can hunt down and persecute more ugly fucks like me?” Chimera growled.

Midnight chuckled weakly and shook her head.

“Whatever answer I give won’t be good enough for you. You have your problems with hero society, maybe even justifiably so, but my students are different.”

“You think I care?” Chimera growled with a smirk playing on his lips as he was about to shatter this pathetic hero’s attempt at psychology. “I’ve killed and murdered to get where I am now and that’s not gonna stop when we win. When Nine gets what he needs, only the strong will make the rules, and I can’t wait to rips the throats out of every fucker that thinks they can take me down!” Chimera’s voice was rising and his tone made Midnight shrink in what little way she could. “I will bathe in their blood with a goddamn smile on my face as I watch their families beg for mercy and crush their skulls beneath my feet. I will gut every wannabe hero I can to take back every pound of flesh they took from my kind. Those kids you think are fighting for people like me are traitors to our kind and I will see their heads on pikes to show them all how wrong they were to idolize your filthy, corrupt, racist profession!”

Midnight felt the chill that surged through her shoot down to her core. In all the darkness she had seen in the world, this man before her was too far gone down his path and she believed every word he declared. Images flashed in her mind of her students at the mercy of this monster and she felt herself tearing up again.

“Please,” she begged, “please leave this island and my students alone! They don’t deserve any of this!”

“Hmph,” Chimera scoffed, annoyed he didn’t feel more satisfaction at seeing the hero’s façade break before him. “They should’da thought of that before they became heroes.”

Their conversation was finally interrupted by the opening of a door as the pair turned to face the new arrival. Slice stood in the door frame looking greatly relieved now her leader was back on his feet. Looking over at the pair, she smirked as she saw the tracks of tears lining Midnight’s face.

“Finally broke her did you?”

“She understands what we’re about,” Chimera stated. “‘Bout time too.”

“Good,” Slice smirked, “then maybe I can have a turn to break her before we leave.”

Midnight recoiled as she saw raw malice dance in Slice’s eyes; the villain wanted nothing more than to act on her words with a similar maliciousness Chimera had displayed.

“Slice, you have your orders,” Nine’s muffled voice called from behind the woman as he stepped out into the light.

“Right,” she nodded with a touch of disappointment before using her quick to thrust herself up and away to search for any sign of the heroes and the civilians they were protecting.

Nine looked over at Midnight and in his eyes, all she saw was a cold emptiness that she could feel in her bones.

“A hostage?” Nine directed at Chimera.

“A hero,” Chimera explained.

“Bring her, she may prove useful,” Nine stated as he walked away down the beach.

Moving from his spot, Chimera advanced on Midnight, the woman flinching in fear as he drew close and freed her from the tree only to bind her hands.

“Guess it’s time to see how much your students measure up,” Chimera mocked as Midnight felt fear grip her heart. She prayed all her preparations weren’t for naught and that an opening would present itself for her to escape. No matter what she knew these villains couldn’t be allowed to win.


Before the sun had risen, class 1-A had mobilized as expected. Civilians were groggily roused from their sleep and gathered outside as the plan was explained to them in full.

While sour from his dressing down yesterday, the mayor did nothing to hinder their efforts and soon, everyone had gathered up everything they could to transport over to the castle ruins. The students did their best to help them all, carrying as much as they could or supporting the injured and sick.

Despite Katsuma’s efforts before he ran out of energy for the night, the former invisible girl hadn’t woken but the doctor’s seemed much more hopeful about her health. Sato transported her on a wagon along with a number of supplies as, while the boy had had his hand looked over, it was still very tender and sore. He, along with Koda, who knew he wouldn’t be of much use in the coming battle, opted to become the civilians last line of defence if all else should fail and remained at the mouth of the cave to guard them.

As the sun started rising higher into the sky, the rest of the students of 1-A looked out over their potential battlefield with nervous anticipation. Any minute now the villains were sure to make themselves known and advance.

Sure enough, from the top of the castle where he, Kyoka, Ojiro, Izuku, Mahoro and Katsuma were stationed, Kirishima detected their approach though a spyglass crafted by Momo.

“There they are, there’s three of them,” he informed the others. “They’re walking the route we predicted and they’ve got Miss Midnight with them.”

“How does she look?” Kyoka asked with a worried look.

“Bad,” Kirishima replied after a moment. “Her hands are tied and she’s gonna need a doctor for sure.”

“We won’t be able to count on her for help but we expected that,” Izuku disregarded, holding the walkie-talkie tightly in his hand.

Down at the beach, as the villains approached the rocks that made up the shore of the much smaller island, they found a single crate sitting on their path.

“A trap?” Slice asked curiously.

“A lifeline,” Nine noted, reaching for the walkie-talkie that rested on top of the crate after scanning it and the box with one of his quirks to ensure they were safe to handle.

“Seems your kids are smarter than they look,” Chimera chuckled down at Midnight. The hero pursed her lips, recognising the communications device as the same one from their training sessions. It had to be a message to her and she knew that when the signal was given, she needed to use all her strength to move as fast as she could no matter how much pain she was in.

With the press of a button, the walkie-talkie chirped to life as Nine brought it up to his mask.

“I presume I’m speaking to the leader of the heroes,” he started. “I’m sure by now you’ve figured out what we’re after so I’ll make things simple for you. Give us the boy and everyone will be able to leave here alive and unharmed.”

Chimera glanced over at Nine, a tad confused as to why he didn’t bother asking about Mummy but didn’t let it rattle him.

“You’ve hurt so many by coming here,” Izuku’s voice replied over the walkie-talkie, “why should we believe anything you say after you’ve caused so much destruction.”

“I believe we have something of yours, a certain teacher if I’m not mistaken,” Nine glanced back at Midnight who sent him a glare, still gripped in Chimera’s talons but looking like she could barely stand on her own. “You can see she is alive and well, yet we had no reason to keep her that way. Hand the boy over and all of you will go free.”

“You’re not being serious, right?” Slice asked casually, “I was hoping to slit a few throats for what they did to you.”

Nine waved her off, glad this was a walkie-talkie and not a phone as he hadn’t held the button down for the other end to hear her remarks. When he got his hands on that quirk Slice could do whatever she wanted so long as she obeyed him. As long as she and everyone else understood their place in the new world order, he wouldn’t hold any animosity towards others, even heroes, for their actions before his established rule. All that mattered was that they recognised and obeyed him as the new ruler of that world.

“She looks hurt and injured,” Izuku continued to stall, hoping to get the villains to let down their guard. “I want to talk to her, make sure she’s alright.”

“Very well,” Nine decided to agree to these terms, turning towards Midnight and stepping forward with the device in his hand. The teacher held her breath as the villain held it up near her ear but far enough away so that the other two could still hear every word of the conversation. Pressing the button to talk, Midnight tentatively spoke.

“Deku?”

“Miss Midnight, are you okay?” Izuku asked, trying to make it seem caring and urgent but drawing out his words as long as he could.

“I’m fine Deku,” Midnight chuckled with a touch of relief. “Had very rough night but a relaxing morning with some good conversation and five star cuisine.”

Chimera had to stifle a chuckle at that.

“They didn’t hurt you too bad did they?”

“Nothing Recovery Girl and some chicken soup can’t fix,” Midnight was less concerned hiding her own chuckle.

The conversation ended there as Nine pulled back the walkie-talkie and resumed speaking himself.

“You’ve confirmed her safety, now you know we can keep our word,” Nine stated. “Bring me the boy, else I cannot guarantee your teacher’s safety for much longer.”

“What do you want with him?” Izuku asked. “You’ve got many quirks already, why do you need his?”

Nine was reluctant to indulge in this tripe but felt like he had the hero’s attention. If he could be swayed to let down his guard and this battle could end without him exhausting himself then he’d take the option no matter how frustrating it was for now.

As Nine began to spin a lie about needing the quirk for the betterment of him and the people he represented - the outcasts society deemed unfit to serve in the eternal meat grinder - Chimera sniffed something in the air. It almost smelled almost like… caramel?

From behind a tree nearby, Bakugo Katsuki centered his breathing. He’d only get one shot at this and for both his and Midnight’s sake he needed to do this perfectly. Cupping his hand, he carefully built up a charge.

Glancing out from around the spot he’d been hiding in since before the villains had arrived, he waited for the perfect opportunity to strike. As Midnight talked to Izuku through the walkie-talkie, he noticed the beast villain ease his grip. If he was going to do it, it needed to be now.

When Nine stepped away from the teacher, looking back up the mountain, he saw his opportunity.

‘AP Sniper Shot!’ Bakugo called out in his mind, psyching himself up for what he was about to do. Stepping from around the side of the tree, he took his shot, the compressed blast flying true and striking Nine on the side of the head, directly on one of the metal pieces making up his mask before exploding in a billow of smoke.

“Nine!” Chimera and Slice called out before another, much louder explosion almost rocked the earth around them.

In his grasp, Midnight knew it was her moment and poured everything she had into releasing her quirk. A plume of pink erupted from her body and quickly engulfed the area in a mixture of the two smokes. At the same time, she jumped with all her might and threw her head back, sending the back of her skull crunching into Chimera’s snout and getting the villain to instinctively release her.

“Bitch!” He cried out, more from surprise than anything else.

With that, even in a dizzy state, Midnight dashed forward as fast as she could, knowing exactly whom she needed to look for.

Before she could even clear the smoke screen, she felt a protective hand wrap around her middle as Bakugo’s determined features melted into existence that made her heart leap.

“I got you!” He tried to reassure her, having propelled himself forward with one explosion and was now repositioning his hand to do the same in reverse. She braced herself for the sudden jerk of take-off and felt the explosion warm her back behind her.

Just as they started moving however, bursting from the smokescreen that had surely stunned and slowed the three villains, Bakugo’s eyes widened as the gaping maw of a familiar blue snake creature appeared waiting in front of them.

They collided painfully with the beast and Bakugo was sent sprawling onto the rocks, having lost his grip on Midnight.

“Pathetic, you shouldn’t have done that,” a sinister voice spoke from the smoke as a furious looking Nine blasted away the combination that remained with a burst of air. From his back, the blue snake-like creature arced around the shield he’d hastily created too late to stop Bakugo’s blast that had left an angry burn on the side of his face and, clamped tightly in its jaws, was Midnight’s weakened form.

Midnight’s cognition returned to her after the disorienting grab, shaking her head briefly to try and clear her mind of the fuzziness. Her bonds had come loose in the scuffle and one arm was free outside the quirk creation’s jaw along with half her upper torso.

Looking down at her surroundings, she recognised Bakugo laying on the floor looking terrified as she tried to stretch her arm out to him only to realise she was now several feet in the air.

Slice and Chimera were coughing away next to Nine behind his shield, the heroes rescue attempt and departing attack having ultimately proved pointless.

“I tried to be reasonable, to give you all chance to exist in this new world I will create but you have forfeited that now,” Nine said angrily, increasing his quirk’s bite on Midnight.

The teacher was cognizant enough to recognise what was going on now and what was about to happen. 

‘No… not yet… I can’t… there’s so much more I need to do!’ Midnight’s thoughts raced as her free arm stretched out desperately for her student, her mouth opened to cry out but couldn’t with no air inside her lungs. ‘Bakugo, please, save me!’

“You seem to have forgotten the only true rule of life,” Nine stated strongly. “The strong survive and the weak are crushed.”

“Don’t do it!” Bakugo cried out desperately, trying to push himself back up as fast as his body would move.

The masked villain said nothing, content only to watch the boy before he flexed his quirk. The blue snake-like creature with its mouth around Midnight’s chest bit down harder until there was a resounding crack of bones breaking.

Midnight’s outstretched arm fell limp and the light of life left her eyes.

The world was still for a moment as a pair of hot, angry tears bled from Bakugo’s eyes. His face sunk into a brutal, murderous glare as he thrust a hand behind himself, letting his quirk loose with full power.

Admittedly all three of the villains lost sight of the boy for a moment as he shot through the air and slammed his fist into the quirk construct’s jaw. Nine looked up at the hero curiously for a moment as he’d struck the construct’s teeth in such a way he could pry the former hero’s corpse loose.

Wrapping one arm around his teacher, Bakugo gripped her tightly before pointing his free hand down at the villains.

“DIE!”

He knew he’d suffer the blowback for it. In his anger and rage, Bakugo unleashed a full blast with as much force as he could muster in that moment to blow the villains to smithereens and launch himself and Midnight away at the same time.

His words weren’t entirely superficial either; right or wrong, in that moment, he honestly did not care if they died from his attack.

As the trees quickly passed Bakugo on either side, his mind was brought back to his current task of bringing Midnight back to safety. He adjusted his hold on the hero as he began losing speed and altitude from his previous blast, holding her as gently as he could over his shoulder before he fired off another.

Her comfort was second to whatever injuries she’d sustained but that kid… that kid could surely heal whatever that bastard had done! He had to!

The other option wasn’t worth thinking about, even if the woman was stomach churningly limp in his grasp.

Glancing back, he felt his heart drop as that infernal shield quirk of the masked villain’s had protected the three murderers.

When the dust had settled and the exploding blond advanced further and further up the mountain with Nine watching him all the while, Chimera curled his lip and looked over at his leader.

“Was that really necessary? She was harmless in the grand scheme of things.”

“Going lenient on the ladies are we?” Slice giggled with superiority. “Looks like she got into your head and made you weak.”

“She had no place in this new world,” Nine stated simply. “Now she serves a greater purpose of letting those heroes in training know what their own fate is should they resist. Hopefully they will hand over the boy without further incident, then we can collect Mummy, and depart in peace.” He eyed the walkie-talkie. “The sooner I get my hands on that quirk, the sooner our utopia can begin.”


Izuku felt his hope for the situation rise as Bakugo and Midnight’s forms sped towards them at the top of the ruins. He was nervous at first after the initial attack seemed to have stalled by Bakugo managed to pull it off and get back.

The closer Bakugo got though, the more Izuku’s heart dropped as he saw the murderous expression on the boy’s face. He stood back as the blond blasted straight past him, landing closer to the middle of the plateau where Kirishima was standing, protecting the kids who were hidden behind a boulder.

The redhead looked greatly relieved for a moment before Bakugo completely ignored him, carefully lifting Midnight off his shoulder and carefully but hurriedly depositing her to rest sitting up against the rock.

Several breaths were stolen as Izuku, Kyoka, and Ojiro all spied Midnight’s unresponsive face, her chest caved in, and an unhealthy amount of blood starting to leak from her mouth.

“Fix her!” Bakugo shouted angrily at Katsuma. “Use your goddamn quirk and fix her like you did to us! Now!”

Katsuma recoiled in fear at the angry blond, looking warily over at the unmoving woman he’d placed down.

“Bakugo, stop!” Ojiro ran over and stood in front of the boy, trying to shield the pair of kids. His own teeth were grit and he knew he was holding back tears himself at the situation, but now was not the time to break down and become irrational.

“It… it can’t be…” Kyoka felt tears building up in her eyes, shaking her head as though trying to deny what she saw from being real.

Izuku was just speechless, his eyes wide and his breathing shortening with every breath as he slowly realised what had just happened.

“He can fix her! That kid needs to fix her!” Bakugo protested, getting real close to punching Ojiro to try and get to Katsuma.

“Bakugo, stop!” Kirishima pushed the boy away his own eyes full of tears as he tried to stay between his boyfriend and the others. “You did your best man… just… just stop!”

Bakugo wanted to fight back, to get angry and try to blast his way through this situation and come out on top somehow but there was nothing he could do. Once more he was weak and helpless to do anything, looking over Kirishima’s shoulder at Midnight’s fallen form as tears quickly gathered in his eyes and rolling down his cheeks.

He pushed Kirishima away again but marched off to the side, not wanting anyone to look at him right now as he tried to get himself under control. Thankfully for him the others were distracted by a different cry.

“Katsuma!” Mahoro called out.

The student heroes looked over as the boy was crouched down by Midnight’s side, the green glow of his quirk active as he rested his hands on her torso.

Everyone held their breath as they waited for a miracle to happen.

As they watched Katsuma’s face scrunch up in frustration, they knew it wasn’t going to happen.

“I-It’s not working…” the boy mumbled. “My quirk… it’s not working on her.”

“It’s… it’s okay kid,” Kirishima crouched down next to the boy and gently pulled him away. “It was… it was a big ask, a-and… i-it’s not your fault.”

Both Mahoro and Katsuma were close to tears now as the redhead guided them away from Midnight’s body. Izuku and Kyoka just watched as Ojiro carefully crouched down before closing Midnight’s eyes and punching the ground angrily only to then pick up their fallen teacher and take her to rest behind a slightly bigger boulder further behind them, away from view.

“God damnit!” A cry from Bakugo broke the air as he let out a massive blast of his quirk into the sky in frustration, hot tears falling from his face as angry breaths wracked his lungs.

“I see you’ve gotten my message,” an ominous voice crackled to life over the walkie-talkie in Izuku’s hand. “You know this will only end with you all in the same state if you continue to struggle. Give up the boy and we will depart this island peacefully.”

Izuku’s blood boiled, his teeth grit as he growled much like Bakugo before crushing the device in his hand, the crumpled remains outside his grip dropping uselessly to the floor.

“Izuku…” Kyoka looked over at the boy carefully who was displaying more rage than she’d ever known him to possess.

“They’re not going to win,” Izuku growled angrily, his teeth bared. “No matter what, they’re not going to take anyone else today!”

From a utility belt satchel, Izuku pulled the flare gun that Momo had generated for him before firing straight up into the air. Those dotted around the island now knew that battle was inevitable and to begin fighting for all they’re worth.


 “I think you’ve pissed them off,” Chimera muttered, watching the flare go up.

“So they’ve chosen death,” Nine shook his head. “Disappointing.”

“Not for me,” Slice grinned maniacally as she flexed her hair, ready to begin ripping whomever she could to shreds.

“Get the child first, then you can do what you want,” Nine assured her, starting his walk up and towards the peak of the small crag and center of the ruined castle where the explosive boy likely took the dead hero to try and revive her with the child’s quirk. He doubted it was possible, but if it was, then it only made it all the more tantalizing to get his hands on it.


Part way up the mountain, Momo panted heavily, her body exhausted from all its quirk use and she was running practically on empty at this point. All she could do now was use up her final creations to try and spearhead the assault on the villains now the battle was inevitable.

“T-Twenty seconds Aoyama,” Momo called back to the boy as she spied the villains walking closer to the trajectory spot for her creations. Aoyama, who was building up his quirk’s laser as much as he could in his stomach, drew on all his strength and tried to focus on giving this next attack his all. If Hagakure could go plus ultra, then so could he!

As Momo counted him down to when the villains got in range, Aoyama spun out of his hiding spot, his belt glistening with a full charge. Strangely, he bore a new look, one created by Momo with all the knowledge he could provide for her about his original outfit. It wasn’t much and the creation was a prototype at best but it would do for now as Aoyama’s new chest piece that was linked to his belt sent streams of light up to his shoulders and down his arms all the way to his palms. 

“Allons-y Supernova!” The blond called out as he unleashed a powerful blast of light that dwarfed what Tooru had unleashed earlier. He hoped he was doing her proud as his beam sped towards the villains and tearing through some of the nearby shrubbery to do so. When Nine raised his arm to block with his shield, it took the brunt of the blast but Aoyama’s attack had widened enough to engulf everything around it.

Slice and Chimera were forced to jump away from their leader instead of getting behind him for defence as they had no idea what this kid’s quirks could do. That was exactly what Aoyama wanted.

“Plus Ultra!”

Using the beams he’d built up in his hands, he started firing them off at the two villains, trying to draw them further away from Nine as each released shot sent up a plume of dust and debris wherever it hit. His aim was sloppy due to his lack of practise using his hands for now it worked.

“This is it!” Momo called out, hoping Aoyama heard her over his attacks before she ripped away a camouflage trap to reveal a pair of cannons she’d created with the last of her quirk’s reserves. She yanked back on both of their firing mechanisms at once, hoping Aoyama had done enough to get the villains to the place they needed them to be.

The cannon balls shot forward and each one exploded with a force even Bakugo would be jealous of near their targets.

Slice was able to dodge the blast entirely, only feeling the ripple of the wind force it kicked up as she landed safely atop pile of stones.

“Terrible shot,” she smirked, looking back to see where she should run to draw first blood. Before she could spot her aggressor, Slice felt the ground under her shift and give way. Her eyes widened in surprise as she felt herself falling into whatever trap these brats had planned both figuratively and literally.

Chimera was closer to his blast, not being as lithe as Slice and felt the explosive force sent him hurtling away with an angry grunt off the side of a cliff and sliding down into the forest below.

As Momo groaned on the floor, her body exhausted from all that was demanded of it over the past day, Aoyama’s attack finally petered out as the boy felt his stomach churning in a way he knew would result in an embarrassing accident. Regardless, he pushed on, hurrying down to his friend and helping her to her feet with an arm around his shoulder.

“We must leave Mademoiselle,” he encouraged as they hurried towards the nearby treeline that would circle back up to the castle and out of Nine’s way.

At the top of the cliff, Izuku watched through the spyglass, gripping his fist tightly as the first part of their plan seemed to have succeeded.

“They’ve been split up,” he called back to the others, with Kyoka giving an accompanying nod as she confirmed as much with her quirk, also ensuring her girlfriend had managed to make it to safety okay considering the next part of the plan.

Through it all however, Nine strode confidently, an angry look on his face enhanced by the burn Bakugo had inflicted on him.

From behind a treeline further up, Sero ran out, his arms littered with strands of tape as he guided a huge amount of floating boulders to where they needed to go.

“Tape Shot Trident!”

With as much force as he could muster, Sero whipped his elbows to yank the rocks down to fly towards their enemy. There was no fear they would harmlessly bounce off due to lack of gravity however, as Ochako, hidden nearby, pressed her fingers together and released her quirk on both his payload and her own which now tumbled down more randomly towards the villain.

Undeterred and not slowing his pace in the slightest, Nine fired off a barrage of finger lasers, ripping the stone to pieces. The small amount that stayed on track then bounced harmlessly off his shield as the two attacks came to an end.

Sero and Ochako weren’t done yet though as the gravity girl ran around, sweeping her hand along a series of boulders they’d carefully arranged earlier while the tap boy dodged a laser blast intended to end him.

Leaping into position from his latest dodge, Sero lashed out with his tape and stuck it to all the rocks her could before hurling them forwards at the villain once again. As disappointing as it was to watch their every attack get stopped in its tracks, they knew this was all to get the man to use his quirks as much as they could. With every use he got weaker and maybe one lucky shot could end this battle before anyone else got hurt.


After falling through the unstable ground, Slice immediately cocooned herself in her gorgeous red locks, hardening it to its fullest to protect herself from the debris falling around her. She could feel herself jostle as her defensive wrap hit the ground hard and several thuds from rocks tried to squash her beneath their heavy weight. If those heroic brats were trying to take her out they’d need something a whole lot better than a pitfall trap.

When the sounds of crashing rocks echoed away and she felt herself stop moving, Slice whipped her hair around herself, immediately cutting through the stone surrounding her and clearing enough space for her to stand up and observe her location.

“The plan’s to split us up, huh?” Slice chuckled to herself as she brushed her hair to the side so she could get a good look around.

As she scanned her surroundings, noting she was in an underground cave-like structure, there was a hiss of something flying through the air.

Slice immediately spotted and followed the trajectory of the moving substance letting off the faint sound before it hit a stalactite and melted straight through its root above her. Several more splatters painted other pointy rock formations above her and the villain knew she needed to move.

Deftly dodging through the use of cartwheels and flips, Slice followed the path the flying substance had taken back towards its source and spotted a pink haired girl hurling globules of the stuff. With one last twirl, Slice took aim with the crown of her head and fired off several hardened spikes of hair towards her opponent, hoping to impale the young hero with every shot.

Mina was quicker however, and slipped out of view to hide behind a thick stone column as the life-ending spikes whizzed past her body.

Slice felt a prickle on the back of her neck and felt an ominous feeling come over her. Turning about, she raised her hands at the last second as steel met steel, her finger knives grinding against a pair of claw-gauntlets before she pushed herself away to gain some distance.

Out of the shadows stepped a bird-headed boy connected to a strange, ethereal bird-beast that had been the one to attack her. The bird-beast retreated to cover his host closely as it seemed to meld over his skin, covering him in a sort of cloak of darkness now equipped with those claws.

“Ashido, leave the rest to me,” Tokoyami called out as Dark Shadow settled into place, raising his Momo-generated weapons challengingly. “The darkness is my domain.”

Slice couldn’t help but lick her lips as the thought of fighting and killing a hero that had a weaker version of Nine’s quirk excited her.

“You cheeky boy!” She called out, her hair forming several sharp looking blades all around her, looking more like a spider than anything else.


After being blown away by that somewhat impressive attack from Momo, Chimera found himself sliding down a ramp of dirt that was steeper than he’d expected to the base of the cliff he’d fallen from. Looking around he saw no clear way to get back around and had decided to find a stable area he could climb to get back up.

Sniffing the air, his nose twitched and his teeth gnashed. Those little punks were gonna try and ambush him up ahead, they’d planned all this out.

“It’d be rude not to attend a party I’ve been invited to.”

While he felt a bit wary about delaying his return to Nine’s side, he wanted to prove that dead hero wrong. If she though a few of them could stop him after all the training he’d done, he would just have to send them her way to deliver the message of how stupid she was; that’d settle that annoying niggle that was pestering his mind.

As he walked forward towards whatever came next, Chimera could hear the sounds of water churning up ahead. He scoffed at the kid’s pathetic plan. Unless they were ready to take him out with a surprise attack that completely overwhelmed him right off the bat, the sound and smell of water covering their movements would only last momentarily and the downsides of fighting on slippery terrain would become all too apparent for them.

“Well they got me on my own,” Chimera sighed, chewing his cigar lightly between his teeth as he acted oblivious to his surroundings while keenly scanning the area.

Quick as a flash he felt something wrap around his leg and yank him down and into the river. He was admittedly annoyed that he’d genuinely been taken by surprise and should’ve remembered the damn frog girl from before. Still, it was a bad move to use her tongue like that.

Chimera reached down as she dragged him further under, intending to slice it clean off only for it to unravel by itself as the girl swam away. For a moment he floated there confused again before she shot herself out of the water and immediately ice began creeping in.

Up above, Todoroki breathed out a cold sigh as his quirk flash froze the entire area’s water, icing over the river and waterfalls until there wasn’t a drop of liquid left.

“Our plan worked!” Iida stated as he and Shoji hurried over to the crouching Todoroki and Tsuyu.

“No,” Shoji murmured, readying the gloves on all six of his hands.

“Not quite.” Todoroki agreed, heating himself up with some flames as they looked out at the area the beast man had been dragged to.

There was a burst of red energy beneath the surface and the ice began to crack and split in earnest. With a mighty splash, Chimera shot out of the frozen floor with a pool of freshly heated water behind him and landed with a crash on the ice, impressively remaining on his feet.

“Did’ja have ta go and freeze me like that?” Chimera smirked as he took in the surprised expressions on some of the kids faces.

“You’re gonna pay for what you did to Miss Midnight!” Todoroki spat as he and the others truck a combat pose, ready for whatever the big guy threw at them.

“Jeez, don’t have to take it out on me, not like I’m the one who killed her,” Chimera shook his head as he plucked a fresh cigar from his pocket to replace the one he’d lost underwater.

Four student’s breaths caught at that sentence and Chimera’s ears twitched.

“Oh, you didn’t know yet,” Chimera chuckled. “Sorry ‘bout that.”

“Stop lying villain!” Iida shouted. “Our comrades had a plan and executed it perfectly I’m sure.”

“Poor choice of words there kid,” Chimera breathed a small spout of fire out of the corner of his mouth, lighting his cigar up. “The blond guy really can’t be counted on, can he?”

“What did you do?!” Shoji demanded, all six of his fists tightening.

“I didn’t do shit,” Chimera dismissed. “I just follow Nine and he declared her not fit for the new world so he got rid of her.”

“R-Ribbit?” Tsuyu felt her resolve weaken just a tad and Chimera instantly picked up on it.

“Was she someone special to you?” The beast man taunted. “Do you wanna give up and join her?”

Shoji stepped to the side and stood in front of Tsuyu, his glare focused solely on the murderer before him.

“You’re gonna regret that,” he snarled.

“Wow, not very heroic,” Chimera chuckled again, having more fun with this than he thought he would. “Guess she was wrong about how good you really are. How does it feel to know the last thing you’ll do in this world is disappoint her?”

Shoji and Todoroki both felt their tempers reaching a boiling point, their vision almost clouding red.

“Tentacole, Shoto, don’t let him get to you!” Iida called out, feeling his own temper flare and trying to clamp down on it and remain in control. “He’s obviously lying to rile you up, do not let him win.”

“Huh, so you’re Tentacole?” Chimera picked out Shoji. “That bitch had a mouth on her but she seemed to think we’re cut from the same cloth. After what I saw from you earlier, not impressed.”

“Tentacole!” Iida warned, powering up his Recipro Turbo. With the islander’s all safe, they could go all out and show this villain what they were truly made of but they’d have the best chance of winning if none of them lost their heads and attacked alone.

Instead of getting angrier however, Shoji remained motionless before he steadily sucked in a deep breath and let it out.

“Ingenium, Shoto, Froppy, follow my lead,” Shoji stated with certainty, “we’re taking this villain down.”

“This ain’t a joking matter kid,” Chimera chuckled darkly, “today, I’m serious.” The beast man flexed his quirk and felt his jacket burst behind the arms as his feathers grew rapidly and he began his transformation.

Three of the heroes refused to falter and stared down the villain with determination while one tried her best to not think about what he’d mocked them with.

The stage was set for their next clash and Chimera opened his maw wide.

“Bring it on!”


“Damnit! We can’t even slow him down,” Sero muttered as he panted for breath after their latest attack yet again did nothing against the encroaching villain.

With all the debris that had built up so far, Ochako had chosen not to remove her quirk from her last attack as the rocks were blasted to pieces. The result was a swarm of debris littering the sky above the villain that she now hoped to use to sneak in that surprise attack they needed.

“Let’s try this, release!” She called out as rocks and stone of varying sizes all started dropping heavily to the ground.

The villain unfortunately took the opportunity to shield himself from the rocky rainfall as Ochako felt her nausea start to get the better of her.

As the sky become rock free once more, the pair of heroes flinched as they realised the villain had deliberately caught some of the stones and was now redirecting his shield to point facing them. One massive blast of air later and their own attack was hurled back at them.

Unprepared for the move and the sheer amount of debris hurtling towards them, Ochako and Sero tried to shield their bodies as best they could. The two students found themselves crashing backwards to the ground in pain however as both of their helmets suffered visor shattering hits that surely would’ve killed them without their protection.

Ochako’s came loose in the attack and being able to scramble to his feet first, Sero quickly shot a string of tape out to grab his friend before launching the pair back up the mountain with the other as finger lasers devastated the surrounding area, the villain seeming to also be hunting for that lucky shot among the dust and debris.

“I think we’ve pushed it as far as we can,” Sero stated as he flew through the air.

“Time for our main attack,” Ochako agreed.

The two sped towards a massive rockslide that almost appeared to have been frozen in place entirely by carefully placed logs. Sero let Ochako down on one side of the rubble before speeding over to the other side, as Ochako ran down the line, using her quirk on every log that she passed, weakening the entire structure. Once more she felt her nausea acting up again and forced herself to hold it together.

“Plus ultra!” She called out to distract herself, pushing through any ideas of faltering as she gratefully heard the first logs start to give way behind her. Before the chain reaction could catch up to her, Sero yanked her away with the tape still wrapped around her middle as they chucked a good part of the mountain at the villain, hoping even he wouldn’t be able to block against something like that.

Nine’s eyes widened as he watched rocks and boulders of a much bigger size now hurtling towards him. He slashed his hands through the air, criss-crossing them together as he let out one long string of bullets that almost made the quirk appear more whip-like. The front most boulders started crumbling as expected but there was way too much to shatter and it was all still coming hurtling towards him. He grit his teeth and threw up his barrier again, hoping to weather the rockslide before resuming his advancement.

Thanks to his steadfast response and the concave nature of the valley he was in, the rocks all gathered towards him and began forming a complete dome around him as he successfully stemmed their flow.

That was exactly what the heroes wanted however and Sero zipped back to quickly start wrapping the whole thing in tape. The harder he made it for the villain to move or shift even a small opening in these rocks, the better.

As Sero was trying to lock the villain down, he quickly became aware of the ominous glowing from within.

“Sero, get out of there!” Ochako called out and the boy didn’t think twice about taking her advice.

As he retreated, the dome exploded with an even greater force than any the villain had previously displayed. It was strong enough to rip small shrubs and branches from their places as well as send Sero and Ochako hurtling back up the mountain, their bodies hitting the earth painfully as they slowly rolled to a stop.

“They’re down!” Kyoka called out in a panic back up at the vantage point. Izuku felt his chest tightening and fear grip his heart. He made to run towards the edge of the castle’s defences to launch himself off and go help them but was held back only by Kyoka’s other jack wrapping around his wrist. “Not yet.”

Izuku was about to shout at her, ask her what she was waiting for only to spy Bakugo already halfway down the castle walls, running without the aid of his quirk likely trying for a sneak attack.

As Ochako and Sero tried to recover from the blast, pushing themselves to their feet slowly and wearily, they watched as Nine advanced to their level, a menacing look on his face. Raising one hand, his fingertips lit up with a barrage of lasers to be unleashed upon their defenceless forms at any second, only for the villain to have to redirect his hand to form a shield behind him.

A crash of light energy impacted the shield as Momo and Aoyama tried to take the villain out with their surprise reappearance. Ochako and Sero were grateful for the distraction as it gave them the time to recover they needed.

With another burst of air from his shield, Nine sent a small cascade of debris down at the already exhausted pair as he rounded his focus back on the two that stood before him.

“Playtime is over.”

As Nine appeared to be visibly powering up for something devastating, salvation arrived in the form of Bakugo leaping from the parapets to the right. With a mighty battley cry and all the sweat he’d built up from his run, Bakugo thurst forward with his hand and let loose a mighty explosion that shook the entire area.

Once more it was proven useless however as he backed off from the golden shield that prevented his quirk from ending the villain.

“You again?” Nine’s eyes narrowed, “haven’t you failed enough already.”

If he was trying to rile Bakugo up he succeeded as Bakugo’s anger was fully displayed in his murderous expression that made even Sero flinch in fear.

“Not this time, this time, you’ll be the one that dies!”

Ochako and Sero took this as their cue to back off and regroup but they could both sense that something was wrong with the blond for him to be this hostile.

Up top, Izuku knew he needed to go support the boy now, they had a much better chance at victory if they threw both their strongest fighters at the villain at once. Thankfully, it seemed Kyoka could sense his anxiety and released her jack from him.

Almost at once, he powered up Full Cowling and launched himself away in a bluster of wind, surging towards the villain.

‘We couldn’t protect Midnight,’ Izuku thought angrily to himself as he blinked away a pair of tears, as he flew through the air, ‘but I’ll die before I let him get his hands on Katsuma and Mahoro!’

Bakugo fired again and again, making the villain use his quirk to defend from every angle he could feasibly attack. As he heard the tell-tale sound of angry, crackling energy, approaching quickly from behind, he pulled the pin on one of his gauntlet grenades and let the blast fly.

Nine grimaced as he felt the first of the three shield he created to defend from the blast crack only to realize it was being followed up with a second attack he was almost unprepared for.

“St. Louis Smash!”

Izuku kicked down hard, putting every inch of strength he could into his attack and it finally made some progress. There was a loud cracking sound before the shield shattered but Izuku was stopped firmly by the second one behind it.

Nine knew he needed to get the boy to back off and sent him spinning through the air with a blast of air from the shield. Bakugo was ready though and adjusted his own trajectory to get into Izuku’s flight path, grabbing his hand firmly before using his explosions to spin them around even faster.

“X-Catapult!”

Izuku was launched much harder than his initial strike, his leg extended out for another kick as he slammed into the villain’s shield. Another crack echoed around them along with a mountain of dust being thrown up from the force of the blow as Izuku smashed through the second shield and deeply cracked the third, but it held.

Before the villain had a chance to do anything further, Izuku immediately kicked himself off and backed up lest he get launched again and stood firmly in Nine’s path to Katsuma with Bakugo backing him up.

Their last attack, while unsuccessful, had been enough to push the villain back from the sheer force, the man braced in a defensive position as he finally lowered his shield to rest that portion of his quirk.

“Not a bad effort,” he reluctantly admitted.

“We’re just getting started,” Izuku growled menacingly, daring the villain to come closer for another attempt.

“Now we’ll kill you!” Bakugo spat, his palms ready to begin firing again at a moment’s notice.


Laughed echoed throughout the cavern as the sound of metal scraping against metal rang out and sparks danced in the dim light.

Once more Slice lunged with her gloved finger claws, slashing at Tokoyami such that he barely had time to block and deflect before she made another attack, making him back up all the while.

“What were you saying about the darkness?” Slice asked rhetorically with a cruel smirk on her face as she kicked out, the tips of her boots now also bearing knifes with which to stab her enemy with. “I thought you’d be a challenge!”

The bird-headed boy blocked further slashes from Slice’s hardened hair as it whipped at him with Dark Shadow taking some of the brunt and his Black Abyss form shrinking ever smaller despite the almost oppressive darkness around them.

In a moment, Slice had slipped through his guard and forced his arms wide. Raising her leg high, she aimed to heel drop him, leaving him helpless for her follow up, death inflicting strike.

It was only thanks to Dark Shadow pulling Tokoyami backwards and away that he avoided the blow as a plume of dust rose up where her heel cracked the rocks below them.

“She’s quicker than I anticipated,” Tokoyami grunted, not getting to rest for even a second as Slice was hurling more of her ranged hair spike at him he struggled to deflect with his damaged gauntlets. “I just need an opening!”

“This is pathetic!” Slice laughed, priming her hair into ten deadly blades and extending them forward at speed, intending to turn the hero into a pincushion.

To her surprise, Tokoyami kicked off, surging forward and dodging her first strikes, using his gauntlets well to protect his core and deflect the worst of the damage. As he drew close to Slice the blades tightened around him and cut into his shoulders but he pressed on undeterred.

“Black Abyss: Sabbath!” Breaking his crossed arms, he sliced out at the villain’s face who instinctively guarded herself with a hardened fringe. The blow was solid however and sent her skidding backward and slamming her into a nearby wall. “Pinky, now!”

“Acid shot!” The call came out from above and Slice had barely a moment before she spotted the other hero lurking around, priming her hands in a nozzle formation to do to her whatever her quirk did to the rock earlier.

Slice wasn’t one to give up this easily though and used her hardened hair tendrils to stab into the wall behind her.

As the acidic liquid rained down from above Slice yanked herself upwards, sailing straight over the attack that hissed and steamed as it touched the floor and wall where she’d been.

“What?!” Tokoyami called out as Slice’s worry turned to glee as she fell back down towards him.

“Game over little boy!”

With a flick of her hair, Slice let loose a torrent of hair spikes to rain down on her foe much like those that had destroyed the ships in the dock earlier.

Tokoyami recoiled. His arms, coated in dark shadow’s protective form raised to defend himself from the oncoming attack. While the sentient quirk was good for many things, durability was not its strong suit. The hair spikes rained down on him and while most were unable to penetrate Dark Shadows form, some could and they struck deep.

“Ragh!” Tokoyami cried out as he felt spikes driven into his forearm, side and leg.

“Fumikage!” Dark Shadow worried, their Black Abyss technique wavering from the pair as they lost sync with each other.

Mina watched from behind her stone pillar as Tokoyami cried out in pain. Her friend was hurt, her girlfriend was in great pain, and she was pinned down with a deadly quirk that could take them out with one wrong move.

It was all so much and she was sick of this!

Mina needed to step up and defend her friends and make these villains pay and she had just the technique to do it.

Slice wasn’t done yet as she swiped downwards with hardened tendrils. Dark Shadow pushed Tokoyami down as the quirk took the full blow, crying out in pain as his form was partially bisected before it started retreating back to his host, leaving Tokoyami defenceless on the floor as Slice landed before him.

“All that bluster and you’re just another weak, pathetic, dead hero.” She sneered with a malicious and bloodthirsty smile on her lips. “I’m going to enjoy cutting you open.”

Tokoyami tried to crawl backwards and away, his eyes wide with fear as slice stepped closer and brandished her knife covered fingers menacingly.

“Tsukuyomi!” Mina cried out as a massive arc of acid whipped through the air above the boy as she jumped down from the high ground. Slice was forced to back off momentarily with a graceful flip but sent a few hair spikes hurtling towards her fallen prey, hoping for a quick kill even if she’d rather play with her oppressor first.

“Acid Veil!” Mina called out, diving in front of her friend as her quirk quickly absorbed and melted down the deadly projectile.

“Pinky… run! She’s too fast!” Tokoyami groaned from the ground.

Her friend was right, the villain was very fast and agile and had completely outclassed him in terms of speed, forcing the boy onto the defensive which was his weak area, but Mina was quick too. Having been watching the pair fight from above she’d been observing the woman’s moves and now all those years of dancing and training were about to pay off and save them both.

“Yes, run, it’ll make it more fun for me,” The villain taunted from her retreated position. “From what I can tell, you both don’t have what it takes to survive in our new utopia.” She brushed out her hair in a manner she considered elegant. “The strong will rule and the weak, like you, will die!”

Tokoyami flinched, wishing he had more control over Dark Shadow to draw out more of their shared power in the darkness. Now he was down and Mina had to fight this villain alone.

“Don’t worry Tsukoyami,” Mina sent a somewhat confident smile back at the boy. “I got this.”

“Oh do you now?” Slice smirked. “Someone’s eager to die!” She grinned maliciously as she eyed up Mina’s weak points and took aim. “Let’s see how you look as a pincushion!”

The pinkette knew her training had all built up to this, if she succeeded, she’d be able to protect her friend and do her part against these villains. If she failed, she was dead and she’d never get to hear any of her partners’ sweet voices again or hold any of them in her arms. That was something she couldn’t allow as she gathered her quirk and forced it out through every pore in her body. It was time to make her stand like Kirishima or Izuku would and take this villain down.

Kicking off, Mina drew on her quirk’s strength as she prepared to school this arrogant bitch.

“Acid man!” She called out as grey, somewhat translucent acid burst out of her skin and porous clothes to form a shield all around her form.

Slice immediately let off several spikes, looking to stab Mina through very key places that would permanently remove her from the fight as well as life.

As they started penetrating her acid bubble however, the hardened hair immediately began shrivelling up from the first touch and quickly became useless as it melted away before it even got close to Mina’s skin, dissolving completely as Mina grinned in satisfaction.

“No way!” Slice faltered before gritting her teeth and launching another wave with a flick of her hair as she dodged to the side, hoping to find a weak point in this latest attack.

Mina smirked confidently as she made sure to keep herself between the villain and her friend as he tried to crawl behind cover. Watching Slice move, it was almost like a dance as Mina drew closer and closer to her opponent who was beginning to realise that her small projectiles would never be able to penetrate her acid enough to do any damage.

The villain grit her teeth and took a gamble, extending a tendril of hardened hair and aiming to cut off the hero’s head. Mina raised her arms defensively as the hair impacted her acid once again and immediately started fizzling away where it touched it, rendering the red tress blade harmless.

“My hair!” Slice screamed. “How dare you!”

Her viable attacks against the pink hero was shrinking and she was getting desperate now. Hoping to end the hero with something a little more dense, Slice jumped back once again and took aim at the ceiling, unleashing a barrage of spikes to try and bring the pointy stalactites down and impale her opponent or at least slow her down.

“I won’t let you get in Nine’s way!” Slice yelled out.

Mina was unfazed however, hurling globules of acid from her protective shield and replacing it almost immediately as the stone came down, reducing large chunks to sizzling slag that rolled off of her form. Blocking these was like defending against those balls from the provisional exam and Mina felt more grateful than ever for everything she’d learned over the past months.

Hurling more balls of acid at her opponent, Mina was now chipping away at the woman’s hair; chunks were falling away whenever she raised one to defend herself when she couldn’t dodge fast enough.

“No, stay back!” Slice began to panic now as Mina kept dogging her every move, closing in like a cat chasing a mouse. After training with Izuku, keeping track of this villain was almost laughable.

Mine felt her brow crease as her thoughts returned to her partners and to Tooru and how hard she’d fought to stop the villain she’d encountered. Mina knew it was her duty to do no less than her girlfriend. This villain certainly had skills though, she couldn’t deny that, it was just a shame this person wanted to use their quirk only to hurt others and cause pain in the world. If that was what they were going to use such a gift for, then it was up to Mina to stop her.

“Someone like you… doesn’t deserve their quirk!” She called out.

Forcing a spray of acid out of the bottom of her feet, Mina boosted her jump and hurled globules of acidic slime with a wave of her hand, removing the protection it gave her. Slice deftly dodged and weaved, avoiding all the impacting material only to realize she’d been forced back against another wall.

Mina capitalized on her opponent’s surprise and primed her now acid-free arm with a new concoction.

“This is for Tsukuyomi!” She cried out and hurled the last, large bubble of liquid at her opponent. Slice was caught too off guard and could only try to raise her arms to defend herself but the liquid washed over her regardless, clinging to her with its viscosity.

For a moment she couldn’t breathe, her head encircled by the melty liquid before the uncontrollable urge to scream made itself known. Her skin felt like it was on fire and she quickly forced her arms apart, hoping to scatter most of the liquid before wiping as much of it from her face and head as she could.

As she brushed and smeared away whatever she could with her sleeves, she felt a clump of something come away and cling to her arms. It was a yet another long tress of hair that quickly began dissolving before her eyes.

“No! No, no, no, no, no!” Slice panicked, trying more and more desperately to rid herself of the liquid as her pride and joy was chemically broken down. “I-It burns!”

“It’s over.” Mina walked up to her coldly, having rid herself of her Acid Man protection and looked down at the quickly balding woman, her scalp an angry red as the last of the hair either fell away or melted into goop.

“You… what have you done?!” Slice screeched, trying to use any part of her quirk at all but getting no response. When it was pretty clear nothing was happening, she quickly shifted tactics to lunging at Mina with her hand daggers.

The pink girl saw this coming a mile away however and stepped back only to throw a heavy punch directly into Slice’s nose, feeling it break underneath her efforts. This ultimately proved too much for the woman who collapsed in a heap, broken and defeated as the darkness of the cave consumed her.

“And that, was for, my girlfriend!” Mina breathed heavily.

Mina started panting in earnest once she was certain the villain wasn’t getting back up again. As much as she wanted to watch the woman stew in the acidic retribution she’d unleashed, she needed to do her duty and quickly produced the mildest acid she could to dilute and wash away the more damaging types that had hit her opponent.

Looking at the woman’s now bald head, Mina was grateful for her renewed dedication to her academics as producing an acid that ate away at hair but not skin had been something she’d didn’t know she would’ve thought of if not for actually trying on her chemistry homework. Still, she may have made it a little more acidic than she needed to and the woman’s slightly burned skin was evidence enough of that.

Once she’s washed away the worst of her quirk, Mina quickly checked her opponent over for any further weapons before carrying her back towards Tokoyami who had the industrial strength cuffs Momo had created for them to restrain the villain.

This wouldn’t help Hagakure any better, but it had been a damn good way to vent her frustrations.


Iida dashed forward, his Recipro blazing from his mufflers as he went in for a kick on Chimera’s head. The villain blocked it with confidence, grabbing Iida’s leg and hurling him away.

“Weak,” he smirked, turning to prepare against Shoji’s attack as the boy launched his many fists at him.

“Octo-blow!”

Chimera guarded against the attack but each pound with the fists felt almost pathetically weak.

“That tickles!” He shot back, surging forward with a strong punch that would’ve caved in the boy’s chest had he not blocked, being sent hurtling backwards into the surrounding area’s rock wall.

Todoroki saw his opportunity and launched a burst of heat at the villain, only for Chimera to simply wave his hands upwards with force, creating an updraft strong enough to deflect the worst of the fire and leave him completely unharmed.

Attempting to strike from the rear, Iida returned with another powerful strike, aiming at the back of Chimera’s head this time as a feint and when the villain blocked it as expected, Iida swung around for another kick which was also unfortunately blocked.

Still, it had given Todoroki enough of an opening to slam his foot down and once more try to engulf the beast man in ice which predictably shattered with a mere flex of his powerful muscles.

Spitting out his now extinguished cigar, Chimera was done indulging these brats if they weren’t even going to do anything interesting.

“I told you, you don’t stand a chance against-” His body suddenly locked up, feeling heavy and sluggish and unresponsive to his efforts to a much greater degree than Midnight’s quirk did. “Why can’t… I move?”

“There was a reason we were using the same attack moves over and over,” Todoroki allowed himself a small smirk of satisfaction.

“My legs and Tentacole’s hands, they were coated in a toxic mucus that Froppy created.” Iida explained.

From the bushes, Tsuyu looked on, trying not to let the thought of Midnight’s possible wellbeing distract her from her job.

“We’ve got you, please do not resist any further,” Shoji warned, standing ready in case the villain decided to go again.

“Don’t be so insolent!” Chimera barked at Shoji. “You think you’ve won?!” Drawing on the depths of his quirk that he’d been training ever since he’d been given the freedom to unlock his potential by Nine. “I’ll show you why I’ve been called a monster my entire life!”

At his feet, Chimera’s shoes burst open, his lower talons expanding in size and sharpness, his dense muscles began bulking out as the feathers on his arms bristled and elongated, becoming almost full-fledged wings as his shirt was torn to shred and his pants began splitting. Lastly, a pair of sharp looking horns pierced through the side of his head, appearing to be much like the shape of Pony Tsunotori’s only over twice as thick.

“He got bigger?!” Iida exclaimed as the beast man let out a terrifying roar.

“This isn’t good,” Shoji agreed.

When he was done with his transformation, Chimera built up his flames in his mouth, their heat intensified and compressing them into and tight orb of energy.

Despite the build-up time being relatively short, Todoroki was able to throw up an ice shield before Chimera unleashed his attack. He knew it wouldn’t hold though and already he, Shoji and Iida were moving to find cover while the steam from the collision covered their tracks.

Chimera wasn’t done though, sweeping his beam in an arc to devastate everything he could manage, sending a swath of the forest ablaze in an instant as he rotated and demolish plant-life and stone alike.


Chimera’s attack was strong enough to draw the attention of the heroes still surveying everything from the top of the castle and Kyoka felt her worry heighten for Tsuyu and the other’s wellbeing. With some of their strongest physical combatants there besides Izuku, they just had to trust that they could get the job done.

All they could do was watch as down below Izuku and Bakugo kept circling the villain, using Air Force and explosions to pepper the villain and make him work his quirks to prevent getting injured. Every chance Nine got, he fired off some lasers, hoping to put a stop to the annoying heroes still trying to deny him his new world.

Izuku defended himself as best he could, feeling the thuds of the lasers try to dig deep into his muscles and rip his life away from him while Bakugo dodged as best he could, guarding only as a last resort and losing one of his grenade gauntlets in return as it shattered under the force.

When it looked like the pair were pinned down, there was a brief lull in the action as Nine charged up a more potent set of shots.

“Time to die!”

Before he could fire it, a stream of tape successfully managed to latch onto his arm and yank his arm away.

Nine’s eyes widened as Sero swooped in, emulating Izuku’s St. Louis Smash as he aimed to kick the villain in the face.

“You better think again!”

It was much too obvious an attack and Nine knew exactly how to counter it, forming an air shield and immediately sending Sero skipping along the earth painfully.

Bakugo’s eyes widened as he saw his friend go down while Izuku, who was closer, swooped in and grabbed the boy with Black Whip, able to painfully hold it together as he eased the boy’s momentum to a halt before carrying him to safety.

“Bastard!” Bakugo yelled, about the launch another attack only to freeze as he spied a weightless Uraraka lunging at the villain from behind, likely intending on making him float to give them the upper hand. Before Nine even reacted, Bakugo’s body was moving, knowing exactly what would happen if he didn’t and refused to let it happen a second time.

Ochako stretched her hand out, desperately hoping she could connect all five fingers to the enemy when a massive blue form shot out of Nine’s back, its maw wide and clamping down around the girl’s chest.

As it started stretching into the air with its prey, Bakugo’s body slammed into its jaw once more as he unleashed the half-filled remaining grenade’s payload into the construct’s upper jaw, shattering it into wisps of energy before grabbing Uraraka and fleeing.

“Tell me you’re good cheeks!” Bakugo ordered angrily, afraid he’d still been too late.

“I’m… okay…” Ochako mumbled before passing out.

“So you can learn,” Nine smirked, before being forced to raise his shield once again, the blue beast reforming slowly.

Bakugo was grateful to Izuku who was back on the offensive as he quickly blasted his way over to the parapet where Izuku had stored Sero, hoping the two would be safe enough together away from the majority of the fighting. With another mighty explosion, Bakugo thrust himself back into the fight and the two fired off their ranged attacks with as much force as they could muster.

Between the shield and the re-emergence of the quirk construct, Izuku and Bakugo were caught flat footed as the construct fixed itself by splitting into two strands, each a little smaller but both as deadly as before, now surging towards them and intending to end their lives.

It was only thanks to the strain that this action caused that the boys were saved as Nine felt his body react, crumpling to one knee and clutching his chest in pain.

The blue quirk construct dissolved fully into wisps of energy once more as Izuku and Bakugo spied the villain writhing in pain as purple lines spread across his face.

“That’s it, he’s reached his limit!” Izuku called out.

“Perfect!” Bakugo grit his teeth menacingly, bringing his arm up for another explosion.


Chimera continued to unleash beams of destructive energy, eliminating any hiding spots around the area one by one as the four student heroes quickly found themselves forced back to hide down a natural dip by the river obscuring them from their opponent.

“His power’s on another level,” Shoji commented, feeling the heat from a near miss.

“We can’t even get close to him,” Tsuyu stated while Iida checked his engines.

“I don’t have much Recipro left,” he said worriedly, his plans all but exhausted at this point.

Todoroki was silent, a plan coming together in his head.

“Where are you little heroes?!” Chimera’s much deeper and threatening voice taunted from above them. “Come out and face the new world!”

“I need you guys to make an opening for me,” Todoroki hurriedly asked of his friends. “If I can touch him directly, I think we can win this.”

“Are you certain?” Shoji asked tentatively.

“It’s the best we’ve got at this point,” Todoroki stated.

With no one else offering any suggestions, Iida nodded.

“Right. This might be our last chance, let’s give it all we’ve got!”

The others nodded with determination as Todoroki quickly explained his plan.

When they were ready, Iida took a deep breath and leapt out, alerting the enemy to his location and taking off at a run.

Chimera didn’t waste any time with chatter as Iida circled around to his left, loosing several smaller blasts of energy to try and knock the speedster off his course. Iida didn’t falter however and kept up the pace to give Shoji the time he needed for the next part.

The dupli-armed boy used the opportunity to approach Chimera from behind, aiming to use his blind spot to get in close. Chimera’s ear twitched, alerting the beast to a new presence and he quickly spun to shoot a ball of energy directly at the mutant quirk user’s chest.

Shoji was ready however, and used a set of arms he’d coiled into a spring to push off against the ground beside him, quickly repeating the motion every time he needed to dodge quickly. With his reaction times being a match for Chimera’s own thanks to his training, the boy carefully kept his distance, once more drawing the beast man’s attention as Tsuyu approached.

Camouflaged with her tongue trailing behind her, Tsuyu got into position on the battle field, unnoticed by the villain thanks to the distraction, before raising Todoroki up with her extra-long appendage and hurling him forward.

Todoroki’s hand ached as he forced his quirk’s temperature to drop down lower than he’d ever made it. His father created incredible attacks by raising his body’s temperature to it’s maximum limit with fire so he could do the same with ice.

Chimera’s ear twitched again and without looking, the villain swung his tail hard. Flying through the air, Todoroki couldn’t do anything other than brace himself as the limb sent him sprawling away, colliding with Iida as the pair tumbled to the ground.

“Ingenium, Shoto!” Shoji called out, distracted by the failure of the plan and his friend’s pain. That momentary weakness was preyed upon by the predator before him and Chimera lunged forward, pinning the boy to the floor with an oversized talon wrapped around his upper torso.

“Game over kids!” Chimera scoffed, looking directly at Tsuyu who reappeared as her quirk send a shiver of fear through her bones, her every instinct telling her to run and hide from this predator. “You pathetic scum think you’re heroes?! You’re nothing but a glorified militia built to oppress those you’re told to!”

“You’re wrong,” Iida tried to push himself to his feet, his engine’s coughing as they ran out of Recipro juice.

“We’re here to protect people… to fight against those that crave power and destruction,” Shoto joined him, his body aching from his unused attack.

“And no matter what,” Shoji growled up at the man, “we’ll do whatever it takes to ensure scum like you don’t hurt the innocent!”

Chimera felt his hackles rise, this mutie traitor was calling him scum?!

“You’re the most pathetic out of all of them!” Chimera growled, releasing the boy for a moment only to resume his hold with a taloned foot, pressing down hard to ensure the boy still couldn’t move. “You’re a traitor to your kind, you joined our oppressors in discriminating our kind for what?! You think these people accept you? That they’re your friends?! These fuckers probably laugh and mock your fuck-ugly appearance every chance they get!”

“You think that matters to me?!” Shoji retorted, even if his darkest insecurities were being made public by a villain such as he. “I’ll never stop fighting for what’s right!”

“T-Tentacole is our friend!” Tsuyu spoke up with as much courage as she could gather.

“We don’t care what he looks like and he is every bit the hero as you are the villain!” Todoroki snapped back.

“That so?” Chimera smirked menacingly, turning back to look down at Shoji. “If you think he’s one of you, then let’s remove these ugly things!”

Iida, Todoroki and Tsuyu’s eyes widened in shock as Chimera reached down with a free hand and grabbed one side of Shoji’s extra arms. The villain then began pulling as an agonising cry of pain erupted from their friend’s throat.

“You wanna shack up with the heroes?! Then you don’t deserve your power!” Chimera mocked as he felt muscle ripping as the boy writhed around below him as much as he could.

Iida tried to run forward only to collapse to a knee as his engines backfired. Todoroki stamped and sent a wave of ice hurtling towards the villain, hoping the colder temperature might hold him off and Tsuyu jumped forward, hoping to kick him in the face hard enough to get the villain off their friend but Chimera just brushed them both away with a wave of his free hand.

“This is what being a hero gets you kid,” Chimera taunted, “you’re not gonna do a damn thing to change the world for folks like us so now you can live as one of them!”

There was a tear and a spray of blood as Shoji’s extra appendages gave way, painfully separating from the boy as Chimera held them aloft like some sick trophy.

Looking around, the bestial man watched with glee as each of the other heroes looked horrified as they finally realised just how outclassed they were. He also felt a sense of smug satisfaction at proving himself every bit the villain that stupid Midnight didn’t believe her to be. While he didn’t care for the woman, he would tear her ridiculous ideals down by crushing this student she believed better than him.

“You… you monster!” Iida shouted, furious at the brutality he was forced to watch unfold on his friend.

Chimera just smirked at him, his point being proven as he eyed up the boy’s engines as his next target.

“He’s not a monster…” A strained voice spoke from beneath Chimera’s foot.

The beastman looked down and saw the student hero glaring fiercely up at him while breathing as hard as he could to regain all the oxygen he’d just exhausted.

“He’s just an… angry, hurt child… lashing out at a world… that rejects us because of our looks,” Shoji stated with heavy breaths. “He’d rather… throw a tantrum… and burn the village to the ground… than work to… make things better.”

“You wretched scum!” Chimera pressed his full weight down on the boy, deliberately trying not to kill him but make him suffer for every word that spilled from his contemptable mask. “You know nothing about what I’ve experienced, what I’ve suffered!”

“Nor… you… I!” Shoji struggled under the strain, his free remaining dupli-arms tingling with what he was about to do.

In an instant, his arms wrapped together into an oversized fist and extended upwards quickly, socking Chimera right on the snout as he snarled down at him. That momentary reel from the strike allowed Shoji to breathe as his giant arm practically exploded into writhing mass of limbs. Each one sprouted a hand, grabbing onto Chimera before further branching off into more arms and repeating the sequence. Shoji pushed his control further than he’d ever done so before, engulfing the villain in as many restraining arms as he could and locking them up tightly, preventing the man from moving.

“Shoto, now!” He yelled desperately as Chimera flexed his muscles, trying to rip his restraints while now trying to crush the boy underneath his foot.

Todoroki didn’t waste a second of this opening, speeding forward on his ice and launching himself up at the beastman’s head.

Tsuyu moved too, jumping forward and aiming a frog-powered kick at the side of the leg pinning Shoji to the ground. She heard something crack with the powerful blow and Chimera let out a roar of pain that broke the hold Shoji’s many hands had around his muscle.

Chimera’s tail was the only thing left free and before it could swing around and hit Tsuyu, Iida jumped on top of it, trying to hold it down with all of his weight.

“Hurry up!” Shoji shouted, feeling his quirk strain from getting Todoroki this opening.

The boy had prepared his ice sufficiently and was about to freeze the villain solid only to realise that he’d need to do the same to Shoji to do so. Glancing down at the boy straining against Chimera’s foot, it only took their eyes connecting for Todoroki to understand that Shoji was well aware of this, giving a nod of acceptance.

Chimera began powering up another burst of fiery energy, his mouth open wide to shoot Todoroki point blank. Todoroki forced his ice cold hand into the middle of Chimera’s maw, the ball of energy hissing as intense heat mixed with the intense cold.

“Freeze damn you!” Todoroki yelled, putting his all into his quirk as the beast man finally started icing over.

It was quick, happening almost all at once as the ice overtook everything touching Chimera. Iida and Tsuyu were quick enough to get out of the way at the last minute before the villain was completely engulfed, becoming almost statue-like in appearance as several ice crystals blossomed around him.

Breathing heavily, his body likely going into shock from the sheer cold of it, Shoto dropped backwards and onto the floor, panting heavily. From this position, his heart clenched painfully as he saw his friend still clutched in one of Chimera’s talons also frozen completely solid.

His last thought as the darkness claimed him was hoping that this was enough for them to clutch victory after everything and that they would be able to retrieve their friend when he awoke.


Nine stumbled as he tried to focus and regain control of his body.

Bakugo saw his chance and fired a shot, hoping to take the villain out with one last blow. Unlike before, Nine was able to raise a shield in time despite his body’s protests, a pair of tubes extending out of his back as he resorted to his dire trump card.

“Don’t let up Deku!” Bakugo ordered, firing again and again as he tried to get into a better position. “It’s now or never!”

“Right!” Izuku agreed, running counter to Bakugo to give the best chance that one of them might get through.

Nine’s mask dropped to the floor, the piece of tech useless after he’d injected the remaining purple substance from the containers on his back.

“If only I could take that Cell Activation quirk… then I’d be fine… I wouldn’t have to hold back!”

With a mighty roar to the sky, Izuku and Bakugo watched in surprise as dark clouds gathered overhead over the villain way faster than they had any right to. They both recognised what was about to happen and hoped fate wouldn’t repeat itself.

With an ear splitting sound that shook the earth, a huge bolt of lightning shot down from the sky, consuming both boys in the resulting light and explosion as it touched down.

Up above, Kirishima, Ojiro, Kyoka and the kids were huddled together as the wind whipped fiercely, chunks of loose stone being shaken loose from the ruins as the sudden storm raged.

When the stray bolts of lightning finally died down and the heroes felt brave enough to look at the results of the attack, fear gripped their hearts as Nine was striding towards them once again with nothing but a smoky crater behind him with Izuku and Bakugo nowhere to be seen.

Kyoka felt her heart lodge painfully in her throat, the thought of losing anyone else at this point almost unbearable but she bitterly blinked back tears, forcing herself to focus on their goal.

“Kirishima,” Ojiro turned to the boy, “take Katsuma and Mahoro and go.”

The defensive redhead looked awkwardly at the pair, wondering if it was the right thing to do considering he and Kyoka would be the only two remaining between them and the villain.

“Please just do it,” Kyoka stressed, her heartbeat already reaching critical levels as she thought about what she had to do next.

Kirishima gnashed his teeth together angrily, tears prickling his own eyes, but nodded with determination, grabbing the kids with one arm each and cradling them against his chest.

“You can count on me.”

Turning, he started making a dash for their pre-planned escape route as Ojiro and Kyoka looked on.

“We have to hold this villain back,” Ojiro stated with determination, getting a nervous but resolute nod from the punk rock girl. "I'll go up ahead, buy me some time and hit him from behind."

"Right," Kyoka called out, leaping over the parapet and falling towards the ground. Nine's direct path upwards had ceased and was now heading towards a stone bridge to take him round the outside of the castle walls; this would be the perfect opportunity to end this fight right here.

The villain continued his advance, crossing the bridge and spying the start of a staircase up ahead to take him closer to his goal. He heard a thud land nearby and suspected one of the heroes trying to sneak up behind him.

"You'll have to do better than that," he turned his head and aimed a glare directly at Kyoka over his shoulder, his gaze piercing her being as she approached the bridge but she pushed through the fear, undeterred.

"Let's see how you like this!" She called out, plugging her jacks into her boots before sending her heartbeat thudding through them as loudly as she could.

Nine raised his air shield but watched in confusion as it briefly warbled in mid-air before part of the attack seemed to make it straight through, leaving the shield completely undamaged. Despite the weak amount of attack that made it past, Nine felt the backlash of his quirk pulse again, knowing he was running out of time as he clutched at his chest, but this time it was different. Inside his head, he could hear voices screaming and crying out.

"You monster!"

"Leave those heroes alone!"

"I won't let you hurt my children!"

"Wha-... what's happening?!" Nine groaned, stabilising himself on the side of the stone bridge and taking a few gasps of air, maintaining his shield all the while.

Kyoka watched in hope as the villain seemed to be reaching his limits. She kept up her quirk as best she could but gasped as Nine dropped his shield and took aim with his finger lasers. 

"Die!"

The purple projectiles launched at Kyoka who knew she couldn't react in time.

"I won't let you use my quirk this way!" Another voice cried out in Nine's head. As Kyoka braced herself for the impact, the lasers arced upwards, directing themselves into the air and exploding harmlessly.

Nine's face scrunched up with rage. What was going on?! How was it possible his quirk didn't do what he wanted? These kids had long exceeded their goodwill. Once he acquired the quirk he needed and recovered, they’d all be wiped out for this transgression, then he'd return to the doctor and demand he explain what was happening to his powers.

“Twirling Tail Dance!” He heard from behind him, spinning to see yet another hero in a martial arts gi slam his tail down on the other end of the bridge.

Kyoka knew it was her moment to strike too and had both her jacks plug into her wrist speakers before slamming them down in the center of the ground where the bridge started.

“Heartbeat Distortion!”

Nine’s eyes widened as he realised what the young heroes were planning.

At once he felt the ground give way, the stone falling from its unsupported place now hurtling towards the ground below. This wasn’t the end for him though as once more he manifested the blue quirk constructs from his back, the pair surging forwards like coiled snakes and taking the heroes completely by surprise as they were snapped up in their jaws.

He couldn’t focus on crushing them completely, instead slamming their bodies painfully into the castle walls as he used the quirk to dig in and lift himself from the falling debris, creating his own shortcut towards his goal.

As he landed on the upper castle ruins, he released his hold on the stolen quirk, the power seemingly working correctly and obeying him now. Trying to conserve as much energy as he could, he simply allowed the heroes to fall to their deaths instead.

Kyoka could hear the almost painful whipping of the wind blowing through her head and jacks as she fell from where that villain had slammed her. She knew she was falling and was far enough away from the wall that she couldn’t do anything to slow her descent; her jacks were far too weak to support her full body weight.

She was going to die.

Apparently the world was at least kind enough to ensure she was able to look at the sky as she fell. Time almost seemed to stand still as she admired the angry grey clouds and all the potential electrical rage and malice they possess at the whim of a mad man. What she wouldn’t give for a clear sky right now.

In a way it was almost a relief, her depression sinisterly whispered into her ears, she wouldn’t have to wake up with no energy or worry about disappointing anyone ever again, or at the very least, not being around to suffer through their disappointment from the most grand and epic failure of her entire life.

A pair of angry tears escaped Kyoka’s eyes and dissolved into the wind as the girl realised her own brain was fighting her even now.

She truly was pathetic, she couldn’t even think of her loved ones in her last moments and how sorry she was for letting them all down like this.

“Kyoka!”

From below, a cry ripped from Momo’s already hoarse throat as she watched Kyoka’s battered body fall from the cliff side along with Ojiro’s as the twin-headed quirk manifestation that slammed them there faded. She could see both flailing as best they could as gravity gave them no quarter and dragged them down towards the debris pile of what used to be the bridge they’d destroyed below.

There was nothing she could do; already she’d exhausted her entire lipid supply and she was too far to do anything to stop what was all but inevitable.

She would trade anything in the world for some miracle to appear before her.

There was an explosion and a flash of green and black from nearby but Momo couldn’t tear her eyes away from her falling girlfriend’s body.

Her breath caught and her tears poured out in relief as the green blur soared over her girlfriend before a thicket of black and green energy stretched out like a hand and almost encased her girlfriend in a protective cocoon.

“I’ve got you!” She could hear Izuku’s powerful, reassuring yet strained shout echo from here and just about wept in relief, fierce tears breaking free from her eyes as she all but collapsed.

“Can’t you fuckers handle anything?!” A similar shout echoed out around the area as the blond figure snatched Ojiro out of the air before kicking off the wall he’d been hurtling towards to intercept the falling boy and shooting sideways to land safely.

Similarly, Izuku, with a grunt of pain, lashed out with his free arm and a noticeably weaker tendril of black and green energy attached itself to the wall, allowing him to swing both Kyoka and himself over to stable ground.

Both heroes rested their injured friends on the down gently as they quickly assessed the damage. When Izuku’s Black Whip uncoiled from around Kyoka and he landed next to her, the girl quickly sat up and threw her arms gratefully around his neck, dry sobs of relief breaking free from her throat.

“Are you hurt?” Izuku asked carefully but with urgency as he returned the hug.

“Y-Yeah, my leg.” Kyoka groaned when she pulled back, unable to rest it in a way that felt comfortable. The reason soon became clear as it was definitely broken. There was no way she could get up and move around anymore, let alone fight.

“Can you fight?” Bakugo barked at Ojiro.

“Not… unless everything stops spinning and the six of you become one again.” Ojiro shot back, clearly suffering from a concussion.

“They’re useless,” Bakugo scoffed.

“Ojiro, can you move and carry something at least?” Izuku asked.

“P-Probably, but I don’t know how stable I’ll be,” the tailed boy admitted.

“That’s fine, just get Kyoka away from here to safety,” Izuku ordered. “Kyoka, you need to keep Ojiro awake as best you can, leave the rest to us.”

“We can-”

“You can’t!” Bakugo scoffed, immediately cutting down any protest. “You’ll get in the way and be used against us. Every second we waste here is another that fucker has to get to the kid.”

Izuku wouldn’t put it as harshly as that but reluctantly agreed with the sentiment.

“You guys go,” Ojiro waved them on. “I’ll do my part now.”

The greenette sent Kyoka one last reluctant look, not wanting to leave her side but both understood stopping the villain was way too important.

“Go,” Kyoka nodded, reaching out for Ojiro as the boy knelt by her side.

Without another moment’s hesitation, the green and blond blurs had taken off once again, launching themselves upwards towards the top of the crumbling ruin. Hopefully they weren’t too late already.


“There’s the escape route!” Kirishima breathed as evenly as he could to keep up his running pace, finding it more difficult than usual with a pair of kids in his arms.

Kyoka and Ojiro had just gone below to fend the villain off. While he didn’t doubt his teammate’s strength, the action was getting too close now and he needed to keep these kids away from both the main population hidden below, and from this deadly villain.

He gnashed his spiked teeth together, trying to keep himself composed as he passed Midnight’s body tucked behind a rock where Ojiro had placed her. It hurt to have to leave her, but the living were more important right now.

His distraction lasted only a moment, but it almost cost him his life as only an emergency alert from his instincts cause him to harden his body at the last second before a barrage of lasers slammed into his back, causing him to stumble.

“Mr Riot!” Katsuma cried out in fear, feeling the pinch of the hero’s suddenly super hard arms hold him and his sister close for protection.

“I-I’m fine!” Kirishima grunted with no small amount of pain.

The two kids felt further thumps of impactful lasers striking the protective hero on the back as he focused as hard as he could on his quirk.

This wasn’t manageable, he couldn’t go Unbreakable while holding them like this.

“When I say, run straight at the exit route, ‘kay?” Kirishima ordered with as much of a smile as he could muster. “No laser’ll get by me, I’ll protect you no matter what!”

Mahoro and Katsumi both gave shaky nods, trying not to let any further tears fall from the overwhelming fear they currently felt.

There was a brief lull in the laser fire and Kirishima moved in that moment. Shouting, “Go!” Kirishima opened his arms to release the kids and brace himself against the oncoming storm that was this overpowering villain.

“Red Riot Unbreakable!” He yelled out as his appearance hardened as much as he could, pushing himself to his limit as he felt his joints and skin crack from the strain of simply flexing in this position.

As agreed, the kids began running, Mahoro holding her younger brother’s hand as they ran. If they could get to the escape route, it would lead them around the outskirts of the island and back to the beach where they could then run for the mainland. It wasn’t much, but any delay to the villain getting his hands on them would be another moment for reinforcements to appear that they so desperately needed.

“Stop getting in my way!” Nine bellowed, his raised hand shooting out another barrage of lasers.

Kirishima braced himself and took every blast head on, refusing to budge. Even in Unbreakable he was feeling the strain; he’d been trying to bulk up even further since his battle with Rappa but it seemed that this wasn’t enough either.

Still, as long as he stood his ground and those kids kept running then they’d deny this villain his victory. All he had to do was stand here and-

Several lasers shot out from Nine’s fingers at an angle, curving around Kirishima’s position before arcing back towards the center. Explosions rang out from behind him and the kids cried out in fear as their exit was blocked off.

“No one said you could leave!” Nine growled, fatigue evident in his form.

Kirishima had failed. The kids were trapped and he’d once more been a useless shield.

Now was as good a time than ever to put Aizawa’s teachings into practise and force his opponent into battle on his terms. If it would buy those two even a second more time to escape however they could then it was his duty to buy them that time.

Anything less than that wouldn’t be manly in the slightest.

It was difficult, and he’d been training a lot since Rappa, but he’d learned to focus his Unbreakable state on only particular parts of his body. He still wasn’t good enough to activate it at will, but if he fully hardened first, he could relax his hardened state on the parts between his joints; right now, he was focused on his legs.

“Stay away from them!” Kirishima cried out, rushing forward as fast as he could.

Nine didn’t flinch and fired off another barrage of Bullet Lasers at the hardened boy who took them head on once more and barely faltered in his advance, looking to all the world like a demon lunging for his prey.

Unfortunately the situation was quite the reverse of what it actually appeared.

When Kirishima primed a punch and lunged for his target, Nine’s hand simply grew a barrier between him and the hero, blocking the boy’s blow even if the villain was clearly straining from the effort of holding back the sturdy hero.

“You’ll never win!” Kirishima pushed harder, hoping to go beyond and shatter this shield.

Nine raised his other hand out, fingertips primed towards Kirishima’s head just behind the barrier.

“Be gone pest!”

In a flash, the barrier was willingly dropped and the full barrage of five lasers exploded in Kirishima’s face.

Even Kirishima couldn’t withstand so much damage concentrated on a single area at once and found himself flying back through the air, his face chipped, cracked and bleeding from the impacts.

Nine gripped his hand tightly as pain shot through his body. The bullets impacting this close to his fingers had caught them in the blast and he felt his rage spike that someone with such a simple, pathetic quirk had managed to force him into such a position.

Glaring over at his opponent however, it was clear that the hero was down for the count, his hardening quirk relaxing as the boy faded into unconsciousness.

“Mr Riot, no…” Katsuma cried from his position on the ground, having fallen to his knees along with his sister when their escape route was destroyed.

His prize now tantalizingly close before him, Nine resumed his advance, his gaze focused solely on the boy. Once more his body pain flared and he felt his strength fading with every breath he took. He refused to let this stop him and kept stumbling forward.

From their position on the ground, Mahoro and Katsuma cried tears of fear; there was now no more heroes left between them and the villain.

As scared as she was, Mahoro felt herself rise to her feet as she took a shaky step in front of her brother.

“Keep running Kastuma,” she ordered through her tears.

“No, don’t Mahoro,” Katsuma shook his head, fearing what his big sister was about to do.

“It’s fine just go!” She shouted, not looking back as she charged forward to delay the villain in any way she could. “Stay back! Don’t you come any closer to my brother!”

Nine didn’t listen and continued his single minded advance.

“I told you to stop!” Mahoro moved forward, hoping to punch, bite, kick, and tear at the man, doing whatever it would take to get him to stop.

Instead, she found herself grabbed around the throat and held aloft as Nine started squeezing, holding her a bit too tightly as he clutched his own chest in pain from yet another attack from his own body.

“Unless you want your sister to die right now, you’ll get over here!”

Katsuma trembled in fear, his vision blurry from all the tears he was shedding as he didn’t know what to do.

“No… run away,” Mahoro begged as Nine increased his grip around her neck. “Escape!”

“Help me turn my desire… into… reality!” Nine struggled for breath, his own vision blurring from the pain he was experiencing.

Katsuma watched his sister’s neck get squeezed even tighter and knew he had to do something. Before he knew what he was doing, he was already barrelling towards the villain, his little fists raised.

“No! I can’t just give up, I promise I will protect you Mahoro!”

Finally seeing his target coming towards him, Nine tossed the useless girl aside as he stretched out his hand, pushing his quirk to steal as soon as it was able. His hand was inches away from Katsuma’s face and seconds away from victory.

The air whipped up and a crackle of energy broke through the silence.

“Smash!”

Izuku’s foot lashed out and finally connected with Nine’s face, sending the villain hurtling through the air.

Over to the side, Bakugo reached out and snatched Mahoro from the air before she hit the ground, pulling her close to his chest as he skidded through the dirt.

“Sorry we’re late,” Izuku apologised to Katsuma, standing once more between him and the villain buried under a cloud of dust. “That was very brave, you did great. I’m proud of you Katsuma,” Izuku smiled back at the boy with as much warmth as he could muster.

“Bakugo… you’re alive!” Mahoro said with great relief as the angry blond gently put her down and turning back to the enemy.

“Weren’t you listening?” He scoffed. “I’m gonna be the number one hero! I’ll end up better than every pro, even All Might,” he blinked away a pair of tears, “and no matter what, I’ll never let anyone die on my watch again!”

Mahoro felt her smile drop just a tad. Even she was aware enough to know that Bakugo blamed himself for his teacher’s death.

“Take your sister and run!” Izuku ordered Katsuma as Nine pushed himself back to his feet.

“Right!” Katsuma nodded, turning quickly and seizing Mahoro by the hand, now pulling her along after him instead of the other way around. “C’mon sis!”

With the kids out of the way, Izuku and Bakugo readied themselves before springing forward, propelled quickly over the earth to strike once more at the shield Nine hastily conjured for himself.

“How could you possibly have avoided my lightning?” He demanded to know.

“You stopped us with that before!” Izuku replied kicking forcefully as the shield thankfully shattered and the villain was sent sprawling again.

Bakugo pressed the advantage, preparing another attack as he explained to the villain just how stupid he was for underestimating them.

“So we planned for it and used our electric friend as a lightning rod!”

Angrily sliding to a stop, frustrated at how his all-powerful, original quirk had been so easily bypassed, Nine thrust forward with a full array of ten laser blasts.

Bakugo had worked out how they functioned by now and intercepted them with blasts of his own, causing them to detonate and dissipate prematurely before retaliating with a barrage of AP Auto-Cannon shots, forcing Nine to throw up yet another shield.

Nine wasn’t waiting around this time and quickly unleashed his pair of snake-like quirk constructs to attack while he guarded himself.

Izuku was ready however, quickly slamming his feet into one of them and then the other, tearing through their weakened forms like butter as they disappeared once more.

Seeing his chance to attack, Bakugo set himself up to spin rapidly with a well-timed explosion, hurtling towards the villain’s shield and unleashing a mighty Howitzer Impact on the man, the resulting shockwave sending the kids and Kirishima’s unconscious body flying back with the two children seeking refuge behind the same rock Midnight’s body was hidden behind.

Breathing heavily, Izuku and Bakugo regrouped, ready to resume their assault if it looked like the villain was able to get back up.

Within the flames that raged from Bakugo’s attack, Nine’s damaged and broken body refused to give up.

‘No… this isn’t… o-over. I can’t stop now! I won’t let it end like this. I will have my new society,’ he thought angrily as clouds gathered once again overhead. Purple lines spread around his body, the formula keeping him alive burning through his system. “No matter what it takes!”

With a mighty blast of air, the fire was tamed, spinning into a tornado with a battle-damaged Nine in the center of it, hovering ominously in mid-air. Before Izuku or Bakugo could attack, the villain whipped up the winds further, creating a devastating fiery tornado before them, shielding him from harm.

“A tornado?!” Izuku gasped, unnerved he hadn’t displayed all his powers yet. Was this a new one? Or part of the lightning one?

“He can control all types of weather!” Bakugo voiced, giving Izuku all he needed to confirm his suspicions.

Lightning raged around the island, striking indiscriminately as the storm picked up again and fires burned all around them.

“What now?” Izuku asked with concern, “Katsuma and Mahoro are still here. On top of that, everyone below us could be in danger too!”

“He’s gonna end up destroying this whole island,” Bakugo felt a mote of panic creep into his voice.

“We have to stop him, we can’t hold back!” Izuku declared, feeling One-For-All building inside him once again. If there was any time to risk going one hundred percent, it was now!

“Let’s do this! I’ll blast this villain with everything I’ve got!” Bakugo joined the boy in his declaration, his remaining gauntlet ready with a full tank.

The pair launched themselves forward, charging directly at the raging fire tornado before them.

“Detroit Smash!” Izuku channelled a one hundred percent punch in his arm while maintaining thirty percent over the rest of his body.

“Howitzer Impact!” Bakugo spun himself around once more, waiting until the last second to pull the pin on his gear and send the resulting force hurtling towards the villain.

The wind kicked up as all the opposing forces battled against each other. The children cried out in fear as the storm picked up even more.

Izuku and Bakugo pushed forward with all their might, hoping their attacks broke through the tornado’s barrier and took the villain down for good but the strength from their attacks was quickly fading. The swirling vortex proved the superior force and Izuku’s glove ripped to shreds from the backlash and Izuku’s arm darkened into a deep purple. Likewise, Bakugo’s gauntlet was unable to take the backlash and shattered along with the sweat collection sleeve along his arm as both boys got caught up in the winds, their bodies flying through the air at the mercy of the element.

The conflicting forces served only to enhance the devastation to the surrounding area as the mountain peak began crumbling from the strength of all the forces hitting it. Rocks began falling all around Katsuma and Mahoro and for a minute it looked like the battle might all be for nothing as a large boulder looked to crush them both into paste only for a re-awakened Kirishima to hurl his body over the top of the pair, flexing his quirk with everything he had and praying it would be enough to protect the pair.

Down below, the cave where the residents of the island were hiding was quickly being blocked in as rocks and stone tried to smother the entrance. Sato did his best to hold as much of the rubble back as he could but felt his weak hand not doing him any favours and wasn’t able to prevent anything other than excess rocks piling in. In the end, they were completely trapped with no way out.

Finally, it seemed the flaming tornado had run its course as Izuku and Bakugo’s bodies were left only to gravity, crashing down hard on the ground by the uncaring force of nature as Nine landed before them, completely safe in the eye of the storm he’d created.

Even with their damaged and worn bodies, the pair of heroes once again struggled to their feet, intending to fight until their last breath.

“It’s no use, you simply don’t have enough strength to defeat me!” Nine mocked as he strode forward imposingly towards the battered heroes. “You will not survive the new world I will create.”

“What new world?” Izuku asked, hoping to buy even just a little more time for the villain’s body to falter.

“One ruled by power,” Nine’s eyes danced with the idyllic future he could practically see at this point as he sent a casual hail of lasers at Izuku and Bakugo for daring to get in his way yet again. “The strong will lord over the weak in my Utopia.”

“Same old crap,” Bakugo spat before he and Izuku were taken off guard by the re-emergence of the twin-headed quirk constructs, the pair getting snapped up in their jaws as panic set in.

“Labels like ‘Hero’ or ‘Villain’ won’t be necessary. Power will be the only factor that matters; that’s how a true superhuman society should be structured!”

“Sounds like something a power hungry madman would dream up!” Izuku retorted, trying to use all the strength he had to prevent the jaws closing down on his chest with Bakugo doing the same.

“It’s never gonna work moron!”

Bakugo’s quip resulted in the pair being slammed against the mountain’s walls as they both fought to remain conscious.

“You’ve insulted the king of this new world for long enough, it’s time for you to be eliminated,” Nine stated with finality, clenching both of his hands to get his quirk to bite down hard on the pair and end their pathetic resistance.

Izuku and Bakugo felt the stain on their chests as the quirk did its best to bite them in two. Izuku pushed back with everything he had while Bakugo steadfastly refused to die like this and blasted away at the tooth crushing him.

Nine’s execution of the pair was only quelled by a pair of small voices getting his attention.

“Mister Deku!”

“Bakugo!”

“We believe in you!”

Katsuma and Mahoro called out desperately, the pair kneeling at the fallen Kirishima’s side as the green glow of Katsuma’s quirk tried to patch up the sturdy hero as best it could.

“Please don’t give up!” The both called out together.

A sinister pair of eyes redirected themselves from the two heroes back to their original target.

“There you are,” Nine smirked, seeing his goal so painfully close as he began stepping forward threateningly, like some force of nature that couldn’t be stopped.

Bakugo watched on helplessly, his strength needing time to regroup and the jaws of this quirk construct weren’t doing him any favours. Thankfully, it seemed they were less focused on crushing the life out of him and Deku right now as the villain moved to achieve his goal.

His anger flared once again and he was about to aim whatever explosive energy he could muster against the villain from this distance to free himself instead when he heard a voice calling out to him.

“K-Kacchan.” Izuku spoke softly, trying to get his attention without alerting their captor. Looking over at the boy, it was clear he’d overused his quirk by that sickening dark purple his arm had turned from breaking it yet again. “I got a crazy idea… there’s only one way we can stop him.”

Bakugo’s disbelief turned to wide-eyed shock as Izuku’s idea made itself clear in his mind as the boy’s arm raised up, blood covering the tips of his fingers. Here was useless, formerly quirkless Izuku holding out his hand once again only this time he was offering much more than a simple tug to his feet out of a shallow stream.

If he reached out and accepted that hand, he’d have to accept the responsibility of One-For-All

Not only that, but he’d be taking the quirk away from Izuku.

Bakugo wasn’t ashamed to admit to himself his former childhood friend had developed the quirk impressively well, on top of dealing with all the bullshit that seemed to be coming with it, but was it right to take that away from him now even if it was being offered?

The ash haired blond swallowed his pride, grit his teeth, and dug down deep to override every instinct he’d had towards Midoriya growing up. Even if it was from someone like Deku, he would accept power from anyone right now if it gave him the chance to protect the one he loved!

As Bakugo stretched out his arm with a cut on his fingertip while the two were suspended in the air by the quirk constructs, it was clear they would never close the distance between them. Izuku glanced down at Nine who was still distracted with his goal and, with a painful pull on his quirk, Izuku manifested Black Whip from his outstretched arm. It soared forward and latched around Bakugo’s own before tugging, pulling the two heroes closer as the quirk construct’s heads were levered into position.

Nine looked up as the useless heroes used their last moments in this old world to hold hands, unknowing of the exchange of power that was flowing between them. His face quickly turned to one of horror as Bakugo gained the strength to break free from his toothy prison and Izuku felt his own resurge too, the constructs once more disappearing as they were forcefully dispelled.

The two boys landed in a crouch together, now free and ready to stand and fight once more.

“After this… will you still be able to use your power?” Bakugo asked, feeling the strength of One-For-All flowing through him.

“For a time, maybe,” Izuku figured, “all that matters right now though, is stopping him here and now.”

“What did you do?!” Nine raged at being denied his prize yet again.

Orange and green energy sparked from Bakugo and Izuku as the pair powered up, the explosive blond having more than enough knowledge on how the quirk worked at this point to slip it seamlessly into his own power.

“We’ll save everyone!” Izuku declared.

“We’ll beat you and win!” Bakugo finished their shared resolution.

“Why won’t you weaklings die already?!” Nine roared to the heavens, the fiery tornado restarting to put an end to any efforts to stop him like before.

Faced again with the obstacle they both couldn’t beat before, Bakugo and Izuku readied themselves to fight. As the immense power flowed through his body, Bakugo could feel the rush of might that only Izuku and All Might had experienced before. It was heady, intoxicating even, and he knew with this strength there would be no contest for his ascension to the rank of number one in all the world.

Izuku had given him this power in their last ditch effort to clinch victory from the jaws of defeat, likely not even thinking about stuff like that. What was given could hopefully be returned and Bakugo knew that no matter what happened next, he would make sure that even with this new burden, he would do the right thing, just like All Might would.

“Let’s win this together!” Bakugo declared, taking a strong battle stance he’d practised in his room a thousand times over.

“And save everyone with a smile!” Izuku took an identical stance beside him in reverse, his remaining glove ripping to shreds as he power up to a hundred percent of whatever strength he had left.

Nina saw the two getting ready to attack and desperately launched his own, calling upon the heavens once more to deliver his wrath down upon them.

“Detroit Smash!” The pair called in unison, thrusting their arms upwards and sending a pair of full powered blasts of pressure skyward. Battling against the raging sky, it was quickly clear whose strength was superior as the clouds parted and a bright blue sky blossomed from the darkness.

Nine could only react in disbelief as his strongest attack was overwhelmed and the two heroes stood with their fists raised as though they were completely victorious.

No further words needed exchanging as he fired up every remaining ounce of energy his weakening body had left to try and obliterate the two as Bakugo and Izuku similarly knew that this was it.

With speed and power unimaginable to the average person, the three collided in a fierce battle for the ages, the very landscape altering with their every attack as the pair pushed Nine further and further away from his goal, back down the mountain and protecting everyone as they said they would.

It all culminated with one final attack between them all; Nine’s entire being burned from the inside out as his body crackled with lightning, trying to direct it all at his enemies while Izuku’s final smash cut through the wind and Bakugo launched a devastating One-For-All enhanced explosion that sent the villain soaring into the ocean at a speed he figured no one could survive.

As Bakugo and Izuku fell to the ground, their bodies utterly exhausted from their efforts, Izuku felt the flames of his quirk fizzle and die out. With a great sadness, he said goodbye to One-For-All as he lost consciousness.


“Shame. I really thought he’d be the one to finish the quirk.”

“He did the right thing though. I would’ve made the same choice.”

“Unfortunately he has condemned his friend to suffer greatly because of it. I could only hold the quirk eighteen years and it has grown immensely since.”

Bakugo felt his consciousness stirring. Voices were talking nearby about something, refusing to just shut up and let him rest in peace.

“Do you think he’s a worthy successor?”

“I mean, he idolized All Might like the last but you know of his past behaviour by now.”

“Kid’s got guts, I say we give him a chance. He’s clearly been workin’ real hard to try and improve himself.”

“That does raise the question of whether it’s better the quirk go to someone that’s always been good or to someone that’s overcome their less than stellar nature through great effort.”

“Toshinori believes in the boy so we should too, or at least give him a chance to speak for himself.”

Unable to block out the voices any longer, Bakugo’s eyes snapped open, wildly scanning his surroundings as fast as he could process. Was he still fighting? Did he win? Was he… dead?

All around him was a swirling black void of nothingness. Nothing seemed notable and the whole thing seemed to be constantly moving. Looking down, even the ground he was standing on didn’t appear to be solid but that thought quickly paled compared to seeing well over half his body consumed by the same inky black void substance.

‘What the hell?! Get this shit off!’ Bakugo yelled out, or at least, he tried. Clutching at his mouth, he realised he could only think the words as his mouth was completely covered by this substance too.

“Hey, looks like the kid’s awake.” A gruff, if somewhat jovial voice chuckled from behind him.

Bakugo whirled around to find nine figures standing in a half-circle behind him, though only seven of them appeared to be flesh and blood humans.

“Bakugo Katsuki,” the only woman of the group said softly, a downhearted look on her face. “Fitting another student of Toshinori’s would end up the next wielder of the quirk.”

‘Quirk?’ Bakugo questioned, an irate look on his face until his memory of the recent battle reasserted itself in his mind. ‘One-For-All,’ he quickly surmised.

“Welcome to the core of One-For-All,” the gruff looking bald guy with a bandolier chuckled, spreading his arms wide.

“You’re inside the quirk that was given to you by the ninth in case you hadn’t figured out,” a sickly looking man with a pair of lines going down over his left eye commented.

Bakugo rolled his eyes, not needing to be a genius to figure out that much.

“All Might was the eighth, Izuku Midoriya was the ninth,” a black haired man with a jacket that came up and over his mouth stated and pointed out the unfocused yellow and green figures respectively, “that makes you the tenth.”

‘Tenth?’ Bakugo thought as he stared at the two undefined masses of energy. If he squinted, one looked like All Might while the other… the other looked like it had Deku’s hair.

“I’d say ‘congrats’ but kid, you’ve inherited one heck of a legacy.” The bald guy chuckled mirthlessly as he shook his head.

“As much as it pains me to say it, it is you, Bakugo Katsuki, who will need to perfect this quirk should my brother ever try to make his return.” An even sicker looking white haired man stated, his one exposed eye unobscured by his long hair and feeling like it looked directly into Bakugo’s soul.

“Th- f--k ar- yo- -ll ta-kin’ a--ut?!” Bakugo’s voice rose.

“Hasn’t got mouth, typical,” a figure with orange hair and a large split scar across his nose commented.

“How will he be any better than the last?” Another with blue hair in a ponytail covered by a bandana said.

“He’ll be up to the task,” the only woman stated, though her timbre betrayed her true belief in the boy. “He has to be.”

“Kid, you got an awesome new power inside of you now that’s the culmination of years of-”

An explosion erupted from the palm of Bakugo’s visible hand that caused several of the vestiges to back off it was so strong.

“Hey, calm down kid!” The bald headed man called out. “We’re just trying to explain your new power.”

“I don’t need or want this power!” Bakugo stated firmly, his anger and conviction bringing his willpower out in full force as his mouth started to manifest. “I know exactly who and what you fucks are and I’m not gonna end up like you. I’m gonna be the number one hero in the world no matter what, and I’m gonna do it on my own. I won’t have anyone dismiss me saying I only got there because I have All Might’s quirk! I’m gonna earn every damn piece of respect I get with my own power!”

Bakugo’s palm exploded again, though this one was significantly smaller and seemed like more of a threat than anything else.

“So you better get the hell out of my body and back into that useless idiot’s because you’re not staying here! I’ll fucking kill you if you try!”

Several of the vestiges looked uneasily at each other, not knowing what exactly would happen if the boy actually went through on his threat.

“Can… we die again?” the black haired guy asked with a tone of worry.

“I don’t want to hang around and find out,” the man with two scars down his eye stated.

“Literally where can we go?” the one with the scar across his nose deadpanned.

“Kid, leaving’s not up to us. You gotta pass us on just like everyone else,” the bald guy tried to explain.

“Maybe not,” the voice of the white haired man spoke softly, drawing all attention to him. “This is the first time we’ve been passed on since the singularity and only the second where the initiator is still alive more than moments after handing off the quirk.”

“What about it?” The woman asked.

“Well, Izuku Midoriya clearly has established his connection to the quirk,” the first gestured to Izuku’s swirling energy vestige. “Perhaps, if we follow the connection back to the source, we can return.”

“You think?” the black haired man raised a non-existent brow

“Is it worth risking it?” The blue haired guy asked.

“We could snuff ourselves out of existence if we’re wrong,” the one with the scarred nose warned.

“Not like this little firecracker’s gonna let us stay regardless,” the bald guy chuckled.

“Damn right I’m not!” Bakugo growled again.

There was a moment of silence as each of the vestiges weighed their options before they seemingly came to an agreement together.

“Very well Bakugo Katsuki, we will attempt to depart,” the white haired one stated, “but if it fails, it is on you to pass us on or back to Izuku Midoriya. This quirk existing is more important than any sense of ego you may have.”

“Get be-t,” Bakugo scoffed, his mouth starting to disappear as his anger flare dropped.

One by one, each of the vestiges put their hands on the one that represented Izuku. Bakugo watched impatiently for something to happen, baring his teeth when it looked like nothing was. Then, each of the vestiges began to fade away starting with the first. With each vanishing being, Bakugo felt his mind becoming cloudier, having to shake his head and focus himself to just remember what was going on.

When only the two wispy vestiges remained, he knew the one that was All Might was watching him carefully. Much like this entire interaction, Bakugo could feel the judgemental gaze of his hero and teacher washing over him.

“Get… g-t go--g yo- f-ck!” Bakugo shouted as best he could but the darkness of the void seemed to be reclaiming his mouth and body again.

A few moments later and the All Might wisp was gone, leaving only Bakugo and Izuku’s vestige facing each other. The blond held up his palm once more, a clear threat to try and make the vestige leave faster but it didn’t even flinch. Instead, all it did was nod at Bakugo before fading away itself, leaving Bakugo alone as the void seemed to rapidly start collapsing.

‘Better be grateful for this… stupid… Deku…’ Bakugo thought just as his consciousness faded once more, the power to keep his form in this vestige world retreating to its rightful owner.


As the storm clouds continued to disperse with no external force to hold them together, sunlight bathed the battered island of Nabu as it managed to pierce through the darkness.

Jets soared overhead, having been sent by the Japanese military after the detection of an immensely powerful quirk force at play along with a warning by Hawks and a message from a drone that had been picked up by some fishermen off the main coast.

Everything looked stable despite the destruction that was plain to see to anyone observing the island as it seemed almost nothing escaped unscathed.

The winged number two hero swooped down to investigate the scene as the former number one parachuted in, descending down to where he identified the most intense part of whatever battle took place happened. With horror, he spotted his protégé and his explosive friend together lying broken and bleeding on the ground.

As he landed and rushed over to the boy he’d deemed his successor, he only hoped that this was the result of a victory on the boy’s behalf and wondered what on earth could cause them to go all out like this.

On the mainland of Nabu, in a field of wildflowers, a black sludge appeared in mid-air and deposited a white-haired figure dressed in an expensive red coat with a singular severed hand covering his face.

“I knew you’d survive,” Tomura Shigaraki smirked down at the emaciated form of Nine that had crawled ashore, his body bleeding out from the wounds he’d sustained in battle.

“Shi…ga…raki,” Nine croaked as he lifted his head with great difficultly.

“Did you have a good life?” Shigaraki asked casually as the pathetic damaged man crawled towards him.

“I’ve just begun… I’ll keep fighting!” Nine strained to speak again, his defiance still present to the last.

“Don’t worry,” Shigaraki stated with mirth as he advanced on the fallen man, “I’ll take over your dream from here.”

“There can only be… one true ruler!” Nine raised his hand, fear gripping his heart as he knew now why Shigaraki was here. Before he could activate any of his quirks however, he felt Shigaraki’s palm touch his face.

“Yes,” Shigrakai hissed with malevolence, “only one.”

Nine took his final breath as his body locked up, his cells completely decaying from Shigaraki’s touch and spreading throughout. A few seconds more and his form was unable to sustain itself, cracking and breaking apart before dissolving in the wind, now nothing more than dust.

“Goodnight Nine, excellent work,” Shigaraki chuckled as the pawn had served its purpose.

Standing up, he looked over at the small island where the great battle had taken place, watching as heroes and military descended upon it in force. Turning his back to it, he smiled to himself as he walked away, the black sludge reappearing and starting to consume his form.

“I’ll see you real soon… Izuku Midoriya.”

And like that, the villain was gone, leaving only some crushed, bloodstained flowers in his wake.


The battle was over for the students of class 1-A and they had come out victorious, though at a great cost. Whilst the immediate losses were being tallied and identified, none of them yet knew how trying the next few weeks would continue to be.

For now, the storm was over… but the damage it had done and the ripples it would cause were immeasurable.

Notes:

Chapter summary:

- Mahoro calls the agency to report the villains and Izuku speeds off to check.

- Tooru and Aoyama encounter Mummy and discover they can't call for backup.

- The students at the beach attempt to evacuate everyone while holding of Chimera when Midnight joins the battle.

- Tooru and Aoyama are getting fatigued but use their combination attack to push back Mummy. Mummy captures Aoyama and uses him to attack Tooru.

- The other students have now received word of the attacks and begin to mobilize.

- Izuku is unable to find Katsuma and Mahoro where they called from and searches for them

- Despite their best efforts and backup, the beach heroes aren't faring well against Chimera.

- Nina has located Katsuma and Mahoro. About to absorb the former's quirk, Izuku saves the pair. While the children run Izuku realises he's dealing with something akin to All-For-One.

- Tooru's cornered by Mummy and has no choice but to go Plus Ultra, charging her quirk with all the light around her to create her own lasers. While she's able to free Aoyama and defeat the villain, the lingering pain in the back of her head finally explodes and sends her into a seizure. Mina and some of the others arrive, with half remaining to take care of the villains while the other half get Tooru to the hospital and Bakugo hunting for the main villain.

- As the beach students evacuate the last of the civilians and injured, Midnight enacts a plan to subdue Chimera with help from Todoroki.

- Izuku dukes it out with Nine who is unable to steal One-For-All but is beaten back. Bakugo arrives and provides backup but he and Izuku are defeated. Before he can land a killing blow, Nine suffers from his debilitating disease. Other heroes arrive to rescue the kids as well as their friends while Slice rescues Nine, retreating for now.

- Midnight valiantly fights Chimera but the heteromorphic villain proves too hardy, knocking her out. When he receives the signal to retreat, he taunts the students who come to save Midnight, kidnapping her.

- Mina and the others arrive at the rendezvous point, a factory where they get Tooru medical attention. As the others focus on sorting the civilians out, the doctor's check Tooru out and believe she won't last the night.

- When everyone else arrives, the mood is dour with so many of their friends injured. Katsuma pipes up and uses his quirk to heal, much to the relief of everyone and the doctors hope it'll work on Tooru too.

- Momo comforts Mina who is exhibiting familiar, destructive emotions that Momo had recently and the heiress uses her experience to comfort and guide Mina away from her darker impulses.

- Chimera rejoins the other villains, tying Midnight up outside in the rain who surprises Chimera with her words.

- The remaining students attempt to plan to counter the villains. When Mahoro tells them the main one is after her brother, the mayor opts to hand him over but Bakugo and Izuku who have recovered reject this. Izuku then puts forth his plan to rescue Midnight and defeat the villains with Bakugo taking the riskiest position. Kirishima and the girls confront the pair after the meeting, expressing relief they're both safe.

- The next morning, Chimera enjoys breakfast while Midnight prys into his motivations and past. Midnight sympathises as best she can with the villain, revealing her own past and Chimera opens up. After thugs tried to kill him and heroes nearly did the same just for defending himself, Chimera is saved by Nine and decides to join the man in bringing about a revolution, gleefully ending those that caused him pain. Midnight continues to try and sympathize, but Chimera demonstrates his cruelty and repels her.

- The students escort the civilians to the castle ruins and prepare to engage the villains. While Izuku buys time, Bakugo attempts to rescue Midnight but fails, resulting in her death. The students prepare for an all out battle.

- After splitting up the advancing villains, Mina and Tokoyami take on Slice. When Slice is about to kill Tokoyami, Mina's quirk perfectly counters hers and subdues her by removing her quirk.

- Chimera takes on Shoji, Todoroki, and others, gloating about Midnight's death. All hope looks lost when some of Shoji's arms are ripped off but Todoroki freezes him and Chimera together.

- The remaining heroes try to take out Nine but are nearly entirely defeated. When it looks like Nine is about to win, Izuku gives up One-For-All to Bakugo and the pair go beyond together to take down the villain.

- Bakugo awakes in the vestige world, realizing he now has One-For-All. Threatening the vestiges, he makes them leave and return to Izuku before passing out again.

- Though Nine survives the attack, Shigaraki makes sure he isn't around any longer.

Chapter 34: Devastation

Summary:

With the Battle of Nabu wrapping up, the heroes are left to pick up the pieces. With the loss of Midnight, and many injuries, class 1-A is struggling to see through the dark clouds.

Notes:

I'm back after my break and hopefully we should be back to chapters every other week. Originally the next chapter and this one was one singular chapter but as you can tell it was getting a bit long so I've split it.

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There's also fun new MHA game of my creation to try out at the same time and I'll be hanging around there most days usually chatting rubbish so feel free to bother me. :)

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

The battle of Nabu Island was now over and the heroes had emerged victorious. However, the damage the villains had left in their wake was extensive.

Hawks figured out what was happening due to the timely awakening of Mahoro and Kastuma’s now quirkless father along with the arrival of Momo’s S.O.S. drone. Confirming that it was another person like All-For-One and not quirk erasing bullets had raised the situation to dire levels and the top heroes were sent on ahead while the military and any other able bodied hero that could get to the island was mobilized.

In the process, UA was alerted to the situation but were near helpless to do anything. Several teachers including Recovery Girl, Cementoss, Snipe, Ectoplasm and Present Mic were sent out to support as best they could but even then they knew they were still hours out. All Might begged to go too but was denied by Nezu on the front that he’d be more of a hindrance than a help. In spite of that, the former number one used his connections to contact a nearby military base and get them all places on jets but only if he was on one of them.

Aizawa, who had been nervously waiting by the southern port where the ferry should’ve arrived to pick him up and take him to Nabu, felt his stomach drop out from under him as Nezu relayed the news to him via phone call. Using his hero license he commandeered a civilian boat strong enough to get him to the island but it still took time.

As he sped along the surface of the ocean, his worry was only furthered by seeing Hawks soar overhead swiftly followed by military jets along with deployment boats full of troops all going the same way as him. Try as he might, he couldn’t force the boat to go any faster than it could go.

Despite the almost endless stretch of time it felt like he was travelling, Aizawa still wasn’t prepared for seeing the sheer amount of destruction and devastation on the island as it got closer and closer. Plumes of black smoke were everywhere and nothing looked untouched by battle or the result of a disaster that could only have been unnatural.

Throwing caution to the wind, Aizawa drove the boat straight onto the sands of the beach before sprinting as fast as he could to the least damaged car he could find, hotwiring it and speeding away. It was hard going navigating the streets in such an aftermath and he was somewhat grateful the island didn’t have a large population if only to keep the streets relatively clear of cars as he wove through the wreckage. His heart thudded painfully as he passed by the police station which had been almost pulverized into the ground and prayed none of his students were underneath the wreckage. The island seemed to be almost deserted though and he truly didn’t know how to feel about that.

Aizawa shook his head and tried to focus; his students had to be somewhere and when he found them he’d find the civilians.

Arriving at the Class 1-A temporary hero agency, Aizawa felt a small amount of relief at seeing the building still standing proud. Due to being a former pro’s agency, the building was reinforced to protect against villain attacks and it seemed the building has escaped with minimal damage despite the shattered windows and broken trees nearby.

Rushing inside, he found most of the equipment in place and looking functional if not for the power being completely out. Upstairs he found no sign of the students but all their costume cases appeared to be empty, another small relief. Still, that left the question of where exactly the students were.

Checking his phone, Aizawa noted cell service was completely out and immediately discarded any hopes on communication right now. He wouldn’t be defeated however and hurried back outside to scan the skies; if Hawks and the military were here, they’d go straight for the villains which is where he’d likely find his students.

Seeing another jet pass over, he jumped back in the car and followed the direction it travelled as best he could. He ground the gears way too many times in his hurry to push the car to its limits down the country roads but eventually made it to the island’s edge where he got his first look at Mount Shiroyama.

While the main island looked like it had suffered the effects of a hurricane, this island looked to have been the target of a missile bombardment with craters, torn up landscape, and debris from the ancient looking castle littering the entire area along with a huge pair of gashes down the center of the island. Something told him Bakugo and Midoriya had fought with their all here and hoped desperately that what he was seeing was the result of a victory.

Above, it seemed that the Japanese military helicopters were arriving with a slew of heroes and armed parachuters dropping quickly towards the site of the battle; Endeavor’s flames were distinctive as he hovered and surveyed the area.

The sand bank was the only path across and Aizawa quickly sprinted over, the waves licking at his boots all the while. With each step he took, he could feel his anxiety heighten as the scarred landscape grew more and more distinctive the closer he got.

Launching himself up the hill over what rocks and greenery were still stable, Aizawa felt his breath finally catch up with him as he saw two military personnel supporting an exhausted and battle-damaged Yaoyorozu and Aoyama. Hurrying over, his approach was swiftly prevented by the threat of guns being pointed in his face.

“Hands up!”

“Don’t move!”

Aizawa flinched as a pair of military men took aim at him with assault rifles. Thankfully, Yaoyorozu and Aoyama looked over at that moment in fear but it quickly melted from their faces as they saw their teacher’s form before them.

“Wait, stop, that’s Eraser Head!” Momo called out.

“He’s our teacher, a hero,” Aoyama concurred.

The military personnel looked confused for a moment before slowly lowering their weapons. Aizawa quickly fished his hero license from a pouch and showed it to the soldiers who radioed in to those in the area that a new hero had joined the rescue effort.

Once everything was straightened out, Aizawa approached his weary students as they were being escorted up the mountain.

“What happened?” Aizawa asked with an unusual amount of concern. “Is everyone all right?”

“I… I don’t know,” Momo shook her head, “I hope so but… we all had to split up to fight these villains.”

“E-Eraser Head,” Aoyama nervously spoke up, “there was… there’s some injured prior. Mademoiselle Hagakure is greatly in need of medical help.”

“She’s with the civilians in the caves below along with some of the others,” Momo informed their teacher, the pair already having told the military prior. “We tried our best to protect everyone just like you taught us.”

“You did well,” Aizawa praised the two while trying to push down his own anxiety. “Focus on resting now and let us handle this.”

“Yes sir,” Momo nodded, though concern was written all over her face.

“Sir,” one of the military officials addressed Aizawa. “We’re rounding up everyone and bringing them to the summit for evac. Some significant injuries have been reported and it’s best we get all those that need it on the first helicopter out.”

“Of course,” Aizawa nodded. “I’ll go ahead and help calm the others.”

With two of his students seemingly okay despite their injuries, Aizawa needed to confirm the other seventeen before he could even think about anything else. Using his binding cloth to take a more direct path to the summit using the ruins wreckage, he spotted many of his students gathered together with a medical officer bandaging up those he’d gotten to.

Already he was breathing easier despite what appeared to be several significant injuries like Sero, Ojiro and Uraraka’s head wounds and Sato’s arm in a sling. Many of the problem children were missing, like Midoriya, Bakugo, and Todoroki and that was worrying.

Someone pointed out his appearance as those that had gathered turned to face their teacher. The looks on their faces sent a ripple of fear down to his bones at raw despair on display.

Ever the trying leader, Iida stepped forward, looking the most composed of the group.

“Sir…” Iida bowed lightly at their teacher, “we were successful in subduing a villain attack and prevented them from achieving their goal while keeping the island residents safe.”

“Casualties?” Aizawa asked firmly, trying to cut to the chase and rip the bandage off now. Iida looked somewhat fearful now, unable to look his teacher in the eye.

“Most of us have some form of non-critical injury from the battle, Uraraka, Ojiro, and Sero have sustained head injuries from debris but have been patched up for now along with Sato who had his hand broken yesterday. Tokoyami has several puncture wounds but nothing Recovery Girl couldn’t fix. However… some of us have sustained significant injuries. Bakugo, Midoriya and Hagakure are out of commission and will be flown out as soon as the helicopter is clear to land. Kirishima took some hits even he couldn’t defend against and may have some scarring. Shoji… Shoji had part of his arms r-ripped off and… Todoroki was forced to freeze him as we did what we could to restrain the villain we fought; I’m not sure about his current condition but Endeavor and his side-kicks are currently trying to thaw the both of them.”

Aizawa tried to hold back his own worry from showing. Yet again his students had gone through hell and come out the end with their lives; that was at least one small mercy.

“Okay, that’s manageable,” Aizawa exhaled slowly, looking back over at the group of students that now fully accounted for all seventeen of them thanks to Iida’s report of those missing.

“Sir,” Iida spoke up again hesitantly. “There was um… o-one more thing.”

Aizawa looked down at Iida’s face as tears began rolling down the boy’s cheeks.

“M-Miss Midnight… she… she was captured and… we… we couldn’t…”

For a few moments, the stoic teacher’s heart forgot how to beat.

“I’m sorry sir!” Iida broke into a full dogeza bow, dropping heavily to the floor with his head pressed against the cold stone beneath their feet. “We… we couldn’t save her!”

The looks on all his student’s faces made a heart-breaking amount of sense now and Aizawa felt his body go numb and the world mute itself.

“Where… is she?” Someone said, only for Aizawa’s brain to register a few moments later that it was he that had spoken.

“The… the medical tent sir,” Iida replied, not looking up from his position. 

It was as if he wasn’t in control of his own body anymore as Aizawa just emotionlessly walked around Iida. The crying faces of Ochako, Mina, Koda, and more registered in his mind but they parted before him as he approached.

Pushing aside the cloth flap to the hastily erected medical tent, Aizawa saw the forms of three of his students unconscious and under blankets while resting on stretchers with All Might sitting by the boys. He recognised Hagakure from the brief amount of visibility she’d displayed before but, in that moment, none of the three mattered.

Instead, he turned his attention to the form nearby that was completely covered with a white sheet. His hand reached out before he could stop himself and slowly lifted the cover to reveal the unmoving and cold face of his now deceased friend.

For a moment, all he saw was wavy blue hair, a nose bandage, and cracked goggles once more before the visage shifted into Midnight’s pale, expressionless face.

Despite his many years of teaching, Aizawa’s mind was transported through time to when he was barely older than his current students and in a very similar situation. The feelings of despair welled up in his chest much like they had back then as, yet again, his friend was gone and there was nothing he could do about it.

“…ead, Eraser Head!”

“Hmmm?” Aizawa turned towards the voice with casual indifference.

All Might sat there looking at him with a great amount of worry plastered over his face.

“Eraser… are you okay?” He tested, having seen many responses to the death of a fellow hero over the years.

“I’m fine…” Aizawa replied simply.

All Might looked over at Midnight’s body, knowing some of the history the two shared as former school mates.

“Eraser, there was nothing they could do,” All Might tried to pre-empt whatever response the man was planning, unable to get a read on his fellow hero and that worried him. “They were up against something I… I didn’t even think possible.”

“I heard,” Aizawa stated simply, lowering the cloth back over Midnight’s face before turning to leave.

“Where are you going?” All Might asked quickly, hoping the man wasn’t about to do something rash.

“Midnight’s dead,” he replied coldly, “but I’m not, and I still have a job to do.”

All Might could practically feel the ice in Aizawa’s parting words. There was nothing he could do to stop the man from going back out there but pray the man was as professional as he preached.

This work study had ended with a horrible outcome and All Might cursed the day he let the Hero Public Safety Commission talk him and Nezu into complying. Even for all his intelligence, it seemed there was still limits to what the principal could and couldn’t predict.

Still, despite everything, was it bad that he was at least a little grateful his students had been here? If they weren’t, a much greater evil could’ve washed over Japan and the world from what Jiro had relayed to him. The fact that a copy of All-For-One was possible and had been implanted in another person was horrifying. He didn’t know if it was good or bad news that the military had been unable to locate the body of the villain and hoped it was at the bottom of the ocean despite the hardships such news would surely cause the students.

For now, all useless, old Toshinori Yagi could do at this moment though was sit there and support his students in whatever manner they needed to get through this and he hoped they were strong enough to weather what was coming next.


Rescue and clean-up efforts continued in earnest as the day continued to drag on. With the civilians safe and free from their refuge inside the mountain, many of those that required urgent medical attention were brought to the mountain top to be flown off the island and back to a mainland hospital. Predictably, Izuku, Hagakure, Bakugo, and Shoji all ended up on the same flight out with friends and partners watching on with great concern.

As the pro heroes and military continued to get a handle on things, arresting Chimera, Slice, and Mummy, the remaining UA students tried to help out as best they could but it was clear they were all exhausted and despondent. Rather than prolong their pain, Nezu made the call to bring them all back on Present Mic’s recommendation who was facing his own hardship watching Aizawa throw himself haphazardly into the recovery effort.

With so many teachers out on the mission, Nezu had the students all taken directly to the hospital their friends were flown to. It would be easier for them to keep an eye on everyone’s condition this way as well as keeping them together in one place.

All nineteen members of class 1-A were checked into the hospital just inland of the southern coast of Japan with each being given a full check-up for anything they might not have noticed in the heat of battle. Unlike those that had arrived earlier who had individual rooms, the other students were given a bed each in a room of four for overnight observation. Conversation wasn’t plentiful in this time and almost everyone could feel their bodies protesting heavily about everything they’d endured in the past day and a half and quickly dropped off.

By the time Monday morning rolled around, all of Japan knew something big had gone down and by the evening, details had started to emerge.


Bakugo woke up slowly, his eyes fluttering open as he stared at the sterile while ceiling above in confusion, the haze in his mind refusing to clear.

“W… Where…?” He murmured, his voice hoarse and raspy.

There was a shuffling of a chair before a door opened and closed nearby, though Bakugo wasn’t able to see who had just left. He tried to move his arms and push himself up only for a shooting pain to surge through his system, leaving him hissing from the sensation. Raising his head as best he could, he looked down to see his arms in casts and slings, hovering slightly above the bed with purple, bruised flesh extending up to just below his shoulders.

“W-What the…?!” He murmured to himself as some things started to come back to him; the villain attack, the battles with Nine, and everything culminating in the shared use of One-For-All. “Oh… right.”

‘If any of you fucks are in my head still, you better be ready to die!’ Bakugo thought, though he didn’t get any response. Whether they disappeared into the aether or the quirk successfully returned to Izuku it didn’t matter. He’d never admit it out loud, but deep down he hoped it was the latter; how would he be able to prove himself the best if he couldn’t beat that stupid, broken quirk with his own power.

Looking down at his arms again Bakugo grunted before flopping back on his pillow.

The best, that’s a joke… the best didn’t fucking fail to rescue…’

Bakugo felt the back of his mouth dry up as a pair of tears tried to manifest in his eyes at the memory he now wished he could forget. Thankfully, the door to his hospital room opened again and someone stepped in, saving him from his own thoughts.

“How are you doing today Bakugo?” Recovery Girl’s calming voice called up to him as she grabbed his chart and pulled a chair over to his bedside.

“Shitty.”

“No need for that kind of language sonny,” Recovery Girl lightly scolded as she sat herself down and reminded herself of his wounds. “You’ve been through some pretty harsh things but manners don’t cost a penny.”

Bakugo was tempted to swear at the woman again just to spite her but knew better than to aggravate the healer if he wanted to regain the use of his arms anytime soon.

“Broken arms, bruised ribs, several fractures and quirk exhaustion to boot. You’ve given us quite the challenge young man.”

“Whatever,” Bakugo scoffed. “Just heal me already.”

“Very well, though I’m still ordering another day of bed rest for you just so we can confirm everything. You’re gonna be pretty drained after I fix all this.”

Extending her lips out, Recovery Girl planted a smooch on Bakugo’s shoulder as she focused on her quirk, the healing energy flowing through Bakugo as his battle-damaged body was jump-started into recovery. It took a few moments but the purple bruising faded and Bakugo felt himself regain the use of his arms, albeit they were still restrained in their casts.

“That should do you.”

“Great, can I fucking leave now?”

“No you may not!” Recovery Girl whacked her cane against the side of the bed, sending a sharp ringing through the room and getting Bakugo to flinch enough to get her point across. “I just said ‘bed rest’ and don’t think that means you can try to go back to your own bed at UA either.”

“Well what fucking good am I just sitting here?” Bakugo retorted.

“You’ll do far more good staying here than you will anywhere else,” Recovery Girl narrowed her eyes at the continued swearing. “Nezu will be by shortly to talk to you about everything that happened and I know there’s someone else that wants you to stay here and take it easy.”

“And who the fuck would that be?”

Recovery Girl rolled her eyes before hopping down from the chair and replacing the chart after declaring the use of her quirk.

“I’ve half a mind to restrict you to no visitors if you’re going to use language like that. As it is,” she moved over towards the door. “Kirishima? You can come back now.”

Bakugo grimaced. Right now he wanted nothing more than to be alone and before he could open his mouth to reject any visitors, Kirishima pushed the door open and stepped inside. Bakugo’s breath caught in his throat as he saw his boyfriend’s handsome face now marred by a new scar sitting prominently across his nose that stretched all the way under both eyes.

“Hey, how you doin’ man?” Kirishima smiled warmly at his boyfriend as he approached the bedside chair Recovery Girl had left.

“I’ll leave you two to it,” the aged healer smiled before taking her leave, the door closing firmly behind her.

Kirishima chuckled weakly as he stood before the analysing gaze of his boyfriend. The blond’s head looking him up and down gave him the signal he was asking a question without words.

“Oh, we um, when they sent us here, we were able to grab all our stuff from the agency first.” Kirishima explained. “Most everyone’s hero gear was wrecked so the costumes have all been sent back but we’ve still got all our regular clothes and stuff. Yours is over there,” he gestured to the pair of packs that sat over by the other chairs where a drink and some chocolate wrappers sat.

That answered one of Bakugo’s questions but not his most pressing. With no other observers, Kirishima had no hesitation in taking the seat beside Bakugo’s bed and pulling up closer to his boyfriend. Now up close, Bakugo couldn’t pull his eyes away from his boyfriend’s new scar and bitterly clenched his teeth together. If only he’d been stronger then Kirishima wouldn’t’ve needed to be the shield for those kids.

Getting no response from his boyfriend but only that pained look, Kirishima decided to address the elephant on his face.

“Yeah, looks like my Unbreakable still needs some work,” he chuckled weakly as he touched at the still tender edges of the mark. “Still, it was worth it to buy Katsuma and Mahoro some time for you and Midoriya to come back me up.”

“We should’ve been faster,” Bakugo growled, his temper flaring, “we should’ve been better!”

“You were enough,” Kirishima reached out to touch at Bakugo’s shoulder that the boy initially jerked from but relaxed into the touch as he realised Recovery Girl had done her job well. “You stopped the villain, saved those kids, and protected everyone.”

“Not everyone…” Bakugo scoffed, guilt causing him to look away lest his boyfriend judge him even more for being such a failure as a hero.

“No,” Kirishima sighed, his own gaze downcast as the thought of Midnight came back to him. The news rippled through those that were still standing once the other heroes and military started arriving: Mina was distraught, Kaminari and others crestfallen and Tsuyu and her group looked depressed even before they arrived which he later found out was because the villain they faced had all but bragged about Bakugo’s failure. “But you heard what Miss Midnight told us before, ‘in our line of work, you never know when one of you might not make it home again.’ Bro, if I had to pick between losing her and losing you… I… I feel despicable for saying it but… I choose you man.”

“Don’t,” Bakugo shook his head. “Don’t try to fucking rationalise it. I fucked up and she’s dead because of me.”

“It’s because of those villains bro,” Kirishima gave his shoulder a squeeze. “You did your best and no one could’ve done better.”

Bakugo turned back to look at Kirishima, a harsh frown on his face and tears in his eyes.

“All Might could’ve.” He said simply before turning away.

“Bakugo, you know that’s not fair to yourself.”

“Who gives a fuck?”

“I do man!” Kirishima’s voice rose. “You freakin’ risked your neck for her and all of us. No it’s not a complete victory but it could’ve been a heckuva lot worse too! You don’t need to constantly compare yourself to someone like that. You were enough to me, and that’s all that should matter.”

“I… wasn’t enough for… me.” Bakugo’s voice hitched as he spoke his next words. “I… I was too weak.”

Kirishima’s eyes widened at the familiar line as he realised what Bakugo was trying to say. He didn’t need comforting and reassurances right now, he needed what he gave Kirishima back when he felt like he’d failed Sir Nighteye during the raid to rescue Eri.

“Y…Yeah, yeah you were,” Kirishima wore a distasteful look at having to admit that to his boyfriend. “But it’s not gonna stay that way man. Here’s what we’re gonna do though,” the red head reached down and gripped his boyfriend’s hand tightly despite parts of the cast covering his fingers and palm. “We’re gonna get you back to UA, listen to loads of sad shit to get these weak feelings out of you, then we’re gonna hit the gym like we never have before and go beyond so you never have to feel this way ever again! Whaddya say?”

Bakugo actually managed a single, small laugh at his boyfriend’s declaration, the expression warming Kirishima’s heart immensely as he felt like he was finally able to get through to the blond.

“You’re a fuckin’ hard-headed moron.”

Your hard-headed moron though,” Kirishima smiled a crooked, toothy, smile.

Despite the threads of still lingering pain, Bakugo sat up as much as he could and leant forward. Kirishima knew what he was after and leant forward too, their foreheads pressing together softly in what he would come to refer to as an ‘affectionate head bump’.


Izuku awoke later that day with much the same confusion Bakugo had. When he tried to lift his head and examine his surroundings, he felt the same shiver of pain shoot through his system only to be calmed by the hero beside his bed.

“Take it easy young Midoriya, you’ve been through a lot.”

“All Might?” Izuku looked over at his mentor who was smiling wearily back.

“Izuku!” Several much more feminine cries erupted as Ochako, Tsuyu and Kyoka moved into his line of sight.

“H-Hey,” he shot them as much of a smile as he could manage right now as the memories of everything started returning to him. “Is… everyone alright?”

“Mostly,” Ochako nodded down at him.

“Tooru’s being seen to and Momo and Mina are with her, ribbit.”

“The doctors say she’s stable and should wake up but… they don’t know when exactly,” Kyoka explained. “She’s… also still visible so… waiting to hear back on why that is exactly.”

“R-Right,” Izuku nodded, his head flopping back on his pillow as his strength gave out for now.

“You three stay with him. I’ll fetch Recovery Girl,” All Might said as he rose from his spot and made his way to the door. The group was silent until the man left before they continued talking.

“How is Katsuma? And Mahoro?” Izuku asked softly. “Did they make it out okay?”

“They’re fine you big dummy,” Kyoka shook her head. “You and Bakugo managed to kick major ass and win the day.”

“It did cost you your arms again though,” Tsuyu noted.

“What did we tell you about hurting yourself?!” Ochako scolded lightly, more relieved her boyfriend was awake than actually telling him off.

“It’s… fine,” Izuku brushed them off looking up sadly at the ceiling as tears started pooling in his eyes. “I’m glad I was able to save them with my… last use of One-For-All.”

“Last use, ribbit?”

“Dude, your arms aren’t broken that bad,” Kyoka quickly double checked his chart at the end of the bed.

“That’s not it,” Izuku shook his head lightly. “I… wasn’t strong enough alone… I knew that… the only way we could win was to combine One-For-All with itself. Bakugo… h-he has it now.” The girls collectively baulked at the news as Izuku broke into sniffles. “I… I can’t be a hero anymore.”

The girls gave each other a worrying look, each of them more than a little concerned at this turn of events.

“So Bakugo’s the tenth now?” Kyoka asked.

“I’m not sure if he’ll like that, ribbit.”

“Can we just go ask him to give it back?” Ochako suggested.

“If he doesn’t we can just beat him up,” Kyoka agreed. “Dude’s probably easy pickings if his arms are still broken.”

“There’ll be no beating anyone up on my watch!” A stern, grandmotherly voice scolded as Recovery Girl stepped into the room followed by All Might. “First I have to deal with Mr Potty Mouth, now you ruffians? You’re making an old lady want to retire more and more.”

“Sorry about that,” Kyoka apologized sheepishly.

“At least you have the good graces to apologize,” Recovery Girl huffed, taking the seat by Izuku after grabbing his chart. “How are you feeling deary?”

“Tired,” Izuku mumbled, his mind elsewhere.

“Too tired for some healing?” Recovery Girl asked, wondering if the boy was ready for her to use her quirk yet.

“There’s no point,” Izuku mumbled. “I can’t be a hero anymore.”

“Oh? Why’s that?”

“I don’t have a quirk.”

Recovery Girl tried to delicately glance over towards the girls who were very much still present in the room; two he was dating and one he very much wasn’t.

“I’m sure you’ve just strained it dear, you’ll be fine.”

“It’s um… okay Recovery Girl,” Ochako spoke up.

“We all know,” Tsuyu stated simply, getting an accompanying nod from Kyoka.

The youthful heroine looked over questioningly at All Might who just gave a tired shrug.

“It’s true, they all know the secret about One-For-All,” he admitted.

“Really now?” Recovery Girl raised a brow. The girls all couldn’t help but feel the matron’s gaze now judging them. “Who you tell isn’t any of my business but I hope you girls know how serious that secret is.”

“We do,” Tsuyu nodded, backed up by the other two.

“Hmph, okay then,” she turned back to her patient. “As for your quirk young man, I’m sorry it’s gone but that’s no reason you need to sit here and sulk with broken arms.”

“Uh, young Midoriya?” The group turned to All Might as he interjected. “About that, you… passed out before it happened but I believe One-For-All returned to you.”

“It did?” The girls’ eyes all widened hopefully along with their boyfriend’s.

“H-How?” Izuku asked in confusion. “I-I don’t-”

All Might explained the phenomenon he saw after arriving at the scene of Izuku and Bakugo’s final assault on Nine, telling them all of Izuku’s body glowing as though he were activing his Full Cowling despite being unconscious and his theory that Bakugo passing out beforehand stopped the transfer from completing.

“No matter where the quirk is, it doesn’t override the fact that you’re my patient with two broken arms, so quirk or not, you’re not to try anything until I’ve discharged you,” Recovery Girl ordered. Izuku, hope filling his heart again at his quirk’s possible return, didn’t mind in the slightest. “Now, how about that healing Mr Hero?”

“S…Sure,” Izuku nodded with enough enthusiasm to make his arms twitch.

One healing kiss from the matron later and Izuku felt the aches fade from his cast up arms.

“Just for good measure, I’m going to leave those on until tomorrow for your own good,” Recovery Girl stated, hopping down from the seat. “You’re to stay in bed for observation until then.”

“I’ll make sure he’s good,” the blond teacher assured her.

“See that you do All Might,” Recovery Girl gave him a knowing glare before turning to the girls. “Any problems yourselves dears?” The group responded negatively as it seemed all their injuries had been healed by now. “Good, well I’ll be back later to check on you Midoriya so don’t try to wander around.”

“I won’t,” Izuku nodded as the hero left the room.

“I think I’ll step out too,” All Might smiled at the boy surrounded by his girlfriends… and Jiro. “Glad you’re doing better now my boy.”

“Thanks All Might,” Izuku smiled at the man before he too departed.

“I guess that’s some good news then,” Kyoka said casually before she walked around the bed to take the seat nearest the boy as Ochako and Tsuyu pulled up their own from where they’d been sitting at the side.

“Even if you didn’t have a quirk, you could still be a hero, ribbit,” Tsuyu reassured the boy, taking one of his now unbroken hands in her own, though the cast did get in the way a little.

“Sorry,” Izuku blushed sheepishly. “I felt a little… hopeless there.”

“Can’t be having that,” Ochako rubbed Izuku’s side. “If you run out of hope then everything’s lost.”

“We said the same thing about corrupting Momo during the first sleepover and look how well that turned out,” Kyoka chimed in, intending it to be more of a joke than anything else.

“Still, Izuku should practise what he preaches,” Tsuyu poked her boyfriend in the leg. “I’m sure Hatsume or Shield would make you some sort of gadget so you could keep up.”

Izuku chuckled weakly, wishing he had another Full Gauntlet like back on I-Island to help take down Nine. Still, for now, his quirk may very well be back with him and despite being forbidden from doing anything with it, he needed to know if it truly was back before he could rest easy once more.

“Um… Kyoka?” Izuku looked over at the earphone jacked girl. “S-Sorry but um… could we… do that thing to um… check on my quirk?”

For a moment, Kyoka felt her face heat up as she wondered if Izuku was about to ask her to do something embarrassing but quickly pushed it down after he got out his full request.

“Uh… sure I guess, but didn’t Recovery Girl say, ‘no quirk use’?”

“I mean… I won’t be using my quirk, you’d be using yours,” Izuku replied somewhat cheekily.

“Technically correct is the best kind of correct sometimes, ribbit,” Tsuyu chuckled.

“Wait, it this the thing were you two like, went inside One-For-All?” Ochako asked curiously.

“Uh, yeah,” Kyoka nodded.

“Can… we see if we can come too?”

Kyoka blinked with a touch of confusion before looking at Izuku for his input.

“If… it’s possible then I don’t mind,” he shrugged. The earphone jacked girl let out a deep sigh as she hoped this wouldn’t blow up in all their faces.

“All right, let’s give it a shot I guess.” Stretching her jacks out, she let Izuku take hold of one in his free, still casted hand while Ochako and Tsuyu clasped the other between them in their own held hands as Kyoka’s somewhat elevated heart rate beat steadily through them. “Okay just… clear your mind. Focus on nothing but my heartbeat, relax, and breathe deeply.”

The others did as they were told and one by one, they all slowly felt themselves drift off.


Izuku opened his eyes slowly, the inky blackness of the quirkspace revealed to him once more. Looking down, he saw the same formless, black substance covering about seventy-ish percent of his body he theorized depending on how much of his head was visible.

“Izuku?”

The boy turned and saw Ochako, Tsuyu and Kyoka all standing next to him, all fully clothed without any darkness covering them.

“I guess it does work then,” Kyoka chuckled weakly, looking around in confusion.

“It’s a bit empty,” Ochako mused.

“Give it a minute,” Kyoka noted.

The quartet continued looking around for a few moments before a figure started pushing his way through the inky mist.

“Urgh yeah! That’s that good shit!” He cheered, fist pumping and rolling his shoulders as Banjo appeared before them. “Thought that might be you Ninth, and I could feel you coming back little missy.”

While Ochako and Tsuyu were a little confused at the man’s appearance, both Izuku and Kyoka breathed a sigh of relief; if Banjo was here, so were the rest of the vestiges and One-For-All was back where it belonged. Izuku tried to speak only to realise he still didn’t have a mouth.

“Still a mute, ey ninth?” Banjo laughed. “No worries, I’m sure these babes can do the talking for you.”

“You wanna get punched again?” Kyoka narrowed her eyes at the man.

“Hey, it was a compliment,” Banjo held up his hands defensively. “Least you’re better company than that explosive blond was.”

“Bakugo?” Tsuyu enquired.

“Yeah, think that was the kid’s name,” Banjo scratched his head. “Got real pissy about being the tenth holder. Threatened to blow us all up if we didn’t leave.”

“That’s Bakugo,” Ochako confirmed.

“So how are you like… back?” Kyoka asked for her boyfriend. “Izuku was sure you were gone for good.”

“Figured we were too,” Banjo shrugged. “After blasty tried to eject us, we were able to follow the link back here to this guy.”

“Wait so… can Izuku and Bakugo share One-For-All now or something?” Ochako theorized.

“Don’t count on it,” Banjo shook his head. “After we came back there wasn’t hide nor hair of the tenth so whatever pathway was created by the initial transfer’s now gone.”

“So Izuku won’t get Explosion as a new quirk then?” Kyoka looked over at him. “That’s actually kind of a relief.”

“Not entirely punkette, it would’da been much better if he did. That menace you all faced had just a fraction of the power All-For-One holds. That dude was playing with only five quirks and it still took everything you guys had to put him down for good. The more power this little green guy can harness, the better it looks that we’ll be able to stop Yoichi’s brother when he comes back.”

“You’re sure he will?” Ochako worried.

“That’s what Yoichi thinks. I’m hoping the fucker will just rot in jail or they cut his head off or something. Hell, do both. Thing is, when that guy tried to use his copy of All-For-One to try and take us from the ninth, we felt something there that shouldn’t be.”

“Wait, what do you mean, ribbit?”

“I dunno, but it didn’t feel right.” The way Banjo shivered made the four get their own uneasy tingle at the news. “Still, we’re back here now and I’m just as pumped as before to see what you make of all our quirks kid.”

Izuku nodded, more determined than ever to try and master his quirk. Looking over at his girlfriends however, he felt doubt creep into his heart as his mind brought forth the recent memories of their conflict with Nine.

“Actually, there is something I’m still wondering,” Tsuyu put a finger on her chin. “Do you think I could speak to this Yoichi?”

“Huh?” Banjo scratched his head. “Uh, yeah, prob’ly. He’s a lot less chatty than I am though so I don’t know how much you’re gonna get out of him.” He turned and made his way back into the mist, tossing behind a thumbs up as he left. “Good seeing ya kids.”

With Banjo gone, Izuku and Ochako looked at Tsuyu curiously.

“What do you-”

“Shhh!” Kyoka cut Ochako off before she could even get the question out as Tsuyu’s lips quirked upwards just a tad. The brunette and her boyfriend gave each other a confused look but decided to just wait for the first user of One-For-All to show up.

A few moments later, a head of white hair stepped through the void of darkness.

“Someone wants to ask me something?”

“Are you Yoichi, the first user?”

“That’s me,” Yoichi nodded.

“The one who showed Izuku the memories of how One-For-All got started?” Tsuyu pressed.

“I did,” he nodded again.

Tsuyu simply walked up to him and before he knew what had happened, she pulled her fist back and slammed it into the side of his jaw. Izuku would’ve gasped if he had a mouth or lungs while Kyoka let out a bark of laughter and Ochako covered her mouth with both hands in shock.

“Tsu!”

The first had spun his head from the impact, the froggy girl putting more strength than he realised she could into that hit.

“Not… sure I deserved that,” Yoichi complained.

“You did,” Kyoka smirked, “remember her arm?”

Tsuyu rolled up her sleeve to display her blemished skin that was present even in this reality.

“You definitely did,” Ochako agreed after realising what just happened, a small glare levelling itself at the first from the reminder.

Izuku just shook his head with mild exasperation but made no move to scold his girlfriend for her action. In fact, he could swear he heard laughing coming from nearby.

“I see,” Yoichi rubbed his jaw as he straightened back up. “Is that everything I’m guessing?”

“I’m satisfied, ribbit,” Tsuyu replied with a happy smile before turning back to her partners.

“Very well, I think I better see you out before I feel the wrath of any more of your girlfriends,” Yoichi directed at Izuku before reaching out with his own hand. Just as his fingertip connected with Izuku’s forehead, the boy awoke with a start, his arms still annoyingly restrained as he lay there in the hospital bed.

Around him, the other girls jolted to their senses as they were similarly expelled from the quirk space and returned to their bodies.

“That… was weird,” Ochako mumbled, releasing her grip on Tsuyu’s hand and Kyoka’s jack.

“But satisfying, ribbit,” Tsuyu croaked happily.

“At least we know One-For-All is back where it belongs,” Kyoka breathed a sigh of relief.

“Is it now?” A squeak of a voice spoke from behind them all. “Well that’s certainly something.”

The quartet froze in their spots before the three girls slowly turned around. They then jumped as a small white and black figure jumped up and landed on the sheets at the end of Izuku’s bed.

“Am I a bear, a dog or a mouse? All I know is that I’m the principal!” Nezu declared proudly with a paw raised. “You should really be more careful to check your surroundings after a power nap like that students.”

“S-Sorry sir,” Izuku tried to slow his breathing which Nezu seemed to find amusing.

The girls warily eyed the man, not quite sure what they could and couldn’t say around him.

“Worry not students, if you recall, I know both about Mr Midoriya’s secret and your own knowledge of it,” he announced, allowing a small measure of relief to sink into the girls’ chests. “Though I’m most curious as to what exactly it was that you were just doing.”

“Not to be rude but what are you doing here sir?” Tsuyu asked bluntly.

“Well, to be perfectly frank Miss Asui, I’m here to ask for Mr Midoriya’s version of events, though I may as well collect your own viewpoints while I am here. Given the… tragic circumstances that befell you all, I wish to know as much as I can so I know where we stand in all this.” The group’s expressions all downturned and even Nezu seemed to deflate a little at the reminder of recent events. “I am sorry that I am intruding on your rest,” Nezu bowed politely, “but I worry that if we do not confirm exactly what happened now, we may be caught unprepared later.”

“Are… you going to expel me sir?” Izuku asked carefully.

“The thought hadn’t crossed my mind for even a moment Mr Midoriya,” Nezu looked a little perplexed at the question. “Should I have reason to?”

Izuku bit his lip, the guilt welling up inside him at the thought of Midnight once again.

“It… it was my fault that… that we couldn’t save Miss Midnight,” a tear rolled down his cheek. “I… I could’ve done more… I should’ve-”

“Easy does it young man,” Nezu tried to calm the boy before he got himself riled up. “Midnight’s passing is a great tragedy. One I think the school and most of Japan may remember for a very long time given her fanbase. No matter what though, I don’t believe for a second that you, Bakugo, or any other of you students are to blame.”

Ochako and Tsuyu clasped Izuku’s hand in their own to try and reassure him while Kyoka sent him what she hoped was a reassuring smile.

“I-It’s not just that…” Izuku shook his head. “I… I think I… killed the villain.”

Nezu breathed deeply and took a seat on the footboard at the base of Izuku’s bed.

“From what I’ve heard so far, even if it is true, I don’t believe this is something anyone can condemn you for Midoriya,” the principal reassured the stuttering boy. “Now how about you take a deep breath and start from the beginning.”

Sharing an uneasy look between the others Izuku gathered his thoughts as best he could and began divulging everything about the attack.


While Izuku was relaying his memories to the principal, down the hall and inside the room of Tooru Hagakure, Mina and Momo kept a silent but hopeful vigil over their girlfriend.

The now visible girl had been coming and going frequently for all manner of tests throughout the past two days yet nothing seemed to have changed and she was still unconscious. At her bedside, Mina clutched her hand lightly, hoping desperately she’d feel a return grasp in the next minute, then the one after that and the one after that. The pinkette let out another deep, shaky sigh, as she prayed to whatever god was listening that her girlfriend woke up from this.

From the corner, Momo looked on with her own worries though gave Mina her space. Try as she might, she was unable to locate much on her phone that could help in this situation other than simply waiting and seeing what happened. She too hoped Tooru woke up soon, but they’d both overheard the doctor’s talking about brain damage and Recovery Girl couldn’t do anything until the girl woke up; even then she admitted not knowing how useful her quirk would be as brain injuries were incredibly risky to use powers on.

A soft alarm chimed on Momo’s phone as the girl swiftly silenced it and rose to her feet.

“We should go find some lunch,” she called quietly to Mina.

“You go,” Mina didn’t move aside from her hand rubbing along Tooru’s fingers. “I’m gonna stay. I don’t want her to wake up alone.”

Momo opened her mouth to respond to that but thought better of it. Mina was still hurting after everything, and it didn’t really harm anyone by letting her stay here, but she knew the pinkette would require sustenance whether she wanted it or not.

“How about I bring you back some things?” Momo offered, though she only got an affirmative hum in response. As much as it hurt to see Tooru in a hospital bed like this, it hurt almost as much to see Mina so despondent. She was always so happy and full of life that seeing her like this was almost alien.

Walking over to her girlfriend, she gave her a hug from behind that Mina thankfully leaned into.

“She’ll get better soon hun, I know she will.”

“I… I really hope so,” Mina sniffed. “I don’t know what I’ll do if-”

“Just keep focusing on the positives for now,” Momo sidestepped that trail of thought. “We all survived and we’re all going to go home and have a big sleepover just like before when she wakes up and you can pepper her with as many kisses as you want.”

“Mmm,” Mina hummed again, a tear prickling at the corner of her eye but after the past two days she was just about cried out.

Momo released her girlfriend and sent her one last worried look from behind before departing for the cafeteria, hoping some food and drink could help perk both of them up.

With Momo gone, Mina felt her façade crumbling as she stopped trying to hold it together as hard. A few wracked sobs broke free of her throat despite the lack of tears she could cry right now and squeezed Tooru’s hand a little harder.

“Please Tooru… please just… wake up. I-I can’t… lose you too.”

Despite her victory over Slice, defending Tokoyami, and completing their part of the overall plan successfully, Mina had just about collapsed after first hearing about what the villains had done to Midnight from a wobbly Ojiro. For all their success, on some levels, they still failed and she didn’t think a hit like that would ever leave her.

While lost in her musings, she heard the approach of footsteps outside the room.

“She’s just in here,” a voice informed softly as Mina immediately straightened up.

Wondering who was about to enter, Mina’s breath caught in her throat as a pair of floating sets of clothes entered the room. Immediately she felt her stomach drop out from under her as both Mr and Mrs Hagakure froze in shock at the sight of their now visible daughter lying still in a hospital bed.

“My darling!” Tooru’s mother whimpered before hurrying around the opposite side of the bed to Mina and fussing over her daughter’s face. Her father remained where he was and Mina couldn’t help but feel like he was looking directly at her.

The silence dragged on for a moment or two and Mina felt her brave face faltering again. Her lip trembled, her eyes watered and her breathing hitched.

Then, without a word, Tooru’s father just held his arms up in what Mina recognised as an open invitation. She didn’t need more than that to break down again as she dashed forward into her girlfriend’s father’s arms as the two shared a tight embrace.

“I’m sorry!” Mina cried, burying her face into the man’s chest. “I-I’m so sorry! I cou-couldn’t protect her!”

“Shhh, it’s okay,” Tooru’s father tried to reassure her but his voice was somewhat strained as his own eyes watered at seeing his darling Shimmer in such a state. “I’m sure you did your best.”

“S-She got h-hurt a-and I wasn’t there a-a-and-”

“Calm down dear,” Tooru’s father comforted her as best he could, rubbing her back and cradling her head simultaneously. “She’s safe, you’re safe, that’s all that matters now.”

Mina continued to sob into the man as his wife checked over their now fully visible daughter, her chest rising and falling evenly. They knew her quirk had been affected by whatever she’d suffered but even being able to see her like this was no relief to the parents.

When Mina’s crying ebbed back down to sniffles and she lightly pulled away from the man, Mr Hagakure fetched another seat by the wall to pull alongside Mina’s own as the two sat down together with them both taking Tooru’s limp hand.

“Mina,” Tooru’s mother called softly from across the bed. “What happened? What happened to my baby?”

Mina felt her lip quiver as she was forced to remember finding her girlfriend unconscious and wrapped in Aoyama’s cape. Still, she knew that Tooru’s parents deserved answers and it was the least she could do considering all her other failures regarding their daughter.

Slowly, she began to recount what she could from what Aoyama had relayed to her once they’d gotten the girl to the safety of the medics back on Nabu. Despite her low energy storytelling, Tooru’s parents seemed almost proud of what their little girl had managed to achieve shortly before she collapsed, managing to save her fellow hero and defeat the villain mostly by herself.

“Will she be able to be invisible again?” Tooru’s mother asked cautiously at the end of the tale. “We know our girl has battled with confidence and insecurities just like we have. We know how hard she worked to show us just that glimpse of herself before, but seeing her like this… c-can she even still use her quirk?”

“We don’t know,” Mina shook her head. “The doctors are running tests but n-nothing’s come back yet.”

“Visible or not, our girl is alive, and that’s something at least,” Tooru’s dad sighed with a modicum of relief. Neither he, nor his wife opposed Tooru’s career plan to be a hero, but like most parents, he worried for his Shimmer’s safety and now their fears had come to light. Depending on what was still wrong with his daughter, she may have to give up the hero path, and though she’d undoubtedly be sad, he and his wife would support whatever path she chose next for herself.

As the conversation wound down and the group settled into a sullen silence, there was a knock at the door to the room. Mina wondered if it was Momo having overheard things inside and waited patiently for the right time to return.

“C-Come in,” she called out.

It wasn’t Momo. Instead, a large bearded man poked his head around the door and looked in brief confusion at the floating sets of clothes seated by the patient’s bed before he lay his eyes on Mina.

“Hi, I’m looking for Mina Ashido?”

“That’s um… that’s me,” Mina nodded, wiping her face with her hands. “Is something wrong?”

“You could say that,” the man nodded before pulling a set of papers out from behind his back. “you’re being served.”

“W-What?” Mina asked dumbly, accepting the papers with a befuddled frown.

“You, and the Hero Association by extension, are being sued by my boss’ client for gross negligence, malicious intent to maim, and grievous bodily harm, among other things,” the man declared before snapping a picture with his phone camera of Mina holding the documents. “Have a nice day.”

“Hey!” Tooru’s father rose to his feet and angrily stepped over to the man, causing him to jump despite being two heads taller than the invisible man’s neckline. “What do you think you’re playing at?! You can’t serve a student even if they’re at fault. You go through the work study supervising hero, then the school; you don’t ever approach a student directly.”

“Oh um…” the man froze for moment, swallowing nervously before replying. “She um… she’s not sponsored by any hero at this time and as this incident occurred under Hero Association jurisdiction, the school does not need to be involved as, for all legal purposes, she was being treated as a full pro at the time of the incident.”

Tooru’s father narrowed his eyes at the man, the line sounding like it had been coached to him and while he didn’t know the exact situation regarding the project his daughter and her girlfriend were doing when this incident went down, there was definitely some skirting around legal lines being done here.

“Look man, I’m just the intern delivering this stuff,” the guy held his hands up in defence. “I just hand over the papers and I’m done.”

“I’ll be having words with your boss, and don’t think you’ll get away with entering a restricted section of the hospital unpunished either.” Mr Hagakure stated firmly. “This place is reserved for heroes, victims, and their families and I’m pretty sure you’re not any of those so whatever false pretences you used to get up here, I suggest you backtrack real fast before I help the hospital sue you for illegal trespassing.”

The man looked suitably scared now and all but ran from the room, closing the door with a small bang behind him.

Tooru’s father released the breath he was holding, letting his professional anger dissipate with a sigh before he turned his attention back to his daughter’s girlfriend. Mina was stood still, just reading through the documents she’d been handed with a disbelieving look on her face.

“Is everything alright honey?” Tooru’s mother called out, knowing it was likely far from it and worried for both of them.

“Things could be better,” Tooru’s father sighed.

“I… I don’t understand…” Mina shook her head as she continued reading. “I… I did everything right! How can… h-h-how can-”

“Shhh, calm down,” Tooru’s father tried to soothe the girl as she started looking frantic the more she read. He reached out and took hold of the papers the top and tugged at them. “May I?”

Mina released her hold on the documents and her own composure as another sob broke free.

Tooru’s father guided the girl to a seat along the wall before sitting beside her, his eyes meticulously scanning through to document with practised professionalism. Immediately he could tell this was going to be a problem as the firm that drafted this document was a well-known defender of villain’s rights.

“It says here you wilfully and maliciously injured a ‘Kiruka Hasaki’ until she could no longer use her quirk?”

“I-I don’t even know who that is!” Mina blurted out, curling up on herself.

Scrolling further down the paper, Tooru’s father found further details about the accusations.

“It says here you used your acid to melt away her hair and then continued to burn her until her hair follicles and skin were damaged beyond repair?” He left out the ‘hideously disfigured’ description.

“W-What…” Mina looked over at him, now knowing exactly who this was referring to. “That’s… that’s not what happened at all!”

“I’m sure it’s not,” Tooru’s father sighed wearily. “Villains try to do everything in their power to escape justice, and if they can’t, they try to take the heroes that caught them down alongside them.

“So… what does this mean?” Mina asked wearily.

“I’m afraid it means you’re going to have to go to court and defend yourself,” Tooru’s father stated. “Usually a pro hero and their agency retain a lawyer firm, only needing to report to the Hero Association and they’d do an independent investigation on your actions by looking through available footage of the arrest, reports, and interviews to determine your guilt. Nine times out of ten, the hero is quickly and easily exonerated, but public distrust has been shaky for a while now and the Hero Association is about to deal with the fallout of this whole project. Honestly, I wouldn’t be surprised if they tried to throw you and your class under the bus for this whole thing.”

Mina sobbed again, her heart clenching painfully as her mind ran through several disastrous outcomes.

“That’s not going to happen though,” Tooru’s dad reassured the girl, putting his hand on her shoulder. “I don’t mean to be presumptuous, but I’m guessing you don’t have a personal lawyer or someone that typically represents your family. If not, I’ll gladly do this pro bono. I can’t have my little Shimmer wake up to find her girlfriend upset.” He decided not to add ‘or worse’ to the end of that sentence; Mina wouldn’t look good in an orange jumpsuit after all.

Despite the good he knew he could do for his daughter’s girlfriend, it didn’t seem to matter at that moment as Mina continued to sob in her seat as things just kept getting worse.


With only superficial injuries, Shoto Todoroki was declared fit and healthy enough to be discharged like a number of his classmates that Monday afternoon. Most of them were staying at the hospital for the time being however as Nezu had announced they weren’t to leave without a member of staff going with them as they were still UA’s responsibility.

Unlike most of the other students however, they didn’t have the number one hero barging into the hospital and trying to check up on them.

As the villains were all taken care of and the danger having past on Nabu, Endeavor didn’t see helping out any further as a good use of his or his team’s time and pulled out with the intention to return to their agency. While the sidekicks went on ahead, Endeavor had received a surprise call from Shoto which he eagerly answered.

“Pick me up,” Shoto stated simply, “and take me to go see mom.”

Endeavor couldn’t even get a word in before Shoto hung up and he instructed his personal driver to take him to the hospital immediately. After checking in with the front desk and heading upstairs to the waiting area where several of his son’s classmates could be seen, he ran into that annoying rodent of a principal.

“Ah Endeavor, I should be surprised to see you here but I’m guessing you’re here to check in on your son?”

“No actually,” Endeavor chuckled mirthlessly once, “I’m here to pick him up.”

“Oh? I’m afraid we can’t do that as we’re currently in the midst of resolving this incident after all.”

“Sir?” Shoto called out, walking towards the pair. “I asked him to come.”

“You did?” Nezu raised a curious brow.

“Yes, and I would like permission to leave with him to go see my mother,” Shoto requested politely with a bow. “There’s something important I need to talk to her about.”

Nezu’s lips thinned as something didn’t seem quite right to him. Still, he had no real power to hold the students here if their parents, and a pro hero, were able to escort them away with Endeavor efficiently fitting the bill for both.

“Very well, I shall sign you out of our care,” Nezu pulled out a small PDA tablet he kept with him whenever he left the school grounds. “As you can understand Endeavor, while this situation is incredibly unusual and we’re addressing it as ably as we can, please be sure Mr Todoroki returns to the school safely whenever he is ready.”

“I’ll do so,” Endeavor nodded diplomatically before turning and walking away, followed closely by Shoto as several of the other students watched on in no small measure of confusion.

“Doesn’t Todoroki have some beef with his dad or something?” Sero asked curiously.

“I think so but he doesn’t talk much about it,” Kaminari nodded, noting the icy-hot boy’s unusual behaviour as the two disappeared.

Endeavor and Shoto descended through the hospital and out through the main doors towards his father’s car where the driver was waiting to collect them both. Getting in, Shoto took one side of the back seat by the door while his father claimed the other. As the car set off, Endeavor decided to pry into why exactly his son requested his presence now.

“So what’s so important you have to make a trip to see Rei now?” He asked. Shoto gave no response however, content to just look out the window at the passing scenery.

Endeavor didn’t ask again, letting out a small grunt of frustration as the two sat in silence as the car sped along.

In his mind however, Shoto thought back to the conversation he’d had just hours ago that lead to this request.


With his injuries now fully healed by Recovery Girl, Shoto was clear to leave the hospital’s official care and join the others waiting for Nezu’s word on when they would be returning to UA and whatever came next.

After his discharge by the nurse however, Nezu asked the boy to relay his version of events from the previous two days to get a clearer picture of how everything unfolded. Reluctantly, he gave as detailed of an explanation as he could capped with his regrettable action at having to freeze Shoji solid along with Chimera to end their battle.

Nezu informed the boy that he did what he had to do and, in line with the other’s tales of what happened in that fight, it was something Shoji was prepared to go through to clinch victory and protect the islanders.

Still, Shoto was left with a sour taste in his mouth after everything, and after washing it out with some water, he made his way to his friend’s room to ask for forgiveness directly.

After the battle was over and his father and sidekicks had appeared, they had all worked together to thaw his friend and the villain from their icy prisons with as little injury as possible. Chimera was swiftly arrested while Shoji was shivering greatly but alive as he was quickly rushed up the mountain to be flown off with others that had suffered in their fights. The limbs that had been ripped from Shoji’s body were taken with him but Shoto had no idea if they’d been able to reattach them or if the boy could regrow them like he had back at the training camp.

Right now he was about to find out and no matter what, he needed to prostrate himself for his part in the boy’s suffering.

Opening the door, Shoto entered the room to see the stoic boy laying completely under the covers, his eyes closed as though he were asleep. Unlike every other time he’d seen him, Shoji wasn’t wearing his typical mask and Shoto audibly flinched at the sight of the scars around the heteromoph’s mouth.

That was enough to alert the boy he had a visitor as Shoji’s eyes opened and looked over at his guest.

“Todoroki,” Shoji acknowledged before pushing himself up in his spot. Much like the others that had been greatly injured from the attack, Shoji was wearing a hospital garb, only his had the sleeves removed to accommodate his physiology. Shoto was grateful to see that the boy appeared to have somewhat regrown the arms he’d lost even if they were somewhat small at this stage.

“I came to see how you are,” Shoto declared. “I wanted to confirm you were okay after I had to use my quirk on you.”

“I am fine, thank you,” Shoji nodded politely before pointing to his injured side. “The doctors were unable to reattach my limbs but thankfully they have a habit of healing after they are forcefully removed.”

“That’s good,” Shoto breathed a small sigh of relief.

“Agreed,” Shoji nodded, “though I did not escape from the fight completely undamaged.”

Raising his arms up, Shoji pointed out a scar line running along the length of his arms around where Chimera tore them off.

“When I knew the villain wasn’t going to stop until he got what he wanted, I reduced the amount of cartilage and muscle at a particular point to make them intentionally weaker. When they came off, I was left with more than enough to be sure they’d grow back,” Shoji explained.

“That’s impressive,” Shoto admitted, unsure if he would’ve been able to remain as composed and controlled as Shoji was under the same conditions.

“Thank you, however, I have gained a scar here,” the dupli-armed boy pointed out. “My arms didn’t heal as fast as they usually do from it even after Recovery Girl used her quirk to speed up the process and, according to her, this won’t be something that can be fixed in the future. This is due to the ice burns I received from your quirk.”

Shoto’s eyes widened and his breath caught in his throat.

“Applying such a cold degree of ice to that injured area affected it more than the rest of my body,” Shoji continued. “Please note however, that I do not blame you in the slightest for this outcome.”

Shoto was speechless. He’d burned one of his friends with his quirk, his ice quirk, giving them a wound they knew they would never be able to recover from. Looking down at the hand that controlled his ice and was responsible for inflicting the scar, it looked utterly repulsive to him in that moment.

“I knew this could be a possible result from the moment my arms were separated and I created that opening for you. Without it, we may not be alive to discuss this today. I do not regret what we did; we caught the villain and protected everyone we could. If asked to make the same decision again I would do so in a heartbeat. My only hope now is that you will say the same.”

Looking up at the youngest boy in their class with a mixed expression of shock, disgust and disbelief all running through him, he honestly didn’t know what to say in that moment.

“I… I can’t…” he mumbled after a moment, looking to Shoji like the picture of defeat despite their victory over Chimera. “I scarred you… you’re going to have to carry that around for the rest of your life because of me.”

“As you can see, I’m more than familiar with scars and permanent marks already,” Shoji pointed to his face. “Regarding the one you left, it’s a badge of honour I’ll wear proudly!” he stated firmly. “Things could’ve been different but they’re not. This scar is a symbol that I fought alongside my friends who I trusted to do the right thing no matter what happened to me.”

Shoto didn’t know how to respond to that. How was the normally stoic Shoji so forgiving and almost optimistic about this outcome. It didn’t make any sense to him.

Shoji, in turn, watched carefully as Shoto slowly reached up and touched at the burn that covered part of his own face, his mind clearly processing the words he’d heard.

“Am I to understand you are ashamed of your own mark?” Shoji asked curiously. The cause of the boy’s burn had been a curiosity entertained by many of their class but the cause behind it had never been revealed; no one was brave enough to ask Todoroki directly and the boy wasn’t forthcoming with information about it despite the looks he knew he received. It wasn’t something Shoji would normally ask either but Todoroki was clearly grappling with something greater than himself.

“I… received it when I was young,” Todoroki muttered, “boiling water.”

“I see,” Shoji nodded with a touch of relief that it was something so simple. “I received these from… the darker elements of our society.” Now it was Shoto’s turn to look worried and curious as Shoji traced his own scars. “Unlike them, I do not blame you for my injuries. Please do not let this hinder your future actions.”

“How can’t I?” Todoroki asked with a somewhat angry tone now, “My quirk did this to you!”

“You did not do it out of maliciousness or the intent to harm,” Shoji shook his head. “You did it as one hero trying to protect people just as I was. To doubt yourself and your actions at this point is to doubt not just my resolve, but Iida and Asui’s too; I’m sure if they were in my position they would have done the same and not blamed you for it either.”

“But you didn’t deserve this,” Shoto retorted, his voice rising, “you didn’t do anything wrong and now you’re scarred for life. Why aren’t you angrier?!”

Shoji blinked at the surprising amount of vitriol Todoroki had at him not reacting the way he should be. It felt like there was more to this, something specific that Todoroki was angry at and, for a moment, Shoji wondered if it wasn’t something as simple as boiling water that caused his friend’s own scar.

“Did Endeavor give that to you?” He asked directly, looking Todoroki in the eyes as he did. “Is that why you appear to have a measure of contempt for him?”

It wasn’t had to make that guess knowing what he already did of the boy and, judging from Todoroki’s wide-eyed reaction, it seemed it was somewhat accurate.

“He… did,” Todoroki acknowledged slowly. “At least… I blame him for it.”

Shoji raised a brow at that curious specification but waiting for Todoroki to continue left only silence in the air.

“Then please believe me when I say that I do not hold this against you like you seem to against him.” Shoji stated plainly. Shoto nodded slowly but said nothing. It was clearer now more than ever why the boy didn’t talk about his own mark. Still, it seemed Todoroki needed to know the answers to the questions he’d asked Recovery Girl and the doctors as after they’d patched him up to quell this sudden fire. He hadn’t intended on telling anyone this but clearly his friend needed a wakeup call before he spiralled. “If you’re worried your quirk did more harm than good, know that you quite possibly saved my life.”

As expected, Shoto froze, his eyes wide as he looked at Shoji with a great amount of confusion. Shoji continued, offering the details that would hopefully allay any fears the boy had about whether or not what he did was right.

“I had lost a not insignificant amount of blood from the removal of my arms. Had the issue not been addressed as immediately as it was by the medics when I was thawed, I quite possibly may have died due to blood loss. That’s not to mention the fact that the villain intended to kill us all if we had not succeeded. Yes, your quirk scarred me, but it also saved me.”

Shoto gripped his ice-wielding hand into a fist but ultimately couldn’t find the strength to maintain his frustrations. If what Shoji was saying was true, this was the best outcome they could relatively hope for.

“Don’t second guess yourself now, not after all we’ve been through. Regardless of what happened, we all need to keep going, keep fighting. It’s what she would’ve wanted.”

Shoto’s shoulders sagged, the reminder of Midnight’s passing hung over the entire class.

“You’re… you’re right,” he sighed wearily.

A small silence hung in the air between the two as both thought about what to say next.

“I am still sorry about the scar,” Shoto said, “I’ve… got some thinking to do… someone else I need to talk to.”

“I understand,” Shoji accepted, making a note to himself to check in with the dual-element wielder when he was in a better frame of mind.

Not quite sure how better to leave things after that, Shoto unceremoniously turned and departed the hospital room, both boys now alone with their thoughts once again.

Shoto, looking down at his ice hand once more, compared it to his other that he’d looked at with disdain for a good portion of his life. Despite their talk and Shoji’s forgiveness, both of Shoto’s hands now looked and felt the same and it weighed on him. He’d taken ownership of his quirk like Izuku had said, but that also came with the burden of responsibility, one he couldn’t ignore.

It took several minutes of pacing down an adjacent hallway after that, but Shoto found the resolve to do what he needed to do and reached for his phone.


Pulling out of his memories, Shoto and his father continued to speed along the highway back towards Mustafu and the hospital his mother resided at.

The boy with the burn mark touched the delicate, red skin around his eye subtly as the man he blamed for it dozed on the other side of the car.

Thinking back to when he’d received his blemish, Shoto knew his mother didn’t mean what she did as she immediately swooped down and tried to help him with her ice quirk. He didn’t learn until much later that this was very much the wrong thing to do with a scald and left him with a worse injury than if she’d left it. Apparently, his mother hadn’t used her quirk since.

Now, he found himself in much the same situation, his own ice having marked a friend. Even if it saved his life, Shoto still felt an unsettling amount of guilt in his chest for the way he’d used his quirk.

Before he used either side of his powers again, he needed to talk to his mother and get some answers from her. Only then would be be able to figure out what he was meant to do next.


With most of the students fully healed, Nezu opted to return them all to UA while leaving behind only those that required further observation.

Izuku, Bakugo and Shoji all stayed in their beds after Recovery Girl’s healing to ensure they were fighting fit again while Tooru still hadn’t awoken. For now, her parents would remain with her while Mina was forced to say goodbye and head back with the others. Needless to say it was a tearful journey for the girl as she sniffled into Ochako’s side on the long coach ride home.

From the staff, All Might remained behind along with Snipe, who’d returned from Nabu after Endeavor since there wasn’t much his quirk could do to help the islanders, as Nezu needed him here on guard duty.

On the small table by the side of his bed, Izuku’s phone lay still. Earlier it had been abuzz with activity with his mother frantically texting him after hearing about something happening to Nabu. Izuku had assured her that he was fine and so was all of his class but his first responding text to the many she’d sent him had led her to call him outright since, if he had enough time to text, he had enough time to talk.


“Izuku! Baby, are you okay?!” Inko’s loud voice frantically asked the second her son answered as best as he could with his cast up arms. Even forced to hold the phone half a foot from his ear due to his restricted movement, Izuku still felt the panic and worry of his mother come through clear as day.

“Mom, I’m fine,” he answered quickly with as comforting a tone as he could offer. “I’m safe.”

“Are you hurt? Did you push yourself too far again? Is All Might there taking care of you like he promised?!”

Izuku awkwardly glanced over at the pro who was the only one remaining with the boy after his girlfriends had been forced to depart. All Might looked the picture of guilt but he knew it wasn’t the man’s fault for what happened.

“He’s here mom, he wasn’t able to come with us on the project but he was the first one to get to us when things got… too intense.”

“That’s… that’s good at least,” Inko breathed a sigh of relief that the former number one was sincere in his promise to her and commitment to Izuku’s wellbeing. “Did you get hurt though? Baby, please don’t tell me you’re in the hospital again.”

“Y-Yeah,” Izuku replied with shame. “My class and I fought a villain and we-”

Before Izuku could respond fully, All Might was waving his hands in an ‘X’ shape while shaking his head.

“H-Hold on mom,” Izuku frowned before tapping the mute button. “All Might?”

“My apologies Young Midoriya, but the Hero Association has ordered everyone to stay silent about the details of the ‘investigation’ except to those in our profession. They don’t want details getting out where they can and causing a panic among the populace.”

“So what, do I have to lie to my mom?” Izuku frowned, he was keeping enough secrets from her as it is.

“Not lie but rather unable to say I’m afraid my boy,” All Might nodded. “You can relay your injuries, but talking about how you got them and who you fought has been forbidden under penalties.”

“If I don’t tell her what happened she’s only going to worry more so you talk to her,” Izuku held his phone out to the blond. “I can’t keep something like this from her if I want her to trust me.”

All Might hesitated but ultimately agreed with Izuku. At the very least Inko was due an explanation regarding her son’s injuries and, to ensure her son didn’t face any issues, he would divulge as much as he could rather than the boy.

Taking the phone from Izuku, All Might unmuted it and held it against his ear.

“Hello, Mrs Midoriya? All Might here. I’m afraid there’s some legal issues in the way of what your son can and cannot tell you. No, he’s fine and he’s not in trouble, it’s just standard hero fare outside of the school’s jurisdiction for the most part. Yes, I’m keeping watch over him right now and until he gets back to UA. I assure you everything will be done to inform you of exactly what happened just as soon as we’re allowed to tell you, you have my word.”

Izuku listened for a few minutes more as All Might placated his worrying mother before handing the phone back looking like he now needed his own hospital bed. With a few last reassurances to his mother and a promise to call her sometime this week when he could, Izuku hung up the phone and left it there until the evening.


As the day stretched into night Izuku was left alone, looking up at the ceiling with just his thoughts for company as All Might got some rest of his own in a corner chair; clearly talking to his mother had sapped him of energy Izuku chuckled to himself. With everything that happened since the villains attacked, the boy felt a great amount of conflict in his heart about every action he took on the island: many civilians lost their homes and livelihoods, he and his friends weren’t able to save Midnight and so many of them got hurt, and he nearly lost his life, not to mention One-For-All.

Holding his arm straight up as his cast was unable to bend, Izuku looked at his hand and clenched it into a fist. Even with one hundred percent, there was no way to defeat Nine other than using twice that power, power he could never have mustered alone and come out as intact as he had. His mind trailed back to what Banjo had told him of what happened to the vestiges and the quirk in the brief time he’d passed it on.

After blasty tried to eject us, we were able to follow the link back here to this guy.

That definitely sounded like Bakugo, but was that all there was to this? Izuku recalled their conversation only a few days ago as he trained at night and wondered if their relationship had finally reached a turning point.

I can’t prove I’m going to be the best there ever was if I don’t beat you at a hundred percent, and that includes that extra shitty quirk you’ve got. I’ll prove to you, All Might, and the world that I can stand at the top no matter what.

Was it just so he’d have someone to fight and prove himself against, or was there another aspect to this the blond didn’t want to admit? Either way, Izuku knew what he had to do.

Pushing himself up into a sitting position, Izuku clumsily shifted himself until he could stand up, his casted arms hanging down at his sides awkwardly as his loose hospital clothes kept him covered from the cold of the night. Stepping into his slippers, Izuku carefully walked over to the door and reached for the handle at an awkward angle due to his casts, opening it up as quietly as he could to not disturb All Might, and slipping out of the room.

At this point he knew enough about hospitals to know his friend would be somewhere nearby and set off down the hall looking. As expected, he only had to go one room down, passing a sleeping Shoji’s on the way before spotting Bakugo’s familiar tuft of hair behind a similarly casted up arm, reading his phone at arm’s length that couldn’t be comfortable.

Izuku chuckled lightly at the sight before knocking politely.

“The fuck?” Bakugo’s arm dropped enough for him to see the window in the door before his expression shifted into one of exasperation. “Whaddya want nerd?”

Figuring that was as close to an invitation to enter as he was going to get, Izuku cracked open the door and slipped inside.

“H-Hey Bakugo, I just came to see how you were doing.”

“No better than you are from the looks of it,” Bakugo snorted, looking down at Izuku’s own casts. “That old hag’s gonna kick your ass if she finds you out of bed.”

“Y-Yeah, probably,” Izuku sweatdropped, “but… I needed to come and talk to you now… alone.”

Bakugo quirked a brow but ultimately said nothing as Izuku took that as his cue to continue.

“On the mountain top, when Nine was getting close and only getting stronger… when we couldn’t break through his tornado… I thought that was it for all of us. Even fighting together we weren’t strong enough… so… I wanted to thank you for accepting One-For-All so we could protect everyone; I know that must’ve been hard to do coming from… me, but I also wanted to thank you even more for giving it back.”

The room was silent for a moment as Izuku tensely held his breath for whatever outburst he was sure he was about to get in return. Instead, Bakugo simply turned away from Izuku, which was somewhat difficult to do with casts on his arms, and remained silent.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about dumbass,” Bakugo replied in an even tone. “I didn’t do shit for you.”

Izuku opened his mouth to respond but hesitated. He’d come to Bakugo to thank him and he’d done that. Whether the boy acknowledged or accepted it didn’t matter, and he shouldn’t expect the boy to respond like anyone else would at receiving gratitude at this point.

“Okay,” Izuku nodded slowly before turning and making his way towards the door.

“It should’ve been you…”

Izuku stopped and strained his ears, listening carefully.

“… I… wasn’t enough.”

“Miss Midnight?”

Bakugo didn’t respond.

Izuku took a slow breath, his mind pondering potential answers that wouldn’t immediately get him ejected from the room.

“Yeah… you weren’t,” Izuku admitted, not beating around the bush. “And I don’t think I would’ve been either.” He clenched the door handle tightly. That was something he didn’t truly know and some part of him knew it was a lie, or at least, not the whole truth. “We tried, and we failed. Now we have to make up for that for the rest of our lives. I’m… going to miss her, but it’s not going to stop me. If you want to have any hope of being the next number one, you’ll have to keep up because I’m not going to slow down because of this.”

“Fuckin’ better not.”

Despite the sad topic, a small smile pulled at the corners of Izuku’s lips. Bakugo inadvertently confirmed he had faith that Izuku would get even stronger which meant he definitely knew Izuku had his quirk back.

“Thank you again,” Izuku mumbled as he turned to leave, “for giving it back. It’s good to know you believe in me.”

“Piss off!” Bakugo spat excessively as Izuku retreated out the door.

The angry blond was left alone once more, his thoughts the only thing keeping him company. Just as he was starting to momentarily forget about all that sad shit the nerd had to come in and bring it all back. He couldn’t even save Midnight… what kind of useless future number one was he?

Still, Izuku was right about one thing and, in a way, he knew him better than Kirishima did still; there was no way Bakugo was losing to him and Izuku had nursed that dying fire inside him back to strength.

As soon as he got back to UA, he was having that sad session with Kirishima then he was gonna beat the crap out of himself at the gym. That’ll show that damn nerd!


Across the country, a very different conversation was taking place.

“As you can see, it’s all detailed there in my report,” Hawks finished the summation of his investigation. “With all the talk I uncovered about the lead villain wanting to steal a young boy’s quirk, I can only deduce we were dealing with a villain that had a copy of All-For-One’s quirk.”

The head members of the Hero Public Safety Commission all grimaced in fear at the thought of such a threat to their society being on the loose. This emergency meeting had been called at the HPSC headquarters to debate how they were going to handle this latest crisis and it was already looking like a near worst case scenario.

Hawks stood at the end of a long, rectangular desk in a top floor meeting room as the heads of various divisions and the president of the association all eyed him and his report warily.

“And where is the villain now?”

“Was he arrested with the others?”

“He wasn’t,” Hawks shook his head. “From what I gather, the UA students were able to overwhelm him and hold him off long enough for some sort of ailment to affect him and give them the upper hand. Even so, the battle damage on the surroundings is extensive and they clearly went all out. Could be that he was killed in the conflict and his body fell into the ocean.”

“That’s one interpretation,” the president stated carefully. “He may also have been able to escape and is in hiding right now, licking his wounds.”

“Or maybe those kids hid the body for the rat to retrieve,” another head member commented. “I wouldn’t put it past that rodent to try and shield his students while snapping up something like that to experiment on.”

“Easy with the prejudices there my man,” Hawks flexed his wings, wearing an easy going expression that disguised his true feelings of irritation. “I didn’t see anything remotely like that going on so how about you keep your thoughts to yourself, m’kay?”

The member grit his teeth but tried to appear suitably chastised from the looks some of the others were sending him.

“The point still stands that we don’t have a body,” the president stated carefully, a pensive look overtaking her face, “either he’s dead and UA students are responsible, or he’s alive and missing; both bad looks no matter what. On top of that, we can’t deny the possibility that there could be more copies of All-For-One out there.”

A dark shudder ran through the room.

“Could it be possible that the villain was simply the child of All-For-One?” One of the head members asked.

“Not un-possible,” Hawks replied flippantly, “but this doesn’t strike me as a child looking to step into his father’s shoes.”

“Indeed,” the president concurred. “If All-For-One had offspring, why would he bother grooming Tomura Shigaraki? No, the most likely case is that this was no more than an experiment, a test run to gauge the potential of transferring another copy of that foul quirk into Shigaraki.”

“My god…”

“That’s a pretty dark timeline,” Hawks shook his head.

“And it’s your job to help prevent it from coming to be,” the president addressed the number two hero. “How goes your infiltration of the league?”

“Not the best,” the number two hero sighed, his true disappointment and bitterness shining through. Since Dabi still demanded another high-ranking hero’s life for Hawks to prove his loyalty, the commission had given him the go ahead to use Best Jeanist for the plan.

The idea made him sick. Still, he paid the recovering pro hero a visit at his home under the guise of checking up on him. It was there he committed a deed that would haunt him until the end of his days. His resolve didn’t waver however, and, with Jeanist’s body secure in a large duffle bag, he’d delivered the man to Dabi as expected, proving himself loyal enough to earn an invitation to the Meta Liberation Army.

It was regretful he was unable to save Jeanist after that, but the mission came first.

This was only days before the tragedy that was Deika City and the meeting that he attended, declaring the force the ‘Paranormal Liberation Front’ now featuring the League of Villains as some of its leaders and commanders with Shigaraki at the helm. Since then, despite his frequent visits to the secret mountain retreat, he’d yet to gain any significant knowledge on what exactly the League was up to or where they were carrying out all this mad science.

Clearly they’d been busy.

“After that stunt with that truck crash a while back, I haven’t heard a peep. My guess is they’ve been preoccupied with this and won’t make contact until the heat dies down a little. Dabi’ll probably reach out soon enough and you guys will be the first to hear all the juicy details.”

“Focus Hawks,” the president chided. “We need now more than ever for you to get in close to them. We don’t know where exactly they’re all hiding or what they’re doing and that was deeply concerning even before this.”

“I got it, lay off the jokes,” Hawks shrugged, “still, you can count on me to take a threat like All-For-One seriously. A power like that in the hands of someone like Shigaraki is no laughing matter.”

“Indeed,” the president nodded.

“That power would be much better put to use for the good of the people,” one of the other members spoke up.

“The ability to remove quirks from villains would do well to assure the public that repeat offenders wouldn’t ever be a problem again.”

“Not to mention being an incredibly powerful deterrent.”

Hawks shot the trio a look. “And be a real slippery slope should the person wielding that power ever decide to use it for themselves.”

“That’s why we’d have to give it to someone we can trust,” another member stated. “Someone we teach to put the good of society first, much like you Hawks.”

The feathered hero controlled his emotions just like he’d been so gracefully taught and replied evenly.

“Sounds to me like you’re more interested in using this power to control the masses through fear, not exactly my idea of a dream society.”

“And here I thought you’d be happy to have more free time on your hands,” the member smirked.

“Enough.” The president put an end to the squabbling. “For now it is only a theory, one we shall be tasking you with confirming one way or the other Hawks.”

“Roger that,” Hawks sent her a half-hearted salute.

“If this theory turns out to be true however, your secondary objective is to recover all the data relating to this process at any cost.”

The number two hero hid his disapproving glare with a yawn.

“You got it.”

“In the event that this isn’t possible, destroy everything you can so this technology can’t be utilized against us.”

“Sure whatever,” Hawks nodded, glad he at least had some cover in that regard.

“You can’t be serious,” one of the other members spoke up. “Technology and research like that could revolutionize the way we see quirks and push us towards a safer society.”

“It could also spell the end of all of us if the villains have their way,” the president stated. “Need I remind you Shigaraki wants nothing more than to tear down everything we’ve built as a society and we don’t know what he would try to replace it with?”

“If he even decides to try and replace it at all,” Hawks commented. “He strikes me more of an anarchist than a planner.”

“Quite,” the president sighed. “This is my final decision on the matter for now until more information comes to light; you have your orders Hawks.”

“Great, can I go catch some Z’s now? All that flying’s left me bushed.”

“Dismissed,” the president nodded, allowing the feathered hero to head out the meeting room doors and head down the corridor.

Just before the doors closed however, Hawks flexed his wings, faking a stretch to cover the camera’s view as he slipped a small feather off of his back and slid it under the door just enough for it to continue listening in on the remaining conversation as he headed to his temporary lodgings in the building.

After being raised with the infiltration and deception skills demanded of him from the commission, there was no way he was going to let them think they held all the cards if conversation like that was flowing between them.

As he walked down the hall, he noticed another HPSC member walking towards him looking like he was in greater need of a rest than Hawks was.

“Hey Mera, looking for the pres’?” Hawks bantered with the man.

“I have the full report of Nabu from our other heroes and the military,” he explained wearily. “I’m guessing you already gave yours.”

“Smart as a whip my man,” Hawks chuckled, “they’re just in there but they’re having a meeting so make sure you knock loudly.”

“Mm-hmm,” Mera nodded unenthusiastically, proceeding down the hall to his destination as Hawks stepped into the elevator.

Focusing on his tiny feather, Hawks could feel the vibrations of Mera’s arrival, delivery of documents and dismissal before the department heads began speaking again. Inside the room, several members turned towards the president in frustration.

“Did you really have to order the destruction of that research?”

“I did,” the president nodded.

“How do we know Hawks can be trusted to do the right thing? He could destroy the materials and just claim he had no choice.”

“Your paranoia is getting the better of you,” the president frowned, “Hawks has always been a reliable agent. Do you have just cause to suspect now might be any different?”

“N-No,” the member sighed in frustration.

“Still, this sort of thing is too valuable to let pass us by. We should make every effort to acquire it regardless.”

“Your desires have been noted but while I am president I will ensure that all necessary precautions are taken. All-For-One has already proven that darkness can lurk that even we were unaware of. I would not be surprised if there are others out there that would try to capitalise on an opportunity like this and seize such power for their own. This is the last I will hear of it.” The president declared.

Hawks had to give it to the woman, she could command a room and wouldn’t be kowtowed by idiots with delusion they could control something like All-For-One. He didn’t truly know where her own morals lay, but she always made sure to keep the idea of Japan’s overall safety at the forefront of her goals.

“So what are we going to do about UA?” One of the other members asked as the conversation moved on.

“Their students were yet again in the middle of all of this and now they have a death in the faculty to deal with.”

“I wouldn’t be surprised if the rat will try to pin the blame on us. The students were supposed to be sent there to deal with the project alone yet they sent a teacher along only to die in the fighting?”

“Does that say more about UA’s teaching standards or the student’s strength?”

“Regardless, the teacher was Midnight, a hero who hasn’t dropped out of the top two hundred since her debut,” the president stated. “This isn’t news we can cover up even if we’ll be trying to downplay the severity of the villains. Public opinion and confidence in us is shaky enough as it is and this will only add more fuel to the flames.”

“What do you propose we do then Madam President?”

The president leafed through some of the files that Mera had delivered to them all as she tried to think of a way to try and spin this to do the least amount of harm to the commission. Her practised eyes sped through key parts of the report until one notable piece of information caught her eye.

“Midnight’s death is a tragedy and we should lean into that angle,” the president began. “While it’s true we tried to help our nation’s schools and their students best prepare for what their lives will be like as pro heroes, UA needlessly ignored our orders for students to handle this project on their own. Was this due to a lack of confidence in their students? Discipline? Something else? We’ll leave that to speculation. The point is, they didn’t follow our guidelines in that regard so what other rules are they intentionally flouting? If you’ll check page eighteen of the report, you’ll find that one of their students is about to be brought before the commission accused of excessive force and intent to harm.”

The other member’s eyes lit up with glee as they recognised the opportunity before them.

“Every other project seems to have gone off without any major issues. Without proof of their leader’s power, we can downplay the severity of the attack with the remaining members which the UA students blew out of proportion. It will also serve to protect the public from the knowledge and fear that a quirk like All-For-One can be copied and transferred.”

“This will certainly anger the principal,” one of the members warned.

“Which is why we will comply with everything to the letter of the law,” the president explained. “The outcome of this girl’s investigation doesn’t matter, only the public’s opinion in this case. We do our jobs properly, show no bias, but place as much of the blame as possible on UA and their atypical practises.”

“UA has been getting a lot of flak this past year. The public are already wary of them as a competent institution at this point.”

“Should we think about building up another school to take its place?”

“Too soon to tell, especially as the principal won’t take this lying down. We should expect some sort of retaliation.”

“Agreed, but for now, we will proceed as the law dictates,” the president ordered.

With that the meeting seemed to be wrapping up with only the finer details of their next steps left to go through.

Hawks sighed as he reached his room, slipping inside and flopping haphazardly on the wellmade bed, ignoring the visible and not so visible cameras keeping watch.

UA was about to go through another gruelling challenge and he hoped they were up to the task but there was nothing he could do to assist them from here even if he wanted to. He was thankful it wasn’t Tokoyami on the hotplate but still, he hoped that whatever girl was about to be raked over the coals was as prepared for it as she could be because the commission was clearly pulling no punches over this.


The next day, Izuku, Bakugo, and Shoji were all subjected to a few more tests before they were all deemed fit to leave. As it was the first real time Bakugo had broken his arms in such a way, he’d escaped with no long term damage. Izuku however was reminded once more that he really shouldn’t be using his arms at all if he was going to break them as, while the breaks were clean, he’d damaged his nerves and was feeling a lot less under his touch with nothing but numbness in places.

Once all three of the students had been discharged and dressed in their school uniforms, they were directed to the rear of the hospital where Nezu and All Might awaited them before storing their bags in the trunk of one of UA’s escort cars and climbing in. As they set off Izuku couldn’t help but ask after Tooru, knowing her parents were still with the girl when he passed by her room earlier. Nezu assured the boy that she would be following after them tonight as she was stable enough to be transferred to Musutafu General with Snipe and Recovery Girl along with her.

Forgoing the hassle of flying, it would be a long trip back and the three boys settled in as best they could in the somewhat roomy car.

Arriving back at the dorms in the early evening, the three climbed out wearily, thankful there was only one small walk left from here to their beds after grabbing their bags from the back of the car.

“Before you all leave,” Nezu called out, climbing out of the vehicle himself. “I would like to personally thank you all for all you did to protect the islanders. I have spoken to nearly all your classmates at this point as well as received reports from the other staff members who interviewed the civilians. This situation was like nothing we imagined and you all handled it like true pros.”

Both Izuku and Shoji couldn’t help notice Bakugo’s fists clench at that.

“I understand this was a hard experience for all of you considering… certain events.” Nezu’s voice dipped at the reminder of what they’d all lost. “Classes for you have been cancelled until after winter break. While I hope you will take this time to rest and recover, please do not hesitate to come to myself or another member of staff if you have any issues.”

“Thank you sir,” Izuku bowed.

“One last thing, there will be a small meeting in your common room at midday tomorrow. If you could ensure yourselves and all your classmates are there I would greatly appreciate it.”

“Understood sir,” Shoji answered for the three of them, the other two only giving small nods in response.

With that, the three were allowed to depart and Nezu and All Might watched them make their way in the direction of their dorm, pensive looks on their faces.

There was no discussion between the three as they silently walked along the path back to their lodgings for the first time in over a week, each content to keep to themselves.

When Izuku, Bakugo and Shoji entered the dorms, they found only a sparse few people in the common room. Tokoyami was in the kitchen cooking something while Sato was looking morosely into his own bowl of food at a dining table. By the TV, Kyoka, Momo and Mina were watching something under a blanket together and were the first to notice the new arrivals.

“They’re back,” Momo called softly, rising to her feet as the other two girls quickly followed and approached. Izuku didn’t miss the hopeful look in Mina’s eyes only for it to vanish as quickly as appeared when she couldn’t spot a floating set of clothes amongst the three that returned.

The five approached and while Kyoka and Mina drew Izuku and Bakugo into tight hugs, Momo and Tokoyami greeted Shoji a tad more formally with polite bows.

“It is good to see you all back on your feet,” Tokoyami looked them over for any residual injuries.

“Like that fuck could take us down,” Bakugo scoffed, returning the hug Mina was giving him as he knew the girl likely needed it at this point.

“It was really hard,” Izuku admitted, leaning into Kyoka’s hug himself before releasing the girl. “For a moment… I thought we were done for.”

“You still managed to pull through though,” Sato gave them all a nod, guilt and sadness written over his face at the fact he’d not been able to contribute more towards the fight to help his friends. “Everyone managed to survive thanks to you.”

“It was a joint effort,” Shoji deflected the praise.

“Not everyone though…” Bakugo grit his teeth before turning for the elevator. “I don’t feel like any social crap tonight so I’m hitting the hay.”

“Uh hey man,” Sato called out, “make sure you check in with Kirishima. He asked everyone to keep an eye out for when you got back.”

“Whatever,” Bakugo shrugged as the elevator doors closed once he’d hit the button for his floor only to anxiously flex his hands as the metal box rose, eager to check in on that red-headed idiot.

“How are you doing Green?” Kyoka asked, glad no one seemed to be questioning the friendly hug she’d given her boyfriend.

“Okay,” Izuku sighed. “Quite um… tired. Recovery Girl fixed up the last of my injuries but I still feel very sore. How is everyone else?”

“Not good man,” Sato seemed to slump.

“A cloud of darkness has descended over our dorm,” Tokoyami agreed. “Despite our success, we lost someone deeply precious to us too.”

“Nezu informed us he’d be speaking to us all when you got back, did he say anything about it?” Momo asked curiously.

“A meeting tomorrow at noon,” Shoji explained succinctly.

“At least we’ll get a lie in,” Kyoka chuckled humourlessly.

“Speaking of, I believe I too shall adjourn for the night,” Shoji bowed politely to the well wishes of the others as he headed for the elevator while Tokoyami and Sato both returned to their own activities for the evening.

With only Izuku and the girls remaining, the quietest one among them spoke up.

“H-How’s Tooru?” Mina asked, “Did you check on her before-”

“She’s… fine, no change,” Izuku could only answer diplomatically, “she might be at Musutafu General by now so maybe Aizawa will let you visit?”

“I… I just want her to wake up…” Mina sniffled again as Momo drew her into a sideways hug.

“Izuku, go find Ochako and Tsuyu,” the heiress suggested, “they’ve been anxious for your return too.”

Izuku nodded, shooting them all a weary smile for their understanding before departing in the lift himself. Rising to Ochako’s floor, he knocked on her door only to get no answer. Heading up and repeating the action on Tsuyu’s door was more successful as his tired looking green-haired girlfriend opened up with a flood of relief written on her features.

“Izuku!”

It didn’t take long for him to get pulled into another hug, this one much more bone-crushing. Over by the frog girl’s bed, he saw Ochako scrambling up from her spot under the sheets to come greet him too.

Wrapped in the safety of two of his girlfriend’s arms, Izuku finally felt his emotional strength falter as he started tearing up as he hugged them tightly back. No words needed to be spoken amongst the three as they all started feeling the past few days catching up with them.

Despite the relief he felt, Izuku allowed a small amount of pain and frustration build in his chest as he couldn’t quite feel every part of his girlfriend’s hugs under his touch. It was another reminder not to go too far again lest he lose something he was beginning to value almost as much as being a hero.

Before they could flood the hallway, Tsuyu and Ochako pulled Izuku inside with the boy not putting up much of a fuss as they started undressing him. Though he was only left in his undies by the end of it despite some comfy clothes in his bag, he graciously accepted the middle spot in the bed as both girls snuggled up against him, the three of them just thankful they were all still alive for now.

Whatever tomorrow would bring they’d be able to face it together but, for now, they all needed a moment of personal weakness as the trio fell to pieces in each other’s arms until sleep claimed them all.


Aizawa and Present Mic returned to UA ahead of some of the other teachers, leaving behind Cementoss and Ectoplasm who were much better suited for clean-up work. It was earlier than Aizawa would’ve liked but he’d been strong-armed into it by his supposed ‘friend’ after he’d lost his temper at a civilian; she’d come up to thank him for his class’ efforts and empathise with the loss of his co-worker but it had set him off in a cutting rant that had left her in tears and him close to it by the end.

Any attempts at conversation about his wellbeing were coldly ignored and Mic had been getting seriously worried for his friend. When they lost Oboro, Aizawa went cold and reclusive. Now it seemed his years of experience had given him a razor’s edge to lash out with and his temper was bubbling near the surface the longer he stewed, so he went over Aizawa’s head and got them both pulled from the field.

Back on the mainland, Aizawa and Present Mic made their return journey to UA solely via car sent down by Nezu to greet them on their return from Nabu Island. Mic drove and, like almost every other time he did, Aizawa appeared to be asleep in the back, ignoring any and all attempts at talking. Unlike all those other times however, he remained awake for the entire duration.

Arriving back at UA, Aizawa ‘woke up’ and opened the back door to the car before it had even finished moving, causing Mic to scramble to park the thing properly and hurry after the man.

“Aizawa, stop! Nezu will want a report!” The frustrated man slowed in his steps, turning back to glare angrily at Present Mic, his quirk blazing. Despite the fear that gaze brought on in students and those unfamiliar with the dark hero, Mic remained resolute in his own gaze. “This isn’t something you can brush off and try to ignore.”

Aizawa growled but bitterly knew the man was right.

“Fine, you see to the girl,” he spat before changing his direction towards the main campus building. A small part of him wanted to spite the blond, say something in retaliation, but at this point it wasn’t worth it. No matter what he’d tried throughout their early friendship Hizashi wouldn’t leave him alone. Back then it was almost endearing, now it was pissing him off.

As the voice hero watched his broken friend walk away, he knew he had to try and make things as easy for the man as he could, and that meant trying to mitigate whatever damage the man might cause. Nezu would handle him for now, but Hizashi knew he should attend to somethings before the man broke someone else in his warpath.

Heading for the teacher’s dorms, Hizashi arrived to a dark common space with only a single light on above the TV area. There, Mirio and Eri seemed to be dozing together as the streaming service they had likely been watching something from sat looping the preview for a deer film he was never too interested in.

Thanks to her training all last week, Eri’s horn was significantly smaller and Hizashi was much less worried about the girl’s quirk going off accidently with what he had to tell her. He felt his heart clench painfully at having to disturb the pair but better they learn now than from a spiteful Aizawa.

“Hey… come on little listeners, time to wake up,” he gently shook the pair’s shoulders.

Waking from their slumber, Mirio blinked the sleepiness away before remembering exactly where he’d taken a nap.

“Woah, sorry sir. Didn’t mean to fall asleep here,” he apologized. “Eri just kinda didn’t wanna be alone after what we watched so-”

“Don’t worry about it,” Hizashi brushed off, taking a seat on the coffee table behind him as the younger of the two stirred awake.

Back in the safety of UA’s walls, Hizashi Yamada felt his own emotions from the trip swirl in his chest. Still, he was able to hold it together, taking a deep breath and letting it out slowly to calm the shimmering tears behind his shades.

“So, you um… might’ve guessed that something happened that required most of the teacher’s focus these past few days,” Hizashi began.

“Sir? What’s going on? Is something wrong with Mr Aizawa?” Mirio asked.

“Is Deku back?” Eri followed on hopefully.

“Aizawa’s fine, and he probably is kiddo, but we shouldn’t disturb him or any of his class right now,” Hizashi sighed, his thoughts turning towards 1-A and how they were currently handling everything. He’d worry about them later, for now, he had a greater priority to comfort and focus on. “There’s… something you two should know…”


Shota Aizawa blearily blinked back to the waking world in the early hours of the next morning. It seems his erratic sleeping schedule was working against him now as he’d gotten exactly three and a half hours since falling asleep and the moon was still out.

Cursing himself for his stupid, efficient sleeping method, Aizawa rolled over in his sleeping bag and tried to shut out the waking world once more. Unlike last time however, he didn’t have the weariness of yelling or exerting his emotions to carry him back to blissful oblivion.

He bitterly sat up, looking around the darkened teacher’s office with only the moonlight and many stand-by lights on all the electrical equipment to illuminate anything. Reluctantly admitting to himself he felt a little better now, he unzipped his bag and strode over to the coffee maker without colliding with anything from memory.

Only soft clinks of porcelain, the rumble of instant coffee grounds, and the slow steaming of boiling water broke the silence of the night, leaving Aizawa plenty of time to examine his memories.


After stomping up to Nezu’s office where the principal uncharacteristically didn’t open the door before he arrived, Aizawa wrenched the door open with a bang, striding with purpose over to Nezu’s desk who was undeterred from his erratic typing despite Aizawa’s extremely loud entry.

“You useless fucking rodent!” Aizawa hissed coldly as he channelled all his anger and frustration into his tone. “You said that was there was no chance of villain attacks!”

“I said there would be minimal chance of villain attacks Aizawa,” Nezu replied evenly without missing a beat, continuing to type away. “Minimal does not mean zero.”

Aizawa’s temper flared at his boss’ nonchalance and slammed his hands down on Nezu’s desk, causing the principal to mis-type which he replied to with an annoyed look of his own before backspacing.

“You said not to doubt your abilities to try to protect the students, well I’m pretty doubtful right now, so either you give me a good goddamn reason to keep trusting you or you’re about to lose a great deal of IQ points.”

“You are looking for someone to blame Aizawa,” Nezu replied simply. “While I’m certain that blaming me would bring you some small measure of relief, it would not do much to bring to justice those that tried to force our students into service before they were ready.”

“So you’re pawning off blame to the commission,” Aizawa sneered. 

“They are the ones that pressured us to do this project after all. You have my word that I will be using every available asset I have to seek retribution on behalf of Midnight. Both to those that directly had a hand in her passing, and those that ordered this program in the first place.”

“Yeah? And what good is your word to a dead woman?” Aizawa hissed.

Nezu sighed and finally turned to address Aizawa directly.

“I understand you are incredibly upset and your emotions are running high right now, this situation cannot be easy for you and you have my deepest sympathies for this repeat scenario. However, do not believe for even a single second that you are the only one who cared about Nemuri Kayama,” he growled back with a quiet ferocity Aizawa had never seen from the principal.

Looking at Nezu properly now, and not solely through anger-tinted lenses, Aizawa could see the principal’s clothes were somewhat dishevelled, the gleam in his fur was dull and his hackles were standing on end. He’d been prepared to shout until his voice was hoarse at the chimera who not only wasn’t prepared to take it lying down but was already seemingly on his own warpath.

“I presume you’ve been out of the loop during your travels so I’ll make this brief: your students went up against the next incarnation of All-For-One flanked by some dangerous power obsessed villains. The leader himself was the person to end Nemuri’s life despite a hostage negotiation and rescue attempt by the students. He wasn’t there for them, only for a single, small boy with a quirk that can be used to forcibly activate cells he likely believed could heal a sickness he had. If not for that ailment, and the combined efforts of your class, we may have very well been in the middle of a second coming of that monster.”

That was indeed news to Aizawa as after hearing about his students relative safety and Nemuri’s passing, he’d focused solely on doing what he could next rather than the ‘hows’ and ‘whys’ everything had turned out like it did.

Leaning off the desk, Aizawa took a step back and collapsed into one of the chairs before Nezu’s desk as the diminutive principal’s gaze eased on his co-worker.

“Your students stopped a terribly significant threat before it could spiral out of control. Though they don’t know it, Japan owes you, your students, and Nemuri a tremendous debt for their actions.”

“That doesn’t change anything,” Aizawa muttered morosely, the wind having been taken out of his sails.

“You’re correct,” Nezu nodded sadly, “Nabu was a tragedy, but the villains would’ve attacked with or without our students being present. Considering all we know now, could you honestly say you’re not somewhat grateful they were there? I’m not sure class 1-B or even some of our other year groups could’ve fought off the foe that they did. You’ve trained your students well Aizawa, and from what I can tell, Nemuri had the greatest faith in them too to ensure they did their jobs right and protected the people of that island just like she did. You should be proud of them for that at least.”

Aizawa’s hands balled into fists, his anger still lurking beneath the surface but he didn’t have the strength to exert it in any meaningful way. Nothing he did would make things any easier and both he and Nezu knew that.

“But why’d it have to be her…” Aizawa spoke up again, his face pensive and grudging.

“I know Aizawa, once again the world seems intent on ridding us of good people before their time and Nemuri will be sorely missed by everyone she’s touched with her presence. All we can do now is ensure we continue doing what’s right and carry on the good work she gave her life for. I’m sure no one feels more guilt right now than your students and they will need every bit of support we can give them in the coming days to ensure they don’t lose themselves to the dark realities of this career path.”

Aizawa remained silent, the rat annoyingly proving his intelligence once again by countering practically every argument he had to release some of his emotions at the loss of his friend.

“For now, I suggest you get some rest,” Nezu impressed on the man. “Out of all our staff members I suspected you and Yamada might be the most severely affected and have granted you both leave whether you take it or not. In your current state, I suggest you have a sleep in the teacher’s longue until you calm down and can think rationally again.”

The exhausted man, his anger and adrenaline no longer powering his body, felt the weight of the past two days crashing down around him now too. He knew better than anyone he’d be next to useless until he could think straight again and, honestly, he wanted nothing more than to experience the sweet embrace of oblivion but he knew that when he did, he would see Nemuri’s kind, caring face now haunting him along with Oboro’s.

There was nothing he could do about it however and he resignedly dragged himself to his feet before heading for the office door without further acknowledging his boss.

As Aizawa resignedly departed the principal’s office with much less flair than when he’d arrived, Nezu returned to the email he’d been preparing that would be sent to all major journalist outlets across Japan. In it, he was announcing a press conference in the next few days where he would be disclosing UA’s investigation on what he was calling the ‘Nabu Incident’.

With a few more taps it was ready and he sent it off with a frustrated sigh. Reaching into the bottom drawer of his desk, Nezu removed a packs of cigarettes and a lighter he kept hidden from everyone, expertly plucking one and putting it to his lips before lighting up and taking a deep drag of tabacco smoke.

The intelligent chimera had tried to do his best for his students and once again they’d suffered nothing but pain for it. Faith in heroes was still shaky at this point and he refused to let his students suffer the wrath of public opinion on top of everything they were certainly dealing with.

No, he intended to point the finger squarely at the Hero Public Safety Commission and their attempts to be seen ‘doing something’ to make the public feel better instead of proposing any actual solutions. In their carelessness they had caused the death of one of his beloved teachers, unleashing Nezu’s wrath, and they were about to find out just how big of a mistake that was.  


Aizawa sighed deeply before he brought the hot, black coffee to his lips, the warmth flowing into his chest as it did into his hand that was wrapped around the mug. If he was up he may as well stay up at this point he thought to himself. Turning back to his sleeping bag that had been laid out for him on the sofa, as if awaiting his arrival when he’d gotten here, he tucked it back into the spot by its side until he needed it again.

Looking out the window, Aizawa took a moment to glance over to the 1-A dorms where all the lights were out before taking another sip of his drink. His free hand clenched into a fist as he remembered Iida’s declaration when he arrived on the scene; how was it that they’d all managed to make it out but the skilled, experienced hero hadn’t? Did she sacrifice herself for them? Were they careless? Sloppy? Weak?!

There was a creak just before the sound of clattering porcelain broke the silence as Aizawa’s coffee mug shattered in his hand, coating it in near scalding liquid. The man grit his teeth and quickly sought out a dishtowel they kept around for spills before running his hand under cool water. As much as he wanted to be angry right now, he knew he deserved that; no matter what, it wasn’t the students fault that Nemuri was… gone.

He lightly pounded his undamaged hand on the counter top, frustrated that his emotions were continuing to get the better of him. He wasn’t being logical and reasonable and it wouldn’t do anyone any good if he continued to break down like this. He couldn’t afford to sink into a depression again and going the other way into rage was just as harmful.

Flicking a switch, the office lit up brightly as the man squinted at the sudden light, glancing over at the discoloured carpet and broken mug around it. With dishtowel in hand, he quickly soaked up what he could while collecting the largest shards of cup he could before disposing of them in the washing bin and regular bin respectively before letting out a tired sigh. He’d only been up twenty minutes and he was already done with the day.

With the light on, everything seemed almost normal as he looked around. Everything until his eyes swept across Nemuri’s desk, a desk he knew she’d never sit at again. Aizawa felt anger and sadness lurch back into his chest as he turned away from the sight, hitting the light switch again and cloaking the room in darkness once more.

He needed to leave, staying would only irritate him more at this rate and there was no way he’d get anything productive or relaxing done in the meantime.

Exiting the room Aizawa proceeded down the hall and downstairs before heading out the main doors to the school.

The night was quiet, peaceful, and just the way Aizawa liked it on those rare nights he got to enjoy it. He took a bracing breath at the cold winter air before setting off back to the teacher’s dorms. Hopefully he could at least try to get something done in the privacy of his own room, if not try to sleep a little more in his own bed and try not to dream of his fallen friends.


Class 1-A struggled to shake the cloud of depression that had settled over their dorm. Wednesday had come and while there wasn’t any classes for them, there also wasn’t much reason to get out of bed either. The energy and drive to get up and do anything just wasn’t there for a lot of them.

Izuku awoke between the arms and cuddles of his girlfriends but felt just as downtrodden as the others. Sir Nighteye had been a hard death, one he certainly regretted and blamed himself for on some level to this day, but he hadn’t emotionally known the man all that well.

Midnight was different. She’d shown a level of care for him and all his classmates that Aizawa never had and, in a way, he felt closer to her than to his homeroom teacher. The greenette suspected all his girlfriends did too considering the teacher knew of their secret relationship, inadvertently helping them all long before she knew the full extent of it and he didn’t doubt the pro had been just as helpful and friendly to their other classmates.

Checking the class’ group chat on his phone, Izuku found it just as static as it was yesterday; only Iida was posting anything and that was just reminders to everyone to get up, eat, and drink; likely because he was struggling with those same things.

Izuku had to blink for a moment to focus as a new message pinged in the chat from the boy.

Ingenium: Everyone please be downstairs and presentable in thirty minutes for Principal Nezu’s visit. Please respond with a ‘Thumbs up’ ‘Emoji’ so I know you’ve seen this, otherwise I will be by your door in fifteen minutes.

Glancing at his phone’s clock, Izuku’s brows rose in surprise as it was already eleven thirty. Clearly he’d still been tired enough to sleep through both his alarm and his back-up alarm.

Taking a deep breath to try and gather his emotional strength for whatever this announcement may bring, Izuku pushed himself up into a seated position as Tsuyu and Ochako stirred.

“H-Hey girls, we’ve um… got a meeting in thirty minutes.”

“Ri~ibbit?” Tsuyu groaned at the loss of warmth as Ochako stretched herself out and rolled onto her back.

“Think we’ll get in trouble if we don’t go?”

“I don’t think so,” Izuku shook his head. “I’m sure the principal will understand, but I still wanted to check since I’m going to go.”

“Are you sure you’re up for it?” Tsuyu asked, rising to her knees as the quilt dropped off her. “You just got back from the hospital last night.”

“I’m fine,” Izuku brushed off easily. “I had plenty of rest with you two.”

“Flattery won’t work here mister,” Ochako puffed her cheeks up and levelled a critical gaze over her boyfriend. “Tsu put me to bed for less when I said my head still hurt.”

“I’ll wrap you both up in my tongue if I suspect either of you are putting on a brave face, ribbit.”

The three shared a small chuckle before Izuku looked down at his phone.

“I still want to go, if nothing else other than just to get up.”

“We should probably check in on Mina too,” Ochako agreed.

“I saw her and the others yesterday but didn’t get a chance to talk,” Izuku glanced between the pair. “How is she doing?”

“Not great, ribbit,” Tsuyu stated. “We’re all kinda taking turns just being with her. It’s clearly hit her the hardest.”

“Now you’re back we’ll get together later and talk,” Ochako said as she slipped off the bed and brushed her ruffled state down. “We were hoping Tooru would be back with you but…”

“She’ll be back soon… hopefully,” Tsuyu sighed.

Despite being together, even they couldn’t shake the depression of the dorm right now and took the time to get brushed and ready, leaving for the common room well before Iida could come knocking.

Downstairs, they found their classmates in much the same state as themselves; dressed carelessly in their casual clothes and all scattered over the common area looking like they wanted nothing more than to go back to bed. The only one not dressed in their casuals was Iida but even then his shirt was buttoned incorrectly and his tie was askew so that was likely as close as the boy would get. Kirishima had his head in his hands trying not to look like he was about to faceplant the dining table next to Bakugo who had Queen draped around his shoulders, Sero and Kaminari were resting their elbows on their knees on the couches while Shoji appeared to be comforting Koda in the kitchen as he fed Yuwei-chan some lettuce. Todoroki appeared to have joined Tokoyami by leaning against a wall and even Aoyama had lost his trademark sparkle.

“Hey,” Kyoka waved the trio over from the couch, looking less hopeless than most people as she sat with Mina and Momo. “How you holdin’ up?”

“Okay,” Tsuyu offered.

“Better than most,” Kaminari sighed.

“Everyone’s kinda been like this since we got back,” Kyoka whispered to Izuku.

“How are you doing?” He replied softly with a knowing eyebrow raise. “You seem… um… more okay than the others?”

“So do you,” Kyoka replied evenly. “One of the shitty perks of depression experience is we know how to hide it better.”

Izuku realised the truth to the girl’s statement and noted he was also more presentable than a majority of his classmates, even Ochako and Tsu. He hoped this wouldn’t be a skill they’d all gain by the end of this but things certainly didn’t look good right now.

The trio settled in, taking a spot at an empty dining table nearby while Izuku grabbed them all some fridged water to help them wake up.

Soon enough, Midday rolled around and it was time for Nezu to arrive with whatever announcement he had. The front door to the dorms creaked open and the class all looked over to spot the principal leading a small group of teachers including Aizawa, Present Mic, Hound Dog and Recovery Girl.

“Good afternoon students!” Nezu called out evenly, his normal jovial tone notably absent which most found themselves somewhat grateful for; it just felt wrong to even pretend to be happy right now. “Thank you all dearly for taking the time to be here.”

“Not like we’d be anywhere else,” Bakugo huffed in his spot. Aizawa opened his mouth to retort sharply only for Nezu to raise a paw.

“Still, I am most grateful you’re all here,” the principal continued. “As you probably suspect, I’ve come with a few announcements and some other things which shouldn’t take up too much of your day. Firstly, I would like to extend to you all the utmost thanks on behalf of the people of Nabu. After you departed, we received a large number of well wishes for you for protecting them with so much devotion. After they saw how much damage had been caused to both the mountain and the main island, they were most grateful for your professional responses and conduct to defend them.”

“We simply did as UA has taught us sir,” Iida acknowledged for the class, getting a round of nods, shrugs and other low-energy responses.

“It’s no small feat Mr Iida and you are all to be commended for your efforts considering the circumstances. Do not forget you are all still first years and were under a great deal of pressure. I’ve known second and third years that have collapsed under less.”

There was a small wave of half-formed smiles at the praise though they quickly deflated at the fleeting good thoughts.

“Second, I’m sure you’re all aware of Miss Midnight’s passing. A formal assembly will be held on Saturday to help give you some closure regarding the tragic event. I hope to see you all there, though of course, it will be more than understandable if you did not prefer to attend.”

Strained looks passed through the student’s faces at the idea. Some were definitely grateful for the chance to say a final farewell to their art history teacher, others still didn’t want to say goodbye at all.

“Third, the staff and I all understand many of you are going through a difficult time right now. A death in the field can weaken even the most steadfast resolve. We have long advised students with inner difficulties seek out Hound Dog, our guidance councillor, for assistance, but for the foreseeable future, we will be bringing in a few additional specialists who deal with the grieving process. Each of you will need to attend a few short sessions with one of them in the coming days as mental health can be just as important as physical health and we wish only to provide the best care we can to you all in this trying time.”

“Sir? With all due respect, I don’t know how much just talking about stuff is gonna fix anything,” Kaminari spoke up.

“Indeed, it feels like a darkness has settled in our souls that cannot be shifted,” Aoyama concurred, clutching at his chest and sounding much more like Tokoyami in that moment.

“Don’t knock it till you try it,” Bakugo called out. “You’d be surprised what kinda shit you uncover by just talking crap out.”

“You’d know this how?” Ojiro raised a brow, a touch of disbelief in his tone.

“Because I go talk shit out with him regularly is what,” Bakugo replied with a small glare. “If it can help me get better with my issues then there’s no way it won’t work for you idiots.”

“Clearly its working wonders for your anger,” Sato sarcastically shot.

Bakugo opened his mouth to shout back at the meathead but paused before he could get off a single word. Taking a deep breath and reaching up to pet Queen’s head, he settled himself before replying.

“If you still wanna be a hero you’ll realise how important this shit is.”

“Crass language aside,” Nezu tried to calm the class down as Recovery Girl was once again giving Bakugo the stink eye, “many students have found help for issues they didn’t even know they had. While it has been optional to see Hound Dog in the past, I’m afraid this will be a requirement for you all to continue in the hero course until you are signed off.”

There was a brief shifting as the students looked around uneasily at each other. Usually it was Aizawa threatening to expel them, for the principal to imply something similar was unusual to say the least.

“And if we refuse?” Tokoyami asked out of curiosity.

“Then UA will accommodate accordingly by switching you to another class to continue your education,” Nezu explained patiently. “Should any of you wish to transfer courses or drop out of UA, rest assured there is no shame in admitting this career isn’t a path you wish to follow any longer.”

“Listeners, take it from us who’ve been in the field longer than you have,” Present Mic stepped forward, “there’s no easy way to handle or push through your feelings. Ignoring, avoiding, or bottling them up will only hurt you more in the long run. I’m sure you’re all thinking something like, ‘If only I’d done something differently,’ or, ‘trained a bit harder’, or any number of things but there isn’t anything you could’ve reasonably done.”

“There’s plenty we could’da done,” Sato spoke up dourly.

“That’s hindsight talking kid,” Hound Dog shook his head. “Of course you would’da done things different given what you know now, but you acted exactly how you thought best at the time and you shouldn’t feel ashamed for that.”

“Look kids, I was where you are now in my second year here; I lost a friend in the field,” Present Mic spoke softly, his mind drifting back to that familiar happy-go-lucky face he hoped never to forget. “His name was Oboro Shirakumo, and he died protecting civilians from a villain. It hurt like hell… still does some days, which is why I go see a therapist regularly myself. Even All Might needed someone for everything he’s been through in his long career. Not getting help when you need it can cause negative effects on your next mission and jeopardise it, other people, and yourself. Then you’ve got a continuous spiral it’s damn near impossible to break out of before something bad happens.”

“Property is going to get damaged. Heroes, civilians, and animals are going to die, and you have to try and persevere through it all as best you can,” Aizawa broke the harsh truth to them all now that the others were dancing around, a callousness in his tone they hadn’t experienced before. “If any of you feel like you’re above getting help or don’t need it, there’s the door!”

Needless to say no one moved but it was clear it was more out of shock than anything else; they hadn’t seen Aizawa this heated in a long time.

“This job is tough,” Aizawa stepped forward now, his tone switching to low and serious. “I’ve tried to stress the importance of just how dangerous it is from day one. Now you’re all feeling the very real effects this job can have on you even if you weren’t physically injured. Get the help you need and signed off or get out.”

“Little harsh there Eraser,” Present Mic frowned at his friend.

“This is the reality of the situation, nothing more,” Aizawa brushed him off.

“It gets easier with time,” Present Mic continued, hoping to leave things on a more positive note than his friend. “That’s not to say those lost are less important the further away things get but it does get easier and hopefully you’ll still have all the happy memories left to enjoy too, even if you wish you could’ve made more of them together.”

The class was left in silence for a few moments as everyone quietly contemplated what they’d heard.

“Thank you for you kind words,” Momo spoke up first. “I’m certain I don’t speak for everyone right now but I’m sure we’d all like some time to ruminate on things if it’s okay not to answer right away.”

“Take all the time you need,” Nezu nodded sympathetically. “Class are still postponed until the new year so please consider that our next check in should you not all sign up before then.”

Grateful they weren’t being forced into something when many of their motivation and energy reserves were near zero, the students all gave considerate nods of acknowledgement to the principal.

“With that, I believe that concludes everything we’ve come here to discuss,” Nezu bowed politely along with the rest of the teachers, though Aizawa’s was notably shallow. “Thank you again for setting the time aside to see us. If you have any further questions or queries do not hesitate to ask.”

There was a small murmuring of agreement from the class as they were released from their obligation to go back to their moping. Several of the students rose from their spots, intending to head back to their rooms to do their own thing in peace but none were faster than Mina.

“Recovery Girl?” She called out quickly before the healer had a chance to depart. “Are you… going to check on Tooru today?”

“I am dear,” Recovery Girl nodded with a warm smile. “Would you like to come with me?”

“Please!” Mina replied with a pleading tone.

“Very well missy, but go get changed first. Can’t have you showing up at a hospital looking all grubby.”

The pinkette didn’t need any more prompting than that as she made a dash for the stairs to return to her room and throw on whatever clean uniform she still had left. Before everyone else could begin clearing the room however, Nezu opened the front door and was a tad surprised by what he found on the other side.

“Well good afternoon students, may I ask what you’re doing here?”

Several heads turned towards the front door to see a smattering of bodies standing around outside.

“Oh um, hello principal Nezu, we just uh, came by to see how 1-A are doing,” the sound of Kendo’s voice breezed through the room.

“How thoughtful, though do not be discouraged if some do not wish to be social right now,” Nezu advised. “And those delightful dishes I can smell?”

“Something to help where we can,” Shoda’s voice called out next.

“Cooking can be pretty taxing and I’ll bet those guys aren’t taking care of themselves the way they should be!” Tetsutetsu shouted with a couple members of 1-A now sharing guilty looks between each other.

“Very well, I see no harm in a visit, though please do not overstay your welcome,” Nezu announced, stepping aside along with the rest of the teaching staff as 1-B filed into the dorm.

The air was tense as the two classes got a good look at each other for the first time since the event. Those like Sero, Kaminari and Tokoyami looked embarrassed at their dishevelled and downhearted state compared to when their two classes last interacted.

“Welcome everyone,” Iida stepped up once again as what appeared to be the entirety of class B was present, even a sullen looking Monoma that he hoped wouldn’t cause trouble. “I apologize for our collective demeanour right now but-”

“Don’t worry about it,” Kendo shook her head, “Mr Kan told us about… what happened.”

“I see,” Iida relaxed somewhat at seeing the many understanding faces among their peers.

“We brought you some grub, figured it was worth a shot if you guys were in a funk,” Tetsutetsu announced, eying his bro who looked more than grateful for his support right now.

“A good meal would be most welcome at this trying time, though I’m afraid we won’t make the best company,” Tokoyami spoke up.

“That’s fine,” Kuroiro waved his concerns away. “We’re just hoping we can help.”

“Sometimes the heroes need heroes, shroom.”

When no one objected to 1-B’s continued presence, most of their sister class shifted over to the dining area carrying a number of platters, plates, and serving dishes, looking very much like the civilians that brought the feast that 1-A had enjoyed shortly before everything went sideways. The smell wafted throughout the common space and several hungry bellies growled, evidence 1-A were indeed not taking proper care of themselves.

During the shuffle, Izuku and the girls noticed Mina dashing quickly through the common space dressed much more presentably and sending them a small, hopeful smile as she headed out the front door where Recovery Girl could be glimpsed waiting for her.

As Fukidashi, Honenuki and Rin went to fetch plates and cutlery, others began mingling with members of class A. Tetsutetsu made a beeline for Kirishima while Kendo sought out Koda and became enamoured with Yuwei-chan who was still nestled in his arms for comfort. While Pony tugged on Shoji’s sleeve and offered him a hug, Izuku was tapped on the shoulder by someone looking to talk to him.

“Hey um… Midoriya?”

The greenette’s brows rose in no small amount of surprise as he saw Monoma standing by, looking the picture of nervousness. “Can I… talk to you in private please?”

“Uh…” Izuku hesitated, unable to get a read on the boy considering his uncharacteristic attitude. “Sure, I guess.”

Monoma nodded gratefully, gesturing over to the other seating area.

As many of the class moved to partake in the delicious smelling bounty of 1-B and Izuku heading off to talk to the most antagonizing member of their class alone, Kyoka couldn’t help but keep a jack turned in their direction to make sure the blond didn’t try to start anything.

Taking one end of the less used sofa of the dorm, Monoma sat down carefully as he waited for Izuku to join him.

“You er… might wanna sit,” Monoma waved to other couch with Izuku claiming the end closest to the boy; if he wanted to talk in private, this would make it less likely they were overheard.

The two sat in silence for a few moments as the greenette recognised the signs of someone gathering their courage, though the blond definitely didn’t seem the type to need to do that before.

“Sorry to um… drag you away from the food and stuff. I know I’m being a little selfish here but… I wanted to apologize first,” Monoma began, “f-for what happened during the joint training.”

“O-Oh?” Izuku blinked in genuine surprise.

“I was out of line, my competitiveness got the better of me and I’m sorry for intentionally provoking you and your classmates as well as being a… sore loser in our match.”

Despite the unexpected apology which the greenette was more than happy to receive, there was other things the boy had to do before he could be forgiven for his actions that day.

“It’s not just me you should be apologizing to,” Izuku stated firmly.

“I know,” Monoma nodded, “I’ll be doing the same with Uraraka today and Ashido whenever I catch her,” he hesitated briefly at his poor choice of words though Izuku didn’t point them out. “But I was especially antagonistic towards yourself.”

“You stuck to your end of our bet,” Izuku shrugged easily. “As long as you apologize to the others, I won’t hold it against you.”

“That’s… good to know,” the nervous boy breathed a small sigh of relief. “Still, there was something else I wanted to discuss with you if I may?” When Izuku gestured to him to continue Monoma did so. “When we went out to the mall to gather supplies, I couldn’t help but notice you chatting with some of my classmates.”

Izuku recalled his talk over lunch with Tokage, Yanagi, and Shoda about their quirks and ideas he had on how to improve them.

“What about it?”

“Well, they said you had some pretty decent insights into what they could do despite only seeing them in action once and you had several suggestions that I know they’ve since put into practise.” Monoma explained. “Shoda now has some billy clubs on a strong bungee cord, Yanagi has an extra sole under each foot she can touch to fly freely, and Tokage has added sticky grenades to her gear. During our project, she actually used one to capture a small-time robber since she just had to hold it near him out of his vision, and her hand regenerated once it went off.”

The green haired boy smiled at his advice being taken seriously, glad he was able to help out the other class even if only a little.

“You know about my quirk too, especially after our fight,” Monoma looked down at his hand, flexing it idly. “I’ve been told my whole life, ‘you can’t become a super hero with a quirk like that’. All I can do is copy other people’s powers, powers they have much more skill and experience with. That’s why I have to be more creative, more adept at thinking on my feet with any quirk I can get my hands on and seize every opportunity I can to win; I’m not exactly suited for the role of protagonist.”

“But your quirk is amazing,” Izuku enthused. Despite their class rivalry, he wasn’t lying. Copy was essentially a temporary, weaker version of All-For-One after all and it had the potential to be utterly overpowered if it could be expanded and Monoma trained it right.

The blond boy paused for a moment, looking over at Izuku with a small measure of disbelief in his eyes. When he saw Izuku wasn’t being sarcastic and was honestly praising him, he felt a small smile creep onto his face.

“T-Thank you. I’m glad someone else thinks so.”

Reaching behind himself, Monoma pulled out a notebook with a title that made Izuku’s eyebrows race for his hairline; it was labelled ‘Quirk Analysis to prove everyone wrong! Vol 6.’

“I’ve been making notes like this ever since I wanted to be a hero,” Monoma continued, oblivious to his conversation partner’s wide eyed look, opening it up and flicking through a few pages. Izuku looked on with great interest as he saw detailed upside down breakdowns of 1-B’s quirks as page after page turned. “Thing is… I’m a pretty selfish guy. Like everyone else, I want to be the best, I want to be number one, but I have to play it smart. I have to get people to underestimate me, to drop their guard so I can swoop in and copy their quirk right out from under their nose; that’s why I called myself the ‘Phantom Thief’ after all.”

Izuku nodded along politely, enjoying the insight into the boy’s state of mind and his quirk that explained much more than he thought about his behaviour but it felt like they still weren’t at the crux of the matter Monoma wanted to discuss.

“So… I’m sorry, what exactly is it you want from me?” Izuku asked as politely as he could. “I’m happy to help but uh… how can I?”

“Sorry, I’m rambling a bit, aren’t I?” Monoma chuckled, “Look I… I couldn’t deny it after our training together, your class is the better class. I don’t know how much of that is down to your teamwork, your skills, or just the information you shared with your friends… but we were utterly defeated that day.”

Izuku’s eyes widened at hearing Monoma sound so defeated.

“Y-You guys put up a great fight though,” he tried to reassure the boy. “You all demonstrated some amazing skills and strategies that had us sweating for a while.”

Monoma chuckled weakly.

“That may be true, but we could’ve been even better,” he admitted. “I’ve got several ways for my classmates to improve here, things they could’ve used to counter you all, things I’ve thought up that they have and haven’t discovered themselves since we started at UA. But I always kept this stuff to myself, hidden it so I could gain an advantage over them if we were placed on opposite teams for training or given them hints if they were on my team.”

Izuku grimaced. That certainly didn’t sound good, and it had definitely not benefitted his friends considering the results of their training contest.

“Mr Kan gave us an overview of what happened to your class on the project, about who you fought and… what happened to Miss Midnight,” Monoma lowered his head, feeling sadness at the loss of the teacher who’d always offered him a cheerful smile and kind word whenever he was feeling insecure. “Please don’t take this the wrong way but… I’m sorta glad it was your class that went to Nabu because… I… I don’t think we would’ve been able to stop someone as powerful as that without more of us… um…” Monoma trailed off.

Hearing those words fall from Monoma’s lips left Izuku conflicted. In a way, he was angry at Monoma for outright stating such a thing; he was glad it was their class and not his? That sounded like typical Monoma. On the other hand though, it wasn’t being spoken with superiority or schadenfreude. Izuku glanced back at the other class B members dotted about the room talking to his own classmates and realised that, yes, if it was them on Nabu, the outcome may have been entirely different and not in a better way.

While theirs was the more technical class, 1-A had more raw power at their disposal, especially with him, Bakugo, and Todoroki together. At best, they had Kamakiri, Shishida, and maybe Shiozaki if she went all out? Against Nine however, Izuku slowly ticked off all those he knew would’ve fallen to the man and was left with an uneasy stomach from the exercise.

“Can you just… tell me what you actually want please?” Izuku asked bluntly, channelling his green haired girlfriend. Sometimes the best way to get to the core of the matter was to be upfront after all and Monoma seemed intent on dancing around whatever he was after.

“R-Right um…” Monoma hesitated for a moment before holding his book out to Izuku. “I-If it’s not too much trouble, I would like to ask for your… help, doing for my class what you’ve done for yours.” Now it was Monoma’s turn to look around at all his friends. “Since coming to UA, I’ve found people who don’t think my dream is stupid, who really encourage me to try my best and pick me up when I’m down. I know I’ve gotten on their nerves in the past, encouraging our class rivalry and all, but this, what happened to you guys… it’s a wakeup call, and I would be an idiot to ignore it. If something happens to us or Mr Kan next time and I didn’t help when I could’ve… I don’t know if I’d be able to live with myself.”

Izuku heaved a tired sigh, looking down at Monoma’s notebook before looking directly at the boy himself, analysing him like he would a quirk. Thanks to his girlfriend’s efforts, he was much better at reading people now and saw enough in Monoma’s expression to confidently conclude this was a genuine, heartfelt request. If he thought he’d be busy before, this was going to thin his schedule even further. Still, it would benefit everyone and himself in the long run and, much like Monoma, he’d be a fool to ignore this opportunity to improve.

“Okay Monoma, I’ll help,” Izuku agreed, taking the boy’s precious notebook and opening it up to the first page.

The blond’s eyes lit up with a mixture of relief and joy before leaning over his notebook to help guide the greenette through his loopy handwriting.

Back with the others, Kyoka allowed her earphone jack to subtly return to just hanging down from her ear, a small smile on her face at the greenette’s ever-giving nature.

“Is Izuku alright?” Tsuyu asked subtly as she stepped close to Kyoka as the others mingled around them.

“Squishy’s doing fine,” Kyoka replied with ease.

The afternoon continued slowly as the two classes sat, ate, and chatted together.

Of course there were questions about Nabu and what they’d faced but it was more out of concern that everyone was okay rather than prying for any details.

“That sounds super scared!” Pony cringed as she listened to Shoji’s description of Chimera.

“It was indeed frightening at the time,” Shoji admitted before rolling up his extra sleeves on his shirt to point something out. “And this is the scar I gained for my efforts,” he proudly showed off the new scar running along his arms.

The exchange student looked at her fellow heteromorphy with no small amount of awe with a touch of sadness.

“May I do the hug to you?” She asked enthusiastically.

Whether it was out of pity or an attempt at comfort, Shoji didn’t care, rolling his eyes only slightly before opening his arms up for the smaller girl to embrace him again in what she considered a reassuring gesture.

Over in another side of the room, Koda looked on as Kodai was having a turn to hold and pet Yuwei-chan as he finished his part of the tale.

“After that, Shoji and I managed to get everyone out of there. I um… c-couldn’t have done it without your um… training though Kendo. Thank you very much for all your patience with me.”

“It was nothing,” Kendo brushed off with a touch of embarrassment. “Honestly I’m more impressed that you managed to use it under pressure in such a short time.”

“If not for that woman, it sounds like you could’ve arrested him there,” Yui stated quietly.

While Kendo nodded along at first, seeing the look on Koda’s face made her reach out to pat the boy’s shoulder as a few tears formed in his eyes.

“I um… s-she killed a lot of birds to get him back. I… don’t know how many lost their lives because of me.”

“H-Hey, that’s…” Kendo grimaced, worried for the gentle soul that was Koda. It sounded like there was more than a few of his feathered friends that would never roost again but this was unfortunately something he would have to deal with if he moved forward; villains weren’t going to not attack animals just because they weren’t human. “Honey, I know it’s sad but you have to think of the bigger picture. You saved so many people and your friends with their help. They gave their lives for justice, for you, and everyone. If you’re struggling, maybe you should think about how you can make it up to them. Maybe do something in conservation when you become a pro in their memory?”

Koda took a few steadying breaths to try and prevent his latest bout of tears from falling. Despite his compromised emotions, he saw the brightness in Kendo’s suggestion and nodded his head slowly.

“M-Maybe I could… make a sanctuary… something like Gang Orca’s aquarium.”

“That’s the spirit!” Kendo cheered him on with a warm smile, glad her big sisterly nature could help her student.

Over on the couches, a conversation with a very different tone was taking place.

“Urgh, it’s so freaking manly!” Tetsutetsu agreed as Kirishima showed off his newest scar. “Now you’ve got two awesome badges of honour while I’ve got none!”

“I wouldn’t call this one manly,” Kirishima chuckled as he pointed to the small scar above his right eye. “I only got it by accident when my quirk manifested.”

Bakugo rolled his eyes at this old knowledge as he sat by his somewhat secret boyfriend, tucked into a portion of beef stew as Queen watched the many new people warily from the safety of his shoulders.

“Still so freakin’ cool!” Tetsutetsu enthused, banging the table with his fist in a small fit of passion.

Not only did this disturb Bakugo’s feet that were propped up against it, but Queen jerked at the sudden loud noise and hissed fiercely at the boy, her fur raised and ears back in fear. Immediately Bakugo dropped his hold on his spoon, the utensil falling into the broth, as he raised a hand threateningly at Tetsutetsu with a few small pops of his quirk to get his attention.

“Do that again and I’ll blow your ass out of here so fast you won’t have time to use your quirk,” he growled dangerously.

Tetsutetsu raised his hands in surrender while Kirishima quickly sought to placate both him and queen.

“Take it easy Bakugo, Tetsu’s pumped to hear about things is all,” Kirishima reassured the boy while providing some calming head scratches for Queen. Bakugo didn’t lower his hand until Queen seemed to relax, her claws retracting from his shirt back into her paws.

“You know how she gets around loud noises,” Bakugo grunted, “if that idiot can’t keep himself in check he’ll have to go.”

“Yo, chill man, I’m sorry,” Tetsutetsu apologised quickly after hearing that. “I didn’t know about her being so on edge. I’ll keep it down.”

Bakugo glared at the boy but it didn’t last too long.

“Whatever,” he grunted, fishing out his spoon from his bowl and drinking off the worst of the clinging stew.

“Don’t worry about it man,” Kirishima turned back to his fellow class’ counterpart. “Queen here’s a bit sensitive from being a rescue. She’s a total sweetheart when she gets to know you though.”

“Oh yeah?” Tetsutetsu grinned, unable to resist both the adorable feline features and a mote of pride at Bakugo having an unusually sensitive side. “Good on you man, not everyone appreciates rescues.”

“She deserved a second chance,” Bakugo stated bluntly.

“Don’t have to tell me,” Tetstutetsu chuckled. “My Dug was like, six when we got him. Only had one eye too from dog fighting. Best friend I had growing up before he moved on.”

Bakugo raised a brow at that. While he should’ve figured that there was more to the human shield than he first thought, much like his boyfriend, this was the first he’d really seen of it.

“If you keep your damn voice down, you can pet this bitch if she’ll let you,” he offered, gesturing to Queen who was indulging in chin scratches from Kirishima now.

“You sure? I mean that’s awesome but I don’t wanna make her uncomfortable.”

“Just do it. She’ll give you a clear as hell warning if she doesn’t like it,” Bakugo rolled his eyes.

Kirishima backed scooted to one side as Tetsutetsu cautiously leant forward, stretching out his hand to allow Queen to get a sniff. When she apparently didn’t detest what she smelled, he slowly brushed her cheeks with his fingertips before sinking further into scratching her that she seemed to enjoy. The redhead chuckled with a toothy grin as he could almost see Bakugo connecting with his other best bro and it warmed his heart.

After grabbing some food of their own, Ochako and Momo had been engaged in conversation by the pair of green haired girls from class B.

“Jeez, sounds like she stepped up in a big way,” Tokage whistled, impressed at how far the invisible girl had reportedly pushed her quirk. “Still, I hope she gets better soon. Ashido too.”

“Thanks, I’m sure she’d appreciate that,” Ochako smiled, taking another bite of apple pie.

“Unfortunately there’s no telling what state she’ll be in when she awakens. It… feels odd not having all of us together after something like this.

“I shall pray that those above bless her with a healthy recovery,” Shiozaki clasped her hands together lightly and uttered a few whispers of scripture.

Ochako was never one for religion as it had never helped her or her family out of their financial hardship when she was younger and didn’t see the point while Momo recognised the well wishes for what they were.

“Thank you for your kind words Shiozaki, I’m sure the others will appreciate any help that can be offered,” Momo thanked the girl.

Unnoticed to most students in the dorm as they conversed and filled their hungry bellies, there was another knock at the front door. When there was no response from 1-A despite the plentiful sounds that were being made, the door was opened a crack and a head of blond hair poked around the frame. Those closest to the entrance noticed first, including Iida, Tsuyu and Kyoka who approached the new arrival.

“Togata, ribbit? What are you doing here?” Tsuyu asked curiously as the blond pushed open the door and fully stepped into the dorm.

“Hey! Sorry to crash whatever you’ve got going on here but I wanted to come check in on you guys,” Mirio smiled warmly, hoping it would do something to bring the spirits of his juniors up a little.

“So you’ve heard too?” Iida asked.

“Hard not to,” the upper year acknowledged, somewhat losing his trademark smile. “Did you forget which homeroom Miss Midnight had?”

Iida picked at his brain while Tsuyu immediately grimaced.

“How are Nejire and Tamaki taking it?”

“Bad,” Mirio’s shoulders drooped a little further, “Tamaki’s been in a funk ever since he heard and Nejire, she… she’s not doing well.”

The three 1-A students felt further guilt seep into their stomachs; not only had they failed to protect one of their beloved teachers, but another class had lost their homeroom teacher they were definitely closer to. It was easy to get lost in their own misery, forgetting that other people were surely mourning Midnight just as much if not more than they were.

“Does… do they blame…?” Kyoka tentatively asked, a little afraid of the response.

“I don’t think so,” Mirio shook his head. “We all know most of the details; Nezu came by our dorms and explained the villains you all faced. Honestly it sounds super scary and I was really worried for you guys.”

“Your concern is appreciated,” Iida bowed politely, “however, I must ask why you are here checking in with us when surely the others should be your priority. N-Not that we don’t appreciate it!” He quickly added.

“No worries my man,” Mirio waved the boy’s concerns off. “Tamaki asked to be alone for a bit while Nejire… well Yuyu’s doing her best but I don’t think there’s anything we can do or say to support her more than we can right now.”

“Maybe it would be best to have her see Hound Dog?” Kyoka suggested.

“We’ve already booked her in,” the blond assured them, “she knows she’s in a bad way but she just needs to let it all out for now I think.” Despite his comforting words, the others still felt the stone of guilt weighing on them. “How are you guys doing though? I didn’t wanna barge in and interrupt anything but you seem to be doing okay.”

“Brave faces for the most part,” Kyoka replied. “Everyone was kinda miserable before class B came check on us like you did.”

“I get it, I do,” Mirio nodded. “After losing Sir, I was a kind of a wreck for weeks after that despite putting on my smile and showing the world I was okay. I wasn’t. If you want the absolute truth, I came by because I wanted to make sure none of you were doing the same.”

“That’s very considerate of you,” Iida acknowledged.

“I don’t think anyone would object if you joined us, ribbit,” Tsuyu offered.

“Thanks,” Mirio’s smiled returned. “Sorry to be a bother but, you know, meddling where you don’t need to an’ all.”

“We get it,” Kyoka chuckled fondly, clearly seeing the similarities between the blond, Izuku, and All Might.

“Feel free to help yourself to food too,” Iida offered politely.

“Thanks man,” Mirio smiled gratefully, having neglected himself in his own comforting of his boyfriend, before heading over to further chat with his juniors.

It wasn’t long before the third year came across his fellow former work study buddy as he appeared to be chatting with Monoma and a guy resembling a cool praying mantis. Tapping his friend on the shoulder when he sensed a lull in the conversation, Izuku turned to see Mirio with a sympathetic smile and offer of a hug.

Izuku didn’t know why it felt more comforting and understanding than anything anyone else had offered at first as he wrapped the quirkless boy in a firm embrace. As the tears predictably followed, he knew it was because Mirio knew exactly how he was feeling right now.

“I got ya’ buddy,” Mirio offered the soothing words as he clutched Izuku tightly, allowing the boy to let out all the remaining emotions he’d been pushing down.

The third year excused himself and Izuku from the conversation for the time being while he escorted the boy to a quieter corner to chat with Ochako and Tsuyu quickly coming over to join the pair before long to comfort their emotional boyfriend.

A short while later, when most of the food was consumed and people seemed to be looking for excuses to leave, a fainting ringing ran through the common room as Iida rapped a spoon against his glass.

“May I have your attention please everyone,” he called out, though he didn’t need to raise his voice much with the low tones everyone was chatting in. “On behalf of class 1-A, I would like to thank you all for the kindness and generosity you’ve all shown here today. The mood has been muted since our return and, while I doubt things will return to some modicum of normal right away, I believe you’ve all managed to lift our collective spirits with this gathering.”

“Hey, no problem man! You’d do the same for us right?” Tetsutetsu shouted back with enthusiasm, raising his glass.

“Of course,” Momo nodded politely, “though I hope it will never have to come to that.”

“I am grateful it seems our rivalry extends only to class competitions. This certainly isn’t the way I thought our first year at UA would go,” Tokoyami spoke up.

“At the end of the day, we’re all allies against the unjustness of the world,” Kuroiro chimed in.

“I’m sure we’ll still fight on occasion,” Kendo joined the speech, eying Monoma carefully who rubbed the back of his neck under her gaze. “But we’re all here to learn how to be heroes together. No matter what, I hope you’ll be able to count on us in the future just like we’ll be counting on you.”

“I wholeheartedly agree, thank you all again!” Iida replied, rounding out the dialogue with a bow as most of the class gave their own small bows of gratitude towards their companion class.

Despite their kind-hearted gesture, many of 1-B had been a tad nervous and afraid at what they’d find here in the 1-A dorms when they came knocking. That they’d been received so well settled their own feelings and, slowly, it seemed the gap of resentment that had once started growing between the two was shrinking ever smaller.

Notes:

Chapter summary:

- After getting word of the attack, Aizawa commandeers a boat to head to Nabu. Fearing for this students, he arrives at the castle ruins only for his students to mournfully report to him that, while they saved as many as they could, Midnight had died in the battle. Numb, Aizawa goes to see her body and feels all his pain over Shirakumo returning to the surface. All Might tried to get the man to understand the students did their best but Aizawa isn't hearing it, focusing instead on doing his job instead of giving in to his pain for now. The students are soon taken off the island for medical care while the other heroes take over the rescue efforts as Japan begins learning of the tragedy.

- Bakugo recovers and recalls what happened, feeling guilty for failing Midnight. After a quick check-up by Recovery Girl, Kirishima comes to commiserate with him but is relieved that at least Bakugo survived.

- Izuku awakens and laments his loss of One-For-All as Tsuyu, Ochako, Kyoka, All Might, and Recovery Girl fuss over him. All Might reveals that he believes the quirk returned to Izuku and, once he and Recovery Girl depart, checks if it's still there with Kyoka leading him and the others into the vestige world. Banjo confirms that the quirk is back with no trace of a vestige Bakugo. Tsuyu asks to see Yoichi only to punch him for the pain he accidently caused her and Izuku when he activated One-For-All while they were sleeping. Returning to the real world, the group are surprised by Nezu's presence to get their testimonies about Nabu.

- Mina and Momo stay with Tooru when the now visible girl's parents arrive, worried about their daughter. Mina feels guilty about not being able to protect Tooru, but Tooru's parents don't blame her. While they discuss what happened, Mina is surprised by a man delivering lawsuit papers as she's being sued for Slice's injuries. Tooru's lawyer father defends her but can't do much about it other than promise to represent her to ensure she's not punished for doing what's right.

- Todoroki departs the hospital early with Endeavor to visit his mother, needing to talk to her. Feeling guilty about freezing Shoji, he tries to apologize to his friend only to realize he's left permanent scars on him. Shoji doesn't blame him for the marks but it conflicts with Shoto's own past, causing him to doubt himself. In order to get the answers he needs, he calls Endeavor to take him to see his mother.

- All the students are returned to UA except for Tooru, Izuku, Bakugo, and Shoji. That Night, Izuku is recalling the conversation with his mother where he's forced to hide more things from her despite his class' traumatic experience. After ruminating on the events and the return of One-For-All, Izuku visits Bakugo where they commiserate over Midnight but affirm that neither are going to give up their dreams over guilt while the green-haired boy thanks Bakugo for returning his quirk.

- Hawks updates the HPSC with all he learned about the incident. While some leader relish the idea to get their hands on a copy of the All-For-One quirk, Hawks rebuffs them with the HPSC president affirming that if he can't get any resources to secure it, he's to destroy all research instead. After departing but leaving a feather behind to spy on the meeting, Hawks learns that the HPSC is going to push blame for the incident on UA using Mina's lawsuit as an example of them not following the rules.

- Izuku, Bakugo, and Shoji return to UA and are greeted by their classmates. Unfortunately, a cloud of depression has settled over the dorms but the students all try to get what fitful rest they can.

- Aizawa and Present Mic return to UA with Mic telling Mirio and Eri about Midnight while Aizawa angrily confronts Nezu. Nezu talks him down, encouraging him to rest and mourn while he does his best to protect everyone from HPSC's political machinations and avenge Midnight in his own way. Aizawa reluctantly concedes and naps in the staff room, ruminating on the entire ordeal. It's clear he blames his class to some degree, even if he's wrestling with himself over just how much.

- Class 1-A attend a meeting in their common room hosted by Nezu and the senior staff. They're told they'll be attended to by psychiatrists to ensure they can process their trauma as well as given advice by Present Mic regarding the whole event with the option to switch out of the Hero course if they wish. Recovery Girl is off to visit Tooru and Mina goes along with her. When the staff leave, 1-B arrive to offer emotional support to their sister class, bringing food and company to try and help any way they can. Monoma apologizes to Izuku for their fight during the joint training and bond over quirk fascination before Mirio arrives with sympathies. Class 1-A is glad for the comfort but the hurt remains.

Chapter 35: Moving Forward

Summary:

As the ripples of Midnight's passing continue to spread throughout UA, the class find themselves finally starting to heal from their ordeal.

Notes:

Apologies for the delay, the more emotional bits had me writing much slower than usual.

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Update: Not gone, just taking an extended break due to work jumping up several degrees of intensity. Coming home and going straight to bed right now so I'm mostly only writing on the weekends. Good news is 36 is over 12k in, bad news is I don't have a release schedule for it right now. Thanks for your patience all who are still with me and I hope to get back to things within the next couple of weeks.

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

The impromptu social gathering lasted into the early evening and, despite the dark cloud over Height’s Alliance, all of 1-A felt a little better after sharing some of their troubles with their fellow class.

Eventually things began winding down and members from both classes started splitting off to do their own things. Most of the serving dishes were taken back to class B’s dorm, though they kindly stored the leftovers in some plastic containers for their hosts before they left. 

While most everyone still decided to head to bed somewhat earlier than usual for the night, the polycule each received a text from Kyoka to meet up in Momo’s room now that Izuku was back. Though Tooru was still missing, and by extension Mina, the member of their group closest to the action had returned and it was best that answers were shared now about all they’d learned in the days since the attack.

It wasn’t hard for them each to make their way up to Momo’s room without suspicion since everyone else was too focused on their own feelings to worry about what anyone else was up to. Despite being the room’s owner, Momo was the last to arrive, having taken a little extra time to ensure the common room was straightened up and food stored appropriately along with Iida.

“Good, that’s all of us,” Kyoka called out as she reclined in her normal position on her girlfriend’s bed.

“I hope this isn’t a plan to get us to do another sleepover, ribbit,” Tsuyu tried to lighten the mood. “Any other time I wouldn’t mind, but without the others…”

“Keep it in your pants,” Kyoka let out a small snort. “We got bigger shit to discuss.”

“Is this about that stuff you all saw inside Izuku’s quirk?” Momo asked curiously as she made herself comfortable on her bed, glancing over at the boy in question.

“You know most of that already,” Kyoka shook her head, having updated her girlfriend after their return from the hospital. “There’s… something else I think I figured out.”

“Oh?” Ochako tilted her head.

“Yeah. I know it… really sucks talking about this shit but… I think we should get everything out that we can now. I don’t know about you guys, but going up against that All-For-One wannabe was fucking frightening.”

“Y-Yeah,” the gravity girl agreed with a small shiver only for Izuku’s arm to wrap around her and Tsuyu’s hand to reach out to rest on her own. “No matter what Sero and I threw at him, he just kept coming.”

“What’s worse is he only seemed to be using a small selection of quirks,” Izuku relayed. “I don’t know if he had any enhancers or drugs beyond that weird purple stuff but… i-if they kept calling him ‘Nine’ due to how many quirks he could have in total…”

“Was that really just the power of a few quirks being used together?” Tsuyu asked, deeply troubled by how she found her partners that had taken on the leader of the terrorists after the battle was over.

“He was incredibly formidable,” Momo agreed, “h-however, and I think Izuku will agree with me on this… he was nowhere near as terrifying as being in the presence of the original.”

“Ribbit?”

“Agreed.” Izuku felt the memory of a shiver run through his system. “N-Now you see what I um… what kind of fight we’re up against.”

“Hmph,” Kyoka chuckled once with a small smile. “Good to see you’re not going back on your word and trying to make us back off.”

“I… want to,” the One-For-All holder admitted guiltily. “A-After everything we went through… I really do… but… if not for Bakugo… I know I couldn’t’ve won that fight in the end.”

“What you did was risky,” Ochako now leaned against her boyfriend in comfortable support. “That you offered it to him, and he accepted it, probably saved all of our lives.”

“Do we have to like, thank Bakugo and shit?” Kyoka raised a brow. “I mean, I will, but doesn’t mean I’ll like it.”

“Don’t.” Izuku shook his head. “I think he just wants to forget the whole thing. Especially after…”

Everyone grew silent at the reminder of their failed rescue plan.

“Anyway, Kyoka, did you say you figured something out, ribbit?”

“Oh, yeah, right,” the punkette shook her own head to try and refocus. “So like… before you guys re-joined the fight after he tried to fry you both again, I hit him with my quirk and he reacted… strangely.”

“Strange how?” Momo asked.

“Like… he was definitely feeling pain and stuff when I think my attack got through but… it might’ve done something else to him.” Kyoka theorized, recalling the moment when he’d aimed a barrage of lasers at her. “He should’ve hit me with his ranged quirk, but the lasers like, curved at the last second. I wasn’t dodging or anything so it’s not like he was trying to hit a moving target. I’m not sure about you guys, and I’ve no fucking idea if this is even remotely right, but could like, the people he stole quirks from exist in a space like Izuku’s?”

“Like that black void?” Tsuyu pondered, recalling their own visit to that space where she finally got her revenge on the first.

“It… makes sense.” Izuku offered tentatively, getting the other girls’ attention. “One-For-All, All-For-One… they’re like two sides of the same coin. It wouldn’t surprise me if there was something like that happening inside the villain.”

“So All-For-One has vestiges too?” Ochako clarified.

“Maybe…” Izuku put a finger to his chin, unconsciously adopting his green-haired girlfriend’s thinking pose that she decided not to point out, even if she found it very cute right now.

“Hold on,” Momo interjected, “if what you’re saying is true, then why are they letting someone like that villain use them like that?”

“Maybe they’ve got no choice,” Izuku mumbled, “that’s how All-For-One’s supposedly always worked according to All Might. He would take quirks of other people and use them as though he’d always owned them.”

“Then why’d this one go weird?” Ochako asked. “It seemed to be perfectly fine when he fought most of us.”

“But that’s just it,” Izuku looked over at Kyoka who was slowly nodding as he pieced together what she’d been suggesting. “It shouldn’t have been different. I mean, it could be due to any number of factors like the quirk being copied or his injuries or anything but I don’t think that’s right. I think it’s Kyoka’s quirk!”

“My thoughts exactly Squish.” Kyoka nodded, getting a small blush from the boy in return.

“I’m… sorry, I’m lost.” Momo looked between the two, trying quash the small amount of jealously she felt at them seemingly understanding something she didn’t.

“Quirks are fucking weird,” Kyoka shrugged. “I thought mine was just shit like earphone jacks and projecting my amplified heartbeat… turns out, I think my quirk has some screwy effects when it comes to people with multiple quirks.”

“Banjo always seems so peppy whenever we visit him while using your quirk,” Izuku nodded. “It definitely wasn’t like that all the other times.”

“So what are you exactly thinking?” Tsuyu prompted the two to be clearer.

“I think… Kyoka’s quirk may be able to affect vestiges inside the quirkspace,” Izuku revealed, causing more than a couple of eyebrows to raise. “I-It’s just a theory, but maybe her quirk gave the vestige owner of those laser fingers quirk the strength to fight back.”

“Then how come it doesn’t do the same to yours?” Momo frowned, still a little confused.

“Because his vestiges want him to succeed,” Kyoka stated. “I know I’d be pretty fucking rebellious if someone stole my quirk and used it for evil shit. If I could fight back, you bet I would.”

There was a small measure of silence as everyone processed this possible development.

“Honestly it makes as much sense as anything else nowadays, ribbit,” Tsuyu sighed, shaking her head and just accepting it for what it was.

“I doubt Nezu or the government would let us test it on either him or Nine in jail,” Kyoka sighed. “Hey, maybe it’s a secret weapon we could use against the big bad if that fucker tries to break out of jail,” Kyoka shrugged.

“Hopefully after we’ve all graduated at least,” Ochako chuckled nervously.

“Looking less and less likely they’re going to give us that time though, ribbit.”

“S-Sorry,” Izuku apologized.

“Don’t,” Kyoka frowned at the boy. “Don’t think for a second this is because of you.” Izuku had the good sense to look chastised at that as the punkette rolled her eyes. “It doesn’t feel like they were there because of us at all. They were just there for the kid, right? We just got in the way.”

“And lucky that one of the things that can stop All-For-One was there too,” Tsuyu reassured her boyfriend with a hand squeeze.

Izuku smiled half-heartedly at the notion but the fact that everyone still got so hurt continued to weigh on his mind.

“S-Still… I’m not… at a hundred percent yet. I’m nowhere near as strong as All Might was… I need to keep going.”

“We all do,” Momo agreed with him. “There’s so much more I know I can bring out of my quirk if I train more.”

“It’s… kind of been on all our minds since then,” Ochako explained to the boy who’d been missing from their last comfort session after they returned to the dorms. “If you can keep going, then so can we!”

“We’ve all already discovered new aspects of our quirks we never knew we had since coming here,” Tsuyu chimed in.

“We’re still with you Squishy, you can’t get rid of us at this point,” Kyoka smiled earnestly at the boy and both felt their hearts flutter just a tad as Izuku smiled gratefully back.

“A-Actually umm,” Momo interjected hesitantly, “there’s… something you should all know.”

The group turned nervously towards Momo, hoping this wasn’t yet more bad news coming their way just when it felt like their spirits were lifting.

“What now?” Tsuyu asked bluntly.

Momo’s shoulder’s sagged as she let out a weary sigh.

“Well… it’s about my parents, my place here at UA, and… something else.”

“Don’t tell me they’re pulling you out now!” Kyoka growled.

“No, though um… not for lack of trying,” Momo admitted sheepishly. “I was hoping to wait until Mina was here to tell you all about this but I um… guess now’s as good of a time as any.” The group looked worriedly at each other as the Yaoyorozu heiress took a deep breath. “This morning, before the meeting with the teachers, my parents called me…”


Despite the lethargy Momo felt as she awoke that day, the heiress dragged herself from her slumber at her usual rising time for school while cradled in the arms of her girlfriend.

Her mind was still weary and sluggish at the notion of doing anything right now and not just because of the early morning. Nabu was still fresh in everyone’s minds and she knew it was a pain that wasn’t going to leave any of them soon. Midnight was gone, Tooru was still in the hospital, and right now she wanted nothing more than to go back to sleep and pretend it, along with all the other pain they’d suffered over the last few days, didn’t exist.

Still, unlike her partners and school friends, she had responsibilities outside herself that she needed to address and forced herself to begin rising.

“Mmmph!” Kyoka groaned, both in frustration at Momo’s alarm and of her girlfriend rolling out of her reach.

“Sorry Vixen,” Momo cooed softly, “as enjoyable as it would be to remain in bed, I do have things I need to tend to today.”

“Bidniss?” Kyoka’s muffled voice pushed through a mouthful of pillow.

“Afraid so dear,” Momo nodded, rising to her feet and moving to her dresser. Kyoka made another grunt of annoyance but didn’t complain further.

The heiress bit her lip awkwardly, not wanting to push her girlfriend out of bed after what they’d all been through but the risk of anyone discovering their still secret relationship grew exponentially if Kyoka made noises while she called some of her employees. “I’m sorry dear but could I please ask you to get up and head to your own room if you’d like to continue sleeping?”

Kyoka let out a deep sigh from her spot on the bed. At first, Momo thought it was laziness and petulance, but when Kyoka had managed to push herself up enough to look over at her girlfriend, she knew it was more than just an effortful task.

Much like when they’d comforted her during her last depressive episode, Kyoka looked like a wreck; her eyes were bloodshot with large bags underneath and she looked like she hadn’t slept at all. What spark of joy she usually saw in the girl had disappeared for now and it looked like it had taken almost all her energy just to sit up.

“Oh dear, are you okay hun?” Momo hurried over to her girlfriend’s side.

“Y-Yeah, fine,” Kyoka lied. “Just tired.”

“Don’t try it,” Momo shook her head. “I know what to look for now.”

Kyoka looked wearily into Momo’s eyes at that. She didn’t know if it was better or worse that all her partners now knew how to spot her depressive episodes.

“I’ll be fine,” Kyoka brushed her off. “Just… need to put on my face. I’ll be good in a bit.”

Momo shook her head and pressed her girlfriend back into her pillow.

“No, please don’t,” she shook her head. “You don’t need to be strong right now… it’s… okay to feel down about everything.”

The punkette felt a small measure of relief wash over her at those words and despite her best efforts, felt tears prickling at the corner of her eyes. Momo felt the same happening but quickly shook her head and focused on her breathing to try not to dwell on everything. She didn’t have the luxury of being able to give up for a bit right now.

“Listen, you stay here and get some more rest, okay hun?” Momo offered. “I still need to do some work so um… hmm…”

“You can borrow my room,” Kyoka offered weakly, grateful she didn’t have to move quite yet. “Move some shit around if you need to hide where you are.”

“Thank you dear,” Momo leant down and placed a small kiss on Kyoka’s forehead. “I’m sorry, I’ll be back as soon as I’ve caught up with everyone.”

“S’ok,” Kyoka shook her head, knowing her girlfriend would be a busy woman once she truly came into her own as both a hero and the next owner of the Yaoyorozu business empire. The punkette had handled depressive episodes before and this one was nothing special, even if it did hurt worse than a good chunk of the others she’d experienced.

Once dressed in somewhat smart casual attire, Momo blew her girlfriend one last kiss before grabbing her laptop and taking her leave, heading down to Kyoka’s room and slipping inside easily. Stepping over Kyoka’s hastily discarded bag from Nabu she’d tossed inside upon their return, Momo quickly set about looking for a good spot to set up her laptop.

Unfortunately, everywhere she looked the room oozed Kyoka’s personality. Normally this was a great thing as the heiress loved her girlfriend’s loud and unrepentant style, however it wouldn’t do well if people knew she was in such a place; it was unprofessional at best and incriminating at worst.

Taking a deep breath, Momo glanced around to see what she could do to try and obscure her location. After opening up her laptop and trying to find something even resembling a neutral background, she gave it up as a bad job. The best she could do was rest on Kyoka’s bed with the mostly big and black ‘Deep Dope’ wall poster behind her.

There had to be something more she could do.

Biting her lip, Momo examined the settings for her webcam, hoping she could do something there. To her surprise, she managed to locate a very useful tool that blurred everything it didn’t recognise as her and as she cranked up the intensity of the blur, she breathed a little easier as the white text melted into the black background. It was still different than her normal setup but that couldn’t be helped.

When the time came, she joined her first call of the morning and began enquiring on how her associates were handling her burgeoning business efforts. Thankfully, it seemed everything had been fairly uneventful during her time away from contact with everyone, a good indicator she’d chosen the right people to manage her affairs… or they were just doing a good job of hiding that everything wasn’t okay. Either way, she’d catch up on all the finer details today once her meetings were done and ensure everything was on track.

After her final morning meeting with the Uraraka duo, who firstly enquired about Momo’s own health after the battle like the concerned parents they were after hearing about things from Ochako, the two reported a great amount of progress on the clean-up and rebuilding of Deika city. Their work had earned them some significant exposure and more than a few paying follow-up jobs. The heiress was thrilled with the news and, after spending a few minutes exchanging reassurances she was okay and taking things easy like their own daughter, she signed off with a pleasant smile, feeling a bit more hopeful about the day.

That hope was brought down when another call flashed up on her screen.

Momo’s heartbeat increased as she saw her mother’s name appear, the woman apparently requesting a video call. Trying to calm her nerves as best she could, Momo knew she needed to answer quickly lest she receive a scolding. After checking her camera one more time, she answered the call.

“H-Hello mother, this is a pleasant surprise,” Momo answered as cheerfully as she could manage. It seemed as though her mother didn’t hear her at first as the older Yaoyorozu was busy scanning every inch of her daughter she could see.

“Oh thank goodness you’re unharmed,” Momo’s mother sighed deeply. “Good morning dear, are you doing well?”

“Um… yes mother?” Momo replied hesitantly.

“No lasting wounds, marks, or injuries from that dreadful mission?”

It clicked for Momo that her mother was talking about Nabu.

“No mother, I escaped that fight with minor injuries thankfully,” Momo reported diligently. “I exhausted my quirk providing support as best I could before the fighting truly started so I was away from the majority of the conflict.”

“Good girl,” Momo’s mother smiled warmly, grateful their daughter was still obeying them and avoiding direct conflict as best she could; that was one of their stipulations about her attending the hero course after all. “My apologies for the unexpected call, I assured your father you’d need a more delicate touch after an experience like that and you know how heavy-handed he can be.”

“Yes mother,” Momo nodded, admittedly grateful it wasn’t her father making this check-up call. “I assume the news has reported on the events?”

“Not quite dear, there’s still much speculation going on for the general public but once we knew something was wrong we were able to get all the details almost as soon as those at the top did. Your father just about had a conniption when he heard what was going on. I believe he’s already ripped into several members of the HPSC over the past few days. Your principal is also on his list of people to contact too for him to express our… displeasure. Perhaps it’s best if we withdraw you for ‘family reasons’ for now.”

“I… don’t believe that’s necessary,” Momo replied nervously. “Principal Nezu and the teachers did all they could to ensure we were as safe as we could be on this trip, extending protections beyond what I believe we were supposed to have. Because of that we um… we lost one of our teachers when she protected us.”

“Yes, I heard,” Momo’s mother’s voice grew a touch more solemn for a moment, “still, better them than you.”

Momo had to work very hard to keep her face schooled at the casual disregard of one of her most beloved teachers, her hands flexing into fists out of view of the camera’s sight.

“While I understand and appreciate your concern mother, please understand that it would do more harm than good to pull me out of school at this moment. Withdrawing your support and confidence from UA would deal a significant blow to UA’s reputation, but it would also do the same to me. Despite their errors and mistakes, I survived, along with my classmates which displays our strength.”

“That’s true but… you know how we worry dear,” Momo’s mother cooed with a touch of petulance, her motherly concern for her daughter shining through. 

“Is that everything you needed mother? I can assure you I’m physically fine and was just wrapping up my business efforts for the morning.”

“Yes, I saw, I made sure to call after your last calendar appointment. We’re both very pleased with how you’ve been showing real efforts to grow into your future role,” Momo’s mother gushed.

The heiress admittedly felt a touch of pride in her chest, the kind she recalled that she felt whenever she did exactly what her parents wanted in the past. While it was enough to sate a younger Momo who didn’t know any better, she’d grown to learn that what her parents wanted wasn’t what she wanted, and knew their pride in her would eventually turn to poison the moment she tried to go against them.

“Thank you mother. It’s been tough but I assure you both that I’m up to the task.”

“I expected no less,” Momo’s mother giggled lightly. “In regards to your question, I admit there is more to this call than just checking in on your health dear. If you could, would you mind confirming a few details about your experience to ensure the information we received is accurate?”

“Of course,” Momo felt herself grimace internally at having to relieve the experience so soon. Still, ever the obedient daughter, she gave her mother a shorthand, edited account of how the major events of the battle had gone. Despite Nezu’s request to not tell others about things until his official announcement, her parents probably knew almost as much as he did already, albeit unofficially.

When she finished her tale, Momo’s mother gave a satisfied nod.

“I see, the majority of the reports were correct. That’s… interesting at least.”

“Oh?” Momo prompted, curious at what her mother was thinking. The Yaoyorozu matriarch glanced around suspiciously in a way Momo rarely saw and knew it was her father she was looking out for.

“Well, after your father’s previous… discussion with you regarding your behaviour at the… ‘mall’, I believe it’s called? He did some background research on this ‘Izuku Midoriya’.” Momo’s chest clutched painfully as she held her breath. Really, she shouldn’t’ve been surprised but why was this being brought up now? “While his past academic performance is nothing compared to your own of course, his strength is clearly not to be disregarded after stopping that villain of yours; the one with that dreadful copied All-For-One quirk.”

Momo couldn’t help it when her eyebrows rose in surprise, she hadn’t told her mother their own suspicions about Nine and especially not describing his quirk with that name.

“Midoriya is um… impressive,” Momo admitted. “I’m glad his strength was able to protect us in the end.”

“Are you now?” Momo’s mother raised her own brow with a small, knowing giggle. “Well, that is indeed good to know.”

“N-Not like that mother!” Momo shook her head.

“Oh relax, I’m only teasing dear,” Momo’s mother chuckled. “Though… it might be worth ensuring his eyes don’t wander too far from you.”

“M-Mother, what are you saying?”

Her mother giggled again with a knowing look in her eye before checking her surroundings once again. Something prickled at the back of Momo’s neck that was keeping her on alert for some sort of unpleasant news despite her mother’s pleased demeanour.

“Well… I really shouldn’t be saying anything, your father still wants to look into some things with our rival’s sons before we make anything official, but I’m too excited. It’s not every day we find our little girl her suitor after all.”

“W-What?!” Momo gaped, her mouth dropping open in shock as her breath caught.

“Please keep your exclamations as a suitable volume dear but, yes, I believe your father is toying with the idea of extending an offer of formal engagement to the Midoriya’s on your behalf once all the proper vetting has been done, and after we meet the boy himself of course.”

“B-But h-he…” Momo stuttered, her brain firing wildly at the news and trying to find some sort of escape from this confusing news. After all her parents had told her about what to expect from the potential match they would make for her, finding that match in a heroic peer and not a business one was something she did not expect in her wildest dreams. “H-He’s a commoner! His family does not have much in the way of money and his mother’s a single parent. S-Surely father knows this.”

“It just makes it all the more impressive once he becomes the next number one hero of Japan,” Momo’s mother chuckled knowingly, enjoying her daughter’s flustered state.

“T-That uh… I…” Momo couldn’t much put a sentence together much less refute her parents clear plan for her future.

“My apologies dear, I know this may be somewhat of a shock to you considering the expectations we’ve instilled in you thus far,” Momo’s mother smiled. “It’s a tad earlier than we expected too but best to get in before he makes a name for himself.”

“J-Just a little,” the heiress agreed. She needed more information. This was wildly different than what she’d expected to come from her potential forced marriage down the line and it had thrown her for something of a loop. Momo needed more information on exactly why this was happening now, and why Izuku was such an exception that apparently impressed her father enough to become a suitable option for her hand; not that she still wanted to go through with it any more than with anyone else of course. “H-How… I mean why-”

“I’m sure your father will want to tell you most of the details himself dear,” Momo’s mother explained. “Be sure to react convincingly surprised when he tells you. Between you and I however, I believe it’s partially due to your glowing review of the boy, the misinterpreted exchange you two shared notwithstanding. Your father and I place a great deal of weight in your words dear, we are raising you to take over from us after all,” she chuckled again, “but with all the information we have regarding his quirk, his skills, and now, his conquest of a clone of the most terrifying villain Japan has seen, it’s little wonder why your father’s ready to bet on him becoming the next number one hero in Japan. Especially with our generous support to supplement him.”

Momo knew what that meant. If Izuku played ball, he’d get all the latest tech and gadgets he would need to be the best hero he could be from their company and an incredible amount of marketing, legal, and monetary support to push him to the top. Several notable heroes over the past years had found themselves the benefactors of Yaoyorozu Industries and made it to the top ranks quickly and easily when their skills were clearly not up to par with those that had earned their way there.

Their most recent client of ‘Wash’ being established as the number eight hero meant the Yaoyorozu influence could easily breach the top ten if they chose and she’d only recently discovered that his popularity and stories of his skills were due to an internet joke. Her father was none too pleased after she’d relayed that bit of news to him.

“That he’s a student of All Might and is clearly inspired by him is also points in his favour, though hopefully he’s more open to sponsorship than that man ever was,” Momo’s mother continued. “I dare say we wouldn’t need to do much to get him to supplant Endeavor in a few years before you two wed.”

“M-Mother! Please don’t say stuff like that!” Momo shook her head in frustration.

“My apologies dear but I can’t help it. In a few years you’ll be shadowing your father to learn everything while you have the next number one at your beck and call. I’m so happy with how things are working out.”

“Y-Yes mother…” the girl replied hesitantly. More and more she felt herself becoming disillusioned with her parents and it felt like only a matter of time before she’d be unable to hide her inability to go along with their schemes.

“Look at it this way dear, at least you’ll be able to get to know your betrothed during your time at school together rather than the few sparse meetings and parties you would with our business partners’ boys. Hopefully you don’t find him too detestable as a romantic notion?”

Momo fought down the urge to reply with ‘like I have a choice?!’ and instead replied with an obedient, “He is acceptable.”

While Momo and Izuku had made efforts to restart their potential secret romantic link in their super-secret polyamorous group, she knew this may sour efforts once again and while it wasn’t her fault this time, she was surely to blame.

“Wonderful dear! I’ll be sure not to dissuade your father in that case, unless you have a better suggestion maybe?”

The heiress so badly wanted to say what was on her mind, to proclaim her love for Kyoka and the others and that she wanted to live her life her way… but she couldn’t. An emotional outburst without any thought behind it would only see the worst case scenario befall them all. Momo only had one chance to break free, and she needed to be sure she didn’t miss her shot. To that end, she would continue her façade for now and go along with her parents requests either until she was ready or until there was nothing else she could do.

“No mother. Though surely someone else would be more suitable in a business sense, this option allows us to gain more influence and prominence over hero culture as a whole while retaining sole ownership of Yaoyorozu industries without fear of a hostile takeover by my suitor.”

“Exactly my thoughts too dear,” Momo’s mother gushed again. “For now, just remain a friend to Mr Midoriya and show your appreciation for his skills. Maybe share a cup of tea with him, the special kind that I gave you before you moved to the dorms?” Her mother suggested with a knowing wink. “Though make sure you do it in public so there’s no… inappropriateness.”

“I will take that under advice once father has spoken to me officially,” Momo replied softly, still in a small daze about what exactly was happening to her life without her input. “Forgive me mother but this news has given me much I need to consider before I think about doing anything. Unless there is something further, would you mind if we called our discussion here so I can properly gather my thoughts?”

Momo’s mother simply rolled her eyes, knowing a polite request to end the call when she heard one, just like she’d taught her.

“Alright dear, I’ll leave you with your exciting thoughts for now, though be sure not to indulge too much in that tea at the idea,” she dropped another small wink.

“Be safe mother,” Momo didn’t even want to process what her mother was hinting at right then.

“Oh, and dear?” Momo’s mother called just before she closed the call. “Do be sure to fix whatever’s wrong with your camera before your father calls. You’ve got this unusual blurry outline around you and it’s very off putting.”

“I shall do so mother, speak to you soon.” Momo nodded before closing the call herself. Only when the screen returned to her list of contacts did the girl allow herself to relax even slightly.

Calmly and quietly, she closed her laptop and placed it beside her before rolling the opposite direction towards Kyoka’s pillow. Once in a suitable position, she pressed her face deep into its softness before unleashing her pent up shout of frustration. She pounded her fists and kicked her legs on her girlfriend’s bedspread in a most unladylike fashion that would leave her parents quite appalled at her behaviour. Frankly though, she didn’t care for either of them right now with how they were showing no signs of backing down on this desire to see her wed to increase their own overall power and influence on the world.

After exerting her initial feelings upon Kyoka’s mattress, Momo pushed herself back up and sat properly on the edge of the bed, her knees closed tightly together and her hands clutched into fists resting on her legs.

“Okay… okay…” she mumbled to herself. “This isn’t a setback… this is… good. This is… Izuku, a boy you’re already in a pre-existing seven-way relationship with along with five other girls that you love. This… can work. I can satisfy my parents’ desires while maintaining our illicit relationship and no one need ever be the wiser!”

Momo rose to her feet, taking a few deep breaths to calm her nerves as she moved to grab her laptop.

“No… that’s not fair.” She backed off from her laptop, her eyes glancing around as she became very aware of where she was, Kyoka’s rocking and rebellious interests surrounding her and making her feel very out of place all of a sudden, as though the room disapproved of her proposed course of action. “I don’t want to marry Izuku… I want to marry Kyoka… and Mina, and Tooru and… everyone.”

The heiress knew it was a fantasy, a delusional one considering the laws still in place around marriage but it didn’t mean she didn’t long for something unrealistic. If she had to choose any one person to official marry it would be Kyoka in a heartbeat, but Kyoka wasn’t the only one that held a space in her heart now. Her expectations had been defied before, maybe they could be defied again?

While things with Izuku were still greatly unknown, the possibility was definitely there for him to become something greater to her if things worked out. Even still, this was something she knew she couldn't keep from him, not if she wanted to honour his efforts to rebuild their relationship even for the sake of the others. While Izuku would surely see the benefit of their proposed engagement, she had no doubts he would raise valid objections to things even if this was the best course to try and weasel out of her arranged marriage. He and the others were the partners Momo wanted to be with for the rest of her life and by now the message had finally sunk in that she wasn’t fighting this battle alone.

Still, everything was a lot more complicated now and she had no idea how to go about this latest development by herself. Momo knew she had to inform the others at her earliest convenience to ensure there was no miscommunication on something like this.

Her mind made up, she grabbed her laptop and headed out of Kyoka’s room, feeling much more confident in this plan now.

Slipping back into her own, her ears were met with the sounds of quiet snoring. Momo’s worry and frustrations melted away at the sight of her girlfriend getting the rest she knew she needed. Momo smiled warmly and, after placing her computer back on her desk she stripped herself back down to her nightwear and set another alarm on her phone for closer to midday.

Telling Kyoka and the others could wait just a little longer she figured, sliding back under the sheets to join her girlfriend in a most welcome nap before they had to face the world again. When they were all together again and had the strength they needed to tackle something new, she would tell them.

With that, Momo felt her anxiety ease and her mind lighten as a soft slumber slowly claimed her for the rest of the morning.


“and… that’s everything.”

Momo finished up her tale from this morning, much to the stunned silence of her partners.

“W-Wow…” Ochako blinked in befuddlement, still not sure what to make of the news.

“You can say that again, ribbit,” Tsuyu frowned, though it was directed at people that weren’t here. “How could your parents even think about such things at a time like this?”

“They’re opportunists?” Momo offered weakly. “Emotions tend to get in the way of the most objectively beneficial business decisions. I’ve learned that those with the most wealth and influence are those that make decisions that would solely benefit them regardless of the effect on others.”

“You can bet we’ll be watching your ass to make sure you won’t be going down that path,” Kyoka stated, though she knew Momo had more of a heart than both her parents combined.

“That’s appreciated,” Momo smiled a small smile before turning back to Izuku to address the more concerning topic at hand. “However, in regards to their apparent decision regarding our… future together, I wanted to bring this to all your attention now so we can figure out what to do about it and… whether we should fake it or not.”

Ochako and Tsuyu looked awkwardly at Izuku who himself looked the picture of uncomfortable despite the pleasant seating.

“I think you should do it.”

Four sets of eyes widened before attention was redirected from the green haired boy to the unusually relaxed looking punkette still reclined against Momo’s headrest.

“Kyoka?” Momo gaped, surprised she was the first one to so openly suggest such a thing.

“What? I mean, it was probably your first thought, right?” Kyoka replied.

“Um… sorry but… am I missing something here?” Ochako asked nervously, feeling a little left out, as though several steps of a plan had been made and skipped without her. “Aren’t you angry about this?”

“Ribbit, I think Kyoka’s just jumped to the conclusion before we had a chance to process all this,” Tsuyu rationalised.

“Hey, it just makes sense,” Kyoka shrugged. “I mean, we’re pretty much dead set on getting Momo out of this arranged marriage shit anyway, and I’m pretty sure tricking her parents into allowing her to marry one of us isn’t exactly the worst damn option. If anything, this makes our job much easier, doesn’t it?”

“Yes and no,” Tsuyu sighed, “Momo wouldn’t have to be married to someone she doesn’t want to anymore but she’d still have to be publicly with Izuku… and only Izuku.”

“Is that so different than what we’re doing now?” Kyoka scoffed.

“For us, kinda, yeah,” Ochako pouted, causing Kyoka to remember that doing so would indeed rob both Tsuyu and Ochako of their public boyfriend. “Look, we know how hard it is for you both not being able to be with each other outside of private places right now and we wish we had the right answers, but would Izuku and Momo getting together like that really fix things the way we want them to be?”

“Not to mention suddenly becoming engaged when he’s dating the two of us would be suspicious among our classmates, ribbit.”

“We have to be careful about this, we don’t know what details will and won’t help us get what we truly want.” Ochako stated. Kyoka just sent her a somewhat bitter look. A petulant part of her thought the two were just being selfish, not wanting to give up anything for Momo’s sake but she knew that wasn’t true. Ochako was right but that didn’t make it any easier to deal with.

“You got anything to say about this Squishy?” The punkette directed her irritated gaze at the boy who’d been silent up until now.

“Sorry, still… processing,” Izuku admitted sheepishly.

“I hope you processed a solution to this because it looks like you’re about to become as involved as Momo with her family whether you like it or not,” Tsuyu sent him a worried look.

Izuku glanced over at Momo who shot him her own look of apology, biting her lip nervously that he had to try not to focus on how cute that would’ve looked if not for the current situation. Taking a deep breath, he tried to settle his own erratic thoughts into something more cohesive.

“Okay, so um… I guess first, thank you Momo for telling us so quickly,” he began.

“Naturally,” Momo bowed politely. “This is something you’ve all resolved to help with that now affects you all and I’d be foolish to keep it from you.”

“A couple weeks ago you might’ve had a different reaction though,” Ochako noted with a small measure of pride.

“T-Thank you.” Momo enjoyed the feeling of her girlfriend’s praise much more than that of her mother’s this morning. “I will admit, I did consider other options first but it was only for a few moments as I said.”

“It’s still something,” Tsuyu stated, agreeing with her partners that this was a good step in the right direction for their girlfriend to regain the former trust she had with them.

“A-Anyway um… regarding what we should do about it? Initially um… I actually agree with Kyoka,” Izuku nervously admitted. Momo and the other girls seemed just as taken aback by Izuku’s admission as they were Kyoka’s. “T-There’s still details we need to all discuss but um… f-for now… I think we should seriously consider the possible advantages this could give us to help get Momo free from her parents’ influence.”

Both Ochako and Tsuyu looked a little crestfallen at Izuku’s words even if they logically understood his position.

“I-Izuku you… I-I mean we…” Ochako spluttered, her thoughts jumping wildly at both Kyoka and Izuku agreeing on this plan.

“Gotta say, I’m a little hurt Izuku, ribbit,” Tsuyu’s face scrunched up a little.

“I’m deeply sorry this appears to be forcing a wedge between you all,” Momo pre-emptively apologised to all three of them. “If I had any control over this I-”

“We know Momo,” Tsuyu shook her head, her logical side not overwhelmed by her emotional one.

“It… it just sucks all around is all,” Ochako agreed, letting out a frustrated sigh.

“This… is my life unfortunately,” Momo sympathised, “I didn’t have a choice in so much growing up and now I fear you’re all getting pulled in rather than pulling me out.”

“That’s unavoidable,” Izuku disregarded, “w-we um… I think we all want you to be a part of this relationship and this is something we have to deal with.”

“You more than any of us now,” Kyoka muttered.

Izuku looked over at the punkette who was clearly trying her best not to feel frustrated by this latest turn of events.

“Kyo… V-Vixen, y-you know I um… wouldn’t choose this as our first course either,” he cautiously explained. “A-After everything I’ve um… seen between you two, i-it’s clear we all expected to attend yours and Momo’s wedding.”

“Well now we’ll be attending yours and Momo’s wedding,” Kyoka grumbled.

Izuku glanced over at Momo and hoped he was reading the situation correctly.

“I-I mean, i-if it came to it, we could be married in name only and as soon as we could we’d divorce so you could be together like we know you want. Momo and I are… still wary over everything that’s happened but I know how much getting her free means to you, to all of you,” he glanced between Ochako and Tsuyu who gave him understanding nods. “I want to help too, and I don’t know if it will be the correct path… but it’s something we shouldn’t discard out of hand.”

“Kyoka,” Momo took one of her girlfriend’s loose hands in her own comfortingly. “There is nothing I want more than to profess our love to the world and show off how wonderful and amazing you are, not to mention the rest of you,” she chuckled. “I’m deeply sorry to ask you to continue waiting but I swear to you it’ll be worth it in the end.”

The punkette lightly shook her head before replying.

“I… I just want you to be free of this,” Kyoka gripped Momo’s hand firmly, trying to express the depth of her desire to her girlfriend.

Momo already knew just how badly her girlfriend desired her freedom so they could be together like the others were, it was a desire they both shared after all, but she didn’t realise how worn out Kyoka was getting.

To be fair to them all, none of them were really firing on all cylinders right now and, as a few tears escaped the corner of Kyoka’s eyes, Momo gently brushed them away and cradled her girlfriend’s head between her hands.

“Everything’s going to be okay Vixen. We’ve got seven wonderful brains here from so many different walks of life that there’s no way we won’t be able to figure something out to get what we want. You’re gonna get through this, and you know why?” Momo asked with a tearful yet cheeky grin on her own face. “Because you’re Kyoka Fucking Jiro, and you’re not gonna give up like this!”

Kyoka couldn’t help the single snort of laughter that escaped her body but their little group motto felt very necessary in that moment, reminding her just how this all started and how far they’d all come since.

“I get it alright,” Kyoka huffed, turning her head and kissing one of Momo’s hands. “It’s… just hard.”

“I know hun,” Momo pecked her on the nose. “But I’ve gotten this far already and I know you’re stronger than me. You’ve got this.”

“I’ll fuckin’ try,” Kyoka sighed, giving Momo’s hands one more squeeze before guiding them away from her face, though they remained clasped between them.

“You’ve always got us to lean on when you need to,” Ochako smiled warmly at the pair, though directing the majority towards Kyoka. “Now um… h-how exactly are we going to tackle this?”

“Biggest problem seems to be your strength Izuku,” Tsuyu playfully swatted her boyfriend’s knee. “You made yourself too much of a target trying to become the next All Might.”

“I didn’t go into it expecting this!” Izuku rubbed the back of his head nervously. “T-Then again, I also didn’t expect to get into um… all this with you all either so ups and downs I guess,” he chuckled.

“There’s certainly worse positions to be in, ribbit.” Tsuyu bit her lip, resting her hand on Izuku’s knee before looking over at the heiress. “Now your parents seem to be making some decisions, is there anything we can do to dissuade them from picking Izuku as a suitor?” Ochako and Kyoka looked at the girl curiously. “What? I’m just thinking about all out options.”

“It would be most difficult to try to get my family’s attention away from you without retribution,” Momo sighed. “I fear even the best excuse for declining would still result in some difficulties for you and your mother. Unless someone even more suitable comes along, I believe they would be resolute in the efforts unless you prove yourself… unfit.”

Izuku frowned and grit his jaw, recalling how viciously Momo’s parents had gone after Hatsume when she’d publically called them out. Kyoka, Ochako and Tsuyu felt a small amount of guilt now as they realised it wasn’t just Izuku in the crosshairs.

Breathing steadily, Izuku looked over at Momo in a way that she understood he knew exactly what success and failure could mean.

“You know them best Momo. Whatever you decide you want to do, I trust you.”

Momo admittedly felt a small flutter in her heart at Izuku’s intensity and display of faith. Despite everything he knew and what she’d done to him they were all trying to move past, he was still willing to trust her with not only his own future and life, but his mother’s too.

“I… t-thank you Izuku,” Momo nodded somewhat deeply, hoping to hide the small amount of blush she thought she might be sporting. “I promise I will examine every angle with you all until we’re sure of the correct course of action.”

“Just… make sure my mom stays out of it as much as she can be… I’d rather not get her caught up in all this… I feel bad for not telling her about Ochako and Tsu, not to mention um… One-For-All.”

While they’d had only a small amount of knowledge about Izuku’s mother overall, they knew she was the protective kind given all Izuku had relayed to them about just trying to stay at UA with all its incidents.

“Well, if we’re gonna do this then… I guess we should hold off on telling my folks about us,” Ochako sighed dishearteningly.

Tsuyu looked over at Ochako with an anxious expression. She’d yet to tell her own parents about the depths of their public relationship and it was something she was really looking forward to, hoping to raise the mood for all three of them after Nabu.

“Should we?” She poised. “We shouldn’t know anything about Momo’s parent’s plans. Wouldn’t it make more sense to carry on as though we still didn’t know, ribbit?”

“The more people know, the more it limits our options,” Kyoka stated but she could see how crestfallen her girlfriend appeared to be. Ochako reached over and rubbed along Tsuyu’s arm with Izuku pulling her into a gentle side-hug that the frog girl just let herself fall into.

“We… had plans,” Ochako explained, “after our date on… well… with Christmas coming up and us three being public, we thought that…” she sighed again. “Don’t worry about it.”

Now Kyoka felt even worse for the trio. Not only did they potentially have to fake break up depending on what they all decided to do but now they couldn’t fully enjoy the time they may have left together.

It seemed Momo felt the same way as she pensively chewed her lip. Opening her mouth hesitantly, she put words to the risky thoughts in her head.  

“Do…” she began slowly, “do you think they would all keep your relationship secret? Not tell other family or friends anything?”

As Tsuyu’s eyes lit up hopefully, Kyoka and Momo both could tell this was something the girl was willing to investigate.

“They should do ribbit,” Tsuyu nodded somewhat hopefully. “I don’t think they’ve ever told anyone about me having a girlfriend before.”

“My mum and dad will probably do anything we ask of them at this point,” Ochako chuckled.

The two looked at Izuku for his own input.

“W-Well… s-she might cry enough to alert the fire department that something’s wrong but she’s always been there for me when I needed it,” Izuku agreed.

Momo chewed her lip again, debating the pros and cons of everything. As her mind ticked, there was one thought lodged in her mind that refuted any argument she tossed at it; if she denied them this for her sake, was she any better than her mother and father?

“I don’t want you to resent me the way I am coming to resent my parents,” Momo explained softly. “If you would like to tell your families about yourselves, that’s your choice. All I ask is that you be careful please… for my sake?”

The five gathered on Momo’s bed knew things were getting more complicated between them all now. What happened with one affected them all and while the highs were enjoyable and dizzying, the lows and risks were painful and anxiety inducing.

Still, the decision seemed to have given Tsuyu some measure of comfort and relief as she pulled out her phone and texted her parents, asking if they’d both be free around lunchtime tomorrow for a chat about holiday plans. The others watched fondly as the greenette’s restored vigour as they all felt the weight of the day wearing at them.

“Is that everything?” Kyoka asked tentatively. “I dunno about you guys but I’m worn out after all that shit.”

“Everything’s been hard lately,” Ochako agreed. “I just wanna go drop into bed and sleep.”

“Is there anything else we should um… look into about uh… me and you?” Izuku directed at Momo.

We shouldn’t do anything about this now,” Momo dismissed his efforts, hoping to save him some worry for the time being, “none of you are supposed to know after all and it’s not like anything will change until my father contacts me.”

“Let’s hope that’s another month or so from now at least,” Kyoka pouted, still dejected at possibly being the only one who couldn’t be attached to anyone publically. Her romantic heart wanted desperately to show off her girlfriends but her brain still won out.

“It certainly won’t change anything between us behind closed doors,” Momo squeezed the punkette’s hand reassuringly. “No matter what, we’re all still secretly together.”

“At least until your hostile takeover of the Yaoyorozu brand,” Tsuyu chuckled.

“I don’t believe I could ever acquire enough money to do such a thing,” Momo giggled, “I would need to either sell my soul or lose my heart for that to happen.”

“Did… did you just diss your parents?” Ochako smirked at the backhanded insult.

“Why yes, I believe I did,” Momo smiled smugly, feeling in much better spirits than she was before now that things had been discussed between them all. Once more she was glad she had such wonderful, loving, and understanding partners and now more than ever did she see Izuku as truly fitting in with their group.

With most of the difficult topics of the evening now discussed between them all, the group broke up for the evening. Though a possible wedding lay on the horizon for two of them, they all tried to put it out of their mind as best they could until they could do something more about it. For Izuku, Ochako and Tsuyu, that meant heading back to the greenette’s room for a sleep together while they still could. For Kyoka and Momo, it meant the same only a tad more discreet.

The day came to a close as all five snuggled up separately with their partners and tried to rest up for whatever challenges the world decided to throw at them next.


Despite being technically off of work right now, Shota Aizawa had spent much of his day at UA’s main building.

Nezu was still being tight lipped about what exactly his plans were about to entail and he refused to be caught flat footed when they manifested so he’d been ensuring all their bases were covered legally: all his students were up to date on their homework, his teaching reports had been appropriately signed and marked off, and the official complaints he’d made to the HPSC about the Nabu trip prior to it taking place were still in the system.

There was still the matter of the legal case that had been brought to his attention regarding Mina Ashido’s actions on the trip but Nezu had veto’d his input on that, taking the case out of his hands and handling it personally. Aizawa admittedly knew it was for the best right now with his compromised emotions and that malicious glint he saw in the principal’s eye when handing the file over assured him that his student was in good hands.

Still, his efforts over the day had caused him to work into the evening and it was dark once more when he left the offices to head back to the teacher’s dorm. Breathing deeply, Aizawa tried to find some modicum of peace in the night air despite the unrest in his mind.

Even though he’d been there and seen how downtrodden and heartbroken his students were during their meeting today, he still felt a degree of anger at them for everything that happened and had nearly snapped at them a great deal more than he already had. What was best for now was to stay away from them until they could all rest and recover and clearly Nezu and Mic had known that before he did.

Approaching the teacher’s dorm, it appeared completely dark from the front which Aizawa was glad for; the last thing he needed right now was Mic trying to get him to open up. He knew he was being selfish and the rowdy blond was definitely suffering himself but Aizawa needed his own space to process things first before he could even think about helping his friend get through this again.

Entering and riding the elevator up to his floor, Aizawa stepped out with weary steps, intending on heading straight to his room and to bed. At least, that was the plan until he spotted Nemuri’s door ajar and a light coming from inside.

Aizawa bit back a growl of frustration, wishing he hadn’t seen it but now he couldn’t avoid it. Knowing Hizashi, it was probably just him taking care of Sushi which, he now realised, fell to the pair of them as the cat’s fellow caretakers, but he had to be sure.

Glancing inside the room through the gaps, he couldn’t see the annoying blond nor the furball. His ears picked up on something though, something… familiar.

Slipping inside without a sound, Aizawa made his way down the corridor towards Nemuri’s bedroom where another light was on. This door was also open a crack and Aizawa peered in.

On Nemuri’s well-made bed sat Eri, hunched over and crying softly. He realised her cries were muted only by the fur of Sushi who looked very much trapped in the girl’s grasp.

He knew he should be stepping in, comforting the young girl, but as Aizawa looked at Eri, he couldn’t help but feel a pang of resentment. That was his class that was on the trip, his responsibility, he should’ve been there to protect them, not Nemuri!

His quirk would’ve been perfect to negate three of the four villains and likely reduce the power of the heteromorphic type. After combing through the battle reports submitted by the students that were able, he had no doubts that the blast attack from Chimera would’ve been locked off to the bruiser, but all that was the bitter pill of hindsight talking. He could speculate as much as he wanted about what he should’ve done until the end of time but it wouldn’t change the past.

Instead he had had to stay here to keep an eye on Eri while Nemuri went in his place and now… she was gone. Nemuri was gone, and she wasn’t coming back.

As the man’s thoughts darkened, Aizawa hadn’t continued trying to minimize his presence and his angry breathing alerted the girl that she was no longer alone. Having long known the small sounds to look for when Overhaul was coming to get her, Eri turned and flinched back at seeing the piercing gaze of a mysterious figure standing in the hallway.

“No, stay away!” Eri cried out, clutching Sushi tightly as though he would protect her.

Aizawa’s eyes widened as her horn lit up with energy. Before her quirk had the chance to go wild Erasure shut it down and Aizawa stepped into the room.

“Eri, calm down, it’s only me,” he tried to assure the girl with as much calmness as he could right now.

The tiny unicorn girl’s fear didn’t release its grip on her that easily, even if she did now recognise that Aizawa wasn’t Overhaul coming to reclaim her.

“M-Mr ‘Zawa!” Eri’s face scrunched up in sadness once again as greater tears pooled in her eyes. With one arm she reached out for help and Aizawa knew what he had to do.

The pro hero crossed the space quickly, sliding onto the bed before scooping both the crying girl and her disgruntled furry companion up into what he hoped passed for a reassuring hug as his top was quickly dampened with tears.

“M-M-Miss Ne-Nemuri… s-s-she…”

“I know kid,” Aizawa replied softly with a very tired voice, giving the girl a small squeeze as he carefully pried her arm off of Sushi who quickly bounded away and out the door.

For a while, it was all Aizawa could do to just sit there and comfort the crying girl as her emotions got the better of her, though he couldn’t talk considering what he’d yelled at the principal recently.

“I-I don’t want h-h-her to b-be gone!” Eri cried.

“That’s not something any of us can help kid,” Aizawa sighed tiredly, all his remaining strength for the day used up trying to maintain his façade.

“M-M-Maybe I can… I can fix her! W-W-With my quirk… like Mr Deku!” Eri wailed.

It pained Aizawa enough that he was actually considering the same thing himself. However, the ethical ramifications alone, not to mention the law, were too overwhelming to overcome. There was also no telling if Nemuri would even come back the same way.

Sometimes, you just had to accept that there’s nothing that can be done.

“It’s too late Eri,” Aizawa shook his head, holding back a hitch in his voice. “You can’t bring someone back when they’re gone.”

Eri shook her head but was in no fit state to debate, simply upping her cries as she collapsed into Aizawa’s arms again.

Despite the young one’s tears, Aizawa’s ears picked up the sound of hurried footsteps but those were feet he’d long recognised himself as a bleary eyed Yamada stumbled into the room dressed in his casual clothes that were clearly ruffled.

“H-Hey Shota, sorry, fell asleep in Eri’s room when she wouldn’t stop-”

“Its fine Mic,” Aizawa levelled what he hoped was his usual tired expression at his only remaining school friend.

The loud blond knew everything was far from it however as the near broken look on Aizawa’s face said more than he’d ever admit. Stepping into the room, he settled on the other side of the bed and pulled both Eri and Aizawa into a gentle hug as he rubbed the tired man’s back.

“It’s not fine Shota, we both know that.”

Aizawa reluctantly but slowly nodded his head as Eri’s cries continued. More the emotional man himself, Hizashi felt his own tears coming up as if the little girl’s gave him permission to let them out again.

“We’re gonna be alright though,” he said with a hitch in his voice before squeezing the both of them tighter and placing a small kiss on top of Aizawa’s head.

Aizawa let out a small snort of what could easily be mistaken as derision but was actually surprise. The last time Hizashi had done that had been…

Glancing over at the side table at the picture he knew was there, Shota spotted the picture of Nemuri being flanked by both him and Mic in casual outfits, each with a lipstick mark on their cheeks. That was their first group date after Hizashi confessed to both of them in a drunken stupor earlier that week.

Memories of happier, if annoying, times hit Aizawa hard as while their triple relationship didn’t end well, they all remained close friends and confidants afterwards. He knew Nemuri valued them greatly and though he always acted aloof he cared a great deal about them both too, just not in the same romantic capacity.

Still, despite Hizashi being the one now openly crying, Aizawa felt comforted by the man’s embrace and rested his head on his shoulder.

For a while, the three took comfort in each other, collectively mourning the loss of their friend in her room. In a way, it brought them a small measure of comfort, being able to feel close to her for what little time remained before her things would inevitably get packed up and dealt with appropriately.

“O-Oh yeah…” Hizashi mumbled, wiping his tears with an arm as he slowly untangled himself from the group hug. “I um… w-well Nemuri was gonna…” he stumbled over his words before clearing his throat. “Christmas is coming up and… I know that it’s probably not gonna be the happiest this year, but I think Nemuri wouldn’t mind if we opened our presents a little early.”

Aizawa and Eri watched curiously as Hizashi walked over to Nemuri’s wardrobe and slid it open, revealing a bag of wrapped gifts. Grabbing the gift bag, Hizashi brought it over to the bed before plucking out a couple of boxes one by one until he found the three he was looking for, handing Eri hers, and Shota his.

“W-What is it?” Eri asked in mild confusion.

“It’s a Christmas present,” Hizashi explained patiently, once again reminded of the girl’s previous mistreatment and how this was supposed to be her first happy Christmas. “On Christmas, you buy gifts for people you care about. Nemuri… I’m sure she would want to be here to give you this but I think you should open it now.”

“B-But I didn’t get her-”

“It’s okay,” Aizawa stroked her head. “We’ll… get her some nice flowers from you.”

“Go ahead Eri,” Hizashi smiled at the girl, hoping what lay inside may provide some measure of comfort to the small girl.

Slowly and carefully, Eri tore open the wrapping paper surprisingly delicately, as if worried she’d be told off for intentionally ripping something like this. Once the concealing paper was gone however, fresh tears blossomed in her eyes as she examined a plush white and blue unicorn doll.

“Do you like it?” Hizashi asked cautiously.

Eri wasn’t able to form words though and simply nodded, squeezing the unicorn close, her tears now soaking it instead of Aizawa. Hizashi wore a rueful smile, Nemuri’s skill at present buying once again coming through; he didn’t think his own gift of apple flavoured candies would hold up as well but that didn’t matter right now.

“Your turn Shota,” he turned to the other man.

Aizawa looked pensively at the bundle in his hands, a vague idea of what it was already in his mind. He almost didn’t want to open it so he could preserve Nemuri’s last gift to him just that little bit longer. Shota knew he was just being illogical and emotional however and swiftly rid the gift of its wrapping. Inside was an overly large hoodie that appeared to have a fleece material on the inside for extra warmth. It’d be useless in public, and no replacement for his sleeping bag at all, but Nemuri had clearly noticed the long nights he’d been sat at his computer trying to do his best for his class dressed only in his casuals which, at this time of year, was not the warmest even with central heating in the dorms.

Hizashi noticed Aizawa’s begrudgingly small smile at the gift which he deliberately didn’t comment on, instead opting to open his own gift.

Much like Eri, he felt his own tears coming back as he looked down at Nemuri’s smiling face once more. In his hands, he held a small landscape picture of Nemuri standing behind the dorm sofa with a happy smile on her face as she leant forward and snuggled Eri who was sitting in the middle, flanked either side by a bored looking Aizawa and himself with his usual cheerful expression. All three of them were out of costume as this was taken the first weekend after Eri moved into the dorms after they’d been shopping to get some decent clothes for the girl to wear. Cementoss had happily snapped the picture on Nemuri’s request at their ‘successful outing’ but it was clearly setting up for this. What really sent his tears falling again was the small caption along the bottom of the frame in gold glittery letters reading, ‘Our Funny Family’.

Once glimpse of the picture was all Aizawa needed to know Hizashi was at his own emotional breaking point and brought him back in for their cuddle as the man lost his composure. Once more the three found solace in each other’s embrace as the moment of weakness overcame them all.

The wounds were still fresh, and he knew they’d hurt like hell for a while yet, but Aizawa understood Hizashi was right; they weren’t all fine and it was okay to feel that way, but they eventually would be.


The Thursday morning sun broke over Japan as a new day dawned. While many rose from their comfy beds to get started on the day’s tasks, one pink haired girl remained hunched over, sat in the hospital chair.

Her eyes cracking open slowly, Mina could feel the aches and pains her body was feeling after a night sat in the uncomfortable hospital seating while resting her head on Tooru’s bed. Looking over at her still unconscious girlfriend, Mina noted her hand had drifted in the night to not be holding the girl’s own incredibly pale one.

“Morning Starlight,” Mina croaked softly, reclaiming her hold and giving Tooru a small squeeze. Once more she hoped the girl would awaken and greet her in return but once more she was disappointed.

Biting back a breath of disappointment, Mina reluctantly rose after a few more moments of comforting self-indulgence, her back groaning and popping in response. Glancing at the clock as she made her way to the attached bathroom to splash some water in her face and appear at least somewhat presentable, Mina made a mental note to thank Recovery Girl for her generosity and consideration for letting her stay when she could.

Technically, she should’ve returned to UA after visiting hours were over but Tooru’s latest CAT scan had caused Recovery Girl to raise a brow and stay on at the hospital to analyse everything they’d learned about the former invisible girl’s state. While the matron was tempted to call one of the other teachers to come pick Mina up to take her back, she relented to the girl’s puppy dog eyes and pout. Something about young love made her nostalgic and weak so she’d relented and allowed Mina to stay the night.

After finishing her business and rubbing her face with some tissue to dry it from the wakeup-splash, Mina heard something that made her heart leap in her chest.

“Ow…”

That was Tooru’s voice!

In her haste to exit the bathroom, Mina almost walked into the door while yanking it open just to see her girlfriend that much sooner.

Looking over at the hospital bed in awe, Mina felt tears bristling at her eyes once more as a delirious looking Tooru was fidgeting lightly as her sense of touch started to return to her.

“T-Tooru?” Mina called softly, hoping the girl was actually awake and not just sleep talking, though even that would be a tremendous improvement.

“M-Mina?” Her girlfriend called softly, squinting hard as everything seemed too bright even in the dimly lit hospital room.

Immediately Mina dashed for her chair and pulled in closer to the girl, talking her hand and squeezing as firmly as she dared, happy tears dripping from her eyes she didn’t bother wiping away.

“I’m here, I’m here!” She reassured the confused girl who was clearly trying to process everything right now and Mina would give her however much time as she needed.

“W-What… where…?” Tooru asked her one word questions, cognition still somewhat out of her grasp for now.

“You’re safe, you’re at a hospital, you’re okay,” Mina reassured her girlfriend, reaching for the nurse’s station alert button with her free hand and giving it a press.

“But… Ao… Aoyama?” Tooru croaked.

“Aoyama?” Mina frowned in confusion.

“Did… i-is he… okay?” Tooru rasped, her voice getting more hoarse with each word as she clearly needed to drink something.

Mina chuckled in relief as she realised what Tooru was referring to.

“He’s fine Starlight, you saved him, you beat the villain.”

“D-Did I?”

“Yes, and now you’re here with me, in hospital,” Mina explained patiently, just glad her girlfriend was responding.

“Oh… good.” Tooru seemed to relax somewhat, easing back onto her pillow.

Mina laughed softly as her girlfriend’s heroic nature shone through even in a situation as bleak as this. Giving Tooru’s hand another reassuring squeeze, she felt another set of tears leak out when she finally got a soft squeeze back in return.

Behind her, the door clicked open as Recovery Girl and a nurse swiftly stepped into the room.

“What’s going on?” UA’s physician enquired.

“Tooru’s awake,” Mina informed them, turning towards the woman with a bright smile despite the tear stained face.

Recovery Girl felt a relieved expression grace her own face as she and the nurse set about getting things ready to check up on their patient’s wellbeing. While Mina wasn’t exactly happy with it, she temporarily backed off to allow the professionals to do their thing as Tooru’s vitals and welfare were checked.

“H-How long was I out?” Tooru asked curiously after receiving a few sips of water to moisten her throat.

“A few days dear,” Recovery Girl explained as the nurse shined a light into Tooru’s eyes to check her pupils and reactions. “A lot’s happened since you’ve been out.”

“I-Is everyone okay?”

“We… we’re all okay for the most part.” Mina explained, hesitating on whether or not to tell the girl about Midnight right now. Recovery Girl sent her a small head shake to which she took to mean keep quiet so she’d hold off on fully updating the girl for now.

When the nurse was done with Tooru’s eyes, the girl blinked away the spots that had appeared in her vision before finally managing to get a good look at Mina at the end of the bed. She smiled a relieved smile at Mina’s own warm expression and lifted her arm to give her a little wave. When she did, she noticed something was very wrong.

Her hand turned and wiggled erratically as Tooru confirmed it was indeed the one she was controlling along with its counterpart lying flat next to her.

“W-What’s going on?!” She started panicking. “M-My hand it’s… I… I can see it!”

“Tooru, calm down,” Mina tried to soothe her girlfriend, trying to catch the stunning, colourful eyes the formerly invisible girl possessed. “It’s um… been that way since you passed out. You beat that villain and… kind of ended up like this.”

“H-He didn’t do this to me?” Tooru’s breathing was erratic as her brain struggled to process this new information so suddenly, her hands continuing to flex and twist as she examined her very visible appearance without holding her breath.

“I was afraid this would come up sooner rather than later,” Recovery Girl sighed, resting her hand gently on Tooru’s side. “Miss Ashido, I’m afraid the news I have may be a tad distressing for you both so if you’d rather not hear it then please excuse yourself now.”

“I’m not leaving!” Ashido stood firm. “I’m not letting Tooru go through whatever it is alone!”

“Very well,” Recovery Girl nodded before pulling up a chair to Tooru’s bedside to sit down. The girl looked suitably frightened and it pained the old doctor to give such promising youth news like this. “Dear, we’ve been running some tests ever since we received you. From the reports of the Nabu physicians, you had some pretty significant head trauma. It wasn’t a wound you received from an injury but what we suspect was from putting too much strain on your quirk. From the symptoms they describe, it sounds like you ruptured a brain aneurysm and had a subarachnoid haemorrhage. With the lack of access to hospital equipment and surgery, forgive me for saying this but, you shouldn’t’ve survived the night.”

Both Mina and Tooru’s breaths caught as tears began flowing freely down Mina’s cheeks once again while Tooru’s were only just beginning.

“W-What?”

“None of them had any quirks to rectify your injuries other than partially stabilizing you,” Recovery Girl continued, “if not for a miracle, you wouldn’t be here today.”

“K-K-Katsuma…” Mina choked out. “T-The boy! H-H-He healed Izuku a-and Bakugo!”

“And Miss Hagakure,” Recovery Girl confirmed. “If not for that brave lad’s assistance then things would have been quite different I’m sure. I believe we all have a lot to thank him for.”

Mina definitely agreed. No matter how, she would find a way to thank that boy properly if it was the last thing she did.

Tooru however, being unconscious for all of this, had no idea she’d flirted so closely with death.

“I… nearly died?”

“I’m afraid so dear,” Recovery Girl replied softly. “And I’m sorry to say that, while the boy did good work for someone so inexperienced, it appears the damage was already done.”

“W-What do you mean?”

“Well we’ve run several tests in the hope we could help fix whatever injuries may still be causing your… unusual visibility,” Recovery Girl gestured to the girl’s arms. “Things thankfully appear to be under control now and you’ve been drained of excess blood but we’ve since determined your quirk factor is located in your brain and is at the very site of your haemorrhage. For the lack of a better term, we believe you have damaged or ‘broken’ your quirk.”

“Meaning… meaning what exactly?” Tooru asked, a measure of panic re-entering her tone.

“Honestly dear, while we’re not sure of the exact amount of damage that has been done, we know for certain your quirk will likely never be the same again,” Recovery Girl replied solemnly. “As you’ve noticed, you’re no longer naturally invisible. I understand you’ve been working on your control in the past but you may find that quite impossible now. Until we’ve run some more tests to determine how much you’ve been affected, there’s no telling how much of your quirk you’ll be able to use at all… if any.”

Tooru blinked slowly at Recovery Girl as she absorbed the words spoken to her.

Her quirk was damaged. Broken. It may even be completely unrepairable. When she was young, she’d almost wished she was quirkless if not for her dream of being a hero. Just like that however, it seemed the universe had granted one wish and stolen away another; Tooru Hagakure was now visible, but there was no telling if she could still be a hero.

The former invisible girl’s lip arced upwards and her chest started convulsing as she tried to hold back the sobs from breaking free as the news settled more and more heavily into her brain. Mina was by her side again, providing the lifeline she desperately needed right now.

“Tooru, listen, listen, it’s gonna be okay. Everything’s gonna be okay. We’ve… we’ve got Eri, remember? If anyone can fix it, it’s her, right?”

Tooru clutched the pinkette’s hand tightly, her watery eyes observing her own skin for the first time without needing to hold her breath as a battle waged in her mind. If they fixed her quirk, would she have to go back to being invisible all the time? They didn’t know if the girl even could rewind people to a safe state yet, not to mention whether she dared go through with it. Her mind was torn and she had no idea what the right thing to do was and it felt like everything was coming at her at once. 

Recovery Girl always hated this part of the job. She watched Tooru break down, unable to hold back her emotions any longer and crumple into Mina’s embrace. There were still tests to be run and therapies to explore but the girl needed to know that a full recovery was out of the question in order to not get her hopes up. She had her own thoughts about using the little girl’s quirk but with such an unknown, it was best to plan for what they did know and take that as fact; anything better would then be a pleasant surprise.

The pinkette comforted her girlfriend as best she could, hugging her tight and rubbing her back with one hand. Honestly, she was thoroughly mixed on the news. Tooru might never be able to use her quirk again, but at least she was alive. Right now, that was the most important thing to the acid user and everything else could be figured out later.


That Thursday morning found Bakugo relaxing alone in his room.

With his arms resting behind his head as he lounged on his bed, one could mistake the boy to be asleep, especially with his eyes closed as they were. Those people would be mistaken however, as the explosive blond was performing a mental exercise.

In his mind, he pictured himself in his battle worn hero outfit as he prepared to make his move. When he saw his opportunity he struck just like he had before and storming forward. Gritting his teeth, he replayed how he’d moved the first time and adjusted himself again, picturing what would’ve happened if he’d chosen a different route, a different tactic, as he snagged Midnight before shooting them both not up the mountain but out to sea around the edge of the island. Was that what he should’ve done?

Annoyingly, he could already see the flaw in this latest plan.

With no coverage once the smokescreen was blown away, he’d make an easy target for that asshole’s laser quirk, especially with his need to protect and carry Midnight away, not to mention how it could prevent the villains from splitting up like they were supposed to.

Opening his eyes with a sneer on his face, Bakugo slammed his hand down in frustration on his mattress.

Over in the corner, where Queen lay on his desk in her cat bed, the rescue lifted her head quickly; her ears back and eyes panicked.

‘Stupid fucker! You were too damn weak!’ Bakugo chided himself mentally, rising to sit on the edge of his bed with his hands clenched tightly. Despite everything, he still couldn’t get the guilt of failing his part of the plan out of his head. He’d tried to play it out many times now and, being his own worst taskmaster, he knew there was only one thing that fit in his head; he wasn’t good enough to save Midnight no matter what.

Pushing himself angrily to his feet, the boy started pacing his room yet again. As much as he didn’t wanted to, he couldn’t get the image of all his classmate’s faces out of his mind from yesterday. Would they be so depressed if he’d just been able to do his fucking job and save one fucking person?! Why did their fucking misery affect him so much now anyway? He’d never cared in the past.

Pausing in his steps, he knew exactly why.

Coming to UA, he’d found others with the same goal as him; to be the best heroes they could be, even if they would never take the top spot. Izuku was one thing, but as the early days wore on he started understanding that he couldn’t just browbeat these idiots into understanding that he and he alone was going to be the best no matter what; the ‘Bakusquad’ chief among them. Kaminari, Sero, Ashido, and Eijiro forced him into this odd friendship and before he knew it they’d endeared themselves to him.

That wasn’t even mentioning how Eijiro had become his boyfriend and Ashido had flipped the script, browbeating him into empathy lessons so really she was probably the most to blame here. Thinking about her hurt though as he knew that, if it wasn’t for him and Eijiro being out on a date on the day of the attack, he might’ve been able to make it to her girlfriend and protect her from that villain.

Just another fucking failure on his part.

“Rargh!” Bakugo kicked his dresser drawers, his breathing rapid and angry despite Hound Dog’s calming lessons ringing in his ears, telling him there were better ways to let off stress than smashing and hitting things.

Queen immediately hissed loudly, backing herself into the corner with her fur standing on end and hackles raised. When Bakugo looked over, despite the distance between them, she took a warning swipe in his direction to let him know what would happen should he come any closer.

The sight of his pet so agitated immediately distracted the boy from his internal rage, taking a few deep breaths to recenter himself as he’d been taught to do.

“Sorry,” he apologised to Queen, though she made no move to drop her guard.

When the councillor’s words finally made themselves loud enough for the blond the listen, he scowled at himself for losing control again. The principal was right and they all needed fucking counselling right now, especially if he was regressing as he was.

Before he could do anything however, he needed to make up for what he just did and, with slow, careful blinks towards Queen, he tried to reassure her in a language she understood that everything was okay. To sweeten things, he grabbed some of her treats and lay them carefully on his desk without getting too close.

Queen seemed to accept the danger had passed for now though as Bakugo tentatively showed her an open palm for her to approach to show he meant no harm she decided to keep her distance much to his disappointment that he reluctantly accepted. She needed space from him right now to feel safe again while he needed to let off some steam, and he knew just how to do it.

It didn’t take long for the boy to emerge from his room after that, dressed not in his casuals but in his gym outfit, and headed for the elevator. If his problem was being too weak to do anything about it then he would spend every ounce of this angry energy improving himself; the damn mutt should be happy with that at least.

Exiting the dorm, the chill of winter was clear in the air and the bracing effect it had helped further break him out of his funk and harden his resolve; sometimes there was nothing like a good workout to release all his frustrations. Stuffing his hands in his pockets, the boy walked quickly to start waking up his muscles for the coming workout.

While he was focused on his own thoughts and feelings, Bakugo was unaware of the two sets of feet walking towards him, their destination initially being the building he was coming from until they spotted him.

His gaze firmly on the ground and lost in his mind, Bakugo almost bowled over the pair, stopping himself short only by the call from one of them.

“Katsuki Bakugo?”

The boy raised his eyes to see who the unlucky fuck was to get between him and his workout. He admittedly needed to take a second to recognise the rather shabby looking bluenette girl before him who looked on the brink of tears while a red-head girl guiding her with an arm around her back seemed to be the one who got his attention.

“That is you, isn’t it?”

“The fuck is it to you?” Bakugo growled out.

“Charming,” the red haired girl deadpanned before turning back to her girlfriend. “Nejire, are you sure you need to talk to him?”

The bluenette didn’t speak, just nodding shakily and giving Yuyu a small squeeze on the arm before stepping forward herself.

“I’ve got better things to than chat so buzz off,” Katsuki scoffed.

Yuyu’s eyes narrowed and a small arc of electricity buzzed between the two pairs of metal earrings she wore.

“Have some fucking empathy you brat,” she sneered, “we lost our homeroom teacher because of y-”

Nejire raised her arm quickly to stop her girlfriend saying anymore, shaking her head with a few stray tears now loosened.

The first year before them didn’t need any more than that and felt his chest tighten as that same feeling of guilt washed over him once more. Reanalysing the two before him, he briefly wondered if they were here for revenge of some sort and took his hands out of his pockets to prepare.

“And why the hell are you looking for me? You fucking blame me for this?!”

“Don’tchu-”

“Yuyu,” Nejire croaked out, stopping any retaliatory remarks from her girlfriend. The red haired girl grudgingly bit her tongue before scowling at the blond one last time.

“Yeah, I know,” she sighed, “just come find me when you’re done, okay hun?” With that, the red head gave her girlfriend a small peck on the cheek before turning and heading back the way she came.

Bakugo watched her with narrowed eyes but she didn’t seem to be hanging around or planning on doubling back. Returning his attention to the other person before him, he watched as the crying bluenette in front of him gathered herself for a moment before speaking again.

“C-Can we talk?”

“About what?” Bakugo tensed.

“M-Miss Midnight.”

If it wasn’t obvious before, it was clear as day now. Bakugo tried to keep his breathing even and not lose to his temper for the second time that day.

“I don’t wanna talk about her,” he dismissed, shoving his hands back in his pockets and moving to walk around the girl. Before he could pass however, Nejire reached out and grasped his arm. The older student was all but asking for a fight at this point and Bakugo glared fiercely into her disdainful gaze only to find none of that, instead, a disarming amount of pleading and sadness in the girl’s eyes.

“P-Please,” she begged, tears beginning to fall again. “Y-You were the last person who saw her… I… I have to know what happened.”

Out of guilt, Bakugo broke his gaze first, now looking down at the ground.

“If you know that, you know enough.”

That line apparently wasn’t what Nejire was looking for. Instead of threats, harsh words, and maybe a fist or quirk use or two, Bakugo found himself surprised by what Nejire said next.

“I… I know you’re h-hurting too, b-but I can’t move on until I know.”

“Know what?” Bakugo got defensive again. “How she died? Why she died? Who to fucking blame for it?!”

Nejire was taken aback by the anger flare and Bakugo’s intense gaze but in his eyes she could finally see why he was so reluctant to grant her request. As the boy’s breathing grew short and sharp as he riled himself up, Nejire instead reached out with an offer he knew he didn’t deserve.

The explosive blond didn’t know if it was surprise or confusion the rendered him silent as Nejire slowly wrapped her arms around him and pulled him into a hug. The sheer audacity alone would have him blowing her up on principle on any other day… but today wasn’t a normal day.

Despite not hugging her back, Bakugo could feel his anger beginning to ebb away in the blunette’s unexpected embrace, leaving only the guilt and sadness he was hoping to crush through a rigorous workout. Gritting his teeth didn’t help him hold his own emotions back in the slightest as he felt his own eyes begin to sting from holding in his tears.

“I… d-don’t know much… b-but I know t-that it’s not your fault,” Nejire spoke softly, rubbing a hand up and down Bakugo’s back in a comforting gesture.

Bakugo’s anger flared again as he pushed Nejire back, snarling at her again.

“You don’t know anything!” He cried, unconsciously shifting into a defensive battle stance. “It was my fault! I was supposed to fucking save her and I… I…” His words died in his throat replaced by a hitch that left him coughing from the mixture of anger, sadness and frustration he was going through.

Nejire watched patiently as the boy spluttered to regain his breath. When he seemed more in control of himself again, his guard lowering after realising how he was standing, she slowly walked forward and offered her hand to him.

In that moment, Bakugo felt himself flash back to that painful moment when Midnight herself had reached out for his hand that would never arrive. Despite the vastly different situation it was now, the blond couldn’t help reaching out and taking Nejire’s hand, even if he didn’t exactly know what it was for.

He quickly found himself tugged along at a gentle pace as Nejire led them both over to a small bench, one of the many that lined the walkways of UA’s paths, and sat down while encouraging him to do the same.

When they were both sitting, Nejire released Bakugo’s hand and the two sat in silence for a few minutes as tears and tempers calmed before either spoke again.

“I k-know Miss Midnight,” the former teacher’s student started. “I-I know she w-wouldn’t be a-angry or b-blame you if you did y-your best. I-I’m sure she… she w-would blame herself for being in that position t-to begin with.”

Bakugo scowled at the floor, unable to turn and look at the girl.

“Doesn’t fucking matter. She got caught… I was supposed to save her… I failed. It… it’s my fault.”

“T-Then tell me.” Nejire stated plainly. “Tell me e-exactly why it’s your fault.”

For a moment, the two returned to silence as Bakugo processed her words. He didn’t know why she was so dead set on learning about how her favourite teacher died and, as the words began spilling from his mouth, he didn’t know if he was speaking because he wanted to definitively prove to her she was wrong to try not blame him but once he started he couldn’t stop.

He detailed everything he could from all he’d heard from Todoroki’s group about how she’d gotten taken down in the first place, to his insistence on being the best one for the job of saving Midnight, to how he had to watch her die to that monster of an All-For-One ripoff.

Through it all, Nejire didn’t speak, instead letting the guilt and regret pour out of Bakugo just like her tears had poured out of her over the past several days.

“… then I blew him up with everything I had! I didn’t care if the bastard died after all that, it would serve him fucking right!” Bakugo breathed heavily after revealing the slightly underplayed last part of his fight with Deku against Nine. “Then I passed the fuck out like a weak, useless fuck.”

Nejire shook her head lightly and thought about giving her lowerclassman a comforting pat on the shoulder before thinking better of it.

“Y-You’re not weak… or useless,” Nejire mumbled as the series of events registered in her head. “I-It sounds like y-you saved a lot of people t-together.”

“But not fucking all of them!” Bakugo growled, though it didn’t hold the same bite as before.

“No,” Nejire nodded sadly, sniffing as another tear rolled down her face.

Bakugo glanced over at the girl who now appeared to be resuming the waterworks after briefly forgetting them during his self-flagellating explanation.

“I’m… I’m sor… sorry,” he mumbled, bracing himself for her mood shift that he now felt like she had every justification for.

Nejire nodded shakily, her crying having picked up again only for her to clear her throat as best she could and try to steady her breathing.

“Th-Thank you… for telling me. It… it sounded like she fought until…”

Bakugo remembered Midnight slamming her head back into Chimera’s snout despite her injuries and activating her own quirk, producing much more gas than he’d seen either at the sports festival or during Sero’s end of term exam.

“She… fought like hell,” Bakugo agreed sullenly.

“M-Miss Midnight… she talked to us about um… field deaths,” Nejire explained slowly, “she said she was always ready for it, they could come at any time for anyone and it won’t be fair… it’ll never be f-fair…” she sniffled again, wiping her tears with her wrist.

“No shit,” Bakugo muttered.

Throwing caution to the wind, Nejire rested her hand on Bakugo’s knee, getting the blond’s attention in the form of a raised eyebrow and a sideways glance.

“Thank y-you… so much… that… it really helps,” she shot him what little smile she could muster.

Bakugo just snorted and returned his gaze to the ground.

“Whatever.”

“I… I still d-don’t think it’s your fault.”

For just a moment, Bakugo believed her, only for his guilt and pride to try and firmly reject that thought.

“How could you fucking not?!” Bakugo growled. “I laid it out in black and fucking white.”

“Y-You can’t blame someone for trying their b-best,” Nejire explained simply.

In the back of his mind, Bakugo could feel the familiar paranoia of someone looking down on him. This blue-haired idiot was supposedly a member of the ‘big three’ despite what he considered an unimpressive performance from her during their joint training session. Was she pitying him?! Did she think she could’ve done better?!

Bakugo gripped his hands into fists again but couldn’t muster any real strength behind his grip. If she did look down on him and blame him, wasn’t that exactly what he wanted by telling her? He was supposed to be the best and the best didn’t make excuses.

“My best wasn’t fucking good enough,” he let off some small pops in his hands, the force tingling in his palm. “That’s the first and last time it’s gonna fucking happen!”

“Is t-that why you were going t-to train?” Nejire asked curiously.

The explosive blond figured her for an airhead before but clearly she had a brain under all that hair somewhere.

“S’what the workout shit is for,” he gestured to his clothes.

Nejire nodded in understanding.

“I… I don’t um… feel like training or… anything right now,” she sighed deeply. “but… if you want, we can train together sometime.”

Bakugo quirked a brow, a tad curious. “What the fuck can you offer?”

“You’re an emitter like me,” Nejire lifted a hand and twirled a finger, a weak spiral of energy leaping off of it before dissipating into the air. “I-If you want to get stronger faster… I-I know a few tricks that could h-help.”

There was that word that Bakugo so despised, ‘help’. He was supposed to be the next number one, he shouldn’t ever need help; he would be the one giving it by defeating all the villains.

At least, that’s how he used to think. Now, after everything he and his class had been through, he knew that there was much more out there that he couldn’t’ve comprehended when he was younger. If he tried to fight Nine on his own without Izuku’s help, they would’ve lost outright and likely joined Midnight in the afterlife. No, accepting help now wasn’t a matter of pride anymore. Other people knew shit he didn’t and he’d be an idiot and a dead man if he continued to reject any insight or guidance that didn’t mesh with his world view.

Still, was this purely something out of some weird form of goodwill, or was this senior going to use it as an excuse to try and knock him around to take out her own frustrations.

“Why the fuck do you wanna do that?”

Nejire bit her lip and breathed deeply.

“B-Because h-helping you get better i-is something Miss M-Midnight would’ve wanted.” Bakugo’s mouth dropped open slightly at Nejire’s confusing explanation. Before he could retort, Nejire continued. “Y-You couldn’t save h-her… a-and I know that i-if it was anyone else, s-she would be helping you t-through this so y-you don’t have to go through this again.”

Bakugo grit his teeth. He hadn’t known the teacher as well as some of his classmates, but even that small bit of advice she’d given him during the mall trip had clued him in on how caring the woman probably was towards everyone she cared about. Of course her class would know this better than anyone so he had no reason to doubt the bluenette’s words any longer.

“Fix your own shit first, then we’ll talk,” Bakugo stated bluntly, pushing himself to his feet. “I’m gonna go blast some shit into dust.”

Silence returned apart from Nejire trying to stem her tears once and for all, cleaning up her face as best she could with her sleeves and breathing deeply.

“Okay… o-okay, I should um… go see Yuyu,” Nejire stated.

“Like I care,” Bakugo rolled his eyes before finally continuing on his way to the gym.

While his encounter with the senior had been completely unexpected, it certainly gave him a lot to think about as he moved past this. He couldn’t mope around forever because of one person’s death but he wouldn’t forget her either.


Tsuyu Asui was trying not to worry.

Normally she was very good at this but today she’d decided to do something that had been on her mind for a while.

After waking up sandwiched between her loving boyfriend and one of her adorable girlfriends, she was gearing up to tell her parents about them both. Once they’d all awoken and spent just a little bit of time enjoying the morning snuggles together, Tsuyu had ordered them away to get washed and dressed; they’d all been a bit sloppy over the past few days since returning from Nabu and this was a good excuse to catch up on their grooming.

Dressed in a cute, somewhat frilly green top with a nice green skirt, Tsuyu checked herself over yet again in her mirror for any major blemishes. She almost jumped when Ochako re-entered her room looking much more vibrant and alive.

“Everything nearly ready?” Ochako asked, a nervous lilt in her own voice as she admired her girlfriend.

“Nearly, ribbit,” Tsuyu glanced over at her laptop that was currently displaying the call software she and her parents used. “They should be free soon.”

“Right,” Ochako took a calming breath, brushing herself down and trying to look calmer than she felt. It was one thing to show Tsuyu off to her parents but it was another to be presented to someone else’s. She’d cleaned up as best she could, putting on a cute pink top that extended down to her elbows and didn’t show quite so much chest, along with a pair of warming black leggings covered by a cyan skirt, trying to wear something that would complement both Tsuyu and Izuku’s green theme.

The frog girl could clearly see she wasn’t the only nervous one and stepped away from her mirror to take Ochako’s hands.

“Don’t worry, ribbit, you look great.”

“Thanks,” Ochako blushed lightly, feeling the familiar butterflies stir in her stomach for the first time in a while.

As the two shared a kiss, Tsuyu’s door opened again and Izuku stepped in. The pair turned to greet their boyfriend and, while he’d cleaned up well, they couldn’t help but roll their eyes at what he was wearing. Despite the blue hoodie with All Might brand logo attached to it that the girls didn’t overly mind due to its popularity and relative subtleness, they felt the need to upgrade their boyfriend’s collection of shirts if his white ‘dress shirt’ T-shirt was still something he considered fashionable. Luckily it was only a minor thing with his look finished with a set of black cargo shorts that weren’t entirely appropriate for the weather but they had no plans to leave the dorms today so it’d be fine.

“Hey, I’m here,” he smiled at the pair, though they could both spot his own nervousness a mile away.

“We’ve got to find you something cuter to wear,” Ochako chuckled, tapping the words on Izuku’s chest as he drew close.

“What’s wrong with this? You think they won’t like it? Should I go change?” Izuku felt panic creeping in.

“Its fine, ribbit,” Tsuyu shook her head before pulling her boyfriend in for a kiss to calm him down. “But Ochako’s right, maybe we should find something a bit more stylish for you to show you off a bit more. Maybe something skin-tight like Ochako’s hero gear?”

“Down girl!” Ochako swatted her girlfriend who giggled after accepting her lumps.

Izuku chuckled along with them and shook his head. He never paid overly close attention to the stuff her wore, he’d just picked out shirts a while ago he found amusing. Maybe they could do another shopping trip over Christmas break? Though once more he was reminded of their recent loss since Midnight would no longer be available to escort them.

Dismissing the unpleasant thoughts for now, he glanced over at the laptop with apprehension as he remembered the last time he’d met Mr and Mrs Asui. They’d seemed nice enough back then but that could all change when they discovered he and Ochako were dating their daughter. Hopefully Tsuyu’s dad wouldn’t be as troublesome as Tooru’s regarding the ‘shovel talk’ as Mina had reported.

“It’s nearly time, could you two go sit over there please?” Tsuyu asked politely, pointing out her neat bedspread, remade during the tidying of her room before the other two had gotten back.

“No problem,” Ochako nodded, taking Izuku’s hand and tugging him along so they would be out of frame of the webcam.

Stepping over to her laptop, Tsuyu sent her parents a small prompt to remind them she was ready whenever they were. The trio sat in patient silence for a few moments before the girl got a response.

This was it, their last chance to all back out.

Tsuyu looked over at her partners who were watching her carefully, with anxious yet happy faces on and their hands clasped together for comfort. Taking a breath, the frog girl hit the ‘call’ button as the ringing tone echoed in her quiet room as everyone held their breath.

It didn’t take too long for the call to be answered and, sure enough, there was Ganma and Beru Asui pictured on the other end of the line dressed in more casual clothes than the last time Tsuyu had seen them.

“Morning dear,” Tsuyu’s mother called out first, taking in her daughter’s appearance and breathing a subtle sigh of relief. With all the news swirling around about Nabu, she was worried her daughter as all hero-in-training parents were but she was glad to finally see her girl safe and sound despite the text assurances. “It’s good to see you, ribbit.”

“How you holding up pet?” Her dad asked before letting out a loud yawn that caused his mouth to open way larger than any person’s should. It was a quirk of his toad physiology and even Tsuyu felt just a bit weird seeing that much of her father’s mouth every time.

“Cover your mouth when you yawn,” Beru scolded the man who looked suitably chided.

“Sorry,” he apologised sheepishly, “long night.”

Tsuyu giggled at the display, grateful for how utterly normal this all felt, as though nothing had changed from before her trip.

“I’m doing fine,” Tsuyu replied, shaking her head fondly. “You’re both off now right?”

“Got in last night, croak,” Ganma stifled another yawn. “We’re both off for the holidays for a little bit now. First thing we did was catch up on sleep.”

“Clearly you still need more,” Tsuyu’s mother rolled her eyes. “How about you dear, are you off school now? Your siblings are still at school until Friday.”

“Yes but for… different reasons,” Tsuyu admitted sadly. Her parent’s demeanours clearly changed as they detected their daughter’s sadness. Though details were sketchy about what exactly happened in Nabu right now, they did know that one of their daughter’s teachers died in the fighting.

“Are you holding up okay, do you need anything from us?” Beru asked carefully.

“No, I’ll be fine,” Tsuyu shook her head. “The school’s got us set up for counselling and stuff so we’ll all be covered there.”

The two parents shared a look that Tsuyu instantly knew meant they didn’t fully believe their daughter. Their little girl had been a wonder of self-sufficiency in the past and hoped she wasn’t just putting on more of the same now. 

“Still, don’t think we won’t help if we can, croak,” Ganma stated. “You’re still our little girl after all.”

“Just let us know if anything comes up, okay dear, ribbit?” Beru concurred.

“Thanks guys.” Tsuyu felt a touch of relief at their words. “There um… there is something you can help with right now actually; it’s part of why I wanted to call.”

Both Beru and Ganma’s eyebrows raised but said nothing, waiting for their daughter to continue.

Her chest tightening with what she was about to do, Tsuyu looked over at her bed and extended one hand out before calling one of her partners.

“Izuku? Could you come over here?”

The greenette raised his own brows, a touch confused as he figured Tsuyu would want to introduce both him and Ochako at once, the look on the brunette’s face telling him she thought the same. Still, Ochako gave him a nudge to stand as he nervously made his way over to his froggy girlfriend in full view of her parents.

The first thing he could spy was the very wide smile Beru was now sporting along with the large grin that Ganma was unashamedly wearing, the pair clearly figuring out things without their daughter’s confirmation.

“Hello again son, you doing good, croak?” Ganma called out before Tsuyu could get another word in.

“Y-Yeah, I’m doing alright Mr Asui,” Izuku bowed politely behind Tsuyu as her hand intertwined with his.

“Mom, dad, you know Izuku from before.”

“I believe we do,” Beru grinned, examining the young man she’d had an inkling about.

“Well… he’s now my boyfriend,” Tsuyu stated.

To Izuku’s surprise, Beru’s smile managed to grow even wider while Ganma let out a loud set of laughs.

“Clearly you don’t seem very surprised, ribbit,” Tsuyu chuckled along with them.

“After last time, it was clear to us there was something more between you two,” Beru admitted. Izuku recalled the small amount of teasing his girlfriend endured from her mother at the end of the last call he was a part of before they’d gotten together. He’d fully admit it made him a little hopeful Tsuyu returned some of the burgeoning feelings he was experiencing at the time.

“I think we’re just glad you found someone like him,” Ganma laughed, though Beru gave him a wary side-eye. Tsuyu quirked a brow at that.

“What do you mean?”

“Well he’s clearly a good match for you given how much he cared about your wellbeing before,” Beru tried to explain.

“You’d only just met and he saved your life so you said,” Ganma nodded.

Once again, Izuku flushed, he’d just done what anyone would’ve done in that situation.

“That was kind of notable,” Tsuyu squeezed her boyfriend’s hand, “but that wasn’t the only thing that brought us together.”

“It doesn’t matter in the end does it?” Ganma smiled warmly. “I’m just relieved you’re over your phase and found someone respectable.”

For a moment, no one said anything as Tsuyu processed her father’s words while Beru visibly grimaced at his obtuseness.

“My ‘phase’?” Tsuyu asked with a warning tone in her voice.

“With that weird girl from before,” Ganma pulled a face at the memory. “Always freaked me out. Glad you’ve grown up and figured out things shouldn’t be that way.”

Izuku could feel Tsuyu’s grip on his hand tighten, glancing subtly over at Ochako for help with the situation but the brunette was just rooted to her seat with a worried look on her face.

“Just to be clear,” Tsuyu’s voice was colder now as she spoke. “Do you mean me dating her specifically, or her as a girl?”

“Well the birds and the bees talk isn’t for nothing, croak,” her dad rolled his eyes. “How else are you gonna make your own tadpoles? Certainly not with her or any other woma- Ow!”

Beru, clearly frustrated with her husband’s rant, had kicked him hard under the table but the damage had already been done. Tsuyu felt her walls going back up as her negative emotions tried to bleed through at the damage her father’s words had already done.

“Tsu?” Izuku called softly, placing his other hand on the girl’s shoulder, only for his girlfriend to ignore him completely.

“You don’t think girls can find love together?” Tsuyu asked robotically, all emotion having been stripped from her voice.

“Uh,” Ganma looked awkwardly between his wife and his daughter as he was torn between answering and keeping his trap shut. “Well, I guess they can but that’s not what uh…”

“Not what I was supposed to do?” Tsuyu finished for him, her eyes narrowing.

“I-It doesn’t matter now anyway,” Ganma tried to brush everything aside. “T-Tell us more about how you and Izuku got together.”

“… Fine.” Tsuyu said coldly before releasing her boyfriend’s hand. Izuku knew Tsuyu wasn’t going to drop things that easily though and braced himself for the fallout as Tsuyu extended her same hand to Ochako.

The girl herself hesitated at first, if only because she was worried about what her girlfriend was planning, but when Tsuyu looked over at her with angry yet pleading eyes, she stood and hurried over to her before clasping her hand much like Izuku had before.

Both Ganma and Beru looked taken aback at a third person being present on the other end of the call but they didn’t have to wait long for an explanation.

“This is Ochako, she is also my classmate,” Tsuyu began, her resolve set. Ochako gave a small and very nervous wave as she appeared onscreen with what smile she could manage in this situation. “Before anything happened with Izuku, she captured my heart first and I confessed to her. We’ve been girlfriends for months now. We both know how amazing and wonderful Izuku is though, so we both asked him to join us in a polyamorous relationship and he agreed. Now we’re all together. Clear enough for you dad?”

Ganma looked a suitable mix of shocked and taken aback as Beru’s eyebrows raced for her hairline. The older toad man gaped for a few moments, his mouth opening and closing uselessly as he tried to process exactly what was happening.

“Tsuyu? Dear?” Beru called softly to her daughter. “You… you know that’s not how this works.”

“Do I look like I care?” Tsuyu shot back, clearly finding little support in her mother. “These two are my boyfriend and girlfriend and we’re committed to making us work.”

Ganma had recovered by now and shook his head dismissively.

“Stop being such a child,” he scolded her. “You can’t marry both so stop playing around.”

“I refer you to my earlier point,” Tsuyu replied with her own dismissive tone.

“Tsuyu, your father is right about that, ribbit,” Beru acknowledged. “What’s going to happen when you um… three want to make things official on paper and have kids?”

“We’ll just have them when we want them,” Tsuyu shrugged. “We don’t have to be married to have kids.”

“You’ll do no such thing,” Ganma said, his anger rising now. “This isn’t how we raised you!”

Tsuyu felt her jaw clench and her breathing hitch as all her memories of lonely days after school came back to her.

“You didn’t raise me much at all!” Tsuyu beat him to it, her voice elevated and her eyes full of tears. “You both worked so much while I had to stay at home and take care of Samidare and Satsuki like you should’ve been! Do you know how many friends I lost because I couldn’t hang out? Because I either had to train or take care of my siblings? Do you even care?!”

“Tsuyu, that’s not fair, we-” Beru started only for Tsuyu to interrupt.

“No, what’s not fair is you thinking you have any say in who I love!” The frog girl shouted angrily. “I don’t wanna talk to you again until you grow up and accept that.”

Her father was clearly gearing up for a rebuttal, opening his mouth wide but Tsuyu was faster, ending the call quickly with a click of the mouse.

Silence reigned in the room for a few moments as the three UA students didn’t move.

It was only when Tsuyu began sniffling as she began breaking down that Izuku and Ochako swooped down to cuddle the girl between them. Before they could get too into comforting their girlfriend, her laptop began ringing with a call from her parents. Ochako took the liberty of moving the mouse over and declining the call. When they tried again, Izuku just shut the laptop as they tried to reassure the green haired girl as best they could.

“I’m… really sorry Tsu,” Ochako held Tsuyu’s head close as she clutched her hand tightly. “I wish that could’ve gone better.”

Izuku nodded along, holding the frog girl’s other hand, not quite knowing what he could say to comfort her after all that.

“I- I thought they supported me, I thought they understood m-me, ribbit,” Tsuyu cried. “I shouldn’t’ve bothered.”

Ochako grimaced, watching Tsuyu go through exactly what she was afraid of for herself from what felt like years ago now.

“It’s… it’s going to be okay Tsu,” Izuku cuddled up to her, hoping to ease her pain with a staunch reminder. “We’re not going anywhere, you’ll always have us no matter what.”

That seemed only to make Tsuyu sob harder as the pair decided to move her to a more comfortable position where they could comfort her more easily. Lifting the girl with Ochako’s quirk, they guided the weightless girl through the air and onto the edge of the bed as they wrapped her in two sets of arms, snuggling her tightly.

Across the room, back at Tsuyu’s desk, a small chime rang out which Ochako and Izuku noticed came from the girl’s phone. They were more than content to ignore it but Tsuyu had other ideas, her tongue shooting out and snagging the device before bringing it back to her.

“Um, Tsu? Maybe you shouldn’t-” Ochako began suggesting, but Tsuyu was already opening the text she’d been sent. All three looked down at the device and read carefully as Beru’s thoughts and feelings about the situation were on display to the trio.

Mom: Tsuyu, I understand you are angry and frustrated right now. Please forgive your father as you know he’s always been more… conservative in his views. When you were younger, he was very upset about you and your former female friend attempting a relationship together but I managed to get him to ignore it as best I could. I think he’s always had his heart set on you marrying a boy and starting a proper family together so he can spoil your grandkids when he retires. You know how stubborn your father can be sometimes. Perhaps it’d be best if you don’t come home for New Year’s to give you both some time to cool off.

The froggy hero in training had no intention on celebrating the new year with her parents before the text but that the door was being closed in both directions still hurt.

Tossing her phone at the ground where it thankfully bounced harmlessly on her rug before skidding across the floor, Tsuyu broke into greater sobs as she felt the gap between her and her family growing ever wider with each passing second.

Once more, all Izuku and Ochako could do was comfort Tsuyu and try to help her through this. With a brief look to each other followed by a nod, they both wondered if it was smart to hold off telling any more of their parents.

“W-Why is everything going w-wrong?” Tsuyu asked rhetorically between tears.

“Everything’s gonna be fine Tsu,” Ochako cooed. “We’re still together, and we’ll always have each other.”

The frog girl snorted derisively.

“Not if Momo’s p-parents get their way.”

“Well we’re not going to let them,” Izuku assured her. “No matter what they or the world thinks, we’re never going to give you up for anything.”

“You…” Tsuyu sniffed sadly, “you can’t say that for sure.”

“Don’t try to doubt us now,” Ochako cradled the girl’s head again. “Look at all we’ve been through so far and come out the other end. We’re all gonna support Izuku if the uh… time comes, we’re gonna get Momo out of her shitty parent’s hold, Tooru’s gonna wake up and be okay, and we’re gonna be one big happy family at the end of this, with or without other people’s permission. That’s what you want, right?”

Tsuyu slowly nodded but it still didn’t ease the pain she was currently feeling.

Much to everyone’s surprise, at that moment, Izuku’s phone started ringing from his pocket.

There was a moment of concern and dread as he wondered if the Asui’s had somehow managed to contact his mother. Pulling out his phone however saw his worry fade but his confusion rise when he saw the number listed as the principal’s office.

“O-Oh, uh…” he turned the phone to show the girls. Ochako made an awkward face and gestured down at Tsuyu but his other girlfriend was having none of it.

“Just answer it,” Tsuyu stated, wiping her eyes. “It could be important.”

With an apologetic look, Izuku reluctantly accepted the call.

“Hello, Principal Nezu?”

“Ah, good afternoon Mr Midoriya, how are you doing today?” Nezu’s somewhat cheerful voice squeaked through the speaker.

“Um… I’ve been better sir,” Izuku replied honestly, considering both the recent state of the whole class and today’s disheartening events.

“Understandable,” Nezu sympathised with his student, though not quite realising the depth of his issues right now. “I’m sorry to bother you at such a time but I would like to request your presence in my office as soon as you’re able.”

Izuku grimaced, Nezu picked a really bad time for whatever he wanted. “Sorry but um… I’m a little busy right now, could we talk another time?”

“I’m afraid I must insist Mr Midoriya,” Nezu replied with sympathy in his tone. “I wouldn’t ask if I didn’t consider this important enough to disturb you during this time as it is.”

The boy let out a frustrated sigh before covering the receiver and looking back at his girlfriends.

“Nezu’s insisting,” he updated them, figuring they got the gist of everything so far, “if you don’t want me to go then I’ll-”

“Just go, ribbit,” Tsuyu shook her head, “Its n-not like we can do anything about this. I’ll be- I-I’ll be fine with ‘Chako.”

Izuku looked worriedly at his girlfriend before glancing at Ochako for her input.

“Go see what he wants then come straight back,” the brunette ordered, hoping to take control of this little situation and make things as simple and easy as possible.

The greenette nodded firmly before returning his attention to his phone.

“I’ll be there soon sir,” Izuku replied before moving to hang up.

“One moment Midoriya!” Nezu’s voice rang out before he could close the connection. “Could you please bring along some of those delightful notebooks I've heard so much about?”

“Is that really pertinent sir?”

“Quite,” Nezu replied enthusiastically.

Unable to hold back the sigh of frustration, Izuku replied, “Okay sir, I’ll go get them now if there’s nothing else.”

“Thank you Mr Midoriya, I shall await your arrival,” the principal replied, either missing or ignoring Izuku’s minor attitude.  

With the call ended, Izuku let out a groan of annoyance before turning back to Tsuyu.

“I’m sorry,” he caressed her arm as she continued wiping away the new tears that appeared. “I’ll be back as soon as I can be.”

The green haired girl just shrugged and leant more into Ochako, the brunette looking equal parts awkward and annoyed.

“Make sure you tell him just how bad his timing is!” She shot towards her boyfriend. Izuku nodded, knowing he may get a bit lippy with the principal in his current state and hoped it wouldn’t be enough to get him kicked out of UA.

Rising from his spot, Izuku leant down and gave Tsuyu one last snuggle and kiss on her forehead before doing the same to Ochako, only kissing her on the lips instead.

“I’ll be back soon,” he assured them again as he hurried over to Tsuyu’s door and heading out.

Free from his girlfriend’s eyes, Izuku allowed his secret anger and irritated at everything show on his face; today was shaping up to be just one of those days and he was tempted to blow off the principal and just spent the rest of it comforting Tsuyu. Reluctantly, Izuku hurried back to his room and snatched up his last three hero analysis books as requested before departing the dorm.


Once Izuku was in the cool winter air, he decided getting a minor reprimand was worth it and powered up his Full Cowling to a small degree before leaping directly for the main building. The sky was quite dark despite only being midday and it looked like they may be wise to expect rain soon. Still, there was no time to double back for a jacket right now as he’d only be outside for a few moments.

After landing on a patch of grass by the main entrance walkway, he turned and headed for the doors. As he moved, he became very aware that he stood out like a sore thumb. Classes were cancelled for him and his friends but everyone else seemed to be experiencing the last week of school as normal.

Dressed in only his casuals compared to everyone else’s school uniform, it was probably clear to them all which class he was from; he could practically feel their looks of intrigue, pity, and anger as he passed and he cursed the principal in his head for summoning him at lunchtime.

Thankfully he wasn’t accosted before he arrived at his destination and, as expected, the principal’s door opened as he approached.

“Ah, Mr Midoriya, earlier than I expected!” Nezu smiled warmly in greeting with his office door swinging shut once Izuku had stepped into the room.

“Good afternoon sir,” Izuku offered a small polite bow as he hurried over to the desk and placed his three workbooks down in front of the principal. “What do you need to talk to me about?”

Nezu quirked a brow at the boy’s directness, noting his slightly twitchy demeanour and, though he concealed it well, annoyed expression.

“I presume I caught you at a bad time?”

“You could say that sir,” Izuku replied curtly.

“Then I’ll be as brief as I can, though you may wish to take a seat for all the things we need to discuss, do you mind?” Nezu acknowledged, picking up the most recent book of Izuku’s judging by the number on the cover.

“Go ahead sir,” Izuku gave the principal permission who enthusiastically began flicking through several pages. Glancing back, Izuku decided to accept the principal’s offer for seating, though he remained on the edge as if he was ready to leave on a moment’s notice.

He sat anxiously for several minutes as Nezu continued to thumb through his book, emitting a few chuckles and sounds on intrigue the more he read. Before Izuku could ask if they could hurry up and get to the reason why he’d been called in the first place, the chimera set down the notebook with a pleasant smile on his face before straightening himself up.

“My apologies for the brief delay, it’s been a while since I enjoyed such an intriguing book like that.”

‘Did he read it all already?!’ Izuku wondered with a touch of incredulousness.

Setting the journal to the side along with the other two, Nezu returned his attention to the boy before him.

“Firstly, as you may know Mr Midoriya, I’ve been doing an investigation into everything that happened on Nabu. Once more I wish to both commend you and your class for your reactions and dedication to the people of the island as well as the profession you wish to join.”

“Uh, thank you sir?” Izuku raised a brow, hoping he wasn’t just here for that.

“You’re most welcome,” Nezu nodded back. “In my enquiry, I couldn’t help but note that there were many of your peers that spoke of you in high regard concerning the attack, and not just for your efforts in defeating the one known as ‘Nine’. There were several students who believed that your assistance in understanding their quirks better was key to their ability to provide the best support they could during such a difficult time.”

“I… I didn’t do much,” Izuku brushed the unexpected compliment off. “A-Analysing quirks was always a hobby of mine, I just gave them some pointers.”

“Pointers you’ve continued to give over a number of recent training sessions too,” Nezu turned his computer screen so Izuku could see footage of himself during the joint training session with 1-B where he was surrounded by others looking for feedback on their match. “It would be remiss of me not to note you’ve become a clear leader in your class despite holding neither position of class representative.”

“I-I’m not trying to sir,” Izuku replied, hoping he wasn’t stepping too much on Iida or Momo’s toes in that regard. “T-They just all want to get better and um… I made a few useful suggestions. They’re the ones that put all the work in.”

“That they did, as evidence by my commending of you all,” Nezu agreed. “Regarding this however, I believe it important to recognise particular skills when students show it. With your class finding themselves in as much trouble as they are this year, and after having read your very thorough notes, I would like to formally request you continue your analysis efforts.”

“Um… I mean… I can keep working with them if they want,” Izuku shrugged.

“Marvellous, though this is more than just a simple request to ‘keep it up’,” Nezu explained. “As you have surely noted by now, UA has extensive resources to help our students achieve their dreams to become true heroes and give them all the tools they need to succeed as best they can. While we allow our teachers to approach your education with a much more lenient approach than many other institutions, as you can imagine, even we cannot cater to every student so personally to work with them and their quirk on such an insightful level. Your efforts have improved your class’ performance in ways I hope to replicate with others and to that end, I would like to request a full replication of all the other hero course’s quirks and potential improvements sometime in the new term.”

“O-Oh…” Izuku’s eyebrows rose.

“You seem to have a gift for helping draw more of the potential out of your classmates than Aizawa or the other teachers alone. I fear this is somewhat of a failing for us right now but it is one I plan to rectify come the new school year,” Nezu explained. “So, what do you say?”

That was quite the request from the principal, one that would surely benefit his skills. However, he was well aware that it would also use up a lot of time, time he would be putting aside in the coming days to push himself even harder to master his quirk than ever before. Had the request been made prior to their most recent trip, Izuku was certain he would’ve jumped at the chance to extend his knowledge on his peer’s quirks and break them all down.

“Sir, I’m… sorry but… I have to decline,” Izuku replied nervously.

“Oh?” Nezu tilted his head.

“If… if all we had to worry about was normal school stuff then yeah, I’d be more than happy to help. But um… after everything sir? I need to focus on myself. I couldn’t beat Nine without Bakugo’s help doing something really risky. It... it worked out but I can’t count on that happening again. Next time, I might be alone and, if I’m not strong enough because I didn’t focus when I should’ve, we could all lose a great deal more.”

“You’re worried that Shigaraki or All-For-One are still plotting something, aren’t you?” Nezu asked curiously.

“Yes sir,” Izuku admitted. “You know about One-For-All sir, n-not to be selfish but I think you understand how important it is that I master it quickly.”

“That I do Mr Midoriya,” Nezu agreed with a sigh. “But I cannot neglect our other students either. Any one of them could also make a difference enough for us to succeed should the worst return. Forgive my selfish request but a talent like yours is not easy to come by so I had to ask,” he tapped on the notebooks.

Izuku understood that much, Nezu was known for his intelligence and he’d be a fool not using a particular resource to its fullest, even if it was one of his students and not his teachers.

“Though um… I do have some older notebooks that may help,” Izuku noted, still wanting to help where he could. “I watched the sports festival every year before UA so I may have some things in there that could be helpful, though they may be a touch out of date and useless at this point.”

“Do not worry about that, if there’s even one nugget of useful information for any of our students in there I would consider this request a success,” Nezu assured him. “With that out of the way, that brings us to our second topic of discussion for today and I’m afraid it relates to the villain you worked so hard to defeat.”

“Nine?” Izuku grimaced, his anxiety rising.

“I’m afraid so,” Nezu nodded before hopping down from his chair and walking around the desk to stand in front of the boy. “The HPSC has been notably silent throughout this past week, something you and your friends may have noticed and for good reason. I suspect they are likely debating on how to deal with this latest event that doesn’t paint them in a bad light. While they have three villains in custody, I suspect they are debating about how to deal with the news about Nine and whether they confirm his existence at all or cover it up.”

The green haired boy blinked in confusion. Covering up the true events was nothing new to him, especially after Hosu, but there was something about what Nezu said that wasn’t adding up.

“Um… sir? T-There were four villains in total.”

“Yes, there were,” Nezu braced himself for the delicate news he needed to impart. “However, it seems that after you and Mr Bakugo clashed with him for the final time, no one has been able to locate Nine’s body; alive or otherwise.”

“W-Wait,” Izuku felt a touch of panic creeping in. “Is he still out there?!”

“Calm yourself Midoriya. I’m afraid the much more likely result is that his body could not withstand his supposed ailment any longer and he unfortunately succumbed to his injuries beneath the waves.”

“Then… then we… then I…” Izuku’s eyes widened at the implication.

“It is unpleasant to think about, and something I wish you never had to experience, especially after all you’ve been through already, but it is my belief that Nine died shortly after your combined efforts to protect Katsuma and all the other citizens of the island.”

The news rested uneasily in Izuku’s mind, as small measure of numbness overcoming his body as he zoned out, his mind over-processing. The word ‘Murderer’ which applied to the villain, now applied to him.

“I’m a… I… I killed-”

“Do not go down that hole Izuku Midoriya.” Nezu reached out and placed a reassuring paw on Izuku’s knee to draw him back to the moment. “I know how hard you are on yourself and your actions on Nabu were those of a hero doing his best despite everything. Sometimes, as heroes, we cannot save everyone and while that typically means those we are unable to prevent natural disasters and villains from harming civilians, it can also apply to the villains themselves.”

Izuku looked up into the Chimera’s beady eyes that held a great deal more depth than one might expect from the man.

“There is a significant difference in doing the wrong thing for the right reasons. Though I am loathe to entertain the idea, what you have unfortunately encountered is a real world example of the ‘trolley problem’. Without your action, hundreds, if not thousands would have died. With your action, you changed its course and only the one who would cause that much death did instead. I wholly appreciate that it may not change anything regarding the situation itself, but you must understand your actions in context are vastly different to those you are likely comparing yourself to right now.”

The boy nodded slowly, his mind indeed going down that path. Through his actions, Nine was likely dead. He’d caused that. With One-For-All. A quirk that was designed to protect and defend. Even when he thought he was using it correctly with the best of intentions, it had still backfired in a way he was always so careful to try and avoid when fighting anyone. Aizawa had always taught them that the world was unfair, that there wouldn’t be a way to just knock the trolley off the rails and save everyone. It seems he was right.

“Are… are they going to arrest me?” Izuku asked warily.

“Unlikely,” Nezu replied simply. “Especially if they try to bury things like I know they would. However, come Saturday evening, they will not be able to deny anything regarding this incident,” his fur bristled.

“Then what if they do…”

“Everything will be okay Midoriya,” Nezu assured the boy. “You are a student of UA and I will defend you with every ounce of my power should they come seeking you on some technicality. You did the right thing that day despite all the hardship you and your class have been through. I will be holding a small conference in front of UA where I will reveal everything to the press whether they like it or not. Rest assured that I will cover for yours and Bakugo’s unique useage of One-For-All. If they’re going to target anyone for this, it’s going to be me.”

The One-For-All inheritor nodded slowly, looking down at his battered and scarred hands briefly. Since coming back, he’d noticed the damage to his hands had been just as Recovery Girl had warned him; when touching anything, even holding his loved ones close, he couldn’t feel them as much as he used to.

In a way, he considered it a fitting punishment even if Nezu and likely many others would have him believe he did the right thing.

“Um… Ba-Bakugo… does… does he know?” He mumbled.

“I have not yet informed Mr Bakugo about Nine’s fate, though I dare say he’ll be a tad more unfazed by it,” Nezu noted. “This is partly why I urge you to see and speak to Hound Dog or one of the other councillors when you can. I understand this is a very difficult time for you all and if you need anything please do not hesitate to contact me for it, even if it seems insignificant and inane.”

“I’ll… I’ll try to keep that in mind sir,” Izuku nodded robotically.

Nezu’s lips thinned in concern.

“Would you like me to call Recovery Girl or Hound Dog now?” The principal asked.

“No… I’ll… I’ll be fine,” Izuku replied again with a little more emotion in his voice now.

Nezu didn’t have to be a genius to work out that Izuku was very much not okay. The boy had a very clear idea of what being a hero meant and it seemed that he thought himself unfit for that role anymore. He’d seen it a number of times in his years in hero education; a student could make one mistake, one slip up, and it would haunt them for the rest of their time until they gave up or… worse.

Moving round to his desk again, Nezu pushed his chair aside to reveal a small stool he kept obscured from normal view. He moved it around to the front of his desk and placed it before Izuku, taking a seat to get more comfortable as he tried to help the boy work through this. Until he was assured Izuku wouldn’t do something foolish, he’d keep him here as long as it took.

“Izuku, may I call you that?”

The boy just shrugged.

“Izuku, I know this is a lot to take in. There’s not a word I can say that can likely change how you feel about this. Death is something we all must consider in this field despite how the media portrays it otherwise. Every time we step out on patrol, it could be our last. Every time we fight a villain, one wrong move could cost either of us our lives, or worse, that of a bystander. Every time I send you students out to a work study or internship could be the last we see you. That sort of thing weighs hard on even the most optimistic of us at times. Even All Might isn’t immune to it.”

That seemed to catch Izuku’s attention at least so Nezu kept along that line.

“Do you think All Might was simply trying to arrest All-For-One when they fought previously? Both times, I can assure you, All Might was doing everything he could to end his terror once and for all.”

The greenette nodded slowly. He’d understood that when All Might had told him but, in some part of his mind, he figured he’d be able to do more; to be better. He was supposed to be All Might’s successor, supposed to do things that even All Might couldn’t. In a way, he was now paying for his unwitting arrogance.

“I… didn’t want this,” Izuku muttered. “I never wanted to k-kill anyone.”

“Unfortunately you chose to be a hero,” Nezu sighed. “It’s our job to make the most difficult calls and try our best to ensure the optimal outcome. Sometimes, the only way to save someone is to stop another through any means necessary, even if we didn’t intend it. I’m afraid you may have been too idealistic for this job. Being a hero is a messy position at the best of times. What the world sees is our highlight reel and, occasionally, our greatest falters. What you and your class are dealing with is the grim reality of our position much like Aizawa has stressed.”

Izuku nodded shakily, understanding his teacher on a level he never thought he would. The urge to crawl into bed and escape the waking world right now was strong indeed.

“What you aim for is admirable, commendable even, to aim for perfection, but you have to be okay with never achieving it. It’s an impossible goal, but one we should never stop striving for. That you take a mistake this badly shows just how deeply empathetic you are, even about your opponents despite the harm they wish to cause you and others.”

As the words sunk into Izuku’s brain, they offered a strange sort of comfort that All Might’s never had. His were all about doing your best and never giving up in the face of adversity, but Nezu’s were more pessimistic, that you may not achieve all your goals and you will fail sometimes and that’s okay too.

“To deviate for just a second my boy, do you think me a murderer?”

Izuku’s eyes returned to focus, looking at Nezu’s calm figure with a wide amount of confusion.

“N-No sir?”

“Some would disagree with you there,” Nezu challenged. “While I wasn’t the one who caused her life to end, I was responsible for sending Midnight along with your class.”

“B-But you-”

“I did my job as a principal, an educator, and a hero as best I could and deemed her suitable to accompany you. Still, I feel some measure of guilt and blame for her fate. This is not the only case either; there have been a number of instances where I found myself thinking the same as you likely do for my role in another’s demise. If a villain gets sentenced to prison because of evidence I discover and they take their own life in the cell, am I to blame?”

“N-No?” Izuku offered weakly.

“If not for me, they wouldn’t have been in that position,” Nezu posed to the boy. “However, if I hadn’t acted, more could’ve been hurt by their destructive actions.”

“But you didn’t intend for t-them to… d-die.”

“And there is the crux of the matter. Intentions aren’t everything my boy, but they are a significant part of who we see ourselves as. I’m sure to someone like Nine, he believed his cause just and fighting his oppressors. You see yourself as All Might’s successor, this infallible hero that will take his place before surpassing him and somehow right all the wrongs in this world. Am I incorrect?”

Nezu was a little too close to the mark for comfort, especially with how Izuku imagined himself after first being offered All Might’s quirk.

“You did not intend for Nine to die from your attacks, you just wanted to stop him, correct?”

Izuku nodded.

“Then your actions were that of a hero, not of someone of a more sinister nature,” Nezu wrapped up, hoping his words got through to the boy and put his actions into a new perspective. “We must always keep ourselves in check lest we get complacent, but striving to adhere to an idealistic ideology can be just as dangerous as any villain. If you’d hesitated to act had you known the outcome, you may very well not be sitting here at all while a dangerous quartet of villains wreaked havoc on our society.”

Izuku nodded again, knowing full well that Nine and the others would’ve done that and more given the opportunity. He knew he would be unable to shift this weight from his shoulders due to his actions for a good while but hopefully, as he lived his life and dedicated more of his time towards improving and saving all those he could reach, he would be able to live with this stain on himself.

“I understand sir,” Izuku sighed. “I um… I’m sorry for worrying you.”

“Think nothing of it Izuku,” Nezu shook his head, glad the boy seemed to have gained some measure of comfort from their discussion. “As I said I’m here to help with anything you could need, even if that something is a chat about the more difficult aspects of our jobs. If you would like to chat more about the conundrums we face and some of the ways we navigate through everything while maintaining our integrity and sanity, please do seek me out.”

“Thank you sir,” Izuku offered a small smile at the principal’s sincerity. He may very well do such a thing after sleeping on Nezu’s words today. As bad as he felt about it, he was grateful the man was reaching out a paw to him.

With his mind returning to the present, Izuku remembered what he’d left behind at the dorm for this discussion and someone else who needed comforting more than he did right now.

Springing to his feet at a speed that made the diminutive principal jump in his seat, Izuku quickly sought to excuse himself.

“S-Sorry sir but is that everything? I um… kind of need to get back to what I was doing before.”

“Ah yes, I’m afraid we did get a touch side-tracked there but for good reason,” Nezu acknowledged, grabbing his stool and returning it to the underside of his desk before hopping back onto his chair. “There was one more thing I’d like to request of you before you depart.”

Izuku pulled a small face but resolved himself to assist the principal however he could, provided it wasn’t too demanding; he’d already rebuffed him once already.

“Actually two things,” Nezu noted, glancing at Izuku’s journals that still lay upon his desk. “Do you mind if I keep these for now? I would like to peruse them all at a more leisurely pace than earlier if only to enjoy your most interesting perspective on quirks.”

“Uh… s-sure,” Izuku nodded with a touch of embarrassment. The insecure part of him thought that it was for the principal’s own amusement but the more reasonable side of him knew Nezu wouldn’t’ve requested an analysis for the other students if he found his notes laughable. “And the other thing?”

Reaching into a desk drawer, the principal pulled out a thin-looking folder and slid it across the table.

“Could you please deliver that to Power Loader in the support room?”

Izuku baulked a little at the simple request.

“Is… is that it?”

“I believe it is,” Nezu nodded, looking at the boy expectantly.

“Could um… could someone else do it?” He asked nervously, deciding to pull the pin on his excuse to escape without further delay. “I’ve um… kind of got a crying girlfriend I need to get back to.”

“Oh dear, that does sound like a dilemma I’ve pulled you away from,” Nezu expressed a touch of genuine regret for pulling the boy away from one of his two partners. “However, I must insist that you deliver this to Power Loader. I believe this is something only you can deal with.”

If Nezu was trying to obscure whatever his true purpose was from Izuku, he was doing a rather bad job of it. There was clearly more to this than the surface level request that Nezu was asking for and Izuku just decided to bite the bullet, though not without a concession.

“Is this going to take long?” He asked, knowing the principal would understand he wasn’t directly asking about just delivering a folder.

“It shouldn’t take too long but I believe it is of great importance nonetheless,” Nezu conceded. “Please do be sensitive when dealing with this issue, it is not something some others have been able to handle.”

Warily, Izuku glanced at the folder before taking it from the principal’s desk. There was no discerning information on it and he daren’t look inside even once he left the office. Still, he had the simple request and bowed politely to end their conversation.

“Thank you for everything today sir.”

“Be safe as you go Mr Midoriya,” Nezu nodded back, dismissing the boy as he tapped the button to open his door and allow the boy to escape.

As Nezu watched the somewhat solemn young man leave, he felt for the boy. Midnight’s death had affected everyone who knew her greatly and, despite his assurances, it seems Nine wasn’t above haunting him even after he was likely fish food by now. While he wished he could let the emotional boy get back to healing as he needed, there was someone else who needed some assurances that the staff couldn’t reach no matter how hard they tried.

It was a tad manipulative, but Nezu knew that their tentative friendship could be the thing to break the girl from her own emotional isolation.


Izuku hurried down the halls of UA with a speed some would find concerning. While he wasn’t sparking up with any visible measure of power, Izuku was putting a very small amount of his quirk to work so he could hurry towards his destination just that little bit faster.

While it was tempting to wait until lunch ended so there wasn’t as many people around, he still wanted to get back to Tsuyu sooner rather than later.

Keeping his head down and his footsteps quick, he soon found himself outside the support labs with their imposing metal doors. Sliding them open, he poked his head inside the room and spotted Power Loader sitting at his desk looking somewhat weary. Though his face was obscured by his hero helmet, Izuku could tell judging from the man resting his head in his hands, propped up only by his elbows on his desk.

Ignoring the sounds of tinkering, the delivery boy made a beeline for the teacher.

“Hello um, Mr Power Loader sir?” Izuku called softly, getting the man’s attention. “I’ve got something here for you from Nezu.”

“That right?” Power Loader remarked, glancing at the very thin folder Izuku offered to him. “Thanks for that kid, I’ll look into it in a moment,” he took the folder from the boy’s hands, dropping it casually on the desk. Before Izuku could politely excuse himself however, Power Loader spoke again. “How you holdin’ up kid? You doing okay after all that?”

“Um… I’m… doing okay,” Izuku replied hesitantly.

“Good to know,” Power Loader nodded. “While you’re here, you got any changes to make on your gear? The kit that came back was completely wrecked so we’re kinda looking into a complete redo from scratch. Be silly not to ask while you’re here.”

“Um, n-no, it’s fine,” Izuku shook his head, not having thought about his gear in the slightest since the battle. “I um… don’t think I’ll need it again until after the holidays so you’ve uh… probably not got to worry about rushing or anything like that.”

“Yeah, got that much,” Power Loaded nodded before glancing over at a particular student of his. “I don’t think Hatsume got the memo though, mind going and letting her know?”

Glancing over, Izuku spotted the girl with her back to them sat at her desk on a stool with what appeared to be a 3-D model of one of his gloves on a drawing tablet, surrounded by a nest of what appeared to be empty drink cans, food wrappers, and several tissues. When he glanced back at Power Loader the man just gestured at him to go to her.

Still a bit confused by the suggestion, Izuku nonetheless made his way over to Hatsume if only to take the path of least resistance at this point. Checking in with her probably wasn’t a bad idea either, if only to apologize for the extra work she’d have to go through redoing his gear as well as destroying her last set.

“No… that won’t… what about… urgh, no flexibility! Come on Hatsume!” He heard the girl muttering to herself as he approached, watching her rotate and adjust his gauntlet which seemed to change the material it was made out of with every tap of her computer pen.

Rather than spook her when she was clearly concentrating, Izuku politely knocked another desk nearby.

“Yeah? Whaddya want sir?” Hatsume called back without losing focus, flipping to another material that didn’t appear to satisfy what she was after either.

“Um, h-hey Hatsume, just me,” Izuku greeted somewhat jovially.

While Hatsume was known to be eccentric at the best of times and usually found a good way to surprise him, today’s surprise was not something he enjoyed as her head snapped around to give him her full attention; her eyes wide with what he could tell was fear.

“M-Midoriya!”

Izuku gasped as Hastsume tried to hurriedly get up from her stool only for her legs to get caught up with theirs as she did, both clattering to the floor.

Power Loader stood up from his desk to keep an eye on the situation but made no move to approach. Izuku hurried forward, reaching his hand out to help the girl only to be rebuffed as Hatsume crawled back from him until she was free of the stool’s entangling limbs.

The boy hesitated to approach anymore, watching instead as Hatsume turned around and prostrated herself in a full dogeza on the ground before him.

“I’m sorry!” She yelled out a bit too loud.

Izuku glanced around the room nervously but luckily there only seemed to be a couple of other students around and they were more interested in their own work than whatever Mei’s latest escapade was.

“I-I’m sorry?” Izuku parroted before shaking his head. “I-I mean uh… w-what’s going on Hatsume? What are you sorry for?”

“It’s my fault! I’m so, so sorry my babies didn’t hold up! I’ll do better next time, please forgive me!”

Izuku looked around again for more information. Power Loader still hadn’t moved from his spot at his desk so it almost seemed like he was letting Izuku take the lead on this. Things started clicking into place in the boy’s mind as he turned his attention back to the girl still with her head to the ground.

“H-Hatsume, please stop, you don’t uh… have anything to be sorry for, really.”

“No!” The girl shook her head as best she could in her position. “My babies couldn’t hold up, they failed you when you needed them! They failed Miss-” her breathing hitched.

Izuku’s eyes widened as he understood what she was apologizing for. With all the rumours swirling about their class’ fight with the villains and Midnight’s death, Hatsume probably saw his outfit coming back in tatters as a failure on her part. With nothing to clear up the speculation, she probably blamed herself for any injuries he sustained and, ultimately, having a hand in their failure to rescue Midnight.

“I’m sorry,” Hatsume repeated again, banging her head into the floor. “I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m-”

“Hatsume, no!” Izuku called out, putting a stop to the girl’s meaningless self-harm by crouching down by her side and forcefully pulling her up out of her apologetic pose. Leaning her back on her knees, Izuku felt his heart clench at her fearful face and tear-filled eyes.

“I’m… I’m sorr-” she croaked out again but her breath caught before she could finish.

“Hatsume, it’s okay, it’s not your fault,” Izuku shook his head. He opened his mouth to speak again only to realise he didn’t really have anything planned to say. He took a moment to gather himself, looking again at Hatsume’s tearful expression for any hint as to what could assure the girl that she had nothing to be sorry for. “Hatsu… Mei, what happened with me and my class… it was hard, but not a single one of us ever imagined blaming you for anything that happened.”

“My… my babies,” Hatsume sniffled. “They… they weren’t strong eno-” she hiccupped, cutting herself off.

“That’s not your fault either,” the greenette assured her. “So much of our gear held up through it all and we probably have you to thank for that.”

“B-But yours… you trusted me… and I let you down.”

“Not at all,” Izuku rejected firmly, “if anything, I’m so sorry for breaking your babies. My quirk, it’s… I still don’t know just how strong it can be and dealing with everything we did… I’m not surprised none of my gear survived.”

“I’ll do better. I won’t let you down again. Please just… give me another chance.”

“Mei, you haven’t lost your first chance,” Izuku chuckled weakly. He could almost see the relief wash over her before some more tears slipped out. “Would… would you like a hug?” He offered, seeing as she clearly needed one now more than ever.

She regarded him warily for just a moment, still in a touch of disbelief that he didn’t appear to blame her despite everything her anxiety had been screaming at her the past week. Tentatively, she leaned forward as he wrapped his arms around her and relaxed into his embrace.

“I’m s-sorry,” she continued despite Izuku’s assurances.

“It’s okay, you’re okay,” Izuku rubbed her back comfortingly, soothing her like he had some of the girls before and them to him in return. Hopefully it wasn’t too intimate of an action to cause any misconceptions but he could tell how much Mei needed this right now. Though he admittedly didn’t know much about her class or her friendships outside him, he was glad he could offer some measure of comfort, even if the thought of him being angry with her was what caused her reaction in the first place.

Mei shook her head again against him before speaking again.

“I’m… I’m sorry a-about M-Miss Midnight t-too,” she blubbered. “T-That must’ve been…”

Izuku couldn’t help grimacing which Mei clearly felt. She pushed him away gently to look him, properly look at him this time, and she felt her own heart clench at what she saw.

“I’m sorry… I… I’ve been selfish. H-How are you doing?”

Izuku had to stifle an inappropriate laugh at that. As bad as he felt about everything, Mei was in the middle of a breakdown and yet she was now asking after him. If he didn’t see so much of himself in her at that moment he would’ve had a much harder time hiding his amusement.

“I’ve been better,” Izuku admitted honestly. “It’s… it’s been hard since coming back. I keep feeling bad, feeling guilty, like there’s more I could’ve done.” Through her tears Mei’s eyes lit up somewhat as Izuku put words to what she was feeling too. “On… on some level, I know what you’re going through Mei. I think we’re all blaming ourselves, at least a little, for what happened and that… that we couldn’t save her.”

Mei nodded along eagerly, a few gathered tears slipping off her chin.

“D-Do you know how to stop it?” She asked eagerly. “I can’t focus a-and I can’t be better if I can’t focus.”

Izuku sighed and shook his head sadly.

“I don’t know if it’s something that you can really stop Mei,” Izuku reluctantly stated. “Time will probably help but… just make sure you keep talking to your friends. If you’re feeling bad, do something fun with them to make yourself happy again.”

Mei looked away from Izuku at that, a blush of shame blooming on her face.

“I… don’t really have friends here.”

“What about uh… K-Kemono and Gurīsu?” Izuku asked, hoping he was recalling the class’s representative’s names correctly.

“They just try to h-hang around me and ask annoying questions,” Hatsume brushed off.

That didn’t seem quite right to Izuku, they seemed very empathetic to her plight before when the Yaoyorozu parents targeted Hatsume.

“Are you sure? Maybe you just didn’t realise they wanted to be friends with you. I mean, we’re friends and I understand even less of this stuff than they do.”

Mei looked considerate for a moment, Izuku figuring she was flicking back through her memories to see if she’d missed some obvious signs she hadn’t been looking for at the time.

“M-Maybe,” she hesitantly conceded. “B-But um… c-can I come talk to you anyway? Um… p-provided you don’t get mad at me?”

Izuku rolled his eyes fondly at the girl and her hesitance to try anything new that wasn’t some sort of gizmo or gadget idea.

“Of course you can Mei, like I said, we’re friends, right?”

Mei nodded eagerly before leaning back in for another hug, this time wrapping her own arms around the boy which Izuku found just a little too constricting but quickly eased into it himself.

“Thank you Midoriya.”

“You’re welcome Mei,” Izuku rubbed her back again, hoping to wipe the last of her difficulties away for now.

The two sat there in silence for a few moments as Mei savoured the feelings of comfort and security that had eluded her for many sleepless nights while Izuku gave her all the time she needed.

When she pulled back again, he gently guided them both back to their feet before straightening themselves up from being on the floor for so long.

“Well, I’d best get back to working on my next babies. I promise these will be stronger and better than ever!” Mei announced, appearing to be back to her old self though Izuku knew well enough by now that it was at least a partial mask.

“I have no doubts there Mei, I know you’ll be able to think up something amazing. I just hope I’m good enough for them.”

“Once I find a material that won’t completely tear itself apart when you go all Mr Muscles on it, everyone will be begging for my babies. I’ll keep the first set for you though.”

Izuku laughed along with Mei’s hypothetical until her words stirred something in his mind.

“Um, Mei?” Izuku called to the girl who’d already returned to her desk drawing pad.

“Yuh huh?”

“How… how open are you to um… working with someone else?”

“What? Like a collaboration?” Mei made a face. “I dunno. How do I know they won’t steal my shit? You’re not planning on suggesting little Miss Heiress are you?”

“No actually, it’s just your material problem. I uh… actually know someone who might be able to help you with that. They created something that could withstand All Might’s full power for a short time.”

“Wait really?!” Mei’s eyes practically bulged. “Urgh! I’m even more behind than I thought!”

“Well, you’ve always talked about the business you’ll make for yourself after school so I wondered if you might be open to making a connection with someone now. You could go into business together as partners or something.”

Mei made another face at that.

“I dunno about that, I’m… pretty difficult to work with sometimes,” Mei admitted.

“How about I just give you their contact details and you two can talk it out. I promise she’s worth your time.”

Mei bit her lip but Izuku’s too-kind-for-his-own-good face all but made up her mind for her. She was asking him to trust her babies after they’d failed him before, now he was asking her to trust whoever this friend of his was. At the very least it would ease her conscience thinking of this more as an exchange than her owing him for the second chance he insisted she didn’t need.

“Okay Midoriya, twist my arm harder why don’t you?” Mei relented with a playful giggle. “If you trust them then I guess I can give them a shot.”

“G-Great, is it okay if I check with them first and get back to you?”

“Probably smart,” Mei acknowledged, “they should probably be warned about who they’re dealing with after all.”

Izuku frowned, clearly Mei still had some feelings about both the Yaoyorozu parents and her own mother but there was nothing he could do to resolve those issues.

“You’ll both be fine, I just don’t want to blindside her; she’s pretty wary of people too right now.”

That caused Mei to raise a curious brow but she didn’t comment on it.

“Go on then Midoriya, time is babies and I’ve wasted enough of both.”

Shaking his head once more, Izuku took his leave from the girl, leaving her in much better spirits than she had been before.

“Good job kid,” Power Loader muttered just loud enough for Izuku to hear as he passed by the man’s desk.

Izuku eyed the man curiously but continued on his way out the door before his mind registered the open, empty folder on his desk. Despite how much good he’d done for the girl and feeling his own spirits lifted at the same time, he still had an upset girlfriend to get back to.

After being in the noisy labs for the past while, Izuku noted that the windows before him were now coated in rain drops as the clouds unloaded their own burden.

Proceeding down the hall, once more powering up his legs with a fraction of his quirk, he couldn’t get his mind off of the principal’s delivery request. Now more than ever he had the sneaking suspicion that the principal had planned for something like this to happen. Whether out of paranoia, or just hedging his bets, Izuku stopped and turned to face one of the school’s security cameras, looking directly into the lens.

“Next time sir, you can just ask.”

Back in his office, Nezu chuckled at being caught red-handed, though he would make no apologies for what he did. Asking someone in pain to comfort another, to his understanding, was considered quite rude, insensitive, and inappropriate. However, if he happened to nudge the hero student in the direction of someone who could use some comforting, which would in turn help their own state of mind, then he would do so.

Still, he hoped this eased Power Loader’s mind about his prized student who’d gone nearly a full week without sleep. Thankfully they could now put an end to that timer as Nezu switched the cameras he was observing back to the labs where Hatsume had already passed out on her stool almost immediately after Izuku had left, leaving the digger themed hero to drape a blanket over her he’d taken to keeping in his desk.


Back outside UA’s main building, Izuku took off with a small application of his quirk back towards his dorm building. After only a few moments of being outside he already regretted not wearing something warmer, his body crashing through hundreds of raindrops as he flew through the air.

Wiping his eyes as best he could as he came in to land in the dorm courtyard, his heart dropped as he saw Ochako standing under the dorm’s overhang while holding something and looking worriedly towards the rear of the building.

Izuku landed with a skid, ripping up some of the grass from the slippery landing before hurrying out of the downpour and up to his girlfriend.

“Ochako?” He tapped the girl on the shoulder, causing her to jump slightly before turning to look at him with a worried expression. “What are you doing out here? Where’s Tsu?”

“She said she wanted to be alone and go for a walk in the forest. I wanted to give her space so I let her leave and now I’m worried,” Ochako explained before holding out what Izuku recognised as Tsuyu’s coat, scarf, and mobile phone. “I don’t think she dressed for rain and I’m scared she could get too cold.”

Izuku agreed with her. While Tsuyu was an adorably strong froggy girl, that still came with some specific weaknesses she couldn’t ignore with cold being the biggest.

“We need to go find her,” Izuku stated, “let’s get changed then go look together.”

“Right!” Ochako nodded, hurrying back inside with her boyfriend, the pair splitting up briefly as both returned to their dorm rooms to get changed into more weather resistant clothes in record time. Meeting back up in the entrance hall, Ochako had taken the liberty to grab a fresh change of clothes for Tsuyu and shoved them and her coat and scarf, into a plastic bag to keep them dry as they searched.

Before they left, Izuku dropped a text to their relationship chat to clue the others in on what exactly was going on. He hoped it wouldn’t worry them too much and they were welcome to come help look but he wasn’t going to wait around when Tsuyu could be in trouble.

Hurrying into the treeline, Izuku and Ochako kept a small amount of distance between them but made sure not to leave each other’s eyesight for more than a few tree lengths worth at a time. The last thing they both needed was to lose each other hunting for their girlfriend. Besides, Ochako was the one with the fresh clothes.

“Tsu!” She called out, hoping her girlfriend hadn’t strayed too far from the dorms. “Tsu, are you out here?”

“Tsu, we’re worried! Where are you?” Izuku followed on.

They didn’t hear anything back though the rain was covering most of their cries. The two started by searching the surrounding landmarks around the area as best they could. Izuku lead Ochako to his former training area where she’d found him before but no luck. Ochako then found an old fallen tree that looked good to have a sit and think on if not for the weather but there was no sign of their girlfriend.

“Okay, let’s think this through,” Ochako paused with Izuku under a somewhat thicker canopy of trees. “Tsu’s smart, she knows she’s at risk out here. She’s not gonna be silly and just stay out in the rain.”

“There aren't many places she could go besides back to the dorms though,” Izuku shook his head.

“Maybe, but we don’t know this area that well really. We need a better look.” Izuku took a step back as Ochako handed off the bag of clothes to him before she started tapping herself to release gravity’s hold on her. “Don’t let me go too far up,” she called out before kicking off the forest ground and pushing her way through the branches.

The One-For-All user briefly wondered how he was supposed to do that until he remembered his newest utility, drawing on enough power to manifest a single tendril of Black Whip and leashing it to Ochako’s rising ankle.

The floating brunette made it through the canopy and poked her head around. There was nothing but trees at first but Ochako knew she could see more if she went a bit higher.

“Anything?” Izuku’s voice called out as he strained to keep Black Whip stable.

“Not yet,” Ochako called back, scanning the whole area.

Just when she thought there was nothing to see, she noticed a small clearing in the trees where she could spot a pond and what looked like a rocky wall of some kind. That looked exactly like some place the frog girl would be drawn to.

Reaching down to her ankle, she gave Black Whip a couple of tugs before pulling herself down with it. Izuku assisted in her descent until she reached the upper branches of the trees and carefully navigated back through them again.

“Over there, there’s some kind of pond,” Ochako pointed out as she deactivated her quirk on herself, landing with a firm thud before taking off at a run. Izuku quickly caught up to her as they both hurried through the forest towards their next destination.

Arriving at the natural pond, Izuku and Ochako took a quick look around the area for any sign of their girlfriend. While unsuccessful in locating the girl, around the water’s edge, a voice called out from the nearby stone wall.

“Ochako? Izuku?”

Honing in on the source of the sound over the pitter patter of rainfall, the drenched pair hurried over to a small section of rock wall that was thinly obscured by some bushes. Pushing through them, Izuku and Ochako came face to face with a significantly dry Tsuyu who was nestled in a moderate alcove carved into the stone.

“Tsu! Thank goodness you’re okay!” Ochako swooped down on her girlfriend and wrapped her in a tight hug.

“Ochako, not that I don’t like this but you’re very wet and cold,” the frog girl complained, already feeling more of a shiver creep up her spine.

“Sorry!” Ochako quickly pulled back before reaching for the plastic bag she’d handed to Izuku. “We thought you’d be cold so we brought you some clothes.”

The cold frog girl watched Izuku pull out her dry coat and scarf from the bag and hand them over.

“Tsu, why did you come out here in the first place?” He asked with concern.

“Didn’t Ochako tell you? I wanted to be alone, ribbit.” Tsuyu sighed dropping her things beside her against the wall. “After you left I wanted some time to think to myself so I decided to go for a walk.”

“You could’ve just asked me to go,” Ochako mumbled. “I would’ve given you your space.”

“I just wanted some peace in nature, ribbit.”

“Is that really why you went for a walk without your phone?” Izuku pointed out, fishing out the device from the bottom of the bag.

“Maybe I should’ve checked the weather before I left, ribbit,” Tsuyu shrugged nonchalantly.

Izuku and Ochako both gave each other a look that indicated they both knew the girl was not telling the full truth.

“Tsu, you can talk to us,” Ochako assured her. “We’re supposed to be your partners, right?”

They both watched Tsuyu’s lip curl at that.

“Not for much longer, ri-ribbit.”

“Tsu…” Izuku’s shoulders sagged as he watched Tsuyu tear up for the second time that day.

“Okay, fine! I came out here to cry and hit stuff, happy? Ri-Ribbit.” Tsuyu’s large tears broke free. “Momo’s parents want you to marry her and my parents don’t want me to see you at all,” she shot at Izuku and Ochako in turn. “Everything’s telling me we’re gonna split up! That we can’t all be together anymore and I’m angry!”

The frog girl was breathing hard now, her breathing harsh as her frustrations bubbled to the surface only to depart almost as quickly as they arrived. Tsuyu Asui wasn’t an angry person by nature, and contrary to public opinion, she wasn’t an emotionless one either. Hitched sobs made her chest convulse as she let out several sobs she wanted to hide from the two she cared most deeply about.

“I don’t want you to leave me…”

Two sets of arms wrapped their way around her again that day as despite their rain soaked clothes, Izuku and Ochako embraced their girlfriend in a tight hug, pouring every ounce of their love for the frog girl in as best they could.

“Tsu, we’ll never leave you,” Ochako assured her.

“We’ll always be here for you, you know that,” Izuku agreed.

Tsuyu couldn’t reply, too lost in her sadness as she just hugged her lifelines close regardless of the chill it brought her. Only when the girl shivered again did Izuku and Ochako release their hold on her but it was only to shed their outer layers, cuddling up once more to the girl to share what warmth they could.

The rain continued to fall and with no obligations to hurry back for, Ochako and Izuku felt no guilt taking their time to just stand there and comfort Tsuyu just as long as she needed.

Eventually, the group grew somewhat uncomfortable with standing and with a small amount of shuffling, Izuku lay his and Ochako’s coats down on the ground for them all to use as makeshift blankets to sit on.

Keeping their tearful girlfriend between them, the trio sat down together while the frog girl cried what tears she still had, cuddling together while watching the rainfall.

“S-Sorry I worried you,” Tsuyu said after a while. “I di-didn’t want to do this again.”

“Don’t be silly,” Ochako shook her head and squeezed her tight.

“We’re just glad you’re okay,” Izuku agreed.

Tsuyu felt her heart flutter in that familiar way. Leaning over, she placed a kiss on both Ochako then Izuku’s cheeks.

“Thank you both for coming to find me.”

“No problem Darling,” Ochako giggled, nuzzling her now that she seemed to be feeling a little better.

“You don’t do so well in the cold,” Izuku chuckled.

“Ribbit,” Tsuyu nodded, before looking out at the forest and pond before them.

Rainy days were always her favourite despite the risk of catching a chill, there was something inherently relaxing about the rain that she enjoyed. Here in their little alcove though, they were protected from the worst of it and she had two of her most precious people here to enjoy it with. If not for all the unfortunate things happening recently, she would be enjoying this much more than she cared to admit.

“Should we think about heading back soon?” Ochako shivered from her lack of coat.

“Doesn’t look like the rain will let up for a while yet but I could carry you both with my quirk,” Izuku offered.

“Could we please stay a bit longer?” Tsuyu asked shyly. “Now we’re here together I kind of want to enjoy this together with you two.”

Neither could deny a request like that and settled in. The frog girl couldn’t help letting out a few croaks of happiness as she felt at least part of the sadness of the day washing away with the rain. Learning her parents’ true feelings towards her previous girlfriend and her sexual preference had been hard, but she shouldn’t doubt that her partners would be there for her no matter what.

It felt silly in hindsight, but emotions were rarely logical after all. 

Still, as nice as this moment was, she wanted something a little more to put the feeling of life back into her. Since their return to the dorms, it seemed all they’d been experiencing was misfortune after misfortune no matter what they did. Right now, she wanted to indulge in something she knew they’d all enjoy to hopefully break this streak of negativity.

Turning to Ochako, she placed another kiss on her cheek, which the girl giggled at before reciprocating. She repeated the action on Izuku who did the same. Turning to Ochako a second time though, she reached up with one hand and tilted her face towards her before going in for a deeper kiss.

Ochako’s eyes widened as Tsuyu’s lips met hers and she felt the girl’s tongue tickle for entrance.

“T-Tsu, what are you doing?” Ochako asked nervously.

“If we’re going to be here a while, I was wondering if we could maybe… enjoy ourselves together?” Tsuyu blushed with a small measure of shyness. Admittedly it was a big ask but one she hoped that her partners were up for.

“Uh,” The brunette glanced over at a surprised looking Izuku. “Y-You mean um…” Ochako pumped her eyebrows twice.

“Please?” Tsuyu asked with a small voice.

Ochako was hesitant to be sure, looking again towards Izuku for his input.

“W-Well…” he looked around the area, “we are kinda far from any prying eyes.”

The brunette bit her lip, looking back at her still somewhat wet girlfriend.

“W-Won’t you be cold?”

“You’ll both be warming me up, ribbit.”

Izuku had to chuckle at that.

“Kinda hard to argue with that logic,” he shrugged.

Ochako deliberated some more before making up her mind.

“O-Okay fine, but we don’t tell the others!”

“Ribbit!” Tsuyu nodded enthusiastically before leaning in to snag another kiss.

The gravity girl squeaked as her girlfriend captured her lips again but quickly caught up, pushing back with her own gentle touch.

Izuku took a more physical approach, changing his cuddles of comfort into carnal caresses. Placing several kisses along Tsuyu’s arm, he slipped his hand underneath to run up and down her stomach, teasing her somewhat before temptingly teasing at the underside of her nearest breast.

Tsuyu could feel herself heating up already and was eager to experience something so wonderful in this unique setting. Granting her boyfriend permission to touch by way of grabbing his hand with her own and placing it firmly on her chest, things started heating up for all three of them as Tsuyu’s tongue started slipping further and further into Ochako’s mouth.

It was always an odd experience for the girl to feel something so long and wet invade her throat so deeply but it was only once it had returned did she realise how much she’d missed it, sucking on Tsuyu’s lips to encourage her.

Soon, the pair needed the gift of oxygen and Tsuyu’s tongue retracted back into her own mouth as the pair split, breathing heavily with lustful, lidded eyes. Not one to neglect her other partner, Tsuyu turned to pay attention to Izuku, capturing his lips in the same lusty kiss while taking Ochako’s hand and guiding it under her lower clothes.

Now it was Izuku’s turn to feel Tsuyu’s tongue explore him in ways many others couldn’t as he swirled his own around it, continuing to knead his girlfriend’s breast all the while with the occasional pinch to elicit a twitch or two from her.

As Ochako’s fingers dipped inside her girlfriend, she could tell she was more than ready for things to progress whenever she wanted and focused her efforts on her girlfriend’s clit, teasing and touching it with just enough pressure to get Tsuyu’s hips trying to thrust forward for more.

“I need you, I need you both, ribbit!” Tsuyu moaned after pulling back from her kiss with Izuku. Neither was willing to stop at this point and all three quickly set to work divesting themselves of their clothes.

A little common sense remained as they carefully lay some of the clothes out around them on the ground to make the floor a little bit more comfortable to roll around on.

Taking Izuku’s hand, Tsuyu guided him to the center, encouraging him to lay on his back. Doing as his girlfriend instructed, he felt a little self-conscious as his gentleman stood to attention while he used his own rolled-up T-shirt as a pillow.

Tsuyu moved quickly once he’d settled, turning around and stepping over him while activating an aspect of her quirk she didn’t use too often. Though Ochako had done a very enjoyable job of making sure she was wet and ready, the frog girl had other ideas for where she wanted Izuku to go today.

“Oh my,” Ochako covered her mouth briefly as Tsuyu began crouching down and guiding Izuku not to the expected hole. Izuku only realised once he felt his cock pressing against something a little firmer than he was expecting before the frog-generated mucus around the puckered hole slicked him up enough to grant him entrance.

“Ahhh ha ha ha,” Tsuyu groaned in delight as she felt her boyfriend fill her up inch by inch. “Comfortable there Squishy?”

“P-Please don’t move,” Izuku begged as he focused all his efforts on not blowing his load. “I’ve… phew… I’ve missed this. Ah ah!”

Tsuyu had sunk down another few centimeters and clenched her rear, sending pleasurable shivers through the boy’s whole body.

“Good to know, ribbit.”

“Where… where do you want me?” Ochako asked, unintentionally licking her lips as her brain figured things out before she did.

With Izuku secure and snug inside her, Tsuyu reached forward with both hands and spread her pussy open invitingly. Ochako didn’t need any further permission, sinking to her knees and waddling forward slightly, her hand low to cup at Tsuyu’s crotch as she engaged her in a quick tongue filled kiss to keep her own motor going.

Once the brunette had had her fill, she adjusted herself to waist height as she drew level with her goal. With one long, wide lick, Tsuyu let out a loud moan of satisfaction that had Izuku focusing hard not to finish again. Ochako giggled at the power she held over both her partners right now and started to get her hands involved.

With one she slid two fingers inside her girlfriend, curling and pumping them softly in a gentle rhythm while the other she used to cup Izuku’s now aching balls that clenched on contact.

“O-Ochako don’t!” He warned her.

“I know you Izuku,” she giggled. “At this point, you’ve got at least two in the tank, and we really should be keeping Tsuyu warm so…”

“Ribbit?” Tsuyu blinked as Ochako moved her hand from her pussy to her waist before pushing down with force. “Ribbit!”

“Ah! Tsu!” Izuku cried out as he felt his cock become buried as far as it could go into the frog girl, her rear resting erotically against his hips as his body took that as the trigger to fire his first load. Not wanting to waste what had already begun, his hands reached out for Tsuyu’s hips, one of them landing atop a giggling Ochako’s, and holding her down as he cock spurt inside her.

When he was finished, he knew he’d be sensitive for a little while before he could go again and released his grip on Tsuyu.

“T-That was mean Ochako.”

“Not so Cutie Pie anymore,” the brunette giggled cheekily.

“M-Maybe we should get Izuku to turn you into a cream pie,” Tsuyu panted, though she certainly wasn’t complaining from the warm, if somewhat odd feeling inside her right now.

“Not today,” Ochako blushed, sitting back up only to lean into her girlfriend. “Today’s all about you.”

Even in the middle of what could only be described as a lustful act, Tsuyu felt her love for her partners swell.

“I love you, ribbit.”

“We love you too,” Ochako giggled before snagging a quick kiss.

“Y-Yep, love you three,” Izuku panted from below them both.

“Awww, he’s all sensitive,” Ochako giggled

“H-Hey, it’s different for guys than for girls,” Izuku pouted.

“Just keep loading that next shot and I’ll be doing something nice for you another time,” Tsuyu wiggled her hips.

“Ah ah, d-deal,” Izuku quickly agreed.

“As for you,” Tsuyu turned her attention back to Ochako before taking her head between her hands and guiding it back down south.

Ochako knew she’d had her fun at this point and set to work licking, tickling and occasionally nibbling at her girlfriend’s crotch.

Tsuyu was in a somewhat awkward position as while she really wanted to thrust her hips harder into Ochako’s tantalizing tongue, she didn’t want to unnecessarily disturb Izuku who was still recovering inside her. She had to walk that difficult tightrope as Ochako continued to build up her sensitivity, bringing her closer and closer to the edge.

The frog girl was almost relieved when she felt Izuku’s cock start to fully re-inflate as he got fully hard once again.

“Oh finally,” Tsuyu gasped with relief, knowing he was much less likely to slip outside her now as she leant back to fully lay on top of him and giving Ochako much more room to work. “I’m not too heavy am I Squishy?”

“No way,” Izuku chuckled as he once more channelled a small amount of his quirk throughout his body while he wrapped his arms around her stomach. “If anything, this is much easier for me to give you what you want.”

“Ye~es!” Tsuyu purred with excitement as she felt Izuku’s strength ripple underneath her, her arms laying atop his and encouraging him not to let go.

“H-Hey! Don’t forget about me!” Ochako pouted. As much as she certainly wouldn’t mind watching Izuku hammer away at Tsuyu until she was nothing but a creamy mess, she wanted a little attention too.

Tapping herself with five fingers, she felt gravity release its hold on her again as she floated around the little alcove. Grabbing hold of Tsuyu’s knee however, she oriented her lower half in the air until it was hovering above her boyfriend and girlfriend, giving them quite the eyeful while she pulled herself back in close to Tsuyu’s pussy, only this time she was looking at it upside down.

“I believe you know what to do Darling,” Ochako ordered cheekily as she stuck her tongue out to resume her own task.

Grabbing her girlfriend’s hips, Tsuyu happily pulled Ochako’s rear closer, her arousal clear enough from the faint glistening she could see.

“Do it Darling,” Izuku whispered lewdly in her ear. “I want to see you stick your tongue as deep as it can go into her.”

Tsuyu didn’t know if this was just Izuku dirty talking or him asking her to accommodate his kink of quirk-play but either way she was more than happy to do it.

Spreading Ochako as wide as herself, Tsuyu’s tongue slithered out slowly, savouring the taste of her girlfriend she hadn’t indulged in for too long before snaking inside. She could feel Ochako’s every muscle tighten around her as the girl let out a heavy moan. The brunette wasn’t the only one as Izuku felt himself stiffen even further as he watched Tsuyu’s naughty act.

With his toes gripping what they could on the clothes below them, Izuku readied himself and slowly drew his length out of Tsuyu. She let out her own moan, though it was one of loss that she knew would return to her soon enough with Izuku leaving just his tip inside her before sheathing himself slowly once again.

“G-Good?” He asked, a tad nervously.

“Mm-hmm,” Tsuyu nodded eagerly, briefly forgetting what she was supposed to be doing.

“Here we go then.”

What followed next could only be described as an uncontrollable eruption of lust. It started off somewhat slow but with each of them playing a part on another, the trio quickly felt their minds lose themselves to their inhibitions as they licked, sucked, groaned and thrusted as much as they could, each eager to both give and receive as best they could.

Being the focus of two instead of one, it was no wonder that Tsuyu felt her climax approaching first. Ochako had somewhat abandoned her oral attempt on Tsuyu and was rubbing her clit in circles that served to only tighten the coil Tsuyu was certain was about to spring.

Her hands tightening into claws and digging somewhat painfully into Izuku’s strong arms, the frog girl felt herself squirt with surprising force, coating a small amount of their clothes in her juices.

Izuku was next as he couldn’t hold himself back from the tightness Tsuyu was exerting on his cock, his second load of cum joining the first in warming his girlfriend’s insides, though this one drained his stamina much more significantly than the first.

The two flopped somewhat bonelessly in place, their muscles aching from the tenseness they’d just exerted.

“C-Come on! I’m nearly there!” Ochako urged to the pair, reaching under herself and rubbing at her clit to keep things going.

“S-Sorry ‘Chako,” Tsuyu apologized, gathering what strength she still had left. Coiling her tongue around itself in a way she knew would ache later, Tsuyu made the muscle feel much wider than it was as she proceeded to thrust in and out of Ochako’s hole.

“Uhhh! Y-Yes!” Ochako groaned as Tsuyu’s tongue worked its magic. “N-Nearly, nearly!”

Izuku reached up with his own hand and caressed at Ochako’s inner thigh.

“Cum for us Ochako,” he encouraged her.

That was all she needed to reach her peak as Ochako started convulsing in the air, her muscles contracting as they squeezed Tsuyu’s tongue for all they were worth. Both Izuku and Tsuyu felt a second-hand shiver of delight run through their bodies as they watched Ochako join them on the other side.

When the gravity defiant girl was finished twitching, it was almost comical to watch her lazily bob about the area, restrained only by Tsuyu’s hold on her legs.

“You gonna come back to earth soon ‘Chako?” Tsuyu teased.

“L-Lemme drift up here on cloud nine a bit longer,” she sighed with a great amount of apathy, lost in pleasurable sensations and happy hormones.

The two on the ground both chuckled at their floaty girlfriend’s demeanour before Tsuyu turned her head to look at Izuku as best she could.

“Thank you for this, I’m… I’m so glad I have you two.”

“And you always will,” Izuku was sure his smile was reaching his eyes right now as he placed a kiss on Tsuyu’s head.

“No fair, I want kisses too,” Ochako pouted from above.

“Then come get them,” Izuku challenged playfully.

Freeing herself from Tsuyu’s hold, Ochako carefully spun herself around using holds on the wall and her partners. Pushing and pulling herself down to ground level before carefully releasing her quirk.

“That… was more fun than I thought it would be,” Ochako admitted after getting her kisses.

“It’s a little risky, but like, safe risky I guess,” Tsuyu giggled.

“And um… I’m not sure about you two, but I feel much better after that… like much better.” Izuku blushed.

“Sex does release the happy hormones,” Tsuyu acknowledged. “Maybe we should remind the others?”

“Maybe a gentle nudge,” Ochako nodded. “But with each other. I’m too worn out for anything Momo or Kyoka could do right now.”

“Same,” Izuku and Tsuyu concurred, laughing at their double speak.

The trio just lay there for a few moments, just enjoying each other’s touch and playful caresses as the sounds of the world started reentering their little area of isolation.

“Does that sound like the rain is slowing down to you two?” Tsuyu asked curiously.

“Yeah, kinda,” Izuku nodded, unwrapping one hand from around Tsuyu’s middle to push them both into an upright position. It was a little awkward as although his cock had softened by now, it was still resting inside her as best it could. With this movement though it popped out with a soft squelching noise as the two finally separated.

“Ooo, that feels weird,” Tsuyu remarked as she felt both of Izuku’s loads still inside the wrong part of her body. A small part of her really enjoyed the feeling though and tried to keep herself clenched as best she could not to let any escape.

“Well what did you expect?” Ochako rolled her eyes.

“D-Do you want some privacy to uh…” Izuku hinted.

“I can wait till we get back,” she shrugged, keeping a small smile to herself as she hunted for her underwear.

The three slowly got dressed as the lusty haze wore off them but the joy and happiness remained.

After brushing themselves down and bundling Tsuyu up in much ticker garb than she left the dorms in, the three looked out at the still drizzling landscape.

“We could hang around a bit longer, it might clear up soon,” Izuku noted, looking up at the brightening sky.

“I’ll be fine, I think two rounds is enough for you anyway,” Tsuyu giggled tapping Izuku’s inner thigh and drawing a blush from him.

“A-Actually we should probably tell the others we found you,” he baulked, quickly reaching for his phone to type out a message to them.”

“Shall we jump back?” Ochako asked, wondering if the other two wanted to get back sooner rather than later.

“I don’t mind walking,” Tsuyu smiled beneath her scarf, reaching out to take both her partner’s hands. “As long as it’s with you two.”

Both Ochako and Izuku couldn’t help roll their eyes and chuckle at the sheer cheesiness on display, though they were more than willing to put up with it if it meant getting Tsuyu back to her old self.

With a few gentle first steps back out into the rain, a happy threesome began making their way home.

It didn’t take them too long to get back. While Izuku and Ochako had darted about hunting for their girlfriend, the pond and cave she was sheltering at wasn’t too much of a trip from their building when going in a straight line, (aided by guidance from a floating Ochako).

The rain had just about stopped by the time they reached the front door and they tried to shake the worst of it that was clinging to them before entering.

Kaminari, who was sitting in the TV area watching something inane to pass the time, glanced over before gawking at the soaked trio.

“What the hell happened to you guys?!” He called out, watching the three dip all over the entrance area.

“Uh… we fancied a swim?” Ochako joked casually with Izuku laughing nervously alongside her.

“I went for a walk and got lost in my thoughts. They came to find me when it started raining, ribbit,” Tsuyu easily covered for them. “It took a while to get back.”

Kaminari’s expression changed to one of sympathy, regarding the odd trio fondly as the three smiled at each other. Whatever they did was none of his business and if they enjoyed their little excursion in the rain then he wouldn’t begrudge them that if it put a smile back on their faces. They could all use more joy right now.

“Just make sure you don’t drip everywhere. Even if Iida’s mellowed out a bit with everything I’m sure he’ll still flip his lid.”

“We won’t, thanks Kaminari,” Izuku smiled at the boy before shedding his dirty jacket and hanging it up to dry, planning on hitting the baths soon to make sure he didn’t catch a cold and guessing the other two were thinking along the same lines.

As the three began shedding what clothes they could while still remaining decent, they each felt their phones ping with a message.

Izuku pulled his phone out to check first, noting it was something from their relationship chat from Mina. Hoping for some good news for a change, he was delighted to open the message and find an image of what appeared to be Mina and Tooru both crying but with smiles on their faces as the latter, still visible, was sitting up in her hospital bed. The image was simply captioned with two words that he knew would bring great relief to all the other girls.

‘She’s awake!’

Izuku eagerly showed the message to Tsuyu and Ochako who similarly reacted with joy, Ochako hugging Tsuyu while the greenette blinked out a few leftover tears she still had. Though they didn’t know all the details yet, it felt like the great darkness hanging over all of them had eased.


News of Tooru’s awakening quickly spread throughout the dorms that day as Mina also dropped a text in the class chat where Tooru got many well wishes in response with everyone excited to see she was doing better.

The pinkette didn’t return to the dorms either that night, having convinced Recovery Girl she needed to stay for support and Tooru’s mental health which the aged healer reluctantly conceded since the formerly invisible girl’s parents were too far out to get here on short notice.

Still, after a gruelling night of waiting for updates and a gruelling Friday morning where there was no news from either girl, there was a small celebration throughout the dorms as Mina’s next text to them all announced the pair would be returning to the dorms in the late afternoon.

It seemed her recovery had also lead to a number of other people feeling the uplift of spirits as Iida immediately set to work straightening up the common space and roping in any unfortunate bystander he could to assist him.

Momo of course joined in, feeling no guilt or shame at all in creating some banners with her quirk to display across from the entrance area to welcome Tooru back, complete with glittery star theming which Sero secured with his tape. Sato decided to pull himself out of his funk by spending the early afternoon in the kitchen creating some chocolate caramels for the girl while Tsuyu and Tokoyami worked together to create a hearty stew for everyone to enjoy together that evening.

Kyoka made an appearance towards the end, looking much more like herself again while scratching Yuwei-chan behind the ears whom Koda had brought down for a visit, knowing how much Tooru appreciated the ball of fluff.

Before long, even though there was no request or agreement between them all, the entirety of class 1-A had gathered in the common room by the time Tooru was set to return.

With the afternoon stretching on, people started to get a little worried and antsy but eventually Kaminari called out to everyone after keeping an eye on the front windows.

With her girlfriend’s arm around her, Tooru took her time walking up the steps to the dorm with Recovery Girl and Present Mic escorting them both for assurances.

“Ready to come home?” Mina asked nervously, hoping the girl was in somewhat better spirits despite the lack of information on her quirk status.

Tooru hesitated before reaching the door, her anxiety tugging at her mind.

“D-Do you think people will stare?”

“Only because they’re jealous of how beautiful you are,” Mina cupped her girlfriend’s face, giving him some reassuring rubs of comfort as she admired the girl’s stunning looks that she could now appreciate much better with Tooru awake.

“Awww, so sweet yo!” Present Mic cooed.

“Yeah, yeah, young love’s beautiful,” Recovery Girl rolled her eyes. “You two can make goo-goo eyes all you want when you’re inside. This old lady wants to go home sometime today.”

“Sorry!” Both Tooru and Mina apologized quickly, appreciating how understanding and patient the matron had been over the past few days.

Mina reached out and placed her hand on the door handle.

“Ready?” She asked again.

Taking a deep breath for courage, Tooru nodded shakily before stepping forward as the door swung open.

Inside, they found most of the class gathered in the entrance hall expectantly with wide smiles on their faces.

“Welcome back!” They all cheered, though it was a bit too loud for Tooru’s aching head as she quickly covered her ears.

“No loud noises guys, please!” Mina quickly chided as the sudden spike in volume quickly dissipated.

“Our sincerest apologies,” Iida bowed deeply. “Please forgive us in our eagerness to welcome you back to the dorms safe and sound.”

“Everyone was so glad to hear you’re okay,” Momo informed the pair, gesturing towards all the small preparations they’d all made.

“We made you some welcome back sweets,” Sato offered out the plate of caramels he’d prepared.

“And some stew for sustenance, though I’m sure we’d all understand if you wished to isolate yourself for now,” Tokoyami chimed in as Tooru and Mina spied the steaming pot on a simmer in the kitchen.

Tooru looked into each of their welcoming faces, even Bakugo’s surly looking one, before drifting to each of her many partners who looked overjoyed to see her. Her face scrunched up as tears of joy started pouring down her face.

Immediately Mina and the other girls moved to comfort her while most of the boys looked a little awkward at the situation only for the now visible girl to brush them off, only accepting a tissue from Momo to wipe away the worst of her tears.

“T-Thanks everyone!” She sobbed, “I-I’m s-so ha-happ-”

“She’s fine,” Mina giggled, a couple of happy tears peeking out of the corner of her own eyes as everyone now tried to comfort one of their own.

Tooru greeted everyone as best she could despite her tears as they all moved into the common space while Momo and Iida saw the teachers off.

Though she was tired, Tooru wanted to stay and enjoy talking to everyone for everything they’d done to welcome her back. While Sato and Ochako were dishing up the stew, Tooru sat at one of the tables with Yuwei-chan nestled in her arms, occasionally popping his head up to lick cutely at the salty tears that dripped down her face.

“How are you feeling after everything Tooru?” Kyoka asked, still a tad worried for the girl considering her initial reaction to the volume. “Does your head still hurt?”

“Yeah…” Tooru nodded sadly. “The doctors say they’ve fixed everything as best they can but it’s going to be sore for a while yet.”

“Good thing we have winter break for you to recover,” Sero stated.

“I think I’ve been in bed a bit too long as it is,” Tooru chuckled, “I’m… sorry I couldn’t do more with things on the island.”

As fun and empowering as it had been so far having everyone finally able to look her in the eyes when they talked, the whole class seemed to grow quiet and avert their eyes.

“Uh… d-did I say something wrong?” She worried, looking to her partners for answers.

“We’ll… we’ll talk later,” Mina rested a hand on her shoulder.

A touch of dread settled in Tooru’s stomach as it seemed that she’d missed more than she’d realised. Something had clearly happened that she wasn’t privy to and she wanted to rip the bandage off now and get it over with.

Still, Mina had deliberately not told her much at the hospital and with everyone avoiding her gaze now, she didn’t think she’d get answers from them. All she could do was hope that her partners were more forthcoming in private.

“Mademoiselle Hagakure?” Aoyama, who’d been notably keeping his distance from the girl since her return, approached the table with a tense look on his face. “I’d… like to thank you for what you did back then. If not for you, I’m certain that villain would have… i-it’s not worth thinking about.”

The class had heard about Tooru’s bravery only from the boy himself, now was their first chance to see what the girl remembered of the battle.

“Y-Yeah um… Mina told me I beat the bad guy,” Tooru nodded along. “S-Sorry but my memory about that is a little fuzzy. Last thing I remember is him saying I could leave to get help but he’d… hurt you while I was gone.”

“Oui, I heard it from my binding prison,” Aoyama nodded. “The next thing I knew, you managed to free me while emitting a dazzling buffet of lasers without my aid.”

“I did that?” Tooru blinked.

“That’s what he’s been tellin’ everyone,” Bakugo confirmed, sitting apart from the rest of the group over on the couches. “We found you passed out and shit after blasting that villain into a wall.”

“Aoyama ripped his cape off to cover you up since your quirk kinda uh…” Kirishima continued only to hesitate at accidently broaching the topic that had yet to be addressed.

Everyone could almost feel the mood turn as Tooru’s gaze dropped down to Yuwei-chan before lifting him up and passing him wordlessly back to Koda.

“Y-Yeah… you’ve probably all noticed that um… I’m not invisible anymore,” Tooru let out a single, hollow laugh.

“You don’t have to talk about it if you don’t want to, ribbit,” Tsuyu assured her only to get a sad shake of Tooru’s still somewhat iridescent hair.

“No, you… you should know,” she sighed before curling her arms around herself. “The… doctor’s don’t know the extent of damage to my quirk. I pushed myself too hard too fast and… I kinda broke it.”

“You broke your quirk?” Iida baulked.

“Mr Aizawa did say they were like muscles. Are you sure you don’t mean you ‘pulled it’?” Kaminari asked.

“No,” Tooru shook her head again. “You know how my quirk was kinda… always on, right? Well now it’s off and… they don’t know if I’ll be able to turn it on again.”

The whole room grimaced as everyone absorbed the bad news.

“Does… this mean you’ll be leaving our class?” Sato asked worriedly, getting an elbow from Kyoka for the insensitive question.

“I… I don’t know,” Tooru began tearing up again, though this time her tears were not accompanied by her dazzling smile.

“Okay everyone, that’s enough,” Iida stepped in to put an end to that line of questioning. “Hagakure has just returned and we should be celebrating that for now.”

“S-Sorry, I’m ruining it,” Tooru sniffled, feeling guilty for bringing everyone down with her.

The girls were by her side in an instant though, all surrounding her with comforting words.

“Tooru, it’s okay, you can head to bed if this is too much,” Ochako offered.

“We will save you some stew, ribbit.”

“Or you could take some up with you,” Kyoka noted.

Tooru shook her head again before replying.

“C-Can we just enjoy t-tonight?”

The whole class exchanged glances, all silently agreeing to grant the girl that much. There was clearly going to be some awkwardness until the moment passed but Izuku was thankfully the one to help move things along.

“Here Tooru,” he offered her a bowl and spoon of piping hot stew, “this should help you feel better.”

“T-Thanks Izuku,” Tooru brushed her tears away, grateful for the distraction and comfort food as the others began to take the same escape route, moving to grab their own bowls.

A quiet chatter filled the air as everyone tried their best to distract themselves from the news. Tooru was grateful to hear about some of the things that their sister class had gotten up to on their own trip courtesy of Momo.

The further away the conversational misstep became, the more the dorm felt happy and whole again with Tooru letting out a genuine laugh by the end of it.

Expectedly, she was the first to call an end to her social time, wanting to head to bed and rest per doctor’s orders despite the pleasant evening that tonight had ultimately turned out to be. With Mina steadfastly by her side, the two bid everyone a good evening before ascending in the elevator to the invisible girl’s floor and room.

After entering her dorm for the first time in what felt like ages, Tooru glanced around at everything still being where she left it, the only exception being the bag she’d taken with her to Nabu which was resting against her desk where Mina had brought it back for her.

She should feel better, like being back home, but that feeling was currently eluding her. All she could think about was how this may not be her room for much longer, nor the people downstairs being her classmates.

“You okay hun?” Mina asked softly, rubbing Tooru’s back as she looked around her girlfriend’s shiny hair that twinkled slightly in the room’s light.

“Just thinking,” Tooru blinked away the moisture that was threatening to return before turning to the pinkette. “Um, Mina? Why was everyone… what did I miss while I was unconscious?”

Once more she watched Mina’s face fall just like everyone else’s before.

“I’m sorry for not telling you but… could you wait just one more night?” Mina asked with a pleading tone. “I promise I’ll tell you tomorrow morning but you need your rest tonight.”

“Promise?”

“Promise.” Mina nodded. It would be an easy one to keep after all since they had a special assembly to go to about it anyway.

Tooru sighed but relented, letting her shoulders droop and her weariness show.

“You want to go to bed together?” Mina asked hopefully.

“Please,” Tooru nodded, drawing her girlfriend into a comforting hug more for her own sake.

“Okay then, I’m just gonna go change out of my clothes and have a quick shower. I probably stink something fierce right now,” Mina giggled weakly. “Think you’ll be okay on your own for a little bit or shall I grab one of the others?”

“I’m fine Mina,” Tooru shook her head. “I don’t need coddling. I can still do stuff by myself.”

“Sorry, I’m just… sorry.” Mina apologised before giving her girlfriend one last squeeze. “I just don’t want anything else to happen to you. Watching you not move in that hospital bed was… it was painful.”

“I know,” Tooru squeezed back. “But I’m back now and we’ll um… we’ll figure things out when I’m better just like you said.”

“Count on it,” Mina smiled warmly before snagging a kiss.

“Go on!” Tooru rolled her eyes which Mina was still glad she could see again.

“I’ll be back before you know it!” Mina called, hurrying out of Tooru’s room and off to her own for the quickest, most intense shower she’d ever have.

Once Mina’s footsteps faded, Tooru bit her lip and turned back to her room. Carefully, she sat down on her bed as she looked around, taking in everything while she could.

Recovery Girl and the other doctors had run tests on her back at the hospital to try and figure out as much as they were able about her current state after she’d awoken. But that would take time, and they’d already proven that they couldn’t know everything about her quirk.

Gathering her courage, she started taking several breaths to deepen her lung capacity in a familiar way as she focused her gaze on her hand.

The medical professionals had been strict in their orders for releasing her from their care. Though she appeared to be fine on the surface, she wasn’t to try to use her quirk under any circumstance lest she risk causing more damage to herself.

Tooru didn’t care right now though, this was a risk she needed to take for herself.

While she’d gotten what she wanted in the form of finally being naturally visible, she hoped with all her heart that she could still somehow access her quirk and continue on as a hero with her friends.

Taking a deep breath, Tooru tugged at a part of herself she still hoped was there, focusing all her efforts on creating any sign that her quirk was still functional.

Her head ached, though not in the way it once did, and Tooru quickly exhausted herself almost entirely after just a few moments of concentration, but for one small moment, her palm had disappeared from view, showing only her skirt leg underneath.

The visible girl flopped back on her bed as tears again began streaming down her face, though the overjoyed smile she wore shone brighter than any salty droplets. Hope and joy blossomed in her chest once more as she finally felt herself relax for the first time since waking up.

When Mina returned, she entered a darkened room with only Tooru’s bedside light on for guidance. The reason why was quickly apparent as Tooru was already undressed and in bed, her head resting gingerly on her pillow with a soft, content smile on her face as she snored lightly.

The pinkette could only stand there and admire the sight as her anxiety finally eased at seeing her girlfriend so happily snug. Wanting to disturb the scene as little as she could, Mina quickly shrugged off her slightly damp clothes before sliding into Tooru’s bed and snuggling up to her girlfriend.

After everything they’d been through, it finally felt like they could start putting this whole mess behind them now they were all safe, home, and together again.


Saturday morning broke for Japan and for most people it was a regular weekend day. For those at UA however, despite the clear skies, a sombre mood had returned to cover not just particular dorms but the entirety of campus.

The day of the special assembly had arrived and throughout the school students spent their mornings getting ready to head to the main building dressed in their uniforms despite the lack of classes that day. Some had opted to wear the black armbands provided to them by the school for the event while others that weren’t particularly close to Midnight or didn’t care for the incident didn’t.

In class 1-A’s dorm, everyone was gathering together in the common space before they left as a group for solidarity. There were several heartaches when Tooru and Mina came down that morning as the formerly invisible girl had clearly just been told about what was going on with tears tracks bigger than yesterday lining her face.

When their heads were all accounted for, Iida and Momo lead the way out of the dorms and towards the main building. As they proceeded through campus, they gained several glances from many of the other students as they travelled but no one could find it in themselves to care right now whether those gazes were pitying, angry or otherwise.

There were few words uttered other than small greetings as students conglomerated in the halls before filing in to the large assembly hall that most recognised from the entrance exam tests.

At the front of the hall on the stage was the usual podium and teaching staff in seats waiting for things to begin. Aizawa looked more sleep deprived than ever but it seemed that the sharpness that had been present in his every look had since eased. Off to the side there was a display set up with Midnight’s portrait with its traditional black ribbons and an array of flowers decorating the area around the picture.

Nezu looked up at the many solemn faces filling the auditorium and hoped that all those present could find some measure of comfort from today’s memorial.

Predictably, there was a smattering of hubbub among the other students when class 1-A appeared that they tried to continue ignoring. At this rate, if they weren’t being looked at or talked about it would feel weird. Still, this felt colder and more harsh than usual as there appeared to be several hateful glares shot their way from other, older students that made Koda almost hesitate.

They found their space quickly though and settled in with the support from each other keeping them strong for now.

Thankfully, attention soon returned to the front when Nezu stepped up to the podium and tapped on the microphone.

“Good afternoon all and thank you all for taking the time to come to this special assembly today. As you know by now, we have lost a member of our esteemed teaching staff to a villain attack last week and today we gather to pay our respects to her,” he began. “Nemuri Kayama, also known as the pro hero ‘Midnight’, was killed in action on the island of Nabu by a villainous group that sought to prey on a young child’s quirk. I can assure you all that she fought them with every breath she had and her heroic nature and presence in our community will be greatly missed. If you would all join me now for a minute’s silence while we think of all the good she has done for each of us.”

The room was silent, save for several stifled sobs and sniffles of those that couldn’t hold themselves back. Nezu looked over at Midnight’s former class with great empathy as the largest group that were struggling to keep things together, chief of all Miss Hado who was being wordlessly comforted by Miss Haya.

When the moment of silence was over, Nezu resumed his speech.

“Thank you all for your courtesy. Now, in accordance with UA procedures, Miss Kayama was offered the option to record a memorial video for herself should she perish during her tenure at this school. We understand this may be difficult for some of you to experience so we will offer you all the chance to depart before we play it.”

There was some shuffling amongst the students as some clearly didn’t feel up for seeing their former teacher facing her own mortality. None of Midnight’s former class moved, nor did any in 1-A, feeling as though they owed it to the hero to see this entire ceremony through to the end.

When the doors closed behind the last of those that departed, Nezu pressed the ‘play’ button on his podium screen. The lights dimmed and the principal turned around to look up at the projected image above him along with the other teachers.

On the screen, Nemuri Kayama appeared dressed not in her hero outfit, but something much more casual with her overly large sweater, warm leggings, and lack of makeup. It almost looked like a blog post from a social media influencer with her sitting in a comfy looking armchair in what appeared to be her own home.

“Hello students of UA and my fellow staff members. If you’re seeing this video, then I guess I’m no longer with you,” Nemuri began with a disheartened tone. “I’m sure many of you realise that the life of a hero, while it can appear fun and glamorous on the surface, can also hold a lot of risk and danger. There’s no telling now if I fell to a villain attack, a natural disaster, or simply slipped in the bathtub. I certainly hope I didn’t go out that way but one can never be too careful,” she chuckled to herself. “I’ve had the great pleasure of teaching at UA for many years now and seen many students pass through these halls to go on and become amazing people. To those I’ve met since this year began, I hope you will all continue to strive for excellence and achieve all your goals during your time here at UA. I regret that we did not have more time to connect so I could help guide you through this wonderful time of your lives.”

Tooru and Momo seemed to be taking this the hardest, both unable to keep tears from their eyes. Though the pain was more recent for Tooru, Momo felt like she’d lost someone who could’ve been the one she came to for help and advice in a way she would never be able to with her parents. Her kindness and understanding about her, even in the brief time she knew about their group, had left its mark already.

Mina, standing alongside Izuku, clasped their hands with each other’s without the fear of being caught. Nemuri had guided them through a tenuous time in their own burgeoning relationship and helped them understand different perspectives that might’ve taken them much longer and a great deal more friction to achieve.

Ochako and Tsuyu entwined their arms with each other’s as they watched, feeling like they’d lost someone that truly understood them and hoped only for the best for them.

Kyoka mourned the loss of her former childhood crush turned idol who’d helped her discover herself at a time when she thought she was alone. Her only regret would be not getting to know the kind and understanding teacher better as a person and not just a hero.

Even Bakugo, staunch in schooling his face and emotions, felt his guilt and regret being pulled to the surface again. As he listened to the fallen teacher’s message of goodwill, he swore to her he would listen and make sure her death wasn’t in vain. He would become the number one hero for sure and never let anyone else die when he was there to protect them. Hopefully, when he finally faced her in the afterlife, she wouldn’t condemn him to hell for his failure.

On the screen, Nemuri continued her message, turning slightly towards where she knew a particular class would be seated.

“To my soon to be 3-A class, I’m deeply sorry I couldn’t see your education through to the end. You have all made me the most proud homeroom teacher for all you’ve achieved so far. To Miss Hado and Haya, I’m deeply sorry for not being able to make your wedding; I’m sure it will be as magnificent and beautiful as your love for each other.”

Over on the other side of the auditorium, everyone clearly heard Nejire’s composure break as she was forced to stifle a loud sob, receiving a comforting hug from Yuyu as she tried to endure Nemuri’s final message to everyone.

“To my fellow teaching staff, it has been a true delight to work alongside you all. I’m glad to have found company with those who cherish our student’s future as much as I and I hope you can pick up what I’m unfortunately leaving to you all n-oof!”

A small amount of amusement rippled through the room as Sushi, Nemuri’s cat that many were seeing for the first time, took the opportunity to jump from what appeared to be a nearby sofa arm straight into her lap which stole the last part of her sentence from her. Even Momo couldn’t help cracking a smile as Nemuri gently scolded her whiskered pet before cuddling him into her lap.

“Eraser, Mic?” Nemuri’s video form called out to the surprise of both of them. “Please take care of my little man? I’m sure you know how much he means to me.”

Aizawa said nothing, not acknowledging what he already knew he had to do while Present Mic eagerly nodded, partly to assure the students that the adorable fluff ball would be taken care of without his owner’s presence.

“Finally, to each and every one of you, I leave one last thing: keep going. Do your best no matter what. Keep trying to be better than you were before and, when you eventually look back, you’ll hopefully all see just how far you’ve come and all the potential you had that I see now. The world can feel like this dark, scary, and oppressive place at times but it’s also filled with so much fun, beautiful and amazing things. So take that leap, be a little crazy; ask out that person you’ve been too afraid to, try that food place you’ve always wanted to go to, chase your passion with everything you’ve got and don’t stop until you reach your goals. Most importantly, above all else, don’t forget to stop and smell the roses. Striving to do better and be the best takes dedication but don’t forget to appreciate all you have now. At one point, just getting this far was your goal after all.”

By now, Nemuri herself was crying on-screen with Sushi looking worriedly up at his owner as she let out a small chuckle.

“These things get me every year,” she shook her head, brushing the stray tears away and waving to the camera. “Thank you all so much for listening a-and… goodbye everyone!”

With that, the video came to an end and the auditorium lights returned to normal.

Nezu discretely pulled the tissue he kept in his suit pocket and dabbed at his eyes before returning it to its place, noting a lot of his students could do with tissues of their own after that. Once he gave everyone a few moments to gather their composure, especially Present Mic behind him, Nezu returned to his announcements.

“Ahem, Miss Midnight has always dedicated her all towards being a hero and caring for the students of UA. At times, she would go above and beyond what her position asked of her as an educator to ensure our students were given every opportunity to succeed and thrive. To that end, in accordance with her personal requests should she pass whilst in our employment, she requested that her last paycheck be put towards something special for you students. While it is with great regret that she is unable to join us as we close out the current year and, for some of you, celebrate Christmas, she wished to use her money to support you one last time in the form of nourishment. After you return to your dorms, Lunch Rush will come by with the assistance of our wonderful robotic staff to provide you all with a holiday feast courtesy of our fallen friend.”

Once again Nezu was reminded how much of a caring and thoughtful person they’d lost. While he was more than happy to acquiesce to her request, Nemuri’s paycheck didn’t stretch as far as she probably would’ve hoped. To that end, he’d donated triple what Midnight could from his own personal savings towards the treat to give these students a proper send off to remember their teacher by.

“With that, we come to the end of our assembely,” Nezu announced. “The auditorium will remain open for the remainder of the day to you all if you wish to pay your respects at the front and any memorial tokens you wish to leave will find their way to her public funeral alter. Please enjoy the rest of your day.”

As students up and down the aisles started departing or continued gathering their composure, many headed down to pay their final respects. One by one, class 1-A made their way to the front of the hall where they each offered a small prayer and bow to Midnight’s portrait.

Once all their goodbyes had been made, class 1-A took their leave from the hall and trooped back to their dorm.


As the students returned to the dorm, they all felt at least some small measure of closure now that they’d all been able to say a proper goodbye to their teacher.

Few words were exchanged between them all as almost everyone returned to their rooms to change out of their uniforms and into some more comfortable garb. Though it was Christmas Eve, none of them felt particularly jolly or in the mood to celebrate. In fact, after changing, many of them remained in their dorm rooms to process everything they’d felt over the course of the assembly.

This wasn’t unnoticed by Iida, ever the dutiful class representative who’d returned to the common room to await their delivery of food, who knew he needed to do something to lead rather than let his class fall back into the same depressive state they’d been in the past week.

In fact, the happiest they’d been was when Tooru returned yesterday and that gave him an idea. With phone in hand, Iida messaged the one person who could help him on such short notice as he set about to prepare for a surprise that would hopefully bring some cheer back to the class.

Once Lunch Rush had been and gone and the food was presented perfectly on the two coffee tables as well as the more nibbly bits spread out around the room, Iida sent out a group message that the food had arrived.

As his classmates began somewhat reluctantly emerging from their rooms, they arrived in the common room not only to the delectable sight and smell of delicious food and drink, but a fully decorated common room complete with what appeared to be Mr and Mrs Claus in the form a bearded Iida and Momo.

“Greetings everyone!” Iida called out.

“Iida, what’s all this?” Ochako asked as she and many others walked over to the common area where the sofas and seating had all been arranged around the food.

“Well with today’s events weighing heavily on us all, I’ve taken the liberty to try and reclaim some joy of the holiday and spread it to you all.

“Is that why you’re dressed as Santa?” Sero chuckled at the boy’s bushy white beard.

“Indeed,” Iida nodded quickly, the fluffy fake beard bouncing along with his eager nods. “I know we’ve all had a rough couple of weeks. With everything that happened on the island and today, I understand you are all likely feeling depressed. However, please remember that you are not suffering alone. We are a class and we should take comfort in our teacher’s final message and gift together. It is Christmas Eve, and I would very much like to spend such a time in the company of my friends. While I would not begrudge you should you wish to depart, I would ask that you stay and join me in a toast to the hero who gave her life to protect ours.”

“That… sounds wonderful Iida,” Izuku agreed, moving to help Momo with drinks as everyone else slowly but surely gathered around Midnight’s last gift to them.

Once everyone had a glass, Iida prepared to raise his glass to lead them in a toast only for Momo to place her arm on his and whisper in his ear.

“O-Of course, by all means,” Iida seceded the role to Momo who gladly raised her glass high.

“To Miss Midnight, a wonderful, heroic teacher that we will all greatly miss. May the kindness and love you put into the world live on through us.”

“Miss Midnight!” Everyone raised their glasses of drink high, giving their art history teacher one last thanks and send off before they all started gratefully tucking into the meal she’d so graciously provided.


Though Midnight had passed and preparations were being made for her public facing funeral, there were dark forces at work that sought to eagerly capitalize on the opportunity left behind by Nine’s rampage.

Days prior to Christmas Eve, after the last of the UA students and their guard had departed the hospital to return to Musutafu, a lone figure slipped inside the hospital unnoticed by most. Camouflaged by a doctor’s coat, fake name badge and the façade of appearing to know where he was going, the figure strode with purpose through the entrance and into the elevator. Pressing the buttons for the lower floor and flashing his badge to the scanner to permit him access, the elevator descended towards the figure’s goal; having chosen the shift change time specifically, the man noted the sparse staff presence around him as he proceeded down the hallway and through another doorway.

Now, in the brightly lit room, the hum of mortuary refrigeration units and electronics was the only noise besides the man’s own before he strode over to left most unit, checking the name tags on each of the drawers to locate the one he was after.

It didn’t take long until they located the one labelled ‘Kayama, Nemuri (Midnight)’.

With a satisfied smirk they pulled open the drawer slowly to keep noise to a minimum. Pulling back the sheet, the man confirmed his target before reaching into his pocket for something.

“All right Twice, you’re up.”

Tossing a marble into the air, the figure activated his quirk and the villain known as Twice was stood inside the room.

“Woah! It’s so cold in here. I’m sweating my ass off!” The personality warped villain complained.

“Well we are in a mortuary,” the figure sighed wearily, his quirk revealing himself as a maskless Mr Compress. “Just hurry up and do your job. The sooner we leave this place the better.”

“It’s still weird seeing you like this. Your face is totally normal.” Twice remarked, eying his comrade curiously.

“I would’ve preferred we sneak in via other methods that didn’t expose my face to the world but having insider knowledge does have its perks I guess.”

“Whatever you say man,” Twice shook his head, looking down at Midnight’s corpse before pulling out his wrist mounted tape-measure.

As the doubling villain did his best to memorise and catalogue all of the fallen hero’s measurements for his quirk to do its thing, Compress checked his watch to keep an eye on the time.

“Could you please hurry this along? The longer we stand here the more exposed I feel.”

“I’m going as fast as I can, quit your yapping. No, talk more; it helps me concentrate.” Twice replied unhelpfully as Compress just rolled his eyes. “All right, got it!”

“Finally,” Compress sighed, approaching the drawer once again. Holding his remaining good hand over Midnight’s cracked chest, a small glow enveloped the woman before she disappeared, sealed into another small marble which Compress quickly pocketed.

“My turn,” Twice announced before the brown sludge of his quirk quickly filled the empty space before twisting and morphing into an exact duplicate of Midnight’s body, complete with injuries. “Perfect! I could do better.”

“And you’re sure this will hold up to scrutiny?” Compress asked curiously.

“So long as no one breaks anymore of this broad’s bones, there’s no way they’ll be able to tell the difference before they put her in the ground,” Twice explained.

“Still, it leaves you with a significant handicap until the charade is over with.” Compress worried. “Let’s just hope the heroes don’t locate our new base of operations before we’re ready.”

“Quit worrying, we’re invisible! They’re gonna find us for sure!”

“Only if we hang around longer than we need to,” Compress stated, closing up Midnight’s drawer firmly. “I believe it is time to exit stage left.”

Before Twice could level another quippy response to grate on Compress’ nerves, the sneak thief sealed his annoying but useful comrade in another marble, checked his appearance to ensure nothing obvious appeared to be amiss, and departed the room leaving it almost the same as when he’d walked in.

It didn’t take long for the man to return to the surface level and exit the hospital, giving a friendly nod at the security guard on the way out as he tried to appear as overworked and underappreciated as he usually felt. Clearly his ruse was a success as the man soon made his way through the parking lot and into a nearby dark alley.

Pressing his finger to his ear, Compress gave the signal.

“Mission success Doctor.”

With that, a horrible black goo burst out of Compress’ mouth as the teleportation quirk worked its magic. It only took a few moments for the thief to be transported halfway across the country, stumbling as he landed in the dark, eerie lab of Doctor Garaki, the man who’d been All-For-One’s greatest resource over the past few years.

“Urgh, for all your experimentation and intellect, could you not figure out a way to make travelling with that quirk a more pleasant experience?”

“Your dissatisfaction is minor compared to the utility of little Johnny here,” Kyudai Garaki disregarded Compress’ complaints as he pet the tiny, malformed Nomu that housed the teleportation quirk who was now coughing from a new bout of tonsillitis as part of the backlash. “Now, give me my new subject.”

“All in good time dear Doctor,” Compress tossed and unsealed a pair of marbles from his pocket, revealing his villain costume for him to change back into, and Twice who unceremoniously landed upside down on the floor.

“That hurt ya’ jerk!” Twice complained before pulling himself to his feet.

“My apologies, I prefer to be properly dressed before the big reveal.” With coat and mask back in the proper positions, Compress breathed a little easier with his face obscured once again. “Ah, there we are.” He chuckled conjuring his cane from another marble before finally fishing the objective the doctor was waiting for from his pocket and placing it delicately on the surgical table nearby. Releasing his quirk, Midnight’s body appeared once again, covered by only the thin, white sheet she’d had before.

“Ahhh perfect!” Garaki’s fingers twitched eagerly, itching to take up his scalpel and begin work.

“What do you want with an old, dead broad anyway?” Twice asked curiously as he scratched his head beside Compress who was looking a mite perturbed he wasn’t getting more praise and attention for his successful infiltration.

“Hero corpses are such fine specimens,” Garaki chuckled, his chair zipping along a track in the floor to the table before he stood and examined the former hero’s face closely. “Their quirks are usually quite advanced, even if the original quirk wasn’t great to begin with. Most people don’t get the privilege of seeing how far they can push their abilities so whenever we come across something ripe for the taking, it’s all too tempting.”

“I’m presuming you’re using the royal ‘we’ here?” Compress raised a single brow under his mask.

“All-For-One shares my fascination with quirks, the desire to see just how far they can be pushed and all they can achieve. Nomu are just an extension of this philosophy; they're proof of what humans can achieve once our minds are able to comprehend our own magnificence.”

“So you’re going to turn her into a Nomu? What a waste. Sounds good to me!” Twice commented.

“Quite,” Garaki nodded, pulling the sheet down and off of Midnight, exposing her wounds to the lab along with other parts that made Twice blush and cover his eyes, even if he peek through them slightly. “With the loss of Kurogiri came a significant reduction in our ability to move around. Midnight’s quirk has a fairly similar base to Kurogiri’s own original one so I’m hopeful that, with the right modifications, she will be able to provide a satisfactory alternative to abusing our poor Johnny here.”

“You got this man! What if she’s not a match?” Twice asked in his double speak.

“A hero corpse is only a beneficial thing,” Garaki explained, leaving Midnight’s body alone to waddle over to a nearby, empty, giant container. “While it gets another enemy off our backs, their bodies are also much more adept at withstanding the numerous stresses the ‘nomu-ification’ process takes. If, in the event that her body is incompatible with the other quirks that make up Kurogiri’s own, she’ll make a fine addition to All-For-One’s army of high-ends.

Both Compress and Twice shivered, wondering if the doctor had plans to do something similar to them if they died and he got his hands on their corpses.

“Remind me not to leave a body when I die,” Compress stage whispered to his associate.

Garaki ignored the obvious slight, concerned not with the simple-mindedness of the delivery crew but on how he could best utilize his array of quirks to get the result he desired.

“At least you should be comfortable in the knowledge that I will use your corpses to bring about the new world we all desire,” Garaki stated, sitting back on his chair that zoomed over towards his enormous computer. “If only Shigaraki hadn’t killed Nine. He managed to get his hands on some really exciting quirks I could’ve dissected. Such a waste, him and Dabi both,” the doctor grumbled, glancing at another empty tube that should’ve contained another hero.

“Would you have turned him into one of those high-ends too?” Compress asked curiously.

“His body was much too weak for that, it’d never survive the process,” the doctor discarded the useless thought. “As it is, I was able to get quite a bit of information from his gear before it was destroyed regarding how well All-For-One integrated with his biology.”

“So that’s what you were up to,” Compress remarked as everything clicked into place.

“Indeed,” Garaki chuckled darkly, tapping away at his keyboard, “as it is, I think I finally have everything I need to make my next attempt the success we’ve all been waiting for! Soon Shigaraki will undergo a chrysalis and emerge a most magnificent butterfly as the new All-For-One!”

A shiver running through their cores, both Compress and Twice winced at the maniacal laugh of the doctor’s as he prepared his tools for the latest Nomu experiment.

Notes:

Chapter summary:

- After 1-B leave for the evening, the remaining poly meet up in Momo's room. They discuss how hard it was just to fight the knock off All-For-One as well as his unusual reaction to Kyoka's quirk with Izuku deducing that Kyoka's quirk can actually affect vestiges. They all resolve to keep training hard so they're ready for any eventual fight with the real All-For-One. Momo also reports a call from her mother confirming details about Nabu before dropping the bombshell that her father was looking at Izuku as a potential suitor. Kyoka is surprisingly for this plan as it removes a lot of risk regarding their plan to free Momo. Izuku agrees too and makes contingencies so they can have their happily ever afters afterwards. Ochako and Tsuyu express disappointment but, after some discussion, convince the others that their parents can keep secrets and want to tell them about their throuple relationship with promises to be careful.

- Aizawa, after throwing himself into work to distract himself, returns to the teacher's dorms that night to find Midnight's apartment door open and a light on. Heading inside, he picks up Eri's crying on Midnight's bed, holding Sushi. After a small scare with her quirk, Aizawa calms the girl with a hug before Present Mic joins them. The three collectively mourn together while discovering and opening Midnight's christmas gifts to them all.

- Mina slept in Tooru's hospital room and is there when she finally wakes up from her coma. After a checkup by Recovery Girl, the nurse tells Tooru that she effectively overloaded her quirk and broke it. Mina realises the only reason Tooru was still alive was because of Katsuma. Only time would tell if Tooru's quirk would recover as Mina and Tooru rejoice in her recovery but worry for the now visible girl's future.

- Bakugo runs through imaginary scenarios in his head of what he should've done to rescue Midnight. Getting frustrated at his own weakness he heads out to train only to find Nejire and Yuyu apparently seeking him out. While Yuyu is standoffish, Nejire is sympathetic and wants to hear from Bakugo himself how Midnight died. Bakugo gets defensive but Nejire begs him to know for her own mental state. Reluctantly, Bakugo reveals everything, including that he blames himself for failing. Nejire tries to partially absolve him and offers to help train him in the future which Bakugo tentatively accepts.

- Tsuyu, Ochako, and Izuku get ready to call Tsuyu's parents and tell them about their relationship. When they do, Ganma and Beru express less than joy at Tsuyu's choice in companions with Ganma especially resenting his daughter's 'unnatural' same-sex attraction. Despite attempts to appease the parents, Tsuyu angrily hangs up after declaring her intentions to be with the pair. Ochako and Izuku try to comfort the girl afterwards when Beru also tells Tsuyu it's best if she doesn't come home for New Year's. Izuku is called away to see Nezu and reluctantly departs.

- At the principal's office, Nezu requests Izuku's skills in quirk analysis to help give both classes a boost. While Izuku politely declines focusing on it in order to grow himself since he's seen how important it is that he and One-For-All are ready incase the worst ever arrives. Nezu gives Izuku some advice about heroes and perspective that Izuku takes in stride before making one last request of the boy who heads to the support department.

- Delivering Nezu's request to Power Loader, Izuku comes across Mei who is feeling guilty for Izuku's gear giving out on Nabu and feels partially responsible for his injuries and Midnight's death. Izuku assures her that he doesn't blame her and that her gear helped him more than it hurt. Mei feels at least a little better, resolving to make better babies in the future. Izuku offers to connect her with someone that could help her out and Mei, while wary, accepts.

- Returning to the dorm, Izuku finds Ochako worrying as Tsuyu went for a walk and it's started getting cold and rainy. The two head out and find her in a nearby cave taking shelter. Tsuyu expresses her worries about them leaving her after but Ochako and Izuku resolve to stick with her. Wanting to feel close to her partners, Tsuyu initiates a threeway where they indulge in some stress relief before heading back to the dorms with a brighter mindset.

- The next day, Tooru returns to the dorms as everyone learns about her damaged quirk. While the class is supportive, it's clear there's uncertainty about what will happen to the now visible girl regarding her heroic education.

- A special assembly is held the next day at UA to commemorate Midnight who hopes her students continue to go beyond. Returning to the dorms, Momo leads the toast to their fallen teacher.

- At the hospital, Mr Compress and Twice retrieve Midnight's body and present it to the doctor who gleefully desires to turn her into a replacement for Kurogiri.

Chapter 36: Christmas and Preparations

Summary:

While Nezu makes his move against the HPSC, class 1-A begin enjoying the Christmas holidays together.

Notes:

Apologies for the delay and thank you all for you patience on this chapter. My work schedule has thankfully now died down and I can return to working on the fic full-time (in my free time). While I was unable to dedicate large chunks of time to sitting and writing, I did manage a full reread and started up a bible document to help keep better track of everyone and everything. As a result, I should be able to spend less time looking back through previous chapters and has allowed me to craft a good timeline for the next couple of months as the class head off to work studies. Hopefully we should be back on our regular schedule for a while.

If you'd like to come yell at me or keep better tabs on how the next chapter is going or delays, come join us over on the discord at: https://discord.gg/x85xtWmKCa
There's also fun new MHA game of my creation to try out at the same time and I'll be hanging around there most days usually chatting rubbish so feel free to bother me. :)

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

After the conclusion of the special assembly for Midnight, Nezu had left the clean-up and oversight of the shrine to the other staff members as he had more important business to conduct.

While it may seem a tad insensitive to schedule a press conference at the gates of UA not only on the day most of the student body was saying goodbye to their fallen teacher, but on Christmas Eve, it was very much a deliberate and calculated move on Nezu’s part; he would have near exclusive use of the front page on all major news sites come Christmas morning for what he was about to announce.

As the principal walked back to his office, his paws flexed dangerously behind his back. To the few students he came across during his travel, he seemed no different from normal if a tad more downbeat due to the day, but in reality, he was preparing for war.

Nezu knew how smart he was, and by extension, he knew that other intelligent people also knew how smart he was. The Hero Public Safety Commission were more than likely going to try and weasel out of any responsibility they had for organising the project that saw so many of his students injured and such a beloved teacher dead.

He wasn’t going to let them.

After returning to his office, he set about making the final checks he needed, running through his bullet points, checking in with Cementoss that the podium preparations were ready, and that all the students were away from any of the reporters that were starting to arrive.

The time drew near and, right on schedule, his office door swung open to reveal an Ectoplasm clone on the other side.

“Sir, everything’s ready.”

“Very good Ectoplasm,” Nezu nodded, grabbing his folder before hopping down from his seat. “Shall we go inform the masses?”

The mathematics teacher felt a tad nervous as Nezu passed him by and led them back down the hall. He could practically feel the principal’s predatory nature slipping out and almost felt sorry for those that had earned his ire.

Almost.


The flock of reporters milled around the front entrance to UA as they had done several times before. They were lucky that UA wasn’t positioned on a main street as, with the amount of reporters here, they were currently covering a good chunk of the road that limited the sparse traffic that travelled this way.

Hound Dog and Snipe stood guard at UA’s gates though both knew better than to utter anything other than “No comment,” when pressed. Unlike one of their more recent occupations, there were no nearby students for reporters to snag a quick sound bite with which only led to further speculation between the journalists as to what they would be reporting on.

When one set of UA’s front doors swung open, all heads turned towards the diminutive principal and his escort as they strode forward towards the podium that had been set up just inside UA’s defensive gate.

At once, questions were hurled haphazardly through the air, each trying to be the first to get a response from the principal.

“Mr Nezu! What do you have to say about the events of Nabu?”

“A whole island reportedly left in ruin with your students on the scene!”

“Can you confirm the status of villains reported to be responsible for all this havoc?”

The chimera remained unperturbed by their eager hunger for a story, almost smiling at his plan’s success considering the appetite that the Hero Association had left them with, and climbing the small steps to the top of the podium before arranging his folder and papers accordingly.

When it was clear the principal wasn’t answering any of their questions, the many voices started dying down as those with experience knew that the best way to get what they wanted now was patience. Once the principal tapped his microphone and the hum of the hidden speakers crackled into life, the entire captive audience knew it was time to quieten down as voice recorders and cameras braced for the announcement.

“What well-mannered students,” Nezu chuckled, opening with a joke that send a small laugh rippling through the crowd. “Thank you all for coming, I suppose you’re all wondered why exactly I called this conference today without giving much information. The truth, as many of you have guessed, is about the troubles faced on the island of Nabu where students of our school were stationed during an experimental project put forth by the Hero Public Safety Commission. During this time, nineteen of our students and their emergency supervisor stepped in to defend the island by a group of invading villains looking to achieve a sinister goal. Tragically, as a result of this conflict, much of the island was devastated and the teacher, the pro hero Midnight, lost her life defending the many civilians of the island.”

While some reporters gasped in surprise, a number with inside tips on the hero industry had already heard of the passing of Midnight. Nezu was just getting started however.

“Over the course of eighteen hours, from when the four villains made landfall to when their leader was felled, our students and staff fought bravely in the face of overwhelming odds to triumph, and it is thanks to them that all of Japan is not facing a significantly worse crisis right now. Still, UA lost one of its most beloved teachers and today we announce that her public funeral is scheduled for four days’ time.”

There was a clear bristling of worry and excitement at the nugget Nezu had dropped and notes were eagerly being taken for questions to be posed.

“While the families of our students that have been affected were contacted, we have been unfortunately unable to divulge much of what occurred due to the lack of announcement by the Hero Public Safety Commission. As a result of them delaying their response, I have decided to put their minds at ease and reveal to you all the facts we have regarding the events that took place.”

Though there were many reporters hanging on to every word, a representative from the HPSC towards the back of the crowd was frantically dialling up his superiors as Nezu began to divulge secrets that the public didn’t need to know for their own good.

The principal had started to divulge how the villain known as ‘Chimera’ had engaged several of the students with Midnight’s help when the representative received the order to shut Nezu down. Before he could make good on the HPSC’s intention’s, a dark hand rested on his shoulder as Ectoplasm calmly peeled him away from the reporters and detained him for ‘planning to disrupt a press conference’ as the principal had predicted.

The reporters meanwhile, were eating up Nezu’s words like they were ambrosia. There was something to be said about a villain as powerful as ‘Nine’ as Nezu had vaguely detailed, but this was also the principal of one of the country’s most famous hero schools openly defying the HPSC. Clearly there was a greater story here and some more adept reporters were determined to sniff it out.

“… after the defeat of the villains, the teaching staff and other heroes on the scene determined my students too injured and fatigued to continue further and it would’ve been cruel to not allow them to rest and heal after the service they provided. It was then that the other pro heroes and the Japanese military fully took over as the battle came to a close with three villains in custody.”

There was a moment of awe as Nezu apparently finished his story, taking a pause to both gather his own thoughts and let questions swim in the mind of the vultures before him. He’d left out a number of key details, such as names of the students involved at each step of the invasion, Midoriya and Bakugo’s sharing of One-For-All, as well as what he suspected Nine’s quirk was but the latter was only so he could directly answer the question he knew was coming.

“I will now answer any queries you may have with this announcement,” Nezu declared, opening up the floodgates as the volume of the shouting might’ve given Present Mic a run for his money. He allowed them to ramble for a few moments, savouring the chaos he’d created before picking one of the more reliable journalists.

“Principal Nezu, earlier you stated that your students prevented a ‘worse crisis’, what exactly do you mean by that? What could possibly be worse than the destruction of almost an entire island?”

“Why, the second coming of All-For-One of course,” Nezu announced casually. “It is my belief that the villain known as ‘Nine’ somehow possessed a similar quirk to that of All-For-One. In the lead up to Nabu, several notable pro heroes lost their quirks while according to eyewitness reports, he demonstrated most of them against our students. His goal was to secure the healing quirk of a young boy. If not for my students’ and Midnight’s intervention, he may well have succeeded and all of Japan could’ve been facing the same scale of destruction as Nabu experienced.”

Nezu understood the wave of fear he watched wash over the many human faces before him by revealing such a horrifying villain. He suspected this was something the HPSC was ‘conveniently’ going to omit from their official report while trying to play down the severity of events to not ‘scare the public’. By lying to them however, they didn’t realise how it would shake public trust in heroes further down the road. He knew full well that he was causing them to take a lighter hit now, but he wouldn’t let his students or his school be scapegoated for the HPSC’s poor decisions.

“You said there was only three villains recovered, none of them were registered as this ‘Nine’, is he still out there?!”

Fear turned to panic in the crowd as their front page story potentially turned into a nationwide alert.

“I do not believe so,” Nezu commanded, the speaker volume button compensating for his limited vocal range. “While regrettable and in part due to Nine’s reportedly rapidly fading health, I believe he lost his life during the final conflict with my students when he was ejected from the island to the mercy of the sea.”

“So there’s no body?”

“Unfortunately correct,” Nezu confirmed.

A further murmur ran through the crowd. As unlikely as it seemed, with no body, there was no way to confirm if he was indeed still out there licking his wounds and the public preferred hard proof waved in their faces than any other platitudes.

“Are the students who killed him going to face punishment?”

“Would you punish All Might for accidentally killing All-For-One to save lives by using up every last drop of his strength?” Nezu reposed. “In the line of duty, heroes must make choices. In every other instance, our students managed to disarm and restrain the villains and I believe they would’ve succeeded doing so for Nine too if not for his ailing health. My students made the correct choice to put the lives of the islanders over the attacking villain’s and I stand by them. In this regard, I will not be releasing the names of who took part in this battle to protect their identities.”

Muted muttering broke out among some of the journalists who wondered who was responsible for Nine’s demise and whether they should condemn or thank them. Rather than let this speculation fester, Nezu promptly moved on by accepting another question.

“Principal Nezu! What can you tell us about the student who is being sued? Was she one of the ones who helped kill the villain ‘Nine’?”

“I would ask that you not make brazen speculations like that,” Nezu’s eyes narrowed at the reporter who would not be invited to any future events. “Regarding that case, I believe it is simply a villain trying to escape as much justice as they can and will personally make sure that our student is represented fairly before the Hero Association.”

“Mr Nezu, given the tragedy and severity of what has occurred, why did you elect to go ahead with this experimental project.”

“Unfortunately, if it was up to me and my dedicated staff, this project would’ve never gone ahead with first years. This scheme was concocted and rolled out without proper oversight or risk assessment in order for the HPSC to be seen as though they are doing something to allay the recent fears stirred up with All Might’s retirement rather than addressing the problems at hand.”

Several reporter’s ears prickled at that declaration, it seemed they were uncovering the true reasons behind Nezu’s press conference and knew to press the topic.

“Mr Nezu, you say that the HPSC didn’t do proper risk assessment, what do you mean?”

“What a marvellous question,” Nezu smiled predatorily, “you see, the original goal was send students without any oversight at all. They would simply throw heroes in training out into the world with a sink or swim attitude. We at UA analysed the risk ourselves and sent teachers to oversee the operation in case of emergencies. While Midnight’s death is a great loss to us all, I’m sure she would be thankful to note that she was able to protect the students and the civilians with her actions. As a result of this oversight, there have been over thirteen student deaths caused due to this project at other schools across the country that the commission is currently trying to keep quiet.”

Nezu supressed his smirk at the obvious surprise on the faces before him. It had taken a while, but he’d done a little investigating of his own on the results of the HPSC’s little project. If they even thought about calling Midnight’s death a tragic necessity then he would cut them off at the knees. It wouldn’t take the reporters long to verify his claims, especially with the copies of official documents he would be emailing out as soon as this conference was over.

“Mr. Principal, with everything you’ve revealed, it seems like you are saying that you have lost confidence in the HPSC and hero society.”

“In hero society? Not at all. If I had, do you think I would still be leading this fine school of fledgling heroes?” Nezu dismissed with a chuckle. “No, but you are quite right in the HPSC. I believe they have let their hubris and arrogance go unchecked for too long and All Might’s retirement has revealed how lax and flawed their practises have become. Rather than trying to fix the issue, they are content to throw bodies at the problem, hero or student, until a solution presents itself. I find this abhorrent and will not allow my students to be pawns to further some delusions of control.” Nezu took a moment to calm himself, his anger and frustration beginning to show. “Hero society is hurting right now and we have begun to acknowledge that. What we need to do is work together to find a genuine solution to the problem that will not only fix our current issues, but ensure this does not happen again.”

“Mr Principal, it sounds like you are saying you are better suited to this task than the current president. Are you angling for her job?”

“My ambitions start and end at UA,” Nezu dismissed with a shake of his head. “While I’m sure her job is much harder than I make it out to be, I am calling into question her organization’s true goal. Does she and those she surrounds herself with dedicate their time towards actually bettering hero society and protecting the citizens of this great nation? Or are they more inclined to protect the status quo for them and their cohort’s own benefits? I recommend she and the other leaders take a good long look in the mirror and ask themselves that question. If not, I’m sure there are people much more suited to their jobs that could rise to the occasion.”

With his piece said, Nezu was more than happy to draw the conference to a close as he made a show of gathering his papers.

“That will be all from me today. If you have any further questions, please direct them to me via e-mail and I will get back to you in due time. Thank you all for coming and have a merry Christmas.”

As Nezu departed some reporters leapt to try and catch him with one last question, to which he pointedly ignored all attempts, while others immediately started preparing for the fallout that would occur after their many different articles bombarded Japan all at once.

The chimera strode back to his office as the other heroes corralled the crowd and packed up the announcement stand, a proud grin on his face for his efforts. It wasn’t perfect but he’d gotten the message across clear enough; either the HPSC woke up and took things seriously or they would be given a reality check either in the form of replacements or hero society’s collapse. Contrary to what he told the reporter, he would step into the role of leader if no one else was suited but it truly wasn’t a goal of his to remain there.

Like it or not, he’d grown fond of the education industry and UA as a school. He saw each of the students growing up and striking out into the world as his own force of good. Wide, young, ambitious eyes that wish to better themselves and the world through their actions with him weeding out those that did it for their own selfish gain. To him, he didn’t save lives by rescuing people or fighting villains, but educating those more suited to such tasks while unburdened by human nature’s greed and desire for power.

In a way, he guessed those scientists succeeded in their goal way back when; Nezu’s gift of intelligence did benefit all of Japan, but only those whom he believed deserved it.


While Nezu was busy tearing into the HPSC, across campus, the air was a bit more jovial.

Iida and Momo had successfully raised everyone’s spirits as the class began tucking into food and drink graciously provided for them all. Conversation was minimal to start but soon things started picking up as people began discussing their plans for winter break.

“Has anyone signed up to visit their family for the holidays?” Iida asked, taking a sip of orange juice.

“No point,” Sato shook his head. “We can only visit for new year’s eve. Besides, my folks are busy sorting my grandma out after Nabu, and who knows if we’ll even be allowed to if UA tighten their security more.”

“Ah yes, I do hope she’s doing well,” Iida asked after the old lady, deciding not to comment on the latter portion of the boy’s pessimistic words.

While most listened to Sato’s update on his granny’s health and situation, Tsuyu felt her heart sink at the reminder of New Year’s and the retraction of her invite back home.

Both Ochako and Izuku proved themselves wonderful partners as they silently assured the girl by given her small squeezes on the hand and knee respectively to show their support, drawing a small ribbit of appreciation from the Tsuyu.

“I feel so bad for everyone there,” Kaminari lamented. “They lost all their homes and stuff already. I almost forgot this is probably going to be a super sucky Christmas for them too.”

“Hopefully not too bad,” Momo chimed in. “While I certainly don’t like to flaunt certain aspects of my family’s business around, I am expecting a call from my father sooner rather than later. I believe he will be more than happy to support a good portion of the rebuilding efforts.”

Momo decidedly didn’t mention how she would be trying to manipulate him into it by playing to his ego; not every company could boast about rebuilding an entire island. Besides, by her estimation, the tax write offs alone would be worth it, not to mention the excellent press it would bring. She would love to do it herself, but even if she had access to her allowance as well as all her business assets, she wouldn’t be able to handle a task like that at this point.

There was also the matter of not wanting to send the Uraraka clan too far so her girlfriend could spend New Year’s with them.

“That’s literally like, a whole island. Is that really something your family’s business can do?” Sato enquired hopefully.

“I’ll make sure to keep you posted but I assure you it is well within our means,” Momo felt her face heat up, realising she was ‘humble bragging’ as Mina would put it. While sugar-quirked boy was thanking Momo for her consideration and generosity on behalf of his grandma, she didn’t notice the pink haired girl sneaking up behind her.

“Hey, Momo,” Mina whispered sneakily into her ear, “can you please do me a favour?”

Over on the other side of the room, Bakugo and Kirishima were chatting more casually with Sero about their own plans while Tooru kept her girlfriend’s spot warm, though it was mostly Kirishima and Sero while Bakugo reclined in his spot and ate in silence with Queen around his shoulders.

“You guys gonna head back?” Sero asked. “I’m not gonna bother, there’s some stuff I wanna work on here while campus is quiet.”

“That’s tempting but my mom would be fussy if I didn’t come back for her killer ozouni,” Kirishima replied, his mouth watering despite the delicious spread he was already indulging in. “She makes the mochi herself and its always super stringy and stretchy.”

“I think someone might wanna join you,” Tooru chuckled as she noticed Ochako’s ears perk up and head turn at the mention of mochi.

“S-Shush up Tooru!” Ochako blushed, turning back to her own food while her girlfriend laughed along with the two boys.

“How about you Bakugo? You heading back home?” Sero asked.

“Un-fucking-fortunately,” the blonde growled, taking an angry bite out of a chicken drumstick. “The hag wants us ‘altogether’ after that fucking scare.”

“Not unreasonable,” Sero nodded but understood there was more that Bakugo probably wouldn’t want to say in front of others.

His attention was diverted as he spotted Mina sneaking back around the sofas. Sero quirked an enquiring brow which turned into a chuckle as Mina held an item above her girlfriend’s head.

“Oh Tooru~?” Mina called in a sing-song tone, causing her girlfriend to lean back and look up, revealing her large, dazzling and curious eyes. “Look who’s under the mistletoe!”

Tooru let out an adorable giggle as everyone shared the mirth from the two girls’ recovering joy.

“Looks like it’s both of us,” Tooru smiled before reaching up and pulling her pink haired girlfriend down into an upside down kiss that quickly deepened into tongues.

While no one wanted to be accused of looking two closely at the affection currently being displayed, even Iida struggling with himself as to whether he should break it up, some couldn’t help but notice how Mina’s arm swung wide as she balanced herself. Aoyama let out a scandalised chuckle while Ojiro shook his head and stayed silent.

Bakugo, not bothering to glance over at the two girls, noticed their annoying expressions aimed in his direction.

“The fuck are you lookin’ at?”

Ojiro just rolled his eyes while Tokoyami turned to take note of the sudden hostility.

“I believe you have also fallen prey to the holiday tradition,” he chuckled, gesturing an upwards nod.

Swearing to blow the three of them up if this was some stupid prank, Bakugo’s eyes widened just a tad as he realised Mina’s mistletoe-holding hand was now hovering between him and Kirishima.

“Oh my,” Momo giggled as she too took notice, only for more people to switch their attention towards them. When Kirishima turned back to resume their conversation, Bakugo watched as he also spotted the cursed plant above them. At first the boy’s eyes lit up with joy only to quickly realise where they were and who was around.

“Oh ha ha, very funny Mina,” Kirishima turned back to the pinkette who finished her kiss with Tooru.

“Whaz’at? Sorry, I always wanted to do this,” Mina grinned goofily, unaware of much right now.

Bakugo knew what Kirishima was about to do and everyone seemed perfectly content to just treat it like the funny occurrence it was albeit at his expense. If he did nothing, he wouldn’t have to acknowledge this as anything more than an irritation to the rest of the class.

The explosive blond didn’t know if it was their recent experience on Nabu, the lingering feelings of self-loathing he had, or seeing the small measure of disappointment in Kirishima’s eyes that led to him doing what he did next, but he would later relay to his boyfriend that it was totally worth the look on all those idiots’ faces. That and the look on his boyfriend’s face too.

“Hey, Shitty Hair?”

“Yea-mmmph!”

Several gasps went round the room while jaws and one beak dropped open.

It can be safely assumed that no one expected Bakugo to grab a fistful of the redhead’s shirt and yank him into an almost equally steamy kiss as Mina and Tooru shared but that was the sight they were all firmly fixed on.

“No way…” Sato mumbled in disbelief as he spotted the pair’s lips part and a brief exchange of tongue before the two separated.

The whole event only lasted about ten seconds at most by which time Bakugo had released Kirishima from his grasp, and slouched back into his spot to resume eating.

“Merry fuckin’ Christmas,” Bakugo smirked, taking another bite out of some chicken on his plate.

Most of the class was still collectively processing what they just saw though the first to recover were those from the Baku-squad that knew about this already.

“Jeez man, did you not think to take him to dinner first?” Kaminari chuckled.

“The fuck do you think we’re eating right now?” Bakugo scoffed, though his smirk gave away his own enjoyment of the atmosphere right now.

Kirishima, who was even more dumbfounded and out of it than Mina was after her kiss, could only mumble and chuckle in embarrassment as his skin tone quickly began matching his hair colour.

“Did… that really just happen?” Tokoyami remarked, not quite believing what he’d just seen.

“I believe it did mes amie,” Aoyama giggled, “it seems we have another une autre paire d'amants to celebrate.”

“Wha’d he say?” Sato asked, finally tearing his gaze away from the two.

“I believe he’s implying that there may be more to this than a simple fulfilment of a holiday tradition,” Momo replied, her amused smile still hidden politely behind her hand.

“Sounds about right,” Bakugo smirked, though inwardly he was bracing his defences. “Me and this idiot have been going out for a while in secret. Would’ve been longer if not for that idiot,” Mina somehow managed to look both excited and sheepish at the same time. “If any of you fucks have a problem with that, just fucking come at me!”

The blond let off some explosions in his free hand to intimidate anyone who dared but it didn’t get the response he was expecting.

“Hmph, I always wondered if there was something between you two,” Shoji mused simply.

“Pretty romantic to declare your relationship on Christmas Eve, ribbit,” Tsuyu smiled at the pair, satisfied she’d been right all along about them.

“I hope you’re both happy,” Koda offered as confidently as he could.

As others offered their well wishes, Todoroki just shrugged and returned to his meal, apparently as stoic as ever while Izuku just grinned at the blond and gave him a reassuring nod.

“Hmph, whatever,” Bakugo scoffed, relaxing back in his seat once more.

“H-Hey, don’t be like that Baku… er… K-Katsuki.” Kirishima tested the waters excitedly, nudging his boyfriend with his leg. “I’m sure everyone’s probably got questions after… t-that.”

“Then they can direct them towards you, Eijiro,” Bakugo shook his head and looked away, though Kirishima could see the faint blush clearly.

Deciding to acquiesce and take the heat off his boyfriend, Kirishima turned to address those that wanted further details.

“Congratulations are in order, even if they are belated,” Tokoyami nodded toward the pair.

“A most dazzling declaration, though it could’ve been a bit more graceful,” Aoyama winked.

“While certainly surprising to one such as myself, I do hope this won’t distract either of you from our studies,” Iida eyed them both.

“N-Not a chance,” Kirishima laughed nervously. “If anything, my grades have gone up.”

“You guys don’t seem very shocked,” Todoroki directed towards Mina, Sero, and Kaminari primarily who collectively glanced away.

“We kinda already knew,” Kaminari explained with a laugh.

“We’re his besties, of course we knew,” Mina grinned cheekily.

There was a little more conversation on the newly discovered relationship but ultimately everyone moved on to other topics.

Kirishima noted Bakugo start to relax beside him as the focus shifted, somewhat distracted himself as Queen was now reaching down to paw at his plate while Mina slid up behind the pair.

“Sorry guys,” Mina apologised quietly as Bakugo fed the needy cat a chunk of chicken. “I didn’t mean to-”

“Don’t worry about it you idiot,” Bakugo rolled his eyes. “Shit was bound to come out sooner or later anyway. If it wasn’t you or this dork then it was probably gonna be me.”

Kirishima glanced at his boyfriend’s face curiously as Bakugo took on a notably bashful look, though that consisted mainly of a light blush his boyfriend saw only rarely. “I’m… tired of hiding this shit, let’s just fuckin’ do this.”

The red head felt his heart jump in his chest as an unashamed grin spread over his face.

“That’s awesome man,” he squeezed Bakugo’s knee in appreciation only for Bakugo to place his hand over his boyfriend’s and leave it there.

“Just go toss that shit in the bin before it causes any more trouble,” Bakugo glared over his shoulder at the mistletoe still in Mina’s hand.

“H-Hey wait,” Kirishima reached out before Mina could escape the blond’s anger, deftly plucking the sprig from her hand. “Mind if I keep this?”

Mina blinked curiously before breaking into an endearing grin.

“Go ahead, I'm sure Momo won’t mind. Might make a good piece for a memory book someday.”

Bakugo growled but Mina was already off to talk to some of the others, giggling as she departed.

Kirishima sent one last look to Bakugo to ask without words if it was okay, only to get an eye roll and a small nod in response. Only now did Kirishima realise the plant was entirely synthetic, which he figured he should’ve guessed if it was made by Momo, but that meant it would keep forever, hopefully like the love he felt for the explosive blond right now.

After pocketing the now treasured item, the two returned to the conversation around them while enjoying their classmates' company.


As the afternoon eased into the evening and the delicious food and drink supply began to dwindle, the cheer in the dorm settled as things started wrapping up.

Before they could call it quits however, Iida announced that he had purchased a gift for their planned exchange prior to their excursion. If anyone else wanted to join him, they were more than welcome to place their gifts under the tree with his.

There was a bit of shuffling and more than a few trips up and down in the elevators as everyone went to retrieve the gifts they’d gotten lest they go to waste. While most were packaged clearly, there was no disguising the elaborate giant purple sword replica Tokoyami brought down.

Once all gifts were accounted for, Sero donated some lengths of tape to Iida to helpfully attach to each gift and mix up the lines before everyone grabbed a trail and pulled on the count of three. Presents twirled and soared throughout the room as everyone ended up with a gift.

Mina was more than happy to receive a set of weights that Shoji revealed he had bought and Kyoka enjoyed the funky poncho she got from Sero. There was a twinge of fear running through the class when Bakugo let out a dark laugh, now wielding a four foot purple sword but Kirishima quickly took it off him for everyone’s safety.

Tooru couldn’t help but coo as Izuku ended up with a bag of sticky-cut mochi while Ochako received a mini-mini of All Might. When pressed as to why he’d give one of his collection pieces away like that, Izuku mumbled that it was one of his spares after hunting for a complete set which was still incomplete.

With that, the class concluded their fun as remaining food and drink was either tidied away as leftovers or some grabbing a plate to pick at over the evening. While the party was a welcome distraction from the gloom they endured, the class was collectively ready to move on from today and hopefully start moving towards better feelings.


When people started breaking off and heading back to their rooms, Momo made sure to pull out her phone and send a message off to the group poly chat before any of them left.

Creati: I know the day has been full of ups and downs already, but in the spirit of the season, I would like to spend at least a portion of tonight with you all in private even if only to give you all the gifts I’ve gotten.

Deepest Dope: It would be pretty nice to spend some time together, maybe watch something?

Frog Queen: We also need to welcome Tooru back properly

Frog Queen: Ive missed your hugs

Invisi-badass: Well how can I say no to that?

Invisi-badass’ has changed their name to ‘Visi-badass’.

Visi-badass: Though um… sorry if I get your top wet… still a bit emotional after today

Gravity Girl: We know, its okay, we’re just glad youre safe and home with us again.

Visi-badass: <3

Alien Queen: There was some stuff I wanted to look over but it can wait till tomorrow.

Alien Queen: Should we just do like our own xmas now? I can go grab my presents quick.

Small Might: It would save us from needing to organise another meet up tomorrow. N-Not that I wouldn’t want to ofc!

Frog Queen: We know. Go grab your stuff and meet us in Momo’s room when you get the chance.

Over the next ten minutes, each of the poly group members broke off from the gathering before heading back to their room to grab their things before heading up to Momo’s.

Ochako was the first to arrive, having felt no shame in levitating her TV to bring with her instead of struggling to carry it and her fairly bulky bag at the same time. Kyoka was the next to arrive shortly followed by Tsuyu as the musical girl got to work hooking up the TV in its usual place.

“At this point, is it worth just buying Momo one of her own?” Tsuyu chuckled.

“Damn, wish I’d thought of that. We could’ve pooled our money.” Kyoka shook her head, only somewhat serious.

“Then again, she could probably buy something much better than what we could all get her,” Ochako reasoned.

“True, but it’s the sentiment behind it, ribbit.”

“Here’s your own TV so we can keep doing this together,” Kyoka agreed. “It’s too late for now, but your birthday is next isn’t it Ochako? Think we could get a rush order despite the holidays?”

“We can certainly try, ribbit,” Tsuyu picked up on the tease.

“Nooo,” Ochako blushed and shook her head. “I’d feel bad if you spent that much on me.”

Neither Tsuyu nor Kyoka decided to bring up Ochako accepting Momo’s treats while she was her pet. Thankfully, a pair of new arrivals played the part of distraction.

“Merry almost Christmas everyone!” Mina called as she and Tooru walked into the room with their bags of gifts between them.

“Aren’t you all cheered out by now?” Kyoka raised a brow at the energetic display.

Mina’s façade faltered as the girls watched her somewhat slump.

“Honestly? Yeah. Iida was right, we all kinda needed that but… after everything these past weeks, I feel like I still need so much rest.”

“Just make sure you keep talking to us,” Kyoka warned, “depression super sucks and staying in bed from low energy is one of the signs.”

“I know,” Mina sighed wearily before snagging Tooru around the middle, “but thankfully our little Starlight woke up and chased some of those bad thoughts away!”

“N-No pressure on me, eh?” Tooru replied nervously.

You just focus on staying happy and healthy.” Tsuyu closed in on the girl, opening her arms for that promised hug, “We’ve all missed you but I’m sure today’s been tough for you especially.”

Tooru nodded sadly, holding Tsuyu tight as tears built up in her eyes once again.

“I… I can’t believe she’s gone…”

“We know,” Ochako joined them followed by Kyoka as they wrapped the visible girl in the center of a big hug. While they’d had some time to process everything, Tooru had only learned as much this morning due to her coma. “It… didn’t feel real to us at first but all we can do now is try to remember her as best we can.”

Tooru nodded shakily, trying to savour the comforting feeling of her girlfriends’ touches to keep the sad thoughts at bay.

Thankfully a new distraction arrived in the form of Momo as the group broke up.

“Is everything okay?” Momo asked cautiously as she stepped into her room.

“Tooru’s feeling this morning still,” Kyoka explained.

“Oh dear,” Momo sighed sympathetically. She raised her arms to offer her own hug to the girl only to hesitate for just a moment. Things between the pair were still a little awkward and she didn’t want to presume but Tooru had no such concerns, wanting a hug from all her girlfriends and slammed a little too eagerly into Momo’s embrace. The heiress held her close and stoked her glinting hair lightly, still marvelling at seeing the girl’s solid consistent appearance.

“Hopefully some presents will cheer us all up,” Mina jostled the bag in her hand noisily before moving over to the bed.

“After today, a little more cheer is welcome,” Ochako agreed.

While everyone else grabbed their bags and moved towards their typical spots, the formerly invisible girl slowly separated from Momo who retrieved her own out of the closet. One was considerably bigger than the rest however which she let rest against her footboard before joining the others.

“Okay, definitely curious as to who that’s for,” Mina eagerly eyed.

“I’m sure you’ll prefer this one much more,” Momo giggled before handing Mina her present.

“Shouldn’t we wait for Izuku?” Ochako worried.

“Before we open them, certainly,” Tsuyu agreed, handing Ochako her own present, “But we can get everything ready.”

Everyone checked their presents and passed them out accordingly though thankfully it wasn’t long before their final member joined them.

Izuku had elected to wait until everyone else had gone up as it would be easier to avoid the other boys if they were all cozy back in their rooms before he snuck around.

When only he and Iida remained after tidying the TV area back to its normal state, Izuku bid the boy still wearing the fluffy, white beard a good evening and departed. Collecting the bag of gifts it had taken a great deal of energy to wrap over the past few days, he swiftly made his way to the heiress’ room, not bothering to knock as he slipped inside.

“Hey,” Izuku heard called from Kyoka with a small smile as he saw all the girls gathered on Momo’s bed with various present piles taking up much of the covers.

“Sorry I’m a little late, didn’t want to make it suspicious,” he apologized, hurrying over to his usual spot between Ochako and Tsuyu which had a small mound of gifts awaiting him.

“Don’t worry about it,” Mina rolled her eyes fondly, “we just finished handing out everything but we wanted to wait for you before we opened them.”

Izuku shot them a grateful smile as he quickly unpacked his own bag of presents before handing them out.

Though the day had been taxing at first, everyone felt their excitement rise at what lay under the various colourful wrappings before them.

“So, who’s going first?” Kyoka asked.

“Well… does this qualify as a sleepover?” Mina giggled.

“Urgh, I’m not gonna even remotely entertain those kinda thoughts today,” Kyoka huffed, reaching for a present. “Let’s just go around in a circle rather than pick.”

“Works for me, ribbit. Fairer too,” Tsuyu agreed.

With that, Kyoka started unwrapping her first gift, peeling the paper away to reveal a set of replacement bass strings.

“That’s from me,” Ochako smiled. “I didn’t really know if you wanted anything new music wise so I got you something in case they snap at some point.”

It wasn’t the most romantic gift but Kyoka smiled at the thoughtfulness of it. She did have a tenancy to go somewhat hard on her instruments when she was in a mood and had broken more than her fair share of strings over the years.

“Thanks Ochako,” Kyoka nodded before turning to Mina. “Go on you.”

“Yay!” Mina grinned, eagerly plucking a gift of her own. The square but very neatly wrapped package fell to her deft fingernails as she tore the paper away to reveal a set of glittery bath bombs.

“I wasn’t quite sure if you would be allowed to use them in the dorms,” Momo explained as the gift giver, “but if not, hopefully we’ll be able to use them when we’re all living together.”

“Yeah, you can bet I’ll not be waiting that long,” Mina chuckled. “God a good long bath right now sounds like heaven.”

“J-Just be sure you don’t fall asleep in it,” Izuku warned.

“Wanna come with me and make sure I don’t?” Mina winked in his direction.

“Could um… could be nice to try out a bath bomb for the first time,” Izuku returned fire. Mina admittedly felt her heart warm at both the thought and at the small smile on Izuku’s face with him now confident enough to send teases like that her way.

“Only if you clean it thoroughly afterwards,” Kyoka scoffed. “I do not wanna be bathed in second-hand glitter and who knows what else after you two get done in there.”

“What about first-hand who knows what?” Tsuyu chuckled, sending a light blush to Kyoka’s face at the implication.

“My turn?” Tooru diverted the attention off a grateful Kyoka, already partway through unwrapping her first gift. A box of delicious and fancy looking caramels revealed themselves to her as Izuku sent her a smile. “They look delicious, thank you Squish.”

“No problem,” he nodded.

“Guess that’s me,” Tsuyu went next, unwrapping her present to reveal a singular headband. While she wasn’t prone to wearing such items, the object adorning the top of the headband made her breath catch ever so slightly.

“I figured it was time to call it,” Mina smiled earnestly at Tsuyu, getting up from her side of the bed and walking around to the girl in question. “You’re the truth or dare queen amongst us and now you can properly show it.”

Tsuyu touched lightly at the red and gold plastic crown adorned with fake jewels. On the front of the flat golden part was engraved with the letters ‘T. and D. Queen’. There was definitely more care and effort put into this that her tinfoil one from Habuko but she would treasure it no less.

“May I?” Mina giggled, holding out her hand.

“You may,” Tsuyu smiled widely, straightening herself up as she passed over the headband.

“Ahem,” Mina cleared her throat as everyone else looked on with fond smiles and a few eyerolls at the display. “I present to you all, Tsuyu Asui, our frog Queen of Truth or Dare!” Mina slid the hairband into place delicately as Tsuyu let out a “Ribbit” of joy.

“All hail Queen Tsu!” Ochako cheered.

“About time you conceded,” Kyoka chuckled.

“Meh, she’s earned it at this stage,” Mina agreed, “But don’t worry, the second she falters she’ll be presenting it to me.”

“Such a funny court jester,” Tsuyu teased, causing Mina to gasp in faux indignation.

“Just you wait, I feel a coup is coming for you,” Mina glared playfully.

“No it’s not,” Tsuyu smirked before reaching for the pinkette’s hand and pulling her down to her level. “You love me too much.”

Everyone eyerolled at the cheese on display as Mina’s lips were snagged by their newly crowned queens before the two deepened it into a quick tongue kiss.

“As delightful as this is to watch,” Momo giggled behind her hand, “I believe it is Izuku’s turn to open something.”

“Oh, right,” the boy turned back to his stack and reached for the card first as he was taught to do when growing up.

Inside, he found a funny design of a Christmas scene with kids around a tree opening presents only for All Might to appear to be bursting out of a too-small gift with a santa hat on and a sack of presents over his shoulder while proudly shouting “Christmas is here!”

He chuckled at the image before opening up the card wide enough for everyone else to see while he read the inside. Before he could glance at the first words, he caught the slip of paper that nearly slid out which he figured was the real gift. It read ‘Good for one spa day together!’

“I-It um… was before everything happened on Nabu,” Tooru spoke up. “I figured that, with you training so hard, you might need a day to just relax and destress and it could be fun to do together.”

“Oh?” Momo asked curiously as Izuku showed everyone the homemade gift coupon.

“Together, eh?” Mina smirked.

“S-Someone’s gotta show him how to relax properly,” Tooru blushed lightly.

“Would that involve more than cucumbers on your eyes?” Ochako joined in the tease.

“Thank you Tooru,” Izuku accepted, knowing he would save it for a special occasion. He didn’t think either of them really had the energy to do something like this right now and with how hard Aizawa was likely to push them all next term, it might be worth keeping for a weekend when they really needed it. Inside the card, he took a moment to read the small message Tooru had left him:

To Squishy,

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for all the help you’ve given me over the past few months. Words can’t express how grateful I am for you and I’m so lucky I also get to call you my boyfriend now. I hope this goes a little way to me paying you back for all you’ve done for me.

Merry Christmas, love,

Starlight xoxo

Izuku caught Tooru’s eyes once again who blushed when she saw Izuku’s smile deepen. It was still weird to know everyone could see her now and her blush only intensified when everyone began noticing her rosy cheeks.

“My go,” Ochako announced, opening up one of her gifts next. Much like Izuku, she chose the card which had a picture of Thirteen tethered to the international space station as she hoovered up space debris with her quirk.

“I was gonna get you the actual stuff but you mentioned that it tastes better fresh so I got you that instead,” Kyoka spoke up just before Ochako opened the card. When she did, a much more official looking coupon fell out for the same chain of mochi store they’d visited at the mall. Kyoka must’ve gone back afterwards to pick this up for her.

“It definitely does, maybe they deliver?” Ochako wondered as she read the card.

To Cutie Pie,

Sorry this isn’t more personal. I’m glad for all the time we’ve spent together this year and I hope we can do more together soon, maybe actually take you on that best date ever or somethin’.

Merry Christmas,

Love,

Vixen

“If we keep feeding her mochi, she’s gonna turn into one,” Mina chuckled.

“I wonder what flavour I would be,” Ochako pondered with a finger to her chin.

“Cutie pie!” Mina, Tsuyu and Tooru all voiced at the same time, causing a ripple of giggles through the rest of them.

“Yup, kinda walked into that one,” Ochako sighed before turning to Momo expectantly.

“Oh, yes, my turn,” Momo glanced over her own stack. Unable to resist the call of a good book, she delicately unwrapped the object she correctly guessed as such, peeling away the paper to reveal a copy of the ‘Kama Sutra’.

“Goodness,” Momo blushed as recognised the title and its infamy from her research.

“Not as lewd as you’d think, ribbit,” Tsuyu spoke up, having thumbed through it herself before wrapping it. “There’s some good stuff in there that’s more than just sex positions.”

“But there are sex positions, right?” Mina asked eagerly.

Momo missed Kyoka’s eyeroll as she opened the front cover to seek out the table of contents. While her eyes skimmed the topics, her gaze was clearly drawn to the sticky note left pointing to specific sections. The heiress let out a small sigh as her guilt returned but hoped it wasn’t Tsuyu trying to rub salt in the wound and more trying to help repair their relationship as she eyed the ‘How to deal with jealousy’ and ‘Safe sex and you’ chapters. While she was eager to read the book in its entirety, she would make sure to pay extra attention to those sections and let her girlfriend know with a subtle nod.

It seemed her fears were unfounded as Tsuyu shot her a relieved smile and a small, blown kiss as thanks.

“Right, which one next,” Kyoka picked over her own gifts. She settled on a small case that rattled lightly as she picked it up, removing the pesky paper to reveal a custom make-up set featuring some of the colours Momo had used on her way back for a dare.

“You said you liked the look,” Mina stated, hoping her gift would be received well. “I figured this way you could do it yourself if you wanted to gussy up for a bit.”

“You did look stunning,” Momo agreed, unable to vocalise her true thoughts at the time.

“I know you can’t like, go out on a date with any of us or stuff, but maybe if we went out in public all together then you could do it then?” Mina offered, hoping it would ease both Kyoka and Momo’s burden at least a little.

“Y-Yeah, maybe,” Kyoka blushed, still not one for make-up. “One of you is gonna have to help though… I’m still not great at doin’ it myself.”

“No problem,” Mina grinned. “Now what’s next for me?”

Unable to resist the large box any longer, Mina stripped it of its paper before her eyes bulged greedily at the waffle maker now sitting in her lap. While that would be present enough, the icing on the cake was that it would make the delectable breakfast treats in the shape of a heart each time it was used.

“I um… figured you’d be able to at least make those for all of us on weekend mornings and stuff since we’re all more uh… adept at cooking actual meals,” Izuku teased.

“Oh ho, you bet,” Mina grinned. “I hope you bought a spare because this bad boy is gonna be put through his paces soon enough.”

“Don’t know if your quirk would work if you powered it solely with waffles,” Ochako giggled.

You don’t have a leg to stand on missy,” Mina smirked as the mochi lover held up her hands in surrender.

“Think I’d be weird if you used it at the dorm?” Tooru asked curiously, hoping to receive one such waffle sooner rather than later.

“I don’t mind so long as you guys don’t mind if people like Kaminari and Sero get some too. Those boys are thirsty enough to ask for one the second they see me giving them to you all.”

“As long as you only give us the ones with actual love in them I don’t think it’ll be a problem,” Kyoka smiled.

Mina was tempted to make a rather crude joke about including certain ingredients that represented her love but decided to let the moment go. As fun as it would be, today was a day for cheer and taking this too far down a teasing, lewd road would deflate that somewhat. Smaller stuff was fair game though.

“Tooru?” Mina turned to her girlfriend who eagerly sought out her next gift.

From beneath the paper, Tooru unwrapped a set of shiny bangles that glittered in the light.

“Ribbit, I bought those before you had your… accident,” even Tsuyu hesitated at what to call Tooru’s new visible status. “I know you like being seen but if they’re not your style anymore we can trade them in for some that fit you better.”

“It’s fine,” Tooru shook her head, slipping on two of the six bangles, one on either wrist. “I um… still don’t actually know what suits me at this point but it’ll be good to find out I guess.”

“Sorry,” Tsuyu apologized, “we know this isn’t the way you expected things to go.”

“I know, its fine,” Tooru sighed, still a touch self-conscious as she rubbed her own arm. “Y-Your turn anyway Tsu.”

Tsuyu reluctantly shelved the conversation for now and picked out her own present.

Tooru let out a small giggle when Tsuyu picked up hers and the frog girl quickly found out why.

“You said you didn’t have one of your own after all,” she laughed.

“At least it’s a good model, ribbit,” Tsuyu joined in, glad their awkward feelings were quickly being moved past as she held up a green vibrator box.

“Do you even need that anymore?” Mina asked, raising her eyebrows cheekily at Izuku.

“Do you need Mr Buzzy still?” Tsuyu countered.

“Not his name,” Mina groaned yet again.

“Well, if you are so hung up on us getting his name incorrect, perhaps you should correct us instead,” Momo sent the pinkette a playful smirk.

“Uh…” Mina gulped feeling the inquisitive eyes of her partners all round on her.

“At this point, even I’m curious,” Kyoka acknowledged.

“Urgh, fine,” Mina blushed. “It’s Jack… Jack-Hammer.”

Kyoka was glad she wasn’t drinking anything right then else the snort she made would’ve sent the liquid straight through her nose.

The others couldn’t resist joining in and the laughter admittedly rose to the level Momo was glad she didn’t have neighbours.

“What?!” Mina blushed indignantly, “I like being fucked hard and it fit!”

“It fit in all the right holes too I’ll bet,” Tsuyu giggled.

“N-Not at first but getting there was very satisfying,” Mina purred, trying to regain some control.

“Well, maybe Jack will meet Izuku Jr. one of these days,” Tsuyu wiggled her boxed dildo, putting it to one side as she tossed her wrapping on the pile that was beginning to gather in the middle.

“T-Tsu!” Izuku objected, though somewhat flattered if that was the actual name she was going with.

“It’s for when you’re not there after all,” Tsuyu smirked smugly. “Bunk with me every night and I’ll never have to unbox him.”

“Don’t be selfish,” Mina chuckled, “Izuku, you gotta come sleep with me so Tsuyu doesn’t waste Tooru’s very generous gift.”

“As fun as it would be to watch you two fight over hypothetical sleeping arrangements, I believe it is Izuku’s turn for a present next.”

“R-Right,” Izuku nodded, looking through his pile.

“Oh, just so you are aware,” Momo interjected before he selected. “That big one at the end of the bed, that’s for you.”

Izuku blinked, now curious as he’d somewhat overlooked it when coming in. Pushing off the bed, he moved around to get a look at the very squashy looking present.

“May as well open that one now,” Kyoka reasoned.

The greenette agreed, reaching down to relieve the gift of its wrappings.

“Ahhh, y-yeah, thanks Momo, I uh… kinda needed a new one.”

“What is it?” Mina asked as she and Tooru craned their necks to see.

Izuku reached down and lifted one end of the present up, revealing a brand new winter comforter complete with All Might themed sheet.

“Yeah, your last one was kinda wrecked wasn’t it,” Ochako grimaced. Tsuyu lightly reached for her arm where her skin still ached every now and again but made no further comment.

“Thank you very much Momo,” Izuku let the present drop back into place as he balled up the large amount of wrapping paper and put it to the side.

“My pleasure. Hopefully All Might’s visage will make the vestiges think twice before anymore night time visits.

“Did it have to be All Might themed though?” Mina chuckled. “You ruined its collector’s value by taking it out of the packaging.”

“I don’t really do that,” Izuku chuckled as he settled back into place. “These things are to be used and enjoyed, not kept super pristine and boxed up for resale value.”

“You selling anything All Might is something I don’t ever see happening,” Tooru chuckled.

Izuku reluctantly agreed with the girl before turning to Ochako and prompting her to take her turn next. Tearing at the gift she’d already selected, Ochako held up what appeared to be a very expensive looking phone.

“W-Wha?!”

“Sorry, was that too much?” Momo braced herself for a potential rejection. “I asked Mina to buy it on my behalf and paid her back.”

“Hey, if my girl’s gonna get an update, it’s going to be cutting edge,” Mina smirked with a wink Ochako’s way. “Not like you couldn’t afford it either Miss heiress.”

“B-But I don’t need something like this,” Ochako pushed back, “I’ve already got Mina’s phone that-”

“That you refused to accept as a gift,” Mina sent a knowing look her way. “Now you can give it back guilt free because you got your own, much better phone.”

“S-Still, I can’t! It’s too-”

“Just accept it already,” Kyoka rolled her eyes. “Ochako, we know you have your hang ups with this stuff but number one, its Christmas, number two, you’re special to all of us, and number three, you better get used to this because, pet or not, Momo’s gonna be spending a lot more on all of us when she gets us that big ass house together.”

“Ribbit!” Tsuyu nodded, her crown tilting with her.

“I should point out that I’m not expecting anything in return for this,” Momo made sure to make it crystal clear. “This is purely a gift from me to you in the spirit of the season, not out of any residual obligations from our previous relationship.”

Ochako bit her lip, knowing it might’ve been a tad easier to accept such a thing if she was still Momo’s pet.

“O-Okay,” she resigned herself to everyone’s feelings. It was still a bit awkward to believe someone else would spend so much money on something she considered extra and frivolous but she knew that was the old Ochako talking. Her parents had some actual money now, enough to give her what used to be months’ worth of pocket money in a single go to spend on whatever she wanted, not just necessities. Sure she could’ve saved up for a while to get a phone half as good as this but it was one thing that Momo wanted to do for her so she could use that money for other things. Ochako resolved herself to taking Momo out for a proper date when she could and that she would pay for everything just to try and make things a bit more even between them.

Her money worries may never go away due to being somewhat of a core memory around her youth, but she could at least acknowledge that she didn’t need to feel that way anymore with such amazing partners like them all surrounding her.

“We’ll get you all set up again later,” Mina shot the girl a smile as she very carefully set the expensive gift down.

“I believe it’s my turn,” Momo chose her next gift to which she couldn’t help but notice Ochako flinch at.

“Sorry… it seems kinda cheap after what you got me.”

Peeling back the paper, Momo gazed at a brand new lamp. It wasn’t the same as her old one, having a more rounded, bulbous design that didn’t quite suit the aesthetic of the rest of Momo’s furniture but Momo was grateful all the same.

“It’s fine Ochako, I love it,” she smiled warmly, unpacking it immediately and setting it in its proper place. She’d neglected to get herself a new one after she smashed her last in a temper tantrum after her deplorable behaviour towards Izuku and Tooru but it felt like those holes were slowly being patched up.

“Right, what’s next,” Kyoka peeled away the wrapping on her next gift only to quickly cover it back up as she felt her body heating up.

“Ribbit,” Tsuyu smirked from her position across the bed. Kyoka’s eyes narrowed and briefly considered checking if she was within jack-stabbing distance.

“Ooo, something good?” Mina grinned, eager to see what made Kyoka clam up like that.

“No.” Kyoka stated flatly.

“Oh yes,” Tsuyu nodded. “You said you liked it so…”

“Yeah but… this is so… in-depth,” Kyoka blushed fiercely.

“It gives you more options and positions, what’s wrong with that?” Tsuyu reasoned.

“Oh come on, show us!” Mina bounced in her spot, debating whether it was worth getting stabbed to make a grab for the clearly lewd gift.

“Urgh,” Kyoka resigned herself to whatever mockery may come from this and held up the box. Described as the “Ultimate Restraint Kit”, it featured a number of linked hand and leg restraints to make sure whomever wore them remained in that position. The box also featured a number of examples of the various positions being performed on the front.

“Ooo, we’ve done that one,” Mina pointed out with the featureless model’s hands tied to her ankles with her rear in the air. “Missing the spreader bar though.”

“Definitely some positions I would be excited to see you in,” Momo looked over the list, feeling her core heat up at the idea of Kyoka at her mercy like that.

“Maybe I could um… make you float too, see if that’d make it more comfortable for us,” Ochako pondered with her own blush.

Looking around, Kyoka could see all her girlfriends thinking about the naughty things they could do with her and, honestly, she was excited to explore that with them. Her biggest concern was with Izuku and whether he was expecting the same treatment and this was Tsuyu hinting at something. His face was certainly ablush and after what they’d done already she couldn’t deny him being allowed to think of her that way.

It was then she wondered why she was getting so defensive over this. She had five loving girlfriends who all seemed eager to explore her kink with her and, maybe one day, a boyfriend to do the same. It didn’t settle her blush any, but reminding herself that she genuinely cared about everyone in the room right now made it a little easier to accept the lewd gift.

“None of you better have gotten me anything worse,” Kyoka threatened, knowing it was far too late for them to undo it if they had.

“I’d say that’s the best so far but you do you,” Mina winked, picking up a present to helpfully move things away from the struggling girl.

While Kyoka’s heart had leapt into her throat, Mina’s skipped a beat as she pulled away the paper to reveal a silver picture frame with an image of herself and Tooru making funny faces for the camera during one of the girl’s quirk practise sessions.

“We took that a little while back but I kept looking at it every time I felt myself struggling to keep going,” Tooru admitted. “I know it’s kinda silly now, what with this being permanent an’ all,” she gestured to her body, “but it was really special to me and I wanted you to have a copy too.”

As quickly as she could, Mina delicately placed the picture on top of her present pile before wrapping her girlfriend in a near bone-crushing hug.

“I love it, I love it, I love it!” She squealed, rubbing her cheek against her pale girlfriend’s own.

“Mina… love… can’t breathe!”

“Oop! Sorry,” Mina blushed as she pulled back. “K-Kinda want you to keep doing that.”

“Me too,” Tooru chuckled, brushing herself off, “but um… I’m glad you like it.”

“It’s going front and center on my desk when I get back to my room,” Mina enthused, looking gleefully at the picture again.

“Don’t you need that space to work on homework?” Izuku teased.

“Meh, this is more important,” Mina winked, giving her girlfriend one last token of affection with a kiss on the cheek and gesturing to her own gifts. “Your turn.”

“Right,” Tooru looked over her remaining presents. She ended up picking one of the two boxes that caused Kyoka to chuckle when she selected it.

“Yeah, I don’t even need to see your reaction to know you’ll like that.”

Her curiosity heightened, Tooru ripped the wrapping to shreds to reveal an electronic s’mores kit. It was mostly just an air heater surrounded by little plastic tubs to put your selection of marshmallows, chocolate and crackers that the box advertised by Kyoka had figured the girl could switch them out for cookies and get more enjoyment out of it.

The wide eyes and small measure of drool that leaked from Tooru’s mouth was clear evidence of how delighted she was with her gift.

“Oh wow, this is awesome, thanks Vixen,” Tooru’s joyful smile at Kyoka’s gift sent the girl’s blush rising. While Tooru had always been cute to her, finally putting a face and expression to her responses made Kyoka’s heart flutter anew.

“Too cute,” she mumbled with the others agreeing with the sentiment.

“While it may be too late to use that now, I have no doubts we’ll be seeing that when we next find time for a proper sleepover,” Momo chuckled, wondering if it was worth buying a secondary blanket to protect her sheets.

“You bet!” Tooru agreed, glad tomorrow was Christmas so she had an excuse to not follow her diet.

“While Tooru makes goo-goo eyes at her new love, ribbit,” Tsuyu teased, leaving her sentence hanging while reaching for her next gift which happened to be the one of the two squishy ones she had and knew it was from the one who carried that nickname.

“You said the last one was a bit small so I um… checked the tag when you weren’t looking and got you a bigger one,” Izuku smiled.

Tsuyu unfurled the hoodie from its wrapping and delighted at seeing a similar froggy design to her last overly large covering. The fleece material inside would ensure she kept nice and toasty and there was a bit more room for someone to join her inside if they wished.

Unlike Tooru, Tsuyu decided to make use of her gift now and quickly slipped it over her head while tucking it over her knees as she curled into a ball with arms.

“Ribbi~it,” she croaked in comfortable satisfaction, much to everyone’s amusement.

“Hehe, snug frog,” Mina poked, playing on her typical phrase regarding the girl.

“This will be great to curl up in this winter,” Tsuyu agreed. “As well as… other things.”

“We all know who’s getting first invitation to join you in there,” Mina winked at Ochako who blushed at the idea.

Tsuyu decided to hold her tongue, subtly eying her own gift to the pinkette she’d yet to open.

“Izuku, your turn, ribbit.”

The boy decided to opt for the small box he’d been intrigued by and made quick work of the wrapping. It was just a plain cardboard box with no design on it to hint at what was inside but opening it up saw his eyes bulge.

“I thought that might be your reaction,” Mina giggled.

“How did you- when did you-?” Izuku stuttered, holding up a mini-mini similar to the one he’d put in the gift exchange that night only it was of All Might in his silver age costume.

“I ma~ay have snuck into your room at some point to check on what All Might stuff you owned so I knew not to get you a duplicate,” Mina admitted, fully ready to apologise if Izuku wanted it since it was a minor breach of his trust. “I checked out a few things and spotted that your collection was missing that one so I hopped online and found someone selling it.”

“B-But these are… t-this is the rarest one! This must’ve cost you a lot!” He gaped, having checked the online trading places frequently before UA back when he had more time.

“Pretty sure the person selling it didn’t know what they had,” Mina shrugged, not knowing it was that rare. “They had a bid up for the next six days but I offered triple if I could just buy it now. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t but I’m guessing I got lucky here?”

“How much did you put down for it in the end?” Ochako asked, bracing herself for the worst.

“Just over nine thousand yen. I think they were having a clear out judging by all the junk in their other posts.”

Izuku’s mouth dropped open and Mina smirked, clearly she’d earned some major brownie points.

“And how much is it actually worth Mr Collector?” Kyoka quirked a brow.

“For this? Even damaged its worth at least ten-times that!” Izuku squeaked, causing Ochako to do the same as she looked at the near pristine figure.

“Hehe, I guess me and that are your good luck charms now,” Mina winked. “Don’t worry, I’m sure we can find a way for you to show me how grateful you are another time.”

Izuku blushed at the suggestive look she was giving him but he was more than happy to give her whatever she wanted after that. He’d long sought this silly little figure for his collection but couldn’t justify the money it would cost. It may not’ve meant much to Mina at the time, but he hoped she understood at least a small amount of the catharsis he was feeling right now.

“While someone picks his jaw up off the floor,” Kyoka glanced over to Ochako who quickly took the hint to select her next target. The soft squishy package was her choice and when it opened up she found a pair of sporty-looking gloves fall into her lap.

“Ooo, another of mine,” Mina giggled. “Just a little something to better your workout Cutie.”

Ochako chuckled and rolled her eyes.

“You just want me to get more gains so you can drool over them.”

“Can’t it be both?” Mina smirked.

“I wasn’t aware you struggled much at the gym,” Momo spoke up.

“I don’t,” Ochako admitted, “but I have to make sure I keep my pinky out or something to stop me accidently using my quirk; weights kinda need gravity to do their thing.”

“You’ll be safer this way too, ribbit,” Tsuyu acknowledged. “A proper grip is better for preventing accidents.”

“That too,” Ochako agreed, “thanks Mina.”

“No prob, girl,” she smiled back as they turned to Momo for her turn.

“Let’s see…” Momo regarded her options, deciding to select one of the two cards she had.

Tooru sat up a little straighter as Momo unveiled her card with the image of a bird leaving its cage. The girl clearly understood the symbolism and opened it up to see what was inside.

To Gorgeous,

Hope we can put everything bad from this year behind us and maybe start afresh next year. I miss being close to you and hope we can reconnect properly soon.

Merry Christmas, love,

Starlight x

While the others were used to getting some measure of yen notes in cards, Momo wasn’t and she almost missed the second home-made coupon of the day slipping out.

“Oh, what’s this?” She questioned, reading the words ‘Rage Room Experience together’ on it.

“Yeah uh… so sometimes, when my dad gets really angry about cases and stuff, he goes to like, this rage room place and they just let him smash a load of old junk until he calms down.”

“Woah, that’s actually kinda cool,” Kyoka spoke up, a little interested herself.

“Right!” Tooru agreed. “So like, I asked Mr Hound Dog if he knew any places and apparently UA does that for old support student tech every now and then so we wouldn’t even have to leave campus to do it.”

“Really?” Momo examined the coupon again only to find no extra details since it wasn’t anything official. “It does sound potentially intriguing, I would be glad to attempt this experience with you if you’ll show me how.”

“Oh yeah, no problem!” Tooru enthused, glad Momo was open to the idea. Honestly she didn’t really know what to get the heiress considering her wealth and other… recent difficulties. She hoped that maybe doing a bonding experience together they could continue repairing their relationship.

“I believe it’s your turn now Vixen,” Momo turned to Kyoka who casually grabbed the biggest box remaining from her pile.

Pulling the paper off quickly, she had to blink for a few moments as the gift registered in her mind.

“So I know you like, struggle with sounds and stuff sometimes but I figured these might help when you’re studying or want to drown out the world or something,” Tooru spoke up as Kyoka peeled the rest of the paper off some rather nice professional-grade headphones. “Apparently these weren’t the best for sound quality but they’re super noise cancelling.”

“Wow uh… y-yeah, these are really nice, thank you Starlight,” Kyoka grinned, eager to try them out when she next slept alone or, regrettably, felt her depression acting up. Tooru smiled before turning to Mina who wasted no time selecting her next, squishy gift.

Tsuyu’s time had come as she watched Mina select her present and hold up the deep pink hoodie with internal black fleece that had ‘Alien Queen’ written on the front in gold bordered black letters.

“So who’s getting your first invitation to share, ribbit?” Tsuyu teased as Mina knowingly looked her way.

“How hot do you think we’d get if we double’d up?” She winked before quickly slipping it over her head and, much like Tsuyu, felt there was plenty of room to snuggle up to another person with.

“Maybe too hot but I certainly won’t decline such an enticing invite,” Tsuyu chuckled.

Mina didn’t know if Tsuyu was just being sincere but she definitely intended on acting on the lewder ideas she had for this garment when she could.

“I’d let you in here babe,” Mina nudged Tooru, “But I think you’d miss out on your next presents if I did.”

“Maybe after,” Tooru nudged her back, wondering just how snug it really would be in such a spot as she reached for the card based gift she had.

Ripping the top off, Tooru pulled out a somewhat generic card that had the image of a Christmas tree with the words ‘Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year’ on it. Opening it up, Tooru read the note inside that also seemed to be her gift.

To Starlight,

Words cannot describe how guilty I still feel for what I did to you. I sincerely hope I prove myself worthy of being the girlfriend of such an amazingly strong, kind, and forgiving future hero. I know it can’t possibly make-up for things, but please consider this an ‘I.O.U.’ (is that right?) for anything your heart desires; if it is within my power to do for you, I will try my hardest to ensure you get it.

Merry Christmas with love,

Momo

Tooru shot Momo a grateful smile. Clearly they both acknowledged there was still some distance yet to reclaim between them and if she managed to think of something that would bring them closer together, she’d use her I.O.U. then, for now though, she’d keep it private between them and not hold it over her head.

“Well, what is it?” Kyoka asked.

“Private,” Tooru winked.

“Ooo, something salacious?”

“Maybe,” Tooru teased, “you’ll never know though.”

“Awww Tooru! Don’t be mean.”

“If Tooru wants to keep it between her and them that’s her decision,” Tsuyu noted, reaching for one of her remaining gifts to keep things moving.

The second squishy package was a surprise to her but no less enjoyable as she recognised the format of the green pillow she now held in her hands.

“And who do I have to thank for this?” She looked around at the remaining few.

“Uh, that’s mine,” Kyoka raised her hand. “Cause you’re like, super ready for those two all the time, I figured it would make things clear when you wanted to have some private time together.”

“Uh, what do you mean?” Ochako asked curiously eying the gift curiously.

“If it’s on this side,” Tsuyu held up the pillow with the word ‘No’ and a white ‘X’ image underneath it facing Ochako, “that means tonight I want to just go to sleep. If it’s on this side,” she flipped the pillow so the word ‘Yes’ was displayed inside a red love heart, “it means I want to do lewd things.”

“O-Oh!” Ochako felt her blush returning with Izuku joining her in that state.

“We don’t really have bed sides yet since we’ve all got singles apart from Momo” Tsuyu patted the covers, very grateful for the fun times this large bed had provided them all with, “so how about I leave it on your bed if I’m looking for some fun?”

“T-That works for me I g-guess,” Izuku stuttered, imagining what it would be like to walk into his room and find the pillow ‘Yes’ side up on his bed.

“D-Ditto,” Ochako agreed, her thoughts very much mirroring Izuku’s.

“That goes for the rest of you too, ribbit,” Tsuyu stated confidently, getting a cheeky wink from Mina, a somewhat excited, blushing nod from Tooru, a similar but toned down response from Kyoka, with Momo tentatively accepting it too.

“And if we’re not in the mood?” She clarified.

“Just text me and I’ll move it to someone else’s room,” Tsuyu giggled.

“Damn girl, save some for the rest of us,” Mina laughed.

“Don’t be surprised if you’re worn out from more than training when we live together, ribbit.”

“Good thing we’re practising so much now, eh?” Mina chuckled a little nervously. She knew Tsuyu was horny but how much did the girl actually hold back sometimes?

“I’m gonna regret that present, aren’t I?” Kyoka sighed.

“It’s probably the smartest dumb thing you’ve done if you wanted to get laid,” Tsuyu teased, causing Kyoka to bite her lip as now she imagined finding the pillow waiting for her on her bed.

“I-I think we should um… move on,” Izuku sidestepped the situation going any further by picking up a fairly chunky looking present of his own. Ochako bit her lip out of nervous rather than excitement as Izuku peeled back the paper to reveal a fairly nice leather autograph book.

“I uh… don’t think I’ve seen you with one of these,” Ochako explained as Izuku turned it over in his hands. “Considering you’re uh… quite the fanboy,” Mina laughed loudly once while the others bore amused faces at the understatement, “I figured maybe you should have a proper book to keep those autographs in to keep them safe considering all the heroes you’ve met so far and all those you’re probably going to meet.”

“Awww,” Tooru cooed at the genuinely thoughtful gift.

Izuku felt unabashed joy welling up on his chest he wore in a wide smile before popping the book open to check the amount of pages he had inside. His eyes were drawn to the first however as it wasn’t empty like he expected. In bright pink ink, the signature of ‘Uravity’ stood proudly on the page with a few shaky flourishes to give the words some style with a small ringed planet replacing the dot over the ‘i’.

“I don’t mean to presume,” Ochako chuckled nervously, “but with all the help you and everyone else has given me so far, there’s no way I’m not going to become a totally awesome pro when we graduate, so I kinda signed it early.”

“Uh, that’s so awesome!” Mina exclaimed, wishing Ochako had told them so they could’ve all signed it for Izuku in advance. Hopefully he wouldn’t mind too much if they did it a little later considering the elated expression on his face and the love she saw in his eyes for their blushing brunette girl.

“T-Thank you so much Ochako!” Izuku grinned widely, more than a little excited to hopefully fill it up one day.

“Mind if we all sign it later too, ribbit,” Tsuyu asked for them, as though reading Mina’s mind.

“Of course, I’d be very grateful to have such amazing heroes sign,” he chuckled, playing it up a little.

Everyone shared in the joke, though Tooru’s laugh was a little muted. While she definitely wanted to join everyone and sign if she could, she felt a small pit in her stomach form when she wondered if she would be able to become a hero still. Though she confirmed to herself there was some part of her quirk still there, she hoped with all her heart that it was enough to at least become a sidekick if nothing else.

With the end of Izuku’s turn came the start of Ochako’s and, deciding to open the similar looking present to her last one, found a pair of soft cotton gloves inside.

“Your sleeping mittens are cute but they could be a bit more practical,” Tsuyu noted, “I think these should be a suitable replacement.”

Ochako couldn’t help but blush lightly as, while they pretty much matched her gym gloves by only featuring three fingers, the design on the palm and fingertips was reminiscent of a cat’s paw.

“Awww, Ochako’s got more beans,” Mina teased.

“N-Nya?” Ochako nervously played along, pulling a blush from Izuku who tried not to look too interested.

“Cute, ribbit.”

The gravity girl shook her head to flush her blush and moved swiftly onto Momo to save her from further embarrassment.

“I think this one should suffice,” Momo plucked the small box from her dwindling pile.

Izuku felt his anxiety climb as Momo carefully removed the paper and found the small jewellers box inside. Kyoka similarly felt a little nervous as Momo opened up the hinged box and saw their heiress’ mouth drop open in surprise.

“I-It’s just a um… a little something for a charm bracelet you’ve got?” Izuku explained, having taken Tooru’s gift advice and visited a particular store at the mall to get his gift for her. “I-If you don’t like it-”

“It’s wonderful Izuku,” Momo smiled warmly at the boy, once more reminded of his thoughtfulness, though suspecting one of the others had given him some advice since she wasn’t sure he really knew about the bracelet. She’d taken to wearing it only in her room when she wanted to feel close to everyone at once. Ideally she’d like to wear it all the time but it felt special, like something she wanted to don only when she could express her true self to the world. Right now that consisted of only the four walls around her, but she knew that, with the help of those attached to the bracelet which would now include Izuku, those four walls might be expanded someday.

Reaching into her side table, she brought out the case in which she kept her charm bracelet in and popped the small, silver ‘I’ with a green, glass gem inside to be attached tomorrow. Including Izuku would mean she needed to shift everyone else’s around so they were spaced equally which was much too fiddly to do right now.

Kyoka decided to go ahead and open her next one while Momo returned her bracelet to its proper place. With only two left, she knew one of them was from Momo and one was from Izuku and she didn’t know which she was more intimidated by. Ultimately she decided to save Izuku’s for last, putting aside his small box she hoped wasn’t also some piece of jewellery in favour of Momo’s more flexible package.

Removing the paper led to her blush returning as some very attractive looking lingerie revealed itself to her.

“While it doesn’t match the pair I ruined during our… ahem, activities, I hope these are a suitable replacement.”

Once more Kyoka felt herself ogled by her partners and, unlike before, refused to let her nerves get the better of her.

“Bet you thirsty bitches would love to see me in this,” she smirked.

“I mean… was that not obvious?” Mina giggled.

“Just tell me how I can get you into them before I get you out, ribbit,” Tsuyu chuckled.

Kyoka rolled her eyes at the tease and pickup line respectively before feeling a mote of pride settle in her chest. She wasn’t the most body confident out of all of them, but if she was getting that kind of response now, she wondered what they would be like when she actively tried to seduce them. While she was still hesitant to include Izuku in her more lurid thoughts right now, she did allow herself to wonder what his response would be if she tried the same with him.

“You can try your luck some other time. Mina, go.”

“Two left!” Mina enthusiastically chose without so much care as Kyoka. Peeling the paper back revealed the musical girl to be involved once more though as the pinkette unveiled her gift.

“Ooo, a tie-dye kit!” Mina’s excitement grew.

“Just something I figured you’d be interested in,” Kyoka smiled, knowing the pinkette’s penchant for acid-wash patterns.

“You bet, this’ll be loads of fun,” Mina grinned, looking forward to seeing the results, though she’d have to get some plainer shirts to use with it.

“Just make sure you clean up after you’re done,” Momo reminded her, the activity looking like it could be messy from all the dyes she could spot.

“I promise,” Mina rolled her eyes before setting her latest gift aside as Tooru went next.

Her remaining options were a rectangular box and a square box. She decided to go with the rectangular one as Ochako examined her response carefully. Inside the packaging, Tooru found an array of colourful lipsticks reminiscent of the ones she and her gravity defying girlfriend used on each other before.

“We had a lot of fun before and I figured, if you maybe wanted to do it again, it might be better if we had more flavoured ones to um… d-do it with.” Ochako broke into a blush as she finished.

“Would also be good for figuring out what colours match you too but Ochako’s idea seems more fun,” Tsuyu giggled.

“I’m definitely joining this time!” Mina grinned excitedly, remembering the enticing image the pair had sent her and Tsuyu.

“It’s awesome, thanks Ochako,” Tooru smiled, hoping to put it to use when she was a bit more secure in her current situation.

Tsuyu took that as her cue to reach for her next gift and opened up the somewhat thin package. Curiously, she found herself looking at the front cover of what appeared to be a mansion booklet. It didn’t look like a real place judging by the obviously fake scenery around the structure so she turned to Momo for further information.

“Ribbit?”

“Have a look through,” Momo smiled knowingly, a touch of excitement glinting in her eyes.

Curious, the others leant in for a better look themselves as Tsuyu opened up the booklet that revealed a floorplan complete with labels and further room mock-ups.

“Is… is this-” Her eyes widened as she felt her heart jump at the potential concept she held in her hands.

“It’s just a first draft,” Momo reasoned, “I gave the company some somewhat sparse details to work with so as to not to have any possible hints to our current relationship but it’s what they could come up with that would suit the criteria I gave them. Luckily most of the things we all wanted were fairly standard to clients of theirs so I don’t think it raised many brows. I obviously can’t commit to anything before I’m free, but I wanted to share what things may someday look like for us all.”

Tsuyu croaked in excitement again as an early concept of their dream home was resting in her hands.

“Wow, that’s so cool!” Tooru leant forward further with Mina joining her, both trying to spot their potential rooms and other amenities they’d requested.

“Feel free to keep it safe for us all and write some notes on it for improvements you want,” Momo offered. “I hope it’ll include all of your own personal touches by the time we’re ready to finalize everything.”

Kyoka looked up at Momo before taking her hand and leaning against the girl. Though it was her gift to Tsuyu, this felt like something they could all enjoy and really look forward to. It was always just a fun fantasy to indulge in before now, but with actual steps being taken to make it a reality, it seemed like freeing Momo and them living happily ever after wasn’t just a pipe dream.

The round of gift unwrapping stalled as everyone took turns examining the preview booklet as they inspected their giant group master bedroom, complete with extensive closet and bathroom. There was spaces for ‘guest bedrooms’ that would quickly be converted into each of their personal offices/alone time bedrooms as well as a TV room with a very comfy seating area that could easily house them all while snuggling up together.

There was much more they could examine like the pool, gym, and kitchen but they’d spent more than enough time glancing through the draft and it quickly found its way back to Tsuyu.

“Thank you Momo, this is… really special,” she held the pieces of paper close, as though they justified everything she’d daydreamed since before their group had formed.

“You’re very welcome Darling,” Momo smiled warmly, just as excited as the others to see what that draft would become in time.

“Sorry about that Izuku, ribbit,” Tsuyu apologized for taking up so much of their time when there were still presents to unpack.

“Don’t worry, I um… really liked looking at it too,” Izuku smiled, looking forward to decorating his nice large area with all his gathered merch’ and more. For now though, he turned his attention back to his remaining presents, selecting the larger of the pair.

Pulling off the wrapping, he was greeted with an artist’s grade sketchbook as Kyoka lightly cleared her throat.

“If um… you’re gonna draw, you may as well do it properly,” she smiled, hoping with this he could justify taking the time out for himself more when he wanted to be creative.

Izuku was admittedly a little torn. He loved the gift but he felt that when it came time to actually use it, he’d feel too insecure to start anything and potentially waste pages of it. Still, Kyoka’s words of encouragement to relax and work on his own thing rang through his memory as he vowed to himself to make sure her gift was put to good use.

“Thank you um… Vixen, I’ll try to draw something good with this.”

“Draw any crap, I don’t care,” Kyoka rolled her eyes, “just make sure you relax when you find the time.”

Izuku felt further encouraged to find something worthy to draw when he found the time and motivation. If nothing else, it was a lot better than drawing on regular lined paper.

“Looks like it’s me again,” Ochako announced, reaching for the remaining gift she knew wasn’t Izuku’s as she wanted to save that till last. Like many others, this one was squishable to the touch and Ochako quickly divested it of its coverings.

Inside, she found what appeared to be a cute, stylized frog and rabbit plush set looking back at her.

“They’re squish-mallows!” Tooru announced enthusiastically. “Just for when, you know, you need to hug something real tight but these two aren’t around,” she giggled and gestured to Tsuyu and Izuku.

“Cute,” Tsuyu appreciated the pair while Izuku felt a touch of embarrassment at being compared to a bunny, even if it was endearing.

“They won’t pop no matter how hard you squish ‘em,” Tooru continued.

“Know that from experience, huh?” Mina chuckled as Ochako quickly rubbed her face against the frog’s white belly.

“So so~oft,” she sighed pleasantly.

“Could probably use them as pillows,” Kyoka noted, wondering if they were really that comfortable to the touch.

“Or you could get one of Momo’s strap on’s and then-”

“Don’t ruin this with your lewds!” Tooru playfully tapped her girlfriend’s shoulder to dissuade that line of thinking.

“They’re great Tooru,” Ochako grinned, glad to have something a little snugglable for those nights when she wanted her own space.

“That leaves me again,” Momo noted, reaching for her own second to last gift.

“N-Not that one,” Kyoka quickly mumbled as Momo reached for hers.

“Oh? Want me to save it?” Momo asked with a touch of teasing in her tone.

“Please,” Kyoka nodded shyly.

“Don’t be so embarrassed you hopeless romantic you,” Mina stuck her tongue out. “Probably for the best though, mine’s probably not great for you to end on so go for it.”

“Very well,” Momo acknowledged, plucking Mina’s card and deftly unsealing it with her nails.

Once more she almost fell victim to a coupon of the homemade variety eluding her but caught it before it fluttered too far.

“Sorry for all the coupons, you’re kinda hard to buy for,” Mina apologized.

“I understand, don’t worry,” Momo acknowledged before reading the card with a snowy cityscape design.

To Momo,

We’ll get you and Kyoka up and out of UA on an awesome date soon enough. Until then, here’s a coupon for us to all visit somewhere of your choice whenever you think we can elude your parents’ all-seeing eyes. If they catch us, just show your parents this coupon and claim it would’ve been rude not to accept a Christmas gift as a group.

Merry Xmas Gorgeous!

Love, Mina xxx ooo

Momo chuckled as she read Mina’s words, wondering if such a simple trick would work on her father. It could be worth a shot if the opportunity presented itself.

“Thank you Mina. I don’t know quite when I’ll use it but hopefully I’ll redeem it before I start amassing a collection.”

“I’ve got plenty of fun suggestions where we could all go,” Mina offered with a wink as Momo showed off her little coupon. “If he gets pissy about us trying to take advantage of you for somewhere expensive, just tell him I’m paying.”

“It… may well be a factor that could swing the tide, yes,” Momo acknowledged. The rich didn’t stay rich by spending frivolously on their friends. No matter how much of a drop in the bucket it was, her father did get hung up on principals at times.

“I guess this is the last round,” Kyoka noted, tentatively reaching for her last gift.

“Awww, no super-secret presents from anyone?” Mina pouted, knowing full well she hadn’t taken part if there was any.

“Everything’s been amazing so far, I’m pretty happy with all this,” Ochako grinned, enjoying her stack of thoughtful gifts with hopefully the best for last.

While Ochako was excited, Kyoka was hesitant as she began unwrapping the small box that could only be from Izuku, the boy sitting up and watching her carefully. She hoped he didn’t have his heart too set on her reaction as fancy or stylish jewellery was not her thing.

Opening it up however, she found her eyes drawn to the fancy, deep-purple bass pick resting in the middle of the case. Handling it delicately, she traced ran her fingers over the lightly engraved initials in glossy black of their entire group marking one side of its surface.

“Turn it over,” Izuku suggested as Kyoka did so, finding the words ‘Hero Too’ on the other side. “It’s not much, but I thought with this you could always remember us when you’re on stage and playing to make everyone happy.”

“I… I get the initials,” Kyoka mumbled, “but um… why ‘Hero Too’?”

“Do you really need to ask that?” Mina chuckled, thinking the connection obvious.

“I know it’s the first time you properly played on stage to an audience and stuff,” Izuku explained the obvious away, “but it’s also the first time that you saved someone with your music. Eri learned how to smile and laugh again because of you and… I’m so happy that we were all able to do that together. We couldn’t’ve done it without you stepping up and being brave enough to play when I heard the others had to talk you round a little so… t-this is just my way of saying thank you.”

Much like Tsuyu when she saw their potential future home together, Kyoka’s chest lurched as her lesbian heart pined once more for the clear male sitting across from her.

Everyone else seemed to be eying her gift with delight as Izuku had clearly put a lot of time and effort into getting it right. There was a twinge of fear mixed in with her joy however as Kyoka carefully turned to gauge Momo’s reaction. Jealously with the boy had interfered with them before and Izuku’s gift was arguably more personal and deep than Momo’s own.

The heiress admittedly had a more surprised look on her face but when she noticed Kyoka looking at her she schooled it into one of joy and acceptance. It was clearly hard for her to feel like she wasn’t competing with the boy on some level but she was clearly trying for everyone’s sake. It would be something she would ensure she talked to them both about later, but for now she’d let it lie.

“I… don’t know what to say… this is um… p-pretty amazing Izuku,” Kyoka stammered slightly, feeling every bit the crushing school girl she imagined she was right now.

“I-It’s just something small to keep with you when you need to borrow some strength,” Izuku smiled warmly.

At first, Kyoka didn’t know if he was trying and failing to be humble or genuinely didn’t know how much this meant to her but she knew better at this point. Izuku wasn’t one to accept praise easily, even if he did all the research and pulled out all the stops to try and make someone happy. She’d let him off with it for now, but she would definitely be making him accept a proper heartfelt thank you, along with getting the full story of how he came up with this as a gift, when there were less witnesses around to embarrass them.

“Think I should go next before she jumps Squishy?” Mina not-so-subtly whispered to Tooru. The threatening jack pointed in her direction was all the answer she needed as she picked up her last gift of the night.

Unlike Momo, Mina had guessed this one was book shaped too but was much more inclined to open the more fun stuff first. While she hoped an equally awesome sex book lay under the wrapping, she figured she wasn’t that lucky but pulled off the wrapping all the same to see what someone had gotten her.

Her head tilted with a touch of confusion as she pulled out a copy of “The Couple’s Cookbook”.

“I’m pretty sure you make the best pancakes and waffles out of all of us,” Ochako chuckled, “But um… I thought maybe you could brush up on cooking some stuff without sugar.”

Mina faked an offended gasp and put a hand to her chest.

“My dear Cutie Pie, I don’t have the slightest idea what you’re talking about. My cooking’s great and everyone knows it.”

“Eh,” Tsuyu wobbled her hand, “only when one of us is there to catch your mistakes.”

“You almost lit me on fire once,” Tooru deadpanned.

“Okay… so maybe I could use a li~ittle more practise,” Mina chuckled, fully aware of her culinary shortcomings.

“Well I can only really do some super cheap and simple meals too,” Ochako noted. “I thought maybe it was something we could learn together?”

“It’s a skill we should all probably improve at if we’re gonna be cooking meals for whoever’s out on duty, ribbit,” Tsuyu found herself interested in trying it out herself.

“A surprisingly well thought out activity for all of us to partake in I dare say,” Momo agreed, knowing her own skills beyond what she’d learned just prior to the dorms being established were sorely lacking.

Ochako beamed at the modicum of praise for her gift and idea while Mina knew it was a good chance to butter her partners up before asking for something she wanted, though that mainly consisted of getting into their pants. Her mother had always taught her the way to a man’s heart was through his stomach; she figured it would work equally well on them all, not just Izuku.

“I believe our precious Starlight has saved her best gift for last,” Mina turned to her girlfriend and fluttered her eyelashes playfully.

“You just got lucky,” Tooru teased, having not done so deliberately before leaning in to sneak a kiss onto Mina’s cheek for her cheek. The wrapping paper was made short work of and Tooru found a kit of her own to test out at some point. “A… hand cast kit?”

“Yeah, it’s this fun little way to make like, a copy of your actual hand or hands in a particular shape. You can then like, make it into a custom holder for something like a cup or pens or something but I figured we could like, hold hands and uh… put it up as a nice little ornament.”

“And here I thought you’d accidently given her Izuku’s gift,” Tsuyu chuckled with a small note of sadness in her tone as she turned to her boyfriend. “Your hands are in casts way too often.”

“I know,” Izuku scratched the back of his head, hoping he could get a much better handle on his control soon.

“This isn’t anything like that, it’s much better,” Mina stuck her tongue out as Tooru examined the box.

The formerly invisible girl wasn’t a fool, she knew this was a clear purchase before Nabu with the intention to give her a more physical way to see herself before she got the hang of her quirk, but the idea of her and Mina or any one of her other partners being able to hold hands forever sent her romantic heart beating erratically.

“I love it!” Tooru peppered the pink haired girl with kisses as she wondered how long it would take to make. “Can we do it tomorrow? How long does it take? Does it need painting?”

“Slow down girl,” Mina chuckled, wrapping her arm around her girlfriend, hoping to reign in the excited bundle of energy. “We’ll do it soon, yeah? Let’s finish off tonight first.”

“Admittedly that sounds really romantic,” Kyoka admitted.

“Want me to get you a kit for your birthday?” Mina winked.

“M-Maybe once we’re finished with Momo’s stuff,” Kyoka mumbled, glancing hopefully up at her girlfriend.

“Having a constant physical reminder of our bond as a decoration piece is something I very much look forward to when permitted,” Momo chuckled and Kyoka felt a tad more secure in the present she’d gotten the heiress.

“There’s also pictures, travel souvenirs, uh… r-rings,” Ochako blushed.

Unnoticed by the girl, Tooru couldn’t help but flinch at the mention of ‘travel souvenirs’.

“All worth looking into at a later time too,” Momo smiled. “A home like ours will need quite a bit of decorating after all.”

“Just don’t give Mina your credit card,” Tsuyu chuckled. “Pink and black everywhere.”

“I’ll throw in some green here and there,” She teased back. “Though, for real, I promise I won’t go that overboard.”

“It’s meant to be our place after all,” Kyoka rolled her eyes endearingly as Mina sent her a conceding nod. “Anyway, last one for you now Tsu.”

“Ribbit.”

Pulling off the small measure of paper from her last gift, Tsuyu was left much like Tooru as she looked down at a green and blue picture frame with frogs and lily pads decorating the edges and the word ‘Family’ embossed on the surface to stand out in white. Unlike Tooru’s though, it was empty and appeared to be a more modern electronic frame rather than the traditional kind.

“Sorry,” Ochako apologized pre-emptively, “I know um… family is kind of a difficult topic for you right now but… when I got you this, I thought we could all like, take a picture together and put it in there since we’re… y’know pretty much all family at this point. I mean, if that’s okay with everyone else?”

“R-Ribbit?” Tsuyu looked hopefully at the others.

“You’re so sappy!” Mina teased though her wide grin betrayed her true feelings.

“Seconded but, as long as you keep it hidden from the others, I’m down,” Kyoka agreed.

“Our first family photo!” Tooru enthused, bouncing in her spot and causing several presents to shift.

“Our first um… Christmas family photo,” Izuku added.

“A pleasant memory we will hopefully be able to look back on together,” Momo nodded.

“Not hopefully, definitely!” Ochako puffed up her cheeks.

“Right, right, my mistake dear,” Momo tittered at the girl’s determination.

It was getting to be a bit too much for the normally restrained frog. It felt like her hopes and desires were manifesting before her and she almost wondered if she was dreaming. She couldn’t help the happy pair of tears that rolled down her face as she quickly tried to wipe them away with the sleeve of her new hoodie.

“Awww,” Mina cooed, knowing this definitely wasn’t a case of unhappy tears.

“Is it a bit much Tsu?” Izuku fretted.

“I-I’m so h-happy, r-ribbit.”

“Maybe hold off on that picture until we’re done, give our Darling time to compose herself,” Momo offered considerately with the others quickly agreeing.

“Pull yourself together and we’ll take a picture at the end,” Ochako assured the girl.

“Uh… could I maybe get changed?” Kyoka asked nervously, very aware she was dressed only in her tank top and shorts.

“No way,” Mina denied, “all the better for Tsuyu to decide to put her new pillow on your bed every time she remembers tonight.”

“How about just waist upward,” Tooru offered as a compromise.

Kyoka sighed in her spot, relenting to that much at least, “Yeah, okay then.”

“Thank you Ochako, and t-thank you all,” Tsuyu stuttered thanks to her unstable emotions. Even when uncomposed the frog girl’s adorableness still melted their collective hearts.

“I’ll be quick,” Izuku smiled, opening up his last present to reveal a set of proper artists sketching pencils with an array of shades and colours.

“C-Conspired with Kyoka a little, ri-ribbit,” Tsuyu chuckled weakly with a smile on her face.

“They’re perfect,” Izuku smiled, now having no excuse not to put two of his girlfriend’s gifts to use.

“Number one hero, rare merch’ collector, famous artist, what next I-zu-ku?” Mina teased.

“I’m not sure about that last one,” Izuku chuckled, his sketches not really being comparable to those of professionals, “but I can’t wait to find out with you all.”

“Urgh, just had to turn that around on me too,” Mina blushed, very much feeling the collective love in the room swell with all the deeply personal gifts they had all come up with.

“Too much,” Kyoka rolled her eyes, though she certainly agreed with the sentiment.

“Ochako?” Izuku turned to the brunette who nervously held the tube shaped present that made up Izuku’s gift. While she was pretty sure it wasn’t anything lewd despite its shape, she was still nervously optimistic about what it could be.

Opening the paper revealed nothing more than a blank cardboard tube with a lid. Quickly popping it and looking inside, she used her dexterous digits to tug and pull what appeared to be a poster out of its protective container.

The others eagerly looked on as Ochako unfurled it while a mild blush settled on Izuku’s face.

“You um… remember the autumn festival? W-Well um… there’s this observatory nearby that makes some money selling pictures of the night sky to help fund their research. That’s a picture of the stars over Musutafu the night I… t-the night we became a full unit together.”

The other girls held back their affectionate noises at the romantic gesture on full display as Ochako’s eyes danced with the snippet of the stars before her. Needless to say, she felt her love and affection for the green-headed boy swell and she delicately lowered the poster, which rolled itself back up, as she seized her boyfriend’s face for a hungry, tongue-filled kiss.

“You… think she’ll go all the way if we don’t stop her?” Mina giggled as Izuku accepted and sunk into the kiss himself.

“Let them have this,” Kyoka smiled, conceding that Izuku’s gift giving skills were clearly just that good.

Ochako pulled back when she felt her lungs begin to complain and blushed more from everyone’s gaze on them than the brazen act she’d just done before them all.

“S-Sorry, I just… y-yeah, I love it Izuku… thanks,” she blushed fiercely.

“N-No problem,” Izuku replied, rubbing the back of his head and looking away with an equally red tinge on his cheeks.

“Awww, it’s like we time travelled into the past!” Tooru teased, noting how similar their behaviours were to before they’d all gotten together. The difference was neither of them denied their feelings now as Ochako affectionately flopped to her side, leaning into Izuku’s shoulder as she carefully returned the poster to its tube.

“Right, last present of the night,” Mina turned their attention towards Momo who’d been eagerly fingering her own gift from Kyoka with surprising patience.

“Thank you,” she acknowledged, grateful she was allowed to unleash her eagerness on the paper and reveal her musical girlfriend’s own gift to her. While she did, Kyoka’s hands subtly pulled her phone out of her pocket and unlocked it.

When the last of the paper fell away, Momo’s inquisitive eyes recognised a picture frame when she saw one but spotted no faces, names, or anything of that kind. She looked at it with a mote of confusion as she tried to puzzle out what exactly she’d received.

“So um… I know you can’t have like, pictures of us and stuff together in case… y’know,” Kyoka began her speech nervously. “But um… I figured something like this would probably slip past your parents as like ‘modern art’ or something.”

“I see…” Momo nodded slowly before taking another look at the stylized, singular line that rose and fell erratically in the middle but remained flat at both ends. “Forgive me but… I don’t quite know what I’m looking at.”

Kyoka chuckled weakly, having expected this. Using her phone’s camera feature, she quickly scanned the QR code at the bottom right of the frame. Momo and the others looked on curiously before Kyoka’s phone loaded the data and an audio file began playing.

“Never forget, we all love you.”

The words were emitted in Kyoka’s voice as the punkette pushed down a blush to rival Izuku and Ochako’s most recent.

Momo’s eyes widened in realization as she realized the picture was of a soundwave of Kyoka’s voice and words. It was truly ingenious as, while learn-ed in business, tech, and management practises, the more common elements of daily life for regular people eluded her parents. She’d been completely unaware of how certain codes could contain so much information herself until Mina had shown her one day.

Now understanding what she held in her hands, she resolved herself more than ever to escape her parent’s machinations and cement her bond to the wonderful, amazing girl before her by placing a ring on her finger.

“W-Words cannot accurately describe how much this means to me,” Momo looked back at Kyoka with her eyes full of love.

“So don’t use them,” Kyoka bit her lip before leaning up and capturing Momo’s in a soft kiss that quickly deepened into a more passionate one.

“Best Christmas ever,” Mina giggled, eying the pair fondly despite the arousing display as she sighed contently, looking at the mass of wrapping paper that sat in the middle of their group.

“Does it have to be over?” Tooru pouted.

“There’s certainly no more presents to unwrap, but there’s plenty more ways we can enjoy the holiday,” Ochako chuckled.

“Anyone up for a bad Christmas movie?” Mina gestured over to the TV.

“Before that, c-can we please do the photo now?” Tsuyu asked shyly as Kyoka and Momo finally pulled back from each other with murmurs of love exchanged.

“But I haven’t got my face on!” Mina gasped.

“You look better without make-up, more natural and real this way,” Kyoka pointed out.

“Awww, love you too babe,” Mina leant in and placed a quick kiss on Kyoka’s cheek before the girl could object, escaping her jack’s wrath by backing off the bed. “Let’s do it!”

“We’ll tidy all this up afterwards though, yes?” Momo clarified, not wanting to sleep in a pile of shredded paper even with all her partners around for comfort.

Everyone pushed themselves to their feet and moved around to the end of Momo’s bed as the format for the picture was arranged. They planned to stand at the foot board with the picture taken above the waist to preserve Kyoka’s modesty, though Mina had no such qualms, with them all holding at least one of their other partners’ hands except for those on the end. Tsuyu was set firmly in the middle as demanded by Mina and accepted by the rest with Izuku and Ochako flanking her on both sides. Tooru took Ochako and Mina’s hand with the pinkette happy to be on the end so she could flash a cheeky peace sign with her tongue out.

On the other side, Kyoka realised Momo was herding her to stand next to Izuku, the punkette knowing what she was trying to do. At this point, she understood that Momo needed to accept things more than she did if things were to move forward and quickly switched places with her by taking Izuku’s hand and placing it in Momo’s before snagging their heiress’ other.

Before the heiress could object, one of Kyoka’s jacks snaked its way down to her hand and wrapped around their intertwined digits. Even in something as small as a group picture, she wouldn’t let Momo feel like she was on the edge of things if it helped her get over her feelings.

Momo admittedly covered a small gulp when she found herself squashed up between the pair as they all got close for the picture. Kyoka’s hand was safe and familiar to her but Izuku’s was much more coarse and rough. When Kyoka first made the switch however, Izuku had simply flashed her his unwitting yet charming smile and Momo felt her anxieties ease.

Looking over the others, much like Tsuyu had felt earlier, a sense of true belonging and contentment washed over her, bringing a few happy droplets of liquid to her eyes as the idea of this being her future family settled firmly in her own mind.

Ochako, with Mina’s now weightless phone in camera mode, set the timer function while getting ready to hurry to her spot.

 “Everybody say ‘Cheese’!” Ochako called out as she hit the ten second timer and delicately left the phone hovering in mid-air as she hurried back to her spot.

“Cheese!” Everyone chorused before a bright flash briefly blinded them all.

“Urgh, always hate that part,” Kyoka bemoaned, rubbing her eyes and blinking furiously.

“Nothing like a bit of blindness to bring people stumbling together,” Mina laughed, trying to blink away the lingering snapshot of the room that appeared every time she closed her eyes.

It didn’t take long for the uncomfortableness to clear as Tsuyu eagerly examined their first family photo with an elated croak. Thankfully Ochako had decided to charge the gift before giving it to her girlfriend and, after Mina’s phone connected wirelessly with the device, the picture of them all now rested firmly in Tsuyu’s hands.

“What do we sa~ay?” Mina giggled teasingly.

“T-Thank you all so much, ri-ribbit.”

“No problem Darling,” Tooru squished her froggy girlfriend around the middle in an endearing hug, taking care not to jostle the picture frame in her hands too much.

“There are certain events I’m sure we’d have all rather avoided,” Momo conceded with a touch of guilt, “but considering everything as it is now, I can’t think of a better way to spend Christmas Eve than with the people I value most in this world.”

“Not even if we watch a super cute holiday movie and snuggle up?” Tooru offered.

“Now that sounds like an idea,” Ochako agreed, the thought eliciting memories of her youth and the times she and her parents could forget about their money troubles under a comfy blanket together.

“We’ll need to make room beforehand,” Momo chuckled, looking back at all the wonderful presents littering her bed along with the colourful wrappings that formerly concealed them.

“The worst bit!” Mina groaned but still grabbed a handful of wrapping paper to get started.

With a small flourish of her quirk, Momo held a garbage bag in hand as everyone chipped in to clean and tidy up, storing all their gifts safely in a few piles near Momo’s cupboard.

“Should we go get our pillows, ribbit?” Tsu asked, many of them not realizing things would carry on this late and turn into a pseudo sleepover but the idea of committing to the idea was too appealing to pass up.

“Hmm, maybe we don’t have to,” Mina pondered, an idea coming to her as she eyed Izuku’s gifted comforter, “hear me out…”

As Mina explained her plan, she couldn’t help but feel her smile widening as each person seemed to understand what she was going for.

“I guess we could try it,” Kyoka accepted.

“There may be some issues,” Ochako warned.

“We’ll figure out how to make it better later,” Mina waved her concerns away, “no better time than now to try right? All cosy on Christmas eve together.”

“Ribbit!” Tsuyu agreed with wide eyes.

“All right, we’ll try it, but no complaining if you get poked or prodded in the night,” Momo said.

“Depends who and what is doing the poking, ey, Izuku?” The pinkette winked.

Izuku blushed and rolled his eyes but knew he didn’t have the energy for anything like that. After the day they’d had, sleep and rest seemed like heaven right now.

Discussion around what film to put on didn’t last long. Fatigue seemed to be catching up to them all and they simply elected to just put on the first one they found. The film channel seemed to be having a running marathon of holiday films but they were lucky enough to catch the start of one they all agreed was acceptable.

“Do American’s celebrate Christmas differently?” Tooru idly wondered.

“I believe the spirit of the holiday is the same but there’s probably a fair few differences,” Momo reasoned, climbing into her regular spot on the bed as Kyoka snuggled up next to her in hers.

“I’d kill to be able to eat junk food like that ‘elf’ does and keep my figure. Now budge up,” Mina giggled, sliding up next to the heiress’ other side with a grin while settling the quilt over herself ready for the next step of her plan.

With the three girls settled, Tsuyu hopped onto the quilt, taking care not to put pressure on their legs as she crawled to the spot between Momo’s legs and laying down gingerly so her head rested on Momo’s lap.

“I’m not too heavy, am I?”

“You’re fine, Darling,” Momo smiled, her arms the prefect length to stroke her girlfriend’s hair in their current position.

Ochako went next, climbing up so she was settled between Momo and Kyoka’s legs while Izuku claimed the other side between Momo’s and Mina’s.

“Just you left Starlight,” Mina encouraged her glittery-haired girlfriend toward the spot between her own legs.

“Coming!” Tooru giggled, holding the All Might comforter before tossing one end of it towards the group from the end of the bed. Izuku, Tsuyu and Ochako made sure they were all covered comfortably before Tooru slipped between the two quilts herself, Izuku’s arm tentatively reaching around her to draw her closer which she eagerly snuggled up to along with her own headpats from Mina.

“Everyone comfortable?” Momo asked when it seemed like they’d all settled.

“Definitely, ribbit,” Tsuyu croaked happily, feeling the love overwhelm any minor discomfort she had. The other agreed this was more than acceptable for now as they all settled in to watch the movie together.

With the volume on low and no sounds being made other than their collective breathing and shuffling now and again, the atmosphere softened into one of comforting peace.

As expected, Tooru dropped off first but the others weren’t far behind as they each slipped into a soothing slumber as that mournful yet wonderful, snowy Christmas Eve came to a close.


Christmas day arrived at UA quietly as though hesitant to disturb the population with the rays of sunshine it brought along. The air was still as it seemed man and beast alike were content to dream the morning away until they couldn’t avoid it any longer. Across the country, many had disabled their alarms to give themselves a guilt free lie in and UA was no different.

One by one students started awakening to Christmas morn and quickly shook their sleep fatigue off with excitement for presents.

As it was the first holiday UA had experienced as a boarding school, the staff had tried to be as accommodating as they could be with a special email sent out to parents who wished to send their kids gifts. Marked presents were collected and checked over by the school before the day, being held back so they could be delivered by staff bots in the night. Acting the part of Santa, each one had slipped into the dorms and delivered a stocking full of cheer to each student’s door.

To ensure everyone at least received something on this day, a small assortment of gifts was also included for each student with things like school supplies, coupons for Lunch Rush’s more premium foods, course specific supplementary materials that may be of interest to them, and more.

Despite the lack of alarms, many students still found themselves rising early that morning when they naturally roused to begin their day of festive enjoyment. Though he was content and snug between loving arms and legs, Izuku still felt the need to rise when he awoke to get his workout in, only getting a few annoyed grunts in the process of extracting himself from the tangled limbs. While the world seemed to have slowed to savour the holidays, he had no doubts that the league of villains wouldn’t. No matter what, he had to be ready for when they made their move so that he could have more Christmas’ like this with the others.

Having finished much later than normal, Izuku realised there was no chance he would be able to sneak back to Momo’s room as easily as he left it with plenty of the boys now up and mingling around the dorms.

Thankfully, once he’d showered and changed for the day, Mina was providing a very helpful smokescreen for Ochako and Tsuyu to sneak him his gifts by whipping up a heart-shaped waffle storm in the kitchen. Kaminari was already on his third by the time Izuku was ready for his first which Mina gifted him with a wink and a flirty smile.

While most of 1-A savoured the unexpected morning treat courtesy of the pink girl, the acid wielder had a pit of worry sitting in her stomach alongside tasty waffle the entire time.

Her court date with the Hero Association was drawing ever closer and she’d received more papers to look over concerning everything. Taking one look at all the high intensity legal jargon had rattled her and she knew she needed help to try and find out if Tooru’s dad could possibly save her from the worst. That’s how she once again found herself outside Momo’s room after sending the heiress a text during breakfast. With papers clutched in hand, she knocked twice before hearing her hopeful saviour’s call and entering.

“Hey Gorgeous,” Mina greeted with a melancholic tone, “sorry for making you do homework with me on Christmas.”

The heiress was in the middle of hanging her new soundwave picture on the wall above her desk and was holding it in place until the sticky Velcro tape fully adhered.

“You should know better by now that some things are worth sacrificing personal time for,” Momo shook her head, offering what comfort her sympathetic smile could for her girlfriend. It seemed Mina was more troubled than she realized as she passed Momo by to sit on her bed without even glancing at her presenting rear.

Once she was done with hanging Kyoka’s gift, Momo sat down beside Mina as the pinkette refreshed her memory on as much as she could comprehend.

‘The provisional hero ‘Pinky’, real name Mina Ashido, hereby known as ‘the Accused’, did deliberately and knowingly permanently disfigure ‘Kiruka Hasaki’, hereby known as ‘the Victim’, with the intent to remove the features that comprise her quirk. This goes beyond the act of ‘self-defence’ and should be considered ‘malicious assault’ towards the Victim. The Accused knowingly overstepped her authority, haphazardly bestowed upon her by the Hero Association despite being only a first year student at UA, and allowed her personal biases and discrimination to dictate her actions. As a result, a promising young woman has lost access to her quirk and will carry this injury for the rest of her life. We recommend the Accused be stripped of her hero license, disbarred from ever becoming a hero, and subject to the criminal justice system on top of reparations being paid to the victim by the Hero Association.’

The description of what she was being accused of sent the same measure of fear and sadness through Mina’s system despite this being at least the thirtieth time she’d read it.

“How can they get away with this?” Mina asked, a few anxiety induced tears appearing at the edge of her vision as Momo gently took the documents from her hand and read them over herself. “It makes me sound like a monster; she’s the villain!”

“Accusations like this always try to paint the situation in the worst possible light for the person their aimed at and the best possible one for those accusing,” Momo explained. “If anything, it may work in your favour.”

“H-How?” Mina blinked incredulously.

“Overselling a situation can cause doubt to form even if there is legitimately a case there. If they’re exaggerating this, and you can prove that something that extreme definitely didn’t happen, then they lose credibility in the eyes of the judge; the burden of proof is on them.”

“B-But I…” Mina bit her lip. “I melted her hair… I don’t know how badly it hurt her but she was about to kill Tokoyami, she was about to kill me!”

“Honestly, I don’t think this will hold up to scrutiny,” Momo flicked through the document further, her trained gaze comprehending the more unusual legalese words better than Mina’s, “you were a hero doing your best in a time of great stress. We all were.”

“I know, but… i-is there anything more we can do?” Mina clenched her hands nervously.

“Did you see the principal’s announcement this morning?” Momo asked. “He’ll be assisting your case as best he can be on top of Mr Hagakure. Do you really think Nezu will lose?”

“He didn’t think the island would be attacked either, m-maybe there’s something here he doesn’t know too?”

“You’re panicking, Mina,”

“Of course I am!” Mina’s voice rose. “Do you know how badly this stuff goes for people like… p-people like… me?”

Momo frowned, a tad confused at the question before realising what Mina was actually saying.

“A ‘vicious, ugly, acid-wielding mutant’ attacking someone like her? The… the public’s gonna tear me apart.”

“Mina…” Momo rubbed her shoulder, her worry climbing at Mina’s use of the self-deprecating slur towards her own heteromorphic heritage, “it won’t go like that.”

“You don’t see it,” Mina shook her head, “you haven’t done the research like I have. More heteromorph heroes have lost their licenses for ‘excessive violence’, ‘gross misconduct’ and other shit than any other type; especially when they’re sued by ‘normal-looking’ people.”

“That… that’s horrible,” Momo bit her lip uneasily, taking Mina’s word for it.

It often eluded them all that heteromorphs were still regularly discriminated against while living in a city like Musutafu with a healthy hero population but she need only look as far as Ochako for how horrible someone could be treated just based on one aspect of their person such as their sexuality.

Momo remembered reading about the ‘6/6’ incident, also known as ‘The Great Jeda Purge’ to some during her previous education. The horrific acts described in the history book had caused her to become so emotionally destabilized her tutor had excused her for the remainder of the day, much to the scolding of her parents.

Mina was so happy-go-lucky most of the time and one of the strongest people she knew that it felt almost alien to see the girl so fearful over something like this. Regardless, her fears weren’t unfounded despite how much it sickened Momo but she didn’t know how she could help her girlfriend realise that her case wouldn’t end up like those other unfortunate heroes.

“Have faith in Nezu and Mr Hagakure,” Momo could only offer. “Be honest and accepting of the facts but ensure you state that you followed the law regarding how you tackled the threat. You may have injured her, but it certainly wasn’t out of maliciousness or anger… was it?”

“It… could’ve been… if not for you,” Mina smiled ruefully. “If you hadn’t talked to me before… I think I might’ve been angry enough to try and do a lot worse to her with how I was feeling about Tooru.”

“Then I am glad I was able to help,” Momo breathed a little easier, taking Mina’s hand and rubbing her thumb along it comfortingly.

The comfort didn’t last long though as the pinkette’s downheartedness returned, a weary sigh escaping her lips.

“Momo I…” she hesitated, second guessing herself for what felt like the hundredth time since receiving the accusation. “… I-I have an… idea that might help.”

“Oh?” Momo blinked in surprise. “Is it something I can help with?”

“It’s something only you can help with,” Mina chuckled bitterly. “Look I… I’m scared and… I want to win this. I want to continue being a hero with you all and I know the odds might be stacked against me because of the colour of my skin at the end of the day,” she explained, saying nothing of her horns and eyes that came with it. “I know it’s asking a lot, and is risky as fuck considering everything, but… d-do you think your um… family’s lawyers might also be able to help?”

Momo’s mouth dropped open as Mina hurried to explain herself.

“I-I know that we have a whole thing about your parents and their business practises and everything but t-they’ve got to have some top-shelf lawyers to get around all that stuff, yeah?”

“W-Well yes…” Momo agreed, the thought settling uneasily in her stomach. “But Mina, are… are you sure you want to consider such a thing?”

“Hey, if they decide not to play fair then why should I?” Mina countered hotly.

“I understand that Mina, but… do you really want to win that way? If you get off on some shady, specific technicality rather than proving yourself undoubtedly innocent, which we all know you are, doesn’t that undermine the entire thing?”

Mina grit her teeth in frustration. If it was a choice between being honest and right yet ending up in prison for it or using fancy but sneaky lawyers to help secure her freedom and absolution in some way then the choice should be obvious, especially after her dad, but her heart knew it wasn’t the way. At her core, she knew she needed to win this legitimately and prove that the world was getting better for people like her, that their system of justice worked without tricks and loopholes.

“You’re… you’re right,” Mina felt her anger dissipate as her form untensed. Unfortunately, this brought her sadness and anxiety back to take its place as she was back to square one. “T-Then what else can I do?”

Momo shifted around to wrap Mina in a comforting embrace, feeling the girl’s chest convulse shakily as she held back her tears.

“I’m sorry Princess, I don’t really know,” she apologized, running her hand through Mina’s hair and over her horns softly.

The two remained like that for a while as both wracked their brains to try and think of something new that could help the pinkette in her case.

Eventually, Momo released a soft sigh of her own as she gave Mina’s idea more thought.

“You may be right in that my family’s company lawyers could help. They may even be able to prove your innocence in a completely legitimate way without any underhandedness… but you saw what happened to Ochako… how her parents are tied to me now. Is that really something you want to risk?”

“Being tied to you?” Mina legitimately chuckled. “Haven’t we already been over this?”

“I know, you’ve all proven your dedication to be with me time and time again,” Momo accepted. “But this is different. You’d owe me some sort of debt my parents would expect to be paid somehow.”

“Yeah, I figured I wouldn’t be getting off without something like that,” Mina relented. “I don’t know if I could stand with that hanging over me if it was someone like them… but if I have to owe you? Then… I trust you.”

Momo’s breath hitched as she heard those words. Ever since her issues with Tooru she’d known the others had lost their trust in her. That Mina felt she could trust the heiress again, with something this significant, it healed her heart in a way she’d been aching for ever since that day.

“You… you do? You’re… not just saying that to butter me up, are you?” Momo teased lightly, hoping Mina wasn’t just trying to manipulate her to get what she wanted.”

“Do you see any butter?” Mina chuckled weakly, taking Momo’s hand and intertwining it with her own. “But with this? Yeah,” she admitted. “I can’t speak for the others of course but… I know you’re not a bad person; you just made a mistake and you’ve been working hard to try and put things right, with all of us. This isn’t to just, y’know, convince you to do this or whatever because even if they say ‘no’, I would still trust you.”

Momo felt gratitude flow through her body and couldn’t resist squeezing the girl affectionately in her embrace.

“Oof, maybe a little easier on the shoulde-mmph,” Mina began to complain from the intensity only for her lips to be snagged by Momo’s own. The two enjoyed a pleasant kiss, neither deepening into tongues as they felt their relationship continue to heal.

“You’re right,” Momo shook her head after pulling back, “this is risky but it’s certainly an idea to explore. I don’t make any guarantees but it would be silly to not utilize a resource like this if it can be used legitimately.”

“Not all lawyers are evil,” Mina chuckled, “look at Tooru’s dad.”

“Still, just… prepare yourself if it’s a ‘no’,” Momo warned as she released her girlfriend while searching for her phone.

“Got it,” Mina nodded, accepting whatever help the heiress could offer.

With a warning issued to the pinkette to stay silent no matter what and selecting her mother’s number, Momo prepared herself to make her case as she took a deep breath and his ‘call’.

“Hello Momo dear,” the heiress heard her mother’s pleasant tone on the other end, “I’m a little busy making preparations for the party tonight, is there something urgent you need?”

“Merry Christmas to you too mother,” Momo giggled.

“Yes, merry Christmas dear,” Momo’s mother returned the holiday greeting with exasperation in her tone. “Anything else?”

“Nothing I significantly need so much mother but something I wish to gain your insight for,” Momo tentatively explained. “One of my classmates is facing a backlash due to her actions on our trip in the form of a lawsuit. I personally believe the accuser is likely to fail but I can’t help but feel there is an opportunity here to benefit from assisting her?”

“Is this that pink girl with the acid quirk?”

“Indeed,” Momo confirmed, guessing her mother had seen Nezu’s announcement yesterday. “I thought I could endear her to myself, and by extension the Yaoyorozu brand, if we generously lent her the use of the company lawyers to secure her victory in such an easy case.”

“Have you already made the offer?”

“Of course not,” Momo chuckled, “it wouldn’t do to tip our hand before we’re certain.”

“Oh well done,” Momo’s mother gushed as her daughter saw though her little test, “it’s good to see how much you’ve learned.”

Once more Momo felt her mother’s praise ring hollow at the deceptive nature of their teachings. Hopefully one day it would be their undoing but as she stated, it wouldn’t be good to tip her hand before she was certain.

“Considering the situation and what your father and I know, it does seem like an opportunity for good press,” Momo’s mother considered. “Raising our standing in the mutant community would also benefit us in the long run too.”

“Uh, mother?” Momo questioned, watching Mina’s face drop at the slur.

“No, right, sorry dear, ‘Heteromorphic’ community’,” she corrected herself with a carefree chuckle. “Organising this charity fundraiser has split my attention, you really should’ve called at a better time.”

Momo decided to ignore the obvious blame shifting to focus on her goal, even if Mina’s face had morphed distastefully at the overheard words.

“Apologies mother, I felt this was something better resolved sooner rather than later before my classmate locks in alternative support.”

“Ah, yes, you’re correct to try and secure us this support and you have my full blessing in case your father questions you,” Momo’s mother agreed. “I’ll pass along the office’s details shortly.”

“Thank you mother, though if I could ask for clarity on one point; is there something wrong with our standing in the heteromorphic community I am unaware of?”

“Not to my knowledge dear,” Momo’s mother brushed off, “but those mut-… kind of people do make for good, cheap labour. Defending one of their own should see us be able to expand operations with the potential prestige we’d gain among them as allies.”

“I see,” Momo replied curtly, her voice held steady as she’d been trained as she watched Mina’s face curl into a snarl. “Then I shall try to secure her… cooperation.”

“Good girl,” Momo’s mother praised sweetly. “Now if that’s all, I’ll love you and leave you; the staff here don’t know the difference between a ‘Bouillon’ spoon and a ‘Demitasse’ spoon and I will not have them embarrass me.”

“I’m sure they’ll all learn to obey your sharp tongue before the end of the night mother,” Momo forced a polite chuckle, “goodbye.”

With that, she ended the call and let out the breath held captive in the tightness of her chest.

“That cunt!” Mina spat, her hands almost shaking she was gripping them so tight. “She… I…”

“Mina, Princess, please calm down,” Momo tried to soothe her girlfriend, reaching out for her clenched fists. The girl’s elevated, angry breaths thankfully started settling as Momo delicately defused the justified indignation Mina likely felt.

“No! I… your, your parents just… urgh! Fuck them so fucking hard!”

Momo felt herself recoil as the venom in Mina’s tone but truthfully she couldn’t disagree with the girl.

“I know hun, I’m sorry you had to hear that, maybe I should’ve spoken to her privately.”

“No, this is good,” Mina shook her head, “now I know to definitely not feel sorry for them in anyway when we turn their world upside down.”

“That’s… one way of looking at it,” Momo conceded dejectedly.

“In case it wasn’t super fucking clear, rejected on all fronts.”

“I understand, I’ll let her know later…”

As angry and frustrated as Mina felt at the callousness on display for people like her, she noticed she wasn’t the only one struggling with this interaction.

“Oh, Momo I… I’m sorry too,” Mina felt it easier to let go of her anger as she took in Momo’s downturned expression. “I shouldn’t be saying stuff like that. I-It can’t be easy to hear those things coming from your mom.”

“No, it’s not,” Momo agreed but there was something else bothering her. Mina, clearly picked up on Momo’s pensiveness and let her girlfriend puzzle whatever she needed out before prompting her further.

“Is there something else you’re worried about?”

“She… she sounded like me, Mina,” Momo admitted. “She sounded like I did before I… w-when you um… asked me to make party poppers for Todoroki and Bakugo.”

The pinkette cast her mind back and grimaced at the similarities she saw from the two interactions.

“Oh, Gorgeous, you’re nothing like that,” Mina shook her head.

“But I could be!” Momo began curling in on herself. “I… could still be if I’m not careful…”

“Well that’s what you’ve got us for,” Mina smiled fondly. “Nothing like six partners to make sure you don’t turn into a money hungry egomaniac.”

Momo chuckled at the thought.

“Thank you. I am trying to be better but I know at the very least you and Tsu will call me out before things go too far.”

“Of course, though don’t doubt the others either. We’re all in this together, remember?”

“I do,” Momo agreed, trying her best to release the guilty and worrisome feelings she still retained. “Thank you.

“No problem hun.”

Shifting around, it was Mina’s turn to comfort their heiress as she cuddled her into chest before leaning back, sending a mote of panic through Momo as they fell back to rest together on her sheets.

The two lay there in an easy silence for a moment as they both felt the reassurances comfort both of them.

“This is such a fuster cluck,” Mina sighed.

“A fuster cl… oh, I see,” Momo tittered at Mina’s word play. “Yes, very much so. I’m just glad we didn’t have to commit to anything before my mother gave her blessing.”

“Yeah, good thinking, though that still kinda leaves me at square one,” Mina slumped.

“You’ll beat this,” Momo encouraged her. “You’ve got not just us but the entire class and the islanders on your side after all.”

“That’s true,” Mina acknowledged but it didn’t make her feel a whole lot better.

Unfortunately all she could do was prepare as best she could and hope everything would work out. She would put her faith in Mr Hagakure and Nezu and hope it would be enough.

Still, she remained embraced with Momo for a good while longer until both girls felt strong enough to move on with their days.


With the students needing to remain at UA for Christmas day, many of them took time out of their day celebrating the holiday to call up their family and friends outside the campus to wish them a merry Christmas. While Momo’s was a decidedly less than pleasant experience, others were a bit more fortunate with their exchange of pleasantries.

For one green-haired boy in his dorm room however, he held his phone bracingly in his hand that morning as he tried to find the resolve to hit the ‘call’ button beside his mother’s contact information, dreading what may come of it. A conversation had been long overdue between them ever since Nabu and with Principal Nezu announcing what he had the previous day and Izuku knew he couldn’t put it off any longer.

Swallowing his resolve while sat on the edge of his bed, Izuku took a deep, bracing breath and pressed the button.

Each ring felt like it dragged on forever and, for a moment, Izuku wondered if he might be able to avoid things just a little longer if she didn’t pick up. His hopes were dashed when the receiver finally clicked.

“Hello? Izuku, honey?”

“H-Hi mom,” Izuku started slowly, taking things one word at a time, “merry Christmas.”

“Merry Christmas dear! Have you been staying warm? Did you get the presents I sent you?”

“Yeah, I got them,” Izuku chuckled, glancing over at the gift card to his favourite hero memorabilia shop, the additional weight set, and a cookbook for healthy eating recipes. He’d sent his own to her after purchasing them online and asking them to be gift wrapped to her address; hopefully she liked the new slippers, some new tailoring materials for her hobby, and other small things he thought she might like.

“That’s good,” Inko replied, her tone hesitant.

There was a small pause as each tried to think of something to say next, both not wanting to broach the elephant in the room.

“H-How are uh… classes?” Inko asked.

“They’re fine but… that’s not what we need to talk about.”

Inko nodded hesitantly only to agree verbally when she realised her mistake.

“Izuku… you were in another villain attack, your whole class was in the hospital. Your… your teacher…”

“I know mom,” Izuku admitted wearily, his body releasing some of the stored tension he’d been holding back ever since the incident. “It… it was horrible.”

“Oh, honey,” Inko worried, her free hand clenching and unclenching with nothing to do. “Are you alright? I know it might not be allowed but you can come home if you want to. Just for the holidays? Maybe… more?”

“I can’t mom,” Izuku stated firmly, “this… this is the best place for me to be right now. I need to train, to get strong, so next time… next time I’ll be strong enough.”

He could practically hear his mother’s blood pressure climbing through the phone.

“Strong enough for what baby? I don’t understand, aren’t you already getting stronger? Please, tell me why you have to keep doing this to yourself.”

“I… I can’t…” Izuku swallowed bitterly.

He knew full well that he could tell his mother about One-For-All now. The secret was his and he knew she wouldn’t breathe a word of it to another soul. But he also knew that if he told her, she would learn everything that came with his burden he carried. Finding out your son was destined to fight the embodiment of evil someday was not something he thought her heart could take; to watch her son put himself through hell just so everyone else could be safe.

If it was a choice between his own health and the world, he knew what choice his mother would make.

“Mom you just… you just have to trust me… please. I can’t… I can’t tell you things but I promise I’ll be okay. I know I’m not right now but… the school’s getting everyone help to deal with this, I’m not… I’m not alone here.”

“W-What kind of help?”

“Mr Hound Dog and some other um… mental health specialists… they’re gonna make sure we all get better after what happened.”

“Oh, Izuku, I… I don’t know…” Inko grappled with herself on the other end. “There’s… I-I’ve spoken to other parents Izuku, they’re worried too. I want to trust that you’re okay baby but… Izuku, yesterday… your principal said… h-he said that one of the villains died,” Inko’s voice quivered on the other end of the line.

“Y-Yeah… that’s… what we think,” Izuku grimaced.

“Was… was he someone you… did you-?”

The question remained unasked as Izuku felt himself tearing up. Despite his and Nezu’s talk, it was something he still wrestled with himself regarding blame even now. He opened his mouth to respond only for a breathless squeak to come out.

Izuku pushed back the lump in throat to try again only to instead unleash a choked sob as a pair of tears rolled down his face.

“W-Would you… n-not love me anymore if it w-was?”

Inko felt her heart tearing in two at the state she imagined her son was in.

“Oh, honey I… I’m… I should come up and see you,” Inko stated, already looking around for her jacket and keys which was hard to do while holding back the tears shining in her eyes.

“Mom, mom, n-no,” Izuku tried to stop her, gathering what strength he could. “P-Please just… just answer!”

“Izuku, my baby,” Inko crooned softly, pausing in her place at the tone of desperation in Izuku’s tone. “I could never stop loving you. You’re my special boy, and I want you to be happy and healthy. You’re hurting right now… and it kills me that I can’t be there for you. I warned you that… if you wanted to continue being a hero, that your future would be filled with blood. I’m probably a horrible person for thinking this but I’m so glad that this time it wasn’t yours. If you had to do it to keep yourself alive then you absolutely made the right choice… but are you sure you can keep going knowing that… there may only be more of this?”

Izuku felt his sobs continue to shudder in his chest as he held them back, trying to listen to his mother’s words.

“I said I would support you… and I stand by that… but the moment you think it’s too much… the moment you want to quit and come home, I’ll be there.”

It should’ve been reassuring. It should’ve made him feel like no matter what he would always be able to go home and cry to his mom at the end of the day if things became too much. The idea of how tempting it was only made him feel disgusted with himself though, the idea he would give up and leave his friends to face the oncoming evil alone… he couldn’t do that.

“I-I can’t mom… this… this is my dream. I want to be a hero, even… e-even with the bad stuff, n-no matter how much it hurts sometimes. I can protect you and everyone else, I know I can… I… I just need to train more.”

“I know it’s your dream Izuku… I’m just worried that… t-the reality of things is so much different from dreams.”

Izuku couldn’t deny that. He so badly wanted to be like All Might growing up, always saving everyone with a smile on his face and capturing the bad guys, but he’d seen the harsh realities for himself. All Might could never save everyone even at his best, there was fear always lurking behind his smile and bad guys weren’t always captured; escaping or… otherwise.

He knew it was a naïve dream, unrealistically idealistic, and Nezu had put it best:

‘What you aim for is admirable, commendable even, to aim for perfection, but you have to be okay with never achieving it.’

Izuku knew his dream had changed somewhat since discovering the reality of the hero world but it was still something he wanted to chase after. Things could always be better, and he still wanted to be there to save people and put a smile back on their faces when he declared that ‘I am here!’ He knew he may not always save everyone, that he might not capture all the villains, that some people might… die, but if he didn’t try, he wasn’t sure he would be able to live with himself, no matter how safe and loved his mother made him feel.

Giving up this path just wasn’t an option for him anymore.

“Mom… being a hero… I know what it’s like now, really like,” Izuku admitted, wiping away what tears he could. “I’ve… experienced so much at UA. I know this is how things could be if I keep going but… I still want to. You want to protect me and keep me safe and… I want to do the same for you, for my class, for everyone, and I have the potential to do it! I know you worry… and I know you’re never going to be happy that I’m going through stuff like this and I’m sorry… but I have a responsibility to more than just you now. There’s people that wouldn’t be alive today if I hadn’t been there to protect them… a father would be crying for his own son and daughter if me and my whole class hadn’t stepped in. What happened was… h-horrible… and I wish I could’ve been better, done more… but I was too weak. Miss Midnight might be alive if I’d been stronger, the villain might not’ve died if I… i-if I’d’ve been stronger.”

“But when will enough be enough baby? You quirk… your body… your mind… they can only take so much before they break and I don’t think I’d be strong enough if any of yours did.”

“That’s why I need to train mom. Me and all my friends… we know what’s out there and we’re not giving up. I’m sorry this hurts but… it would hurt a lot more if I didn’t do this.”

The phone was quiet for a long time as both mother and son marinated in what had been said. Once more, Inko was the one to break the silence.

“You’ll… never be happy if you don’t do this… will you?”

“… No.” Izuku replied honestly.

“If I stopped you… if I did e-everything I could to protect you, to keep you safe… y-you’d hate me for the rest of your life.”

“I could never hate you mom!” Izuku shook his head, more tears breaking free. “B-But I… k-knowing what I do… I couldn’t live with myself even if I chose to give up.”

“I-I see…”

Another long silence.

Across Musutafu, Inko’s tears continued to pour. After everything she’d done for her son, trying to protect him from the darkness hidden beneath the surface of heroes, she knew he was too far gone for anything she said or did to change his path. For whatever reason, this was something he couldn’t turn away from any longer, it was set in stone, and she could either deny that and lose her boy now or she could accept it and do everything in her own meagre power to make sure her son outlived her like he should.

“T-Then I guess um… I should probably stock up on b-bandages… a-and tissues,” Inko chuckled wetly through her tears.

Izuku couldn’t help letting out a wet chuckle of his own. It wasn’t in mirth but relief as the stress and tension of the situation finally broke.

“I-I should probably get you even m-more weights if you’re going to t-train as hard as you say.”

“Y-You don’t have to mom, that’s-”

“Izuku,” his mother spoke in as commanding a tone as she could, “p-please… I still don’t like this… I will never like this… but if I can help… e-even if it’s something small… it would help me if you let me do what I could. I-I know there’s things you’re not telling me… things you’re not allowed or d-don’t want to or something else but… I-I hope one day you can. I’m still your mother, and no matter what I will take care of you for as long as I live, even when you’re the number o-one hero… so when you need a break from training, when you just need a rest before you go b-back out there and save lives… I’ll be sure to make your bed and your favourite katsudon.”

Izuku’s didn’t bother holding his sobs back now as he let them out. He definitely inherited his mother’s crying genes as his sleeves were soaked by this point.

“T-Thank you m-mom!”

Inko just made agreeing noises on the other end of the phone, words escaping her as she gave into her tears too.

“Y-You have to promise to v-visit still though,” Inko croaked out, “f-for New Year’s at least, like we planned.”

“I-I haven’t heard anything from the school b-but y-yeah, I-I can do that,” Izuku readily agreed, knowing he would absolutely need the crushing hug she would give them when they saw each other again.

“Izuku, I love you so much, no matter what happens. Never forget that.”

Izuku let out a small bark of laughter through his tears, reminded of Kyoka’s gift to Momo.

“I-I know mom. I love you too.”

“I-I know you do sweetie. You’re a grown boy, a-and nearly a full grown hero… it’s hard for me to remember that sometimes.”

“I-It’s fine mom… I’m always going to need you.”

“E-Especially when my grandbabies come,” Inko chuckled again. “I know t-that won’t be for a while yet but I expect you to get there eventually.”

“Mom!” Izuku blushed, not wanting to discuss any part of his love life with his mother right now; the conversation was much too serious as it was.

While he had no idea how this conversation was going to go, he was glad to end it here and quickly wrapped things up with further promises to update his mother about New Year’s if anything changed. By the time he hit the ‘End call’ button however, his tears hadn’t stopped and the feelings hadn’t gone away.

A great relief flooded his system at getting such undemanding support from his mother all things considered, but it finally settled on him that there was no turning back. He would be a hero or die trying.

Izuku sobbed to himself as he lay on his bed, his phone at his side as he cried out the pain and guilt he was feeling. Everything that happened was coming back to him all at once and he felt so weak and pathetic he could barely take it. From his lack of quirk control on the first day, to saving Kota while losing Bakugo, to everything culminating at Nabu. In some way he was always too weak to live up to that childish dream of his.

Right now, even with all the power deep down in his quirk that One-For-All offered, he couldn’t find the strength to move or do anything other than lay there and mourn.

He mourned for his teacher, for those that had lost their homes and livelihoods in the conflict, and he even wept for Nine. Most of all though, he wept for himself and the idealized path to being a hero he thought he would take. Now more than ever he knew he was still living in a fantasy world and being a hero was never going to be all he dreamed it could be. Trying to become a pro hero had already left so many marks on him he wondered how many more he’d gain by the end of it.

For a while, that’s all Izuku did. He poured out all his emotions into his new comforter as his mind wrestled with itself and his mother’s words. Izuku knew the dark thoughts were back as they venomously whispered in his ears to give up, to go back home, to let someone else take the burden of One-For-All. He refused to listen to them and grit his teeth in frustration, trying to drown them out with his sobs. In that moment, he was glad he was alone so he didn’t have to worry any of his girlfriends and ruin their day too.

Eventually, he felt even what modicum of strength he had leave him as he stared up uselessly at the ceiling, his face stained with tears that had long since run dry and he was pretty sure he was dehydrated. Feeling his mind drifting, Izuku knew this wasn’t the smartest time to sleep but he wanted oblivion to claim him just for a little while to take a break from the pain. As though obeying his wishes, the darkness swallowed him up and for a moment he knew no more.

At first, he didn’t dream of anything, then came the soft, soulful humming. He wondered if this was something his mother used to sing him as a child and his brain was trying to recall memories of a simpler time, trying to cling on to the terminal idea of heroism Izuku had built up in his youth.

When he realised that he was aware of the humming, as well as what felt like a soft hand brushing over his fringe tufts, Izuku knew he wasn’t entirely dreaming.

Struggling against heavy lids, Izuku’s eyes opened and presented him a blurred vision of a black and pink shape. The shape seemed to be the source of the humming and after blinking several times, it started coming into focus.

Body shape and facial features began to form as Izuku’s brain started rebooting and trying to guess what was going on.

“You’re not weak to cry,” the shape, now defining itself into that of a woman, said in a kind tone. “Even the strongest of us have broken down at times.”

Izuku tried to open his mouth to pose any number of questions to the woman only to realise that he didn’t have one. His brain tried to send a panic signal, but it was too exhausted to do even that.

“It’s okay, Izuku, you’re safe here,” the woman reassured him again, resuming her humming in-between sentences as the idea of panicking calmly dissipated in the boy’s mind.

Though he didn’t have a mouth, his eyes relayed words he couldn’t speak as the woman’s identity registered to him.

“Hello Izuku Midoriya, I don’t believe we’ve officially met,” the woman’s face finally cracked a comforting smile. “My name’s Nana Shimura, the seventh holder of One-For-All.”

‘All Might’s mentor!’ Izuku comprehended.

Nana chuckled at spotting the light of recognition enter Izuku’s eyes.

“There we go, took you a while to come around. You kind of wore yourself out there.”

Izuku’s eyes shifted from her to look around wildly, spotting nothing but inky-blackness everywhere he looked.

“Don’t worry, we’re just inside One-For-All,” Nana explained calmly. “I know we promised not to turn up unexpectedly anymore but you looked like you could use some comforting.”

Izuku nodded weakly, his eyes brimming with tears as the memory of the fresh conversation with his mother came back to him. Nana continued to softly brush his hair as he struggled with his emotions, trying his best to contain them.

“Don’t hold it against your mother, she’ll never stop worrying,” Nana explained calmly, “a mother never really does.” Izuku looked up at her eyes as they defocused, seemingly caught in her own memories. “I had a son once, a young boy called Kotaro who I loved with all my heart. As the wielder of One-For-All while All-For-One was still in power, I knew my life would be fraught with danger. When Kotaro’s father was killed by a villain, I did the hardest thing I ever had to do; I let him go.”

Izuku’s eyes widened as a single tear dripped down Nana’s face and she quickly wiped away the other one before it fell.

“I was lucky Sorahiko- uh, Gran Torino was there. If he weren’t I’m not sure I could’ve gone through with it and the tears I shed that day could probably fill a river,” Nana chuckled sadly. “Even at the end, when I had sent Torino and Toshinori away to face All-For-One alone and knew I was going to die, I still worried for him. When I died, my last thought was ‘at least all my boys are safe’.” Nana’s eyes met Izuku’s and shot him a hopeful smile. “That’s something I hope you never have to go through yourself.”

Izuku nodded slowly and shakily, understanding that Nana probably understood both his mother’s and his own perspectives better than either of them did.

“I know you want to be strong,” Nana continued, “you think that if you master One-For-All then maybe your dream could still come true. I’m here to tell you that it can’t. No matter how strong you get, even if you raise One-For-All to two hundred percent of what it has currently in your lifetime, you will never have enough power to save everyone and stop bad things from happening. There will always be a time where you’re too slow, or too weak, or make the wrong call. You could do everything right and still lose, that’s just life I’m afraid.”

Nana’s words of wisdom conveying the experience of her mistakes clearly as Izuku began understanding his dream’s new reality.

“Even when I did what I thought was best, I still couldn’t save him. Shigaraki exists now because All-For-One was able to find Kotaro despite everything I did to protect him; I should’ve held onto him and savoured the time we had together. Don’t make the same mistake I did, Izuku Midoriya. It’s okay to cry, to feel weak, to need and ask for help from your friends, your partners, your mother… because then you can get back up and be strong for them when they’re weak. Together… I hope you’re all able to secure the future that One-For-All was created for.”

Nana resumed humming her calming tune as the hand that continued to stroke over Izuku’s hair drifted over his eyes, gently lowering his lids until he saw nothing but darkness once again.

When Izuku awoke from his One-For-All induced dream, the first thing he realised was that he desperately needed a drink. His body felt heavy and lethargic and he knew he would struggle to get anything further done today with the way he was still feeling.

Looking around, he breathed a sigh of relief as Nana’s visit hadn’t brought forth any destructive effects like the first’s. Taking Nana’s words to heart though, he wearily reached for his phone beside him and opened up his chat app. With the press of a few keys, a single word was sent to Tsuyu and Ochako’s phones:

‘Help’

He didn’t have to wait long before the pair of girls practically broke down his door in their hurry to get to him. When they saw what state their boyfriend was in, realising something emotional had clearly happened, they immediately went into hero-mode.

Izuku was hugged and propped up against his pillow as Tsuyu left to get him a drink. Ochako stayed and talked with him as he raspily explained the conversation with his mother. Guilt for the past and fear for the future came flooding out once more and when Tsuyu returned she knew Izuku was having a day like Kyoka had before.

As his partners, they gave him explicit orders to rest and relax as they undressed and tucked him into bed before snuggling up on his sides, promising to do everything they could until he was better.

Before long, Izuku felt himself drifting off again into a much more peaceful slumber. Depression and doubt would likely be his lifelong companions, but at least Izuku knew he was also accompanied by his girlfriends and mother who made a dark future seem less like an eventual reality.


The dorm was pretty quiet that Monday morning. With Christmas over and everyone back to doing their own thing again, most were content to get back into a somewhat normal routine even if a touch of gloom still hung over the dorms.

From one room in particular, if someone were to press their ear to the door, they could make out the sounds of a soulful bass slipping through the frame. Historically it didn’t really bother her above or below neighbours so much with the way she’d soundproofed part of her room so Kyoka was free to try and process the feelings of grief and depression she was still experiencing through her favourite medium. On her desk sat a nearly empty cup of tea she’d brewed for herself, snagging one of the tea bags Momo usually saved for sleepovers to try and draw her mind back to more relaxing, happier times.

Today, she wasn’t playing anything in particular, jamming along to her own rhythm with her eyes closed as her mind twisted and turned through her recent thoughts and emotions. After everything they’d been through with Nabu, Midnight, Tooru, and now potentially having to deal with a stupid forced engagement much sooner than they were expecting, Kyoka’s tone was somewhat mixed.

Deep pangs of slow notes rippled through the air as Kyoka searched for the sounds that best represented her state of mind. Everyone on the island suffered greatly, and their class along with them, while poor Midnight lost her life in the eternal fight against villainy. The thought of future fights on the horizon, like confronting the elder Yaoyorozus, sent a harsh ‘sprang’ of sound through the room as Kyoka imagined what she would do to them if she didn’t have the morals that she did. 

When her thoughts drifted back to her partners, even with this new wrinkle in their plans, the tone lifted as a more comforting sound fell from the instrument’s strings. Momo was growing and learning how to be a much better, more trusting partner while Tooru was finally up and about again, even if there was some anxiety about how she would manage with her dubious quirk state.

Then, there was the green-haired boy at the center of most of their recent problems, though not by his own choice.

Without Izuku, they likely wouldn’t have survived the villain’s attack let alone avenge Midnight for what it was worth. Despite that, she couldn’t deny her frustration over his position, he now being the one most likely to end up married to the girl of her dreams. Still, the only reason he was in that position was due to his heroic and selfless nature that even she’d come to admire and appreciate as she got to know the boy behind the muscles. Therein lay another problem; her awkward, uncertain feelings regarding the boy and how she should deal with them.

As her thoughts dwelled on him, Kyoka’s bass took on a more bouncy and fluttery sound that matched her heartbeat, though not that she realised it at the time.

Picturing the baby-faced yet strangely stern visage of a determined Izuku in her mind’s eye, Kyoka felt her hands drifting to different positions as a familiar melody picked up. Thinking back to Nabu, she recalled the fear she held at nearly falling to her death, the flood of relief when she was saved, and the hope in her heart that rose once Izuku and Bakugo started working together. She was grateful to the blond for his assistance but seeing Izuku through the debris and dust stand tall and unwavering after dissipating a freaking tornado made her feel… safe.

Kyoka’s cheeks heated up in a blush as she remembered Izuku’s battle-damaged form, his chest and abs on full display along with his electric aura. If he were a girl she’d-

There was an odd ‘twang’ as Kyoka’s hand slipped over the chord she intended to play next as she fell out of the moment, her mind and sense returning from the zoned out state she’d been in. Glancing around briefly with the sound of the last notes drifting off as the strings stilled, Kyoka sighed, focusing more of her returned mind on her green-headed problem.

It wasn’t that she wasn’t attracted to him, she was, she just wished he was a girl so she could firmly plant her foot in the camp she identified with best. With the things they’d tentatively explored together so far, she absolutely felt herself able to do physical things with him, maybe even enjoy them… but there was still that lingering doubt in her head.

Placing her bass on its stand, Kyoka was about to nestle the brand new pick she was using between the strings for safe keeping only to catch the light glinting off the reflective letter’s material. Drawing it back to her eyeline, she carefully examined the ring of initials around the edges. While she was sure Izuku hadn’t meant anything by it, her initials on the circle were settled between his own and Momo’s.

Before she even realised, her mind conjured the image of herself sandwiched between the pair in a more physical sense and a hot blush made its way up her face.

“No, that’s stupid,” she scoffed at herself, tucking the pick away before swivelling on her bed to lay down and look up at the ceiling as though it had some answers.

Her thoughts wouldn’t be dismissed so easily though as further images filtered through her brain. At first she tried to overwrite them with very, very enjoyable sessions with her girlfriend, followed by those with the other girls in various positions and situations. As though her mind knew exactly what she was trying to do, it countered and conjured memories of her and Izuku: the first time she felt that fluttery feeling around him, then locking lips, the first time she’d reached into his pants and-

“Ngh!” Kyoka shook her head forcefully. She didn’t want to think about that right now if she didn’t know what to do about it!

But Kyoka did know what to do.

‘So take that leap, be a little crazy…’ Midnight’s parting message floated around through Kyoka’s brain. ‘Ask out that person you’ve been too afraid to…’

Kyoka’s hand balled up her sheets as a new thought ran through her mind. A crazy, stupid thought that would technically solve at least some of her problems right now. The only thing holding her back was if she dared go through with it.

Biting her lip, she grabbed her phone off her side table and opened up her private messages, selecting the object of her irritation’s screen name before typing out a message.

Deepest Dope: Yo Squish, you around?

Even without her quirk she could tell her heartrate was elevating as she watched the screen hungrily. It wasn’t too long before those three small dots appeared to indicate her reply message was on its way.

Small Might: In my room, do you need something?

That was all she needed as Kyoka pushed herself to her feet and set out from her own room.

As she stepped into the elevator to descend a level in the dorms her anxiety climbed but she was more than equipped to deal with it right now. Taking a steadying breath as the doors opened, Kyoka stepped out and made her way across the divide to the boy’s side before rapping three times on Izuku’s door; her body tensing as she waited for a response.

When the door opened, there stood Izuku in all his messy green hair and bad T-Shirt wearing glory. While he didn’t look like he’d been working out, the light sheen of sweat glistening off him and the set of weights by his desk chair indicated he was probably trying to squeeze even more out of himself.

That thought coloured Kyoka’s cheeks once more as Izuku greeted the girl.

“Hey Kyoka, what’s up?”

“H-Hey, you feeling better after yesterday?” She asked nervously.

Izuku’s relaxed and relieved smile told her the answer she both needed and wanted.

“Much… I think I really needed that.”

“Good, then um… g-go grab your wallet and come with me!” Kyoka replied a little too loudly. Somewhat taken aback, Izuku blinked in confusion but figured she clearly had something in mind.

“Uh, sure,” he walked over to his desk to grab the item, shoving it into his pocket before returning to his girlfriend. “Are we going somewhere or?”

“Just come with me,” Kyoka demanded, seizing Izuku’s arm and pulling him along. It was all he could do to close his door behind him as the girl dragged him back over to her side of the dorms before heading up a level, not down as Izuku expected. The boy felt an odd sense of déjà vu as his mind drifted back to the last time Kyoka dragged him somewhere to chat but this felt different.

He quirked a brow as Kyoka led him not towards anywhere that money would be needed, but to her room where she pulled him inside and quickly closed and locked the door behind them.

Still confused, Izuku took a moment to look around the room for anything obviously amiss, spotting nothing other than Kyoka’s bass out of place as though she was recently playing. His heart gave a small beat of joy as he spotted the personalized pick attached to it.

“R-Right, now you’re here…” Kyoka mumbled to herself, causing Izuku to turn back and face the nervous girl. She held out her hand expectantly before trying and failing to look him in the eye. “N-Now give me your wallet.”

There was a beat of silence as Izuku processed her request.

“Is… this a mugging?”

Kyoka’s eyes widened as she realized exactly how that sounded.

“N-No!” She shouted back, her face flushing an even deeper red. “W-Why would I… that doesn’t even… j-just do it!”

Izuku, still as confused as ever, frowned with a touch of worry at Kyoka’s odd behaviour. He let out a small sigh and relented to her request after Kyoka uttered a meek, “Please?”

Carefully placing the wallet in her hand, not that it contained much money anyway, Izuku waited for whatever order the girl gave him next.

“O-Okay now… get on the bed.”

“Uh… like sit or-?”

“Just sit or something!”

Izuku’s concern rose higher but carried out the order for now, sitting down on the edge of the bed while keeping his eyes on his girlfriend.

Once he was in place, Kyoka moved around him, quickly grabbing her bass and its stand before moving them away then returning her attention to his wallet. Her jacks twitched uneasily as she opened the leather currency holder up before reaching in and pulling out, not money or cards, but the pair of condoms Izuku kept in there.

“Uh K-Kyoka?” Izuku blushed as the situation took a very unusual twist for him. “W-What are you doing?”

“Shut up,” her blush matched his own as she dropped his wallet on her desk before pushing Izuku back on her bed.

Before his rear could even hit the mattress Kyoka had followed him down, her knees either side of his legs as she crouched atop him, seizing his lips in a hasty kiss as she wrapped her arms around him.

It was somewhat forceful, and a little concerning, but Kyoka’s kiss soon tried to deepen and Izuku felt his will begin to crumble as he reciprocated. He still wanted answers and, as much as he enjoyed the kiss, he gathered the strength to break it off before Kyoka’s tongue could slip between his lips.

“K-Kyoka um… what er…”

“No talking,” Kyoka rested her jack over his lips. “You just need to um… lay there and let me do this shit at my own pace.”

Needless to say, that sounded a little off to Izuku and not the way he ever pictured things going between them, especially after their last intimate session together.

“Kyoka… what’s going on? Why do you wanna do uh… t-this now?”

“Look I…” Kyoka sighed. “C-Can we just talk after?”

Izuku looked at his girlfriend’s face as she shot him an unusually pleading look. He felt himself torn; while he would be happy to go along with what Kyoka was very heavily implying what was about to happen, everything still felt off about the whole situation.

“I mean… it’s clear you want to but this isn’t really the way I uh… t-thought things would go.”

“I get that but…” Kyoka let out a frustrated sigh, brushing her hair back uselessly as the small amount framing her face quickly fell forwards again. “I… wanna do this… with you. P-Please.”

“Kyoka… is something wrong?” Izuku asked warily.

“No… w-well yes but it’ll be fixed after this anyway so-”

“What do you mean by that?”

“I said no… no more talking, please.” Kyoka begged, looking more desperately at Izuku to just go along with her.

Izuku let out a frustrated sigh of his own as Kyoka deliberately rubbed her crotch along his midsection.

“… Is this actually going to help?” Izuku asked pointedly.

“Yes,” Kyoka replied firmly.

“And you promise this isn’t anything silly like um… Momo’s stuff with me from before?”

“N-No, it’s not,” Kyoka answered honestly. This was definitely more about her and the questions she needed answers to; she just needed Izuku’s help to get those answers. “I just… I need to do something for me.”

“And this’ll somehow help? You promise?” Izuku prompted her again.

“I promise,” Kyoka nodded firmly.

“Okay then,” Izuku agreed before gently prying Kyoka’s arms from around himself to hug her back.

Relief flooded the girl’s system as Izuku returned her embrace and she leant in for another kiss, his mouth opening tentatively as her tongue slipped inside. With her eyes closed, she could almost imagine it wasn’t Izuku but whatever his female self would be called. She quickly discarded that thought though since the whole point of this was to think of Izuku as a guy and… everything that came with that.

Kyoka twitched as she felt something stir at her waistline and knew her boyfriend was getting into things. She pulled back before things could turn into a full-blown make-out session and guiding him to lay down on her bed.

It was a little awkward as they shifted around without many words being exchanged but once Izuku’s head was resting on her pillow Kyoka quickly advanced things by taking off her top and dropping it by the side of her bed, her bra quickly being unsnapped and following.

Admittedly she found it almost cute how Izuku’s eyes widened and his crotch… pulsed at seeing her topless.

“Perv,” she smirked just a little as she stuck what she considered her less than impressive chest out.

“H-Hey,” Izuku blushed, hoping it was just playful banter.

His worries were allayed when Kyoka reached down and slowly cupped his crotch, his cock flexing at her touch like it had before. Looking down, Kyoka swallowed nervously before fiddling with Izuku’s junk, hoping he was enjoying it at least a little.

Sooner than he probably hoped, Kyoka decided to move on by grabbing his trouser waistline and pulling downwards.

“H-Here,” Izuku offered, slipping out of his pants and sliding them out from under his rear for Kyoka to tug down further until they were barely covering his feet.

“Thanks…” Kyoka mumbled without looking at the boy, instead pulling apart the pair of condoms and discarding the spare. She tore open the packet and pulled out the rubber before quirking her lip. “Uh… how do you-”

“Let me,” Izuku offered, reaching out.

Grateful for the assistance, Kyoka handed the condom to her boyfriend who quickly pinched the tip before making a little bit of a show on how to slip it on.

“Just put it there, roll it down and… there; n-now it’s applied properly, we shouldn’t have to worry about-”

“Don’t!” Kyoka warned, not wanting to remotely entertain any ideas like that right now.

Instead, she swung her leg back over Izuku before standing up again. With one swift, embarrassing move, she was now naked before him with her panties around her ankles and quickly covered herself up, despite himself being on display and him having previously seen everything from their group sleepovers.

Still, feeling more vulnerable than with just her top off, Kyoka’s jacks coiled to cover her nipples as best they could from Izuku’s gaze while her hand cloaked her crotch as she returned to her position. At first, she sat down where she’d been before, Izuku groaning in no small amount of pleasure as her pussy nestled around the underside of his cock. Kyoka drew a small amount of pride at having him make those noises with such a minor touch and couldn’t help the small smirk returning to her lips.

“Bet you love that,” she chuckled. “Bet you’ve been dying to fuck this lesbian.”

“No!” Izuku replied with a touch of offence before Kyoka rolled her hips and drew another groan out of him.

“Liar.”

Izuku could feel Kyoka’s warmth around him and couldn’t counter right now as the evidence was on full display for the girl. At the very least though, he was honest with his objection as he’d hoped for a much more romantic continuation to their burgeoning relationship. While he had no problems with what label she chose to regard her gender preference as, that last remark felt a tad derogatory, though clearly not towards him.

Taking a deep breath, Kyoka knew what was left. In just a few more minutes she’d have her answer and hopefully she could put her stupid anxiety over things to bed once and for all. Knowing his penchant for quirkplay, Kyoka extended her jacks downwards to carefully wrap around Izuku’s penis as she lifted herself up and aimed his cock at a place she once never thought she would.

Both Izuku and Kyoka were solely focused on their hips now as the punkette slowly sunk down on his rod. Reluctantly, Kyoka had to thank Momo for her foolish oversight before as Izuku’s cock felt almost familiar after their little vibrating toy mishap that made this much easier for her to deal with.

Izuku couldn’t help but groan as Kyoka’s unfamiliar warmth began wrapping around him in a most satisfying way.

Unfortunately, as she got down about halfway, Izuku felt a sensation he’d only felt once before.

“S-Stop, stop!” he urged as Kyoka froze. “G-Go back.”

“Fuckin’ why?” Kyoka baulked but forced herself to rise back up.

Izuku’s fears were confirmed when Kyoka rose off of him and revealed a split along the length of the condom.

“S-Sorry, it broke,” Izuku explained as he urged Kyoka to get off him fully while he removed the now useless piece of protection.

Sitting awkwardly on her bed against the wall, Kyoka felt her heart drop and her anger rise. As Izuku tugged off the latex and grabbed the discarded wrapper to stuff it in, she clenched her knees to her chest as her hands balled into fists.

“Damn it!” She thumped the wall hard with a backswing, causing Izuku to jump as Kyoka buried her face in her knees. After all she’d done to practise, to prepare, to build herself up for this event, she’d still managed to fuck it up. She’d gotten her hopes up that she could do it, that it’d work out, and now she just wanted to curl into a ball and cry.

“Wha-uh… what?” Izuku asked hesitantly, his own anxiety creeping up now.

Kyoka just gave a hollow laugh, shaking her head lightly.

“Nothin’, just… fuckin’ go…”

Izuku opened his mouth to respond only for no words to come out. Kyoka’s had been an enigma ever since she began dragging him away from his room. This didn’t seem to be her depression talking but something was still bothering her and he’d be damned if he left now and let her wallow; a good boyfriend wouldn’t do that.

Rising from his spot, still very aware he was naked though his penis was beginning to droop from the lack of attention, Izuku quickly tossed the ruined condom away before returning to Kyoka’s bed and sat on his knees before her while she hid herself behind her legs with her back to the wall.

He sat there patiently for a few moments, waiting to see if Kyoka would say anything else but she seemed content to ignore him. Reaching out, he lightly stroked her leg in a way he hoped was comforting.

“I said fuckin’ leave!” Kyoka growled, though there was a clear hitch in her voice this time.

“I don’t think you really mean that,” Izuku chuckled weakly. “You’ve been um… a bit off since coming to get me; do you wanna tell me what’s going on?”

“… No.”

“Is that because you think it’s stupid or embarrassing or something?” Izuku asked, though Kyoka gave no response this time. “If you’ve got a problem, you know I’d be more than willing to help you out if you just ask, right?”

“I did fucking ask!” Kyoka growled, her hands curling into claws as they gripped themselves around her knees. “It didn’t fuckin’ work!”

Izuku let out a small sigh,

“This is about us, isn’t it?” He asked rhetorically. “You know we don’t have to rush things or do anything you don’-”

“This isn’t about us!” Kyoka hissed. “I’m pretty sure we all know you can fuck a girl by now. This is about me and whether I can… if… if we can… j-just piss off already.”

Everything started clicking into place in Izuku’s mind at that. He gave a fond chuckle at the situation which the frustrated girl instantly took issue with.

“Shut up!”

“S-Sorry, it’s just… if that’s the case then we kinda went about this all wrong,” Izuku explained.

“How?! It shouldn’t be this hard! Tab A goes into slot B and I couldn’t even manage that!” Kyoka’s voice hitched again.

“But I know that’s not what you want,” Izuku explained. “I know you well enough by now that you want romance and softness and affection. What we just did was like trying to force a square peg in a round hole.”

“You’d know all about that, wouldn’t you?” Kyoka scoffed.

Izuku rolled his eyes and let that slide off of him.

“Look, all I’m saying is, I didn’t get any of those feelings from you today. I’m not sure about you, but I find it pretty hard to uh… perform when I’m not feeling it.”

“Oh please, you were ready to go the moment I… urgh, forget it.”

“Well, you were ‘ready’ to do it, but I don’t think you were really ready, were you?” Izuku hinted. “This kinda goes against what you’ve thought about yourself for a while now and I’m pretty sure my… physique doesn’t get you going like Momo’s or Mina’s does.”

“So what?!” Kyoka shouted, looking up for the first time since hiding her face away and revealing eyes on the brink of shedding tears. “You’re my boyfriend! I like you! Yeah I’d fuckin’ prefer if you were a girl but you went ahead and carved out a nice fuckin’ home for yourself in my heart so I better get fuckin’ used to it, right?!”

“That doesn’t mean we have to do this stuff,” Izuku shook his head, reaching out and resting his hands on Kyoka’s arms.

“But I want… I… I wanted to…” Kyoka looked away with embarrassment overcoming her once again. Try as she might it seemed Izuku wasn’t going to take the hint and leave so fuck it, ripping off the bandage it was. “I wanted to see if we could! I want to be… closer to you but… I don’t know if I can be…”

Izuku sighed again. For one that values romance as much as Kyoka, she was sometimes very silly about things concerning it.

“Well… then how about we both try, together this time, now that I know what you want?” Izuku offered.

“Yeah, right,” Kyoka snorted derisively. “Of course you’d still love to get your dick wet.”

Izuku pushed down the frustration he was feeling at Kyoka’s words. Her needling was pointed and effective but he had to keep in mind she was just scared and defensive right now.

This wasn’t about him, this was about her.

“You’re thinking about this too much,” Izuku shook his head. “Look, if you don’t want to do anything else I completely understand but… do you think we could try again and you let me lead this time?”

“Why bother?” Kyoka sulked. “Not like it’ll be any different.”

Izuku shook his head, thinking back to all the wonderful and amazing times he’d shared with Tsuyu, Ochako, Mina, and Tooru. At one point it would’ve been very easy for doubt to creep into his mind and try to convince him that they were all faking it, but his confidence had grown leaps and bounds since then. Izuku knew how much they enjoyed things with him when they catered to each other’s desires; he just needed to apply the same principle here.

Backing off the bed and onto his feet, Izuku considered all he knew about Kyoka Fuckin’ Jiro.

“Kyoka um… remind me, what was your kink again?” He asked with a somewhat playful tone.

“It was- guh!” Kyoka barely got started before Izuku had leaned forward, grabbed her legs and yanked her to the edge of the bed. She didn’t have time to process things before Izuku was baring down on top of her, pinning her arms, which had both flung wide to brace herself against the mattress, against the bed while making sure he was touching her as little as possible elsewhere.

“R-Restraint, right?”

“Uh… uh-huh,” Kyoka swallowed nervously as she felt her libido suddenly spike. She didn’t know if it was the momentary surprise, a touch of fear or what, but it got her heart pumping and now things were getting started down there.

Izuku leaned down quickly, seizing Kyoka’s lips like she had his before. Her mouth opened in surprise but quickly found her tongue eager to reach out and connect to Izuku’s. Unlike last time, this actually turned into a make-out session while Kyoka half-heartedly tugged and twisted at Izuku’s grip but happily couldn’t escape.

After their tongues had wrestled enough and the pair needed a break for air, Izuku backed up. Looking down at Kyoka, he gazed at her with a great deal of affection swimming in his eyes. Kyoka felt her heart leap with joy at seeing the raw warmth he was exuding which was definitely preferable to the confusion he wore after their last kisses. Despite the brief fear she felt at his un-Izuku-like actions, she felt entirely safe and protected right now.

“Kyoka, you deserve to enjoy this stuff. It shouldn’t be a chore or something we force,” Izuku smiled down at her, contrasting greatly with his more forceful actions just a moment ago. “I know you’re an amazing, wonderful, talented person that just hasn’t quite figured everything out yet about yourself. I’m more than happy to wait however long you want because I’m just grateful I get to call someone so awesome my girlfriend, and I bet the others feel the same.”

“S-Shut up!” Kyoka repeated, though this was out of sheer bashfulness at the overwhelming compliments.

“No, I don’t think I will,” Izuku chuckled fondly.

“Dork,” Kyoka joined him with a small laugh before biting her lip.

The two looked at each other nervously for a few moments, each waiting for the other to say something to break the tension.

“What we did last time we er… were together was amazing.” Izuku reminded her. “H-How about we um… start there and I return the favour?”

Kyoka’s mind returned to the memory of their last encounter, the way her heart beat excitedly at kissing the boy, the cute moans he made when she wrapped her hand around his cock, and the optimistic butterflies she felt in her stomach after he’d left that day.

“I-If you think you can,” Kyoka challenge him with as much of a smirk as she could muster right now. “Y-You’ve got some measuring up to do compared to the others.”

“Well then I uh… b-better start working on it,” Izuku replied, trying to match Kyoka’s energy.

Backing off again momentarily, Izuku crouched down at the edge of the bed between Kyoka’s legs, spreading them gently as he approached her now heated sex. Kyoka covered her face as she felt Izuku’s warm breath on her crotch and his fingertips touch daintily at her.

“I-It’s not gonna bite,” Kyoka encouraged him from behind her barrier of fingers.

“I should hope not,” Izuku chuckled before taking a deep breath.

He knew this wasn’t a test, but he felt like all he’d learned from his interactions with the others would be needed here if he was going to reassure Kyoka things would be more than okay between them.

Deciding to start slow, Izuku teased his fingers along Kyoka’s pubic bone and around her lips to get her accustomed to his touch. A few featherlight kisses followed with the last being on the hood that hid Kyoka’s clit.

The punkette began finding her confidence again, leaning up and peering between her fingers at Izuku’s bushy, freckled self. From this angle, it was much easier to pretend he wasn’t a ‘he’ but again she quashed that thought.

With one, long, flat-tongued lick, Izuku moistened Kyoka’s entrance with a single move and caused a shudder to run through the girl.

“Good?” Izuku asked with a small chuckle.

“Jus’ keep goin’!” Kyoka ordered, hiding behind her digits again.

Not one to disobey his girlfriend, Izuku continued, quickly licking his index finger before slowly pushing it inside the girl.

He could feel her vagina clench around him, as though testing his suitability to proceed any further. Luckily he seemed to be given the green light as Kyoka’s hips wiggled, encouraging him again. In a few more moments, he’d slid his first finger almost as deep as it could go as Kyoka tensed around it, letting out a shuddering breath as she did. Izuku kept his smile to himself, instead starting to pump away as he tickled and teased at Kyoka’s insides, looking for the spots he knew the others liked.

For her part, Kyoka allowed herself to lay back and enjoy the act, licking her lips as she felt Izuku’s fingers explore her. She could easily tell his were different from the girls; they had a different girth and a much different texture, though that could’ve been from all the intense training he’d done with his hands. Right now it didn’t matter though as he introduced a second finger and started teasing at her clit with his tongue. He was beginning to get a little heavy handed but that could be forgiven for now.

“Ooo-kay,” Kyoka breathed as evenly as she could as she felt her orgasm beginning to build. “T-That’s good.”

Again, Izuku said nothing, content to keep doing his job and swirling his tongue with a small amount of pressure, changing only occasionally by teasing her folds before returning to it. If there’s one thing he’d learned from doing this with the others it was that consistency was the key, not pressing harder or going faster. Not unless they asked for it.

“M-More,” Kyoka softly demanded, causing Izuku to press his tongue a little harder against her clit and push his fingers a little bit deeper. Kyoka could feel her coil tightening but it still wasn’t enough. “More!”

Pressing harder and pushing deeper, Izuku tried to match Kyoka’s expectations as he could feel her getting close. The last thing he wanted to do now was fail and disappoint her when she was so close.

“More!” Kyoka moaned with frustration, feeling her orgasm just beyond her reach that she knew she wouldn’t get if Izuku didn’t do more.

Izuku actually growled at that, deciding to change tactics.

“You want more?” He shot before seizing her legs over his arms and lifting her entire rear off the bed. Kyoka quickly found her shoulders pinned to the mattress with her legs flailing, dangling over Izuku’s shoulders as he held her almost entirely upside down. “How about this?”

That excited fear was back as Kyoka couldn’t sit up or move or anything in this position to get Izuku to stop as he used gravity to assist him to press her into the mattress. Her hands could only grip at an awkward angle at his legs as he lowered his head again, pressing his tongue into her clit and exerting even greater force.

Kyoka wasn’t a fool. She knew a single word from her would be able to stop Izuku dead in his tracks and bring about a thousand apologies from the boy if he thought he went too far, but right now, he was doing everything right to get her off.

 “Y-Yes!” She moaned loudly. This was it! This was what Kyoka wanted even if she didn’t know until she got it as she felt her orgasm close in. Her legs clenched and wrapped around Izuku’s head, keeping him exactly where she needed as she felt herself tip over the edge. “Yes!”

Izuku watched with no small measure of satisfaction as he felt Kyoka twitch and spasm under his ministrations, drinking in the juices she was producing. Watching her jacks flail made his cock flex in a very eager way.

Feeling her clench and tighten under his touch sent a ripple of satisfaction through his system that he was coming to deeply enjoy every time it happened with one of the others. His focus was on Kyoka for now though as her short, sharp erratic breaths from reaching her peak began easing.

Still, he knew that this could be as far as things go for now so, if she wanted to rest and ruminate on their latest intimate act, he would take his leave gracefully if asked of him before rubbing out his own orgasm back in his room.

As much as his cock pulsed in irritation at that idea, Izuku ignored it as Kyoka slowly relaxed in his grip. Her legs unwrapping from around his head as he gently lowered her rear back to the edge of the bed and her feet resting on the floor

Izuku couldn’t resist a chuckle as her breathing got a little easier now that she wasn’t curled into that awkward position.

“Good?” He asked. He laughed again as Kyoka nodded shakily.

“Y-Yeah that uh… t-that was um…” her self-consciousness returned as her flush turned into a blush and she hid herself behind her hands.

Shaking his head, Izuku stepped around her legs to lay back down on the sheets next to her, resting his hand on and caressing her stomach while propping himself up on his elbow.

“I’m glad you enjoyed,” he stated sincerely, getting another shaky, embarrassed nod from Kyoka.

For a moment, he just enjoyed the ambiance, listening to Kyoka’s breathing and watching her hips twitch every now and then. At the very least, he figured they’d taken another big step in their relationship today that hopefully eased the problem she originally sought him out to fix.

His gaze returned to her face when he heard her take a deep, calming breath and slide her hands away from her head.

“Better?” Izuku teased lightly.

“Yeah, much better,” Kyoka nodded firmly, able to think much better now that she’d gotten off. Looking down at her body and between her breasts, Kyoka rested her own hand on Izuku’s shyly while very aware that his cock was resting against her thigh. Glancing over at the boy’s stupid, caring, adorable face with that cute smile that only grew when she caught his eyes Kyoka knew she was done for. His thoughtfulness and understanding meant the world to her, and after what they’d just done, her resolve was cemented.

Leaning up, she captured his lips again in a soft kiss that slowly deepened once again. This one wasn’t hurried or forceful or full of misplaced lust. This one was full of all the affection she had for the boy that she knew she cared a great deal for and truly wanted to take this next step with.

“I’m… I’m ready,” she mumbled shyly.

Izuku’s heart admittedly skipped a beat at that. It wasn’t the thought that he was about to have sex that caused it. It was that this was Kyoka Jiro, the girl who’d been most obviously against connecting with him on a romantic level, now saying that she was ready to commit to him like she had with all the other girls. As much as his self-doubt still lingered on bad days, right now, the punkette was currently blowing all his fears away much like she had Eri’s sadness during the concert, though with a lot less music. Right now, there was nothing more he wanted than to meet her on this level and take their next step together.

“I am too,” Izuku replied, his smile warm but nervous as it crinkled a little in embarrassment.

Kyoka felt her heart swell and couldn’t resist leaning forward and capturing Izuku’s lips again. Seeking to distract him with a few sly kisses just for a moment, her hand that rested over his removed itself, seeking out a different target along with one sneaky, extending jack.

Izuku groaned out of the kiss as Kyoka’s hand wrapped around his cock again while her jack lifted, caressed, and played with his sack in a way that almost tickled.

“You like that?” Kyoka smiled warmly, still enjoying Izuku’s reactions to her touch.

“Mm-hmm,” Izuku nodded, biting his own lip in a way Kyoka found adorable.

Deciding to take the plunge, Kyoka glanced over at the side where the unopened condom sat. As she continued to pleasure her boyfriend, hoping to give back a little that he’d given her so far, she stretched out her jack and snagged the condom, bringing it back to her before taking it delicately in both hands.

Izuku watched Kyoka carefully as she examined the packet. Unlike before, there was no fear or uncertainty in her eyes as she tore it open and glanced at his cock once again.

“O-Okay, lay back,” Kyoka ordered, though this time it was with excitement in her tone.

Izuku happily did as requested as Kyoka plucked the ring of latex from the packet and skilfully mimicked his motions from before.

“Pinch the tip, place, roll, a~and…”

Kyoka gulped as her fingers hit the base of Izuku’s cock, the boy now fully dressed for their next exploit. Looking at him again, Izuku could see the nervousness creep back into Kyoka’s expression.

“Do you want me to-?”

“No,” Kyoka shook her head with a smile. “Just for a minute, can I um… lead? T-To get used to it I mean.”

“Of course,” Izuku nodded. “You set the pace.”

Taking a deep breath, Kyoka lifted her leg and again found her crotch raised over Izuku’s cock. This time, she knew she wouldn’t fail. She could still feel her excitement from her previous release and, if anything, she was getting more excited to finally do this once and for all now her feelings were certain.

Both Izuku and Kyoka groaned in pleasure as she sunk down on his cock once again, the full shaft sliding much more gracefully inside her. It was so easy she was almost surprised when her hips met Izuku’s and he let out a deep groan. She’d taken him to the base like it was nothing! Reluctantly, she had to give it to Izuku for knowing what he was talking about; when she was ready, she was clearly ready.

Her hips twitched as she could feel his heat and warmth inside her, looking down to see if her belly bulged from the intruder but was almost disappointed when she couldn’t see anything. Kyoka felt almost silly for being this scared of taking this step with her loving boyfriend now but knew her feelings were valid. Izuku had done all he could to comfort and care for her and now they could both fully enjoy this act together.

“I can feel you,” Kyoka giggled as she ground her hips against Izuku’s, feeling him twitch inside her.

“I-I should hope so,” Izuku chuckled, thrusting his hips back. Kyoka had to take a small breath as Izuku’s cock touched a part of her that made her twitch in turn.

“H-Hey, I’m still leading right now so um… stay put,” she ordered with a smile.

Izuku held his hands up in surrender before placing them both on Kyoka’s knees to caress her lightly.

“Take your time, I’m not going anywhere.”

“Cheeky fuck,” Kyoka deadpanned but it only lasted a second before her smile returned. With another breath, Kyoka decided to start experimenting. Lifting her hips, she slowly started to ride her boyfriend, her smile widening as Izuku closed his eyes and let out a steady groan. “You like that?”

“Y-Yeah,” Izuku replied, focusing on the pleasant sensations that were hopefully the first of many they’d get to share like this.

Reaching down with a jack, Kyoka wrapped it around Izuku’s wrist before pulling back and leaning forward at the same time. Izuku took the obvious hint and guided his hand to her breast as he carefully caressed and teased at it, occasionally throwing in a small pinch on the nipple that had Kyoka hiss in delight.

Kyoka kept up the pace for a little while as she experimented, twisting her hips, trying different speeds of thrust, and seeing how far she could pull back before sliding all the way back down, pulling some very satisfactory groans from her boyfriend. Unfortunately, she was getting a bit tired at this point and while Izuku sounded like he was enjoying himself, he didn’t look or feel like he was close to finishing and, honestly, neither was she.

Having confirmed that they were indeed compatible on this level, Kyoka’s only goal now was to try and make this session end well for at least one of them. She doubted Izuku would be able to get her to cum again while they had sex but a quick application of her quirk afterwards would probably sort her out.

“H-Hey um,” Kyoka called out, getting Izuku’s attention with a familiar blush on her face. “I’m er… k-kinda done with um… playing around and stuff. If um… you want to finish then do you mind leading?”

Izuku knew she was still feeling things out between them and had been deliberately holding himself back so Kyoka could take her time. If she was giving him permission though, there was definitely something he wanted to try that might just satisfy both of them.

“Sure,” he replied confidently, “though, do you mind switching positions with me?”

Kyoka agreed, not minding being on the bottom at all and almost grateful for the rest in a way. The pair both groaned as Kyoka extracted herself from her boyfriend. There was a strange sense of urgency in both as they moved around to return to where they just were with each other.

As Kyoka slid into Izuku’s place once he’d vacated it, it quickly became apparent that she wouldn’t be getting a chance to rest her muscles at all.

“Uh, w-what?!” Kyoka gasped as Izuku lifted her legs above his shoulders once again, resting them atop their firm structure.

“Don’t worry,” Izuku smirked in a way that sent a shiver down Kyoka’s spine as her rear was lifted once again only to feel his cock line up with it. Reaching forward, Izuku’s strong hands took both of Kyoka’s wrists and pinned them above her head. With his face inches from hers, Kyoka felt her entire body practically coiled up and unable to do much other than squirm as Izuku slid his hips forward again and pulled a deep moan from her as he filled her back up. “I’ve got you.”

It was both a reassuring and a touch frightening. Kyoka was now at Izuku’s mercy, his whole body on top of hers and she could feel the massive potential his muscles could unleash at any moment. He was about to fuck her into the mattress for his own satisfaction… and she couldn’t be happier about it.

“You’re…” Kyoka gulped. “Not g-gonna stop until you c-cum… are you?”

“Y-Yeah,” Izuku replied with a touch of hesitancy. “I-If that’s okay?”

Kyoka could feel her heart beating erratically, knowing this could very well start and stop on her command. With two small words, she gave him her final order of the session.

“Do it.”

Izuku didn’t need any more than that. With one last stolen kiss between them, his hips pulled back before thrusting as deep as they could into Kyoka. She gasped as the force stole some of her breath but wasn’t given any time to rest as Izuku was already backing up for another thrust.

She was restrained and helpless as Izuku quickly picked up the pace and pushed his cock deep into her insides. The only description that felt fitting for what he was doing to her was ‘lovingly fucking her into the mattress’ and that thought alone made her toes curl. 

If it wasn’t for the latex still between them, she could swear he was almost trying to get her pregnant. The thought of him burying himself in her deepest part and releasing his seed didn’t bring fear or revulsion to her like before though, instead, she was almost excited, her pussy clenching around his cock and almost trying to entice him to do so. Kyoka knew it was just sex brain talking but right now she was enjoying every sensation of Izuku’s body against and inside hers.

Izuku wasn’t frantic, but he was firm and forceful. Pressing her body deeper and deeper into the bedding as the both gasped and grunted in undisguised lust. Kyoka had a feeling Izuku wouldn’t last long using her body like this and she was feeling little smug when she saw the signs she was right.

“K-Kyoka!” Izuku groaned. “I-”

Kyoka didn’t need any more words to pass between them. Instead, she clenched her legs around him as best she could and snagged his lips in a messy kiss. His thrusts were short and sharp and the punkette knew he was close. While she was still a little way away from her own orgasm, it was way closer than she thought she’d be.

Using her jacks once again, Kyoka snaked both down between their hot, slick bodies towards their destinations. Placing one at a familiar, hooded spot while the other wrapped around Izuku’s cock, drawing a small gasp from the boy, she let loose with her quirk as they both cried out in satisfaction.

Izuku pressed her as hard as he could into the mattress as his cock strained to empty his balls into her while Kyoka’s pussy twitched from her own orgasm, trying to milk him for all it was worth. While it wasn’t quite the loving, romantic embrace one might imagine from two people finally expressing the full depth of their feelings for each other, Kyoka couldn’t imagine a better way to cast off the last of her fears and anxieties about being with Izuku Midoriya.

Once their muscles began easing and relaxing as their orgasms subsided, Izuku pulled back from Kyoka gently as the girl felt some of her lung capacity returning to her. Their breaths mixed as their looks of lust returned to looks of care and affection, nervous smiles and giggles bursting from them as they revelled in what they’d just done together.

“I-Is… that… what you… wanted?” Izuku asked between small gasps of air, releasing Kyoka’s arms as he held himself up by pressing on the mattress instead.

Kyoka rolled her eyes and shook her head.

“Better,” she stated simply, reaching up and pulling Izuku back in for another kiss.

It didn’t last long as both were panting and exhausted after their actions. Kyoka was grateful when Izuku pulled back at last, revealing what appeared to be a somewhat full condom tip that held all of his release.

“Clearly you fuckin’ enjoyed,” Kyoka smirked.

“I-I’m not the only one,” Izuku shot back cheekily, quickly rubbing a finger over Kyoka’s overly-sensitive clit and causing her to twitch and twist to escape his digit.

“Shut up!” She blushed, whipping him lightly with a jack.

Izuku fended off the attack half-heartedly as he carefully removed the condom and tied it up properly. After dropping it off in the trash along with the wrapper, Izuku turned back to Kyoka for direction on what she wanted to do now only for the girl to be shyly patting the spot next to her, having shifted to give him some more room to lay down.

The greenette eagerly moved back to the bed and joined her, excited to spend more time with his girlfriend as they felt out this shift in dynamics between them.

As the two cooled down, breathing still hot and heavy while basking in the afterglow, Kyoka turned to look at Izuku fondly, reaching out with her jack to lightly touch and caress his face.

“T-That tickles,” Izuku giggled at the metal tip drifted along his cheek before tracing his jawline.

“S-Sorry,” Kyoka apologized, backing off slightly.

“It’s okay,” Izuku reached up and lightly plucked the jack to bring it back to his cheek. “Feels nice.”

Kyoka felt her heart throb just a little more as Izuku’s endearing expression that was focused solely on her. She bit her lip, suppressing any sounds she would accidently make as her jack resumed its trail, lightly exploring her boyfriend’s face as much as she liked.

“Did you figure everything out?” He asked carefully.

“Yeah…” Kyoka sighed with relief. “Sorry for… j-just sorry.”

“Hey, it’s okay,” Izuku reassured her. “I get it.”

Kyoka shot him a deadpan look.

“O-Okay well I don’t get it but… you know what I mean.”

The punkette was silent for a moment before responding, “Feelings are weird.”

Izuku chuckled at that understatement, his own mind processing the fact that he’d now gone all the way with five of his six girlfriends. His mind playing catch-up as his anxiety returned, Izuku needed to get clarity on some things of his own before anything else.

“So um… what I did, the uh… h-holding you down thing? That was okay? Was that kinda what you imagined?

“Y-Yeah,” Kyoka blushed, turning to hide her eyes from Izuku’s in her pillow. 

“I wasn’t um… too rough or hurt you or anything?”

“No um… i-it was… really good,” Kyoka shyly admitted.

“Oh, that’s good!” Izuku breathed a little easier.

The punkette couldn’t help but raise a curious brow before turning slightly to shoot him a look.

“Did you… you looked up what shit to do didn’t you!”

Izuku only balked a little but knew it was better to come clean.

“Y-Yeah…” He admitted guiltily, “I mean, I didn’t know if I’d ever use it b-but I figured b-better to know and be safe just on the off chance you’d ever um…”

“Stop squirming,” Kyoka rolled her eyes. “It’s fine. I uh… a-actually appreciate it. D-Didn’t think you could pull off something like that though.”

“That?”

“Dominating,” Kyoka clarified.

“W-Well it was just sorta like roleplaying and I wanted you to enjoy things b-but if you don’t like it I can-”

Kyoka’s jack moved to cover his lips.

“You’re fine… just surprised me. I um… liked it though.”

Izuku felt the sudden tension ease and relaxed once more. Kyoka took the opportunity to shake her head fondly at his nervous demeanour’s return and continue exploring his looks with her jack. He could certainly trick her for a time into believing he was this more dominant figure but it clearly wasn’t who he was at heart.

Examining his whole face, she couldn’t help but notice his hair had grown over the past several weeks and was now only a few millimetres off his shoulders.

“Looks like you need a haircut,” her jack flicked the excess she could see playfully.

“Ah um…” Izuku’s warm face grew slightly hotter once more as he prepared to divulge something he’d been keeping secret for a little while. “I’m uh… a-actually gonna grow it out a bit.”

“Any reason or just feel like being a shaggy haired rebel?” Kyoka chuckled.

“W-Well um… i-it’s actually because I um… know you would prefer if I looked a bit more uh… f-feminine? R-Remember those pictures of us all with that filter changing our gender? Well I thought you might like me a bit more if I… looked more like that.”

Kyoka’s mouth dropped open.

“I-I mean, I-can-just-tie-it-back-or-up-whenever-we-train-so-it’s-not-like-it’ll-get-in-the-way-or-anything. Plus-I-can-always-cut-it-but-I-can’t-add-more-so-it-just-makes-sense-to-grow-it-until-I-”

“Shhh!” Kyoka’s jack covered his lips. “The um… other stuff doesn’t matter, a-and you don’t need to do that with your hair just to make me happy. I… like you regardless of how you look.”

Izuku blinked in confusion. Before he could ask his next question however, Kyoka was already answering it for him.

“It’s not like this is out of nowhere! I’ve… fallen for you a lot recently.”

Izuku wisely stayed silent as it looked like Kyoka had more to say.

“Look I… I’m sorry. I’ve been a bit of a jerk here and there since the start of… well, everything. I was… scared and worried and… a little intimidated.”

“Uh…” Izuku blinked at that last part. “B-By me?”

“Yes you idiot!” Kyoka pouted. “You were nerdy but you had this super powerful quirk, ripped to all hell, and had already snared Tsu and Ochako’s attention. Hell, I wasn’t even super thrilled about being with four other girls besides Momo to start with. If I’d’ve known you were gonna join later, I… might’ve said no to all this.”

The greenette couldn’t help but feel a little crestfallen at that and knew it would show. Apparently Kyoka did too as she quickly cupped his face with her hand and directed his gaze into her eyes.

“B-But… a-after getting to know you, really know you, I know I made the right choice to take a leap with the other girls and… do the same with you.”

Izuku felt the prickling of tears in his eyes but wasn’t about to resist them.

“I didn’t ever expect to fall for a guy… like… at all. Whether you look more like a girl or just look like… you, that’s not gonna change my opinion of you.” With a very soft use of her quirk, Kyoka pulsed some vibrations through her jack on Izuku’s face. “What I… feel for you in here… that’s all I care about now. Not whether you’ve got short hair, long hair, a dick or a pussy.”

Izuku smile crept up at Kyoka’s crudeness but it didn’t diminish the heart-warming words any.

“You… know how I feel about you,” Izuku smiled, cupping Kyoka’s own face. “I um… never expected this kind of relationship in my wildest dreams. I’m sorry too for not being more understanding when we started out,” Kyoka rolled her eyes at the unnecessary apology, “but I’m… words can’t describe how happy I am that I have the opportunity to explore this with you and everyone else. I promise I’ll do whatever I can to make you happy along with all the others.”

“Don’t make shit promises like that,” Kyoka sighed. “Just keep being you and we’ll be fine.”

“Y-Yeah. I think I can manage that,” Izuku smiled.

The two cemented their little declarations with a tender kiss with only a touch of tongue before they settled into a comfortable cuddle, Kyoka nestling under Izuku’s arm.

As they lay there, a small sinking feeling presented itself in Izuku’s mind.

“I-Is um… does Momo… i-is she okay wit-”

“This was between me and you Squishy,” Kyoka cut him off. “She should know that by now.”

“I just… don’t wanna ruin-”

“You’re not. She’s… she’s getting better but I know you two still have things to sort out. That’s got nothing to do with us though so I’ll deal with it if she says anything.”

“If… you’re sure,” Izuku replied nervously.

“I am,” Kyoka nodded with finality, planning a private talk with Momo already.

The two lapsed into a somewhat awkward silence as the air began to cool and their bodies recovered.

“I’m still gonna grow my hair,” Izuku chuckled casually after a few moments. “I’ve had the same style all my life. M-Might be nice to see what I can do with it.”

“Whatever,” Kyoka rolled her eyes, though she failed to hold back a mote of excitement in her tone at the possibilities. “Not like I’ll put out more if you look more like a girl.”

“Well… c-couldn’t I just hold you down and still get some?” Izuku smirked.

“Don’t even fucking think it!” Kyoka yelled, her blush returning in intensity as she slapped Izuku’s stomach, the boy laughing regardless at his own risqué joke.

The two squabbled and caressed and kissed and cuddled for a little longer in the musician’s room, enjoying every moment now they were finally in-tune with each other.

Notes:

Chapter summary:

- On Christmas Eve, Nezu hosts a public conference about what happened on Nabu with reports hanging on his every word. Nezu lays the blame at the HPSC's feet as well as defending Mina's actions against Slice.

- The class tuck into the Christmas feast provided to them as Midnight's last gift to the student body. While Mina enjoys a kiss with Tooru thanks to some mistletoe, she accidently causes Bakugo to reveal his relationship with Kirishima to the class who are surprised but accepting. After exchanging gifts, the class go their separate ways for the night.

- The poly reunite in Momo's room for their own, private celebration and gift exchange. After all the presents are opened the group settles down to sleep in the comfort of each other's embrace.

- As everyone enjoys Christmas Day, Mina and Momo are revising hero law together. Mina expresses fear about being racially discriminated against by the public for her heteromorphic features and injuring a normal-looking emitter. Mina admits that, if not for Momo's comfort, she may have actually tried to do much worse to Slice that day. When Mina wonders if Momo's family lawyers could help, Momo calls her mother to enquire only to discover her mother's less than acceptable views on herteromorphs, seeing them only as useful labour. Mina vehemently rejects any notion of getting the Yaoyorozu's help after that with Momo agrees with, thankful they hadn't committed to anything.

- Izuku calls his mother to wish her a Merry Christmas. The worried Inko tries one last time to get Izuku to give up his ambitions after landing in the hospital yet again and hearing about how much he was still emotionally suffering. Izuku, while beaten down physically and emotionally from Nabu, refuses, knowing he has a responsibility to keep going and fulfil his potential as he couldn't live with himself otherwise. Inko finally relents and stands by her son, even if she knows it'll keep hurting. Izuku is grateful but, after hanging up, breaks down to mourn for himself and for all that were currently suffering for his weakness. Inadvertantly falling asleep, Izuku awakens in the vestige realm to Nana comforting him like a mother would, telling him he's not weak and that even the strongest falter. Awakening from his brief slumber, Izuku reaches out to Tsuyu and Ochako for help as the two come to support and comfort their hurting boyfriend.

- The next day, Kyoka is practising her bass while processing the events of Nabu and Christmas. Recalling Midnight's parting words from the assembly, she seeks out Izuku to confront her growing feelings for him once and for all. Dragging him back to her room, Kyoka tries to get intimate with him but Izuku isn't quite sure what's going on though he tries to go along with things for Kyoka sake. When the condom breaks before they can get too far, Kyoka gets frustrated at herself for failing. Izuku convinces her to talk to him as they get to the root of why she initiated things with him and the two have an honest discussion about their growing feelings for each other. Surprising the girl, Izuku plays to her kink as things heat up once more, culminating in their first time together. Kyoka apologizes for her fumbling of their initial interaction, which Izuku forgives her for providing they communicate better in the future. Izuku reveals that he's been growing his hair to look a bit more feminine to appeal to Kyoka which Kyoka appreciates even if it's unnecessary. The two lay content together and cuddle as they bask in the step they've taken together.

Chapter 37: Ochako's Busy Birthday

Summary:

While Nezu and the HPSC bicker back and forth, Ochako enjoys a day full of fun, friends, and fucking.

Notes:

Once again apologies for the delay and thank you all for you patience on this chapter. As though the universe heard me, I suddenly got flooded with work the week after posting the last chapter. It's only thanks to the holidays that I can post this one. I hope to continue getting ahead while I have the free time as we continue into the new year both here and in the story. Merry (early) xmas and happy holidays to all.

If you'd like to come yell at me or keep better tabs on how the next chapter is going or delays, come join us over on the discord at: https://discord.gg/x85xtWmKCa
There's also fun new MHA game of my creation to try out at the same time and I'll be hanging around there most days usually chatting rubbish so feel free to bother me. :)

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

Aizawa was exhausted.

Despite being on a leave of absence, he didn’t feel very relaxed. Granted that may be because instead of taking it easy and resting like his blond-headed best friend insisted, he had been focused on next term’s curriculum, hero training plans, and exploring alternate teaching avenues to make sure his class was as prepared as they could be for the future.

Aizawa knew the burden they would have to carry moving forward, but if they still wanted to be heroes after this, then he’d make sure they were ready next time the villains came knocking.

No one would die next time, he’d make sure of it.

Sequestered in his darkened room while someone else was looking after Eri, he was so focused on his task that he almost missed his phone alerting him to the Principal’s call.

“What?” Aizawa answered irritably after picking up on the last possible ring.

“Good afternoon Eraser,” Nezu’s pleasant tone greeted, “apologies for disturbing you on boxing day and while you are on your leave but I think you may like to be involved in the upcoming emergency meeting that the HPSC has arranged with me.”

Aizawa sighed deeply. He knew Nezu’s address would cause strife and backlash for the HPSC but the principal had gone and done it anyway. Needless to say the entire staff was on alert for potential blowback.

“Are you calling because you actually think it’d be useful for me, or because you want backup in case they try anything?”

“Can’t it be both?” Nezu chuckled playfully. “Though in all seriousness Aizawa, I have a feeling conversation may turn towards your class and possibly 1-B’s too which is why Kan will also be present.”

“You sound certain,” Aizawa’s shoulders dropped, the decision being taken out of his hands. Nezu was right, if the HPSC were going to try anything, he’d rather be in the loop than hear it second hand. “Urgh… when’s this going down?”

“In about an hour’s time, my office,” Nezu relayed.

“Got it,” Aizawa ended the call before letting out another weary sigh. Today was just going to be one of those days, wasn’t it?


Dressed in his hero costume once more, Aizawa arrived a few minutes early to the meeting, the door swinging open for him again as things seemed to be returning to normal and moving on from Nabu.

“Good afternoon, Eraser” Nezu greeted casually from his desk as he continued to work.

Over to the side, Vlad King sat casually in a chair nearby, also in full hero garb while angled towards the door.

“Eraser,” he nodded, getting one in return from the surly underground hero.

Instead of taking a chair, Aizawa opted to move around behind Nezu’s desk with his eyes to the door, remaining standing with his arms folded and back against the solid foundation. Having seen the man skulk around the teacher’s dorm for the past week on top of taking some of his Eri duties to lighten the load, Vlad knew Eraser wasn’t in the mood for any of the HPSC’s crap.

“So what’s the verdict?” Vlad asked Nezu, curious as to just how things had been received outside UA.

“Japan is still in mourning,” Nezu replied. “A number of tributes have been paid to Midnight and a surprising amount of people have come together to donate their time, energy, and thoughts towards sending off our former co-worker. As expected, there was also a mild panic among some of the citizens of Japan by my proclamation. The threat of a new All-For-One is one that most quite rightly fear, but I believe it has succeeded in also delivering the good I hoped it would.”

Vlad raised a curious brow. While he wasn’t the smartest hero, he was intrigued at the good Nezu saw when all the articles he’d read had been focusing on the negatives.

“In regards to the Hero Commission themselves,” Nezu glanced at his computer icons, his subtle proximity alert going off, “I believe we’re about to find out.”

The three educators didn’t need to wait much longer as the Principal’s door swung open and a group of six men dressed in black suits strode into the office while being trailed by Cementoss.

Aizawa immediately recognised the leading man, who seemed to already be on the edge of his temper, as one of the HPSC’s board members, specifically one in charge of public relations, along with Mera who seemed to be just as tired and worn out as the last time he’d seen the man and given the honour of carrying all the paperwork they probably intended to slap on Nezu’s desk.

All three prepared heroes couldn’t help but note the number of bodies joining them in the room. If the HPSC wanted to intimidate them with numbers as a show of force, they would need much more than this. Nezu couldn’t help raising a brow for just a moment at the childish tactic and wondered if every argument he’d face from them today would be equally as logical.

“Good morning gentlemen,” Nezu greeted pleasantly, even Vlad noting the Principal seemed to be putting on more of a mask than usual given his recent frustrations at the government branch.

“Can the pleasantries Principal Nezu,” the board member growled, walking up to Nezu’s desk and slamming his hands down, much like Aizawa had which didn’t escape the surly teacher. “Do you have any idea the world of trouble you’re in?!”

“And here I was going to offer you all a cup of tea but it seems you’d rather get straight to business,” Nezu easily brushes off the bravado as his office door closed behind Cementoss who stood guard.

“You know damn well why we were keeping the details of Nabu quiet, are you aware of how much panic has resulted from your little stunt?!”

“Enough to keep you busy I’m guessing,” Nezu smirked. “But not enough that you don’t have free time to come down here and scold me for doing your job for public relations, Kyosuke Higuchi.”

Aizawa lowered his chin until his mouth was obscured by his scarf. Watching the unprepared board member’s face flush red with anger like a Christmas light was very cathartic.

The board member, now known as Kyosuke Higuchi scoffed, realising he wouldn’t be able to intimidate the non-human with an aggressive display and straightened up, slicking his hair back despite too much product already keeping it in place.

Our job is to protect Japan and not cause any undue panic amongst the civilians. To deliberately stir them up like this is almost criminal.”

Almost being the key word there,” Nezu narrowed his eyes. “I’m sure if I’d’ve done anything illegal, you’d have already broken out the cuffs.”

“The idea was certainly floated around,” Higuchi implied the thin ice Nezu was on through narrowed eyes. “You deliberately detained an HPSC agent in the course of his duty for your little stunt.”

“Ectoplasm was simply escorting a suspicious person away who could interrupt a scheduled meeting with the press. While we had no idea he was amongst those gathered that day since only media outlets were invited, I dare say we saved you some face. Could you imagine what the papers would say if I announced something so grand only to be immediately silenced? The public’s trust is already low enough as it is and you’d like to drive it down further by hiding the truth from them?”

“And look what the truth has done!” Higuchi held his hand out to Mera who placed several front page extracts into his hand which were promptly slammed on Nezu’s desk. “Article after article of speculation about a new All-For-One rising from the ashes, not to mention people questioning the HPSC’s stance on the matter. If you wanted the public to fear for their lives you’ve done a bang up job of it.”

“It’s true,” Nezu held his paws up in surrender, “this was an outcome that could have been avoided had I not revealed the events of Nabu in such detail. I’m sure your own plan was to simply bury the evidence of Nine-For-One existing at all and simply state that only three villains were responsible for the catastrophe.” The board member’s eye twitched at the accurate guess. “To do so however would’ve been folly, especially when the public has also taken notes about how our students handled things.”

It was Nezu’s turn to place some papers on the desk, having printed off several smaller articles and extracts from news outlets that saw the silver lining to the revelations Nezu divulged. While Nine and his crew were certainly powerful given the damage done to the island, the fact that they were beaten by less than twenty first year hero students had the journalists speculating whether they were witnessing new golden age of heroes rising.

“While UA has been the main target for the league this year, it seems that all our first year’s hard work and perseverance in the face of adversity has given them the tools they need to show the world that we are not resting on our laurels.” Nezu spoke proudly with Aizawa feeling a small swell of pride in his own chest at how Nezu had managed to both undercut the commission and raise up both his students and UA. There was probably some praise in there for him for teaching them too but he couldn’t care less about getting recognition for it, especially from the paper-pushers before them.

The fact that Higuchi allowed himself a small smirk of victory had all the teachers raise their collective guards.

“Is that so?” Higuchi chuckled, holding his hand out to Mera again. “Well in that case, I’m sure they should be more than prepared to continue that good work.” Mera placed a single slip of paper into his superior’s palm before the man presented it smugly to Nezu. “Given the reported failure of the program, we shall be reverting to the previous way of doing things. As such, it is now mandatory for all students with a provisional license to begin a work study come the new term.”

Aizawa’s eyes narrowed and his hands clenched while Nezu’s beady eyes quickly read through the proffered document. It was as the official said, the HPSC was acknowledging the minor oversight that had been revealed to them and that hero students with valid licenses would need to sign up for work studies in order for their continued participation in the hero track. Failure to do so would see their licenses stripped and barred from re-entering the track under the ‘insubordination’ clause.

“I’m assuming this is a nationwide edict?” Nezu tested, wondering if they were specifically targeting UA.

“It is,” Higuchi’s smirk deepened, “but you’re one of the few who happen to believe in your first years enough to help them get their licenses early.”

“That can’t be legal,” Vlad glared, standing up and taking the document for himself.

“I assure you it came from the office of madam president herself,” the board member grinned with superiority. “If you want to thank anyone, your dear principal here is the one responsible for pointing out the error despite the success of the project overall, in other areas and Nabu. While you deliberately disobeyed the organization’s orders to send your students without any oversight as the project intended, at least it resulted in a favourable outcome.”

“That error,” Nezu’s eyes narrowed, “saw thirteen prospective hero students lose their lives as well as the beloved teacher and hero Midnight.”

“Who wouldn’t’ve been there if you’d followed HPSC instructions.”

“Midnight did her duty like any outstanding pro who passes through these halls would and protected the islanders and our students with every fibre of her being, giving them a chance to overcome the threat of Nine and his comrades.”

“And your students indeed stopped a very threatening villain by being in the right place at the right time,” Higuchi countered. “Would you not call that a success for the greater good?”

Cementoss let his hand rest against the wall behind him and lightly flexed his quirk, channelling a small measure of it around the office to generate a cuff around one of Aizawa’s legs. The look the fallen hero’s former flame was generating caused all six of the HPSC members to wince at its intensity.

“Say that again,” Aizawa growled menacingly, “and we’re gonna have a problem.”

“I believe I must agree with my trusted employee,” Nezu’s own eye held a dangerous, warning glint, “I fear it’s best for everyone’s health if such topics were not discussed so callously.”

Admittedly Higuchi pushed down any rebuttal he had. While it might’ve been good to have Nezu and some of his loyal teachers removed from their positions if they attacked out of anger, there were much bigger things looming that would unfortunately require their cooperation for the good of the country.

“R-Returning to our original topic, we expect to see your heroic students back in the field and learning from their seniors on the New Year.”

“After what those kids went through, you want to toss them back out there right away?” Vlad growled.

“Provisional heroes who’ve suffered or not, they have a duty to uphold now,” Higuchi shrugged indifferently.

Vlad looked to Nezu for his response only to see the principal heave a weary sigh.

“Unfortunately this is something that goes above my head,” Nezu admitted. “Those with provisional licenses are technically subject to the rules and stipulations enforced by the HPSC after all. Fortunately, they are also subject to the same protections that offers.” Higuchi wore an expression of confusion as Nezu’s grin emerged again. “Due to the trauma involved in such an incident, being only first years, and the loss of such a well-liked teacher, for their own safety I put both first year classes under mandatory counselling to ensure they are mentally prepared to face the challenges of the world they wish to protect.”

The board member grit his teeth as he knew full well what that meant; until those students were signed off, they were considered unfit for duty and couldn’t be forced back into the field, including work studies.

Vlad didn’t disguise the grin he shot at the suited man while Aizawa was a little more subtle in expressing his satisfaction, again concealing his smirk. One didn’t challenge Nezu and claim victory easily.

“You know that can only work for so long,” Higuchi retorted. “To sign them off duty is to sign them out of hero course material as well. You can be sure I will be checking to ensure you’re treating your students according to procedure.”

“I had little doubt you wouldn’t,” Nezu chuckled knowingly.

“That does still leave one matter however,” Higuchi reached back as Mera placed a file in his hand, once again presenting it to Nezu. “Currently this will only extend to eighteen of your class 1-A students. As for one ‘Mina Ashido’, we will see if she’s still fit to be a hero after her hearing on the second.”

“I assure you her future is quite secure,” Nezu stated.

“You sound confident,” Higuchi raised a brow.

Nezu was. He’d made sure confidence backed up his words that were supported by facts and evidence as he’d worked with Mr Hagakure to comb through laws, documentation, and potential witnesses they could call on to give the girl the best chance at remaining a hero. While this read to most as nothing more than a simple villain’s last desperate attempt to sabotage the hero that brought them down, Nezu wouldn’t put it past the commission to try to make an example out of her to try to get to both him and the school.

“Well then as you’ll find detailed and since you’ve decided to make everything so public, the commission has elected to do the same. Mina Ashido’s trial will be within the public eye to reassure the population that everything is running smoothly and legally as intended. If she’s as innocent as you proclaim, everyone will be able to see it for themselves.”

“You’d really stoop so low?” Aizawa growled. “Turning a simple open-and-shut case into such a spectacle?”

“Throwing a hero student to the court of public opinion,” Vlad agreed with Aizawa’s objection. “Even when she’s proven innocent it’ll mark her career.”

“If she’s got nothing to hide then she has nothing to fear,” the board member shrugged, suppressing his grin at rankling the stoic underground hero again. “We can’t have unfit heroes out on the streets after all.”

“Is that all?” Nezu simply asked, having been thumbing through the file and skimming the important updates he needed to keep track of. Mera’s hands were now empty so unless the HPSC member was keeping something up his sleeve, he’d run out of ammunition.

“For now,” Higuchi nodded. “See that you look over-”

“Then I think I have everything I need,” Nezu steepled his paws in front of him before levelling a glare at the suits before him. “Once again you’re proving that you as an organization are more concerned with saving face rather than doing what’s right. You would make a show of my student’s unwarranted trial in a feeble attempt to demonstrate that you think you know what you’re doing and reassure the public. This will only make matters worse as you divide the population regardless of the result.”

“You can’t know-”

As for the edict for provisional hero students, it sounds like you’re repeating the same mistakes the project revealed, only now you can push the blame off to individual heroes when things go wrong. The main question now is why? Why make this mandatory when most second and third years have usually found someone to study under already? One might assume it is retaliation for my revelations to the public but I have the feeling that this missive is just an attempt to achieve the same end goal for your failed project. You’re essentially conscripting all the able-bodied heroes you can and ensuring they get as much real world experience they are able; in other words, you’re building an army.”

“I’d recommend you keep your musings to yourself. This is beginning to sound like you’re accusing the HPSC of treason,” Higuchi tried to remain unperturbed by the accusation but the beads of sweat forming on his face belied his true feelings and knowledge on the matter.

Nezu’s rambling continued unabated however.

“Heroes make quite a poor military force to try and overthrow a nation, given most of their good natures that the checks and balances of the system has carefully crafted over the years, which leads me to believe this isn’t some sort of coup attempt to seize power. There’s a threat coming that you believe we are woefully unprepared for and you’re attempting once again to throw as many bodies at the problem as you can so long as you achieve your goal. If I had to make an educated guess, I believe that the league and All-For-One are somehow at the heart of it.”

All the heroes in the room bristled at the idea of the HPSC thinking of them and the students so heartlessly but it made sense. These times were unprecedented and the more they thought about it, the more Nezu’s explanation made all the odd pieces fit together. Not one of them liked the image that they made up.

“Another word and I’ll have you tried for treason!” Higuchi growled, wondering how the rodent had been able to glean such knowledge. Had he tapped their systems? Or had they just underestimated the principal like so many over the years?

“Treason would imply I am knowingly divulging state secrets. While I had no evidence for any of my speculation being accurate, thank you for confirming it.”

Whatever winds anger and frustration at the infuriating principal had stirred up, they were swiftly robbed from the board member’s sails as it dawned on him that he’d been manipulated into being the one to confirm said secrets, even if they were only implied.

“You- Y-You can’t just-!” Higuchi was cut off as another HPSC subordinate with him grabbed his shoulder. Things had gotten way out of hand if his underlings were stepping in. Despite his smashed pride and the evidently lost battle this was, Higuchi realised he needed to admit defeat now rather than give the rat anything more and ruin all their hard work.

“The president will be alerted to what you think you know,” he stated bitterly through clenched teeth. “I would heavily advise you don’t breathe a word of you speculation to anyone further lest we return with Tartarus grade cuffs.”

“How about we all quit as heroes and you can throw you own body at the problem,” Aizawa spat, wanting nothing more than to throttle the man so unsuited for his position before him.

“I think we should all settle down,” Cementoss interjected from the doorway. It was clear things were bubbling over and if someone didn’t put a lid on things then communication may sour more than it already had.

Both Higuchi and Nezu were broken from their prideful standoff, each taking a moment to try and regain their calm before saying anything else.

“I believe there is nothing further to be gained with this meeting continuing,” the board member scoffed, trying to regain some semblance of control over the situation. “Principal, everything that’s been said today still stands: your students will need work studies and Mina Ashido will be trialled as deemed appropriate by the HPSC. We’re done here.”

“Yes, we are,” Nezu agreed firmly. “Cementoss? Could you please escort our honoured guests out?”

“Of course,” the cement hero agreed neutrally, though he’d much rather toss them out with all that he’d heard today.

The office door opened and closed as the representatives departed and the three heroes felt the tension ease with the aggravating meeting finally being over, but relaxation was the last thing on any of their minds right now.

“That could’ve gone better,” Vlad huffed as he sunk back into his chair.

“Indeed, it concerns me that the commission is making such brazen moves.”

“Not to mention what our students now have to put up with,” Aizawa said as he walked around the desk to face Nezu.

“That Miss Ashido’s trial is now public has me believe the commission truly doesn’t understand the dangerous forces they are playing with.” Nezu said wearily. “While the public has been placid in recent years thanks to All Might’s good work, I fear that fear will only bring out the worst in people before things have the chance to get better.”

“And you’re at least partly to blame for that,” Aizawa challenged. “If you hadn’t poked the nest, Ashido wouldn’t have to go under the magnifying glass to the ignorant public and they would be less afraid of their shadows not knowing about Nine.”

“A fact that does not escape my notice,” Nezu acknowledged. “I will of course apologize to Miss Ashido and do my best to ensure she has the full support of UA behind her regardless of my judgemental errors.”

“Should you really help represent her then?” Vlad asked warily.

“To shirk the responsibilities I’ve committed to would be to doubt our student, and as the principal I will need to be there nevertheless. Personally though, I will never stop fighting for the health, safety, and wellbeing of our students, even against vitriolic retribution from the likes of those above our stations. However, we can no longer concern ourselves only with them now that we know that something far more worrisome is on the horizon,” Nezu stated. “It seems the commission has reason to fear that something even greater than Nabu may be on the way.”

“They’re scared,” Aizawa noted. “I’m not sure if they’re panicking because of you or because of this new threat.”

“Either ends up with the same result,” Nezu sighed. “I’m afraid once again that we’ll need to push and ask too much of our students in order to give them the best chance to fight back against machinations both villainous and governmental. I hope this is them overreacting but I don’t believe any of us is willing to take that chance.”

Aizawa and Vlad gave a rueful nod of agreement.

“Then it’s decided. While we cannot spread word of exactly why our students will need to hit the grindstone come the new term, I will inform the other teachers that it is imperative their lessons instil as much skill and experience into our students as possible. Vlad, work with Aizawa to improve your lesson plans. I suspect you have already made a start on updating your own?”

“I have,” Aizawa stated simply.

“Understood,” Vlad nodded, knowing his more gentle approach to learning may be too soft to carry his students through whatever may come for them next. While he carried a shameful guilt for being glad it was Aizawa’s class that had faced the trials on Nabu, he knew he couldn’t risk his students facing something similar unprepared.

“I will call an emergency meeting soon so we can all figure out what the best course of action is moving forward. For now, assume that the HPSC will follow through on their threats and reach out to heroes we can trust for work studies. I will call in some favours of my own if they are uncooperative. Hopefully we can end this year without any further issues.”

Aizawa would’ve been afraid Nezu had just jinxed them but it didn’t matter. Trouble was going to find them whether or not they vocalized it. For now, it was best to treat everything as though it was out to get them. It was no way to live, but maybe one day his students might not know that fear once the league and other threats had been dealt with.


The afternoon soon stretched into evening before night fell soon after and while Boxing Day came to a close for many, there were still those that stirred in the dorms of 1-A.

With Christmas celebrations all but over, many students felt left to their own devices once again and, unfortunately for many, their thoughts dwelled on their most recent failure and what the future may hold for them.

Laying up and looking at his ceiling under his nice, new All Might comforter, Izuku let out a deep sigh after trying and failing again to clear his mind to drop off into dreamland. He’d decided to sleep alone tonight, partially to process his recent experience with Kyoka and also to take some time to sort his own feelings out regarding… everything.

Ever since his mother broke down in tears and apologized to him when he asked her if he could be a hero too, he knew that she didn’t believe in him. After their recent tear-filled conversation, Izuku really was glad to get her whole hearted support.

Izuku lifted his right arm out of the sheets to look up at it in the darkened room, illuminated only by what moon rays could make it through his curtains. He knew he couldn’t let her down anymore. Izuku knew his mother would worry about him regardless but that wasn’t an excuse. Even when trying his hardest to get a handle on his quirk he’d failed so many times and it had caused him permanent damage. He hadn’t said anything at the time, but while he was fingering Kyoka he’d lost sensation in his fingers at particular angles. Noticing her winces at his heavy-handedness, Izuku knew it was a result of putting his arms under too much strain once again.

But if he hadn’t, they’d all have died.

Izuku’s hand gripped into a fist as frustration ran through him. There was no way he was getting to sleep now, his body felt electric and energized at his own weak feelings.

Considering his options, Izuku wearily kicked off his sheets and rolled out of bed, taking a deep breath to get some fresh oxygen back in his blood as he considered all the workouts he could do quietly in his room to quell his urge to train. Flicking on his light, he glanced over at his weights down by his desk. Push ups, sit ups and plenty of curls would be a good start but he’d need to hydrate if he was going to build up a sweat. Dressed in his sleeping top and sweatpants, Izuku cautiously exited his room, intending to head down to the kitchen to grab a drink.

Before he could take a step however, he noticed that the common room light was on. He frowned at the thought that his friends were also having a hard time sleeping and hoped it wasn’t any of his girls. Heading down the stairs, he walked into the common space with less subtly than he would’ve otherwise and glanced around the room as he approached the kitchen.

“Oh, hey Midoriya,” Sero called out from one of the sofas. “Insomnia got you too?”

Izuku gave a small nod with a sympathetic smile before other heads turned as Mina, Kaminari, Shoji and Tokoyami looked over at him.

“You’re… all awake?”

“The darkness is my ally but it does not heed my calls to consume me this night,” Tokoyami nodded.

“I was just down here thinking when Tokoyami joined me,” Shoji announced.

“Ashido wanted to vent so we came down and stumbled on these two,” Kaminari finished.

The greenette nodded in understanding while Mina shot him a bashful look, evidently she hadn’t wanted to disturb any of her partners which Izuku completely understood.

“Why are you up?” Sero asked casually. He winced when Izuku’s shoulders slumped.

“Uh… just… y’know…” Izuku exhaled slowly in a manner they all understood.

“We get it man,” Kaminari nodded, a sullen look over taking his own face. “You maybe wanna come hang for a bit? Talk about stuff?”

“Appointments with Hound Dog and the others start tomorrow,” Shoji stated. “We’d understand if you’d rather entrust your thoughts to them.”

“I was… actually going to work out, try and wear myself out” Izuku sweatdropped, opening the fridge and grabbing the bottle of chilled water he kept inside.

“At this time?!” Kaminari’s jaw dropped. “Dude, you’re a monster.”

Izuku waved Kaminari’s words away while Shoji shot the blond a glancing look.

“No I just… I still feel bad after everything,” Izuku admitted dourly.

“I think that’s a sentiment we can all agree with,” Tokoyami sympathised, getting a round of nods. “It’s as Present Mic said, we are feeling the pain of hindsight. I myself have not forgotten my shameful performance against my designated opponent,” he turned to Mina, “were not for my weakness, it is likely you wouldn’t be enduring such additional hardships now.”

“We’re sorry, she was too fast for us,” Dark Shadow meekly emerged from Tokoyami’s stomach, his form small and not due to the light.

“It’s not your fault,” Mina bitterly shook her head, gesturing the bird over with a wave and giving him a few reassuring pats. “It’s that stupid bitch that just doesn’t know when she’s beaten!”

“She had no chance against you,” Kaminari grinned. “Every day is bad hair day for her now I’ll bet.”

“Urgh, yeah,” Mina grumbled, hoping that Slice was enjoying her new low maintenance trim, “don’t know if it was worth losing my fucking hero license over but whatever.”

“Hey, you’re not going to lose,” Sero dismissed. “Didn’t you say you’ve got a good lawyer teed up or something? The principal is also fighting in your corner too.”

“Well yeah, but I can still fucking panic,” Mina clenched her hands into fists.

“Hey, it’s gonna be okay,” Izuku’s voice called from behind her as she felt his comforting hand rest on her shoulder. She turned and looked up at his compassionate eyes and felt just a little bit better about things.

“I hope so,” she sighed, reaching up and resting a hand over Izuku’s. “Just wish there was more I could do, you know?”

“When the day does come for your judgement, I will be glad to stand at your side and tell of your heroism,” Tokoyami bowed his head lightly.

“H-Huh?” Mina blinked in confusion.

“Considering I was present when the deed in question occurred, I suspect I will be called on to give testimony,” Tokoyami reasoned.

“I will be petitioning the principal to join you along with Koda should he not already expect it,” Shoji stated. “While we didn’t fight her, we can vouch for her maliciousness when we grabbed Midoriya and Bakugo. I think Koda’s still upset over the birds who fell to her.”

“Thank you both for that,” Izuku bowed his sincerely at Shoji who nodded humbly at the heroic deed he didn’t need to think twice about doing.

“That’s… actually made me feel a lot better, thanks,” Mina felt a large amount of tension lift from her shoulders. Even if she had to go and face the commission, she’d at least have some of her friends there for support.

“See!” Kaminari grinned. “And I’m sure everyone else in the dorm would come and fight for you too.”

“Pretty sure we wouldn’t be much use but we’ll be with you in spirit at least,” Sero nodded, flashing Mina a thumbs up.

“You guys!” Mina felt the twinges of a genuine grin make their way back onto her face as she revelled in their support.

As the group felt a small harmony of joy ripple between them, the chime of the elevator doors alerted them to more guests at this late hour. Heads turned and confused looks settled in as Kirishima and a dour looking Bakugo stepped out.

“Huh?” Kirishima paused, noting the unexpected group now all fixated on him and his boyfriend. “H-Hey guys, what are you all doing up?”

“Stuff and things,” Sero replied cheekily, “what about you two? Late night rendezvous?”

“Eat shit,” Bakugo scoffed, not pausing as he continued towards the front door and grabbing his shoes.

“We were… actually gonna just go for a walk,” Kirishima sweatdropped but Mina could smell a lie a mile away.

“You don’t need your gym clothes to go for a walk,” she sent the pair a suspicious look.

Kirishima’s grimace alone told them it was a clear lie while Bakugo paused in his actions.

“Idiot couldn’t sleep so we’re going for a jog, gonna wear the fucker out,” he stated, leaving out his own difficulties dropping off too.

“Oh cool, maybe Midoriya could join you,” Kaminari suggested, looking over at the green-haired boy. “He was gonna work out too.”

“N-No, no, I was just gonna work out in my room and-”

“Great, you weren’t invited anyway,” Bakugo shrugged, now waiting impatiently by the door, waiting on Kirishima who seemed more interested in chatting to their classmates now.

“So uh… you guys… you still thinking about Nabu too?” Kirishima asked carefully.

“You’re indeed in good company,” Tokoyami nodded, getting a few nods from everyone else.

Kirishima felt a weight lift from his shoulders at hearing that.

“See, everyone else is still feeling shitty too,” Bakugo rolled his eyes. “Now are you gonna-”

Before Bakugo could finish his thought, the other elevator chimed, drawing their attention yet again.

This time, it was Ochako and Tsuyu who stepped out and paused at the confused looks.

“Can’t sleep?” Shoji asked simply.

“We were just gonna grab some warm milk and see if that helped…” Ochako blushed lightly at being ‘caught’ by so many people.

“Is there a party we’re missing, ribbit?” Tsuyu chuckled.

“Only a pity one,” Kaminari replied as Izuku sent them understanding looks.

“Nearly up to half the class now,” Sero sighed.

“I wouldn’t be surprised if others were still awake in their rooms,” Mina said, wondering if Iida would be pissed if she sent round a group text to check how many responded.

“Waste of fuckin’ time,” Bakugo scoffed, rolling.

“Something to say, Bakugo?” Tokoyami narrowed his gaze.

“Let me guess, you’re all bitching and moaning at how fuckin’ weak, guilty, and useless you feel,” Bakugo said, stating is as more of a fact than an actual guess.

“W-Well mine’s about my thing but uh… y-yeah,” Mina nodded with others joining her.

“And what are you all doing about it? Whining instead of getting off your asses and doing something.”

“And what do you propose we do instead then?” Shoji asked. “Go for a jog like you?”

“That was just to fuckin’ sleep,” Bakugo dismissed. “If you assholes wanna fix your shit then you need more,” he pulled out his phone and started typing.

King Explosion Murder: Oi, if any of you are still awake and feeling like crap from being weak, come to the common room in your gym shit to start fixing it.

The familiar chime for the class’ group chat rang out in the common room through several phones and likely much softer in the rooms of those not present. As they all checked Bakugo’s message, he stood there with a determined look on his face.

“So, you guys in or what?”


The teacher’s dorms were quiet. This was the time Aizawa always liked best. The world was mostly still and silent here at UA where he could take a peaceful break without his anxiety going off, not like it did when he was in patrol in the city at this time.

After the collision between Nezu and the stubborn, frustrating, and almost dangerously prideful HPSC representative, Aizawa needed his rest after spending the remainder of the afternoon finalizing his first week’s lesson plans. It still wasn’t near enough time to teach his students everything they needed before they went back out into the world but it would do for now. Nezu figured he could hold off the work studies for a week but that was all he could guarantee.

Trying to let go of as much of his tension as he could, Aizawa felt his mind blanking as his trusty sleep method began working its magic.

Before his lids could close and the darkness take him, he was brought swiftly back to the real world with the blaring of an alarm coming from the intercom by his door. His face twisted into a snarl as he looked over angrily at the offending device while the synthesized voice of one of the automated robotic guards that patrolled UA came through.

“Hey Eraser Head, your students are breaking curfew and are heading along the east path. You’re responsible for rounding them up!”

“Really?!” He growled dangerously, sweeping the sheets off himself angrily. “How unfortunate for them!”

A cold, efficient energy burned through Aizawa, displaying precision and speed while redressing that was usually only reserved for performing heroic feats. To be fair, he was going to war, he just never expected it would be with his own students.

“I think I have the solution to all of this!” He growled to himself as he hurried down the stairs to the common space and out the main doors to the dorm. “If I expel them all, then they won’t have to worry about work studies or the HPSC anymore!”

Striding with livid purpose, he got an update from the guard who had tailed which ever students had chosen to incite his wrath this night. Apparently they had decided to make their home in gym gamma. He hoped they enjoyed their not-so-subtle visit because it would be the last time any of them would see it. The anger and frustration towards them he’d been trying to bleed away since learning of Midnight’s death came back in full force. If this was the way they wanted to play things, then he wouldn’t hold himself back any longer!

As Aizawa approached, the lights on in the gym seemed to almost be taunting him. Were these little shits not even trying to hide what they were doing?! It was if they were asking for an expulsion now!

His pace increased and he felt some measure of satisfaction in slamming open the first set of double doors to the gym, priming a deep breath for a yell that would make even Present Mic jump as he passed the changing rooms and approached the main facility.

With an echoing crash that sent the second set of doors reeling, cracking the cement as they parted and hit the brickwork on either side, Aizawa opened his mouth to unleash his rage.

His rage remained loaded in his chest however, waiting for an order that was delayed by the sight before him.

With no Cementoss to change the landscape, gym gamma was a flattened, open space, the benefit of which allowed him to spy all nineteen of his 1-A students around the area all dressed in their gym kits.

Much like the training camp, he spied Kirishima using his quirk to defend against Ojiro’s attacks, only now he also had to fend off Sato and Koda’s strikes too. Similarly Kaminari was set up with a generator and appeared to be letting off as much energy as he could only to then have it attempt to shock him back. Yaoyorozu seemed to be generating some sort of dense material that she then set up for Aoyama and Mina to alternate melting through with their quirks. Shoji and Sero appeared to be trying to restrain each other with Sero generating strips of tape to wrap around Shoji’s hands only for the taller boy to generate another two each time he did. At the back of the room, it seemed the green-haired problem child was talking to Todoroki about something before a precise blast of ice erupted from the boy looking much more controlled and less jagged than he’d seen before.

Around the outer rim, he could see Jiro and Hagakure running laps to build up their stamina while Iida appeared to be attempting to catch Asui who was hopping dexterously around the other students tightly to improve his cornering and her precision.

Up above, he could see Uraraka also doing some sort of exercise as she floated weightlessly, kicking off the gym’s roof towards the ground, losing her momentum and floating back up only to try again, all the while Tokoyami appeared to be giving Dark Shadow encouraging words as they hovered near one of the bright ceiling lights to try and increase their exposure endurance.

“‘Bout time you showed up teach’.” Bakugo called out as he paused his AP Sniper Shot training, having been aiming the length of the gym at the reinforced metal walls.

“Just what in the hell do you think you’re playing at?!” Aizawa growled dangerously, his eyes ablaze with his quirk now a target had presented itself.

Bakugo felt the shiver and disconnect of losing his quirk but it didn’t slow his self-assured walk over to his teacher.

“We’re training,” he stated simply.

“And why exactly do you think it’s a good idea to train after midnight without a supervisor when you of all students know about curfew?”  Aizawa asked testily, begging Bakugo to give him whatever bullshit reason he had concocted that lead to all his students losing their collective minds.

Because it’s after Midnight,” Bakugo said with a morose bitterness. Aizawa’s scowl deepened at the confusing answer until he quickly realised the double meaning, his expression softening just a tad. “These idiots… we all still feel like we’re weak and shit so we’re doing something about it. Got a problem with that teach’?”

Aizawa was almost taken aback. For a moment, Bakugo’s scowling, challenging visage changed into a black haired youth’s, one daring his own teacher to expel him with a worn out scarf in one bloodied hand, a set of golden goggles in the other, and a chilling set of focused red eyes.

All the rage and anger Aizawa had generated on his trip here began dissipating as the man closed his eyes and took a long, calming breath. When he opened his eyes, Bakugo stood before him once again as he processed what to do about the situation.

“Given the circumstances, you’re clearly still emotionally compromised,” Aizawa started. Bakugo wisely chose to literally bite his tongue rather than call out the man’s own display. “Training without a supervisor was reckless and foolish, as such-”

“Aizawa!” A new voice called out. The erasure hero had to close his eyes again and take another deep, calming breath before turning to address the bane of his existence this year.

Hurrying through the main doors, bundled up excessively from the harsh chill of the winter night, All Might hurried over to his fellow teacher looking very out of breath.

“I-I got here as fast as I could after young Bakugo texted me,” he explained. “Please don’t punish them for being up, I gave the go ahead, t-though I did tell them to wait at the dorms for me to collect them.”

“Faster and smarter to meet you here,” Bakugo scoffed, “we got warmed up while we were waiting.”

Aizawa glanced between the pair before clenching the bridge of his nose with one hand.

“As qualified as All Might is, I don’t think he’s a suitable person to oversee training like this,” he sighed, figuring that he’d be getting another sleepless night. “I’ll be staying until you’re done to make sure there are no accidents. Clear?”

“Crystal,” Bakugo nodded firmly, though no smirk or smile graced his face at eluding authority.

Aizawa knew the mind set these students were probably in right now and wondered if it was how Mic saw him after Oboro; a grim determination to improve at the cost of their own happiness and health. He’d have to apologize to the loud blond later as, if he was anything like his students, it must’ve looked horrible from the outside.

Just as Bakugo turned to walk away and resume his training, Aizawa said one last thing to him.

“If you’re all going to be reckless and push yourselves to improve like this then you better not wear yourselves out for the new year. You know what awaits out there if you don’t go Plus Ultra now, I expect your best at all times.”

Bakugo glanced back at Aizawa carefully, his eyes briefly falling to the floor as he recalled how he felt on Nabu before matching the man’s gaze and giving a small nod without any back talk. The erasure teacher wasn’t sure how to feel about this interaction being the one that gave him the clearest understanding of the explosive blond’s mind at this time but that was a problem to unpack further down the line.

“T-Thank you for not punishing them Aizawa,” All Might stepped over to his fellow teacher, still in the process of catching his breath. “I know we’re technically breaking the rules but-”

“They’re still grieving,” Aizawa stated simply, emotion absent from his voice, “lashing out is what some people do, others focus it into other efforts. At least they’re smart enough to channel it into something constructive.”

“And… how are you doing, Aizawa?” All Might asked delicately, recalling the worrying look on his co-worker’s face on Nabu.

“I’m fine,” Aizawa dismissed, turning to observe the students all hard at work. “All that matters right now is them.”

All Might grimaced, Aizawa was even more guarded now than before Nabu and he wasn’t exactly Mr Personable then either. Still, after seeing so many good heroes go down over the years, he felt like he could at least help the man a little, even if he didn’t want it. Hearing about Oboro and now Nemuri, he knew Aizawa was going through a challenging time of his own.

“The pain never goes away does it?” All Might said knowingly, though Aizawa didn’t respond. “I still vividly recall the day my master had to leave me. She sacrificed her life so that I could live.”

“The seventh?” Aizawa asked in a quiet tone, though he didn’t turn towards the former number one.

“Indeed, she held back All-For-One knowing she wasn’t strong enough to make it out.”

“Are you trying to compare the two?” Aizawa clenched his jaw. “Because I do not need a pep-talk right now.”

“I’m just saying that… I understand Aizawa,” All Might reasoned. “When Nighteye passed in the line of duty, giving his all to protect our students and one small girl… the pain wasn’t any easier to manage. With my master, I threw myself into training until my hands bled and I threw up more times than I could count. Nighteye was different. I can’t train or improve like I used to so I swore I would do my best to make sure I would protect all he held dear, even if I don’t have the strength left to be a hero. Nothing is more important to me than honouring their sacrifice.”

“So the commercials and toys are all part of it?” The bitter hero scoffed.

“Japan needed something more than heroes, it needed a symbol; one to unite people against the darkness that surrounded All-For-One and his grip on the country from the shadows. It also worked to needle All-For-One with my image, to try and irritate and force him out into the open to end things once and for all. In the end, I didn’t even succeed there, and now we have to prepare a new generation to face such horrors. You and I… we both know what they’re all going through… what you’re going through again. Let’s just try to push them where we can and be considerate when they’re hurting, right?”

“Hmph,” Aizawa scoffed. “You’ve been studying your teacher’s manual I see.”

“Was it that obvious?” All Might sweatdropped, the ‘Even Dummies can be Teachers’ guide burning a hole in his back pocket. “I’m not trying to preach or anything, especially to someone better at this stuff than I am. I just wanted to remind you that… you’re not alone.”

“I’m well aware,” Aizawa nodded, recalling his and Mic’s moments comforting each other on Christmas Eve.

“Well… good,” All Might nodded awkwardly, a little unsure if he’d gotten across what he wanted to.

The two stood in silence as the observed the students training for a few more moments before Aizawa spoke again.

“You’ll have to tell me about her sometime,” he murmured.

“Hmm?” All Might turned and paused at the remarked. “Oh… I’d be glad to. She was an amazing Master.”

“Don’t phrase it like that,” Aizawa rolled his eyes.

“Right, right, sorry,” All Might chuckled as a more relaxed expression appeared on his face. “You’ll have to tell me about them one day too.”

Aizawa nodded solemnly, though he had no plans to share stories of Oboro or Nemuri with All Might until at least spring break; he needed to be properly drunk without anyone needing him for a few days before he revisited Oboro’s old scar let alone Nemuri’s that was still healing.

The pair continued their vigil, stepping in to assist the students only when it seemed additional help or guidance was needed. Iida customarily apologized deeply when he realised Aizawa had joined them, wondering if he was wrong to go along with things when All Might said it was okay but the teacher waved him off.

Training continued into the early hours of the morning and, by then, everyone was much more relaxed and ready for bed. The guilt in their hearts had eased knowing that they were back to form so that, next time, they’d be ready.


After returning to the dorms early that morning, Tsuyu deliberately held off on saying much to Ochako beyond weary pleasantries as they clambered into bed together. Once the pair awoke however, she had no such issue.

With their lives slowly returning to normal and the pain of Nabu easing, Tsuyu was very glad that, thanks to today, they had yet another cause to celebrate so everyone could unite in joy once again. Thoughts about their friends would need to wait however as she rolled around to face Ochako, who’d been the comforting big spoon that night, to rub their noses together to make the brunette stir.

“Morning ‘Chako, ribbit,” Tsuyu called softly.

“He~ey,” Ochako greeted sleepily, stretching her limbs out as best she could before resting one arm over Tsuyu and snuggling her closer, her eyes closing again as she revelled in the comfort.

“Someone’s grabby,” Tsuyu chuckled.

“Mmm, feel bleh, too much floatin’,” Ochako explained, though the sleep had helped her stomach settle after the enduring training she’d done last night.

“That’s a shame,” Tsuyu grinned, reaching down to poke her lightly. “Guess you don’t want any birthday cake then.” The frog girl almost jumped at how fast Ochako’s eyes opened. “Happy Birthday Cutie Pie.”

Ochako felt her lips captured in a tender kiss as her brain reminded her that today was indeed her birthday.

“Wow… I almost forgot.”

“We’ve had a lot going on, ribbit,” Tsuyu sympathised, “but I assure you that we haven’t.” Ochako’s eyes only got wider at the thought of having so many of her partners celebrate her birthday with her. “I’m sure the others have some things planned but I made sure to reserve the morning for us.”

“O-Oh?” Ochako blushed as she felt Tsuyu’s hand snaking down her waist and taking a firm handful of her rear. “You uh… want morning sex?”

“Could be a nice way to start the day,” Tsuyu smirked, her lidded eyes betraying her true feelings.

“Y-Yeah but um…” Ochako blushed, “C-Could I brush my teeth first? My breath probably smells awful.”

“Sure,” Tsuyu chuckled, letting Ochako get up and use the washroom first only to lash out with her tongue and slap Ochako’s rear that made it tighten up. “But that’s all mine when you get back.”

Before Ochako fully transformed into a strawberry, she hurried into her tiny bathroom and took care of the minor morning routine. As she brushed and continued to wake up, she started feeling the raw excitement that came from it being her birthday.

Though her parents couldn’t give her everything they wanted growing up, they always tried to make sure they celebrated any major events like birthdays and holidays. Presents were always welcome, but she knew more than most that just getting to spend time with the ones you love doing something together was more valuable than any gift sometimes. 


After spending maybe a little too long indulging in each other that morning than perhaps they should’ve, Ochako and Tsuyu headed downstairs to find breakfast and begin their days properly.

In the common space they found a few of their friends who had risen early and were midway through breakfast like Izuku, Tooru, Kirishima, Ojiro, and strangely enough, Mina was also present.

“Morning everyone,” Ochako called out cheerfully as she and Tsuyu entered the kitchen from the stairwell.

A round of greetings followed her which only served to brighten her smile.

“Someone’s glowing,” Mina grinned, standing in the kitchen with utensils in hand. Ochako felt her cheeks pinken slightly while Tsuyu simply ribbited with a touch of pride. Luckily for Mina who could tell full well what their morning had been filled with, the implication seemed to have gone over the non-poly member’s heads.

“Happy Birthday Ochako!” Izuku called out enthusiastically as he finished the last of his protein rich meal to make the most of his morning run.

“Thanks Izuku,” Ochako grinned, getting similar well wishes from Tooru and Mina.

“Oh yeah, that’s today, isn’t it!” Kirishima joined them, recalling the small package he had tucked away in a desk drawer as a little something for his friend.

“Yup!” The brunette grinned as she started reaching for her normal breakfast foods.

“At-ta-ta, back off you!” Mina scolded as she warded Ochako off with a spatula. “It’s your special day so none of this regular junk. You’re getting something delicious and tasty for breakfast and you don’t have to feel guilty about it in the slightest.”

“Are you sure you’re not just enjoying your Christmas present?” Tsuyu chuckled, eying the waffle currently cooking in the maker.

“It can be both,” Mina stuck her tongue out. “You get going too you cheeky frog you!”

With both girls suitably chastised into seats at the table, Mina quickly finished up her latest batch of waffles before serving them to newly arrived pair with plenty of fruit on the side.

“Happy Birthday girl,” Mina squeezed Ochako from behind once the food was placed before her. Not only did she have a delicious looking waffle with straw and blueberries to devour, but the treat had been topped with whipped cream in the shape of an infinity symbol along its middle. Ochako was a little confused at the gesture and it seemed she wasn’t the only one lacking in knowledge as Ojiro didn’t seem to get it either.

“What’s that for?”

“What’s what?” Mina asked.

“The infinity thing. Is that like an in-joke between you guys?” The tailed boy asked.

“Nah man, that’s like, the symbol for polyamory and stuff,” the explanation surprisingly came from Kirishima of all people.

“You’ve looked into it, ribbit?” Tsuyu blinked.

“Well it’d be rude not to, right?” Kirishima shrugged. “I mean, I wouldn’t want to offend you three by saying something wrong so I kinda read up and stuff.”

“That’s really thoughtful of you Kirishima,” Izuku smiled honestly at the boy, getting a grin in response.

“No prob’ bro!”

Ochako and the others knew it was more than that though as Mina sent her a wink when she caught the brunette’s eyes again before returning to the next batch of waffle-y goodness.

Without further ado, the birthday girl eagerly tucked into her delicious breakfast with gusto, though despite what Mina said she did feel a little bad about indulging. Ochako figured she’d just have to make up for the extra calories later by burning them off and, with that, her morning plans were set providing no one else expected anything of her.

“Right, I’ll see you guys later,” Kirishima said as he rose from his spot and collected his used dishware.

“Oh, Kirishima, are you gonna go to the gym this morning?” Ochako asked quickly, swallowing a bite she hadn’t quite finished chewing to get the question out.

“Nah, not after last night,” Kirishima waved away. “I’m also… kinda up first with one of those councillors for stuff this morning so I’m… gonna go prepare for that.”

“Mine’s tomorrow,” Ojiro noted, rising from the table himself as everyone recalled their own times they’d need to see the councillors.

“Were you planning to go to the gym then, Ochako?” Izuku asked.

“Yeah, I wanna work on my strength so I need someone to spot me.”

“Well you’re in luck there then,” Tooru grinned, flexing her arms. “Mina and I were gonna head there this morning.”

“I get Mina but, why you?” Ojiro asked curiously. “Don’t your legs hurt from yesterday? The other two were at least working on their quir… -ks.”

The air in the room quickly dissipated, fleeing from the awkwardness as several people grimaced at the boy’s thoughtless words.

“S-Sorry, I-I didn’t mean-”

“Its fine,” Tooru shook her head, though with notably less enthusiasm than before. “I don’t know what’s going to happen but… I’m not gonna just sit around and wait one way or the other. If I get better, great, if not, then I’ll just either have to be a kickass quirkless pro or go full vigilante!”

Izuku couldn’t help but feel a mote of joy in his heart as Tooru caught his eye, her masked smile turning just a bit genuine as they shared a knowing look.

“Not sure if I’d be happy to have to arrest you, ribbit,” Tsuyu chuckled.

“So don’t!” Tooru grinned. “I’d be the badass helping all my old hero buddies take down villains from the shadows, never taking praise for myself!”

“No~ot quite sure that’d work,” Mina plopped into Ojiro’s vacated seat with her waffle-laden plate. “Pretty sure I’d notice my super-hot girlfriend assisting me with takedowns.”

“Phooey,” Tooru clicked her fingers playfully, with Mina nuzzling her girlfriend’s cheek at her adorableness before tucking into her food. “Still, we can help,” Tooru returned to Ochako and their original topic, “this one will need to burn the calories.”

“H-Hey!” Mina pouted after Tooru poked her belly.

“You’ve had waffles for three days, you’ve earned that,” Tooru grinned.

“I’m just trying to make good use of my Christmas present,” Mina playfully turned her nose up before shooting Izuku a small smile for the excellent gift.

“Maybe put it away unless it’s a weekend or something special,” Tsuyu suggested.

“Well today’s Ochako’s birthday so that counts,” Mina stuck her tongue out. “But fi~ine.”

“My waistline and yours will thank you,” Ochako giggled.

The group shared a laugh as breakfast started to wrap up though Ochako and Tooru hung around after finishing their plates, chatting with Mina as they waited for the pinkette to finish savouring the fluffy, syrupy goodness. When they were ready, all three retreated back to their rooms briefly to change into a fresh set of gym clothes and grab their towels and water bottles before meeting back up in the common room to head out.

Heading down the main path and towards UA’s main building, Mina couldn’t help but pose a cheeky question towards the brunette.

“So, do I get a repeat of last time if I’m good?” she teased as they walked, raising her brows suggestively at Ochako.

“What happened last time?” Tooru asked curiously with Ochako just rolling her eyes.

“Izuku and I spent some private time with her,” Ochako tried not to blush but only half succeeded as the memory pinkened her cheeks further.

“Ooh,” Tooru’s eyes widened as she covered a somewhat lewd giggle. “Sounds like fun.”

“It’s not even noon, why are you thinking about that stuff anyway?” Ochako posed.

“Nothing wrong with setting some birthday expectations,” Mina winked. “You and Tsuyu seemed to be plenty happy to hop to it this morning already.”

“S-Shush!” Ochako’s blush deepened.

“Hey, you do you… and Tsuyu I guess,” Mina shrugged with a wry smile. “It’s your birthday, spend it doing whatever you want. I know I would probably spend all morning in bed.”

“Yeah, sleeping,” Tooru giggled before letting out a loud, fake snore.

Mina swatted her girlfriend playfully as the three shared a laugh.

“I figured you guys would try to plan something for my birthday. Is that… part of it?” Ochako blushed. She certainly wasn’t averse to anything happening but like before she did want to get her training in first before any… distractions.

“Ma~aybe,” Mina gave her a look up and down that sent a pleasant tingle through Ochako’s body.

Actually, we really are just hitting the gym,” Tooru explained.

“Guh! Bay-buh,” Mina whined at her teasing bubble being burst.

“Oh shush, this was your idea anyway,” Tooru revealed.

“Well yeah, but I still want our favourite Cutie Pie to know we’re thinking about her special day.”

“It’s alright,” Ochako chuckled, “you don’t have to do that with um… i-intimate stuff. Just going to the gym with you both should be fun enough all on its own.”

“Especially with all the noises we’ll be making,” Mina blatantly eyed Ochako up and down again, though Ochako was ready this time and smirked at the girl’s futile attempt. “Nah, don’t worry hun, I’ll be good. Mina’s gotta get dem gains,” the pinkette reassured her secret girlfriend, but Ochako couldn’t help feel her curiosity prickle at the change of attitude.

Seeing Mina’s expression sink into one of determination as she returned her gaze forward led her to believe that the pinkette had something on her own mind. It wasn’t hard to deduce with everything coming up for her, maybe she just needed to work through some stuff just like Ochako had before. If that was the case, Ochako was more than happy to stand by her girlfriend as she beat the bad feelings into submission.

“Then let’s get in there and do our best!” Ochako gripped her hands into fists, pumping herself up to take on the weights yet again.

“Woo!” Tooru cheered, happy all three of them seemed to be on the same wavelength, even if the circumstances could be better.


The three entered the gym full of resolve as they immediately set off to work on what they needed most.

Ochako did a little bit of everything, trying to channel Izuku and improve the muscles all around her body with the aid of her brand new workout gloves, while Tooru spent some time continuing to build her arms up, having focused on her legs the night before whereas Mina was much the opposite, her hands sore from the amount of acid she’d produced.

The gravity girl eventually got her required spot from both Mina and Tooru as they took it in turns to use the weights. True to her word, the pinkette was clearly focused on actually putting some work in with neither Tooru nor Ochako hearing any comments from the girl for the majority of their time there.

Ochako knew they’d been here a while as by now Mina’s exhaustion had replaced her tenacity due to a job well done and she was now apparently rewarding herself with ogles of both her and Tooru’s bodies as they pumped iron.

“Those aren’t her eyes,” Ochako chuckled as they finished up their round of weightlifting with her supporting Tooru.

“Hey, my girlfriend, I’m allowed to look,” Mina countered, knowing full well that applied to Ochako too. “Just because I can see her gorgeous face now doesn’t mean I can’t appreciate the rest of her.”

“You… better!” Tooru groaned, giving one final effort to rerack the bar after her final rep and collapsing bonelessly once her strength was no longer needed.

“Way to go!” Ochako cheered, starting to unload the weights while Mina helped her girlfriend sit up and drink the last of her water.

“How you feelin’ hun?” Mina asked in a soft tone once Tooru had caught her breath.

“B-Better,” she breathed deeply. “Helps take the focus off things.”

“Ditto,” Mina nodded, wiping her brow with her how.

“Still worried, huh?” Ochako shot the pair a sympathetic smile.

“Y-Yeah,” Tooru sighed. “I don’t mean to be a downer since, we’ve all kinda got our problems right now, but building up a sweat and doing stuff like this makes me feel more… in control again.”

“And we both know you were sick of not being in control before… everything,” Mina tentatively joked as the pair recalled Tooru’s little tantrum on Nabu shortly before the villains landed.

“These are the cards I’ve been dealt, it’s up to me what I do with them,” Tooru shrugged. “I told you, I’m not taking shit anymore.”

Mina chuckled and while Ochako looked a tad confused, Mina quickly filled her in.

“Wow, it was a real bad time for you there, huh,” Ochako grimaced, hoping the subject wasn’t too touchy for the girl.

“Yup, but now I’m back at UA and I’m gonna prove to everyone why Tooru Fuckin’ Hagakure is gonna be a certified hero badass!”

“There’s my girl!” Mina nuzzled her girlfriend’s cheek again only to hurriedly pull back and hold her nose. “Though… maybe not till after a bath; you stink!”

“Eh, sorry,” Tooru blushed, quickly using her towel to soak up the excess sweat. “But we didn’t exactly have the energy to do it after last night.”

“I don’t think anyone did to be fair,” Ochako sympathised, having just crawled into bed with Tsuyu when they got back to the dorms. Between that, their early morning romp, and now post-gym workout, Ochako was pretty sure she wouldn’t be getting any further affection herself. “I’m heading straight for the baths when we get back.”

“Ooo, plan!” Mina grinned. Ochako raised a brow at the girl, not needing a mind reading quirk to know what was on her mind. “Hey, you needed a spot here, now I need someone to spot scrubbing my back.”

“Isn’t that your girlfriend’s job?” Ochako teased, getting a pouty nod from Tooru.

“A princess can have two attendants,” Mina stuck her tongue out.

“It’s Ochako’s birthday,” Tooru reminded her with a smirk. “She’s the princess today, you’re the Minx.”

Mina pretended to act offended again but it all broke down into giggles as the three packed up and left the gym, heading back to the dorms.


True to her word, Ochako headed straight back to her room to dump her stuff and grab a fresh towel and the clothes she’d be spending the rest of the day in before proceeding back down to the baths. She was halfway through getting changed when Mina and Tooru predictably joined her.

The sly smirk on Mina’s face as she gave Ochako a cheeky look over had the gravity girl wondering if Mina was serious about having some more time together. Her needy core clenched and she mentally chided herself to not think about that stuff just because they were bathing together… but then again, she decided to make a quick trip to the toilet just in case.

Entering the bathing area after the pair when she was ready, Ochako spotted Mina already scrubbing away at Tooru’s back while the bath filled.

“Drop your towels and stuff over there and I’ll scrub you up next,” Mina called out as she worked over the last of Tooru’s hard to reach spots.

Doing so, Ochako quickly worked herself over with the shower on the stool and station next to the others while applying a small amount of her usual peach-scented body wash.

“You smell delicious,” Ochako heard Mina purr from over her shoulder with a cheeky giggle.

“Down girl,” Ochako rolled her eyes with a fond smile, passing her the body wash as the pinkette got to work scrubbing her up while a small splash announced Tooru’s transition to the tub. 

“Any plans for the rest of the day?”

“Not unless you guys are planning something for me?” Ochako fished again casually.

“You actually want to know or would you prefer the surprise?” Mina offered.

That was all Ochako really needed to confirm they were indeed planning something for her. As much as she really wanted to know after seeing how perfectly Mina had organized things for Momo’s birthday, she also wanted to enjoy whatever surprises she hoped she’d enjoy when they came.

“Just enough I don’t ruin things prematurely,” Ochako chuckled.

“Oh shush, you wouldn’t ruin anything,” Mina rolled her eyes. “Maybe stay away from the common space this afternoon though,” giving Ochako a small squeeze on the shoulders in excitement.

Even knowing that much sent Ochako’s giddiness rising. Having her partners make such a big fuss of her was one thing, but something in the common room meant getting the rest of the class involved and that she’d get to be the centre of attention today.

Seeing her friends and classmates at her previous school all spend their birthdays celebrating without having to worry about affording frivolities such as party hats and treats for the class made her feel just a bit envious. Having a birthday so close to Christmas allowed her to avoid explaining why she didn’t celebrate her birthday like the rest of them.

Her frugal nature certainly didn’t mind the lack of expenses now, but she hoped it could be a little different this year.

“Did you get-”

“No spoilers,” Mina giggled cheekily, knowing her girlfriend would only want to know more about what they had planned once she gave her that crumb of information. “Come on, your turn to scrub me anyway.”

Ochako’s cheeks ballooned up in a pout but it was quickly washed away by her eager smile with all the ideas running through her head. She didn’t let things get too wild and outlandish, but even their modest class parties of the past had been lavish in comparison to what she’d had in the past.

With a quick but thorough scrub of Mina’s back while the girl washed her hair and front, the two soon joined Tooru in the piping hot waters and feeling their muscles ache pleasantly, if a tad painfully, at the heat.

“That’s the stuff,” Ochako groaned, party thoughts being put out of her mind for the time being as the waters made her feel temporarily content.

“Nothing like a good bath to wash all your troubles away,” Mina sighed, sinking up to her neck while rubbing her arms to ease the soreness she felt.

“If only it were that easy,” Ochako sighed in a different tone, getting a sympathetic look from Mina.

“Everything alright hun?” Mina asked. “We’ve kinda been bitching about ourselves all morning. How are you doing birthday girl?

“Just everything recently,” Ochako shook her head, “nothing specific.”

“Doesn’t have to be to still suck,” Mina shrugged before snagging Ochako’s hand under the water. “As long as we’ve got each other though, I’m sure we’ll be fine.”

“That’s why I’m not more worried,” Ochako smiled warmly, squeezing Mina’s hand back before glancing curiously over at Tooru who’d yet to comment on their arrival. “You okay over there Starlight?”

“Huh? O-Oh, sorry,” Tooru blushed cutely, “this is only like, my second bath since my er… accident. Still getting used to um… seeing myself like this.”

“Don’t worry about it,” Ochako smiled, glad it wasn’t something concerning. “You’re still just as adorable as ever. Now we can just see when we make you blush.”

“Or see all your gains,” Mina grinned, flexing her own arm before wincing, the pain of the gym still lingering. “O-Ow… might’ve pushed it too hard today.”

“‘Cause of stuff?” Ochako asked.

“And also reasons,” Mina chuckled. “You know I’m not usually an angry person but this whole thing is just… urgh!”

Mina punched the water with a fist, sending a few droplets flying at both her girlfriends who reeled at the sudden splash.

“S-Sorry,” Mina apologized with a weary sigh.

“We get it,” Tooru scooted closer, “stuff sucks and it feels like it’s too much at once but there’s nothing you can do.”

“Sounds like how I felt when I found out about my parents,” Ochako admitted. “I’m just grateful Momo was able to help with that, even with certain stipulations thanks to her parents.”

Definitely not taking up their help for this,” Mina growled only to get a wary look from the girls. “Oh, not Momo, but like, her parents. When Momo asked…”

Mina proceeded to detail what she’d heard while the heiress had petitioned her mother for their family’s lawyers.

“Wow… fuck them,” Tooru’s lip quirked in disgust.

“Urgh, I the more I hear, the worse they get,” Ochako shook her head.

“Yeah,” Mina sighed. “So I’m understandably pissed and super tense right now,” she rolled her shoulder stiffly, hoping the hot, relaxing waters worked their magic soon.

“How about a massage?” Ochako offered. “I used to do them for Momo sometimes when we would uh… come here together.”

Mina was tempted to tease her about the other activities she and the heiress probably got up to but held back for the sake of the offer.

“Actually that sounds amazing,” she smiled only to hesitate. “But it’s your birthday so you don’t need to-”

“Birthday nothing,” Ochako shook her head. “Just spending time with you both is great.”

“So you’re saying I can keep your present for myself?” Tooru teased.

Mina predictably giggled while Ochako’s pout returned in force.

“You do and I’m keeping this one,” Ochako pulled Mina close, turning her to face Tooru in part so that she could get her in a better position to rub her shoulders.

“No! My emotional support girlfriend!” Tooru gasped.

“I would step in,” Mina started as Ochako began pressing against her muscles firmly, easing her tension greatly with her practised technique, “but I’m very much putty in her hands right now.”

“Traitor!” Tooru huffed, though the effect was diminished with how adorable both her girlfriends found the expression.

“Perhaps you could win me back with a foot rub?” Mina suggested teasingly, lifting one of her legs to rest on Tooru’s lap. Both Ochako and Mina both spotted the spark of an idea light up in Tooru’s eye however and realised they might be in for trouble.

“I think I’ve got a better way to help relax you,” Tooru grinned, sidling closer to Mina while putting the offered leg on the other side of her body so she was now sitting between them.

Mina definitely knew what the girl had planned with a tone like that and her core clenched in desire.  Before she could worry about Ochako protesting at things taking a lewd turn, the brunette encouraged her to lie back with her head resting on her chest to give Tooru better access while Ochako leaned forward and stole an upside down kiss from Mina’s lips.

“You did ask for a repeat,” Ochako giggled, her reservations gone given that they’d gotten some good work in before playing.

“F-Fine,” Mina accepted easily with a shiver as Tooru’s fingers ran along her inner thighs towards her goal. “But you’re next birthday girl.”

“Don’t forget me,” Tooru poked Mina’s stomach.

“We could never,” Ochako smiled at the girl.

“Especially now we can see what our every touch does to you,” Mina bit her lip while sending a lecherous look at her girlfriend.

Tooru admittedly let out a small squeak of delight at the implication of what she could expect in the very near future but right now she had something else to attend to first.

As Ochako leant down to steal more kisses from Mina, the pair quickly deepening them into tongue-filled ones, Tooru eased apart her girlfriend’s legs further until she had unfettered access to her goal.

Honestly, Tooru felt a small measure of relief as her libido rose climbed higher. She hadn’t felt much in the mood for any of this over the past number of days and briefly wondered if she’d broken more than her quirk. Thankfully her desires seemed to be trying to make up for lost time as her brain encouraged her to take a deep breath and go down on her girlfriend.

The logical part of her mind knew better than to try that though. Between her accident and her trauma with Momo’s toy, she didn’t want to risk ruining things between them all with her issues and instead slipped a finger inside her girlfriend as her other hand teased up her developing abs.

“Looks like someone’s got plenty of gains of her own,” Tooru grinned, her hand tracing over Mina’s hips, causing the girl to twitch as Tooru’s finger slowly re-explored her girlfriend. “Think she’ll become more attracted to the mirror than us at some point, Ochako?”

“It’s definitely a risk,” Ochako grinned as she looked up, leaving a dopey, needy expression on Mina’s face as her body cried out for more attention.

“A-As if,” Mina protested, twisting her hips to encourage Tooru’s finger into certain areas. “Keep going!”

“You heard the Minx,” Tooru rolled her eyes, adding a second digit while occasionally pulling back to flick at Mina’s clit.

The pinkette mewled lightly, her orgasm building too slow for her liking as her tormentors simply giggled at her plight. Thankfully they soon offered relief as both their heads leant in to kiss around her neckline before dipping deeper and settling around her breasts. One of Mina’s hands held Tooru’s head there as the girl’s tongue flicked and circled the dark nipple while her other hand reached back to grip Ochako’s knee as the girl performed similar motions on her other breast.

“E-Enough teasing,” Mina breathed heavily, wanting nothing more than to trigger her release and feel the delicious flood of happy hormones along with the release of much of the tension she carried. “P-Please!”

“What do you think? She did say please,” Ochako considered, pulling back from her task.

“I think she’s suffered enough,” Tooru agreed with a smirk. “Might need a bit of help getting her there though.” Ochako tilted her head curiously before Tooru’s intentions made themselves clear as she reached out to grab one of Ochako’s hands and lead her down to Mina’s clit. The brunette didn’t need any further guidance as she delicately circled her girlfriend’s button while Tooru added a third finger to Mina and began spreading and stretching them apart in the way the pinkette adored.

“Y-Yeah! Like that!” Mina groaned, trying to assist by thrusting as best she could.

With the combined efforts, Mina’s high quickly approached and just before she crested her peak, Ochako and Tooru leant in once more to place a pair of kisses on her cheeks. Her body quickly tensed up and her legs clutched around Tooru tightly as her orgasm tried to milk the girl’s digits for all they were worth.

“F-Fu~uck!” Mina let out a long, slow groan with the occasional breathing hitch as her body quickly relaxed into a near floppy mess.

“I think that was too much,” Ochako giggled, adjusting the girl’s position so she was sitting down properly in the bath once again, looking dazedly up at the ceiling as her head rested on the rim.

“She’ll be fine,” Tooru waved away as Mina’s hips twitched lightly with aftershocks. “I think she’s kinda needed that for a while.”

“After all the worrying we did while you were asleep, I’m not surprised,” Ochako explained.

“I know, sorr-”

“You’ve got nothing to be sorry about,” Ochako quickly cut the shimmery haired girl off as she moved around Mina who’d leaned up to dispute the girl. “This is just… something I think we’re all going to have to deal with what with all bein’ heroes and stuff.”

“You would’ve done exactly the same if it was me,” Mina reasoned with a small measure of hope. She knew she shouldn’t want to be comatose with Tooru or any of the girls pining at her bedside but it still held a measure of romanticism for her despite the heartache she’d endured because of it.

“Yeah… I just… need to get a handle on things again and I’ll be fine,” Tooru shook her head. “I’m good now.”

“I should hope so,” Ochako smiled warmly before wrapping her arms around the girl and pulling her in for a tender kiss. “Because it’s your turn next.”

“I thought-”

“You need this more than I do,” Ochako giggled, sliding her hands down Tooru’s back to cup and massage her rear before spreading it apart. Tooru couldn’t help the excited smile on her face as her core clenched in anticipation.

“Meh, I wanna help too!” A petulant voice called to the pair.

Both girls shot their boneless girlfriend a look who had her arms up, wanting either or both of them to come to her. Tooru and Ochako both rolled their eyes at the lethargic girl’s complaints.

“When you’re not as worn out, you can get a piece of this,” Tooru wiggled her chest.

“Or~” Ochako gave Tooru a calculating look. The sparkly-eyed girl looked confused for just a moment before Ochako guided her hips forward so Tooru stood before Mina and turned her to face away from the pink haired girl.

“Uh, Ochako?”

“Just lean back,” Ochako kissed the girl’s cheek, rubbing her rear as she gently guided Tooru to sit in Mina’s lap.

“Haha, gotcha!” Mina grinned, snagging another kiss from Tooru’s cheek and getting an accompanying giggle from the girl. Neither had to wait long for what Ochako had planned next though as, while Tooru was somewhat averse to doing anything that involved holding her breath for now, the brunette certainly wasn’t.

Crouching down before the pair, Ochako gently pushed apart the duo’s combined legs until she could comfortably kneel in place and took a few deep breaths before diving under the warm bath waters.

“O-Oh, o~oh,” Tooru moaned in delight as she felt the roughness of Ochako’s tongue run over her clit and her fingers tease around her entrance.

“Feel good?” Mina grinned behind her, taking the opportunity to gently squeeze and pinch her girlfriend’s breasts and nipples.

“Mmhmm,” Tooru nodded dumbly, focusing on the pair’s touches.

“Let’s make sure she can see all of you, eh?” Mina’s hand snaked down Tooru’s chest and towards Ochako’s head, lightly nudging the girl back before spreading Tooru’s lips apart for her. “Now she’s got a full view of everything.”

“Ooo,” Tooru groaned at the thought, adjusting her hips to settle more on Mina’s legs and offer herself up to Ochako.

For the next few minutes, Mina worked on touching and teasing every part of Tooru she could reach with the girl in her arms while Ochako occasionally resurfaced for air before diving down for another go.

“G-Getting close,” Tooru moaned, wanting desperately to hold Ochako’s head in place as the girl’s tongue and fingers worked their magic.

“You can do it babe,” Mina encouraged, tapping Ochako on the head.

“S-Something wrong?” Ochako asked as she resurfaced with a slightly worn out tongue while her pair of fingers ceased thrusting though still inside the girl. Tooru complained needily at the loss of stimulation but Mina wasn’t concerned.

“Just thought you might want to see this,” Mina grinned, leaning forward to whisper into Tooru’s ear. “Now we can see you, we can see exactly what you look like when you cum all the way to the end.”

Tooru’s breath hitched at the thought, her eyes quickly darting to Ochako who easily understood what Mina was going for as the pair now made a joint effort to rub and thrust against the girl.

“Cum for us Starlight,” Ochako encouraged, leaning in close and making sure Tooru saw her rake her eyes up and down her visible body.

All the right things were being hit for the girl and her body quickly started tensing up. The water splashed as Tooru twisted and jerked, her legs trapping Ochako between them as her hands clenched and unclenched in the liquid. She let out a muted moan as a wave of tension she’d been carrying suddenly felt the urge to depart.

Mina softly kissed Tooru’s cheek again as the girl slowly started to relax, nearly matching her own boneless state earlier, “Good girl.”

Ochako removed her fingers and quickly twiddled them in the water to remove the lingering moisture that wasn’t water from them as she looked warmly down at her partners.

What neither expected however, was for Tooru’s face to slowly scrunch up and small whimpers start to emerge from her.

“Tooru?” Ochako called.

“S-Sorry,” Tooru shook her head, her damp hair scattering a few water droplets as she held her hand up weakly and tried to catch her breath. “I-I’m fine.”

Ochako and Mina clearly weren’t buying it though and the pinkette set her girlfriend down on the seat beside her.

“Talk to us, Starlight. What’s wrong?”

“Nothing, really!” Tooru stressed, a small laugh bursting free from her chest only confusing the duo further. The pair gave each other an unconvinced look before returning their focus to Tooru. “I’m just… i-it’s weird,” she sniffled, “I should be sadder… but that… t-that was something I-I’ve wanted for… for so long.”

Their worry melted into relief as Ochako sat down opposite the girl while Mina drew her teary-eyed girlfriend into a hug.

“Come here ya’ big softy,” she shook her head. “This was supposed to be all sorts of lewd and you’re making it way too wholesome.”

“As long as you’re happy that’s all that matters,” Ochako smiled fondly, nudging her knees against Tooru’s as she relaxed in the remaining warmth and closed her eyes.

While they’d all started to come to terms with Tooru’s persistent visibility, it seemed the girl herself still needed to process some of the good aspects that came paired with her unfortunate quirk accident.

The three remained in a comfortable silence for a few minutes as Tooru allowed herself to feel her emotions and enjoy the experience she’d long dreamed of, even if she’d never imagined it in this way.

“Feel better?” Mina asked.

“Yeah, yeah, I’m good now,” Tooru sighed deeply, ridding herself of the last of the bittersweet feelings.

“You’d think getting something you always wanted would put a bigger smile on your face, especially when you’re gonna keep gettin’ it,” Mina grinned, nuzzling the girl playfully.

“D-Don’t,” Tooru blushed, her heart jumping at how wonderful that sounded despite having just experienced it.

“Shelved for later,” Mina winked. “but we’ve got one more thing we need to do before we start pruning up.”

Ochako cracked an eye to see Mina rising from her spot, her hands raised in a playfully grabby way while Tooru was brushing the last of her sadness away and also moving to stand.

“You don’t have to,” Ochako brushed off, not wanting either of the two to feel obligated considering their current worries. “Tsu um… already got me this morning.”

“I figured that much,” Mina giggled devilishly, “but you’re the birthday girl.”

“Gotta make sure you get something extra special,” Tooru smiled, hoping to repay Ochako for what she’d just experienced.

“W-Well,” Ochako blushed as Mina delicately cupped one of her breasts and moved in quickly to snag a few cheeky kisses. “I-If you insist.”

“Oh, yeah. Really twisting your arm aren’t we,” Mina giggled as Tooru took her turn to cup Ochako’s other breast and snag her own kisses. “Is there anything you’d like to request?”

Ochako was very glad she’d decided to nip to the restroom before coming in so she could request what she wanted guilt free next.

“C-Could you um… finger both of my…” she blushed.

“My, aren’t we feeling naughty today,” Mina grinned, eager to watch and hear the girl moan under her touch.

“That’s still weird to me,” Tooru admitted, feeling her own back entrance clench.

“Well I guess we know who’s doing what then,” Mina chuckled. “Right then, you up, you down,” she pointed to Ochako and Tooru respectively.

Soon enough, Mina had guided the pair into the position she figured best for them to please their birthday girlfriend in; Tooru was once more sitting down while Ochako was placed before her, bent at the waist and balancing by resting her hands on Tooru’s submerged shoulders while Mina sat behind the gravity girl was a face full of her rear.

“God this is so hot,” Mina groaned as she spread Ochako’s cheeks apart to get a better look at what she was working with, earning a squeak from the brunette in question.

“Don’t focus on her for now,” Tooru rolled her eyes, caressing Ochako’s cheek and guiding her eyeline to hers. “Just look at me and let us make you feel just as loved as you make us feel.”

Ochako wanted to reply but found her lips captured by Tooru’s once again as the glittery-haired girl pulled her in for a tender kiss that quickly deepened into tongues.

With Ochako’s hands occupied on Tooru’s shoulders, the girl hand no issues reaching up to cup both of Ochako’s breasts and slowly massage them gently while occasionally tweaking her nipples. She could tell the birthday girl was enjoying it as Ochako had to break their kisses every now and then to both take a few breaths and let out a few moans of pleasure.

Of course, that could also be attributed to the fingers Mina had slid into Ochako’s pussy and was gently thrusting away with.

“You like that?” Mina called after one particularly throaty moan from Ochako.

“M-More please,” Ochako requested, knowing that Mina had yet to truly get to work with one of her holes untouched.

“Get ready then,” the pinkette grinned, delicately rubbing her other hand’s index finger around her puckered hole. Ochako held her breath and tried not to tense as Mina pushed against her before she felt her exploratory digit slide inside and let out a satisfied sigh.

“See, I just don’t get that,” Tooru chuckled, seeing the content look on Ochako’s face.

“W-Weird,” Ochako chuckled with a sly smile. “I would’ve thought you’d’ve enjoyed being filled in all three holes.”

Tooru knew the girl was yanking her chain but the image still made her core throb in delight, even if the reality would be very different.

“Now who’s being the Minx,” Tooru’s eyes narrowed before reclaiming Ochako’s tongue.

“Definitely her, but I’m still gonna have some of this Cutie’s pie,” Mina laughed, even if the other two weren’t quite paying full attention. Still, it did nothing to dissuade her as she leaned forward and exchanged her fingers for her tongue as it sunk into Ochako’s depths.

The birthday girl moaned in delight as her need for release grew more intense, her grip on Tooru’s shoulders growing just a little tighter. Mina’s free fingers sought out her clit and Ochako knew she had very limited time.

As Mina worked, she couldn’t help but have a rather dirty thought, one that she was very tempted to indulge in.

“I-I’m close,” Ochako called out, breaking her kiss with Tooru again.

Mina figured it was now or never and ceased delighting the girl with her mouth for now.

“Hey, Ochako? Wanna try something new?”

“I-If it gets me there then do it!” Ochako replied, wishing Mina had decided to do this when she wasn’t so close.

“O-Oh! Oh, that’s-” Ochako couldn’t help but twitch and clench as Mina’s slippery tongue invaded her rear hole in a very new way. It was certainly different from fingers or a penis and, for whatever reason, the sheer exoticness of the sensation brought Ochako right back to the edge, helped quickly along by Mina’s fingers rubbing circles around her clit.

Needless to say, Ochako very quickly reached her own peak as Tooru gently held and caressed her while her naughty girlfriend tried to drag out the orgasm as long as she could. Ochako’s feet barely touched the floor of the bath as both her girlfriends and the water did its best to keep her buoyant as she twitched and contracted. The brunette was certain the bath would need a good scrub by the end of this but all she could think about right now was the numbing high she’d been brought to.

The next thing Ochako knew, she was being settled into a seat besides Mina who cuddled her up close on one side while Tooru cuddled into the pinkette’s other side.

“I think she enjoyed that,” Tooru giggled.

“Mmm,” Ochako hummed lazily in response, her rear clenching at the lingering phantom sensations.

“Not the best taste I’ll admit,” Mina stuck her tongue out.

“Dare we ask?” Tooru grimaced.

“Meh, mostly just skin-flavoured. Same like you’d taste if you licked me right now,” the pinkette explained. “Now give us a kiss!”

“Urgh, no way! I’m not kissin’ ya until you brush your teeth,” Tooru backed off as Mina’s exaggerated kissy lips.

“Seconded,” Ochako agreed, even if she’d very much enjoyed Mina’s experimenting.

“Yeah, prob’ly for the best,” Mina chuckled, relaxing back into the waters with a satisfied girlfriend on each arm.

With everything they’d shared together this morning, the three allow themselves to indulge in nothingness and just let the waters carry their worries away for the time being.

All too soon though, Ochako felt her body complaining just a smidge at being too hot for too long and knew their time in the tub should be coming to a close.

“We should probably get out before we fall asleep in here,” Ochako stated softly, content in the post orgasm glow and the warmth of the water still surrounding them.

Mina made a petulant noise and snuggled both her girls closer but Tooru was in agreement with the brunette.

“Yeah. Let’s get the hard part over with then,” she declared, unwrapping herself from the pinkette before standing and getting out of the bath, water dripping on the tiled floor around her. “One good thing about being visible now,” she called back in a cheeky tone as both Mina and Ochako reluctantly sat up, “you can both watch my ass as I leave.”

Both Ochako and Mina couldn’t resist the invitation and quickly turned to look, spotting Tooru indeed walking away towards the changing rooms while wrapping her hair in a dry towel. There was definitely an extra swing in her hips that had Mina lightly biting her lip.

“God I love her.”

“Butt. You love her butt,” Ochako giggled.

“That too,” Mina grinned cheekily before snagging one last cheeky kiss from Ochako’s cheek the brunette washed away with a quick rub. “Come on, back to reality.”

“Make it sound enticing, why don’t ya,” Ochako rolled her eyes but rose with Mina regardless.

As Ochako reached for the towel she’d set aside earlier, she couldn’t help but feel content with how her morning had turned out.

Soon enough, all the girls were dressed again and heading out to spend the rest of their day however they saw fit.


With her morning completely gone thanks to the productive work out and lengthy, yet very enjoyable, bath, Ochako headed back to her room to figure out what to do with the rest of her day.

Her parents called around lunch time to wish her happy birthday and confirm they’d be celebrating when she came to them for New Years. She briefly hoped they wouldn’t waste too much money by combining the festivities but quickly discarded that thought. While they definitely had to pay Momo back eventually, they didn’t need to live on meagre funds anymore and she didn’t either. Old habits and mind-sets were hard to break though so she settled for hoping her parents didn’t go overboard just for her now they had a little extra spending money.

She was pretty certain her partners and friends were lining up something for her birthday and while their options were limited by campus and school restrictions, Ochako nonetheless looked forward to whatever it was they had in store. What she knew for certain was that she wanted pictures of today, so right now, Ochako was focused on putting a little extra effort into her appearance to make it that touch more special.

Still not the best with the consumable make-up, she’d applied a light peach lipstick complimented with a small amount of pink eye shadow to make her eyes pop a little more. It wasn’t much but it made her feel fancy and good about herself which is all that really mattered.

Having brushed her hair out and applied a tiny bit of spray to give it some extra bounce, she wondered whether it would be too much to add a fancy hairclip. There was that nice one she’d borrowed from Yaoyorozu for the event on I-Island that had been sat in a drawer pretty much since she’d arrived at the dorms.

Ochako’s thoughts drifted further in that direction and she glanced over at her cupboard where the somewhat scuffed and scratched dress and shoes she’d also borrowed from the heiress sat. Would it be too gaudy to wear them again for something as simple as her birthday? Make-up and some hair styling was one thing, but was she making too big of a deal out of this?

Ochako felt her somewhat selfish desire to be the center of attention battle with her humility but before the outcome could be decided, the brunette was broken from her musing by a knock at her door.

“Hello?”

“It’s just me,” Kyoka’s muffled voice called through the wood. “You uh… got some time to talk?”

“Yeah, sure, come in,” Ochako called out, briefly wondering if this was something to do with her birthday preparations. The look on Kyoka’s face made her rethink that but it wasn’t gloomy, more… anxious. “Are you okay, Kyoka?”

“Yeah, fine,” Kyoka nodded warily before shutting the door behind her and proceeding over to Ochako’s bed, taking a seat on it and sliding herself to the back so she could rest against the wall. She knew she could be here a little while.

“That doesn’t look like your normal ‘fine’,” Ochako quirked a brow with a small chuckle and rising from her desk chair to take a seat facing her girlfriend on the bed. “Something’s on your mind.”

“Yup,” Kyoka took a steadying breath. “Sorry, I know it’s your birthday-”

“Don’t worry about that,” Ochako brushed off, reaching out to rest her hand on Kyoka’s knee. “You don’t seem sad though.”

“Because it’s… not something I’m sad about,” Kyoka chuckled weakly, “I’m… actually kinda happy about it but… it’s still weird.” Ochako tilted her head curiously but said nothing, waiting for Kyoka to continue. “I uh… m-me and Izuku finally um… did it.”

The brunette’s eyebrows raced for her hairline as she comprehended her girlfriend’s words.

“Wow… that’s… a big step for you two.”

“Y-Yeah.”

“So… what happened?” Ochako asked curiously. “Did you just like, hang out and stuff and felt the mood hit?

“Uh… not exactly,” Kyoka replied tensely. “I just sorta… dragged him to my room.”

A small frown settled on Ochako’s face.

“Why?”

“To do it,” Kyoka replied matter-of-factly. “I figured I’d be more comfortable in my room than his so-”

“N-No, I mean uh… why did you… did you literally just go find him and demand that sorta thing?”

“Uh,” Kyoka felt the justified guilt appear on her face. “Sorta.” Ochako’s frown deepened into a disappointed one. “I uh, made sure he knew what he was in for. I didn’t like, force him or anything.”

“Yeah but that’s not how either of you work,” Ochako sighed. “Izuku’s kinda… skittish when it comes to new stuff and you-”

“Yeah, I know, I was a total bitch to him at the start,” Kyoka accepted.

“What I was going to say,” Ochako narrowed her eyes at the punkette’s incorrect assumption and interruption, “is that you like the softness and the romance.”

The brunette girl reached out with one hand and caressed the side of Kyoka’s face, tracing her chin until her index finger lifted her head ever so slightly as the digit left it with the purple haired girl breaking into a small blush at the contact.

“Urgh, I know!” Kyoka groaned, shaking her head before setting it into her hands. “We then… I mean I kinda… uh…”

“How about you just tell me everything,” Ochako relented. Clearly Kyoka wanted to get something from her but only divulging pieces of the puzzle was going to take her purple-haired girlfriend all afternoon. “Start at the beginning, what brought all this on?”

“W-Well, it started when I was just trying to jam out on my bass,” Kyoka bit her lip, remembering the way her heart fluttered towards the end when her thoughts drifted.

The earphone quirked girl then proceeded to divulge the events of yesterday morning to her girlfriend, trying to be as honest as she could. She already knew that she’d made some mistakes in how she’d handled the entire situation and knew she was probably in for at least a little more scolding with how Ochako’s face tightened at certain parts. Luckily, after she’d reached the lowest point where she’d almost kicked Izuku out after their failed attempt at sex, Ochako’s face got brighter and brighter as Kyoka revealed the climax of their interaction.

“… then we just cuddled for a bit and I may have uh… n-nearly nodded off just listening to him breathe.”

“That’s adorable,” Ochako’s hands were on her cheeks, squashing them together due to the cuteness.

“Y-Yeah… he is,” Kyoka admitted, not holding back her own blush this time. “He left a bit later and I’m guessing just went to go do normal shit or strut or something.”

“Oh stop,” Ochako’s frowny face returned. “Are you deliberately doing this now?”

“M-Maybe a little?” Kyoka reasoned. “It’s still super weird and… I dunno, I thought maybe talking to you about it would make it less weird.”

“Well you’re lucky you apologized and you two figured stuff out, it definitely didn’t sound like something either of you wanted at the start but you can stop being contrary now. It’s clear you don’t actually believe Izuku would do stuff like that.”

“I know,” Kyoka sighed, guilt causing her to curl in on herself a little.

“Are you just trying to make me mad so I tell you off?” Ochako nudged. “Maybe feel like you need to be told off for the bits at the beginning?” Kyoka's gaze angled down with a small frown on her face as she searched her emotions. Was that what she was doing? “You clearly care enough to open up to him so you don’t need to be defensive about it anymore.”

“Could you have chosen a worse choice of words?” Kyoka deadpanned, snapped out of her introspection.

Ochako blushed as it seemed that, with everything that she’s experienced today, her own subconscious was still sending her particular messages.

“Sorry,” she chuckled, “but still.”

“I get like… most of it now,” Kyoka relented. “There’s… still a lot to get used to though. That’s kinda why I came here anyways, to try and make it seem more normal, a-and to uh, l-let you know and stuff.”

“Appreciated,” Ochako smiled again, “but you two seem to be fine, like, a normal kind of relationship fine. Or at least, no different from something like me and him or something. I’m just glad you couldn’t go through with it without talking stuff out first.”

“I mean, the condom breaking kinda stopped us in our tracks.”

“I think you would’ve regretted it. Both of you,” Ochako shook her head. “You should know Izuku isn’t anything like that and neither of you deserved to just ‘get it over with’. You were just being selfish.”

“Yeah… I was,” Kyoka sighed, feeling a small weight lift from her chest despite the scolding. “I wasn’t thinking straight.”

“Well… you kind of were,” Ochako giggled, nudging the girl playfully.

“Har-har,” Kyoka deadpanned.

“Being boneheaded aside, it sounds like you two got there in the end.” Ochako smiled warmly.

Truthfully it was still a little weird for her too but their polyamorous relationship together felt so natural at this point all her other happier feelings overrode any misgivings about her boyfriend and her somewhat lesbian girlfriend getting together.

“Mmhmm, only now… w-what uh… what’s next?” Kyoka asked.

“What do you mean?” Ochako tilted her head again. “He’s still our boyfriend, right? Just treat him like you would any of us.”

“So there’s like… nothing special I have to do because he’s a guy?” Kyoka chuckled, only half-joking.

“If he needs anything special I’m sure he’ll let us know; you’re overthinking it,” Ochako giggled cutely before leaning in and giving Kyoka a soft peck on the cheek. “Once me and you did it, you didn’t worry or wonder about this stuff, why should our Squishy be any different?”

“Well... uh…” Kyoka hesitated, not having a real answer other than ‘he’s a guy’.

“See,” Ochako grinned smugly. “Don’t worry. Just, you know, do what you two feel comfortable with. We’re all together because we choose to be after all.”

“Yeah but… I never imagined myself actually choosing to be with someone like him.”

“And I didn’t imagine myself doing the same for someone like you,” Ochako giggled before placing another kiss on Kyoka, targeting her lips this time. “After everything though, I’m very glad that everything’s worked out the way it has.”

“Couldda used a few less road bumps,” Kyoka huffed.

“Yeah, but we’re stronger for them now… mostly,” Ochako resigned, having her own thoughts about stuff she’d do a bit differently if she had the chance. “Still, I’m really glad you’re feeling better about all this.”

“Thanks to you,” Kyoka smiled. “I could’ve asked Tsu but I think she’d be a bit more invested in the uh… nude side of things.”

“She is a bit hornier than the rest of us,” Ochako chuckled, feeling a bead of sweat drip down her neck at the hypocrisy of that statement today. “But its fine for the most part. Not like she can knock any of us up. With Izuku though, just make sure you’re more careful with that stuff in the future; that’s why I went on the uh… p-pill. I missed a few days cause of… Nabu, but I’m all caught up now and I was thinking about seeing how it felt if me and Izuku did things at some point without a um… a condom.”

“Gonna be like Mina and be all slimey and stuff?”

“I-It’s a little different from that,” Ochako blushed. “B-But I wanna know what it feels like and I think I’m ready to take that step with him.”

“Better than worrying if those things’ll rip I guess,” Kyoka chuckled. “So fucking glad he caught that else I’d’ve probably freaked the fuck out.”

“Uh, Kyoka?” Ochako started, not quite seeing the funny side. “You know they’re not guaranteed, right?”

A prick of dread crept into Kyoka’s heart.

“W-What?!”

“Even when they work it’s still only like ninety-seven, ninety-eight percent effective,” Ochako noted. “Wait, did you not know that?”

“No!” Kyoka shook her head. “I never thought I’d need to!”

“Oh, uh, yeah,” Ochako laughed nervously. “W-Well I guess we better find you some reading material and stuff.”

“Wait, wait,” Kyoka’s mind panicked. “So like… even if it looks like its worked, he could’ve still uh… knocked me up?”

“The risk’s… always there,” Ochako shrugged. “That’s kind of another benefit of going on the pill or getting an implant or something.”

“Are those guaranteed?!”

“Well no, but if you want to be really sure then use something in addition to a condom.”

For the first time in her life, Kyoka needed to consider what type of contraception she needed to use going forward.

“Urgh, stupid Izuku and his stupid penis!”

Ochako couldn’t help but giggle at Kyoka’s frustrations.

“It’ll be fine,” she shook her head to discard any worry. “Recovery Girl should be able to-”

“Urgh, but then she’ll know!” Kyoka groaned. “Not like, with who obviously but… urgh!”

“I’d say talk to Momo about it but I don’t think she’d be able to do surgery or provide the pill,” Ochako reasoned. “Or could she?”

Kyoka shook her head, not wanting to put that burden on the heiress on top of everything else.

“I’ll just… go fuckin’ see Recovery Girl,” she relented, her shoulders drooping in defeat. “She’s gotta do that doctor-patient confidentiality stuff though, right?”

“She should,” Ochako nodded, “I don’t think she’s the type to gossip either.”

“At least we don’t have a guy doctor,” Kyoka sighed, glad for small mercies.

“Want me or someone else to come with?” Her girlfriend offered.

“I’m good… probably,” Kyoka shook her head, already feeling the embarrassment and dread.

“Okay, well offer’s there if you change your mind,” Ochako rubbed Kyoka’s knee reassuringly.

“Thanks Ochako,” Kyoka shot the girl an honest smile, grateful for her steadfast support to listen to her crap and get her thoughts in order.

“Are you gonna tell Tsu next?”

“I probably should,” Kyoka nodded. “I mean, he’s her public boyfriend too, right?”

“Or is it you just want to leave Mina, Tooru and uh… Momo till last?” Ochako began with a joking tone only to hesitate as she reached the heiress’ name.

“A-Actually you’re uh… kinda the second person I’ve told,” Kyoka admitted.

“Momo?”

“Yeah.”

“A-And? How was she?” Ochako prompted, admittedly a little anxious now. Momo had been doing much better in the time since their group had experienced her misjudgement. It was certainly too soon to think about putting her collar back on again, but hopefully this was a step in the right direction?

“She uh… she took it well,” Kyoka admitted with a measure of relief. “I um… went to go see her this morning and…”


With the deed finally done between them, Kyoka knew there should be no delay for the conversation that came next lest things possibly spiral out of control again; that was the last thing any of them needed at this point.

Once Izuku had departed and Kyoka had freshened herself up a little, she made her way upstairs towards a certain heiress’ room for the talk. Never had she expected to be going to Momo’s room to tell her about how she’d had sex with a guy, the punk rock girl would’ve laughed at herself if she weren’t so nervous.

All too soon she ran out of both stairs and corridor with only a looming door barring the way between her and an awkward conversation. Shaking her head, she steeled her resolve using the leftover happy chemicals from her enjoyable experience with Izuku and took a deep breath before knocking firmly on Momo’s door.

“Who is it?” Momo’s voice rang out.

“Just me,” Kyoka called back and promptly opened the door.

Slipping inside, the earphone jack girl closed it firmly but carefully behind her before looking for her girlfriend who was surrounded by papers, though thankfully she was at her desk rather than her bed; it wouldn’t do to have to shift them all awkwardly before whatever came next.

“Something wrong Kyoka?” Momo asked, removing the glasses she wore only when reading intensely. Apparently Kyoka’s nerves were clear to be read on her face or in her body language but the girl didn’t let that throw her off what she needed to do.

“Bed, now.”

“O-Okay?” Momo responded after a moment of processing.

Kyoka cringed internally as she realized how that sounded. She didn’t need things to be misunderstood at this stage but thankfully Momo seemed to pick up that this wasn’t anything intimate or romantic in nature as she slipped into her normal spot but sat on her knees and awaited her girlfriend.

Climbing onto the bed to face one of her many partners, that now counted a male among them, Kyoka let out the breath she’d been holding since entering as Momo’s expression grew more concerned.

“Kyoka?” Momo asked tentatively, reaching out to touch her girlfriend’s knee.

“I’m fine,” Kyoka stated, gathering her courage for the moment of truth. “I’m just… worried about what I need to tell you. W-Well… h-how you’ll react to it really.”

“O-Oh?” Momo’s eyes quickly darted about, searching for possible clues that would give her at least a few more moment’s notice to brace herself. While it didn’t sound like Kyoka was in trouble, her attitude was certainly worrying.

“I-Izuku and I… we’re… together now, properly.” Kyoka admitted, feeling her face heat up with both embarrassment and tension with every word spoken. She still didn’t want there to be any misunderstandings though and clarified herself further. “We had sex, e-earlier today.”

Momo’s eyes widened at the news and Kyoka watched anxiously as her girlfriend’s hand retracted to rest on her lap with its counterpart.

“I… see,” she said simply, her mind clearly processing the information as she looked at her bedsheets and lost in those thoughts.

“I-I know we kinda, sorta planned for you to be there and shit but I was just sorta… ready and wanted to just put all these stupid fucking unknowns to bed and I was a little too impulsive but… uh… y-yeah.” Kyoka blurted out quickly but Momo didn’t react.

The punk rock girl’s hands flexed and relaxed anxiously as moments of silence from her girlfriend stretched to a minute. She wanted to prompt the girl but knew better than anyone that some things couldn’t be rushed. Finally, Momo spoke again.

“Are… you happy with it?”

“It?” Kyoka challenged.

“Uh, t-the situation between you and Izuku,” Momo quickly clarified. “You’ve been worrying for… a while. Did it, go well?”

“Yeah… it did actually,” Kyoka confirmed. “I still think it’s weird… but I did enjoy that stuff with him,” she swallowed nervously for the next part, “I want to keep going, d-dating Izuku that is, so… this is me, telling you that.”

“And you’re happy with that?” Momo asked again.

“I want to be,” Kyoka replied honestly, “but… that kind of depends on if it’s something you can accept. We talked about this before… but now that it’s happened, does it change your feelings at all regarding him?”

Momo breathed slowly as her thoughts on all their recent events returned to the surface.

“When… Izuku and I redefined our relationship at the mall, I was ready to start putting everything behind us. I know I messed up and… I still haven’t atoned for all that yet, but I knew that not letting my jealous feelings colour or taint our relationship anymore was a good first step,” Momo admitted. “On Nabu I was more focused on us and making sure we were alright.”

Kyoka recalled the endearing and somewhat raunchy picnic the pair shared together away from prying eyes, even if it was an annoying trek to get there alone with Momo being all secretive.

“Of course, you know what happened next…” Momo’s chest tensed. “We fought for our lives and when our plan looked close to failing… I… saw you falling.”

The hearing hero’s eyes widened, she hadn’t known Momo had seen her tumbling through the air as she tried to make peace with her last moments in the world. It certainly explained why Momo had been extra clingy in the hospital, though at the time she’d chalked it up to the loss of their teacher. It was a good thing that the pair of them shared a room with Ochako and Tsuyu else one of the boys might’ve questioned things.

“I thought you were… were about t-to…” Momo shuddered as the horrible alternate outcome hadn’t left her mind since the day it happened.

“Hey, I’m here, I’m safe,” Kyoka reassured her girlfriend, taking the heiress’ hands in her own as she leant forward.

“Yes… you are. A-All thanks to Izuku,” Momo acknowledged, feeling a few tears returning at the memory. “He… protected you when I couldn’t.”

“That’s not your fault though!” Kyoka protested. “Our plan-”

“Doesn’t matter in the end,” Momo shook her head. “We were both in the positions we thought ourselves more suited for to tackle the threat. Things didn’t go accordingly to our best wishes but Izuku managed to save you when things went wrong and I don’t condemn him for being the one to save you instead of myself. I know any of our classmates would’ve likely done all that they could to save you had they had the opportunity to, but the fact that it was Izuku… I think that… made me realize something.”

Momo shook her head before freeing one hand from Kyoka’s grasp to wipe at her eyes.

“W-What I’m trying to say is, even if he wasn’t a part of our group, I am forever grateful he was there for you when I wasn’t. In my head, I know that the same situation in concept can apply to our relationship and I truly want it to. If you’re happy with him, then I’m happy for you.”

Kyoka breathed slowly, her gaze focused solely on Momo and looking for any signs of unease or deception.

“So… this is okay? We’re still okay?” Kyoka asked tentatively, hopeful that things were actually beginning to work out.

“Of course, though you’ll forgive me if I take my time rebuilding my own relationship with Izuku.”

“Yeah, no, uh, t-take all the time you need. You know how long it took me,” Kyoka chuckled lightly.

“Thank you,” Momo smiled. “Given my parent’s apparent plans for us, I want to build things up with him as naturally as we can before we may be forced together.”

“Is this really something they’re serious about?” Kyoka grit her teeth, still not happy they’d yet to find a solution to Momo’s marriage issue, even if her marrying one of their group was one of the better outcomes.

“I’m… certainly surprised that they’re entertaining it. I certainly will not be pressuring any of our children into a similar arrangement,” Momo stated with a hopeful smile.

The thought caused Kyoka to blush as her mind conjured an image of her and Momo with freckle-faced babies in their arms.

“But there is nothing I can reasonably do at the current stage to dissuade them without arousing suspicion or risking them selecting a much more unsuitable candidate.”

Kyoka let out a defeated sigh but she knew things hadn’t moved much since the last update. At least Momo’s mother had the good sense to inform her daughter so she could prepare rather than springing things on her last minute on whatever twisted plot or whim rich people did things.

“In summation, while I am not yet comfortable myself with Izuku as a partner, I have no qualms about the two of you continuing to explore and deepen your relationship, with or without me.”

“You know it’s never going to be fully without, right?” Kyoka stated. “We’re all part of this big relationship together, even when we’re not together.”

“I do,” Momo chuckled weakly, “but I guess it’s my turn to ask you for help on how to handle Izuku Midoriya.”

Kyoka let out a small, exasperated laugh herself, glad she wasn’t the only one who thought this current situation absurd considering their stances on the boy only weeks ago.

“I’ll… help you with whatever shit I can,” she chuckled as she shuffled on her knees to sit beside her girlfriend. Now resting against her regular pillow on what was designated her side of the bed, Kyoka wrapped the heiress in a sideways hug and encouraged her to take comfort in her arms for a change. Though she preferred being the little spoon, Momo was clearly still a touch distressed over the events on Nabu and Kyoka couldn’t blame her.

Honestly, the punk girl thought she would’ve been more of a wreck considering it was her who faced nearly meeting an unfortunate end at the bottom of a cliff but it seemed that years of her brain keeping the option of death never too far out of sight seemed to have worked to her advantage. Kyoka definitely knew it was something she’d need to talk over with Hound Dog or one of the other therapists but that was something to be dwelled on later.

“Thank you Vixen… for being so understanding after… after everything,” Momo leant into the smaller girl.

“No problem, Gorgeous,” Kyoka nuzzled against her girlfriend, letting out a small sigh that was a mixture of relief and contentment. “I’m just glad that everything is finally fucking settling.”

“Me too,” Momo joined with her own sigh, snuggling deeper into Kyoka’s embrace. “O-Oh and um… I-I know it might be tempting to um… spend more time in private with Izuku now but could please make sure you save some for me?”

“Like you even need to ask,” Kyoka rolled her eyes but blushed all the same. “T-Though uh,” she swallowed nervously, “t-there’s still that um… idea you had for the three of us to try.”

Momo blushed as the suggestion she made to Kyoka during one of their previous talks came back to her.

“M-Maybe for when Izuku and I are a bit closer.”

Kyoka couldn’t help but feel excited at that. With her and Momo’s relationship thankfully still as firm as ever, she was actually looking forward to the possible developments between the two of them and Izuku down the road. Sure any of the girls with one of Momo’s strap-ons could fill the role, but exploring her unique, blossoming relationship with Izuku and how they really settled in together now the weirdness was abating filled her heart with a happy, if anxious, energy.

For now though, she continued to hold Momo close as the pair relaxed into each other’s touch as the reality of their new group dynamic settled over them.


“Wow,” Ochako murmured as Kyoka finished her tale, though she’d omit the last portion about possible plans for the future; that was something for her to fantasize about alone for now.

“Yeah, so, looks like everyone’s on board for me and Izuku now,” Kyoka shot her a nervous smile.

“Definitely sounds like it,” Ochako smiled warmly, glad it sounded like Momo was indeed making an honest effort to move forward with them all. Despite everything though, Kyoka still didn’t look convinced and Ochako knew that this was probably something only she could help the girl with. As far as she knew, the others hadn’t struggled with their sexuality like they had so hopefully Kyoka would take to heart what she had to say next.

“Kyoka? Vixen, listen to me,” Ochako took both of Kyoka’s hands in her own. The punk rock girl looked into Ochako’s eyes and the brunette could clearly see the doubt they contained. “Trust me when I say I know how hard coming to terms with this has been for you; you helped guide me through my confusing time and come out better and happier for it. Now, there’s one thing left you need to do.”

“W-What’s that?”

Ochako’s opened her mouth and divulged a secret that her mother had taught her that kept her spirits up even when it looked like there was nothing but sadness all around them.

“You have to let yourself be happy.” Ochako giggled when Kyoka’s face scrunched cutely into one of confusion but she quickly clarified. “I know it sounds weird, but sometimes we reject good things because we think we don’t deserve them or feel so surrounded by sadness that feeling good about something just feels… wrong. We’ve all been sad about Miss Midnight and being happy that it’s my birthday today still makes me feel a little guilty because of it. But if I don’t let myself be happy, then all I’m left with is the sadness and I think we’re all running out of that.”

Kyoka couldn’t help the single chuckle; she was definitely sick of being sad.

“So let yourself be happy,” Ochako encouraged her again. “Enjoy how happy Momo and Me and Tsu and everyone make you feel; Izuku’s just part of that now. You don’t have to label anything, none of us care, but don’t let it hold you back from being Kyoka Fuckin’ Jiro, a punk rock bad bitch who doesn’t need them!”

The purple-haired girl didn’t know if it was Ochako’s conviction, her compassionate nature, or her impassioned spirit she’d come to love but she felt herself believing the girl’s words and trying to take them to heart. Even after the wonderful, if rocky, experience she and Izuku had shared, she really did want to enjoy more without the lingering guilt and self-destructive behaviour. Was it really something as stupid as her getting in her own way at this point? Kyoka didn’t know for sure, but at least now she knew she could unabashedly look forward to whatever happened between her and Izuku next time without any lingering reservations.

“I’ll fuckin’ try,” Kyoka grinned, trying to match Ochako’s energy.

“That’s our girl,” Ochako brightened up before leaning in and snagging another kiss from the punkette.

Kyoka leant into the kiss and felt herself very tempted to both deepen it and lose an hour or two with the girl here in her bed. Unfortunately for her libido, it wasn’t her job to distract Ochako for the rest of the afternoon and slowly pulled back out of the kisses with caressing Ochako’s cheeks.

“You’re amazing, you know that?”

“I’ve been told,” Ochako giggled. “Believing it myself has been the hard part though.”

“I get that,” Kyoka chuckled, biting her lip lightly. “Thanks for listening and talking me through this and everything. It really helped.”

“Anytime Vixen,” Ochako nuzzled her nose against Kyoka’s, sensing the girl wasn’t up for anything further. “You wanna stay and just hang out?

“Tempting,” Kyoka smiled, “but I should probably go talk to Tsu and maybe think on things a little,” hoping that was a believable enough excuse as to why neither she of the frog girl would be available for a while. “Maybe another time, Cutie Pie.”

Ochako rose off her bed and helped her girlfriend get back to her feet as their conversation came to a natural end. The pair gave each other one last hug before Kyoka started heading for the door.

Just before she closed it behind herself, Kyoka paused as Ochako’s phone began ringing.

“Hmm, Momo?” Ochako answered after picking it up.

With a secret smile to herself, Kyoka closed the door to Ochako’s room and headed off to go find Tsuyu. Chances are the heiress would take up the rest of Ochako’s afternoon time until the surprise party later so she had plenty of time to talk to the frog girl before they needed to start setting things up.

She knew what the heiress had planned for their gravity girlfriend and, while she had her reservations about Momo’s idea, she hoped her girlfriends enjoyed their time together.


“Uh, sure, I’m on my way,” Ochako agreed before closing the call to Momo.

She frowned lightly as she looked at her phone, briefly wondering why Momo wanted to speak to her alone. While it would be obvious to guess it was something to do with her birthday, there could be a few other reasons that Momo would request her like this so Ochako tempered her expectations.

Still, if Momo was requesting her then she shouldn’t keep her girlfriend waiting. Ochako decided to forgo changing into the slightly damaged fancy clothes she had but she did take a second to grab the flower hair clip from her drawer and settle it into place before departing her room for the elevator.

Checking herself out in the somewhat reflective steel as she travelled upwards, she was glad with her decision as dressing up super fancy for something as self-indulgent as her birthday really wasn’t her style.

Stepping up to her heiress girlfriend’s door, Ochako politely knocked and brushed herself down.

“Come in,” Momo’s voice called out as it had many times before when she’d requested the girl’s presence, though Ochako was almost missing the additional ‘Pet’ that used to follow it.

Memories of pleasant past experiences aside, Ochako stepped into the room to see Momo sitting in the middle of her bed waiting for her dressed in some reasonably comfy clothes.

“Hey Momo,” Ochako smiled as she closed the door behind her and made her way over to the girl. “You wanted something?”

“Indeed, I…” Momo began only to hesitate as she realized how good Ochako looked right now. Though the make-up application was somewhat subtle it wasn’t lost on her. “You look beautiful Ochako.”

“Aww, thanks,” Ochako grinned, glad her efforts had not gone unnoticed.

“I uh… I apologize for the vagueness of my request, but I had hoped to give you your birthday present today and it is definitely not one I believe can be opened in front of others,” Momo admitted, reaching for something behind her back. “Would you care to join me?”

“Not even with just Kyoka and Mina and everyone?” Ochako asked slyly, suspecting full well that her partners were planning for something later today.

“This is just something for the two of us,” Momo sidestepped naturally, her upbringing allowing her to keep her smiling face straight and clear of blush as Ochako took up the spot before her. Crossing her legs, Ochako settled before Momo and eagerly awaited whatever it was the heiress has decided to get her. When she was ready, Momo gingerly brought round the box she’d obscured behind her to sit between her and the birthday girl.

Ochako looked down in both wonder and apprehension. The box was small and was definitely something of the accessory variety judging by the type of box, but she had a sinking feeling she knew what was inside. It was still too soon for her to consider giving Momo that level of control and trust again and Ochako debated not opening the thing at all.

Sure enough, as she tentatively reached out and opened the velvet jewellery chest, a shiny new collar lay within.

“Momo I… I can’t-” Ochako began declining, only for Momo’s smile to remain on her face as she clasped Ochako’s hands lovingly.

“I know dear,” Momo acknowledged. “I’m very aware of how much I still need to make up to you and everyone to regain your complete trust. However, I was hoping this would be both a step in the right direction and an enjoyable present for your birthday.”

Releasing Ochako’s hands, Momo reached into the box and pulled out the collar, Ochako’s eyes widening as the heiress held it up to her own neck. She hadn’t looked too closely at it before rejecting what she thought Momo was offering, but now she could see that ‘Ochako’s Pet’ was written in gold text along a black strip of leather with a familiar line of glass gemstones underlining it, a colour for each member of the poly represented; even one for Izuku.

“I thought this would give me some perspective from your side of our more unique relationship,” Momo’s blush finally broke through. “While I wouldn’t be wearing this continuously like yourself for… obvious reasons, would I be wrong in assuming this is something you might enjoy, Mistress?”

Despite all she’d experienced so far today, Ochako felt her core clench at that word. While she was certainly used to being the one uttering it, the temptation to return to their previous relationship state in this reversed role sent an enticing shiver running through her body.

“N-No,” Ochako blushed, swallowing nervously before uttering her next word, “P-Pet.”

Both girls could feel the shiver of excitement rise between them and Momo smoothly turned in place while pulling the collar comfortably around her neck.

“Then, would you mind, Mistress?”

Ochako knew it was more symbolic than anything else as Momo could easily click the latch into place herself. Regardless, she found herself quickly searching underneath the box’s insert and located the collar’s accompanying key.

Content that she now had a method to get Momo out of the collar whenever she needed, Ochako reached forward and helped Momo fasten the neckwear around herself.

“How does it look, Mistress?” Momo asked with a small glance behind her.

“V-Very good,” Ochako nodded dumbly as her brain quickly tried to process this inverted scenario.

“Well then,” Momo turned back to sit obediently before her new Mistress. “What would you have me do first?”

A number of scenarios flooded Ochako’s mind, from the lewd to the advantageous. She could order Momo to service her in any way until whenever this present ran out or technically even give her as much money as she could. It was an odd sensation to gain so much perspective so fast and Ochako needed to take a moment to process it all.

“Mistress?”

“I’m… thinking,” Ochako mumbled. “Sorry, I just… wow. There’s so much I could do from this side.”

“A little intoxicating isn’t it?” Momo chuckled politely. “The possibilities seem limitless, but I’ve learned that there are many limits one should self-impose when considering everyone involved. I fear this is something my own parents lack hence their lack of empathy when demanding any number of things from those they consider theirs.”

“Maybe they should wear collars and see how it feels,” Ochako chuckled weakly only to fall into introspection once again.

“Would you like some help, uh… Mistress?” Momo quickly corrected herself.

“Is there something you wanted to do with this um… Pet?” Ochako asked.

“Well,” Momo blushed, “I was hoping we could… reconnect in an intimate way with this,” she admitted, her legs squeezing together lightly as the anticipation had been building all day for her.

Ochako giggled and rolled her eyes.

“That much I kinda figured out.”

“Then… is there something more to this delay, Mistress?”

“Well,” Ochako blushed as a few thoughts were vying for her attention even if they may not be what Momo had expected. “I kinda pushed myself at the gym today. Would you mind giving me a massage like I used to do to you?”

Momo blinked at the somewhat shy manner her new Mistress had requested such a thing. Clearly Ochako wasn’t quite used to being in the dominant role with a request like that. She also should’ve expected Ochako using her new found control over Momo to ask for something much less lewd her own mind conjured from their fond times past. Still, it was a request she was more than happy to grant, providing Ochako played her role correctly too.

“Is that an order or a request, Mistress?” Momo hinted with a small wink.

Ochako realised her error and straightened herself up, trying to replicate the same air that Momo had back when she was in the role.

“Pet, I uh, order you to give me a nice, relaxing muscle massage to ease my tension. Then, if you’re good, we’ll see about getting you a nice reward to compensate.”

“Yes Mistress,” Momo giggled as she diligently rose from her spot and guided Ochako to lay down against one of her pillows.

For the next hour, Momo waited on her new Mistress by providing her with a very relaxing massage along with some pleasant classical music to keep her entertained during the process and a quick refuel of water and snacks that she’d fetched from their sleepover stash.

Honestly, Ochako was very content resting with her eyes closed in only her underwear with a full belly and all the tension eased from her somewhat achy limbs.

“How are you feeling now Mistress?” Momo asked, giggling as Ochako let out a contented sigh.

“I could get used to this.”

“I can see that,” Momo hid her further laughs with her hand. “Would you like me to put on a maid’s dress too? Give you the full treatment, Mistress?”

Ochako’s eyes opened as a blush coloured her face. A very naughty thought ran through her mind and she bit her lip as she was very tempted to follow it through.

“I believe the phrase ‘if you do not ask, you do not get’ applies here, Mistress,” Momo smiled, hoping Ochako was confident enough now to ask for something that would satisfy them both.

“T-The uh… the maid thing,” Ochako blushed, “please go into the bathroom and put an outfit like that on.”

Considering this was for something naughty, Momo had no qualms with producing something of that nature. The fact that she may reuse the outfit later on or maybe even get one of the others to dress up in something similar had her almost eager to produce it but still took her time, ensuring the material was laced with elastic so it would better fit those of smaller stature than her.

After shedding and folding her comfy wear she hadn’t planned on wearing later anyway, Momo now stood brushing her newly generated Japanese maid dress down as she hoped it was everything Ochako was expecting. Momo had more than enough exposure to the design in her years with her wait staff and knew it was a perfect replica; she’d just never expected she’d end up wearing one herself. Given all the lewd research she’d done on Mina’s computer, it was bound to come up as a request at some point, she was just surprised Ochako was the one to enjoy it first.

Emerging from the bathroom, Momo was ready to get this little display underway.

“All ready Mis…tress,” her voice faltered as Ochako now stood at the end of her bed having removed her clothes and was waiting expectantly. Seeing Ochako striking a dominant pose in the buff certainly did something very pleasant to Momo’s lower half and she eagerly awaited what came next.

“Good girl, Pet,” Ochako smiled before beckoning Momo closer. The heiress obeyed and stood before Ochako only for the girl to reach up and press down on her shoulders. “I believe your um… very good massage earlier made me a bit excited. Please see to cleaning me up with your tongue now.”

“At once, Mistress,” Momo accepted, now on her knees and shuffling closer as Ochako offered herself up. The brown-haired birthday girl shivered delightfully as Momo performed one long lick to reach everywhere she could before she truly got to work.

Braced against the footrest of Momo’s bed, Ochako directed her now submissive girlfriend to reach all her favourite spots with a hand on her head, slightly squashing the frilled headband that completed Momo’s new look.

As Momo sought to help her Mistress reach her peak, circling her clit with her tongue in a way she knew set Ochako off, her Mistress pushed her back as she sought to catch her breath.

“E-Enough Pet,” Ochako gasped as she felt her release closing in. “I’m all clean now.”

“As Mistress requests,” Momo acknowledged, bowing lightly and standing up once more. “Would you have me complete any other task next?”

“Y-Yes,” Ochako sighed, regaining her footing as she gestured back to the bed. “If you could please make the bed next.”

“Are… you sure uh, Mistress?” Momo asked curiously.

“I am,” Ochako nodded firmly, though she held an unusually cunning look in her eye. Momo wasn’t quite sure what would happen now but if this is what her Mistress wanted.

“At once, Mistress,” Momo curtsied, stepping around the girl to get to the messiest side of the bed. She noticed Ochako duck down for a moment once she rounded the corner of her mattress but paid her no mind, she trusted that whatever Ochako had planned would be enjoyable for the both of them.

Grabbing the edge of her covers, she flipped them back into place and smoothed out this side until it looked somewhat presentable. Next she fluffed a pillow until it was perfect once again and this side of the bed was done. She could see the other side was still somewhat untidy and Ochako’s discarded clothes rested just past the middle so she leant forward to fetch them, placing one knee on the straightened up bedspread.

“Good girl,” she heard Ochako purr as she sidled up behind her. “Bit further now.”

“Y-Yes Mistress,” Momo breathed softly, suspecting Ochako was moments away from making her move. As she rested her other knee on the bed to crawl forward and snag the offending articles of clothing, she felt Ochako’s hands slip under her dress and caress her ample behind.

“Stay right there Pet,” Ochako ordered as she gripped and teased Momo’s rear before cupping her sex through her underwear.

“M-Mistress?”

“I-I’ve uh… actually been waiting for a good chance to um… do this again for a while,” Ochako started, breaking her role a little as Momo felt something somewhat warm and firm rub up against her thigh. “I know it’s one of your favourites so… do you mind?”

Momo knew what was attached to Ochako’s waist and felt a shiver of pleasure at what she suspected she was about to experience. “If… that’s what Mistress desires, I would be happy to assist you.”

"Good answer my um… Gorgeous Pet,” Ochako smiled warmly, not that Momo could see it, as she applied a small amount of lube to the strap-on that she’d retrieved when she’d fetched it as Momo got dressed.

Even after treating Kyoka to some roleplay dressed as Midnight, Momo felt very unusual in her current position still fully dressed as she expected Ochako’s member imminently. It seemed the girl was even content to let her keep her underwear on as all she did was push them to the side to get a good look at Momo’s eagerly awaiting pussy.

Momo couldn’t help but blush as the idea for this scenario to have occurred with her own wait staff back at the mansion had her very red faced. It was certainly unlikely it had ever happened but she didn’t know if she’d be able to look at any of them again without the idea at least lingering in the back of her mind.

Her breath caught for just a moment as she felt the firm pressure of her strap-on’s cock glide smoothly between her folds as Ochako very quickly bottomed out inside her.

“O-Oh!” Ochako gasped. “I forgot how good this felt.”

“M-Me too, M-Mistress.” Momo admitted, though in her mind the roles were reversed.

“Now, be a good Pet and take it all until I’m satisfied,” Ochako ordered before pulling back and thrusting again, causing Momo to groan with pleasure at the much needed stimulation.

The brunette Mistress continued thrusting away for a time, her eyes closed as she focused on the filling feeling in her own crotch as the strap-on pleasantly rubbed her clit with every thrust she made against her Pet while Momo relished both the sensations of being intimate with Ochako again and having one of her toys ravish her.

She could feel herself getting close and could tell from the sounds she was making that Ochako was too. The fact that her girlfriend was currently pounding her with a cock in the shape of her boyfriend’s penis was not lost on her, nor what was likely about to cum next.

“Momo!” Ochako groaned as she thrust her hips hard one final time against the girl as her knees wobbled and shook to remain standing. The part of the strap-on inside her had done its job and rubbed everything so pleasantly as her vagina tightened and clenched.

The heiress herself was only a hair’s breadth away from finishing herself and continued to thrust back against Ochako.

“M-Mistress, the button, please!” She begged.

Ochako’s orgasm befuddled mind recalled that particular function of Momo’s gadget and quickly felt around her hip for the aforementioned control. With a singular press and thrust, Ochako was once again as deep into Momo as the toy could reach while it expelled its strawberry flavoured load.

Momo’s pussy quivered and clenched as she crested her own peak, trying to get as much of the liquid out of the fake penis as it could. Her mind briefly wondered if this scenario might one day repeat itself with the owner of this toy’s likeness. The fact that the idea didn’t trigger any undue feelings inside her when she imagined either herself or Kyoka in her current position had her clenching her fists in triumph. Momo knew she wasn’t all the way over her feelings yet, but this was a strong indication she was only getting better truly accepting Izuku as part of her life in the future.

When it seemed Momo had finished with the best of her peak, Ochako slowly pulled back, allowing some of the replica essence she’d pumped into the girl to drip onto her sheets as Momo slowly slumped forward.

“W-Well, done, Pet,” Ochako panted, having to take a seat beside her girlfriend to regain her breath. With a snap of the clips, the strap-on began to fall away as Ochako gently pried the other end out of herself as it slipped down her thighs and onto the floor, its job done for now.

“Will that… be all… Mistress?” Momo asked as she gently rolled over onto her back.

“That’s um… all of that for now I think,” Ochako chuckled. “Your uh… next order is to um… lay on the bed properly, Pet.”

Momo nodded and complied without a word, settling into her usual spot which was more than a little difficult due to the ‘poofiness’ of her current attire. She soon found Ochako crawling up next to her only to flop against her side.

“Your next is to cuddle me,” Ochako sighed pleasantly, nuzzling into Momo’s side. The heiress chuckled at the easy to complete task as she wrapped her girlfriend in her arms and settled in to give her a very grateful and comforting cuddle.

“Was everything to your liking Mistress?” Momo enquired, hoping she’d done a satisfying job.

“Perfect,” Ochako sighed again, wrapping her arm around the heiress and giving her a squeeze.

“I’m surprised my suggestion brought out such a reaction from you,” Momo giggled. “Is there perhaps a story there?”

“Uh… well,” Ochako blushed. “So like, don’t judge me… but I used to fantasize about being rich and stuff.”

“I’d be more surprised if you didn’t,” Momo nodded.

“R-Right so um… having people wait on me hand and foot was always something I wanted to experience once and um… when you suggested the maid thing, I thought about you and everyone in cute outfits um… serving me and serving me.”

“Oh my,” Momo giggled. “So you would like this to be the norm? To have Tooru or Izuku in a similar style of outfit when we clean our future abode so that you can ravish them or have them ravish you?”

“Shush you, it’s just a fantasy!” Ochako buried her face into Momo’s side.

“I’m sorry dea- Mistress,” Momo corrected, remembering she was still technically Ochako’s present right now. “I’m sure if we asked they might be willing to don this outfit themselves.”

“Maybe…” Ochako bit her lip.

“There’s no rush to ask,” Momo reminded her, “though they might enjoy roleplaying your maids and butlers without a certain accessory,” she tapped her collar, “but how about we save that for after UA when we’re all living together, hmm?”

Ochako gave a non-committal hum only to remember that she needed to unlock Momo from her birthday present obligation. She’d been more than satisfied for now and quickly reached for the key she’d placed on Momo’s nightstand.

“Turn around and I’ll um… free you?” Ochako said as Momo turned her head and lifted her hair to present the collar’s clasp to the girl.

“If that’s what you wish, Mistress,” Momo chuckled once last time as a pet before the key was slipped into the lock. With a firm turn, Momo was released as their alternate Mistress and Pet play ended.

“You were a great Pet,” Ochako complimented, “But now you’re back to being my awesome girlfriend again.”

“Yes, I am,” Momo noted.

Ochako watched Momo curiously as the heiress removed her collar before leaning back against her pillow and examining it inquisitively.

“Something wrong with it?” Ochako enquired, again cuddling up to her larger girlfriend.

“Not exactly, I just… I didn’t get the same enjoyment out of it as our previous arrangement,” Momo admitted. “I believe I still very much um… enjoy the dominant role in that regard?”

Ochako raised a brow when Momo’s statement sounded more like a question and adjusted herself to look at her face only to see her wearing a somewhat guilty and nervous expression.

“There’s… nothing wrong with that?” Ochako replied, not quite sure what Momo was looking for in regards to an answer.

“So… i-it’s okay that… I would still prefer you be my pet when I regain your trust?” Momo asked hopefully.

Ochako blinked in confusion before her brain finally clicked as to what Momo was really alluding to.

“Of course. Momo, it was never about you being dominant. It was about you going overboard and hurting Tooru while trying to hurt Izuku.”

“I-I know,” Momo bit her lip as she looked back at the collar. “B-But I’m… I’m worried that I’ll slip up again even when I’m really trying to learn and be better. I don’t want to lose any of you.”

“And you won’t as long as you communicate properly with us,” Ochako reassured her. “This, today? This was great. I know you didn’t enjoy it as much but I very much did so thank you very much for my present.”

“You’re welcome,” Momo chuckled shyly. “I guess you’re much more of a ‘switch’ than I am. Oh, uh, someone who finds enjoyment in either being dominant or submissive,” she explained at Ochako’s bemused look.

“Ah… yeah, that makes sense,” Ochako agreed with a hum, having enjoyed being in control of Momo’s actions for a time but still preferred being the pampered ‘pet’. “But you shouldn’t worry. You know better now and we also know to call you on things if they start getting out of hand.”

“I promise to be as careful and attentive as I can be to each of your needs,” Momo chuckled with a small measure of excitement.

“Even Izuku’s?” Ochako tested.

“If… that’s something he ever wants to explore with me again,” Momo acknowledged. “Our relationship is still far from that point however.”

“I figured,” Ochako hummed again, snuggling into Momo’s side. “You did enjoy everything we did though, right? I was a good Mistress?”

“You were a very good Mistress,” Momo reassured her girlfriend, stroking her hair and placing a soft kiss on her head. “Even if it was not my favourite style, pleasing you will always be something I very much enjoy.”

“Good. You better be willing to do it for a very long time yet,” Ochako grinned, hoping to reassure her girlfriend in turn.

Depositing the accessory by her side, Momo now focused on cuddling up to her adorable girlfriend to enjoy the time they had left as the dwindling effects of their orgasms allowed their bodies to grow heavy and comfortable.

All good things need to come to an end though and eventually the chime of Momo’s phone signalled that their time together was nearly up.

Reaching out, Momo confirmed it was the text she was expecting before gently shaking Ochako out of her light slumber.

“Ochako? As much as I’d love to enjoy your very pleasant company in my bed for an afternoon nap, I believe we both have some more enjoyable obligations remaining for today,” Momo hinted.

“Mmm?” The brunette blinked cutely that made Momo’s heart squeeze at the sight.

“We need to get up and get dressed so you can enjoy the rest of your special day today,” Momo encouraged further.

“Oh? Oh!” Ochako sat up so quickly she almost hit Momo with her head. “Oh god, and we smell like sex!” She briefly panicked, wondering if she could salvage her hair as she hurried around the side of the bed to try and grab her clothes.

“Calm down dear, there’s no rush,” Momo cooed, resting a reassuring hand on the girl’s shoulder as she joined her. “You can’t really go downstairs for a shower so head into my bathroom and give yourself a wash with some water and one of my towels. After that, we’ll straighten everything out, put on some fancy perfumes, and go meet up with everyone, okay?”

“Okay,” Ochako nodded before taking a deep slow breath. “Thanks Gorgeous.”

“Any time Cutie Pie,” Momo winked before turning Ochako towards her door with a pat on the bottom to get her going. The heiress giggled lightly as the girl made a dash to the bathroom though didn’t bother with closing the door as she began sorting herself out while Momo casually gathered Ochako’s discarded casual wear while eying her own pre-selected outfit she planned to don for the party.

As the sounds of water splashing left the bathroom, the heiress couldn’t help but reflect on how well her present had gone down. While she still wasn’t confident she’d yet made amends for what she’d done, Momo was satisfied she was making good progress and hoped one day to be free of the guilt that still dwelled in her heart.

In the meantime, she selected a fragrance from her dresser that seemed much more suited for Ochako than herself before taking her turn in the bathroom as a damp Ochako skittered out to get redressed.


“H-How do I look?” Ochako asked nervously as she held her arms out for judging.

Having given herself a quick towel bath that she was more than used to by now, redressed and had Momo restyle her hair, she was hopeful all evidence of their naughty afternoon had been hidden.

“Perfectly normal,” Momo smiled, satisfied the girl looked good, if not better than she’d arrived with the addition of some perfume and a quick touch-up of her make-up.

“Good,” the girl breathed a weary sigh as the panic thankfully eased.

“We’ve been doing this a while now, I’m surprised you reacted that way,” Momo noted, checking her own hair and less-fancy-than-normal dress in the mirror.

“Yeah but, everyone’s gonna be looking at me and stuff,” Ochako stated nervously, a tad unsure how she should act given her small experience with birthday events revolving around her that didn’t only include family.

Momo’s shoulders dropped a little as a measure of tension from deceiving her girlfriend left them.

“You deduced your own surprise party?” She chuckled.

“W-Well I kinda knew you guys would plan something and after your birthday it seemed like something you’d all do for me,” Ochako admitted. “Mina also told me enough so I would stay out of the way until you guys were ready.”

“I should’ve figured,” Momo shook her head fondly, “that girl does have a knack for planning birthdays and letting you in on a couple of details does seem the most beneficial over trying to keep it from you.”

“Yeah, so don’t worry about feeling bad by not telling me or anything,” Ochako smiled before wrapping Momo in a hug. “I’m just glad I got to spend some time with you today.”

Momo leant into and returned the hug as she could feel the love pouring off her girlfriend.

“It was my pleasure, Ochako,” she sighed as they both savoured one last embrace. “Right, shall we go find your adoring public?”

“It’s a birthday, not a ceremony,” Ochako giggled as Momo led the way out of her room and towards the elevator and stepped inside.

As they proceeded down, Ochako couldn’t help holding her breath, excited and anxious for what they might find on the other side of the doors. Momo chuckled and gave her a quick peck on the cheek for good measure.

“I hope you enjoy everything,” she said with an honest smile.

Though they were leaving the mistress and pet relationship behind for now once more, Ochako couldn’t help but feel glad she got to share those experiences with Momo and hoped they could one day indulge in them again like they had before.

For now though, the elevator stopped moving and the doors opened up.

The common room was bathed in a glowing orange as the sun set over UA’s campus. It did little to obscure Ochako’s friends however as everyone let off party poppers as soon as she and Momo emerged from the lift.

“Surprise!”

Even though she knew it was coming by now, Ochako’s grin threatened to split her face as she saw most people sporting party hats and joyful expressions as confetti rained down around her.

“Happy birthday, Ochako!” The class chorused with Momo joining in beside her.

“Say ‘Cheese’!” Tooru’s voice rang out but before Ochako could react she was flashed with a bright light. For a moment she thought Tooru’s quirk had returned only to realise the girl had snapped a picture of her with her phone.

Looking around through the bright spots in her vision, there were pink and black balloons decorating the room with what appeared to be stars on the darker ones along with coloured streamers, and a banner that read ‘Happy Birthday Ochako!’ on it.

“You guys!” Ochako blushed, not quite knowing what to do with all the attention despite expecting it. “You didn’t have to do all this!”

“Actually, we did,” Kyoka smiled, an uncharacteristically bright party hat settled atop her head, “you told us you hadn’t had something big like this growing up.”

“So we all worked together to make you a super fun birthday bash!” Tooru finished.

“Me and Kaminari hit up the shop while you were busy pumping iron,” Kirishima grinned.

“It took expert coordination to make sure you didn’t suspect a thing while getting everything together in time and it seems we’ve pulled it off,” Iida declared, proud he’d managed to help time and direct everyone to surprise their friend.

Ochako giggled at his seriousness, even if the surprise was not really a surprise to her, giving the engine-quirked boy a big hug in thanks.

“Thank you so much! I love everything already!” Ochako grinned, though the blue-haired boy couldn’t help but notice Ochako’s eyes watering. He knew he didn’t have to ask about their origin as clearly this was a first for the girl in a good way.

Honestly, it was the little touches that triggered the tears in Ochako’s eyes. While she’d always had a small gathering of friends, a cake, and some presents, her parents had usually forgone most of the excesses and she rarely saw things like party poppers, party hats, and balloons for her own birthday.

As Mina put her own hat on, complete with an outer space, planetary theme, Ochako wrapped the girl in a tight hug next before proceeding to do the same to all her partners.

A small tower of presents sat over on the side she hoped to tear into at some point in the evening while a veritable buffet of delicious looking finger foods was spread on the tables around them. In addition to a variety of fruits and vegetables, there was takoyaki, shrimp, chicken, gyoza, pizza, fizzy pop, and more all available to enjoy and Ochako couldn’t wait to dig in; it felt like a second Christmas!

“Alright, let’s get this party started!” Mina declared. “Everyone get ready because in ten minutes we’re playing some kickass party games!”

Ochako grinned at the enthusiasm everyone was displaying over little ol’ her. They hadn’t even known her a year but everyone had gone all out to make this day special despite all they’d been through recently; even Bakugo was here.

She briefly hesitated when she caught his eyes as he sat on the couch, avoiding the loudest of the outbursts from their class with a drink in his hand. He gave her an upwards nod of acknowledgement when their gazes crossed and raised his glass but didn’t come over. Ochako didn’t mind. That he was here at all was a surprise but with everything they’d been through this year, even acknowledging his past behaviour with Izuku, she was glad he seemed to be getting a little less prickly with everyone.

Settling into the party as everyone began helping themselves to food and drink now that the birthday girl had arrived, Ochako felt the fatigue of the day wash away as she indulged with her friends and partners.

Not one to partake too much in the food, Izuku hung back as Ochako snagged some takoyaki on sticks and shrimp tempura, trying to maintain his diet as best he could even if he was relenting to a slice of cake later. He gathered with Tsuyu and Kyoka who were similarly hanging back, snagging the frog girl’s hand in his own and sending an endearing smile to Kyoka who he could swear wore a pink dusting of a blush across her cheeks.

“I’m glad we were able to pull this off for her, ribbit.” Tsuyu sighed contently as she watched Ochako chat with their other classmates and dart between serving platters.

“Girl deserves a little celebration,” Kyoka agreed. “Even if her parents are better off now, of course we’d want to throw her an awesome birthday bash.”

“So, is this something like you want for your own party?” Izuku asked curiously.

“Hell no,” Kyoka shook her head. “Just something small and quiet with you guys would be perfect to be honest.”

“You know that’s not how this class works by now, ribbit,” Tsuyu chuckled.

“Yeah, I do,” Kyoka rolled her eyes, figuring Kaminari would probably try to make the biggest deal out of it besides her partners. “That’s not till after summer though. Pretty sure everyone else’s birthday comes before mine too.”

“Mine’s next out of ours,” Tsuyu acknowledged. “I can’t wait to see how you all make it special.”

“No pressure, ey?” Izuku chuckled with a touch of nerves in his tone.

“Don’t worry Izuku, I’m sure whatever you guys come up with will be great, ribbit,” Tsuyu smiled, leaning up to place a soft kiss on her boyfriend’s cheek.

While Kyoka felt the familiar longing of wanting to also show physical affection for her partners, it was a new experience wanting to be in Tsuyu’s place kissing Izuku’s cheek rather than getting one from the green-haired girl. Taking Ochako’s advice to heart, she just let herself enjoy the brief fantasy her mind conjured for her of one day getting to kiss both of them like that without any fear and very much enjoyed the image.

Unfortunately for Kyoka’s little daydream, their little gathering was interrupted by an unusual voice calling out from the entryway.

“Hello? I don’t think anyone heard me.”

Their group were the closest to the door and turned to acknowledge whomever was trying to get their attention.

“Hado?” Izuku called out.

“Hey Izuku!” Nejire grinned, though it wasn’t quite as wide as he expected from her. “We’re here for Ochako’s birthday! I didn’t realize you guys were having a party, can we come in and join?” she asked with her head poking between the double doors.

“Uh, sure but… we?” Kyoka asked curiously, hoping that mildly annoying blond boy hadn’t come with the gorgeous girl; she still hadn’t forgiven him for that exposure of his during training.

All potential irritation melted away when Nejire pushed the doors open to reveal Eri as the one tagging along with her, holding a pair of small, wrapped packages. With the outside still fairly cold, the girl was bundled up in a light pink jumper with dark red dress underneath it, finished with cute, cat-paw patterned socks and her oversized, warm, beige boots.

Izuku and Tsuyu walked over to greet the pair while Kyoka slipped off to let the birthday girl know about the new arrivals.

“Hi Eri, how are you doing?” Tsuyu greeted with a kind smile.

“Um… okay,” Eri’s eyes sunk downwards.

Izuku and Tsuyu’s concern grew, looking to Nejire for possible reasons why the girl wouldn’t be happy but the cause was clearly written on the blunette’s face too.

“We’ve been just watching stuff together today to try and forget about… you know,” Nejire offered, her own mood still not restored yet either. “I was gonna just drop off Uraraka’s present, but when Eri told me she got her one too I figured we’d come say ‘hi’.”

“Well you’re both more than welcome to stay, I’m sure Ochako would love to see you both,” Izuku smiled warmly, hoping to encourage Eri’s own to return.

Thankfully Kyoka reappeared along with Mina as part of Ochako’s entourage.

“Nejire!” Ochako called out, quickly seizing the moment to wrap the older and taller girl in a tight hug, though keeping one hand from resting on the girl’s back due to the plate of food she currently held in it.

“Hey… Ochako,” Nejire replied in a much wearier tone than she’d greeted the others with.

The birthday girl pulled back and saw Nejire’s smile starting to slip into a trembling lip. While she didn’t want to brush the girl off, she was certain she didn’t want to release her feelings with everyone around her like this.

Ochako nodded at the girl, hoping it conveyed the understanding she had before turning to their other guest.

“Hi Eri, did you come for my birthday party?”

“Mmhmm, I got you this,” Eri presented her gift to Ochako with both hands as she’d been told. “This one’s Nejire’s.”

“Thank you both very much,” Ochako accepted with a wide smile, though now her hands were full.

“It’s a treat, not a trick,” Eri explained.

“Well that’s good to hear,” the brunette giggled.

“Wrong holiday cutie,” Mina joined before offering her hand out to the girl. “Come on, we’re about to start playing party games. Let’s get you your own treat and then we can play; we’ve got lots of fun things planned.”

“Thank you,” a small smile returned to Eri’s face as she took Mina’s offered hand and began to be led away.

“I’ll come with,” Izuku smiled at seeing the young girl appearing to perk up. Kyoka didn’t say anything but she could clearly tell that Ochako wanted to hang back for a moment and headed off too, leaving only three Ryukyu work study girls behind.

“Come on, let’s talk over here,” Ochako took Nejire’s hand and spirited her over to the quieter corner of the common room with Tsuyu following along.

The birthday girl directed her senior to sit on one end of the sofa while she and Tsuyu took the adjacent one and setting down her somewhat full plate of nibbles on the coffee table between them.

“Are you feeling any better with some time?” Tsuyu asked directly.

“It’s still… pretty raw,” Nejire sighed, having managed to hold her emotions together for now. “I… don’t think I’ll ever stop missing her.”

“She was pretty special,” Ochako smiled fondly, recalling the conversations where Midnight had gone beyond her role as just teacher to guide her and some of her partners through difficult steps in their group relationship. “Just… don’t be sad for too long; she wouldn’t want you to dwell on her.”

“I know but… I can’t. Yuyu’s been great, keeping me company and stuff. I know she’s hurting too… a-and I feel even worse because I can’t help her,” Nejire slumped, her heart sinking at feeling like such a burden right now.

“You just need some support right now, there’s no shame in that,” Ochako reasoned.

“Mmm,” Nejire agreed weakly. “I’ve seen Hound Dog. He thinks I might need… pills.”

Ochako and Tsuyu shared a quick glance, knowing immediately what they were for.

“There’s nothing wrong with that either, ribbit.”

“They’ll help you manage this sadness that’s keeping you down. Depression isn’t something to be ashamed of.”

Nejire’s lip quivered again as tears prickled at her eyes.

“B-But… this isn’t me!” Nejire stressed, her frustration emerging. “I want… I-I want…”

“You don’t want to feel this way,” Tsuyu nodded knowingly.

“W-Wait… do… do you…?” Nejire looked tentatively between them.

“We… have some experience with depression,” Ochako tentatively revealed, not knowing how much either Izuku or Kyoka would be comfortable with her divulging.

 “Not us, ribbit,” Tsuyu amended, “that’s all we can say.”

“I… I see,” Nejire bit her lip tentatively. “Do… you think I um… should? Mirio thinks I should but Tamaki doesn’t. Yuyu’s kinda with me whatever so…”

“It’s… not easy Nejire,” Ochako tried to empathize with the girl. “If you want my thoughts, I think you should do whatever you think is best for you. I don’t know how effective medication is, but I know it helps some people if they’re suggesting them. Is there any reason you have that you think they wouldn’t help or you don’t need them?”

“… No,” Nejire sighed again. “But what if they change me? What if they make me… not Nejire anymore?”

“Then we’ll figure out another path for you then,” Tsuyu offered. “I think you should take them. They might affect you more than you think but I’m sure you can work with Recovery Girl to find a good dosage and balance without losing who you are. If you don’t take them, how would that get you any closer to recovering, ribbit? There’s no sense worrying about something that may or may not affect you when this very clearly is.”

“Not everyone’s as in control of their emotions as you are though, Tsu,” Ochako rolled her eyes at the typical bluntness on display and pulled her froggy girlfriend into a one-armed hug. While the sight would’ve delighted Nejire a few weeks ago, today it could only muster up a fleeting smile from the girl.

“I guess,” Nejire reasoned.

“You can always just keep going to Hound Dog or another therapist,” Ochako noted. “You don’t have to focus on just one possible solution.”

“The pills may help get you through the worst of this and, when you’re ready, you can ease off them and be back to happy, bubbly Nejire. There’s no reason you have to be on them forever, ribbit.”

“Really?” Nejire asked which Tsuyu confirmed with a nod.

“Just focus on finding whatever works for you. Then you can focus on being a kickbutt pro like Midnight believed you could be, ribbit. How else are you gonna make it to the billboards to thank her for everything.”

“That’s true,” Nejire chuckled weakly, spotting a plate of nibbles on the side and feeling her hunger returning for the first time today.

“We know it’s hard,” Ochako sympathised, “our whole class feels horrible about it… but we’re starting to turn things around. I know it’s kinda selfish but look how happy my birthday is making everyone.”

The trio turned to glance at the other section of the common room where Kaminari had just been spun around by Mina and was very much failing to pin the paper donkey’s tail where it should be, the poor creature gaining a very unfortunate ear accessory that pulled some laughter from their class.

“Do you think… c-could I talk to the people you know that um… that have-” Nejire asked tentatively, hoping she wasn’t being too much of a bother.

“We’ll let them know and either they’ll get back to you or we will,” Tsuyu acknowledged, hoping their green and purple-haired partners wouldn’t mind talking through their own experiences with the girl. As much as the pair wanted to help, sometimes help needed to come from someone with experience.

“T-Thanks, that means a lot,” Nejire slowly plucked a takoyaki ball off the plate and took a bite.

“I’m just sorry we can’t offer more,” Ochako sighed, wishing her hot-streak of advice today hadn’t finally been broken.

“S’ok,” Nejire shook her head with a bit more pep than before and reaching for another morsel, “Just having a reason to get out of the dorms is help enough though um… sorry for bringing down the birthday vibe. I’m usually really fun at these things, I swear!”

“We believe you, ribbit,” Tsuyu chuckled. “Hopefully you’ll have a better time at my birthday bash.”

“Feb’ 12th, right?” Nejire got confirmed with another nod and happy ribbit that their upperclassman had remembered. “Hopefully I’ll be better by then.”

“We know you will be, you’ve got Yuyu, and the boys, and us,” Ochako began listing off.

“Don’t forget Ryukyu, ribbit,” Tsuyu jumped in.

“She’s been worried sick too,” Nejire bit her lip, thinking about the texts she’d received from the woman she’d barely been able to reply to with only a few words here and there. She was very grateful for Yuyu’s presence as she’d been able to talk to her mentor when Nejire couldn’t bear to pick up the phone.

“See, you’ve got lots of people that all want to help you. Don’t make a decision yet if you don’t want to, I’m sure there’s some time to think things over if you need it,” Ochako smiled, watching Nejire pilfer one of her shrimp this time. “I’m at least glad you’re up for enjoying some food. Clearly we’ve got similar tastes.”

“Huh? Oh, I’m sorry,” Nejire blushed lightly as she realised this wasn’t a grazing plate. “I… haven’t been eating much recently.”

“No, please, help yourself,” Ochako smiled, nudging the plate closer.

“Like Izuku said, we’re happy to have you here with us,” Tsuyu smiled. “I know a happy party probably doesn’t sound enticing after everything, but having a reason to celebrate stuff recently has really helped perk up our class.”

Nejire hesitated, taking a moment to look back over to where most of the other 1-A students were gathered as several laughs rang out at Kirishima fairing no better than his electric friend, pinning the donkey’s tail on its chin this time.

“S-Sure, why not,” Nejire replied with a small, hopeful smile.

“That’s better,” Ochako smiled at seeing some measure of Nejire’s normal personality shine through. “Now come on, let’s go show the boys how a real hero pins a tail on a donkey!”

“Mmm,” Nejire agreed before letting out one last deep sigh to try and clear her system. “Right! Let’s party! I’m totally gonna whip both your butts at all the games!”

Both Ochako and Tsuyu could tell Nejire’s happy façade was back in place and she wasn’t truly feeling as happy or enthusiastic as she suddenly sounded. Still, hopefully being around everyone and enjoying a fun atmosphere might inspire the extra hope the girl needed to start ridding herself of this haze of sadness.

“You can certainly try, ribbit,” the frog girl chuckled, wondering if the blunette could actually back up her talk or if she was all bluster as the three rose to return to the main events but not before one last quick cuddle between the three.

“Thanks guys,” Nejire murmured as she squeezed the pair tightly.

“What are friends for?” Ochako smiled, giving Nejire an extra squeeze before separating and handing over what remained of her party food to keep the girl eating.

As the group approached, Mina spied them and quickly inducted all three of them into the game despite Ochako hungrily eying some nearby shrimp.

The birthday girl’s rumbling stomach definitely affected her performance as, when it was her turn, she moved to pin the tail quickly rather than accurately so she could go grab another plate and almost stuck her tail to Ojiro’s real life tail.

Once Ochako quickly grabbed herself a fresh plate, she observed Eri having a go, assisted by Izuku who placed a chair against the wall so she could reach the Donkey. Even with the handicap, Eri didn’t get very close but she seemed to enjoy just being part of the event. Nejire certainly proved her bragging was more than just hot air as she got very close to sticking the tail where it needed to go, only ending up a few inches off and sticking it right on the donkey’s thigh.

Still, she was the closest hit of the game and was declared the winner with everyone celebrating her skill. Both Tsuyu and Ochako felt just a bit better about things as Nejire’s smile widened just a tad as she was presented with a cheap, plastic trophy with no writing on it.

The games continued for a while as most people took part and Ochako couldn’t help but notice the games being a little young for them. Pass the parcel, musical chairs, even a bit of limbo that Eri almost won by default if not for Mina’s surprising skill, though she clearly threw the game at the end just so the little unicorn could get a trophy of her own.

When pressed, Mina admitted that it was “to make up for what you missed out on”. Needless to say, that got the girl an endearing hug.

Eventually, the games and enthusiasm for them dwindled as food continued to get eaten and the evening began stretching on. Ochako was definitely starting to eye her presents more and more but it looked like she’d have to open them after the party. 

Before everyone could get too lethargic however, the class’ best baker directed everyone’s attention towards the kitchen. While he hadn’t gotten Ochako a gift, Sato had been hard at work making mochi for tonight, unveiling a number of trays littered with treats. Ochako practically squealed in delight when she bit into a strawberry looking mochi only for it to have real strawberry inside instead of just the expected flavouring.

“I hope you like ‘em,” Sato smiled as everyone else helped themselves to the treats. “Don’t fill up on those just yet though,” he advised before hurrying back to the fridge.

Ochako’s eyes widened hungrily as he pulled something out before resting it on the counter and doing something to it.

“I think it’s time!” Mina cheered, shaking Ochako from her trance by dimming the lights as everyone started to gather around her. “Ready? One, Two-”

A chorus of the birthday song rang out as Sato brought over a magnificent looking chiffon cake decorated with candles that was also apparently ‘mochi-style’. Apparently she wasn’t the only one enamoured with the cake as Eri’s eyes were full of wonder.

Ochako didn’t want to think about why such a thing was so fascinating for the girl but she certainly didn’t mind sharing.

“Do you want to help me blow out my candles Eri?” Ochako offered.

“C-Can I?” Eri asked, clutching her dress tightly in hope.

Without another word, Ochako briefly made the girl weightless to plop her on her lap so they could work together. On another count of three, the candles were firmly extinguished as everyone clapped for the birthday girl and her assistant.

“H-How do I get one of those?” Eri asked, pointing at the cake as Sato whisked it away to slice up.

“You get one of those on your birthday, silly,” Mina grinned, petting the girl’s head. Eri’s face scrunched up and she looked down.

“Something wrong, Eri?” Izuku worried.

“I-I don’t…” Eri mumbled as those closest to her quietened down so they could hear the girl. “I don’t know if I have a birthday.”

“Well that’s just not right!” Mina recoiled at the injustice. “There’s no way we can let this stand.”

“Absolutely! No way jose!” Nejire joined in, crossing her arms over her chest. “First thing we’re gonna do when we get back is tell Mr Aizawa. He’ll know what to do.”

“You definitely have a birthday Eri,” Izuku comforted the girl who looked hopefully up at him with those words. “I promise, next time it’s your birthday, we’ll have a big party just for you.”

“You said it Izuku!” Mina cheered as the little girl’s face seemed to be lighting up once more. “We’re gonna get you a big ol’ unicorn cake and everything!”

“Really?!” Eri clutched her hands into tight, excited fists.

“Absolutely!” Nejire grinned as Sato brought over the first pieces of Ochako’s cake.

After making sure Eri got her piece, Ochako wasted no time tucking into her own and marvelling at its delicious sweetness. While she didn’t want to be ungrateful for everything she had in the past, this was by far the best birthday cake she’d ever had.


Bellies continued to fill and the energy in the room started to dampen as all the planned events for the night were now over and all that was left was socialising or heading up to bed.

Nejire had truly enjoyed the party, but she was one of the first to depart thanks to a sleepy looking Eri and her own flagging stamina. With one final hug from Ochako, Tsuyu, and even Mina, Nejire departed after Izuku, Kirishima, Tooru, and Momo sent Eri off with their own goodbyes.

It wasn’t long before others started to depart, starting with Tokoyami and Ojiro though even the girls were feeling the effects of the day catching up to them. Mina and Tooru apologized for not being more able but their workout and extra-long bath had left them fairly tired, though thankfully for the pink party organizer, the class reps stepped in to assure her they’d help tidy everything up.

Similar to them, Ochako was also feeling the effects of the day catch up to her and knew she needed to call it a night soon, but there was one more person she wanted to spend some special time with before she put a capper on this wonderful day.

Izuku was gathering some of the leftover nibbles in a plastic container when he felt his girlfriend sidle up to him and whisper in his ear.

“Hey Squishy, I’m gonna head up soon. Could you come join me?”

Ochako found it adorable that Izuku still blushed even after all they’d done together. Whether his mind was jumping to perverted thoughts or something more innocent didn’t matter as she found it endearing all the same.

“S-Sure, let me just finish this and I’ll uh… meet you in your room?”

“It’s a date,” Ochako winked before walking away.

Nipping to the toilets in the common area, Ochako quickly performed some preparations she hoped were enough for what she had planned next. Before returning to the common room and the dwindling amount of people still present.

“Right, I’m gonna call it guys,” Ochako announced, letting out a deep sigh after a big stretch. “Thank you all so much for such a wonderful birthday!”

She got some last well wishes from people and Kirishima helped her bag up her stack of presents to take back to her room and open at her leisure before she hopped into the elevator and travelled up to the fourth floor.

Even after everything she’d done with all her partners today, Ochako couldn’t help the nervous, excited energy flooding her system as she prepared for the next step with Izuku.

Crossing the landing and opening her door, she quickly spotted Izuku waiting patiently on her bed.

“Oh, do you need a hand?” Izuku asked quickly, moving to stand as Ochako brought the few bags of gifts inside with her.

“I’m fine,” Ochako chuckled at his eagerness, depositing them against the wall and out of the way for now. As much as she still wanted to strip them of their coverings, there was someone else she wanted to do that to first.

Izuku waited a little anxiously as Ochako turned her attention to him and slowly walked over, taking his waist in her hands as she drew near.

“Hey,” she smiled cutely up at him which he returned instinctually.

“Hi.”

“Thanks again for my birthday party. It was magical.”

“N-No problem, we all tried to pitch in where we could to make it special for you.”

“I know, and I’ll be thanking the girls when I get a chance,” Ochako giggled before leaning up and capturing his lips in a soft kiss.

“I’m glad you enjoyed,” Izuku smiled goofily, his own heart full enough just seeing Ochako and Eri and everyone with smiles on their faces again.

“It’s almost perfect,” Ochako sighed pleasantly, “there’s just one more thing I want to do today to make it so.”

Izuku was about to ask what but his brain quickly provided the answer when Ochako’s hand slid down to cup him through his trousers and he gulped nervously.

“A-Are you sure? I-I mean, you’re not tired?” He asked, having thought she just wanted to snuggle together but certainly didn’t mind if she was up for more.

“I’ll be awake enough for this,” Ochako giggled. “I’ve spent some time with everyone today and you’re last on my list. That’s all I really needed for my birthday. I hope you don’t mind me wanting to do something like this?”

“If you’re happy to t-then,” Izuku nodded before leaning down and capturing Ochako’s lips once more as he drew her into a close embrace. It didn’t take long for things to deepen between them as their tongues twirled together and Ochako could feel Izuku’s own excitement rising.

As worn out as her libido was today, it was definitely up for one final round with her adorably sexy boyfriend and Ochako lightly guided Izuku back against her bed to continue things further.

“Lie down and strip off,” she ordered, having a bit of a commanding tone left in her from being Momo’s mistress but Izuku certainly didn’t mind obeying, slipping back onto the middle of her bed and shrugging off his top.

Ochako took the opportunity to divest herself of her clothes, though she made a show of removing her bra and sliding her knickers down once Izuku had kicked his trousers and underwear away.

“That sight never gets old,” Ochako looked lustily at Izuku’s body.

“S-Same here,” Izuku blushed as his eyes drank in Ochako’s impressive form.

Though they could clearly both give it, it was still hard to take at times as both blushed at the pleasant compliments.

The brunette recovered first and with Izuku reclined on the bed without a stitch on him, Ochako quickly took up the spot between his legs and gripped his cock firmly, the boy letting out a soft moan at her touch.

“I’ve been looking forward to this,” Ochako grinned, though her increasing blush only coloured her pink cheeks further.

“H-Happy to help,” Izuku groaned as she lightly began pumping him.

“I’ll bet you are,” she giggled. “Now, whatever you do, don’t cum.”

Izuku frowned in confusion before it was quickly replaced with a look of ecstasy as Ochako’s mouth engulfed his rod. He moaned a little louder than he intended and quickly tried to control his voice but Ochako only giggled in satisfaction at drawing such a response from her boyfriend.

Flexing her tongue and twirling it around the rod, Ochako did her best to make sure all of Izuku’s cock was moistened with her saliva. The way Izuku gripped at the sheets and his toes flexed whenever his cock slipped into Ochako’s throat satisfied her in a way she would’ve never imagined only months ago.

“O-Oh y-yes,” he moaned as he tried to focus all his mental capabilities on both enjoying what Ochako was offering while not finishing as instructed. With Ochako’s ever increasing skill in knowing his buttons however, it was certainly a hard fought battle.

It all culminated after Ochako took him into her throat one last time while lightly cupping and playing with his balls, eager to feel them release their load, just not in this hole.

“Ah, ha, that should do,” Ochako nodded as she pulled back from her boyfriend’s crotch.

“O-Ochako, t-that was-” Izuku panted and moaned, his cock twitching eagerly as it desperately waited for the finishing blow.

“Just a warm up,” Ochako giggled.

“R-Right,” Izuku huffed, still trying to catch his breath. “Do you want me to do you too?”

“I’ve been taken care of all day,” Ochako sent him a small, satisfied smirk, revelling in the recent memories with the other girls. “Now I want something that only you can do.”

Izuku watched in confusion as Ochako stood and pulled out the bottle of lube from under her bed and quickly applied a small amount to her hand before reaching back and circling her anus with it. Her rear hole tightened at the cool feel of the liquid but she knew it’d be loose enough for what she was about to do.

Wiping her hand on her nearby discarded gym towel, Ochako stepped onto her bed and over her boyfriend with more confidence than she ever had. Izuku wasn’t too embarrassed to admit seeing Ochako take charge of this interaction was certainly helping him maintain his arousal between interactions but he didn’t need to worry any longer as Ochako quickly lowered herself over him while aiming his penis with one hand.

“W-Wait!” Izuku panicked for a moment as he realised they’d forgotten a crucial step. “Condom.”

“Not tonight,” Ochako stated, her blush colouring her face fully now. “I’m… still not ready for that stuff, but I want to feel everything inside me like Tsu did.”

Izuku quickly recalled their last interaction in the woods behind the dorms and how they’d returned home with Tsuyu’s rear full of his release. Ochako giggled as Izuku’s cock twitched eagerly in her hand.

“B-But what if um… we have an accident?” Izuku asked, still wanting to be cautious nevertheless.

Ochako couldn’t help but smile fondly at the boy, releasing his cock so she could lean forward and capture his lips in another tender kiss.

“I’ve… been on the pill for a bit,” she informed him, briefly glancing to her nightstand where the rest of this month’s dosages sat. “We shouldn’t have to worry about things anymore but… I’m just not ready yet, if that’s okay?”

“It’s more than okay,” Izuku felt the tension leave his system at the news. “I can wait as long as you want.”

“M-Maybe not too much longer,” Ochako blushed, wiggling her hips which had trapped Izuku’s cock between their bellies. “For now though, I think it’s time I give you something I know you’ve probably wanted for a while.”

Sitting up, Ochako wasted no time in grabbing Izuku’s cock once again and aiming it at her backdoor before pressing it in. Both gasped as the pressure quickly gave way and Ochako slowly sank down onto Izuku’s rod.

“Why does this feel so good?” Ochako mumbled to herself.

“Does… it matter?” Izuku replied with a single laugh, sure he wouldn’t find the same enjoyment that she did.

Ochako rolled her eyes before leaning forward again, settling into Izuku’s embrace as he wrapped her in his arms, the two exchanging a more tender kiss than those they’d shared before.

When she was ready, Ochako held her palm in front of Izuku’s face and made a small show of pressing all five of her digits to his chest. The boy’s eyes widened as he quickly felt the familiar sensation of becoming weightless with only Ochako holding him down. The girl then repeated the action on herself and, slowly but surely, they began rising up off of Ochako’s bedspread.

“W-Woah! This is…” Izuku marvelled.

“Something I’ve wanted to enjoy with you for a while,” Ochako admitted with a mote of shyness. “I wanted to do this with just you for the first time and now… now seemed pretty perfect.”

“Ochako…” Izuku blinked, his heart skipping a beat at how thoughtful and adorable his girlfriend was. “Thank you so much.”

“You can um… thank me by doing what we came up here for,” Ochako giggled, flexing her rear as Izuku was quickly reminded where his cock as nestled.

“O-Okay,” he nodded nervously, wondering how things would be different without gravity. Still, now was the time for action over thought and he’d find out first hand anyway as he grabbed Ochako’s hips and pulled her down the rest of the way.

Both participants groaned once Izuku had bottomed out inside his girlfriend in a satisfyingly familiar way and he quickly repeated the action by directing Ochako’s hips. For a time, the brunette just let her boyfriend do his thing as she closed her eyes and lost herself in the pleasant sensations. She bit her lip as her own hand slipped between them and started caressing her clit to have some hope of joining her boyfriend when he climaxed.

Whether they did so together didn’t matter much to her though as she was more than satisfied with the plethora of orgasms she’d experienced today.

Having risen gently off her bed, the two gravity-free lovers continued to thrust and pant at each other as they slowly twisted and hovered in mid-air. Ochako loved the way he held her close and ran his hands up and down her body, alternating every now and then as though he was enjoying every part of her as he kissed the sections he could reach. In their thrusting efforts, they’d managed to rotate until Izuku was above her and Ochako was now facing her ceiling.

“O-Ochako,” Izuku warned as he felt his balls prime themselves to release, the unique sensation of hovering without gravity through quirk-play combined with the more intimate feel of Ochako’s rear wrapped around his bare cock had him quickly approach his peak.

Without a word, the gravity girl simply wrapped her arms and legs around Izuku firmly, her head resting on his shoulder.

“Cum for me,” she whispered into his ear, clenching her rear muscles as much as she could. The tightness alone was too much for Izuku as his cock quickly began twitching to release its load.

As Izuku restrained his moan, burying himself to the hilt inside Ochako, she felt the first wave of his cum erupt inside her. Her toes curled as the new sensation sent tingles throughout her body. While she had yet to reach her own climax, Ochako was definitely seeing stars as she gazed up at the picture she’d hung on her ceiling; the same one Izuku had gifted her for Christmas.

Now more than ever she was glad things had turned out the way they had and revelled in her memories of today. From the morning romp with Tsuyu, to the gym and bath time with Mina and Tooru, the heart-to-heart with Kyoka and the flipped script of being Momo’s mistress, and now Izuku trying his best to fill her rear with as much cum as she could wring out of him.

Even without seeing her parents today, Ochako had never felt more loved.

Underneath her touch, she could feel Izuku’s body relaxing and his thrusts greatly easing, his stamina temporarily spent.

“Izuku,” she pulled back from their embrace only to seize his lips in a passion-filled kiss, still very much aware of his cock and cum in her rear. “I love you, so much.”

“I love you too, Ochako,” Izuku smiled back, his eyes twinkling with the emotion as the two simply hovered in place, catching each other’s mingling breaths.

About to hit the ceiling, Izuku gingerly reached back with his elbow and pushed off, allowing them to float back towards the bed while Ochako primed her quirk. When she felt the cool embrace of her covers touch her back, she released her quirk before they could bob back up as she felt Izuku’s weight settle comfortably on top of her.

“H-Hey,”

“Hey,” Ochako giggled as Izuku pushed himself up.

Unwrapping one arm from her loving boyfriend, Ochako still wanted to join him in climax, even if it was a bit delayed and resumed rubbing and teasing her clit.

“D-Did you not-?”

“Shhh, it’s okay,” Ochako giggled. “I didn’t expect to since I felt a little queasy holding us both up there, but now~”

Izuku just held himself in place as Ochako focused her fingers on her clit, biting her lip as she focused on the erotic sensations running through her hips.

“Hng, ha~!” Ochako groaned as her core clenched as it hit it’s admittedly much weaker release than normal. She almost burst out laughing in the middle of it however as Izuku’s face suddenly scrunched up as her rear clenched around his sensitive cock once again, quickly ejecting the softening rod from itself while trying to keep his own release inside.

Ochako practically collapsed in a puddle, her limbs useless as she panted heavily.

“W-Wow… Ochako that was-”

“I know,” the brunette smiled warmly up at her boyfriend, reaching one arm up for him to come to her. It didn’t take him long to shift his position to lay beside her and flop next to her, his sticky cock laying against his leg. “Magical.”

Izuku smiled brightly, if wearily, as he leant in to place a soft kiss against Ochako’s forehead.

“Happy Birthday Ochako,” he whispered.

The two could easily fall asleep there and then and it was very tempting to if not for an energetic beep. With the two somewhat exhausted and spent from their romp, Ochako barely had enough strength left to reach over and pull her phone out of her discarded clothes to check out the whatever text she’d been sent.

Frog Queen: Room for one more?

Ochako chuckled lightly. She wasn’t sure she had any more lewd left in her tank for a good long while. Still, if Tsuyu didn’t mind just cuddling…

Gravity Girl: We’re all done and I’m kinda tired after everything today. If you don’t mind just coming to snuggle then you’re more than welcome.

It didn’t take more than a minute after she sent the text for Tsuyu to slip into Ochako’s room and spy the worn out pair.

“Have fun?” The girl smirked teasingly.

“Ochako was amazing,” Izuku blushed, his balls feeling very much empty after what they’d done, even if his stamina was returning.

“I am full in every sense of the word,” Ochako giggled with a satisfied sigh as Tsuyu could spot the evidence of their shared activity together.

“Big day for you, ribbit,” she smiled fondly. “Come on Izuku, let’s help her tidy up then get ready for snuggles.”

“Don’t have to tell me twice,” Izuku agreed, giving Ochako one last kiss on the cheek before pushing himself down to the bottom of the bed and heading to the bathroom.

It didn’t take long for the pair to tidy things up as Izuku cleaned himself off while Ochako only have herself a wipe, wanting to feel Izuku’s love inside her as long as she could. She briefly wondered if this was how Tooru felt when getting filled and fully understood the girl’s enjoyment from this act, even if it was in slightly the wrong place.

Still, once bodies had been washed and clothes had been sorted, Tsuyu quickly stripped herself off to join them in their nakedness as she and Izuku climbed into bed to nestle either side of Ochako with her new sleeping gloves on and sandwich her between them.

“I hope you had a wonderful birthday Ochako, ribbit.”

“Absolutely Darling,” Ochako placed a soft kiss on her froggy girlfriend’s forehead. “Thanks to you and everyone else.

The presents could wait until tomorrow. Her day had been so very full, spending so much time of it with all the amazing friends she’d made at UA, her wonderful, loving partners, and taking another small step towards her goal of becoming a great pro hero.

All in all? She couldn’t’ve asked for a better birthday.

Notes:

Chapter summary:

- Aizawa is called to an emergency meeting with Nezu and an HPSC representative. The representative, Kyosuke Higuchi, is immediately hostile due to Nezu's brazen attempts to slander the HPSC, reporting about the discontent among the populace. Nezu brushes it off and notes the strength of class 1-A is inspiring hope. Higuchi revels in the fact that it would support their idea to revert to the old method of doing things, enforcing mandatory work studies for all provisional pros despite 1-A's fatigue and mental state. Nezu proves his intellect as he is able to delay the students' conscription due to them being signed off for counselling, though Higuchi notes it won't stick for long. The board member also announces that Mina's trial will be made public to ensure the population see that everything is being handled 'fairly and legally' and that UA really is at fault with Aizawa and Vlad's ire rising at the prospect. Nezu deduces that the HPSC knows of a greater threat that's coming and is trying to prepare heroes to counteract it which Higuchi inadvertantly confirms before departing. Nezu resolves to help Mina in her case as best he can but they all must be ready to face whatever threat the HPSC know about.

- Izuku, unable to sleep, rises and heads down to the common room, and finds Mina and some others there with the pinkette worrying over the impending trial. When Bakugo and Kirishima arrive, about to go work out, the blond deduces others are feeling week like he is and sends round a class-wide text to join him to fix it.

- Aizawa is alerted to the class tripping the curfew and angrily storms out to confront them. Arriving at gym gamma he's greeted to the class working on their quirks and pushing themselves. Feeling an melancholy kinship with Bakugo when confronted, Aizawa remains at the gym to watch over them all along with All Might who sympathises with the erasing hero.

- Ochako wakes up with Tsuyu, reminded that it's her birthday and the two enjoy some intimacy before heading down for breakfast.

- After enjoying waffles with her friends, Ochako, Mina, and Tooru head out to the gym to continue their training which Mina sticks to instead of using it solely to oggle her girlfriends. Once they get a hardy workout in, they head back to the dorms and hit the baths where, after some light chatter the trio indulge in some further stress relief to relax in the waters together.

- In her room, Ochako has a birthday chat with her parents before Kyoka comes to talk to her. The punkette reveals that she and Izuku have taken their final intimate step to Ochako's surprise but the brunette lightly scolds her for being silly with her initial selfishness and mild mocking of Izuku. Kyoka learns that condoms aren't a hundred percent effective and resolves to go see Recovery Girl. Kyoka also reveals that she talked with Momo about Izuku first and she divulges about seeing Kyoka's near-death experience on Nabu that helped her better accept Izuku being with Kyoka too. Ochako understands why Kyoka's still coming to terms with her affection for Izuku and helps her the way Kyoka did to her when she was struggling with her sexuality. When Momo calls Ochako and asks her to come to her room, Kyoka leaves with a knowing smile.

- Heading up to Momo's room, Ochako finds the heiress waiting and gives her her present; becoming Ochako's pet for the afternoon. Ochako is admittedly excited by the idea and takes full advantage with both her and Momo enjoying the exchange of their familiar dynamic. Donning a maid dress for her new Mistress, Momo and Ochako engage in some intimate time together. After their Mistress and Pet play ends, Momo reveals she still fears her domination in future intimate moments will again cross a line. Ochako assures her that she knows better now and she's regaining their trust well.

- When they're ready, the pair head down to Ochako's 'surprise' party where the class has gathered to celebrate. Nejire soon turns up along with Eri and are invited to join. Ochako notices things are still off with Nejire and takes her aside to talk along with Tsuyu. Nejire reveals she might have depression and needs meds for it which Ochako and Tsuyu help her come to terms with. The three rejoin the birthday bash which Ochako greatly enjoys, especially when it's capped with birthday cake.

- Once the party winds down, Ochako invites Izuku up to her room for her last bit of celebration. The two indulge in foreplay before Ochako reveals that she wants to feel all of Izuku inside her, though she's not yet ready for him in her front entrance. Izuku agrees and Ochako enjoys feeling Izuku release inside of her rear as they float around. After revelling in their experience, Tsuyu comes to join them as they settle down for the night with Ochako having enjoyed her best birthday ever.

Chapter 38: Planning for the Future

Summary:

The pro hero world says goodbye to a beloved hero and some are still grappling with what it means to them. Back at the dorm, the students are informed about their obligations in the new term while New Year's fast approaches.

Notes:

Ideally I wanted to have this chapter and the next out before New Year's to align with it but unfortunately things didn't work out that way. Still, I hope you enjoyed the penultimate chapter to this arc.

If you'd like to come yell at me or keep better tabs on how the next chapter is going or delays, come join us over on the discord at: https://discord.gg/x85xtWmKCa
There's also fun new MHA game of my creation to try out at the same time and I'll be hanging around there most days usually chatting rubbish so feel free to bother me. :)

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

As the 28th of December rolled around, the country was gearing up to say goodbye to a reputable heroine.

Nezu had taken the opportunity to book one of the larger ceremonial halls to host Midnight’s wake in anticipation of the potential turnout. While attendance of the ceremony would be limited to a guest list that had already been sent out, those outside it would be welcome to stop by and pay their respects before moving along. As with most things, his forethought was warranted with many people and heroes from across the country registering to come pay respects to their fallen comrade.

Arriving at the ceremony early along with those on the teaching staff closest to Midnight, including Present Mic and Aizawa, the heroes set out to ensure proper precautions were taken so no villain or disruptive civilians could try to crash the event. Aizawa was content to skulk around the darker corners of the venue, staying out of sight of everyone as much as he could, while Present Mic decided to take the task of greeting those who came to say goodbye.

The hall had been tastefully decorated with an array of white roses, lilies, and orchids, with the grandest display surrounding the shrine at the front. Much like at UA, a portrait of Midnight adorned with black ribbons was at the center though this time with her open casket placed close to the front of the display alongside the incense offerings table, almost completely surrounded by the bright foliage.

Before the designated time they expected the first arrivals, several prominent heroes had already turned up including Ryukyu, Rock Lock, the Wild, Wild Pussy Cats, and Hydrogirl accompanied by her wife. Each gave their condolences to Present Mic as he subtly checked them off a list after each greeting with Nezu accepting the small donations on Midnight’s behalf that would be split between the number of charities she supported.

No one was surprised when the former Midnight Boys appeared to pay their respects. Present Mic was a tad defensive about seeing them again, knowing how much their break-up with Midnight had upset his former girlfriend, but he knew the reasons they had were for the best. One of them had thrown himself into work to become a full-time independent pro of his own, turning into the hero ‘Nocturnal’. After greeting him, Mic was unsurprised to see another of the Midnight boys arrive with a wife and child in arm. He could only hope the toddler didn’t cause too much disruption of the ceremony as he greeted the last pair of boys who arrived hand-in-hand with matching wedding rings.

Soon a number of less prolific heroes, former students, and fellow industry professionals began turning up, each offering small tokens before paying their respects. It warmed the remaining teaching staff’s hearts how many UA alumni made an appearance and only hoped, should the worst befall them, that they would be remembered so fondly.

Present Mic and Nezu continued greeting the fellow heroes and guests as they arrived with the ceremony time drawing near. While they had already seen a number of prolific pros that Midnight had worked with over the years, they weren’t surprised to see the local hero and number seven on the charts, Kamui Woods arrive along with the number four hero, Edgeshot. The thing that had both their expressions hardening however was the teammate they’d brought with them.

Normally striving to be the center of attention and gathering as many eyes as she could towards her, Yu Takeyama, also known as the number twenty three pro hero Mt. Lady, stood by her teammates with a downbeat expression.

Ever the professionals, Present Mic and Nezu greeted the expected pair first.

“Edgeshot, Kamui, thank you very much for coming,” Nezu bowed lightly

“The gratitude is all ours,” Edgeshot returned the gesture and bowed politely.

“I worked with Midnight on several patrols,” Kamui bowed too, “it saddens me I will not be able to consult her for advice anymore.”

“I’m sure she would feel the same,” Present Mic nodded, knowing Nemuri couldn’t resist offering her insight to those who might find some benefit in it. “On the other hand,” the loud hero turned to Nemuri’s known rival, “I don’t believe you were on the guest list.”

Edgeshot and Kamui Woods both grimaced as their warnings to their teammate about her joining them seemed to have been accurate.

“While she didn’t receive an invitation, she requested to come along to pay her respects,” Kamui Woods explained, Mt. Lady nodding lightly beside him. “Please, I ask as a personal favour that she be allowed to do so.”

“Though I’m sure you only have noble intentions, Mt. Lady and Midnight had a rather heated rivalry on and off camera,” Nezu noted. “I believe your behaviour during your last visit to our campus alone gives us every reason to decline your request.”

“I’m aware,” Mt. Lady nodded slowly, her gaze still aimed at the ground, “I have no intention of doing anything other than paying my respects. Please allow me to do so.” She then bowed much deeper than either Nezu or Present Mic were expecting as the only step further would be for her to apologize in a full dogeza. The two sent each other a subtle look but neither had any true reason to doubt the woman.

“Very well, though I do hope you’re going to behave this time,” Nezu said pointedly towards the troublesome pro.

“Thank you for your kindness and understanding,” Kamui bowed again to the pair as he gently led Mt. Lady inside the hall along with Edgeshot. While Present Mic shook his head to rid himself of the unusual interaction, Nezu’s eyes lingered a few moments longer on the trio as he studied Mt. Lady’s body language further before turning to address the next guests. He’d hoped their little chat had made a significant impression on the pro but it seemed the loss of her rival was doing more than words could.

“It seems you’ve made quite the impression on UA,” Edgeshot noted quietly once they were beyond Nezu’s earshot.

“Is this why you were upset a while back?” Kamui asked with a touch of concern.

Mt. Lady nodded but didn’t respond, a clear sign she still didn’t want to talk about what happened that day with both her teammates sending each other a tense look. They’d try again to get to the bottom of her erratic disposition at a better time and place as this was definitely not the Mt. Lady they were used to dealing with.

As the latest guests walked around the edge of the hall to join the line to pay their respects, Mt. Lady felt a chill run through her body and a warmth that was nearly always present within her disappear. She looked around for whatever caused the onset shivers that threatened to run throughout her body, suspecting someone’s passive quirk or something, only to notice a glare of red eyes attached to a dark body hidden in the rafters of the hall.

Eraser Head was watching her, and he made sure she knew it.

The message was certainly received loud and clear but he needn’t have bothered, this didn’t concern him and Yu was being truthful to his fellow UA employees; she truly did come to simply pay her respects to the fallen hero.

As the line reduced and the trio drew closer to the front, Yu couldn’t help reflecting on her last interaction with her nemesis. Her broken nose had been healed quickly enough by UA’s resident matron, but it was what came after that had really stuck with her.


It was the a few days before class 1-A was scheduled to leave for their trip to Nabu and Mt. Lady had been scheduled to assist with their ‘Media 101’. Unfortunately, the pro hero had proven herself less than professional and gotten into an altercation with Midnight which now had them in the principal’s office like scolded children.

“I want her fired!” Mt. Lady yelled, stomping her foot and pointing accusingly at Midnight who looked unconcerned at the declaration except for the scowl she was wearing as the pair stood opposite Nezu’s desk. “She assaulted me unprovoked. I’ve half a mind to go to the commission about this.”

“You have half a mind alright,” Midnight smirked at the easy jab.

“Settle down you two,” Nezu directed more to the aggravated heroine than his employee.

Aizawa shook his head lightly from his place at the side of the room while Mt. Lady’s sidekicks stood awkwardly around still holding their camera equipment.

“Let’s get the situation straightened out first of all,” Nezu declared. “I’ve heard from Midnight and Eraser Head their version of events. It is only fair that you give me the story from your perspective too.”

Mt. Lady straightened up with a huff, irritated the other two had managed to get their versions of events in first while she had her nose attended to but it needn’t matter.

“All throughout today she’s been snippy with me; not the warm welcome I’d expected from UA,” Mt. Lady began. “Here I hoped the focus would be on the students and imparting wisdom so that they could succeed, but clearly someone is more than happy to put petty grudges first and foremost.” Midnight rolled her eyes at the obvious posturing. “Still, despite the hostile work environment, I was able to get through the day’s lesson when she apparently couldn’t take being shown up as the lesser educator any longer and, in what I can only assume was a fit of jealously, decided to assault me in front of the entire class.”

“I see,” Nezu nodded diplomatically while steepling his paws on the desk. “Unfortunately that doesn’t quite line up with other accounts of what happened so forgive me if it takes a while as I investigate all the details.”

“What’s there to investigate?!” Mt. Lady raged. “She socked me clear as day in the nose so bad I had to go to your nurse to get it fixed up!”

“Looked better the other way,” Midnight giggled quietly but still drew a glare from the rank twenty three hero.

“Indeed, there was a notable infraction and punishment must be swift and decisive,” Nezu nodded, adjusting his focus to the offender. “Midnight, while we undergo a full investigation into these events, I’m afraid you’re suspended from your teaching duties with full pay.”

“Oh no, what a nightmare, please have mercy Principal,” Midnight replied sarcastically, unable to resist shooting a smirk towards Mt. Lady who felt her anger rising still.

“That’s it?! You can’t be serious! I know about UA, you’ve got cameras everywhere; there’s no way you didn’t catch that bitch sucker-punching me!”

“As I’ve said repeatedly, there will be a full investigation into this accusation,” Nezu nodded tactfully. “However, given what I’ve heard of your conduct today, I daresay that this alleged ‘attack’ certainly wasn’t ‘unprovoked’.”

With a tap of his paw on his keyboard, Nezu played the portions of audio he’d already pulled from the security cameras.

“You flash those pearly whites and the ladies will drop dead, you feel me?”

“People won’t forget you if you show off your assets.”

“Freaking Midnight 2.0 over here.”

Mt. Lady grimaced as her words were played back to her. Clearly Nezu could easily get the footage at a moment’s notice that would see Midnight get in even deeper trouble but right now he was unjustly going after her and taking her words out of context to make her look bad.

“The education and progress of our students is important here at UA, but safeguarding is something we have also been improving greatly in recent months. Your words during this class alone towards our students are unprofessional at best and offensive and harmful at worst. From my point of view, with your final comment, you sealed your own fate as Midnight was doing her job as a teacher and defending her students from one who was verbally assaulting them. While there were certainly other ways she could’ve done so, at this moment I cannot find myself disagreeing with her methodology to put an end to your comments.”

“Oh, so that’s how you treat esteemed guests?” Mt. Lady spat, her respect for the rat and this institution dropping further by the minute. She was now retroactively glad she didn’t manage to get in to UA back when she was choosing her education path. “What a fuckin’ joke. This isn’t a school, it’s just a boot camp for brutes.”

Nezu sighed deeply as he decided that this was both another hero who didn’t deserve her rank and another human who tried his patience in giving the race the benefit of the doubt.

“Mt. Lady, Yu Takeyama,” Nezu began, his eyes becoming cold and calculating. “Twenty Four years old and born in Hokkaido, blond hair, purple eyes, blood type ‘B’, quirk: Gigantification, and stands at a hundred and sixty two centemiters when not using said quirk, though add on one thousand nine hundred centimeters for when you do. Attended Ketsubutsu Academy for three years where your grades were middling at best. Despite that, you recruited some of the brightest business students in your year to help you set up your own agency once you moved to the city only a year after being a sidekick with this being your second year as an independent hero, is it not?”

“H-How could you know all-?!”

“I took the liberty of researching your career and history just like I do any who are invited to speak in our school,” Nezu pulled a thick looking file out of his desk and laid it between them. “While I can certainly say you know the basics and work hard considering the constant insurance claims against you and that you regularly pay off with a fair amount of non-destructive hero work and sponsorship fees, I believe that’s all you have going for you. You were invited here to help teach our students about how to deal with publicity solely due to your natural charisma and your skills at manipulating the media.”

“M-Manipulating?!” Mt. Lady baulked at the accusation.

“Quite,” Nezu replied with a chuckle. “I believe that’s what it’s called when one steals others' hard work, plays up their reproductive appeal to deliberately gain an advantage, and doesn’t put any effort in when they believe no one is watching. If I had to guess, your aim is to climb as high as you can on the hero billboards and then coast on as many sponsorships, merchandise deals, and other ways heroes regularly gain monetary rewards outside of direct hero work. As such you’ve clearly got a keen intellect and have been incredibly ambitious to achieve all you have so far, but if you’re not careful, this is as far as you’ll go.”

“I am the twenty-third best ranked hero in the country! Do you think-

“And our school has constantly been producing heroes of a calibre much higher than your own considering the amount in the top ten alone. I believe there are even those currently of lower rank that could run circles around your mediocre hero work that deserve that rank more. Frankly, you should count yourself lucky you didn’t pass through these hallowed halls as I doubt you would’ve lasted a single year before we found you unfit for the noble profession.”

Mt. Lady was speechless, her every argument being cut down and used against her before she even got a chance to use them. It was like Nezu had been watching her during her school years but she couldn’t’ve possibly been on his radar since then.

“Yu Takeyama, if you continue with your current attitude, I don’t believe you will remain a hero for very much longer and your reputation will disappear as soon as the next underhanded up-and-comer makes an appearance. You have endeared yourself to almost no one, banking solely on your power and your beauty to carry you through along with your manipulations, but what happens when being big and strong isn’t enough or when the first signs of aging start to show?” Nezu asked with a hypothetical hum. “If I were you, I would recommend taking a good, hard look in the mirror when you return to your office and figure out exactly why people become heroes in the first place,” the principal challenged, ending his little speech after cutting Mt. Lady down to an appropriate size.

The pro herself knew her quirk was Gigantification, but right now she felt two foot tall in the face of this cold and calculating beast. As speechless as she was, her eyes darted to Eraser Head’s who only looked back at her with apathy. By her side, her anger flared again as, instead of seeing a smug sense of satisfaction radiating from Midnight at having the principal in her pocket, all she saw in that woman’s eyes was pity. An over-the-hill has-been like her looking down on Mt. Lady with pity?!

Mt. Lady opened her mouth to retort with Nezu raising a curious brow as to what would emerge for him to banter with next but all that appeared was a strained gasp as her lungs struggled to obey her. As she blinked in confusion, Yu quickly found that her eyes were getting glassy and her adversaries’ forms were becoming blurry. It was one thing to have an anger-filled outburst and demand retribution from her hosts but she drew the line at crying before them.

With a firm tug at the pass around her neck, Mt. Lady quickly tossed the temporary identification on Nezu’s desk before turning and making for the door. The principal did nothing to stop her as she hurried out of the room without another word, leaving her sidekicks to stand stunned and gape in confusion.

“Oh, before you go, could you all leave the cameras you brought with you here? They contain images of our students that we commissioned after all and we wouldn’t want anyone to ‘drop dead’ if they saw them,” Nezu chuckled. “I will endeavour to return them to you at our earliest convenience.”

As the pro’s sidekicks quickly divested themselves of their faux paparazzi gear before trailing after her, Mt. Lady was already on the ground floor and heading for the exit. She didn’t even notice her lack of escort as she quickly made her way to the car park and slipped into the backseat of the fancy car her sidekicks had driven her here in.

It didn’t take long for her costumed employees to catch up and begin leaving UA’s campus with no one wanting to break the stony silence Mt. Lady had erected around herself.

“That was cold even for me,” Midnight muttered as she watched Mt. Lady’s gaudy ride leave the premises from Nezu’s office.

“‘Bout time someone told her how it is,” Aizawa grumbled, moving around to the front of the desk.

“I felt it a tad too ‘wordy’ for my tastes but I believe precise, succinct, and eloquent language would’ve been lost on her,” Nezu sighed, sad that he could only flex his teardown skills every so often.

“She’s not even here anymore, sir,” Midnight rolled her eyes at the continued insult. When someone riled Nezu up, he could be quite vicious if he knew he could get away with it.

“I apologize if you found my candour unbecoming,” Nezu nodded to the pair as they both took seats. “Still, while Mt. Lady has proven she has the motivations to slither through the ranks, that does not make her hero material and she needs to know that lest she crumble when it really comes time to test her mettle.”

“So you did that to motivate her?” Midnight raised a brow.

“Aizawa has his teaching methods and I have mine,” Nezu shrugged with a playful chuckle. Midnight had never been on the receiving end of one of his ‘lessons’ and for that she couldn’t be happier. “Oh, but as fun as dissecting Mt. Lady’s motivations has been, your punishment stands Midnight. We can’t have teachers attacking our guests after all.”

“I know,” Midnight sighed, admittedly a little disappointed in herself.

“Which means unfortunately that you will have to escort your class to the mall Eraser Head,” Nezu cheerfully declared.

“Why am I getting punished now?” Aizawa growled.

“Think of it more as an exchange,” Nezu grinned. “While Midnight is unable to watch over your students at the mall, she will be doing much more the week after. Don’t you think this evens the scales somewhat?”

“Maybe,” Aizawa relented, admittedly looking forward to the week of relative peace, even if he had Eri watching and training duties.

“Oh don’t complain you big softie,” Midnight grinned. “I’ll buy you something nice for Christmas to make up for it.”

“Oh joy,” Aizawa replied sarcastically with Nezu chuckling along at their playful banter as the incident meeting drew to a close.


While the staff members of UA returned to their duties, the target of the principal’s verbal takedown had regained her composure as traffic and pedestrians passed her window with her agency drawing near.

Mt. Lady’s tears had been brushed away and her frustrations turned into anger as a vindictive urge to return to UA and stomp it into the ground flooded her system. She knew she could never do that, or at least do it and get away with it, so she instead decided to try and extract her revenge some other way, a smarter way.

UA would rue the day they made an enemy out of Yu Takeyama!

Her anger continued to flare until the car came to a full stop in her agency’s garage where she immediately emerged and made her way upstairs to seclude herself in her office with a slam of the door.

At first she researched in rage, looking up all the dirt she could on the three but finding precious little about Eraser Head or Nezu. She didn’t know if they’d either scrubbed the net of all their dirty little secrets or just never been that prolific to start with, giving her a small measure of satisfaction that she’d made the hero headlines more times in her first year active than they had their entire careers.

Her vanity crept in though and soon she felt Nezu’s words about her career now haunting her mind. Mt. Lady’s face screwed up in distaste at the rodent principal thinking he’d got her all figured out. How much could he really know from looking around the hero net and online tabloids?

Doing a quick search of herself, Mt. Lady grinned smugly at all the incidents she recognised partaking in. Clicking one at random, she looked into the article to see all the nice things they were saying about her. Normally her sidekicks separated the wheat from the chaff and gave her all the best news articles about herself but what she was reading now was a completely different reality to her.

‘While team Lurkers were successful in apprehending the convict, one can’t help but wonder what exactly Mt. Lady brings to the team.’

She blinked in confusion. That couldn’t be right. She clicked another article.

‘Kamui Wood’s impressive use of Lacquered Chain Prison ensnared an impressive amount of villains at once which Mt. Lady was more than content to scoop up once he was done.’

Mt. Lady’s lip quirked as she looked at the series of words in disgust. She remembered hearing part of that line from one of her sidekicks but it hadn’t included a mention of Kamui at all. Had he lied to her? She clicked yet another article.

‘Though the robbers were secured and the hostages saved by Mt. Lady, it’ll be a wonder how this family will get back on their feet now that their business is little more than rubble left in Mt. Lady’s boot print.’

This was ridiculous, her insurance made sure that the family was fully covered and then some! How was it that all these articles were saying all this crap about her when she was the rank twenty three hero in all of Japan?

What about her crowning achievement? She was there helping everyone on the day that All-For-One was captured. Surely they can’t have a bad word to say about her there.

Flicking through several news sites’ backlogs, she managed to hunt down an article that didn’t just focus on All Might and the infamous villain’s devastating battle. Her eyes flitted across the screen rapidly as they read about what they thought of the operation. Many of the other heroes on the scene were mentioned but Mt. Lady paid them no heed, only interested in her own section.

‘It is reported that Mt. Lady lead the assault on the secondary facility where the villain, now known as ‘All-For-One’, was residing at the time. While the other heroes rushed in and began apprehending the creatures, known as ‘Nomu’, en masse, her role was seemingly only to destroy the entrance and grab a couple of the creatures. When it came time to battle, she was blown away like every other hero, saved only by the grace of Best Jeanist’s quick thinking.

If anything, her only useful contribution after this point was simply using her quirk to grow and intercept an attacking villain while the kidnapped UA student made good his escape. Somehow, despite her reputed power, she was completely taken out of the battle through this move. Looking back on her career so far and the cycle of collateral damage, followed by insurance payments, followed by yet more collateral damage, this reporter wonders just how long she can afford to keep being a hero before people would welcome the villains over her arrival. Perhaps she would be more suited to less-urban areas, but then again, I don’t believe the local wildlife would be too pleased with that either.’

Yu sat back in her chair, her mouth open in shock as the reality of the situation began dawning on her.

But then, how could she have possibly made it so high on the hero charts if the news was so against her?

The growing pit in her stomach lurched as she already knew the answer.

Scrolling down, the comments were somehow even worse than the article. On any other day, she’d be flattered to read about how sexy and amazing she was from creepy randos on the internet, but right now it felt completely hollow to her. Why? Because her looks were all they were talking about.

‘Mt lady is so hot. Shes like the ultimate babe’

‘Girl’s got ass for days.’

‘Not like she’s good for anything else’

‘Some hero, riding her teammate’s coattails. Better off riding on this d***’

‘She can step on me anytime ;)’

That last one actually made her recoil from the screen with her lip quirked again.

Was that… all people really saw her as? She knew she used her sexuality to her advantage but it was supposed to be part of her persona, not the only thing people paid attention to.

No, it couldn’t be. She shook her head to clear her thoughts. Nezu’s words were just getting to her. That rat was smart, he probably just figured out her insecurities, that was all. There had to be some people online who thought she was a good hero. Kamui and Edge thought she was good enough to team up with after all!

With a renewed vigour and a thirst to disprove this ridiculous notion, Mt. Lady began pouring through articles, message boards, fan sites, and more.

Outside her office, her sidekicks worried and fritted, not quite sure what to do about the whole situation. They didn’t have any further orders, as the day had been booked out for the UA visit, but they daren’t either leave or approach their boss while she was clearly on the war path. Instead, they settled for just completing some busy work at their stations until quitting time or an emergency came in.

The tension was palpable between them for the remainder of the afternoon and when the clock finally indicated that they were free to head out, Mt. Lady still hadn’t emerged from her office. They gave each other nervous glances, wondering if they should do anything or not. With some back and forth hushed whispering, one decided to remind their boss that it was time to call it quits; she was usually the first out of the door after all.

With a few nervous knocks, the sidekick cracked open the office door and peaked round to see his boss bathed in the orange light of the setting sun.

“Mt. Lady? Ma’am? It’s uh, time to-”

“Leave!” A strangled cry erupted from the woman that made the sidekick almost tumble backwards in fear.

He quickly did as he was told, hurrying for the changing rooms to catch up to his compatriots but not before pulling out his phone and making a hurried call to probably the only person that could help in this situation.

Despite the darkness now beginning to loom in her office, Mt. Lady continued to research, digging up article after article on her own exploits and those of her greatest rival.

Midnight had been in the game far longer than she had and the public had plenty to say about her, but after sifting through the somewhat controversial first years where she seemed entirely too pleased to have brought about a new law regarding the minimum coverage a hero’s outfit must cover, the public seemed to have only good things to say about the woman. Article after article detailed her effective use of quirk, minimal collateral damage, and even caring for the civilians afterwards long past the obligation she had make sure they were safe and alright.

‘Once again, the R-Rated Hero: Midnight is able to slip in to a sticky situation and resolve it with ease, using her ‘Somnambulist’ quirk with practised precision. Though the villains were quickly taken care of, the heroine stuck around the scene for a fair while afterwards to ensure each citizen caught in the crossfire was taken care of and seen to. Considering the recent prominence of heroes under her tutelage like Nejire-Chan, whom is a new up-and-coming heroine set to explode in the charts for her power, skill, and adorable yet caring disposition, one can only discern that she teaches by example.

While Midnight’s outfit may still startle some of Japan’s more conservative citizens, the pure and caring heart of a hero that lies beneath will surely continue win over any who doubt her.’

That was the last article Yu read before she buried her head in her hands, the tears falling thick and fast. As much as she wanted to continue to deny it, whether by deception or really being that compassionate and considerate, Midnight was beloved by all those that saw her while she was not.

After all the work she’d put in to study and learn how to reach the top of the billboard charts, rising higher than Midnight ever had, she knew that she hadn’t made even half the impact the R-Rated heroine had.

She continued to cry into her desk, her hand occasionally rising to slam down on it with force to try and rid herself of these horrible feelings of inferiority that had been inflicted on her but they were stuck fast.

This was the scene that Kamui Woods entered on as he carefully stepped into his teammate’s office and hurried to her side.

“Yu! Yu, what’s wrong?” He called as he approached, carefully and gently wrapping the woman in what he hoped was a comforting embrace. No sooner did he have his arms around her then she almost jumped into his chest, seeking comfort in one of the few people she knew liked and respected her skills.

“A-Am I good hero? P-Please t-tell me I a-am!” She blubbered as her office chair wheeled away and the pair collapsed to the ground in a sitting position.

“Yu, what on earth has brought this on?”

“Just tell me!” Yu demanded with frustration.

Kamui frowned underneath his mask as the woman buried her face in his chest to try and stem her tears. He’d heard from her sidekick that the UA visit hadn’t gone well but that was all he was willing to say besides the fact that Mt. Lady needed him right now. Glancing at her desktop, he spotted the article that Yu had been reading last and saw Midnight’s picture on one side.

“Did you get into another fight with Midnight?” He asked in a tone he hoped conveyed his concern, even if there was a mote of exasperation there.

“Y-Yes but she… N-Nezu, he… I-I don’t…”

“Shhh, it’s okay, just take your time and calm down.” Kamui comforted as he gently rocked his partner the way his dad did to him when he was inconsolable.

Slowly but surely Yu’s tears and sobs began to ease with Kamui patiently waiting for whatever she needed next.

“W-Why are you here?” Yu asked softly, not that she was complaining after finally getting some comfort after what felt like an endless barrage of attacks on her today.

“Your sidekick called me, told me he was concerned for you.”

“Came to be my hero, huh?” Mt. Lady bitterly chuckled, her mind unable to stop drifting towards the thought that he was only here so he could earn some brownie points.

“I came to be your friend,” Kamui shook his head. “You sounded like you need one right now.”

Mt. Lady hummed evenly, clearly not believing him but not giving him anything to work with either.

“Why did you ask if you were a good hero?” Kamui pressed, still concerned for her current state of mind. “The Mt. Lady I know is a great hero.”

“Then what fucking good am I?” Mt. Lady snarled, pushing Kamui back. “Why the fuck am I on this team really?! We’re called team Lurkers, and last I fucking checked, that means ‘sneaky’, the farthest thing from a… a p-person like me.”

It was only after saying it out loud that Mt. Lady realised how appropriately she fit the name.

“I recommended you because I trust you to be there for me when I’m not enough,” Kamui stated simply. “Your strength and will assures me that you will catch what Edgeshot and I cannot.”

“W-Well why didn’t you just ask Gun Head, or that idiot Death Arms?” Mt. Lady countered.

There was silence for a moment as Kamui considered his words.

“Because I see more potential in you than I do in either of them,” he said. Mt. Lady’s breath actually caught at that, rendering her silent for enough time that Kamui continued talking. “I do not wish to sound mean spirited, but even now I know you are not living up to your full potential and I hoped that, if we continued working together, you’d be better able to reach it.”

“W-Why?” Mt. Lady asked, stunned. “Why would you want that? If I got so much better then I’d just shoot past you in the rankings.”

“The rankings are an honor, but they do not matter in the grand scheme of things,” Kamui shook his head. “What matters is doing the right thing no matter what and saving everyone we can. I have a pair of team mates I trust to watch my back and ensure that we all come home at the end of the day while making sure many civilians can also do the same.”

Mt. Lady’s eyes widened as she looked at Kamui’s mask and eyes as though for the first time. When she’d accepted his and Edgeshot’s offer to join the latter’s team, she’d just seen them as stepping stones to further her career. Once more she felt her tears returning as the crummy feelings returned, burying themselves even deeper in her heart after Kamui’s honesty.

“N-Now I know why you’re i-in the top ten,” Yu mumbled.

“Hmm?” Kamui tried to catch her eye, not quite able to make out what she said.

“N-Nothing,” Yu shook her head and wiped her tears. “You can… go now.”

“I’d rather stay and make sure my friend and teammate is alright,” Kamui offered.

Mt. Lady scoffed but made no move to force the man to go, remaining in his comforting hands despite how pathetic she felt. Kamui was as good as his word though and even as Mt. Lady continued her self-deprecating pity party, he sat by and stroked her back soothingly.

Eventually, Mt. Lady’s sniffles slowed and Kamui hoped she’d begun to start feeling better about whatever had happened to cause this.

For her part, Mt. Lady knew definitively that she wasn’t even in the same league of heroics as Kamui and she needed to start closing that gap if she was ever going to redeem herself in her own eyes. The first step towards that was a long overdue apology.

“I’m… sorry for uh… our first meeting,” she mumbled.

“Hmm?” Kamui raised a brow.

“The giant shark headed villain, my debut,” Yu clarified. “I jumped in when you had it handled.”

“Oh,” Kamui blinked, recalling that day clearly and his minor irritation at her interrupting his ultimate move. “Don’t worry about it. In the end, all that matters is that the people were safe and justice was served.”

Mt. Lady chuckled once and shook her head but said no more. Maybe Kamui was too good to see it but she knew what she’d done to deliberately thrust herself into the spotlight. Sometimes heroes needed to do what they could to get ahead, but Mt. Lady had been doing a little too much of that and not enough building herself up. As Nezu said, any younger, hungrier, more deceptive pro could try to burst onto the scene and steal her spotlight. The best she could do would be to make herself indispensable by being the best hero she could be.

It was a weak resolve for now but one she fully intended to follow up on, just not tonight. Tonight, she needed something strong and mind numbing to reset her system so she could get a fresh start.

“Come on, let’s go,” Yu groaned as she pushed herself to her feet.

“Go?” Kamui asked as he gently released the woman and rose with her. “Where are we going now?”

“I need about twenty gallons of sake in me so I can forget all this shit,” Yu sighed, her favourite hole in the wall definitely being open at this time judging by the sky.

“Are you sure you should be drinking in your state?” Kamui asked carefully, not wanting her to spiral into some self-destructive path.

“If you’re so concerned then feel free to join me,” Yu rolled her eyes. “I’ll buy the first couple rounds. I owe you that much at least.”

Kamui’s eyebrows rose at the offer. Normally Mt. Lady did everything she could to avoid paying for herself, let along others. Something was clearly still bothering her and he wondered if a few drinks might loosen her lips. Plus he had to make sure she didn’t go overboard.

“Very well, but if you get too rowdy I’m cutting you off again.”

“It won’t get that bad… maybe,” Mt. Lady replied with a weak chuckle, hopeful that she wouldn’t wake up with another bill for drunkenly using her quirk while inside.

Soon the two found themselves leaving Mt. Lady’s agency and locking up behind them before heading to a bar down the road. Despite all the alcohol she ingested that night, Yu couldn’t forget everything she’d reflected on that afternoon.


“Yu,” her wooden teammate nudged her, returning her thoughts to the present.

Yu looked around briefly before realizing they were at the front of the queue and stepped forward with her teammates to stand before Midnight’s shrine.

She could feel the familiar urge in the back of her head to think something mean or disparaging about her fallen rival, but the soul searching she’d done easily allowed her to supress it. In the time she’d had to think since her dressing down by Nezu, hearing about the attack on Nabu by a new All-For-One, and Midnight’s death at his hands, she’d come to terms with the fact that Midnight and many other heroes eclipsed her in the true definition of the word.

Yu Takeyama looked down at Midnight’s face, her former rival’s eyes closed and wearing serene expression.

Rivalry banter aside, Yu knew that Midnight wasn’t even ten years older than her. The R-Rated hero had never reached the heights of the hero charts that she currently enjoyed but maybe that was for a reason. Even just a glimpse around the hall showed her how dearly the hero was missed and how many lives she’d touched despite her moderate ranking.

If she didn’t shape up, she would end up just like Midnight but how many people would truly come to her funeral because they missed her with most of her fans likely moving on to whatever the next hottie of the season was.

Kamui grew a little nervous as he saw Yu’s hands tighten into fists but breathed a sigh of relief as they quickly relaxed as Yu made her offering to the deceased before moving along. The titanic pro had been very quiet and reflective over the past couple of weeks whenever she was off the clock and he could only hope things improved in the coming months.

Having discussed things with Edgeshot, they both came to the conclusion that she was feeling inadequate and, if she asked for help in anyway, they’d both be glad to do what they could for their friend.

As the trio passed the shrine and moved back to the pews to sit and wait for the ceremony to begin, Mt. Lady spoke up just loud enough for the two of them to hear.

“If… it’s not too much trouble, I’d like to discuss some things with you two after everything today.”

“Our ears are open to your words,” Edgeshot nodded.

“If we can help, just let us know how,” Kamui agreed.

Yu allowed herself a small smile of hope as her path wasn’t set in stone yet.


The time for Midnight’s funeral ceremony arrived with the hall becoming standing-room only due to the amount of guests who’d turned up.

Eraser Head had descended from his perch up in the rafters to sit by Present Mic in the front row and the pair were lightly and inconspicuously clasping hands as the priest regaled the audience with compassionate words for their departed friend.

Though most probably took some comfort in them Eraser was not one of them, the realist in him seeing only the situation for what it was; the death of another dear friend.

When the ceremony came to a close, a majority of those gathered started making their way to the exit.

Several heroes and prominent figures remained behind to further give their condolences and discuss matters with UA’s staff such as Thirteen and Snipe in an animated talk with Funkman and Majestic while the Wild, Wild Pussycats were in a curious discussion with Nezu.

Seizing her opportunity, one hero decided to make her move on the most elusive member of UA’s staff.

“Come on buddy, let’s get you-” Hizashi nudged Eraser and turned to leave only to notice a familiar head of green hair waiting patiently nearby. “Uh, think this one’s for you Eraser.”

Eraser, who hadn’t budged at his friend’s insistence, now turned to glance at whatever the annoying blond was indicating to. There he saw Emi Fukukado, also known as the pro hero ‘Ms. Joke’ shoot him a sympathetic smile and wave.

“Hey there Eraser, you got a minute?”

“All yours buddy,” the traitor Hizashi slapped his back before stepping out from his seat and moving to mingle with the remaining pros.

Emi politely waited for him to depart before stepping into the blond’s now vacated spot.

“What do you want, Joke?” Aizawa asked emotionlessly, returning his gaze to the front of the hall while Emi did the same.

“Mostly to check on you,” Emi admitted. “How you holding up?”

“I’m fine.”

“You’re not fine.”

“If you’re just gonna ask inane questions-”

“Ouch, so spikey already?” Emi hissed at the sharp response.

“I’ve had better days,” Aizawa sighed, his patience already worn from the day but he at least recognised he was being unfair to his fellow pro and educator. “Look Joke, I’m not in the mood for socializing. Try your luck when I don’t have to say goodbye to another friend.”

“I understand,” Emi nodded at the prickly rebuff but pushed on regardless. “I’m not here to preach or offer platitudes you’re probably more than sick of hearing at this point.”

“Then why are you here?” Aizawa asked, reluctantly curious at this stage.

“Like I said, to check on you,” Emi repeated. “We’ve worked together often enough I know when you’re pushing through things on spite alone.”

“That so?” Aizawa replied evenly.

“Yes so,” the jokester nodded in her typical response from their script of banter back in the day.

“Well done,” Aizawa replied sarcastically, “you’ve managed to figure out I’m on edge at a funeral. Want a cookie?”

“I’ll take a drink if you’re offering.”

“Joke, I swear, if this is-”

“Hey, nothing like my normal requests, don’t worry,” Emi assured him. “Today’s not the day for jokes; all I’m offering is a cold drink and a good ear that doesn’t work with you at UA.”

Aizawa sighed loudly, the offer sounded extremely tempting even if the company wasn’t great but he knew he couldn’t. The lesson plans for next term were still unfinished and he’d be damned if he eased up for a day and it cost someone else their life.

“I’m too busy,” he replied simply.

“Doing what?” Emi asked.

“Training my students.”

“It’s winter break.”

“Lesson plans.”

“You can spare a day.”

“No I can’t.”

“Why not?”

“Just can’t.”

“Not good enough.”

“No, they’re not,” Aizawa stated before his mind could comprehend and stop his automatic response. He was suddenly reminded why he hated talking with Ms. Joke, she was always able to pry information from him he never intended to share. Chancing a glance to the side, he hoped she took his words in a way that didn’t reveal his true thoughts on the matter.

“You blame them,” Emi stated.

The tiny ticks Aizawa then made that all but confirmed her accusation: the tightening of his jaw, the slight narrowing of his eye, how his next breath wasn’t quite as controlled as his last, everything pointed to him clamming up after revealing too much. Emi needed to study her opponents intensely to identify the perfect cue and type of joke that would best make them bust a gut laughing while her quirk kept them in that state. In the entire time she’d worked with Aizawa, albeit at different agencies, she’d never once made him crack with or without her quirk despite her best efforts, but she knew how he functioned very well from all her studying of the man.

“Maybe,” Aizawa replied evenly.

Emi had to let out a controlled breath of her own at that. As a fellow hero, she could understand the pain of losing a friend in the field, but as a fellow educator, she couldn’t imagine blaming her students for a death that clearly wasn’t their fault. Granted she didn’t know all the fine details, but if what Nezu relayed was true, then Eraser had no business getting back into a classroom with them.

“Don’t be illogical, Eraser,” Emi challenged.

“I’m not,” Eraser rebuffed. “I’m taking responsibility for their mistakes.”

“No, you’re going to make them suffer to try and make yourself feel better.”

“Better prepared, alive and hating me than dead,” Eraser stated.

Emi had to take a deep breath to calm the urge to hit the man. She had to remind herself that he was clearly going through an emotional time right now and had given her an out to the conversation at the start instead of digging and uncovering something like this.

Still, Emi wasn’t about to abandon someone she considered a friend while they were in pain. If he hated her and never spoke to her again, that was fine so long as it saved lives by his own logic. She had no love for UA’s arrogance and bravado, but she couldn’t stand by when she knew students were going to be treated unfairly.

“Wow… I never realised how much of a tiny, petty man you really are, Aizawa,” she hissed, her eyes narrowing.

“Excuse me?!” Aizawa turned his head to look at Joke for the first time since their conversation began. He’d never disclosed his real name to her so what business did she have using it now.

“You heard me,” Emi stated firmly, refusing to back down. “Are you so petty that you’d blame your students for what villains did? What, did they not go ‘Plus Ultra’ enough for you?”

“Don’t act like you know anything about what happened,” Aizawa growled. “Their misjudgements led to this.”

“They did the best they could with what they had,” Emi defended. “Sometimes even giving everything you have isn’t enough. Is that fair? Heck no, but you should know better than anyone that life isn’t fair and to blame them for something like that is to admit your own failings as a teacher.”

“You think I don’t know that?” Aizawa retorted. “I should’ve pushed them harder when I had the chance.”

“They’re first years,” Emi stressed, “first years who have gone above and beyond anyone’s expectations. I didn’t expect for even half of them to make it through the exam but they held off my class and more and now they all have their licenses.”

“It’s still not good enough,” Aizawa scoffed, his hands tightening.

“We both know there’s more to this than that, don’t try to play me for a fool.”

“Aren’t you?”

“Not when it comes to the health of my friend,” Emi stressed, ignoring the insult. “Eraser, look, whatever you’ve got going on, let me help, even if it’s just being someone to vent to.”

“You can help by taking our job seriously and making sure your students are up to snuff before sending them out into the real world,” Aizawa sniped.

Emi felt her pride urge her to strike back at the man for daring imply that her students were somehow sub-par, but it eased when she realised that he wasn’t truly angry at his students.

“I get it,” Emi mumbled. “You don’t blame them, you blame yourself.”

A few moments of silence hung between the two.

“If I was there this wouldn’t’ve happened,” Aizawa’s hand gripped into a tight fist. “If I was-”

“It’s not your fault either Aizawa,” Emi tried to reassure the man, only to get a strong glare in return.

“Tell that to Midnight,” he spat.

Emi actually had to take a step back at that, the pain and anger present on Aizawa’s face was like nothing she’d ever seen on the man.

She’d tried her hardest to reach out and just hit wall after wall. Clearly Eraser Head wasn’t ready to move on from his friend’s death and continuing down this path would only see her further rebuffed for no gain.

“There’s no talking to you like this,” Emi sighed, turning away from the bitter man. “I hope you wake up soon and realise what a giant jackass you sound like. If you go through with pushing your students to the brink, then I hope you’re prepared to face the consequences. Who are your students going to save if they don’t even want to be heroes anymore?”

With that, Emi Fukukado turned on her heel and made her way towards the exit, stopping briefly to chat to Present Mic before departing the venue.

The loud hero turned to look at his stoic friend who remained alone at the front of the hall still facing Midnight’s shrine. Judging from the words of warning Emi had for him, their conversation likely hadn’t gone smoothly.

By now the number of people present was dwindling as conversations were moved outside and the caretakers were soon going to come and prepare Nemuri’s body for its final ordeal before she was laid to rest. While he didn’t want to interrupt his friend’s grieving process, Mic also knew that Aizawa was taking Nemuri’s loss harder than most.

Walking patiently back towards the front, Hizashi gently called out to his friend.

“Hey, Eraser, we’re heading out soon. You coming?”

“I’ll be along in a moment,” Aizawa mumbled, absent-mindedly touching the goggles around his neck.

Hizashi knew that memories of Shirakumo were in the forefront of their minds. Now Nemuri was gone too, and the blond wouldn’t let his friend fall into the same emotionless void he’d barely escaped last time. To anyone else, it would be worrying, but to Hizashi, he knew Shota needed to process this on his own. When he was done, they’d hopefully be able to move on together.

“Say what you need to,” Hizashi nodded, “I’ll be back in a bit if you don’t catch up.”

Aizawa just nodded lightly, his gaze firmly focused on the altar at the front. Only the sound of Hizashi’s footsteps echoed in the room before silence was all that could be heard once he departed.

Shota approached the coffin, looking down at Nemuri’s face, the same serene, comfortable expression resting on it that’d been there all day, almost as though she hadn’t fallen in battle to a heinous villain.

Despite holding his emotions in throughout the entire ceremony, Aizawa couldn’t hold them back any longer. Silent tears rolled down his cheeks as he reached out and squeezed Nemuri’s hand, knowing it would be the last time he’d ever get to.

“I’m sorry… it should’ve… been me,” Aizawa mumbled his apologies as tears dripped down and watered Nemuri’s funeral flowers. “You gave everything for them.”

Aizawa’s breathing grew heavy as his anger flared at the unfairness of it all. For all his logic and rationality, deep down he wished things could be just a little fairer. But that wasn’t how life worked and he knew it.

“I swear Nem, I’ll make sure these kids blossom and become everything we believed they could be, even if it kills me!”

Despite his proclamation, it didn’t change anything; Nemuri was cold and still while he was breathing and alive. Silence fell in the hall once again as Aizawa finally let go of his friend and former lover’s hand. With a brush of his arm, his tears were gone and the fall of anymore was stopped with his goggles now covering his eyes. Turning away and walking off the platform, Aizawa made his way out through the main entrance, taking only the memories he had of their time together with him.

“Goodbye Nemuri.”


With New Year’s fast approaching, many students were beginning to get anxious as to whether or not they’d be able to leave campus considering all the school had endured in recent weeks.

They all awoke to an email the morning after Midnight’s funeral confirming that UA was still committed to ensuring students got to spend some time away from campus with their loved ones, though anyone who did so would be accompanied by a pro, hero course or not.

For some, this was a comfort, for others, an irritation. Still, with only three days until the event, the phone lines were quickly packed with students calling out to their families to confirm or make arrangements.

Over at class 1-A’s dorms, it was the main topic of discussion as lunch rolled around.

“Are you sure? I mean, I don’t mind but-”

“I’m sure Izuku,” Ochako leant forward and kissed her boyfriend’s cheek, glad he was so understanding.

“Sure about what?” Tooru asked as she and Mina dropped into seats next to them with their somewhat healthy lunches. The common room had been fairly empty up until now but everyone was starting to trickle in to get some food. Izuku and Ochako had been talking things over in his room when they both felt their stomachs rumble and found themselves the first to seek out lunch.

“New Year’s plans,” Izuku explained. “After everything that went wrong with uh… Tsuyu’s parents, we’re gonna hold off revealing ourselves to Ochako’s parents or my mom. I’m gonna go see her so she knows I’m okay and still doing well after… everything. I don’t want her to worry and I think a visit would make both of us feel better.”

“Wait, so, what are you doing for New Year’s then?” Tooru asked in concern.

“Well, we’ve talked and Tsuyu’s gonna come to visit my parents with me,” Ochako explained. “They already know about us and accept us so we may as well enjoy it before springing anything new on them they… might not accept.”

“Do you think they wouldn’t?” Mina looked empathetically at her brunette girlfriend.

“No…” Ochako hesitated, “but I’d rather save that discussion for after the holidays. If it’s going to be bad, better to space it out, y’know?”

“I get that,” Mina sighed, stirring her soup morosely. “I’d love to take Starlight here to go visit my dysfunctional idiots but with my case like, the day after, I’m trying to cram as much legal mumbo jumbo into my brain as I can fit. I really don’t need my folks or brother distracting me and making us feel like shit if they can’t hack the news.”

“They don’t know about me?” Tooru blinked.

“They don’t know much,” Mina shrugged. “I tell them about school and junk every now and then but it’s none of their business who I date so I’ve not told them anything. They know I’m not coming back for New Year’s though and they seemed cool with it.”

“You don’t seem very cool with it though, ribbit,” Tsuyu noted as she, Kyoka, and Momo squeezed up together to make a table of seven with their own meals.

“Of course not!” Mina huffed. “Our New Year’s parties are always mad fun! Dad would always get the grill out and the neighbours would come round and it’d become like, one big block party. Freakin’ sucks that I’m stuck here.”

“Hey, at least you’ll have me,” Tooru squeezed Mina’s leg under the table.

“Urgh, sorry girl. I sound like an ungrateful brat,” Mina blushed at her petulance.

“You staying here too, Tooru?” Kyoka raised a brow.

“As fun as it would be to visit my family, I’m not gonna leave my girlfriend all alone,” she leant her head on the pinkette’s shoulder. “When Mina told me she was probably gonna stay I cleared it with my folks. While mom’s a bit put out, dad understands and, apart from New Year’s eve, he says he’ll be working on your case too so at least you’re in good hands there.”

“That does make me feel a little better,” Mina smiled gratefully at her girlfriend. She definitely needed to get the man some sort of thank you gift for everything he was doing for her, Nezu too maybe? She then realised she needed to look up the ethics involved with that and sagged at the extra homework.

“Well I shall endeavour to make sure we enjoy the night regardless of familial presence,” Momo announced.

“You’re staying too Momo?” Izuku asked curiously, getting a nod from the heiress.

“I certainly do not wish to endure another of the gala’s my parents throw on that night where I must greet people I am not interested in and act the perfect way to benefit business relations. Call me selfish but I would much rather snuggle up under a quilt with… a select few people and enjoy a film or two before the countdown to midnight,” Momo declared, whispering the last part as their other friends started filling up the common room tables around them.

“W-Wait, I was uh,” Kyoka started only to look down and away. “N-Never mind.”

“Was there something on your mind?” Momo asked carefully.

“I think she may have wanted you to spend New Year’s slightly differently,” Ochako hinted, getting a slow nod from their punk girlfriend.

“My old folks want me to come to their annual performance at this place we know. It’s kinda discreet so I was kinda hoping you’d be down to come with?” Kyoka asked hesitantly, afraid of the answer.

“As… much as I would love to,” Momo bitterly bit her lip, “I’m afraid I’ll must decline the very kind offer.”

“Yeah, I figured,” Kyoka huffed, thankfully having not gotten her hopes up too much.

“Aww, really?” Ochako pouted, along with the rest of their partners at the news.

“I’m sure it would be a most enjoyable and magical evening, but I daren’t risk anybody recognising me, even if we kept all manner of personal displays of affection to a minimum,” Momo explained.

“We get it,” Tsuyu nodded sadly, “it’s just too bad for you both.”

“You’re more than welcome to stay and celebrate with us,” Tooru offered.

“Nah, dad’ll probably moan and whine if I don’t go, and it would be nice to see them both,” Kyoka noted.

“Please do send along my best and my apologies,” Momo subtly rubbed her leg up against Kyoka’s which the girl responded to with a half-smile.

“You guys talking New Year’s plans?” Kaminari asked as he noted the discussion the group seemed to be having.

“We are, ribbit,” Tsuyu nodded, hoping he hadn’t overheard anything too incriminating. “You heading out too?

“You know it,” Kaminari grinned. “Gonna party my butt off before we hit the grindstone again.”

“I’m sure Mr Aizawa is already planning a ton more exercises or logical ruses for us to go through,” Sero agreed.

“Granny Sato’s currently living with my folks ‘cause-a everything on Nabu,” Sato stated. “I’d like to go see her and my mom and pops but I’m not sure if they’ll have room.”

“My mother and I visit a shrine every year on New Year’s Day,” Ojiro informed them.

“New Year’s is our last chance for revelry for a while,” Aoyama noted. “I wish I could make the best of it with my maman and papa but they have no plans to travel.”

“Don’t worry Aoyama, we’ll celebrate with ya,” Tooru grinned brightly, uplifting the boy’s spirits at least a little.

“Hey, if there’s enough people staying, we could have like, a fun little party of our own here at the dorms,” Mina grinned, ideas already running through her head. “Alright, who’s staying and who’s not?”

“As much as I would like to stay and help organise such an event, I am afraid I am returning home to visit my brother,” Iida stated.

“How’s he doing, Iida?” Ochako asked with a hopeful smile, getting inquisitive looks from Tsuyu and Izuku as well.

“Very well, thank you,” Iida returned the smile, appreciating the enquiry. “As always he’s trying to make the best of everything and instead of focusing on him, he wants us to go do some charity work in Naruhata. I’m not sure why he wants to go to that particular district but my parents and I are happy to accommodate him.”

“Wow, sounds like a busy night for you,” Kirishima chuckled. “I’m just gonna rest up at home I think. I dunno if the folks have anything planned.”

“Wouldn’t you rather spend it with a special someone?” Sero elbowed the boy with a smirk.

“Like I’d put him through the torture of being near my old hag,” Bakugo slumped into a seat next to the tape-armed boy, aiming a small glare his way. “Bitch wants to spend New Year’s ‘as a family’,” he spat mockingly.

“Bakugo, please do not refer to your parent in such a vulg-” Before Iida could finish his sentence, Izuku and Todoroki’s hands rested on each of his shoulders while Kirishima was shaking his head uneasily.

Many cautious eyes shifted to Bakugo who speared a piece of meat from his curry using a chopstick with frustration.

“Not everyone has a home life as nice as yours class rep’,” was all he said before focusing solely on his food.

It was definitely less explosive than everyone had been expecting but they weren’t about to complain if the situation didn’t result in any ignited glycerine.

“I’m planning on visiting my mom on New Year’s eve,” Todoroki chimed in, “my sister wants me to come home for a meal too but I’m not sure if I’ll go.”

“Any particular reason?” Momo asked.

“My father will be there and I’d rather avoid him if I am able,” Todoroki stated, causing another wave of awkward feelings to spread around the room, especially for those that knew more about Todoroki’s situation.

“Well go or don’t go, we’ll make sure that everyone who stays here can enjoy an awesome New Year’s party 1-A style!” Mina declared, hoping to clear the negative air that had started to settle.

Cheer thankfully started to return as those that were going to remain at the dorms started sharing ideas for things they could do as everyone continued to discuss their New Year’s plans.

As lunch began to wrap up and plates and cookware started to get cleaned, a simultaneous chime from many student’s phones rang out across the room. Considering the timing and range of the alert, most immediately figured it was something official from the school.

Ever the class representative, even during their break, Iida pulled out his phone and opened up the official email from Nezu.

‘Dearest students of class 1-A,

It is with regret that I must inform you that the HPSC has declared that all students that are in possession of provisional hero license must take part in the next round of Hero Work-Studies come the new term. This has been made a mandatory requirement outside of UA control in light of recent events.

Refusal or inability to locate a work-study would have them remove you from the hero track, something UA would like to greatly avoid.

While some of you already have work studies and can safely ignore this email, those of you that do not will need to secure a position at one as soon as possible. To that end, UA has been able to secure the cooperation of a number of top heroes that are willing to take on students come the new term.

As you are all currently signed off of hero work, including training, due to the recent, tragic events on Nabu, the deadline for finding a work-study is the second week of the new term but cannot be delayed any further, even with suitable sign-off by Hound Dog.

I sincerely apologize for these unfortunate events and welcome any and all questions, queries, and requests for assistance to ensure you continue to get the education and help necessary to continue your journey to become Japan’s next top heroes. Please do not hesitate to reach out to me if there is some concern you wish to bring to our attention.

Kind regards and Happy New Year,

Principal Nezu’

“Freaking really?!” Kaminari grimaced.

“I believe this to be legitimate if that is what you are wondering,” Iida nodded.

“The next term is only like three days away though!” Sero pointed out. “How many pros are away on break too?”

“I understand your concerns but please do not panic,” Momo rose to her feet. “I’m sure principal Nezu and the staff are more than willing to ensure we all find spots that will prove beneficial to our progress in time. Considering that we have until the end of next week to secure a position, I’m sure most agencies will be easily contactable by then.”

The tension thankfully eased in the room a little.

“While not secure, I believe the Manual agency would likely be willing to take me back,” Iida noted.

“That’s fine for you,” Sato frowned.

“What I’m saying is that I will be more than willing to assist any who wish my aid to secure a spot for themselves by contacting agencies with them,” Iida offered.

“I think I’ll take you up on that,” Ojiro raised his hand.

“We can help too once we see if Ryukyu is still okay with taking us,” Ochako called out, getting an agreeable ribbit from her girlfriend.

Quickly the class began making plans and coordinating with one another as it seemed even a curve ball like this couldn’t throw them for too long. Izuku smiled with pride as Ochako, Tsuyu, and Momo took charge along with Iida and Kirishima who’d very likely end up with Fatgum again.

Switching screens on his phone to his contact list, Izuku scrolled through to find the Nighteye Agency number that he figured he needed to rename at this point.

“Midoriya,” a voice called out that made Izuku pause before turning to its source. Todoroki was standing there looking curiously at his phone. “Are you seeking to return to your previous agency?”

“Huh? Well, yeah, I was going to see if Centipeder or Bubble Girl would be able to take me on again,” Izuku nodded. “I know they’re probably still getting to grips with things now that Nighteye’s gone but I maybe they’d appreciate a set of extra hands.”

“I see, then by all means go ahead,” Todoroki nodded.

“Why do you ask?” Izuku enquired curiously.

“Well, should they be unable to accommodate you, I figured you may find a benefit in coming with me,” Todoroki offered.

“W-What?” Izuku blinked in confusion.

“I will be making the same offer to Bakugo, considering the current absence of Best Jeanist,” duel-quirked boy explained. “We are all aiming for the top, what better way than to observe and learn from the number one hero.”

Izuku felt his mouth drop open in surprise, the offer certainly sounded amazing, but he couldn’t help his worry over the possible reasons why Todoroki might be inviting him to do so.

“I’m very grateful for the offer Todoroki but um,” Izuku’s voice lowered to a whisper, “are you asking so that you won’t be alone when you study with him.”

The way Todoroki’s lips thinned gave Izuku all the answer he needed.

“I will admit that I would find great comfort in having a friend with me,” he acknowledged.

“You know you don’t have to go to Endeavor’s agency, right?” Izuku noted. “There’s lots of good fire or ice heroes that could help you learn.”

“I understand, but none of them are the number one hero,” Todoroki countered. “My desire to master my quirk surpasses that of my animosity towards Endeavor.”

“Let’s make sure it stays that fuckin’ way,” Bakugo’s voice called out as the pair turned their heads to the spot he still sat in. “Remember what I told you before icy-hot, don’t make me say it again.”

Izuku quirked a brow as knowing look passed between the two he didn’t recognise.

“I take it that means you are agreeable to join me then?”

“Even if he’s a flaming bag of garbage, the prick’s been number two for years. There’s gotta be some useful shit I can use in that barbequed brain of his,” Bakugo nodded.

“Then I guess I am waiting on your response then Izuku,” Todoroki turned back to the green-headed boy.

“Do you mind if I call Centipeder first?” Izuku asked. “I know it’s a great opportunity, but I feel like I owe them for everything that happened.”

“Of course,” Todoroki nodded, getting a thankful smile from the boy who slipped away to make his call, leaving Bakugo and Todoroki alone with all the other students chattering away nearby.

“You sure this is the best idea icy-hot?” Bakugo challenged. “There’s no guarantee he’ll even take me or the other idiot.”

“I’m sure he will not like it, but I will not go to his agency otherwise,” Todoroki stated with a small smirk. “That will be something for him to deal with.”

Bakugo chuckled and shook his head. At the very least Todoroki seemed to be getting over his daddy issues. That would make things all the sweeter when he crushed the boy next year at his full strength in the sports festival.

While everyone else continued to chatter and compare heroes, wondering which agency would be available and willing to take them, there was one who was more fearful than any other.

No one noticed Mina’s worried face and elevated heart rate as she slipped her phone back in her pocket, her mailbox conspicuously bereft of the email everyone else seemed to have gotten. The reason was obvious as to why, but she couldn’t help feel her anxiety climb over her looming court date.

If Nezu had deliberately not sent her an email, did that mean he didn’t believe she would win? Thankfully it was her turn to go see Hound Dog this afternoon and soon set out along with Tokoyami and Sato to head their own appointments.


With the year coming to a close, throughout the month many people across Japan had been performing their traditional deep clean to purify their home and spirit for a fortunate new year.

As their calendar had been filled with school and emotional turbulence, it was only now that many of the class 1-A residents found both the time and energy to clean up their living quarters along with chipping in on all the public spaces they shared.

Given that tomorrow was New Year’s Eve and this was the last chance for some to do so before the new year, everyone seemed to get into the spirit of things.

Everyone, except a particular heiress who’d never personally performed the tradition herself.

Arriving in the common room, Momo was almost bowled over by an overly enthusiastic Kirishima who was racing around the floor on all fours with a wash cloth in front of him to catch as much dirt as fast as he could.

“Goodness!”

“Sorry Yaoyorozu!” Kirishima called out as he made his return trip back to the other side of the common room.

Looking around, she could see Ochako floating up high and cleaning the typically unreachable areas of the large windows while Sato was hard at work scrubbing all the communal dishware and cutlery and it looked like Tsuyu had just finished scrubbing the girl’s baths as she emerged from the room.

“Okay everyone, please ensure any bags of garbage are before me in a few moments so that I may dispose of them,” Iida announced, having sent a similar text off in the class chat to alert the others.

Momo felt her phone chime but it did nothing to answer her curiosity as to why her friends were acting like her wait staff back home this time of year.

“Iida, is there something special going on today?” Momo asked as she approached the energetic boy who was clearly in his element.

“Ah, Yaoyorozu, already finished with your own cleaning?” Iida smiled warmly, expecting nothing less from his fellow class representative.

“Was there some sort of mandate to clean today that I missed?” Momo frowned, pulling out her phone and looking through both her calendar and emails.

“Oh uh, not quite,” Iida frowned, a tad perplexed. “It is merely the last chance we will get to do before New Year’s and ‘Shogatsu’ as is tradition.”

“There’s nothing manlier than making sure everything spic and span!” Kirishima cheered as he placed a bag of used floor wipes before Iida.

“Oh, I remember my parents being fairly strict on our staff to make sure everything was clean and tidy at this time but I didn’t realise it was rooted in tradition,” Momo explained.

“Considering how you grew up, I’m not surprised,” Ochako giggled as she placed her own bag before Iida and took Momo to one side.

“It sounds like you don’t actually know why we’re doing this, ribbit,” Tsuyu noted, depositing her bag too and joining the pair.

“I’m sorry, I must seem so foolish, being ignorant of this tradition,” Momo blushed as she realised exactly why she’d never had to know about before now.

“Don’t worry, we’ve got you,” Ochako chuckled as she and Tsuyu began explaining all about the Shinto beliefs that many still followed and how it resulted in a tradition like this.

“So basically we try to ensure our living spaces are nice and clean to welcome the spirits and luck of the New Year.” Ochako wrapped up her explanation.

“You’ll find a number of people who perform a thorough clean of their homes around this time,” Tsuyu agreed. “My siblings usually hinder more than help but they did an alright job last year, ribbit.”

“Besides, it’s just nice to have a big ol’ clear-out and get rid of or sell some stuff you don’t need anymore,” Ochako grinned.

“I see,” Momo nodded, having eagerly absorbed their teachings, “so then, should I also go do the same to my own room then before joining you down here?”

“You don’t have to,” Ochako chuckled, “but if you want to then go ahead. We’ve got most of the cleaning down here done.”

“Actually, do you want some help getting started since it’s your first time and all, ribbit?” Tsuyu offered.

“I believe I would like to give it an honest try by myself to start if you don’t mind,” Momo bowed politely. “Though I may request your approval later to ensure I have performed all the cleaning duties expected.”

Ochako opened her mouth to let Momo know nothing was technically expected but held off, giving the heiress a reassuring nod instead.

“Mind if I come along anyway? I got an early start so I’m kinda done,” Tsuyu asked.

“Of course,” Momo smiled, happy for the company. “Though I would ask that you do not try to give me pointers or directions until I request them. I would rather succeed or fail on my own merits to begin with.”

“I shall stay as silent as you want me,” Tsuyu chuckled as the pair started making their way to the elevator.

Ochako watched them depart fondly as Momo looked eager to return to her room and begin this task. Clearly she wanted to join in this new tradition she’d never taken part in before and there was no reason to stop her. After all, Ochako figured it may be good experience for the girl as she had no idea if they’ll have butlers and maids to keep their future house together clean after all.

Unfortunately, that brought back the image of Momo bent over before her in a maid outfit and the gravity defying girl quickly returned to her window-cleaning duties to calm the raging blush she now sported.


In the elevator, Momo excitedly rose back up to her floor and soon entered her room with a fresh set of eyes with Tsuyu trailing after her.

“Right, where to begin,” she pondered.

“If you don’t mind, I’m just gonna flop over here,” Tsuyu noted before hopping onto Momo’s comfy bed. “Just lemme know if you want me to move.”

“I certainly will Darling, please make yourself comfortable,”

“Way ahead of you,” Tsuyu sighed, glad to get off her feet.

As always, Momo’s living area was straight and orderly as she’d been taught to keep it growing up. Stepping in and looking around now however, the heiress felt her excitement rise as she noted several neglected areas that were ripe for cleaning: the tops of her shelves that had likely gathered an ample supply of dust, the floor skirting boards where a light grey coating of the stuff could already be seen, and she could only imagine how much dust had gathered under and behind her bed that she hadn’t cleaned since she moved in.

Grabbing her bathroom cleaning supplies and rubber gloves, Momo eagerly set her sights on the skirting boards to begin.

As Momo set to work, Tsuyu was very tempted to doze as she did; Momo was clearly focused on her task and didn’t appear to be up for chatting.

It wasn’t until Momo had cleaned the top of her bookshelf while standing on her desk chair that Tsuyu cracked an eye and made a sound as the heiress looked at her books with apprehension.

“Finished already?” Tsuyu asked at Momo’s paused efforts.

“No, I… I’m just thinking about something.”

“Anything I can help with, ribbit?”

“Um… well,” Momo pondered, “considering the goal of this tradition is to clean and clear things out, do I have to throw books I no longer require in the rubbish bin or am I okay to do something else with them?”

Tsuyu chuckled at the split hair.

“You can trash them, sell them, donate them, do whatever. Today’s just a good day for you to look at everything you have and see what you want to keep, and what you really don’t want anymore. You’d be surprised by how much we just naturally accumulate over time, ribbit.”

“Good,” Momo smiled, setting some of the books aside she’d long since memorized. “These are not useless and I do not believe it is worth going through the effort of selling them but I’m sure someone will find them beneficial if I donate them.”

“Pass them down and I’ll help sort them,” Tsuyu offered, grabbing the books that Momo no longer wished to keep.

Though she went into things with the best of intentions, what seemed simple and easy at first quickly became much more complicated than she realised.

There was a few story books she wanted to keep for sentimental reasons but a majority of them were things she was happy to give to better causes rather than letting them gather dust such as her old science books. Though it was a somewhat recent gift, the book on disguises Bakugo had given her for her birthday also joined the list. 

Once she and Tsuyu had separated and cleaned all the books that were staying and were departing, Momo moved onto her next task only to realise her bed was not only blocking her windows and balcony that definitely needed a good clean, but there was also several boxes of items she’d stored underneath when space was lacking when she’d first moved in.

“I um… don’t suppose I could ask for your help moving things around, may I?” Momo asked with a touch of embarrassment. As strong as she was, she doubted she could move her giant bed herself.

“About time you realised,” Tsuyu chuckled, rolling up her sleeves now she’d enjoyed some downtime. “Just tell me where you need me.”

For the next hour, Momo and Tsuyu worked together to shift some of her bigger pieces of furniture to clean behind before replacing them including her bed, drawers, and desk. Next, Momo focused on taking stock of everything from under her bed and in her drawers and make sure their contents were either as clean as they could be before they resumed their proper places, or set aside for her to dispense with appropriately.

While Tsuyu got a good chuckle out of seeing Momo excavate and take stock of everything in her box of naughty toys, there was very little inside that needed disposing of or cleaning and it was quickly returned to its place under her bed.

“Wow, this is a lot more intense than I thought it would be,” Momo groaned as she looked out across her bedroom floor that was now littered with books, old make-up she’d never used, and several other knick-knacks she’d picked up that she carried no emotional attachment to.

“It’s always fun to see what you’ve picked up throughout the year,” Tsuyu chuckled from her spot on the bed.

“Don’t get too comfortable,” Momo smiled fondly at the girl, “I believe there’s one more place I have yet to clean.”

Despite all her efforts so far, Momo knew her toughest challenge yet lay ahead as she turned to her wardrobe.

“Probably best you saved that till last,” Tsuyu acknowledged, “at least we’ve got the bed to spread things out on for you to decide if you want to keep them or not.”

Momo nodded and quickly began pulling out hanger after hanger of clothes that she had and hadn’t worn over the past year. Given the severe decrease in the amount of her parents parties she’d attended, she noticed that a lot of her fancier outfits had gone completely untouched since attending UA. While she always enjoyed dressing up in outfits that make her look and feel gorgeous, she idly wondered if she’d get the same feeling attending any of those parties without her partners.

As if Tsuyu could read her mind, her frog-like partner put a voice to her thoughts.

“These would look stunning on you ribbit, I wish we had more chances to see you in them.”

“As do I,” Momo sighed, examining a rather lovely deep red dress that would go very well with something dark purple alongside it. “With my parents continued presence in my romantic life, I’m afraid many of these outfits will go unused rather than enjoyed by yourself and the others on a lovely, romantic date together. If you see something that you like, feel free to say so and we can get it altered; I’m sure you’ll be able to make more use of something here than I will.”

“Maybe if you have something cute in green,” Tsuyu hinted.

“That colour doesn’t usually suit me so I’m somewhat limited,” Momo replied, sifting through her remaining clothes to try and find something more to the frog girl’s tastes she didn’t mind giving up. “Oh! I do have this.” Tsuyu blinked as Momo pulled out the lime green dress she wore to I-Island’s gala that didn’t quite go according to plan. “It got a bit roughed up but I had it repaired and cleaned. I’m sure it would look positively adorable on you if we shortened the length a little.”

“Ribbit, if you’re absolutely certain you don’t mind,” Tsuyu bit her lip. “Do you think we could get it done today?”

“Today?” Momo tilted her head.

“Well… if possible, I want to look nice for New Year’s and I don’t have anything near this fancy,” Tsuyu blushed.

“Looking to impress Ochako’s parents?” Momo giggled lightly.

“A little,” Tsuyu nodded before letting out a soft sigh. “With my parents being stupid, I don’t want Ochako’s to think anything similar, ribbit.”

“You’ve already met them Darling, we know how much they like you,” Momo comforted her, wrapping the girl in a soft hug after depositing the dress on her bed.

“We know how much they like me when they think it’s just me and Ochako,” Tsuyu reminded her. “What if they react the same way as my parents when they find out about Izuku too, let alone all of us?”

Momo let out her own soft sigh as she kissed the girl’s cheek before cuddling her head into her chest.

“That’s something we’ll deal with when we get there Darling,” Momo comforted. “I guess, in a way, it’s a little easier for me to deal with this; I know my parents will disapprove no matter what I choose since it won’t be what they desire.”

Tsuyu chuckled at the regrettable situation they both found themselves in. She still had high hopes for the future but that didn’t mean the present couldn’t be frustrating to deal with.

“Sorry, I know I shouldn’t be complaining, ribbit,” Tsuyu released the heiress and looked over the dress again. “It must be harder for you to not even be able to go be with Kyoka’s folks on New Year’s considering they’ve kept your relationship secret so far.”

“Indeed,” Momo sighed, returning to her closet. “If there was a way for me to go without alerting my parents or anyone recognising me then I wou-…”

“Hmm?” Tsuyu looked over at Momo who’d pulled another dress out of her cupboard but was holding it still. “Gorgeous?”

Tsuyu’s call landed on deaf ears however as Momo’s mind raced with a new, exciting idea. Her eyes had fallen on her books once again during their conversation and it seemed she shouldn't be so quick to discard Bakugo's gift after all. Maybe there was a way she could join Kyoka and her parents without anyone being the wiser!

“Momo? Everything okay?” Tsuyu’s voice rang out again.

“Oh uh, e-everything’s fine Tsu! I just um… remembered something,” Momo replied.

The heiress turned and held out the discount dress she’d purchased months ago when she, Izuku, and some of the others disguised themselves while hunting for a kidnapped Bakugo.

“Got lost in your memories, did’ya?” Tsuyu chuckled as she figured it was about time for nostalgia to kick in. It usually caught everyone eventually when cleaning out their old stuff but she was mildly impressed it had taken Momo this long to succumb.

“Um… y-yes and no,” Momo bit her lip.

“Nothing wrong with that, it usually happens to my brother and sister too, ribbit.”

“Yes, well… I’ve just had a possible idea that I would very much like your input on.”

“Ribbit?”

As Momo revealed her latest brainwave to her froggy girlfriend, the green-haired girl found herself cautiously optimistic that it could work. If they could get a member of staff on board, then Momo might just be able to enjoy ringing in the new year with Kyoka after all.


By the late afternoon, the entire dorm was sparkling clean and lemony fresh almost to an uncomfortable degree. Many of the class 1-A students had finished cleaning their rooms, their designated public area, and tossed away the last of their garbage to now take a break in the common room and relax as dinnertime approached.

“Well, that’s another job done,” Ojiro stretched himself out, his back popping a few times.

“We can rest easy knowing that we’re giving ourselves the best start for the new term,” Tokoyami noted.

“Which will be the last of our first year,” Shoji stated, reaching for some pots and pans to prepare his own dinner.

“As exciting as that is, I don’t think this term’s gonna be any easier than the last,” Sero said.

“Aww, Sero! You’ve jinxed us!” Tooru scolded from her spot reclined against Mina.

“I dunno about you guys, but I think some Lunch Rush dinner is in order after today to celebrate. Especially if we’ve got another tough term ahead.” Kaminari drooled, justifying the treat by way of not messing up the nice, clean kitchen before the end of the year.

“No take out?” Kyoka asked curiously.

“It’s Friday and the night before New Year’s,” Kaminari shrugged. “Places are probably packed with orders.”

“Fair,” the punk girl shrugged.

“Speaking of Fridays, don’t you six have anything planned?” Sero asked, glancing at the girls spread throughout the common room.

“Oh yeah, sleepover day,” Kaminari grinned. “Sounds like the perfect time to grab some snacks and junk.”

“Dude, we just had Christmas and Ochako’s birthday and we’ve got celebrations tomorrow too,” Kyoka rolled her eyes. “Any more partying and I’m not gonna be able to squeeze into my hero outfit.”

“Just buy a bigger belt,” Kaminari smirked, getting an eyeroll from the punkette.

“He’s got a point though,” Mina sat up excitedly. “We’re gonna be celebrating tomorrow all split up, why not do something awesome together now?”

The announcement of her idea didn’t exactly get a wave of cheers from her partners.

“If you wish to do this then do you mind if I not host for a change?” Momo asked politely, “Considering the effort it took to straighten up my room…”

“And the short notice, ribbit,” Tsuyu chimed in, having been looking forward to a nice snuggle with someone or someones tonight over anything more risque.

“You’re better off just delaying it to the New Year girl,” Kyoka shrugged, hoping she’d get to enjoy one last sleep with Momo without the others before the end of the holidays too.

“I mean, if you really want to host and get everything for it I guess I wouldn’t mind,” Ochako reasoned.

“I’d kinda like trying some more make-up styles if someone could give me some pointers,” Tooru giggled at her inside joke.

Izuku remained notably silent, the group reminded that he was not publically part of their little get-togethers. Mina, however, was undeterred from her brainwave.

“Nah, I mean like all of us,” Mina grinned brightly. “Let’s have a big ol’ slumber party here in the common room!”

“Wait, you mean we get to join your shenanigans for a change?” Kaminari grinned, certainly open to the idea.

“Can tell where your mind’s at, ribbit,” Tsuyu shook her head.

“Don’t be dirty Kaminari else you’re not invited,” Tooru glared at the boy, though she knew it was just friendly banter.

“I’ll be good, I swear!” Kaminari held his hand over his heart.

“I hate to burst anyone’s bubble but I don’t believe sleeping in the common room is something UA condones,” Iida announced.

“Is there an official rule against it?” Sato asked curiously.

“I would have to consult the rule book but-”

“Well until then, there’s nothing saying we can’t so long as everyone’s okay with it,” Mina grinned, getting up from her seat as she began planning stuff out in her head.

“It would be fairly easy to tidy up tomorrow with so many of us, ribbit,” Tsuyu noted.

“Providing no one minds if I retreat to my room when the fun is done, I’m happy to spend the evening in your presence,” Tokoyami nodded, Shoji also giving a small, interested nod along with his friend.

“If I may, I would be delighted to assist your expériences avec le maquillage,” Aoyama offered Tooru, getting a slightly confused but happy nod from the girl.

“I think there’s still some mochi and stuff from my party still in the fridge we can share,” Ochako noted.

“I can always grab some extra things from Lunch Rush’s and bring ‘em back here,” Kaminari chimed in, feeling his excitement building.

“I’ll go with you,” Kyoka sighed. “I’m gonna get roped into this anyway.”

“That’s the spirit!” Mina grinned cheekily at the girl. “Anyone who wants to stay is more than welcome or just call it a night whenever and head up.”

“Sounds lame, I’m out,” Bakugo rolled his eyes, heading to the kitchen with Queen on his shoulders to get dinner done and out the way so he didn’t have to be around.

“Don’t be such a grumpy puss!” Mina pouted, getting a look from the ball of fluff. “Not you, Queen.”

“He’ll be fine, he’s just moody because of tomorrow,” Kirishima reminded her.

“Wouldn’t you be?” Bakugo growled from the kitchen.

“Then what better way to lift your spirits, Bakugo! Come o~on,” Mina groaned petulantly. “Ple~ease?”

“Urgh, you’re so annoying,” Bakugo rolled his eyes and his head back, almost dislodging Queen from her perch. Looking over at Mina to shoot her down with finality, he spotted an unfamiliar look in her eyes. It wasn’t quite begging, but it was enough for Bakugo to recognise pleading when he saw it. “Fucking fine,” he relented, “but the minute something stupid happens I’m outta here.”

“Alright!” Mina cheered as people started rising from their spots as the evening’s plan started taking shape. “Anyone who wants to join grab your pillow and blanket and meet back here!”

“Please hold on, I’d still like to confirm things before-” Iida spoke up only for Momo to tug him along gently by the arm.

“I’ll help you scan the rules Iida, let’s not make a fuss unless there’s a reason.”

“I do see the logic in that,” Iida sighed before accepting that the general consensus was leaning towards the unconventional class hangout.

Watching the pair head up in the lifts with the others, Izuku shook his head fondly at Iida’s ever rule-abiding attitude.

“You get going too, mister,” Mina made a shooing motion towards him. “Can’t snuggle with your girlfriends on the cold hard ground after all.”

“I will, don’t worry,” Izuku chuckled, “but um… I was just wondering if I could invite someone else too.”

Mina quirked a brow at the request despite this clearly being a 1-A hang. When Izuku revealed who he had in mind, Mina couldn’t agree fast enough. While he busied himself with his phone, Kaminari and Kyoka took their leave for UA’s main building with Tsuyu, Ochako, and Sato raided the fridge and cupboards, trying not to get in Bakugo’s way too much.

“Back in a minute Princess,” Tooru snuck a quick kiss off Mina’s cheek before calling the elevator back down to retrieve hers and Mina’s stuff. The pinkette just rolled her eyes as her cheeky girlfriend departed before looking around at the near deserted common room with satisfaction.

Unknown to anyone else, Mina’s happy-go-lucky attitude dropped for just a moment as she let out a soft, shaky breath.

Though she really, really hoped that all her hard work learning all the laws and technicalities that might apply to her case would be enough to exonerate her, on top of everything Tooru’s dad and Nezu could bring to the table, Mina couldn’t help but want to throw one final gathering for everyone just on the exception that the world hated her as much as it hated her dad.

“Oi, you good?” A voice called as its owner walked up behind her. Apparently she hadn’t been as unobserved as she thought.

“Oh! B-Bakugo, thought you were cooking dinner,” Mina rubbed the back of her head.

“I am,” Bakugo jerked a thumb to the bubbling pot on the stove before lowering his voice. “I know you’re not right. You wanna go somewhere else to spill your guts or we gonna do it here?”

“Dude, phrasing,” Mina laughed nervously, glancing around to make sure no one else overheard before gently jerking her head over to a quieter portion of the common room.

Bakugo followed along patiently but didn’t waste any time once Mina dropped wearily onto one of the less used sofas.

The explosive blond didn’t say anything as he took his own spot on a stool, folding his arms and looking at the pinkette expectantly. Mina knew he was waiting but also knew this conversation might very well touch on something she’d tried to keep hidden ever since she was a young girl.

“Alright, if you’re just gonna sit there,” Bakugo exhaled, as though it took a great effort to pull the next few words from his throat. “What’s got you wearing that shitty look on your face?”

“Wow, all your empathy training is paying off wonderfully,” Mina smirked with a small chuckle.

“Idiot, don’t make this harder than it already is, I’m fucking trying” Bakugo groaned, resting a patient hand on his brow. “Those other idiots ain’t noticed shit with how well you hide it but I can tell something’s eatin’ at ya. You still worried about that bullshit trial?”

“A-A little,” Mina bit her lip.

“I’m guessin’ that’s not the full picture though,” Bakugo’s eyes narrowed. “What aren’t you telling people? Did you really intend to mess that bitch up?

“No!” Mina reacted with a frown. “I did everything I was supposed to… I-I think.”

“Then what?” Bakugo reached up to stroke Queen who he could tell was feeling a little agitated at the outburst.

Mina heaved a heavy sigh while cradling her arms.

“I’ve… not told anyone yet but… I’m… scared they’re gonna railroad me.”

“They’ve got a helluva fight ahead if they’re gonna try,” Bakugo scoffed.

“Doesn’t stop it being possible,” Mina said slowly, “it… happened to my dad and now I’m… scared it’s gonna happen to me.”

One of Bakugo’s eyebrows rose at the words he definitely didn’t expect to hear from the girl.

“Your dad’s doing time?”

Did time,” Mina admitted. “He’s been out a while.”

“I’m guessing for shit he didn’t do,” Bakugo figured, easily making the connection.

“Wrong place, wrong time,” Mina laughed bitterly. “Two assholes got into a fight after drinking one night, quirks were being thrown. Dad was just walking by after going shopping, stepped in, separated them. They didn’t want to stop and when the police and heroes arrived, they blamed him for everything.”

“Why the fuck did they do that?” Bakugo’s eyes narrowed, there was clearly something screwy Mina was leaving out.

“Apparently they were work colleagues for some big business who got into a disagreement. Neither one of them wanted to get fired for starting something that resulted in heroes being called so they blamed my dad for everything. In court they painted him as a… ‘mindless mutant’ that wanted to fight and everyone believed it. This was back when everyone was scared of the uh… ‘Instant Villain’ stuff.”

Bakugo grimaced, having heard all sorts of rumours that happened in and around Tokyo a few years back. All Might got involved so of course he did his research on just how bad the bad guys were so that he knew exactly how awesome his hero was.

“They didn’t get him for that too, did they?”

“Tried it,” Mina sighed. “Even they couldn’t deny there was zero evidence for it but he was still found guilty. Mom had to get me and my bro’ though four years without him.”

“That’s fucked.”

“No shit,” Mina laughed humourlessly. “Dad’s out now but it definitely changed him. Losing your job, friends, and family for four years would do that. I doubt it would’ve worked if he didn’t have horns or his skin wasn’t pink.”

“No wonder you’re shittin’ bricks,” Bakugo sighed.

“Gee, thanks for the vote of support,” Mina snipped sarcastically.

“Hey, I’m just trying to see shit from your point of view,” Bakugo shrugged. “Doesn’t mean I think you’ve got anythin’ to worry about.”

“Of course you wouldn’t,” Mina sighed, her gaze falling to the floor, “you’re not a heteromorph.”

Bakugo grimaced but reluctantly nodded.

“I get it,” he said. “I don’t fuckin’ understand, but I get it.” Mina looked up as Bakugo leaned back and shifted his gaze toward the ceiling. “It’s the same reason I put Midoriya through so much shit, remember?”

Mina’s eyes widened as she now couldn’t help but compare the two situations. In a way, Bakugo was just as bad as those jerks that got her father locked up. Maybe that’s why she was so dead-set on confronting the boy for his behaviour.

“Unlike them though, I had someone decent to show me how fuckin’ stupid I was,” Bakugo smirked as he looked back into his classmate’s black and orange eyes. “And I’m not gonna sit by and watch you worry over this shit alone.”

As silly as it seemed, Mina understood the sentiment behind Bakugo’s words. Here he was clearly trying to connect with her and continuing to own up to his own past mistakes. It had sucked not having her dad for part of her life growing up, but he’d always stood by his actions to do the right thing even if it had resulted in him going to jail.

Mina had definitely struggled some nights, wondering if following her own moral instincts to try and resolve other people’s issues would get her into trouble one day, but in the end, wanting to be a hero won out over any of her fears. It was why, despite knowing that it could end with her in lockup or worse, she’d followed her instincts that day that led her to step in front of her classmates and direct that intimidating ogre of a man towards the police station.

Now though, she was at least glad that everything she’d been through had given her the opportunity to help Bakugo with his emotional issues. As much as she wished she could physically melt quirkism into nothingness, she knew ignorance and discrimination could only be truly fought and defeated with education and understanding.

“Yeah? What can you do? Blow ‘em all up when they throw the book at me?” Mina chuckled with at least a little bit of mirth returning. “Or maybe you’re gonna put on a fireworks show to cheer me up.”

“Whatever works, just say the word and I fuckin’ will,” Bakugo nodded with steel in his eyes. Mina had to blink at the seriousness of his expression before slowly nodding back and accepting the offer for what it was.

“Y’know, some people say, ‘you’re welcome, I owe you one’,” she giggled.

“That’s not how I do shit,” Bakugo rolled his eyes.

“No, it’s not,” Mina shook her head before sending him a grateful smile.

“Hey, everything alright?” A familiar voice called out as Mina and Bakugo turned to see Tooru standing nearby almost struggling to hold both hers and Mina’s quilts along with balancing their pillows on top.

“Everything’s fine, Starlight,” Mina smiled honestly as she rose from her spot to take the precarious-looking pillows from her partner. “Thanks for grabbing our stuff.”

“No problem, though I draw the line at going into Bakugo’s room.”

“Good. Everyone needs to stay out of there,” Bakugo stated as he stuck his hands in his pockets and joined them.

“Even Kirishima?” Tooru smirked.

“Eat shit,” Bakugo muttered but both Mina and Tooru could tell it had no bite in it.

They both watched the boy stalk away as Mina gave him a fond smile as he entered the elevator. It was only when the doors closed did she hurriedly check her pillow.

“Don’t worry, I made sure to remove ‘Jack’ this time,” Tooru giggled.

“Oh thank god,” Mina all but collapsed as her sudden worries were unfounded.


It didn’t take long before everyone started returning to the common room ready to enjoy a lazy evening in each other’s company.

Kaminari and Kyoka had returned with a few large, foil-wrapped platters of food which people could pick from if they wanted something more filling than the treats Ochako and the others had scrounged up, and everyone had relaxed into their comfy clothes now that cleaning was well and truly over.

Under Mina’s instruction, she and a few of the others had helped shift the sofas from the less-used side of the common room to the other so there would be more spaces to sleep for those that were camping downstairs. Despite all the cleaning they’d done today, the room was starting to look untidy already.

“You know we’re gonna have to put everything back properly before tomorrow,” Sero chuckled as he slumped into a seat with some curry.

“Worry about that then,” Mina brushed off, lounging under the two sets of blankets Tooru had brought down. “Starlight and I are holding down the fort while you all abandon us anyway so leave it to us!”

“Hey, this was your idea, not mine,” Tooru pouted playfully as she sat at a dining table with Aoyama and Momo going through the make-up selection she had.

“A generous offer but unnecessary,” Iida shook his head as he sat at another dining table with his own meal. “I’m sure we will all assist the tidy-up in the morning.”

“That’s future Kaminari’s problem though,” the boy chuckled carefree as he cracked a can of fizzy drink.

“As long as the furniture is back in place and the area is moderately tidy by the time I depart I have no qualms,” Iida admitted. The way the class had handled Christmas and Ochako’s birthday had him less worried about things returning to their natural order now he’d determined there was nothing explicitly against this in the rule book.

“Is everything ready for us to officially begin?” Tokoyami asked, dressed in his sleeping top and shorts.

“Nearly,” Mina grinned excitedly. “Just waiting on Izuku and one other before we begin.”

“You’re not bringing Mineta back are you?” Sero chuckled.

“Urgh, don’t even joke,” Kyoka scoffed.

“Someone much better, don’t worry,” Mina chuckled, hoping the class wouldn’t mind this little guest.

“What is the plan for tonight anyway?” Sato asked.

The majority of the class turned towards Mina who blushed sheepishly under the collective attention.

“You didn’t actually have one, did you,” Shoji chuckled.

“I figured I’d give everyone some input in what we do,” Mina reasoned. “No sense in forcing you guys to join in our girls stuff.”

“Like nail painting and hair braiding?” Aoyama asked with a small measure of disappointment.

“Don’t worry, that’s still on,” Tooru assured him.

“So go on then,” Kaminari grinned at Mina, “what do you guys actually do at your sleepovers?”

Tokoyami’s soft chuckle didn’t go unnoticed by Tooru who blushed a bright red at the memory of him catching her their very first sleepover.

“Just this and that,” Mina tittered. “Mostly it’s just watching movies, playing games and chatting and stuff.”

“Like snakes and ladders?” Todoroki enquired, getting a round of chuckles from the majority of the class.

“Not quite those types of games,” Mina chuckled. “Just things like charades, ‘never have I ever’, and yes, even truth or dare the first time to get to know each other better but I think we’re past that,” she lied easily. “Usually we watch a movie and eat tons of junk food first though.”

“That’s not mandatory though, right?” Kirishima asked as he eyed the last of his protein shake.

“Nah, it’s mostly just us having a good time together and talking,” Ochako reassured him, sitting on a stool next to Tsuyu while eating a slice of her leftover mochi cake.

“Tonight’s just gonna be like, chilling and chatting for the most part. Sorry if that’s kinda disappointing,” Mina chuckled. “Plus I’m pretty sure if we did truth or dare with you guys it would get out of hand pretty quickly,” she winked.

“What, you don’t trust that face?” Bakugo smirked at Kaminari’s exaggerated disappointment.

Thankfully Mina’s grilling was interrupted by the opening of the front doors. Several heads turned to the new arrival as Izuku stepped into view holding the hand of what was honestly their class mascot at this point.

“Hey guys, we’re here,” Izuku waved as their extra guest looked shyly out at everyone.

“Eri!” Several people called out.

“H-Hello,” Eri waved, still intimidated when there was a large amount of people focusing on her.

“Come to join our fun?” Kirishima grinned, noting the girl’s pajama set underneath her coat and fluffy boots.

“We’ve still got some cake and sweets if you’re hungry,” Ochako offered, rising to grab Eri a plate of anything she wanted.

“Um… do you have any apples?” Eri asked politely.

“She’s just had dinner,” Izuku explained. “Present Mic’s happy for her to stay the night but only if we go get Mr. Aizawa the instant there’s a problem.”

“I think I have a few then,” Tokoyami nodded, heading into the kitchen to check his cupboard.

As everyone welcomed Eri to the dorm again, Mina breathed a small sigh of relief. She hadn’t known if they’d be so accepting, but it felt right to host the little unicorn after Midnight had accommodated them previously. Considering what she’d heard from Nejire about the girl, hopefully this went some way to repaying their fallen art teacher for her kindness.

“Can see you’re all ready and dressed up for everything,” Mina grinned as she offered her quilt for the girl to wrap herself in on a couch.

“Um, yes,” Eri nodded shyly, “but um… what do I do?”

“It’s her first slumber party,” Izuku chuckled, having briefly explained the concept to the girl on the way over.

“Oh, well in that case there’s lots of stuff we can do for fun, ribbit,” Tsuyu smiled.

“We could play games, pillow fight, I think Hagakure and Aoyama are gonna do make-up and stuff,” Kaminari offered.

“I could bring down Yuwai-chan if you’d like to pet him,” Koda suggested, getting a wide-eyed look from Eri when she found out it was his pet rabbit.

“You can pet this bi… one if she’ll let you,” Bakugo offered as Eri let out a small squeal at seeing Queen’s curious eyes focus on her.

“How about an entertaining video on mother nature,” Iida suggested, thinking back on the enjoyable one he saw with the English narrator.

“Maybe not that,” Sero reasoned. “Considering a film is kinda chill, maybe we should save that to the end so people can leave or drift off to it.”

“Ooo, we could do karaoke,” Momo suggested, not so subtly glancing at Kyoka who hesitated at singing again.

“Charades sounded fun,” Shoji suggested.

“Or we could give you some adorable braids” Ochako offered, imagining the styles that would suit the girl.

“Maybe a make a fort?” Todoroki suggested, causing more than a few heads to swivel at his suggestion. “I’ve heard that building them is a fun group activity.”

“What’s a fort?” Eri enquired curiously, causing Mina’s eyes to twinkle mischievously.

“‘What’s a fort?’ she asks,” Mina giggled. “I guess that makes that our first activity tonight!”

“Hell yeah!” Kirishima enthused, rising to his feet and looking around the common room with fresh eyes at all the potential materials.

“I can dig it,” Kaminari joined in.

“Please don’t let this get out of hand,” Iida warned but he was clearly out matched by the group’s desire to indulge in their childish side.

Kirishima and Mina took point on showing how to build a basic fort by throwing Tooru’s blanket over one of the dining tables while tossing a couple of pillows underneath and allowing Eri to test it out.

After Tokoyami passed her an apple, Eri looked overjoyed at having her own little fort and quickly settled in with her treat as Kirishima set to work ridding one of the couches of its cushions to start propping up the bigger, better fort.

When predictably Izuku and Bakugo disagreed on how to make the best fort, Mina declared a fort war that would see them split into teams and each build a fort while trying to knock the other’s down only with pillows.

On one side, Kirishima, Bakugo, Sero, Kaminari, Ojiro, Sato, and Mina grouped up to face Izuku, Tsuyu, Ochako, Momo, Todoroki, Shoji, and Tokoyami. Tooru and Aoyama wanted to sit the event out and moved a table containing the food and make-up much closer to the kitchen to continue their session together while Koda, Kyoka, and Iida moved Eri’s fort to one side so she’d be safe from the action with Queen and Yuwai-chan nestled inside with her for protection.

The battle was mighty, even with quirks outlawed, as pillows were hurled and forts reinforced with tables and chairs. Kaminari took a solid blow to the face when he peeked above the couch cushion battlements while Dark Shadow revelled in the chaos.

By the end, everyone had enjoyed getting to hurl harmless pillows at each other that gave them at least a bit of a workout and was a solid way to blow off some steam without any pain.

Food and snacks was on most of their minds at this point, especially those who hadn’t had dinner yet as they dismantled their protections to at least put the couches and seating back to normal.

“See, we can’t do that in Momo’s room,” Mina giggled as she indulged in some mochi. “Way too small.”

“Pretty sure I’d kill you if you winged me with a pillow like that too,” Kyoka chuckled from the unofficial off-limits bubble around Eri’s fort.

“Was still fun,” Kaminari grinned, “I think I even saw Bakugo crack a smile.”

“It’s clearly the end of days,” Sero smirked.

“Only for you idiots,” Bakugo tossed his reclaimed pillow at the pair but they both deflected the hit with their arms.

“So, what’s next on the slumber party fun list?” Shoji asked.

“Whatever you want,” Mina grinned, “as long as we have fun together!”

“You sound like an afterschool special,” Bakugo mocked with Mina retaliating by sticking her tongue out.

Regardless of the cheesiness of it all, everyone was content to split into slightly smaller groups for their next activities.

Momo and Eri got involved with Aoyama and Tooru who had been working to paint the boy’s nails a complimentary golden yellow while Tooru had done ten different colours on her own to try and figure out which suited her best. They came to the conclusion that blues, cyans, and light greens worked best with her hair and eyes.

Shoji, Tokoyami, Izuku, Ochako, Iida, and Kyoka got involved in a game of charades that Shoji was by far the most skilled at though his ability to grow extra appendages gave him a big advantage.

Kaminari brought down his games console again as he, Kirishima, Bakugo, Sero, and Mina took turns battling it out on Hero Smash while Todoroki watched. Mina was predictably ribbed when the others noticed her picking Mirko more often than not.

Tsuyu and Koda hung around Eri’s fort where Yuwai-chan and Queen were making the most of the comfy space and enjoyed a casual chat about animals and nature while Ojiro and Sato discussed potential improvements to their fighting styles and who they wanted to do their work studies with come the new term.

Time stretched on and a few people switched groups here and there with Eri, Tsuyu, and Koda joining a few rounds of charades with the little girl now sporting a crown braid that made her look even more adorable. For shits and giggles, Kaminari decided to goad Kyoka into getting her nails done but said she’d only do it if he did. By the end, Momo had given them both some cool black nail polish that Kaminari surprisingly liked.

Iida decided to try his hand at controlling his brother in Hero Smash but quickly got put out when he quickly lost to the others’ superior skills. Luckily for him, Izuku joined the group and decided to avenge his friend by picking up some wins as the former speedster hero for which Iida was admittedly grateful.

Mina took a look around the common room at everyone laughing, playing, and enjoying themselves and almost wished she could live in this moment forever. Still, it had to end at somepoint and with the few yawns she spotted, the pinkette figured it was time to start wrapping things up.

“Okay everyone,” Mina called out, “I think it’s time for a film soon but before we pick I’d like to ask a special favour from each of you.”

“Wasn’t all of us doing this together already a favour?” Sero chuckled.

“How can we assist?” Tokoyami enquired as he and Dark Shadow turned away from their interaction with Eri while Mina explained her desire.

“With it being a new year, we should try and put everything behind us we can to move forward. For our last little fun thing we do together as a class, let’s go round and each say something we’re thankful for this year and one thing we’re looking forward to or want next year.”

“I think that’s a wonderful idea,” Iida agreed with a firm arm chop.

“You trying to take Iida’s spot as class rep’, Mina?” Kaminari chuckled.

“Oh shush,” Mina rolled her eyes. “Just for that, you can go first.”

“Urgh, put me on the spot, why don’t ya?” Kaminari baulked as the class’ collective eyes turned towards him. “Uh… let’s see… um… oh! I got it, I’m like, super thankful for being able to improve my quirk and stuff ‘cause-a getting into UA.”

“A sentiment that can apply to all of us,” Shoji nodded approvingly with others following along.

“Right! Hmm, something I’m lookin’ forward too…” Kaminari pondered, “Ooo, how about finally getting some cute girl’s digits?”

“Not sure that’ll happen next year, or the year after that,” Kyoka smirked.

“It could!” Kaminari pouted. “Especially with my wing-woman giving me pointers.”

“Yeah, yeah, maybe I’ll pull enough for both of us,” Kyoka chuckled, getting a few more laughs from the class. As their gazes rested on her she figured she may as well go next. “Uh, I guess I’m thankful that you all um… accepted me so easily,” she blushed lightly. “I was kind of a mess when I was younger about liking girls and… I’m glad you guys were so cool about everything when I was ready to come out.”

“So should we have thanked that jerk at the festival instead of chasing him off?” Sero chuckled.

“Nah, that was awesome,” Kyoka smiled brightly. “For next year though…” she paused and considered her words carefully, her eyes catching both Momo’s and Izuku’s as she glanced around. “I hope I can find the happiness and acceptance I’m looking for outside of being a hero.”

“And what does that look like?” Sero asked.

“Private, for now,” Kyoka rolled her eyes.

“Shame,” he sighed dramatically, “here I thought we were being open and honest with each other.”

“I find that I’m in a similar boat as Kyoka,” Momo offered. “This past year has opened my eyes to so many new, wonderful, and exciting things I never knew about, even if it includes some aspects that are unpleasant to think about. I’m truly thankful for all I’ve been able to learn and the growth as a result of that that’ll make me a better person and hero.”

“Didn’t realised you’d grown so much,” Sato chuckled.

“Was it not obvious during the end-of-term tests before summer?” Todoroki pointed out, thinking about how much she’d grown as a skilled hero, even if her confidence had taken a knock at the time.

“While I have tried, and at times failed, to not let my upbringing affect me, it is undeniable that it has had an impact in my life,” Momo nodded, feeling every bit the failure after her parents berated her for her loss during the sports festival and only regaining her strength thanks to Kyoka and Todoroki’s support. While that was certainly an important aspect of her development this year, Momo was actually recalling all the experiences she’d shared with all her friends and partners over the past terms. From casual things like the experiencing supermarkets for the first time with Tsuyu and Uraraka to finding a most unusual but enjoyable love and romance with Kyoka and all the other girls. “With that in mind, my hope for the future… is that everything we’ve learned and achieved this year doesn’t go to waste in the next.”

There were a number of agreeable nods from everyone but Momo’s partners knew what she was truly saying. The timeline of her engagement and marriage may be fluctuating but with everything they’d accounted for and Momo’s own business efforts, hopefully they’d be able to use it all to free the heiress from her unwanted family obligations sooner rather than later.

“With how much Aizawa’s drilled into us I don’t think you have to worry,” Sero commented. “Honestly, his methods may suck like hell sometimes but I am actually grateful for all of it. I know I’ll be a much better hero after going through all of that than if it was just casual training and a few scenarios. I guess, in that way, I want to make sure we keep going in the New Year to reach greater heights. We’ve clearly not hit our limits yet so I wonder what else we can do when pushed.”

“Crazy as it sounds,” Mina spoke up next, “I’m actually with you on that.”

“I’d say ‘that’s rich coming from you’ but you’ve actually knuckled down,” Kyoka admitted.

“Showing my as… butt up,” Kaminari quickly hesitated and corrected himself when he realised Eri was very much paying attention to the conversation.

“I’m always happy to assist in your learning experience,” Momo chuckled, though she knew Kaminari wouldn’t get any of the extra incentives that Mina enjoyed.

“As am I,” Iida offered, “but still, Ashido’s rising performance and diligence towards her studies must be commended.”

“Thanks Iida,” Mina smiled, “but it’s not just that. I used to think school work was boring and not worth it, but seeing how useful all this stuff can be out there in the real world? That’s what I’m thankful for. Thanks to our kick-butt autumn festival performance, we brought a shining smile back to a cute little girl’s face,” she looked over at Eri who immediately brightened at the reminder of their show.

“That all came together so freaking awesomely!” Kirishima enthused.

“Everyone pitched in to make it the best we could,” Izuku agreed.

“Though the dance team couldn’t have performed so dazzlingly without your magnifique instruction and guidance,” Aoyama acknowledged.

“Definitely, you two alone were kinda helpless without me,” Mina chuckled at both Izuku and Aoyama’s dismal skills before her intervention. However, there was definitely something she was more grateful to one of them for. “But I’d be a lot worse off now without learning all I have. It’s only ‘cause of Momo’s book smarts and Izuku’s quirk smarts that I remembered the acid I could make to break down hair. If I’d just brute forced it with my strongest acid, I might already be in jail.”

The class collectively grimaced at the reminder of Mina’s approaching trial.

“I’m pretty sure you all know my own hope for the New Year after that,” Mina chuckled ruefully, “staying the heck out of the slammer.”

“Dumb idiot hasn’t got a leg to stand on,” Bakugo brushed off. “You got this.”

“I am still truly thankful for your strength and skills that day when mine faltered,” Tokoyami nodded towards her.

“It’s really silly they’re going through with all this when there’s so much evidence against that villain,” Ochako nodded.

“We’re behind you all the way, ribbit,” Tsuyu smiled with Mina receiving similar words of support from everyone in the room. Their love and support made her feel all fuzzy and she couldn’t help the small pair of tears that leaked out when she blinked.

“Thanks guys, it all means a lot to me.”

“And me!” Tooru interjected, snagging a quick hug from Mina. “Can’t very well hug my girlfriend if she’s in jail.”

“Yeah, yeah, love you too dear,” Mina snuggled back. “Go on then, what are you thankful for?”

“Oh uh…” Tooru hesitated. “Well um… it would be easy to pick like, anything from before but… really, I’m just really grateful for um… surviving everything on the island.”

A few more grimaces returned to the faces of her partners who knew the full extent of her injuries, especially from Izuku.

“A sentiment we can all share,” Shoji nodded, recalling overcoming his own fears when faced with Chimera’s raw might.

“You can thank Mina, Aoyama and Uraraka for getting you to the doctors super quick,” Kirishima nodded.

“Yeah…” Tooru bit her lip, feeling a little guilty about continuing to hide the fact that she would’ve been dead if not for the young boy they’d all protected. “I guess my New Year’s thing is that I hope I can get my control back to where it was.”

“You say that as if you know your quirk still functions,” Todoroki stated.

Before anyone could protest his apathetic words, Tooru gave her own nervous giggle.

“Well, that’s because I may have done a little test even if Recovery Girl told me not to,” she responded while holding her hand up. With a brief inhalation, she made a small show of her index finger disappearing before releasing her breath and bringing it back to the visibility spectrum.

Despite her slight fatigue at even such a meagre display, the class collectively cheered for her. Though many had kept it to themselves, they were truly worried that Tooru wouldn’t be able to return to their class if she couldn’t demonstrate to Aizawa that she still had a working quirk.

“Starlight!” Mina cried before wrapping Tooru in the tightest hug she could.

“Mina, can’t… breathe!” Tooru exaggerated with Mina’s head buried in her chest.

“All right Hagakure!” Sato cheered.

“That’s going ‘Plus Ultra’,” Kirishima chimed in.

“While I’m sure we’re all glad Hagakure still has control over her quirk, I do hope that Mr Aizawa will acknowledge the extent of your injury in this coming term,” Iida pondered.

“If he doesn’t, I’m sure we can remind him of such,” Momo stated, hoping the pair of them as class representatives would do the job; though she expected the rest of the class would back them up in the case that it didn’t.

“Dieu merci,” Aoyama breathed a long held sigh in relief, “I had hoped my insuffisante display would not be the cause of your partir from the hero course.”

Tooru looked over at the boy who looked more guilty than she’d ever seen him.

“It wasn’t your fault Aoyama,” she reassured him. “It was those stupid villains who thought they could beat us!”

“Oui, h-however, I cannot help but shoulder some of the blame,” the boy admitted. “It was due to my getting captured that you were forced to remain and fight even when you did not know you could win. I am truly grateful for your kindness and friendship that day.”

“I couldn’t leave anyone in his hands much less a friend,” Tooru tried to brush the praise off.

“Oui, and that is what I believe I am truly grateful for,” Aoyama smiled. “Arriving at UA, I was concerned I would not be able to make amis, friends. I hope I am not taking libertés when I call you all such now.”

“Friends? Hell yeah man,” Kirishima grinned.

“Of course we are Aoyama,” Izuku agreed.

“If we’d’ve been able to get there faster, you’d’ve had many more friends backing you up that day,” Kaminari chuckled.

“Merci,” Aoyama replied after seeing all the agreeing nods. “I can only hope that for the New Year, with the worst of society locked away, I am able to continue to stand alongside you all proudly.”

“Even if they get out, we’ll just push ‘em right back in,” Sero grinned.

“Maybe apply some of your double-sided tape so they stay there,” Ojiro joined in. “Hmm, for me, I guess I’m kinda thankful for when the teacher’s actually own up and take responsibility for their mistakes.”

“Let’s face it, there’s been more than a few this year,” Kyoka stated.

“The USJ, the summer training camp,” Tokoyami began listing off.

“Don’t fucking remind me,” Bakugo scoffed with Tsuyu also wincing at the memory.

“Language!” Iida chided quickly, glancing at Eri.

“Not to mention this most recent fiasco that admittedly has our teacher’s handling things better than government officials,” Tokoyami finished.

“The staff actually owned up to that stuff and made visible and effective changes,” Ojiro continued. “We wouldn’t be here in the dorms if they didn’t.”

“While it certainly feels like our year has been an oddly frought one, it is comforting to see UA be ahead of the curve in regards to taking our training and protection seriously, even if it doesn’t always succeed,” Iida agreed.

“There’s only so much anyone can account for,” Izuku mumbled. He opened his mouth to make a point about even Nighteye knowing the future didn’t help but with Eri around he quickly curtailed that thought.

“Still, I agree with Sero. I think I look forward to whatever UA throws at us next so that we can be ready for whatever the villains try.”

“I find myself in complete agreement,” Tokoyami acknowledged. “UA has provided us all with a safe, controlled environment to confront our own inner demons and weaknesses so that we may better serve the community when we are ready.”

“You’re not talking about me, are you?” Dark Shadow emerged from his chest.

“Yes and no my eternal companion,” Tokoyami acknowledged. “You may have your moments where you lose control, but they are no different from my own temperament at times.”

“I don’t think I’ve ever seen you lose your cool though, Tokoyami,” Sato noted.

“Pray that you never do,” Tokoyami stated bluntly. “When Dark Shadows and my emotions align, it is a truly frightening sight to behold.”

“One fear,” Kaminari laughed nervously.

“Apologies, I did not mean to dour the mood,” Tokoyami chuckled weakly. “For the next year, I hope that the general darkness that has begun to take root in people’s hearts and minds is eased with heroes doing more than ever to show we are a force for good.”

“Yeah! Gotta put more bad guys away so kids like Eri won’t have to worry anymore, right?” Kirishima smiled at the girl.

“Mmhmm,” the unicorn nodded shyly, having been content to listen until now.

“Ensuring villains are defeated is good, but understanding and helping to counter what creates them in the first place is also key,” Shoji commented.

“Something on your mind big guy?” Kaminari asked, prompting the dupli-armed boy to go next.

“Hate, inequality, and ignorance help fester ill feelings towards anyone; from quirks to nationality to money to gender. In that way, I am glad that I have been able to share my continued education with such varied friends that are so open and accepting to different points of view and unusual situations.”

“I get that,” Kaminari rubbed the back of his head, “even if it’s a bit sensitive to talk about.”

“That may be,” Shoji acknowledged, his mind cast back to the words of wisdom Midnight shared with him on that park bench on Nabu, “but addressing it awkwardly is better than pretending everything is okay.”

“Sometimes the right questions to ask are the most difficult to acknowledge, ribbit,” Tsuyu agreed.

“Yes, and my own hope for next year is that those issues will get smaller and smaller for us as a society, though I fear that is futile to think in the current climate,” Shoji finished.

“There’s nothing wrong with being an optimist,” Mina countered.

“Look at All Might,” Izuku spoke up, “he’s just one person but he was able to inspire so many people to be better. I know I wouldn’t be here if not for him.”

There were a few good natured chuckles throughout the room at Izuku’s well-known fanboy attitude for the man but his partners and Bakugo knew exactly what the boy wasn’t saying.

“I guess I’m kinda thankful for something like that then,” Sato announced, volunteering to go next. “Food is great for bringing people together. I gotta use a lot of sugar for my quirk but whenever we have a party or something, I always enjoy being able to cook for you guys and seeing everyone eat up.”

“You’re so totally a feeder,” Tooru giggled.

“Got that right,” Sato laughed. “I’ve super enjoyed coming up with new recipes and ways to incorporate sugar and stuff. Next year I just kinda hope for the same. Midoriya’s given me some cool things to try out with my quirk so might be my cooking gets knocked up a notch too.”

“I can’t wait!” Ochako bounced in her seat a little, the taste of her mochi cake from earlier still very much present in her mind.

“Just don’t use it to win anymore dorm competitions and we’re cool bro,” Kirishima teased.

“Let the man cook!” Tooru waved her arm rapidly at the manly boy.

“Um, actually,” a quiet voice spoke up. Everyone turned to Koda who was still nestled by Eri’s little fort, keeping an eye on Yuwai-chan. “I kinda wanted to thank Midoriya for all the tips this year, and you too Iida for all the training you both did with me. Kendo too but she already knows.”

“You’re more than welcome Koda,” Izuku smiled widely.

“Agreed,” Iida nodded. “You took to our instruction and took to it like a duck to water if you’ll pardon the analogy.”

Koda chuckled warmly at Iida’s words. “I know I’m probably not in the right business if I don’t want animals to get hurt, but even with everything that’s happened, I still want to help people and animals understand one another better. I hope they’ll continue to trust me even if I mess up and get it wrong sometimes.”

“Oh Koda,” Momo felt her heart go out to the boy along with the rest of the class. “I’m sure they will.”

“No one loves animals more than you dude,” Sero chimed in with a thumbs up.

“Animals have got a sixth sense like that, right? They know you only want good things for them,” Kyoka contributed. “Just keep doing all you can to honor and respect them and you shouldn’t have anything to worry about.”

“I know,” Koda nodded, “Even if it’s hard sometimes.”

“Aww, come here beau,” Mina walked over to offer a quick hug to the sensitive boy.

“To the end,” Iida cleared his throat, “I too am thankful for all your collective friendships. While I take the responsibility of class representative seriously, I am thankful to have such caring and understanding friends who would support me even if I sometimes make the wrong call too.”

Iida tried not to let his eyes wander to glance at Izuku’s and Todoroki’s but the small nods of understanding he got from both of them reassured him greatly.

“Dude, don’t take it so serious,” Kaminari chuckled.

“Just cause you mess up a few times doesn’t mean we’re gonna lose that much faith in you,” Sero agreed.

“Just loosen up a bit more class rep’, just like we practised in dance remember?” Mina grinned.

“I will try to keep that in mind, especially as it has led to such an enjoyable evening,” Iida agreed.

“Damn right!” Kirishima grinned.

“As for something I am looking forward to for next year, that would be that my brother continues his recovery as best as he is able,” Iida smiled. “It has taken some adjustment but I have come to terms with the inevitable fact that the Ingenium mantle will be passed to myself sooner rather than later. I can only hope that I am able to uphold all the name stands for.”

“I mean, if you could always pass it on to one of us,” Kaminari teased, earning a gaping splutter from Iida and a few laughs from everyone else.

“Watch out for the sparkplug hero: Ingenium,” Sero laughed.

“Or the tape hero: Ingenium,” Kaminari struck back.

“Guys, guys, lay off,” Kirishima tried to ease them down but his smirk betrayed his true motivations. “We’ve obviously got the best candidate right here,” he slapped Bakugo on the back. “The combustion hero: Ingenium!”

“Why the hell would I want a name like that, ya idiot!” Bakugo glared as everyone shared another laugh; even Iida could see the funny side to the joke at this point.

“Indeed, for you it would be the ‘internal combustion’ hero, surely?” The engine-quirked boy chuckled.

“Oh ha ha,” Bakugo scoffed. “Next time we fight, you’re all goners!”

“Take it easy Katsuki,” Kirishima eased up on his laughter as he pulled his boyfriend into a one-armed hug. “It’s just a joke. Come on, let’s move on, why don’t you tell us what you’re grateful for then.”

“Urgh, fine,” Bakugo groaned, relenting if only to placate Mina and Eijiro, “I came to UA to be the best. I tried to prove that in the sports festival. Even if stupid Icy-hot didn’t give me everything he’s got, I still came out on top.”

“I was-” Todoroki began but Bakugo just waved him away.

“Since then, you idiots didn't let me rest on my victory. You actually put up a decent fight and make me work for my wins sometimes.”

“Well duh,” Kyoka rolled her eyes. “We all wanna be the top hero too.”

“Not like we’re going to roll over at the first sign of trouble,” Tokoyami nodded.

“Besides, we have two more chances to take that crown from you,” Ojiro shot, getting an honest laugh from Bakugo.

“The next sports festival isn’t even six months away,” Shoji commented. “Considering all our progress in the past two terms, I think the results will be much different this time.”

“And there it is,” Bakugo smirked. “You better come at me with everything you got because I want my win this time to be indisputable! I’m gonna be the number one hero, surpass All Might in his prime, and you guys are gonna help me get there!”

Despite his posturing, the class actually found Bakugo’s ego filled speech somewhat motivational. Izuku looked over at the boy and couldn’t help but compare him to the one that had first arrived at UA with a much higher ego. The fact that Bakugo actually wanted to motivate and challenge everyone rather than just assuming he was the best and would come out on top was exactly what Izuku had hoped for his old friend.

He knew Bakugo would make an amazing pro regardless of his temperament even back when they were young, but now, more and more he was seeing that Bakugo would make an amazing hero when they all finally graduated; especially if he was using words like ‘help’ instead of referring to everyone as stepping stones.

Unfortunately, he wasn’t the only one that picked up on this.

“Ha, Bakugo said ‘help’,” Kaminari noted with a grin. “That means he needs us and loves us.”

“I’ll get Kaminari first,” Bakugo growled, eying the blond menacingly who admittedly felt a twinge of fear that Bakugo noticed and smirked at.

“Alright, chill man,” Kirishima chuckled as Bakugo relaxed back into his spot on the couch. “You can have a manly fight later.”

“But I don’t wanna go see Recovery Girl,” Kaminari cried.

“Should’da thought of that before poking the bear man,” Sero chuckled.

“I’ll go next,” Kirishima volunteered. It didn’t escape most people’s notice how Kirishima then rested his hand on Bakugo’s knee and gave it a reassuring squeeze. “I’ve got lots to be thankful for this year, so much has happened. Sorry to be all sappy but, out of everything, I’m most amped up about manning up and asking this guy out.”

“Oh, so it was Kirishima who did the asking,” Aoyama winked, getting another irate glare from Bakugo.

“Aoyama’s next.”

“Easy man,” Kirishima chuckled as another few small laughs rippled through the room. “But yeah, UA’s great and I guess, for next year, I hope we can all become even more manly!”

“I’m out,” Kyoka smirked as a few louder chuckles were drawn from the girls of the class.

“We get it though, Kirishima,” Ochako nodded firmly, “gotta go ‘Plus Ultra’, right?”

“Hell yeah!” Kirishima cheered.

“I guess I’ll go next,” Todoroki offered, drawing everyone’s eyes to him. “Unfortunately, I believe mine has already been said.”

“Pffft, don’t worry about that,” Mina reassured him, “it’s about what you’re thankful for.”

“Then I too am glad for finding good friends here at UA like Jiro, Aoyama, and Bakugo.”

“That’s not what I said Icy-hot and you know it!” Bakugo called out but Todoroki ignored him much to everyone’s amusement.

“I did not intend to get to know any of you at first. I was more set on achieving the goal I had for myself and didn’t see the use in making friends.”

“Then Midoriya happened,” Kaminari smirked.

“Your battle at the sports festival with Midoriya was quite explosive,” Iida remarked.

“Afterwards I think we all noticed you gravitate towards him more than anyone else,” Sato stated, getting an accompanying nod from Koda.

“Yes. He opened the door to a new way of thinking,” Todoroki looked over at his friend. “I believe without his help, I would not be able to call you all friends like I do now.”

“Well we’re certainly happy you’re not that super cold, unapproachable guy from back when we started,” Sero said before a phantom shiver crept over him. “Couldn’t you have fought Midoriya before me though? I might’ve had a chance then.”

“No you wouldn’t,” Todoroki stated factually.

Several members of the class burst into laughter at the unexpected retort.

“Man, even when Todoroki’s being cold, he can still burn you,” Mina teased her tape-armed friend who looked a little put out.

“I’m not sure which side I fear more now,” Sero pouted.

“What about for the New Year, Todoroki?” Izuku asked curiously.

“Oh, um… while I do not wish to go into detail,” Todoroki hesitated momentarily. “There is still a number of unresolved issues with my family. I hope to resolve these as best as I am able and find peace with things.”

“Woah, heavy,” Kaminari blinked.

“It sounds like this is something that weighs on you,” Momo noted, hoping the boy didn’t face something anywhere near similar to her own issues. “I hope I speak for everyone when I say that if you’d like to talk and confide in someone that we would be happy to do so.”

“Not sure how much we could help but talking stuff out over a good meal can make big problems less big,” Sato offered.

“I am grateful for your offer,” Todoroki nodded, looking around at all the agreeable nods supporting Momo’s suggestion, “but this is something that I need to deal with personally.”

“And how’d that work out for you last time Icy-hot?” Bakugo challenged. The class could almost feel a measure of tension as Todoroki regarded the boy curiously.

“I understand better now,” Todoroki agreed. “If things become too difficult for me to handle, I shall keep your offers of assistance in mind.”

“That’s all we ask Todoroki,” Izuku smiled at the boy.

Tsuyu smiled at her partners’ eagerness to jump and help their classmate. Both Izuku and Momo showed why she adored their compassion when they saw someone in need. It was just a shame Tsuyu felt an unfortunate kinship with Todoroki right now even if she didn’t know his whole situation.

“May I go next?” She asked, getting a small measure of agreement from everyone as they approached the last couple of people for this little sharing session. “I’m kinda with Kirishima; I’m thankful for a lot of things this year but I’m most thankful for finding my partners.”

“Not every day you find people willing to share,” Kaminari chuckled.

“You’re not wrong, ribbit,” Tsuyu chuckled. “I’m very fortunate to find people so full of love that we can all be together like this, even when not everyone would accept something like this.”

The other members of poly exchanged sly looks, knowing Tsuyu was being very deliberate with her wording to include all of them, not just Ochako and Izuku.

“You’re definitely one lucky group,” Sero chuckled.

“Midoriya, help a guy out, would’ja?” Kaminari pleaded.

“H-Hey it was as much of a surprise to me at the time,” Izuku held his hands up, recalling the awkward confrontation and confession.

“It’s… not really for next year,” Tsuyu continued, “but I have this dream of us living together in a nice big house once UA is done.”

“Ouch, trying to get rid of us already?” Ojiro chuckled.

“I’m sure she just wishes to enjoy the privacy of living with her partners rather than any ill feelings towards us,” Shoji reasoned.

“You’re all wonderful,” Tsuyu nodded, “but yes, it’s something I find myself looking forward to a great deal.”

“Bit outside the guidelines but I’ll let it slide,” Mina winked at the frog girl. “I guess that leaves only those two to wrap things up.”

“I’ll go next,” Ochako offered shyly. “It’s a bit silly now but, I was super nervous about coming here at the start of the year. I was just this country bumpkin with dreams of being a big-shot hero and now I was gonna be attending somewhere as big and famous as UA? When I got here though, you were all so accepting and I didn’t feel out of place at all.”

“I think we were all focused on our own worries than focusing on yours,” Kyoka chuckled.

“The whole potential expulsion on the first day kinda kept our focus,” Tooru reminded them, having panicked that she would be the one going home with a quirk that didn’t benefit any of the tests.

“Could you guys imagine if he’d really kicked Midoriya out?” Sero gestured to the boy.

“A dark timeline indeed,” Tokoyami remarked.

“I-I just think he thought I was being lazy and hadn’t bothered to improve my quirk or anything,” Izuku brushed off.

“And now you’re arguably one of the top three in our class,” Kaminari shot him a thumbs up.

“Who’s first,” Bakugo eyed him, getting an awkward hum from the boy who now avoided his gaze.

“As for next year, there’s a lot I want,” Ochako acknowledged, “I don’t want to seem greedy and list it all out but I think most of all, I just hope that everyone important to me is this happy and healthy or better.”

“If we’ve got our health then we can keep moving forward,” Shoji nodded.

“Future heroes, here we come!” Kirishima cheered.

“Is that all, Ochako?” Tsuyu eyed the girl cheekily.

“M-Maybe with plenty of mochi for everyone too,” she admitted with a small blush.

“There we go,” Kyoka rolled her eyes.

“Just you left, Midoriya,” Koda offered as everyone turned to the greenette to round them out.

Izuku looked around at all the expectant faces as they turned his way. He felt his anxiety flare but, as he allowed himself to glance into the eyes of every one of the friends he’d made over these past two terms, he felt it ease and shrink. Here he was at the top hero school in the country with people that liked, loved, and support him and his dream to become a hero as much as he supported them and theirs. Really, it was easy to say what he needed.

“Sorry to keep it simple but I’m thankful for you all too,” Izuku chuckled.

“Out of everything man?” Kaminari queried.

“Yes,” Izuku nodded. “It sounds silly, but getting to be here at UA among you all honestly made my year on the first day of classes. I mean, Mr Aizawa quickly tried to uh… change that but I’m grateful to still be here. Really though, just being with so many other people that are trying to be heroes… you all inspire me to keep going.”

“Aww, you’re gonna make me blush,” Mina teased with a grin.

“At first it was to catch up to you all. Everyone seemed so comfortable and capable with their quirks on the first day I knew I needed to work extra hard to refine my own, though I’m pretty sure Recovery Girl’s sick of seeing me at this point from all my failed attempts.” A few chuckles rose again as Izuku pressed on. “But even now, seeing you all so determined to keep going, keep getting stronger and being better than you were yesterday, it’s still just so inspiring to me and it gives me hope that all the worries people are experiencing outside of UA will all one day be distant memories when we get out there and declare that ‘We are here!’”

It wasn’t just his partners that felt his passion ripple through the air but everyone could feel their motivation rise at Izuku’s words.

“Man, never a day off with you, ey?” Kirishima chuckled.

“You may take inspiration from us, but you’ll find that the same is quite true in reverse,” Tokoyami spoke up.

“Seeing you go ‘Plus Ultra’ makes me wanna too,” Kaminari grinned. “I mean, it’s not enough to get me out at bed at the crazy time you and Iida and people get up but definitely in other stuff.”

“You certainly have a way with words Midoriya,” Iida smiled at his friend, reminded why he gravitated towards him in the first place. Though anyone could dismiss what he was saying as simply pandering words, Iida knew he meant every one of them and wouldn’t hesitate to back them up with actions, likely without even thinking about it.

“I-I wasn’t trying to,” Izuku blushed. “I was just trying to say-”

“We know Izuku,” Tooru giggled. “I guess that kind of answers what you want for next year too.”

“Oh, yeah, i-it kinda does,” Izuku nodded. “Let’s give our all next term and keep going beyond,” he allowed himself a small pause, preparing to raise his arm.

“Plus Ultra!” The class collectively cheered before breaking into gentle laughs as Mina’s little request wrapped up fairly nicely with that final bow. There was one more person who wanted to give their input however.

“Um, can I go too?” A small voice asked as everyone turned to see Eri with her hand up.

“Sure you can sweetie,” Mina cooed, glad the girl felt comfortable enough to join in. “What are you most thankful for from last year?”

It didn’t take a genius to guess what the girl would say.

“I’m uh… really thankful for everyone who helped save me from the bad man,” Eri spoke up.

“We were happy to help you Eri,” Izuku smiled widely.

“There’s no way we could leave you there when Izuku and Mirio told everyone how sad you were,” Ochako spoke up.

“Saving adorable kids like you is what heroes do, ribbit,” Tsuyu nodded.

“Now you get to have happy days here at UA with us!” Kirishima grinned, getting an excited nod from Eri.

“Yes. I really enjoyed everything here. I liked the festival most with all the singing and the dancing.”

“We’re glad you did,” Kyoka smiled at the girl, feeling her heart get just a bit fuller at the reminder of the girl’s enjoyment.

“Did you enjoy the effects too? Was I not the most magnifique disco ball?” Aoyama postured.

“You were all super sparkly and so pretty!” Eri enthused, her excited hands wiggling at the memory. Her compliment was apparently everything the blond boy was looking for as he hugged himself in delight.

“We all worked hard on that, Midoriya especially,” Kirishima chuckled, sending a sly look at the boy who they all knew had taken a big risk to ensure the day had gone off without a significant disturbance.

“Maybe don’t cut it so close next time, ey, Midoriya?” Ojiro shook his head.

“I’ll try not to,” Izuku sighed.

“And what do you want to get out of next year, Eri?” Tooru prompted.

The little girl paused and took a moment to think.

“I want… to get better with my quirk, so I can help Lemillion get his quirk back and then help more people!”

“Aww,” Tooru cooed.

“Helping people with your quirk is a big responsibility though Eri,” Izuku reminded the girl. “To do that you’re going to have to study medicine or become a hero.”

“Like you?” Eri smiled.

“That’s why we’re here,” Izuku nodded.

“Then I’ll become a hero too!”

“She’s too adorable,” Momo murmured.

“It’s a dangerous path, Eri, think you can be a big, brave girl?” Kirishima tested.

“I am a big, brave girl!” Eri pouted. “I wanted to earlier cry because I miss Miss Midnight but I didn’t!”

A number of the class looked at the little girl with a mixture of sympathy and sadness as her expression clearly dropped somewhat due to the resurgence of unhappy thoughts. If this was the time for acknowledging what they were thankful for this year and putting behind them, Midnight was surely one of them even if they’d never forget her.

“We all miss her Eri,” Ochako reassured the girl. “It’s okay to be sad and cry sometimes.”

“We’ll always try to remember her and make her proud by being the heroes she knew we could be,” Tsuyu agreed, recalling her funeral message.

“Then I will too,” Eri agreed firmly, undeterred from her position with her little fists clenched.

“I’m sure she’d be happy to hear that if it’s what you really want,” Izuku smiled down at the girl. She nodded firmly again but when her lip quivered, Izuku took the opportunity to wrap her in a quick hug and rubbed her back as he felt his top get just a bit damp.

“Alright everyone, we should call it there,” Mina sighed, a little dismayed things had ended on a downbeat rather than an upbeat. “If you wanna join us with a movie and popcorn and stuff then hang about, otherwise feel free to dip.”

While Shoji and Tokoyami had enjoyed their time with their friends, they could both feel their social batteries running low and quickly bid everyone a good evening.

“I’ll kinda wanna stay but it depends on the flick,” Kaminari shrugged. “As long as it’s not too girly.”

“If it’s not got some brutal fight scenes then I’m out,” Bakugo stated.

“It’s got to be something Eri-friendly!” Tooru chided him as Izuku and Tsuyu helped perk their charge back up.

“Girl could be a rebel,” Bakugo shrugged.

“If it should be something suitable for her, should we not let her choose?” Todoroki suggested, getting a few agreeable nods from the others.

“Well I didn’t wanna just take away everyone’s chance to suggest something,” Mina reasoned.

“Is there anything in particular you want to watch with us Eri?” Ochako prompted the girl.

“Could we um… I uh, I don’t know the name of it?” Eri blushed.

“Is it one you can watch back at the teacher’s dorms?” Mina quirked a brow, and getting an affirmative nod from the girl. “Anyone got that Disney streaming service stuff?”

“I do,” Koda perked up. “I uh… leave stuff on for Yuwai-chan sometimes so he doesn’t get bored.”

“That’s adorable and considerate,” Tsuyu chuckled.

“Does… does it work?” Sero enquired.

“I don’t think he always understands everything but he enjoys some of the songs and colours,” Koda replied, pulling his phone from his pocket and passing it over to the girl. “Here Eri, see if you can find it on here.”

Kyoka couldn’t help but chuckle as the girl moved through the service’s interface with practised ease.

“This one!” She pointed out. “It has a girl with messy hair!”

“Everyone cool with uh… Wreck-it Ralph?” Mina quirked a brow, unfamiliar with the title.

“Hey, that’s a good one,” Kaminari grinned. “It’s got tons of video game references and stuff in it.”

“Ribbit, I think my brother enjoyed that one,” Tsuyu agreed.

“Meh,” Bakugo grumbled and stood up. He briefly glanced over at Eri’s fort but whatever he was thinking he discarded.

“Aww come on man,” Kirishima called as his boyfriend walked away with Aoyama also joining the explosive blond as the premise didn’t intrigue him.

“You in or out Kirishima?” Mina asked as Kyoka and Koda began prepping the TV.

The redhead looked a bit torn between spending time with Eri and the last night he could before his boyfriend headed off for something he knew he wouldn’t enjoy.

“Sorry Eri, I gotta go make sure he doesn’t blow stuff up,” Kirishima apologised.

“He’s your Mr Suneater, right?” Eri asked curiously.

Izuku had to stifle a small laugh along with Ochako and Momo but Tsuyu had no qualms letting a smug grin show on her face while Tooru and Mina let out a ring of laughter.

“Uh…” Kirishima paused for a moment to think about the question until Mina gracefully skipped over and whispered in his ear. “O-Oh! Uh, y-yeah, I guess you could say that,” he rubbed the back of his head nervously.

“It’s okay,” Eri offered him a hug which he accepted. “When Mr Suneater gets sad, Lemillion wants to go make him happy too.”

“You’re a smart girl Eri,” Kirishima chuckled, “enjoy your film.”

Eri nodded back before retreating to her little fort where Queen and Yuwai-chan were still sequestered.

“Guess we know where she’s watching from,” Tooru chuckled.

“Alright, places everyone,” Mina called out as Kirishima departed and Izuku and Ochako made sure Eri could see the screen from where she now lay on her stomach on a pillow.

Without much further fuss, a few more snacks were cooked up including some popcorn for those that wanted it before everyone settled in for a nice, easy-to-enjoy film to wrap up their impromptu sleepover. It certainly wasn’t one like any of the girls had experienced before but it was enjoyable all the same.

Once the opening credits started rolling, everyone was in position as Mina and Tooru snuggled up together while Izuku, Ochako and Tsuyu shared their own blanket. Kyoka and Momo each had their own coverings but they inconspicuously overlapped, allowing them to hold the other’s hand unnoticed by everyone else.

For Kaminari, Todoroki, and the others, they all grabbed whatever comfy seating they could and indulged in the old film.


Eventually the flick wrapped up and only a handful of people were left awake. Izuku, Iida, Tsuyu, Tooru, Kaminari and Todoroki had managed to make it to the end without fully drifting off in their comfort as the class rep rose.

“A most enjoyable, if a tad confusing film,” Iida announced quietly.

“How so man?” Kaminari asked.

“Well surely if one disconnected a games system then plugged it back in, wouldn’t all the characters just come back?”

“Nah man,” Kaminari chuckled. “Games that old didn’t have memory and stuff back then. They’d come back, yeah, but they wouldn’t remember anything. It’d be like they’re fresh people.”

“Ah, I see,” Iida nodded in gratitude for the clarification. “If you all don’t mind, while I have enjoyed this evening, I would like to end it in the comfort of my own bed.”

“Good night Iida,” Izuku waved quietly as he gently checked on the snoozing Ochako.

As the class representative departed and those still awake looked around, Kaminari couldn’t help but notice how Kyoka and Momo had fallen asleep and just so happened to have leant towards each other.

“Hey, hey guys,” he gestured the others, “check it out, don’t you think they’d make a cute couple?” Kaminari giggled, though he quickly silenced himself when Kyoka’s eye twitched, reminded of her acute hearing.

“Don’t tease,” Tsuyu chided, hoping the boy wasn’t about to actually stumble onto something he shouldn’t. “They’re just tired and it’s cold. I’d probably be cuddled up to someone for warmth too if I wasn’t dating those two,” she gestured to Izuku and Ochako.

“True,” Kaminari chuckled. “Still funny though.”

“On your own head be it, ribbit,” Tsuyu shrugged, hoping her flippant remarks convinced the boy it was no big deal as she rose to use the bathroom.

Seizing his opportunity, Todoroki took a moment to approach Izuku from behind the sofa.

“Midoriya, could I ask you a question about the film?” Todoroki asked.

“Uh, sure Todoroki,” Izuku replied.

“The bad guy, Ralph. He is a villain, yet he is also a hero.”

“Uh, yeah?” Izuku nodded at the basic summary of the film’s conclusion.

“I wonder, do you think that kind of change is possible in someone similar?”

Izuku thought for a moment, clearly understanding what Todoroki was really asking.

“That’s… up to them,” Izuku replied diplomatically. “If they really want to change, maybe they just need the chance to prove it. Ralph got that chance and he made the most of it, but I don’t think just anyone would. If you think someone else could change with the same opportunity, then would you give it to them?”

Todoroki was silent, his mind active as he pondered Izuku’s words.

“T-Todoroki?” Izuku prompted.

“Thank you for the advice,” Todoroki nodded before quietly departing for his own room, leaving the boy more than a little confused.

“What was that about?” Kaminari asked curiously, not hearing a word of it. Izuku just shook his head to keep Todoroki’s words private.

“Guys, shhh,” Tooru called as loudly as she dared.

The reason why soon became obvious as the pair of boys turned in their spots to look over at Tooru who was stood in front of and gestured to the fort that currently held their adorable guest. Peeking inside, they could see Eri was sleeping soundly on her borrowed pillow, her hands curled up but still resting on Yuwai-chan and Queen respectively who had also drifted into dreamland.

“Well that’s utterly adorable” Kaminari squealed as quietly as he could.

“I’m taking a snapshot,” Tooru agreed, quickly pulling out her phone and capturing the moment though resolving to inform the girl about the snap in the morning and ask if she was allowed to keep it.

“Is everyone else gone?” Tsuyu asked, returning from the bathroom with a touch of a shiver.

“Yeah, Todoroki headed up too,” Izuku informed her as Tooru and Tsuyu reclaimed their spots.

“This was fun,” Tooru smiled at the few that remained awake.

“Thanks for including us,” Kaminari chuckled, “right, Izuku?”

“Oh uh, right,” the boy nodded quickly, remembering his public position on the girl’s usual sleepovers.

“We should get some rest too,” Tsuyu snuggled up to her boyfriend as Ochako lightly stirred in the boy’s other arm. “Night Tooru, Kaminari.”

Everyone soon bid each other good night as the 1-A dorms fell silent once more.

It certainly wasn’t how many of them expected to spend the day before New Year’s Eve, but by the time morning arrived, no one could admit they hadn’t enjoyed themselves.

Notes:

Chapter summary:

- The day of Midnight's funeral arrives and many pro heroes turn up to pay their respects. When Mt. Lady arrives, Kamui vouches for her to pay her respects which Nezu allows. Mt. Lady reflects on her last interaction with Midnight where they were both scolded in Nezu's office. The principal made it clear that her time as a hero would be limited being as manipulating and selfish as she currently was. Having her faults on display with pity in the UA staff's eyes, Mt. Lady angrily retreated to her agency. There, she combs through the many articles on her hero work only to discover the public's less than enthusiastic and even somewhat creepy perception of her and her work. Kamui arrives to find his teammate sobbing and divulges his reasons for recommending her for their team with Edgeshot. By the end, Mt. Lady accepts that Nezu may have been right about her and that she may need to change. In the present, she pays her respects to Midnight and wants to speak to her team afterwards.

- After the ceremony, Ms Joke approaches Eraser Head and offers a comforting ear. Erase accidentally gives away some inner thoughts and Ms Joke tries to be understanding but Eraser's pain and anger is too fresh as he lashes out verbally at his friend. Emi realizes he's not ready to move on and only hopes that his students don't suffer for his own guilt in the matter. After she departs, Eraser Head says goodbye to Midnight.

- The class and poly discusses their plans for New Year's with Ochako and Tsuyu going to the former's place for the holiday while Izuku visits his mother alone. Tooru and Mina are remaining at UA along with Momo while Kyoka is going back to visit her folks for their annual performance. During the chatter, the class learn about the mandatory work studies from Nezu via email and conversation shifts to where they'll all be going and Todoroki extends an offer to Bakugo and Izuku to join him at Endeavor's agency.

- When the class clean the dorms for the New Year, Momo is surprised to learn about the tradition. Tsuyu accompanies her to her room where she wishes to also take part by doing a thorough clean herself. While going through her closet, Momo gives her old I-Island dress to Tsuyu so she can look good for Ochako's parents. Momo then gets an idea that may end up adjusting her own New Year's plans and talks it out with Tsuyu.

- While a typical sleepover is out of the question, Mina suggests a class-wide sleepover in the common room which is enthusiastically agreed to. When unobserved, Mina drops her mask of joy which Bakugo notices as the two talk it out. Mina reveals that her dad was sent to prison partially for discriminatory bias and fears she may receive the same treatment at her trial. Bakugo shows his growth as he empathizes with her situation and compares it to his and Izukus, resolving to stand by her no matter the outcome. Mina is appreciative even if she remains worried.

- As the sleepover begins with Izuku bringing Eri along to join, the class debates what to do. First they engage in a pillow fort war before splitting into smaller groups to do things they wouldn't normally, enjoying the chance to unwind together and act their age. When things begin winding down, everyone voices things they're thankful for and are looking forward to in the new year. Tooru reveals that her quirk, while damaged, can still work much to everyone's relief. Once everyone, including Eri, has spoken, the class settles down to watch a film before all drifting off.

Chapter 39: New Year’s Eve

Summary:

Class 1-A splits up for their New Year's celebrations with all the excitement and emotion that brings.

Notes:

I'm sure you all know by now that this chapter is incredibly overdue. In my defence, there's a lot of emotional moments here that took a good couple of tries to get right. That and the small exhausted breakdown I had once my big project finished. Still, it's over now and the longest chapter in this story yet is here, I hope you all enjoy!

If you'd like to come yell at me or keep better tabs on how the next chapter is going or delays, come join us over on the discord at: https://discord.gg/x85xtWmKCa
There's also fun new MHA game of my creation to try out at the same time and I'll be hanging around there most days usually chatting rubbish so feel free to bother me. :)

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

New Year’s Eve brought with it the typical chill of winter which many of Heights Alliance’s 1-A residents definitely felt that morning considering their inappropriate sleeping accommodations. Being roused from their slumber in an unwelcome manner from the chill, most of the class became early risers that day.

Both Izuku and Ochako awoke from their sleep with sleepy yawns before glancing at their shared girlfriend. As adorable as her froggy instincts were at times, they noticed the minor shivers Tsuyu had developed as she awoke, even with the blanket covering her. While Tsuyu was very dozy due to her body’s desire to hibernate, she was grateful that Izuku could easily keep her swaddled in their shared blanket and carry her up to her room while Ochako made sure to turn the heating for the common area on early so things would warm up a bit.

With everyone starting to stretch and unwrap themselves from their sleeping positions, Ochako also gently ensured Momo and Kyoka didn’t wake up in a compromising position.

“Mmm, morn… ing?” Kyoka queried as she glanced out the window to see that the world was still fairly dark.

“Forgot about how cold it is this early,” Ochako rubbed her arms, hoping to ease the goosebumps she’d gained.

“Urgh, can I have like another hour or two?” Kyoka groaned, wanting nothing more than to snuggle back into Momo’s side.

“Might be hard to nap with everyone getting up and moving around,” Ojiro rolled his shoulder as he rose from his own spot. “If we’re up early I may as well get a workout in. I wanna be up for the fireworks so I’ll probably nap around lunch before we have to leave.”

“What time wazzat, again?” Sato yawned widely as he sat up off the three stools he’d laid out as a makeshift bed.

“I believe the email said to be in the parking lot at three pm for our class,” Momo announced as she savoured the last moments of rest she’d get before a mild dose of excitement woke her up fully at remembering her plans for today.

“Then I think I’m going back to bed. I’m not leaving so more sleep for me,” Sero declared as he stood, wrapped himself in his blanket and grabbed his pillow with his teeth to prevent any of the warm escaping his coverings. “Mm-ight.”

“Night Sero,” Ochako called back, only to cringe as she realised she was a bit too loud when Koda and Kaminari began stirring.

“Mmm, bek-fast?” The blond enquired sleepily.

“We’re just gettin’ up dude,” Kyoka rolled her eyes fondly.

“Though you’re more than welcome to join us when it’s ready,” Momo offered. “I do enjoy our post-slumber breakfasts.”

Kaminari didn’t really acknowledge the latter part of what Momo said, his dozy brain only processing the former.

“Urgh, wake me when there’s food,” Kaminari groaned and rolled over.

“Now why does that sound familiar,” Momo giggled lightly as she glanced over at the drowsy pinkette.

“Sum’on say food?” Mina struggled to open her eyes, her face covered with a still-snoozing Tooru’s hair.

“Go get your waffle maker you,” Kyoka chuckled, knowing the best way to get her pink girlfriend up by now.

“It is a special day after all,” Ochako felt her stomach rumbling at the thought of the tasty treats once again.

“Pfft,” Mina blew some of Tooru’s hair out of her face noisily. “Would bu’ can’t move, is illegal.”

“If it helps I can get things started,” Sato offered, “just lemme go change first.”

“You go Sato,” Ochako cheered much more quietly this time as Koda checked in Eri’s fort for Yuwai-chan to take the rabbit back to the safety of his room.

It didn’t take too long for Tooru to awaken from all the noise and, thankfully for Mina, shift off her girlfriend so Mina could fetch her useful Christmas gift. Before long most people who’d stayed in the common room were up and moving around with some heading upstairs to get changed before coming back down. Izuku returned in his workout clothes to go for his daily run, prompting some fond smiles from the girls as they worked with Sato to get a hearty amount of waffle batter ready and it wasn’t long before Iida arrived in the elevator to no doubts catch up to and overtake his green-headed friend.

Eri stirred soon after and sleepily emerged from her fort while looking curiously at everyone enjoying casual chatter in the kitchen.

“Good morning Eri,” Ochako smiled brightly as the girl rubbed an eye while clutching and dragging her quilt behind her.

“Sorry, did I sleep in?” Eri asked shyly.

“Not at all dear,” Momo shook her head, “it was just a bit chilly and we wanted to move around and warm up.”

“How ‘bout you sit down while we get you something warm and tasty to eat,” Kyoka offered, walking over to the girl.

Eri shyly nodded and, after giving permission when Kyoka asked to pick her up, she was bundled up in the blanket and deposited snuggly onto a chair in the mostly restored dining area with only her hands and head visible to keep the heat in.

It didn’t take long for Mina to start doling out waffle after waffle thanks to Sato’s helpful preparation as a variety of toppings were placed on the table, though they mainly consisted of fruits and sauces. Eri, of course, got some apples sliced into pieces to go with hers and she eagerly consumed everything on her plate with wide eyes and a happy smile. Tooru couldn’t help snapping another shot of the girl as she ate so that Izuku wouldn’t miss out and got permission from Eri to keep both that one and the one she took last night.

The sound of the main doors opening alerted everyone to Izuku and Iida’s return.

“Hey guys, breakfast is ready,” Ochako waved her boyfriend and friend over. Izuku sniffed the air before a fond smile crept onto his face.

“Mina’s cooking I take it?”

“Ish-delishush!” Kaminari grinned through his second waffle that was thick with syrup. “Gah!”

“Don’t talk with your mouth full, bad manners,” Kyoka reminded him with a light jab of her jack before gesturing to Eri.

“Special occasion,” Mina reminded Izuku, ignoring the other pair. “Eri’s first slumber party breakfast and it's New Year’s Eve.”

“I can understand why that would be cause to indulge,” Iida chuckled. “Perhaps today you wouldn’t mind me joining, if I may?”

“Everyone’s welcome at Sato and Mina’s waffle house!” Mina declared with a cheer.

“That is like, literally the only thing you can make,” Kyoka deadpanned. “Don’t go pawning off everything else on Sato.”

Sato chuckled at the banter, content to keep making waffle batter while Mina cooked them and sliced up fruits.

“Let’s go quickly wash up before we join,” Izuku suggested after sending Eri a warm smile, hoping a speedy shower would get the worst of the sweat off.

Iida agreed and while the pair were quick to head upstairs to grab their towels and a change of clothes, another pair descended in the opposite elevator as Kirishima and Bakugo returned with the latter holding something.

“Morning sleepy heads,” Tooru teased, glancing at the pair’s tussled hair and appearance.

“Mornin’,” Kirishima greeted with a yawn, sending a smile Eri’s way when she looked over at him.

“Would the two of you care to join us?” Momo placed a plate of waffles before Kyoka.

“Plenty to go around,” Sato said, cutting off any worries about taking someone else’s portion.

“That sound’s awesome!” Kirishima grinned while he and Bakugo headed for empty seats.

As the pair sat down, Bakugo placed the thing he’d been carrying at the spot next to him before letting out a pair of sharp whistles. Kyoka lightly flinched at the noise but the reason for the blond’s unique action quickly became clear when a ball of fur darted up from the pillow that was all that remained of Eri’s fort, hopping onto the table beside her owner.

“Wow, that was cool,” Tooru gushed as Queen began tucking into what was in her food bowl that Bakugo had brought down. “Does she know any other tricks?”

“A couple,” Bakugo shrugged, in no mood to disturb Queen’s meal nor put on a show for everyone. He’d trained her to do a few things but he’d hardly call them tricks.

Slowly but surely, the rest of class 1-A began awakening and coming down to breakfast with some opting to join the growing group and others sticking to their regular morning meals. Tsuyu reappeared after being nudged by Izuku now her body temperature had gone back up and she was happy to chat with Eri about the film they’d all watched while Izuku and Iida headed into the showers.

As everyone else ate, Mina held off on dishing up the boys’ portions until they emerged from the bathing area. She did have to raise a curious brow and send a look and a gesture to the other girls when it seemed the pair were content to take their time but the greenette and their class representative emerged looking happy as ever.

“Everything okay?” Ochako asked softly once Izuku sat down beside her with Iida on his other side.

Izuku returned a relaxed smile, one she could tell lacked a fair amount of the stress she knew he was usually hiding behind it.

“Everything’s great Ochako, I’m great,” he replied honestly.

The gravity girl shot a quick glance at Iida, who appeared to be more intent on loading up his waffle plate with an equal amount of fruit to match proportions, but wasn’t able to glean anything from him. Still, if Izuku seemed more content than usual she knew she shouldn’t needlessly worry, instead planting a small kiss on Izuku’s cheek before Mina placed his own stack of waffles before him.

The class joked and talked about their various plans to celebrate the day but everyone seemed full of smiles. While the poly were more than happy to have shared the experience with their friends, they definitely felt a desire to have their own, more private party again soon; though for one, she simply hoped she’d still be here in a few days.


With a hearty, delicious breakfast in everyone’s stomachs, the class quickly set about their task of tidying the dorm’s common space once Eri bid everyone goodbye, complete with several hugs before Izuku escorted her back to the teacher’s dorms.

Once the room was spick and span, everyone went their separate ways as those that prepared to depart for their homes and families began the task of packing if they hadn’t already done so. Ochako and Tsuyu begged off to double check their stuff while Tooru and Mina, who were staying at the dorms, mentioned they were gonna go and keep looking up notes for the trial in Mina’s room.

Much to Kyoka’s disappointment, Momo also headed off to her room alone, citing some minor business things she needed to take care of which left Kyoka to heave a typical sigh before returning to her own room to pack. With her mood, she couldn’t find much desire to do more than tossing some clean underwear and a shirt in her backpack along with her toothbrush. After all of the five minutes it had taken her to get ready, she decided to just relax and hope Momo and the others would at least remember to give her a goodbye kiss before they headed off.

Plugging a jack into her phone, Kyoka decided to lose herself in some music to destress after being around the rest of the class for so long yesterday. Some alone time was definitely what she needed right now as she certainly didn’t want to get snippy with her parents on a night like tonight.

Her various relaxing, metal songs eased the anxiety in her brain and Kyoka almost dozed off if not for the alerting tone that her phone transmitted directly into her brain.

“Gah! Why?” Kyoka groaned, annoyed at herself for not putting it on vibrate like always.

Glancing at the text and the time, which was around lunch at this point, she realised it was from Momo and quickly opened it.

Momo: Hi Kyoka, I’m outside your room, do you have your headphones on?

Kyoka quirked a brow; Momo knew by now she could freely come and go as she pleased so what was up?

“You can come in you know,” Kyoka called out only to get silence in return. After a few moments, her phone chimed again.

Momo: I’d rather you come to the door please.

Kyoka’s eyes narrowed, something weird was going on. With a reluctant sigh, even if she was glad her girlfriend was making time for her now that she’d apparently finished her stuff, Kyoka got to her feet and proceeded cautiously towards the door. The heartbeat on the other side certainly sounded like Momo’s, if a little elevated.

Rather than puzzle further, Kyoka opened the door only for her face to shift into a baffled expression with her mouth agape.

“Uh…” was all she could intelligently say as, while it was definitely Momo that was stood before her, she almost didn’t recognise her with what appeared to be shoulder-length blonde curls.

“Hi Kyoka, may I come in and explain?”

It was all Kyoka could do to nod dumbly as Momo quickly stepped inside with a bright smile on her face.

“So… what do you think?” Momo asked once the door closed behind them.

“You… dyed your hair,” Kyoka muttered, still surprised at Momo’s transformation which allowed a mote of disappointment to creep into her voice. She loved her girlfriend’s long black locks, even if they tended to get everywhere.

“Not quite,” Momo giggled excitedly as she reached up to lift off what was now clearly a wig with her normal hair stored safely underneath, tied up in a plait with some odd hairnet keeping everything tightly in place. “When I was cleaning my room, I found the clothes I used previously to disguise myself while Izuku, Iida and the others went to go rescue Bakugo and had an idea. Technically, if no one could possibly recognise me, then it wouldn’t matter if I was captured on camera, right?”

“Y-Yeah,” Kyoka nodded along, hoping Momo was leading her to the conclusion her mind was already jumping to.

“Well, after discussing things with Tsu, we looked around online for ways I can change my appearance much more drastically than I did before so that I could join you tonight,” Momo declared excitedly only to reign herself in a little. “T-That is um… if you would like to spend New Year’s together, that is.”

“O-Of course I do!” Kyoka readily agreed, seizing Momo’s hands in her own. “That would-… I-I have to… my parents need to-”

“Yes, I would advise we indeed get their permission first,” Momo chuckled. “It would be quite rude to just show up after all.”

“J-Just give me five,” Kyoka shook her head, her eyes already darting back over to her bed where her phone lay.

Momo stood patiently by as Kyoka quickly called her mother up and asked if they could have a last minute addition added to their celebration. Naturally Mika was more than accepting, causing Kyoka’s heart to soar, unshackled from her previous disappointment.

“Everything set?” Momo asked cheekily, knowing full well it was considering she’d heard all of Kyoka’s side of the conversation.

“Everything’s great,” Kyoka smiled widely, walking back over to her strange, blond girlfriend before snagging her hips in her hands and pulling her into a quick yet deep kiss. “Thank you… for finding a way.”

“I’m sorry I didn’t consider the idea sooner,” Momo sighed at the dissatisfaction they’d both felt in the lead up to today. Kyoka tentatively bit her lip but continued to ask the question that arose from this new development.

“Does this mean we could… y’know, go on proper dates too?”

Momo’s expression fell slightly and Kyoka’s heart sank just as much.

“You mentioned that this place we’d be going to was discreet. While I most certainly wish to do regular dates with you even if I didn’t look like myself, I’m afraid our rising class reputation could see us snapped on the streets, and a disguise can only do so much,” Momo sighed.

Kyoka let out a steady, disheartened breath before shaking off the negative thoughts that tried to settle in her mind. At the very least, she had tonight with Momo and, if she found it discreet enough, maybe they could find a way to go out again if she didn’t mind repeat trips to this specific venue.

“Okay, that’s fine,” the punk rock girl relented. “So I’m guessing your big plan is to do more than just change your hair colour, right?”

“Correct,” Momo nodded with an eager grin and a flirtatious wink. “I also have several more ideas I think you might enjoy.”

Kyoka admittedly felt her anticipation for tonight rising as Momo spilled the beans on the notions she was entertaining. Considering they were set to head out for her house at three and they didn’t need to set off for the venue until after dinner, there was plenty of time for Momo to dress to impress.

Hopefully her dad wouldn’t go full dork on her but she knew that was a fruitless dream at this point. Still, she was now eagerly looking forward to what she hoped would be the best New Year’s Eve ever.


As the morning rolled into the afternoon and the departure time for class 1-A began approaching, the poly group gathered together one last time at the behest of Tsuyu. Momo and Kyoka were the last to arrive as they all found themselves in the frog girl’s toasty room, evidently keeping the heating on high to stave off the chill of winter.

“Okay Darling,” Mina turned to Tsu who was sat on the edge of her bed, sandwiched between Izuku and Ochako as the heiress closed the door behind her, “I’m grateful for the break an’ everything, but why’d you ask to see us all?”

“Ribbit, I figure this’ll be the last chance we get to be together like this for the year,” Tsuyu stated simply. “It’s kind of impossible to see you all off with hugs and kisses when we go to the parking lot with everyone else so I wanted to do it now if that’s okay?”

“Of course it is!” Tooru assured her, swooping in quickly to snag the first hug and somewhat deep kiss from the frog girl and causing Izuku and Ochako to sidle away while everyone giggled at the display.

“Easy Starlight, people might think I’m not satisfying ya’,” Mina winked as it became clear this was just their own private goodbye and early New Year exchange.

“Well, I do kinda need five more partners,” Tooru retorted, sticking her tongue out in response.

“Nah, you’re just like our greedy frog,” Kyoka joined in, sending a fond smile at the pair. “Wouldn’t have either of you any other way though.”

“Sounds like you’re in a good mood,” Ochako tilted her head and raised a brow.

“She gets to kiss five other super, hot babes,” Mina grinned. “Of course she’s in a good mood.”

“A-And um… one handsome b-boy,” Kyoka blushed lightly, holding her hand out towards Izuku.

The boy in question took a moment to blink but it was much clearer this time what Kyoka wanted and he got to his feet to stand with the girl. It didn’t stop him feeling his anxiety creep back up even if he was in a room comprised of only his loving partners.

“I’ll er… see you when we get back, Vixen,” he blushed himself as he enjoyed the texture of Kyoka’s hand in his own; at least, the bits he could feel anyway.

“Have a good time too… S-Squishy,” Kyoka mumbled, though it was loud enough for everyone to hear. Many eyes widened not at Kyoka’s words, but that she then drew Izuku in close as the two leant in and exchanged a loving kiss.

“Ribbit!” Tsuyu croaked on impulse.

“Woah… when did this happen?” Mina’s mouth dropped open, a little taken aback at the brazen display. Sure they’d seen Izuku and Kyoka kiss before, but not like this! Despite the clearly caring display the two were putting on as they broke the kiss and broke into deeper blushes, Mina glanced over at Momo who, thankfully, only seemed to be happy for the two.

“It’s a recent development,” the heiress surprisingly answered for the pair as Izuku glanced nervously at her, hoping Kyoka had indeed ensured Momo was okay with everything. “You can grill Kyoka or Izuku at a later time as I’m sure you’re eager to,” she chuckled, “though I’m sure that can at least wait until after I give you my own departure kiss.”

“I thought you were staying here,” Ochako looked at her curiously, followed quickly by the others except for Tsuyu.

“Your parents are cool with it, ribbit?” Tsuyu directed towards Kyoka.

“Yeah. Sorry I’m kinda stealing her away from whatever you three had planned,” she directed towards Mina and Tooru.

“Don’t worry about that,” the iridescent-haired girl dismissed.

“You take what you can get. I think we’re all kind of aware how little you two can be together outside our rooms and stuff,” Mina agreed. “Besides, I’m more worried about Squishy” she turned to the boy, “I don’t want you to feel like you’re being left out.”

The others shot the lone boy of their group a few regretful looks but he took it in good stride.

“It’s probably best this way,” he admitted, “don’t wanna surprise my mom with something like this after everything I’ve put her through this term.”

“But won’t you be uh… lonely?” Tooru asked timidly, not wanting to upset him but also worried he was simply trying to be strong and masking for their sake.

“Well… y-yeah, a little,” Izuku admitted, “but I’ll see you all again tomorrow. It’s only for one night.”

“One night too many,” Ochako pouted, causing a small ripple of giggles through the group.

“That’s why we’re here,” Tsuyu spoke up, getting back to her original goal. “As much as I wish we could, I won’t be able to kiss you all when the clock rings midnight. It’s a little early, but I wanted to load you up with enough love to last until tomorrow, ribbit.”

“You heard her girls,” Mina giggled lewdly, “bend over!”

“Don’t be cheeky Minx,” Momo rolled her eyes fondly, moving over to their froggy girlfriend who was passed to her by Tooru. “I think it’s a wonderful idea, one I hope to help her fulfil,” she said before planting a soft kiss on the girl’s lips.

“Don’t think that doesn’t go for you either Mina,” Ochako smiled, beckoning the girl over as the pinkette enthusiastically moved to receive her own goodbye smooch and hug.

Pretty soon, almost everyone had exchanged kisses and comforting embraces with those they’d not see again until tomorrow with only those that would be together at midnight saving their moment as well as one other pairing.

“I can’t wait till we don’t have to do this early,” Tooru sighed dreamily, content with her helping of their shared love.

“Let’s just focus on getting through the next term first,” Ochako chuckled.

“Working on it,” Mina sighed. “Right, back to the revision grind.”

“You’ve got this Princess, we’re behind you all the way!” Momo enthused as the pinkette headed towards the door trailed by Tooru.

“Plus Ultra, right?” Mina chuckled hopefully, but everyone could tell she was still only just masking her worries.

Win or lose, every one of them pledged to support Mina no matter what happened next. In truth they could all probably live off Momo’s allowance alone without having to worry about future career prospects, but none of them were here at UA because they settled.

“I should go grab my bag and stuff,” Ochako spoke up next while Tsuyu eyed her own that was ready to go, she just needed to change into her clothes for the evening before they set off.

“I’m all packed but I can grab it then we can all walk together to the meet up point,” Izuku suggested. They weren’t coming out to his mother or Ochako’s parents today but they could at least enjoy each other’s company while they could.

“A-Actually um, before you go,” Momo spoke up hesitantly, “may I have a few words with you in private, Izuku?”

“Oh… uh, sure,” Izuku nodded readily.

“I’ll just go help Ochako pack, ribbit,” Tsuyu offered, leaving her room available for them to talk and herding her brunette girlfriend out with her.

“You want me to dip too?” Kyoka asked quietly. They’d pledged to have no more secrets between them but she didn’t want to intrude on any potential developments in Izuku and Momo’s somewhat strained relationship.

“Only if you would like,” Momo replied, “it is not necessarily embarrassing or personal but it’s just something I would like to do before we depart today.”

Kyoka gave Momo a curious look before glancing at Izuku who looked just as confused as ever. Still, there was a silent exchange between them as Kyoka gave him a nod with a small, fond smile before heading to wait for the pair outside.

When the door clicked closed, Momo released a small breath she’d evidently been holding, her hands clasped together in front of her. It was easy for Izuku to recognise anxiety when he saw it.

“You don’t have to be nervous Momo, you know you can talk to any of us about anything, right?”

“I do, thank you Izuku,” Momo nodded sincerely. “It’s just… I wanted to just discuss our recent um… relationship shift vis-à-vis Kyoka.”

“A-Ah, um, right,” Izuku swallowed nervously, his own anxiety now climbing.

“No, I uh… i-it’s fine, we’re fine,” Momo assured him quickly. “Sorry, I didn’t mean to-”

“R-Right, let’s just,” Izuku took a deep breath to try and calm his nerves before they frayed unnecessarily. “Okay, um… w-what did you want to discuss?”

“That um, I want to apologize again for allowing my jealousy to get the better of me in the past and that I truly am happy you and Kyoka seem to have advanced your relationship,” Momo stated.

A small amount of tension dropped from Izuku’s shoulders as it did seem that Momo was trying to be sincere; however, he could tell better than anyone when someone was holding back.

“You’re still not comfortable with it, are you?” He asked carefully.

“N-No,” Momo admitted with a touch of shame, “b-but I um… I think that’s because we haven’t been able to spend much personal time together, e-even before everything with, um… Tooru,” the heiress fiddled with her hands. “I’m sorry if this comes off as a tad formal, and I know we are likely to be busy come the new term, but I would like to ask if we could spend some time together doing some activities soon if it’s not too much trouble.”

“Er, sure,” Izuku accepted easily, though he tried to dissuade his mind from entertaining any lewd ideas like the last time he and Momo interacted like that. “W-What kind? We’re uh… kind of limited by things so-”

“Anything we can do together here on campus would do,” Momo acknowledged. “We could spend the time studying together, go to the gym, or just sit and talk like we’ve done before,” she smiled softly, remembering the time when Izuku shared a genuine part of himself with her.

“O-Oh yeah,” Izuku chuckled weakly as he recalled their conversation before he was aware of anything about her and the others unique group dynamics. “That was nice.”

“It was,” Momo agreed, “and, to be clear, I haven’t told anyone else about what we discussed that day.”

“I didn’t think you would have,” Izuku smiled honestly, “but it’s reassuring to hear. It was good to finally tell someone how… how I felt about him.”

“I understand,” Momo sympathised. “I know what it’s like to keep everything to yourself.”

“It was kind of… freeing finally talking about something like that. If you like, I stand by what I said before, so maybe I could do the same for you?” Izuku suggested.

Momo opened her mouth to politely decline only to realise she truly had no reason to. Izuku was someone she could and should trust just as much as the others and she knew, even when he’d made the offer of support the first time, that it was genuine.

Still, there was one fear she wanted to bring up now before entertaining that idea any further.

“That sounds agreeable,” the heiress nodded after a few moments, “but only if we both promise to keep what we hear to ourselves,” she bit her lip nervously and cradled a hand to her chest. “To be transparent and honest… my first thought was that, if I agree, you’d use what I tell you against me.”

“Momo, I would never-”

“I know, Izuku,” Momo sighed. “I know that but… having girlfriends like the others, friends like you… did you forget this is almost as foreign to me as it is to you?”

Izuku blinked and opened his mouth to respond but nothing came out so Momo continued.

“You remember I mentioned… that none of the connections I made when I was younger ever felt genuine? Having been surrounded by my father’s business rivals and their families at gatherings, I learned quickly that oversharing anything made my parents… displeased. Soon I saw every person as a potential mole looking to gain an advantage over the Yaoyorozu family, even those our age, so I kept everyone at arm’s length… until UA.”

The heiress took a deep, slow breath as she realised she was already releasing a close-kept frustration she hadn’t divulged to any of the others yet.

“I longed for true friends that wouldn’t betray me and, in my fear of losing all that I’ve gained this past year, I let my paranoia consume me as I saw you as an enemy rather than the friend I know you to be. For that, I am truly sorry.”

“That’s o-” Izuku cut himself off as he realised he was about to brush aside her apology as nothing to worry about. “Uh, t-thank you for your apology, Momo,” he replied honestly. “I guess our inexperience kind of um… manifests differently,” he rubbed the back of his head. “I’m… still kind of scared that one mistake or slip up could make people realize that I’m um… not worth the trouble of being friends with… but it’s slowly been getting easier to realise that people here aren’t that er… fickle?”

“Indeed,” Momo agreed with a small smile, “I believe we’ve both underestimated people to our own detriment. I guess that’s another thing we have in common.”

“Oh, y-yeah, I guess we kind do,” Izuku chuckled awkwardly. “H-How about we also promise to do something else together,” he offered, holding his hands out to the girl, “to try and better um, trust that our fears, our insecurities, aren’t valid when it comes to our friends and um… especially not with our p-partners.”

“I think,” Momo began, letting her hands slip into Izuku’s feeling the rough callouses of training under her softer, moisturised skin, “that sounds like a wonderful idea.”

As the two looked into each other’s eyes, they both settled into easy smiles as, for just a moment, a comfortable silence overtook the room.

“Sorry, I didn’t mean to side-track everything with this conversation,” Momo apologized, a touch of embarrassment trying to make its claim on her expression.

Izuku simply squeezed her hands lightly in a reassuring manner and shot her his best smile.

“That’s okay, what are friends for?”

In that moment, Momo would admit she felt her heart skip a small beat as she felt a small blush creep up her neck. It wasn’t enough to quash all the mixed feelings she still felt for the boy, but she hoped it was the start of something better.

“Thank you, for giving me another chance Izuku,” Momo reciprocated the smile before slowly leaning down and placing a tender kiss on his cheek. “Happy New Year.”

“Happy New Year Momo,” Izuku shyly returned the gesture when Momo’s face lingered just long enough for him to get the hint and, with that, all but the couples spending the evening together had now exchanged kisses.

“Hopefully one day we won’t need to do this with the others in such secrecy,” Momo smiled as the two broke apart.

“Y-Yeah,” Izuku agreed, picturing their future house in his mind. “I-Is it weird I want it to be soon but uh… I’m still scared about telling my mom just about Ochako and Tsu?”

“You’re asking the wrong person there,” Momo giggled lightly, before her face fell slightly. “I think you should… savour the time you’ve got with her now, even if they’re not there with you, as not everyone’s able to see their families today.”

Sure enough, Izuku admittedly found himself grateful he could at least receive some comfort from visiting his mother. While Tooru and Mina were staying at UA, they didn’t have problems with their parents unlike Momo, and now, Tsuyu.

In thinking of those that would be going without this holiday, Izuku felt ashamed of almost forgetting a couple of others that met that same qualification. While he couldn’t do anything about one in particular right now, there was someone he definitely needed to visit before he departed UA and felt his eagerness to leave build.

Thankfully Momo was also finished with their conversation, her guilt allayed now she’d been open and honest with him, and the two quickly departed Tsuyu’s room with Kyoka awaiting Momo outside.

“Everything good?” Kyoka asked after Izuku bid them both a quick goodbye before heading for the stairs.

“Everything’s wonderful,” Momo smiled with relief. “I find I am continually reminded how lucky I am to have you all as my friends and partners.”

Kyoka raised a brow and examined Momo’s face curiously before letting out a small chuckle and turning back towards the elevators as they walked.

“He grows on you, doesn’t he?”

Momo refused to acknowledge that comment, but unfortunately for her, the small smile and light blush she carried did all the speaking for her.


While the pair went to go await their class’ departure time in Momo’s room, Izuku instead headed down the stairs for the ground floor and exited the building. He still had a bit of time left before he really needed to return, grab his stuff, and get ready to leave, but the sooner he got to his destination the better.

It wasn’t too far for him to walk, simply taking a minute or so down the path as he arrived at a similar looking dorm to his own; the only difference between them being a 1-H being where 1-A would normally be.

Approaching the front doors, Izuku swallowed the small amount of nervousness he felt, wondering if it would be better to check the development studio first before coming over uninvited but, considering the day, he reasoned that this was the more logical choice.

After knocking on the door firmly and flexing his hands anxiously as the seconds ticked by, he was greeted by a familiar face.

“Hey uh… Midoriya, right?” The 1-H class vice-representative’s surprised but delighted figure appeared when the door opened.

“Uh, h-hey, Kemono, wasn’t it?”

“That’s me,” the boy grinned, winking while brushing back his slick black hair. “Don’t think I’ve ever seen you around these parts, but I’m guessin’ I’m not the one you’re lookin’ for.”

“Y-Yes, um… is Hatsume here do you know?”

“I… have no idea,” Kemono chuckled nervously. “Honestly, we almost forget she lives here sometimes with the amount we see her in the dorms. Come in though.”

“Oh, thanks,” Izuku smiled as he stepped inside.

Looking around, it was pretty clear that all the dorms were built from a single blueprint but the support class had definitely left their marks on the dorm, namely the walls and the carpet which had several scuff and burn marks that 1-A’s dorm definitely didn’t have. While the kitchen also looked mostly the same, there were a number of extra devices sitting on the countertops that Izuku didn’t recognise. Some seemed manufactured, others seemed homebuilt and the green-haired boy didn’t want to find out how successful they were at their intended jobs.

Where their dining tables usually sat neatly organised however, there seemed to be some very technical equipment hooked up to a pair of rough looking pylons placed on opposite sides to each other. The was also the clattering of keys from behind a laptop hooked up to the whole thing

“Fucking compile you mother-”

“Gurīsu!” Kemono called out quickly, causing the girl’s bushy brown head to appear over her laptop to complain to her partner, only to realise they had a guest standing awkwardly in the doorway with him.

“Oops, sorry about that!” She called out. “Coding sucks sometimes.”

“I wouldn’t know,” Izuku laughed nervously. “I’m sure you’ll get it though.”

“Eventually,” Gurīsu sighed. “Just the freaking middle part between the idea concept and the end result that sucks sometimes.”

“Hey, there’s fun stuff in there too,” Kemono countered. “Nothing like ironing out a bug or making a breakthrough after all.”

“Remind me to tell you that after you take another crack at this thing,” Gurīsu deadpanned to the boy before returning to her task.

“May I ask what you’re building?” Izuku asked curiously, “That doesn’t look like a gadget for a hero.”

“That it definitely isn’t,” Kemono grinned. “At least, not before we refine the tech anyway. See those two posts? We’re trying to make a super cool hard-light shield that’ll block anything that hits it, provided we have enough power for it anyway.”

“Oh, wow,” Izuku enthused, ideas and concepts popping into his head about the uses of that technology already. “You could make personal shields or automatic defences for things like hospitals when there’s villain attacks!”

“That’s the idea,” Kemono winked.

“Provided we can the code to fuckin’ work,” Gurīsu groaned from her spot. “And it doesn’t catch fire again.”

Izuku’s eyes widened as he spotted the fire extinguished by Gurīsu’s chair; something told him they might not have full permission to be doing this in the dorms.

“So, sorry man, no early demonstration yet,” Kemono sighed, turning back to Izuku. “Still, about what you came for; I haven’t seen Hatsume all day and I’m guessing you didn’t find her in the labs,” he enquired as he led Izuku over to the elevators.

“Uh, no,” he admitted, rubbing the back of his head. “I actually didn’t think the labs were open today so I came straight here.”

“That’s true, but I’m not sure if Hatsume wouldn’t find a way in anyway,” Kemono chuckled. “You’re lucky we’re here though, most everyone else went home for the day already.”

“Yeah, that’s uh… kinda why I’m here.”

“Oh?” Kemono raised a curious brow before things started clicking into place, and his happy demeanour wilted, “… oh.”

“Has Hatsume er… been alright recently?” Izuku asked as Kemono hit the button for the third floor.

“She’s… had her ups and downs,” Kemono admitted. “We actually got her to join in with some class stuff at one point but uh… she kind of relapsed and went full Hatsume again after… after Nabu.”

“Yeah, I had a talk with her,” Izuku admitted. “I wanted to come see how she’s doing and to wish her a happy New Year.”

“You’re probably the best guy for the job there then,” Kemono noted. “She always seems more… upbeat after you come visit. Admittedly that’s kind of bad for us as something usually explodes soon after, but it never wipes the smile off her face.”

“O-Oh, that’s good,” Izuku felt a small smile manifest on his lips.

“Uh-huh,” Kemono gave him a somewhat sly side-eye before stepping onto the landing. “Hatsume’s room’s the third one down,” he pointed to the girl’s side of the dorms. “Best of luck, Tiger.”

Izuku took a few steps before realizing what the boy had said, turning around to ask him about it but the elevator doors were already closing. Regardless, he had everything he needed now and approached the indicated door before knocking gently three times.

When there was no answer, Izuku knocked again, a little louder this time only to get the same results. Resolving to try one final time, Izuku rapped fairly hard just to be sure and finally got a response from the other side. That it involved the sounds of metal colliding, a body falling, and several swears being emitted made him wonder if he’d accidently disturbed one of the girl’s infamously long sleeping sessions.

Soon enough, the door swung open and Izuku’s face lit up a bright red at what he saw.

Hatsume had clearly been sleeping prior to his arrival judging from the messy way her pink dreadlocks fell, the loud, wide yawn she let out, and how she was rubbing the doziness from her eyes, but she was also only wearing a tank top and her underwear!

“Whaddya want?” She asked lazily as her eyes adjusted to the brightness of the outside world from the pitch darkness that was inside her room.

“H-Hi H-Hatsume,” Izuku stammered as he both looked away from the girl and held up a hand to obscure parts of her from his vision. While he certainly didn’t mind seeing those parts on his girlfriends, he was certain that he shouldn’t be seeing Hatsume in anywhere near the same state.

“Ten Million?” Hatsume’s eyes suddenly zoomed into focus. “Hey, how you doin’?”

“Uh, f-fine Hatsume,” Izuku gulped.

“You… didn’t come here for gear did you?” The girl grew wary, “B-Because it’s not ready yet even though I’ve been working hard and-”

“N-No! Uh, I’m not uh, here for gear or anything um… Mei,” Izuku denied, glancing back at the panicking girl only to resume averting his eyes. “I uh… actually came to wish you a happy New Year.”

“O… Oh?” Hatsume blinked in surprise. “Oh, well uh, happy New Year to you too I guess, Midoriya.”

The pair stood awkwardly for a moment as each waited for the other to say something next.

“Anything else?” Hatsume asked.

“Well uh, I wondered if maybe you wanted to um… chat for a bit, but uh… c-could you maybe put on some trousers first?”

Hatsume blinked in confusion before looking down.

“Oh, yeah,” she muttered casually as though she wasn’t standing half naked in the hallway of her dorm before retreating inside. “One sec.”

Izuku breathed a little easier now that he couldn’t see Hatsume at all. After all he’d experienced with his girlfriends, he was struggling to push down some rather suggestive images his mind conjured regarding the inventive girl.

“You gonna come in?” Hatsume called out from somewhere in the shadows.

“S-Sure,” Izuku replied, though remained in place for a few more seconds to give the girl more of a chance to make herself decent.

Stepping inside, Izuku nearly closed the door behind him automatically before realizing that it would eliminate any light source in the room.

“Mind if I turn on the light?”

“Probably for the best,” Hatsume said from around the corner. “Wouldn’t want you tripping over any of my babies.”

Izuku gratefully pressed the light and closed the door behind him, laying his eyes on her natural habitat for the first time.

“Don’t mind the junk, just move around it,” Hatsume stated, though Izuku didn’t know how she did it with a straight face.

Circuits, plastic coverings, wires and tools practically littered the entire floor space and all but dominated the meagre surfaces. Hatsume didn’t look to have much in the way of extra furniture but the only surfaces not covered with something appeared to be on her desk where her laptop sat open and charging, and her bed that, even then, wasn’t completely devoid of things as Izuku could swear he saw a few bolts nestled between the sheets.

Hatsume stepped into view from her closet, thankfully wearing some ripped jeans now which was a significant improvement despite having several oil stains on them.

“So what’s the deal, Midoriya?” Hatsume asked as she flipped her hair back into place. “You said you wanted to chat. Did you have something in mind? Oh, wait, are you here for a hug?”

“Oh, uh, well,” Izuku began but Hatsume already had her arms out ready. While he didn’t need one, it certainly didn’t hurt to have one, especially as he planned to offer the girl one later.

Stepping carefully over Hatsume’s junk in the somewhat clearer spaces, Izuku accepted her hug, wrapping his arms around her in turn and returning the gesture.

“Feel better?” Hatsume asked as she released the boy sooner than any of their previous hugs.

“Uh, yeah,” Izuku chuckled, “but uh, you mind if we sit down and chat?”

“Sure, just uh… find a spot on the bed,” Hatsume offered, feeling a tad more awkward as she realized just how unprepared she was for any visitors.

While Izuku took another cautious few steps over to Hatsume’s sleeping spot and sat down, the girl nipped over to her computer chair and grabbed all her laundry at once. Not immediately finding a good spot to deposit it, which usually ended up being her bed when she needed her chair, she glanced over at her closet and simply hurled the mass of dirty clothes. Only about half made it to the door with the rest leaving a trail of fabrics across the floor.

“Eh, close enough,” Hatsume shrugged before sitting down and twisting to face her surprise guest.

Despite the clutter and chaos of the room that Izuku was sure Iida would have a fit over if he saw it, he chuckled at Hatsume’s actions.

“I never imagined what your room looked like, but now, I don’t know how I didn’t picture this sooner,” Hatsume felt a touch of shame blossom in her chest before Izuku’s smile chased it away. “You really are dedicated, aren’t you, Mei?”

“Girl’s gotta get messy when she’s got big dreams,” Mei grinned. “Bet your room’s full of training gear and hero stuff.”

“Well uh,” Izuku hesitated at the one-sided nature of that equation and how little actual training gear he had compared to All Might memorabilia. “Something like that,” he chuckled glancing around the room further.

While he’d been preoccupied trying not to step on anything, he’d not even noticed the copious amounts of paper covering Hatsume’s walls. Though there was a couple of design documents and a few blueprints, they were mostly dominated with posters of heroes.

“Wow, I didn’t know you were a fan of these guys. There’s Salam, and Elecplant, and Nyikang, and, whoa, you like Big Red Dot?!” Izuku gushed. “He’s the number one pro hero in Singapore and personal friends with All Might! They even managed to take down a villain together before Dot took the top spot in the country. Some people say that he only got there because of a boost in popularity because of endorsement by All Might but the way he uses his quirk and dedication to protecting civilians isn’t something to be ignored.”

As Izuku took a breath, he realized Hatsume was shooting him a funny look and felt his cheeks heat up.

“S-Sorry, I didn’t mean to uh… rant like that.”

Hatsume snorted as she broke into laughter, though Izuku could tell it wasn’t done in a malicious way.

“That was cool and all Midoriya,” she chuckled before glancing around to try and follow his eye line, “but I have no idea who you’re talking about.”

“The… the posters,” Izuku pointed out. “Big Red Dot?”

“Oh, water-lion!” Mei grinned. Izuku couldn’t help but grimace at the incorrect name for the hero. “Yeah, he’s pretty cool! He can shoot jets of water out of his mouth at over nine-thousand PSI. I wonder what the hell his teeth are made out of to not fall out every time he uses it; I would kill to get my hands on just one of those choppers! It’s kinda tough to imagine babies for something like that but watching that guy use his quirk like a water-cutter gave me the idea for baby number seventy-eight, my Hydroblasters!”

“W-Wait,” Izuku blinked feeling a small measure of excitement blossom in his chest, “what about that guy?” He pointed at Elecplant’s poster.

Mei followed her guest’s pointed hand and grinned at the memory.

“Oh, Sparkman!” Izuku shook his head at another incorrect name. “Yeah, he kinda reminds me of that one guy from your class that shoots out electricity. That guy can like, ionize the path in front of himself and shock things at range. He gave me the inspiration to make that pointer and shooter. Mr Power Loader gave me a few tips when I got stuck but now I know all about that stuff so I can remake it from memory and make even more super cute babies!”

 “That’s really cool Mei, I just thought you were a fan.”

“Of quirks? How could I not be?! They power my babies and my babies will power them up in a super cute cycle.”

Izuku let out a fond chuckle. Mei may not have the same ideas about heroes he did but she could certainly appreciate all their quirks like he did. As much as he’d like to just sit and continue to talk about quirks, he did need to address what he actually came here for.

“It’s nice to see you smiling again Mei,” Izuku noted, “h-how are you feeling since our last um, talk?”

“Better,” Mei replied, though her demeanour sunk at the reminder. “I got some pretty good sleep afterwards.”

“That’s good to hear,” Izuku smiled, though he strongly suspected she still wasn’t getting nearly enough if she was sleeping at this time of the day. “Did you manage to talk to the other members of your class any?”

“Here and there,” Mei shrugged. “Everyone else is kinda done with stuff right now and being very boring.”

“Well it is the holidays,” Izuku chuckled. “Don’t forget to take breaks too, and I don’t just mean sleep, Mei.”

“I take breaks,” Mei pouted. “When I’m too tired from working on my bigger babies, I tinker with the little ones here.”

The green haired boy let out a warm-hearted chuckle as he looked around as some of the bigger bits of junk, not knowing what was functional and what wasn’t.

“They all look very interesting. Any of these inspired by heroes on your wall?”

“None of these ones but they’re still super cool!” Mei grinned excitedly. “That one over there’s gonna be something goes in your ear and prevents sonic sounds from affecting you! This one will help you pinpoint specific types of sounds around you and lock in on them. That one’s gonna… wait, I think it was a toaster… well this little one’s gonna be a micro homing beacon you can tag villains with.”

When she reached for her desk, she jostled her laptop’s mouse as the screensaver turned off, showing a complex looking blueprint of something Izuku couldn’t identify. It looked like it had something to do with micro boosters and a guidance system but that was all he could gleam from the hollow imagery.

“What’s that one?” He asked, pointing to her screen.

“Huh?” Mei glanced at her laptop. “That’s… a personal project,” she replied without her usual enthusiasm. Izuku frowned lightly as Mei clicked off the application back to her desktop. “It’s not ready yet, but it’ll work,” she muttered before reaching for another piece of tech nearby. “As for this baby, she’s ready now and can boil an egg in three minutes! Perfect for the hero on the go!”

Izuku listened patiently as Mei rattled of an extensive list of her smaller projects that had captured her imagination in her ‘free time’, glad to see that she was as enthusiastic as ever. It was almost totally a one-sided conversation now, and Izuku briefly wondered if he was getting a taste of his own medicine regarding rambling, but as long as it made the girl happy then Izuku didn’t mind.

Still, time marched on and soon enough their conversation was eventually halted by the alarm going off on Izuku’s phone.

“What’s that?” Mei asked, having been in the middle of breaking down a cool new polymer she was experimenting with.

“Oh, just my reminder alarm,” Izuku noted as he ended the chime. “Sorry, I’ve got to head back now.”

“You got somewhere to be?” Mei asked curiously.

“Yeah, I’m uh, heading back home for New Years; gonna go see my mom. I haven’t seen her since before the… stuff on Nabu so I wanted to go show her I’m still okay.”

“O-Oh…” Mei blinked. “Y-Yeah, no, of course, go do your thing,” she laughed a little too forcefully. “I’ll just be here. Maybe I’ll try and break into the labs and get a jump start on your gear while all the teachers are distracted.”

“Mei?” Izuku spoke softly, breaking the girl out of her little babble. “I uh… didn’t just come today to chat.”

“You didn’t?” Mei asked with a touch of suspicion.

“Sorry, I should’ve said so earlier. With everyone getting the chance to go see their families, I didn’t want you to feel lonely or like you were missing out despite your um… situation. I know I’m not much of a substitute but I wanted to make sure you were still okay.”

The pink-haired inventor admittedly took on fish like attribute with the way her mouth opened up at Izuku’s admission.

“N-No, that’s… that’s fine,” Mei mumbled feeling her lip quiver slightly.

Izuku worried that he’d screwed up by not being honest about things earlier, but when Mei rose from her seat and extended her arms out again he knew her wavering emotions weren’t because she was sad.

Once more stepping carefully through the cluttered floor space, Izuku embraced the pink haired girl in a deeper, tighter hug as she held him close.

“T-Thanks,” Mei mumbled into his jacket.

“No problem,” Izuku replied softly.

“You’re a good friend,” Mei stated, sniffing wetly and making the boy chuckle.

“I try,” he smiled, pulling Mei just a bit tighter and letting her enjoy the feeling.

When Mei was ready to separate, Izuku stood back with an understanding smile on his face before heading for the door. Mei followed behind, intent on seeing him off but there was one last thing she wanted to ask that Izuku’s visit reminded her of.

“H-Hey, before you go, um,” Mei fiddled with her hands as she stood in the doorway. “Did you get a chance to talk to that other friend you mentioned? The one you think might want to work together?”

“Not yet,” Izuku regretfully admitted, “but I’m planning to talk to her tonight. Would it be okay if I dropped by tomorrow if she says yes?”

Mei didn’t fully comprehend why that made her smile light up but that was something to be puzzled over later.

“Yeah, that’d be great!” She beamed, though Izuku couldn’t help but notice her smile didn’t fully reach her eyes.

Even though he needed to leave, Izuku could still feel a pang of guilt that he was leaving her alone for the majority of New Year’s. A thought crossed his mind that he knew could be a tad risky and he definitely went beyond sticking his nose where it didn’t belong, but if it worked then he could help Mei in more than one way today.

“Do you mind walking me out?” Izuku asked politely. “I don’t wanna get told off by people who don’t recognise me.”

It was a lame excuse but it was the best one his mind could produce in the timeframe.

Mei glanced out the windows behind the boy before sparing a thought for her bed behind her.

“Uh, sure, I guess,” Mei shrugged indifferently but closed her door behind her and set off for the elevators with the boy.

“Have you got any plans yourself for today?” Izuku asked curiously, stepping into the box with the girl.

“Just sleep,” Mei admitted. In reality, escorting the boy out meant she’d have to be awake longer but it didn’t seem to bother her as much as something like that usually would. “All my big projects are in the lab which isn’t gonna be open till Power Loader gets back.”

“Ah, yeah,” Izuku nodded in understanding as they descended to the ground floor. “I’m sure he knows to let you in bright and early though.”

“He’s nice like that,” Mei smiled, having long figured out the man had been making small exceptions for her over the past terms.

When the doors opened, the pair stepped out but, while Mei turned to head to the front doors, Izuku called out to the pair of support students still working away at their project.

“Thanks for letting me in guys, good luck with your project!”

Immediately he knew he’d captured Mei’s attention as a quick glance at her had him notice her eyes already zooming in on the cool looking technology before her.

“Thanks Midoriya,” Kemono called back, apparently taking his turn with the code as he tapped away at the laptop’s keys, not looking up from the screen.

Before Gurīsu could look up from tweaking something with a wrench to give her own goodbye, she just about jumped out of her skin when Mei’s face appeared almost suddenly at the edge of her vision.

“Gyah! H-Hatsume?!” She gasped, patting her chest as her heart tried to leap out of it.

“Who’s this super cute baby?!” Mei enthused as her eyes tried to scan everything they could.

“Huh? Oh, hey Hatsume,” Kemono glanced over at the girl before turning back to the screen, “just something we’re working on as group project.”

“Did we have one of those?” Mei asked with a raised brow, wondering if she’d accidently missed another assignment.

“N-No,” Gurīsu panted, trying to catch her breath still, “it’s an idea we both had that we wanted to work on together. It’s gonna be a hard-”

“Hard light shield, right?” Mei commented almost idly. “You’ve got the power intensifiers and emitters right there and the couplings look solid,” she nodded, “it’s not gonna work though.”

“What?” Kemono looked up with a frown. “It should when we get this code working.”

“No, it won’t,” Mei said casually before losing interest and walking back over towards Izuku.

Kemono’s mouth dropped open at the dismissal while Gurīsu looked almost angry at how casual Mei was at insulting their hundreds of hours’ worth of work.

Izuku grimaced and realised he may have just made things worse for Mei, stepping closer himself much to the girl’s confusion.

“Why do you say that Mei?” He prompted calmly.

“Because the tech just doesn’t exist yet,” Mei sighed. “I know, I tried it.”

“Wait, you tried to do this before?” Kemono glanced between the machine and his classmate.

“Yeah, you’d need way more power to get anything close to what you wanted and by that point you’d fry whatever crossed its path in an instant. Great for protecting something but expending the power of a volcano to do it. I’m guessing all you’re doing right now is making hot air.”

Kemono and Gurīsu both looked downhearted at their device, Hatsume’s words ringing true.

“So the code was fuckin’ fine,” Gurīsu scoffed, irritated at her wasted time.

“So, what, you wanna scrap it?” Kemono sighed, pushing his chair away from the table.

“Hey, you can’t give up now,” Izuku encouraged, “maybe Mei’s right in one way but there’s plenty of stuff you guys haven’t tried yet, right? What about integrating quirks or finding another use for it? Mei made my Air Force Gloves out of an old project of hers, can you guys do something like that?”

“Yeah, probably,” Gurīsu shrugged.

“They’re practically done with it already, they just need to tweak a few things and it’ll work well as a deterrent,” Mei commented.

“It does?” Kemono asked.

“Well, yeah?” Mei regarded him curiously. “You’re making a barrier right? It won’t stop stuff like debris too well, but if you crank up the intensifiers, swap the light emitters for static emitters, you’ve got a super awesome taser shield!”

“A taser shield?!” Gurīsu eye’s widened in realization. “That’s awesome!”

“Still doesn’t stop people or stuff getting through but at least it’s not a total waste,” Kemono agreed, feeling the ideas reignite at this new direction.

“If you really want something protective, can you use air instead of light?” Izuku asked curiously, pulling attention to himself. “There’s a student in 1-B who can make air solid with his quirk.”

Kemono and Hatsume looked at the boy with wide eyes before breaking into grins while Gurīsu wobbled her head uncertainly.

“We could, but then we’d lose any ability to paralyze people.”

“Not if you use a second set of emitters,” Hatsume enthused, ideas popping into her own head. “Trying to do everything with one thing is stupid, you gotta spread it out!”

“A second set…” Kemono nodded, running through potential prototypes in his head. “It’s no hard light, but hell if it’s not worth looking into.”

Immediately the boy began tapping away at the laptop again, opening a copy of their blue prints as calculations and equations ran through his mind while Gurīsu started unplugging their device from everything.

“Guess that’s that,” Mei stated with a touch of disappointment, turning back to Izuku. “Let’s go, Midoriya.”

Izuku held his breath, wanting to say more, but he’d long since overstepped his welcome. While he’d hoped that the pair would include Hatsume in their project, he had no right to suggest something like that, especially with how defensive Mei got over her own babies.

Turning and walking away, he started heading for the door only for his heart to rise when he heard a voice from behind them.

“Hey, Hatsume,” Gurīsu called out. “You’ve worked with electricity quirks before, right? Think you could help us start to repurpose this?”

Mei turned back to blink in surprise at the pair as Kemono looked up from the laptop again, not immediately disagreeing with the idea and looking to Hatsume for her answer. Opening her mouth to respond, Mei couldn’t help glancing at Izuku to look for his input only to get a reassuring smile from the boy.

“You could help a lot,” he smiled brightly, “just… try not to blow anything up, maybe?”

“That’s what this thing’s for,” Kemono smirked as he held up the fire extinguisher.

“A-Are you sure?” Mei asked with a touch of apprehension, though it wasn’t directed solely at the pair of fellow support students. When she’d gotten involved in the past with her classmates, they’d gotten annoyed at her constant interference and didn’t want to repeat any of the unpleasantness from the start of the year before Power Loader let her do all group projects solo.

“As long as you don’t bulldoze over us,” Gurīsu shrugged as she grinned confidently. “Not that we’re gonna let you, of course.”

With one last glance at Izuku who gave her a small, encouraging nod toward the pair, Mei smiled excitedly and hurried over to the pair.

“Right, first things first, we need to break this baby back down!” She declared, grabbing a spare screwdriver from the table. Gurīsu and Kemono had no problems with this as she set about assisting Mei on the other side while Kemono continued tapping away to design their new and improved model.

Izuku watched the trio fondly for a moment before quietly taking his leave from the 1-H dorms, assured that he’d done all he could to help his friend today.

As he left, Kemono glanced over his laptop at the departing boy before shifting his focus to Mei who looked more excited and enthusiastic than she had in a while. It was a shame he’d heard about the boy already being off the market regarding dates else he would’ve enjoyed nudging the pair a bit more about their possible feelings towards each other. Still, even if they never made the jump, he knew that Mei would be fine while she had her biggest fan looking out for her in his own way.


The weather for the day was kind and, while there was a definite chill in the air, it was much too warm for snow. The time eventually came for everyone who was leaving UA to depart with Iida sending out a text to the class chat as a reminder. The Five members of the poly who were leaving all bundled up in travelling clothes along with a number of their classmates and headed out. They didn’t quite know what precautions UA was taking to keep them safe as they visited family and friends but they figured they’d find out once gathered in the parking lot.

Having indulged in their goodbyes earlier, Mina and Tooru felt no need for a repeat and instead continued to work together in the pinkette’s room in their comfy clothes to revise the ‘Heroes Rules of Engagement’ they needed to obey whenever facing combat and all the technicalities that could be attached to certain actions.

After a good few hours of focused reading, Tooru let out a deep sigh as the words now refused to stop blurring together, pinching her brow to ease the minor headache she was feeling.

“You okay, hun?” Mina looked up from her own book.

“Yeah, just… I think I need a break,” Tooru groaned, looking around to try and restore clarity to her vision.

“Go ahead, maybe go for a walk?” Mina smiled and nudged the girl affectionately with her foot before returning her own gaze to Japan’s written laws.

Tooru turned to look at Mina with a mixture of pride and sadness. The slightly darkening circles below Mina’s eyes spoke of how intensely she’d been working through these books by herself and her normally fluff ball-like hair was noticeably droopy from lack of care or attention.

Truthfully, she was proud of both of them as they’d been studying harder than either of them had in a long time and Mina apparently still had the energy to keep going. She knew her girlfriend’s dedicated resolve currently came from a place of worry and anxiousness over what could possibly decide her whole future, but no one could doubt how committed Mina was to achieving her goal to become a pro after seeing her like this.

Hopefully the judge who decided her fate would recognise it too but it would do no good if Mina burned herself out before the trial.

“How about we both go for a walk,” Tooru offered. “Better take a break now so you don’t go all dizzy like I am.”

Mina looked up, a hesitant expression on her face. As much as she’d love to call quits on all this revision, she had no idea how much or how little she’d need to know when she was doubtlessly called on to present her case.

Before she could open her mouth to respond however, her stomach did the job for her, rumbling noisily as both the girls realized just how long they’d been working.

“Maybe dinner?” Tooru chuckled, getting a much more accepting smile from Mina now her own body was encouraging her to put the books down.

“Yeah, sounds good,” Mina agreed, letting out a strained moan as she stretched her stiff joints out.

“And maybe a little of that if it’ll help you relax,” Tooru winked at the suggestive sound her girlfriend made.

“Please don’t tempt me,” Mina replied with a touch of pleading in her voice, knowing how weak she could be to offers like that. As much as she’d love to indulge in the occasion, being at UA instead of visiting hers or Tooru’s family today was more of a grim reminder of everything she could lose.

Tooru let out a sympathetic smile before crawling over to the pinkette and sinking into her side for a cuddle.

“Everything’s going to be fine Princess, you’ll see,” Tooru nuzzled Mina’s cheek.

“I really, really hope so,” Mina sighed, nuzzling back lightly, “but hope isn’t enough. If I don’t give it my all now, I won’t just lose my dream of becoming a hero, I’ll be… I-I won’t get to see you anymore. Any of you.”

“What? Just because you won’t be in the hero course?” Tooru prodded.

“You think they’d really let me stay at UA?” Mina scoffed. “I wouldn’t be surprised if I got tossed in the slammer.”

“Don’t say that,” Tooru rejected, “that’s not going to happen. Look at how hard you’ve been working to prove that you did the right thing when it mattered, even when I was hurt and you were hurting! You had every chance to really mess up that villain but you did everything you could to remove a threat and protect Tokoyami, yourself, and everyone on the island!”

Mina nodded but shrugged with resign all the same. “I guess.”

“And don’t forget you’ve got our whole class backing you up,” Tooru reminded her, “and my dad, and Nezu too!”

The pinkette grimaced at the mention of their principal. While she didn’t know for certain, not receiving a work study email had clearly been intentional and had greatly been weighing on her mind over the past few days.

“If he hasn’t already given up on me…” she muttered to herself.

“What?” Tooru turned her head, not quite catching what Mina said.

“Nothing,” the pinkette brushed off before easing out of the hug and rising to her feet. “Come on, let’s go put some food in our bellies.”

While Tooru wanted to talk more and try to ease whatever worries Mina still clearly had, she figured her girlfriend might be a bit more receptive to her support with a nice hot meal inside her. Resolving to try and get her to take a bigger break later so they could really enjoy the New Year’s occasion together, Tooru accepted Mina’s offered hand to get up with her as the two shared a small hug before heading for the door.

As they made their way out of Mina’s room and into the elevator, Mina’s brow rose as her phone began ringing.

“A little early for ‘Happy New Years’,” she commented as she pulled out the device. “Hello?”

“Hello Miss Ashido,” a familiar, chipper voice replied from the other end. “I hope you’re having a pleasant day today.”

Mina’s eyebrows shot towards her forehead and she almost forgot how to breathe for a moment, briefly wondering if Nezu somehow had bugged the dorms and caught her comment about him.

“Y-Yes Principal Nezu,” she responded quickly, causing Tooru’s eyebrows to race for her hairline too. “Uh, may I ask why you’re calling, er… sir?”

“Of course you may,” Nezu replied, his smile evident even across the line. After a few moments of silence, Mina realised Nezu had taken her phrasing literally but before she could respond, Nezu let out a chuckle and answered her question properly. “I’m sorry to disturb however you’re choosing to spend today but something rather important has come up that requires addressing.” Mina grimaced, her mind going to the worst places with her hand tightening around Tooru’s who felt a mote of pain from the pressure. “If I could please request your presence in our main building’s entry hall as soon as you are able I’d be most grateful.”

“I-Is it about the… trial, sir?” Mina asked hesitantly, her nerves very much on edge.

“Not directly,” Nezu replied cryptically, “all will be revealed upon your arrival I assure you.”

Mina didn’t hide her exasperation and allowed her dissatisfied groan to travel through the speaker. “Okay sir, I’ll be there soon.”

With a tap of a button, the call ended and Mina breathed a deep, trying breath.

“Something up?” Tooru asked rhetorically.

“Nezu wants to see me for something,” Mina sighed, pinching her nose. “Sorry but… could you come with me? If I go alone and it’s something stupid I may just vent at him and that’s the last thing I need right now.”

Tooru shot her a reassuring smile and squeezed her hand.

“‘Course I can,” she nodded. “Maybe we head to Lunch Rush’s after? I think you’ve more than earned a treat at this point.”

“God I love you,” Mina sighed with relief, a smile returning to her face before she pulled Tooru into a tight hug, the girl feeling the pinkette’s stress almost melting away at their new plan. Even if she couldn’t do too much to help her with the trial, she could at least do this.

Without further ado, the pair adjusted their course, grabbed their winter jackets, and made their way out of the dorms and into the chill of the late afternoon.


It didn’t take long for the two to scamper across campus with a slight spring in their step to get out of the cold. As they entered the student storage area where they normally stowed their coats, umbrellas, and change of shoes if they needed them, Mina’s grip tightened around Tooru’s hand.

“Everything’s going to be okay hun, you’ll see.”

“I hope so…” Mina sighed, bracing herself for whatever awaited her on the other side of the doors to the entry hall.

Schooling her face to hide her anxiety, Mina strode forward and pushed the doors open for them.

What awaited them on the other side was certainly not what they were expecting however.

“Mom, dad?!” Mina gasped as she recognised her dad’s larger, frame, brown hair and horns from behind alongside her mother’s more slender figure, pink curls and favourite leopard print coat.

The figures turned, revealing that they were indeed her parents as they broke into bright smiles at seeing their daughter for the first time in months.

“Hey ya’ little devil,” her dad replied in a deep, rumbling tone.

Tooru could only blink before Mina took off like a rocket to jump into her dad’s arms which quickly reached out to catch the girl just over half his height. The pinkette’s laughter as her dad quickly lifted her up almost effortlessly with his stocky build to bring her in for a bone-crushing hug warmed Tooru’s heart.

It was clear where Mina got most of her unique features from as her dad had the same black sclera his daughter did, only with bright green irises, and his skin was noticeably pink, though a darker shade than Mina’s own. His horns were also much thicker and more uniformly curved than Mina’s crooked ones, looking more like ram horns and Tooru idly wondered if his quirk was related to that or Mina inherited Acid from him too.

On the other side, her mother looked much more like her daughter physically with the same face shape and hair with it being clear where her sense of style came from just looking at the golden hooped earrings, similarly styled bangles, and beaded necklace the woman sported. Unlike her daughter and husband however, her skin wasn’t pink, but instead an attractive shade of red. Combining that with the slightly curved red horns pushing through her fringe and Tooru almost wondered if a demon or succubus was standing before her, though the joyful expression on her face could only be one of a mother happy to see her daughter again.

“Glad to see you are enjoying the surprise, Miss Ashido,” a cheeky voice chimed in as Mina’s mind rapidly reminded her why she was called here in the first place.

“Principal Nezu, sir?” She squirmed out of her dad’s grip to stand more formally before the teacher who’d been initially obscured by her father’s frame. “W-Was this what you called me here for?”

“Indeed it is, Miss Ashido,” Nezu nodded with a self-satisfied smile on his face. “Your parents recently enquired about coming to campus to pay you a visit and I saw no reason to decline their request.”

“You said you were too busy with your studies to visit,” Mina’s mother reminded her. “Considerin’ the circumstances, we figured we’d come to see you.”

“Can’t celebrate New Year’s without our little devil,” Mina’s dad chuckled again, slapping his daughters back playfully, though his brows raised as she didn’t jolt forward from his strength like she used to.

“I…” Mina felt her emotions welling up inside her. “You came all this way for me? Don’t you have work?”

“Cashed in some favours and Jed’s covering for me,” Mina’s dad shrugged.

“I’m on leave until the third,” Mina’s mom relayed with a smile. “Tonight is for us to be together as a family.”

The acid girl felt her excitement rising in her chest only to realise there was someone missing.

“Wait, where’s Michio?” Mina asked, glancing around for her little brother. “You didn’t finally leave him at the zoo did you?”

“Nah, the gorillas didn’t want him,” Mina’s dad chuckled, earning a small glare from his wife, “he’s in the car waiting for us.”

“Oh, did you want to go somewhere?” Mina hesitated awkwardly. Any other time, she would be more than glad to go out and have fun with her family, even with her brother, but that wouldn’t be fair to her Starlight and their plans.

At that thought, her brain also reminded her that she’d need to break the news of her relationship status to her folks before anything else. The last thing she wanted was to be on the outs with them like Tsuyu currently was with her family but, for as much as she loved them, she wasn’t going to hide or contain herself for them.

“Nah, that’s not the way we do things, is it?” Mina’s dad winked.

“Yes, about your other request,” Nezu spoke up again. “You know the parameters as per our discussion, Mr Ashido. Please see to it that you take care to clean up after yourself.”

“I’ll make sure he does,” Mina’s mother nodded as the pair bowed politely to the principal.

“What’s going on?” Mina pressed, her eyes narrowing as more information was being kept from her.

“We brought along another surprise you’ll have to come see yourself,” Mina’s dad chuckled before turning and gesturing back the way she’d come.

Mina glanced back at Tooru, who looked more than a little nervous at this point, as well as back to Nezu who seemed content to let the family go with nothing more to say. While she wished things could be this simple, Mina wasn’t going to get swept up in the carefree vibes when she knew she wouldn’t be able to enjoy whatever fun her parents had in mind for the evening.

“Not yet dad,” Mina shook her head, remaining where she stood. “Actually, could you uh… wait outside please? There’s something I need to talk to the principal about first. Hero stuff.”

Both of her parents and the chimera expressed a small measure of surprise at the request but the Ashido parents weren’t in the position to question their daughter.

“Sure thing dear,” Mina’s mother stepped forward and pulled her daughter into a quick hug. “Don’t take too long though. You know how your father gets.”

Her dad just rolled his eyes fondly before starting for the door, glancing curiously at Tooru who stepped out of his path as he left before being trailed by his wife.

“Is something the matter, Miss Ashido?” Nezu enquired once the door shut behind the pair, noting that Ashido had turned back to him but hadn’t asked Hagakure to leave. “I hope you didn’t mind my lack of information about the subject but I thought you might appreciate the surprise like your parents requested.”

“No, yeah, that’s uh, great,” Mina nodded awkwardly before letting out a breath. “I… thought this was going to be something worse so… this is much better than anything I was expecting.”

Nezu tilted his head curiously. “Then could you please enlighten me to what you would like to discuss as I’m afraid you have me at a loss?”

“Well, actually, sir,” Mina built up her courage, “it’s about the trial,” she stated, causing Nezu’s smile to fall somewhat.

“Ah, I see,” Nezu nodded. “I’m afraid there’s no further news on that front. You trial will still be going ahead as scheduled in two days’ time, though I have every faith that we shall succeed in proving your innocence.”

“Do you, sir?” Mina couldn’t help herself as her lips pursed. Even from her position near the doors, Tooru could tell Mina was faltering and began hurrying over. “I-If you think I’m so safe then… why didn’t I get the same email about work studies that everyone else did? Do you think I’m not going to need to find one?”

Nezu blinked in surprise as that was certainly not what he intended.

“Miss Ashido, I-”

“And why did I have to find out from the news that my trial is apparently going to be freakin’ televised?!” Mina blurted out bluntly, enough to take Nezu aback as Tooru finally reached her girlfriend and took her hand while pulling her into a consoling hug.

The principal stood silent for a few moments as Mina gathered her stuttered breath, though thankfully not for another accusation.

“S-Sorry,” she mumbled. “I-It’s just… e-everything’s been a lot a-and-”

“Please don’t apologize Miss Ashido,” Nezu waved away, “the fault indeed lies with me there. I did not realise that you were feeling so anxious about this.”

“It’s my whole future, sir,” Mina stated firmly, “after everything with uh, Nabu, and Tooru, and Midnight, and this… I’m sorry for my attitude sir, it’s all just getting to me.”

“Quite understandable Miss Ashido,” Nezu sighed. “That is actually part of the reason for my lack of contact, though I can see how I have erred on this decision. I’d hoped to allow you space to rest and heal as best as you can after such events while Mr Hagakure and I tackle the lion’s share of your issue.”

“Sir?” Tooru spoke up. “Mina’s been studying really hard to try and learn everything she can about the laws and stuff. Maybe if we had a better idea of everything happening and what we need to focus on then Mina wouldn’t have to worry so much.”

Nezu felt a small measure of guilt as Miss Ashido didn’t entirely need to worry about that aspect of her trial since that was for him and Mr Hagakure to address; all she needed to do was focus on telling the truth. Admittedly, after looking into her father’s background as part of the standard check before he was allowed on campus, he understood completely why she was taking such a proactive role.

“I believe I have some measure of an idea why this has affected you so intensely, Miss Ashido, and you have my sincerest apologies for not making things more transparent,” Nezu stated. “To address your concerns most simply, unfortunately we cannot assume or officially address your continued participation in the hero track until you are no longer under investigation by the HPSC. Doing so would invoke a risk of being seen as complacent to a ‘potential threat’ and risk your chances of innocence unnecessarily. I know this may not be assuring, and certainly not fair from your point of view, but this is unfortunately part of the technicalities of the law; something I’d hoped to spare your worry from.”

“I get it,” Mina mumbled, her mind flitting back to the many rules and regulations she’d read about the school’s responsibilities recently. “You have to look at the big picture, not just me.”

“Exactly so,” Nezu nodded. “While you have my unwavering support, my first duty is to ensure the school is safeguarded too. It is not because I believe in your guilt, but an obligation I must fulfil in my role as principal. I’m sorry if this made it appear as though I didn’t believe in your innocence. Please be assured that I have brushed up on every applicable law and made every preparation for you to continue here at UA the moment you are cleared from wrongdoing.”

“That’s… good to hear sir,” Mina cautiously accepted, though wishing such assurances had come much earlier.

“You’re most welcome Miss Ashido,” the principal bowed lightly. “In regard to your trial being made public, I believe that it is at least in part a response to my own actions slighting the HPSC in my recent announcements about Nabu. It is a foolhardy attempt to intimidate both of us which I am confident will fail. Though I planned to speak to you about this subject and apologize for my part, I do not believe it has any bearing on the result of the trial and was not something I thought you needed to concern yourself with. Clearly I was mistaken and I apologize again.”

“I didn’t want my first big hero debut to be a court case for everyone to see sir,” Mina sighed, knowing it was inevitable now. “E-Especially if they try to pin everything on me.”

“That won’t be happening Miss Ashido,” Nezu replied with resolution, his expression turning ever so slightly predatory at the plans that lingered at the forefront of his mind. “If anything, I believe that it has ensured your innocence is all the more likely. By warranting that this trial is seen by so many people, they have very little ability to apply any less-than-honest tactics that would see you given a guilty outcome regardless of the case we make. You can rest easy that this case will not turn out like certain other ones that see an innocent person punished for a crime they didn’t commit.”

Mina’s eyes widened as she picked up what Nezu seemed to be implying without clueing Tooru in. Given what she knew of the principal, it really shouldn’t surprise her that he’d looked into her family’s past but considering his words and continued assertion of support it was clear her worries over finding herself fighting the battle alone weren’t rational.

“T-Thank you sir, that… really helps,” Mina bowed as politely as she could given the relief her body was feeling right now, “I’m… sorry for doubting you.”

“And I’m sorry for our miscommunication,” the principal returned the gesture in kind. “Let us both put this behind us and move forward as wiser, more considerate people, yes?”

“Yes sir,” Mina nodded, hoping the principal was being as sincere as he appeared as Tooru rubbed her back comfortingly.

“While I hope this entire situation does not repeat itself in the future, please feel free to reach out to me should you have any further worries or concerns that I could assist you in addressing,” the principal offered. “That goes for everyone attending UA as the last thing I want is students feeling as though I am unapproachable and unsupportive.”

“Of course sir,” Mina nodded, figuring that was as close to a scolding as she was going to get from the teacher. She definitely could’ve reached out with her own email or meeting request about this before now after all, but she was just glad she wasn’t getting a detention or something for her disrespect to the man.

“Good,” the principal smiled brightly at his students. “Then I do believe you have quite the enjoyable evening ahead of you. Please do relish all you can before term begins as I’m sure you’ll be returning to the grindstone soon enough along with your peers.”

“We’ll do so sir,” Tooru stated with her own smile, hoping that statement applied to her too given her current quirk situation but didn’t want to intrude on Mina’s moment.

With their conversation thankfully at a close, Tooru gently tugged Mina along back towards the doors with clasped hands and quickly made their exit while Nezu took his own leave towards the cafeteria. Considering the situation Mr Ashido wanted to recreate with his daughter, he was sure the man wouldn’t mind some extra help in providing for such an occasion.

It only took him a moment to remember he was already making the same mistake he’d done before with her daughter by not informing the family of his plans and resolved to make this the last time he did so, setting it as his New Year’s resolution as he entered the dining area.


Out in the hall, Mina barely had two seconds to breathe a relieved sigh before realizing her parents were right there, waiting patiently for her.

“All set, kiddo?” Her dad asked expectantly.

“Good to go!” Mina pushed herself to enthuse brightly. She was sure her mood could return to something more normal given a bit of time to recover but right now she was wearing her emotions on her sleeve.

“Clearly,” her mother raised a brow in disbelief. “You know you don’t need to hide things from us dear.”

“Everythin’ all right?” Her dad asked again.

“It’s better than it was,” Mina relented. “Just… had to get some school stuff squared away with the principal.”

“Well you didn’t have to be all secretive about that,” Mina’s mother rolled her eyes with a touch of exasperation.

“That’s just hero stuff by nature mom,” Mina shook her head, “I can’t tell you guys everything we get up to here.”

“Well, I wish you’d call more at the very least,” Mina’s mom huffed.

“Don’ worry about it kiddo, your mom’s just cranky from the trip,” her dad chuckled, getting another glare for his words. “Come on, still got that surprise waiting for ya’.”

“Actually,” Mina hesitated before the two got too far, figuring it was better to break the news now rather than let her parents set-up whatever they had planned. “There’s something else.”

Her parents stopped and turned back to look curiously at their daughter and her friend whom had stayed quiet through the whole exchange.

“Finally gonna introduce us to your girlfriend?” Her dad asked with a knowing look.

“Don’t be presumptuous,” Mina’s mother scolded the man, though if she had any thoughts on the implication she didn’t outwardly show it, waiting for Mina to speak expectantly. “Go on, dear.”

“That’s pretty much it,” Mina let out a nervous laugh, her dad clearly beating her to the reveal. “Mom, dad, this is Tooru Hagakure, my girlfriend,” she gestured to her girlfriend who nervously waved her free hand. “Tooru, my folks, minus my brother.”

“Pleased to meet you,” Tooru bowed politely.

“Good to meet you too,” Mina’s dad nodded with a smile before turning away again. “Come on, still got plenty to set up.”

“Oh, stop being so impatient you oaf,” Mina’s mother rolled her eyes as the man began heading out. “Please do forgive him, he’s rather bull-headed and single-minded at times.”

“It’s the horns,” Mina giggled, her heart lightening at her dad’s typical lack of reaction.

“I do wish we’d been made aware that some young charmer had captured our daughter’s attention before meeting in person,” Mina’s mother continued. “I would’ve dressed up a little more.”

“You don’t need to dress up for that mom,” Mina sighed.

“If anything, I think we’re kinda underdressed,” Tooru grimaced, realizing they were both clothed in their lounge wear with only a jacket thrown over the top for this hurried meeting.

“Don’t worry about that dear,” Mina’s mother dismissed. “If my daughter’s actually bothered to mention us, she should’ve told you we don’t judge by appearances. Far more telling are a person’s actions to their character.”

“She knows, mom,” Mina rolled her eyes as Tooru felt just a little intimidated by the woman.

Before her mother had a chance to scold her, Mina’s dad interrupted with a call.

“You three coming?”

Mina’s mom had to take a moment to close her eyes and settle herself with a deep breath.

“I swear,” she muttered lowly before calling back. “Yes, you old goat, we’re coming.” Mina’s mom turned back to the girls and gestured them to come along. “Let’s get going before your father makes anymore racket.”

With that, the trio set off with Mina’s mother in the lead as her daughter spoke in a hushed tone to her girlfriend.

“Don’t mind them, they act like they’re annoyed but that’s just how they are.”

“I wasn’t thinking that,” Tooru quickly retorted.

“Yes you were,” Mina raised her brows knowingly.

“Well, okay,” Tooru blushed, “but they’re like, way louder and stuff than my folks. It’s weird for just meeting them now!”

“That’s my family,” Mina chuckled. “I know it kind of changes our plans and stuff but are you okay with going along with whatever my dad has planned?”

“Assuming I’m invited,” Tooru nodded.

“Of course you are,” Mina nudged her. “You’d better be at least.”

“Sorry, just nervous,” Tooru squeezed Mina’s hand. “I mean, I knew I’d have to get to know your folks eventually, I just didn’t expect them to drop by now when I’ve had like, zero time to prepare!”

“Hey, I had no idea they’d be here either,” Mina shrugged, glancing at her mom and dad as the man held the door open for them all. “Let’s just deal until we can get back to our rooms, cool?”

Tooru nodded at her girlfriend as they passed by her father. While Tooru admittedly felt a tad intimidated by the man’s size, just knowing he was Mina’s dad was all she needed to begin putting that worry out of her mind, especially if his complete lack of reaction to his daughter’s relationship status was anything to go by.

“So what’s this big surprise you’ve got all hyped up for, dad?” Mina asked as they headed round UA’s main entrance to the side path that led towards the parking lot.

“You sure this school’s doing you good, girl?” Her dad smirked as they neared sight of their car. “Don’t tell me you’ve forgotten what we do every year.”

Mina frowned, a retort on her lips only for it to dissipate when she spotted their family car sitting in the relatively empty parking lot with their outdoor barbeque grill awkwardly strapped to the roof of it.

“You dragged that thing all the way down here?!” Mina gasped.

“Wouldn’t be a New Year’s party without it, would it?” Her dad’s laughed, his booming tone enough for a figure inside the vehicle to notice them and lower the portable games console that was in front of his face before putting it back in place.

“Is that your…” Tooru gestured to the boy.

“Pet monkey? Yes,” Mina grinned.

“Don’t start,” Mina’s mother groaned. “It was bad enough just getting him in the car to come down.”

“Hey, he’s fourteen, maybe he wants to spend some time at parties with his friends,” Mina suggested. “Gets him out of our hair too.”

“Play nice, you cheeky devil,” her father chuckled, moving to the side of the car to start unhooking the ropes, “you can fight after you’ve had dinner.”

“Guess we don’t need to visit Lunch Rush’s anymore,” Tooru chuckled as Mina’s dad rapped on the window to get his son’s attention.

“No chance,” Mina grinned excitedly. “Dad cooks up these super tasty burgers and hot dogs!”

“Just promise me you won’t go near the thing this year dear,” Mina’s mom pleaded. “I’d rather not have to have any heroes come to put out another fire.”

“That was one time!” Mina pouted petulantly.

“We all know about her cooking skill by now, Mrs Ashido,” Tooru teased, “the class try to keep her away from making anything that isn’t full of sugar.”

“Tooru!” Mina’s cheeks ballooned up.

“Shush dear, you know it’s true. Now go help your father,” Mina’s mother gestured to the man who had coerced her brother into helping too.

“Urgh, fine,” Mina groaned and moved to assist, though not before sneaking a quick kiss onto Tooru’s cheek.

Tooru almost wished the girl hadn’t done that as she could feel her face heating up from the obvious look Mina’s mum was now giving her. What she wouldn’t give to be invisible again right now.

“I apologize for my husband and daughter’s manners and lack of a proper introduction,” Mina’s mother began once Mina was sufficiently distracted away from the pair. “I suppose we’ve caught you quite by surprise today. I assume you two had plans already?”

“J-Just a little,” Tooru replied, flexing her hands nervously. “We were just gonna spend it together, no real plan or anything.”

“Hmph,” Mina’s mother snorted, shaking her head, “honestly, the nerve of my daughter not telling us about you. I hope it’s not because she’s ashamed of us.”

“I don’t think so ma’am,” Tooru dismissed. “There’s been a lot going on for us all here and it’s been hard for everyone.”

“All the more reason to rely on her family,” Mina’s mother stated with a huff before it faded into what Tooru thought was something of a forlorn sigh.

The iridescent haired girl regarded her girlfriend’s mother curiously for a moment as the woman watched her daughter more than pulling her weight with getting the grill down safely with her dad while Mina’s brother looked like he was doing everyone the biggest favour just by being here.

“Don’t forget the food in the back!” Mina’s mother called, almost startling Tooru from the volume. As Mina quickly moved to the trunk while her brother hauled what could only be the gas can for fuel from the back seat of the car, Mina’s mother turned back to Tooru and gestured to the pathway that lead towards the dorm buildings.

“Lead the way dear,” Mina’s mother offered, though Tooru almost felt like it was an order. “We’ll go prepare things while they do all the heavy lifting.”

“Uh, r-right,” Tooru nodded awkwardly, feeling her anxiety creep up at the lack of Mina-shaped buffer between them.

The two set off ahead of the others with Tooru figuring that Mina could easily guide her dad and brother to join them if they got too far ahead, though she couldn’t help but feel like she was an animal that had been separated from the herd. Glancing at the woman in the leopard-print coat, it was clear she was being scrutinised and she hoped it wasn’t as prey.

“This is a very nice campus,” Mina’s mother remarked casually after adjusting her gaze from Tooru to the surrounding area.

“Y-Yeah, it’s great to be able to live and study here,” Tooru enthused, glad she wasn’t the topic of discussion.

“Are you doing well in your classes?”

“Pretty well,” Tooru nodded, hoping the woman wouldn’t ask for her place in 1-A’s rankings or anything. “We get to learn loads of interesting things about being heroes and doing fun exercises and stuff which makes up for the uh… usual, more boring school things.”

“And I’m sure that your relationship with my daughter hasn’t negatively affected either of your grades?” Mina’s mother asked, her tone heavy with implication.

Despite the clear redirection of the conversation back to their relationship, this was a subject Tooru was confident about, even if it related to how they were with all their partners.

“Actually, Mina’s been doing better ever since we got together really,” she stated. “She wasn’t as dedicated to studying and stuff at the start of the year but um… she’s gotten much better since we started revising together and with friends and stuff.”

Tooru forced whatever embarrassing memories and ideas that tickled at her brain away to prevent a blush rising in her cheeks. Glancing over at Mina’s mother however, all those thoughts easily dispelled when the woman looked fairly relieved.

“So she’s… doing alright here at UA?” Mina’s mother asked with a touch more softness in her tone.

“Definitely,” Tooru nodded confidently. “She’s always been fantastic in practises and keeping everyone’s spirits up and stuff. I don’t know what we’d do if uh… she left,” Tooru finished awkwardly, realizing the subject matter she’d accidently stumbled into.

“And… how’s she doing since that stupid lawsuit?” Mina’s mother pressed, unable to keep the distain from her voice.

“Uh, well,” Tooru hesitated. “Worried might… be a bit of an understatement.”

“That… doesn’t surprise me,” the woman sighed. “Has Mina… told you why?”

“She said it was because she wouldn’t get to be at UA anymore, that she was scared they’d just throw her in jail,” Tooru relayed, hoping Mina didn’t mind her divulging as much.

“That’s not quite the full picture I’m afraid,” Mina’s mother sighed, glancing over her shoulder to ensure her family were out of earshot. “Mina’s father was taken from us once by a kangaroo court decision and sent to prison.”

Tooru audibly gasped and glanced back herself. Mina’d never mentioned anything of the sort before as far as she knew.

“H-How… why?” She immediately questioned.

“For doing what he believed was the right thing,” Mina’s mother sighed. “I won’t bore you with the details but my husband, the man I loved and my children’s father, was robbed of a few years of joy for something we all knew to be false. Regardless of how Mina may seem, she was affected by his loss as was her brother and myself. I don’t think it’s something that I’ll ever forgive our justice system for.”

Tooru laughed awkwardly, wondering if Mina’s mother remembered exactly what course she and her daughter were on.

“Oh!” Mina’s mother blinked and shook her head as though realizing the same thing herself and averting her eyes. “I apologize for my outburst. This whole situation has dredged up some… frustrating memories and emotions for me.”

“I-It’s okay, I completely understand!” Tooru waved away. “To… be honest, even without knowing that, I’ve been more than a little worried about it myself,” she clenched her hands together. “Mina and I haven’t been together all that long, but I can’t bear the thought of losing her to something like this.”

“And… what if you have to?” Mina’s mother asked curiously, her eyes focused on the girl. “If the worst should happen and she is booted from the hero course and sent to jail, what would you do then?”

“Probably cry,” Tooru chuckled bitterly without any humour in her tone. “But then, when I’m done, I’d pick myself back up and do everything I could to make sure I got her back as soon as possible. Mina’s special to me and all our friends. We’re not giving her up without a fight and that goes double for me!”

“And if you couldn’t? If there was nothing else to do but wait for her sentence to be up?”

“Then I’d wait,” Tooru declared firmly. “After all we’ve been through together, after we both discovered how we felt about things… I can’t see myself living without her unless I have to and…” her mind cast itself back to the look on Mina’s face when she’d first awoke from her quirk induced injuries at the hospital, “I know she feels the same way about me.”

Mina’s mother let a fond smile overtake her lips as she regarded her daughter’s girlfriend with a small measure of pride.

“I’m glad to see Mina’s chosen someone as loyal as you to be her partner.”

Tooru’s mind caught up to her words and felt a flush begin appearing on her face from how personal the conversation had gotten so suddenly.

“S-Sorry!” She apologized quickly. “I-I know it probably seems weird considering we just met and stuff and Mina’s never talked about me at all but that’s really how I feel about your daughter and I hope you don’t mind.”

“After words like that, how could I doubt you,” Mina’s mother chuckled at the girl’s babbling.

“O-Oh look, we’re here,” Tooru quickened her pace the last few steps towards their dorm before leading the woman down the path to their front entrance. “I-If you don’t mind I’m just going to go change now!”

“Of course dear,” Mina’s mother chuckled at the obvious excuse to escape her embarrassment even if she felt it was a tad redundant. The colourful haired girl had nothing to be ashamed about with thoughts so pure and honest for her daughter and, even replaying them in her mind, she could almost hear the wedding bells sounding already.

While Tooru made her escape, Mina’s mother was shortly joined by the rest of her family with her daughter dropping the cooler of food on one of the dorm benches.

“Mom, where’s Tooru?” She asked with narrowed, suspicious eyes.

“She went inside to change, dear,” Mina’s mother shook her head innocently.

“You better not be scaring off my girlfriend!” Mina challenged before heading up the steps herself and heading inside.

“Girlfriend?” Michio mumbled as he placed the can of gas behind the grill his dad had wheeled over onto the lawn.

“Yes, girlfriend,” the man stated. “Clearly she’s pulling more than you are,” he laughed.

“Fuck off!” Michio grumbled angrily before stalking away to the other bench and pulling out his games console again.

“Don’t antagonize him,” Mina’s mother rolled her eyes as she walked over to her husband who was busy making sure everything was still in one piece. “We’re here for Mina so could you tone down the teasing for today? I’ve told you Michio doesn’t like it anymore.”

“Yeah, yeah,” her husband sighed as his actions slowed. “Sorry, just excited I guess. It’s been so long since we last-”

“I know dear,” Mina’s mother slipped her hand into her husband’s fist as it tried to clench in frustration. “It feels like we just got you back and then Mina started attending UA.”

“I thought she’d be at home more,” her husband sighed.

“We both did,” Mina’s mother nodded, “but this is what’s best for her, remember?”

“Yeah… yeah, I know,” Mina’s father sighed. “I just wish I hadn’t missed so much.”

“There’s nothing wrong with that,” she leaned over and kissed his shoulder. “Just don’t forget that they’re both still adjusting. I am too.”

“Sorry, I’ll try to be better,” he apologized as he focused on getting everything ready for their barbeque feast.

“I’ll go talk to him,” Mina’s mother assured her husband. “Just don’t forget that he’s a different person now too.”

Mina’s dad nodded sadly as his wife stepped away to talk a seat by his son who looked content to ignore them both for the game in his hands.

Upstairs, Mina and Tooru quickly began changing into more outgoing clothes, aiming to dress up just a bit more than normal given the circumstances.

Though she entered after her girlfriend, Mina was ready first and headed to Tooru’s room as her girlfriend struggled to find just the right outfit. Mina was more than ready to calm her nerves however and helped her pick out a cute top and skirt she was happy with.

Stepping back out onto the front lawn of the 1-A dorms together, Mina brought her girlfriend over to her dad as he looked just about ready to start cooking.

“All good there you two?” He asked as they approached.

“All set,” Mina grinned. “Ready to chow down on some tasty burgers after the day I’ve had.”

“Nose to the grindstone, eh?” Her dad chuckled. “Well let’s see if your old man hasn’t lost his touch with things, eh?”

With the twist of a few knobs, the sound of gas igniting was like music to Mina’s ears as her and Tooru’s bellies growled hungrily for whatever it would produce.

“It’ll be a few minutes for the old girl to heat up,” Mina’s dad smiled. “Is it just us I’m grilling for tonight?”

“Uh, not unless you’ve got another surprise waiting in the bushes or something,” Mina smirked.

“Ah, so it’s just you girls here then? Everyone else gone home for their celebrations?”

“Oooh!” Mina realized after a moment what her dad was implying. “Nah, we’ve got some of our friends here that didn’t go home too. Can I go grab them?”

“Wouldn’t be like our old shindigs if you don’t,” her dad chuckled. “Besides, I don’t think we’ll be able to eat everything we have just between the five of us.”

“You’re amazing dad,” Mina wrapped her hands around the man in a quick hug. “I’ll go ask everyone now!”

“W-Wait um… I can do that, Mina,” Tooru offered shyly. “You stay here and catch up with your dad, I’m sure he’s missed you since the dorms started.”

“You’re not wrong little miss,” Mina’s dad chuckled.

“Thanks hun,” Mina gave the girl a quick squeeze and a kiss before Tooru hurried back into the dorm. While Tooru knew her girlfriend could’ve easily done it herself, in truth she didn’t want to get into another emotional talk with another of her girlfriend’s parents. One grilling was enough for now thank you very much.

“I hope I didn’t scare her,” Mina’s dad grimaced playfully at Mina as the doors closed behind Tooru.

“Nah, that’s mom’s doing,” Mina waved off, having gotten a few of the details from the girl while they were changing.

“And she chastises me,” the man rolled his eyes as he checked on the grill’s temperature. “How are you doing anyway, kiddo?”

“Nothing to complain about,” Mina shrugged. “You know, other than the trial to decide if I’m fit to be a hero and whatnot.”

“I see your sarcasm hasn’t been affected,” her dad chuckled before his expression switched to something more serious. “Really though kid, how you been?”

“How do you think?” Mina sighed. “Fucking sucks.”

“Can say that again,” the man nodded sympathetically. “Your mom’s been close to pulling out her hair with worry.”

“Sounds like her,” Mina shook her head, glancing at the woman as she tried to get more than a few words out of her brother.

“Might’ve helped if you’d called a bit more, let us know you were doing okay getting ready for it and stuff.”

“I didn’t want you guys to worry,” Mina sighed only for her brain to realise she was giving the exact same excuse to her dad that Nezu had given to her. “But you’re right. That was stupid, I’m sorry.”

“Woah, I wasn’t trying to scold you or anything,” her dad assured her.

“No, but that doesn’t mean you’re wrong,” Mina noted. “I know I haven’t done the best job talking to you guys about things, especially since I moved here.”

“You’ve got your own life,” her dad reasoned with a shrug. “We’re always probably gonna wanna be more involved with it but it’s your decision at the end of the day. I know I haven’t been part of it for a while, but it is nice to hear what you’ve been up to, even the boring bits like school.”

“Sorry, I’ll try to give you more of a heads up next time I’m being sued,” Mina chuckled sarcastically.

“Just let me know how many shovels to bring to hide the body,” her dad smirked, bumping her hip with his as he turned to grab the cooler and open it up.

Mina shook her head fondly as she watched him work, grabbing a pair of patties with the tongs after giving them a few test clicks and listening to the delightful hiss they made on the grill.

“I’ve missed this,” she mumbled loud enough for her dad to hear over the sounds of cooking meat.

“Me too,” he agreed softly. “In… some ways you haven’t changed since I went in and in others… you’ve grown up so much.”

“Couldn’t help it,” Mina shrugged. “Not unless I got thrown in there with you for melting that stupid judge.”

“Just make sure you don’t melt this one or whatever system they’re using to figure out who’s right or wrong.”

“Depends if I win or lose,” Mina chuckled humourlessly.

“Regardless, we’ll still be here for you no matter what.”

“I-I know dad,” Mina replied as a small silence stretched out between the pair.

After a few moments, Mina felt the need to ask her dad something she’d never found the right time to talk about before.

“Do you regret it?” She asked quietly as he flipped the burgers and added a pair of hotdogs to the mix.

For a second she wondered if he’d even heard her as he stared at the grill with focused eyes.

“In some ways,” he eventually answered. “Most of them involve having to leave you three without me.”

“We managed,” Mina replied.

“But you shouldn’t’ve needed to,” her dad continued. “If I’d’ve known what would happen then yes, I would’ve watched those two fu-… gentlemen fight to the death and moved on without a thought.”

“You said ‘in some ways’,” Mina tilted her head. “Do you not regret it too then?”

“Sort of,” the man sighed wearily. “I know you probably don’t want to hear this but… I still think I did the right thing.”

Mina’s eyes widened at that admission and felt a touch of anger flow through her.

“Why?” She asked with a tone in her voice. “Didn’t you just say you wouldn’t care if they fought till they died?”

“Yes, I did,” her dad replied calmly as he kept his eyes on the grill. “But when I acted that day, I had no idea that things would end up the way they did. Can’t you say the same about the way things are for you now?”

Mina admittedly felt a touch of understanding wash over her. Sure, she was acting with a hero license and the villain she fought was actively trying to kill her and her friends, but would she have hesitated if she knew this was the outcome she would have to face? She certainly didn’t before back when she was in middle school and that was way after her dad had ended up in the slammer.

“I think you understand what I did more than you realize,” her dad shot her an appreciative smile as he glanced over at her. “Maybe that’s why we’ve gotten along better than me and your brother since I came back.” The pair once again glanced over at the boy who was at least talking with his mother now. “Even though you’re going through a real crappy thing right now kiddo, I have no doubts you did the right thing.”

“You think?” Mina asked with a touch of hesitation in her voice.

“Look at it this way kiddo, some people would choose not to give someone asking for money a hand because they might spend it on booze or drugs. Used to be I’d help them even knowing that risk but… after what happened to me, I don’t think I can say the same anymore. It says something that you knew exactly what happened to me when I stepped into something I technically had no business messin’ with and still decided to come be a hero. That’s what makes you a good person Mina, and you have no idea how glad I am that my fuck up didn’t ruin that for you.”

Even though he’d only returned to them earlier this year and had certainly been affected by his time behind bars, Mina knew it hadn’t changed nearly as much between them as she was worried about.

“Thanks dad,” Mina smiled back at him as he wrapped an arm around her and pulled her in for a side-hug.

“No problem you little devil,” he chuckled as she wrapped her arms around him and squeezed him tight.

When he next checked the meat it seemed like the first couple were ready and, with almost perfect timing, the doors of the dorms reopened as Tooru re-emerged.

“Everyone knows now,” she called out happily. “Shoji might come down later but everyone else should be here soon.”

“So that’s how many mouths?” Mina’s dad asked as he pulled out a few new patties to get cooking.

“Ooo, if everyone’s coming then this party’s gonna need some tunes!”

Despite her best efforts to avoid it, Tooru was once again left without her girlfriend buffer between the pinkette’s family as she felt a touch of self-consciousness set in. Luckily Mina’s dad seemed to take pity on her and refrained from engaging her in any serious topics, instead offering her the first burger of the night while setting up the multiple sauces and dips for people to help themselves with.

One by one their fellow 1-A members started emerging from the dorms with Sato, Sero, and Aoyama making their appearances and getting acquainted with Mina’s relatives. The girl herself made her return with her portable sound system and set it up to play some party tunes to get the atmosphere going.

Thankfully, it seemed even her brother was starting to get into things as he got talking with Sero about video games while Sato chatted with her father about the grill he was using. Even Aoyama got to talking with her mom about fashion but it seemed they had very different ideas on what exactly was in style to wear.

Though their party was intended just for them, it wasn’t long until someone else happened to come across the scene.

“Hey, something smells super good over here, you guys having a cookout?” A voice called from the pathway at the front of the hedges.

“Tetsutetsu?” Mina blinked as she heard to boys call. “Heck yeah we are! You got a couple people still here at 1-B?”

“It’s just me, Shiozaki, Tsunotori and Rin,” he replied.

“Well if you guys are hungry you can come join us!” Mina declared after glancing hopefully at her dad and getting the go ahead.

“Might have to ration a few things until everyone’s had a bite but we should be fine,” he assured them.

“That’s awesome! I’ll go get them!” Tetsutetsu agreed, hurrying back to the dorm to see if the others would be interested.

Before long, their party size had increased as they were joined by the remainder of 1-B. In-between dishing out hamburgers, hot dogs, and a few grilled vegetables here and there, Mina’s parents stood together and watched their daughter fondly, seeing how happy she was as she bounced between her various friends ensuring everyone was happy and enjoying themselves.

“I almost forgot how much she loved these things,” Mina’s mother sighed as she rested her head on her husband’s shoulder.

“I didn’t,” her husband stated. “It’s part of what kept me going in there.”

“I hope I at least got some consideration too,” she pinched his rear discretely.

“Well that’s obvious, isn’t it,” he chuckled.

“Excuse me sir,” Shiozaki called politely as she returned with her plate. “Might I trouble you for another hot dog?”

“Certainly ca…” Mina’s father hesitated as he glanced in the cooler. With the increased amount of mouths, most all of the food had found its way onto the grill already. “Sorry Miss Shiozaki, looks like we’re all out.”

“Then I supposed we’re right on time then!” A familiar voice declared.

Looking over, it seemed they were joined by yet more guests as Nezu had arrived while riding on Lunch Rush’s shoulder accompanied by a few staff bots with boxes.

“After your intriguing request to bring your barbeque, I took the liberty of making some preparations in the event you were to run out of supplies. We have plenty here to share if you don’t mind us joining you.”

“That’s up to our daughter, I believe,” Mina’s mother turned the decision over to the pinkette.

“Dad never turned anyone away before, I’m not gonna break that chain,” Mina grinned.

With that, the party really got started as Nezu and Lunch Rush had brought along much more than they’d need. They quickly discovered that it was because Nezu was planning to also set up their own barbeque unit in the center of the dorm path so the rest of the school could have their own treat but Mina simply told him they could set up here.

While this was time for her to see her parents, having so many people around only made it feel like she was back home again when she was younger.

As a result, an email was sent out to all those that remained on campus to come join their impromptu party. Members from various classes, not just the hero ones, all gathered and indulged in the party with Tooru even spotting Hatsume and a couple of her classmates turn up.

Eventually, Nezu received a call and had to depart early, giving them all the curfew to wrap things up by half-past midnight but that seemed to just be part of his job as principal. Mina was a tad worried about the look on his face as he departed but was just grateful it wasn’t for her right now.

As time stretched on and the party settled down into a more comfortable, pleasant atmosphere once everyone was fed and watered, Tooru and Mina could be found sitting on one of the benches together looking up at the sky.

“Are you relaxed now?” Tooru asked, cheekily reminding the girl about how she felt before all this madness started.

“Much more,” Mina grinned brightly, warming Tooru’s heart at seeing her girlfriend so refreshed despite all the energy they’d expended talking with everyone. “Thanks for going along with this craziness.”

“If it made you happy then it was worth it,” Tooru smiled just as brightly, leaning over to place a deep kiss on her girlfriend’s lips.

There was still a little ways to go until midnight but, to Mina, everything was practically perfect the way it was now.


While Tooru, Mina, and her family enjoyed their New Year’s cookout, the others members of their relationship were also settling into their own plans.

Going back a few hours, Tsuyu, Ochako, Izuku, Momo and Kyoka had all gathered together in the common room as they bid goodbye to the few that were present that were staying behind.

“Looking forward to seeing your family again, Iida?” Izuku asked as those departing made their final checks in the entrance area.

“Indeed I am,” the engine-quirked boy smiled while chopping his arm. “While nothing like the feast we enjoyed at Christmas, my family does like to end the New Year with a hearty meal that I’m looking forward to before our charity aid.”

“Sounds like you’re going ‘Plus Ultra’ even now,” Ochako smiled fondly at the boy.

“Do you know what your parents have planned for us, Ochako?” Tsuyu asked, her voice slightly muffled behind her scarf.

“Not yet but I’m sure it won’t be as tiri… uh, rewarding as something like that,” Ochako blushed lightly.

“It’s quite alright, Uraraka,” Iida waved away, “this style of celebration is just my family’s way of doing things. I hope you all have a pleasant evening with your own plans.”

“My mom and I aren’t planning on doing much this year,” Izuku spoke up to pull some of the heat off his pink-cheeked girlfriend, “we’re probably just going to be watching all the news coverage of the celebrations and stuff while we spend some time catching up.”

“Spending time with loved ones is always heartening,” Iida smiled before glancing over at the elevator. “Now if only some of our classmates could arrive we could set off.”

“Dude, we don’t have to wait,” Kaminari chuckled from by the doors. “We probably don’t have to turn up exactly on time or as a class or anything.”

“But the e-mail specified-” Iida began, only for his rant to be interrupted by the chime of the elevator.

Several heads swivelled as the last members of class 1-A that were set to head out made their appearance.

“The fuck are you idiots standing around for?” Bakugo growled as he stepped out of the metal box, one hand clasping Kirishima’s who stepped into view too while the other held Queen’s cat carrier.

“Waiting for you apparently,” Kaminari chuckled.

“Aw, you didn’t have to do that,” Kirishima grinned with a hint of a blush on his cheeks at the attention.

“Great, they’re here, can we go now?” Kyoka sighed impatiently from her spot.

“Y-Yes, very well then,” Iida quickly bounced back. “Everyone! Make sure you’ve got all the belongings you’ll need for the excursion and we’ll head out.”

The explosive blond rolled his eyes and tugged Kirishima along who was content to be the first pair out the door trailed by Kaminari as he called for them to, “Wait up!”

“Bye everyone, have a good time!” Sato called out from the sofas where he and Aoyama were watching a cookery show.

“Thank you very much, Happy New Year to you,” Momo called back, followed by several of the others as they all started mobilizing.

With overnight bags packed and winter clothes donned, the group made their way out of the dorm and towards the parking lot.

Tokoyami, Ojiro, Koda, and Todoroki took the lead with Kyoka and Momo walking together behind them as Iida joined Ochako, Izuku, and Tsuyu in light conversation on the journey.

Tsuyu was bundled up tightly in her thick coat and gloves but she imagined that she could still feel the warmth from both her partners’ hands as they walked. Luckily, it was also doing a great job at hiding the dress she’d borrowed from Momo and couldn’t wait to see the look on Ochako’s face when they were able to shed some of their outerwear.

Of course her mind just as quickly latched onto the idea of shedding a little more than her outerwear tonight if Ochako let her, though she had no idea how thick the walls would be wherever her parents were currently staying.

A cold breeze blew through the surrounding trees and Tsuyu shivered lightly. She then felt a soft squeeze of her hand from Izuku as he shot her that endearing smile of his. Her heart ached to be able to spend New Year’s with him too, as well as with all her other girlfriends, but that wasn’t an option this year. One day hopefully, but for now she just had to focus on one set of future in-laws liking her.

“I guess we’re not getting coaches,” Kyoka remarked as the group rounded the corner and spied a variety of UA cars waiting patiently for their arrival along with several teachers and other somewhat notable pro heroes waiting around.

At the end of the path they were on stood the diminutive principal of UA, armed with a pen and clipboard.

“Ah, 1-A,” he smiled brightly, “right on time. If you could all just line up nice and neatly, we’ll get you matched to your assigned escort in no time.”

“I guess that answers that question,” Ochako smiled as she squeezed Tsuyu’s hand enthusiastically.

“This is probably also where we split up,” Izuku noted with a touch of dejection in his tone.

“Ribbit, it’s not for too long remember, Izuku,” Tsuyu pulled him close as Ochako drew him in for a three-way hug that all three of them turned into a tight squeeze.

“I-I know,” Izuku sighed before placing light kisses on both his girlfriend’s lips. “Just um… got something to look forward to next year I guess.”

“Fingers crossed,” Ochako smiled hopefully, getting a supporting nod from Tsuyu.

Off to the side, Iida allowed the three their moment without saying a word with nothing but a supportive expression on his face as the line moved up.

“Miss Jiro and Miss Yaoyorozu?” Nezu crossed off his list. “You’re with Ectoplasm.”

“Thank you sir,” the pair bowed politely before heading for their car.

“Mr Iida, you’re with Fourth Kind.”

“At once sir!” Iida bowed quickly and deeply only to break into a speed walk moments later.

“Mr Midoriya?” Nezu called next with the boy stepping up. “You’re with Cementoss.”

“Understood,” Izuku nodded before hurrying off, giving one quick glance back at Ochako and Tsuyu before he reached the pro.

“Lastly,” Nezu smiled as the two remaining girls approached. “Miss Uraraka and Miss Asui.”

“That’s us sir, ribbit.”

“You’ll be with Mr Brave.”

Neither of the girls was quite familiar with who that was, though luckily for them the amount of pro heroes remaining was small at this point as the black haired, red caped hero waved them over.

The two quickly made their way over to the man, briefly introducing themselves to him and vice versa before all three entered the car and set off on their journey.

Once they were on the open road, it was clear that Mr Brave wasn’t a chatterer as Tsuyu and Ochako allowed themselves to relax together and savour the quiet trip hand in hand.


After some travel time, it was becoming increasingly clear that Ochako’s parents had evidently been working in the heart of the city with the route that Mr Brave was taking. Glancing out of the window every now and then, both Tsuyu and Ochako noted the increase in traffic, the seasonal stalls, and the rowdiness of some early celebrators.

Ochako almost got very confused as they eventually turned into a fancy looking skyscraper’s underground parking lot if not for spotting the name of the building on a plate just before they entered the garage that matched the address her parents gave her.

“Momo’s moving up in the world if she can buy and renovate a building like this, ribbit,” Tsuyu remarked.

“I wonder what my parents are doing here,” Ochako pondered as she noted the lack of cars around, though it was reassuring to see several of her parents’ company trucks and vans near the elevators that they were approaching.

In short order, the car came to a halt as the girls and Mr Brave stepped out.

“Are you coming up with us, Mr Brave, ribbit?” Tsuyu asked curiously.

“I’m to see you to your lodgings and confirm you’re with your family but I’ll be remaining in the hall to safeguard you for the rest of the evening,” he nodded.

“Are we allowed to go out with my family if we want?” Ochako asked, unsure if her folks had plans in that regard.

“You’re by no means confined to your home,” Mr Brave confirmed, “if necessary I’ll need to escort you all wherever you go however.”

“That’s good,” Ochako breathed a sigh of relief.

“Something I should know about, ribbit?” Tsuyu queried as the trio made their way to the elevator.

“Nah. Well… kinda?” Ochako thought about as she hit the number for the floor she’d been told which just so happened to be the top one. “Back when we used to live in Mie, we used to do this fun mochi-pounding thing on New Year’s day,” she explained. “It was always great fun to flatten it and make it super sticky and tasty with everyone… guess that probably won’t happen this year.”

“Maybe that’s something else we could plan for next year, ribbit,” Tsuyu offered kindly. “With you and Izuku working together, you’d probably make the stickiest and tastiest mochi of them all.”

Ochako’s eyes noticeably widened as she imagined Izuku’s strength and speed along with her own kneading skills. She’d much prefer to be the one smashing the mochi but Izuku’s quirk was probably a better fit for that… unless he could maybe lend it to her? The mochi-obsessed girl was only broken out of her musings by the ding of the elevator arriving.

Stepping out, the three noted the clearly work-in-progress hallway from the seemingly newly implemented doorways that still had plaster around their edges to seal up any cracks. When Ochako knocked on the numbered door she’d been told about, Tsuyu braced herself for whatever came next.

Soon enough, the door was opened and a familiar but welcome sight greeted the pair’s eyes with a smiling Mr and Mrs Uraraka eagerly answering together.

“Hey Angel!” Ochako’s dad grinned as he opened the door wide.

“Hi mom, dad!” Ochako broke into a wide smile of her own, slipping inside quickly and snagging a hug with her mom while Tsuyu bowed politely to the pair.

“If that’s everything,” Mr Brave spoke up, getting the adults attention. “I’ll stand guard out here until you’re ready to leave.”

“Thank you very much for escorting and protecting us, sir,” Tsuyu thanked the hero with a small bow, followed quickly by Ochako.

“Would you like anything to eat or drink while you’re out there?” Ochako’s mother offered.

“I’ll be fine ma’am,” he declined, patting his utility belt. “Those who signed up knew what we were getting in for.”

“Well, just yell if you need anything,” Ochako’s mother nodded as the hero turned away and her husband closed the door.

With no more official eyes on them, both Tsuyu and Ochako breathed a sigh of relief at having arrived safely; considering their class’ record, they wouldn’t be surprised if villains tried something tonight.

Ochako’s parents shared a look at each other before welcoming the pair more fully into their temporary lodgings.

“You girls can just drop your coats and scarves over there,” Ochako’s dad pointed to the small cupboard that would eventually serve as a walk-in coat storage. “Just toss them anywhere you’ll remember them. Keep your shoes on though.”

Tsuyu proceeded to do just that while Ochako was too distracted at what she was currently looking at.

“Wow! You guys are living here?!”

Ochako’s dad rolled his eyes and her mother giggled.

“There’s the reaction we were expecting,” she smiled as their daughter fully took in the environment she was standing in.

Ochako had expected just some sort of apartment that they were renovating like last time, but here she was in what was no less than a penthouse. It was easily twice as large as the last place she’d seen when accompanying Momo and that was just the bits she could see!

There was a big wall before her with a giant flat screen TV, a couple of sofas and a coffee table arranged around it while off to the side was a table that almost seemed too big for the place with a number of comfy office-like chairs arranged around it. Instead of simple windows, the whole left side of the apartment had glass windows for a wall with a pair of glass double doors that led out onto a terrace where a variety of potted plants, deck chairs, and a space heater stood. Finally, there was a hallway on the other side of the room that she could only guess lead to even more rooms, including where she and Tsuyu might be staying that night.

It was very much still a work in progress with the walls inside being just as bare and plaster splattered as the outside and all the wall erection equipment being gathered together under construction sheet to keep it out of the way. One of the walls even looked partially smashed to pieces but they’d only gotten half the job done. Small amounts of debris also littered the floor from their destructive activities and Ochako watched her dad grab a broom to hastily finish clearing up what he hadn’t before she and Tsuyu had arrived. 

"It’s an old office building we’re turning into condos,” Ochako’s mom explained at her daughter’s gobsmacked look. “We’ve moved a few things into here to better accommodate our living arrangement while we work. The top floor here will be penthouse suites. Actually owning one will probably be out of both of our price ranges,” she nudged her husband teasingly.

“Maybe if we both marry into money?” Ochako’s dad jokingly suggested.

“Taking full advantage for now then,” Tsuyu chuckled as she gently took Ochako’s coat and bag off for her distracted girlfriend, depositing the former with her own.

“All the furniture is mostly old stuff from off this floor,” her dad gestured to the seating and the tables which had come from the break area, meeting room, and various offices on this floor, “but we figured it would make this place a bit more homely for tonight. I know you both probably expected something cosier.”

Ochako simply gave her dad a big hug as she shook her head.

“As long as I’ve got both of you here and safe and happy, then that’s all I need.”

“We wouldn’t be here without you, Angel,” her dad hugged back.

“We made sure to finish one of the bedrooms for this place first however,” Ochako’s mother winked, holding out her hand to her daughter. “Would you like to come see it?”

Ochako’s eyes brightened even further before snagging Tsuyu’s hand to tug her along. The gravity girl’s dad smiled earnestly as the three girls disappeared enthusiastically down the hall as he continued to sweep up the last few bits and pieces.

Having been lead inside one of the two ‘finished’ rooms Ochako’s mom had declared for this unit, Ochako’s smile threatened to burst off her face at seeing her old quilt and pillows spread out on the double bed, though considering they were designed for a single they looked woefully undersized.

“It’s not permanent of course,” Ochako’s mom sighed as her daughter tentatively explored the room, “but we figured it would be nice for you to see what we both want for you once when we can finally get settled.”

Ochako’s heart fell a little at the reminder and the fact that, one day, her parents wouldn’t be together anymore.

“I love it,” she turned back happily, refusing to let that fact colour their stay as Tsuyu dropped their bags by the end of the bed.

“There’s a spare few pillows and cover in the cupboard over there,” Ochako’s mom gestured. “I’ll leave you two to sort yourselves out before joining us. Bathroom’s the next door down and everything works.”

“T-Thanks mom, it’s all wonderful,” Ochako gave her mom another quick hug.

“Thank you very much Mrs Uraraka,” Tsuyu nodded, getting a smile in return.

Ochako’s mom then took her leave, giving the girls some privacy. Ochako spent another few moments just looking around the room and all the space for things she could have here. Her parents obviously wouldn’t be staying and she’d likely get yet another bedroom when they shifted to their next project, but it didn’t stop her daydreaming.

“Ribbit, looks like they’re still enjoying working for Momo,” Tsuyu noted, heading for the cupboard to get the spare covers they’d definitely need tonight.

“Yeah, I’m glad Momo’s still treating them right after um… everything,” Ochako’s smile faltered, feeling the urge to reached for her empty neckline. That the heiress was still ensuring her parents were safe, comfortable, and working was something that definitely earned the girl points back in her book.

“Don’t think about it too much tonight,” Tsuyu smiled fondly as she tossed the coverings onto Ochako’s bed. “Let’s just get ready to enjoy a nice night with your folks.”

“You’re right, let’s-” Ochako nodded turning back to Tsuyu only for her mouth to drop open.

While she’d been aware Tsuyu was wearing something green underneath her thick winter coverings, she didn’t realise the girl was wearing something so fancy, having been too distracted with other things to really look at her girlfriend since they’d arrived.

“Do you like it, ribbit?” Tsuyu smile knowingly and brushed some stray hair behind her ear. “I thought I’d dress a bit nicer.”

Indeed, looking at her when free of her obscuring clothing revealed a light green, armless dress that Ochako had sworn she’d seen somewhere before. It looked amazing on Tsuyu, though it was somewhat conflicting with the girl’s fluffy winter boots that she still wore.

With her scarf and headgear gone, a cute, white flower hair-clip that’d been under her ear warmers could be seen along with some light green make-up the girl had applied to her cheeks, capping it off with either some shiny lipstick or lip balm that made Ochako want to snag her girlfriend’s lips with her own.

“Wow, Tsu, you look…” Ochako blinked dumbly as a blush made its way up her cheeks, “g-gorgeous.”

“I thought that was Momo’s nickname, ribbit,” Tsuyu teased as she stepped closer, having already admired Ochako’s cute blue tie-front top over her cute pink blouse complete with knee-length cyan skirt and warm, black leggings.

“You can still be gorgeous too!” Ochako flustered as Tsuyu pulled her into a hug.

“I know, ribbit,” the frog girl giggled lightly before placing a soft kiss on Ochako’s nose. “Glad my dress impressed.”

“I didn’t even know you had that,” Ochako said.

“It’s Momo’s,” Tsuyu glanced down at it, “she’s letting me borrow it.”

“I knew I’d seen it before,” Ochako chuckled at finally realizing. “It looks um… stunning on you too.”

“Enough you want to rip it off me, ribbit?” Tsuyu smirked, placing another soft kiss on Ochako’s lips that the girl leant into for a few moments before pulling away.

“N-Not now,” Ochako blushed again.

“You’re right, you’ve gotta show me off first,” the frog girl chuckled as she stepped back. “Just something to keep in mind, ribbit,” she winked.

“Tsu,” Ochako rolled her eyes. “I don’t need to show you off to my parents, they already like you.”

“Well, yeah,” Tsuyu nodded before her lip curled down slightly, “B-But that could change.”

“Tsu,” Ochako watched sadly as her girlfriend almost curled in on herself. “Everything’s going to be fine, you’ll see.”

“I hope so, ribbit,” she slowly nodded, “I just don’t want things to go bad for you too.”

“We’re not telling them about Izuku or anything yet so maybe try not to worry so much, Darling,” Ochako pulled the girl back into a comforting hug and placed a kiss on her head. “Let’s just enjoy tonight as girlfriend, girlfriend, and accepting parents, okay?”

“Ribbit, you’re probably right,” Tsuyu accepted, feeling her confidence returning.

“It happens sometimes,” Ochako chuckled. “Come on, let’s wash up quickly and get back out there.”

“Ribbit!”


It didn’t take long for the pair to get themselves ready for an evening of fun after straightening their looks out before heading back into the make-shift living area to see Ochako’s parents casually chatting away.

“Hey girls,” Ochako’s dad called, putting the broom away after having finished most of the major traffic areas they might use.

“So, what’s the plan for tonight?” Ochako asked excitedly as she hopped onto one of the sofas with Tsuyu and wrapped her arm around the girl confidently.

“We’ve got a few things planned,” Ochako’s mother teased slyly before reaching for a box on the large table.

“First things first though,” her dad quickly moved to stand between the girls and his wife. “Have you girls eaten much today?”

“Not much since lunch, ribbit,” Tsuyu answered.

“That’s good,” Ochako’s dad smiled knowingly. “You’ll probably have plenty of room for things to come then because there’s something we need to do before anything else.”

The man then hurried over to the light switches on the wall and deftly flicked them all, leaving the room dark except for the beams coming through the windows from other buildings and an orange glow from behind Ochako’s mother.

It registered to Tsuyu faster than it did Ochako and the frog girl easily joined in only a few beats after her girlfriend’s mother began singing the traditional birthday song. Ochako almost joined in on instinct too before realizing they were doing a belated celebration of her birthday.

Her lip quivered and her eyes began to water as her mother carefully brought over the biggest birthday cake she’d ever seen from them. It was just another reminder of everything they’d all achieved this year as the many candles that lit up the treat was laid before her with her name written in icing to cap it all off.

“Happy Birthday to you~,” the others finished as the gravity girl took a deep breath and extinguished all the candles in a single blow. Ochako’s dad flicked the lights back on as they all clapped for the belated birthday girl.

“I’d forgotten about this,” Ochako admitted, brushing away the liquid that’d gathered around her eyes.

“We never would,” Ochako’s dad chuckled, plopping down onto the other sofa next to his wife.

“Sorry we couldn’t spend your actual birthday with you, dear,” Ochako’s mother apologized as she rubbed her daughter’s knee. “We know you were going through a lot with everything on your trip.”

“Hopefully you can forgive us when you’re stuffing yourself with cake!” Her dad laughed as he brought over a small stack of plates and cutlery.

“Everyone at the dorms made sure Ochako knew how much she was loved and appreciated, ribbit,” Tsuyu informed the pair who wore relieved smiles at Ochako’s agreeing nod.

“Yeah, it was a lot of fun, we played party games and they made me a mochi cake and presents.”

“We can certainly do a few of the former if you like,” Ochako’s dad smiled. “As for the latter…”

He reached under the sofa and pulled out a somewhat messily wrapped present that he passed to his wife who offered it out to their daughter.

“Happy Birthday Ochako!”

“Aw, you guys,” Ochako felt herself tearing up again. Even presents of the past didn’t usually have wrapping paper so she knew her parents were clearly making every effort to try and give her just a little of what she’d missed out on over the years.

“It’s just a little something from us,” her dad took her mom’s hand and squeezed lightly, looking at Ochako with all the love for their little angel they could muster.

The girl certainly felt it and carefully opened up her gift, trying not to rip the paper where possible to reveal a ring box. A gift like the would certainly cause her breath to catch if it was from certain other people but she was more curious than anything as to what lay within. Inside was a shiny, silver ring that didn’t close all the way, instead ending with a pair of upturned angel wings.

“We didn’t know if you’d be interested in gaudy jewellery, but we hope you like it,” Ochako’s mom smiled as Ochako pulled the ring out to observe the words, ‘Guardian Angel’ inscribed on the inside. “Something for you to remember how much we’ll always love you.”

“It’s a pinky ring,” her dad explained cheerfully. “Though uh… maybe don’t punch anyone while wearing it.”

“Now that’s an image, ribbit,” Tsuyu chuckled at the thought of Ochako leaving behind an imprint like that in the villains she takes down.

“Maybe I’ll wear it on a chain around my neck,” Ochako smiled. “I won’t have to take it off as often then.”

“Whatever works for you dear,” her mother smiled as the girl tried on her present, trying to figure out which hand it felt best on.

“As for your Christmas present, well, we both know this year’s a little different from the past ones,” Ochako’s dad chuckled nervously. “So we figured we’d give you a few choices.”

“There’s a few stalls and other things set up for a festival in a park nearby we could go peruse to celebrate New Year’s and watch the fireworks together,” Ochako’s mother started. “Or, we could do something a little cosier and get some take-out of your choice and watch the fireworks on the terrace.”

“Don’t even think about suggesting cooking to save money either,” Ochako’s dad chuckled as his daughter’s mouth predictably opened to suggest just that. “Kitchen’s still a while away from being installed so checkmate.”

Ochako’s rebuttal died in her throat as she looked around and indeed confirmed a lack of anything resembling a kitchen. Truthfully, both available options sounded great to her and either one would likely result in a truly memorable evening with her folks. If she had to pick though, one option clearly prevailed over the other though as it would be absolutely criminal to get her adorable girlfriend to bundle up again.

“Honestly, a night in with all the trimmings sounds amazing,” Ochako smiled widely. “As much fun as festival stuff sounds, I’d rather just spend time with all of you just being together. I know it sounds kinda childish but there’s nothing I’ve been looking forward to more than just being hugged by you guys.”

“Oh darling,” her mom opened her arms up for another hug as Ochako eagerly accepted the offer. Ochako’s dad quickly wrapped his arms around them both as Tsuyu looked on fondly.

She didn’t begrudge Ochako her family intimacy but she definitely felt her own recent loss a bit stronger with what was on display before her.

“Right!” Ochako’s dad broke the hug first. “Why don’t you three talk take-out while I go start up the space heater. Wouldn’t do good to catch cold while we feast and watch the fireworks, eh?”

Ochako and her mom broke the hug with the woman quickly retrieving a set of local eateries that should still be delivering tonight.

“Um, that was okay for me to choose, right?” Ochako whispered to Tsuyu as the adults set to their tasks.

“It’s fine, Ochako,” Tsuyu dismissed, giving her girlfriend a small kiss on the cheek. “It might be nice to not have to be swaddled in stuff to watch the fireworks with my own eyes for a change.”

“That’s good,” Ochako smiled, giving her girlfriend’s hand a squeeze. “I’m glad we get to spend this time together.”

“Me too ‘Chako,” Tsuyu smiled brightly, though they both exchanged a look that made them think of the others. They hoped that Mina and Tooru as well as Kyoka and Momo were having a good time in their pairs but Izuku was still by himself. Next year they’d make sure he wouldn’t be alone in whatever form that took.

Soon enough Ochako’s parents returned and the group quickly selected some chicken cuisine for their New Year’s treat. The gravity girl couldn’t help the small amount of drool that escaped her lips as she thought about the amount they were getting to split but she refused to let herself feel guilty for what they were spending. Her parents could afford to splurge a little now and she could always send back some of the pocket money she’d kept saved from them if they needed it. No, she wouldn’t worry anymore unless she had to and just enjoy the evening for the wonderful time it was looking to be.

As everyone started to settle in for a delightful evening with the big screen now quietly playing the local news coverage of celebrations around the country as the group chatted about work and school, Ochako and Tsuyu relaxed into the comfort they’d been granted as they all awaited their food.

Curiously, what broke them from the casual chatter was the ringing of a phone. Not from either of the Uraraka parents’, as expected of the delivery person trying to locate their building, but Tsuyu’s phone. The girl couldn’t help but grimace at the tone as it could mean any number of bad things today.  Ochako sent her a nervous look as the frog girl reached into her pocket and pulled out her device.

Tsuyu wasn’t sure whether to be more relieved or confused that the caller wasn’t any of the numbers she’d predicted that would be on the other end.

“Could you all please excuse me for a moment?” Tsuyu asked politely, getting affirming nods from the elder Uraraka duo. Ochako followed her girlfriend’s form with a frown but her fears were somewhat allayed when Tsuyu shot her a small smile.

Making use of the building’s benefits, Tsuyu decided to take the call on the apartment’s terrace that allowed a good view over both downtown Musutafu and the coast in the distance. While she’d normally never consider doing such a thing in her current state of dress during the winter, the space heater nearby was more the sufficient to keep the worst of the chill from inducing her frog-like instincts to hibernate.

Closing the glass door behind her and leaning on a railing close to the source of heat, she quickly accepted the call before it dropped and greeted her friend.

“Hi Habuko.”

“Tsu! How’sss it hanging? Are you back yet? I feel like it’sss been forever since we’ve talked,” the mild hissing yet excited voice of Habuko Mongoose rang through the speakers.

“It’s been a while,” Tsuyu conceded with a chuckle, rubbing her phone holding arm slightly to stave off the chill the wind was giving her. “Sorry I haven’t called more, I’ve been pretty busy with school, ribbit.”

“Samesss, but it’s totally fine. Isami’sss a really cool school and I’ve made some fun new friends there.”

“I feel the same about UA. We’re all training to be the best heroes we can be.”

“I hope you didn’t replace me too quickly,” Habuko chuckled in a way that made Tsuyu raise a brow.

“No one could ever replace you Habuko, you know you’re still my precious friend, ribbit,” the frog girl stated bluntly, as though there was no room for debate.

“Good, I’m glad.”

Tsuyu smiled, feeling herself easily falling back into their familiar repartee.

“Anyway, is there something I can help you with, Habuko, ribbit? Not that I’m not glad to catch up if that’s all this is.”

“Ssso… you didn’t say but I’m guessin’ your back at your folks tonight, right?” Habuko asked.

“A-Actually um…” Tsuyu sighed, feeling her stomach drop at the reminder. As crummy as she felt about it though, Habuko deserved to be clued in on at least part of her situation lest she go visit her family home unexpectedly. “We… kinda had a falling out.”

“What?!”

“Yeah… I’m actually… not allowed to come home to celebrate New Year’s, ribbit.”

“W-What?! Why?!” Habuko’s voice raised, though not in anger towards Tsuyu which the frog girl understood.

“It’s… personal, but part of it comes down to them not believing that um… relationships like the one we shared are… right.”

“H-Huh?” Habuko’s breath audibly caught on the other end. “T-They don’t… but they were so nice to me.”

“They thought it was just a ‘phase’, somethin I’d grow out of, ribbit,” Tsuyu sighed. “Sorry, I don’t mean to upset you but that’s honestly the reason why I’m not at my folks right now.”

“Oh… I sssee.”

“Why did you want to know anyway?” Tsuyu asked curiously, hoping to move the conversation to a better topic.

There was a brief moment of silence on the other end of the line.

“N-No reason, just, you know, wondered,” Habuko brushed off.

Even through the phone line Tsuyu could tell it was a blatant lie.

“Don’t make me ‘truth’ you,” Tsuyu chuckled, hoping to convey a sense of ease and non-judgement to her former girlfriend for whatever she was hiding. “I’m still your queen after all.”

“Heh… y-yeah, I remember,” Habuko sighed pleasantly, fond memories returning to them both. “O-Okay well er… I wasss kinda hoping you were around because, you know, it’s New Year’s and it’s um… good luck to start off the New Year with a… k-kissss and stuff.”

“Ribbit!” Tsuyu croaked reactively.

“I-I mean, it was just, you know, if you were around and like, wanted to catch up for old time’s sake and…”

Tsuyu swallowed nervously and bit back a small chuckle. Even after all she had with her loving partners, a small part of her ached to accept Habuko’s proposal.

“Habuko, I’m very flattered. If things in my own life hadn’t turned out the way they have I would’ve been very interested to take you up on that offer.”

“I’d hoped so,” Habuko chuckled ruefully at the small fantasy she had of them making it work together going up in smoke. “B-But you’re not like, saying ‘no’ because you’re gonna try to ssstifle who you are, right?”

“No, nothing like that,” Tsuyu smiled honestly, her mind turning to her poly group as she turned physically to look back into the temporary Uraraka home.

Ochako was speaking animatedly, waving her hands around before crashing them together as her parents were enraptured by her performance; clearly she was regaling them with some of the happier times she’d had at UA. She wished Izuku could be here too, and Kyoka and Momo and Tooru and Mina. She loved them all and hoped with all her heart that next New Year’s they might’ve found a way to work things out that they didn’t have to hide themselves anymore. For now it was a pipe dream, but one she felt she could let her oldest friend in on just a little bit.

“I’ve made a lot of new friends at UA… and, I’m lucky enough to have also found romance again.”

“You have?” Habuko asked curiously.

“Sorry. I know that’s not what you wanted to hear tonight, ribbit.”

“No, no, it’sss okay Tsu,” Habuko waved away on the other end of the call. The snake-headed girl took a moment to find the words to her feelings and before replying. “I’m glad you’ve found happinessss with them. One day I hope I can find the same with sssomeone too.”

“Thank you, and I know you will Habuko,” Tsuyu brushed a small tear from her eye. “There’s no way someone else won’t find you as cute as I do.”

A small blush rose to Habuko’s cheeks as her heart ached just a bit more for the frog girl that was now beyond her reach. Still, she would forever treasure their brief time together as well as their friendship that she hoped would last far into the future.

Before either could speak anymore, someone else cut in to the conversation.

“Habuko? Are you joining usss tonight or what?” A somewhat familiar voice could be heard in the background on Habuko’s end of the call.

“I’ll be there in a minute, mom!” Tsuyu heard Habuko’s somewhat muffled call back, likely from covering her mobile’s microphone. She felt her chest pang at the reminder she wouldn’t likely be hearing from her own folks today but that wasn’t her ex-girlfriend’s issue to deal with.

“Sssorry, got to go, but um… could we maybe have a proper catch-up soon?” Habuko asked quickly.

“Of course, ribbit,” Tsuyu nodded, glad that her oldest friend still had her back even in the face of rejection. “Go enjoy things with your family.”

“I will. Thanksss for the talk and happy New Year!”

“Happy New Year to you too, ribbit!” Tsuyu smiled widely before closing the connection.

For a moment, all she did was look down at her phone as it returned to the home screen with the little green phone icon in the corner and the texting icon right beside it.

It would be easy to reach out to her family again, maybe wish them a happy New Year if nothing else? At the very least she’d like to let her blameless brother and sister know that she wished them well and had wanted to see them.

Tsuyu’s lips upturned and tears began prickling at her eyes. Did they even know she wouldn’t be turning up? Would they even notice if no one told them? Tsuyu was tempted to text them at the very least but hesitated all the same.

If her parents forbid her from coming home, how would they react if the little ones started asking questions because she messaged them? Would they get punished to try and warn them away from Tsuyu?

As hard as it was for her, Tsuyu put her phone back in her pocket, resolving only to text her siblings if they messaged first and hoped that her parents wouldn’t fill their heads with harmful lies about her.

For a few more minutes, Tsuyu stood by herself to gather her emotions back inside her normally stoic mask, brushing her tears away with her hand that gave her an extra chill as the wind dried them. Before too long, she felt herself ready to re-join the Uraraka family and their celebrations.

Taking one last deep breath, Tsuyu opened the door and stepped inside.

Whatever story Ochako was telling earlier was done now and the three Uraraka stopped their casual talk to acknowledge their returning guest.

“Wrong number?” Ochako’s dad asked with a jovial tone.

Tsuyu shook her head, “Old friend, ribbit.”

Ochako’s dad and mom seemed to accept this answer but Ochako’s frown was back in place as she examined her girlfriend intensely. While Tsuyu was normally hard to read to casual friends and acquaintances, Ochako had much more experience reading her girlfriend’s subtle facial tics and body language by now.

“Tsu… is everything alright?”

Tsuyu planned to respond as normal, continuing to brush off her unhappy feelings so as to not ruin the evening, but when she opened her mouth and only a croak of air emerged, she knew she was done for. It was all she could do to close her mouth, shake her head and hold her arms out needily.

Ochako’s parent’s faces quickly morphed into concern but their daughter was already in motion, springing across the gap separating them all with a quick use of her quirk to wrap her girlfriend in a tight hug as big, watery tears began pooling in Tsuyu’s eyes.

For all the slight difference in their height, her froggy girlfriend felt very small in her arms just then as she let out some of her emotions into Ochako’s top.

“Shh, shh, it’s okay Tsu, I’ve got you,” Ochako cooed softly as she cradled the girl’s head.

“What’s wrong? Is there something we can do?” Ochako’s mom asked, anxiously getting ready to move if she could somehow help.

Ochako glanced back at her parents and gave them a small shake of her head, figuring that this was beyond her and even the whole group’s scope to fix. Just to be sure however, she carefully eased her embrace on her girlfriend and cupped her chin to direct her tearful gaze.

“Tsu, what’s brought this on?”

Tsuyu wasn’t in her right mind to give a full length explanation about everything she was feeling right now, but she knew she could manage the few words it would take to get the entire message across to her girlfriend.

“I-I miss my family, ri-ribbit,” she cried before burying her head into Ochako’s chest again.

Ochako was afraid of this. While she was more than glad to be able to spend the night with her family and her public girlfriend, she was very aware that Tsuyu was denied this experience with her own family and those feelings might come out tonight. At her parent’s questioning looks, she knew she had to explain that this wasn’t just a case of homesickness.

“Tsu um… told her parents about us recently,” Ochako stated. “They uh… they didn’t react like Grandma but… she was told not to come home for the holidays.”

Ochako’s parents shared a look, an unspoken message passing between them as their expressions shifted into sympathetic remorse. Ochako worried for a moment that there was something still she was missing only for her parents to beckon them over to sit between them.

With a small application of her quirk, Ochako gently lifted Tsuyu up to carry her over, placing the girl between her parents before taking the spot between her girlfriend and her dad.

“Do you want to talk about it dear?” Ochako’s Mom asked gently, hoping they could maybe understand a little more about the girl’s situation.

“T-This is the first year I w-won’t be with them,” Tsuyu explained though a pair of sobs.

Ochako’s mother glanced at her husband who nodded in understanding.

“Is it just your parents?” Ochako’s dad enquired.

“N-No, I-I’ve got t-two-”

“She’s got a little brother and a sister,” Ochako explained helpfully, getting a grateful nod from Tsu who’d much rather not speak at that moment. “Tsu used to be the one mainly looking after them while her parents worked and stuff.”

“Responsible big sister then,” Ochako’s dad nodded. “I’m guessing you haven’t spoken to them about things since everything happened?”

Tsuyu shook her head morosely, only letting out a few sobs when Ochako’s mother grabbed a tissue box to give to the crying girl.

“Family is… difficult sometimes, isn’t it dear,” Ochako’s mom sympathised while rubbing the girl’s leg, getting another nod in response.

“Y-Yeah,” Tsuyu croaked as she looked down at her hands remorsefully. “I’m sorry… I-I’ve ruined everything.”

“No you haven’t dear,” Ochako’s father denied, slipping off the couch and crouching down to Tsuyu’s level, awkwardly hovering before her.

“You’ve got nothing to apologize for, of course you’re going to miss them,” Ochako’s mother comforted, wrapping an arm over the top of her daughter’s to try and give the girl some extra reassurance.

“Tsuyu,” Ochako’s father began, taking a deep breath. “Do you remember my mother? The one I’m sure Ochako’s told you a fair amount about by now. The one that you two brave heroes had to save us from when she tracked us down with an angry mob of our old friends and neighbours?”

Tsuyu sniffled but looked up at the man and nodded lightly as Ochako wondered where he was going with this.

“Well… this is the first New Year’s I’ll be spending without her too. And as much as I don’t like her for everything she’s done in all my years…,” he rubbed the part of his head that still ached sometimes, “a small part of me still… misses her.”

“Y-You do?”

“Absolutely,” Ochako’s dad nodded with the glint of tears in his own eyes at the happier memories that he would still treasure even given his mother’s true feelings on his gender preference. “You can’t control your feelings, and even when someone gives you every reason to not want to care about them anymore, you still will.”

“B-But I do want to c-care,” Tsuyu replied.

“I know, I get it,” Ochako’s dad let out a slow breath. “You wish they could see things from your point of view, to understand that what you are, what you feel… isn’t something that’s going to go away. But for whatever reason, they can’t or won’t and it feels like they’ve taken away love that should be unconditional.”

Ochako almost felt herself tearing up at her dad’s words as he was very clearly drawing on everything he’d felt himself.

“I don’t know what it’s like to have a brother or a sister and feel cut off from them, but I do know what it’s like to lose that sense of ‘home’ and ‘safety’ and ‘acceptance’ that comes with family. I really hope your mom and dad see sense in time what a wonderful daughter they’re alienating. We’re not your parents, but as long as you’re dating our Angel, you can call us family just as much as Ochako can.”

What little composure Tsuyu had regained quickly broke as she gratefully nodded at Mr Uraraka’s words.

Releasing one of her arms from around Ochako, Tsuyu slowly but deliberately opened it up to her girlfriend’s father.

“Ri-Ribbit, can I p-please have a hug?”

“Of course you can dear,” Ochako’s dad agreed, spreading his arms wide as he pulled Ochako and his wife into the embrace too, surrounding the girl with love from all sides.

“Dad’s right Tsu,” Ochako cleared her throat and blinked away the small tears she’d produced. “I’m not lettin’ go of you anytime soon, so you’re stuck with all of us as family now.”

“If you want, that is,” Ochako’s mother added, hoping not to be too presumptuous even at this stage.

“I-I do, please, ribbit” Tsuyu accepted gratefully, her chest aching from the conflicting loneliness and affection at once.

Slowly, that pain in her chest was easing though and the feelings of love and belonging settled her tears into mere droplets that she broke the hug to wipe away with a tissue.

“Maybe wait just a bit longer before putting a ring on my daughter’s finger though,” Ochako’s dad chuckled as he brushed his own eyes with his sleeve.

“Daddy!” Ochako blushed, though more because it wasn’t the type of joke he needed to be making right now.

To her surprise though, it seemed to resonate with Tsuyu who thankfully let out several wet, froggy giggles.

“N-No promises, ribbit,” Tsuyu retorted.

“Tsu!” Ochako’s blush deepened, wondering if she’d end up sporting two new rings before long but quickly discarded that thought on seeing Tsuyu’s cheeky smirk and glance.

“Come on, let’s dry those tears,” Ochako’s mother offered the girl another tissue, passing one to Ochako too who dabbed her own eyes.

“Food should be here soon and we can all enjoy a nice treat,” Ochako’s dad nodded, heading into the kitchen to get some dishtowels that would serve as napkins.

“Before it does, I think I’ve got something that might make you feel a bit better.” Ochako’s mother schemed, eying their construction supplies. “I know it’s not exactly how you planned to spend New Year’s with us, but how about you girls help us with our work a little?”

“Uh,” Ochako blinked, more than willing any other time but a bit confused as to why her mom would ask now. “Okay… why?”

“Well… look at this,” Ochako’s mother chuckled cryptically as she stood up from the sofa and retrieved a heavy looking sledgehammer and set of protective goggles from under a nearby tarp, brandishing the tool more easily than one would expect from someone of her frame. “Whenever I got irritated at your grandmother, I would always throw myself into certain aspects of our business. Namely…”

With a grunt of effort, the woman swung the hammer with control to strike some more bricks off the half torn-down wall which clattered and skid noisily across the floor in the adjacent room.

Ochako had definitely not been allowed to do that in the past and Tsuyu looked somewhat eager to exert her emotions in a way that wasn’t crying.

Before either of them could respond however, the front door burst open and Mr Brave hurried in, ready to fight and looking straight towards Ochako’s mother while armed with a sword-like construct made from his hardened hair.

“What’s going on here?!” He yelled out authoritatively as the four present realized their mistake.

“Woah, nothing’s wrong here Mr Hero,” Ochako’s dad quickly called out. “Just a bit of late night destruction work.”

Mr Brave took a look around the room, particularly at the pair of girls he was supposed to protect that didn’t appear to be worried from the loud noise.

“Some warning would’ve been appreciated,” Mr Brave sighed, relaxing his quirk on his plucked hair which shrank back down in his palm that he then deposited in a side-pouch.

“We’re very sorry,” Ochako’s mother bowed politely. “You may hear a bit more like that shortly.”

“Understood,” Mr Brave nodded reluctantly, at least glad there was no threat, though he could do without the continuous pounding that would surely keep his nerves on edge.

“Oh, and there’s a delivery guy coming with food soon,” Ochako’s dad quickly added, not wanting the poor service employee to end up on the other side of the hero’s quirk either.

“Noted,” Mr Brave acknowledged before heading back out into the hallway, closing the door behind him which awkwardly bounced open slightly as it didn’t latch correctly anymore.

“Guess that’s the first thing to fix tomorrow,” Ochako’s dad chuckled as he wedged a doorstop against it.

“Anyway, how ‘bout it girls?” Ochako’s mother returned her focus to the pair.

Ochako deferred to Tsuyu who rose to her feet and made her way over to the battered brickwork.

“Ribbit, may I?” She asked curiously, accepting the sledgehammer from the woman.

“You’ll need these,” Ochako’s mother offered, handing over another pair of safety goggles from the pile of tools which Tsuyu quickly donned. “Just imagine you’re smashing all your problems away.”

With everything in place, Tsuyu looked at the next patch of wall to destroy and hefted the hammer up. In her mind she pictured her parents but she didn’t really want to smash them. Instead, she imagined her targets were their intolerance, stubbornness, and disregard for her valid feelings. After everything she’d done to help the family and raise her siblings, acting as their caregiver more than either of them at times, this is how she was repaid for being a good daughter?!

The others braced themselves for another loud noise as Tsuyu brought the hammer round, dislodging a much bigger chunk of brick and concrete than the professional which skidded across the floor to clatter somewhere in the adjacent room.

“That’a girl,” Ochako’s dad chuckled.

Tsuyu rolled her shoulder slightly from the recoil she’d felt as she gauged the weight of the tool again. It was nothing like slamming her heels into some robots and crumpling them into broken circuits back at UA but there was something deeply satisfying about slamming a heavy implement like this into something too.

“How do you feel?” Ochako asked, hoping her girlfriend felt at least a little better.

“Might need a few more swings, ribbit,” Tsuyu shot her a small smile. “It did feel good though,” she turned back to Ochako’s mother. “This is quite heavy, even with my froggy strength, how do you manage?”

"That’s my quirk,” Ochako’s mother chuckled. “Anything I can hold with both hands doesn’t have weight.”

“Works great with large chunks of rubble within reason,” Ochako’s dad nodded. “Not so much the small stuff. This is why your mother handles the destruction aspect,” he glanced at Ochako.

“It kinda looks like fun though,” Ochako grinned, “can I get a turn?”

“Help yourself to more wall,” Ochako’s dad chuckled. “Just don’t smash particular ones and bring the place down around us.”

With that, the four set themselves up for a short stint of physical labour. Ochako and Tsuyu took it in turns to smash the brickwork while the gravity girl’s parents looked on happily, glad they could at least make the evening entertaining after poor Tsuyu’s breakdown.

When the girls weren’t looking though, the pair exchanged another secret look, wondering if they should talk to the pair about the call they’d received. The topic was discarded in favour of the good mood however as dinner eventually turned up and they all tucked in to a delicious buffet of chicken and chips.

Once the food was consumed, they all relaxed on the sofas, too stuffed and content to resume their previous activities other than just chatting.

Unfortunately, the easy-going lull disappeared when Tsuyu’s phone chimed again. The frog girl carefully pulled out the offending device, much to the trepidation of everyone there, only to find a text from her brother awaiting her. Glancing at the others for emotional support, with Ochako squeezing her leg, she opened it up.

Samidare: Hey sis, mom says youre not coming home and dads acting real grumpy when I ask him

Samidare: If you didnt wanna come home you couldve at least let Satsuki know, shes all sad now

Tsuyu felt her jaw tighten as no further messages were on their way.

“W-What do I say, ribbit?” She asked her girlfriend.

Ochako hesitated, considering her current options before she pried, “Do you want to tell him?”

“I don’t wanna hide it from him, ribbit, but I don’t want to make things worse either,” Tsuyu worried, biting her lip uneasily.

Ochako thought’s deepened, glancing over at her parents who were watching the pair curiously. She’d ask them for their input if it didn’t also mean informing them about their true public relationship status.

“Think he can keep a secret?” Ochako questioned.

“Mostly,” Tsuyu nodded, thankful he was indeed past the ‘tattletale’ phase of growing up where he’d report everything that Tsuyu did wrong to her parents whenever they returned. Satsuki might be a different story however.

“Then I think you should tell him about us,” Ochako advised. “He’ll find out eventually. Better to let him know now if you think he can handle it.”

Her girlfriend’s words added an extra dimension to the issue: would Samidare even understand the abnormal concept of dating two people at once and, even tougher, accept it? He was still in the mind-set that kissing was ‘yuck’ last time she checked and teased him about a girl kissing his cheek after school one day.

At the very least she needed to type an apology to the boy so she figured she’d start with that. Maybe she could gauge how he felt about things a bit better after a few more messages.

Tsuyu: I’m sorry Samidare, tell Satsuki the same too please.

Samidare: Whatever

She sighed at the little she had to work with. He was clearly annoyed too but there was little else she could gleam. Tsuyu gulped and took a deep breath before slowly typing out her next messages.

Tsuyu: The reason I’m not home… can you keep a secret from mom and dad?

Samidare: Is this hero stuff?

Tsuyu: No, I just don’t think they’d want me to tell you.

There was a few moments pause before the next message appeared.

Samidare: I guess

Tsuyu imagined him rolling his eyes. Her brother was definitely getting to the apathetic age where he acted like he didn’t care about stuff to seem cool.

Tsuyu: The reason that I can’t come home, why mom and dad won’t let me come home to see you guys, is because…

The frog girl hesitated wondering if she should just make something up he’d accept. When she felt Ochako squeeze her leg in support and glanced at her reassuring yet determined face, she knew she needed to be brave and tell her brother the truth.

Tsuyu: I got a boyfriend and a girlfriend. The three of us are going out with each other and dad really didn’t like that.

The seconds between her sending the message and her brother typing his response felt like they stretched into ages for Tsuyu. Her chest felt tight from the breath she didn’t realise she was holding before the next lines of text finally arrived.

Samidare: They’re mad at you cuz you got one of each?

Samidare: Lame

Tsuyu admitted burst into a small ribbity-giggle of relief at that response.

Tsuyu: Yeah. They didn’t like Habuko either, remember her?

Samidare: The snake girl? She was creepy

Tsuyu grimaced.

Samidare: Cool though. She snuck me extra cookies when you werent lookin :P

The frog girl didn’t know whether she wanted to hug her brother or strangle him right now. The small giggle from Ochako admittedly made her lean towards the former.

Tsuyu: I didn’t know that -_-

Samidare: Oops

Tsuyu: Are you sure you can at least keep this secret from mom and dad?

Tsuyu: They might… not let me come home for even longer if they don’t like that I told you and I really miss you guys right now.

The frog girl felt her throat tighten again but she steeled her face, refusing to let anymore tears fall today.

Samidare: I got it, don’t sweat

Samidare: Satsuki probably won’t get it so I’ll just tell her its not your fault

Tsuyu: Thank you J You’re a good little brother

Samidare: Whatever

Tsuyu chuckled at the response, glad things at the very least seem to have gone over okay with him. It certainly didn’t make up for not being able to see him, but at the very least she felt better that he was watching over Satsuki like he promised he would when she wasn’t there.

Tsuyu: Get yourself and her an extra cookie from the jar when no one’s looking too when you watch the fireworks. I love you both and have a happy new year!

Samidare: Awesome, happy new year sis

It didn’t seem like anymore messages were coming but Tsuyu felt a great weight off of her shoulders. It might not’ve been the smartest move to make peace with and resolve things with her parents if they found out but she couldn’t care less right now. Even if he probably didn’t fully comprehend things, her brother accepted her in his own way and she hoped that would continue when she eventually confronted her parents again.

When that would be would be down to them though.

“Everything good darling?” Ochako’s mother called softly.

“It’s a little better now, ribbit.”

“That’s good,” Ochako’s dad smiled warmly.

“Your brother seems like he’s got his head on straight,” Ochako nudged her girlfriend. “I’m guessing that was mostly your doing?”

“Well… I don’t want to toot my own horn, ribbit,” Tsuyu chuckled.

“What are your siblings like, dear?” Ochako’s mother enquired.

“Great, if a handful,” Tsuyu smiled at the myriad of memories she had. “My little sister’s the hardest to keep occupied with stuff. She’s watched just about every…”

And so the conversation continued on as the group chatted into the night with renewed spirits.

It certainly wasn’t the smoothest of New Year’s celebrations for any of them, but the joy of each other’s company was all they needed right now.


Going back a few hours, when Nezu called Izuku’s name from his list, the boy knew his separation from the girls couldn’t be delayed any longer.

With one final glance over at Ochako and Tsuyu, he greeted Cementoss with a small bow before the pair clambered into the car and set off.

The trip was relatively peaceful across Musutafu with plenty of holiday traffic eagerly interweaving as they headed through the downtown area. Izuku didn’t mind as the delay gave him a bit more time to simply sit and gather his thoughts. After his last talk with his mother, Izuku knew they’d be in for an emotional time. He certainly understood her worry for him, but there were things he needed to do now, burdens he carried that no one else could.

Maybe he’d tell her about One-For-All someday, but for now, he just hoped she could still support him even after all the pain and injuries he’d been through so far.

Pulling up to his apartment complex, Izuku stepped out with his bag and lead his modern literature teacher up to his front door, knocking politely before pulling out his keys.

“Mom, I’m home!” Izuku called out.

“Oh, Izuku!” Inko’s excited voice called from down the corridor as he removed his shoes at the genkan. “I’ll just be a second!”

True to her word, Inko emerged from the kitchen after a few moments, dressed in her usual cardigan and skirt while also covered with an apron, and hurried down the hall, arms wide to sweep her son into a quick embrace which Izuku eagerly returned before she addressed their guest.

“Hello. Are you another of my son’s teachers?”

“Cementoss, ma’am. I teach modern literature at UA,” he bowed politely which Inko returned.

“Thank you for getting my son home safely. Would you like a drink or something to eat maybe?”

“No, but thank you kindly for the offer,” Cementoss dismissed with a smile. “Though there are a couple of things I need to explain before I depart.”

“I’m just gonna go put my stuff in my room,” Izuku indicated before the pair could get too in-depth. Inko sent him a smile and nod while brushing his arm affectionately as he walked off.

Entering his old room felt weird. Despite the familiarity of it all, it had a certain alien quality with so much of his All Might and hero merchandise missing, safely back at the dorms. In a way, he felt a tad melancholy as he placed his bag by his bed and gingerly sat down on it, examining all the gaps and missing indentations where stuff used to be. He felt bad for even thinking it, and he didn’t know when it had happened, but UA now felt more like home to him than home did.

Izuku let out a small sigh as he lay back on his mattress, clean sheets freshly prepared for him almost invitingly asking him to join them for a nap until he was needed.

Any thoughts of a small doze were broken off when a soft knock came from his door a few minutes later.

“Izuku, honey, may I come in?”

“Sure, mom,” Izuku put a small smile back on his face as his mother peered around the frame.

“Everything okay for you in here? I made sure not to disturb much when I cleaned. I know how important all your action figures are and stuff.”

“It’s fine, thanks mom,” Izuku smiled gratefully as Inko stepped inside.

“Dinner’s going to be a little while longer yet, but I’m sure you’ll enjoy what I’ve cooked up.”

“I always do, mom,” Izuku smiled honestly, a familiar ease and sense of comfort having washed over him just from the smells that he could discern already.

Still, he couldn’t completely relax as the hesitant expression on his mother’s face told him all he needed to know about what was coming. Inko had tried not to let her thoughts show but she wasn’t like Izuku.

She’d approached her son cautiously, hoping to gleam some of his own feelings before tackling the conversation they needed to have, but he unfortunately had that familiar, masking smile on his face. Honestly, she held a small grudge against All Might for that smile of his; he never seemed afraid of anything, always approaching danger with a grin on his face. It had certainly left its mark on today’s youth, and his self-declared biggest fan was no different.

No matter how hard things got, Izuku always tried to face them with a brave smile; he didn’t always succeed, especially in his youth, but he tried to always appear strong even when tears were pouring down his face. She could still clearly remember the day when he received the most devastating news of his life and ended up watching his favourite All Might rescue over and over, trying to smile through the pain even then.

“M-May I sit down?” Inko asked politely.

“Sure, mom,” Izuku shifted along his bed slightly, allowing her to sit beside him with her hands in her lap.

The pair said nothing at first, Izuku waiting for his mother to talk and Inko building up her courage.

“I’m glad you’re home safe, Izuku.”

“Me too.”

“You’re just staying tonight, right?”

“Yes,” Izuku nodded lightly, watching his mom’s hands clench together at his confirmation before fiddling together nervously.

“S-Sorry, I don’t mean to be a bother.”

“You’re not bothering me, mom,” Izuku assured her before letting out his own small sigh, sliding a little closer to rest his side against his mom’s, hoping to comfort her somewhat. “We… need to talk, don’t we?”

“We do,” Inko swallowed nervously, letting out a few breaths to brace herself. “Did you manage to see someone about your… mental health?” She prodded delicately.

“Yes,” Izuku nodded. “The school came through on that. I got Mr. Hound Dog and he’s a really patient guy when he’s uh… not wound up.”

“So you’ve talked to him… about your… trip?”

“I have,” Izuku nodded. “It was hard, but he kinda confirmed that most of our class is feeling something most people go through; we’re all feeling some level of ‘survivor’s guilt’.”

Inko bit her lip at the echoes of pain in his tone, her motherly instincts urging her to wrap her baby up in bubble wrap and coddle him as best she could. She’d already done a fair amount of research herself into the types of things heroes could suffer from, trying to stay on the mental health side of things rather than worry about the physical side. This was one of the most frequent issues that turned up in her research and felt her empathy working in overdrive. Reminding herself of the best way she could support her son right now, she gently wrapped her arm around him and held him close, allowing him to lean into her shoulder.

Izuku didn’t fight it, letting his muscles wearily relax in his mother’s comforting touch. It almost felt like it was when he got into another scrape or fight with Bakugo as a child and she’d sit and hug him while he cried.

Tears weren’t something he could shed now though. He still felt guilty for everything that happened on their trip, but he needed to heal and move on, even if he never forgot all the pain that came from it.

“Oh, honey,” Inko cooed softly, “you’ve taken on such a burden. It… must be so hard.”

Izuku swallowed nervously. He wanted to admit that it was, that he struggled to maintain his optimism and drive even when times were good lately. If he did though, would his mother offer him the chance to come home again, and, worse, would he still feel tempted to take it even if it wasn’t an option he could live with?

“It… is,” Izuku admittedly softly.

A small silence lingered in the room except for the pair’s breathing as Inko softly stroked her son’s side.

“I’ve no idea how you do it, Izuku,” Inko replied slowly. “Even watching you fight in the sports festival, I was so scared for you. I can’t imagine what it’s like when you face people who… aren’t as nice as your classmates.”

“It’s scary,” Izuku nodded, “b-but I know that I can help, that I can protect people, e-even if I’m risking my own safety to do so.  That’s what All Might would do… that’s what a hero does.”

“You’re so brave, Izuku.” Inko chuckled once. “Wherever did you get this from? Because it certainly wasn’t me.”

“I’m still scared, even when I’m being brave,” Izuku explained softly. “Scared I’ll mess up, scared I’ll lose, scared I won’t… be able to not make you worry anymore.”

Inko laughed lightly, though not with humour, that caused Izuku to pull back a little and glance curiously at her.

“W-What?”

“Oh, um… I just had a thought. Maybe you know better than me but… do you know if All Might’s mother is still around?”

Izuku blinked dumbly at the odd segue, feeling a faint stirring in the back of his mind that wasn’t a part of his thoughts but answered the question to the best of his knowledge.

“I don’t know,” he muttered. “I mean, she-must’ve-been-at-some-point-because-everyone-who’s-born-has-a-mother-in-some-regard-but-he’s-kept-his-identity-secret-for-so-long-and-never-really-spoke-about-his-personal-life-so-I-really-don’t-know-if-she’s-uh… still here.”

Well versed in her son’s rapid ramblings over the years, Inko understood his words somewhat clearly.

“I thought so,” she shook her head lightly. “Still, I wonder. Even if she was around when All Might became number one… do you think she would’ve ever stopped worrying for him?”

Izuku’s breath caught as he struggled to find the words to respond. It was clear what his mother was hinting at though and he knew what she was building to.

“I’m never going to stop worrying Izuku, not even if you become the number one hero in all the world. I’m so scared for you, and how so many things could hurt you in ways I can’t protect you from.”

His mind brought forth his memories of Nana Shimura comforting him after their last talk, how she’d said almost the exact same thing. Izuku wanted to speak but his mother didn’t give him a chance.

“You can’t stop being a hero for whatever reason, I get that now, Izuku,” Inko swallowed nervously again. “I-I think I need to try to be more like you, try to be brave,” she turned to him with a shaky, fragile smile on her face despite the tears that had been building at the corners of her eyes. “A-After all, t-the only time you can be brave is when you’re afraid, r-right?”

Izuku knew his smile had long since fallen off his face and tears began building in his own eyes as his lips upturned in a familiar way. The guilt of One-For-All, the girls, and all he still kept from her heavy in his chest and causing his breathing to catch.

“I’m sorry, mom!” He apologised hurriedly, burying his head into his mom’s shoulder.

“Shh, shh, it’s okay, my little hero,” Inko comforted him softly, her other arm wrapping around him protectively as she slowly brushed her hand through his fluffy locs. “A-As hard as it will be, I meant w-what I said before. No matter what, I’ll always be here to support you when you need it. G-Go ahead and have a good cry now, get those feelings out. Once you’re strong again, y-you’ll be able to save that many more people, w-won’t you?”

Izuku nodded as best he could into his mom’s cardigan, not trusting his voice right now.

In the vestige world, separated from the others for the sake of privacy, Nana Shimura watched on with tears in her own eyes, watching a fellow, tearful mother not follow her own path of mistakes despite the risks and pain it would cause and wished she had some of her strength.

Izuku and Inko both allowed their emotions to overcome them, sharing a good cry together as they remained in their embrace. By the time they had felt their waterworks easing and their feelings having run their course for now, they both felt the air and tension between them having somewhat eased.

“Thanks… thanks, mom,” Izuku felt his tears diminishing as he sniffled into his sleeve, having pulled back from Inko.

“Any time, Izuku,” Inko smiled softly, brushing away her own tears. “N-Now, before we cause anymore water damage to this apartment, I should go finish working on dinner.”

“Do you need any help?” Izuku offered.

“I’ll be fine, Izuku,” Inko shook her head fondly as she rose to her feet. “You’ve done enough for now. I know it’s been a trying time for you lately Izuku, so just take the time now to rest and relax; there’ll be plenty of world for you to save tomorrow. Maybe have a little nap?”

The green-haired boy smiled gratefully at his mother, feeling even more tension he didn’t know he was storing ease.

“That… does sound pretty good,” he admitted.

“Then get some rest,” Inko rested her hand on his light switch, waiting for her son to turn on his bedside light. “I’ll make sure to wake you when everything’s ready.

“Thanks mom,” Izuku smiled gratefully, flicking his lamp and opening up his covers. Inko couldn’t help the fond smile that found its way onto her lips as her little boy tucked himself in all cosy-like. If she squinted, it was almost like he was still as small as he used to be.

“Good night, my little hero,” Inko murmured softly as she flicked the light and gently closed the door behind her, breathing a sigh of relief when she did. She was no hero, nothing that would ever be really useful to her son in a world so vastly different to her own, ordinary one, but if there was one thing she was good at, it was trying to be the best mother she could be and if that helped her son, even if only a little, she’d do everything she could for him.

Checking her phone for the time, she silently slipped back down the hall toward the kitchen to resume cooking. She hoped Izuku wouldn’t mind her spoiling him a little, but surely he’d be able to use all the energy from her cooking to become a stronger, safer hero.


Izuku was grateful for the time to himself before dinner, taking the opportunity to get some rest like his mother suggested. He only got a couple of hours but with the lack of stress he’d had when he settled down, he awoke feeling more rejuvenated than he had in a good while.

While UA had started to feel more like home, and he certainly missed the warmth of cuddling up with one of his girlfriends, the thought of their relationship ruse constantly being discovered didn’t have any affect here. Here, he could just be Izuku Midoriya, hero in training, having a well-deserved rest to recharge his batteries.

Still, his mind again reminded him that he would have to talk to his mother about Tsuyu and Ochako at some point. The other girls would surely have to follow, but that was further down the line once they’d figured out the solution to Momo’s issue at least. Hopefully by then, his mother would’ve had time to acclimate to him having two girlfriends before dropping three… possibly four more on her.

While he was comfy and snug from his nap, Izuku knew this new overheating warmth was from the embarrassment he was borrowing from the future as his face lit up a bright red in the dark. He’d never really talked about girls properly with his mom, only those few phone calls when he’d slipped up at UA and just before their trip to Nabu. Would she be happy? Anxious? Nervous? Worried? Well, that last one was a given, especially after their last conversation, but if she could stand by him being a hero, surely she’d be able to accept him finding love, genuine love, with so many other people.

After he left them, there had never been anyone else there for his mom besides him. She had a few friends here and there she spoke about but definitely nothing romantic, at least, nothing she’d told him anyway. Maybe that was another reason she was so afraid of him getting hurt. If he was gone, who’d be there for her?

Izuku shook his head, trying to discard that thought as best he could. He didn’t come here to feel even more guilty for risking himself, especially after all the assurances his mom offered him.

His train of thought was broken by a soft knocking on his door.

“Izuku, honey? Dinner time.”

“I’m up, mom,” Izuku called back with a touch of croakiness in his voice, he would definitely need a lot of water at dinner to replace the water he’d lost crying.

Thankfully, after a few minutes to freshen up after rising, Izuku arrived to a small feast at the table waiting for him. It wasn’t anything too extravagant, but there was plenty of rice, vegetables, and deep fried pork cutlets along with a number of other smaller dishes that meant he could eat his fill to his heart’s content without neglecting his diet.

Grabbing a jug of water to go on the table too, Izuku and his mother sat down to a most enjoyable New Year’s Eve meal, chatting and laughing as they both listened to the other’s tales they’d missed from their everyday lives.

When they’d finished dinner, Inko started on the washing up as Izuku cleared the table, grabbing a dishtowel to help dry and put everything away when it was clean. The pair continued chatting as they worked with Izuku even sharing a few of the less intense and funnier stories about times during training while his mother asked the odd question here or there.

Before long, they were all tidied away and ready to enjoy the rest of the evening, settling under the living room coffee table on cushions to improvise a kotatsu while they both watched the New Year’s eve coverage on the news. As a dessert and tradition, Inko brought over a bowl of oranges they could share.

“It’s nearly time for the New Year,” Inko smiled as she tuned the coverage out. “Do you have any resolutions you want to make?”

“Oh, uh… n-not really,” Izuku chuckled. “There’s getting stronger and um… making you worry less but I’m already trying to do that as best I can.”

“I know, honey,” Inko smiled warmly at him as she peeled her orange. “But don’t forget there’s other stuff you need to do besides being a hero. You already know mine; ‘to be more brave, like my son!’”

Izuku chuckled as the flexed her arms in a pose she probably thought resembled All Might as he had certainly never posed like that.

“Well um…” he thought for a moment. “I guess I… need to be more confident.”

Inko looked at her son with understanding eyes. With how he’d been growing up, he was far from the most confident person in most rooms he stepped into. Going to UA had certainly helped him come out of his shell, and she knew she had his sudden development of a quirk to thank for that, allowing him to begin blossoming into the person she always knew he could be if not for something she partially blamed herself for.

“Confidence is good,” Inko nodded. “But don’t forget how far you’ve come already, dear. You’ll get there in time, I’m sure.”

“I hope so,” Izuku smiled, picking apart his own orange.

Inko watched her son carefully as she chose her next words just as much.

“Maybe it will give you the opportunity to ask that girl you like out.” Inko couldn’t help letting out a small giggle at Izuku’s scattering orange pieces as he pulled the skin off a little too roughly from the surprise.

“M-Mom!” He blushed.

“I’m sorry, Izuku, but a mother is going to be interested in the ones who catch her son’s eye,” she replied without any guilt in her tone before turning a touch more tentative. “Before things went… wrong, on your trip, did you manage to spend any time with her?”

“Y-Yeah, I did,” Izuku admitted, thinking back to his date with Tsuyu and Ochako. “It was… nice.”

“That’s good news,” Inko smiled warmly. “When you’re ready, you’ll have to bring them over for some tea.”

“M-Maybe when we’re ready for that step,” Izuku blushed fiercely wishing this line of questioning would end.

Thankfully, he was interrupted by the chiming of his phone. It wasn’t a call or a text alert, instead, it was an alarm he’d set himself earlier that day.

“Is that her?” Inko asked playfully.

“N-No,” Izuku refuted with a small blush. “But it does remind me of something I need to do. Do you mind if I make a call?”

“Of course dear,” Inko agreed without any hesitation. “Pretend I’m not even here.”

“A-Actually, I’ll um,” Izuku gestured towards his room. “I-It’s a video call thing so-”

“That’s fine,” Inko continued. “Just don’t be too long so we can watch the fireworks.”

“I-It won’t be that long,” Izuku chuckled, noting he still had a good couple of hours yet.

Rising from his spot, he hurried back to his room as he opened the communication app, scrolling down his list of contacts and spotting the name he wanted. It would still be early in the day for her, but he hoped she wouldn’t mind. Resting his phone against an old pencil holder on his desk and sitting down, he pressed the call button and waited.

There was a long number of chimes, so many so that the call timed out. Izuku grimaced, wondering if he should try again considering the time difference. Resolving to do so one more time, he let the call ring and was rewarded with a somewhat sleepy voice on the other end with no visuals.

“H-Hello? Izuku?” Melissa greeted groggily.

“H-Hi Melissa, did I wake you?”

“Uh… sorta,” she admitted, “one sec.”

Izuku heard her shuffling around on the other end, likely trying to make herself more comfortable for their surprise chat. It was more than a few minutes as he heard more intense shuffling coming through the speaker before Melissa’s face finally appeared on the screen.

“Hello? Is that better?”

“M-Morning Melissa,” Izuku smiled, a tad self-conscious at how cute her found her messy bedhead hair. “Sorry to call out of the blue like this.”

“Don’t worry about it,” Melissa brushed off. “I’ve been meaning to call you anyway…” Izuku could easily guess what it was likely about.

Hoping to stave off that part of their conversation for at least a little longer, he decided not to repeat the same mistake he had with Mei and make things clear right from the go.

“I know we haven’t spoken much recently, but I just wanted to call and wish you a happy New Year.”

“O-Oh yeah, I… almost forgot,” Melissa flushed lightly. “Happy New Year to you too, Izuku. That’s like, only hours away for you now, right?”

“Yeah, my mom and I are gonna watch the fireworks together,” Izuku nodded.

“Y-Yeah. I-Island's fireworks are really something special with all our technology and I uh… usually did something like that.”

“I figured,” Izuku empathised. “That’s partly why I wanted to call too. I didn’t want you to feel alone on a day like today.”

Melissa felt her cheeks heat up at the boy’s thoughtfulness but quickly pushed it down, reminding herself that he had a very lovely girlfriend already.

“Thank you, Izuku,” she smiled gratefully. “But I’ll be fine. I’m distracting myself with stuff already trying to wait for graduation so I didn’t really have plans to do anything different today.”

“Still, I wish I could do more,” Izuku frowned lightly.

“You’ve done plenty, Izuku,” Melissa brushed away whatever misplaced guilt she could see he was feeling. “I have a goal to focus on thanks to you, I’m simply focusing on that as best I can.”

“That’s good to hear,” Izuku smiled with no small amount of relief. “Have you been working on anything new recently?”

“Nothing I can tell you about,” Melissa chuckled, “but nothing too big either. I have some ideas for an improved gauntlet for you but it’ll be a while before I can try them out.”

Glancing to the side of her workstation, Melissa eyed the calendar she’d pinned up, counting down the days till she graduated and when she’d be likely be asked to leave I-Island. While it was something she’d despaired at before, now it held a modicum of hope for her, something to look forward to instead of fear, and that was all thanks to the boy on the other end of the line and that nice Momo Yaoyorozu who thankfully didn’t seem anything like her legacy name implied.

“I can wait,” Izuku smiled. “W-Well, uh, actually I can’t wait, but like not in the way that I’m in need of them right now or anything but that I can’t wait to try them out and-”

“It’s okay, I know what you meant,” Melissa replied with a fond, understanding giggle the boy found endearing.

“O-Oh, there’s um, actually something I needed to ask you about,” Izuku remembered. “There’s this girl in the support class in my year. She’s really good and actually makes most of my gear now.”

“You’re not trying to replace me, are you?” Melissa chuckled.

“N-Not at all,” Izuku hurried replied only for Melissa to shake her head fondly at the minor misunderstanding. “It’s just… well she’s trying to make better gear for me and… after I broke my stuff again on Nabu, she felt really guilty that her creations couldn’t keep up with me.”

“Oof, I can understand that,” Melissa sighed. “As cool as it was watching you use the full gauntlet, I’m glad it managed to hold out until you’d beaten that villain.”

“Y-Yeah,” Izuku nodded. “W-Well I told her a little about your stuff and I uh… wondered if you two might want to uh… join forces or something.”

“You make it sound like you’re putting together a team,” Melissa giggled.

“I’m not,” Izuku chuckled himself, “but I just thought you may be able to work together and help each other. A-At the very least you might have someone else to talk to besides me.”

“And what’s so wrong with that,” Melissa smiled with just a hint of blush colouring her cheeks, though watching the slightly younger boy’s own expression flush made her giggle all the same. “I’m kidding Izuku. That does sound kinda nice though.”

“I’m glad you think so,” Izuku returned the smile with relief. “So you don’t mind if I give her your number?”

“Go for it,” She grinned with a firm nod. “Though uh, what’s her name so I know it’s not just some weirdo trying to sell me something?”

“Oh, of course. It’s uh, Mei Hatsume.”

Melissa visibly hesitated at that name.

“Oh, her?” She replied as memories of the articles she read returned to the forefront of her mind. Izuku could almost read them clearly through Melissa’s expression and hoped to absolve any issues she may already have.

“Mei’s nothing like you’ve read in the news or anything, she’s-”

“Izuku, it’s okay,” Melissa cut him off as politely as she could. “Yeah, I heard about her while reading some stuff about UA, but if you vouch for her then that’s good enough for me.”

Izuku felt a small, grateful smile working its way onto his face as his chest filled with a measure of delight. He didn’t think he deserved Melissa’s unwavering trust like this but he was more than certain that she could undoubtedly believe him on this matter.

“T-Thanks, that’s really kind of you.”

“It’s nothing.” Melissa brushed off. “If you trust using her gear in battle then that’s all I really needed to know.”

“Still, you won’t regret it,” Izuku smiled. “J-Just um… beware that she’s a bit… eccentric.”

“A lot of us tech folk are,” Melissa chuckled. “Gotta be a little crazy to think up new ideas.”

“I’ll take your word on that,” Izuku shook his head fondly, knowing that whatever idea Melissa had about Mei she’d probably need to at least double or triple before she got close to her eccentricities.

While that matter seemed squared away, Melissa felt the need to follow up on something.

“I heard about… Nabu, too… you said you broke your gear. H-How are you doing? She enquired with a touch of concern.

“Y-Yeah,” Izuku sighed, “it… was okay up until a point.”

“Do… you wanna talk about it?” Melissa offered slowly, wondering if it was a tad too personal or raw.

“W-Well um…” Izuku swallowed, “I guess things kind of started on the Friday, the day before the villains appeared…”

Izuku then proceeded to relay the major beats of the struggle he and his class faced. As he spoke more and more about the events that occurred and everything he endured as they went on, he could almost feel lighter having divulged it to her. It wasn’t like talking to his mom or anyone at UA as Melissa was completely outside the range of immediate effect and her reactions felt somewhat affirming toward the way he still felt.

“I’m so sorry you had to go through all that Izuku,” Melissa apologised earnestly.

“Thank you,” Izuku shot her a small smile, a tad emotionally wrought from the retelling but finding a strange peace now he was done. “Just talking to you about it has helped, I think.”

“I’m glad I could do that much at least,” Melissa smiled sympathetically. “Seems this call was good for both of us.”

“Sorry, I didn’t mean to unload like-”

“You clearly needed it,” Melissa waved away his apology, “just like I needed to vent about my dad a while ago.”

“Y-Yeah, thanks,” the green-haired boy smiled gratefully.

A small, comfortable silence lingered between the pair as Izuku tried to settle his emotions once more while Melissa enjoyed watching the smile return to Izuku’s face.

Before they could continue their conversation, it was interrupted with a strange chime that had Melissa looking off camera.

“Something wrong?” Izuku asked curiously, hoping it was nothing problematic.

“Yeah, no, it’s fine,” Melissa frowned light. “Just, someone at the door,” she muttered. “One minute Izuku.”

Izuku admittedly felt his anxiety climb a little as Melissa walked out of frame. Given that she was on I-Island in who knows what part of the ocean right now, it wasn’t like he could teleport over there and protect her if something was wrong. Despite the island’s impressive defence record, marred only by Wolfram’s invasion, he wondered if it could be equally bad if it was someone coming to tell Melissa some more bad news about something.

Admittedly the loud squeal he heard echo from the other room had his nerves racing, but the words Melissa said next allayed all his fears.

“U-Uncle Might?! What are you doing here?!”

Izuku breathed a sigh of relief as the familiar tone of his teacher faintly reached the phone’s speakers, even if he couldn’t make out the words. He’d almost completely forgotten how close the two were and should’ve known his idol wouldn’t let his honorary niece spend today alone. As he heard the mutterings of greetings and surprise begin to stretch on, Izuku wondered if he should end the call here and leave them to their privacy. Luckily, before he could make that decision, Melissa returned to the screen with a bright grin across her face.

“Izuku, Uncle Might is here! I had no idea he’d be coming to visit!”

“Me neither, he certainly didn’t tell me,” Izuku chuckled.

“Young Midoriya?” All Might’s voice called from the other room, getting Melissa’s attention.

“Yeah, Uncle Might, Izuku called me this morning to wish me happy New Year, say hi!” She stated, bringing her phone with her into the other room where she held it up to capture both her and All Might as they stood side by side.

“H-Hey there Young Midoriya,” All Might chuckled and waved nervously. “You’re not following me, are you?”

“N-Not at all, All Might!” Izuku denied with a vigorous shake of his head. “I-I just wanted to make sure Melissa was okay, y’know?”

“Of course you did,” All Might smiled warmly despite his skeletal frame bundled up in travel clothes. “I’m glad you two are still friends despite everything that happened.”

“Izuku’s been great,” Melissa flattered, “thanks to him, I’m building some connections for after school in Japan.”

“You are? That is great,” All Might grinned, a small amount of relief flowing through him at the news.

“I should uh… probably let you two talk and stuff,” Izuku said somewhat awkwardly, not wanting to be rude but also not wanting to intrude on All Might’s visit.

“Yeah, that’s fine Izuku,” Melissa smiled in understanding, pulling the phone back so only she was in frame now. “Thanks again for the call. If not for Uncle Might turning up, it probably would’ve made my day.”

“You’re welcome, Melissa” Izuku smiled in satisfaction. It didn’t matter to him that All Might’s visit was overshadowing his own thoughtfulness, as long as Melissa was happy then he could rest a bit easier today. “We’ll talk again soon and I’ll drop you Mei’s information in a sec.”

“Sounds great!”

“Say ‘hello’ and ‘Happy New Year’ to your mother for me,” All Might called out.

“Oh, me too!” Melissa joined in.

“I will,” Izuku nodded. “Take care and Happy New Year to you too!”

“Speak soon!” Melissa replied joyfully as Izuku closed the connection.

With a gratified sigh, Izuku sat back in his chair and soaked in their conversation. Even though they’d gone weeks and the occasional month without talking, Izuku was glad Melissa was still happy to be his friend as he certainly was for her. While he hoped Mei and Melissa could find a new friend in each other, he had few doubts that either would forget about him in their excitement.

Still, after dropping Mei’s contact details to Melissa in their chat and doing the same for Mei with hers, Izuku was now free to enjoy the rest of his evening simply relaxing with his mother in homely comforts.

Exiting his room, he re-joined his mother in front of the TV, sitting down to pick at his orange he’d left behind.

“Everything okay, Izuku?” Inko asked curiously.

“Yup, all done,” Izuku relayed with a smile on his face. “Oh, All Might and Melissa say ‘Hi’ by the way.”

“Melissa?” Inko’s brow raised curiously. “That doesn’t sound like… one of your classmates.”

“Oh, she’s not,” Izuku waved away. “She’s from I-Island, remember? Back during the summer, All Might took me to…”

For the next few minutes, Izuku regaled his mother with the story of his I-Island adventure with Melissa and some of his classmates. While he’d told her some of the story before, he made sure to include a few more of the less than pleasant details this time. While he didn’t want her to worry, he didn’t want to hide as much from her anymore since she was trusting him with his choice to continue being a hero.

Inko certainly felt herself getting a little faint at the tale, but by the time it was over, she could certainly understand why Izuku felt the need to reach out to such a girl.

After that, the pair settled in for the remainder of their New Year’s Eve in each other’s company, watching the news’ continued coverage as the countdown to midnight drew ever closer.


Returning to another pair departing campus, they expected their evening to be quite a bit different than Ochako and Tsuyu’s experience.

Once more rewinding several hours and class 1-A is being signed out one by one in the UA car park.

Kyoka felt herself swallow nervously as Nezu took note of her and her very not public girlfriend leaving together, hoping the principal, like many others, assumed they were heading out as friends over anything else.

“Miss Jiro and Miss Yaoyorozu?” Nezu crossed off his list casually. “You’re with Mr Ectoplasm.”

“Thank you sir,” the pair bowed politely, though Kyoka could feel her tension making her movements stiffer than usual as they moved aside and off towards their escort.

“Don’t be nervous, hun,” Momo reassured her in a hushed tone as they closed in on their maths teacher. “As far as anyone knows, my parents are simply too busy hosting to entertain me tonight. You simply invited me along as a friend to an enjoyable experience.”

“Y-Yeah, that part I get,” Kyoka released a small breath. “It’s just… with Midnight gone, what if Mr Ectoplasm thinks we’re more than that if we slip up?”

“Well, that can be handled quite swiftly, can’t it?” Momo acknowledged confidently, though Kyoka’s list of worries grew to include that new look in Momo’s eye.

“Good afternoon girls,” Ectoplasm greeted the pair politely, opening the back door of the car for them. “Got everything you need?”

“Yes sir,” Momo nodded as the pair bowed lightly toward him before clambering into the vehicle with their bags.

Much like everyone else departing they’d packed everything they’d need for a single night away from their dorms, though Momo had brought along much more than many would expect. She wasn’t the only one as Kyoka subtly checked her bag’s latches so nothing showed despite knowing the thing she wanted Momo to see the least was stored at the very bottom.

Once all three were in the car, they began buckling up as Ectoplasm adjusted his seat position to accommodate for his prosthetic stumps along with the mirrors.

“I believe we’re heading to your family’s residence, yes Miss Jiro?” he double-checked, glancing back at the girls.

“Y-Yeah,” Kyoka nodded, “we’re going to head out after that though.”

“That’s fine,” the teacher nodded, “though if we need seating for more than two more they’ll have to use a separate car while you two ride with me.”

“It’s just my mom and dad,” Kyoka assured him.

“Understood.”

“Before we set off sir,” Momo spoke up, “could we ask a favour from you first?”

“Oh?” The teacher glanced back at the heiress, curious as to why they didn’t just ask him outside.

“We would like to request a certain amount of um… personal discretion in what you see tonight, sir. You see, Kyoka and I are romantic partners,” Momo began explaining, causing Kyoka to flinch at the sudden reveal. “We’re not yet ready to uh… go public with our relationship however sir, so if you could please keep any mentions of potentially incriminating behaviour out of your report to the school and the um… gossip circle the teachers have, we would be most grateful.”

The pro hero’s eyes studied the heiress curiously before shifting to the shorter student in his care who looked like a coiled spring she was so tightly wound, not denying anything her alleged secret girlfriend said.

“Of course. Your secret is safe with me and I’ll keep any explicit mention of such out of my report,” the pro agreed with an understanding nod.

“Thank you sir,” Momo breathed a small sigh of relief. “I’m glad that you’re our escort tonight.”

“You believe that another may not be so understanding?” Ectoplasm raised a brow. “While I can understand your hesitancy to go public, you can trust any member of the UA staff not to be discriminatory towards your status.”

“It’s not UA that’s the problem,” Kyoka muttered.

“We do understand that sir,” Momo spoke up, hoping their teacher hadn’t caught what her girlfriend said. “We’d just… rather keep things as private as we can from everyone for now. We entrusted Miss uh… M-Miss Midnight before now but that’s no longer possible.”

Ectoplasm’s eyes softened as he looked down at the young pair that were clearly not ready to make their relationship public. He knew that some people would retroactively owe Midnight some paperwork duty, not that it mattered now, but it was heart-warming to be reminded at how much his fellow teacher put their student’s first even when she had a good amount to gain.

“I see,” he stated simply. “Though she is no longer with us, I stand by my confidence of my colleagues. If you require discretion the future, please do not hesitate to reach out to myself at least.”

“Thank you sir,” Momo bowed deeply in her seat with Kyoka offering her own after a few moments.

With their necessary confiding complete, Ectoplasm made his final checks on the seating as Momo took Kyoka’s hand in her own and shot her a nervously optimistic smile. Though still a tad on edge, Kyoka returned the gesture and tried to relax in her seat as Ectoplasm drove them off campus and towards her parent’s home.


The trip passed mostly in silence but for a few comments here and there as Kyoka read some things on her phone and listened to music while Momo took a short nap to ensure she was fully rested so she could enjoy every minute of the evening. Despite that, their hands never separated until Ectoplasm pulled up to the Jiro household.

“We’re here,” he announced as Kyoka popped her jack out of her phone and gently nudged Momo awake.

The two collected their bags and stretched themselves out as they clambered from the vehicle. They were barely through the gate before the front door opened with Mika Jiro standing there bearing a warm smile in greeting.

“Hi girls, Mr… Ectoplasm, right?”

“Correct ma’am,” Ectoplasm nodded politely. “I understand your plans involve heading to another venue tonight. I hope you are aware that I will need to accompany you all for the duration.”

“That’s no problem,” Mika bowed as the girls hurried inside. “Shall we just let you know when we’re ready to go?”

“I shall wait in the car until you do,” Ectoplasm agreed before turning and heading back to the vehicle now the students were safely inside.

Kyoka admittedly breathed a sigh of relief as her mom closed the door behind her. She knew they had to convince whomever escorted them to try and keep things private, but she didn’t realise Momo would just outright state their relationship like that to the man. There was definitely a mote of joy in there, both at her girlfriend admitting things so easily and the acceptance from their teacher, but she had planned to keep things low-key tonight, even if it was a date. Handholding and gentle leaning on the shoulder were the most romantic things she thought she’d do in public with Momo but did the girl expect more?

Before she had time to ruminate any further, a shout of joy overwhelmed her senses.

“Ha-hey! There’s my precious rock star and her beautiful girlfriend!” Kyotoku bustled down the stairs to greet the pair. “Come give your father a big hug.”

“Urgh, I’m regretting this already. Is it too late to go back to UA?” Kyoka deadpanned, though held her arms out to be swept up by her dad all the same.

“It’s nice to see you again too, Momo,” Mika bowed to the heiress as Kyoka got close to stabbing her dad with her jacks to release herself.

“Thank you very much for extending the invitation so close to the event,” Momo responded in kind. “I’m very much looking forward to tonight.”

“Our little firecracker given you all the details?” Kyotoku asked after releasing Kyoka.

“Enough that it made me feel comfortable that I wouldn’t be recognised tonight but not enough to allow me to know exactly what’s in store.”

“Perfect, you’re in for a real treat then,” Kyotoku rubbed his hands together.

“Don’t be weird dad,” Kyoka rolled her eyes.

“There’s still plenty of time before we need to head off and we’ve got a few things we need to pack up as well,” Mika gestured to the disorganised mess of instruments and wires on the dining table. “Why don’t you two head up to Kyoka’s room and settle in.”

“Sure thing, mom.”

With that, Kyoka lead Momo upstairs to her former room, reminding Momo of the bathroom’s location.

Momo felt like she’d gotten a little too used to the dorms and UA’s wide open hallways as, even though you could comfortably fit two people standing side-by-side in the corridor, she felt fairly snug.

In contrast, entering Kyoka’s room felt much more comfortable, more safe and familiar, even if it too was slightly smaller than her room at UA. The walls were littered with old band posters and there were clear gaps and indents where she figured a lot of her musical equipment used to sit with blacks and purples dominating the colour scheme of the remaining furniture, though the pale blue sleeping bag on the floor stood out in stark contrast.

“I can definitely tell you have a style,” Momo chuckled.

While Momo looked around her girlfriend’s room with curious eyes, Kyoka took the opportunity to make herself comfortable, namely by releasing her bag, dropping face first onto her bed and letting out a deep groan.

“Exhausted already, Vixen?” Momo giggled as she took a seat much more gracefully by her girlfriend’s side, resting own bad against the side table.

“No, just… bleh,” Kyoka sighed before rolling over onto her side. “Anxiety sucks.”

“I know it does dear, but what’s wrong now?” Momo enquired gently.

“Worried about tonight,” Kyoka admitted shyly. “I know I wanted you to come and stuff, but now we’re here I’m… worried we might be pushing our luck.”

“I understand completely,” Momo smiled sympathetically and stroked her girlfriend’s hair. “But you’ve done wonderfully so far to get us here, now it’s my turn to ensure I can ease your fears somewhat.”

“By dialling up the blonde?” Kyoka glanced over at Momo’s bag.

“Among other things,” Momo chuckled knowingly. “Do you think your parents would mind if I tied up the bathroom for a bit? I’d like to ensure everything looks right before we head out.”

“Go for it,” Kyoka nodded, “do you want a drink or anything? The thing doesn’t start for a while.”

“Just some water or juice would be most appreciated,” Momo smiled, kissing her girlfriend’s head before standing back up with her bag and opening Kyoka’s door.

“Vixen?”

“Hmm?”

“I love you,” Momo smiled honestly.

Kyoka once again felt her heart skip a beat. For someone so in-tune with music she thought this would happen less after going out with someone for a while, but Momo could still make her feel like everything was brand new.

“I love you too,” Kyoka smiled back as Momo’s smile widened before she headed out.

The earphone jacked girl relaxed back into her bed, looking up at the same old ceiling with the same old band posters on it from her pre-UA days, a giddy smile refusing to budge from her lips as her anxiety eased and the excitement for tonight built.

It was hard to believe that she looked up at the same view only a year or so ago in utter despair, ready to… make sure she never saw anything again if the pain and confusion didn’t stop.

Now look at her, she was attending UA to be a hero, had somewhat of a slightly viral hit going round the video sites, and her amazingly gorgeous and sexy girlfriend was getting ready for their date just down the hall; not to mention the four others and boyfriend she was also attached to.

The purple haired girl found herself burying her face into her pillow again, both to wipe away the small amounts of happy tears that had gathered at their corners, but also to let out a very un-Kyoka like squeal of joy that she would never admit to doing. When she was done, she sat up with that same joyful smile on her face as she gripped her hands into fists and punched the air in silent celebration.

It wasn’t perfect, certainly not yet, but it was leagues ahead of where she’d been and proof that things can get better.

After settling her emotional outburst with a deep, calming breath, she stood up to go chat to her folks and grab some drinks for her and Momo. When she reach the doorway however, she hesitated and bit her lip at the memory that her celebrating had stirred, glancing over at her side table nervously. Extending her jacks quickly to touch her wall and floor, Kyoka quickly checked to make sure everyone else in the house was where they should be and not moving towards her before she moved again.

Stepping back over to her side table she pulled out the bottom draw, the junk sealed within rattling around as it reached the end of its length, unable to be pulled out any further without unscrewing it. Then, she slid a dexterous jack under the drawer and wrapped it around a small, old cardboard box tucked away in the gap before pulling it out and closing the drawer.

In her hands was a box of medication. This medication wasn’t to relieve a headache as it said on the labelling however, it was filled with an amalgamation of various pills she’d acquired one way or another until she was sure she had enough.

Enough to do the same thing Izuku thought about doing on the rooftop after All Might crushed his dreams.

Looking at the box that once brought her peace and comfort, that provided the way out if things got too much, it now only brought her sadness and revulsion. Kyoka had changed a lot in the time she’d been away at UA and that wasn’t solely down to her partners. Her confidence, self-image, and sense of identity had all skyrocketed just being among her peers. Admittedly she’d faltered in places, but she’d gotten through, and with the love and support of all her partners she knew she’d be okay.

There was still plenty she had to be scared about: Villains, Natural Disasters, Momo’s parents finding out about their daughter before she was ready to break free of them… but her own dark thoughts wasn’t one of those concerns anymore.

Grabbing a few tissues from the side, she crumpled the box up into them, ensuring none of the pills escaped the ball of tissue before heading out her door and down the stairs. When she reached the bottom, her mom and dad glanced over at her with joy as she made a show of wiping her nose before depositing the ball of tissues and medication in the kitchen bin.

“Everything good upstairs, rock star?” Kyotoku asked.

“Yeah,” Kyoka smiled with relief as she practically felt some of her anxiety permanently drain from her body. “Everything’s great now.”


Kyoka spent the next hour chatting with her parents about the things she’d been getting up to at UA. She spoke about all the good things that had come out of last term and gotten hugs from them both when she had to talk about the bad aspects, namely Nabu.

Still, all things considered, she was more okay than most and while her parents were happy she came out of everything relatively unscathed, Kyoka was given a reminder to talk to them or her school nurse if she started feeling too upset about things. The purple haired girl reassured them that she was fine and the class was already being seen to by professionals.

Their talk came to an end when Mika spied the kitchen clock and gestured to the staircase.

“Better go get ready if you’re changing. We’ll be heading out soon.”

“Sure thing,” Kyoka nodded, grabbing Momo’s untouched drink and heading upstairs.

Pausing by the bathroom door, she could hear movement and sounds of Momo making her preparations on other side, able only to wonder what would greet her when she finally stepped out.

“Momo?” She knocked lightly.

“Y-Yes?” Momo called out.

“We’re heading out soon so don’t be too much longer. I’m gonna get changed in my room.”

“Yes dear,” Momo answered.

Kyoka once again tried to control the happiness she felt from the domesticness of the moment, hoping many more also lay in their future together.

Returning to her room, Kyoka placed Momo’s drink on the side while she unpacked her overnight bag, taking out some of her much more daring punk-wear and swiftly donning it.

Glancing at herself in the mirror, Kyoka thought she cleaned up pretty nice and spent a moment appreciating herself. Once more she’d thrown on her ‘Rockin’ leather jacket which sat over an armless black dress that came down to just under her waistline and was decorated with white music notes. Underneath was a pair of black leggings that ensured no one would be able to see the fancy lingerie she was wearing that Momo had gifted to her for Christmas and it was capped off with a touch of purple eyeliner and black lipstick from Mina’s gift to her.

While they’d already had their first date, Kyoka still wanted to impress Momo tonight and had tried to keep Mina’s style tips in mind when she’d selected her outfit. If all went well, maybe she’d breakout the other thing she’d packed for tonight.

Before her thoughts could go any further, she heard a tentative knock on her door.

“Yeah?”

“It’s me,” Momo announced nervously. “Are you um… ready for the reveal?”

That got Kyoka’s full attention as she hurried to stand near the door to get as much of a view as she could.

“Sure, uh, go for it.”

The Earphone Jacked girl held her breath as the door swung open and Momo stepped into the room. Kyoka only knew it was her girlfriend from her heartbeat and voice because the person that entered definitely did not look like Momo!

She wore an indigo coloured halter top that looked like it was barely containing her chest with a long-sleeved, short jean jacket that had a number of patches sewn into it from a number of bands Kyoka recognised. Her leather shorts bore a number of blunt spikes which covered the top of mismatched red and green single leg stockings and spikey black platform shoes with more buckles than necessary.

All that certainly looked out of place on the heiress on a normal day, but that was nothing compared to the shoulder-length, blonde gelled hair she now sported that had been carefully shaved on one side with an ‘anarchy’ symbol visible where Momo had shaved a little more deeply into the wig. The cyan blue eye shadow and pink lipstick rounded out the bizarre look as the heiress patiently waited for her girlfriend’s jaw to start working again.

“W-Well? How do I look?”

“Uh…” Kyoka blinked before a smile broke out over her lips. “D-Definitely not like Momo.”

“That’s good,” Momo giggled, “but, do I also look good?”

“Honestly? You look a mess,” Kyoka shook her head fondly. “That’s kinda what being punk is all about though so good job.”

“B-But I look attractive still, yes?” The heiress began panicking only for Kyoka to step in close and take her face in her hands.

“You could be wearing a trash bag and you’d still be attractive to me,” Kyoka reassured her before capturing her lips in a soft, tender kiss.

The pair sunk into and savoured it as it might be the last chance they got before coming back tonight, their tongues winding around each other as pulses started to rise.

“Girls? You nearly ready?” Mika’s call up to the pair could be heard.

“Coming!” Kyoka called back.

“Not yet,” Momo bit her lip and looked Kyoka up and down cheekily. “Maybe if you’re a bad girl though.”

Kyoka had to fight the urge to push Momo up against her door then and there, instead settling for watching Momo’s ass sway out of the room before she followed, quickly slipping on her own black boots.

The sounds of bags being gathered was all that was being made besides Kyoka and Momo’s footsteps as they walked down the staircase. When the two reached the bottom, Kyoka smirked when her dad looked a little alarmed at Momo’s new appearance while her mom just looked suitably impressed.

“Uh, excuse me Miss?” Kyoka’s dad started. “I’m gonna have to ask you to leave, my daughter already has a girlfriend.”

“Shove off dad,” Kyoka rolled her eyes.

“What? I’m just being supportive,” he chuckled, making sure he wouldn’t almost drop his wife’s guitar a second time. “We can barely recognise you Miss Yaoyorozu.”

“Just um… call me Marina for tonight if you please,” Momo bowed politely. “I would hate to have gone through all this effort only for someone to recognise me due to my name being called.”

“I think we can handle that,” Mika nodded, grabbing her jacket and clutch. “Shall we go?”

The four quickly made their way out of the house, alerting Ectoplasm who helped Kyoka’s parents pack the few things they’d brought into the boot of the car securely. Kyotoku then sat in the front with their teacher while the three girls took the rear seats with Kyoka in the middle and they were off.

“So where exactly are we off to tonight?” Momo enquired, excited for what promised to be a very unique experience.

“Hold your horses there uh… Marina,” Kyotoku chuckled, getting a curious look from Ectoplasm at the different name, “wouldn’t want to spoil the surprise none now, would we?”

Momo looked to Kyoka for help but let her dad have this one. Getting to see Momo’s reactions first hand would be a nice bonus.

The group travelled for about half an hour across town with plenty of sights and sounds of celebration for them all to enjoy out the windows. Kyoka couldn’t help but notice Momo’s curious gaze as they passed by a park that had turned into a festival area and hoped to get to take her to one down the line.


They soon reached their destination at a medium sized, standalone building with very few windows and a considerately sized car park. The group climbed out of the car, with Kyotoku stretching his back out and groaning as he did. The five straightened themselves out while Momo took in the unfamiliar surroundings.

The area they were in looked a little run down in her opinion, but not awful. She likely wouldn’t be comfortable walking around the area by herself were she not a hero in training, but with Kyoka, her family, and a pro on hand, she didn’t have any worries.

“Everyone got everything?” Mika asked having already checked herself.

“Yes, mom,” Kyoka rolled her eyes. She forgot something one time and her mother would forever ask her whenever they went anywhere.

“Hun?” Mika called.

“Already on it,” he replied, passing his phone over to her before popping the boot to retrieve their gear. “I’ll see you guys in there.”

Momo watched as Kyotoku split off from the group and headed for a side door to the building that had several other people standing around it either waiting to get in or standing around smoking.

“We’re heading in this way,” Mika announced, leading the remaining three towards the main entrance.

“Ah, the Blue Note Jazz Bar,” Ectoplasm noted fondly. “Been a while since I’ve been here.”

“Oh, you know this place?” Mika enquired with a smile.

“While I enjoy karaoke, I also find sitting and listening to be a relaxing time. Especially after a difficult mission,” Ectoplasm explained. “I believe Present Mic is also somewhat fond of this place.”

Mika chuckled. “Yes, Hiz- Present Mic does enjoy jamming out when he finds the time.”

Kyoka and Momo shared a slightly wide-eyed look.

“Mom, have you and dad jammed with our English teacher?!”

“Only a few times dear,” Mika tittered. “Though we knew him as a musician before we knew him as a hero or your teacher.”

Kyoka had to take a minute to process that while Momo giggled at Kyoka’s apparent unawareness of her parent’s associates.

As they approached the entrance, Momo noticed the pair of heteromorph bouncers guarding the door. One had the body and head of a silverback gorilla while the other had a third arm sprouting from his right side but not a forth on the left, making him look somewhat lopsided. It didn’t seem to hamper the man any though as the pair eyed everyone who passed between them with warning glances.

Luckily it didn’t seem like they’d have any issues and Mika gave a friendly nod to one of the bouncers as they passed, getting a small smile and nod in return. Approaching the counter at the entrance which doubled as a coat check, Mika picked up their four reserved tickets with Ectoplasm paying for his separately so he could request a reimbursement from the school.

Momo wondered what exactly made this place so special as, while the atmosphere of the lobby seemed nice, it didn’t seem to be trying to stand out; almost the opposite in fact. So lost in her thoughts she was that she missed the others pulling out their phones and placing them in a plastic container that had been proved for them.

“Mo… Marina?” Kyoka nudged her date, pulling her back to reality and gestured to the plastic box.

“Y-Yes?” Momo quickly replied.

“Drop your phone off,” Kyoka indicated the box of devices again. “No picture, video, or recording devices allowed in the hall.”

Momo’s mouth opened slightly in confusion before realisation quickly kicked in. She quickly plucked her mobile device from her pocket, switched it off, and placed it in the tub with the others as Mika handed it back to the attendant.

“Part of the reason I thought we’d be fine coming here,” Kyoka grinned.

“How do they stop people with secret devices and quirks?” Momo enquired.

“Reservations only dear,” Mika explained as she received the receipt stub for their things. “You have to be a member or have a member’s recommendations to make a booking. The penalties for filming or recording in here are… severe.”

Momo admittedly worried that might not stop some people, but considering how confident Kyoka’s mother was about this she trusted the Jiro’s knew more than she did about this place’s safeguarding.

After Ectoplasm recorded his hero details and signed a formal declaration to keep his device on him for their own safeguarding purposes, Mika lead the way towards the main doors.

Kyoka smiled affectionately as Momo glanced around, knowing she was already trying to take in all the new sights and sounds of this new environment. This place was no fancy concert hall, but she figured Momo would like it more when they got inside.

When the doors opened, the party were greeted by rows of circular booths and tables all pointed towards a central raised stage where a number of stage hands and band members were milling around, getting equipment sorted for the variety of instruments they expected to hear from tonight. Off to the side was a bar and what Momo assumed was a kitchen behind another pair of double doors that looked busy from the glimpses of people moving to-and-fro. The entire room was dimly lit with what she guessed was termed ‘mood lighting’ and everything had a soft orangey-red glow to it, though the stage has much more normal coloured lighting to keep people’s attention focused that way.

Momo couldn’t help but break into an excited grin as, even if someone found a way to sneak a recording of tonight, there was no way she’d be recognised in such bad lighting for pictures or video, especially with her disguise.

“Feeling a bit more secure?” Kyoka nudged her girlfriend.

“Very,” Momo smiled back. “This is… perfect, Kyoka.”

The disguised heiress squeezed her girlfriend’s hand affectionately as the waitress led them through the room to their booth just off the center of the seating area.

“Mom and dad come here kinda regularly,” Kyoka explained. “It’s a place where musical folk in the industry can come and try out new stuff without worrying about overzealous fans. Every now and then you get to hear a major banger before everyone else, but mostly people come to jam for the atmosphere.”

“It does seem rather warm and cosy,” Momo smiled, enjoying the dim atmosphere as the group was shown to their table, wondering if it might be too weird to snuggle up to Kyoka as some soft music played.

It was here Ectoplasm broke off, standing at the back of the hall where he could see the entire room but still close enough to the group he could be by their side at a moment’s notice. The waitress passed out some menus for the group before leaving them to their evening.

“Are we not waiting for Mr Jiro?” Momo asked curiously.

“He’ll be along shortly,” Mika chuckled, glancing over at the stage where her husband was unpacking her amp and guitar. “Feel free to go for appetizers and desserts if you wish girls, don’t hold back on our account.”

Momo glanced down at the menu and saw a number of dishes that made her mouth water, some familiar, some not. Considering most of her previous outings to food places were usually catering to the upper class, she had not doubts that things here might be a bit different from what she expected. If it was anything like that hot pot she shared with her partners though, it would be much more satisfying just sharing tonight’s experience with her girlfriend.

“Ooo, tablecloths,” Kyotoku noted as he slipped into the booth beside his wife, his set up preparations completed. “Going all fancy tonight, aren’t they?”

“Well, this place has been getting more popular,” Mika glanced around at the familiar and not so familiar faces. “Anyone interesting playing tonight?”

“I didn’t see any of the big names but M-Flo might be by later.”

“Really?” Kyoka perked up. “Awesome.”

“A favourite of yours?” Momo enquired.

“They’re pretty good,” Kyoka nodded. “They do this cool fusion of funk, jazz and synth stuff that has this mellow yet modern tone that’s inspired a lot of people and brought a new energy to the jazz genre. Their lead singer has this super smooth voice that ties everything together even if the lyrics are a bit hit or miss. Their stuff is perfect for keeping pace at the gym and uh… stuff…” Kyoka realised she had been rambling and felt her cheeks quickly pinken as all eyes were firmly on here. “Sorry, rambled there.”

“Don’t be, that was adorable,” Momo smiled warmly before leaning over and planting a kiss on her cheek. After she did, Momo couldn’t help being reminded of a certain other someone’s tendency to ramble.

As much as Kyoka enjoyed the romantic gesture, there was still a semblance of embarrassment at her parents’ smug looks as they returned to looking at the menus.

“So what’s everyone having?” Mika asked.

“Shouldn’t we wait for the waitress to come back?” Momo blinked.

“Nah, you order at the bar here and give them the table number,” Kyotoku tapped the small condiment holder in the middle bearing the number twelve.

“I’ve never seen it done that way before,” Momo’s curiosity piqued. The group were swiftly reminded how naïve and inexperienced the heiress was with a number of experiences that seemed incredibly common to them.

“Well, tonight should be a good first for you then,” Mika smiled politely before Kyotoku gave her his order. Kyoka went next, ordering some pork gyoza and some karaage, but when her mom turned her attention back to Momo, the girl hesitated.

“Um… do any of you have a notepad or something?” She blushed lightly.

“No, why?” Kyotoku raised a brow before he recalled the pair’s first visit back home, where Momo had made light work of hoovering up any of the Chinese leftovers once everyone else was full and still looked like she had room for more. “Ah, you’ve got the big munchies,” he chuckled, getting a groan from Kyoka and a further blush from Momo.

“Why don’t you come up with me, dear,” Mika smiled before slipping out of the booth. “You can help me carry the drinks back too.”

“If that’s acceptable,” Momo nodded before scooching out of the booth as Mika collected the other menus.

Approaching the bar, it was clear that things were getting busier as there were many awaiting service before them. Momo didn’t worry when Mika simply set the menu’s down and stood patiently to be addressed, turning to chat to the girl as she did.

“Everything okay for you so far, Marina?” Mika winked.

“It’s wonderful,” Momo replied gratefully. “Thank you again for allowing me to come on such short notice.”

“It’s no trouble dear,” Mika brushed off. “What with your… situation, I can understand why you’ve been as hesitant about outings as you have.”

“Y-Yes,” Momo sighed, feeling guilt settle in her heart again. “Kyoka’s risking a lot just by being with me and I’m truly grateful for all she’s put up with.”

“Living like secret lovers has affected you both, not just Kyoka I’m sure, but I’m truly glad you took the risk and came out tonight. It really means a lot to Kyoka that you’re here.”

“I never wanted to say no, but I had to unless I was as sure as I could be this outing wouldn’t reach my parents. I know that it’s selfish but I swear it’s for a good reason.”

“You don’t need to convince me,” Mika shook her head. “I took the opportunity to do a little digging after your last visit. Not because I didn’t believe you of course, but because I did,” she made a sour face. “What I found was… displeasing.”

Momo sighed and rested both arms on the bar.

“I know. Kyoka’s been so amazingly understanding and I know it’s been hard on her having to limit our affection and association, especially when she sees our peers being able to engage romantically without hindrance. No one’s more frustrated at my mother and father than I,” Momo stated. “Especially because they were, for the most part, loving, caring parents throughout my childhood. Or at least I thought so. It seems that every day I’m finding more and more I dislike about them or hear about another awful thing they’ve done; or worse, are going to do. It… makes me think back to all my previous memories and wonder how many of them were genuine.”

“They were genuine for you and that’s what matters,” Mika sympathised. “It’s more important what you do now the rose-tinted glass has been shattered. After talking with you for a single evening, I certainly had no fears you’ll be walking down the same path they have.”

Momo chuckled mirthlessly. “That’s never going to happen. I’m just frustrated that, even when I’m at UA, they’re able to hurt people I care for. I feel the Sword of Damocles hanging over my head with every interaction I have sometimes. Even recently, my father believed a um… casual interaction with a male peer warranted a scolding reminder that I promised him not to date while at UA.”

“Safe to say that promise is broken,” Mika glanced back at her daughter who was reluctantly holding back a laugh at something her husband had said.

Momo looked back too and felt a touch of her frustrations melt away at hearing Kyoka’s spray of laughter when she couldn’t hold back anymore over the chatter of the room.

“Indeed it is, but Kyoka’s worth risking everything for,” Momo smiled.

“How romantic,” Mika’s eyes took on a slight heart shape at the clear affection on display only to shake her head and return to the topic at hand. “Still, I worry for the both of you, and Kyotoku and I wish we could do more to help.”

“Thank you for your support, but I’m already doing all I can to free myself from my parents’ influence without repercussions.”

“Is it something you think will likely affect Kyoka if you fail?” Mika asked warily to which Momo shook her head.

“I wish to put her in as little risk as possible. If this gamble backfires, it’ll be only my face it blows up in, I promise,” Momo stressed.

“I think the thought of losing you to whatever consequences await you should it not work would hurt Kyoka more,” Mika said softly, glancing back at her daughter as Momo silently and bitterly agreed with the woman.

“At least you’d be there to get her through it,” Momo stated reluctantly, mentally counting their other partners along with them.

“If it came to that, I’d hope so but,” Mika sighed, “on some level though, I can’t help but feel like I failed her as a parent.”

“W-What?” Momo looked back at her girlfriend’s mother in shock. “H-How do you figure that… i-if you don’t mind me asking?”

Mika looked down regretfully ask her jacks moved and tapped against each other shyly like Kyoka was known to do.

“You… remember how scared Kyoka was to come out to Kyotoku and I,” Mika reminded her. “We raised her with as much love and acceptance as we could but, something like that still terrified our baby girl to her core. After you two left, I couldn’t help but feel ashamed. Like I’d let her down without even realising it.”

“Kyoka doesn’t think like that at all,” Momo denied. “Even before our visit, she only had positive things to say about you both. Uh, well… if you count her being reluctantly fond of Mr Jiro being embarrassing as a positive that is.”

“That is reassuring to hear,” Mika’s smile returned. “But still, we both want Kyoka to be as happy as she can be and that means supporting you both with whatever we can. I know you have plenty of monetary resources, but please let us know that if there’s anything we can do to support your rebellion, it’s yours.”

Upon hearing those words, Momo felt her stomach lurch in a weird way. She knew Kyoka’s parents accepted her relationship with their daughter but there was also a deep longing that her parents would be even half as accepting. Her parents cared for her in their own way, but the type of approval she was receiving from her potential future in-laws filled a need she didn’t think would ever be satisfied by her own mother and father.

“Thank you, truly,” Momo smiled and bowed lightly. “Honestly though, understanding and accepting our situation is enough.”

“I’m sure being able to talk to someone that isn’t Kyoka is also something of a relief too, isn’t it.”

“More than I’d thought,” Momo nodded. As much as she loved her other partners, they were all in the same boat when it came to potential risk and retribution from her parents. The only other people that knew were Ectoplasm and… Midnight. Once more she felt the pang of loss from the understanding teacher who’d done more for her in their small amount of interactions than she ever imagined.

Her mind then conjured an idea she hoped wouldn’t be overstepping to the already accommodating musician.

“A-Actually um… t-there is one thing that I would like to request, i-if it’s not too much trouble that is,” Momo stuttered.

“Of course dear, you just have to ask,” Mika offered kindly.

“W-Well um… would it be possible when… when things get a bit too much for me to handle. Might I call you to um… talk some more?”

Mika blinked at the simple request before easily accepting it.

“You absolutely may,” she assured her kindly.

“It’s not too much trouble?” Momo queried nervously.

“Absolutely not. You’re making our little rockstar happy, that’s worth more to us than you could imagine.” Mika smiled genuinely. “Kyoka calls me or her dad every now and then to just vent sometimes. Kyotoku always tries to offer fixes or suggestions, but sometimes, what you really need is just a good bitch about things, am I right?”

“Yes,” Momo chuckled at the older woman’s use of a swear, releasing some of the tension she’d been holding.

“Don’t worry dear, I won’t judge, even if you want to vent about my daughter,” Mika chuckled. “We definitely know she can be a handful sometimes, but we still love her all the same.”

“I don’t think you’ll have to worry about that,” Momo smiled fondly. “Even when she’s annoyed she’s adorable.”

Mika almost didn’t need her super sensitive hearing to know Momo’s feelings were genuine from the way her heart sped up each time the girl glanced over at her daughter. Just that affection in her eye and the upturn of her smile was enough for her to know this girl had truly fallen for her daughter.

“You say Kyoka’s worth all this risk but I can tell that Kyoka thinks you’re worth it too,” Mika chuckled. “If you weren’t, she wouldn’t’ve been nearly so disappointed about you not attending tonight.”

“O-Oh?” Momo queried. “Is there something special about tonight?”

“I think I’ve said too much,” Mika grimaced lightly, quickly turning back to the bar as the waiter finally came to take their order.

It took a bit of time for the duo to order for the table, most of which was Momo giving her complete order which was over double the amount the other three were having combined. The girl tried to pre-emptively apologize and offer to pay her own way by Mika brushed her off.

By the time they both had a drink in each hand and were returning to the table, the first band of the night was already playing and both Kyoka and Kyotoku were discussing their sound when they returned.

“Ha-hey! There’s our gorgeous ladies,” Kyotoku grinned as his wife slipped him his favourite beer while she sipped from her own.

“Thanks, Marina,” Kyoka smiled as she took her juice from Momo.

“It was my pleasure hun,” Momo smiled warmly, slipping a bit closer to steal a kiss from Kyoka’s cheek which drew a small blush from the girl.

“Just the one, remember?” Mika reminded her husband after he’d drank almost a third of his in a few gulps. “Can’t have you playing like a drunkard.”

“We’ve got plenty of time, and dinner, to get through first, don’t worry,” Kyotoku reassured his wife.

“I’m guessin’ you guys have got some stuff you wanna debut?” Kyoka enquired, receiving a confident grin from her dad.

“Heck yeah! Got a real winner locked and loaded,” Kyotoku grinned, pulling a pair of drumsticks out from inside his inner jacket pocket and holding them ready to rock.

Momo’s interest spiked at hearing some more of where Kyoka’s musical talent originated from.

“Not at the table,” Mika sighed as though she’d had to remind him a million times but they could tell her heart wasn’t in it.

Chatter continued for a while as Mika joined in to Kyoka and Kyotoku’s conversation with her opinion on the bands that came and went from the stage. Momo’s ear extended more towards classical music than any of the new and interesting sounds she was hearing but enjoyed them all the same.

Dinner arrived soon enough and the waiter had to go back to the kitchens a fair few times to deliver all of Momo’s order, much to the blushing of the girl as the amount of plates nearly crowded the table. The others took it in good stride however and they all got to try a few dishes they’d never had before at Momo’s offer to share.

It took a while to get through all the food as talk naturally resumed again with other bands and musicians coming and going. Some were good, some were mediocre, and only one actually made Kyoka sit up and focus on listening, but they were all clapped off stage by the group and crowd of others.

A fully content Momo sighed happily as she sat hip-to-hip with her loving girlfriend as she explained why the latest band’s bass player clearly needed a better instrument to really bring out the song’s full potential. It was less than an hour away from midnight now and Momo knew only one thing would be able to make this night complete.

Soon enough, the stage was empty again as the stagehands started clearing the way for the next set. Before anyone could wonder who it would be, an attendant approached their table.

“The Jiro’s?”

“That’s us,” Kyotoku grinned.

“Perfect, you’re on after the next act.”

“Thank you very much,” Mika bowed politely as Kyoka looked amazed.

“You guys got the witching hour slot?!”

“Had to pull a few strings for it but yeah,” Kyotoku grinned smugly. “It’s worth it to put a smile of this gorgeous face.”

“Kyo, stop,” Mika blushed as her husband placed a loud kiss on her cheek.

Kyoka just rolled her eyes and focused on Momo as her parents devolved into an embarrassing pair of teenagers as the next band began playing. When she noticed Momo unable to tear her eyes away from the pair, she gave her girlfriend a small nudge.

“Hey, don’t be weird.” Kyoka whispered.

“S-Sorry,” Momo blushed, returning her attention to Kyoka. “I just… they look so happy and… not like my parents.”

“Duh, that’s ‘cause they’re mine,” Kyoka chuckled, glancing back at the pair as her dad was whispering into her mom’s ear while her face was breaking out in a light blush.

“I know that,” Momo rolled her own eyes fondly. “They just… seem so happy to be here together. Sometimes I feel I’m lucky to even see both my parents on the same day, let alone together.”

“And the last time we did, it wasn’t a happy occasion,” Kyoka frowned, remembering the autumn festival and Mei’s put down of the pair.

“I… really hope that we end up more like your parents,” Momo blushed. “E-Even if it’s embarrassing.”

Kyoka bit her lip lightly. She definitely didn’t mind the idea of Momo whispering potentially naughty things into her ear after a romantic date out, unable to keep her hands to herself as they all too eagerly hurried someplace private and ravaged each other. The purple haired girl felt her libido building but pushed it down and calmed herself.  There would hopefully be time for that in the future, but presently, she wanted to savour every moment of the now.

“That sounds awesome.”

The punk rock girl leaned up and pressed a soft kiss to her girlfriend’s cheek. Momo smiled back and leant in to repay the gesture in kind.

“Ew, guys, we’re in public,” Kyotoku’s voice broke the moment, causing Momo to sharply pull back.

Kyoka’s mood instantly shifted as the rounded on her dad.

“Urgh, don’t be an ass! You didn’t hear me bitching when you were saying all those dirty things to mom!” She waved her jacks in front of her face, having tried to tune out her father’s words by focusing on her girlfriend.

“You heard that?!” Kyotoku grimaced.

“I’ve been honing my quirk at school! What d’ya think?” Kyoka deadpanned.

Mika jabbed her husband with a jack. “I told you to behave tonight,” she shook her head but was just as guilty for letting him get away with it until they were caught. “Come on, let’s get you someplace you can’t cause trouble.”

Kyoka gratefully watched her mother lead her chastised father away towards the stage, though it was too little, too late for her poor brain and the images it had already generated. Luckily for her, Momo took the opportunity to distract her with the kiss she’d intended to give earlier.

With the latest band winding up for the big finale, Momo and Kyoka both simply savoured their time together, enjoying the atmosphere and intimacy they could share without concern.

Soon enough, the mediocre band, according to Kyoka, finished their set and left the stage to middling applause with Kyoka’s mother and father slipping up next to finish their set-up and change the settings on the shared pieces of equipment.

When the time was ready, Mika announced herself and her husband, stating that they were here to try out some new tracks and pre-emptively apologized if they weren’t all great which got a chuckle from the crowd and Kyoka. Momo wondered what was so funny until Kyoka leant over a murmured that her parents have a reputation here for generating more consistent hits than any other regulars.

With their pre-recorded, backup instruments playing over the sound system, Kyotoku started a steady beat while Mika started strumming and taking deep breaths to sing.

From the table, Kyoka and Momo felt no shame in holding hands with the latter’s arm around her more petite girlfriend’s shoulder as they watched the former’s parents perform their latest musical creation. Kyotoku looked like a natural on the drums while Mika was able to belt out vocals that Momo had to admit Kyoka just couldn’t achieve yet. While she knew the girl didn’t yet possess the experience her mother did, she hoped that she continued with her passion enough to maybe reach and surpass those heights one day, even if it was just for private performances for their little group.

Momo couldn’t help glancing at the clock above the bar every now and then as midnight ticked closer and closer. Her attention was drawn however, when the Jiro duo started their next song and found the lyrics eerily familiar.

Mika’s playing took on a harsher, more rebellious tone that didn’t seem to fit the jazz lounge at all, though it didn’t seem like anyone else minded. She sang of being a bird in a gilded cage while all she wanted to do was rage at the injustice at everything surrounding her. That all of the wealth in the world can’t buy happiness and happy was the last thing she was. How they wanted to hear their words out of her mouth like a puppet on a string. Now she’s forced to rebel and to tear it all down, the legacy they’ve built will all fade away, and all it would take to have stopped all this pain was to let her be her own person and say ‘it’s okay’.

Momo felt herself tearing up as she could practically feel her pain, frustration and struggles being sung about with a harsh tone yet beautiful voice. Like it was all the things she wished she was brave enough to say to her parents if it wouldn’t ruin everything she was planning, especially when Mika began professing her love for an imaginary girl that was quite obviously a stand in for Kyoka.

Said girl clearly heard the parallels too and squeezed Momo’s hand for support, snuggling just a bit closer to the disguised heiress.

Momo should be annoyed, or at least anxious about everything being sung about as she’d asked the pair not to release anything based around her experiences, but there was nothing incriminating tied directly to her there and it could easily be seen as just another ‘teenager rebelling against their parents’ song.

Like all the others, the song came to an end, getting a round of applause from the audience as expected, including the girls.

“Thank you all, you’ve been a rockin’ crowd!” Mika grinned widely, reminding Momo just how much her daughter took after her. “We’re gonna take a break for now but we’ll be back shortly!”

There were a number of groans from the audience as clearly many were fans but they were well behaved enough to know not to heckle fellow professionals.

“What did you think?” Kyoka asked cautiously.

“I think it was a very topical song, wouldn’t you say?” Momo chuckled back at her and brushed a last tear from her eye. “One I would probably enjoy getting a copy of, but only after I’m sure certain people wouldn’t be around to scold me for listening to it.”

The pair noticed Kyoka’s parents making their way back to the table, both slowed by the greetings and praises of fellow patrons after their empowering performance.

“Phew, I’m bushed,” Kyotoku ungracefully slumped back into his seat before sliding along so Mika could slip in too. “What did you girls think?”

“That maybe you should ask before debuting something like that,” Kyoka sent him and her mother a warning look.

“Yeah, sorry for the blindside there, Marina,” Kyotoku chuckled nervously. “Considering where we are and everything, we hoped to kind of get some feedback here to tune it up before it goes out whenever your thing is done.”

“I can understand and appreciate that Mr Jiro,” Momo nodded. “I am most flattered you find my situation worth such an impassioned song but I must stress again the importance of secrecy.”

“I got’cha, our sincere apologies,” Kyotoku held his hands up.

“But you liked the song, right?” Mika pressed.

“It will likely be something I enjoy on repeat when it is finished and released,” Momo admitted. “I very much enjoyed your voice, Mrs Jiro. I didn’t know you could sound so… personal and haunting.”

“Oh stop,” Mika weakly tried to brush off the praise, “… go on.”

“Your teacher looked like he was enjoying the jam,” Kyotoku grinned, nodding over at Ectoplasm. The two girls turned to spot the man send a reciprocating nod back to the musician who, unknown to them, had been doing his best to dance in place without getting too distracted.

“Overall, I thought that was quite a performance,” Momo offered the pair, having very much enjoyed their unique beats before her inspired song. “Though I find myself mostly unfamiliar with this genre of music, even I could tell that you have some phenomenal skills just from hearing you both perform.”

“Well that’s high praise,” Kyotoku grinned.

“While it’s something we both do for our jobs, there is a certain passion I find best achieved without the pressures of such environments,” Mika explained. “Certain sounds, beats, and rhythms come together so nicely, but if one executive doesn’t like it we’re kind of stuck.”

“So we kinda save all the good shi-… stuff for today where we can really show off,” Kyotoku continued, nearly earning himself a jack to the side courtesy of his wife.

“Do you only come here once a year then?” Momo asked politely as Kyoka made it seem like they were fairly regular.

“Not quite, but this is a special day for us,” Mika blushed cutely as Kyotoku put his arm around her and pulled her into a side hug.

“This is the place and today’s the day I met my gorgeous wife for the first time!”

“Oh stop,” Mika swatted his arm playfully but there was no effort in it.

Momo blinked before glancing at Kyoka as Mika’s previous words to her bounced around in her head. This may not be her and Kyoka’s first date, but it was their first official date off campus at the very place her parents met in a place she clearly loved. Once again she felt the depth of Kyoka’s affection for her and feared she would never be able to repay it in kind.

“Speaking of first times,” Kyotoku segued, that made both Mika and Kyoka raise matching warning eyebrows. “We’ve got some time left onstage, and I think it’s time we asked you something.”

Mika caught on to what her husband was suggesting and hoped her daughter would be more agreeable if the request came from her.

“Kyoka, would you like come up and join us for the midnight song?”

“W-What?!” Kyoka gaped before nervously shaking her head. “Uh, y-yeah, no chance.”

“Ah, come on, tonight’s perfect. We’ve already warmed up the crowd and everything,” Kyotoku gestured to the room.

“Please, Kyoka?” Her mother pleaded with wide eyes. “You sang so beautifully at the school festival.”

“You want me to be the singer?! Definitely no way,” Kyoka firmly rejected, remaining in Momo’s comforting arms. “B-Besides, I can’t do any of your songs that well, especially compared to you, mom.”

“Well that’s fine, because we were actually thinkin’ about doing one of yours,” her dad smirked as the wheels started turning in Kyoka’s head.

“You learned ‘Hero Too’?” Momo enquired.

“That we did, Marina,” Kyotoku winked, “all special for today.”

“We would so love to hear you first hand tonight dear,” Kyoka’s mother enthused. “I even tuned my guitar to match what I could from your school performance.”

Momo looked down at Kyoka as she could clearly see her grapple with herself.

“I-I can’t,” Kyoka grimaced. “It was all I could do to play in front of my peers let alone some randos.”

“And you smashed it!” Kyotoku reminded her.

“Yeah, a-and?” Kyoka stuttered. “You heard me enough on the video, didn’t ya?”

“You know we wanted to be there, cheering our rockin’ daughter on live,” Kyotoku explained with a proud face. “But since we couldn’t, we were hoping that tonight we could get up and play as a family. You always wanted to as a kid, so what better time than tonight?”

“The time when it’s not my first real date with my girlfriend who I want to relax with a-and… k-kiss at midnight.”

Both Kyotoku and Mika flinched and glanced at each other, suitably reminded not to let their enthusiasm escape them.

Momo, for her part, rubbed Kyoka’s shoulders reassuringly but held her tongue to stay out of the family interaction. She definitely wanted to share that moment with her girlfriend too, but this wasn’t her battle.

“Look, there’s really no pressure if the answer is truly ‘no’ dear,” Mika reached out to rest her hand on Kyoka’s. “Your father and I have something else queued up if you’d rather stay down here. We just thought this might be a nice New Year’s activity for all of us. We… kind of had it planned before Marina joined us, not that you’re inconveniencing us in any way dear.”

Kyoka bit her lip, her nerves and anxiety definitely trying to weigh her down and keep her in her seat. She shook her head to try and clear them out before gripping her hands into fists.

“I get it and… you’re… not wrong,” she sighed. “A-Any other day I’d say yes but… why’d you have to ask tonight? I just…”

The purple haired girl paused before growling at herself, reaching into her pocket and pulling out her phone, glancing at the time as she mentally ran through the run time, prep, and other stuff she’d have to do before she could return to the booth and her girlfriend.

Then, she had an idea that would hopefully solve both problems at once.

Turning to Momo, the heiress almost jumped at the conflict she saw in her girlfriend’s eyes.

“M-Momo, do… you think you could come up and play too?”

Mika and Kyotoku’s brows rose at the suggestion, cautiously looking to the heiress that had provided keyboard for their original festival performance.

“We’ve got the instruments covered for all the positions. If you’d rather stay here then we’ll just play a backing track with the keys added in,” Kyotoku explained, releasing the girl from any sense of obligation. “But you’re more than welcome to come join us, Marina.”

Momo didn’t need any convincing though. If Kyoka wanted her there she would always be by her side.

“I may need a few minutes to relocate my rhythm, but I’m certain I remember all the notes and chords!” Momo replied enthusiastically, excited for whatever came next.

“All right!” Kyotoku cheered.

“I’ll probably need that too,” Kyoka stated. “My bass is back at UA and-”

“Not to worry, your old one’s all set up already!” Kyotoku grinned, rising from his spot.

“We brought it along just in case you said ‘yes’,” Mika smiled warmly. “I made sure to keep it in tune while you’ve been away.”

“T-Thanks mom,” Kyoka smiled nervously as her brain tried to process that she was really going through with this.

Momo watched as the kind, caring family dynamic played out before her. While Kyotoku hurried off to begin setting things up, Momo couldn’t help but wish her own family life was full of these moments. Still, she was glad she was able to share this one with her girlfriend as they both cautiously rose from their spots and followed Mika towards the stage.

Kyotoku was already tapping away at the sound system’s interface, setting things up properly for their next song as Mika pointed out Kyoka’s old instrument sitting ready and waiting. Truthfully it was a little small for her at this point but it was still more than playable to the girl as she felt the neck fit comfortably in her palm and strummed a few notes, feeling the vibrations rumble through her body in a very familiar way.

Momo watched joyfully as Kyoka’s demeanour changed almost instantly, an air of confidence surrounding the girl as she looked into Momo’s eyes with new purpose.

“Okay, we can do this!” Kyoka nodded with determination.

It didn’t take long for Mika to introduce Momo to the guest keyboard which Momo was relieved to find was the same brand as the one she’d used at the festival.

Before any of them knew it, the time had come for the final performance of the year and Mika, Momo, Kyotoku and Kyoka stood on stage with the lights flooding their vision.

While Kyoka was set to take the lead for this next song, Mika was the one who announced their new dynamic.

“And now, you lucky folks get to hear from a first-time guest performer… our daughter, Kyoka! This next one will be a bit more energetic than usual but let’s all use it to get pumped for the New Year!”

There was a surprising amount of clapping as Kyoka gave a nervous wave to the audience she could barely see. She didn’t let that bother her though, taking a deep breath before glancing over at her temporary bandmates and making sure they were ready.

With a one, two, three, Kyoka signalled the others as they exploded out of the start almost as strongly as they did with Bakugo’s literal explosive beginning.

“Thanks for coming out tonight!” Kyoka called out as the familiar notes danced under her fingertips.

It was as though she hadn’t stopped practising at all with the song flowing eagerly from the instruments and speakers into the pumped crowd. Momo definitely wasn’t in the same boat with her pace lagging slightly but the heiress was quickly finding her rhythm.

While they were down a guitarist, Mika’s skills on the axe managed to more than make up for it with clearer, crisper sounds that easily covered the tones they needed. Kyoka was honestly surprised her mom could shred that well considering she rarely saw her play that particular instrument. As for her dad, she always knew he could carry a beat, but seeing the old man move at such a frantic pace that had Bakugo panting at times reminded her just how skilled he was.

With the song’s introduction done, Kyoka took a deep, lung flexing breath before singing as loud and confidently as she could to the room of music industry professionals.

Down in the audience, Ectoplasm felt like he’d received a late Christmas present. The karaoke-loving teacher had been on patrol during the festival and couldn’t catch any of class 1-A’s performances. With how much of a success it had been, he had been hoping for another opportunity to hear the young hero in training sing live rather than over a poorly recorded video and it seemed like he’d gotten his chance.

Though the performance was lacking the supportive dancers and special effects, Kyoka could feel the energy in the room rise with every line she sang, trying to give it her all despite her nerves.

If the audience was looking for nerves though, they wouldn’t find any as a number of veterans listening in were impressed at the family’s collective musical talent. Momo was clearly the weakest of the group but she still held her own surprisingly well.

Though the whole thing only took four minutes to play, it was almost over too soon for Kyoka as she felt her heart pumping and pulse racing that made her want to play on. Her chest rose and fell rapidly as she tried to reclaim all the breath she’d expended singing her heart out.

The cheers and whoops from the crowd were exhilarating like they were when she played at the autumn festival but it was enhanced even further due to the people she was playing and singing with this time.

Kyoka looked over at them in turn as Mika beamed at her with pride, worn out herself from the double-guitar duty she’d managed while Kyotoku was fist pumping and whooping enough to be distinct from the crowd. Turning to her girlfriend who, despite also being part of the band, looked at Kyoka with awe and excitement that filled the musical girl’s heart completely.

“That’s it everyone!” Mika’s voice called out across her own microphone. “Thank you all for being a wonderful audience tonight but I think it’s time we get ready to countdown the New Year!”

Kyoka spared a glance at the time and had less than a minute left until the clock rolled over. Momo quickly encouraged the girl over to her but there was no way she’d be able to detangle herself from her instrument and get themselves both off the stage in time. That didn’t seem to matter to her girlfriend though, who only encouraged her to come more hurriedly.

A touch of fear flitted across Kyoka’s face, worried about doing something so public, literally on stage for all to see. Her fears quickly melted away however as she looked into her disguised girlfriend’s eyes and saw nothing but love reflected inside them.

“Ten! Nine! Eight!” Mika called out as the final countdown began with Kyotoku playing a simple, steady beat on the drums behind them.

“Seven! Six! Five!” Momo was following along, counting down the seconds herself but never turned her gaze away from Kyoka.

The punkette’s mouth started moving in sync with the countdown too and, as they drew closer to zero, she knew what was going to happen when it did.

“Four! Three! Two!”

The pair moistened their lips as quickly as they could, missing the final second of the ticking clock as they cupped each other’s faces. Together, they closed their eyes and leant forward. While traditional New Year’s kisses were chaste and over quickly, theirs was anything but as the two embraced their passion and love for each other for almost a full minute before coming up for air.

Fireworks went off above the skyscrapers around Musutafu as Tsuyu, Ochako, and her parents watched in awe with the former two sharing a deep kiss of their own.

Back at UA, the group enjoying the cook-out watched their own firework display go off, courtesy of Nezu. Mina and Tooru didn’t get to spend it celebrating off campus, but they kissed just as deeply as if they had, surrounded by their friends and loved ones who were happy to ignore the pair for a moment or two.

Closer to the sea, Izuku and Inko raised a glass in celebration as the countdown on the TV reached zero and hoped for a much less emotionally wrought New Year.

As everyone else cheered and celebrated the turn of the calendar together, Kyoka and Momo celebrated with their own heartfelt moment, the pair taking it in turns to profess their love to each other, all but drowned out by the crowd who’d broken into a traditional New Year song.

While they were lost in the romance that held the worst of it at bay and the adrenaline from the performance began to ebb, Kyoka’s anxieties slowly returned to her as she turned back to the crowd, worried about what the potential onlookers thought of their very public, passionate kiss.

It seemed her mother had thought the same thing and naturally covered for her daughter’s romantic gesture, having stepped in front of the pair at some point to shield them from most of the crowd’s gaze.

Mika caught her eye as she looked back over her shoulder and winked at her daughter before turning back to the crowd and continuing the hype for the New Year. Her father wasn’t nearly so subtle.

“Like father like daughter!” He cheered while covering his mic. Despite his words being drowned out by the crowd, Kyoka heard them clearly and knew she likely rivalled Ochako with how red she felt her face currently was. Thankfully his cheeky smirk didn’t linger as he turned back to the crowd himself, “Happy New Year, everyone! Let’s rock this year!”

“I agree with him,” Momo leant down to talk into Kyoka’s ear. “I hope to rock this year with you and everyone together.”

“Y-Yeah,” Kyoka blushed, taking Momo’s hands in her own before stealing another kiss from the girl. “Me too!”

“Encore, encore!” A few people in the crowd chanted.

Kyoka looked nervously over at her parents as the crowd bayed for more. While she certainly had enough residual confidence to maybe play another song or two, she doubted Momo was in the same boat.

Thankfully for the pair of heroes in training, both Mika and Kyotoku knew when enough was enough and gestured to the pair of girls to leave the stage.

“I’m afraid the next generation isn’t quite ready for a crowd as rambunctious as you lot!” Mika teased the audience, getting more than a few groans from a couple of the less professional members. “You’ll have to put up with the originals for one last song but that’s it!”

Cheeks aflame and eyes alight, Kyoka and Momo slipped through the crowd that had gathered around the stage as best they could as they headed back to their table hand-in-hand with Kyoka leading the way.

By the time they collapsed into their seating once more, they were both panting with wide, bright smiles on their faces, but it certainly wasn’t from being worn out.

“That was amazing!” Momo gushed as she squeezed Kyoka tight. “You were amazing.”

“That was… t-that was just practise and the heat of the moment.” Kyoka blushed as reality returned. “But, I couldn’t’ve done it without your support up there,” Kyoka squeezed back.

Momo knew she wasn’t just talking about music and couldn’t help leaning in for another kiss.

It was only when they broke it did they realise they had a third person patiently waiting before he cleared his throat to announce his presence, almost causing them to jump right out of their seats.

“That was very well done out there,” Ectoplasm grinned down at the guilty looking pair. “If you played anything like that at the festival, then I truly missed a superb performance, though I doubt my report of tonight will mention anything so heart-pounding.”

“Er, t-thanks sir,” Kyoka blushed fiercely as Momo shyly bit her lip at being so directly caught.

“You ladies enjoy the rest of your evening,” Ectoplasm nodded politely before turning his back and walking away.

The pair waited for a good half a minute before breaking into nervous giggles, though they didn’t let the gap between them grow.

“Okay, maybe it was a good thing to inform him before something happened,” Kyoka relented.

“Sometimes I have good ideas,” Momo giggled shyly before an air of confidence surrounded her. “Like the one I have about what we’ll do when we get back to your room.”

“O-Oh?” Kyoka blushed as her mind went in a naughty direction. “L-Like what?”


“OH!” Kyoka moaned as Momo’s fingers worked their magic on her clit.

The two had barely managed to contain themselves during the car ride back to the house. Despite the chatter about the other artists, the venue, or the evening in general, it was all the pair could do to keep their thoughts straight and their hands to themselves.

Were Mika not in the backseats with them, they might not’ve been so strong.

As soon as they were through the doorway, Kyoka lead Momo upstairs with a hasty excuse to her parents and all put slammed the door behind them. That she was now pressed up against that door by her taller girlfriend who slid her fingers into her panties was all that mattered to her.

“I bet you’ve been aching for this,” Momo purred, watching Kyoka’s hips thrust up towards her hand as the earphone jacked girl’s back remained firm against the wood.

“F-Fuck yes!” Kyoka moaned, torn between unleashing her pent up lust and restraining her voice for her parents’ sake. Momo’s fingers were quickly convincing her to take the former path, leaning in for another sloppy, tongue-filled kiss that kept them both breathless in excitement.

While Momo’s body was pressed against her, keeping her captive against the door, the heiress eased up just enough to grab each of Kyoka’s hands with a single one of hers and slowly raise them above the girl’s head, acting as though she was captured in cuffs.

“So… which do you want?” Momo whispered seductively into Kyoka’s ear, nibbling a corner lightly and sending a shiver through her girlfriend. “You’ve got the hot, rich, sexy heiress of your dreams in your room at last with no one to disturb us.”

“Y-Yeah,” Kyoka gasped, licking her lips and eager for things to resume.

“Do you want me to… ho~old you down and make you my plaything?” Kyoka shivered and felt herself clench around Momo’s invading fingers, encouraging them to go deeper. “Or… do you want to make me scream your name in your old bed?”

“W-Wait,” Kyoka groaned as her own plans were being quickly derailed. “I-I brought something… s-something I thought you might enjoy.”

“Oh?” Momo enquired, stealing another tongue filled kiss before speaking again. “What kind of something?”

“I-It um… was the uh… cheerleader outfit,” Kyoka blushed and looked away. “I-It’s the first thing you made for me a-and I wanted to do something special.”

“You wanted to dress up and perform a little cheer for me?” Momo smiled, a tad endeared but her thoughts were mostly dominated by lust addled thoughts right now. “You wanted me to tease and play with your holes while lifting your skirt up as the whole stadium watched?”

“J-Just a private um… performance,” Kyoka sidestepped. While it was certainly an erotic image, she didn’t care about being seen by so many other eyes; that was Tooru’s thing. Right now, she was just focused on two in particular.

“That sounds delightful, my little performer,” Momo giggled again. “Maybe we could revisit that later though. Right now, I want you just as you are, either squirming under my touch,” Momo thrusted her fingers deeply, causing Kyoka’s breathing to hitch at the sensation. “Or me under yours. I want the pure Kyoka Fucking Jiro right now, no one else.”

It was honestly the sexiest thing Momo had ever said to her and Kyoka practically quivered from the endorphins flooding her system right now. As much as she should care her special surprise had amounted to nothing at this point, that was the same level of care she found she had. All that truly mattered was the love of her life being with her here and now, making passionate love together like never before.

“Now… what’s your answer?” Momo asked, her question from before still standing. “Are you my captive?” She licked her lobe, sliding down the fleshy string until she reached Kyoka’s jack and lightly teased it between her teeth. “Or am I yours?”

“Can…” Kyoka breathed heavily, both ideas causing her voice to tremble in anticipation. “Can we do both.”

Momo giggled enticingly before replying, “I meant… which one first?”

Kyoka felt herself getting close just from what her imagination conjured for her on top of Momo’s dexterous finger work. Adamant not to surrender so easily, she fought back in her own way.

Momo let out a high-pitched squeal of surprise as Kyoka moved suddenly, reclaiming her hands and wrapping them tightly under her girlfriend’s rear, lifting the taller girl up off the floor before waddling quickly over to her old bed where she dumped the heiress amidst a number of surprised giggles.

While her mind was trying to process her new position, Kyoka was already bearing down seductively in an almost frightening way as her jacks primed themselves for use, grabbing Momo’s shorts and the underwear lying beneath and pulling them down.

“You might lose your mind,” Kyoka smirked as Momo willingly spread her legs, her core looking like it was aching for her touch and appeared oh so enticing. “But try to remember my name’s ‘Kyoka’ when you’re close.”

It sounded almost too corny to Momo but she had no doubts her girlfriend could deliver on what she was threatening. She wondered if she’d forget volume control before that point and sent an almost worried look towards the door now she was on the receiving end of things.

When Kyoka’s digits, tongue, and jacks touched down however, she forgot all about the two adults in the nearby room.


“Urgh, I don’t like it.”

“Don’t like what dear?” Mika asked as she took out her earrings at her dressing table.

“Those two sleeping in the same room,” Kyotoku pouted from his place on the bed. “I lay that sleeping bag out so stuff like this wouldn’t happen.”

“Stuff like what?” Mika chuckled, playing coy as she knew exactly what was going on in her daughter’s room despite the significant soundproofing.

“Stuff like… y’know,” Kyotoku gestured towards the door. “They’re all hyped up after a performance, the mood is right, they’re dating… you know what comes after that.”

“Well, that’s at least one thing more than you or I had back when we first ‘performed’ together,” Mika shrugged off her top and unclasped her bra.

“That was different and you know it,” Kyotoku huffed.

“Oh? In what way?” Mika asked cheekily.

“It wasn’t our first times!” Her husband sulked. “Even if it’s passionate, it should be much more romantic and sensual.”

Mika couldn’t help a snort of laughter escaping her lips, moving to cover it with a hand as the other helped slip her skirt off.

“What?” Kyotoku’s eyes narrowed.

“If that’s the case, then shouldn’t Miss Momo wait until their fourth date? I believe that’s how long it took before you and I actually sat and dined outside of a concert venue before returning to a private room together.”

“Hey, she’s my little girl, a dad’s got a right to be defensive about this stuff! I don’t care how much money, prestige, or whatever miss heiress has got; a first time should be special.”

Mika simply rolled her eyes as she slid off her underwear.

“Dear, if you really think this is her first time, then you don’t have a clue about our daughter.”

“But-”

“No ‘buts’, dear,” Mika promptly shut him up by turning around and crawling towards him along the bed. “Otherwise Kyoka and her girlfriend will be the only two getting their hands on one tonight.”

Kyotoku watched his wife’s sensual approach, her jacks and other parts dangling hypnotically, making him forget all his previous objections, or at least forestalling them.

Any further words on the subject were dropped for the remainder of the night with both rooms only entertaining short outbursts of cohesion at particular climaxes.

For Kyoka and Momo, it was a very welcome way to end their New Year celebration.


Unfortunately, while many enjoyed and celebrated the night away, not everyone had a good New Year’s Eve.

As he sat in his place, recounting it all, Katsuki Bakugo almost wished he’d just taken the demeaning lecture and stayed at UA. At least then things wouldn’t have gone so off the rails.

Returning for the last time to the departure of the class 1-A students, Katsuki and Kirishima were reluctantly forced to part as they were assigned separate cars to travel home in. Bakugo had grimaced when Nezu gave him a funny look when reading out his name but whatever the rat had been thinking didn’t concern him if he didn’t speak up.

It had been bad enough he already had to spend the night away from the one he really wanted to be with but Kirishima said he and his folks already had plans, though Katsuki took a small amount of joy in his boyfriend also so downbeat at being away from him.

“I’m gonna miss you tonight bro,” Kirishima squeezed Katsuki’s hand lightly.

“Don’t be so mushy,” Katsuki sighed. “It’s just for a fuckin’ night. ‘Be manly’ or some shit.”

“Well, yeah, but it’s still a night I wanted to spend celebrating with you,” Kirishima shot Katsuki a crooked, honest smile.

Katsuki sighed deeply, his boyfriend making things harder than they already were, and not in a fun way.

“We’ll just fuckin’ do it next year,” he rolled his eyes.

“Deal,” Kirishima grinned, pulling his boyfriend in close for one last hug.

Reluctantly, Katsuki savoured the feel and smell of comfort from Kirishima, hoping it would bolster his strength to get through tonight.

He planned to go back to his parents place, eat, and then sleep so he could get back here sooner, but there was little doubt in his mind his mother would want to do some stupid family bonding shit like other years.

They couldn’t delay their departure any longer though and soon the pair separated, heading towards their assigned cars. Like everyone else, Katsuki had packed an overnight bag, Queen herself in her carrier, and some of Queen’s stuff for good measure before departing UA with his heroic escort; some second rate hero with bamboo stems on either side of his ears.

The trip was boring and frustrating as it seemed the further away from UA Katsuki got, the longer the seconds took to tick over. Queen wasn’t doing him any favours either, being somewhat restless in her crate on the seat beside him. Even scratching her chin and leaving his fingers on the other side of the cage bars didn’t do anything for the anxious cat, who turned and meowed frequently, never seeming to settle.

Eventually, the car pulled to a stop in a familiar neighbourhood and Katsuki glanced out of his window. Despite the affluent nature of the area and the variety of colourful greenery on display his father did fairly well to maintain, the three floored house looked hollow and empty to Katsuki.

With a deep, bracing sigh, the resigned boy got out of the car, taking care not to agitate Queen any more than he needed to. The cat gave a worried-sounding ‘meow’ which Katsuki wholeheartedly agreed with.

“Yeah, yeah, but it’s fuckin’ easier this way,” Katuski said with resignation in his voice.

The hero the drove him here also emerged from the car and walked with him up the path to his house, much to Katsuki’s ire. He didn’t need a babysitter for all of the ten feet it took to get here!

Rather than bothering with the doorbell, Katsuki grabbed his keys and let himself in, quickly glancing around with practised eyes for threats. Well, one threat in particular.

“Oi, I’m back!” Katsuki reluctantly called out, announcing his presence.

“Katsuki?” The explosive blond breathed a small sigh of relief as his father’s voice was the one that replied.

“Who else did you expect today?” Katsuki shot back as he kicked his shoes off and stowed them off to the side of the genkan like he used to.

His father took that moment to emerge from the kitchen wearing an apron. Judging from the smell, it was clear he was cooking tonight; Katsuki was grateful for little miracles.

“Mr Bakugo?” The hero accompanying the UA boy spoke up.

“That’s me, is something wrong?” Masaru glanced at Katsuki with worry. It made Katsuki grit his teeth in frustration but he said nothing. Not every issue involved him damnit!

“Nothing like that,” the pro hero chuckled and brushed off, “I just need to run you through the parameters of tonight.”

Katsuki couldn’t care less about whatever those stupid rules were. He had no plans to go out and, as far as he knew, neither did his folks so the hero was gonna be stuck outside bored as fuck all night.

“I’m going to my room,” Katsuki tossed over his shoulder towards his distracted father who tried to acknowledge him without missing anything the pro was explaining.

As he started climbing the stairs, Katsuki breathed a little easier as it didn’t sound like his old hag of a mother was around right now; otherwise, she would’ve made her presence very known already. Reaching his room on the top floor, Katsuki dropped his backpack by the end of his bed before gently placing Queen’s carrier on the coverless mattress and opening it up.

Considering how tentative she was to leave it the first time he brought her back to the dorms, he wasn’t surprised she remained inside while he set up her bed on his old desk along with one of her soft toys.

Sitting beside her carrier after he was done and reaching inside to scratch Queen’s chest fluff, Katsuki felt a small measure of relief settle in his chest. That was step one down of the ‘ten fucking steps to get through this’ plan, now he just had to survive the other nine.

Swinging his legs up onto his bed and laying down beside the carrier, Katsuki pulled his earbuds and phone out of his pocket to look for something to pass the time.

Only the sound of a soft knock broke his search.

“What is it, old man?” Katsuki called out.

Masaru gently opened the door and poked his head in.

“Hey sport, just wanted to check up on you.”

“Not much has changed in the last two minutes,” Katsuki replied dismissively.

“You mind if I come in?” Masaru asked.

“It’s your fuckin’ house,” Katsuki groaned, his jaw tightening.

His father took the opportunity to slip inside and close the door behind him, stepping over to his son’s computer desk and pulling out the chair for himself to sit down on.

“Just thought I’d come see how you’re doing.”

“Fine,” Katsuki replied simply.

Masaru’s lips thinned at the curt reply.

“How’s your cat been? Behaving I’m guessing?”

“She’s fine too,” Katsuki responded with three words this time.

“Still a bit travel skittish I see,” Masaru chuckled lightly, watching the cat’s tail twitch and flick in her box for a few moments. “How’s UA?”

“Fine,” Katsuki replied again.

Masaru opened his mouth to speak again only to let out a defeated sigh.

“I’ll just go then, sorry to have bothered you, son,” he rose from his seat and started for the door.

Katsuki was very tempted to just let him leave, but he felt that annoying, clawing feeling in his chest that popped up every time one of Mina’s empathy teachings reared their head.

“Wait,” Katsuki mumbled lightly, half hoping his dad didn’t hear him. The curious glance towards him dashed that hope however. “Sit down.”

Masaru’s brows elevated slightly but tried not to let the surprise show on his face any more than that. If there’s one thing he’d learned living in a house for so long with his strong-willed wife and son, it was that pointing out any contrary behaviour would get it swiftly rescinded.

Returning to his chair, Masaru sat down as Katsuki reluctantly pushed himself back up into a sitting position. Eventually, he spoke again.

“What do you wanna know?”

“Well, uh…” Masaru scratched his head nervously. “Just how things have been going I guess. I know that you were near the top of the class at the end of last term and wondered how this one had fared.”

“It was… okay,” Katsuki sighed. “Homework and stuff is boring as hell but at least they made shit interesting in our practicals. Got to go out and try real hero situation shit.”

“Oh yeah?” Masaru enthused. “Sounds exciting. Did you get to blast anyone?”

“Yeah,” Katsuki grinned. “We fought the other class and my team came out with the best score outta everyone!”

“Woah, very impressive,” Masaru grinned again, feeling the excitement. Bakugo almost thought he was being sarcastic at first but, looking closer, it was clear his dad was actually pleased to hear about this. “You made sure not to injure any of your friends too much though, right?”

“Those chumps aren’t my friends,” Katsuki scoffed. “They were from the other class, the one we barely interact with.”

“Oh, right,” Masaru sweatdropped. “Well, what about your teammates? Did they help much?”

“More than I thought,” Katsuki admitted, his hand moving back to Queen’s carrier to fluff her fur. “Those idiots actually fuckin’ challenge me and shit. Class B didn’t know what hit them after we were through!”

“Woah, save some for the villains, son,” Masaru chuckled again.

“They’re fine, they can take it,” Katsuki rolled his eyes. “Everyone came over to our dorm to hang and chat and shit after.”

“That’s good, you’re all on the same side after all,” Masaru smiled, though this one soon downturned. “And uh… how about after your class trip?”

Katsuki’s jaw instantly tensed and his scratching of Queen’s fur stopped. Masaru could clearly tell he’d hit a sore spot and braced for a reckoning.

Only… it didn’t come.

“What about it?” Katsuki asked with a measured tone.

“W-Well,” Masaru hesitated, “I heard all about it obviously, f-from the news. They said most of your class was hospitalized. How… how are you doing?”

“Fine enough to get back here, aren’t I?” Katsuki snarked.

“Yes, w-well, you weren’t hurt too badly then?”

“Not enough for you and the hag to worry over.”

“That’s something at least, I’m sorry we weren’t able to come see you but your principal-”

“Doesn’t fuckin’ matter,” Katsuki scoffed. “Didn’t need you there anyway.”

Masaru breathed an uncomfortable breath, unsure how he should feel about that response before wetting his lips, knowing he was all but inviting trouble with his next enquiry.

“And… about your teacher,” his son all but froze completely, a fierce look on his face. “I know she… passed. That… must’ve been hard to go through.”

Katsuki didn’t move, his anger, temper, and frustration swiftly returned to the surface. He feared that if he moved or said anything, it would explode out of him, maybe more than just metaphorically.

“I’m sorry,” Masaru apologized, “I know it’s not the nicest subject to bring up but… I just wanted to make sure you were okay, son.”

In that moment, Katsuki’s harsh, retaliatory words caught in his throat. It must’ve been a trick of the light, or his mind fucking with him or something because, just for a second, all Katsuki could see was a weak, quirkless boy with green hair reaching out to help him out of the pond.

Masaru took Katsuki’s unusual silence as permission to continue and pressed on.

“I can’t imagine what you’re going through; I’ve thankfully never been anywhere close to a villain attack. They always look so terrifying to me I don’t even want to watch when the heroes show up. I know she was supposed to protect you, and I’m really sorry you lost her, but are you okay, son? A-And I don’t mean, um, physically.”

“W-What? You think I’ve got a screw loose?!” Katsuki retorted defensively.

“N-No,” Masaru held his hands up. “Going through something like that… well, I wouldn’t come out fine. I know you and Mitsuki are both stronger than me so maybe I’m worrying for nothing but, I wanted to make sure you knew help is there if you need it.”

Katsuki, again, had to rein in his temper. His dad wasn’t looking down on him, he was making sure he could still be the bona fide badass he always was without anything hindering him, even shitty mental issues that come from… trauma.

That’s what Hound Dog had called what he and the class had gone through.

No matter how much or little they fought, everything they went through, including losing Midnight, was traumatic. He knew it was hard for Eijiro, more so for Mina, but him? He had to live with the guilt of being the one to fail their part of the plan that saw Midnight die. Even now, he still believed it was his fault, that there was something more he could do.

Hound Dog called it ‘Survivor’s Guilt’, something a lot of people go through, especially heroes.

He knew he wasn’t the only one in his class either, it was plain to see on all their faces. No one could’ve done more than him though, and like it or not, that still kept him up some nights as he ran theoretical plays in his mind. Katsuki had tried all of Hound Dog’s tips to try to ease the pain, but unfortunately, time was probably the only thing that seemed to be helping things.

Katsuki sucked in a deep breath before slowly counting down to try and calm himself before responding to his dad.

“I fuckin’ know about that shit,” Katsuki replied prickly, “that’s what I’m fuckin’ going to the mental health guy they’ve got on campus for us.”

“You are?” Masaru’s mouth dropped open somewhat.

“Everyone in my class fuckin’ is,” Katsuki growled, feeling his pride rear its head again. “But… I also was seeing him before all this shit.” Masaru looked even more curious but didn’t say anything. Rather than let his old man guess and theorize, Katsuki knew he needed to continue to prove it wasn’t because he was weak. “One of my other classmates… showed me how shitty my attitude was at times and the… things I’ve done with it. I decided that I wanted to be better, that’s why I wanted to get this bitch.” Katsuki gestured his head towards Queen who had tentatively poked her head out of the carrier at this point. “After that, I went to see the guy at school. He was fuckin’ useless for like, the first two sessions, just listening to all my crap and shit, but then he started explaining stuff and it… made sense.”

Masaru watched carefully as his son showed a sense of vulnerability he’d never seen him with before. There was no anger, or frustration as he stroked his pet’s fur and explained things, only acceptance and something akin to guilt.

“So don’t worry, I’m fuckin’ fine, get it?” Katsuki looked back up, his softer expression gone as his regular scowl returned to his face. “All this is doing is making me fuckin’ stronger so that no villains will dare fuckin’ challenge me in the future!”

“Woah, I get it son,” Masaru held his hands up again. “No villains here, only a civilian.”

Katsuki realised he was being too aggressive as his walls went back up and eased himself back. He still wasn’t great at balancing his emotions like every other fucker, but he’d master that before too long and add it to the ever growing list of shit he was awesome at.

“Then make sure it stays that way,” Katsuki smirked. “I won’t go easy on you just because we’re fuckin’ related.”

“Understood Mr Hero,” Masaru chuckled as whatever tension in the room there was when he entered had greatly eased by now. “I’ll be sure to respect your authority.”

“Damn right,” Katsuki grinned.

With his fears allayed, Masaru had addressed all he needed to coming up to talk to his son. However, there was one thing he couldn’t resist enquiring about.

“So uh,” the man’s face turned the slightest bit cheeky. “You say one of your classmates helped you with things. Is it a girl by any chance?”

“The fuck do you care?” Katsuki growled.

“It’s not every day a boy changes things for someone,” Masaru explained. “That friend must be pretty special for you to listen to them though.”

“She is,” Katsuki mumbled, allowing the smallest hint of a smirk to settle on Masaru’s face. “But if you think that we’ve got the hots for each other you’re fuckin’ wrong as always.”

“I’m sure I am,” Masaru chuckled knowingly as he rose from his spot, hesitating in his departure only slightly to offer Queen a sniff of his hand which she steadfastly refused by retreating further into her carrier but he didn’t take it personally.

Now this was something Katsuki refused to let go misunderstood; not only did his dad think that he was doing this for a girl, the man was practically swanning out of the room with smugness about it despite how wrong he was.

“Yeah, it was a fuckin’ girl that opened my eyes,” Katsuki shot at the man, “but she’s got nothing on how awesome my boyfriend is.”

If he was expecting Masaru to be surprised, he was certainly rewarded as the man almost collided with the now half-open door as he tried to leave and stay at the same time.

“W-Wha- you er… got a boyfriend?” Masaru stuttered.

“Yeah, I did,” Katsuki replied simply with a very firm, challenging tone. “Got a fuckin’ problem with that?!”

Masaru’s shock was clearly worn on his face and he quickly shook his head to rid himself of it.

“N-No, I… I just didn’t expect…” he continued to stammer. “You were so adamant about being the best at UA I didn’t think you’d erm… commit to anyone.”

“A few dates and nights together won’t stop shit. I’m still gonna be the best,” Katsuki affirmed.

Masaru looked thoughtful for a moment and Katsuki would never admit he felt a twinge of fear in his heart in anticipation of his father’s response.

“Well… uh… then I guess… a-are you happy?” Masaru finally asked.

“Right now? Fuck no,” Katsuki scoffed. “I gotta be here with the hag instead of with him so I’m fuckin’ miserable… but, yeah, that fucker does make me happy.”

Katsuki saw his dad’s face drop at first only for a small smile to return by the end.

“Then, that’s all the really matters, isn’t it, son?” Masaru smiled honestly at Bakugo, causing an unfamiliar feeling to blossom in the boy’s chest.

Unfortunately, the moment was broken by the distant sound of the front door opening and closing.

“Oi, Mas’? Where the hell are you?” Mitsuki’s voice rang throughout the house, even reaching the pair two floors up.

Katsuki flinched and grimaced while Masaru sent a wary eye towards the direction of his wife’s call.

“One minute, dear!” He called back before returning his focus to his son. “I’d like to hear more about this boy of yours but we’ll talk more later.”

“H-Hey, old man!” Katsuki called back, causing his dad to double back just before he closed the door. “Uh… t-thanks and shit, for being cool.”

Masaru smiled fondly at him and shook his head.

“No problem, son,” he replied before closing the door and heading back downstairs.

“Is the brat with you?” Mitsuki’s yelled again.

“He’s sleeping dear,” Masaru called back, his voice growing fainter as more distance was put between him and his son. “Let him rest before dinner, you ca-”

Katsuki felt a mote of gratitude for his father’s diversion. Hopefully it would keep the banshee at bay, but he wouldn’t count on it.

Still, that bought him at least some peace and quiet for a little while so he lay back down on his bed, put in his ear buds and looked for something decent to zone out to.


While he rested, Katsuki never quite made it to sleep. He drifted here and there, but being back home had his nerves somewhat on edge and he kept stirring every twenty minutes or so. Once was when Queen finally emerged from her cage and curled up on his pillow next to his head but another was when his mother opened the door without knocking and looked in, as though expecting him to be awake.

Katsuki had too much practise avoiding his mother like this however, and even though she’d roused him from his doze he didn’t react until she’d left again, breathing a sigh of relief.

Eventually the inevitable couldn’t be put off any longer as Katsuki’s phone began chiming. It was just a text from his dad stating that dinner was ready but it couldn’t feel less like a homely, well cooked dinner for them all to share and bond over; he just wanted to get in, eat, and get out if he could.

“Gonna need you for this one,” Katsuki groaned as he rose from his bed, plucking Queen’s food and dish from his bag. The cat looked enthusiastic, padding over the mattress happily, until her owner approached the door, to which she let out what could only be described as a hesitant meow.

“Yeah, yeah, I know,” Katsuki sighed, stepping back to pet Queen’s head despite her focus only being on the can of cat food in his hand. “I don’t like this shit either, but if that bitch goes off, I can’t promise I won’t explode her into a million pieces.”

Queen briefly looked at him longingly before turning her attention back to the tin.

“You have no idea what I’m saying, do you?” Katsuki chuckled morosely before putting Queen’s items down and lifting her up gently, draping her around his shoulders in a position both of them found comforting at this point. “Come on ya big furball, let’s go do this shit.”

With cat food in hand, the boy made his way downstairs slowly. Getting into yet another shouting match with the old hag really wasn’t on his New Year’s celebration list but if previous years traditions held true…


Arriving in the lounge, Katsuki pivoted towards the dining room, spotting his dad dishing the last few things up into several boxes that, admittedly, smelled pretty damn good.

“Get yourself settled, Katsuki,” Masaru called over his shoulder before taking a deep breath and calling out, “Hun? Dinner’s ready!”

Pre-emptively tensing himself for the inevitable whirlwind that was his mother to arrive, Katsuki took his usual spot at the end of the table, the farthest place away from her own spot he could. He then pulled out the chair next to him and set Queen’s dish down, pulling the tab that the cat knew signified permitted tastiness was only moments away despite all the other heavenly smells permeating her nose.

As she gracefully leapt from Katsuki’s shoulder and onto the chair, Mitsuki entered the room carrying a platter containing a full roasted chicken that looked delicious.

“Looks like sleeping beauty’s finally decided to join us,” Mitsuki chuckled as she set the platter down in the middle of the table. “How ya’ doing brat? That school got you all worn out even over the holidays?”

“Fuck off,” Katsuki snapped back reflexively. “Training’s fuckin’ hard so I get my rest when I can.”

“Oi, no language at the dinner table!” Mitsuki snapped back almost as quickly. “You should know better by now ya’ damn delinquent.”

“Whatever,” Katsuki scoffed.

Mitsuki rolled her eyes, her son hadn’t changed a bit.

“Stop being a cranky git and give your mother a hug,” she held out her arms expectantly.

“I already sat down,” Katsuki groaned, hoping that was enough to stave off her hollow attempt at affection.

“Katsuki,” Mitsuki replied in a warning tone.

With an exaggerated huff, Katsuki reluctantly stood up and gave her the lightest hug he could while she brought him in uncomfortably tight. “It’s been a whole term and you didn’t even visit! The least you could do was give your mother a damn hug when you see her again.”

“Just get off, hag!” Katsuki pushed her away, thankfully getting out of her embrace quickly, but not without consequence.

With the swish of a hand, Katsuki felt the familiar sting of a slap across his head that had his blood rise to near boiling in seconds.

“Shut’cha mouth, that’s no way to treat your mother!”

“Don’t hit me, you old crone!” Katsuki growled, reactively flexing his hand to begin building up his sweat.

A low, threatening growl interrupted the pair. The two turned their attention to Queen who’d been observing the new woman keenly when Katsuki had risen from his seat, not feeling safe enough to feed with her human out of protective distance and another loud, unfamiliar human so nearby.

“Oi, cat on the floor,” she pointed at Queen but looked at Katsuki.

“You’re lucky she’s on a chair,” Katsuki scoffed, slumping back into his seat and petting Queen lightly, though the cat didn’t tear her eyes away from his mother. “If there weren’t so much food she’d be on the table.”

“That’s enough you two,” Masaru called out, drawing both their attentions to him as he carried a trio of fancy looking boxes. “Can’t we just sit down and have a nice family dinner for one day?” Katsuki knew his father was too weak to stand up to his mother, preferring to play peacekeeper than anything else but, this time, he was grateful for it. “This is one of the few times we get to see Katsuki during the school year, can we please not sour his visit with another fight between you two?”

“Ask her that,” Katsuki spat.

Mitsuki’s jaw set as she prepared for another response only for Masaru to hold his hand up to her.

“Katsuki?” Masaru looked at his son, his request clearly written on his face. “Please?”

Katsuki quirked his lip and rolled his jaw but ultimately lifted Queen and her food up at once and placing them both by his feet. The cat certainly didn’t like her food, nor herself, being touched mid-meal, letting out a growl of warning, but simply went back to eating when she was settled again.

“Happy?”

“Thank you, Katsuki,” Masaru smiled before looking to his wife.

Mitsuki’s eyes had narrowed during the interaction but she brushed the slight off now she could finally sink her teeth into her husband’s delicious cooking.

“Our brat’s behaviour aside,” Mitsuki huffed before her expression instantly brightened turning towards her husband as he placed her osechi box before her, “this looks marvellous, dear.”

“It’s nothing,” Masaru shook his head, placing Katsuki’s box down next and then his own before draping his apron on the back of his chair.

“Well if it’s nothing, why can’t you do this more often?” Mitsuki winked, getting a weak chuckle out of her husband as he sat down.

Taking up the carving fork and knife, she sliced off a fair portion of chicken for herself, then Masaru, then Katsuki, who looked almost indignant while holding out his box to her.

“Wipe that look off your face, your dad slaved over a stove for the better part of a day for this.”

“And what did you do to help?” Katsuki challenged, helping himself to some of the smaller parts of the meal.

“I stayed the hell out of his way, or did you forget it’s Saturday?” Mitsuki rolled her eyes. “Oh, Kiku’s husband says ‘Hi’ by the way Masaru.”

Katsuki had indeed lost track of the days to a degree during their break from UA; Saturday was the day his mother went to her ‘Jazzercise’ class to keep herself fit. Thankfully it kept her out of the house from around midday till gone four at least so it used to be a time Katsuki treasured.

The explosive blond was grateful his mother seemed to go off on that tangent, happy to boast about her place in the class and the gossip she’d heard from the other wives. He was content to be ignored until he could leave and sequester himself in his room until the morning but he found himself dragged back into the conversation in an unexpected way.

“… and her husband was one of those who… Oh! Shit, I almost forgot. Hey, Katsuki?” Mitsuki called.

“What?”

“Did you hear anything about Aldera?”

“Aldera?”

“That school you used to go to,” Mitsuki rolled her eyes, “you only spent like, a good few years there.”

“No shit, what about it?” Katsuki scowled, not wanting to take a guilt-ridden trip down memory lane tonight.

“Your old friends spreading any of the good gossip around?”

“About?” Katsuki fished again. The sooner everyone forgot he came from that place the better.

“Jeez, do you not get the news at UA or what?” Mitsuki scoffed.

Before Katsuki could retort, his dad once again stepped in to head off a potential argument.

“Katsuki, your old school got shut down over the holidays.”

“What?” Katsuki startled, needing to take a second for his brain to process those words. “That old dump finally closed?”

“Well, not closed per se,” Masaru paused, searching for better words.

“The police and some heroes raided the place over the holiday,” Mitsuki stated simply. “Apparently some of the decision making dipshits were CRC or something.”

“Wait, who?” Katsuki frowned, sitting up properly. “Was one of them that guy with the arms that could stretch by wires?”

“I… believe your old homeroom teacher was one of them, yes,” Masaru cautiously revealed. “Apparently they raided the school and several teacher’s homes after weeks of investigation. They found several ties to previous and current Creature Rejection Clan cells, the school’s been closed until further notice.”

Katsuki couldn’t help but wonder if Nezu had a hand in this. There was no way the principal would’ve missed or ignored signs while he’d combed through old footage of his own behaviour with Izuku at that place. The rat had smelled a rat and clearly he wasn’t afraid to hunt it down.

“Hmph, serves them right,” Katsuki scoffed. “Fuckers deserve to go to jail for trying shit like that.”

A small measure of relief spread across Masaru’s face while Mitsuki’s grin spread into a satisfied smirk.

“Their stupid shit didn’t affect you though. Clearly we raised you right if you got into UA despite their pathetic attempts at brainwashing,” Mitsuki boasted, taking a satisfying bite of her chicken.

Katsuki couldn’t help but wish she’d choke on it because he very much didn’t get out of there without issues.

Looking back on it all, he could barely remember any of his classmates being pure heteromorphic types, but all he cared about back then was how strong anyone’s quirk was and he proudly stood at the top of that heap, lapping up the praise from his teachers. Now he knew why they were so eager to lift him up and keep his record clean.

Masaru noticed the distaste on his son’s face that had nothing to do with the food but remained silent, returning to his own meal.

“Still, at least we never had to worry about you going to the hospital while you were there, unlike UA,” Mitsuki continued. “Say what you want about previous heroes that came out of there, it seems like they’re really dropping the ball for your year, Katsuki.”

“Eh?” The boy raised a questioning brow.

“Well, first they had that break-in in like, your first week,” Mitsuki listed off, “then you got yourself kidnapped during that pitiful summer camp,” Katsuki felt his jaw tighten at the reminder, “now you and your class got attacked during your trip and the staff member couldn’t even protect you from ending up in the hospital. When your teachers came round to talk about keeping you on campus for your protection, I thought that meant they'd fixed all their safeguarding issues and thought you'd be fine there, but now I'm beginning to wonder if they're really as good as you hyped them up to be.”

“What. Of. It?” Katsuki growled, his knuckles whitening around his chopsticks, the metal they were made of giving ever so slightly. Even Queen grooming herself patiently at his feet wasn’t helping him keep his cool.

“Don’t go getting all pissy at me for pointing it out brat,” Mitsuki dared, “they’re supposed to be the best school in Japan yet this stuff keeps happening. Then again, maybe if you’d trained a bit harder things would’ve been different.”

Katsuki felt whatever response he had freeze in his chest, pushed down by the lead weight of guilt, which had been easing over the past number of days, as it returned in full force.

“Aren’t you the one who said you’re gonna be the next All Might?” Mitsuki continued. “I don’t remember him ever having something like this happen.”

“Yeah…” Katsuki muttered sourly, all fight gone from his system. “Maybe you’re fuckin’ right…”  

Mitsuki didn’t really notice as she continued with her criticisms but Masaru certainly took note. His son almost never backed down to boast about his prowess, especially when anyone tried to demean him; that was why he got into fights with Midoriya’s boy so often in the past, so he’d heard.

As Katsuki numbly listened to his mother go on about ‘how they should’ve just sent that scary homeroom teacher of yours with you instead of that promiscuous one’, he bitterly picked up his toshi-koshi soba portion of his osechi and took a bite.

A vague memory of Izuku expressing surprise that soba was Todoroki’s favourite food left him feeling even shittier. How could he help that asshole stand up to his own flaming garbage pile of a father when he couldn’t even refute his own hag?

The meal continued for a short while as Mitsuki went onto another tangent with Masaru nodding along agreeably as Katsuki picked at his dinner.

Eventually, it got to the point that even Mitsuki was noticing how passive her normally explosive-tempered son was being.

“Oi, what’s wrong with you, Katsuki? Eat your dinner.”

“I’m not hungry,” the blond put his chopsticks down, having only consumed about half his meal.

“What? Our food not hold a candle to the crap they serve at UA?” Mitsuki raised a brow.

“Shut up,” Katsuki groaned wearily, “I told you, I’m fuckin’ tired!”

“Maybe you should go to bed after dinner, Katsuki,” his dad offered.

“The hell he is,” Mitsuki rejected. “I’ve gotten to see him for all of five minutes today and we’ve barely heard a peep out of him all meal.”

“Good, fuckin’ bitch,” Katsuki muttered under his breath. It wasn’t loud enough for Mitsuki to hear, but it was enough for her to figure out he was being obstinate in some way.

“L-Let’s just uh, eat dessert in the lounge, shall we?” Masaru suggested, distracting his wife before she had time to build up another head of steam. “Isn’t your show on soon?”

“Oh, yeah!” Mitsuki pulled out her phone and checked the time before hurriedly eating the last bites of her meal. “Katsuki, you can nap on the sofa or something but you’re gonna be up so we can watch the fireworks go off together as a family.”

Again Katsuki wanted to object and fight his mom’s stupid ideas for playing ‘happy families’ but couldn’t find the strength in himself with the guilt of his Nabu failure remaining in his chest.

Looking to his dad for aid, his heart sank as he watched the man shake his head.

“It would be nice to have you around for a bit, son,” Masaru pleaded with his expression.

Katsuki sighed as he conceded to the path of least resistance, just wishing this day was over already. Once again his mother was getting her own fucking way and he had to suffer for it.

“Whatever.”

With Mitsuki placated, the meal was pretty much over as the woman headed to the lounge to get herself set up, ordering Katsuki to help his dad while Masaru started clearing up the empty boxes and plates.

Katsuki bussed his own box, taking the opportunity to give himself some extra time away from his mother and to grab Queen’s dish, along with the empty can of food, before disposing of the latter in the trash. Having had nothing to drink for the evening, he rinsed out her bowl at the sink and left it filled with fresh water on the side, letting out a small whistle to let her know to jump up.

As Queen took several deep gulps, Katsuki buried his hand in her fluff and tried to settle himself. After a meal like that, despite the depressive feelings in his chest, he was also feeling a hint of pride at himself for not blowing up. His mother had definitely pushed his buttons in ways he knew would’ve set him off in the past and ended in another screaming match but he’d made it through the most difficult part of the evening.

Masaru brought in the remaining utensils for washing up and couldn’t help but pause as he watched Katsuki stroke his pet’s fur with an almost contented smile on his face. Admittedly, he was as surprised as anyone that Katsuki had all but demanded a pet out of the blue one day, but while Mitsuki told him ‘no’, he’d made sure Katsuki knew the animal was to be his sole responsibility. He thought his son’s casual acceptance of that was all bluster, but he’d never been happier to be wrong as he saw all the good it had done for his son’s temper.

It almost made him wonder if he should consider getting a dog or something for his wife but quickly discarded that thought; she was perfectly happy as she was and definitely wouldn’t react well to having a surprise pet sprung on her unless it was her idea.

“Hey, son,” Masaru said gently as he started filling the sink with water. “Go sit down and relax. I’ve got this.”

Katsuki looked at him for a moment, a weariness in his eyes that definitely didn’t belong there before it was tucked away out of sight. The boy shot him a small half-smile and an upward nod of acknowledgement as Queen finished her drink and hopped onto his shoulders to settle around his neck.

Heading into the lounge, his mother had rearranged their seating so that one couch was pushed awkwardly to the side while the other now directly faced the TV as she reclined on it. As much as Katsuki wanted to go sit on the other one that was facing his parent’s trophy cabinet for their work in the fashion industry just to spite her, he simply sat at the complete opposite end to his mother, leaning away with his head propped up by his elbow on the arm.

He rolled his eyes as his mother’s show started, some shitty volleyball league recap from matches throughout the year, but he was almost grateful in a way. At least now he could legitimately go to sleep without it looking like he was deliberately avoiding her.

“Do we have to watch this crap?” Katsuki voiced a token protest.

“Oi, I put up with your hero stuff,” Mitsuki sniffed. “You can put up with this for a while.”

“Whatever,” Katsuki sighed, holding back the satisfied smile he had from knowing he wouldn’t be bothered while the show was on at least.

With the house now only filled with the sounds of the volleyball show, Mitsuki’s occasional exclamations, and Masaru’s washing up, Katsuki felt his eyelids start to get heavy.

He knew he’d almost dropped off when his hand slipped off his arm and he jerked himself back awake, much to Queen’s displeasure, expressing herself with a rumbly groan.

“Yeah, yeah, I’m sorry,” Katsuki apologised, gently lifting Queen off from around his shoulders and placing her next to him, his hand resting protectively against her side.

Mitsuki shot her son a look, displeasure evident on her features at the unusual word flowing so easily from the boy’s mouth as the furball settled into his side.

“That thing better not shred my sofa,” she warned.

“She’s fine,” Katsuki argued back simply, the cat content not to make use of her claws on the material, though Katsuki wouldn’t scold her too harshly if she did.

Thankfully Mitsuki was more interested in her show than his cat and returned her attention to it as Katsuki felt himself dropping off again.

He almost made it as far as a dream before he was awoken again by Mitsuki’s rising exclamations, punching the air with joy as she relived one of her favourite team’s victory shots against their opponents.

The boy wasn’t the only one that was startled. Queen, having almost slipped off to sleep with him, hissed at the sudden loud noise and the shifting of sofa weight, her ears folded back and tail twitching in agitation.

Mitsuki turned and glowered at the cat, the beast matching her with their own with her fangs slightly bared.

“Go put that thing in its cage or something,” Mitsuki quirked her lip at Queen.

‘I could say the same about you,’ Katsuki challenged in his mind but replied outwardly with, “shove off and don’t be so loud.”

“It’s my house, I’ll be loud if I want,” Mitsuki shot back but Katsuki couldn’t care less, trying to return to his snooze while cuddling Queen a little closer to himself.

Eventually, Masaru finished up in the kitchen and came over to join the pair, Mitsuki budging up so he could sit on the end of the sofa and potentially catch a few winks of his own before the fireworks.

For a moment, everything was peaceful and just as Mitsuki wanted it: she’d had a fun day indulging in some gossip with the girls, her loving husband had cooked her a delicious meal, her uppity son was being somewhat less of a brat than normal, and all she had left to do this year was watch some awesome highlights before those kickass fireworks went off.

Unfortunately, everything can change in the span of a single moment.

When her team was awarded the accolade for best redemption volley of the year, she let out another whoop of joy, clapping and punching the air again.

Queen was irritated enough at the loud human scaring her before but it seemed she hadn’t listened. With another hiss accompanied by a clawed slash of her paw, the human had been thoroughly warned to back off.

With so much sofa space between the cat and the overexcited woman, the swipe didn’t come anywhere near to striking her. That didn’t matter to Mitsuki however, who only saw the swipe as the offensive it was.

“Don’t you fuckin’ claw at me you little-”

Using her closest arm, she raised it to swat the cat back, intent on giving it the tough love it needed and teach it the proper behaviour it should’ve been taught by her lazy son.

As her hand came down however, as if reacting on instinct himself, Katsuki’s arm moved to catch his mother’s, the sound of skin hitting skin echoing in the room from the force of the colliding limbs.

At once, Katsuki felt all fatigue and malaise drain from his body, rising to his feet as anger flared on his face as he gripped it mother’s arm tightly and bent it back painfully.

Mitsuki’s initial cry of pain had Masaru gasp but his body remained frozen, unable to move as Bakugo’s enraged expression was focused solely on Mitsuki as he raised his other hand, palm open, pointing it directly at Mitsuki’s face.

“Touch my cat…” Bakugo growled fiercely, “and this’ll be the last thing you see before an ICU!”

Mistuki’s eyes were wide with shock but her jaw was clenched as she hissed in pain. Experiencing the surprise and unfamiliar sensation at the same time caused her to lash out with her other arm, aiming to strike her son’s head to get him to let go of her.

It was almost child’s play for the boy to react and counter, adjusting his threatening, explosively primed hand to catch her other arm at the wrist before twisting both in a way to make her straighten both arms out and applied pressure from underneath. If he applied anymore, he’d break both at once and Mitsuki groaned in both pain and fear.

“Yeah, doesn’t feel nice, does it?!” Katsuki jabbed, his eyes focused and the corner of his lips twitching at her sounds of discomfort. “How do you like the feeling of ‘tough love’ to teach you a lesson, you abusive fuck?!”

“K-Katsuki!” Masaru exclaimed, “W-What-?!”

“Shut the hell up you pathetic, enabling prick!” Bakugo shouted back louder, causing his dad to recoil. “Just sit there and be fuckin’ useless, it’s all you’re good for."

“You little shit!” Mitsuki hissed between gritted teeth. She tried to wrench her arms free or lift her leg to kick her son backwards but Katsuki applied a touch more pressure that instantly dissuaded her from that idea.

“Now listen the fuck up!” Katsuki ordered, his tone eerily low. “You ever try to hurt Queen again, I will blow off your hands. Are we clear?”

Mitsuki’s teeth almost hurt she was gritting them so hard but reluctantly nodded her head just to get the pain to stop.

Katsuki quirked his lip but relented his assault, shoving his mother’s arms back towards her as he quickly stepped back, knocking the coffee table away as his legs impacted it but he didn’t stumble. Both son and mother were breathing heavily after the physical exchange with Mitsuki continuing to glare daggers at Katsuki while the boy glanced back at his spot to check on Queen who had long since scurried away.

“Bet you feel real fuckin’ good after assaulting your mother like that!” Mitsuki spat as Katsuki tried to spot where Queen had hidden in the commotion, rubbing her wrists to ease the ache she felt. “UA’s done a real good job turning you into a fuckin’ thug!”

You did the piss poor job of raising me for many fucking years; take some fuckin’ responsibility!” Katsuki scoffed, glancing back and matched the woman’s glare, “UA taught me a lot of things including what an abuser looks like.”

“K-Katsuki,” Masaru spoke up hesitantly, “you know that’s not-”

“It’s fuckin’ true and what she’s been doing to me for years!” Katsuki pointed and accusatory finger at Mitsuki before turning it on his father. “And you did fuckin’ nothing to help! You’re just as bad as her.”

“That bitch tried to fucking scratch me!” Mitsuki refuted. “It’s your fault you didn’t train that little piece of shit to behave properly!”

“You scared her you loud bitch,” Katsuki scoffed. “You’re the human and I fucking warned you!”

“It’s a fucking cat!” Mitsuki yelled.

“And she means more to me than you ever will!” Katsuki shot back with a sneer, before turning to look for Queen again. “No. You know what, fuck this, I’m done!” He exclaimed, turning towards the staircase.

“Where the fuck do you think you’re going?” Mitsuki demanded.

“I’m fuckin’ out of here. Piece of shit house isn’t safe with you here,” Katsuki stated as he reached the stairs. “As for fuckin’ training her?” He let out two short, sharp whistles.

A small meow could be heard over the sounds of the volleyball program still playing on the TV as Queen emerged from her place by the front door, having hid herself from view below the genkan step. She quickly scurried across the longue, keeping her fearful, watchful eyes on Mitsuki and well away from her reach before jumping up to Katsuki’s shoulders, stabilizing herself awkwardly by digging her claws in to grip his shirt. Truthfully they caught Katsuki’s skin as well, drawing blood, but he didn’t react, instead simply starting to angrily climb the steps upward, leaving the rattled Mistuki and Masaru in his wake.

His rage hadn’t eased by the time he reached his room but he was thinking much clearer now he was away from the source of his anger. Katsuki took a moment to evaluate and look around his room, noting anything and everything he liked or didn’t like and started grabbing the few remaining bits he would miss if they were destroyed or thrown out and started shoving them into his bag. Packing light had been an unexpected boon as, expecting his mother to throw out anything in here in retaliation or revenge, it meant he would never have to return ever again.

With a few bits of his old All Might and hero memorabilia secured and Queen eased back into her carrier despite the cat’s hesitancy, Katsuki took one last look around the place and scoffed.

There was nothing left for him here now and the sooner he left the better.

Pulling his keys out of his pocket, Katsuki unwound the ones for the front door and slapped it onto the desk, almost wishing he could see his parents’ faces when they saw it.

Throwing his bag onto his shoulder, and lifting Queen’s carrier gently, using the hand that would keep her on the opposite side to where his mother and father were last sitting, Katsuki wrenched open his door and made his way back downstairs.

Arriving back in the living space, he spotted Masaru giving Mitsuki an ice pack to place over her wrists as they both looked up at him, his father with an expression of shame and sadness, while his mother showed only one of vindictiveness.

They weren’t worth anymore of Katsuki’s time however, and the boy simply walked across towards the entry hall to put his shoes on and leave.

“Maybe those villains were right to try and recruit you!” Mitsuki spat as he crossed the lounge.

Katsuki heard her clearly but didn’t falter in his steps, instead pausing once he’d donned his footwear and reached for the front door handle.

“… If they were, you’d already be dead.”

Mitsuki’s livid expression broke, her eyes and mind uncertain as she felt a pulse of pain lodge itself in her heart and an old memory surge to the surface.

Before anyone could say anything else, Katsuki Bakugo had stepped outside and slammed the door shut behind him so hard that one of the small glass panels shattered on impact.

The noise alerted the guarding hero who was patiently sitting in UA escort vehicle, listening to a podcast on his phone as he settled in for what he thought would be a long, boring guard duty, causing him to scramble to exit the car as Katsuki stomped towards it with his belongings way ahead of schedule.

“Mr Bakugo? Everything alright?”

“Shut up and get back in the car!” Katsuki ordered angrily.

The stunned hero didn’t quite know how to react to that, glancing between the advancing, almost threatening student and the house he’d just left with a violent slam.

While the hero was left floundering as to the situation and his next move, Katsuki forcefully jerked open the back door of the car and slipped inside, taking care to not knock or jostle Queen’s carrier more than needed before slamming that door too, though it made a significantly less satisfying slam.

Leaning into the car to look back at his charge, the hero looked at Katsuki bewildered.

“What’s going on? Are you and your family safe?”

“Just get me back to… fuckin’ UA!” Katsuki demanded angrily, his angry breathing becoming more laboured without a physical outlet to keep it in check.

The hero glanced through the window at the house and back at Katsuki again before making a decision.

“Wait here,” he ordered firmly before closing the door and locking the vehicle as he hurried around it, heading for the house.

Katsuki didn’t care, he was much too caught up in his emotions as he struggled to catch his breath, clenching his fists and letting out a growl of frustration as the recent events replayed in his mind.

“Fuck! FUCK!” He yelled, kicking the seat in front of him hard enough to feel the metal contained underneath the leather, sending a jolt of pain through his bones that resulted in more strained breathing.

The single sound of a frightened but fierce meow cut through Katsuki’s anger like a knife as he turned his attention back to the being that had inadvertently caused this whole mess.

“Hey!” Katsuki tried to sound calm but it came out as more of a growl of his on in his ire. For a few moments, he took some short, shallow, calming breaths before he was able to ease into longer and deeper ones before trying again. “H-Hey, it’s okay girl, you’re safe. I got you… I’ve got you…”

He poked his fingers through the grate and Queen stared at them cautiously for a moment. Despite the adrenaline still running through his system, Katsuki found his breath stolen from him until Queen’s cold nose tentatively sniffed his hand before rubbing her cheek on his outstretched digits.

The relief he felt washed over him like a wave and his breathing returned to short, shallow breaths again.

“I got you. That fuckin’ cunt won’t ever fuckin’ touch you!” Katsuki promised as his beloved pet tried to re-scent his hand with her smell.

As the rush of chemicals slowly started to fade from his body, Katsuki’s mind started catching up to his actions, conjuring images of what came next. His mother’s parting words hadn’t totally missed their mark and images of himself dressed in an orange jumpsuit sprang to the forefront of his brain.

He shook his head harshly, trying to fight off his own traitorous thoughts. The first thing he needed was to get the fuck away from here, somewhere safe. The second thing he needed was… help.

Reaching into his pocket, the explosive blond pulled out his phone, frowning at the unsteadiness of his hand as an unfamiliar shakiness set in, but nevertheless navigating to his list of contacts and hitting the ‘call’ button for one in particular. He tapped his aching foot impatiently as he waited for the recipient to answer.

“Principal Nezu here!” The squeaky tone of his school’s leader sending another wave of relief through Katsuki’s system.

“S-Sir… I…” Katsuki’s voice faltered. “I-I need help.”

“Are you in danger?” Nezu’s voice switched on a dime to an no-nonsense tone.

“I’m fuckin’ fine I… I just…” Katsuki took a few shallow breaths as his throat felt sticky and uncooperative. “I blew up at the hag.”

“You… is anyone hurt?”

“I… don’t know, I made her fuckin’ back off but I didn’t use my quirk,” Katsuki replied with a shaky tone.

“Where’s the hero who was guarding you?”

“He’s fuckin’ checking on the pricks,” Katsuki scowled, glancing over at his house where the bamboo-eared hero was now emerging from.

“Put me on with him as soon as he returns,” Nezu replied, his tone conveying that it wasn’t a request.

Katsuki grit his teeth, his mind jumping to the conclusion that Nezu thought he was guilty of causing whatever just happened. The hero unlocked the car and reopened the driver’s side door, poking his head inside again only for Katsuki to hold his phone out between the seats to him.

“Nezu wants you!” He stated simply before the hero could get a word in.

His phone was relieved from his grasp as the hero stood up straight outside the car with Bakugo only able to make out his side of the conversation.

“Principal Nezu? Yes… yes… I’ve confirmed that it was a domestic… he’s fine, I think? Yes sir, at once.” The hero ducked back inside and passed Katsuki’s phone back to him. “We’re gonna head for UA now.”

“Fuckin’ finally,” Katsuki growled but eased into his seat as the bamboo hero got back in the car and started it up.

Queen let out a questioning meow as the vehicle rumbled to life and eased back onto the road, heading in the direction of UA. It should’ve been a source of comfort for Katsuki, but the boy couldn’t help but wonder if it was the last time he’d be able to look at it as a hero student.


The drive back to UA was calming, almost peaceful and serene in nature compared to how he’d departed only a few hours earlier. It was dark by this point as winter was in full swing still, but that didn’t make Nezu’s fur any less distinctive as Katsuki spied him waiting in the car park for their return.

In contrast to how he’d felt when yelling at his mother, Katsuki’s throat felt tight and restrictive as he eyed the disappointed look on the principal’s face. Once more he felt the guilt of his actions weigh around his shoulders like his previous discussion with the man about his behaviour at Aldera. 

Katsuki Bakugo wasn’t a coward though, and especially refused to be a hypocrite after the dressing down he’d given his mother. Whatever happened next, he’d take responsibility for his actions and stepped out of the vehicle to do so.

“Principal Nezu,” the pro hero stepped out also, greeting the principal with a small bow which the hybrid returned. Nezu’s focus wasn’t really aimed at him though, more on his young student and the despondent look on his face as he emerged with his stuff and pet. The principal couldn’t help glancing at the carrier as well, trying to ascertain the animal’s health and eased at seeing the cat not showing signs of fear as Bakugo approached.

“Thank you for bringing Mr Bakugo back so swiftly,” Nezu addressed the hero. “If you could please return to the Bakugo residence to take their statements, I shall see to my student.”

“Are… you sure sir?” The bamboo eared pro glanced cautiously at Bakugo.

Bakugo didn’t even need to look at the man to know what he was thinking, feeling his jaw clench reflexively at the clear judgement in the pro’s voice.

“Quite sure,” Nezu dismissed casually before turning to address his student. “Mr Bakugo, would you kindly accompany me back to my office?”

Katsuki didn’t groan or complain at the order disguised as a request. At this stage, he simply accepted things as they were, silently following after the diminutive principal at a steady pace. The only sounds accompanying their footsteps as they walked was the sound of the car starting up again as the hero presumably returned to his parents to do as Nezu ordered.

It seemed that even Katsuki’s own mind was against him now as he practically blinked and found himself standing outside Nezu’s office door to quickly face his fate. Without a word or a gesture, the entrance swung open for the pair and Nezu stood aside to gesture to the guest chairs in front of his desk.

“Please have a seat, Mr Bakugo.”

Bakugo almost hesitated as he noticed that, instead of the chairs facing the principal’s desk, they were angled directly at each other. Still, he didn’t care what manner the principal wanted to do this in and put his bag at the foot of one of the chairs, placing Queen’s carrier next to it before dropping himself into the padded seat.

“Would you like some tea?” Nezu asked politely as he moved to his personal tea set he’d remotely triggered to warm up before their arrival. “I find a nice green tea quite calming after a stressful event.”

“No,” Katsuki replied simply, his lips scrunching at the delay to whatever punishment he was about to receive.

After pouring himself a cup, Nezu moved back over to his desk and placed it on the side before hopping up and sitting down. Katsuki grimaced as the rat further wasted both their time as he took a sip from his drink before letting out a contented sigh.

“There, that’s better,” Nezu smiled before turning his full attention to Katsuki. “Now, before we begin, would you like to let your cat out? Queen, wasn’t it? As comfortable as that looks, I’m sure she wouldn’t mind a chance to stretch her legs.”

Bakugo quirked a confused brow at the question, wondering if it was some sort of trick.

“Whatever,” he replied sullenly, bending forward and unlatching Queen’s carrier door. Much like she had back in his bedroom, Queen was content to remain in her protective environment while the unfamiliar being was so close.

Nezu apparently didn’t mind however, addressing Katsuki again.

“Now, I understand that some particular events have occurred tonight that resulted in your call to me.”

“Yeah…” Katsuki bitterly accepted.

“First of all, I would like to commend you for doing so,” Nezu stated simply, causing Katsuki’s eyes to widen. “I understand that reaching out can be difficult for some people and you have faced certain, shall we say, challenges when addressing the need for relying on others for assistance.”

“Yeah, I don’t like asking for help, what fuc… what of it?” Katsuki responded, catching himself just before he swore at the principal. While he was still frustrated, he knew that it wasn’t justified to release it at the man he’d asked for support.

“Just a note that your behaviour is already significantly different from the way you arrived at this institution,” Nezu commented. “That said, with all the progress you’ve made, I can’t help but wonder how the events of tonight came to be. Unfortunately, I am somewhat in the dark as both you and your guarding hero were rather sparse on details before your arrival. So please, to allow me to assist you to the best of my abilities, I would like to hear everything that happened to you tonight in full detail.”

Katsuki’s expression twisted in distaste. It was bad enough he already had to live through everything once, now he had to list out exactly why he was going to get punished. His mother’s words still rattled around his head and he could practically feel the hidden disappointment in Nezu’s tone.

“You’re just gonna expel me.”

“What makes you say that?” Nezu asked curiously. “Do you believe you did something to warrant such a punishment?”

“No! Uh… I mean, kinda, but it’s fuckin’…,” Katsuki wrestled with himself before his guilt overcame him. “I’m sorry, I tried! I tried really fuckin’ hard not to fuck up. I kept my mouth shut as best I could and tried to keep my head down but she fuckin’… urgh!” Katsuki slammed a fist down onto his on leg.

“Please slow down, Mr Bakugo,” Nezu raised a hand. “I understand you are agitated right now but I cannot defend you if I don’t know the full story.”

“What’s there to fuckin’ defend?” Katsuki scoffed. “I nearly broke the hag’s fuckin’ arms!”

He felt almost justified in his suspicions as Nezu’s eyebrows raised in surprise but that was all the reaction he got.

“That’s certainly a bold, damning statement. Something I’m sure would warrant such a punishment if that’s all there is to the tale,” Nezu remarked. “However, as rough around the edges as you still are, I don’t believe the student sitting before me would do such a thing on a whim or due to a heated argument.”

The potential retort in Katsuki’s throat faded as Nezu’s expression shifted into a more understanding one.

“After our last conversation, I gave you a second chance here at UA. That came with my faith and trust. Since then, I have kept an eye on your progress, Bakugo Katsuki, and I know that you have already justified my decision to give you that chance. I’m not sure what has caused you to lose faith in yourself, but know that, despite your best efforts so far, I have not lost either the faith or trust that you did the best you could regarding the situation. You called me for help, now please trust that I will do so.”

Katsuki sat there, somewhat stunned in his spot. Even after Nezu knew more than anyone else how bad his previous behaviour was, somehow he was able to sit there with a straight face and say he believed Katsuki deserved his second chance. Despite being the one to reach out and Nezu’s convincing words, the explosive blond couldn’t shake the feeling that he’d done the wrong thing and almost deserved to be punished in some way.

A small meow broke his introspection as Queen had poked her head out of her carrier, feeling her brush up against his leg. Even with that small action, Katsuki felt his stress and guilt easing at his pet’s touch. With two short whistles, Queen jumped into his lap before more gently climbing up to curl around his neck as he scratched at her cheek.

“I can see that granting you your previous request was also not a mistake,” Nezu chuckled.

Katsuki let out a single, hollow laugh as he felt his frustrations ease at the touch of Queen’s fluff.

“Depends. She’s part of the reason everything went to shit,” Katsuki took a deep breath as Nezu raised a curious brow. “Fine, you want the full story, here it is…”

For the next half an hour, Katsuki recounted everything he could about his night from the moment he left UA and the dread he felt at going back to his parent’s house to returning to the school and seeing Nezu’s disappointed face awaiting him and his inevitable expulsion.

Through all the adrenaline and emotion, only now did he realise he’d left Queen’s dish back at his parents and grimaced at his mistake.

 “So there, now you know every shitty detail,” Katsuki remarked bitterly.

“Indeed, and quite a disheartening tale it is,” Nezu sighed.

“I fucked up… didn’t I?” Katsuki looked down in shame.

“You certainly could’ve handled things better,” Nezu agreed, “but I dare say things are far better than you made them out to be.” Katsuki looked at Nezu incredulously for a few moments as the principal took another sip of his drink. “You almost had me worried with how you were reacting earlier, but, to me, this is an open and shut situation.”

“H-How… how can you say that?” Katsuki blinked in disbelief.

“Quite easily,” Nezu chuckled. “But to answer your question, you simply defended someone against a greater, disproportionately harsh threat. True, you could’ve used less force to resolve the situation, but you stepped in not to protect yourself, but to protect someone else from an injustice that would seem them harmed.”

“Queen?” Katsuki glanced down at the neck warmer. “But… she’s just a cat.”

“Are those your words, or you mothers?” Nezu asked rhetorically. “She is still a living being, someone who can be abused just like what you yourself endured tonight and took no action against. When it came to her welfare however, it sounds like you didn’t hesitate to protect her.”

“I…” Katsuki paused as the thought settled in his mind. “Well, yeah.”

“That doesn’t sound like a villain to me,” Nezu stated with a wry smile, “wouldn’t you agree those actions befit a hero more?”

Katsuki wanted to agree, to accept that as the final word and relish in that praise, but Katsuki knew that wasn’t the full story; that he’d held something out when he talked about protecting his pet.

“But…” Katsuki hesitated, “I… I felt…”

“Hmm?” Nezu prompted.

“When I was stopping the hag… hurting her… it felt… good.” Katsuki explained before his face fell and he clenched his hands tightly. “If I’m a hero it shouldn’t fucking feel that way!”

“I can see why that would be cause for concern,” Nezu sighed sympathetically. “You’ve made significant progress with Hound Dog from what I’ve seen, but I’m sure you know that these things take time to fix; not that you are ‘broken’ as such,” he chuckled. “I believe I, more than anyone else, can understand how extracting retribution on those who’ve wronged you can feel… vindicating,” Nezu reached up and slid a paw down the scar tissue covering his eye. “It is a battle I find myself facing at times even now, and I do not believe I’ll ever truly stop needing to face such challenges.”

Katsuki’s breathed slowly, his mind quickly processing and understanding what Nezu was and wasn’t saying.

“It is through these challenges when I believe the true measure of my character shows,” the principal continued. “That today, you faced a similar challenge and though, by your own admission, you are still grappling with your continued developments, I believe you’re more than on your way to becoming the hero you strive to become.”

“That’s… that’s not right!” Katsuki denied. “All Might never had to face this shit!”

“Don’t be so sure,” Nezu shook his head lightly. “While it’s safe to say being a hero comes more naturally to All Might than most, he is just as human as you. Do not forget that he once trod these halls as a simple student, like you do now. As much as you desire to however, you tread a different path than All Might.”

“But he’s the best, and… I want to be too.”

“A feat that I’m sure you’ll challenge him for in time,” Nezu chuckled. “However, your very nature causes you to face different problems you’ll need to overcome to get closer to your goal. All Might never had to face the choices you made tonight but, in making the right calls, doesn’t that make you better in one regard than All Might in a way?”

“I…” Katsuki hesitated, not knowing how to answer that.

“There is no one clear path to achieving your goal of being the best. All Might carved one of his own, but what worked for him may not work for you. Answer me this, Katsuki Bakugo: Do you think it is better to have always been ‘good’, like you believe All Might was, or to overcome your darker nature though great effort?”

The question sat in Katsuki’s brain for a few moments as Nezu took another sip of his tea. The answer should’ve been obvious and likely would’ve been when he first entered UA with his misconceptions about himself still intact, but now he didn’t know if either option was correct.

“Would you like the answer?” Nezu chuckled playfully, getting a small nod from the boy. “Truthfully, there isn’t one. If the former is true, then none but those like All Might deserve to become heroes. If the latter is true, then All Might will never truly be the best considering he hasn’t overcome a dark nature.”

“Makes sense, sorta,” Katsuki frowned bitterly, “but… where the hell’s that leave me?”

“Right now? Exactly where you need to be.” Nezu smiled warmly. “To conclude this discussion, even after all you’ve divulged to me, I believe I am content in letting you remain here at UA. You’ve seen remarkable improvement so far and even you acknowledge that you’ve still got more room to grow so capitalize on this opportunity. You have learned some bad habits and desires during your previous formative years, habits that you now seek to discard and overcome. Tonight you proved that, while they are still there, you are actively rejecting them which is a sure sign that you are on your way to becoming the hero you truly desire to be.”

While Izuku Midoriya was prone to outbursts of emotion in moments of great relief, Katsuki Bakugo found his jaw clenching and face tightening to prevent any of the relief he felt now flooding his system to result in tears. Instead, he gave a slow, shaky nod at the principal whose smile widened at the display.

“But… what about the hag and the old man?” Katsuki grimaced. “A-Are they gonna get the police involved?”

“That will be up to them but I’m sure a discussion sorting everything out is shortly in my own future,” Nezu assured him. “I cannot change their feelings about tonight or dissuade them from actions they cannot be convinced away from, but you will whole-heartedly have the school’s support in whatever manner you require for it.” The principal let out a small sigh before placing his teacup back on the side and hopping down from his chair. “However, in one regard, the school and myself have already failed you and for that I sincerely apologize.”

Katsuki baulked as Nezu bowed his head to him, his mouth agape at the action.

“W-What the hell do you mean?”

Nezu rose from his bow but did not return to his seat.

“To put it simply, when you attend your sessions with Hound Dog, as you know, there is total patient confidentiality, correct?”

“Yeah,” Katsuki nodded, recalling his first session with the teacher well. “Except when there’s a credible threat to others or…” he blinked as his mind put the pieces together.

“Or yourself,” Nezu nodded regrettably. “You’ve discussed your home life with Hound Dog extensively and, as protocol, he informed me of both the situation and potential risks. This is where my failure arises.”

“It’s not… it’s not your fuckin’ fault…” Katsuki sighed wearily. “What were you gonna do, fuckin’ not let me leave campus?”

“If we thought there was a chance things could escalate and you or your family were at risk of coming to blows, then yes, we should’ve at least advised against it. When you put your name down to return home, it was within my power to deny your request not because I suspected you would assault your parents, but that harm would come to you. For this, I am truly sorry.”

“It’s… it’s fuckin’ fine,” Bakugo dismissed with a shake of his head, taking a moment to breathe slowly as he tried to formulate his thoughts. “This shit with the hag… it was gonna happen eventually. It sucks but now… now it’s fuckin’ over. I grabbed all my shit and left that place for good. I hope I never have to see their faces again and now I don’t have a reason to.”

“I see,” Nezu empathised. “I can certainly understand your sentiments even if I hope they will see the error of their ways in time. This is not something everyone is willing to do however, nor are you obligated to accept it if they do, though I do hope you’ll keep an open mind should that come to pass.”

“Fat chance,” Katsuki scoffed. “That bitch never changes her mind.”

“Be that as it may,” Nezu continued. “While not a present issue, do you have plans for what you’ll do come spring break when the school closes?”

Katsuki shrugged in his seat. “I’ll figure it out.”

“I’m sure you would,” Nezu chuckled, “however, due to the school’s revamp during the year, I open the option for you to remain on campus during this time. While you may be slightly disrupted having to move your things from 1-A’s building to 2-A’s, I have no doubts you’ll find this arrangement more beneficial for you than trying to ‘wing it’ so to speak.”

Queen let out a small meow from around Katsuki’s shoulders which Nezu chuckled at.

“Of course, Queen would be welcome to stay too obviously.”

Katsuki didn’t know what to say. Everything happening seemed to be the exact opposite of what he was expecting. He wasn’t in any major trouble, he was still at UA, and he was finally free of his hag of a mother and doormat of a father. There was a part of him, a small part that regretted the way things had ended after his talk with the man earlier that day, but it had come too little too late to change anything. Still, for now, he had a home and a goal to work towards and Katsuki Bakugo wasn’t about to quit halfway.

“T-Thank you sir,” Katsuki bowed his head deeply, almost accidently dislodging Queen from her perch if not for his hand keeping her in place. “I’ll… try to make sure you won’t regret it.”

“That’s all I ask of any of my students,” Nezu smiled and returned a light bow of his own. “Now, as much as I have enjoyed our conversation, I’m sure you must be tiring of my ramblings by now. Feel free to return to your dorm and get some rest as I know the new term is just days away.”

“Yes, sir,” Katsuki nodded, rising from his spot and grabbing his things, though Queen remained around his neck instead of returned to her carrier.

As the boy departed, he felt a strange lightness in his heart that he’d never experienced before. There was sadness there, but it felt more like freedom than anything else. In a way, he felt lucky that his fears hadn’t come to pass. That all the time, and work, and effort he’d put in to fighting everything he’d believed for so long had proven worth it.

He wasn’t done though, not yet.

Despite the measure of relief and pride Nezu’s words had allowed him to feel, Katsuki could still feel the guilt of his actions. Justified or not, he’d still felt that cruel satisfaction putting his mother in her place at long last. It mixed awkwardly along with the shame of knowing he used to feel this way whenever he beat Izuku down and could almost feel Mina’s disappointed eyes on him.

Katsuki didn’t let doubt settle back in though as his brain reminded him of what kept him down this path.

‘You’re strong enough to admit you’ve got a problem and want to fix it,’ Katsuki recalled Kirishima’s words, clenching his hand tightly around his bag strap as he resolved to go to Hound Dog again as soon as he could and continue improving himself.

Nuzzling his head against Queen’s fur as she remained firmly in place around his neck, Katsuki felt his resolve begin returning as he headed through the building to return to his dorm.

At the very least, he was now free of his mother and had Nezu’s word he could remain on campus during future holidays. As happy as he was to be able to be able to make use of UA’s facilities better than most of his classmates to get ahead in the future, he couldn’t help also feeling melancholy about the idea too.

The link was irreparably severed between himself and his mother now which he should only feel good about, but he felt a sense of loss there too. He grit his teeth and shook his head to try and rid himself of the feeling but he knew it wouldn’t budge anytime soon. All he could hope was that time eased these conflicting feelings.

Emerging from the main UA building and heading back along the path towards the dorms, all Katsuki wanted to do was return to his room and drop into a deep sleep to finally get this day over and done with. As he drew close to his dorm however, the sounds of rambunctious chatter, excitement, and a touch of music made him flinch at the attention he was about to attract.

He realised it was unavoidable when, turning the corner into 1-A’s front area, he spied all manner of students talking, chatting, and enjoying themselves as Lunch Rush and a big, horned man cooked away on a barbeque. It was almost like a party, a party he didn’t want an invite to.

Keeping his head down, he tried to slip along the pathway unnoticed but knew it was an impossible task. Before he even got halfway, he heard his name called out and winced at the thought of what was probably going to happen next.

Turning to face the girl, Bakugo watched Mina approach him curiously before her face morphed into one of worry, likely from whatever expression he was currently pulling right now. He really didn’t want to spill his guts again and just wanted to get inside.

He didn’t know if it was something he conveyed to the girl or she was just that good at understanding people that she immediately relieved him of Queen’s travel case and hooked her arm with his before leading them both forward.

“Come on, let’s get you inside.”

Within moments, the pair were back inside the dorm and entering the elevator, rising up to Katsuki’s floor before he opened it up and the two stepped inside.

The relief the explosive boy felt returning to his sanctuary was immeasurable and he almost lost control of his emotions as he took several deep breaths.

To her credit, Mina waited patiently as Katsuki did so, not pressing him for anything he wasn’t ready for. When the boy finally turned around to face her, she could see all the conflicting emotions and pain in his eyes before he said anything. At once she opened her arms and stepped closer, offering her comfort without a word.

Katsuki didn’t know whether it was out of reaction or desire that he stepped forward, but as Mina wrapped her arms around him gently, her head resting on his shoulder as best it could without irritating Queen, Bakugo couldn’t help but compare this hug to the one his mother tried to force on him earlier. Hers felt hollow and empty while this one, this one felt full of warmth, genuine concern and… empathy.

“Are you okay?” Mina asked gently as she held him tightly.

Katsuki didn’t want to talk about it anymore, but he knew he couldn’t hide anything from her either.

“No… I’m not,” he admitted, wrapping his own arms around her as a pair of tears slowly formed at the corner of his eyes.

He didn’t know how long they simply stood there in each other’s embrace, but eventually they parted and Katsuki swallowed nervously.

Mina ushered him back and onto his bed, sitting him on the side while she pulled out his desk chair and sat opposite, resting her hands on his knees as he took a few more calming breaths.

“Something’s happened, hasn’t it?”

“Yeah,” Katsuki replied softly with a small nod.

“Do you want to talk about it?”

“No.”

“Is there anything I can do to help?”

“No,” Katsuki rejected again. “Go fuckin’ enjoy your night or whatever.”

Despite their previous issues, Mina felt her heart go out to Katsuki for whatever he was going through but she knew that pressing him for information was probably the worst thing she could do right now and let out a small sigh of defeat.

“Okay, that’s fine hun,” she rubbed his knees gently. “If you do need something though, I’m just a text away, okay?”

Katsuki nodded slowly, a tad guilty at leaving Mina hanging like this but knew it was for the best for both of them. Only his night needed to be a complete mess, no sense ruining hers too.

Mina rose from her spot and made her way back over to Katsuki’s door, pausing as she opened it.

“I don’t know if you’ve eaten, but if you get hungry, feel free to come grab something from outside. We’ve got hot dogs, burgers, and other tasty shit you’ll probably like. You don’t have to talk about it if you don’t want to, but if you want to enjoy the fireworks with us later, then you’re more than welcome, okay?”

“Whatever,” Katsuki nodded, petting Queen again as Mina shot him a last, empathetic smile before closing the door behind her and leaving him alone with his thoughts.

For a while, nothing stirred as Katsuki sit there soaking in his thoughts. His body felt heavy and lethargic and his spirit exhausted from the emotions of the day. There were a few things he needed to do before he called it quits for the day however and rose from his spot to extract all of Queen’s stuff from his bag to set back up, depositing the cat on her bed on his desk in her usual spot.

After emptying his bag and getting queen a fresh drink of water by filling the counterpart dish to the food bowl he’d taken along with him, Katsuki found himself out of things to do and was free to collapse for the evening.

Reclined on his bed on top of his covers, Katsuki let himself relax and tried to let go of his consciousness.

Despite his exhaustion and desire for it to be tomorrow already, which would thankfully bring with it the return of his boyfriend he truly wanted the support from right now, the explosive blond couldn’t reach the familiar weightlessness that came with dropping into dreamland. His mind was too active, too agitated to let him rest that easily and he thought he knew why.

With everything that happened tonight, he should’ve felt justified that he knew it was a mistake to go back to his parents, but instead he just felt disappointment. Once again he’d gone into this holiday expecting to be disappointed and he had, but there was still a lingering frustration that was keeping him from resting just yet.

If he ended the day like this, then his mother in some twisted way, would still win. She’d ruined the day for both of them, but Katsuki didn’t have to let that be the case anymore. He was free of her now and he didn’t have to give her any more wins. Katsuki didn’t need to strain his ears to hear the merriment coming from down below and knew a part of him wanted to enjoy it too.

Pushing himself into a sitting position, he glanced over at Queen who was watching him curiously from her bed.

“Should I fuckin’ do it?” He asked, a mote of worry in his voice.

Queen didn’t do anything except blink slowly at the boy. Katsuki sighed deeply as he wrestled with the possible outcomes such a stupid decision could result in.

Gripping his hands, he breathed out a breath of frustration as he pushed himself to his feet.

“I better not fuckin’ regret this, Ashido,” he growled softly and walked over to his door. Glancing back at Queen, he debated leaving her here in the safety of his room but he knew that was fear talking. With a pair of whistles, Queen was back around his neck as he opened the door and stepped out.

When he reached the doors out of the dorm, he hesitated for a moment before steeling his nerves and pushing forward.

The front yard of the 1-A dorms was a mess with unfamiliar people wandering around and discarded plates and plastic cups lying everywhere. Someone had brought out their portable system at some point that was playing some pop-tune he didn’t recognise but Katsuki didn’t care. Instead, he made a beeline to Mina who was talking enthusiastically with Sero about something.

“Oi, Mina,” he called just above the music and chatter, getting both her and Sero’s attention. “That invite still good?”

“Of course it is!” Mina grinned widely, reaching out and pulling Katsuki into another small hug.

“Hey, how’s it going Bakugo,” Sero nodded at the boy.

“Shitty,” Katsuki scoffed. “Better now though.”

“It will be by the time tonight’s done with!” Mina declared. “Come on, let’s get you something to eat.”

Katsuki made a show of reluctantly resisting Mina dragging him away over to the grill masters, one of which he learned was her father before helping himself to a hearty burger with plenty of hot sauce. It wasn’t anything like his half-eaten meal at home, but it was infinitely more satisfying.

While he knew the other members of his dorm could tell something was up with him, they didn’t make a point to ask about it which he was grateful for. Right now, he just wanted to forget everything and spend some time actually enjoying tonight for a change.

Eventually, midnight rolled around and an exquisite fireworks display lit up the night sky courtesy of Nezu he later learned. Off to the side, Mina and Hagakure were engaged in their New Year’s kiss and, while Katsuki felt a pang of envy that Kirishima wasn’t here to do the same, he felt happier than he had in years surrounded by his friends, his cat, and the extras who’d joined them.

Notes:

Chapter summary:

- The students of 1-A awaken from their class sleepover, enjoy breakfast together, and make sure to tidy up.

- Kyoka prepares to depart for New Year's alone only for Momo to arrive in a disguise suggesting they might be able to spend the time together if her parents accept it, which Kyoka eagerly agrees to.

- The poly meets in Tsuyu's room to exchange private departure kisses. Kyoka initiates a kiss with Izuku to the surprise of a few while Momo announces that she'll be with Kyoka for New Year's. When everyone leaves, Momo and Izuku talk about his and Kyoka's relationship and Momo's desire to spend more time with him to feel more comfortable about it which Izuku agrees to. The two part with a friendly New Year's kiss.

- Before departing, Izuku wanted to check in on Mei and heads to the support girl's dorm. Accidentally disturbing the girl's sleep and catching her underdressed, Izuku nonetheless wishes her a happy New Year and the pair enjoy a chat about quirks and support equipment together along with Mei being secretive about some side projects. Before Izuku gets walked out, he slyly tricks Mei into interacting with her classmates, content she won't be spending New Year's alone.

- Mina and Tooru take a break from studying law when Nezu calls them to the main UA building. Mina is surprised her parents and brother have arrived for a visit and introduces Tooru to them. After a private chat with the principal about her case, Mina discovers her dad brought along their barbecue to celebrate New Years with and head to the dorms to host a grill for those remaining on campus. While Tooru has a chat with Mina's mother, Mina gets some advice from her father. The cook out soon turns into a party as more people show up and Mina begins to relax.

- The rest of the class had departed for their own celebrations. Ochako and Tsuyu head off for Ochako's parents' lodgings and get warmly welcomed despite Tsuyu's lingering worries. The group have a belated birthday celebration for Ochako and plan out the night's events. Tsuyu gets a call from Habuko and the two have a pleasant catch-up. Returning to the group, Tsuyu acknowledges she's missing her family and gets comforted by the Uraraka clan. Tsuyu receives a text from her brother and she tells him the truth as to why she's not at home. Samidare accepts Tsuyu for who she is leaving the frog girl happy.

- Izuku returns home to his mother for New Year's and, before they settle down, Inko has a frank discussion with him about how he's doing and reiterates her promise to support him no matter what as the two share a comforting moment. After dinner Izuku calls Melissa to wish her a happy New Year, much to the girl's delight as the two chat about things including introducing the American to Mei. Melissa is then surprised by a visit from All Might with Izuku glad she won't be alone for the holiday.

- Kyoka and Momo depart UA together with Momo informing Ectoplasm that she and Kyoka are girlfriends who promises to keep things secret. Arriving at the Jiro's home, Momo and Kyoka settle in and start getting ready for the night. When Momo's out of the room, Kyoka secretly grabs her old last resort method to end herself and throws it away, content she'd no longer need it. Momo debuts her disguise and the group set off for their destination. At the Blue Note Jazz bar, the group enjoy the calm and musical atmosphere. Mika talks privately with Momo about the heiress' situation and her worries as a mother which the pair find comfort in each other for. The group enjoys dinner and Kyoka's parents' performance before Kyoka reluctantly decides to play with them for the countdown to New Year's with Momo. After the song, the two share a passionate kiss on stage at midnight before heading home and continuing to get intimate in Kyoka's room, much to her father's playful ire.

- Bakugo reluctantly returns to his parents' home for New Year's with Queen. Masaru visits Katsuki in his room and the two have a small talk about Katsuki's time at UA. Despite his difficulty with the topic, Katsuki acknowledges his dad reaching out to make sure he was okay and tells him about Kirishima. Bracing himself, Katsuki heads down for a tense dinner with his parents with Mitsuki riling his anger and guilt over Nabu. When settling into the lounge to watch the fireworks on TV as a family, Mitsuki startles Queen who startles her in turn. When Mitsuki goes to discipline it, Katsuki stops her physically and threatens her with his quirk, verbally unleashing his pent-up frustrations of her abusive ways. He leaves the house and heads back to UA, requesting help from Nezu. The principal listens to the night's events and assures Katsuki he won't be punished and that he's still heading in the right direction as a hero. Returning to the dorms, Mina comforts Katsuki as best she can before he joins the party to celebrate his freedom from his family.

Chapter 40: The Trial

Summary:

The day of Mina's trial is at hand. How will she fare, and will it have consequences more far reaching than people suspected?

Notes:

Once again I must apologize for an overdue chapter. This time it was due to this aggravating trial and my desire to get it somewhat believable while accounting for all the evidence and arguments that could be presented in both side and what order to best do it in. It was 100% not intended to be as long as it is and I can only promise to make the next chapters smaller and more consistent since we don't have anymore big events like this for a while.

If you'd like to come yell at me or keep better tabs on how the next chapter is going or delays, come join us over on the discord at: https://discord.gg/x85xtWmKCa
There's also fun new lewd MHA game of my creation to try out at the same time and I'll be hanging around there most days usually chatting rubbish so feel free to bother me. :)

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

Fireworks aplenty rang in the New Year along with many cheers and well wishes around japan.

While celebrations and after parties ran long into the morning, most of those that departed from UA the day before found themselves heading to bed at a somewhat reasonable time all things considered as they had a fairly strict return period expected of them. Some fell asleep easily, others enjoyed a few extra activities before dropping off, but when dawn broke on a new year, everyone was rested and ready for whatever came next.

Though their time together was short lived, the many parents and guardians of UA’s future heroes sent them off with plenty of fond farewells. The Jiros gave their daughter and de-punkified, normal looking Momo a joyful send-off while Ochako and Tsuyu were laden with leftover cake to enjoy with their friends, and Izuku hugged his mom tightly, the pair reiterating their promises to stay safe and do their best no matter what.

One by one, everyone got back in their escort cars with their respective assigned heroes and made their way back to UA for the nine o’clock arrival time.

Like clockwork, the car park at UA was swarmed with vehicles as students from all classes returned.

Stepping out once he arrived, Izuku was almost instantly glomped by one of his girlfriends who very much needed a hug after her tears the night before.

“Izuku! Ribbit.”

“Woah, Tsu!” Izuku gasped at the surprise assault before gently wrapping his arms around his girlfriend. “Everything okay?”

“We had a bit of an emotional night,” Ochako’s called over the hubbub of other students greeting each other, walking up to the pair and wrapping them both in a hug of her own. “It’s nothing to worry about, but it’s nice being back.”

Izuku agreed, giving both of his girlfriends a squeeze. Even if it was just for one night, he could definitely feel his anxiety settle and the almost natural sense of comfort and ease return by being back with them.

“How was your night, ribbit?” Tsuyu asked as she pulled back, slipping her hand into Izuku’s. “Refreshing?”

“In a way,” Izuku smiled. “Mom and I had a talk and got some things out there. She still doesn’t know about um… my biggest thing, or our relationship, but I think she finally understands just how much being a hero means to me.”

“That’s good,” Ochako smiled warmly with Tsuyu joining.

“Just make sure you don’t give her cause to worry any more than you need to,” a new voice chimed in as the trio turned to spy a happy looking Kyoka and Momo walking up to join them. “It’s bad enough you make the rest of us worry as much as you do. You make it sound like your mother has a heart attack every time you step out the door.”

“She’s a worrier,” Izuku nervously rubbed the back of his head. “I’ll be sure to work even harder this term to master my quirk so it’s easier for you all.”

“You’d better,” Kyoka sighed wearily, though a wry smile betrayed her true feelings, “I just got used to having you around.”

“Sounds like you’re in a good mood,” Tsuyu quirked a brow at the girl, her lips curling upwards ever so slightly at the minor blush her words drew from the heiress and punk’s cheeks. “Good night?”

“You could say that,” Momo’s blush intensified and she glanced shyly at Kyoka as though the two hadn’t already been going out for months at this point.

“Ribbit, I look forward to hearing all about it,” Tsuyu smirked.

“Tsu!” Ochako playfully swatted her girlfriend’s shoulder as her own blush built, “there’s people around.”

They’d kept their voices down but each had the good graces to quickly check to make sure no one overheard them.

“I-I’m sure you can um… grill them about that later, Darling,” Izuku squeezed Tsuyu’s hand lightly.

“Indeed,” Momo coughed politely to re-establish a more presentable persona. “For now, I believe we should gather with the rest of our classmates over there,” she gestured to the side of the parking lot where they could already see Kirishima, Kaminari, and Iida standing together.

The others agreed as they’d have plenty of time to catch up back at the dorm and began making their way over to their friends.

When Iida spotted them, he predictably waved them over with enthusiastic hand motions as he let out a call for other class 1-A members.

“Morning Iida,” Izuku smiled as his friend sank back into his class president role.

“Good morning Midoriya, I trust you all had a pleasant sojourn?”

“Dude, save the weird words for Tuesday,” Kyoka deadpanned, “we’ve still got two days left to enjoy not using our brains.”

“A perfect time to get back up to speed so we can hit the ground running, wouldn’t you say?” Iida refuted enthusiastically, his arms chopping as always. “The sooner we shake off the rust from our break, the sooner we can get back to performing at one hundred percent.”

“Jeez Iida, you’re all fired up!” Ochako encouraged with her fists clenched in front of her, practically feeling her friend’s spirited motions get her own motivation rising.

“Of course! Such a thing should be the standard, yet it may also have something to do with my own visit with my family,” Iida explained. “Though my brother puts on a brave face, I can tell he’s feeling the loss of his legs now more than ever. I think I was able to offer him some measure of comfort that the Ingenium agency will be in good hands as I finally beat one of his records during my morning exercises before returning.”

“Woah, you did?!” Izuku joined in. “That’s amazing.”

“It’s nothing really, just one of his old times during his own days training to be a hero,” Iida brushed off with a modest expression. “Still, I will carry the smile on his face with me and use it to push myself to even greater heights!”

“I’m sure we’ll all be doing our best when classes resume,” Momo replied diplomatically as both Izuku and Ochako gripped their hands in determination.

“Something I look forward to after one last, short rest,” Tokoyami joined the conversation as he approached from nearby, followed shortly by Koda. “I am not a social person, and my family can be… tiring at times.”

“Same,” Kyoka chuckled, offering an understanding nod to the bird-headed boy.

“Hey Tokoyami, Koda. Did you both enjoy your trips then?” Tsuyu asked as the conversation began anew.

The group chatted for a few moments, exchanging a few words about their respective visits home before coming to an end when a new concern caught everyone’s attention.

“Uh, anyone seen Bakugo?” Kirishima’s voice could be heard over the others as the group spied the spikey haired red-head glancing around for his boyfriend; the only remaining missing member of their class.

Izuku frowned and felt a touch of concern himself. It was clear how much the boy hadn’t wanted to go back to his parents when they left so he should’ve been the first to return.

“Not to worry, Mr Kirishima,” Nezu’s chipper voice called out as the class collectively turned to spot him standing nearby with his clipboard. “Mr Bakugo has already returned safe and sound and is likely somewhere in your dorms.”

Kirishima sighed with relief, though Izuku couldn’t help but wonder if something had gone wrong if Bakugo hadn’t followed the apparent procedure. 

Without further questions or queries, Nezu quickly counted everyone off of the list and allowed them to head back to their dorms.

The walk was short but pleasant as everyone could hear the chatter of other excited students around them returning and joined in with their own conversations. Before they knew it, the 1-A dorms loomed before them and they all felt comforted by the sight of the building.

Despite everything looking familiar, they could tell something had happened yesterday from how a good chunk of their front lawn was looking muddy and flattened. So long as there was no police tape though, they all suspected they’d find out soon enough what sort of stuff the rest of the class had gotten up to while they were away.

With both Ochako and Tsuyu holding Izuku’s hands while Kyoka and Momo subtly stood behind them, the group and their friends made their way inside.


As expected, their arrival was clearly noticed when they stepped through the doors, though there was only one person present in the common room to greet them.

“You fucks took your time,” Bakugo’s brash voice called out as the group instantly spotted him sitting at one of the dining tables enjoying breakfast while Queen was sitting beside him eating her own. 

“Katsuki!” Kirishima unashamedly slipped off his shoes before hurrying over to his boyfriend, overnight bag jostling on his back nosily. “I was gettin’ worried man, how’d you get back before us?”

Bakugo did his best to shrug off Kirishima’s concern, his spoon continuing towards his mouth with cereal, but couldn’t help leaning into the awkwardly positioned hug the enthusiastic boy embraced him with.

“Don’t worry about it,” Bakugo muttered but resolved to fill his boyfriend in when there weren’t so many other ears around.

“Still, it is good we’ve all returned safe and sound,” Tokoyami noted, storing his shoes appropriately.

“I’m still kinda tired from partying last night,” Kaminari groaned dropping his bag against a wall. “Do we have to go back to classes so soon?”

“You could always take another day and see how Mr Aizawa reacts to that,” Kyoka lightly teased.

“Yeesh, no thanks. I'll take my chances with whatever brutal training he’s come up with for us next.”

Before the group could put their things away and separate too much, there was one more out-of-place thing that set some nerves on edge.

“G-Guys? Is that what I think it is?” Koda’s worried voice noted as he gestured to their right where a stack of moving boxes sat.

“Oh, no… where’s Mina?” Momo gasped, glancing around and not spying the girl in the common room.

“Still upstairs sleepin’ probably,” Bakugo called out without worry. “That shit’s not for her anyway, it’s for-”

Before the explosive boy could finish his sentence, the far elevator ‘pinged’ and the collective students’ heads swivelled towards the new arrival. It was not the pink-haired, pink-skinned girl they were expecting to see however. Instead, a messy, lilac-haired boy stepped out and moved towards the pile of boxes.

“S-S-Shinso?!” The returning students collectively gasped, causing the brainwashing quirked boy to flinch at the volume.

“Crap,” he groaned as he stood up straight and turned to face them all. “I was hoping to be done before everyone turned up.”

“What are you doing here?” Ojiro frowned.

“Figures you’d forget,” Shinso rolled his eyes. “I’m part of class 1-A starting this term, remember?”

“Woah, yeah!” Izuku enthused, recalling Shinso’s successful trial during their inter-class training. “So it’s all official now?”

“That’s why I’m moving in here,” Shinso sighed at the somewhat redundant question.

“Then let me be the first to welcome you to your new home away from home!” Iida enthusiastically remarked. “I am the class president and Yaoyorozu here is our vice-president!”

“Hello,” Momo waved a little awkwardly.

“Before anything else, let me give you the tour so that-”

“Unnecessary,” Shinso replied simply. “All the dorms have the same layout. I would’ve thought the class president would know that.”

Iida grimaced as it seemed almost silly to offer such a thing to another first year student who was just switching dorms.

“He’s got you there, man,” Kaminari chuckled.

“Which domicile has been denoted as yours?” Tokoyami asked curiously as Dark Shadow emerged from his chest.

“I’m at the end of the second floor,” Shinso stated.

“Then allow me to provide some assistance,” Tokoyami offered, reaching for one of the other moving boxes with Dark Shadow emerging to grab another.

“I got this one!” The bird-headed quirk cheered happily.

Izuku opened his mouth to speak up too, only to hesitate and glance sheepishly at Ochako and Tsuyu who both spied his enthusiasm.

“Go on, ribbit,” Tsuyu chuckled fondly and released his hand.

“Come find us again later though,” Ochako added, the pair leaning in to give him one last quick hug.

“Thanks girls,” Izuku smiled gratefully before hurrying over to the stack of boxes himself. “Hold that elevator!”

“Not sure if you two should be worried,” Kaminari chuckled as the elevator headed upwards. “Think Shinso might steal your man?”

“Don’t be a dick,” Kyoka deadpanned, raising a jack threateningly.

“Izuku’s just being his super helpful self,” Ochako shrugged fondly.

“Besides, we’ve got to go unpack ourselves before anything else, ribbit,” Tsuyu noted.

“We should probably check on Tooru and Mina too,” Momo mentioned with all the girls agreeing with her, the momentary worry having gotten to all of them even if Momo was the only one to show it.

“Hey, yeah, it’s uh… that tomorrow, isn’t it?” Kaminari recalled.

“Hopefully we won’t be back to nineteen of us by the time classes resume,” Ojiro said with a touch of morbidness in his tone.

“A most unjust trial born out of the last desperate attempt by a villain to escape justice,” Iida sighed. “I wish I could offer her more than just my moral support.”

The whole class was in agreement, but for most, they knew there was little they could do at this stage.

“I’m sure Mina understands,” Kyoka noted. “We’ll make sure she’s all ready for this shit so don’t lose sleep yourselves.”

“If you’re sure,” Iida relented, feeling a mote of relief instead of guilt at Kyoka’s somewhat reassuring words.

“Anything we can do is already being done, ribbit,” Tsuyu confirmed. “Hopefully, all she’ll need is the truth but if she needs anyone else’s help, we’ll let you know.”

“Though,” Momo spoke up, a thoughtful expression on her face. “There might be something we can do to help take her mind off things...”


The returning class members soon dispersed as everyone headed to their rooms to either unpack, collapse, or both.

A few messages in the poly’s group chat had no response from Mina, but Tooru was clearly awake who told them all that they had a late night to unwind the pinkette’s tension and she was letting her sleep. Apparently Tooru was enjoying just holding her girlfriend as she slept peacefully and didn’t respond after asking not to be disturbed for a while longer. Izuku soon finished helping Shinso move all his things into his new room and was similarly happy to return to Ochako’s room to snuggle with her and Tsuyu while recapping their family celebrations. Though the others were still worried about their fluffy-haired girlfriend, they trusted Tooru’s judgement and decided to enjoy the relative peace of the morning and early afternoon.

As such, it wasn’t until mid-afternoon that Momo started putting her plan into action.

Setting up a new group text with most of the class besides Shinso, Tooru, and Mina, the vice president called on anyone who wanted to help set up her little surprise in time for dinner. Though several declined, mostly being Bakugo, Sero, Shoji and Koda, the others were happy to pitch in as they cooked dinner.

Having also wanted to chill by herself for a bit, Kyoka eventually came down to the common room once her stomach started rumbling. When the elevator doors opened, she couldn’t help looking around in curiosity as Ochako floated around the ceiling holding up one end of a banner while Tsuyu was stuck to a nearby wall attempting to secure the other side.

“Huh, doesn’t look as lame as I expected,” she remarked, turning her attention to the few balloons and small spread of foods that had been laid out.

“I didn’t want to go overboard,” Momo admitted as she gave Ochako and Tsuyu the thumbs up to let go of the ‘Welcome to class 1-A, Shinso!’ banner. “But I figured this would be sufficient to make our new class member feel welcome and possibly raise Mina’s spirits.”

“Mina does enjoy these things more than most,” Izuku nodded as he easily adjusted a couch to focus around the coffee tables with some leftover snacks on them.

“I even made some party poppers for her,” Momo grinned as she presented a small stack of coloured tubes with pull-strings attached.

“I don’t think party poppers are going to do much at this point,” Kyoka shook her head, heading for the kitchen where Ojiro and Kirishima were busy making their meals.

“Can’t hurt to try,” Kirishima remarked, keeping an eye on his soup. “There’s no way she’s gonna lose tomorrow but I get why she’s probably freaking out; having to be in court with the whole country watching you isn’t my idea of a good last day off.”

“She’ll be fine,” Momo brushed off optimistically, though her fidgeting hands now looked for something else they could do to make sure Mina enjoyed the surprise.

“She will,” Ochako reassured the heiress, placing her own hand atop Momo’s to calm the girl down. “Why don’t you go get everyone else and then grab Mina before Shinso comes down?”

Kyoka chuckled at Momo accepting the distraction with a quick nod and heading for the elevator while she slumped into a sofa and grabbed a pod of edamame to snack on.

It wasn’t long before their remaining class members started turning up, either here to help celebrate or lured down with the promise of extra food as chatter started to increase. Kaminari was telling Sero about the New Year’s eve bash he’d attended, Aoyama was lamenting missing his own family’s gathering to a patiently listening Izuku, and Shoji was filling Tokoyami in on the party Mina’s folks had hosted yesterday.

Soon enough, the elevator doors pinged once more as Mina and Tooru emerged for the first time that day.

“There’s our sleeping beauty,” Kyoka chuckled as Mina rolled her tired eyes fondly at the tease.

“Oh ha-ha,” she huffed playfully. “I’ll have you know I’ve been awake since like, three.”

“Not helping your case, hun,” Tooru giggled, placing a peck on Mina’s cheek before turning somewhat serious. “I’ve been testing Mina on all the last minute stuff that might come up tomorrow. There’s like, no way they can punish her according to all the rules and stuff even I know now.”

“It’s not falling foul of regulations you should be worried about,” Shoji remarked offhandedly from his place on the sofa. Tooru and Kyoka sent him a curious look but the boy didn’t say anything further.

Ushered onto the comfy seating by her girlfriend, Mina plopped down as Tooru headed into the kitchen to scrounge up something more substantive than party snacks for the pair. The weariness of their pink-haired girlfriend wasn’t lost on her partners as the deep, relieved sigh she emitted almost elicited naughty ideas in their heads.

“Still tired Mina, ribbit?” Tsuyu asked sympathetically as she rested one hand on the girl’s shoulder from behind the couch.

“‘M fine,” Mina sighed again. “I’ve just done more studying this break than I’ve ever done for class.”

“Don’t let Iida catch you saying that,” Ochako chuckled as she glanced at their distracted, diligent friend.

“And don’t think about that shit now,” Kyoka spoke up, “you look like you’ve done all you can. It’s probably better if you rest mentally now.”

“A big part of me wants to accept that but I still don’t know if it’s enough,” Mina’s jaw tightened.

“Do not forget that you’re not facing this alone,” Tokoyami gently reminded her. “Trust that those supporting you have also been preparing well too.”

“Yeah, you’re probably right,” Mina let out a more relaxed sigh, leaning back into the sofa.

Though it had been a tad nerve-wracking, she trusted Mr Hagakure and Nezu not to give up on her until the final gavel or whatever sealed her fate. Taking a few deeper breaths to try and refresh herself, Mina soon sat back up with brighter enthusiasm in her eyes.

“All right, what are we celebrating today?”

“Wow, you were out of it,” Sero chuckled, gesturing up to the banner Ochako and Tsuyu had hung. “Did you even know about this?”

“Wait, Shinso’s coming here?” Mina’s eyes widened.

“He’s already here, idiot,” Bakugo rolled his eyes, dropping into one of the dining chairs after silently arriving via the staircase.

“We need to have a proper welcome for him then!” Mina tried to rise to her feet only to be gently pulled and pushed back into her spot by Tsuyu and Ochako.

“What do you think we’ve been doing?” the gravity girl chuckled as she gestured at everything. It seemed only now that Mina’s eyes were actually taking in her surroundings as she noticed the decorations and finger foods.

“It was Momo’s idea,” Kyoka spoke up, giving Mina a touch of gratitude towards their shared girlfriend, “figured you’d like something like this to unwind.”

“It’s nothing too big or flashy though,” Tsuyu stated.

“We had enough of that yesterday,” Tooru informed them, bringing over two bowls of chicken salad for her and Mina. “Mina’s folks surprised her with a visit and a barbeque. I’m actually a little partied out because of it.”

“Are you sure it wasn’t because of the grilling by the future in-laws?” Kaminari chuckled.

“Shush!” Tooru stuck her tongue out at the boy.

Mina gratefully accepted the meal as she continued looking around, noting that Momo and the others had set everything up well; if she was going to plan a ‘welcome Shinso’ gathering, she almost couldn’t have put it together better herself.

As the pinkette tucked into her meal, letting herself relax a little for the first time today, she found herself almost immediately setting it down at Ochako’s announcement.

“They’re coming!”

Sure enough, everyone else was accounted for and the elevator was moving. Those more enthusiastic among them reached for some of the party poppers and got into place near the doors. When the elevator chime went off and they opened up, class 1-A gave their official welcome to their newest member.

“Welcome Shinso!” They all called out, smiling as Momo and Shinso watched the falling confetti fall before them.

“I wondered if this was what you wanted,” Shinso sighed, shaking his head. “This is exactly what I wanted to avoid.”

“Don’t be like that mister sourpuss,” Sero grinned. “Like it or not, you’re lumped in with us now.”

“Is it too late to switch to 1-B?” Shinso raised a brow.

“Hey, don’t be like that man,” Kirishima brushed off, “we’re happy to have you here. You’re in the best place if you wanna get super strong and become a top hero.”

“I thought I told you all, I’m not here to make friends,” Shinso said.

“That’s not going to work,” Todoroki stated matter-of-factly.

“And he’d know,” Kaminari grinned. “Midoriya beat the friendship into him during the sports festival, right?”

“D-Do you have to put it like that?” Izuku sweatdropped.

“And Kacchan’s super cuddly and soft now that we’ve rounded him out; Kirishima especially,” Mina teased.

“Go suck eggs!” Bakugo growled from his spot at the table still while Kirishima blushed and rubbed the back of his head.

“If getting your ass kicked by Bakugo, Midoriya and Todoroki won’t encourage you to train better, then getting into trouble with villains certainly will,” Sato said.

“Trouble seems to find us more often than not,” Tokoyami nodded. “It is best to be prepared for it in all its forms.”

“When things go wrong, we stick together,” Shoji agreed.

“Plus, you’re gonna have to learn how to trust us anyway since we may have to work together when we become heroes, ribbit,” Tsuyu settled rationally.

Shinso let out a long, deep sigh before eventually shaking his head.

“Urgh, fine,” he conceded. “What have I got to lose?”

“Just your sanity,” Kyoka chuckled.

“That’s the spirit!” Kaminari cheered. “By the time we’re done with you, you’ll have the rest of your old class declaring war on you during the next sports festival.”

Shinso couldn’t help the small laugh that emerged from his throat as he was lead over to the seating area as people started helping themselves to food and drinks.

Merriment returned once more to the dorms as their newest member got the full class 1-A experience. Shinso’s plate was piled high with food others foisted onto him while they all tried to get to know him a bit better.

“So, Shinso,” Izuku spoke up, “how did you spend your break?”

“Training, mostly,” Shinso shrugged in his seat. “I used the gym here at UA over the holidays and went back to my mom and dad’s for New Years where we watched the fireworks; nothing special.”

“Nice and simple,” Sato approved.

“You don’t always need excess to enjoy yourself,” Shoji agreed, sharing a small nod with the boy.

“Yeah, but if the holidays aren’t for celebrating, then what is?” Ojiro questioned.

“When I get my hero license,” Shinso stated simply.

“Oh, yeah, you don’t have yours yet,” Kirishima noted. “What are you gonna do for work studies?”

“I assume one of the teachers will continue working with me here at UA,” Shinso answered. “Most likely Aizawa.”

“Figures,” Bakugo said. “You’re using that same scarf crap he does.”

“Binding cloth,” Shinso corrected. “And it should be more than enough to keep you quiet.”

“Like hell it is,” Bakugo scoffed. “You’re just lucky your lame class B team didn’t have to face me,” he grinned challengingly. “We had the easiest win of the day and it would’ve been no different with you on their team.”

“From your volatility, I doubt that,” Shinso shook his head.

“What was that? You wanna go right now?!” Bakugo growled.

“L-Let’s not get into that,” Izuku waved his hands to try and defuse the tension.

“Indeed, let’s not forget what happened the last time a battle was fought after hours,” Iida stated, reminding his green haired friend and their explosive, aggravating classmate of the rules. Thankfully Shinso didn’t seem interested at all in actually causing trouble while Bakugo was suitably settled by Kirishima.

“Instead of all this fighting, please have some more fromage,” Aoyama offered, trying to poke a small piece of cheese into Shinso’s mouth the boy slowly tried to edge away from.

“Do not take Bakugo’s words at face value,” Shoji assured the boy. “I think he still harbours a grudge at being caught by them on our first day of class.”

“You shut up!” Bakugo growled but didn’t cause any further issues as Shoji shot their class’ newest member a small nod.

Though he was the focus for much of the attention, the class had other conversations going on too as talk of their recent celebrations returned.

“Kyoka and I very much enjoyed listening to her parents perform at a jazz bar for New Year’s,” Momo informed Todoroki. “It was a very unique experience since I’d never been to a place like that before.”

“Oh?” Kaminari’s ears pricked up. “Was there dinner too?”

“What does that matter?” Kyoka eyed him warily.

“Well, even if it was with your parents, that sounds a bit like a date, doesn’t it?” the boy teased cheekily. Kyoka’s warning glare emerged in full force, the only reason her jacks weren’t jabbing into him being the distance between them.

“Dude, shut up,” she hissed.

“Don’t say stuff like that,” Mina chided the boy too, swatting his arm on behalf of her girlfriends. “Should we start pairing you and Sero up every time you two do something?”

“Yeesh, I get it, I was just joking,” Kaminari conceded. “Did you two have a good time at least?”

“It was exceedingly enjoyable to me,” Momo confirmed with practised ease.

“It was as good as it always was,” Kyoka shrugged lazily, returning to her snacks.

Conversation quickly moved away from the pair after that but Kaminari couldn’t help noting that neither Kyoka’s nor Momo’s smiles returned to their former brightness.

As the food began dwindling and some people turned to deserts, Ochako retrieved a small something from the fridge.

“We have cake?!” Kaminari’s mouth watered as the girl passed by, wondering if it was another of Sato’s delicious bakes.

Ochako has cake,” Tsuyu chuckled at her subtle double entendre. “Her parents celebrated her birthday with her over New Year’s.”

“Oh, that makes sense,” the boy nodded, a tad disheartened.

“I figured Mina could use a slice,” Ochako smiled, sliding the plate and fork into her girlfriend’s hands.

The pinkette definitely didn’t feel like celebrating right now, but she couldn’t help but smile at Ochako’s thoughtfulness nonetheless.

“Thanks Ochako,” she smiled gratefully before taking a nibble. “Mmm, it’s good.”

“Ooo, can I have some too Ochako?” Tooru asked eagerly.

“Alright, but not too much,” Ochako rolled her eyes fondly. “Don’t wanna get all fat before we start training again.”

“Don’t remind me,” Kaminari poked his belly, “we might’ve overdone it with things over break.”

“Just because you see food doesn’t mean you need to eat it,” Sero smirked.

“I’m sure I’ll burn it off when Aizawa makes us hit the ground running.”

“Are you expecting him to be harsh?” Shinso raised a questioning brow.

“Dude, you have been training with him, right?” Sero replied.

“Mr Aziawa’s always pushing us ‘Plus Ultra’, it’s super manly, even if it is exhausting,” Kirishima enthused.

“I wouldn’t expect him to go easy on you just because you’re new either,” Tsuyu agreed.

“I’m certainly not going to during training either,” Sato spoke up. “You can make me give up in one move, no way I’m going down unless you earn it.”

“You’re gonna have to keep up with us if you’re gonna make it in Aizawa’s version of the hero course,” Tokoyami nodded. “Think you can handle it?”

“I wouldn’t be here otherwise,” Shinso nodded with determination.

“Good,” Shoji nodded, satisfied.

“It wouldn’t do to go back to nineteen of us after all this,” Kirishima agreed.

“We’re better off as a class without that purple pest,” Kyoka quirked her lip at the memories.

“Dude could’ve been a niche hero but threw it all away,” Kaminari sighed.

“Maybe we should vet the new guy, make sure he’s not the same,” Sero stage-whispered into Kaminari’s ear before the pair turned their gazes on Shinso. “You don’t plan to break into any of our rooms, do you?”

“No,” Shinso stated simply before a small smile pulled at the corner of his lips, “I’ll just brainwash you and have you let me in.”

Instead of reacting like his old friends at his previous school, covering their ears and pretending to try and block him out, those listening just laughed and shook their heads.

Their immediate reaction wasn’t to believe he’d actually do something like that, taking it for the joke it was intended to be. Their laughter made him feel a bit lighter in his chest as he relaxed just a bit more. Maybe he would have to rethink his stance on making friends.

The chatter continued until the food and drink ran out and the time began creeping into mid-evening. Though many expected Shoji or even Shinso to be the first to depart, it was another who decided they’d had enough for tonight.

“Right, I think I’m gonna call it,” Mina gave an exaggerated yawn and stretch as she stood up from the couch.

“Guess that’s it for me too then,” Tooru giggled.

“Jeez, going to bed already? You’re acting like an old married couple,” Kaminari chuckled as Tooru rose to join her girlfriend.

“With that attitude, it’ll be a while before you see such a thing from this side,” Tooru winked playfully.

“O~Oh!” Sero and Kirishima both whooped as Kaminari groaned at the retort.

“I’d stay longer guys but I kinda need to get as much sleep as I can for tomorrow,” Mina sighed before speaking more quietly to her girlfriend. “Um… speaking of which Tooru, I just wanna be by myself tonight, if that’s okay?”

“O… Oh?” Tooru blinked with no small amount of hesitation on her face. “Are you sure? Would you prefer if one of the others-”

“No hun, I’m… I’m good,” Mina felt her mood dropping already. “I doubt I’d be good company anyway, tossing and turning all night.”

“All the more reason you need some snuggles!” Tooru protested.

“Yeah, you’re probably right,” Mina chuckled half-heartedly. “But still, just for tonight, yeah? We can snuggle properly tomorrow after I go kick that bitch’s ass.”

Tooru’s shoulders drooped but she didn’t protest any further.

“I’ll hold you to that.”

“I’m sure you will, Starlight,” Mina sent her a small smile before leaning in and kissing the girl softly on the forehead before waving to the others. “Night everyone.”

“Night Mina,” some of the class collectively called as Tooru watched her girlfriend head for the elevator.

Once the pink girl had entered and departed, her iridescent-haired girlfriend glanced around the room and caught the gazes of her other partners who also had small looks of concern on their faces. They all wanted to be there for Mina but if the girl wanted to process things herself tonight then respecting her wishes and giving her some space was the best they could do.

Needless to say Tooru departed shortly after, not feeling much up to further celebration. There was a wordless exchange between Kyoka and Momo as the punk rock girl chased after their secret girlfriend, hoping to offer her own comfort for the night as she needed it more than the heiress who, while certainly willing to offer her extra-large bed for extra-large snuggles, knew that she and Tooru still weren’t quite there again yet.

Mina’s departure marked the beginning of the end for the welcome party as everyone else started packing things up with Iida, Momo, Izuku, and Koda offering to clean things up while everyone else headed upstairs. 

Over in her room, Mina shrugged off her clothes and crawled into bed, breathing a steady breath that threatened to shudder as she held her panic in check. Despite her friends and partners’ best efforts over the evening, Mina still found it hard to find sleep that night; torn between the looming dread as the time drew ever closer and her desire for it to be over already.

Of course she knew she should be fine, she had the truth and some of the most dedicated and intelligent people working ensure she was proven to be in the right, not to mention her own countless hours of revision… but she still couldn’t shake the feeling that everything was going to change tomorrow.

Eventually, though she finally managed to slip into an uneasy slumber, she awoke not long after before even her first alarm.

The day of her trial was here.


It was the last day of winter break for most students and many revelled in the last lie-in they’d be afforded for some time. For some, there was no rest as they were needed for a very important event.

After an uneasy start to the morning, managing to bathe before anyone else awoke, Mina made sure to make herself look as respectable as possible. It didn’t help that her hair was pretty much unmanageable at the best of times but she managed to get it looking nice despite the lack of care it had received over the last few days.

When she was just about ready there was a soft knock on her door.

“Mina? It’s nearly time,” Tooru’s voice came through.

“Just a sec,” Mina replied, taking a slow, deep breath as she tore herself away from her mirror.

Dressed in some casual clothes, she opened the door to her girlfriend who was clearly putting on a brave face.

“You look great. Super innocent!” Tooru enthused as best she could though Mina could only manage a small fond chuckle at the attempt to cheer her up.

“Thanks hun,” she pulled her girlfriend into a tight hug that Tooru responded to with equal ferocity; both could tell the other was just barely holding their nerves in check.

“You’re gonna win this,” Tooru stated. “You’re gonna win, come back with a cleared name, then we’re gonna eat tons of junk food to celebrate and become heroes together.”

“Yeah… I beat that bitch before, now it’s time to do it on the courtroom floor!” Mina replied with an awkward tone. There was a small pause before Tooru broke into uneasy giggles.

“W-What was that?” She snorted as she pulled back to face a sheepish-looking Mina.

“I don’t know!” Mina blushed. “I’m super nervous and I’m not handling this well and I don’t know what to say and the rhyme just came out.”

“Maybe run the lyrics by Kyoka before you try to start a music career,” Tooru giggled, cupping Mina’s cheek. “Just focus on telling the truth and making everyone see the hero we all know you to be. You’ve got this.”

“I hope so,” Mina agreed with a more reassured smile. “I don’t think I will be able to make it in the music world otherwise.”

With a touch of the tension broken for the pair with giggles, the two proceeded to the elevator hand in hand as Tooru sought to see her girlfriend off. What the iridescent-haired girl neglected to mention as they travelled down was everyone else who had turned up to send her off too.

Though it was still early, the entire dorm was waiting for the pair as they emerged into the common room. Mina couldn’t help but feel the rare blush creeping up her face from social embarrassment as, while she’d expected all her partners, seeing everyone else go out of their way just to send her off made it much more awkward. Even Shinso and Bakugo had been persuaded to join, though the latter looked much more comfortable and gave her a firm nod of support which said more than any words he could say.

“You can beat this Mina!” Kirishima lead the cheer.

“That villain’s all talk, she’s got nothing on you,” Sero agreed.

“Go out there and do your best!” Ochako cheered with a ferocity that stirred up memories of the sports festival for a few people.

“You guys!” She flushed as further supportive comments were thrown.

Luckily, it was easy to sneak in a few, comforting hugs from her partners as she quickly thanked everyone for their kind words.

“As much as we wish we could be there with you, we’ll be watching along here to support you as best we can,” Momo informed her girlfriend with a determined expression.

“Jeez, I’m not sure what’s more nerve-wracking; the whole country watching me or you guys,” Mina laughed awkwardly, causing the heiress and a few others to look a little self-conscious.

“W-We won’t if you don’t-”

“Don’t worry about it,” Mina brushed off. “I know what you’re trying to say, so… thanks.”

Momo breathed a small sigh of relief along with her partners, glad that Mina was still able to joke like herself.

“While I’m sure we can’t offer the same level of comfort as Hagakure, I hope that our presence will prevent you from feeling like you’re going through this alone,” Tokoyami spoke up.

It was only then that Mina realised he, Shoji, and Koda were all dressed and ready to leave like she was.

“We’ve been requested as witnesses by Nezu,” Shoji explained succinctly.

“We fought that scary lady too, so we can tell everyone what she did,” Koda spoke up with no small measure of determination in his eye. Mina had known that some of her friends might’ve been called to testify but she’d been so focused on herself that she’d spaced and completely forgotten.

“A-Are you sure?” Mina spoke before she could stop herself. “If things go bad… you’ll all be associated with me. It could really hurt your careers.”

“We stick together,” Shoji stated simply, a resolute steadfastness in his tone that left no room for doubt.

“Though we started this year as unknowns, bound only by class assignment, I could do no less to defend anyone here I now call friend,” Tokoyami stated, getting a supporting nod from Koda.

Mina could feel a few tears prickle at her eyes but knew this wasn’t the time for getting emotional. Win or lose, there would be plenty of time for that after the trial when she was out of the news camera and public’s eyes.

“Thanks guys,” Mina beamed as she felt her heart fill with a different kind of love than what she was very much used to at this point. She quickly hurried to put her shoes on for the small trip they’d be making before the four of them started heading out the doors.

“Knock ‘em dead, Mina!” Kirishima’s voice could be heard as the group departed, only for a swift, “Dude!” and, “Oops!” to follow at his choice of words.

Mina felt her spirit renew at the departing interaction though as she and her three classmates left the 1-A dorms and headed towards the main UA building.


Having been informed by Nezu that, as they were being questioned as heroes they should be dressed as heroes, the four quickly made their way through the building and to their classroom where Aizawa awaited them with a frown on his face.

“Good, you’re here. Change downstairs quickly then meet in the parking lot,” he ordered curtly.

“Yes sir,” the four nodded as their gear was released, having been restored and repaired from their scuffles on Nabu.

After changing, the heroes in training found their way out to UA’s parking lot where three cars sat waiting patiently for them. The first and last contained Cementoss and Present Mic respectively, along with a pair of unfamiliar pros split between them. In the main car they’d be taking, which Nezu stood beside with an open door to allow them all to clamber into the much roomier vehicle, Eraser Head could be seen in the driver’s seat with the persistent, brooding expression on his face that caused Mina to frown.

“Everybody in neatly if you please,” Nezu requested. “Though we aren’t late, it’s best to be timely for these sorts of things.”

Once the four were inside the vehicle, Nezu hopped in after them, taking one of the seats in the back with the students rather than sitting up front with Aizawa along with a smallish briefcase they guessed was his. No sooner had the door closed behind the diminutive principal than the car started up and the three vehicles began to depart. It wasn’t until they reached the open road out of sight of UA that anyone spoke again.

“Aside from Miss Ashido for obvious reasons, I’d like to thank you all for giving your free time to support your classmate today. I can understand how this could be daunting even without the public scrutiny.”

“We fully understand sir,” Tokoyami nodded towards the principal. “Though unpleasant due to the situation, I expect we may all have to deal with something like this in time as part of hero work.”

“You are indeed correct,” Nezu replied, though his tone was notably less chipper than usual. “While some villains abuse our system through various technicalities and loopholes, it is a necessary one to ensure justice is correctly dispensed. That the number of cases resulting in a hero correctly being removed from service is greater than zero is proof of that.”

“Though that count will not be increasing today,” Shoji murmured.

“I can almost certainly assure you that it won’t,” Nezu nodded. “Mr Hagakure and I have a firm case to bring forth along with your own testimonies and glowing character references, I’m sure.” Mina felt her anxiety ease just a bit at Nezu’s repeated assurances as he turned to her. “As the one with the most focus today, are you ready for this, Miss Ashido?”

“Uh, kinda?” Mina replied with a half-chuckle. “I kinda bomb at tests and this is definitely the most stressful one I’ve ever had to revise for.”

Her response drew some small smiles from her classmates.

“Oh? And here I’d heard you were doing much better in class recently, Miss Ashido,” Nezu chuckled while Mina recalled exactly why she’d done better in her last test. “I’m sure today will continue that upward trend and you’ll be back at your desk before you know it.”

The pink-haired former slacker was tempted to make a joke about not wanting to go back to class. Out of everything she was about to go through however, there was nothing she wanted more than to be able to be bored by another one of Aizawa’s lectures with all her friends.

“Um, sir?” Koda spoke up softly. “Can I ask, how will this work? Is it like one of those courtroom dramas on TV?”

“In some ways,” Nezu admitted. “While I’m sure TV enhances a lot of drama for entertainment’s sake, this is more of an inquiry; a deposition or questioning session if you will, to see if there is criminal liability here. Though the hero system does not allow us to arrest criminals, nor prosecute our own heroes as such, it allows us to strongly recommend police look into particular cases as a priority when they occur. This helps keep frivolous issues, such as this case, from clogging up the criminal justice system. The short of it is, Miss Ashido certainly won’t be going to prison today, but her license and place in the hero course at UA is certainly on the line regardless of our belief in her innocence.”

That much Mina knew from her research, though she understood why that would be news to the others. It was still tantamount to a guilty verdict however as the hero system would essentially be trying to wipe their hands of someone soon to be logged as a criminal.

“To answer your question more directly Mr Koda, today will be a bit of a cross between an official questioning session and a ‘judge and jury’ type system. A panel of officials from the Hero Public Safety Commission, police, independent lawyers, and a few more, totalling five, will essentially be listening to any and all testimonies, evidence, and appeals both sides will present and come to a conclusion on whether or not to pass this case to police for further investigation. There will be no calls of ‘objection’ or anything of the like as it is the sole duty of the panel to decide if someone is staying on topic or their evidence is relevant. For your part, you three will wait in an adjacent room until you’re called and then, after your piece is done, you can either return or sit in the viewing gallery should you wish.”

“Can I wait in the separate room?” Mina chuckled mirthlessly.

“I take it from your tone you’re already aware you’ll need to be present throughout I’m afraid,” Nezu acknowledged. “Once again, I’m saddened you must go through something like this due to these unpleasant circumstances.”

“Don’t be,” Mina shook her head. “If we let those villains get their way then a lot more people would’ve been hurt, or worse. It sucks, but this was the right choice to make and I stand by it.”

Nezu smiled fondly at the girl as she drew on the confidence she had in her actions.

“Fine words, Miss Ashido. Now let’s make sure they understand exactly why that’s the case.”

The rest of the trip passed with a few more questions about the details of the day being covered as best they could by Nezu. While the principal was more than happy to answer their queries as best he could, they were still a way away from their destination in Tokyo. Soon enough, the questions ceased with the students opting to sit in silence and gather their strength for the day ahead as they sped down the highway.

Once they entered Tokyo and were less than ten minutes away from their destination, Nezu pulled out his phone and dialled up a number. The students were unbothered by this at first until his tone took on a more serious note.

“I was afraid of this,” Nezu exhaled in dismay into the receiver. “Please do all you can to hold back the crowds. The others and I will ensure the students arrive safely.”

“Trouble?” Shoji asked simply once Nezu had hung up.

“Potentially,” Nezu frowned. “Nothing for you to be worried about hopefully, but stay on your guard once we arrive.”

“Villains?” Tokoyami pressed.

“Worse, I’m afraid,” Nezu shook his head. “It seems that the commission’s short-sightedness has resulted in the outcome I predicted. In taking this case public, they seem to have inadvertently riled up public opinion regarding certain topics and the entrance to our destination has become something of a protest battleground.”

“What for?” Mina asked, though in her heart she feared she already knew the answer. Nezu’s sympathizing look made her realize those fears were well founded.

Rounding the corner of a street, the students looked out of the windows to try and spot what awaited them. A crowd of people were buffered by both temporary steel fencing and police, ensuring they didn’t force their way closer in their rowdiness.

Driving slowly as the three cars approached the drop off point, the passengers could make out various signs and shouts being vocalised: ‘UA trains killers!’, ‘Hero->’ pointing to what appeared to be a grainy image of Slice alongside ‘Villain->’ and a picture of Mina in her UA Tracksuit, and ‘Does this look like a hero to you?’ with a picture of Mina upper-cutting Aoyama from the sports festival with a gleeful expression, her face crossed over in red ink.

Mina felt her stomach drop at all the prejudiced looks being thrown their way. Even though the car’s windows were tinted to be one-way only, she felt the barely concealed contempt send shivers down her spine. It was doubtful such supporters were here purely because they believed Slice’s innocence and Mina figured it wouldn’t be too long before they vocalized their real issue with her.

Pulling up, the students could see other heroes helping police create a physical divide, not only creating a free path directly to the entrance of the building for them, but also to separate other demonstrators who were apparently more supportive of Mina. There were signs with, ‘We <3 Pinky’, ‘Next top 10’ and ‘Heteromorph Heroine’ among the few that she could spot.

As nice as it was however, Mina knew that messages like ‘Heroes come in all shapes and colours’, ‘What is the HPSC hiding?’, and ‘Remember Jeda!’ were going to trigger some people no matter what. Nezu was right to be cautious as not only did she feel on edge just from the energy and atmosphere around them, but she could tell from the tensed hands and controlled breathing that her friends were having similar thoughts to her.

“This is unfortunately one of the uglier sides of heroism,” Nezu admitted. “Regardless of your personal opinions about both sides of those blockades, I’ve found it’s best to ignore all distractions and comments and proceed directly towards your destination. Do you think you four will be able to manage?”

“It sucks but I’ve got to do it,” Mina sighed.

“My resolve is steeled,” Tokoyami nodded.

“I expected this,” Shoji acknowledged.

At the momentary pause, the trio glanced over at Koda who looked the most upset and nervous out of all of them.

“I-I’ve never heard so many people shouting so many mean things,” Koda bit his lip and looked away.

“I completely understand, Mr Koda,” Nezu nodded sympathetically. “While Miss Ashido and I should take this path as a demonstration of confidence, you and the others may wait in here as Eraser Head parks under the building and you can all enter away from all this fuss.”

“There’s no shame in avoiding battles that do not need to be fought,” Tokoyami agreed.

Mina watched Koda wrestle with himself, a conflicted look on his face as his eyes glanced to the others in turn.

“You stay here Koda,” Mina offered, reaching out to gently take his hand. “I’m already super grateful for everything you’re doing today and I don’t want you to have to go through this if you don’t have to. I’ll see you inside, ‘kay?”

The pinkette tried to look as strong and reassuring for the large boy as she could but either it didn’t work or he found some sort of courage from her words, shaking his head in denial.

“S-Shoji was right earlier; we should stick together,” he declared firmly.

“An admirable decision,” Shoji nodded supportively.

Mina simply chuckled and shook her head. Sometimes she forgot that they were all overcoming their own weaknesses to become heroes and Koda was doing his best now for her just like he had for Kyoka in their first semester’s final exam. As worried about everything as she was, Mina knew she needed to pull from that same well of strength Koda was and show the world that she was here to be a hero.

“Absolutely,” she grinned.

“Well then, are we ready to go?” Nezu asked patiently with briefcase in hand, the other on the door handle.

With one last look to the others, each giving her a nod, Mina raised her fist in determination and gave Nezu the final go ahead.

As soon as the car door opened the intensity of the crowd’s hollers increased. Moving smoothly and swiftly, Nezu stepped out of the vehicle followed by Mina, Shoji, Koda, then Tokoyami bringing up the rear, each with a strong yet neutral look on their faces as they walked quickly down the gap towards the main entrance.

“You can beat this Pinky!” A voice from the crowd on their left called out.

“Represent girl!” Another yelled.

As expected, the detractors also wasted no time trying to get their own voices heard.

“You’re a disgrace to heroes!”

“Go back to outer space!”

“Mutant freak!”

Mina felt her hands itch to grip themselves into fists but she refused to give them the satisfaction, staring straight ahead at her goal and refusing to get distracted by their petty insults.

Unfortunately, her attention was forcefully pulled a moment later as a red projectile came hurtling towards her. While she raised her arms to block it, Shoji was faster, covering her with his dupli-arms from whatever it was.

“Keep going,” he called over the crowd, “I’ve got you.”

Mina had to admit to herself in that moment that, if she wasn’t already dating so many other people, Shoji would definitely be on her radar.

“Quickly now students,” Nezu called back, upping his pace now that the police were trying to ascertain and isolate the culprit. The group didn’t need any further prompting, hurrying inside with cheers and boos alike in their wake.

Unfortunately for them, the interior still wasn’t completely safe from those looking to harass them. News crews littered the entryway, again only blocked off by temporary partitions and police bodies.

“Upstairs,” Nezu called as he quickly lead the way through the area towards the main staircase, appearing the picture of professionalism.

Once again following their principal’s lead, Mina and the others trailed after him over calls for attention and comments by the paparazzi.

“Pinky, Pinky, what do you have to say about the allegations levelled against you?”

“Do you regret deforming someone with your quirk?”

“If successful today, are you seeking to counter-sue for damages?”

Thankfully these cries for sound bites were much easier to ignore, especially with a lack of things being thrown their way as the group successfully made their way upstairs without any further delay.

When they emerged onto the next floor, where there were less bodies trying to crowd them, the group finally breathed a little easier.

“I believe that’s the worst of it over with for now,” Nezu confirmed, much to their relief before turning to the largest of their group. “Mr Tentacole, are you injured from that attack?”

“No,” Shoji shook his head, holding up his arms and showing of the light red splatter. “I believe it was just a rotten tomato.”

“‘Just’ does not excuse their action, nor your bravery for taking the hit for Miss Ashido.”

“Yeah, thanks for that Shoji!” Mina nodded, “I don’t think smelling like rotten veg’ would do me any favours today.”

“I can wash this off,” Shoji shrugged. “It’s better you look as good as you can in front of these types of people.”

Mina let out a small sigh and nod while Nezu raised a curious brow. Before they could get too comfortable, a floating set of clothes with a briefcase held up by a black gloved hand approached them as Tooru’s dad arrived.

“Morning Nezu, students, Min-… Pinky,” he corrected himself as he bowed to them all.

“Good Morning, Mr Hagakure,” the group chorused and bowed in return.

“Did you manage to get everything, Nezu?” Mr Hagakure asked.

“Everything else you don’t already have is in here,” Nezu held up his briefcase that was full of their supporting evidence that Mr Hagakure wouldn’t’ve been able to gather otherwise. “How is the situation?”

“Everything seems set to begin shortly,” Mr Hagakure relayed to the principal, setting his own briefcase down as he adjusted his tight-looking gloves so his hand movements could be clearly seen. “You and Miss Ashido will be with me for the entire thing while I believe one of your teachers will be with the other students in the waiting room for a bit?”

“Eraser Head, yes,” Nezu nodded, figuring they’d achieve two objectives with one teacher. “He’ll be along shortly.”

“Great,” Mr Hagakure sighed. “That’s pretty much as good as we can hope for right now, everyone else is already here.”

“H-How bad are we lookin’?” Mina asked cautiously. Though she couldn’t see it, she could hear the empathetic smile in his reply.

“We’re still doing pretty well,” he assured her. “Were this just a case of the Hero Association questioning if your actions were legal, we’d be certain of our victory.”

“Alas, that is not the case,” Tokoyami spoke up. “Are there some unexpected ruffles?”

“Unexpected? No,” Mr Hagakure wobbled his hand to indicate ‘maybe’. “However, the law practise supporting the prosecution is, well… infamous for being harsh and twisting the truth into knots to try and get their clients free.”

“Does it usually work?” Koda asked nervously.

“Less than they’d like, but more than it should,” Mr Hagakure replied with frustration before turning and glancing over his shoulder.

Around the group they could see various people in suits milling about with briefcases, several overworked looking employees, and a couple of heroes and marked police officers standing guard, but their attention was pulled towards a man that, for all intents and purposes, looked the most plain out of all of them.

“That’s our guy, Futsū Otoko,” Mr Hagakure noted, causing Nezu to nod and Mina’s eyes to focus on the short black-haired, blue-suited man who looked to be in his early forties with no visible quirk indications to speak of. “He’ll be representing Slice, or ‘Kiruka Hasaki’ as is her legal name, and trying to paint you as the one at fault Miss Ashido. Our job is to make the panel believe you more than they believe him.”

“What about her?” Mina asked, glancing around. “She’s not actually going to be here, right?”

“Not to worry,” Mr Hagakure chuckled. “The hero association is at least smart enough to realise bringing alleged criminals here would be dumb even at the best of times.”

“That’s good,” Mina breathed a little easier at that, though her anxiety didn’t let up as the man Mr Hagakure had pointed out seemed to have spotted them in turn and begun approaching.

Mr Hagakure and Nezu both noticed too and made a point to stand directly in front of Mina to force the man’s attention on them. If he had been aiming to talk to her, he certainly didn’t seem dissuaded.

“I see everyone appears to be present for today’s events,” the man spoke with a smooth tone, his gaze directed at Mr Hagakure more than anyone else. “Considering the urgency the hero association seems to have for this case, I hope you were all able to enjoy the holidays.”

“They were sufficiently pleasant,” Mr Hagakure remarked with his own, more professional sounding tone than how he’d just been speaking. “I believe we’re more than ready for today despite the circumstances.”

“I don’t doubt it given your confidence, misplaced or not,” Otoko allowed a small smirk to slip from his professional mask.

“Are you here for a reason?” Nezu asked curiously. “I believe it’s bad form for the prosecution and defence to talk to each other without a sufficient third-party present.”

“Then it’s a good thing for me this isn’t a trial yet, isn’t it?” Otoko acknowledged, his smirk somewhat deepening. Mina was already getting a bad vibe off this guy and had a feeling he was looking for any opportunity to twist their words against them. “That said, I do come bearing a settlement proposition: if your client admits fault today and gives up her license, my client will be happy to drop further charges when the matter proceeds to criminal court. For all the alleged damage this ‘hero’ in training has done, I believe my client is being gracious in simply wanting the problem removed before further harm befalls others.”

Mina could practically feel her friends wanting to speak up and defend her, but she wasn’t the only one who’d caught on that it was better to remain silent. A moment later, and much to her surprise, both Mr Hagakure and Nezu starting chuckling in response.

“That is a settlement my client is firmly not interested in accepting,” Mr Hagakure shook his head.

“A shame,” Otoko replied. “And here I believed you were trying to see justice done today. It really is sad to see how such a prestigious hero school has fallen.”

“If that is all, then we must bid you good day, Mr Otoko,” Nezu bowed politely but firmly, bringing a formal end to the conversation.

For his part, Otoko didn’t look too disappointed with his eyes still gleaming with a touch of excitement when then they met Mina’s. He at least understood that he’d been effectively dismissed though and departed down the hall without any further words.

“He gives me the creeps,” Mina vocalized when she was sure he was beyond hearing distance.

“Not a pleasant man to deal with to be sure,” Nezu agreed. “Still, that wasn’t completely useless, wouldn’t you agree, Mr Hagakure?”

“I wouldn’t be a lawyer if I didn’t,” Mr Hagakure chuckled.

“Did we miss something?” Koda asked curiously.

“If you know what you’re looking for,” Mr Hagakure smiled as he and Nezu turned back to the group. “I believe our opposition has tipped his hand to the method he’ll take to defend Miss Hasaki’s actions.”

“One of altruism?” Tokoyami spoke up. “Surely those judging the proceedings will see right through that.”

“Indeed, but do not forget that more than just the panel are watching today as we encountered downstairs,” Nezu reminded them. “Our every word and action in that room will likely be scrutinised by those interested in viewing this case for themselves. Given the tragic nature of what you all experienced on Nabu, I believe they will try to rewrite events to paint Miss Hasaki in a better light.”

“I believe you’re right,” Mr Hagakure confirmed before checking his watch. “We’ve got about forty minutes before the proceedings are scheduled to start. Miss Pinky, let’s get you to our waiting room to run you through everything before we go in.”

“Should the three of us wait here for Eraser Head?” Tokoyami asked curiously as Nezu, Mina, and Mr Hagakure began walking away.

“There’s no need,” Shoji stated coolly, turning around to spot their teacher standing there with his hands in his pockets as though he’d been waiting with them for a while. The appearance certainly caught the other two off guard however, unable to cover their surprise at the silent approach their teacher had made.

“At least one of you seems to be staying on guard,” Eraser Head remarked with a small nod of acknowledgement towards Shoji. “As for you two,” he glanced at the others, “do better. Just because we’re inside an official government building doesn’t mean things can’t go wrong in a heartbeat.”

Tokoyami and Koda glanced at each other nervously before giving their own nods and proceeding to follow their teacher towards their own waiting room.


The next forty minutes passed slowly for all those involved. While Mina was being run through how the questioning session would work on top of the similarities and differences she might be expecting from TV and movies, Shoji got himself cleaned up in a nearby bathroom and the people that were here to watch the proceedings as spectators began filing into the gallery seating.

Soon enough, when one of the building’s guards gave Mina’s group the heads up that the session would start soon, the pink-haired girl made sure her white domino mask was firmly affixed and she was as presentable as she could be in her hero costume. It wasn’t for anonymity’s sake as her identity was unfortunately public knowledge at this point due to the sports festival and she had little doubt she’d be able to change her image into something else without recognition. While she had been a tad sore at the time about Midnight rejecting her initial hero name of ‘Alien Queen’, there was no doubts in her mind that public opinion would be a bit more one-sided if she’d stuck with that name.

Even now Midnight was still looking out for her, and today, Mina was going to do what she could to make sure she not only remained a hero, but ensure one of the villains who helped kill her former teacher went away for good.


Entering the hearing room that almost seemed like a cross between a courtroom and an auditorium, though without the raised seating, Mina could feel the glare of the cameras settle on her from the moment she stepped inside. Her breathing was controlled and she walked with a strength and confidence she usually reserved for dance performances but with none of the joy that came with them.

She, Nezu and Mr Hagakure found their seats quickly on one side of the room while their opposition was already seated at his desk on the opposite side. On their left were the large amount of people watching in person and around the front-most portion was no small amount of cameras, along with their operators, likely broadcasting this to every news channel that wanted it. To their right was a long, covered desk where several important-looking people with nameplates already sat, though not all the chairs were yet filled. Sitting higher than the rest, this desk was much more intricately decorative and, unknown to Mina, concealed a small amount of electronics including computer screens for all five positions built into the flat top to facilitate digital evidence review. Finally, in the middle of the room directly before the panel’s desk, there was a small independent booth where whomever was being questioned would stand, and at every place was a slim microphone to talk into to ensure whomever was speaking was heard clearly throughout the room.

“You’re doing well so far,” Nezu assured his charge after noticing her balled up hands on her lap.

“Thanks, now for the rest of it,” Mina muttered as Mr Hagakure grabbed a stack of papers from his briefcase and flicked through them.

“They’re clearly taking this seriously,” Mr Hagakure remarked, glancing at the names along the front of the panel and noting some of the top members of the industry would be presiding over this particular questioning session, certainly higher grade than would be typical for a case like this.

“I assumed they would,” Nezu replied, having spotted the same thing.

Across the way, Mina could spy a television on wheels set up beside the prosecutor, though the screen was empty for now. She figured that was how they were going to see Slice and potentially get her side of the story without her leaving the jail. Mina only hoped the screen wouldn’t be glaring at her for the entire event.

Her heart sank as the monitor was soon turned on and she spied what could only be Slice staring into the camera. It was only now that she could see the full effects her acid had had on the woman; her hair all but gone with only a few strands here and there remaining. Thankfully, there didn’t seem to be much in the way of burn scars or soreness on her scalp, which could only be a good thing at this stage, despite the poor situation. The woman was in cuffs, dressed in an orange jumpsuit, and sat on an unremarkable chair that looked bolted to the floor. It didn’t seem like she could see what was currently going on in the room, nor see Mina herself, so she was grateful for that at least.

Before long, the last of the panel’s members had taken their seats and one of the guards, likely what was serving as a bailiff Mina figured, called for everyone to quieten down and that the questioning would now begin. The shuffling of papers soon settled too as the lead examiner tapped on his microphone.

“Presiding for this session, I am Fuseina Bengoshi, head of the law department for the HPSC,” the man spoke, a commanding tone in his voice that almost demanded attention.

“Woof, representing an independent branch of the police force, I am Kenji Tsuragamae, the chief for the Hosu branch,” the beagle-headed man announced.

“Equipped Hero: Yoroi Musha, representing the hero perspective,” the armoured samurai declared. Mina guessed the number nine ranked hero couldn’t’ve been comfortable sitting there in his full armoured outfit.

“Rin Yaritezawa, representing independent law firm ‘Nishimura & Asahi’,” a black haired woman declared.”

“And Shōjiki Hito for the Hero law firm ‘Kannagi Heroics’,” the final, red haired woman stated who had an otter-like appearance.

“Before we begin, have any settlements been offered?” Bengoshi enquired.

“Yes sir,” Otoko answered.

“Was a settlement agreed upon?”

“No sir,” both Hagakure and Otoko replied.

“This session will proceed as planned,” the legal head continued, turning a paper. “We’re here today to establish the facts of a case brought before the Hero Association of one Kiruka Hasaki v. ‘Pinky’ on the basis of gross negligence, malicious intent to maim, grievous bodily harm, abuse of authority, excessive use of force, and reckless use of quirk. Pinky, if you could take the stand.”

Mina took a breath before rising from her spot and proceeding round until she sat at the witness booth with her back to the audience, though from the stationary cameras positioned behind the panel, she was likely still being watched by thousands.

“Please confirm that you are the provisional hero known as ‘Pinky’.”

“I am, sir,” Mina nodded.

“To the charge of gross negligence, how do you plead, guilty or not guilty?”

“Not guilty,” she responded, proceeding the answer the same for the five remaining charges before retaking her seat.

“Does the prosecution have an opening statement they wish to present, woof?” Tsuragamae spoke up.

“Yes sir,” Otoko nodded and rose from his seat. “Good morning all, my name is Otoko, prosecution lawyer for the aggrieved. My client, Miss Kiruka Hasaki, has been treated unfairly by the heroes and the media throughout this whole debacle. Though they are all more than happy to paint her as a villain, in reality, what we have is a set of unfortunate circumstances that led to the perfect storm of my client taking the worst of both sides. Kidnapped and forced to do their evil bidding by a heinous ringleader who threatened to end her life had she not acted in the way she did, Kiruka reluctantly carried out her orders while trying to minimize her involvement and damages she was forced to do. When she was separated from her captor by the heroes, instead of listening to her heartfelt pleas for sanctuary and amnesty, the heroes sought to murder her in turn as justice for the death of one of their own. Their hands were only stayed once the provisional hero known as ‘Pinky’ had inflicted painful and permanent retribution on my client that she deemed more ‘satisfying’ than seeing her dead so quickly, burning away her hair, which was the quirk she’d used to defend herself, and ensuring she could never regrow it again. These are not the actions of a hero the public needs patrolling their streets, she is a dangerous threat that my client simply wants to see removed from a position she has already abused before she hurts anyone else. Today, you will hear testimony and evidence corroborating this claim from my client and the real villains of this case. I ask that the panel give my client the chance to finally explain her side of this biased tale that the heroes have denied her.”

Mina bristled at the blatant lies being spewed by the opposing lawyer as he retook his seat, already trying to paint Slice as the innocent one while disparaging all the other potential witnesses, but she had to reluctantly concede that their story had been woven well. There was enough reason to cast doubt on just knowing the official story of events on Nabu that had had to come from Nezu instead of the HPSC. Glancing nervously at her principal, she sincerely hoped the chimera and girlfriend’s dad were as good as they proclaimed.

Sensing her anxiety rising, Nezu caught the pinkette’s eye and gave her a small smile and nod to assure her everything was still going according to plan.

“Thank you, Mr Otoko,” Tsuragamae nodded, “and for the defence, woof?”

“Yes sir,” Hagakure nodded and similarly rose to address the panel. “Good morning everyone, my name is Hagakure, defence lawyer for the accused. Though we are all here today to discuss the validity of crimes levied against my client, Pinky, this case is rather simple in nature. During the events on Nabu, where my client took part in an effort to repel a villain attack and protect civilians from the devastation caused by their quirks, she encountered Kiruka Hasaki who wasted no time in trying to exercise her quirk to injure, maim, dismember, or kill my client, her heroic classmates, and those they were sworn to protect as heroes. My client’s quirk proved a natural counter to Miss Hasaki’s, who was defeated and arrested along with her compatriots once the dust had settled but after they had already claimed the life of an established pro hero. This case is nothing more than the desperate ploy of a villain to try to escape justice like we have seen a hundred times before. Today, you will hear testimony and evidence that my client not only acted decisively to protect innocents, but that she upheld the law and used her quirk responsibly and within reason to disarm and subdue her opponent with minimal damage and great control despite the distressing circumstances against a villain who had every intention of taking her life and the lives of others. As a result, you will likely find little to no reason to validate this case for it to proceed to criminal court, nor levy any punishments against my client.”

“Thank you Mr Hagakure,” the chief of police nodded again as the man returned to his seat. “We shall start proceedings with the prosecution’s witnesses.”

“The prosecution calls Kiruka Hasaki to the stand,” Otoko announced.

It was a little awkward watching a guard move the TV unit around to the witness stand, especially with the squeaky wheel, but soon enough Kiruka’s visage was facing the panel. With the stand being somewhat between the opposing benches and the gallery, Mina and the others could get an angle on the screen. Having clearly been informed that she was about to be heard, Slice sat up straight, tried to look as innocent as she could, and attempted to brush her hair back out of habit only for her smile to fall somewhat at the reminder of what she’d lost.

With a press of a button by the legal head, the screen was unmuted and Slice could now see and hear the room on the other end.

“Good morning Miss Hasaki, how are you doing today?” The legal head asked politely.

“As well as I can be sir,” Kiruka Hasaki replied with equal civility, the almost sickly sweet tone coming out of her mouth sounding incredibly fake to Mina considering how gleeful her words wore about murder when they fought.

The bailiff who’d moved the screen now walked around to the front of Slice’s view and addressed her directly.

“Please raise your right hand and repeat after me,” he requested as Slice did so as well as she could considering her cuffed wrists. “The statements I shall make before the panel shall be in the whole nothing but the truth.”

Slice repeated as requested.

“Please state your name for the proceedings.”

“Kiruka Hasaki.”

The bailiff nodded and returned to his place to the side of the screen while Otoko rose from his spot and moved around the bench to stand before Kiruka’s visage so she could see who was speaking.

“Miss Hasaki,” he began, “would you please explain for the panel, in your own words, how exactly you came to be on the island of Nabu and found yourself at the mercy of this so-called ‘hero’.”

“I’ll try,” Hasaki sniffed, “it’s… hard to relive such a traumatic time.”

“I understand that, Miss Hasaki,” Otoko comforted, his sympathetic tone and Slice’s obviously fake remorse causing Mina to barely supress the urge to roll her eyes.

“W-Well, I guess it began when my home was invaded,” Slice began. “I don’t know how, or why, but they decided I would be useful to their misguided cause. M-Maybe it was out of a sense of power, or lust, but after I tried to fend them off with my quirk, I was subdued, kidnapped, and taken with them.”

“‘Them’ being who, Miss Hasaki?” Otoko attempted to clarify.

“The one known as ‘Nine’ and his enforcer, ‘Chimera’,” Slice responded. “They dragged me with them where I was compelled to… serve Nine in whatever capacity he saw fit. I was certain that if I didn’t comply, I would be f-fed to Chimera who made me feel unsafe in every sense of the word. When the one they called ‘Mummy’ joined, he used his quirk to control my body and they manipulated me like a puppet, a plaything, a slave. Even when every fibre of my being wanted to resist, I was forced to partake in unspeakable acts.” The woman wiped away errant moisture that had built up in her eyes and sniffed again. “My life wasn’t my own for months, and I considered ending it all if not for the hope that brave and noble heroes would one day rescue me from my tortuous prison.”

“So you’re stating that even before you arrived on Nabu, your actions were not your own?” Otoko clarified for the panel.

“That’s unfortunately correct,” Slice nodded despondently.

“In which case, could you proceed to the events of the eighteenth of December and explain exactly how the supposed ‘heroes’ of the island failed in their duties to recognise and free you from your plight.”

“O-Of course,” Slice’s voice faltered again. “After stowing away on a ferry and hijacking it on the way to the island, Mummy forced me to use my quirk to obliterate the harbour’s supply of ships. I can still feel his irritating bandages wrapped around my body,” she shivered. “A-After that, Mummy and Chimera took off to accomplish their goals while Nine dragged me along with him.”

“Do you know what exactly it was that Nine was after?” Otoko asked.

“I believe it was a young child,” Slice admitted. “For someone so young to be involved… before all this, I wished for children of my own someday. The thought of someone targeting them like that makes me sick to my stomach.”

“Were you not compelled to run from Nine when the opportunity presented itself while he was pursuing his supposed goal?”

“He had some sort of quirk that allowed him to see through and scan things; I knew he’d be able to find me if I tried to escape. I was tempted to make a break for it when he engaged in battle against some of the ‘heroes’, but they ran away like cowards when I called out to them. Nine had suffered damage battling them, but he still had enough strength to… threaten my life once again if I didn’t help him. He almost blasted me with a Bullet Laser beam when I didn’t respond fast enough and was compelled to comply should the next one not miss. I was so close to freedom, but the ‘heroes’ failed me.”

Mina was getting incensed now. She almost wished Mr Hagakure or Nezu could call for an objection or something but knew that wasn’t how this worked. They were stuck listening to this drivel; at least until Mr Hagakure could cross-examine Slice anyway.

“There was already a meetup place planned by the others and I was forced to take Nine there to meet up with them. When Chimera arrived, I thought he would kill me because of the state Nine was in,” Slice rubbed as best she could at her shoulders. “I can still feel the claw marks where he pinned me to the wall, his jaws inches away from r-ripping out my throat,” she sniffled again.

“Where did he grab you Miss Hasaki?”

“A-Around my shoulders,” Slice gestured. “His claws were so big it felt like he could snap me like a twig.”

“I now present the panel with a photo taken during Miss Hasaki’s medical examination after her arrest,” Otoko approached the bailiff who distributed a pair of papers to each of the panel members. “The doctor examining Miss Hasaki’s wounds concluded that there was notable bruising around her shoulders where a large force likely grabbed and restrained her.”

Mina didn’t like the look of the panel members who seemed to be considering whatever ‘proof’ this was as validation of Slice’s fantasy tale.

“Miss Hasaki, please continue,” the legal head motioned to the screen when it seemed all the panel members had gotten a good look at the evidence presented.

“Yes sir,” Slice bowed politely. “I got what little rest I could while Chimera kept watch over Nine. When Mummy didn’t show up, I think he thought it was somehow my fault. Despite everything, Nine was back on his feet by the morning and wanted to pursue the heroes further to get at the child. It was then I saw that Chimera had taken a prisoner, one of the heroes called um, ‘Midnight’. She looked like she’d been tortured and kept out in the rain all night out of Chimera’s twisted sadism. My heart went out to her, but there was nothing I could do. When the others were ready to move, they discovered the other ‘heroes’ had decided to hold up in some ruins on a smaller islet where all the island’s civilians had been coerced into taking refuge. I don’t know why the ‘heroes’ decided to put all those people at risk as Nine was only after one child.”

“Stay on topic, Miss Hasaki, woof,” Tsuragamae chided, “we’re discussing your perspective of events, not your speculations on the heroes’ actions.”

“You’re right, my apologies,” Slice bowed lightly. “It was then Nine tried to offer the ‘heroes’ a deal, that he’d give back their teacher and leave the island with no further bloodshed if they just gave him the boy. At first it seemed like the ‘heroes’ were considering it, which I found shocking-”

“Miss Hasaki,” Tsuragamae warned again.

“It’s relevant, sir,” Otoko bowed to the police chief.

Slice had paused in her retelling but continued when there was no further dissuasion.

“I-I thought they were considering it, but they were just getting into position to make an overconfident rescue attempt,” she sighed. “Despite a sneak attack on Nine, he was too powerful, and before the one they sent could get away with their teacher, Nine unleashed his wrath and killed her.”

Over at the defence bench, Nezu’s fur bristled while Mina couldn’t help feel a pang of pain at the reminder of what they’d lost that day.

“So you had no part in the death of the hero known as ‘Midnight’?” Otoko asked.

“Not at all,” Slice confirmed as the panel continued to note things down. “Even I could tell that Nine wasn’t yet back at full strength and he compelled Chimera and I to press on and not to stop until we’d gotten the child for him. It didn’t take long after that for the ‘heroes’ to try and spring their second trap, unleashing a barrage of artillery down on us. It was both a blessing and a curse as, while I was able to dodge and get away from Nine and Chimera without suspicion, I’d fallen into a cave where two ‘heroes’ bent on vengeance for their fallen teacher lay in wait.”

Mina felt the hairs on the back of her neck stand on end as, even without looking, she could feel the eyes of everyone in the room and possibly many more around the country all looking at her right then.

“What were the names of these ‘heroes’?” Otoko asked with a touch of derision in his own tone now.

“I believe one was called ‘Tsukuyomi’, and the other was definitely ‘Pinky’,” Slice answered truthfully.

“And, after you appeared before them, how did they react?”

“W-Well,” Slice hesitated to continue, appearing to all the world as though she were scared to speak up. “T-Tsukuyomi brandished a pair of fearsome claws while using what I can only assume was his bird-quirk-thing as I tried to explain myself. He said he didn’t want to hear it and attacked me, forcing me to defend myself with my quirk. It was tough but I managed to defend myself and regretfully force the ‘hero’ back for my own safety and that’s when Pinky attacked. I pleaded with her to listen to me but she was having none of it, yelling out things like, ‘people like you don’t deserve a quirk’ before robbing me of the one method I had to defend myself and permanently scarring me in the process. The doctors have tried their best but… my lovely hair will never be the same as it once was.”

“A permanent injury inflicted on someone who wasn’t looking for a fight,” Otoko declared to the panel. “Do these actions sound like they’re from a future ‘hero’ that would ‘defend’ our streets and our people?”

“That’s enough, Mr Otoko,” Tsuragamae stated. “It seems I must remind you that you are here solely to facilitate the context of the evidence you have gathered, woof.”

“I apologize, sir,” Otoko bowed lightly to the panel, “the plight of my client and the distress she is suffered is something I feel must be emphasized to illuminate how egregious this ‘provisional hero’s’ judgement was.”

Tsuragamae didn’t seemed to be moved by the words however.

“If you are incapable of drifting into the realm of speculation, I remind you that you yourself could be subject to penalization for wasting official time and resources, woof.”

“I shall refrain from doing so again, sir,” Otoko bowed a little lower this time.

“Don’t be so hasty, Tsuragamae,” the legal head interjected. “Let’s not forget we are here to determine Pinky’s actions and this event has clearly bestowed some distress on this woman; villain or not.”

The police chief sent an unimpressed look at the legal head who had more authority than him in this position as head of the panel and gave a soft grunt of acceptance.

Turning back to his client on the screen, Otoko resumed his questioning.

“Miss Hasaki, you mentioned that one of the heroes attacked you with a pair of claws. Were these constructed from the use of his quirk?”

“Uh, no,” Hasaki shook her head, “they were bladed and looked like steel, clearly intended as additional weapons. I’m just fortunate that my quirk was more than a match to defend myself.”

“I see,” Otoko nodded, “and did Pinky solely use her quirk to engage you in combat?”

“In a way,” Hasaki wobbled her head. “She also tried to drop like, hanging rocks on my head by melting them. The pointy kind that hang from the ceilings in caves.”

“I believe the word you’re looking for is ‘stalactite’,” Otoko noted before reaching for his folder of evidence papers and passing several over to the panel to be passed down. “As you can see here, the remains of the bladed gauntlets were located at the scene and corrosive abrasions on the cavern ceiling corroborate my client’s story. Though I understand there are times when heroes must go to extremes to subdue those they perceive as villains, these methods of engagement do not appear to favour subduing an opponent, rather attempting to inflict harm instead.”

“Indeed,” the legal head glanced over at Mina who tried to remain stoic and unconcerned. This had all been in the report she and the others had written at the hospital at their principal’s urging before she’d even been handed her lawsuit.

“As reported by first responders,” Otoko pulled out another set of papers and presented them to the panel, “when they arrived on the island, Miss Hasaki had not only already been maimed, but also detained in unusually strong cuffs that certainly not standard issue. Regardless of any potential threat Miss Hasaki had left, these cuffs were notably and unnecessarily excessive, created to restrain those with much higher strength. As you’ve already heard, her quirk deals with the manipulation of her hair with nothing suggesting she bears any sort of physical threat without it. The use of such cuffs on one who doesn’t require them is analogous to hunting a rabbit with an elephant gun.”

Mina lightly shook her head. She’d read up on the laws about detaining villains as a hero and nowhere was there any kind of mention of some sort of ‘cuff strength’ relative to ‘villain strength’ that should be adhered to.

Otoko, having suitably gotten all he needed from Slice for now, wrapped up his examination.

“No further questions,” he declared before sitting back down.

“Very well,” the legal head nodded, making a note on his documentation. “Will the defence be cross-examining Miss Hasaki?”

“We will, sir,” Mr Hagakure nodded, rising from his seat as the audience almost noticeably leaned forward in anticipation.

Slice herself regarded the somewhat invisible man curiously, raising a brow as his image as presented to her.


“Miss Hasaki, ‘Kiruka Hasaki’ is your legal name, correct?” Mr Hagakure asked innocuously.

“Yes,” Slice raised a brow.

“That’s the name you were previously employed under and how you received your pay, correct?”

“If you could call that pay,” Slice scoffed, reminded of her former menial job as hairdresser.

“Yes or no, Miss Hasaki?” Mr Hagakure pressed.

“Yes,” Slice rolled her eyes.

“So then that would also be the name you rented under, correct?”

“Yes.”

“Then this signature on a rental agreement for an apartment at eight-four-three Uso-tsuki way is also yours, yes?” Mr Hagakure presented the web camera beaming the room’s image with the slip of paper he’d managed to request and acquire for this case.

“Looks like it,” Slice shrugged, being able to somewhat make out her signature through the less than high-definition image.

“Then, is this your apartment?” Mr Hagakure presented another image, this one showing a rather squalid looking apartment with ripped wallpaper, shattered windows, and clothes, drink cans, food packets and other trash strewn about the place.

“Yeah,” Slice replied again. “It looks a lot worse than when I was abducted.”

“Could you explain how it looked as you remember it please?”

“Well, all my shi… stuff wasn’t everywhere,” Slice remarked with a touch of derision, despite knowing that was pretty much how her apartment had looked most of the time. “Windows obviously weren’t shattered and you can see the marks in the walls where I tried to fight off Nine and Chimera.”

“These marks?” Mr Hagakure pointed out, identifying several large gashes in the wall that were too numerous to be claw swipes.

“Yes,” Slice confirmed. The fact that they were just marks she’d made in frustration, lashing out with her quirk at her shitty life and situation now led to helping her case felt like Otoko knew what he was doing when they’d woven this story together.

“Did you do anything in particular prior to this that may have drawn the villain’s attention?

“Are you trying to victim blame?” Slice questioned back with a raised brow, getting a small murmur of reaction out of the crowd behind her. 

“Not at all, Miss Hasaki,” Mr Hagakure denied. “With a quirk such as yours, listed in the government database as ‘Hair Manipulation’, I’d imagine it simply remains relatively invisible to casual observers most of the time. I am simply curious to get to the bottom of how and why you specifically were targeted to be forced into compliance.”

“I didn’t do anything unusual to stand out,” Slice shrugged. “Maybe they broke into the government’s quirk database or something.”

“Ahem,” the legal head of the panel cleared his throat. “There have been no known data breaches of our records in the past couple of years at least. Please refrain from such speculation.”

“M-My apologies sir,” Slice quickly bowed her head and apologized. “To clarify um, I do not know how or why I was targeted specifically.”

“I see,” Mr Hagakure noted. “Putting aside the why, could you clarify exactly how your home was invaded?”

“Uh, sure,” Slice nodded. “Nine and Chimera got in, demanded I come with them, and when I declined, they told me it wasn’t a request and attacked me. I reluctantly used my quirk to defend myself at this point but it was purely in self-defence.”

“Understandable in such a situation,” Mr Hagakure nodded, “but how exactly did they get in?”

“Forced their way in of course,” Slice replied curtly.

“I see. Was this through one of the windows?”

“No,” Slice repressed the urge to roll her eyes. “Through the front door.”

“Forcing it open or picking the lock?” Mr Hagakure asked quickly.

Before Slice could answer, the legal head spoke up once more.

“How is this relevant, Mr Hagakure?”

“Clarifying events, sir,” Mr Hagakure replied warily, hoping he wasn’t being forced to tip his hand early but the momentary pause in questions had allowed Slice to gather her thoughts.

“They didn’t do either,” she answered with a hint of a smirk on her face. “They rang the bell and I foolishly opened the door. After our little scuffle I was knocked out so I don’t know what they did to my place after that.”

Mr Hagakure’s eyes narrowed in frustration. He’d been hoping Slice hadn’t been taking his questions seriously and hadn’t thought through her story as well as she had. There were no signs of a break-in of the apartment despite the shattered windows any reasonable sized human couldn’t enter through without cutting themselves, nor any evidence of Nine and Chimera being there. He’d been hoping to catch her in a lie by saying they forced the door but clearly she’d factored that in.

He’d have to be smarter with his questions.

“Before your involvement with Nine and his criminal group, did you exercise regularly, Miss Hasaki?” Mr Hagakure asked.

“I did gymnastics in my youth and can still perform a few moves,” Slice replied casually.

“Any self-defence skills or classes?”

“None to speak of.”

“Would you say you are a skilled fighter, Miss Hasaki?”

“No,” Slice replied simply.

“How about your quirk, do you regularly practise with that?”

“I have dabbled, as most people have, in the safety and privacy of my own home.”

“Would you say you are particularly skilled in the use of your quirk?”

“I was content with my ability to use my quirk to defend myself should the need arise,” Slice replied with a touch of snark in her tone. “Being unable to train properly however, I was unable to defend myself when those who use their quirks freely come knocking.”

“And how exactly would your quirk allow you to do that?”

“I could freely manipulate my hair and harden it into a defensive shield,” Slice explained.

“You mentioned in your testimony that you were forced to ‘obliterate the harbour’s supply of ships’. Did you use your quirk to do that?”

“… Yes,” Slice reluctantly admitted.

“How did you do that?” Mr Hagakure pressed.

“I was also able to… release strands of my hair as hardened projectiles,” Slice admitted. “It’s not an aspect of my quirk I enjoy using.”

“I see,” Mr Hagakure reached for his folder of evidence again. “So this destruction here is a result of your reluctant use of quirk when forced by your captives?” He held up a picture of the Nabu dockyard where hardened hair strands were embedded into ship debris as well as the concrete at the edge of the docks where she’d indiscriminately fired.

“That’s correct,” Slice confirmed.

“A number of shots appear to have missed their intended targets and ended up hitting damaging the surrounding area, would you say this is indicative of your typical aim?”

“As you know, I was forced to do this against my will, I wasn’t exactly concentrating on trying to hit the targets to the best of my ability, just enough to satisfy my captors’ demands.”

“And how about these?” Mr Hagakure presented new images to the woman, images featuring the same hardened strands embedded into security cameras. “Are these also a result of your quirk?”

A slightly sour look overtook Slice’s face before she responded again.

“Against my will,” Slice reminded with Mr Hagakure nodding doubtfully.

“These latter images were taken from the area around several crime scenes across Japan where heroes were attacked and their quirks stolen in the run up to Nine and his gang’s attack on Nabu,” Mr Hagakure explained as he passed the pictures to the panel. “As you can see, several security cameras that could possibly capture who was behind the attacks were methodically destroyed from afar with pin-point accuracy as the perpetrators were not caught on camera. This demonstrates that either Miss Kiruka is more skilled with her quirk than she suggests, or, that she was using her quirk calmly without the ‘duress’ she experienced on the ferry as a willing member of Nine’s unit.”

Slice looked like she wanted to object but just barely held her tongue as her representative beat her to it.

“That’s speculation and leading the panel.”

“Agreed,” the legal head noted, raising a warning brow towards the invisible man. “We are able to make our own deductions about the situation Mr Hagakure. That’s why we’re here after all.”

“Of course,” Mr Hagakure bowed politely but felt the mild scolding was worth it to poke their first hole in the villain’s story.

Turning back to the villain, he started preparing to highlight another inconsistency.

“You mentioned you were present at the scene where the one known as ‘Nine’ was nearly beaten and captured by the heroes, correct?”

“That is correct,” Slice replied.

“Could you please list all the people present to the best of your recollection? General descriptions will do fine if you are not aware of the names.”

“Oh, uh,” Slice hesitated. “Well, there was Nine and I, along with the child he coveted and his sister along with the two heroes who tried to fight him off; one dressed in green with green hair and the other was mostly in black with blond hair.”

“And were these the heroes who ‘ran off’ when you called out to them?” Mr Hagakure asked curiously. Slice looked unsure for a moment before replying again.

“They were injured fighting Nine. Three other ‘heroes’ appeared to cover their retreat while ignoring my pleas for help. One with weird, extra arms and a face mask, another that had a long tongue of sorts, and one dressed in yellow, red, and orange,” Slice stated, her voice deepening ever so slightly at the last description.

“Thank you, Miss Hasaki,” Mr Hagakure nodded, having gotten what he needed to set them up later down the line. “Do you remember the outfit that you were wearing at the time of your arrest?” Mr Hagakure asked.

“I do,” Slice nodded.

“Could you please describe it to the best of your recollection?”

“I didn’t much care for it,” Slice shrugged. “It was provided to me by Chimera.”

“Please answer the question, Miss Hasaki,” Mr Hagakure pressed.

Slice rolled her eyes and answered but she already knew what the man was looking for.

“I was wearing a pale purple blouse with frilled cuffs under a short, navy blue dress and a thick triple belt makes it look like a corset. There was also thigh-high purple socks and a pair of black boots.”

“Anything else?”

“The choker I guess, but that was mine. If you’re trying to ask what kind of underwear I was wearing then shove off, creep.”

Mr Hagakure was glad even the HPSC member found this too much as his reprimand of her gave him a moment to shake off his frustration of the intentional slander while he grabbed a picture from his folder.

“Miss Hasaki, is this the outfit that you wore?” He presented the image of Slice’s clothes arranged presentably on a white backdrop where they’d clearly been lain out for photographing after she’d been imprisoned.

“That’s it,” she confirmed. “Minus the gloves anyway.”

“Are the gloves not yours?” Mr Hagakure queried, having been ready for this and producing an image solely of the gloves without the rest of the outfit and clearly displaying the blades at the fingertips which were chipped and worn from battle.

“They weren’t part of the outfit I was given,” Slice shrugged.

“It was written in the police report that you were arrested while wearing these gloves. How did they appear on your hands, in an appropriate, fitting size, if they were not yours?”

“I remember seeing them on my hands after I woke up and that’s it,” Slice shrugged again. “I’ll bet one of those two heroes planted them on me after maiming me and knocking me out.”

“Woof, Miss Hasaki, your representative has already been warned about speculation,” the dog-headed police chief warned again. “Do not make us warn you a third time.”

“Understood,” Slice tilted her head as Mr Hagakure continued with his cross-examination.

“So, despite the blades on these gloves bearing some damage from colliding with a similarly strengthened bladed object and having some slight acidic residue, you have no recollection of ever owning these gloves?”

“That’s correct,” Slice confirmed again.

“The rest of the outfit is entirely yours though?”

“I already said so, yes,” Slice repeated, getting a little annoyed now.

“Miss Hasaki has confirmed the boots are hers. As you can see from this image,” Mr Hagakure presented a close up shot of Slice’s footwear to the panel, “they contained hidden blades; one in each foot. Examination of the blades reveals that they also received similar damage to the clawed gloves. If Miss Hasaki’s tale is to be believed, how would these blades have received such damage if not during the same battle with the same people?”

Slice’s face tensed and her nose flared. She’d been so focused on the gloves she’d forgotten about her damn boots!

“The defence has no more questions,” Mr Hagakure announced, sitting down as the panel made a few last notes of their own.

After a few moments of silence, the legal head spoke up.

“The panel will now pose any remaining questions we have,” he declared before glancing along to the right end of the desk, then to the other. While there were a number of things he wanted to clarify, this was a golden opportunity to try and extract more information about how exactly Nine gained All-For-One’s powers. All of the villains had been extremely tight lipped when visited by the HPSC representatives after incarceration but maybe they’d be a bit more willing to divulge what they knew while already answering questions.

“It has been reported that the one known as Nine had multiple quirks. In your testimony you mentioned that a ‘scanning’ quirk was one such quirk as well as ‘Bullet Lasers’, correct?” The legal head began.

“That’s correct,” Slice nodded.

“Could you please list all the ones you believe he had?”

Slice, somewhat reluctantly, detailed all of Nine’s quirks: Bullet Laser, Scanning, Air Wall, Hydra, the insufficient Cell Activation quirk, and Weather Manipulation, though she also mentioned that he may have had further ones she didn’t know about.

“That lines up with what we suspected,” the legal head muttered, making a note on his pad.  “And how exactly was this possible?”

“I’m afraid I wasn’t privy to the details of that,” Slice lied, a small amount of worry on her face. “Nine disappeared for a while and returned without saying anything about it.”

“How long was Nine gone before he developed the ability to take quirks?” Tsuragamae questioned next.

“Two months,” Slice confirmed. “At least, I think so. The days kinda blended together after a while.”

“Why did you not try to escape captivity earlier, woof?” Tsuragamae asked curiously. “Your best chance seems to have been during that time.”

“I was locked away in the safe house where Chimera and Mummy were staying to lay low while Nine was gone. Chimera warned me that, even if I did escape, he’d be able to track me down with his beastly sense of smell.”

Tsuragamae quirked a lip at the description but didn’t comment on it further, knowing his own enhanced nose had helped crack a few cases in the past when he was a detective.

“And where was this safe house located?” Another panel member questioned.

“Uh… I don’t know,” Slice fumbled. “They uh… um… blindfolded me when they first took me there.”

The answer raised a few brows but the woman wasn’t pressed any further.

Tsuragamae opened the folder he’d brought along and pulled out a report he intended to follow up on.

“You’ve mentioned that your quirk can be used both defensively and offensively. Could you please detail the more offensive applications of your quirk, woof?”

“Um, certainly,” Slice hesitated momentarily. “As you know I could fire my hair out as hardened projectiles and, um… I guess I could’ve used it to wrap someone up in and restrain them.”

“I see, is that it?” Tsuragamae pressed.

“Well, maybe I could’ve hit people when I made my whole hair hard to shield myself,” Slice added. “But I can’t do any of those things now,” she gestured to her follicle challenged head.

“Would it have been possible for you to harden your hair whilst attempting to wrap someone up with it?” Tsuragamae followed up.

“Is there a point to this?” The legal head muttered but Tsuragamae ignored him.

“Maybe, but I’ve never really tried that,” Slice lied.

“Then could you please explain these scratches to me?” Tsuragamae held up the image of Slice’s apartment where the woman had admitted the markings on the wall had been caused by her. “These do not look like puncture marks from your other technique and you stated they were caused during your scuffle with the villains.”

“Uh…” Slice paused, trying to think of something clever. “Well, I knew I had to try something desperate to try and fend them off so maybe I hardened my hair while trying to restrain them?”

“You sound unsure, woof,” Tsuragamae challenged.

“I’m sorry, it all happened so fast and it was a while ago,” Slice attempted to deflect. “I can’t exactly remember every detail of my abduction.”

“Hmph,” the police chief huffed, knowing the woman was clearly lying at this point. Prying the truth from her directly wasn’t working so maybe a slightly more sympathetic approach. “You do not have to hide the facts Miss Hasaki. Even if you attempted to use your quirk offensively to harm the villains who invaded your home, you will not be judged or punished for defending yourself.”

“I’m sorry,” Slice shrugged again. “I was using my quirk in a panic and probably just scrapped the wall when I was thrown into it.”

Tsuragamae wasn’t convinced but figured he wasn’t going to get the real answer out of the woman.

The exchange hadn’t been for nothing as Mr Hagakure knew exactly what the police chief was fishing for. Unfortunately, he’d have to wait until he could present their witnesses to get his answer.

“Miss Hasaki,” the legal head spoke up again. “This case has been brought to us for review yet as you have admitted in your own testimony you’ve caused damage that cannot be ignored or unpunished. As you can imagine, there is no doubt you are facing jail time for your participation regardless of being coerced into your actions or not, so why are you so intent on bringing Pinky’s alleged actions to our attention?”

Slice couldn’t have asked for a better set up if she’d planned it herself.

“I know I’ve done wrong, and I deserve to be punished for my involvement and the hurt I caused regardless of my willingness, but the enraged look in those heroes eyes, the fear they stirred in my heart, and the satisfaction I saw as Pinky permanently maimed me… no one should ever have to suffer the same fate under the guise of ‘justice’. If my words can protect even one more person from being subjected to such a horrid, painful fate then I can serve my sentence in peace.”

Mina felt her stomach drop as she almost bought the woman’s words herself for a moment. She was clearly manipulating everyone with her made up sob-story to try and buy some sympathy. The worst part was, glancing at both the panel and the gallery, it seemed to be at least somewhat working.

“Your position and comments have been noted and will be taken into account, Miss Hasaki. If there are no more questions?” The legal head glanced up and down the panel, getting small head shakes from everyone. “We shall resume with the prosecution’s next witness.”


“The prosecution calls Hoyo Makihara to the stand,” Otoko declared.

As Mina expected from not recognising the name, instead of moving the TV away from the witness stand, the screen changed to display a familiar face in an almost identical room to Slice’s and wearing similar orange garb. Through the security cameras they’d had trained on the man while he was locked up under the factory on Nabu, Mina had had plenty of time to glare at the face of the one who’d forced her Starlight to ‘Go Beyond’ and injure herself as Mummy sat there patiently, waiting to be addressed.

Even Mr Hagakure seemed to be affected, his eyes narrowed and hands clenched as he recognised the man from the details she’d given him about why exactly his daughter ended up in hospital.

The bailiff stepped up once more and swore the man in, confirming his name and that he’d be telling the whole truth which Mina very much doubted.

As before, Otoko’s first question for the villain was to give his version of events from the start of his and his companions’ assault on Nabu until the point where he was taken into custody by the Japanese Self-Defence Force.

Mummy then proceeded to spin a tale to the panel similar to Slice’s: how he joined the group and helped keep Slice hostage while Nine left and later returned with a new ability, how their group then picked off several heroes to steal their quirks, and then journeyed to Nabu to get the final piece of the puzzle, only for him to be defeated by an invisible girl manipulating light.

Internally, Mina couldn’t help but feel pride for her girlfriend’s efforts with her worry much more muted now that she was definitely alive and well. By her side, she could tell Mr Hagakure was having a small issue listening to how Aoyama had been puppeteered around while Tooru had been practically played with before she managed to overcome the villain but he seemed able to contain himself.

There wasn’t much time to dwell on it though as, once the tale ended, Otoko proceeded to ask his more pointed questions to the imprisoned villain.

“And after you were defeated, how were you detained, Mr Makihara?”

“I was locked away in a boiler room in the basement with massive cinderblock-like restraints over my entire hands held down with thick, heavy chains and forced to sit in a restrictive iron throne with cameras and lasers on me at all times until the JSDF came to release me.”

“I present to the panel the images of the contraption the students created to hold this villain taken by investigators after the incident had concluded,” Mr Otoko presented the panel with more images. “Once again it seems these ‘heroes in training’ have exercised excessive force; it would be hard to call such confinement ‘reasonable’ considering Mr Makihara’s quirk.”

There were a number of brows raised as they viewed the image of the empty, heavy steel chair with leather restrained and oversized steel enclosed cuffs that looked like it was straight out of Tartarus. Mina refused to let what appeared to be a significant blow to her class’ judgement shake her nerves though as she knew they were in the right.

“The provisional ‘heroes’ escorted the civilians to the nearby islet ruins for protection while they battled with your former leader and companion. It seems you were left completely on your own during this time, contained in your confinement. Did you have any food or water or ability to go to the restroom?”

“No,” Makihara confirmed. “I wasn’t even told they were moving out. All I knew was that things got a lot quieter for a time before I was released.”

“So the whole class, not to mention Pinky, deliberately abandoned you and left you unguarded and isolated with no backup plan to ensure someone found you in the event they were all defeated?”

“As far as I know,” Mummy shrugged.

“Thank you for your testimony, Mr Makihara. I’m sure it has been most enlightening to everyone,” Otoko bowed politely with a more theatrical flair.

Mina was glad his testimony was fairly short all things considered. That certainly did not paint their class in a flattering light at all.


Mr Hagakure then rose to begin his cross examination of the man and hopefully do some damage control.

“Mr Makihara, could you please detail for the panel all the abilities and functions of your quirk listed officially as ‘Mummification’?”

“… Fine,” Mummy agreed after a moment. “I can manipulate and control medical grade bandages at will so long as I’m touching them. If I wrap something up completely with them, I can give it the appearance of a golem or mummy and have it move around with arms and legs. My quirk only affects non-living objects however.”

“So you cannot take control of humans directly?”

“No.”

“What about their clothes.”

“… That I can do.”

“That’s a clever bypass to your quirks limitation.”

“Yes,” Mummy’s expression darkened. “It’s especially satisfying when I take control of a hero. Watching them wriggle and panic in my grasp is delightful until I can crush them with their own costume and gadgets that are meant to protect them,” he chucked darkly. “There’s a reason my bandages were red.”

Mr Hagakure, a number of other people around the room, and likely many watching from home had to take a moment to process that fact.

Back at the dorms, where class 1-A were all gathered around the common room TV, Aoyama let out a small whimper as his biggest fear in that moment was clearly not unfounded. Beside him, Tooru reached over and slowly stroked his back as Ochako clasped Tooru’s other hand.

“Mr Makihara, are there any more facets to your quirk you have yet to divulge?” Mr Hagakure began again.

“No,” he replied simply.

“So it’s not possible for you to force another person ensnared in your quirk to use their own in the manner you desire?”

“Yes,” he admitted.

“Miss Hasaki reported to us that you forced her to use her quirk to destroy Nabu’s ships in the dockyard. Are you saying that this is beyond your quirk’s capabilities?”

“Coercion,” Mummy replied simply with a darker tone, his eyes glancing over at the prosecution’s side, “is a powerful tool; with or without the use of a quirk.”

“I see,” Mr Hagakure’s eyes narrowed. If Otoko noticed the subtle accusation, he didn’t react, appearing to be content watching things play out as they had been so far.

Once more, Mr Hagakure wrapped up his questions and retook his seat. There wasn’t much he could do to discredit Slice through Mummy, especially if he was singing the same tune as her about events no one but the villains could validate.

Much like before, as those in the panel prepared their own clarifying enquiries, the legal head took a straightforward approach to what he was clearly interested in.

“Your boss, Nine, has been confirmed to have had multiple quirks. Do you have any idea how he achieved this feat?”

“… No,” Mummy replied simply with a touch of hesitation.

“Are you sure?” The legal head pressed again.

“Yes,” Mummy replied more quickly this time. “He left us for a while and returned with the ability. That’s all I know.”

It seemed this was another dead end as the legal head bitterly sat back in his chair.

“Where were you and Chimera hiding out while you kept Miss Hasaki prisoner?” Hito asked.

“I’m not sayin’,” Mummy refuted.

“Doing so will only further the hefty jail time you are already going to receive,” the otter headed woman tried to rationalise but Mummy wasn’t hearing any of it.

“I’m going away for life anyway, nothing will change” Mummy chuckled with a resigned, hollow laugh. “At least… you better hope I do.”

“I-If you cooperate then-”

“Don’t waste your energy,” Yoroi Musha spoke up, halting any further rational reasoning Hito was trying to introduce, “this villain’s path has already been set and he is unrepentant in seeing it to the end.”

“I see,” Hito sighed dejectedly.

“Though that begs the question,” Tsuragamae mused before speaking to the villain, “why are you testifying on behalf of Miss Hasaki today? It clearly doesn’t seem to be out of any goodwill you have towards her.”

“Because I felt like it,” Mummy shrugged.

“Doubtful,” Tsuragamae scoffed.

“You asked,” Mummy shot back, causing Tsuragamae to huff in a very dog-like way.

No one had any further questions and soon enough Mummy was dismissed as the channel was switched back to Slice’s. With a gesture from Otoko, the baliff also moved to begin returning the TV to its place at the prosecution’s side as the man rose to speak.


“For our next witness,” Otoko announced with a subtle smirk on his lips, “the prosecution calls Veesh Parupatiin to the stand.”

There was a small murmur among the crowd as the door by Otoko opened to allow a new person to enter. Mina’s eyebrows raced for her hairline as she recognised the mayor of Nabu who’d welcomed their class so warmly to the island. Why was he a witness for them?!

Parupatiin took to the stand and cleared his throat as the whispering in the gallery quietened once more. He was sworn in like the others as Otoko prepared his line of questions.

“Mr Parupatiin,” Otoko began. “Could you please state your occupation for the panel?”

“I am the currently serving mayor of Nabu,” Parupatiin stated clearly, his chest puffing up.

“As the mayor, what would you say your duties are?”

“To execute the will of the people whom have dutifully elected me to power and do the best I can to ensure my people have all they need to be happy, healthy, and are protected while also dealing with the typical government bureaucracy that comes with that.”

“A strong sentiment, from someone dedicated to the public good,” Otoko praised, earning some withering looks from some of the panel members. “Could you tell the panel what happened from your perspective on the day the attack your fair island?”

Mina frowned as the mayor took a deep breath to begin his story, no doubts in her mind that whatever it was wouldn’t be flattering for her and her classmates.

“If I recall correctly, it was late afternoon when the villains commandeered the ferry and made landfall. I was with the students at the time, expressing my interest in how they had gotten on as their time on the island was coming to an end when one of the student heroes, Deku I believe his name was, yelled about a potential villain attack at the harbour. Needless to say I was perplexed as we so very rarely have a villain attack I thought the young man must’ve been mistaken at first. Still, I did my duty and notified the firefighters and police. There was some confusion and panic initially as word started getting around and it was clear the villains were intent on causing destruction. During the height of the crisis, while myself and several officers and firefighters helped gather and organise the civilians to a nearby factory, the students were busy having a meeting of some kind. If it concerned the safety of my people I felt I needed to be present so, after ensuring everything was running smoothly, I tried to engage with them. Imagine my surprise when I hear they were planning on giving the young boy over to the villains to save their own skins.”

“What?!” Mina glared, only to feel ice run through her veins as almost every head snapped towards her. It seemed her internal outrage had become external.

“Miss Pinky, control yourself,” the legal head scoffed.

“S-Sorry,” Mina apologized timidly, holding her hands up before tucking them into her lap as her face enflamed with embarrassment.

“Please continue, Mr Parupatiin,” the legal head offered with a more accommodating tone.

“Thank you,” the mayor nodded with a smile. “The students knew they were outmatched: three of them were in intensive care with the doctors, including two of their self-declared ‘strongest’; some of the others had suffered less severe injuries; and their teacher was taken hostage. Even though they’d taken down one of the villains, they were clearly doubting whether they could do the same for the rest after suffering such losses. When I heard what they were planning, I confronted them immediately, telling them in no uncertain terms that I wouldn't let a single citizen come to harm; especially one as young as the boy. The heroes seemed reluctant to be dissuaded, saying that it made sense to give up one boy to protect a whole island’s worth of people but I wasn’t having any of it. Luckily, they finally saw some sense when I threatened to tell everyone what they were scheming, though it might also have been because they saw how useful the boy’s quirk was as two of their friends had been healed and were back on their feet.”

Mina didn’t think anyone other than the villains could piss her off so much today but the mayor was certainly giving it his best shot; projecting all his disgraceful actions onto their class to try and make himself look good now that the danger had long since passed. Beside her, Nezu subtly caught her eye and nodded his head. He probably already knew what the man was doing and she hoped he had something in mind to make sure he knew how important it was to tell the truth when this was all over.

“After they reluctantly conceded,” Parupatiin continued. “They resumed making their plans without me while everyone got some sleep. I thought all would be better then, but I underestimated their naivety as heroes. The civilians and I were all woken before dawn and told to grab all the provisions we could carry and head for the ruins on the islet nearby. I thought we’d be held up there, but instead, we were all confined to a cave underground with only a few weaker students to protect us. The worst part was, the students also kept the two children in the line of fire, using them as bait to lure out the villain and putting the poor dears in harm’s way. I simply do not know what they were thinking!”

“Was there anything else?” Otoko pressed.

“By the time the Japanese Self-Defence Force and proper heroes showed up, the students had lost their teacher and allowed an immense amount of damage to be inflicted upon the island by the lead villain. There was even a rockslide during the assault that I thought might’ve been it for us but thankfully the cave held, though it has now been condemned and marked as dangerous. The people of Nabu and I escaped with our lives that day, but we lost so much in the attack we would likely not’ve survived the aftermath if not for the assistance of the true heroes and the Japanese government.”

“A fair assessment given the monetary support set aside to help rebuild in recent times,” Otoko remarked. “Thank you for your testimony Mr Parupatiin.”

The mayor nodded politely as Otoko readied his questions to extract more specific details.

“As the mayor of Nabu and the first point of contact between UA’s visiting class of students and the island’s population, whom they were entrusted to protect as heroes, how would you describe UA’s notorious class 1-A’s behaviour during their time on the island before the incident?”

“Under the radar for the most part,” the mayor explained. “Our previous sole resident hero retired due to his age more than anything else. While he felt like it was time to step down, he never faltered in his duty and managed to keep the islands population content and protected. Having a near full class of students take his place left them with a lot of free time which I believe they took full advantage of.”

“Ahem,” the legal head of the HPSC interrupted. “I will remind the witness that Nabu was volunteered by yourself for the Hero Work Recommendation project. We were assured there would be sufficient opportunities for full classes to build up their skills. Are you stating that there was not, in fact, ample opportunity for hero training?”

Parupatiin’s expression fell as he realised what he’d implied.

“O-Of course not. What I meant to say was that, er, while the residents were encouraged to make full use of our ‘heroic’ guests, most of student heroes elected to ignore the more mundane calls.”

“Were many of your citizens displeased by this?” Otoko continued, undeterred by the interruption.

“Indeed, it was a subject I was hoping to broach with them while I was visiting during the villain attack, hoping they could put a bit more effort into things for the last day of their time there.”

“How about Miss Pinky’s behaviour on the island? Was there anything significant or stand-out prior to the villain attack?”

“I believe she and several other heroes caused some ruckus on the island during their stay on a supposed ‘day off’. It was so disruptive to the point that police officers were called to resolve the matter. If I recall, I believe it was to with discrimination.”

“So this isn’t the first time Miss Pinky has run afoul of the law regarding discrimination against another person?” Otoko grinned.

“Yes,” Parupatiin confirmed.

Mina’s hands clenched underneath the desk. Any gratitude and sympathy she had for the guy who’d lost his home amidst the destruction and, to her knowledge, tried to help resolve the discrimination she, Tooru, and Shoji had received was long gone at this point. The man was lying through his teeth and clearly thought he could get away with it.

“Unfortunately, our police station was destroyed amidst the fighting and storm, along with their computer servers,” the mayor admitted with a regretful tone. “I can’t help but find it curious that such an event occurred that prevented me from presenting the police report before you all today.”

“Indeed,” Otoko sent a challenging look Mina’s way but she held her tongue. “No further questions.”

Otoko sat down once more and Mr Hagakure was almost too eager to begin his own cross examination that he’d risen before the legal head had finished asking if he would be.


“Mr Parupatiin, you stated that you believed the class 1-A provisional heroes were slacking in their work efforts, correct?”

“Yes,” the mayor nodded firmly.

“Do you happen to know exactly how the ‘Hero Net’ program works?”

“The software heroes’ use?” Parupatiin questioned back, getting confirmation from Mr Hagakure. “I can’t say that I do, not being a hero myself.”

“I see,” Mr Hagakure smiled, not that anyone could see it. “So then are you aware that every call that came into the class 1-A temporary hero agency was not only automatically logged by the system, but extensive details about each request were recorded, as were which heroes responded to it, and how it was handled and resolved?”

The mayor began looking much more nervous now.

“I-I was not aware of that no,” he admitted.

“So could you please tell the panel on what you basis your claim of them ‘ignoring the mundane calls’?”

“Uh, w-well,” Parupatiin hesitated. “C-Citizens called me up personally you see, asking why the heroes were ignoring them when out and about, e-even the ones on patrol that were supposed to help with anything that pops up you see.”

“Patrols are also logged within in the system, as are incidents dealt with while on them,” Hagakure stated casually, glancing at the evidence in the folder he couldn’t yet introduce, moving onto another angle of attack. “Mr Otoko, considering this is your witness, I’m sure you have the phone records to back up this claim?”

Otoko began leafing through his documents carefully, knowing full well he wouldn’t find what he was looking for thanks to Parupatiin changing his story.

“I believe they may have been misplaced. An oversight on my part,” Otoko stated coolly. “They shall be produced in time for the trial.”

“If they are not here now then they cannot validate Mr Parupatiin’s claim,” Hagakure stated confidently, knowing full well both were lying at this point.

“I-It’s no use anyway,” Parupatiin explained. “The villains took out the communications tower even before the police station, there’s no way their records are intact.”

Mr Hagakure blinked in disbelief at the man while Otoko grit his teeth in frustration.

“Mr Parupatiin, clearly you don’t know how communications technology works. The phone company keeps complete records of all incoming and outgoing calls made and that information is certainly not stored at the communication’s relay like you seem to believe.” Hagakure then turned to the panel. “Should this case proceed, we would need to subpoena those documents from the company in question.”

“Indeed,” Yaritezawa, the black haired lawyer spoke up. “This is something that should’ve been produced as evidence for the prosecution,” she sent a look at Otoko. “As a result, there is no clear evidence beyond testimony that Pinky’s class has neglected their duties as heroes.”

Most of the other panel members nodded in agreement, though Bengoshi was clearly more reluctant to admit it.

With his point made, Mr Hagakure turned back to Parupatiin who looked a tad more perturbed about the attention now the first seeds of doubt were sprouting in his story.

“Did you talk to the students’ chaperone, the pro hero Midnight, about their alleged behaviour and the police report?”

“I did, rest her soul,” Parupatiin grew solemn, “she too was disappointed her students actions and attitude when she came to pick them up at the scene.”

“Really?” Mr Hagakure appeared surprised. “And you’re completely sure that the police servers for Nabu were unrecoverable after the villain attack?”

“I am,” Parupatiin replied confidently.

“And were the back-up servers, which should’ve been kept off-site and maintained a regular sync of all files every week if not every twenty-four hours, also unrecoverable?”

“Uh,” the mayor hesitated. “I believe so, yes.”

“Could you please identify this building for the panel?”

Mr Hagakure produced a picture of a relatively dull looking building with few windows but plenty of air conditioners with a sign out front reading ‘Nabu Retention Center’.

“Uh, that’s the retention center on Nabu,” Parupatiin blinked in confusion. “It says so right there.”

“Thank you for confirming that,” Mr Hagakure allowed a small smirk to slip onto his face. “That is indeed the Nabu Retention Center whose main function is to provide an offsite data back-up location for most of your island’s digital systems including schools, government, and, yes, police records.

Parupatiin started sweating now.

“This picture was taken after the attack on the island and things certainly seem to be fairly untouched. During my request for the police report currently in question, the Nabu police confirmed to me that, not only was the back-up storage was indeed intact and running, but it was almost completely undamaged by the harsh quirked weather due to being away from built-up areas, only suffering external damage and loss of connection when the power went down.”

For now, this was all Mr Hagakure could do to poke holes in the mayor’s story. It was a start, but it was by no means the end. While his appearance was certainly a surprise, their supporting evidence would soon tear his testimony to shreds.

“Unfortunately, the back-up servers hadn’t connected to the database for that week and there was no log of the file ever entering their system,” Mr Hagakure concluded.

That last kernel of knowledge didn’t strengthen their position, but it certainly made the man at the stand breathe a little easier and hopefully the panel noticed it too.

Once more the invisible lawyer declared an end to his questions and the panel members consolidated their notes.

With his questioning at an end, Parupatiin was allowed to step down from the stand. Unlike the villains testifying before him, he had the option to leave, though instead he had apparently decided to remain, taking his place in the gallery on a section of bench near the front that was reserved for those who were participating directly in the trial.

The man seemed to breathe a large sigh of relief now he was out of the limelight and most could tell it wasn’t the pressure getting to him.


As for the prosecution, while he still had one further witness to call, Otoko doubted the man’s intelligence to be able to follow his line of questioning in the way he wanted. While he was an excellent lawyer, there was only so much a beast like Chimera could comprehend.

He’d not been willing to do anything at first to go on the stand, even if it would absolve Hasaki of as much of the blame as they could get. It almost seemed like a lost cause, until Otoko had mentioned how it would be sticking it to UA and all the heroes that had taken him down; that got the beast to be more cooperative. Even so, he hadn’t come away from that meeting with the confidence he usually had.

No, he’d save it just in case things started turning around for the little hero and he was out of options to absolve his client otherwise.

“To conclude our initial examinations, the prosecution calls Pinky to the stand,” Otoko declared.

The time had come for Mina, who felt the eyes of the country on her once again. With a calm confidence, she rose from her seat, made her way over to the stand and took her spot, ready to tell her side of the story and be grilled by harshly no matter what.

Having been prepped by her girlfriend’s father and the principal, Mina took a steady breath as she tried to keep their warnings in the forefront of her mind; to answer the prosecution’s questions directly and not to say more than necessary or react with emotion as it would be used against her.

Watching her carefully, the HPSC head of legal congratulated himself internally. Either Nezu and her lawyer would be able to defend this young student and show that the public was right to put their faith in heroes, or they’d flounder and show that UA was failing its students. In his eyes, it was a win-win on top of publicising the whole thing so everyone could see for themselves.

After taking her place, the bailiff quickly swore Mina in with her hero name and Otoko cleared his throat to begin his questions. The anticipation of the audience could almost be felt.

“Pinky, how long have you been at UA now?” Otoko began, slightly confusing Mina on why he was asking her that of all things but she kept up her guard.

“At this point, two full terms of my first year,” Mina stated.

“So not even a full year of hero education under your belt and you already have your provisional license, is that correct?”

“Yes,” Mina confirmed, a touch of wary pride in her voice.

“And your quirk, it’s officially labelled as ‘Acid’, correct?”

“Yes.”

“Do you understand how dangerous acid can be?”

“Completely,” Mina responded seriously, wishing she could show off the age old mark on her hand as some sort of proof.

“Do you work hard in class to comprehend the material and become the best hero that deserves to serve our society?”

“Of course,” Mina nodded.

“Then why does UA’s official records list your first term’s ranking as being the second worst in your class?” Mina grimaced as Otoko produced a subpoenaed list of her class ranking at the end of the first term where she was only beaten out for the worst spot by Kaminari which was quickly followed by another document. “UA’s official records also state that you failed your final exam for that term. Are these both accurate?”

“Y-Yes,” Mina reluctantly admitted. She’d laughed and almost brushed off her ranking at the time before the exam, but now her lack of focus in the less interesting aspects of school life was coming back to bite her in the worst way.

“A strong quirk can only carry you so far it seems,” Otoko remarked with a smirk. Mina could feel her frustration rising and wanting to speak up in her own defence but now wasn’t the time, instead taking a calming breath.

“Miss Pinky, my client asserts that you were the main cause of her current state; that of being almost completely unable to use her quirk again due to the damage your own quirk has caused. Do you deny this?”

“Well, no,” Mina admitted.

“So you knowingly and intentionally used your quirk to remove my client’s ability to use hers?”

“I didn’t intend it to be permanent,” Mina asserted.

“Did you or didn’t you use your quirk to remove my client’s own?” Otoko asked again, more firmly this time.

“… Yes,” Mina reluctantly admitted.

“My client also asserted that you exchanged words during this time. Did you say to Miss Hasaki, ‘People like you don’t deserve their quirks’?” Otoko pressed.

“No,” Mina replied honestly. It was subtle, but he was clearly trying to tweak the words she’d admittedly yelled in frustration that day.

“Oh?” Otoko checked his notes. “My apologies, I believe your exact words were, ‘Someone like you doesn’t deserve their quirk’. Wasn’t that what you said to my client?”

Mina wanted to bite her tongue, to lie and simply say that it never happened since it was only her, Tokoyami, and Slice present who could validate what she’d said during that encounter, but she knew that wasn’t the kind of person she was or wanted to be.

“Yes, I said that,” Mina confirmed, her ears picking up a few murmurs from the crowd behind her.

“So you admit you openly discriminated against my client?”

“No,” Mina refuted quickly again.

“So you didn’t say it and discriminate against my client?” Otoko deliberately misinterpreted. “Either you did or you didn’t Pinky, please be clearer.”

He was trying to get under her skin and get a rise out of her but Mina refused to bite.

“I did not say what I said with the intent to discriminate against Miss Hasaki.”

Otoko opened his mouth again, likely looking to try again before another voice cut him off.

“We’ve established this Mr Otoko, please move along with your questions, woof.”

“Yes sir,” Otoko expression soured slightly. He was much more used to his tactics working in smaller courts. This higher ranked panel, the police chief especially, clearly couldn’t be ignored until he got the answer he wanted out of his opposition.

“According to Mr Parupatiin, you were involved in an incident prior to the villain attack on the island. Is that correct?”

“Yes,” Mina’s eyes narrowed.

“Yes or no, was the reason for this incident based on discrimination?”

“It was-”

“Yes or no, Miss Pinky,” Otoko quickly interjected with a smirk, clearly trying to twist things even further.

Mina set her jaw in frustration, wondering what she should do. She glanced over to Mr Hagakure and Nezu who were both visibly frustrated too, though she was sure it wasn’t at her. When she caught Nezu’s eye, he gave a small nod she hoped meant to trust him and just answer the question.

“Pinky,” the legal head spoke up, trying to suppress his own glee at the current situation that was painting UA in a very bad light. “Answer the question.”

“… Yes,” Mina answered, her whole body tense at this point.

Otoko’s grin widened in satisfaction as he moved onto his next attack.

“Pinky, could you describe for us your state of mind at the time you engaged my client?”

“Firm and focused,” Mina stated clearly.

“Really? Even after the news of your teacher’s murder by Nine?

“We… hadn’t heard about that yet,” Mina replied truthfully. “Tsukuyomi and I were stationed underground for our portion of the divide and conquer plan and had no contact with our classmates until the entire battle was over.”

“Convenient,” Otoko muttered, getting a warning look from Tsuragamae that he didn’t see. “So were you in control of your emotions at this time?”

Mina quirked a brow, wondering if he was trying to dig at her through some sort of sexist means but could brush that off easily.

“Yes,” she confirmed.

“Even when your girlfriend, Invisible Girl, was in critical condition at the time?”

Mina couldn’t help the way her jaw and chest tightened as she recalled the memory of that time.

“I was fully in control of my emotions, actions, and quirk when I subdued Miss Hasaki,” Mina stated.

“By totally maiming my client to the degree that her hair and quirk will likely never recover from?”

“I didn’t intend to-”

“Of course not,” Otoko held his hands up. “I’m sure you didn’t intend to do it, or to be caught, but that’s why we’re here, aren’t we? Clearly your quirk control needs work but considering its destructive nature, should you really be a hero?”

While Mina was stunned at the man’s brazenness, someone else spoke up before she could even think about refuting his last question.

“You’re on your final warning, Mr Otoko,” Tsuragamae warned. “Please keep the questions based around the facts of the incident.”

“My sincere apologies,” Mr Otoko bowed to the panel before returning his focus to Mina. Thankfully the exchange has allowed her to gather herself and brace for whatever manner of attack he was going to go for next but her defences were faltering.

“How long have you wanted to be a hero, Miss Pinky?” Otoko asked, seemingly changing his approach.

“Since I was a child,” Mina stated simply.

“That’s quite young, though typical in our society nowadays,” Otoko chuckled casually, though there was something lurking underneath Mina couldn’t quite place. “Was there any particular reason you chose to try and become a hero?”

“I don’t like bullies,” Mina shrugged.

“Were you picked on a lot in school?” Otoko continued.

“No,” Mina replied simply.

“Were there any other reasons you believe you should become one of the fine heroes that protects our society today?”

Mina almost grinned at the leeway she was granted with that question

“I want people to be happy and get along so being a hero would help stop villains taking away people’s joy. I knew becoming one from the start was going to be hard, but worth it, that’s why I applied to UA; the best hero school in Japan. I believe I have the drive and motivation to become a great hero and they clearly think so too.”

“How noble,” Otoko chuckled derisively this time, “are you sure it isn’t to seek some sort of retribution for the perceived injustice your father received?”

The pink provisional hero blinked in confusion before her eyes narrowed at the implication, bracing herself for whatever dirt this asshole had managed to dig up.

“No,” she replied tersely

“How is this relevant?” Yoroi Musha spoke up.

“Motivation,” Otoko explained succinctly, reaching for his folder again and holding up an old police report. “Miss Pinky, do you deny that your father was arrested and imprisoned for his role in assaulting a pair of businessmen?”

Mina opened her mouth to rebuff the man and ensure everyone heard the true version of events only to freeze at the last moment. This was probably exactly what he wanted, to try and make herself seem like the victim. If she denied it, he’d probably try to twist it so she was justifying her perceived discrimination, if she accepted it, then she’d have to bitterly accept the false narrative her father was painted in.

Putting all her effort into not reacting further, Mina pulled on Momo’s strength, hoping she’d picked up enough from the way the heiress spoke when interacting with her parents, and tried to remove as much emotion from her speech as she could.

“My father faced the law and accepted his punishment for his part in the dispute. His incarceration played no part in my desire to become a hero, nor my actions undertaken since getting my license.”

“So you accept that he openly discriminated against these civilians and was justly punished for it?”

“That is how the case was resolved,” Mina conceded.

“Again, how is this relevant?” Yoroi voiced again. “We are here to debate Pinky’s actions, not those of her father.”

“Her father was previously charged and sent to prison where he served a somewhat lenient sentence despite attempting to assault two innocent businessmen based on discrimination factors. The fact that this case is very similar to that leads me to believe this wasn’t an accident but intentional,” Otoko reasoned. “While they say three times is a pattern, I daresay we should not wait for a third incident to occur.”

“That’s baseless speculation,” the otter headed panel member rebuffed.

“Though the context of her family’s previous history with the law is relevant,” Bengoshi admitted. “We’ve seen countless cases of one generation feeling slighted for perceived injustices against their family and lashing out in the same manner.”

“I would remind Mr Bengoshi to return to the facts of the matter of this specific case and stay away from notions of prejudice,” Yaritezawa stated with a stern tone. “Miss Pinky is not her father and should not be judged based on his previous history lest we all be held to account for the crimes of our ancestors.”

The legal head clearly picked up that he might’ve been too brazen with trying to get the others to see the reasonableness of this argument and they returned the floor to Otoko.

“I imagine your father was away for a significant portion of your childhood,” Otoko addressed Mina again. “Do you expect the panel to believe that it had no effect on you?”

“I missed my father but if the law demanded he serve his time then I am glad he did so and is now able to rejoin our family now that he’s paid his debt to society. Despite his feelings on the incident in question, he is proud and supportive of me continuing to become a hero.”

“Is that because he knew you’d use your position to carry out your own brand of justice in retribution as you have with my client?!”

“That’s enough!” Tsuragamae barked. “You’ve already been warned Mr Otoko. You’ve continued to express your intent to harass Miss Pinky instead of providing us with further evidence or context. I’ve no choice but to bring an end to your questions since you cannot stay objective, woof.”

Otoko was surprised at the response at first but he reluctantly conceded, retaking his seat slowly with a neutral expression on his face. Across the way, Nezu’s eyes narrowed as he couldn’t help shake the feeling that this was exactly what the man wanted.

With the outburst, Bengoshi covered both his and Tsuragamae’s microphones before entering hushed whispers with the police chief.

“We can’t end the questioning there, what if there’s more evidence to uncover?”

“Then Miss Hasaki should’ve found herself a better representative, woof,” Tsuragamae countered. “We have standards and protocols for a reason, if we break them now while on display for the population that is tuning into to this public enquiry, how do you think that will look for the HPSC?”

Bengoshi’s jaw clenched as he had to reluctantly agree with the man before releasing their microphones and turning back to the room.

“As Mr Otoko has been warned, we will now proceed directly to the cross examination, if Mr Hagakure desires,” he announced.

“I do,” Mr Hagakure declared, glad he was finally able to start fighting back for Mina with some power. The poor girl looked almost worn out from having to control herself so much but when she looked over at him, he could see the fire in her eyes now they could go on the offensive.


“Miss Pinky, it seems my contemporary neglected to ask you if you could provide your own account of what happened for the panel,” Mr Hagakure noted. “In your own words, could you please detail, in full, the events from the afternoon of the eighteenth to the morning of the nineteenth of December for the panel?”

Once more Mina gathered her strength and took a deep breath, ready to tell her side of the story at long last.

“Certainly,” Mina cleared her throat. “My class and I were stationed on Nabu as part of the ‘Hero Work Recommendation Project’. We’d already completed five days of running our independent hero agency and didn’t expect any major differences for the last two days…”


For the next half-hour, Mina relayed her perspective of the events on Nabu to the panel and everyone watching at home. She conveyed how she and the others sprang into action when they were alerted to a villain attack, how she arrived at the torn-up parking lot where ‘Invisible Girl’ had barely defeated the villain known as ‘Mummy’ who her friends took into custody while she sought aid for her downed companion, along with ‘Can’t Stop Twinkling’, and how she helped set up and organise the civilian safe house at the factory where everyone regrouped.

Back at the dorm, Tooru was holding Tsuyu and Ochako’s hands on one of the couches while the rest of the class were spread out around the TV.

“She’s gonna be fine,” Momo assured the girl. Her digits had gained a few pins and needles when Mina started describing what happened when she and the others came across Tooru’s unconscious form.

“It doesn’t sound as horrible as it was the way she tells it,” Kaminari remarked even though he wore and uneasy expression.

“There’s only so much she can and should say,” Kyoka stated. “She’s keeping to just the major points on what happened when and her actions during it. You know as well as I do how messed up shit really got that day.”

“Don’t focus on that now,” Bakugo scoffed, his eyes glued to the screen.

“He’s right,” Izuku agreed. “Let’s just keep our minds on today.”

“Kinda hard when the whole thing’s about that,” Sero said as Mina reached the part about them preparing the plan to counter the villains while keeping the civilians safe in the nearby ruins.

“At least that prosecutor got told off,” Kirishima frowned at the screen. “So unmanly.”

“He should refresh himself on professional conduct and candour,” Iida agreed. “I think we’re all glad he was appropriately addressed.”

“With how nasty he was, he deserves way worse,” Kyoka commented.

“I’m just glad you can’t punish us for what we’ve been yelling this whole time,” Kaminari grinned at Iida.

“I understand the stakes are high and cursing can alleviate some tension, though I do wish you could find a better way to express your emotions.”

“We could always just go blow the douche up, that might help,” Bakugo grinned challengingly at the boy.

“Vulgar expletives at the events unfolding are one thing, Bakugo, but I draw the line at threatening a lawyer.”

“Even if he deserves it?” Tooru challenged, finding herself aligned with Bakugo.

“I shall let it slide as I know you’re both not serious,” Iida sighed. “But as Ashido found herself in trouble due to the words she used when engaging the villain, I would remind you all that what may seem justified today could be used against you tomorrow.”

The class reluctantly considered that as they turned their attention back to the TV. Before he did so however, Bakugo’s eyes had quickly drifted towards Izuku at Iida’s words, though the boy was much too engrossed in the scene to notice.

Their shared history once again ran through his mind as Bakugo remembered his own, more hurtful words to the boy over the years. Izuku wasn’t one to bear a grudge but Bakugo reluctantly admitted to himself that Iida had a point.

Turning back to the TV, he returned his focus to the friend who was there for him during his own recent struggles and hoped she was strong enough to put these accusations in the ground where they belonged.


Soon enough, the acid quirked girl reached her underground encounter with Slice as she discussed the battle in detail, describing how Tsukuyomi took point with Dark Shadow to minimize the risk of injury only for Slice to overcome him and try to end his life which was when she stepped in; using her Acid Man technique to completely shield herself and remove Slice’s deadly quirk using an acid she’d produced to try and only affect her hair.

With Slice effectively disarmed, Mina began wrapping up her recount with how she knocked the villain out with a punch to the face when Slice had attempted one last lunge with her hand-daggers before securing the unconscious woman with industrial strength cuffs that Tsukuyomi had on him for her. That was effectively her part in the events on Nabu done. All that remained was to tell of her and Tsukuyomi getting the villain out of the cavern before regrouping with her class on top of the small mountain as Hawks and the JSDF touched down.

By the end, Mina was having more difficulty controlling her voice as the memories and emotions of that day and the news she discovered soon after returned to her but she powered through with only minor hitches in her voice here and there.

“… after we were flown off the island to the hospital on the mainland, everyone was checked out for injuries and stuff. I-I was mostly okay, though they kept me under observation for the night. As soon as I was able, I left to go find my girlfriend and wait by her bed until she woke up, though we would have to go back to UA before that could happen.”

The response from the crowd seemed more positive now that Mina had gotten the truth of the matter out. A lot of people already had doubts about Slice being innocent in all this, which was a hard sell to begin with, so at least they had that in their favour. Now Mr Hagakure had to keep that momentum up.

“It seems like you and your class went through quite an ordeal,” Mr Hagakure acknowledged, remembering him and his wife showing up soon after to take care of their little girl. “I’m sure the panel has already noticed that your story differs from Miss Hasaki’s in a few key areas. Do you have any record that might backup your version of events?”

“Yeah, I do,” Mina nodded. “Before I was discharged, Principal Nezu came to visit everyone to get the full understanding of what happened. He also reminded us we needed to fill in reports about what we’d experienced from the attack for the official record. I know I filled mine in along with those who I shared the same hospital room with.”

“Is this the report in question?” Mr Hagakure asked, retrieving Mina’s signed copy of events from his folder.

“Yes, that’s it,” Mina confirmed after reading a few passages and her signature.

“As you can see,” Mr Hagakure presented the copy to the panel. “Miss Pinky summarised her experiences here, including her battle with Miss Hasaki. Looking at the date, this was done the day after the actual battle had occurred, co-signed by the Principal himself, and closely matches her version of events.”

The panel considered the document for a moment before the HPSC legal head dismissively shook his head.

“Considering the date Pinky was also officially served with Miss Hasaki’s lawsuit against her, there is no telling if her story was submitted afterwards to paint her in a better light,” he responded with faux commiseration.

“I’m afraid I must agree,” Yoroi Musha spoke up. “This might count for something had she been served another day, but she was not.”

“Indeed,” Mr Hagakure frowned, turning back to Mina. “The records indicate you were served on the same day you made this report Miss Pinky, could you please tell the panel how that happened?”

“Oh, well, it was handed directly to me from a guy who said he was an intern delivering the papers while I was in my girlfriend’s hospital room.”

“Directly to you? While you were in the restricted, hero-only section of the hospital?”

“That’s right,” Mina confirmed, remembering it all too well.

“It’s a crime to trespass in that section, legal paperwork in-hand or not. Do you have any proof this is where the exchange took place?”

“Well, I don’t,” Mina acknowledged before sending a small smirk at her prosecutor. “But the guy delivering it snapped a picture of me receiving the documents.”

Mr Hagakure grinned as the prosecution firm’s shady tactics were now going to start to bite them in the rear.

“As you can see,” he presented the subpoenaed picture to the panel. “Miss Pinky is indeed holding the documents of the lawsuit while Invisible Girl can be pictured in the background, still in her hospital bed under intensive care. This picture was submitted to Mr Otoko’s firm as proof of receipt at a time when, not only was Miss Pinky back under UA’s protection and off the Hero Work Recommendation Project, which meant they should’ve gone through the principal, but it should’ve also been impossible for her to receive the documents without the deliverer breaking the law.”

That raised more than a few eyebrows amongst the panel members, though the legal head looked unfazed.

“Do you have an explanation for this, Mr Otoko?” Yaritezawa narrowed her eyes at the man.

“I do not,” Mr Otoko bowed apologetically. “This is the first it has been brought to my attention, I will ensure my firm is informed and the appropriate investigation into who is responsible for this oversight is appropriately dealt with.”

“See that you do,” Tsuragamae nodded firmly. “This oversight has considerably muddied the waters of the situation.”

“Be that as it may,” Bengoshi sighed, “this puts Miss Pinky’s official report into question at best. Details could’ve been adjusted before official submission to the HPSC to match this story.”

Mr Hagakure and Nezu both knew the man was being deliberately obtuse at this point, trying to needle them with all the doubt he could sow in some twisted, petty revenge.

“I’m afraid I must agree,” Yoroi Musha spoke up. “The dates cast a reasonable amount of doubt on the issue.”

The legal head felt gratified in his choice of hero to bring for their perspective. Yoroi had been the perfect, by-the-books hero for many, many years and his opinion carried significant weight. If Pinky had committed a crime worth prosecuting her, and subsequently UA for, he would be pushing for it.

“Moving on,” Mr Hagakure sighed as he turned back to Mina. “Pinky, Miss Hasaki has accused you of ‘grievous bodily harm’ and ‘horribly disfiguring’ her using your quirk. Regarding your quirk, it is formally labelled as ‘acid’, correct?”

“Yes,” Mina nodded.

“That’s a very broad one-word definition, could you please give us a more in-depth explanation as to your quirk’s mechanics to the best of your ability please?”

“Sure,” the pink-haired girl nodded, feeling her gratitude to Izuku surge for his wonderful notebook. “My quirk allows me to produce liquids that I have a measure of control over from the pores on my body. While they are all limited to be acidic in nature, being somewhere lower than three on the pH scale depending on my desire, I have some measure of control over the type of acids I can produce and some resistance from the damage they can cause, but not immunity. I can create a substance that’s thick and gloopy or runny and slippery as well as dictate the chemical makeup if I know it. I can make acids that are relatively harmless on skin contact to those that can eat away at steel and concrete to protect myself and others from attacks and debris.”

“The chemical make-up?” Mr Hagakure questioned in faux curiousness. “So you’re able to produce specific acids if you know them.”

“That’s correct,” Mina confirmed.

“During your encounter with Miss Kiruka, what kind of acid did you use to remove her hair?”

For the few minutes, Mina gave a detailed explanation on the chemical composition of normal human hair and the acids she’d used to counter Slice’s attacks. While a strong and potentially harmful substance was used to protect herself and dissolve her enemy’s hair near instantly before the sharpened follicles could stab or slice her flesh, Mina had used a weaker substance on Slice’s head directly, allowing her to only burn off the hair at the roots before too much damage could be done to Slice’s scalp by washing it away with a much more pH friendly acid.

“So,” Mr Hagakure continued once Mina had finished her explanation. “Not only did you use an acid specifically tailored to remove only the offending, weaponised quirk that Miss Kiruka was assaulting you and the provisional hero ‘Tsukuyomi’ with, but you also ensured the acid you produced didn’t linger longer than necessary?”

“That’s correct,” Mina confirmed.

“To the panel, I have prepared images of Miss Kiruka’s head injuries when she was taken to the villain hospital following her arrest on Nabu,” Mr Hagakure returned to the defence desk, retrieving some papers from the folder he’d prepared and presenting them to the judging members who passed the copies though their ranks. “As you can see, there are indications of reddening and soreness on Miss Kiruka’s scalp where her quirk was disabled by the acid, likely causing some soreness during the recovery period, but according to the doctor’s report, no lasting skin damage. Even now we can see that Miss Kiruka’s head seems to have healed fairly well.” He gestured to the screen where Slice could be seen frowning but said nothing. “My client’s use of quirk was both controlled, and executed with care despite the hazardous situation she was in.”

Slice grimaced as she could make out some of the panel members regarding her appearance with a more scrutinous gaze.

“As the prosecution has pointed out, your school records indicate that you haven’t been the best student at times. While your previous noted place in the class was nineteenth at the end of your first term, has anything changed in that time?”

“So much,” Mina chuckled lightly to herself. “I had extra lessons at summer camp because of that, even if they were interrupted by another set of villains. While I’m not sure about my official ranking in the class this term, I’ve been working hard and studying with my friends to make sure we all do our best to become great heroes. I failed my first end-of-term exam, that’s true, but I also passed the provisional license test after the fact thanks to all that studying and training.”

“Which is a test carried out exclusively by the HPSC,” Mr Hagakure reminded everyone. “UA had no bias or influence on Miss Ashido passing that exam, only her hard work and training produced the results she garnered. According to official statistics provided by the HPSC, previous years of exams produced a fifty percent passing rate while this year’s September exam that Miss Pinky took had under a five percent passing rate. If Miss Pinky was as big of a slacker as the prosecution portrayed then she likely wouldn’t have passed said exam and become HPSC certified for her provisional license.”

Mina couldn’t help the rising hope in her chest as even Bengoshi, the HPSC legal head, looked very unhappy with that logical argument he couldn’t find fault in.

“Moving back to the main incident at hand,” Mr Hagakure said, intending to pile on the pressure. “Miss Pinky, Mr Otoko has brought up the words you used against Miss Hasaki, which you confirmed about her not deserving her quirk, could you please expand on why exactly you said what you said that day?”

“It had been a very long and tiring day-and-a-bit,” Mina admitted. “After being in a class with so many varied quirks and seeing them all put to such good use so that we can all try to be the best heroes we can be, seeing someone like Miss Hasaki using hers only to hurt my friend and try to kill us both, I couldn’t help but feel like such a useful quirk was being wasted.”

“So you believe Miss Hasaki didn’t deserve her quirk not because of any sort of discrimination, but because she was using it illegally to try and hurt, and possibly kill, you and Tsukuyomi?”

“That’s correct,” Mina nodded. “She used and abused her quirk against the law in a way that would bring harm to others. According to Hero Regulation law, section 7.g, ‘A hero may disarm and disable a villain by any means necessary when the villain is attempting/has attempted/has succeeded in taking a life’. I was doing my duty as a provisional hero and defender of Nabu at the time when Miss Hasaki and I clashed.”

Mina felt extremely confident in her quotation, all that studying over the break had been worth it to know that she had truly followed the law and could declare it so.

“So, after removing the majority of Miss Hasaki’s quirk, which you did not intend to be permanent, you then were able to swiftly subdue her, correct?”

“Yes.”

“Then we should move onto the matter of your detainment of Miss Hasaki,” Mr Hagakure continued. “The cuffs she was placed it were mentioned as being notably more intense than the traditional, typical set provided and used by police. Could you please detail how and why you came to the conclusion that it was acceptable to place Miss Hasaki in such cuffs after her defeat?”

“While the cuffs were provided to me by my classmate, Creati, who replicated them with her quirk from official schematics provided to riot officers and heroes, I had no hesitation in using them as according to section 6.d of the ‘Villain Detainment Act’, ‘As long as the villain is adequately contained without the ability to cause further harm to others or themselves, both heroes and police are allowed to use any appropriate measures to detain them.’ Considering the incident’s lead villain was a man we knew possessed multiple quirks, we tried to cover the risk of the other villains having multiple, secret quirks we weren’t yet aware of.”

“Is this also the reason why Hoyo Makihara was detained with such intensity too?” Mr Hagakure asked.

“That’s correct,” Mina nodded. “As we were forced to secure him in the same location as the civilians, we couldn’t risk him getting loose and causing even more harm to those we’d been tasked with protecting. Bringing him with us when we moved to the islet would also increase the risk of him getting loose while most of us were fighting off the other villains so we opted, as a class decision, to leave him in his bonds until we returned.”

“Understandable, considering the situation,” Mr Hagakure acknowledged. “However, you’ve mentioned fighting for your life and the destruction inflicted on Nabu was anything but light. Could you please tell the panel what would’ve happened in the event that you had not succeeded in defeating the villains?”

“Creati was able to send out a distress signal back to mainland Japan for backup. While we fought with every intention of overcoming the villains and defending everyone, in the event that we didn’t… Mr Makihara’s restraints were set to release thirty six hours after we departed. It wasn’t a choice we made lightly as releasing a captured villain is clearly a crime, but it was a crueller fate to leave him to die alone if his companions didn’t manage to locate him. Luckily, thanks to everyone’s efforts, we were able to protect ev… m-mostly everyone, and he was arrested by the JSDF before his restraints expired.”

“So even when pushed to the brink, you and your class were treating the villains with compassion in the event of a worst case scenario?”

“We’re attending UA to learn how to be the best heroes to everyone, even if he’s a villain. That means we have a responsibility to do the right thing as best we can.”

There was a small smattering of mutters from the gallery as some people didn’t quite know what to make of that. There were those who thought that a villain dying forgotten in his makeshift cell would’ve been a fitting punishment while others could see the logic in reluctantly releasing the man when they couldn’t return to attend to him.

Up in the panel, Yoroi Musha was nodding approvingly while the pair of Non-HPSC lawyers also seemed to favour Mina’s reasoning though Bengoshi was still trying to cover his discontent with a neutral expression.

“Regarding doing the right thing,” Mr Hagakure continued, “there is also the matter of the incident involving you and a few of your classmates prior to the villain attack that Mr Parupatiin brought up. While it is unfortunate that the prosecution was unable to provide the police report, could you please detail your part in the incident?”

Once more Mina took a breath and began detailing her and Tooru’s encounter with the four native Nabu boys. While Parupatiin had accused them of being the aggressors, he’d neglected to actually provide any sort of explanation as to what exactly occurred. As such, Mina had more than a few sympathetic ears in the crowds as she detailed events a number of heteromorphic people found frustratingly familiar.

“… after the police left and Miss Midnight and Tenatcole headed back to the agency, Invisible Girl and I, having not acted as heroes, were free to go enjoy what we could salvage of the evening.”

“You’re saying that you, Miss Invisible Girl, and Tentacole were the victims in this with Tentacole being the one discriminated against?”

“That’s correct,” Mina nodded.

“And your teacher, Miss Midnight, who was also the arresting hero, wasn’t disappointed in your behaviour?

“Yes. If anything, she was proud with how we tried to handle things before it got too serious.”

“If only there was a saved record of the police report elsewhere,” Mr Hagakure commiserated.

In the gallery, Parupatiin felt his anxiety prickle. He had definitely smashed the servers while everyone else was panicking from the villain attack and then the storm had pulverised the building into the ground. Was there something he’d missed? Something he’d forgotten?

Unfortunately for Mina, that was all Mr Hagakure could do for now to reinforce her case.

“The defence has no further questions,” he declared as he retook his seat.

Mina could feel the doubt settle in her mind as the panel looked down at her and prepared their own questions, with the HPSC’s legal head looking almost eager to reach this part.

“Miss Pinky, do you have any idea why your class required a teacher to go along with you on this trip despite clear instructions from the HPSC?” Bengoshi questioned with touch of accusation in his tone.

“No,” Mina answered honestly.

“Do you think it’s maybe because UA doubted your class’ abilities to be able to handle a project of this magnitude without someone nearby to run damage control and interference should things seem like they were getting out of hand?”

“No, it wasn’t like that,” Mina rejected calmly. “Miss Midnight came along with us but she didn’t guide our decisions or assist with any advice when it came to hero work.”

“Yet her interference during the incident involving you and two of your classmates suggests otherwise,” the legal head persisted. “It seems she acted in a hero capacity then when it was clear you couldn’t handle the situation.”

Mina opened her mouth to respond only to realise the man hadn’t asked her a question. When she slowly closed it and remained stoic, the legal head almost looked disappointed; clearly she hadn’t fallen for his trap.

“Woof, since my associate appears to be dancing around the issue, did Midnight give you any indication for why she stepped in, Miss Pinky?” Tsuragamae asked in a more polite tone.

“She told us that if it was just harassment then she wouldn’t’ve stepped in,” Mina relayed. “When it started escalating into discrimination and a possible hate crime, which we haven’t yet covered in classes, she didn’t want us to have to deal with that.”

“So she found you incapable of dealing with the situation,” the legal head stated.

Tsuragamae gave the man a stern look before covering both their microphones and whispering into the man’s ear. After a few moments his expression fell and he begrudgingly held his tongue.

“Woof, Principal Nezu,” Tsuragamae turned to the principal. “Could you please confirm for the record whether Pinky’s class has not yet had these lessons and why?”

“This is correct as, while we give our teachers plenty of freedom to run their classes as they see fit, certain material is recommended to be taught at different times. As such, the heavy topic of hate crimes, racism, and discrimination is normally covered in third year, when students are much more familiar with general procedures and laws that they learn in first and second year. Pinky’s class, while exceptional, has not been able to cram three years’ worth of knowledge into their relatively short time at UA by this point and has not yet had this formal education,” Nezu declared. “I believe this schedule is similar to that being taught at other hero schools, and with second years across the country also taking part in the Hero Work Recommendation project, I believe Midnight stepping in for this situation should have no bearing on Pinky or her class’ performance.”

Then Nezu’s expression darkened ever so slightly.

“If anything, I believe this reinforces our decision to have a teacher accompany our students on this project which, if I recall, was meant to have no oversight whatsoever.”

“We didn’t ask for your opinion on the project, Mr Nezu,” the legal head scoffed to which Nezu tilted his head down ever so slightly.

“My mistake,” he apologized with what sounded like sincerity but obscured a degree of satisfaction.

“Miss Pinky,” the otter headed panel member spoke up, drawing the girl’s attention. “In your version of events, you mentioned only hearing about your teacher, Midnight’s, passing once you ascended to the surface. Were you not in radio contact with your fellow classmates during this time?”

“We weren’t,” Mina confirmed. “Tsukuyomi and I were stationed underground where we could make best use of his quirk. The rock was too thick for a signal to get through so we didn’t even bother with radios. If, somehow, the villains had decided to depart without fighting then one of our fellow heroes would’ve come to get us. We heard explosions from the surface long before that and assumed we were still a go for our part of the defence plan.”

“Ahem,” the legal head cleared his throat. “During the initial landing of the Self-Defence Forces on the island, two handheld radios were discovered; one near the beach, and one broken in half near the peak. How do you explain those?”

“They’re short-distance, two-way radios,” Mina countered. “Creati produced and Deku used them to try and either facilitate the release of Miss Midnight or distract the villains long enough that uh… Bakugo could rescue her.” Mina hesitated to use her friend’s real name but it technically was his hero name too right now. “With our team underground, and the team that would take on Chimera quite far away, it would’ve been a waste of her quirk to produce anything more with how she’d expended so much to support the citizens and also assist with our plan to take down Nine. You can check the circuitry on the intact one to be sure.”

Mina wasn’t trying to be cheeky, but the legal head’s sour face at there being proof in the HPSC’s hands that he couldn’t refute was clearly on display.

With a quick glance up and down the panel while Bengoshi was stewing in his discontent, Tsuragamae was satisfied no one had any further questions.

“Thank you for your testimony Miss Pinky, please return to your seat.”

Mina bowed politely and none too slowly stepped down from the witness stand, returning to her previous spot and taking a slow, deep breath once she settled herself again.


“Does the prosecution wish to call any further witnesses or present any further evidence at this time?” The police chief asked.

“No sir,” Otoko shook his head.

“Then the proceedings will adjourn for a small break while we discuss all we have heard, woof,” the chief finished as he closed his notebook and rose from his seat.

The other members of the panel soon followed suit, as did Nezu and Mr Hagakure as Slice’s monitor was also shut off. Mina remained in her seat for a moment, allowing the other two to step out before she rose too. As she did, she couldn’t help one last glance over at the prosecution’s side.

She sent a subtle glare over at Mr Otoko as he packed himself up for their recess. Where things stood, pretty much everything the panel had heard, bar her part, was a load of rubbish, but Mummy, Slice, and her lawyer had spun things well enough that someone who wasn’t there might actually believe them. Hell, she was almost grateful the Nabu mayor seemed to be so incompetent at trying to paint her and her friends as inept and selfish while holding himself up that it probably helped her case.

If she was lucky, the panel would see through the lies and tall tale they’d spun and the case would go no further, allowing her to essentially be declared innocent as the prosecution hasn’t brought sufficient evidence for any wrongdoing.

Before she departed however, she noticed Otoko pull out his phone and, when he saw the caller, he gained an almost worried look on his face before quickly making his exit. Mina snorted, hoping it was Slice using her one phone call to try and threaten him or something that would make him give up.

Thankfully, she was soon free of the cameras and glare of the public eye as she was ushered once more back into her waiting room where she could vent a little frustration.

“Urgh!” She groaned as she flopped into a padded wooden chair at the relatively small table. “That guy is such a… a…”

“Please refrain from any colourful language, Pinky,” Nezu chuckled, sympathizing as he hopped onto his own chair before sitting down. “While we are off school property and I sympathise with your frustrations, I wouldn’t appreciate any expletives if you can help it.”

“Urgh, fine, but why’s he got to be such a ‘bad word’?!” Mina complained, clenching her hands into fists. “And that main guy, the legal one for the HPSC, he’s so frickin’ biased!”

“I did inform you this would likely be used to punish both of us,” Nezu reminded her. “And be careful walking that vulgarity line or it’ll be detention when we return.”

“Would I still have to serve detention if I can’t go back to UA?” Mina chuckled weakly.

“Do you want to find out?” Nezu retorted with more playfulness than maliciousness in his tone.

“No sir,” Mina sighed again. “It just sucks that they get to give all their biased evidence like this.”

“That is, unfortunately, how things go I’m afraid,” Nezu shrugged. “The prosecution can give all their evidence first and we need to be prepared to refute it.”

“There have been cases in the past that were more frivolous which they could just toss out, as any evidence was simply hearsay. If that was all they had, you’d likely be declared innocent now and the case will be thrown out,” Mr Hagakure agreed. “I tried my best to refute their points, but there’s only so much we could do before calling our own witnesses after this initial judgement. What is very likely to happen is the case will be declared as having merit and warrant further investigation. Thankfully, that’s what we’ve planned for with our own witnesses and evidence.”

“If they don’t believe me, do you really think they’ll believe my friends?” Mina asked with concern.

“More voices saying the same thing does make our case stronger, even if they have successfully muddied the official reports you all completed,” Nezu remarked as his ears twitched. “However, there are still a few other voices that may hold a bit more sway that the panel won’t be able to ignore.”

Mina sent him a confused look before a firm set of knocks echoed in the room.

“That must be them now,” Mr Hagakure smiled, opening the door. “Hello everyone, please come in.”

Turning in her spot, Mina’s eyes widened as, not only did her friends and teacher step inside, but there was also several more faces from Nabu she recognised.

“Katsuma, Mahoro!” Mina grinned, standing up as she spotted the pair of kids her class had fought so hard to protect.

“Hey Pinky!” Mahoro grinned with a touch of cheek. “Got yourself into some trouble you need our help with, huh?”

“H-Hello Miss Pinky,” Katsuma greeted shyly, his hands clasped together against his chest.

It wasn’t just them either. A man who had the same messy hair as Katsuma, if a bit longer, stepped into the room with the pair along with Mr Matsuda, who Kaminari had frequently helped out. Then came Mrs Suzumura, whom Momo and Izuku had mentioned before and, finally, Granny Sato, Sato’s grandma who’d been assisted by Iida a couple of times during their stay.

“I had suspected from the very moment the HPSC made this public that this case wouldn’t be dismissed at this stage and planned accordingly,” Nezu declared in a chipper tone. “With the ‘Hero Net’ servers still intact at your temporary agency, and some assistance from Mr Hagakure, we managed to comb through the excellent documentation of your relatively normal days on the island and contact most of the people you interacted with. I have sworn affidavits from a number of them about your class’ exemplary performance as well as their own accounts of what they saw during the crisis.”

“We’re here to help however we can,” Mrs Suzumura bowed politely.

“I gotta pay back Chargebolt for all those jumps he gave my tractor,” Mr Matsuda grinned.

“My grandson would be very disappointed if I didn’t help one of his friends when I could,” Granny Sato smiled warmly.

“And I think my family owes you the biggest debt of all,” the man who Mina assumed was Katsuma and Mahoro’s father said as he bowed deeply, “one I don’t think we’ll ever be able to repay.”

“No,” Mina shook her head, “you don’t owe us anything. We did what we did because we’re heroes; I’m sure anyone in my class would say the same,” she smiled before looking down at the young boy. “Besides, I’m pretty sure I owe you a huge debt already, Katsuma.”

Katsuma looked around awkwardly before replying.

“M-Me?”

“Yes,” Mina smiled as she walked over to the boy and crouched down. “You helped my girlfriend, Invisible Girl, remember?”

“I-I remember,” he nodded nervously. “She was hurt real bad in her head.”

“The doctors told us afterwards that, if it wasn’t for you and your quirk, she would’ve died. You saved her life! And you have no idea how super grateful me and all our friends are for that.”

“Her mum and dad too,” Mr Hagakure chuckled.

“R-Really?!” Katsuma’s eyes widened as Mina nodded in confirmation. “T-Then um… c-can I ask you something?”

“Of course you can,” Mina smiled warmly.

“I… wanted to ask Mister Deku when he woke up… but you all left before we could even say thank you,” Katsuma explained, his eyes on the floor as a more sombre mood overtook those from Nabu, recalling why their protectors left so suddenly. “Um… do you think that… e-even with a quirk like mine, I could get strong enough one day to get into UA like you and Mister Deku and become a hero?”

Off to the side, Aizawa raised a single brow at the curious question while Nezu’s eyes twinkled in delight, though neither said anything, instead choosing to see how the question’s target handled the situation.

“There’s no doubt in my mind,” Mina beamed without hesitation. “If you want to be a hero and come to UA, then you absolutely can if you work hard! I’m sure Deku would say the same thing too.”

Katsuma’s expression brightened excitedly as his hands separated and clenched into determined fists.

“He’s not going without his big sister there to protect him,” Mahoro puffed up her chest. “If that idiot Bakugo can get in then there’s no way me or Katsuma are gonna fail!”

“We’ll let him know that,” Tokoyami smirked with Koda and Shoji smiling and nodding at their mental expectations of how the explosive blond will react.

“So, what’s the game plan?” Matsuda asked, looking between Mr Hagakure and Nezu. “You guys got one, right?”

“The other side had the benefit of going first and may be feeling secure in what they believe is a well-earned victory, especially as the HPSC is sure to be arguing to prosecute no matter the counter testimony or evidence we’ve been able to introduce so far,” Nezu chuckled as his expression darkened. Aizawa recognised it well from whenever the principal got a bit too vindictive but didn’t feel any sympathy for the ones on the receiving end. “But they will not be expecting the intensity of our refutation.”

“Our strongest pieces of evidence to support Pinky come from you all,” Mr Hagakure announced. “It’s hard to introduce evidence when Pinky was the only one we could start with, but by the end of your testimonies, they’ll have no choice but to exonerate Pinky for everything and send these villains to Tartarus where they belong!”

“All right!” Matsuda cheered, suitably assured while Katsuma and Mahoro nodded with determination, their dad smiling warmly at the pair who’d jumped at the chance to help when they were asked.

“Thank you all so much for being here to support me,” Mina smiled gratefully at all the faces around her.

“You gave us your all before, Matsuda chuckled. “Now it’s our turn to go uh… what was that motto of yours again?”

“Plus Ultra!” Katsuma and, surprisingly Mahoro called out excitedly, much to the amusement of everyone else as everyone could practically feel the morale raising in the room.

“Now, as for our rebuttal,” Nezu refocused their attention back to the goal at hand.

“Here’s how we shall be presenting you all during the next part to have the greatest impact…” Mr Hagakure began as he started laying out the game plan for everyone.


The next forty-five minutes once again passed slowly for Mina, her role mostly done for now and annoyed at having to wait for the initial verdict that almost seemed like a waste of time considering what Nezu and Mr Hagakure had warned her about.

With the plan her girlfriend’s dad had detailed, she was almost anxious to get back into the trial and watch Slice’s arguments get torn to pieces like the villain tried to do to her with her quirk.

Eventually, they were summoned to return by the knock of a bailiff and Mina, Nezu, and Mr Hagakure stepped out, leaving the others behind that would join them soon enough.

Returning to the court room was an odd feeling for the defending side. They had been at the complete mercy of the prosecution’s slander and deceptive tactics for most of the morning but, instead of feeling beaten down, now they only felt greater determination.

Taking her seat, Mina took a small breath as she glanced at the gallery where most of the viewers and almost all of the new crews remained to capture her every move. It kept the hairs on her neck standing on end but now she knew they’d finally see the evidence of the truth really start to come out.

Nezu raised a brow as, over on the other side, it looked like Mr Otoko’s demeanour had changed significantly. He was still composed and appeared to be patiently waiting for proceedings to resume, but there was tension in his pose; his forehead was sweating, his eyes were glancing around the gallery anxiously, and his thumbs were tapping together with impatience.

Had something happened to the man during the break?

He wouldn’t have time to wonder though as the panel members began returning to the room and retaking their seats.

Unfortunately for Mina, when she spotted the head of the legal department for the HPSC glance her way and his eyes narrow in satisfaction, she knew the principal had known what he was talking about. Nezu, too, spotted the head’s subtle sneer and was glad he and Mr Hagakure had sufficiently prepared everyone for what would come next.

After a few moments of mumbled discussion, the panel quietened down as the legal head spoke clearly into his microphone.

“Though there has been considerable doubt placed on Miss Hasaki’s story, with the severity of this case and the lack of evidence to support the supposed ‘threat’ Miss Hasaki was at the time she and Pinky engaged, we believe there is sufficient evidence to proceed.”

Mina was at least glad for not getting her hopes up.

“Is the defence prepared to continue with testimonials at this time?” Yaritezawa asked.

Had they not been, the session would be rescheduled for another day while they sourced those to further support Mina’s case. With Nezu and Mr Hagakure’s foresight however, they’d be able to get this finished here and now.

“We have already thoroughly prepared and are ready to present,” Mr Hagakure nodded.

“Then this case will continue as scheduled,” the legal head declared firmly.


“Woof, the defence may now present their witnesses,” Tsuragamae announced.

“Thank you sir,” Mr Hagakure rose to speak. “The defence will call its first witness, Tsukuyomi.”

There was a small amount of whispering throughout the gallery as the bailiff left and returned with the provisional hero in question who silently made his way straight to the stand, giving Mina a small nod as he passed, and was quickly sworn in.

“Tsukuyomi,” Mr Hagakure began, “you were a participant, along with Pinky, when subduing and arresting Miss Hasaki, correct?”

“That is correct,” Tokoyami nodded.

“Could you please detail for the panel what happened during your entire exchange with Miss Hasaki up to when authorities arrested her?”

Tokoyami nodded again and, like Mina before him, provided an accurate account of the events that occurred from when Slice fell into their planned, cavernous trap to when he and Mina hauled her out and gave her over to the JSDF.

“… after that, I was checked out by the medic who attended to my wounds and re-joined my classmates. It was then that Pinky and I learned the fate of the others, including our teacher,” he finished morosely.

“I see, thank you for your words, Tsukuyomi,” Hagakure nodded. “As we’ve already established, Miss Hasaki’s quirk allows her certain offensive abilities. Do you recognise these objects?” He presented Tokoyami with an image of several sharp, red spikes with a measure of blood on their ends.

“I do,” Tokoyami confirmed, “they are the hardened follicles of Miss Hasaki after she tried to impale me. If not for my quirk’s durability and my reactions they would’ve caused much more damage to my person. The total number removed from my forearm, side, and leg amounted to fourteen in total.”

“I present the panel with Tsukuyomi’s medical report from one of the first responding medics who arrived on Nabu along with the first wave of heroes and Japanese Self-Defence Force.” Mr Hagakure again presented the panel with the picture and accompanying papers. “In it, you’ll find that Tsukuyomi’s recorded injuries match those he described along with the accompanying removal of the hardened hair quirk product used against him that matches those confirmed to be from Miss Hasaki’s quirk; clear proof she used her quirk to harm a hero doing his duty.”

Even without Mr Hagakure’s explanation, the panel members could clearly link the physical evidence.

“Tsukuyomi,” Mr Hagakure turned back to the boy. “You mentioned that, as a class, you planned and coordinated together to tackle the villains with the best suited heroes. Could you please expand on how that related to Miss Hasaki directly a little more please?”

“I believe she was only loosely encountered by Anima and Tentacole during their encounter with Nine while rescuing our comrades and the children. Though the encounter was brief, she used her quirk in a manner that had them both extremely wary and they provided their insight into it to the rest of us so that we were better prepared to counter when they inevitably attempted to reengage,” Tokoyami explained. “They reported that she could shape and harden her hair into something akin to bladed weaponry that could easily tear through flesh. Pinky and I made the most sense to engage Miss Hasaki due to our quirks being able to both protect and attack at the same time with the least risk. However, while my Dark Shadow is formidable, he is not impervious to damage and we took extra precautions to ensure we could counter her quirk sufficiently.”

In the panel, Tsuragamae’s eyes lit up as his hunch about Miss Hasaki’s further abilities was proven correct as Tokoyami continued his detailing.

“Our fellow classmates’ information was well founded as, even with my Dark Shadow’s power reinforcing the additional equipment Creati had provided for me, Miss Hasaki’s quirk was able to break through and injure me. Had I engaged her without sufficient protection, there’s a good chance I would’ve received further injuries or she would’ve succeeded in her goal of ending my life.”

“Miss Hasaki’s rendition tells of how she pleaded with you and Pinky to stop, did she say anything directly to you during your encounter?”

“There was a number of things, though the words that stick most prominently in my mind are; ‘All that bluster and you’re just another weak, pathetic, dead hero. I’m going to enjoy cutting you open.”’

There was murmuring from the gallery at Tokoyami’s words so clearly conflicting with Slice’s story but those engaged in the proceedings paid it no mind. Slice, at the very least, was covered by the less than stellar quality of the monitor obscuring the fact that her jaw set in frustration.

“Do you recognise this weapon?” Mr Hagakure presented the image of the claws Tokoyami had used to better combat Slice’s hair.

“I do,” Tokoyami nodded.

“Are they part of your normal hero gear? I notice you don’t have them on you today.”

“They are not,” Tokoyami stated. “I asked Creati to provide me with something durable to match and deflect Miss Hasaki’s quirk.”

“And these sharp, bladed claws were the best solution?”

“They complimented my fighting style with my quirk best and we theorized they may also be able to disable our opposition’s method of attack. We had considered oversized hairdresser scissors at first but figured they’d be impractical.”

Though he hadn’t intended to, Tokoyami elicited a chuckle from many in the crowd behind him and one or two on the panel. Mina also didn’t know if he was being serious or not and couldn’t help picturing Tokoyami and Dark Shadow with arms crossed and a giant scissor blade in each hand.

“Considering the wear and damage on the blade, it seems like they didn’t make much of a dent. Did you find them effective at all?”

“In disabling Miss Hasaki’s quirk? No. In allowing me to deflect and counter to protect myself, most assuredly,” Tokoyami confirmed. “I am grateful for my fighting partner’s diligence to her training and studies over this past term as her quirk was thankfully a much better counter that was able to bypass Miss Hasaki’s hardening. Had Pinky not stepped in, I fear I would not be here to tell of her heroism not just for the people of Nabu, but for myself too.”

An endearing smile found its way onto Mina’s lips as she felt the sincerity in Tokoyami’s words. As the boy was largely in the same boat as Mina regarding his interactions with Slice however, there wasn’t much more additional support he could bring other than reinforcing Mina’s description of events but they were just getting started.

“Thank you for your testimony Mr Tokoyami,” Mr Hagakure nodded politely. “The defence has no further questions.”


With the defence concluded, the prosecution rose to begin the first of their own brand of cross examination.

“Tsukuyomi, you claim to have fought Miss Hasaki with equal fervour until she got the upper hand and managed to injure you with her quirk. Is this correct?”

“It is,” Tokoyami nodded.

“You, a hero in training, struggled to easily overpower and subdue Miss Hasaki who has no training with her quirk and no extracurricular athletic hobbies or talents to her name?”

“She is more formidable than she appears; very agile and manipulating her hair as though it were a full extension of her body to block, attack, and aid in manoeuvring herself with practised expertise,” Tokoyami stated firmly.

“That’s certainly not what Miss Hasaki claims,” Otoko shook his head and taking a brief pause.

“Then she is lying,” Tokoyami stated simply to refute the claim.

That,” Bengoshi spoke up with a warning expression from the panel, “is for us to decide Tsukuyomi, not you.”

“My apologies,” Tokoyami bowed lightly, his jaw a little tighter as he realized he’d fallen for the prosecution’s goading.

“If you had waited a moment longer, you would’ve heard that my next question was do you not find it prudent that Miss Hasaki defend herself when approached by a hero such as yourself?” Otoko remarked. “Dressed in all black that… compliments your features, armed with a pair of threatening, bladed claws, honestly I’m not surprised that Miss Hasaki lashed out in fear of you.”

“Fear was certainly a tool that was used that day,” Tokoyami calmly acknowledged, “but reiterating multiple times that she would be the one to end our lives after wounding me and forcing Dark Shadow to retreat, it was I who was feeling that fear.”

“I’m sure,” Otoko replied sarcastically. “And the fact that you were brandishing a set of claws that appear designed solely for attack and intimidation, not defence as you claim, had no effect on Miss Hasaki’s panic?”

“She did not appear concerned while she was assaulting me with her quirk, no,” Tokoyami refuted. “As for the design, I was simply given the equipment by my classmate and cannot speak for any design intentions that went into it.”

“Is Creati here today to give evidence?” Otoko enquired, glancing towards Nezu and Mr Hagakure.

“She is not,” Nezu confirmed, “she was not a direct participant at any stage against Miss Hasaki, much like most of the students involved in the villain attack.”

“How convenient,” he chuckled before turning back to Tokoyami. “You’ve mentioned your quirk several times during your testimony, ‘Dark Shadow’. What exactly is your quirk?”

Tokoyami raised a brow but heard no objections from anyone else.

“I have a symbiotic relationship with a sentient manifestation of darkness,” he stated. “His appearance somewhat mimics my own but he is his own being, though our desires and goals often align.”

“I still find it hard to picture,” Otoko feigned ignorance. “While I’m sure some of the panel may have seen the sports festival, for full context, would you mind bringing it out to show everyone?”

Tokoyami hesitated and looked over at Nezu and Mr Hagakure before moving to the panel.

“You may do so,” the legal head nodded.

With a tentative breath, Tokoyami encouraged his quirk to manifest as a string of inky, swirling blackness emerged from his stomach and kept close to the boy.

“I don’t like it here,” Dark Shadow complained, trying to avoid as much of the brightness from the overhead lights as he hovered behind his host’s shoulder.

This is the ‘Dark Shadow’ you claim to have countered Miss Hasaki’s very threatening and dangerous quirk with?” Otoko snorted derisively. “Clearly you have oversold your skills young man.”

“As a being of darkness he grows weaker in the presence of the light,” Tokoyami reluctantly admitted.

“So that’s why you decided to choose a cave for your apparent showdown with my client?” Otoko asked.

“That is correct,” Tokoyami nodded.

“And what happens when ‘Dark Shadow’ is in an environment more suited for his needs?”

“The darkness reinforces him, allowing for greater offensive and defensive capabilities.”

“Anything else happen?”

Tokoyami grimaced. He knew exactly what the prosecutor was referring to and was reluctant to expose his testimony to the shot he knew was coming.”

“While Dark Shadow’s strength grows, I find myself harder pressed to reign him in. Though-”

“So you control a sentient shadow monster, deliberately chose an environment that would best suit it, and unleashed it on a poor, captive woman before hearing her side of the story?”

“T-That’s not what happened at all…” Dark Shadow murmured.

“Hmph,” Otoko chuckled as he reached for some new papers. “While your quirk may get stronger in the darkness, it is abundantly clear you do not have full control of it. For the panel, I present the damage report from the ‘Wild, Wild Pussycats’ during the incident where class 1-A of UA was attacked by villains at their training camp. While a significant amount of damage was caused by the villains, notably the fire, several acres of landscape and plant life was damaged due to Tsukuyomi’s quirk going out of his control. Considering, in his own words, that his quirk gets stronger in darkness, clearly he and Pinky were deliberately staging the location of their planned conflict with my client to unleash his darker side.”

“Is this true, woof?” Tsuragamae asked as he glanced over the older report.

“It is…” Tokoyami admitted. “Though it is not solely the darkness that causes Dark Shadow to become less obedient. I watched a classmate lose a limb at the hands of a villain and my anger got the better of me, influencing my quirk. Fortunately my friends were able to help me regain control of him before he caused any harm to innocents. It is a situation I have been training to correct ever since.”

“And on Nabu, you remained in complete control of your quirk the entire time, even with the situation as it was?” Yoroi Musha enquired.

“While we say you were unaware of Midnight’s passing, several of your classmates had been severely injured already to a similar degree as to when you lost control before,” Yaritezawa extended.

“Yes, thanks to the training I have undergone at UA,” Tokoyami answered. “As the prosecutor has pointed out, my previous lack of control caused severe damage to the environment. Currently, the confined, enclosed space where Pinky and I’s battle with Miss Hasaki still stands. I believe this should be sufficient to prove that I was in complete control of my quirk throughout the experience.”

Several of the panel members admittedly had overlooked that aspect and noted it down. Otoko’s face had twitched as Tsukuyomi manged to mitigate the evidence he introduced but it was no matter, he had a new goal to achieve.

“That still doesn’t address the intimidation factor but I guess that can be subjective. I wouldn’t be surprised in the future if you found yourself on a particular list that Gang Orca frequently finds himself charting in,” Otoko said with snideness in his tone.

While a fair number of people were confused by the remark, some thinking the prosecutor was referring to the top ten chart, Tokoyami and others in the know narrowed their eyes at the man as it was clear he was referring to the ‘Heroes who most look like villains’ list.

“No further questions,” Otoko said quickly before anyone with power could reprimand him for his statement.

With details about Tokoyami’s quirk answered already, most of the panel were satisfied with what had been said and were happy to move along. The bird-headed boy was dismissed from the stand and confidently took a seat in the gallery to remain as the next witness was called in.


“The defence calls Anima to the stand,” Mr Hagakure announced.

Once more there was a short pause as the bailiff left and returned with the boy. Koda hesitated when he entered at seeing just how many eyes were on him but gathered his courage once more and, although timidly, made his way over to the stand. Once there, he gently removed his orange facial mask as it was unnecessary and he figured it might obscure his words.

“Please raise your right hand and repeat after me,” the bailiff requested, not for the last time that day, and gave the statement that Koda needed to repeat.

“T-The statements I shall make before the panel-” Koda began nervously and a little too timidly.

“Please speak into the microphone clearly,” the legal head spoke up with impatience, causing Koda to shudder and hurriedly bow lightly to apologize before repeating his statement so everyone could hear it.

The bailiff didn’t say anything but allowed the boy an extra few moments to calm himself before repeating the statement for the clearly nervous young hero.

When all was ready Mr Hagakure began his questions.

“Mr Anima, is the hero costume you’re currently wearing the same or very similar to that you wore at the same time as the villain attack on Nabu?”

“It might be the same,” Koda pondered. “It got a little torn up in the fighting but I don’t think it was all replaced.”

“To confirm, were there any design changes made between your costume then and your costume now?”

“Uh, no,” Koda confirmed once he realised what Mr Hagakure was looking for.

“While Mr Anima was not named by Miss Hasaki, her description of the hero in this particular costume fits during a specific part of her own testimony,” the invisible lawyer spelled out before turning back to Koda. “Now, in your own words, could you please then tell the panel of your role during the initial attack during the late afternoon of the eighteenth?”

“S-Sure,” Koda shook his head with tiny, hurried nods before trying to think about where best to start.

The audience listened patiently as Koda began his version of events when they heard about the villain attack while stationed at the agency and responding. It didn’t take long for him to detail his part in the evacuation effort rather than prioritizing combat which the others were more suited for and reach the area Mr Hagakure was most interested in presenting to the panel.

“My fellow heroes and I were getting as many civilians away from the beech as we could, taking them round the outskirts of the town and further inland. It was then we saw the giant er… inflatable ‘Deku’ – t-the image of a classmate of ours - and a cry for help from a young girl. Tentacole, Froppy, and myse- uh, I took off to see if we could help while the others carried on with the civilians. When we arrived, we saw our friends were hurt and unconscious and the villain was still awake, so I did what I could and used my quirk to ask hundreds of my feathered friends to block the villain’s line of sight. Tentacole grabbed Deku and uh… Bakugo, while I was able to strike the villain and get him into position for detainment. It was then that…” Koda’s voice hitched and he paused for a moment.

“Take your time,” Mr Hagakure gently reassured him.

The crowd watched as Anima pulled himself together and continued.

“I heard a woman calling out, telling me to get away from the villain called ‘Nine’ and called us ‘monsters’. She was on the other side of my bird friends who were circling us and were keeping her out. W-Well… u-until she turned her hair really sharp and started c-cutting though them.”

There was a murmur of discomfort from the audience.

“To be clear,” Mr Hagakure pressed, “was she trying to simply push her way through them, or physically cutting through their bodies?”

“T-The second one,” Koda admittedly bitterly, his hands tensing into fists, but feeling the helplessness of the moment sap any strength they could carry. “I-I feel really bad for all those she killed that protected me and my friends.”

While Koda was re-experiencing his emotions Mr Hagakure swiftly used the opportunity to extract another couple of images from his file and present them to the panel.

“These are pictures taken of the area where Nine, Deku, and Bakugo initially faced off and where Tentacole and Anima extracted their fellow heroes and the civilian children. While there was extensive damage done to the city and surrounding areas, the harsh winds from Nine’s quirk were focused on the ruins and left this battle area relatively intact. As you can see from the myriad of bird remains, these avians were not felled by lightning strike, explosion, or bullet, but by slashes from an incredibly sharp and controlled object. Miss Kiruka admits to being present at the scene but not of felling these fowl. None of the heroes present or Nine had quirks that could cause damage of this type but Miss Hasaki did. Though the heroes did not fight her directly at this time, they were left with the clear impression and evidence that Miss Hasaki could and would take their lives after having already mercilessly slain so many birds.”

There was significant murmuring among the crowd this time as the evidence was much more compelling than simple testimony. Seeing so many poor birds taking the fall for him and his friends hurt Koda just as much now as it did then.

Even Slice was looking a little nervous at the damning evidence her outrage at anyone laying a hand on Nine had left her open to. Otoko looked somewhat nervous too but he seemed strangely unconcerned with just how damning this new evidence seemed to be.

“I um… left the villain where he was when Miss Hasaki tried to attack us and escaped with the others. When my friends and I gathered together after making sure all the civilians were safe, Tentacole and I told everyone about what had happened and what we knew of Miss Hasaki’s quirk.”

“Thank you Anima,” Mr Hagakure nodded. “To confirm, both Pinky and Tsukuyomi were both made aware of Miss Hasaki’s ability to use her hair as bladed weaponry and also the fact that she killed a number of birds?”

“Y-Yeah, I told them,” Koda nodded. “I was really worried for them when they volunteered to be the ones to handle Miss Hasaki because of their quirks.”

“You doubted their abilities?”

“N-No,” Koda denied strongly, “I just… didn’t want them to end up like those birds…”

“I see,” Mr Hagakure sighed empathetically. “No further questions.”


As expected, the prosecution wasn’t about to let Koda’s testimony go untested and rose to begin the cross examination.

“Anima, we’ve heard from both you and Tentacole that you engaged the one known as Nine, correct?”

“Uh, yes, that’s right,” Koda nodded.

“And you said you were able to get the drop and him and arrest him if not for Miss Hasaki’s intervention?”

“Yes?”

“You really expect us to believe that you, someone whose entire quirk solely revolves around communicating with animals, was able to take on someone who’d already fended off two of your classes’ supposed strongest students?”

“W-Well he was already really tired from fighting them,” Koda stressed. “It seemed like he was really struggling to keep going after that.”

“Oh, I’m sure,” Otoko replied sarcastically. “Anima, do you understand what perjury is?”

“T-The act of lying under oath,” Koda replied cautiously.

“Correct,” Otoko noted in a tone similar to that of a teacher praising a pre-schooler. “I’m sure I’m not the only one that’s noticed you seem to be extremely nervous Anima, is there a reason?”

“Um…” Koda hesitated. “I-I’m not used to so many people watching me.”

A few of the panel members felt a touch of sympathy for the boy but Bengoshi and, surprisingly Yoroi Musha shook their heads disapprovingly.

“Did you understand the context of this arrangement before you gave your support to Pinky?” Yoroi Musha asked curiously.

“Yes?” Koda replied questioningly.

“Then you should’ve been prepared accordingly,” the pro chided. “Do you think civilians will avert their gazes while you perform heroic duties?”

“N-No,” Koda admitted, “but that’s a bit different and I’m trying to get better.”

Bengoshi had to hide his satisfaction as the UA student was suitably scolded and it hadn’t had to come from him.

“See that you do.”

“May I remind Mr Musha that this student is a first year?” Tsuragamae noted.

“Yet still holds a provisional license,” Bengoshi countered. “If Anima is prepared to hold one then he should be prepared to face scrutiny himself… or maybe he’s not ready for the responsibility of a license.”

Koda gulped nervously before, thankfully, the otter-headed panellist came to his rescue.

“We’re losing sight of things here, I recommend we get back on track,” Hito declared, returning the floor to the prosecutor.

“Yoroi Musha’s viewpoint is the more innocent way of looking at things certainly,” Otoko acknowledged the panel’s concerns. “However, nerves this severe could also be an indication of lying. Perhaps it is not the fear of public speaking that Anima is suffering from, but from knowingly deceiving this panel.”

“This is not an interrogation,” Tsuragamae reprimanded. “If you have any real proof for us to doubt Anima’s words, please present it, otherwise move on.”

Otoko held up his hands to concede the point but his goal had already been achieved.

“Unfortunately, in such a wide open space, there is nothing but testimony on each side since there were no cameras around to say definitively. As for the depiction of deceased birds, there is no evidence that links Miss Hasaki directly with that. They could’ve just as easily been planted after the clash to further incriminate my client.”

“By whom?” Hito looked at him doubtfully.

“I am simply stating that there is no reason to believe my client was the one responsible for that scene,” Otoko stated. “If the defence has any further evidence, maybe surprise footage of her committing such a terrible act, that would be one thing, but the fact is there were people at that particular spot and afterward there were dead birds there, nothing concrete linking the two events.”

Yaritezawa, Hito, and Tsuragamae were firmly unconvinced as Mr Otoko stood down to allow them to ask their own questions. Fortunately, though Koda’s testimony was short the pictures spoke volumes to back up his testimony and none of the panellists needed anything clarified further.

After a momentary pause where no one spoke up, Koda was dismissed who breathed a sigh of relief as he stepped down from the stand to join Tokoyami in the gallery as their last friend was due to be called.


 “The defence calls Tentacole to the stand.”

After a few moments and one visit from the bailiff later, Shoji emerged into the room standing tall and walking with purpose. Mina knew her friend well enough to tell he was trying to be strong however, and the many eyes on him clearly made him uncomfortable as he took his position.

“Mr Tentacole, please raise your right hand and repeat after me,” the bailiff began.

“Not yet,” the legal head interrupted. “If the witness could please lower his mask so we can see the words coming from his own lips.”

“Must I?” Shoji asked with a clear tone of discomfort, his eyes narrowing as he glanced between the panel members who weren’t speaking up before sending a sideward look at his friend.

It was then Mina remembered what lay beneath the mask and let out a small hiss of empathy. Instantly she felt her guilt rising for Shoji being forced into this position.

Before she could try to interject, or get Nezu or Mr Hagakure to say something, Nezu gave the boy a small nod. Shoji’s eyes were downcast, his jaw noticeably tensed, before he slowly reached up and pulled down his covering.

His expression instantly deepened into a frown as the legal head quirked his lip at the sight of the scars he now beheld while he saw pity in the other panel members’ eyes; all except Yoroi Musha that is.


Back at the dorm, there were several gasps from the class as many finally learned what their friend had been keeping covered for so long.

“Shoji…” Ochako murmured.

“Poor guy,” Kaminari shook his head as a frown settled onto his face.

“Do you think it was villains?” Ojiro wondered.

“I don’t think they were caused by pushing himself like Midoriya,” Sero glanced over at the green-haired boy who was examining his hand scars to try and compare them.

“Did none of you guys see them in the changing rooms?” Kyoka asked curiously.

“He never really uncovered his face,” Kirishima remarked, “not that I ever saw anyway.”

“Please refrain from speculating on our classmate’s physical appearance,” Iida declared with authority, firmly chopping his hand, “if he wanted to obscure his features for any reason then we should respect that and not press for information he is not willing to divulge.”

“We’re just worried for him, ribbit,” Tsuyu bit her lip.

“As am I,” Iida nodded, “but speculation will get us nowhere. Let’s keep our focus on the event for now and, at a more reasonable time, our friend may be willing to open up to us.”

Despite his newness to the class and repeated declaration about focusing on being a hero first, Shinso couldn’t help feeling a pang of empathy for his new classmate as the camera focused on Shoji’s face. Clearly his appearance was news to everyone here and they’d reacted with concern too, though with a greater helping of empathy than he was used to.

In between wondering if their sense of comradery had already begun spreading to him, he and the rest of the class returned their attention back to the TV.


“You may now proceed,” the legal head gestured to the bailiff who successfully swore Shoji in this time as Mr Hagakure prepared to begin.

“Mr Tentacole, could you please detail for the panel your full and complete perspective of the villain attack on Nabu.”

“Sure,” Shoji nodded simply.

Once more the audience heard the initial reaction of the heroes as they’d sprang into action as best they could. Shoji ran through everything that happened from his point of view: engaging Chimera on the beach, then seeing the distress hologram and rescuing Deku and Bakugo with Anima after their initial fight with Nine and again confirming Slice’s attack on the birds, right to his showdown with Chimera where they were both frozen solid.

There were a number of sympathetic faces in the crowd who winced as Shoji relayed how he’d minimized the damage to his quirk when Chimera ripped his arms off, showing the scar he’d received from the frostbite in turn. While the two lawyers on the panel looked a tad distressed at hearing what the boy had gone through, Yoroi Musha was nodding along with approval.

Though his words on the start and end of the incident were necessary, it was the middle section Mr Hagakure was more eager to capitalize on.

“Thank you for your testimony,” Mr Hagakure nodded. “Since we are here today to discuss Miss Pinky’s actions against Miss Hasaki, I would like to go into greater detail regarding your brief encounter with her. You say you urged Anima to leave the villain Nine as Miss Hasaki was approaching. What made you do so?”

“Fatigue,” Shoji admitted. “I had already contended with Chimera, suffering several injuries at this point, and had secured our friends to retreat. While Anima had Nine pinned, Miss Hasaki arrived on the scene wielding her quirk to a threatening degree. Anima has made improvements in his combat effectiveness since arriving at UA, but these villains were not playing and I doubted our ability to fend her off, especially with Deku and Bakugo so injured. I am grateful my fellow hero heeded my advice as I am now certain we would’ve lost that fight.”

“I see,” Mr Hagakure nodded, glad they could get the confirmation out of the way before moving on to the most key point of why the boy was here. “The panel has also been made aware of your involvement with Pinky and Invisible Girl during an incident prior to the villain attack. Could you please relay your perspective of that incident for the panel please?”

Shoji nodded, letting out a small sigh as his mind drifted back to that upsetting time.

“Pinky, Invisible Girl, and I were scheduled for days off that day. I was not involved in any of their plans nor did I intentionally seek them out. Towards the evening, after perusing the town and talking with some of the local citizens, I went for a walk through the surrounding greenery on a path. When I reached the end of it, I heard a disturbance from nearby and found four males harassing my classmates. Their actions were simply pestering at first, but it was evident they had been drinking and were becoming more aggressively insistent. That’s when I decided to step in. While I believe my classmates were glad to see me, the four males were not and uttered racial abuse toward me. I informed them of my status as a hero and that I’d dialled the local police since they were refusing to depart peacefully when they began advancing on me, hurling an empty glass bottle at my head I was able to dodge. Before anything else happened Midnight then stepped in and put an end to things, causing three of the boys to flee.

“So you’re confirming that, through it all, Pinky wasn’t involved in the discrimination part of the incident at all?”

“Yes,” Shoji confirmed.

“And did Miss Midnight have anything more to say about it?”

“Only what she told the police and is in the report,” Shoji relayed, unaware about the lack of report to produce. “As we both acted in a hero capacity, we returned to the agency together to write up and log our versions of events for the record.”

Shoji was telling the truth, though he was omitting the chat he and Midnight had that was much more personal at the nearby park. Mr Hagakure smiled as he submitted the printed version of both Shoji and Midnight’s side of the reports to the panel.

“As you can see from the time and date stamps, these are both of the reports in question submitted well before the villain attack and recovered from the local Hero Net database the students used before they were sent to the police to be added in. Notice how both reports detail the same events that we’ve heard from Miss Pinky and Mr Tentacole and that Miss Midnight’s also matches them.”

It was another blow to Parupatiin’s credibility and the man felt his pulse quicken as he could practically feel heads turning towards him.

“No further questions,” Mr Hagakure announced, retaking his seat.


Once more Otoko rose for the cross examination. In the stands Tokoyami and Koda braced themselves for whatever disparaging questions the man would ask their youngest classmate.

“Tentacole,” Otoko addressed frankly. “You’ve spoken a lot about my client and the villains who kept her hostage all this time. You mentioned you received a head injury from your scrap with Chimera, are you sure you did not misinterpret Miss Hasaki’s desperation to get your attention so she could escape her captors as aggression.”

“Attacking heroes and asking for protection are two diametrically opposed actions,” Shoji stated.

“Fancy words,” Otoko acted impressed, “but are you saying that there’s no chance Miss Hasaki needed to maintain an illusion of being on the villain’s side? After all, you and Anima both confirmed that Nine was still conscious.”

“She had no qualms ending the lives of several dozen birds. Considering her demeanour and actions, I firmly believe myself and Anima were the next to be slaughtered.”

“Another accusation that has yet to be backed up with hard evidence,” Otoko reminded the panel. “Tell me, why did you desire to become a hero, Mr Tentacole?” Otoko asked casually.

“I do not wish to see others suffer,” Shoji stated plainly. “This was a good way to achieve that.”

“So you don’t consider a woman held against her will to not be someone suffering? Someone in need of saving?”

“If that were the case, but it isn’t,” Shoji dismissed.

“You seem so sure,” Otoko mused. “Yet I can’t help but wonder if you have an ulterior motive for believing so. Tell us, where did you get those scars?”

Shoji demeanour hardened.

“What relevance has it to this?”

“Agreed, woof,” Tsuragamae stated.

“I believe it has relevance to motive,” Otoko assured the panel.

“Those scars don’t look fresh,” Hito noted, “did you obtain them from your fights?”

“No,” Shoji replied with a tense, one word answer.

“Then I agree,” Hito nodded, “this is unnecessary.”

“I assure you, it isn’t,” Otoko tried again.

“Do you have any evidence to back up whatever point you’re trying to make?” Yaritezawa asked.

“I do,” Otoko confirmed, ready to present the documentation he’d dug up.

Yaritezawa sighed and glanced at the other panel members. While Hito and Tsuragamae were reluctant, it seemed Bengoshi and Yoroi Musha were not objecting. Taking note of her hesitation, Bengoshi spoke up.

“Tentacole, please answer the question.”

Mina had been worried about her friend before, but when she saw the way Shoji clammed up she knew she had to do something. Nudging Nezu in the side, she tried to urge him to do something with a look.

“If I may,” Nezu spoke up clearly into his microphone. “I believe this information is particularly sensitive and will bring great stress to the witness. It is not something that should be wielded as a weapon to needlessly attack.

A cruel satisfaction danced in Bengoshi’s eyes as he saw how concerned the principal was about whatever Otoko was about to reveal.

“If it is pertinent to the actions Tentacole took on Nabu and his testimony here today, I believe that is cause enough for us to hear it,” he replied. “Miss Hasaki has gone through great stress herself yet is still able to testify and hear all the opposing views about her without objection.”

Nezu’s eyes narrowed but Bengoshi was unmoved, turning back to Shoji which Otoko took as his signal to continue.

“Well?” He pressed.

Shoji let a tense breath pass between his teeth, his hands clenched so tight enough he thought he could feel blood before speaking.

“I got them when I was young.”

“And how did you get them?”

“During an incident in a village after saving a young girl from drowning.”

Very heroic, but is that the full picture?” Otoko asked, knowingly, his hand fingering the article he’d dug up; Nezu wasn’t the only one who could do his research.

“There was a dispute afterwards…” Shoji admitted, “I received these scars from that.”

“As we seem to be getting nowhere, allow me to clarify things for the panel,” Otoko presented his evidence. “It seems that this isn’t Tentacole’s second, or even third run in with discrimination. It was reported in the past that, at a small farmland village on the outskirts of Fukuoka, where Tentacole lived as a young boy, there was a violent incident that saw the lives of two people ended with their child injured and orphaned. The adults bore the last name shared by Tentacole and their son was reportedly left with scars around his mouth that match what we see today. Saved by a vacationing hero, those who committed the crime claimed that the family was dangerous and contaminated while the boy spoke of his only crime being to save a girl from the nearby river.”

Mina’s eyes widened as Shoji’s scrunched shut.

“It is evident that a grudge has been borne by Tentacole ever since and we are just now starting to see it manifest when there was no authoritative supervision around. Tentacole’s fellow heteromorph classmates obviously knew of his burden and likely colluded with each other to ensure that Miss Hasaki was lumped in with the villains as some form of cruel retribution towards someone who isn’t one of them. I think it’s pretty clear what’s going on here,” Otoko’s expression darkened as Shoji’s eyes opened and narrowed at the tone he detected. “It’s been evident from the beginning that discrimination has played a part in the potential crime here today, now it’s just a matter of which side it is truly coming from. Miss Hasaki has been permanently maimed and now only wishes to see justice be served; I don’t believe the same could be said for the biased UA students.”

“Mr Otoko!” A commanding bark from Tsuragamae made most of the panel, besides the pro hero, and Nezu, jump from the volume. “Such rhetoric has no place here today! It is clear to me you have nothing of substance to present and are submitting speculation as fact. This cross examination is at an end.”

Otoko took a moment to respond, only giving the man a small nod before retaking his seat.

It was clear a nerve had been struck in the police chief and even the HPSC legal head looked dissuaded from objecting to this declaration. Emotions seemed to be running high as Tsuragamae took a moment to settle himself before speaking again.

“Mr Tentacole, are you okay?”

“I’m… fine, sir,” Shoji nodded lightly, though his chest was tight and his breathing barely controlled.

“You have our apologies,” Tsuragamae bowed his head. “Such things should not have been revealed so casually or in such a disparaging manner,” he sent a scathing look at Otoko.

“It’s fine,” Shoji repeated in the same tone.

“Does anyone have any further questions for Mr Tentacole?” The police chief checked with the others, hoping to quickly give the boy the reprieve he clearly needed. His eyes narrowed as Bengoshi cleared his throat.

“As unrefined as Mr Otoko’s approach was, I feel the need to request whether the incident described in this article did indeed involve you,” Bengoshi asked almost politely, though still getting a few disapproving looks from the lawyers on the panel.

“It did,” Shoji confirmed with a disheartened voice. “The people in my former village were… less than accepting of my quirk.”

“And, do you bare any kind of grudge about your… situation?” Bengoshi asked, earning a warning glare from Tsuragamae this time.

“I do not,” Shoji shook his head.

As much as he wanted to keep his mouth shut and escape the stand as soon as he could, he knew he couldn’t let that prosecutor’s prejudiced bias colour his past or leave people thinking the worst of him, not if he never wanted others to suffer like he had.

“I… have a number of painful memories and no way shall I ever forget them, but I want nothing more than to be a hero and protect everyone. However, these scars and the fact that I am a heteromorph… really give a specific impression. That’s why I wear a mask. I don’t want people thinking I’m out for retribution.”

Tokoyami, Koda, and Mina could all feel the weight of Shoji’s words as they re-evaluated their perception of their friend. They didn’t want it to affect them, but it was clear the boy had been holding back a great sadness and, contrary to the prosecution’s accusation, been shouldering the burden alone all this time.

“From what you have told us and what we have heard of the villain known as ‘Chimera’s behaviour during this incident, your resolve and dedication to justice is something to be commended boy,” Yoroi spoke up tipping his helmet to the boy. “It sounds like you not only fought with honour and integrity but carry yourself in the same way daily; I foresee a fine career as a pro hero in your future.”

“Thank you, sir,” Shoji’s expression didn’t change much from the surprising praise, only returning the nod in respect as his only acknowledgement of the man’s words.

“I believe that is all we shall require from you Mr Tentacole,” Tsuragamae bowed again and dismissed the boy.

Gathering what was left of his strength, Shoji entered the gallery to sit alongside his friends, taking the spot between them as it was offered and feeling their shoulders deliberately rub together. It wasn’t much, but a glance at both of them assured him it wasn’t out of pity, but support. There was doubtlessly going to be questions when they all returned to the dorms, but for now he had dealt with the worst of it.

Mina wished she could give the boy the biggest hug in the world right now but she was unfortunately glued to her seat. Thankfully, it seemed both the panel and Mr Hagakure were taking a short break to let things settle before moving on. Nezu had been scribbling furiously on his notes for the past few minutes but Mina couldn’t make out his handwriting for the life of her, she only hoped it was something about making that prosecutor pay for what he’d revealed.


 “The defence calls Eraser Head to the stand.”

Another short pause and the class 1-A teacher entered the room with the bailiff and took his place on the stand with a practised ease as though he’d done so numerous times before. Once on the stand, Mina couldn’t get a good read on her teacher; his expression was the same as ever, but there was something off about him that she couldn’t place.

After being sworn in, Mr Hagakure began.

“Mr Eraser Head, you are an educator at UA and Pinky’s homeroom teacher, correct?”

“Yes,” Aizawa said simply.

“Do you also oversee her performance in hero basic training?”

“Yes, as with the rest of the class’ students,” Aizawa nodded.

“It has been noted that Pinky not only charted close to the bottom of the class ranking during the first term, but that she also failed the subsequent exam and had to attend summer school. Could you please provide the panel with your insights into Pinky’s usual school behaviour?”

The girl in question braced herself for what was undoubtedly something that wouldn’t be flattering.

“While Pinky’s performance in class has had room for considerable improvement in the past, both academic and physical, she has made significant strides since arriving at UA,” Aizawa explained. “Despite failing her first end of term exam and attending UA’s version of summer school, she’s since found her motivation to do better and has surpassed a number of her classmates to find herself closer to the middle of the pack in terms of ranking.”

“But she was near the bottom of the class at one point?”

“Correct; in UA,” Aizawa explained. “Pinky managed to secure her place in the class over at least twenty thousand other applicants. Even bottom of the class is still the top 0.1% out of everyone who applied; if she ever dropped below my high expectations of her, she would be out before she could say ‘unfair’. While I cannot speak for the other teachers’ opinions, her grades were at least satisfactory towards the beginning and have notably improved in the run up to her participation in the Hero Work Recommendation Project.”

Mina’s heart actually lightened at Aizawa’s perspective. He certainly seemed to get on her case, as well as Kaminari’s, more than most but it was clear it was because he really did believe in her and the rest of the class, even if he could act like it a bit more sometimes.

“What were your thoughts on Pinky, as well as her classmates, participation in the Hero Work project?” Mr Hagakure followed on.

“Idiotic,” Aizawa stated with a touch of cynicism. The HPSC legal head looked excited at this new prospect but his joy was very short lived.

“And why is that?” Mr Hagakure encouraged.

“Because the project itself was idiotic at best and neglectfully lethal at worst,” Eraser Head continued, his gaze now squarely on Bengoshi.

“T-That is not of your concern,” Bengoshi stated, a bluster at the unexpected callout.

“Considering the events we are here for, yes, it is,” Aizawa refuted directly.

“Would you please expand on why you believe this to be and why it is relevant to Miss Pinky’s case for the panel please,” Mr Hagakure quickly supported, preventing the other panel members from stopping this line of questioning, though none looked eager to.

“This project was practically mandated to UA by the HPSC,” Aizawa stated simply. “The only factor that mattered was whether or not a student held a provisional license, a license that should only grant a person permission to act as a hero in an emergency situation. Students in various schools across the country took part in this project that demanded no teacher or pro oversight and not even a representative of the HPSC to check on their progress. It was incredibly reckless at best and irresponsibly dangerous towards everyone at worst: students who may not fully know how the handle unique situations that occur, villains who could take advantage of the students inexperience or be injured unnecessarily, and civilians who could be hurt when a situation isn’t resolved properly.”

“So you admit that you believe Pinky is liable for the crimes she’s accused of here today?” Bengoshi hurriedly tried to steer the testimony away from the HPSC.

“I believe she and the others did their duty as best they were able given the circumstances. If you believe someone should be punished for criminal negligence then this trial should be about the HPSC’s flagrant disregard of the law, not my student’s,” Aizawa hissed.

Mina didn’t know whether to be scared or proud of her teacher for throwing the whole affair back at the government so blatantly. By her side, Nezu was also smirking as, while a tad underhanded, he knew Aizawa’s frustrations with the situation were best directed at the ones responsible for the whole operation.

“That is enough!” Bengoshi demanded. “Mr Hagakure, there will be no further inflammatory questions from you, the defence will now rest.”

Mr Hagakure frowned, though no one else could see, as he hesitated to sit back down.

Tsuragamae was also clearly uncomfortable at this move. It was one thing for the prosecution to attack the witness, but the HPSC legal head was clearly trying to supress any evidence of wrong doing on the government’s part.

Raising his hand, he moved to cover both his own and Bengoshi’s microphones again to try and talk sense into the man. Bengoshi wasn’t having it however, grasping Tsuragamae’s outstretched appendage and pushing it back towards the man.

“My decision is final,” he stated with no room for argument.

Tsuragamae paused as his hand was released before glancing at Yaritezawa on his other side who also looked notably uncomfortable with the situation. As though sharing the same thought, both knew without a doubt that they would be both submitting official complaints about the man before the day was out.

“The prosecution may now question the witness if they wish,” Bengoshi declared.


Though a tad surprised by the incident, Otoko was ready to cross examine, though he figured the defence had already soured their goodwill enough as it was. Still, far be it from him to waste this opportunity he’d been presented with.

“Eraser Head, you’ve expelled numerous students before now according to your academic record, yet only one of this year’s class has gone for what appears to be extremely inappropriate behaviour. This appears to be far from your modus operandi. Why the change of heart?”

“This year’s students are notably promising,” Aizawa stated evenly. “There was no reason to initially expel them.”

Initially expel them? What do you mean?”

“What does it matter?” Aizawa deadpanned.

“Answer the question,” Bengoshi urged, hoping the prosecution had something up his sleeve. Otoko simply looked at Eraser Head expectantly, waiting for his forced response.

Some students don’t know the difference between self-sacrifice and recklessness, expelling them gives them a chance to experience an academic death to gain perspective instead of experiencing a real one to learn that lesson.”

Back at the dorms, several eyes were drawn towards Izuku who had the good grace to swallow nervously as they heard the true reason behind Aizawa’s expulsion-happy reputation.

“Of course, they are re-enrolled soon after; hopefully with a bit more perspective on things.”

“And yet the expulsion remains on their permanent record,” Otoko noted. “It seems you’ve been given carte blanche to pick and choose whatever you want to do to your class without repercussion. Is that true?”

“My methods produce results,” Aizawa shrugged. “UA is known for allowing teachers the freedom to educate in the manner they feel is most effective; this is my method.”

“A simple ‘yes’ would’ve sufficed,” Otoko chuckled. “Given your own flagrant disregard for conventional norms that have also been proven to work, I wonder how much of your teachings have passed onto your students. In society, we can’t pick and choose which laws we obey and which ones we can disregard, yet we also see UA doing a similar thing in assigning Midnight to watch the students on Nabu. You clearly broke the parameters of the project there, how can we reliably believe this isn’t a case of the student learning from the teacher, disregarding any ethical or lawful code of conduct and maiming my client beyond any healing capacity?”

“Because if I had any doubts Pinky was in the wrong, she would again be already expelled,” Aizawa stated firmly.

“We’ve already established how your judgement is questionable at best,” Otoko shook his head. “Between that, your clear favouritism for this particular class, and your disregard for rules and regulations you deem worth obeying, how can any of us believe these potential heroes under your wing won’t wreak more havoc and cause more unnecessary injuries like Pinky has?

“The HPSC are the ones who deem whether someone meets the criteria to become a hero and gets their license, not me, nor UA,” Aizawa stated simply.

“Considering Vlad King also went with class 1-B on their trip, why was Midnight chosen to accompany your class to Nabu?” Otoko asked.

“I had responsibilities to take care of that demanded my oversight at UA,” Aizawa replied.

“Were your class not also your responsibility?”

“The other is something only I can handle, any of my fellow teachers were more than capable to oversee my class.”

“Right, but that was only until things started going wrong. The students, for the most part, were left without Midnight’s help when a real emergency occurred due to her skills being… insufficient to tackle the villains. Do you not believe you and your quirk would’ve done more good had you been present?”

As stoic as he normally was, even Mina could see that the questions were beginning to get to her teacher. Nezu was in a similar mind-set as he hoped Aizawa could endure the prosecution’s goading.

“The outcome may have been different but that’s not worth dwelling on now,” Aizawa stated, his tone noticeably more tense. The defensive side grimaced as Otoko clearly picked up on it too.

“Do you blame them for Midnight’s death?”

Instead of a curt answer as before, there was a noticeable hesitation before Aizawa answered.

“… No.”

Mina tried not to outwardly grimace but it felt to her like there was at least a little bit of blame there. Glancing at her friends in the gallery, she could see their own expressions turn as they likely suspected the same.

“So you acknowledge Midnight was ineffective as a pro hero and overseer of the students given she was the only captive and casualty.”

“The villains, like Miss Hasaki, are the ones I blame,” Aizawa glared at the man, his hands tightening into fists.

“Miss Hasaki wasn’t involved in any part of Midnight’s demise, unlike your student, ‘Bakugo’, was it?” Otoko grinned maliciously. “The official report states it was his responsibility to try and rescue her from the real villain’s clutches and he failed. If I recall, wasn’t he the one that was kidnapped himself during the training camp? I believe you said something during an interview at the time like; ‘As his teacher, I take full responsibility for him’,” Otoko deliberately misquoted. “In short, since this was an emergency situation that qualifies the students to act with their licenses, shouldn’t Pinky’s behaviour, your other students’ actions, and Midnight’s death, all be your responsibility?”

“Shut up!” Aizawa’s voice raised, his quirk and hair flaring briefly as he glared at the man who simply smirked back in satisfaction, seemingly unaffected by the man’s disabling gaze.

“Bailiff, hold him in contempt!” Bengoshi ordered quickly.

Nezu cursed inwardly as the prosecution had pressed exactly where Aizawa was weakest at the moment. The man knew better than to activate his quirk without prompting in an inquiry like this but his emotions had finally gotten the better of him. Luckily, it seemed only to be a moment of weakness as the pro quickly realised his error and deactivated his quirk.

Even so, the damage was done and the teacher resigned himself being taken by the arm and guided towards the side door where he would likely be reprimanded in custody.

“No further questions,” Bengoshi smirked smugly as he retook his seat, though several of the panel’s eyes narrowed at the man.

Lacking their ability to question the defence’s latest witness, there was nothing the panel could do except prompt them to move along.


“The defence calls Principal Nezu to the stand,”

The diminutive chimera gestured to the bailiff as he hopped down from his seat. After a quick word in the man’s ear, he swiftly departed for a moment before returning with a short set of steps that fit behind the stand and placed them appropriately. Even though they were technically for children, Nezu thanked the man all the same before he took his position, standing straight, firm, and confident.

With a small pause for anticipation, Mr Hagakure began with his questions.

“Principal Nezu, this project was noted to take place with no teacher oversight on the part of the hero schools; why did you send Midnight to oversee the students?”

“Officially, Midnight was suspended at the time of the project,” Nezu recounted. “There was an unrelated incident at the school and she was on temporary leave from her station as an educator. Where she decided to spend that time off was no concern of UA’s.”

“A technicality,” Bengoshi scoffed.

“Maybe, but a valid one,” Nezu retorted. “While she was on leave as an educator at UA, she still had a full pro hero license to carry out all her actions on Nabu without interfering with the HPSC’s project as there were no stipulations on working with fellow pros. Vlad King too was also on authorized leave as an educator and just so happened to want to spend his time at the same location as class 1-B. I only wish we could’ve spared more heroes to take a leave of absence but that would’ve interrupted our other students’ education.”

Bengoshi glared, resolving to look up the official statuses of both heroes at the time to make sure Nezu wasn’t lying. Either way, it was a loophole he’d need to close for the future.

“That wasn’t in the spirit of the exercise,” Yoroi Musha voiced.

“Considering this year’s unusually high villain activity given the retirement of All Might and focus on targeting UA students, I would rather see the spirit of this flawed project ignored and keep our students alive rather than explain to parents why their son or daughter wouldn’t be returning. As this is currently the case for a number of other hero schools with a total of fifteen students who died by the end of the project, I do not regret UA’s decision for an instant.”

It was emotional manipulation, but Nezu was going to use his every moment to sway the public in favour of Pinky and the heroes. Enough faith had been lost in the system already and the HPSC was clearly willing to double down than admit any kind of fault.

Unlike the HPSC legal head, Yoroi Musha considered Nezu’s words thoughtfully, stroking his beard.

“Of the two outcomes, that is indeed the more honourable and preferable,” he agreed with Nezu nodding in acknowledgement.

Getting such a reaction was child’s play for the principal as each of the panel members had their own sense of justice, beliefs, and morals. With the lawyers, they simply needed to show that proper care had been taken to learn the laws they were upholding which Miss Ashido had done well. The police chief was similar, though he skewed slightly more towards following the spirit of the law rather than the exact wording. To get Yoroi on their side, they needed to appeal to his hero honour code, giving examples for how outcomes were considered and deliberately choosing the one with the least risk to civilians or property, even at the cost of the hero’s own health. As for Bengoshi, the HPSC rep, well, that was a lost cause Nezu had no inclination to appeal to; his mind clearly made up well before the trial. All they had had to do was play it smart and they would come out victorious with four panel members against one.

“Let’s move on to the next aspect of the incident,” Mr Hagakure announced. “Before the villains arrived on the island, we’ve already heard of how several students and Midnight were involved in a discrimination incident. Were you alerted to such a thing occurring?”

“Indeed I was,” Nezu acknowledge with a knowing smile. “After Midnight stepped in to stop the conflict escalating further on the part of the offenders and everyone giving their statements and reports to the police, she emailed me to let UA know of what had happened.”

“Was that the only email she sent?”

“Why no,” Nezu’s smile deepened. “The following day, once the offending Nabu youths had been processed, the police sent her a copy of the full report as the matter was considered closed.”

Over in the stands, Parupatiin felt his stomach drop.

“Do you still have the email containing a copy of this report?” Mr Hagakure asked as if he didn’t know already.

“That I do,” Nezu confirmed. “I even took the liberty of bringing a copy of the original file along with paper copies for the panel to review.”

Mr Hagakure passed sets of papers over for the panel’s consideration, holding on to the memory stick for just a moment longer. Tsuragamae especially was notably eying the evidence eagerly.

“T-Those have clearly been edited and faked to remove any wrongdoing on UA’s part!” Parupatiin scoffed loudly from the gallery.

“Be silent or you will be removed, Mr Parupatiin,” the otter faced lawyer declared sternly which shut the man up quickly.

“The report file itself has been verified as untampered and authentic by the mainland’s police cyber-crime unit,” Mr Hagakure remarked confidently. “It again details the same story that has been professed by Pinky and Tentacole as well as supported by Midnight and Tentacole’s reports. It is clear and officially documented that Pinky and her friends were indeed the victims of this incident. Considering the emails Midnight sent Principal Nezu I dare say she was far from disappointed by their behaviour,” he turned and again reached for his folder, presenting the email printouts to the panel. “While the police back-up servers were unfortunately scheduled to only connect to the station and sync their files once a week on a Sunday, as the arresting hero, Midnight was given regular updates on how incident progressed and, needless to say, if she was disappointed with anyone here, it was how the police and Mr Parupatiin himself handled the situation.”

“This certainly does confirm everything we’ve heard from the defence’s side regarding this incident so far,” Yaritezawa noted.

“It’s not beyond the realm of possibility that such a form could’ve been modified to look authentic,” Yoroi Musha remarked. “As the only remaining source of this report is from the principal of the defendant, there is a degree of doubt that it is completely genuine. I’m sure a being of your Intelligence Nezu could work your magic with computers to make it say all the right things.”

“Then it’s a good thing that the form isn’t the only evidence,” Hagakure grinned before turning back to Nezu. “Principal Nezu, was there anything else attached to the email Miss Midnight sent your way?”

“Why yes,” Nezu’s eyes gleamed. “With no cameras around, this case could obviously be dismissed as a more official ‘he said/she said’ as we’re seeing now. Midnight had handled her fair share of these cases in the past and kept a good mind to begin recording the incident prior to it getting out of hand. Included along with the copy of the report, and her thoughts about the situation in general, she also included a copy of the video itself that would’ve been attached as evidence had the police servers not been destroyed.”

Mina’s heart soared as Mr Hagakure produced a USB drive and passed it to the bailiff to project for the panel on the screens built into their desk positions and the projector above them that had been added for the gallery and the public viewing at home. It didn’t take long for everyone to become enraptured by the scene as Midnight’s phone was able to capture the unfolding situation from when the boys surrounded her and Tooru to when Shoji was about to be assaulted with Midnight stepping in to put an end to things.

“While official storage records of the incident were lost in the villain attack, as you can see, the evidence attached to them was not. It is undoubtedly clear at this stage it was Pinky and her classmates that were victims of such a crime, not the perpetrators,” Mr Hagakure declared confidently as now there was no doubt Mina’s and Shoji’s words were the ones to be trusted on the matter.

Over in the stands, Parupatiin could feel the judgemental eyes surrounding him start to turn in his direction. He remained as still as he could, hoping to prevent drawing any further attention from himself until he could leave and think up an acceptable explanation to validate his story.

“To conclude your involvement in this situation, Principal Nezu,” Mr Hagakure returned to the main topic of debate. “When did you hear of the villain attack and what was your response?”

Considering Nezu’s previous responses, this one was fairly muted as there was little blame to go around here. He did his duty as other heroes did in responding to the situation, sending the UA staff as reinforcements while personally heading to the hospital to personally oversee both the students care and that they were able to produce reports of their actions on the island.

With that, Nezu’s examination came to an end as Mr Hagakure retook his seat and awaited their opponent’s response.


If there was one thing Otoko knew for certain, it’s that given Nezu any opportunity to strike would see the rat do so. His intelligence was well known in Japan and he’d already been able to introduce strong evidence against his client as well as brazenly call out the HPSC while covering a majority of the areas he could potentially be open to criticism. Frankly, it was better if he didn’t cross examine the chimera just to get him off the stand faster.

“The prosecution does not wish to examine Principal Nezu,” Otoko rose and spoke before taking his seat again.

He was well aware of the surprise on a number of faces in both the gallery and on the panel but he was confident in his decision.

All that remained was any questions the panel had for the head of UA and Bengoshi was quick to jump on them.

“Eraser Head stated that he had a responsibility only he could see to back at UA as the excuse why Midnight was ‘conveniently present’ instead of him. My question is what could possibly make Eraser Head, one of the most reputably strict educators at UA, remain behind instead of accompanying his students who’ve already been targeted twice.”

“There was no school based reason for Eraser Head to do so,” Nezu replied casually. “He was not ordered to remain in anyway, we simply worked around his responsibilities to ensure class 1-A arrived at their project location with their fellow pro.”

“I think you’re hiding something,” Bengoshi accused, his eyes narrowing.

“And yet it was not I who attempted to keep the details of this incident a secret from the public,” Nezu countered. “UA and I have been forthcoming with all information in the best interests of our students and the nation’s citizens. I’m afraid if you’re looking for some scapegoat to pin this project’s woeful failings on, you have only to direct your hand towards the one responsible for its creation.”

Bengoshi’s eyes widened as Nezu took a brief pause, his eyes alight with glee.

“Oh, right, the one who greenlit this project and bears ultimate responsibility for its failings is you, isn’t it?” He chuckled.

The HPSC legal head’s lip curled. He’d been forced between a rock and a hard place with nary a few words from the principle on full display to the public. Either he admitted he signed off on the project and took personal responsibility of all the issues, including the deceased pro and fifteen students, or deny everything and make the government look inept as he found a suitable pasty to pin it on. Even if he went with option B, he was sure Nezu would find a way to expose the official documentation somehow. As the seconds ticked on, it felt like the odd looks and murmuring from the gallery was growing steadily louder

In the end, he opted for option C to split the difference; ignoring the accusation all together and calling an end to the questions.

“The panel has no further questions,” he declared without checking with the other members. He’d clearly gained all their ire at this point as the actions he’d been taking throughout this inquiry were now blatantly far from impartial.

Nezu chuckled softly but triumphantly, shaking his head at the spineless human before him. Men like him only came into power to feel important, not to do any real good for society but there was nothing he could do about that now beyond what he’d already achieved.

After climbing down the placed steps, the bailiff moved to collect them, leaving the stand empty once more.

As Nezu climbed back into his seat, Mr Hagakure breathed slowly as their last significant piece of evidence was to be played that would surely end any doubts that Pinky was in the wrong.


“The defence calls Matadouteki Shimano to the stand.”

The father of the siblings that class 1-A had worked so hard to protect soon entered the room, taking his place on the stand as expected, if a little nervously.

Slice, unable to see or hear what was going on, had no reaction despite her presence on the screen at the prosecutor’s desk, but she did feel a shiver go up her spine.

“Mr Shimano,” Mr Hagakure began, “before the group of villains decided to turn their attention towards your children on Nabu, you encountered them beforehand, did you not?”

“I did,” the man nodded.

“Then could you please explain that encounter in detail for the panel.”

“Certainly,” he nodded, “I was making my way back to the hotel I was renting during my stay in Kyushu from work that night in my pickup truck. It was already dark and I had just finished listening to a video message my kids had sent me, letting me know everything was fine with them at the time. It was sudden, and I only had a moment to brace myself, but a large wolf-man charged my vehicle head on, smashing into it with such force I was ejected into the street.”

“Is this the man in question?” Mr Hagakure presented the mugshot of Chimera.

“That’s him,” Shimano confirmed. “When I was thrown from my vehicle, I was still conscious. It was then that I saw the other three; a man wrapped in red bandages and tactical gear, another in a grey suit jacket and pants with some sort of black and purple body suit and facemask underneath, and a woman with long red hair in a purple outfit.”

“Is this the outfit in question of the woman?” Mr Hagakure presented the man with the image of Slice’s clothes that she’d been arrested in.

“That’s it,” he nodded.

“And is that the woman in question?” Mr Hagakure gestured to the screen where Slice simply sat.

“I believe she had long red hair at the time, but yes,” Shimano confirmed.

“By Miss Hasaki’s own admission, she was present during the incidents where Nine assaulted heroes and stole their quirks. Did she look like she was under duress as a hostage or unwilling participant at the time?”

“No,” Mr Shimano shook his head firmly. “I was almost unconscious after the villain stole my quirk, but I remember her saying that, ‘The new world that we’ve fought to build, I can almost see it’.”

“Do you have any way of confirming your account?” Mr Hagakure asked knowingly.

“When I lost my quirk and passed out, I woke up in the hospital and couldn’t remember much at first. The memories started coming back to me slowly and I spoke to Hawks about what I recalled who left pretty quickly after that. It wasn’t until later that I remembered the camera in my work truck. As I’m on the road on the mainland a lot, its company policy to have a dashboard camera installed for insurance purposes.”

“Mr Shimano’s truck was investigated thoroughly by police while he was unconscious.” Mr Hagakure announced. “Though the vehicle will not run again without extensive work, the dash-cam, while shaken loose from its position, was intact and managed to record the entire event Mr Shimano describes.”

The panel glanced back at the screens built into their desks which began playing out the file Mr Hagakure had selected from the damaged dash camera.

“As you can see, Miss Hasaki appears accompanying Nine and the other here in the outfit she was arrested in, including the gloves she denies any knowledge of. The freak thunderstorm exhibited in the video, that laid waste to the surrounding city, was clearly meant to be a demonstration of power now Nine believed he had everything he needed to create this supposed ‘utopia’ he wanted and Miss Hasaki is right there alongside him revelling in the destruction he is causing. Not only that, but when Nine is unable to utilize Mr Shimano’s quirk, it is Miss Hasaki that locates Mr Shimano’s phone and leads him towards Nabu and his son,” Mr Hagakure continued, on a roll. “This proves that Miss Hasaki was not under duress as the villains’ captive and was a full member and participant of their plan.”

At this stage, it wasn’t much of a surprise, but it was certainly damning. For most of the panel, that was the moment that all doubt left their mind as to the conclusion of this trial. Mr Hagakure wasn’t letting up for a second however.

“With the destruction she wrought at Nabu’s harbour, the birds she allegedly killed during Nine’s encounter with Anima and Tentacole, and the wounds she inflicted on Tsukuyomi, we know she is also highly skilled in the use of her quirk which we’ve previously established can be used to puncture through metal and concrete. To that end, Pinky and her fellow students were well within their rights as heroes to regard Miss Hasaki as extremely dangerous and act accordingly. It is well within a hero’s rights to disarm a villain’s quirk while they are actively attempting to cause damage; bodily or material. Pinky’s Acid effectively achieved this result with minimal lasting damage to Miss Hasaki beyond the loss of her hair according to the medical reports submitted.”

Mina could just about jump for joy at Mr Hagakure’s confident declaration. With all the evidence they’d gathered, there was no way Slice would be able to worm her way out of this one, nor could anyone deny she wasn’t an active threat.

“The defence has no further questions,” Mr Hagakure finished confidently, retaking his seat with a greatly satisfied smile.

“The prosecution may now cross-examine the witness if they wish, woof,” Tsuragamae stated, curious as to how the man’s tactics would fare against this new evidence. 


This wasn’t something Otoko could counter and he knew it.

Even if he claimed the footage had been faked, there was a snowball’s chance in hell that he’d be believed. All he could do was try to mitigate the damage as best he could.

“Mr Shimano, did you consider that Miss Hasaki had appeared to be going along with the villain’s schemes to prevent further harm coming to herself? In seeming like she fully supports their plan, she is less of a worry to the real villains and it bought her some more leeway to possible make her escape.”

“Well… no,” Shimano answered. “I thought she was just one of their group.”

“For arguments’ sake, if Miss Hasaki were in league with the villains that had kidnapped her, considering her quirk could’ve been used to puncture your vehicle’s tyres, preventing your escape and not risking your life such as when Chimera smashed your vehicle, don’t you believe that would’ve been a better method to ensure the leader could steal your quirk?”

“I… guess?” Mr Shimano scratched his head. “I don’t really know how the leader’s quirk worked. Does the person have to be alive to have their quirk stolen?”

The prosecution hesitated as the man had accidently hit on something no one really knew for sure. He glanced at both the panel and the defence’s side but it seemed they were just as in the dark as he was.

“That is… not something we know at this time,” Bengoshi admitted reluctantly.

Otoko retook his seat with precious little to show for his efforts.

As most of Shimano’s testimony was backed up with video evidence, the panel didn’t have anything to clarify and allowed the defence to continue.


It was at this point that Mr Hagakure moved on to introducing some of the other citizens of Nabu to the stand, starting with Katsuma and Mahoro; separately of course.

Both of the children had seen Slice’s handiwork when Nine was temporarily subdued by Anima but at this point it was little more than twigs on a roaring flame of counter evidence. Otoko was clearly warned prior to cross examining the children about proper conduct. While he tried to be a bit more subtle in his efforts to discredit the youngsters, citing their overactive imaginations, false call into the agency the night prior to the villain attack, and them being coerced into regurgitating a story cooked up by the defence, the majority of the panel members were long past buying it.

In addition to the glowing testimonials that Mr Matsuda, Mrs Suzumura, and Granny Sato then provided, Mr Hagakure was able to introduce affidavits he’d acquired from many of the other citizens the students had helped during their time on the island, praising the heroes for all their hard work. Not everyone was positive however and some bore resentment for all they’d lost over the incident with some being outright discriminatory to his face but those testimonies were not included in his documentation. If the prosecution had wanted to use them against Pinky and her friends, they should’ve done the leg work themselves.

While Mr Hagakure, Nezu, and even Mina were growing more and more certain that this case would be dismissed before the day was out, Otoko appeared ever the stanch lawyer and not giving away his own feelings on the matter as more and more evidence was introduced discrediting what was left of Parupatiin’s testimony.

At this point, all he had left was Slice and Mummy’s words, which didn’t amount to much considering they were both arrested as villains, and the circumstantial evidence. Even Mina’s declaration that she’d said Slice didn’t deserve her quirk was shaky at best and wouldn’t get her more than a dressing down on the proper language to use in the public eye.

It had been a long and drawn out session but such was the nature of the law and Mr Hagakure was confident that he and Nezu had done the best they could to not only exonerate Mina, but ensure faith in UA and heroes in general was as secure as they could make it.

“The defence has no further questions and no further witnesses,” Mr Hagakure finally finished, retaking his seat as Granny Sato joined the others in the gallery.


“Does the prosecution have any additional evidence to present for consideration at this time?” Bengoshi asked curiously as the rest of the panel turned towards the man.

Otoko’s hands were casually interlaced from an outside view. If this were a normal case, he would be greatly frustrated by the defence’s thorough and overwhelming preparation to metaphorically slap him and his client down. He almost certainly looked like a fool for taking this case at this point which would no doubt have blowback on his firm… but the goal of today had changed with that one phone call he’d received before the initial judgement.

There was only one thing left to do before he could give up on this lost cause of a case, and that was call his most volatile witness.

“The prosecution would like to call one more witness to the stand; Chojuro Kon.”

A smattering of murmurs broke out in the gallery once again while across the room both Nezu and Mr Hagakure raised curious brows.

“Is there a particular reason you did not call this witness prior?” Tsuragamae asked with a frown.

“As you have heard, this witness has a certain… predisposition for being unruly and uncooperative. It wasn’t until after I had already delivered my initial round of evidence that I was contacted to tell me he was willing to take the stand,” Otoko lied.

“Be that as it may, bad timing is not an acceptable reason to allow a new prosecution witness at this point, woof,” Tsuragamae stated. “As such we have no choice but to deny-”

“Chief,” Bengoshi interjected with a stern look, covering their microphones. “While it is unorthodox, this case is being executed with transparency in mind. If we were to deny the prosecution their witness now, the people could believe we are trying to cover things up.”

“There are procedures in place for a reason, woof,” Tsuragamae stated firmly. “Not only have you broken a number of them yourself today, you should know better than I how this will make it look to the public to give special treatment.”

“I’m certain this is something in the public’s best interest,” the legal head nodded. “It is also my final say on the matter.”

“If there is a chance, however slim, there is something we can glean from the testimony to better prepare for the future, we should take it,” Yoroi Musha concurred.

Tsuragamae glanced to Yaritezawa beside him, getting a shrug of resigned acceptance. The other panel member also didn’t appear to be willing to raise objects so it seemed he was outnumbered and overruled. The bullish man had gotten his way and he couldn’t help but wonder if this was how Bengoshi rose to this position in the first place.

“Very well,” he conceded, finding his own hands tied now as the legal head vocalized their decision.

Though he bore a neutral expression, inside the legal head was grinning. Not only did they have another opportunity to push more blame onto UA, but he’d also be able to question the second-in-command of this attack directly. He hoped that he’d be more forthcoming than the others about exactly how Nine got his abilities and where they could locate such knowledge; he was only a stupid beast after all.

“Though unusual, due to the public interest in this case, we have decided to allow the introduction of this witness to the panel.”

It was clear that this decision was unpopular with all but the prosecution as Nezu, Mr Hagakure, and even Mina couldn’t keep the disbelief off their faces while the gallery broke out into their loudest round of murmurs yet.

It took a little longer for things to be organised, but soon enough, Chojuro Kon, also known as ‘Chimera’, was displayed on the viewing panel, seated, bound, and muzzled. Mina, Nezu, and Mr Hagakure were reluctantly curious about what sort of ‘hail Mary’ chance the prosecution was hoping to pull off with this.

As this was the prosecution’s witness, Otoko would have the opportunity to question first, rising to do so as Kon was sworn in.

“Mr Kon, I believe you were in allegiance with the villain known as ‘Nine’ the longest, correct?”

“Yeah,” Chimera scoffed, appearing almost bored and uncaring.

“And you confirm that the two of you targeted and kidnapped her, yes?”

“Yeah, Kiruka Hasaki weren’t willin’, we took her ‘coz we needed a bitch with precision,” Chimera shrugged.

“And you admit that, if not for your forcing of her participation, you or another member of your group would have killed Miss Hasaki for not being useful?”

“Yeah, she didn’t wanna do it at first, that’s when we…”

Eyebrows raised as Chimera’s next words died in his throat before his head hung low and he heaved a great sigh.

“Urgh… this isn’t fuckin’ worth it,” he could be heard muttering before his muzzle swung upwards and he faced the camera again, only this time, there was a fierceness and anger in his expression that was a far cry from the placid one he wore before. “Kiruka Hasaki is a fuckin’ murderer just like the rest of us!”

Shock barely had a moment to register on the faces of everyone in the courtroom as well as around the country in the brief pause they had as Chimera took a deep breath.

“Slice joined our little gang after me but she’s every bit the hero-hating deranged psychopath we all are! I had to hold the bitch back from slicing those heroes apart from their throats to their fuck holes; dead heroes would’da brought down more heat on us before we were ready to take the country by storm and bring about our new age!”

“T-That’s quite enough!” Otoko panicked and whirled to the panel. “Mute him or something!”

“You wanted the witness to testify and he’s doing so,” Bengoshi dismissed with eagerness. He may be condemning his partner but if the beast was this chatty, perhaps all wasn’t lost to get all the information he could on obtaining All-For-One.

Otoko knew his case was already sunk but he knew if he let Chimera say any more he might try to take down anyone he could with him, including him! Moving quickly, the man stepped out from behind his bench and hurriedly approached the monitor.

Before he could try to do anything to sabotage the feed however, the guards were already moving, restraining the man’s arms behind his back and pulling him away from his goal.

“Guards, restrain him,” Bengoshi declared. “Return him to his seat, I believe we may have some questions for the prosecution before long.”

As the fight left Otoko, the room could hear the chuckling of Chimera through the monitor.

“I’m guessing that lawyer of Slice’s tried to shut me up?” He asked. “Figures, wouldn’t do good for anyone to find out you tried to coerce me into committin’ perjury, would it?”

A defeated sigh was all that could escape Otoko’s lips as he was sat back down with the pair of guards now standing either side of him. Over on the other side of the room, even though the prosecution’s case was blowing up tremendously in their face, Nezu, Mina, and Mr Hagakure were nonetheless wary about the situation.

“A most troubling accusation, woof,” Tsuragamae noted, “for another time. For now, let us address the matter at hand.”

“Oh, yeah, can’t forget the whole reason the bitch got me out of my cell and all,” Chimera chuckled. “Personally, I think she’s never looked better.”

“In your candid opinion then, Miss Hasaki was truly considered a threat and dangerous?” Hito clarified for the record.

“She would’ve relished slitting the throats of those kids and watching them bleed out,” Chimera growled maliciously. “Can’t say I really disagree with her either.”

Mina swallowed thickly as she was harshly reminded of the brutal reality had she and her friends not acted. Over in the gallery, Mr Shimano was quickly urging his kids out of the room while Shoji rested a reassuring hand on Tokoyami’s shoulder, the boy shuddering at the images his imagination presented.

“Yet there were several puncture marks on Miss Hasaki from the medical report that didn’t match any of the heroes. Were those your doing?” Yaritezawa asked.

“Almost wish I’d done more when I had the chance,” Chimera scoffed. “We fought over that Midnight hero I captured. Slice wanted to end her there and then using those hair blades she was so fuckin’ proud of. Psychopath finally listened to reason when I told her it was more beneficial to keep her alive as a hostage. I almost regret it too; even when she was battered and bruised, that damn bitch tried to pity me. Wove some shitty sob story about her own shit and tried to build up one of her little urchins. I should’ve crushed Tentacole’s head when it was in my claws."

Shoji’s jaw clenched and his free hand gripped the bench tightly.

“Enough about this,” Bengoshi dismissed. “How did Nine get his quirk? Tell us what you know!”

“No fuckin’ clue,” Chimera scoffed, uninterested. “All I know is he let the League of Villains do some weird experiments on him and he came back more powerful than ever. All he needed was that brat’s quirk and he’d’ve been unstoppable.”

“You have to know something!” The legal head demanded.

“All I know is you’re a sack of shit,” Chimera spat. “One day you’ll get yours.”

“What are you implying, woof?” Tsuragamae spoke up.

Chimera simply chuckled darkly as his eyes gleamed. Nezu could feel his fur standing on end as he felt his instincts flare.

“For too long society has been out of balance, too long the weak and pathetic have pushed around those with power, preventing them from using what we were gifted at birth to use. Mutants like me, who are treated little more than gutter trash, do all the nasty shit you fucks don’t want to get your hands dirty with. Any time we spoke up to get what we needed to live or push back against oppression, we were labelled as criminals and villains. Nine was going to change all that and right all the wrongs in this world!”

“This is too much, we need to shut this down,” Hito urged, reaching for the monitor remote.

“I concur, end this now!” Nezu called out, his fur bristling while several camera operators looked confused and hesitant about what to do.

The legal head for the HPSC was speechless, gawking at the screen as Chimera held his menacing, bloodthirsty gaze that shook him to his core.

“A revolution is coming for you all!” Chimera cried as though sensing that he would be cut off soon, though not struggling against his bonds. “My kind will not be silenced, they’ll rise up and exterminate you pathetic maggots who sit on high deciding who’s a hero and who’s a villain. You will be ripped to shreds as the strong decimate the weak and take their rightful place in the world. When I’m freed, I will mount your heads on pikes and gorge on your entrails for every slur and insult ever thrown my way! Revolt against the oppressors an-”

“Then it’s a good thing you’re never getting out, woof!” The police chief interrupted loudly with as much confidence as he could muster, but even he couldn’t hide the falter in his voice. Chimera’s gaze shifted and he opened his muzzle to rant again but Tsuragamae was quicker, reaching over and pressing the mute button to end Chimera’s influence over the proceedings.

Chimera’s feed was cut off and the screen returned to an inky blackness.

For a moment, there was silence in the room, as though everyone was simultaneously holding their breath, only for sound to rush back in a moment latter as raucous chatter broke out around the chamber.

Mina was stunned in her seat, not knowing exactly what to make of what she just heard. Nezu, on the other hand, had his quirk and mind running overtime as he tried to figure out how to mitigate the immense damage Chimera had just done. Sometimes, he truly hated being right.

“The… defence feels no need to cross examine this witness,” Mr Hagakure hesitated but spoke clearly despite his own shock, attempting to bring structure back to the derailed proceedings. “I believe he has said all that needed to be.”

While the panel members exchanged looks, silently deciding how to proceed, Bengoshi’s stupor broke as he tried to respond as though his brain were on auto-pilot.

“Ahem, uh, after t-that… insightful testimony, w-we will now hear closing statements.”

“There will be no need,” Tsuragamae dismissed. “I think it’s been made abundantly clear what has happened. In the case of Kiruka Hasaki v. ‘Pinky’, on all counts, we find Pinky not guilty. This case will not proceed to the criminal court, nor will Pinky be liable for any damages as she acted within the grounds of the law. This case is dismissed in its entirety. Appeals will not be heard and the public can rest assured that all of the villains involved in the attack on Nabu will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law!”

Unlike a criminal court, there was no bang of a gavel to punctuate the verdict.

Such was the lack of dramatics after what they had just witnessed that Mina almost missed the declaration. Slowly, as most of the panel began getting up to leave with the HPSC’s legal head still rooted to his chair, the news began to sink in.

She was innocent, and she could go back to UA and keep training to become a hero.

A small smile crossed Mina’s face at that thought as relief began flooding her system. She would get to stay in the dorms and be with all her partners still too! This was the best outcome she could’ve hoped for.

So why did she feel like she and all of her friends had lost.

In her heart, she knew the answer, even if every optimistic part of her wanted to deny it.

“Pinky? Are you okay?” Mr Hagakure nudged the girl, causing her to briefly shake her head.

“Y-Yeah, no, I’m fine, great actually,” Mina replied with a nervous laugh. Though she couldn’t see it Mr Hagakure wasn’t convinced.

“I think we’d best leave now,” he gestured behind them to the doors. It was only then Mina realized that Nezu was already gone, she’d not even seen him get down. “I presume he’s gone to try and do something about what we just heard,” Mr Hagakure answered her confused expression. “Come on, let’s go regroup with everyone and figure out what’s next.”

Mina nodded lightly, spying her friends already on the move too as she gratefully rose from her seat and departed the chamber she’d seen far too much of for today.


Taking the exit behind them instead of the main door, Mina, her friends, and Mr Hagakure quickly left to find themselves back in the adjourning hallway as several clerks seemed to be hurrying around more frantically than before.

“I-Is that it then?” Koda asked nervously.

“As unceremonious as it was, I believe so,” Tokoyami nodded while Shoji remained pensive, his mind elsewhere. 

“What the hell was with him?” Mina shook her head. “Did that other lawyer bribe him or something and he just decided not to go through with it?”

“We may never know, but it was a fortuitous outcome,” Tokoyami replied.

“And Shoji, you had to fight that guy?! I’m so glad you were able to kick his butt ‘cause I would’ve been shaking in my boots!” Mina quivered a tad overdramatically.

“He was an intimidating enemy,” Shoji nodded, his mind returning. “I, too, am glad you didn’t face him; I do not believe my quirk would’ve been a good match against Slice’s and something tells me you wouldn’t have escaped Chimera without significant harm,” he held up his dupli-arms to show off the scar he’d received that day.

“Definitely,” Mina nodded and swooped in for a hug that the large boy was a little hesitant to reciprocate at first.

“Silver lining, I believe his rant swiftly eliminated any possibility of this panel finding in his companion’s favour,” Tokoyami acknowledged.

“I didn’t see any way they could’ve found you guilty e-even before that!” Koda spoke up with a touch more enthusiasm.

“Man, I was hoping so but I wasn’t sure,” Mina groaned, thinking about the HPSC law head’s clear bias as she released Shoji from her embrace.

“I’m glad that they still found in your favour, but I think that villain just opened up a much worse can of worms,” Mr Hagakure muttered.

“Agreed,” Shoji nodded darkly, a deep pang of worry in his own heart.

The others looked between the pair nervously before the group were interrupted by several rapidly approaching footsteps.

“Down here, quickly,” a call echoed throughout the hall.

The provisional heroes turned quickly to address the shout, their instincts getting them ready for combat only to see an unknown hero leading several riot officers down the hall and past them.

“The civilians have nearly breached the entryway, hurry,” the hero called before urging several clerks to make way.

“That can’t be good…” Tokoyami stated ominously.

“S-Should we go help?” Koda asked nervously.

“No,” Mr Hagakure shut them down. “Leave this to the police and the pros, your jobs are done here.”

“We should at least find out what’s going on,” Shoji urged.

Mr Hagakure let out a conflicted sigh.

“Considering Nezu and Aizawa are both absent I can’t exactly stop you, but unless the situation demands action, we should stick to this floor.”

That much the students could agree to, having had their fill of action for the day just from testifying.

Heading down the corridor and back into the open space by the front entrance of the main chamber, the group spotted several more officers heading down the stairs to assist in whatever was going on while a number of people were gathered around the large windows overlooking the street.

Already they could hear the sounds of unrest coming from outside, much louder than it had been when they first arrived. There were several flashes of light, a spout of flames, and what appeared to be barbed wire being emitted from quirk users below who were very clearly not heroes.

“What’s going on?” Shoji asked as he and the others approached the window. Surprisingly, it was Mr Matsuda who was closest and able to answer after having left the gallery.

“The folks outside are riotin’, I don’t thing some are happy with what happened in there,” he explained. “I dunno who attacked first, but I can prob’ly guess.”

Shoji’s jaw hardened as he glanced at the others who’d heard every word as they watched on. Despite the chaos, several voices could be heard amongst the shouting and screams.

“They only heard from mutant students! They’re trying to push an agenda!” One of the protestors called out.

“It was fake! UA used A.I. to fake that video!” Another could be heard yelling passionately.

“The heroes and government can’t protect us! Look what four villains did by themselves!”

“The mutant freaks are going to kill us all! We need to strike first!”

The UA students stood in awe of what had happened as a result of the trial. The side that had been in support of Mina appeared to have been routed at those most violent on the opposing side had started outright attacking people as they ran, specifically targeting those with obvious quirk features.

“We need to help!” Mina gasped, turning to head towards the stairs only to be body blocked by Shoji and Mr Hagakure.

“We would do more harm than good,” the dupli-armed boy stated firmly, holding Mina in place.

“They’re upset and scared at what they’ve heard. If you go out there, they’ll likely do their best to target you too.”

“Let them! I’m a hero, I can take it,” Mina urged.

“You were just declared innocent in a case with accusations of racism and discrimination,” Tokoyami reminded her. “If you, or any of us fight now, they will see that as the villains being right and their fears being justified.”

Mina’s eyes flittered between the pair in confusion before the rational side of her brain allowed their words to sink in.

“You… you’re right,” Mina cursed, clenching her fists. “But we need to do something to help.”

“The sooner you leave, the sooner you deprive them of a target and the sooner the authorities can get everything under control,” Mr Hagakure stated. “We should go find Nezu or one of your teachers.”

“I guess that’s my cue,” a somewhat energetic voice spoke up behind them as the group turned to see Present Mic standing nearby with a warm smile. “Heya kiddos, have a fun time?”

“This isn’t the moment for sarcasm,” Tokoyami stated, getting a small grimace from the man.

“Right, got it,” he acknowledged. “Lawyer man is right though, Aizawa’s all tied up at the moment, Nezu’s dealing with bureaucracy, and it’s no time for you guys to be fighting again. Let’s get you out of here and back to UA.”

There was a touch of hesitation among the group, none wanting to leave a situation like this as it was, but as one the students nodded, following along after Present Mic’s long strides.

“Be safe Pinky, give Invisible Girl my love,” Mr Hagakure called after the retreating students.

“I will!” Mina called back, waving over her shoulder. “And thank you so much again!”

It wasn’t a proper thank you, but Mina figured she’d see the man again soon enough and be able to give him the biggest hug with Tooru probably doing the same.

Following Present Mic down the stairs, they descended further than the flight they’d ascended, heading for the basement and the cars that had brought them here. As they approached, they could see the other heroes guarding the vehicles and Cementoss standing near what appeared to be a random wall while the shutter guarding the exit rattled threateningly.

“Everybody in and let’s get this show on the road!” Present Mic called out as he headed for the driver’s seat. Mina and the others didn’t think twice as they climbed into the back and quickly belted up.

Within moments they were good to go as Present Mic pulled out and approached his fellow teacher.

“I shall open the way, be quick,” Cementoss announced as he pressed his hands on the ground.

Outside the building, a chunk of pavement sunk itself into a ramp up to the main road where the protestors were notably absent as Cementoss opened up the wall. There were a few pipes and wires that had been exposed, once covered behind the building material the hero had just manipulated out of the way, but there was enough room for the car to squeeze out of.

“Let’s hit it!” Present Mic grinned, stepping on the gas and driving quickly but cautiously out of the make-shift exit before emerging directly on the road outside.

While Tokoyami and Koda watched up front, checking for ambushes their teacher may not notice in time, Mina and Shoji glanced out of the rear window, watching the cement fill itself back in as Cementoss closed the escape route.

None of them could relax until they were at least a few streets away and the streets were littered more with people looking like they were just going about their day.

“You alright back there little listeners?” Present Mic called out.

“We’re fine,” Shoji responded, his shoulders finally dropping as they relaxed at last.

“T-That was horrible,” Koda mumbled, a slight shake in his hands.

“We should be safe now, but I do not believe this will be the last incident of its kind,” Tokoyami muttered.

Mina couldn’t help but agree with the boy, slumping back into her seat as Present Mic got them back on the highway and speeding back towards UA. After everything that had happened and now that she’d been declared innocent, the only thing she wanted to do was crawl into bed and shut the world out.

Maybe before that she’d get her partners to give her many hugs. Hugs would help this aching guilt in her chest.


Deep in the heart of Tartarus, a screaming inmate was guided back to her cell by several guards.

“It’s not true! Everything he said was a lie! He’s just doing this to take me down with him!” Slice screamed again, writhing against her jailers in the straitjacket that had been applied to her as her cell door approached.

“Give it a rest bitch,” Chimera’s smug tone trickled out of his own cell.

“You fucker!” Slice screamed, thrashing against her bonds as best she could. “You fucking blew it you useless mutant trash!”

“Yeah, I know,” Chimera smirked, chuckling to himself. “Serves you right for thinking you could ditch us like that.”

“Argh!” Slice violently contorted as she tried to escape her confines. The urge to use what was left of her quirk was never higher but, with what meagre hair she had left, it wouldn’t be enough to do anything before she’d be taken down. “When I get out of here, the first thing I’m gonna do is stab you through the fucking skull!”

“Hmph,” Chimera scoffed, barely paying the woman any mind. “You’re dreaming, we’re never getting out of here.”

Slice was soon interrupted by being forced into her cell, though the straitjacket remained on as the guards retreated and securely locked her away once more.

“You fuckers are next!” Slice roared as she all but threw herself against the heavy steel door. “I’ll carve you up so bad they won’t be able to fucking identify you!”

“Yeah, you sound real innocent,” one of the guards shook his head before closing the door’s food flap. “Give it a rest, villain.”

It didn’t do much to shut up her renewed screams of anger, but it at least muffled the sound a little.

“Good, bitch was giving me a headache anyway,” Chimera chuckled, being sent a warning glance by another guard before the group stalked off.

Once they were gone, and after a few moments of quiet, not counting Slice’s rage, another voice spoke up.

“I take it the rest of the trial didn’t go so well?” Mummy called from his own cell beside Chimera’s.

“I’m not even gonna bother answerin’ that,” Chimera scoffed.

“Sounds like you decided not to go along with that suit’s plan.

“Fucker thought he was smart,” Chimera scoffed. “Showed him.”

“Yes, I’m sure he’s devastated losing a case and going back to his mansion or whatever while we’re stuck here.”

“At least I did something while you were suckin’ his cock for maybe a reduced sentence. Half of several lifetimes is still at least a lifetime, fucker.”

Mummy sneered to himself as a small silence settled, disturbed only by Slice’s continued outrage which was quickly becoming background noise.

“So… what did you do?”

“Hmph,” Chimera rolled his eyes at the obvious curiosity but figured he had nothing better to do. “I made the most of my platform. Told everyone that could hear a mutant uprising was comin’ and the streets would run red with blood and justice.”

“You don’t believe a word of that drivel you spouted, do you?” Mummy’s voice echoed from his nearby cell.

“Not a fuckin’ lick,” Chimera chuckled. “Dumb fucks believe stupid shit though, maybe some idiots will get a bright idea and knock off a few more heroes.”

“Not that we’ll be around to see it,” Mummy sighed, wishing he could soak some more bandages red with hero blood.

“Who gives a fuck? Not like there’s anything else to do now,” Chimera said, letting out a somewhat satisfied sigh.

The fear he’d seen in the panel members’ eyes would be a memory he’d savour for a long time, probably the last good one he’d make in this hellhole. The only thing that would make this better would be a good cigar but there was no chance of him ever laying a paw on those again.

Their plan had failed, Nine was dead, and with him, their dream. Slice could scream and fight all she wanted but it was nothing this place likely hadn’t seen before. Sending the fear that people like him would rise up and seize power for themselves was the best way he could inflict one last parting wound on this piece of shit society before he was stuck in a hole for the rest of his life.

Settling down on his cot, Chimera decided to get some shut eye, enjoying the sounds of Slice’s despair as her last ditch effort to wiggle free was surely crushed beneath his claws.


The UA main building and protective walls were a welcome sight as the students finally returned to the campus in the early evening.

After getting out of Tokyo, there was little to no issues besides some traffic and everyone was grateful to be back inside the relative safety of UA’s infamous defence system. With sighs of relief breathed after Present Mic parked up, Mina, Shoji, Tokoyami and Koda were free to head back to the changing rooms and get out of their hero costumes.

The group travelled in silence, not having the motivation for idle conversation before the pinkette split off from her male peers and entered the girl’s changing rooms, beginning to shed her hero costume.

As Mina began to get dressed into her regular clothes, she grabbed her phone and checked the screen. Clearly she’d been right to leave it behind as the thing had been blown up by her mother alone. Quickly glancing through the length of texts she’d been left, it was clear she and her father had been watching along with the trial but the messages got panicked and full of worry after the verdict.

It seems that the riot outside the building was made breaking news moments after the cameras had been switched off and her parents had caught the whole thing, leaving her messages about hoping she got out safely and to call them as soon as she arrived home.

Needless to say, Mina tapped a button and waited for the ring tone to run its course.

“Mina?! Honey, are you safe?” Her mom’s somewhat panicked voice came through the other end.

“Hey mom, I’m fine,” Mina chuckled mirthlessly. “T-The other heroes got me out, I’m okay.”

“That’s good, but did you have to fight? Did you get hurt? What happened?”

Mina wasn’t scared right now, nor was she in danger, but the fact that so many people had been so easily swayed by their hatred, fear, and prejudice from the words of villains, it shook something in her that let tears flow from her eyes.

“I-It was really scary,” Mina admitted, barely holding back a choked sob. “T-They were so angry e-even though I did the right thing.”

“I know honey, I know, it’s okay, let it out,” her mom encouraged as best she could as another sob escaped her little devil.

For the next several minutes, Mina relayed her thoughts and feelings about everything that had happened that day. How she could feel everyone constantly watching her and judging her based on lies and slander, how she felt when she heard about Shoji’s own story, and how she really didn’t feel like a hero having to run away while people like them were being attacked in the streets.

There wasn’t much her mother could do other than patiently listen and comfort her daughter with her dad chiming in here and there on speaker to offer his own comfort.

By the end, she’d been sitting in her shirt and underwear for twenty minutes and was starting the feel the chill. After explaining everything to her parents, her doubts got the better of her and she had to ask.

“D-Do… you guys think I should’ve stayed and tried to help those people?”

“No dear, you did exactly what you were supposed to do,” Mina’s mom began reminding her.

“Always keep in mind you did the right thing and got out safe, that’s all that matters to us,” Mina’s dad finished. “When you’re a full blown hero, you’ll be able to stop stuff like this… but for now, you were right to leave.”

“I thought so… I just… y-yeah…” Mina trailed off.

“Oh, honey,” her mom cooed, wondering if she should take a few days off to visit and hold her girl close.

“S-Sorry… I kinda broke down there,” Mina apologized, feeling bad for blubbering over the phone.

“Don’t worry about that,” her dad brushed off.

“What do we always say? You can cry as much as you like when you’re safe and home,” her mom reminded her.

“Well, I did the safe part, but I’m not really home yet,” Mina let out a single snort of humour. “I’m still getting dressed in my normal clothes in the school changing room.”

“That’s no good, you need to get into your nice warm room,” her dad shook his head at the other end.

“I’m sure Hagakure will want to hug you as much as we do after all that,” her mom said with an honest smile on her lips.

“Yeah, prob’ly,” Mina chuckled at imagining her girlfriend’s reaction. “I um… I should g-go,” she cleared her throat. “T-Thanks you guys.”

“Any time hun,” Mina’s mom replied softly.

“Thanks for callin’ too, your mom was climbing the walls with worry,” her dad chuckled, trying to liven the mood a little, though he got a disapproving look from his wife for his efforts. “Go have a good long rest so you can go kick more butt tomorrow.”

“Yeah, I will. Night guys… love you.”

“We love you too,” her parents signed off before Mina ended the call.

The room was silent again until Mina let out what was left of her breath before taking a deep, fresh one followed by another and then another. When she was satisfied she wasn’t going to shed anymore tears, she brushed what was left on her face away and cleared her throat again. The others were probably already long gone and she was likely returning alone to face her classmates own eager inquisition.

After finishing re-clothing and putting her hero costume case away to be cleaned and serviced, Mina straightened herself up and braced herself to go back out to see her likely worried friends.

Opening the door to the hallway however, showed her that three of her friends were already waiting for her.

“W-Why are you guys still here?” Mina asked as Tokoyami, Koda, and Shoji straightened themselves up from leaning or sitting nearby.

“We left together, we’ll return together,” Tokoyami nodded firmly.

“It’s only fitting,” Shoji agreed.

“A-Also, Hagakure and the others would probably go nuts if we came back without you,” Koda chuckled.

“They’re just worrywarts,” Mina giggled and shook her head, touched at the three’s solidarity. “But… thanks for waiting.”

“Anytime,” Tokoyami nodded as the four made their way back towards the dorms.


Approaching the front door to UA, the trial quartet braced themselves for whatever they’d find on the other side. With a somewhat steady hand, Mina was the one to reach out and push the door open.

As soon as they stepped into the dorms a few leftover party poppers went off as smiling faces greeted their returning friends.

“Welcome back!” Most called out in coordination as the confetti fell to the ground.

A weary yet grateful smile was unable to be fought off from settling on Mina’s cheeks as she saw the rest of the class, including Shinso, all there to greet them.

Tooru was at the front of the pack, bereft of party popper, her hands instead free so as soon as she could see Mina was okay and unburdened, she rushed towards her and engulfed her girlfriend in a bonebreaking hug.

“T-That’s about r-right,” Mina gasped, almost stuggling to breathe the way her lungs had been forcibly evacuated by her girlfriend.

“I’m so happy you’re alright!” Tooru nuzzled her face deeper into the crook of Mina’s neck, the pinkette both gently wrapping her arms around her and also trying to gently pry her up a little so she could begin regaining oxygen.

“Hagakure! Do not forget that Ashido needs to breathe,” Iida chided the girl.

“Thanks class rep’,” Mina chuckled as Tooru finally loosed her hold, though not yet fully pulling away.

“We knew you could do it,” Kirishima shot her a sharp grin and thumbs up.

“Never any doubt,” Kaminari and Sero both agreed.

Mina grinned as she felt her energy rising thanks to the upbeat style of her welcome.

“Yeah right, there isn’t a ‘Sorry you can’t be a hero anymore’ cake and banner you shoved off to the side, is there?” She laughed.

“Of course not!” Kirishima proclaimed staunchly.

“Kaminari already ate that one,” Sero smirked.

“Hey, screw you!” Kaminari glared, though both knew it was in jest and attention quickly returned the group of the hour.

“Are you all okay, ribbit?” Tsuyu asked, being deliberately vague for now.

“We’re fine,” Shoji assured her and the rest of the class.

“The trial was frustrating but I believe justice was and will continued to be served,” Tokoyami agreed.

“No doubts, I was getting cheesed off just listening to all those villains’ lies,” Sato shook his head, his wording getting a raised brow from Aoyama.

“It was to be expected,” Todoroki shrugged, “of course they wouldn’t own up to their crimes if they could get away with it.”

“Well yeah, but that lawyer guy probably knew the whole thing was bull’,” Kyoka reasoned. “Super scummy.”

“Still, I believe I speak for everyone when I say we’re glad you’re back safe and sound,” Momo smiled warmly, resisting the urge to join Tooru in cuddling her partner tightly.

“Come on, come sit down. You guys must be exhausted,” Ochako encouraged as she pat one of the couch cushions.

Mina and Koda headed over without a thought but Tokoyami glanced over at Shoji and shared a look with the boy. Even without an exchange of words, both could tell what the other was thinking as Tokoyami gestured his head to the elevator. Shoji slowly shook his head, raising a hand to touch at his mask tentatively before glancing over at the couches and back to Tokoyami. The boy gave a simple nod in response before the pair trailed after the others and took the pair of seats that were offered to them.

“Were you scared up on the stand?” Izuku directed towards Mina.

“Kinda, yeah,” Mina acknowledged, “but I knew if I showed it then some people might interpret that as looking guilty or lying.”

“The prosecution guy kinda got me with that as you guys probably saw, huh?” Koda shyly rubbed the back of his head.

“It’s not every day a trial like that shit is televised,” Bakugo noted. “Dumbass underestimated you guys though.”

“It wasn’t just us, but Nezu and Tooru’s dad really helped by getting all the other evidence and people from Nabu to help out.”

“Dad’s awesome like that,” Tooru smiled, feeling a pang of pride in her chest for her dad.

“It was good to see Katsuma and Mahoro are doing okay, even if they were a little nervous,” Izuku smiled, glad to see the pair were back with their father.

“Oh, yeah,” Mina remembered, “I hope you don’t mind Izuku, but Katsuma wanted to ask you something but he kinda asked me too.”

“Yeah?” Izuku tilted his head.

“He wanted to ask you if you thought, even with a quirk like his, that he could become a hero.”

Izuku’s eyes widened at the words.

“W-What did you tell him?” He quickly stammered.

“Pfft, what do you think,” Mina grinned cheekily, pulling Tooru a little closer. “After how he saved my Starlight, he’s already a hero to me. If he works hard, I’m sure he’ll be able to follow in our footsteps.”

“Maybe as that healin’ hag’s replacement,” Bakugo scoffed, though his heart wasn’t in the mock.

“Mahoro had a message for you too actually Bakugo,” Tokoyami spoke up, making the boy raise a curious brow. “Apparently, she can’t let her little brother come to UA alone so she’s aiming for here too. After all, ‘if that idiot Bakugo can get in then there’s no way me or Katsuma are gonna fail’.”

“Little shit!” Bakugo growled, though everyone could tell he was just annoyed at the slight against his ego and chuckled at his frustration.

“I feel bad they had to go through that for me though, even if I’m super grateful,” Mina sighed. “I hope they and their dad got out alright after the trial.”

“The rest of the Nabu citizens too,” Tokoyami agreed.

“Minus that crummy mayor,” Koda surprisingly said, getting a few odd looks thrown his way.

“Amen, but you guys had it worse,” Kyoka addressed the four together. “I don’t know how you kept your cool when he kept deliberately trying to get a rise out of you all.”

“He succeeded with Aizawa,” Shinso reminded them as the class spared a moment for their teacher’s whereabouts. “If you know what buttons to press, most anyone will react with enough pressure.”

“Oh yeah, you probably knew exactly what he was doing from the beginning, right?” Izuku enthused as he understood why Shinso would comprehend that type of method.

“Shoji definitely got the worst of it though,” Kaminari remarked, turning everyone’s attention towards their tallest friend. “You doing okay buddy?”

“I’m fine,” Shoji nodded monotonously.

“You sure,” Kirishima asked. “If you’re not, that’s okay too man.”

Shoji sighed deeply as the rest of the class watched him carefully as he lowered his head. Their eyes collectively widened when he slowly reached up and pulled down his mask.

“Truthfully, I’ve been better,” he admitted as most of the class got their first look at the boy’s unusually long and square mouth and jaw, the nasty looking scars running down portions of his lips and around the side of his head. “The prosecutor brought back some… distressing memories of mine.”

The class shared a collective look of sympathy with each wondering what to say to the boy or if they should say anything at all. Thankfully for them, Shoji could tell they were holding back their curiosity out of politeness and opted to let them in on his history. He trusted them all, even including Shinso in that consideration; he was now one of them after all.

“I grew up away from all the major cities, far out in the farmland,” Shoji began holding up his right set of dupli-arms in front of his face and forming some extra hands on their tips. “My parents didn’t have quirks like mine, mine was a mutation. For most of my life they tried to hide me, keep me away from the neighbours, made me wear the baggiest clothes we could afford. I didn’t understand why at first but I understood their fear. At first, I hated my arms, my face, my quirk. They made me different and an outcast to everyone but my parents even if I didn’t know that word at the time. I grew up playing by myself at night in the woods around the village, the few times it was safe to be outside was when no one else was.”

He paused as he relived the moment that everything went wrong and his whole life changed. His classmates could see the distress on his face and wished they could do something to ease their friend’s pain.

“Dude, you don’t have to-”

“It’s fine,” Shoji brushed off Kaminari’s well intentioned words. “It’s better you all know now,” he took another breath and began again. “It was early evening in late winter, right around now, and I’d left the house a little early to go watch the sun reflect off the water in the nearby stream; it always seemed calming to me and most of the village was either busy with the visitor or tending the fields. The melted snow from up the mountain had caused the river to become more violent though, and I was about to go and find something else to do, when I heard a voice calling for help. A little girl had also come to play nearby and had fallen in the river. She was much younger than me and it didn’t look like she could swim. Without thinking about the repercussions of my actions, I moved, using my quirk to help me reach out and take the hand of that little girl. It was hard, but I managed to pull us both back to the bank. She was in a great amount of tears though I believe some were out of gratitude, or at least, that’s what I like to believe. When she was feeling a bit better and ran home, I sat there for a while just thinking. It was then I accepted my body and quirk in its entirety.”

It sounded like a noble and heroic story with a happy ending, but the class remembered the prosecution’s words all too well from the trial.

“I don’t believe she meant any harm, but that little girl told her parents what had happened and who saved her. It wasn’t long before the villagers came in droves, armed with tools and weapons. Before I even had a chance to react, I was seized and wounded,” Shoji lightly touched at the pair of marks raking down his lips. “They accused me of trying to drown the girl, that I was a monster and ‘impure’. I remember the little girl crying and trying to stop them but they took her away. By then my parents had realized what had happened and fought to try and reach me… when the villagers figured out what they were trying to do, they were murdered there and then for the crime of being my parents…”

Around the room, tears were rolling down the eyes of several others as they could feel the raw emotion coming off of Shoji.

“I thought I would be following them soon after, but the villagers almost delighted in making me suffer,” he touched the scars running around the back of his head. “but it wasn’t to be as the villagers were thrown away from me by the guest who’d come to the village for a break from modern society; a hero.”

“Which one was it?” Izuku asked instinctually, getting a sharp look from several others. “S-Sorry!”

“It’s okay, but I actually don’t remember. I never saw them before that and I blacked out soon after. When I woke up, I was in a hospital bed in the nearest city. The police came to talk to me afterwards to get everything I knew after the hero went back with a force to arrest half the town apparently. After that, I became a ward of the state and ended up in an orphanage,” Shoji finished solemnly.

“T-That’s why you don’t have that much stuff,” Kaminari remembered from the room contest.

“I’ve had opportunities to acquire a number of material possessions but I don’t feel the desire to keep them. The only exceptions are for those of personal significance,” the dupli-armed boy stated.

“How could people do something like that?!” Iida muttered with pure disgust. “It’s so abhorrent I can hardly believe it. Uh… not that I don’t, of course,” he quickly assured when he realised how his words had sounded, getting a shrug of indifference from the boy.

“There are some truly terrible people in the world,” Ojiro noted. “Maybe it would be better if those kinds were all gone.”

“Maybe,” Shoji shrugged again. “But prejudice would still exist.”

“Do you hold any resentment against those criminals?” Todoroki asked curiously.

“I do,” Shoji nodded honestly. “I also know that I too have become a harbourer of prejudice. Though a great many people have never done anything to slight me, I am still wary of those that do not possess heteromorphic type quirks like me.”

“W-Wait, does that mean you-”

“Yes,” Shoji answered before Kirishima could even finish his thought. “I was reserved and hesitant around most of you before I got to know you better. Even now, I tend to suspect the worst in people, like some of the panel members and prosecution today.”

“Hearing what you’ve gone through, you sure you ain’t got PTSD?” Bakugo spoke up firmly.

“I don’t, but I still have nightmares,” Shoji admitted, “and I’ve been seeing a mental health specialist for years. However, in a horrible way, even when fighting him, I couldn’t help but feel a regretful kinship with the villain Chimera. I believe he is a mirror of what I could become if I gave in to my prejudice and anger.”

There were a few small gasps from around the room as Shoji admitted the dark thought he’d been harbouring since Nabu.

“Um… mon ami?” Aoyama timidly spoke up. “If you don’t mind me asking, after all that, how did you decide to become a hero?”

“And not to be insensitive but… if you’ve got those kind of opinions, are you sure it won’t interfere with potential hero work?” Shinso followed on.

“I understand your concern,” Shoji acknowledged, “but that is why I wear my mask,” he gestured to the lowered garment. “I do not want people to be afraid of me, nor do I seek retribution for my misfortunes or wish to pass on any lingering feelings of hatred. Instead, what drives me, is the one happy memory of the time I was overjoyed to have this body of mine. I do not wish to see anyone suffer as I have, heteromorph or not, that is why I have kept silent until now.”

A wave of understanding washed over the class as everyone finally began truly seeing their classmate as though for the first time.

“That’s so freaking manly!” Kirishima declared proudly, his eyes streaming with tears.

“Dude, that’s hardcore,” Kyoka agreed.

“I am not trying to be,” Shoji shrugged. “This is just who I am.”

“How are you this cool?!” Kaminari declared loudly with a few tears at the corner of his eyes.

“You deserve all the hugs!” Mina felt her own resolve break as she and Hagakure both leaned over to begin wrapping Shoji in the biggest hugs they could manage.

The boy was a little alarmed at the action, and soon found himself overwhelmed as others either joined in, like Kaminari, Kirishima, and Koda, or sent him looks of understanding and support.

“Ribbit, you’ve always been a good person to us Shoji, I’m glad you trusted us enough to tell us all this,” Tsuyu spoke up as she held Ochako and Izuku’s hands.

“Thank you for accepting me,” he nodded as he slowly reciprocated the multiple hugs he was receiving with his dupli-arms. “I started with just the one happy memory, but since coming here, you have all helped me make a lot more. I believe being in your presence helps make me be a better person.”

“You’re already a great person!” Mina refuted.

“One must always strive for improvement, even if perfection is never attainable,” Tokoyami muttered. “I must admit, I sympathise greatly with you Shoji, but I have not been the target of such discrimination like you.”

“You’ve never been harassed about… er, your looks or your quirk?” Momo asked curiously.

“Smooth,” Kyoka deadpanned.

“I have,” Tokoyami acknowledged with a nod, “but nowhere near the same level as our friend. I do not believe I speak for all heteromorphs, but I have yet to meet one who has not been discriminated against on some level.”

There was a momentary pause as a few looks were exchanged around the room.

“I was teased in pre-school because I had a tadpole tail, ribbit,” Tsuyu spoke up.

“Tail isn’t a very notable quirk on the surface people made fun of me for having a bad quirk,” Ojiro acknowledged.

“It’s pretty clear what I got teased for but I tried not to let them know their words still hurt in public,” Mina pointed at her skin and horns.

“You’re gorgeous to me, Princess,” Tooru kissed Mina’s cheek.

“S-Some people said I looked weird and should go live on a mountain with the other rocks,” Koda spoke up shyly, prompting a wave of sympathy for their most reserved classmate.

“Hell, even I’ve been told my jacks look unnatural and creepy,” Kyoka stated, though she thought she barely qualified as a heteromoprh compared to the others and knew she probably had it easier.

“Not to mention there’s those stories of people with fetishes targeting heteromorphs with cat, fox, or bunny features and trafficking them,” Sero acknowledged.

“It’s unlikely they’re just stories,” Tokoyami replied darkly, causing the room to grimace at the implication.

“I-I had no idea,” Momo shook her head.

“It’s not something emitters like us have to deal with,” Bakugo spoke up gruffly. “Better to be fuckin’ aware of it though and speak up when some stupid fuck is talking shit like that.”

Mina, Izuku, and several of the other girls blinked before turning to look at Bakugo with a touch of astoundment. Did he understand what he just said or did he not connect the dots between that and his old behaviour, even if Mina had to acknowledge he’d gotten much better in the months since their empathy lessons began.

Judging from the way the boy caught Izuku’s eye and looked away with something akin to shame, it seemed he was well aware of the fact.

“I’m guessing someone as outspoken as you always did so?” Ojiro asked.

“N-No…” Bakugo admitted after a few moments. There were a few raised brows at it seemed like the boy was hiding something. It crossed Izuku’s mind that Bakugo might be about to reveal his old, bullying ways and how it related to him but before he could divert the subject elsewhere Bakugo spoke again. “I found out from the old hag that my old school got shut down.”

“Aldera?” Izuku blinked.

“Didn’t you go there too, Izuku?” Kirishima spoke up.

“Y-Yeah, I did,” he nodded.

“Turns out, the fucks in charge were believers in that Creature Rejection Clan shit,” he spat. Several of his heteromorph classmates’ eyes widened at the news but he pressed on regardless. “They were subtle enough not to get caught for a long time, but they were apparently selective with who got to stay at the school and who’d get drummed out for being a ‘troublemaker’. I have no doubts they also tried to influence us in how shit like history was taught too, trying to pass on their hate to the next generation.”

Izuku’s eyes widened as a number of instances suddenly found a connecting puzzle piece that linked them all. Even though he’d tried to step in and unsuccessfully defend other students multiple times, it was usually a heteromorph quirked student that was being bullied, providing it wasn’t him. It was certainly a tad weird though; why was he mostly left alone, besides Bakugo’s aggravated assaults, when he was quirkless?

“And did it work?” Tokoyami challenged the explosive blond.

“Not in the way they fuckin’ wanted,” Bakugo retorted, jabbing his thumb towards Izuku. “You know that nerd would give the clothes off his back to anyone who needs it even if he didn’t know them. As for me… I just saw everyone as being beneath me… I wanted to be the number one hero and no other quirk could compare to mine; emitter, heteromorph, whatever.”

“That explains the arrogance,” Iida commented, getting a small glare from Bakugo but no bite back.

“But he’s really mellowed out since getting to UA,” Kaminari vouched for the boy.

“Yeah, because of you fucks,” Bakugo admitted. “You assholes didn’t let me get away with my shit and gave me a fuckin’ challenge and I don’t just mean on the battlefield,” he paused as everyone was now looking in his direction. “That idiot is right,” he gestured to Shoji, “being here with you assholes is making me a better person and will make me the next number one hero so don’t forget it!”

There was a few disbelieving chuckles at the boy’s declaration before a comfortable laugh broke out amongst the class.

“A most unusual way to compliment your classmates,” Shoji sniggered.

“You started it!” Bakugo yelled back, a touch of red tinging his cheeks as he got up irritably and headed for the stairs. “Screw this touchy-feely crap, I’m goin’ to bed.”

“Urgh,” Mina let out a groan, “as much as I hate to finish on that note agreeing with Bakugo of all people, he’s got the right idea. I’m so freakin’ tired after today.”

“I can come too, right?” Tooru whispered eagerly into Mina’s ear, trying to remind the girl of her promise the night before.

“Yeah, come on you, let’s head up,” Mina chuckled, urging her girlfriend to get up.

She shared a look with her other partners as she rose, her eyes pushing the message that they’d talk properly come tomorrow but for now she just wanted to sleep. Her partners knew her well enough by now that they had already been suspecting as much themselves.

“Be sure to set an alarm so you don’t oversleep!” Iida called after the departing classmates. “Classes resume as normal tomorrow and I’m sure you’ll want to be well rested for it.”

“Iida,” Ochako chided the overenthusiastic class president.

A few of the others looked ready to groan at the reminder but as Mina turned around, it was clear she wasn’t one of them.

“Don’t worry class pres’, you can bet your muffler I’ll be there tomorrow.”

There were a few raised eyebrows as Mina and Tooru departed in the elevators with Iida being the most surprised at the response.

“I… wasn’t expecting that,” he admitted.

Before anyone else could chime in, one who’d had enough of the drama today decided to put any speculation to rest.

“She just fought all day to keep her place here,” Bakugo scoffed as he opened the door to the stairs, “you really think she’d gonna bitch about going to classes after that?”

“Was the crass really needed, man?” Kirishima rolled his eyes as he joined the blond, to which he just scoffed and shrugged his shoulders.

“I hate to also say it, but Ashido and Bakugo have the right idea,” Kaminari admitted. “After all this heavy stuff today, I just wanna go reset my brain before it gets turned into mush tomorrow.”

“I will be calling it a night too,” Tokoyami nodded. “Today has taken its toll and even the darkness cannot sustain me.”

Koda and Shoji simply agreed with silent nods as everyone else started thinking about heading to their own rooms.

After a few minutes, most of the common room had departed with only a few stragglers remaining to grab a quick snack or drink before they too turned in for an early night.  As the last of class 1-A headed upstairs to rest and prepare for tomorrow, they knew they would doubtlessly be pushed to a new level of ‘Plus Ultra’ and needed to be ready for it.


Across town, Futsū Otoko returned to his law practise in a brooding mood. He’d been sternly reprimanded by the police chief and fellow panel lawyers after the trial was over before he could leave.

That wasn’t the most pressing concern on his mind however as all he cared about was the one he really had to answer to.

After being dropped at the front of the building by his driver, the man stepped out and entered the law practise with a presence that dissuaded any of his underlings from approaching him. The case he’d been attending today was big news and, naturally, everyone at the office already knew the outcome so no one was brave enough to step into his war path. 

Riding the elevator up to his top floor office he shared with the other partners of the practise, Otoko stalked out and past his assistant at her desk who, while not saying anything, made a note to hold all his calls unless he said otherwise.

Once he was back in the safety of his office with the door firmly locked behind him, Otoko flung his briefcase at his office couch in frustration, the object bouncing but unharmed by its impact with the cushions as Otoko struggled to hold back a repressed yell of frustration, only eking out a guttural growl with his hands clenched tightly into fists. Several deep breaths followed as he tried to calm his nerves. At least in his office he didn’t have to worry so much about putting up appearances when there was no one around.

When he’d sufficiently calmed himself to move again, he stalked over to his desk and collapsed into his expensive executive chair, his mind casting itself back over the events of today. 

With all the prep work he’d done, the case was clearly one that had some legs in a lower criminal court that would see that mutant hero-in-training sanctioned if nothing else.  He’d vastly underestimated the amount of evidence and testimony the opposition could gather as well as the panel being so resistant to his usual tactics.

After a display like that though, he wouldn’t be surprised if his practise disciplined for being so overt in his desires to see that hero punished. The firm was well known for taking on villain cases and often losing them, relishing the few times they had the hero dead to rights, they also made sure to keep a clean nose in terms of their public image. Most of his fellow lawyers hated or felt slighted by heroes in one way or another and their shared opinion kept the practise strong. They were also more than happy to take money out of villainous hands to defend them and possibly get one over on the heroes but this case had been both pro-bono and a disgraceful loss. 

And it was all because of that call he’d received during the break.

Otoko almost jumped as his personal phone began ringing again, breaking him from his chain of thought. He grimaced as he pulled it out and looked at the caller ID, idly wondering if the man on the other end could sense his thoughts.

“Hello sir,” he answered dutifully after sitting up in his seat. 

“Mr Otoko,” the other voice greeted cordially on the other end, “I presume you know why I'm calling.”

“Y-Yes sir,” Otoko nodded bitterly, refusing to let his jaw clench to change the tone of his words. “I would like to apologize for my unfortunate loss today. I’m sure this was not the outcome you expected when you asked me to change tactics.”

“Actually, you performed your role most excellently,” the voice praised. “As far as the results of today go, you successfully managed to achieve everything we desired.”

Otoko blinked in confusion, trying to wrap his mind around how his loss was a good thing.

“I’m... sorry sir, forgive my lack of understanding and vision but, what exactly did this achieve?” He rose from his seat and moved over to his crystal whisky set off to the side, calmly trying to pour himself a glass for what he hoped was an enlightening conversation. “A filthy hero is still out there on the streets when we could’ve had her removed.”

“That she’s out there matters little. If anything, it almost guarantees that she’ll be a non-factor soon enough,” the voice on the other end chuckled ominously. “When the time comes, she’ll likely be accompanying all the other heroes attempting to put an end to our plan and get caught in the crossfire. Just imagine how grand and painful it will be for her disgusting quirk to overload and she melts under her own power.”

Otoko almost shivered at the image in his mind, wishing he could hear the resulting screams that would occur from such an outcome already.

“I see sir,” he took a swig of his drink, “but was that all that throwing this case would achieve?”

“Not at all,” the voice chuckled again. “While obvious in your tactics, you’ve managed to stir up and weaponize something far more powerful thanks to today. Hate. I’ve no doubts you saw the rabble in front of the building after the trial?”

“The squabbling had escalated enough that I had to leave the building through a more discreet exit,” Otoko confirmed.

“Then imagine that on the scale of the country,” the voice almost audibly smirked. “It is likely some heroes and quirk-proud civilians will lose their lives squabbling over petty things but it matters not; all quirks are a scourge on this planet and will be eradicated all the same. The heroes are going to have their hands full resolving conflict after conflict about quirks and discrimination, reducing their focus away from our plans until it’s too late for them to do anything about it.”

Otoko’s eyes widened and he could feel the excitement building in his chest as he put the pieces together.

“I can tell it’s becoming clear to you now,” the voice spoke again in a self-satisfied tone. “Once our operation resolves, that pathetic hero, and all her kin supporting her in the city, will be wiped out with their own quirks!”

“It’s a beautiful image,” Otoko sighed with sheer delight only to shake his head to stop himself getting lost in the pleasant daydream. “I-I’m sorry for questioning you sir, I only-”

“You trusted in our plan and you were rewarded with answers to your questions despite personal cost,” the voice explained pre-emptively. “I hope that now you are more aware of our goal that we have your full support and that you will be handsomely rewarded come the new era of quirklessness.”

“Yes sir, absolutely!” Otoko nodded, almost dipping into a bow until he realised it was unnecessary.

“Good,” the voice answered in satisfaction. “Then continue as usual and await further instructions should they come.”

“Yes sir,” Otoko confirmed again. “For humanity’s salvation!”

“For humanity’s salvation,” the voice replied before the line went dead. 

As Futsū Otoko hung up the phone and began mentally preparing himself to justify his actions and decisions to his law practise partners, the voice on the other end of the line returned to his own business, sequestered in his cavernous hideout. 

Stepping out of his office, surrounded by many books and texts in various languages that were written before quirked times and those since that deserved to be preserved, he strolled down the long, metal corridor towards the source of his life’s greatest achievement.

While there were particular setbacks to their plans around the world, even in Japan where a cell of CRC members they’d been manipulating had been caught being too overt in their practises at a school, their goal of keeping the hate and discrimination for quirks flowing was still working wonderfully. Only the strong would become heroes while the weak and disfigured would be oppressed and, when the time was right, they would collide and all be wiped out in a single blow while the pure humans of the world emerged and restored order to everything. 

Looking up at the master controller that illuminated his iridescent blue form, Flect Turn almost wished he could join them in being wiped out and ending his own cursed existence. Even if it was possible, he couldn’t go yet. He had to ensure this world had a bright future ahead of it without the curse of meta-abilities plaguing it.  

Their plans were coming together however, and soon, the world would know peace and freedom from quirks once again.

Notes:

Chapter summary:

- Class 1-A reunites after New Year's with everyone talking about their evenings. Kirishima worries when Bakugo doesn't show but they all find him already at the dorms along with their new classmate in Shinso who's taken Mineta's old room.

- Momo comes up with the idea to welcome Shinso and ease Mina's worries with a welcome party that the class can enjoy together. While Mina's worries still linger, everyone warmly welcomes Shinso into their class. Though he's hesitant to engage with their enthusiastic energy, he's forced to relent as they all get to know each other better. Everyone has a pleasant evening until Mina heads up early and alone to rest for her trial.

- Once she mentally prepares herself the next morning, Tooru reassures Mina that she'll win her trial. Entering the common room, Mina realizes she won't be fully alone and departs the dorms along with a few of her friends to face the world and defend her actions. Joined by Nezu and other teachers for the trip, the principal gives them all a pep-talk on how things will go and the challenges they'll face.

- Arriving at the HPSC building, Nezu reveals that public opinion about the case has been riled and protestors for both sides have turned up. Mina, Nezu, and her friends take the front entrance as a show of strength and support. Mina's grateful as they enter the building safely despite Shoji intercepting a messy projectile intended for her. Mr Hagakure meets with them all before they meet the prosecution's lawyer, who proves himself distasteful. The group then sequester themselves in the waiting room to prepare.

- The trial begins with the head of the law department for the HPSC presiding over the case flanked by the police chief of Hosu and Yoroi Musha. Mina pleads 'Not Guilty' and the details of the case start being laid out. It's immediately clear the opposing lawyer is using selective logic and arguments to paint Slice in the best light with the woman acting as though she were an unwilling participant in the ordeal, painting Mina as a malicious hero and her friends as incompetent. The prosecution makes their way through their expected witness in Mummy but not Chimera initially, instead, the mayor of Nabu makes his case against Mina, falsely testifying about her behaviour prior to the invasion regarding the discrimination incident. Mr Hagakure does his best to counter the evidence, proving his worth against Slice and almost completely countering the mayor's. Mina is also called to the stand and does her best to tell the truth without falling for or being riled by the prosecutor's deceptions.

- Back at the dorms, the remaining class watches on with confidence in Mina but the worry is still present.

- After Mr Hagakure simply by allows Mina to tell the truth to support her case, the trial breaks for initial deliberation. Mina expresses frustration at the prosecution's underhanded tactics, but Nezu is content with their surprise witnesses arriving to give their own testimony, namely Katsuma, Mahoro, their father, and some Nabu citizens. Katsuma is profusely thanks by Mina for helping Tooru and he asks Mina if she thinks he could maybe one day be a hero which Mina wholeheartedly believes he can.

- The case proceeds with the defense calling witnesses. Mr Hagakure proceeds through Tokoyami and Koda with the prosecution having adjusted his tactics to attack their character rather than the arguments they present. When Shoji needs to speak he's forced to lower his mask and expose his scars allowing the class to see them. Despite the prosecution riling him about his past, Shoji refuses to falter. Aizawa, unfortunately, succumbs to the prosecution's taunts and is held in contempt. Nezu proves his intellect, using his turn to answer questions to again throw doubt onto the HPSC but there isn't anything they can do to counter him. The remaining citizens of Nabu give their testimony supporting Mina. Before the trial ends, the prosecution calls Chimera to testify. The man initially goes along with it but then exposes Slice and the prosecution's plan before using his platform to inspire fear and sow hatred in the public during this televised trial. Mina's innocence is evident by this point and the Hosu chief ends the trial in Mina's favour.

- Outside, the group finds the civilians rioting over Chimera's words and realize the extent of his damage. Before protestors can breach the building, the students escape through the garage and return to UA.

- Slice rages at Chimera but he's satisfied at the damage he's done to the heroes for now from Tartarus.

- The Mina's group returns to the dorms and has a quick conversation with her parents who are relieved she's okay.

- Their friends are glad everyone's okay and Shoji divulges his backstory with everyone expressing distaste with discrimination in any capacity.

- The prosecution reports to Flect Turn.

Chapter 41: Classes Resume

Summary:

It's time for UA's next term to begin as class 1-A heads back to their regular classes. While work-studies are discussed, one member of the class has something else on her mind.

Notes:

I'm finally back on a schedule! Hope you all enjoy the latest instalment.

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There's also fun new lewd MHA game of my creation to try out at the same time and I'll be hanging around there most days usually chatting rubbish so feel free to bother me. :)

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

In the early morning on the third of January, while many were still resting, there was one who’d woken up early naturally. A full day of studying was ahead of her, but for now, she felt no desire to get up prematurely.

Nestled in the arms of one of her many girlfriends, Tooru took a great amount of comfort in Mina’s sleepy embrace as the pinkette in question snored lightly beside her, likely dead to the world until her alarm went off. She definitely needed the sleep and Tooru had also been exhausted from all the worrying she’d done yesterday, but it was now thankfully all behind them and her girlfriend was still here.

Despite their success, Tooru couldn’t help her eyes tracing every inch of her girlfriend’s adorable, sleeping face to try and memorize it. It was cliché but Tooru didn’t care as she gently caressed her girlfriend’s cheek with her finger tips; the pink girl letting out a soft, relaxed sigh at the sensation that made the glittery-eyed girl’s heart clutch with love and affection. Mina wasn’t going to disappear on her, but nevertheless the fear had definitely been put into the pair.

That wasn’t the only thing on her mind however as their impending classes remained near the forefront of her brain; specifically ‘Hero Basic Training’.

With touch of hesitation, Tooru lifted her hand up and examined it closely, lightly biting her lip as she slowly took in a deep breath. She hadn’t tried to use her quirk since confirming that it was still there to give it the time it needed to heal. Hero training would resume soon though, and that meant almost certainly using her quirk…

Flexing what control she still had over her power, her hand began disappearing again. Tooru tried not to let the momentary elation hinder her as she felt much less pain or irritation than she did before which could only be a good sign, right?

Still… could she be as effective of a hero with her quirk damaged like this?

Her train of thought was derailed by a soft voice.

“Why di’ju stop? Was nice,” Mina sleepily mumbled, missing the physical contact as her eyelids began fluttering open.

“O-Oh, uh,” Tooru released her held breath as her hand returned to its now normal, opaque state. “J-Just thinkin’.”

“Abou’?” Her girlfriend prompted again as she started stretching and let out a satisfied sigh when her shoulder popped.

“Just stuff,” Tooru brushed off.

“Well, now I know somethin’s wrong,” Mina’s eyes rounded on her girlfriend, rolling onto her side to face her a bit better. “Wa’sup?”

Tooru hesitated, glancing away as she wondered if it was better to admit how she was really feeling or if Mina would be upset at her potential considerations.

“Would um… If I can’t get control of my quirk again, and need to try and get someone to uh… fix it, w-would you be upset if I went back to being invisible all the time again?”

The words took a moment to register in Mina’s dozy mind, her face running through several emotions while her neurons began warming up only to end on a fond smile.

“You idiot,” she chuckled. “I fell in love with you when I couldn’t see you, and so did the others. What makes you think that would change if you got your quirk back the way it was?”

“W-Well, I guess I’m just worried,” Tooru looked down. “If I can’t be as effective as a hero… then I should get it fixed, right?”

“Don’t worry about that now,” Mina shook her head lightly, reaching out to cup Tooru’s cheek with her own hand. “You haven’t even done any real practising yet after getting hurt. Give it time. I’m sure you and Squishy can work together and get you back to and further than where you were before.”

“I hope so…” Tooru mumbled, leaning into Mina’s comforting touch.

“I know so,” the pinkette chuckled as she returned Tooru's affections. “If it’s possible to heal it, whatever you decide to choose, you know we’ll be behind you all the way… but I think you are happier like this, right?”

An embarrassed blush coloured Tooru’s cheeks.

“Y-Yeah… it’s nice to actually be able to see me without having to force it,” she admitted.

“And you is damn hot,” Mina giggled. “I mean, did you see Ojiro’s face when you first showed off what you really looked like? I bet he was so annoyed that he turned you down.”

“His loss,” Tooru chuckled.

“Our gain,” Mina smiled before placing a soft kiss on her girlfriend’s lips.

It wasn’t deep, but it lingered as Mina pushed all the love she could into reminding her girlfriend how she felt, hoping she could now begin to return some of the strength that Tooru had given her over the past few days. When she pulled back, she looked lovingly into the sparkling eyes of the visible girl whose lips curled upwards.

“There’s that smile,” Mina grinned.

“You always know what to say,” Tooru sighed pleasantly.

“Well, I read the guidebook,” she stuck her tongue out.

“Romance stories and manga don’t count as guide books,” the iridescent-haired girl rolled her eyes.

“Poh-tay-to, poh-tah-to,” Mina shrugged before a cheeky expression overtook her face, “but they taught me some other things too.”

Before Tooru could ask what, she figured it out as Mina leant in for another kiss, turning her head slightly as their lips met and began parting. After everything they’d been through over the holidays, the affection was a welcome gesture which Tooru wasn’t going to reject.

As their kiss began deepening into tongues however, Mina’s hand, that had been caressing Tooru’s face, began to descend, stroking down her girlfriend’s neck before caressing her shoulders. Tooru, in turn, let her exposed hand rest on Mina’s hip above the covers, though cursed the physical barrier that kept her from touching directly while keeping the snuggly warmth they’d cultivated underneath.

Mina’s hand then continued its descent even lower as Tooru felt a jolt of excitement as her breasts were deliberately stimulated over her nightshirt.

“Mmm, we… we shouldn’t,” she mumbled after breaking their kiss. “We’ve got to get up; classes and stuff.”

The acid-quirked girl reached up fumbled for one of their phones, finding one, which happened to be Tooru’s, and pulling it to eye level showed that it was still early enough that neither of their alarms had gone off.

“We’ve got time,” Mina giggled as she replaced the girl’s phone. “Besides, I think I owe you for being a super awesome girlfriend for the past few days. You know, on top of being awesome by default.”

“It was nothing,” Tooru brushed off but didn’t do anything to dissuade Mina as the girl started propping herself up on her arms.

“It wasn’t nothing,” Mina chuckled. “You helped me through all that crap. I know I kind of definitely over-revised but you didn’t complain or anything when I was panicking.”

“I was just trying to help my girlfriend,” Tooru replied again.

“And your girlfriend greatly appreciates it,” Mina smirked, “now let her get some of this pent up stress out by rewarding you for being awesome.”

Without further discussion, Mina lifted the sheets, a rush of cool air entering the snuggly den, before she swung her leg over Tooru and rolled on top of her, straddling her hips as their chests pressed together.

“Ha! Now you definitely can’t get up,” Mina smirked.

“Oh no, what a nightmare(!)” Tooru shook her head fondly, her tone full of playful sarcasm as Mina leant in and locked lips with her once more.

It was over almost as quickly as it began, their tongues barely greeting each other before Mina peeled herself away.

“Back in a sec,” she grinned before rolling the rest of the way over her girlfriend.

“Wha?” Tooru blinked in confusion as Mina’s panty covered rear faced her which the girl adjusted with a finger as she moved over to her drawers.

“Just need this,” Mina grunted as she reached over her make-up kit and grabbed the mirror that rested behind it, “a~and this,” she plonked it down on her desk chair before wheeling them both towards Tooru.

Glancing into it, the now visible girl could see her pale complexion, shimmery, tussled bed-head hair, and cute facial features finally reflected in it without having to hold her breath but still wondered what exactly Mina was doing.

“Sorry hun, time to sit up,” Mina grinned, climbing back over her girlfriend before grabbing her own pillow and propping it against the wall.

“What am I doing?” Tooru asked, bemused as Mina sat back against her new seat.

“Come sit here,” the pinkette gestured as she pointed between her knees, unable to stretch herself out without kicking her girlfriend.

“Okay?” Tooru raised a brow before doing as she was told, letting out a small whimper as she left the last toasty confines of the comforter.

When she spotted Mina’s eyes lecherously ranking up and down her body as she did so, she couldn’t help but feel her excitement build along with her desire. As she went to sit down to face her girlfriend, Mina swiftly grabbed her hips and gently encouraged her to turn around instead.

Once Tooru was seated between Mina’s knees, their legs now all extended and barely hanging over the edge of the bed, she realized what her girlfriend was planning.

“O-Oh,” she blushed, feeling her core clench in anticipation.

“Yeah,” Mina giggled, placing a few kisses on Tooru’s jawline from behind while wrapping her arms around her.

Instead of further words needing to be traded between the two, Tooru simply gave in to Mina’s touches as the love and comfort started descending into lustful territory. The pink girl’s feathery kisses continued down Tooru’s neck and onto her shoulder, her hands teasing around her girlfriend’s chest and somewhat dampened by Tooru’s night top.

The iridescent-haired girl’s eyes closed as she indulged in the attention, focusing on the sensations and sounds coming from Mina’s lips.

“You look so beautiful,” Mina whispered gently into her ear, “we always knew you would be.”

That made one of them as Tooru’s mind briefly flitted back to her old doubts, even if they were now accompanied by gratification.

When one of Mina’s hands started snaking under the hem of her top, she opened her eyes again, watching herself and her lover in the mirror, the top lifting to reveal her fit, pale stomach.

“I want to see more of you,” Mina whispered into Tooru’s other ear, causing the girl to shiver as she continued lifting the shirt.

Tooru gently raised her arms when the top reached her chest, Mina’s other hand now joining in to sneak a few touches as she pulled it over her breasts. The formerly invisible girl’s breath caught softly when Mina deliberately pressed into her nipples with her fingertips as the shirt’s hem passed by. The teasing was delightful but she was quickly getting ready for more.

Arms extended upwards, Mina pulled the top ever higher, obscuring Tooru’s vision once again as it climbed. Tilting her head around to encourage the neckline to slip over her head, the offending garment was soon off and tossed casually to the side as Tooru let her arms gently fall.

A finger traced along Tooru’s jawline before stopping at her chin, smoothly encouraging the girl to look back at the mirror. In it, she spied her own form: her now bare chest rising and falling with her heavy breathing that was full of yearning; Mina smiling lovingly over her shoulder, her own eyes filled with desire; and her own face, that she’d dreamed of seeing so many times in the past, now with gorgeous, glittering eyes staring back at themselves.

Neither said anything for a moment as they just soaked in the image before them before Mina uttered only a single word.

“Breath-taking.”

Tooru’s core clenched again as she felt her hips move on their own to try and give herself some stimulation, her underwear acting as a frustrating barrier.

“Say more,” Tooru encouraged breathily, taking one of Mina’s hands in her own and placing it on her chest.

“Hmm,” Mina pondered with a playful hum as her hands began exploring her girlfriend’s form, trailing up and down her sides and toying at her chest but never quite in the way that Tooru wanted. “Your hair is amazing,” she started, “so unique and sparkly; it fits you perfectly.”

Tooru nodded in appreciation as she just listened, letting Mina do whatever she wanted.

“Your face is adorable, button nose especially,” Mina continued, kissing her jaw again as a hand moved back up to tap her girlfriend on the end of the appendage. “Cute, pouty lips. Illegal weapons I’m sure you’ll use whenever you want to get your way; who could say ‘no’ to those?”

The target of her affections giggled as the descriptions continued, her ego and core both swelling.

“Your eyes are like stars, there’s something so beautiful and almost magical about them. I could get lost for a hundred years exploring inside them and believe I’d never waste a second.”

“O-Oh god…” Tooru bit her lip as Mina’s words were making magic inside her all by themselves, though the petting certainly helped as one of Mina’s finger’s circled her nipple that she watched intensely.

“As for your body,” Mina’s other hand returned, approaching its partner who slipped under Tooru’s chest as they both lifted her breasts up softly. “I don’t think anyone could be disappointed with these glorious orbs.”

“I-I know I’m not,” Tooru shuddered as Mina’s fingers teased at her nipples again before slowly lowering her handfuls and slipping her hands down further to Tooru’s sides.

“If music has taught me anything, these hips certainly don’t lie,” Mina chuckled lightly, placing another kiss along Tooru’s jaw as she watched the girl become enraptured with her hand’s progress in the mirror.

“Y-Yeah?”

“Oh yeah,” Mina purred, figuring it was time to begin building up the finale and give the girl what she wanted. “And here,” her fingers danced around the top of Tooru’s panty line, “contains a delicious, exquisite treasure I don’t think I’ll ever get sick of eating, playing with, or watching Squishy fill with his goo.”

“S-Shut up,” Tooru blushed deeply, her mind throwing her very pleasant images.

“I thought you wanted me to ‘say more’,” Mina teased. “Well, I guess I’ll let my actions do the talking for me.”

With that declaration, she began tugging on Tooru’s panties, sliding them down to the sheets as far as she could. It didn’t take more than a second for Tooru to gently lift herself to allow the underwear to slip under her rear and up her legs, though not quite making it over her knees due to Mina’s arms not reaching. A helping hand and a few kicks from herself and the strip of fabric was tossed to the floor as Mina gently pressed against Tooru’s legs, opening the girl up completely.

“Now… isn’t that the most gorgeous sight you ever saw?” Mina asked rhetorically, giving Tooru another peck on the cheek, though she was admittedly a little surprised when her lips pulled back wet and a tad salty.

Glancing at Tooru’s face again in the mirror revealed that a pair of tears had begun rolling down the girl’s face but decidedly not from sadness.

“H-Honestly? Y-Yeah,” Tooru answered Mina’s question as she bit her lip self-consciously.

The pinkette let out a soft sigh and wore a fond smile, reminded just how personal something like this was to her girlfriend. She knew the girl wasn’t being conceited as she’d admitted that she’d only dreamed of being able to see herself like this not even half a year ago, and now, here they were.

“Like I said, breath-taking,” Mina rested her head on Tooru’s shoulder, temporarily pausing their play for a moment to wrap her girlfriend in a loving hug, the girl closing her eyes and holding Mina’s arms tight to absorb as much as she could. “But there’s a few things I think are even more truly glorious to see…”

Tooru’s eyes opened slowly as Mina’s hands withdrew briefly, feeling the girl adjust something on herself and then see a top be flung over their heads to the ground before feeling more of Mina’s warm, comforting skin resting on her back, including her clearly erect nipples that brought her mind back to the imminent events.

Mina’s hands were back, slipping around her sides and making her tingle in the most delicious way as she predicted their destination. Soon enough, they were teasing around her thighs and dancing around her mound like it was a landmine.

“There’s a particular expression I know you can pull,” Mina alluded to cheekily as she shifted her feet to slip under Tooru’s outstretched legs and tilted them back to hold them in place, preventing her girlfriend from closing them. “We’re both going to see it for the first time in full… are you excited?”

“Y-Yes,” Tooru replied shakily, unsure if it was from that or nerves.

“Good,” Mina purred again, pressing herself against Tooru as though trying to merge with together as her first fingers traced up and down Tooru’s lower lips.

Immediately Tooru felt relief and satisfaction flood through and dampen her senses after all the anticipation and foreplay, but not enough to scratch the itch that had built into a small inferno at this point. She needed more and the build-up was only getting worse.

“P-Please, more!” She begged.

“Good things take time, you know that,” Mina giggled, enjoying how her every touch seemed to only rile the girl up more. “But you really have been an awesome girlfriend recently so~o…”

With a pair of tensed fingers, Mina slowly penetrated Tooru’s folds until she bottomed out inside the girl. Tooru’s breaths came in short, sharp bursts as she tried to close her legs to somehow pull Mina’s fingers deeper, only to be stopped by Mina’s firm ankles.

“Nuh uh,” Mina whispered seductively. “I want to see everything when you cum,” she said, filling her breath with the lust she felt right now, her own panties soaked after all she’d been doing to the girl at her mercy. Slowly and gently, she began fingering her girlfriend as Tooru began emitting little squeaks of an ecstasy she couldn’t quite reach yet. “I want to watch you clench around my hand as I make you reach your peak, I want you to see just how much you mean to me and… look at me?”

Momentarily confused by the request, Tooru’s eyes were drawn to Mina’s in the mirror, staring into the heart-filled pools of black and gold she’d fallen so deeply for.

“M-Mina! Please!” One of Tooru’s hands was balled into a fist on the sheets while the other clutched and tightened around Mina’s arm almost painfully. “I-I’m so close!”

“I know,” Mina cooed softly despite the pain, gently moving her other hand to rest on Tooru’s clit, the girl’s breath hitching a few more time’s as she did so.

“I just wanted you to see how much I love you.”

Before the last syllable was out of Mina’s mouth, she’d begun moving her hands, moving them firmly but gently to push her girlfriend past her limit.

The words alone could’ve sent Tooru over the edge but combined with Mina’s actions she was brought to a new, dizzying height. Her core clenched and convulsed at such an intensity it almost crushed her girlfriend’s digits.

Mina wasn’t deterred however, diligently continuing to pour her love and care into Tooru as her hips and body bucked fiercely against her.

Try as she might, Tooru’s restrained scream of pleasure would not remain that way for long, her control over her body completely failing as her vision filled with white and her mind grew blank. Her girlfriend admittedly had to cringe at the volume of the orgasmic scream coming from Tooru’s throat only to realise it had a pair of competitors. 

The sound of both their phone alarms going off mixed in with Tooru’s excitement while a small flood of moisture coated the sheets below them as her emotions and pent up feelings were finally released.

Mina didn’t stop after a few moments, opting instead to push through and let Tooru ride this high as long as she could, gently rubbing, flexing, and kissing to prolong the sensation.

After a minute the alarms snoozed themselves but Tooru was still going after another, her breathing almost ragged before she was able to get anything else out.

“S’op! Sto…p!” She gasped with Mina only then easing up on her efforts. At this point, Tooru was practically boneless and the only sound in the room being that of Tooru’s exhausted panting.

“Shh, it’s okay, I’ve got you,” Mina cooed and coaxed Tooru down from her high as the bright-eyed girl’s lids began drooping from the exertion.

“Urghhhh,” she groaned almost deliriously.

“That good, huh?” The pink-skinned girl grinned, immensely satisfied at her own prowess. “Clean up on aisle you,” she chuckled, glancing at the puddle that had been made on her bed and planting a cheeky kiss on her girlfriend’s cheek.

Tooru pouted, lightly slapping her girlfriend’s wrist as best she could after exhausting herself.

“You’re… mean,” she panted.

“No I’m not,” Mina giggled, giving Tooru a tight squeeze and restricting her arm movement, even as weak as it was. “Your dad fought very hard to prove I’m not.”

“Shut up!”

Tooru’s hand flailed helplessly but let out a soft, drained giggle at the banter.

Leaning back into the wall, Mina scooted them both forward so they could be a little reclined. Sure her panties and bum got a little wet from what Tooru had left behind but it was worth it to comfort the girl after such an intimate experience.

The two sat there for a few moments just relishing in the highs of their intimacy and comfort, Tooru still struggling to catch her breath.

“I wonder if we woke Tsu,” Mina wondered idly, thinking of their froggy girlfriend who lived above her while Tooru lived below. “Oh, and Ochako,” she remembered, the girl’s room being just down the hall.

“A-At S-Squishy’s… p-probably…” Tooru gasped.

“Hopefully, am I right?” Mina giggled. “The lungs on you, I swear.”

“Q-Quirk practise.”

“Ooh, yeah,” Mina rolled her eyes at her own obliviousness before leaning down to nuzzle her girlfriend again.

A few more moments passed before their phones, having automatically entered sleep-mode after not being disarmed the first time, began chirping their morning song again.

“Right,” Mina let out a defeated sigh, ignoring the devices. “We better get up.”

“A-After… that?” Tooru panted as Mina gently pushed her forward to unwrap herself from around the girl.

“Gotta get ready for class, you heard our alarms,” Mina teased, slipping off the bed and beginning to peel the sticky underwear from herself to be as in the buff as her girlfriend.

“Y-You just made me… use up… all my energy… for like, ever!” Tooru accused as best she could between gasps, feeling her back arch as it rested on the coldness of her own release and pushing herself up on her shaky elbows.

“Do you regret it?” Mina raised a cheeky brow.

“N-No, I-I didn’t… say that,” Tooru admitted, still trying to catch her breath as the phones again entered sleep mode.

“I figured,” Mina giggled before returning to her girlfriend and leaning over her, capturing her lips in one last, heated kiss. “I love you Tooru Hagakure, truly.”

“I-I love… you too,” Tooru breathed heavily, having lost previous oxygen reclamation time from the kiss but it was worth it.

“Good,” Mina smiled, immensely satisfied with the morning and proceeded to gather some towels for the showers they both definitely needed.

“Don’t uh… you want to go too?” Tooru offered, wondering how close they could cut things and still be on time.

“I’m good, I had fun just making you feel good,” Mina shook her head with a smile. “Besides, I’ve got something planned for later.”

“O-Oh?” Tooru blinked as Mina bent over to open her drawers, spying her glistening dampness that looked almost too tempting to dive into for some payback were she not exhausted.

“Yeah, it’s uh… gonna be kinda rough so you might not want to join.”

“A-Ah…” Tooru hesitated, her mind coming up with a couple of concepts that Mina could mean, her hand lightly touching at her throat. “Y-Yeah, I kinda wanna stay away from rough stuff for a bit.”

“I figured,” Mina nodded, slipping on a fresh set of underwear before walking back over to her girlfriend. “You take all the time you need, okay hun?”

“Yeah, thanks,” Tooru smiled gratefully before tilting her head up and exchanging a much more chaste kiss with the pink girl only for Tooru to cup her cheek and hold her close when she tried to pull away. “I mean it… thank you… so much… for being you… a-and loving me. I-I love you so much too!”

“You’re more than welcome, love,” Mina smiled, her own heart nearly swollen to bursting. “Now, let’s go get cleaned up and go be super awesome pros in training again, yeah?”

“Yeah!” Tooru cheered, only to weakly flop back on the bed, lightly hissing from the cold dampness she’s caused touching her skin again.

“Oh, come on you great lump,” Mina shook her head, only to smirk as their phones started chiming for the third time with Mina finally switching them off. “See, even the alarms agree with me.”

“Myeh!” Tooru whined petulantly before dragging herself out of bed.

“That’s my girl,” Mina smiled fondly as Tooru made a show of how tired their morning affections had made her while checking her notifications at the same time. The morning only seemed to get better as, waiting patiently in her inbox, was the same email everyone else had previously gotten about work-studies Nezu had promised to send her, and Mina couldn’t wait to get started. 

Before long, the two were ready for the baths and departed with bright smiles on their faces and love in their hearts, ready to face a new day at UA.


The first day back to class was here and many students around the UA campus dragged themselves from their beds and resumed their usual morning routines. Their habits formed during winter break now returning to hibernation for another few months until the next chunk of time off.

While there was certainly a degree of groaning and complaining at the 1-A dorms, it was merely surface level as each of the heroes in-training donned their school uniforms once more and arrived to their homeroom, ready for whatever UA had to throw at them next.

Considering yesterday’s enrapturing events, chatter broke out amongst those who didn’t get to hang out as much as they wanted. Iida was talking casually with Todoroki, Ochako, and Izuku while the green-haired boy was trying to get a reluctant Shinso involved who had been assigned Mineta’s old seat as Tsuyu, Koda, and Ojiro were having their own conversation.

Happy and greatly relieved instead of annoyed to be back in class, Mina was savouring the babble of the Baku-squad as Kaminari and Sero probed her about what happened the day before that wasn’t shown on TV.

That all stopped when the tape-armed boy remembered something of interest he’d found last night.

“Oh, yeah, did you guys hear?”

“Many things, but what specifically,” Kaminari grinned.

“I think someone on Nabu was pissed about that mayor guy lying about us,” Sero remarked. “Remember that factory where we held up for safety? Seems someone leaked the security cam’ footage of that mayor trying to get us to throw the kid to the villains.”

“Woah, really?!” Ochako exclaimed, overhearing part of the conversation and becoming very interested with Izuku and Iida also glancing over.

“Yeah,” Sero grinned, showing the somewhat grainy video on his phone. “No way this dude’s gettin’ re-elected again.”

“I’d be surprised if he ever finds a job again after the crap he tried to pull,” Kyoka scoffed as the video played out, showing exactly what happened with somewhat middling but distinct audio.

“We were only focused on the cameras watching Mummy, I had completely forgotten about the others,” Momo remarked.

“Great for us, not so much him or the mayor,” Sato said, listening in rather than attempting to watch.

Examining the video closer, Mina couldn’t help but note the description it had been given: ‘Lesson one; don’t lie when there’s cameras around. HAHAHAHA’. While it was somewhat generic, she couldn’t help but feel like this was Nezu’s doing, teaching the man a lesson about humility and not to mess with UA.

It was petty, but she felt a pang of satisfaction at seeing evidence of the man’s dishonesty put up for the world to see.

“Actually, anyone know if Mr Aizawa’s gonna be back today?” Kirishima asked the room.

“Why wouldn’t he be?” Ojiro replied.

“He got held in contempt of court for using his quirk,” Shoji spoke up. “An action that bears consequences.”

“Like jail time?” Todoroki enquired.

“Could be, ribbit,” Tsuyu pondered. “But there’s other things like fines and stuff too.”

The students didn’t have to wait too long for their answer though as footsteps could be heard approaching the door and they started moving with practised speed.

“Seats.”

The single word rang out from the doorway as Aizawa stepped into the room, clearly satisfying their query. Before he was even at the podium, every student had found their way back to their spot and was sitting attentively awaiting his next instruction.

“You’ve slowed over the break,” Aizawa commented as he straightened up his morning papers. “Get better. Villains won’t care if you’re a bit rusty after some time off so don’t let it happen again.”

A few students glanced at each other over Aizawa’s more stern tone than usual but no one said anything.

“All right, I’m sure you’ve all realised by now that we’re back up to twenty students in the class. From today onward, Shinso will be a member of class 1-A and everything that comes with it,” Aizawa announced. “While he’s still working to catch up with your hero specific classwork, this doesn’t mean he isn’t ready to join you in Hero Basic Training.”

A few eyes glanced over at the new boy who had an indifferent expression but his eyes were filled with determination.

“On that front, I will remind you that most of you are signed off of hero work by Nezu and you are legally unable to do any physical training in class. As such, only those who have signed this form that you feel ready to return to active duty will be able to participate in tomorrow’s hero training,” he held up the ‘Return to Service’ form before placing it and the other eighteen on the edge of his desk. “You have a time limit of Friday, which is also the deadline for securing yourselves a work study for those of you with provisional licenses. As these are now mandatory, failure to do so will result in you being removed from the hero course and into general studies.”

Aizawa wasn’t sure if his class were ready or not but their lack of flinching at that piece of news either meant they were, that they remembered the email they’d received, or had grown used to his threats, even though this one was due to the HPSC’s influence rather than his own call.

“Nezu has also been able to secure a number of placements for those yet to make their own connections. The list of those available is attached to this form you’ll need to return to me by the same date,” their teacher placed down a second set of forms. “That’s everything I have to announce. Any questions?”

At first no one moved. Then, slowly, Iida raised his hand.

“Mr Aizawa, may I ask how are you here? Were you not being held after yesterday’s proceedings?”

“I was,” Aizawa conceded, figuring it was better just to come clean. “I let my emotions get the better of me and lost control of the situation. I will advise you all to learn from my mistake.” Izuku couldn’t help feeling a touch of that was directed towards him specifically, though he also noticed Bakugo’s shoulders tense in front of him. “When the riot outside the building escalated, I was let off with a severe warning so I could assist. Thankfully, it doesn’t seem like they’ve opted to impose any additional punishment. I got lucky. Don’t count on the same being true for you should you fall foul of the law yourselves.”

“Yes sir!” The class chorused together.

“Good.” Aizawa nodded. “If that’s everything then prepare yourselves for math as Ectoplasm will be by shortly.”

Gathering the rest of his things and beginning to leave, he was stopped just before he could reach the door by one last question someone wanted answered.

“Um… Mr Aizawa?”

The pro looked over at Kirishima who looked surprisingly timid considering his usual demeanour. His only response was to raise his eyebrows to indicate he was listening to the boy.

“Before you leave um… c-could I ask for clarification on something from yesterday?” Kirishima asked as gently as he could

Aizawa released a heavy sigh before turning and looking directly at the red-head.

“What is it?” He asked in a disinclined tone.

“Uh,” the boy hesitated, “w-well, um… it’s about Miss Midnight.”

“What about her?” Aizawa’s ire grew.

“Do you…” the Kirishima gulped. “D-Do you really not blame us for not being able to save her?”

The class collectively held their breath as their teacher’s jaw tensed and he returned to the podium, a tense deliberateness in his movements that wasn’t present before. Aizawa took a momentary pause to gather his thoughts before he told his students the truth.

“Midnight was a pro hero that knew the risks of engaging with enemy combatants and wasn’t able to overcome her opponent. That said, when she was captured, you had an opportunity to save her and you failed. I stand by what I said… I believe that every one of you tried your hardest to avoid that outcome… but regardless, your efforts were not good enough,” he stated firmly, his voice carrying a tinge of the anger and frustration he felt towards them all.

Kirishima’s eyes glanced over to his boyfriend, having asked their teacher to try and allay the boy’s remorse only to see Bakugo’s hands clench into fists below his desk.

“I told you before that the world isn’t fair and now you have true first-hand experience how unfair it can really be. As heroes, you must push even harder to try and neutralize as much of this unfairness as you can. Where the blame lies doesn’t matter, all that matters is now. If you feel any sense of regret for what happened, I don’t want to hear a word of complaint when I push you even further beyond ‘Plus Ultra’ this term, am I clear? If any of you have an issue with that, there’s the door.”

Predictably, despite the surprising honesty from their normally cagey teacher, none of the students moved. Whether they were stunned into their seats or set in their resolve, it didn’t matter to Aizawa; these next few weeks would decide how much remorse they really had and if they were going to make Nemuri’s death mean something.

“Good,” was all Aizawa said to conclude, grabbing his folder and heading for the door once more before any other irritating questions could be asked.

When the door closed behind him, the class waited until the man’s footsteps had faded away before releasing that breath they collectively held. Looks were shared between friends as they all could tell that Midnight’s passing was still affecting him and them all to a degree. Still, there wasn’t much they could do now other than to knuckle down and try to prove that they were still willing to go all out to become the best heroes they could be.

It wasn’t long before a welcome distraction arrived for the pensive group in the form of Ectoplasm who began their first class.


Lunch time was a welcome reprieve when the bell rang. While class 1-A thought their brains had been fresh and prepared for a new term, Ectoplasm’s complex quadratics and Cementoss’ introduction to sociolinguistics had them ready to call it a day.

They persevered however and made it to their first break to rest and recharge for the afternoon.

Most of the class headed towards the cafeteria, though, as always, Aoyama remained behind with his own lunch and Bakugo stalked off citing he had, “other shit to attend to,” with Kirishima joining to keep him company.

Though he was hesitant to go along with them, Shinso was reluctantly coerced into joining the main group, regretting it almost immediately after sitting down with their lunches.

“So Shinso, you looking forward to your first hero training tomorrow?” Sero asked curiously.

“As much as I can be,” Shinso replied with a shrug, digging into his grilled fish.

“Don’t think we’re gonna take it easy on ya’ just ‘cause you’re the new guy,” Kaminari grinned.

“Nor will Aizawa,” Mina agreed.

“Good,” Shinso said in an eerily accurate impression of their teacher.

“Oof, cold shoulder much?” Sero teased, nudging the boy’s side with his own and shivering.

“I fought hard just to get here,” Shinso stated. “I’m not going to complain now I’ve finally gotten the chance I wanted.”

“Now that’s dedication,” Kaminari chuckled.

“Indeed, one must always strive to do their best, even in a new, unfamiliar situation,” Iida agreed. “Though, should you require any assistance getting a handle on things outside of our classes, please do not hesitate to seek myself or another of our peers out.”

“Hmph,” the purple-haired boy snorted lightly.

“He’s right, Shinso” Izuku spoke up, managing to get the mind-controllers attention. “We need to fight to train and become better heroes, but it’s much more effective when we all work together. I couldn’t have gotten so good with my Shoot Style if not for Iida’s help.”

“You’re most welcome, Midoriya,” Iida smiled proudly.

“And I wouldn’t have gotten the hang of my quirk if it wasn’t for Izuku,” Tooru enthused, nudging the boy’s shoulder who smiled warmly in gratitude.

“I’ve bashed heads with Kirishima to get stronger more times than I can count, but that’s probably because of all the sugar I had at the time,” Sato spoke up, earning a chuckle from the others.

Shinso spared a glance around the others who seemed to genuinely trying to encourage him, even though he’d made it clear he still wasn’t interested. While there was a part of him that enjoyed the affirmations, he wasn’t looking for help like a struggling child before he’d been able to show them what he was capable of now. At the very least he knew how to answer to pacify their efforts and let him eat his lunch in peace.

“I’ll keep it in mind,” he nodded before turning back to his food.

“Regarding working together to enhance our skills for the future, Midoriya,” Todoroki said as he drew the focus away from the new boy. “Have you given any more thought to my offer?”

Several faces glanced Izuku’s way now as the boy gave his answer with a nod.

“I called up Centipeder, he and Bubble Girl are apparently really busy handling all the paperwork that Nighteye used to handle,” Izuku explained. “So um, yeah, if that offer’s still on the table, I’d like to join you at Endeavor’s agency.”

“Endeavor’s?!” Several others blanched who hadn’t overheard their conversation during the Christmas party and Shinso again looked up from his food, intrigued.

“Midoriya, you’re heading to Endeavor’s?!” Sero’s jaw dropped. “Jeez, you’re going ‘Plus Ultra’ already, aren’t you?”

“W-Well it was just because Todoroki invited me a-and-”

“If you want to get stronger fast, training under the current number one would certainly do that,” Shinso acknowledged.

“Todo-bro,” Kaminari made the best puppy dog eyes he could at the boy. “Think you could hook another guy up?”

“I’m sorry, I’ve already extended an offer to Midoriya and Bakugo, I believe even asking one would’ve been pushing my luck,” Todoroki apologized with a small head bow.

“Nah, it’s cool,” Kaminari chuckled, not having been serious with his request. “I think I’d probably end up in the hospital again just from training with the guy.”

“That is very likely,” Todoroki nodded, causing the others to grimace and feel a pang of sympathy for the green-haired boy who’d just accepted to go work with the man.

“Don’t let flamehead Endeavor give you too much guff,” Ochako nudged her boyfriend. “If he hits you, make sure you hit him back harder.”

“I-I’ll try?” Izuku chuckled weakly.

“I second that notion,” Todoroki agreed again.

“N-Not helping, Todoroki!” Izuku grimaced this time, getting a small round of laughs from the others.

“We’ve all gotta hand our forms back in first,” Kyoka noted. “No point in signing up for shit then getting kicked out for not doing paperwork properly.”

“I hear that,” Mina agreed, tucking a pen back into her jacket pocket as she folded up the two pieces of paper she’d brought along with her.

“Wow, you’re gonna go give them in already, ribbit?” Tsuyu queried, not used to seeing the girl so diligent.

“Yeah, I’m not wasting time this term,” Mina acknowledged, putting the forms in her pocket and digging into her lunch. “Taking these bad boys straight to Aizawa after I’m done eatin’.”

“Who did you pick?” Izuku asked curiously.

“That would be tellin’,” Mina winked.

“Well, there’s only like thirty you could choose from since you didn’t do a work-study before, or an internship,” Kyoka rolled her eyes fondly.

“Oh, shush you!” Mina glared playfully. “So I can expect we’ll all see you tagging along with Death Arms then?”

“Fuck no,” Kyoka’s lip quirked in disgust as the others shared a laugh.

“While not on the initial list, I believe there is one hero I may be able to learn something from,” Momo spoke up before a distasteful expression overtook her lips. “Even if I believe I may have to go through my father’s connections to initiate contact.”

“Someone we know?” Ochako asked curiously.

“If it’s Fatgum, maybe you could get Kirishima or Tetsutetsu to introduce you instead, ribbit,” Tsuyu spoke up.

“I had considered him but he is not my first choice,” Momo shook her head lightly. “It’s actually someone Izuku’s notes mentioned might be helpful considering our somewhat similar quirks.”

“Oh?” Izuku blinked as he tried to recall what he’d written. “Oh! Yeah, that could work.”

“Are you gonna tell us or just keeping it secret like Ashido?” Ojiro questioned.

“Well, I wouldn’t want to unnecessarily raise anyone’s expectations, my own included, until I know for sure,” Momo chuckled lightly.

“That’s no fun,” Kaminari groaned.

“Feel free to share your own if you like, ribbit. Ochako and I know we’re heading back to Ryukyu’s if she’ll have us.”

“I too shall be returning to Manual’s for my work-study,” Iida confirmed.

“I was gonna check out that Shishido guy, the lion hero.” Sato said.

“Oh, same,” Ojiro nodded at the guy.

“Anyone else thinkin’ about choosin’ Kamui Woods?” Sero spoke up as he wondered how much competition he’d have if there were limited spots.

From there, talk continued around the topic of work-studies as the group continued to discuss their potential picks.

Before the bell rang and true to her word, Mina headed off to hand her form in, followed by a few others that had opted to do the same.

Soon enough, with their bellies full and minds rejuvenated, it was time to return to class for the second half of their day.


By the time afternoon classes let out and everyone was free to go, those of class 1-A that hadn’t already handed in their ‘Return to Service’ form had made their decisions and filled them in with most heading down the corridors and towards the teacher’s lounge.

While Mina had already done hers, turning excitedly back to the dorm instead, Izuku, Ochako, and Tsuyu followed the rest of their class to return both of their forms while Kyoka and Momo took their time to pack their things and leave at a more leisurely pace since they were only handing in one; the former not having made any decisions yet for fear of picking another Death Arms, and the latter needing to make a few calls first.

That left only Tooru who still had her slips of paper on her desk, one bare and unfilled but with pen in hand and a brooding expression on her face.

“Tooru, you comin’?” Kyoka asked curiously as the girl seemed absorbed in the document.

“Hmm? Yeah, no, you guys go ahead. I wanna get this other form sorted too,” She gestured to the still empty sheet she was still working on regarding work-studies.

“W-Would you like some help?” Momo offered gently.

“No thanks,” Tooru shook her head lightly, her hair causing a few stronger rays of light to reflect playfully around the room. “I got this, don’t worry.”

“If you’re sure,” Kyoka shrugged, sending her a small smile before heading out the door. Momo hesitated a moment longer but quickly followed after her punk girlfriend towards the teacher’s lounge.

Once everyone had gone, Tooru breathed a sigh of relief. As much as she appreciated the offer, truthfully, she had no idea what to do for her work-study pick. There were only so many to choose from thanks to her lack of connections and none of them really seemed suitable for what she needed right now which was getting back to where she was before her injuries.

Tooru bit her lip as she tried to consider her options again before getting the same result. This wasn’t something she could brute force if there was no good path. There was only one thing she could do instead of making a bad choice and, for that, she wanted everyone else to have gone home already.

Waiting a further ten minutes for the sounds of her fellow students inside the school to dim as everyone departed, Tooru packed her things up, grabbed her bag, and trailed down the hall towards the teacher’s lounge too.

Thankfully, her plan had worked as the entrance was deserted by the time she arrived.

Knocking twice, she was quickly greeted by Snipe.

“Hey there Missy, got some forms for us?”

“Uh… kinda?” Tooru replied hesitantly. “I-Is Mr Aizawa free to talk?”

“Should be,” Snipe stepped aside as Tooru spied the man hunched over his desk, tapping away at his keyboard only to pause every now and then to change which paper he was looking at.

Tooru cautiously approached Aizawa’s desk and tried to wait patiently until he was done with a form before interrupting him.

“Um, Mr Aizawa?”

“Yes, Hagakure?” Aizawa replied in a bored tone without turning to look at the girl.

“Could I please talk to you about my work-study options?”

One of Aizawa’s brows rose as he now turned in his chair to face the girl. Tooru took that as the signal to continue.

“W-Well, um… do we have to go on one of these work-studies?”

“Do you not want to go with any of the heroes provided?” Aizawa asked testingly.

“It’s not that,” Tooru shook her head. “I just… don’t know if I’ll be able to handle it after I damaged my quirk,” she held up her hand, palm up. “I don’t know if it’ll still work the same as before, and we haven’t done any training yet so I haven’t tested it. I-If I’ve lost control from my injury, I won’t be able to keep up with the pros and could be a problem trying to run when I don’t know if I can still walk yet.”

The words hung in the air for a moment as Tooru’s anxiety climbed.

“Smart,” Aizawa’s one word sentence caught her off guard. “Had you turned in your form with an actual work-study selection before any training, I would’ve given you detention.”

Tooru grimaced, unaware she was even being tested.

“Like you say, you don’t know your limits yet regarding the damage to your quirk. Hopefully, there isn’t too much progress lost if you’ve been following the old lady’s advice and letting it rest but it would be incredibly idiotic to believe you’re ready to go out into the world and be a pro at this stage,” Aizawa noted. “As it is, you have four days before you need to make a choice. Do you feel confident your skills will be back to where they were in that time?”

The pro studied his now visible student’s face carefully as she clearly wrestled with herself internally.

“If I need to change how I use my quirk then… no… probably not,” Tooru admitted.

“Good,” Aizawa nodded. “At least you’re using your brain, thinking this through and knowing your limits. While the HPSC has demanded every provisional hero take a work-study, they were non-specific on parameters regarding heroes. You don’t believe you’re ready for the field so instead you’ll stay here and train under one of the teachers; you won’t get the same things out of it as your classmates do, but you’ll get what you need right now.”

“Is it you, sir?” Tooru asked curiously. While she wouldn’t mind Aizawa, she wondered if her doubt and his current deposition would work well to get the best result.

“No,” Aizawa answered, allowing Tooru to breathe a small internal sigh of relief, though she tried not to show it. “Since Shinso will not be participating in this project, I’ll be continuing his training after school hours. Considering your current situation, there’s someone else who would suit you better at this stage.”

Tooru's brow furrowed in curiosity as Aizawa revealed his suggestion to the girl. When she learned who he was suggesting for her she was ready to sign off on it there and then, the two quickly completing Tooru’s form officially and leaving both it and her ‘Return to Service’ form with her teacher.

Now that both her slips were turned in, Tooru left the teacher’s lounge and returned to the dorms with more of a spring in her step, her heart and her head lightened considerably.


After a hard day getting back into the swing of normal school life, most students were content to throw their jackets off, toss their schoolbags aside, and relax the late afternoon away before dinner.

One student had a different idea. Poking her head out from her dorm room suspiciously, she allowed herself a mischievous giggle now that the fun could begin.

It started with a quick trip upstairs and a knock on a certain heiress’ door, eagerly awaiting the soft footsteps that signalled her approach.

“Yes?” Momo asked curiously.

“He~ey,” Mina grinned widely, arms behind her back to show off the stretch of her slightly-too-small top. “There’s something I wanna talk to you about in private, you got a minute?”

“Oh, um, sure,” Momo nodded, wondering if she was reading the girl correctly as she stepped aside to allow her entry.

“Nah,” Mina shook her head, “talk in my room, I gotta get the others first.”

“Oh… if you’re sure?” Momo blinked owlishly before turning to leave and heading for the elevator. The heiress shot Mina a questioning glance as she stepped inside the metal box when the doors opened but she was sure she didn’t see it as the girl was already walking over to Tsuyu’s room and knocking.

“Ribbit?” Tsuyu croaked as she answered.

“He~ey Tsu,” Mina grinned, a touch of lechery slipping out, “you mind heading to my room for a little chat?”

“I’m guessing it’s not going to be just a chat, is it?” Tsuyu shot her a deadpan look.

“Ma~aybe,” Mina stuck her tongue out. “Gimme a few more minutes and you’ll find out.”

“Okay, now I’m curious,” Tsuyu’s smile brightened as she joined Mina in heading over to the elevators and calling it again.

When they stepped inside and descended to Mina’s floor, Tsuyu emerged but Mina remained behind. When shot a curious look by the frog girl, Mina simply winked before pressing another floor as the elevator doors separated them.

Heading down two floors, she arrived to knock at the door of her third and final recruit for the evening, rapping on his door in an excited rhythm.

“Hello? Oh, hi Mina,” Izuku greeted warmly. “Something I can help you with?”

“Yes, actually,” Mina’s grin threatened to rise past her cheekbones, “come on, everyone else is waiting!”

“W-Waiting? For what?” Izuku asked worriedly as he was taken by the arm and pulled along, only managing to close his door behind him with a flailed grasp for the handle.

“For us!” Mina answered unhelpfully. “Come on, come on!”

Izuku shook his head and just let the excited girl lead the way, taking the stairs this time in her eagerness as they climbed up to her floor. Suspecting he wouldn’t get the answers he was looking for just yet, Izuku allowed himself to be ushered into Mina’s somewhat darkened room where the curtains were drawn and only the standing light behind Mina’s bed was on. Glancing around, it was clear as well that Mina’s table had also been shifted out the way, along with her floor cushions, leaving the pink and black heart rug and center of the room clear.

Momo and Tsuyu were already present with the frog girl making herself comfortable on Mina’s desk chair while Momo sat in a somewhat refined position on the edge of Mina’s bed. When Izuku stepped inside, he made his way over to the others and also took a seat on Mina’s bed but enough to keep a comfortable distance between Momo and himself.

Before anyone could request further answers from their apparent host, Mina was more than ready to talk.

“I bet you’re wondering why I’ve gathered you all here today,” Mina announced in an official tone, closing the door behind her and walking with her nose held high into the center of her room.

“All?” Momo raised a brow. “There’s still a few of us missing.”

“No there isn’t,” Mina grinned knowingly. “I have a request for you three specifically. Can anyone guess why?”

Tsuyu, Izuku, and Momo glanced between each other for a moment before the latter pair exchanged a shrug.

“Ribbit, does it have something to do with what I can smell in here?”

Mina’s grin deepened while the other two looked at the girl confused.

“Ma~aybe,” Mina giggled, shedding her jacket and chucking it vaguely towards her laundry pile.

“You and Tooru had some late night fun to celebrate last night then, huh?” Tsuyu revealed with a knowing smirk.

“Oh,” Izuku realised with a mild blush as his imagination painted a vivid image for him. Momo shared similar thoughts, though she remained silent.

“Early morning actually,” the cheeky pinkette admitted. “And it was just for Tooru.”

“Ran out of time?” Tsuyu asked curiously.

“Nah, I just wanted something different,” Mina stated, looking between the three of them again. “Which is why I’ve brought you guys here.”

“So uh… what do you want from us together?” Izuku asked curiously for the group with a touch of nervousness in his tone. Doing stuff with Mina and Tsuyu was something he’d gotten somewhat used to by now but his relationship with Momo was still on the mend and definitely didn’t think they were ready to do things sexually to each other if it ever even got that far again.

“Simple,” Mina’s smirk turned lecherous. “You three are clearly the most intense and roughest of our little poly-pack and I want you to fuck me until I can’t remember my own name!”

For a few moments, the others simply blinked as the request hung in the air between them.

“Y-You want us to…” Momo mumbled.

“Sound doable,” Tsuyu shrugged.

“Tsu!” Momo turned to face the girl, a blush colouring her cheeks.

“What? You heard her, ribbit.”

“W-Well… yes, but we don’t even know why,” Momo objected further.

“Do I need a reason?” Mina answered mischievously.

“I-I mean…” Momo hesitated.

“I think what Momo’s trying to um… ask,” Izuku spoke up, his own cheeks aglow but not letting the surprise affect him. “Is there a reason why now and why us for er… such intensity? N-Not that I’m saying ‘no’ but, if there is a reason, I think we’d all feel better if we knew.”

Tsuyu didn’t count herself among them. A good hard loving was reason enough to satisfy her, especially with someone she loved, but Izuku was clearly speaking for both himself and Momo. While there was still ground to be recovered in their relationship, she could tell Izuku had sensed Momo’s hesitation after her last intense session with him and their formerly invisible girlfriend and probably had some reservations of his own.

“That’s fair,” Mina shrugged, not having any reason to hide anything. “I’m not gonna lie to you guys, everything up to yesterday was hard… really hard. I kinda nearly burned myself out studying law and stuff so much if not for Tooru forcing me to take breaks every now and then. But today, all that shit’s in the past and I can relax with simple school stuff,” she sighed before rapping her head twice with a knuckle. “Well, at least, I could, if I could get my stupid brain to stop thinking it’s in panic mode still.”

The trio before her nodded lightly as Mina’s mind-set became clearer.

“Ribbit, so you basically just want a soft reboot of your brain,” Tsuyu chuckled.

“Kinda, yeah!” Mina enthused with a grin. “Turn it off and on sorta thing. I don’t want to actually do that, obviously, but flooding my brain with all those happy chemicals and shit should definitely help get things flowing properly again, right?”

“I-Is that healthy?” Momo worried.

“I don’t think it really works that way,” Izuku chuckled at Mina’s logic. “B-But uh… if that’s what you want to make you feel better then um… I think I can help if you like.”

“Awesome!” Mina grinned.

“I’m in too, ribbit,” Tsuyu nodded, already wondering what positions her girlfriend had in mind.

“That’s two super-hot partners,” Mina winked before she turned to the last member who had a hesitant look on her face. “Momo?”

The heiress looked over nervously only to shift her gaze to Tsuyu then Izuku and then the floor, her hands pooling in her lap.

“U-Um… Izuku?” She spoke up softly.

“Yes?” He answered with an open tone.

“W-When we said we should do something together, I never imagined it would be um… Mina,” Momo blushed.

“R-Ribbit!” Tsuyu’s giggle emerged as a croak while Izuku’s face deepened into an ever redder shade.

“Well… i-if it would make you uncomfortable then we-”

“N-No, it’s fine, it’s just… surprising is all,” Momo admitted, her face tinged with red.

“Hey, just because you guys aren’t ready to jump each other’s bones doesn’t mean you can’t jump mine together,” Mina grinned, causing the pair to both lightly blush at the implication. “Besides, I kinda wanna be the focus, at least for the first part,” she stuck her tongue out, “if you guys wanna do stuff together after that or dip, that’s up to you, but do you think you can cooperate like grown-up pros and give your shared girlfriend an awesome orgasm? Or shall I go see if Ochako and Kyoka should tag in?”

Momo was torn. She definitely wanted to help her girlfriend out, especially with something like this, but if it would make Izuku uncomfortable then she’d bow out. Looking to the boy to gauge his feelings, she surprisingly found his resolve more than a match for hers; a firm, almost determined nod confirming his own agreement while his eyes still maintained the trust and openness he always seemed to possess.

If it was a test, Momo wasn’t quite sure if she’d take it had she been given ample warning, but then again, heroes were rarely given that luxury.

“No… that’s fine, I’m in,” Momo spoke up a moment later.

“You sure?” Mina tested cautiously. “This is a no pressure, no guilt for saying ‘no’ situation,” she glanced between the awkward boy and girl.

“Izuku and I have discussed things before,” Momo shook her head. “Regardless of our relationship with each other, you are all important to both of us and we’re at the very least friends that can get along, especially if it’s something we can do to make one of you happy, r-right, Izuku?”

“Absolutely,” Izuku smiled warmly, gently nudging Momo’s leg with his own in what he hoped was a reassuring gesture.

It wasn’t anything particularly romantic, but Momo was comforted by his rising confidence and sense of trust. While he still had a ways to go believing in himself to a degree, it was clear his feelings and actions were in alignment and he was truly comfortable sharing this experience with her, even after she’d…

Momo quickly shooed that guilty thought back into the box of shame from where she stored it in her mind, instead rising to her feet with a renewed goal.

“Right, how would you like to do this?” Momo asked with determination.

“We~ell,” Mina’s finger teased her lower lip, her eyes alight with mischief. “It starts with you leaving… and cumming back with that lovely gadget that goes around your waist,” her smiled turned lecherous. “You got a taste of your fantasy a while back, I want my turn.”

“Oh? ...O-Oh!” Momo’s head tilted before the memory came back to her. “I see,” glanced over at Tsuyu then back to their Minx, “should… I get one for our Darling too?”

“Tempting,” Mina pondered for a moment, “but not for now,” she too looked at Tsuyu, her eyes raking over the girl’s body that made her green-haired girlfriend tingle in anticipation, replying in what could only be described as a sultry purr, “she’ll have her mouth full as it is.”

None of them were able to resist the blushes on their faces this time, nor stop the blood from pumping faster through their hearts, heating up their bodies and their minds.

“Great, then I-I’ll just…” Momo gestured to the door as she began walking with a spring in her step, not even waiting for confirmation from Mina before heading out and back up to her room to go through her naughty box.

Once the heiress had departed, Mina stood up and began shrugging off the outer layer of her clothes.

“Man, I’ve been looking forward to this all day!” She grinned excitedly.

“I don’t blame you,” Tsuyu chuckled before turning to Izuku who had watched Momo leave and still had his eyes on the door. “Izuku? Are you sure you’ll be alright with this?”

Mina paused and regarded the boy curiously, hoping she hadn’t misread her boyfriend as he turned back to them with a small smile on his face.

“Yeah, I’m fine,” Izuku sent them a nod. “Better, actually,” he breathed a small sigh of relief.

“Ribbit?” Tsuyu tilted her head and Mina remained silent, hoping the boy continued his curious thought.

“You saw her,” Izuku nodded back towards the door. “She’s still nervous… but you could hear how excited and… happy she was. I think you’re not the only one who needed this Mina.”

“I’m thinkin’ you’re right,” Mina agreed, glancing at the door. “Hell, maybe it’ll help you two mend your broken fences, trying to achieve a shared goal ‘n’ all.”

“By making you cry our names in ecstasy?” Tsuyu rolled her eyes.

“Exactly! Only you’re trying to make me forget them instead,” the half-naked pink-haired girl declared. “Now, I think you two are wearing entirely too many clothes for where this is about to go.”

Sashaying her way over to Tsuyu, Mina reached down to cup the girl’s face, lean forward, and pull her into a kiss. Tsuyu’s wobbly yet satisfied exhalation a short time later confirmed to her that she’d missed this.

The frog girl felt her body’s temperature rise quickly and agreed she was way too overdressed, allowing Mina to easily remove her jacket from her shoulders.

“So… w-what did you have in mind?” Izuku asked, stepping up behind the pinkette.

“Mmm, how about a green sandwich to start,” Mina giggled as she rubbed her rear against Izuku’s crotch. “Not the most appealing foodstuff but I definitely want to gobble you both up.”

“Oh, you uh… d-definitely will,” Izuku said as he wrapped his arms around Mina’s waist, trying to slip into his more confident mind-set.

“I can’t wait,” Mina grinned, glancing over her shoulder at the boy.

“Eyes on me, ribbit,” Tsuyu demanded, pulling Mina’s focus back to her with a hand under her chin. “We’re not done yet.”

Mina barely had time to open her lips to breathe in and prepare a response before Tsuyu’s were meeting them, her tongue ambushing her own in a sneak attack as it teased and massaged hers.

Izuku wasn’t wasting time either, even if he was a bit more hesitant in his actions, reaching up to cup the girl’s breasts while pressing his hardening length that was now straining his pants against her comfortable crack.

The moan they pulled from Mina was like music to their ears as the young heroes found themselves all too eager to continue, kissing, grinding, and groping each other as their inhibitions began fading. Tsuyu had begun unbuttoning her own shirt as her tongue started slipping into Mina’s throat while Izuku’s top half, barring his own shirt, was quickly discarded.

The group only stopped when the door to the room opened and closed again as Momo walked in with a discreet bag, the heiress almost taken aback at the sight before her.

“You… started without me?” Momo’s happy expression fell slightly.

“Only a little warm-up,” Mina smiled as warmly as she could with Tsuyu’s saliva around her lips, straightening up then walking casually over to the girl, “but don’t think it means you’ll be left out before we reach the main course.”

Not allowing the heiress a chance to think and panic, Mina snagged the girl around the waist and brought her in close, their breasts touching as best they could considering the height difference, skipping the chaste stuff and kissing Momo almost as deeply as Tsuyu kissed her.

At first, Momo squeaked in surprise until Mina’s message seemed to get across to her brain, easing her into reciprocating the action. Izuku and Tsuyu watched on as the kiss endured for a little longer than their own interactions, both eager to get back to things but equally excited by what they saw.

When Mina broke the kiss, Momo was almost in a daze, her eyes fluttering lightly and her tongue eking out from between her lips as if to follow her girlfriend, resolving instead to savour the mixture of wetness around her mouth.

“How do me and our Darling taste?” Mina smirked.

“Soothing,” Momo answered honestly, only to realize what she said a moment later, blushing and looking away. “I-I mean uh, sexy?”

“Nice try,” Mina chuckled fondly before reaching up to cup her girlfriend’s cheek and pull her into a more tender kiss. “I think we’ve all missed some of this.” Momo nodded honestly, the pang of worry in her heart easing slightly. “I promise we’ll do something a bit more romantic later together, okay? But for now, suit up,” Mina finished with a grin, tapping the girl’s bag.

Deciding it was better to just obey right now than to let her brain continue overthinking, Momo quickly joined the rest in beginning to shed her clothes. Tsuyu had stripped into the buff while Izuku still wore his underwear, lightly stroking his length over the top as it propped part of the garment up.

Now we have a party,” Mina giggled excitedly, doing little hops of excitement.

“Just tell us where you want us and we’ll do the rest,” Tsuyu stated. “Or would you prefer we just take what we want.

“A tempting offer, for another time,” Mina licked her lips, her mind alight at the possibilities. For now though, she had a somewhat specific idea of what she wanted and how her troupe of actors were going to give it to her. “When we’re all good and ready, to start with, I want to sit on your face Darling; I think you know the rest of that.”

“My specialty,” Tsuyu winked, eager for things to begin.

“Squishy, Gorgeous? While I’m on one of my favourite chairs, my hands and mouth are gonna be busy with both of what you’ve got for me.”

“If that’s what you want,” Izuku nodded.

“No, more commanding, Izuku!” Mina pouted, her cheeks puffing up. “You’re going to satisfy yourself with me, this isn’t a ‘love’ thing, this is a ‘fuck’ thing… even if I do love you, beau,” she finished with a wink and an air kiss.

“I-I love you too,” Izuku smiled brightly, a small blush on his cheeks. “A-And um, okay, uh, y-yeah, you’re gonna handle all this all right,” he gestured crudely to his junk.

“Better,” Mina smiled endearingly as the boy tried to find his voice.

Momo didn’t say anything, opting instead to focus on generating a small amount of lube around her own opening after stepping out of her skirt and underwear and sliding one end of her strap-on inside herself with a soft, fluttery sigh.

It felt almost comforting, like putting on her favourite bra, only much more lewd.

Despite her distraction, she heard exactly what Mina wanted and, while Izuku was finding his voice, she felt the need to quieten hers. Her girlfriend wanted something rough and Momo would usually be happy to bring out her more dominant mistress side… but with everything that’d happened, she could feel her doubts clouding her mind on what to do.

“Nearly ready Momo?” Mina asked as Tsuyu lay herself upside down on the rug, glad for its presence over the cold hard wooden flooring.

“Um, yes,” Momo nodded as she finished setting herself up.

By now, Mina had directed Izuku to stand by Tsuyu’s head while she knelt down and gently settled herself over her froggy girlfriend’s face, the girl’s wide eyes appeared enthusiastic about her position as her lips opened and kissed at Mina’s other pair.

“Mmm, that’s a start,” Mina sighed in delight as she relaxed into Tsuyu’s oral attention. “You good, hun?” Tsuyu shot her a thumbs up before sliding her tongue along Mina’s opening. “Ooo, naughty,” Mina giggled at the sensation.

“I believe this is yours,” Izuku approached the kneeling girl, his clothed cock hovering close to her face.

“Just what I ordered,” Mina winked. “Momo? Could you stand here please?”

“Okay?” Momo again obeyed Mina’s request and stood almost beside Izuku, her new appendage almost matching his on the opposite side of Mina’s face. This only caused Mina’s excitement to rise further and she felt herself clenching around the first prodding of Tsuyu’s tongue.

“I’ve always wanted to do this,” Mina grinned, “you guys ready?”

“Yes,” Momo answered neutrally.

“It um, should be you answering that,” Izuku replied with a small smirk, though it still seemed like more of a smile.

Mina felt her endearment for him rising at his efforts since being more dominating was never going to come naturally to the boy. Instead, she simply reached out with a single finger, hooked it under Izuku’s waistband, and gently eased it up and over his cock, lowering it just enough that the garment could fall freely once past his hips. The appendage stood firm and eager for her attention, flexing lightly in anticipation.

With both her hands, Mina gently reached up and took hold of a cock in each hand, watching Izuku’s face twist in relief at the attention.

“That better?” Mina teased.

“I-It will be when you keep going,” Izuku replied, taking a calming breath.

“Well then,” Mina began slowly running her hands up and down both members at a gentle pace, pulling a soft groan from Izuku.

Momo couldn’t feel the stimulation on her side other than the gentle rocking of the other end of the strap-on within her which, while pleasurable, wasn’t doing nearly as much for her as it clearly was Izuku. This wasn’t about him though and she put the thought out of her mind to focus on what Mina wanted.

“Y-You like that?” Momo spoke up.

“Oh yeah,” Mina grinned as her hand motions sped up, “and next I’m gonna- hngh!” Mina tensed as she felt Tsuyu’s tongue slide into her and flex around her insides, rubbing them in a way only she could that made the girl’s body tense up. “C-Cheeky frog!”

“Ribbiff,” Tsuyu’s replied, her eyes holding a touch of mirth as she watched the others from below.

“T-That’s getting me nice and ready for things so I think we should take this up a notch,” Mina stated as she glanced between Izuku and Momo’s faces. With a gentle tug, Mina pulled Izuku closer by his cock until it was almost pressed up against her cheek, his legs spread to avoid stepping on Tsuyu’s head as Mina’s mouth opened wide and used her tongue to delicately circle the most bulbous part of his cock.

“O-Ohh,” Izuku’s fluttered sigh slipped out. Mina’s lips curled into as much of a smile as they could at the reaction while her mouth began further encircling the boy’s lower head.

Without another word, and while continuing to stroke Momo’s cock with her other hand, Mina told the boy what she wanted next by reaching for his hand and guiding it to the back of her crown. Izuku understood the objective as he slowly applied pressure to Mina’s head as he guided her further and further toward his crotch.

With barely any sensation on her own appendage, even with Mina’s enthusiastic actions, Momo was free to watch the exchange between the pair as Mina slowly relinquished part of her control to the boy. She enjoyed watching Ochako and her other girlfriends’ faces as she’d pushed them down onto her toy cock previously, but right now, she was more interested in Izuku, observing the litany of emotions and expressions he pulled as the sensation of Mina’s lips around his shaft tickled pleasurably in his brain.

The gentleness didn’t last too long though as Izuku clenched a portion of Mina’s hair to pull her back only to bring her forward again. It wasn’t hard or fast, though the pace was suitably increasing, but Izuku was undeniably fucking Mina’s face and the satisfied groans eking out from Mina’s lips around his cock, that almost tickled the boy’s penis from the vibration, meant he was giving her exactly what she wanted.

“That’s… that’s good,” Izuku moaned out breathily, feeling his own desire to release down Mina’s throat rising but quickly quashed it in favour of what he knew the girl wanted. Still, a little of what he wanted certainly wouldn’t hurt. “Ready for a big one?”

“Mm-hmm,” Mina hummed affirmatively as Izuku pulled her back gently.

“Are you sure? R-Really sure?” Izuku asked again, the implication hanging clearly between them. Mina gave a small, steady nod to communicate her understanding and let him know she knew exactly what was about to happen.

When he heard her take a deeper breath through her nose, Izuku pressed on the back of Mina’s head again, only this time, he didn’t stop as she was guided onto more and more of his cock. Momo’s breath almost caught as he only stopped when there was nothing left to continue on, Mina’s lips now meeting his hips as a noticeable bulge stuck out in her throat.

“H-Hold it!” Izuku demanded, trying to split his attention to savouring the sensation and performing a countdown in his head. Mina’s slow, steady groan as she too savoured their position made Momo’s own arousal heighten despite the pink-haired girls almost ceased attentions on her cock.

Izuku’s self-imposed countdown ended and gently eased Mina back at a slightly faster pace until she was fully off his member and clearing her throat.

“Are you alright?” Izuku asked with concern, his concern surpassing his need to stay in character.

“I-I’m good, ahem, tha- that was great!” Mina replied happily, a messy grin on her face and a couple of small tears in the corners of her eyes from the gag reflex she’d supressed. “More of that!”

“M-Maybe not too much more,” Izuku hesitated, both out of concern for the girl and fear he would be unable to hold back his climax, gently removing Mina’s hand from his flexing cock. “A-Anyway, it’s Momo’s turn.”

“True,” Mina’s grin widened, her eyes now locking onto the heiress’ own who’d completely lost herself watching the pair and almost forgetting she was a part of this.

“O-Okay, yes,” Momo nodded gently as Mina’s hands resumed their ministrations, speeding up and producing a tiny amount of weak acid to lube the strap-on up for what was about to happen.

With her hips gently thrusting against Tsuyu’s enthusiastic tongue Mina’s sultry eyes lidded as she looked down at her new target, the silicone member not twitching nearly as much as Izuku’s.

“Don’t mind if I do then,” Mina replied before giving Momo’s cock the same treatment, opening her mouth and swirling her tongue around the tip.

Instead of doing what she had with Izuku, Mina focused mainly on moving the appendage rather than teasing the glans, knowing it would affect the other end inside Momo but the black-haired girl relished the sight regardless. She could feel that pleasurable tingle of power and control slipping back into her system as Mina worked to try and pleasure her, releasing her own fluttery breaths at the image before her more than the sensations she felt.

Slowly, Mina started sinking her head down on Momo’s penis, sliding it further into her mouth and toward her throat and back as she coated the thing in saliva while her other hand continued jerking it. Without Izuku’s cock to also play with, Momo’s rear tensed up as Mina’s other hand slipped up her leg and grabbed at her toned muscle, using the hold to pull herself closer.

As enjoyable as the sight and sensations were becoming, Momo felt fear creeping back in the further Mina went down on her cock. Her breaths got a bit shorter as she was reminded of what happened not too long ago, including the fallout and horrible feelings it had caused. She was grateful when Mina backed off but the fear swiftly returned when Mina took her hand and gently guided it to the back of her head.

Momo almost froze as her fingers were slipped into the silky curls and her breathing became much shallower.

“I-I… I can’t…” She muttered, unintentionally pulling Mina, Tsuyu, and Izuku’s eyes to her as she lightly shook her head. “I-I’m sorry.”

Tsuyu pulled her tongue back into her mouth while Mina retreated from her goal, both looking at Momo with concern. For a moment, things were still as Momo awkwardly bit her lip out of shame and looked away.

“Momo?”

Momo’s jaw clenched at the inevitable question, her gaze slowly rising until she met the eyes of the one who’d spoke. Izuku looked at her with understanding written all over his face along with concern and worry.

“If you want to stop, then we-”

“I-I don’t,” Momo denied. “I-I want to give Mina what she wants but… I-I can’t,” she shook her head, the reason why being clear to them all.

“You… um… you don’t trust yourself?” Izuku asked insightfully, getting a slow, shame-filled nod from the girl. Another small silence reigned while everyone tried to think of what to do next, but for Izuku, he simply needed a moment to gather his courage.

“Then… can I help?” He offered gently.

Momo looked over at him questioningly as the boy stepped closer, his own cock bobbing in its still excited state despite the heavy overtones the situation had developed.

Gently, he reached out and took Momo’s hand, guiding it to the back of Mina’s head again. Momo looked hesitant and looked at the boy warily as he continued his actions unperturbed. With his hand resting over the back of hers, both nestled in Mina’s fluffy locks, he guided her head back once more towards Momo’s inanimate appendage.

Opening her mouth and sinking down on it, Mina tentatively held off on doing anything more serious until she could confirm Momo was alright with this, watching the girl as best she could from her position.

The first few pumps weren’t too deep as Izuku encouraged Momo to guide Mina at a reasonable pace, the heiress’ breathing becoming steadier as she got used to the motion and sensations.

“See? Mina’s fine,” Izuku assured her with a warm smile, “you’re fine.”

Momo shot him a nervous smile and shaky nod of her head as the reality started breaking through her fears.

“May I touch you?” Izuku asked cautiously.

The heiress’ brow creased in confusion, wondering if he was asking permission to touch her breasts or something… more. With everything he was doing to try and help her through this however she realised he wasn’t trying to be opportunistic and was just trying to be sensitive to her own comfort.

With a small nod of her head she gave her blessing with Izuku responding in kind. Reaching out, she felt his hand settle on her rear, slightly overlapping with Mina’s as he pressed lightly against them.

“Mina?” Izuku called to the girl who was still only going through the motions of a blowjob right now. “I’m in control, okay? You can enjoy yourself now.”

Mina didn’t need telling twice. After glancing at Momo and confirming the girl was okay and didn’t want to stop, she relaxed back into her lust, trying to make up for lost time and bobbing much quicker and faster on Momo’s cock than she had with Izuku’s.

“O-Oh!” Momo’s shortness of breath returned, though thankfully it was out of excitement this time as she gently let herself relax into the experience on relinquishing part of her control to Izuku.

The green-haired boy in question felt his own joy and satisfaction rising as he watched both Momo and Mina getting back into it, happy he could help bridge this gap he wasn’t even sure Momo had known about.

“Well done Izuku,” a froggy voice praised him from below.

“Um, Tsuyu?” Izuku glanced down with a mischievous grin at the frog girl, “shouldn’t you be doing something?”

“Ribbit!” Tsuyu nodded before parting her lips and pushing her tongue back into Mina’s heated depths, pulling a satisfied groan from the girl as she thrust in and out.

The quartet continued like that for a small period as Momo, under Izuku’s watchful eyes, reclaimed part of her boldness in pressing Mina’s head to her hips. Slowly and gently, Izuku started shifting his hand away from Momo’s and letting the girl guide Mina by herself. He was still ready to jump in if she got too rough, but his hand shifted to another target, fingers gently wrapping around Mina’s horns and bending them ever so slightly.

The pink-haired girl’s efforts slowed as a light, unprepared moan rumbled in her throat at her sensitive spot being played with but it didn’t much matter. Mina felt more than ready at this stage to proceed to the next part of what she wanted but had one thing left to do first.

Pulling off Momo’s cock, she took a few moments to take a few breaths before looking up at the girl lustfully.

“Can I do another big one, Mistress?” Mina teased lightly while pressing her cheek against the side of Momo’s member, hoping she could help keep the girl’s confidence up.

The heiress looked unsure, biting her lip lightly and torn between her desire to please her girlfriend and fear of repeating herself.

Izuku’s other hand moved from Mina’s own and delicately rubbed the small of Momo’s back comfortingly, sending small tingles running up her spine as she turned towards him.

“I’ll help,” he offered with a smile, replacing his other hand atop Momo’s again.

Despite looking down at the slightly smaller boy, Momo felt an air of comfort and protection around her shoulders. Given everything that had happened, Izuku should be the last person encouraging her to be in this position again… but here he was willing to help her do it safely for their girlfriend’s desire.

“P-Please,” Momo gratefully accepted.

The boy’s smile brightened a little more as he lightly entwined their digits on the back of Mina’s head in assurance. With a simultaneous nod and an all-too-eager pinkette between them, Momo and Izuku pushed the girl back down onto the fake cock as she sank further and further down until she hit the base.

Momo let out a lusty breath as she felt Mina’s nose buried into her crotch and the other end of the toy inside her jiggle about as Mina’s throat massaged the outer shaft. She’d missed this feeling and it was doing all the right things to bring her libido back up.

“Y-You like that Mina?” Momo asked nervously. “You like sucking on my cock?”

Obviously the girl couldn’t respond but the tight clench her rear received and attempt to pull herself even closer somehow was all the answer Momo needed.

“… Eight, seven, six,” Izuku counted down out loud the longer Mina was pressed to the base. Momo quickly caught on and joined in for the last few numbers.

Down below, Tsuyu realised they would likely be changing positions soon and did everything in her tongue’s power to stimulate Mina as much as she could before that happened.

The pinkette shook tensely as her body tried to coil itself up for release though she was able to press it down, but only just.

Once their countdown was complete, Izuku and Momo released the girl at ten, easing her back up and off the latter’s cock, her blowjob now complete.

Mina’s face was a mess, her mouth caked in saliva and a few small tear tracts running down the corners of her eye. No one could mistake the massive grin she wore as anything less than satisfaction however as her hips continued to grind into Tsuyu’s face.

“Oh god… that was good!” Mina breathed heavily as she tried to reclaim the oxygen deep throating two cocks in quick succession had stolen.

“I’m guessing you still want more though?” Izuku asked playfully, disengaging from Momo and stoking his cock again now he’d settled down some.

“Oh yeah,” Mina continued gasping before shakily trying to find her feet, rising up off of Tsuyu’s face. “Q-Quick um… Gorgeous, l-lay down, you’re goin’ up my butt.”

Momo almost blanched at the phrasing and opened her mouth to ask a question she deemed pertinent only for Mina to cut her off.

“Yeah, yeah, I cleaned before I got you all,” Mina stated, swiftly shutting down the heiress who had no further objections. “Now lay down!”

Momo was quickly ushered into position while Tsuyu rose to stand, stretching herself out a little.

“Squishy, you’re in my love tunnel and Darling, I want you to finish that kiss we started earlier.”

“I’ll make your throat fit my tongue perfectly by the end,” Tsuyu croaked excitedly, causing Mina to hurry the others along all the faster.

Once Momo had gotten herself set up, she held her extra appendage out for Mina to sit her rear down on, the girl hissing lightly as the lubed-up silicone parted her cheeks and slipped into her backside with a tingly stretch.

“Oooh, this is it!” Mina sighed breathily as she gently lay back to rest on Momo’s chest.

Izuku then took his position between the four sets of legs that were spread for him to nestle between as he examined the slick handiwork Tsuyu had left for him. Unable to resist, he leant forward and licked Mina unashamedly, causing the girl to almost jump, her rear flexing around Momo’s cock.

“H-Hey!”

“Sorry,” Izuku grinned cheekily. “You looked good enough to eat.”

“Shut up you corny git,” Mina rolled her eyes fondly. “I’m all ready for you so get ready to take me to pound town… if you can handle it.”

“Oh, I’m ready,” Izuku flexed a small measure of One-For-All, reminding the girls just how much strength he still had under his hood. Both Mina and Tsuyu felt their arousal rise at the minor display of power while Momo’s view was unfortunately obscured by Mina’s fluffy pink hair.

Without any further delay, Izuku gently knelt between Mina’s legs and lined himself up, slipping just the tip inside her as Tsuyu reached down to cup Mina’s face, positioned above her.

“Ribbit, it’ll be weird doing this upside down,” Tsuyu chuckled.

“Think of it as a challenge,” Mina smirked. “If you get me to cum, you win.”

“Game on, bitch,” Tsuyu retorted with her own smirk, her tongue snaking out quickly and almost giving her girlfriend no time to breath as it pushed its way into her mouth.

That was Mina’s goal though and, with everything set up, all she had to do now was lie back and enjoy.

Izuku took Tsuyu’s silencing of Mina as his cue, grabbing the girl’s hips and pressing his length into her. Momo too tried to grab a hold of Mina and pull her even deeper onto her cock, hesitating slightly as her hands overlapped with Izuku’s and she quickly moved them higher.

Gently at first, the trio began trying to find a rhythm as Tsuyu’s tongue went from exploring Mina’s neck to thrusting into it, taking suitable breaks to ensure her girlfriend could still breathe every now and then, while Izuku and Momo alternated their thrusts.

It certainly wasn’t the most enjoyable position for them, but Mina was on cloud nine, her eyes nearly rolling back in her head as she felt herself being fucked harder and faster as her partners’ collective lust increased.

When Izuku and Momo’s rhythm fell out of sync however, the two caused Mina to groan in pain as she felt the pinch on her insides from the colliding forces between her.

“Sorry Mina!” Momo quickly apologized.

“Y-Yeah, sorry,” Izuku grimaced, his cock throbbing in a slightly more painful way.

Neither one of them wanted to stop and slow down the orgasm Mina was building towards however but what they had done to start wasn’t working anymore. For the endowed pair, it was hard to get a read on the other’s movements and neither had the greatest hold on Mina for what they needed.

While they hesitated, Tsuyu’s hands were busy, reaching out to massage and pinch Mina’s breasts and nipples to keep her excitement high while the other two sorted themselves out.

This time, it was Momo who spoke up first, calling Izuku’s name softly but loud enough over the continued moans of Mina as Tsuyu’s efforts persisted.

“Izuku?”

“Yeah?”

“C-Could I… touch you? Just f-for um, tempo purposes?”

“O-Okay,” Izuku replied, feeling more than exertion powering his blush at that thought.

Soon enough, his rear clenched as he felt Momo’s hands transition from Mina’s waist to his hips. Slowly, she pulled him back towards her and deeper into Mina once again, causing all three of them to groan.

“Y-Yeah, that’s good,” Izuku sighed deeply. “C-Can I-”

“Yes,” Momo gave him the okay before he could get the words out.

With the two now grasping each other’s hips, they began thrusting again, finding themselves much more in-sync than before as Mina’s moans began elevating in pitch.

It was definitely helpful to achieve their shared goal, but both Izuku and Momo couldn’t help the curious images and thoughts that appeared in their heads, idly wondering what it would be like if Mina weren’t between them right now.

They put those thoughts aside as they renewed their efforts to give their girlfriend everything she wanted, both increasing their speed and force as Mina’s groans grew ever louder.

With all her partners working in tandem to thrust into all of Mina’s holes, it was only a matter of time before her whole body was jerking as she writhed and clutched at the sheets, her peak rapidly approaching.

The group could tell Mina was on the cusp of the point of no return as her moans turned to short, sharp squeaks and her hand reached down to flick and rub at her clit hurriedly, trying to elevate her peak to even greater heights as her muscles all began contracting around the invading appendages, trying to milk them for their essence.

Momo and Tsuyu had nothing to worry about with Momo being in complete control of her ability to release her fake load while Tsuyu didn’t have the ability. Izuku, on the other hand, pulled back as much as he could against Mina’s legs which were now doing their best to try and hold him in place. Realising Momo’s side and with a firm grip, Izuku put too much pressure on the base of his cock and gratefully felt his release receding. They were close to fulfilling Mina’s fantasy now and he definitely didn’t want to be the one to blow it… yet anyway.

Even without Izuku thrusting as deep as he could into her, Mina’s entire body locked up as her rear and pussy flexed and clenched, a small amount of liquid spraying out of her opening as her own release overcame her.

Mina’s body continued moving independently from her control as she rode her high as long as she could, feeling Momo embedded deep within her rear and already missing her boyfriend’s satisfying fill. She was grateful though as she gave the final instruction for the evening with what little mind she still had left.

“C-Cum on me…” she breathed heavily once Tsuyu had pulled her tongue out of her throat.

Izuku and Momo were tired from their efforts but knew they needed to fulfil their girlfriend’s likely last request of the evening.

As the pair detangled themselves from Mina and carefully stood up, Tsuyu assisting to shift Mina delicately off her girlfriend, Izuku continued stroking his cock to keep himself just on the edge.

Once he and Momo were standing hip to hip, the heiress pointed her member towards Mina and reached for her harness’ controls.

“Um… Momo?” Izuku called lightly, just before the girl pressed the button to grant Mina’s desire.

“Yes?”

“D-Do this,” Izuku glanced down, gesturing at his hand as he continued stroking himself.

“But I don’t need-”

“Just trust me,” Izuku smiled warmly.

Momo’s brow creased slightly in her confusion. Looking back at Mina, who seemed to be patiently waiting for her decision despite her exhausted yet eager expression and still trying to catch her breath, Momo’s mind glanced back at her previous experiences with the boy over the course of the evening. Her other hand slowly reached out and began stroking her fake cock, trying to mimic Izuku’s motions.

“L-Like this?”

“Mmm, that’s so… fucking hot,” Mina purred at the sight before pushing her chest out, leaning back slightly and sticking her tongue out with the sound of hot, heavy gasps now filling the air.

Tsuyu, who was still pinching Mina’s nipples, prepared to back off and stay out of the splash zone since this was Mina’s treat and tried to encourage her partners further.

“Ribbit, give her what she wants.”

“Now?” Momo glanced at Izuku.

“Y-Yeah!” Izuku grunted back, focusing on pushing himself over the edge as his tempo increased.

With a press of a button and a few hand strokes later, both cocks began releasing their loads all over the pink-skinned girl, painting her with their organic and synthetic essences. Mina’s body twitched when the hot steaks made contact with her body, letting out strained, jumpy sounds as her fantasy reached its conclusion.

Izuku panted heavily once the last of his release dibbled onto his hand that slowed its pumping, his cock slowly losing its firmness while Momo and Tsuyu watched both him and Mina eagerly.

The pink haired girl, now covered in her lovers’ juices and plenty of her own, reached up and began rubbing them around her skin, letting out a deeply satisfied moan.

“You good, Mina?” Tsuyu asked curiously with a cheeky smirk on her face.

“Mmm, ye~eah,” Mina purred as she closed her eyes and just revelled in her sense of touch.

“Yeah, I think we’re done, ribbit,” Tsuyu chuckled as her girlfriend lost herself in her own world.

“T-That’s good,” Izuku panted as he looked around for a tissue to dry himself off.

“Here,” Momo offered, producing one with her quirk.

“T-Thanks,” Izuku smiled, though the pink in his cheeks wasn’t entirely caused by his exertions.

“N-No problem,” Momo acknowledged and looked away, a similar shade of red gracing her own.

Tsuyu glanced between the two and felt her heart rise. Whatever issue still lingered between the two was clearly on the mend and, hopefully, it would blossom into something much more loving and romantic eventually. Maybe she’d even get to be the one in Mina’s position next time…

For now, they’d likely done all they were comfortable with and probably more, pushing themselves for Mina’s sake but she didn’t think any of them minded. Tsuyu certainly didn’t, apart from the fact that she’d been doing all of the teasing and not getting practically any of the stimulation.

“W-Was that everything you hoped for Mina?” Momo asked tentatively, wondering if she should refill her gadget. The trio all chuckled when Mina’s only response was to curl her elbow upwards and give a weak thumbs up before dropping it back to the mattress with a thump.

“Well, I think Mina’s down for the count,” Tsuyu stated as she gently caressed the girl’s cheek.

“I would expect so after a um… workout like that,” Momo smiled.

“As long as she enjoyed then isn’t that what matters?” Izuku offered, feeling a touch of pride at how they’d all worked together to so effectively give Mina everything she’d asked for.

“I’m still one horny frog though. Are either of you up for another round, ribbit?”

“S-Sorry Tsu,” Izuku shook his head, “I-I’m kinda spent for now.”

“Um,” Momo bit her lip. “I-I could do with um… finishing too, if you don’t mind.”

“Of course not,” Tsuyu grinned, happy at least one of them was still up for things. “I don’t think Mina’s going to share her bed after that though. Think we could head upstairs?”

“My room or yours?” Momo asked with a happy giggle.

The sound was a welcome song to all three of the others present as it was clear Momo didn’t have any regrets about what they’d all just experienced together.

“Yours,” Tsuyu stated simply. “You’ll feel more comfortable moaning my name.”

“O-Oh my,” Momo giggle again as Tsuyu rose off the bed and the pair set about collecting their things.

Izuku took a seat beside the prone Mina as he watched the two and continued to regain his stamina, only scolding himself a little when he found his gaze lingering just a little too long on Momo’s backside as she removed her strap-on.

The two girls redressed in their ruffled outfits, hoping not to run into anyone else in their short one-floor trip, pausing only to say goodbye to their other partners.

“Um, I-I really hope you enjoyed that Mina,” Momo called out.

“We’ll see you two later,” Tsuyu waved.

Mina groaned, offering up a weak wave of her arm before it thumped back on the soft sheets again while Izuku chuckled and waved them off.

Before the door closed behind them Tsuyu shot Izuku a look, gesturing her head and eyes to Momo, then to Mina and hoped the boy understood. The small nod she received in reply was all she needed as the click of the latch separated the pairings.

“We should hurry,” Tsuyu muttered as she took off at a speedy pace towards the stairs.

“Are you in a rush?” Momo asked curiously as she lengthened her strides to keep pace.

“No,” Tsuyu smirked as she sent a hooded, lust-filled look at the girl. “I just don’t know how long I can hold back before I rip your clothes off.”

Momo’s flushed cheeks and somewhat loud shushing of the girl faded away as they entered the stairwell and ascended.

Back in Mina’s room, Izuku let out a pleasant, satisfied sigh as he leaned back on his arms and simply absorbed all that he’d experienced over the past hour.

“Mmm?” Mina groaned to get the boy’s attention.

“Hmm?” Izuku responded, turning to face the still prone girl as she cracked her eyelids, reaching back to gently caress her leg from his position.

“You ‘kay?” The pink-haired girl managed to mumble.

“Y-Yeah, I think so,” Izuku smiled honestly.

“No’ too weird?” Mina continued.

“Um… maybe a little to start,” Izuku admitted. “M-More awkward really.”

“Yeah,” Mina sighed at the memory.

“I-It was good though,” Izuku offered a moment later. “I’m glad we could do it together.”

“You mean do me,” Mina grinned cheekily with what modicum of energy she still had, causing Izuku to roll his eyes and give her a fond if exasperated look.

“No need to ask how you’re doing,” Izuku chuckled as Mina stretched out, reminding Izuku of a contented cat before she returned to her boneless state.

“That was awesome…” she sighed in delight, though struggling to keep her eyes open after all that. Still, there was something she wanted to discuss before she fell into her sex-coma for the evening and nudged Izuku with her leg. “Hmm?” Mina got the boy’s attention again. “Momo mentioned you guys talked… how’z things?”

“T-They’re good,” Izuku acknowledged. “Just trying to um… find our feet again right now. This was kind of a big surprise for both of us but er… I think we handled it pretty well.”

“I’ll say,” Mina sighed contently. “Do you think you and Momo will…?” She left the question open ended, watching the boy’s mind process her words and run through the possibilities that clearly showed on his face.

“T-That’s not it! I mean, we were just trying to work together here for you!” Izuku refuted.

“Not that,” Mina rolled her eyes. Not yet anyway. “Meant like, date and stuff.”

“O-Oh um… well Momo’s a good person; w-we all know that. She’s kind, honest, brave, and selfless when it matters,” he admitted while looking back at the doorway. “I-If not for um… what happened, then I dunno, maybe?”

“So… you don’t think so anymore?” Mina asked.

“W-Well…” Izuku hesitated. “T-There’s stuff we still need to work out,” he admitted, not needing to explain himself further on that front. “Between that and her parents’ marriage stuff for her and er… h-how I play a role in it… I don’t know if I could have a proper relationship with her like you guys do. It’s too… messy.”

Mina frowned as Izuku looked down, a tell-tale sign of him doubting himself.

“Don’ care ‘bout that,” she dismissed. “Our sitch’ now is super messy,” Mina winked while rubbing some more of the slick substance she could still feel over her skin. “But us seven make it work. Do you think you could if you guys, y’know, gave it a shot?”

Izuku sighed in a defeated tone as his argument was swiftly countered, idly wondering if it was just Mina’s natural insight or something she’d picked up from studying court stuff.

“I-If there’s a possibility…” he stated slowly. “M-Maybe we could um… try a date maybe? But that’s like way in the future and if she even likes me like that. I-I’m not going to force her or anything s-so-”

Mina chuckled at the boy’s timidness. Even after working with the girl to paint her white, he was more intimidated by the notion of dating the heiress and potentially having her return any of his affections.

“I’ll look up wedding rings,” Mina chuckled as she interrupted Izuku’s babble, releasing a sigh as she closed her eyes and content with the answers she’d gotten.

“M-Mina!” Izuku blushed and shot a light glare at the girl only for it to be completely ineffective as he noticed her breathing slow, his girlfriend slipping into a light doze.

With a chuckle and shake of his head, Izuku rose from his spot and leant over her face, planting a small kiss on Mina’s cheek and getting a small hum of acknowledgement. He didn’t know whether she was passing out for a short nap or the rest of the night but felt it would be better to cover her anyway, even if she was still a bit sticky.

Once the girl was properly cared for, Izuku dressed as quietly as he could before departing the girl’s room, turning off the lights and taking one last, lingering look at his pink-haired Princess before beginning to close the door.

“Night Mina, I love you.”

“Mmm ‘ove you too,” a faint mumble could be heard replying as Izuku’s chest swelled.

Closing the door, the boy trekked back to his own room, thoughts of their conversation and this evening’s events swirling in his mind.

He’d be lying if he said he never imagined getting into a true relationship with Momo since becoming a member of this group but both the girl in question and Kyoka had been a tad closed off to him in the beginning. Then, when they started opening up, things went wrong with Tooru that Izuku still believed, at least a little, was his fault.

He shook his head as he tried to rid himself of those detrimental thoughts. What had happened had happened and they were now all trying to put it behind them and move forward. Maybe he should have a chat with Kyoka and Tooru regarding his thoughts and issues?

With Momo however, not only did they need to rebuild part of their relationship still, but there was that lingering issue of her parents. It was all a bit much for the boy and that was on top of needing to push himself even further beyond this term to master One-For-All.

No. He’d just take things one day at a time and, if something happened, it happened; he wasn’t going to try and push for more or intentionally seek it out, there was enough to be dealing with already.

His mind made up for now, Izuku returned to his room to relax after his unique workout and prepare for the training they’d be enduring tomorrow.

Notes:

Chapter summary:

- Tooru wakes up early the next day and tests her quirk. When Mina wakes, Tooru expresses her worries over her future as a hero and whether, if it's possible, get her broken quirk fixed. Mina assures her that whatever choice she makes, she and the others will still love and stand by her. The two kiss which quickly evolves into something more as Mina gets her girlfriend off while they both watch her now visible form react in the mirror. With assurances that Mina will get her own loving later, the two depart for classes.

- After some minor discussion about the trial, classes resume as 1-A's members need to sign a return to service form before they can start training and doing hero work again. With work studies now being mandatory, they're also reminded to secure their placements by Friday though there are some ready for those who've yet to make their own connections. Before he leaves, Kirishima asks Aizawa if he blames them for Midnight's death. Aizawa reluctantly tells them he doesn't despite some of his true feelings leaking through, reminding them this is what he'd been talking about all along regarding the dangers they faced outside of UA.

- Lunch arrives and some of the class grill Shinso on his thoughts of their first day back. Izuku accepts Todoroki's offer to go to Endeavor's agency. Mina's already decided her choices while Momo keeps hers somewhat secret as everyone discusses things further.

- At the end of the school day, Tooru is hesitant to sign her return form and takes it to the teacher's lounge seeking advice. She confides in Aizawa about her quirk problems and doubts. Aizawa is pleased she's thinking things through and taking her new limits into account. He makes a suggestion as to who she should go with as a work study mentor and Tooru eagerly signs off on it.

- Mina gathers Momo, Tsuyu, and Izuku in her room and expresses her desire to get fucked silly by them. When asked for a reason, Mina explains that her trial was stressful and she wants to blow off steam and reboot her brain. While initially hesitant, Momo agrees with the others and goes to get her toys. Izuku is glad Momo seems to be in a better mood and headspace now. As the group get started Momo returns and they all get into the swing of things. Mina jerks off both Momo and Izuku at the same time while sitting on Tsuyu's face. Momo studies how Izuku is gently controlling as Mina relinquishes control to him and lets him control her blowjob. When Mina tries to do the same thing for Momo, the heiress begins panicking only for Izuku to gently guide her through her guilt and enjoy the position and sensations again. The group then switches positions to fuck Mina simultaneously with Izuku and Momo working in rhythm until Izuku's ready to cum. He and Momo then unleash their loads over Mina's face much to the girl's delight. Once Tsuyu and Momo depart to continue their activities in the heiress' room, Izuku and Mina talk about his recovering relationship with Momo and if the two will date properly moving forward. Izuku is still unsure but is hopeful things are getting better between them at least and says as much before leaving Mina to sleep off their exertions.

Chapter 42: Push those limits!

Summary:

Class 1-A's hero classes resume and some go 'Plus Ultra' in the name of 'training'.

Notes:

Special thanks to everyone who's supported this fic to get it to 2000 Kudos. I had no intention of writing in such detail for this long over a silly idea that wouldn't leave my head for a solid week, but here we are. :D Hope you all enjoy what comes next.

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(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

With their paperwork all in order, nothing was preventing class 1-A’s return to hero training.

Even if it was only the second day back, most of their minds were distracted throughout the normal classes and were firmly set on what their first hero training would be like after their break. Aizawa had been honest about pushing them the day before but they didn’t know exactly how much more the man could throw at them.

When the bell rang to dismiss the rest of the school and signal the beginning of 1-A’s final class of the day, there was palpable excitement and anticipation in the air. Their costume cases were released once more and all twenty students filed off diligently to the changing rooms to waste as little time as possible.

Still, in everyone’s excitement, certain things couldn’t avoid being commented on when they began getting changed and it started with the boys.

For most of them, it was a routine they’d grown used to. However, for one, he’d popped open the locks on his costume case and seemed almost hesitant to open it.

“Hey, Shinso, everything okay?” Izuku asked curiously as he noticed the boy’s lack of movement.

“Y-Yeah, fine,” Shinso muttered, his hand resting on the case’s lid

“Did they mess up your gear or something?” Kaminari asked as he unbuttoned his top with practised speed.

“I haven’t checked,” the lilac-haired boy muttered.

“Well you better do it quick,” Sero noted. “Aizawa’s kinda strict on how long it takes to get ready, so if something doesn’t fit then you need to get into your gym clothes instead.”

“I-I just need a second,” Shinso shook his head.

Others started noticing the boy’s hesitation to dress and started looking his way.

“I felt the same way you did on my first day,” Izuku muttered softly, though Shinso heard with full clarity. “It almost doesn’t feel real, does it? Like, maybe the box is empty and this isn’t really happening.”

Shinso’s expression tightened at the boy’s surprisingly accurate words.

“Don’t worry, once you put it on and come join us, you’ll know you belong here, I promise,” Izuku reassured with a smile.

“If you wanna get dressed in private, we can head out first,” Sato offered, already halfway suited up.

“I’m fine,” Shinso shook his head before taking a breath.

With a yank of his hand, the case opened up and inside he found everything he’d requested: a black, stealth-like outfit for infiltration purposes complete with black pouches and purple straps to go around his legs for extra equipment; white and purple boots with steel toecaps; a set of knuckle guard gloves that left the thumb and index fingers exposed; his slightly worn capture scarf, given to him by Aizawa he still had yet to perfect; and, at the centre, were his artificial vocal cords waiting to be donned once again.

Like Izuku said, it felt almost surreal that he was finally here after working so hard to prove himself.

“It’s just a fuckin’ outfit,” a brash voice cut across the moment. “It’s not something super special or shit. You’re gonna get beaten up, blasted, and smashed and it’s probably gonna get wrecked. Just put it on and get out there.”

Several faces turned to glare at the irritable boy as he finished doing up his boots.

“While we are not technically in class right now, please refrain from vulgarities, Bakugo,” Iida attempted to discipline for what felt like the hundredth time.

“I seem to remember you being super proud of your gauntlets on our first training session,” Ojiro remarked.

“Pride cometh before the fall,” Tokoyami noted as everyone remembered how Izuku had countered the boy to help Ochako pull off the win for their team.

“Yeah, and I fuckin’ fell, get over it,” Bakugo scoffed before turning back to Shinso. “You wanted to be in the hero course and you’re here, well fuckin’ done, now start acting like one and focus on keeping up with us over how pretty you look.”

Before anyone could mock the boy or retort, Bakugo stomped off towards the exit and left them all behind.

“As much as I hate to say it, he’s got a point,” Sero sighed. “Aizawa’s in enough of a mood already. We should probably all try to do our best and go ‘Plus Ultra’ today.”

“You don’t have to tell moi, twice,” Aoyama winked with a sparkle. “It seems monsieur Shinso isn’t the only one with a dazzling new outfit to show off.”

“Woah, did you upgrade?” Kirishima remarked as everyone glanced at the unblemished armour Aoyama now sported.

The cape had been drastically shortened to become more of a capelet that stayed entirely above his waist while his belt, previously only having a single emitter at the front, now had seven smaller ones in the major directions all around it. Though the knee and shoulder emitters remained, a section of wired tubing had been added to link Aoyama’s chest piece to his gauntlets and boots where a new pair of emitters were located on his wrists and under his heels.

“Oui,” Aoyama nodded. “It was thanks to monsieur Midoirya’s insight and mademoiselle Hagakure’s plight because of my hubris that I have elected to redesign my armour into a new beacon of radiance.”

“With all that you probably don’t need Todoroki’s ice to become a human disco ball anymore,” Kaminari remarked with a chuckle.

“Bien sûr,” Aoyama’s smile brightened. “Few could ever hope to match my sparkle now!”

A few of the others sweatdropped at the boy’s posturing but Shinso noticed Izuku looking at the blond with a touch of pride.

“You look great Aoyama, I’m sure you’ll be an even better hero now.”

“Merci, Midoriya,” Aoyama nodded his head in thanks. “Hopefully I will be able to adequately demonstrate as such for you all today, let us adieu!”

There was a collective roll of eyes at the overeager performance but the sentiment shone through as the rest of the boys quickly got their costumes sorted and headed out the door.

Over in the girl’s locker room, a similar conversation was unfolding.

“Wow, they managed to get my new costume made already!” Ochako announced as she examined her new gear.

Spread out a little more than the boys, the girls all had ample room to change out of their school clothes as they took stock of their repaired or replaced gear.

“You changed up?” Kyoka remarked as she began to unpack her case.

“Yeah,” Ochako smiled with a touch of melancholy in her expression. “After watching Izuku in action with how he’s adapting to his um… new developments,” she spoke in a hushed tone despite everyone present being in on the secret, “I figured I could do better with being able to reach out with my own quirk too. I put in the request for an upgrade before we left so I guess they were able to finish it over the break.”

“What do you mean?” Mina asked as she and Kyoka curiously approached the case as Ochako pulled out the bodysuit.

“Just a few adjustments to my belt, my Urarakawrists, my headgear,” Ochako noted before glancing over her suit’s design. “And apparently they tweaked my style but it still works.”

“Your Urarakawrists?” Kyoka quirked a brow before lifting one of the gauntlets to examine it. “Ooh, crap, that’s heavy!”

“Yeah, there’s a buncha wire stuffed inside,” the brunette noted. “Thanks to my quirk, the weight of it isn’t a handicap but the case sure is heavy though.”

“Gonna keep anything cool in here?” Mina asked as she examined Ochako’s more flexible belt.

“Just usual stuff like a first-aid kit and bandages probably,” Ochako shrugged.

“Bah, that’s no fun,” Mina pouted, putting the costume piece down.

“What did you expect?” Kyoka deadpanned.

“Ribbit, probably something lewd,” Tsuyu remarked.

“Mina, you pervert,” Tooru giggled after having stripped out of her school gear.

“I didn’t imply anything of the sort!” Mina defended herself, even though she might’ve included something like that had it been her belt.

“Focus on training for now,” Momo reminded them. “Mess around later.”

“Sheesh, all right,” the pinkette sighed, heading back to her own case as Momo shook her head fondly.

Glancing at the girl they’d been focused on, she watched Ochako examining her new bodysuit in the mirror, unable to prevent the slightly naughty thoughts her mind conjured as the girl twisted and stretched.

“That new style looks um… great on you, Cutie Pie,” Momo complimented.

“You think so? Aww, thanks!” Ochako blushed lightly as she rubbed the back of her head. “There’s um… just one thing left to make it perfect,” she noted as she grabbed her belt. The others looked on curiously as the girl reached into her jacket pocket and pulled out the small All Might mini-mini she’d gotten from Izuku during the class gift exchange, placing it into one of the little pouches for safekeeping. “There.”

“Aww, that’s so sweet!” Tooru cooed as she donned her gloves.

“Keeping a piece of him close, ribbit?” Tsuyu asked curiously, eying the pouch.

“Y-Yeah,” Ochako bit her lip. “It probably seems kinda weird.”

“Are you gonna do the same for the rest of us?” Tooru enthused.

“W-Well, I uh…”

“She’s not gonna fill her hero gear up with trinkets from us all,” Kyoka sighed. “That’d take up too much space.”

“But it’s romantic!” Tooru pouted.

“M-Maybe I shouldn’t…” Ochako hesitated, reaching for the pouch to pull the figurine back out.

“Don’t,” Tsuyu’s hand reached out and grasped hers lightly. “We’re just training right now, if this makes you happy, then just do it, ribbit,” she stated. “If you like, maybe we could figure out something small that’s from all of us as part of your future outfit.”

Ochako blinked, feeling the ghost of a weight missing from her neck where a token just like that used to sit.

“For now, let’s just go out there and train our butts off,” Tsuyu finished, releasing Ochako’s hand.

The other girls chuckled politely and thankfully dropped the subject, resuming their changing, but Ochako was left with one last thing.

Slipped into her hand was a small, chibi frog on a string that she noted could usually be found attached to Tsuyu’s pencil case. With a sly glance around, Ochako quickly slipped the object into her belt to sit alongside the All Might figurine as Tsuyu wore a warm smile on her face.

“Well, I’ll see you girls out there,” Tooru waved as she headed for the door.

There was a brief moment when everyone thought nothing of her remark, only for several voices to cry out at once.

“Tooru, wait!”

The iridescent-haired girl almost jumped out of her skin from the volume of the shout, looking back at the others in a mild panic.

“W-What?! What is it?” She glanced around hurriedly, a hand resting on the door.

“Tooru,” Momo spoke up. “You’re not invisible anymore.”

“Ye~eah?” Tooru nodded slowly, confusion drawing out her response.

“So what do you think everyone’s gonna see when you go out there in your regular hero costume,” Kyoka concurred, glancing down at the girl’s very visible body.

Tooru blinked before looking down at herself and very quickly realizing what kind of mistake she’d almost made.

“Kyaaah, I forgot!” She jumped, trying to cover herself up in a panic much to the relieved exasperation of the others.

“It’s a good thing we caught that,” Ochako sighed.

“Yeah, wouldn’t want anyone else to see what we get to see on the regular,” Mina playfully winked.

“Hey,” Kyoka interjected. “It’s because we are um… used to it that we almost missed it.”

“I believe you’re worrying too much, dear,” Momo shook her head at the punkette before turning back to her nearly bare girlfriend. “Though you should certainly not leave dressed like that.”

“W-What am I gonna do?!” Tooru panicked as she hurried back over to her locker. “I can’t go out like this!”

“Calm down Tooru, ribbit,” Tsuyu reached out and stroked her arm. “Just change into your gym clothes. I’m sure Mr Aizawa will understand.”

“O-Oh yeah,” she replied, the panic slowly dispersing from her system.

“Besides, I believe we shouldn’t indulge your exhibitionist streak until we’re sure no one else is around, ribbit.”

“Don’t give her ideas,” Mina chided.

“You’re just mad you didn’t think of it first,” Tsuyu chuckled.

“Girls, shape up,” Momo scolded them both before their playful banter could go any further. “Don’t forget we have a class to get to, so hurry and finish getting changed.

“Oops, sorry Gorgeous,” Mina apologized with a wave, hurrying back to her costume case.

“I’m just about done anyway,” Tsuyu shrugged, not having paused to examine Ochako’s gear like the others.

“Don’t worry Tooru,” Momo remarked as the others continued changing, “I’m sure the support department will be able to help you with something that’ll fit your new quirk requirements.”

“I hope so,” Tooru sighed as she pulled out her gym clothes. “I can’t very well just run around using my quirk all the time like I used to. I’d turn blue from holding my breath so much.”

“As cute a blueberry as you’d make, I think we’d all prefer you keep breathing,” Kyoka chuckled as the others agreed with their own positive affirmations.

With some hasty redressing from Tooru to catch up with the others, the girls were soon out the door and heading to the designated training grounds for the day’s lesson.


For today’s training, the students were bound for Ground Omega which was only a short bus trip away to the forested grounds. Considering the lack of infrastructure, many surmised that their class would be focused more on their quirks than any hypothetical situations.

After arriving and entering the area, Aizawa led the students a little way into the ground but without entering the treeline where he could get the announcements over and done with before they got down to business.

“All right,” he called out as he stood before his class. “From what I understand of Nabu, a lot of your issues were a result of not having enough power to initially counter and overcome your opponents, shutting them down before things went wrong.” Those that faced Chimera, Mummy, and Nine grimaced at the call out. “We’re not going to waste any more time this term and jump straight back into pushing your limits. Today, you’ll be once again finding your quirk limitations and blasting past them. If I’m not happy with your progress, you will be staying in detention until I’m satisfied.”

A few more grimaced at Aizawa’s serious face, the intimidation on display making them wonder just how long he’d keep them.

“Uh, sir? This sounds a lot like the training camp,” Kirishima raised his hand.

“It should,” Aizawa nodded. “Unfortunately your training there was interrupted before we could complete it, remedial classes included.” Mina, Sato, and the others who failed the first term’s practical held their breath. “I’m at least mollified you know how to handle yourselves by now and, with you all having to head back out into the real world so soon, you need the skills more than ever to back that knowledge up. To that end, some specialists are here to help me keep you on track.”

With no other teachers on the bus, the students briefly pondered who Aizawa could be talking about. Their queries were quickly put to rest when four shadows passed overhead and landed before them.

“Your feline fantasies are here!” A voice called out that most of the class instantly recognised. “Say ‘meow’!”

“Allow us to lend a helping paw!”

“We’re champions serving up justice, with our tails!”

“Purr-fectly cute and cat-like heroes!”

“We’re the Wild, Wild Pussycats!”

All four members of the team struck their iconic poses as the students grew rowdy at the familiar heroes’ presence.

“Woah, the pussycats?! What are you guys doing here?” Kirishima called out.

“We’re here to kick your butts into gear, properly this time,” Pixie-Bob grinned, flexing her paw as a dark expression overtook her face.

“Some of you flunkies never finished ‘Tiger’s Bootcamp’; I’m here to correct that,” Tiger joined his teammate in flexing his muscles.

“Don’t worry about them, they’re just excited,” Mandalay cut them off with her nonchalance. “New environment and all.”

“They’re more hopped up than a kitten on catnip,” Ragdoll giggled cheekily behind a paw, earning a small glare from her blue-coloured teammate.

Instead of dismay at the familiar intensity of the training they were about to undertake, most of the class were enthusiastic to get back into using their quirks to the fullest, even knowing how tired they’d be by the end.

Izuku was especially bright as he saw just how happy Ragdoll looked back in her uniform. The catgirl clearly remembered their conversation together as when she caught his eye her own smile brightened and she slipped him a small wave with her oversized paw.

“Are you intending to be here a while then?” Iida asked curiously. “I would hate for our training to take you away from your heroic duties and responsibilities.”

“Actually, yes,” Mandalay answered. “After Ragdoll’s quirk got stolen, we tried to go back to the way things were for a while. Unfortunately, her ability was what made us so effective at recovering lost hikers and tourists.”

“My Earth Flow and Mandalay’s Telepath helped, but we lost a fair amount of effectiveness when we couldn’t locate people that needed rescue,” Pixie-Bob explained.

“As much as we liked our old place, we traded it in for a new venture here in the big city,” Ragdoll continued.

“I believe a bat hero with an echolocation quirk will be replacing us in that area but Pixie-Bob will remain on standby to return should she be needed in emergencies,” Tiger finished.

“Yup, I can just hop on one of my cute kitties and let them run free!” Pixie-Bob cheered as she created a small earth beast from the ground that looked much more catlike than the ones the class had faced at the summer camp.

“Wait, so, what sorta stuff are you doing here?” Tsuyu asked curiously.

“Well, Mandalay had so much fun training you kittens she wanted a whole litter for herself,” Pixie-Bob winked cheekily, getting an eye roll from the woman in question.

“I actually have a teaching degree that I worked on remotely last year,” Mandalay explained. “Nezu offered me a job and, with the difficulties maintaining our effectiveness, we decided to make a fresh start of things here at UA.”

“Nezu got a good deal,” Tiger grinned, “four heroes in one package.”

“Even if Mandalay’s the only one that can technically grade papers,” Ragdoll giggled.

“That’s awesome!” Tooru and several others enthused, though it escaped no one’s notice as to exactly which teaching role Mandalay was filling.

“Enough, we’re wasting daylight,” Aizawa sighed irritably, bringing the focus quickly back to their class. “Get to work before I hold you all back in detention; that goes for you too, Pussycats.”

“Yes sir!” The class chorused, though Pixie-Bob gave the man a small hiss before growing a small mound of earth underneath herself.

“All right everyone, listen up!” She announced. “Things are gonna be a little different compared to last time so your training’s gonna change too. We’re gonna split you up into groups and focus on your strengths this time instead of your weaknesses; the more power you have under the hood, the less effort you’ll need to take down those dastardly foes!”

Everyone started feeling the hype as things began to get moving and placements were assigned: Pixie-Bob got the lion’s share of the students with her quirk being particularly useful to practise their offensive techniques, even more so than Ectoplasm’s, taking Ashido, Asui, Uraraka, Shoji, Ojiro, Aoyama, Jiro, and Bakugo; Mandalay would use her Telepathy to watch over those that required a more specialized training, namely Kaminari, Todoroki, Tokoyami, Yaoyorozu, Koda, and Sato who wanted to try out a new technique; Tiger would oversee the more intense physical training done by Iida and Kirishima as well as something a little more technical with Midoriya, Shinso, and Sero; finally, Ragdoll received the remainder, that being Hagakure.

“Everyone got that?” Pixie-Bob called out to finish off their kitten sorting.

“Got it,” the class collectively nodded.

“Good, then let’s go!”

“Finally,” Aizawa muttered, though not quiet enough to escape the ears of Pixie-Bob and a few others.

As everyone headed off to see to their respective training, Pixie-Bob pointedly turning up her nose at Aizawa and stalking away with her charges, Mandalay held the homeroom teacher back for a moment.

“They’ll be fine,” Mandalay assured the man after the others left earshot. “We know we’re not here to play around.”

“Good,” Aizawa said bluntly. “That’s the last thing my students need right now.”

A small pause lingered in the air.

“Are you sure you’re okay?” Mandalay asked cautiously.

“Focus on your own responsibilities and I’ll focus on mine,” Aizawa brushed off, trailing down the path after everyone else.

Mandalay watched him with a touch of concern before letting out a defeated sigh. He seemed much more bitter since the training camp and it showed, even to a relative stranger like her, so the students would’ve certainly picked up on it by now. She was glad that she and the others could act as a buffer for the man because she wasn’t sure how much he still clearly blamed the class for the loss of his co-worker.

All she and her friends could do for now was to do their jobs to the best of their abilities and hope that resentment didn’t build up on either side.


Arriving at a new clearing near a rocky mound where several large heaps of dirt had been excavated, the students were quickly split into groups to begin training.

“You five with me,” Tiger announced as he directed his group towards a smaller section of space. “Kirishima, how’s your training been going?”

“Me? Oh, uh, pretty good, I guess,” Kirishima remarked as the five tried to keep up with the taller man. “I’m working to refine my Unbreakable technique so I don’t have to do it on my whole body at once.”

“That’s good,” Tiger nodded, “Fits right in with what you’ll be doing today. Last time we had you blocking against that tailed kid’s quirk to build you up, now, we’re gonna stress test your progress.”

“H-How are you doing to do that?” Izuku asked with a worrying notion he’d be asked to help the boy out.

“Iida, how often would you say your opponents withstand your attacks?” Tiger turned to the speedster.

“Not very often, sir,” Iida relayed. “With the right amount of speed, power, and having refined my engine, there aren’t many who can withstand a swift strike from my legs.”

“Exactly,” Tiger nodded. “You rely on one-shotting your opponents and, if that doesn’t work, I’m assuming you’d try to hit them again in the same manner.”

“Uh…” Iida grimaced. “Yes, sir.”

“Then that makes you two perfect,” he pointed at both Kirishima and Iida. “Practise refining your technique against an opponent who might be tougher than you expect while you defend yourself as best you can and try to counter someone much faster than you.”

“Yes, sir!” Iida and Kirishima nodded, hurrying to an empty space to begin warming themselves and their quirks up.

“As for you three,” Tiger regarded the others, “Midoriya, you’ve got all that power I hear you still can’t control fully but apparently you’ve got a new trick you’re focusing on, right?”

“Oh, uh, yes,” Izuku nodded, allowing a tendril of Black Whip to emerge from a knuckle. “I can use it to grab things and move around but I’ve still got a ways to go before I’ve mastered it.”

“That’s just fine,” Tiger nodded. “You three will be doing the same thing, a favourite game of ours actually,” he grinned excitedly.

“Yeah?” Sero raised a curious, if nervous, brow.

“We’ll be honing your capture abilities; you’ll be hunting down a target and restraining them with your quirks as best you can. This will require speed, precision, and technique if you have any hope to succeed. Are you ready?”

“What’s the target?” Shinso asked curiously, though he had an inkling.

“The one you’ll be hunting,” Tiger grinned with a twinkle in his eye, “is me!”

The three students nodded as they prepared to begin.

“Go!”

No sooner had Tiger opened his mouth did Shinso launch his capture weapon, aiming for the element of surprise. Tiger was well prepared however and Shinso was much less familiar with the man’s quirk than the other two were as Tiger’s Pliabody allowed him to easily slip through a large gap in the binding cloth.

“Haha, it won’t be that easy!” Tiger laughed victoriously as he quickly bounded off into the treeline.

Izuku and Sero were quick on his heels with the tape-armed boy unable to resist a parting shot to their class’ newest member.

“That didn’t work for me against Todoroki in the sports festival but ‘nice try’,” Sero grinned cheekily as he took to the trees before Tiger could get too far from them.

“Come on, Shinso, we can do this!” Izuku encouraged as he let his Full Cowling technique run through his system.

The lilac-haired boy grit his teeth and quickly followed after the others, not wanting to look like a fool on his first day of proper hero training.


Mandalay led her students off past the side of the rocky outcropping since their training needs would require more space. They were still within earshot of the others but there was much less risk of collateral damage practising over here.

“Okay then, Koda?” Mandalay called once they were sufficiently far from the others. “You’re going to be trying to control as many animals as you can and have them build a shelter and clear out a medical area as best you can.”

Koda hesitated before giving a slow nod.

“Don’t worry dear,” Mandalay smiled comfortingly, “I don’t expect you to succeed right away, this is just to get you building your capacity and seeing if you can give more complex commands to your animal friends. The more they can do for you, the more you’ll all be able to help people in need in the field, okay?”

“Yes, ma’am,” Koda nodded, more confident he could succeed without worrying if he would have to push his friends too hard.

“Good,” Mandalay then looked over to another area. “Could you start with all the critters over in that direction? Todoroki’s going to need the space.”

“Can do,” Koda nodded again before heading off, taking several deep breaths as he ran.

“What is my objective?” Todoroki asked coolly.

“From what Aizawa tells me, you’re still not the most comfortable using all the power of your flames,” Mandalay informed the boy. “You won’t have to worry about hurting anyone if you just train on the ice you create to see how fast you can get it to melt.”

“That would cause a reaction similar to my Flashfreeze Heatwave,” the boy relayed, a little concerned with how much destruction that could cause to the surrounding area.

“That’s why you should combine it with the training you did for your provisional make-up,” Mandalay winked, having brushed up on the class’ files before the new term. “See if you can make constructs that use that energy to your advantage.”

“Constructs?” Todoroki paused, glancing over at Momo then resting a finger on his chin in thought. “I have an idea.”

“Great. Once Koda’s done clearing that area, go try it out,” the pussycat gestured to the empty space reserved for him. “Sato? You said you had a new technique you wanted to try?”

“Yeah,” Sato nodded, “Midoriya gave me some things to experiment on with my quirk so I figured now’s the best time to test it.”

“If you know what you’re doing then go ahead,” Manadalay nodded as Sato pulled out the bag of raw, unrefined sugar he’d brought with him and hurried over to a free area. “Yaoyorozu, we’ll be doing your training here. You’ll be producing all the items I name that will be useful in an emergency and we’ll be going over their strengths, weaknesses, and if there are better alternatives you may not know about.”

“Understood,” Momo nodded at the teacher.

“Now, as for you two,” she turned on her remaining students and began walking towards a shadowed, crafted cave that looked recently excavated, “this way.”

“Into the dark, spooky place?” Kaminari felt a few chills run down his spine.

“Revelry in the dark,” Tokoyami muttered.

“Oh, great, that’s back,” Kaminari groaned, causing Momo to giggle lightly as the three departed.

“Do not worry, Kaminari, I will remain in complete control,” the bird-headed boy assured his friend as they headed inside the darker area lit only by a flashlight Mandalay had produced.

“I’m not worried about that man,” Kaminari sent his friend a grin. “I know you and Dark Shadow got this.”

“He better,” the inky creature emerged from the boy’s chest. “There’s no way we’re losing again!”

“Settle down, Dark Shadow,” Tokoyami calmed the being, already feeling his companion’s strength grow from the shadows’ presence.

“Oh,” a thought occurred to the teacher, “the others and I are sorry about your classmate’s trial, Tokoyami,” Mandalay apologized as they turned a corner, “we had no idea our police report would be used against you like that.”

“Do not blame yourselves,” Tokoyami dismissed. “The fault lies only with myself for failing to exert control over my darker side. In time, I hope this will become a non-issue.”

“You can’t tame me, I am the night!”

“No you are not,” Tokoyami sighed at his companion’s quip that was cringe-inducing even to him.

“Well, you guys are gonna be set up here,” Mandalay gestured to a generator and portable floodlights setup. “Kaminari, you’ll be powering the lights while Tokoyami is going to have to keep control of Dark Shadow when the environment is unstable.”

“I see,” Tokoyami observed. “Kaminari emitting light will prevent Dark Shadow from growing too rowdy but the complete darkness will allow him to regain his strength quickly.”

“The lights also won’t turn on until the generator’s being powered by your previous limit’s worth of electricity too so you’re gonna have to push yourself if you wanna keep Dark Shadow in check, Kaminari,” Mandalay relayed. “If you get close to your limit, just absorb what you’ve put in and repeat.”

“Hey, I get it,” Kaminari grinned, rubbing his hands together as a few arcs of electricity jumped between his fingers. “Come on Tokoyami, let’s do this!”

The more stoic boy nodded and got in position, ready to work together to push their limits to new heights.


“All right, kittens, you lot are going to face trial by combat!” Pixie-Bob declared, taking up the largest clear space to train. “My little pets have been eager to tussle and you lot will be using your quirks to their fullest to take them down.”

The eight students glanced around as Pixie-Bob flexed her quirk and several familiar-looking beasts formed out of the dirt piles, though they looked a bit tougher and meaner than when they’d previously faced off.

“Last time I was going easy on you but today we’re going full throttle!” The blue pussycat declared as the students got into ready positions.

“Awesome! I don’t have to worry about melting these guys,” Mina grinned, feeling her quirk bubble almost excitedly under her skin.

“Just make sure you watch where you splash, mon ami,” Aoyama sweatdropped, tightening his fists ready to fight. He wanted to push his new gear and outfit to see what he could be capable of now but it wouldn’t do any good if Mina’s acid disabled it.

Beside him, Ojiro studied the creatures as they shook off the excess earth, wondering how dense they were and how hard he’d have to strike to shatter one of these new ones with Kyoka thinking similar thoughts, plugging her jacks into her wrist amplifiers to ready herself.

Ochako and Tsuyu stood together, giving each other a small nod as they silently resolved to work together to back each other up. Tsuyu figured she could probably take down a few of the beasts herself, but it would be much easier to do with Ochako lightening the load. The gravity girl had her new gear to try out and wondered how long it would take to get the whipping motion right to hurl one of the beasts at another.

Shoji stood primed, his dupli-arms primed to multiply and unleash an Octo-blow or two to gauge the creatures if not outright defeating one, though he doubted the pro would be that sloppy given her speech.

“Ready? G-”

Much like Shinso, someone else struck as soon as they were able.

Bakugo had shot forward and, with a single, mighty blast that caused Pixie-Bob to have to shield herself from the smoke, reduced over half her creatures to pebbles.

No one else moved while the instructor got her bearings before she looked at the disgruntled expression on the boy’s face.

“These things are pathetic, at least give me a fuckin’ challenge instead of wasting my time,” Bakugo scoffed.

“That’s right, you’re one of those skilled kittens who did well the first time you faced these guys,” Pixie-Bob remembered, brushing the soot off her outfit.

“No shit,” Bakugo scoffed. “If that’s the best you got then I’ll go find someone else to train me.”

“Oh? You got a better idea?” Pixie-Bob challenged.

“I don’t need firepower, I got that down already,” Bakugo let off a few small pops from his hand, “I need precision shit. Make those things tiny so I can blast them from a range.”

“Hmph, targeting little kitties isn’t very cute you know,” Pixie-Bob sniffed disapprovingly.

“I could always just fight you if you think you’re such hot shit,” Bakugo growled.

“Bakugo, watch yourself,” Aizawa called out as he noticed the boy holding up everyone else’s training.

“Fine,” Pixie-Bob relented with a shrug. “Go get on top of that cliff and let’s see if you can hit these guys.” With another quick use of her quirk, several of the smaller, more cat-like beasts formed from the dirt around Pixie-Bob’s ankles and rubbed affectionately against her legs. “I’ll have these little cuties running and jumping through the trees. Give it your best shot, but if you don’t get them all don’t get all pouty and cry on me, ‘kay?”

“Fuckin’ finally,” Bakugo nodded before taking a run and blasting himself up to the top of the mound of rocks to get ready while the little constructs dashed off into the foliage.

“As for you kitties,” Pixie-Bob turned back to the remaining seven, “let’s get started!”

The students braced themselves again as the broken beasts began reforming while those still intact charged at them.

Moving with speed and determination, the group quickly found themselves embroiled in the thick of combat, working as effectively as they could to dismantle the beings without losing control of the situation or their quirks.


The remaining duo of Ragdoll and Tooru had headed away from the main group as the pussycat led her to a more secluded, peaceful area.

“So um… what’s the plan for us?” Tooru asked nervously.

“A little birdie told me you need a bit more attention than the others so you’ve got me all to yourself today,” Ragdoll grinned.

“W-Well, I wouldn’t say that,” Tooru rubbed the back of her head. “I’ve just had to rest and haven’t been able to practise.”

“I know, Aizawa told me all about it. That’s why we’ve got a few things here for you to practise on,” Ragdoll nodded in understanding as she gestured to different-sized pillars of earth that had been gathered together with Pixie-Bob’s quirk. “First things first though, can you still make yourself go all see-throughy like before?”

“I think so,” Tooru nodded, holding up the hand she usually used to test.

“Let’s start there, see how much you can do and how long you can hold it for now.”

“R-Right,” Tooru nodded anxiously before closing her eyes and taking a few deep breaths, the cool air having the added effect of helping to calm herself. When ready, Tooru felt around for that familiar feeling she’d learned to manipulate and connected with it. Unlike previously, it felt much smaller than it had before she’d hurt herself but it was definitely still there.

Using the visualization techniques she’d practised, Tooru imagined expanding the field she generated around her as her body almost relaxed at the familiar, cool sensation of not feeling the sun’s rays on her skin.

“Ooo, well done!” Ragdoll’s voice broke through Tooru’s focus with a few soft claps, muffled from her paws. Tooru opened her eyes and looked at her hand, finding the entire limb missing along with the rest of her body when she looked around. “I think you might need a bit more work on your control but this is a good start.”

Glancing down at her feet, Tooru noticed that there was a patch of grass and earth that appeared to have disappeared too and seemed to move along with her when she stepped from side to side like some sort of weird positioning shadow.

“Don’t worry about that for now, we’ll have plenty of time to work on it,” Ragdoll grinned as Tooru released her breath and her body faded back into view again, a happy smile on her face.

Despite all her worries, Tooru knew she could work with this. The pain in her head she used to experience was so minor it almost felt like it wasn’t there! It had always been worse when she tried to make herself visible after all so if she only ever needed to make her invisibility field bigger then the issue wasn’t a problem anymore.

“Think you’re ready for the next test?” Ragdoll asked, trying to keep an eye on if it looked like her charge was pushing herself too hard too fast.

“I can do this!” Tooru’s hands gripped together in determination.

“Good attitude!” Ragdoll responded in kind before slapping one of the dirt blocks. “Next, try to make this thing go bye-bye.”

Tooru eagerly bounded over to the block and placed both her hands on it. Taking a deep breath and reaching into herself again, she focused on her quirk and pushed.

It was rough and shaky with the light distorting oddly around her, but the block slowly but surely started disappearing. Her hands also suffered as a minor casualty, vanishing up to her wrists but Tooru again figured she’d get control of that in time.

“Way to go!” Ragdoll cheered with a more enthusiastic clap this time. “You definitely couldn’t do that back at camp.”

“I learned a lot since then,” Tooru informed her as she dropped her technique along with her held breath. “It’s thanks to my friends I figured out how to change things as well as I could before my um… injury.”

“The effort to get there was still all yours,” Ragdoll assured her.

“Y-Yeah,” Tooru smiled gratefully, feeling a small lump growing in her throat as the lingering worries in the back of her mind slowly eased. “Let’s keep going!”

“Right!” Ragdoll agreed, her tail waving excitedly.

For the next half an hour, ignoring the crashes, smashes, and explosions that echoed around the area from the others’ training, Tooru and Ragdoll worked diligently to discover the girl’s new limitations.

All the breathing exercises Tooru had been doing allowed her to hold a full breath for much longer than Ragdoll expected and she was able to hit about eighty percent capacity of what she could cover with her invisibility field from before. Her control was still shaky, but the more she used her quirk the more she improved, starting to get a feel for how to incorporate her form into her techniques, trying to ensure she remained invisible without giving her presence away.

Attempting to limit her field generation to only cover herself was something she’d taken for granted however, since trying to ensure only she turned invisible was close to impossible without also causing a small area around her feet to disappear. The effect seemed to almost radiate out from the girl as Ragdoll found it quite amusing to test Tooru’s attempts by seeing how much of her paw disappeared before she tapped Tooru’s shoulder.

By the time the instructor called for a small break, having noticed that Tooru’s attempts were getting shorter and shorter, the glittery-haired girl was more than ready for one.

“You’re doing great so far,” Ragdoll assured her as she sat down on one of the shorter training blocks.

“T-Thanks,” Tooru breathed deeply, trying to regain all the breath she’d lost. Ragdoll’s brows dropped as she noticed something on the girl’s face, gesturing to the same spot on her own with a paw.

“Hey, hey, you okay?”

Tooru reached up with a hand and felt a small drop of liquid under her finger. Sniffing to try and stave off any more tears, she quickly brushed away the ones that had formed without her knowledge.

“I-I’m fine,” Tooru brushed off.

“Is there something wrong? Do you hurt?”

“No, I don’t actually,” Tooru answered truthfully, still not feeling anything like she did before when the pain from using her quirk became too much.

Ragdoll wasn’t buying it though and scrutinized the girl for a moment until the dots connected themselves in her head.

“You were worried you might not be able to still be a hero, weren’t you?”

Tooru’s breath caught as the pro hit the nail on the head from only a short amount of direct interaction with her.

“H-How’d you-” Tooru’s hanging question lingered while Ragdoll smiled comfortingly, simply patting the spot beside her.

Tooru gratefully took it, glad to be off her feet to better rest and catch her breath but was more interested in what the pussycat might have to say.

“I know because I’ve been there, remember?” Ragdoll reminded the girl. “When I lost my quirk, I didn’t know if I could still be a hero. Everything I’d worked so hard for seemed to have been lost by one evil man taking it from me,” the pussycat looked down at a paw as she felt the familiar feelings of self-pity and resentment resurfacing. “Even my teammates treated me like I was super fragile, like I couldn’t do anything anymore; Pixie especially.”

“Maybe they were just worried?” Tooru offered, knowing how delicate all her partners had been with her since coming back from the hospital.

“I know they were,” Ragdoll chuckled weakly, “but I didn’t need to be reminded of what I lost and what I couldn’t do, I needed to remember what I could still do. All-For-One couldn’t take my strength, my knowledge, or cat-like reflexes away and I’m still pretty good in a pinch; I just don’t have a quirk anymore. It uh… took a conversation with one of your classmates to remind me of that.”

“I’m pretty sure I know which one you’re talking about,” Tooru giggled knowingly. “Izuku helped me figure out I could do more than just be an invisible girl. He’s got this adorable optimism that makes you believe what he says, right?”

“I see that kitten has already sunk his claws into you,” Ragdoll giggled at the implication. “Shall we be expecting your own litter before long?”

“N-No way!” Tooru denied firmly, even if that sounded appealing one day. “I’m dating Mina and he’s with Ochako and Tsu.”

“Oh my, a double romance?” Ragdoll’s eyes widened with amusement at the juicy gossip. “Well, I hope it works out for him. As for you, we’ve still got the rest of the class to figure out where you’re currently at before we push you ‘Plus Ultra’ next time! And don’t expect it to just be quirk stuff either, get ready for Ragdoll’s boot camp of agility and combat.”

“I feel exhausted already,” Tooru laughed but didn’t complain as she pushed herself back to her feet, ready to resume her training.

“Just think of this as our first day of work-study together,” Ragdoll winked. “By the time we’re done, with or without the tricks you can pull off with your quirk, you’ll be able to give plenty of others in your class a run for their money at the next sports festival.”

“Hell yeah!” Tooru enthused, feeling her excitement and ambition surpass what hesitancy and worries she still possessed as she began breathing deeply to use her quirk once again.

After that little talk, Tooru was glad Aizawa had suggested Ragdoll be the one she did her work-study under. The pro understood how she was feeling and wasn’t going to let her wallow in self-pity, instead pushing her to rebuild herself and catch back up with her class.

By the end of the day’s training, she had a much better feeling of where she currently was with her quirk. She certainly wasn’t as exhausted or bruised as a number of her other classmates as they regathered to return to the main campus but, like most of them, she couldn’t wait for their next training session. 


With much less enthusiasm changing back into their regular clothes upon their return to UA, class 1-A headed back to their dorms ready to enjoy the afternoon’s break.

Many relieved sighs filled the air upon their return with students raiding the fridge and cupboards for drinks.

“Urgh, I’m outta juice,” Kaminari complained, referring both to the fridge and his own energy levels.

“Your assistance during training was most valuable,” Tokoyami thanked the boy. “Please quench yourself with my own supply should you wish.”

“Thanks, man,” Kaminari grinned, doing just that.

“That Tiger is way too flexible for a guy his size,” Sero complained as he rubbed his sore elbows. “Even with Shinso and Midoriya, we couldn’t catch him.”

“Sorry for blocking you that one time, I’m still not in full control yet,” Izuku apologized, recalling when he’d nearly clotheslined Sero with a Black Whip while trying a pincer manoeuvre on Tiger.

“Better than me accidentally catching you with Brainwashing instead of him,” Shinso sighed with defeat, more exhausted than most of the others and taking a rest on the common room sofa.

“Don’t worry about it, I should’ve known better,” Izuku shook his head, recalling when he’d answered what sounded like Pixie-Bob’s voice when she’d asked where Tiger was.

“Is training always like this?” Shinso asked curiously.

“With the pussycats? No. Tiring to the bone while massaging injuries and bruised egos? More often than not, yeah,” Sero stated.

“It was a most productive return to training,” Iida agreed. “I’m unsure if scheduling another two for the remainder of the week will be as effective as Mr Aizawa desires but we must rise to the occasion.”

“I don’t know if I’ll be fixed by then,” Kirishima groaned. “You hit like a freight train now, man, plus we still have homework to do.”

“Well I’m still super pumped to get back out there,” Tooru enthused.

“Got your quirk under control again?” Ochako asked, her injuries and fatigue causing her normally energetic attitude to flag but the pride and happiness for her girlfriend shone through.

“Yup!”

“That’s awesome!” Mina snagged the girl in a hug but felt her legs begin to give out. “Can you carry me to bed then? I’m pooped.”

“No problem, but I’m gonna leave you there and go train some more,” Tooru chuckled to which Mina whimpered playfully.

“Ragdoll clearly didn’t push you hard enough,” Kyoka said as she rolled her aching shoulder, “next time, you can trade us for Pixie-Bob.”

“Ribbit, did you not enjoy that?” Tsuyu asked. “I found it quite cathartic to smash something into dust.”

“It was a good test for crowd control,” Shoji agreed.

“Hey, I had to shake those things to bits without getting hit. Not everyone has your froggy agility or your helping hands,” Kyoka remarked as she massaged her jacks. “My ears are still ringing.”

“Maybe take it easy for tonight then,” Momo suggested, getting an agreeable nod from the girl.

“Sounds like a plan,” Kyoka sighed, picturing a relaxing lie down already.

As the class began to separate, planning their late afternoons and evenings, Tooru helped Mina into the elevator upstairs and joined by Tsuyu who rode with them.

“You lookin’ for some more fun?” Mina asked cheekily once the elevator doors closed. “‘Cause if so, I’m kinda all physicaled out for now.”

“I was surprised to see you able to stand in class today given what Izuku, Momo, and I did to you last night, ribbit,” Tsuyu winked back. “But no, I was actually wondering if you wanted to hang out, Tooru.”

“Me?” Tooru blinked. “I uh… was kinda hoping to train my quirk some more.”

“I know,” Tsuyu nodded, undeterred. “I had a fun idea I thought we could try that would help me train too, ribbit.”

“Oh?” Tooru looked at the frog girl curiously who remained tight-lipped on any further information. “You’re not gonna tell me what it is until I say ‘yes’, are you?”

“Yup,” Tsuyu grinned brightly.

“What about dinner?”

“Leave that to me,” Tsuyu assured her. “Meet me in the common room in thirty?”

“Sure thing,” Tooru smiled, the elevator doors opening as she and Mina walked out.

“It’s a date,” Tsuyu stated behind them before pressing the button for her floor and just catching the surprised expression on Tooru’s face before the metal parted them again.

“Well, looks like you’re busy tonight,” Mina grinned as a blush lit up Tooru’s cheeks.

“I… wasn’t expecting that,” she mumbled as the pair approached and entered the pink girl’s room.

“I’ll say. Kinda nice though,” Mina remarked as she dropped her bag before flopping onto her bed. “Been a while since we’ve been able to do stuff like that.”

“Yeah,” Tooru nodded thoughtfully, chewing her bottom lip.

“Something wrong, Starlight?”

“No, just… you think I should um… dress up or put on make-up or something?” Tooru babbled, her hands wringing together.

Mina shook her head and let out a small chuckle.

“Don’t worry about that stuff, hun,” she brushed off. “You guys are gonna be training, yeah? Or at least that’s what our Darling says you’ll be doing. I’m sure she’s not expecting you to gussy up for it right now, especially when she probably isn’t going to either.”

“You’re probably right,” Tooru sighed, convinced she might be overthinking things. “Still, this’ll be the first time since I’m, y’know, visible.”

“And I bet, just like me, Tsuyu isn’t going to care, hun,” Mina reassured her. “I told you we all love you regardless of you being visible or not, and our Frog Queen is clearly proving my point. Just relax and have some fun, and don’t wait up for me either,” she stated, reaching for and covering her face with a pillow before making exaggerated snoring sounds.

“You enjoy your nap then,” the iridescent-haired girl giggled as she turned and headed for the door. “I’m gonna go get ready.”

“Have fun!” Mina called out before the door closed and she was left alone.

It was only after she relaxed back into her covers that her stomach let out a rather loud growl.

“Dang it! Should’ve brought up snacks,” she pouted.


After a few minutes spent washing up from the day’s grime from training, Tooru got changed into a fresh set of gym clothes and headed out her door, ready for her possible date with Tsuyu.

She had no reason to be nervous but she couldn’t help the anxiety pulling at the back of her mind despite her little chat with Mina.

Emerging from the elevator, she spied Tsuyu in the kitchen dressed in her coat and gloves and packing her bag while Kirishima, Iida, and Todoroki sat in the dining area enjoying their dinner.

“Going on a trip?” Tooru quipped as she walked over to greet her girlfriend.

“Yes we are,” Tsuyu smiled and nodded. “We won’t be leaving campus though.”

“I figured as much,” Tooru said, trying to glance into the bag.

“Ah, ah,” Tsuyu pulled the top away from the girl’s prying eyes. “You’ll ruin the surprise.”

“Ooo,” Tooru’s eyes widened excitedly. “Come on, what’ve you got in there.”

“You’ll find out later,” Tsuyu chuckled, putting a thermos inside and closing up the full-looking blue satchel she’d emptied of all school stuff.

“You off to go train again?” Kirishima asked, bussing his bowl while remembering the Tooru’s comment from earlier.

“Yup, yup,” Tooru giggled.

“If you intend to practise without pro supervision, make sure you do not do anything too risky,” Iida dutifully warned them.

“We’ll be fine, Iida, we won’t be practising any attacks, ribbit,” Tsuyu remarked.

“My quirk’s working but my control’s gotten rusty, I gotta go ‘Plus Ultra’ to keep up with you guys.”

“Jeez, you sound like Midoriya,” Kirishima chuckled. “I think he’s out doing something similar. Bakugo too.”

“They’re not training together, are they?” Tsuyu paused, momentarily worrying about her boyfriend’s health.

“Nah, Bakugo headed off before we even got back here and Midoriya headed out like twenty minutes ago,” Kirishima shook his head, a mildly worried look on his face but it was replaced with his regular, toothy smile as he returned to the moment. “You guys have fun.”

“We will,” Tooru grinned as she and Tsuyu headed for the door with a pair of waves behind them.

Once separated from their peers, the frog girl took the lead, heading around the side of the dorm and into the forest behind it.

“We’re gonna train in there?” Tooru asked curiously.

“Yup, found a good spot a little while ago. Plus the trees will make things interesting.”

Tooru’s curiosity burned but again her girlfriend remained tight-lipped as they entered the tree line.

When they were out of view of their dorm, Tsuyu snagged Tooru’s hand with her own as both girls felt a comforting happiness stir in their chests.

“So, were you serious when you said this was a date?” Tooru blushed lightly.

“I was,” Tsuyu sent her a crooked side smile. “We’re gonna train, but I thought we could enjoy some alone time together too.”

“I’m um, not underdressed, am I?” The girl’s anxiety flared, gesturing to her gym clothes. “You don’t have like a super swanky dress all hidden under your coat, do you?”

“Not likely, too cold for that,” Tsuyu chuckled. “And you’re dressed fine, you look amazing even in our gym outfit, ribbit,” she smiled honestly, turning her head to catch Tooru’s eyes and causing the blush to deepen on the girl’s face.

“T-Thanks, Darling,” she stuttered after feeling her heartbeat speed up from such direct eye contact. “You look adorable too.”

“Good, that’s what I was aiming for,” Tsuyu giggled as she squeezed Tooru’s hand as the two continued into the thicket.

It didn’t take long for the pair to arrive at Tsuyu’s intended destination

“Here we are,” she gestured to a natural pond that looked quite a bit more appealing without any downpour obscuring its beauty.

“Wow, this is lovely,” Tooru smiled as she looked around. “How’d you find this place?”

“I… went for a walk a little while ago and stumbled across it, ribbit,” Tsuyu admitted with a touch of reluctance. Tooru raised a brow curiously, not getting what the girl was hinting at if she was hinting at anything at all. “It was when my parents didn’t accept my relationship with Izuku and Ochako,” the frog girl followed on. “I think that was the day you woke up actually.”

“Oh… yeah,” Tooru grimaced a little, rubbing the back of her head where the pain that had once been so intense was now barely a tickle. “Sorry, I didn’t realize.”

“I don’t blame you, your thing was more important than my wallowing, ribbit,” Tsuyu shrugged emotionlessly before walking over to a stump and gently resting her bag against it. “That’s not what we’re here for anyway. You ready to do some more training?”

“Heck yeah,” Tooru enthused, glad their little moment hadn’t ruined the mood. “What’s this idea you’ve got.”

“Ribbit, well,” Tsuyu’s smile brightened. “After what Izuku told me about his training with Tiger, I wondered if we could put our own spin on things,” she held out her hand and rested it against the stump. “You need to practise your quirk, and I could benefit from getting better with one aspect of mine.”

Holding the limb completely still, Tsuyu’s hand and arm slowly started to camouflage until it became almost indistinguishable from the background, causing Tooru to blink a few times as she lost the limb's shape.

“We’re gonna play a game of hide and seek,” Tsuyu declared happily.

“Ooo, that sounds super fun!” Tooru clapped excitedly while her girlfriend started removing her jacket and scarf, revealing her gym clothes underneath. “Are you sure you won’t be too cold?”

“I’ll be fine so long as you find me quick enough, ribbit,” Tsuyu chuckled. “I’ll be jumping around when I’m seeking you so I should be okay then too.”

“If you’re sure,” Tooru relented. “But you tell me the moment you feel yourself getting drowsy. I don’t want a frozen, froggy girlfriend.”

“I promise, ribbit,” Tsuyu conceded, “even if it would cost me the round or something.”

“Good,” the iridescent-haired girl nodded, content with their precautions.

“You go hide first if you’re so worried, ribbit,” Tsuyu chuckled. “Gives me a chance to warm up before we start.”

“Deal!” Tooru grinned, eagerly looking around for some good spots.

“Three, four, five…” Tsuyu counted up as she turned away with a smirk.

Tooru didn’t know how high the frog girl was going to go but she knew she needed to get moving, dashing off through the fallen leaves and brittle twigs to find someplace significantly sneaky to make sure her girlfriend had a good while to warm herself up.

Before too long the game started and Tsuyu wasted no time leaping into action. Instead of immediately going to seek her girlfriend however, she did a few laps around the area, bouncing from tree to ground to rock to anywhere else she could stick to. It was always nice to fill her lungs with the foresty, natural air, away from all the modern commodities. Tsuyu certainly didn’t mind going home to central heating but her quirk seemed to relish these moments in nature.

Once she felt her blood pumping, Tsuyu hopped off in the direction Tooru had gone, looking for any signs of where the girl was or had been.

Tooru felt her anticipation heighten as she heard Tsuyu getting closer, the frog girl pausing every couple of leaps to examine her surroundings. Pressed flush against a tree, standing on its roots to minimize her presence and holding her breath as long as she dared when she could see the girl, Tooru thought she’d be able to hide for a little while.

Her plan was undone when Tsuyu’s eyes swept over her for a second time only to immediately snap back and stare right at her.

“Found you, ribbit,” Tsuyu grinned.

Tooru said nothing and didn’t reveal herself, hoping her lack of answer would make the girl think she was mistaken but Tsuyu’s tongue lashed out and booped her stomach. Unable to hold her breath any longer, Tooru gasped as she dropped her invisibility field and returned to the visible spectrum.

“No way, how’d you spot me?” She asked.

“You’re right when you said you needed the practise, ribbit,” Tsuyu noted. “A part of the tree behind you and some sections of the roots were missing and looked odd."

Tooru groaned as she realised she still hadn’t nailed down making only herself invisible again and swore to do better next round.

“Urgh, damn it,” she sighed. “Your go.”

“Roger,” Tsuyu nodded before bouncing off back from where they’d come.

Catching her breath, Tooru gave the girl a good minute to hide while she pondered her quirk some more.

Getting all the details right to only cover herself was hard, much harder than she’d thought considering she’d been subconsciously doing it all her life. There had to be something she could do to get back to her original level but that’d have to wait. For now, she had a frog to hunt.

“Ready or not!” The girl yelled with a determined grin, following after her girlfriend and hoping to catch her faster than she’d been caught.


The next few rounds passed somewhat quickly. Tooru managed to find Tsuyu hiding on the rock wall, in a pile of leaves, and nestled in the branches of a tree in a fair time but Tsuyu always found her quicker, culminating in her latest hiding spot inside a hollow log.

“Damn it! I was sure I had you that time!” Tooru pouted, washing her hands in the pond after the two had returned to it for a small break.

“I could see into the log where you didn’t control your quirk and spotted your shape, ribbit,” Tsuyu stated as she pulled out a small bottle of hand sanitiser from her bag and gave Tooru some after scrubbing up her own hands.

“Urgh, my control is so shot!” Tooru growled, frustrated that it seemed to be the same reason Tsuyu found her each time. “Now I’m actually visible, how is it so hard to go back to the way things were?”

“I don’t know,” Tsuyu shrugged, rubbing the girl’s back empathetically, “but you’ll get there.”

“But I need to catch up,” the frustrated girl sighed with a touch of defeat. “You guys are gonna go do awesome work-study stuff while I’m back to basics.”

“You’re learning something you never had to before, don’t be so hard on yourself,” Tsuyu pulled her in for a small hug.

“Yeah, I know,” Tooru pouted. “Thanks for at least trying to train with me anyway.”

“Well,” Tsuyu paused before putting a thoughtful finger on her chin. “I do have one idea that might help you. Not sure if it’s a good one, or if it’ll work.”

“It’s… nothing dangerous, right?” Tooru asked, a little hesitant to ask.

“More embarrassing than anything, ribbit,” Tsuyu answered. “Then again, we are in the perfect place for it.”

“Alright, I’ll bite,” Tooru sighed, figuring any suggestion was better than her floundering.

“You used to be entirely invisible automatically, right? Couldn’t even bend the light to hide your clothes, ribbit.”

“Yeah?”

“Well, what if you just focus on doing that again?”

“Doing… what? Just making myself invisible?” Tooru quirked a brow. “But then you could still see my gym stuff and shoes.”

“So take them off,” Tsuyu suggested simply.

Tooru blinked for a moment, the thought registering in her brain before her eyes widened at the implication.

“W-What?! Like, go full nude here?!”

“Ribbit, why not? There’s no one to see here,” Tsuyu shrugged. “No one but me anyway,” she chuckled before looking appreciatively up and down Tooru’s body, causing the girl to feel her blood pumping harder without moving her body at all.

“I-I can’t do that, what if someone finds us?”

“You can just go invisible and run away while I run interference, ribbit,” Tsuyu suggested. “Besides, if I recall, wasn’t this a particular fantasy of yours?”

Tooru opened her mouth to retort only for the words to die in her throat. Biting her lip, she found the idea slipping deeper into her brain through the lewd cracks her girlfriend had reminded her of.

“S-So um…” she glanced down nervously. “I’d be naked and you’d be trying to find me?”

“Yup,” Tsuyu nodded simply before lidding her eyes. “If you do well, maybe I’ll do something else to you too.”

Tooru felt her core clench in anticipation and her heart overpowering her brain in her internal debate.

“Are… you gonna be naked too?”

“I couldn’t distract anyone if they do find us if I was,” Tsuyu chuckled. “Plus it’s too cold. But if you have fun, maybe we could do it again in the summer.”

Tooru liked that idea very much, but that was then and this was now. Making a decision, the girl hurried over to Tsuyu’s bag of stuff and started disrobing.

“Hot.”

“Don’t watch me!” Tooru squealed, feeling embarrassment run rampant through her body.

“How can I not, ribbit, my beautiful, sexy girlfriend is stripping off so she can run around in the buff before I hunt her down and do stuff to her; I don’t want to miss a moment.”

“Hmph,” Tooru snorted. “You’ll have to miss many moments if you can’t find me.”

“That’s up to you and your quirk,” Tsuyu reminded her as the girl stepped out of her shoes and socks, the crunch of the cool undergrowth greedily absorbing the heat from her soles. “How do you feel now?”

“Cold,” Tooru admitted, rubbing her arms to try and regain some heat, her back to her girlfriend.

“Put your hand on something and try to use your quirk now,” Tsuyu suggested, casually moving back to less lewd topics. Tooru wasn’t fazed and was just as curious too.

Placing her hand on the bark of a nearby tree, Tooru focused on only making herself invisible. Feeling her quirk running through her and taking a deep breath, she pushed into it and felt herself disappearing… only for a chunk of the bark to also clearly fade from view with her.

“Damn it!” Tooru cursed, almost immediately dropping her translucent guise.

“Hmm,” Tsuyu put her finger on her chin in thought, “what exactly are you trying to do?”

“I’m doing what Izuku taught me,” Tooru replied, glaring at her hand. “Visualizing a balloon inflating.”

“But you’re not a balloon, you’re our Starlight,” Tsuyu noted. “Maybe it’s the right idea but now it’s the wrong application.”

“What do you mean?” Tooru asked, a brow raised.

“Look at my quirk, ribbit,” Tsuyu gestured to herself, getting Tooru’s full attention and a full view of the girl but she reluctantly ignored the arousing sight for now. “I’m using it all the time and I can’t turn it off and on, but I can feel every part of it at once.”

“That makes sense,” Tooru reasoned. “But wouldn’t it be more like Izuku and his Full Cowling technique? He runs it through his whole body, not just a select limb anymore thankfully,” both girls sighed at the boy’s repeated bone breaks earlier in the year. “Maybe… do you think I can do something like that?”

Tooru bit her lip. Every time she’d tried to theorize on her quirk in the past by herself she had failed. It was thanks to Izuku and his suggestions that she’d gotten further breaking down her abilities. Was she just being stupid and trying to sound smart or could that idea actually work?

“Only one way to find out,” Tsuyu shrugged, gesturing back to the girl.

Tooru shakily nodded her head before taking a few calming breaths. Breathing in slowly and closing her eyes, she reached out for her quirk and tried to feel every tingle throughout her body that felt like it, holding them in her mind until she felt like she’d gathered them all. When ready, she took a deep breath and visualised her quirk fields expanding until they hit a small amount of resistance where her skin met the air around her.

“Well, it looks good so far,” Tsuyu offered as her girlfriend disappeared from view, a hopeful note in her tone as the only sign Tooru was present were the foot indentations in the dirt. “Try touching something now.

The leaves shifted around Tooru’s feet as she turned and reached for the tree, placing her hand against the bark once again and… nothing.

Tooru put a second hand out, just to be sure and there was no reaction! The material didn’t disappear at all, it was only herself!

“I-I did it!” She dropped her quirk with a gasp, a radiant smile on her face and a cheer on her lips. “I really did it!”

“That’s amazing, Starlight, ribbit,” Tsuyu smiled widely, proud of the girl.

“T-Thank you so much, Darling,” Tooru blushed lightly, satisfaction and gratitude running through her system. “I don’t know if I could’ve done it without you.”

“You would’ve got there eventually, I just had an idea and gave you a nudge,” Tsuyu chuckled. “You put in the hard work again and made it possible.”

“Thanks,” Tooru accepted a bit more readily, a small blush colouring her cheeks.

“Now, I believe there was talk about me giving you something else too, ribbit,” Tsuyu eyed her girlfriend once more. “Want to prove what you just did wasn’t just a fluke?”

“Heck yeah!” Tooru grinned brightly, dashing off into the undergrowth. “Find me if you can!”

“Oh, don’t worry,” Tsuyu muttered to herself, feeling her libido rise now she had full permission to hunt down her goal, “I intend to.”

Giving the girl a minute’s head start, Tsuyu felt her leg bounce eagerly as she counted down the seconds. When it was over she took off with a powerful leap; the game was on!


The next few rounds took much longer than before for Tsuyu to find her girlfriend. Tooru was using her regained ability to her advantage and trying to employ much more sneaky tactics. If anything, Tooru’s times started eking out Tsuyu’s own due to being fully invisible rather than just camouflaged.

After each time Tsuyu found Tooru, she’d ask the girl if she wanted her reward now and each time Tooru would reply, “Not yet”. The frog girl figured it was so Tooru could get more training in but chasing after a hot, naked, invisible girlfriend was making her froggy instincts to mate flare, or at least, that was what she was blaming it on.

It was their fifth round now and Tsuyu was determined to find Tooru and give the girl her reward since she’d more than earned it at this point.

Tooru’s one weakness was her need to breathe which would momentarily cause her to drop her quirk and Tsuyu knew it was a matter of waiting and listening.

Crouched on a log, Tsuyu listened to the soothing sounds of the forest and waited patiently for the out-of-place breath of her girlfriend.

There!

Tsuyu quickly bounded off in the direction she’d heard it and arrived at a fairly large tree, its branches protruding out widely with plenty of room for the invisible girl to hide standing on the large roots that extended out before dropping under the earth. She’d made one fatal mistake, however; Tooru left footprints and, from the several overlapping ones on a particular section of roots, Tsuyu knew she’d found her prey.

“Ribbit, oh my, wherever could you be, Tooru?” Tsuyu chuckled playfully as she stepped up to the spot she suspected her girlfriend was, reaching out to hopefully grab a handful of something and start the fun she’d been eager for.

Her hand, unfortunately, only grasped air as she quickly realised Tooru wasn’t standing just in front of her. There was a sound, and her ear twitched, instincts flaring, and then a form dropped down behind her from above.”

“Surprise!” Tooru grinned as she grabbed Tsuyu’s hands from behind and placed them on the tree, her chest and crotch rubbing against Tsuyu’s back and rear. “I win.”

“I thought I was seeking you,” Tsuyu smirked, glancing over her shoulder as Tooru leaned in close.

“Yeah… but I couldn’t help myself anymore and caught me a juicy frog for dinner,” Tooru giggled playfully, her hands slipping back along Tsuyu’s arms seductively until they hit her shoulders before sliding down to cup the girl’s breasts and pulling a low moan from her. “Think I can have a taste?”

“That’s tempting,” Tsuyu groaned as she felt her girlfriend beginning to both ease and rile her frustrations. “I can’t get naked though.”

“That’s fine,” Tooru giggled as she ran her hand over Tsuyu’s rear before guiding her to turn and gently pushing her against the tree. “I just need to access here a~and…”

Tooru’s fingers slipped under Tsuyu’s waistband, grasping both her gym trousers and underwear before lowering both to reveal her girlfriend’s waiting warmth, sinking to match its level. The cold almost felt good to Tsuyu as the wind gently blew across the pair. She used one hand to reach out to rest on the back of Tooru’s head while the other cupped her own breast over her top.

“I’m ready, ribbit,” Tsuyu prompted, hoping Tooru wasn’t going to dance around things with any teasing; hunting her naked girlfriend had been foreplay enough.

“Yes, you are,” Tooru giggled again as she felt Tsuyu’s dampness with her fingers. “You enjoying trying to find my cute, sexy bum?”

“Immensely,” Tsuyu nodded, feeling her breath getting hotter.

“Well then, I guess I don’t have to waste any time,” the iridescent-haired girl stated before gently prodding and sliding a pair of fingers into her girlfriend. Tsuyu let out a long, slow ribbit as Tooru sank deeper into her until her knuckles bumped against her. “That good?”

“Ribbit,” Tsuyu nodded.

Tooru smiled, enjoying the expression on the girl’s face before it was partially obscured when she leaned in and eyed her new target. Exploring with her tongue, Tooru gently pried apart Tsuyu’s lower lips further until she found a familiar nub and locked onto it.

Tsuyu’s hand clenched the girl’s hair somewhat tightly as she felt a wet flick on her clit and Tooru’s fingers began rhythmically pumping into her. It had been amazing when she, Izuku, and Ochako had revelled in their love for each other in the nearby rocky shelter and this was no different. She could feel the coarse bark of the tree on her back through her top and the cool breeze on her face and legs, reminding her of how natural this all felt; as natural as her love for her many partners that she hoped she would never have to give up.

“Faster,” Tsuyu requested, her other hand locating and tweaking her nipple over her top but the sensation was too dull to be as effective as she wanted. Tooru happily obliged and increased her efforts, rolling Tsuyu’s clit around gently with the flat of her tongue while adding a third finger to the girl’s core and flexing them outward.

She could feel her climax building but it was happening far too slowly for her liking. Throwing a touch of caution to the wind, Tsuyu released Tooru’s hair and lifted her top above her breasts allowing the breeze to stiffen her nipples delightfully before she pinched on directly, her core reacting and instantly clenching around Tooru’s fingers.

“Ye~es!” Tsuyu croaked happily, twisting her nipple freely with every pump of Tooru’s fingers. She could do better though and slipped her tongue out and down to encircle her own breasts before flicking her other nub.

Down below, Tooru’s free hand wasn’t sitting idle as it had slipped under herself and was busy warming her up for the reciprocation she was eagerly awaiting. Attempting to mimic where she touched herself to lick on Tsuyu, she almost unintentionally harmonized her moans of pleasure with Tsuyu’s but quickly found hers being outpaced as Tsuyu’s climax approached.

“T-Tooru,” Tsuyu moaned as her hand pulled Tooru’s head as close as it could. “I-I’m gonna… ri-ribbit!”

Tooru felt her face receive some splashback as Tsuyu’s juices soaked her fingers, her pussy clenching tightly around her digits as the girl crested and rode her high. She slowed her efforts down but lightly persisted, wanting her girlfriend to enjoy this as long as she could.

Eventually, Tsuyu’s out-of-breath gasps filled the air and her hips twisted and flinched to try and get away from the overstimulation. Tooru recognised the signs and gently pulled back from her clearly satisfied girlfriend who was grateful her back was against something firm to help support her shaky legs.

“Mmm, I could get used to having frog legs for dinner,” Tooru giggled as she wiped at her mouth.

“Just don’t… share with Aoyama,” Tsuyu joked between breaths, getting another giggle in return.

“I promise,” Tooru rolled her eyes as she stood and unashamedly continued to rub her clit, keeping herself nice and riled.

“So,” Tsuyu eyed her obvious actions, pulling her shirt down and her trousers back up, “if a Tooru is naked and cums in the woods, will she make a sound?”

“Depends if you’re around to make it happen,” Tooru chuckled with excitement.

“How would you like your reward for being a good invisible hero?”

“Don’t suppose there’s anywhere clean where I could lay down on, is there?” Tooru asked curiously, hoping to be able to relax and focus solely on what Tsuyu’s amazing lips and fingers could do.

“Ribbit,” Tsuyu nodded, pushing herself up and taking a careful step to make sure she’d regained control of her legs “I have just the thing.”

Tooru was surprised but gladly followed along as Tsuyu steadily led them back towards the pond.

After a few minutes of walking, the pair arrived back at their secret spot and the frog girl quickly busied herself with her satchel.

Tooru watched eagerly as Tsuyu pulled something out, glanced around and then unfurled a roll of fabric.

“Ooo, that’ll do,” Tooru squealed, watching the picnic blanket settle a little unevenly before Tsuyu shook it a few more times to get it into shape.

“I came prepared,” Tsuyu smiled.

“Actually, you came back there,” Tooru pointed a thumb over her shoulder.

“And now you’ll cum here,” Tsuyu winked her tongue shooting out and wrapping around her naked girlfriend’s middle and pulling her close. Tooru braced herself against Tsuyu’s shoulders, giggling all the while as the girl brought her in close for a hug before slowly lowering her down to the ground.

Tooru couldn’t help looking up at the darkening sky as she lay back, a soft sigh escaping her lips. She was here at UA with her friend, her quirk had broken resulting in finally becoming visible but she was finding her feet with it again, and she had six wonderful partners who all loved her, one enough to indulge in one of her fantasies which was probably very against UA’s rules but they were only young once.

As Tsuyu spread her girlfriend’s legs, caressingly them open gently, Tooru pre-emptively gripped the blanket beneath her in anticipation. They could be discovered any minute, someone may come looking for them as others in the common room noticed them leaving. Would they hold back and watch Tsuyu bring her to completion? Would Tooru spot them and say nothing, indulging in voyeurism? All these thoughts and more circled in Tooru’s head as the breeze caressed her form while the shifting trees, wind, and animal life provided the ambience that fulfilled her exhibitionist desires.

Tsuyu started slow, using her fingers to gently separate Tooru’s lower lips while her tongue snaked out. Tooru avoided looking down at the girl, her eyes closed as she simply let herself experience the sensations. The frog girl’s tongue slid forward, slipping between her pussy lips but curving upward to caress her clit as it continued on its path to its goal. Tooru felt her curiosity grow as Tsuyu’s tongue continued to climb up her form until, much like her girlfriend had done to herself, wrapped around one of her breasts with the tip tickling at her nipple.

A giggle escaped Tooru’s lips which brought a smile to Tsuyu’s as she used her fingers to continue exploring her girlfriend. After getting off herself, she was in much less of a hurry to rush through things to reach her climax and took her time teasing and playing with Tooru’s folds.

“M-More,” Tooru moaned, her hips thrusting upward. “I need it.”

The frog girl didn’t bother replying, simply pulling her tongue back as she prepared to give her girlfriend what she wanted, sliding her extra-long appendage slowly into Tooru as she began filling the girl up. The iridescent-haired girl began breathing heavily as Tooru played into her other kink, with more and more of her tongue being coiled inside and feeling the pressure of her belly starting to bulge.

“T-Tsu, yes!” Tooru encouraged, lifting one hand to rest below her belly and feeling her girlfriend’s tongue massaging and moving inside her. Then, Tsuyu began thrusting it all at once and Tooru couldn’t hold herself back, letting out a long, low groan as her toes began curling. Tsuyu’s fingers took over teasing the girl’s clit and kept up a slow pace, increasing the pressure ever so slightly now and then, noting how Tooru’s moans increased in volume each time she did.

“Fuck, fuck, fu~uck,” she managed to get out as the tip of Tsuyu’s tongue started hunting for her g-spot, clamping her legs around the girl’s head as her whole body tensed up.

Her whole body shook as she too reached her peak, her vision fading to white and swearing she could see her nick-namesake. Her hands clenched into fists, one balling the blanket beneath her as she felt herself flood Tsuyu’s tongue but she was oblivious to all of this until a short while after the height of her climax had passed and she started feeling the cool oxygen return in her lungs return sensations to the rest of her body.

Much like Tooru did for her, Tsuyu slowly disengaged from the girl, a mite proud at the high-pitched squeal she’d managed to draw from the girl at her peak. By the time Tooru’s legs had fallen weakly to the side and Tsuyu had wound her tongue back into her mouth, she was looking down at a heavily panting, boneless version of her girlfriend.

“Ribbit, good training session,” Tsuyu smirked as she sat back on her rear and took her own deep breath, savouring the taste on her lips. Tooru didn’t respond, her brain rebooting and trying to get her base motor functions back online. Tsuyu took advantage of the calm to reach over and grab Tooru’s clothes, placing them neatly beside the girl on the blanket. She certainly wouldn’t mind if she stayed naked, but with their strenuous activities at an end, their blood would soon cool and the naked girl might get a bit too cold; and Tsuyu would know all about that.

She didn’t have to wait long for Tooru to clumsily push herself up onto her elbows before trying to sit up, flailing, and falling back as she failed.

“Need a hand?” Tsuyu smiled, offering one.

“T-Thanks,” Tooru sighed, still somewhat breathless as she managed to sit upright with her girlfriend’s assistance. “W-Wow… that was…”

“Yeah,” Tsuyu sighed contently, glad they’d been able to enjoy and share this experience. Though they’d focused on different, if similar, aspects of today’s date, she had no doubts there would be repeats in the future.

Tsuyu’s mind returned to the moment when Tooru reached out and lightly touched her leg, looking back at the happy, satisfied girl.

“T-Thank you, Darling. This was a fantastic idea.”

“I’ve been known to have them, ribbit,” Tsuyu smiled.

The pair sat there for a moment, simply enjoying themselves before a single sound interrupted both girl’s contemplation; Tooru’s stomach let out a notable grumble.

“We should head back, I’m getting kinda hungry after all that,” Tooru chuckled, reaching for her clothes.

“No need, ribbit,” Tsuyu chuckled before reaching into her bag and pulling out several containers of food and a few bottles of water. “I asked you on a date, remember? This wasn’t just going to be fun and sex.”

Tooru marvelled at the girl’s preparedness and felt her heart swell once more as Tsuyu looked lovingly at her.

“Wow, Darling… this is… amazing,” Tooru smiled warmly as she leaned in close, her forehead touching lightly against Tsuyu’s as she stole a quick, though somewhat deep, kiss. “I love you.”

“I love you too,” Tsuyu smiled back, closing her eyes in gratification.

The moment lasted a few more contented sighs from each of the girls before Tooru’s stomach rudely interrupted them once more.

“Go ahead and tuck in,” Tsuyu chuckled as she began passing the food over and reached for the thermos of soup she’d brought along, cradling it close as it was still piping hot.

“Don’t have to tell me twice,” Tooru grinned as she grabbed a strawberry jam sandwich and took a big bite.

It wasn’t some fancy spread but Tooru savoured their picnic lunch, chatting idly with Tsuyu under the setting sun with her body exposed to the elements. It finally felt like everything was settling into their new normal and, as a fully visible girl with six amazing partners, she couldn’t be happier.

“Oof, I’m stuffed,” Tooru breathed heavily, patting her full belly.

“Next time we can bring Izuku along to give you a different type of filling,” Tsuyu chuckled.

Tooru laughed along as her mind flashed through a few lewd scenarios until it lingered on a memory she’d rather forget. Tsuyu’s ear twitched as Tooru’s breathing shuddered and not from the cold, the girl reaching up to caress her throat gently but thankfully didn’t seem to be having trouble breathing.

“Are you okay?”

“Yeah… yeah, fine,” Tooru brushed off automatically.

Tsuyu could tell her girlfriend was holding back, probably to not worry her, but that wouldn’t help with the other topic she wanted to address with the girl before the day was up.

“I think we both know you’re still not, ribbit,” Tsuyu said softly, resting a gentle hand on the girl’s knee. “I actually wanted to talk to you about that if you think you can handle it.”

“Handle what? Just a talk? I’m fine. Don’t worry about me,” Tooru brushed off again after clearing her throat but her words weren’t fooling either of them.

“You’re still hurt after what Momo did to you,” Tsuyu noted.

“Y-Yeah…” Tooru sighed, seeing no reason to hide it.

“Honestly… I’m still a little mad at her,” Tsuyu sighed with her.

“I get it,” Tooru sympathised, “but you don’t have to be. I’m not. We’ve kissed and made up and she’s promised not to do it again, so I just have to deal with this now.”

“But you shouldn’t have to,” Tsuyu shook her head. “It wasn’t fair what she did to you, to Izuku, to all of us indirectly, ribbit.”

“Are… you sure this is about me?” Tooru quirked a brow.

“Well… no,” Tsuyu admitted, a little embarrassed at the callout and looking down at the blanket.

“Come on, spill,” Tooru prompted her now hesitant girlfriend as their roles reversed.

“When it happened… I could almost feel that future I thought we all wanted slipping away because of her mistake. Things have gotten better since then… I think, but they’re not fully healed yet, not to me anyway.”

“I know that feeling,” Tooru chuckled weakly, very conscious of her throat right now.

“I’ve talked to a few others about how I feel, Momo included, but I wanted to get your opinion on if I should forgive her yet, ribbit,” Tsuyu explained. “I also talked with Midnight before things uh… a-and she made it clear that I still want us to be one big happy family and I think I’m ready but… do you think I should?”

“Why wouldn’t I?” Tooru asked curiously.

“Because you’re still hurting,” Tsuyu tapped her own throat. “Do you think I should wait until you’re better, ribbit?”

“Well… I don’t know if that’ll happen,” Tooru shrugged, looking up at the sky. “I may never get better and just have to deal with it if this never goes away. Do you want to be angry at Momo for that long? Could you be angry at Momo for that long?”

“… No,” Tsuyu sighed. “I’ve been watching her try to do better. Even just being there and seeing her get along with Izuku while we um… had some fun with Mina made me happy… but then I thought of you and I felt guilty.”

“Are you sure you don’t just feel guilty about the sex you two had afterwards?” Tooru winked at the girl, causing Tsuyu to grimace in shame, revealing that was at least part of it. The frog girl cursed her libido for betraying her. “Relax Darling, I don’t blame you. I mean, me and her haven’t exactly done anything together since then but I’m hoping that we can reconnect soon too. M-Maybe without some of her toys though.”

“I think she’d agree to that,” Tsuyu admitted, glad Tooru didn’t hold her lust and desire for release against her.

“As for me getting better, well,” Tooru took in a deep breath before raising her voice loudly. “I’m Tooru Fuckin’ Hagakure! I beat that villain, I beat my quirk, and you can bet I’ll beat this too!”

Her shout lightly echoed around them as it bounced off the nearby rock wall. Tsuyu took a moment to watch her girlfriend with something akin to awe as she continued to recover her confidence and determination without losing sight of herself and her kindness.

“With that attitude, I know you can, ribbit,” Tsuyu smiled, her heart’s worries eased significantly.

“If you’re looking for permission to forgive Momo then you don’t need it. If you want my blessing, then yeah, it’s fine. Well not like, fine fine, y’know but like, ‘I get it, it was a mistake, we’re all trying to do better’ and stuff, y’know?”

Tooru’s words were ended with a swift kiss on her cheek.

“You’re cute when you babble,” Tsuyu smirked. “But, thanks… I needed to hear you say that.”

“I’m glad and shush you,” Tooru stuck her tongue out, a light blush now colouring her face.

“Are you asking for another round?” Tsuyu winked, sticking her own tongue out in response and doing what was unmistakably a ‘come hither’ motion.

“You’re insatiable!” Tooru rolled her eyes with a light-hearted chuckle.

“Maybe a little,” Tsuyu felt a prickle of guilt but quickly brushed it aside.

For Tsuyu, she finally felt ready to let go of her worries over Momo and the fragility of the group. Izuku, Tooru, and the girl herself had proved how much they cared for everyone else and how much they wanted to continue pursuing this crazy, seven-way relationship with everyone. It made her heart glad to rest a little easier now that she could put the whole incident behind her.

A cold breeze rolled through the trees and caused both girls to shiver as they noticed just how cool they’d gotten from inactivity.

“We should probably head back, for reals this time,” Tooru said, committing to getting dressed again as she slipped her shirt back on.

“Yeah, though I wouldn’t mind a snuggle if you wanna keep hanging out,” Tsuyu smiled warmly despite the goose bumps on her arm.

“Sounds great, but homework first,” Tooru dictated. “Gotta make sure we’re all caught up before you head out on your work study.”

“Me?” Tsuyu quirked a brow as she gathered the last of their food and drink containers back in her bag, a small measure of worry returning. “Are you not doing one somehow?”

“Oh, I’m doing one, but I’m staying here for it,” Tooru revealed. “Don’t tell the others yet, especially Izuku since it’ll probably blow his mind, but I’m gonna be training under Ragdoll for it.”

“Wow, that’s cool,” Tsuyu smiled, though wondered exactly how that was going to work. “Any idea what you’ll be doing?”

“She played coy with some of the details but I know I’ll still be trying to get my quirk back to where it was for sure,” Tooru admitted. “Ooo, maybe I could try and do that laser thing again Aoyama said I did.”

“Just as long as you don’t end up in hospital again,” Tsuyu gently warned, reminded of all the worry and anxiety everyone went through when the girl was unconscious.

“I’ll make sure to check with Recovery Girl before I try it, I promise,” Tooru agreed, rubbing the back of her head and feeling her shimmery hair blow pleasantly in the breeze.

Now dressed and packed, the two were ready to head out and retook each other’s hand to begin the trek back, walking contently out of the secret clearing where they’d enjoyed their early evening.

While they hadn’t expected to be interrupted during their retreat, despite Tsuyu playing up the risk for Tooru’s excitement, they didn’t think they’d have the whole forest to themselves either.

On their way, a little before they hit the halfway point, an odd, harsh sound rippled through the trees. It set both of them on edge as they crouched into a combat position before looking around.

“What was that?!” Tooru exclaimed.

“I don’t know, ribbit,” Tsuyu replied, her head and eyes darting around for any possible movement. Were villains attacking or was someone just training nearby? That noise didn’t sound like any quirk she was familiar with. It almost sounded like-

The sound rang out again as Tsuyu and Tooru moved from their positions, just in case they were being targeted.

“Where’s it coming from?” Tooru wondered aloud as she took refuge behind a tree.

“That way,” Tsuyu gestured, having attached herself to a nearby tree branch. “I think someone might be in trouble.”

“Should we go help?” Tooru asked with a touch of worry. “If it’s villains, we should go get the teachers.”

“We’re semi-pros and we’re sneaky, ribbit,” Tsuyu reminded the girl. “It could be something but it could be nothing too. We should get a closer look.”

Her suggestion was punctuated with another instance of the noise, though it didn’t sound any closer than before and there weren’t any other sounds to indicate quirk use.

“Okay, fine,” Tooru nodded. “But if it’s something then you hop straight to the teachers.”

“Deal,” Tsuyu nodded, knowing Tooru was the sneakier of the two but she was definitely the faster.

Cautiously, the two looked in the direction where Tsuyu believed the sounds were coming from and started making their way forward.

It wasn’t the fastest advancement as they both took cover every other time the sound repeated itself but they’d soon figured out there was an almost rhythmic pattern to it. Every ten, twenty, or thirty seconds it would play but nothing ever seemed to change around them and it almost seemed to be getting quieter the closer they got to it.

They soon arrived at where they believed the sounds were coming from and took cover behind some denser foliage. Looking at each other, the pair nodded at each other as Tooru held her breath and Tsuyu started blending into her surroundings.

Peering through the bushes, the pair spotted a small clearing with what appeared to be a training range set up in a semi-circle. All around the area, there were cardboard, humanoid target dummies placed in various locations with some sort of electrical device taped to their chests. Some were placed in the trees, others in the bushes, and one hovering in mid-air, held up by a drone.

Their question about the worrisome noise was soon answered when the device on one of the dummies’ chests produced it again. There was a faint beep and whirring from the other side of the clearing and a device on a tripod pointed itself towards the target, a laser pointer attached to the top of it indicating the direction it was aiming at.

Beside the device, appearing to make some notes on her tablet, stood Mei Hatsume who had a pensive look on her face.

“Huh, I wonder what Hatsume’s doing?” Tsuyu muttered quietly.

No sooner had the girl finished speaking did the device on the tripod beep and turn to point directly at Tsuyu, momentarily blinding her as the laser passed over her eye.

“Huh? Who’s there?” Mei looked up curiously once she registered that the device had moved before the next indicator had gone off.

“Wait, it’s just us,” Tooru released her breath and stood up, drawing the attention of the device to her this time.

“Who’re you?” Mei’s eyes narrowed with suspicion.

“D-Don’t you recognise us?”

“Of course she doesn’t, Tooru,” Tsuyu said as she rubbed at her eye, “she’s never seen you before and she barely remembers Izuku’s name half the time.”

“Hey, that’s not true,” Mei objected.

“Then who are we talking about,” Tsuyu tested.

A small frown overtook Mei’s face when her mind turned up empty.

“I’ll give you a clue, his hair is the same colour as mine,” the frog girl offered. She could almost feel Hatsume’s eyes zooming in on her.

“Wait, you’re with ten million?” Mei realised. “Why didn’t you say so sooner?”

“Because we weren’t planning on intruding, ribbit,” Tsuyu stated.

“Hey, I remember you now,” Mei snapped her fingers, “you’re that frog girl from 1-A. What are you two doing sneaking around here anyway?” Her eyes narrowed. “Were you trying to spy on me?”

“No,” Tsuyu stated simply.

“Not intentionally,” Tooru clarified. “We came out here to train and heard some weird sounds. Guess you had the same idea to test your um, babies, right?”

Mei’s eyes remained narrowed for a moment before she figured the two were telling the truth.

“Yeah, just testing my latest baby,” she gestured to the tripod. “It can detect specific sounds from miles away and lock on to the cause. Why bother bothering a hero when my babies can identify and immobilize a target? At least, when it’s finished anyway.” Mei glanced back at the device that had locked onto her. With one tap on her tablet, the device powered off as she’d need to rerun the whole calibration anyway.

“That explains the gunshots we heard,” Tsuyu noted as her brain connected the dots.

“Most heroes aren’t the ones using guns,” Mei nodded, her chest swelling with pride. “Attach this thing to a capture device launcher and you could take down villains before a hero even arrives on the scene!”

“Don’t finish it too fast, we’re gonna need jobs when we get out of UA,” Tooru chuckled.

“Wait a sec,” Mei quirked a brow. “You’re on the hero course too?”

“Uh, yeah,” Tooru nodded awkwardly. “I’m the… I was the invisible girl in class 1-A. I had a quirk accident and now I’m visible.”

“Your quirk’s broken?” Mei blinked.

“Well, kinda?” Tooru shrugged. “I damaged it but it’s sorta healing and I’m learning how to control it again.”

“You’re the nudist that doesn’t have a costume!” Mei exclaimed.

“W-Well…” a prominent blush rose to colour Tooru’s cheeks, her mind dwelling on her and her girlfriend’s shared afternoon activities. “I guess that’s one way to put it.”

“You never needed one until now,” Tsuyu remarked. As much as she enjoyed the mental image of her girlfriend continuing to run around naked, that wasn’t possible anymore. “Actually, maybe that’s something you could help with, Hatsume.”

“Oh?!” Hatsume’s neutral expression began morphing into a grin. “In the market for a new suit baby are we?”

“Yeah, I guess,” Tooru chuckled nervously. “I don’t really know what would be best though. Think you can do anything with this?” She asked before making a show of holding her breath while allowing her hand to fade from view.

“Ooo!” Mei’s eyes zoomed in on the empty space. “That’s so cool! Can you do that to your whole body? No, wait, you used to be invisible, of course you can. Is that all? Can you make anything else invisible? Does it only work on certain things? Field or touch? Intent based or does breathing have something to do with it?”

“It’s clear why you and Izuku get along so well,” Tsuyu chuckled as Mei’s rapid-fire questions approached her boyfriend’s muttering levels.

“Questions are important. Gotta make sure the customer is satisfied after all,” Mei stated as though it were obvious. “Oh, uh, wait, you sure you’re happy with me working on your suit?” she asked warily. It was clear what she was implying but both girls knew full well what Mei was referring to.

“We wouldn’t ask you if we didn’t,” Tsuyu agreed.

“Izuku trusts you, so we do too,” Tooru smiled warmly.

Hatsume blinked as she felt the green-haired boy’s presence in her life again. A smaller, more sincere smile graced her lips at the thought before new ideas started jostling for position in her head.

“This is great! I’ve been trying to think up a good project for this term’s first new baby,” Mei explained.

“What’s wrong with this?” Tsuyu asked, gesturing to the device that had drawn them to the clearing.

“Oh, that’s just a hobby baby,” Mei brushed off. “Something that’s gonna put Hatsume Industries on the map, so don’t go spreading it around to anyone else!”

“We won’t, we swear,” Tooru held her hands up.

“What she said,” Tsuyu shrugged with more indifference.

“Well alright then,” Mei grinned before pulling a measuring tape out from somewhere and getting a little too into Tooru’s personal space. “What kind of style are you looking for? Do you have a colour scheme in mind? How tight do you want it?”

Tsuyu couldn’t help giggling at Tooru’s predicament, idly wondering if Hatsume could smell her on the girl, though she probably wouldn’t have any idea what it was.

“Oh, also, if you want your suit to react to your quirk, I’m gonna need your hair,” Mei mentioned off-handedly.

“My what?” Tooru blinked.

“I won’t need all of it, but you’re probably gonna start feelin’ a bit of a breeze on your neck,” Mei admitted. “Quirk costumes need DNA from the owner and hair can most easily be integrated into various materials.”

“O-Oh…” Tooru mumbled, her hand reaching up and brushing her shoulder-length, sparkly locks. “I… only just got used to seeing my hair.”

Tsuyu could see her girlfriend was hesitant to commit after learning this tidbit and tried to offer some measure of comfort.

“You’ve never gotten to see yourself with short hair before,” she said. “You could try out a few styles and change them as it grows. Now you can do some experimentation and figure out what style Tooru Fuckin’ Hagakure rocks best.”

Hatsume snorted at the word ‘fuckin’.

“Oh, I didn’t think of that,” Tooru realized. “Think Kyoka will give me some tips?”

“I’m sure she could and Ochako and Mina might be able to help too,” Tsuyu nodded. “Maybe make a day of it together.

“That sounds nice,” Tooru smiled at the idea, her mind stretching to other topics like make-up and clothes that she hadn’t gotten the chance to try yet.

“Great! Swing by the lab first thing at lunch tomorrow and we can give you the ol’ snip snip for me to get to work with,” Mei grinned, stepping away from Tooru and tapping away on her tablet now she had the measurements she needed.

“You think you’ll have an idea of what to do by then?” Tooru asked with incredulity in her tone.

“Pfft, please,” Mei brushed off. “I don’t think I’m gonna be able to sleep with all the ideas I’ve got right now.”

“Don’t forget to take care of yourself, Hatsume,” Tsuyu gently reminded the girl. “Can’t have a happy customer if the engineer can’t think straight enough to finish the designs.”

“Meh, I’ll be fine, innovation waits for no woman!” Mei declared proudly. Tsuyu and Tooru simply sighed and hoped the girl would at least not push herself too hard. “Anything else you want adding? Some equipment pouches? Cape? Maybe a built-in grappling hook?”

Tooru thought for a moment, trying to think through her quirk fully and make sure she had everything she needed.

“Actually, there’s one thing that might come in handy when I get better with my quirk again,” she pondered.

Mei listened patiently as Tooru detailed the ideas she had for her potential suit, the engineer either approving or rejecting the ideas she was sure of and saying she’d look into the ones she wasn’t.

It took a full ten minutes for Tooru and Mei to go back and forth before they reached a consensus but Tooru was happy the girl knew what kind of thing she wanted.

With that, and one notable shiver from her froggy girlfriend, Tooru and Tsuyu bid the support student goodbye before heading back in the direction of the dorms.

“I hope it turns out good,” Tooru worried.

“It’ll be fine… probably,” Tsuyu replied, wondering if Tooru was at risk of exploding randomly. “Maybe we’ll keep an extinguisher handy when you give it a test drive.”

“Not helping!” Tooru glared playfully.

“At least you’d be warm,” Tsuyu shivered again. “Come on, let’s get back to the dorms so you can warm me up.”

“Needy frog,” Tooru rolled her eyes at the sympathy card being played but she was more than willing to fulfil the role.


Okay, everything was set. She’d had her ‘medicine’ for long enough, the timing felt right, and they had the perfect opportunity before work-studies began. Now Ochako just needed the confidence to make the next step.

Standing in her room where she was sure she’d worn a line on the floorboards from pacing, Ochako breathed what she hoped was a deep, calming breath only for the shudder of worry to slip through. As confident as she was that she wanted this and wanted to do this, she was still nervous about the whole thing.

Having her first true, unprotected time with Izuku was a really big deal for her, especially with all the fears and warnings of the past about pregnancy ringing in her ears. Still, Ochako felt like she needed a bit more time and advice to be fully ready and that’s how she found herself walking down the hall seeking out the one other person who might be able to give her that information.

Tsuyu and Mina would be reassuring but tell her to go for it regardless, Tooru would likely coo over the play-by-play of how she wanted or expected things to go and Momo just… wasn’t an option since she’d never been with Izuku in that way. No, there was one she sought out that she knew understood how she felt right now.

Ochako found herself knocking on Kyoka’s door with her heart fluttering nervously.

“It’s open,” Kyoka’s voice called out from inside and Ochako didn’t have any reservations about letting herself in.

Once inside, she found her girlfriend at her desk working away at one of their many assignments, which reminded her she needed to get her own done before Friday lest she lose her weekend and ruin her current plans. Kyoka glanced over at Ochako, a smile gracing her lips before turning back to her work.

“Hey, just gimme a sec’ to finish this bit.”

“No rush,” Ochako assured her as she wandered further inside and helped herself to a seat on Kyoka’s bed, grateful for the moment to gather her thoughts and put them in a cohesive order.

When the musical girl was done, she put down her pen with a groan and sat back in her chair, stretching her body out. Ochako didn’t hesitate to look over and take the opportunity to admire her girlfriend’s form only to get caught doing so.

“Lookin’ for some fun?” Kyoka quirked a cheeky brow, entertaining the idea after the stresses of school life.

“No, just enjoying the sight,” Ochako refuted lightly. “I’m actually here for some um… advice.”

“Oh?” Kyoka’s inquisitive look deepened into a more serious one. “What’s up?”

“Well, uh…” Ochako glanced down at her hands that had intertwined themselves together. “You erm… did it with Izuku recently.”

“Not recently recently but, yeah, I guess,” Kyoka shrugged, the event having some distance now allowing her to at least talk about it without sounding like a crushing schoolgirl. “Why?”

“How um…” Ochako swallowed. “I-I think I’m ready to do something with him but uh… h-how did you know you were ready, really ready, to take that step?”

Kyoka blinked at the odd question, never mind the subject matter. Ochako had done numerous things with their boyfriend before, both alone and with Tsuyu, so what had gotten her so frazzled and, for some reason, seeking out her of all people for help?

“You’re gonna have to be a bit more specific,” Kyoka chuckled weakly, shifting from her desk chair over to the bed and sitting next to the nervous brunette. “What’s this all about?”

Ochako bit her lip as it seemed more embarrassing than usual to say something like this out loud.

“I want to do it with Izuku, um… without a condom,” she admitted. “I think I’m ready.”

“… That’s it?” Kyoka blinked.

“Uh, yeah?” Ochako replied, a little confused at her girlfriend’s lack of reaction.

“Uh… okay?” Kyoka responded slowly, a soft, puzzled frown on her face. “Go ahead?”

“No,” Ochako huffed petulantly. “Like, I want to, but I can’t stop my heart from bein’ all weird when I think about it and I keep doubting if like, I should be doing this and stuff. You had some issues with bein’ with Izuku so how did you know it wasn’t a mistake to, y’know, take that step?”

Kyoka’s mind tried to untangle the Izuku-like ramblings of her girlfriend in her mind as she thought back to her other interactions with the girl.

“Wait, lemme get this right,” Kyoka paused with a hint of a smile on her lips. “You came to me when you weren’t sure about being gay… now you’re coming to me when you’re not sure about having sex with a guy.”

Ochako blinked as the connection established itself in her mind too.

“Oh god,” she blushed and shook her head. “I’m hopeless!”

“No, you’re not,” Kyoka chuckled, as she watched the girl cringe in realization. “A tad oblivious, but not hopeless. Very cute and sexy too though, and I’m certain Squishy thinks so too.”

“Yeah,” Ochako sighed. “Sorry. This is probably pretty weird, huh?”

“Eh, at this point, I’m not thinkin’ about it too hard,” Kyoka admitted. “Look, you’ve done everything else with Izuku, right?”

“K-Kinda,” Ochako admitted bashfully.

“Then what’s different about this?” Kyoka asked. “It’s just doing it unprotected, right? I get it’s a bit more intimate but there’s nothing significantly different about it.”

“But like, I want it to be special,” Ochako stressed. “I mean…” she paused, “I know it’s kinda like, super early and stuff, but I think this is it, y’know? It feels like this is going to be something permanent and I’m ready to make this leap.”

Now Kyoka understood why Ochako had sought her out over everyone else.

“I was wrong, you are hopeless,” Kyoka rolled her eyes. “A hopeless romantic.”

“Hey!” Ochako pouted again, even if it was true.

“Good thing you came to me and not Mina though,” Kyoka stated, undeterred. “At least I actually know how I can help you with your problem.”

Ochako’s expression brightened and her heart beat just a bit faster as Kyoka shot her an endearing if exasperated look.

“Come on, get into bed,” Kyoka ordered as she got up from her spot.

“W-Wha-?” Ochako blinked as Kyoka switched her desk lamp on and shut her main light off, leaving the room with a soft, warm glow but leaving the bed mostly in shadows.

“Go on,” Kyoka encouraged as she headed back, though not removing any of her clothes as she moved, instead opening up the covers and slipping inside herself with them on.

Ochako did as she was asked a little hesitantly, not knowing where this was going. Sliding under the covers under Kyoka’s arm as she held the sheets open for her, Ochako settled into a comfortable embrace with the girl, their breaths intermingling from the short distance between them while Kyoka’s hand settled on Ochako’s hip.

Though the punkette had looked determined at first, now she showed a more nervous, vulnerable expression as she rubbed circles on her girlfriend.

“Hi,” Kyoka smiled, her tone softer and quieter.

“Hey?” Ochako giggled lightly, matching Kyoka’s tone. “What are we doing?”

“Nothing, just relaxing,” Kyoka smirked as her hand began to rise up Ochako’s side. The girl was well aware of the rocker’s limb as it crept higher, tracing up her arm and around her shoulder as it drew closer to her neck. “You look very pretty today.”

“I do?” Ochako tilted her head as best she could, still confused as to where this was going. “But I’m still kinda grubby from training.”

“That doesn’t stop me seeing your cute button nose and big adorable eyes,” Kyoka’s voice grew softer still as her hand reached up to caress Ochako’s face. The brunette couldn’t help but blush at the compliment she wasn’t a hundred percent sure wasn’t some sort of roleplay but still felt genuine.

Slowly, she felt the tug of Kyoka’s hand as it rested under her chin and guided her closer, their lips almost touching.

“Ochako… I love you,” Kyoka whispered now as Ochako felt her face heat up.

“I love you too,” she responded, allowing herself to close the gap between their faces and engage her girlfriend in a soft kiss. It wasn’t rushed but she wanted to hurry whatever this was along so she could get to the answer the girl was clearly holding from her.

Kyoka’s arms returned to Ochako’s sides, pulling their bodies together lightly as the two held the kiss for a little longer, Ochako naturally reciprocating but making sure not to touch her girlfriend with all five of her fingers.

When Kyoka started pulling back, Ochako felt her libido having awoken and was almost reluctant to hold off on continuing. Still, it didn’t look like Kyoka was preparing to go any further as her face backed away to study Ochako’s.

“How was that?” Kyoka asked curiously, the softer tone gone from her voice and replaced with a more quizzical one.

“What do you mean?” Ochako asked.

“Would you say that was special and romantic?”

“Well… yeah,” Ochako nodded, feeling her hand naturally rubbing circles on Kyoka’s side now. “What’s your point?”

“My point is,” Kyoka chuckled at her girlfriend’s continued obliviousness, “you’re thinking about this too hard. In, what? Three minutes, I set the mood, made you feel loved, and shared something wonderful with you without taking off any clothes.”

Ochako blushed as she realised how accurate that was. She and Kyoka hadn’t had a proper date or done a lot to advance their relationship much recently but the girl was right in that this little moment had almost surgically slipped into her favourite interactions with her.

“H-How’d you do that?” Ochako stuttered.

“By just letting myself show you how I feel,” Kyoka chuckled, stroking her hand down Ochako’s side. “I just did what came naturally in the moment.”

“So… I should just wing it?” Ochako raised a disbelieving brow.

“No,” Kyoka shook her head fondly before taking a moment to think through what she really wanted to say. “So, uh, you remember our last talk?”

“Yeah?” Ochako nodded, their discussion about her first time with Izuku being part of the reason she sought the girl out after all.

“You were right. Looking back on it, I’m glad I got the answers I needed after me and Izuku did it, but I should’ve done something more romantic with him,” Kyoka admitted with a mote of regret in her voice.

“I mean, you can always do it again,” Ochako suggested. “I’m sure he won’t mind a do-over or even just a romantic date night with you.”

“Shush, this was supposed to be about you,” Kyoka chided, trying to push down the blush that was attempting to spread across her own cheeks, though she indeed put the idea aside for another time. “Look, I overthought things and forced them and it… wasn’t the best experience. Right now, you think you’re where I was but you’re really not. It’s clear how much you two love each other and you’re worrying over something that doesn’t need it. Yeah, maybe do something a little nicer than usual, but as long as you’re there and he’s there, then whenever you decide to do it will be all the special and romantic you’ll need. I’ll bet even if it was just a random night with nothing notable happening at all that day that he’d remember that moment for the rest of his life. Dude’s a hopeless romantic too, just like us,” she finished with a chuckle.

“Y-Yeah, he probably would,” Ochako sighed fondly as she could practically picture everything now; Izuku and her lying together like she and Kyoka were, his green eyes twinkling and full of love, and his muscly, protective arms holding her close as they prepared to take that next step together. “Thanks, Vixen.”

“No problem, Cutie Pie,” Kyoka smiled warmly, leaning in and placing a kiss on Ochako’s nose. “Someone’s gotta keep you worriers in line.”

“You literally cannot talk,” Ochako deadpanned.

“Guilty,” Kyoka conceded. “But doesn’t make me wrong though.”

“Yeah,” Ochako sighed comfortably, the bed feeling especially cosy now they’d warmed it up a bit.

“Do you want help thinking up some ideas for how to make it extra special?” Kyoka offered.

“I thought you just said-”

“I said you were overthinking your worries,” Kyoka squeezed her side playfully. “You can absolutely do something to mark the occasion though. Just don’t worry if it doesn’t go off exactly the way you want it to.”

“O-Oh, right,” Ochako accepted as she began recalling what she wanted to do. “W-Well, I was kinda thinking about…”

The punk rock girl lay there patiently as Ochako detailed her plan. It was clear the gravity girl was rethinking some things as she went back on parts and changed bits when she thought up something better.

Kyoka almost laughed when Ochako suddenly paused and deflated when she realised she was overthinking things again and opted to start from scratch. The punk rock girl helped her keep some of the core elements to her plan and suggested buying something she’d seen online that would certainly give Ochako what she was looking for in terms of the ambiance when the time came.

Before long, Ochako had her plan and vocalized it one last time to make sure she had everything in order. When she finished, Kyoka’s mind was full of images of her partners expressing their love for each other.

“Fuck that sounds romantic,” Kyoka admitted with a small measure of envy at what awaited Izuku. “If that doesn’t blow his mind, and his load, then he’s even more hopeless than we are.”

“Nice(!)” Ochako huffed sarcastically and rolled her eyes.

“But seriously, that sounds really romantic and I’m sure neither of you will regret it afterwards.”

“Thanks,” Ochako blushed as she cemented the next few steps in her head. “And um… maybe we should do something nice together at some point,” she suggested. “I know it’s not the same but I’d uh… like to maybe go on an actual date with you.”

“Kinda hard when you’re publically seeing two of our friends and I’m still stag,” Kyoka chuckled though felt endearment settle in her chest at the gesture. “But yeah, if we can find the opportunity, let’s do something.”

The two lay there in silence for a moment simply enjoying the warmth and their girlfriend’s company. The mood was only broken when Kyoka felt the urge to speak up again.

“You know,” she began with a touch of mirth and suggestiveness in her tone, “you sounded pretty stressed about all this. And I know nothing relaxes me more than gettin’ myself off.”

Ochako’s eyes widened slightly as she knew that same feeling all too well by now and realised what her girlfriend was implying.

“Maybe… we can do a little more than cuddle,” she suggested shyly. “I should thank you properly for the advice after all.”

“Whatever you think will help,” Kyoka chuckled at her suggestion being so easily accepted, planting several soft kisses on Ochako’s neck as a jack slowly extended downwards and slipped under Ochako’s waistband.

Before long, the two were indulging in some all-natural stress relief but none outside the soundproofed room would hear it. While Ochako had soothed her mind’s worries about her upcoming plans with Izuku, she certainly had no such qualms dallying with one of her many girlfriends and trying to match the peak Kyoka bestowed on her.

Though their session didn’t run long, both were left satisfied and content, naked in each other’s arms as sleep claimed them both for the night.


There was no rest for class 1-A as their teachers continued to pile on the academic pressure that Thursday. So much so that lunch was barely a respite anymore.

When the bell rang to signal the grateful students that they could at least refuel for the next hour, most of the class headed out to stock up or else risk collapsing and being sent to Recovery Girl. Strangely, there was one who seemed much less affected than the others despite facing equal pressures as Tooru Hagakure found herself smiling happily as she walked down the halls.

After splitting off from her friends and heading towards the development labs instead of the lunch hall, her head was now a few ounces lighter after Hatsume had relieved her of much of her hair. Under the watchful eye of Power Loader, the pinkette had snipped off everything below Tooru’s ears and, though it certainly wasn’t anything approaching a proper cut, she now sported a distinctive French Bob style.

She was sad to lose so much, but Tooru knew the gains would be worth it. It had taken her a while to grow but at least this meant she needn’t go bald just to get a hero costume. As she departed the labs, she only hoped she wouldn’t have to lose this much every time her suit got damaged.

Walking with a bounce in her step and a smile on her face, Tooru found herself humming a pleasant tune. When others turned and looked her way, she felt somewhat self-conscious and wondered if she was being too loud even if she enjoyed people actually looking at her for a change; it was easy for her to forget that she was visible all the time now, still not quite being used to it.

Soon enough, she entered the lunch room and spotted her friends already chatting at a table together, though Izuku was off with Iida and Todoroki by himself.

‘Probably wanted some guy time,’ Tooru thought as she grabbed a lunch tray and began debating what to treat herself to today, grateful most students had already gotten their things so she could debate whether she wanted the vanilla, chocolate or strawberry pudding without pressure.

As the small queue advanced and Tooru began picking out her lunch, another set of eyes lingered on her form and, curious, decided to make their move.

“Hey there,” an unfamiliar voice called to Tooru’s side, causing the girl to turn and greet this new person.

“Hi yourself,” Tooru smiled warmly as she looked at the fellow UA student only for her mind to tug at a vague memory. She swore she knew that red hair and sweater from somewhere but she couldn’t quite place them.

“Haven’t seen you ‘round here before,” the boy remarked. “You new?”

“Uh, no, I’ve always been here,” Tooru stated, keeping her tone casual as she tried to remember where she recognised this guy from.

“That’s not possible, I-I would’ve remembered a cutie like you walkin’ these halls,” the boy replied with a small measure of confidence to cover his obvious nervousness.

“Oh, I was, you just couldn’t see me,” Tooru chuckled at her joke but appreciated the compliment as she decided on strawberry pudding to complete her meal. The boy noticed too and, as they approached the register, he decided to make his move.

“Why don’t you let me get that and you can come join me for lunch,” he smiled, reaching for his wallet.

“Uh, no, that’s fine,” Tooru politely declined before gesturing over to her intended destination. “I’m gonna go sit with my friends.”

“Come on, just one lunch chat to get to know one another better,” the boy insisted, continuing to pull out some notes.

“Wait,” Tooru paused, her brain connecting some dots as she spotted Kyoka and Mina’s faces look her way and deepen into frowns. “What did you say your name was again?”

“It’s Chikara Hiza,” the boy replied with a brightening smile.

Tooru finally remembered where she knew the guy from. It had been a while, and the lack of sunglasses she remembered him wearing threw her a little, but this was definitely the guy who couldn’t take ‘no’ for an answer when he asked Kyoka out after their performance at the sports festival.

“Yeah, thanks but not a chance,” Tooru replied, a smile still on her lips but incredulity in her tone. “Not only do I have a girlfriend, but after the way you treated my other friend, I don’t want to talk to you anymore.”

“H-Hey, wait-” Hiza objected only for Tooru to remain steadfast in her ignoring of him while Lunch Rush looked expectantly at the boy. Or at least, he thought he did given the caterer’s mask.

“If you’re not in the queue, go and relocate your seat young man,” Lunch Rush ordered with a warning tone.

Unable to go against a teacher, Hiza felt it best to make his retreat for now, again unsuccessful in his flirting attempt. At least he felt like this time he was escaping the situation with his pride.

“Urgh,” Tooru scoffed once he was out of earshot.

“Sorry about that, Miss,” Lunch Rush apologized despite bearing no fault in the matter. “Just let us know if he becomes a bother.”

“Thank you sir, but I can handle it,” Tooru bowed her head politely after retrieving the money to pay for her meal. “Besides, even if I couldn’t, my girlfriend and friends would.”

Lunch Rush glanced over to where Tooru gestured again and noticed five sets of eyes looking their way with the pink-haired, pink-skinned girl having paused in her steps halfway towards them.

“Just make sure it don’t come to blows,” Lunch Rush warned her, handing over her change.

“I promise, sir,” Tooru nodded again with a deceptively pleasant smile on her face before hurrying over to her girlfriend, eager to get seated and tuck into her meal.

“Thought you might need a hand,” Mina offered when Tooru approached.

“No acid puddles needed today,” Tooru stated as she joined the others who’d mostly finished their meals. “It is a little annoying though,” she admitted, “I was kinda enjoying people looking at me until that.”

“Unfortunately, that’s a problem you’re gonna face being as beautiful as you are, ribbit,” Tsuyu spoke up, causing Tooru to freeze before breaking into a blush.

“Tsu, shush!” She tried to brush the girl’s direct compliment off with no success.

“Clearly he knew it too, else he wouldn’t’ve tried that,” Tsuyu shrugged.

“Either that or dude’s got a type,” Kyoka remarked, remembering her own less-than-pleasant interaction with the upperclassman. “You’re obviously rockin’ that short hair a little too well.”

“T-Thanks for noticing,” Tooru blushed again as she could almost feel the group’s eyes collectively widen at her new look.

“Oh, wow, that does look good on you,” Ochako agreed.

“Hatsume didn’t go too overboard then?” Tsuyu asked.

“Just a little off the ends,” Tooru giggled at the understatement. “Hopefully she can make me something cool to wear so I look as badass and heroic as you guys do.”

“You didn’t think that about your previous costume?” Momo asked inquisitively.

“Well, that was more for necessity,” Tooru admitted. “Couldn’t exactly wear something flashy or skin-tight when I needed to be in the buff for my quirk to work. It didn’t exactly scream ‘look at me, I’m a serious pro hero’ either.”

“It did the job but now you’re past that,” Kyoka shrugged though a little saddened that Tooru running around naked doing naughty hero work would now be stuck as a fantasy.

“Right! Now I can get something more awesome and play with some cute hairstyles to go with it,” Tooru agreed. “What do you think, Mina?”

“I think,” Mina reached out and brushed her fingers through the girl’s still shimmering, shortened locks, “you’re even cuter with short hair.”

“Awww,” Tooru blushed again, her hand dipping under the table to rub her girlfriend’s leg appreciatively. “Thanks, Princess.”

“I believe you may want to neaten your hair up, however,” Momo noted as she noticed the clear messiness of the cut. “Maybe visit an actual hairstyle professional?”

“No way, now we’ve got something to do next sleepover,” Mina grinned. “We can do it this Friday once this week of pain is done, who’s with me?”

Mina’s excited, expectant face was met with more than a few awkward aversions.

“Sorry Mina, ribbit,” Tsuyu shook her head. “We should probably focus on making sure we’re ready for the work-studies.”

“Yeah, I figured,” Mina groaned before anyone else could interject with totally reasonable reasons.

“Weren’t you just happy to be back at class with the rest of us?” Ochako teased lightly.

“Duh,” Mina grinned. “But working this hard means playing harder to make up for it.”

“I give her two weeks before she goes back to slacking on her homework again,” Kyoka joined in with a smirk.

“Tooru!” Mina groaned petulantly. “The other girls are picking on me.”

“There, there,” Tooru pet her girlfriend’s head with one hand, her attention more focused on her dessert as she reached for her spoon.

“You know what would help me feel better?” Mina hinted, now eying Tooru’s treat too.

“Not getting your hand bitten off?” Tooru smirked and made an audible biting sound as she kept both her pudding and her spoon away from her minxish girlfriend.

“Urgh, you’re all bullies,” Mina pouted, slumping in her seat.

“Don’t worry, Mina, I’m sure we’ll all find some time soon to do something together,” Momo assured her, though that thought was based on hope and not anything concrete.

“Meh, it is what it is,” Mina shrugged. “If these things are anything like what Ochako, Tsu, and Izuku did before, then there might be days where only some of us are in class at a time.”

“You’re not wrong there,” Tsuyu nodded. “And we’ll have to do catch-up classes for all those that we miss due to our erratic schedules.”

“Wow, how long’s this for again?” Tooru asked curiously.

“The whole term as far as I’m aware,” Ochako answered. “This next week is purely for the work-study but after that it’s up to the pros when we work of course. I’m sure they’re going to try and balance our work-school life balance but free time might be rare and time when we’re all off even rarer.”

“All the more reason to do this now?” Mina put forth one last time only to get another round of shaking heads. “Dang it.”

“Let’s just take things one day at a time,” Kyoka stated. “No sense planning for anything if we don’t know what’s coming.”

As if summoned by her implication, the crackle of the announcement system rippled through the lunch hall.

“Would Mina Ashido please report to the principal’s office, please? That’s Mina Ashido to the principal’s office.”

More than five sets of eyes turned towards the pinkette in question who looked more than a little out of place at the announcement.

“Alright, what’ja do?” Kyoka deadpanned.

“Nothing!” Mina refuted quickly.

“Had to be something,” Sero called out from a table away as he and Kaminari looked over.

“Did you melt your homework and claim you never got it?” The electric blond asked cheekily.

“Why would I do that if we haven’t needed to hand anything in yet?” Mina grumbled at the flawed logic as she rose to her feet.

“Don’t worry about this, we’ve got it,” Momo offered, intending to bus Mina’s tray to help the girl out at least a little.

“Thanks,” Mina sighed. “Right, gonna go find out what I got falsely accused of this time,” she grumbled as she headed off, leaving a few uncomfortable chuckles in her wake.

“You don’t really think she did anything, right?” Kyoka shot towards the two boys.

“Hell no,” Sero shook his head with Kaminari agreeing. “Definitely weird though.”

“We’ll say,” Tsuyu agreed as the group watched their departing member go, hoping their new worries were for nothing.


Mina tried not to let her emotions show as she left the lunch hall and away from the sounds of eating and social merriment. Everyone got called to the principal’s office now and then, it probably wasn’t a big deal, right? Surely this was just something like she forgot to dot a ‘t’ or cross an ‘i’ on her classwork or something… no, that’s not right.

The pinkette shook her head to try and set her thoughts straight. She was panicking again and could feel that familiar fear from the trial creeping back into her mind. This wasn’t the time to get scared; she’d done nothing wrong and had nothing to fear.

Quickening her strides, if only to get this resolved and done with rather than stewing in her worries if they were meaningless, Mina found herself approaching Nezu’s office door.

Her steps slowed and her mouth dried the closer she got as she reached out a hand to turn the handle, nearly jumping in surprise when the door swung open before she could touch it.

Before she even stepped inside, Mina could already tell something was wrong; Nezu was seated at his desk as expected… but he didn’t have a pleasant expression on his face. Heading in, her fears heightened as she spotted Aizawa standing nearby, a disgruntled look on his face that made her think he wanted to be anywhere but here. He’d certainly been grumpier than usual, but it couldn’t have been because of her, right?!

Mina could barely swallow nervously as her throat dried up and she almost missed the principal’s greeting.

“Good afternoon, Miss Ashido, would you please take a seat?” He asked politely as the door swung shut behind the girl, the sound almost making her jump.

“Y-Yes sir,” Mina nodded quickly and did as requested.

Taking the indicated spot, she waited patiently for Nezu to start with whatever he’d called her here for but the principal seemed hesitant to begin. Chancing a glance at Aizawa revealed no new information either, the man only seeming to get more annoyed as he observed the principal himself.

“Miss Ashido,” Nezu finally commenced, pulling Mina’s attention back to the man. “I’m afraid there’s been a complication with your work-study application.”

Mina’s eyes widened and she cursed herself.

“Shit, did I fill it out wrong? Oop!” She covered her mouth from cursing in front of the teachers. “S-Sorry.”

“That’s quite alright, Miss Ashido,” Nezu brushed off, having more irritable things to address with the girl. “No. You filled it out adequately and Mr Aizawa was prompt in his efforts to get you and your classmates’ applications to your chosen heroes almost as soon as you all handed them in. Our issue is, and the reason that we’ve called you here to discuss this, your application was rejected by your chosen hero.”

“W-What?” Mina blinked. “T-Then can’t I just go with my second choice?” She’d filled out all three slots just in case her first pick fell through which was obviously the case now.

“I’m afraid they also rejected your application, as did your third,” Nezu sighed with disappointment, “That’s when Aizawa brought this matter to my attention.”

Mina could feel her pulse quicken and her breathing speed up as things started becoming clear. If she didn’t get a work-study, she would be kicked out of the hero course. Surely there was someone who would take her!

As if reading her mind, Nezu proceeded to explore that very avenue.

“After that, I took the liberty of sending your application to all twenty-seven of the remaining choices we gave to students who had no personal connections to select from,” Nezu continued. “I’m afraid that another side effect I feared might arise as a result of your trial has come to pass. I’m sorry to say that every one of them has declined to take you on as a work-study student.”

Notes:

Chapter summary:

- Able to resume hero training again, class 1-A gets changed for a physical lesson. In the locker room the boys check out Shinso's costume as well as Aoyama's revisions based on his faults during Nabu. In the girl's locker room, the group admire Ochako's upgrades and the gravity girl adds a piece of Izuku and Tooru to her utility belt pouches while Tooru almost leaves while naked due to her faulty quirk.

- At ground Omega, the students are informed they'd be pushing their quirk's limits once again like the training camp. Much like camp, the four Wild, Wild Pussycats appear and reveal that Mandalay was hired as a teacher at UA to replace Midnight. The class is split into groups and heads out with Mandalay trying to reach out to Aizawa who brushes her off.

- With Pixie-Bob taking students to practise their offensive techniques, Mandalay watching over those that need specialized training, and Tiger training those needing more technical adjustments, Tooru gets a private mentor in Ragdoll. Tooru tests her new limits to start and finds herself exhausted just trying to manage a meagre amount of what she could before despite her determination. Taking a small break, the two talk honestly about their shared difficulties from their unique yet similar situations about whether they can still be heroes. Feeling heartened, Tooru pushes herself to begin reclaiming her former control.

- The class discuss their fatiguing but fruitful training session and Tooru takes Mina to rest with Tsuyu coming along. The frog girl has an idea for them both to try to train some more and Tooru agrees to the surprise date. Heading out into the forest behind the dorms, Tsuyu takes Tooru to the secret pond area she found with Ochako and Izuku. Tsuyu then reveals that they'd be playing Hide and Seek with their respective invisible methods. Despite the even abilities, Tooru's lack of control gives Tsuyu the edge and the now visible girl expresses her frustration with herself. Tsuyu gives her an idea to try doing it while naked much to Tooru's shock. After puzzling out how she's trying to use her quirk, the pair come up with the idea to try focusing it like Izuku's Full Cowling and Tooru regains the ability to make only herself invisible again. After another few rounds of training as Tsuyu's libido builds, Tooru sneaks up and surprises her girlfriend, fucking her against a tree. Tsuyu, her urges quelled, takes Tooru back to the clearing and eats her out there before the two settle down for a picnic dinner. Tsuyu takes the opportunity to talk to Tooru about Momo and Tooru gives her blessing for the frog girl to forgive the heiress if that's what she's after. After Tooru tells Tsuyu that she was training under Ragdoll for work studies, the two begin heading back only to hear someone else doing things in the woods. Investigating, the pair come across Mei who's testing some auto-targetting gadgets. After some conversation, Tsuyu enquires as to whether Mei can make a costume for Tooru. Mei admits she'd need a chunk of hair from the girl but she and Tooru agree to collaborate before Tsuyu and Tooru head back to the dorms.

- Ochako, believing she's nearly ready to take that final step with Izuku, goes to Kyoka to get some advice. Kyoka teases and reminds her that she's a hopeless romantic at heart and to trust that it'll be special and romantic without forcing it. After talking through Ochako's plan together, the gravity girl is more confident though before she leaves she and Kyoka engage in some extra stress relief for the night.

- After donating a portion of her hair for her future costume, Tooru heads to lunch the next day alone. Other people have started to notice the cute 'new' girl and a boy tries to approach Tooru with romantic intent. Tooru easily brushes him off despite the compliments as everyone appreciates her new short-haired look. Mina's suggestion for a sleepover is shot down due to everyone wanting to prepare for work studies until she's suddenly called to the principal's office.

- Arriving to see Nezu and Aizawa waiting for her, Mina realizes something's wrong. Nezu admits that, despite their best efforts, all thirty of the preselected pros have rejected her work study request.

Chapter 43: Work-Study Worries

Summary:

Mina makes a decision regarding her work-study options and discusses it with her partners over dinner.

Notes:

Another chapter down, but this one comes with a touch of bad news; I'll be going on a short break to rest after an eventful few weeks and to plan the next arc in more detail. Hope you enjoy it for now, and I'll be back before you know it!

If you'd like to come yell at me or keep better tabs on how the next chapter is going or potential delays, come join us over on the discord at: https://discord.gg/x85xtWmKCa
There's also a fun new lewd MHA game of my creation to try out at the same time, and I'll be hanging around there most days, usually chatting rubbish, so feel free to bother me. :)

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

It was all Mina could do to sit in her seat, her mind trying to process how all thirty partnered pro heroes had rejected her application for a work-study.

“Admittedly, there were those with valid reasons for rejecting your application,” Nezu conceded. “For example, some have already accepted your classmates and reached their limit on those they believe they can safely handle, but I do not believe the excuse others gave of ‘we do not feel Pinky would learn much doing a work-study at our agency’ to hold much water.”

“So… where does that leave me?” Mina asked lowly, feeling somewhat lost. “You’re teaching Shinso, right, Mr Aizawa?” She turned to her homeroom teacher. “Could you or one of the other teachers take me?”

“That is an option,” Aizawa nodded, ignoring the fact that Shinso wasn’t technically doing a work-study under him even if he was going to treat the boy as if he was. “However, we would rather only entertain it as a last resort if there are no better paths. Work-studies are invaluable experiences and your growth would be stifled if you remained at UA. While the teaching staff can and do respond to emergency situations, our day-to-day lives involve more administration and less field work than you probably expect.”

“I have to agree with Mr Aizawa,” Nezu spoke up, “you have the luxury of the teaching staff’s skills available to you throughout the year while work-studies are an area of experience we simply cannot replicate in a school environment. Regardless of securing a placement outside the school, we will ensure your place on the hero course is safe, do not worry there.”

“Then… what should I do?” Mina asked. “Should I just call up every hero I can think of and just like, ask them nicely or something?”

“I fear that would do more harm than good, though I believe you are being a tad facetious to make a point,” Nezu pointed out. “Our next step is to find you a placement position and I have more than a few favours to call in to ensure you secure a suitable one. However,” the principal paused as he tapped his mouse and glanced at his monitor. “Curiously, as we were enquiring about your placement with your unselected potential choices, a request came in for you.”

“A… what?” Mina’s face scrunched up in confusion.

“Yes, it’s most unusual,” Nezu noted. “While so many heroes were content to dismiss you, one has gone out of his way to request you to work under him specifically.”

“I’ll take it!” Mina almost yelled. “I don’t care who it is.”

“Well, I’m afraid we do,” Nezu attempted to delay the girl’s decision. “Due to the difficulties your class has faced this year, UA has taken more of an effort to ensure the heroes we entrust your outside experiences to are sufficiently skilled and have a reliable track record with us in the past. Unfortunately, this pro hero doesn’t match our expectations in both areas.”

“So… you’re going to stop me taking this, even when this guy is the only one that wants to give me a chance?” Mina frowned.

“This is why we thought it best to discuss the issue with you now,” Nezu explained as he turned the screen to face the girl, revealing the pro hero who’d requested her. “We thought it best to give you all the details and answer all your questions before you decide so we know how best to proceed on your behalf. Should you still wish to do your placement with him after our discussion, we will not stand in your way.”

“The hero who’s requested you is called ‘Rock Lock’,” Aizawa explained as Mina scanned the page of information on display about the man. “He’s been in the field a while but has stuck to smaller cases for most of his career. His quirk isn’t particularly combat-oriented so he’s more of a support hero that tags along to assist others.”

“I know him,” Mina mumbled. “Wasn’t he part of the raid that Izuku, Ochako, and Tsu went on?”

“The Shie Hassaikai raid, yes,” Aizawa nodded. “Which brings me to our next point; I was on that raid too, and Rock Lock didn’t seem particularly fond of Deku or Lemillion’s presence and was borderline disparaging due to his perceptions of their age and lack of experience along with Uravity and Froppy. I’m wondering if he has some sort of ulterior motive for requesting you given your recent prolific trial. If it were up to me, I would decline based on that alone.”

That suspicion made sense to Mina but she couldn’t understand why he was reaching out when so many others were avoiding her.

“Having never taken a UA student, or any other hero school student, at his agency before, that also raises worries,” Nezu explained. “It seems obvious that his request is directly tied to your case but we can only speculate why at this present moment. Add to that his lack of combat prowess and it raises further worries that he would not be able to protect you should something unfortunate happen.”

“Given your class’s track record this year, you can see why we’re hesitant to give him the green light. Even if nothing goes wrong, any normal heroic instances that would require engaging villains in combat would have you playing a more central role and, given the nature of your trial, we thought you might want to avoid opening yourself up to any repeats,” Aizawa capped off.

Mina had listened to their words and finished reading all the information she could see on the monitor. It was certainly a risk, one that could backfire in any number of ways. Heck, she’d almost consider herself lucky if it just turned out like Momo’s internship where nothing of note happened… but she didn’t come to UA to take the safe and cautious route. ‘Plus Ultra’, right?

“I see,” Mina stated calmly. “I accept and understand the advice you have given me but I still wish to proceed with Rock Lock as my work-study.”

Aizawa raised a single brow while Nezu had a contemplative look on his muzzle.

“Very well, I shall send him your response now,” he capitulated. “I do hope that this offer and Rock Lock’s intentions are sincere, however, should they prove not to be, please do not hesitate to call us as soon as possible and we will rectify the situation.”

“Yeah, got it,” Mina nodded, gratefully. She was sure Nezu and Aizawa weren’t convinced, but at least if she was making a mistake UA would still have her back.

“I believe that is everything we wish to discuss with you, Miss Ashido,” Nezu declared after sending the email on its way. “Should any further issues arise, I will make sure to contact you again, but for now assume that you will be doing your work-study with Rock Lock who will likely contact you with details shortly.”

“Great,” Mina sighed deeply, relief flooding her system over the stressful meeting.

Unfortunately, she’d get no further rest as the bell to signify the end of lunch rang out down the hall.

“Of course,” Aizawa groaned in irritation as his own lunch had been cut short for this meeting too. “Get back to class Ashido, I still expect your full effort in training this afternoon.”

“Yes, sir!” Mina nodded, rising from her spot and bowing politely before departing the office in a hurry.

“Thoughts?” Nezu asked curiously once the door had swung closed behind Mina.

“It’s still early,” Aizawa sighed. “But, at the very least, Ashido has been taking all her classes seriously since they resumed. She’s still not at the level she could be at but shes making faster progress compared to the start of the year.”

“Well that certainly seems promising,” Nezu nodded. “I believe we can trust her judgement in this case and wait for further developments if they’re necessary.”

“That’s probably pointless,” Aizawa shrugged as he headed for the door himself. “Before tonight is done, she’ll probably have grilled Midoriya for everything he knows on the pro.”

“In that case, we would certainly have nothing to fear if he believes it’s fine,” Nezu chuckled, wondering how much the boy’s analysis and information on the pro stacked up against his own. “Enjoy the rest of your day, Aizawa.”

“Hmph,” the man grunted as he made his way down the corridor.


When Mina returned to class, she was able to confirm to the others that she was fine but that she’d fill them in on the details later. With no time to gossip, they were soon thrown back into their wonderful world of mathematics with Ectoplasm as the day continued unhindered.

Thankfully, either due to Aizawa’s vindictiveness or genuine desire to see them improve, they were scheduled for another training session with the pussycats that afternoon at which Mina was grateful for the opportunity to release some more of her frustration.

The pussycats weren’t holding back either, yesterday having been a bit of a warm-up for them as Pixie-Bob’s earthen beasties started biting back a little harder than before. Still, it gave her a good chance to develop her Acidman technique and flex her dodging skills thanks to her years of dance continuing to come in handy.

Once all was said and done and Aizawa called time on their training, the class was feeling the burn of straining themselves two days in a row, though they made sure not to complain within earshot of the man and save it for the changing rooms.

“I can’t believe Aizawa’s got us doing training all week now we’re signed back on,” Kyoka groaned as she shrugged off her hero jacket.

“We only had a week until we need to be ready to take part in the work-studies, maybe this is just his way of ensuring we know we’re ready, ribbit?” Tsuyu offered with a touch of hope.

“Less than that considering we didn’t have class on Monday,” Tooru added.

“Are we sure he isn’t using this to punish us?” Mina sympathised with Kyoka. “I don’t know if my brain will be intact when we get to the weekend and my body certainly won’t be afterwards at this rate.”

“About that,” Momo perked up. “Was everything okay after your meeting with Nezu?”

“Oh, right,” Mina groaned, reminded of that irritation. “Yeah, it’s fine… sorta.”

“I’m sensing a ‘but’ there, and not the kind we enjoy,” Tsuyu tried to lighten the mood.

“I dunno, I might feel better if I get a handful of yours,” Mina winked but the girls could tell her heart wasn’t quite in it. “I’ll tell you guys about it later. I need to pick Squishy’s brain on some stuff and I can’t be asked to tell the story twice.”

“It’s nothing serious, right?” Tooru asked nervously.

“It’s fine now,” Mina shook her head with relief. “It definitely could’ve been worse but I got it sorted.”

“At least that’s something,” Ochako joined the others in breathing a little easier.

“Yeah, I’m definitely gonna go flop for a while and try to take some of this edge off,” Mina sighed as she finished changing. “Feel free to join me if any of you guys like, but don’t feel obligated.”

Tsuyu was tempted to take the girl up on her offer but she had another goal in mind for today. Glancing at Momo subtly, she hoped the heiress was going to similarly pass on the open invitation.

While everyone was worn out, most others still had things they wanted to get done today, notably the homework that was due tomorrow so Mina would be relaxing by herself for a bit which honestly suited her just fine; it gave her some time to think and research on her future hero boss.

Before long, everyone was ready to depart. With their hero kit returned and uniforms re-donned for the short return journey, the girls headed out and back towards the dorms.


Once class 1-A arrived back at the dorms, most of the class split up as usual to do their own things.

Riding the elevator up with the heiress to their shared floor, the frog girl elected not to pry into her girlfriend’s plans, hoping the element of surprise might aid in generating a more genuine and honest discussion with her.

Tsuyu decided to give it a bit of time before she approached Momo, retreating to her room to decompress and get into some comfier, more casual clothes.

Thinking through the topic she was to broach with the heiress, Tsuyu glanced at her underwear drawer and wondered. If the conversation went well, things might end up a little heated. She didn’t want to assume anything, but she certainly wouldn’t mind if things leaned that way, or maybe giving them a little nudge, if Momo was reciprocal to the idea again.

After making her decision, Tsuyu departed her room and slipped down the hall towards her destination, rapping curtly on the door.

“Who is it?” Momo’s voice called out.

“Just me,” Tsuyu answered expectantly.

“Oh, come in.”

Without further hesitation, Tsuyu let herself in and closed the door, spying on her target having also changed into more relaxing wear as she sat at her desk; laptop, textbooks, and notepad open before her. The frog girl almost felt bad for interrupting her girlfriend’s planned homework session but this was much more important.

“Everything okay, Tsu?” Momo glanced over curiously, idly wondering if this would be a ‘full-attention’ situation or not.

“I think so,” Tsuyu nodded as she made her way over to Momo’s bed, hopping almost casually over the footboard to sit cross-legged on the sheets. This gave the bed’s owner all the information she needed and she shifted her position to sit on the edge.

“You only think so?” Momo chuckled lightly with a questioning tone.

“It depends on you really,” Tsuyu started, looking into Momo’s eyes, which had the heiress taken aback by the directness. “I think I’m ready to trust you again,” she declared, causing the heiress’ expression to widen, her mind bringing their conversation on the ferry to Nabu back to the forefront.

“I-I see,” Momo blinked, a small frown on her brows. “I uh… w-why now?”

“Because I’ve noticed how hard you’ve been trying to make up for things,” Tsuyu admitted. “I know the others let you have it, Kyoka, Ochako, and Mina especially, and Tooru has already forgiven you and helped me sort out my own feelings, ribbit.”

Momo smiled at the mention of their formerly invisible girlfriend and her capacity to forgive that she still didn’t quite think she was worthy of receiving.

“And you trusted Izuku when he took the lead with Mina, ribbit.” Tsuyu continued. “Technically we’ve been with Mina longer than him but you trusted his judgement.”

“I did,” Momo admitted, glancing down at her lap with a touch of pensiveness, “but it was also because I doubted myself.”

“Understandable,” Tsuyu nodded. “Was that the first time you used it after…”

“Yes,” Momo nodded nervously. “I… I didn’t want to risk making the same mistake twice.”

“I doubt you could with Mina,” Tsuyu noted, wondering if the girl could literally spit acid to get herself out of such a situation but dismissed the thought as a non-factor. “It still shows that you’re taking your mistake seriously.”

“Of course,” Momo nodded firmly, looking back at her girlfriend. “I truly want things to continue with us… all of us.”

Tsuyu didn’t need to ask if that included her green-haired boyfriend from that intonation.

“And that’s why I’m ready to trust you again,” she stated with a hopeful smile.

Momo was much more ready to accept Tsuyu’s words after her explanation and released a breath she didn’t know she was holding, a grateful smile making its way onto her lips as she clutched a hand to her chest.

“I’m… so glad to hear you say that.”

“Well, you’ve earned it, ribbit,” Tsuyu smiled, reaching out to clasp Momo’s other hand. The heiress almost shyly squeezed back as she shifted a little closer, offering a hug which Tsuyu didn’t hesitate to accept, leaning into her tall girlfriend’s comforting embrace as the pair allowed themselves to release the pent-up emotions that’d been lingering in their minds.

“I’ve missed you, Darling,” Momo squeezed her girlfriend tightly, savouring the emotional intimacy with the girl more than the physical.

“I’ve missed you too, Gorgeous,” Tsuyu returned the hug, feeling the last pangs of doubt and guilt departing her.

The pair released each other slowly, their happy emotions written all over their faces as both broke into awkward and relieved giggles at the situation.

“Thank you,” Momo expressed her gratitude with a soft kiss on the girl’s cheek. “I needed that.”

“You’re welcome,” Tsuyu smiled. “Just don’t lose my trust again and we won’t have another issue.”

“I won’t, or at least I’ll strive to always do my best to not intentionally do so,” she nodded before a cheeky smile tugged at the corner of her lips. “Though, you certainly seemed to trust me after we um… helped Mina relax,” Momo giggled lightly.

“That was horny Tsu, she’s too impulsive, ribbit,” the frog girl deflected with a chuckle.

“And what does that make you?” Momo asked curiously with a challenging brow.

“Hopefully still a wise frog,” Tsuyu offered, “and your loving girlfriend.”

“One of many I find myself thankful for every day,” Momo sighed fondly rubbing their noses together and drawing a soft, happy ‘ribbit’ from the girl. “Is that all you wish to discuss?”

“For the most part,” Tsuyu nodded, "though, I do have some curiosities about something else.”

“Oh?” Momo tilted her head curiously.

“You mentioned that you and Izuku planned to do stuff together, ribbit. Did you have anything specific in mind?”

“Well um… not as such,” Momo replied, glancing away. “It was just an open invitation should something occur.”

“So, like a date?”

“N-No, not explicitly,” Momo brushed off hurriedly.

“No?” Tsuyu blinked curiously. “You should just make it one anyway.”

“W-Why would you say that?” The heiress asked nervously.

“Because it’s the simplest and easiest way for you to both start fixing things, ribbit,” the frog girl stated bluntly.

“That’s not uh… I-I think that’s too soo-”

“It’s not,” Tsuyu dismissed easily. “We all kinda did this whole relationship stuff wrong from the beginning thinking about it. Well, not wrong, but more out of order. First, two people go out on a date when they think there’s compatibility there to discover more about each other and usually the intimacy and sex comes later, ribbit. We had the benefit of being friends but there’s no denying things got a little spicy here and there for everyone.”

“A-And who’s fault is that?” Momo blushed lightly as she narrowed her eyes at the frog girl, though there was a playful smile on her lips. “I believe you actively encouraged such activities along with Mina.”

“That’s neither here nor there,” Tsuyu brushed off, though a small, satisfied smirk remained on her face. “Still, you can’t deny how well it’s turned out.”

“I’ll concede you that much,” Momo nodded, her mind again returning to all the love and affection she’d accrued and given over the past months.

“Your biggest problem was with Izuku so maybe this route wasn’t the right one for you to develop your relationship, ribbit. I think you two should go on a proper date and see what happens; you did say you wanted to give it a fresh start after all.”

“I-I see your reasoning,” Momo replied slowly as she bit her lip.

Tsuyu didn’t speak again for a few moments as she watched the girl and how her averted eyes shifted while her active mind seemed to be thinking through the suggestion.

“You didn’t listen to the wise frog of knowledge before and regretted it, ribbit; do you think you can listen to me this time and give it a shot?”

Momo opened her mouth to retort but found herself coming up empty with comebacks. Searching Tsuyu’s face, even with her usually stoic expressions, she could tell her girlfriend was being genuine in her suggestion.

“That’s emotional blackmail,” Momo sighed, settling on giving Tsuyu a withering look.

“If it’s for your own good, doesn’t it balance out in the end?” Tsuyu chuckled lightly, knowing Momo was technically correct. “I’m not going to force you, but I know you’re smart enough to consider the idea now I’ve pointed it out.”

“Trying to stroke my ego now, are we?” Momo replied casually, raising an accusatory, if playful, brow.

“I could stroke something else too if you’d like,” Tsuyu winked, succeeding only in pulling another fond, exhaustive sigh from her girlfriend.

“… I’ll think about it,” Momo replied after a few moments of contemplation.

“Good,” Tsuyu smiled, knowing Momo wasn’t responding to her most recent offer.

“I still can’t go out with him on a proper date like you can.”

“I thought your parents gave you the go-ahead?”

“My mother gave me some advanced warning, though father tends to think things over until he’s sure it's in our best interests.”

His best interests,” Tsuyu challenges.

“The Yaoyorozu’s best interests,” Momo compromised, “even were he okay with such a thing, I would be hesitant to so blatantly spend such a time with Izuku due to your own public relationship status with him.”

“I’m sure our friends wouldn’t suspect anything,” Tsuyu dismissed.

“It’s not them I’m worried about,” Momo sighed, remembering their last excursion where she and Izuku appeared close.

“Just ask him to do something casual here on campus then, it doesn’t have to be some big spectacle. In fact, he’d probably prefer that.”

“You’re likely correct, however, and forgive my curiosity, but why did you want me to ask him out?” Momo enquired curiously.

“Because, as much as I love Izuku, he tends to be too passive still sometimes,” Tsuyu admitted.

“Isn’t that part of his charm?”

“It’s endearing when he’s happy to go along with whatever you want if you have something in mind already, ribbit. But unless I held his hand, he probably wouldn’t ask you out without worrying about it.”

“That… sounds accurate,” Momo chuckled lightly. “Though he was um… fairly confident during our time together with Mina.”

“And I had quite the view,” Tsuyu smirked at the memory. “Even if you two aren’t ready to acknowledge it, there’s something there I think you’re both too hesitant to explore yet. Forget about your parents’ wishes, your mistake, and the rest of us for a little bit and see what happens.”

“That does sound nice,” Momo admitted, allowing her mind to wander with potential ideas for her and Izuku to do.

“Got something in mind, ribbit?”

“Maybe,” Momo paused thoughtfully.

“I can help brainstorm if you like,” Tsuyu offered.

Momo’s expression shifted from one of thoughtfulness to one of wariness.

“I appreciate the sentiment but I believe I should do this on my own. I feel like Izuku’s hand isn’t the only one you’re trying to hold at the moment.”

“Sorry, ribbit,” Tsuyu apologized with a touch of bashfulness.

Momo sighed and shook her head fondly at the girl, taking both of her hands gently.

“I know you’re eager for us to make-up and be one big, interconnected unit, but please don’t try to force me or this,” Momo urged gently. “I don’t need to remind you what happened when I tried to force something.”

“You’re right,” Tsuyu grimaced with a touch of shame. “Sorry.”

“It’s okay, Darling,” Momo squeezed her hand. “You’re just excited at the prospect and I understand that. Truthfully, before Kyoka started falling for Izuku, I was starting to see and appreciate his qualities in a more romantic light. That didn’t matter when I let my jealousy get the better of me but, without that, I can certainly understand why you all seem to have fallen for him as you have. I guess, in a way… I still don’t think I deserve the kindness and understanding he, or indeed you all, have shown me.”

Before Tsuyu could open her mouth and rebuff Momo’s words the heiress held up a hand and continued.

“It is something that I have to come to terms with, another mark of my transgression. If any potential relationship is built it should be borne out of our own desires and wishes. I need to do this for myself so that I know this isn’t pity or sympathy, but something genuine. Do you understand?”

“Yes and no, ribbit,” Tsuyu sighed, “but I said that I trust you again so this is just something I’ll leave in your hands.”

Momo nodded slowly as she realised the truth to Tsuyu’s words. Maybe she should get the girl’s advice on things with Izuku to give it her best shot and she was being silly trying to do this independently but that was something for her to decide. For now, she’d try to trust her own judgement and feelings again and see how any first potential date with Izuku goes. If something happens, then maybe she’d pick the other’s brains on future date ideas.

A light blush graced her cheeks at that prospect but she quickly pushed it down when Tsuyu started to rise from her spot.

“I should probably leave you to think, and to your homework,” she said, glancing at the textbook she needed to crack open too.

“Oh, yes,” Momo looked over at the barely started worksheet. “Actually,” she hesitated for a moment. Tsuyu raised a brow and wondered if Momo was also thinking what she was thinking. “Would you… like to do homework together?”

The frog girl was glad her emotions didn’t show on her face as much as other people’s as the heiress would likely be able to pick up on the tinge of disappointment she felt.

“I don’t need any assistance if that’s why you’re asking, ribbit,” Tsuyu assured her.

“I’m sure,” Momo smiled warmly, “but I just wondered if you’d like to spend the time together.”

Tsuyu could almost slap herself for how silly she was being. Of course Momo just wanted to spend time together; not everything needed to be about sex, even if it felt really good and she always felt closest to her partners after it.

“That sounds like a great idea,” Tsuyu smiled honestly.

Hopping down from the bed, the frog girl quickly departed to fetch her own resources to complete their assignments, leaving an eager Momo waiting for her girlfriend to return. Gathering her stuff, Tsuyu spotted the discarded casual bra and underpants she’d worn for the day, replaced by the lacy, matching pair currently lurking beneath her clothes that likely wouldn’t titillate the heiress tonight. It was a bit of wasted effort but it didn’t matter, there would be plenty of times she’d be able to put them to good use.

A slightly excited ribbit forced itself past her lips as thoughts of Izuku and Momo’s relationship blossoming before focusing their shared efforts on sandwiching her before pleasing each other sent a ripple of desire through her system.

“Momo’s right,” Tsuyu mumbled to herself. “Can’t rush this.”

Still, even if she’d let the pair figure things out at their own pace, there’s no reason she couldn’t fantasize about what would happen when they do.

With a renewed spring in her step, even if the only company she’d be enjoying tonight was her own, Tsuyu gathered her things and returned to her girlfriend, content to leave things in her hands.


Mina was frustrated.

After her meeting with Nezu and Aizawa, she’d been able to take out most of her frustrations during training, pushing herself and her quirk until her hands started itching from her flagging acid resistance. Even though it had been a good workout and vent, her mind was still active and she’d returned to the dorms still irritated.

Mina scoffed bitterly as she paced her room, wondering if this was anything like what her dad had felt. After everything she’d done and with everyone else’s contributions towards proving she wasn’t at fault on Nabu, she still felt like she was being unjustly punished in some way. Her saving grace in the matter being in the form of a hero she barely knew anything about.

The girl was tempted to go hunt Izuku down and poke his brain for information about the pro but figured she could at least do some cursory research beforehand. That and at least this gave her another way to vent without running the risk of biting her boyfriend’s head off.

Settling into the afternoon, Mina tapped away at her laptop to look up everything she could about the pro, checking out his official website and statistics to looking up social media from others about the pro.

At the very least she was able to get an idea about the man she’d be studying under: he wasn’t hugely popular and didn’t seem to play up to the press or for the cameras; he looked diligent if nothing else from the way he seemed to handle situations by waiting only until the villain had been taken away to engage with clean-up or other issues which reminded her of Aizawa in a way; and he had an air of seriousness and focus around him as though he couldn’t relax or smile until the job was done.

“Not to self, minimize jokes,” Mina made a mental note to herself for when she began working for him.

Still, there was only so much she could glean from the internet and eventually her frustration at the situation returned. Pushing herself back in her desk chair Mina released a deep sigh towards the ceiling.

“Urgh, stupid work-study,” she grumbled as she spun herself around, trying to at least enjoy something minor.

When she began feeling the dizziness set in, she stopped and enjoyed the sensation for a moment before glancing around her room, looking for a new distraction. Unfortunately, her eyes landed on her schoolbag which meant addressing the remaining homework she’d been given. As far as she’d come, Mina still wanted to put it off for at least a little longer while she ironed out her mental state and looked around for something else.

Luckily, a distraction arrived almost as soon as she laid her eyes on something else; her belly grumbled as it imagined enjoying the delicious meal on the front cover of the cookery book Ochako had given her for Christmas. Raising a curious brow, Mina wheeled herself over to the desk again and plucked the book up from where it had been untouched since receiving it.

Her skills were virtually non-existent and possibly bordering on dangerous in the kitchen, but maybe channelling her frustrations into something productive that wasn’t studying or training to be a hero would help take the edge off. Plus, she’d totally be able to enjoy what she made afterwards and maybe feed the others too!

The idea was sounding more and more appealing to the girl but she at least had the good graces to acknowledge the reality of her skill level and not get carried away in fantasy.

Reaching for her phone, she quickly searched out the gift giver’s number, intent on taking her up on her offer from that day. After a few rings, the girl on the other end picked up.

“What’s up, Mina?” Ochako’s curious voice answered.

“You free right now, Cutie Pie?” The pinkette asked, pinching her phone in place against her ear and her shoulder while using both hands to thumb through the book. “I feel like cookin’ somethin’ and don’t wanna give Hatsume a run for her money in the explosions department so I need a spotter. You in?”

“Of course you do,” Ochako sighed fondly, shaking her head on the other end. “Meet you in the kitchen in ten?”

“Sound good, hun,” Mina grinned, “kisses.”

The acid wielder hung up before getting a response from the girl but regardless wouldn’t have been able to see the light pink dusting her words had caused across Ochako’s cheeks at the endearing sign-off.

Closing up the book again and making sure she looked presentable, Mina departed from her dorm room with a plan in her head and a smile on her lips.


It was still a little way away from dinner time so when the elevator doors ‘pinged’ open the common room was mostly empty save for Kaminari, Kyoka, and Iida sitting at a table together with the latter two helping the former understand an equation.

“Having fun guys?” Mina grinned as she walked past.

“No,” Kaminari pouted as he banged his head against his workbook in defeat. “Math sucks.”

“Just because you do not understand something at this point in time does not mean that ‘math sucks’, Kaminari,” Iida scolded lightly.

“You’re getting’ better man. Just chill and think it through for a moment,” Kyoka offered as the boy shot her a grateful smile before sitting back up and starting from the top of the question.

“Are you coming to join us, Ashido?” Iida asked curiously, glancing at the new arrival and the book she was holding.

“Hm? Oh, yeah, no. I’mma do that stuff tonight. I got something else to revise first,” Mina declared from the kitchen area as she held up ‘The Couple’s Cookbook’.

“I’ll go get Todoroki,” Kyoka groaned playfully.

“Yes, that might be wise,” Iida agreed, eying the fire extinguisher.

“Hey! Don’t be mean,” Mina stuck her tongue out at the pair as Kaminari joined Kyoka in a chuckle at her girlfriend’s expense. “No food for you then, Kyoka.”

“I think my stomach won’t mind,” the hearing hero doubled down.

“I should hope not,” Iida agreed, getting a curious look from all three of the others. “The cookbook indicates that it’s intended for couples. Unless you and Hagakure have had a falling out we haven’t heard about, I do not think it would be appropriate for you to share a resulting dish with someone who isn’t your significant other.”

Kyoka shook her head in mild exasperation at the class president while Mina couldn’t hold back her laughter.

“Well then, I probably shouldn’t be making such steamy dishes with Ochako then, should I?” She winked.

“Make what with me?”

As Iida’s jaw dropped and Kyoka and Kaminari chuckled, the gravity girl stepped into the room from the staircase after Mina finished speaking.

“Oh, nothing,” the pinkette giggled, still content to push her luck. “I just figured the others should know how you and I are going to make something delicious, together.”

“A-Ashido, that is most inappropriate to insinuate!” Iida objected, sure he was missing something but his mind wasn’t able to give him the answer.

Ochako frowned in confusion before glancing back at Mina who, between giggles, tapped on the word ‘Couple’s’ on the book’s title. The brunette deadpanned at her minxish girlfriend and turned back to her misled friend.

“It’s a cookbook intended for two people to cook together,” Ochako explained simply. “It has plenty of dishes to make for more than two people in it, though there are those intended for more romantic evenings.”

“Spoil my fun, why don’tcha?” Mina grinned as Iida’s blood pressure began settling.

“Ah, that is more understandable,” he sighed with relief. “That was uncalled for, Ashido.”

“If you were going by literal logic, class pres’, wouldn’t Ochako, Tsuyu, and Izuku be unable to use that book since it’s only for couples?” Kaminari pointed out. “Don’t get so hung up on labels, man.”

“You… make a fair argument,” Iida sighed, turning back to the pinkette while Kyoka gave the blond a surprised but appreciative look. “I apologize for overreacting,” the uptight boy lightly bowed his head, “though it was only out of my desire not to see any of your happy relationships marred by misunderstandings.”

“It was just a joke, class pres’, lighten up,” Mina chuckled. “Ochako got me this and figured we could learn how to not set the kitchen on fire together.”

“That is strictly a ‘you’ problem,” Ochako rolled her eyes. “I just wanted to learn how to make nicer things.”

“For Tsu and Midoriya?” Kaminari enquired.

“Yup,” Ochako grinned brightly and gave him a thumbs up, though privately she wondered if she could also make tasty treats for the others without suspicion.

“I can taste test!” Kaminari quickly volunteered. “Anything made with love is bound to taste good.”

“Good, you can try mine first,” Mina grinned, her teeth almost resembling Kirishima’s pointed choppers as the electric blond felt a small wave of dread wash over him.

“O-On second thought I’m not hungry,” he quickly amended.

“Mina,” Ochako scolded, hip-checking the girl.

“Actually, dinner sounds kinda nice,” Kyoka stretched, having nearly finished her own assignment while helping Kaminari with his.

“Don’t worry, we can save you some if you like,” Ochako offered with a smile. “If we can pinch some ingredients we might need. I doubt Mina’s ordered anything for this so we may have to improvise with what we’ve got.”

“Oh, yeah,” Mina grimaced, knowing that she’d be fairly limited in her menu without pilfering from others.

“Go ahead,” Kyoka shrugged with indifference but felt her heart flutter at the thought of the pair making her dinner so openly with the same love they were clearly able to show their other partners.

Unfortunately, this was something Kaminari also picked up on.

“Hey, why does she get some and we don’t,” the blond pouted childishly, though it was clear he wasn’t taking offence.

“Because I don’t think we’ll be able to use week-old shredded cheese, energy drinks, and frozen hamburgers to make something from this,” Mina chuckled, gesturing to the cookbook as she opened it on the side so she and Ochako could start browsing through the list of recipes.

“Okay, yeah, that’s fair,” Kaminari sighed.

“Not that I would partake anyway, as it would likely depart from my nutrition regime, but you really should take better care of your diet, Kaminari,” Iida chided with a few hand chops. “How else are you going to harness your mind’s full potential when it’s undernourished?”

“Yeah, yeah, I’ll order something green and leafy in my groceries,” Kaminari surrendered before glancing down and being reminded of his current predicament. “Right after I cry over this assignment.”

Despite their playful banter, Mina did feel a little bad about so obviously leaving Kaminari out after his expressed desire to join and figured she could maybe give him some help another way.

“If you’re still struggling with that, try thinking about the problems like they’re video game stuff,” she suggested casually as Ochako checked the fridge. “Like, you need to figure out how much health the boss has or something.”

The electric blond blinked curiously and took another look at the equation.

“That kinda makes it easier I guess,” he muttered.

“More interesting to you at the very least,” Kyoka acknowledged before turning her attention back to her girlfriend and giving her a curious look with Iida joining her.

“Momo taught me how relating something you like to stuff you don’t know or aren’t interested in makes it stick in your mind better,” Mina shrugged. “English homework got easier for me when I pretended I was decoding a secret romance between forbidden lovers.”

Iida opened his mouth to respond only for no words to come to him. If it worked for Mina then great, but he’d stand by his own revision methods.

“Hey! I actually kinda get this now,” Kaminari remarked as he jotted down the answer. “Is it this?” He quickly showed off his method to Iida with Kyoka looking over too.

“That’s… right,” Iida confirmed.

“Awesome! I got a new secret technique,” Kaminari grinned.

The others rolled their eyes but let the blond enjoy his moment of triumph as he started on the next question only to run into another roadblock.

While Kyoka and Iida helped the boy break down his next problem, Ochako and Mina continued to pour over the cookbook and debate over recipes.

“Ramen?” Ochako suggested, noting the many types listed in the book.

“Kinda simple,” Mina discarded. “Hmm, what about something with tempura?”

“We don’t have any shrimp,” Ochako shook her head though felt a craving for the treat.

“Ooo, what about something meaty and filling,” Mina grinned lecherously. Ochako was about to scold her girlfriend only to pause at seeing Mina’s finger tapping on nikujaga stew.

“That could work,” she pondered. “It's still a bit simple, but I think Izuku’s got some beef we can use.”

“More like beefcake,” Mina waggled her eyebrows, getting another hip check from the girl.

“Go fill up the stew pot with water to boil and try not to burn the dorms down while I go ask him,” Ochako chuckled, heading for the staircase.

“Yes, chef!” Mina saluted, drawing the attention of the homework club with her volume before sending them a quick apology and attending to her task.

It was simple enough for her to complete step one of the recipe, even with Iida finding an excuse to refill his almost full glass of orange juice to check she had the stovetop on the correct setting. Next came step two which was thankfully only preparing the other ingredients.

“Okay, onions from me, potatoes from ‘Chako, carrot from Kyoka, mangetout from Tooru, spices and stuff from Tsuyu, and beef from the beefcake,” Mina giggled quietly to herself. “Gonna have to go without the sake though,” she sighed with a touch of disappointment, though she figured it would probably still taste good.

With everything on the counter, she grabbed a knife and chopping board and set to work peeling the carrot. It brought back memories from their ill-fated summer camp but at least she’d learned how to prepare vegetables properly from it.

By the time she was done and moving on to the next ingredient, the homework group seemed to be wrapping up as Kaminari was putting his books away with a look of great relief.

“I don’t care if it’s one-hundred percent or not, at this point I’ll settle for just knowing I understand it.”

“I guess that’s good enough for now,” Iida sighed as he rose from his spot. “Though I do hope you’ll leave yourself sufficient notes when it comes time to revise.”

“Iida, come on,” Kaminari shot the boy a look. “We all know I won’t.”

“You can revise with me, idiot,” Kyoka rolled her eyes. “Can’t have you flunking and being held back a year.”

“Because you can’t live without me?” Kaminari grinned.

“On second thought, my life would certainly be a lot less annoying,” the earphone-jacked girl pondered teasingly as Kaminari looked comically heartbroken.

“You could live without me? Say it ain’t so!”

“It’s so, now git,” Kyoka shooed the boy away with a country accent.

“What are you guys gonna do now?” Kaminari asked curiously, lifting his bag up.

“I ‘unno,” Kyoka shrugged, gesturing to the couches. “Probably spend my last day with a healthy stomach watching TV or something.”

“Oi,” Mina glared from the kitchen, successfully provoked.

“I will… remain here for a moment longer,” Iida announced.

“Dinner?” Kyoka enquired, wondering if the boy was gonna cook something too.

“Not just yet,” Iida admitted with a touch of hesitation, glancing over at Mina. It was then that the staircase door swung open again and Ochako returned. “On re-evaluation, I can now go and take my evening bath.”

“Wow, subtle,” Mina deadpanned at the vote of confidence her class president clearly had in her.

“My apologies Ashido, but you have already set a precedent,” Iida bowed lightly.

“Don’t worry, Iida. I know where everything is,” Ochako assured the boy and gestured to the fire extiguisher.

“Et tu, Ochako?” Mina gasped mockingly.

“Oh shush,” Ochako rolled her eyes as Kaminari and Iida began heading for the elevator while Kyoka flopped on a sofa. “Izuku said we could use his stuff so it’s all good.”

“Awesome,” Mina grinned, “got this done so far,” she gestured to the heating pot, chopped carrots and nearly finished onions.

“Great, I’ll get this,” Ochako smiled as she grabbed another chopping board and pulled over the potatoes.

The two proceeded in a comfortable silence for a moment as they focused on their tasks.

“How’s this?” Mina asked when she was done, presenting her work to the more learned girl.

“That’s good, and still no fire,” Ochako stuck her tongue out.

“You’ll jinx me,” Mina playfully retorted with her own and put the wedged onions to the side for when they were needed, pulling over the beef to work on next.

After relieving it of its packaging and setting it back on the chopping board, the pinkette set to work slicing it as the book instructed.

“Ehh! What are you doing?!” Ochako suddenly blanched.

“W-What?” Mina flinched, looking down at the meat she’d only cut a few strips from. “I’m slicing the meat.”

“Like that?” Ochako asked hesitantly. Mina felt a pang of doubt run through her system as she glanced between her handiwork and her girlfriend.

“Y-Yes?” She answered awkwardly. “What’s wrong with it?”

“I uh…” Ochako grimaced as she realized how indignant she’d sounded. “I-It’s nothing, don’t worry about it.”

The brunette returned to peeling the potatoes while Mina stood there awkwardly.

“You can’t just say that and not expect me to ask why,” Mina frowned. “What’d I do wrong?”

“It’s fine, it’ll work that way,” Ochako tried to brush off but Mina wasn’t having any of it.

“Aren’t we supposed to be making this as a team?” She challenged. “You’re not supposed to let me make a mistake if you spot it. Come on, what’s wrong with that?”

Ochako hesitantly glanced back at Mina with her cheeks now pinker than normal.

“Sorry, it’s probably just me being silly,” she tried one last time to get the girl to drop it but Mina’s patient yet understanding expression had her releasing a sigh before explaining herself. “Meat is expensive, so you gotta know how to prepare it properly so every bite is delicious,” Ochako explained with a touch of embarrassment. “Those two bits there are like, all fat so it won’t be very nice to eat.”

“Oh,” Mina glanced at her handiwork. “I thought it all just turned tasty once we threw it in the pot.”

“That’d be nice,” Ochako chuckled weakly, “but uh, y-yeah, if you sliced that bit again like the book says, someone’s just gonna get a mouthful of chewy fat which will not be tasty.”

“Ri~ight,” Mina realised, looking down at the offending slice. “Urgh, I really am hopeless at this cooking stuff, aren’t I?”

“You just didn’t know,” Ochako waved away. “Though um… I thought you would’ve cooked more when your mom was working and your dad… wasn’t there.”

“We had the money for take-outs,” Mina sighed. “Mom tried to teach me stuff but I wasn’t really in the mood to learn at the time before she gave up. At least I knew to eat healthy-ish and made sure to get my brother and me a balanced diet of more than just pizza.”

“Sorry,” Ochako grimaced lightly at reminding her girlfriend of a less than pleasant time. “I didn’t mean to-”

“Don’t sweat it, hun,” Mina disregarded with a small smile. “I’m over that stuff and I’m here to learn now so I can feed my,” she glanced around the common rooms, “partners all the tasty meals they could want. Think you could tell me how to do this properly?”

Ochako smiled, glad this was a non-issue and was happy to show her girlfriend the ropes.

“Okay, so,” Ochako cleaned her hands on a dishtowel before taking the knife off Mina. “This isn’t the most expensive cut of beef so there’s plenty of fat to work with. Fat can make things super tasty if cooked right, but too much will hurt the taste and texture of the final dish, plus the body if you eat too much of it.”

“Got it,” Mina nodded as she watched Ochako lay out her cuts. “So, are those two trash?”

“Only a little,” Ochako shook her head. “You just need to know how to fix it. These bits can’t be cubed without being all fat so we just have to cut our losses and get rid of them,” she made a few precise cuts to remove the excess material. “This bit here, where the muscle is connected, you wanna get about an eighty to twenty ratio in favour of the muscle. Keeps the flavour without wasting more of the meat. It's fine if you go heavier on the muscle, but too much more fat wouldn’t be very nice.”

Mina watched as Ochako delicately cut the rest of her strips into equal chunks ready for the pot. When she was done, Ochako turned back to her girlfriend and offered her the knife.

“Think you can handle that now?”

Mina glanced at the remainder of the beef and began looking for the problem places where she would need to make best use of the fat to prevent waste.

“Yeah, I think I got it,” she nodded with a grin.

Ochako happily stepped aside and watched Mina step up. The acid-wielding girl picked out a new line and made a good slice down the side before cubing it up into chunks that looked like Ochako’s.

“Is that it?” Mina asked curiously.

“That’s good,” the brunette beamed. “Guess I won’t be needing the extinguisher after all.”

“Don’t count me out yet,” Mina chuckled, continuing with another strip, “I still have to put these in after all.”

“I’ve got faith in you,” Ochako winked as she focused her efforts back on the potatoes.

After the next couple of slices into the meat, Mina found herself rapidly running out of muscle and approaching the last fat-filled potion. Rather than tempt fate a second time and waste more of the ingredient, she turned to her patient girlfriend and waited for a good moment to interrupt.

“So, what do I do with this bit?” She asked.

Ochako glanced over, having finished peeling and cutting the spuds into quarters.

“Oh, that bit’s tricky,” she acknowledged.

“Do you wanna do it then?” Mina offered out the knife again.

“Nah, you’ve got this,” Ochako smiled before glancing around, thankfully noting that only Kyoka was still lurking in the common room and her focus was firmly on the TV.

Instead of taking the knife, Ochako’s face gained a mischievous look as she turned Mina back to the chopping board before standing directly behind her. Mina could almost feel both their heart rates elevating as Ochako’s arms snaked around hers, their hands overlapping, as the brunette guided her back to her task.

“These bits are gonna be a bit more uneven,” Ochako spoke quietly, glancing over Mina’s shoulder as she directed their limbs together which was a little tricky due to the slight height difference between them. “But we’re gonna wanna cut here, and here to keep the ratio good.”

Mina almost shivered at the proximity, a minor fantasy being fulfilled without her even realizing it as Ochako’s toned muscles guided her movements.

“Here?” Mina almost whispered back as she made her cut with the brunette’s direction.

“That’s it,” Ochako nodded, letting Mina make the second cut herself but not relinquishing her hold on her hands. “You’ve got it.”

Mina was torn between the pride she was feeling for completing her unfamiliar task and her rising hormone levels at her girlfriend’s somewhat intimate act.

“I guess this is why it’s a ‘Couple’s’ cookbook,” Mina giggled softly as she put the knife down and turned her hands over to thread her fingers with Ochako’s, turning her head to look at the girl in the corner of her vision.

“W-Well,” Ochako blushed, feeling a pang of self-consciousness, “it's nice to get to do something with you that isn’t just, um… sex,” she giggled.

“I’ll cook with you anytime,” Mina giggled back, pursing her lips to offer an air kiss to the girl’s nose that she couldn’t quite reach. The two enjoyed the embrace for a moment before Mina slowly released Ochako’s fingers and the pair broke away. “Maybe when we move in together, we can invest in some aprons.”

“That sounds smart,” Ochako acknowledged, moving to the sink to wash her hands again only for Mina to reverse their roles and wrap her arms around her, washing her digits at the same time.

“Then wear only our aprons,” Mina whispered seductively into Ochako’s ear, causing the girl’s face to go bright pink as she not only imagined Mina in such a state, but Tsuyu, Momo, and everyone else too. Even Izuku didn’t escape as she pictured his tight, toned rear on display while protected from oil splatters.

Mina laughed cheekily as she could practically see the steam escaping Ochako’s ears but it didn’t take away from the romantic moment for her. She appreciated Ochako’s help with this and the girl was right, it was nice to spend time together doing something like this without thinking about getting into each other’s pants, even if she could tease her about it.

After a quick splash of cold water to the face to cool herself down, Ochako turned back to her minxish girlfriend.

“Let’s get back to the cooking,” she stated with a fond smile, suppressing any naughty thoughts for now.

“Yes, chef,” Mina declared, quieter than last time but sincere in her resolve.

The pair returned to the task at hand with renewed optimism as Ochako put a smaller pot on to boil to blanch the mangetout and Mina prepared a pan to cook the beef before it went in the stew pot. While Mina was still riding high off her learnings from meat slicing, Ochako did have to step in to give Mina some further advice when browning it so it didn’t over cook.

Soon enough though, they were adding everything to the stew pot to begin boiling together as the smell wafted throughout the room.

It even roused the other hungry tummy in the room as Kyoka made her way over to the enticing smell.

“Wow, you guys did well,” she commented as Mina and Ochako took the opportunity to clean as much as they could in the interim. “If it tastes half as good as it smells, I might not need to visit Recovery Girl.”

“Har-har,” Mina rolled her eyes.

“It’s not quite ready yet but how ‘bout you go get the others?” Ochako asked politely. “I’m sure everyone else will wanna use the kitchen soon enough and better they don’t ask questions about why we’re all sharing.”

“Can do,” Kyoka nodded, fetching her books from the study session and heading up in the elevator.

“I hope they like it,” Mina muttered as she washed up a chopping board.

“Don’t worry too much, Kaminari was right earlier,” Ochako offered with a smile. Mina tilted her head as she tried to remember what that boy could’ve possibly gotten right but Ochako quickly clarified herself. “Food cooked with love is always tasty.”

Mina let out a soft giggle at the cheesiness of it but could certainly agree with the truth behind that statement.

Despite ordering many tasty meals for herself and her brother growing up, the barbeque on New Year’s with her dad and everyone else blew all of them out of the water, even with certain things going on at the same time.

“Noted; extra love, hold the charcoal,” Mina grinned as she glanced into the pot and stirred.

“I’ll go set the table,” Ochako offered, drying her hands and gathering up some cutlery from the cupboards.

Both girls felt a twinge of an unusual new feeling flow through them as they both realised how domestic the whole situation already was. Despite their potential future together still being potentially years away, this small moment would be something they’d cherish and hope they could look forward to experiencing regularly.

It didn’t take long for someone new to join them as Momo arrived in the elevator with an eagerness in her expression.

“I hear we’re having something called ‘nikujaga stew’ for dinner?”

“Is that new to you?” Ochako asked curiously as she pushed two of the tables together so there would be enough room for the seven of them.

“Indeed,” Momo nodded, having done a quick bit of research on the more common dish when Kyoka relayed their dinner plans. “Tsu’s just gone to put her stuff back in her room. Anything I can do to help?”

“Getting the drinks would be nice,” Mina suggested as she stirred.

“I’ll see to it,” Momo readily agreed and hurried over into the kitchen.

While she retrieved the glasses and began filling them with water, she couldn’t help looking over Mina’s shoulder and into the pot, taking in more of the mouth-watering smell.

“Did it all work out?” Momo asked curiously, glad that there seemed to be an absence of any signs of smoke or burning.

“Got everythin’ the recipe needed,” Mina declared proudly, gesturing to their cooking bible. “Minus the sake anyway.”

“Oh?” Momo glanced over at the book and quickly read through the page they were on. “Is it too late to add?”

“Well, we don’t have any,” Mina shrugged. “Not like UA would let us have booze, even if it’s for cooking.”

Looking around quickly, Momo made sure to choose a moment when Ochako wasn’t looking her way before a small white bottle perforated through her palm with a few sparkles.

“Try this,” she muttered, discretely pressing the bottle into Mina’s hand. The girl’s eyes widened as she realised what Momo had just handed her and, despite the obvious rule-breaking, she couldn’t help but feel her gratitude towards the girl swell.

“Thanks, Gorgeous,” Mina grinned brightly, inflicting a warm heart flutter in her target when she shot her a small air kiss.

“Don’t mention it,” Momo smiled back warmly as the elevator ‘pinged’ to announce new arrivals.

Izuku, Tsuyu, Kyoka, and Tooru soon joined the group, along with Sato and Todoroki who’d also come looking for a meal, though the latter pair were content to keep to themselves while the bigger group looked set to sit down together.

“All right you guys, it’s all good to go!” Mina declared proudly after doing a quick taste test of the broth.

Despite all her joking to the contrary, Kyoka eagerly helped Mina distribute the bowls to their partners before all sitting down together.

“Woah, this looks so good,” Izuku enthused as he looked at the scrumptious bowl, happy his contribution helped his girlfriends make such a dish.

“We just followed the recipe,” Ochako smiled, her cheeks tinging pink at the praise.

“I was a little out of my element without setting something on fire but the recipe said not to,” Mina sighed playfully.

“I doubt it was that easy to stop you burning things down, ribbit,” Tsuyu chuckled.

“Okay, so Ochako may have saved my butt once or twice,” Mina conceded. “But let's stop lettin’ it get cold already. Dig in!”

The others didn’t need to be told twice as spoons started moving and mouths began filling with the enticing meal.

“Wow, this tastes so yummy!” Tooru praised between eager bites, scooping up a bit of broth-soaked potato.

“The meat is so tender,” Momo agreed, savouring her bite. “It almost melts in my mouth.”

Mina sent a subtle, grateful look at Ochako whose smile widened a touch more when she spotted it.

For a while there was little conversation as the hungry students replenished their bodies and spirits from the intense workout Aizawa was continuing to push them on. As spoons began clattering to get at the last bits of the meal however, the conversation turned towards a topic that had been put off earlier.

“So, Mina,” Kyoka spoke up as she neared the end of her bowl. “You gonna tell us about your visit to Nezu’s office now?”

“Oh, that,” the girl sighed, her face scrunching up a little. “So, y’know how we need to pick a hero to do our mandatory work-studies under? Well, you’re looking at the girl who got rejected by not one, not two, but all thirty heroes on that list we could pick from.”

“What?!” The rest of the group gasped with Izuku almost choking on his food when it nearly went down the wrong pipe. Even Sato and Todoroki couldn’t help looking over and listening in at that news.

“B-But one of the teachers can take you, right?” Tooru quickly suggested.

“They could, but they won’t be,” Mina acknowledged. “Nezu thinks it's probably due to that shitty trial and he’s probably right. Plus side, there was one who either didn’t get the memo or something so I’ll be doing my work-study with him.”

“Who is it?” Momo asked curiously.

“Rock Lock,” Mina admitted, glancing over at Izuku, Ochako and Tsuyu who raised their brows in surprise. “You guys know him, right?”

“Uh, yeah,” Ochako admitted hesitantly. “He did the raid with us to rescue Eri.”

“To be honest, there’s probably better heroes for you to learn from, ribbit,” Tsuyu stated. “He wasn’t the most welcoming person towards us UA students, even Nejire and the other third years.”

“Aren’t they as skilled as pros though?” Kyoka recalled, feeling a phantom pain in her stomach from when the class tangled with Mirio.

“Yup,” Ochako nodded, “I got the feeling like he really didn’t want us there.”

“Did he ever state why?” Momo probed.

“Not that I know of, ribbit,” Tsuyu shrugged.

A pensive look settled on Mina’s face as she wondered if she’d made the right choice after all. However, there was still one she’d yet to hear from who seemed to be in much deeper thought than her.

“Izuku? What do you think?”

The boy glanced up nervously, broken from his internal debate with a touch of surprise as the others turned towards him. In his mind, he ordered his thoughts and proceeded to give his girlfriend his breakdown.

“Rock Lock needs to think tactically with his quirk and his fighting style revolves around that, focusing on close-quarters and hand-to-hand. He’s proven himself reliable over the years even if he’s never gotten that famous and has stayed away from controversy. Honestly, his biggest downsides are his lack of flexibility and preconceptions; when we went into the hideout, he had some difficulty adapting as we moved forward. Even so, when he got injured, he still tried to get us to focus on what was most important and press on without him,” Izuku explained. “If we’re just looking at suitability, you could definitely do worse but that’s your decision. Whatever you choose, we’ll support you.”

The other girls gave a small round of agreement, directing their focus back to their pink girlfriend. Once more Mina felt the support of UA and her partners backing her up and filling her with resolve.

“That’s good enough for me,” Mina nodded with determination. “Whatever the reason he requested me for, I’ll make sure to kick this work-study out of the park, ‘Plus Ultra’ style!”

The others were glad Mina’s issue seemed to have already been resolved, allowing their minds to relax with the comfortable meal inside them as the rest of the classmates began coming down for dinner.

They chatted casually for a few more minutes as traffic picked up and, once the kitchen started clearing, they cleared up after themselves and headed out to enjoy the rest of their evenings.


For Kyoka, her evening was going to be spent back on the couch watching a show about some of the old bands throughout history. There were tons of tunes lost to time thanks to the conflicts society suffered when quirks first came about but certain enthusiasts had tried to preserve and rediscover what they could.

Eventually, she was joined by others, namely members of the Baku-squad after their titular member returned from wherever he was spending his afternoons. While it was a little distracting having their conversation going on at the same time as her show, she was able to tune it out thanks to her quirk.

That was until they tried to rope her into whatever they were talking about.

“What do you think, Jiro?” Kaminari nudged the girl with his arm.

“What?” An exasperated brow rose as she observed the group chuckling around an irritated-looking Bakugo, pacified only by his boyfriend's arm around his shoulder and how exhausted he already looked.

“Do you think Bakugo’s gonna blow up Endeavor first at work-studies or do you think Kirishima will be sweeping up the ashes of his boyfriend before the end of the week?”

A touch of incredulity passed over Kyoka’s expression as she rolled her eyes at the dumb question.

“I’m betting he’ll blow up at the number one inside of two days,” Sero chuckled.

“Nah, I’ll be the first day,” Kaminari countered. “He’s got Todoroki and Midoriya to focus on too.”

“Wouldn’t he be more dismissive of Midoriya though?” Kirishima interjected. “Even with that Black Whip stuff, his strength is more like All Might’s so I doubt he’d wanna train him as much as Todoroki. Bakugo’s in the middle of that.”

“Like I fuckin’ wanna be,” the blonde growled, getting a comforting squeeze from his boyfriend for his troubles. “I’m just there to learn all I can from the asshole then use it to blast past him, Icy-Hot, and Deku when we get out of here.”

“Our new number one in the making folks,” Mina teased as the others joined in with a chuckle.

“So what do you think, Jiro?” Kaminari turned the question back to the girl.

“Does it matter?” Kyoka shrugged indifferently. “I’m more focused on my own crap than worrying about Bakugo’s.”

“Ouch, dismissed,” Sero chuckled at Kaminari’s snub.

“Where are you heading anyway, Kyoka?” Mina asked curiously, wondering if the girl had secured her position yet.

“Gang Orca’s gonna be taking me,” the earphone-jacked girl stated simply. “I figured he could help me with my sound attacks since he can do something kinda similar.”

“Ooo, good choice,” Kirishima remarked.

“It’s not top ten but it’ll do,” Kyoka nodded, turning back to her show.

“I don’t think that matters at this point,” Sero shrugged. “As long as we develop our skills, we’ll all be sure to blow past them when we hit the big leagues.”

“Well, most of us,” Mina grinned and winked at Kaminari, “Kaminari still needs to fix his grades before he can catch up to someone as beautiful, skilled, and intelligent as me.”

“Hmph,” Bakugo snorted.

“Rude,” Mina deadpanned.

“That studying paid off though,” Sero noted.

“And it was damn exhausting,” Mina sighed. “Urgh, I don’t wanna think about that anyway. I got some math upstairs I wanna put off for a little longer.”

“Looks like old habits die hard,” Kaminari smirked.

“I’ll get it done, don’t worry Mister ‘Twentieth-in-the-class’,” Mina grinned.

“Hey, that’s not fair. We don’t even know where Shinso would rank yet,” the electric blond objected.

“He doesn’t have the same shorting-out issue you do though,” Sero chimed in.

“Bah, like it matters once we graduate,” Kaminari shrugged. “Once we get into the field, all that’ll matter is the hero ranking.”

“And saving people,” Kirishima reminded him.

“That comes with the job; can’t exactly chart if you don’t save people,” Kaminari brushed off, though Bakugo raised a brow at the remark.

“Don’t think you can ignore that shit,” he muttered.

“Yeah, I know, but I’ll deal with that then. Right now, I just wanna imagine what it’ll be like when I make the top ten.”

“Someone’s got a big head,” Sero smirked.

“Let him dream,” Mina concurred.

“Hey, I could totally make the top ten! I’ll definitely rank higher than Jiro anyway,” Kaminari chuckled with a cheeky smirk as he successfully drew the girl back into the conversation with an accusatory look being sent his way.

“Oh yeah, and what makes you think that?” Kyoka challenged.

“Simple, you’re gonna be focused on making it big in the musical world,” Kaminari grinned. “You can enjoy that while this top ten hero keeps you safe.”

“I can do both, you idiot,” Kyoka couldn’t help a snort escaping her at the tease but rebutted with a quirk remark and a jack in the boy's ear complete with a heartbeat pulse that sent him twitching.

It was an innocuous action that never much elicited any response before as the electric-haired boy usually laughed off the scolding with no one thinking much of it. That wasn’t what happened today though.

“Oi!”

An explosion rang throughout the room and made everyone jump, immediately turning towards Bakugo who’d sat up with a snarl on his face and Kyoka squarely in his sights.

“What the fuck do you think you’re doin’?”

The others jumped and then froze at the sudden tonal change, a tenseness in the air.

“W-What the fuck?” Kyoka’s lip quirked as her heart raced and her brow furrowed. “What’s your fuckin’ problem?”

“What you just fuckin’ did is my problem,” Bakugo shot back. “Apologize to that idiot.”

“What?” Kyoka was taken aback. “What for?”

“Dude, what’s goin’ on?” Mina tried to draw the blond’s ire away from her girlfriend.

“Don’t tell me you didn’t notice,” Bakugo turned towards the pinkette. “You guys got on my case for hurting this idiot,” he gestured to Kirishima, “why does she get a pass? I didn’t fuckin’ realize before, but she’s always jackin’ Kaminari when she’s pissy about something.”

“Uh…” Mina blinked dumbly as she glanced over at Kaminari and Kyoka with the others following her lead. Crudeness aside, realization slowly crept over their faces as, while certainly not as overtly violent as Bakugo’s actions in the past, they understood why he was making such a big deal about this now.

“I think he’s right, Jiro,” Sero hesitantly spoke up.

“Yeah, maybe you should apologize to Kaminari,” Kirishima agreed.

“What?!” Kyoka blanched, looking to Mina for support only to find her girlfriend torn.

“Hey, guys, come on, you’re overreacting,” Kaminari tried to downplay the whole thing. “It’s just banter.”

“No, it’s not,” Bakugo shook his head, “it's abuse.”

“Kyoka hasn’t ever meant it like that,” Mina defended.

“This ain’t remotely the same shit as you,” Kyoka scoffed. “It’s fuckin’ affection like you guys punching each other’s arms and shit. My mom does it all the time to my dad and he’s fine.”

“Well whoop-de-fuckin’ do, your mom’s an abuser just like my old hag!” Bakugo retorted.

Several mouths dropped open at the accusation that hung heavily in the air as everyone dared not move for fear of setting off another explosion.

It was Kyoka who broke the silence, her rage and frustration reaching its limit.

“Fuck this, I’m out,” Kyoka scoffed as she angrily rose to her feet and began stalking away.

Bakugo wanted to shout after her and demand she apologize but his point had been made. Maybe if she cooled off like he did and Mina went to go talk some sense into the girl like he got she’d sort her shit out.

What Bakugo didn’t expect was the recipient of the girl’s abuse to follow.

“H-Hey, wait up!” Kaminari called out as he rushed after her.

Kyoka was content to ignore the boy entirely but that didn’t stop him from slipping between the closing elevator doors before it began rising.

No one said anything for a moment as the situation seemed to have been defused for the time being.

“Good going, Bakugo,” Sero deadpanned at the boy.

“That was totally uncalled for,” Mina shot angrily at the boy.

“Hey, not my fuckin’ fault,” Bakugo scoffed, sitting back against Kirishima’s arm again. “You fucks got on my case for hitting this idiot, what makes her any different?” He reiterated.

Kirishima opened his mouth to respond only to realise he had no idea what to say, glancing at Sero who looked equally as lost.

“Urgh, look, in a way, you’re not wrong,” Mina conceded regretfully. “But that doesn’t make you right either. You didn’t like it when everyone confronted you about it and what you just did was like, a hundred times worse.”

“At least she got the fuckin’ message,” Bakugo shrugged indifferently.

Mina opened her mouth to respond only for her frustration to emerge in a tense sigh.

“Looks like I’m gonna be up all night doing my homework because you need another emergency empathy lesson,” she growled at the boy.

“What?!” Bakugo objected.

“Actually, Baku-bro, I’m with her,” Kirishima unenthusiastically admitted. “You could’ve handled that much better.”

He looked to Sero for some last vestige of support but found none.

“Whatever,” he scoffed.

Even when he did the right thing he was being punished.


After squeezing into the elevator at the last second, Kaminari gave Kyoka a sympathetic look but could see only anger and frustration written on the girl’s face.

“Fuck off,” she stated bluntly, her irritation rising even higher at the blond’s attempt to try and extend the ridiculous conversation.

“Hey, wait, no. I’m not like, here to yell at you or anything,” Kaminari held his hands up in surrender. “I just wanted to make sure you were okay.”

“Me?!” Kyoka growled, her jacks raised in aggravation. “I’m the one that fuckin’ ‘abused you’ or some shit, dumbass. Did you short your brain again?”

“Hey, uncalled for,” Kaminari took offence at that remark. “I’m not the one you’re mad at.”

Kyoka bit her lip and gripped her hands into fists before she reluctantly admitted the boy had a point, her jacks dropping limply against her shoulders.

“Whatever,” she scoffed and turned away.

Kaminari let out a defeated sigh but at least realized his friend was still listening to reason.

“Look, let’s just talk this out, okay?” Kaminari offered hopefully.

The purple-haired girl’s jaw set itself but she said nothing, grateful when the doors pinged open to her dorm room floor a moment later.

“H-Hey!” Kaminari objected again as she exited and headed towards her room. He hesitated with his hand extended for a moment when Kyoka opened her door, ready for the inevitable slam only for it not to arrive. Instead, she stood holding it open with her back still turned towards him.

“You fuckin’ comin’ or what?” She growled out.

Kaminari didn’t need to think twice as he hurried to follow after his friend, entering her room carefully and trying not to jostle her as he squeezed through the gap between her and the wall before the door clicked shut firmly behind him.

He should’ve felt relieved, but the tension downstairs had clearly followed them as he waited awkwardly for Kyoka to walk further inside first, only for her to aim a swift kick at her dresser.

“Fucker!” She swore loudly, causing Kaminari to flinch at the loud noise. “Sorry,” she apologized after glancing back with a touch of embarrassment, taking several calming breaths before stalking over to her desk chair and dropping herself into it.

“H-Hey, I get it,” Kaminari acknowledged. “Sometimes stuff makes you feel like that.”

“Eloquent,” Kyoka deadpanned as she took more frustrated breaths. “You gonna sit down or what?”

“Uh, sure,” he agreed, looking around for another chair or something only to find none except the one Kyoka was sitting in.

“The bed, dumbass, it’s not gonna bite you,” Kyoka’s irritation rose again.

“Y-Yeah, but you might,” Kaminari joked nervously as he skittered over to a spot and sat down more daintily than he probably ever had before. He hadn’t been in here since their guitar lessons together had ended after the festival; it was one thing to be sitting on his former crush’s bed alone with her in her room now he knew he had no chance, but her anger was clearly still bubbling close to the surface.

“You wanted to talk?” Kyoka prompted. “So talk.”

“Uh…” Kaminari froze, his brain trying to get everything he wanted to say into some sort of coherent order but this was one of those times when it wasn’t working with him. “I uh… about what happened downstairs, you er… that wasn’t abuse or anything, I don’t think.”

“That makes two of us,” Kyoka snorted, glad the boy at least agreed with her there.

“That’s just kind of our thing, isn’t it?” Kaminari stated more than asked. “We joke, I tease or go too far and you ‘jack’ me.”

“Sounds weird when you put it like that,” Kyoka scoffed. “I only do it when you’re being an idiot.”

“And that’s kind of a lot sometimes,” Kaminari reluctantly admitted, causing Kyoka to look a little sheepish.

“You’re not always an idiot,” she sighed. “I haven’t done that in ages.”

“It's er… kinda been easier without Mineta around,” Kaminari admitted, having noticed the difference himself before now.

“That makes sense,” Kyoka snorted. “Doesn’t stop you entirely though.”

“Hell no, I’m always gonna annoy you one way or another,” he chuckled. “You’re one of my best friends; that’s like, my duty.”

“It’s really not,” Kyoka deadpanned before letting out a small sigh. “But… yeah, you’re one of my best friends too.”

“Aww, you love me,” Kaminari grinned, feeling a little more secure to make jokes now.

“Watch it,” Kyoka’s jacks raised again as she sent a playful glare at the boy only to realise what she’d done and dropped them again with a, “damn it.”

“Hey, it’s cool,” Kaminari assured her empathetically. “What you said downstairs, about it being affectionate,” Kyoka couldn’t help the minor blush of embarrassment rising to her cheeks, “I kinda get it. I mean, I don’t think it was when you stabbed Mineta in the eye that one time but it was just banter.”

“… I thought it was,” Kyoka admitted, reluctantly biting her lip as her mind began calming and her brain began processing everything. “I didn’t mean to fuckin’ hurt you.”

“Yeah, I got that,” Kaminari readily agreed. “You could probably give me tinnitus or shake me to bits with your heartbeat distortion or something if you really wanted.”

“Bakugo could’ve also blasted Kirishima when he fucked up,” Kyoka shook her head. “Doesn’t change the fact that… that fuckin’ twatbag’s right.”

“Creative,” Kaminari chuckled, getting another glare from the girl but holding his hands up again pacified her, “but hey, I-”

“Shush! No more talking,” Kyoka demanded sternly, shutting the boy up for a moment as she took another calming breath and then another. Kaminari didn’t need to use all his brain power to realise it was best to let his friend process whatever she needed to right then.

For a few moments, the two sat in silence as Kyoka’s mind worked, her eyes on the ground though twitching as she recalled and analysed memories while Kaminari took the opportunity to glance around the girl’s room.

All around he was reminded of her deep love of music and the culture around it, including her skill in the variety of instruments she played. The keyboard was over in a corner along with her guitars that seemed to have gathered a bit of dust over the holidays which he honestly couldn’t blame her for. Her bass at least looked a bit more cared for, probably played a bit more recently as it sat by her desk with… was that a new guitar pick?

There were some letters written on it but before Kaminari had a chance to look harder at them, the room’s owner spoke up.

“Look I… for what it’s worth, I’m sorry if I ever hurt you,” Kyoka apologized.

“Hey, I did kinda deserve it sometimes,” Kaminari tried to brush off. “Especially when Mineta was influencing me.”

Kyoka wobbled her head to agree with him only to let out a defeated sigh.

“No, you didn’t,” she admitted. “Can’t fuckin’ fix that though so I just have to suck it up and apologize.”

“Make it sound sincere, why don’t ya?” Kaminari chuckled only to realise his mouth had gotten the better of him. “S-Sorry.”

“Urgh, make me feel even worse, why don’t you,” Kyoka sighed with a touch of humour. “It’s bad enough I think that explosive asshole is at least a little right,” she conceded. “For what it’s worth, I uh… promise not to do that shit anymore, okay? I probably shouldn’t do it to anyone.”

“Why’d you say it like that? Are you jacking people behind my back?!” Kaminari playfully acted offended but despite comprehending the joke Kyoka’s cheeks tinged pink with embarrassment.

At the very least her partners would be grateful for her new behaviour, though she should probably check in with and apologize to them too for her past actions.

“Wouldn’t you like to know,” Kyoka smirked, almost certain she knew where the boy’s mind would go with that implication.

The pair let out a pair of comfortable chuckles as the tension finally started to ease between them.

“I’m almost going to miss it, y’know?” Kaminari smirked. “Nothing better to wake me up in the morning than a jack in the ear.”

“Prat,” Kyoka deadpanned but shook her head fondly nevertheless. “Are… we cool?”

“I never held it against you in the first place,” Kaminari shrugged. “Though now my ears and shoulder have a chance to heal up, I’m gonna shoot past you in the class ranking this term. Besides, I’ve got my bestie to help with homework so I can at least show Mina up. We’ll show her who’s more skilled, intelligent, and beautiful.”

“Pfft, yeah right,” Kyoka chuckled as Kaminari fluttered his eyelashes in an attempt to play up his attractiveness. “Unless you want Kirishima or Bakugo to come sniffing around, stick with trying to be handsome.”

“I thought girls like pretty boys?” The electric blond chuckled.

“Not the kind of girl you want as a girlfriend,” Kyoka shook her head fondly.

The two chuckled together again as another comfortable silence settled between them.

With their issue resolved, Kaminari knew it was time to leave Kyoka alone with her thoughts. He hoped their talk had helped but figured she’d want some time to herself after a chat like that.

“Right, I should head out; make sure Bakugo knows how much of an ass he was,” Kaminari rose to his feet.

“Appreciated but don’t force yourself,” Kyoka shrugged. “I apologized to you but that fucker ain’t gettin’ anything.”

“He probably won’t expect it,” Kaminari admitted, heading for the door as Kyoka rose to her feet too.

“O-Oi, hold on,” she called out as his hand reached for the knob.

The electric blond hung back as the girl approached, a touch of confusion on his features as Kyoka bit her lip and looked away before lunging forward and wrapping her arms around him in an undeniable hug. He almost took a step back in shock only to slowly reciprocate the gesture, pulling the smaller girl a little closer as he enjoyed the contact.

“Thanks… for being my friend,” Kyoka mumbled to the side.

“N-No problem,” Kaminari couldn’t help the blush that pooled in his cheeks, a small part of him hoping Kyoka’s feelings were hinting that they were a little more than friends.

Pulling back when the girl released him however, he knew that was his optimism getting the better of him. Even if there was no chance of a relationship with the girl he found cutely adorable even in her lowest moments, he was still glad he was and could be her friend.

“Laters,” he grinned brightly, opening the door and taking his leave.

“Later,” Kyoka chimed back before shutting the door behind him and pressing her back against it, waiting for the sounds of his steps to fade before letting out a frustrated groan as she slid down to sit on the floor.

“Urgh, fuckin’ Bakugo,” she growled, punching her floor lightly to help divest herself of her remaining frustration.

True to her words, she knew that the explosive prick had a point, though the fucking dick could’ve put it a little better.

Right now, she could feel her depression flaring at the back of her mind like it had been ever since the encounter, encouraging her to tell the world to screw off and spend the rest of the evening in bed.

That wasn’t what she wanted though. What she wanted to do was call her parents up and talk with them about this.

While she’d always seen it as a fond, affectionate thing between the pair, she couldn’t help but wonder how they saw the gesture as, after all, she’d never questioned them about it in all her years since it had just been natural to her. Did her mom know how much it could be hurting her dad? Did her dad let her do it anyway out of some weird concession of love?

Kyoka shook her head, trying to stop herself from theorizing and instead reached for her phone, intent on trying to settle the remaining parts of the matter as soon as she could so she could stop feeling the guilt in her mind.

Scrolling down to her dad’s number, Kyoka shifted herself over to her desk chair as she waited for the dial tone to click off.

“… Hey Rock star! What’s up?”

“Stupid shit probably,” Kyoka sighed into the receiver. “I uh… got some stuff I need to talk about. Are… you and mom free?”

“For you? ‘Course we are,” Kyotoku responded happily. “Let me just get her.”

As she began talking to her parents, Kyoka felt her guilt and heart settle. Soon the evening rolled into night and by the time she hung up the phone, she felt much more resolved about the whole issue.

Notes:

Chapter summary:

- Despite Mina being rejected by the preselected pros, she did get one request from Rock Lock. Nezu and Aizawa are reluctant to allow this due to Rock Lock's previous interactions on the Overhaul raid and his lack of experience but Mina wants to accept regardless.

- After another gruelling training session, Mina assures her girlfriends things are fine and she'll tell them the full story when they can get everyone together.

- At the dorms, Tsuyu goes to talk to Momo and admits that she's ready to trust her again, allowing the pair to emotionally reconnect. Regarding her lingering doubts about her relationship with Izuku, Tsuyu advises that Momo and he just go on a date together to see how things go. Momo is hesitant for now due to her parents but considers it for the future. Tsuyu wants to press things so that everyone can be together and happy faster but trusts that Momo and Izuku will develop in their own time.

- Mina paces her room after looking up information on Rock Lock, worrying if Nezu and Aizawa's concerns had merit. To get her mind off it, she asks if Ochako wants to cook with her to ensure she doesn't blow anything up to get her mind off things which Ochako agrees to. After teasing Iida about her 'Couple's Cookbook' while he, Kyoka, and Kaminari work on the latter's homework, she and Ochako begin cooking after getting permission to use their partners' extra ingredients. Settling on a stew, Ochako guides Mina through the steps of cooking properly and understanding how certain ingredients work so she'll know for the future. Mina admits she lacks these skills partially due to her had doing time and not wanting to learn when her mother had the free-time to teach her but now she has the proper motivation. After an intimate moment where Ochako guides Mina's knife skills with meat, the meal is nearly ready and both revel in the domestic feeling they're experiencing. With ingredients from almost all her partners in the pot, Mina's almost ready to dish up until Momo adds one last thing from her to make it perfect. The poly then enjoys a delicious meal together as Mina divulges her talk about accepting a work study with Rock Lock. After picking Izuku's brain, Mina feels more confident in her choice and cooking skills.

- Watching TV in the common room, Kyoka is joined by the Baku-squad who continue the discussion of work studies before things turn to friendly ribbing about class rankings and future performances in the hero charts. When Kaminari teases Kyoka and she strikes back with a playful jab of her jack, Bakugo shouts at her, accusing her of abuse and to stop hurting Kaminari. Kyoka and the others are stunned as Kyoka tries to defend herself before leaving. Kaminari surprisingly chases after her while the others scold Bakugo for making things seem worse than they are and handling it badly.

- Kaminari and Kyoka talk in her room and Kaminari tries to assure her he knows it's just their banter but Kyoka still feels bad at the minor revelation, admitting she sees Bakugo's point of view. As Kyoka debates with herself her friend glances around the girl's room, noting Kyoka's love of music and a new guitar pick. Kyoka apologizes if she ever has hurt Kaminari despite him trying to brush it off again and promises not to do it to him anymore. The two friends part as Kyoka calls her parents for some advice.

Chapter 44: Overcoming Obstacles

Summary:

Class 1-A endure their final training before their work-studies begin under a stern Aizawa.

Notes:

Break turned into a little longer than I expected, but now I have a good chunk of content laid out for the next ten chapters.

If you'd like to come yell at me or keep better tabs on how the next chapter is going or potential delays, come join us over on the discord at: https://discord.gg/x85xtWmKCa
There's also a fun new lewd MHA game of my creation to try out at the same time, and I'll be hanging around there most days, usually chatting rubbish, so feel free to bother me. :)

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

Another Friday dawned on UA’s campus grounds.

For some, they didn’t have much to worry about other than how they’d treat themselves for a job well done getting through the first week of the year. For class 1-A however…

“Listen up, today’s class will revolve around an extraction exercise,” Aizawa barked as he stood before his class of twenty, each clad in their hero costumes.

This was the class’ last Hero Basic Training lesson before work-studies officially began and most of them had been expecting their strict teacher to spring some twisted and surprise-filled test on them before the weekend truly arrived. Naturally, their heroic taskmaster didn’t disappoint and they were instructed to suit up and head to Ground Delta.

Alternatively known as ‘The Docks’, it lived a little further away than the other training grounds due to the need for a large open body of water to attach onto; this ground was built around the edge of the nearby lake towards the rear of UA’s vast borders and the student had to travel there via bus. While similar to the cityscape of Ground Beta in terms of architecture, the notable features of the training ground were its many warehouses, disused and dilapidated ships and boats, and even a mock-ship construction yard, complete with heavy cranes in the centre, next to the main river that flowed back towards UA and into Ground Beta along with a train line that headed towards Ground Gamma.

The new environment wasn’t something that excited or distracted the students however, their attention solely on their teacher in order to not miss any rational deceptions he may be trying to slip past them in his instructions.

“A VIP needs to get from point A to point B along a designated path and your teams have been hired to ensure he makes it to his destination,” Aizawa continued. “You will each be given ten minutes to plan your strategy to prevent or minimize potential attacks around your route. At some point, you will be attacked and need to radio it in. You will then be given a new destination to extract your VIP safely to through any means necessary. Does everyone understand so far?”

There were a few general nods and a touch of excitement on a few faces at the straightforward premise.

“Sir!” Iida then raised his hand. “Why not simply get the VIP to the destination immediately to avoid such risks using our quirks in a safe manner? Surely this would be more beneficial to protecting our VIP.”

“Because that’d miss the point of the exercise, Iida,” Aizawa sighed. “Would you ask the Emperor to hurry his motorcade at breakneck speeds because it’s inconvenient for you?” Iida gulped at the potential ramifications of that action. “You’re heroes, you’re there to ensure life goes smoothly for people and, when it inevitably doesn’t, protect them.”

“Understood, sir,” Iida bowed a little deeper than usual.

“Uh, sir?” Ojiro spoke up. “Won’t we act differently if we know an attack will happen?”

“An attack can come from anywhere at any time,” Aizawa explained with a hint of exasperation. “If you acted any differently on an escort like this it could very well be the difference between life and death for any of you.”

The students didn’t need a mind-reading quirk to know what that intonation meant.

“Most of you will be heading back out into the real world again after today. You all know by now how villains won’t pull their punches if you make a mistake so let’s see if you can channel all you’ve learned and gained this past year into today’s training,” Aizawa’s frown deepened. “Am I clear?”

“Yes, sir,” the class chorused.

“Good,” the teacher’s mood thankfully seemed to ease. “For this exercise, All Might will be playing the part of your VIP,” he gestured off to the side where two UA medical bots arrived on the scene carrying a stretcher between them. Sitting in the middle with an awkward look on his face was All Might, attempting to wave in a dignified manner to an imaginary crowd on the improvised norimono.

‘This is so humiliating,’ the former number one thought as he felt all eyes on him.

The students realized almost simultaneously how the exercise was expected to go now.

“As with the real world, you won’t have the benefit of choosing which other heroes you team up with, so I will be deciding teams before each round,” Aizawa reminded them before looking to the first five. “Sato, Midoriya, Hagakure, Kaminari, and Bakugo, you’re up. Go wait in the starting area by All Might and wait for your instructions. The rest of you with me.”

“Yes, sir!” The group called with varying degrees of confidence as they departed, leaving the first group nominated to watch on briefly as they followed their teacher towards a discreet building.

Fourteen students began following but one lingered behind in a hushed conversation with his partner.

“Hey, you sure you’re good for this, man?” Kirishima asked hurriedly.

“I’m fuckin’ fine, don’t worry about me,” Bakugo scoffed, gesturing to the rest of the pack. “Get going before you get detention, Shitty hair.”

His teammates raised a few brows as Kirishima lingered a moment longer before clapping Bakugo on the arm, nodding, and chasing down their friends who were embroiled in a discussion.

“Hey,” Ojiro nudged Kyoka as they walked, keeping his voice low. “Does Mr Aizawa seem more off than usual today?”

“He’s been like that the whole week, man,” Kyoka said.

“Yeah, about that,” Sero joined in. “I get the intense training and all, but the way he’s been pushing us for power feels a little off. You think he’s doing this as some sort of punishment or payback? I’d ask Midoriya but…”

With the boy taking part in the first round of their final lesson of the day it was clear he couldn’t be consulted for his opinion at this time. The person who responded to Sero’s question wasn’t one any of them expected, however.

“It’s not your imagination,” Shinso spoke up as he eyed the back of Aizawa’s head. “I’m not familiar with the way you do things yet, but Aizawa seems different from when I trained with him before joining your class.

“Different how?” Mina asked curiously, listening in too.

“He’s colder,” Shinso stated with a frown.

“And here I thought that wasn’t possible,” Sero chuckled weakly.

“Are you lot done with your chatter back there, or are you volunteering to go next?” Aizawa glanced around, his eye aglow with his quirk as a coldness ran over the gossiping students who quickly shook their heads and fell silent. “That’s what I thought.”

With no more talk forthcoming, the remaining class members entered the control room they’d be observing things from. Inside they found a similar setup to their first practical training complete with screens using multiple cameras to oversee different sections of the docks along with an overhead map of the area with indicators for the first team as well as All Might.

The main console’s chair swivelled to face them on their arrival and it was clear injuries were expected with Recovery Girl present.

“I hope you’re all prepared for today,” the matronly woman sighed. “I tried to convince this one that he was being overly precautious but-”

“That’s not your call,” Aizawa reminded her, causing the old woman to huff and pout as the students bristled. Just how much ‘Plus Ultra’ was their teacher expecting?

“Excuse me, sir,” Momo raised her hand, “if the rest of us are going to be watching then won’t we be at an advantage when it’s our turn?”

“Yes and no,” Aizawa nodded. “You’ll know your opponents beforehand, unlike this group, but that doesn’t mean it’ll change the outcome.”

“Wait, does this mean we’re not going up against robots?” Todoroki asked with a touch of hesitance in his tone.

A few more nervous glances were exchanged between the remaining students as Aizawa didn’t deign to respond, simply plugging in an earpiece as he picked up the microphone.


While the rest of the class was heading to the observation room, the first group began to prepare for whatever their teacher had in store for them, limbering up and stretching their muscles.

“All right, how are we gonna do this?” Sato asked as he checked over his utility belt.

“I’d say we’ve got a pretty solid group here,” Kaminari remarked as he looked around everyone. “You can count on us to protect you, All Might!”

“I’ll be in your care,” All Might chuckled fondly with a nod.

“You think you can pull your weight again, or your quirk still out of order?” Bakugo raised a brow at Tooru as he rolled his shoulder, feeling his pores begin to open up

“Hey!” Said girl puffed up her cheeks, “I’m still here, aren’t I? I’m just as much a hero as you are.”

“Then don’t bitch if you get left behind.”

“Kacchan,” Izuku frowned at the boy with a warning tone and received a scoff in response. “Let’s just focus on the mission.”

“Whatever,” Bakugo scoffed.

“Here,” All Might offered a small box to explosive blond, along with a holo-map disc. “These are for you five to plan and stay in contact.”

Popping the box open revealed five micro-communicators the students had used in their previous exercises.

“I guess it’s pretty likely we’re gonna get separated in this,” Izuku remarked as he applied his own.

“That’s up to how you handle things,” All Might noted, his voice coming across twice as he tapped his ear to indicate he had his own earpiece.

“If you’re gonna give away things I’ll gag you for the next rounds,” Aizawa’s voice crackled into their heads as the students noticeably stood up straighter while All Might grimaced. Back in the control room, a red path started forming on the map that led from the gathered group’s position to the other side of the dockyard. “Your scenario is that you’re escorting All Might to view the completion of his new private yacht at the shipyard before heading towards the centre of town for a spending spree. How you scout for threats and organise your protection detail is up to you but you will be judged on how effective it is at preventing any attack, not just the one that you face.”

All Might sighed, wishing Aizawa had come up with a better situation. It was only make-believe but it seemed unnecessarily out of character for him, even in retirement, to do such things.

“Oh, I see,” Sato nodded, punching his palm. “Even if we defend against the enemy correctly, we might leave a big opening somewhere.”

“So there is a brain in there,” Bakugo muttered.

“You’re being extra jerky today, Bakugo. Stop it.” Tooru frowned at the boy.

Bakugo geared up to retort again, an insult on his lips but one glimpse of Kaminari’s frowning and almost disappointed face had the words die in his throat.

“Whatever,” he sighed deeply. “Can we just fuckin’ get through this?”

“Sure thing, man,” Kaminari nodded, clapping his friend’s back in support, glad he didn’t go through with whatever insult he knew could’ve shredded morale before they’d even begun.

“If you’re done,” Aizawa’s voice rang in their ears again. “You only have eight minutes of planning left. I’d suggest you take a look at your map.”

Bakugo rolled his eyes as he held out the map disc and pressed the power button. A small, blue, 3D diagram of the area appeared between the group with their locations indicated as well as their initial route.

“Doesn’t look like it says where we’ll be attacked,” Kaminari remarked.

“No shit,” Bakugo resisted the urge to clench his fists in frustration at the redundant observation.

“Then we just have to plan to be attacked at all times from all angles,” Izuku stated.

“How’re we gonna do that?” Sato baulked.

“Yeah, there’s only five of us,” Tooru agreed.

“It won’t be easy,” Izuku nodded, “but with our team, it’s doable.”

“It’s also fuckin’ predictable,” Bakugo rolled his eyes, having come to the same conclusion as Izuku. “Those idiots are gonna be planning around it for sure.”

“Right,” Izuku agreed. “So we’ll just have to plan around their plan.”

“Uh… what?” Sato frowned, having lost track of things.

“Just trust us,” Izuku urged as he started pointing out bits on the map. “Here’s what we’re gonna do-”

“You sure you got this, nerd?” Bakugo raised a challenging brow before the green-haired boy could begin.

“Do you?” Izuku retorted, matching the boy’s fervour with his own gaze, their eyes daring the other to back down.

Tooru looked awkwardly between the pair and was ready to speak up, to tell them to both knock off whatever machismo thing they were doing, only for Sato to notice and gently dissuade her with a light touch on the arm and head shake.

Having been unconscious, Tooru wasn’t there for the planning the class did for the final battle on Nabu and didn’t realize how, even though it was Bakugo who carried out the most dangerous part of the plan to try and rescue Midnight, Izuku felt just as responsible for their plan failing.

Sato and Kaminari knew more about what the two were saying without words and cautiously let the pair go through whatever was in their heads before Bakugo ultimately conceded, the doubt over his previous actions triumphing over his pride.

“Lay it out then,” Bakugo ordered to cover himself as he started flexing his hands, encouraging his sweat to build up faster.

“Okay, here’s the plan…” Izuku began.


The next few minutes passed quickly as the strategy was laid out before the starting klaxon rang.

Taking their positions, Bakugo, Tooru, and Kaminari grouped around All Might as his robotic bearers started following their designated path while Izuku and Sato took off towards the surrounding buildings on either side of the street; the former using Black Whip to ascend as quickly as he dared while Sugarman crunched something brown from his belt before ascending the fire escape at speed.

For the next few minutes, nothing all too interesting happened. All Might glanced around and observed the area, having not used Ground Delta for any of his exercises yet while the students exhibited owl-like behaviour; their heads almost on a swivel as they kept an eye out for anything remotely out of place.

“I have to say,” All Might spoke up, “I’m impressed you managed to deduce your opponents so quickly.”

“It was freakin’ obvious,” Bakugo growled, his attention not wavering for a moment.

“Not to me,” Kaminari sighed, hoping just a little that the two self-appointed leaders were wrong, glancing around at the taller buildings as they headed down the street that led directly to the half-constructed ship.

“Just focus,” Bakugo chided, his ear twitching from an unfamiliar sound that was definitely not caused by Sato. “Hold here,” Bakugo stopped the bots before holding a finger to his earpiece and whispering, “Sugarman, fourth floor, third room.”

“He’s eaten sugar,” Kaminari noted. “You think he’ll be able to figure out which room you’re talking about?”

“I freakin’ got it, jeez,” Sato shot back across the headset, causing Bakugo and Kaminari to raise a brow as he heard the tell-tale sound of the rooftop escape being forced open.

For a moment, all was a little too still. Izuku had stopped moving wherever he was while they waited for feedback from Sato but there was a palpable tension in the air.

Bakugo saw it before anyone else as a section of brickwork nearby started moving by itself.

“Get down, All Might!” He shouted, holding his palm out as a creature took a running leap from the alleyway adjacent to them.

All Might hunkered down as Bakugo let off an explosive blast right into the creature’s jaw, sending the stone being splintering into pieces around them.

“Well, that wasn’t very ny-ice!” A cheeky voice called out from the same alleyway, her blue outfit and oversized paws looking anything but threatening. “We just wanted to send this old pensioner to meet his maker.”

From out of the surrounding alleyways, a multitude of beasts started swarming around the group, letting out threatening, rumbling growls that sounded like rocks being ground against each other. Kaminari and Tooru closed up around All Might defensively who almost looked worried himself while Bakugo remained tense but steady.

“Tear ‘em limb from limb, my pretties,” Pixie-Bob squealed in as sinister of a manner as she could as the beasts charged.

“Not a chance!” Bakugo retorted, using the lead robot as a stepping stone to rise into the sky and get a bead on each of his targets as he spun in place. “AP Shot: Auto-Cannon!”

A barrage of explosions launched from his palms, almost every one of them finding their mark but by the time the boy landed in a roll on the ground, tactically putting himself between Pixie-Bob and All Might, each of the constructs had been blasted to pieces.

“Now it’s your turn!” He growled lunging towards the pussycat.

“Not if my special kitty has anything to say,” Pixie-Bob replied, sending a single beast at Bakugo.

Instead of blasting this one apart as she had expected, Bakugo dug his heel into the ground and used an explosion to spin himself while lifting his other, working with the momentum to crack the beast in the side of the head with his reinforced boots.

A canister of gas broke free from the rubble surrounding it that would’ve surely blown him away had he blasted it.

“Get that weak crap outta here, you stupid stray!” He charged at Pixie-Bob again who almost looked a little nervous as she hastily formed reinforcements with her quirk.

At the same time, across their earpieces, the group got an update on Sato’s position.

“Hey idiots, Tiger’s her- Upmh.”

They didn’t need the rest of the message to know the boy had located their second opponent, his body slamming against the window Bakugo suspected the sound came from and cracking it before being forced through with a mighty kick.

From the shadows on the other side of the street, Izuku launched himself towards the destroyed glass while, at the same time, reaching out with a single tendril of Black Whip to catch Sato before he fell too far and hurled him back into the fight, reinforcing the boy’s speed with an Air Force finger flick that saw him collide heavily with the older pro with a cry of, “Improvised Sugar Crash!” before slipping inside and joining the fight himself, hoping to end it quickly.

“Get All Might to safety!” Bakugo yelled back to the remaining two as he began blasting at Pixie-Bob, knowing they had the two strongest Pussycats handled.

“Got it!” Tooru and Kaminari nodded with All Might’s protection in their hands now. Kaminari quickly helped the man off the stretcher as Tooru took a deep breath.

“Ready!” She announced before reaching out and grabbing both All Might and Kaminari around the wrists before pushing on her quirk. Tooru could feel the field she naturally generated flooding through her body and reaching the boundaries of her skin but knew it wouldn’t be as easy to mask the other two’s presence. The best she could do was generate a pair of large, invisi-bubbles around her hands that encompassed the two. Sure it had the drawback of leaving a small divot around their feet, but it was better than being sitting ducks as some of the earthy beasts eagerly tried to get past Bakugo to no avail.

“This way,” Kaminari urged, leading the invisible group towards the closest building on the other side of the street watching out for further attacks by the two remaining Pussycats that’d yet to make an appearance.

They quickly burst through a set of double doors into what looked like an apartment block’s ground floor and immediately headed for the staircase. Ascending up a flight before hiding in the stairwell and allowing Tooru to drop her invisibility with a gasp. “Mr Aizawa, we’ve been attacked. We need a new exit point.”

“Acknowledged,” Aizawa’s almost bored drawl replied. “There’s a police station four blocks to the east. Escort All Might there to clear the exercise.”

“Got it,” Kaminari nodded, getting a nod from Tooru and All Might to indicate they’d heard the message too.

“So, what now?” All Might asked.

“Stick to the plan,” Kaminari stated, “Leave the big hitters to the big hitters, I can take care of the other two while you and Invisible Girl get to safety.”

“If you’re sure,” the former pro nodded.

‘I’m sure he’ll try his best,’ a new voice joined the conversation but the words hadn’t been spoken out loud.

The trio froze and looked back the way they came as Mandalay stood between them and the way out with a confident look on her face.

“Go on, Invisible Girl. She won’t get past me,” Kaminari declared as he placed himself between them, priming his shooter.

“Come on, All Might!” Tooru didn’t think twice before taking the man’s arm again and dragging him upstairs.

Once the two had reached the next floor, clear of any friendly-fire from unleashing his quirk, Kaminari’s smirk intensified.

“Looks like we’ve got this in the bag.”

“I wouldn’t be so sure,” Mandalay retorted, watching the boy’s trigger finger carefully.

There was a moment of tension between them both before Kaminari took his shot.

As expected, Mandalay moved to the side of the pointer disc’s trajectory but before the boy could light up the distance between them with his electricity, the pussycat’s paw deftly seized the disc and, with a flick, sent it straight back towards the boy, attaching to his pants.

“Oh, shit,” he mumbled, his quirk sparking around him but being channelled directly towards the disc.

In a flash, Mandalay had covered the distance between them and seized his entire head with her oversized paw, the rubberized material they’d all prepared in advance to counter the boy protecting her as she slammed his head against the brickwork.

It was only thanks to her control and experience that she only knocked the boy out rather than giving him any significant damage but she could already feel a scolding coming on from the infamous nurse who’d have to fix the student up.

That didn’t matter right now though, she and her team had been instructed to do what they could to try and take down their opponents and that’s what they’d do. Tiger and Pixie-Bob were the distraction to get the weaker members of the team alone and now there was only one remaining.

‘They’re coming your way,’ Mandalay sent ahead telepathically to her remaining undiscovered teammate before taking off after the ascending pair herself.


“S-Slow down, young Hagakure,” All Might panted as he struggled to ascend the fifth staircase. “My stamina isn’t what it once was.”

“Sorry, sir, but it’s better than whatever those villains have got planned for you,” Tooru urged, pulling somewhat impatiently on his arm. “We’re almost at the roof.”

A sickly-sweet, cat-like giggle from above had them both pause.

“And that’s exactly where we thought you’d both scurry off to,” Ragdoll taunted. There was only one staircase left and likely standing directly in their path was the last enemy they had to get past. “It was all too easy to herd you in here and trap you like rats, and you know what cute kitties do to rats.”

“Shit,” Tooru swore, biting her lip. She quickly tried the door to the floor they were currently on only to find it locked tight, then reached up to activate her earpiece. “Kaminari?”

No response. That meant going back the way they came was as bad as the way forward.

There was no other option; she had to prevail here or they’d surely lose the exercise. After training with Ragdoll for the week, she was certain the pro knew pretty much all of her moves to try and help; now that knowledge would be working against her. Tooru knew she had to use the last resort item she’d been given at the start and also knew it was gonna totally suck… but it gave them a chance to win and she needed to take it.

She wouldn’t be dead weight and the reason they lost, she could hold her own!

Reaching into her pocket, Tooru palmed the object before turning to All Might.

“On my signal, run like hell.”

“W-Wait, what’s the signal?” He tried to clarify but Tooru had already sucked in a fresh breath and disappeared completely from view. All Might figured he’d just have to trust what remained of his heroic instincts to try and make the most of the group’s plan.

As quietly as she could, Tooru peeked around the corner looking up to spot Ragdoll without being noticed. The pussycat in question had her back to the rooftop exit that was clearly chained up to prevent them from prying it open. Not only that, but the woman was also sporting an unfamiliar green visor. Tooru didn’t need three guesses to know exactly what it did when Ragdoll looked directly at her.

“Sorry, kitten, that’s not gonna work on me,” she giggled before gesturing a challenging paw to come closer. “If you wanna win you’re gonna have to earn it.”

“Then let’s see how you handle this!” Tooru flexed her quirk again, taking a few quick steps forward so she was out of All Might’s direct line of sight before yelling out, “Warp Refraction: say ‘cheese’!”

The light was dimmer than usual thanks to the limited amount in this environment but it was still enough to blind anyone looking Tooru’s way. Ragdoll wasn’t a fool though, suspecting the girl would inevitably try this approach next when her invisibility failed. Closing her eyes and priming her ears was enough to mitigate the worst of the attack, even if she had to scrunch her face up to keep out as much of the glare as she could.

Rapid footsteps approached and Ragdoll quickly counted them before sinking down on one leg and sweeping the other, aiming to surprise the girl and slam her against the wall. When she found her strike blocked by Tooru’s rigid forearm, she knew the girl had been fully prepared for her to brush off her quirk-based attacks.

A strange ‘click’ registered in Ragdoll’s mind but she couldn’t place the sound before Tooru’s light dimmed and Ragdoll was free to open her eyes again. She lashed out with her cat palm to try and disorient the girl with a head strike but Tooru was blocking with her other hand this time and bore a triumphant smirk on her lips.

Too late did Ragdoll realize she’d been played as the clattering of something behind her registered as the real threat, glancing over her shoulder to spy one of Bakugo’s sweat grenades.

“N-Nyah?!” Her eyes widened, knowing it was already too late to swipe it away as Tooru lunged to cling onto her and use her body as a shield.

As much as Ragdoll really wanted to win this and prove she wasn’t dead weight to her team, she couldn’t help but feel a modicum of pride for her soon-to-be work-study student as the explosion rocked them both, sending them crashing back down the stairs.

All Might jumped when Tooru and Ragdoll landed in a smoking heap together, his instincts urging him to do something to try and help the injured pair as he saw his injured student astride her smoking teacher and trying to hold her down as best she could with both especially disoriented.

“G-Go…” Tooru coughed as Ragdoll stirred.

All Might took a moment to blink but then nodded quickly, taking off up the stairs and through the door that had been blasted off its hinges. Back below, Tooru coughed again but reached up for her earpiece and connected to the one they needed to complete the operation.

“D-Deku… roof!”

Across the street, both Sato and Izuku heard Tooru’s message, backing away from the annoyingly flexible Tiger that’d been able to avoid taking any major blows thanks to his Pilabody quirk. The green-haired boy glanced at his battle partner who would undoubtedly be at a disadvantage against the pussycat solo only to get a head jerk towards the smashed window.

“Time’s wastin’, idiot,” Sato urged shifting into a more defensive stance.

“Oh no you don’t!” Tiger roared, charging towards them both after realizing their plan had gone wrong somehow.

Sato then stepped up, smashing his hand into the concrete flooring and taking out enough to destabilize all three of them. While he and Tiger fell to the floor below, Izuku used Black Whip to yank himself to safety back out of the window and into the air, hoping he’d be able to spot whichever roof Tooru was indicating.

Feeling her consciousness slipping, Tooru grimaced as Mandalay rocketed around the corner, stopping momentarily to assess her teammate and the girl who’d taken her down before Tooru’s consciousness slipped from her grasp, rendering the girl incapacitated. There would be time for healing later and Mandalay figured the sooner they ended the exercise the quicker they could get the pair to Recovery Girl.

Jumping up the last staircase, the red-themed pussycat burst onto the roof only to find it devoid of anyone else.

In the distance, she could spot the sparking of green energy as Izuku leapt from rooftop to rooftop with All Might riding on his back. It was almost comical with the size discrepancy between them, but the exercise was almost assuredly over as she could hear the sounds of fighting still going on below which meant both her conscious teammates were in no state to give chase.

A small, surprised smile graced her lips at the outcome. They’d lost.


“While Recovery Girl fixes up the injured, does anyone want to explain what happened out there?” Aizawa asked as he looked over the three remaining students and Pussycats.

“We kicked their asses,” Bakugo replied succinctly, earning a narrowing of eyes from their teacher and Pixie-Bob.

“We drew at worst!” The pussycat puffed up her cheeks only to get ignored by Aizawa who addressed his student firmly.

“You managed to buy enough time enough time for Midoriya and All Might to escape. Well done, you completed the objective,” Aizawa nodded but his audience could tell that wasn’t the end of it. “You also had two of your friends die in the line of duty while you were busy trying to take on only half their team. Do you want to call that a win?”

The class could almost hear Bakugo’s teeth grind and Izuku’s fists clench at the hypothetical. Tooru and Kaminari had only been knocked out but knew full well that such an outcome would be analogous to death in Aizawa’s eyes. They didn’t know if it was worse that they agreed with him or that they’d all agreed to the plan knowing that splitting up would make them more vulnerable.

“Well? Anything to say?” Aizawa challenged.

 “We knew it was going to be challenging,” Izuku spoke up, drawing the shaggy-haired teacher’s attention. “We suspected from the start that we’d be up against the Pussycats so we tried to account for their skills as best we could.”

“You mean you did,” Aizawa retorted as the group's opponents blinked, not having realized they’d been deduced from the start.

“I figured it out too!” Bakugo protested but Aizawa ignored him.

“The others chipped in with the plan, Bakugo notably giving Hagakure his support item which likely clinched the win for your group, but it was ultimately your decision for the strongest of you to focus on the more combat-oriented opponents that saw two of your teammates die.”

Once again, the class noticed their teacher’s attitude seemed overly critical and judgemental. Mina, Ochako, and several others wanted to speak up on their friend's behalf when even the Pussycats looked awkwardly at each other but their green-haired friend continued with his explanation

“Heroes are… going to die in the field,” Izuku admitted bitterly. “Our goal was to protect All Might and get him to safety. Bakugo, Sato, and I are the strongest fighters in our group while Tooru could get All Might away without being seen and radio for help as long as an attack didn’t immediately take him out. While we kept them occupied, Kaminari would deter the other two Pussycats as Tooru got All Might somewhere I could reach and escape the quickest with the least jostling. It had its risks, but this was the best way we figured that covered the most scenarios the Pussycats might try and Kaminari and Tooru knew that going in. They did their best to ensure we achieved our goal even if it cost them.”

“Wouldn’t you have done the same, sir?” Bakugo challenged.

Aizawa’s eyes narrowed as he regarded the two boys carefully. He hadn’t expected them to work this well together after what happened on Nabu. After being at each other’s throats for the entire first term, almost failing their end-of-term exam, and tolerating each other at best during the second term, it was now, when he was trying to reinforce the lesson about the power of teamwork to overcome numbers, quirks, and odds, that they seemed to get their acts together?

He let out a small snort and closed his eyes, pretending to mull over their words for a moment before releasing a sigh.

“Despite your sloppy approach, you did manage to deny the villains their goal as I said. You pass, but barely.”

Izuku exhaled a deeply relieved breath while Bakugo seemed to almost uncoil from his tense state and Sato nodded confidently.

“I do have one last question, however,” Aizawa addressed the main pair again. “How did you figure you were up against the Pussycats?”

“Because it was freakin’ obvious,” Bakugo groaned while Izuku offered a more rational explanation.

“They may be new to UA, but they’ve been working together for a long time,” he began, getting a warning glare from Pixie-Bob he didn’t see. “It made sense that, to best prepare us for work-studies, we’d be tested on how good or bad we’d adjust to working against a true team of opponents rather than individual villains working for their individual goals. Even though we had the numbers advantage, we still nearly lost to their skill and experience trusting and working together.”

“But it still wasn’t enough,” Bakugo stuck his tongue out towards the trio and giving them a thumbs down. Mandalay shook her head and Tiger’s eyes narrowed while Pixie-Bob’s promised only pain in the boy’s future somehow.

“You little-” she rolled up a sleeve that wasn’t there as she prepared to go for round two only to be held back by Tiger.

“Don’t give him the satisfaction, Pixie,” he urged, getting a laugh from the boy at provoking such a reaction.

“A rational deduction,” Aizawa returned the focus back to his question. “But one that took advantage of the fact that this is training and not a real-world scenario. It worked out for you this time, but don’t get overconfident that every situation will be as obvious as this was.”

‘That was supposed to be obvious?’ A majority of the class collectively thought together.

Izuku and Bakugo were content to let that be the final word in their feedback, but the other member of their group took issue with it.

“If you didn’t like the answer, you shouldn’t’ve asked the question,” Sato scoffed.

There was a silence in the room at Sato’s blatant disrespect that could rival even Bakugo’s worst moods. Aizawa’s gaze immediately latched onto the boy in the bright yellow costume who didn’t have the decency to shiver under his intense gaze.

“Do you wanna repeat that?” He asked with a chilling coldness.

“S-Sato didn’t mean it!” Izuku quickly waved Aizawa’s attention away from his yellow-costumed teammate. “It’s his new technique.”

“Explain,” Aizawa growled, temporarily shelving any punishment for the next thirty seconds, “quickly.”

“W-Well, I noticed that Sato only ever used his quirk with white, refined sugar and wondered if different types might give him a different outcome. I believe he’s been training with raw sugar this week and it kinda makes him a bit uh… rough and unrefined?”

“Better than being a moron,” Sato shrugged as Izuku internally begged for the boy not to make things any worse.

“Raw sugar has more natural impurities so it doesn’t affect his mental capacity as much as more refined sugar but I think either it's harder for his quirk to process fully or the effects naturally last longer because it takes a while for it to er… wear off, so he says.”

“Really?” Aizawa studied the boy momentarily, having spotted the change in sugar himself on the monitors. “Then because it’s a side effect of your quirk I’m going to let that go, but you better work on it or it's detention for a month!” Aizawa declared, his eyes flashing red as his quirk overpowered and disabled Sato’s own, knocking the boy out of his unrefined state.

“I-I’m so super sorry, sir!” Sato bowed deeply as he felt his common sense and fear return in full force. “Won’t happen again!”

“That’s better,” Aizawa muttered before finally dismissing the trio to return to the group. After giving them a moment he called out the next names that would be facing the pussycat gauntlet. “Todoroki, Tokoyami, Ashido, Jiro, and Ojiro, you’re up next. Get yourselves ready and go meet All Might at the next spot,” he gestured to the man’s indicator on the map.

“Yes, sir!” The five nodded before heading out, not wanting to ire their teacher any more than necessary.

“We’ll go check on Ragdoll then get in position,” Mandalay remarked as she and her teammates headed towards the door to the nursing area.

“A word before you do,” Aizawa muttered, leading the way.

Tiger and Pixie-Bob exchanged worried glances as the three followed after, feeling almost as anxious as the scolded students Aizawa had berated.

As the adults departed, taking their judgemental ears with them, the remaining students felt the overhanging tension ease before addressing their classmates about the exercise, hoping to glean some extra information that may help them in their turns.

Once the door back into the observation room had closed only the sound of footsteps echoed until Aizawa and three-quarters of the Pussycats were a sufficient distance away. Before Aizawa could stop and address the trio, the door to the nurse's office opened and Ragdoll stepped out.

“No, no, I need to get back out there; they’re gonna need me for the next rounds too.”

“Well make sure you be more careful this time!” Recovery Girl’s scolding followed her into the hall as the green pussycat closed the door with an apologetic face and let out a sigh of relief at escaping the matron’s clutches.

“Oh, good, I won’t have to repeat myself,” Aizawa muttered getting the new arrival’s attention and waiting patiently for the slightly wobbly Ragdoll to regroup with her teammates. “Care to explain your performances in that exercise?”

 “Was there something wrong with them?” Tiger tilted his head inquisitively. “I understand we lost but the students did well for the ambush we devised.”

“And take it easy. We’re still getting used to this whole teachin’ thing,” the blonde pussycat shot back, her arms posed defiantly on her hips.

“A simple ambush for the strongest team while you were the freshest,” Aizawa acknowledged. “A solid plan, if you didn’t give yourselves away at every step. Tiger, you deliberately made more noise than you needed to and gave your position away not once, but twice; you could’ve easily taken Sato down without the rest of the team knowing. Pixie, you got cocky and announced your moves that Bakugo picked up on easily, putting you on the back foot until the end of the exercise.”

“Not my fault the little jerk is actually that skilled,” Pixie-Bob shot back but Aizawa just moved on to his next target.

“Ragdoll, you thought you knew all of Hagakure’s tricks because you’re her work-study teacher and she was able to beat you by using that knowledge against you. That’s a mistake an amateur with your former quirk would make, not the experienced pro you still claim to be.”

“S-Sorry,” Ragdoll looked down at her feet.

“Now hold on Eraser,” Mandalay interjected.

“I didn’t forget you, Mandalay,” Aizawa addressed the newest of UA’s staff members. “I didn’t hear you, but obviously the three in the stairwell did. You gave them advanced warning with your quirk that allowed Hagakure to get away with All Might.”

“And your point?” She raised a brow.

“You’re all pulling your punches,” Aizawa stated. “That isn’t what I asked of you when I requested your assistance on this exercise.”

“Yes, because this is training, Eraser,” Mandalay frowned, a challenging authority in her voice. “We’re not real villains and this isn’t really an ambush attack. I thought the point was to try and teach them the proper behaviours in such situations. They won’t be able to learn if they’re unconscious before they realize we’ve got the drop on them.”

“They won’t learn anything if they’re dead,” Aizawa bit back, his glare intensifying. “Maybe you haven’t heard, but things outside UA are getting worse with each day and I seem to be the only one trying to keep my students alive long enough for them to return at the end of the week.”

“Heroes aren’t dropping like flies either,” Tiger countered. “They may be young but these students have proved themselves tougher than many pro heroes I’ve known.”

“Not to me they haven’t,” Aizawa muttered.

“Not everything is going to be like… Nabu,” Ragdoll tried to offer helpfully only for her voice to squeak on the last word as Aizawa fixated her with his gaze.

You more than anyone should know what it’s like to be at the mercy of a villain. Do you want any of those students to go through the same thing, or worse, than what you did?”

“Eraser, that’s too far!” Tiger yelled with Pixie-Bob nodding beside her.

“No… I don’t.” Ragdoll replied in a quiet voice that nonetheless was heard by the others, feeling the pitying looks from her three teammates piercing her confidence.

“Glad we agree,” Aizawa stated before he turned and started walking back towards the control room. “I expect you to act more like the professional hero team I know you are in the next rounds. Don’t disappoint me.”

A tense silence lingered in the man’s wake as the Pussycats regathered their thoughts.

“That asshole!” Pixie-Bob growled as she kicked the opposing wall, her quirk flaring slightly as she ‘dented’ the masonry underneath the paint. “We aren’t really going to give that jerk what he wants, are we?” She demanded.

“He’s… not wrong,” Ragdoll admitted downheartedly. “Those kids still have bright futures ahead of them. I… don’t want to ruin that by holding back now.”

“Mandalay’s right though, taking the students down as quickly and effectively as possible isn’t the point of teaching them,” Tiger stated.

“I get the feeling Eraser isn’t exactly objective in his rationale right now,” Mandalay sighed, tapping her foot as she pondered their options. “At the end of the day, this is his class and lesson, and UA says he’s allowed to run it the way he wants which we need to respect, but I think I should talk to Nezu about it later.

“There will be no need,” a voice crackled into life through their costume’s earpieces, causing Pixie-Bob and Ragdoll to jump, worried Aizawa had overheard them. “Do not fear, Recovery Girl has already informed me of her own worries regarding Eraser’s current state. I will review the rest of this lesson to ensure things do not go too far to take the responsibility off your shoulders.”

“That’s a relief,” Ragdoll relaxed, feeling her still somewhat spinning world begin to stabilize after being blasted, falling down some stairs, and then Aizawa throwing her for a loop.

“So what should we do?” Pixie-Bob enquired, hoping it wasn’t what the grumpy man wanted.

“I would ask that you continue to go along with Eraser’s wishes for the time being,” Nezu explained. In his office, he turned his head to glance at the man in question who was viewable on another of the camera windows he was currently watching. “While concerning at times, his methods do bear fruit and I’m afraid I must agree with his concern for the future. However, I trust your own judgement to challenge the students as best you can without completely overwhelming them, of course. Demonstrate to them the effectiveness of teamwork that they may one day reach to inspire them instead of disheartening them.”

“When you put it like that it sounds almost reasonable,” Pixie-Bob pouted.

“We should trust in the wisdom and experience of the principal,” Tiger nodded.

“I’ll do what I can to help those kittens get stronger,” Ragdoll agreed.

“Guess that settles it,” Mandalay finished, gesturing back down the hallway towards a second exit back out into the field. “Let’s go get ready.”

“Those students aren’t gonna know what hit ‘em!” Tiger declared with a roar, getting a deadpan look from Pixie-Bob.

“You changed your attitude pretty quickly,” she sighed.

Mandalay could tell her team’s morale had taken a hit after that scolding, but it would take more than that to put down the Pussycats.


The next round was soon underway with All Might once more on his stretcher-norimono as the students watched for any signs of attack as they escorted him.

Knowing now that they were up against the Pussycats was both exciting and frightening as Mina had seen what Tiger’s boot camp had done to her boyfriend, and that was when the pro was supposed to be helping him.

Their plan was similar to the previous teams’ in that they had a lookout in the form of Tokoyami using Black Fallen Angel to survey the entire area. While Ojiro could parkour around to give them a second scout, they wanted to keep their ranks close. Unlike the other team, they didn’t have overwhelming speed or stealth as an option to get All Might to safety.

“Keep your eyes peeled,” Ojiro remarked, his own glancing in the direction of every unusual or unfamiliar sound.

“We know, Tailman,” Mina rolled her eyes, keeping an eye on their rear flank.

“I doubt they would try the same trick twice but we shouldn’t overlook it,” Todoroki remarked.

“That’s what you’ve got me for,” Kyoka noted, pausing for a moment to crouch and plug her jack into the ground. “Nothing yet? Tokoyami?”

“No sign of them either,” the bird-headed boy announced as he swooped around to check behind a few buildings. “Wait a moment…” he caught a glimpse of a red tail swishing out of sight, “I believe I’ve found one, I will investigate momentarily.”

The group tensed as they watched Tokoyami’s form head to the left in the direction he saw the tail. Almost as soon as he was out of view Kyoka’s jacks picked up on a rumbling.

“The earth’s moving!” She announced. “Pixie-Bob’s making her move!”

“Not that there’s anything you kitties can do about it,” Pixie-Bob’s taunting could be heard as she announced her presence from the multi-storied building beside them. “Pancakes don’t make good heroes after all!”

She thrust her hands against the brickwork as the whole building shivered, the earthen materials vibrating and weakening on one side as the structural integrity failed, blowing out all the windows as it lurched dangerously.

“What the hell!” Ojiro’s eyes widened as the entire structure started falling towards them with Pixie-Bob cackling as she rode it down.

“Don’t lose focus!” Todoroki chided, stamping his foot firmly and sweeping his hand, causing a wave of ice to rise up between them, covering the building’s collapse in front and overhead in a half-dome form.

That was exactly what Tiger had been waiting for, bursting from a building on the opposite side of the street and lunging for the group.

“You’ve left yourselves open!”

Ojiro braced himself for a confrontation, adjusting his stance quickly before launching himself forward in a powerful spin.

“Twirling Tail Dance!”

“Predictable!” Tiger roared, his upper body rotating with the blow before wrapping his arms around Ojiro’s neck and legs in an awkward-looking pretzel, stopping the boy cold. Ojiro’s arms and legs were fully restrained but if Tiger flexed his back just right, he would snap the boy’s spine in two. “Give us All Might now or your hero friend get it!”

“Tailman!” Mina panicked.

“Not likely,” Todoroki growled, stamping his foot again, intending to contain both of them in an ice wall that he could selectively release Ojiro from with his flames. As the frost crackled a path towards its target however, Todoroki’s mind dragged up the memory of Shoji entangled with Chimera in his icy prison, a pang of guilt rippling through his system at the scar he’d left on his friend.

The boy gasped at the cold sensation running down his spine from the recollection, his attack stopping short of its target and instead forming a defensive wall stretching up to the overhanging ice still supporting and protecting them from the crumbling building.

“Shoto, what the hell!” Kyoka blurted out.

“I-I’m sorry,” he apologized quickly, “I don’t know what-”

“Apologize later!” Mina yelled as she watched the sewer cover behind them fly off as Mandalay emerged from below and made a dash for them too.

“There you are!” Tokoyami’s voice growled over the headset.

Mina was saved from fighting the older woman as their reinforcements arrived, Tokoyami swooping down on the red pussycat and trying to slam her with Dark Shadow’s enlarged hand. She was about to run forward and help her friend out when another ice wall erupted in front of her, blocking their last escape path off.

“Shoto?!” Mina whipped around in frustration.

“We need to focus,” Todoroki shook his head, pointing to their VIP who’d since climbed off the stretcher in all the commotion. “Our objective is protecting All Might and getting him out of here, remember? We haven’t even called in the attack.”

“On it,” Kyoka nodded, reminded of that fact. “Mr Aizawa, villains have ambushed us!”

“Acknowledged,” Aizawa responded promptly. “Escort All Might onto the speedboat parked at the dock three blocks to the north to clear the exercise.”

“You guys got that?” Kyoka asked, getting nods from both Todoroki and Mina.

“Not that we can do anything about it from in here,” the pink girl responded.

“That’s what they’ll think too,” Todoroki agreed. “So you two take All Might and go underground. I’ll keep them distracted and try to help Tsukuyomi and Tailman.”

“Got it,” Mina nodded, priming her hands and her quirk. “Stand back.”

A gush of acid spewed onto the ground, making quick work of the tarmac and rock underneath. The fumes smelt awful and the other three covered their noses as their eyes began itching in the enclosed space but Mina was soon through to metal and then into the channel of space inside the pipes.

“I’ll go first,” Kyoka declared, jumping through the moderate gap Mina had created and trying to avoid the still-glistening acid as much as she could, landing with a splash into the murky sewer water beneath where the water was sat at thankfully only ankle-height. As much as it disgusted her, she rested one of her jacks against the wall and tried to listen as best she could for any threats. “It’s clear, come on down.”

She was soon joined by All Might and Mina shortly after, who Kyoka caught to cushion their falls as best she could. As much as she enjoyed holding the pinkette in her arms like this, both knew this wasn’t the time for daydreaming and got right back to business.

“This way,” Kyoka declared, leading the group onward. “The sewers probably run directly to the lake, we can climb out the end and make our way along the edge to the escape point.

“Sounds good to me,” All Might acknowledged, grateful that, despite UA’s dedication toward realism, they hadn’t seen fit to make the sewers as used as they would’ve been had this been a real scenario. Hopefully the students would have more luck navigating these than the ones in downtown Musutafu he’d gotten lost in last year.

His optimism faded as the group reached their first corner when an oversized, pawed fist shot out and slugged Kyoka in the side of the head. Mina’s heart leapt into her throat as her girlfriend collapsed in an unconscious heap from the sucker punch as Ragdoll stepped out.

“More rats to chase down,” she giggled in an unnerving way as Mina stepped forward to put herself between the woman and her objective.

“Stay back, All Might,” Mina declared, flexing her hands and feeling her quirk bubble in anticipation.

“You can’t stop me, hero,” Ragdoll smirked, dashing forward with speed Mina didn’t realize the woman possessed.

The pinkette began generating the acid needed to counter, the substance leaking out of her shoulders and arms, reeling her arm back to hurl a globule only for her own memories to pull her back to an earlier time.

What if she got the formula wrong? What if she hurt Ragdoll with her quirk? What if she ended up on the wrong side of the law again?!

That moment’s hesitation was enough for Ragdoll to slip a paw past her defences and slam a paw into her stomach, knocking the wind from the girl before slamming her onto her back with a splash.

By the time Mina regained her breath and tried to struggle to her feet, Ragdoll was on top of All Might, his head between her hands as she looked ready to twist and snap it in an instant.

“It’s over.”

While it was muted down under the ground, Mina could hear the klaxon ringing out above to indicate the end of the exercise.

They’d lost… and it was her fault.

Mina slammed her hand into the water in frustration, a splash rippling around them.

“Hey, hey, are you okay?” Ragdoll asked gently, releasing All Might as the former pro hurried to Kyoka’s side.

“No…” she muttered but didn’t deign to say anything more. They were about to get chewed out by Aizawa enough already, no sense adding to that, especially when she knew exactly what the problem was.


“You failed.”

Aizawa’s words were short but sharp with all four remaining students bowing their heads in disappointment as Kyoka had been taken to Recovery Girl.

“Yes, sir,” they acknowledged.

“Does anyone want to start with what went wrong?”

The students tentatively looked between each other before Tokoyami ultimately spoke up.

“I veered too far from our path, lured away by the thought of catching one of our opponents off guard before they could do so to us,” he admitted. “By the time I realised Mandalay had disappeared into the sewers to ambush my companions through another route, the others had already engaged in combat.”

“We needed to distract you as the most versatile of your group,” Mandalay admitted.

“You intentionally allowed me to spot you,” Tokoyami sighed in understanding. “It played on my paranoia well.”

“Indeed,” Aizawa agreed. “You suspected, or in this case knew, an attack was coming and thought you had the upper hand when it was all part of the enemy’s plan. Don’t let yourself fall for obvious traps just because you’re expecting them.”

“Understood,” Tokoyami nodded as Aizawa turned to the remaining students.

“Anyone else?”

“I couldn’t help Ojiro,” Todoroki admitted. “When Tiger restrained him… I hesitated to use my ice on them.”

“And why’s that?” Aizawa pressed.

“Because of what happened last time,” Todoroki flexed his right hand. “I hurt my classmate and I feared I’d do the same this time.”

Both Ojiro and Shoji looked at him with sympathy, one grateful for the consideration while another disappointed his injury seemed to be affecting the boy more than him.

“In not acting, you left Ojiro at the mercy of a villain,” Aizawa reminded him, “which do you think is worse, a touch of frostbite or death?”

Todoroki wore a defeated look but accepted his lacklustre performance.

“Unfortunately, you also allowed Ashido and Jiro to run straight into Ragdoll’s trap in the sewers by not following them,” Aizawa continued.

“When I used the sewers to approach, I’m guessing it put the idea in your head to try and use them too?” Mandalay queried, getting a nod from Todoroki. “That was what we were banking on.”

“I lay in wait while the water covered my presence purr-fectly!” Ragdoll grinned triumphantly, only for her smile to falter as she remembered what she’d done, looking sheepishly at Mina. “I feel bad for hurting you and the other kitten though.”

“Don’t,” Aizawa shook his head, “villains will do much worse if they get the chance and Jiro let her guard down.” He then turned to face Mina. “As for you-

“I hesitated,” Mina admitted. “I got scared that hitting Ragdoll with my acid might have other repercussions other than stopping her there and then. I didn’t want to hurt her, but that cost me, and us, the exercise.”

“At least you’re catching on,” Aizawa admitted. “There’s a reason I paired you and Todoroki together; I suspected you might both be more wary after winter break and you proved me right. Be glad you caught it now before going off to your work-studies.”

Both Mina and Todoroki nodded while the rest of the class, and reluctantly the Pussycats, had to admit that he was right in that regard.

“Back to your places,” Aizawa ordered, dismissing those that failed while he eyed the next set. “Yaoyorozu, Iida, Uraraka, Kirishima, Koda, it’s your turn.”

“Right,” the five nodded, steeling themselves for what would no doubt be a tough match.


As the two groups moved out to set up, the remaining students began talking amongst themselves again.

“Ribbit, what do you think, Izuku?” Tsuyu asked her boyfriend curiously. “Think Ochako and Momo can win this?”

“I hope so,” Izuku nodded. “In theory their team’s well-rounded but I’m not sure if they’ll be able to overcome the advantages the Pussycats have.”

“Doubting your girlfriend? As Kirishima would say, ‘not manly’,” Sero chuckled.

“I don’t want to,” Izuku hastily defended with waving hands. “It’s just um… Mr Aizawa’s put thought into the teams so there’s a reason we’re grouped in a particular way which means unless they figure out why, they might fall into the same trap Todoroki’s team did.”

“Please do not remind me,” Todoroki grimaced with Mina, Tokoyami, and Ojiro agreeing beside him.

“S-Sorry,” Izuku bowed lightly.

“Could be tricky, but I thought you and Bakugo’s team would be toast at first too,” Sero muttered, gesturing to the spiky-haired blond who’d taken to ‘resting his eyes’ between rounds. “You guys don’t have the greatest track record working together, and with the way you’ve both been sneaking out to train more I’m surprised you aren’t more exhausted like him.”

“I wasn’t sneaking anywhere,” Izuku blinked, glancing over at the boy too before turning back. “I was just getting some extra quirk practise in, I wasn’t doing anything against the rules!”

“I didn’t mean it like that man,” Sero chuckled.

“It’s paying off,” Shinso remarked, having moved subtly to stand beside Izuku. “You can use that new power better now.”

“Y-Yeah,” Izuku nodded hesitantly, looking down at his dominant hand and gauntlet. “It’s still not where I want it though as I can only confidently do one strand at a time, unlike before, but I’m starting to get the hang of using it.”

“Let’s hope Ochako and Momo have picked up a few new tricks too, ribbit,” Tsuyu gestured to the screen where it looked like everyone was ready to begin.

With the almost indifferent press of a button, Aizawa let the klaxon sound as the next round of the exercise began.


While the initial route had been different for both previous teams, the third teams needed a new starting position thanks to all the damage done to the streets from Bakugo’s explosions, Todoroki’s ice, and Pixie-Bob’s toppled building. However, they were still required to escort their VIP to the ship as before.

After the next team’s short planning session, Koda immediately called in as many birds as he could, getting them to be their eyes in the sky and watch for any suspicious movements while Ochako and Iida stood guard on either side of All Might’s transport with Kirishima walking ahead as their ‘manly shield’. At the back, Momo could see everything and help plan for any issues when things inevitably went wrong but also made a point to watch her own rear lest they get ambushed from behind.

Unlike the other two teams, their escort seemed to be relatively uncontested for the initial part. While they were on guard for any suspiciousness, no attack was forthcoming as they reached the mock vessel that All Might was supposedly having built.

It didn’t quite match the scenario as the derelict ship prop that UA had stationed in the dry dock was an old cargo ship that was well past being sea-worthy with the amount of rust and holes it had in its hull, but it appeared intact enough to walk onto and through. The vessel could be heard creaking here and there in the breeze that had them all on edge.

“Stay on your guard everyone,” Iida declared as they approached the gangway at the dry dock. “We’ve managed to make it so far, but I doubt it was due to our diligent vigilance.”

“Agreed,” Momo nodded as she noted All Might being lowered on the stretched by his robotic carriers to stand and get to stretch his legs a little. “Is something wrong, All Might?”

“No, all part of the exercise,” he stated, pointing towards the ship. “According to Aizawa, I have to go ‘sign off’ something inside.”

“You do?” Ochako frowned, already picturing the number of ways something could go wrong as Momo put a hand to her ear.

“Mr Aizawa, could you please confirm that?”

“All Might’s right, there’s a form on the bridge that requires All Might’s signature before you are to proceed,” their teacher relayed.

“Well that’s just askin’ for trouble,” Ochako’s frown deepened.

“But it is not our place to impede our VIP’s activities,” Iida declared.

“Though we should ensure the area is secure for him to conduct his business,” Momo said as she glanced at the still-legible title of the ship on its hull, named ‘Nostradamus’, before turning to her teammates. “Anima, could you have any mice or rats sweep the ship for anything out of place?”

“Can do,” the rocky boy nodded, suspecting there was plenty likely lurking around.

“Uravity,” Momo continued with her orders. “Go with him and, if the central floor’s all clear, keep watch from the main deck.”

“Roger,” Ochako agreed, going on ahead with Koda.

“Where do you want me?” Kirishima asked enthusiastically.

“You’ll stay with us to guard All Might until it’s all clear,” Iida stated. “Then you’ll remain here while Creati and I escort All Might to his duty.”

“Actually, it would be best if you remained behind to guard our rear Ingenium,” Momo noted, tapping one of the displays on her wrist to bring up the blueprint of the ship and offering it out to the boys. “Our most direct path to the bridge will take us through these sections here,” she pointed out, “there’s not a lot of space and you need room to maximise the use of your quirk while Red Riot and I are much more suited to close-range combat should it come to it.”

“I see your reasoning,” Iida nodded, “however, I offer a counter in that should something go wrong, I will immediately be able to extract our VIP and make a hasty getaway as opposed to my exposed position here.”

“If anyone else remains here, they are likely to be without backup while we’re inside the ship if villains attack,” Momo shook her head. “They’d be a sitting duck while you’re fast enough to get in and warn us. Not to mention this is the only direct way in and out of the ship so it’s mostly likely the point they’ll attack.”

Iida frowned, clearly still disagreeing with Momo’s proposal but the heiress knew this was the right call. From the side, All Might’s experience had him confident he knew which plan was better but he couldn’t give his students any hints. Any successes or mistakes would be on them and now it was on Iida to either remain resolute or continue to oppose his class vice-representative.

Fortunately for the boy, he was given an out by their other teammate.

“I’m gonna have to agree with Creati on this one, class pres’,” Kirishima acknowledged. “I can block stuff pretty good, but if Pixie-Bob’s lurking around here I’m as good as toast without even throwing a punch.”

Iida sighed, feeling like he’d lost something more than a simple disagreement over tactics.

“Very well, I shall concede to your strategy.”

“Don’t be so downhearted, man,” Kirishima tried to perk his friend up. “We got this!”

“We shall at least give our ‘Plus Ultra’,” Momo agreed, glancing around for any threats.

“Hey!” Ochako’s voice called from above. “Anima says his birds can’t see anyone on board and the rats say they haven’t smelled anything suspicious.”

“Guess that’s our cue,” Kirishima clashed his fists together with his quirk activated to pump himself up. “Let’s get in and out while keeping All Might safe.”

“Please do,” All Might chuckled at the boy’s enthusiasm as he followed after with Momo bringing up the rear.

Being left alone on the dock, Iida sharpened his senses as he looked around at every nook and cranny, expecting the inevitable confrontation at any moment.

Inside the ship, the others noted it seemed surprisingly well kept for a dilapidated-looking vessel; while it was old, all the floors, walls, and doorways appeared to be cleaned and oiled appropriately.

“Where are we headed?” Kirishima asked from the front.

“Take your next right,” Momo informed him, trailing All Might while trying to keep an eye out for anything out of place. “There’s a stairway that leads up to the bridge after two more turns.

“Got it,” Kirishima grinned as Momo touched at her earpiece.

“Anima? Have you found anything?”

“All good down here,” the boy replied across the communicator. “Cargo holds one and two are clear, my friends and I will search three and then head up towards you.”

“N-Not too many of your friends please,” Momo shivered. She didn’t know how many Koda had managed to gather but her skin tingled unpleasantly at the thought of numerous rodents swarming around her.

“All clear up here too,” Ochako checked in through the communicator.

Surveying the deck and standing on the top of a shipping crate stack, the gravity girl kept an eye on Iida and the surrounding area. An attack could come from anywhere and they needed to be ready. Koda’s birds were good but she could at least get a message off to her friends at a moment’s notice.

Besides, in a pinch, she could stall their opponents by tossing some of these heavy containers at them.

“Thank you, Uravity,” Momo smiled as her group passed the crew’s quarters and dining area to ascend the stairs towards the bridge.

From her perch, everything seemed entirely peaceful to Ochako, though she didn’t believe for a second it was real. She knew all too well how fast things could start going wrong, not just from Nabu, but from the Shie Hassaikai raid too. There, the heroes tried to strike hard and fast to prevent the villains from putting up as much resistance by not giving them time to react and minimize casualties.

In a way, Ochako figured, that’s what the Pussycats were doing to them now; their roles could just as easily be switched with the Pussycats apprehending a gang of criminals in a planned ambush.

Before she could think more deeply on the subject and lose her concentration, a shipping container door creaked nearby with a grinding, metallic sound that Ochako couldn’t tell whether it was from it being deliberately opened or if the wind had just blown it.

Looking around, she couldn’t spot the culprit door behind the sound but didn’t want to take any chances.

“Anima?” Ochako radioed in, “I think I heard something. Are your rats running around up here?”

“Not on the deck,” Koda replied, keeping them out of sight of opportunistic birds. The animals may obey his direct commands, but he couldn’t override their free will or instincts.

“Gonna go check it out then.”

“Do not take any unnecessary risks,” Iida replied, feeling more anxious by the second.

“I won’t,” Ochako smiled as she removed her own gravity and hopped from stack to stack, looking around for any open doors.

She was very aware her hunt was taking her further away from the bridge and out of view of her friends but if she didn’t check it out then they could just be giving the Pussycats time to set up.

Finally, she spotted a slightly ajar door on a container at the bottom of a stack. Shaking her head, Ochako prepared herself for a fight.

Playing it smart, she removed her gravity again and used the edge of the box-shaped containers to crawl back down towards earth, ready to glance through the top part of the open door, hoping that would be less noticeable to whoever was inside. At the very least it would buy her a few seconds to radio it in if it was a trap.

Taking a breath, she lowered her head and peered through the slit in the door.

Empty.

“That’s odd,” Ochako wondered, spotting none of the familiar pussycat costumes or objects of distraction inside. She quickly glanced around her, bracing herself as best she could in mid-air for an attack but when none seemed forthcoming she glanced back into the container. “Nothing here but a pile of dirt.”

The realization caught up with her as soon as she’d muttered the words and, no sooner had she than the pile of dirt began moving and shifting.


Iida’s ears twitched. There was a noise. Something had moved nearby, back along the dock somewhere that he couldn’t see. There was a set of boxes they’d passed on their way along the extended dock to the gangway that Iida wished he’d taken the time to move before they’d split up but there was no helping it now.

He raised his hand to his ear, a request to Ochako to ask if she saw anything but she was out of position and likely focused on her own suspicions.

“Excuse me,” Iida tapped one of the escort robots without looking away from the direction he heard the noise. “Did either one of you happen to hear that just now?”

The robot he’d asked somehow shot the boy an indignant look.

“Did you say something?” It replied.

“We’re just here to carry that lump,” the other agreed.

“Understood,” Iida sighed, figuring it was worth a shot.

The light chatter hadn’t eased his nerves any and he was still convinced someone was sneaking up nearby. Doubt then began to set in as he wondered if it was another diversion like the last round had featured.

‘Behind you,’ a voice suggested quickly in Iida’s head.

The boy whipped around only to find no one which was exactly what Mandalay wanted as she surged forward from behind the crates she’d managed to sneak up to, her paw raised to knock the distracted student out as soon as she got close.

Iida knew he’d fallen for a ruse the moment he’d reacted on instinct and turned his head. Recognising Mandalay’s quirk, he didn’t bother to turn back around and instead immediately engaged his engines and shot off into the ship, Mandalay’s punch missing by moments.

“Damn!” The pussycat muttered as Iida’s irritating quirk meant they’d lost the element of surprise and quickly chased after her prey.

Iida was inside the ship in a flash and didn’t hesitate to slam and lock the entry behind him, jamming it with a loose piece of pipe that should hopefully hold the pussycat off for a few extra moments while he ran for the others.

Before he could call in his situation, Ochako’s voice echoed in his ear.

“Pixie-Bob hid earth in the crates! She’s turning it into her creature things!”

Ochako had launched herself skyward to escape the initial blast of dirt that had blown the crate door off its hinges and shot out her new grapple towards the bridge where it latched onto a railing as she began to reel herself in, well away from danger.

“Miss Mandalay just attacked me at the entrance,” Iida relayed. “I’ve locked her out but I’m sure she’ll find another way in.”

“Everyone,” Momo’s voice joined them, “get into the ship and make for the dining hall in the center of the main floor! Red Riot, All Might, and I will meet you there.”

“Got it,” Koda acknowledged, close to the stairs leading up from the bottom of the ship anyway.

“And I’ve got you,” a teasing voice called out as Ragdoll slipped through one of the ship’s many rusted holes, launching herself from the wall directly at the boy.

Koda raised his hands to fight back but his experience and speed were no match for the experienced pro’s who batted his guard away with admittedly some difficulty but it didn’t stop her pounce launching him cleanly into the metal wall where his head and ears briefly rang from the collision before his world faded into blackness.

While Ragdoll had emerged victorious in their little scrap, Koda wasn’t completely helpless as the rats who’d been helping him with the scouting immediately began launching themselves at Ragdoll to avenge their fallen friend.

“Ouch, oo-ch, aiyah!” Ragdoll exclaimed as she quickly realised the floor was not a safe surface, launching herself onto the walls and trying to shake her ankles and paws free of rodents. “I’m gonna need shots after this,” she pouted, dreading another trip to Recovery Girl.

The rats weren’t ones to give up easily though and their coordinated efforts towards a singular goal saw them scamper after the pro using any rivet, pipe, or foothold they could. Ragdoll knew she wasn’t safe and needed to back off now lest the food chain run in reverse.

Up above, Ochako had reeled herself in and stood on the safety of the bridge as cat-like constructs began emerging from several crates, and swarmed the deck. Thankful for her quirk’s utility, she wasted no more time watching, heading inside and dashing towards the stairs that Momo and the others had hurried down several moments before.

Scurrying down the steps as fast as she could without tripping, Ochako’s heart leapt into her throat as an open porthole in the staircase was soon filled with Tiger’s visage as he began squeezing his face and arms through as though his bones were made of rubber.

“Where do you think you’re going, hero?” He mocked, reaching out as best he could to block her path. Ochako hesitated but didn’t stop her descent. Tiger had the advantage in combat, but she needed only one touch.

To a pro like him in a confined space it probably wouldn’t affect him much, likely to use his surroundings to launch himself around like Izuku had done before, but maybe it would work as a deterrent.

While still not quite through the skinny port, Tiger was limited in his movements and Ochako dived towards the space furthest from his reach, holding her hands out directly to face him that he hesitated to swipe at.

A mote of panic shot through the pro as he hadn’t suspected she’d make such a bold move, especially as she had recklessly thrown herself headfirst down the remaining stairs in her efforts.

Ochako’s plan was anything but reckless however as, once beyond the man’s reach, she touched herself just before she hit the floor and dragged herself forward, bouncing off the ground without much damage and speedily flying forward directly through the double doors that Kirishima was standing guard at.

“Get in!” He urged as Ochako pulled her arms in, sliding between the boy’s legs. He then yanked the doors closed as Tiger, now fully inside the ship, quickly closed the distance and lunged.

Much like Iida had before, Kirishima barred the doors, using his hardened arm instead of a pipe, and bracing himself as Tiger’s full weight hurled itself against the unrelenting steel.

“Ha! Nice try,” Kirishima mocked, readying himself for another attack. “Gonna have to do a lot better than that before you’re getting in here.”

Ochako breathed a sigh of relief as it looked like she’d escaped for the moment.

“Release,” she muttered, re-engaging gravity’s effects on her and climbing to her feet.

“Anima? Anima, are you there?” Iida’s voice called out from nearby as Ochako surveyed the area.

It seemed they were in what appeared to be a fairly standard dining hall with many tables and chairs littering the area, if bolted to the floor, while the kitchen seemed to be over in the corner. There was another set of double doors on either side of the room but Momo had clearly already been utilizing her quirk as they were reinforced with sturdy steel reinforcements since they only had one Kirishima.

Speaking of, the girl herself emerged from the kitchens while All Might stood awkwardly nearby and Iida tried to radio for their missing friend.

“No response,” Iida stated with dismay.

“One of the others must’ve gotten him,” Momo stated, turning to her girlfriend. “I’m glad you were able to get here safely.”

“Tiger almost got me,” Ochako informed them.

“And Miss Mandalay tried to accost me, which means it was likely Pixie-Bob or Ragdoll,” Iida noted.

“It doesn’t matter,” Momo sighed. “All that matters now is finding an escape route to escort All Might to safety.”

“I would very much appreciate that,” All Might chuckled.

The students shivered when Tiger’s voice called out to them through Kirishima’s sealed door.

“You can’t stay in there forever. We will get you eventually.”

“Just try it!” Kirishima taunted back.

“Riot, don’t antagonize him,” Iida reasoned. “Focus on more important things.”

“Which would be planning,” Momo agreed, walking over to the door and generating the final set of steel bracers she’d been preparing to replace their friend, allowing him to step away from the door when they were in place.

With the momentary respite they’d bought for themselves, Momo led the group over towards the kitchen area so they could discuss things without their enemy listening in.

“Does anyone have any suggestions?” Momo opened the floor.

“They got one of us and we didn’t get any of them,” Kirishima cursed. “My gut’s telling me we should take the fight to them and save Anima but that’s probably the wrong play.”

“Given the nature of this exercise, I have to agree,” Momo nodded. “They Pussycats are playing to their strengths which means we need to too.”

“They’re likely already hunting for alternate ways and weak points in here,” Iida said.

“Not to mention Miss Pixie-Bob’s got an army of those earth things running around,” Ochako sighed.

As if to punctuate her point, a stone creature banged on one of the outer portholes, trying to break the surprisingly sturdy glass to no avail.

“That does pose a problem,” Momo nodded, watching the being carefully for a moment as it switched from attacking the window to blocking it out before the others started following suit, leaving them in a darkened room if not for the ceiling lights. “Even if we managed to take down the others, I’m sure just getting some breathing room from Pixie-Bob’s attacks would prove difficult even if Anima were here with us.”

“So what do we do?” Kirishima looked to the class’ two smartest students.

Iida, Momo, and Ochako pondered in silence for a moment while Kirishima glanced around, making sure there were no signs of their defences being breached. All Might watched the students curiously, though even he was nervous about the animalistic sounds those stone creatures were making.

The stirrings of an idea rose in Ochako’s mind. It was crude, but it could work, maybe. Before she could open her mouth however, both Iida and Momo vocalized together.

“I think I have an idea.”

Ochako’s voice died in her throat as her two teammates blinked and glanced at the other from their surprising harmony.

“If our enemy has blocked off all our exits, we should make a new one,” Momo declared. “I can use a plasma cutter to carve us a way out that they won’t expect. If we can do it fast enough, they won’t be able to react to our escape.”

“I’m afraid I have to disagree,” Iida shook his head. “I believe the reason we have yet to see Miss Pixie-Bob is due to her placement outside the ship to capture us when we try to execute such a plan. As the ship is currently in a dry dock, there is plenty of earthen material for her to utilize to stop us besides that which she is already controlling.”

“What’s your plan then?” Kirishima asked.

“A surprise attack of our own,” Iida replied. “The Pussycats likely suspect we will try to perform an underhanded manoeuvre to avoid them when, in actuality, we should be doing the opposite. While they are preoccupied searching for a means of access, I say we charge back out the way we came where their guard is likely the weakest.”

“What makes you say that?” Ochako enquired. “If you’re right, then won’t Pixie-Bob be able to guard the way we came in too?”

“That’s why I will use my speed to carry All Might through before she knows what we’re attempting,” Iida explained. “If I can get up to fourth gear before I hit the door, I should be able to kick it open without losing too much speed and be away in an instant.”

“Yeah, I got it,” Kirishima grinned, “just like the USJ.”

“Exactly,” Iida nodded. “I trust you all to be able to give me the opening I need to secure our victory.”

“You can count on me,” Kirishima grinned, punching his fists together in determination.

As for Momo and Ochako, they couldn’t help but glance nervously at each other.

“That’s a risky move, Ingenium,” Momo said, “there are more unnecessary risks and obstacles to overcome if we attempt what you suggest.”

“But we could just as easily be inviting the enemy inside if we follow your plan,” Iida countered, a slight frown settling on his brow. “This at least will allow us to fight on our terms and potentially catch them off guard enough to tip things in our favour.”

“I’m… sorry, Iida,” Ochako spoke up. “I have to agree with Momo.”

Iida felt his heart sink at his friend’s admission. Without Koda, any attempt to vote was split down the middle and he doubted All Might would take sides as an impartial teacher.

“I… understand your hesitations,” Iida admitted, his fists gripping themselves lightly in frustration. “But I know this is the right call. Please trust me as your class president to lead us to victory.”

Both Ochako and Momo’s resolutions wavered at their friend’s plea. In the end, it was Momo who released a sigh of concession.

“If you’re sure, then we should prepare ourselves accordingly,” she relented. “What should we do?”

A mixed feeling of triumph and relief swept through the class president.

“Okay,” Iida began, turning to Kirishima and Momo, “we have already practised something similar to this once before. I’m hoping we will have the same success again.”

Kirishima and Momo raised a brow but listened as Iida laid out his plan in detail. While Ochako looked a little confused at first, seeing the other’s faces show more determination and confidence as Iida’s plan continued to let her own confidence grow.

Soon enough, they were all ready and prepared to go beyond.


“Any movement?” Mandalay requested through the communicators, reaching the halfway point on her patrol around the rear wall of the kitchens.

“None here,” Ragdoll confirmed, having escaped to the deck to lose the rodent battalion and keep watch for any unusual plays by their prey.

“Doors are still barricaded,” Tiger declared, standing at the bottom of the stairs outside the main entrance to the dining area along with a dozen earth beasts.

“They’ll have to come out eventually,” Pixie-Bob chuckled from her position. “And when they do, I’ll be ready.”

“We’ll be counting on mew,” Ragdoll giggled and flicked her tail. “We didn’t snag Creati so be prepared for anything.”

“What do you think I’ve been doing?” Pixie-Bob deadpanned.

An unmistakable ‘thunk’ of something heavy moving behind the entrance put Tiger on guard and Pixie-Bob shifted several earth beasts into optimal attack positions.

“On me, they’re…” Tiger began to relay only for the doors to explode open in an instant.

“Attack!” Kirishima cried out, his quirk activated and braced for any onslaught as Iida’s engine-boosted push turned him into a human-shaped missile. Several earth beasts between him and his target were quickly reduced to rubble, unable to hold their form together as Kirishima’s durability overwhelmed their own.

“What-?!” Was all Tiger could exclaim as the boy flew directly towards him, cushioned only by the man raising his arms to block the full force at the last second.

The two crashed noisily into the stairs, sending a ripple of pain through the pro as they almost certainly broke a number of them.

“Go!” Momo called as she discarded the heat-vision goggles and surged after her teammate along with Uraraka, attacking any earth creature that got close with her metal bō staff while the gravity-defiant girl began tapping any beast Momo hadn’t already taken care of.

“They’re trying to rush us,” Pixie-Bob relayed, having felt the loss of control over several of her constructs. “Tiger needs support.”

“On it!” Mandalay and Ragdoll responded, dashing to aid their fellow pussycat.

“Creati, duck!” Ochako called out as she shot out three of her grapples into floating constructs before whipping them around, slamming them heavily into the wall and another earth beast.

Momo had deftly avoided the attack only to lunge with her bō and slam it through the side of a beast that sought to take a bite out of Ochako’s rear. Only she and her partners were allowed to do that.

Tiger, having been knocked for a loop with Kirishima’s collision, engaged his quirk to wrap up and restrain the boy.

“You practically handed yourself over to the enemy, is this what you call a plan?” Tiger challenged, tightening his grip.

“I trust our class pres’ and you shouldn’t doubt him either,” Kirishima grinned before drawing deeper on his quirk. “Unbreakable!”

While entering he wasn’t at risk of taking any further damage from Tiger right now, the boy’s hardened parts grew sharper, causing Tiger to hiss as he was forced to somewhat relax his quirk before blood got drawn.

The red-headed boy knew this was his moment though and used Tiger’s hesitation against him, pushing them both into a roll with every rotation cutting into the pro with their bodies as awkwardly tangled as they were.

By now, the other two had cleared out a good portion of the earth beasts with their surprise attack but knew it was only a matter of time before the other Pussycats made an appearance.

“Ingenium!” Momo called as she suspected their window was closing.

Back inside the dining room, Iida’s quirk had warmed up enough to be ready. With limited space inside the ship, the engine-quirked boy would be limited in his top speed but he trusted his reaction time to be able to get through until he could push himself down the gangway and into full throttle.

“Engine Boost!” Iida called out as his exhaust flared.

On huddled over on his back, All Might felt very awkward but clung on as best he could, tucking his head down and keeping his limbs in tight.

As Ragdoll reached the top of the staircase and Mandalay rounded the corner, they could only watch as Ingenium, along with his VIP, sped down the hallway the students had originally entered through and back towards the entry.

Momo, Ochako, and Kirishima grinned as they put their faith in their class president to do the rest while their tried to apprehend these criminals until Aizawa called for the end of the exercise.

One thing Momo noticed as she prepared to block Mandalay’s incoming swipe however, was the lack of disappointment on her face. A pang of worry shot through her system as she began fending off the pussycat, wondering if they’d made the right call.

As Iida sped through the remaining corridors, he remained tense and braced for any unexpected retaliation. For his part, All Might almost enjoyed the thrill of such speeds; the familiar sensations of moving this fast during his tenure as a hero were nostalgia-inducing.

However, the closer Iida got to the exit, the more his anxieties climbed when there wasn’t any further attack from earthen beasts, nor a sign of Pixie-Bob.

When he reached the last corridor that led directly back to the dock, he pushed his worries down. The bar was still in place from where he’d locked it from before and the hinges would definitely give with a strong enough kick.

“Hold on now, All Might,” Iida declared with the former pro bracing himself as much as he could, knowing a shock was about to ripple through him from the impact. “Recipro Turbo!”

Iida’s flaring exhausts shifted colour from orange to white hot as his engines kicked into overdrive. Launching himself forward, he took only a few steps before launching a flying kick at the door, crumpling it around his foot and sending it shooting forward as he carried it with his momentum.

Fresh air and sunlight greeted the pair once more, but any hopes of the plan going off without further interruption were swiftly dashed when Iida realised, that instead of a gangway and dock to greet him as he landed, there was only open air.

Pixie-Bob had been nowhere to be seen the whole exercise and now he knew why. She had been busy removing the gangway and grinding down the dock with earth until there was only a pit remaining, erecting earthen walls around the entryway stretching up to the main dock’s height with her perched atop the one between him and his escape direction.

Without a solid surface to land on, Iida and All Might were forced to succumb to gravity’s will as they, and the steel door Iida had launched, crashed down into the pitfall.

“No…”

“Oh, yes,” Pixie-Bob grinned as she pressed her hands to the earth, letting her quirk flow freely. Instead of a hard landing, the dirt surged upwards like a wave, catching the door, Iida, and All Might like quicksand before hardening in an instant.

Iida surged to respond. Hopefully, what worked against Honenuki would work again here as he didn’t need a run-up to reach maximum power now he had solid land beneath his feet. Before he could do anything to escape his situation, however, the earth forcefully yanked All Might from his back with the man remaining just as buried to the neck as he was.

“And this is the part where I crush you both into cat food!” Pixie-Bob grinned down at them with a touch of superiority. “Looks like you weren’t as smart as you thought you were.”

Under his helmet, Iida bit his tongue, stopping himself from engaging with the villain and focusing on how to get out of the situation.

With another flex of her quirk, Pixie-Bob caused the walls to produce oversized spikes and trapping Iida and All Might inside an earthen iron maiden with one spike resting against the back of All Might’s skull.

Iida wanted to keep going, to try and push through, but the regretful tone from All Might had his heart sinking.

“I’m sorry, young Iida, it’s over.”

The klaxon blared to punctuate All Might’s remark as the result was officially declared.


“You lost.”

Four of the students were back among their peers, standing before Aizawa with disappointed looks on their faces, though none more so than Iida. Koda had been extracted and taken to the medical bay by the escort droids during the exercise and was still out cold while Ragdoll had swung by Recovery Girl’s ahead of the others to receive her shots, somehow managing to escape without a scolding.

“What happened?” Aizawa continued.

Momo, Ochako, and Kirishima glanced awkwardly between each other but Iida spoke up first.

“We failed in our mission to protect All Might.”

“Don’t waste our time with the obvious,” the teacher resisted the urge to roll his eyes. “Why did you fail?”

“The… Pussycats put up an excellent ambush strategy that had us cornered for a portion of the exercise,” Iida continued. “When we attempted to escape, everyone played their parts well, except for myself. If I hadn’t been so assured of our escape route, I might not have caused our team to fail.”

“It wasn’t your fault, man,” Kirishima quickly vocalized, patting him on the back.

“Iida’s not wrong,” Aizawa dismissed. “You were overconfident and got the others to listen to your plan by attempting to pull class rank. While Yaoyorozu’s plan wasn’t perfect, yours was banking on your opponents not taking measures to mitigate your strengths and cut off your escape. Villains won’t fight fair and leave you a path to victory.”

“I’m… well aware,” Iida bowed. “I can only apologize for failing the exercise and my team.”

“That’s a start, but they’re also at fault for listening to you,” Aizawa turned his attention to the others. “Yaoyorozu. Why did you decide to go with Iida’s plan over your own?”

“He… seemed confident in it?” Momo offered weakly.

“The real reason, Yaoyorozu,” Aizawa prompted again. Momo couldn’t help looking away from Iida when he glanced her way too.

“I… had doubts about my own plan and I could tell it meant more to Iida than it did to me.”

A small frown marred Iida’s features as he realized he hadn’t won over Yaoyorozu with his confidence or determination, but that she’d pitied him.

“Pity isn’t a good reason to act irrationally,” Aizawa practically vocalised the blue-haired boy’s thoughts. “While it had room for improvement, your plan had a better chance of success and you knew that. Don’t regress to where you were at the beginning of the year or I’ll send you back there.”

“Yes, sir,” Momo nodded, trying to push down the guilt she felt from the expression on Iida’s face.

“As for you two, did either of you have any ideas for escaping?” Aizawa opened up the floor to the remaining pair.

“I was kinda relying on them,” Kirishima stated.

“I hope I don’t need to explain why that was a mistake,” the teacher narrowed his eyes at the boy.

“N-No sir, I just didn’t have any ideas that would be better than theirs,” Kirishima explained hastily. “They’re the two smartest in our class so I figured they could handle that stuff while I took care of front-lining things. Playing to our strengths, y’know?”

“That excuse won’t work if you want to become a real pro,” Aizawa stated. “You might have to handle a situation by yourself one day so don’t rely on others to do the thinking for you.”

“I won’t!” Kirishima bowed dutifully.

“You’ll prove it by writing me an essay on three other ways you could’ve escaped that situation without any of your classmates’ assistance,” the teacher declared, glancing over at Bakugo who let out a small scoff. “On my desk the first day after work study week.”

“Yes, sir!” Kirishima’s bow deepened until the tips of his hair nearly brushed the floor.

Aizawa nodded, accepting the boy’s sincerity but at least had something positive to say to end his assessment.

“At least you took my advice seriously about taking the fight to your opponent.”

“Yes, sir,” Kirishima accepted with a grin and reached up to lightly touch his nose scar. While he’d tried and barely managed to succeed on Nabu to hold back Nine, here he at least was able to keep Tiger occupied who most of the others had had trouble with.

Turning to the last member of the group, Aizawa raised an expectant brow at Ochako.

“No ideas from you either?”

“Uh… I had one, but it wasn’t as good as any of the others,” Ochako admitted, getting the attention of her teammates.

“I’m sure it had merit,” Momo tried to offer helpfully.

“It couldn’t have been worse than my plan,” Iida sighed.

“Well,” Ochako began hesitantly, “if we could’ve gotten Iida and All Might to the deck, I could’ve used my quirk on them to keep them away from the ground while Iida could use his engines to propel himself and All Might to safety. The only problem would’ve been landing safely since I wouldn’t know when Iida was ready for me to deactivate my quirk if the Pussycats were trying to stop us.”

“That wouldn’t’ve been an issue had you come with me,” the boy noted. “If we all made it to the deck, I could’ve easily carried propelled everyone if we were all weightless.”

“Oh, yeah,” Ochako blinked.

“I also could’ve cut us a way out to avoid our enemy altogether,” Momo lamented. “If we’d opened a path to the side of the ship we could’ve all used your quirks to escape safely without engaging in combat at all.”

“A controlled explosion would’ve been better than cutting through,” Aizawa explained. “It’s louder and messy, but effective if time and surprise are of the essence.”

“Oh, um… yes, sir,” Momo nodded. “I had considered that but I didn’t trust my current level of knowledge or training in such methods to do so safely, especially in a confined space.”

“I guess you have your next training target then,” the teacher replied matter-of-factly before addressing Ochako again. “Had you vocalised and developed that plan with the others, it could’ve been the best of the three.”

“Yes, sir,” Ochako cursed herself internally for her doubts and resolved to do better next time.

“As you can see,” Aizawa rounded on Iida again. “There were several ways you could’ve handled things better. Good ideas can come from anywhere and demanding others go along with your plan because of a title is just asking to get someone killed. I suggest you prioritise putting your ego aside and becoming more open and flexible in the future.”

“I shall endeavour to do my best, sir,” Iida bowed politely, getting a satisfied nod from Aizawa in return.

“At least you kitties did well to avoid our sneak attack to start,” Ragdoll spoke up, hoping to instil some confidence back into the group. While Aizawa had been perfectly content to break down their failures, he’d barely spoken about the things they’d done right and she wanted to correct that.

“You made the right call by leaving Iida outside,” Mandalay explained. “We’d planned on taking your guard out first then picking you off one by one inside the ship, using its damaged hull against you like Ragdoll did with Koda but he was able to get the alarm off too quickly so we had to hurry things along. Our paws and boots incorporate softer materials to reduce the noise we make, which would’ve been helpful on such a noisy surface,” she showed off her paws.

“I put some of my pretty kitties in hiding so you guys would be too busy dealing with them to notice our sneak attack,” Pixie-Bob grinned. “We’ve also studied how cute little kitties stalk in the wild to perfect our art. If we don’t want you to know we’re there, you won’t.”

“That explains why I didn’t hear you until you got close,” Iida muttered and getting a confirming nod from the woman.

“Despite our preparations and plan, you were able to regroup and hold yourselves up well,” Tiger continued. “In a real-world situation, you likely would’ve had the option to call in or wait for backup that could’ve provided alternate solutions.”

“But that’s not guaranteed,” Aizawa concluded. “Here you’re preparing for the worst-case scenarios where there’s no backup and no help on the way. When all you can rely on is yourselves, you either pull out a win or you don’t go home at the end. Don’t forget that.”

“Yes, sir,” the students bowed lightly while Ragdoll and Mandalay pulled faces at the man’s obstinateness.

“Good,” the teacher nodded, dismissing the group and looking over to the last ones to take on the day’s exercise. “Last team, you know the drill by now. Head out and prepare yourselves.”

“Yes, sir,” Tsuyu, Aoyama, Sero, Shoji, and Shinso all responded before being led out by the Pussycats who took off to prepare themselves for the final time.

While Mina and Tsuyu sought to comfort Momo and Ochako on their loss, though they weren’t too beat up for their failure knowing they’d done the best they could, and Bakugo exchanging a nod of commiseration with his boyfriend, Izuku took note of Iida who looked more dejected than any of them.

Slipping around his classmates to stand beside him, Izuku rested a supportive hand on his friend’s shoulder as the blue-haired boy looked up from his downward gaze to meet his eyes.

“You did amazingly, Iida,” Izuku smiled. “Your control when you were racing through the corridors was impressive.”

Iida’s disappointed expression brightened somewhat as he quickly realized what his friend was trying to do.

“I appreciate your words, Midoriya,” Iida said, “I’m glad my efforts this past week weren’t for nothing, but it seems I still have a way to go regarding my mindset.”

Izuku noticed the boy’s eyes looking past him and glanced back to see he was observing his former teammates, though he couldn’t tell if it was directed at Ochako, Momo, or both.

“Don’t take it too hard, we can’t all have the right ideas all the time,” Izuku offered.

“In that, we agree,” Iida nodded. “Though it seems more and more obvious to me that my ideas are rarely the right ones.”

Izuku could tell that there was more on Iida’s mind than he was saying. Like he had before, the green-haired boy knew he needed to ensure his friend knew he wasn’t alone.

“If you need to talk about something just let me know, okay?”

Iida looked back at his friend and realised how his words had worried him, stirring up memories of mistakes the last time he’d held back on voicing his feelings.

“Thank you, Midoriya,” Iida smiled a little brighter. “That would be appreciated.”

“No problem,” Izuku returned the smile as they both looked back to the camera screens.

There would be time to talk after class as the day's final match was about to get underway.


“So, what’s the plan?” Sero threw out as he rolled his shoulders to warm up.

Like the others, they had a short time to plan as All Might sat off to the side atop his carriers once again though he’d gotten used to the embarrassment by now.

“We go out there and do our best, ribbit,” Tsuyu shrugged. “We’ve been able to watch everyone else so far and I think we can win with this team.”

“We need to be cunning if we’re to succeed,” Shoji noted.

“Agreed. It would be most décourageant if Midoriya’s team were the only ones to pass today,” Aoyama said, checking over his gear.

“Not to mention Bakugo being smug about it,” Sero sighed.

“That’s well and good, but do you actually have a plan Asui?” Shinso asked.

“Call me Tsu, ribbit,” Tsuyu replied cheerfully.

“No,” Shinso rebuffed simply, causing Tsuyu’s smile to falter somewhat.

“You’re right, we should be using our hero names,” Sero interjected quickly, hoping to mitigate any hurt feelings. “In case you forgot, mine’s Cellophane.”

“Tentacole,” Shoji nodded.

“You may call moi the Shining Hero: Can’t Stop Twinkling!” Aoyama declared with a flourish.

“I’m Froppy,” Tsuyu said.

“Got it,” Shinso nodded casually.

“Did you pick one for yourself yet?” Sero prodded. “If not, we can just call you by your last name or somethin’.”

“Urgh, no,” the purple-haired boy dismissed. “I wouldn’t be much good as an underground hero if everyone knew my name.”

“Ship’s kinda already sailed on that man,” the tape-armed boy chuckled. “Unless you can mind-control everyone to delete all the footage from the Sports Festival.”

Shinso rolled his eyes at the unrealistic suggestion but had an actual response for his temporary teammates.

“Call me ‘Mind Jack’,” he said with a note of hesitation.

“No relation to Earphone Jack, I hope,” Tsuyu chuckled.

“Bein que, they do have similar hair,” Aoyama remarked.

“That’s like saying Izuku and I are related, ribbit,” Tsuyu deadpanned.

“M-Mes excuses,” Aoyama hastily bowed, “I didn’t mean-”

“She knows,” Shoji chuckled once. “She’s just teasing you.”

“Ribbit,” Tsuyu smiled at the taller boy as the group shared a chuckle that even Shinso couldn’t resist cracking a smile. “As for an actual plan…”

With the ice and awkwardness somewhat broken, the group got to work using their remaining time to plan their strategy.

All Might listened silently and hoped that things worked out for the group. He’d noticed the Pussycats had been a bit tougher on the students since their first match loss and wondered if they were being too harsh due to their inexperience guiding the students or whether it was Aizawa’s stern hand instructing them to be tough. All he could hope was that the ones that failed didn’t take losing to a well-oiled pro team too hard and that this team could pull out a win.


When the klaxon went off declaring a start to the exercise, the students diligently took to the roles they’d been assigned. Sero and Tsuyu, as the most mobile, took to the rooftops without leaving the group’s line of sight while Shoji led the group guarding All Might with Shinso by the former pro’s side and Aoyama guarding their rear as their ranged specialist.

Once again they were directed down several streets away from the previous team's battlegrounds until they reached the shipyard where the document to sign for All Might was waiting on a crate outside ship instead of inside.

“Guess they’re making it clear they don’t wanna do the same ambush twice,” Sero remarked as All Might quickly signed the form and they were free to depart.

“That only means they have had more time to plan an ambush for the limited route remaining,” Shoji noted, having sprouted several extra eyes and ears to better detect their enemies. “Stay on guard.”

“If they’re not going to attack us here then we should adjust our plan,” Tsuyu noted.

“You think?” Sero asked curiously.

“If we’re taking All Might to go for a ‘shopping spree’ next,” Tsuyu began, getting a small sigh from the former pro at the notion, “then I have a good idea of what they’re gonna try.”

“Let’s hear it,” Shinso said as the team grouped together again to change their tactics. It was only minor, but with all the information they’d been able to garner it may help them prevail given the pros previous tactics.

“It’s risky,” Shoji noted. “We’d need to work quickly to make it happen before the others get to us.”

“True, ribbit,” Tsuyu agreed, “but if we succeed, we’ll take away their biggest advantage.”

“This hinges on you, mon amie, are you up to the task?” Aoyama questioned as the group looked to Shinso.

The lavender-haired boy could feel the pressure settling around his shoulders but, in a way, it felt comfortable.

“I’d be a poor excuse for a hero student if I said ‘no’, wouldn’t I?” He smirked.

With their adjustments made, the team continued the exercise.

Moving into the warehouse district as directed, they soon turned a corner onto a new street and saw one of the ground’s exit gates looming ahead of them in the distance, marking the end of their escort.

“So they’re absolutely going to make their play here, right?” Sero checked in over the communicators.

“Ribbit.”

“My tummy is ready,” Aoyama signalled, feeling his quirk hum lightly.

“Stick to the plan and we’ve got this,” Shoji replied, bracing himself for whatever they would face.

Shinso felt a bead of sweat roll down his face as he lightly tapped the pouches on his belt containing his extra equipment. Taking on the other hero students was one thing but pros admittedly had him nervous despite his bravado. He only hoped they were as susceptible to his same tricks.

As the group proceeded along, there was one last intersection they had to cross which was arguably their most vulnerable point.

Sure enough, once they reached the center and the furthest point away from any cover, a wall of earth burst free from below the tarmac to block them off.

“Go!” Shoji ordered as Shinso and Aoyama immediately helped All Might down and took off towards the right.

“Ah, ah, ah~,” a cheeky voice called out as Pixie-Bob revealed herself, leaping out to block their path and slamming her hands on the ground, causing another wall to rise to match the other. “You naughty kittens aren’t going anywhere.”

Internally, the students felt a degree of confidence as their plan proceeded as expected.

Positioned on the same side of the street as their ambusher, Sero leapt from the warehouse roof to a street light and shot a ream of tape at the most troublesome pussycat.

“You aren’t stopping us!” He yelled out, aiming to wrap up and remove the woman as an obstacle before she could cause too much havoc only for Pixie-Bob to grin impishly as she jumped towards and sunk into her earthen wall. “I didn’t know she could do that.”

In a flash, the pussycat emerged from the top of her barrier and hurled a globule of earth at the boy. Sero raised his arms to defend himself but still took the majority of the blow, the chunk of earth shattering his guard as he fell towards the ground behind the barrier and out of sight of his teammates.

The others grimaced at the move but it did nothing to hinder their actions.

From the remaining streets, Tiger and Mandalay emerged from their hiding spots inside the warehouses and dashed towards their goal.

“They’re trying to corner us,” Tsuyu declared through the headset as she shot her tongue out and ripped an air conditioner unit off the roof before whipping it towards Tiger, knowing it was too risky to get in close to that particular pussycat.

“So we don’t let them,” Shoji acknowledged, following after Shinso, Aoyama, and All Might. With effort, he began merging one side of his dupli-arms into a single, giant fist and lunging at the earthen barricade.

Pixie-Bob braced herself atop the wall as Shoji’s fist collided with it, sending a ripple through the construct. It wasn’t enough to bring it down, but he’d been able to shatter a sizable chunk that the others could get through.

“You little-” Pixie-Bob growled, reaching down to both stabilize herself and reform the wall before they could get through. Something hit the back of one of her arms however and pulled hard.

She realized with a start as she fell that Sero was still conscious despite having fallen into several crates and looking like he was down for the count. He had collapsed in the pile, clearly woozy, but the boy had that ‘Plus Ultra’ attitude that managed to help his teammates.

“Get ‘er guys,” he muttered before passing out.

Pixie-Bob admired the boy’s dedication, even if it was a fruitless effort. She braced herself to land in a position to instantly use her quirk again only to feel a heated blast slam into her chest.

“Take that, mademoiselle!” Aoyama yelled, his palms pointed towards Pixie-Bob and tingling from the heat that his new suit generated to channel his Navel Laser into them.

“Good shot!” Shoji remarked as he and Shinso quickly ushered All Might through the hole before following after.

With most of their team now on the opposite side of the barrier, Tsuyu saw little reason to hang around and leapt from one side of the street to the other, her attack having done little to slow Tiger down.

“We can’t let them escape,” Tiger growled as he and Mandalay reached the intersection and hurried towards the broken barrier.

“We won’t,” Mandalay agreed, having already relayed the situation to Ragdoll via her quirk before exchanging a small nod with the man as she sprinted forward ahead of him. Tiger instantly understood his teammate’s plan and measured his next few paces carefully.

As soon as she was ready, Mandalay dropped into a coiled crouch, waiting for Tiger’s weight as the ferocious pussycat stepped onto her back and was catapulted up towards the warehouse roof where Tsuyu had just landed.

When he crashed onto the steel sheets, Tsuyu almost jumped at the noise and how quickly he’d closed the gap. The look in Tiger’s eyes had that familiar ‘prey-like’ feeling run down her spine as her instincts told her to run.

There wasn’t any cover or anything else around she could use to block the man as he sprung forward, intending on taking her down here and now. Truthfully, Tsuyu didn’t like her odds against Tiger with a quirk like his so she did the only thing she could think of that would help them succeed as a team.

Leaping on the spot, Tsuyu simultaneously shot her tongue at the man. As expected, Tiger intercepted her attack, aimed at his leg, with an arm and allowed the slimy appendage to wrap around before gripping it tightly.

“Now I’ve got you,” he grinned, but before he could yank Tsuyu towards him and knock her out, the girl slammed her heels down on the roof and crashed through the ceiling.

The pussycat hadn’t expected such a move and found himself hurriedly bracing as Tsuyu’s weight plus gravity attempted to pull him down with her. Even with that much force, it wasn’t enough to dislodge him from his feet as he stood firm on the edge of the hole the girl had made.

“Not clever enough, Froppy,” he grinned and yanked her back towards the roof.

It was only then he realized his mistake as Tsuyu used the momentum to slam her feet into the underside of the roof he was standing on, sending them both crashing down into the warehouse below.

Tsuyu’s teammates could only glance her way at the loud noise and hope she’d be okay. On the street, Shoji guarded the hole in the earthen wall to prevent Mandalay from following after them and Aoyama kept up the pressure on Pixie-Bob by firing off his quirk as fast as his tummy would allow.

With some space to breathe, he decided there was enough time to radio in for their escape route.

“Command, we’re under attack. Give us a new exit point.”

“You’re close enough to it so consider the exit gate also your safe zone,” Aizawa relayed. Shinso nodded to himself and hoped the others had heard the orders too.

There was still one more pussycat missing and Shinso knew it was risky to make a move into the nearby warehouse in-case she was lurking inside, waiting for the opportune moment to strike so he guarded All Might carefully as Aoyama managed to push Pixie-Bob back even further.

“Go, mon amie, I have this one,” Aoyama sent him a somewhat confident grin over his shoulder.

Glancing past the boy however, he spotted Pixie-Bob’s expression shift into one of satisfaction.

He heard the manhole cover shifting before anything else and knew Ragdoll was about to repeat the sneak attack they’d performed on another team, bypassing Shoji and pincering them.

Instead of reaching for his capture scarf, Shinso’s hand dipped for his utility belt and grabbed something he hoped would secure their true objective.

“Surprise!” Ragdoll yelled as she emerged from the sewers, wasting no time and sprinting towards All Might to secure their win.

At the same moment, Shinso pushed All Might out of the way and threw down the pellet in his hands causing black smoke to erupt all around them. He, All Might, Aoyama, and Ragdoll were engulfed in the cloud with the latter two coughing in surprise as the sudden smog irritated their eyes and lungs.

“Tricks like that won’t save you,” Pixie-Bob frowned as she manipulated the earth again thanks to Shinso smoke hindering his own teammate’s aim and sent three earth beasts rushing into the smokescreen to restrain her targets.

“Quoi?!” Aoyama exclaimed inside the smog as one of Pixie-Bob’s beasts successfully grabbed him.

“It’s got my arm,” All Might cried out too as her second target was secured.

Pixie-Bob’s anxiety then spiked as an unmistakable cry breached the air next.

“Ah! Watch it, Pixie!” Ragdoll’s voice squeaked in fear. “I’m quirkless now and can’t see where you are anymore!”

“Ragdoll! Are you hur…”

Pixie-Bob’s words petered out at her eyes gained a glassy look.

‘That’s it!’ Shinso thought to himself, nodding with determination.

“Pix’ that’s not me!” Ragdoll shouted too late to warn her teammate as the mind control had already taken affect.

With speed, Shinso quickly adjusted his voice modulator and spoke again.

“T-Thanks Rag’, that was a close one, are you okay?”

Shinso wasn’t sure if it was his relative closeness to the pussycat obscured in the smoke or if she was too wary of his tricks but Ragdoll didn’t respond. Instead, she lashed out with a pounce that barely missed him.

“Ah, mon Dieu!” Aoyama cried out as the pussycat crashed into him.

Things were going from manageable to bad as the situation spiralled. The smoke was hindering them as much as helping at this point and they needed to regain control.

“Pixie-Bob,” Shinso called out in his regular voice. “Attack Ragdoll with your earth beasts.”

Without emotion on her face, Pixie-Bob quirk flared, the conjured beasts releasing All Might and Aoyama from their maws and attacking their new target.

“So not cute!” Ragdoll pouted, having had enough of being attacked by animals at this point and smashed one of the constructs to pieces with an uppercut while keeping Aoyama on the ground with a foot pressed into the small of his back.

“Twinkling, just get out of there,” Shinso ordered as he grabbed All Might’s arm from around where he’d left him and dragged him in the direction he last remembered the unoccupied warehouse being.

“Just go,” Aoyama replied, gritting his teeth in determination. “My shine will not die without a fight.”

Directing his quirk into the rear of his belt, Aoyama emitted several blasts from behind, aiming to catch Ragdoll by surprise and at least scramble to his feet.

While he was successful in startling her, his beams had missed their target and cut through the smoke enough for the pussycat to see he was still a threat.

“You stay down!” Ragdoll growled, slashing down with her paw and chopping the boy on the back of the neck. With his vision swimming and darkness pouring in again, Aoyama was knocked unconscious.

At this point, Shinso knew he had mere moments to make a play before they failed this exercise like the others. Sero and Aoyama were down, Shoji was behind them somewhere holding off Mandalay and Tsuyu was hopefully keeping Tiger busy, which left only him. He could try and take down Ragdoll alone but it seemed like the pros were just too strong to take head on.

That left only one option.

“Pixie-Bob,” Shinso called out again, feeling the entranced pussycat receptive to his upcoming order. “Open up a hole in the wall and follow me!”

Emerging from the clearing smoke with All Might in tow, Pixie-Bob spotted the one who’d given her the order and placed her hands on the ground again. It took a moment for her quirk’s power to travel through the ground but the wall into the warehouse by Shinso rattled itself open with a deal less control than the boy had seen of the pussycat before.

Still, it was enough and he and All Might were quickly through the escape route with Pixie-Bob following after.

There was the sound of smashing behind them inside the smoke as both the other beasts Pixie-Bob had made were reduced to rubble with Ragdoll hurriedly waving away the smoke and spotting them.

“Close it!” Shinso ordered again with Ragdoll reaching a hand out to the nearby wall.

“Get back here!” Ragdoll growled as she felt a pang of pain watching her friend get abducted. Even if it was only a lesson, it still stirred unpleasant, personal memories for her.

Unfortunately, much like the students back at camp, she was too late as her fist slammed painfully into the hastily rebuilt wall without damaging it.

“Damnit!” She growled with frustration, looking around for potential options.

On the other side, Shinso breathed a sigh of relief at managing to escape the situation and at least allowed a small breather.

“That was close,” All Might remarked, clearing his throat of excess smoke while trying not to make too much noise.

“Too close,” Shinso agreed. “This is going too wrong too fast.”

“It was a good plan,” All Might offered but Shinso shook his head.

“We’re not finished yet,” the boy remarked, turning around to see what their new situation was. It seemed the building looked and smelled like it was some sort of fish cannery with plenty of machinery around to obscure their vision. Tugging All Might’s arm and taking Pixie-Bob’s hand to guide her along without breaking his control over her, Shinso began trying to chart a path towards the rear of the building.

For a moment he’d considered going back for Shoji since their escape meant he’d unfortunately left the boy on his own to face Mandalay, Ragdoll, and possibly Tiger too but he couldn’t discern any sounds of fighting anymore which surely meant his classmate had most likely been taken down.

It was an unpleasant casualty and Shinso felt guilt run through his system but he pushed it down. He needed to win now and make sure that their losses, and his actions, were justified.

They’d almost made it to the other side of the warehouse where he’d spotted a rear exit door when the screech of another door opening behind them rang out.

“They can’t have gotten far,” Ragdoll muttered, though it carried well in the large area. He couldn’t hear their footsteps as he guessed they were trying to be sneaky but unless Shoji had gotten lucky, he presumed Ragdoll wasn’t just talking to herself.

Speeding up their pace as fast as he could without making too much noise, Shinso urged the other two faster towards the exit.

All progress immediately stopped when the handle began twisting on the other side.

“Hmph, locked,” Tiger’s voice distinctly growled from the other side. Tsuyu must’ve lost her fight too and the man had hurried to cut Shinso off.

They were trapped.

“What now?” All Might whispered as loud as he dared as Shinso looked around for ideas. He was admittedly feeling the pressure intensify and this felt decidedly less comfortable.

While a majority of the floor space was taken up by machinery, there was a little corner close to the exit that appeared to be some sort of administration area judging by the desks and computers he could see through an observation window. It was better cover than nothing and Shinso hurriedly and silent led All Might and Pixie-Bob into the area, opening and closing the door quietly.

Luckily for them, there appeared to be a manager's room inside that lacked similar windows into the processing floor and the trio slipped inside without incident with both All Might and Shinso breathing a little easier once the door closed behind them.

Standing off to the side, All Might watched the young boy try to steady his breathing and closed his eyes to think. They were in a precarious situation and it was only a matter of time until the remaining Pussycats found them. Waiting them out wasn’t an option so the new hero student had limited to decide how he was going to try and get out of this situation. A win seemed like an impossibility at this stage.

Trying to calm his nerves, Shinso stood with his back against a wall and breathed deep, thinking through his options. Nothing good seemed to be jumping out at him and almost every option he could think of had too great of a risk or little chance at succeeding.

His anxiety was rising, and with it, something else.

‘You’re going to fail,’ the dark part of Shinso’s psyche whispered to him. ‘This was your first test of potential and you’re going to lose.’

“No,” Shinso muttered to himself.

“Young Mind Jack?” All Might looked over.

‘They’re better than you in every way,’ the voice whispered again. ‘Even your more experienced teammates fell and there wasn’t a thing you could do to save them.’

Shinso grit his teeth and shook his head fiercely, trying to rid himself of the voice.

“That’s not how this ends, I won’t let it,” he murmured louder.

‘Some hero you turned out to be.’

‘I will be a hero!’ Shinso declared proudly. ‘And it starts by defeating my teacher!’

While the thoughts were scarily similar to his own, he knew it wasn’t his own mind vocalising them. Mandalay was broadcasting her telepathy to pressure him into giving up; it seemed he wasn’t the only one who could mimic voices.

At the very least, he knew his internal responses wouldn’t return to the teacher, knowing her quirk’s limitations but he knew he had to act soon. Heroes pulled off impossible feats all the time, and now, it was his turn.

With a thought, Shinso walked over to the manager's desk and began rifling through the drawers until he found what he was looking for.

“All Might, get ready to run,” Shinso whispered, pressing what he’d found into the man’s hand and receiving a nod. “Pixie-Bob?” The boy felt his quirk stir within the hero, ready to accept new commands. “I want you to…”

“They’re not upstairs,” Ragdoll called out as she dropped from the metal walkway down to the ground on all fours.

“Didn’t see them amongst the machines either,” Mandalay said as she glanced around one last time. “Tiger’s standing guard outside but we don’t know which way they’ll run for it.”

“Do you think he used Pixie’s quirk to escape?”

Ragdoll queried, making sure Mandalay could ensure her mouth had moved to ask the question.

“We would’ve heard or noticed,” the red pussycat replied. “The last place to check is in there.”

The two looked towards the office area with a single door in and out.

“Cornered again,” Ragdoll giggled as the two began advancing toward it.

Before they could reach it however, the door clicked open a crack as another smoke pellet slammed into the floor and obscured the area.

“Again?!” Ragdoll cursed, getting frustrated by this trick which wouldn’t’ve worked on her had she still had her quirk.

‘They’re going to run for it,’ Mandalay relayed into her head as Ragdoll tried to sharpen her senses for the sound of footsteps instead of relying on her eyes.

The door was slammed open and two sets of footsteps made a break for it around the edge of the smoke.

“Stay with me, All Might!” Shinso called out.

“Right behind you, Young Shinso,” All Might answered.

Unseen by Ragdoll or Mandalay, another smoke pellet launched through the air back towards the main entrance and connecting the smoke around the edge of the room.

‘He’s gonna flood the room,’ Ragdoll thought as she tried to intercept the figures.

Mandalay took an alternate route, jumping atop some of the larger pieces of machinery to get free of the smoke. When she was clear, she watched yet another pellet fly ahead of the clouded figures’ trajectory and continue the path drawing closer to the entrance they’d entered through.

‘Tiger, they’re heading for the other side,’ Mandalay relayed through her quirk. ‘Cut them off if you can.’

“On it,” she received in response through her earpiece as the man started running back around the building.

While all eyes were on the figures moving in the smoke, one more slunk out of the office room and up to the rear exit.

“You’re mine!” Ragdoll cried out, having followed after the shadowy figures through the slight trail they left in their wake. With a well-timed pounce, she crashed into the rear one that she assumed was All Might and pinned them to the floor while the other one’s footsteps suddenly stopped.

“Pixie?!” Ragdoll gasped, certain she’d been grabbing All Might.

In the confusion, a hand twisted a few knobs.

“Get off me, you moron!” Pixie-Bob’s voice ordered.

“I’m sorry, I-” Ragdoll began replying, only for her voice to fade and her grip slacken as Shinso’s Persona Chords helped him capture another member of the Pussycats, even if he’d just lost the first one with Pixie-Bob regaining control of herself after crashing to the ground.

“Knock Pixie-Bob out,” Shinso ordered quickly.

“Hey, wait, no!” Pixie-Bob panicked before Ragdoll, her arms trapped underneath her, used the only tool she could and head-butted her teammate. Their skulls clanged together, and while Ragdoll was freed of Shinso’s control thanks to her ordered action, she’d simultaneously knocked herself and Pixie-Bob out.

Shinso felt a modicum of pride in his chest at the result but quickly realized he didn’t have the luxury of savouring it as Mandalay was quickly speeding towards him through the machinery. He knew there was no chance of snagging her with his quirk, which meant it was time to fight.

Instead of engaging the teacher head-on, Shinso’s capture scarf shot upwards instead and lashed itself around one of the air conditioning pipes. He could only hope he had the same luck as Midoriya when he pulled his scarf taut and several screws sheered loose.

Mandalay wasn’t reckless and Shinso’s smoke hadn’t entirely obscured the area as she could see his scarf emerging from the smoky shield. When she landed on the final piece of machinery, she feinted her lunge.

Shinso reacted as she expected, yanking his scarf down in anticipation only for the piping to clang harmlessly and noisily on the floor. When it rang out, the boy knew he’d made a mistake but didn’t have too long to regret it as Mandalay burst through the smoke and slammed her paw into his gut, winding him severely.

As the student gasped breathlessly, trying desperately to find his breath amongst the smoke, Mandalay looked around to confirm her suspicions when Tiger burst through the entrance, the breeze somewhat clearing the smoke.

“Did you get them?” He asked quickly, only to observe the answer himself as two of his teammates were unconscious on the floor with the third standing over the wheezing student they’d been hunting.

“Not quite,” Mandalay sighed in defeat.

At the back of the warehouse and through the rear exit that had been opened with the manager’s key, All Might had made good of Shinso and Pixie-Bob’s distraction to escape, panting for breath as he passed through the exit gates which caused the klaxon to ring out.


With the amount of students knocked out in that particular bout, there was a short delay as the Pussycats helpfully escorted Shinso and the medical bots carrying the others to Recovery Girl to get healed up.

Thankfully they weren’t too badly injured and, after a quick healing kiss by Recovery Girl, they were fit to receive their feedback, even if all but Shinso were required to return afterwards so they could rest under the matron’s watchful eye.

The mood in the observation room was thankfully a little brighter than the previous reviews as, while all of the heroes had effectively been taken down, they’d still managed to pull off a victory.

Kirishima, Izuku, Ochako, and others all smiled at the victorious group as they stood before Aizawa as the Pussycats looked on with a variety of expressions readable on their faces alongside a weary-looking All Might.

“So,” Aizawa begin, levelling his critical gaze at the five before him. “You managed to achieve your objective at the cost of all of your lives. Do you consider that a win?”

As tempting as it was answer honestly within the frame of the exercise, most of the students understood Aizawa wasn’t looking for technicalities. Most that were used to his teaching method that is.

“While it wasn’t the most optimal outcome, we did our duties as heroes,” Shinso vocalised, earning a few wary looks from the others and a challenging one from Aizawa.

“And you believe your performance was acceptable?”

“If we managed to succeed without injury, casualty, or failure to capture the villains, we would either be ready to be pros or the exercise was too easy,” Shinso spoke honestly. “Succeeding in one aspect but failing in others means there’s room for improvement which I believe this exercise was, in part, meant to demonstrate to us as first years and why we’re not pros yet.”

A few of his classmates held their breath while others couldn’t find fault with his logic. Bakugo in particular was putting the pieces together and was glaring at the Pussycats, wondering if they’d been going too easy on his group with their vastly different outcome.

Aizawa critically eyed Shinso who, while nervous, refused to back down. He’d earned his place in the hero track, Aizawa knew it, and now he had to demonstrate that he understood exactly what it meant.

“Hmph,” the moody teacher snorted, “you seem to have grasped that aspect at least.”

Shinso nodded while internally breathing a sigh of relief that he hadn’t spoken too much out of turn as Aizawa shifted focus back to the class as a whole.

“You’ve all been training your quirks hard this past week and, as Shinso spelled out, there’s still a vast gap between you and certified pros.”

“You kittens did really well all things considered though,” Ragdoll grinned.

“That aside,” Aizawa growled, sending a side-eye glare at the green-haired woman. “You should understand the aspects you failed in that need shoring up the most. We’ll start with you, Sero.”

“Oh, uh,” the tape-armed boy rubbed the back of his head. “I thought I could catch Pixie-Bob off guard but she was fast enough to counter in a way I didn’t expect.”

“Indeed,” Aizawa nodded. “Even when you have the upper hand, don’t get overconfident. I understand you planned to put pressure on Pixie-Bob to prevent her from using her quirk and capturing her with Shinso’s Brainwashing but you put yourself in a position where your teammates couldn’t back you up immediately once your opponent countered.”

“I understand, sir,” Sero bowed politely. “It won’t happen again.”

“As long as you learn,” Aizawa relented, turning instead to Tsuyu. “Asui?”

“I tried to remove Tiger from the match, ribbit,” she stated. “I knew I couldn’t beat him, but I could at least stall and buy time for the others to try and enact the plan.”

“It worked for the most part,” Aizawa agreed. “However, it still resulted in you losing to a villain that outclassed you on strength and could avoid the worst of your quirk.”

“To be fair, Eraser,” Tiger spoke up. “She was more troublesome than I expected.”

“And if you were a real villain, you could’ve ripped her tongue off when she made that initial move,” the teacher remarked, causing Tsuyu to gulp nervously and Tiger to hesitate as he knew full well that a real villain would’ve considered the option. “I understand that aspect of your quirk has utility, Asui, but don’t forget its drawbacks and potential risks too.”

“Yes, sir,” Tsuyu nodded.

“Aoyama, I understand you have modified your outfit to better accommodate your quirk, but you focused solely on it in this exercise.”

“We decided it was best I not engage physically due to our opponents’ supérieur strength and experience,” the blond explained.

“Understandable, but were Pixie-Bob to have closed the gap instead of backing off, do you think you could’ve been nearly as effective with your quirk in close quarters?”

“Je comprends,” Aoyama accepted with a bowed head.

“Shoji?” Aizawa turned to the taller the boy.

“I was outnumbered after my teammate’s retreat and, despite my best efforts, I wasn’t able to either hold them off or make my own escape,” he admitted freely.

“For my part, I apologize for having to escape without warning,” Shinso muttered. “I didn’t mean to abandon you and I considered trying to go around to help if I could.”

“I figured,” Shoji offered with an understanding nod. “If it helps, when I realized what happened I tried to buy you as much time as I could.”

“He did,” Mandalay agreed. “It was honestly kinda scary.”

“Noted,” the heteromorphic boy nodded, resolving to avoid using that technique when there were kids around. Several of the other class members shivered as they remembered watching Shoji’s last stand. “For now, I feel I must improve my mobility and reaction time next.”

“Agreeable,” Aizawa nodded and finally turned to the last member of the group. “You were outnumbered, outclassed, and outflanked at the end. What possessed you to come up with that suicidal plan as you did?”

Shinso let out a slow breath as he tried to gather his thoughts into a format he hoped would be acknowledged by their harsh taskmaster.

“Our group went last which meant we had the benefit of observation. Not only were we able to observe moves and patterns in the Pussycat’s approach that we tried to use to put together a counter-plan, but we were also able to witness our classmates’ successes and failures and use them to refine our approach. Considering my status as the class’ newest member, I can’t help but believe this to be a deliberate choice on your part which meant I needed to take advantage of it in every way I could.”

The other students felt their estimation of the boy rising as he sounded almost as analytical as Izuku right now.

“When I was the only one on my team remaining and was able to take a breath, I tried to incorporate aspects of previous plans to generate one with a better chance of success. Like Iida’s team, I sought to confront the enemy head-on to catch them off guard while also misdirecting them and allowing All Might to escape. Using my Persona Chords, I used his voice to sell the misdirection along with smoke bombs to obscure their vision. I knew I would likely fail to deceive them for long or put up a significant fight once the surprise wore off, but all I needed was long enough for All Might to escape; I figured they wouldn’t suspect him running unguarded.”

“Lose the battle to win the war,” Aizawa considered. “A noble notion, but don’t make a habit of it. While you utilized your gear well while alone, it hindered your enemy and teammate alike before you were isolated. Even if you felt it was necessary, make sure you consider such risks beforehand.”

“Yes, sir,” Shinso bowed.

“You also could’ve used Pixie-Bob’s quirk immediately to push back Ragdoll and make a play for the exit. Why didn’t you?”

“If it was a real situation I might’ve since you considered them dead when they were knocked out… but having Pixie-Bob attack recklessly could’ve hurt my unconscious classmates since they couldn’t avoid nor could I get them out of the way,” Shinso explained as Aoyama glanced at the lavender-haired boy with a renewed light in his eyes. “In the end, it may have given me a better chance to win the exercise for us, but it likely would’ve put my judgement into question for valuing an exercise’s victory over their wellbeing.”

“Also a sound judgement,” Aizawa agreed.

While that seemed to be the end of the feedback, someone else wanted to put attention on something the lavender-haired youth had done during the exercise.

“Are you not gonna tell him off for what he did to me?” Pixie-Bob demanded.

“And what exactly did he do to you?” Aizawa raised a curious brow, not having seen anything inappropriate on the observation cameras.

“He held my hand without my permission, do you have any idea how inappropriate that is?!” Pixie-Bob berated with a fluster, having been conscious the whole time she was under Shinso’s Brainwashing and turning to the surprised boy. “You’re not even my type so don’t try to use this training as an excuse to get fresh with me!”

Tiger shook his head at his outspoken teammate’s overreaction while Mandalay rolled her eyes and Ragdoll covered her giggles with a paw.

“Don’t flatter yourself, you’re too old for my tastes,” Shinso scoffed.

Mina, Kirishima, and a few others had to cover their mouths to attempt to hide their scandalised enjoyment of the exchange as the blue-themed pussycat’s face quickly reddened.

“What did you say you little bra…”

Pixie-Bob’s voice faded again as Shinso placed her under his Brainwashing once more.

“Shinso,” Aizawa gave the boy a warning look.

“Yes, sir,” the lavender-haired youth nodded, releasing the woman from his quirk who flushed at getting caught again but ultimately pouted silently.

“I hope you’ve all tried to be as observant as Shinso and realized that you’re still a long way from being the pros I know you can be,” Aizawa announced. “Use the rest of this weekend to ruminate on your failures and plan to address them before, during, or after this week of work studies. For now, class is dismissed.”

Without further concern, Aizawa turned and headed out the door, heading towards the coach that would carry them back to the main campus. After a few moments, the students collectively released the tension they were still holding and began chatting amongst themselves before some followed after their teacher while those that were required headed in the other direction to go back to Recovery Girl’s office.

By the end, all that remained were the Pussycats and All Might.

“How was that for your first exercise?” All Might chuckled weakly.

“Infuriating,” Pixie-Bob growled as Tiger and Ragdoll rested comforting hands on the woman’s shoulders.

“Enlightening,” Mandalay replied as she turned to the former number one. “I’m glad you remained behind All Might as I think we should discuss something.”

“I could tell,” the man chuckled. “Shall I presume this topic will take us to Nezu’s office?”

“Was it that obvious?” Mandalay replied downheartedly.

“In a manner of speaking, I had difficulties adjusting to Aizawa’s… abrasive teaching methods at first too,” All Might nodded, gesturing to the doorway. “Come, we’ll go discuss your thoughts with Nezu who can probably explain things better than I can.”


Once the students had returned to the main campus, they headed directly to the changing rooms to remove their costumes.

Curiously, once Bakugo had divested himself of his hero outfit, he redressed in his gym clothes without a word and headed out the door.

“Hey, what’s up with Bakugo?” Sato noted, aiming his question at Kirishima more than anyone else.

“He’s just uh… going ‘Plus Ultra’?” The boy offered as a weak answer, having redressed in his school clothes like everyone else. “Don’t worry, I’m keeping an eye on him.”

Before anyone else could ask more, the redhead also departed the changing rooms with most figuring he was going after his boyfriend.

“I’m not worryin’,” Sato shrugged, getting a chuckle from the others at the brief conversation. “We might’ve been the only team that won with people still up, but you came in clutch for your team, Shinso.”

The brainwashing quirked boy looked up at the mention of his name but paid it little mind.

“I did what I could with what I had,” he muttered, shoving his gear into the locker a little harder than he needed to. “Even if we technically won, I still could’ve done better.”

“Don’t be so hard on yourself,” Iida interjected, “this was by far one of our most difficult tasks. For your first official exercise as a hero student, I’d say you should hold your head up high today.”

Off to the side, Izuku and Tokoyami agreed with their class president’s assurances with nods.

“Even if it’s a technical victory, that still puts you above over half our class, including me,” Todoroki spoke up, drawing the equally stoic boy’s attention. “If nothing else, you appear to have impressed Aizawa more than most of us.”

“H-How can you tell?” Sato tilted his head in curiosity.

“Hmph,” Shinso snorted lightly. “It still wasn't good enough.”

“And that’s how you know you belong here,” Tokoyami commented with Dark Shadow emerging from his stomach and leaning over his host’s shoulder with a thumbs up. “Because I doubt any of us are satisfied with our performances either.”

Shinso raised a brow in mild curiosity, glancing around to each of the other present faces and seeing a measure of acceptance in each of them; even Midoriya’s despite his team’s more decisive victory.

“I should’ve predicted they would’ve led us into a trap,” the greenette stated when he noticed the boy’s lingering gaze. “That, and if I had more control over my quirk, maybe I could’ve used multiple strands to do more to restrain the pussycats or get everyone an All Might out faster… or maybe I could’ve…”

At this point Shinso pulled a face as Izuku’s muttering began to speed up, the boy seemingly tuning out the rest of them as he didn’t notice their simultaneous awkward looks.

“Does… he do that a lot?”

“More than you think, but less than the start of the year,” Sato chuckled as everyone seemed to be almost finished changing. “If you ever get stuck with what to do, Midoriya’s your guy, but be prepared to have your quirk pulled apart six ways from Sunday.”

“N-Noted.”

With a nod and the close of a locker door to snap the class theorist out of his zone, everyone seemed to be ready to end the school day and head back to the dorms.


The girls had finished changing roughly at the same time as the boys and all collectively started making the trip back to the dorms. As the class had suffered more injuries than normal, their group was notably diminished which somewhat matched the energy levels of the remaining students.

“Man, the Pussycats really had it out for us,” Ojiro sighed.

“They were a well-oiled team with a solid plan and a tactical advantage,” Tokoyami agreed. “As Aizawa has stated in the past, if we are to become true pros we must learn to overcome the odds no matter what.”

“Yeah, yeah, ‘plus ultra’ and whatnot,” Mina grumbled, jostling her bag grumpily. “Didn’t mean they had to be so mean.”

“At least you didn’t have to engage Tiger up close,” the martial arts boy replied, rolling his shoulder. “I swear I heard something pop that shouldn’t’ve.”

“My apologies for my hesitation,” Todoroki nodded lightly, “I shall try to do better next time.”

“I-I’m not trying to place blame, man,” Ojiro sweatdropped as Mina sighed dramatically.

“Yeah, but since they put Tooru in with Recovery Girl I don’t get any huggies to make me feel better after we lost,” she pouted. “You tell me which is worse now.”

“Probably still his thing,” Ochako patted Mina’s shoulder comfortingly, intending to offer her girlfriend some comforting hugs when they were in private.

Mina sent her a grateful smile at the little Ochako could offer in public, even if it was her pride that was wounded and needed patching up more than anything else.

“You guys had it tough too,” she acknowledged. “If it weren’t for work-studies, I’d definitely say we need a sleepover to rest and recharge."

“Maybe later,” Ochako acknowledged. For now, she had her own plan she needed to attend to over the weekend regarding a certain other member of their group.

Turning to glance at her boyfriend who was walking somewhat behind everyone and talking quietly to Iida, she also noted that Momo was also watching the pair.

“Hey, Momo,” Ochako nudged the girl on the other side of Mina who seemed to snap out of whatever thoughts she was engaged with to look at the pair in confusion.

“I-I’m sorry, yes?” she asked.

“Everything okay, girl?” Mina raised a curious brow as the heiress seemed to acknowledge she’d been caught out with a minor blush.

“D-Do you guys mind going on without me? There’s something I need to do,” Momo requested with a touch of apprehension.

“I’m sure Kyoka will come back to the dorms as soon as she’s awake,” Mina chuckled teasingly.

“It’s not that, it’s… something else,” Momo admitted as she glanced back towards Izuku and Iida.

Mina and Ochako exchanged a curious, somewhat knowing look but didn’t want to draw any further attention to their girlfriend’s request.

“Sure, go for it,” Ochako nodded with a smile.

“Thanks,” Momo smiled earnestly as she started hanging back from their little group.

“Think she’s gonna go for it?” Mina whispered to her brunette girlfriend.

“As long as she doesn’t interfere with my plans then they should be fine,” Ochako shrugged.

“She does know that you’re planning something with Izuku though, right?”

Ochako hesitated as she couldn’t remember if she’d told or even hinted to the heiress about her plans. With them spending a little less time together since she’d removed her collar, she needed to be more aware of making sure her plans didn’t interfere with anyone else’s and vice-versa.

Just as she was about to reply and wonder if it was too late to get a hurried conversation in with her rich girlfriend, a new voice came between them.

“Hi Ochako,” a certain greenette smiled innocently as he gingerly took his girlfriend’s hand in his own.

“I-Izuku?” Ochako blinked in confusion.

“Uh, yeah?” He replied.

“Why are you here?” Mina asked in her girlfriend’s, equally as bemused at his sudden appearance.

“Oh, Momo wanted to talk to Iida alone, so I left them to it.”

“With Iida?” Ochako tilted her head, glancing back, along with Mina, at the pair as they split off from the group and slowed their pace further, evidently wanting some privacy.

“Oh~h,” Mina and Ochako both vocalized at once.

“What?” Izuku asked, bemused by their reactions.

“Nothing, don’t worry about it,” Ochako waved away quickly as the group continued their trek back to the dorms. “Um… Izuku, you don’t have any plans for Sunday, right?”

“Uh, just packing,” the boy shrugged as a knowing grin snuck its way onto Mina’s lips. “Why?”

With everyone else now a more than sufficient distance away, that left the class’ president and vice-president alone as the heiress had intended.

“Shall we talk over here?” Momo asked as she gestured over to a nearby bench where they could chat in peace.

Since hero classes always let out after everyone else had gone home for the day, the walkway was thankfully mostly deserted with only a few other students walking around in the still chilly winter air.

“It shall do,” Iida agreed, though notably less upbeat than usual now most of his classmates were beyond their view. “I am glad you asked for this discussion, Yaoyorozu. There is a matter I wish to discuss with you too.”

“O-Oh?” Momo blinked.

“Indeed,” Iida continued, “though as the one who requested this, your topic shall of course take precedence.”

“Uh, of course,” Momo acknowledged, even if it was a tad too formal for her tastes. “I um… understand that my reasons for going along with your plan in today’s exercise were, as Mr Aizawa stated, less than rational but please understand that I did not mean to embarrass or undermine you,” she sighed. “I… wasn’t lying when I stated that I had doubts in my plan. When you offered your own and were more determined and confident that it was the right course of action, I felt inclined to put my faith in you instead of in myself. I apologize if I caused you any embarrassment or upset you in any fashion with my thoughts and actions.”

“I see,” Iida replied neutrally as he processed her words. “In that regard, I seem to have failed you, our team, and the class twice today.”

“You have?” Momo glanced over, a worried frown on her brow. Initially, she wasn’t sure if her words were what caused it but Iida had a notably pensive look on his face as he seemed adamant about looking to the masonry below their feet for answers before he spoke again.

“Today’s exercise wasn’t just an exercise to me," he stated with disappointment in his tone. “After everything that’s happened this year, it seems more and more obvious that the standard UA experience isn’t a luxury that has been afforded to us. In a number of ways, we have had to face extraordinary situations during our short tenure that not even the teachers could predict.”

“I agree with you there,” Momo tentatively nodded along as the winter wind whistled through the area.

“My efforts to organise the class, my relatability with our peers, even the way I handled attempting to lead today, they all seem to result in subpar outcomes. Perhaps this is because I am so used to the standard school mindset that has served me so well in the past. It is in this regard that I wonder if I am cut out to be our class president.”

“Iida,” Momo blinked in surprise, “everyone can tell you’re naturally cut out for it.”

“Thank you for your kind words, Yaoyorozu,” the boy sent her a small smile, “but I believe you are confusing, like I have myself, being a regular class president to being one for our class in particular,” he explained. “I certainly have my strengths: order, discipline, a penchant for upholding the rules of this prestigious establishment; but I fear that they are not the skills that would best serve a class such as ours. I know you have your doubts too, that’s why you conceded to my plan today; I believe you could tell I was doubting myself.”

Momo grimaced lightly, having admitted as much already.

“It’s… not that I don’t have faith in you as class president or as a hero,” she explained, “but I could tell how much you desired to prove something to yourself with us going along with your plan, even if I couldn’t quite put my finger on it.”

“And in that regard, I should thank you,” Iida acknowledged with a small head bow. “While your decision wasn’t made with the most logical reasoning, it made my next goal clear: a leader must be decisive, confident, and firm but also flexible, and I concede that I am lacking in the latter.”

“Well, I’m happy I was able to assist you in understanding your next goal,” Momo offered, glad that the boy seemed to be taking things in stride but it was clear he wasn’t finished with what he wanted to say.

“Thank you again, Yaoyorozu,” he acknowledged with a more genuine smile on his face as he looked more directly at the girl who’d been supporting him since his appointment. “As the first step in acknowledging my future growth and what I wanted to discuss with you, I would like to propose an exchange of our roles.”

“A-An exchange?” Momo baulked after a moment as Iida’s loaded proposal settled in her mind.

“Yes,” he nodded with a renewed determination in his eyes. “I still have much to learn about becoming a leader and I had hoped this role would adequately prepare me for the future but, of the two of us, I believe you are more suited to unite our class than I am.”

Though she was perplexed by Iida’s sudden offer, Momo couldn’t deny that a part of her jumped at the chance to accept.

“I… W-Why do you believe that?” Momo settled for probing for more information. “I mean, thank you for your vote of confidence in my abilities,” she smiled honestly, “but I must admit this is a surprise but um… not an unwelcome one.”

“I am sure,” Iida nodded with a small chuckle as he turned to admire the campus. “As for the ‘why’, I believe our situations at the start of the year may have been similar in concept. We both arrived from more prestigious schools than some of our peers and felt a disconnect with them on some level, but you seem to have engaged more personally with our peers than I still can.”

Momo was glad Iida was looking away as a light blush rose to her cheeks when she realised how that phrase could be interpreted.

“You possess an approachability and relatability our peers can connect with, something I also lack,” Iida recognized, “if not for my position, I doubt I would’ve engaged with our class as much as I have.”

“That’s not true,” Momo dismissed, “the engagement part, I mean. You’re always there for others when they need help with things like homework.”

“As a good classmate should be,” Iida agreed, “but this is also true of yourself. You’re even able to connect with class B in a way I find myself unable to that has helped bridge the gap of rivalry between us.”

“That’s just because Kendo and I got to know each other better during our… less-than-optimal internships and our shared duties as representatives,” Momo waved away.

“That may be,” Iida acknowledged. “However, that only makes you more suitable in my eyes as I have not had the same engagement with Shoda.”

“What about Izuku?” Momo asked curiously. “He abdicated the position to you would also fit the specifications you seem to value in a leader.”

“I had considered asking Midoriya to reclaim the position,” the engine-quirked boy admitted with a small smile. “But while I believe he has grown leaps and bounds in his confidence since arriving at UA, it seems that it is mostly contained to those extraordinary times. Outside of those situations and class exercises, he doesn’t appear as interested in leading our class as we do. On the day we decided on roles, his first act was to entrust the position to me, and now, I would like to entrust it to you.”

Iida seemed set in his resolution and Momo could acknowledge to herself that she still wanted the position as she had back when they first voted for it. Still, she hesitated to so readily accept the class representative’s proposal for a reason that was more important to her.

“Thank you for your vote of confidence, Iida, but… for now, I’m afraid I must decline.”

“O-Oh?” Iida blinked, taken aback by his vice-representative’s refusal as his mouth dropped open. “You… do not need to provide an answer, but I feel compelled to ask why?”

“If it were another time I would accept,” Momo admitted with a small chuckle. “However, I believe this is, at least in part, an impulsive decision propelled by today’s exercise results. You are doubting your aptitudes and I know how that feels; I’ve made some… questionable decisions this year that I regret and made me wonder if I was worthy of the status I hold.”

“I can’t believe that,” Iida rejected. “You’ve been every bit the upstanding representative as I, if not more so. That’s why I believe you are more suited to this task. Even now you are acting humble and gracious at this notion that only empowers my decision.”

“You do me too great of a service,” Momo chuckled a little more nervously, reminded how unaware everyone else was of their secret group relationship and dynamics. “But I too have faced similar doubts of my skills and seek to overcome them.”

“Even if it’s as you say, it does not sway my decision on this matter,” the blue-haired boy stated with a confident tone. “If not for yourself, then I ask that you accept this proposition on behalf of our classmates and friends, I am sure they will understand and support my decision too.”

It was tempting, and even if he was unaware, Iida made his argument in a way that Momo knew appealed to her sense of ambition, but she knew it wasn’t the right time for something like this. Much like their exercise, however, it seemed Iida would not be deterred in his decision, adding credence to his declaration, which meant Momo needed a way to acknowledge his feelings without dismissing them.

“Very well, Iida, I will accept this appointment on one condition.”

“A condition?” Iida’s brow furrowed.

“Yes. I propose that we table this discussion for at least a week,” Momo offered. “I still believe this is a decision that should be ruminated on further, by both of us at least,” she stated when Iida looked ready to interject, “and with our work-studies ahead, it would be better to focus our efforts on those and improving ourselves rather than get caught up in an exchange of titles and duties. That is, if you are intent on doing what you feel is best for our class.”

“I see your logic,” Iida agreed, though adding another point in Momo’s favour.

“Should you feel the same way by Sunday next week and decide to make the same proposition to me again, I am certain I will accept if there is no compelling reason for me to decline.”

It wasn’t how the engine-quirked boy expected as a result of this conversation, but it was one he more than understood the logic for and could agree with, an honest smile rising to his lips.

“That sounds like an agreeable arrangement,” he nodded. “Very well, I accept this condition.”

“Thank you,” Momo returned his smile, at the very least grateful for the extra time to prepare to research any extra responsibilities she’d need to be aware of.

“You’re welcome. As vice representative, it is my duty to support our class representative after all, and I also believe you did officially get two more votes than me,” Iida chuckled.

While Momo let out a polite giggle at the boy’s remark, she couldn’t help but feel somewhat vindicated over her thoughts back from the start of their first term.

With their discussion coming to an end, the two soon rose from the bench and headed back to the dorms in a comfortable silence, both somewhat introspective after their discussion.

For Momo, she knew she needed to make good of this opportunity and wouldn’t take it for granted. Iida was well within his rights not to offer her the same proposition next week, but if he did, the heiress resolved to make sure she was well prepared to be everything she needed to be, both for her class, and herself.


While most students were enjoying their rest after the last class of the week, some were not ready to call it quits.

Despite his earth and firefight with Pixie-Bob, Bakugo didn’t feel like he’d pushed himself to his limits, the match being called before he could pummel her into the ground due to Izuku managing to get All Might to safety.

He knew he could’ve done better, he knew he could be better, and that’s why he was currently in Gym Gamma with his sparring partner getting the fight he desired.

The sounds of explosions rippled frequently through the air as his target dodged, ducked, and dived to avoid almost all his moves.

“Gonna have to move faster than that if you wanna win!” An unusually determined voice called out after yet another dodge that rankled Bakugo’s nerves.

Sweat dripped off Bakugo after firing on all cylinders for so long. While his quirk was all the stronger for it, the boy himself was starting to flag. That never stopped him before though and it wouldn’t stop him here either.

“Eat this!” Bakugo yelled, blowing himself skywards towards his opponent and firing a volley of AP Shots.

With a swiftness, grace, and agility he was unused to facing, the third year managed to avoid each blast with only moderate effort, the explosions slamming heavily into the reinforced walls of the gym.

Nejire smirked down at the boy, feeling the pinch of pushing her quirk to move fast enough to dodge but not enough to cause her any major concern. “You can do better!”

“You better hope not!” Bakugo growled, blasting off towards the girl, hoping to get in close to leave her less room to evade his blasts but she proved much too nimble, speeding off well before the boy posed any real danger to her.

From the viewing platform around the edge of the gym, Haya and Kirishima watched their partners battling it out. Haya’s clenched teeth and tightly folded arms belied her anxiety watching the spar unfold. At the same time, the younger redhead’s eyes were fixed on his boyfriend, his hands gripping the viewing railing tightly, easily indenting his fingerprints should he activate his quirk if all his focus were not elsewhere.

“Bakugo…” he hissed, watching the blond get smacked back into the solid floor with a twenty percent Nejire Wave. Despite the latest wound on his knee, Bakugo didn’t pause in his efforts, rolling back onto his feet before blasting himself off for another assault.

Haya glanced at the redhead and almost felt a measure of envy. At least his partner was getting some solid training out of this spar. Shifting her focus back to her girlfriend, she watched the determined and focused expression on Nejire’s face switch briefly to one of bitterness the moment her next charge loaded and she blasted the boy away again.

It had taken a lot of convincing from the bluenette to assure her girlfriend that she would be okay after she promised to train with that first year. Watching the two train, practise, and fight over this past week, however, made her wonder just a little if Nejire was doing this more for her own darker desires than any sense of goodwill.

At the very least, Haya’s nerves and anxieties were somewhat eased by the looming presence that stood on the viewing gallery above them, watching the battling pair with an intense gaze. Aizawa was arguably the best one to keep the pair from going too far with each other… but knowing what she did about Midnight’s past, was he looking for the same warped retribution she suspected her girlfriend of chasing?

While the stern teacher watched on, his mind wasn’t wholly present in the moment. While slightly surprised, he was glad Bakugo had taken the initiative to improve when granting him and Hado permission to train in the gym after hours.

Unfortunately, the intense clash of combat ringing through the area reminded him of times long gone that were dragged to the surface of his mind. Even with the scent of soot in the air, Aizawa could almost smell that sleep-inducing fragrance and hear the teasing tone of his former upperclassman schooling him after his own personal loss.

‘I thought you were getting better, Aizawa. Was I mistaken?’

‘Shut up!’

Much like the current pair, he had used this gym for something similar in the past and, luckily, he had others there to help him out of his downward spiral.

He remembered Hizashi watching with something akin to worry from the side lines while he exercised his frustrations on Nemuri, lost in the rage, frustration and grief he felt to train until his eyes dried out and knuckles bled.

Nemuri had seen what his grief was doing to him and had tried to step in to get him to see reason. He hadn’t been rational and refused to listen so… she’d had to make her point more directly.

The phantom pain and feeling of defeat rippled through his body as the end of the memory played out, remembering the exhaustion washing over him when Midnight sat confidently on his chest to hold him down.

‘Looks like I win, kitten.’

Thankfully, Bakugo’s quirk and abrasive nature kept Aizawa from sinking too far into melancholy, a fresh wave of explosions knocking him out of memory lane and back into the moment.

“Stop holding back!” Bakugo yelled as a blast managed to clip Nejire on the shoulder, the girl gritting her teeth in both frustration and a mild amount of pain.

He lunged upwards for a blast directly at the girl’s chest but a quick burst of energy from her feet saw Nejire rolling backwards in the air with her momentum, knocking Bakugo’s hand astray with one leg while using the other to disorient him with a kick to the face. In the brief moment she had before his senses returned to him, Nejire charged up her next attack.

“Nejire Wave!” She cried, slamming a thirty percent blast into Bakugo’s stomach that saw him crashing back onto the ground against the other side of the gym. This time he didn’t get up so quickly as his blue-haired senior landed gracefully on the ground nursing her shoulder lightly.

“That’s enough,” Aizawa called from above. “Any more and neither of you will be fit for the work studies on Monday.”

“I can… still go!” Bakugo groaned, pushing himself up but his sore, shaking arms revealed how much strength he had to conjure to do so.

“No, you can’t,” Aizawa differed, looking down at his prideful student. “Just be glad I agreed to let you train like this in the first place,” he stated before turning and heading towards the staircase.

With the match apparently at an end Kirishima wasted no further time, leaping over the edge of the railing and landing with a thud on the ground, engaging his quirk for a brief moment, before hurrying over to help his boyfriend sit up.

“Careful there, man,” he muttered, gently supporting Bakugo’s back.

“I’m fine, you idiot,” Bakugo scoffed but didn’t shrug away his boyfriend’s assistance.

“I think you almost had her that time,” Kirishima grinned reassuringly but his boyfriend could tell he didn’t believe a word.

“Stop pitying me,” Bakugo groaned, pushing himself to his feet using Kirishima as a crutch. “She’s a fuckin’ third year, if I could kick her ass easily it wouldn’t be worth fighting her.”

“Hey, hey, you still did well,” Nejire commended as she walked over to the pair, her hand still gently massaging the last blast he’d nailed her shoulder with. “You made me really work for it.”

“Yeah, right,” Bakugo scoffed.

“It’s true!” Nejire puffed up her cheeks. “With Mirio it’s much less fun because it’s like playing whack-a-mole till he gut-checks you, and Tamaki never fights unless he has to. With you I can at least bust out some moves to practise properly.”

Bakugo snorted again.

“She’s not lying,” Kirishima acknowledged as he rubbed his own stomach at the painful memory of fighting their other senior. “Togata can sure pack a punch.”

“Right!” Nejire’s eyes brightened as she remembered the demonstration her friend had put on. “I totally forgot you weren’t there for that.”

“Whatever. Gimme ten minutes we’ll go again.” The blond rolled his eyes at the reminder as Haya arrived and walked up to her girlfriend, checking her over.

“I’m pretty sure Hado didn’t injure your ears,” Aizawa’s bored tone called out, having also arrived on the ground floor. “So unless you want to remain behind again while everyone else pulls ahead with their work-study experiences you’re done for the day, am I clear?”

“… Crystal.” Bakugo bit back his further frustrations, though they clearly showed as his hand clenched into a fist, a subtlety that didn’t escape Aizawa’s notice.

“You can at least be satisfied that the work you’re putting in is noticeable,” he stated evenly, turning around and heading for the gym doors. “Keep this up and you won’t make that same mistake again.”

Kirishima glanced nervously at his boyfriend, feeling his form tighten up for a moment as Nejire’s eyes slyly scanned the boy for his response.

“Yes, sir,” Bakugo muttered, his eyes downcast as his second-greatest mistake returned to the forefront of his mind. Nothing would ever top being the reason All Might had to retire as a pro, but failing Midnight was going to remain his second and final mistake.

“Good,” Aizawa muttered to himself as he departed.

With the teacher gone and their training over, Nejire seemed to relax into a much calmer state, letting out a deep sigh.

“Hey, you okay?” Haya asked gently, getting a small smile and nod from Nejire in return.

“I’m fine, he just dinged me a few times,” Nejire explained, showing off the mild scorch marks on her side and shoulder.

While Haya looked over her girlfriend for further damage, Bakugo took the opportunity to check himself, feeling several bruises beginning to form as well as noting a few scrapes from his impacts with the floor.

“Jeez, she didn’t have to be so rough with you,” Kirishima noted, holding the back of one of his boyfriend’s hands up.

“It fuckin’ sucked but it's workin’,” Bakugo muttered, rolling his shoulder. “Stop worrin’ so much anyway. It’s only training.”

“Yeah, I know,” Kirishima shrugged before raising the injured hand and kissing it lightly. “But I’m still gonna worry, man.”

“You idiot,” Bakugo rolled his eyes while a small smile tugged at the corner of his lips.

“Aww, that’s so sweet,” Nejire cooed, having spotted the adorable interaction. “Yuyu! Kiss my booboos better too!”

The blue-haired girl thrust her shoulder towards her girlfriend who took the opportunity to back off.

“I’m not kissing what probably tastes like ashy crap, no matter how cute you are,” Haya rolled her eyes. “Let’s get you washed up before anything else.”

“You’re so mean,” Nejire pouted, her cheeks puffing up in petulance. “Gimme kissy, gimme kissy, gimme kissy!”

Like a child throwing a tantrum, Haya was forced to endure her girlfriend’s antics as she lightly pounded away at her shoulder with playful swats. It wasn’t anything harmful, and, though she’d never tell Nejire, she truthfully found it annoyingly cute which is why she usually gave in to her girlfriend’s demands more often than not.

Across the way, Kirishima let out a small chuckle as he watched the redhead weakly try to fend off her huffy girlfriend, unaware that his boyfriend’s free hand was sparking.

The three couldn’t help but jump when a fresh explosion erupted as a fierce expression returned to Bakugo’s face and was levelled directly at Nejire.

“What the fuck do you think you’re doin’?!” He shouted with alarming volume.

“Hey, hey!” Nejire yelled, a frown appearing on her brow after the surprise quickly washed away. “Don’t scare me like that! Training’s over now.”

“Uh, Baku-bro, what’s the deal?” Kirishima asked with a touch of trepidation.

“I said, what the fuck do you think you’re doing,” Bakugo repeated firmly, his gaze unmoving from Nejire. “You don’t fuckin’ hit your girlfriend.”

“Whoa, hey,” Kirishima’s eyes widened as he realized too late what direction his boyfriend was going again.

A look of mild confusion crossed Nejire and Yuyu’s faces, the pair glancing at each other before returning their focus to the explosive blond who was currently living up to his quirk’s reputation.

“I wasn’t hitting her,” Nejire retorted, her hands on her hips. “Those were love taps.”

“Love taps my ass,” Bakugo scoffed, feeling his anger rise at the flippant dismissal.

“Dude, back off,” Haya levelled her own frown at the boy, realizing what he was implying. “Don’t assume-”

“It’s fuckin’ abuse,” Bakugo stated firmly.

“Bakugo, I really don’t think this is that,” Kirishima stepped between the group, and trying to redirect the boy’s focus.

When the words and actions she was being accused of registered in Nejire’s head she felt indignation well up in her chest before flowing freely through her body, her quirk almost pulsing under her skin as though begging to be let loose as her hands balled up in anger.

It was usually such a foreign emotion to the blue-haired pixie-like girl, but, ever since Midnight had passed, she found herself becoming increasingly familiar with it along with her other negative emotions.

Haya could almost feel the shift in her girlfriend’s attitude, having been extra wary of her mood recently due to her severe grief.

“Nejire, Nejire, look at me,” Yuyu quickly directed Nejire’s chin towards her so her girlfriend was looking her in the eye. “Just breathe, okay? Let it go, like we practised, remember?”

Slipping one hand into her girlfriend’s, Yuyu held her other up as she breathed in deeply, encouraging Nejire to follow her lead as she counted up on her fingers to five before beginning to release her breath and then counting back down to zero.

It was a technique they’d run to try and help her get through her bouts of depression, trying to get Nejire to let go of the sorrow and anguish that still lingered in her system when it got particularly bad. Sometimes it worked, others not so much, but they’d never tried it with anger before and Yuyu hoped it worked now.

Thankfully, Nejire began matching Yuyu’s breathing, closing her eyes to focus as she tried to stop her anger getting the better of her.

Across the way, Kirishima tried to temper his boyfriend as best he could.

“Dude, you gotta stop blowing up at people like that,” Kirishima hurriedly murmured, hoping to quell Bakugo’s ire before things worsened.

His efforts were less than successful, however.

“Then maybe she shouldn’t fuckin’ do that,” Bakugo growled. “First Ears, now her?”

Kirishima grimaced as not only was last night’s issue with Jiro still clearly in his mind but Bakugo had been reluctant to accept any criticism from either Mina or himself that saw Kirishima leave the blond to think and sleep alone last night.

“Dude, I get it, but I don’t think-” Kirishima tried to continue pacifying his boyfriend.

“Abuse is abuse!” Bakugo’s raised voice echoed around the hall.

“Oh my god, shut the hell up!” Nejire yelled, her irritation overcoming Haya’s attempts to calm her, releasing her hand as surprise and worry painted both redhead’s faces at the language while she stalked over to the blond. “Who died and made you the authority.”

“I call it as I see it,” Bakugo challenged, nudging Kirishima out of the way so he could square up to the girl again, refusing to back down, however, Nejire wasn’t either.

“How do you know Yuyu isn’t a masochist and loves that sorta thing?” Nejire scoffed. Kirshima and Haya gaped at the surprising question that fell out of Nejire’s mouth. Even Bakugo was caught off guard, his retort dying in his throat. “How do you know that I wasn’t trying to rile her up so we could go have sex?”

“Uh, Nejire?” Haya quirked a brow, clearly confused about where her girlfriend was going with this.

Bakugo didn’t know whether the redhead’s awkwardness was coming from a revealing truth or Hado trying to justify her actions but he was banking on the latter.

“You’re a fuckin’ liar, don’t try to-”

“How do you know?” Nejire challenged again, her focus unwavering. “You don’t know what kind of relationship Yuyu and I have, you barely know us, so why do you think you have any right calling my affection abusive.”

“I know that’s not fuckin’ affection,” Bakugo scoffed.

Nejire blinked, dumbfounded, before closing her eyes and pinching the bridge of her nose.

“You’re so stupid,” she sighed.

“Hey!” Bakugo objected, raising his sparking hands at the casual insult as Haya and Kirishima wondered if they really were about to see round two.

“Context matters, you idiot!” Nejire retorted. “If Yuyu had a problem with it then she would’ve told me. I know because I made sure I checked stuff like that was okie-dokie because we’re grown-ups.”

Kirishima glanced over at the girl with a questioning expression, getting a firm nod as an answer.

“Also, shouting and swearing at someone can be considered verbal abuse,” Nejire stated steadfastly. “It’s intimidating and upsetting but you certainly have no problem doing that to everyone, you hypocrite.”

“I-” Bakugo’s argument died in his throat for the second time. That final word had stolen all the fight from him as doubts raced through his mind. Chancing a glance at Kirishima the boy wore a reluctant expression of agreement.

“Don’t assume the worst of everyone,” Haya sighed, standing with her girlfriend and wrapping an arm around her shoulder. “Context matters in every situation.”

The sandy-haired blond’s expression wavered as confusion started taking root. Kirishima could almost see Bakugo’s conflicted thoughts and stepped in to support his boyfriend. He only hoped he wasn’t overstepping things.

“Bakugo has… personal issues with that sorta thing,” Kirishima put his hand on his boyfriend’s shoulder while drawing the other two’s attention. “He uh… dealt with some stuff recently and it didn’t go well.”

Both Nejire and Haya’s expressions eased a little but didn’t let it distract from their argument.

“Relative I’m guessing?” Haya raised a brow.

“Uh, yeah,” Kirishima answered, glad she was keeping it vague.

“Figures,” she sighed, some things clicking into place for her though her girlfriend was less accommodating.

“Look, I’m sorry for whatever problems you have and stuff, but you don’t get to decide how I show affection to my girlfriend because of them,” Nejire stated firmly, crossing her arms. “If you wanna throw a temper tantrum because you don’t like that then I’m not going to train you anymore.”

The other two watched carefully as Bakugo seemed hesitant to respond, thinking carefully but quickly before choosing his next words.

Fine,” he growled out before taking a breath. “How the fu… how do you tell the difference?”

Kirishima tried not to let his optimism show too obviously as Bakugo seemed more open to understanding now than he had yesterday.

“I mean, there’s no definitive guide or anything but just try to understand and gauge how people are reacting,” Yuyu explained. “I wasn’t fighting Nejire off, reacting in pain, or telling her to stop for example, nor was she hitting me with any real strength.”

“I couldn’t do that to you!” Nejire whimpered, her eyes picking up the hint of a sad sparkle.

“I know, that’s why they don’t have us fight each other in hero training anymore,” Haya rolled her eyes with a touch of exasperation before addressing their problem junior again. “People show affection in different ways,” she shrugged. “My dad rarely told me outright he loved me, but I knew he did because he showed it by hugging me, draping a blanket over me when I fell asleep on the couch, or listening patiently to the stuff I was excited about but he had no interest in.”

“That’s why I make sure to tell Yuyu how much I love her, as well as showing her, every chance I get,” Nejire’s smile began returning to her face.

“And… you really like that?” Bakugo asked with a touch of incredulity. “That ‘love taps’ shit?”

“Y-Yeah,” Haya felt a blush rising to colour her cheeks, glancing away from the other three. “I…” she sighed reluctantly, “I actually find it super adorable.”

Nejire’s eyes lit up, her eyes widening even further as an excited squeal built up in her chest.

“That doesn’t mean you can do it all the time now,” Haya stated, cutting her girlfriend off before she got carried away and turning back to the others. “But that’s Nejire’s behaviour and what makes her happy. If she stopped doing it, I’d be worried about whether there was something wrong.”

“Is that how you know when I’m sad?” Nejire asked curiously.

“Among other signs,” Haya admitted.

“Like you when you don’t blow up over something,” Kirishima nudged Bakugo’s shoulder with a small smile. “When you get quiet, I know there’s something serious on your mind.”

“Shut up,” Bakugo muttered, both annoyed and endeared the boy had noticed. Still, he didn’t believe he was wrong to call out what he saw. “So I got their relationship shit wrong, big whoop. I was still right about Ears yesterday.”

“Ears?” Nejire and Yuyu both raised a brow.

“A friend of ours,” Kirishima explained quickly. “She has a habit of uh… poking someone when they’re annoying her.”

“In a friendly or playful way?” Haya asked, wondering if this wasn’t the first time the boy had blown up over nothing.

“Well…” Kirishima hesitated before admitting, “it does kinda hurt sometimes.”

“See!” Bakugo gestured as though that proved his argument.

“Let me guess, you blew up at her like you just did Nejire,” Haya deadpanned at the boy.

“What of it?” Bakugo challenged as Haya shook her head while the blue-haired girl addressed him again.

“Look, Bakugo, it’s good you’re being so cautious about this stuff and, yeah, if you see someone actually being a big meanie you totally need to stop it,” Nejire praised with a touch of reluctance, “but yelling, swearing, and accusing someone like that is no way to go about it.”

“And why not?” Bakugo asked with a defensive tone. “It fuckin’ worked.”

“Well, if you were actually trying to help someone who needed it, they probably wouldn’t like more verbal abuse to be thrown their way, even by proximity,” Yuyu explained with a touch of sarcasm.

“Did you try just asking her nicely to stop when she did it before?” Nejire asked Kirishima.

“Oh, it wasn’t me,” Kirishima waved his hands, “it was another friend of ours… but I don’t know if he, or anyone, ever did.”

“How did you know your friend didn’t appreciate it then?” Nejire pressed.

“Because it was obvious!” Bakugo groaned with exasperation. “It was fuckin’ clear it hurt him so I shut that shit down.”

“By yelling at her and chasing both Jiro and Kaminari away in front of everyone,” Kirishima reminded him which Bakugo only looked a little put off about.

“See, this is the reason,” Haya sighed. “I’m guessing that they’re both friends too and this wasn’t the biggest deal between them?”

“You chased them both away and looked like the villain, not the hero,” Nejire pointed accusatorily at Bakugo. “Zero points.”

Bakugo scowled at the pair but reluctantly admitted to himself that, if it was a total victory, then why didn’t the others think it was?

“Alright then, what should I have done?”

“Taking the person you think is being hurt aside and asking them privately if everything is okay is best,” Nejire cited. “Sometimes the best way to get information is to just ask for it. Even if they lie, like saying they’re fine when they’re not, you might be able to tell that they’re lying and that gives you more knowledge, you know?”

“It sounds like neither of you asked if your friend was okay with the situation or talked to your other friend about an issue that was at least bothering you,” Haya addressed Kirishima. “Instead, Bakugo, you assumed the situation and, even though you were right, it sounds like you didn’t endear yourself to anyone.”

“Whatever,” Bakugo rolled his eyes. “Sparky was fine and no one will get jabbed anymore.”

“I’m guessing it wasn’t an intentional abuse thing since you make it sound like they’re both still your friends,” Haya began, “but actual victims often don’t feel strong enough to stop or confront their abusers alone. As heroes, you’re supposed to protect and comfort them, maybe even inspire and help them get the courage to seek help to get out of their position. If that was a real-world situation, making a scene like you just did can put someone at greater risk of retaliation.”

“How do you guys know this stuff?” Kirishima asked quizzically.

“It’s covered in your later years,” Haya replied. “First year you learn how to deal with the most general hero situations, the next years you start learning the more complicated shit. Hot head over here is clearly trying to skip a grade without all the material.”

“Fuck you,” Bakugo narrowed his eyes at the girl who shot him a somewhat smug look, knowing she’d hit the mark. “Don’t be a fuckin’ ass, I get the fuckin’ message, alright!”

“Well, good,” Nejire huffed. “I’m still not training with you again until you apologize properly. To me and Yuyu.”

“What the hell for?” Bakugo narrowed his eyes. The bluenette he could at least understand for getting whatever their weird affection thing wrong but what did he do to the redhead?

“For calling me abusive and yelling at us.”

Kirishima glanced nervously at his boyfriend; that was a tall ask after everything that had been thrown back and forth. Sure enough, Bakugo’s body tensed, a retort eager to jump free from his chest at the demand but he was in better control of his emotions after all that and let it die, taking a moment to breathe before responding.

“I’m… sorry I called you abusive, alright?” He offered weakly. “And I’m… sorry for yelling.”

“And swearing,” Haya added.

“And freakin’ swearing,” Bakugo added with a tone but didn’t lose his cool.

Nejire regarded the boy thoughtfully for a moment before deciding to follow her calming practice and letting it go.

“And I’m sorry for yelling too,” she nodded twice. “Just make sure you don’t do it again or I’m hitting you with a full charge Nejire Wave,” she stuck her tongue out at the boy.

“Like you could,” Bakugo scoffed.

“Uh, dude,” Kirishima gestured to his hero outfit where he’d already been hit by her weaker attack not half an hour ago.

“Shut up,” Bakugo groaned as Nejire giggled and Haya rolled her eyes.

“Come on you,” Haya’s hand slipped into her girlfriend’s again and tugged her along towards the exit. “Let’s go get you better, then, maybe, I’ll give you kissy.”

“Kissies!” Nejire cheered as she eagerly took the lead, now pulling Yuyu along after her as they took their leave from the gym, leaving Kirishima and Bakugo alone.

Both boys seemed to drop a measure of tension now that it was just the two of them with Kirishima letting out a loud groan.

“Jeez, that was way too stressful.”

“You’re not the one who got knocked around,” Bakugo shook his head before muttering, “physically and fucking verbally.”

“Hey,” Kirishima put a hand on the boy's arm. “They don’t know you like I do, don’t beat yourself up too much, okay?”

“Kinda hard when she already did that,” Bakugo chuckled once before taking on a more thoughtful expression. “Assholes are right though.”

“Don’t slip back into name-calling man,” Kirishima chided lightly. “You’ve been doing awesome recently but you’ve kinda been slipping again.”

“I fuckin’ know!” Bakugo growled, kicking the ground. “This shit is fuckin’ hard!”

“It doesn’t come easy to you man, I get it,” Kirishima nodded resting his hands on his boyfriend’s shoulders and trying to look him in the eye. “That’s why you gotta trust that me, Mina, and everyone else is there to try and help, man.”

“I know!” Bakugo yelled, though turning away from his boyfriend to direct his ire away from someone who didn’t deserve it. “I know… it’s just… fucking hard.”

Kirishima didn’t say anything. Bakugo needed to vent, that was just who he was. Luckily, he was the super hard ‘idiot’ that could take all that venting.

Reaching out, he lightly wrapped his arms around Bakugo’s shoulders and pulled him back into a hug, holding him tightly just the way his boyfriend liked it. A few moments passed but the blond slowly let go of his frustrations and relaxed back into the hug, reaching up with one hand to caress his boyfriend’s arm lightly.

“Why does that fuckin’ work?”

“Are you really gonna complain?” Kirishima chuckled, letting both of them savour the physical contact for a little longer before speaking again. “I know how much this stuff means to you. If you want, maybe we could ask one of the teachers about getting that advanced material early.”

Bakugo said nothing for a moment, his mind processing his next steps now it was out of combat mode.

“I can look into it myself,” he said thoughtfully, “but if you wanna study with me, I ain’t gonna say ‘no’.”

“You got it,” Kirishima grinned. “Though don’t be mad if I get better results off the bat than you do.”

“The hell you will,” Bakugo growled but his boyfriend could tell it wasn’t genuine anger.

“I’m not trying to be mean or anything man, but we both know you lost points on the provisional test because of the way you handled things. Even if you were right, you didn’t handle those old folks well.”

“What about it?” Bakugo’s eyes narrowed.

“You’re aiming for number one, right?” Kirishima asked rhetorically. “If you’re gonna make it with everyone in our class competing for the same position, that’s something that could see you end up more like Endeavor.”

Bakugo grimaced at that notion. He was certain his boyfriend didn’t mean anything by it, but knowing what he did about the flaming asshole hit closer to home than he’d care to admit.

“There’s no way that’s gonna fucking happen,” Bakugo growled before taking in a big breath and letting out a long sigh. “I fuckin’ get what you’re trying to say though.”

With a smile, Kirishima gently released his boyfriend and turned him back around to look at his face.

“I’m not saying don’t be you. Even with your rough side, I freaking love you man,” Kirishima reassured him with an honest, toothy grin. “Just maybe work with people a little more rather than against everyone.”

“Yeah, yeah, I got it,” Bakugo huffed, though truthfully he wasn’t quite sure how exactly he’d do that. He knew he’d figure it out, or at least damn well try before he faced another shitty talk like this, though there was some stuff he wasn’t willing to compromise on. “I’m not gonna stop swearin’.”

“No one’s asking you to,” Kirishima chuckled. “I’m sure you’ll figure out a way to get it to work for you.”

“Fucking right I will,” Bakugo smirked as a feeling of resolve settled over the situation.

After all that the two had almost forgotten what they were doing before and how late it was getting when they glanced towards the exit and noticed the lack of light coming in through the windows.

“C’mon, let’s go get Recovery Girl to fix you up, then you can go sleep until tomorrow,” Kirishima declared, taking Bakugo’s hand and leading him along.

“Urgh, fine,” Bakugo scoffed. “But we’re swinging by the cafeteria after. I can’t be fucked to cook and I’m sure as hell not lettin’ you do it for the both of us.”

“Fine by me,” Kirishima chuckled, “but you didn’t have to go through all this just to ask me out on a date, y’know.”

“Shut up,” Bakugo shook his head fondly at his idiot.

It certainly wasn’t a date, but eating dinner with his boyfriend and then heading to bed together sounded like just the thing he needed after that physical and verbal beat down. He wasn’t admitting defeat on any front, but he could at least acknowledge that Nejire and her girlfriend had some points he needed to think about.

This was just another stepping stone in his path to becoming the greatest hero.


“Mmm, I needed that,” Kyoka sighed pleasantly, her warm sigh lingering in the air as she packed away the last of her care products into her wash bag and stored it back in her cubby.

Given today’s training and her forced nap, she’d relaxed deeply into a nice hot bath to soothe the minor headache she still had after getting back from Recovery Girl’s office. It also eased the stamina drain she’d felt from the matron’s healing but that was almost nothing compared to the frustration of receiving the sneak attack.

“I should’ve sensed her,” Kyoka muttered to herself and gritted her teeth. It was only a class exercise, but she still couldn’t help but feel like she’d failed some sort of test since it was the last before their work-studies. Still, there was nothing that could be done now and the girl knew she needed to let it go.

Twirling a finger around a lengthy lobe now she was dressed in her casual clothes with her towel around her neck, Kyoka departed the bathing area and headed for the lifts. A few people were milling around in the common area as dinner time approached but she didn’t feel like socializing.

Ascending in the metal box, heading for her room, she pondered the potential ways she could yet increase her skills at detection.

“Hmm, maybe some gear?” Kyoka considered but couldn’t think of any ways that’d help, though she was sure there could be plenty. Maybe she was being too hard on herself and just needed to rest and regroup before resuming her efforts to improve. If nothing else, she was certain her work-study mentor would have some ideas.

When the elevator doors opened, she didn’t expect anything to get between her and a quiet break from the world in her nearly soundproof room. Before she could cross the short distance to her abode however, her jacks picked up on the sounds of distress.

“Tooru?!” Kyoka muttered as her eyes widened, her feet moving before her brain had given them orders as she ran towards the girl’s door.

With a quick twist of her wrist and shoulder-checking the door, Kyoka burst into her girlfriend’s room. Normally she wouldn’t consider doing such a thing, but she knew Tooru wasn’t in a fit state to respond right now.

After an immediate glance around Kyoka located the now short-haired girl who was striving to open her balcony door. Her unfortunate anticipation was proven correct as the girl was currently in the midst of a panic attack and struggling to retain oxygen from her laboured breaths.

In a swift movement, Kyoka dashed across the room and flicked the lock that Tooru had neglected to address that was preventing her from her destination, allowing the door to finally slide open and the girl to suck in a fresh, deep breath as she almost collapsed onto the balcony’s guardrail.

Kyoka was beside her in a moment, trying to catch her eye and make sure she was okay as her girlfriend slowly but surely regained control of her breathing with the occasional cough and splutter.

“You’re okay, you’re okay,” Kyoka softly rubbed and lightly patted the girl’s back, hoping it was helping as Tooru just focused on getting her breathing under control again.

When she eventually had enough energy to address other things, the iridescent-haired girl shot Kyoka a weak, if grateful smile of appreciation.

“T-Thanks K-Kyoka,” she said before looking away and coughing again. “S-Sorry, didn’t r-realise it would be that bad.”

“Take your time,” Kyoka shook her head, just continuing to rub comforting circles on the girl, even if her own anxieties could do with settling too.

For the next few minutes the two just stood there feeling the breeze as Tooru’s breathing slowed back to its normal rate. When she took a long, deep breath before slowly releasing it again Kyoka figured she was ready to explain herself.

“What happened?”

“Oh, uh… nothing?” Tooru tried hopelessly, getting a deadpanned look from her girlfriend for the effort.

“I wouldn’t believe that even if I’d been socked in the head a few more times today,” she said. “Try again.”

“Do I have to?” Tooru blushed and averted her gaze again. “It’s kinda embarrassin’.”

“More embarrassing than forgetting how to open a door?” Kyoka raised a brow.

“I was panicking!” She pouted with puffy cheeks but let them deflate quickly in defeat. “But I guess I should tell you. No making fun of me though!”

“I promise,” Kyoka held her hands up, a touch of curiosity registering in her mind. “I’m just worried.”

 After all they’d done together, what could Tooru have done that she was embarrassed to talk to her about?

The girl seemed to wrestle with herself for a moment before relenting again, gesturing Kyoka to follow her back into her room to which the girl obliged.

“Lock the door?” Tooru requested.

Kyoka simply raised a brow as her curiosity piqued further, walking over to the still-ajar door she’d left open in her haste and did as she was asked.

Once the room was secure, Tooru shyly bit her lip and moved over to her bed. Her girlfriend followed her with her eyes until they settled on the likely cause of Tooru’s sudden panic attack.

“I uh…” Tooru lightly handled the dildo she’d requested from Momo. “I w-wanted to try and get over this thing so I could uh… do some stuff with Izuku again.”

The silicone phallus glistened with what Kyoka all but knew was likely spit as she sighed and shook her head.

“You idiot. You know he probably doesn’t care if you can’t do that sorta thing anymore.”

“Yeah, but I care,” Tooru retorted, her blush deepening. “I know I don’t have to do it, but like, I want to. I like doing somethin’ nice for him, and watching the faces he makes, and… if it helps me get over this shitty panic attack stuff then all the better.”

“This thing’s the reason you have those panic attacks,” Kyoka rolled her eyes, stepping closer as Tooru looked away.

“I knew you wouldn’t get it,” Tooru muttered, sitting down dourly on her bed.

The words didn’t hurt, but it did give Kyoka pause. Her girlfriend was obviously in a vulnerable state right now and all she was doing to the honesty she was being shown was belittling it and, she then realised, it wasn’t for any real reason.

“You’re not wrong,” Kyoka chuckled mirthlessly, walking back over to the girl and taking the spot beside her, resting her hand on the girl’s knee. “I don’t get the same kinda kick you guys do seeing that thing or wanting to do certain things to it. Fake or real.”

Tooru hummed neutrally as she idly ran her hands over the toy in her grasp.

But,” Kyoka continued, a particular thought coming to the forefront of her mind, “that doesn’t mean I don’t understand why you want to do something like that and get over your issue at the same time. I’m sorry for reacting badly. I was just worried and don’t want you to hurt yourself unnecessarily.”

“Thanks,” Tooru shot her girlfriend a small, grateful smile at the apology.

“No problem,” Kyoka smiled back, relieved at the look on her girlfriend’s face. “If it’s important to you, it’s important to me… even if I still think it’s weird,” she poked the tip of the fake penis as it wobbled fascinatingly.

The two sat in silence for a moment as Kyoka could tell the conversation wasn’t done but Tooru seemed reluctant to say anything more.

“Is… there anything I can do to help?” She asked thoughtfully. “Or do you want me to leave?”

“Could you just… listen?” Tooru asked nervously, a pensive look on her face.

“Uh, yeah, I can do that,” Kyoka agreed readily. “Talk to me.”

“It… freaking sucks that I have panic attacks now,” the iridescent-haired girl muttered, “and it freaking sucks that I broke my quirk, even if I can see myself whenever I look in a mirror now.”

“I know, hun,” Kyoka rubbed her knee.

“It doesn’t matter though. I didn’t choose this but I’m stuck with it,” Tooru shook her head as her girlfriend quirked a brow. “I didn’t choose to have to hesitate when I reach for a popsicle, or wonder if people think I’m ugly now they can see me, or doubt if I’m still good enough to be a hero anymore…”

Kyoka grimaced as she could almost feel Tooru’s frustrations growing as she spoke and hoped this was somehow helping the girl deal with her feelings. She was not prepared for such a conversation when bursting through the door but regardless she resolved to stick it out now if it was what her girlfriend needed.

“I didn’t choose any of that,” Tooru declared firmly, gripping the dildo firmly in one hand, “but I decide how I handle it. I’m going to figure out how to look my best now that I can use make-up properly, how to make my quirk work for me and become a kickass pro, and how to suck this thing again so I can eat popsicles and suck off the boy I love!”

Another silence broke out between the two as neither knew what to say next. Kyoka regarded her formerly invisible girlfriend curiously for a moment before snorting and shaking her head fondly with a growing smile.

“That’s gotta be one of the most rockin’ things you’ve said,” she grinned. “I mean, it probably would’ve been more badass if you weren’t handling a floppy fake cock, but still pretty rockin’.”

“Shut up,” Tooru giggled awkwardly and broke the somewhat stoic act she’d been pulling throughout her little speech but it helped get her point across, releasing her grip on the phallus so it sat loosely on her lap again. “But um… yeah, it’s probably really stupid, but I’m gonna fucking handle this my way and kick my stupid body’s butt until I can do what I want again.”

“Seriously though, if that’s what you wanna do then do it,” Kyoka assured the girl. “I’m not gonna get all your stuff but if you need help, just let me and the rest of us know instead of doing… this alone. You don’t have to anymore, remember?”

“Y-Yeah,” Tooru conceded with a chuckle. “Sorry, I guess I’m kinda going too plus ultra today, right?”

“If that’s what you call blowing yourself up to help win your match then yeah, kinda,” Kyoka rolled her eyes fondly and nudged the girl with her shoulder. “I got my ass kicked too so I know Recovery Girl told you to take it easy.”

“Yeah, well, I’m kinda impatient right now,” Tooru stuck her tongue out. “It feels like I’ve fallen behind you guys and need to catch back up.”

“I don’t think you’re behind all of us in dick-suckin’,” Kyoka chuckled. “Just… focus on getting better rather than pushing yourself so hard,” she rubbed her girlfriend’s back again who leaned into the touch, “then you can go do whatever you want with that green-haired idiot, like making his eyes roll into the back of his head.”

“It’s a funny look,” Tooru smirked at the tease.

“Wouldn’t know,” Kyoka shrugged.

“Well, then, maybe you can make him do it in a different way.”

“Probably could,” Kyoka remarked, glancing at the toy again and thinking of their shared boyfriend. “Just hugging and k-kissing him presses most of his buttons.”

“He’s a sweetie,” Tooru nodded before her mind turned to lewder thoughts. “Though give him a chance and he can do some awesome stuff too that doesn’t involve this,” she wiggled the dildo playfully.

“M-Maybe I will,” Kyoka blushed lightly as her mind joined Tooru’s in the gutter, thinking through some more scenarios she’d yet to explore with the boy. “It’s still kinda new to me.”

“Good new?” Tooru enquired.

“Just… new,” Kyoka muttered. “We haven’t done a whole lot so still kinda getting to grips with stuff.”

“As long as you enjoy what you're doing, I’m sure he’s happy to do as much or as little as you want,” Tooru reassured her girlfriend, overlaying a hand and rubbing her thumb affectionately.

“Yeah, probably,” Kyoka admitted, her mind wandering to the scenario Tooru was trying to relearn. The idea of doing such a thing never appealed to her before, but as they lingered on the topic of Izuku, she couldn’t help wondering. “So uh… are you still gonna practice with that some more?”

“Yeah,” Tooru admitted with a somewhat embarrassed blush. “Gonna make sure I open the door before I start next time.”

“Smart,” Kyoka chuckled as she felt a touch of anxiety well up at the idea she was about to put forth. “Though, uh, maybe you shouldn’t do it alone.”

“Huh?” Tooru gave her an odd look.

“I just mean, what if you panic again? Someone needs to be here to make sure nothing goes wrong.”

Tooru’s eyes narrowed at Kyoka’s averted gaze, the gears turning in her head.

“Uh-huh,” she replied suspiciously but let the acknowledgement hang for Kyoka to continue.

“If you like, I’m not exactly busy so I can just hang out if you want some company while you use that thing.”

“Ri~ight,” Tooru raised a disbelieving brow. “And there’s definitely no other reason you want to hang around and watch me learn how to deep-throat again?”

“Hey, I already said I’m not interested in that stuff,” Kyoka brushed off, though her cheeks were growing more tomato-like by the moment.

“Oh, yes, I’m sure,” Tooru nodded with a phoney, appeasing tone, her hand running along Kyoka’s arm, up her shoulder and cupping the back of her neck. “But if, say, Izuku were to tie you up and ‘force’ you to do something naughty to his junk with your mouth, I’m sure seeing me do it totally wouldn’t help you in that situation.”

The phallic toy was raised before Kyoka’s head and slowly approached her mouth as her girlfriend verbalized her idea.

“W-Well…” Kyoka gulped, feeling a tingle of pleasure run through her.

“Or maybe, you just wanna watch me do naughty things with this then take advantage of me once I’m all riled up,” Tooru giggled, adjusting the penis’ course to point it towards her own mouth while shooting Kyoka a smirk. “Then again… there is something else we could do.”

“Y-Yeah?” Kyoka couldn’t stop herself from asking only to realise she’d been drawn into Tooru’s ruse when the girl shot her a fond, if somewhat deadpan, look and lowered the toy back to her lap.

“You could just admit you want to learn how to do this stuff and we can learn and relearn together,” Tooru said in an understanding tone. “I’m not gonna make fun of you for it.”

Kyoka grimaced, her blush only intensifying as she knew full well she was still denying her feelings on some level.

“Okay,” she sighed, “y-you got me.”

“You weren’t exactly being subtle,” Tooru rolled her eyes and shook her head. “But you don’t have to lie about it or worry about me or anyone else judging you differently.”

“I’m not lying,” Kyoka refuted. “A-At least when I say it’s not something I’m interested in… but… it maybe wouldn’t be so bad to uh… do it because he likes it even if I don’t.”

“I guess it’s my turn to say ‘he probably doesn’t care’ if you don’t do that with him,” Tooru smirked.

“Yeah, yeah, I get it,” Kyoka scoffed and sighed as her words were used against her, though she didn’t really mind before looking nervously at her girlfriend. “Would… that be okay?”

“Of course,” Tooru smiled, letting the fake penis go and pulling her girlfriend into a gentle hug that Kyoka slowly returned. “Ooo! I can teach you some fun things too that’ll make him putty in your hand.”

“You don’t hav… uh,” Kyoka paused, cutely biting her lip as Tooru watched the idea roll around in her head. “I-If you think he’d like it.”

“Oh, he definitely does,” Tooru winked naughtily. “I’m sure he’d do anything you wanted afterwards too. He gives as good as he receives.”

“I-I know,” Kyoka blushed, recalling her first time with the boy.

“Ahh, so that’s why,” Tooru giggled playfully.

“Shut up,” the punkette rolled her eyes.

“No way,” Tooru stuck her tongue out, “but there is something I’d rather be doing instead.”

Picking up the dildo again, her tongue flitted out to moisten her lips as she brought it close.

“Sure you wanna watch and learn?” Tooru offered her girlfriend one last out.

“Only as long as you don’t overdo it yourself just because I’m here,” Kyoka stipulated.

“Don’t worry, we got this,” Tooru winked and almost daintily licked the tip, letting the toy bob from a few repeated motions.

Kyoka couldn’t help watching studiously as Tooru’s tongue began doing most of the work, swirling around the tip and almost playing with the thing more than trying to pleasure it. The act seemed to go on longer than she assumed any guy would want and she found herself wondering if Tooru was just playing it up.

“Does he really like that?” Kyoka asked curiously.

“Oh yeah,” Tooru grinned with a cheeky, if somewhat naughty look on her face. “And don’t forget to handle him down here,” she gently cupped the air under the cock where its balls would’ve been. “They’re sensitive too, so don’t be too rough, but tickling them will definitely get his eyes rolling.”

“R-Right,” Kyoka muttered trying to make a mental note to herself for the future.

“You wanna try?” Tooru asked, pointing the phallus back towards the girl.

“U-Uh… okay?” Kyoka replied hesitantly, carefully taking the offered cock.

Once again she was reminded how unappealing its shape just naturally was to her and quirked her lip. At this stage, it was something she just figured was beyond her comprehension, unlike the others. Taking a moment to focus her imagination, she pictured Izuku’s soft, round face and voice reassuring her.

‘It’s okay, Kyoka, y-you don’t have to do this,’ he said with his trademark stutter and inflamed cheeks.

‘I know,’ Kyoka replied in her mind, ‘but I want to… for you.’

An appreciative and endeared look settled on the imagined Izuku’s face at her words as his cock twitched eagerly.

Like Tooru had beforehand, Kyoka licked her lips before tentatively reaching out with her tongue and licking the silicone toy.

“That tastes wrong,” she muttered, the illusion momentarily broken.

“Well duh,” Tooru giggled. “It’s fake.”

“Not what I meant,” Kyoka sighed, shaking her head before focusing again. She wasn’t doing this for the taste, she was doing it for the experience; one she tentatively hoped to share with Izuku when she felt ready.

Reaching out again, Kyoka started flicking and teasing the fake cock with playful motions, imagining Izuku’s face scrunching up as he focused on not blowing his load on her face. The punkette felt a smile tugging at the corner of her lips as she kept up her efforts, swirling her tongue around the glans as she got more into the act without realizing it.

Watching from the side, Tooru felt her own body heat up as she also imagined watching Kyoka do it to Izuku for real. Subtly, she let one hand slip back to her crotch and gently ran a pair of fingers up and down her core.

“That’s it,” Tooru encouraged, a small purr slipping into her voice as her gaze was locked on Kyoka’s lips. “Take him a little deeper.”

She watched Kyoka’s lips tighten around the cock as the girl swallowed nervously, hesitation in her eyes. Realising it might be just as hard for her girlfriend on some level as it was for her, Tooru reached up to overlap her girlfriend’s hand with her own while her other slipped around to the back of Kyoka’s head to gently cup it.

“Don’t worry,” Tooru reassured the girl with a suggestive smile, “I won’t let him get too rough with you.”

Kyoka admittedly felt a mixture of anticipation and relief at Tooru’s words as they shared control over the cock but quickly understood the girl was just returning the favour of support in her own way.

Slowly and gently, Tooru began pressing forward with the penis, encouraging Kyoka’s lips to move further up the shaft as both girls felt their internal temperatures rise.

‘T-That feels good,’ Kyoka’s conjured version of Izuku sighed pleasantly as she imagined him enjoying every second of the act which in turn only made her want to go further.

Before she’d reached half the shaft, Tooru pulled the cock back as Kyoka began relaxing into her girlfriend’s motions, letting the girl pump it back and forth. The act only stopped when Tooru felt Kyoka pull back with a little more force than normal, her lips leaving the cock entirely.

“S-So uh, t-that thing you said,” Kyoka blushed as she reached up with a free hand and cradled just underneath where the penis’ balls would be. “W-Would he like this?”

“That’s it,” Tooru giggled naughtily, “and just kinda roll them between your fingers. Don’t pinch them though, apparently they don’t like that… well… some might,” she thought back to her weirder internet browsing sessions, “but I don’t know if Izuku would.”

“R-Right,” Kyoka swallowed nervously again before remoistening her lips.

“So, like this,” Tooru said as she guided the cock, fingers still overlapping Kyoka’s own, back to her while she released her girlfriend’s head to demonstrate the act herself.

She quickly engulfed the penis’ head with her lips as she gently fondled the air beneath it, imagining the way Izuku’s body would tense under her touch in building anticipation. He wasn’t the one anticipating things in the moment however as Kyoka, her hand along for the ride as it gently pumped the cock into Tooru’s mouth, found her libido rising higher at the idea of guiding the real Izuku’s cock to do the same to her girlfriend.

“Do… you want him to cum in your mouth?” Kyoka could see Tooru’s expression, limited as it was with her lips occupied, light up at her words. “Do you… want him to fill you up?”

Tooru let out a moan that seemed almost a tad petulant, as though offering something she knew she couldn’t have right now. Kyoka wasn’t discouraged though, her free hand slipping across her lap to caress her girlfriend’s thigh and advance upward.

“You can do this, I know you can,” the earphone-jacked girl’s grin began deepening as she could feel the heat in the room rising despite the open balcony door. “Because you’re Tooru Fuckin’ Hagakure, and something like this,” she wiggled the cock gently between Tooru’s lips, “isn’t going to stop you.”

Tooru’s hand tightened around Kyoka’s own, her eyes filled with determination as she pulled the phallus back in again, her jaw opening wider as she took it deeper. Kyoka watched warily as Tooru seemed to be pushing herself again, but with her own hand on the cock she knew she could stop it if things went too far.

Slowly, Tooru felt the tip brush the back of her tongue and her throat caress the end of it, her body threatening to close the gap forcefully once again but she held firm, relaxing herself just enough to try and let her body grow comfortable with the sensation again. Soon enough, she began pumping up to that point again as she pushed through her latest wall.

“Mmm,” she hummed around the cock in satisfaction, both from her minor achievement and desire which Kyoka could pick up on.

“Why is this so fucking hot?” Kyoka muttered as she felt her hips wanting to move to release some of her growing tension.

Tooru almost coughed up the cock when it blocked the giggle that forced its way around it. She didn’t stop but relented her imaginary caresses of Izuku’s sack to reach down for her girlfriend’s hand, gently guiding it more towards where she wanted it at that moment and slipping it under the tracksuit bottoms she was wearing.

Kyoka didn’t need any other hints to realize where this was going as she eagerly traced Tooru’s folds with her fingers, finding the girl more than aroused after all their previous actions.

“You like that?” Kyoka smirked as the scenario continued to play out in her mind, her and Izuku pleasuring Tooru to give the girl everything she clearly wanted in the moment.

Feeling brave, Tooru took the cock a little deeper but felt herself beginning to tense again and slowed right down.

“You can do this,” Kyoka encouraged gently as her finger located her girlfriend’s most sensitive button and teased around it. “As soon as you’re uh, done blowing him, Izuku’s gonna fill you up down here.”

She punctuated her remark by slipping a finger into Tooru who sucked in a breath through her nose at the sensation.

Once more the two set into a gentle rhythm with Tooru gently thrusting the cock as far as she dared, which was still under half the shaft but more than she had previously, while Kyoka ensured she didn’t go too far and sated herself with exploring her girlfriend’s slick heat.

The further Kyoka’s fingers explored, the further Tooru wanted to take the toy down her throat but knew she was close to reaching her limit. She could already feel her chest beginning to want to spasm and having another attack now would certainly ruin the mood they were building.

Instead, she let the cock sit still for a minute at the back of her mouth, closing her eyes as she imagined Izuku releasing himself into her and filling her up in one way before he did the other. Kyoka watched the girl curiously, unaware her breathing had devolved into small pants as they continued to both heat up.

When she was ready, Tooru pulled back from the toy fully with several gasps as Kyoka paused, wondering if her girlfriend needed a moment.

“P-Put it in me!” Tooru hurriedly requested, pushing herself back on her bed and yanking her tracksuit and panties down as fast as she could.

It wasn’t how she expected this situation to end but Kyoka was more than happy to comply as her girlfriend’s bare core was exposed to her eyes. Now solely holding the phallus, Kyoka did her best to begin disrobing herself, standing up to shrug off her towel, which dropped on the sheets, while divesting herself of her top and slipping out of her own bottoms.

By now, Tooru was reclined on her pillow, her legs spread wide and waiting for her partner with her shirt casually tossed to the side.

Kyoka was soon as bare as she was, ready to reclaim the warmth of being so close to Tooru only to pause as she felt a chill roll in; the balcony door was still open.

“L-Leave it,” Tooru requested as though reading her mind. “I-I’ll be quiet.”

It wasn’t just the sound Kyoka was worried about but since it seemed Tooru’s blowjob practice was at an end she figured it wouldn’t be too bad if she left it ajar.

“I’m sure I can make you,” Kyoka grinned as she knelt on the bed and began crawling up to her girlfriend’s side, settling in between Tooru and the wall as she gently rested the moist dildo on Tooru’s stomach. “Well, Izuku can down here, while I~,” she leant in, using her jacks to cup under Tooru’s chin and guide their faces together as the two engaged in a heated, tongue-filled kiss.

Despite Kyoka’s claim, their exchange only seemed to fill both their ears with sounds of the sloppy, excited exchange as Tooru’s hips began thrusting needily.

“K-Kyoka… Vixen, please,” Tooru begged, parting their lips for a moment to try and get what her body craved.

“It’s not me,” Kyoka smirked sultrily as she glanced down between them where she began adjusting her hold on the dildo unto it now rested at the entrance to Tooru’s core. “It’s Izuku.”

“I-Izuku… please,” Tooru begged, leaning into the little roleplay Kyoka seemed to want to continue.

Kyoka indeed pictured Izuku on the other end of the cock as she felt excitement taking charge and guiding his cock inside her girlfriend, imagining his face scrunching up cutely at the sensations she helped orchestrate for all of their pleasure.

“Ah, ah, ah,” Tooru quivered as Kyoka started pushing on the end of the cock, feeling it sinking inside her and spreading her wide.

“Let him fill you up,” Kyoka whispered into Tooru’s ear and playing into her girlfriend’s kink while her jacks slid like snake down both their stomach, aiming for a pair of buttons she knew all too well.

“M-More,” Tooru begged again as Kyoka was proceeding much too slow for her tastes, her excitement from before the girl arrived to help still somewhat lingering.

Kyoka wasn’t one to deny her any longer and gently pressed the cock even further into Tooru until she could feel that resistance that stopped it going any further.

Tooru’s breathless gasp at the sensation made her clench herself as she prepared to work her quirk’s magic to elevate them both to their peaks.

Once Tooru sucked in a fresh breath, Kyoka seized her moment and reclaimed her girlfriend’s lips in another messy kiss. The formerly invisible girl tried to split her attention between her girlfriend’s lips and the delightful fullness inside of her only for her hips to buck and shake as Kyoka’s vibrating heartbeat began pulsing through her core.

“A-Ai!” She squeaked, only for Kyoka to begin thrusting the dildo back and forth to break her focus even further. At this point, all she could do was surrender to the sensations, her body relishing the pleasure rippling through it.

Despite not nearly having as much focus or attention on herself, Kyoka could feel her orgasm rising faster than she anticipated as she continued to keep the pressure on Tooru. The only thing she was focused on was making Tooru cry out for her peak as she thrust the cock as deep into her girlfriend as she could without hurting her.

With her eyes closed, it was easy for Tooru to picture Izuku in her mind as Kyoka stimulated her clit and his cock with her jacks while lovingly kissing at her collar. She imagined his heavy balls tightening as the sensations became too much for them both as he unleashed his seed.

Tooru gripped the sheets and let out a strained groan as her toes curled and her body clenched, trying to milk the dildo for all of its load that it couldn’t produce as her mind whitened in the haze.

“C-C-Cummi-” She exclaimed, only to find her words cut off as Kyoka’s lips engulfed hers, silencing the girl as she rode out her orgasm.

It was a lot, much more intense than she’d expected and it took Tooru a full few minutes once she crested her peak to do anything but look up at the ceiling of her room, her body jerking and quivering at every minor sensation thanks to her overwhelmed nerves.

Through it all, Kyoka remained cuddled into her side, fake cock in one hand keeping it from being ejected by Tooru’s clenching while the other caressed her girlfriend’s cheek lovingly, admiring the girl’s visible form with a swelling of love and affection.

“W…Wow…” Tooru mumbled eventually before swallowing and coughing lightly, prompting Kyoka to help her lean up as she cleared her airway.

“We uh… got a bit carried away there,” she mumbled.

“Y-Yeah, probably,” Tooru agreed with a few pants, her hips trembling still. “F-Fun though.”

Kyoka chuckled and shook her head fondly before looking down at the fake cock. Izuku’s visage had departed with her girlfriend’s peak as she dragged her eyes up her girlfriend’s body to look into rich, sparkling eyes that were full of adoration and a touch of curiosity.

“Yeah, it was.”

That seemed to be enough for Tooru who tried to lean in for another kiss, grateful Kyoka still supported her while meeting her halfway.

“I freaking love you,” she sighed in contentment, leaning into Kyoka’s embrace as the punk girl wrapped her in a gentle hug.

“I love you too, Starlight,” she replied, feeling her own body pulse with joy at the declaration. “I also love Momo, and Mina, and Tsuyu, Ochako and… Izuku too.”

“I know,” Tooru giggled, nuzzling her face into Kyoka’s chest playfully as the two relaxed in the aftermath of their activities.

“So uh… did, that help you at all?” Kyoka spoke up after a while.

“Hmm?”

“The uh… blowjob stuff,” Kyoka muttered. “You didn’t have a panic attack.”

“Yeah,” Tooru grinned victoriously. “It wasn’t a whole lot, but I did better than before.”

“I’m glad,” Kyoka replied after a moment.

“And I’m glad you were here to help me and share this,” Tooru sighed pleasantly again. “Did you get what you wanted out of it?”

“Uh… sorta?” Kyoka shrugged, not having thought about it much in the moment.

“You could always try it again now we’ve settled down,” Tooru chuckled, wiggling her hips as her pussy continued clenching around the phallus and gently pushing it out of her. “Maybe you’ll like the taste more now it’s got me on it.”

Kyoka rolled her eyes and shook her head at the suggestion only for Tooru’s words to take root as she tentatively considered the idea.

“Would… that be weird?”

“Hell no,” Tooru dismissed easily. “Definitely hot though.”

The formerly invisible girl let out several short moans as she reached down and fully pulled the dildo out from inside her, her body relaxing in the process before weakly offering the cock to Kyoka once again.

Kyoka wetted her lips in anticipation as she felt admittedly more aroused by the idea and handled the offered cock that was now lubed up with her girlfriend’s juices. Not feeling the need for foreplay, the punkette held the tip close to her face, inhaling her girlfriend’s heady scent off the toy that sent a fresh wave of shivers down her spine.

Her lips parted and Tooru watched eagerly as Kyoka easily accepted the head back into her mouth, her tongue swirling around it to taste all of her essence. The girl couldn’t help biting her lip as Kyoka’s eyes closed and she let out a satisfied moan, her fingers slipping back down to her clit and gently stimulating it to savour the last waves of her orgasm. If Kyoka kept going, another round might be in order.

The punk rocker’s tongue continued to search out the taste of her girlfriend along the penis, making short work of any she could find. Slowly and carefully, she eased the cock further and further into her mouth to claim more of it, the phallus sinking deeper and deeper until it bumped her tonsils and caused her chest to jerk.

Torn between removing the object and continuing to seek out the taste of her partner, Kyoka tried again only to get a much stronger reaction, being forced to withdraw the thing before she threw up.

“Don’t worry, that comes with practise,” Tooru giggled playfully, rubbing her girlfriend’s side with her free hand, knowing all too well how difficult it could be to deepthroat. “That was really freaking sexy though.”

“T-Thanks,” Kyoka blushed as she processed just how much she’d done and how easily it happened with that slight adjustment.

Even in her satisfied, blushing state, her mind produced new ideas off the back of her efforts, wondering if the real thing would be as satisfying after Izuku had cum inside…

She shook her head. That was a thought for another time but her hips certainly wanted that time to be now considering the mild ache she now had for delaying her own release.

“Is it your turn?” Tooru asked cheekily, feeling more recovered from her exertions now to return the favour as her fingers teasingly danced down Kyoka’s stomach.

“M-Maybe we’ll leave this out for now,” Kyoka stated, putting the dildo on Tooru’s headboard and out of their way. “But um… if you’re up for it?”

“Now this I can still do,” Tooru giggled naughtily as she rolled their positions around, ending up between Kyoka’s legs as she girl reclined on her pillow. The punkette felt her breathing heat up once more as Tooru’s hot breath stimulated her lower lips until Tooru’s tongue began exploring them, her jacks twitching at the pleasurable, more familiar sensations running through them.

Most of the time, Kyoka enjoyed her quirk, other times, it was a pain and difficulty she needed to shut out, especially when she didn’t want to deal with people or inadvertently learn secrets she shouldn’t be privy to. Today though, she was very grateful for it.

Notes:

Chapter summary:

- 1-A's last day of training before Work Studies takes place at ground Delta's docks. Each group will need to protect All Might and escort him to an evac zone when villains attack. The students note that Aizawa's a little extra off today but aren't able to discuss it before things get underway.

- Izuku and Bakugo's group go first, realizing that their opponents are the Wild, Wild Pussycats. Following Izuku's plan, he, Bakugo, and Sato engage the two strongest pussycats while Kaminari and Tooru sacrifice themselves to delay and defeat Mandalay and Ragdoll to scrape out the first win of the day once Izuku Blackwhips All Might to safety.

- Aizawa goes over the groups good and bad parts with them and the class by reinforcing the idea that any defeat for their team meant death before taking the pussycats aside, scolding them for going easy on the kids. The pussycat team expresses doubt in his methods with Mandalay resolving to go to Nezu with their reservations only for the principle to let them know he's aware and watching carefully, encouraging them to inspire with their skills.

- The next team with Kyoka, Mina and Torodoki starts off well but quickly falls under pressure. Todoroki is somewhat hesitant to use his ice to harm opponents and Mina feels the same with her acid which costs them the match. Aizawa appropriately scolds them all for their shortcomings but at least admits that getting them to realize this was his intention in pairing them together for the exercise. Izuku talks with his classmates about the next team's chances as her pieces together Aizawa's intentions behind this training session.

- The third group are forced to pause at a ship during their escort. Iida and Momo begin clashing over strategies with the class president conceding to the heiress' logical arguments after being backed up by their other teammates. The team are swiftly cornered by the pussycats and caught in a temporary stalemate. Iida and Momo both come up with ideas to escape and, with the votes between remaining members split down the middle with Koda captured, Momo and Ochako reluctantly go along with Iida's plan despite their unease. While they try heartily to succeed, Iida's straightforward plan was accounted for and he and All Might are captured and defeated.

- Aizawa again scolds the team for their shortcomings with Momo hesitating to act when she knew better, deferring to someone else and Ochako not speaking up when she had an alternate plan that had a better chance of working than either Momo's or Iida's. Iida is disheartened to hear that he's title of class president is partially what caused him to overestimate his plan's chances of success but takes it in stride while pondering a thought.

- In the final match, the remaining team is set to prove themselves. While their attempt is hardy, they're whittled down to only Shinso remaining who manages to pull everything together and sacrifice himself, causing a team wipe but allowing them to clench the win with All Might escaping under his own power. Aizawa is reluctantly impressed when Shinso acknowledges and challenges the lesson's intentions but the teacher continues to enthuse the importance of improving to overcome such obstacles in the future.

- After class ends, Bakugo immediately departs suspiciously. Shinso's still somewhat disappointed with his performance but all the other boys cheer him up as they get changed as he also witnesses Izuku's theorizing muttering for the first time.

- Walking back to the dorms while discussing their training, Momo seeks out Iida for a private word together. Momo admits that she truly did doubt her own plan and didn't intentionally want to overrule or embarrass Iida. Iida admits his own faults and doubts over being the class president. Momo tries to assure him but he believes she would make a more fitting leader than he and wants to exchange roles. Momo politely declines, believing his decision to be impulsive but Iida's words bring her around. She accepts on the notion that they revisit the topic after work studies to see if he still feels the same way which Iida agrees to.

- In gym gamma, Bakugo is fighting Nejire who overwhelms him with her skills as Aizawa watches, thinking back to his own time training into the ground over Oboro. After training ends, Bakguo sees Haya playfully being beaten by Nejire and assumes the worst. Nejire puts him in his place regarding the difference between abuse and playful affection as well as the right way to go about disarming such a situation if he sees it without assuming the worst. Bakugo reluctantly listens.

- After a bath, Kyoka returns to her room only to hear distress from Tooru's. Realizing she's having a panic attack, Kyoka barges in and helps. Tooru admits her desire to get over her issue and Kyoka wouldn't mind learning the ropes to blowjobs and engage in a fun practise session with each other.

Chapter 45: Big Steps

Summary:

Momo gathers the courage to ask Izuku on a date, while Ochako steps up to the plate behind her.

Notes:

I know a lot of people have been waiting a long time for this particular date, so I hope you all enjoy it!

If you'd like to come yell at me or keep better tabs on how the next chapter is going or potential delays, come join us over on the discord at: https://discord.gg/x85xtWmKCa
There's also a fun new lewd MHA game of my creation to try out at the same time, and I'll be hanging around there most days, usually chatting rubbish, so feel free to bother me. :)

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

Momo woke up that Saturday morning with fresh determination. Today was a new day and one of the two last free days their class had left before work-studies began. As such, she knew she had to make the most of it and decided to screw up her courage, throw her anxieties out the window, and make her move.

That’s how she found herself standing outside Izuku Midoriya’s room before the hours had reached double digits.

It had been almost easy to get dressed in something a little nicer than normal and make her way downstairs to this very spot but, as time ticked on, Momo realized she’d been standing in place, too hesitant to knock on the boy’s door for the past five minutes.

‘Why is this so hard,’ she thought as she bit her lip. ‘He’s technically my boyfriend already, so why do I feel so awkward about asking if he wants to spend time alone together?’

For all the growth she’d done over the past number of months, this was even harder than knocking on Kyoka’s door to ask the girl to begin a polyamorous relationship with her.

‘Come on, Momo, you can do this,’ the girl psyched herself. ‘You promised to give him an honest chance so just knock on the door and get this over with.’

Holding her breath, her arm finally obeyed her mind as it reached up and knocked three times. For a moment she wondered if he was even awake only to remember this was the same boy who always left their sleepovers early to adhere to his morning training schedule.

Before she could worry about any more hypothetical things that could go wrong, the door opened up and there stood Izuku, his eyes and smile brightening as he realised who’d come to call.

“Oh, hi Momo, can I help you with something?”

Momo was barely able to suppress a snort at Izuku’s white T-shirt which simply read ‘Smart-casual’. Fashionable was a word no one could use to describe the boy but she couldn’t deny his shirts had an amusing humour to them in the right circumstances. It took her a moment to realize she’d been asked a question and quickly conjured the line she’d prepared ahead of time.

“Hello Izuku, I was wondering if you are free to do something together today.”

“Uh,” Izuku pondered for a moment. “Yeah, I don’t think I’ve got any plans besides getting ready for the work-study.”

One of the good things about the work-studies starting with a full week under their heroic mentors was that they were completely free of homework. Though they’d likely be expected to juggle it, along with their classes, when they dropped down to working only when their mentors requested them; for now, they were obligation-free.

“That’s good,” Momo smiled, “then is there anything in particular you’d like to do together?”

“Oh… uh,” Izuku rubbed the back of his head. “Sorry, I hadn’t thought that far.”

Momo realised her faux pas and felt her anxiety climb.

“No, no, that’s my fault, I should’ve come prepared,” she admitted with a touch of shame at her oversight. “Why don’t you go get dressed while I think of something?”

Izuku blinked before looking down at his t-shirt and sweatpants combination.

“Is there something wrong with the way I’m dressed?”

Despite her calm exterior, internally Momo was grimacing at yet another mistake.

“Oh, I… I just thought that…” the heiress stumbled over herself trying to come up with an explanation that wouldn't end up with her foot further in her mouth or accidentally insulting the boy further.

Izuku glanced down at Momo’s clothes and noticed that it wasn’t the typical style she usually wore around the dorms. They consisted of a warm, tan, turtleneck jumper paired with a green and brown tartan short-skirt and a black belt alongside warm, black leggings and knee-high brown, what appeared to be designer, boots. It almost looked like Momo was dressed up for a…

“A-Ah!” He exclaimed with realization, “I’m sorry, I didn’t realize you want to uh, go out.”

“No, that’s quite alright, I um-”

“I’ll just go-”

The pair hesitated, trying to let the other speak only to pause at the same time, leaving an awkward silence hanging in the air. Thankfully, Izuku broke it by gesturing over his shoulder.

“C-Clothes, change,” he muttered simply.

“Okay,” Momo conceded, knowing all attempts at preventing further embarrassment were fruitless at this stage.

Slowly, Izuku closed the door and left her standing alone outside again.

Momo was half-tempted to bang her head against the nearest hard surface if she wasn’t so sure it would immediately result in another excruciatingly awkward situation in some way. This was not the way she expected things to go and wondered if she should throw in the towel now and try again fresh another time.

Before Momo could seriously consider that option, she heard Izuku shuffling around in his room in a hurry and knew she was, for better or worse, locked in now. The heiress could only hope that the rest of the date went better as it certainly couldn’t get any worse.

That’s right, she needed to come up with something fun for them to do too! Quickly racking her brain, Momo tried to list any and all activities they could do on campus that didn’t seem too much like dates from an outside perspective but still allowed them to enjoy each other's company privately.

Swimming? No, that required permission and seemed too romantic for just two people. Going to the gym? That didn’t seem like good first-date material. Lunch in the cafeteria? Maybe, but what if someone got the wrong idea?

Momo almost jumped when Izuku’s door reopened as she realized she’d run out of time.

While Izuku never seemed to be at the cutting edge of style, Momo had to admit he looked good when he tried. Even just exchanging his t-shirt for a collared, white dress shirt with his regular blue trousers and brown belt, complete with his signature red shoes, made him look much more mature and handsome.

“Is this better?” Izuku asked shyly. “I-It’s not too um… obvious, y’know?”

“That’ll do nicely,” Momo smiled warmly, gesturing to her own outfit which she believed wasn’t too flashy or trying to attract a potential suitor’s attention.

“Okay, good,” Izuku breathed a sigh of relief. “Did you think of something for us to do?”

“How about we start with a walk,” Momo offered, defaulting to the most basic idea she had. At the very least it would buy her more time to think of something better and it didn’t look too intimate. While she was sure her parents wouldn’t object to her being seen with Izuku at this stage, she didn’t want others to get the wrong idea since his public relationship with Ochako and Tsu was well known.

“That sounds lovely,” Izuku agreed happily. Momo could almost see the anxiety falling away from the boy’s shoulders as she remembered she wasn’t the only one apprehensive about any potential developments. At the very least she was able to take solace in the fact that they could be awkward together which helped soothe her nerves in turn.

“Shall we?” Momo gestured towards the lifts and soon the two were descending to the common space.

While it wasn’t completely devoid of people, both were glad breakfast had already come and gone since only Shoji, Sato, and Ojiro were present doing their own things. Only the latter looked up at the new arrivals but thankfully thought nothing of their appearance together as he turned back to the article he was reading on his phone while listening to the TV.

Once the pair had made it safely beyond the boundaries of class 1-A’s dorm walls, they breathed a simultaneous sigh of relief in the fresh winter air.

“Is it just me, or does it feel like we’re sneaking around behind everyone’s back?” Izuku asked with a nervous chuckle.

“Well, technically we’ve been doing so for many months already,” Momo concurred with a small giggle, “but I agree that this almost seems a tad more open and deceptive than usual.”

“That’s something I guess,” Izuku smiled before looking around. “Shall we just er, wander? Or are there places you want to visit?”

“Just wandering and talking will be fine for now, I’m sure,” Momo nodded, taking the lead.

Soon the two were standing on the familiar path around the central UA building, picked a direction, and then began strolling along together. Momo believed either she could figure out something further they could do if the thought arose, or they could simply circuit the main building to keep things simple.

“So… how have you been?” Izuku asked awkwardly.

Momo shot the boy an empathetic smile at the basic start to their conversation but answered regardless.

“I am good. Despite my less-than-stellar performance yesterday, along with most of the class, I am tentatively optimistic about my upcoming work-study.”

“Oh, that’s good,” Izuku latched onto the familiar topic eagerly. “Did you manage to get who you were going for in the end?”

“Indeed,” Momo nodded. “Regardless of our class’ delay for the work-study program, Yoroi Musha was gracious enough to accept me.”

“Oh, wow, he’s been a hero longer than most, even All Might,” Izuku awed. “He doesn’t often take students, usually only the best.”

“Yes,” Momo nodded. “After seeing his judgemental but fair approach to Mina’s trial and his lengthy tenure as a pro and top ten hero, I figured that he could have much to impart to someone who had a less than stellar internship like myself. I was able to establish a connection through my parents and convince him I was worth his time due to my academic records and our similar quirks, though I’m certain my family name played a part too.”

“Was… that bad?” Izuku asked. “It just opened up the door for you after all. You’re still gonna have to prove yourself up to his standards.”

“Of which I hope I can meet,” Momo agreed. “But I still wish I was able to earn this position entirely on my own.”

“I can sympathize,” Izuku admitted quietly, drawing a curious look from Momo. “I felt the same way about… One-For-All. Even though I worked really hard to prepare myself and All Might says ‘I’d earned it’, at times, it still felt like it wasn’t my quirk or my hard work that let me get to this point; like I was just riding on the coattails of those who came before me.”

“But although you had all that power back when we first started school, you still needed to learn how to control it just like the rest of us,” Momo reminded him. “I think we all still remember the stress and strain you put your body under to try and harness your power, even if we didn’t know the extent of your struggles at the time.”

“Y-Yeah,” Izuku grimaced at the memories, the cool breeze preventing his cheeks from pinkening. “I could say the same about your quirk too though. The only reason it's as strong and versatile as it is is thanks to all the effort you’ve put into learning about it. I don’t think I could make anything as complex as a gas mask or circuit board like you can.”

“It’s not that hard,” Momo bashfully waved away the genuine-sounding praise. “I just do things one step at a time and add to them. It may look like I’m creating things all at once but it’s an incremental process inside me.”

“That’s still really impressive, especially with how fast you probably go through all those steps,” Izuku reminded her this time. “And I know Yoroi Musha will think so too when he sees you in action.”

Momo could feel the swell of pride in her chest the more Izuku spoke. It was almost tempting to ask if he could just keep up the ego boost for their entire date but she knew that wouldn’t be fair.

“Don’t sell yourself short either,” she countered. “I’m sure Endeavor will make sure you earn the right to work under him.”

“That’s true,” Izuku noted, looking off as he wondered what lay in store for him there. “Between Todoroki and Kacchan, I’m just hoping he doesn’t forget about me.”

Izuku’s self-doubt was making itself known again and Momo couldn’t help but regard the boy with sympathy. His tone reminded her of the doubts she had about herself after the sports festival. Maybe there was some truth in what the others said, maybe he and her were more similar than even they realised. Momo took a small breath as she knew for certain what to say next, words she wished she’d heard to chase her own doubts away when she’d needed them.

“Then don’t let him.”

“Huh?” Izuku turned his attention back to the heiress.

“You’ve probably grown more than anyone else since the start of the year and are um, arguably one of, if not the, strongest in our class. You’ve proven to everyone at UA you deserve to be here and I’m sure you can do the same for Endeavor. Don’t let him sideline you if he tries it. You know what you’ve got to offer and the potential you’ve still got to reach, so trust all the skills you’ve built up so far to go beyond what he expects, ‘P-Plus Ultra’.”

Izuku blinked before a small smile worked its way onto his lips.

“I could probably say the same to you,” he laughed. “M-Maybe I should tell him I’m uh, Izuku Fuckin’ Midoriya and I’m going to be the next number-one hero!”

“If you think that’d work,” Momo joined with another giggle. “Not sure how he would take the cursing aspect of it though.”

“It’ll um… probably be nothing compared to what Kacchan will probably say,” the greenette theorized, wondering how long it’d be before Bakugo got reprimanded for it. “Sorry, that got kinda serious there,” he flushed.

“Don’t be,” Momo shook her head, “should things not go the way we plan next week, those notions may be something to keep in mind to help us through.”

Truthfully it sounded a little defeatist to both of them, but there was a phrase Izuku knew fit the situation perfectly.

“Hope for the best, plan for the worst,” he stated, getting an agreeing nod from the heiress.

While their discreet date hadn’t started out on the best footing, both parties were quickly relaxing into it, enjoying the simple and ancient art of conversation even if it was on a less than romantic topic.

Before long, the wind rustled the trees and bushes on either side of them as they approached the end of the array of dorms, expecting it to finish with the teachers’, but there was something new past the end that caught both students’ eyes.

“Was… this always here?” Momo asked curiously.

“I don’t think so,” Izuku answered. “I’ve never seen it before.”

The pair looked over what appeared to be a children’s playpark not unlike that found around the residential areas of Musutafu. There was a jungle gym, slides, see-saw, merry-go-round, and swings just to name a few pieces, and everything looked untouched and practically brand new with no rust or flaking paint to be seen.

“Maybe it was put in recently?” Momo offered as an explanation.

“Why would UA put something like this in now?” Izuku asked curiously.

The answer would become obvious to the pair only moments later as a voice cried out.

“Deku!”

Both Izuku and Momo turned around to look back at the teacher’s dorms as Eri came hurrying towards the boy with Kota and Mandalay following behind.

“Eri! How are you?” Izuku smiled, taking a knee to get closer to the girl’s level as she shyly slowed to a stop just before the pair.

“I’m okay,” she answered with a small smile.

It wasn’t much, especially after the brilliantly wide one she demonstrated she was capable of after the class 1-A concert, but it was leagues better than the way she’d been after Nabu.

“Sorry Midoriya, Yaoyorozu,” Mandalay called out as she approached. “We were just heading to the park for a bit of playtime.”

“Did you come here to play with us?” Eri asked with hopeful eyes.

“Actually, we were just walking by,” Momo explained. “We didn’t even know this place was here.”

“That’d be our fault,” Mandalay admitted, glancing down at her ward. “Since Kota can’t run around the woods here like he could back at our old headquarters he demanded Nezu give him something to do so he wasn’t ‘bored out of his mind’ all day.”

“Not my fault this place is no fun,” Kota scoffed, causing Izuku and Momo to chuckle at how wrong the boy was from their perspective.

“Are you going to play with us too?” Eri asked again, her little hands bunched up into fists against her chest. “Pretty please!”

“Now, now, Eri, I’m sure these two have other plans they already made together,” Mandalay tried to gently let the girl down.

Unfortunately, her words invoked both a light blush on Izuku and Momo’s faces as well as a pang of fear, causing Izuku to stand straight back up.

“O-Oh, we’re not- this isn’t a-”

“This isn’t a- we’re not-”

They both talked over each other, muddling their words, but it was clear they were denying Mandalay’s implication.

“O-Oh? I’m sorry,” the new teacher quickly bowed and apologised. “It just looked like-”

“I-I’m with Ochako and Tsu,” Izuku explained hastily with Mandalay blinking in surprise. “Momo and I were just discussing our upcoming work-studies and tactics is all.”

“Yes, that is all,” Momo agreed.

“I see, my mistake,” Mandalay bowed again. “Still, don’t let us keep you if you’re busy.”

“W-Well,” Izuku glanced over at Momo with a tentative look on his face, “we’re not in a rush to do anything, right?”

“I guess?” Momo replied.

“So maybe we could hang around and play for a little while?”

“O-Oh!” Momo caught onto the boy’s hints. “If that’s what you would like.”

Izuku nodded, a grateful smile on his face as he turned back to Eri.

“We’d love to play something with you guys,” he declared.

“Yay!” Eri cheered while Kota tried a little too hard not to be interested, shrugging his shoulders and heading into the play area.

“Oh, uh,” Momo hesitated, not realising she’d be roped in too but it was too late to back out once Eri reached out and took her and Izuku’s hands to drag them after Kota.

Mandalay chucked with sympathy, having taken part in a few of Kota’s games against her will when he was younger. Walking over to a nearby bench Nezu had courteously also installed for the adults to watch the children from, she would try her best to judge when things were getting too much for the older students and try to give them an out if necessary.

Now that Izuku and Momo’s participation had been secured, all that was left was to decide what type of game they wanted to play.

“Do you two know what you want to play?” Izuku asked.

“Eri can pick,” Kota offered with another shrug.

“I um… don’t know many games,” Eri admitted shyly, looking down at her feet.

Both Izuku and Kota inwardly grimaced as the older boy knew exactly why that was the case while Kota had been told that the girl had been incredibly sheltered for most of her life because of a villain and not to ask her about it.

“That’s okay, Eri,” Momo chuckled, kneeling to the girl’s level like Izuku had, “neither do I.”

“You don’t?” Izuku quirked a brow.

“There wasn’t much time for children’s games growing up in my house,” Momo gently reminded him. “I had plenty of tutors and adults around but rarely did I see people my age except at parties and events my parents hosted or attended, and at those times I had to be on my best behaviour.”

“You sound like a spoiled brat,” Kota remarked, earning a disapproving look from Izuku.

Before he could gently correct the boy’s words however, Eri spoke up instead.

“She’s not a spoil-ded brat,” the girl shook her head. “Miss Yoyorzu is a really nice lady. She made me that Deku doll when I felt sad.”

Both older students couldn’t help chuckling at the girl's mispronunciation.

“Yao-yor-o-zu,” Momo gently reminded the girl. “And I hope you’re still taking care of him.”

“I am,” Eri’s smile brightened while Izuku couldn’t help feel a mixed sense of embarrassment and joy.

“Whatever,” Kota muttered, looking a little upset at the interaction and almost a little jealous in Momo’s eyes but she wondered if that was her misreading things. “Can we play a game now?”

“I guess it’s up to us to decide then, Kota,” Izuku acknowledged. “Is there anything you particularly want to play? Tag? Hide and seek?”

“Nah, those games are for babies,” Kota dismissed quickly before an idea came to him. “How um… H-How about…” The boy clearly had something on his mind and the other three patiently waited for him to finish his thought. “I guess we could play ‘Heroes and Villains’,” he muttered with a tinge of red on his cheeks.

Izuku figured he probably knew why that was the case. He wouldn’t point it out to not embarrass him, but he was glad Kota seemed to be more open to accepting heroes now.

“That’s a great idea,” Izuku agreed, even if it pulled up a few bad memories for him. There were always arguments over who the heroes were and who ended up as the targe… villain. “Do you two want to be the heroes first and Momo and I will be the villains?”

“Sure,” Kota shrugged again, trying not to let his excitement show, “Eri can be my sidekick.”

“As I think Eri and I have never played, could you please explain the rules first?” Momo asked politely, getting an agreeable nod from the girl.

“Well, there’s not really any official rules as such,” Izuku began, “but everyone is designated as either a hero or a villain. You can be yourself, someone famous like All Might or Hawks, or make someone up, and then describe how you’d use your or their quirk with the villains doing the same. The heroes’ goal is to capture all the villains and ‘save the day’; pretty simple.”

“I think I understand,” Momo nodded as she processed the possibilities while Eri looked a little doubtful.

“Um… what if I don’t want to be a hero?” She asked softly.

“Oh? You want to be a villain?” Izuku enquired with a touch of worry.

“No, villains are scary,” Eri shook her head firmly, her hair waving about in the breeze. “Can I um… I want to be the girl who gets rescued.”

“We can do that,” Izuku smiled warmly. “It’s gonna be up to Kota to save you while Momo and I try to stop him then.”

“H-Hey, that’s not fair,” Kota pouted. “Now there’s more villains than heroes and you two are both bigger than me.”

“Sometimes that’s how it is,” Momo explained, Aizawa’s lessons on fairness ringing in her ears.

“But this is just a game,” Izuku reminded her. “Momo, would you like to be a hero instead?” He offered politely.

“Actually, I’m quite happy playing the villain in this scenario,” Momo stated with a sly smile, “it’s not often one gets to indulge in their naughtier side after all.” It was something of a personal choice for the heiress since she wouldn’t be judged here for allowing her inhibitions to run a little freer than normal, but she knew it was the right decision to make when she saw Izuku’s eyes light up in delight at the remaining possibility. “I guess that means you and Kota will be the heroes trying to save Eri from my evil clutches.”

“Does that sound good to you two?” Izuku asked tentatively, trying not to let his raised hopes influence the pair too much.

“I guess,” Kota agreed, once more trying to act like he wasn’t bothered even if there was a sparkle of excitement in his eyes. “You’ve got more experience and stuff so I’ll just have to be your sidekick.”

“You can rescue me again, Deku!” Eri enthused, more than content with this turn of events.

“That all depends on if we can beat the villain,” Izuku chuckled, looking to Momo.

“You won’t be too scary, right?” Eri muttered nervously at the heiress.

“I promise,” Momo crossed her fingers over her heart. “If things get too scary for you, just let me know and I’ll stop, okay?”

“Okay,” Eri agreed with shy smile. “How do we start?”

“I presume it’s something like this” Momo declared as she turned her back to Eri, offering her arms to grab onto. “Would you mind climbing on my back?”

“Um… okay?” Eri tentatively moved forward, climbing as best she could onto Momo in the same way she had with Izuku during her rescue.

“That’s not what a villain does,” Kota scoffed.

“Just give her a moment,” Izuku chuckled, awaiting the fruition of Momo’s plan.

Once the small girl was comfortably secure, Momo snapped back to face the two heroes, with a haughty, arrogant look as she tried to channel her mother’s condescension to the best of her abilities.

“Pathetic heroes,” she mocked. “I’ve captured this little girl and there’s nothing you can do about it! I’m going to take her back to my secret lair and make her eat nothing but green peppers! Mwahaha!”

Izuku had to suppress a laugh at Momo’s overdramatic acting skills and terribly childish interpretation of being a villain. Still, it certainly worked for the two kids with both Kota and Eri pulling a face at the thought of such a punishment.

“You fiend!” Izuku retorted, pointing and posing overdramatically himself. “Eri should be able to eat tasty things, like apples!”

“And ice cream!” Kota joined in.

“Well, this is what the great ‘Captivia’ has decided!” Momo laughed again before running over to the jungle gym and climbing up a few steps to look down on the heroes. “Who dares to face me and my powers of entrapment?”

“You’re going up against Deku, the hero with super-strength who never backs down and will put a smile back on that little girl’s face!” Izuku declared with passion before glancing over at Kota.

The boy looked more nervous than before, raising his arms into fists and taking an offensive pose before screwing up his courage and making his statement.

“A-And the Water Gun Hero: Mizuken!”

Momo laughed haughtily again while Eri waved to the pair with both hands over Momo’s shoulders, the older girl’s grip secure on her rider.

“Please come save me!”

“Don’t worry, Eri! We’ll get you back,” Izuku called out, though with decidedly less worry than the last time he needed to save the girl.

“Get her!” Kota yelled out, charging towards the steps Momo ran up as the villain took off towards the slide with Eri giggling all the while.

Over on the bench, Mandalay watched the group fondly. Seeing Kota smile and run around happily wasn’t something she thought she’d ever see again at one point, but after their initial encounter with class 1-A and Midoriya, he seemed to have changed for the healthier.

Having someone around that was also his age would probably help further and he was more than happy to talk to Eri about things the girl didn’t know about. Still, Mandalay couldn’t help but worry about the girl after what Mic told her about her quirk and why she was at UA in the first place.

That it was also Izuku Midoriya at the heart of saving another young person’s heart didn’t escape her as she watched him take a dramatic fall when ‘Captivia’ used her make-believe quirk to bind his arms and legs and cause him to, carefully, crash to the padded spongey floor while Kota launched a sneak attack on the taller girl.

While surprised to run into him today, Mandalay was a little glad to be getting a break after the intense first week she and the other pussycats had endured. Following class 1-A’s exercise yesterday, she and the other pussycats took their concerns up with Nezu who told her not to underestimate Aizawa’s students but that he understood their worries.

While Aizawa was indeed harsh on his students, even by his own standards, Nezu assured them he was keeping tabs on them all as well as the man himself to ensure he didn’t step over any lines.

As Tiger had said, they were more than capable of holding their own, most being able to cover their bases in the exercise if not for the pussycat’s teamwork and added advantages but she still worried for them.

For now, that was something she could take a break from worrying about with the upcoming work-studies taking place. At least they’d get a bit of freedom from the sour puss for now and give him a chance to cool his head.

Mandalay sighed deeply as she put the thought out of her mind and returned her focus to the four before her. Enjoying the sights and sounds of youngsters enjoying the freedoms of youth, there was something else she couldn’t help but notice.

The more she watched Midoriya and Yaoyorozu play and interact with the kids, eventually moving on from playing heroes to enjoying the general amenities of the play area, the more she thought she could see something more than friendship lurking behind the pair’s eyes when they looked at each other.

She definitely needed another talk with Mic to follow up on that bit of gossip about Midoriya and two of the other 1-A students being an item, but Mandalay had a sinking feeling there could be trouble on the horizon with how Izuku was acting with this other girl. When Yaoyorozu appeared to get too hot from running around and took off her jumper to reveal a cute, pink, frill-necked blouse underneath, Mandalay could tell for sure there was something more afoot.

Until she confirmed anything, there wasn’t a whole lot she could do other than speculate, and that was more Ryuko’s job than hers. There was no way she was letting her fellow pussycat on information like this until she had to though; that girl was like a kitten on catnip with gossip sometimes.

For now, Shino Sosaki checked her watch and allowed herself to relax again as her wards enjoyed their playtime with the older students.


Once Eri had been saved from the dastardly ‘Captivia’ and the villain was locked away in jail, with Izuku and Kota getting a hug as thanks which enflamed the younger boy’s cheeks, the group went around making sure every bit of equipment was up to code with a thorough testing.

Much like Eri, Momo was also unfamiliar with most of the apparatuses on display and it took a few moments for Izuku to explain certain things to her.

The see-saw was fun as Izuku was able to give Eri and Kota the full experience as they sat on one end with his higher weight and strength allowing him to control the speed of the ride while Momo watched along happily from the side-lines.

That wasn’t good enough for Eri though, who insisted on the girl doing everything she did so they could both, “learn how to play properly”. Momo was a little embarrassed at being so easily coerced into following the girl’s demands but the fact that she was grateful for the inclusion eased any issues she had with the awkwardness.

They then tested the slides, the monkey bars, spring riders, and the merry-go-round, the last of which Kota had to get off early on account of seeming a little woozy but Izuku just mentioning the word ‘sick’ had the boy vehemently denying that was the case.

As lunch approached, the quartet moved their way over to the final apparatus they’d yet to experience that day; the swings.

“How do I do it?” Eri asked, her courage at an all-time high after successfully conquering everything else that day.

“This one’s easy,” Izuku smiled as he lifted her up gently and placed her in the first seat. “Just hold on here and here. Nice and tightly, okay? You shouldn’t let go until you’ve come to a full stop to make sure you’re doing it safely.”

“Okay!” Eri nodded, a determined look on her face that both Izuku and Momo couldn’t help find adorable.

“You can do this by yourself if you like by just kicking your legs. Watch me,” Izuku offered, sitting on the seat next to the girl, gripping the ropes, and gently kicking his legs in a slow, gentle rhythm to get himself moving.

Eri watched the boy for a few moments before looking down at her booted feet and began kicking in an awkward, out-of-rhythm way and succeeding only in twisting the swing to-and-fro in place.

“Not like that, Eri,” Momo gently called, realising she wasn’t doing it right, with the young girl looking downhearted at her lack of results.

“It’s okay, Eri,” Izuku said as he slowed himself to a stop before rising and stepping up behind the girl. “I couldn’t do it by myself when I was young either. Until you get the hang of it, you can have a friend help you like this.”

With a gentle push, Eri began moving as a happy smile returned to her face and a joyful giggle broke free from her lungs.

“You can go higher, y’know,” Kota remarked, noting the lack of speed he enjoyed.

“Would you like to go higher, Eri?” Izuku asked gently.

“A little,” Eri nodded shyly, hoping it wouldn’t be too scary.

“Here we go,” Izuku pushed a little harder this time. “Just let me know when you want to get down, okay?”

Momo smiled at the gentle way the greenette interacted with the young girl, a brief thought tugging at her mind wondering if he’d be like that with any of his future kids.

Before she allowed her mind to drift too far down that path, Momo regarded the other, empty swing that the other boy made no move to approach.

“Would you like to swing too, Kota?” Momo asked politely.

“Nah, I’m not feelin’ it,” Kota shook his head. “Knock yourself out.”

The heiress wouldn’t look a gift horse in the mouth and quickly moved behind the swinging girl to take Izuku’s vacated place. Daintily sitting on the small, plastic plank that qualified as a seat and taking hold of the ropes as Izuku indicated, Momo looked over to the boy.

“Is this the correct way, Izuku?” Momo requested his judgement.

“That’s it, Momo,” Izuku approved, pushing Eri a little higher. “Now just kick your legs.”

Momo nodded and did just that, trying to mimic Izuku’s movements from earlier… only to find herself barely moving despite knowing she’d copied his actions correctly.

“U-Uh… Izuku?” She called out with confusion. “Am I doing it wrong?”

“Yeah, you are,” Kota answered before Izuku could get a word in, earning another disapproving look from the boy.

“Let me just finish up with Eri and I’ll have a look,” Izuku offered.

“Don’t bother,” Kota walked over to his side. “You go push your girlfriend and I’ll push Eri.”

“S-She’s not my girlfriend,” Izuku quickly denied.

Momo knew it was a lie, the same lie she’d backed up earlier to Mandalay, but why did it hurt a little more now than it did then?

“Whatever,” Kota shrugged as he nudged Izuku to the side and stood ready to catch Eri when she swung back towards him, getting close to the same force Izuku used to swing her back with another happy giggle.

“A-Ahem,” Izuku cleared his throat, hoping he didn’t come off as overly defensive, even if Kota probably wasn’t looking that deep for any deception. Walking a couple of steps over to Momo, he went ahead and gently pressed on the small of her back, much to the taller girl’s surprise, as she began swinging

In his embarrassment, she figured it had probably slipped his mind that she’d only asked for advice on whether what she was doing wrong and not for a push. That was Kota’s fault but, as she began picking up speed and height while feeling Izuku’s strong hands pressing harder against her, she couldn’t find it in herself to correct the greenette’s actions.

“This is fun!” Eri declared as she swung almost parallel to Momo. “The swings are fun!”

“Yes, they are,” Momo agreed as she found herself relaxing into the motions, leaning forward and pulling back to keep her pendulum motion going. It was only then that she realised that was what she’d been missing when trying to get herself going and smiled a secret smile to herself at figuring it out, even if it was something so minor.

That smile wasn’t contained for long though as Momo lost herself in the motions a little more and let out a girlish giggle.

Behind her, Izuku felt his own smile brightening as he savoured Momo’s happiness. Their impromptu date hadn’t started well, if anything it had started terribly, but he was glad she’d been able to find some real enjoyment in humouring his somewhat selfish request to entertain the youngsters.

All that came to a natural end with a call from the oldest amongst them.

“Kota, Eri, lunchtime,” Mandalay announced, stretching in a very cat-like manner as she rose from the bench. Having attracted all four of the others’ attention with her words, Izuku couldn’t help looking over at the woman with a mild blush colouring his features at the images it brought to mind.

Thankfully it went unnoticed by the others as Kota helped Eri slow to a stop while Momo put her feet down to stop herself.

“No, we can’t leave!” Eri protested, getting down from the swing. “Kota hasn’t had a turn on the swings yet.”

“D-Don’t worry about it,” Kota looked away, a small redness colouring his cheeks. “You can push me next time.”

The small, single-horned girl blinked at the boy as she processed his words.

“Okay!” Eri nodded, their future plans all but sealed in her mind. “Next time, for sure.”

“Guess this is where we say goodbye,” Momo said as she and Izuku stood behind the pair, the two youngsters turning to look up at them as the heiress shot them both a bright smile. “Thank you for helping me learn all about these games and things today, you two.”

“D-Don’t mention it,” Kota’s blush intensified, refusing to meet the girl’s eye.

“Thank you for not being a scary villain, Miss Yaoyorozu,” Eri bowed politely as she’d been taught.

“It was my pleasure, Eri,” Momo chuckled lightly. “Maybe next time we could be the heroes and save Izuku or Kota.”

“N-No way, I’d never get captured,” Kota shook his head, earning a chuckle from Izuku.

“We’ll work that out another time,” the greenette gestured over to Mandalay who’d begun approaching to collect the delayed pair.

“Thank you both for indulging them. I’m sure it ate into your own time and plans,” the pussycat bowed politely.

“That’s quite alright,” Momo waved the woman off. “It was a most enjoyable learning experience.”

“And we’re happy to help where we can,” Izuku chuckled, having noticed the teacher enjoying her break.

“Don’t think this is gonna get you out of any homework after your work-studies,” Mandalay chuckled with a teasing tone. “But I’m sure Kota and Eri wouldn’t mind if you came by to play again.”

“Count on it,” Izuku agreed readily. “You guys enjoy your lunch.”

“Whatever,” Kota turned and hurried to leave while Eri waved back as she followed after the boy.

“No green peppers!” She yelled triumphantly.

“I’ll be sure not to add any,” Mandalay chuckled, as she herded the pair back towards the teacher’s dorms, leaving Izuku and Momo standing alone with fond smiles.

Once the trio was out of sight, the remaining duo let out gentle sighs, not having let their minor fatigue show after their extended play session.

“I didn’t realise children had so much energy,” Momo chuckled.

“It’s good to see Eri so active,” Izuku smiled. “I doubt she was able to get much exercise um… before.”

“Don’t focus on that,” Momo reminded him. “She’s safe now, thanks to you, Togata, Ochako, and everyone else.”

“Thanks,” Izuku replied softly, a grateful if melancholic look on his face. “It’s easy to forget sometimes.”

“I can tell,” Momo sympathised. “Her past is dark, but you helped make her future brighter, and hopefully full of smiles.”

“Yeah,” Izuku sighed happily, losing himself momentarily in the happier memories he shared with the little unicorn. “O-Oh, I almost forgot, you er, wanted me to see what you were doing wrong on the swing?”

“That’s not an issue anymore,” Momo brushed off, moving back to her seat and retaking it. “I figured it out while you were pushing me.”

With a few kicks and adjusting her centre of gravity accordingly, Momo quickly got herself back up to speed without Izuku’s help.

“That’s great!” Izuku enthused, only to cringe at his overexcitedness. “S-Sorry, I’m not trying to be sarcastic or uh, condescending.”

“I know,” Momo giggled again. “It probably seemed silly that I needed help with something so simple, correct?”

“A-A little,” Izuku admitted, “B-But you said you hadn’t-”

“It’s okay, Izuku,” Momo fondly shook her head. “If anything, thank you for your patience with me, and with the other two. It probably didn’t help having to teach me everything on top of explaining things to Eri too.”

“Kota helped,” Izuku chuckled, taking a seat in the other swing and gently swaying back and forth, though not trying to catch up to Momo’s pace. “Thank you for going along with all of this.”

“You’re more than welcome,” Momo chuckled. “We should probably stop there though, else I’m afraid we might get stuck in a loop.”

“P-Probably,” Izuku agreed with a smile, watching the heiress enjoy her swing as the two let a comfortable silence blossom between them.

A light jingle caught the green-haired boy’s ear as he glanced at Momo’s now exposed wrist.

“You’re wearing your bracelet,” Izuku noted, spying the silver charms glittering in the afternoon light.

“Oh, um, yes,” Momo blushed lightly, letting her momentum slow before holding her wrist out. “It seemed right to do so today. Truthfully, I hadn’t intended to remove my jumper, but all that running around had me a tad flush.” The heiress couldn’t help but notice that Izuku’s eyes had shifted from inquisitive to transfixed with an almost vulnerable look on his face. Momo singled out one charm in particular and ensured he saw it. “Thank you again for my Christmas present by the way.”

“Y-You’re welcome,” Izuku looked away bashfully at being so obvious and being caught. “I’m glad you like it.”

“How could I not?” Momo giggled lightly. “You got it at the same store as the originals I presume.”

“Yeah,” Izuku admitted. “Tooru helped me.”

Momo felt her body tense at that minor revelation.

“Was um…” she swallowed nervously. “Was that before or uh… a-after what the three of us did together?”

“A-After,” Izuku admitted.

Momo looked down at the ground, guilt creeping up inside her again.

“That girl is too good for me,” she sighed.

“She doesn’t think so, I’m sure,” Izuku offered diplomatically. “And neither do the rest, Kyoka especially.”

“Yeah,” Momo’s smile returned at the thought of their shared punk-rock girlfriend. She bit her lip lightly as a small pang of jealously tried to crawl into her head but she pushed it down, not letting herself fall for its poisonous words. “I’m still truly grateful for everyone’s love and support through my mistake. Um… yourself included.”

“It’s nothing,” Izuku waved off. “W-Well, not nothing but it’s like, no big deal and uh…”

“I understand, Izuku,” Momo giggled lightly. “Thank you though.”

“I thought we were stopping with that,” he teased lightly with a wry smile.

“Maybe with the words,” Momo conceded. “But I don’t think I’ll ever stop being thankful to you all for all you’ve given me.”

“O-Oh?” Izuku tilted his head, certain the girl didn’t mean her Christmas presents.

“I um, did some research on relationships with Mina,” Momo admitted, “and I’ve noticed that, as with most relationships, the longer we’ve all collectively been together, the more we are rubbing off on each other.” Both realized the double entendre floating between them but tried not to let it distract them from the conversation at hand. “I uh, can’t help but notice that I’ve picked up traits and habits from our partners that I wouldn’t otherwise have had; from Mina’s optimism to Tsu’s critical thinking to Kyoka’s rebellious mindset. Despite my still present flaws, I believe they’ve helped round me out and make me a better person.”

“That makes a lot of sense,” Izuku agreed. “I definitely wouldn’t be as um, confident if not for you all, e-even if I still struggle at times too.”

“You’re doing much better than before,” Momo smiled warmly. “Your stutter was a lot worse when you first joined us.”

“T-That was because it was so surprising,” Izuku blushed. “H-Having six beautiful girls tell you they want you to be a part of something like this after no one wanting to be friends with me in my previous school? It was nerve-wracking. I was so scared that I’d wake up one day and find it was all a dream.”

“I’m sure I don’t need to pinch you now to confirm it,” Momo chuckled, a light redness returning to her cheeks at the passing compliment.

“No,” Izuku admitted with a smile. “I’m pretty sure I believe it now, even if I can understand your point of view sometimes.”

“In what way?” Momo asked curiously.

“Well, just seeing you all improve yourselves every day reminds me just how lucky I am.” Izuku looked down at his hand, a fraction of One-For-All channelling through it. “All Might gave me the chance to be here with this power, but you all would’ve been here chasing your dreams anyway before going on to do amazing things to make the world a better place under your own strength.”

“E-Even me?” Momo asked shyly. “With… all the faults you know I have?”

“Of course,” Izuku replied confidently. “M-Maybe it would’ve been a little different and maybe you would’ve stumbled in a different way but uh, then or now, I know you’ll become a top-tier pro and I have no doubts you’ll do so much good in the world it’ll probably take the rest of us going ‘Plus Ultra’ just to keep up.”

Momo felt her heart pang in a familiar way, a mixture of emotions coursing through her mind as she couldn’t help but believe her date’s declaration.

“A-As for me… I still feel the need to prove myself. To feel like I’m worthy enough to stand beside you all. So I understand how you feel when you think the others are too good for you… because that’s how I feel all the time.”

“Izuku…” Momo murmured, “I… I know I probably sound like a hypocrite for it but I don’t believe for a second any of the others think the same. Maybe there were doubts at first with how you handled your quirk, but you belong here just as much as any of us. That doesn’t just go for our class either; you belong in our group too.”

Izuku felt a grateful smile make its way onto his face as he felt the girl’s honest words register in his heart. He truly wanted to believe her, but his anxieties and issue with self-worth that had been beaten into him by others all his life up until meeting All Might would need much more than that to go away, and he suspected the same was true for Momo.

“If I do, then you definitely do,” he chuckled with Momo reciprocating lightly as the two shared a laugh at their shared hopelessness. “Thank you for saying that though, it um… helps.”

“Now who’s keeping it going?” Momo chuckled at the boy continuing their loop of gratitude. Thankfully, an idea struck her that would benefit them both. “If I may, I do have an idea that may help us break this cycle if you’re interested,” she offered, getting another curious look from the boy, “let’s make a pinky promise.”

“A pinky promise?” Izuku blinked. He’d heard of them but never been fortunate enough to take part in one.

“Yes. Usually, I believe it is to keep something secret and personal but I believe we should make one now for a different reason,” Momo explained, raising her hand to offer her pinky. “It’s clear that we both have our doubts, whether justified in our minds or not, but I promise that when you’re feeling down, or like you do not belong here at UA, or even with our five amazing girlfriends, to be there when you need it.”

Izuku didn’t know what to say at first, the offer appearing so simple it belied the true depth of what Momo was offering and how much it meant to him.

“Okay,” he nodded with a smile, reaching out with his pinky and hooking it with hers. “Then I promise to do the same. No matter what, even if you can’t talk to the others, you can um, always talk to me.”

“Deal,” Momo agreed, the pair shaking to seal the agreement with contented smiles on their faces.

Before today, Izuku had been worried that, despite their declarations to try and do better with each other and restart their friendship, it would be too awkward and feel forced. All those fears felt silly after the wonderful day he’d had just hanging out and talking with the girl. There was, however, one thing he would like to request to feel like they’d finally put all the unpleasantness from before behind them.

“Momo this uh… may sound weird but, can I um… hug you?” Izuku asked nervously.

Now it was Momo’s turn to feel at ease as, if the boy was actively requesting such physical contact, he truly wanted it.

“Only if I can hug you,” Momo teased with a smile.

With that, the two rose off their swings and took a step closer to each other before Izuku hesitated for a moment.

“Oh, w-wait,” he glanced around, hunting for any prying eyes. Momo assisted with her own cursory glance around but thankfully neither seemed to spot anyone before gently embracing each other. Wrapped in each other’s arms, both could only focus on how comforted and content they felt, as though feeling their negative emotions being chased away while in the other’s protective hold.

It felt almost wrong to break the hug, but both pulled back to smile at each other again, even if their eyes couldn’t quite meet this time.

“Now,” Momo cleared her throat as she glanced around for intruding eyes again, in part to avoid looking Izuku’s which made her feel just a tad too vulnerable when she glanced into them. “W-We should probably think about lunch now too.”

“Y-Yes, that’s probably a good idea,” Izuku readily agreed, gesturing back to the playground’s exit as the two began walking with Momo making a quick detour to pick up her jumper from the jungle gym where she’d left it. “Would you like to go to the cafeteria?”

“As enjoyable as Lunch Rush’s cuisine would be right now, I fear continued time together may arouse further suspicion should we be spotted,” Momo reasoned, though felt her heart sink somewhat after the words registered in her ears.

“Ah, right,” Izuku checked his phone. “We have been gone a couple of hours now.”

“It certainly didn’t feel like it,” Momo noted with a smile. “But that’s just how it is when passing the time in pleasant company.”

“Anyone who uh, spends time in your company would always see time fly then,” Izuku tried to push down his embarrassment with a joke.

“Flatterer,” Momo giggled as they hit the main pathway and began heading back towards their dorm.

“But uh, seriously? I’ve really enjoyed today,” the greenette smiled honestly.

Momo felt her heart thump as she spoke the words it fed back to her.

“Me too, thank you for a lovely time.”

“Huh?” Izuku glanced over at her. “But you invited me out.”

“I did,” Momo acknowledged. “However, playing with Eri and Kota was your wonderful idea; I would be remiss to claim it as my own. In fact, I hope I can come up with something as equally wonderful to enjoy with you on our next outing.”

“Next?” Izuku blinked curiously.

“Of course,” Momo nodded only to hesitate at Izuku’s tone. “Do… you not wish to continue with another?”

“No, no, I just thought uh…” Izuku hesitated before deciding to rip the bandage off. “I thought you were just um… forcing yourself to go through with this for the others’ sake.”

Momo admittedly felt her guilt return as her thoughts from the start of the day would confirm the boy’s suspicions. After everything they’d talked about and done together today, however?

“I must admit, I was anxious over asking you to spend time with me,” Momo admitted. “I was unsure if things between us would be different after everything; if you’d even still like to… be my friend.”

“O-Of course I-” Izuku began to interrupt only for Momo to continue her train of thought.

“But once more I’ve been reminded of how amazing and selfless and endearing you are and… that’s something I find myself attracted to as more than just friends. I know I implied that this was a date but, if I may, I would like to remove that label from today’s excursion together.”

“O-Oh…” Izuku blinked with more than a touch of confusion.

“Indeed, as I do not believe I have done the term justice,” Momo paused to swallow the nerves she currently felt. “I would very much like to take you on another in a more um, romantic capacity, if… if that is something you would also enjoy?”

Izuku let the notion sit with him for a few moments. Much like Momo, he’d felt uncertain at their redeveloping dynamic but could also feel his feelings for the girl bolstered as he watched her play so well with Eri, how attractive he found her joy and laughter, and how, despite everything, she made his worries and anxieties not only feel validated but reassured and quietened. He was certainly more than open to spending more time with the girl and seeing how their renewed relationship developed if not for one key issue.

“That’s d-definitely something I’m open to,” Izuku admitted with a tint of red flushing his cheeks. “B-But um, won’t people and uh… your parents get suspicious?”

Momo sighed. For a brief moment, she’d forgotten all about their wider problems.

“You are correct,” Momo reluctantly admitted. “I do not wish to put a strain on your public relationship with Ochako and Tsu but I fear that my father will soon request I grow closer to you, regardless of your current public relationship status.”

“Ah…” Izuku grimaced. “So uh… what do we do then?”

“For now, I do not know apart from waiting for my father’s blessing to pursue you and taking it from there,” Momo admitted. “But… I’m glad at least that I was able to spend this time with you before that.”

“Me too,” Izuku agreed.

Despite the unknowns lying ahead of them, their friendship had been truly rekindled. As they walked, their feet had absentmindedly carried them back to the 1-A dorms which they only noticed when they stepped into its shadow.

“I feel I should once again mention how incredibly grateful I am to you for assisting me with my deception,” the heiress admitted. “When all this is said and done, no matter what, I promise that I’ll do whatever I can to make it up to you.”

“I just want you to be happy,” Izuku replied with a commiserating smile. “That’s why I agreed to do it in the first place.”

It was a smile that should’ve only brought more guilt to her knowing what lay in their shared futures, but Momo could practically feel her feelings for the boy intensifying. As they walked up the few steps to the front entrance of their dorms, both stopped and turned to face the other fully.

“You really have a bad habit, you know,” Momo fondly shook her head, “don’t let Aizawa catch you saying something so self-sacrificial.”

“I don’t think I should let him catch us at all right now,” Izuku chuckled.

“Agreed,” Momo nodded before glancing around herself, “especially when um… if I may, I would like to do one last thing before we part.”

Izuku tilted his head in confusion and glanced around himself, spotting no one before turning back to Momo. As he did, he felt her hand delicately cup the side of his face and encourage him closer as she leaned in and began closing the gap between them.

Izuku’s heart immediately began beating a mile a minute at the unexpected notion but his head was completely clear. After all, it already knew what it wanted to do.

Slowly, the gap closed between the pair as their lips met and Izuku and Momo shared a tender kiss. Though she’d only intended it to be somewhat chaste and brief, Momo quickly found herself tilting her head in a familiar fashion. The two soon renewed their kiss and leant into it more, their lips parting. When their tongues reached out to greet each other, they were barely able to exchange pleasantries before the spell was broken and the two suddenly remembered where they were and what could possibly happen if they were seen.

The two snapped back guiltily, immediately looking around to ensure they hadn’t been seen and breathed a simultaneous sigh of relief when the coast was still clear.

“T-That was…” Izuku mumbled, his blush now covering his entire face.

“Y-Yes, quite,” Momo agreed absentmindedly as she suffered the same fate, shyly pushing back her hair while trying to school her face back to normal.

For a moment the pair stood awkwardly together, looking anywhere but at each other as their faces and hormones cooled down and they could once again face with world with the illusion of dignity.

“That was er… n-not the way I expected our first outing going,” Izuku chuckled weakly.

“Me neither,” Momo agreed, “but I wouldn’t change a second of it.”

The pair locked eyes again as they shared one last, honest smile before they both knew their time alone was at an end.

Pushing on the doors, Izuku and Momo’s relationship returned to their public façade as they stepped back into the 1-A dorms.

Inside, they found the common space much more populated than they left it with Kaminari, Sero, Tokoyami, and Sato sitting around the TV while Aoyama, Iida, Todoroki, Tsu, and Tooru all seemed to be preparing lunch at various stages of completion.

Reminded of their own empty bellies, Izuku and Momo glanced at each other with a curious look before sharing a nod, an unspoken message communicating between them to change then come back down and share a meal that would thankfully be free from suspicion with so many other people around.

Making straight for the elevators beside them, the pair hit their respective floor’s buttons and began ascending in a comfortable, if somewhat giddy, excitement.

As the pair parted ways with the boy stepping off the elevator and waving goodbye, Momo felt her heart skip a beat at his honest and bright smile as her mind let her in on the secret it had been keeping up until now.

‘I didn’t want today to end,’ she thought, her cheeks colouring themselves to match her hero costume as the lift took her higher. While it only stopped a few floors up, to Momo it felt like she’d arrived on cloud nine.


While Izuku and Momo departed the common room, having not tried to draw too much attention to themselves, it seemed that one person in particular had noticed the somewhat unusual pairing.

His eyes narrowed ever so slightly, the boy couldn’t help vocalizing what was on his mind.

“What do you suppose Midoriya and Yaoyorozu were doing together?” Kaminari remarked casually as he glanced around at the others.

“Huh?” Sato looked towards the entrance but since the pair had already gone he went back to watching TV. “I ‘unno.”

“I suspect it was most likely just a friendly discussion; potentially further insight about our performances yesterday considering the timeframe,” Tokoyami spoke up.

“That’s a point,” Sero nodded, “his team got through but everyone else’s got whooped. Maybe I should ask about tips too before work studies.”

“Could help,” Sato agreed. “He and Bakugo helped us pull out the best win yesterday. I don’t know if I could’da kept up with Tiger if Midoriya hadn’t helped me figure out my new technique.”

“I dunno,” Kaminari noted, glancing back at the elevator. “Didn’t seem like a quirk Q&A; Midoriya didn’t have his notebook after all.”

“Dude’s an encyclopaedia even without that thing,” Sero shrugged. “It’s almost scary how much he can remember on the fly.”

“We should be glad he uses his observational talents for good,” Tokoyami agreed. “I believe Hagakure also can attest to our friend’s insights.”

“Yeah…” Kaminari said slowly as he glanced over at the formerly invisible girl who was laughing at a funny face Asui was pulling while they made lunch together. “Isn’t that kinda weird too?”

“How so?” Sero turned to him, now fully distracted from their show.

“Like, he spends more time with the girls than he does us guys at this point.”

“Are you missing your crush or something?” Sero smirked.

“Dude,” Kaminari deadpanned. “It just feels off how a super shy guy like Midoriya at the start of the year now hangs around all the girls instead of his bros. I’m pretty sure I don’t see him with Iida nearly as much as with them anymore.”

“I would suggest you stick to black and gold; green is a colour that ill suits you,” Tokoyami shot Kaminari a sly look.

“What’s that supposed to mean?” The blond raised a brow.

“Dude, he’s saying you’re jealous,” Sato said as he and Sero joined in the tease with chuckles.

“Huh? Wait, no, I’m not!” Kaminari denied it with a touch of exasperation, only making his friends’ amusement last longer.

“Chill man,” the sugar-quirked boy shook his head. “Tokoyami’s probably right, it’s probably just somethin’ friendly. If Izuku’s talking more to the girls it's probably ‘cause he got to know them better spending time with them through Asui and Uraraka.”

“Logical as Ochako and Asui are already friends with Iida and Todoroki after all,” Tokoyami agreed.

“Heck, I hang out with Yaoyorozu now and then to share tea; she’s just a nice person to talk to,” Sato said.

“You do?” Kaminari’s brows rose in surprise, though Sero’s and Tokoyami’s followed too.

“Well, yeah,” Sato shrugged nonchalantly, though felt his cheeks gain a slightly red tint. “She said my sweets go well with her tea so we just started doing it here and there.”

The three boys blinked as they absorbed the knowledge that had somehow passed them all by.

“It seems that there’s nothing to be curious about in this regard then,” Tokoyami spoke up, turning their attention back to Kaminari. “Midoriya and Yaoyorozu may just share an interest unknown to the rest of us.”

“Y’know, you could just ask him,” Sero suggested.

“No way, that’d be weird,” the blond baulked.

“Then leave the guy alone,” his friend rolled his eyes. “It’s probably nothing.”

“Why are you so interested in Midoriya anyway?” Sato asked, wondering how often Kaminari had noticed stuff like this to bring it up now.

“I’m not,” the boy denied, a memory of noticing a certain earphone-jacked girl looking endearingly over at the heiress across the common before catching herself and looking away played in Kaminari’s mind. “I was just curious.”

When the blond turned his attention back to the TV and said nothing more on the subject, the others were content to drop it too as their show continued.

While each could picture the odd instance here or there where Midoriya and one of the girls in their class, not necessarily one of his girlfriends, interacted, they idly pondered if Kaminari might have unintentionally noticed something they hadn’t.


Sunday arrived and, with it, the last day of freedom for many of the hero students at UA. For Izuku Midoriya, it meant that he needed to make sure he had packed everything he was sure he’d need for the work-study before lunchtime. Why? Because he had another date.

Zipping up his backpack and placing it near the entrance to his room, the boy smiled to himself in contentment as he felt prepared for whatever came in the next few days.

At least, he hoped so.

Endeavor was an intimidating hero and learning under him would be incredibly useful and enlightening, but he wasn’t sure how the man would be in a more private setting considering both their last conversation and all that Izuku now knew about Todoroki’s home life. If nothing else, at least he’d be able to offer support to his friend while they worked under the man; emotional or otherwise.

Still, that was another day away. For now, he had everything packed and ready to depart at a moment’s notice since his schedule was completely unknown for the rest of the day.

Ochako had been somewhat cagey about the details. She’d requested that he get everything he wanted to get completed for the work-study done before three, grab his favourite All Might film, and then knock on her door to ‘pick her up’.

Between Momo’s surprise yesterday and Ochako’s planned one today, Izuku idly wondered if this would be what it was like when they all lived together. The thought generated a small measure of excitement in his heart that he knew would have a long time to wait before it materialised but the idea still sparked joy. If this was anything like Tsuyu felt when she thought about it, he couldn’t blame his froggy girlfriend for her excitement sometimes.

Returning to the present, Izuku took a quick look at himself in the mirror and fluffed his hair up. He’d dressed once more in one of his smarter collared shirts with his jeans and shoes from yesterday, though he’d made sure to have a thorough shower this morning after his run and apply some deodorant to his trousers to ensure he didn’t smell of sweat after running around with Eri, Kota, and Momo yesterday. Ochako didn’t seem one for appearances, and this wasn’t their first date together, but he still wanted to impress.

When he was ready, he checked the time to make sure he was still early before taking a deep, calming breath, grabbing his copy of ‘The Might of All’ which had worn considerably with the amount he’d handled it over the years, and heading for the door with a bright smile.

It didn’t take him long to reach Ochako’s room, and, with one last fuss over his clothes, he knocked several times. Even with his familiarity with his girlfriend and all they’d done together, this still felt exciting in a way he doubted would ever dull with time.

The faint sounds of shuffling and steps being taken soon gave way to the door opening as a vision of loveliness soon stole any words Izuku may have prepared in advance.

Ochako stood there with an excited smile and mild blush on her cheeks, dressed in a cute white top with a pink hoodie and brown shorts over her black leggings and cyan buttoned shoes. Izuku was sure whatever she had planned wasn’t as fancy as the party they’d planned to attend on I-Island but he recognised the white pearl-like necklace and the beautiful white rose and black bow hair accessory she was wearing that he’d seen her with back then which almost stole his breath away a second time.

“You look um… b-beautiful,” Izuku blushed as he had a touch of trouble looking his girlfriend in the eye.

“Aww, thanks Izuku,” Ochako’s smile widened. “You look very handsome too.”

Izuku felt himself reflexively stand a little straighter at the compliment.

“Shall I come in or…?”

“Oh, no. We’re going out,” Ochako announced as she stepped out and closed her door behind her, though not before she grabbed a shoulder bag and brought it along with them.

Izuku looked a tad confused but decided to roll with it when Ochako spotted the film he’d dutifully brought along, a satisfied look in her eye as she recognised the title while taking it gently from him and packing it with her things.

“I figured you’d have something planned,” Izuku chuckled as he fell into step beside his girlfriend, the two automatically reaching for the other’s hand as they headed for the elevator.

“Of course?” Ochako raised a curious brow. “Why’d you say that?”

“Oh, no reason,” Izuku brushed off, enjoying a personal chuckle at the obvious difference between yesterday and today. “So where are we going?”

“It’s a secret,” Ochako grinned, adding a cheeky wink as they stepped into the lift and pressed the button for the ground floor. “One I’m sure you’ll like though.”

“As long as I get to spend time with you, I’m sure it’ll be great,” Izuku shot her an honest smile that made Ochako’s heart beat just a bit faster.

“S-Stop, that’s so corny,” she nudged him with her shoulder as they both shared a comfortable chuckle.

Soon they reached the ground floor and gave a passing wave to those in the common room before heading out into the bracing winter air.

When Izuku took a deep breath that made a small shiver run through his system, Ochako noticed and let out a giggle.

“Cold?” She smirked playfully. “If you like, you can borrow my jacket.”

“I’ll be fine,” Izuku shook his head. “I’m guessing we’re not going far else you would’ve told me to grab something a little warmer before we left.”

“Always using that big brain, aren’t we,” Ochako nodded as they descended the 1-A dorm steps and headed out onto the main pathway. “Yeah, we’re not leaving campus or anything. Figured it wasn’t worth risking so close to work studies.”

“I get that,” the greenette nodded, his eyes and expression falling slightly. “Seems like wherever we go villains always seem to find us.”

Ochako could tell her minor comment had already slipped under the front she’d felt Izuku hide behind recently. It was something she wanted to talk to him about before the day was over but figured that enjoying each other’s company first would help him open up more later.

“Don’t worry about that now. For the next few hours, we won’t have to think about anything other than each other and what we’re doing,” she assured him, squeezing his hand in support while shooting him an understanding smile.

Reminded that today was about savouring their last day together rather than fretting for the future or chastising himself about his past, Izuku’s smile warmed and returned the hand squeeze as he focused on the present.

“You’re right,” he nodded. “Thanks”

“You’re welcome,” Ochako smiled, “now, what we’re gonna do will help both of us take our minds off things ‘cause, between last week and this week, I’m pretty sure we’re gonna need another vacation soon.”

“Probably,” Izuku chuckled. “No rest for heroes though.”

“We knew what we signed up for,” Ochako joined him. “Though as long as I get some time to take my parents and you guys on holiday to Hawaii I’ll be happy.”

“I’m sure we’ll be able to ask all the villains politely to not do crime,” Izuku teased.

“You know what I mean,” Ochako stuck her tongue out. “Besides, uh… before that I guess I’ll have to introduce you all first.”

“O-Oh, yeah,” Izuku felt a touch of anxiety run through his system. After the reaction from Tsuyu’s parents alone, he could tell why Ochako hesitated in that aspect. Not to mention he still needed to do the same with the girls and his own mother. “L-Like you said, let’s worry about that later.”

“Yeah, probably for the best,” Ochako chuckled awkwardly as she guided Izuku down the path that led towards the main UA building. “Now, I know we’re kinda limited on stuff we can do here on campus but I think you’ll be pretty happy with this. I don’t think anyone else thought of asking for it yet but I’m sure others’ll get the idea after today.”

“Oh?” Izuku quirked a brow as they entered and headed down a particular hallway.

“I figured it was a fun idea for people to get together and do but we’ll get to test it out first. Plus, it’s free,” Ochako winked, only adding to Izuku’s bemusement.

Resigning himself to just going along for the ride for now, he remained silent until they turned a corner and headed towards the only room that was left down this corridor; the main auditorium. His eyes widened with surprise as he saw Present Mic, in what could only be his civilian clothes, leaning against the wall as he checked his phone and looked up as the pair approached.

“Hey there, kiddos. Everything’s ready for the show,” he grinned, shooting them a thumbs up. “All I need now’s the entertainment you’ve selected.”

“Thanks so much for this Present Mic,” Ochako grinned widely, offering a small bow of gratitude before reaching into her bag, pulling out two movie cases and passing them over. “Could you please play this one first, then this one?”

“No need for thanks, little listener,” Mic brushed off with his trademark smile as he took the offered cases. “Encouraging love and romance is something I’m always happy to support.”

“We’re very grateful still,” Izuku offered his own bow with a blush at the overt topic, having figured out what Ochako’s plan for their afternoon was at this point.

“Enough with the pleasantries,” Mic again waved away, “the flicks are about to start so let's get you two seated now.”

Turning away from the pair and producing a set of keys from his pocket, Mic unlocked the auditorium doors and led them inside.

Looking out at the empty room and large screen, Izuku could certainly appreciate the novel idea of using it as a make-shift movie theatre rather than heading off campus for a similar experience. Sure they were limited to things they already owned, but he could certainly welcome sharing old favourites with friends that many other students might like to do if the school was open to letting this be a more regular occurrence.

The only hesitation he had was the memory of the last time he was in the room, joining the rest of the school in commemorating Midnight’s memorial after their failure at Nabu. A failure he still felt very much responsible for.

“Izuku?” Ochako nudged, shaking him from his thoughts. “Where do you wanna sit?”

“Uh, I guess about halfway?” He offered. “We won’t have to crane our necks too much but it’ll still feel like the real thing.”

“You got it,” Ochako agreed, gently leading him down into an acceptable row and heading along until they reached the middle.

As Present Mic fumbled with the media player inside the podium, ensuring the films played only on the central main screen, the pair of students got themselves comfortable in their seats. Unlike a regular movie theatre, they had a surface to rest their stuff on which Izuku had no use for but Ochako plopped her bag down and started pulling out some of the items she’d packed.

“Can’t have a movie day without snacks. I figure we’ve earned it after all that hard work we put in this week,” Ochako grinned, offering Izuku the bag of popcorn while she pulled out a packet of sweets and a share-size bar of chocolate.

“You didn’t have to,” Izuku smiled but wasn’t going to deny the minor treat, even if he’d limit himself on the junk as Ochako offered him either a bottle of water or a fizzy drink of which he accepted the former.

“No, but, I wanted today to be… special,” she smiled with a knowing twinkle in her eye that Izuku was blissfully oblivious to.

“Movies and spending time with you will never not be special,” Izuku chuckled again as Ochako rolled her eyes fondly.

“These aren’t just any movies. The first one’s kinda my favourite since I was a kid, and it’s not really a film but more a documentary about space and the scientific potential we could achieve one day,” the gravity girl explained. “Thirteen narrates and explains it which is when I first found out about her.”

“Oh, that sounds fun,” Izuku smiled. Though he preferred more action-oriented and All Might-themed films, he could certainly appreciate this.

“As for yours, I kinda guessed that was one of your favourites from how worn the box was,” Ochako chuckled. “I’ve seen it on TV a couple times already.”

“Oh,” the boy couldn’t help but feel a bit downhearted at that revelation. Ochako was sharing something new and personal with him while he couldn’t do the same with her. He’d almost wished she’d asked him to pick a more obscure movie because of it. That was until she spoke again.

“I figure that, instead of just watching it, you could tell me all the trivia and nerdy stuff I know you know about it that I probably don’t,” Ochako giggled.

Izuku’s eyes gleamed with realization and felt his excitement return in full.

“You… mean it?” He asked tentatively. Even now he was still wary that the girls still didn’t quite understand how deep his fanboy tendencies ran.

“Your rambling was kinda quirky at first, but I think it’s grown on me,” Ochako tapped the tip of his nose with one of her finger beans. “It helps that I can understand it now that I’ve been around you so long.”

“Ochako!” Izuku glanced towards Present Mic, his blush only deepening when the man shot him a knowing smirk that let him know he’d heard every word.

“We’re all set up here. Are ya ready kids?”

“All good, sir,” Ochako answered the teacher as Izuku’s embarrassment held his tongue.

“I can’t hear you,” Mic teased, cupping his ear for a louder call-back.

“G-Good to go, sir!” Izuku replied this time, a little louder.

It wasn’t the response Mic was after but figured that was a little too niche for them. Either that or he was getting too old and that wasn’t a thought he wanted to entertain.

“Alrighty then, I’ll see you two crazy kids later. Don’t do anything I wouldn’t,” he winked. “Though, seriously, we have cameras in here.”

Both Izuku and Ochako felt their cheeks flush as the teacher pointed out the monitoring devices in the corner of the room despite neither planning to do anything of that nature. At least, not here in public anyway.

With a flourish of a wave, Present Mic started the film and left from the front, using another exit, leaving the pair alone. Both students breathed a sigh of relief once the man had departed but made a note not to discuss anything sensitive in here, just in case someone watched the tapes on the other end.

Soon enough their embarrassment receded as the docu-film began.

For a short while, the pair savoured their sweet treats while being eased into the complex wonders of the universe with Thirteen’s knowledgeable words but they soon had their fill and gently leaned into each other as they watched the rest.

Izuku certainly enjoyed learning some new things but he had a greater appreciation for the smile on Ochako’s face and the adorable way she mouthed along with some of the lines that she clearly knew by heart from countless rewatches. The fact that they were cuddled together comfortably also wasn’t unwelcome.

If they had any complaint, it was that the benches could’ve been a little cosier but that was a small price to pay for this quiet moment of contention. Relaxed in each other’s gentle embrace, Izuku and Ochako barely felt any of their usual anxieties, the emotions lost in a sea of soothing comfort.

Eventually, the film came to an end and the pair straightened up to stretch themselves out. Present Mic also returned at this time, likely having set an alarm for himself, and casually asked if either needed a restroom break before starting the next film.

Neither did so and with one quick adjustment, they were ready to go again with much more triumphant and energetic music playing to kick things off.

Now it was Ochako’s turn to watch Izuku fondly as, even though he’d likely seen the film more times than anyone reasonably should’ve seen a piece of media, it looked like he was bursting at the seams to get into things.

“Okay, so the theme here is actually a rework of the original ‘hero theme’ Sir Nighteye commissioned to associate with All Might,” Izuku began as Ochako settled back into her boyfriend’s side, content to absorb as much of his babbling as she could process before her brain ultimately popped.

As she expected, barely thirty seconds went by during the film between Izuku’s trivia nuggets and Ochako was admittedly impressed with everything he could rattle off at a moment’s notice but she knew by now what kind of hero nerd he was and she loved him for it.

He wouldn’t be her Izuku otherwise.

When the film eventually began wrapping up with the actor standing in for All Might having defeated the bad guy and saved the love interest to cheers and applause by the civilians, Izuku had fallen silent. She doubted it was because he’d run out of obscure facts or stories and glanced at him curiously.

He wore a somewhat pensive look and didn’t seem to be wholly present in the moment but she didn’t want to disturb whatever thoughts were running through his mind. It was only once the credits began to roll that Izuku seemed to return to himself but Ochako didn’t address it right away.

“That was fun,” she said as she sat up straight and stretched herself out.

“Yeah, it was,” Izuku agreed, rolling his shoulders. “I uh… hope I wasn’t too much during that.”

“I knew what I was askin’ for,” Ochako brushed off. “I never would’ve known that All Might’s actor broke his toe when kicking that villain’s helmet.”

“It uh, definitely added something to the scene when he just acted through it,” Izuku chuckled at the most common piece of trivia.

“Yeah,” Ochako sighed pleasantly as she felt her lazy muscles reengage after so much snuggling. “You um… got a little quiet at the end there.”

“Hmm?”

“Something on your mind? Or just enjoying the ending?” She asked, sending Izuku a considerate look.

Izuku knew he’d been caught but it seemed Ochako was willing to play along if he didn’t want to talk. As much as he wanted to avoid the topic, he knew his girlfriend would only worry if he did.

“No,” he sighed. “I… was thinking about my quirk.”

With the credits still rolling and Present Mic having not yet returned, Ochako figured they were safe enough to talk about things as casually as if they were in class.

“Because it was an All Might film?” She guessed, getting a nod in response. “Is it linked to why you’ve been going ‘Plus Ultra’ a lot after classes this week?”

“Y-Yeah,” Izuku admitted with more than a touch of shame.

“You dummy,” she sighed, leaning back on his arm. “You’re not All Might, you don’t have to put so much pressure on yourself. We all know you’re doing the best you can.”

“It’s… not that.”

“Oh?”

Izuku let out a deeper sigh before lightly clutching Ochako’s arm as if trying to physically draw on the support she was offering. When it seemed Izuku was hesitating, the brunette figured a gentle nudge would help him open up.

“I… don’t wanna seem pushy but it’s not just me who’s noticed,” Ochako began. “Tsu, Tooru, Mina, we all have. I get doing some extra training here and there but it was nearly every day this week; you and Bakugo both. It doesn’t take someone with your brain to figure out that maybe something’s still bothering you two.”

“I still feel guilty about… Midnight.”

Ochako turned and saw Izuku avert his gaze, biting his lip lightly in frustration.

“That wasn’t your fault. It wasn’t anyone’s fault except the villains.”

“I know…” Izuku admitted. “H-Hound Dog told me the same thing.”

“Then what’s up?” Ochako covered his hand with her own while Izuku remained pensive for a moment.

“E-Even though Kacchan was the one who um… tried… it was my plan he went along with. I should’ve pushed harder to be the one who rescued her. I… can’t help feeling like, maybe if it was me I could’ve done it, I should’ve done it, because… b-because that’s what All Might would’ve done.”

Ochako let out a mirthless chuckle and squeezed his hand.

“You’re still comparing yourself to All Might, even if you say you’re not.”

“Yeah… but with my uh… quirk,” Izuku clenched his fist and let a small tendril of Black Whip emerge from his middle knuckle. “I just can’t stop thinking about… what if…”

“Izuku,” Ochako sighed and squeezed him again. “We can’t focus on that stuff. We just have to keep moving forward.”

“I know but… that’s why I’ve been training so much,” he confessed. “I’ve been working on Black Whip so that… so that next time something like this happens, I know I’ll be ready. Kacchan… well… I know he blames himself too.”

“And do you blame him?”

“No!” Izuku rejected immediately.

“You clearly do a little since you think you could’ve done more than he did,” Ochako reasoned, catching Izuku off guard as he frowned, the thought slipping under his guard and into his mind. “I think you might’ve picked up a bit of his ego or pride.”

“I-I didn’t mean-”

“I know you didn’t,” the brunette shook her head. “You’re not like him but your quirk is stronger than most people’s; I’d be surprised if you hadn’t developed a bit of ego by now. You keep it in check by being humble, by pushing yourself to do more, to be better. That’s all anyone can ask, Izuku. Just don’t push yourself to or beyond the limit if it's gonna hurt you like this. That isn’t fair on you. You’re a good person and we all tried our best that day… it just… wasn’t enough.”

“But I-”

“Don’t,” Ochako released his hand to cup his face. “The problem with your big brain is that you overthink things too. What happened… happened. We just have to move on and do better, it’s what Midnight would’ve wanted and it's what all those people that’re gonna be in trouble in the future will want too.”

Izuku listened intently to Ochako’s words, their comforting tone trying to break through the bitter wall of guilt still lingering around the incident.

“She’s right, kid,” a new voice concurred.

Both Izuku and Ochako jumped in their seats, looking hurriedly for the eavesdropper only to find Present Mic standing at the podium having returned to stop the movie and lock up.

“O-Oh, s-sorry sir, we didn’t-”

“It’s cool, little listener,” Present Mic shook his head at the boy. “My fault for not realizing you’d be having such a deep-cut conversation.”

“We’ll just uh, pack up and go,” Ochako offered quickly, gathering her bag and beginning to shovel the food wrappers away.

“Hold up there,” Mic said, plucking the two movie cases from the stand and heading towards them. “I don’t mean to interrupt your jam session, but I think I can offer something to it.”

Ochako and Izuku hesitated as Present Mic ascended the steps and slipped along the bench before theirs, passing the films back to the pair as he stood at eye level with them. Without his customary shades and ever-present grin, Present Mic looked much more human than either of the two had ever seen him before.

Reaching into his pocket, Mic pulled out his wallet and opened it up before slipping a photo inside out of its slot and gently slid it across the desk towards the two students.

Intrigued, Izuku and Ochako leaned forward to see four people who looked about their age in frame: what was undeniably a more youthful Present Mic stood in the center as best he could, one arm around a grumpy, black-haired friend who looked like he’d rather be anywhere than there which looked very much like Aizawa and the other around a younger, shorter-haired Midnight who was cheekily winking and blowing a kiss to the camera. Behind them all was an energetic-looking boy with bright blue flaming hair, a nose plaster, and a familiar-looking pair of goggles resting on his forehead accompanied with a dazzling smile that stood out to them both.

“Is that you, sir?” Ochako asked politely.

“Indeed it is, little listener,” Mic nodded. “That’s me, Eraser, Midnight and… our other friend, Oboro Shirakumo.” Izuku and Ochako’s eyes widened as they both remembered Mic’s words after the teachers came to talk to their class post-Nabu. “That was taken back when we were in our second year, though Nemuri was in her third,” Mic explained slowly. “She was gonna go pro before us, of course, but the three of us were gonna take the scene by storm and blow her and everyone else out of the water by making our own agency. The thing that put a stop to that was…”

Both Izuku and Ochako felt their hearts go out to the man as he bowed his head for a moment of silence for his former friend.

“We’re um, sorry for your loss,” Izuku offered gently.

“Thanks kid,” Mic smiled “but I’m not here to trauma dump on you kiddos, don’t worry,” he chuckled. “I'm just trying to say that I know how it feels when you think you could’ve done something more. There’s not a day going by I don’t miss that guy. At the very least, I know he’s not alone anymore knowing that Nemuri’s probably chewing his ear off about everything we got up to.”

Mic’s smile grew a little at seeing the pair chuckle politely.

“I know you kids still feel guilty about everything that went down, whether you think it was your fault or not,” he looked at Izuku who felt himself clench on reflex at the attention. “I’m not gonna tell you to drop it or let it go because I know how hard that stuff can be, but Miss Uraraka’s right, you gotta be kinder to yourself, kid. I’ve seen what can happen if you keep beating yourself up about it and that’s not something that’s gonna make you happy, trust me.”

“Was it… Mr Aizawa?” Ochako gently pried, hoping she wasn’t stepping over a line.

“Wasn’t too hard to figure out, huh?” Mic chuckled again before his mind returned to more unpleasant memories. “Yeah, Eraser blamed himself after everything went down. There wasn’t anything he could’ve done, quirk or otherwise, so it didn’t make ‘logical’ sense but he did it anyway. He trained relentlessly after that, in class and outside, running himself ragged to get better, focusing only on improving himself so it wouldn’t happen again… then this happened.”

“We’re really sorry,” Izuku apologized again on instinct.

“She knew the risks of being a pro, kid, just like you guys should keep in mind,” Mic waved away. “Whether you could’ve stopped it or not, you would’ve eventually had someone you couldn’t save and you need to learn to be okay with that. What you’re doing now, moving on without forgetting, that’s the best thing you can do. Ol’ Eraser’s not so great at that so at least you’ve got him beat there.”

“Is that why he’s been um… kinda moody this week?”

“You don’t need to sugar-coat it, kiddo,” Present Mic sighed. “He’s been an ass.” The man couldn’t help but chuckle at the pair’s surprised expressions while trying to hide their amusement. “This stays between us, but, on some level, he blames himself for not being there for you kids or Nemuri. That’s coming out as pushing you guys beyond ‘Plus Ultra’ but he needs to be reminded how unhealthy it is.”

“Is he gonna be okay?” Izuku asked, getting a worried nod from Ochako too. While they now had the reason behind their teacher’s stern guidance this week, they still found themselves concerned for the man.

“You let me handle ol’ sourpuss,” he shot them the cheekiest smirk he could manage. “I’ll make sure he’s right as rain by the time you kids are finished with your pro hero collabs. You kids just focus on yourselves and maintaining a good school-life balance, ya dig? Your year has handled more than any other year I know and is still eager for more so don’t feel like you’re not enough or falling behind. If not for all that boring paperwork and book learning, you guys would probably be pros by now.”

While not the most eloquent of words, Mic knew he’d managed to get through to the two as he spotted some of the tension lingering on the pair’s shoulders dissipate, though he also noticed a tad more leaving Uraraka’s when she saw that he’d gotten through to Midoriya. Young love was a beautiful thing, but he knew the stresses of caring for someone on top of everything else could certainly ramp up how difficult everything felt.

“Now I think it’s time that you two little listeners got going, ya hear? Can’t be listening to this ol’ DJ spin his jams all day when I’m sure you’ve got more hip plans.”

“Oh, um, yeah, we should go,” Ochako agreed, putting the two films back in her bag before rising with Izuku and heading for the door but not before they both offered a bow of gratitude.

“Thank you very much for today, Present Mic,” they both offered.

“My pleasure, kiddos,” he nodded back, as the doors swung shut behind the two, leaving him alone.

Glancing back at the desk, he reclaimed his most treasured photo and stared regretfully, as he often had, at his departed friend, only this time that gaze extended to the bright-eyed Nemuri.

“Don’t worry, guys,” he muttered to himself as he turned his eyes towards the last remaining member of their group besides himself. “I won’t let him wallow like before.”

Returning the image to its rightful place, Present Mic took a moment to look around to make sure the room was as they found it before locking up and heading back to the teacher’s dorms, intent on having a long, hard, probably anger-filled conversation with his friend.

On the other side of the building, Izuku and Ochako felt the bite of fresh air once again though with the sky looking much darker than when they’d entered the building.

“Do you feel better after that?” Ochako double-checked to make sure her green-haired boyfriend hadn’t just been telling the teacher what he’d wanted to hear.

“Yeah, a little,” he admitted. “Sorry, I didn’t mean for that to come out on our date.”

“Hey, it’s okay,” Ochako brushed off. “If it helped and you’re feeling better then that’s all that matters, right?”

Izuku reluctantly agreed with a nod, hoping Ochako wasn’t just covering up her disappointment to placate him. The best thing he could do now was make sure she had the best time with all they had remaining.

“So um… do you have anything else planned?” Izuku asked curiously.

“Oh, right,” Ochako remembered, “well I figured we’d be pretty hungry by now so I got some things for us to cook dinner together.”

“That sounds nice, what’s on the menu?” The greenette chuckled, feeling his stomach rumbling.

“For you, I got everything to make Katsudon while I’ve got curry with extra meat,” Ochako smiled before feeling her cheeks’ pink colour deepen. “I figured um… you could cook mine and I could cook yours.”

“That sounds great,” Izuku grinned. It seemed like the Wild, Wild Pussycat’s training would come in handy once more as he felt confident that he could produce a dish that would satisfy his girlfriend.

“Then let’s go,” Ochako giggled, tugging Izuku’s hand along at a short run to their spirits high and their bodies warm as they returned to Heights Alliance.


Izuku and Ochako weren’t the only ones with food on their minds as, once they entered the dorms, it seemed most of the class had the same idea. Kyoka, Todoroki, Aoyama, Sato, and Koda were seated and eating dinner while Kirishima, Sero, Mina, Tooru, and Tokoyami were preparing their own.

It was noisy and a bit chaotic, but there was an air of cheerfulness and anticipation around them as everyone tried to fill their bellies with their last proper meal before work-studies. Of course, the kitchen was somewhat cramped so those who could spread themselves around the dining tables to work on preparation.

With so many of their friends around, it was only a matter of time until they were noticed joining the group.

“Hey, you’re back,” Mina grinned, wearing a somewhat cheeky grin as she pulled her eyes away from her cookbook and passed the mixing bowl to Tooru. “How was it?”

“It was fun,” Ochako rolled her eyes as she grabbed the ingredients for their meal while Izuku retrieved the utensils.

“It was kinda nice watching a film like that without worrying about disturbing anyone else,” he agreed.

“Disturbing?” Tooru blinked, exchanging a sly look with Mina. “What exactly did you two get up to?”

“Nothing like that,” Ochako glared at the girl, making a point to sit at a free table with Izuku instead of with the pair.

“Yeah, Tooru,” Mina chided, turning the tease back on her girlfriend. “Ochako would never smooch up a storm with Izuku in public like that.”

“Hey!” Tooru pouted, puffing up her cheeks at the backfire.

“What exactly did you guys do?” Sero asked curiously, stirring his bowl of noodles on the stove.

“We went to watch movies in the auditorium,” Izuku explained, his eyes glazing at the recent memory. “Seeing All Might save the day on a screen that big here at UA where he learned was amazing!”

“Woah, how’d you swing that?” Kirishima asked as he pulled a bottle of hot sauce from the cupboard.

“I just asked if we could,” Ochako shrugged. “Movie nights are fun but my TV’s kinda small so I figured it couldn’t hurt to ask since it’s the weekend and no one’s using it.”

“Huh,” Kirishima paused. “Thanks for the tip.”

“No problem,” Ochako chuckled, beginning to slice up pork while Izuku set to work trimming vegetables.

Mina chuckled to herself as she could practically see the gears turning in her red-headed friend’s head, probably planning to surprise Bakugo with a private cinema viewing at some point.

“Maybe one day when you’re a big-time pro, you could get a house with a cinema-sized screen in it,” Kyoka remarked casually, sitting at another table with Todoroki and Aoyama, eating a bowl of soup. “Between you, Izuku, and Tsu, you could probably afford it.”

The others had to resist the urge to deadpan at the girl who, while appearing nonplussed, had a smirk tugging at the corner of her lips.

“M-Maybe,” Izuku flushed at the blatant call-out while Ochako tried to ignore their girlfriend as the elevator pinged off to the side.

“We need to survive this week first,” Todoroki muttered, joining the conversation and glancing at his friend. “Are you prepared for it?”

“I think so,” Izuku replied, glad for the change in topic. “Got everything packed up ready to go. Figured I’d do it this morning so I’m not rushing tomorrow.”

“Smart, got to make a good impression on the number one,” Kaminari agreed, dropping into a chair beside Kyoka, having arrived with Bakugo. “I’ll probably do it last minute. The adrenaline will help me get it done faster so I’ve got more time to relax now.”

Kaminari wasn’t completely telling the truth but he’d said as much to get a rise out of his friend. He’d hoped their talk had helped but Kyoka seemed to have missed what he said as her attention and eyes were too busy following Bakugo into the kitchen.

“Let’s hope you hero better than you pack,” Mina replied. “You’re gonna have to if you’re on a team with… her.”

“Her?” Sato queried, raising a brow.

“Kaminari and I are doing our work-studies under Kamui Woods and I think Shiozaki got an offer from him too,” Sero spoke up, draining his noodles. “He’s on Team Lurkers, along with Edgeshot and Mt. Lady.”

“Oh, right,” Sato glanced awkwardly at Tooru who shrugged at the look.

“Hey, if she gives you any shit, you know how to shut her down.”

“I don’t think I’d live if I punched a pro in the nose,” Kaminari sweatdropped with a chuckle, not quite sure if Hagakure was serious.

“I’m surprised she’s allowed near our class after what she said,” Mina huffed.

“Aizawa said it was up to us when we got our confirmations,” Kaminari said. “We’ll keep an eye on her; Sero’s got my back and I’ll have his.”

“Just don’t do anything stupid,” Bakugo dropped into a seat alongside Kirishima with a bowl of chilli the redhead had prepared for them both.

“They’ll be fine,” Kirishima chuckled.

“That goes double for you,” Bakugo shot his boyfriend a look.

“Bro, there’s no way anything’s gonna go wrong with my work-study,” Kirishima responded, taking a bracing bite of his spicy food.

“Are you heading back to Fatgum’s?” Izuku asked curiously.

“Not this time,” the redhead replied, shooting him a toothy grin. “I tried to, but Fat said he talked to one of his drinking buddies and thinks he’d be a better fit for my next steps.”

“Ooo, who is it?” Mina asked, heading over to the kitchen with Tooru to stand together as her girlfriend cooked their food.

“The number six hero, Crust,” Kirishima announced proudly.

“Appropriate considering your quirk’s similar attributes,” Tokoyami remarked.

“Hmph, at least you’re trading up,” Bakugo commented, eyes back on his food.

“Hey, don’t diss Fat,” Kirishima nudged him. “He’s super manly.”

“Where’s everyone else going?” Tooru opened up. “I still gotta work on my quirk so I’m staying here but Ragdoll’s gonna train me.”

“She is?!” Izuku looked over eagerly.

“Oh, yeah,” Tooru smirked, performing a playful, cat-like paw at the air. “Maybe I’ll be the fifth Wild, Wild Pussycat by the time you get back.”

It was a lot harder this time for both Izuku to stifle his blush and the girls not to giggle at his reaction, though it was helpfully covered by the rest of the class’ mild chuckles at Hagakure’s suggestion.

“You know Tsu and I are heading back to Ryukyu’s, and Nejire’s almost certainly going to be there too,” Ochako continued their discussion.

“I am returning to Hawks’ tutelage,” Tokoyami stated.

“Even after what he did to your social media image?” Sero chuckled.

“That is water under the bridge,” the bird-headed boy shrugged, “though should he let down his guard in my presence, that will be his own fault.”

“We’re totally gonna prank him back!” Dark Shadow peeked his head out of Tokoyami’s stomach.

“Silence, you,” Tokoyami pressed a hand to the being’s beak and pushed him back inside.

“Dude, I swear you do that on purpose,” the electric blond accused.

“Perhaps,” Tokoyami shrugged before returning to his food.

“I’m um, going to Wash’s,” Koda admitted.

“You are?” Kaminari baulked. “You sure about that, man?”

Koda nodded, tapping his fingers together.

“I know he probably isn’t um, number eight material,” the quiet boy muttered, recalling the blond’s thoughts on why Wash was ranked so high this year, “but he’s done good things with the community in the past. I figured he could help me with that.”

“Aww, dude, you got nothing to worry about,” Kaminari disregarded. “Your confidence has grown loads since the start of the year.”

“Yours and Midoriya’s both,” Sero remarked, getting an acknowledging look from the pair.

“T-Thanks,” Koda smiled, “training with Kendo helped, but I know I can be better.”

“Hey, you do you,” Kaminari nodded.

“To be fair, there aren’t many in the top ten that would suit you in terms of quirk compatibility to help you grow so focusing on your other areas is a smart choice,” Izuku spoke up, getting an appreciative smile for his support.

“Would Shishido not have been a viable option?” Todoroki asked.

“Nah, he’s got me and Ojiro,” Sato said.

“Does your quirk work on sea life?” Kirishima enquired next. “Gang Orca might’ve worked.”

“It doesn’t work like that,” Koda replied sheepishly.

“Besides,” Kyoka rolled her eyes at the redhead, “he’s got Shoji and me already.”

“Guess that rules out Mirko too then,” Sero chuckled.

“S-She’s too scary,” Koda shivered at the thought of working under someone so loud and outspoken.

“Not to mention she wasn’t an option and doesn’t generally do team-ups anyway,” Izuku reminded them.

“Maybe if Koda introduced her to Yuwei-chan she’d change her mind,” Ochako giggled, picturing the pro cooing over the bunny.

“Ooo, if that works, could I borrow him, Koda?” Mina clapped her hands together in pleading. “Working with Mirko would be super awesome!”

“Still nursing that crush, eh?” Kaminari smirked.

“I’m standing right here,” Tooru deadpanned at her girlfriend.

“Toou, I love you, but you gotta give me that one; there’s no comparing you two.”

“So you gonna try to hold down two girls like Midoriya?” Sero smirked.

“H-Hey,” Izuku spoke up. “I don’t uh… h-hold them down.”

Thankfully no one linked his increased blush with the one Kyoka steadily grew.

“Sorry, no offence you two,” Sero apologized, having figured he’d gone too far thanks to Ochako’s glare.

“Mirko would’ve been awesome but I’m just grateful I’ve got Rock Lock,” Mina redirected the attention back to their main topic. “At least someone wanted me after all that bullshit.”

“Better than nothing,” Bakugo agreed.

“Shinso’s not got his license so I guess he’ll get personal training with Mr Aizawa,” Todoroki said, a small measure of pity rippling through the group.

“Looks like we’ll be back to nineteen next week,” Sero remarked solemnly.

“I dunno, he was super manly during your fight. You guys technically won ‘cause of him,” Kirishima praised, getting a few nods of agreement.

“And he’s been training with Mr Aizawa already,” Izuku reminded him.

“I’m just messin’, that dude’s made of some stern stuff,” Sero waved away. “Didn’t stop us getting our butts kicked, but he stepped up.”

“Oui,” Aoyama seconded.

“Wonder who our class reps are working with,” Sato pondered.

“I believe Iida said he’d be returning to Manual while Momo told me yesterday she’s going to Yoroi Musha’s,” Izuku spoke up, hoping Momo didn’t mind him divulging what she’d told him. While most reacted with mild surprise at the news, a few eyes swivelled towards Kaminari, Tokoyami’s most notably conveying the message ‘told you so’ without words.

“Huh, I thought he’d go with someone more his speed,” Ochako noted about Iida.

“Nah, class rep’s got enough of that,” Sato noted.

“Must’ve just enjoyed his time there from before,” Sero shrugged, tucking into his food.

“What about Yaoyorozu with the Equipped Hero,” Kirishima noted. “He’s been in the game for so long he must know everything there is to know about being a hero.”

“Is that why she went for a spot with him?” Todoroki queried towards Izuku.

“I would’ve thought it’s ‘cause their quirks are kinda similar,” Ochako said, having finished with her prep and moved toward the kitchen.

“I know first-hand that older pros have a lot of wisdom to offer, e-even if it can be unconventional,” Izuku flexed his back, feeling phantom sensations of Gran Torino’s kicks beating him into shape.

“I just hope he’s better with her than he was with me,” Mina huffed.

“I thought he was kinda fair to you,” Kaminari raised a brow as he recalled the man’s part in her trial.

“Well, yeah,” Mina shrugged. “But he was still a bit of a stickler for the rules and stuck up. I just couldn’t say that to his face.”

“I bet there were a lot of things you wanted to say to some of those guys,” the electric blond chuckled.

“Ahem,” a small, fake clearing of the throat caught their attention. “Last but certainly not least, while not the most dazzling, I will be refining my sparkle with a local pro,” Aoyama announced. “The things Monsieur Backdraft can do with his quirk are incroyable. I only hope my quirk can reach the same potential.”

“Putting out fires?” Sato raised a brow.

“You mean how he manipulates the water?” Izuku clarified, getting a sparkling wink from Aoyama he took as confirmation. “Hmm, it’s not impossible if you could gain any degree of control over your beams after you fire them. Or maybe you could somehow change the composition of the light to have a slightly different effect? Adding in some portable mirrors as hero gear could let you perform trick-shots…”

“There he goes again,” Kirishima chuckled while Ochako sent her boyfriend a fond look.

“Surprised you’re not telling him to ‘shut up’,” Sato remarked directed towards Bakugo.

Sero, Mina, and Kaminari grimaced as they glanced at the explosive blond who was just about finished with his meal. His flare-up at Kyoka still somewhat fresh in their minds, they grew more than a little concerned when Bakugo’s hand noticeably clenched around his spoon.

The small pause in conversation as others noticed the tense air that suddenly descended on them even snapped Izuku out of his mutter storm, though he hadn’t comprehended exactly why yet.

One who had a little more faith in the blond rested his hand on his boyfriend’s knee under the table, hoping to offer a measure of support.

“Why bother, it’s a free country,” Bakugo finally spoke with the barest of shrugs.

“That’s never stopped you before,” Kyoka snipped causing Kaminari to feel himself clench up in fear as Bakugo’s glare was directed their way.

“Got something to say?” Bakugo growled lowly.

“Not to you,” Kyoka returned dismissively.

“Yeah?” Bakugo’s lip curled. “Well, I got somethin’ to say to you.”

“What?” Kyoka replied with a degree of defensiveness as Bakugo rose to his feet, the tension around them spiking higher than some could handle.

“Uh, guys? Maybe we cool it and just go do something else?” Kaminari offered weakly as Mina and Sero were readying themselves to try and do damage control.

Neither Kyoka nor Bakugo responded to the boy’s plea, their eyes locked out of a mixture of pride and stubbornness. That was until Bakugo looked down and tilted his head.

“Look, I…” he hesitated, his body tense on instinct as he felt everyone’s eyes on him. Even his mind was second-guessing itself, feeling the urge to abort so he wouldn’t be seen as weak for what he was nearly about to do or at the very least do this in private.

He knew better than that though. That it was just a lingering reaction to his shitty mother’s shitty upbringing and he needed to be better, he was going to be better than that.

“I’m… sorry for how I spoke to you the other day,” Bakugo said evenly, lightly bowing his head. “I… shouldn’t’a yelled at you in front of everyone.”

Those who were around for the pair's explosive confrontation found their eyebrows racing for their hairline while those that weren’t were looking between the two in perplexion. Izuku was as stunned as everyone else, but there was a measure of awe in his eyes as he watched his oldest friend own up to a mistake like this.

Kyoka’s lips thinned as she tempered her immediate reaction, a pregnant pause growing with everyone else hesitant to break it.

“So, you’re not sorry for callin’ me abusive?” She clarified curiously.

“Hell no,” the blond retorted firmly, matching her stare again. “You shouldn’ta been doing that shit for sure.”

“Bakugo,” Mina warned him carefully but again her outside influence was ignored. This time it was Kyoka who broke their deadlocked gaze, letting out a sigh of resignation.

“Just as well… cause even if you were a total asshole about it you were at least a little bit fuckin’ right,” Kyoka admitted, her shoulders dropping.

As assured as he was he was in the right, Bakugo hadn’t expected that reaction. She’d almost perfectly mimicked what Hado had said and his brow relaxed at the apologetic expression Jiro now wore as she broke their gaze.

“I already apologized to Kaminari, but um…” she glanced around at their nervous audience, “if I hurt any of you with my jacks when you er… annoyed me, I’m sorry.”

Though a few of them had indeed been on the receiving end of a Jiro-Jack now and then, Mina most notably, none of them held it against her.

“I mean, I’m not gonna say I’ll miss it,” Mina admitted, rubbing her arm where she’d been poked previously.

“Thanks, but it didn’t really hurt that one time you did it to me,” Sato shrugged.

“My arm and ears thank you, but you were kinda defensive when you two fought. What changed?” Sero asked.

“Spoke to my mom about it,” Kyoka said. “I told you she did it to dad and she thought it was just friendly banter too. Turns out dad actually didn’t like it and just hid it because he has too much fun teasing her.”

“I get that,” Mina chuckled, exchanging a secret look with the girl they hid with a nod of acknowledgement.

“She felt bad and promised not to do it anymore which dad was kinda grateful for so that kinda set the tone for me,” Kyoka finished her abridged version of their family call.

“So you’re saying I can tease you all I want and you won’t jack me no more?” Kaminari grinned.

“Jiro’s dad can do that 'cause he’s married to her mom, dude,” Sero chuckled, “I don’t think you have the same luxury.”

“Not with that attitude,” Kaminari smirked, putting on his best seduction face and blowing air kisses towards Kyoka, an action he was sure would’ve gotten him jacked a few days ago.

True to her word, no ‘jacking’ was forthcoming, but Kyoka’s lobe did extend and lightly wrap around his wrist, the metal tip gently resting against his skin before emitting a noticeable vibration. It certainly didn’t feel as irritating as her previous method and Kaminari definitely appreciated this new form of Kyoka expressing her displeasure, sharing a small smile with the girl as she rolled her eyes.

“Think before you speak, idiot,” she giggled. “Who’s gonna be your wingwoman when you wanna get a cute girl’s number.”

“Damn right,” Kaminari winked, his anxiety over the past few days abating while the remaining tension in the room began to deflate.

With the attention off him, Bakugo took the opportunity to grab his and Kirishima’s empty bowls and take them into the kitchen.

As Tooru was dishing up her and Mina’s dinner, the pink-haired girl took the opportunity to slide up to her explosive friend and nudge him with her hip.

“That was awesome, Bakugo. Well done.”

“I don’t need your praise,” Bakugo scoffed, shoving the bowls and cutlery into the dishwasher.

“No, but you should know you did a good thing. I know that was probably hard for you to do.”

For a moment, he didn’t say anything and just challenged Mina’s knowing and expectant expression with his scowl but they both knew he wasn’t going to win this one.

“Whatever,” Bakugo muttered but caught Mina’s eye and nodded lightly, causing the girl’s knowing smile to widen considerably. “What?” he then glared over the pinkette’s shoulder, noticing Hagakure and Uraraka were not-so-subtly looking their way who quickly turned back to their cooking to avoid further friction.

“Stop being so abrasive, dummy,” Mina swatted his arm playfully, as though testing his adjusted views. “You’ve done well, now go enjoy the rest of the evening with your boyfriend away from everyone else like I know you wanna do.”

Bakugo quirked his lip at Mina’s accurate guess of his and Kirishima’s plans but figured it was just easier to leave it rather than telling her to mind her own business.

“Shut up,” he rolled his eyes and started walking away.

As he was about to grab the redhead and leave, a mop of green-hair stood between him and his goal, having unintentionally intercepted him on his way to the kitchen to begin cooking Uraraka’s curry.

“Hey Kacchan, I-”

“Shove it, Midoriya,” Bakugo growled quietly. Izuku hesitated to speak when Bakugo looked like he wanted to say more but seemed to think better of it.

Well aware he likely had three pairs of eyes on his back, one set belonging to girl he knew wouldn’t pull her gravity-defying punches if he hurt her boyfriend, Bakugo instead moved around Izuku a muttered into his ear as he passed.

“I haven’t forgotten.”

Izuku blinked dumbly, turning to address the explosive blond but he was already walking away again.

“What was that?” Ochako asked curiously, her eyes still following the boy as he headed to the elevator with his boyfriend.

“N-Nothing, don’t worry about it,” Izuku brushed off.

None of the three girls bought it but their green-haired boyfriend didn’t want to get into it right now so they wouldn’t press. Instead, they continued talking and enjoying each other’s and their friends’ company while dinner continued.


Eventually, Tsuyu, Momo, and the others made an appearance to cook their own meals as chatter continued into the early evening, the class somewhat shifting from the kitchen and dining area over to the sofas.

Even though they both ended up a little off since they didn’t have much practice preparing them, Ochako and Izuku greatly enjoyed indulging in each other’s version of their favourite meals.

Reminded by Iida promptly at nine that everyone should be thinking about heading to bed to wake up well-rested for the time ahead of them, Ochako took the opportunity to indicate to her boyfriend he should come with her by tugging on his arm as she stood up.

“Night everyone,” she smiled as she and Izuku began to move.

“Night Ochako, Izuku, ribbit,” Tsuyu waved, chorusing with their girlfriends and other classmates who were staying up a little later.

Leading Izuku by the hand, Ochako could feel her whole body tingling as she led her boyfriend towards the elevator, pressing the button and stepping inside with him without turning around until the doors closed behind them, only then pressing the button for her floor.

“I guess it’s your room tonight?” Izuku enquired rhetorically, feeling his nerves kick back in after the comfortable evening together.

“Mm-hmm,” Ochako hummed, feeling her cheeks rapidly pinken as she felt the anticipation build for what they were about to do. “Tsuyu’s sleeping with Mina and Tooru tonight so it’s um, just us.”

“R-Right,” Izuku swallowed. He’d spent plenty of time with Ochako alone but she could tell he’d suspected this wasn’t an ordinary night they were about to spend together.

The very brief walk back to Ochako’s room seemed much longer than normal once the elevator doors opened but they were soon both inside with the brunette tugging her boyfriend along with her to stand in the middle of the room.

The One-For-All user swallowed when Ochako turned around and nervously looked into his eyes.

“Izuku,” she said in a quiet voice, as though sharing a secret that would be kept only between the two of them. “I… I’ve had a wonderful day today.”

“M-Me too,” Izuku nodded, glancing down briefly as Ochako took his other hand in hers and gently squeezed them both.

“Sorry I kinda took up most of our last day off together but… I wanted to spend some time together with just us before things get super busy again.”

“There’s nothing to apologize for Ochako,” Izuku smiled earnestly, “apart from spending time with Tsuyu, Tooru, and everyone else, there’s nothing else I would’ve rather done today.”

“Not even squeeze more hero training in?” Ochako giggled.

“Being a hero is all I ever wanted,” Izuku admitted, squeezing Ochako’s hands back, “but you and the others have taught me there’s room in my life for more… and I’m so, so grateful that you have.”

Ochako couldn’t help but giggle as Izuku started tearing up, letting go of one of her hands to hurriedly brush away the growing tears. Gently, she reached up to cup his face and caressed his cheek softly.

“You big, squishy dummy,” she cooed, eliciting a teary chuckle from her boyfriend. “You’re not the only one that feels like that. If not for Tsu and the others, I don’t know if I’d’ve been able to understand and accept myself. It was kinda messy at first, but now, here with you and her and everyone else… I think it’s gonna make us even better heroes than we could’ve been otherwise, and I’m not just sayin’ that cause of all those tips about my quirk.”

Izuku chuckled at the stark difference not just Ochako, but Tooru, Mina, and everyone else had in their path to becoming pros thanks to their openness and communication with each other.

“So believe me when I say that I’m so glad you accepted Tsu and my feelings and took that risk joining us in this… really weird relationship. I know it’s weird, but I couldn’t be happier with how everything is right now.”

“Uh, well…” Izuku lightly grimaced, his mind reminding him of Momo’s difficulties and his unfortunate involvement with them.

“Don’t think about that now,” Ochako returned his focus to her. “We’ll get through that no matter what, okay? It might be hard, but I know if whatever’s at the end of that is anything like how I feel now, I know it’ll be so, so worth it.”

Izuku wasn’t so sure, his anxiety lurking for any opportunity to try and ‘protect’ him by not getting his hopes up, but Ochako’s comforting words had a confidence to them he couldn’t help but believe in.

“Thank you,” he smiled, reaching up to cup her face too as Ochako pulled him closer, their other hands loosening their hold on each other and gently reaching around to draw the other into a comforting embrace as their lips touched.

Chaste and soft at first, Ochako controlled the pace as she and Izuku began making out. It felt all too romantic to her, just as she’d hoped and imagined this night would go, deciding to let them take their time and savour the moment so they’d never forget it.

Their hormones and libido soon began encouraging other ideas as Izuku’s tongue was the first one to ask for permission to take things further with Ochako encouraging it into her mouth and letting her own find its dance partner.

Their breathing soon began to grow more intense as their bodies felt a primal need to get even closer with each other with Ochako and Izuku pulling the other even closer despite the frustrations of clothes and physical limitations. It was only when Izuku jumped when Ochako’s hand wandered down to his rear and cupped it did the spell they’d cast over themselves break, the two pulling away with heavy, hot breaths mixing between them along with a broken trail of mixed saliva.

Before they could go any further, Ochako cleared her throat and swallowed a couple of times to find her voice.

“Do you-?”

“If you do,” Izuku replied before she could finish her question, both knowing that permission was almost a forgone conclusion at this point but they both still wanted to clarify.

“I-I want…” Ochako began only to shake her head to clear her mind, trying to keep her focus on what she had planned to make this a truly magical night for them both. “I-I have a plan… do… you mind?”

“Just um… tell me what you want,” Izuku offered, happy to do anything Ochako wanted at this point if it made her happy and they both got to enjoy themselves.

“Then…” Ochako reached behind herself and unsnapped her bra from over her clothes. “Could you um… do me first?”

“Of course,” Izuku nodded, ideas already running through his mind on how to give Ochako what she wanted.

“Then um, could you…?” She gestured to him before reaching for the clasp to her necklace. Izuku glanced behind him before he hit the main lights while Ochako turned on her desk lamp to make the ambience feel a little more intimate.

He then quickly began to unbutton his shirt, following his girlfriend’s lead as Ochako shrugged off her hoodie and then removed her top and bra in one smooth motion, draping them over the back of her desk chair while Izuku dropped his stuff at the end of the bed.

It didn’t take them more than a minute to be down to their underwear and soon enough those were divested too as the pair gazed at each other again. Even after seeing it more than a few times at this point, Ochako couldn’t help but find a touch of humour in Izuku’s penis as it eagerly stood to attention and flexed needily.

For his part, Izuku was much too distracted to notice, admiring and memorizing Ochako’s curves and body as though it were the first time he was seeing it.

“Ready?” She blushed when she spotted her naked boyfriend also drinking in her nude form.

“U-Uh, yeah,” Izuku nodded hurriedly before gesturing to the bed for Ochako to position herself comfortably however she wished. The gravity girl adopted a small smirk as she had something a little different in mind.

“Okay then,” her eyes twinkled mischievously. Taking a step forward, she gingerly tapped herself with one hand as gravity’s influence was removed from her, letting her begin floating upwards after one final step as she wrapped her arms and legs around Izuku to keep herself temporarily grounded with his mass. “I um… figured we could do it like this,” she hinted as she gently released her boyfriend and let herself float upwards until her crotch reached eye level with him.

His cock twitching eagerly at the idea, Izuku reached up and took hold of Ochako’s waist as she floated around a little awkwardly with nothing to grab onto to stabilize herself. So close to her core, Izuku could smell his girlfriend’s arousal before he’d even touched her and knew she was more than ready for what they were about to do.

Gently guiding her legs to wrap around his head, Izuku helped Ochako into position before tentatively reaching out with his tongue and tasting her for the first time tonight.

The gravity girl didn’t know if it was the anticipation for tonight, the effect of her quirk on her senses, or the love and desire she could practically feel emanating from her boyfriend’s strong hands as he held her in place but she felt a ripple of pleasure send shivers up her spine.

Izuku took this as a good thing and delicately began slipping his tongue between Ochako’s folds. The girl let out several soft moans of satisfaction as it began exploring inside her once again, feeling the dexterous organ tickle, tease, and provide sensations that made her toes begin curling.

As good as it felt, Ochako soon felt the desire for more but didn’t quite want things to end.

“U-Um, Izuku? You can let go of me and, y’know, use your hands for… other stuff.”

Izuku realized what she was asking for and, even if it felt a little nerve-wracking letting go of Ochako like this, he knew her quirk and legs around his head would more than suffice to keep her stable.

With his hands now free to do as they please, they first traced Ochako’s rear curve around to cup her ass and give it a few firm squeezes, causing the girl to flex it and inadvertently push her crotch further into Izuku’s face – not that he minded. While he didn’t have to hold her, he kept one hand on her cheek to control her as his other snuck underneath and easily slid two fingers into her pussy, her entrance slick with his saliva and her juices.

Immediately he could feel her tighten around his digits as she let out a fresh sigh of pleasure feeling the new texture of his digits delight her insides. Not one to leave his girlfriend wanting, Izuku resolved to ensure she was fully satisfied before moving on to whatever she had planned next.

Ochako wasn’t sitting idle while riding her boyfriend’s face. While her eyes were closed, her hands were active rubbing along her torso to stimulate herself and paying particular attention to her breasts and nipples, giving the latter a few pinches randomly to jolt herself.

Using his tongue to focus on her clit, the greenette began building a slow and steady rhythm that he knew Ochako enjoyed, listening carefully to her deepening breaths and feeling the tightening of her muscles around his head and hand to gauge how close she was getting.

In the midst, he’d added a third finger and tentatively considered using his other hand to tease her backdoor only to remember Ochako hadn’t had the chance to do any of her normal routines before they began and thought better of it.

“I-Izuku~” she moaned as she felt herself reaching her peak. It was much faster than she’d expected and while she certainly hadn’t planned to do so this early into things she was hard-pressed to let everything stop now. In her indecision her body decided for her, passing the point of no return as Izuku’s head felt every bit as squishy as his nickname when Ochako’s thighs began tightening their hold around him. “Izuku!”

With a few flailing thrusts, Ochako released herself onto her boyfriend, his hand, tongue and lips being further coated with her essence which he took as a job well done, delicately easing up on his ministrations to ease the girl down from her high.

As her muscles began relaxing, so did Ochako’s grip, her legs unlinking themselves from around Izuku’s head as she floated listlessly in the air except for the occasional twitch from her body’s heightened sense of touch.

“Are you okay?” Izuku asked, only a little concerned when he caught sight of Ochako’s dazed expression.

“Uh-huh,” she nodded simply which was all she could manage at the moment as her brain rebooted. “T-That was…”

“Y-You’re welcome,” Izuku chuckled, gently tugging on one of Ochako’s feet to keep her from floating away too far.

When she finally processed what had happened, Ochako tried to sit up only to flail helplessly.

“Here,” Izuku offered, pulling her close and righting her back to a normal orientation, his cock pressed against her stomach as he held her close in a loving embrace.

“Stupid,” Ochako pouted, “wasn’t supposed to cum yet.”

“Does that matter?” Izuku chuckled.

“I had this planned out,” Ochako said, looking down at his chest and drawing small circles with a finger against it. “We were supposed to do it together.”

“That’s kinda difficult,” Izuku admitted, thinking back to the other times he’d struggled to match timings with the others. “As long as you enjoyed it.”

“Yeah,” Ochako conceded, “but um… now it’s your turn.”

Izuku’s cock flexed again, ready for whatever she was offering as Ochako pressed gently against her boyfriend to get him to release her and used him to rotate herself until she was upside down and level with his crotch.

He couldn’t help licking his lips in anticipation of the zero-gravity blowjob Ochako was about to attempt, his muscles clenching as he felt Ochako’s hand wrap around his member and give it a few pumps to warm up.

“You um… don’t have to do anything to me if you don’t want to,” Ochako offered as Izuku realized this was actually a zero-gravity sixty-nine. Now it made a little more sense why Ochako was a little put out.

“Just um… let me know if it’s too much?” Izuku replied knowing she was likely going to be much more sensitive right now.

“I’ll tap twice,” Ochako giggled nervously as she examined Izuku’s cock, wondering what this new angle would do.

Letting his girlfriend do what she wanted, Izuku enjoyed the beginnings of her returning the favour as he felt her tongue begin licking and teasing his cock head, swirling itself around it to leave no cranny untouched.

With all the hormones and desire racing through his body he had to resist the urge to reach down and press her tightly against himself and empty his balls there and then.

“Do… you want me to cum too?” Izuku asked, figuring it was better to get clarification before he lost himself in his urges.

“Um… no,” Ochako replied with a deep blush, though it was helped by the blood rushing to her head from this position. “Just let me know when you get close.”

“O-Okay,” Izuku agreed, taking a calming breath to prepare himself.

Ochako had no such hesitation, ready to try this new position and opened her mouth wide before wrapping her lips on Izuku’s glans. The moist warmth somehow radiated through Izuku’s body as he felt himself clench again in delight, letting out a groan of satisfaction as Ochako began bobbing her head. He could almost feel his girlfriend’s grin at the sounds his was making.

Taking a few moments to lose himself in the feeling, Izuku was reminded of his own task when Ochako’s airborne legs drifted across his vision. Now having a much better angle so see what he was doing, he wrapped his hands behind her knees and gently guided them to rest under his arms.

The brunette paused awkwardly as she awaited what Izuku was about to do. With her legs spread and out of the way, Izuku used his free hands to spread his girlfriend wide and taste her again, running his tongue along the length of her pussy. She couldn’t help letting out a hum of pleasure at the sensations returning to her that were thankfully not too overstimulating which translated into a pleasant vibration on his cock that Izuku enjoyed in turn.

Content that she wasn’t at risk of jerking in reaction to Izuku’s stimulation, Ochako upped her pace, her lips descending further and further down Izuku’s cock with her tongue continuing to do its best to tease every inch of him.

The boy felt it difficult to concentrate on his girlfriend when she was doing so much to please him. Considering this was her reciprocating the earlier attention, he certainly didn’t mind but felt that if she kept up her pace they wouldn’t stay this way too much longer.

Ochako was growing bold and more excited as she listened to Izuku’s moans and felt his body and cock twitch under her touch. With one hand she reached up under the boy and gently cupped his sack, lightly rolling his balls around with her thumb and with the other applied pressure around the base of his cock as Izuku groaned even louder. It was a delightful sound that made her feel a bit dizzy, though that could’ve been from being upside down for so long.

If Ochako didn’t want him to release she was making a damn hard job of it as Izuku felt his crotch flexing in that all too familiar way.

“O-Ochako, s-stop!” He cried quickly. “I-I can’t-”

Luckily he was saved from any release when Ochako increased her hand’s pressure around his penis, squeezing it a bit too hard to be comfortable and pushing his release temporarily back down. When he felt he was out of the danger zone, Izuku released several panting breaths.

“Was it good?” Ochako giggled, her lips leaving his cock with a messy ‘pop’ and knowing the all-too-obvious answer already.

“Uh-huh,” Izuku parroted her earlier response, who would’ve been floating just as listlessly as Ochako earlier had he been under her quirk’s effects too.

“Good,” Ochako smiled before reorienting herself, pushing her fingers together and releasing her quirk. With all the sensations her legs had experienced so far tonight, she almost stumbled from her own weight when she landed but Izuku was handily there to support her before she crumbled. “Thanks,” she smiled as she found her strength.  

“No problem,” Izuku returned the gesture, almost welcoming the small break to calm himself down. “A-Are you uh… g-gonna go get ready?”

“I uh… don’t need to,” Ochako blushed shyly as she reached up to cup his face again. “Izuku… I’m ready for you.”

Still a bit preoccupied with the sensations his girlfriend had recently bestowed on him, it took the greenette a moment to process exactly what Ochako was telling him.

“Oh? When did you… o-oh!” His attention returned in full as Ochako nervously rubbed herself just above her crotch. “Y-You mean-”

“Yes,” Ochako nodded quickly. “I’ve taken the pill so nothing happens but um… I’m ready to take this step with you if… if you want to.”

“Ochako,” Izuku’s breath caught, his mind briefly running through the entire day and all the effort she’d put in up to this moment. All of that to remind him how much she understood, appreciated, and loved him. He didn’t need to ask if she was sure, there was only one thing he wanted to say in this moment. “I love you.”

“I love you too, Izuku,” Ochako’s grin almost brightened the room by itself it was so blinding to the boy. The pair’s lips came together as they hungrily embraced in their renewed declarations for each other and once more they were soon left panting after their tongues had exchanged pleasantries.

“O-One more thing,” Ochako backed off again. “T-There’s one more thing I want to do.”

“Anything,” Izuku replied, though he was left a little confused when Ochako turned her attention instead to her desk where a weird round orb sat.

For a brief moment, the pair were left in darkness when Ochako turned off her desk light but was illuminated again when she turned on the orb and stepped away. Izuku marvelled at the result as Ochako’s walls and ceiling were covered in small dots of light that varied in size ever so slightly here and there.

“I um… bought this for tonight,” Ochako admitted with a blush, very grateful to Kyoka for the suggestion as she moved over to her bed and held her hand out for Izuku to join her who eagerly answered her call.

“This looks amazing, Ochako.”

“Thanks,” Ochako brushed her hair back nervously. “I um… figured you wouldn’t mind if we had our first time like this.”

“Of course not,” Izuku agreed eagerly.

With one last, grateful kiss on his lips, Ochako moved into the center of her bed and rested her head against her pillow. Izuku knew what to do next and manoeuvred his way over her, his cock bobbing along with him.

When he was resting above her, arms on either side of her head and looking down at her with all the love he could feel, Ochako first touched herself with her hand and then Izuku, letting them gently begin floating upwards among the artificial starry sky.

Holding onto him with one hand, Ochako carefully reached between them for Izuku’s cock, pushing it down and aiming it at the hole she’d been so afraid of it entering ungloved before. Now she was ready, and she couldn’t wait to share this experience with the boy she loved most in this world.

Even though they both knew it wasn’t truly their first time together, Izuku eased himself in slowly as both he and Ochako experienced and relished the fresh sensations they were feeling. He already knew it was different without a condom, but it still amazed him how connected, intimate and, in a way, vulnerable he felt with his partner during it.

Ochako’s eyes closed as she focused on every inch Izuku pushed into her, trying to ignore her brain’s lingering doubts and warnings about potential pregnancy that she’d tried her best to mitigate. Opening her eyes and again seeing herself reflected in Izuku’s love-filled orbs caused all doubt to leave her as she wrapped her legs around his waist to pull him ever closer.

With dumb, blissful grins on their faces, both let their instincts take over as Izuku began thrusting inside her while Ochako tried her best to clench and encourage his orgasm. She didn’t expect to cum herself, but between Izuku’s second round of oral, the romantic and erotic evening they’d experienced, and the thought of Izuku being unable to hold back and exploding within her, Ochako felt herself quickly climbing towards her second, if smaller, peak of the night.

“O-Ochako,” Izuku groaned as he felt himself getting close, wrapping his arms around Ochako’s body and leaning over her shoulder while tensing up.

“I know,” Ochako replied breathlessly, wrapping her arms around him in turn and holding him close as he did to her. “D-Do it!”

“Ungh!” He grunted, thrusting one last time before spilling his seed inside.

Ochako gasped at the new sensation flooding her crotch with warmth, her mouth ajar as her body succumbed to her desires, clenching and milking Izuku as well as it could as she climaxed too.

It was a cliché that such an act could cause one to see stars but between the projector she’d purchased and her Christmas picture of the night sky she’d pinned on the ceiling above her bed, that was all Ochako could think about as the two lost themselves in ecstasy.

The world felt like it stood still until the pair drew breath again, gasping deeply to recover from the strain they’d put their muscles through.

“That… T-That was…” Izuku gasped, his balls clenching on reflex after shooting everything they had.

“Incredible,” Ochako finished for him, cupping his face again and drawing him into a deep, loud kiss.

“Yeah,” Izuku grinned dumbly, his eyes focused on his wonderful, amazing, incredible girlfriend.

Gently, the pair eased up on their embrace and felt their muscles beginning to complain from the intense use over the past half hour. His hips pulling away from hers and his penis beginning to deflate after a job well done, Izuku slid out of his girlfriend as she felt some of his cum slide with him, running down and along her backside.

“W-We should probably get down,” Ochako mumbled as she glanced up at the approaching ceiling.

“I-I’ve got it,” Izuku offered softly.

Looking over Ochako’s shoulder, he unwrapped one of his arms from the girl and pointed his fist towards the ground beside her bed. It was nowhere near the stability or solidity he could normally generate, but the single patchy, shaky tendril of Black Whip was enough to pull them back down towards the bed until Ochako could release them both without risking injury.

Trying not to awkwardly land on each other, Izuku and Ochako dropped onto the bed side-by-side before they could finally relax and catch their breath. Inevitably turning their attention to each other again, the two lovebirds couldn’t help but find their cheeks pinkening again now their hormones were beginning to abate.

“H-Hey,” Izuku stuttered.

“Hi,” Ochako giggled at the simple greeting, their goofy grins still in place before comfortable laugh rang out from both of them.

“I-Is it weird I don’t know what to say after that?” Izuku admitted.

“Don’t worry about it,” Ochako shook her head. “I think we said everything we needed to.”

“Yeah,” Izuku relaxed again as he reached out to hold one of Ochako’s hands.

The pair just let themselves exist together in comfortable silence for a while, idly glancing up and down each other and enjoying each other’s little touches as the light of the stars danced around them.

“Are you going to stay here tonight?” Ochako asked.

“If you want me to,” Izuku nodded. “I already packed for tomorrow. I just need to um, shower, change, and grab my stuff to go.”

“Same,” Ochako chuckled, remembering the bag she’d prepared that rested against her closet doors. “I kinda don’t want to, but we should probably think about sleep.”

“Yeah,” Izuku agreed with a small sigh. As much as he would enjoy sleeping with her right now, he knew that nearly a week of separation would follow.

Rising awkwardly from her spot with her muscles protesting, Ochako quickly nipped to her bathroom to clean herself up while Izuku rolled off the bed to grab a few tissues and do the same, dropping them in the bin before putting his boxers back on.

When Ochako re-entered the room, Izuku had slipped back beneath the covers and held them up to welcome her inside the warmth he’d begun cultivating. With alarms set for the morning, night-time mittens donned, and their near-perfect date drawing to an end, Izuku and Ochako drifted off into a deep, blissful rest in each other’s arms.

Notes:

Chapter summary:

- Momo awakens and resolves to go on a date with Izuku today. Izuku, initially confused, agrees to the impromptu date. The two chat cordially as they depart the dorms, idly chatting over what they should do together. Walking around campus, they stumble onto a newly created play park by the teacher's dorms. Mandalay emerges, along with Eri and Kota, as Izuku and Momo are invited to spend some time playing with the kids. As Momo doesn't know many typical kids games or park experiences, they enjoy some fun playing childish games together while Mandalay watches over them.

- Once Mandalay and the kids leave, Izuku and Momo talk on the swings. Izuku notices Momo wearing her charm bracelet with his charm added which Momo bashfully acknowledges. Izuku asserts his belief in both Momo's skills and her good nature when the heiress still feels guilty over all that transpired between them. After a tender moment and hug between them, the two return to their dorms with their hearts considerably lightened and a new, endearing affection growing between them.

- Kaminari and a few others in the common room note Izuku's time with Momo, and Kaminari's suspicions are raised. After some speculation, the other boys tell him not to think about it too much, but he can't help it, his thoughts lingering on the longing way he saw Kyoka look at Momo.

- The next day, Izuku is all prepared for his work study as he and Ochako have date plans together. After heading to Ochako's room to pick her up, both admiring the extra effort the other has put in, the two head out to go to the main UA building. Arriving at the main auditorium, the two are greeted by Present Mic who lets them in so they can watch movies together on the biggest screen on campus, snuggling up to watch Ochako's choice. After watching Izuku's choice, Izuku admits to still feeling guilty about Midnight's death and inadequate about his skills. Ochako reassures him as best she can as Present Mic returns to the room and gives them some insight into his own dealings with the same feelings their having as well as Aizawa's. Feeling more at ease, the two depart for the dorms.

- Back in the common room and getting ready for dinner, Izuku and Ochako tell their friends about their date, though not divulging the more sensitive details. Talk soon turns to the imminent work studies again as people discuss where they're going with Izuku relaying that Momo told him she'd be going to Yoroi Musha's. Bakugo, content to ignore most of the chatter, is included in the conversation and Kyoka snips at him. Having heard about their confrontation, everyone's on edge when Bakugo announces he has something to say to her. They baulk when Bakugo apologizes for the way he spoke to Kyoka who accepts the apology but admits her own fault in her actions, apologizing to anyone she hurt with her jacks, having spoken to her parents about it. Before everyone scatters, Bakugo quietly mutters to Izuku that he hasn't forgotten about the apology he owes the greenette in the future.

- When everyone's fed and headed off to do their own thing, Izuku and Ochako head up to her room to rest. Ochako admits she's grateful they could spend the day together just being a couple and things start getting heated. After they both enjoy the foreplay, Ochako admits she's ready to take the final step with Izuku and the two have unprotected sex for the first time. After a very enjoyable climax together, the pair cuddle and sleep in each other's arms.

Chapter 46: Work Those Work-Studies

Summary:

The students of UA wake up and head off for work studies, it's time to see what the pros have in store for them.

Notes:

Apologies for the delay, had a bit of a writer's block around the middle of the chapter. All fixed now.

If you'd like to come yell at me or keep better tabs on how the next chapter is going or potential delays, come join us over on the discord at: https://discord.gg/x85xtWmKCa
There's also a fun new lewd MHA game of my creation to try out at the same time, and I'll be hanging around there most days, usually chatting rubbish, so feel free to bother me. :)

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

The day had finally arrived for the hero students of UA to head out into the field to join the pro heroes who would be mentoring them for the foreseeable future.

Much like when they’d departed UA for New Year’s Eve, they would be receiving escorts from various teachers either to their destinations or to the transportation terminals to take them the last leg of the way where the pros would collect them.

After an intense night of exerting themselves, Izuku and Ochako awoke from their slumber feeling surprisingly rested when their combined alarms went off.

“Morning,” Izuku smiled, his brain waking itself up quickly, much more used to the early rises with his habitual jogs.

“Mor’in’,” Ochako replied mid-yawn, her eyes half-lidded as she stretched her heavy limbs out.

“Sleep well?”

“Mm-hmm,” the brunette sighed warmly, enjoying the last free moments she could under Izuku’s arm and embrace before they needed to part. “I always sleep better when I’ve got someone snuggled up to me.”

“Do you think you’ll get that this week? You and Tsu are both going to Ryukyu’s after all.”

“Maybe,” Ochako hesitated, “but I dunno if we should bunk together while on the job.”

“As long as Ryukyu’s okay with it then it should be fine, right?”

“I can’t just ask her for that!” Ochako blushed, feeling like the covers were quickly becoming stifling. “She doesn’t even know Tsu and I are dating let alone sleeping with each other. Do you think you could ask Endeavor for the same thing if we both went to his agency?”

“Yeah, okay, I see your point,” Izuku chuckled despite cringing at the imagined scenario that likely ended with him being roasted to a pile of ash.

Before either of them could discuss things further, Izuku’s phone let out another chime that he knew wasn’t his backup alarm tone. Reaching up to grab it, his eyes widened as he spied his mother’s details onscreen and quickly answered it.

“H-Hi Mom.”

“Hi Izuku-hunny, I hope I didn’t wake you,” Inko’s motherly voice apologized down the line.

“Not at all,” the boy brushed off, sitting up and swivelling to put his feet on the floor. “I was just about to get ready for today.”

“Oh, that’s good,” he heard his mother breathe a sigh of relief. “I was just calling to wish you luck before you leave.”

“Thanks, Mom,” Izuku felt a new warmth gently spread through his chest. After their last talk, he wondered if she’d think better of their discussion but it seemed she was genuinely trying to do all she could to support him now.

“Promise me you’ll take care of yourself?”

“I promise,” he smiled.

“And text as much as you can?”

“I’ll do my best,” he chuckled at her request. Even if she promised to support him, her worry still shone through.

Behind him, muffling her giggles as best she could, Ochako kicked the comforter off herself, removed her night-time mittens, and applied her quirk to herself to float silently away from her boyfriend so as not to alert his mother to her presence; she had to get ready, too, after all.

“Give your all at your work-study, okay?”

“I will, Mom,” the provisional pro shook his head fondly, glancing around to see Ochako putting his discarded clothes at the end of the bed for him. “I’ve got to go now.”

“Okay, hunny. I love you.”

“I love you too, Mom,” Izuku smiled, ending the call and letting out a contented sigh.

“All good?” Ochako asked as she entered the bathroom.

“Yeah, all good,” Izuku replied, taking a second to savour how content he felt at the current moment. He knew it wouldn’t last, but this was a memory he wanted to ingrain and cherish for the rest of his days.

With a minor jolt from his backup alarm going off, Izuku rose from the bed and set about getting ready along with his girlfriend. They needed to brace themselves to hit the ground running once again and absorb every kernel of knowledge on offer if they were going to be the best pros they could be and enjoy many more of these blissful moments together.


It had been a little bit of a cramped squeeze the night before but Tooru Hagakure woke up rested and toasty while snuggling her cute, froggy girlfriend when their first set of alarms went off. Normally, much like her acid-wielding girlfriend on Tsuyu’s other side who was drooling onto her pillow, she wasn’t a morning person but today was an exception; today, everyone would be heading out to do their work-studies and take their next step in becoming bonafide pro heroes.

Well, almost everyone.

With her quirk control still not great, she’d be remaining behind at UA to learn with Ragdoll of the Wild, Wild Pussycats but, truthfully, that suited her just fine for now. She knew she wasn’t ready to get back out there, but that didn’t mean she wouldn’t be giving this week everything she could to catch back up with her friends and partners.

Letting out a soft pout of discontent as she rolled out of the comfortable bed, Tooru readied herself to go ‘Plus Ultra’ a little early so that she could show her partners not only how committed she was to getting better, but also how much she loved, appreciated, and would miss all of them over this week.

“Come on, you two,” she called with as much energy as her still somewhat dozy body could manage, further stirring the pair in Mina’s bed. “Up we get.”

“Ribbi~it,” Tsuyu groaned but complied, nudging Mina until her eyelids fluttered.

“Wha-?” The pinkette blinked wearily, smacking her lips before wiping away her dribble.

“Up, up, up,” the iridescent-haired girl persisted, grabbing her wash bag and placing Mina’s on the bed. “I’m gonna go jump in the shower and get started on breakfast so you better not keep me waiting.”

“Ribbit,” the frog girl agreed, gathering the energy to rise with the thought of soon feeling water on her skin. Mina was much more sluggish but eventually followed suit as her girlfriend headed out the door.

Quickly reaching the elevator and heading down, Tooru soon found that she was the first one in the girls’ bathing area and set to work filling the bath, though she had no intention of using it. Instead of enjoying a nice soak from being up so early, Tooru set to work cleaning herself on one of the shower stools. With her shorter hair, it was much quicker than normal, which only benefitted her current plans, and she was almost done before the next person arrived.

“Oh, hello Tooru,” Momo’s voice pierced through the sound of the shower head.

“Hi Gorgeous,” Tooru glanced over and sent Momo a wink before shaking out her hair and pulling it back.

“I didn’t realise you’d be up so early too.”

“Yeah, not gonna lie, it was super tempting to lie in since I don’t have to travel like you guys,” Tooru admitted as her girlfriend entered. “I’m guessing you had some business stuff to do?”

“As always,” Momo chuckled lightly and set her towels aside.

“Then you’re gonna need something to keep you going for a while,” Tooru grinned.

“Oh?” Momo replied only to get a cheeky wink from the iridescent-haired girl.

“Come wash my back and I’ll get on it.”

“I’m tempted to request you don’t if only to not put yourself out for my sake,” the heiress quirked a brow while taking Tooru’s offered scrubbing cloth.

“I’m doing it for everyone so don’t worry about it,” Tooru grinned, sighing contently when Momo began scrubbing the spots she could never reach.

“Well, I’m certainly grateful,” Momo smiled, leaning forward and wrapping the girl in a light hug which Tooru leant back into.

Once Momo had finished, Tooru stood from her spot and offered her place to the heiress.

“Want me to get you before I go?” She offered.

“No, thank you,” Momo smiled, glancing towards the entryway where one or more of the others could be heard putting their stuff away. “I’m sure someone else can help with that.”

“No worries,” Tooru grinned, stepping closer and slipping a kiss onto Momo’s cheek. “See you out there.”

With a hum in her throat and a bounce in her step, Tooru left a cautiously content Momo behind as she returned to the changing room, spying Tsuyu, Mina, and Ochako chatting and putting their stuff away after dressing down.

Her bright pink girlfriend looked like she was about to doze off on the spot while Ochako and Tsuyu were whispering about something so Tooru did her duty as Mina’s public girlfriend to ensure she was awake.

Tsuyu and Ochako’s whispers immediately stopped when a piercing slap and small scream rang out through the room, turning towards Mina who was definitely not heavy-eyed anymore after the sharp spank her rear had received.

“Motherf-” Mina snarled, turning around to retaliate against whoever had the audacity this early only to hesitate at the empty room bereft of suspects behind her. Well, any visible suspects that is. “Tooru!” She growled, her eyes narrowed. “You better hope to stay invisible else your butt is gonna be pinker than mine when I’m through with you!”

While Mina’s eyes were primed for any shimmers in the air to spot her girlfriend, Tooru had already slipped behind Mina where her cubby was and extracted her clothes, the objects phasing into nothingness after a few moments of floating in the air.

“I dunno about that Mina,” Tsuyu giggled as she glanced down at her girlfriend’s rear which was gaining a very prominent dark pink handprint. “I'm not sure pink goes darker than that, ribbit.”

Ochako had to stifle further giggles as Mina turned towards the froggy girl before looking awkwardly down at her bum and the mark Tooru had left on it.

“It’s a good thing Bakugo’s not here,” the gravity girl’s giggles persisted.

“Oh please, it doesn’t hurt,” Mina pouted, pulling up her cheek to better examine the damage to her self-declared ‘plump rump’. “Just scared the crap out of me is all.”

“At least you’re awake now,” Tooru giggled from behind her girlfriend.

Mina whipped around to spy her assailant with a guilty smirk on her lips and a twinkle in her eyes now fully dressed in her casual wear with her towel around her shoulders to catch any remaining hair drips. Before she could charge after the girl to get some payback, Tooru shot her a cheeky wink and departed around the corner and back into the common room.

“Minx,” Mina pouted with a huff now her quarry was beyond her reach; at least while she was naked anyway.

“I thought that was you, ribbit,” Tsuyu smirked before heading into the baths.

“Come on, let’s go put some cold water on that,” Ochako herded the sulking girl into the baths.

“Fine,” Mina relented, quickly grabbing her towel, “but I’m still gettin’ her back for that.”

Once in the safety of public space, Tooru scampered towards the kitchen to get started on breakfast. While she was up early, she knew certain other people were most likely to also be up too.

“Good morning, Hagakure,” Iida cheerfully greeted as he poured himself a tall glass of orange juice.

“Morning Iida,” Tooru smiled as she opened the fridge and began pulling things out. “All set for today?”

“As always,” Iida nodded confidently. “I’ve been packed to depart since Friday and researched the route I will need to take in full.”

“Wow, why?” Tooru enquired, pulling yet more things from the fridge.

“It can’t hurt to be too prepared,” Iida replied. “Should an unforeseen obstacle block my path, I shall be flexible and work around it.”

“I’m not sure that’s what Mr Aizawa meant,” Tooru sweatdropped, having heard about his team’s failure from the others. Iida admittedly paused and considered himself for a moment.

“Hmm, perhaps not, but at least I shall be prepared either way,” he conceded before noticing the considerable amount of food Tooru had pulled from the fridge. “Hagakure, pardon my confusion but, is that all for you?”

“Huh?” Tooru blinked after closing the fridge. “Oh, no. Since I have some extra time I’m making breakfast for everyone.”

“Everyone?” Iida questioned. “I understand doing so for yourself and Ashido, but there’s a considerable amount there.”

“Well, us girls,” Tooru covered herself. “Don’t worry, they won’t mind.”

“I see,” the blue-haired boy nodded, knowing the girls had a much closer relationship than the boys generally did. “Though I think you still may have grabbed a bit too much.”

Tooru frowned in confusion as Iida carefully extracted the eggs from the pile before putting them back in the fridge.

“While the others will likely appreciate your kind gesture, I’m not sure Midoriya would feel the same way without his blessing.”

“O-Oh, yeah, right, silly me,” Tooru grimaced, “thanks for catching that.”

“You’re welcome, Hagakure,” Iida smiled, content he’d believed he’d caught an impending mistake as he grabbed his breakfast and moved over to the dining area.

Internally, Tooru scolded herself for the slip-up. At the very least Iida didn’t seem to think anything of it but now she’d be cooking for everyone besides Izuku. She definitely didn’t want him to feel like she’d forgotten him or anything but she was kind of stuck while Iida was in the room.

For now, all she could do was begin to prepare things for everyone else and hope the boy understood when he arrived.

After warming up the oven grill and sliding some fish on to cook, putting the toaster on with some bread, and beginning to slice up some strawberries and apples, her saving grace thankfully entered the room.

“Hey Tooru, ribbit.”

“Tsu!” Tooru greeted brightly. “You washed up quick.”

“The longer I stay in there the harder it would be to get out,” Tsuyu chuckled, clenching the towel around her head to help her long hair dry faster. “Momo said you were making us breakfast so I figured I’d come help.”

Tooru breathed a sigh of relief at the girl unintentionally validating her story to Iida who’d looked up from his food at the interaction.

“Yeah, got most of it cooking right now,” she grinned before looking the girl in the eyes, hoping she got the next message. “Do you think Midoriya would mind if you did the same for him?”

The frog girl looked a tad confused at the enquiry, wondering why the girl hadn’t done it herself only to realise exactly why when Tooru’s eyes flicked in the direction of Iida and she quickly put the pieces together.

“Ribbit, I’m sure he won’t,” Tsuyu chuckled, heading to the fridge and extracting Izuku’s eggs for his regular morning meal. “I’m used to making them for my brother and sister so hopefully he’ll like them my way.”

“I’m sure he will,” Tooru smiled, the minor anxiety that had gathered in her mind dissipating as Tsuyu set to work.

As the pair worked around each other, they both sent the other a secret smile whenever they got the chance. When the timer went off for the oven, Tsuyu was there getting the fish out before they burned while Tooru finished up the last of the fruit before moving on to whisking the eggs. Neither needed to verbalise to understand that a potential future doing the same thing in their kitchen was on their minds.

Though they couldn’t exchange anything overt, the small touches and sly glances between the pair as they almost danced around each other to prepare the small feast had both their hearts feeling light and full already.

All that unfortunately ended when Iida returned to wash his bowls and utensils and the other boys started arriving to find their respective breakfasts. Thankfully, the others had washed up by this point as the girls and Izuku emerged from the bathing areas to find a delectable spread waiting for them.

“Wow, Tooru, this looks amazing,” Ochako drooled as she spied the bowl of fruit Tooru placed on the table filled with rice, fish, juice, and other breakfast goodies.

“Thanks,” Tooru grinned brightly, “Tsu helped.”

“Ribbit!” Tsuyu smiled, plating up Izuku’s breakfast and bringing it over.

“Don’t think that gets you out of your punishment,” Mina’s eyes narrowed, looking torn between glaring at her girlfriend and taking in the spread before them. “I still owe you for you-know-what.”

“Would something sweet help?” Tooru offered, holding her hands up before pointing over to the kitchen. Mina’s eyes followed get girlfriend’s gesture to spy her heart-shaped waffle maker steaming away as it cooked the fluffy goodness that made her mouth water. Her lips pursed and her eyes narrowed further because it was working and Tooru knew she’d been able to get away with it.

“You’re so lucky you’re cute,” Mina resigned herself to the sugary bribe, eying the syrup bottle Tooru had already placed on the table ready for her.

“And that you love me,” Tooru grinned, walking over to steal a quick hug from her pink girlfriend now it was safe to approach again.

“That too,” Mina rolled her eyes fondly, wrapping her arms around her girlfriend and pulling her close. While Tooru had thought she was immune, the others knew better from the grin Mina was sporting over Tooru’s shoulder, spotting one of her hands rising before bringing it down with another slap on her girlfriend’s rear that immediately made the iridescent-haired girl gasp and clench up. “You deserved that.”

“I made you tasties!” Tooru pouted, pulling back from the hug but everyone could tell it was only playful between the pair.

“Which I’m very grateful for, Starlight,” Mina grinned cheekily.

With a quick kiss exchanged, Tooru’s smile returned as she headed back to the kitchen one last time to grab her public girlfriend’s breakfast as all six of her partners squeezed around the table.

As the common room began filling up with the others the group received a few curious glances here and there but it seemed like no one thought too much of it as they enjoyed their breakfast together. Izuku was nestled between Tsuyu and Ochako as he savoured the more unique flavour of the frog girl’s cooking while Tooru cheekily dipped a strawberry into Mina’s remaining syrup before gobbling up it amidst her girlfriend’s playful objections.

All in all, it was a very welcome beginning together and the last one they’d share until the weekend at the earliest.

The clock ticked on and soon enough it was noticed by the more diligent among them as their breakfast supply began drying up.

“We should probably think about heading out,” Kyoka remarked as she grabbed hers and Momo’s bowls.

“Yeah,” Mina sighed. “Though this was super awesome Starlight, thank you! You too, Tsu!”

Tooru’s smile near enough reached her eyes as the others thanked her and her froggy assistant for their thoughtfulness. The least they could do was help her clean up so Tooru was forced to stand to one side as everyone contributed to clearing the table and filling the dishwasher with only the bigger pans remaining to be washed before they all headed back upstairs.

With the time to depart approaching, those who were leaving dressed neatly in their school uniforms before gathering in the common room. While she had no obligation to be there, Tooru, still dressed in her comfy clothes, came with them. Publically there just to “see her girlfriend off,” the others knew it was for all of them as the nineteen students departed Height’s Alliance.

After a quick stop at their classroom to gather their hero costumes courtesy of Aizawa, they all headed to the parking lot once again as instructed. As everyone was leaving around the same time, the area was quite a bit more crowded but 1-A was soon signed out with Nezu as they gathered into cars and busses with teachers and outsourced minor pro-heroes to head out.

Those with local heroes, like Aoyama, were lucky enough to have their work-study mentor come and meet them but the majority were being taken to the bus and train stations to travel around the country.

“Well, I guess we’re separating here,” Ochako sighed, turning to her public boyfriend.

“We’re gonna miss you, ribbit,” Tsuyu agreed. “You guys too.”

“Nice to know we’re not an afterthought,” Kyoka rolled her eyes but there was no bite in her words.

“I’ll miss you too,” Izuku smiled, pulling down his All Might scarf before the three came together for one last hug and kiss before departing.

“Don’t worry, I’ll take care of these two cuties,” a fourth person suddenly embraced the girls from behind. Tsuyu and Ochako baulked as they all pulled back to reveal a smiling Nejire with a pep back in her step, though the others could probably tell why.

“You and Haya say goodbye already?” Mina winked.

“No way, how could you tell?” Nejire tilted her head.

“Um, Nejire, ribbit,” Tsuyu gestured to her lips and cheek.

From a pocket of her school jacket, Nejire pulled out a small mirror and spotted the peach lipstick her girlfriend had left on her cheek.

“Gah, Yuyu!” Nejire puffed up her cheeks, conflicted between leaving the marks in place and wiping them away.

“Here,” Ochako offered a tissue to the girl, produced from her pocket.

“Thankies.”

“You should get going too, Izuku,” Tsuyu noted, gesturing to the bus where Todoroki and Bakugo were clambering aboard.

“Oh, yeah, I almost forgot,” he blushed lightly before heading out himself and waving back to the others. “Bye girls!”

The others sent him small waves which was as much as they could manage in public.

“I believe this is us,” Shoji’s stepped up to Kyoka and pointed to a car that had been sent for them with one of Gang Orca’s numerous sidekicks.

“Got it,” Kyoka nodded before sending those remaining a longing look. “See you guys later.”

“Later girl,” Mina waved.

“Do your best!” Tooru cheered as their group was reduced further with Momo waving the longest until their girlfriend was out of sight.

“And then there were three,” Mina chuckled.

“I believe that would be two,” Momo sighed, having spied her pro hero escort approaching to take her to Yoroi Musha’s. “Stay safe you two.”

“We’ll do our best,” Tooru offered with a departing wave, sending the girl off with high spirits.

“Easy for you to say,” Mina sighed as the parking lot began clearing. “You sure you’re gonna be alright here all alone?”

“I’ll be fine,” Tooru rolled her eyes. “I just need the extra attention and time is all. There’s no way I’m letting you guys have all the fun for long.”

Mina smiled at her girlfriend’s optimism and lightly took her hand, squeezing it affectionately.

“I know you’ll get there Starlight, you got this!”

“Damn right,” Tooru grinned, tightening their clasped hands further. “Because I’m Tooru Fuckin’ Hagakure.”

“And don’t we know it,” Mina laughed before taking her other hand and pulling her girlfriend in for a short but tender kiss.

“Text me when you can. Not sure when I’ll be able to reply but I will definitely answer when I can.”

“Stop worrying,” Tooru rolled her eyes again before replying quietly. “You go do awesome stuff while I make Izuku super jealous training with Ragdoll.”

“Make sure you only tease him when we can all enjoy it together again,” Mina chuckled before glancing to the side and seeing the last call for her bus to the station. “Bye, Starlight.”

“See you soon, Princess,” Tooru replied as Mina departed with one last wave, watching her girlfriend go without tearing her eyes away until the bus was out of the gates and beyond her vision.

Even though they’d all been gone for only a few minutes, Tooru already felt herself missing her partners as the invisible thread that connected them unspooled further and further. She knew it would be impossible and unhealthy for them to be together all the time, but she knew when she loved, she loved deeply and she’d truly fallen hard for her six partners.

“It is always such a melancholy moment watching friends and loved ones depart, is it not?” A voice squeaked from beside her.

“Ah!” Tooru almost jumped out of her shoes at the principal’s stealthy approach. “P-Principal Nezu sir, sorry, I didn’t see you there sir.”

“A response I’m sure you’re used to being on the receiving end of, I’m sure,” Nezu politely chuckled. “I understand you’ll be training with our newest educational residents for the week and I wish you all the best in regaining your former control on your quirk.”

“T-Thank you, sir,” Tooru bowed politely. “I should um, probably go get ready, huh?”

“You’ve a bit of time left yet so no need to rush for appearance's sake,” Nezu brushed off. “I just wanted to remind you that, with so many hero students gone, the full range of facilities will be available for you to make use of. Should you believe that your training would be aided by anything we can supply here at UA, all you need is to request as much.”

“Oh, thank you very much, sir,” Tooru bowed again.

“You’re very welcome, Miss Hagakure,” Nezu nodded before turning on his heel, the register of departing students under his arm. “Unfortunately, it is now back to paperwork for myself. Enjoy your work-study.”

Tooru watched the principal return to the building with a smile before setting off at a leisurely pace back towards the dorm. Though the chilling wind whistled through the leafless trees and the sun had only just peeked over the horizon to begin warming the air, the fire of determination was already running through Tooru’s veins.

‘There’s no way I’m gonna be left behind again,’ she resolved to herself. ‘I’m gonna do everything I can this week to close that gap and it starts now!’

Pulling on Izuku’s well of discipline, Tooru’s walk soon broke into a gentle jog as she hurried home. She’d get her gym clothes on and do plenty of warm-up exercises by herself so when it was time to train with Ragdoll she’d be able to hit the ground running.

Heading inside, she made for the kitchen to chill a bottle of water to await her post-workout. She idly noted how quiet and almost lonely the dorms felt already, as though they knew they’d be mostly empty for the next week which she could sympathise with.

That is until a voice spoke up and caused her to nearly jump out of her skin yet again that morning.

“Everyone gone already?”

“Gah, Shinso!” Tooru whipped around to spot the boy idly eating his cereal at a dining table, his eyes widening in surprise at her loud exclamation. “S-Sorry, I forgot you’re still here too.”

“Gee, thanks,” the boy deadpanned.

As Tooru began to apologise profusely and try to pull her foot out of her mouth, it seemed everyone was ready to put their mettle to the test. By the time the week was out, they’d surely be much more ready to face the challenges of being a pro hero.


By the time the sun was setting in the early evening when most adults were getting off of work, the same could very much be said for the burgeoning hero hopefuls as their first day came to a close.

For Izuku Midoriya, as he entered his allocated room for the week, that meant being able to relax his muscles and his mind for the first time since stepping off the bus that carried him, Todoroki, and Bakugo to the station to meet up with Endeavor.

Unlike his work-study with Sir Nighteye, Izuku and the others were granted accommodation inside the agency itself alongside other employees, including the sidekicks. The greenette almost freaked out when he realized he was staying just down the hall from heroes like Kido and Burnin’ though managed to keep his ‘fanboying’ internal.

Distracting himself from his notable neighbours, Izuku could appreciate the fancier halls than that of Height’s Alliance. The room was assuredly an upgrade with the expensive-looking bed and sheets, but it didn’t hold a candle to the comfort of being back home with his friends and partners.

With a small start, he realized exactly what being off the clock meant now and, even before he considered removing his hero gear, Izuku pulled out his phone and sat on his bed to check his messages. An eager smile slipped onto his lips as he realized their group chat had been used quite liberally and he was glad he’d muted this chat to not get constant alerts from everyone else. He wanted nothing more than to tell the others all he’d experienced today and hoped they wouldn’t mind his babbling joining the conversation.

Small Might: Hi guys. Just got off my first shift with Endeavor. Hope everyone else had a good first day too!

Gravity Girl: Izuku’s here!

Alien Queen: Hey Squish!

Alien Queen: That’s everyone now we good to go?

Izuku looked quizzically at the responses, wondering if he should’ve read all that they’d posted beforehand before speaking up for context’s sake when his phone started ringing with a video call request. It seemed pretty obvious at that point what was happening so he didn’t hesitate further to answer.

“Hello?” He replied, pointing the camera as best he could at himself as six other screens joined his own. Though it wasn’t ideal, he felt noticeably better as each screen began filling with his girlfriends’ faces

“Hey everyone!” Tooru grinned brightly from her recognisable room back at the UA dorms.

“Hi Tooru,” Momo chuckled with a beige wall behind her as everyone spoke up with some slight overlap of greetings to each other.

“Having fun holding down the fort?” Tsuyu spoke up, reclined on an unfamiliar bed and pillow.

“Kinda?” Tooru offered. “Today was kinda weird with the dorm being so empty.”

“It would be with just you and Shinso there,” Izuku nodded.

“Don’t!” Tooru blushed, her face scrunching up cutely. “I totally forgot he was here too at first.”

“He didn’t catch you strutting around the dorms naked because you thought you were alone, did he?” Mina smirked, sending a wink through the screen while reclining in a chair.

“No way!” The girl denied firmly. “He just made me jump when I was getting ready to go work out.”

“At least you’re not alone,” Momo reminded her.

“Feeling lonely already?” Ochako empathised, also sitting with her back against a wall. 

“Not entirely since another student is joining me at Yoroi Musha’s, though they are not from UA.”

“Wait, I’m the only one on my own?” Mina spoke up. “So unfair!”

“Sorry Mina,” Ochako grimaced, realizing her question had prompted the realization.

“Hey, not your fault, girl,” Mina brushed off. “At least I know I’ve got Rock Lock’s full attention.”

“That could be a blessing or a curse,” Kyoka said, also relaxing on a bed with her phone positioned on the side table while she appeared to be holding ice packs to her arms.

“I hope he’s a little nicer than he was with us,” Izuku wanted to trust the man’s offer after his less-than-accommodating behaviour during his, Ochako’s, and Tsuyu’s last interactions with the pro.

“Izuku, are you… still in costume?” Ochako asked, realizing he was the only one of them not having dressed down into something more comfortable for the evening.

“O-Oh, yeah, I checked my phone as soon as I could and haven’t even had a chance to wash up yet.”

“Dude, get changed,” Kyoka shook her head.

“And do it on camera!” Mina grinned, pulling her phone closer to her face to get a better look.

“Perv’,” the punkette rolled her eyes.

“I just said what we’re all thinking,” Mina smirked back though it didn’t rile a response from the other girl.

“I’ll er, do it later,” Izuku chuckled fondly at the familiar back and forth.

“So, how were everyone’s first days?” Tooru enthused. “Did you all go on super-cool butt-kicking ops?”

“I think you may have the wrong idea about what goes on in a work-study,” Tsuyu chuckled.

“Um…” Izuku gently interjected.

“Oh god, what?” Kyoka sighed.

“I hope you have not already gotten into some trouble already, Izuku,” Momo giggled politely.

“Well… yes and no?” Izuku offered. “Almost as soon as we got off the bus to meet Endeavor he took off to go fight a villain so we needed to keep up or get left behind. The guy was wreaking havoc by controlling all the glass downtown and Endeavor almost ran into a trap his lackeys had made. Todoroki, Kacchan and I nearly covered him and took them out but Hawks swooped in superfast and beat us to them.”

“Wow, you got to hang with Hawks too?” Mina’s eyes widened.

“Why do you care about that?” Kyoka raised a brow.

“He’s hot,” Mina shrugged.

“You already have the six of us,” the earphone-jacked girl fondly shook her head.

“I can still look,” the pinkette stuck her tongue out.

“What was Hawks doing there, Izuku?” Tsuyu returned the conversation to her boyfriend. “Isn’t he supposed to be training Tokoyami?”

“Hawks said he’s busy doing other stuff so Tokoyami’s training with his sidekicks.”

“Well, that’s kinda selfish,” Kyoka sighed. “Even if his work is important he could’ve at least let Tokoyami know beforehand so he could choose another place to go.”

“Maybe he did,” Momo offered, giving the pro the benefit of the doubt.

“E-Either way,” Izuku continued, “Hawks gave us all a book that he was enthusiastic about that I thought might’ve been a hero guide or something but it wasn’t. After the villains were arrested we went back to Endeavor’s agency and got the tour. I got to meet so many sidekicks who work with him!”

“And how many autographs did you get?” Mina smirked.

“T-That’s not important,” Izuku brushed off with a mild blush amidst the disbelieving looks he was getting.

“So, all in all, is Endeavor as much of an ass as Todoroki says he is?” Tsuyu asked.

“Uh, well…” Izuku hesitated, wondering if there was any way what he said would get back to the man. He didn’t expect his room to be bugged but he didn’t truly know if that was something the hero could legally do in his own agency. Shaking his head, he pushed his paranoia down and responded. “He seemed to be trying to be nice at the start,” Izuku offered, “but he… got about one sentence in then told us he wished Todoroki had come on his own.”

“Wow, dick,” Kyoka chuckled.

“And not the fun kind,” Mina agreed getting a few giggles from the others.

“Yeah, kinda,” Izuku sighed, getting a few raised brows. “After our last interaction, I didn’t think he would be any less, um… abrasive?”

“Is that why you wore your All Might scarf today, ribbit?”

Izuku held down a small, guilty smile while some of the others looked confused.

“What’s wrong with that?” Tooru asked.

“Izuku’s being petty,” the frog girl answered with a chuckle, “Izuku never usually wears a scarf but did so specifically today when he knew he’d meet Endeavor and it’s notably one in All Might’s colours; that’s no coincidence.”

“Ooo, Izuku you bitch,” Mina giggled at the accusation that the boy wasn’t exactly jumping to deny. “Please tell me that was on purpose.”

“… Maybe.”

The others broke into further giggles at the discerned passive aggressiveness their boyfriend was capable of. Izuku didn’t know if Todoroki, Kacchan, or the intended target picked up on it but at the very least it was worth hearing his partner’s amusement.

“At the very least you’ll be able to support Todoroki through this,” Momo steered the conversation back.

“Yeah, I get the feeling we’re all just here to learn rather than make any connections with him but was kind of amazing getting to watch Endeavor work first-hand,” Izuku agreed. “But um, after that, I think Endeavor changed his mind or something because while the sidekicks were deciding who would train me and Kacchan he said he’d be training all of us personally.”

“Huh,” Ochako muttered. “Did anything happen?”

“Not that I noticed,” Izuku shrugged. “He went into his office alone but that’s about it.”

“Perhaps the Hero Association caught wind of his favouritism?” Momo pondered.

“Or Nezu,” Tooru suggested.

“But he’s training you now, right?” Mina asked, receiving a nod from the boy.

“Yes. We went back out on patrol after that but every incident that came up Endeavor managed to resolve before we got there.”

“So you didn’t actually fight anyone today,” Ochako breathed a small sigh of relief.

“Uh, technically, no,” Izuku conceded, “B-But only because I wasn’t fast enough.”

“Just make sure you come back in one piece with no more broken bones, okay, man?” Kyoka figured she spoke for the whole group as they all nodded along with her.

“I promise I’ll try my best,” Izuku chuckled nervously. “At the very least I think I’ve got a new idea on how to get a better grip handling my quirks together.”

“I hope that idea pans out for you, Izuku,” Momo smiled.

“Please, he’s got this,” Mina grinned. “It’s the rest of us you should be worried about.”

“I think we’re fine for now, ribbit,” Tsuyu replied with a cheeky smile. “Our first day back at Ryukyu’s was great.”

“Tsu,” Ochako turned away from her phone to send the girl a warning look, revealing they were currently in the same room.

“What’s this?” Tooru eagerly probed. “You guys get some super cool training or something?”

“Nothing that special, ribbit,” Tsuyu replied, ignoring Ochako’s look. “Since we already had our introduction to her agency and how it worked last time, we didn’t need any big meetings. Instead, Ryukyu was so glad we decided to return that she threw us a little party and buffet to welcome us back, ribbit.”

“What?!” Tooru’s mouth dropped open.

“I wasn’t going to tell them that bit in case they got jealous,” Ochako sighed, the others practically hearing Tsuyu rolling her eyes at their girlfriend.

“Don’t worry about it, Ochako,” Momo chuckled. “I’m sure we’re all having unique experiences we won’t be able to share fully.”

“O-Oh, right, sorry,” Ochako blushed, rubbing the back of her head.

“It’s cool,” Kyoka brushed off, rubbing her arms to warm up after putting the ice packs down. “I was still kinda stuffed after breakfast to think about food until I finished training.”

“Oh, did you not go out today?” Izuku queried.

“Actually, we did, but it wasn’t your typical patrol if what Death Arms did was any indication,” Kyoka began explained. “Gang Orca said he wanted to take us ‘guppies’ out to ‘learn the area’, so…”


After a short car journey to the Kanagawa Prefecture, Kyoka and Shoji exited to be greeted by three more of Gang Orca’s sidekicks standing before the imposing ‘Orcinus’ agency by the ocean. While it had an image of a stern looking Gang Orca with his arms folded behind the name, the rest of the building had ads featuring local fish-based charity groups.

The two UA students didn’t have much time to take it in as they were ushered inside, given their room keys and orders to change to meet their pro mentor in question in front of the building.

After doing so, both Kyoka and Shoji hurried back down to see what appeared to be their work-study pro waiting expectantly for them not in full hero outfit, but in what they could only guess was his casual clothes.

The man looked notably thinner without his hero suit, now wearing only a white tank top and a casual sleeveless, button-up grey jacket with a pair of somewhat loose-fitting blue jeans. They were held up with a brown belt that had a twirling yellow threaded pattern and a pair of jet-black dress shoes completed the look apart from the modern, waterproof watch he sported on his left wrist.

“The Hearing Hero: Earphone Jack, and the Tentacle Hero: Tentacole,” the pro announced as the pair cautiously approached. “Welcome to the Gang Orca agency.”

“Thank you for the opportunity,” Kyoka and Shoji both bowed politely, getting an acknowledging nod from the pro in return.

“Good to see I picked polite students,” Gang Orca replied. “I hope you guppies are prepared to go ‘Plus Ultra’ while under my oversight.”

“Yes, sir!” They replied, getting another nod from the man.

“Very well, let’s be off then,” he announced, turning from the pair and leading them forward and into the city.

Shoji and Kyoka exchanged a curious look between each other but quickly caught up to the pro, flanking just behind him.

While it was only midmorning, the streets were fairly full with people going about their days with both cars and lorries of goods travelling the roads. They weren’t in the area one could call ‘built up’, but the taller buildings extended into at least the double digits in terms of floors while others were more industrial in nature.

“If you’re going to work under me you need to know your area. You are now standing in the city of ‘Calamon’, home to around two hundred and fifty thousand people who live and work here as one of the larger fishing ports this side of Japan,” Gang Orca began lecturing, gesturing to some of the more fish-themed stores around the area. “The people here are hardy and enduring, having weathered several natural disasters in the last fifty years alone. Villains pose a different kind of disasters however, and that is our main focus.”

“Are there many villain attacks here?” Kyoka asked, taking in the natural sounds of the area with her jacks raised.

“For a while, it’s been somewhat low, but since All Might retired, it seems some of the upstarts are growing bolder. Calamon is no different from many places around the country in this regard. What is different, however, is how we’re tackling the source of the problem,” the pro acknowledged, leading the two students down a side road and away from the main hustle and bustle of the high street. “Any other questions so far?” Gang Orca glanced over his shoulder.

“Is it your day off today, sir?” Shoji asked curiously.

“What makes you say that?” The man replied with a knowing smile tugging at the corner of his lips.

“You’re not dressed for hero work,” Shoji replied simply.

“Indeed,” the pro nodded. “You’re correct as it is actually my day off today, but that doesn’t mean you’ll be enjoying such a luxury. When you return to the agency, my underlings have been instructed to gage your current abilities to figure out how best to approach your training.”

“So then, what are we doing here?” Kyoka quirked a brow as they turned down another street that looked decidedly less tidy or visually appealing to her.

It seemed to be a main road of sorts but had much less traffic owing to the market stalls that had been erected in the middle of the street. Many adults were busy chattering away at various stalls to get deals on fish or fruit while several kids were playing around the area, playing tag or another similar game from what Kyoka could tell.

Though she wasn’t actively trying to use her quirk, she could tell almost immediately that something had changed in her UA classmate. Kyoka glanced over at Shoji, who looked as stone-faced as ever behind his mask, but his eyes were notably more active as he scanned the crowd.

It took Kyoka a moment to register, but after taking a second look at the people around her, she noted that there were many more heteromorphic type quirk users than she was used to seeing in one place.

“A hero isn’t just a hero when they put on a uniform and respond to emergencies,” Gang Orca cited as he led them further into the borough. “They serve as protectors and inspiration to many less fortunate at all times and it’s important to remember not to lose your sense of community while fulfilling your duties.”

As they walked further into the hustle and bustle of the street market, a number of people turned towards them, instantly recognising who was among them.

“Hey, Gang!” One merchant called out which seemed to start a wave of recognition amongst those who hadn’t spotted him yet.

“Good morning, Sylvester,” Gang greeted with a nod, though he didn’t stop moving, greeting several more people as they walked along. Kyoka and Shoji were a bit nervous with the attention focused towards them but stuck close to the pro’s side.

While they’d been walking with purpose before, their pace seemed to have slowed as the pro took the time to exchange pleasantries with more than a few people as well as pick up a few groceries, including a bottle of water which he gratefully splashed half of its contents over his head with a relaxing sigh.

It was certainly a new experience for Kyoka and she could tell as much was the same for Shoji. He didn’t look afraid but more awkward, as though he wasn’t quite sure what he was looking at. As for Kyoka, she was hoping to get a little more out of her first day than another lecture and shopping; she’d had enough of the former while working with Death Arms after all.

“Excuse me, Gang?” A woman with what appeared to be bear ears and a snout stood out from the crowd tugging along a small girl with similar, if more muted quirk aspects to get the pro’s attention.

“Silvia, what can I do for you this morning?” The pro regarded her kindly, though what was likely her daughter seemed to shy behind her mother’s legs at the attention.

“I don’t mean to be a bother but Mr Ursa noticed some graffiti on our shop wall the other day. When I looked this morning there was more added to it and the words that were written were quite…” she reached back to cover one of her daughter’s ears, “abhorrent.”

Gang’s demeanour seemed to shift in a moment though outwardly he didn’t appear any different.

“I see,” he nodded. “My students and I shall go and have a look now if that’s okay with you.”

“I’d be most grateful,” the lady bowed politely before stepping out of the hero’s way with Kyoka and Shoji following after him.

“Are you two ready for your first taste of hero work?” Gang Orca spoke up after the woman was out of earshot.

“Yes, sir,” The pair spoke up, though Kyoka couldn’t help voicing her thoughts.

“Not sure how useful we’ll be though. The people who did it are probably long gone.”

“Probably,” Gang Orca agreed but didn’t break his stride. “But maybe there’s information we can gleam that will fix the root of the issue.”

“Huh?” Kyoka tilted her head, not quite understanding what he meant by that. To her, it seemed like a simple case of vandalism.

Hoping to understand more, she remained quiet as they followed along with Shoji until they arrived at ‘Papa Bear’s Hibernation Hole’. A quaint shop at the end of a terraced row that, from the front, looked like a homely bakery with enticing scents wafting from its vents. If not for the breakfast Kyoka had enjoyed, she was sure her stomach would be rumbling out of greediness alone.

Looking at the side of the building, however, revealed that there was all manner of graffiti artwork and stylized words over the brickwork that seemed garish at the very least.

“Quite the eyesore,” Shoji muttered.

“You think?” Gang Orca raised a brow. “Why don’t you two check it out while I talk to the owner? See if you can pick up any information on the culprits based on what they’ve left behind.”

“Yes, sir,” the pair nodded as they split off, the sound of their work-study teacher entering the building signalled by the tinkling of a bell as they focused their attention on the artwork.

On the surface, it looked like any old graffiti one might see featured under bridges and abandoned waterways; a mix of abstract imagery and stylized words that, if not for the illegal nature, Kyoka might’ve been able to appreciate more.

“So… what do you think?” Shoji prompted, his dupli-arms sprouting extra eyes and ears.

“We’re looking for at least two idiots. There’s two distinct styles there and there,” Kyoka remarked, pointing out the same character in a word that looked drastically different. “It’s too good to be a spur-of-the-moment thing; time and effort were clearly put into learning how to do this well.”

“Time they potentially put in tagging other walls,” the dupli-armed boy agreed, glancing around to see if he could see any other such places.

“My guess is it's some teenagers that think they’re being punk and trying to one-up each other.”

“And the message they’ve left behind?” Shoji gestured to a more specific piece of art. There were innocuous words here and there like ‘Love’, ‘Cringe’, and ‘Swag’, but Kyoka’s eyes followed his arm to stop at a spot that seemed to be the freshest considering how the light seemed to reflect more readily on the slightly damp surface. Her heart sank when she read the words ‘Mutie Power’.

“That’s… not good,” she sighed.

“They either tagged it deliberately to target the shop owners, or are unaware of that phrase’s history,” Shoji agreed. “Considering the likely culprit’s age, I hope it’s the latter.”

Before Kyoka could respond one of Shoji’s dupli-arms that had generated an ear at the end of it twitched in the direction of the nearby alley that led behind the building and drew the boy’s attention. Immediately she extended her jack to stick into the pavement to try and get a feel herself on what her friend had picked up on.

“You’re gonna love this, it looks so sick!” A muted male voice enthused along with the sounds of three sets of footsteps. That alone wouldn’t be incriminating but Kyoka also picked up on the unmistakable sound of a spray can’s ball bearing jostling lightly.

“You stay here,” Shoji declared, getting Kyoka’s attention with his hushed tone. “I’ll cut off their escape if they try to run.”

“Got it,” Kyoka nodded, watching as Shoji’s arms extended upwards, climbing the side of the bakery rapidly until he was on the roof and disappeared from view.

She briefly wondered if she should hide around the corner herself and see if the culprits were following the old adage of returning to the scene of the crime, but then a better idea came to mind. Her outfit didn’t exactly scream ‘Hero’ like Momo’s or Ochako’s so maybe she could use it to her advantage.

Retracting her jack as the footsteps drew close, she made a performance out of looking intently at the art, as though intrigued and awed by it.

“Check it out! What do you thi…” the voice from before trailed off as they rounded the corner and spotted Kyoka.

She glanced over briefly, assessing the three teenagers that appeared; two boys and one girl. As expected, they were dressed in what she considered ‘try-hard punk’ with leather and spikes everywhere, from jackets and belts to chokers and armbands. They were all also heteromophs which, based on this neighbourhood, she should’ve expected. The lead boy was somewhat rotund and stocky with dull crimson skin and a pair of bat wings sticking out where his ears would normally be while the girl possessed pink hair with a set of praying mantis mandibles instead of a typical jawline. Her arm was around the last boy with his reciprocating in kind, though it was somewhat awkward considering his four legs and tail.

Once she’d quickly sized them up, she dismissed them almost as fast, returning her attention to the art. The group looked suspicious of her presence, their heartbeats speeding up slightly on discovering her, but Kyoka could tell they weren’t gearing themselves up for a fight.

“Uh…” The lead boy hesitated. “Who’re you?”

“None of your business,” Kyoka sighed. “Do you mind? I’m trying to appreciate this.”

“The graffiti?” The tailed boy quirked a brow with a cautious tone.

“The art,” Kyoka emphasized dismissively. “It takes skill to make stuff like this.”

She knew she’d said the right things to glisten more information as two of the group seemed to noticeably brighten at the unintended compliment.

“You’re damn right it does!” The girl smiled from what Kyoka could tell from her eye’s expression.

“Oh, you guys like this stuff too? You guys wouldn’t happen to know who the writer is, do you?” The punk rock girl asked slyly, flexing her knowledge of the hobby to not slip up and accidentally refer to the tagger as an ‘artist’.

“Aww yeah, that’s all me!” The lead boy declared proudly, pulling out the spray can from his pocket and giving it a quick twirl in his palm. “That right there is my newest tag!”

Kyoka smiled confidently, content she’d gotten all she needed from him but she knew she could do better.

“I meant for that piece,” she pointed at the word ‘Love’ that had been partially obscured by the latest tag. “I can really feel the emotion behind it.”

“That’s mine,” the girl grinned. “I wanted to show this idiot how much he meant to me, but saying it out loud didn’t seem like, permanent enough.”

“It was, but she didn’t believe me when I just said it back,” the other boy sighed. “I’m no good with that stuff.

“If you meant it you’d immortalize it on the wall no matter how good or bad you are!” The girl pouted, puffing up her cheeks.

Kyoka chuckled, glancing back towards the group that’d gained a fourth member who’d snuck up behind them.

“Well, that’s all we need, right, Tentacole?”

“You three are under arrest for criminal vandalism,” Shoji’s deep voice sent the three’s hearts beating erratically from the sudden fear, the trio slowly glancing over their shoulders to see the tallest among them prepared to react if they tried to attack.

There was a moment of stillness as realization seemed to register on the trio’s faces.

“Scarper!” The girl shouted, shoving her boyfriend back and into Shoji while she and the other boy tried to dart down the end of the street away from Kyoka.

“Shit!” Kyoka growled, taking off in a run after the pair as Shoji wrapped his surprised capture in one set of arms while his other set extended after the red boy’s collar.

Kyoka extended her jacks down and into her wrist amplifiers, plucking them off their holders and extending them out as far as she could. She was hoping a quick disorienting blast would be enough to take the pair down without any major issues as a physical fight with either looked risky given their body sizes and unknown quirks.

Before either Shoji could grab them or Kyoka could get off her attack, a new voice boomed through the area.

“Stop right there!” Gang Orca’s authoritative tone called as even Shoji and Kyoka felt the urge to cease what they were doing. The hero had reappeared behind Kyoka at the end of the street, standing in what could only be described as a ‘power pose’ with what was likely the shop owner glancing around the corner of the building.

Thankfully, the teenagers were smart enough to listen to the pro as they froze in place, looking over at the pro with a mixture of fear and awe on their faces.

“G-G-Gang Orca!” The red boy stammered as his friend encased in Shoji’s arms flinched at the name.

“In the flesh,” the pro nodded, striding decisively towards the previously fleeing pair until he towered over them, an intimidating expression and aura emanating around him.

“Uh, Gang Orca, these are the people that-” Kyoka began.

“I’m aware. I could hear your exchange from inside,” the pro acknowledged with a nod as he addressed the two fleeing delinquents. “Does anyone want to explain why there is graffiti all over this proprietor’s business?

Kyoka’s jacks instantly picked up the more frenzied heartbeat from the pair as the reality of the situation seemed to be sinking in.

“W-We’re sorry Mr Gang Orca, sir!” The pair broke into simultaneous deep bows that almost rivalled Iida’s typical stance.

“And what exactly are you sorry for? Getting caught?” The pro retorted.

“W-We weren’t thinking,” the pair remained bowed. “Please forgive us.”

Gang Orca snorted but paused his beration of the two to gesture to the store owner to come closer. Kyoka and Shoji, standing down in the face of their work-study mentor taking charge, stayed off to the side with the other boy as they watched the exchange.

“Mr Ursa, it’s your store these miscreants defaced. How would you like to handle this?”

The two looked up at the man they’d wronged with worried yet pleading expressions. The owner himself, a small, somewhat timid man in a baker’s apron with short, black hair who looked nervous and torn.

“Well… they seem sorry enough,” he began awkwardly, looking over at the artwork and back to the teenagers. “It’s not been up long so it’s probably not cost us too much business. If they clean it up with a fresh coat of paint then I don’t think there’s any need to press charges.”

“R-Really?” The girl’s mandibles clicked reflexively in excitement, though she bowed her eyes again at Gang Orca’s raised brows.

“That’s rather gracious of you, all things considered,” the pro admitted, having gotten a good eyeful of the wall. “There’s some distasteful work there I take personal issue with myself.”

“You do?” Mr Ursa queried as Gang Orca proceeded to point out the ‘Mutie Power’ phrase. “Oh, that. Truthfully, my wife had more of an issue with it than I do. I understand that that particular phrase has some uh, negative connotations surrounding it.”

“You could say that,” Shoji nodded, turning back to the troublemakers with a judgemental eye.

“It does?” The red boy looked confused.

“It does,” Gang Orca’s eyes narrowed. “Tagging such a phrase on a business with a quirkless owner could be seen as discrimination and intimidation to put it lightly,” he stressed.

It was then Kyoka noticed the owner didn’t appear to exhibit any quirk-like traits of his own as he tried to assure the pro.

“I’m sure they didn’t mean anything by it, they’re just kids,” the owner said.

“I-I was just expressing my pride in my quirk,” the red boy tried to explain. “My folks were talking about people being afraid to be seen with mutant quirks so I uh, figured I’d show that I’m not afraid. I thought this would maybe cheer people and make them proud too.”

Gang Orca blinked twice at the boy’s response before bringing his arm up to his nose and pinching it in unmistakable exasperation.

“As noble as your intentions are, however misguided they may be, you’ve clearly been slacking in your studies,” the pro sighed. “If you hadn’t been, you’d know that that phrase is associated with a rather dark period of Japanese history for heteromorphic-type quirk users.”

“S-Sorry, sir, I didn’t know! I’ll study hard.”

“Me too!” The girl agreed, the pair bowing their heads again.

“I know you will, because you two will both be attending a special seminar I’ll be putting together,” Gang Orca declared with finality before turning to address the other, four-legged boy Shoji had captured. “And you, Rokuro? Any of this artwork yours?”

“N-No, sir,” the boy, apparently called Rokuro, quickly shook his head. Gang Orca held his gaze for a moment to make him sweat but it seemed like he was telling the truth.

“Even if that’s the case, you’re still an accessory to these two,” the pro stated. “As such, you’ll be attending the seminar too.”

“Yes, sir!” The boy hastily agreed, relieved he was getting off with such a minor scolding.

Gang Orca nodded before, curiously to both Shoji and Kyoka, pulling out his wallet of all things.

“Here’s what we’re going to do now,” the pro declared. “First things first, you are going to apologize to the Mr Ursa and you’re going to mean it. Then, you three are going to go buy whatever paint he wants for his wall and spend the rest of the afternoon erasing your mess. Understood?”

“Yes, sir,” the three bowed deeply.

“Good,” Gang Orca declared with finality, handing over a sufficient amount to pay for the necessary supplies to Rokuro whom he deemed the least irresponsible. “Now get to it.”

“Right!” The trio nodded before hastily yet cautiously making their way over to the store owner, bowing profusely again and making their apologies which the man nervously accepted before relaying what colour paint he wanted.

Once the trio had departed and Mr Ursa had thanked not only Gang Orca but Tentacole and Earphone Jack for their work, he returned to his bakery which had a few customers gathered around the entrance, eyeing the commotion.

With the incident coming to a close, Gang Orca beckoned his work-study students to him as he took another look at the tags and artwork on display before it disappeared for good.

“You two did well,” he praised. “Had I not heard it all, I’m sure you would’ve been able to apprehend them without my assistance.”

“Thank you, sir,” Kyoka acknowledged with a small smile, though she hesitated to speak up further, wondering if it was appropriate to question why the man handled the situation like he had. Shoji had no such qualms.

“We didn’t really do much,” Shoji brushed off before asking. “Why did you let them go like that? They committed a crime and should be punished for it.”

“And they will be,” Gang Orca nodded with a small smirk. “There will be an extensive test at the end of that seminar that will ensure they’ve learned their lesson.” Before Shoji could interject further, Gang Orca addressed the boy directly. “As for why I decided not to arrest them, what would be the benefit? Sure they might spend a night in jail, but they wouldn’t learn anything nor find any desire to improve in any meaningful way other than how not to get caught next time.”

“So, this’ll stop them from doing it again in the future?” Kyoka queried.

“Not entirely,” the pro acknowledged. “As I’m sure you’re aware, even unconventional creative talents require an outlet. That they decided to do so on other people’s property is an issue but it also expresses desire for a need they are unable to meet. Giving them, and others, a space to do so legally will provide them that outlet rather than see them become greater delinquents tagging the city to improve their skills,” the pro stated with wisdom in his tone. “I’ll be going to the city council with a request for a ‘tagging wall’ or something of similar use to be created nearby. If they decline, then I shall find some appropriate space at my agency to achieve the same goal.”

“Won’t that just encourage graffiti artists?” Shoji asked.

“It may,” Gang Orca nodded, “but with monitoring, we’ll be able to identify those with notable styles should their tags appear elsewhere in the city.”

Shoji nodded and remained silent, but Kyoka could tell that the boy remained unconvinced. Gang Orca had similar thoughts and decided not to let them go unvoiced.

“Do you think I was too lenient?” The pro asked.

“I think you’re showing favouritism,” Shoji stated simply, causing Kyoka’s eyes to widen. “It’s clear you have a specific affection for the people here and knew one of the perps by name. As respectable heroes, we have a duty to treat everyone equally under the law.”

Gang Orca raised a brow at the underlying passion he could hear in the boy’s words. Adding in what he had been informed about the young hero from Nezu before taking the pair on and things started lining up.

“You believe if they were not heteromorphic quirk users I would’ve punished them differently?” The pro challenged.

“Would you?” Shoji answered. Kyoka had the sinking feeling she might be carrying out the rest of the work-study alone if her friend kept this up.

Instead of an immediate denial, Shoji’s frown deepened when Gang Orca let out a deep chuckle.

“I can see we have a lot of work to do while you study at my agency,” the pro smirked. “Your head’s in the right place but you small fry still have a way to go before you truly understand what it means to be a true hero. Understanding and obeying the laws we have is one thing, but you mustn’t forget why we do what we do. We fight for, protect, and help people, and that doesn’t always mean punishing them when they go astray. The best way heroes can stop criminals and villains is to prevent people from becoming them in the first place. Some people forget that, no matter your quirk or background, anyone could become a villain with the right circumstances.”

Kyoka and Shoji could both feel the wisdom of experience in his words. He might’ve dropped out of the top ten rankings but there was no doubt that this was a pro who’d achieved that rank through his morals and dedication.

“Think about everything you’ve seen so far today,” Gang Orca gestured back towards the main street they’d passed through earlier, “how everyone’s happy and at ease despite the reports of fear and distrust towards heroes and authority spreading across the country. That’s because I do my damn job as a hero to truly help the people of my jurisdiction no matter the cost. I’ve earned their respect and, in turn, they look to and listen to me when I speak.”

Both students were reminded of how the teenagers immediately lost the will to flee when Gang Orca made his presence known and submitted themselves to his judgement. It wasn’t all fear of the hero that drove their actions, but respect.

Shoji’s eyes widened in clarity as the brain wave washed over him which Gang Orca recognised and grinned at, knowing he’d gotten through to the guppy.

“I see…” Shoji mumbled slowly. “It’s… good to see so many heteromorphic types unafraid to live their lives here.”

“It wasn’t always that way,” Gang replied with a reminiscent tone, catching both Kyoka and Shoji’s full attention. “Before I was a pro, this area was notably more lawless and full of thugs. People didn’t leave their homes if they didn’t have to and those outside the area avoided it at all costs, even the heroes.”

“What changed?” Kyoka asked curiously.

“I became a pro,” Gang Orca stated proudly. “I won’t bore you with a history lesson, but I will say that I fought tooth and nail to help make this city something to be proud of. Nevertheless, I couldn’t’ve done it alone. While I fought hard for what was right, I never would’ve made it without the people here wanting to support me. I inspired their hearts and minds, challenged them to do better, and the result is what you see today.”

The two UA students felt more than a touch of awe at the pro. Even if he wasn’t the perfect mentor for their quirks, this was someone they could both learn a lot from.

“If you have any problems with anything you’ve seen today you’re free to return to UA and find another work-study,” Gang Orca tested, gauging the pair’s expressions.

“No, sir,” Kyoka shook her head, glad she had a worthy hero to learn from.

“I think I’m right where I need to be,” Shoji grinned underneath his mask, gripping one hand into a fist with a determined tone. Gang Orca broke into a wide grin as he laughed triumphantly.

“Then let’s start turning you guppies into proper fighting fish! Return to the agency and report to my sidekicks. They have the plan I drew up to test your physical limits. When we get started tomorrow, UA’s training is gonna look like the kiddie pool.”

“Yes, sir!” Kyoka and Shoji acknowledged before being dismissed and hurrying back to the agency with Gang Orca watching their backs proudly before they were out of sight.


“After that, Shoji and I spent the rest of the day in the gym being pushed to our limits by Gang Orca’s sidekicks,” Kyoka wrapped up her tale, rubbing her still aching arms. “I dunno if I’ll be able to make it through this week if every day is that intense.”

“Wow, that sounded amazing,” Izuku enthused. “T-The bit with Gang Orca, I mean.”

“You sure it’s not about the intense training?” Tsuyu smirked, getting an eye roll from the boy.

“Hopefully you don’t get too buff, Kyoka,” Tooru giggled. “You might not like looking at all those muscles in the mirror.”

“Why not?” Mina quirked a brow. “I mean, I know I’ll enjoy it but why wouldn’t our Vixen?”

“Because it’s not girly, right?” The glittery haired girl stuck her tongue out.

“Muscles aren’t masculine,” Kyoka rolled her eyes, not sure if Tooru was just teasing her. “You guys could all gain six-packs and I’d still be just as attracted to you.”

“Good to know, ribbit,” Tsuyu smiled, reminding them all that she was probably the closest to that build thanks to her quirk’s advantages.

“After what happened with Death Arms I don’t mind getting a bit more toned and fit,” the Earphone Jacked girl admitted. “Better to over prepare than underprepare, right?”

“You’re not wrong there,” Momo agreed. “Though I’m not sure how I could’ve better prepared for working with my work-study mentor with the other student he’s taken on.”

“Oh, yeah, you mentioned you weren’t alone,” Ochako recalled.

“Who is it? If he only takes in exceptional people then my money’s on that windy guy from the exams.”

“Oh, him? Y-Yorarashi if I remember correctly,” Izuku noted.

“He failed the exam though, ribbit,” Tsuyu noted. “That doesn’t say ‘exceptional’ to me.”

“Well, Bakugo and Todoroki failed too, they’re still exceptional even if they were behind us for a time,” Mina reasoned.

“It’s not Yorarashi,” Momo chuckled. “Though you were right to think of the exams as some of us did meet her there.”

“Her?” Kyoka blinked. “Wait, its not-”

“It is,” Momo confirmed.


Having arrived at Yoroi Musha’s agency, which took the outer appearance of small castle akin to one that used to house the Shogun of old, Momo was escorted inside and immediately to the room she would be staying at.

Once her supplies were deposited, she was instructed to change into her hero costume and meet her mentor in the main dojo. Wasting no time, Momo did as requested and enthusiastically hurried to her destination.

The internal architecture matched the outer with mostly carved columns supporting the floors above while the walls of more public areas weren’t made of concrete but wood and paper panelling with intricate artwork and designs everywhere she looked. Momo knew she was approaching her destination by sound rather than by sight when she heard a martial kata being performed from a room nearby.

Sure enough, when she slid open the door to the dojo, she spied Yoroi Musha in his full hero costume mid performance to another person. She patiently waited at the door to be acknowledged by the hero who definitely spotted her but didn’t interrupt his flow to greet her.

“Hah!” The pro shouted forcefully as he finished his kata, thrusting firmly with a palm. “And that’s the third form’s motions. Think you can handle that?”

“Yes, sir,” the person before the man confirmed, causing Momo’s ears to twitch at her voice. She recognised it from somewhere but she couldn’t quite place where.

With his initial student sorted, Yoroi stepped away to allow her to get on with her training, stepping over to greet his latest arrival.

“Miss Yaoyorozu,” the man acknowledged with a small nod, “I’m glad you could join us.”

“Thank you deeply for the opportunity,” Momo replied, giving the experience pro a deeper bow. “I am in your care.”

“Mmm,” the pro nodded again. “I wasn’t planning on taking on a second student but considering the circumstances we must be flexible in these times.”

The heiress smiled and nodded but felt uncertainty creep back into her heart, unable to stop herself wondering if the country’s current circumstances had changed the pro’s position, a word from the commission, or her family’s influence. She tried to dismiss those thoughts as best she could however as the exact reason didn’t matter at this time, all that mattered was she made the most of her time under the top ten hero and absorbed every kernel of knowledge she could.

“Wise words, sir.”

“Indeed, there will be a lot of those over the coming weeks,” Yoroi stated, beckoning the girl to follow as he led her back over to the training area. “For now, let’s get you up to speed with the one you’ll be joining under my leadership.”

Momo heard the exclamation of the other person finishing the kata that the pro had just performed and reset to her initial position. Getting a good look at the girl when she turned to face the pair, Momo realised that it was the same girl who’d nearly taken her, Kyoka, Tsuyu, and Shoji out in the provisional exams.

“Miss Yaoyorozu, meet Miss Intelli,” Yoroi introduced as both girl’s eyes widened in recognition of the other.

“Y-You!” They each exclaimed as Intelli pointed accusatorily at the heiress.

“Hmm? You have already met?” The older pro’s brow raised beneath his mask.

“You could say that,” Intelli’s eyes narrowed and her face tightened. “She’s the reason I didn’t get my provisional license.”

“Excuse me,” Momo frowned. “You were bested by myself and my friends, the blame lies solely on yourself for targeting and underestimating us.”

“A mistake I won’t make twice,” the girl retorted sharply.

“Now, now,” the pro stepped in, his deepening tone rumbling the air. “You are both my students and will cooperate completely under my tutelage, am I understood?”

Momo felt a small shiver run through her system, her brain recalling a feeling not unfamiliar to when her father displayed his anger towards her.

“Yes, sir,” Momo acknowledged with the Seiai Academy student agreeing moments later.

“Good,” Yoroi acknowledged. “Since introductions are unnecessary, we shall get right to business. Miss Intelli, continue with your exercises while I run Miss Yaoyorozu through the basics.”

Intelli gave the man a nod and did her best to ignore Momo while the pro took her off to a smaller area to begin teaching her.

“Considering your quirk, Miss Yaoyorozu, I imagine you have neglected to learn any form of martial art.”

“I have no formal education on that, no, sir,” Momo admitted. “As my quirk allows me to produce whatever I need as the situation requires, I’ve found more utility learning about various gadgets I can produce to subdue my foe in short order.”

“And how well did that work out for you during the sports festival?” The pro enquired knowingly, watching Momo’s expression falter momentarily at the reminder. “A strong quirk can serve a hero well, but disciplining the mind and body through hard work and dedication will benefit anyone. That’s why you’re going to learn my personal style even if you never utilize it in combat.”

Momo hesitated but could at least see the wisdom in his approach considering their similar quirks. While she didn’t expect to become a more physical fighter like Tsuyu or Izuku, having it as a backup tool in her belt could certainly prove useful in a pinch one day.

“Thank you very much for your tutelage,” Momo bowed to a satisfied pro.

“Then prepare your mind and your body for a workout,” Yoroi stated, taking a few steps back and getting into a pose. “Watch carefully young one!”


For the next few hours, Momo was worked hard in the dojo under the pro’s watchful eye as he oversaw both her and Intelli’s training. As time stretched on, Momo couldn’t help but notice Intelli’s glare deepen as Yoroi spent more time teaching the heiress than he did her. She was willing to give the pro the benefit of the doubt due to Intelli having had more time to learn and practise with the pro already but she was certain that the girl wasn’t thinking the same way.

By the time lunch rolled around, Momo was sure that Intelli’s resentment of her was at an all-time high.

“Let us cease our training for now,” Yoroi declared loudly, catching both girl’s attention. “Resting the body and mind can be almost as important as training. Down the hall you will find our canteen. If you are in need of sustenance and refreshment, please help yourselves for the next hour before returning here to continue your efforts.”

“Yes, sir,” both students bowed politely as the pro hero took his leave first, heading away from the indicated direction of the cafeteria.

Letting her fatigue show with her pro mentor now departed, Momo breathed a deep sigh of relief to try and better recover the stamina she’d lost. As she thought about what she should eat considering she didn’t need to replenish her lipid stores, Momo spotted Intelli already heading out the door towards the cafeteria. Considering the girl’s less than warm welcome it was probably for the best that she’d left without another word.

Despite her logical thoughts, Momo felt a pang of disappointment at herself for them. Even with their differences and minor history, they should at least be able to work professionally together. She hoped the girl would be able to at least do that much but, given her hostile reaction, it might be worth addressing the situation now rather than risking it in the field.

With her mind set, Momo followed after the girl, heading towards the cafeteria.

Easily locating the small hall, she noted that other employees at the agency, not just the sidekicks, were also there to refuel for the afternoon with those in costume and business attire eating in small groups throughout the room.

It didn’t take long to spot Intelli in her bright white costume, having gathered some food from the server and sat down at a table away from all the other people before unscrewing a thermos. Moving with purpose, Momo quickly got herself a lunch of teriyaki salmon, rice, miso soup, and vegetable gyoza along with a bottle of spring water and sat down opposite her fellow hero.

The girl, having been mid-sip of her drink, resumed her earlier glare at the interruption to what she’d hoped would be a peaceful break away from the target of her ire. Clearing her throat after replacing her thermos on her tray, the Seiai girl spoke up.

“What do you want now? Here to ruin another good thing for me?”

“That is certainly not my intention,” Momo replied cordially. “I was hoping instead we could clear the air between us.”

“Easiest way to do that is either you leave or I do,” Intelli huffed, deliberately looking away from the heiress.

Momo sighed and glanced around the room herself, noting the other sidekicks that were laughing together at another table.

“I completely understand if you do not wish to be friends,” Momo continued. “However, given that we will be working together, I hope you can acknowledge that we must at least be civil and professional when on the clock together.”

“Don’t belittle me,” Intelli sniffed and quirked her lip. “Like I would be stupid enough to let my distaste for you affect my performance in the field.” Despite her tone, Momo at least felt a touch of relief at her words. “Besides, it’s not like you need to concern yourself about that in the first place.”

Momo blinked. “May I ask why?”

Intelli’s frown was directed squarely at Momo once again.

“You know exactly why. I’m not here on a work-study, I’m here as an intern,” Intelli explained. “Because I didn’t get to the second round I couldn’t get my licence in those extra tests.”

“Oh,” the heiress’ lips thinned at the revelation. She didn’t regret her and her classmates’ actions during the exam, but obviously that wasn’t the case for the one she’d had to defeat to climb higher on the hero ladder.

“Indeed,” Intelli said simply. “It doesn’t matter a whole lot for now since my quirk isn’t exactly combat oriented. I may not be able to work as a provisional hero but I can at least learn as an intern to get all the experience and knowledge I can for next year’s exams.”

“That’s something at least, I wish you the best for that time,” Momo offered tactfully.

“Will be easier without someone like you to face off against,” Intelli huffed, pointing her fork accusingly at the heiress. “You and your troublesome friends.”

“That’s true,” Momo acknowledged. “But, then again, you might have a whole new group of upstart first years to take on.”

Intelli realised the truth of the heiress’ words and couldn’t help but grimace at the thought. Sure, UA hadn’t been in the habit of sending first years to the provisionals in the past, but from what she’d heard, pretty much all of the current batch of first years had achieved them at this point which might set precedent for a repeat performance.

“Urgh, I hadn’t factored that in,” the girl sighed, closing her eyes and taking another sip from her thermos as the soothing liquid activated her quirk and let her brain process and extrapolate the best course of action considering that information.

Sitting only a short distance away, Momo’s nose couldn’t help picking up the familiar scent of Intelli’s beverage of choice.

“Is that… Earl Grey tea?”

The calculations in her head paused when Intelli cracked a curious eye open.

“It is,” she replied simply. “I’ve found it has a fairly standard effect on my quirk with minimal side-effects so I always carry a container around with me.”

“Your quirk works with tea?” Momo cautiously enthused.

Intelli raised her brow in curiosity at the heiress’ slight change in tone.

“It does,” she confirmed. “I suppose I should at least give you that courtesy considering I know your quirk already. I call it ‘IQ’. When I drink tea and close my eyes, my intelligence multiplies by various factors depending on the type and brands of tea. As you no doubt have already guessed, I do not intend to be a field-based hero once I graduate and get my full license.”

“Wow, that’s quite astounding,” Momo praised again. “Have you found any particular links between certain teas? I’ve always found Earl Grey to be a bit uptight despite its historical roots. I would’ve thought green tea would be the most standard given its simplicity. You mentioned side effects too, does adding sweeteners have any effect? My mother sent me a box of Gold Tips Imperial a while back that was quite exquisite, though some of my friends didn’t find the taste as endearing as I did.”

The Seiai student recoiled slightly at the UA student’s sudden burst of energy at her tea themed mutter storm. If not for the greater depth of knowledge her words beguiled, she would’ve thought the UA girl was mocking her.

“I did not realise you were a fellow appreciator of the sophisticated beverage.”

“I’ve um… sampled my fair share throughout the years,” Momo admitted with a small flush at her mouth getting ahead of her brain. “If it would help, I could bring a peace offering of some of the more exotic flavours to smooth things over between us. I know it doesn’t make up for costing you and your friends your provisionals, but if we’re to both be pros in the future, I would rather there be no hard feelings between us if I can help it.”

Intelli levelled another small glare at the heiress and her annoyingly earnest look that didn’t feel outwardly deceptive before surrendering with a deep sigh.

“You make it frustratingly difficult to remain annoyed at you when you act so positively pleasant,” Intelli groaned, eliciting a slight brightening of Momo’s features. “Very well, if you can provide some sufficiently delicious teas, I’m willing to call things even between us.”

Truthfully, while curious at the effects of any untasted teas the girl could provide would have on her quirk, it wasn’t wholly necessary for Intelli to abandon her grudge against the heiress and her friends. With such a natural intelligence even without her quirk, it hadn’t taken her long after her defeat to realise her anger at the group that had defeated them was misplaced and she was simply frustrated with her own shortcomings that had led to her and her friends’ failure.

Intelli’s overreliance on her quirk, her ego, and her arrogance had all resulted in the miscalculation that Yaoyorozu had decisively exploited. If she was to get better as a future pro, she needed to get over herself and not let such mistakes occur again. Only a fool didn’t learn from their failures after all.

“I’m glad,” Momo smiled honestly, “I hope we can work well together and achieve everything we desire while working under Mr Musha.”

Intelli rolled her eyes but gave an acknowledging nod as she tucked back into her food while the heiress did the same.

Eventually, after a few more exchanges of chatter about tea, the pair noticed the time and got themselves ready to go back and resume their training. With the hostile pressure eased, both students found it easier to focus on their tasks for the remainder of the day.


“Huh, didn’t figure her to be one to hold a grudge,” Kyoka pondered as Momo finished her recount of the day’s events.

“Given how Momo outsmarted her and her quirk, it’s not that surprising,” Tsuyu noted.

“I’m glad we have at least returned to neutral ground,” the heiress accepted. “It was hard enough picking up a read on Yoroi Musha considering all we did was train today, it would be much harder if I had to watch out for a petty rival at the same time.”

“You never know, she might just be making peace with you to throw you off,” Mina considered. “I mean, I definitely wouldn’t say we were even and then put a centipede in your pillow when you’re not looking.”

“H-Have you ever done that?!” Tooru grimaced in horror.

“No,” Mina giggled. “Never needed to… yet.”

“Do that and you’ll be down a girlfriend,” Kyoka deadpanned.

“I’d rather not have to check my pillow whenever I make you mad,” Ochako’s lips quirked in distaste.

“She’s not serious,” Izuku reasoned. “I hope…”

“Don’t make me angry and you won’t find out,” Mina stuck her tongue out playfully.

Anyway,” Momo stated clearly to get their conversation back on track. “Despite some awkward first interactions, I’m excited to see how Yoroi Musha operates. Most heroes retire well before reaching his age so he must be sufficiently skilled to not only remain in the profession but continue to achieve a top ten ranking.”

“Considering everything I’ve read up on about his notable battles and hero work, I’m sure you’ll be able to learn some useful stuff,” Izuku agreed.

“Well while you guys were off having adventures and buffets, I was just training in the gym for most of the day,” Tooru sighed.

“Oof, that bad?” Mina empathised.

“It wasn’t bad,” Tooru admitted. “Just way less interesting than you guys’ stuff.”

“You could ask Ragdoll to do something more stimulating if you think it would help,” Tsuyu reminded her.

“Oh, I did,” Tooru agreed. “We basically went back over the physical fitness test from the start of the year. While I’m definitely doing better now, I’ve still got a way to go before I reach the level I need to be at. Ragdoll’s using herself as a kind of benchmark considering she’s still able to be a hero.”

“Makes sense, ribbit,” Tsuyu nodded.

“I’ve asked her if we could focus on quirk stuff for tomorrow so we’re gonna go train in one of the city training grounds which should at least be more fun.”

“Hope it goes well for you, you know we’re all rooting for you to go beyond!” Ochako cheered, rousing similar remarks from the others which made Tooru beam.

“Thanks guys!”

“Guess that just leaves Pinky and her problematic pro,” Kyoka remarked. “How was working with Rock Lock?”

“Yeah! Was he kinda grumpy like he was with us?” Ochako asked curiously.

Mina wobbled her head uncertainly as she recalled her first experience with the hero.

“Eh, I can’t get a good read on the guy yet,” Mina explained. “It started when I got to his agency…”


After a short, somewhat restless nap on the train to her destination, Mina was met by a surly-looking blond man in a casual-business clothes holding up a sign with her hero name on it.

“You Pinky I’m guessin’?” The man raised a brow when Mina approached.

“That’s me!” Mina smiled, trying to come across as more polite than carefree for once. “Are you from the Rock Lock agency?”

The man nodded.

“Then I’m in your care!”

“Yeah, yeah, let’s get goin’,” the man gave her a small nod before turning and departing without making sure she was keeping pace. It was a little unexpected, and she hoped it wasn’t a sign of things to come, but Mina tried to keep her expectations in check as she caught up to the man. While she was grateful to Rock Lock for the offer, she hoped she hadn’t accidentally signed on to somewhere she’d regret.

Having been led to a non-descript four-door car and climbing in, the pinkette was whisked across town to her final destination.

When they arrived, she noted that the pro’s agency didn’t shout ‘flashy’ like some other more notable pros. Instead, being only a four-floor building, it seemed like it was more concerned with blending in if not for the key-themed display around the awning that featured the words ‘Rock Lock Hero Agency’ in bright letters.

“Come on, kid,” the surly man indicated as he climbed the steps into the building, though didn’t offer to hold the door for her. For a moment, Mina wondered if it was someone just impersonating a member of Rock Lock’s team if not for checking the address on the building before she headed in.

Inside was a small reception area where the surly man slumped down into a well-used desk chair with a groan, taking a moment to rest before reaching for a device on the desk.

“Got the kid,” he said simply after holding a button down and speaking into a microphone.

Mina finally felt her anxiety ease up a little when she recognised the pro’s voice answering on the other end.

“Thanks, Bob, send her up.”

The man, apparently called ‘Bob’, looked up at Mina before gesturing over to the elevator on one side of the room.

“Third floor,” he said simply before turning to his computer and losing all interest in her.

“Um, thank you?” Mina nodded with a quirked brow but Bob didn’t acknowledge her. Grateful that she was at least not doing her work-study under him, Mina scurried over to the elevator and punched in the designated number.

Using the small break while ascending to regather her thoughts, Mina steeled herself to face whatever Rock Lock had planned for her time here. What she didn’t expect when emerging from the elevator, was to spot her pro hero in the middle of what looked like a small gym on an abdominal crunch machine.

Even if he was in full costume, Mina had to catch herself before she admired the man’s six-pack a little too closely, hoping her stunned gawking could be attributed to surprise rather than anything else.

“Be with you in a sec’,” Rock Lock called out once he spotted the girl stepping off the elevator. With a few more crunches to complete his set, the man disengaged from the equipment and gave it a quick wipe over with a nearby towel. “Okay, all good,” he declared before addressing his charge. “You’re Mina Ashido, also called ‘Pinky’, right?”

“Uh, yeah, that’s me,” Mina nodded, slowly before bowing. “Thank you very much for the opportunity to work here.”

“We’ll see about that,” Rock Lock replied curiously as Mina straightened herself up, feeling like she was already being judged and analysed. “You get here okay?”

“No complaints,” Mina shrugged. “Bob seems nice.”

“Nah, he’s in a mood,” Rock Lock chuckled. “Got my regular sidekicks temping at another agency today, so I asked him to pick you up,” he explained. “Dude does not like leaving his chair.”

“Oh… good to know?” Mina replied awkwardly.

“Right, first things first: I don’t like wasting time so let’s get moving,” the pro declared gesturing for Mina to follow him as they re-entered the elevator and hit the button for the top floor. “While you’re here, you’ll stay at the agency; your room’s number six. Here’s your key. Go put your stuff away, suit up, and meet me at the entrance. We’re going out.”

“Out? Like, on patrol?”

“We sure as hell ain’t going for ice cream,” Rock Lock nodded. “Best way to see what I’m working with is seeing what you got already.”

“Got it,” Mina nodded firmly. Hero work was something she could focus on and she didn’t intend to disappoint, especially after having fought so hard to remain a hero. When the elevator doors opened and she stepped out to locate her room she missed the satisfied nod Rock Lock gave to himself before he hit the button to descend.

After a quick change and further trip back down to the entrance, Mina found Rock Lock stretching his legs while Bob seemed content to ignore them both while tapping away at his keyboard.

“All good?” Rock Lock asked.

“Ready,” Mina nodded with determination.

“Then let’s get goin’. Keep up if you can.”

Without any further instructions, the pro turned tail and jogged out of the building with a cocky smirk.

Mina wasn’t surprised though. While she hadn’t figured the man out yet she knew he wasn’t anything ordinary and her time in class 1-A with Aizawa was more than enough for her to be hot on his trail.

In a few moments, they were already down the street as Rock Lock turned them into a back alley.

“Not bad rookie, but how good’s your climbing?”

Mina’s brows raised in surprise as the pro seemingly made use of parkour to leap onto a box, toss a square plank of wood that seemingly froze in mid-air, then run along and kick off a wall, using the plank of wood as a stepping stone to land on a fire escape to look down at her in superiority, releasing his quirk on the plank and catching it without looking.

“Don’t worry if you can’t do that, I got ya’,” he smirked, kicking the fire escape’s emergency ladder release to give the girl the easy path up to follow him before climbing a single floor and leaping to an adjacent rooftop.

Mina’s eyes narrowed at the challenge. There was no way she was taking the easy path or just following his; if she was gonna prove herself to the pro she’d do it her way.

Up ahead there was a building that jutted out a little further into the alley than the others and, just before that, a pole sticking out of the wall that served as a light to the back entrance to the building before it. It was a little out of reach considering the exit was up a small flight of steps but that didn’t matter to Mina with plenty of smooth wall between her and her goal.

Up above, Rock Lock slowed his pace a little as he hopped over an air conditioner unit to observe what the infamous UA student would do next.

Switching to her quirk, Mina produced a slippery solution from the soles of her shoes to skate along the ground to make sure they were working properly and pick up a little more momentum. When she felt the moment was right, she leapt off the ground and switched to running along the wall as Rock Lock had before.

With each step she took, instead of a corrosive substance being produced to give herself footholds, Mina produced a sticky solution that gripped her foot to the wall for a brief moment while she took her next step only to dissolve the majority of the substance with a minor application of regular acid to unstick herself and continue her ascent. It had been a bitch to get right during training but needless collateral damage was not something she wanted to be accused of without cause.

A few steps were all it took for Mina to reach the height she needed before leaping for the pole, using it to swing herself forward towards the wall and catch herself with braced hands and feet, all producing the same sticky solution that helped her ascend the last few feet to clamber over the edge of the roof and get level with the pro once again.

“Crude but workable,” Rock Lock grinned as he passed her, picking up the pace again. “Gonna have to do better than that though, they even teachin’ you in that school of yours?”

Mina didn’t even realise she sported an excited grin at the challenge as she took off once more, following but not tracing the pro’s movements as he led her across the rooftops and around the area.

Eventually, after their little exercise brought them to the final building on a block that was much too high to jump to anywhere else without injury, Rock Lock finally called time as the pair took a break.

“Drink up, rookie, I think you’ve earned it,” he took a deep breath, pulling a pair of water bottles from a pouch on his belt and tossing one to Mina who caught it and eagerly drank down the rehydrating liquid with a long gulp.

Rock Lock chuckled but said nothing to tease the girl further, taking a swig from his own bottle before walking over to the building’s railing to lean on it, casually looking out at the city and people below.

After catching her breath and drinking some more water at a more reasonable pace, Mina curiously glanced over to the pro. If nothing else, he’d certainly proved he had the athletics of a hero, but there was one question she wanted to answer that would help her fully commit to her time here.

“Mr. Rock Lock?”

“Just call me ‘Rock’,” the pro glanced back at her before looking back out at the city.

“Rock? Can I ask you something?”

“I wondered when you’d speak up,” the man replied patting the railing beside him as Mina drew closer, taking a moment to glance over the city herself. “I’m guessin’ you wanna know why I offered you a work-study spot, right?”

“Yeah,” the pinkette confirmed, unable to keep a touch of suspicion out of her tone. “I mean, you had to have seen that thing after New Year’s, right?”

“Kinda hard to miss with UA making headlines challenging the Hero Association like that,” Rock Lock nodded, turning to look at the girl.

“So uh… why me?” Mina pressed.

“It definitely wasn’t advised, I’ll tell you that much,” Rock Lock chuckled once and lightly shook his head, his eyes moving away from Mina and back at the city and horizon. “A day or so after it happened a memo went out on the hero net. No names were stated but the association advised everyone to ‘think twice’ about who we took on. I think you can connect the dots from there.”

Mina scowled. It seemed the association, or at least whoever was in charge of that stuff, were sore losers.

“But then…”

“I know a thing or two about bein’ discriminated against,” he stated simply. “No way I’m lettin’ that stuff slide when I could do somethin’ about it.”

The pinkette frowned momentarily, her mind briefly wondering what an emitter quirk user like Rock Lock could be talking about until she took another look at the man.

“Mm-hmm,” he nodded, watching the look of realization wash over her face out of the corner of his eye. “I watched your trial like probably half the country. You fucked up here and there but you did good; held yourself accountable but stood up for yourself and your integrity, I respect that.”

“T-Thanks,” Mina nodded before slowly, looking back over the city again. “If it weren’t for you, I probably wouldn’t have gotten a work-study; you were my only offer in the end.”

The man raised a curious brow at that remark.

“Truthfully, a few months ago I wouldn’t’ve bothered, even if I watched that trial of yours,” he muttered. “I didn’t exactly have the highest opinion of employing kids still in school for hero work.”

“What changed?” Mina couldn’t help herself from asking.

“Hmm,” Rock Lock smirked as he remembered the group who proved him wrong. “I went on an intense mission with some classmates of yours to rescue a little kid,” Mina’s eyes widened and her breath caught. “The guy we were after was bad news and I had my doubts babysitting school kids would be anything but trouble. But I gotta admit, if it weren’t for you UA upstarts, us pros would’da been in even more trouble that day and a little girl might not’ve been saved. That’s not to mention the other shady drugs that might be floatin’ around out there.”

“Eri,” Mina muttered.

“Oh, you know her?” Rock Lock’s brow quirked.

“Yeah, she uh,” Mina began, though she wondered just how secret Eri’s continued presence at the school was. “Some of my classmates talked about her a lot.”

“I think I know the ones,” Rock Lock chuckled, turning around to lean on the rail with his arms. “Main one got green hair and got a penchant for trouble?”

“That’s him,” the pinkette grinned.

“Yeah, him and that Lemillion kid were at the heart of that operation, though as I understand it, those other two first-year girls Ryukyu took in did good work too, and Fatgum had nothing but praise for Red Riot,” the pro nodded. “Not sure I would’da seen my wife and kid again if not for Deku breaking down a wall and Eraser scaring Himiko Toga off,” he looked back over at Mina with a more genuine smile. “I couldn’t do anything to pay them back or make things right then, but there was no way I was gonna let this opportunity slip by now.”

“Wait, so,” Mina frowned, “I’m only here because of them?”

“Not quite, kid,” Rock Lock chuckled. “Those kids might’ve showed me up and got me to reconsider you UA troublemakers, but if I didn’t think you had the mettle to be a pro, you’da been outta luck.”

That eased Mina’s heart a little. Even if it was partially down to Izuku, Ochako, and the others for opening Rock Lock’s mind, she’d impressed him with her own merits.

“Then you’ve got nothin’ to worry about,” Mina grinned confidently. “I may look like a UA upstart and a super cute troublemaker, but you can count on me to get the job done.”

“You better be able to back that bragging up,” Rock Lock grinned challengingly, “got something cookin’ in the pipeline that’s gonna need all hands on deck. You don’t impress me, you ain’t taking part.”

Mina curiosity was certainly piqued at that and redoubled her determination to show her skills.

“Right, think we’ve taken a long enough break. We should get back to it.” Rock Lock took a deep breath, glancing down at the street and then smirking at Mina. “How’s your abseiling?”

Mina grimaced as she pictured herself rapidly descending towards the ground with only a thin rope supporting her.

“Bad?” She offered nervously.

“Mine too,” Rock Lock chuckled before jerking his head towards the roof access stairs. “Come on, let’s take the elevator.”

The pinkette breathed a small sigh of relief at what she could only surmise was Rock Lock’s attempt at humour as she gratefully descended the building in a much more normal fashion than how the pair ascended.


“We just did a regular patrol after that as we headed back to the agency, getting to know the streets and getting recognised by a few people,” Mina capped off. “He’s definitely out there but I can’t say I don’t respect the guy after today.”

“Sounds like you really impressed him,” Izuku smiled widely.

“At least he sounds friendlier now,” Ochako agreed.

“You guys played your parts in that too,” Kyoka reminded them. “It’s bad enough you guys already have a head start on the rest of us at this but you’re already being recognised for your skills by pros.”

“It makes me feel all fuzzy, ribbit,” Tsuyu croaked happily.

“You sure that’s not the buffet weighing you down?” Mina stuck her tongue out. “While you guys are relaxing on your laurels, the rest of us are closing the gap.”

“I wasn’t resting. I worked really hard today,” Izuku pouted cutely.

“Yes you did,” Mina blew him a kiss. “Good job babysitting Blasty and Todoroki.”

“I know you’re trying to mock him, but I can’t imagine that’s an easy task, especially with Endeavor around,” Kyoka chuckled.

“Nothing too bad’s happened so far,” Izuku admitted. “Hopefully I’ll be able to say the same for the rest of our time here.”

“Considering Bakugo, I wouldn’t jinx it like that,” Ochako winked, getting a giggle from the others.

“Yeah,” Izuku sighed, “speaking of which, I should probably see if they want to go get something to eat together.”

“I should think about food too,” Mina agreed. “Gotta get dem gains.”

“Ribbit, isn’t that Kyoka’s line?” Tsuyu giggled.

“Ha-ha,” Kyoka rolled her eyes as she reached out for her phone. “If you guys are going then I’m gonna take a nap to try and sleep off this soreness.”

“Sleep well, Vixen,” Tooru called as she waved to the camera, eliciting similar sentiments from the others.

“Yeah, yeah, night you guys,” Kyoka sighed, her thumb hovering over the ‘end call’ button as she considered one last message to them all. “Love you guys.”

“Love you too!” Mina grinned brightly while Tooru let out a small squeal in endearment. Momo gained and warm, relaxed expression while Ochako’s cheeks pinkened slightly though it wasn’t anything compared to Izuku’s flushed face and, finally, Tsuyu’s smile widened.

“Ribbit, I love you all,” the frog girl said proudly.

“I love and miss you guys already! Come home safely soon!” Tooru enthused.

“I love and cherish you all so much,” Momo admitted while brushing her trademark bang back.

“I love you all and can’t wait to give you all a big hug when we get back to UA,” Ochako beamed.

“I… love you all too,” Izuku muttered in embarrassment but it didn’t stifle the elation he felt in his heart.

“Louder Squishy!” Mina teased.

“I love you all,” Izuku repeated with a little more confidence despite wondering how soundproof the walls were.

“That’a boy,” Mina stuck her tongue out. “Bye~e!”

One by one the others ended the call with a few parting waves until Izuku’s phone hung up for him automatically as the last member in it. He bit his bottom lip to try and hold back the smile that threatened to split his face as the full feeling in his heart started seeping into his brain, conjuring those images of a their happy future together in their dream house being pro heroes together.

If that stood any chance of becoming a reality, he needed to make sure he was ready for anything that came his way and, with the day he’d had and expected to get again tomorrow, he needed to rest and refuel.

Slipping out of his hero garb and into something more comfortable, Izuku departed his room to find his friends and some food.

Notes:

Chapter summary:

- Izuku and Ochako awaken and talk about work studies when Inko calls. Izuku reiterates that he'll take care of himself before the two head out.

- Tooru wakes up and, feeling sad she'll be remaining at UA despite having a work study of her own, wants to send everyone off in the best way. After a helping hand from Momo in the showers and giving Mina a wake-up call her rear won't forget, the now visible girl gets started on breakfast. Initially questioned and impeded by Iida for using Izuku's eggs, Tsuyu comes to the rescue and helps Tooru cook breakfast for all their partners. Afterwards, Tooru goes with everyone to see them off in the parking lot, feeling lonely even though they'd only just left. After a small pep-talk and offer of resources to help her by Nezu, Tooru returns to the dorm with determination only to be surprised by Shinso who she'd briefly forgotten also was staying on campus.

- After their first day of work studies, Izuku joins the girls in a group chat as everyone talks about their experiences.

- Kyoka talks about her and Shoji's first day with Gang Orca who took them into town to learn about the locals, the culture, and their responsibilities as heroes. There, they helped catch some kids for vandalism before it turned into anything more serious and helped them see the error of their ways while giving both Kyoka and Shoji a new perspective on things. They then learn some of Gang Orca's history and why he's so attached to and respected by this particular heteromorphic part of town.

- Momo relays her initial impressions of Yoroi Musha's agency as well as meeting Saiko Intelli again who was also doing an internship at the elder hero's agency. It's clear Intelli still harbours something of a grudge against Momo for failing her provisional exams because of the heiress but Momo tries to make peace and partially bridges the gap with their shared love of tea.

- Mina enthusiastically talks about her time at Rock Lock's where the pro eagerly tests her skills to ensure she's up to his standards. When the two take a small break, Mina enquires as to why he specifically requested her, even after seeing the trial and knowing about her public reputation to which Rock Lock says he understands what it's like to be prematurely judged and discriminated against, albeit on a different level. He admits that he wouldn't've before but after the raid that he did with Izuku, Ochako, Tsuyu, and the others to save Eri, he opened his eyes on a few things. Mina's grateful her partners had such a strong impression on the pro before they head back to the agency together.

- With their news exhausted and sleep calling them, the group sign off but not before expressing their love for each other.

Chapter 47: Frustrations

Summary:

As the work-studies progress, issues make themselves known.

Notes:

If you'd like to come yell at me or keep better tabs on how the next chapter is going or potential delays, come join us over on the discord at: https://discord.gg/x85xtWmKCa
There's also a fun new lewd MHA game of my creation to try out at the same time, and I'll be hanging around there most days, usually chatting rubbish, so feel free to bother me. :)

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

A calm silence washed over the empty cityscape. The trees that lined the sidewalks rustled lightly in the breeze as the sun shone down on that pleasant Tuesday afternoon. Normally the area would’ve entertained a number of energetic students eager to go beyond and push their quirks to the limit, resulting in the harsh sounds of combat and collateral.

Today, however, only the sound of a pleasant, melodic hum that echoed faintly around the stocked but empty mall gave away the presence of someone using the area for training.

A yellow tail twitched and a vaguely cat ear-shaped headset helped the one humming detect any potential sound her prey made to give herself away.

With a small jump, she leapt on all fours onto a balcony railing and balanced herself carefully before remaining statue-still and silent to scan the area. With practised ease, her eyes unfocused and began picking up every minute movement in her gaze; a rustle of a banner, the fluttering of a leaf, the flickering of a neon light inside a shop… but not her target.

“Come out, come out wherever you are~,” Ragdoll called out in a sing-song tone. “You can’t hide from me forever.”

She didn’t expect that to work but, honestly, this was some of the most fun training she’d done in recent memory, especially since last Friday’s had left a sour taste in her and her fellow pussycats’ mouths.

Sticking out her tongue at the thought, Ragdoll resumed her humming as she climbed down from the railing and continued her walk along the second floor of the open-faced mall that mimicked the design of the local Musutafu one. As she idly pondered the name of that place, a set of invisible eyes watched her carefully from up ahead, their focus squarely on the black, magnetic target that had been placed on the pro’s chest.

‘Just a little closer,’ the invisible girl thought to herself as her grip on the string in her hand tightened while the blunt weapon in her other hand remained poised. While holding her breath for stealth purposes was second nature at this point, having to focus on that while also ensuring her quirk encased her naked body fully was a struggle but she was up to the task.

When she believed her target was sufficiently close enough, she pulled the string taut, a thin line rising off the tiled floor towards a trashcan a little distance in front of them both. At once, it tilted and crashed to the ground, in a way Ragdoll clearly saw and heard.

One might think it idiotic to trigger a sound trap in the same general direction where one was hiding, but most people couldn’t make themselves completely invisible as a double bluff.

‘Fall for it!’ Tooru mentally pushed toward her target in her mind as Ragdoll’s eyes quickly swept across the area. When Tooru didn’t move a muscle in response, the pussycat realised it may be a trap and turned around to try and catch the girl sneaking up on her, but that was exactly what Tooru was counting on.

Now her back was turned, Tooru surged forward to press her advantage, aiming to slip under Ragdoll’s guard and tag her target before the pussycat realized what happened.

The only problem was Ragdoll wasn’t called a ‘pussycat’ for nothing.

With almost cat-like reflexes at hearing Tooru’s stealthy yet audible footsteps approach from behind after she’d turned around, Ragdoll whirled on her heel to continue her momentum before raising her leg in an unmistakable roundhouse kick.

When the pro’s foot connected with something solid, that being the arm Tooru raised to block as best she could, she knew exactly what the girl had attempted to do.

“Pretty sneaky, slick,” Ragdoll grinned. “But you’re gonna have to do better than that to-”

“Warp refraction!” Tooru exclaimed as Ragdoll’s eyes were engulfed with bright white light. “Say ‘catnip’.”

“Nyah!” Ragdoll growled at the pain, jumping backwards to put some distance between them and try to blink away the spots swimming in her vision.

“I’m not letting you go that easy!” Tooru cried before chucking a discarded beer bottle she’d picked up towards Ragdoll’s right. The pussycat reacted on instinct and twitched towards the louder noise which gave Tooru the next opening she wanted.

Kicking off the ground she lashed out with her other foot, aiming the tag Ragdoll in the center of the target and winning the round.

What Tooru didn’t realise was that Ragdoll had long grown used to Tooru’s tricks by now, especially her Warp Refraction, and had only acted stunned to deceive the girl.

With a decisive move, one of Ragdoll’s hands shot out and caught Tooru’s foot before it could impact her chest, a smirk slipping onto her lips. Her confidence was short-lived when Tooru’s invisible body and weight shifted, using Ragdoll’s firm grip as a stepping stone to lift herself and lash out at her head with her other foot.

Despite raising her arm to block, Ragdoll couldn’t completely stave off the hit as Tooru’s foot impacted her cat-themed headpiece, sending it spinning away, clanging noisily on the nearby railing before dropping down to the level below with an expensive-sounding crash.

Having released her grip on Tooru’s foot when she was struck, Tooru dropped onto her feet and pressed her advantage, aiming a flurry of punches at Ragdoll’s sensor. It was only the pro’s years of experience and honed reflexes that allowed her to protect her core from her opponent but it couldn’t stop her from being backed up against the edge of the railing.

With a flick of her foot, Tooru’s leg snaked behind one of Ragdoll’s and lifted, throwing the pro off-balance as gravity threatened to have her chase after her helmet. Despite her looming descent to the ground floor of the mall, Ragdoll’s guard held tight as she stared down her invisible assailant.

After all her exertions and minor taunting without her invisibility field wavering, Tooru had no choice but to gasp for breath to refill her lungs. When her naked body blinked back into existence, Ragdoll reacted in a flash, averting her eyes and moving her hands to cover up Tooru’s sensitive parts from her perspective.

As embarrassing as it was, Tooru saw the opportunity for what it was and slammed a hand firmly on Ragdoll’s unprotected target which let out an alerting tone while lighting up a defeated red before the now-visible girl backed off.

“That’s cheating!” Ragdoll pouted, her eyes firmly closed as she dropped her guard and gripped the railing to stop herself from falling.

“I didn’t intend to do it!” Tooru countered though felt a blush rising at the minor accident, covering herself quickly with her arms. “I just couldn’t hold it any longer.”

“That counts as my win ‘cause you couldn’t,” the pussycat’s cheeks puffed up, resting her hands on her hips and glancing in Tooru’s general direction but keeping her eyes shut. “Go get your stuff and we’ll go find another spot.”

“Dangit,” Tooru huffed before hurrying away back towards the store where she’d stored her clothes. Quickly locating her UA tracksuit and trainers, she dressed swiftly while reflecting on her five to twelve win-loss ratio for the day

All she had to do was tag the mark on Ragdoll’s chest without being spotted, which was a much harder task than she initially thought. Not only would this test her stealth and quirk control but her close-quarter combat abilities too, an area she’d been sleeping on for far too long according to the pro.

Tooru let out a sigh of disappointment. If only she’d been able to hold out for just a little longer she was sure she’d have been able to win that round. Looking down at her visible hand, she was once again reminded of what she’d both gained and lost.

That hand morphed into a fist as she lightly punched the ground, using it to push herself up and back onto her feet. That didn’t matter now, all that mattered was that she kept getting back up and going beyond. Tooru Fuckin’ Hagakure needed to focus solely on improving, not feeling sorry for herself.

Letting out one last sigh to remove the last of the disappointment from her system. Tooru gathered her focus and headed back out to continue her training.

Truthfully, she was very grateful Ragdoll had agreed to do this sort of thing. It certainly opened up the pro and the school to a tad more liability than was normally comfortable with a naked student running around and engaging in combat but a waiver and precautions were taken to try and get Tooru the best training they could.

Tooru glanced at the security camera in the mini-mart as she departed, its normally red-blinking light a dull black to indicate none of her ‘heroic streakings’ were being recorded just like all the other cameras in the immediate area. There was still sound however, which is what Pixie-Bob was listening in on back in one of the observation rooms to ensure there were no real accidents that required medical attention.

As Tooru returned to where she’d left Ragdoll, however, she quickly realized that Pixie-Bob was no longer in the observation room.

“You’ve got to be more careful!”

“I’m being plenty careful!”

Before she turned the corner, Tooru stopped short, hearing her mentor and teammate's quarrelling voices.

“Your bent ears beg to differ,” Pixie-Bob stated factually, holding out Ragdoll’s now slightly dented headpiece to her.

“What, you don’t trust me to land on my feet?” Ragdoll retorted with a touch of sarcasm.

“I do trust you, but-”

“Then stop babying me and let me do my job!” Ragdoll snatched her helmet back and turned away.

Pixie-Bob’s concerned expression shifted with a frown now gracing her brow.

“I’m just trying to look out for you! You can’t do everything you could before,” Pixie-Bob reasoned, reaching out to grab Ragdoll’s shoulder.

“I don’t need a quirk to kick your tail to Tokyo and back,” the pro shrugged off the gesture and flexed her paw, the tips of her metal claws peeking through the padded fabric.

Pixie-Bob simply stood her ground and stuck her hands on her hips.

“Urgh, stop being so difficult and just try to consider it from our point of view.”

“If you’ve got such a problem, go switch with Tiger!” Ragdoll retorted. “He can keep an ear out for us.”

“And get chewed out by Eraser again just because you can’t watch out for yourself?”

“I am watching out for myself, but I can’t do my job with you buzzing about like a bee I want to swat!”

At this point, Tooru could tell the two would either just go around in circles if things continued or they’d come to blows, neither outcome being favourable in any scenario. Hoping she wasn’t about to get caught in the crossfire, she made a point of running nosily on the spot for a few moments before appearing to hurry around the side of the shop and jog towards the two pros.

“Ready to go, Ragdoll. Hi Miss Pixie-Bob, is something the matter?”

The two pussycats turned their attention to the student they’d both almost forgotten about and wordlessly tabled their heated discussion.

“Just making sure Ragdoll’s helmet still worked. Lost comms with you guys for a minute after a crash and I got worried.”

“Sorry about that,” Tooru rubbed the back of her head, her hair glittering lightly. “I might’ve been a little rough when I caught her off-guard.”

“You totally didn’t but that’s what made it impressive,” Ragdoll gushed, her irritated temperament disappearing under genuine praise. “I wasn’t expecting you to try something like that.”

“W-Well I just tried to work with what you gave me,” Tooru admitted. “I know you’re lightning quick so I had to do something unpredictable to win.”

“Using my block as a stepping stone was pretty clever. Still gonna take more than that to beat this kitty cat,” Ragdoll giggled cheekily, playfully swiping the air with her paw in a cat-like fashion before addressing Pixie-Bob once again. “Are we done here or what?”

The blue-themed pussycat looked like she wanted to say more but decided to hold her tongue. She walked past Ragdoll back towards the control room, but not without letting her tail swat Ragdoll in the chest as she passed.

“Just make sure you stay on comms,” she stated.

Ragdoll’s eyes narrowed at her retreating teammate’s back and made a point to flip the switch on her helmet that turned off said functionality.

“Everything okay?” Tooru asked cautiously as Ragdoll re-donned her headpiece.

“Peachy,” Ragdoll huffed before turning to look at the girl. When her eyes caught Tooru’s and she saw the concern and understanding look on Tooru’s face, her hardened features softened. “Actually, it’s not great.”

“Do you want to talk about it?” Tooru offered.

“We need to focus on your training,” Ragdoll brushed off. The yellow cat-themed hero started moving to lead Tooru to their next destination only for the girl’s hand to shoot out and tap the sensor on her chest. “H-Hey!”

Tooru simply crossed her arms and sent the pussycat an expectant look.

“I can’t go ‘Plus Ultra’ if my teacher and training partner is distracted,” she said knowingly.

Ragdoll’s lip scrunched up as she wrestled with the truth of the matter.

“It’s not something you need to worry about. You don’t need to-”

“But I’m gonna,” Tooru countered. “Just like Miss Pixie-Bob is probably just worried about you too.”

Ragdoll frowned and sighed.

“Urgh, I know… but it’s so frustrating!”

“Come on, let’s talk,” the glittery-haired girl offered, leading the way over to a bench where the two could take a small break together with Ragdoll hesitantly following along.

When the two were seated, Tooru remained silent while Ragdoll continued to debate with herself over what she wanted to say against what she should say.

“I shouldn’t trouble you with this,” she ended up starting with. “You’re just a student.”

“And you’re just a pussycat,” Tooru giggled, “But that doesn’t mean you can’t struggle with things like I do.” She held up her hand which phased into translucency before returning. “Izuku helped you before, maybe I could help now?”

Ragdoll admittedly acknowledged the truth in that memory, glancing down at her paw. She definitely wouldn’t’ve been where she is now if it wasn’t for that initial support.

“Okay, you got me,” Ragdoll relented as she tentatively let down her guard, removing her helmet and setting it in her lap. “I’m just getting annoyed at Pixie-Bob treating me like glass. I’m just as much of a hero as she is! I can handle myself.”

“You’re telling me,” Tooru chuckled, rubbing her side where she’d received several hits from the pro over the course of their training today.

“She just… can’t let me work, always checking in and making sure I’m not pushing myself or need a hand or something else equally silly. It’s not like my quirk gave me super strength, I’m practically doing everything I could before.”

“Your quirk was kinda unique like that,” Tooru chuckled. “Could you really see everyone’s weaknesses and stuff?”

“Oh yeah,” Ragdoll smiled. “It wasn’t purely combat tips though, it could be things like self-confidence, prioritises money over everything, sensitive about his weight, and other stuff. I used to use it on villains and tell Mandalay some stuff so she could sow doubt and discord among villain groups without us having to lift a paw, then we’d pounce and kick their butts.”

“Woah, that’s really cool,” the UA student enthused.

“Yeah,” Ragdoll remarked with melancholy. “It was.”

Tooru almost felt bad as she watched the fond memory visibly fade from Ragdoll’s face as she was reminded at just what she’d lost. It went beyond just having a quirk. It wasn’t just part of her identity, but a part of her connection with her fellow teammates.

“I’m really sorry that happened to you,” Tooru leant gently against the pro, offering what support she could without being too inappropriate.

“It is what it is,” Ragdoll huffed, her paws lightly clenching over her helmet. “Can’t do anything about it now so I just gotta make do with what I still got, and what I got it still a lot. Pixie-Bob just doesn’t get that.”

“What about Miss Mandalay and Mr Tiger?” Tooru queried.

“They’re much better,” Ragdoll admitted with a smile. “I know Mandalay’s been busy teaching and we all take turns looking after Kota but she’s been good. Reminds me to not push myself but doesn’t try to baby me. There’s a reason she’s kinda the leader of our team even if that’s not like, something we acknowledge,” she chuckled. “Tiger’s been a bit more protective than he was before but he doesn’t treat me like a kitten. Tiger’s the one that found and rescued me, he should be the one fussing over me from seeing me so… so… so weak!” Ragdoll growled.

“He doesn’t fuss over you?”

“No,” Ragdoll’s irritation faded. “He’s been pretty great, helping me get back on my feet and everything once I told them I wanted to go back to being a hero. You kittens aren’t the only ones who’ve had to go through Tiger’s Boot Camp’.” Rubbing her paws over her dented helmet, Ragdoll let out a sigh. “Mandalay and Tiger have their moments. They’ve been supportive of course, but Pixie… she just won’t stop pestering me whenever I do stuff. Even little things like training you.”

The glittery-haired girl listened patiently to the pro as she pondered what the actual issue was. Her initial thought was admittedly whether Pixie-Bob didn’t really believe Ragdoll could still be a hero without a quirk but after what she’d head it didn’t really fit. Ragdoll was right in that she would’ve assumed Tiger would’ve been more worrisome over her getting back into the field after finding her in the warehouse full of Nomu but that wasn’t the case.

Thinking back on her experience with her own partners over her quirk getting damaged, an idea came to the girl.

“Do you think… she feels guilty?” Tooru asked.

“Guilty?” Ragdoll looked over. “About what?”

“Well, you got kidnapped and lost your quirk when the villains attacked the camp. She couldn’t help you and she got injured herself, right?”

“Y-Yeah?” Ragdoll confirmed.

“I’m guessing Miss Mandalay had to watch over Kota and her in the hospital which is why only Tiger could go and take part in the raid to get you back. Maybe she feels guilty for not being able to help you more back then. Now you’re back in the field as a pro, she could just be really worried it’ll happen again and she won’t be able to help you.”

The pussycat blinked at the thought, her mind exploring this new avenue of reasoning she hadn’t considered about her teammate’s behaviour. It didn’t excuse how she was getting in Ragdoll’s way all the time, but maybe it was something even the blue-themed pussycat didn’t realise herself.

Before her thoughts could progress any further down the path to potential resolutions that could fix her issue, Tooru held up her phone for Ragdoll to view.

“My girlfriend’s kinda the same at times,” Tooru continued with a chuckle. “She was there just after I beat the villain and damaged my quirk. If not for her and my other friends… I wouldn’t’ve made it. Everyone’s been worried about me since and I don’t really blame them. I just gotta do what I can to make sure I won’t worry them again in the future if I can but that doesn’t mean they’re not gonna.”

Ragdoll tilted her head as Tooru turned her phone, showing off texts from Mina.

Alien Queen: Make sure you dont push yourself too hard today hun x

Alien Queen: Take regular breaks if you need them and show that quirk who Tooru Fuckin Hagakure is ;)

Ragdoll couldn’t help snorting at tone. Clearly her student’s girlfriend was worried but ultimately supportive.

“Maybe Pixie-Bob’s just doing the same thing. You’ve told her you’re fine but, between her guilt and I’m guessing you appearing to just brush off her concerns, it’s causing problems for both of you. Have you tried actually talking and listening to her?”

“Not… really,” Ragdoll admitted. “I thought it was just her being dramatic and underestimating me. I wanted to show her how strong I still was so she wouldn’t have to worry.”

“You guys have been teammates for ages, I don’t think she and the others will ever not worry,” Tooru chuckled.

“Yeah, you’re probably right,” Ragdoll replied with her own little laugh. “I feel kinda boneheaded for not thinking about it from her point of view.”

“You were focused on yourself and getting back to where you were, just like I am,” Tooru smiled. “We’re down, but we’re not out, right?”

“Right!” Ragdoll grinned, feeling the pep and optimism already flow back into her step. Rising from the bench with her helmet in her hands, Ragdoll resolved to herself to sit down and talk frankly with her teammate later that day. “Thanks Hagakure.”

“No problem,” the glittery-haired provisional hero nodded, rising to her feet too. “Glad I could help.”

“You did,” Ragdoll smiled, putting her helmet back on her head and flicking the switch to turn her communication back on. “Maybe we’ll work on something a little less troublesome this afternoon,” she chuckled, glancing gratefully at the now-clothed girl. “Think you don’t have to flash me the goods to pull off that laser trick you mentioned?”

“Hopefully not,” Tooru flushed at the thought. “But if I can get that down, I know I can catch up to the others!”

“Atta girl,” Ragdoll giggled, nudging the girl’s shoulder playfully. “Come on, let’s go find a store ol’ sourpuss won’t notice we burn for target practise.”

As the two set off to continue Tooru’s training, both women felt a little more seen and understood. Hagakure hadn’t just found an understanding teacher in Ragdoll, but the pro herself had found someone that knew at least something of what she was going through.


Another tiring day of work and training was behind her and Mina was just about ready to collapse. Rock Lock may have believed in her but, of the two of them, he might be the only one because her body was about ready to throw in the towel. It was only Tuesday and she’d already ‘gone beyond’ her limits twice in training and patrols.

“Urgh!” She groaned as she flopped face-first onto her moderately comfy bed after kicking off her boots noisily, her mask bouncing out of her hand when it hit the sheets. Releasing a weary breath, the pinkette felt a touch of frustration that the hump of the week was still ahead of her.

Mina’s jaw tightened at that thought when she felt her lower half-stir at that particular word.

“Seriously?!” She scoffed, rolling onto her back and looking down at her spandex-covered waist over her alluring bust. Her arms felt like lead and her legs were pulsing with exhaustion but her crotch was apparently up for a round of fun. “Urgh, even if I wanted to I’m so freaking knackered.”

Letting her head flop back against the bed again, Mina sighed deeply. As good as a nice, relaxing orgasm sounded before going right to sleep she just didn’t have the energy. If only one of the others were here to generously lend a hand, or tongue, or cock.

Her lower half twitched again and the girl let out a soft growl.

“Hey, it’s not like they can do anything about it,” she pouted. “It’s only for a few more days, just suck it up and deal.”

After a few moments without an answer, the pink-headed girl idly wondered if she was talking at her crotch as a normal, sarcastic response, or because she was that sex-starved.

“Urgh, stupid, lovable Tooru,” Mina sighed as she started awkwardly pawing at her sleeveless jacket to get it off. “We could’ve had a nice three-way to send each other off but no, you wanted to just snuggle with Tsu.”

Even her frustration backfired on her as the memory of Sunday night and what could’ve been sent another tingle running through her system. The pinkette heaved with significant effort as her stomach muscles contracted to pull her into a sitting position to divest herself of her fur-necked clothing better. After a few moments of fighting, she let out a bark of triumph as she was left only in her body suit and socks, wearily tugging the pair off with her feet.

Glancing down between her breasts again, she lightly reached down and gave herself a little rub out of curiosity. The jolt of pleasure that ran through her system, despite the minor ache that followed after her limbs reacted, was enough to get her reluctantly considering the idea of some personal time before knocking off for the night.

At the very least she was comforted by the fact that she probably wasn’t going through this alone. Ochako and Tsuyu had each other to indulge in, but while Kyoka, Tooru, Momo, and Izuku had others around they could chat to as friends, they were probably feeling the ache too. Or, if they weren’t, they soon would.

A cheeky idea slipped into Mina’s head; a way for her to ensure they were also feeling her frustrations and help her resolve her own. 

It wasn’t selfish. Well, at least, not entirely. They’d be able to relieve their own frustrations too in this group effort and Mina would have the grace to go first to entice them.

Rising from her bed, limbs somewhat devoid of the fatigue they’d previously been experiencing and replaced with mischievous excitement, Mina stripped off the rest of her outfit and, with a few more movements, her underwear went with it. A sultry giggle echoed lightly in the room as Mina double-checked her door and the window was closed, locked, and for the latter, covered.

“Now, how should I do this?” She pondered to herself as she glanced towards her bed. Figuring it was the best and most obvious place to start, she climbed back on and lay back against the headboard after propping her pillow up a little to cushion her shoulders.

Grabbing her phone from the side table, the pinkette hastily opened up the camera and entered ‘selfie mode’, her eyes lighting up as she spotted her cheeky visage reflected at her.

“Well, hello gorgeous,” Mina winked to herself despite the somewhat unflattering angle, “let’s see if this…” She held her phone at arm’s length and slowly spread her legs while pushing her chest out.

It was good… but it wasn’t exactly what she was going for.

Snapping a quick picture and bringing her phone up close for a better look, she knew she could do better.

“Too much,” she dismissed, trashing the picture. “Let’s see, what else...”

The pinkette pondered for a moment as she wracked her brain for ideas. Sexy poses that would enthral and excite her partners and, hopefully, get her some reciprocal material in response. Her pussy clenched lightly at the thought again as Mina lightly pet herself while pondering.

“Hmm, maybe this?” She muttered, closing her legs and bringing her knees up to her chest while crossing her feet, ensuring both her pussy and nipples were covered before stretching her arm back out and snapping another picture. “Better… but still not there yet.”

Mina glanced around the room, wondering is covering herself with a prop or using a piece of furniture to pose might help but she was coming up empty. There was certainly plenty she could imagine doing with a partner present to help but that was part of the issue.

A sigh of disappointment escaped her lips. At this point, her initial excitement at the idea was wearing off and her limbs were remembering their aches and pains. This was turning into more effort than it was worth and, if anything, she wished she could just lay here and get pounded into the mattress.

“That’s it!” Another spark of an idea ran through Mina’s mind as she got her second wind.

With confident adjustments and a few test snaps to get positioning just right, Mina knew she had a winner in her hands. If this didn’t get her what she wanted, then nothing would.

Once she selected her best snap, she hit the ‘share’ button and made sure to link it to her and her partners’ shared chat.

Alien Queen: Man im so tired after today. I hope someone sexy doesn’t come take advantage of lil’ ol’ me while I’m lying here all worn out

Mina’s impish giggles echoed around her as the lewd yet tasteful picture of herself lying on her front, clearly naked, with the camera raised above to take a picture of her supple rear with legs and feet playfully on display, appeared beneath her message.

She imagined all her partners immediately saw it and burst into deep blushes at her raw sexuality but realised her plan had one, small issue she forgot to account for. While they were all working on the same days this week, she had no real idea what anyone’s schedules looked like.

Minutes passed with no response and Mina’s grin sunk into a pout.

“Come on, I pulled out my ‘A’ game material for this!” She huffed, clicking out and then returning to the chat, hoping the signal was bad or something.

Just when she was about to give up and find some good old-fashioned porn to sort herself out with, she spotted the three animated dots that meant someone was typing.

Creati: You are certainly living up to your nickname Minx! You shouldn’t post stuff like that. What if someone saw that when we opened our messages?

Mina rolled her eyes and let out a fond chuckle.

Alien Queen: Considering the group I’m guessing none of you would open where others could see ;)

Creati: That is beside the point.

Alien Queen: Is it though? ;)

Alien Queen: Come on im just having a bit of fun! Theres no one here with me so im bored lonely and horny

Alien Queen: Youve only got that Seiai girl there with you so youve got to be feeling something similar

Creati: I’m quite content to keep things professional while we are away from UA, thank you.

The pinkette groaned at Momo’s uptight answer that sounded more like Iida than anything else. For a moment, Mina figured her heiress girlfriend was a lost cause until she remembered the girl’s more defiant nature.

Alien Queen: Youre probably right

Alien Queen: We should be good rule-abiding students. It was incredibly naughty for me to post something like that and you should absolutely not follow my lead if you wish to remain the good girl we all know you to be. I can only imagine what your parents would think if they knew what kind of girl you were associating with.

After sending that message, Mina wondered if that last part had been a bit too much. She’d wanted to tease and goad her girlfriend into responding but didn’t quite know if she’d stepped over a line as the three animated dots appeared and disappeared frequently for the next few minutes without any further messages forthcoming.

Eventually, a new message came through.

Creati: One moment, please.

Mina didn’t know how long a moment would take but every passing second felt entirely too long. Her hand slid over her chest and entertained one of her nipples, stiffening it into a peak at the thought of her elegant girlfriend’s response.

Creati: Would a ‘good girl’ send you this?

The pinkette pinched herself in excitement as Momo had deigned to respond to her picture in kind. The heiress’ hair was down, after what was probably a trying day herself, with her rear notably elevated as she lay on her front as naked as Mina to conceal her breasts though it did nothing to hide the blushing, nervous expression on her face.

Alien Queen: Well, our bad girl certainly would ;) <3

Alien Queen: Come pound me plz

Creati: You know that’s not possible…

Creati: Though the idea is certainly… something.

Froppy: Can anyone get in on this, ribbit?

Mina’s giggles turned salacious as, unprompted, a picture of Tsuyu recreating the same pose appeared in the chat, though she seemed to have assistance in the form of propping her knees up on a desk chair to get her ass in the air.

Alien Queen: Woo! That is one awesome froggy girlfriend we have! And you were against seeing that glorious sight Momo. For shame

Creati: Have I not made the revision of my stance clear?

Alien Queen: Send more pics, just to be sure.

Froppy: I don’t think I need to read back in the chat to figure out that Mina’s bored and horny.

Creati: An accurate assessment.

Froppy: Ngl, I feel that.

Alien Queen: Haven’t you got a Cutie Pie to snuggle up to?

Froppy: Who requested we stick to our assigned rooms each night lest Nejire hear things she shouldn’t, ribbit. -_-

Creati: At least you don’t have to worry about Ochako walking in on you in that case.

Froppy: True… if I did this in my room.

Alien Queen: O.o Tea?

Froppy: I’m a horny frog with needs and one of my girlfriends is available. I’m hoping my ‘naked frog’ move will convince her that we can have some fun without making too much noise.

Creati: Tsuyu!

Alien Queen: You can’t judge Gorgeous youre just as bad as we are. See the above picture for proof ;)

Mina giggled to herself at the familiar hesitant sets of dots appeared and disappeared frequently.

Froppy: Don’t break her Minx, we’ll do that together when we get home ;)

Creati: … you will try, but you will not succeed.

A shiver of anticipation bolted through Mina as her mind conjured a variety of ideas and recalled pleasurable sensations at the hands of both her girlfriends. While her free hand slipped down towards her crotch and through her curls, delicately tickling at her entrance, she continued typing with one hand.

Alien Queen: I’m scare-roused.

Creati: That is the correct response.

Froppy: Ribbit!

Visible Girl: Room for one more?

Another picture appeared with Tooru’s bubbly visage on display in the same pose as the others, reclined on her comfy UA bedspread with a wink and peace sign.

Alien Queen: That’s what momma likes ;) Go Starlight!

Froppy: Looking good Tooru

Visible Girl: I’m so glad I can do this too! Would be kinda bad if I had to put on panties and leggings to get the same effect.

Froppy: I certainly wouldn’t mind getting another pic of you just in leggings, ribbit. ;)

Visible Girl: :O … maybe later ;)

Creati: I’m admittedly torn between requesting the same and shutting this conversation down now before things get too heated.

Froppy: We’re way past that point.

Alien Queen: Just enjoy the ride, we still gotta get the others to join in on this.

Deepest Dope: Yeah, not happening.

Alien Queen: Don’t poop this party! Get wild girl

Deepest Dope: See above.

Visible Girl: You can do it Vixen, you’ll look super sexy I’m sure!

Creati: Kyoka may refuse if she wishes. I am well aware that I surrendered to your provocations Mina but I cannot deny that a part of me finds this more unique form of intimate expression extremely titillating which Kyoka may not.

Visible Girl: Ha! Momo’s horny.

Froppy: Gonna use our pictures and think of us later?

Creati: … I may do.

Creati: Considering I have also completed all my required tasks for the day and have enjoyed dinner already, that time may be… sooner than I initially considered.

Froppy: Hot.

Visible Girl: Agreed.

Creati: Appreciated. :)

Before Mina could respond, a picture of Kyoka appeared in the chat.

Much like her girlfriends, she’d taken a selfie from a similar angle in her birthday suit but her arms were clutching a pillow close to her chest while her jacks appeared to be how she took the picture. A reluctant expression lined her features but her bright red blush and all the blood in her body hadn’t stopped the girl from sending the image.

Mina couldn’t help biting her lip at the sight of Kyoka’s tight rear, wishing she could take an actual bite out of it. Her fingers slipped inside herself and she let out a few gentle breaths as she imagined Kyoka lying in her work-study residence bed right this minute, eagerly awaiting for someone else’s fingers to find their way into her.

Deepest Dope: @Alien Queen There you big baby. Happy now?

Alien Queen: Extremely ;)

Froppy: Adorable

Creati: A most beautiful and enthralling sight <3

Deepest Dope: Shuddup

Visible Girl: Kyoka’s totally blushing right now.

Froppy: I’m not taking that bet, ribbit.

Deepest Dope: You two can shush up too!

Froppy: If you wanna play it that way, you guys notice how Kyoka suddenly changed her mind after Momo said naughty things?

Visible Girl: You know, I did ;)

Alien Queen: So notes for the future, if Kyoka ever says no to anything just get Momo to ask her

Deepest Dope: Fuck you!

Alien Queen: Fuck me yourself coward

Alien Queen: And thats a genuine request not just a super awesome clapback

Visible Girl: Are you really that desperate Mina?

Alien Queen: Well no but I am missing you guys right now

Alien Queen: And not just the sex stuff

Alien Queen: But also the sex stuff ;)

Visible Girl: Awww

Creati: That was almost endearing.

Froppy: I’m with Mina. I’m just waiting for Ochako to get back then we’re hopefully gonna be radio silent for a while.

Deepest Dope: Are you still in that ridiculous pose?

Alien Queen: Ridiculous?! Youre just jelly of my seductive technique that made your not-so-secret main squeeze succumb

Froppy: Yes, if only for the look on her face.

Visible Girl: Is it weird I kinda wanna see?

Deepest Dope: Watching our girlfriend make an ass of herself? A little

Alien Queen: The real question is, would it work on Kyoka?

Deepest Dope: Don’t get any ideas

Alien Queen: Fine, I’ll just keep the ones I had already where you’re making very lewd sounds

Mina admittedly took a moment to stroke herself a little deeper, her thumb circling her clit with just the right amount of familiar pressure with thoughts of her partners running through her mind.

She had half a mind to change this chat into another video call but thought that might push things a bit too far.

When she returned her attention to the chat, she quickly realized there had been a development.

Gravity Girl: Mina! I blame you for this!

Alien Queen: Eh? What did I do?

Visible Girl: Whatever it is, Mina’s 100% responsible and she accepts all the punishment as long as I can watch.

Alien Queen: Hey!

Froppy: Admittedly… it’s a little bit my fault too, ribbit.

Deepest Dope: You fucked up, didn’t you?

Froppy: Nejire saw my butt.

Mina’s mouth dropped open in surprise, an awkward laugh slowly building before forcing its way out of her mouth as could only imagine what had happened on the other side of their connection.

Creati: Oh, my!

Visible Girl: She did not! O.o

Gravity Girl: She totally did because I invited her in to chat after we got done with some extra martial arts training to keep my Gunhead skills sharp!

Froppy: You guys ever seen a deer in headlights? That.

Visible Girl: Her, you, or Ochako?

Froppy: Yes.

Alien Queen: Wouldnt that be ‘brake lights’ considering what side she saw? XD

Gravity Girl: Mina!

Deepest Dope: Urgh, at least it was you two idiots.

Gravity Girl: Hey!

Deepest Dope: Sorry. Our froggy idiot for thinking with her pussy. Again.

Froppy: In my defence, it’s fine since she knows Ochako and I are dating.

Deepest Dope: That’s what I mean. Better you two than Mina and whoever’s closest.

Alien Queen: Actually, who is closest? Asking for a friend ;)

Creati: Okay, that’s enough, Mina. Clearly this has gone too far.

Froppy: Nejire’ll be fine, she’s a big girl and has definitely seen stuff like this before. Probably in for a few awkward looks but it’ll be fine.

Gravity Girl: No it won’t!

Froppy: Ochako’s just being dramatic, and floating around the room like a red satellite.

Gravity Girl: Can you blame me?!

Alien Queen: I can blame you for not asking her to join ;) Think Haya shares?

Froppy: Ribb~it

Visible Girl: Down you two!

Deepest Dope: Absolutely not and don’t give Tsu any more ideas since your last one clearly worked wonders. -_-

Gravity Girl: Please don’t make me think of that. We still have to work together.

Froppy: That means you’ve put lewd ideas in her head.

Gravity Girl: Tsu!

Creati: I think our unusual relationship is large and complicated enough, thank you.

Alien Queen: I mean true but I’m still curious.

Deepest Dope: I’m not. She’s cute but totally not my type. Way too bubbly.

Alien Queen: But not too boobily? ;)

Creati: Mina.

Alien Queen: Fine

Visible Girl: Did your plan at least work Tsu?

Deepest Dope: Isn’t it obvious?

More than a few moments pass as Mina and the others wait for a further response from either their green or brown-haired girlfriends.

“No way,” Mina muttered with a touch of excitement, her fingers speeding up as she imagined Ochako taking out her embarrassed frustrations on their frustrating froggy girlfriend. Spanking, oral, and angry grinding all flashed through Mina’s mind as she pictured the two writhing together.

If only she could join them; she’d be happy to ensure one end of Tsuyu was disciplined while Ochako covered the other.

Unfortunately, her little fantasy was brought to an end with the buzz of another message.

Froppy: For reasons Ochako won’t let me say, I can neither confirm nor deny.

Deepest Dope: That’s a yes.

An eye-rolling gif followed from the punk girl.

Visible Girl: No way! After that?!

Creati: I suggest we drop the matter if they do not wish to discuss it further.

Alien Queen: Nuh uh, I still got two pictures left I need for my ‘tasteful nudes’ collection.

Deepest Dope: You mean before you jill off?

Alien Queen: Don’t foil my perfect plan!

Alien Queen: Ochako! Sweetie baby my cuppiest of cakes! Please send your favourite pink girlfriend but a crumb of your beauty to entertain myself with on such a cold lonely winter’s eve by myself

Deepest Dope: Drama Queen.

Deepest Dope: Be happy and grateful with what you got.

Visible Girl: Can I request it instead then? :3

Creati: It seems Mina’s energy is contagious as I too wouldn’t mind seeing such an image.

Alien Queen: Dont tell me our proud lesbian denies wanting to see those mochi-soft cheeks ;)

Deepest Dope: … I’m not dignifying that.

Alien Queen: You just did. ;)

Kyoka apparently decided not to speak up further and left Mina and the rest of the group on red as the pinkette sighed. Truthfully, she was more than pleased at getting snaps of all the others, which she would definitely be using over the coming days and very shortly.

She’d been teasing herself for a while at this point and could easily ramp up her efforts to bring herself to her peak but Mina still wanted a little more.

To her heart’s delight, her phone chimed again and a new enlightening image was revealed to her of Ochako hovering in the air, her face a deep red, as her fingers pressed together with their quirky glow and as naked as the rest of them. Unlike the others, the girl seemed to have a little less control of herself with no hard surface below her, allowing the tips of her nipples to be just about visible.

Mina’s fingers redoubled their efforts as the girl imagined her and Tsuyu enjoying some weightless hanky-panky like Izuku probably enjoyed with the gravity girl on Sunday.

Alien Queen: Precious Venus secured! Thanks, Cutie babe!

Gravity Girl: That’s all you’re gettin’!

Froppy: But not all I’m getting. ;)

Gravity Girl: It will be if you don’t shush!

Small Might: … I’m afraid to ask what I’ve missed.

Alien Queen: Glory and folly in equal amounts my good Squishy

Alien Queen: Also, why are you always last, beau?

Gravity Girl: He’s working hard, duh.

Gravity Girl: Also, Izuku, Minx is being bad so don’t give her what she wants.

Deepest Dope: Hypocrite

Small Might: Huh?

Visible Girl: It’s a long story.

Creati: If you require context, though somewhat embarrassing, I would suggest reading back on what you have missed.

Alien Queen: He can do that later! Squishy, im gonna need you to get out of your hero costume to make sure youre resting properly. You can prove it by sending some pics of those sexy abs youre always carrying with you while on your bed ;)

Small Might: Uh…

Deepest Dope: That idiot’s after some sexy pictures and somehow managed to convince the rest of us to contribute.

Visible Girl: You know you can take yours down at any time… ;)

Deepest Dope: Shut up

Alien Queen: Help me Dicku-Wan Kenobi, you’re my only hope!

Creati: Please do not feel pressured to contribute if you are not comfortable. Our Minx has more than enough material at this point.

Alien Queen: I dont think I could ever get enough of you Gorgeous ;)

Creati: …

Froppy: So Mina can be smooth when she wants.

Visible Girl: You think we’d still be with her if she couldn’t?

Deepest Dope: I like it when her mouth’s preoccupied with… other things.

Froppy: Giving in?

Deepest Dope: It was either turn my phone off or just enjoy, what do you want from me?

Froppy: I could give you a list if it would help.

Mina giggled again as Kyoka’s willpower faltered with her she joining them in depravity. All she needed now was to get Izuku to surrender the goods and-

A new picture arrived.

Small Might: Is this good?

The pinkette who’d started this sequence of events salivated as Izuku had decided to take a slightly different angle for his picture. Instead of being on his front and sending them a picture of his tight, toned rear like everyone else, the boy had taken a more point-of-view shot as he lay on his back to show off his washboard-like stomach and proudly erect cock.

Her eyes were drawn to it like it sang a siren’s song as she recalled the deeply gratifying times he’d let her borrow it. She felt herself quiver as her pussy yearned to take it inside again and let the boy unleash his hot, sticky load.

Alien Queen: Full frontal?!

Small Might: That’s what you requested though.

Alien Queen: Youre much more than ‘good’ Not-So-Squishy, youre plus ultra!

Small Might: Mina!

Alien Queen: Come lay on me now! Momma needs this!

Small Might: I…

Froppy: Don’t break our boyfriend.

Alien Queen: He can handle it

Small Might: I’m fine, Tsu.

Deepest Dope: I would say ‘get a room’ but Mina might actually take that as a challenge.

Alien Queen: If I recall, All Might could cross hundreds of miles in under an hour. Think you can beat his record, I-zu-ku?

Small Might: … Is it bad I’m… kinda tempted?

Gravity Girl: Izuku, no.

Alien Queen: Izuku, please! You can make it my Christmas present.

Creati: I believe he already got you a more than sufficient gift.

Alien Queen: Super early birthday present then.

Small Might: !!

Deepest Dope: Please don’t tell me that convinced you.

Small Might: No but I just remembered! It’s Todoroki’s birthday tomorrow and I still need to wrap his present.

Creati: Oh, you’re quite correct. I should’ve prepared something to send him.

Froppy: He’s a pretty easy-going guy. Just send him a text or give him something when we get back to UA.

Alien Queen: Wait…

Creati: That seems a tad impersonal but maybe both wouldn’t be so bad.

Creati: I should see if I can visit a store nearby to find something he likes.

Small Might: I need to go out too. I’ll speak to you guys later.

Alien Queen: No! Wait!

Gravity Girl: You guys have fun, I’m gonna make sure Nejire’s okay about earlier.

Froppy: She’s lying, we’re gonna bone, ribbit ;)

Visible Girl: Have fun! I need to think about food. Speak later!

“No!” Mina groaned again, gripping her phone tighter in frustration.

Her pussy pulsed in disappointment after her teasing of Izuku got cut short and it seemed everyone else was dropping out to do their own thing. Things were just getting good and it was about to go full-on sexting which would’ve gotten her the relief she craved.

Maybe it wouldn’t be too late if she let them know.

Alien Queen: Come on, don’t leave

Alien Queen: I’m almost there!

Deepest Dope: Seriously?

Alien Queen: Hey, its been a hard few days I needed the stress relief and now youre all abandoning me TT_TT you cant judge

She let out an unsatisfied sigh, continuing to stroke her pussy rhythmically to maintain the high she’d already built. Moment after moment passed and it didn’t look like anyone was responding to her pleas.

Just when Mina was about to call it quits and use a mix of her partners’ generous donations and a healthy mix of memories and fantasies to fuel her round of self-indulgence, her heart skipped a beat when her phone started ringing.

Her breathing a little extra laboured from the shock, the pinkette was about to dismiss it out of reflex but was stopped after spotting the name attached. Her eyes widened and her tongue slipped out on instinct to moisten her lips before she brought her phone up close to crop only her face in and answered the call.

“W-What’s up, buttercup?” She answered with a touch of wariness obscured by a healthy amount of cheek.

“Don’t be an ass or I’ll leave you to suffer,” Kyoka’s snarky voice replied, her own face mainly illuminated by the glow of her screen on the other end as it looked like she was sitting in the dark. “Were you serious about… you know?”

Mina raised a brow but quickly realised what this call was about.

“Why would I lie about that?” Mina smirked, running her tongue more seductively along her lips. “Did it stir a few things in you?”

“It’s your fault for starting this whole thing in the first place,” Kyoka shot, though Mina could see the mild blush covering her adorable girlfriend’s cheeks.

“Don’t tell me you’re calling just to scold me,” Mina grinned knowingly. “Would you like some proof I’m telling the truth?” She had to suppress a giggle when she saw Kyoka swallow nervously. Honestly, that girl was too easy to read sometimes despite her bravado. “Let me ju~ust.”

The cheeky pinkette started extending her phone outward before directing its camera downwards, slowly revealing her breasts with long-hardened nipples. Slowly, her hips and crotch started coming into frame and Mina had a hard time seeing her girlfriend’s face but the soft groan of desire when Kyoka spotted her pink digits sunk into her folds told her all she needed to know.

“Like what you see?” Mina teased as she tickled her clit and caused her hips to thrust lightly, her sensitivity heightened from having an audience.

“Fuck,” she heard emanate from her phone.

Pulling it back, her grin widened at seeing Kyoka’s lidded eyes and bitten lower lip. From the way the picture on the other end was jostling, she could tell she wasn’t the only one having fun.

“I showed you mine,” Mina winked. “Do you have something to show me?”

Kyoka’s face stiffened into a hesitant expression but it didn’t last long, shifting into one of embarrassment. Without a word, her screen started extending away as Mina realized that the girl wasn’t holding it with her hands as one was preoccupied in the same place her’s was while the other was softly tugging at her nipple. The thin cord of Kyoka’s earphone jack trailed back to her erotic girlfriend while her other jack had circled her other breast and was currently vibrating what she could only guess was an excited, rapid beat on her nipple.

“Fuck, that’s hot,” Mina reciprocated, drinking in her girlfriend’s form. “What are you thinking about?”

“You,” Kyoka replied curtly, “and how I hate how we all fell for your bullcrap.”

“Don’t lie, you love me for it,” Mina stuck her tongue out. “If you didn’t you wouldn’t get to hear me make sounds like this.”

The acid-wielding girl let out an acted, yet erotic, moan that made Kyoka visible shiver.

“Fuck you,” the punkette growled in response, her eyes narrowing which Mina responded to with a challenging grin. “When we get back to UA, you’re gonna regret this.”

“And why’s that?” Mina smirked.

“Because,” Kyoka panted, her fingers speeding up. “I’m gonna drag your sexy pink cheeks to my soundproof room and fuck you so hard this week’s training will look like gym class.”

“Mmm,” Mina groaned as her fingers sought out her more sensitive spots. “And how are you gonna do that?”

“I’m gonna… handcuff you to my bed,” Kyoka continued, her eyes closing as if she was picturing the sight now. “I’m gonna spread you so fucking wide. Then I’m gonna take my time exploring every inch of your insides. A stupid vibrator’s got nothing on what these can do, and I’m gonna make sure you… mngh, know it.”

“Damn that sounds good,” Mina’s heated breathing increased as she could feel herself getting close. “W-What else?”

“You… do this to all of us,” Kyoka smirked, “only right we all get to do it back to you. I think… getting everyone else to… fuck you until they’re satisfied would be fucking hot.”

Both Mina and Kyoka were now closing their eyes as they pictured the scene. Mina could almost see herself face down and ass up on Kyoka’s bed being leered over by all her sexy partners. One by one they’d have their way with her, roughly fucking her in every way they desired as payback for all the teasing she’d done.

Kyoka’s jacks, Tsuyu’s tongue, Momo’s toys, Tooru’s tickles, Ochako’s kisses, Izuku’s cum, she’d be experiencing it all until their bodies couldn’t handle anymore and they collapsed in a blissful heap.

Before she realised it, Mina had crossed the point of no return as her hips began jerking and she quickly focused on keeping her rhythm even.

“F-Fuck, fuck! I’m cumming, I’m cumming!” She groaned, trying not to let her voice get too loud and echo around the room. She had no idea if it was as soundproofed as Kyoka’s and she certainly didn’t want Rock Lock or any of his sidekicks to hear what was for Kyoka’s ears only.

As for the punk rock girl herself, she’d stuffed her discarded shirt into her mouth as her hand gripped at her sheets tightly, her legs tense and quivering as her fingers and jacks hit just the right spots as the two climaxed in a sweaty, messy way miles apart. Both phones barely captured any of this as they were forgotten in the heat of the moment though neither girl was paying it any particular mind.

All they were focused on was their erotic highs and the lurid sounds still emanating from the other through the device, sharing in the sensations they imagined they were experiencing.

Mina’s limbs, reminded of their earlier fatigue as the intoxicating chemicals running through her system began to recede, had great difficulty performing any normal function. With great effort, Mina managed to get her phone to lie face up on her chest as she listened to Kyoka’s laboured sighs on the other end, a smug, satisfied smile emblazoned on her lips.

“That’s… the stuff,” she panted ramblingly.

“Mmm,” Kyoka’s pleasant hum replied through her phone.

“What? No snarky… comeback?” Mina chuckled between breaths.

“L-Looks like you didn’t… need those pictures… after all,” Kyoka’s musical voice giggled down the line and into Mina’s ear.

“Not this time,” the pinkette acknowledged. “But… I’ll be sure to refer to them frequently… until I’ve memorized the crucial information within.”

“Nerd,” Kyoka smirked, rolling her eyes unbeknownst to the pinkette as the two shared a tired but satisfied chuckle.

Mina lifted her phone up and looked tiredly at the screen, seeing Kyoka doing something similar as she lay wearily on her side, arms cuddling herself as her jack handled the device.

“This was fun,” Mina grinned with satisfaction. “Thanks for bein’ awesome.”

“Yeah, yeah, I liked it too,” Kyoka blushed and cuddled herself a little tighter. “That should hold us both until we get back.”

“When you’ll have your wicked way with me?” Mina asked teasingly, though there was a surprising mote of hope in her tone she’d included without realizing.

“M-Maybe if you’re good,” Kyoka muttered, biting her lip once again in that cute way that made Mina want to squeal.

“I got it, no more teasing or begging for sexy snaps,” she huffed playfully. “But there’s a lot of work-study left this term besides this week. Think you’d be up for some more calls?

Kyoka looked away from her phone but let out an unmistakable nod.

“Awesome,” Mina grinned.

“N-Next time, you’re doing the talking,” the punkette piped up.

“It’s a date,” the pinkette winked before blowing the girl a kiss through the phone. “Night, Vixen. Love ya’.”

“Love you too, Minx,” Kyoka replied in one last defiance as she reached out and closed the connection, leaving Mina alone in her humid room to revel in her experience.

“Can’t wait.”


It was only midweek at the Endeavor agency and Izuku, Bakugo, and Todoroki were feeling the burn.

Right now, they were on their way to their latest call where someone had reportedly robbed a corner store with their quirk and was escaping on foot.

“Focus…” Izuku growled to himself as another tendril of Blackwhip shot out from his knuckle, latching around the corner fence post atop a building and letting his momentum swing him around the corner and onto the street the report originated from.

“Out of the way, Deku!” A fierce yell erupted from beside him as Bakugo’s explosive speed allowed him to corner much more efficiently than the greenette, almost sending Izuku spinning into free fall if he’d lost concentration on his thread.

“Watch it, Bakugo,” Todoroki called out from below, skating along on a continuously generated trail of ice to keep up with them both. “How will it look if you capture the villain but injure an ally?”

Rather than focus on training up their skills or bodies in the gym, most of their time was spent on patrol with the number one hero himself, honing themselves in a real-world environment while simultaneously trying to overcome the objective Endeavor had set before them; that being to arrest a criminal just once before he could.

So far they’d had no success. When they’d received this latest call, things looked to be repeating themselves fruitlessly. That was until Endeavor had broken off from the trio halfway towards their destination without a word.

They hadn’t received an update through the comms and the pro had taken off away from their current destination so the three weren’t quite sure what to make of it but Bakugo was convinced it was a trick and urged them to press on.

Whatever the reason was they still had a job to do. Up ahead they could see what appeared to be their target running frantically with a few notes worth of cash flying out from the bag he’d acquired.

“Who cares,” Bakugo shouted back. “If you two idiots don’t speed up we’re gonna-”

In a flash of fire, the pavement ahead of the fleeing suspect erupted with blockade of flames. Immediately the man slid to a stop to prevent himself running into the burning wall only for more to contain him on the sides and behind. In a single swoop, Endeavor had appeared on the scene and dashed through the flames to take down and restrain the man.

When the fire cleared, it was evident that the situation was resolved as Endeavor stood victorious.

“Damn it!” Bakugo shouted as yet another petty thief had been stopped by the number one hero before he could even level a shot at the man.

“We were too slow again,” Todoroki sighed, the ice trail he’d left crackling and creaking behind him.

“He’s just so fast!” Izuku enthused, watching the man hand the criminal over to the authorities. “I still can’t quite strike the right balance to get ahead.”

“Who cares about you,” Bakugo scoffed, his fists gripping together in anger. “We should’ve had that!

“It’s not like we’re not getting plenty of chances,” Todoroki tried to reason.

“Shut up!” Bakugo shouted louder before stomping away in a huff to lean again a nearby building.

“It is amazing though,” Izuku mused. “We had the lead once Endeavor disappeared. Do you think he took a shortcut or something?”

“Unlikely,” Todoroki replied as the criminal was secured and their work-study mentor approached them. Endeavor’s ever present frown loomed over the trio as he looked down at them with what Izuku figured was disappointment.

“What happened?”

“We weren’t fast enough?” Izuku offered, unsure what answer the man was looking for.

“Shouldn’t we be asking you that?” Todoroki rebuffed the pro. “We didn’t deviate from our course while you took off without a word.”

“Why the hell’d you go awol?” Bakugo growled. “You better not be trying to give us a handicap ‘cause we don’t need that bullshit!”

Endeavor regarded the trio curiously, listening to their replies before responding.

“There was a pair of criminals attempting to break into a shop down a back alley,” he explained. “Just because you are on call for one job does not excuse ignoring another, even if it’s yet to be reported.”

“How the hell were we supposed to notice that?!” Bakugo objected with a snarl.

“Do better,” Endeavor stated simply. “Excuses won’t fly with those you do not help.”

“Whatever,” the explosive blond scoffed.

“We were so focused on our goal we didn’t even realize someone else needed,” Izuku admitted, impressed even if it was a tad reluctant. “We should’ve noticed.”

Endeavor raised a curious brow at his green-haired charge’s words but it didn’t appear to be some sort of deceptive jab so he let it go.

“You three, come,” the pro ordered succinctly, apparently done with the situation as the police drove the criminal away. “We’re returning to the agency.”

“Huh?!” Bakugo baulked. “It’s not even fuckin’ three, we still got hours to try again!”

“That matters not,” Endeavor shrugged the boy’s anger and frustration off, leading the way back towards their base. “There is something more important we must attend to.”

“There is?” Izuku’s eyes widened, glancing at Todoroki who seemed to freeze up while Bakugo’s attitude switched to a more eager one.

“A new villain?” He grinned, clenching his fists in determination.

“Worse,” Todoroki muttered, though the boy wasn’t paying him the slightest bit of attention as the three followed after the pro.


“Happy Birthday, Shoto!” A cheer erupted and several party poppers went off around the room as the four stepped back into the main operations center of the Endeavor agency.

Todoroki blinked, nonplussed at the celebrations directed towards him from what appeared to be all his father’s employees as confetti rained down around them all.

“The boss told us you had somethin’ to celebrate today,” Burnin winked, “so we made sure to go all out to give you a day to remember.”

Todoroki quirked a brow before looking at his father, who had been looking at this son with something approaching nerves out of the corner of his eye.

“Uh… thank you?”

“You’re welcome, Shoto,” Endeavor nodded before making his way over to one of the nearby desks and gesturing to a wrapped box. “Here is your present. You may open it here or at a later time if you wish.”

“Okay,” Todoroki nodded simply.

Izuku and Bakugo eyed the boy with light frowns on both their faces as Endeavor seemed disappointed at the lack of reaction he was getting.

“Take the rest of the afternoon to enjoy yourselves,” the pro declared not just to the trio of UA student but to all his employees around them. “Refreshments will be along shortly including a cake for the occasion.”

With his announcements made Endeavor retreated to his office with the door closing firmly behind him.

“Isn’t he going to stay too?” Izuku queried.

“Ah, don’t worry about him, he never celebrates with us,” Burnin grinned. “Kinda makes it a little easier to let our hair down without the boss around.”

“Burnin, you shouldn’t say such things about the boss,” Kido sighed.

“Lighten up, it’s a party!” Burnin smirked, punching the man’s shoulder as the other employees began to scatter. Before she departed herself, Burnin handed an oversized card out to Todoroki. “Here, no one really knew what to get someone like Endeavor’s son for his birthday but, after working here for a few days, we hope you like it.”

As Todoroki accepted the card, Burnin shot him and the other two one last sincere smile before her enthusiastic grin returned.

“It’s my birthday this time next week so you guys better start thinking about some kickass presents.”

“Yeah, right,” Bakugo scoffed while Izuku seemed genuinely torn on whether that was an actual request for a gift or not. Unbeknownst to the pair, Todoroki gripped the card tight, almost crumpling it in places as he was reminded of another birthday that should’ve taken place next week too.

With a flip of her fiery hair, Burnin headed back towards her fellow Endeavor agency employees asking about ‘secret booze’.

“You gonna open it or what?” Bakugo muttered, trying not to look too interested in the card.

“Oh, right,” Todoroki nodded before doing just that, revealing a simple card inside.

A picture of a snowman in sunglasses was displayed prominently on the front while the words ‘Happy Birthday’ and ‘Stay Frosty’ appeared above and below the image respectively. Todoroki’s lip quirked upwards at the image as he opened the card and read the inside.

As expected, there were the typical acknowledging pleasantries from those he didn’t even know the names of around the office but there were a few more personal messages there too.

“Keep chasing your goal, kid! – Kido”

“You got this, Shoto! Onima”

“Don’t let the big grump get you down. You’re gonna be an amazing hero one day! Burnin”

A small smile slipped onto Todoroki’s face as he glanced over to the sidekicks who were chatting happily together off to the side.

“That was nice of them,” Izuku noted.

“It was,” Todoroki agreed, holding the card a bit more carefully than he had before.

“Aren’t you gonna open that crap now?” Bakugo asked, gesturing to the present Endeavor had revealed before departing.

“There’s no point,” Todoroki shook his head. “Whatever is in there probably isn’t worth the effort.”

Bakugo found himself a little surprised at the burn Todoroki made, unintentional or otherwise, against his father.

“Figures,” he nodded knowingly.

“Are you okay, Todoroki?” Izuku asked.

“I’m fine,” the hot and cold boy acknowledged to his friend with a small smile. “I just don’t feel much like ‘partying’.”

“It’s not as good as the crap we throw back at the dorms, that’s for sure,” Bakugo admitted with a touch of reluctance, glancing over as what appeared to be catering staff wheeled out a serving table with an array of fancy-looking finger foods and what appeared to be a cake on it.

“He’s trying to make up for before,” Todoroki muttered as the other staff members took notice of the arriving food and began gravitating towards it. “My birthdays before now were never a cause for celebration. The most interest he took was when I got old enough to enrol in UA.”

“I’m sorry to hear that,” Izuku empathised while Bakugo grunted.

“After Mom went to the hospital Fuyumi did what she could but I never really liked them,” the birthday boy admitted.

“Boohoo,” Bakugo scoffed. “That sucks and all but doesn’t mean it’s gotta be a downer now.”

Izuku’s jaw dropped while Todoroki turned towards the blond.

“If you want to go enjoy yourself then feel free,” he shrugged nonchalantly.

“No chance, probably all boring as hell kissing up to Endeavor,” Bakugo scoffed as he looked over at the others. “Come on, I got a better idea.”

Todoroki and Izuku both blinked in confusion as Bakugo simply turned and headed out the way they came. The two shared a look with Izuku’s more nervous of the pair before tentatively following after the blond.

“Won’t they notice us leaving?” Izuku asked hesitantly.

“Take a good look, idiot,” Bakugo scoffed. “No one here’s really interested in us, they’re just grateful for the time off.”

Izuku glanced back around the room before they departed. He’d never attended a party like this one but it did seem like the Endeavor’s employees were more appreciative for the lack of work than they were interested in celebrating Shoto’s birthday. No one was even looking their way.

Without any further concerns, Bakugo, Shoto, and Izuku departed the party with the blond leading them down the halls and up a flight of stairs back to their temporary lodgings.

“Your idea is to turn in early?” Todoroki remarked as they approached their rooms.

“Are you trying to get on my nerves?” Bakugo glared back at the icy-hot nuisance as he rested his hand on his door handle. “Wait here.”

With that, Todoroki and Izuku were left awkwardly alone in the hallway as the door clicked closed behind Bakugo.

“This is confusing,” the hot and cold boy remarked, glancing at his other friend.

“Just a little,” Izuku sweatdropped. “A-Actually, while we’re here, I have something for you. Do you mind?”

“Sure, I guess,” Todoroki nodded as now Izuku ducked into his room, leaving the boy alone.

A small sigh escaped Todoroki’s lips as the mask he wore slipped. It was bad enough his dad had to make a big deal about an event he couldn’t have cared less about before but now it was getting in the way of his training to become a hero. Training his dad had pushed onto him on this same day in the past.

His hand began clenching in frustration until Todoroki remembered the card he was still clutching. He hadn’t expected anything from his father’s employees but he couldn’t lie and say their gesture meant nothing to him. While glancing at the card again, Izuku and Bakugo both re-emerged, each carrying something.

“Figures,” Bakugo rolled his eyes at spotting Izuku’s gift to Todoroki while he held out the small bag he’d brought with him. “Here.”

“What’s this?” Todoroki questioned, accepting the bag and glancing inside.

“The fuck do you think it is?” Bakugo growled with irritation.

“I think we both remembered it was your birthday before Endeavor announced it to everyone,” Izuku interjected, hoping to mitigate the blond’s less-than-appropriate demeanour. “We got you presents.”

Todoroki’s eyes widened, gently accepting the additional gift from Izuku while Bakugo looked anywhere but the two of them. Even though he called the pair of them friends, he realised he hadn’t expected anything from them either.

“Thank you,” Todoroki acknowledged with a nod to each of them.

“You’re welcome,” Izuku smiled back.

“Whatever,” Bakugo shrugged.

For a moment, the red-and-white-haired boy stood there awkwardly as he turned Izuku’s gift over in one hand.

“Do you want me to open it now?”

“Oh, for crying out-” Bakugo deadpanned before grabbing Todoroki’s wrist and yanking him over to the boy’s own room. “Either go put them in there and open them later or invite us in to watch, I don’t care which.”

Izuku couldn’t help but suspect the blond did have a particular preference for one option as he practically barged his way into Todoroki’s room once the boy unlocked it.

Carefully following after the pair just to be sure he wasn’t intruding more than Todoroki was comfortable with, Izuku closed the door behind the three of them as the birthday boy placed his gifts down on his desk along with the card.

Bakugo dropped himself unceremoniously onto Todoroki’s desk chair while the greenette approached the pair.

“Please have a seat,” Todoroki gestured to his bed for Izuku which the boy took a polite spot on by the end.

“I guess I’ll start with yours then, Bakugo,” Todoroki stated, placing his gifts down on his desk and getting a nod from the bond.

Opening the small gift bag, Todoroki reached in and pulled out an embossed card that turned out to be a coupon for a fancy noodle restaurant.

“I always see you eating that crap back at the dorms,” Bakugo remarked. “May as well treat yourself to something a little fancier when you get the chance. Though considering how you’re the number one hero’s son, you probably eat the posh stuff all the time.”

“Only what Fuyumi cooks,” Todoroki stated simply, examining the voucher carefully and noting that they offered soba. “I appreciate this, Bakugo.”

“I ain’t done yet,” the blond huffed, jerking his head towards the bag. “Check again.”

Todoroki looked inside the bag again and pulled out a long, small box. Without any need for further prompting, he opened it up to reveal a pair of stylized chopsticks. The handles seemed to be made of a stained red wood where, around the midsection onward, the other end was a deep cyan, joined by a ring of gold between them. Appropriately, symbols for fire and ice were engraved at the base of the handle and at the transition point respectively, gilded in with a similar reflective gold material.

“Figured you might wanna eat it with something nicer than the chopsticks UA provides,” Bakugo muttered as if he didn’t care, though his eyes didn’t waver from Todoroki’s face as the boy judged his gift.

“Woah, those are… uh,” Izuku hesitated when Bakugo glanced at him with a frown, “striking?”

His comment didn’t seem to rouse a response from the gift-giver who turned his attention back to Todoroki for his reaction.

“Thank you for the thoughtful gifts, Bakugo,” Todoroki nodded somewhat deeply.

“Uh huh,” Bakugo nodded in return, though less deep than the birthday boy had to him.

Delicately putting the coupon and gift to one side, Todoroki picked up his only other present remaining.

“Is it okay if I open yours now too, Izuku?” Todoroki turned to his other friend.

“Oh, uh, yes, by all means,” Izuku agreed quickly. “I’m not sure it’s as good as what Kacchan got you, but I hope you like it too.”

Neither Izuku nor Todoroki acknowledged Bakugo’s somewhat superior grin at the caveat the greenette placed on his own gift, instead focusing on the unwrapping of the present.

Delicately unsticking the tape, Todoroki pulled away the paper to reveal what appeared to be fancy-looking calligraphy set tailored for sending important letters. What was somewhat befuddling was that, underneath the first, Izuku had included a duplicate second set.”

“Since we’re so busy recently and you can’t visit your mom as often, I figured you might like to write letters to her with something nice to let her know you’re doing well,” the greenette explained. “There’s two because I thought you might like to send her one too so you can write to each other with a matching set.”

Todoroki’s eyes absorbed the gift and its meaning as Izuku’s words registered in his mind. It was something so simple to most but his friend had gotten him something that had his fondness and appreciation for the boy swelling immensely. Looking over at Izuku’s earnest yet anxious smile, Todoroki knew that his selfless friend had gone out of his way yet again purely for his sake. Sure it could probably be seen as only a birthday present for some, but to Todoroki, it cemented his friendship with the boy come hell or high water.

“Thank you, truly, Izuku,” Todoroki bowed deeply again. “I will make great use of it and I hope my mother will do the same.”

“You’ve very welcome, Todoroki,” Izuku beamed at his gift being well received while Bakugo reluctantly conceded in his mind that Izuku had gotten the icy-hot idiot a quality gift.

“Thank you both for your gifts,” Todoroki bowed again. “I believe this has been the most enjoyable birthday I have experienced in years.”

“Not a high bar,” Bakugo deadpanned.

“Kacchan!” Izuku chided, getting an uncaring shrug from the blond in response.

“He opened presents he liked, that’s like, the bare minimum a birthday should be.”

“Are there other requirements I’m not aware of?” Todoroki enquired. While he was more than satisfied to call this one of his best birthdays, he wondered if Bakugo knew of ways it could be even better.

“Usually people do something fun on their birthdays,” Bakugo stated. “Going to arcades, karaoke, just fucking celebrating another year on this stupid ball of dirt with people you like.”

“All those I like in the nearby vicinity are right here though,” the birthday boy remarked. “Is this not enough?”

“Oh my god,” Bakugo groaned and threw his head back.

“I think what Kacchan’s trying to say is that we could do something extra together to celebrate with you today.”

“My apologies,” Todoroki blinked in confusion. “I am not used to this.” He took a moment to think about their possible options. “I don’t know of any arcades or karaoke places nearby I feel the need to go to.”

“It doesn’t have to be something like that,” Izuku assured him while Bakugo rolled his eyes at the boy’s obliviousness. “It can be anything you want really. Is there anything you particularly want to do with the rest of today?” He asked curiously.

Todoroki bit his lip as his eyes cast themselves to the floor.

“As much as I’m sure it will please Endeavor, I’d rather train to become a better hero than spend more time trying to appease his ego downstairs.”

“Then what are we fuckin’ waiting for?” Bakugo grinned. “Get ready birthday boy ‘cause you’re gonna give me that sports festival rematch to see who’s number one!”

“Uh, okay?” Todoroki awkwardly accepted as Bakugo rose from his spot and headed for the door. Izuku sighed and shook his head fondly at Todoroki’s response when the hot and cold boy looked over at him before rising from his spot too.

“If training’s what you want to do then let’s go ‘Plus Ultra’,” Izuku gripped his fist in determination.

“Plus Ultra,” Todoroki nodded with a smile as the pair trailed after their friend.

While Izuku, Bakugo, and Todoroki pushed their limits in the quirk gym that afternoon, the cake that read ‘Happy Birthday Shoto’ remained uncut and Endeavor’s gift unnoticed at the party until it was time to clean up.


To most, Thursday started off pleasantly normal. It was a lightly cloudy day with little wind yet not warm enough to forgo jackets despite the sun’s presence. Citizens went about their routines as normal with most heading off for their same old jobs at their same old buildings.

However, things were about to spiral out of control for one high-end jewellery store.

From inside, the customers and clerks were browsing and assisting like nothing was amiss. When the first screams were heard inside the store, there was only time for them to turn their heads and surprise to flash on their faces. For whatever reason the security defences hadn’t engaged before glass and debris were scattered everywhere as an armoured truck bulldozed through the entrance.

Screams rang throughout the store at the abrupt mayhem unleashed with many scrambling backwards to get as far away from the situation as possible, knowing all too well what further chaos might erupt if this was the work of villains.

A man with thick, sharp quills along his back emerged from the truck’s armoured cab, looking around at the injured with satisfaction while also eying up the loot they’d come here for.

“Take it all lads!” He called out as his fellow villains stepped into the store behind him. “This’ll be the last job we’ll ever need to pull.”

As the others set to work grabbing every precious gleam in sight, the store manager desperately punched in the emergency hero number for the local agency.


“Creati, Stratagem, prepare yourselves, we have an emergency alert!” Yoroi Musha announced as he strode past the dojo where he’d left the pair continuing their training exercises.

“An emergency?!” Momo gasped.

“What’s the situation?” Intelli reacted swiftly, grabbing her nearby flask of tea and following after the pro with Momo swiftly trailing after the two.

“Common thugs from the sounds of it,” Yoroi explained as they headed through the halls, other sidekicks already suited and booted while heading in various directions. “A jewellery store was smashed into, presumably for them to resell the stolen merchandise for an easy payday. You two will be with me.”

“What are our roles, sir?” Momo enquired, ensuring her wrist interface and visor were combat-ready for any information they may need.

“Stratagem will hold back and observe,” Yoroi stated as they strode through the main entryway and out onto the city streets. “Creati, you have the authority to use your quirk and assist me in subduing the villains. Follow my orders exactly and you will both be fine, am I understood?”

“Yes, sir!” The pair replied as expected.

“Good,” Yoroi nodded as a pair of cars loaded with his sidekicks sped past them in the direction of the incident while a third pulled up to the trio where the doors popped open. Climbing in quickly, the vehicle sped off at an urgent pace.


“Damn it! We can’t lose them!” One of the villains yelled, stood at the back of the speeding truck with his hulking frame holding as much of their stolen goods down as he could while the vehicle jostled wildly from the speeds their driver was pushing it. “Damnit, Rōzu, do something!”

“Do SoMeThInG, RōZu!” The pink-haired female villain replied in a mocking tone as she moved towards the truck’s rear and reached for the handle. “Jeez, all you’re good for is muscle.”

“Why I-”

“Watch and learn, idiot,” Rōzu shot over her shoulder as she raised the truck door to reveal several police vehicles frantically chasing them. “This is what real muscle looks like.”

She held her hand up and flexed it. With a puff of yellow smoke, a large red and yellow hammer three times the size of her head dropped into her hand. Rōzu let out a battle cry as she then hurled the hammer back, its aim true, as it spun and slammed into the leading police vehicle, embedding the engine into the concrete and causing the rest of the car to flip over and onto its hood from the sudden force.

“One down,” she grinned menacingly as she flexed her hand again, the hammer disappearing from its resting place in the engine’s carburettor and back into her grip, “three to go.”

As she was winding up her next shot the remaining pursuers hit the brakes and drastically backed off. Rōzu smirked triumphantly at their acknowledgement of her strength only to scowl as the police vehicles were overtaken by a pair of cars containing caped assholes.

“Shit, heroes,” she growled.

“What? Can’t real muscle handle a few costumed freaks?”

“Shut up, Ekiduna, or I’ll kick you out to deal with them yourself,” Rōzu barked as she pulled out a walkie-talkie. “Boss, company.”

“We got this,” the leader smirked as he glanced at his wheelman, “right?”

“Right,” the orange-haired man driving the truck nodded back confidently, taking a hard left down their planned escape route. They only needed to go down a few more streets till they reached their exit point and would be away scot-free.

The hero cars accelerated, chasing down the truck as it barrelled through the city. One of the sidekicks had to lean out the window and project her Hardlight Construct quirk in the form of a shield over the engine when another of Rōzu’s hammer’s tried to eliminate them like it had the other officers.

“We better be gettin’ close,” Rōzu scowled through the comms.

“Nearly there,” the driver relayed as he turned down a new road towards the docks. Their escape route was all prepared and ready to go, they just needed time to shift the loot and they could fly off to another country with their ill-gotten gains.

To lose the heroes they needed something big and that’s exactly what they planned to do by turning into the shopping district. Normally vehicles rarely drove down these streets as they were locked off by bollards, but a little bit of hacking before their heist had gone a long way.

 As the driver passed over a set of lowered bollards, screams ringing out from nearby shoppers who hadn’t expected any vehicles, they were ready to enact their plan.

“Now!” He called to his boss who pressed the red button on the dashboard.

Immediately, the bollards raised, standing firm as the hero cars approached far too late to brake and avoid a crash. The lead car’s driver did what they could to stop but the collision was unavoidable, totalling their vehicle but the airbags thankfully saved the occupants’ lives. The other wasn’t so ready to give up with the sidekick again leaning out the window and projecting a ramp big enough for the car to get over the obstacle and continue their pursuit despite some damage to the undercarriage when landing.

“Persistent fucks!” Rōzu growled.

“Don’t worry, me and Ekiduna can take ‘em while you and Mairusu take care of the loot,” the leader assured them, having glanced in the truck’s side view mirror. “Just be ready to move as soon as we stop.”

There were only a few blocks to go and, as Mairusu took the next corner, he could see the entrance to the docks up ahead. What he didn’t see, however, was the trail of spike strips laid out for them to roll right over.

Two pairs of loud pops erupted from underneath the vehicle as the truck quickly slowed to a crawl and sparks began flying.

“Shit!” The leader slammed his hand on the dashboard.

“Uh, boss?” Mairusu pointed. Up ahead, Yoroi Musha stood proudly unarmed and flanked by Momo. If the two had keener vision, they’d spot the form of Intelli watching them from around the corner of a store near the others who’d calculated their ideal intercept point but they were preoccupied with the heroes in front of them.

“Guess we’re doing this the old-fashioned way,” the leader growled before kicking open the truck’s door and jumping out. Yoroi stood firm, his stance braced as the leader strolled a few steps towards him with an air of arrogance as citizens around them took cover. “Out of the way, hero! We’ve got a job to finish.”

“You’ll finish nothing on my watch, villain,” Yoroi replied defiantly. “Surrender and come quietly or I will be forced to use force.”

“Villain?” The leader smirked, “I haven’t used my quirk at all today,” his quills bristled, “but if you insist. Mairusu!”

The driver, who’d slipped out of the truck himself, hurled a small golden ring towards Yoroi that quickly expanded in size.

“That won’t work!” Yoroi countered, his broad axe appearing in his hand with a soft pop before the pro slashed at the manifestation to deflect it.

His eyes widened in surprise when the edge of the ring simply passed through his body until it encircled him around the middle.

“Got ya!” Mairusu grinned triumphantly and clutched his hand tightly. As he did, the ring drastically reduced in size, becoming solid in the process, and instantly binding Yoroi’s arms to his sides.

“You’re wide open!” The leader yelled, performing a somersault towards the hero. As his back faced the armoured hero, several quills sharpened themselves to a razor’s edge and ejected from the man, hurtling towards their bound target.

“Sir!” Momo called out, having produced a thick metal shield for herself to hide behind.

“Fools,” Yoroi muttered, unperturbed by his predicament and wiggling one of his hands just enough to touch the metal ring encircling him. There was another soft pop and the ring disappeared in an instant, along with his axe, only to be replaced by a sickle and chain as he twirled it in the air before him, sending the quills scattering harmlessly into the concrete around them.

Momo felt a small smile slip onto her lips as she remembered exactly why she’d been enthusiastic to come and join this pro agency, recalling Izuku’s notes on the man.

The Equipped Hero: Yoroi Musha. Quirk: Hammerspace. He can store things he touches in a pocket dimension only he can access. No one knows where they go but he's always ready to take on any situation or villain with his multitudes of prepared gear. He can't use his quirk on living beings, but if he touches you, don't be surprised to find your gear stripped straight off your body!

When the leader landed, he clenched his jaw as he saw that he’d failed to turn the pro into a pincushion.

“You’re open,” Yoroi retorted, surging forward with speed the villainous leader hadn’t expected while switching his sickle to an iron staff. The leader dodged the first strike but was clipped by the second, sending him rolling backwards and dropping the handfuls of rings he’d crammed into his pocket he’d planned to keep for himself.

Behind him, the other hero car had arrived and the other sidekicks were now dealing with Rōzu’s Hell Hammer and Ekiduna’s Shovel Claws.

“Harinezumi, get up!” Mairusu called out from behind the truck where Momo was cautiously advancing towards him.

The heroes were closing in faster than they were expecting and it looked like it was only a matter of time before it was game over for them.

“Everyone, scatter and regroup!” Harinezumi called out, kicking himself to his feet. “They can’t catch us all.”

“Not a chance,” Yoroi narrowed his eyes and closed the gap again.

Harinezumi was prepared for him this time, timing a jump kick to push off Yoroi’s staff while spinning in midair.

“Get down!” Ekiduna yelled out, yanking Rōzu behind the truck for safety while Mairusu ducked.

The heroes braced for the worst as Harinezumi span before unleashing a hail of quills in all directions. The sidekicks were gathered behind the one projecting a hardlight shield while Momo crouched behind her own creation and Intelli kept herself hidden behind the brick wall. Yoroi did his best to deflect the new barrage but a few inevitably got through, though his armour thankfully protected him from the worst.

These were all seasoned and upcoming pros who knew how to handle the desperate moves of villains. The ones who weren’t but were caught in the crossfire paid the price.

Quills penetrated and shattered windows and glass around the area, causing several more screams to ring out from the onlookers inside the buildings. One man, who’d been stood near Intelli while trying to film the whole event on his phone, hadn’t realised the danger like the others and taken a quill to his neck, his phone clattering to the ground with two more embedded into it that likely would’ve shot into his face otherwise.

Intelli’s eyes widened as she heard the heavy thump of the man dropping to the floor and saw the blood begin spurting from his neck.

“Go now!” Harinezumi yelled as soon as his feet touched the ground, speeding off into a nearby building. In an instant, Rōzu had forced her way into the building opposite while Mairusu used parkour to ascend to the roof and Ekiduna took a slide into the sewers after dislodging the manhole cover with a claw.

“After them!” Yoroi ordered his sidekicks who chased after the closer quarries. “Creati and I shall apprehend their leader.”

Momo, who’d been glancing around to assess the damage to the area and civilians, nodded and moved to follow her mentor.

“Sir!” Intelli all but screamed as she crouched by the man who’d gotten hit, her hands already red with blood trying to help him stem the flow of life-sustaining liquid. “H-Help!”

“Computer; call an ambulance for my current location!” Momo declared as her hero gear did its work as she adjusted her course, crossing the gap towards the girl while Yoroi took note of the amount of blood and the location of the wound from where he stood.

“Leave him.”

“W-What?” Momo hesitated, her mind already having processed the necessary structure for bandages.

“It’s a lethal wound, he will not make it,” Yoroi dismissed as he moved to follow after the leader. “We mustn’t let the one who caused such pain escape.”

“W-We can’t just leave him!” Momo rejected, resuming her stride towards Intelli.

“That’s an order, Creati,” Yoroi replied coldly, causing a shiver of fear to run through her system.

Intelli could see the conflict in Momo’s eyes and prayed she’d do the right thing.

“I’ll go around and cut off his escape, sir,” Momo declared resolutely, continuing her path.

“Understood,” Yoroi nodded before striding into the building after the villain.

Looking back at the injured man, Momo knew she only had a few moments to act if she was to help both him and Intelli.

“We don’t have much time,” Momo stated quickly, manifesting the bandages she’d already generated and following it up with some more specialized tools. “He needs medical care and he needs it now.”

“I-I don’t know how to do that,” Intelli panicked, looking helplessly at the supplies Momo placed beside her.

“Anything we do will be better than nothing,” Momo said as she pulled off her visor and one of her wrist computers, attaching them to Intelli. “Here. If you use these and your quirk, you should be able to do something. Just say what you need and the computer will do the rest for you.”

“I-I don’t…” Intelli hesitated as Momo briefly took over holding the man’s wound closed, blood covering her hands while applying a bandage to try and temporarily stem the flow.

“You can do this,” Momo encouraged. “Breathe deep and just let your mind do the rest.”

It took her a moment for the words to register but Intelli gave her a shaky nod. With a quick sip from her flask, Intelli closed her eyes and let her quirk work its magic to align a plan of action based on everything she already knew.

“Computer; emergency suture instructions for a neck wound,” Intelli declared in a firm tone. Momo smiled as she immediately began producing surgeon-worthy tools for the girl to use. It would be tight, but it might just buy the man enough time for the emergency services to arrive.

Intelli took up the tools she needed and urged Momo’s hands away, a fierce resolve in her eyes.

“Go, I’ve got this!”

“Right,” Momo nodded, trying not to let her worry show as she took off around the building like she’d promised.

As much as she wanted to defy the hero and remain with Intelli, Momo knew she still had a job to do, she just hoped her presence wasn’t too sorely missed.

Putting her all into her legs, Momo turned the corner of the building expecting to see Yoroi and the villain engaged in combat. Thankfully, it seemed that neither had emerged on the other side which she hoped meant the villain had been subdued and not the other way around.

Her relief was short-lived however as the hero and the villain burst through a window further down with Yoroi blocking a pair of extended quill daggers with what looked like a rake of sorts, evidently having pushed the villain through the glass.

Civilians on this side of the building hadn’t quite gotten the memo of the villain's attack as the street wasn’t quite deserted.

“Surrender!” Yoroi yelled out as he pressed the attack, forcing Harinezumi’s back into the ground and twisting the rake to disarm the man before pressing it into his chest, locking his hands in place at the same time.

“Not a chance, tin can,” Harinezumi smirked.

With a flex of his toes, a sharp quill generated out of the end of Harinezumi’s foot which he thrust into the back of Yoroi’s leg where his armour was weaker.

It was a bracing wound and, while Yoroi had lived through worse, it was enough for Harinezumi to kick him away and jump back to his feet.

“Guess you didn’t get the message the first time,” Harinezumi panted, the quills along his back shuddering ominously. “If I’m going down, I’m taking everyone else with me!”

Before Yoroi could stop him, Harinezumi jumped in the air again, ready to fire off his next volley and take out everyone in the immediate area before speeding away in the confusion. As he braced his quirk to unleash itself everywhere, he felt a solid force slam into his back and shoulder.

“W-What the-?!” He started, his trajectory thrown as he tried to look for the source of whatever hit him.

Down the other end of the street, Momo stood tall with a metallic cylinder sticking out of her palm and pointed directly at him while using her middle finger as a make-shift iron sight.

“No more,” she declared, firing another round of the material she generated inside herself that struck Harinezumi’s chest as he hit the ground.

He didn’t feel like he’d been shot as his hand instinctively reached up to grip his wound. That was a mistake as the black goo that had hit him began swelling and growing, sticking to his hand before swallowing it up.

“What?!” He exclaimed as he could feel the same feeling engulfing the quills on his back. He desperately tried to eject them and fire off any he still had control of but those that did didn’t hit anything or anyone important and the black goo quickly smothered the area so they couldn’t regrow comfortably. “Fuck! No!”

At this point, Yoroi felt he was comfortably back in control of the situation as he walked up to the downed villain showing only a little limp from his injury.

“You are under arrest,” he stated calmly before holding his hand out above the man. With a pop, the golden ring that had tried to ensnare him reappeared, only this time, it detained Harinezumi who struggled and fought against his bond but with the black goo keeping it firmly in place there was nothing left he could do.

When Momo saw the will to fight leave the villain with Yoroi having him handled, she dashed back towards Intelli to see if she could help further. As she left, Yoroi looked over to watch her departure, his eyes narrowing in displeasure.


By the time Momo had returned to Intelli she was through the worst of the impromptu surgery. The wound had been closed as best as the girl could manage and the bandages had stemmed what bleeding there was remaining.

Much to their relief, the ambulance was only a minute away and police helped the vehicle through the street and around the grounded truck while onlookers had cautiously come out of hiding.

Much to Momo’s relief, it also seemed like the other sidekicks had caught the other villains as she could see them in custody, a little worse for wear though something similar could also be said for their apprehenders.

Once Intelli and Momo helped the medics secure the critical patient into the ambulance who was immediately hooked up with a bag of universal donor blood, they finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Unfortunately, it seemed someone else had turned up to the scene which put them both back on edge.

With a news van parked nearby and a suited woman holding a microphone in front of a guy holding a camera, both Creati and Stratagem mustered the energy to put on their public persona facades to hide their nerves, hoping they wouldn’t be targeted for comments.

For a while, it seemed just to be a basic report of the situation from the public’s perception. When the reporter started moving to the sidekicks for comments, each of them brushed her off with a simple, “No comment”.

Before the reporter could get to either of the girls Yoroi Musha reappeared with his capture in tow, only releasing the quilled villain from the quirk manifestation with a tap of his hand when the police were ready with appropriate replacement restraints.

“Mr Musha, Mr Musha!” The reporter called out but didn’t wait for a response, approaching the man and practically shoving her microphone in his face. “We’ve heard reports of a substantial jewellery heist by some rather despicable villains. Were you able to apprehend them all?”

The pro glanced at his full-time sidekicks who gave him tired but satisfied nods, cluing him into the situation.

“Yes, though they didn’t make it easy. I could tell they were trying to split up to dwindle our numbers when we had them cornered. Thanks to my training, all my sidekicks were able to make successful captures of all the culprits while I focused on their leader.”

“And what of those injured? I understand one civilian was rushed to hospital in critical condition,” the reporter pressed.

Yoroi’s eyes darted to the students in his care before back at the reporter.

“A tragic casualty. His injuries were severe and, to most, would be considered too far gone,” Yoroi bowed his head solemnly. “I, however, knew my student sidekick had the optimal quirk for addressing the situation immediately and ordered her to produce the necessary equipment my intern would need to perform emergency care. It is only a shame I could not address his care directly to ensure a greater survival chance.”

Despite being somewhat muted by the surrounding sounds of emergency responders going about their duties, Momo heard every word and froze in disbelief. Surely she couldn’t be hearing her mentor correctly.

Turning to Intelli, she could tell the girl was equally in shock from the confused and conflicted look on her face.

“Do you think he will make it?” The reporter pressed.

“At this point, one can only hope,” he stated vaguely. “I apologize for my curtness but we still have to secure the scene so please address any further questions to the agency if you please.”

“O-Oh, yes, of course,” the reported nodded as she was ushered back by the police as Yoroi turned away and back towards the scene.

It didn’t take him long to stroll up to the stunned pair with a displeased aura the girls could practically feel through his armour.

“Do you have anything to say for yourself, Yaoyorozu?” He demanded in a cold tone.

“I… I don’t… understand,” Momo frowned as she tried to comprehend her mentor’s logic. “Why did you um… mislead the reporter like that?”

“Would you rather I parade your insubordination to the masses?” Yoroi replied with a challenging tone. “You are under my command. Any actions you take, success or failure, reflect on me.”

“So, if we failed, you would’ve taken the fall?” Intelli asked curiously, though Momo could detect there was something else laced in the girl’s question.

“A casualty of the villain’s indiscriminate rampage had you both obeyed my instruction. Because you attempted to interfere, the risk of responsibility falls to you. I would’ve thought you would’ve learned this lesson from observing your classmate’s trial, Yoayorozu.”

Both Momo and Intelli’s expressions hardened at those words. It was clear as day what the pro was trying to do now; success was attributed to himself, and failure and blame would fall to them.

Momo wanted to fight back, to retort about their heroic responsibility and the injustice he was willingly committing but the man’s stern stare had her biting her tongue in her mouth.

“Secure the scene with the others and ensure every stolen item is accounted for down to the last emerald. Consider this your punishment for disobeying my direct command,” Yoroi stated with finality, turning away from the pair and returning to the police.

Once the man was out of earshot and preoccupied with updating the officers, Momo and Intelli turned to each other with equal expressions of disbelief. Both attempted to open their mouths to say something but the incredulity of what they just experienced had stolen their words away.

Before the two could gape at one another for too long they were interrupted by another.

“Hey,” a voice called to the pair. Momo and Intelli turned to see one of Yoroi’s other sidekicks approaching, the woman with the Hardlight Construct quirk called ‘Anodite’ if Momo remembered correctly. “Don’t take it too hard, you two did well out there.”

“A tough pill to swallow at this point,” Intelli murmured.

“Y-You heard that?” Momo grimaced.

“Not in as many words,” the sidekick admitted, “but I’m pretty sure I can guess what it was about. You got chewed up for disobeying him, didn’t you?”

Both Momo and Intelli’s gazes lowered, telling the heroine all she needed to know.

“It was to save someone’s life,” Intelli stated firmly. “A life he didn’t even try to save.”

“Not to mention the less-than-truthful reporting of the situation,” Momo agreed only for the pair to raise a collective brow as the sidekick let out a chuckle of dismay.

“Yup, that’s ol’ Iron-head for ya’,” Anodite nodded resignedly. “Try not to dwell on it too much. He’s been that way ever since I joined.”

“Wait, this is expected?” Intelli frowned.

“He does it all the time,” the sidekick nodded again. “Don’t expect him to ever talk you up without slipping in a stroke of his own ego. He’s been in the game so long I think he cares about his reputation more than actual hero work.”

“That’s… that’s just wrong,” Momo’s shoulders slumped. “I thought he was one of the top heroes in Japan because of his skills and dedication.”

“Oh, he’s got skills,” Anodite reluctantly acknowledged. “But they’re not what they once were. If you hadn’t noticed, we sidekicks kinda pick up the slack. As for the dedication, he’s certainly dedicated to making it look like he does no wrong. He follows the law to the letter and expects the same of us, doesn’t even like us talking to the press.”

“Then why are you, or any of you sidekicks, still here?” Intelli exclaimed. “You all captured the other offenders without him. If my deduction is correct, you easily have the skills to be pro heroes on your own.”

A melancholic look crossed the sidekick's face and Momo could’ve sworn she’d seen a flash of optimism light up in her eyes only for it to be snuffed out almost as quickly.

“Not at this point,” she dismissed. “Lockout has a husband and two kids to provide for, Shunter’s taking care of his ageing parents, and Pinprick broke his hip and never fully recovered to name a few.”

“Do you…  all feel that way?” Momo asked hesitantly, almost afraid of the answer she knew was coming as a dejected sigh escaped Anodite’s lips.

“I think I’ve missed my chance and… between you and me, I’m not sure I’ve got what it takes to do better if I leave the agency. If I tried and failed, there would be a lot of people I couldn’t help. Yoroi’s never accepted anyone back who’s tried to strike out on their own and failed; we’ve seen it before. At least if I stay I know I can do some good and pay the bills.”

Momo couldn’t believe her ears and it was clear she wasn’t hiding it very well when Anodite’s expression shifted.

“Listen, I’m not trying to put you off being heroes or from working here with us but just… maybe… don’t aspire to work at this particular agency after you graduate. Learn everything you can, but keep an ear open for better opportunities, yeah?”

“I think that’s apparent at this point,” Intelli’s lips thinned, and she nodded. That seemed to satisfy the sidekick, even if she didn’t seem too thrilled about their discussion despite initiating it.

“Just something to think about. Oh, this conversation never happened by the way,” the woman put a finger to her lips before returning to her responsibilities, leaving the two students still bewildered by the quick succession of events they’d just experienced.

“That was…” Momo muttered, her thoughts erratic.

“Quite,” Intelli replied diplomatically.

The pair remained still for a moment as the gravity of the situation settled over them, both intelligent aspiring heroes’ minds racing to process everything.

Any conclusions they could draw would have to wait as they noticed Yoroi glance over in their direction and his eyes narrow, remembering they still had a job and punishment to attend to. Reluctantly shelving their internal conflicts, Creati and Stratagem returned to work.


After wrapping up the crime scene and ensuring they’d done all they could, the heroes had wearily returned with a less-than-triumphant feeling. Momo and Intelli hadn’t had the chance to discuss their thoughts before collapsing into their rooms and, when morning arrived, they were expected to jump right back into training like nothing had happened.

Over the next day, there were no further interruptions at the Yoroi Musha agency. The two students were more focused on getting through their training, which they suspected had been stepped up in intensity for their disobedience, than anything else. By the time evening rolled around again, Momo found herself pacing inside her room trying to figure out how to make the best of her current situation.

“I can’t believe that man,” she growled to herself as she recalled Yoroi’s callous disregard for a civilian’s life. Once again it seemed like she’d found another unworthy figure of authority she was supposed to rely and learn from. What made this one more sour than that of her parents was that she’d actively chosen and fallen for the hero’s façade.

For better or worse, she was now attached to Yoroi Musha’s agency. As Anodite had said, the man had been in the hero business for a while and knew how to handle himself, but she now had to cast a much more critical eye over everything she had and would learn under his tutelage.

“Maybe I could transfer to another agency?” Momo pondered to herself only to discard the idea as quickly. Having sought out the man of her own volition, she didn’t doubt that it would be seen as a slight against the pro. After seeing and hearing how he staunchly guarded his reputation yesterday, she had no doubts he’d make it difficult for her to find another pro to work under who wasn’t at UA.

Maybe her family name could protect her somewhat, but it hadn’t seemed to dissuade the man’s tone yesterday when he’d scolded her, not to mention her distaste at using such a thing in the first place. Momo wasn’t her parents, she wanted to achieve her goals and be recognised on her own merits, but, at this point, it seemed like she had just trapped herself in yet another cage.

The urge to lash out in frustration grew within Momo as her pacing quickened despite her mental and physical fatigue. Before she could sink too far into her self-flagellation and despair the heiress caught herself and took a deep breath, trying to calm herself and let her feelings settle. Anger had gotten her in trouble before and she was in no hurry to repeat her mistake.

She needed to be calm, calculating, and collected.

With a bitter expression, she realised just how like her parents she was acting; trying to assess the best way to retaliate against someone who’d slighted her.

“No, I’m better than that,” the heiress reminded herself. This wasn’t the time for petty retaliation. If Yoroi followed rules to a fault to protect his reputation at all costs then Momo could use that to better herself. While it may not be the ideal location for her to learn how to be a good hero, it was optimal to learn exactly what was wrong with the current system.

At the very least it was a plan she was content with going along with for now. Hopefully, an opportunity would arise for her to more naturally switch her work-study somehow but for now, she needed to make the best of a bad situation.

Her breathing and mood settled with her reasoning, Momo took the chance to sit down on her bed and try to let go of her residual frustrations.

When her phone began ringing, Momo’s expression brightened considerably as being able to vent to one of her partners would be most welcome right now. As she reflexively reached for the button to answer the call, her blood froze as she read the caller ID staring back up at her.

With a rising pulse and sense of dread suddenly eclipsing all her recent irritations, she answered the call with an even tone.

“Hello father.”

“Good evening, dear,” her father replied in a more chipper tone than she’d been expecting. “How are things at Saitō’s, sorry, ‘Yoroi Musha’s’ agency?”

Momo didn’t attempt to stem her eye-roll at her father’s blatant brag about being on a first-name basis with the hero.

“They are interesting to say the least,” Momo replied diplomatically. “I believe there is much I can learn about the right ways to be a hero from him.”

“Good to hear,” Momo could feel her father’s satisfaction through the phone. “I heard about your emergency work yesterday too. Ensure you follow Saitō’s teachings and you will have nothing to worry about.”

“I shall do so,” Momo’s lips pursed. “Is there anything you wish to discuss with me father? As grateful as I am for your praise, I expect you have something more important for me.”

“That I do,” her father replied. “While I took your observations regarding Izuku Midoriya with a measure of scepticism, I can see now how insightful they were. While I expected him to be paired with a notable hero for your work-studies, seeing him not only secure a position at the Endeavor agency with Endeavor’s son and the sports festival victor but actively keep up with them if reports are to be believed was most unexpected.”

‘Not from where I’m sitting,’ Momo thought to herself as it seemed her father simply had no excuse not to believe her at this point.

“Considering his upbringing, that he’s achieved this much in a year is astounding, especially with UA’s less-than-optimal equipment and learning environment,” her father continued. “I imagine, with the right guidance, training, and equipment, we could help him achieve a legacy even greater than that of All Might.”

“I’m glad his value is being recognised,” Momo tactfully acknowledged.

“I’m sure you are,” her father grinned in his chair. “I’m sure you’ll also recall your public interaction with the boy.”

“Yes, father. You can be assured there have been no such repeat occurrences; on or off campus.”

“I’m aware,” the man replied happily. “That brings us to the subject of my call. After evaluating the current market and future projections, I have made a decision regarding your future spouse. It appears the best thing to secure the Yaoyorozu’s dominance in the hero field of the future would be for us to induct Izuku Midoriya into our influence. I’m sure he will have many potential opportunities for endorsements coming in the near future but we shall tie ourselves to him in a way he cannot avoid. Despite my previous scolding, I believe you should begin courting Izuku Midoriya.”

She knew it was coming at some point but Momo’s breath caught all the same.

“A-Are you sure, father?” Momo replied tentatively. “You’ve been very clear about such things in the past.”

“And I’m doing you the courtesy of being clear on them now,” her father replied with a firm tone. “This isn’t permission to indulge in a ‘fling’ of sorts, this is the next step in your future as well as that of the Yaoyorozu brand.”

“I see,” the heiress replied evenly. “My apologies I’m simply a little… surprised by this turn of events. I was under the impression such endeavours would occur further down the line.”

“Had such a clear successor to All Might not made himself so prevalent, he might’ve gone unnoticed until it was too late,” her father commented. “Based on the boy’s purchase history of the man’s merchandise it’s clear he idolizes him so I have no doubts that’s what’s driving him to be a hero. I’m sure he’s also relished the fact that All Might has taken a personal interest in him with as much fervour. All Might reigned at the top of the hero charts for decades. With the backing of the Yaoyorozu clan, I’m sure Midoriya could break that record, and you’ll be right there beside him.”

As appealing as that sounded to Momo, she had a much different interpretation of it than her father. She didn’t intend to be a trophy wife to the next number one, she’d make him fight her for it as she chased that goal for herself.

“If that is what you wish, father,” Momo replied evenly. “Though, there are certain things that may hinder my pursuit of such a goal.”

“Those being?” Her father’s tone fell, a frown settling across his brow.

“I’m sure I will have little problem letting him know of my interest. My concern is that his current relationship status is not available and it is known to the majority of my peers.”

“Your point?” Her father replied curiously. “I’m sure once you register your interest in him he’ll make the correct choice.”

“I understand that father,” Momo sighed with disappointment, though she should’ve expected as much at this point. “What I mean to say is it may not reflect well on myself or our brand were I to attempt to interrupt Midoriya’s current relationship. As you know, Izuku Midoriya is not the only notable pro hero in training even in my class. I would hate to misstep and secure his cooperation while alienating an entire class’ worth of my peers from our brand for essentially ‘stealing’ him from his current relationship.”

“Ah, that is what you meant,” Momo’s father chuckled. “Your foresight is noted dear but do not concern yourself with such a thing. Of course, do what you must to secure Izuku Midoriya’s cooperation through reasonable means but if that isn’t an option pursue it all the same. Should you note any significant discontent among certain peers, we can ensure they never rise to prominence enough to be a problem.”

Once again Momo felt her anger and frustration building. There was no doubt in her mind her father would condemn her entire class if it benefitted him; hero society wouldn’t be the only thing that suffered if her peers couldn’t reach their full potential.

No matter what she did, it seemed everyone else was getting dragged into her plight whether they knew it or not. She knew her options to defy her parents were limited, but it seemed like her cage was only getting smaller with each passing day.

With a bitter resolution in her heart obscuring the ball of hope she kept hidden away from her father’s sight, Momo gave the man what he wanted to hear.

“Noted father. I shall update you as I attempt to secure Izuku Midoriya’s romantic interest.”

“That’s my girl,” Momo’s father nodded proudly.

“I… have some ideas on how to peacefully subvert his current relationship based on my current observations. To that end, I would like to request permission to explore more typical group social outings for my class. Interacting with him outside of such structured school environments will allow me to endear myself to him without overly arousing suspicion. If I can drop certain comments about my superiority compared to his current relationship then surely it could not be seen as my fault that he decided I was the better choice.”

For a moment the phone line was silent. Momo held her breath, wondering if she’d requested too much, after all, being seen in public was what had aroused her father’s suspicion in the first place.

On the other end, Momo’s father was grinning to himself. His daughter was finally coming into her own and thinking like a true Yaoyorozu. Her request certainly wasn’t one he would’ve entertained before but she was proving herself better than he’d hoped. She still wasn’t quite there yet, but she would learn.

At the very least, if she was in public, he could keep an eye on her and assist where he could.

“Not an unreasonable request,” the man pretended to ponder. “Ensure that you let me know your plans ahead of time and I shall approve as and when I need to.”

“Thank you, father,” Momo replied, figuring that was the best she was probably going to get out of him. At least now she could do something while being forced to go through with this plan. She only hoped that Izuku and the others were ready for things to start getting messy.

“I’ll inform your mother when she returns of our discussion,” Momo’s father continued. “I’m sure you’ll be receiving an enthusiastic call, to say the least regarding this development.”

“I look forward to mother’s insight,” Momo said, glad that there didn’t seem to be any more demands from the man today. “Take care, father.”

“Goodbye, dear,” he signed off with a click as Momo slowly lowered her phone again.

Staring at her home screen, her mind was flourishing again with racing thoughts. After the disappointment of yesterday, this seemed to just be the icing on the terrible cake. Her hands began gripping her phone tighter as her infuriation flared again until she felt and heard the creaking of the device from her strength. It was only the ping of an alert that prevented her from inadvertently crushing the device into scrap, the vibrations shaking her focus back into the present.

It was a text from Mina to their group. Opening the application, she quickly saw the others begin responding to the pinkette who’d detailed that she had some sort of ‘secret-super-awesome’ meeting that she ‘totally couldn’t tell them about’. Momo let out a fond chuckle at the others promptly scolding her for talking about it at all while the girl petulantly pouted as best she could through text.

Momo needed to tell them about her father’s call and her new objectives from him. Her fingers hesitated to type however and she knew exactly why. They didn’t need the distraction right now, not when they still had one day left before they returned and she could break down in their comforting embrace once more.

For now, she had to be strong. Momo knew they could at least find some sort of solution to mitigate the worst of this expected development, but she only hoped it wouldn’t cost them too much happiness before they could break her free of her family influence.

Her fingers regained the ability to type and the heiress joined the conversation with her partners, smiling warmly at Mina’s pouting when she agreed with the others and their threat to mute her to save the pinkette from herself. She spent the rest of the evening chatting with them all, savouring the carefree conversation before the inevitable fallout she knew was coming.

Notes:

Chapter summary:

- Tooru trains her quirk with Ragdoll in one of UA's city arenas. After Tooru kicks off Ragdoll's helmet during a scrap, she gets changed and returns to see Ragdoll and Pixie-Bob yelling at each other about Ragdoll's safety. Once Pixie-Bob leaves, Ragdoll confides in Tooru that, while she knows her teammates are just worried for her, she thinks Pixie-Bob is overly babying her for her lack of quirk. Tooru offers a fresh perspective of maybe Pixie-Bob being guilty for being unable to help when she needed her most which Ragdoll hadn't considered before. The two soon get up and resume training in earnest.

- Mina, exhausted from training and wanting some love, texts her partners after her work study for the day with a lewd picture. One by one the others begin joining in, sending their own lewd pictures with Tsuyu unfortunately flashing Nejire in the process of surprising Ochako. When Izuku realises he's forgotten to wrap Todoroki's present everyone starts heading off to do their own thing leaving Mina horny and frustrated. Feeling the urge herself, Kyoka calls Mina and the two engage in satisfying phone sex.

- Izuku, Bakugo, and Todoroki are feeling the burn trying to beat Endeavor's challenge by subduing a criminal first. Unexpectedly, they return to the agency early at Endeavor's urging only to discover that everyone's put on a birthday party for Shoto. Endeavor has made a display of getting Shoto a gift which the boy chooses not to open while he appreciates the card from the other employees. Bakugo, not enjoying the atmosphere, drags the other two with him back to the agency dorms, grabbing his gift for Shoto while Izuku grabs his and the two bundle into Shoto's room so the boy can open them. Bakugo got Todoroki some fancy chopsticks while Izuku got him some new stationery to write to his mother with. To celebrate his birthday doing what he wants, the three head to the training rooms to continue working on their skills.

- When a gang of thieves raids a jewellery store, Yoroi Musha's agency is contacted for assistance with Momo and Intelli accompanying him. Using Intelli's skills, the group ambush the thieves who split up to escape. While trying to make his getaway, the leader of the villains uses his quirk that injures a civilian to a lethal degree. Rather than letting Momo assist with helping the man, Yoroi orders her to leave him and cut off the villain while he engages. Momo, unable to be so callous, partially ignores his order to assist Intelli in saving the man's life before chasing after the villain. Once the battle is over and the villains are secured, the media start talking to Yoroi who takes credit for Momo's achievements in saving a life. When Momo speaks up about it he scolds her. After Momo and Intelli chat with Yoroi's other sidekicks they realise that they've given up going independent and have settled.

- Back at the agency, Momo relives her frustrations with the situation, comparing Yoroi to her parents as well as recognizing that she was thinking about behaving like them again to get revenge for a slight against her. It's then that her father calls and informs Momo that he's made a decision regarding her suitor; that being Izuku. When Momo enquires as to his reasoning and potential concerns, he brushes them away as he's certain that any discontent can be forcefully quietened, even at the cost of her entire class's futures. By the end of the call, Momo is resigned to her fate for now but chooses not to bother her partners until they return to the dorms, letting them focus on their work studies undistracted for now.

Chapter 48: Family Dinners

Summary:

After Izuku and Bakugo are invited to a Todoroki family dinner, the poly needs to deal with Momo's news.

Notes:

Apologies for the delay, this chapter, while planned for a while, took longer than usual to get the dialogue right.

If you'd like to come yell at me or keep better tabs on how the next chapter is going or potential delays, come join us over on the discord at: https://discord.gg/x85xtWmKCa
There's also a fun new lewd MHA game of my creation to try out at the same time, and I'll be hanging around there most days, usually chatting rubbish, so feel free to bother me. :)

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

Early evening had fallen across Japan and some were clocking out of their jobs to greet the weekend with weary yet open arms. Many decided they were too tired from work to cook for themselves and stopped for a bite to eat or some take-out.

For one such salary man, after stopping in a twenty-four-hour corner store to grab a microwave meal, his night was briefly about to get a lot more unpleasantly exciting.

Having been followed from the bank to the corner store, a man in a side alley grinned as he saw his target depart, slipping a black mask over his face. He chose his moment well, waiting for the impending victim to become too focused on his phone before taking off at a run, snatching his briefcase at speed before the guy knew what hit him.

“Hey! That thief took my bag!” He yelled out as the thief picked up his pace. “Somebody call a hero!”

The man’s cry was loud enough to alert the attention of three work-study students who immediately began moving to respond, shooting off together towards the distressed civilian.

They only had to turn a single corner to witness the likely suspect, face obscured by a black mask, clutching his prize and running directly towards them.

‘This time!’ Shoto thought as he pushed his ice harder, accelerating towards the thief as Midoriya and Bakugo kept pace with their speed and explosions respectively. ‘We’ve got this!’

Before the trio could even ready themselves to pacify the fleeing suspect, a familiar burst of flame heated their backs before Endeavor soared past them, slamming his leg into the suspect and knocking him both prone and out.

“We were the ones who responded first this time,” Shoto scoffed as he slid to a stop with Bakugo landing alongside him while their pro-hero mentor immediately signalled the police to take the man into custody.

“Damnit, how did he beat us again?!” The blond scowled at yet another failed attempt to out-speed the number one hero while Izuku slowed to stop behind the pair, panting to catch his breath.

They’d been on patrol for most of the day at this point and Shoto was beginning to shiver from pushing his ice more than his fire. After a long week of continuous effort, he had little doubt they were all experiencing similar quirk strain.

Shoto had to admit that Endeavor had certainly proved his worth as the one who’d been closest to surpassing All Might for so many years. That still didn’t change his personal feelings about the man who he acknowledged as at least trying to be a father but at the very least he knew he’d made the right choice to invite his friends along so they could all study and surpass him to one day be true heroes.

“You should be more careful if you’re still using cash these days,” Endeavor advised the civilian as he returned the man’s stolen briefcase.

“Yes, sir!” The office worker bowed in thanks.

Just when the three students thought they could catch their breaths.

“Endeavor, we’ve got a hit-and-run in area twenty-three,” the agency dispatcher informed them all over their earpieces.

“Got it, be right there!” The pro responded quickly, barely glancing at the three work-study students before taking off, knowing they were on the same communication frequency.

“Damn it!” Bakugo growled, blasting off to chase after the man while Shoto did the same, speeding away on his ice with Izuku hot on their heels.

He didn’t want to give up but Shoto had to admit that the conclusion was forgone. They were running low on stamina while Endeavor’s seemed unending. Shoto was flagging and knew they needed to call it soon else risk becoming a liability.

Still, their shift wasn’t over yet and he kept pace as best he could with his friends until they arrived on the scene of yet another situation that had been resolved by Endeavor.

Having overheated the hit-and-run suspect’s engine, Endeavor handed the criminal over to the police who’d been tailing him and receiving praise for his incredible work.

When the trio gathered together once more, it seemed that they were clearly feeling the effects of an all-day patrol since they could no longer hide their pants of exhaustion.

“This one wasn’t even fair!” Bakugo grumbled, crouching down to rest while simultaneously readying himself to blast off for the next destination.

“We stood no chance,” Shoto sighed as he hunched over to try and reclaim his breath.

It seemed only now that Endeavor took notice of the trio’s exhausted states, casting a judgemental eye over them all before his expression somewhat softened.

“Let’s stop here for today. You should return to your rooms and get some sleep,” he ordered.

“I’m not done fighting!” Bakugo rejected, straightening up and mustering all the energy he had left to put into one final attempt to surpass the pro.

“Kacchan, don’t argue,” Izuku sighed.

“Don’t tell me what to do,” Bakugo scoffed.

“What about you? You’re not coming back with us?” Shoto enquired curiously, though Izuku couldn’t help but note the minor joy in his friend’s mostly even tone.

“I’ll head in after patrol’s over,” Endeavor stated. “We have an early day tomorrow, don’t start it out fatigued.”

“Yeah, tomorrow’s the day we’re gonna beat your dumb challenge!” Bakugo declared.

“We should prepare for it then,” Shoto agreed as the trio turned to walk away.

“Shoto. A moment,” Endeavor requested with his son turning back to face him with apprehension. Izuku and Bakugo stopped too, glancing at the pair.

“What is it?” Shoto simply asked.

“A matter best discussed in private,” the pro hinted, raising his brows at both Bakugo at Izuku. Shoto seemed to acknowledge what he wanted and let out a weary sigh.

“You two go on without me, I’ll catch up.”

“Are… you sure, Todoroki?” Izuku asked carefully.

“Whatever,” Bakugo shrugged before turning around in a huff and starting to walk away.

Izuku looked torn between staying to support Shoto and chasing after Bakugo, though once his more stoic friend gave him an assuring nod he conceded to his wishes.

“H-Hey, Kacchan, wait up,” Izuku called out as he followed after the blond.

Once Bakugo and Midoriya were out of earshot, Shoto approached Endeavor with a questioning expression.

“What do you want?” Shoto asked again, dropping the more formal tone he used in front of others.

Endeavor felt his heart sink at the persistent cold disposition he received but didn’t let it show on his face.

“You should invite your friends to dinner tomorrow.”

“They’re not interested,” Shoto dismissed almost immediately.

Endeavor opened his mouth to retort but hesitated, causing Shoto’s challenging stare to narrow. It didn’t take the pro more than a few seconds to realise why his son had dismissed the offer so easily and decided to try again.

“It’s not me who’s asking. Your sister has made a request of us both,” he relayed. “Fuyumi would like to invite you and your friends to dinner tomorrow evening. I thought it best to run the idea past you first if you did not wish to acknowledge such in front of those two.”

Shoto frowned. While that certainly sounded like his sister he was surprised Endeavor was being so considerate towards him. He observed his father with the same judgemental gaze he’d picked up from the man himself.

“Why do you care?” Shoto replied carefully. “You didn’t even want them here in the first place, now you’re happy to have them visit your house?”

The way his son regarded their home with the same disdain he had for himself had Endeavor acknowledge that his decision regarding his family’s future was the right one.

“It doesn’t matter what I want,” he admitted gruffly. “This is Fuyumi’s request. I will be doing my best to do right by her, but I acknowledge that this decision isn’t one I can make for you.”

Shoto eyed the man again with Endeavor almost feeling his critical gaze. A moment stretched into a minute as Shoto reflected on the situation he’d been presented.

“Will Natsuo be there?”

“I believe he will be,” the pro confirmed.

“Then I shall put it to them,” Shoto acknowledged while turning to follow after his friends. “Do not be surprised if they turn the invitation down, however.”

“I shall let your sister know,” Endeavor confirmed as he watched Shoto jog to catch up with his friends.

Once the boy was out of sight, the number one hero shook off what disappointment he felt from the interaction before returning his focus to the city.

Shoto glanced back to see his father take off for yet another call for help before turning the corner to head back to the agency. When he did, he almost had to double back as he saw Midoriya and Bakugo leaning against the nearby wall, the latter with his arms crossed and a surly expression on his face.

“Is there some sort of delay?” Shoto asked curiously.

“We… didn’t want to go on without you,” Izuku admitted tactfully.

“Or leave you alone with that asshole. Even if it is in public,” Bakugo scoffed.

A small smile tugged at the corner of the dual-quirked boy’s lips though he wasn’t conscious of the fact.

“Thank you. I appreciate it.”

“Whatever,” Bakugo shrugged, pushing himself off and restarting his pace back to the agency.

“Everything okay, Todoroki?” Izuku asked as they followed after the blond together this time.

“Yes, there’s no cause for concern,” Shoto acknowledged. “However, there is something I need to ask you both…”


The last day of their dedicated work-study week arrived and, by the end, most of the UA first years had not only gained a great deal of knowledge and experience about how they’d be operating in the real world, but they also learned of the exhaustion they’d be regularly facing.

Those who didn’t have the stamina to keep up found themselves drifting into a soft slumber on their respective trips back to UA while others tried to stave off the inevitable until they could snuggle into their much more comfy beds.

For class 1-A, Mina was one of the first to return to the dorms.

“Heyyo! Mina’s home!” The pinkette called out as she stepped into the common room. When there was no response, she figured she’d arrived at an empty building; suspecting that Shinso and Tooru were still working hard with their mentors. Truthfully, that suited Mina just fine as she heaved a tired sigh; some downtime to relax alone sounded heavenly before she peppered her public girlfriend with love and affection.

After drinking most of a refreshing bottle of water from the fridge, Mina wearily hauled herself into the elevator and returned to her room. Relief flooded her system once she stepped through her doorway and shrugged off her backpack, a loud groan emanating from her throat as she released all her pent-up frustrations from the week in the safety of isolation.

“Urgh! Finally!” The pinkette took a moment just to stand there and relax, a soft shiver running down her spine as the afternoon sun bathed her room in a light orange glow. With her strength diminished from the week-long patrols and workouts, Mina grabbed one of the straps of her bag and dragged it across the floor to rest against the side of her desk to be unpacked later before beelining for her bed, flopping down onto it face-first with a thud and moderate bounce. “Mmm, so good!”

The girl would almost be embarrassed by the sounds she was making as she crawled further into her sheets and rolled around in the softness of the familiar fabric but Mina was too tired to care about anything at this point. After almost cocooning herself in her comforter, the lure of slumber threatened to claim her before she claimed dinner. Only the pain of her rumbly tummy kept her in the waking world.

Pulling out her phone, Mina checked the time and saw she still had another hour or so before her usual dinner time, though hopefully, it wouldn’t be one she’d spend alone.

‘May as well let the others know I’m back,’ Mina reasoned as she tapped a quick text into their group chat to announce her return. None of the others responded right away but the girl wasn’t exactly expecting it if they felt as knackered as she was.

“Maybe a little nap wouldn’t be too bad,” the pinkette muttered as she relished the softness of her familiar sheets. “Probably should get out of my uniform though.”

With a great heave, Mina pushed herself up and began shedding her clothes, tossing them haphazardly around to be dealt with at a later time. It was only then that she realised how cold her room was, having turned off the heat before she’d left.

“Damn energy consciousness,” she pouted, rubbing her arms to try and generate some warmth once she was down to her undies. Reluctantly departing her dear bed once more, she quickly adjusted the dial to get the heat going again, though it would take a little while to get going. “I wonder if this is how Tsu feels,” Mina chuckled to herself only to pause as an idea popped into her head.

Her froggy girlfriend just so happened to have given her something that was perfect for this very situation and there was certainly no greater time to try it out.

“Where’d I put you?” The pinkette bustled over to her clothes cupboard and pushed aside her more frequent choices for comfort wear until Tsu’s fluffy Christmas present revealed itself. “Bingo!”

Pulling the thick, extra-large hoodie out Mina quickly threw it over herself and revelled in the softness.

“Mmm, Tsu was right; so toasty!” The pinkette purred as she hugged herself, feeling her body heat stockpiling in the fluffy fleece material. With a quick check on herself in the mirror, Mina shot herself a cheeky grin as the words ‘Alien Queen’ stood proudly on the front of the garment which hung down to her thighs.

As the room and her hoodie were both beginning to warm up, Mina’s muscles reminded her of her fatigue from her weeks’ worth of going ‘Plus Ultra’. Eyeing her bed in the mirror, the pinkette figured the sooner she crawled back into it, the more nap she could have before everyone got back.

Wasting no more time, the girl returned to her sheets and slipped underneath them, feeling their weight settle comfortably over her hoodie as she felt as snug as a bug with her eyelids growing heavy and gently lowering.

In what she swore was the span of a blink, late afternoon jumped into evening judging from the darkness engulfing her room.

“Dangit, how long w’s I ou’?” Mina murmured, stretching herself out. Having not bothered to set an alarm, she chided herself for potentially missing the others’ return as well as dinner and hoped she wasn’t too late to get some hugs or something.

Pulling out her phone, Mina realised that it was the buzzing of a text that awoke her from her nap.

Frog Queen: Hey, you around?

Mina blinked bleary at the bright screen as her mind struggled to process Tsu’s question. Her belly rumbled, apparently put out after being ignored for sleep and was making its complaint vocal.

Alien Queen: Yeah! You and ‘Chako back too? Wanna do dinner together or wait for the others?

Rubbing her eyes and pushing herself up against her headboard, Mina awaited Tsuyu’s response eagerly, though didn’t want to rise out of her warm cocoon before it was necessary. Instead of a text, there was a knock at her door and Mina didn’t need to be psychic to know who was behind it.

“Tsu?” She called out.

The door opened and her froggy girlfriend quickly entered and shut it behind her.

“Hi Mina, ribbit,” the girl replied evenly.

Most wouldn’t think twice about the girl’s casual greeting. Mina knew better by now however and had learned the subtleties to discern her girlfriend’s true feelings.

“Hey, everything okay, Darling?” Mina’s brow gently furrowed as Tsuyu approached, pulling aside her comforter to stand. Once she’d risen and opened her arms, she quickly found her slightly smaller girlfriend wrapped around her middle in a tight embrace, the greenette letting out a familiar tired sigh of relief. “Oof, tough week for you too?”

“You could say that,” Tsuyu admitted, squeezing her girlfriend tighter.

“Oh dear, what’s happened?” Mina sighed, gently coaxing the girl off when she was ready and guiding her to sit. “Ryukyu being all the dragon she can be?”

“No,” Tsuyu sighed, scooching further onto her girlfriend’s bed and letting Mina wrap the covers around her, savouring Mina’s lingering warmth as it seeped through her ruffled uniform. “Working for her was as good as before. Better even, considering how much we learned, ribbit.”

“Something else then?” Mina pressed gently, rubbing the girl’s leg comfortingly.  

“Ochako’s mad at me,” the frog girl stated simply.

“What?!” Mina baulked. That didn’t seem like normal Ochako behaviour. “What… happened?”

“Nothing you don’t already know really, ribbit,” Tsuyu sighed. “That stunt I pulled where Nejire saw my butt. It kinda worked since Ochako and I had some fun together afterwards but since then she refused to do anything more than hold hands or kiss for the rest of our time at Ryukyu’s. Apparently I’m on ‘time out’, ribbit.”

Mina’s lips thinned, not from anger or frustration, but to hold back the giggle that threatened to jerk forth out of her chest. Tsuyu may have gotten some after their teasing texts, but it seemed their gravity-defying girlfriend wasn’t entirely appreciative of such a bold move where others could and had accidentally stumbled in on them.

“Ahh. Guess that kinda backfired on you, huh?” Mina allowed herself a small chuckle as she wrapped the girl in another hug.

“It’s not like I intended for Nejire to walk in with Ochako, ribbit,” Tsuyu pouted. “I apologized to both of them and Nejire laughed it off but Ochako made sure I knew that stuff was off limits afterwards.

“Aww, not dealing with being told ‘no’ so well, are you?” Mina cooed at her froggy girlfriend. The green-haired girl’s lips thinned at the minor mocking but she released a sigh when she couldn’t deny the truth of the matter.

“Sex releases happy hormones, and I like being happy.”

Mina smiled at the adorable simplicity and straightforwardness that was Tsuyu.

“Snuggles and huggles release those happy hormones too, you silly frog,” Mina chuckled as she squeezed the girl extra tight to hopefully release extra hormones.

“So you prefer them over orgasms, ribbit?” Tsuyu retorted though didn’t resist the warmth and comfort of Mina’s embrace.

“Let’s not get crazy,” the pinkette chuckled, pulling back from the girl and cupping her face. “Did Ochako still seem mad when you two got back?”

“Kinda?” Tsuyu shrugged. “She’s tired too and wanted to just go nap so I didn’t want to push anything to see if we’re still okay.”

“You’re probably just overthinking it,” Mina smiled, rubbing her thumb over Tsuyu’s cheek. “You guys were supposed to be professional while at a top ten hero’s agency after all; she probably wanted to stay focused on the job. Hell, you remember how hesitant she was to tell Squishy how she felt when she thought it might be distracting for them both, and that’s without sex. At this point, I think we all know how distracting you can be sometimes.”

“That’s… fair,” Tsuyu sighed. “But I wanted the distraction myself, and the stress relief.”

“Nothing wrong with just having some solo time,” Mina smirked. “And don’t you get enough already with six of us?”

“Well, you and Tooru didn’t make it easy,” Tsuyu stuck her tongue out petulantly. “Being sandwiched between you two without doing anything before we left was hard enough.”

“That’s on Tooru, not me,” Mina retorted with an eye-roll. “Why do you think I started that chain by flashing you guys the goods? I wanted some relief too.”

“Maybe we should’ve attended the same agency,” Tsuyu chuckled dourly.

“There’s plenty of time for that stuff after we become super-awesome pros, remember? Don’t be so impatient, Darling.”

“I know that, ribbit,” Tsuyu pouted. “Doesn’t make holding back any easier though.”

“Well, either you learn how to, or Ryukyu and Nejire are gonna see a whole lot more frog butt,” Mina giggled.

“Not an unappealing option,” Tsuyu smirked.

“Down girl,” Mina rolled her eyes. “You wouldn’t be so quick to leap on their lily pads if it cost you Ochako, would you?”

“No,” the frog-quirked girl sighed resignedly.

“Right,” Mina nodded, content to have gotten the message across. “You’re back home now so put all that out of your mind and relax. If you want we can go chat to Ochako tomorrow to make sure you guys are still all good.”

“That… would help. Thanks, Princess,” Tsuyu smiled warmly at her girlfriend.

“Anytime, Darling,” Mina grinned, rubbing the girl’s arm before pulling her in for another hug which Tsuyu eagerly accepted.

The pinkette chuckled as she rubbed Tsuyu’s back comfortingly as a moment stretched into a minute and didn’t show any signs of stopping.

“Uh, Tsu?” Mina chuckled. “Much as I love hugging you, you know we can’t stay like this forever.”

“But you’re so warm,” Tsuyu nuzzled into Mina’s hoodie, squeezing her girlfriend a little tighter for emphasis. “If I get up I’ll be cold again.”

“That’s thanks to your lovely xmas prezzie. Don’t you have your own?”

“But yours is right here and pre-warmed.”

“Urgh, so needy,” Mina rolled her eyes fondly. “Fine. I guess we can snuggle for a bit longer before dinner. You clearly want it.”

That at least got Tsuyu to relinquish her grip around Mina’s middle as the bed’s owner shifted around so she could settle back into the sheets and await her froggy girlfriend.  

Having dropped off her bags in her room beforehand, Tsuyu wasted no time divesting herself of her school jacket and tie, causing Mina to raise a brow as she kept going until she’d lost everything except her bra and underwear.

Climbing under the sheets next to her, Tsu snuggled in close to absorb as much of Mina’s warmth as she could before finally letting herself fully relax after her trying and slightly frustrating week.

“Better?” Mina smiled as she held the girl close, stroking her long, green locks.

“Mm-hmm,” Tsuyu nuzzled into Mina’s hoodie again.

The pinkette sighed pleasantly as she comforted her froggy girlfriend, hoping the girl hadn’t made too big of a mess with Ochako that it couldn’t be made up for with some space and another apology now they were safe and sound back at the dorms.

While she couldn’t blame the girl for wanting the release and intimacy, Tsuyu’s habit of putting her naughty needs over common sense was something she definitely needed to work on. Chiding her further about the subject could wait though, for now, her girlfriend needed the comfort and she had the perfect way to give it.

“Hey, Tsu,” Mina grinned.

“Mm? The frog girl untucked her head and looked up.

Reaching under the covers, Mina pulled up the hem of her hoodie with a little difficulty considering their position before engulfing Tsu’s head with it.

“Mina!”

“Sorry! I thought you might like this more,” the pinkette apologised when she realised she needed Tsuyu’s cooperation to get them both snug inside. Luckily for her, Tsuyu quickly caught on to what the pinkette was attempting and helped pull the garment around her shoulders, wiggling it down until the toasty fleece encapsulated them. The hood area was very snug with both their heads squeezing into it but neither was particularly concerned, sharing a fond smile.

“Better?” Mina asked.

“Ribbit!” Tsuyu nodded, almost bonking their heads together.

“Good,” Mina smirked. “Now for part two of my master plan!”

Tsuyu’s eyes widened as she felt Mina’s hands moving. At first, she went to grab them and counter whatever her pink girlfriend had planned only to let out a needy moan when Mina grabbed her breasts and tweaked her nipples.

“Ribbi~it.”

The pinkette grinned before kissing Tsuyu’s forehead affectionately and continuing with her actions.

“Come on, let Mama Mina sort you out then you can think clearly again.”

“M-Mina,” Tsuyu moaned, one of her hands snaking down into her knickers and between her lower lips already.

“That’s it, say my name,” Mina stuck her tongue out cheekily before directing it between Tsuyu’s lips as the two engaged in a heated kiss. The pair moaned into each other as their tongues eagerly danced and swirled around each other, a prelude to what they both knew was inevitable now.

One of Mina’s hands soon descended and reached Tsuyu’s knickers, quickly sliding inside to join Tsuyu’s own as two digits began working over Tsuyu’s button before Mina’s slipped inside.

The pinkette bit her lip seductively in excitement when Tsuyu let out a throaty moan.

“Good girl,” Mina smirked as she pulled back. “Now, remind me what that tongue can do.”

The frog girl cracked her eyes as Mina opened her mouth wide, her throat almost opening invitingly. If there was any resistance within Tsuyu, it was swiftly shredded as the girl eagerly extended her tongue to bridge the gap between them again before their lips met and she fed her muscle into Mina’s throat.

The pink girl groaned, reaching her free hand up to feel the bulge in her throat that Tsuyu created as the slippery appendage explored her insides and felt herself clench in desire. The only thing that would make it better was if Tsuyu could somehow release some sort of sticky essence inside her like Izuku.

Trying not to forget her own duties, Mina inserted another finger into Tsuyu’s depths and pumped rhythmically. It was certainly no cock or strap-on, but Tsuyu ground her hips against them as though they were.

Between Tsuyu’s thrusting hips and tongue and Mina’s groans and pumping fingers, the two girls were quickly drawing close to their climaxes. That was if not for a sharp jolt of sound that immediately made the two freeze in place.

The door to Mina’s room clicked and swung open as someone stepped inside.

“Mina!” A perky, cheery voice called out. “I saw you were back and-” Tooru’s excited voice stalled as Mina and Tsuyu struggled to look over at the girl from their awkwardly confined position inside the sheets. The glittery-haired girl stifled a giggle and smirk when she understood exactly what the two were up to. “I’ll uh… come back another time.”

Mina made a gagging sound as she tried to speak only for Tsuyu’s tongue to get in the way. The frog girl quickly retracted it, causing Mina to cough but at least regain the power of speech.

“N-No, wait,” Mina called out raspily, her throat still full of saliva but succeeded in causing her other girlfriend to pause in her retreat. “T-Tsu’s feeling a little frustrated and I’m helping her out. If you want you can stay if you wouldn’t mind giving us a hand… or tongue?”

“M-Maybe both, ribbit?” Tsuyu begged needily.

Admittedly sex wasn’t the first thing on Tooru’s mind when she’d sought out her girlfriend, but considering her own stressful week and the situation at hand, she certainly wasn’t inclined to decline.

“Jeez, I wait all day for you to get home and you jump into bed with someone else,” Tooru teased playfully, quickly making sure the door was locked this time so they didn’t have any more unexpected disturbances. “That goes for both of you.”

“Ribbit?” Tsuyu felt a pang of guilt even though she knew it was just a tease.

“Guess I’ll just have to catch up with showing you both how much I missed you guys,” Tooru winked as she hurried over, discarding her top clothes along the way.

“That’s our girl,” Mina grinned as she reached up to cup Tsuyu’s lightly worried face and pull her back in for a much more tender kiss.

Her momentary fears eased again, Tsuyu leant into the kiss as she felt Tooru pulling the sheets down around them, revealing Mina awkwardly atop Tsuyu with their top halves contained within the pinkette’s fluffy sweater while their lower halves were deliciously exposed and vulnerable.

“Well, isn’t this a treat,” Tooru giggled to herself and licked her lips. “What should I do first?”

“Me!” Tsuyu begged without shame, flexing her legs and her crotch to try and convince Tooru of her need.

“I dunno,” Tooru teased playfully. “I did come here to see Mina after all.”

The girl in question was about to object when she felt Tooru’s tongue slide up her slit in a delightful way, letting out a satisfied moan.

“T-Tooru, please,” Tsuyu pleaded again, snapping Mina back into her senses.

“Better give our Darling what she wants,” she conceded a little reluctantly, though not without a concession of her own. “But you,” Mina grinned at Tsuyu. “You’ve got that long tongue for a reason. While Tooru’s sorting you out, you can sort me out.”

Tsuyu didn’t delay things further by answering. As Tooru readjusted herself lower, laying down on the bed to lick their froggy girlfriend’s folds, Tsuyu’s moist tongue slipped between herself and Mina before curling upwards and sliding into Mina’s wetness.

“Mmm! That’s the stuff,” Mina sighed in relief as her girlfriend eagerly set to work. In the spirit of reciprocation, while leaving Tsuyu’s lower enjoyment to Tooru, Mina set to work rubbing her hands all over Tsuyu’s body to further stir her senses.

The frog girl croaked pleasantly, her tongue extended and sloppily coating their bodies in moisture as Mina rubbed against her which the pinkette was certainly enjoying. She almost considered asking Tsuyu to produce some of that sticky mucus she knew she could make but held off for now; her fluffy hoodie was already going to need a thorough wash after today, no sense in potentially ruining it beyond recovery in the heat of the moment.

“Who’s our good girl?” Mina cooed into Tsuyu’s ear as she kissed the girl on the nose, a hand pinching and twisting her nipple.

“M-Me?” Tsuyu panted as she felt Tooru’s tongue flutter around her folds before pressing firmly against her clit and titillating it.

“That’s… that’s right,” Mina replied, pausing only to groan as she squeezed her pussy around Tsuyu’s tongue which eagerly continued to taste her. “Now, be a very good girl and cum for us.”

Tooru got the message too and redoubled her efforts, adding fingers to the mix as she encouraged their girlfriend’s release. Tsuyu closed her eyes as her hands gripped at Mina tightly, almost causing the girl to grimace as she focused on cresting her peak. It didn’t take more than a few beats for the coil to spring as Mina felt herself lifted up by the force of Tsuyu’s upward thrust.

The greenette’s hips jerked and her pussy clenched around Tooru’s fingers with the girl in question holding them still but firm for Tsuyu to rub against as she prolonged her release.

Soon enough Tsuyu’s hormones had run their course as she began breathing labouredly, struggling a little with her boneless state and Mina’s weight atop her.

“M-Mina,” she struggled, winding her tongue back into her mouth.

“O-Oh! Right, sorry!” Mina quickly apologized before rolling them as best she could in their confined, comfy prison. Tooru simply backed off instead of getting caught up in the cluster of legs but rejoined the pair as she lay beside Tsuyu, cuddling against the girl’s back outside the warmth of the hoodie.

“That was awkward,” Tooru giggled at her girlfriend’s situation.

“Yeah, this isn’t the best position for getting off,” Mina sweatdropped, chuckling nervously as she lightly rubbed a finger up and down her clit to maintain her yet-to-climax excitement. “Maybe next time we’ll just fuck normally, eh, Darling?”

“Mmm,” Tsuyu murmured timidly. Both Mina and Tooru raised brows at the girl’s behaviour.

“Something wrong, Tsu?” Tooru enquired, cuddling the girl a bit closer.

“Feel like a burden, ribbit” she moped, biting her lower lip. “I messed up with Ochako and now I ruined your reunion, Tooru.”

The glittery-haired girl chuckled and shook her head when Mina looked to her.

“You didn’t ruin anything, Tsu,” she assured her. “I mean, it’s a little earlier than I expected to get into Mina’s bed but I don’t think either of you are complaining.”

“Definitely not,” Mina grinned. “Not after the week I’ve had.”

“Right!” Tooru agreed. “I don’t know what’s got you feeling so bad with ‘Chako, but you’ve got nothing to worry about with us.”

“It’s a thing, we’ll discuss it later,” Mina brushed off. “The important thing is we’re back together now and you feel loved. You do feel loved right? And I’m talking more than just physical,” she wiggled her hips playfully.

“Yeah, yeah, I do,” Tsuyu nodded into Mina’s chest, resting her ear against it and enjoying the sound of her slightly elevated heart rate. “Sorry for being a bother like this.”

“Hey, you’re only a bother if you leave me hot and bothered,” Mina winked. “And I’m sure you’re more than happy to fix that.”

“Round two?” Tsuyu glanced up at her girlfriend.

“My turn now?” Tooru asked hopefully, her hand subtly rubbing at her crotch to keep her libido going. “I need to catch up to you guys.”

“You bet,” Mina grinned. “That way you can both make me the grand finale, but uh,” she gestured to the hoodie still keeping her and Tsuyu’s movements somewhat restricted. “Maybe we lose this for now. It’s already served its purpose.”

Tsuyu didn’t complain about the lack of heat or intimacy when she and Mina struggled out of the hoodie, the room already toasty enough from their efforts by now. Instead, she focused on enjoying the rest of the early evening with two of her amazing girlfriends as they indulged in some much-needed stress relief with each other.


While a majority of the hero students at UA had returned or were on their way back to the school, three particular students had other arrangements. Having accepted the Todoroki’s invitation to dinner, Izuku and Bakugo joined Shoto in the back seat of Endeavour’s car chauffeured by a somewhat aggressive driver.

After a fiery morning warm-up and intense last patrol with Endeavor, Izuku, Bakugo, and Shoto looked forward to what break they could get before school resumed on Monday. Much to the chagrin of the heroes in training, they hadn’t managed to achieve their objective and capture even a single criminal before Endeavor.

Bakugo made no effort to hide his frustrations, his jaw clenched in an unmistakable pout in the backseat of the car as they travelled. Izuku and Shoto, however, were taking the loss a little easier. While there was no guarantee Endeavor would keep any of them on after this week now his obligations were fulfilled, Shoto had assured the other two that they wouldn’t be leaving if only because Endeavor would want him to show up his friends and be the first one of the three to out-speed him.

Arriving outside a rather luxurious, traditional estate, two of the three UA students appreciated the view once the front gate was opened and they stepped inside.

“So, this is how the other half live, eh?” Bakugo muttered. “Not impressed.”

“Kacchan!” Izuku winced as his friend had made no effort to lower his tone which Endeavor, their gracious host, almost certainly overheard, though the pro made no effort to acknowledge or scold the boy.

“I’m glad you accepted the invitation regardless,” Shoto glanced at Bakugo. “I’m sure my sister will be grateful to meet my friends too.”

“Better be worth it, else I’m heading out to hunt down some villains.”

“Kacchan, you know we can’t do that,” Izuku sighed, wondering if Bakugo was trying to be intentionally difficult. While Endeavor seemed to have somewhat thicker skin than Izuku had expected given their initial start to the week, he couldn’t help but worry about Todoroki’s other family members.

Following their host up to the door, they were all greeted by an unexpectedly peppy woman who seemed to have been waiting for them on the other side.

“Come on in! Thank you for making time in your busy schedules to drop by for a bite! I’m Fuyumi, Shoto’s older sister, it’s nice to meet you. Thank you both for watching out for him.”

Izuku had to take a moment when he was greeted so pleasantly, almost glancing away shyly when Fuyumi’s eyes locked onto his. Not only was the welcome warm and bubbly, but Fuyumi’s whole appearance gave off an air so unlike Endeavor’s or Todoroki’s that he almost didn’t believe that they were related if not for the shockingly white hair with red streaks that matched his friend’s natural colours.

With an apron covering a lilac sweater and dark blue jeans, along with her hair pulled back in a short ponytail, it was evident who’d prepared the meal they were invited to partake in.

“Um, t-thank you for going out of your way to welcome us into your home. It’s an honour,” Izuku replied as politely as he could, bowing several times to show his respect whilst Bakugo preferred to direct his attention elsewhere, looking around the interior with judgemental eyes. “Oh, right! I’m Todoroki’s classmate, Izuku Midoriya, and I couldn’t be more excited to be here.”

Izuku figured he hadn’t said anything particularly noteworthy but Fuyumi’s eyes brightened and her posture brimmed with excitement.

“I know who you are! I… watched on TV when you fought my brother at the sports festival!”

“A-Ah,” Izuku felt awkwardness pool in the back of his head and gave in to the urge to rub it, not noticing the light blush Fuyumi sported after her admission. “I’m sorry I kinda hurt him back there, but I swear it wasn’t personal, honest! It’s just that we were giving it our all and-”

“She understands that it was just a match, Midoriya,” Shoto pacified his friend’s anxiety after removing his shoes and stepping inside.

“Idiot, if she thought you really hurt him, do you think we’d even be here?” Bakugo pointed out, taking off his shoes.

“Oh, y-yeah, right,” Izuku blushed lightly at his overreaction, focusing on following his friend’s leads rather than noticing Fuyumi’s smile widened just a tad more as she waited patiently for them all.

When everyone was ready, Fuyumi guided them down the hall in the direction of a warm, homely scent.

To Izuku’s amazement, it wasn’t just a simple corridor as it stretched out far longer than he imagined before turning a corner and walking along what appeared to be the garden of the estate. He marvelled at the fact that there wasn’t only a small river running through it but a short wooden arched bridge had been created to help cross it. It was clearer than ever why Todoroki’s room back at UA had such a strong traditional Japanese influence in decoration.

“Sorry for the sudden invitation. I’m delighted this managed to work out,” Fuyumi called back as they walked.

“I’m glad you asked us over,” Izuku replied casually. “It’s uh,” he inadvertently glanced at Bakugo who raised a brow upon noticing the greenette’s look, “pretty rare I get to see a friend’s house.”

The blond’s jaw noticeably clenched at Izuku’s words. He was about to apologize, but Bakugo looked away and stuck his hands deep in his pockets. Izuku hadn’t meant to offend him, Fuyumi’s presence made him feel at ease and it had simply slipped out.

Thankfully, Todoroki continued the conversation.

“Natsuo’s arrived, too? I saw his shoes by the front door.”

“Yes, he’s waiting for us,” Fuyumi replied with a warm smile. “I’m glad he decided to come, I wanted the whole family to get to know your new friends.”

An air of tension descended over not just the UA students but their host as well. The three students we all secretly glad Endeavor was trailing after them and couldn’t see their reactions. They needn’t have worried though as the dressed-down pro was almost on autopilot, his mind preoccupied with his thoughts on the matter of family.

Thankfully, the scent of something delightful soon permeated the air and Izuku’s stomach refocused his mind on the upcoming meal.

Ushered by Fuyumi into the dining room, the greenette was amazed to see so many delicious-looking dishes spread out on the floor table. If not for the tension of the situation keeping his senses from relaxing too much, he might’ve missed the dour-looking white-haired man already seated. He didn’t appear to react as they’d entered the room, potentially lost in his own thoughts, but Izuku didn’t need a word or even a look to understand that there was a pain inside that man that no dish or company at the table could ease.

“Just drop your bags and coats over there and we’ll sit down to eat,” Fuyumi suggested as she removed her apron and took a seat by what Izuku could only assume was Todoroki’s brother Natsuo. The four new arrivals deposited their bags and coats before dutifully heading to their seats.

While Izuku hadn’t dawdled, he couldn’t help but notice that Endeavor had taken the seat at the head of the table while Todoroki had opted for the empty chair furthest away from his father. Barely a word had been exchanged yet and Izuku could feel the uneasy pressure building in the room.

Hoping to offer his friend some measure of comfort, he tried to take the seat next to Shoto only for Bakugo to yank back on his shirt and shove him into the seat next to Endeavor, taking the middle one for himself.

“K-Kacchan?”

Izuku didn’t get a verbal reply, only a stubborn look in response.

“Let me do introductions again,” Fuyumi began once they were all settled. “I’m Shoto’s older sister, Fuyumi. I teach at an elementary school nearby. And this is Shoto’s older brother, Natsuo, he’s in college.

“Hey, what’s up,” Natsuo greeted somewhat stiffly, acknowledging them for the first time since they’d entered.

“Shoto, this is where you introduce your friends,” Fuyumi stage-whispered to her youngest brother.

“Right,” Shoto glanced along the table. “These are two of my classmates in the hero course, Bakugo and Midoriya.”

Bakugo simply gave an upwards nod of acknowledgement.

“It’s nice to meet you,” Izuku said, directing his greeting primarily towards Natsuo but the boy didn’t seem particularly interested, more content to glower at Endeavor for a moment before fixing his gaze back on his plate.

Even if he hadn’t known about the Todoroki family’s history, it was clear to Izuku that there was an unspoken tension between the older Todoroki and his father. It didn’t go unnoticed by Fuyumi either who drew the attention back to herself.

“A-Anyway, let’s dig in before the food gets cold!” She announced cheerfully, hoping to defuse any budding situation and keep the peace. “If there’s anything you don’t like please don’t force yourself to eat it, I won’t be sad.”

“That’s so nice, thank you for the food,” Izuku bowed politely.

“Thanks for the food,” Shoto agreed, pulling his chopsticks from his pocket.

“Thanks,” Bakugo muttered before reaching for a dish that had caught his eye.

“Yeah, same here,” Natsuo echoed.

The sounds of busy cutlery soon filled the air with rice being dished out to all.

“Oh, Shoto, where did you get those?” Fuyumi asked.

“Hmm?” Todoroki paused while reaching for some food, glancing down at the chopsticks his sister was gesturing at. “Oh, these? Bakugo gave them to me as a birthday gift.”

“Aw, that’s so thoughtful,” Fuyumi smiled at the blond who was more interested in helping himself to the mapo tofu than paying attention to the conversation.

That new detail also seemed to have caught the eye of Endeavor who glanced over at his son to confirm.

“Midoriya also got me some new stationery to write to Mom with.”

“Oh, wow, I’m sure she’ll be glad to read what you’ve all been up to,” Fuyumi encouraged, sending an extra wide smile to Izuku who couldn’t help but feel embarrassed at the attention and look away with a blush.

“I-It was nothing,” he brushed off.

“I’m sure Shoto doesn’t think that,” Fuyumi giggled, glad her brother had, if anything, undersold his relationship with the two and how close they were.

When Shoto didn’t even mention his own gift to his son, it was clear he had thought nothing of it, though Endeavor suspected as much when he found it unopened after the party. Another measure of disappointment filled his chest but he didn’t say anything, returning his focus to the meal.

After a long day of running around the city, Izuku was grateful that there were plenty of foods he could indulge in without breaking his diet, chief among them being crispy fried chicken. It only took a single bite for the meat’s juices to run over his tongue and begin filling up his body with all the warmth and love of a clearly cared-for home-cooked meal.

“Woah, this fried chicken is absolutely amazing!”

“I’m so glad you like it!” Fuyumi beamed at the praise. “It took a while for me to get down the perfect blend of spices and make sure it would be suitably crispy but I think it was worth it.”

“This mapo tofu’s nothing to sneeze at either,” Bakugo acknowledged and reached for his second bowl.

“That’s so kind!” Fuyumi nodded again. Bakugo quirked his lip at her comment but continued eating.

“I’m not surprised,” Natsuo spoke up. “Our housekeeper had a back injury and retired early, so Fuyumi’s been the one mostly in charge of cooking for a while now.”

“You shouldn’t put it all on her, learn to take care of yourself,” Bakugo commented, causing Natsuo to frown.

“We… actually tried that during New Year’s,” Shoto acknowledged with a touch of hesitation, his brother joining him in a grimace at the memory though there was the echo of a shared smile tugging at the corners of their lips too. “It didn’t go well.”

“These boys are kinda hopeless when cooking some of the more complex things but they can take of themselves when they need to. Natsuo and I used to take turns cooking but I think I enjoyed it more than he did,” Fuyumi smiled warmly.

“Wait,” Shoto looked at his brother with this new piece of information. “So, did I eat your cooking growing up?”

“It’s possible,” Natsuo shrugged. “I can go overboard on seasoning, though Endeavor might’ve kept you from having it,” the man’s eyes narrowed again, looking at the man accusatorily, “he always did keep a close eye on your diet.”

There was no mistaking the jab for what it was as all eating suddenly stopped. For everyone else, it was a difficult battle to decide whether their eyes were drawn to or away from Endeavor in anticipation of his reaction.

Having not said a word since entering the house, Endeavor appeared to be carefully considering his response.

“I suppose there is truth to that,” he admitted fairly.

Despite his unusual honesty in the presence of two guests, it seemed Natsuo wasn’t satisfied by his response, resuming his glowering and picking at his plate.

“S-So… Natsuo, how’s your girlfriend?” Fuyumi asked, attempting to swiftly move on from the subject before the tension broke between the two.

“Oh, I’d almost forgotten,” Shoto blinked in surprise. “Are you two doing well?”

Natsuo noticeably winced and this also seemed to get Endeavor’s attention.

“She’s fine,” Natsuo replied curtly, deeming that answer satisfactory for both questions.

“It’s too bad she was busy tonight, you could’ve met her, Shoto,” Fuyumi smiled.

“That won’t happen,” Natsuo scoffed. Shoto and Fuyumi couldn’t help but frown at the surprising dismissal. Natsuo seemed to pick up on his misunderstood words and quickly corrected himself. “I mean… she won’t ever be coming here. Maybe you could meet her another time, Shoto.”

Shoto quickly understood the reason for his brother’s attitude. It wasn’t him that he didn’t want to introduce to his girlfriend.

“Natsu,” Fuyumi’s scolded with a gentle warning tone.

“It’s okay, Fuyumi,” Endeavor said, causing the table to turn towards him. “Natsuo made his feelings clear about me last time. If he does not wish to bring his partner here then that is his choice.”

While Endeavor appeared to be trying to keep the peace his words only served to piss off Natsuo more.

“Don’t try to act like a decent person now, Endeavor,” Natsuo hissed, directing his frustration at the true source of his aggravation. “This façade isn’t fooling anyone.”

The hero seemed a little crestfallen at his son’s words but tried not to let it show.

“Natsu, stop it! He’s trying!” Fuyumi refuted, leaning forward to block her brother’s line of sight with their father.

“He’s trying to look good in front of Shoto’s friends when it’s all an act.”

Fuyumi understood more than the others how much their father had changed, that he was trying even harder than their previous attempt at a family dinner. It wasn’t fair that, for all Endeavor’s progress, Natsuo still couldn’t muster the effort to even give their dad a chance.

“Didn’t you hear him? He’s trying to respect what you want. Why can’t you see that?”

“Because it’s not real!” Natsuo stressed. “He got what he wanted as the number one hero and now he’s trying to play nice so he can stay there. How’d you think it’d look if people found out what he did to Mom and Shoto! To Toya?!”

“Natsuo, please!” Fuyumi tried to placate her brother, waving her hands to try and get him to settle down before he said too much and revealed things Shoto may not have told his friends.

Izuku and Bakugo didn’t feel the need to speak up to acknowledge they already knew about much of the strife in the Todoroki family, instead sitting as still as they could and trying not to draw attention to themselves. Though, they both were a little confused at the name Toya. Did Todoroki have another brother?

With Fuyumi seemingly taking their father’s side, Natsuo couldn’t bear it anymore, slamming his bowl on the table and rising to his feet.

“I’m done! I’m not gonna sit here and play ‘happy families’ for Shoto’s friends when we’re the farthest thing from it!”

“Natsuo! You promised you’d try,” Fuyumi pleaded with him as the dinner together she’d worked so hard to prepare for was quickly being spoiled. “Please, for me!”

A grimace of guilt washed over Natsuo’s face but it wasn’t enough for him to change his mind. With one last, hate-filled look at Endeavor, Natsuo turned and departed the room. No one spoke with the only sounds being Natsuo’s retreating footsteps.

Izuku felt the tension begin to dissipate and chanced a glance at everyone else. Todoroki looked conflicted, still looking at the door where his brother had left while Bakugo seemed to also be looking to their friend for his reaction. From Fuyumi’s expression, it was clear her brother’s withdrawal from the meal was hurting her but, to Izuku, he couldn’t help but feel a measure of empathy with the man.

As for Endeavor, the pro was as hard to read as ever but it was clear he was saddened by his son’s reaction, looking morosely down at his half-eaten food.

“I’m sorry, Fuyumi, it appears I’ve lost my appetite too,” the pro announced as he more carefully set his dinnerware down before rising to his feet. “Please continue without me.”

“Dad, wait!” Fuyumi called out but Endeavor too didn’t heed his daughter’s calls, turning down the corridor in the opposite direction Natsuo headed.

Fuyumi could only sit there in silence, left with Shoto, Bakugo, and Izuku who collectively wondered what they were supposed to do now.

“This…” Fuyumi sniffled lightly. “I-I’m sorry you had to see that. This wasn’t how things were meant to go.”

Shoto’s lips thinned as he recalled the last dinner with what remained of his family where Natsuo had similarly yelled at the man and walked out.

“Didn’t look like they were gonna go any other way to me,” Bakugo scoffed, eating the last bites of what remained in his dish before setting it down.

“Kacchan!” Izuku gave the boy a look.

“I apologize for their behaviour,” Shoto turned to his friends, earning a look of concern from Izuku and a raised brow from Bakugo.

“I’m sorry too, Shoto,” Fuyumi bit her lip. “This was supposed to be something nice for you and your friends to enjoy. I should’ve tried better to help them get along beforehand.”

When he saw the dejected and defeated look in his sister’s eyes, Shoto knew what he needed to do next.

“I appreciate the effort, but I don’t think either one of them is ready for something like this. I’m not as close as you are with Natsuo, so I’ll go talk to Endeavor and try to get this straightened out.”

A spark of hope returned to Fuyumi’s eyes as she nodded at her younger brother. With his goal decided, Shoto rose from his spot and made to follow after his father.

“Do you want me to-” Izuku began, attempting to rise and join his friend for emotional support only for Bakugo’s hand to shoot out, grab a fistful of his shirt, and yank him back down before the blond rose himself.

“You stay here,” Bakugo barked, catching Shoto’s eye as he paused at the doorframe.

“W-What are you doing, Kacchan?” Izuku asked with a touch of incredulity. The blond said nothing at first, only exchanging a small nod with Shoto who took the lead and started moving down the hall. Before Bakugo disappeared around the doorway himself, he said one last thing.

“… Keeping a promise.”

With two more sets of footsteps echoing away from the dining room, it seemed that the dinner Fuyumi had worked so hard on had come to a premature end.

“L-Looks like it’s just us,” Fuyumi chuckled mirthlessly.

“Y-Yeah,” Izuku replied, awkwardly rubbing his head as the two looked over the half-eaten meal. “If you want to go um… talk to your brother, please don’t mind me.”

The Todoroki daughter seemed to consider it for a moment only for her shoulders to fall at the idea.

“When Natsuo gets like this, it’s best to let him cool down.”

“I’ll um, take your word for it,” Izuku replied.

“I know Shoto’ll try his best but… I don’t think they’re going to come back,” Fuyumi sighed. The greenette didn’t know what to say and settled for a sympathetic nod. “I’ll just… take care of their plates.”

“Oh, in that case, let me help,” Izuku quickly offered, reaching for Shoto and Bakugo’s bowls.

“Y-You don’t have to do that,” Fuyumi brushed off politely. “You’re a guest, I’d feel bad.”

“And I’d feel bad if I let you do it alone after you put so much care into such a delicious meal,” Izuku offered, hoping his words could at least brighten her spirit a little in the face of everything. “It’s the least I can do.”

Fuyumi shot him a grateful smile, brushing a stray strand of hair back daintily before the two set to work clearing the table.

As pleasant as Izuku would’ve found the company in any other circumstance, his mind was on his friends, hoping that Bakugo knew what he was doing. He wanted to be there for Shoto himself, but the look Bakugo had in his eyes when he departed made Izuku trust the blond in this situation. With any luck, the situation wouldn’t end with further explosive developments.


“This way,” Todoroki directed as he led his blond friend further into the mansion. Bakugo didn’t say a word, his hands stuffed into his pockets as usual but the hardened resolve on his face was proof of his mindfulness of the matter at hand.

As bratty as Natsuo had seemed, the blond had reluctantly seen a piece of himself in the man, reflecting his own family troubles. If he’d had to sit and play nice with his folks for whatever reason, he likely would’ve reacted the same way as Todoroki’s brother, if not worse.

Bakugo scoffed at his internal thoughts before clenching his fists inside his pockets. He didn’t have to worry about the hag and the old man right now. Instead, Todoroki needed something the blond didn’t have a few weeks ago himself; support to confront his parental problem, and Bakugo wasn’t about to back down.

As they drew near the destination Todoroki was leading them to, the stoic boy slowed to a stop before regarding his friend.

“I’m… not sure what will happen in there; with Endeavor or myself,” he said with a hint of trepidation. “If you’d rather not put yourself in this position-”

“Just handle your shit,” Bakugo sighed with exasperation. “It’s up to him whether he listens or not.”

It hadn’t seemed to make a difference before after all the times Shoto had yelled at Endeavor in the past, but even he could acknowledge that his father had changed in recent months. It had been a while since their last shouting match but, hopefully, he wouldn’t need to raise his voice to get through to the man.

“All right then,” Shoto nodded before turning down the last corner and opening a door.

Inside they found Endeavor kneeling before a butsudan where a pair of incense sticks gently smoked away. It was a fairly barebones room, but there was other evidence that it had a prior use considering the toy car and ball resting on a nearby cabinet. Bakugo’s frown lightened when he spotted the picture of a young, white-haired boy who didn’t seem to resemble either Shoto or Natsuo sitting inside. It didn’t take him long to figure that this was the ‘Toya’ Natsuo had mentioned at dinner.

It wouldn’t do much to dampen the sound, but Bakugo slid the door closed behind them as Endeavor cracked open his eyes, though didn’t turn to face them.

“Something you need to say, Shoto?”

“Yes,” Shoto replied, stepping forward. “Why did you decide to become a father?”

The question caught the man off-guard, glancing over his shoulder further to regard his son only to look away and back towards the butsudan.

“You know the answer to that,” Endeavor stated quietly.

“Let me rephrase,” Shoto tried again. “Why are you still here?”

Endeavor’s brow furrowed in confusion but didn’t respond which Shoto took as an opportunity to continue.

“You managed to achieve your goal without having to experience it vicariously through me, you’re the number one hero of Japan, you fulfilled your dream. So why, after everything you put our family through, are you still here?”

“I fail to understand-”

“You married Mom to produce a child to surpass you and become the top hero,” the fire-and-ice quirked boy stated plainly, though there was a firmness in his tone and it was rising. “All the years of frustration, of fear, of pain we suffered and you achieved it instead. Now, I’m not needed, none of us are; maybe we never were. After all that, why did you decide to try and become a father now when you’ve been failing at that job for years?”

Endeavor could practically feel the familiar anger bubble under his son’s skin akin to all his ‘temper tantrums’ before UA. This wasn’t like them entirely though, this anger was less hostile and more targeted, tinged with what he now knew to be resentment. Looking back at the altar that held one of the few pictures of his eldest son, he could almost imagine it was Toya throwing those words at him.

Truthfully, it was a notion the pro himself had been pondering.

“I know that I failed you, son,” Endeavor replied softly. “I failed you all in one way or another. I know I need to atone for the things I put you through, but I’m at a loss as to how.”

Shoto’s frown lightened for a moment at the man’s surprising admission before it returned and deepened.

“There are some things you can’t take back or make up for.”

“I am aware,” Endeavor nodded, his eyes still fixated ahead of himself.

“You may not have been there for it, but you’re responsible for the scar I have,” Shoto stated plainly, eyes narrowed at the man. His mother’s haunting and harried apology rang in Shoto’s ears as though he could still hear her voice as she hastily tried to apply her ice quirk to the hot water burn she’d caused.

“Mom endured everything until you pushed her past the breaking point. You were a monster… and you ruined her.”

The impassioned, yet controlled words broke through the weakened bulwark of Endeavor’s self-image to hit at the core of Enji Todoroki.

“It sounds like you’ve made up your mind about me, Shoto,” Endeavor stated, a mote of defeat in his tone.

“Not quite,” Shoto countered, his emotions easing after a moment. “After Nabu… I made you take me to see Mom. Do you remember that?”


Following the battle of Nabu and departing early with Endeavor after being discharged, Shoto had demanded the man take him to see his mother. His father had blustered at such a mandate but ultimately caved to his son’s wishes with less disputing than Shoto expected of the man. Given his recent life-threatening fight, he wondered if this was some twisted reward or concession.

The reason didn’t matter. Following his discussion with Shoji, Shoto needed answers only his mother could provide.

Leaving Endeavor waiting in the lobby of the more familiar hospital, Shoto ascended in the elevator to the floor his mother’s room was on. It didn’t take long for him and the escorting nurse to arrive with the woman gently knocking and entering to help Rei mentally prepare for her son’s visit.

Shoto bit back his frustrations at the situation as he waited, burying them for now to not distract him from his goal. While he enjoyed any time with his mother, today’s extraordinarily unusual visit filled him with a dread he hadn’t experienced since his first.

Soon enough the nurse re-emerged and gave the boy a small nod to indicate he was okay to enter. Bracing himself as he did every time, Shoto stepped into his mother’s room to find her patiently sitting on her made-up bed.

His heart always felt lighter when he saw his mother’s expression brighten, giving him hope she truly was getting better after everything she’d suffered. It made him feel sick that he needed to remind her of the horrific act that resulted in her medical incarceration.

“Shoto, what a pleasant surprise,” Rei greeted warmly.

“Hello Mom, it’s good to see you,” Shoto offered with a small smile that it seemed was all he could muster at the moment.

Rei’s expression shifted into one of mild worry. Even separated from her children for so long she could tell that there was something deeply troubling her son.

“Shoto? What’s wrong?”

The youngest Todoroki remained silent for a moment, trying to put the words together in his head in a way that wouldn’t hurt his mother but found that it was quite impossible. Instead, he opted to approach the topic in another manner.

“I… my class and I… we just finished fighting some awful villains.”

“Are you okay?” Rei followed up, her tone rising in concern and shifting in her spot.

“For the most part,” Todoroki nodded, not wanting to stress his mother further with worries over Hagakure’s fate. “But… something happened that… that I can’t ever take back.”

Rei lightly bit her lip as she saw pain and tears begin welling up in her son’s eyes.

“Would you like to sit down, Shoto?” Rei asked calmly, though her hands noticeably clenched in anxiety.

Shoto glanced at the free chair and nodded, taking a seat but not relaxing into the softness, instead perching on the edge as his elbows rested on his knees, hands interlocking to cover his mouth. The patient mother waited for her son to speak again, hoping she could then ease whatever burden had brought him to her.

“Mom I…” Shoto hesitated, his mind and body giving him one last chance to back out of this conversation. “T-There’s something I need to talk to you about. Something that may… cause you distress.”

Uncertainty immediately overtook Rei’s face as the potential subjects swam around in her mind.

“Is… it something that would help you?” She asked carefully.

“I believe so…” Shoto nodded while separating his hands, looking at the side that wielded the icy aspect he’d inherited from her. It had once solely represented his goals, the antithesis of all things Endeavor. Now, bitterly, he felt more connected to his mother in the worst way.

Rei bit her lip nervously, her hands wringing together twice as she tried to brace herself for whatever came next.

“If it will help… I’ll do what I can,” she offered tensely. Shoto felt his guilt swell but felt the need to push forward.

“I… don’t know if I can face my friends again. I don’t know… if I can still be a hero.”

“Oh. That doesn’t sound like the Shoto I know,” Rei murmured in a caring voice as she tried and failed to discern the reason why.

“The Shoto you know hasn’t done what I’ve done…” the boy admitted with regret heavy in his tone. “Mom I… I scarred one of my classmates with my quirk.”

Rei stiffened, her hands tense at her son’s admission as her mind jerked against the healing and guidance she’d experienced over the years in here; it had immediately brought back the most terrible memory that connected them both. Urging her breathing to remain steady, the recovering mother let her traumatic reaction wash over her before letting her rational mind establish itself, reminding her that she was safe.

“Y-Y-You d-did?” She stammered after a few moments of tenseness.

Shoto had felt guilty for what he’d done, but that feeling only intensified when he saw his mother’s reaction. He knew this would be hard for her and a sickening, selfish feeling ran through him at putting his mother through this for his own sake.

“It was the only way we could stop the villain,” Shoto explained as he looked at the floor, his hands clenching into frustrated fists. “He would’ve killed people, he tried to kill people. We stopped him… but it was my quirk that has forever marked my friend.”

“W-Was it… an accident?” Rei replied slowly, her breaths long and deliberate.

“I didn’t intend to hurt him,” Shoto admitted. “But there was no other way to save everyone. He… doesn’t blame me… but…”

The boy trailed off as his thoughts and feelings conflicted within him.

Rei took some time to process her son’s words, maintaining her steady breathing as Shoto waited patiently for any kind of response. Eventually, when she was ready, Rei spoke.

“I… haven’t used my quirk again since that day…”

Shoto nodded.

“I know.”

“After… w-what happened, I couldn’t bear the thought of hurting you or one of your siblings ever again. It’s… my fault that you carry that scar.”

“The fault lies with Endeavor,” Shoto replied evenly.

Rei could tell that Shoto attitude towards her husband had evened out but he still carried a great burden of resentment towards him.

“Enji… has done a lot of things wrong. Things I don’t know if I can forgive him for. But one thing I am grateful to him for is getting me the help I need.”

“If it wasn’t for him it wouldn’t’ve happened. You wouldn’t… be here.”

“I chose to come here, Shoto,” Rei revealed to her son, looking away shamefully when he finally looked up at her. “I… hurt you, Shoto. I’m ter… I was terrified it would happen again, so I got him to check me in here.”

That nugget of information caused Shoto to hesitate, a frown forming on his brow as Rei refuted a long-held belief of his.

“You did?” He murmured as Rei felt her heart ache at her son’s disbelief.

“I’m truly sorry for abandoning you all. Not a day goes by I don’t question my decision… but I know I wouldn’t be able to live with myself if it happened again. Even if you blame Endeavor, it was my fault you got hurt.”

“So… you don’t blame him for what he drove you to?” Shoto questioned with genuine confusion. “For all the pain he put our whole family through in his twisted desire to surpass All Might? He beat you, Mom. I was young but I remember that.”

“I do,” Rei admitted sadly, her hands now twisting together uncomfortably. “For the longest time, I was angry with myself and angry with him. Our family shouldn’t be like this, we should’ve been happy, and I… we ruined that. I… think… that’s why I’m not ready to… come home.”

Shoto felt a pang of disappointment settle in his heart. Even though he hadn’t expected anything of the sort, hearing the pained words from his mother’s mouth reminded him just how much she’d been through to achieve enough even just to see him again.

“I know Enji is trying to change too,” Rei murmured, “he’s trying to get better… but things would only get worse if we came back together now.”

“You’re still scared of him,” Shoto said simply as though it were fact and Rei shamefully nodded.

“I am,” she confessed shakily, remembering all the times her husband had verbally and physically abused her, “but I’m also scared of myself and what I can do… what I did.” Rei looked at Shoto’s left side, the side that had inspired so much fear in her in the past.

When Fuyumi relayed that Shoto had first expressed a desire to come visit her, Rei had experienced a panic attack at the news. Her mind could only remind her of the small child he’d been before, the child that had appeared so much like Endeavor to her in a moment of madness that she’d burned his face. The doctors and nurses were all concerned about how such a meeting would turn out if Rei was experiencing this much anxiety over the thought of it all, even motioning to cancel her son’s visit only for Fuyumi to propose an idea.

The eldest Todoroki daughter didn’t have much to work with, but she knew there were some pictures of Shoto growing up that her mother had yet to see. She offered them freely for the staff to introduce to her mother slowly so she could see just how much her son had blossomed over the years to soften any impact Shoto’s arrival would have on her psyche.

Success wasn’t easy. Shoto’s focus on not wielding his father’s quirk had given him an Endeavor-like expression Rei found too intense to look at without the feelings of the past welling up inside her. She feared that if her son arrived at the hospital with that same look then there may be no hope for their relationship.

It was only when Fuyumi had produced the pictures she’d grabbed of Shoto on the podium of the UA sports festival that her mother felt no fear from her youngest son’s visage, instead reaching out to take hold of the picture herself.

“He looks so… lost,” Rei murmured as she gently brushed her fingers down the side of Shoto’s face.

Fuyumi wasn’t entirely sure what had changed between the start of the festival and the end where her brother’s intense look had eased up, but after some research re-watching all the events he participated in, she had a sneaking suspicion his climactic fight with a particular green-haired boy had something to do with it.

When the time arrived for Shoto’s initial visit, Rei had felt her anxiety spike once more. Pictures could only help so much, and now she would discover whether she could even have a future with her youngest son whom she still loved dearly.

After hearing him enter and call out to her, Rei rallied her willpower to discover the answer. Even though she felt a fresh pit of guilt open up inside her looking at how her past mistake continued to mar Shoto’s handsome face, there was no denying that Endeavor’s influence had greatly eased over her son.

As she’d expected, he’d been confused and somewhat lost during their initial visit, but it had been a turning point for her in that she could listen to everything he’d been through since she’d left without her recovery lapsing.

Now, her son had returned to her again, looking more lost and defeated than she’d ever seen him; a look she was sadly all too familiar with.

“I think I know what answer you’re looking for, Shoto,” Rei said with a note of forlornness in her tone. “I’m afraid that it’s not one I can give you.” Shoto opened his mouth to reply only for no words to emerge so his mother resumed. “What I did to you… it was unforgivable, I don’t think I will ever be able to forgive myself for what happened that day.”

“But I-”

“You blame yourself for your friend’s injury just like I blame myself for yours. That’s why you came to see me today, isn’t it?”

“Y-Yes,” Shoto admitted tensely.

Rei sighed deeply, knowing the solution to her son’s problems that she felt hypocritical for not being able to do herself.

“There are still things holding me back, Shoto… things I’m not ready to face yet…” Rei admitted bitterly at the thought of still not being strong enough for her children, “I want to live with you, your brother, and sister again, as a family. But I can’t. I’m not ready. But you… you’re so much stronger than me. The answer you seek, and what you need to do, Shoto, is forgive yourself.”

“W-What?”

“It… may sound easy but… it can be one of the hardest things for you to do. You’ve already gone through so much and moved forward without holding anything back. With every letter you send, every time you visit, I feel like you’re stepping into your potential, even after the terrible things Enji and I did as your parents.”

“Mom…” Shoto breathed softly as he felt tears prickling in his eyes.

“I truly regret that we couldn’t give you the childhood you deserve. I know it’s been hard, but you managed to put our family’s past to the side and work with Endeavor to become a hero. You’re still learning, and you may stumble, but… even now… you inspire me, Shoto. After everything you’ve been through, you still want to be a hero and help others. I wish I could be more like you, Shoto.”

By now tears were running down Shoto’s face as his mother opened up to him, finding himself breathless at her impassioned words. He could tell that emotions and feelings were welling up in both their chests as their eyes began watering with fresh, unshed tears at the open honesty between them.

He knew she was watching him, but even as removed from his life as she was, she was still trying to do what she could to guide him closer to his dreams.

There was only one question left that Rei had to ask that would help her son discover the answers he sought.

“So, Shoto. Do you think… you belong in here, with me? Or out there, with your friends, being the hero I know you can be.”

Shoto looked down at his hands again, one able to produce hot, intense flames and the other to create arctic levels of ice. Both were capable of saving lives as well as taking them and it was up to him to decide how to use his power. If he languished now, too guilty to use his ice for fear of what it could do, he’d be right back where he started at the beginning of the year and his friends, Shoji included, would all surely push ahead chasing their dreams without him.

“I… want to be a hero, Mom,” Shoto declared, his tone rising as he spoke.

Rei smiled as she watched her son’s expression change, shifting into one of resolve and determination. In a way, she felt envious as Shoto demonstrated the strength she still lacked. Envy wasn’t the emotion to hang on to from this event though as Rei chose to revel in her son’s fortitude instead, trying her best to memorize this feeling of hope and pride that she may one day use to find her own forgiveness to move forward.

“I know you do, son,” Rei brushed a few errant tears that had built up. “Keep going, please. For both of us.”

He could be strong for her, he could help her! That was his goal as a hero after all, and he wouldn’t let this tenuous guilt stop him from helping those who needed it.

However, before he could continue to face his future, he needed one more thing from his mother.

“Could I please… have a hug?” He asked with a shaky voice.

Rei simply opened her arms to welcome her son close. Two steps later and the two shared a tight yet tender embrace where tears of relief were exchanged.

From the door, the nurse, who’d been subtly looking inside the room using her quirk to keep an eye on the pair, gave them a moment of privacy. It seemed that this was necessary for Rei’s healing process, not to mention that of her son. She was glad that, despite the intense emotions on display, both mother and child seemed to be moving forward at their own pace.


“Mom’s been working hard to get better. Even after going through what you put her through, what she put me through, she still’s making progress to earn my forgiveness even though she already has it.”

Endeavor sat there with more than a little awe at Shoto’s tale, both at what his son had worked through without his knowledge and how Rei’s progress was going.

“I see…” he murmured. “I’m glad she’s been able to achieve what I cannot.”

“Oh, get over yourself,” Bakugo’s loud voice scoffed, butting into the conversation. “You’re putting on this woe-is-me act when you brought this whole thing on yourself!”

Endeavor finally turned to face the duo, looking upon the resolute face of his son while Bakugo stood behind him looking more frustrated than either of them.

“Bakugo’s right,” Shoto agreed with a nod. “You claim you’re seeking atonement, but I can’t forgive you so easily. I told you I’d watch your actions to see if you earned the right to be my father. From where I’m standing, you’ve barely done anything since then.”

“What do you want from me, Shoto?” Endeavor asked with more than a touch of exasperation. “If it is within my power, I will-”

“I want you to do something,” Shoto stated clearly. “You went out of your way to train me, as well as take on my friends. I knew from the start when you accepted my request it wasn’t out of goodwill but you still did it. But that was as Endeavor. Endeavor the number one hero is still doing his job, but Enji Todoroki still has yet to do more than show up to his.”

Endeavor frowned, confusion evident in his expression.

“Can’t you see that the reason this asshole is here telling you to shape up is because he still gives a damn about you as a father? Or at least about his brother and sister,” Bakugo groaned. Shoto looked back at Bakugo who seemed to temper his temper from his second outburst but it didn’t stop the words from coming. “This idiot’s not ready to forgive all the crap you put him through but he sure as hell isn’t gonna do it if you don’t put in the effort. You wanna atone? That means owning up to all the shit you put everyone else through and doing right by them, not cowering away and running from your responsibilities!”

It was unusual, but Endeavor felt an odd amount of understanding in the blond boy’s words.

“Mom’s trying to get over things herself right now, she’s fighting her demons to come back to us,” Shoto said. “Despite it all, she still somehow wants to forgive you for everything that’s happened. What have you done as Enji Todoroki to earn that forgiveness and atone for the way you treated not just Mom and I, but Fuyumi and Natsuo as well?”

Enji Todoroki sat there for a quiet moment, his mind recalling any and all interactions with his family in recent memory, and even he found himself wanting.

“You were the only one with the drive to seriously challenge All Might,” Shoto continued, “you may have always fallen short of your goal but you never gave up. Where’s that fight now if this matters to you so much? How are we supposed to take your atonement seriously when you don’t?”

“And what exactly am I to do, Shoto?” Enji asked softly, his eyes downcast. “The only thing I know how to do well is be a hero, everything I try with you or your siblings ends in disaster.”

Admittedly, Shoto didn’t have an answer for the man. He had an outstanding guide for what not to do as a father but, in truth, he had no idea what a good father and husband remotely looked like.

The answer, however vague, came from the outsider in the group.

“Do better,” Bakugo stated simply with confidence, throwing Endeavor's advice back at him. “Every day this idiot and the others suffer for what you did to your family. Now it’s up to you to work your ass off until he and all the rest of them look at you and don’t see all the pain you caused them. If you want to be in their lives at all, that’s what you owe them at minimum.”

Enji looked at Bakugo, his eyes holding a vulnerability he’d never seen on the former number-two hero before. It was a new look to both him and Shoto.

“But Natsuo… I don’t think anything I do will ever earn his forgiveness,” he muttered.

“So you’re just gonna not bother?” Bakugo quirked his lip. “It was impossible for you to beat All Might too, but that didn’t stop you from trying.”

“And look where that got me,” Endeavor retorted with a frown.

When he’d become the de facto number one with All Might’s retirement, the first thing he’d felt wasn’t pride but infuriation. How dare that man retire before he could prove himself his better. But once the dust settled and there was no denying All Might’s time at the top had passed, it dawned on the man that, however frustratingly technical the achievement was, he’d attained what he’d dreamed of.

He was now the strongest in all of Japan, and he’d never felt more empty. Any pride or adulation from his sidekicks felt unearned and, at home, he had no one who was truly proud of his rank, not even himself.

“I think what Bakugo is trying to say is that, if you don’t even try then you’ve got no right to complain when things don’t work out,” Todoroki agreed. “If Natsuo doesn’t want to forgive you for all you’ve done that’s his decision and you have to live with that. But, if you actually want to do right by him, by us, then you need to do better.”

“Did you ever try therapy?” Bakugo tossed out almost casually. The pro hero’s eyes flicked to his son’s whose expression lightened considerably at the notion. “Even if you’re not directly doing anything for your family, it shows you’re at least making an effort.”

“No,” Enji admitted. The thought had never occurred to him before, and even now his initial reaction was to dismiss it. How could he willingly let others know of his family’s darkness and his weakness?

“Maybe you should start there,” the blond sighed, closing his eyes and rubbing the back of his head. “There is some shit you just can’t do alone no matter how strong you think you are.”

Once again the words felt unusually sincere, so much so that even Shoto was regarding Bakugo with a somewhat confused expression. When the boy noticed their eyes were focused acutely on him his typical hardened expression returned in an instant.

Looking back at his father, Shoto could see his father was open to the idea, or not immediately rejecting it and decided to trust Bakugo’s words.

“I hated you… for the longest time, I hated you for what you did to Mom, to me, to our family… and all that hate got me nowhere,” Shoto stated, “It was only through talking to my friends and getting the help I needed that I was able to find a new source of strength to pull from; I know I can be a better, stronger person than I was yesterday. I’ve resolved not to let my guilt, my pain, my anger, or my hate hold me back anymore.” Todoroki paused to consider his next words carefully but decided his father needed to hear them. “Maybe if you’d tried it yourself earlier, we could’ve avoided all this suffering and you might’ve been able to surpass All Might when he was still in the charts.”

Again Endeavor wanted to reject the notion, the very idea that everything he’d worked for, everything he’d sacrificed, was a waste when there was another path that was so much better… but Enji Todoroki could at least recognise that the path he’d chosen wasn’t one he was truly happy with.

“You’re… you’re right, Shoto,” Endeavor admitted with a weary sigh. “You both are. Everything you said is true.”

Despite his father finally admitting the words out loud, Shoto didn’t feel any sort of vindication or relief. Instead, an unusual new feeling blossomed in his chest, one he’d experienced before but never in association with his father.

Hope.

His father’s gaze turned from them back to the butsudan and Shoto knew the conversation was at an end.

“You’ve given me a lot to think about,” Enji stated in a low, gruff voice. “I’d appreciate it if you two let me reflect on what you’ve said.”

Bakugo looked to Todoroki who gave the man a small nod before turning and leaving with his friend trailing after him. While Enji was turned to face the monument to his fallen son once more, Bakugo felt the need to get one last shot in.

“You should consider yourself lucky, Endeavor. Some people don’t ever get the chance to make things right.”

The young blond didn’t know just how right he was as Enji looked once more into the eyes of his firstborn and recalled all his failings that brought his family where they were now.

Shoto and Bakugo departed, closing the door behind them and walked calmly down the hall. As they headed back towards the dining room, the former let out a long, slow breath of relief.

“You good?” Bakugo grunted, pausing when Shoto did as the youngest Todoroki turned to face him.

“I said what I needed to, though I don’t know if it’s something he will take on board.”

“He will,” Bakugo disregarded easily. “He’s not a total moron, even if he’s edging out my old man for world’s shittiest dad by a mile.”

“Yes, though I don’t believe he would’ve been as receptive to certain notions if not for your presence,” Shoto remarked, receiving a raised brow from Bakugo in curiosity. “Thank you for being here today.”

“Don’t mention it,” the blond shrugged casually. “Like, ever.”

“If that’s what you want,” Shoto agreed easily. “However, there’s something that I feel the need to ask.” Bakugo’s frown returned rather than a verbal response but he didn’t make any move to avoid the conversation which Shoto took as a prompt for him to continue. “You had at least some idea of what my father has done and his current regrets. I was at a loss as to what he could do to atone but you knew what to suggest immediately.”

Bakugo’s lips pursed and he averted his gaze from his classmate.

“Your words felt genuine like you’d experienced something similar. Was it something that happened to you growing up?” Shoto finished his question curiously.

The blond knew exactly what Shoto was referring to, but even if he could admit to himself that he’d made progress, there were some things he still wasn’t ready to face himself. How would Todoroki react knowing about his past with Midoriya when it was clear how much he resented his father for something similar?

Despite his reluctance to define his ambiguous relationship with his Todoroki classmate as a friendship, it was the first time he’d felt unworthy of it.

“Drop it,” he mumbled.

Todoroki felt the urge not to, his curiosity fuelling a few theories in his brain, some ordinary and a couple outlandish. After all his friend had done to help him today though, he simply let go of the notion.

When Bakugo offered to be there for him all those weeks ago, he’d been grateful for the gesture but suspected the blond would never be in a position to follow through. Not only had class 1-A’s most abrasive member stood by his word, but he’d greatly helped ease the line of communication between himself and Endeavor.

Shoto didn’t know exactly how Bakugo personally identified with his father to make such remarks just now, but if the blond didn’t want to talk about it then he wasn’t going to press. It was the least he could do as thanks.

“Okay,” Shoto nodded. “But if you ever want to talk-”

“Yeah, yeah, you’ll be the first to deal with my shit,” the blond sighed dismissively, brushing past Todoroki.

Shoto figured that was the most he’d get but it felt like they had reached an understanding. Catching up with his friend, the two returned to the dining room.


On the other side of the house, Fuyumi and Izuku had stacked the empty plates and cups in the kitchen while setting aside those still with food.

As Fuyumi got the hot water running to begin the washing up, Izuku plucked a drying towel from the side and stood ready to assist further, sharing an earnest smile with Fuyumi and leaving the woman with a light blush.

“Thank you again for helping,” she said as she focused on the first dish. “It’s nice to have someone so proactive around.”

“You’re welcome,” Izuku smiled, though it didn’t quite reach his eyes. “I’m um, sure Todo- uh, Shoto or the others would’ve helped too if not for… things.”

Even though they were all witness to Natsuo’s outburst, it felt weird to discuss such a private family matter with someone he hardly knew.

“That’s just Natsuo,” Fuyumi tried to brush off casually. “He gets like that when he’s… frustrated. School’s started up again for everyone so he’s probably just under more stress than normal.”

Izuku knew that wasn’t true but didn’t want to refute his host’s denial if that was how she wanted to handle it.

“Although…” Fuyumi continued. “Has… Shoto ever talked to you? About things at home?”

The green-haired boy grimaced at the sensitive topic as he recalled his intense conversation and subsequent clash with Todoroki at the sports festival. Obviously Fuyumi knew more about their family’s situation than he did but he also didn’t know if he’d be betraying Todoroki’s trust by letting her know he knew.

“He’s… mentioned some things,” Izuku replied diplomatically.

Fuyumi chuckled once with no hint of humour in her tone before handing Izuku the first dish to dry.

“I’m guessing it wasn’t very flattering from your reaction.”

“Sorry,” Izuku hastily apologized.

“Hey, it’s not your fault,” Fuyumi quickly assured him. “If anything, I’m glad my brother found someone to confide in. Ever since he began attending UA he’s been happier, like he isn’t carrying around so much.”

Izuku allowed himself a small smile. He knew Todoroki had mellowed out ever since their clash of ideals but it was nice to see that his family had noticed the change too.

“I guess what I’m trying to say is… thank you for being a friend to him,” Fuyumi sent him a grateful, bright smile despite the dour topic.

“Y-You’re welcome but uh, i-it’s nothing, really,” Izuku flustered, taking the next dish Fuyumi offered and ensuring not a single droplet of water remained on it. “He wasn’t the most um… approachable at the start of the year but he gets along well with everyone in our class now.”

“That’s good to hear,” the woman breathed a small sigh of relief. “Before UA, Shoto was more like Natsuo. I could barely get either of them in a room with Dad, let alone all share a meal. Dad definitely didn’t make it easy either but at least he’s trying now, Shoto too.” Fuyumi’s shoulders fell as she thought about the sole holdout. “Why can’t they just get along?”

Izuku subtly bit his lip to prevent himself from speaking, offering a simple “Mmm” instead. Fuyumi didn’t seem to notice his hesitance as she continued talking, the words she normally kept locked up flowing easily from her lips while passing Shoto’s cleaned chopsticks for him to dry.

“Things have gotten much better, especially since Shoto started visiting Mom,” Fuyumi continued. “Except… Natsu. It’s not like I don’t sometimes feel the way Natsuo does, but… now is our chance to fix this! He just can’t let go of his anger towards our dad. In his mind, our father basically killed Toya.”

“Toya?” Izuku prompted. “Natsuo mentioned that name earlier too.”

“Oh, um, yes,” Fuyumi hesitated, realizing she might’ve joined her brother in oversharing.

Turning to look at the green-haired boy beside her, she saw the wary curiousness in his eyes. After what she and Natsuo had already spilt, Fuyumi decided it might be worth explaining things in full if only to save her younger brother a troublesome conversation; Shoto had already confided some of their family drama in his friend so he seemed trustworthy enough. There was also a small part of her that considered that maybe a fresh outside perspective might reveal something she could use to help fix her family.

“He’s our other brother,” Fuyumi admitted cautiously, seeing Izuku’s brows raise in understanding. “He… passed away a while ago.”

“Oh, I’m sorry to hear that,” Izuku sympathised but couldn’t keep a frown from descending onto his brow, a dark notion occurring to him about the boy’s fate. Glancing down at the now dry utensils in his hand, his thoughts returned to his friend. “I can… understand why Shoto wouldn’t want to talk about it.”

Fuyumi could tell Izuku’s mind was active enough with just that new nugget of information and knew there was no going back now.

“It was a hard time for all of us already since Mom was in the hospital by that point,” the white-haired woman admitted. “Natsu and Toya were incredibly close when we were growing up. Dad kept Shoto away training while they spent their days playing together and Toya always liked Natsuo more than me…” Fuyumi sighed as Izuku listened patiently. “Toya would always sneak away to work on his quirk; fire, like our Dad’s. His body wasn’t built to handle it though and he didn’t have Mom’s quirk to cool him down like Shoto does. Mom and Dad tried desperately to get him to stop but he was too driven, he had something he needed to prove.”

Fuyumi had stopped washing up by this point, her hands still in the warm water that always felt a little uncomfortable, which she suspected was due to her quirk. Her mind was lost in memories, seeing her father abuse their mother, verbally and physically, about Toya while she tried to comfort Natsuo in the corner, their eyes closed and ears blocked. She’d tried to do the same with Shoto, but her youngest brother either hadn’t learned how to stay out of the way of their father’s rage despite his frequent proximity to it, or his heroic nature spurred him to action even at that age as he shouted his five-year-old heart out to defend their mother.

“Then, after Mom went to the hospital, there was an accident on the mountain where Toya trained. No one knows exactly what happened but we’ve pieced together enough,” Fuyumi revealed, a stray tear forming in the corner of her eye.

“Was it… did Endeavor…” Izuku mumbled, his thoughts still buzzing about what the Todoroki sister wasn’t saying.

“Toya wanted Dad to go see how good he’d gotten with his quirk,” Fuyumi admitted. “But he didn’t go. That night, the mountain caught fire and burned everything down. Dad went out to try and help, knowing Toya was out there but… it was too late.”

Things were making more sense in Izuku’s head now as Natsuo’s reasoning became clearer than ever.

“What happened… it wasn’t his fault though,” Fuyumi shook her head. “Dad didn’t go but he didn’t start the fire either, it was an accident.”

“It… sounds like it,” Izuku sighed, drawing the same logical conclusion of a mishandled quirk. Truthfully, after learning about how Bakugo trained in private before UA, it was one of the worries that had jumped into his mind at the blond’s words. Quirk accidents can grow out of control quickly and it seemed Toya wasn’t as lucky as his friend in avoiding the consequences.

“We all grieved and tried to move on but… Natsuo just can’t get past that. He refuses to even try and I… I don’t know what to do,” Fuyumi admitted finally.

Izuku’s chest was tense, holding back the words he wanted to say since it wasn’t any of his business to get involved in Todoroki’s family dynamics but All Might’s mantra of ‘meddling where he didn’t need to’ was echoing in his mind.

“I’m sorry,” Fuyumi apologized again, briefly shaking her head after sinking so far into her feelings. “I didn’t mean to drop this on you. You’re our guest.”

“It’s okay, I can understand how comforting it can be to confide in someone,” Izuku empathised, briefly thinking about One-For-All and his girlfriends. “Actually um, Fuyumi?” he tentatively began, causing Fuyumi to turn to her guest with hopeful anticipation. “I don’t mean to overstep after everything you’ve told me but, if you want my opinion, I think the best thing you can do for Natsuo and everyone is… well… to stop.”

The white-haired woman blinked after a small pause broke out between the two.

“S-Stop?” She questioned, a light frown settling on her brow at the boy’s confusing statement. “What do you mean stop?”

Izuku grimaced at the somewhat accusatory tone but he’d known that his words probably wouldn’t be received well.

“I know you’re trying to come from a good place but I think…” Izuku began, measuring his words carefully, “that you shouldn’t um… try to push people into roles they don’t want. Shoto doesn’t hate Endeavor as much as he used to, but i-it’s clear Natsuo doesn’t want anything to do with him.”

“T-That’s just because he hasn’t given Dad a chance,” Fuyumi retorted, her brows furrowed in frustration. “If he doesn’t try then how does Dad get the opportunity to fix things?” she urged, struggling to understand.

“That’s… kind of the point,” Izuku sighed. “If Natsuo really doesn’t want a relationship with Endeavor, there’s nothing you, or anyone else can or should do to change that.”

Fuyumi had to take a step back at that. The boy who’d done more to help Shoto return to their family was now actively advising against doing the same thing with Natsuo? That didn’t make sense.

“Listen I…” Izuku paused, the words sticking in his throat from Fuyumi’s reaction. Truthfully, he didn’t feel completely comfortable with sharing a painful part of his history with Fuyumi, but maybe if she understood his perspective… “I’m not saying this to be mean. I’m saying this because I… understand where Natsuo is coming from.”

“You…” Fuyumi muttered softly, her eyes examining Izuku’s face which now bore a strikingly similar expression to her brother's as he looked away from her. “You do?”

“My father… left when I was young,” Izuku replied slowly. “And… for a while, I was glad he was gone. He… hurt my mom too.” Fuyumi winced at that information. “But… there was always a part of me that wanted him to return so our family could be whole again. I heard my mother talking on the phone and crying some nights when she thought I was asleep; I know she felt something similar.”

Fuyumi’s expression softened as she felt the honesty in Izuku’s words. He said he identified with Natsuo, but this sounded more like her position.

“What happened? I-If you don’t mind me asking,” she said, hopeful he had the answers she sought.

Unfortunately, the greenette let out a weary sigh and shook his head.

“My father wasn’t interested in coming back. Even if he was, I’m not sure that would’ve been the best thing for anyone. My Mom and I learned to live without him, but I can’t lie and say there isn’t a part of me that didn’t mourn for what could’ve been,” Izuku replied wistfully before his eyes took on a stonier look. “If, tomorrow, he decided to visit and say he wants to be in my life again… I don’t think I could accept that and, right now, I certainly don’t want it.” Fuyumi’s chest tightened at Izuku’s admission. “He’s the one that cut the link between us. After all the pain he put me and Mom through, it’s up to us if we want to try and re-establish a relationship again if it’s offered, but if someone else tried to force it on us...”

Izuku left his words and their implication hanging in the air.

“So… you’d never accept him, even if he really had changed?” Fuyumi enquired.

Izuku sighed and rubbed his arm awkwardly.

“That would be up to him,” he admitted. “I don’t want to say ‘never’ but, if I’m being realistic, I don’t think it’s a scenario I’d ever have to consider.” A small silence hung in the air before Izuku addressed Fuyumi directly again. “You said this isn’t the first time you’ve tried getting them together like this. May I ask why you’re trying so hard to make something like this happen?”

Fuyumi averted her eyes from Izuku’s quizzical expression, the dream in her mind looking more fragile and out of reach than before.

“I thought… if we could all be happy together then my Mom wouldn’t have anything to be afraid of when she gets out of the hospital; we could be a real family again.”

Izuku felt his heart go out to the woman as he sympathised with her plight.

“I believe that you have the best intentions and aren’t trying to hurt your brother, but… you’re…” he grimaced, wondering if he was even right to make the comparison he had, “kind of doing what Endeavor did to Shoto; trying to force him to do something you want when it's clearly hurting him.”

Fuyumi’s soft gasp caught in her throat, her face morphing into a picture of shock at the accusation. Izuku knew he’d struck a nerve and was certainly overstepping his bounds at this point, but he couldn’t sit by when it was clear she didn’t realise how much she likely was hurting her brother.

“I-I’m sorry,” Izuku muttered quickly, a pang of regret running through him. “There’s nothing wrong with wanting a regular, happy family but… this isn’t the right way to achieve it. If your happiness relies on his misery… I don’t think that’s fair to ask of someone. Natsuo is still hurting and… I think maybe… each time you try this, it’s only making things worse.”

“I… I-I didn’t…I’m… not-” Fuyumi didn’t want to believe that, she couldn’t bear to. She hadn’t done anything like Endeavor did to hurt their family but… deep inside her chest, the revelation refused to budge. Moisture gathered quickly in her eyes as the world began blurring with a blink. “Then…” she mumbled weakly. “T-Then what do I do?”

Izuku grimaced and looked away, knowing he didn’t have the answer she wanted.

“What do I do now?!” Fuyumi’s voice raised, almost accusatorily at the boy. “H-How can I make this work? I just… I just want…”

The only sound in the room was Fuyumi’s heavier breaths as she tried to settle the uncomfortable feeling in her chest. After a short pause to consider her words, the greenette spoke again.

“Be there for your brother,” Izuku offered. “He tried to make you happy by coming here today but… it’s too much for him. His pain and wants are just as valid as yours. If he doesn’t want to forgive or be around Endeavor then he shouldn’t have to be.”

“He’s right, Sis,” a voice rasped from nearby.

Fuyumi and Izuku’s heads turned sharply to spot Natsuo standing by the door, a conflicted, pained expression on his face and tears in his eyes. Izuku wondered how much he’d heard but it seemed like it was enough for him to speak up.

“I-I tried… I’m sorry… but I can’t be around him! I just… I hate him so much!”

“Natsu,” tears rolled down Fuyumi’s face.

“That doesn’t mean I don’t want you or Mom or Shoto in my life,” he admitted, his fists clenched. “I just can’t be happy while that man is pretending to be sorry for all the pain he’s caused and you act like nothing ever happened! Every time you try to get us all together it hurts… it hurts so much but… I never wanted to make you sad.” Any fight the man had seemed to recede as a tired, defeated look overcame him. “I tried, really I did, every time, for you and Shoto but… I can’t… I just… can’t.”

“Natsuo, I’m sorry!” Fuyumi shook her head and closed the gap between her and her brother, standing barely a foot away but hesitating to touch him. “I didn’t realise what I was doing.”

“I know…” Natsuo nodded shakily. “I know you didn’t mean it… but please… sis… no more.”

“You’re… not gonna leave us though, are you?”

“You and Shoto? No,” Natsuo shook his head. “Just not when Endeavor’s around, okay?

“I promise,” Fuyumi readily agreed with a hasty nod. A weight seemed to lift off of Natsuo’s shoulder and a small, genuine smile returned to his face, causing Fuyumi to quickly brighten too.

“Thanks, Sis, really,” he opened his arms to ask for a hug which she quickly obliged, her arms struggling to wrap around her brother with his bag on his back despite her enthusiasm. It was tight, almost painful with how they squeezed each other, but cathartic for both of them.

 “If… I ever feel differently about Endeavor, you’ll be the first to know… okay?”

“Promise?” Fuyumi asked with more than a little hope.

“I promise,” Natsuo nodded. He didn’t know if that day would ever come but he could at least give his sister that much.

As Natsuo and Fuyumi embraced in that tear-filled hug, Izuku felt a bittersweet smile slip onto his face. Not wanting to intrude on their family moment more than he already had, Izuku slipped out of the kitchen and headed back down the corridor towards the dining room to await the others.

After the pair pulled back from their embrace, Fuyumi remembered their guest who had been witness to everything. She turned to address the boy that had helped open her eyes and bring her and her brother closer only to realise with a touch of disappointment that he’d slipped away.

“I uh… originally came to tell you I’m heading out and er… to say I’m sorry for ruining your dinner,” Natsuo said with a touch of shame. “I know you put a lot of effort into it.”

“Thanks,” Fuyumi smiled gratefully, glancing over at the remaining plates that still had morsels remaining. “Actually, there’s still a few bites left if you want something for the road.”

“That’d be great,” Natsuo nodded.

As he headed over to the table, Fuyumi pulled out some Tupperware from a cupboard and paused for a moment. He was about to ask her what was up when she started moving again, taking out more containers than was necessary for a single portion.


When Bakugo and Shoto returned to the dining room, they found Izuku waiting there with a thoughtful expression on his face.

“Did everything go okay?” The greenette was quick to speak up as his friends retook their seats.

“Better than I’d hoped,” Shoto confirmed who noticed the now empty table as he sat while Bakugo slumped into his former spot. “Did Fuyumi clear everything away?”

“Yes. I helped her and we um… talked,” Izuku nodded.

For a brief moment, the One-For-All wielder was worried Shoto was upset at that when his brow furrowed.

“Midoriya? Where are my chopsticks?”

“Huh?”

“You better not have lost them,” Bakugo growled. “Those were pricy.”

“O-Oh!” Izuku briefly panicked, as he realised they’d been taken to wash along with all the other cutlery. “I-I think they’re all clean in the kitchen for you.”

“I see,” Todoroki’s mild concern eased as he rose from his spot again, likely heading to get them. Before he could depart however, a pair of footsteps paced back down the hall and opened the door before he could reach it.

“Oh, Shoto, you’re back,” Fuyumi noted with a blink as she carried a tray into the room. “How’d your talk with Dad go?”

“I said what I needed to,” Shoto repeated, spying his birthday present from Bakugo resting on the tray along with a few containers of food.

“You didn’t fight, did you?” Fuyumi asked tentatively, setting the tray on the table.

“No,” Shoto confirmed.

“Well, I’m glad,” the white-haired woman breathed a sigh of relief before including the other two in their conversation. “I’m sorry again to you all for tonight. I wish things had gone better but I’m hoping you won’t leave here with a sour taste in your mouths.”

Izuku and Bakugo raised their brows as Fuyumi handed over the containers to them, each containing a portion of the leftover foods they’d gravitated towards during the meal.

“Thank you again for the meal,” Izuku bowed politely and accepted the offer. “It was super delicious.”

“You’re welcome,” Fuyumi smiled, though it was a little less bright than before.

“That mapo tofu wasn’t too bad,” Bakugo regarded with a nod. “Send me the recipe.”

“Kacchan,” Izuku chided.

Please,” Bakugo added with an eyeroll, though Fuyumi didn’t seem to mind the lack of manners.

“I’ll send it to Shoto and he can pass it on, right?”

“Can do,” Shoto nodded as he reclaimed his chopsticks and portion of the remaining meal. “Did you speak to Natsuo?”

“He’s left already,” Fuyumi noted, “but we talked before he did. I’ll tell you about it later, okay?”

“Sure,” the boy nodded as he stashed his cleaned chopsticks in his bag again before he remembered something he’d brought to pass along. “Oh, Fuyumi?”

“Hmm?” His sister glanced over as Shoto pulled out a letter and delicately held it out to her. “I don’t know when I’ll be able to see Mom again since hero work will keep me busy. Could you please deliver this to her when you next visit?”

“Of course, she’ll be glad you’re thinking of her,” Fuyumi’s expression brightened as she eagerly accepted the letter.

Watching the much more healthy exchange after the night of family drama he’d experienced, Izuku couldn’t help but smile. His thoughts then turned to his own mother, especially after the conversation he’d shared with Fuyumi, and how she was getting on without him as well as all that he was still keeping from her. Perhaps it was time to tell her at least something. She’d been more than patient with him and he felt the pit of guilt in his chest swell at all the things he wanted to tell her but hesitated to.


It hadn’t been the easiest evening but it seemed the tension had finally passed. Unfortunately, they didn’t get a chance to savour it for long.

“It’s time for me to take you back to school,” a familiar voice called to the room from the doorway as the group turned to spot Endeavor with a neutral expression. “Get your things together.”

“Yes, sir,” Izuku answered with a nod for all of them as the UA trio moved to redress for the journey.

Like a good host, Fuyumi walked with them back to the door and out into the fresh air of the mid-evening. It wasn’t long before the trio and her father had all packed away into Endeavor’s chauffeured car and departed, leaving her waving in their wake.

For the initial chunk of the journey, the conversation was kept to a minimum. The UA trio were understandably weary after a full day of hero work followed by a somewhat emotional evening and it seemed Shoto’s father wasn’t in a particularly talkative mood either.

That was until they’d gotten a fair distance away from the Todoroki estate.

“I want to see you progress on a faster timetable,” the red-haired man spoke from the front seat. Though they’d gotten a glimpse of Enji Todoroki over the meal, it seemed that Endeavor the number one hero had returned. “Look at shifting your schedules. I want you working at least four days over an average week.”

It seemed Shoto was right in that Endeavor wasn’t going to just drop them now and both Izuku and Bakugo felt a bit of their anxiety ease.

“That’s how it was for me, Ochako, Tsu, and Kirishima last time,” Izuku noted for his friends’ benefit.

“We’ll need time to prepare for our finals,” Shoto subtly reminded the man who acknowledged the comment with a small nod.

“I still need to work on my English,” Izuku noted.

“If you’d like we can study together,” Shoto offered.

Truthfully, Izuku was planning to ask his girlfriends if they wanted to do the same but, after a moment of thought, he realised he hadn’t hung out with Todoroki as much as he probably should have.

“That’d be great, thanks a lot, Todoroki,” Izuku smiled.

For his part, Bakugo rolled his eyes and focused on the world outside the car, resting his head on his elbow on the open window and appearing to ignore them both.

There was a moment when everything was peaceful as the group continued their journey back to UA’s campus. Unfortunately, someone else had other intentions for a certain occupant that night.

“Zounds!” The driver exclaimed suddenly as he swerved the car to dodge something hurtling towards them. The other’s eyes caught a glimpse of a large, white object almost bursting through the car’s windscreen only to pull up at the last moment.

Immediately they all turned to try and identify the assailing object only to realise it was a person, a terrified white-haired person wrapped up in some sort of white binding material.

“It’s Natsu!” Shoto yelled, both his anxiety and Endeavor’s spiking as the driver straightened the car out while maintaining its speed.

Bakugo’s eyes widened in shock and his breath caught as he spotted the hostage, hastily following the trail of whatever had his friend’s brother in its grip down to the very road markings themselves.

‘No… not again…’

“Pull your head inside, you idiot!” The driver yelled at Bakugo as the blond was swiftly separated from the fresh air by the window being forcefully raised.

“Look, there!” Izuku pointed out. “The lines on the road!”

“Quit talking, you’ll bite your tongue off!” The driver scolded again.

No sooner had the greenette noticed it than the other markings around them began springing to life and encroaching on the moving vehicle ominously. The lines trailed back to a figure dressed in black and white striped garb with both the driver and Endeavor noting they were standing directly in the path of the car.

“What a nice house you live in, Endeavor!” The figure yelled though it was missed by the car’s occupants as Endeavor’s driver put his training to the test, swerving the car again to avoid slamming into the suspected villain. He’d angled his turn to deliberately crash into the rail guard along the edge of the highway in such a way he could use the result to better turn into a full retreat, speeding away back the way they came.

Endeavor, burning away the casual clothes he’d worn to dinner to reveal his hero suit underneath, burst out of the passenger side in a ball of flame, flying back towards the villain at speed to take out the threat as fast as possible with a blazing, determined expression. The painted lines ignored the pro as he weaved through them easily, succeeding in their goal of binding the car to prevent its escape as well as trapping the remaining occupants within.

The villain’s deranged, triumphant laugh told Endeavor all he needed to know about the man’s mental stability.

“Let my son go!” He roared, closing in on the villain quickly.

“Not so fast!” The villain, painted street lines swirling around him and poised to attack like snakes, drew on his quirk to pull Natsuo’s bound form in front of himself as a human shield.

It was a trick many villains had tried to pull over the years and Endeavor forced himself to land, skidding to a halt a fair distance away, hoping that the villain wanted to monologue and slip up, giving him an opening.

“Finally! You remember me, don’t you?! Say you do!”

His teeth grit and body coiled like a spring to attack, Endeavor couldn’t yet get the shot he needed and played along.

“Seven years ago,” Endeavor stated clearly. “You were on the verge of a rampage but I showed up. You went by a villain name. It was-”

“Yes! That’s exactly right!” The villain practically cheered in joy, tears pooling in the corner of his eyes. “Oh wow, you didn’t forget! Thank you! You’ve made me so happy!” Keeping Natsuo close, the villain took a step closer to the pro. “You remember Ending!”

“You heard me,” Endeavor growled dangerously, flaring his quirk, “put down my son!”

Ending’s deranged laughter echoed in the street once more.

“Sorry, Endeavor,” he replied with false sincerity, pulling Natsuo close, “But you gotta understand, you had so many things I could never dream of having; not in a million years. That’s why I admire you. You see, I have nothing in this world worth protecting.” One of Ending’s painted lines that ended in a pointed arrow rose to point towards, and only inches from, Natsuo’s eye. “Don’t think I won’t kill him!”

Endeavor’s breathing stopped despite his erratic heart rate as the situation unravelled.

“But that depends on you! Please! Don’t mess it up this time!” Ending continued his insane rant. “I want you… to murder me.”

The quiet tone and resolve with which he uttered his last line sent a wave of shock through the pro. Ending had now moved Natsuo out of the way to give the man an opening, a perfect shot… but it was too perfect. Endeavor’s intense expression deepened even further when he realised whatever move he made the villain would likely either deliberately try to end his own life with the attack or kill Natsuo if he failed.

There was nothing he could do.

“Yeah, I know heroes don’t kill even when things get crazy,” Ending continued. “But then again-”


Once the car had been forcefully stopped, the driver hurriedly checked over himself before looking examing Endeavor’s three charges.

“Are you alive?”

“We’re fine,” Izuku groaned, covering some discomfort from the sudden stop.

“We need to get out there, now,” Shoto demanded, building up power in his ice.

“Right,” Izuku nodded, turning to his other friend. “Kacchan?”

The blond didn’t respond, his eyes focused through a gap in the painted lines through the rear window, trained squarely on the villain and his hostage.

It was happening again.

His worst failure had come back to haunt him.

Bakugo’s breathing and heartbeat spiked dramatically as the regret-filled memory played out in his mind a second time. This couldn’t happen again. He promised himself it wouldn’t.

What was all that training for if he didn’t learn a goddamn thing?!

“Kacchan!” Izuku shook his friend worriedly.

Bakugo suddenly jerked into motion, his palms thrusting against the car door window as he let out a powerful blast.


An explosion from behind Endeavor shattered the tension between the pair. Ending’s focus was drawn away from his goal for the first time as the three UA students burst out of the car now that Bakugo had blown away the painted lines.

“Hey! Not so fast, you brats!” The driver yelled after them. “You’re forgetting something!”

Endeavor chanced a glance back too and spied the three costume cases containing the students’ costumes shoot skyward from the boot of the car.

Izuku leapt up and quickly snagged Shoto and Bakugo’s cases, hurling them towards their intended recipients before claiming and opening his own.

“Kacchan, Shoto, catch!”

While Shoto caught his case and wasted precious seconds and focus opening it, yanking out his temperature regulation vest, and donning it, Bakugo completely ignored his case as it bounced and slid along the street.

Izuku almost cried out in concern but Bakugo’s speed only increased, distancing himself further from them and rapidly closing the gap between himself and the villain.

‘Not this time,’ Bakugo rallied in his mind, building, focusing, and pushing his quirk to its limits. ‘Not this time!’

“We’re coming, brother!” Shoto cried out hoping to reassure Natsuo, even if only a little.

“Are those work-study kids?!” Ending grit his teeth, thinking quickly as the gap between them rapidly shrank, as did his options for achieving success. He jumped back, hoping to put some distance between himself and the advancing reinforcements. “Don’t ruin my glorious death!”

There! Endeavor spotted it. The opening he needed when Ending kicked off, putting himself off-balance.

In an instant he charged his quirk and began to aim a disabling shot only for Ending to flex his quirk again, putting Natsuo directly in the line of fire.

Endeavor was faster, he knew he was. He could outspeed and outmanoeuvre Ending’s use of a human shield… but when his eyes met Natsuo’s terrified ones, all he could see was the fear, anger, and hate that had encompassed their entire relationship.

In a moment the fight had left Endeavor’s body, paralyzing him into inaction.

It was in that same instant that Bakugo shot past him, faster than he could blink, followed swiftly by Shoto and Izuku.

“No… no, this is all wrong! It’s supposed to be him!” Ending cried in a panic before a fresh, decisive resolve settled on his face. “I warned you, Endeavor!”

Natsuo’s eyes widened as the painted arrow threatening him moved, about to puncture his skull. None of them would make it in time!

For the heroes, everything was happening in slow motion. Endeavor and Shoto cried out, with the latter desperately reaching his hand out to somehow get to his brother quicker while Izuku tried to prime an Air Force shot.

After all the training he’d put himself through since that day, after all he’d learned from Endeavor over the week, despite how tired and aching his mind and body were, Bakugo’s focus had been honed to a razor’s edge and it was pointed directly at Ending.

‘I won’t fail again!’

“AP Sniper Shot!” Bakugo cried out, bringing his hands into a familiar pose and launching the attack at a speed he’d never before achieved. Just before the arrow could touch Natsuo, it was ripped to shreds by the precise explosive shot.

“What?!” Ending blanched as the opposing momentum from the attack did nothing to slow Bakugo down.

In a flash, Bakugo was on Natsuo, his arm wrapping itself protectively around the man with his grip like steel, and aiming his other hand at the collective threads of white paint that connected him to the villain.

“Die!” Bakugo released a mighty blast, tearing up the manipulated paint, shooting himself and Natsuo to safety while forcing Ending to dodge and further off-balance himself all at once.

“No! You can’t be the one to kill me! I won’t let you!” Ending screamed, urging more painted lines behind him to heed his quirk’s call as Natsuo’s cocoon escaped his trigger-enhanced influence.

“Oh no you don’t!” Shoto yelled, precisely storing his flames before unleashing them in a focused blast, his fire reducing the lines chasing Bakugo to ash.

Ending screamed in frustration as his plan was quickly going up in smoke.

“If you don’t kill me quick, what happens next is your fault, Endeavor!”

Getting desperate, Ending used what little paint he had left to reach out to the opposing lane of cars and launch them up into the air. The citizens he’d hurled cried out in terror, trapped within their motorised coffins, yet the pro the villain had focused all his energy on remained frozen, unmoving since locking eyes with Natsuo.

Izuku and Shoto were in no such state however with the green-haired boy surging towards the villain, dodging the instinctive attacks from the defensive lines and aiming his primed, gauntlet-covered hand directly at the villain just as he was about to pass by him.

His heart had urged him to adjust his course for the civilians and prioritise their safety, but he knew if they didn’t take out the villain now it could potentially risk more getting caught up in the fight. Much like Bakugo, Izuku refused to let anyone else get hurt that night and made a decisive attack.

“Delaware Smash Air Force!” He called out.

Ending immediately cried out as he was knocked back, hurtling into the opposing rail guard with a crash but still conscious while Izuku, who’d launched his attack mid-jump, was tossed in the opposing direction towards the uprooted traffic.

“Go!” Shoto called to his friend as he let his ice surge forth, overwhelming the villain and leaving him frozen in place with only his head exposed.

Reacting quickly, Izuku let his momentum carry him into the middle of the opposing road before unleashing another blast of Air Force to push himself skyward, level with the panicked citizens. As he rose and they descended, the young hero focused on all he’d learned that week.

One-For-All sparked around his body as Izuku reached into it and drew on the power he needed most in that instance. Thrusting his hands out, almost spider-like threads erupted from Izuku’s knuckles, rushing through the slots in his gauntlets to protectively wrap around the multitude of vehicles and slow their descent.

It was more than he’d ever conjured before, but Izuku could feel his body withstanding the strain. With a well-timed and expertly controlled pull with his inherited strength, the cars and trucks slowed to an almost complete stop before thudding gently down onto the street.

From his spot, the number one hero couldn’t help but marvel over the three’s progress as they demonstrated everything he’d taught them. It was a moment he would later wish he could’ve been proud of, though the shame of his inaction eclipsed any positive feelings.

Izuku breathed a sigh of relief as he focused on landing and quickly attended to the victims of Ending’s desperate ploy.

“I thought I was a goner,” a man groaned as he exited his car with another hastily opening his door only to throw up on the ground.

“Oh, no, are you all right?” Izuku hurried over.

“Uh-huh,” the sickly man nodded, wiping his mouth, “you saved me.”

“Yeah, thanks,” the first man praised the young hero after finding his feet. “You’re amazing!”

“I’m just glad you’re okay,” Izuku smiled warmly, hoping to reassure them and chase away any fear they still had left from the incident.

As he looked around as more of Ending’s potential victims and bystanders gathered to congratulate him, Izuku’s eyes followed a flash of movement.

For a brief moment he was worried that the fight wasn’t over and he’d gotten too distracted only to realize that Endeavor had finally started moving again, sprinting towards the crouched forms of Natsuo and Bakugo.

Throughout the entire ordeal, Natsuo had been bound and gagged by quirk-controlled paint. Once beyond Ending’s reach, the paint had lost its enhanced strength and crumbled when Bakugo almost frantically tore at it. Though he knew it was Natsuo Todoroki laying in his arms, all he could see in his mind’s eye was a sea of black hair and a disappointed, lifeless expression.

“Come on, come on,” Bakugo yelled as he yanked the last of the paint away, freeing Natsuo’s mouth. The man let out a groan of discomfort and Bakugo released a tightly held breath.

“I… I did it…” he muttered with a hint of disbelief in his tone.

“W-What?” Natsuo cracked an eye open. Shoto’s friend’s face greeted him and he was about to ask why the boy’s eyes were swimming with relief before his body jerked from a coughing fit.

“Take it easy, I’ve got you…” Bakugo reassured the former hostage, his grip around Natsuo’s arm tightening despite the threat having passed.

Before Natsuo could respond, his body was jerked again, along with Bakugo as the pair found themselves surrounded by Endeavor’s equally tight embrace. Whether out of relief or disbelief, the pro couldn’t find any words to express himself at that moment, just letting himself feel Natsuo’s breathing and heartbeat against him.

“Are you hurt?!” Endeavor pulled back from them both in a panic, checking over his son for injuries. Blinking away the irritants in his eyes, Bakugo too looked over to hear Natsuo’s answer.

“It’s hot…” the man groaned.

It seemed his son had escaped without injury if that was his only complaint. It was with great relief that the pro gently released his work study student and his son gently so they could stand on their own two feet.

While Natsuo caught his breath and Bakugo brushed away the dust in his eyes, Shoto called out to them.

“The villain’s been secured.”

Sure enough, Ending’s trigger-induced powers seemed to have worn off in addition to barely being able to move, sobbing and mumbling to himself about how his plan had all gone wrong.

“Everyone else and their cars are fine too!” Izuku updated them all too.

It dawned on them all that the situation had been fully handled and the heroes had achieved a total victory.

Replaying the events in their heads, it became clear to the work study students that, even though it was unexpected, they’d fulfilled Endeavor’s challenge for the week to capture at least one villain before him. Though it was reassuring to them all, not even Bakugo felt the need to bring the fact up in the moment.

“Thank you all…. you did great,” Endeavor spoke up once he was assured Natsuo was fine. “You covered for my mistake, and outmatched me in terms of speed. If it wasn’t for you three…”

Bakugo should’ve felt a swell of pride, a confidence boost from besting the number one hero and giving him a glimpse of the one who’d usurp his spot on the charts one day. Instead, he felt a peaceful calm wash over him. Chidings and doubts being yelled at him, repeating his greatest failures in his mind in his own voice faded. They weren’t completely gone, but they had been temporarily silenced for now.

The explosive blond chose to savour this peace while he could and quietly accepted the compliment with a nod.

“You’re welcome,” he said before swapping places with Shoto who came to look over his brother.

“Natsuo, are you okay?” The youngest Todoroki fussed.

“I’m… I’m fine Shoto,” Natsuo confirmed, gently patting himself down just to make sure. When he was certain he was still in one piece and his adrenaline was easing, he shot a frustrated look at the man before him. “No thanks to you.”

Endeavor looked down, accepting the blame Natsuo bestowed.

“I’m sorry,” he apologized quietly. “For a second… all I could think was that, despite the fear in your eyes, you would rather die than be rescued by me.”

Shoto’s eyes widened when Natsuo looked away, wearing a guilty expression. That single confirmation hit Endeavor harder than any villain had ever managed to achieve.

“I’m so sorry, Natsuo,” Endeavor bowed his head, paying no attention to the civilians that seemed to have shifted their attention and focus to him. “You may not believe this, but I never set out to neglect you children. I ran from my troubles and left you responsible for too much, and Toya,” Natsuo’s breath caught at the mention of his brother, “… I might as well have killed him myself.”

Neither Shoto, nor his friends wanted to break up the pair but they were growing increasingly aware of the civilian onlookers and the fact that traffic was being held up on both sides of the street due to the attack.

“You never meant to neglect us?” Natuso muttered in disbelief before a frustrated frown returned to his brow. “Well, it doesn’t matter. Whether you meant to or not, it still happened. It’ll be a cold day in hell before I ever forgive you, you got it?” Tears had blossomed in Natsuo’s eyes as the remaining adrenaline in his system hindered his filter. Natsuo glanced at his brother and saw the worried, cautious expression in his brother’s eyes. “Ya see, I’m not a kind person like Shoto is.”

If this encounter had happened a few hours earlier, he might’ve been able to believe that, but after catching a glimpse of Natsuo’s true thoughts and feelings with his sister, Izuku knew he was lying, though he couldn’t tell if it was just to Endeavor or also to himself.

“You say that… but you still show up for your sibling’s sake,” Endeavor replied, undeceived, “and for your mother.” Natsuo’s frustrated expression deepened but he said nothing. “I know Fuyumi longs for a happy family with all her heart… because I ruined ours. Aren’t you making an effort so that she can be happy? You’re kind in your own way, Natsuo.”

The pit of guilt in Natsuo’s stomach swelled.

“No, I’m not,” he rejected, his voice rising. “I can’t do it for her sake anymore. I can’t! I don’t think I’ll ever be able to because I can never forgive you!”

Endeavor pensively accepted the pained words of his son, reflecting momentarily on all he’d experienced that night.

“It’s okay if you don’t forgive me, because you shouldn’t have to, I haven’t earned it,” the pro admitted regretfully. “I don’t deserve to be part of this family, but I want to atone for what I’ve done, if you’ll let me.”

Natsuo grit his teeth but he couldn’t stop the tears prickling at his eyes from growing.

“Whenever you’re around us, sis seems so happy. But me? When I see your face, all those memories rush back… Why should I have to get over my feelings when everything’s your fault?!” Natsuo’s voice had grown into a yell the longer he spoke. “So you want to atone? What the hell is there you can even do for us?!

Endeavor was silent for a few moments before speaking again.

“I do have some things in mind…”


While Enji and Natsuo shared their moment, Bakugo had passed over the villain to the officer to be arrested with Ending crying and whining about his plan failing.

The blond watched him get tossed into the back of the holding truck with narrowed eyes, only looking away when the vehicle started moving off through a path between traffic that had quickly turned into a jam due to the attack.

With the situation handled and the regular officers now setting up cones, Bakugo wandered back over to the sidewalk where Izuku was apparently waiting for him.

“Kacchan, are you okay?” The greenette fussed over his friend.

“Shut up, Deku,” the familiar words slipped from Bakugo’s lips only to feel a pang of regret from it. Why couldn’t the damn nerd just change his hero name already?

Izuku seemed to take no notice, more focused on his friend and his more subdued reaction to their total victory. Though the blond’s inner thoughts had been less predictable to him since their fight after the provisional exams, Izuku knew exactly what had the unruly boy in such a mood.

“We... did it this time, didn’t we?”

Bakugo’s jaw clenched and his frown deepened, looking sharply at Izuku. Instead of any pity or mockery that would make his blood boil, Bakugo could see the same pain and relief in Izuku’s eyes that he himself felt. While he’d been the one to fail that day to save their teacher, it was mostly Izuku’s plan that had failed, and Bakugo realised that he likely also shared that same guilt.

“‘Course we fuckin’ did,” Bakugo growled though it had no bite in it. “If we couldn’t pull this off, we may as well have hung up our fucking costumes.”

Izuku chuckled fondly at the blond’s reaction and shared a sympathetic smile with him. Bakugo rolled his eyes at the display. 

“Here, I got your costume for you,” a voice called out behind them. The two turned to see Shoto holding out Bakugo’s case along with his older brother, apparently done with their family drama as Endeavor and his driver also stood off to the side of the road.

“Thanks,” the blond muttered, taking it with a small nod.

“Are you okay?” Izuku asked the older Todoroki.

“I’m fine, just kinda exhausted,” Natuso acknowledged, turning to Bakugo. “Thank you for saving my life.”

“If it wasn’t for you, I don’t think the rest of us would’ve been fast enough,” Shoto nodded gratefully at Bakugo.

The blond’s lips pursed but accepted the praise.

“You’re fuckin’ welcome,” Bakugo directed towards the one he’d saved. “And if that’s true, then you two have been slacking. Do better,” he finished, glancing between his friends.

“Kacchan,” Izuku sighed as the blond’s more familiar personality returned.

“What er... hero name do you go by?” Natsuo asked.

“It’s just Bakugo, right?” Shoto offered.

“Wrong!” Bakugo quirked his lip as both Shoto and Izuku raised their brows.

“Wait, you mean you’ve picked one?” Izuku enthused a little too strongly for Bakugo’s taste as the blond instantly levelled a glare at the greenette.

“Why the hell are you so excited? It’s not even your name.”

“Well, yeah, but still,” Izuku shrugged, getting an eye roll in response. Bakugo looked away, glancing at Shoto and Natsuo, the latter of whom seemed the most curious about his potential answer. Unfortunately, he’d have to disappoint him for now.

“Can’t say yet,” Bakugo muttered, his mind on another hero. “I gotta run it by someone else first.”

“Oh, that’s disappointing,” Shoto said.

“Why the hell do you care?” Bakugo perked back up, the irritated look returning to his face when Izuku chuckled again.  

“Regardless, Bakugo’s right though, Midoriya,” Shoto acknowledged. “We still need to get even better if we’re to stop stuff like this on our own someday.”

“Get some sidekicks to cover your ass, that’s what they’re for,” Bakugo rolled his eyes before considering one more thing. “But you idiots did well too.”

Both Shoto and Izuku’s brows raised at the exceedingly rare acknowledgement from the blond who wasn’t immediately walking back his compliment, the two sharing a nod and smile with each other.

“We all did well, it was a team effort,” Izuku’s smile brightened.

“Whatever,” Bakugo scoffed. 

“Indeed, we made a pretty good team,” Shoto remarked before extending a closed fist between them. 

Bakugo looked at it and then Shoto with confusion while Izuku tilted his head curiously. 

“Um, I believe it’s called a ‘fist bump’,” Shoto explained. “I read in manga that they’re performed when a team does well.”

“We’re not a team!” Bakugo rejected firmly only for Izuku to bump Shoto’s fist with his own.

“Go team!” Izuku chuckled, getting a smile out of Shoto. Bakugo let out an exaggerated sigh, drawing the pair’s eyes.

“Urgh, whatever. If it’ll make you shut up.” He thrust his own fist forward to bump into both of theirs before immediately dropping it and walking back towards Endeavor’s car.

“Is he always like this?” Natsuo asked with more than a touch of concern.

Izuku and Shoto shook their heads in sync before following after their friend, making sure to put away and store their costume cases before joining him.

Eventually, the flow of traffic returned to normal, though the road markings would need to be repainted very soon.

Natsuo, cleared of any injuries, resumed his departure towards the trains to return home. With the situation well in hand, Endeavor and his chauffer returned to the slightly damaged vehicle and, after a few words of acknowledgement, continued their journey to return the UA students to the dorms. 

It had been a trying day for all of them, and they were just about ready for it to end.


Arriving back at UA, Izuku, Bakugo, and Todoroki climbed out of the car, giving as pleasant of a goodbye as they could manage to Endeavor before wearily heading back to the dorms.

It was clear even then that they were some of, if not the last ones back judging by the silence around campus, broken only by their footsteps on the pavement. None of them felt like talking more than they absolutely had to so arriving to a dimly lit, empty common room suited them just fine.

The only problem was that it wasn’t completely empty.

“Izuku?” A voice called out from the sofas as the three returning students paused in removing their shoes.

“Ochako?” Izuku blinked in confusion as he spotted the girl, dressed in her casual clothes, turning off the tv, and rising to her feet to hurry over to them.

“You’re awake late,” Todoroki noted curiously.

“Is something wrong?” Izuku asked with a touch of worry.

The brunette barely spared a glance at Bakugo but gave Todoroki a nervous smile and nod of acknowledgement before seizing her boyfriend’s hand.

“Um, maybe?” She shrugged nervously. “Well, nothing like, immediate but… urgh, I just need to talk to you sooner rather than later.”

“Oh, okay,” Izuku understood immediately before hurriedly stowing his shoes and hurrying over to the elevators with his girlfriend before sparing a few last words for his friends. “I’ll speak to you guys tomorrow!”

“Better not,” Bakugo grunted, looking forward to at least one day of peace before he had to put up with everyone’s crap again.

“Do you think they’ll need our assistance?” Todoroki offered curiously after the elevator doors had closed and Izuku and Ochako ascended.

The explosive blond shot the boy a look of mild disbelief before he remembered the glimpse into his family’s home life.

“Just leave the idiots alone, they’ll sort their shit out by morning probably,” he rolled his eyes before heading over to the other elevator, ready for a good night’s rest.


Once they’d been separated from his work-study partners, Izuku shot Ochako a querying look.

“It’s better just to wait until Momo can explain,” she sighed, squeezing his hand gently while stifling a yawn.

As adorable as she looked right now, Izuku resisted the urge to cuddle his girlfriend. If Momo wanted to tell them about something, he was almost certain he knew what it was about.

Arriving at the top floor and making straight for the heiress’ room, the duo soon found themselves inside where their other partners sat on Momo’s bed in various states of sleepiness.

“Jeez, Squish, took your time,” Kyoka deadpanned, lying propped up in Momo’s bed in her usual position.

“S-Sorry,” Izuku rubbed the back of his head as he dropped his bag and costume case to the side. “There was a villain attack.”

“I get the feeling we’re all going to be hearing that from each other a lot one day,” Ochako chuckled as Kyoka extended her jacks, gently vibrating them enough to disturb Mina, Tsuyu, and Tooru’s gentle slumbering on the sheets. The one person who didn’t look tired at all was Momo who instead looked every bit as nervous as he expected.

“He’s asked you to do it, hasn’t he?” Izuku sighed as he climbed onto the heiress’ bed with Ochako.

“I’m afraid so,” Momo replied softly, drawing pitying glances from Mina and Tooru. “I’m not sure on what sort of timeline father expects me to have secured your interest but it’s best we assume it’s sooner rather than later.”

“Fucking asshole,” Kyoka scoffed, getting a few murmurs of agreement from the others.

“So, what are we going to do now?” Tooru asked, looking around at the others.

“For me and you?” Mina rested her hand on the girl’s shoulder before pausing to yawn. “We’re gon’ be running a lot of support in the near future.”

“Support?” Tooru tilted her head.

“Because this is gonna suck for the fuckin’ rest of us,” Kyoka griped, wincing when she drew every other pair of eyes towards her. “Sorry, sorry, I shouldn’t… I’m being selfish,” she sighed, “you guys have it worse.”

Mina and Tooru looked over at Izuku, Tsuyu and Ochako who took each other’s hands for support.

“We’re… gonna have to break up, aren’t we?” Tsuyu felt her chest catch.

“That… would be best,” Momo nodded morosely.

Tooru realised what Mina meant by ‘support’ and couldn’t stifle her grimace.

“Is there any chance you don’t have to like, be exclusive with Izuku publicly?” Ochako asked hopefully but knew it was misplaced.

“Not if you want to have a career after UA,” the heiress shook her head. “Father’s decided our whole class and probably more are expendable if anyone starts making waves.”

“Jeez,” Mina quirked her lip distastefully as Tooru gasped and the others looked uneasily between each other. “Talk about overkill.”

“This is exactly what I was afraid of,” Momo put her head in her hands. “There’s no denying my father’s desires and now, not just all of you but our whole class is caught up in this because of me.”

The others wanted to speak up but they couldn’t deny the truth. While they didn’t blame Momo for her situation, all they could do now was play her father’s game and try to come up with a winning move.

“Urgh, we need to cut this out,” Kyoka growled, shaking her head and clapping her cheeks to force some adrenaline into her system.

“What do you mean?” Ochako asked.

“We’re supposed to be heroes, aren’t we?” Kyoka’s voice rose. “We do shit regular people think is impossible all the time. Your dad may be rich Momo, but he’s no fuckin’ hero.”

“That much we can agree on,” Momo chuckled once.

“Right? Besides, if you really believe this is your fault then you don’t get to mope. You’re Momo Fuckin’ Yaoyorozu, provisional pro hero, aren’t you?” The punk rock girl challenged. “We need you. Our class needs us. Even if we wanna quit we’re all in too deep now, we’ve gotta see this to the end.”

Her rousing got some nodding heads, even if they weren’t the most enthusiastic.

“You guys can still do everything we do now, this isn’t breaking us up like, properly,” Mina reminded the group though directing it more towards Izuku, Ochako, Tsuyu and Momo. “We just gotta be extra sneaky about it again.”

“I can give you tips if you like,” Tooru giggled. “No one’s as sneaky as me.”

“Says the girl who slipped up first and told everyone we were dating?” Mina raised a smug eyebrow.

“Shush!” The glittery-haired girl put her hands over Mina’s mouth.

“Point is,” Kyoka drew their attention back to her, “nothing’s really going to be changing at its core, is it? We’ll get through this, all of us, together, just like we have everything else,” she smiled her most genuine smile and made sure to catch the other’s eyes. “We just have to go Plus Ultra, right?”

“N-Not the kind of Plus Ultra I think Mr Aizawa or anyone expects,” Izuku chuckled politely with a small smile before turning to the heiress. “Momo, if you still think this is the best thing to do to get you free then I’m willing to do it if you are.”

Momo bit her lip nervously looking first at Izuku before glancing to Ochako and Tsuyu in turn, her heart aching when she saw the barely lifted spirits evident on Tsuyu’s face. It was almost enough to convince her to call the whole thing off and take whatever punishment her father could imagine for her if not for her girlfriend’s slow but hesitant nod.

“Are you sure, Tsu?” Momo asked, responding to the unspoken approval.

“Kyoka and Mina are right,” Tsuyu shrugged wearily. “This isn’t just for you or us anymore. Even if I want to be selfish, it would mean losing you and… I don’t know if I could bear that.”

“You are our greedy frog,” Mina teased lightly, earning a few chiding looks for her trouble. “Sorry.”

“It’s… only temporary until we figure out a way to get you away from your parents, ribbit,” Tsuyu reiterated. “Then we can all go on a group date together.”

“Now that sounds like a plan,” Mina grinned as the others shared a light chuckle.

“I greatly look forward to that,” Momo smiled longingly, knowing such happiness was only reachable through a swamp of misery for them all. “Until then I promise to try and make things as painless as possible for you all if I can.”

The group shared a commiserating look as it seemed their deceptive plan was about to start.

“Just, let us know what you want us to do when, ribbit,” Tsuyu croaked before rising from the bed, tugging Izuku’s hand. “Until then, I think I wanna enjoy a night of snuggles with my boyfriend.”

“By all means,” Momo sent the trio an apologetic smile as Izuku and Ochako joined their shared girlfriend. “I really appreciate you all doing this for me. More than you can imagine.”

“I dunno, ribbit, I can imagine quite a lot,” Tsuyu slowed before glancing back at Momo. The girl seemed to make a decision before dropping Izuku’s hand to walk around the side of the bed and stand by her girlfriend, leaning in to place a gentle kiss on her lips that the heiress greedily savoured. “When we get through this, ribbit, I’m gonna hold you to that.”

Momo chuckled fondly and gently took Tsuyu’s hand, rubbing her thumb along it.

“I’ll make sure our house together has everything you want and more.”

It was still far away, and it did little to stem the pain of the act they had to put on in the near future, but Tsuyu cherished the image of them all one day living happily together in contented bliss. It would make those days without being able to be near Izuku at all much more tolerable with something like that to focus on.

When Tsuyu headed back to her partners, it seemed they both had something to say as well with Ochako going next, stepping up to take Tsuyu’s place.

“Thank you for being so honest with us, Momo,” Ochako smiled and took their heiress’ hand too. “Just keep talking to us and I’m sure we’ll find a way through this.”

A measure of relief washed over the heiress as the gravity girl leant in for her own kiss. While their dynamic had changed drastically from just a few months ago, Ochako could tell Momo was genuine in her dismay. Grateful at least for the warning so she could savour her time with Izuku in public, she had to admit Momo was going in the right direction to re-earn their trust after her mistake those months ago.

Stepping away, it was was now Izuku’s turn to awkwardly stand by Momo’s side as he looked more than a little nervous.

“I don’t um… quite know how this’ll go or what this’ll look like,” he admitted awkwardly, “but I know I can um… trust you to do what’s right for us, all of us.”

Momo felt her heart flutter at Izuku’s words. After everything they’d been through, he was still willing to do this for her. Not only that but he was comfortable placing this immense amount of trust in her to see them through this, trust Momo still wasn’t a hundred percent sure she’d earned.

“I-I promise,” Momo nodded firmly. “If anything goes wrong, I promise to make sure you’re all shielded from my parent’s reprisals no matter what. Even… e-even if it means the plan fails.”

The others frowned as it wasn’t just Tsuyu that could scarcely imagine a future without Momo beside them by now. Izuku knew that he too would feel that loss and gently took the heiress’ hand like his girlfriends before him.

“That’s not going to happen, not with all of us working together,” he assured her. “We can do this.”

It was small and simple, but Momo could feel the true belief in his words. She idly wondered if it stemmed from his unrelenting optimism or his ignorance at the threat her parents truly posed. Either way, the heiress couldn’t help but feel endeared by the boy.

“Plus Ultra,” she chuckled.

A brief silence hung in the air as she looked into Izuku’s eyes, his green orbs conveying the strength of his dedication and Momo couldn’t help but begin to fall into them. Neither was sure who moved first but soon their lips met as the two shared a chaste but heartfelt kiss.

It lasted only for a moment, but when the pair pulled away from each other both their cheeks were aflame.

“Suppose we should get ready to see a lot more of that,” Mina giggled teasingly, rising from her spot as the two in question looked away from each other.

“Do we all get Momo kisses?” Tooru joined in.

“Better get them while you can,” Kyoka rolled her eyes, “she’ll be off the market soon enough.”

“N-Not your best metaphor dear,” Momo winced, her cheeks rapidly cooling at the unfortunate accuracy of that statement.

“Shit,” Kyoka sunk into her seat and hung her head, getting a few fond, if morbid, chuckles from the others.

“Come on, Tooru. Let’s leave the love birds alone.”

“Mina!” Tooru gently swatted the girl’s leg and rolled her eyes as Izuku hurried back to Ochako and Tsuyu.

With their unfortunate business wrapped up for the night, the other five departed to get some rest, grateful for the Sunday ahead of them.

Once the room was silent again, empty save for Momo and Kyoka in the former’s bed, the heiress turned to her girlfriend.

“How are you doing, love?” Momo asked tentatively.

There was a brief silence before she felt her partner’s body shake with a telling sign.

“I-It’s not fair,” Kyoka stifled her sobs as Momo wrapped her arms protectively around the girl. “W-We shouldn’t have to go through this. You, Izuku, Tsu, 'Chako...”

“And you,” Momo acknowledged softly as she stroked her girlfriend’s hair.

The heiress shared her girlfriend’s unvoiced frustrations. Even if they’d anticipated it eventually it would surely hurt to be reminded that they couldn’t yet be together publically. Kyoka and Momo were the only two that were unattached this year and soon that category would contain just Kyoka.

“You’re being so strong, love,” Momo kissed the top of Kyoka’s head and squeezed her tight, feeling her girlfriend’s arms wrap around her in turn. “Stronger than I am at times. When all this is over I promise you the most romantic getaway you can imagine, just the two of us.”

Kyoka chuckled mirthlessly before gently pulling away.

“T-That sounds… really fuckin’ good,” she sniffled, “but I… I think I’d miss those other idiots too much.”

“I know what you mean,” Momo chuckled as she brushed away Kyoka’s tears. “Maybe a group holiday then, but finding plenty of time to sneak away with each other.”

“Only if it’s villain-free this time,” Kyoka joked darkly as Momo could sympathise. That picnic in the field of flowers was one of her most treasured memories, she only wished it hadn’t been tainted by what came after.

The two shared a soft kiss and embrace as they began to settle down, turning off the lights and drifting into a light slumber.


Outside the room, Ochako, Izuku, and Tsuyu had stolen away to the froggy girl’s domain down the hall.  Grateful for the very short trip, Tsuyu felt the need to address her partners seriously before they could call things for the night, leading them both to the center of the room by their hands before they could think about preparing for sleep.

“Ribbit, so I guess this is it,” Tsuyu muttered as she stood before the pair.

“N-Not quite yet but um… I know what you mean,” Izuku admitted with a dejected nod.

“Hey, it’s not like we’re really breaking up,” Ochako reminded the pair. “Besides Tsu, I promise you’ll still have me; at least in public anyway.”

“R-Really?” Tsuyu sniffled lightly. “E-Even after I screwed up at Ryukyu’s?”

Izuku frowned in confusion, glancing between the pair as this was the first he was hearing of it while Ochako clearly understood what Tsuyu was getting at, recalling her slightly colder behaviour since returning.

“I’m sorry for earlier, Tsu,” Ochako apologised. “I really wanted to keep doing a good job and Nejire kept teasing us so I just really wanted to focus and-”

“I’m sorry for pushing, r-ribbit,” Tsuyu teared up. “It’s my fault, not yours. I don’t… I don’t want you to be mad at me and leave me too.”

“Oh, Tsu,” Ochako sighed, quickly sweeping the girl into her arms as tears began running down the frog girl’s face. “I promise that’s never going to happen.”

Izuku hastily joined the hug too, wrapping them both up tightly even if he didn’t have much to say on the matter between them.

“I’m sorry we have to do this, Tsu,” he murmured. “If there was a better way-”

“‘S not your fault,” Tsuyu sniffled, rubbing her face into his shirt. “Just sucks.”

“We’re gonna be fine, Darling,” Ochako smiled warmly as she reached out to caress her girlfriend’s face, getting a somewhat relieved ‘ribbit’ from the girl. “Maybe we just try and avoid everyone else as best we can during the days. We could always visit my parents for some time away if you like.”

“That… sounds nice,” Tsuyu nodded happily.

“Um… a-about that,” Izuku spoke up, causing the group to part as the two girls regarded their boyfriend curiously. “There’s uh… something I want to discuss with you.”

“Ribbit?” Tsu tilted her head.

“I-I know it’s uh… bad timing and all, but it’s about… my Mom…”


With all the students who had taken part in the mandatory work studies safely back in their dorms to rest, UA awoke to a fairly peaceful morning.

Many opted to relish their short time off from obligations and indulge in a lie-in, though one or two hero students could still be seen keeping up their daily routines.

For Momo Yaoyorozu, there was no such thing as downtime right now, not when she had to continue putting her plans and contingencies in motion to ensure she had the best chance to escape her parents’ demands and defang them at the same time.

Thankfully it seemed everything was flowing smoothly on the business side of things. The Uraraka construction company was still bringing in a tidy profit and her funds were boosted nicely each time a project they finished was eventually sold. Some properties had yet to sell however, particularly the ones around Takoba Beach which, to her knowledge, was still slowly accruing trash. Momo’d yet to get an audience with the mayor of Musutafu but knew that everything would work out eventually.

After ensuring her business affairs were in order, and deciding to let Kyoka enjoy her rest, Momo noticed that breakfast had long since passed but lunch wasn’t quite here yet. Were she still at her parent’s estate, she was sure one of the serving staff would have asked if she’d enjoy some brunch but the heiress couldn’t stomach food right now.

After leaning back on her chair and closing her laptop, Momo let out a frustrated sigh, looking up at the ceiling as though it was responsible for her predicament. With how her near future looked, she wished she could just work until she was free but she’d just have to suffer with patience.

Rubbing her neck and feeling a slight pain at how tense her shoulders were, the heiress figured a nice long bath was in order. Perhaps a good, long soak could help her regroup and figure out what the next right thing to do was.

Grabbing her bath supplies and quietly leaving her room, Momo headed down to the girl’s bathing area and went through the motions to get herself ready. It was nice to sometimes be able to get the entire bath to herself and just feel the world slow down for a short time before the hecticness of her life resumed.

After quickly showering off the grime from the day before and filling the tub with steamy hot water, Momo let herself breathe deeply and sink into the relaxing embrace of warmth.

While she tried to take the time to settle her mind and organise her thoughts, Momo’s conscience wasn’t so keen to let go of a few things, reminding her again of the pain she was about to put Tsuyu, Ochako, and Izuku through, not to mention Kyoka.

She knew they were doing it willingly for her sake but causing them any amount of pain at this stage felt like a knife to her heart. Especially after the pain she’d already caused Izuku.

Reminded of her sin, Momo dunked her face into the water and let out a scream of frustration, her hands clenching and thrashing lightly under the surface as though fighting some invisible foe.

When she had vented what she could, Momo leant back with a gasp and rested her head on the edge of the bath, looking up at the ceiling once again.

“What do I do…” she murmured, wishing she could clearly see the best path to take ahead of her. Despite Kyoka’s bolstering words last night, their effect had worn off and Momo felt plagued by her self-doubts once again.

Before she could stew in her sadness for too long, the sounds of others entering the changing rooms reached her ears.

Her first thought was to get out and avoid whomever it was, hoping that it wasn’t Ochako or Tsuyu who might want another awkward talk. She sighed in relief when it was Mina and Tooru stepping through the door instead.

“Oh, hey Momo!” Tooru greeted warmly with a smile and wave. “Getting an early bath in too?”

“Early?” Momo raised a brow. “It’s nearly eleven.”

“That’s early for us,” Mina grinned as she dumped the pair’s towels off to the side with a vaguely familiar box sitting atop them. “If anything, I’m surprised you’re here this late.”

“Business took priority,” Momo reminded them with a small shrug as the pair set to work cleaning themselves with the showers.

“Uraraka’s folks still doing well?” Tooru asked curiously.

“Considering the scale of their operation, yes,” Momo acknowledged. “Though I’m wondering if it might be worth seeing if they would be interested in increasing their workforce.”

“Hey, if it makes bank and they’re happy,” Mina shrugged as she scrubbed at Tooru’s back.

Momo chuckled mirthlessly at that. The Uraraka had been poor, but from how Ochako told it, so long as they had each other, they were always happy. Quite the opposite of her family situation now she reflected on it.

A small splash broke her from her thoughts as Tooru hopped into the bath.

“Mmm, toasty!” She squealed in delight, dragging a small smile out of Momo at her unapologetic joy.

“Kept it warm for us, eh, Momo?” Mina winked as she finished cleaning herself and moved over to her towels.

“Not intentionally but you are certainly welcome to share in it with me,” Momo rolled her eyes fondly.

“Well, we did have a plan for this bath today if you’d like to join us,” Mina grinned. Momo’s mind immediately latched onto some sort of lewd idea given Mina’s smile only for the pinkette to surprise her by holding out the additional box she’d brought down. “Figured we could test out one of these bath bombs and see how it goes!”

Momo blinked at the memory of her gift. Admittedly, it had been a little bit of an impulse purchase as it seemed like Mina’s thing but the heiress had never actually used one herself, much preferring to sprinkle her baths back at her parents with individual scents and bubbles based on her mood.

“If you don’t mind, I’m a little too exhausted to try anything too adventurous today,” Momo sighed, causing both Mina and Tooru to raise concerned brows. “Could you please hold off for a little while until I leave?”

“No, no, that’s the best part,” Mina grinned, “they’ve got like perfumes and chemicals and stuff to help us relax. If your week’s been tough then this’ll definitely help.”

Momo’s unease evidently showed on her face.

“They’re great, Momo, trust her,” Tooru smiled, lifting her leg under the water to touch Momo’s affectionately. The heiress felt any resistance she had melting at Tooru’s adorable expression.

“We’re your support, remember?” Mina grinned before popping the box open and looking among her options. “The only thing you have to think about right now is elderflower, strawberry, cinnamon, or lavender.”

The heiress chuckled and fondly shook her head.

“Strawberry then, if you don’t mind.”

“Good choice,” Mina grinned before plucking the red sphere from the set and casually tossing it into the bath. “Bombs away!”

It didn’t take more than a few beats before the bomb started fizzing and breaking down, a deep rich red colour emanating from it along with the twinkle and sparkle of glitter. The unmistakable scent of strawberries also began filling the air as Momo watched the unique cosmetic product do its job.

“Mmm, that’s the stuff,” Mina breathed deep as she settled into the bath next to Tooru, kicking around the bubbling, shrinking bath bomb to speed up its disintegration.

“Is it weird I’m hungry now?” Tooru swallowed, thinking about tucking into some jam on toast for brunch.

Momo reached out and pushed her hand through the red and sparkly waters, lifting her arm to display a light red tinge to it along with glitter sticking to her.

“You know we’ll need another shower now, right?” Momo raised a brow at her chaotic girlfriend.

“Live a little and just enjoy the sparkles,” Mina stuck her tongue out she splashed some of the coloured water onto herself, revelling in the sparkles that now covered her. “Hey, look, I’m Tooru!”

Neither Momo nor Tooru could stifle a laugh though the mimicked one then huffed in petulance.

“Please, if you’re going to cosplay as me, do it right.” Mina and Momo watched curiously as Tooru took a deep breath and ducked under the water, moving around until she emerged with a flourish right next to the now tiny bath bomb as it fizzled out. “Secret technique, Sexy Surprise!” The now glittery girl grinned as she sparkled with glitter sticking to every part of her. “Say ‘Cheese’!”

 Both Momo and Mina broke into giggles at the girl’s playfulness as she slid over to the other side of the bath, resting her arms on the edge and relaxing into the waters once more.

“Maybe don’t try to use that technique on villains, Starlight,” Mina grinned.

“Why not? It’d probably work,” Tooru stuck her tongue out, the red water covering the light blush she sported remembering her training with Ragdoll.

“Because those goodies are for our eyes only, right, Momo?”

“I’d rather you not get caught up in any controversy if you can help it, Starlight,” Momo smiled, though it didn’t quite reach her eyes. “We have enough of that already.”

Tooru and Mina shared a look as the heiress’ glum expression returned. With matching nods the two slid up beside the heiress, the red waters sparkling in the ripples they left, and cuddled into her arms.

“Hey, something up?” Mina asked caringly.

“Nothing you can assist with right now,” Momo sighed. “Just… ruminating on yesterday and everything I have to do moving forward.”

“Maybe don’t think about that right now?” Mina suggested with a small laugh. “Just clear your mind and let the waters do their work.”

The heiress sighed but decided to give it a shot, leaning back and taking a deep breath which made her chest rise in a way neither Tooru nor Mina would admit to sneaking a glance of in the moment.

A few moments passed as the heiress continued her steady breathing while Tooru and Mina cautiously relaxed into the waters themselves, enjoying the bath bomb’s scent and feeling the salts contained within doing their work to cleanse their pores.

“I’m sorry, this isn’t working,” Momo admitted as she sat up again. “I can’t stop thinking about the others. I just… hope they don’t hate me for what we need to do.”

“I’m sure they don’t,” Mina reasoned as the heiress sank a little deeper into the bath. “They even gave you kisses yesterday to prove it.”

“And I never got mine,” Tooru chuckled at her light tease. “Though you’re probably right in that things might be a little awkward for a while.”

Momo sighed before biting her lip.

“It seems like no matter what I do I’m always messing up, always hurting someone.”

“Hey, that’s not true,” Tooru interjected, though Momo looked away out of shame.

You most of all can’t say that to me…”

Tooru’s lips thinned as they all knew what Momo was referring to.

“I thought we were past this,” Mina sighed and cuddled up closer to her girlfriend, wrapping an arm around her shoulder.

“Momo, you know I accepted your apology for that,” Tooru reasoned, mimicking Mina and overlaying her arm with hers, bringing the heiress in for a hug.

“Logically, I understand that,” Momo nodded, “but I still feel guilty.”

“Well, you shouldn’t,” Mina replied bluntly. “You fucked up but you’ve done a helluva lot more good for us all than you have bad, and that’s not counting hero stuff.”

“Ochako’s parents certainly might still be stuck if you hadn’t helped,” Tooru reminded her.

“And you make us all incredibly happy just being our girlfriend,” Mina agreed.

“That includes me,” Tooru kissed Momo on the cheek. “HA, got my Momo kisses.” The heiress’ lips tugged up at the corners as Tooru knew she’d gotten her.

“Seconds!” Mina swooped in and stole her own with Momo lightly trying to fend her off with a weak hand wave.

The two girls, intent on cheering up their raven-haired girlfriend, shared a cheeky look before making one final swoop to steal a kiss from each of Momo’s cheeks simultaneously. At the very least they succeeded in distracting the girl from her thoughts and putting a smile back on her face.

“That’s better,” Mina grinned cheekily.

“Minx,” Momo shook her head. “The pair of you.”

“No, I’m your Starlight and she’s our Minx,” Tooru giggled, the delightful sound easing Momo’s heart further. “And if you feel bad about before, I know one way you can make it up to me.” Momo’s head eagerly turned to face Tooru’s whose eyes lidded seductively as she leant in to steal a much more intimate kiss from the heiress’ lips before pulling away. “We… haven’t done anything for a while, me and you, so maybe you could make up for back then?”

Glancing at the girl, Momo’s cheeks pinkened and she couldn’t blame it on the waters this time.

“I-I’m not sure we should-”

“Hey, just relax,” Mina caressed Momo’s shoulders, leaning over one of them to whisper seductively in her ear. “Don’t think about it, just go with the flow and you’ll feel better.”

“I know I will,” Tooru giggled as she kissed down Momo’s neck, causing the heiress to squirm in her seat.

As much as she wanted to resist her girlfriend’s seduction, the idea of letting go for a few moments of orgasmic bliss were enough to override her guilt. At the very least there was one thing she needed to do and that was make up for the disappointing last session that she and Tooru had shared.

“Yes, you will,” Momo smiled nervously, replying to Tooru who paused in her efforts to look up curiously at her girlfriend only to let out a small shriek of surprise as the heiress wrapped her arms around her and lifted her onto the edge of the bath. “This time, I’ll make sure to take care of you properly.”

If Tooru was still dwelling on the pain of their last encounter herself it didn’t show on her face as the girl’s eyes eagerly widened before licking her lips and reaching out for Momo’s head.

“Then you’d best get to work,” she giggled, guiding Momo’s head towards her exposed crotch while spreading her legs, though the presence of glitter covering her private parts would make things a tad more difficult.

Momo didn’t mind however, able to focus solely on the task at hand as she bent over and began warming the glittery-girl up with her fingers, subtly brushing away the worst of the sparkly product in the process.

Not one to be left out, Mina grinned as she shifted to kneel behind Momo, the water up to her neck as she looked up at her prize. If Momo sat down now, Mina’d get a face full of her though that was just what the pinkette was after.

“And what do we have here?” Mina grinned as she reached up to caress Momo’s ample rear. “Looks like we’re gonna make a ‘Momo Sandwich’,” she giggled.

The heiress could feel Mina’s teasing fingers at play, anticipating them sinking into her depths but tried to focus on her own task first, namely pleasing Tooru with her tongue.

Admittedly, the first few tastes of her girlfriend weren’t great, though Momo chalked that up to the bath bomb. It may smell like strawberry but it certainly didn’t taste like it. Once she’d gotten through the worst of it, Tooru’s familiar scent and taste flooded her senses and Momo felt a measure of relief she didn’t even know she was tensed about. That her girlfriend was trusting her to satisfy her like this once more truly meant Tooru wasn’t holding anything against her.

“Mmm, that’s it,” Tooru thrust her hips upwards, encouraging Momo’s tongue deeper.

More than willing to oblige as long as Tooru wanted, Momo redoubled her efforts, getting her fingers involved to find her girlfriend’s sweet spots.

On her other end, Mina had also discovered that bath bombs didn’t taste as good as they smelled, now preferring to use her fingers after pulling a sour face. It felt a little tame to her however and wondered if there was anything she could do to spice things up a bit more.

Mina then recalled how much Momo enjoyed being on the receiving end of all her girlfriend’s efforts simultaneously. While she certainly couldn’t replicate as much with just her and Tooru, she could at least make use of both her hands.

“Get ready, Momo,” Mina smirked as she flexed her quirk and let some slightly slippery acid coat her fingers. “I’m gonna spread you nice and wide.”

“M-Mina?” Momo called back with a touch of anxiety. Not quite sure what to expect, the heiress felt her mouth drop open and a gasp lodge itself in her throat when Mina’s fingers invaded both her holes at once.

“You okay, Momo?” Tooru asked with concern as the heiress needed to take a minute for her body to adjust.

“Y-Yes,” she found her breath and took slow, deep ones as her legs shook. “J-Just a-acclimating.”

“Well acclimate quickly,” Mina grinned. “Can’t leave Tooru hanging like that.”

Momo knew it was only playful, but she took her penance seriously as she leant back in to lap at Tooru’s lap. The glittery girl let out a satisfied sigh as Momo resumed her efforts and reached up to tweak and pull at her nipples.

“Mmm, right there,” she groaned needily, “s-stretch me out too!”

The heiress recalled Tooru’s kink and generated a measure of highly slippery lube around her hand. Since they were in the bath anyway, it certainly wouldn’t matter if they got a bit messy.

With the steady application of pressure as Momo licked at her clit, trying to take as much care as she could while Mina thrust into both her holes, Momo slid her hand inside her girlfriend with a measure of effort before locating and pressing a finger to her womb’s entrance and pumping a measure of artificial cum inside her.

At first, Tooru felt a little concerned at the odd sensation in her stomach, then she remembered her and Momo’s explorations from before and felt herself almost climaxing at the idea.

“Y-Yes!” she cried with glee. “F-Fill me up!”

Both Momo and Mina temporarily paused their efforts to watch as Tooru’s lower belly began inflating ever so slightly

“F-Fuck, I-I can’t, I-I can’t I… I’m cumming!” Tooru cried as she couldn’t hold herself back any longer, her legs crushing Momo’s hand between them and trapping her inside as she tensed and squeezed around the heiress’ limb.

Momo couldn’t stifle how erotic it was for Tooru to be cumming while she was so deep into her and felt her own peak arrive, causing her legs to quiver.

“H-Hey!” Mina cautioned quickly as her raven-haired girlfriend almost lost balance, helping support the heiress as juices rolled down her digits before she could collapse.

When Tooru’s orgasm finally became manageable, she looked down at Momo with an expression of sheer delight, though joined by minor exhaustion, as Momo removed her hand as gently as she could.

Without applying any sort of seal, the cum-like substance quickly began pouring out of Tooru who eagerly took to rubbing it into her pussy to savour the sensation.

“M-Mina. D-Did you see?”

“Oh, I watched every second, Tooru,” Mina only half lied as she watched her girlfriend squirm in delight. “What do we say for such a treat?”

“Thank you, Momo!” Tooru eagerly rounded on the heiress, slipping back down into the bath and snagging her girlfriend’s face between her arms, stealing several hurried but sincere kisses.

“You’re, q-quite, welcome, Starlight,” Momo replied in the gaps Tooru left her, much to Mina’s amusement.

“Probably best to let you rest too after that,” Mina chuckled as she removed her exploratory digits from both of Momo’s holes, leaving the heiress with an empty yet satisfied feeling. She was grateful for the water’s soothing warmth as she too sat back down and could feel the slight soreness from what she’d endured ease.

“M-My, that was…”

“Totally awesome!” Tooru grinned. “We have to do this again.”

“M-Maybe not with the bath bombs,” Momo suggested hopefully, though very much open to the idea of enjoying their company again.

“I’m not even finished yet,” Mina pouted, only half serious.

Tooru and Momo shared a giggle as it wasn’t like they could’ve helped things but it certainly didn’t stop them now.

“We’ll just have to take care of that,” Tooru grinned as she slid back over to Mina’s side.

“Now it’s your turn to relax and go with the flow,” Momo giggled as she floated into Mina’s other side, her hand joining with Tooru’s under the water to tease their pinks girlfriend’s lower lips.

It wasn’t long before another cry of pleasure emanated from the bathroom but thankfully the doors muffled it just enough that any nearby boys were none the wiser.


“Ahh, that’s better,” Mina relaxed bonelessly into the bath once again, the happy hormones running rampant through her system to prevent her from caring about pretty much anything right now.

“You said it,” Tooru purred in agreement, cuddled up to her side.

“Mmm,” Momo agreed softly as she rested her head on Mina’s other shoulder.

“Something still the matter, Gorgeous?” Mina enquired, turning slightly only to get a face full of hair.

“Not as much as it was,” Momo admitted with a more relaxed sigh.

“You still feel guilty?” Tooru asked.

“Mm-hmm,” Momo replied. “I’m still at a loss at how best to handle things.”

“How come?” Tooru replied. “You’re usually so great at handling things.”

“Our private parts especially,” Mina giggled lewdly, getting a small splash from Tooru for her troubles.

“I don’t know…” Momo murmured. “I think… I just don’t want to make another mistake. Like… the one I made with you and Izuku last time.”

“Momo,” Mina warned, hoping their little romp had absolved the heiress of this feeling.

“No, she’s got a point,” Tooru acknowledged, getting an odd look from both Momo and Mina. “It makes sense to me, you’ve kind of loved being in control since we started this whole thing right? Especially with Ochako and being her mistress.”

“Yes…” Momo admitted with both girls hearing the longing in her tone.

“Well, you didn’t screw up because you took control, it was because you were doing it for the wrong reasons. You were… well you were being kind of a jerk to Izuku and you hurt us both while doing it. We didn’t take proper precautions and you lost control. You just need to make sure that doesn’t happen again.”

“And… h-how do I do that?” Momo asked curiously, hanging on Tooru’s every word. To her utter disappointment, all Tooru could do was shrug.

“I ‘unno,” she replied simply, causing Momo’s hopes to splash down. “But you’re Momo Fuckin’ Yaoyorozu, if anyone can figure it out it’s you!”

“And we can certainly help along the way,” Mina grinned.

It was reassuring, even if it wasn’t exactly what Momo had hoped to hear. She’d failed her partners’ trust so utterly with that one mistake that she was almost certain it was the end of their relationship.

Then she thought back to her time with Ochako, how she’d made sure to do her research and ensure she took proper care and after-care of her pet whenever they played. This was by no means just like that but it was the spark of inspiration Momo needed to rise eagerly from the bath.

“I’ve got it!” Her face lit up with glee before stepping out of the bath and hastening for her towel. “Thank you Tooru, Mina. This was just what I needed.”

“The bath bomb never fails,” the pinkette giggled.

“Hey, that’s my credit,” Tooru pouted cutely.

“You’re right, Starlight,” Mina chuckled before raising an impressed brow. “When’d you get so wise?”

“I’ve had a lot of time to think about it,” Tooru admitted with a blush.

The two soon felt a pair of kisses descend on their opposing cheeks as Momo gave them both a quick hug and kiss from behind.

“Thank you again, I’ve got stuff to do.”

Taking off with a bit more of a run than she technically should’ve given the slippery surface, Momo made her way back into the changing room and straight for her clothes.

“Make sure you shower off first!” Mina’s called out.

A few beats passed before a red-faced Momo returned to the bath and hurried over to the showers much to the amused giggles of her girlfriends. As much as she enjoyed Tooru’s sparkly appearance and Mina’s pink skin, it wasn’t a look she wanted to so poorly emulate after their enjoyable experience together.

Once refreshing her body with some hot, clean water, Momo stepped out of the bathroom with a renewed optimism. Her parents had failed to do right by her, her work study mentor was failing to do the same, and she wouldn’t stand by to follow the trend and fail her partners.

If she was going to fight her parents and made sure they all got through this, she couldn’t mope around like Kyoka said, she needed to take control and seize any opportunity that presented itself.  In order to do that she needed to be ready, and to be ready required a lot of research. With the path before her clear, Momo knew what her next steps were.

That was until her stomach let out a reminding groan of discontent.

Her optimism stalled, making way for a touch of embarrassment. Perhaps research could at least wait until she refuelled herself.

Making a detour for the kitchen, the Yaoyorozu heiress checked her cupboards for something that would both sate her for a while.

“Ah, good morning, Yaoyorozu,” Iida greeted happily. “I hope today finds you well.”

The heiress blinked as she turned from the kitchen to find the class president sitting at a nearby table with some school books around him.

“Much better than this morning,” Momo replied honestly with a smile.

“Ah, that’s good to hear,” Iida nodded. “I hope you’re all ready to begin classes once more; it wouldn’t do for us reps to fall behind.”

“I’m quite certain that I’ll be ready for them,” Momo replied.

Then a thought occurred to her, a simple reminder of her and Iida’s last conversation before their week of work studies. Thinking back on it, her doubts in herself had caused her to turn down Iida’s suggestion then but, with her revitalised mindset, if the opportunity was still available…

“Actually, Iida? Do you have a moment?”


Sunday afternoon was normally a quiet affair for most. A day of rest and relaxation in preparation for the week ahead for students and adults alike. 

At UA’s campus, however, several students filed into a car driven by their steadfast modern literature teacher for a last-minute excursion before the new school week began. The reason for this trip had been kept somewhat secret from Cementoss but he wasn’t one to question the group’s reasons, focusing only on keeping them safe.

On the other side of Musutafu, a rice cooker beeped to alert its owner that its task was complete as the motherly woman set about checking over the timings for the other foods she had cooking; an array of timers resting on a counter edge to assist her. Normally she wouldn’t need such assistance, but with the sudden request from her son, Inko Midoriya found her mind drifting every few minutes while her boy drew closer to home.

As Cementoss quietly drove the students towards their destination, Izuku’s foot tapped in anxiety, his mind preoccupied with hypotheticals for everything that was going to be said and how his mother would respond.

“Izuku?” Ochako spoke up, taking her boyfriend’s hand and leaning into his side. “You doin’ okay?”

The touch seemed to have shaken the boy from his uneasy thoughts, though not his anxieties.

“I-I’m uh… f-fine, Ochako,” he smiled, though anyone with a lick of sense could see through his meagre attempt at assurance.

“Hey, come on,” Ochako squeezed his hand, causing him to glance nervously at her reassuring smile. “If you’re not ready for this, we can ask Mr Cementoss to turn around.”

Izuku seemed to consider the idea for a moment only to shake his head.

“We can’t, not with what’s coming,” he admitted.

“It would be better to avoid this altogether if you ask me, ribbit,” a froggy voice spoke up from Izuku’s other side. Ochako leant forward as Izuku turned to note their green-haired girlfriend looking more concerned than either of them, her gaze fixed on the floor of the vehicle.

“You’re… not wrong,” Izuku agreed forlornly. “The more people we tell, the more complicated it all gets.”

“So why did you choose now to want to tell her about us?” Tsuyu looked over at her boyfriend, a vulnerability in her eyes that tugged at Izuku and Ochako’s heartstrings. They both knew why Tsuyu was the most hesitant out of all of them despite this being Izuku’s news for his mother; Tsuyu’s parents still hadn’t messaged her after their falling out over the very same information.

“Because I… I feel bad about lying to her about something like this,” Izuku admitted. “There’s… no way Mom’s not going to know about some things eventually, but I’d rather tell her what I can while I can. I’m… hiding so much from her already.”

Both Tsuyu and Ochako felt a pang of guilt at the reminder Izuku had divulged his quirk’s secret to them but his mother was still blissfully unaware of the danger such a burden had painted on her son’s back.

“Maybe we’re worrying for nothing,” Ochako tried to remain upbeat, “you’ve always made her sound so sweet and thoughtful when you’ve talked about her, even when she’s worried about you.”

“Or she’ll think worse of us when everything does go wrong,” Tsuyu resigned herself to her more morose thoughts.

“My mother’s not like that,” Izuku assured her with a more genuine reassuring smile, though there was still some lingering doubt in his eyes. “I’ve never really talked to her seriously about um… romance and stuff so something like… what we have has never come up, but I’m hoping it’ll be something she can accept.”

“She’s worried, but she’s supporting your dream of becoming a pro with us now though, right?” Ochako reminded him. “This should be easier to accept.”

“Maybe…” Izuku grimaced, his confidence faltering.

“Did you ever talk to her about things between her and… your dad?” Tsuyu tentatively asked.

“Not… really,” Izuku admitted with a touch of regret. Maybe if he had he’d have a clearer picture of his mother’s potential reactions about relationships and marriage. “I’m sure she’s thought about me finding someone and maybe getting married one day but… I don’t think she ever imagined either this or uh,” he lowered his voice to ensure Cementoss didn’t overhear him, “e-everyone else.”

Ochako had to reluctantly concede that point. So far they’d had one negative reaction with Tsuyu’s parents and one positive with her own, though that was only in the matter of her and Tsuyu dating, not all three of them.

Truthfully, she could feel her own anxiety warble her chest at what her parents might say on the matter. If Izuku’s mother didn’t accept them, maybe it would be better to keep everything under wraps until they were out on their own.

The gravity girl truly hoped that wasn’t the case, especially after Izuku had spoken frequently about how loving and doting his mother had been, despite her somewhat justifiable overprotective nature regarding her son.

Unfortunately, there wasn’t much they could even glean from his texts to the woman yesterday after they agreed to accompany him and reveal their public relationship together.

Izuku: Hi Mom, sorry to message so late but are you doing anything tomorrow?

Mom: Hello Izuku. Nothing that can’t be rearranged, dear. Is something wrong? Do you need me to come visit?

Izuku: Nothing’s wrong, Mom, I promise.

Izuku: There’s just… something I need to talk to you about… and I think it’s best we do so in person.

Izuku: Would it… be okay if I came over tomorrow?

Mom: Of course it is, sweety!

Izuku: I um… won’t be coming alone either, if that’s okay?

There had been a significant pause at that point where Izuku, Tsuyu, and Ochako had exchanged anxious glances. The ball was in Inko’s court though, and all they could do was wait.

Mom: That’s fine dear, I look forward to seeing you tomorrow.

The three had breathed a collective sigh of relief. Even though Izuku hadn’t revealed the subject of their discussion, he was glad they would at least have the opportunity to talk to his mother in person about it. Whether the talk went well or badly and how they’d respond was something they would just have to leave up to fate.

At the very least they were all reassured by Cementoss’ presence as both a diplomatic negotiator and their escape route if things went south. Hopefully, things wouldn’t go so far as to require his presence.

Reaching over, Ochako took Izuku and Tsuyu’s hands in her own, resting them on the boy’s lap that drew both their attention. She bundled up all her courage and love for the pair before pushing as much of it into her eyes and smile as she could, hoping it would reach them.

“No matter what happens, we’ll have each other to get through this, right?”

It seemed her plan worked as Izuku and Tsuyu returned her smile in kind, though she knew it wouldn’t have fully soothed their nerves.

“I love my Mom, but with you two and everyone behind us, I know we’ll be okay,” Izuku nodded.

“You can’t get rid of me that easily, ribbit,” Tsuyu chuckled as the trio squeezed each other’s hands affectionately.

Up in front, Cementoss smiled to himself as they continued their journey to the Midoriya residence.


It didn’t take much longer for the group to arrive considering their local destination.

After the three students stepped out of the car, Cementoss rolled down his driver’s side window to speak to them all.

“I’ve been here before so I know the layout. I trust you three can find your way up and back without me?”

“Yes, sir,” the trio bowed politely with Izuku grateful for the time alone together before they took the plunge.

The teacher simply returned their nod and rolled the window back up, watching them casually as they headed into the apartment complex.

With each staircase the group ascended, they could feel their nerves heighten. Even holding each other’s hands didn’t offer the same comfort it usually did with Izuku squeezing just a bit tighter the closer they got.

By the time they reached Izuku’s door, Izuku felt like his lungs had lost the ability to process oxygen. For a moment he and his girlfriends stood still before his front door, the other two waiting on him to be the one to announce their arrival.

Izuku hesitated as the hypotheticals ran through his mind again. It wasn’t just what he had to tell his mother about his current public relationship, but what he had to tell her after as well.

When Tsuyu and Ochako clenched his hands one last reassuring time, Izuku found the courage to drop them both for the moment and press the doorbell.

For a moment all was still, the three waiting on baited breath for the door to swing open and for the matronly Midoriya to appear before them only for nothing to happen.

Izuku frowned, pressing the doorbell again, thankfully getting a response this time.

“C-Coming!” Inko called, her voice carrying a mote of panic.

Izuku’s worries momentarily melted away when she opened the front door and recognised her little man standing there with a familiar bashful look on his face.

“Hi Mom,” Izuku smiled crookedly, his hands awkwardly held by his sides and dressed in familiar casual clothes. It seemed the mother fought the urge to immediately fuss over her son and pull him in for a hug.

“Hi Izuku, honey,” Inko smiled as warmly as she could, though it wasn’t as bright as Izuku remembered it. Glancing to her son’s sides, she spotted a nervous-looking brunette girl with rosy cheeks giving her a very shy wave with a green-haired, somewhat slouched girl giving her a smile that didn’t quite reach her eyes. “Are these your friends?”

“Yes, um,” Izuku nodded quickly before gesturing to Ochako and then to Tsuyu. “This is Tsuyu Asui and Ochako Uraraka... wait, no-”

“Other way around but at least you got the names right, ribbit,” Tsuyu chuckled, bowing politely to their host. “Tsuyu Asui, Ma’am. Pleased to meet you.”

“Ochako Uraraka,” the brunette similarly bowed. “We’re both in Izuku’s class.”

“Oh, yes,” Inko smiled, her eyes lingering on the pair, though especially on Tsuyu as she put names to faces and returned the bow. “He’s mentioned you both a more than few times. Thank you very much for being his friend.”

“It’s no problem, Ma’am,” Tsuyu smiled. “Even if he tries to make it such sometimes, ribbit.”

“H-Hey,” Izuku pouted but he couldn’t deny the truth as the three women shared a polite laugh.

“Please, come in, all of you,” Inko offered after a moment, noting that it seemed to be just the three of them. “Where’s your teacher?”

“He’s waiting in the car,” Ochako replied as she, Izuku, and Tsuyu stepped inside and took their shoes off. 

Before Izuku could exchange any further words, a familiar scent caught his nose, his body almost reflexively relaxing at the comforting aroma. “I-Is that... katsudon?”

“I rushed right out to buy some when you told me you wanted to visit,” Inko explained with a warm smile as she closed the door and ushered them deeper into the house towards the kitchen. Both Tsuyu and Ochako spotted the All Might-themed sign on the door to what they presumed was Izuku’s room and shared a smile.

“Please, sit down girls,” Inko gestured to the dining table as an alarm went off from one of the many timers on the side. “Izuku? Could you help me with dishing-up? The meat should only be another few minutes but the rice is done.”

“Uh, sure thing, Mom,” Izuku eagerly agreed.

It seemed that Inko was content to temporarily shelve their planned discussion for now, concerning herself more with feeding her son and his two additional guests. As the two bustled around the kitchen, Tsuyu and Ochako took seats on one side of the dining table, leaving the other side for their boyfriend and his mother.

“Sorry, I kinda forgot to mention how many people I’d be bringing with me,” Izuku apologized as he worked, not realizing his mother would try to cater for them, though he should’ve expected as much.

“We’re sorry for putting you out like this, Mrs Midoriya,” Ochako agreed with a bow from her seat, feeling the urge to at least help out herself to not feel like she was freeloading.

“It’s no problem at all!” Inko quickly assuaged the group as she busied herself with the rice cooker. “With all your training I didn’t know how much you’d be eating now, Izuku, so I made sure to make plenty extra!”

Izuku chuckled at his mother’s happy overcompensating accident.

For the moment the trio wordlessly agreed to simply go with the flow. There was no sense in trying to start their discussion now and potentially invalidating all the delicious work it seemed Inko had put into their arrival.

It wasn’t long before a steaming array of homely dishes rested before them with the delightful smells soothing more nerves than just Izuku’s.

“Eat up everyone, please help yourselves,” Inko smiled as she and Izuku settled down at the table too.

“Thank you for the food,” the UA students chorused before the quartet tucked into the hearty home-cooked meal.

With the opportunity presenting itself so readily, both Ochako and Tsuyu took the chance to sample Inko’s version of their boyfriend’s favourite food. Needless to say, they completely understood why Izuku sometimes craved the dish so; the comforting feeling it radiated inside them made them feel protected and safe.

It almost caused them to forget their fears as to why they were here in the first place but, unfortunately, even Inko’s soothing cooking couldn’t quite wash away all their anxieties.

Eventually, all the dishes were empty and stacked in the center as everyone finished.

“That was delicious, Mrs Midoriya. Thank you very much,” Ochako bowed politely.

“Izuku was a lucky boy if he got to eat like this every night, ribbit,” Tsuyu chuckled.

“It wasn’t every night,” Izuku fondly rolled his eyes since this was much more like a special occasion meal.

“Oh, please,” Inko brushed off with a touch of bashfulness as she rose to her feet to begin clearing the table. “I just wanted to make sure my son and his friends were properly fed.”

“I’m eating fine at UA, Mom,” Izuku sighed, moving to help her as Ochako and Tsuyu followed his lead.

“Be that as it may, you know how I worry, Izuku,” Inko wrapped him in a one-armed hug as she passed.

Izuku nodded though was unable to keep a small wince off his face. Now that all distractions were accounted for, it seemed the time for their discussion was well and truly upon them.

With the bowls and plates stored neatly on the side ready for washing up at a later time, the four returned to the table as a strained silence descended over the group. The UA students were well aware that Inko knew the time had come too as her hands, which were held together and resting on the table, were rubbing themselves anxiously, belying her true feelings.

Izuku’s hands felt woefully empty in comparison, missing the support and warmth of his supportive partners on the other side of the table who were looking to him to start. He opened his mouth to begin only to realise he had no idea how to say what he needed.

When nothing but air escaped his lungs, drawing his mother’s attention, the woman helped as best she could.

“So… you had something you wished to discuss with me, Izuku?”

Izuku nodded nervously, swallowing what saliva he could in preparation to tell his mother the big news. Sparing one last glance at his girlfriends, Ochako and Tsuyu gave him a nervous but reassuring nod of support to push through Plus Ultra style.

“Mom... this... maybe um... confusing to hear… a-and I know it’s kinda coming out of nowhere but er... I-I'd like to introduce you to… my girlfriend,” he nervously gestured to Ochako who once again waved shyly as a blush filled up her face.

“Oh,” Inko blinked in surprise, though something seemed off about her reaction. “I’m so sorry dear, I had no idea. Izuku never mentioned-”

“A-And um,” Izuku cut his mother off before she could gather steam, “Tsu is er... a-also my um... girlfriend.”

Inko turned to the frog girl who wore an anxious, hesitant smile on her face. If either Izuku or Ochako looked in her direction, they’d also see a measure of fear in her eyes, a fear Inko seemed to recognise as her expression softened.

“Well, technically I'm also Ochako’s girlfriend too, ribbit,” Tsuyu clarified. “We’re... all together.”

Inko blinked again, nodding slowly as the reality of the situation settled in.

“I see…” she muttered, softly. “Well, this um… certainly is a surprise.”

Izuku couldn’t quite put his finger on it, but something was off about his mother’s reaction.

“Mom… is everything, okay?” Izuku asked tentatively, a weird feeling settling in the back of his mind that didn’t sit right with him.

“N-No, I mean, well, y-yes, everything’s fine,” Inko assured her son as best she could. “This just wasn’t what I expected when you said you had something to discuss with me is all.”

It hurt Izuku.

He knew he was an emotional person who wore his emotions on his sleeves, too much so for his own good at times. Either learned in his formative years or inherited from genetics, it was something he’d picked up from his mother.

That was how he knew without a doubt, that his mother was lying.

“Izuku?” Ochako asked carefully as her boyfriend’s brow settled into a frown. “What’s wrong?”

Izuku didn’t seem to hear her however, instead focusing his attention solely on his mother and the pleading yet guilty expression on her face.

“Mom?” He asked with worry in his tone. “What aren’t you telling me?”

Predictably, the woman’s eyes widened as she felt caught in three sets of headlights. Before she could reply, Inko’s mind cast itself back to a phone call she received several weeks ago.


It was a regular Thursday afternoon for the homely woman as she returned from the grocery store. Since Izuku had moved to UA she’d had a fair amount more free time on her hands than she’d ever expected. One of the ways she’d decided to use that free time was to take her bike to the shops instead of the car. After all, she didn’t need to buy as much food to help her son bulk up while he was away.

The green-haired woman’s breath caught at that thought when she reached for the bagged dinner resting in her bike’s basket. Her son had yet again found himself amid a great deal of trouble, trouble that had left him talking to her from a hospital bed. Her hand trembled as she grabbed her food, her body on autopilot as she stored her bike and made her way up to her apartment.

All Might had promised her, he’d promised her that he’d look after her son but it still wasn’t enough. He’d placated her as best he could when he’d had to interrupt her conversation with her son but it didn’t dissuade Inko’s doubts, merely stifling them until she could talk to her son herself.

There had been no substantial news out of UA or on the TV yet which meant Izuku still couldn’t explain himself properly. All she could do was wait and pray that he’d be able to call her soon.

Before she realised it, Inko had approached her front door and was pulled out of her worries to fumble with her keys and let herself in. After closing the door and removing her shoes, Inko headed for the kitchen to put away her groceries. In doing so, she had to pass Izuku’s room and her worries returned once again.

“No, I… I have to trust my son,” Inko muttered to herself as she opened the fridge, its contents considerably more bare nowadays. “A hero’s job is dangerous. I know that… but… maybe I should invite him to stay for Christmas and… maybe… maybe longer too.”

The worried mother bit her lip at the idea, knowing such a suggestion could hurt her son but damn it, she had to try. She’d rather have a son who was mad at her for the rest of her life but alive rather than one who’d died in the line of duty, leaving her behind.

As Inko put the last jar of jam away, she almost jumped out of her skin when her phone began ringing.

“Izuku!” She yelled as she reached for it, eager to hear her son’s voice and placating words once more if nothing else. Her heart and shoulders fell when she realized it wasn’t her baby boy calling but an unknown number.

Worry gripped her once again. Was it UA? The hospital? Worse? The thought of it being a misdial or telemarketer didn’t even occur to Inko as she quickly answered.

“H-Hello?”

“Inko Midoriya?” A gruff voice croaked on the other end.

“Y-Yes?” Inko replied cautiously. “Who may I ask is calling?”

“My name is Ganma Asui, I have a daughter named Tsuyu who is in the same class as your son, croak.”

“O-Oh?!” Inko blinked as dots connected themselves. “Hello, um, it’s a pleasure to make your acquaintance. May I please ask-?”

“There’s no pleasure to be had here,” Ganma growled. “I’m calling in response to your son’s deviance and what you’re going to be doing about it.”

Inko was immediately thrown for a loop. Izuku? Deviant? Those two words simply didn’t fit in the same context in her mind and she had to take a moment to reply Ganma’s words in her head.

“I-I’m sorry... I’m... confused.”

“Hmph, that doesn’t surprise me, croak,” Ganma scoffed. “I’m sure your son has been keeping a lot from you regarding his unsavoury behaviour.”

“Please, please stop,” Inko shook her head at the repeated accusation. “I-I’m afraid I have no idea what you’re talking about but I don’t appreciate you speaking that way about my son.”

“And I don’t appreciate him taking advantage of my daughter’s clouded judgement,” Ganma replied, his rant continuing. “I’m not entirely sure whether it was his idea or that Uraraka girl’s to beguile my Tsuyu into such a disgraceful relationship but either way you tell your son that it ends here, croak. Got it?!”

Inko was stunned. What did this man possibly have against her son that he found the idea of a potential relationship with his daughter so abhorrent?

“Sir,” Inko stated as firmly as she could, still trying to wrap her head around the sudden verbal assault she’d found herself under. “I-I had no idea my son and your daughter had gotten so close. H-However, if my son and your daughter wish to pursue a relationship together then that is their decision and we, as parents, s-should respect that.”

The phone was silent for a moment but it didn’t last nearly long enough for Inko’s nerves to settle.

“I’m not sure if you’re being deliberately obtuse about this situation or not but I’ll spell it out for you simply, croak,” Ganma replied in a calmer yet condescending tone but Inko could still feel the man’s anger bubbling beneath the surface. “Your son, and that floozy Uraraka, have somehow convinced my daughter to throw her common sense to the wind and devote herself to both of them. I will not stand for such an unnatural relationship when it’s clear my daughter isn’t in her right mind.”

It seemed that Ganma’s message had finally gotten through to Inko as her eyes widened in realization.

Izuku, her son, in a relationship with two girls?

Her gut reaction to such news was fear. Fear her son would end up hurt, especially if he was dating someone linked to such an unpleasant man.

“I… I see…” Inko replied softly.

“Oh, do you now, croak?” Ganma rolled his eyes at the other end of the line.

“H-How did you come to know this?” Inko asked reflexively, eager for information about her son despite the circumstances.

“Like I said, my daughter has taken leave of her senses,” Ganma explained. “For some reason, she thought it something to be proud of to declare it to her mother and I. I’m guessing from your lack of awareness that they haven’t seen fit to broach the topic with yourself. I hope now you understand what you should do to resolve this matter.”

The confused and anxious mother could only stand there stunned as she further processed the man’s words, her mind racing with concern for her son. Though her gut was telling her to hang-up and immediately call her son to explain himself, she could only imagine that would strain the tenuous trust they currently had.

She didn’t want to push him away, especially when he was likely feeling vulnerable about what he and his class had recently gone through. If Izuku hadn’t told her about this, even so much as hinting about it, then it was clear it was either all a lie or something he wasn’t ready to come to her with.

“N-No, I’m afraid I don’t, M-Mr Asui,” Inko finally replied.

“… Pardon?”

“I-I don’t understand what I should do, M-Mr Asui,” Inko replied again. Despite her stuttering, her tone was firm. “I may not be p-privy to my son’s regular interactions with his school friends but I find it h-hard to believe he would undertake such a u-unique relationship without forethought. I haven’t had the chance to meet your daughter or M-Miss Uraraka, but my son has spoken highly of them in the past and I t-trust his judgement.”

“So you support this deviance?!” Ganma retorted. “Croak, generations of tradition and the natural order sullied to sate their… their… hormonal blunders?

“I-I don’t even know if what you’re telling me is true, Mr Asui,” Inko shook her head, “But even if it is, it is not a discussion I find myself wanting to engage with you. N-Now goodbye.”

“See here-”

“And please don’t ever call here again!” She cut off Ganma’s next words before he could draw her back in, responding with as much disapproval as she could muster before closing the call.

The room was silent except for her elevated breaths from the emotional conversation.

After a few moments passed, Inko felt the tell-tale prick of tears welling up in her eyes. She stifled a sob, covering her mouth with a hand as the reality of the situation settled.

Just how much had her son been hiding from her? Did he really trust her so little he couldn’t confide such a thing to her? Had she done such a bad job eroding their relationship during the lead-up to and during his time at UA that keeping her in the dark was a more preferable choice?

Was she even a good mother in his eyes?

Inko felt her chest heave at the hurtful thought and felt her knees weaken.

Shakily making her way over to the dining table, Inko pulled out a chair and sat down, placing her phone before her. The woman had half a mind to throw it in the trash if it wasn’t also her lifeline to her son. She reached for a tissue from the nearby box, dabbing her eyes and blowing her nose as she tried desperately to organise her mind around this latest world-shattering information.

Before the mother could begin to comprehend a plan of action however, her phone rang ominously.

Once again her heart lunged in her chest, hoping that Izuku’s familiar details were on the screen and that they could get what was potentially some great misunderstanding all straightened out, but it seemed her luck wasn’t that strong as another unknown number presented itself to her.

Inko hesitated in answering, not least because she considered it might be Mr Asui attempting to resume his earlier rant. She wasn’t sure if it would be worse to answer and hear yet more unkind words about her son or to ignore it altogether and leave herself in this uncertain state.

It was only when she realized the unknown number’s last digits didn’t match Mr Asui’s that Inko hesitantly picked up her phone again and accepted the call.

“H-Hello?” The mother answered again weakly.

“Hello? Is that Mrs Midoriya?” A female voice replied.

“I-It is,” Inko replied croakily only to clear her sticky throat with a cough. She was certainly glad it wasn’t Mr Asui, but she couldn’t discount that this new person was unrelated. “W-Who may I ask is calling?”

There was a small pause in which no one spoke.

“You’ve received a call from Mr Asui too, haven’t you?” The voice replied, a sympathetic sadness in their tone.

Inko felt her jaw tense as she confirmed this still had something to do with Izuku.

“Please… I don’t know what’s going on but please leave my son and me alone!”

“No, no!” The voice stressed suddenly. “I-I’m terribly sorry, Mrs Midoriya, we… we’d hoped to catch you before Mr Asui contacted you but it seems we were too late.”

Inko frowned as she brushed away a few stress-induced tears with her tissue, the logic struggling to make sense in her mind.

“W-We?” Inko questioned curiously.

“Forgive me, I should introduce ourselves,” the voice spoke up again. “We’re Ochako Uraraka’s parents.”

 “Hi there,” a male voice spoke up as it was now made clear that the man, who was likely Mr Uraraka, was replying to her voice on speakerphone.

“H-Hello,” Inko softly greeted again.

“We’re so sorry to bother you Mrs Midoriya, it’s just,” Mrs Uraraka hesitated. “When we spoke to Mr Asui, he mentioned your son, repeatedly.”

“Along with some very unkind things about our daughter,” Mr Uraraka chimed in with a somewhat aggravated tone.

“Yes, and when we realised he was likely to also contact you we looked up your number in the address book.”

“I see…” Inko swallowed nervously.

“Forgive me if it’s presumptuous but, judging from your um… tone, I’m guessing Mr Asui’s accusations were not something you were aware of?”

“N-Not at all,” Inko confirmed. “Please, do you know if there’s… a-any truth to it?” She asked, unsure if she wanted to know the answer.

At the other end of the line, both Mr and Mrs Uraraka exchanged a look.

“We… know that our daughter and his, Tsuyu Asui, are currently dating,” Mrs Uraraka revealed.

“We’ve been aware of them for some time now and they seem quite taken with each other,” Mr Uraraka agreed.

“And… m-my Izuku?” Inko asked with bated breath.

“Well…” Mr Uraraka hesitated. “We have had the pleasure of meeting your son before.”

“He visited us along with several of our daughter’s other friends at one point along with their teacher, Miss uh… M-Miss Midnight,” Mrs Uraraka confirmed. Inko swallowed again at the thought of the recently deceased teacher, though it seemed she’d almost run out of saliva at this point. “They didn’t show any sort of… indication that the three of them were um… collectively together in that sense but that could simply be that their friendship hadn’t evolved past that stage yet.”

“H-Have you spoken to your daughter at all a-about… this?”

“That’s… partly why we wanted to call you first, Mrs Midoriya,” Mrs Uraraka divulged. “We’re not quite sure why Mr Asui seems to have taken such a hostile stance but… given our daughter’s existing relationship that we know of, we’d hoped to get your opinion on the matter before we talked to her.”

“We’re not sure if it’s true anymore than you are, Mrs Midoriya,” Mr Uraraka spoke up as he began rubbing a familiar spot on his head. “However, if in the event what Mr Asui said is true in that our daughter, his daughter, and your son are involved in a romantic relationship… is that something you could accept?”

“I…” Inko hesitated, biting her lip as the world blurred thanks to the tears in her eyes. “I don’t know!” Both Mr and Mrs Uraraka grimaced at the woman’s distressed voice. “H-He just got out of the hospital yet again and I couldn’t even go to see him. I’ve barely been able to even speak to him and there’s no news coming out of UA about anything. I just… I just want my son to be safe and happy and… and it seems that, no matter what… I can’t do anything anymore to protect him from these things!”

The ambitious gravity hero’s parents could more than sympathise with their fellow parent’s plight, often wondering if their daughter was safe and happy despite the risks pro-hero training encompassed.

“We feel the same way for our Ochako at times too,” Mrs Uraraka stated with a melancholic tone. “Sometimes I wish I could wrap her up in bubble wrap and shield her from all the horrors of the world.”

“You… you do?” Inko replied after taking a moment to gather herself.

“I don’t think any parent doesn’t in one way or another,” Mr Uraraka agreed. “But their lives and choices aren’t ours to make. From choosing to become a pro hero and be the first line of defence to protect people, to choosing who they fall in love with.”

“L-L-Love?” Inko stammered.

“That’s a bit too presumptuous, dear,” Mrs Uraraka’s voice scolded her husband. “Maybe they haven’t reached that step yet.”

“Y-Yeah, you’re right,” Mr Uraraka conceded bashfully, forgetting himself and the person on the other end of the line who was much more distressed and surprised by the situation than they were.

“In any case, I think it’s clear that there isn’t much we can do without more information beyond speculation,” Mrs Uraraka returned to the topic at hand.

“Are… you going to confront your daughter about this?” The green-haired mother asked carefully.

“That’s… one idea,” Mrs Uraraka considered, hesitating to say more. “I know that it took our daughter a lot to come to us and tell us that she had feelings for someone like… herself.”

“A big thing given our family’s… history,” Mr Uraraka chuckled mirthlessly.

“We… don’t want to overstep and accuse her of something if we don’t even know if it’s true.”

Inko found herself nodding along to the reasoning, biting her lip in indecision over her own path forward.

“I… want to talk to my son,” she spoke up after a few moments. “I don’t know if any of this is true… but I do know that he’s probably hurting. B-Between his trip, his injuries, and, w-what I can only guess was Miss Asui’s rejection from her father, I want to hug him tight and let him know that everything’s okay.”

Mr and Mrs Uraraka shared a relieved smile on the other end of the line. Despite their unfortunate experience with Mr Asui, it seemed Mrs Midoriya didn’t share the man’s intolerant mindset.

“H-However,” Inko continued. “I… I know that… for whatever his reasons are… he hasn’t discussed any of those matters with me. I won’t lie and say that it doesn’t h-hurt, but I… I need to trust that he has his reasons.”

“School related stuff aside, a relationship like our daughter’s and Miss Asui’s is somewhat looked down on by particular people, even in this day and age,” Mr Uraraka reminded them. “To extend such a thing to include someone else… that would definitely rile a few people up.”

“Not to mention we have no idea if this is just their… curiosity at play or they intend for this to become something more substantial,” Mrs Uraraka agreed. “Though I have no idea if they could even legally wed in any such arrangement.”

The notion caused Inko to let out a small gasp. Though her marriage to Hisashi had well and truly failed, Inko had had nothing but confidence her son would be able to find success where she had erred if he ever decided to take that traditional path for himself.

Now though, she had no idea what her son wanted out of a relationship. Was he truly trying to find love with these two girls? Or was her son only setting himself up for heartbreak in the future? Unfortunately, all the answers she needed rested with him at UA… but, much like with her desire to protect him from the dangers of the world, would he only resent her further if she tried to interfere in his burgeoning romantic life, no matter how unusual it was?

“Mrs Midoriya?” Mrs Uraraka’s voice called through the phone as it seemed the woman had been silent for a few moments now.

“Y-Yes?” Inko jolted back to the present. “S-Sorry I was just… thinking.”

“Is everything okay?” Mrs Uraraka prompted gently.

“Yes I… I think so,” Inko nodded to herself, her mind making itself up. “As much as I want to talk to my son, I think I’m… not going to tell him about this… about any of this.”

“No?” Mr Uraraka queried.

“I’ve… tried to be a supportive mother to support his heroic ambitions and, truthfully, I know I could be doing better. I know he’s not… telling me everything to try and stop me worrying but it feels like he’s drifting away from me.”

“I’m sure that’s not how he sees it,” Mrs Uraraka tried to reassure her fellow parent.

“Probably,” Inko chuckled once and wiped her eyes and nose again. “But this is another area I can’t afford to fail him in. I… don’t know if I’m ready to know exactly what his relationship with your daughter and um… Miss Asui is, but I know he’s not ready to tell me either. For now… I-I think it’s best if I pretend as though I still don’t know anything.”

A long sigh could be heard on the other end of the line.

“Honestly? I don’t want to agree with you,” Mr Uraraka spoke up. “I want my girl to know that, as long as she’s safe and happy, we’ll be there to support her however she needs, but, in this instance, I think ignorance may be better.”

“Y-You don’t have to follow my lead,” Inko murmured across the connection. “I don’t know if what I’m doing is even right.”

“True, but if we talk to our daughter about it I’m sure she’ll inform your son,” Mrs Uraraka replied, getting a supporting nod from her husband. “She already knows we support her less traditional aspects so I’m hoping that will transition to this new characteristic. Hopefully, when they’re ready, they’ll tell us. There’s no reason we can’t support and encourage them when we can but, until then, maybe it is best if we just provide them the safety and security they need to know they’ll always have us in their corner.”

“T-Thank you,” Inko brushed away another stray tear. “I’m… sorry we couldn’t talk under better circumstances.”

“Not the most ideal way to meet your daughter’s classmate’s parents for the first time in any situation,” Mrs Uraraka chuckled. “You’re much more pleasant conversation than Mr Asui, for certain.”

Inko chuckled politely at the joke but her heart wasn’t in it.

“I think you’re the first people I’ve been able to talk about my son’s schooling with that understand what it’s like,” Inko noted. “It’s… been nice.”

“Do you not have other friends in the area with hero students?” Mr Uraraka asked curiously.

“Around here it was either UA or nothing,” Inko noted. As far as she was aware, only Bakugo had made it in among every other student at Izuku’s former school, not that she had many pleasant interactions most of their parents in that limited capacity. “Are you not local?”

“We’re actually from Mie. We recently moved to Musutafu because of… reasons,” Mrs Uraraka explained, rubbing the back of her head nervously.

“O-Oh?” Inko blinked in surprise.

“If it’s not too bold of me to suggest, perhaps we could discuss this further another time,” Mrs Uraraka suggested. “Maybe over a nice cup of tea together? Regardless of the situation our children have found themselves in, our Ochako always had positive things to say about your Izuku.”

“And he too,” Inko reciprocated with a smile. “Tea sounds… just lovely right now. I think I’ll need q-quite a few cups after today.”

“We’ll put something in the book soon, okay?” Mr Uraraka chuckled. “Please take care of yourself until then.”

“I will,” Inko nodded. “Thank you again for the call.”

“Anytime,” Mrs Uraraka reciprocated before the call ended and Inko’s phone went silent once more.

The green-haired woman was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief after finally being able to vent her feelings and, honestly, felt strangely more relaxed about her worries than before. Just knowing that other parents felt similarly to her was a massive weight of her shoulders and maybe further interactions with the Urarakas could help ease some of that burden further.

First however, she needed to talk to her son about his position at UA. Regardless of any potential relationship that he may or may not have with those girls, Inko would make one last plea to her son for his safety. If his heart was truly so set on becoming a hero no matter what after everything he’d experienced she knew nothing would ever change his mind.

After that… well… that would be up to him…


Izuku, Ochako, and Tsuyu’s mouths were agape as Inko finished her recollection of that day, the mother looking down at her clenched hands in shame.

“I’m truly sorry I kept this from you, Izuku,” Inko apologised sincerely, bowing so deeply her head almost touched the table. “I never meant to hide the truth from you all, but I decided it was best to pretend I knew nothing to give you all the time you needed to feel comfortable to tell me, and… t-to give myself time to… to understand your decisions.”

“Mom…” Izuku muttered as his mind tried to wrap around all he’d just heard.

“Ribbit…” Tsuyu muttered as her eyes sparkled with unshed tears, reminded again of her father’s rejection.

“M-Mrs Midoriya?” Ochako spoke up nervously. “W-When exactly did you say this was?”

“A-A few weeks back now, dear,” Inko replied.

“Before New Year’s, ribbit?” Tsuyu picked up on Ochako’s train of thought.

“Y-Yes?” Inko nodded with a touch of confusion. “Is that significant?”

Ochako and Tsuyu looked at each other, both recalling their time in the temporary Uraraka residence to spend the holiday together.

“They knew…” Ochako mumbled. “Back then, they knew too.”

“P-Please don’t blame them for not saying anything,” Inko quickly pleaded. “It… it was a difficult decision for us all.”

“Mom, it’s… okay,” Izuku brought her attention back to him. He could see her fears and worries dancing in her eyes as clearly as the droplets of water that rested on her lashes. For a moment Izuku wondered if that was anything like he looked when he’d had to confess a secret in the past. “I… I understand why you did it.”

“You… you do?” Inko replied hesitantly.

“I… um, that is to say, we were g-going through a lot back then,” Izuku glanced at his girlfriends who gave agreeing nods. “We um… we’d been together for a while by then but… w-with everything going on, I think you made the right decision to not tell us.”

Izuku almost panicked when his mother visibly slumped so much from relief he was almost convinced she’d passed out if not for the stream of tears that began pouring down her face.

“I-Izuku!” She sobbed, exuding pure gratitude, though she hesitated in reaching out to pull her son in for a hug.

The green-haired boy let a smile grace his face at his mother’s more familiar reaction.

“A-And um… for my part, I’m sorry I didn’t tell you sooner. I made you worry again and I didn’t even realise.”

Inko nodded shakily, easily accepting her son’s apology. As much as she wanted to protect him, endeavours of the heart were something he could only experience the joys and faults of first-hand. In hindsight, there had been a couple of signs she’d recalled that made sense like his constant praise of the girls and his delivery order mistake.

While she certainly wished he’d talked to her more, she also knew that her baby boy was growing up and making adult choices for himself. This wasn’t just her boy chasing a fantasy of being a hero, this was her young adult of a son taking his next major life steps.

“I-I told you before, Izuku, I’m always going to worry,” Inko chuckled through her tears, gratefully accepting a tissue offered by Ochako.

“I know,” Izuku chuckled lightly, as he bit back his empathetic emotions at his mom’s tears.

“B-But I’ll always be here for you, o-okay?” His mother assured him. “I’m sure it took a lot for you, all of you, to talk to me today after…” she glanced over at the others with a small smile only for her expression to diminish when it landed on Tsuyu, “after what you went through.”

Tsuyu felt her anxiety pick up, her fear of rejection again thrust to the front of her mind. Those fears were greatly eased when Inko’s hands reached across the table, lain before herself and Ochako.

Ochako reached out and carefully took the woman’s hand in her own before Tsuyu followed her lead, feeling the softness and warmth of Inko’s touch ease her racing thoughts.

“I’m… still not sure where all this is going between you all, h-how you and Izuku are going to make this work… but if this is the path you are choosing to take together then I… I support you.”

Ochako felt her heart swell in gratitude for the woman as Izuku looked on with a mixture of relief and pride. Tsuyu, however, couldn’t keep her normally locked down emotions inside any longer as a frog-like sob escaped her throat. All three sets of eyes were immediately drawn to her as the girl couldn’t hold herself back any longer and broke down, tears flowing freely.

“T-T-Thank y-you, ri-ribbit,” she croaked out between sobs. “Y-You don’t k-know h-how much-”

It seemed words were beyond her for now as Ochako pulled her girlfriend in for a comforting hug.

Even if she wasn’t her mother, Inko could understand what the girl was going through in that moment and what she needed most of all.

Pulling out from the table, the green-haired mother hurried around the edge to crouch to the girl’s eye level and tentatively join the pair in the hug, hoping she wasn’t overstepping. Any doubts were quickly smothered as Tsuyu wrapped her arms yearningly around the woman, latching on to her like an emotional lifeline.

Inko simply accepted the girl’s desire for comfort and gave what she could, rubbing her back soothingly along with Ochako. The brown-haired girl exchanged a wordless smile of gratitude with Inko who, in turn, gently overlaid her hand onto Ochako’s own.

Izuku knew Tsuyu needed this, likely more than he did. He’d certainly hoped his mother would’ve supported them but this was everything. Unable to keep a few of his own, admittedly more joy-filled tears from falling, he moved around the table to join the others, standing between Ochako and Tsuyu as we wrapped his arms around them both.

Ochako couldn’t help but chuckle at the sight they probably all were right now. She idly wondered if whatever gene controlled green hair also bestowed the power of excessive tears given the three weeping greenettes in her arms but brushed it away almost immediately. Regardless of the reason, they were hers through hell and high water now and she hoped nothing would change that.

Ochako would also definitely be making a weepy phone call to her parents before the day was out but, until then, she’d savour the comfort of the cuddle-puddle.

When their emotions had been collectively vented and Tsuyu pulled back from Izuku’s mother with more than a touch of embarrassment for her display, the group returned to their seats. As grateful as the trio of students were for Inko’s acceptance, that wasn’t the only thing they needed to discuss.

“Sorry for… breaking down like that, ri-ribbit,” Tsuyu apologised after wiping her eyes and nose with a tissue.

“T-That’s quite alright, dear,” Inko assured her. “I’m sorry that your father… that things aren’t better for you right now.”

Tsuyu nodded sadly but didn’t want to dwell on it further lest the tears return.

“Thank you, Mom,” Izuku said, drawing his mother’s eyes again. “For… accepting all this.”

Inko nodded with a small but honest smile. It didn’t matter that this lifestyle was one she would never have chosen for herself or intended for her son, but this was his life.

Just like her decision to support Izuku’s choice to become a pro hero, she would support his decision to date these two girls. Whether it worked out like the three of them so clearly intended or ended in heartbreak for her son, she would be there for him no matter what.

“I guess one day I’ll have to teach you girls how to cook katsudon just the way he likes it,” Inko smiled with an honest warmth.

“I don’t think we’d ever eat anything else again if you did,” Ochako joined in with Tsuyu agreeing to the gentle tease of their boyfriend.

“Maybe once in a while to even out all the mochi and jelly treats,” Izuku returned with a smirk as Tsuyu and Ochako conceded that remark.

“I’ll make sure to have something sweet for you all the next time you visit,” Inko replied, noting that bit of information away. “I know you girls already have a lot on your plate, but please promise to watch over my son. H-He gets in rather a lot of trouble nowadays.”

“Mom,” Izuku rolled his eyes.

“Don’t worry, Mrs Midoriya. We’ll make sure he doesn’t go too far trying to prove himself,” Ochako chuckled.

“Though in a-all fairness, we’re usually there along for the ride anyway,” Tsuyu shook her head.

“Oh, l-looks like I now have three of you to worry about,” Inko playfully joined in.

Tsuyu and Ochako didn’t need to look at each other to know they’d be redoubling their training efforts to prevent Izuku’s incredibly kind mother from needing to worry herself extra for them. After all, her son got into enough trouble for the three of them.

For Izuku however, that drew the conversation to the topic he now hesitated to address.

“A-About that, Mom,” Izuku spoke up nervously. “There’s something… more.”

“M-More?” Inko’s eyes widened. What more could there possibly be? Wait! He wasn’t about to announce she was going to become a grandma, was he?! She wasn’t ready! He wasn’t ready!

While Inko’s consciousness frantically panicked about the news, Izuku’s hands sought out Tsuyu’s and Ochako’s over the table.

“Mom… s-something’s going to happen soon that uh… m-may seem very um… weird,” Izuku continued.

The word ‘weird’ certainly wasn’t what Inko was expecting and allowed her to remain in the conscious world.

“W-Weird? Weird how, Izuku?” She fussed, hands wringing together once more. “You three aren’t already wrapped up in trouble, are you?”

Izuku opened his mouth to speak but his mother had somewhat stolen his words. Just how did one expect to tell their mom without explicitly telling her that he and his girlfriends were going to be breaking up just after introducing them to her but that it wasn’t for real and to pretty please not tell anyone?

“What Izuku means to say,” Ochako attempted to continue for her boyfriend, “is that there’s something that we have to do soon that um… may seem quite contrary considering today.”

“A friend of ours needs our help, ribbit,” Tsuyu croaked in a low tone, “Izuku’s the only one that can do it but no one can know exactly how.”

“I… I don’t understand,” Inko frowned and shook her head. “I-It’s nothing dangerous, is it?”

“Not… exactly?” Izuku grimaced. “I mean like, I don’t think there’s really a chance I’ll get physically injured from it but er… there could be other consequences that would make things um… difficult and awkward.”

“Izuku, baby, you’re not making any sense,” Inko replied, her worry escalating again. “Please just… just tell me what trouble you’re in now.”

“We can’t,” three voices echoed simultaneously, taking Inko aback as the three before her glanced at each other before looking down with a familiar look of shame.

“We can’t,” Izuku replied again, a pained expression on his face. “I-It’s for their protection. I-If I could I would, believe me. B-But I… I need you to trust me when I say that we’re doing the right thing.”

“E-Even if it’s going to hurt for a while, r-ribbit,” Tsuyu admitted, tears building back up in her eyes.

“O-Oh…” Inko replied softly with more than a small measure of worry and disappointment tingeing her tone. As if the three didn’t feel bad enough, now Ochako and Tsuyu knew what it felt like to have to hide secrets from the kind and caring Inko Midoriya. “This… isn’t something that can be avoided?”

“Not if we want to do the right thing,” Izuku admitted guiltily. “I promise it’ll all make sense one day and I’ll tell you everything then… but… please just… can you trust that no matter what you hear, Tsu, Ochako and I, we… we love each other.”

Inko’s eyes widened and despite the gasp she made she found her breath very much stolen.

“We love your son, Mrs Midoriya,” Ochako agreed, squeezing Izuku’s hands affectionately. “I don’t think that’ll ever change.”

“Ribbit,” Tsuyu agreed simply.

“You… you all…” Inko stammered as the trio exchanged shy looks and nods. “M-My baby… I’m so happy!”

Inko couldn’t resist the urge any longer and pulled her son in for a bone-crushing hug which Izuku knew would arrive at some point, trying his best to wrap his arms around the woman in turn but somewhat failing in her surprisingly strong grip.

Eventually, even the matriarchal Midoriya’s tears dried out as she pulled back from her son and regarded them all with worry.

“If this is something you have to do, then I guess I have no choice but to trust you three know what you’re doing.” The three uneasy faces before her did not particularly inspire confidence. “Just… promise you’ll be careful. All of you?”

“We’ll do our best, ma’am,” Ochako assured her with a determined, raised fist.

“And you make sure you take care of them too, Izuku,” Inko prematurely chided.

“I’ll try,” Izuku readily agreed.

“That’s my son,” Inko caressed his face softly as she again realised how he was truly turning into her little man.

With their pieces said the group spend the rest of their remaining time answering any question of Inko’s they could. The woman was most overjoyed to hear a slightly edited version of how they got together on at the autumn festival as well as confirming that Izuku had lied to her and hadn’t made a mistake when ordering presents from their joint account. Her son had bashfully tried to brush the whole thing off but didn’t escape without a few more teases.

Eventually, they needed to say goodbye to the homely mother and the three UA students gathered their things by the door. Izuku accepted one last hug from his mom before stepping out while the woman had a few last words for them.

“Call me anytime you need, I’ll always be here for you girls,” Inko assured them as they both departed with a new number in their phones.

“We’ll keep that in mind, ribbit,” Tsuyu smiled, feeling part of her aching heart soothed with the healing love Izuku’s mother so freely offered.

“Just don’t bother them too much, Mom,” Izuku chuckled. “We still have hero training and homework to do.”

“Yes, right, of course,” Inko nodded, conceding that much though Izuku wasn’t quite sure exactly how much that would make his mother hold back.

After a few more goodbyes, the trio made their way back down the apartment building stairs and safely back to the car where Cementoss was waiting patiently for them. Before long they were speeding away back towards UA more worn out than they’d expected.

It was an emotion-fuelled afternoon and all three figured it might be worth an early night so they were ready for whatever grinder Aizawa was going to throw them in tomorrow.

Before they could get too far, Tsuyu and Ochako’s phones both pinged with a message and the frog girl reached for her phone first, suspecting it was something in their usual group text. Instead, she found a message from Inko in a group containing her, Ochako, and Tsuyu herself.

Inko: Have a safe trip back!

Tsuyu showed off the message to the others as Izuku and Ochako chuckled at his mother’s worry again shining through but they all knew it was out of nothing but love.

With a quick assuring reply from the frog girl, the three settled into the ride back to UA, their hearts and minds eased for now.

Notes:

Chapter summary:

- After finishing up with patrols, Endeavor takes Shoto aside to say that Fuyumi has requested he come to a family dinner with his friends. Shoto is cautious but decides to at least ask if Izuku and Bakugo both want to go.

- After returning to UA, Mina decides to nap in her comfy hoodie Christmas gift. Tsuyu and Ochako then return with Tsuyu seeking out Mina to confide in her about Ochako punishing her after her 'naked frog' stunt at Ryukyu's agency. Mina sympathises but understands Ochako's point, acknowledging their froggy girlfriend doesn't handle being told 'no' well sometimes. The two indulge in some comforting stress relief together only for Tooru to barge in and join them. Afterwards, the two others assure Tsuyu they'll talk to Ochako later.

- Arriving at the Todoroki family home, the UA students and Endeavor are greeted warmly by Fuyumi. The group then go to have dinner with Natsuo, Shoto's brother, who can't stand being around Endeavor and playing 'happy families' when they're the furthest thing from it. Natsuo departs the dinner and Endeavor exits too, leaving the students and Fuyumi behind. Shoto decides to confront his father with Bakugo following up on his promise to support him while Izuku chats with a lightly blushing Fuyumi.

- Talking to his father about his feelings and his past, Shoto brings up Nabu and how he almost lost his way as a hero when he ended up scarring Shoji. After his mother's kind words, he's made strides to overcome it but Endeavor has been all talk and no action to be a better father. Bakguo calls the man out on it and gives him ideas on what he could be doing to show that he is dedicated to changing and improving but that he may need to accept that Natsuo may never want anything to do with him ever again and that's allowed. Before parting, Bakugo reminds him that not everyone gets second chances like they do which Endeavor acknowledges. Shoto thanks Bakugo for his assistance but notes his familiarity with the subject matter which the boy gets him to drop.

- Fuyumi talks to Izuku, thanking him for being Shoto's friend but wonders what she should do regarding Natsuo, revealing the truth behind Toya, and how to get him to move past things. Izuku explains that she shouldn't as she's behaving like Endeavor, trying to make other people fit her ideas and desires which she realizes is true. Izuku says that he can understand both her and Natsuo's position and, if she wants to be there for her brother, she needs to stop hurting him like she inadvertantly is. Natsuo has overheard everything and admits its true with Fuyumi tearfully apologizing to her brother and the two resolving to be better with each other about things while Izuku quietly sneaks away.

- The group soon reunite in the dining room and, after a pleasant goodbye from Fuyumi, depart with Endeavor. When they hit the road, they realize that Natsuo has been captured by a villain. While Endeavor is paralyzed by his son's expression, Bakugo, Izuku, and Shoto move to achieve what he can't with Bakguo aiming to redeem himself for Midnight's death by saving Natsuo as Izuku shows off his progress with Blackwhip. Once everything is wrapped up, Natsuo and Endeavor talk while Bakugo reluctantly gives Izuku and Shoto a fistbump for their teamwork together.

- Once back at the dorms, Izuku is brought upstairs by Ochako to Momo's room with the rest of the group who've gathered to discuss things now Momo's father has made it official that she needs to secure Izuku's affections. Reluctantly, Izuku, Tsuyu, and Ochako realize to save face and goodwill, they'll need to break up publicly. Afterwards, Ochako and Tsuyu make up for their small spat together and spend the night with each other and Izuku to enjoy the time they have left.

- In the baths the next day, Momo is frustrated at her powerlessness over the past week from Yoroi and now her father's continued machinations. Mina and Tooru arrive to have some fun with Mina's bath bombs and the group discuss Momo's lingering guilt and feelings with Tooru. Absolving her, the group share some much needed stress relief together with Momo pleasuring Tooru before she reflects on her past actions and knows what she needs to do next, exiting the baths and looking for Iida.

- Izuku takes Tsuyu and Ochako to meet Inko who is 'surprised' by the revelation he's dating both of them. We then learn that Inko received a call from Tsuyu's father the day she told him about her dating both Izuku and Ochako, revealing their relationship. Regardless of the surprise, Inko stands by her son and then receives a much more pleasant call from the Uraraka parents and they collectively decide to hide the fact that their know about their kids' unusual relationship. Izuku is very grateful his mother accepts his choices and Inko gives Tsuyu some much needed motherly affection. The group return to UA feeling lighter.

Chapter 49: Hot Pot Party

Summary:

1-A's mandatory work-studies are over and they head back to class to show off all they've learned.

Notes:

House hunting and moving sucks, hoping it'll be smoother from this point on is all I'll say.
Short chapter that was planned to be longer but due to the delay I split it in two so I could at least get something out. Hope you look forward to the next part.

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Chapter Text

Returning to a regular school life felt almost weird for many of class 1-A. After a solid week of patrolling, training, and handling some light paperwork for their work-studies, classes seemed almost pedestrian.

Not that they were now above needing further education. If anything, having gone out into the real world had taught more than a few of them just how big the gap still was between themselves and the top pros who'd employed them. That’s why, while it was likely to be significantly duller, all were eager to hit the ground running once again and throw themselves back into their heroic studies.

However, given that they all had a week separated from each other with a variety of unique experiences, it was understandable that the time before homeroom was filled with chatter.

“So Hawks wasn’t around at all?” Sero asked with a frown.

“Correct,” Tokoyami nodded solemnly. “I’m certain that he had his reasons but at the very least it gave me time to better incorporate his previous teachings into my skills.”

“Yeah, but still,” Kaminari frowned. “Seems like kind of a waste is all.”

“While not the most efficient or optimal experience, this isn’t the end of our work-studies. I’m sure he will return in time,” the bird-headed boy shrugged.

“I guess Ojiro and I had it pretty good then,” Sato spoke up. “Shishido helped a lot with our techniques and how to use our quirks to the fullest without leaving ourselves open.”

“Oh yeah? Didn’t he also have Shoda and Shishida from class B to work with?” Mina asked.

“Yeah, though it didn’t seem to impact our time with him,” Ojiro admitted. “Apart from Shoda, he trained the rest of us in our physical skills in one go while he worked with him on technique. It was surprising how in control of everything he seemed despite how he’s portrayed in the media.”

“Well, that was until one of his sidekicks got him started on the HLB match-ups,” Sato sighed.

“Hero League Baseball?” Kyoka perked up. “I think Gang Orca was talking about that too.”

“He and Shishido have an infamous competitive streak when it comes to the sport,” Shoji reminded her.

While the chatter would’ve continued pleasantly, before classes could begin for the day there was one student who needed to announce something.

“Everyone! May I please have your attention!” A commanding voice called from the podium at the front of the classroom.

The casual chatter between friends slowed as everyone turned to spot their class representative waiting for their gazes to fall upon him with their dutiful deputy standing at his side.

“Don’t tell me we’ve got official school business before classes even begin,” Kaminari groaned and sank in his seat.

“Hopefully it’s not more stupid rules about work-studies,” Kyoka remarked.

“Yeah, what’s up, class pres’?” Kirishima asked curiously once they’d all settled down. Iida smiled fondly at the abbreviated title.

“I have an announcement to make to you all about that very thing actually,” the boy withheld his chuckle at the few confused looks around the room. “Before our work-studies began I must admit I’d been harbouring some doubts regarding my abilities to represent the best interests of this class as your representative.”

“What?” Sato blanched.

“Don’t be so hard on yourself, Iida!” Ochako cheered from the back through a confused frown.

“Yeah, what are you talking about, man? You’re doing aces as our class rep’,” Sero quirked a brow.

“I agree my performance could be described as satisfactory,” Iida nodded. “For a normal school experience, this might be enough, but I have been reminded time and again that our class is extraordinary and as such requires an extraordinary leader. We’ve been through some rather significant and… difficult experiences and, while I’ve done my best to assist, support, and help motivate you all, there’s someone else who I believe would do better in my position.”

It didn’t go unnoticed to anyone that a few sets of eyes around the classroom glanced over towards a bushy green head of hair near the front though he seemed just as confused as the others.

“Someone who has proven to be considerate of the class’ needs and feelings as a whole and done her best to ensure our time at UA is well-spent. I’m of course talking about our deputy representative, Miss Momo Yaoyorozu.” Several brows raised as Momo gave a polite bow of acknowledgement before Iida continued. “It has been discussed between Yaoyorozu and me that my skills would be best put to use as her right hand instead of her being mine. As such, I would like to ask if there are any objections to this arrangement before we make it official.”

A few bemused looks passed through the class as a few of their friends looked to each other to gauge their reactions.

“Why did you doubt yourself, man?” Kirishima spoke up first, a touch of concern on his face. “Like Sero said, you were doing great.”

“While I have tried to ensure everyone is responsible with things like proper sleeping schedule and homework reminders, Yaoyorozu went above and beyond my own accomplishments as the one who took the initiative for events such as visiting the mall with class B, arranging our ‘welcome to the class’ party for Shinso and… had the words to raise everyone’s spirits before the Christmas feast; feats I had not considered myself. Beyond that, she has an excellent rapport with our sister class’ representatives and would serve better as the leading face of our class.”

There was a smattering of agreement throughout the room as people were reminded of those times, times that enhanced their school experience rather than simply enduring it despite all the chaos the world had thrown at them so far.

“I had no issues with your leadership but I also see the logic in this reorganisation,” Shoji acknowledged.

“I also agree with this arrangement,” Tokoyami nodded with a small smile.

“Go Momo!” Mina cheered. “Our new class pres’!”

“Hey,” Bakugo frowned, “if we’re redoing this crap again, everyone should get another shot at it.”

It was clear to everyone exactly what Bakugo was after. While most were content to dismiss the idea immediately, Momo decided to acknowledge Bakugo’s objection.

“While I’m grateful to Iida for this opportunity, I would be remiss not to open the floor to anyone else who would also like to be considered for the position, especially our newest member who was not here when the initial votes were cast,” she directed her eyes over to Shinso whose lip rose distastefully at the attention he gained when others started looking his way too.

“Such a thing doesn’t interest me in the slightest,” he scoffed. “My time would be better put to use catching up to the rest of you than spending it in some boring after-school meetings.”

“Well then, if there’s no one else,” Iida started.

“Hey, wait-” Bakugo’s voice rose.

“All those in favour of Bakugo as our new class representative please raise your hand,” Momo called to the room.

The explosive blond hesitated as he glanced around, not seeing a single hand raise. Kirishima sent him a regretful look and hoped his boyfriend didn’t blame him too much. While he was certain Katsuki would become one of the best heroes, even he had to admit Yaoyorozu was much better suited for the task of class representative.

“And all those in favour of Yaoyorozu?” Iida continued.

Her girlfriends’ hands were in the air first as the rest of the class soon made their choice known.

Momo noted that Shinso seemed to be abstaining from the vote, likely out of indifference, but hoped he would find her a suitable representative all the same. Seeing the clear divide, even Bakugo reluctantly raised his hand. Between the pair, she couldn’t help but notice Izuku’s own supportive vote and bright smile. It warmed her heart that, even after her mistake, he and all their girlfriends felt they could trust and support her to lead their whole class.

It seemed she had secured the confidence of everyone else and, with the voting clear, there was only one thing left to say. Stepping away from the podium, Iida bowed deeply.

“Thank you all for allowing me to serve as your class president these past terms. It has been a tremendous honour. Now please welcome our new class president, Momo Yaoyorozu!”

The heiress felt herself flushing at the clapping, deepened by the additional enthusiastic cheers from Tooru and Mina. While this was never how she expected to achieve such a position, even at the start of the year when she’d coveted it more, she felt a mixture of relief and closure. After losing the initial vote to Izuku and then being replaced by Iida who Izuku had nominated after the trespassing of reporters, it felt gratifying that, however inadvertently, she had gained the full confidence of her peers.

“Thank you all for accepting this unusual change. I hope to continue ensuring we all get the most out of our experience here at UA together.”

Another round of clapping followed while, forgotten by most, the clock’s hands ticked the last few seconds away until class was set to begin. Before they had a chance to quieten down a voice called from the door as it slid open at precisely eight-thirty.

“My, what enthusiastic students Eraser has! I hope this is reflective of your eagerness to begin a new day of learning.”

The class blinked in confusion as Principal Nezu saluted them from the doorway.

“P-Principal Nezu, sir,” Iida stammered. “We were just-”

“Organising an adjustment to your class representative if I overheard correctly,” Nezu nodded as he stepped forward. “I’m glad that you were able to resolve the matter before homeroom but I do believe it is time for Miss Yaoyorozu and yourself to find your seats, correct?”

“Yes, sir,” the pair bowed before hurrying back to their spots.

“Um, sir?” Ojiro spoke up with his hand raised. “Is Mr Aizawa unwell or something?”

“Your teacher is doing fine at present, Mr Ojiro,” Nezu acknowledged with a nod before jumping gracefully up to stand on the teacher’s podium and look at them all. “He is just away on an important meeting at the moment. Nothing to worry about.”

“Somehow, that’s not reassuring,” Kaminari grimaced which pulled a minor chuckle out of the principal.

“He should be back to observe your progress come tomorrow,” he assured them. “For now, am I a mouse, a dog, or a bear? What I know for certain is that I’ll be your homeroom teacher today.”

A few of the students felt at least a touch of relief at the principal’s levity, though Mina and Kaminari felt a pair of chills run down their spines, reminded at how unrelenting his method of testing them for the final exam had been and hoped it didn’t extend to the classroom too.

“Will you be taking us for Hero Basic Training too, sir?” Izuku asked curiously.

“As much fun as I’m sure it would be to observe your progress, another will be stepping in for the responsibilities there which I’m sure you’ll learn all too soon,” Nezu announced. “For now, I would like to congratulate you all on completing the mandatory portion of your work-studies. I am glad to see the pressure didn’t get to any of you and I’ve received some rather favourable feedback concerning your performances over the past week.”

“Does this mean we’re not gonna be expelled if they decide to drop us for some reason?” Mina asked eagerly.

“It certainly does,” Nezu smiled warmly, glad he could relieve the students of that burden. “I hope you’ve learned some useful things from those who took you on. It is now down solely to you and them as to how your work-studies will continue. Do remember that you must balance your studies with hero work lest you find yourself under threat from Eraser’s disciplinary measures; you are predominantly students of UA first and foremost after all.”

“Yes, sir!” The class chorused.

“Marvellous,” Nezu clapped. “Now, shall we begin?”

With the morning announcements out of the way, the class settled into their morning homeroom with their substitute.

The rest of the day passed uneventfully with their lessons proceeding as normal.

Soon enough, it was time for their first session of Hero Basic Training and, having returned once again to fill in for Aizawa, Nezu dutifully popped open the costume case storage.

As the majority of the class grabbed their costumes and took off for the changing rooms, one student patiently remained behind until the others departed.

“Do you need a moment of my time, Miss Yaoyorozu?” Nezu asked curiously as the girl approached the podium.

“Yes, sir,” Momo bowed politely. “It’s about something I would like to request for the class.”

“Your first day as your class’ official representative and you’re already looking to continue bettering things for them?” Nezu chuckled fondly.

Momo admittedly felt a little guilty as her request wasn’t necessarily for their class first and foremost but it was a concession she’d managed to get her father to concede to for the sake of discretion.

The principal’s curiosity was admittedly piqued as 1-A’s new class representative began presenting her unusual case.


Once the class was suited and booted, they took to the designated rocky training ground where their teacher for the lesson awaited them; All Might stood proudly in a tracksuit version of his old hero costume.

“I am here! Waiting eagerly to see how you’ve all grown this past week!” He declared eagerly and, much to Izuku’s relief, didn’t cough blood.

“Oh, you’re gonna be teaching us today, All Might?” Izuku asked brightly.

“That I am, young Midoriya,” All Might grinned. “Wouldn’t be much of a teacher if I couldn’t substitute for Aizawa during a lesson like this, would I?”

“Even if he’s not the number one anymore, getting All Might’s feedback on our growth would kinda help gauge our current levels,” Sero noted, rolling a shoulder to warm up.

“An exciting prospect indeed,” Tokoyami agreed.

“Wait, so we’re gonna get to show our stuff without Aizawa judging our every move?” Mina asked excitedly as she stood next to Tooru who was once again dressed in a gym outfit.

“Even though it’s only been a week I’m expecting to see significant improvements,” All Might nodded with a grin. “Though, uh, Aizawa will also likely be watching your footage back so try not to be too happy-go-lucky Young Ashido.”

“No promises,” Mina winked but resolved to do her best regardless.

“Bet you’ve got a new trick or two to show us, ey, Katsuki?” Kirishima nudged his boyfriend, getting a modest shrug from the blond.

At the mention of the blond, All Might remembered the boy’s visit to the teacher’s dorms the day before and felt compelled to ask him something before he began the class.

“Oh, Young Bakugo, how is your feline friend? Settling back into your dorms okay?”

A few of the others turned curiously at the mention of Queen.

“She’s fine,” Bakugo shrugged again, though a soft smile slipped onto his lips. “Thanks for taking care of the bitch while I was out showing Endeavor up.”

“No problem, young man,” the former number-one smiled as he sighed and shook his head, “though we could do without the language.”

Several students chuckled at the familiar impudent attitude from their classmate but there seemed to be a bit less bite in his words than normal. Whether it was just talking about his furry companion, talking to his idol, or if something had happened during his work-study no one knew but they wouldn’t get a chance to ask until after class.

“All right students, listen up,” All Might commanded with as much authority as he could muster in his reduced form. “Today you’ll be demonstrating your quirks and the skills you picked up at your work-studies to the rest of the class. To help facilitate this, UA’s villain bots will be attacking in waves.” The substitute pressed a button on the remote he pulled from his pocket and a group of one, two, and three-pointer bots from the entrance exam activated behind some nearby rocks before advancing towards the class.

“We are the Skynet of this world! Humans, you are terminated!” One of the bots emitted its war-cry.

Though the sudden attack was unexpected, it didn’t cause any of the group to flinch.

“Let’s start off with Aoyama, Ashido, and Iida,” All Might announced, glancing at the three. “Go!”

The students didn’t hesitate and took off, spreading out equally to best showcase their abilities.

“Recipro Extend!” Iida called out as he leapt into the fray first with his impressive speed, charging through multiple robots with decisive and powerful kicks but not remaining in one spot for too long or letting himself run out of room to manoeuvre. His time with Manual had been well spent learning to become more flexible in more than just combat. “A looser approach!”

On the opposite side, a flurry of bots succumbed to a swift slash from the somewhat static beam emitting from Aoyama’s belt.

“Navel Sabre!” He announced with a wink, not wasting more energy on stylish flourishes while there were still combatants to defeat. Unfortunately, his singular sabre, while potent, wasn’t enough to cut through much of the approaching force before the bots overwhelmed him. Like a true showman, however, he was counting on that to set up his next display.

“I call this move ‘Navel Sabre - Discothèque’,” Aoyama called out with a dazzling flash. From the extra emitters around his body, several other sabres of light emerged and held steady while the boy practically danced around the battlefield, his spinning sabres slashing multiple bots to pieces, or at least causing them to lose a few robotic limbs.

“No! You must tremble before us! This will be known as ‘Judgement Day’!” One of the remaining bots yelled out in defiance.

“Not likely,” a confident retort entered the bot’s auditory sensors before its head began smoking and melting.

In the thick of it, the last of the starting three students graciously used her new parkour skills to precisely leap and step where she needed using the debris and the enemies themselves as platforms. With each move Mina made, she’d splash or drop a precise amount of sizzling acid to the nearest bots’ weak point to take them down with minimal damage.

By the time the three students made it to the other side of the encroaching enemy mass, there wasn’t a single bot left functioning.

“A~And that’s a wrap!” Mina declared playfully, posing for her audience while Iida struck a triumphant pose and Aoyama, unfortunately, still had to deal with the backlash of his quirk and held his tummy delicately.

The friends all clapped along with All Might at their victory and growth.

“Wonderful job!” All Might cheered proudly. “Your work-studies paid off. It’s obvious you three have learned a lot from your mentors.”

“Indeed!” Iida replied proudly, removing his helmet. “I allowed myself to focus on Manual’s techniques and discerned the best way to incorporate his more relaxed methodology into my movements.”

“Rock Lock taught me some cool stuff about how to utilise all my skills to the fullest,” Mina grinned.

“B-Backdraft helped me with control w-while our team-up with M-Mr Brave gave me some i-inspiration,” Aoyama concluded quietly, still struggling to control his churning stomach.

Noticing the boy’s continued difficulties, Iida brushed off any further questions with a hand gesture and gently led Aoyama away to find somewhere private where he could sort himself out.

“All right, you’ve all seen what those three have improved on,” All Might grinned, pulling the remaining students’ attention back to himself. “Now show me what the rest of you have learned.”

“Got it!” They called back as one, each silently preparing for their turn.

What happened next could only be called ‘utter carnage’ as more bots were unleashed to test the class’ progress only to quickly fall to the growing heroes' new skills.

“We’re using a flurry of attacks!” Sato declared as he chewed down on some raw sugar, having gained a better handle on his more ‘unrefined’ mood swing side effect after getting some advice from Shishido.

“And predicting enemy moves!” Ojiro called out, remembering what Shishido had taught him too. While the enemies did their best to take the tailed menace down, he always seemed to move out of the way just before any of their attacks landed, spinning wildly with the additional mace-like implement on his tail slamming into various bots before smashing them into each other.

Kyoka’s jacks plugged into her wrist amplifiers and slammed them into an approaching three-pointer’s armour. Listening carefully to the echoes of metal, wires, and plastic inside, she located the position of the main motherboard in an instant and sent out a specific vibration that targeted it. Though other components vibrated around it, the motherboard was battered by the specific wavelength of sound and shook itself hard enough to crack and dislodge several essential chips, resulting in the complete shutdown of the machine.

“Our search skills have improved,” she announced before leaping out of the path of another three-pointer’s attack, pointing out the location of its motherboard to Shoji who sent a decisive punch at that spot, his hands extending and replicating one after another to cover the distance without losing power as they slammed into the indicated spot and took the machine down.

“As has our utility,” he followed on from Kyoka before his arms erupted in a net to fully encase the two downed bots before lifting and hurling them into the fray, away from their friends. Gang Orca had taught them a lot about societal problems and how to navigate them but he hadn’t slacked in helping them improve their combat skills.

When some of the bots were knocked astray from the group, landing in a crumpled, but still functioning heap off to the side, they began to rise to revolt again only for the earth to drop out from underneath them.

Standing off to the side with a determined expression, Koda thanked the many moles that had assisted him by digging the pitfall at a remarkable pace.

“Clearer communication,” he relayed to his teacher, knowing that coordinating so many of the critters in such a short length of time would’ve been impossible before his work-study. Though Wash may have been elevated to one of the top spots partially due to an online joke, the hero took his position seriously and spent every day with Koda trying to ensure he had earned it.

A clash and screech of metal erupted as Tokoyami and Dark Shadow’s combined form tore through several of the machines.

“Overall improvement. Black Abyss: Sabbath!”

The speedy bird-like duo showed that their time at the Hawks agency hadn’t been wasted. Even though their mentor was unavailable during the duration, the sidekicks were more than skilled enough to impart some of their wisdom to help the hero in training refine and hone his existing techniques.

Tape split and spiralled around the battlefield, latching onto several bots as it quickly gummed up the tyres of the one-pointers.

“Speed and…” Sero announced before he swung around the group with his other arm to encircle them all together with a hard tug. Giving a thumbs up to his fellow work-study buddy, his electric friend jumped in to show his stuff.

“Efficiency!” Kaminari roared as he unleashed a nearly full charge of his quirk, shocking all the bots within range enough to burn out.

Sero had gotten a number of good tips on how to restrain and utilize his tape to its fullest from Kamui Woods while Kaminari had gotten some advice on the precise control he needed to focus on to ensure he didn’t lapse into his ‘whey’ mode from Edgeshot. Thankfully, Mt. Lady had avoided their training sessions for the most part over the past week.

Though he hadn’t short-circuited himself this time, Kaminari was out of juice for the moment as another speedy one-pointer began approaching the duo.

“This one’s mine!” A voice called out as Sero relaxed his guard, instead watching as a familiar bandage latched itself around the one-pointer’s midsection before pulling hard, sending the bot wheeling toward the giant pile of junk to join its kind when it slammed heavily into it.

Aizawa’s training had been brutal, but he’d managed to push himself through without complaint. His skills with the capture scarf had increased immensely and he had put on enough muscle that his mentor remarked he might’ve been able to pass the entrance exam in his current state.

Considering the day’s opponents, Shinso wasn’t about to let the opportunity pass him by, counting the points he had achieved in his head.

“Thanks for the assist,” Sero grinned as Shinso hurried past aiming to claim more bots for himself.

“Are you two done or is this the limit for the hero class?” He retorted with a smirk.

“Oh, it’s on,” Sero grinned, taking off to chase after Shinso while Kaminari hung back to recharge.

Rushing toward another group of bots, Ochako subtly clenched her hand into a fist, letting her quirk flow through her to remove gravity’s pull as she took to the sky, causing several of the machines to pause and look up in confusion.

Behind her, Tsuyu kept pace before her tongue lashed out to attach around Ochako’s waist.

“Teamwork…” Tsuyu announced before swooping her feather-light girlfriend down through the crowd of bots as Ochako touched as many as could to remove their gravity too.

“… and decisiveness!” Ochako finished as she took careful aim with her wrist cables and fired, wrapping up several bots into a bunch as Tsuyu yanked down on her, sending them all plummeting towards the ground. The frog girl slowed her movements as Ochako approached the earth while the gravity girl swung her payload overhead, not giving her enemies the same courtesy as she released her quirk.

The resulting crunch of metal echoed around the stony arena while Ochako, still being supported by her girlfriend’s dexterous appendage, was gently lowered the remaining foot back to the ground.

Even their little issue during their time at Ryukyu’s hadn’t dampened either of the girls’ desires to learn and improve, becoming efficient machines themselves when needed.

A set of sticky explosives went off around several machines, locking them down while confining those not caught in the trap inside. With a leap into the fray, Momo wielded a pair of stun batons she’d created and swiftly jabbed each of the active bots to disable them.

“Initiative and responsibility,” Momo acknowledged. Yoroi Musha had taught her some of his preferred combat techniques and strategies, not that it suited her style of combat, but her real gains from watching and learning under him were how she needed to step up and make full use of all her abilities to best aid those whoever needed them.

“Getting back to where I was!” A body-less, peppy voice declared off to the side before Tooru appeared riding on top of a two-pointer bot she’d snuck onto. The bot heard and noticed Tooru as she reappeared and moved to strike her from its head with its tail.

Before it could land the blow, Tooru put her hand on the bot’s head and focused on drawing in all the light energy around her to a single point. With a deep breath, Tooru disappeared once again only for a beam of white energy to emit from the palm of her hand directly through the bot’s head and out the other side.

It wasn’t nearly as powerful as the one she’d done on Nabu, nor like Aoyama’s Naval Sabre, but it was enough to start with given she’d only been practising it for a few days.

As the bot collapsed, Tooru reappeared when she jumped to safety and rolled into a crouch to protect herself from any fall damage. Unfortunately, needing to breathe from the effort made her form visible again as several other bots quickly rounded on her to avenge their fallen comrade. She wasn’t scared however, as her saviour quickly swooped in to take the blow for her as the class’ ever-trusty shield.

The bot’s arm crumpled immediately when it collided with Kirishima’s dense, hardened form and a follow-up swipe saw the second limb removed completely. The scarred boy grinned as he then pressed the attack, not giving the bot or any of his friends a chance to recover from his appearance.

“Make my opponent lose the will to fight super quick,” he declared, punching through the body of a one-pointer before pivoting on his foot and hurling the machine towards the trailing opponents, “and using everything I can to my advantage!”

Training under Crust hadn’t been too dissimilar from Fatgum on the surface; both heroes were predominantly more defensive than offensive. The differences lay in how they utilized their quirks to the fullest with Fatgum only being able to bring out his ultimate offensive technique in response to opponents while Crust was able to bring a new perspective to the boy, utilizing his shields in a variety of ways to defeat villains.

A familiar set of explosions ripped through the air with Kirishima turning to proudly watch his boyfriend demonstrate his new skills.

“Pushing myself to the max!” Bakugo called out as he soared through a pack of bots and detonated a blast on each of their weak points with precision.

“Increasing my speed and skill!” One of his fellow work-study friends announced as Todoroki used his ice to slide around a group of enemies, locking their methods of movement in place before unleashing a devastating fiery punch to eliminate them all.

‘One-For-All: Full Cowling!’ Izuku felt his quirk flowing through his body as he smashed through several villain bots with a single, solid kick.

Behind him, All Might watched proudly as Izuku showed off his growth, his old, honed reflexes identifying that the boy was pushing himself past his old limits with his recent improvements. He wasn’t the only one watching either as, once their own villain bots had been dealt with, several others had stopped to watch the results of the trio who’d trained under Japan’s new number one in Endeavor.

Izuku wasn’t content with just showing off his new thirty-five percent Full Cowling technique, he also wanted to show how well he’d improved his newest power!

Leaping into the air, his eyes latched onto each of the remaining active bots and steadied his arm. Bracing himself, he flexed his quirk again, unleashing the black threads from the vents in his gauntlet's knuckles.

In a moment, bots were restrained all at once only to be launched into the air with a firm jerk, away from his classmates, and packed into a dense ball of metal.

His strength wasn’t enough to crush them from the force of the pull alone and, with a flick behind to send himself shooting forward, Izuku crashed into the ball of bots with a satisfying crunch, obliterating any that remained functional.

Even though he knew he still had so much further to go, Izuku couldn’t help but savour the looks of awe and amazement on some of his classmate’s faces, allowing himself a confident grin now that it seemed the exercise was coming to an end. The only stumbling block was the literal stumble he performed upon landing when his lengthening hair blocked his view of the ground and nearly caused him to mess up his timing. He did not need Recovery Girl’s disapproving glare on the first day back after work-studies because he broke another bone, even if it was just tripping over himself.

The former number one felt his heart swelling with how his protégé was coming along. It seemed like Young Midoriya really was coming into his own and, before he knew it, the boy would surely start nipping on Endeavor’s heels for that top position. He only hoped that he and his generation could put an end to any of All-For-One’s lingering schemes before the boy needed to face them in their stead.

While everyone cheered and praised each other for their performances, there was more than one person who’d taken a notable interest in Izuku’s new level of control with Black Whip; a blush lingering on her cheeks and some risqué thoughts in her mind as the class began gathering again.

With the demonstration portion of their class now over, All Might brought everyone together while several assistant bots began cleaning up the remains of their villainous brethren. As expected, before he could lead the conversation, the students were already chatting amongst themselves.

“Tooru!” Mina cheered as she swept her girlfriend up in a tight hug.

“M-Mina!” The iridescent-haired girl gasped as the sudden tightness. “A-Air!”

“Oh, right, sorry!” Mina blushed as she released her public girlfriend, though maintaining the proud look on her face. “You’ve gotten great with your quirk again!”

“I wouldn’t say ‘great’,” Tooru brushed off as Tsuyu, Aoyama, and Ochako approached also to congratulate the girl. “I just got some of the new fundamentals I needed to back in place. I’m still not close to where I was but I’m gonna get there.”

“And is your head okay?” Ochako asked caringly, not wanting her girlfriend to push herself for a simple demonstration.

“It's fine,” Tooru grinned, rubbing the back of her head where the once lingering pain now no longer troubled her. “Guess that’s one way I got lucky out of it.”

“Well your progress is astounding,” Aoyama smiled, though there was something a little off about his expression. “I just hope you won’t outshine my sparkle with your new shine.”

“New shine?” Tooru blinked. “Oh, right! Yeah, I figured out how to do the laser thing again,” she held out her hands like she was about to fire one off. “It takes a lot of control and focus to do it though and I can only manage it for a second or so right now.”

“Je suis soulagé,” the boy breathed a little easier.

“Besides, that new move of yours was totally cool!” Tooru gushed, recalling Aoyama’s dazzling yet deadly display.

On the other side of the area, a few people had gathered around the Endeavor Agency trio.

“Katsuki, looks like it didn’t take you long to warm up,” Kirishima grinned, lightly punching his boyfriend’s shoulder.

Bakugo’s expression morphed into a frown before dismissing his knee-jerk reaction.

“I used condensed shots; winter’s crap,” he replied, rolling his eyes. “Besides, I saw you gunning for it out there. Looks like you learned some shit from that Crust guy,” Bakugo smirked before reciprocating Kirishima’s gesture which his boyfriend took in good faith with a sharp, toothy grin.

“Jeez Todoroki, I felt your fireblast from the other side of the area,” Sero teased lightly, “please don’t tell me next sports festival I’ll have to avoid pillars of fire as well as ice.”

“That’s not my intention,” Todoroki remarked. “Though with the speed and reaction time I gained from working with Endeavor, I doubt the outcome will change.”

Sero grimaced while Kaminari’s mouth dropped open in shock.

“Woah, dude, you just got so burned!” He laughed hard, slapping his gobsmacked friend on the back.

“Oh, did I catch you with my attack?” Todoroki’s eyes widened as he looked over Sero who looked suddenly flustered.

“N-No man, I just didn’t expect you to be so cold about that stuff,” he groaned, realizing the gap between them was still significant. Kaminari couldn’t help laughing harder at his friend’s follow-up remark that Todoroki still didn’t understand, now checking the boy over for frostbite.

“Seems everyone’s managed to utilize their work studies well,” Iida chimed in, distracting several people from Todoroki’s amusing antics. “I’d expect no less from you especially, Midoriya.”

“Oh, thanks,” Izuku nodded. “I noticed you handled your turning better too.”

“Indeed,” Iida smiled, “all thanks to Manual’s insight.”

“Midoriya,” Shoji approached the green-headed boy, “I see you managed to gain more control over that new aspect of your quirk.”

“Hmm? Oh, yeah,” Izuku grinned proudly. “I managed to make it viable in combat now, but I know I can probably take it further.”

“It is good to see you’ve managed to master this dark characteristic,” Tokoyami said as Shoji nodded stoically before raising a set of his dupli-arms and creating a few branched hands.

“As someone with experience corralling an unstable aspect when pushing it to the limit, do let me know if you would like some advice or insight. I hope to be able to repay some of what you have done for my understanding of my quirk if possible.”

“Oh?” Izuku blinked, unaware Shoji felt like he owed him in some regard. “Uh, yeah, sure. That’d be great.”

Before chatter could get any more rowdy, All Might called them all to attention.

“All right everyone, I have to say I’m very impressed with you all. You may not quite be on the level of true pros yet, but you’re a lot further along than probably any other year group since my own.”

“Woah, really?” Sato blinked, getting an honest nod from All Might.

“This year has been hard on you all, I know, and you’ve been pressured into rising to extreme levels early into your education,” the former number one acknowledged with a worn expression. “Even with the hardships and losses you’ve faced, you’re all rising above and triumphing over difficulties few others tackle before graduating.”

“Nice to get a bit of praise for a change,” Sero chuckled.

“Mr Aizawa has been a bit hard on us lately,” Ojiro agreed, feeling his confidence rise at All Might’s words. If nothing else, the man knew how to inspire.

“Aizawa has his… teaching quirks, but he’s done his job to give you all the tools to succeed,” All Might reminded them, not wanting to badmouth the man despite his current worries over Aizawa’s mental state. “However, what you do with them is down to you, and I’m certain I see the spirit of true heroes in you all. I feel like I’m watching the future of heroics unfold in front of me, so keep giving it your all and I know that one day, each and every one of you will be able to go out into the world and make a difference.”

“Hell yeah! So pumped!” Kirishima’s hardened fists slammed together.

“We’ve got this, ribbit,” Tsuyu agreed.

“Does he have to be so loud about it?” Shinso sighed, though couldn’t keep the excited smile off his face completely.

“You’ll get used to it,” Kaminari grinned.

“Keep chasing your goals and give it everything you got,” All Might rounded out before pausing as some of the class caught on to what he was about to do with many deciding to join him in a final cheer to close off the class. “Plus Ultra!”

With their shout of enthusiasm still echoing around the area, All Might dismissed the class and they all began heading back to the main building to change with the setting sun beginning to paint the sky a deep orange.

Before Izuku could pass him by, All Might reached out a hand to delay the young man by a few moments

“Young Midoriya, I have some things I need to speak to you about,” All Might raised his brow knowingly. “Could you see me after class at the usual place?”

The greenette wasn’t sure what All Might needed, but if it was about his quirk then better sooner rather than later and quickly nodded.

He considered asking if any of the girls wanted to join him but he was instead ambushed by an unexpected blond.

“If it’s about your quirk and the stupid baggage that comes with it then I better come too,” Bakugo muttered after sidling up to Izuku.

“O-Oh, uh, you don’t have to,” the greenette quickly brushed off.

“Better me than one of your groupies,” Bakugo scoffed. “If it’s about getting stronger, then there’s no one better to train against than the next number one.”

Izuku regarded the blond curiously for a moment which he pretended to ignore. The One-For-All wielder knew the boy well enough to read between the lines and discerned what he hoped was Bakugo’s offer of genuine assistance covered in his defensive bravado should it be rejected.

“You can come too if it’s okay with All Might,” Izuku agreed before letting out a chuckle, “but I’m pretty sure they have the same opinion.”

The explosive-quirked boy didn’t acknowledge Izuku’s rebuttal but didn’t challenge it either as they made their way back to the changing rooms.


It had been an incredibly trying day for Shota Aizawa.

It was his students’ first day back after their work-studies and he suspected, like every year, they were feeling cocky about everything they’d learned from pros in the industry. Though it was reserved for his second-year students, a time when they’d normally get their provisional licenses, he’d planned to put 1-A through the wringer to show them how far they still had yet to climb. He’d tried to ignore his lingering irritation and the modicum of justification he would’ve gained but knew he couldn’t give in to his emotions anymore.

Others had been pointing out how his emotions had been triumphing over his rationality recently and he’d been content to ignore their words as overbearing annoyances. That was… until he’d gone to meet with Kurogiri.

Or should he say… Oboro Shirakumo?

Aizawa’s blood boiled thinking about the monsters that had desecrated the body of his former best friend and twisted it into something so utterly grotesque. Hizashi had been in denial when they’d first learned about Kurogiri’s true identity, but after what they saw during the interrogation, there was no other explanation; their fallen comrade had been unnaturally resurrected and brainwashed into doing All-For-One’s bidding.

It hurt to even comprehend that the thing that had sat on the other side of the interrogation glass had once been the kind, caring boy he’d shared classes with, let alone…

Aizawa scoffed to himself, tearing his mind away from his memories. Memories that were now tainted with the knowledge of Oboro’s current form, that of a gaseous thing.

The officials in charge of the investigation had confirmed as much and believed that Oboro’s prior connection might enable them to extract some useful information on the League of Villains’ whereabouts but it had resulted in almost nothing substantial gained and plenty of further trauma.

It was a horrific revelation, that somewhere deep down, his friend’s soul was still aware of his surroundings in some way. The only sliver of the barest silver linings was what little there was left of it managed to fight through the conditioning and give them something.

“It was… in the… hospital.”

Aizawa only hoped that the single sentence they managed to extract was enough for those assholes because he wasn’t sure if he could ever face Obo- no, Kurogiri ever again.

Now, they were speeding along down the highway heading back to UA with Hizashi at the wheel of his personal car; a vintage Mustang he’d purchased on impulse when he’d gotten his first paycheck for his radio show. It was something the annoying blond took some measure of pride in keeping nice, but at the rate he was driving, they’d end up a wreck before arriving back at UA.

“Slow down Mic, you’re gonna get us killed,” Aizawa warned as they only just made it through a yellow light thanks to Hizashi speeding.

“Oh… right… sorry,” the blond muttered emotionlessly, taking his lead foot off the accelerator.

Silence returned as the journey continued, the two each lost in their own thoughts. It was only when Hizashi’s foot started getting heavier again that it was broken for the second time.

“Mic!” Aizawa snapped.

The car once again slowed but his friend didn’t speak.

“Pull over. You’re distracted.”

“Of course I’m distracted,” the blond spat back, his knuckles whitening as he gripped the steering wheel, “who the hell wouldn’t be after that?!”

“I get it Mic,” Aizawa replied, “but getting us killed isn’t going to fix anything.”

Hizashi reluctantly agreed judging by the torn expression on his face and the deep breath he took.

“You’re right,” he scowled. “I should focus on making a karaoke playlist, then finding the guy responsible for a contest. Maybe boil their guts while their eardrums bleed afterwards.”

“Mic,” Aizawa warned.

“Or maybe, I should start taking my anger out on your class,” Hizashi retorted, “make them pay for not doing more to save Oboro at the USJ.”

Aizawa felt his anger flare at the dig but tried his best to tamp it down. He knew exactly what Mic was doing and he didn’t appreciate the extra jab after what they’d both been through today.

A long silence filled the car as both men sat tensely, each waiting for the other to speak again.

“You’re right,” Aizawa reluctantly admitted with a heavy sigh.

“‘Bout time,” Mic snorted.

“Shut up. Fighting isn’t going to solve anything right now.”

“Might make me feel better.”

“Fine, then if you want I’ll punch you when we get back,” Aizawa replied before letting out a tired sigh.

Mic glanced over at his friend, his usual depressive atmosphere still present but he looked like he was feeling every bit of the damage the years of hero work had inflicted on him all at once. Even after everything he’d suffered through, Shota kept going no matter how tired of it all he was.

It was heartbreaking and allowed Mic to put his negative feelings aside for the moment and focus on the thing that still mattered to him most right now besides getting back to UA. He knew the man well enough to know when he was planning his next moves and now was no exception.

“Hey,” Mic called softly, concern present in his voice as he reached over and touched Aizawa’s leg lightly. “What are you thinking?”

“That you should keep your eyes on the road.”

“I meant about-”

“I know what you meant,” Aizawa retorted, leading to another brief silence where Mic pulled his hand back. With another tired sigh, Aizawa decided to indulge his friend, though he wasn’t sure if it was the right move considering they were both emotionally charged. “The safety commission knows more than they’re letting on. We know that for a fact thanks to Nezu.”

“Right,” Hizashi nodded, his lips thinning.

“They’re scared and trying to build a powerbase which means we’re facing something they think we can’t win at our current level. My guess is that they’ve got intel on the League of Villains and they’ve somehow found out about something that could overwhelm our current forces.”

“You think they’ve been able to build up numbers that fast?” Mic quirked a disbelieving brow.

“Doubtful considering how well they seem to be hiding,” Aizawa shook his head. “We thought the Nomu were recent, a project undertaken in the last couple of years. But if they’ve been working on them since Oboro… they may have been in development far longer than we were led to believe.”

Mic’s breath was stolen as his grip on the car wheel loosened.

“You mean, there’s gonna be hundreds of those things running around?!”

“That’s the worst case,” Aizawa nodded morosely. “We’ve no idea how long it takes one of those things to… develop and we haven’t caught the mastermind behind them yet.”

“Which means they’re probably still pulling the same shit they’ve been getting away with all these years!” Mic growled, his anger flooding back with righteousness.

“Most likely,” Aizawa replied bitterly. “And if what Kurogiri told us was true, then it likely involves a hospital in some way.”

The two again pondered the words their former friend had fought so hard to speak.

Like a lightning bolt of despair, the same thought hit both of them at the exact same time.

“W-Wait…” Hizashi muttered, his eyes widening in horror. “If they took Shirakumo from a hospital… does that mean-”

“We saw her ourselves,” Aizawa dismissed, recalling Nemuri’s funeral with clarity, the feel of her cold, dead hand in his. “Oboro’s was a closed casket, remember?”

“Y-Yeah…” Mic nodded, though his shaky voice didn’t convince either of them. “Yeah… you’re right. They couldn’t’ve. Heroes were crawling around everywhere too, protecting her, no way anyone suspicious could’ve gotten to her from outside.”

“Right…” Aizawa agreed though his tone didn’t hold any more certainty than Hizashi’s.

A few beats of silence passed as the pair tried to think through the limitless possibilities they could’ve overlooked at the time, trying to convince themselves they were just being paranoid.

In the end, it was Aizawa who caved first, if only because Hizashi was driving.

Picking his phone out of his pocket, he dialled the number for Nezu’s office as they both impatiently waited for the principal to pick up.

“Principal Nezu,” the chimera answered curtly, knowing who was on the other end already.

“Run a full surveillance check on every possible moment Midnight’s body was unguarded,” Aizawa stated sharply.

“Your talk with Kurogiri was productive I assume?” Nezu replied, the clacking of keys already clear through the earpiece that thankfully stalled any sarcasm Aizawa would’ve responded with.

“Oboro managed to break through and give us a clue involving a hospital,” he explained. “There’s no telling which one, or even if there’s multiple, but we know All-For-One’s MO, and if his underlings are anything like their boss…”

“Then they wouldn’t let such an opportunity for cruelty pass them by,” Nezu agreed. “I’m certain there was little chance they could have recovered her under our noses but you have my word that I’ll look into this extensively.”

Little chance wasn’t a guarantee and it did nothing to allay either Aizawa or Mic’s fears.

“You tell us the second you know for sure, sir,” Mic called out.

There was a momentary silence on the other end of the line when even the typing of keys paused.

“Noted,” Nezu replied before the call ended and only the muffled, whipping wind and sound of the engine lingered.

The rest of their journey was spent in tense silence, neither wanting to acknowledge the subject any further but pained by the fact that it was all they could think about.

Just how much did the HPSC already know and why weren’t they making their move already? If they needed time to build up heroic forces surely the villains would be doing the same thing.

Arriving back at UA was something of a relief, a distraction from the cruel hypotheticals they both prayed remained that way, but the two were quickly on guard when they saw Tamaki Amajiki waiting worriedly in the parking lot.

Screeching to a jolted stop close to the boy, both teachers got out quickly when he approached.

“Eraser Head, you need to come quickly,” he urged, wearing a distressed expression.

“What’s going on?” Aizawa urged, wasting no time and breaking into a run as Amajiki led him back towards the teacher’s dorms while Hizashi scrambled to lock his car and follow after them.

“It’s about Eri,” he said. “Her horn’s grown and it’s hurting her.”

Aizawa grimaced, hoping he wasn’t too late. It seemed no matter what he tried there was always another fire that needed putting out and this was one only he could handle.

Bursting into the teacher’s dorms at speed, the third-year student allowed the teacher to take the lead as they entered the staircase and raced up to the floor Eri’s room was located on. Grouped around outside, some of the other teachers stood anxiously around the area, wishing they could do something to relieve the little girl’s pain. Mandalay guided Kota out of the way of the door when she heard Aizawa coming, the boy looking worried about the pain his friend was in.

When Aizawa entered, he found Nejire standing off to the side worriedly as Mirio sat holding Eri close, keeping an ice pack over her horn as it sparked with quirk energy. His worried face flooded with relief when the Erasing Hero entered with his red eyes gleaming as Eri’s whimpering quickly faded.

“Thank goodness you got here sir,” the quirkless boy released a heavy sigh. “I was worried me and Eri might be in the same class if you didn’t get back soon.”

“Don’t worry,” Aizawa spoke in the most calming manner he could as he approached the pair, kneeling down and gently petting the weary child’s head.  “You’re in excellent hands here at UA.”

With her quirk irritations settled it seemed Eri had worn herself out. Now that the danger had passed, Mandalay stepped in to help put the girl to bed while Aizawa, Nejire, and Mirio stepped out to give them space.

“Seems all that speeding was good for something,” Hizashi joked who’d arrived after to a relieved crowd.

“Do it again and next time I’ll arrest you regardless,” Aizawa narrowed his eyes at the man, though they both knew it was something of an empty threat.

“As long as the little listener is safe, that’s all that matters,” Mic dismissed and walked away.

“We figured it might be best if Mirio looked after her just in case she lost control,” Nejire explained before Aizawa could get another word out.

Eraser Head didn’t need to be a genius to figure out that, on top of Mirio being the one the girl was closest to besides Midoriya, her output might’ve been enough to restore Mirio’s quirk without totally rewinding him. It was a risk, but the best one they could take given the circumstances.

Thankfully they hadn’t needed to discover what would’ve happened had he and Mic not arrived back in time, but he knew that, until Eri got a handle on her quirk, it was illogical to be away from the girl for too long.

“Understandable,” he replied simply.

“Everything alright, sir?” Mirio asked, his expression slowly sinking back into one of worry.

“It’s fine,” the teacher brushed off. “Go back to your dorms. I doubt Eri will be awake before tomorrow and you’ve still got classes.”

The three third-years exchanged looks but complied with their instructions, giving a polite bow before departing. Pixie-Bob gently guided Kota away with the rest of the staff who had lingered following their lead.

The man let out another deep sigh as he rested his back against the nearby wall, hoping the day had finally run out of unpleasant surprises for him.

“Long day?” Mandalay asked quietly as she stepped out of Eri’s room, turning the lights off as she did.

“An understatement,” the man acknowledged.

“I’ve had those,” Mandalay let out a humourless chuckle before resting her back against the same wall and standing alongside the grumpy man. “I’m guessing not as bad as yours though.”

“Unlikely,” Aizawa replied curtly.

“Right,” the pussycat nodded again, predicting the lack of forthcoming information but soldiered on regardless. “It’s not hard to see you’re struggling right now. If you’d like I can pick up your classes and extra paperwork for a few days if you need to recharge.”

“Unnecessary,” the man rebuffed.

Now it was Mandalay’s turn to sigh.

“I’m not gonna tell you to do this or that but I know you’ve been feeling it lately so I just figured I’d offer,” she shrugged. “Take it, don’t, the point is you don’t want to talk or acknowledge how worn down you are. Eventually, you’re gonna crack, Eraser, and you know how illogical it is to let yourself get to that point.”

A beat of silence passed where the underground hero said nothing while Mandalay hoped he was taking her words seriously.

“You’re far too early into your teaching career to be lecturing me,” Aizawa turned and sent her a light glare.

“Yeah, well-” Mandalay began but Aizawa wasn’t finished.

“Taking my classes for the rest of the week might give you the experience you need.”

The pussycat could only blink as Aizawa pushed himself off the wall and walked back over to his apartment door, entering it without another word on the matter.

Though she’d been left with double the amount of work for the week, she felt a mote of relief in her chest that Eraser Head finally seemed ready to acknowledge his issues.

Inside his apartment, Aizawa wearily locked his door, pulled out his phone and dialled Nezu’s number for the second time that day.

“Principal Nezu,” the familiar voice answered.

“I’m taking that leave you suggested. I’ll be out the rest of the week.”

“Acknowledged,” Nezu replied immediately. “Shall I expect a return to your duties come Sunday?”

“That’s plenty, thanks,” he muttered with a measure of gratefulness in his tone before ending the call and releasing the tension in his shoulders.

Time off was the last thing he desired right now with everything he’d learned today. His students needed to be ready, he needed to personally ensure All-For-One’s accomplice hadn’t pulled the same thing with Nemuri as they had with Oboro, and he needed to be ready to make sure the villain paid dearly when he got the chance.

All those goals lingered on his mind in addition to his usual responsibilities and Aizawa finally had to admit he was ready to crumble under the weight of it all.

He had a duty of care, and not just to his class. He needed to remember that others were around fighting for the same things he wanted at the end of the day, a fact he often forgot when they didn’t meet his standards of doing things.

He swallowed deeply before dragging his feet over to his kitchen cabinet and opening the rarely used cupboard. Inside lay several bottles of booze he’d been gifted over the years, including a recent bottle from this year’s holiday exchange. Grabbing the vessel, he also snagged the lonely shot glass that also lay inside and sat at his kitchen table, almost dropping into the chair as his exhaustion caught up with him.

As far as he could remember, Aizawa never got heavily drunk. Of course, if you asked Present Mic he'd tell you that Aizawa is really the type of drunk that doesn't remember anything later on. Tonight though, Aizawa wanted to forget on purpose. He just wanted to forget everything everything he’d learned and shut out the callousness and cruelty of the world, just for a little bit.

Was it cowardly? Maybe, but he knew if he didn’t get his head on straight then next time it could be him making the irreparable mistake and that was something he refused to let happen.

Popping the top on the bottle, Aizawa poured himself several drinks, intentionally passing his limit before his body could catch up to it and sat waiting for his consciousness to end. The last thing he remembered before his head hit the table was the trail of tears leading from both his eyes.


Before meeting up with All Might, Izuku had asked Ochako and Tsuyu if they wanted to join him. They were admittedly a little curious why the others weren’t invited but when he mentioned Bakugo would be there too they figured it was better not to draw attention to their group dynamic. Still, Ochako and Tsuyu declined, figuring that Izuku would let them know any details later while they headed back to the dorms.

What followed was an intriguing discussion with the former holder of his quirk and his research into its history. Though he couldn’t find anything on the second and third holders of the quirk, All Might had compiled everything he could find on the fourth through seventh as well as providing any information he had on All-For-One and the first.

Izuku knew he would be able to get more details from the vestiges themselves at some point but this was a good starting point to pre-empt any further surprises; he certainly didn’t need another quirk like Blackwhip emerging at an inconvenient time. He had considered telling All Might about Kyoka’s quirk’s interaction with his, as well as the support the man’s former mentor had given him over the holidays, but held back. As much as he was sure his idol would jump at the chance to talk to the seventh again, he felt like he needed to ask her if she would be comfortable with such a thing since she was kind of trapped in his quirk.

As the conversation flowed around the former holders’ histories, Bakugo noted a commonality they all shared; their short lifespans which, All Might divulged, was due to All-For-One hunting them down. Despite the dour tone, Izuku was once again reminded of both All Might’s former skill and ability to take All-For-One down as well as the sacrifice he’d made to do so, his mind casting itself back to the day they met.

Focusing back on the present and future, All Might suggested that the next quirk they try to awaken for Izuku should be Float. Bakugo’s cocky attitude returned as Izuku would have to spend time mastering something he’d already had down pat but Izuku was up for the challenge. Of the three known quirks All Might could dig up, this was the most sensible since none of them had any idea how to awaken Smokescreen and just hoped that Danger Sense would make its presence known before it was too late.

With the work-studies schedules now down to the students and their employers, All Might assured Izuku he would try and book some time for them all to train in the gym and maybe give him some extra time to hone Blackwhip further which Izuku eagerly agreed to.

Once everything that All Might needed had been discussed, the blond and greenette found themselves departing the main building just after the sun had set and darkness was setting in.

Bakugo had his hands shoved into his pockets as he walked while Izuku had his nose buried in the research notepad All Might had given him, his mumbling habit returning as he puzzled out potential ways he could incorporate these potential quirks into his fighting style.

A soft wind rippled through the trees, not carrying the same harsh bite of winter it had previously and Bakugo allowed himself to savour the moment of peace after a week of running around after Endeavor’s leftovers. It was an enjoyable stillness for the most part, except for Izuku’s mutters, but even that didn’t seem to annoy him as much as it usually did. If anything, it was causing an odd, prickling sensation at the corner of his mind he couldn’t quite place.

“These-three-quirks-don’t-seem-all-that-powerful-alone-but-when-combined-in-One-For-All-there's-really-a-lot-to-work-with-here,” Izuku’s rant to himself continued. “If-Float-is-just-literally-floating-then-I-can-propel-myself-around-using-my-smashes-just-like-Kacchan-without-worrying-about-falling…”

Bakugo suddenly realized what that odd feeling was about. Long-dismissed memories of Izuku following him around like a puppy, marvelling at Bakugo’s awesome quirk. Neither really understood fully just how versatile the blond could make it at the time but Izuku was always so eager for his own super-awesome quirk to come in and be a hero too, muttering away as he trailed after the blond and contemplating the possibilities.

It was… nostalgic.

Walking together now was almost like a blast from the past. This time, however, Izuku not only had the quirk of their shared former idol but had another with at least three more on the way.

“Of-course-it-would-help-if-I-could-somehow-float-other-people-too. Potentially-disabling-villains-like-Ochako-would-be-handy-but-even-if-One-For-All-doesn’t-power-it-up-like-that-it-could-still-be-used-to…”

“Pipe down nerd,” the explosive blond chided as they walked, a few other students milling about, likely heading to get dinner at Lunch Rush’s. “Other idiots might not be able to understand you but I can.”

“Oh, uh, sorry Kacchan,” Izuku apologised, quickly remembering where they were and that he really shouldn’t be going over notes on his very secret quirk so publicly.

Bakugo simply shook his head and rolled his eyes. Despite all the confidence the greenette had gained since coming to UA, there were still behaviours he could see from their previous school days lingering… behaviours he had some responsibility in crafting.

The familiar guilty feeling returned to Bakugo’s chest as he glanced out of the corner of his eye at Izuku who was clutching the notebook tightly to his chest to hide the title of ‘Previous Successor Quirks’ from any passers-by but all Bakugo could see was the scrawny kid trying to protect another notebook he might blow up.

He wanted to say something, to apologize and get this shitty feeling out of his chest. He knew the moron would accept any apology he made, Izuku still called him ‘Kacchan’ after all, but Bakugo knew he still wasn’t ready to make it, nor had he earned it. Was that why he was so dead-set on helping the nerd train?

Either way, the blond shook his head to clear his mind and tried again.

“I take it you’re gonna rope in Uraraka to help with Float?” He muttered as they continued walking.

Izuku turned and blinked at the question, a little confused by the question without a prompt but quickly replied.

“Uh, yeah,” he nodded. “I mean, she’s kinda perfect for it.”

“Isn’t she gonna question shit or does she knows your secret like Ashido?” Bakugo asked.

Izuku’s eyes widened as he realised Bakugo didn’t exactly know who else was in the know. Admitting that all the other girls in the class knew about his secret might be a bit too much of a hint that something was going on between them all so Izuku settled for divulging a partial truth.

“No, she knows. So does Tsu,” he confessed. “Mina was with them for support when they asked me out and I told them all about um… my quirk.”

“Figures,” Bakugo snorted. “It was bad enough you letting slip enough for me to figure it out but you just told pinky? Even knowing how much she gossips?”

“I trusted her,” Izuku admitted honestly. “W-Well, enough that she wouldn’t spread that particular thing around anyway.”

“Didn’t stop her telling me,” Bakugo countered.

“I’m guessing it was after our fight?” Izuku pried. The silence from Bakugo gave him the answer he needed. “She knew you knew because I told her so it doesn’t matter. Actually,” he paused as his mind drifted back to their original topic, “I don’t really know if there’s anyone that would help with Danger Sense but maybe she could help with Smokescreen; i-if it emits like her acid anyway. Maybe Bondo from class B could give me some pointers too. Oh, wait! Momo would be perfect for it!”

“Does she know about your quirk too?” Bakugo remarked sarcastically. “If not, I’m pretty sure she’s smart enough to start putting some things together so you better come up with a damn good cover story.”

“R-Right," Izuku sweatdropped, hoping he could get away with a non-answer, “maybe I’ll just try and help them with their quirks and try to pick up some tips that way.”

“Just focus on your current crap first,” Bakugo reminded him as their dorm pathway came into sight. “Remember what that flaming trash bag told us, get to grips with making Blackwhip second nature then shift to the new shit.”

“Right,” Izuku nodded with a smile, deciding to put the potential quirks out of his mind for now and practise mastering the one he still hadn’t gotten down to reflex level. “Thanks Kacchan.”

“Whatever,” Bakugo rolled his eyes, “I’ll still be number one anyway so it won’t even matter how good you get.”

Izuku wasn’t quite sure what was prompting his friend to be so helpful. Maybe he wanted to test himself against opponents at full strength like during the sports festival or maybe it was out of guilt over their shared past he still had yet to apologize for but he wouldn’t look a gift horse in the mouth. Despite Bakugo’s bravado, Izuku felt like their friendship was stronger than it had ever been and he had to admit it felt good to be standing shoulder-to-shoulder with him after so long.

Thinking better of saying anything remotely resembling his inner thoughts, the two silently made their way along the path and back into their dorm building.


Inside, instead of the quiet, relaxed atmosphere of the evening they expected with maybe a few people lingering in the common room and kitchen, the whole class seemed to have congregated for a group activity.

The kitchen and dining tables were being heavily utilized to chop and prepare various foodstuffs while a few of their friends were busy rearranging the living furniture into the familiar party layout.

“What’s going on?” Izuku asked curiously as he and Bakugo stepped into the common space, storing their shoes as appropriate.

“Hot pot party,” Kirishima grinned as Koda swept his sliced ingredients into the preparation bowl. “We figured after our week of work-studies and a kickass first day we’d celebrate a little, y’know?”

“It helps that everyone stocked up on food when we got back to the dorms so there’s plenty to go around,” Ojiro noted as he measured out some soy milk.

“Figures you house arrest boys would be off causing more trouble. At least tell me you didn’t get caught this time,” Sero teased, though a little irked they’d arrived so late into the preparations.

“Shove off, we were busy,” Bakugo retorted easily.

“Better hurry up and lend a hand, otherwise it’s no meat for you,” Kaminari joined in, gesturing to both their bags and that they were still in their uniforms while holding a baking tray of sliced pork.

“R-Right! I’m on it!” Izuku hurried to agree, speeding off towards the stairs while Bakugo just scoffed.

“Really? You think you can take meat away from me, Sparky?”

“No, I know,” the electric-blond grinned knowingly before jerking his thumb over at Kirishima, “but he can.”

As expected, Kirishima gave Bakugo a look that softened the blond’s expression.

“Go wash up, babe,” Kirishima smiled. “The more you help the sooner you’ll eat.”

The rumble of Bakugo’s stomach was enough to convince him that this wasn’t a battle worth fighting, though he made a show of reluctantly conceding and giving his boyfriend an affectionate head bump before taking the elevator up.

“Are they always this disorderly?” Shinso quirked a brow while slicing some tofu.

“They certainly keep things lively around here,” Shoji remarked while passing behind him.

“Jeez, I just hope they weren’t actually in trouble for something,” Mina remarked as she helped more with organising than doing any of the cooking.

“Ribbit, they just wanted to get some more feedback from All Might after training,” Tsuyu brushed off, hoping her girlfriend got the subtle hint to drop things which she seemed to.

“Always going Plus Ultra, eh?” Mina sighed. “Well, they better enjoy this while they can then.”

“I’m certain they won’t be the only ones,” Tsuyu chuckled, gesturing over to Momo who was being educated on the differences between shabu-shabu and hot pots courtesy of Ochako and seemed to be listening intently.

“It’s nice for everything to feel normal again,” Tooru sighed as she diced some mushrooms.

“Don’t jinx it,” Kyoka chided playfully.

“Is that even possible for our class?” Ojiro chuckled from nearby.

“We can dream,” Tooru smiled. “Let’s just try and savour this while we can before things go sideways again, starting with making these hot pots super delicious!”

The friendly chatter continued to flow as the meal prep continued. Izuku and Bakugo soon returned to the common room a little more dressed down and began helping where they could, though the blond took particular issue with Todoroki’s less-than-acceptable handling of the chives.

Soon enough, everything was ready and the five hot pots, extra ingredients, fizzy drinks, and a couple of pizzas had been spread across the two coffee tables they’d pushed together with the sofas in their regular encirclement.

Once everyone had gathered around, gotten a drink and taken their seats, Iida rose to his feet to give the toast and kick things off only to remember his abjuration of his representative position.

“Yaoyorozu, would you like to do the honours?” He invited, catching Momo a little off guard but she quickly adjusted and rose to join him, clearing her throat.

“Congrats to us all for getting through our first week of work-studies. Now let’s fill our stomachs with this delicious meal and toast to a productive new term.”

“Cheers!” The class celebrated together, raising their cups with joy before grabbing their bowls and beginning to dig in.

The next few minutes were filled with the various sounds of cutlery moving as everyone grabbed some of the bits from the broth bowls.

“Nothing like a hot pot when it’s cold outside,” Kirishima sighed contently as the first bites’ warmth started spreading through his body.

“Spring’s just around the corner,” Kyoka nodded, cupping her bowl in her hands to warm her fingers up. “Hopefully it’ll start warming up soon.”

“We’ve still got a whole term left, not to mention finals,” Shoji reminded them.

“That’s on top of any extra work-study excursions,” Tokoyami noted.

“Well, yeah, but did you see how we all kicked butt today?” Kaminari grinned confidently. “We’re learning tons out there, maybe even more than at school.”

“Don’t let monsieur Aizawa catch you saying that,” Aoyama winked.

“Yeah, extra homework for days,” Sato agreed, chuckling along with the others at Kaminari’s grimace at the possibility.

“Still, what did everyone get up to out there? Anyone got any cool stories?” Mina encouraged.

“Oh, hell yeah,” Kaminari spoke up. “Me, Sero, and Shiozaki from class B got to help out Team Lurkers at this super remote village.”

“Doesn’t sound so cool to me,” Bakugo rolled his eyes.

“I’m getting there,” Kaminari whined. “Anyway, apparently we were there to do some work giving back to the community by helping the village replant some trees. It helps with preventing landslides or something.”

“Indeed it does,” Momo confirmed.

“Was Mt. Lady with you?” Mina’s eyes narrowed. “Bet she hated getting her stupid hands dirty for a change.”

“Actually, she was pretty quiet about it,” Sero noted while Kaminari took a few more bites of his meal. “She didn’t look like she was happy to be there but she didn’t complain about it at all, though that might’ve been because of the hot springs they had.”

“That doesn’t sound right, ribbit,” Tsuyu raised a brow.

“It’s true though, ask Shiozaki,” Kaminari replied.

“I don’t think she was paying much attention to Mt. Lady,” Sero reminded him, causing Kaminari to wilt a little.

“Why’s that?” Ojiro asked curiously.

“Well, turns out the village has this sacred tree and there was this super cute priestess there whose quirk heals plants,” Sero explained. “After we finished planting trees for the day, Kaminari decided to shoot his shot with her and got shot down.”

“Dude, you couldda left that part out,” Kaminari sighed, rubbing the back of his head while several people gave him a sympathetic look.

“The priestess?” Tooru asked, picturing an attractive woman in her mid-twenties to early thirties.

“Yup,” Sero nodded, “a girl around our age.”

“Tough break, man,” Kyoka patted her friend’s back, though he didn’t seem too beaten up by it.

“Not like I stood a chance anyway,” he sighed.

“How come?” Kyoka pried only for Sero to continue the story.

“When she saw how damaged Shiozaki’s hair had gotten from working all day, she tried using her quirk to heal her. It worked and Shiozaki kinda stuck to her like glue after that.”

“That doesn’t necessarily mean anything,” Iida said. “It could be that she was simply fascinated with their quirk interactions.”

“Doesn’t explain her getting super tongue-tied and blushing a whole lot,” Sero countered.

“Did she ask her out in the end?!” Mina’s voice raised, eager for the romantic gossip that didn’t involve her group for a change with Tooru nodding animatedly alongside her.

“Don’t think so,” Sero shook his head. “There was a landslide during a storm while we were resting that night. The village got pretty much wiped out but we managed to save all the people. Mt. Lady even stepped up and managed to save their sacred tree with help from Shiozaki but she got injured carrying it while all the rocks and stuff hit her so we had to go back after everyone was safe.”

“I didn’t see any mention of that in the hero news,” Izuku remarked curiously.

“Well the place only had, like, fifty people,” Kaminari explained. “Not exactly big news to most.”

Izuku nodded but he, like a few others, wondered why Mt. Lady would’ve gone through such an ordeal without getting something out of it herself.

“I think some other heroes are out there now helping rebuild,” Sero concluded. “Not sure if we’ll go back but you never know.”

“At least you all made it out,” Shoji remarked. “Landslides are no joke.”

“Yeah, but it was cool how we got to help people and be badass pros at the same time,” Kaminari grinned.

“A rewarding expedition then,” Tokoyami acknowledged.

“Anyone else got a manly story?” Kirishima asked, leaning back on the couch as he ate.

“Um,” Koda raised his hand politely. “I kinda helped Wash stop a dog smuggling ring.”

“Whoa, no way,” a few of the others gaped.

“Did you guys have any trouble?” Ochako asked.

“I was able to get all the dogs out safely while Wash and the police took care of the leader. Her name was Madame Puppimil.”

“What was her quirk like?” Izuku joined eagerly, hoping it wasn’t something too horrible.

“Oh, she actually just had a hair-trimming quirk,” Koda explained. “They weren’t really villains, just criminals, b-but it felt good to help the police catch them.”

“That’s still awesome, good job saving those dogs, ribbit,” Tsuyu praised the boy who felt himself shrinking only a little from the continued praise of his classmates.

“Speaking of trimming, looks like someone needs a haircut themselves,” Sero pointed his chopsticks over at Izuku.

“Hmm?” The greenette hummed and tilted his head mid-bite.

“After you showed off your new skills in training with that Blackwhip stuff you nearly messed up the landing,” Sero remarked.

“Ah, yeah,” Izuku chuckled after swallowing. “My hair did get in the way a little.”

“Your hair?” Todoroki queried as he glanced at his friend, noting he had to flick his fringe to keep it out of his eyes, though he wasn’t the only one looking more closely now.

“I felt like growing it out a bit,” Izuku admitted, briefly glancing at Kyoka who caught his eye before swiftly averting her gaze with a light blush. “Might need to figure something out for hero work though.”

“If it’s gonna get in the way during training. How about you start wearing a super manly bandana?” Kirishima suggested, pointing to the white one he’d donned.

“I could lend you some of my spare hair clips,” Kaminari offered, gesturing to the two red ones he still had on to keep his own vision unobscured while preparing the food for the party.

“Wouldn’t it be better if he borrowed some of Asui’s?” Ojiro suggested, drawing the girl’s attention as he addressed her. “You probably have some headbands or something that go better with green hair, right?”

“Nothing practical, ribbit,” Tsuyu shrugged before raising a hand to touch the bow she’d made out of her hair to keep it out of the way. “Mine’s been long since forever so I kinda just use it as its own accessory.”

“And it’s adorable,” Ochako nuzzled Tsuyu’s shoulder while Izuku agreed.

“You could just cut your fringe,” Mina chimed in, having faced the same issue herself over the years. “Go full mullet with it,” she grinned, unable to resist the minor tease since she knew that wasn’t the style Izuku was going for. “I could do it for you! I’ve got some scissors upstairs.”

“M-Maybe not that,” Izuku admitted with a sweat drop, picturing himself with the hairstyle and knowing it wasn’t remotely what he was going for. “Though uh, if you have any ideas for style I might take you up on them.”

“Gotcha, something more ‘roguish’,” she smirked slyly, clicking her chopsticks like an eager pair of scissors but it was only for effect.

“Just make sure you go easier on the idiot’s locks than you did that villain’s,” Bakugo smirked, adding some more hot sauce to his bowl.

A small silence lingered as the clattering of cutlery slowed, several people unsure if what the blond had said was too far. Thankfully they all breathed a sigh of relief as Mina let out an exaggerated indignant gasp.

“What, Me?! Do something like that to a friend? Never,” she rejected before her eyes narrowed at him. “Certain annoying blonds however…”

“Like you would dare,” Bakugo challenged, unafraid of Mina’s empty joking threats.

“Hmph, you’re right,” she pouted, “but only because it would upset my horn buddy, not that you wouldn’t deserve it.”

“‘Preciated, Mina,” Kirishima grinned on the other side of Bakugo.

Despite taking the comment in the teasing manner it was intended, Mina still felt like she needed some sort of recompense and eyed Bakugo’s food.

“But for that comment, I’m taking your beef!” Mina grinned as her dexterous chopsticks snaked around Bakugo’s arm and into his bowl, grabbing a piece of the meat he’d carefully selected.

“Hey!” Bakugo growled, watching Mina stick the morsel into her mouth with a cocky grin only to realize her fatal mistake all too late.

“Gah! Hob-hob-hob!” She cried as she tried to roll the meat off of her tongue as the hot sauce and spices overwhelmed her taste buds. The rest of the class, including Bakugo, couldn’t help but break into laughter at Mina’s hubris catching up with her.

The class broke into smaller chats after that with talk remaining on topics like their work-studies or the strides they’d made with their quirks.

“I know one thing we haven’t celebrated enough today,” Mina grinned as she nudged her glittery girlfriend with a bright smile. “Not even breaking her quirk can keep my girl from being a hero!”

“Mina!” Tooru protested lightly but enjoyed the smiling faces of others pointing her direction.

“Yes, it seems you’ve spent your week well,” Iida praised.

“You even managed to start making lasers of your own,” Momo smiled, proud of her girlfriend.

“Thanks,” Tooru accepted the praise. “It was a lot of work and Ragdoll certainly didn’t let me slack off.”

“Don’t,” Ojiro chuckled, “I think I still have bruises on my tail from the training camp,” he joked.

“How did you manage to figure out the solution to your control issues?” Izuku asked enthusiastically. “I remember you were still having trouble just making yourself invisible again.”

“Oh, uh,” Tooru blushed lightly. “I um, may have taken some inspiration from you there,” she admitted. “I had to change the way I thought about my quirk and how it worked so I thought about using it like how you described your Full Cowling and it turned out great!”

Izuku’s mouth dropped open slightly with shock before the corners curved upwards in a delighted smile.

“Yeah. I mean it kinda only makes me invisible, but if I combine that with my old technique I can make a small field around my skin invisible too so I don’t have to run around na… uh… without any protection,” the girl finished with a further blush.

“That’s amazing Tooru!” Izuku praised again with a big smile.

“Ribbit, what about you, Izuku?” Tsuyu reminded the boy. “You seem to have gotten much better with Blackwhip.”

The boy nodded before resting his chopsticks in his bowl and clenching his hand into a fist.

“It’s still kind of taxing, but I can maintain them for a little while now, even if they’re still a little er… technical to control?”

“Technical?” Ojiro raised a brow. “How do you mean?”

“Oh, uh,” Izuku frowned as he pondered the best way to explain. “It’s hard to describe. They’re like weird extra limbs or fingers but without any joints. I can’t just use them when I want either, I need to feel a strong emotion for them to manifest but I have to be in complete control of myself for them to not go wild.”

“Sounds familiar,” Tokoyami chuckled. “Though it may be a tad easier for you without having to temper a being with its own will.”

“Maybe?” Izuku chuckled. “I’m still getting the hang of using them in action but while I was at Endeavor’s I was able to get some extra practise in when everyone went to bed.”

“You did?” Todoroki raised a curious brow. “How?”

“Oh, uh,” Izuku rubbed the back of his head nervously. “I just kinda practised in my room.”

“Doing what?” The boy pressed, curious how his friend was able to manage this and still have enough energy to get through their tough days on patrol.

“It might be better if I just show you,” Izuku admitted, putting down his bowl on the coffee table and taking a deep breath.

“Woah, we don’t have to worry about them wrecking the place, do we?” Sero blanched while scooching away from the green-haired boy.

Izuku didn’t hear him, focusing instead on drawing out his determination. Blackwhip was most easily fuelled by anger, but he didn’t want to rely on that emotion as a source of strength; he knew all too well how certain comic book heroes ended up if they followed that trope.

A steely expression settled onto Izuku’s face as he opened his eyes and held his fists up while his nearby classmates watched on curiously. Several black threads emerged from Izuku’s knuckles and wavered in an invisible breeze as Izuku let them flow for a few moments. Then, when he was ready, he turned his knuckles down, willing the tendrils to do as he wanted.

It was faster than he had expected, but one of the whips wrapped itself around Izuku’s placed bowl and retrieved it while two more grabbed ladles from two different hot pots and carefully scooped up some of the broth. Izuku grimaced when his control jerked and a bit of the liquid spilled on the way to his bowl but he soon had a hearty second helping sitting in his lap as he withdrew the whips and breathed a sigh of relief.

“Dude,” Sero gaped in amazement.

“That was quite a display of dexterity,” Iida acknowledged.

“You’re incredible Izuku,” Ochako praised, giving her boyfriend a loud kiss on the cheek which stirred up a certain memory from their joint training session.

“T-Thanks,” Izuku blushed hotly. “Um, yeah, I just practised doing stuff like that; moving things around and using them to try and make it more familiar and reflexive rather than a power I need to think about and call on.”

“It gets easier with time,” Shoji remarked, demonstrating by creating three extra limbs to refill his own bowl with seconds.

“Man, your quirk is so broken,” Sero sighed. “Just promise me you won’t make mine obsolete.”

“I certainly don’t intend to,” Izuku quickly assured him as the surrounding friends shared a chuckle.

Across the way, a certain purple-haired girl had been enraptured in the performance. As her mind raced she felt her body heat up and couldn’t blame it entirely on the warm, delicious meal. It was only when her phone buzzed with a reminder to call her dad for his birthday that her attention returned to the moment and tried once again to put those thoughts out of her mind.

As the evening progressed, the hot pots soon emptied and the last of the pizza and pop disappeared with many in the class patting full, contented bellies.

“Man, that was great,” Kaminari sighed before letting out a burp.

“Dude,” Kyoka glared, shooting him a look.

“Sorry,” he blushed and belatedly covered his mouth.

“I suppose we should get started with the clean-up,” Todoroki stated, reaching to collect some extra bowls and cups.

As several others moved to join the boy in his efforts, another had one last thing they needed to say.

“Before we all disperse for the evening, I have one last announcement I’d like to make,” Momo called, temporarily stopping the clean-up effort.

“What’s up, Momo?” Mina asked, having been pulled into a sitting position by Tooru after relaxing into the sofa a bit too much.

“Well, once again I’d like to congratulate us all for successful work-studies,” Momo smiled. “I know it’s somewhat superfluous, but I feel grateful to be in a class where everyone is so enthusiastic to do their best no matter what.”

“Naturally,” Sero grinned.

“Wouldn’t be the top school in the country if we were allowed to slack off too much,” Sato chuckled.

“Agreed,” the heiress nodded, “and hard work deserves a just reward. While unexpected, I would like to let you all know that my parents are also impressed with the progress they’ve seen, not just in myself, but our heroics year as a whole despite all our hardships. To that end, they’ve generously offered to sponsor a field trip as a gift to us.”

“That’s generous,” Tsuyu stated diplomatically, unsure quite what to make of the news for now.

“A field trip? Like, just for fun?” Kirishima quirked a brow.

“Are we so sure we should do one after… last time?” Koda asked timidly.

The shadow of Nabu still hung over the class even if its influence has lightened in recent weeks.

“This will not be like that, I assure you,” Momo acknowledged, having gotten assurances from Nezu that he would request extra security for the park on top of the numerous teachers that would need to accompany them.

“That’s awesome!” Kaminari grinned. “Where are we going?”

“My parents have taken the liberty of purchasing a number of passes to the theme park ‘Zoo Dreamland’.”

“It’s more for kids than for people like us, but the rides are still great,” Tooru grinned.

“I don’t mind the petting zoo at all,” Koda enthused with a bright smile that softened a few eyes around the room.

“When is this?” Ojiro asked.

“Providing it aligns with your work-studies, I got an initial impression from Principal Nezu that this Sunday would be the most optimal time to utilize their generosity,” Momo replied. “Before we get too deep into our studies.”

“Aw man!” Sato griped, hanging his head. “Shishido wanted us to come in that day.”

“Backdraft has requested my sparkle too,” Aoyama announced with a disappointed flair.

“Please don’t worry,” Momo quickly assured them, pulling a glossy, oversized ticket stub from her pocket. “My father wasn’t sure when we’d be permitted to go on such a trip and took the liberty of purchasing the tickets as all-inclusive season passes. If anyone is unable to commit to the trip due to a conflicting schedule, the passes will be usable until the end of,” she quickly checked the fine print again, “next year.”

“Oh, that’s a relief,” Sato smiled, glad he wouldn’t have to completely miss out as Momo began handing out the tickets while the clean-up effort resumed.

“And these are season passes,” Kaminari enthused after receiving his own. “We can go again during summer as many times as we want!”

“That must’ve cost quite a bit,” Ochako remarked.

“They can afford it,” the heiress replied simply. “Also, all-inclusive means food and drinks are covered but not credit at the arcades.”

That certainly appealed to the pink-cheeked girl as her eyes widened hungrily despite the delicious dinner they’d recently enjoyed.

When Momo arrived at Izuku and offered his pass to him, the boy could sense there was an underlying goal in Momo’s actions. Knowing her father, this certainly wasn’t a simple case of good-hearted philanthropy.

“I’ve never been to a theme park before, so I’m excited to share this special time with you,” Momo said, her eyes locked on Izuku’s.

The message was loud and clear now; this was a cover for a potential date.

“Hey, me neither,” Ochako chuckled. “I always wanted to go when I was a kid but my folks couldn’t afford it.”

“Then this’ll be a good starting park for you both, ribbit,” Tsuyu noted, taking Ochako’s hand and squeezing lightly as Izuku took his pass with a nod while Momo moved on.

“I will decline, thank you,” Shoji replied politely.

“Me too,” Shinso shook his head as he and Shoji stood on either end of a couch. “Theme parks have never been my thing.”

“Oh,” Momo blinked, surprised by the rejections. “Well, um, if you change your minds then please don’t hesitate to let me know.”

“Sure,” Shinso shrugged while Shoji simply shook his head as they carried the couch back to its proper position.

“Hey, if we have extras, maybe we could invite some of class B to come with us,” Mina suggested.

“Would that be fair if we can only invite a few more?” Sero replied, bagging up some of the trash.

“Oh, I have enough for class B too,” Momo informed them. “Before I approached Nezu after class, I asked Kendo at lunch if she thought her class would be interested and it’s safe to say they are.”

“Sweet! Tetsutetsu and I can demolish the arcade!” Kirishima grinned.

“Please, I’ll kick both your asses,” Bakugo scoffed, carrying a pile of bowls to the kitchen.

“You’re on, babe,” his sharp-toothed boyfriend grinned as Momo offered the next pass to Tokoyami.

“The establishment carries a unique kind of apple pie I remember fondly from my youth,” he noted and accepted the ticket. “I look forward to indulging my sweet tooth once more.”

At the mention of apples, another idea sparked in several other students’ heads.

“Momo! Do you have enough extra tickets for Eri to come with us?” Tooru asked.

“You don’t think it might be too overwhelming for her?” Kyoka noted cautiously.

“This does sound like the kind of thing she would’ve missed out on, ribbit,” Tsuyu agreed, getting supportive nods from Izuku and Ochako too.

“There’s certainly enough,” Momo nodded. “It would be down to the teachers if she could go, however.”

“No sweat,” Mina grinned. “I doubt even ol’ Aizawa could say no to that adorable unicorn.”

Once the tickets were dispensed, the rest of the clean-up was completed in short order as the class began dispersing to do their own things with the remainder of the evening.


Something as warm and comforting as hot pot had many feeling sleepy from the pleasant conversations and full bellies that led them to head to bed. One such student slipped into her bedroom, closing her eyes and letting out a deep sigh of relief, though sleep was the last thing on her mind.

Kyoka felt herself biting her lip at the images that still danced across her mind's eye and the ideas it was giving her. Seeing Izuku’s clearly developed skills with Blackwhip both on the battlefield and aiding him in general tasks had reminded her of a particular brand of fantasy she’d conjured a while back.

Her hand began drifting to her waist as she indulged in her imagination that could very well turn to reality if he was willing.

Before she could take things too far, her phone buzzed with the backup reminder to wish her father a happy birthday, shaking her from her thoughts. With a small grunt of frustration, Kyoka took a few moments to send her dad a belated message with a rock-themed singer soundlessly shouting ‘Happy Birthday Rockstar!’ before deciding that her entryway wasn’t the best place to enjoy her private thoughts.

Heading further inside, Kyoka decided not the turn her main light on at all, instead heading straight for her bed and flicking on a smaller lamp to set the mood.

Flopping onto her bed, the girl let herself lay atop her sheets for a few minutes to regather her thoughts as they inevitably returned to the person who’d been inadvertently riling her up all day.

Izuku Fuckin’ Midoriya.

She hadn’t really noticed it until now but her boyfriend had stayed true to his word and had been growing his hair out. Kyoka had to admit that she felt flattered that he was still doing so, knowing it was likely for her sake. He was just that considerate. The punk-rock girl didn’t bother pushing down the blush that pinkened her cheeks at the thought.

A long-haired Izuku certainly did something for her and she was in no mood to suppress that feeling or the fantasies that were quickly returning. Putting her phone to the side, Kyoka quickly divested herself of her top and bottoms, stripping herself and tossing them haphazardly to the side before her bra soon followed.

Sat in only her panties, Kyoka slipped between her sheets to get comfy while one of her hands also slipped down to her waistline. Her jacks were well practised by now and extended with barely a thought to vibrate and pulse gently against her nipples.

Izuku’s form returned to her mind’s eye, dressed down as much as she was with hair cascading a little further down his shoulders than it currently was and a somewhat curvier, feminine form.

It was a fantasy, she could embellish a bit.

Upon spotting her, her boyfriend said nothing, instead lashing out with his Blackwhip quirk and lifting her off her feet, pulling her close.

‘I-Izuku, what-‘ She began only for Izuku to cut her off.

‘I’ve got you now, there’s no escape,’ Imaginary Izuku grinned seductively.

‘W-What are you going to do with me?’ Imaginary Kyoka asked with a gulp as her real-world counterpart slipped her hand into her panties and rubbed at her lower lips.

Her fantasy boyfriend’s grin took on a more devilish appearance as the Blackwhip threads tightened and several ends started approaching her orifices.

‘Whatever I want,’ Izuku grinned as he pulled her closer still.

‘No, you brute!’ Kyoka protested weakly, a Blackwhip tendril catching her chin and forcing her to look at her boyfriend as his lips parted to claim hers.

Her breathing picked up and she dipped a finger into herself just as they were about to kiss, feeling her excitement already coating her entrance in anticipation, only for her phone to choose that moment to chime again.

Kyoka’s nose scrunched up as she tried to maintain her fantasy but now an oversized phone was hovering behind the scene displaying ‘New Message’ on its screen.

“Damn it,” she sighed, putting a pin in the scene before opening her eyes and reaching up for the infernal device.

Dad: Thanks kiddo, but you’re the rockstar!

Kyoka rolled her eyes at the predictable response and closed the chat. Before she put her phone back and continue with her alone time, she caught her recent innocuous messages with Momo near the top of the ‘recents’ list and paused for a moment.

A thought prodded at her brain, a particularly lewd one that she’d shared with her girlfriend a while ago.

For a moment, Kyoka pondered over the idea that blossomed in her mind. Sure, she would enjoy her time with Izuku doing… whatever he felt comfortable with at his current level, but it would certainly be elevated if she shared it with Momo. That was, provided the girl felt comfortable with such an idea herself. Momo hadn’t been dismissive of the idea when she’d presented it, but then again they were just getting over a misunderstanding.

This was an experience they could share however, and it might help both Momo and Izuku feel a bit more comfortable with each other; that what they would share was Kyoka and she’d be the one getting the most out of it was beside the point.

Biting her lip again, Kyoka decided to take a chance and opened her conversation with Momo and sent her a message.

Kyoka: Hey Momo you still awake?

The girl anxiously awaited a response, her jacks still but her other hand slipping back down to her waist to keep her fire stoked. Her heart jumped when a pair of pings announced Momo’s participation and she dove in.

Momo: I am just about to disconnect for the evening.

Momo: Is something the matter?

The punk rock girl bit her lip but pressed on.

Kyoka: Nothings wrong I just wanted to ask you something

Momo: Ask away, dear.

Kyoka: Do you remember that… fantasy I told you about a while back? The one with me and you and… Izuku?

The girl held her breath as her core clenched in both desire and anxiousness.

Momo: I do.

Kyoka wasn’t sure if the short answer was just her girlfriend being efficient or curt with her response. Maybe she should’ve done this in person but it was too late to back down now.

Kyoka: Would you be willing to do it with me if I can get Izuku on board sometime?

After that, there was a definite lull in the response time.

Kyoka let out a frustrated breath at herself for doing this now. She knew Momo and Izuku’s friendship was still rebuilding after what they’d been through and maybe this was pushing things too far. Then again, the two had done Mina together, along with Tsu, so was this really so different?

She knew the answer to that was ‘yes’ because it was her specifically that they’d be handling together and that might be too much for her girlfriend at this point.

Her train of worries was derailed when her phone buzzed again and she eagerly read Momo’s reply.

Momo: If it would make you happy, then I’m certain we can perform to your expectations.

Kyoka steadied her breathing as she felt her lower half clench in anticipation. When she closed her eyes she could almost picture what might happen and felt herself stirring to satisfy the urges she was feeling.

Before getting lost in her hormones, she typed out a response to her girlfriend, hoping Momo wasn’t just telling her what she wanted to hear.

Kyoka: If it would make you uncomfortable you can say no

Kyoka: I won’t be mad or upset or anything

There was another pause between replies before Momo responded.

Momo: I am… wary of his control and any complications that may arise.

Momo: I don’t want to risk you getting hurt.

It wasn’t an unfounded fear considering their boyfriend’s still burgeoning skills. Of course, she’d pitch it to Izuku first and see if he thought he could handle such a task with his current control level but, if not, her fantasy could definitely still work with a few minor tweaks.

Kyoka: We’ll be careful. It doesn’t have to involve his quirk if he says he’s not ready for that.

Kyoka: But I know I’m ready and I want to try that experience with the two of you.

Another short pause left Kyoka hanging.

Momo: Okay. If that’s what you want, I’ll try my best to give it to you.

The purple-haired girl breathed a sigh of relief not just that Momo was willing to indulge her, but trust and accept that she wanted to move forward with Izuku without leaving her behind.

Speaking of such things, Kyoka knew she now needed to prepare herself for whenever the three of them could find the time to get together. Work-study schedules were bound to get in the way, but hopefully they could make ‘sometime’ sooner rather than later.

Kyoka: Thanks Gorgeous. Pleasant dreams x

Momo: You too, my sweet Vixen. x

Even after so many months of dating, Kyoka still felt her heart flip at moments of affection like these. Her pulse raced and her mind was still far from ready to rest as she thought about what her next steps were.

“Okay…” she muttered to herself, feeling her pulse quicken. “Okay… this is happening.”

She breathed out a steadying sigh to contain her excitement as her logical mind reengaged. Said mind also pulled her attention to the nearby draw containing the items she’d need to make use of if her soon-to-be-attempted fantasy was to go off with minimal hitches.

Rolling off her bed into a crouch on the floor before straightening up, Kyoka hurried over to her desk and pulled open the bottom drawer. From inside she pulled out two items; a small tube of lubrication and the Izuku-shaped, earphonejack-powered vibrator Momo had created.

Kyoka was slightly taken aback by the size and feel of the device in her hand, though it had not altered since the last time she’d handled it. Although it was looking and feeling slightly more intimidating to her now knowing what was coming, she clutched it tightly while one of her jacks slipped down and plugged itself in, letting the device thrum in her hand.

The excitement and nervousness wrestled each other in her chest as she psyched herself up. She could do this, she just needed to prepare…

Notes:

Chapter summary:

- 1-A returns to their classes, chatting about their work-studies before homeroom. Before their teacher arrives, Iida announces that he's stepping down as class representative in lieu of Momo who he thinks has done a better job supporting them. Despite Bakugo's objections, he and the rest of the class agree to support the minor adjustment as Iida and Momo switch roles. Nezu arrives to take homeroom, informing them that Aizawa is off attending an important meeting and declaring that the mandatory portion of their work-studies is over before starting their classes. When the group head off to Hero Basic Training at the end of the day, Momo stays behind for a moment to talk to Nezu about something.

- All Might is substituting for Aizawa in the training exercise which the class is somewhat grateful for, getting to show off all they'd learned at their work-studies with Mina displaying percision using her acid, Tooru starting to get back to her previous skill level, and Momo making the best out of her less-than-optimal mentor. When Izuku shows off his developing control with Blackwhip, he gets the attention of one of his partners in particular before the others praise his progress, even if he fumbled the dismount. After the students are given a few minutes to chat between themselves, All Might calls them to attention before dismissing them, subtly asking Izuku to join him after class which Bakugo invites himself along too before he can ask any of the girls.

- Eraser Head and Present Mic are returning from their meeting with Kurogiri whom they discover was made using the corpse of their friend Oboro Shirakumo. Both are agitated by the emotional confrontation they'd been forced into to extract a single clue as to how it happened. During their trip back, Hizashi takes digs at Aizawa's recent behaviour with sarcasm which the man reluctantly agrees that he's been taking his anger out on his class too much. After some silence, Hizashi reigns in his frustrations and talks to Aizawa who is trying to think through what the Kurogiri revelation meant. The fact that they haven't caught the mastermind and Oboro mentioned a hospital led them both to come to the conclusion that there might be a chance Nemuri's body was taken too. They call up Nezu and demand he do everything he can to ensure their deceased friend's body wasn't messed with which Nezu complies with before the remainder of their journey is spent in silence. Arriving back at UA, Amajiki is waiting for them both as Eri's horn is hurting. Aizawa hurries to see to the girl, finding her with Mirio just in case her quirk went off before he calms her down and she's put to bed. After everyone else is dismissed, Mandalay checks on Aizawa who doesn't want to talk but is ready to admit he needs time to himself, calling up Nezu and requesting the time off he was permitted. Once granted, Aizawa decides to start healing by allowing himself to wallow, blocking out the world for a while by getting black-out drunk.

- After their talk with All Might who informs them about the previous OFA users, Izuku and Bakugo walk back to the dorms with Bakugo questioning Izuku's training intentions. Izuku theorizes who could help him with the known upcoming quirks, but Bakugo reminds him to focus mastering what he's got rather than what he will which Izuku appreciates, feeling like he and Bakugo are shoulder-to-shoulder.

- When Izuku and Bakugo get back to the dorms, everyone's involved with setting up an impromptu hot pot party to celebrate their work-studies and fun first day back. As everyone begins indulging in the food, several students detail some of the stories from their time outside of UA. When talk turns back to their growing skills, Sero notes Izuku's slip during the end of training which Izuku puts down to his growing hair, a feature others now take note of, especially Kyoka. This isn't helped when Izuku shows off some of the precision he's gained using Blackwhip to help himself to more food. Once dinner is done and the class starts cleaning up, Momo announces that her father has been impressed by hers and the class' progress and donated a gift of season pass tickets to Zoo Dreamland amusement park for everyone to use this Sunday. While several people aren't able to go or don't accept the gift, Momo subtly informs Izuku that this gift was a ruse for them to spend time together publically.

- Returning to her room after dinner, Kyoka can't keep her thoughts from turning towards Izuku and how he could use those new skills of his in the bedroom with her. Before indulging in her fantasies and turning in for the night, Kyoka asks Momo if she would be okay in going along with the fantasy she'd told the heiress about in the past. Momo appears to agree if it would make Kyoka happy which the punk-rock girl is grateful for, though Kyoka needs to prepare herself for things to go well.

Chapter 50: Support

Summary:

Classes and work-studies collide as things get busy for the group.
Hopefully, with some support from each other, they can get through the week.

***** Trigger Warning *****
Dark forced roleplay in this chapter.

Notes:

This one got away from me, not gonna lie. Hope you all enjoy what was supposed to be part two of the last chapter.

If you'd like to come yell at me or keep better tabs on how the next chapter is going or potential delays, come join us over on the discord at: https://discord.gg/x85xtWmKCa
There's also a fun new lewd MHA game of my creation to try out at the same time, and I'll be hanging around there most days, usually chatting rubbish, so feel free to bother me. :)

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

The next morning, after getting up early and feeling herself ease back into the school routine, Kyoka pondered how she could approach Izuku with her request.

Thoughts swirled around in her head as she used her bathroom to quickly clean herself and the toy after last night before putting it away in its proper place. By the time she was dressed and ready to head downstairs for breakfast, she was still no closer to her answer.

“Good Morning, Jiro,” Iida greeted enthusiastically when Kyoka made her appearance in the common room, sending a few heads swivelling in her direction. Luckily, none of those were Izuku’s or Momo’s as they both seemed to be absent for now.

“Morning Kyoka, ribbit,” Tsuyu smiled, eating a bowl of cereal next to Ochako who’d gotten herself a hearty bowl of rice to start the day off.

“Mornin’,” she acknowledged with a nod before retrieving her own breakfast; a power bar and some miso soup that needed blitzing in the microwave.

While preparing her morning meal, she was grateful the rest of her friends didn’t seem to be talkative; Shoji, Tokoyami, Sero, and even Aoyama were content to enjoy the morning’s peace. Considering Aizawa was supposed to return today, she wouldn’t be surprised if they were preoccupied with any potential criticisms they would soon face.

The quiet of the morning was broken once more when a sleepy Mina made her appearance accompanied by Tooru, both taking the stairs down instead of the elevator and heading for the baths.

“Man, I just know Mr Aizawa’s gonna get on my case about something,” Mina groaned, stifling a yawn.

“You did so well yesterday though,” Tooru tried to assure their girlfriend.

“Even if I practised my precision, it probably still won’t be enough for Mr Grumpy Pants,” Mina sighed before the pair entered the girls’ bathing area.

Kyoka snorted to herself at the confirmation and shook her head only to notice another departing the opposite baths.

Izuku emerged in some spare casual clothes, likely stashed away before his run, while his normally bouncy hair hung limply from the moisture still clinging to it from his shower. The towel around his neck caught a majority of the drips, but he didn’t catch Kyoka’s eyes watching him as he headed for the staircase and departed to get changed and ready for classes.

The punk-rock girl couldn’t help but swallow nervously after realizing she’d been checking her boyfriend out; a perfectly valid thing for most to do, but still somewhat of a foreign concept for her. The longer locks were definitely doing him favours in her eyes and Kyoka again felt her desire stir to enact her plan, though therein still lay her problem; how did she broach the topic with him?

Anxiety wrestled with her desires, only interrupted by the beeping of the microwave.

Collecting her food, Kyoka moved to sit with her other girlfriends who seemed to be just finishing up. The trio exchanged morning pleasantries again before the other two departed to finish getting ready as Kyoka continued her internal debate.

She knew it was something he’d likely enjoy, thanks to knowing his own kink about quirk-play, but could she really just come out and ask him to act like that? Even she knew he was too good-hearted to consider such things usually, but this was just for fun, so would he mind or would he think less of her for asking?

“Morning Kyoka!” A cheerful voice announced as they plopped into Tsuyu’s abandoned seat opposite her.

The punk-rock girl looked up, spotting a ruffled but smiling Tooru sit down with her breakfast while a slightly less peppy Mina slid into Ochako’s abandoned seat, both with towels around their necks and similarly moist hair from their showers.

“Hey guys,” Kyoka nodded, trying not to let her mind shift onto thoughts of her two girlfriends bathing together while popping the last of her power bar in her mouth.

“Think Aizawa’s still gonna be grumpy this week?” Tooru asked, unaware of Kyoka’s imagination while tucking into her leafy green breakfast. “Mina’s worried but I think she’ll be fine.”

“He’s always grumpy,” Mina sighed. “I’m just trying to get ahead of whatever comments he’s gonna throw my way this time.”

“Tooru’s right, you’ll be fine,” Kyoka shrugged, more preoccupied with her own thoughts. “We’ve all improved, so that should be enough for him.”

“I guess,” Mina muttered doubtfully before starting on her rice and fish breakfast.

Tooru raised a brow at Kyoka’s muted response and examined her girlfriend curiously.

“Something on your mind?” Tooru asked in a quiet tone, getting Kyoka’s attention in a way her previous question hadn’t.

“What? I’m fine,” Kyoka shrugged quickly, though now Mina seemed to pick up on her tone with both her and Tooru exchanging somewhat suspicious looks.

“Thinking about yesterday too?” Mina joined in.

“No…” Kyoka admitted. Though her thoughts were technically about yesterday’s developments, her lingering awkwardness began showing in her expression. “W-Well…”

Rather than breaking into cheeky grins at uncovering something juicy, both Tooru and Mina smiled warmly at their secret girlfriend, both glancing around to check if anyone was listening in.

“Something we can help with?” Mina offered with a subtle wink.

Kyoka’s first instinct was to reject her offer, wanting to keep her own council about the specific fantasy she planned to approach their shared boyfriend with. The thought then occurred to her that Mina had managed to orchestrate her own little indulgence with both Momo and Izuku along with Tsuyu a while back, having been told as much by the heiress. Maybe Mina could help her with her problem.

“Actually…” Kyoka spoke after a few moments before hesitating and looking down at her finished breakfast. Tooru and Mina waited patiently as Kyoka seemed to wrestle with herself before checking around again and speaking in a low voice. “How did you ask those three to er… do what you wanted before?”

“Those three?” Mina frowned, wondering what Kyoka was referring to. It only clicked when Kyoka raised her brows suggestively before glancing down at her chest, her mind casting itself back to her stress-relief session a few weeks back now. “Oh!” The pinkette exclaimed a little too loudly before tamping herself down and, much to Kyoka’s frustration, just shrugged. “Right, that. I er… I dunno. I just asked.”

The punk-rock girl groaned and hung her head.

Tooru chuckled, having also heard about Mina’s session with their partners and quickly deduced what Kyoka was really after.

“I’m guessing there’s something you wanna do with a certain pair of people?” The blush was all the answer she needed.

“Oh, if that’s all,” Mina realized. “Then yeah, it didn’t take much convincing to get those two to work together.”

“So you just like… a-asked him directly?” Kyoka pressed, the redness in her cheeks refusing to be suppressed.

“Not like it’s any different from asking one of the others,” Mina shrugged, though with the way Kyoka bit her lip she remained unconvinced. Reaching out, Mina gently clasped one of Kyoka’s hands in her own and got the girl to meet her eye once again, hopefully conveying her understanding of the matter to help calm her girlfriend’s anxieties. “I know you’re still feeling a bit weird about it but trust me when I say he’s very understanding and caring about that stuff.”

“I know that much,” Kyoka sighed, feeling somewhat comforted by Mina’s touch. “But what I want’s a bit… weird.” she continued, daring not speak above a whisper.

“More than just quirk stuff?” Mina raised a curious brow and got a shameful nod from her girlfriend. “Then just be honest and I’m sure he’ll do his best,” she smiled.

“As long as it’s not hurting anyone I’m sure he won’t mind,” Tooru chuckled, though Kyoka couldn’t help feel a little awkward at the reminder of Momo and Izuku’s other previous interaction regarding something like this. The former invisible girl didn’t seem to discern the reason for her minor grimace and pressed on. “You want us to be there so it’s less awkward?”

“No chance,” Kyoka shook her head, certainly not wanting an audience for this.

“Well, just let us know if you need anything then, okay, hun?” Mina smiled again, lightly squeezing her girlfriend’s hand before pulling back to focus on her food once more.

Kyoka could at least agree to that much, a small, grateful smile returning to her face as she bussed her empty bowl. It still didn’t quite solve her issue but it at least gave her some more confidence that things would work out. The only question left now was when to approach her boyfriend to proposition him.


The punk-rock girl decided to walk to class by herself that morning, her mind still preoccupied over her dilemma. Sitting in homeroom offered her a brief reprieve before everyone else turned up, but once she heard Izuku and Momo’s familiar footsteps through her quirk as they settled into their assigned seats she could almost imagine their eyes on her back.

Well, at least Momo’s. Izuku was sitting five feet away and blissfully unaware of what she was planning.

Kyoka took a deep breath to calm her nerves, safe in the knowledge that she couldn’t talk to him about it while attending classes.

Thankfully, a new development arrived that temporarily displaced her thoughts as the classroom door slid open on the hour.

“Good morning again class,” Nezu’s chipper voice called out as he strode into the room and hopped up onto the podium once more.

“Principal Nezu?” The class responded collectively with confusion.

“Where’s Mr Aizawa?” Kirishima’s hand shot up.

“Worry not,” Nezu smiled with something akin to relief. “He has simply taken some much overdue time off for overworking himself recently. Mandalay has kindly offered to take over the remainder of your classes with him for the week so you won’t be going without a teacher, though I hope you won’t be taking that as an opportunity to slack off.”

A few of the lower ranked students could tell the comment was directed at them and resolved to do their best, settling for savouring the relief from Aizawa’s sharp tongue. Still, as much as they reluctantly understood that he pushed them for their own good, they certainly didn’t want him to push his health to the brink at the same time.

“What does that mean for me, sir?” Shinso raised his hand, a light frown on his brow.

“I assure you this won’t damper your work-study experience, Mr Shinso,” Nezu acknowledged. “Tiger has graciously offered to substitute in his place.”

“Oh, good,” Shinso sighed, recalling the strain the male pussycat had pushed him to during their class training.

“At least it’ll help you catch up to us from missing the training camp,” Kaminari chuckled.

“As long as I don’t have to be attacked by villains I’m sure I can handle it,” the weary boy shrugged indifferently.

“Do you have a timeframe for when we can expect our teacher to return?” Iida raised his hand.

“I expect he’ll be back in your presence by the time of the outing I believe Miss Yaoyorozu has informed you all about,” Nezu glanced at the heiress and got a nod of confirmation. “Well, with announcements out of the way, shall we get down to business?”

Despite the lack of Aizawa, their first lessons of the day proceeded as normal, which Kyoka was admittedly thankful for. It gave her a nice reprieve from her thoughts, at least until lunch.

Between classes, she’d decided to try and catch Izuku when he was in his room to make her request so she could at least escape the awkward situation if he turned her down.

That is, if the answer was no. If it wasn’t, then they’d have to plan out when to do it.

Tonight was definitely too soon. Even if it was her idea, the soreness Kyoka was feeling meant she needed more time to prepare. They also had homework and work-studies to factor in too, which could be a problem, not to mention if any of the other girls wanted to spend some time with them.

As Kyoka was lost in her thoughts while everyone else packed up for lunch, a trio of vibrations went off across three phones in their class. Rising to her feet, Kyoka started packing her books away, oblivious to the conversations around her until she spotted Bakugo turn and approach Izuku’s desk.

“You get called in too?”

“Yeah,” Izuku replied.

“I guess he wants all three of us then,” Todoroki spoke up from behind as he joined the pair. “We’ll need to let someone know we need to leave campus.”

That had Kyoka’s attention.

“You guys are leaving?” She turned to the trio, feeling a pang of disappointment in her chest.

“Endeavor wants us for afternoon patrol,” Todoroki nodded. “He says to pack for the week.”

“The week?” Kyoka’s brows rose. “You guys do realize you have school too, right?”

“There’s more crime on weekdays,” Bakugo replied factually before his indifferent expression shifted into a cocky one. “All the better for us to show that hothead up again.”

“But not great if we have assignments due,” Izuku sweatdropped.

“Don’t fear,” Momo approached them all. “If you are to leave immediately I’ll let our teachers know during our next classes and send you all the assignment details.”

“That’d be really helpful, thanks Momo,” Izuku smiled brightly as Todoroki also nodded in appreciation.

“Whatever,” Bakugo scoffed, figuring he would’ve gotten the assignments from Eijiro anyway. “Let’s go.”

Kyoka felt her heart lurch awkwardly as the trio grabbed their bags and costume cases and started heading for the door. While she’d desired more time to build herself up to talk to her boyfriend, this wasn’t what she wanted.

“Uh, wait!” She called out, catching not just their attention but a few of her other classmates’ too. When several sets of eyes swivelled to look at her, including her green-haired boyfriend’s, Kyoka could feel every anxious inch of her body desire to flee from the awkwardness she’d just created for herself.

“Something wrong?” Izuku asked curiously.

“I uh…” Kyoka blinked, mind quickly trying to conjure a valid reason for stopping them that wasn’t remotely related to her true intentions. “I wanted… to get your feedback on my quirk stuff,” she responded. “I didn’t get a chance to last night and if you’re gone for a week…”

“That shit can wait,” Bakugo rolled his eyes and continued towards the door.

Endeavor can wait a few minutes,” Izuku retorted with a shake of his head.

“I agree with Izuku,” Todoroki said, causing the blond to groan in frustration.

“Whatever. Just get it over with before that asshole comes to get us.”

Kyoka breathed a sigh of relief when Bakugo left while Izuku stayed, reaching into his bag to pull out his infamous notebook and approaching her. She grimaced as, with Todoroki waiting at the door, Momo hovering over her shoulder, and Aoyama settling in for his normal meal in the classroom, this wasn’t the place to have the discussion she needed.

“What part did you want to talk about?” Izuku offered helpfully.

Kyoka could feel her chest tense up as the awkwardness continued. There was nothing else she could do and knew she needed to take a small hit to keep a much bigger one from developing.

“Actually, can I talk to you in private?” Kyoka asked, pumping her eyebrows so her boyfriend would get the hint. “I wanna keep my new moves secret in case I go up against someone in training.”

“O-Oh!” Izuku blinked, seemingly getting the hint that eased the tension in Kyoka’s chest. “Right, uh… let’s go find somewhere quiet then.”

With a grateful nod, Kyoka grabbed the remainder of her things and followed Izuku out the door.

Behind her, Momo had a suspicion she knew exactly what Kyoka really wanted to talk to Izuku about and felt that jealous feeling stirring in her chest again. Taking a deep, calming breath, she mentally worked through her feelings and let the minor irritation she felt fall away.

Though the others weren’t around to see it, Momo felt her jealousy replace itself with pride as she acknowledged her own growth, hoping she could maintain this mindset.

As she departed, intending to wait for Kyoka in the cafeteria with the others, a blond eyebrow rose curiously.


Finding a nearby empty classroom, Izuku and Kyoka stepped inside where the punk-rock girl breathed a little easier now there weren’t so many eyes on her.

“So…” Izuku spoke up as he stood by awkwardly, “you wanted to talk about something?”

Kyoka sighed as she realized she’d inadvertently forced her own hand in this matter. Still, no backing down now. Plus Ultra and whatnot, right?

“Yeah, um,” Kyoka avoided Izuku’s eyes, fixating on his tie instead of his endearing gaze. Izuku couldn’t quite identify what Kyoka wanted but he had a suspicion, her twitching jacks and reddening cheeks giving him a significant clue. “So uh, t-there’s this thing I thought about a while ago. Something I wanna try doing… with y-you.”

“Right,” Izuku nodded patiently, idly noting her blushing stutter was adorable but knew he should keep that observation to himself. This clearly wasn’t about training but he didn’t want to jump the gun.

“It would uh… a-also involve Momo,” Kyoka admitted, glancing up at him nervously to try and gauge his reaction, though the only thing that had changed on his rounded features was the small, genuine smile he now sported.

“Ah.”

“Yeah…” Kyoka nodded. “I know you two are still feeling things out but-”

“Don’t worry about that. If it would make you happy, then I’m sure it’ll be fine,” Izuku smiled before quickly adding, “p-providing she says yes too, of course.”

“She already has,” Kyoka confirmed with a single chuckle, reminded again of how similar they could sometimes be. “But um… what I want is kind of er… w-weird.”

“O-Oh?” Izuku hesitated, not quite sure what to brace himself for. “Should I be worried?”

“Uh, well…” Kyoka flexed her hands awkwardly. Taking a deep breath, she cautiously began revealing the somewhat darker fantasy that had crept into her mind at one point and had become a guilty indulgence.

The more details Kyoka revealed, the more Izuku’s brows rose. As she talked, he couldn’t help picturing the scene in his head and his cheeks rapidly pinkened. By the time Kyoka reached the end of her confession, both teens were blushing deeply and avoiding each other’s eyes.

“I-I figured since you were gonna be gone for the rest of the week it would be um… best to ask you now so you can like… mull it over or whatever,” the punk-rock girl spoke again, eyes focused firmly on the floor and one arm rubbing the other anxiously.

To Izuku, it was clear now why Kyoka hadn’t wanted to let him leave before asking, though he wasn’t quite sure if it wouldn’t also prove an unfortunate distraction at the same time; training at the agency would be a bit trickier with this in the back of his mind.

“O-Okay, um…” Izuku paused to reassess all Kyoka had said, blush enkindling. “W-Well I can safely say that I’ve um… t-thought about some of that myself.”

“I figured you might’ve,” Kyoka nodded nervously, “but uh… i-if the rest is too much, please don’t push yourself just to make me happy.”

Izuku could appreciate how awkward this was for Kyoka, especially with the history between them. That wasn’t even mentioning how her request wasn’t something he’d ever thought about doing, but what she’d asked… it was just roleplaying.

“I’ll… try my best?” Izuku offered cautiously. “I mean, I don’t really know what to say so-”

“Like I said, just… think on it,” Kyoka reminded him, finally managing to look Izuku in the eye again now all the sordid details were divulged and any worst case reactions hadn’t happened. “If you’re um… still good to go when you get back… we can go through things before doing it just so everything’s clear.”

That made the most sense to Izuku and he was happy enough to agree to that much except for one minor aspect.

Still good to go?” He chuckled and raised a brow.

Kyoka blinked and couldn’t help rolling her eyes fondly at her boyfriend’s endearing obliviousness.

“Dude,” Kyoka shook her head before glancing out the nearby window into the hall while one of her jacks extended downwards. It trailed down the waist height and tapped a notable protrusion on Izuku’s trousers that had steadily grown while she was relaying her fantasy. When a single, light heartbeat buzz from Kyoka entered Izuku’s system from the tip of his sensitive organ, he felt a full-body shiver temporarily overtake him.

Kyoka wouldn’t admit how much seeing him almost reduced to a puddle with a single touch sent a similar shiver through her own body. Luckily the hustle and bustle of other students roaming the hall kept their minds on the here and now rather than shifting towards anything more temptuous.

“I-I should go,” Izuku quickly shook his head to clear his mind. “B-Bakugo and Todoroki are probably waiting on me.”

“Y-Yeah, I should go get lunch or something,” Kyoka nodded, again averting her eyes from Izuku and reaching for the door.

“Wait, um…” Izuku spoke before she could break the room’s seal and they returned to their normal days. “I uh…” he hesitated, trying to find the words he felt he needed to say amidst the lewd imagery that lingered. “T-Thank you for um… trusting me with this.”

“I’m not just trusting you with this,” Kyoka rolled her eyes before returning to the shy state she’d started this situation with. “I… I’m looking forward to what… kind of stuff it’ll mean for us,” she admitted. “Not just um… me, you and uh, Momo, but… all of us.”

As awkward, yet enlightening, as this encounter had been, Izuku could feel the confidence he’d gained since joining them surge to make a cheeky comment.

“I look forward to all those other fantasies too,” he pumped his eyebrows twice, breaking into a laugh when Kyoka’s face rapidly reddened once more.

“Shut up!” She retorted, causing Izuku to hold his hands up in surrender as his giggles faded.

“I’m sorry.”

“Hmph, you should be,” Kyoka pouted. “See if I share anything else with you after this.”

“I hope that won’t be the case,” Izuku’s smirk softened into a smile before he reached out and gently took one of Kyoka’s hands, giving it a soft yet assuring squeeze. “I’ve… really liked getting to learn all about m-my cool punk girlfriend.”

Kyoka sighed, releasing her minor indignation as her boyfriend’s sweet side quickly returned, feeling her bravado melt beneath his raw, genuine honesty.

“Yeah, yeah,” she muttered with a quick shake of her head. “I’ve… liked getting to know you too, Squishy.”

Izuku’s smile grew and felt his heart pang at the familiar nickname falling from Kyoka’s lips as though it was his first time hearing it.

While his mind was muddled in the endorphins currently rushing through his brain, Kyoka swiftly pushed herself up on her tiptoes for the little extra height she needed to place a sneaky kiss on Izuku’s cheek.

Before the greenette could fully process what had just happened, Kyoka was already pulling open the door and taking her leave, face aflush once more and trying to hide it by moving quickly and keeping her eyes low.

Izuku gently touched the tingling spot on his cheek and could swear he felt a warmth continuing to linger there. Kyoka may have been the prickliest of the group when he’d first been invited to join their sleepover, but sometimes he swore she could be the cutest and most romantic out of them all.

Taking a few moments to calm himself, briefly reminded that the original subject Kyoka led him here to discuss was almost the opposite of cute and romantic, he departed with a light heart but a full brain, pondering over how he would approach the situation when he got back.


In the cafeteria, Mina and the others were settling down to their lunch. Before Momo could indulge, she spotted Kendo from class B and asked the others to guard her meal while she passed the season passes for their fellow class.

“Man, this Sunday’s gonna rock!” Mina cheered with a bright grin.

“I pulled up the map of the place last night and planned a route through all the best rides and food spots!” Tooru joined her girlfriend after munching on a carrot stick.

“Can I get in on that?” Ochako asked, her mouth watering at the thought of delicious sweet things and not just from her imminent lunch.

“It’s certainly gonna be something, ribbit,” Tsuyu spoke up with noticeably more of a downbeat tone. The enthusiastic trio paused in their delight when Ochako gently took her public girlfriend’s hand.

“Something wrong, Tsu?” Tooru tilted her head.

“I’m sure you’ll have fun,” the frog girl shrugged, “but knowing that there’s ulterior motives behind it doesn’t sit right with me.”

“Oh, yeah,” Ochako’s lips thinned. Izuku had told them of his suspicions last night after the class had broken up for the evening. “Guess Momo and Izuku will probably explore the park together at some point.”

Mina and Tooru’s faces dropped as they caught on to the deduction.

“What are we talking about?” A new voice interrupted as Kyoka appeared and took an empty seat by the tray of food that her girlfriends had thoughtfully grabbed for her.

“Just how Momo’s parents are big butts and doing this whole trip thing to push her and Izuku together,” Tooru sighed.

“Only just figured that out, did you?” Kyoka snorted before tucking into her rice.

“Those assholes also probably saw this as a good opportunity to score some brownie points with future heroes,” Mina groaned, thinking it through more deeply now. “Gah, I almost fell for it too.”

“You’re still better than most of the others,” Kyoka replied, gesturing with a jack towards a table that held class B students who were excitedly looking over their recently acquired passes. While they were likely planning out their day of fun, none of them knew how quickly the Yaoyorozu parents would step on them and their dreams to get what they wanted.

“That doesn’t mean we can’t still enjoy it a little, right?” Tooru asked, feeling a little guilty for her anticipation, even if the ‘gift’ wasn’t wholly sincere.

“Maybe we should ask Momo,” Ochako pointed over at their girlfriend who was now heading their way after having given out the last of the passes. The heiress looked curiously at her many partners as she approached and cautiously took her seat.

“Momo, what’s really going on with Sunday,” Tooru blurted out, only just remembering to keep her tone down so others nearby didn’t get the wrong idea.

The raven-haired girl blinked before letting out a small sigh, a guilty look taking over her face.

“My father being his usual self,” Momo reluctantly admitted, picking up her chopsticks wearily.

“So… this is all just a bribe?” Tooru drooped.

“Oh, not at all,” the heiress brightened somewhat. “My father’s original idea was to… buy out the entire park for a day so Izuku and I could have total privacy while I… wooed him away from you,” she glanced guiltily at Ochako and Tsuyu, “I managed to talk him down by reasoning that it would make our intentions crystal clear as well as potentially alienate him and the rest of our peers. At least this way everyone can benefit from my family’s deceptions.”

“I’m sure regular folks that plan to go on Sunday will appreciate it too,” Ochako agreed.

“I guess that makes this more your gift to the class rather than theirs,” Kyoka conceded with a touch of relief.

“That makes it so much better!” Tooru relaxed, feeling her enthusiasm returning, though she noticed the same couldn’t be said for Tsu.

“I’m guessing that doesn’t fix that gut punch you’re still feeling, ey, Tsu?” Mina sent the girl a commiserating half-smile.

“That, and it kinda reminds me of my siblings,” Tsuyu admitted with a soft, sad croak. “Zoo Dreamland was our favourite theme park. The other two couldn’t go on all the rides when we went last time, but my dad took me on the scarier ones when I was old enough.”

The other girls could feel their froggy girlfriend’s sadness.

“At least you’ll have all of us to go around with this time,” Tooru tried to cheer her up.

“I’m sure Momo and Izuku won’t need to spend the whole day together, right?” Ochako looked pointedly at Momo, hoping the girl got her hint.

“O-Oh, no,” Momo quickly agreed. “Though it may be best to discuss it later, there should be plenty of time for you to enjoy the park before that.”

Tsuyu’s lips curled into a small but unmistakably grateful smile at that news.

“Speaking of Squishy,” Mina noted, glancing over at Kyoka. “Is he not coming to lunch?”

“Endeavor called,” Kyoka responded simply. “He’s probably gonna be out for the rest of the week.”

Tsuyu’s shoulders once again sagged and were joined by Ochako’s this time.

“Guess we should expect that from a work-study under the number one hero,” Ochako sighed.

“Hopefully that flaming ass won’t make him stay on Sunday too,” Tsuyu chuckled bitterly before glancing at Momo. “Don’t think your parents would be too happy about that.”

“I doubt they would,” Momo nodded, feeling her heart go out to her girlfriend.

“Guess that means another Friday sleepover’s out,” Mina pouted. “Even if he comes back on Friday, there’s no chance he’ll be up for fun.”

“Probably not,” Ochako agreed before pondering for a moment. “We could always have a good ol’ ‘girls only’ sleepover again like before.”

“I… wouldn’t say no to that,” Kyoka admitted. Given her own upcoming plans with Izuku, it might be nice to reconnect with just the six of them.

“I’ve got Rock Lock’s on Thursday but I’m good for Friday,” Mina grinned excitedly.

“Tsu and I have Ryukyu’s tomorrow and Saturday but that’s it,” Ochako said.

“Just after-school training for me whenever Ragdoll tells me,” Tooru smiled.

“Unfortunately, I am scheduled to be out that day for my work-study,” Momo informed them, knowing it likely wouldn’t be the most productive or enjoyable use of her dwindling free time. The sight of her five girlfriends’ faces falling made her heart ache. “T-Though please feel free to host it without me. I dare say this may be the norm for a number of weeks and could be the best chance you’ll have for the near future.”

“This term does seem like it’s gonna be super packed,” Mina agreed.

“If you’re sure,” Ochako double-checked just to be sure, getting a firm nod from Momo to solidify their plan.

“Means we can do something else other than ‘Truth or Dare’ for a change,” Kyoka chuckled.

“And lose the chance to take down the Queen?!” Mina exaggerated an offended gasp.

“Your funeral, ribbit,” Tsuyu chuckled.

“Ooo, we could do a beauty day!” Tooru enthused. “We haven’t had a sleepover since I broke my quirk, so now I can actually see how make-up looks on me and stuff!”

“And you can properly check out how your hair looks in a braid,” Mina smiled.

“What’s left of it, anyway,” Kyoka reminded them before Tooru giggled and brushed out her shorter hair that shimmered in the afternoon sun.

As the group began planning out their plans for Friday night, Momo felt the pang of pain in her heart ease as genuine joy returned to Tsuyu’s face. Missing out on this sleepover wasn’t ideal but keeping the others happy was her main priority at the moment considering her parents’ machinations. She just hoped that when the dust settled, they’d all still be able to be happy together.


While the rest of Tuesday faded easily into Wednesday for most, three particular students felt like they’d barely had a break before they resumed their intense training and patrols for the Endeavor agency.

After their Tuesday classes and travel to their work-study, they’d immediately been thrust back into the perils of pro-hero life, joining Endeavor on his afternoon patrol where there were still plenty of chances to beat him to a villain.

Despite their success in the previous week, it seemed that the number one pro had returned to the top of his game, taking care of most calls before the trio could arrive at the scene, though for a couple of the more intense incidents they’d at least managed to arrive before it was over and help out.

True to her word, after patrol and private training in the agency’s gym, Momo had sent the three of them the assignments they’d missed receiving for class, though only Izuku also received a copy of the notes she’d taken that he was exceedingly grateful for.

Despite practically crawling into bed that night after both revising what he’d missed and trying to get in some extra Blackwhip training, Endeavor didn’t seem to ease up on them the next day, heading out for both morning and afternoon patrol with a very light lunch between them.

Contrary to their expectations however, once the latest car-jacking criminal had been apprehended and the group received their next request for aid, Endeavor called a pause to their patrol for the moment.

“That’ll be all for today,” he announced to the students as the police secured the criminal. “Head back to the agency for debriefing.”

“What the hell?!” Bakugo groaned, an errant explosion erupting from one of his hands. “Why are we heading back now?”

“For reasons that’ll become clear when you return to the office,” Endeavor replied simply. “The other sidekicks will update you when you arrive.”

Other sidekicks?” Todoroki queried, though he was evidently ignored when the pro put his finger to his ear to engage his communicator.

“Burnin’, where are you right now?”

“About three miles from your position. Just locked down a purse-snatcher,” the flaming sidekicker responded on the group channel.

“Meet me at the Bear villain’s location to provide crowd control,” Endeavor announced before taking off with his quirk and leaving the three students behind.

“Yes, sir,” Burnin’s reply came through as the trio were seemingly dismissed.

“Damn it!” Bakugo groaned. “The hell was that for? We coulda taken that villain down!”

“Or at least provided crowd control,” Izuku mused, putting a pondering finger to his chin like his froggy girlfriend would. “There’s three of us so we would’ve been better suited for it too.”

“Did you both forget what day it is?” Todoroki asked curiously as he started heading back towards the agency.

Bakugo glared at the insinuation he’d forgotten something important while Izuku’s brow furrowed trying to recollect that information.

“Oh!” He exclaimed suddenly. “It’s Burnin’s birthday!”

“Yes,” Todoroki nodded lightly, though he didn’t seem too enthusiastic at the notion. “I suspect we are heading back early to assist in preparing the surprise party for her like she did for me last week.”

“And we all remember how well that went,” Bakugo huffed at the patrol being cut short for something like this.

Izuku just chuckled nervously and hoped Bakugo wouldn’t take it out on the birthday girl herself, wondering if he could placate his friend with the promise of further training like the three of them had done together last time.

Thinking about it, Todoroki had been somewhat quiet throughout patrol today and seemed in even less of a party mood than he did last week. He idly wondered if it was somehow related, but he decided to talk to his friend after the celebration if he didn’t perk up.

Upon their arrival back at the agency, the trio weren’t caught off guard when they were swept up into the party preparations, helping set up the food table and decorations for when Burnin’ arrived back.

While Bakugo carried out the duty with no small measure of grumbling, everything was set up in time. Kido had even pulled the three aside and asked if they’d wanted to sign the group card the office had gotten for Burnin, which they all did.

‘Happy Birthday, from Shoto’.

‘Have a very happy birthday! I hope you’ve had a great year and that the next is filled with great things too! Deku’

‘You’ve aged. Bakugo’

With everything ready, the office didn’t have to wait long for Endeavor and Burnin’ to arrive after their last call wrapped up as quickly as they expected it would. When the pair entered the office, party poppers and cheers went off for the flaming-haired woman who laughed eagerly at the display.

“Oh my, what a surprise! This is totally unexpected!”

Many of her teammates rolled their eyes as this had been her reaction for years, but it didn’t dampen anyone’s desire for partying any less. After all, she’d never let them hear the end of it if they slacked off celebrating her.

While everyone was distracted gathering around the birthday girl and presenting her with the token gifts and card they’d gotten her, which she eagerly accepted, Izuku felt a firm tapping on his shoulder and turned to look up at the looming figure of Endeavor.

“Deku, a word?”

He didn’t look immediately angry but Izuku simply didn’t know enough about him to know what had warranted such attention. He suppressed a nervous swallow, opting instead for a shaky nod before turning away from the festivities and following Endeavor into the man’s office alone.

His departure wasn’t unnoticed by his friends who both frowned at the sight before catching each other’s eyes. A silent message passed between them as they tried to split their attention between the party before them and the now-closed doors to their boss’ office.

Inside, the number one hero led his work-study student to the small seating area in the middle of the room.

“Take a seat,” he gestured to the two lounge chairs on one side.

Izuku saw no reason to decline the offer and hurried to settle himself on one of the two expensive-looking, yet somewhat uncomfortable, leather seats. He tried not to look too awkward as Endeavor settled down opposite him on the couch with the coffee table between them, but he wasn’t sure how good of a job he was doing going by Endeavor’s expression.

For a moment the two sat in an uneasy silence as Izuku tried to puzzle out what he was here for while Enji was gathering his thoughts.

“Would you like a drink?” The man spoke after a few moments.

“O-Oh! N-No, it’s okay, I’m fine,” Izuku quickly assured him.

“Very well,” Enji nodded. “I suppose I should cut to the chase of this discussion so you can enjoy the rest of the festivities with the others.” Izuku breathed a small, internal sigh of relief as it seemed this wasn’t about him being let go from the agency or anything. “I would like to discuss what exactly you said to my daughter during your visit last week.”

Any relief Izuku felt immediately dissolved in favour of anxiety locking up all his limbs; his ‘fight or flight’ instincts had evidently settled on ‘freeze’.

“U-Uh…” Izuku hesitated, wondering just how much Endeavor knew as he tried to recall his conversation with Fuyumi in full. “W-W-What about it s-specifically?”

“I’m not a fool, Midoriya,” Enji stated simply. “I am aware the… get-together at my estate did not go as smoothly as my daughter expected. I can only apologise for my other son’s behaviour during dinner and once again express my gratitude to you for your part in his rescue when I was… unable to act afterwards,” the man acknowledged with a small nod.

“T-That’s quite alright, n-no harm done!” Izuku brushed off.

“However,” Enji continued. “I am also aware that, while Shoto and Bakugo sought me out after Natsuo stormed out, you had the opportunity to talk to my daughter.” Izuku could feel himself sweating now, only to notice Enji’s gaze and eyes soften. “She’s been… quieter since that time. I can’t recall the last week that’s passed where she didn’t try to push for a family dinner. Not until now. The only difference was your visit, so I’ll ask again; what exactly did you say to upset my daughter?”

Izuku’s eyes widened in realization as he immediately understood the reason for Fuyumi’s change of heart and his place in it. After hearing more about the Todoroki family’s past, Izuku was surprised to see Endeavor’s protective side emerging for something like this, but that didn’t help his current predicament. Lying to the man was off the table so he figured there was no other option but to tell him the unpleasant truth; he only hoped that he’d still have a job after he did.

Izuku’s anxiety stilled as he took a long, deep breath before looking the number one hero firmly in the eyes.

“First, thank you again for inviting us to dinner. As you say, it may not have gone quite as smoothly as expected, but I was very glad to meet my friend’s siblings,” Izuku replied in a calm, even tone. “As for what I said to Fuyumi,” Endeavor rose a brow at the familiar addressing of his daughter, “when she told me more about your family’s past and how she was trying to fix it, I told her… that she was acting like you.”

Endeavor’s brows rose and his flaming moustache and beard flared when he inhaled a breath but he remained silent which Izuku took as his cue to continue.

“She was trying her best to reform your family by forcing them into a mould she desires and even I could see it was hurting Natsuo. I told you before, during the sports festival, that Shoto’s your son, but he isn’t you. The same goes for Fuyumi too but… I could see that she was making the same mistake you were. All I did was remind her of that fact and… the pain it had already caused your family. Even if Shoto and his mother were the ones most directly affected by the past, I believe everyone was hurt in other ways too.”

Endeavor’s breathing stilled and his flaming features extinguished, though it went unnoticed by the man.

“I can only apologize for my part as I didn’t mean to hurt Fuyumi’s feelings. For that, I’m sorry,” Izuku bowed his head. “However, I still believe it is something she needed to hear.”

With his piece said, Izuku braced himself for Endeavor’s wrath.

The man simply sat there, his face stony still without the ever-flickering flames that usually adorned his features. Izuku briefly wondered if he was even breathing until he saw the man’s chest gently rise and fall.

“I see,” was all Enji replied with.

An awkward silence lingered in the air as Izuku wasn’t quite sure how to, or even if he should respond to that.

“I suppose… I shouldn’t be surprised,” Enji spoke up again. “I’m sure, as Shoto’s friend, he’s given you plenty of context around our family.”

“He has,” Izuku confirmed, though Fuyumi had provided even more than he’d let Shoto know he knew about.

A few more moments passed with the only sounds in the room being the pair’s breathing and the muted birthday celebrations from the other room.

“Then… I should thank you, Midoriya,” Enji conceded, causing Izuku’s breath to catch.

“P-Pardon, sir?” He blinked.

“I said,” the man’s tone raised in frustration only for him to catch himself, taking a moment to breathe before unmistakably bowing his head more deeply than Izuku had ever seen him do. “Thank you, Midoriya.”

“Uh… I-I-” Izuku stammered as he tried to put together a suitable response only for Enji to continue.

“While not ideal, I believe you may have helped my daughter in a way I… could not. For that, I’m grateful.”

“N-No problem, sir,” Izuku bowed politely in response.

However,” the man returned to an upright position, his glare returning and levied at Izuku. “You still upset my daughter. For that, I expect an extra fifty laps around the gym before the end of the day.”

“Er,” Izuku blinked. Surprised it wasn’t more considering his usual demand of one hundred. “Y-Yes, sir!”

“Good,” Endeavor nodded before rising from his spot, “you’re dismissed.”

Izuku similarly rose from his spot and headed for the door but slowed when it seemed Endeavor wasn’t joining him.

“Are you not coming too, er, sir?” Izuku asked curiously.

“Out!” Endeavor ordered more firmly, causing any further hesitations of Izuku’s to vanish as he hurried out the doors to the office.

Breathing a deep sigh of relief once there was a thick layer of wood between them, Izuku’s whole body relaxed in a slump as the tension started dissipating from him.

“Are you okay?”

The greenette resisted the urge to jump at the unexpected question and looked up to see a concerned-looking Todoroki standing nearby while Bakugo seemed to be distracted by a shouting match with Burnin’.

“I’m fine,” he assured his friend. “Endeavor er… just wanted to talk to me about something from last week.”

“Oh?” Todoroki tilted his head in inquiry.

“I’ll… tell you later,” Izuku assured him, hoping Todoroki wouldn’t be too upset about the details his sister had revealed to him in private. “Should we go rescue Burnin’ from Bakugo?”

Todoroki glanced over at the scene that had been going on for a good two minutes already.

“Very well,” Todoroki shrugged as the two headed back toward the celebration.

“How do you think you’re ever gonna make pro if you don’t show the proper respect to your seniors!” Burnin’ yelled with a challenging glare.

“Oh, you’re senior alright; a senior citizen that we should put into a home!” Bakugo retorted with an equally fierce glare.

“What happened?” Izuku asked Todoroki as the pair approached.

“Apparently Bakugo wrote that she was old in her card and she didn’t like that,” Todoroki muttered, though it wasn’t quiet enough to avoid both angry quarrellers’ attention.

“Don’t lie Icy-Hot, I said she’s aged which is factually correct,” Bakugo argued.

“And disrespectful, you never say that to a woman,” Burnin’ glared again.

“It’s a fuckin’ birthday card,” Bakugo pointed out.

“And you shouldn’t be disrespectin’ me on my birthday, brat,” Burnin’ scoffed.

“You two should quieten down before Endeavor gets annoyed,” Izuku interjected before they could get carried away again. “I’m sure he wouldn’t take kindly to you both causing such noise.”

Burnin’ blinked at the remark, her eyes darting to the greenette before settling on Todoroki and her expression softened.

“He’s… not one for celebrating or scolding today,” she said plainly. “I used to think he had an issue with me but…”

“But what?” Bakugo’s brow rose.

Todoroki’s mouth opened slightly as he realized what Burnin’ knew. That was all the information she needed to keep her own mouth shut.

“Don’t worry about it,” Burnin’s usual grin returned after she shook her head. “You kids should savour this time off and enjoy the party while you can. I’m sure Endeavor’s gonna put you through the wringer later,” she then rounded on Bakugo once more. “Because if he’s not up for it, I certainly am.”

“Oh please, like you could-” Bakugo began but Burnin’ seemed to have lost any interest in verbally sparring with the blond and returned to the other sidekickers who handed her a cup of something. Having lost his target, Bakugo simply snorted and turned his focus on his friends who hadn’t felt the urge to follow after the woman, looking at Todoroki suspiciously. “What was that about?”

“Shouldn’t we be asking you that?" Izuku deadpanned.

“It’s nothing,” Todoroki shook his head.

“That wasn’t nothing,” Bakugo rejected. “What’s the deal? Has it got something to do with why you’ve been so damn quiet all day?”

Surprise settled on Izuku’s face that Bakugo had noticed their friend’s more reserved demeanour too and reluctantly turned to focus on him too.

“Todoroki?” Izuku asked, hoping his less accusatory tone would help his friend understand that he was more worried than curious.

“I’ll… tell you later?” Todoroki offered, hoping Izuku would offer him the same delay he’d given him.

“No chance,” Bakugo’s eyes narrowed before rounding on Izuku, “and don’t think you’re getting out of telling us what the hell that flaming asshole wanted to talk to you about.”

“Figures,” Izuku sighed, knowing Bakugo wasn’t going to be one to let this drop as Todoroki had.

“Can we at least change location?” Todoroki asked. “I’d rather not talk about family matters in front of others.”

That had both Izuku and Bakugo’s attention.

“Whatever,” Bakugo shrugged. “Let’s hit the gym to get that shit out the way first, then you can tell us whatever sob story you’ve got lined up.”

The other two watched Bakugo take his leave before looking at each other.

“This might take a while,” Todoroki informed his friend.

“That’s okay,” Izuku assured him before feeling his stomach rumble and gesturing to the food table. “Maybe we should get some food to go though, since we had a light lunch.”

“Good idea,” Todoroki nodded, the void in his stomach not wholly caused by the lack of food that day.

The two quickly set to work grabbing some platefuls of food to take with them, making sure to grab some extra for Bakugo too, before departing the party early once again.


Down in the gym, the two found Bakugo already starting on their assigned afternoon regiment only for him to yell at them to catch up. Placing their party food to the side for now, Izuku and Todoroki joined their blond friend in completing their assigned training.

Once Bakugo and Todoroki had finished they began picking at their plates, with Bakugo complaining about the lack of spice or hot sauce, as Izuku finished his additional punishment.

“I’m guessing the extra laps are because you pissed that asshole off?” Bakugo asked when their green-haired friend joined them, gratefully accepting a water bottle from Todoroki.

“Uh, sorta?” Izuku replied awkwardly, sitting down against the wall of the gym with them and looking at Todoroki. “He wanted to talk to me about… your sister.”

“Fuyumi?” Todoroki asked curiously.

Izuku nodded with a touch of trepidation.

“We… talked after dinner and she told me more about um… your family history,” he explained, causing Bakugo to raise a brow. “I know she wants for you all to be happy and whole together again but, with how much it seemed to be hurting Natsuo just to be there, I told her she should stop pushing because she was… acting like Endeavor.”

Todoroki’s brows both rose while Bakugo snorted and tore into some chicken.

“But… how?” Todoroki frowned, trying to comprehend the similarities.

“I’m sure she didn’t mean to,” Izuku rationalised, “but she was trying to make you all act like a happy family, something you’re not. At least, not right now,” he tried to clarify, hoping he wasn’t causing his friend offence. “Endeavor pulled me aside to ask what I told her because I might’ve upset her and he noticed.”

“That’s… unusual for him.”

“I’m just grateful he accepted that I didn’t do it on purpose, even if I feel bad about it now,” Izuku sighed.

“Don’t be,” Todoroki shook his head after a moment. “If it was anything like our talk during the sports festival, I think it’s something she needed to hear.”

“At least I didn’t have to overhear that crap this time,” Bakugo scoffed.

“You didn’t have to listen in the first time,” Todoroki countered.

“Just be glad I did,” Bakugo rolled his eyes. “Might not’ve been able to help you and that idiot understand each other otherwise.”

Now it was Izuku’s turn to look inquisitive but Bakugo didn’t seem like he was going to explain. Returning his focus to Izuku, Todoroki lightly bowed his head to his friend.

“Still, I apologise for Endeavor’s attitude. Today is… a painful day for our family.”

“This related to why you’ve acted like a kicked puppy all day?”

“Kacchan!” Izuku objected though Todoroki nodded regardless.

“Today would be… my big brother Toya’s birthday.”

Both Izuku and Bakugo grimaced at that news, exchanging wary glances. Izuku knew a little about their brother’s passing from Fuyumi while Bakugo at least knew the context from the picture on the butsudan he’d spied.

“Are you okay?” Izuku asked.

“I’m fine,” Todoroki nodded again. “I admit I don’t have many memories of Toya, unlike Fuyumi or Natsuo, but I know that he’s probably on theirs, my father’s, and probably my mother’s minds today. He and Natsu were particularly close, I think that’s why he’s taken it the hardest and blamed Endeavor the most.”

“Sorry for your loss and junk,” Bakugo nodded.

“Thank you,” Todoroki acknowledged. “All I remember is that at one time, Toya idolised our father and wanted to be just like him.”

“He did?” Izuku blinked curiously.

“You remember how I told you that Endeavor and my mother engaged in a quirk marriage?” Todorki continued as Izuku nodded. “Well, for the first few years, Toya was the focus of Endeavor’s efforts to surpass All Might.”

“But he didn’t fit the bill,” Bakugo guessed, receiving a nod from Todoroki as Izuku remained silent, the information matching what Fuyumi had told him.

“He inherited my father’s flames but my mother’s resistance to cold, as a result, he would never be able to surpass All Might,” Todoroki sighed. “That’s why I’m even here in the first place, because when my father found out about that, he kept wanting to try to create… me.”

“And the shitty father of the year award goes to,” Bakugo groaned. Izuku couldn’t help but want to agree with Bakugo though he hesitated when he saw Todoroki’s expression twist uncomfortably.

“What my father did was reprehensible… but had he not, I wouldn’t be sitting here now.”

“At least some good came out of his shitty actions,” Bakugo conceded.

“You don’t have to talk about this if you don’t want to, Todoroki,” Izuku offered.

“I know,” Todoroki nodded, “but after last week, I figured now was a better time to talk about it if… you don’t mind, that is.”

“Not like we got anywhere else to be,” Bakugo shrugged while Izuku offered his most supportive smile.

“If it’s helping then we can listen.”

“Thanks,” Todoroki returned a smile before taking a calming breath. “I don’t know a whole lot more about the situation, only that once I was born, Toya took Endeavor’s lack of attention personally. According to Natsuo and Fuyumi, he kept sneaking out to train his quirk on the nearby mountain, still determined to prove himself to Endeavor. One night, the mountain caught fire and… he never came home.”

Izuku already knew that part but Bakugo remained silent, his mind cast back to his own time training in the forest for UA. Were he not as good as he was, maybe he’d’ve ended up like Todoroki’s brother.

“After that, I barely saw Fuyumi or Natsuo anymore with Endeavor pushing me to train my quirk to its limit. When Mom was hospitalized shortly before that, I swore never to use my fire side, but after Toya’s death Endeavor became unrelenting in his desire to teach me about it. I think, in some twisted way, he was trying not to let what happened to Toya happen to me.”

Todoroki’s mind cast itself back to all the lectures and teachings he’d endured from his father about using his fire, even when he was adamant he would never need them.

“Doesn’t excuse shit though,” Bakugo reminded him.

“I agree, he still expressed his desire to see me surpass All Might after all,” Todoroki nodded before turning towards Izuku. “After our encounter with the Hero Killer, I thought Endeavor was a prime example of everything he hated. I say this because, even if Endeavor was a horrible father, I think he still cared in his own way.”

“Are you sure about that?” Bakugo raised a brow

“I didn’t expect him to talk to Izuku about Fuyumi,” Todoroki shrugged. “After he basically ignored her and Natuso all this time, do you think it’s a coincidence he did this after we spoke to him?”

Izuku again looked curiously between the pair as Bakugo’s brow furrowed in consideration.

“At least that asshole can take criticism.”

“An ability he was incapable of in the past,” Todoroki nodded.

Izuku felt a pang of conflict in his chest.

“Todoroki,” his red-and-white-haired friend glanced at him. “I know it’s not my place, again, but it sounds like you’re ready to move forward with your dad. Whether you forgive him for everything or not is up to you, no one can force you to accept him. The thing is, you’re a really caring person and I think you’re just waiting for something.”

“You think this is it?” Todoroki asked, his expression turning thoughtful.

“If you’re not sure then maybe not quite yet,” Izuku acknowledged. “I’m sure you’ll know how to feel when the time comes.”

If the time comes,” Bakugo corrected, earning a look from Izuku.

Todoroki remained silent for a moment, contemplating the pair’s input before responding.

“As much as it makes sense to agree with you Bakugo,” he sent a grateful look to his friend for his scepticism, “I think I’d like to hope it’s ‘when’.”

Izuku’s smile brightened as he watched Todoroki’s demeanour lighten just a bit. It wasn’t much but he could tell there was a little more optimism in Todoroki’s tone than there had been before.

It was just a shame he felt a small part of him feel a pang of envy. Even for all of Endeavor’s faults and the time he’d taken to turn things around in his relationship with his family, he was still willing to try and do the right thing however belated it was.

That was still more than his own father had and likely ever would.

He didn’t want his thoughts to dwell on that man for long and ruin his day but Bakugo didn’t feel ready to drop the subject.

“Don’t come crying to us when it blows up in your face then,” Bakugo huffed.

“Hm?” Todoroki blinked. “After we spoke to him, I thought you believed he could.”

Could, not would,” Bakugo reminded him. “Let the fucker actually do something to earn that forgiveness you wanna throw around.”

“However small, at least he’s trying, Bakugo,” Izuku commented.

While Bakugo snorted and looked away from them both, Todoroki frowned and regarded him curiously, as though trying to solve a puzzle.

“Forgive me if I’m wrong,” he spoke up, “but I get the feeling that your disbelief isn’t entirely due to Endeavor and his actions or lack thereof.”

Both Todoroki and Izuku’s brows rose when Bakugo noticeably stiffened before avoiding their eyes.

“So what?” He scoffed. “Not like it’s any of your business.”

“Neither is my family to you,” Todoroki countered.

Izuku could feel the tension between them building and hoped to avert an impromptu rematch from the sports festival.

“I-If Bakugo doesn’t want to talk about it we can’t-”

A long exaggerated sigh interrupted him as Bakugo threw his head back, clenching his jaw when he ran out of air.

“You know what, fuck it, you wanna fuckin’ know?” He growled before levelling a look at Todoroki. “Despite my piece of shit old hag, my old man’s not as bad as yours, but when push came to shove, that shit-heel proved how worthless he was. Forgive me if I doubt your old man will be any better when it comes time to prove it.”

While the words were very much in line with Bakugo’s regular way of talking about his family, both Izuku and Todoroki could tell there was a sombreness in them that they hadn’t heard before as Bakugo averted his eyes again, looking down at the floor.

“Is… everything okay, Kacchan?” Izuku tentatively asked.

The blond remained pensive for a few moments, his breathing laced with frustration.

“I’m fine,” he muttered before adding, “now.”

“Which means you weren’t at one point,” Todoroki noted.

“Did something happen?” Izuku pressed lightly, knowing how sensitive the ground around this subject was, especially for him to do with Bakugo.

“You could say that,” Bakugo grunted. “Remember fuckin’ New Year’s?”

Izuku remembered Kirishima’s confusion that Bakugo hadn’t returned to the dorms when they did on New Year’s and had wondered if something had happened.

“My shitty father never stood up to the old hag,” Bakugo growled. “More of a spineless coward than a dad. The hag and I got into an argument where she was clearly fuckin’ wrong and he still did nothing.”

“What did she-”

“She tried to hurt Queen,” Bakugo snapped angrily, cutting off Todoroki before he could even think about playing devil’s advocate for the bitch. “Show her some of that fuckin’ tough love she showed me for years.”

Now it was Izuku and Todoroki’s turn to grimace as the revelation of Bakugo’s abusive mother returned to the forefront of their minds.

“Nearly blew the bitch’s face off for it and that asshole didn’t say a word against her shit,” Bakugo continued. “So no, I don’t bet on Endeavor changing, not unless,” he glanced at Izuku’s expression, one of worry for him and reminding him of all he’d done to the boy in the past. “Not unless… he really… really fuckin’ wants to.”

Todoroki’s expression shifted into one of uncertainty but Izuku’s lips curved into a knowing smile.

“Then Todoroki’s probably got nothing to worry about,” he chuckled, drawing both of their eyes to him. “There’s people I know that have… made mistakes but I think the difference between them and someone like your dad is that they acknowledge what they did was wrong. If someone wants to change, they need to believe in themselves enough to do it. I don’t think I know someone who believes in himself more than Endeavor.”

Despite Izuku’s words, Bakugo could tell they didn’t quite match his thoughts as he stared him down. The greenette already knew of his intentions to apologize for their past, but he seemed almost smug in the knowledge that he believed Bakugo would one day reach that point. Instead of irritation flowing through the blond’s veins at the notion, a strange sense of pride from Izuku’s belief in him surged instead.

“I can think of maybe one,” Todoroki noted almost casually before glancing at Bakugo.

“Oh, ha, ha,” the blond scoffed sarcastically but was unable to keep the smirk off his face. “I guess you’re at least grateful that asshole is trying,” Bakugo shot back at the fire-and-ice-quirked boy, “it’s better than mine and Izuku’s anyway.”

“Izuku’s?” Todoroki frowned, turning his attention to the boy who suddenly froze at the attention.

“Yeah, he uh…” Bakugo hesitated before looking at the greenette too, seeing his expression shift to a more pained one. “Shit, I… I didn’t mean to-”

“It’s… fine, Bakugo,” Izuku sighed. “I… hadn’t told him because it just… hasn’t come up.”

Todoroki looked confused as Bakugo sighed and shook his head.

“Nah, still my fuckin’ fault. I thought you would’a… I’m… sorry.”

“Thanks,” Izuku’s smile returned a little before anxiously gripping his hands and catching Todoroki’s questioning gaze. “I… guess it’s my turn, right?” He chuckled mirthlessly. “I haven’t told many people but my father’s not winning any awards either.”

“O-Oh,” Todoroki blinked. “You never mentioned-”

“Because there’s not much to mention,” Izuku shrugged. “My dad did… kinda what your dad and um… your mum did,” he looked to Todoroki and Bakugo in turn. “The difference is he walked out when I was really young and never walked back in.”

“I see,” Todoroki nodded slowly. “My sympathies.”

“It’s fine,” Izuku brushed off. “Like I told Mo… my girlfriends, I’d be fine if I never saw him again. I don’t remember much about him and if he returned saying he’d changed… I don’t think I’d be able to give him another chance.”

“Can we trade?” Bakugo chuckled, hoping to remove some of the dourness from the conversation.

“I think that’d work out for both of us,” Izuku nodded. “But um… yeah, that’s why I think you’re a kind person, Todoroki,” he looked back at his friend, “even after everything, you want to give your dad a second chance.”

“Thank you,” Todoroki smiled. “However, from what you and Bakugo have told me, that doesn’t make what you feel about your father any less valid. If it’s okay for me not to forgive Endeavor, the same applies to you both about your parents too.”

“Done,” Bakugo grinned while Izuku shook his head fondly. “No chance of that hag ever admitting she fucked up so my asshole father won’t ever break rank.”

Izuku chuckled, though this was noticeably more genuine than before. At first the two thought it was at Bakugo’s blasé way of addressing his issue but that changed when he addressed his other friend.

“Hey, Todoroki? Do you remember what you asked me back at the sports festival?”

“Uh…” the twin-quirked boy wracked his brain. “I’m not sure what you’re referring to.”

“Still think I’m All Might’s secret love-child now?”

It took a moment for Bakugo to register the words before he burst into laughter.

“What the hell? Did you really think that Icy-Hot?!”

“It was a legitimate question,” Todoroki defended through a smile of his own at how ludicrous it sounded now. “He and All Might shared a number of identical features.”

“Like what besides a fucking quirk?” Bakugo continued laughing. “Do you think anyone would fanboy over his dad like this nerd does?”

“H-Hey, you totally would if he were your dad,” Izuku shot back while shaking his head fondly.

“No shit, because he’s awesome!” Bakugo dialled his laughter back.

“Weren’t you listening in?” Todoroki raised a brow.

“Clearly I fuckin’ missed that,” Bakugo wiped a tear from his eye. “As much as this nerd wished it were true, guess we’re all stuck with the cavalcade of fuck-ups instead.”

“I guess there are worse things to bond over,” Todoroki shook his head while Izuku chuckled at the thought. As grateful as he was to be able to speak freely about his absent father, Izuku still didn’t want to dwell too long on the subject.

“Oh, Todoroki? Could you please let your sister know I didn’t mean to upset her? I kinda feel bad hearing that she’s not doing so well after we talked.”

“I’ll pass on the message but if you’d like to tell her yourself you’re welcome to,” Todoroki offered, reaching into his pocket and pulling out his phone.

“O-Oh, er, I shouldn’t,” Izuku quickly pushed it back toward his friend. “I wouldn’t want to ambush her if she doesn’t want to talk to me anymore, y’know?”

“How the hell did someone like you manage to date two idiots at the same time?” Bakugo rolled his eyes as Izuku let out a nervous chuckle.

“J-Just lucky, I guess?”

“Very well, Izuku,” Todoroki nodded, pocketing his phone, “but I must admit I too am curious as to that story, we didn’t talk much about it after the joint training.”

“That’s not what I meant, Icy-Hot!” Bakugo protested while Izuku laughed.

Despite Bakugo’s protests, the three continued chatting for a while longer and well after their plates had run out of food. Though it was unspoken, by the time they turned in for bed that night, all three of the boys felt a deeper kinship with one another.


After Izuku had departed his office, Endeavor had sat in his decadent office chair as he usually did, only letting down his guard and slumping when it seemed there wasn’t anyone waiting to get his attention afterwards.

In a way, though he never participated, he was glad Burnin’s birthday fell on today. It gave his agency something to celebrate while he could remain undisturbed without questions.

With a great sigh, Endeavor reached into one of his bottom drawers, pulling out a simple picture frame and resting it on his desk. Staring back at him was the same school picture of Toya that rested on the butsudan at home with his shocking white hair after all the red had long since faded from it.

As he did twice yearly, he once again apologized to the memory of his son for failing him that terrible day.

It had been made more than clear by now just how many different ways he’d failed as a father, as a husband, and, to his sons, as a hero. Glancing around his lavish but starkly empty office, Endeavor couldn’t help but wonder again if it had all been worth it. All he’d sacrificed and strived for in his goal to be number one.

He let out a deep, regretful sigh as even he couldn’t deny the answer to that anymore.

While the sounds of partying outside occasionally peaked and could be heard through the door, Endeavor remained in place, steadfast in his personal mourning of his son, his family, and his former dream.

“What’s even the point anymore?” He murmured, glancing at Toya as though the boy had the answer. “I pushed myself so hard, pushed Shoto to attain this and now… now what?”

After the attack on Natsuo the previous week, Endeavor had informed his son, and his daughter when he returned home that night, that he would be building them a new home. A home away from their current one where they would be welcome to live together along with Shoto and Rei when she was ready, but that he wouldn’t be joining them.

Despite some protest from Fuyumi, both seemed somewhat accepting of the news, though Natuso was still sceptical of his resolve. It mattered not as Enji would be true to his word. He only hoped that, in time, Natsuo could leave the anger he felt behind if he was no longer part of his son’s life.

Fuyumi, though adamant on still wanting her father around, made her feelings understood this past week which Midoriya had helpfully clarified for him. As for Shoto…

Endeavor frowned as he glanced towards his blank computer screen. With the press of a button, it flickered into life and showed his desktop, the picture of the former year’s hero rankings as his background still staring back at him that he hadn’t gotten around to changing.

No, that wasn’t it. It was a reminder, a reminder that no matter what anyone said, he was still second in so many eyes to All Might.

He dismissed his thoughts in a moment, hands instead focused on bringing up the security camera footage of the agency room outside, looking for his son.

He found a number of things, including a red-faced Burnin’ suspiciously lifting her costume while standing next to the photocopier but moved on. When he didn’t find Shoto among the other employees, he had an inkling he knew where his son had gotten to.

With a single click, the viewing screen moved to the gym where he saw Midoriya diligently running laps while Shoto and Bakugo sat off to the side consuming some of the food from the party. His initial reaction was to eye Shoto’s plate for anything he shouldn’t be eating but he quickly tampered that feeling down. The reason he’d sought out his other son’s visage wasn’t to spy on him but to remind him of what he still had to do.

Shoto still wasn’t ready, had not yet reached his full potential. Enji was well aware that this line of thinking was identical to his thoughts in the past but now there was a new goal behind them.

Even after his behaviour to forcibly mould Shoto into the next number one, Enji recognised that his son still wished to pursue the life of a hero. Whether Shoto wanted to stand at the top or not no longer mattered; all Enji desired now was to give his son all the tools he could to survive so he could live a life he could be happy with.

That was why he continued to persist.

If he could ask for anything more he only wished he could go back and explain such a concept to his past self, not that that arrogant man would listen.

With a sigh, Enji slumped in his chair again, reminded of all the faults that had led him to his current position and lost in the wonderings of how everything could’ve been different had he not been so single-minded in his determination and so bad at everything that didn’t involve being a hero.

Maybe he should’ve told his family about his father, about how he tried to play hero and ended up burning himself and the little girl he was trying to protect from a villain because his own body couldn’t handle his quirk.

After discovering Toya’s weakness to his own flames, the memory of seeing his father and the girl’s lifeless bodies pulled from the rubble of the collapsed building haunted Enji every time he looked at his son’s burns as though he could foresee the inescapable fate that awaited him. Would telling Toya of his grandfather’s fate have stayed the boy’s training efforts? Unfortunately, that was something he would never know, having instead pinned all the responsibility for stopping him on Rei.

There was another bitter pill to swallow.

Though his desire for the perfect offspring had fuelled his search for a wife, he’d been graced with a woman who, at one time, had truly cared for him. And now, because of him, she had spent some of her best years separated from her children, unable to do anything while Toya burned to death, while Fuyumi and Natuso were ignored, while he… trained Shoto.

Enji didn’t need a mirror to know he’d be sick to his stomach if he could see himself and the pitiful expression that was probably on his face. He didn’t deserve pity or any other type of sympathy. He’d brought this on himself and taken his whole family down with him. All he could do now was try to atone for his sins and give them everything he could for them to thrive.

It would never be enough, but Enji didn’t know what else he could do.

The gloom that loomed over him was momentarily broken when he realized his computer was making noise.

“… Only that once I was born, Toya took Endeavor’s lack of attention personally.”

At the mention of his other son, Endeavor sat up and paid attention to the monitor once again, spotting that his son and the two other work-study students were engaged in a personal conversation.

“One night, the mountain caught fire and… he never came home,” Shoto explained to his friends and Endeavor’s jaw clenched at the reminder.

It was his fault. If he’d only listened to his son, been a better father and tried to connect with the boy, somehow dissuade him from following in his footsteps where it was impossible for him to tread. He wasn’t sure if that or the way he’d treated Shoto growing up was his greatest failure.

Enji tuned out the conversation, knowing he shouldn’t be intruding onto such a moment between his son and those he called his friends but Endeavor endured, feeling as though he needed to know what Shoto thought.

“Todoroki?” Midoriya’s voice called out, focusing Enji’s attention on the boy who’d upset his daughter. “I know it’s not my place, again, but it sounds like you’re ready to move forward with your dad. Whether you forgive him for everything or not is up to you, no one can force you to accept him. The thing is, you’re a really caring person and I think you’re just waiting for something.”

The words echoed the boy’s sentiment that he’d explained in the office earlier that evening. Enji knew he knew of their family history by now but what possibly notion could he have that Shoto wanted to forgive him after everything he’d done?

“I’m sure you’ll know how to feel when the time comes,” the green-haired boy concluded.

If the time comes,” the blond one interjected.

Todoroki remained silent for a moment, contemplating the pair’s input. Enji found himself waiting on bated breath for what his son would say next.

“As much as it makes sense to agree with you Bakugo,” he sent a grateful look to his friend for his scepticism, “I think I’d like to hope it’s ‘when’.”

Enji’s breath caught and his eyes widened.

There it was. After everything he’d put his son through, for some unfathomable reason, Shoto saw a path to forgiveness. The number one hero blinked, unsure if he could believe his eyes or ears and finding an unusual liquid had appeared at the corner of his lashes but didn’t pay it any mind, instead focusing solely on the screen.

“Don’t come crying to us when it blows up in your face then,” the blond one huffed.

“Hm?” Shoto blinked. “After we spoke to him, I thought you believed he could.”

Could, not would. Let the fucker actually do something to earn that forgiveness you wanna throw around.”

“However small, at least he’s trying, Bakugo,” Midoriya commented.

Endeavor’s brow tightened at the slight against him only to be reminded of the boy’s words during their visit to his house. Then again, what proof did he have to offer the blond in the time since? Throwing a portion of the vast wealth he’d accumulated at his family so they could escape his presence and further training Shoto and his friends. Was he truly so powerless?

‘Did you ever try therapy?’ The blond’s words floated back to him. ‘There is some shit you just can’t do alone no matter how strong you think you are.’

It seemed both Midoriya and his son acknowledged his actions regarding Fuyumi well but there was still more he could be doing. He didn’t know why, but the thought of letting that uppity blond be proven right stoked a new flame inside him, one that would soon burn out were it not supported by his desire to keep Shoto’s burgeoning belief in him.

Maybe, just maybe, he’d be able to one day truly atone in the eyes of his son, to show Shoto he was worthy of that forgiveness.

Dismissing the camera feed to leave the provisional students in peace, Endeavor instead pulled up a new tab on his browser and began a search. He’d put the idea out of his head in the past week but he couldn’t let his arrogance or hesitation hold him back anymore. If he was going to do this, he was going to do it right and nothing but the best would do, not to mention it would surely get him faster results so cost was of no question.

Before the end of the day, Todoroki Enji had signed on for therapy.


Thursday wasn’t as tiring as Tooru expected.

Ragdoll wasn’t putting her through the physical wringer, like Tiger encouraged her to, but she was getting plenty of time to practise bringing her quirk back up to speed. She wasn’t certain, but Ragdoll’s sympathy with losing her own quirk might be fuelling her lesson plan to build Tooru’s back up, not that the part-time invisible girl minded.

Returning to the dorm following after-school work-study training, Tooru grabbed a bottle of water and flopped onto the sofa to chill out and relax for a bit. None of the other girls were hanging in the common room and only Ojiro and Sero were around doing homework together somewhat quietly so she had some peace to let the tension in her body dissipate.

With no one else using the lounge area, she stretched out on a sofa and pulled out her phone to scroll through social media to entertain herself. As much as she liked training to be a hero, Tooru liked a break now and then to focus on normal stuff to keep her grounded. That, and now she finally had a reason to check out all the make-up and beauty influencers beyond just liking their aesthetics and wishing she could see how their tips worked on her.

With the volume down low to not bother her friends, Tooru spent a fair amount of the remaining afternoon scrolling through various posts and bookmarking a few for later, hoping Mina wouldn’t mind sharing some of her beauty products tomorrow.

By the time she looked up from her phone when the entrance to the dorms opened and closed, the sun had almost set, painting the common area a warm orange. A tired and sweaty-looking Ochako made her return known, letting out a relieved sigh before heading over to the sofas and collapsing onto the unused one.

“Good gym sesh?” Tooru giggled as Ochako’s body seemed to melt, her bones becoming putty as she tried to melt into the softness of the cushions.

“Tired,” the flushed girl groaned, unzipping her UA tracksuit top to try and cool herself further, leaving only her black tank top and sports bra covering her upper half. Tooru wasn’t expecting a view but she wouldn’t deny herself the opportunity to enjoy the sights and sounds of her girlfriend panting from exertion.

“I probably should’ve joined you,” Tooru replied. “I’ve been a bit of a slug this afternoon.”

“Meh,” Ochako shrugged with what little energy she had still, though it didn’t stop a weary yet supportive smile from slipping onto her features as she turned to look at her girlfriend. “You’re doing good focusin’ on other things.”

“You know it,” Tooru sent her a cheeky wink she enhanced with a minor amount of warp refraction, making it look like her gesture twinkled cutely which caused Ochako to giggle before letting out another groan.

“Ooo, don’t,” she breathed deeply, still trying to catch her breath. “Hurts to laugh.”

“Probably hurts to do anything right now,” Tooru figured as she looked over her girlfriend with a more probing eye.

“Mmm, sore,” Ochako agreed.

“You sure you’re not pushing yourself too much?”

“Tsu and I trained with Ryukyu and Nejire yesterday, hard,” the pink-cheeked girl relayed. “Figured I’d try to keep that momentum going.”

“And we say Squish pushes himself too hard sometimes,” Tooru shook her head fondly, shifting from her spot on the sofa to sit by Ochako and bring her half-full bottle of water with her, offering it out to the brunette who wearily opened her mouth like a baby bird. Tooru couldn’t help giggling at the image as she squirted some of the water into Ochako’s mouth, picturing a certain other appendage doing something similar to her.

“You’re thinking about something dirty,” Ochako levelled a deadpan look at Tooru once she’d exhausted the water, whose quiet giggles had betrayed her thoughts.

“Ma~aybe,” Tooru giggled, acting the picture of innocence.

“Mmm,” Ochako slumped her head back again, feeling a bit more alive now she wasn’t so dehydrated even if her body still demanded further rest. “Go find Mina or something.”

“She’s out, remember?” Tooru chuckled. “Besides, gotta make sure you’re taken care of first.”

“Mmm,” Ochako replied monotonously, her breathing slowing steadily.

“Want me to get the blanket?” Tooru asked kindly. Sofa naps weren’t an unusual sight in the dorms thanks to all their intense training and studying so everyone did their best to make sure whomever dozed off was able to get the rest they clearly needed.

“Mn-no,” Ochako sighed disappointedly, her eyes opening and struggling to sit upright, refusing to give in to her body’s demands for such rest. “Gotta go have a bath or shower and do that homework Miss Mandalay set us before tomorrow.”

“Oh, yeah,” Tooru remembered, not having completed it either. “Urgh, there goes my evening.”

“Bath first,” Ochako grunted with no small measure of effort as she pushed herself back to her feet. Tooru watched her girlfriend cautiously for a moment, the brunette’s shaky steps worrying her before her instincts kicked in, reacting in time to rise and catch Ochako just before her legs gave out.

“Whoa, maybe little nap first. Find your feet, ‘Chako,” Tooru encouraged.

“I can sleep after,” Ochako denied, grateful for the catch but trying again to support herself and head for the baths.

Tooru shook her head again, unable to stop herself comparing the determined brunette and their green-headed boyfriend. Still, if she was trying to act like Izuku, then Ochako needed to be taken care of like Izuku.

“Fine,” Tooru puffed up her cheeks. “If you don’t wanna let your body rest then I’ll just have to make you.”

“Make me wha-?!” Ochako exclaimed when she suddenly felt her quirk engage on herself, reacting too slow to stop Tooru pressing her own hand to her side with all five pads.

“Secret technique: Ochako balloon!” Tooru giggled as she lightly grasped her girlfriend’s hips as she floated up.

“Tooru! Tooru, stop!” Ochako protested as the shimmery-haired girl directed her not towards the baths but to the elevator.

“Nuh-uh. If you’re not gonna listen to reason, then I gotta go Plus Ultra and help you out.”

“How is this helping?” Ochako pouted, tempted to grab onto the elevator doorframe to keep herself from being abducted if she didn’t know it would make her arms ache even more.

“Because I’ve got the secret to stopping those aches upstairs,” Tooru grinned mischievously as she took one hand off her girlfriend for a brief moment to press the button for her room’s floor, the doors closing shut behind them. “Come on, Cutie Pie, you trust me, right?”

Ochako felt any fight leave her at her pet name.

“That’s cheating,” Ochako puffed up her cheeks but relented to Tooru’s guidance, gently resting her hands over her girlfriend’s before squeezing softly. “You’re lucky you’re adorable.”

“And now everyone knows it!” Tooru smiled brightly, letting Ochako float a little closer to the ground now that it seemed she wasn’t opposing her assistance so much. “Come on, let your Starlight sort you out. I promise you’ll feel much better by the time I’m done with you.”

“What’ve you got planned?” Ochako raised a curious brow as the elevator pinged and Tooru floated her out and towards her room.

“You’ll see,” Tooru giggled again before letting the pair of them inside and flicking on the light. Her room was a little messy but nothing that couldn’t be navigated around as she floated her Zero-Gravity girlfriend over to her rumpled bedspread and encouraged the girl to release her quirk.

After plopping gently onto Tooru’s covers, the bubbly girl quickly tried to straighten the sheets as best she could while Ochako sagged under her own weight once more.

“Just strip yourself off and lie down,” Tooru directed as she headed over to her drawers to search through them.

“No romance today?” Ochako chuckled, though didn’t hesitate to follow her girlfriend’s wishes, greatly relieved to remove her top and unsnap her sports bra before casting it aside.

“Maybe if you’re good,” Tooru stuck her tongue out over her shoulder before resuming her search, finally locating her prize after a few more moments. “Here we go.”

Ochako, now devoid of clothes and relaxing into the covers, spotted Tooru holding a bottle of massage oil. When she realised what her girlfriend was about to do for her, she could feel the urge to cry from gratitude.

“Ta-da! Time for Tooru’s tummy-and-everything-else rub!”

“That’s a terrible name,” Ochako giggled fondly as she shifted in place to find the most comfortable spot.

“Hmph, you just can’t appreciate good things,” Tooru stuck her tongue out again while grabbing a discarded towel from the floor. “At least I know you’ll appreciate this a lot more.”

The brunette simply smiled as Tooru knelt down beside her and put the towel to one side before squirting a measure of oil into her hands to warm it up.

“Uh, shouldn’t I lie on that?” Ochako lifted her hand to point at the towel. “I’ll get your bed all greasy.”

“Meh, I gotta do some laundry anyway,” Tooru rolled her eyes before gesturing to the garments littering the floor.

“Is that before or after you do tonight’s homework?” Ochako raised a knowing brow, causing Tooru to pause.

“Urgh,” the girl groaned as she realized she maybe should’ve been a bit more proactive with her afternoon, “stop poking holes in my logic you!” Ochako couldn’t help the burst of giggles that escaped her when Tooru’s first touches felt much more like retaliatory tickling than massaging as she grabbed at her stomach. “Let’s just focus on one thing at a time right now,” Tooru shook her head while giving her girlfriend an exasperated smile, “and right now, that’s you.”

“Okay! Okay,” Ochako’s laughter petered out as Tooru’s touches slowed and shifted into gentle but firm rubs. “Just promise me you won’t let me fall asleep.”

“I promise,” Tooru agreed much to Ochako’s relief as she took a slow, deep breath and tried to let all the tension she was carrying wash away under Tooru’s fingertips. “That’s better,” the glittery-haired girl smiled, squirting some more oil onto her hands and starting to move down Ochako’s legs.

Though the sight of her naked girlfriend so willingly on display and under her touch was getting Tooru’s imagination and libido going, not to say anything about the deep, almost sexual, groans Ochako was making when she pressed on her tender tissue, Tooru was true to her word and focused on trying to help her girlfriend relax and ease the aches she felt. Admittedly, it didn’t stop her from sneaking a few rubs and lingering touches of Ochako’s more sensitive spots but she didn’t loiter more than she needed as the brunette’s breathing slowed right down.

“Alright, time to turn over,” Tooru requested once she was done with Ochako’s front.

“Mmm,” Ochako acknowledged with a grunt but made no move to change positions. Tooru giggled, satisfied she’d at least gotten her girlfriend to relax.

“Okay, I’ll just…” she muttered before taking Ochako’s hand and pressing it to its owner once more, letting her quirk do the heavy lifting as the gravity defying girl slowly floated up. With a few dexterous touches, Tooru was able to get the girl to rotate in place before lowering her back to the covers.

“Release,” Ochako murmured, finding enough strength to end her quirk and flop down under gravity’s effects once more, turning her face towards her girlfriend instead of face-planting her covers.

“All good so far?” Tooru checked as she oiled her hands up again.

“… Mmm,” Ochako groaned affirmatively in time with her deep breathing which Tooru took as the signal to continue.

Soon enough, she covered her girlfriend’s shoulders, back, and legs with the warming, relaxing substance while taking care to work the oil into her muscles and push out all the fatigue Ochako was experiencing, receiving several contented groans for her efforts. Getting her hands ready for one last rub, Tooru could admit she’d saved Ochako’s rear for last so she could let her touch linger a little more than it needed to.

She was definitely gonna get herself off after this.

Letting her fingers sink into her girlfriend’s pillowy soft yet deceptively firm cheeks, Tooru made sure to give them a thorough work-over to release all Ochako’s remaining stress. An excited satisfaction ran through her core as she played with her girlfriend’s sexy behind, enjoying the way it felt and jiggled as she handled it. Tooru’s breaths had gotten just as heated as her hands by this point and she felt herself clench in desire to go further.

If Ochako didn’t mind, maybe they could enjoy a different kind of stress relief.

One of her hands slipped down between her girlfriend’s cheeks, her fingers following the grooves of her inner thighs as they touched at Ochako’s most sensitive spot.

“Hey, Cutie Pie? How ‘bout we-” Tooru began with a sultry tone only to pause when she caught sight of her girlfriend’s face.

A calm, contented expression had settled on Ochako’s features as she breathed softly and slowly, clearly having succumbed to Tooru’s tender touches and drifted off. Despite her disappointment that things wouldn’t be progressing, Tooru resisted the urge to coo at the adorable sight as she knew, as much as she wanted to let the hardworking girl rest, she had to keep her promise.

Removing her hands from Ochako’s behind, Tooru gently rested one on her girlfriend’s shoulder and gently jostled it.

“‘Chako?” She called softly. “Come on, no snoozing.”

“Mmm?” A barely audible response drifted from Ochako’s nose.

“You made me promise not to let you sleep, so-”

“Hmn! I’m awake!” Ochako suddenly blurted with a small measure of panic in her voice, her body jolting on Tooru’s bedspread that made the owner pull back at the sudden action.

“Woah!” Tooru backed off carefully before ensuring Ochako wasn’t about to make any more sudden moves. “This is why I said you should just rest,” she sighed and drew closer to gently rub Ochako’s shoulder, “the homework’s not even due until Monday; we can do it tomorrow.”

“Mm-mm,” Ochako shook her head defiantly with what little energy she could gather, spending the rest trying to push herself up, “wanna spend time with you guys. Do your make-up ‘n’ stuff.”

Tooru felt her appreciation for her girlfriend rise in her chest. She could admit she was quite excited about tomorrow too and didn’t realise Ochako was pushing herself to free up her schedule. Still, now that she knew how worn-out it had made her, Tooru couldn’t in good conscience let Ochako keep going at it.

“We can do it together while the others are doing each other,” Tooru shook her head, ignoring the double entendre. “I’d rather put aside an hour or so for that than see you wear yourself down to the bone; otherwise you probably won’t even be awake to enjoy it tomorrow.”

That notion seemed to get through Ochako’s head as she paused before reluctantly admitting, “Yeah… that makes sense.”

“Finally,” Tooru breathed an exaggerated sigh of relief followed by Ochako’s own as she lay her head back down.

While the glittery-haired girl had gotten what she wanted, an unease stirred in her stomach when she saw that Ochako didn’t seem relieved or happy about the outcome.

“Hey, is something wrong?” Tooru asked, reaching out to gently stroke her girlfriend’s cheek.

“Mmm,” Ochako replied but didn’t elaborate.

“Sorry Cutie Pie, no mind reading quirks here, you gotta tell me what you’re thinking,” Tooru tried to lighten the mood again.

“It’s nothing,” Ochako shook her head.

“I believe that as much as I believe Momo’s parents are gonna just turn around and be as good as she is,” Tooru chuckled at her joke only to raise a brow as Ochako looked away. “Is it… something about Momo?”

“No,” Ochako denied, biting her lip gently before slowly lifting one hand up to gently touch her neck. “W-Well… not exactly.”

Tooru remained patient while her girlfriend seemed to wrestle with herself. She gave Ochako an expectant yet caring look when the girl tentatively glanced at her to see if she could get away with only saying that much but it seemed she was finally ready to speak.

“I just…” Ochako sighed again. “We’ve been back at school and doing hero stuff for a few weeks now and… I’m feeling a bit stressed.”

“Nothing wrong with that,” Tooru assured her. “If you’re feeling it you know you can lean on us, right?”

“I know,” the brunette nodded gratefully, “but… I… can’t relax the way I used to.”

“How come?” Tooru tilted her head. Ochako nervously glanced at her girlfriend before touching the same spot on her neck again and looking away. A connection established itself in Tooru’s brain as her mouth dropped open in silent realization.

“When… I was doing stuff with Momo… uh, intimate stuff or otherwise, I didn’t have to think or worry about what came next. I knew that, if I just did what she told me, I would be okay and she’d take care of me,” a fond smile settled on Ochako’s lips as she spoke only for it to begin falling. “Then… when she hurt you… I knew I couldn’t trust her like that anymore. N-Not until she um… earns back our trust again anyway.”

As much as she understood it wasn’t her fault, Tooru couldn’t help but feel a touch of guilt at Ochako losing her method of relaxing. When Momo did what she did, it had hurt all of them and, in ways she hadn’t considered, they were still feeling the pain from that fallout. She didn’t need to swallow to remember how it had affected her directly, but right now Ochako was hurting and she hoped she could ease that pain.

“She’s getting there,” Tooru admitted, continuing to brush her fingers across Ochako’s cheek. “I’m um… n-not quite ready to say it’s all better, but I know she’s trying.”

“Yeah,” Ochako nodded, “but even if you were and I wanted to, I’m… not ready to give her that level of control over me again. I wouldn’t be able to relax like before.”

The crestfallen expression on Ochako’s face pained Tooru as she almost wished she could go back and fix the past.

While immediate time travel might be an impossibility, a thought occurred to her that was much more doable and just might be able to help her girlfriend unwind a little more.

“Then… what if I became your Mistress?” Tooru offered, expression brightening. “Like, just for now, so you can relax and stuff.”

Ochako blinked at the suggestion before chuckling fondly and shaking her head as best she could from her prone position.

“Tooru, I love you, but you don’t have that um… Mistress energy that Momo does.”

“The hell I don’t,” Tooru huffed, playfully incensed to try and act more authoritative to her girlfriend. “Maybe I should make you my pet instead of hers. You know I’d treat you right.”

“You already do,” Ochako giggled, reaching out to cup Tooru’s cheek. “You care about me enough to give me that massage when I was fighting you.”

“Well duh, you’re my cute, sexy Cutie Pie,” Tooru grinned though not dissuaded from her idea just yet, “but you’re talking to Tooru Fuckin’ Hagakure. I can do anything I put my mind to and that includes being your Mistress.”

“Uh…” Ochako blinked in confusion as her girlfriend stood up and began stripping her clothes off. Before she knew it, a bare Tooru was standing beside her, looking down hungrily at Ochako’s body. The brunette felt a flush of arousal wash over her body at what she guessed Tooru had in mind.

“I did all that stuff for you and now I think it’s time you paid me back,” Tooru declared with a grin.

The gravity girl swallowed nervously as Tooru leaned down, cupping both her cheeks with a single hand and gently squeezing her cheeks to purse her lips so she could steal a kiss. As tired as she was, Ochako felt her arousal pique as she tentatively leaned into the guided smooch.

“How was that?” Tooru smirked when she pulled back, eyes alight with excitement.

Ochako bit her bottom lip to savour the taste of her girlfriend a little longer before trying to sit up to give her response. Unfortunately, despite Tooru’s best massaging efforts, the strain she’d put her body through still lingered as it protested with some, thankfully weaker, aches than before.

“As much as um… it could be fun to try it,” Ochako admitted, “I don’t think I’m in the position to er… do anything like that right now.”

“Still achy?” Tooru asked, getting a regretful nod from Ochako. “Well then, I guess I’ll just have to do the work for both of us.”

Ochako blinked in confusion when Tooru turned and returned to her drawers, searching through them once again. It didn’t take her nearly as long to retrieve the item she was after this time; an item she’d borrowed from the heiress herself.

“If I’m gonna be like Momo, I should probably use her favourite toy,” Tooru grinned as she held out one of Momo’s infamous double-ended strap-ons. Ochako felt her core clench in excitement at the idea as it had been a good while since she’d enjoyed a good pounding from her Mistress. “I was um… practising taking things in my mouth again and uh… w-well I didn’t want to have a bad reaction if Izuku squirted, you know?” The bashful girl admitted.

“Did it help?” Ochako asked, a touch of concern in her tone.

“I’m getting better,” Tooru admitted with a proud smile. “Still not there yet, but I figure, y’know, while I got this,” she jostled the harness suggestively and Ochako seemed to be seriously considering the idea. “What do you say, Ochako?”

The gravity girl shuffled in her spot, legs flexing and testing the strain they currently felt as one of her hands very noticeably slid down under her oil-covered body before sliding around her lower lips to test the waters. Tooru’s cautious optimism turned into full-blown excitement when Ochako’s eyes met hers again and sent her a tentative smile.

“Are you asking me or telling me… Mistress?”

Tooru’s own core clenched at the words, briefly wondering if this was anything like Momo felt when she played with her Pet and felt at least a touch more understanding at how the power went to her head. It didn’t excuse her actions by any stretch of the imagination but it certainly gave Tooru a bit more context.

“It’s a good thing I already prepared you Ocha-… Pet,” Tooru grinned as she hunched over to step into the harness. “Your Mistress has riled herself up and now she’s gonna take it out on your ass.”

The pair could feel the air getting heavier as their breathing and bodies heated up at the impending intimacy. It took a few moments for Tooru to get the angle quite right and slide one end of the strap-on into herself, sighing contently at the familiar sensation inside her before locking it in place and taking care to avoid pressing the hip-switch that would trigger her faux-jaculation.

Once everything was in place, Tooru turned her attention to her new Pet and stalked back towards the bed with some extra sway in her hips that looked a little out of place to Ochako.

“Does my Pet have any requests before I take what I want?”

“Uh…” Ochako paused. “Be gentle?”

The playful look on Tooru’s face briefly disappeared, replaced instead with a genuine, considerate smile.

“Of course, Cutie Pie,” she chuckled. “No sense traumatizing both of us.”

The brunette chuckled awkwardly, not quite sure if Tooru meant it as a ‘ha-ha’ kind of comment but the girl seemed more preoccupied climbing onto the bed behind her. Ochako couldn’t help but swallow in anticipation, her arms slipping under Tooru’s pillow to have something to grip when her girlfriend wanted to go for it.

Once she’d nestled into place, Tooru hummed in delight, gently raking her fingers along Ochako’s legs as she indulged in the pleasant view.

“Now that’s a sight,” Tooru licked her lips and giggled when she let one of her hands trail up to Ochako’s waiting lips and daintily tease her.

“H-How do you want me, Mistress?” Ochako asked, picturing the familiar doggy-style pose in her mind already.

“Like I said, let me do the work for both of us,” Tooru giggled, running her hands over Ochako’s soft cheeks once more, feeling the girl tense her toned rear under her touch only to override her reflexes and try to relax it.

“What do you- Oof!” Ochako grunted as Tooru’s weight settled over her back, her breasts and stomach becoming slick as they came into contact with the remaining oil on her skin as the toy between them slid between her cheeks without entering anywhere… yet.

“Your job is just to relax, remember?” Adjusting her position a little by putting her hands on the bed under Ochako’s armpits, Tooru leaned forward and whispered sultrily into Ochako’s ear. “Now, be my good girl and take everything your Mistress gives you.”

Ochako let out a shuddering breath as the more fond memories she had during her time as Momo’s pet returned to the surface. As long as she pleased her Mistress, she didn’t have anything to worry about.

Pulling back slightly, Tooru reached a hand down between her legs to grip her unnatural length and begin directing it towards Ochako’s entrance through touch. There was a moment when she almost penetrated the girl’s backdoor and, while the brunette might’ve had more of an affinity for that sort of thing, Tooru didn’t want to surprise her when neither of them had prepared for that.

When she was certain her cockhead was settled in place, Tooru sat back to take a little more pressure off her Pet before pushing her hips out, the low, continuous moan Ochako was making proof that she’d hit her mark.

“Mmm, you like that?” Tooru giggled. “Nice to feel full again?”

“Y-Yeah,” Ochako nodded as she felt herself comfortably stretched by the familiar length.

“Good girl,” the glittery-haired mistress smiled, taking a moment to reposition herself and rest her hands on Ochako’s hips. When she was ready, Tooru pulled back before starting to gently thrust into her girlfriend who let out soft almost squeaks of what she hoped was enjoyment and not pain.

It was a bit clumsy but Ochako expected as much; Tooru didn’t have much experience on this side of the strap-on after all. Still, the steady rhythm and angle her girlfriend was hitting with the toy was scratching an itch she’d had for more than a few days now. With pillow held tight and eyes closed as she focused on the sensations she was being subjected to, Ochako could feel her body building towards an eager release.

As she thrust with her new appendage, Tooru reached up, pinching one of her nipples and feeling herself reflexively clench around the toy. With a bit of practice, she managed to time herself to clench with Ochako’s gasps.

“Moan for me, ‘Chako,” Tooru ordered, biting her lip as she could feel her orgasm building.

The brunette suppressed her desire to chuckle and obeyed her Mistress’ command. Her girlfriend grinned and tried to deepen her thrusts, closing her eyes as she focused on the reciprocal feeling of the toy inside herself. Tooru wasn’t often the one leading the intimate moments with her partners, but there was something satisfying about being the one in control.

Leaning forward again, Tooru buried herself inside Ochako while putting some of her weight down on the girl’s back, causing her to gasp in surprise.

“You okay?” Tooru quickly checked, leaning on one arm with her hot, heavy breaths tickling her girlfriend’s neck.

“Y-Yeah,” Ochako groaned while being pressed into the sheets, the pleasurable feeling of Tooru’s cock being stronger than the mild discomfort.

“Good,” Tooru grinned as she used her free hand to reach around and pinch one of Ochako’s nipples this time as her much shorter thrusts ensured her cock was buried deep within her girlfriend. Ochako’s squeaks elevated in pitch as Tooru continued fucking her, feeling herself getting close as her knees tried to close and keep the pressure on.

“I’m gonna fill you up ‘Cha- Pet,” Tooru whispered into Ochako’s ear, her thrusts slowing only slightly, “and then, I’m gonna devour you until you cream and can’t move for the rest of the night.”

“Y-Yes, Mistress,” Ochako breathed quickly as she could feel herself getting close to the edge.

Focusing on their connected parts once again, Tooru’s motions slowed until she buried herself to the hilt inside her girlfriend, briefly wishing she were the one about to be filled with release as she reached down and pressed the button.

When she’d borrowed the toy from Momo, she’d made one particular request to make her training just a bit more enjoyable; as much as she enjoyed strawberries, Tooru had asked for some caramel flavoured capsules from the heiress. Wishing only to help her girlfriend however she could, and after a few minutes of research, Tooru was departing Momo’s room with her prize in a discreet bag.

Now, some of that prize was buried deep in Ochako’s pussy and was surely about to leak out the moment she pulled away. While they both breathed heavily to recover their breaths, Tooru, being the less exhausted of the pair, recovered first and slowly pulled her fake cock out of her mewling pet of a girlfriend.

Ochako moaned gratefully, both due to the sensitivity she currently felt down there, and that Tooru’s weight was no longer holding her down and let her aching muscles relax once more. Tooru wasn’t quite done with her yet though as, after a bit of shuffling between her spread legs, she felt herself spread and a moist appendage swirl around her pinkened lips.

“T-Tooru!” Ochako groaned, not expecting her girlfriend to be true to her word so quickly and twitching reflexively as Tooru’s tongue sought out the artificial substance she’d injected her with.

“Sorry ‘Chak- Pet,” Tooru giggled, “you’re just too tasty to resist.”

The poor girl couldn’t do more than hang on for the ride as Tooru pursued her luscious treat as far into her core. She hadn’t quite cum from Tooru’s efforts before but her toes now began pointing as he body tensed under Tooru’s tongue.

“M-My clit! M-Mistress, please!” Ochako begged, reaching down to take care of it herself if Tooru didn’t comply. Thankfully, her girlfriend’s dexterous fingers knew what to do as they quickly found her own button and gently applied pressure until Ochako couldn’t hold back anymore, unleashing a cry of satisfaction as her body clenched, twitched and jerked out of her control.

Tooru felt a deep satisfaction in herself at causing her girlfriend such enjoyment and she enjoyed the sight immensely on top of being able to indulge in more of Ochako’s sweetness only to soon pout in disappointment when she’d finally run out of spots to lick.

Once Ochako’s crested-high finally began its descent, the girl flopped bonelessly back onto the sheets, her laboured breathing filling the room as every touch she felt from the sheets almost seemed too intense at the moment.

Behind her, its job done, Tooru unsnapped the harness and gently removed the toy from herself. As good of a job as it had done, it was no substitute for the real thing in her opinion, even if the end result was notably tastier. While she’d managed to get Ochako to her peak and sincerely hoped it had helped relax the girl, once she’d calmed back down anyway, Tooru hadn’t finished yet herself and had one final order for her temporary pet.

“Ochako?” Tooru called as she shuffled up the bed to lie between her girlfriend and the wall, using her arm as a pillow thanks to her partner still hogging the headrest. Her hand dipped back down towards her waist eagerly as Ochako wearily turned to face Tooru with a tired yet satisfied expression on her face. “Watch me.”

The brunette blinked in confusion for a moment before some of the brain cells that were coming back online remembered Tooru’s preferences and obeyed their mistress, watching her fingers sink into her pussy as the girl let out a moan of her own.

“I’m watching… Mistress,” Ochako smiled, softly as she lifted one of her hands to rest on Tooru’s stomach and rubbing it affectionately. “I’m going to… watch you cum.”

The glittery-haired girl let out her own squeak of delight as she pressed on her clit and rubbed just the way she liked. After all the riling up Tooru’d enjoyed so far she was more than ready to find her own release and Ochako watching her every lurid motion sent a wave of pleasure shooting through her.

“O-Ochako, I’m-!” Tooru exclaimed as her muscles tightened and her body locked up in that delightfully familiar way, her mind fogging as her orgasm was all that mattered in the moment.

Ochako watched her girlfriend’s climax with a fond smile, gently stroking her fingers along her side as she rode it out before, like her, Tooru collapsed back to the covers with exertion.

“Enjoy that?” Ochako asked with a playful tone after a few moments and getting a chuckle out of her girlfriend in return.

“Heck yeah,” Tooru grinned while trying to find her breath. “Though I should be… asking you that.”

“Mmm,” Ochako stretched, still feeling the creaks of her strained body but it was interlaced with a contented satisfaction that almost cancelled it out. “I might’ve needed that.”

“Good.” The two smiled lovingly at each other, content for the moment to revel in their releases and each other’s company, Ochako’s eyes lightly closing as she could feel her tiredness begin to return.

When she’d built up the energy to move again, Tooru rolled in her spot, draping a reciprocal arm over her girlfriend and briefly shaking her from her doze.

“Was I a good Mistress?” She asked with a hopeful smile. Ochako giggled softly as she lovingly stroked her girlfriend’s cheek.

“Like I said, you’ve not quite got that Mistress energy,” she replied, drawing a small pout of the girl before she leant in to counter it with a gentle kiss on her lips, “but you’ve definitely got that lovable Starlight energy I like more.”

It was a tad disappointing that she couldn’t substitute for Momo exactly like Ochako had needed, but her girlfriend seemed infinitely more relaxed now than when she’d first brought her up so Tooru would take that as a win.

“Probably for the best,” she chuckled. “Would’ve had to fight Momo for custody of our cute Pet eventually otherwise.”

“Only in the bedroom,” Ochako smiled. “I don’t think we’ll ever go back to… how it was before.”

“Are you still sad?” Tooru frowned, hoping she hadn’t inadvertently ruined the mood as she noticed Ochako touch at her neck once more.

“A little,” she admitted, “but I know that we’re all trying to be better. I hope that what Momo and I can still share, when we get there that is, will be healthier.”

Tooru felt a relieved smile settle on her features. She didn’t have a problem with Ochako and Momo’s more unconventional relationship but now that the inequality of obligation had been removed, she hoped they would be able to enjoy being Mistress and Pet on equal ground.

“Well, if she starts falling back into bad habits, me and the others will take her to the pound instead of you,” Tooru giggled, though figuring Momo would probably enjoy being pounded by the five of them.

Ochako rolled her eyes and let out a soft giggle before drawing her girlfriend closer for another soft kiss.

“Thanks Starlight, I know I can always count on you.”

“Got that right, Cutie,” Tooru winked. “Now, as your final command from your Mistress, I order you to rest for the night.”

The brunette shook her head but didn’t argue with the order. Even if she still felt any desire to continue pushing herself, her body was way past the point of complying and she dutifully closed her eyes.

“While you’re doing that, I should go do some laundry,” Tooru reluctantly muttered and began to rise only for Ochako’s arm to prove unusually hard to remove. Looking at the sleepy girl who had one determined eye open and on her, it was clear that she wasn’t going anywhere.

“Sleep first,” Ochako mumbled, pulling her naked girlfriend closer, “chores later.”

Tooru giggled at the role reversal, though decided to give in with much less of a fight than Ochako.

“Alright, I get it,” she caved, poking her girlfriend’s soft cheek with a single digit, “but you gotta gimme my pillow back.”

After a few moments of rustling, and admittedly one unwilling rise to her feet to turn off the light, Tooru had them both settled in the bed with the covers over them.

“Night, Cutie Pie,” Tooru kissed her girlfriend’s cheek one final time as she cuddled her close.

“G’night… Starlight,” Ochako mumbled, barely able to finish her words before fatigue claimed her.

A peaceful silence settled over the pair as Tooru was content to drift off into a restful slumber to the sounds of Ochako’s restful sighs.


Another Friday was upon Japan and for class 1-A it was a somewhat relaxing day.

With Aizawa still out and Mandalay substituting for him, she’d led them through quirk training with the rest of the pussycat squad once again as they all strived to improve after reviewing the footage from earlier in the week.

Though they were down a few students due to work-study commitments, it didn’t hamper a certain group’s plans when they returned to the dorms that evening.

“Woohoo! Time to party!” Mina cheered as she tossed her bag by the elevator doors and headed for the kitchen.

“What’s this about a party?” Kaminari looked up eagerly.

“We celebratin’ something?” Sero asked.

“Sorry boys, you’re not invited,” Tooru giggled as she joined her girlfriend in the kitchen.

“It’s another girls-only sleepover before you complain,” Kyoka cut them off as she walked past with Tsuyu and Ochako flanking her on one side.

“Oh, that makes sense,” Sero shrugged.

“Aren’t you guys missing someone?” Kaminari raised a brow.

“Momo said it was cool to do it without her,” Mina called out as she closed the cupboard with her arms full of snacks.

“We’ll make sure she has extra fun on Sunday to make up for it,” Tooru assured them, grabbing all that Mina left behind.

“Provided you two can even walk by then,” Sero chuckled.

“Uh, rude!” Tooru puffed up her cheeks.

“While I would not be so crass as to comment on your weight, I do wish to express my concern for your wellbeing should you over-indulge,” Iida spoke up.

“We’ll make sure they don’t go overboard, ribbit,” Tsuyu offered.

“Kaminari does have a point though,” Ochako put a finger to her chin. “If Momo’s not here, who’s room are we gonna use?”

The pink-haired girl halted in her snack-gathering efforts as the realisation dawned on her.

“Aw man! I was totally counting on that big fluffy bed so we could all relax and do our make-up together.”

“You’ve known about this since Tuesday, how are you only just figuring it out,” Kyoka rolled her eyes.

“Details, details,” Mina brushed off.

“What’s wrong with just doing it in your room?” The punk-rock girl raised a brow, reluctantly reliving Mina of most of her gains and depositing them on a nearby table so they could better carry the supplies upstairs.

“Well, there’s nothing wrong per se~,” Mina shrugged. “I just wasn’t expecting it so I haven’t cleaned up.”

“Me neither,” Tooru admitted which Ochako chuckled at, having experienced it first-hand yesterday.

“Er, Tsu, Ochako?” Kyoka turned to the other two.

“Mine’s not exactly got a lot of seats or pillowy surfaces,” Ochako conceded.

“Mine’ll be pretty toasty so I guess we could use it,” Tsuyu reasoned.

Kyoka breathed a sigh of relief before the sound of a cheeky grin forming caused her to tense up.

“Or~, we could use our dear Kyoka’s room,” Mina purred. “It’s even soundproofed so we wouldn’t distract any of the boys with our incessant giggling about make-up and clothes and… shit.”

“Of freaking course,” the earphone-jacked girl deadpanned.

“Hey, don’t let them bully you into it,” Kaminari spoke up.

“Are you saying that to support me, or are you saying that so you can listen in on us?” Kyoka levelled a look at him.

“Can’t it be both?” He offered with a mischievous shrug which quickly turned into holding his hands up as Kyoka’s jacks rounded on him. “Kidding! I’m kidding.”

“I figured,” Kyoka rolled her eyes but sent him a playful smile.

“Ribbit, we can just do it in my room,” Tsuyu offered again.

“Nah, we’ll do it in mine,” Kyoka relented. “It’s got the best sound system anyway, so we may as well use it.”

“Ooo, we get to hear whatever sexy hunk or hunkette we end up watching with crystal clarity,” Mina laughed as she absconded with the remaining snacks she carried.

“Thanks a bunch, Kyoka!” Tooru called out as she followed after her girlfriend.

“Just make sure you bring extra pillows to lounge around on!” Kyoka called out before the elevator doors closed, getting a pair of awkward thumbs up from both girls before some of their snacks inevitably fell to the metal floor.

“Is it just me or does Mina seem extra pumped for this?” Kirishima remarked to the others as they started piecing together the plan for the evening.

“We’ve put this off for a while,” Tsuyu chuckled.

“And this isn’t even a proper sleepover since we’re not… all here,” Ochako explained, hesitating for a moment to ensure she wasn’t accidentally giving away Izuku’s typical involvement.

“Yeah, gonna be pretty quiet tonight without Katsuki around,” Kirishima chuckled as he took a seat on the couch.

“I’m sure Shoji will enjoy the peace and quiet for a change,” Sero winked, getting an eyeroll from the towering boy as Kirishima’s cheeks reddened at the implication.

“While I make a point not to use my quirk around our living space, certain sounds are audible even without my enhanced senses,” the boy noted before heading for the elevator.

A few snickers went around the remaining students as Kirishima tried to sink into the sofa while Kyoka felt at least a little better for relenting access to her room. While she had little doubts things might get a little loud, she was positive there’d be little chance of someone hearing them unless they pressed their ears against the door.

“Hey, with him and Midoriya gone, maybe we should have another ‘Hero Smash’ tournament,” Sero remarked. “As fun as those guys are, I’d like to actually win sometimes, y’know?”

“I’m in,” Kaminari grinned.

“I should hope so, it’s your console,” Sero chuckled.

Ochako, Tsuyu, and Kyoka giggled at the sight as the boys started planning their evening out. While they were certain Mina hadn’t intended to turn their sleepovers into a simultaneous tradition, it was a good excuse for the guys to bond.

“Guess I should go grab my TV,” Ochako smiled, giving Tsuyu’s hand one last squeeze before heading for the stairs to earn the calories she had no doubts she’d be indulging in as the remaining two watched her leave.

“Anything else we need?” Kyoka asked her froggy girlfriend as they headed to the kitchens to grab some water.

“Maybe some of Momo’s tea would be nice, ribbit,” Tsuyu suggested.

Kyoka nodded before her hands hesitated reaching for her girlfriend’s fancy teapot.

“Is… it weird I’d rather not if she’s not here?”

“If you’re worried about permission, we could just text her,” the green-haired girl offered, pulling out her phone.

“Yeah…” Kyoka mumbled, “I mean, if you want but I don’t think I will.”

“Ribbit?” Tsuyu tilted her head curiously as Kyoka’s expression fell. Glancing around at the remaining boys in the common room, Tsuyu quietly asked. “Everything okay, Vixen?”

“Yeah, just…” Kyoka sighed. “Missing them and junk.”

Them?” Tsuyu smirked.

“Shut up,” Kyoka rolled her eyes, “I’m allowed to now.”

Tsuyu’s ribbit-filled giggles had Kyoka roll her eyes again but her froggy girlfriend apologised by gently taking her hand and squeezing affectionately.

“It’s okay, ribbit. I get that too.”

Kyoka smiled gratefully but was certain Tsuyu wasn’t aware of the other reason the two were on her mind right now. Still, with both of them away being heroes, there was nothing she could do other than anticipate their return. Hopefully, despite another potential makeover coming, she could enjoy the evening with her other partners to the fullest.

“Besides, ribbit,” Tsuyu whispered conspiratorially, “I’m sure I’ll be able to get you to forget all about them for at least a few minutes, ribbit.”

Kyoka had to suppress a smirk when Tsuyu’s tongue flicked out of her mouth as she wrapped a jack around the girl’s wrist and let it buzz with her elevated heart rate. “Tsu!”

“You know you love it,” Tsuyu winked before moving to the fridge to get the drinks Mina and Tooru had neglected to grab in their snack-focused spree.

After grabbing the last supplies they’d need for the night, the two girls followed their partners upstairs and headed for Kyoka’s room.


As somewhat tidy as Kyoka usually kept her room with so much expensive and nostalgic equipment around, she arrived to find it still relatively intact despite Mina and Tooru’s best efforts to make her bed unrecognisable under a mound of foodstuffs. Their school jackets and ties had been tossed to the end of Kyoka’s bed and the top few buttons were undone, ready to relax into the evening.

“Do you guys really think we’re gonna eat all that?” The room’s owner remarked as she and Tsuyu entered.

“Maybe not all of it,” Mina giggled, “but we need variety tonight!”

“What for?” Tsuyu raised a curious brow as she set the drinks to one side.

“Because I wanna try out my Christmas present!” Tooru grinned before hopping off the bed and excusing herself as she passed between the girls

“Oh!” Mina called before Tooru could leave. “Grab that film from my room on your way back too! And our pillows!”

“Ask for the world too, why don’t ya?” The glittery-haired girl shook her head as she headed out the door. Mina would’ve responded with a cheesy rebuttal but decided to hold her tongue, settling for a fond smile.

“Oh, right, that,” Kyoka remarked as she remembered her gift to the girl, heading to her desk and unplugging an extra socket aside for the one needed for Ochako’s TV so Tooru could power it up, removing her jacket and tie to drape them over her desk chair. “We should probably put another blanket down or something. No way are you guys doing that on my bed as is.”

“Ooo, looking forward to everything getting messy?” Mina winked.

“You know what I mean,” Kyoka sighed.

“Don’t worry, babe,” Mina smiled, dropping the teasing tone. “I think tonight’s gonna be a bit more peaceful than the last few times.”

“Why’s that?” Kyoka raised a brow.

“As much as I wouldn’t mind taking another shot at that fancy crown our Queen’s got,” the pinkette winked at Tsuyu, “I’d rather just chill tonight.”

“No truth or dare this time, ribbit?” Tsuyu asked, the other two able to detect a mote of disappointment in her question. “But you said-”

“Tooru’s kinda been looking forward to trying out all her new looks now people can actually look at her,” Mina reasoned as gently as she could. “You know how carried away we can get with that stuff so you mind if we leave it for now?”

“I guess,” Tsuyu replied, clearly disappointed.

“Awww, come here, Princess,” Mina opened her arms out for the girl who sulked for a moment before being unable to resist walking forward and into her girlfriend’s touch.

“It’s just for this time while we’ve not got a full roster, yeah?” Mina cooed as she stroked her girlfriend’s back. “Next time though? That crown’s mine.”

While her head was obscured in Mina’s chest, Tsuyu’s eyes narrowed as she ribbited with determination in response, relieving the mild tension in the room with the three breaking into light laughter. Before the group got too comfy, the door clicked and Ochako gently pushed it open with the corner of her TV. Tooru followed behind her who seemed to not only have her hands full with the corners of two pillows in one and a movie case balancing on top of a bigger box in the other, but her quilt draped over the top of her head as it trailed behind.

“Oh Tooru,” Mina chuckled fondly as she rose to help her girlfriend with the extra stuff while Ochako put the TV down for Kyoka to hook up.

“Sorry,” the pink-cheeked girl apologised over her shoulder. “I would’ve helped, but I didn’t want to drop this.”

“It’s cool, I had it,” Tooru grinned, tilting her head back to look out from under the sheets as best she could before Mina relieved her of some of her burdens.

“Not one of your more sophisticated looks, dear,” Mina shook her head once Tooru was inside and the door was closing behind her.

“Well, I figured we needed more stuff to sit on,” Tooru reasoned, gesturing to Kyoka’s bed. “That’s like, not even half the size of Momo’s.”

None of ours are half the size of Momo’s,” Mina reminded her.

“Too bad we couldn’t push two of them together somehow, ribbit,” Tsuyu agreed, knowing from experience three to a standard UA bed was quite a bit squashed as it is, much as she loved being in the middle.

“Even if we could, there isn’t much space,” Ochako remarked, noting the area occupied by Kyoka’s instruments.

“Whelp, too late now,” Mina shrugged before shooing the others either onto the bed or out of the way before she flicked Tooru’s quilt out and lay it down over the remaining floor space with Tooru dropping hers and Mina’s pillows in the middle of it.

“All set!” Tooru declared, putting the movie on the bed while she attended to the other box.

Looking on curiously, Tsuyu watched as Tooru pulled the electronic s’mores maker out and set it to one side as she unwrapped the plug.

“Oh, I’d forgotten about that!” Ochako remarked, eyeing the packaging curiously with the litany of treat examples on it.

“This is gonna be super yummy!” Tooru cheered as Kyoka took the plug offered to her, wiring it and Ochako’s TV to the power strip behind her desk.

“It stays on the floor or your quilt,” Kyoka declared with finality.

“Yeah, yeah,” Mina stuck her tongue out cheekily, shifting most of the snacks from the bed to the floor.

“I need to do laundry anyway,” Tooru shrugged, sending Ochako a quick wink though she missed it by flopping onto Kyoka’s bed.

“It is kinda nice to do this with just us again after so long,” the brunette sighed with relief as she let the day’s fatigue ease. As much fun as it had been to have a class sleepover, they hadn’t done something like this in a good while.

It was tradition at this point for them to start the night’s events with a movie and snacks before they did anything else and they could collectively admit they were all happy for a chance to turn their brains off for a bit and enjoy the company.

“Classes and life picked up, ribbit,” Tsuyu acknowledged while dropping beside her girlfriend, shrugging off her jacket and loosening her tie. “When we get our place together, we’ll be able to do it more often.”

“Not sure those two could handle that,” Kyoka chuckled after she finished hooking her speakers into the TV and getting bemused looks from Tooru and Mina. “They’re not gonna fit into their costumes if we do more of these.”

“Not to mention the treats you’ll probably snack on at the theme park, ribbit,” Tsuyu joined in.

“Hey!” The pair pouted with frowns, though their objections were weakened by the chocolate, cookies, and marshmallows they’d already emptied into the rim around the s’more heater.

“We should probably get some fruit for that,” Ochako suggested, rising to fetch some along with grabbing her and Tsuyu’s pillows while the others giggled at the pair’s objections.

As Tooru tried to defend their limited choice of treats, Kyoka reached for the DVD Mina had apparently chosen for them that evening.

“The Princess Bride?” She quirked her lip at the title.

“No, no, trust me, it’s not what you’re expecting,” Mina grinned as Kyoka reluctantly opened up the case. “It’s much better than you’d think.”

“Too bad it’s not ‘The Princess’ Brides’, eh, Tsu?” Tooru winked, Tsuyu’s smile widening at the thought.

“If it’s not, your make-up will be clown-themed,” Kyoka shook her head, plotting her potential revenge after the film.

Sexy clown-themed?” The pinkette smirked. “I could probably pull that off.”

“Luckily, you won’t have to, ribbit,” Tsuyu said as she settled into her spot, awaiting Ochako’s return with her pillow to make it complete. “This one’s pretty good.”

“If you say so,” Kyoka shrugged.

By the time Ochako returned with a few bowls of fruit, additional pillows, and having rid herself of her own jacket and tie, everything was ready to go. Before the movie could begin, Ochako settled down next to Mina and Tooru to test out Tooru’s gadget while Kyoka reclined at the head of her bed and Tsuyu took the foot, lying on her front between Kyoka’s legs and the wall.

Once the film began, the five let a simultaneous sigh escape their chests, feeling a slice of normalcy return to them after the recent weeks of going Plus Ultra.


As the movie played, the girls were content to watch in peace. While Tooru and Mina enjoyed Tooru’s Christmas present the most by trying out a variety of fillings and toppings added to their s’mores, predictably getting a few dribbles on the sheets, Tsuyu and Kyoka partook with the default recipe and savouring the treat rather than inhaling it.

At some point during the film, once Ochako had fully indulged her sweet tooth, she’d climbed up on the bed to share with Tsuyu and Kyoka, taking up the space on the punk-rock girl’s other side and lying on her front to match the frog girl. Kyoka didn’t mind, nor did she mind when Ochako and Tsuyu held hands during the more, admittedly cute, romantic parts of the film. She would admit to feeling that familiar envious pang in her chest when she glanced over and spotted Tooru and Mina doing the same thing.

Eventually, the film reached its conclusion and the credits began rolling. Mina released a contented sigh from the nostalgia trip as well as the full belly she was resting on.

“Ah, I love that film.”

“So romantic!” Tooru cooed.

“I liked the butt-kicking parts,” Ochako grinned. “Made me wanna take up a sword myself.”

“Ribbit, I don’t think that would work well with your Gunhead Martial Arts,” Tsuyu chuckled.

“What do you think Kyoka?” Mina turned to the girl as she stood, preparing to make a quick trip to the ladies' room. “Should I pick out a big red nose?”

“It was mostly good, I guess,” Kyoka shrugged.

“You guess?” Tsuyu quirked a brow as Mina paused in her steps.

“Story was good an’ all but I didn’t really get the whole grandpa and grandson thing,” Kyoka remarked.

“It was a framing device,” Mina replied. “A cute one.”

“What did it add to the story?” Kyoka raised a brow. “Just pulled me out of it each time.”

“It wasn’t just a film about revenge, pirates, and romance; it helped that boy bond with his grandpa over a passed down story, like a tradition, ribbit,” Tsuyu noted.

“Don’t you think that’s sweet?” Tooru asked. “Doesn’t that sound like something great you can do with your kids when they get sick?”

“Well… u-uh…” Kyoka hesitated, caught off guard.

“Jumping the gun a bit there, eh, Tooru?” Mina smirked at her girlfriend while continuing to the bathroom. “Pretty sure our Vixen hasn’t thought that far ahead yet.”

“O-Of course not!” Kyoka denied, a flush rising to her cheeks.

“Really, ribbit?” Tsuyu asked with a more serious tone. “I would’ve thought you and Momo-”

“We haven’t even freed her yet,” Kyoka’s tone rose, unable to keep a touch of resentment from entering it. “No sense… planning all of that if we can’t even do that much for her.”

The others exchanged commiserating glances between themselves. As much as they wanted to, they still hadn’t come up with a way to free Momo from her folks beyond getting their shared boyfriend to be the one engaged to her.

“As long as Izuku plays his part, we’ll all be fine,” Ochako assured her.

“You know that’s not the same thing,” Kyoka replied. “Even if we don’t figure shit out and those two… get married, what then? We all live together but Momo still has to keep everything secret until her parents die? I just… I wanna do what you guys can and it feels like I’ve gotta be on guard around her all the time.”

“We’re sorry, Kyoka,” Tooru felt her heart go out to their punk-rock girlfriend, reaching out to rest a hand on hers. “If we had any way of speeding it up you know we would.”

“Not implying murder, are you Tooru?” Tsuyu chuckled, hoping to bring some levity back with Tooru’s overly dramatic realization.

“You know that’s not what I meant!” Tooru pouted and puffed up her cheeks but their antics hadn’t cheered up their purple-haired partner as Kyoka sighed, wrapping her arms around her middle.

“Sorry, I’m spoiling the mood.”

“Hey, it’s okay,” Ochako affectionately squeezed one of Kyoka’s legs. “Part of this whole thing is so we can unwind, right? You’ve just been keeping this bottled up a bit too long I think.”

“What if we did your make-up all pretty for when she comes back tomorrow,” Tooru suggested.

“That is like, the last thing I want right now,” Kyoka groaned. “Besides, we need to make Tooru the pretty one.”

“Are you implying I’m not already beautiful?” Tooru stuck her nose in the air, playfully insulted.

“You know what I mean,” Kyoka rolled her eyes but a small smile tugged at the corner of her lips all the same.

The toilet flushed from the small adjacent room as Mina stepped out, drying her hands on her top.

“What about for Sunday?” She suggested, having been able to hear everything. “We may be going to a theme park but there’s no reason you can’t turn it into a secret date and gussy up a bit.”

Kyoka shook her head, already knowing that probably wasn’t an option.

“Don’t you think our classmates might get suspicious if I did that?”

“Not if we all did,” Mina grinned triumphantly. “Us four are hitched in the public eye but don’t forget that Momo’s secret mission is to lure Squishy away from these two lovely ladies,” she gestured to Ochako and Tsuyu who brightened at the drive-by compliment. “No way she’s not gonna be dressing up a little nicer too to play the part. We can just say we did it together so we all match.”

“Momo promised she wouldn’t be spending the whole day with Izuku too,” Ochako reminded her. “I’m sure there’ll be plenty of time for you two to go around together.”

It still wasn’t a perfect solution but with all her girlfriend’s enthusiasm, Kyoka couldn’t help but feel her spirits somewhat lifted by their optimism.

“All right, I get it,” she held her hands and jacks up in surrender. “I’ll stop being a sourpuss and try to enjoy what I can get for now.”

“There’s our Vixen, ribbit,” Tsuyu smiled, getting a grateful smile from the girl in return.

“Stop worrying about the future so much, we gotta focus on the now,” Tooru reminded her.

“You say that,” Mina giggled, “but I’m seriously worried for Kyoka’s hero career.”

“Huh?” Kyoka’s frown returned as she and the others looked towards Mina.

“You’re worried about us filling out ours, but I’m surprised yours will see any use with the amount of time you’re gonna be spending taking romantic getaways with Momo once you can.”

The others laughed at the tease with even Kyoka conceding that Mina had a point if she didn’t care so much about being a hero. If they managed to get Momo out with even a fraction of her family’s wealth, they’d never have to worry about money ever again, after all.

That was, unfortunately, still in the distant future so like Tooru advised, Kyoka decided to try and put it out of her mind for now. After all, she still had four amazing partners to spend the evening with.

“Bitch,” Kyoka smirked. “Just watch me shoot past you in the hero charts.”

“I’m sure you’ll try,” Mina stuck her tongue out. “Anyway, enough moping. I think it’s time we started painting our cute little canvas here.”

Tooru squealed excitedly and jumped up, almost upsetting what was left of the snacks and the s’mores heater.

“I’ll go get my stuff!”

The other four watched Tooru excitedly dash for the room while the others took a more leisurely pace.

Once all her guests had temporarily departed, Kyoka headed over to her chest of drawers and pulled out the makeup she’d gotten for Christmas too. She was sure they weren’t as vast as the others’ collections, but she fondly recalled the look on Momo’s face when she’d picked her up for their inside date together.

The others took a little longer to return than Kyoka expected but they’d all come with additional supplies. Ochako brought a few workout headbands to keep their hair out of their faces while Tsuyu grabbed some extra towels and make-up removal wipes so they could easily reset their looks if needed. Mina didn’t just bring lipsticks and blushes, the girl unveiled a whole box set of stuff in a variety of colours and some extra mirrors for them to use. Tooru, however, took the cake. She’d not only brought along the cheap kit she’d used with Ochako and the fruity lipsticks she’d gotten for Christmas, but a press-on nail kit she’d ordered for herself too.

“Not doing things by halves, are you, Tooru?” Tsuyu chuckled.

“Nope!” The girl declared proudly, spreading out her stuff over her slightly stained quilt. “I wanna try out everything.”

“Don’t think we’ll quite have time for that,” Mina giggled, pulling her girlfriend in for a squeeze as they tried to sort through everything.

Once there was some sort of order established in the chaos, it was decided that Tooru would go first since she’d be the one having the most work done that evening. While Mina decided to be the one to initially paint her girlfriend, Tsuyu opted to do the same for Kyoka which the girl conceded to on the point that Tsuyu didn’t seem like the type to be ‘extra’ in her work.

“Feeling better now, ribbit?” Tsuyu asked as she began painting Kyoka’s eyelids a familiar purple colour.

“Yeah, a little,” Kyoka admitted.

“Sometimes you just need to vent,” Ochako nodded understandingly, deciding to replay the movie but put the volume on low so they’d have some light background noise as well as indulge in one more s’more.

“That’s what we’re here for,” Mina agreed, already finished with Tooru’s shockingly pink, strawberry-flavoured lipstick for her first look and starting on her eyes. “Well, that and lewd things.”

“We’re a little more than that,” Ochako shot their girlfriend a withering look as best she could with her cheeks full of marshmallow.

“Well, yeah, but that’s definitely one of the more fun bits,” Mina giggled cheekily. “Maybe someone needs to relieve some stress.”

“Get bent,” Kyoka rolled her eyes, almost causing Tsuyu to paint her eyeball were it not for her steady hand. “I’m more concerned with keeping up with classwork and my work-study, not to mention training right now.”

“I thought you didn’t go to Gang Orca’s this week,” Tooru noted.

“Yeah, he said he wasn’t gonna call us in unless there was an emergency so we could reflect on what we’d learned so far and think about new ways to improve things for communities.”

“Not asking much, is he?” Mina chuckled.

“It makes sense,” Kyoka shrugged. “Dude’s kinda the face of heteromorphs where he is.”

“Sounds like it would’ve been interesting to study under him too, ribbit.”

“Not as much water as you probably like so far.”

“Not much with Ryukyu either,” Tsuyu shrugged.

“But she’s teaching us a lot on how to deal with villain attacks and stuff. Plus we’ve got N-Nejire there too.” The others glanced over at Ochako, noticing her cheeks pinken a little more than usual.

“Remembering when she saw that full moon?” Mina teased.

“That was Tsu’s fault!” Ochako pouted. “It was so embarrassing.”

“Nejire was fine,” Tsuyu brushed off, “though I’m sorry again for surprising you like that.”

“The… idea was nice, the surprise could’ve gone better,” Ochako admitted, giving Tsuyu’s shoulder a soft squeeze.

“Too bad she’s already got a girlfriend,” Mina giggled, “think she would’ve been interested in joining us otherwise?”

“Would,” Tsuyu chuckled.

“Guys,” Kyoka deadpanned.

“Hey, she’s cute!” Mina protested while Tsuyu shrugged indifferently. “I can look but I can’t touch.”

You’ve got enough on your plate already,” Tooru nudged her pink girlfriend as it seemed she was finishing up. “How’s things going at Rock Lock’s anyway?”

“Really great actually!” Mina’s sudden grin almost startling the girl. “I mean uh… nothing special to report.”

“Sus, ribbit.”

“No doubt,” Kyoka agreed, levelling a one-eyed glower at the girl.

“I’m legally bound to keep my mouth shut,” Mina offered before ending with a pout. “Even if I really don’t want to.”

“Oh, right,” Tsuyu caught on, drawing the curious looks from the other two away from the pink-haired girl in question. “If I had to guess, ‘Chako and I know what that’s like.

“Why would we-… oooh,” realisation dawned on the brunette as Mina finished applying the last of Tooru’s new look, holding a mirror up for the girl.

“Yeah, it’s probably the same thing you guys went through with the Shie Hassaikai,” Mina could at least relay that much.

“Should we be worried?” Tooru reached out to squeeze Mina’s hand over the mirror.

“Nah, should be fine,” Mina smiled confidently. “I got the most kickass support so no way we’re gonna lose.”

“Aren’t you supposed to be their support?” Kyoka pointed out.

“Just be safe,” Ochako reminded her. “That raid was super scary.”

“Good things came out of it though,” Tsuyu noted, moving onto Kyoka’s lipstick and picking the black-cherry flavour from Tooru’s set. “We managed to save Eri and it was when you felt comfortable enough to accept my feelings.”

“Also super scary,” Ochako chuckled, nudging her girlfriend with her foot. “That was all still so new to me. It was only thanks to Momo that it happened too.”

“Oh, yeah, your parents,” Mina glanced over as Tooru turned around to have her hair braided. “They still doing alright?”

“They’re fine,” Ochako nodded. “Busy but happy. Still gonna be a while before they can pay Momo back but she doesn’t mind.”

“That’s good at least,” the pinkette smiled. “Not that I think she’d hold them to it if they couldn’t.”

“Yeah, it’s just a pride thing,” Ochako reminded her.

“Well, I’m super grateful to Momo for doing it for you anyway, ribbit,” Tsuyu sent her girlfriend an endearing look.

“We all are,” Tooru agreed, turning her head and sending a wink to Ochako. “Don’t think this whole thing would feel right without our slice of Cutie Pie.”

“You shush,” Ochako blushed, averting her eyes as the recent memories returned to the forefront of her mind.

“That girl’s got her flaws but her heart’s usually in the right place,” Mina nodded, glancing at Kyoka. “Not sure we could’ve pulled this off if she wasn’t the one who spoke to you when we started putting it together.”

“Y-Yeah,” Kyoka nodded as Tsuyu finished up her simple look, offering a mirror to the girl who took a good long look at her reflection.

Her depression still lurked beneath the surface, but she couldn’t deny she was much happier now than she’d been all those months ago. Even under the additional layer of makeup, Kyoka could see how far she’d come since accepting Momo’s odd offer of a relationship with stipulations and joining her and the others in one big poly mess. She could admit that, despite how far she still felt she needed to go, she was proud of herself for all she’d grown.

“Can’t imagine being left out while you guys had all that fun together now,” she chuckled.

“You would’ve definitely caved if we’d asked you again once Ochako and Tsuyu joined,” Tooru winked. “Or maybe it would’ve taken some additional convincing from Squishy to snag you.”

“Yeah, right,” Kyoka scoffed as she took her turn searching through their makeup supplies, hunting for some good froggy colours to complement Tsuyu’s features.

“I’m so glad he said yes to joining us too,” Tooru admitted with a fond sigh.

“And we know it’s not just for lewd reasons for you,” Mina grinned, poking her girlfriend’s visible cheek with a finger.

“You’re welcome, ribbit,” Tsuyu smirked. “I’m glad you’ve been enjoying mine and Ochako’s crush so much.”

“Bit more than a crush at this point,” Mina laughed as she finished Tooru’s hair, leaving the girl with a short, braided ponytail that the girl examined using a pair of mirrors.

“He was so nervous when we first talked to him,” Tooru recalled. “I’m glad he’s gotten more confident now.”

“Tell me about it,” Mina let out a seductive purr at the memories that jumped to the front of her mind.

“He needed time to ease into everything, especially with his secret about… One-For-All,” Ochako reminded them. “Not like we all just jumped into bed together either.”

“Well, you didn’t,” Mina smirked.

“But it was kinda fun to tease him when he joined our sleepovers,” Tsuyu giggled as Kyoka reached for one of the cheap lipsticks.

“Hey, use this,” Tooru offered, grabbing her green apple-flavoured lipstick and offering it to Kyoka who shrugged and accepted before beginning to apply it to Tsuyu.

“It went well beyond teasing just during the first,” Ochako recalled, her face aflame.

“Nothing wrong with that,” Mina grinned, preparing herself as Tooru selected some gold eyeliner to make Mina’s eyes pop more. “Seems almost tame now.”

“You call him jerking off in front of us tame?” Kyoka scoffed.

“Well, it’s tamer than you and him drinking from Momo’s tits,” Mina retorted with a smirk.

“You know, I’d almost forgotten about that, ribbit,” Tsuyu noted when Kyoka’s face heated up at the memory.

“Guess Momo was a lot more willing to share then,” Tooru noted.

“T-That was before I…” Kyoka stopped short, causing several eyes to swivel her way. “She got jealous because I fell for that adorkable idiot,” she sighed.

“We’ve been over this hun,” Mina reminded her. “That’s Momo’s shortfall, not yours.”

“Yeah, I know,” Kyoka nodded, resuming her painting of Tsuyu’s cheeks with some green blush.

“How are things between um… you three?” Ochako asked cautiously. While the group had been content to leave Kyoka, Momo, and Izuku to feel out their renewed relationship dynamic together, there was still a lingering worry in the back of their minds things might sour.

“With me? T-They’re fine,” Kyoka muttered, trying to do anything but think of the request she’d put to the pair for her sake. “I’m um… not sure about them. I think they had a… talk or a hangout or something together a while back. I’m guessing it went okay but I didn’t hear anything from either of them about it.”

“Could be they’re actually feeling each other out again,” Mina giggled teasingly, winking while closing it as Tooru began her painting.

“Har har,” Kyoka rolled her eyes, “I know they’re not that far along yet.”

“Oh?” Ochako noted, the group’s focus rounding on the punk-rock girl once again, eager for more information. Feeling she’d walked into an unintentional trap Kyoka decided it was better to at least explain a little rather than be pestered for the whole thing.

“I er… asked them both to do something together with me,” Kyoka blushed, trying to keep her face static and her focus on Tsuyu. “They didn’t seem super comfortable about it which means they probably aren’t doing it yet.”

She left out the bit about them probably being more uncomfortable with her fantasy than each other.

“But they are doing me,” Mina declared smugly, recalling that night fondly.

“That was fun, ribbit,” Tsuyu chuckled. “When they want to work together, they do it well.”

“Momo let herself trust Izuku and it worked out for all of us,” Mina grinned, idly wondering if it was worth trying for a repeat performance. “If they’re focusing on you then you’re in for a helluva time, my dear Vixen.”

Kyoka felt her chest pulse with anticipation as the scenario she imagined playing out in her mind much more frequently in recent days could soon become a reality. She only hoped she could both take it and enjoy it when the time came.

“Just don’t let Momo get too… competitive and you should be okay,” Tooru chuckled, though lacking any humour in her tone, causing the others to grimace at the reminder.

“You doing okay, Starlight?” Tsuyu asked with concern.

“Better,” Tooru replied honestly. “Still working on it but just, y’know, reminding you.”

As much as Momo had been working to earn their trust back, it was still too soon to say she’d regained their former confidence in her.

“She’s doing well,” Mina assured her girlfriend, confident at least that Momo was on the right track though hoped Kyoka knew what she was doing.

“I just hope… Momo doesn’t feel jealous or inadequate that I asked,” Kyoka noted, her hands slowing their efforts. “I still love her with everything I’ve got but… I also love you guys too, and… Izuku’s part of that now.”

Ochako and Tsuyu smiled warmly at Kyoka’s words. Though they’d not expected her to be with their boyfriend when he’d first joined, they would’ve been happy to settle for them being at least amicable with each other after the nearly hostile way Kyoka had guarded herself and Momo at first. Seeing Kyoka not only connect with him but fall for him too didn’t diminish either of them in their eyes. Tsuyu was especially happy to see the two bonding, even if it was partially over the darker aspects of their histories.

“Aww!” Tooru cooed, wiggling adorably in place while Mina simply agreed with knowing nods, finding the moment too endearing to try and make a joke out of.

“Squishy sneaks into your heart and then steals it right from under you,” Mina chuckled, though she’d be the first to admit she showed him the doorway to hers. “I think once Momo’s over herself, she’ll see him like that again.”

“Again?” Kyoka raised a brow.

“Well, she wasn’t exactly antagonistic to him like you were at the start,” Mina reminded her. “We’ve said before how similar they are at times. If none of us were in the picture, I’d daresay I could see them being a totally kickass power couple for real.”

“It could be its own romantic movie,” Tooru agreed before enunciating like a movie trailer narrator, “the caged heiress, hoping to escape her betrothal with a false suiter, only to find her true love in the noble commoner destined to fight and defeat a great evil; and I’m not talking about All-For-One.”

“I’d watch that,” Tsuyu chuckled while Ochako and Mina giggled at Tooru’s attempt at a deep voice.

“Yeah… I could see that,” Kyoka nodded with a sigh. “I think that’s at least a part of why I was so mean to him at first.”

“If he can win you over, he’ll win Momo over too,” Mina smiled assuredly, “and when he does, you guys can have tons of sex and make plenty of babies for us to fuss over.”

“Shut up,” Kyoka rolled her eyes, pointing her jacks at her minx of a girlfriend but her fond smile shone through.

“I would say I called dibs but, honestly, I have no clue how that’ll work out, ribbit,” Tsuyu admitted.

“We need plenty of time to be awesome heroes first,” Ochako agreed, “and we’re gonna wanna enjoy the heck out of our super-cool place together.”

“Should we do it all at once or whenever we feel like it?” Mina tossed out casually as her girlfriend applied some lemon-flavoured lipstick to her.

“I don’t think taking care of so many babies in one go would be good for anyone’s health,” Tooru giggled.

“We’ll figure it out later… much later,” Kyoka hoped to move away from the topic, finishing Tsuyu’s make-up and holding the mirror out to her.

“Can’t go wrong with a classic, ribbit,” Tsuyu beamed, her tongue flicking out and enjoying the taste of her fruit-themed lips.

“Ooo, Tsu, come here,” Tooru paused her efforts on Mina and quickly waddled over to her other girlfriend on her knees. The greenette raised a curious brow only to accept the eager kiss from Tooru which quickly sunk into tongues, the shimmery-haired girl encouraging her to taste her lips as she sucked on Tsuyu’s.

“Mmm, delicious,” Tooru giggled when she pulled back. “Best fruit salad I’ve ever had.”

“Isn’t that supposed to be raspberry and pineapple?” Tsuyu raised a confused brow wondering how Tooru possibly confuse apples and strawberries for that.

“You mean summer fruits, Starlight,” Mina giggled, “now come finish my lipstick so I can have a taste too!”

While Tooru wiggled back to her duty, Tsuyu glanced at Kyoka and Ochako with an eager grin.

“Wanna try Black Cherry and Apple?” She giggled, enticing Kyoka closer by licking her lips seductively.

“M-Maybe just a sample,” Kyoka tried to play it off casually but wasn’t fooling anybody.

The two came together with a tender embrace as Tsuyu eagerly allowed her tongue to explore Kyoka’s new taste while Kyoka nibbled on hers. From the side-lines, Ochako watched on with her breaths getting progressively heavier, only tearing her eyes away when they finished to look for a suitable flavour among the set to join in with.

“I could get used to this,” Tsuyu giggled as she watched Kyoka suckle her own lip to mix the two tastes better.

“Maybe not in public though,” Mina grinned, gesturing to the corner of her mouth as Tooru applied the last of her flavour. “Wouldn’t do to have another girl’s lipstick where it shouldn’t be.”

Tsuyu blinked before looking into one of the mirrors, noticing Kyoka’s darker cherry had smudged onto her lips already.

“But that’s the best part!” Tooru declared before swooping in and planting a loud, messy kiss on Mina’s cheek before pulling away to see her handiwork. “H-Hey!”

The others sniggered at Tooru’s pout when she realised the light pink of the strawberry flavour barely showed up on her girlfriend’s hot pink skin.

“Nice try, Starlight,” Mina grinned before lunging, locking her girlfriend’s arms to her sides in a suppressing hug as she leaned in close. “This is how you do it.”

“Gah, no!” Tooru protested as Mina began peppering her with equally messy kisses. Yellow didn’t show up great on Tooru’s pale skin either but the others got a good chuckle out of seeing the two making the most of it.

“Your turn to join us, ‘Chako,” Tsuyu turned to their brunette girlfriend who looked more than ready.

Kyoka swapped places with Ochako since she had the least experience applying makeup to herself or others and took a few deep breaths to cool herself off after being riled up by Tsuyu’s expert tongue work. She chuckled as Tooru pouted and lightly berated Mina for smudging her before she had a chance to snap a picture. Thankfully, with a few delicate swipes of a wipe, Tooru was able to take a decent shot of herself before beginning to remove the rest of it.

“All my hard work, gone,” Mina cried crocodile tears as Tooru rolled her eyes.

“I thought this was about me trying lots of looks,” she deadpanned.

“My craftsmanship is costly. If you want another expert makeover, you’re gonna have to pay up.”

“Oh, no,” Tooru pat her empty pockets before putting on her most innocent face. “I’m all out of money. Maybe I could repay you in another way.”

“I… might be able to think of something…” Mina smirked, leaning in slowly to tempt Tooru into tasting her lemon-flavouring again only to pull back smugly at the last minute. “I also take payment in sweet treats.”

“Oh, come on,” Tooru pouted.

“Don’t worry, I got it,” Kyoka sighed, getting the hint and deciding to help her girlfriend out a little by firing up the s’more maker once more.

“Delicious victory!” Mina grinned triumphantly before looking back at the case of make-up. Tsuyu had helped herself to the peach colours to try and complement Ochako’s naturally rosy cheeks so Mina decided, despite knowing it would probably end up all over her cheeks, to give her girlfriend a light-brown salty caramel look.

With the movie still playing in the background, Tsuyu and Mina worked diligently and quickly to bring their partners up to their level.

“Ribbit, what do you think?” Tsuyu asked once she’d finished.

“I like it,” Ochako smiled warmly, examining her reflection before planting a kiss on Tsuyu’s cheek. “It doesn’t stand out too much and make me look like a different person.”

“Like the best kind,” Tsuyu nodded, content with her work.

“Hey, sometimes you wanna make a splash and stand out,” Mina grinned through a mouthful of s’more. “Maybe I should try blue bubble gum next and show you what’s what.”

“Well, if we’re doing sweet things then I’m pretty sure I got the best,” Tooru grinned at her new look, having decided to try her hair in a pair of buns on the side of her head next.

“Adorable,” Tsuyu spoke for them all as Tooru checked herself out in a mirror.

“Tasty too,” Tooru licked her lips with a playful seductiveness. “Who wants some?”

“Ah-ah, not before a picture,” Mina chided. “Don’t want you getting all moany we smudged again.”

“You could make me ‘moany’ in a different way then,” Tooru winked but silently thanked Mina for the reminder, holding her phone up to take a selfie.

“Careful what you wish for,” Mina purred as she crawled up behind her girlfriend after she’d taken the first snap before wrapping her arms around Tooru’s middle and nestling her head into the crook of her neck. “You might just get it.”

The others giggled though looked on with more than a little interest as Mina made Tooru break into loud barks of laughter as she kissed, licked, and nibbled at Tooru’s neck.

“H-Hey, s-stop, stop,” Tooru pushed Mina’s head back after a few moments. “I wanna get a picture of all of us together first.”

“Should’da thought of that beforehand,” Mina purred though didn’t resume her teasing efforts as Tooru held up her phone again.

“You guys mind?” She glanced over her shoulder at the others.

“Of course not,” Ochako agreed, crawling up to join them, swiftly followed by Tsuyu with an enthusiastic ribbit.

“Only because it’s you,” Kyoka made a show of conceding but truthfully didn’t mind doing this to make their Starlight smile.

“Yay! Everyone say ‘Cheese’,” Tooru declared once they were all in close, showing off their new looks with the iridescent-haired girl throwing up a peace sign.

When the photo was safe and secure, Tooru grinned brightly, highly tempted to set it as her background.

“You should send that to Izuku and Momo, show them what they’re missing, ribbit,” Tsuyu chuckled.

“That’s a bit mean,” Kyoka sent Tsuyu a look. “I mean, they both would’ve wanted to be here.”

“And I’m sure that has nothing to do with you wanting to see Izuku with makeup on,” Mina replied with a smug look.

“N-Not like I would’ve forced him to do it,” Kyoka quickly rejected.

“Or played with his growing hair?” Ochako joined in the gentle tease as Kyoka pouted.

“Nah, Tsu’s right,” Tooru agreed, pulling up their messaging app. “They may not be here but we should let them know we’re thinking of them.”

With a quirk message, the other girl’s phones pinged with Mina reaching hers to check the message out first.

Visi-badass: [Attached image] Enjoying that Friday night feeling but wish you were both here!

“That works, ribbit,” Tsuyu smiled at her girlfriend’s thoughtfulness.

“Very sweet,” Ochako agreed only to raise a brow as Tooru began giggling.

“That’s right, but not as sweet as revenge!”

Before Mina could react, Tooru had dropped her phone and turned on her, wrapping her in a familiar hug while assaulting her cheeks with caramel-coloured kisses.

“Ah! Sneak attack!” Mina cried, struggling to squirm free while laughing all the while.

“You deserve this!” Tooru giggled as she extracted her pound of flesh from Mina’s cheeks and neck, leaving a number of more visible lip prints behind this time.

“Oh, come on. I didn’t even get to taste it,” Mina pouted.

“That’s what you’re most upset about?” Kyoka snorted at the display, though it got Tooru to slow her attack and seek out Mina’s eyes with her own.

“I guess I do owe you that much for making me look pretty.”

“Pretti-er,” Mina emphasized with a fond smile. “You’re already our dazzling Starlight.”

The others could feel their heads swell at the sight and sound of Tooru letting out a high-pitched squeal before capturing Mina’s lips in a passion-filled kiss.

“Didn’t think Salted Caramel-Lemon would taste that good,” Ochako giggled as they watched. Her giggles soon slowed when it seemed like Tooru wasn’t stopping and was instead letting her kiss with Mina starting to sink into something deeper.

She swallowed to push down her rising desires while watching the pair only to feel a hand settle on her knee. Glancing over, she spotted Tsuyu with a sultry look on her face and her other hand on Kyoka’s knee.

“It probably doesn’t taste great, but I want to try Apple-Peach-Black Cherry,” the frog girl purred.

“U-Uh,” Kyoka found herself swallowing at the implication. She certainly wouldn’t say no but with the way things were beginning to heat up…

“We should probably get out of our uniforms then,” Ochako giggled, idly worried an errant smudge of lipstick might be the thing that gives their relationship away. Out of the corner of her eye, it seemed Tooru and Mina were already ahead of them in that regard when a bra was tossed to the side.

“I dunno, ribbit,” Tsuyu grinned. “I have a thing for sexy schoolgirls.”

“Wow,” Kyoka snorted. “Could you make that sound any more predatory?”

“I’m only a frog, ribbit, but surely you’ve realised that you’re my prey, Vixen.”

Kyoka was pretty certain she knew for a fact that frogs didn’t eat foxes. From the look in Tsuyu’s eyes, however, that wasn’t going to stop her.

Leaning forward, Tsuyu again claimed Kyoka’s lips with the girl more easily sinking into the kiss, her inhibitions rapidly falling away as Tsuyu’s tongue probed deeper this time. She tried to fight the reflex to curl her toes when the frog girl started exploring her throat, unmistakably thrusting a few times before drawing her tongue back to leave Kyoka almost dizzy with desire.

Now it was Ochako’s turn to roll her eyes as Tsuyu eagerly rose to her feet and pulled Kyoka along with her, helping her walk the few steps to the punk-rock girl’s bed before the pair fell onto it in a mess of limbs on their sides. Taking a more measured and thought-out pace, Ochako set to work removing her school clothes and placing them to the side by Kyoka’s bass where they’d hopefully be safe from disruption.

Returning her focus to her current partners, she couldn’t push down the lust in her chest or the blush in her face at the sight of Tsuyu’s hand slipping under Kyoka’s hiked-up skirt and pushing its way into her panties with the girl letting out a throaty moan under the touch. Biting her lip, Ochako reached down with one hand to warm herself up too as she watched Tsuyu play with her prey.

“F-Fuck,” Kyoka groaned as she spread her legs a little wider, feeling Tsuyu’s larger-than-normal digits eager to explore her.

“Ribbit, I love the sounds you make,” Tsuyu purred, kissing Kyoka’s cheek and neck to let the girl gasp at her ministrations.  Kyoka’s unfocused eyes regained their clarity as she felt the need to claim back some ground in this one-sided encounter. If her Princess wanted to go fast and rough, she could certainly oblige.

Pushing herself up on one elbow, Kyoka reached out to grip the back of Tsuyu’s head with a firm hand and drag her into another searing kiss. With Tsuyu suitably distracted, Kyoka stretched her jacks out to slide between Tsuyu’s shirt buttons and into her bra, seeking out the girl’s sensitive nipples to begin stimulating them with good vibrations.

The groan she felt ripple into her mouth from Tsuyu’s throat was worth every ounce of focus.

What caught her off guard, however, was when she felt a tugging sensation at her hips. Breaking her kiss with Tsuyu, Kyoka looked down to see the seductive face of Ochako relieving her of her panties.

“Tsu wants some apple and black cherry, but I want some peaches and Kyoka.”

Kyoka tried not to let her mind dwell on the fact that Momo shared her name with the sweet fruit as Ochako cuddled up to her legs, dragging her rear closer to the edge of the bed as Ochako’s mouth opened tantalizingly, pausing in its progress to suckle on Tsuyu’s moist fingers.

“Rib~bit,” the frog girl moaned, closing her eyes and savouring Ochako’s tongue running over her digits.

Kyoka saw her opportunity to strike, pushing Tsuyu’s shoulders down and rolling on top of the girl, doing her best not to kick Ochako in the head when she swung her leg over to settle on Tsuyu’s hips. She smugly looked down at the befuddled girl before cupping her cheek and leaning in close.

“Don’t forget, outside this room, I have to hold back. In here… neither of us do,” Kyoka purred into Tsuyu’s ear as she pulled her girlfriend’s top open without any button loss and let her teeth nip at Tsuyu’s collarbone

“Ribbit!” Tsuyu cried from a mix of light pain and pleasure when Kyoka started her assault, beginning to coat her skin with a number of black cherry marks. The only thing that caused her to pause was when Ochako spread her cheeks and reached out with her tongue, fulfilling her desire to taste Kyoka entirely.

Now it was Tsuyu’s turn to seize on the opportunity, matching Kyoka’s energy and trying to dominate her in a battle of tongues.

While the green and purple-haired duo battled it out, Ochako figured she’d level the playing field, pausing her tasting of Kyoka after a short while to remove Tsuyu’s panties which the girl was eager to be rid of. With two perfect sets of lips before her, Ochako wasted no time in splitting her attention between them both, ensuring they were both covered with lipstick before long while one hand slipped between her legs and attended to her own growing need.

By this point, the room was full of moans as Mina and Tooru, who’d shifted into a sixty-nine position while the others had been distracted, felt their climax coming. Kyoka wanted more from their current position and after enduring a disappointed groan from Tsuyu as she pulled her jacks back, it returned with greater force when she’d sent them southwards to seek out their clits.

“K-K-Kyo!” Tsuyu gasped as her hips rose and toes curled. Any sense of smugness was ignored as Kyoka focused on following Tsuyu’s impending orgasm, grinding their hips together. What sent her over the edge wasn’t the additional pressure, but the velvety sensation of Ochako’s lips stealing her jack from its job and lightly biting down on the warm metal.

“F-Fuck!” Kyoka cried out as she and Tsuyu convulsed, their cores clenching tightly and almost certainly covering Ochako further in their fluids.

With two hands occupied, the brunette used her shoulder as best she could to wipe her mouth and nose as she was captivated by her girlfriends’ sweet cries, proud of the additional peachy marks she’s left behind on the pair.

Once Kyoka’s orgasm had run its course the girl felt her strained body’s weight press down on Tsuyu but the frog girl didn’t seem to mind.

“Sounds like they had fun,” a hand rested on Ochako’s shoulder who turned to see a dishevelled but satisfied Mina grinning down at her. A pair of hands snuck up from behind, slipping under Ochako’s arms before capturing her breasts in a tender, teasing hold.

“I think you still need a bit more flavouring before you’re done,” Tooru giggled into her ear before laying a kiss on her cheek, having added a new layer of lipstick to renew her ability to leave marks behind.  At one time, Ochako would’ve been scandalized by such a thought, but Kyoka wasn’t the only one who’d come far since this whole thing began.

Turning her head to face her shimmery-haired girlfriend and steal a salted caramel kiss from her lips, Ochako giggled excitedly, “Make me sweet all over.”

“Best I can do is sour,” Mina grinned, crouching down to their level and placing a lemon-flavoured print on Ochako’s cheek that stood out against her flush.

Tooru leaned backwards, pulling Ochako with her as their giggles rang out and Mina decided to make sure a notable portion of the brunette’s lower half bore evidence her lips had wandered there. From the bed, Kyoka had rolled off of Tsuyu with the two out-of-breath girls barely able to tilt their heads up enough to see the flailing limbs of their girlfriends indulging in each other again.

Kyoka smiled and glanced over fondly at Tsuyu as she let out some happy little ribbits at the sounds of their partners enjoying themselves while they recuperated.

“Hey.” Tsuyu glanced back at Kyoka. “I know I’ve said it before, but,” the punk-rock girl blushed shyly, “thanks for… helping me figure myself out at the start. Yeah, I can’t be with Momo fully yet but… I’m so happy I get to be with all of you too.”

Tsuyu’s eyes somehow got even wider and she could feel her chest pulse at the raw, honest gratitude. When she blinked, she could feel the corners of her eyes water but tried to hold back whatever tears were threatening to manifest by closing them with a wide smile.

“You’re welcome, ribbit!”

The two closed the distance once again with a much more tender kiss than the passion-fuelled ones from before. It was only Ochako’s cry of climax rippling around that shook them from the moment as they struggled yet succeeded in pushing themselves up to look down at Tooru’s blanket, finding their three other girlfriends breathless from their efforts, each covered with different coloured kisses.

“Best, makeover, ever,” Tooru laughed as she nestled into Ochako’s side.

“Don’t you mean make-out,” Tsuyu giggled.

“You didn’t even… t-try your nails on,” Ochako chuckled, glancing over at the unopened kit.

“Probably for the best,” Mina grinned, teasingly rubbing Ochako’s sensitive mound. “Sharp edges.”

“H-Hey!” Ochako protested, clenching her shaky legs together to the sound of giggles from the others.

“Let’s… take a picture to commemorate!” Mina grinned as she sat up with great effort.

“What, like this?” Kyoka raised a disbelieving brow.

“Yeah,” Mina smirked as she crawled forward and pulled herself up and onto Kyoka’s bed, planting another kiss on her girlfriend’s thigh, underneath her skirt. “Though maybe have you two match the rest of us first.”

“What for, ribbit?”

“Tooru and ‘Chako did it to us before, now I wanna do it too,” Mina grinned, reaching for her phone among her discarded clothes and scrolling their group chat way back to when the pair had tantalized them with their previous lipstick session together. Kyoka reluctantly recalled how she’d lingered on that image for way longer than was decent that night… and a few nights more.

“Don't you think Momo and Izuku might like something sweet to tide them over until they get back here?” Tooru winked from her spot on the floor.

You just like showing off,” Ochako shot the formerly invisible girl a knowing smirk who let out a cheeky, innocent giggle.

Kyoka bit her lip as she thought it over. As self-conscious as she was, would it be worth tantalizing their missing partners? She could almost imagine Momo’s reaction now at her lipstick-covered form, but would Izuku even notice her when he had all the others to ogle?

The punk-rock girl almost jumped when she felt her skirt being gently pulled down her legs as Tooru kissed her way up.

“What do you say, Vixen?” Tooru asked with a grin, though there was an inkling of pleading in her words.

If nothing else it would make her current partners happier than she’d already made them which was enough for Kyoka to push her anxieties out of the way.

“Alright, fine,” she made an act of reluctantly conceding, “but I’ve got one stipulation.”

When Kyoka detailed her own minor request, the others were quick to agree with excitement.

“Everybody say ‘Cheese’!” Tooru called out and soon after two snaps were taken of the group. One of them was shared around themselves while the other was sent over cyberspace in the group chat accessible by their missing partners.

Hopefully, they were both smart enough not to open their group chat where anyone could see it but considering their usual secrecy they figured it’d be fine.

After a bit of a tidy-up and several trips to the bathroom to clean off some of their more sticky parts, the five girls settled into the rest of the evening with pleasant ease, content to lounge after their exertions for the moment.

When the time came to turn off the lights and head to bed, Tooru and Mina curled up together on top of Tooru’s slightly sticky comforter on the floor while Kyoka found herself flanked by Tsuyu and Ochako, each placing one last, loving kiss on her cheeks before snuggling down under her sheets.

They’d been through a lot, and there was doubtless more struggles yet to come, but as long as they had moments of respite like this they were sure they could get through whatever came next.


Across the country, after finishing his final full day at the Endeavor agency, Izuku Midoriya forwent his shower and crawled into bed after deciding to bathe when he returned to the comfort of his dorm the next day.

After kicking off his gear and slipping between the covers, he diligently remembered to put his phone on charge before calling it a night.

“Huh?” He mumbled when the screen lit up, showing he had awaiting messages. “Oh, that’s right, I couldn’t open them during patrol. I hope it wasn’t anything urgent.”

Opening the group chat, Izuku’s breath caught when he spotted the endearing message and the stunning looks his girlfriends at UA had sported so many hours ago.

“Wow… they look stunning,” he mumbled, a blush rising to his cheeks as he took his time drinking in each of their happy faces. Tsuyu would forever look great in green and Ochako’s subtle beauty always made his heart skip a beat when she looked at him with love in her eyes. Mina’s gold and yellow highlights made her face pop with colour and Kyoka’s simple purples brought out the fierce passion he knew lurked beneath her surface.

Seeing Tooru look so happy that she surely got to enjoy a night of experimenting with a number of new styles truly warmed Izuku’s heart. There was nothing more attractive than her unrelenting brightness and he could see it on full display in spades; the light brown makeup only helped bring it out of her.

It was a good number of minutes before Izuku was able to tear his eyes away from the glorious sight and scroll down to the next message which also contained a picture. Before the boy could even think to gasp his breath was stolen from him.

Ochako, Tsuyu, Kyoka, Mina, and Tooru had taken up positions on Kyoka’s bed to pose for the camera without a single stitch of clothing between them. Their bodies were littered with familiar-looking lipstick marks that Izuku knew were the result of passions inflaming. His cock almost surged to attention before his mind could comprehend it, more focused on analysing every inch of the glorious image he’d been sent.

Either the girls were being mean, or their teasing had reached a new level as each of his partners were cheekily covering their most private parts with hints of lipstick sticking out from underneath their hands where erotic endeavours had surely taken place.

A long, low groan of desire emerged from Izuku’s throat as he unashamedly reached down under his quilt and grabbed his rock-hard cock, slowly pumping as he basked in the sight. His eyes missed nothing, spotting Tooru’s brown lipstick smudging Ochako’s face. Mina’s yellow peeking out near where Tooru’s obscured nipple, Tsuyu’s green around Kyoka’s plump lips and even Ochako’s peach peeking out between both Tsuyu and Kyoka’s lower hands. Izuku’s imagination ran wild, imagining any number of scenarios as to how it happened but nevertheless wished he could’ve been them himself to partake.

It was all capped off with the lone text that accompanied the image.

Visi-badass: If you two are good, you might get to see more ;)

There was no mistaking the implication there. It may have sounded a bit perverse, but Izuku really wanted to know what he had to do to see more.

His long, deep strokes had readied his load to fire and Izuku idly considered simply blasting in his underpants before discarding them and sleeping in the nude, letting ‘Morning Izuku’ handle it, only to be stopped in his tracks when his phone buzzed again.

His finger flicked quickly to scroll down, hoping his girlfriends had decided to grace him with their implied further delight only to realize this message was from someone else.

Momo: Please call me when you receive this message.

Izuku almost cursed as his anxieties spiked. There was no way Momo hadn’t seen the group chat too unless something was wrong. Was this something about their partners or did Momo need to talk because there was some sort of trouble afoot?

Maybe it was about the request he knew Kyoka had made to both of them before he had left for the week. They hadn’t had time to talk yet so maybe this was her reaching out to get his thoughts.

Taking several deep breaths, Izuku tabled his self-enjoyment for the moment and decided to address the more important need. Trying not to let his frustrations bleed into his tone, Izuku sat up and pressed the ‘call’ button to honour the heiress’ request.

“Hello Izuku,” Momo’s breathy voice glided sensually into his ear, causing the boy’s faltering erection to return to full mast. “I think we have something to… discuss.” 


After the girls had settled down for the night, sleep came quickly for them and before they knew it, dawn had broken once more.

Still feeling the post-sleepover lethargy, the group were content to sleep in a little longer than normal. When they finally rose, it was clear that they’d made a bit more of a mess than they’d realized last night and decided to help Tooru and Kyoka get everything cleaned up before all heading to the baths to freshen up for the day ahead.

It was a good thing most of the boys were also having a lie-in from their gaming night together so they could get in unnoticed lest the evidence of their night of fun be discovered.

Despite once again being bare in each other’s presence, their hormones had run their course and the five were more concerned with making sure they’d gotten every incriminating lipstick mark off of each other, albeit with a bit of help from each other for the hard-to-reach spots.

Once more fresh as daisies, the girls decided to do their own things for breakfast. Faced with the prospect of many unknown treats tomorrow and the delicious s’mores just behind them, Mina opted not to fire up her waffle maker for a change, indulging in some healthy fruit with Ochako and Tsuyu instead which her over-sugared tongue thanked her for.

Tooru and Kyoka both decided a round of laundry was in order before settling into the day and worked together to get the job done nice and quick, putting fresh sheets on their beds before talking their sticky and stained ones down to the basement for washing.

After checking to make sure there was nothing more immediate that needed attending to, the pair finally indulged in their own breakfast of rice and miso soup for Tooru and a simple power bar and juice for Kyoka while checking the morning’s news on her phone with Koda and Sato

“Anything interesting?” Tooru asked while Kyoka idly scanned.

“Nothing major,” Kyoka noted, having flicked through the various headlines looking for anything attention-grabbing from either the Yoroi Musha or Endeavor agency for them to worry over. Hopefully that meant that their missing partners would be back without any trouble finding them.

Tooru glanced up when the front door opened while Kyoka was occupied and spotted the first of their partners to return.

“Hey, look,” she grinned as Momo strode into the doors.

Kyoka’s eyes lit up when she spotted their girlfriend who glanced in their direction just before calling a lift and diverted her course to speak to them.

“Hello Tooru, Kyoka,” Momo smiled warmly at the pair, though Kyoka almost didn’t need her quirk to sense Momo’s excitement; the coy smile at the edges of her lips and the crinkle at the corners of her eyes giving away everything. “I hope you had a satisfying evening yesterday.”

“We had lotsa fun,” Tooru giggled knowingly.

“I’m glad to hear it,” Momo nodded before turning away.

“Hey, uh,” Kyoka called out before she departed, a light frown settling on her brow at the lack of acknowledgement by the heiress. “H-How was your work-study?”

“Predictably frustrating, for several reasons,” Momo replied curtly. “If you please excuse me, I must have a quick wash to remove this travel grime before I enjoy my Saturday.”

“Oh, uh… okay,” Kyoka blinked, apparently dismissed as Momo turned back to the elevator with a quickness in her step that wasn’t there before.

Confusion and doubt settled in Kyoka’s mind as she wondered if they’d screwed up by sending her the pictures from last night.

“Don’t overthink it,” Tooru advised, spotting Kyoka’s face scrunch up. “She’s probably just eager to get business stuff or something done.”

“Maybe…” the punk-rock girl replied doubtfully, a pang of worry settling in her chest but trying to put it aside until she could talk to Momo privately later.

Thankfully a new distraction arrived in the form of their other missing partner. Izuku appeared in the dorms looking a little worse for wear along with Bakugo and Todoroki who looked fit to call it a day already.

“Guess Endeavor’s pushing them hard,” Tooru commented as the three headed for the elevator too.

Spotted the pair eying them while he waited for the steel box’s descent, Izuku’s breath caught when he and Kyoka locked eyes. The earphone jack girl’s frown deepened when Izuku’s did something similar, a look of determination settling over his features before firmly turning away from the pair.

“… Okay, that was weird,” Tooru acknowledged once the trio had departed.

“You think they’re mad?” Kyoka kept her voice low.

“They didn’t seem like, upset or angry to me,” Tooru noted. “Let’s give them some space and if they’re still acting weird by dinner we should definitely get the others involved.”

“Y-Yeah, sounds good,” Kyoka nodded uncertainly before deciding to busy herself with washing up her cup.

As much as Kyoka wanted to let it go, she was unable to keep the speculative thoughts from invading her mind. Had they overshared last night? Was this the cold shoulder from them both? Or was it something completely unrelated to them?

That last thought seemed unlikely but Kyoka didn’t have any answers.

Taking a moment to try and calm her raging thoughts, Kyoka opted to distract herself with some music, hoping to overwhelm her anxieties with some good old-fashioned metal to drown them out.

Curling up on the sofa, Kyoka closed her eyes and plugged one of her jacks into her phone before finally being able to relax her shoulders and breathe a calm sigh of relief.

Couldn’t worry about unwelcome thoughts if she couldn’t hear the unwelcome thoughts.

She wasn’t quite sure how much time passed at first when she was interrupted by a distinctly non-metal chime.

Cracking her eyes open and feeling at least a little more at ease by now, Kyoka opened her phone to firstly spot that it was nearing lunchtime. The second thing she spotted immediately spiked her heart rate as she read the short message from her raven-haired girlfriend.

Momo: Your room. The safe word is ‘Pineapple’.

Kyoka’s eyes widened and her breath caught. Was this… were they ready now?! Is this what they were being so weird about?!

She looked around anxiously, covering her phone’s screen just in case someone had been observing her, but it didn’t seem like the few people milling around in the kitchen had noticed her paranoid reaction.

The punk-rock girl swallowed thickly as she reread the text again, trying to discern any further context from the seven words.

There was almost no doubt in her mind, especially after the teasing picture she and the others had sent the pair last night; Momo and Izuku were ready for her.

She knew she could cancel their plans with a single text but there was a mote of excitement that Kyoka couldn’t deny from the pair setting this up while keeping her mostly in the dark. She hadn’t been overly specific on details but those two were infamous for detailed plans, and now that would be turned against her. Despite the strength of her release last night, Kyoka felt her pulse quicken and her core clench at the prospects that awaited her upstairs.

Without a word, Kyoka silently rose from her spot and made her way to the bathroom. There was something she needed to take care of before she could think about the next steps. Once she was finished with her business, she beelined for the elevator, an electric current running through her fingertip when she called it down.

Soon arriving on her floor, a mixture of dread and anticipation filled Kyoka’s every step as she made her way to her door, stopping just short of opening it up. This was her last chance to back out and delay or cancel the experience that awaited her on the other side.

The idea and phantom sensations passing over her skin were too tantalising to ignore however and Kyoka knew that, whatever happened, her partners would take care of her.

Her belief in them was what guided her hand to open the door and step inside, trying to clear her mind of what was to come and play her part.


*Final Dark Roleplay warning*

“Man, work was exhausting,” Kyoka announced as she stepped into her room, letting out a deep sigh of relief once the door was closed and locked behind her. “Can’t wait to get home and take the longest, hottest fuckin’ bath.”

She walked through the short entryway to move towards the middle of her room, trying not to acknowledge the prickles of anticipation by looking around.

Everything seemed normal on the surface with how she and the girls had left her room after cleaning. Despite the fresh sheets on her covers, the scent of sex from the previous night was still heavy in the air and Kyoka could feel herself growing excited once again just from inhaling it.

When she stepped close to her bed, her ears picked up on the slow creaking of her cupboard door opening.

“Huh?” She glanced around feigning ignorance as to what she was expecting only to cry out for real as a swathe of pitch-black threads emerged from the darkness and enveloped her. Kyoka was really glad she’d soundproofed her room as, even when she’d expected it, the speed and suddenness had genuinely surprised her.

In a flash, she’d lost sight of the world and felt her arms pinned to her sides. Her legs would be kicking wildly as her whole body was lifted off the ground were they not bound together. Any further cry for help was muted when something wrapped around her mouth though distinctly avoiding her neck and nose.

All was still for a few moments with the only sound being a few, panicked breaths escaping Kyoka in the confusion as she felt her hero senses reflexively sharpen despite trying to dull them.

Then, a deep, smug chuckle started flooding the room, originating from the cupboard where the black tendrils had erupted.

“Well… quite the prize has fallen into my lap tonight,” a male voice spoke as Kyoka heard footsteps approaching her. “Even bound like you are, I know of the radiant prize that lurks beneath my bindings.”

Kyoka tried to object to whatever the creep was spouting only for her to emit little more than an indignant groan with her mouth covered.

“Dear me, this won’t do,” the boy chuckled, “let’s illuminate the situation, shall we?”

The punk-rock girl’s sight was restored with a bleary blink and Kyoka could finally look upon the stranger who’d made his presence know. A black hoodie obscured the top of his head and upper build while black, baggy trousers covered the rest. Notably, his left hand was outstretched and the mass of energy that captured her seemed to be emitting from it.

Kyoka frowned accusingly as the boy reached up to pull his hood back, attempting his most criminal smirk when their eyes met only for it to falter as they did.

“A-Aha,” the freckled, green-haired boy cleared his throat, “do you recognise me, my dear?”

The punk-rock girl’s eyes narrowed as she tried to respond only for what she guess was a villain realized his mistake and released his hold on her mouth.

“Who the fuck are you?! Get the fuck off me.”

Her mouth was silenced once again as the villain lowered her down to his level, allowing her feet to touch the floor once more.

“Such a shame, I thought the infamous ‘Creati’ would at least inform her wife about her a-arch-enemy.”

Kyoka’s eyes widened in shock and fear as she realized who she was dealing with, shaking her head as though rejecting the notion would end this nightmare.

“Oh, yes,” the villain smirked. “She’s been a thorn in my side for far too long and now… I’m going to hit her where it hurts.”

His hostage gasped through her nose when the villain twisted her in place, the threads moving as though they had minds of their own. In an impressive display of dexterity, the villain was able to get her shirt up and over her head while simultaneously straightening her legs to yank her trousers and underwear off without ripping anything. Almost predictably, however, it seemed bras were beyond his skills with the quirk.

A suppressed squeal escaped Kyoka’s mouth when the villain’s other hand reached out and deftly did what his quirk could not, rendering her remaining meagre modesty moot as it was yanked from her.

The villain panted with exertion while pulling something out of his hoodie pocket before attaching it to Kyoka’s wrists. The girl recognised cuffs when she felt them, comfortable though they were, and tried to resist her hands being bound. Try as she might, she was unable to resist the villain’s quirk as he manipulated her into position.

“I think that should suffice,” the villain chuckled, releasing his quirk’s hold on his hostage after turning her and forcing her to her knees.

Kyoka glared up at the villain with a look of contempt, causing the boy to initially hesitate only to shake his head and speak again.

“D-Don’t we look lovely like that?”

“Go fuck yourself,” Kyoka spat.

“That’s one idea,” the villain chuckled, reaching out to caress Kyoka’s cheek which she flinched away from until she couldn’t pull back any further. “Or… perhaps you could help me with that.”

The girl’s eyes widened again as the boy unzipped his fly, his rising cock pushing through the zipper to point directly at her face.

“No…” she rejected, shaking her head again. “Please, no!”

“Ah, ah,” the villain chided. “L-Let’s put that mouth of yours to better use.”

With a dexterous application of his quick, Kyoka’s head was locked in place and her chin pulled down. In one, swift motion, the villain’s cock struck and slipped between her teeth to leave its taste on her tongue.

“A-Ah, fuck,” the villain groaned, releasing his quirk as his legs lightly shook from the sensation, maintaining his grip on the girl’s head with a hand somewhat gently resting on top. “T-That’s it. N-Now, if I hear three peeps out of you we’ll have to end this bit of fun early.”

His captive’s hands clenched behind her as she continued to level a glare up at the villain as best she could. A moment of stillness passed before Kyoka’s eyes submissively broke from their gaze as she attended to her forced role.

Unbeknownst to the ‘villain’, Kyoka could feel herself already dripping. Her hands clenching wasn’t out of an urge to break free but a desire to reach down just a bit farther and relieve a bit of the renewed urges she was feeling. So far, everything had been practically perfect despite her outward objections. Still, as much as Kyoka was enjoying this, she appreciated that Izuku was well out of his comfort zone attempting to be a villain. Even if it was just roleplaying, he seemed to struggle to stay in character.

Kyoka figured the best way to repay him now for his dedication was to blow his mind with the practice she’d put herself through.

Her lips seal themselves tight around the villain’s intruding length and humming in ‘protest’. The punk-rock girl would admit to herself that her efforts were worth it to hear Izuku’s faltering moans.

“F-Fuck,” he murmured again when Kyoka’s tongue swirled around his cock head before curling upwards and pressing against the underside of it as she steadily bobbed her head. It was all Izuku could do to focus on not ending this aspect of their roleplay too early, letting one of his hands grip into a fist so hard it hurt. In that moment he cursed himself for agreeing to Momo’s additional request.

“T-That’s enough!” He panted, lightly pushing Kyoka’s head away before he truly went over the edge. Just the thought of Kyoka’s face and tongue being coated with his seed had him on a razor’s edge right now and he needed a break.

“Are we fucking done here?” Kyoka spat as she glared up at the villain again.

“Not… not quite,” he chuckled in what she assumed was his best Iida impression when he was trying to be evil. “That was just to get me nice and ready for you. The real fun begins now.”

Kyoka’s eyes widened when the black tendrils returned, emerging out of both the villain’s hands and instantly wrapping her in its binding embrace once again. Kyoka panicked for a brief moment when her knees and feet left the ground as the villain hoisted her into the air though less so than before as he manipulated her as though she were a doll or plaything, which, were he an actual villain, she probably could be under such power.

Holding Kyoka’s arms above her head, like a prisoner dangling from chains as her feet just about touched the ground, Izuku retracted one hand’s worth of quirk to caress and tease his hostage’s enticing chest.

“I-I must say, Creati has the best taste in women.”

“Damn right, pig,” Kyoka scowled, wriggling fruitlessly against her captor. “There’s no way she’s gonna let you get away with this!”

“I’m sure,” the villain grinned before leaning in and pressing his lips to hers, feeling Kyoka’s token resistance play out before their tongues met and tentatively danced around each other, both feeling the heat from the situation beginning to get to them.

“N-Now,” he smirked when he pulled back, stroking her cheek once more before his touch extended downwards around her breast and along her stomach, “I’m going to make you mine!”

Kyoka almost shivered at the delivery, her legs clenching together not just out of acting as a shiver of anticipation ran through her body.

“No… no, please!” She strained in his grasp as his quirk moved again, spreading her legs as his cock loomed, approaching its target. “Creati… please… save me!”

“Stop right there, villain!” A noble cry called out.

The villain grimaced in frustration, turning his captive around and holding her to his chest protectively with an arm around her neck, his cock sliding up Kyoka’s crack as they both faced the newcomer who’d emerged triumphantly from the bathroom.

“So, you managed to arrive in time,” the villain cursed.

Striding forward and radiating confidence, Creati stared down the villain, clad in a simplified version of her leotard without her belt or any of her high-tech support equipment.

“That’s right, villain!” Momo declared proudly. “And as long as I’m here, you won’t lay another finger on my wife.”

Even if it was only roleplay, Kyoka felt her heart flutter at Momo’s declaration.

“D-Do you mean this finger?” The villain chuckled, running a single digit down Kyoka’s cheek, “or this finger?” The next circled one of her tense nipples and causing Kyoka to bite back a moan. “Or maybe… this finger.”

Kyoka was unable to hold back her shuddering gasp this time when Izuku’s digit slipped down to her waist and slid between her legs, her excitement providing all the lubrication it needed to slide into its goal.

Creati gritted her teeth as she braced herself for a fight but didn’t want to move for fear of the villain injuring her wife.

“What are you planning, you fiend?” Momo growled as the villain began lightly fingering his captive.

“You remember my quirk, E-Enslavement,” the villain reminded her, a black tendril wrapping protectively around Kyoka’s middle, “it can bind those I deem worthy of joining my harem to my will. I’m afraid you’re already too late to save your wife, the process began as soon as she took my cock inside her.” The punk-rock girl swallowed awkwardly, still able to taste Izuku on her tongue. “She’s already mine, and there’s nothing you can do to stop it.”

“I know all about your quirk, villain,” Creati retorted. “And I’ve also discovered how to break it!”

“What?!”

“That’s right,” Creati nodded with determination. “You may be able to enthral those you use your quirk on, but your domination can be overridden by another with a greater will.”

“You’re bluffing,” the villain rejected, “my power is absolute.”

“Are you so sure?” Creati challenged with a smirk. “If you’re so confident, then surely there’s no harm in me demonstrating how wrong I am?”

“Ahaha, nice try, hero,” the villain spat, pressing closer to his captive. “I’m holding all the cards here. What reason do I have to even let you try?”

Kyoka didn’t know if she was interfering with their act but it felt like the moment to speak up.

“Momo… please… help.”

Whatever hesitations the hero had seemed to evaporate in that instant.

“Because… if I try and I fail… then I’ll have failed as a hero and you can… claim me too.”

The villain’s eyes bulged greedily, appearing to seriously consider the notion.

“V-Very well,” he agreed with a smirk, “then it’s only fair you try to win when I’m at my strongest!”

Kyoka would admit the situation was stupid as hell and not remotely realistic but her fantasy wasn’t exactly going to be submitted for a writing award. While she didn’t know the exact script Izuku and Momo were bouncing off each other and whether they’d been pre-planned or not, she did know exactly what was coming next.

The villain dropped his trousers and unzipped his hoodie, revealing his muscled, bare body underneath, but before discarding his top he pulled one last thing out from his pocket. He squirted whatever he pulled onto his hands later before running it along his cock and activating his quirk once more. The captive squealed as she felt herself lifted and her legs forcibly bent upwards and spread until she was on full display to her ‘wife’.

Creati’s rapidly lust-filling eyes widened as the black tendrils from the villain’s hand had hoisted Kyoka up and were supporting her in an ‘M-Shape Suspension’ she recognised from her shibari studies.

Things soon reached their peak as Kyoka felt herself being prodded in a region her other practice sessions had prepared her for. Even with all that practice, however, the punk-rock girl’s mouth dropped open in a strained gasp as she felt the villain’s length fill her ass.

“O-Oh my god,” the ‘villain’ groaned, his fluttery tone more resembling Kyoka’s boyfriend than the sinister evil-doer stringing her up right now. “I-I mean uh… that’s it, take it all.”

Truthfully, Izuku wasn’t sure how long he could hold this. Between his elevated arousal, the strain from maintaining Blackwhip, and the unbelievable sensation of Kyoka’s rear engulfing his cock, it was a wonder he hadn’t blown his suppressed load on entry.

“I-If you think you can win… b-be my guest,” he reached around with his free hand, feeling around for Kyoka’s pussy and spreading it open as best he could. “B-But be quick, for soon she’ll be lost to you.”

“Then I shouldn’t waste more time,” Creati declared as she unbuttoned the crotch of her suit before a brand-new toy began generating around her waist. Kyoka tried to focus as best she could on the girl without being distracted by Izuku’s pulsing length as Momo quickly tightened the straps and stepped up to her.

“Kyoka, my love,” she reached up to caress her girlfriend’s face, “I won’t lose you to him.”

“Y-You never will,” Kyoka smiled honestly, hoping Momo understood that she wasn’t just acting the part here which, judging by her endeared and softened expression, got through to her.

“Not if I don’t act,” Creati declared, resuming her heroic persona. Reaching down, Creati took hold of her new toy’s floppy length before squeezing and caressing it gently. She could feel the heating system under the surface kick in as the toy rapidly and accurately grew to full size. Were Kyoka not in the middle of something, she’d be tempted to marvel at her girlfriend’s ingenuity.

Instead of being able to examine her craftsmanship, Kyoka was quickly on the receiving end of the toy, feeling Creati’s new length glide smoothly into her pussy. She gasped again, the overwhelming and unusual fullness causing her to spasm and clench as her two partners filled her up.

Despite the strain and intense new sensations she was experiencing, Kyoka had no mind to utter her safe word.

“It’s… it’s so much!” Kyoka groaned, putting up a token struggle against her bonds again which only brought her arousal up higher. She was restrained and being taken ‘against her will’ by two people she dearly loved acting out a ridiculous scenario just to make her happy and soon they were going to fill her with their cum. “I… I can’t hold on. I… I-!”

Izuku had to admit he was glad because the added pressure he felt from Momo’s toy pressing against him from Kyoka’s other side had him at his limit.

“I’m gonna cum!” He groaned, thrusting as best he could into Kyoka before hilting himself to the base and releasing the pent-up load he’d been requested to hold onto the night before by Momo.

As her two partners reached their shared climax, Momo couldn’t help but feel disheartened. Maybe it was her own fault for asking Izuku to stave himself off indulging in their girlfriend’s scandalous and erotic offerings the night before but she’d wanted Kyoka to experience the most he could offer. She should’ve figured that Kyoka might’ve also had a shortened trigger from her actions the previous night as well as the foreplay that she and Izuku had done the majority of this situation with.

Momo didn’t let her disappointment show on her face, however, knowing this was all to make Kyoka happy and she still had one final part to play. Pressing the button on her hip, Momo released her own simulated essence into Kyoka’s depths to fulfil her role and, at the same time, she captured her girlfriend’s lips and hugged her close, letting Kyoka feel herself sandwiched between her two unlikely lovers.

Kyoka’s mind was blank as she could barely feel anything other than the spasming sensations running through her body but when she realized that Momo was kissing her she hungrily began reciprocating and slipped her tongue into her girlfriend’s mouth.

Izuku, for his part, was trying desperately just to keep everything steady. His quirk had all but failed when he’d released himself and it was only his and Momo’s strength and closeness that was keeping Kyoka up between them right now.

Thankfully, with his cock all but exhausted depositing its extended load inside his girlfriend, he could focus on closing out their little scenario.

“T-Tell us,” the villain demanded weakly, his legs wobbly from his exertions and orgasm. “Are you mine… or hers?”

Through the haze of her overwhelming orgasm and mixed fluids dripping down her legs as she gratefully began lowering them, Kyoka broke her kiss with Momo to gather her breath and respond.

“C-Creati’s,” she moaned. “I… I’m all Creati’s.”

“It… it can’t be…” Izuku gently released her letting Momo support their girlfriend and dropped to his knees in defeat.

Despite her frustration from not finishing, Momo smiled lovingly at her light-headed love and pulled her into a loving kiss. Having saved her wife from the dastardly villain, Creati carried her to her freshly-made bed which Kyoka was too tired to care about soiling.

*End Dark Roleplay*

With great relief, Kyoka sunk into the cushiony soft sheets as she simply tried to process everything she’d just experienced.

“Was that enjoyable for you, my dear Vixen?” Momo asked with sincerity.

“Mmm,” Kyoka nodded dumbly, trying to reach up with her hand to cup her girlfriend’s cheek only to realise she was still cuffed.

“Oh, one moment,” Momo noted, pulling the key to Kyoka’s restraints from a part of her costume and releasing her, the girl letting out a laboured sigh now that she could fully relax. “Better?”

“Mm-hmm,” Kyoka nodded again, her chest rising and falling steadily as she caught her breath.

“I’m glad,” Momo smiled down at the girl, stroking her arm affectionately as she came down from her high.

Off to the side, Izuku smiled warmly, glad he could play his part to satisfaction, even if he was sure he’d fumbled it several times. Being able to climax with Kyoka like that was certainly an experience, and doing so while roleplaying a villain was certainly novel but he wasn’t quite sure he’d be comfortable going this deep into character again any time soon.

Still, there was something niggling at him. Like something was missing to make this moment between them just right.

Trying to re-engage his brain, Izuku scrutinised his partners for the thing he may have missed until he landed on Momo’s expression. While she was happy for being able to live up to their girlfriend’s desires, there was something reserved about her smile.

Izuku could’ve smacked himself when his brain pieced it together. While he and Kyoka may have reached the conclusion of their experiences, Momo most certainly didn’t seem like she’d reached the same heights they had.

The solution came to him immediately but he hesitated, wondering if it was too bold to put into action. When he considered their current relationship and all Momo had done to try and mend things with their partners, he decided it was worth it if he could bring any measure of happiness to her.

Crawling forward on his knees, Izuku approached Momo as she sat on the side of Kyoka’s bed. She looked down at him curiously, her eyes asking the question she didn’t need to vocalize.

“You have bested me, hero,” the villain bowed his head. “I know I have done wrong and now please allow me to repay my debt to society.”

“Uh…” Momo hesitated, wondering exactly why Izuku was continuing their roleplay when it had clearly ended what they’d planned out last night. “Um… okay?”

Izuku could tell Momo hadn’t understood what he was suggesting and decided to try again.

“The first thing I must do… is make it up to you for all the trouble I have caused,” he raised his brows suggestive before placing his hands on Momo’s knees. “Allow me to… uh… relieve you of your stresses.”

When Izuku’s suggestion clicked in Momo’s mind, she covered her mouth reflexively in surprise. It was certainly unexpected, and she honestly hadn’t expected anything nearly so suggestive so soon into their renewed relationship.

Momo glanced at Kyoka in uncertainty. While her loving, short-haired girlfriend was still coming down from her high, there was a glimmer of eagerness in her eyes as she too comprehended Izuku’s offer.

“I-It’s up to you,” Kyoka smiled, pushing the love she felt for both her partners into her expression and hoping Momo could understand her sincerity.

Momo swallowed before looking nervously back at Izuku.

“I-If the hero would rather I simply go to jail…” he mumbled with embarrassment under the heiress’ uncertain gaze, suggesting a way out if she didn’t want this right now.

With a calming breath, Momo considered not just her current predicament but all she’d experienced with Kyoka and the others. As much as she and Izuku were trying to do things in the correct way to give each other a true new chance, there was nothing to say that the order they did things had to be the same as the traditional path. Her relationship with the others started as anything but traditional and they were still flourishing together.

Her decision made, a smile slowly slipped onto Momo’s lips as she spread her legs out to give her boyfriend better access.

“You can start by removing my gear, Villain,” she replied.

Izuku took a second to process her words before an optimistic smile graced his face to match Momo’s. Even if they were still trying to get to grips with their new relationship, he was glad that she was open to trusting him like this.

“At once,” Izuku chuckled, reaching up to release Momo’s impressive new toy from around her waist.

Momo bit her lip in anticipation when she lifted her hips for him to slide it out from under her, leaving her own core exposed from where she’d unbuttoned her replica suit earlier. When Izuku reflexively licked his lips before blushing after she caught his eye, Momo couldn’t help but find it endearing. Worries still lingered in the back of her mind when it came to intimate acts and Izuku, but right now she wanted nothing more than to let her squishy boyfriend do whatever he intended to her.

Izuku slid a bit closer to the edge of the bed, tactfully positioning himself between Momo’s legs as she gently spread them further for him. Sensing she was positioned just a bit too far away to make it comfortable for him, he reached under her legs to wrap his arms around her rear and urged her closer.

The heiress could feel her breaths getting hotter as Izuku drew closer, leaning back and using her hands to support herself until she was all but thrusting into his face.

With a slow, deliberate, and exploratory touch, Izuku gently ran his fingers along Momo’s inner thigh. The flutter of her next breath emboldened him to continue as he tried to draw on all the experience he’d gained from being with the others to do his best by her.

He let his hot, heavy breath roll over her pussy, itself having become aroused from her grinding efforts earlier. Flattening his tongue, Izuku made his first intimate lick of the heiress count. Momo’s deep breath told him he was on the right path and used the new moistness to explore her further with his fingers.

His digits were rougher than the others, coarser, like Tsuyu’s or Ochako’s but without her pretty pink pads. Momo closed her eyes and simply allowed herself to feel Izuku’s motions. He started off slow, setting a gentle pace with two digits pumping into her. Every now and then his tongue would join in with a tentative lick, seeking out her clit and deftly dancing around it but never lingering for too long or applying too much pressure.

Momo’s breathing slowly started deepening and speeding up, her hands gripping the sheets as she wanted him to go faster and press harder.

“M-More,” Momo requested. Izuku’s motions sped up and the pressure increased but it still wasn’t quite there. “More, please,” she urged again, getting a similar effect as before.

The heiress could feel her frustration building. She wanted to grind herself into his nose and for him to give her a worthy release but when she lifted her hand to bury itself in his hair and carry out her plan she froze. Her breath caught as she felt her trust in herself falter, doubts plaguing her and filling her mind with predictions that she’d go too far once again and permanently break the burgeoning relationship they’d begun building together.

Before her mind could sink too far into panic, Momo felt another hand overlap hers and guide it into Izuku’s fluffy locks. She glanced to her side, having not felt Kyoka sit up and rotate her position so she was now leaning on her shoulder. Her loving girlfriend sent her a nod of confidence as she helped guide Momo guide Izuku to the right spots she liked.

“Don’t be afraid to be a little rough,” Kyoka encouraged her boyfriend while grinning cheekily at her girlfriend. “She likes it hard.”

Momo gasped when Izuku’s renewed efforts bore fruit, hitting a sensitive spot and upping his pace to just the right speed.

“K-Kyoka, I-” Momo began only to be silenced by one of Kyoka’s jacks on her lips before it began trailing down her body and towards a familiar destination.

“Let me help, my hero,” Kyoka licked her lips before leaning in for a tongue-filled kiss.

With her breath quickly being stolen from her by her girlfriend and Izuku’s tongue finally focusing on her clit now he’d found the right tempo, Momo quickly felt her climax building. While she wasn’t his mistress or truly dominating him in that way, the control and power Momo felt from this position couldn’t be denied. What pushed her over the edge was when Kyoka’s jacks settled on top of her clit, being pressed into it by Izuku’s tongue, and pulsing her love’s heartbeat through her system.

“I-Izuku!”

The heiress hoped the boy between her legs would forgive her when she reflexively clutched his head between her thighs, hands gripping his hair and the sheets tightly as she finally reached her peak.

Kyoka slowly pulled back from their broken kiss with a surprised expression but she soon recognised the new emotion she felt from hearing her girlfriend cry out their boyfriend’s name was one of giddy anticipation; they’d shared something wonderful and she felt almost impatient for them to do more together now they were experiencing the joys of indulging in each other.

Was this how Tsuyu felt any time she saw any of them do stuff without her? Kyoka decided to table that thought and simply bask in the moment as Momo gently released Izuku’s hair and the boy pulled himself back, face flooded with Momo’s juices.

“I-I think you needed that,” he chuckled.

“I-I think so too,” Momo nervously replied in kind with a nod as Izuku sat back so she could relax her legs.

Kyoka didn’t feel the need to say anything, instead cuddling up to her girlfriend and snuggling her cheek into Momo’s collarbone.

“K-Kyoka, please,” Momo giggled as she wearily reached up to stroke her girlfriend’s hair. “Give me a moment to recover.”

“Do you want me to leave you two alone to catch up?” Izuku asked, having retrieved his villain trousers to cover himself up.

“No way!” Kyoka denied with a glare. “After something like that you gotta deal with the aftercare too.”

“Uh, okay?” Izuku quickly agreed, not quite sure what he was agreeing to. “What more do you want me to do?”

As though the answer was obvious, Kyoka gestured to her free side and beckoned him with her arm. Izuku chuckled at remembering the ‘punk-rock’ girl was a secret softie at heart and greatly enjoyed the softer aspects of their relationship.

Relenting to his girlfriend’s request, Izuku gingerly climbed onto Kyoka’s bed and gently wrapped his arm around her, sandwiching her once again between him and Momo.

The sigh of contentment she let out truly warmed both his and Momo’s hearts as they exchanged a nervous, smile before averting their gaze from each other, cheeks hot with embarrassment. It had been a while since both of them had felt it, but the fluttering of butterflies in their stomachs told them both that there was something real there.

As for Kyoka, it was safe to say that after two days of intense release from her many partners, she hadn’t ever felt more loved.

Notes:

Chapter summary:

- Kyoka wakes up and wonders how to approach Izuku with the fantasy request she'd been holding onto for a while. She seeks some subtle advice from Mina about it over breakfast but doesn't get anything useful besides being honest with him.

- After attending their first classes of the day, Izuku, Todoroki, and Bakugo are being called away to their work-studies only for Kyoka to pull Izuku aside for a private chat, though not without someone noticing. Kyoka makes her request to Izuku who reacts nervously at something so out of his comfort zone but is willing to do it for Kyoka. After some brief teasing by the greenette, Kyoka leaves after giving the boy a kiss on his cheek.

- At lunch, the girls are discussing the upcoming trip to Zoo Dreamland courtesy of Momo and her parents, though are wary of the latter's machinations. Despite their busy schedules, all but Izuku and Momo are available Friday and the girls plan for a smaller-than-usual sleepover.

- While working at Endeavor's, the three UA students are ordered to return to the agency early from patrol to help celebrate Burnin's birthday. Once the birthday girl arrives, Endeavor pulls Izuku aside for a private conversation. Though nervous, Izuku realises that Endeavor has noticed Fuyumi acting differently since inviting him into his home. Izuku is honest and relays his warning to her about following Endeavor's footsteps, even if they were about different wants. Endeavor is reluctantly grateful but still punishes Izuku with extra training for upsetting his daughter but Izuku doesn't mind.

- After Izuku is dismissed and then being lightly grilled by Todoroki, the two, along with Bakugo, head to the gym to complete their training after grabbing some party food to go. Todoroki reveals that it is also his deceased brother Toya's birthday today while showing a little appreciation for his father despite his faults. Izuku admits it sounds like Todoroki's getting ready to forgive his dad, even if he isn't quite there yet. Bakugo remains skeptical, saying actions speak louder than words while reluctantly revealing his own struggles with his parents and accidently revealing Izuku's. Feeling confident enough to share, Izuku divulges his own fatherly difficulties as the three young heroes bond.

- From his office and thinking on all he'd experienced recently, Endeavor watches his three UA charges chat together in the gym. Frustrated from Bakugo's lack of belief in him and bolstered by his son's burgeoning confidence, Endeavor elects to take a step he never thought he needed and signs up for therapy.

- After training, Tooru decides to spend some time in the common room on her phone. When Ochako returns, exhausted from the gym, Tooru gets the idea to help her girlfriend relax and abducts her to her room. Setting the brunette on her bed, Tooru grabs her heated massage oil to help work some of the strain out of the girl's muscles. When Tooru's about to turn it into something a bit more lewd, she realizes Ochako has fallen asleep under her fingers and wakes the girl up, having promised not to let her drift off. Ochako admits she can't relax like she used to with Momo as she genuinely enjoyed their Mistress/Pet relationship. Tooru offers to be her temporary mistress which Ochako curiously accepts. Though Tooru does her best, able to get both Ochako and herself off, it's clear she isn't quite cut out for the role but Ochako is exceedingly grateful for the attempt before the pair share an afternoon sleep.

- As Friday rolled around, the girls have their sleepover in Kyoka's room, enjoying the return to normalcy. After enjoying a movie and some junk food, the girls discuss the upcoming trip while they give each other make-overs to help Tooru find her style. As they chat about work-studies, Mina mentions that she's got something coming up that she can't talk about, leaving the girls curious. When talk turns to their missing partners, Kyoka admits she's nervous about her upcoming request with the pair but is assured by the others after seeing Momo grow and try to regain their trust. The night's activities soon take a turn for the lewd and the girls send some candid snaps to Izuku and Momo after enjoying each other's company before settling down for the night. Receiving the pictures in the privacy of his agency room, Izuku prepares to self-indulge only to receive a message from Momo.

- The next day, Kyoka spots Izuku and Momo returning to the dorms but Momo only provides minor pleasantries while Izuku is more skittish. Confused, all becomes clear to Kyoka when Momo messages her to come upstairs along with a safeword. When Kyoka returns to her room, she, Izuku, and Momo engage in the dark fantasy she'd requested. While Kyoka and Izuku are sated by the end, Momo isn't. Before she can lament, Izuku steps up and, with Kyoka's acceptance and guidance, the pair bring Momo to her peak.

Chapter 51: Zoo Dreamland

Summary:

The UA residents head for a pleasant day out at a theme park, but with so many eyes around, will they be able to keep their secrets hidden?

Notes:

If you'd like to come yell at me or keep better tabs on how the next chapter is going or potential delays, come join us over on the discord at: https://discord.gg/x85xtWmKCa
There's also a fun new lewd MHA game of my creation to try out at the same time, and I'll be hanging around there most days, usually chatting rubbish, so feel free to bother me. :)

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

There was significant excitement at UA on Sunday morning. Thanks to the Yaoyorozu’s generous gift, class 1-A’s dorms were bustling unusually early as everyone got ready for the day’s outing.

“Everyone! Please ensure all your essential supplies are packed as we depart in fifteen minutes!” Iida announced as he stood ready by the front door, watching several classmates check over their stuff and coordinate with each other.

Thankfully, with this not being a school event, everyone was dressed down in their more casual clothes to enjoy the day to its fullest and the class’ vice-president ensured everyone knew he was carrying extra protective sun cream should anyone need it.

Before long, everyone was prepared as they headed out as a group, chatting casually as they approached the parking lot where they spotted three UA coaches waiting patiently for them. While class B already seemed to be boarding theirs with Vlad King and Ectoplasm, class A were greeted by a familiar face.

“Mr Aizawa!” Several students called out as their grumpy, dark-haired teacher ended his conversation with Present Mic to turn and address his class, only to be flooded with questions before he could open his mouth.

“Where have you been, sir?”

“Are you okay?”

“Did you really wanna come to the theme park too?”

“Enough,” the teacher called in his familiar tone of voice that had all his students quieten immediately. If nothing else, he was glad they hadn’t seemed to have forgotten that much while he’d been recovering. “Before we get on the road and to answer the questions you have: I took some long overdue time off for personal reasons; I’m fine now, thank you for your concern; and no, but Eri wanted to come, so I guess that leaves me out of luck.”

“Don’t be like that, Eraser,” Present Mic elbowed his friend with a cheeky grin. “You just couldn’t stay away from your adorable class any longer, isn’t that right?”

“Wrong,” Aizawa deadpanned to the blond before letting out a long-suffering sigh. “But I won’t deny that it’s good to see that you all seem to have done well in my absence.”

A few of his students grinned at the rare modicum of praise, while others were simply glad to see their teacher getting back to his old self.

“Alright, if you don’t wanna waste your time standing around here, then load up and on in an orderly fashion.”

“Yes, sir!” The class collectively acknowledged before hurrying aboard to find their seats.

When the class’s things were stored and all were aboard, the yellow-haired teacher addressed his friend with a smile.

“You ready for this?”

“I’d rather shut down this whole trip altogether,” Aizawa scoffed, heading for the steps.

“You know that’s not fair on them,” Mic reminded him before stopping his friend as he passed with a gentle hand on his shoulder. “Sho, if you’re not up for this yet, you don’t have to come along.”

“I’ll be fine, Mic,” Aizawa shrugged off his friend’s hand and gentle tone. “Besides, if they get into trouble again, it’s my responsibility to protect them.”

Mic’s lips thinned as Eraser Head climbed aboard the coach to the sounds of chatter. Even after his break, Shota was still carrying a lot of the pain of Nabu with him. Hizashi was coming along not just for the students’ safety, but to keep an eye on his friend and make sure his unconventional healing method hadn’t done more harm than good.

With a private sigh before putting his heroic persona back on, Present Mic grinned and hopped aboard the coach before it set out to carry them all off to a day of fun.


Excited chatter filled the vehicle as several members of class 1-A planned out their schedules.

While Zoo Dreamland was aimed at a younger audience, with many tamer rides like the carousel, petting zoo, and live shows, there was still plenty they could enjoy there in the form of rollercoasters, a haunted house, and an arcade that Kirishima and Bakugo were notably eager to enjoy.

Soon enough, they arrived at the park with plenty of other guests already heading towards the entrance. After a word from Aizawa to disembark but stand nearby so they could go over the ground rules, they got off the coach with minimal fuss and were able to greet their sister class.

“Hey there, Class A,” Kendo greeted with a wave as they all filed off. “Everybody ready to enjoy?”

“You know it!” Kirishima grinned.

“Ready to rack up the high-score on all the arcade games, right, bro?” Tetsutetsu joined his friend with a manly fist bump.

“Congrats, you can share second place,” Bakugo smirked, looking down his nose at both of them.

As though a wordless agreement passed between the two, Kirishima and Tetsutetsu nodded in sync before wearing matching determined expressions.

“You’re going down, Baku-bro!”

“Just try it, babe.”

While Bakugo rolled his eyes at the two’s retorts, Mina and Ochako spotted their extra guests stepping off the third coach.

“Eri!” They cheered, spotting the girl stepping down the coach’s steps beside Kota with Mandalay and the other pussycats around them.

“Hi,” the girl waved enthusiastically, wearing her usual red dress, padded boots, and small shoulder satchel.

“Mr Aizawa said she was coming,” Tsuyu pointed out, but was no less pleased to see the girl.

“It’s good to see you, Eri,” Izuku smiled before a few more people stepped off the coach. “Woah, I didn’t realize you guys were coming too,” he addressed to a smiling Mirio and nervous Tamaki.

“The teachers had everything handled in terms of logistics, but when Eri asked if we were going too it’s not like I could break her little heart and say no, could I?” Mirio laughed.

“A-And I’m just here to support him,” Tamaki quietly waved off.

“Oh, don’t be such a timid mouse, Amajiki!” Nejire enthused, jumping onto her friend’s back, which almost caused the boy to topple to the floor. “This place was practically built for you! You could get so many quirk ideas just looking around.”

“I think he already has all the animal-themed ideas he needs for now, Nejire,” Yuyu sighed as she stepped off the bus and removed her girlfriend from Amajiki’s back by pulling on the scruff of her shirt like a mother cat.

“Thanks again for the extra tickets, Yaoyorozu,” Mirio nodded to Momo with a grin and shot her a big thumbs up.

“Yes, thank you for the tickets, Miss Yao-yor-ozu!” Eri grinned brightly at the heiress, getting her name correct on the first try this time.

“And what do you say, Kota?” Mandalay prompted her nephew.

“Thanks,” he muttered with a small nod.

“Good kitten,” Pixie-Bob smirked as Kota sent her a glare in return.

“You’re all very welcome,” Momo smiled warmly. “I hope you enjoy your day here to the fullest.”

“Oh, you can bank on that!” Nejire grinned, resisting the urge to take off and fly around to see everything as fast as she could.

“Are you all excited for today, Eri?” Mina grinned excitedly, getting a shy but strong nod from the girl.

“I’ve never been to a place like this before,” the young girl announced shyly.

“It’s Momo’s and my first time going too,” Ochako assured her.

“It’s really fun though, I’m sure you’ll enjoy it,” Tsuyu smiled warmly.

“Indeed. Considering Eri and Kota are the optimal age for this experience, I’m sure they will get the most out of it of all of us,” Iida declared as he joined the conversation with Izuku nodding along.

Once everyone was off the coaches and gear was retrieved, the teachers stood at the front of the group, flanked by Ectoplasm’s clones, to make their announcements.

“You all know the drill by now,” Aizawa called out, checking his watch. “You have until the park closes at six to enjoy yourselves. Meet-up point is at five-thirty by the picnic area. Anyone who is late returning is expelled.”

The students, and even the teachers, collectively sweatdropped at Aizawa’s usual threat but decided just to humour him without question for the sake of getting in quicker.

“This way, everyone,” Momo called before the group could disperse towards the entry gates as she led them off to the side where a much smaller queue was letting people in with a booth marked ‘Season Tickets Only’. While she’d not been to the place before, Momo had made sure to do her research on the park before arriving to provide the best experience for her friends.

It didn’t take long for them to get through the turnstile after everyone flashed their passes with Aizawa and the other teachers getting in with their hero IDs and making sure to get receipts for reimbursement.

As part of their package, everyone got a complimentary animal-ear headband that was part of the park’s charm. There was a surprisingly wide variety that everyone could choose from: Lions, tigers, bears, and so much more.

“Ooo, I’ve got the perfect ones,” Mina grinned and seized a yellow pair, donning them quickly. “What do you think?”

“Uh…” Ochako blinked, “why did you choose those?”

“Duh, because with my horns, I make the perfect giraffe, don’t I?”

“Your head’s definitely in the clouds,” Kyoka rolled her eyes but shook her head fondly at Mina’s exaggerated sigh.

“Well, what are you gonna choose that’s better than this?” Mina replied.

“Nothing, that’s what,” Kyoka deadpanned.

“Oh, come on, Kyoka. It’s part of the fun!” Tooru grinned, having put on a pair of mouse ears.

“I do feel like we’d be missing something if I didn’t make the most of the experience,” Momo agreed, taking a subtle set of black bear ears for herself.

“Urgh, whatever,” Kyoka sighed, relenting as she figured she’d just get coerced into it anyway with further argument. Without care, she reached out and grabbed whatever hit her hands first before sticking the band on her head.

“I think they’re kind of-” Izuku began, only to trail off with the set of bat ears in his hands when he turned to face Kyoka. The girl frowned when she noticed his cheeks begin to pinken before Ochako, having procured a set of cat ears for herself, turned and glanced Kyoka’s way too.

“What?” Kyoka quirked her lip.

“Adorable, ribbit,” she heard Tsuyu mumble, now also looking at her.

Kyoka began to feel self-conscious from all eyes turning her way and quickly looked in the nearby mirror provided. In her haste to grab whatever, she’d snagged a pair of cute rabbit ears that completely ruined her punk aesthetic.

“I believe Tsuyu’s right; you look positively adorable, Kyoka,” Momo smiled, trying to suppress both the giggle and blush from gracing her features.

“I think we’ve found the perfect look for you,” Mina smirked and nudged her girlfriend.

“Shut up!” Kyoka snapped, face aflame.

Before she could get rid of the ears, her shout had alerted several others who glanced their way, most notably Kaminari.

“Hey Kyoka, check this-”

Kyoka baulked as Kaminari, sporting some wallaby ears, also trailed off mid-sentence when he caught sight of her, though he quickly averted his gaze when she glared at him.

“That’s it,” Kyoka huffed, snatching the ears off her head and forcing them onto Izuku’s before taking the ones he’d selected. She donned them with a huff but made the mistake of checking out her boyfriend’s now bunny-eared look. He tilted his head in confusion when she simply stared at him and said nothing, which made the idiot look even more adorable.

“W-Why couldn’t they just have owl ears?” Kyoka pouted and turned away, her face heating up.

The others couldn’t help but chuckle at Kyoka’s moping. Even with bat ears, they all found her adorable, but this time they’d keep their appreciation of her new look to themselves.

“I guess these work too,” Izuku chuckled, feeling the bunny ears atop his head.

“Reminds me of your first costume’s hood,” Ochako giggled.

“They’d suit you perfectly if they were green,” Tooru agreed while Mina nodded.

“T-That wasn’t what those were…” Izuku sweatdropped, blushing both out of embarrassment and also because he’d glanced at Ochako. Memories of a particular sleepover slipped to the front of his brain, and he had to resist the urge to ask her to keep them for later.

“My Ochako, those certainly suit you too,” Momo spoke up with a chuckle as she admired the brunette’s cat ears that matched her hair colour. “Had you a collar and bell, I could almost mistake you for a pet.”

It was meant to be a joke, but Ochako quickly matched Izuku’s shade of red.

“Stop teasing them, Momo,” Mina gently intervened before they attracted the wrong kind of attention.

“Unfortunately, there aren’t many water-animals with cute ears since it creates drag, ribbit,” Tsuyu sighed as she scanned the options before selecting a pair of otter ears.

“Yeah, not much lizard representation either,” Tokage spoke up with a grin, now sporting some deer ears. “Don’t even get me started on the lack of dinos.”

“I’m digging the fluff,” Kirishima grinned, having selected a pair of red panda ears for himself. “What’re you gonna go with, Katsuki?”

“Like hell I’m wearing those stupid things,” Bakugo scoffed. “I’m not gonna walk around looking like an idiot all day.”

“Bro, you callin’ your boyfriend an idiot?” Tetsutetsu raised a brow, a pair of grey rhino ears sticking out of his head. “Not cool.”

Bakugo opened his mouth to retort, only to catch himself at the last second, his eyes narrowing at the smug-looking extra.

“C’mon, babe. It’s just a bit of fun,” Kirishima gently urged, presenting him with a pair of wolf ears.

The sandy blond let out a frustrated sigh before grabbing the irritating accessory and slamming it onto his skull.

“Not a single fucking picture will be taken with these on,” he growled his stipulation.

“I promise,” Kirishima nodded, but Tetsutetsu couldn’t help grinning as he spotted the redhead’s fingers subtly crossed as he said that.

“Aren’t you getting some, Koda?” Todoroki asked, having selected a pair of panda ears for himself.

The large boy gently shook his head.

“T-They don’t really fit me,” he reminded him, gesturing to his abnormal head shape.

“Maybe Yaoyorozu could make you a special pair,” Sero suggested, joining in while now wearing a set of rat ears.

“I’m just happy to be here. D-Don’t worry about me,” Koda assured them before someone else happened to overhear the conversation.

“Having trouble, Koda?” Kendo asked as she walked over, now wearing a pair of lemur ears.

“Koda’s our resident animal expert, but he can’t go full native,” Sero explained before getting an idea. “I could tape them to you if you want.”

“I-I don’t think that’d work,” the boy hesitated again, worried they’d come loose during a more active ride.

“Oh, I think I can help there,” Kendo cupped her fist with a hand before turning away. “Hey, Awase!”

“Hmm?” The black-haired boy, now wearing a pair of hippo ears over his bandana, walked over. “What’s up, Kendo?”

“Think you can do for Koda what you did for Bondo?” Kendo asked.

Upon hearing his name, the Cemedine-quirked boy glanced over, sporting a pair of kangaroo ears welded to his head at the contact points.

“Sure can,” Awase grinned. “Just pick out a set you want and I’ll get ‘em off at the end of the day for ya’.”

As much as he appreciated Sero’s suggestion, Koda was more confident in Awase’s quirk and, after picking out a pair of rabbit ears in honour of Yuwei-chan, Koda sported a bright smile that warmed their collective hearts.

“Thank you so much,” he bowed, his new rabbit ears flopping gently. Sero wasn’t sure if he was imagining things, but he could swear Kendo’s cheeks coloured for a moment.

“No prob’, man. It’s just a shame I can’t do the same for Fukudashi,” Awase sighed, glancing at his speech-bubble-headed classmate whose dynamic head proved too unique to attach anything to.

“Excuse me, Tokoyami?” A voice called to the bird-headed boy who’d selected a rather large set of monkey ears for himself. He turned to spot Tsunotori with horse ears and an inquisitive look on her face. “Where is Shoji?”

“He declined the invitation to this event,” Tokoyami informed her.

“Huh? How come?” Pony asked, looking a little crestfallen.

“He wasn’t explicit in his reasoning,” the bird-headed boy replied, adding to himself, ‘but I have my suspicions.’

“Oh, that’s an important note. Kendo, Yaoyorozu,” Iida spoke up, now wearing what was unmistakably a pair of Nezu’s ears and catching the pair’s attention as they chatted, “for clarity’s sake, Shoji and Shinso declined to join us and Sato, Ojiro, and Aoyama were called into their work studies today, leaving us with fifteen. Were there any from class B unable to attend?”

“Oh, uh…” Kendo sweatdropped. “Shoda and Shishida got called in to Shishido’s too today, while Honenuki and Kamakiri both said they’d rather spend the day training, but uh… I just finished coordinating that with Yaoyorozu.”

“Sorry, Iida,” Momo nodded politely, “I was going to update you in a moment.”

“Ah, no matter,” Iida bowed in apology. “I should’ve expected as much from our astute new class representative!”

Both Momo and Kendo laughed politely at Iida’s exaggerated declaration, with Momo resolving not to tell him she hadn’t done anything she wouldn’t have in her old position.

“Congrats again on the promotion,” Kendo turned to her friend with a smile. “I’m just glad you’re chasing after me this time instead of the other way around.”

“I hope to learn well from your example, Miss Kendo” Momo bowed with respect before both girls broke into giggles.

“Hey, Eri, what do you think?” Nejire called to the girl who was stuck for choice. When Eri turned, she spotted Nejire with her hands raised into claws and a set of orange and black tiger ears resting on her crown. “Raaah! Don’t I make a totally ferocious tiger?”

“What’s a tiger?” Eri tilted her head curiously, causing Nejire to fault and Mirio to snigger.

“G-Guess she hasn’t gotten to that part of her studies yet,” Tamaki noted.

“You shush,” Nejire pouted before noting the boy’s lack of ears and taking the liberty of selecting him a pair. “If you’re not gonna have the heart of a lion, you may as well have the ears of one!”

Tamaki tried to protest out of embarrassment, but Nejire’s determination was too overwhelming and he soon joined the animal ranks without the use of his quirk.

“Hmm, I probably shouldn’t break the theme,” Mirio remarked, selecting a set of cheetah ears for himself before saving Tamaki from the fierce Nejire, placing her in timeout beside her now hamster-eared girlfriend.

“Trying to challenge our positions, huh?” Tiger chuckled at the trio, eying Nejire’s ears in particular as his costume’s tail flicked with agitation.

“W-We would never-!” Tamaki started to protest at Tiger’s accusation before Ragdoll waved him off.

“Don’t pay attention to him, he’s a pussycat at heart,” she smiled.

“Guess you guys were already set,” Mirio chuckled, noting the team’s ear-like communicators.

“This is stupid,” Kota rolled his eyes, huffing as Eri still deliberated over her choice.

“It’s just a bit of fun, Kota,” Mandalay assured him before leaning in and whispering, “you don’t have to wear them if you don’t want to.”

“Good,” he nodded with satisfaction.

“Can I have these ones, please?” Eri asked, holding out a set of mouse ears to Mandalay.

“Of course you can, dear,” Mandalay smiled before gently taking them from the girl and settling the headband in place behind her horn and gesturing to the mirror.

“Wow, lookin’ good, Eri,” Nejire leaned down and grinned at the girl.

Eri looked around for others’ approval, getting nods from Mandalay, Mirio, and the other adults before she looked at Kota and beamed.

“This is fun,” she smiled brightly, causing Kota’s expression to scrunch up.

“That it is,” Vlad King grinned at the pure-hearted joy on display before him, proudly displaying his buffalo ear headband.

“We should get the kiddos movin’, no sense standin’ here all day,” Mic announced from nearby, enjoying his new gazelle ears while deciding to refrain from commenting on Aizawa’s lack of participation in the gimmick.

“W-Wait,” Kota called when the others started to move. They turned to see him quickly scan over the options and grab a set of dog ears before shoving them over the top of his horned hat and crossing his arms defensively. “There.”

“Lookin’ good, my man,” Mirio shot him a thumbs-up while Pixie-Bob held her tongue on his selection.

Kota could feel his cheeks reddening even without further comments, but his embarrassment was quickly forgotten when Eri’s smile widened only for her to look around with a touch of worry.

“What do we do now?”

“W-We go ride the rides, duh!” he blustered.

“How do we do that?” She asked.

“I’ll show you,” he sighed before striding forward and taking Eri’s hand. Even if it was for babies, the carousel would be a good place to start for her, just as long as he didn’t have to ride with his annoying aunt or anything.

Behind them, the older students and adults exchanged some knowing glances before splitting up with the third-years, with Mandalay and Aizawa following after the little ones while the rest attended to the other students.

Once everyone had received their ears and complimentary maps, they began coordinating with their friends on what they wanted to visit first.

“Where should we hit first?” Rin asked curiously, armadillo ears wobbling in the wind.

“Let’s jump on the roller coasters first; better now than after lunch,” Tsuburaba reasoned, nodding with brown bear ears.

“Maybe not too many,” Kaibara reasoned, yet to don his selected boar’s ears, “no sense wearing ourselves out all at once.”

“Mmm,” Kodai agreed, her large elephant ears looking very out of place on her.

“Should you tire of such rides, you are more than welcome to join us for a more modest park experience,” Shiozaki offered with a kind smile, her sheep’s ears poking out between her thorny locks.

“As if class B can’t handle it,” Monoma replied confidently with his dog ears flopping as he nodded.

“Well, I need to make some time for my family,” Kuroiro explained, a pair of zebra ears perched atop his head. “When I told my mother we were coming here, she insisted on making it a family trip when my sister made a fuss.”

“Awww, well, the fun-gals are welcome to tag along with us, shroom,” Komori smiled warmly with cute meerkat ears nodding along with her.

“As long as we can visit the haunted house, I’m happy,” Yangai noted, her polar bear ears nestled atop her head.

“I would like to join that experience, if you do not mind,” Tokoyami piped up.

“The mor-el the merrier!” Komori grinned.

Across the way, another group were having a more hushed conversation.

“So… what are we doing?” Tooru asked their little group, specifically glancing towards Momo and Izuku.

“Well, we have plenty of time to enjoy ourselves, so I think I would like to focus on someone showing me the basics,” Momo grinned as she leaned towards Kyoka.

The punk-rock girl felt her heart leap, but glanced at the heiress warily.

“You sure you don’t have to uh… do your thing first?” She hinted.

“There will be time enough for that later,” Momo smiled earnestly, hoping neither Kyoka nor Izuku felt they were less important than the other, despite the situation. “For now, I would very much like for you to introduce me to all these new experiences.”

Kyoka looked around at their other partners and got encouraging nods and smiles from them, including Izuku.

“We’ll figure our own thing out and meet up with you at lunch, how’s that sound?” Mina winked at the pair.

“Go, go,” Ochako smiled.

Kyoka’s cautious smile brightened into genuine excitement and joy before grabbing the heiress’s hand.

“Then if you don’t mind-”

“Woah!” Momo gasped, but it quickly turned into a laugh at Kyoka’s eagerness as she enthusiastically tugged her towards their first destination. “We’ve got plenty of time, Kyoka.”

“Not enough,” Kyoka replied, slowing a little so Momo could keep pace but sending the heiress a melancholy smile. “If we’ve only got until lunch for who knows how long, I want to make the most of it with you.”

The heiress could understand her girlfriend’s desire and felt that pang of guilt that, even alone, they couldn’t truly spend the day how they wanted. Still, she’d do her best to give Kyoka everything she could.

“Then let’s go!”

Now it was Kyoka’s turn to gasp as Momo took the lead, heading deeper into the park towards a ride she’d been most curious about since seeing it.

Behind them, the others chuckled as they looked at each other.

“What now?” Tsuyu asked curiously.

“We don’t have to rush. How about we go around together to explore?” Izuku smiled, taking Tsuyu and Ochako’s hands.

“No reason we have to break off,” Tooru grinned as she also took Mina’s hand before lifting it to her lips to kiss.

“Excuse me, Midoriya!” A new voice called to the group before they could head out. The five turned to the source and found Iida and Todoroki standing nearby, with the orderly boy having spoken. “Would you mind terribly if we joined you?”

“I’m not exactly familiar with proper procedure here, though I believe a place like this is best enjoyed with friends,” Todoroki explained.

“Of course you can,” Izuku readily agreed, only to falter as he realised he’d spoken without considering the others. “I-If that’s alright with you guys.”

“All good here, ribbit,” Tsuyu chuckled, with Tooru nodding along.

“We can learn this stuff together, eh, Todoroki?” Ochako flashed him a thumbs-up.

“Sounds good to me!” Mina grinned before taking the lead. “Onward, Animal Pack!”

Her secret partners rolled their eyes, but the atmosphere was clearly infectious as they all followed the pinkette’s lead to hunt for all the delights the park held.

As the students all split up to enjoy themselves, they were lightly trailed by one or more of the teachers or one of Ectoplasm’s clones, who were now each wearing a set of distinct baboon ears.

Unfortunately, those weren’t the only sets of eyes watching their movements.

Away from the gathered students and staff, but not far enough to lose sight of them, a laid-back man dressed in a blue and green Hawaiian shirt, khakis and a sports watch yawned and adjusted his glasses.

“Duo split up, tracking Asset now,” he muttered while pressing a finger to his ear.

“Understood,” a female voice responded in his head. “Moving to trail Offspring.”

As the man moved, casually glancing around before randomly deciding to head in the direction he’d seen a green-haired boy head off in, a similar woman from across the plaza did the same to keep sight of a certain raven-haired heiress, her steps quicker due to the girl’s head start.

While the pair expertly navigated through the hustle and bustle of park-goers, a set of eyes watched over the targets through the numerous monitors before her.

“Asset appears to be heading towards the coasters,” the woman they were attached to relayed, holding down a button to relay the information to her counterparts, “Offspring appears to be heading towards the bumper cars.”

The woman let out a sigh after releasing the microphone and pinching the bridge of her nose. A protection detail was one thing, but ensuring a supposed date went off well was a waste of their talents.

Still, if the Yaoyorozu were happy to pay this much for something so asinine, then she certainly wouldn’t complain.


As Kyoka and Momo walked along, avoiding the crowds as best they could, they were more than aware of the Ectoplasm clone tagging along behind them.

Kyoka especially was grateful the man would be part of the group watching over them, but she was more concerned with what she and the heiress could get away with in such a public place. Evidently her anxiety showed when Momo’s hand lightly squeezed hers when it began clenching in frustration, looking up at the heiress.

“We’ll be fine,” Momo smiled, as though she could read Kyoka’s mind.

“You sure about that?” Kyoka muttered, biting her lip with her eyes glancing at the myriad of other people around them.

“It may not be ideal,” Momo nodded, “but I’m certain we will be able to enjoy ourselves.”

Kyoka wanted to believe the heiress, but could feel the pang of doubt in her chest. Still, no sense ruining the meagre amount of relative privacy they could get with each other now and planned to try and enjoy her time with her secret girlfriend as best she could.

“Here we are,” Momo announced as they stopped before the ride she’d picked out.

“Bumper cars?” Kyoka raised a brow.

“I’m curious,” Momo smiled. “Jostling and bumping each other doesn’t seem like a fun experience, especially in vehicles, but people are lining up for it here.”

Kyoka conceded that it seemed strange on paper and figured this was a prime example of something she could introduce the heiress to.

“It’s a bit more than that,” she chuckled, leading her to the end of the queue. “It’s because we can’t normally do it, and this is a… mostly safe way to experience it. You’ll see when we get in there.”

“Hmm?” A pair of ears perked up from ahead of them before calling back. “That you, Kyoka?” The punk rock girl leaned around the queue to see Sero doing the same. “Guess we all had the same idea.”

Kyoka was about to respond when the line moved and a fresh batch of riders was let on. As the line curved around and doubled back, Sero, Kaminari, Awase, and Kaibara stood close enough to the secret partners to chat.

“Didn’t even realise you guys were here,” Kyoka replied honestly, subtly dropping her hold on the heiress’ hand, much to their mutual disappointment.

“Felt like a good way to get the day started,” Kaibara shrugged.

“And maybe knock some sense into this guy,” Sero grinned and elbowed Kaminari, much to the blond’s ire.

“I hope it’s not too rough,” Momo replied diplomatically.

“First time?” Awase raised a brow and got a nod from the girl. “Well, uh, you can do two to a car if you don’t wanna do it alone.”

“Indeed, Kyoka’s kindly offered to show me how it’s done,” Momo smiled at the girl, hoping her assumption wasn’t overstepping.

“Well, it’s not like I was expecting you to learn by just throwing you in the deep end alone,” Kyoka nodded.

“Two riders means more weight too,” Kaibara noted. “Better to ram with if you get up to speed.”

“There’s a strategy to this?” Momo enquired curiously, a glint in her eye.

“Eh, kind of,” Kaminari wobbled his head. “You go in with a plan, but usually it ends in chaos.”

“Then what are your plans?” She asked.

“Attack until the other person surrenders!” Sero declared proudly, knowing full well how stupid it sounded, Kaminari and Awase agreeing with matching grins.

“Boys,” Kyoka sighed, earning a polite chuckle from Momo and an understanding nod from Kaibara.

“Hey, I resemble that remark,” Kaminari smirked, getting an eye roll from the girl.

“Just don’t be total as-” Kyoka suddenly remembered the smaller folk around her and the adults glancing her way judgmentally. “Ahem, just don’t make things too rough for Momo.”

“I think we can manage that,” Awase readily agreed, flashing the heiress his best smile.

“We might not even be in the same session,” Kaibara shrugged.

“This idiot’s still fair game though, right?” Sero jerked his thumb at Kaminari.

“Dude,” the blond deadpanned.

“You guys do your thing and we’ll do ours,” Kyoka sighed. Thankfully, the line moved again and they were disconnected from the group as they moved up.

“Jeez, this is gonna be a train wreck,” Kyoka sighed.

“Wouldn’t that make it a successful bumper session?” Momo giggled.

Kyoka chuckled and shook her head again.

“We’ll just use this as practice. If you wanna go again, we can just get back in line after.”

“Sounds delightful,” Momo put her hands together and smiled brightly, looking forward to their turn as Kyoka enjoyed her secret girlfriend’s honest enchantment with the simple ride.

Eventually, the line moved up a few more times and the pair could see the session ahead of them in action. Kyoka chuckled as Momo watched, enraptured by cars and how they worked, noting the cars’ rear connection to the overhead metal circuit, and how everyone seemed to be having fun intentionally ramming each other, though one of the ride managers scolded a couple for a head-on collision.

Before Momo could sink too far into her breakdown of the ride, the session came to an end, and once the drivers had departed, it was their turn.

They got lucky as, with the pair of them doubling up in a single car, they’d snagged the last spot in the group. Thankfully, the cars were designed for parents to accompany their children, so there was plenty of room for them both.

On the other hand, Kyoka almost felt their luck turn as she spotted Kaminari and the others having already settled into their bumper cars. Hers and Kaminari’s eyes locked as he smirked and eagerly focused his attention on Kyoka.

“Looks like Kaminari’s eager to get his uh… butt kicked,” Kyoka remarked.

“Don’t tell me you’re going to shy away from such a challenge?” Momo asked with a teasing lilt in her tone. “That doesn’t sound like the Kyoka I know.”

Kyoka blinked before she held her hands up in defeat and then put both firmly on the steering wheel.

“Alright, fine, I give up,” she sighed. “You want the full experience, then let’s do it.”

The circuit switch was flipped and the cars powered up.

Kyoka immediately floored the accelerator to shoot them towards the edge of the arena while Kaminari was thankfully cut off by several other cars.

Taking a few moments to plot out a route, Kyoka saw her opportunity arise when Kaibara took advantage of Kaminari’s singular focus to slam into the boy’s side, causing him to turn and curse at the class B student.

Seizing the moment, Kyoka adjusted her course and lined herself up behind Kaminari, surging forward with as much power as the little electric vehicle could hold and slammed into him.

“Gah, hey!” He called out, glancing over his shoulder as best he could.

“Sorry, Sparky,” Kyoka smirked as Momo was unable to cover her own giggles.

The smiles were swiftly wiped off their faces and replaced with shock when they too were suddenly ambushed from behind.

“Ha! Gotcha!” Sero grinned, having snuck up behind the pair.

“And I’ve got you!” Awase announced, causing Sero to pre-emptively flinch when he was broadsided by the boy.

“Let’s go,” Kyoka muttered, revolving her wheel to try and reverse out, but was blocked by an unfortunate father and son who just so happened to be in their path.

“My turn!” Kaminari grinned, having the same idea as he spun his car in a near semi-circle to slam its front into the side of Kyoka and Momo’s car.

“Oh, my,” Momo shook her head after the latest jostle and felt her heart beat despite the relatively tame and slow speed compared to having to react to villains on the job. “I see what all the fuss was about.”

“Good,” Kyoka nodded before grumbling. “Now, if I could only get us out…”

With Kaminari’s attack, they were now fairly locked into a group of cars with no room to manoeuvre out. Not a moment more passed before a whistle blew and the power to the cars shut down.

“That was fast,” Momo frowned, confused by their shorter play time than those who got to ride before them.

“It’s not that,” Kyoka shook her head and gestured to the ride assistant who was hurrying over to their group. Their little skirmish had caused a big enough pile-up of interlocked cars that barely anyone was moving, so play was paused as they unstuck everyone for a reset.

“Seems like an unfortunate ride flaw,” Momo noted.

“That’s why we try not to crash the regular cars on the road, remember,” Kyoka chuckled, though raised a brow when Momo’s focus seemed to be on their friends as the ride manager returned to the control panel.

“Kyoka, how familiar are you with police stopping manoeuvres?” The heiress suddenly asked.

“Not very, why?”

“Then, may I drive with our remaining time?”

The punk-rock girl didn’t know what the heiress had planned, but she’d trusted Momo’s plans before.

With the crackle of electricity, the cars were energised once more, and the duo took off, narrowly dodging Kaminari, who’d gunned for them again in vengeance’s name only to miss and hit another car.

Being overly cautious not to repeat their mistake from before, Sero and Kaibara were going with the flow of the cars in a small circuit to build up their speed. The two collided side-by-side when they turned a corner, but knew it was just due to their inexperienced handling of the machines rather than deliberate attacks.

What was deliberate was Momo and Kyoka sneaking up behind them and positioning themselves behind Sero who was lagging a little behind Kaibara on the inside track.

“If we hit him just… here,” Momo took careful aim before jerking the steering, clipping Sero’s rear just enough for the boy to spin out in a near-perfect PIT manoeuvre. Sero panicked and tried to correct himself, however, his altered trajectory had him slamming into Kaibara’s car and pinning him to the wall.

“Whoa,” Kyoka’s brows rose as the minor collision Momo had initiated had allowed them to escape relatively unscathed despite the damage they’d caused.

The heiress wasn’t focused on their victims, however. Instead, her eyes were locked on her next target as she tailed Awase.

The headband-bearing boy glanced over his shoulder at his follower and didn’t know how to react when he saw who it was. Despite his gentle rejection, he still carried a thing for the heiress and bumping her seemed wrong.

It only took a few moments for Kyoka and Momo to draw almost level with the boy as he nervously glanced their way as they all avoided a set of kids having their own bumping battle.

When Awase glanced over at the heiress again, she made a show of reaching for the other side of the steering wheel to jerk it hard and slam into him. Before she could, Awase jerked his wheel to go with the attack, only to realise Momo had bluffed him. He could only brace after sending himself on a collision course with a teenager who was going the opposite way and earning himself a warning from the ride’s manager shortly after. Momo admittedly felt a little guilty for that one.

She didn’t have time to linger on her actions however, as Kyoka and Momo both felt a jerk when they were bumped from behind by Kaminari, who’d managed to chase after and catch up to them.

“You’re mine!” He cackled evilly.

“Uh, Momo?” Kyoka panicked as she realised that Kaminari was trying to force them into a head-on collision with the oncoming wall. She didn’t expect they’d get seriously hurt, but the resulting jolt certainly wouldn’t be pleasant.

“Kyoka, take your foot off the pedal in two seconds,” Momo urged, again reaching over to turn the wheel sharply. The punk-rock girl gulped and braced herself but did as she was told.

The instant the car lost its power, Momo jerked her arm as the car abruptly turned. With the loss of momentum, Kaminari’s car bumped into theirs but, having cut the power, instead of flying off, they pivoted nearly half a rotation to slam into the side of Kaminari’s car. Though the trio suffered equal shocks from the bump, Kaminari neglected to take his foot off the gas and sped directly into the oncoming wall. Kyoka had to suppress the burst of laughter that threatened to emerge when she heard his groan of pain and defeat behind them.

“Well… that was certainly something,” Momo released a breath as though she hadn’t just demolished their friends with brutal efficiency.

“H-How did you-” Kyoka began to ask only for the pair to jerk as the same father and son they’d bumped earlier apparently sought their own vengeance, the young boy giggling all the while.

Thankfully, that seemed to be it for their time as the bumper cars power went out once again with calls for everyone to leave the ride promptly.

“Maybe we should’ve asked Momo to take it easy on us,” Sero grumbled as the UA students exited.

“Maybe I could’ve juiced my ride a little extra,” Kaminari complained, following his friend.

“I don’t think that would’ve helped any,” Kaibara shook his head with Awase agreeing.

Despite their last bump, Kyoka and Momo exchanged victorious smiles at what was clearly a successful and enjoyable first experience for the heiress.

“I found that quite entertaining,” the heiress giggled. “Are you sure you would not like to ride again with us?”

“No!” The quartet quickly rejected, with Kaibara and Awase deciding to take their leave sooner rather than later to find another, less rough ride.

“Jeez, did you guys really have to go that hard at the end there?” Kaminari sighed and shook his head. “Think I forgot the answers to last week’s pop quiz.”

“It was bound to happen sooner or later,” Sero teased before addressing the girls. “You guys wanna go hit the arcade next?”

“We’re good,” Kyoka turned him down. “Got lots to introduce Momo to still before the stuff we can find at the mall.”

“Fair enough,” Sero shrugged, turning to leave only to pause when Kaminari hesitated.

“Hey, Kyoka?” The blond addressed his friend directly, getting a curious eyebrow raise from the girl. “Think we can find some time to hang later?”

The request honestly caught Kyoka off guard. She blinked as she processed his request, but the answer was easy to give.

“Sure, man,” she shrugged casually. “After lunch or something?”

“Awesome,” Kaminari grinned excitedly. “See you then.”

Momo and Kyoka reflexively waved to the pair as they headed off together with an Ectoplasm clone accompanying them, leaving the girls alone with their own clone standing a polite distance away.

“I guess I know what you’ll be doing while I’m busy,” Momo noted as the two turned to head deeper into the park.

“That’s what I figured,” Kyoka nodded, looking forward to a catch-up with the blond that had the side benefit of keeping her mind off of Momo and Izuku’s obligations. “Anyway, what was with that driving back there? I thought you’d never done bumper cars before.”

“I haven’t,” Momo replied honestly, “but Yoroi Musha has been drilling Intelli and me on police procedures and we both picked up on the physics and mechanics of it quite well, even if we’ll likely never put it into practice ourselves. I saw an opportunity and it worked out surprisingly well. Judging from your laughter, I’m pretty certain you enjoyed it.”

“Hearing Kaminari wreck himself was pretty funny,” Kyoka admitted as they continued walking. “What do you wanna do next?”

“I believe it’s your turn to choose,” Momo offered, glancing around at the selection of nearby rides.  The log flume was certainly out since they hadn’t brought a change of clothes, a mascot meet and greet wasn’t appealing to people their age, and the train around the perimeter of the park seemed a bit too tame.

“Urgh, I know I’m probably going to regret this,” Kyoka sighed, “but why don’t we go on that?”

Momo followed her girlfriend’s gesture towards the looming attraction, where excited screams could be heard ringing out as the safari-themed carriages sped around the fake mountain environment of ‘Buffalo Coaster’.

“Why would you regret it?” Momo asked.

“I get a little queasy on wilder rides,” Kyoka sighed.

Despite her hesitance, Kyoka led Momo towards the ride and just before they could get on they saw Kendo, Tsunotori, and Kodai exiting the ride where even the least expressive Kodai wore a thrilled smile.

“Oh, hey, Yaoyorozu,” Kendo waved, still a little breathless from the ride. “You guys going on next?”

“Certainly considering it,” Momo chuckled.

“It’s a super fun, happy time!” Tsunotori cheered.

“Quite heart-racing,” Kodai agreed.

“With glowing endorsements like that, how could we say no?” Momo chuckled and looked to Kyoka.

“I know, I know,” the punk-rock girl nodded and continued into the entrance, briefly sending a wave to the class B girls. “I said I was gonna regret it, not that I wasn’t gonna go on. Just don’t be mad if I wanna do slow stuff after this for a bit.”

Besides, there was one aspect to the ride that outweighed all the negatives.

“I think that’s more than agreeable,” Momo giggled as they took their place in line.

It took a little time simply standing around and chatting about their class and hero work, but the queue moved quickly and soon the pair were ready to board the buffalo. They sat side-by-side as the ride’s safety bar lowered and, with sufficient excuse in place, Kyoka had no hesitation taking Momo’s hand. She didn’t need a rollercoaster for her heart to race around Momo, but it was a great excuse to take her girlfriend’s hand once again.

The punk-rock girl squeezed a little harder than she needed to, but Momo quickly found out why as they started at a somewhat gentle pace only to climb a very steep and straight portion of track.

The heiress could already feel her heart begin to race at the anticipation as the peak drew nearer and nearer until they finally crested the top and, for a brief moment, they got a wonderful view of the park. That moment was swiftly interrupted by gravity as the coaster continued its course and swiftly dropped them into a high-speed rush of adrenaline.

Both Momo and Kyoka joined the other riders in letting out thrilled screams as they were shaken from side to side once more. It was a little loud for Kyoka, with her quirk picking up so much noise she felt her vision distort at one point, but she didn’t have time to lament forgetting her jack mufflers. Despite the speed and excitement of the ride, both girls felt the thrill was only elevated by being able to so openly share it together, their hands never unclasping throughout the entire ride.

By the time it came to an end, both girls were breathless and messy-haired, unable to stop themselves from bursting into giggles at the sight of each other once the ride came to a complete stop. Momo helped Kyoka disembark as, true to her word, she felt her stomach still doing flips and her legs were a little shaky, but the punk-rock girl felt the experience was more than worth it.

There was now only one thing left to do.

“Come on,” Kyoka gently pulled Momo along, still reluctant to let their hands drop despite the ride being over as she led them towards the exit only to stop at a booth on the way out that many people gathered around. It took a few moments but looking up at the many screens, Kyoka soon found what she was after. “There.”

Spotting the screen her girlfriend was pointing at, Momo felt her heart jump once again at the delightful capture of the pair of them screaming their heads off mid-ride. Despite their hands being intertwined while their others were firmly holding onto the safety bar, Momo had no doubts the image could be easily explained away as part of the ride, but between the two of them and their fellow partners, they would know the truth.

Kyoka couldn’t help but beam as Momo swiftly presented her pass to the kiosk worker and procured a couple of copies of the image for herself and Kyoka to treasure. When presenting her shorter girlfriend with their print, complete with the gimmicky border around the outside to frame the image, Momo could almost see Kyoka holding back her raw desire to lean up and close the gap between their faces.

As much as she wished they could’ve indulged, Kyoka’s restraint held firm, though the girl at least sent her a subtle gesture by curling one of her jack’s lines into the shape of a heart between them. Momo giggled at the display before it was quickly dropped and the pair headed out to find the next ride or experience they could share.

Though their hands separated once again, it seemed that, completely coincidentally, every subsequent ride they went on seemed to have some justifiable reason for them to reunite.


While there were many snack-based eateries located around the park, thanks to their passes, most of the students found themselves gravitating towards the more filling meals in the central dining area.

With the excitement of the morning having more than sufficiently wetted their appetite. Izuku’s group found themselves regrouping with many of their friends at the ‘Watering Hole’ open dining area.

Mina, Tooru, Todoroki, and Iida went off to grab their meals first while Izuku, Tsuyu, and Ochako looked for a table for them all and found one near the Pussycats with their charges.

“Hey, Eri!” Ochako called out as she spotted the girl munching on a sandwich. “Have you been having fun?”

“Mm-hmm, lots!” The girl enthused.

“It was okay,” Kota shrugged beside her.

“We went on the water-ride with the beavers and got super wet!”

“Eri got a little too close to the edge of the flume and got soaked,” Mandalay sighed.

“It was fun,” Eri grinned. “Mr Aizawa then bought me this pretty new dress!”

“Because you couldn’t go around the rest of the day in wet clothes,” the man sighed off to the side as the girl put down her sandwich and showed off her new jungle-themed dress that was covered in leaves with several animals peeking through the brush at various spots.

“Wow, it looks great,” Izuku smiled as they took their seats nearby.

“Could use a few more frogs though, ribbit,” Tsuyu chuckled to herself.

As Izuku and Eri had a quick chat about the different rides they’d been on so far, a familiar voice gently joined the conversation.

“Hello, Eri.” The group turned to see Tokoyami and Tsunotori had approached with a tray of desserts. “May we join you? I believe I have something you might like to try.”

“Um, okay,” Eri nodded curiously as the pair of students sat down with her and placed a piece of pie before her.

“As a fellow delighter of apples, I thought you might appreciate this,” Tokoyami noted.

“Super sweet apple-y pie!” Tsunotori grinned, digging into her own with an eager mouthful.

The girl looked curiously at the treat before her, presented oddly enough with a fork which she’d never used to eat an apple with before.

The delight on her fellow horned girl’s face as she took another bite was all the encouragement Eri needed as she cut herself a small piece off, holding it up and sniffing it before taking a tentative bite.

“Wow! Is that really apples?”

“A limited-time treat they specially prepare here,” Tokoyami nodded, deciding not to mention that it was a not insignificant portion of the reason he wanted to join his friends on this trip.

Fully convinced of the delight on her plate, Eri heartily dug back in for another bite while her park companion looked over with interest.

“Can I get one?” Kota turned to Mandalay before adding a hasty, “Please,” to the end of his request.

“Finish your lunch first,” his aunt encouraged.

“You can have some of mine,” Eri piped up as Kota turned back to see a forkful of the girl’s treat being offered out to him and a bright smile on the girl’s face. Kota felt his cheeks rapidly heating up as the bird-headed boy subtly glanced away while the horned girl did no such thing, her giant eyes widening even more at the sight before her.

“W-Whatever!” Kota scoffed, hurrying to take the offered bite and pull back just to get the focus off himself. “Woah…” he mumbled after a few moments of tasting the treat.

“Indeed,” Tokoyami smirked as he noted the boy’s approval. “The cinnamon brings out the apples’ sweetness while preserving the refreshing acidity, and the pie crust meshes perfectly with the baked apples’ softened texture,” he explained. Kota frowned in confusion while Eri’s eyes were wide as she listened intently, slowly chewing another bite, but Tokoyami noted it was clear she’d barely understood a word of what he’d said. “It is delicious,” he finished simply.

“Yeah! Super yummy!” Eri agreed with a cheer with Tsunotori joining in, and took another bite.

While Tokoyami distracted the little unicorn, Izuku and his group returned to themselves as Mina, Iida, and the others returned carrying a multitude of trays.

“We got kind of a spread!” Tooru announced as they laid out the trays on the table. There were plenty of fries, hot dogs, curries, pizza slices, and, thankfully for Izuku, a few bowls of salad he could add to feel better about not strictly sticking to his diet, along with a pitcher of water for them all.

“There’s more, but if you want something more specific, you’ll need to go order it yourself,” Mina said, gesturing to the delicious, greasy burger she’d decided to declare her main meal of the day.

“I tried to dissuade her from such a hearty meal, but I’m afraid I was unsuccessful,” Iida sighed as he sat down with Todoroki and their more modest lunches.

“We’ve figured it’s a lost cause at this point, ribbit,” Tsuyu chuckled, plucking a few fries from a basket.

“Because I should think about staying in tip-top hero shape?” Mina raised a challenging brow before taking a big bite.

“Because I’m afraid any energetic rides might cause you to… evacuate your lunch on others,” Iida replied with a touch of distaste at himself for having to vocalise such a thought.

“Eh, ‘ou wor’y ‘oo much ‘ice-pres’,” Mina replied, earning more than one scornful look and deciding to swallow before speaking again while patting her stomach, “this baby’s like a steel trap. Nothing’s getting out.”

“For others’ sake, I hope that isn’t a brag,” Iida sighed.

Anyway,” Ochako decided to move the conversation along as she tucked into a plate of fries with Tsuyu, “thanks for getting all this you guys.”

“Hey, it’s all on Momo today,” Tooru grinned, guilty of having just as big eyes as Mina with some more sweet treats on her tray, including an oversized cookie in the shape of a lion’s head.

“You’re all more than welcome.”

Tooru’s side of the table turned as Momo and Kyoka approached and squeezed onto the remaining bench when the girls made space.

“Hey guys!” Tooru greeted.

“You two have fun?” Tsuyu asked with a knowing look.

“It’s been most enjoyable to experience so many unique rides,” Momo smiled brightly as she tucked into one of her two burgers.

“It’s been great but uh… kind of exhausting,” Kyoka’s shoulders dropped.

“Are you already worn out?” Todoroki chimed in.

“We hit most of the bigger rides to start,” the tired girl admitted. “I think I’ve strained my voice more this morning than after whole music sets.”

“Maybe you should take it a little easier this afternoon then, Jiro,” Iida nodded. “There’s no shame in taking some extra time out.”

“It’s cool,” Kyoka smiled, grateful for the boy’s concern, deciding not to mention the extra noise-blockers for her jacks Momo had subtly generated for her when she couldn’t hide her headache any longer. “How about you guys? Enjoyed your morning?”

“Oh, yeah!” Ochako grinned. “We tried out that spinning chair ride and it was a blast.”

“I think Iida had the most fun on that one,” Todoroki noted while the others smirked at the boy’s grimace.

“It felt unnatural not using my arms and legs at that speed,” the boy explained, detailing how he got a warning from the staff afterwards for rocking his chair while appearing to be running through the air.

“I think I saw some kids copying you afterwards,” Ochako giggled, causing the boy to sink into his seat further. “You’re a bad influence, Iida.”

“I had no intention to be,” he sulked, reaching for the comfort of his orange juice.

“I enjoyed the parrot show we saw,” Izuku spoke up, hoping to ease Iida’s suffering by moving away from the topic. “It was fun to see how smart all the different types were.”

“It was a good thing Koda was there with us too,” Tsuyu nodded. “When one of the parrots couldn’t do their trick, it turned out it was getting sick and he was able to tell one of the trainers about it so they could fix the problem.”

“Awww, that’s sweet,” Momo smiled as the group continued exchanging their experiences over food.

Eventually, their plates emptied, and they were all feeling the itch to get back to exploring. For two members of the group, that meant they had to fulfil their obligatory cover for this trip.

When Izuku and Momo’s eyes met, they sent each other a small nod to signal their pre-arranged plan.

“I think I need to have a walk around before I go on any more rides, burn off some of these treats,” Izuku announced.

“Understandable,” Momo nodded, “even with my quirk, I often feel a similar desire. Would you mind if I accompanied you?”

“Not at all,” Izuku smiled as the pair rose with their trays.

“Text us when you want to meet up again,” Ochako called to the pair as the others waved them off, trying to make it seem as casual as possible to Iida, Todoroki, and anyone else who might’ve been paying attention.

While Iida raised a curious brow at the pair’s departure, he didn’t speak up, and it seemed like the danger of any awkward questions had passed.

“Guess I’ll stick with you guys for a while,” Kyoka noted.

“Make it sound more appealing, why don’tcha?” Mina teased while shaking her head.

“I’ve got the perfect ride for us to go on next,” Tooru grinned. “Teacups!”

“Please, no,” Kyoka could feel her stomach drop at the very notion.

“Don’t worry, we won’t go too fast,” Mina said, joining Tooru with a grin.

“I reserve my right to jack you if you break that promise,” Kyoka deadpanned before rising with the pair and taking their trays to the bins.

“Guess that leaves us, ribbit,” Tsuyu noted, glancing between Iida, Todoroki and Ochako.

“Hearing Tokoyami and Eri talk about that apple pie earlier has me craving something sweet,” Ochako noted.

“I’m not sure they do a mochi pie if that’s what you’re angling for, ribbit,” Tsuyu chuckled.

“Nah, I don’t think I should go too heavy with everything we still have left to do,” the brunette dismissed the pie idea entirely. “I’m pretty sure I saw people with cotton candy walking around, though.”

“Sounds like a plan,” Tsuyu nodded, hoping Ochako wouldn’t mind splitting some with her as both rose to bus their trays and split off once again.

“May I accompany you?” Todoroki enquired, rising with them. “I haven’t tried it before either, and I’m quite curious if it’s as light as it looks.”

“Sure thing,” Ochako smiled at the boy before looking to their remaining friend. “Coming, Iida?”

“I certainly wouldn’t mind,” the boy nodded, grabbing his tray and ready to join his friends.

After dropping off their litter, the group took a short walk to a small nearby treat kiosk, though it was seemingly quite popular with the many guests for its main gimmick; the cotton candy produced by the staff member was shaped into an animal before being attached to a string, functioning as both balloon and snack.

“I wonder if his quirk is related to yours, ribbit,” Tsuyu idly wondered as they watched the jolly-looking man make a performance out of his craft as he put the finishing touches on a penguin-shaped chunk of cotton candy before passing it to the amazed child he was serving.

“Not likely,” Ochako chuckled, though idly wondering if her quirk could substitute for his.

“Are you going to get anything, Iida?” Todoroki asked curiously.

“I am simply here for the company,” Iida politely declined.

“Then perhaps we shouldn’t unnecessarily add to the queue,” he pointed to the fairly noticeable line they needed to join.

“I’ll grab ours if you guys wanna stay here,” Tsuyu offered to Ochako. “Might make you feel better if you don’t see the prices too.”

“Y-Yeah, probably,” Ochako grimaced. She knew this wasn’t exactly charity on Momo's or her parents’ part, especially with the latter’s machinations, but she still felt awkward accepting things for nothing.

The group split in two as Tsuyu and Todoroki entered the queue, while Ochako and Iida found a spot to the side away from other park goers.

“I must say, today has been a very enjoyable experience so far, despite some minor faults,” Iida said, taking a seat with Ochako on the nearby bench.

“Yeah, it’s been great fun,” Ochako smiled, knowing she’d treasure the memories they’d made so far.

“I’m glad,” the blue-haired boy nodded before turning to look fondly at Ochako. “It’s also good to see that you, Midoriya, and Asui seem happy together despite your untraditional relationship.”

From anyone else that might seem like an insult, or at the very least some sort of insinuation, but Ochako could tell from the sincere look on Iida’s face that the boy was just being his awkwardly earnest self.

“Yeah,” Ochako smiled, sending an endearing glance at Tsuyu as she casually chatted to Todoroki in line. “They’re both great.”

“I’ll admit, I had my doubts when you first announced your relationship,” Iida acknowledged, “nevertheless, I couldn’t be happier to see you all seem to flourish from this arrangement.”

“Be honest, Iida,” Ochako smirked. “You were worried our grades were gonna tank, weren’t you?”

“That may have been one concern, yes,” Iida chuckled, “but you are all my friends and relationships can be treacherous at the best of times; not just regarding one’s studies. Though it may still be premature, I hope you’re able to navigate the traditional relationship pitfalls television dramas frequently explore.”

“We make sure to do a lot of talking to keep things clear between us,” Ochako admitted, thinking about more than just her bonds with her public partners. “It… helps that we’ve got more than two heads between us too,” she continued carefully. “If we have an issue, it’s easier for one of us to be objective and try to think rationally than give in to our emotions.”

“That makes sense,” Iida nodded, cupping his chin thoughtfully, “I hadn’t considered that aspect.”

“It’s not something most would,” the brunette chuckled, such a thought being almost incomprehensible to herself at one point but seeming so natural by now. “That’s not to say we don’t have our problems, because we certainly have… but one thing we always try to keep in mind is that we… we really love each other.”

“I see,” Iida blinked, a little stunned by the declaration. “Then I truly wish you all the best moving forward.”

Ochako smiled before her chest clutched awkwardly, remembering exactly why Izuku wasn’t with them right now and what would soon happen to their supposedly perfect image in Iida’s eyes.

“I er…” Ochako stuttered, trying to think of something that would somehow prepare Iida to better accept their hopefully temporary separation in the future. “I-I mean, it’s not all sunshine and daisies! I-Izuku always wakes me up too early in the morning and Tsuyu’s feet sometimes stink so bad.”

“Oh, uh…” More than a little confusion settled on Iida’s brow. “I’m sorry you have to deal with that?” He offered awkwardly. “Perhaps you should have a conversation about how you could better accommodate each other?”

“Accommodate each other about what, ribbit?”

Ochako baulked as Todoroki and Tsuyu returned clutching a sheep and rabbit-shaped cotton candy on a string, respectively.

“N-Nothing!” Ochako quickly slapped a hand over Iida’s mouth when he was about to respond. “We were just talking about how… Bakugo kinda hogs the kitchen sometimes.”

“I’m sure,” Tsuyu deadpanned, her eyes indicating she would get the story out of Ochako later which the brunette wasn’t looking forward to, but figured it was better than having it in front of Iida and Todoroki now.

“He does prefer people not get in his space,” Todoroki nodded as though that excuse made perfect sense, causing even Iida to raise a brow at his apparent acceptance of the situation. “If you like, I could talk to him for you.”

“T-That won’t be necessary,” Ochako quickly waved away, pleading to whomever was listening that the boy wouldn’t do it anyway, despite her objections.

Taking pity on her girlfriend, Tsuyu held out the floating snack’s string to Ochako to change the subject.

“Want to try a piece?”

“Very much yes,” Ochako nodded before pulling the bunny in close and taking a bite out of his ear. “Wow, so sweet!” She closed her eyes in delight as she savoured the coloured sugar.

“That’s good,” Tsuyu pulled off the rabbit’s other ear to taste while Todoroki did the same to his sheep’s wool, his expression brightening at the pleasant new sensation.

“Well, if you’re all settled for snacks, shall we head off to find our next experience?” Iida announced, getting nods from the others as Iida pulled out the map and they decided their new heading.

As they set off, Tsuyu reclaimed Ochako’s hand and, after a few moments, couldn’t help leaning in close.

“I was going to get a frog instead of a rabbit, but I figured you could just eat me later.”

Iida and Todoroki turned back in confusion when Ochako somehow started choking on the airy treat, but she waved off any offer of water in favour of glaring at her green-haired girlfriend who was wearing a notably smug expression.


Walking around while enjoying their post-lunch treats, Todoroki spotted a hedge maze attraction he wanted to try. Neither Tsuyu nor Ochako were interested in the experience so Iida opted to go with him while letting the girlfriends have a little time to themselves; he didn’t want to be a third, or was it technically a fourth, wheel.

There was a brief moment when they had to wait for a new Ectoplasm clone to come over before they split up but they were soon able to go their separate ways.

Having devoured their floating treat fairly quickly, Tsuyu and Ochako were now roaming around hand-in-hand as they looked for their next attraction to enjoy.

“What are you feeling?” Ochako asked casually as they looked are the forest area.

“Something not too intense, ribbit,” Tsuyu noted, dismissing the nearby rollercoaster. “I don’t think I’d get sick, but I don’t wanna rock the boat too much.”

“Yeah, it’d be a waste,” Ochako chuckled while continuing to look around.

Turning a corner, they came upon an area that seemed to be split into several colourful stalls each offering a different type of game to play.

“Let’s check these out,” Tsuyu smiled, leading them towards a few she’d favoured in her youth.

“Uh, sure,” Ochako replied, a somewhat uneasy smile on her face as she followed her girlfriend’s lead.

There was a game where you needed to ring the bell after climbing along an awkward-looking ladder attached at two points, a basketball game, a shooting gallery with tiny targets, and much more, with people trying their luck to win various prizes on display.

While Tsuyu was interested in giving some of her favourites a try just for the fun of it, her attention was pulled by a dart-throwing stall, particularly because of one of the prizes they had on offer: an adorable plush frog.

“Hey, Ochako?” Tsuyu paused at the booth and turned to her girlfriend. “Think you could win me something here?”

“Er,” Ochako hesitated, glancing at the booth and the rules. “Probably not. I’ve never played these games before.”

“You haven’t?”

“Never enough money to spare on stuff like this,” Ochako shrugged.

“Oh, right,” the frog girl nodded. “Well, maybe now’s a good chance to try it out.” Tsuyu pulled out her season pass and headed for the stall worker. “Can we play?”

“Sorry, that don’t work here,” the worker shrugged, pointing to a pricelist beside the rules that indicated season tickets didn’t give free plays. “If they did, someone greedy could clear me out and nothin’d be left for the kids.”

Tsuyu doubted that was the real reason, but figured that it was still fair enough. When she turned back to Ochako, the girl’s unease was now clearly on display.

“Something wrong, ‘Chako?”

“Well…” Ochako bit her lip before pulling Tsuyu away and out of earshot of the stall owner. “It’s just my parents always warned me that these stalls were scams. They’re rigged in their favour so they can make money off you for cheap prizes.”

“A fair point,” Tsuyu noted, “but these are probably more reputable than the ones that travel around for festivals. If they didn’t give out prizes, wouldn’t the park managers notice and remove them for not making their customers happy?”

Ochako glanced back at the stall worker who was casually twirling a dart around his fingers, but it was clear he was keeping a subtle eye on them. She was suddenly very conscious of the wallet in her pocket that she’d brought along just in case and weighed up the thought of throwing money away compared to Tsuyu’s subtle pout and the chance to make her happy.

“Three goes,” Ochako tells her. “If I can’t win by then, I don’t want to keep going.”

“Ribbit!” Tsuyu croaked with delight as they turned back to the stall. She knew full well these games were rigged in one way or another, but they weren’t expecting heroes in training to take a crack at them.

Reaching into her wallet, Ochako pulled out enough yen for her indicated tries as the worker began explaining the rules.

“Right, you get three darts per go,” he started, pulling out nine darts from under the counter in cups of three. “Pop two out of three balloons on a dartboard and you get a little prize. Hit all three and you can choose a big prize instead.” Ochako quickly scanned the prizes and breathed a small sigh of relief that the one she figured Tsuyu was angling for was a small prize. “No quirks allowed, only good ol’-fashion skill.”

The brunette fought the urge to snort at that last part as she grabbed her first darts and held one ready.

Both Tsuyu and the stall worker cringed when Ochako’s throw was so awkward that she almost mistimed her release and threw the dart at the ground, the projectile not flying straight and true as intended but spinning in an arc to land point down in the wooden floor of the stall.

“Wow, that’s… something,” the stall worker sweatdropped.

“Did something go wrong, ‘Chako?” Tsuyu asked curiously.

“I uh… haven’t actually played darts before either,” Ochako rubbed the back of her head awkwardly.

Tsuyu’s stomach sank as she realised the reality of the situation.

“Well, never too late to learn,” the store worker chuckled, reaching down to pluck the dart from the wood before putting it back on the counter, along with pulling out a fourth set of darts. Ochako and Tsuyu blinked as the man then walked around the counter to stand beside them and pick up the fresh set. “Here, try this.”

He then gave the girls a quirk tutorial on how to hold and throw a dart properly, aiming with his own and tossing two of them to pop one balloon and puncture another before deliberately tossing his last one at an unoccupied spot on the dart board just so they could see the proper technique one more time.

“Think you can do that?” He asked as he walked back around the counter.

“I’ll certainly try,” Ochako nodded, a glint of determination on her face now that she saw it was possible.

“Good attitude,” the stall worker encouraged. “I’ll even let you try that first throw again, just to give you a fair shake.”

“You’ve got this, Ochako,” Tsuyu joined in the encouragement as Ochako took up her first dart again.

Trying to adjust her hold on the dart, Ochako focused on one specific balloon to start and tried her best to throw the projectile as she’d been shown. While her second attempt was better than her first, the dart still rolled around in mid-air before striking the board with its tail and clattering to the collection tub below.

Unfortunately, her luck didn’t improve with the remaining two darts as, once she similarly failed her second throw, Ochako focused her last shot on simply getting the dart to stick in the board. She managed, but it was so far off her target that she didn’t count it as a win.

“Two tries left,” the worker announced, sliding Ochako’s next cup of darts towards her.

This time was more successful with her first shot sticking and her second shot managing to burst a balloon, albeit on a target she wasn’t aiming at, but the worker told her it counted as long as she burst one of the two remaining balloons on that specific board. Unfortunately, Ochako’s third dart clattered against the board again and that turn was over.

“Last chance,” the worker noted, pausing briefly to add fresh balloons to the boards to replace the ones he and Ochako had previously popped.

With the greatest chance to hit something and some meagre experience under her belt, Ochako was determined to succeed this time.

Her first shot struck true, puncturing a balloon near its tie, but was again assured that it counted. Her second barely missed the balloon, glancing off the smooth surface but still managing to stick itself in the board. With one final throw, Ochako hurled the pointed piercer at her target and felt her stomach drop as it again glanced off its mark.

“Oh, too bad,” the worker sympathised, shaking his head. “No win this time, but you can always play again.”

“No thanks, I’m done,” Ochako sighed, preparing to leave the booth.

“What if I paid for the next few goes, ribbit?” Tsuyu offered, pulling out her purse.

“I’d rather you didn’t,” her girlfriend shook her head.

“But it’s my money,” Tsuyu tilted her head.

“There’s no guarantee I’m gonna win,” Ochako sighed. “It doesn’t make sense to throw good money after bad. If you wanna give it a go, that’s fine, but I said three goes for me and that’s it.”

Tsuyu frowned at the declaration. It wasn’t so much that she wanted one of those frogs specifically, but she wanted her girlfriend to win it for her; it wouldn’t mean as much if she just got it herself, as she may as well have just paid for it.

Before Tsuyu could try to convince Ochako to give it another go, a loud call pulled their attention.

“Ochako! Tsu!”

The pair braced themselves for Nejire’s energetic entrance, but the girl was sufficiently tethered to her girlfriend via their clasped hands and thankfully unable to ‘glomp’ the pair of them at speed. They also seemed to be joined by Mandalay, Aizawa, Eri, and Kota.

“Oh, hey, everyone,” Ochako smiled, welcoming the distraction.

“Hi girls,” Mandalay waved with Eri while Kota simply gave them a nod of acknowledgement. At least he seemed to be getting some enjoyment out of the park as his usual scowl wasn’t present.

“Are you two having fun? Did you win anything cool?” The blue-haired bubbly girl launched into her typical speedy enquiries.

“It’s been good so far, ribbit,” Tsuyu nodded. “Not much luck on winning though.”

“Your girl gave it her best shot,” the stall worker chuckled.

“Ooo, are you trying to win something from here?” Nejire continued, looking over the prizes at the stall.

“Here it comes,” Yuyu sighed, though it belied her fondness for what she knew was coming.

“Yuyu! You totally gotta win me something.”

“And there it is,” the orange-haired girl chuckled. “Fine, you get one, and that means this one is for the entire day. Are you sure that’s what you want?”

“Ooo,” Nejire pondered, now puzzling as to whether there could be better prizes at other stalls. “Be right back!”

The group was left in her dust as the manic pixie-like girl started dashing between the stalls.

“That should keep her busy for a bit,” Yuyu chuckled.

“Just as well,” the stall owner chuckled. “Only one prize per person, per stall, though you can play as much as you can pay.”

“We’re good, thanks,” Aizawa brushed him off, though unbeknownst to him, Eri had been perusing the selection of prizes on display.

“Um, Mister Eraser?” She turned to him. “Could I please have that one?”

“You have to win the prizes here, Eri,” Aizawa gently explained. “You play the game and, if you win, you’re allowed to pick out one of the toys.”

“Oh,” the girl faltered before brightening up. “Then can I please play?”

“There’s no way you can win, it’s all rigged,” Kota shrugged.

“Besides, you’re a little young for something like this,” Aizawa tried to reason, but he could see the disappointment already building in her eyes.

It wasn’t exactly a fair expectation of her to ask, especially with the others now looking toward him with a measure of amusement at his predicament. Was he really going to say ‘no’ to the adorable child?

“You get one try,” Aizawa conceded, pulling out his wallet to pay the stall worker.

“She’s got him wrapped around her finger,” Mandalay whispered to the students, sharing a cheeky laugh with them that the dark-haired pro pretended not to hear.

It didn’t escape their attention either that, out of sight of Eri, Aizawa held up two fingers when he passed over more money than he needed.

A little confused but not one to turn down business, the stall owner pulled out two cups of darts, one of which Aizawa palmed before offering the other to Eri, going through a brief tutorial with the girl on how to throw them.

When she was ready, Eri gripped her first dart with determination in the completely incorrect way. When she tossed it with all her might, the dart clattered almost straight into the collection box, though at the same time, a balloon directly above the box burst with a dart embedded deeply into the board.

“Good job, Eri,” Aizawa praised, knowing he was getting several pointed looks at this point but didn’t acknowledge them. “One more and you win.”

“You’ve got this, Eri!” Ochako cheered.

“Just one more and you’ll beat, Ochako,” Tsuyu chuckled.

“H-Hey,” her girlfriend pouted.

“Wait, she didn’t-” Kota began before Mandalay crouched beside him and cupped his mouth before whispering in his ear. While she was sure he wasn’t intending to, she didn’t want his running mouth to ruin this memory for the girl.

Eri took her time and threw her second dart, but her lack of coordination was something even Aizawa couldn’t counter as it clearly bounced off the wooden top before disappearing onto the floor.

“Just focus on throwing it straight,” Aizawa encouraged her.

Luckily, with her last throw, Eri tossed it at the board hard enough that, much like Ochako’s prior attempts, it didn’t stick but was quickly covered by Aizawa’s second dart popping another balloon.

“We have a winner!” The stall worker cheered, moving to retrieve the prize the girl had pointed to earlier while Aizawa subtly returned his unused dart.

“I won!” Eri beamed as she was handed a cute yellow duck plush.

“That you did, kid,” the stall worker chuckled before glancing at Kota and then Mandalay with a cheeky smirk. “This fella’s actually part of a set with that bunny,” he pointed at the blue and green bunny plush that’d been next to the duck. “Think your friend here can win the duck so you don’t have to separate the two?”

Eri turned to Kota with wide eyes who baulked at the implied expectation. He looked to his aunt to help, only for her to shrug.

“If you’d like to try, you may have a go Kota, but darts have never been my thing,” Mandalay told him, hinting that she wouldn’t be able to do for him what Aizawa had for Eri.

“Okay, I can do it,” he nodded while Mandalay pulled out her purse from her utility belt and paid the fee.

Unfortunately, while he performed better than Eri, he was still unable to hit the marks he needed to claim the bunny.

“Bad luck there,” the worker said, looking to Mandalay. “Up for another go?”

“I can do it if I have another go, I know it!” Kota turned to his aunt.

“One go is enough,” Mandalay put her foot down on that, even if she had to resist both Eri and Kota’s faces falling.

“I’d offer, but Nejire might still want me to win her a prize too,” Yuyu explained.

“Hmph, it’s fine, I guess,” the boy sighed, stuffing his hands in his pockets.

Ochako felt her heart go out to the boy and a little for Eri, even though the girl had gotten a prize herself, but figured there was nothing that could be done about it as the adults and young ones stepped away from the booth.

“Ribbit, I’ll get it for you, Kota.”

“You will?” He turned to look wide-eyed at Tsuyu along with Ochako, though her expression was more perplexed.

Instead of replying, Tsuyu simply paid for her own go at the game and confidently took her darts from the worker who was regarding her curiously.

With more skill and speed than they all expected of the girl, Tsuyu tossed her darts in rapid succession, nearly popping all three if not for another glancing blow from her last dart, not that it mattered since the bunny was also a smaller prize.

“Another winner!” The stall worker called out again, hoping it would draw in some more, less skilled business after having to give out two prizes in quick succession. Tsuyu was handed her earned prize and, though she gave it a small squeeze, had no issues passing it off to Kota.

“That was cool,” he remarked, surprised at the girl’s skill at the game.

“What do we say, Kota?” Mandalay reminded him.

“Uh, thanks,” he nodded.

“Thank you, Miss Froppy!” Eri’s beaming smile returned as she stood next to Kota before comparing their prizes with each other. Truthfully, it was a little childish for the boy, but he felt good making Eri smile.

“Thank you, Miss Asui,” Mandalay also thanked the girl as she passed over a few yen notes for her kind deed.

“It’s okay, Mandalay,” Tsuyu shrugged, though she accepted the offered repayment. “Honestly, I-I uh-” The girl frowned when her voice hitched when she tried to explain herself. “I-It’s nothing.”

“Well, it was very kind and I’m sure they both appreciate it,” Mandalay nodded before deciding to give the girls their privacy and herded the two smaller ones off to the side.

“Tsu, are you okay?” Ochako asked, resting a hand on her girlfriend’s shoulder. When Tsuyu turned towards her, the glistening of unshed tears could be seen in the corner of Tsuyu’s eyes. Ochako wasn’t sure what had just happened, but she wrapped her girlfriend in a hug all the same. The brunette was glad when she felt Tsuyu squeeze back, which made her fairly certain it wasn’t her fault her girlfriend was on the brink of tears. “Do you need a minute?”

“Mm-mm,” Tsu shook her head over Ochako’s shoulder. “J-Jus’ a hug.”

The two stayed close for another few moments before Tsuyu pulled back and wiped her eyes, having been able to calm herself with the comfort Ochako offered.

“Want to tell me what that was all about?” Ochako asked.

“Uh, if it’s private, I can go wait elsewhere for Nejire,” Yuyu spoke up, reminding them of her presence just to make sure they were aware she wasn’t trying to eavesdrop on anything potentially sensitive.

“It’s fine,” Tsuyu dismissed. “Sorry, seems silly getting like this now, ri-ribbit.”

“We both know that’s not true,” Ochako assured her. “What’s wrong?”

Tsuyu paused to take a breath and gather herself before speaking again.

“I know your family weren’t really able to do stuff like this when you were younger,” she gestured to the stalls around them. “But um… mine could. Ribbit, I wasn’t very good at the games either when I was smaller, but my… my dad taught me the tricks to some of them. We’ve got a dartboard back home so we could play and practise when he had time.”

“I guess that explains why you pretty much won hands down,” Ochako chuckled sympathetically.

“I-It’s not just that,” Tsuyu sniffed. “Eri and Kota, they… reminded me of my siblings.”

“Oh…” Ochako sighed, completely understanding why Tsuyu had volunteered her skills in that moment. “I’m sorry, hun.”

“Mm-hmm,” Tsuyu nodded, accepting another gentle hug from Ochako.

“Were you guys after a specific prize from here or something?” Yuyu asked curiously, gesturing back to the booth where the worker was trying to look busy and not like he was listening in.

“Tsu wanted that cute frog plush there, but I’m nearly as bad as Eri with darts,” Ochako pointed out.

“Well, if Nejire doesn’t want a prize from here, I could-”

“That’s okay,” Tsuyu cut the helpful senior off. “I was just being silly, ribbit. I just… I wanted my girlfriend to win me something.”

“You’re talking to the wrong person if you think I’d think that’s silly,” Yuyu chuckled while Ochako gained a look of realisation.

“Oh, sorry, Tsu,” Ochako rubbed the back of her head. “Guess I kinda messed that up.”

“Not your fault, ribbit.”

“Maybe we can find Izuku and he’d have better luck.”

“If there’s time later,” Tsuyu nodded as she wiped her face, not quite sure how long he and Momo were planning on being on their secret date. Though ideally she would’ve liked a prize from each of them, maybe Ochako could help her feel better if they found a quiet bathroom together to get rid of some of these bad feelings.

“I’m back!” A familiar voice announced before zooming up to her girlfriend and wrapping her in big hug. “Oh, oh! And I found some friends too!”

Ochako and Tsuyu turned to see Mina, Tooru, and a queasy-looking Kyoka trailing after the girl with their Ectoplasm clone dutifully following along.

“Hey guys!” Mina called out.

“Hey,” Ochako greeted, hoping to give Tsuyu a bit more time to recover her composure.

“Are you guys trying to win big?” Tooru asked as she glanced around at the stalls and the prizes.

“Well, certainly not here,” Ochako chuckled, explaining herself for the second time. “You can only win one prize per stall. I’m kinda bad at this and Tsuyu was nice enough to give her prize to Kota.”

“Aww, that’s sweet,” Mina cooed, though she raised a brow when she noticed Tsuyu didn’t seem to be her usual self. The frog girl realized and quickly sought to avoid the subject.

“Um, everything alright with Kyoka? She looks a bit…”

“These assholes decided to go ‘Plus Ultra’ on ‘Oasis Teatime’,” Kyoka glared at Tooru and Mina who had the good sense to look awkward at the very true accusation.

“I’m surprised they don’t have more puncture holes, ribbit,” Tsuyu chuckled, remembering Kyoka’s earlier warning.

“Yeah, me too,” Kyoka narrowed her eyes at the pair, though they all knew it was only a playful threat at this point.

Anyway,” Mina sidestepped, glancing at the stall. “I’m pretty good with darts if there’s a prize you want.”

“Well…” Tsuyu mumbled, glad Haya was distracted by Nejire. “If it’s not too much trouble.”

“If you’re gonna win our Princess something, then you gotta win me something too next,” Tooru tapped the pinkette’s shoulders before shooting Ochako an understanding look. “I suck at these games too, even if they’re fun.”

Ochako chuckled while Mina felt a little put on the spot.

“Jeez, am I gonna have to win for all of you?” She shook her head.

“If you are, just don’t do it at the same stall,” Ochako teased.

“Then leave it to me,” Kyoka said.

Without another word, she headed over to the worker, pulled out her wallet, and put down enough yen for a single attempt.

Once again, the worker raised a curious brow as Kyoka took up her darts only to watch her lobe extend and twirl the dart before letting it loose, striking a balloon cleanly through the middle.

He opened his mouth to speak up but Kyoka had quickly tossed her remaining two darts through both her remaining balloons, earning her a big prize.

“Woohoo! Kyoka’s kickass!” Mina cheered as she and the other girls celebrated the punk-rock girl’s victory with Nejire and Yuyu both taking note too.

“You wanted the frog, I’m guessing, Tsu?” Kyoka glanced back at her girlfriend, getting a wide-eyed nod in reply.

“W-Wait a second,” the worker found his voice. “The rules state no quirk use!”

“And I didn’t use my quirk,” Kyoka shot him a look. “I can make stuff vibrate when I plug my Earphone Jacks into stuff and hear really well; my ears are just the heteromorphic trait that goes along with it. Would you have the same objection if I had four arms?”

The worker looked awkwardly at the girl and her friends who didn’t seem to be objecting to anything she was saying.

“Not that it should matter,” Kyoka continued, pulling a card out of her wallet. “But if you’re wondering if I can prove it, here’s my hero license.”

“Hero license?” The man blinked, taking the laminated card and seeing confirmation of Kyoka’s quirk. “You’re a hero?”

“Provisional,” Kyoka nodded. “If that’s still not enough, all these guys are too.”

The man looked up to see the other girls nodding their heads, with some pulling out their own provisional cards.

“Okay, okay, I believe you,” he sighed before reaching for the frog plush, glad that he wasn’t losing anything more pricy. “Here.”

“Thanks,” Kyoka nodded before turning back to the girls and walking up to Tsuyu.

While the frog girl was a little surprised at Kyoka stepping up, she felt her heart beat quicken as Kyoka held out the plush to her, a dusting of red covering the purple-haired girl’s cheeks despite being so confident only seconds ago.

“Here, I think you wanted this.”

“Thanks,” Tsuyu accepted the gift with a wide smile. It was a small, cliché gesture, but it caused her romantic, froggy heart to leap higher than she could. While they were still supposed to keep things secret between them, Tsuyu figured, especially after Haya heard her personal problems, that it wouldn’t be totally unusual for her to reward Kyoka in some way. Leaning up, Tsuyu placed a soft, somewhat lingering peck on Kyoka’s cheek. “I love it.”

“Uh-“ Kyoka pulled back, nervously looking at Nejire and Haya who both had small smiles but didn’t seem overly suspicious. “You’re welcome, Tsu.”

“Aww, that’s sweet,” Mina grinned, knowing she could get away with some gentle teasing.

“I think Kyoka’s trying to steal your girl, ‘Chako,” Tooru joined in.

“Shove off,” Kyoka glared at them.

“I guess I need to get better at darts to make sure that doesn’t happen,” Ochako rolled her eyes before sending Kyoka a grateful smile for stepping up where she couldn’t.

“Not that you’ve got anything to worry about,” Kyoka sighed with exasperation, though they all knew the real reason why.

“How’d you get so good at that?” Tooru asked, still a little amazed at Kyoka’s skill.

“I did some dexterity training with my jacks for the sports festival,” Kyoka shrugged, twirling one of her extended lobes around her finger. “At least it wasn’t completely for nothing.”

“I’ll say,” Mina giggled as she and the others delighted in seeing their froggy girl brighten at the present.

Bidding goodbye to Nejire and Yuyu, along with Eri and the others, the reunited group moved on away from the stalls, much to the gratitude of the dart stall worker.

As they walked, Tsuyu hugged her new prize close with a small “Ribbit”. Glancing at Kyoka, she idly wondered if it would be worth inviting her into the bathroom stall too with herself and Ochako to reward her.


Continuing their explorations of the park, the group stumbled onto one of the more notable rides that typically had shorter-than-average queues: the Tunnel of Love. It looked just as stereotypical as one might imagine it with plenty of hearts adorning the outside of the building with heart-shaped arches to enter and exit from and cartoon animals dressed in cupid outfits, complete with bow and arrows.

As soon as Tooru spotted it, she squealed and tugged Mina towards it.

“Come on, guys! We gotta do this one before we go!”

“I don’t think we need to rush for it, Starlight,” Mina chuckled, slowing her eager girlfriend down before they hit the line.

“It is kind of a staple for romantic stuff,” Tsuyu agreed with a sly glance towards Ochako.

“Yeah, okay,” Ochako chuckled, fondly shaking her head. “At least it shouldn’t take too long to get on.”

As the group headed for the line, one of their more silent members held back.

“I’ll just… wait out here for you all.”

The others turned to see Kyoka start to move off to the side to wait for them by the exit gate.

It didn’t take more than a moment for them to understand the girl’s hesitance, especially with two of their members missing, but Mina would be damned if she let Kyoka feel left out of this sappy ride.

“Oh no you don’t,” Mina urged, walking back before snagging Kyoka’s hand and pulling her into the queue. “This is gonna be super-cliché and cheesy and you’re gonna be right here with us.”

“Oi, people are looking,” Kyoka tried to pull her hand back when it was clear some of the riders ahead of them were glancing back in their direction.

“There’s nothin’ wrong with friends riding this thing for funsies,” Mina replied loudly, shooting the punk-rock girl a wink as she did. “Can’t be leaving our bestie to wait for us after all.”

“Urgh,” Kyoka scoffed as she felt herself get sandwiched between Tooru and Mina once again.

“Ribbit, it’s probably not how you expected it, but do you really want to miss out on doing this with us?” Tsuyu asked.

“Well… no,” Kyoka sighed, a small blush colouring her cheeks. “I just thought-”

“We know,” Ochako patted her shoulder, “but there’s nothing wrong with joining us now and coming back when Momo can.”

“I’m sure she can always get season tickets for the next hundred years,” Tooru giggled as the others nodded along.

“Sorry,” Kyoka apologised quietly, feeling more than a little ashamed in that moment. “I don’t mean to put you all second or anything.”

“You got to enjoy a really nice morning together,” Mina smiled sympathetically. “Makes sense why you’re feeling a bit bummed now.”

“Just means we’ve gotta make sure we can cheer you up again,” Tooru grinned and winked at their shared girlfriend.

A grateful smile slipped back onto Kyoka’s face as she breathed a deep, calming breath.

“Okay, fine, I give.”

“That’s the spirit,” Mina rolled her eyes as the line moved at a steady pace.

It didn’t take long for the group to enter the building and discover that it was dark ride on a guided track where couples were clambering into the backseats of a fake horse-drawn carriage complete with fibreglass driver character and horses.

As they got close to the front of the line it was clear the ride wasn’t exactly intended for plus-sized relationships with most couples ahead of them being able to sit comfortably but three together would be a push.

“I’ll just… wait on the other side for you guys,” Kyoka remarked once she spotted the space issue, causing Mina and Tooru to frown and glance at each other.

“Yeah, that’s not happening,” Mina denied easily.

“I draw the line at going on my own,” Kyoka frowned.

“Then it’s a good thing you won’t be,” Tooru replied as it was soon their turn to board as the worker opened the gates to let them in.

“There’s three of us,” Mina explained to the girl working the line who raised a brow before frowning.

“It’s only two to a car.”

“Well, that’s not very inclusive,” Mina deadpanned with a cheeky glint in her eye. “This is the ‘tunnel of love’, how do you know all three of us aren’t together?”

The attendant looked bemused for a second with Kyoka wanting to sink into the floor between her two supposedly secret partners.

“Yeah,” Tooru joined in, pointing to the ‘Rules to Ride’ sign. “I didn’t see anything stating any maximum rider count.”

The attendant opened her mouth to retort, only to glance at the sign herself, noticing there wasn’t anything other than a weight limit. Looking at the carts, they had a bench with a bar instead of individual seats, so if they squeezed in they might make it work.

“O-One moment,” she quickly nodded and hurried over to what they presumed was her manager operating the ride control.

“You guys,” Kyoka fussed, her hands clenching awkwardly by her sides as the sting of embarrassment tingled under her skin.

“Hey,” Mina gently reached out to take her hand. “It’ll be fine, okay?”

“We want to share this with you,” Tooru smiled earnestly and squeezed Kyoka’s shoulder.

Soon enough, the attendant returned and just shrugged at the trio, jerking her thumb towards the next available car, which they quickly clambered into.

It wasn’t intentional, but Kyoka had ended up between Mina and Tooru again who both seized and squeezed her hands as they lowered the safety bar. It was a bit of a tight fit for all three of them, but Kyoka reluctantly had to admit it felt good to be squashed between two she cared most deeply for.

“All right, let’s go!” Tooru cheered, getting chuckles from Tsuyu and Ochako behind them as they were climbing into the next carriage.

“Maybe in the future, Momo could buy this place and change the ride so we can all go on together,” Mina grinned as the doors opened to allow their carriage into the infamous tunnel.

“Fat chance,” Kyoka chuckled, shaking her head as they were bathed in darkness before being illuminated only by sparse reds, whites, and pinks of lights that looked like they were leftover Christmas decorations.

Passing into the first little area, the carriage carried the trio into a park area. There was a water fountain and several benches around the area where couples of all kinds were frozen as they enjoyed what evidently seemed like a first meeting or potentially a first date.

“Aww, cute,” Tooru cooed as they looked between the many couples before the ride continued on.

“Too bad there’s nothing there for us,” Mina giggled, casting the pair’s minds back to how they first got together.

“That’s a little much for a ride like this,” Kyoka rolled her eyes.

“Maybe it’s at the end,” Mina winked cheekily, though clearly joking.

Moving on to the next area, the group found themselves enjoying what sounded like Italian music as they entered a fake restaurant where they passed between tables of customers enjoying the romantic atmosphere and typical date trappings.

“Good thing we had lunch before we came in,” Mina patted her belly.

“Always room for more dessert,” Tooru giggled.

“Just make sure you save us some,” Kyoka teased, poking the glittery-haired girl in the side and earning and extra giggle for her trouble.

“No promises,” Tooru licked her lips as the carriage passed into the next area.

“They uh… seem to have jumped ahead a bit,” Mina chuckled as they were now being carried down the central passageway of a church with people of all kinds on either side of them. At the end, a marriage officiant presided over the event where several couples seemed to be engaged in their first kiss as newlyweds while the wedding march played around them.

“I think they’re trying to give us a hint,” Tooru laughed as they reached the front row before turning to the left and being directed towards the side door. “How many guys do you think have panicked at this part?”

“More than a few, I’d bet,” Mina giggled. “Probably some girls too, eh, Kyoka?”

“Don’t start,” Kyoka rolled her eyes, not wanting to remotely think about weddings or marriage right now.

As they passed into the last room, the area was mostly dark except for a spotlight shining down up ahead that they were on track to roll under. A sign off to the side illuminated as they approached.

Smile for the camera!

Kyoka panicked as she realised this ride also included a souvenir picture. She tried not to clench her hands around her partners’ as the spotlight drew near, deeply regretting ending up between them when she should’ve expected something like this.

“Ready, Tooru?” Mina grinned beside her.

“Ready, Mina,” Tooru nodded, the pair looking across Kyoka at each other.

The punk-rock girl felt herself ease at that. Even if it was awkward, at least they could enjoy a quick kiss in front of her. She sat back as much as she could so the pair would have ample room to lean over her and exchange smooches.

When they reached the spotlight area however, instead of the two kissing over her, she felt a set of lips noisily pressing into both her cheeks. Her eyes had only a moment to widen in surprise before she was blinded by a bright white flash and her ears were full of giggling once the other two pulled back.

“Told you we wouldn’t leave you out,” Mina winked at the purple-haired girl, not that Kyoka caught it as she tried to blink away the flash.

“I should’ve known,” Kyoka chuckled, feeling the warmth of her girlfriends’ hands as they squeezed across their affection for her. Even though it was entirely cliché, she could feel her cheeks reddening as she bit her lip, a more delighted embarrassment flooding her person.

“I’m pretty sure we can get away with calling this a ‘prank’ if anyone asks,” the pinkette nudged the blushing girl.

“Everyone knows what Mina and I are like,” Tooru agreed, sticking her tongue out.

“Yeah,” Kyoka agreed with a small nod, sending them both a grateful, endeared look. “I do too. Thanks, guys.”

“Anything for our Vixen!” Tooru grinned, wrapping Kyoka in a hug as best she could given the limited space with Mina reciprocating on the other side. The punk-rock girl squeezed back as they approached the next door which turned out to be the last as the disembarking area approached.

“C’mon, let’s go see our pic’!” Tooru giggled, jumping off the ride first once the safety bar unlocked, followed by Kyoka and Mina.

Heading to the picture area behind them, they quickly found their likeness on display. Even Kyoka had to chuckle at how bug-eyed she looked when she realised the image had captured the exact moment Mina and Tooru had kissed her with the two cheeky girls’ grins showing through their puckered lips.

“Don’t we look adorable?” Mina laughed as she nudged Kyoka.

“That’s what I get for letting you convince me onto this thing,” the girl rolled her eyes as Tooru approached the kiosk worker and flashed her season pass to get them three commemorative copies of the picture.

Even if it wasn’t how she imagined her first time on this cheesy, cliché ride to be, Kyoka gratefully accepted her copy and looked at it fondly, figuring she needed to buy some frames for all the pictures she was getting at this rate.

“Woah, uh…” Mina gaped as she looked back at the picture screens. The other two raised a brow at their girlfriend’s behaviour before they looked too and saw what had set the pinkette off.

Ochako and Tsuyu had been behind them in the queue and on the ride, but they were certainly ahead of them when it came to picture intensity.

“I don’t think Ochako’s gonna like that,” Tooru grimaced as they turned back to the ride’s exit area.

Soon enough, a stony-faced Ochako emerged from the ride quickly being followed by Tsuyu who looked more than a little apologetic.

“I’m sorry, Chako! I didn’t see the sign, ribbit.”

“I’m not talking to you,” Ochako fumed as she walked up to the other girls. “I need to go do something else. Can one of you guys come with me or something?”

“Uh, sure thing, Ochako,” Mina quickly agreed before ushering the girl towards the exit.

“Ri-ribbit…” Tsuyu croaked sadly, only able to watch the pair as she was left behind with Tooru and Kyoka who awkwardly exchanged a look with each other.

“C’mon, Tsu. Did you really have to do that?” Kyoka chided.

“Ri-ribbit, I was just getting into it,” the girl replied, though she had the decency to look somewhat ashamed.

“It may have been dark, but don’t forget where we are, Tsu,” Tooru sighed. If it were her instead of Ochako, she might not have minded a bit of light groping over the clothes, especially if she was invisible and her hands couldn’t be seen grabbing onto her partner, but Tsuyu’s brazen act had been completely caught on camera. It was probably the flash that had snapped the pair out of what appeared to be a heavy kiss and caused Ochako to realise what had happened.

“I know, but-”

“No buts, Tsu,” Kyoka quickly shut her down. “Think about how Ochako feels.”

Tsuyu let out another sad croak as Kyoka approached the kiosk worker with more than a touch of embarrassment.

“Hey, uh, excuse me, but the picture of my two friends-”

“Has already been deleted,” the kiosk worker replied with an awkward but sympathetic expression. “Park policy.”

Kyoka glanced up at the screen to see that the picture had indeed been removed and breathed a small sigh of relief.

“Thanks, man.”

“No problem. Wasn’t the first and won’t be the last,” the kiosk worker nodded as Kyoka turned back to the pair.

“I’m sorry,” the frog girl apologised again, realising she’d not only embarrassed her girlfriends, including Ochako, but also cost herself and the brunette a nice picture of them together.

Kyoka let out a sigh as she glanced at Tooru, a silent conversation being exchanged between them. While the punk-rock girl didn’t mind taking the frog girl to task, Tooru felt the girl needed a more gentle hand right now, especially since Kyoka wasn’t in the best headspace herself today and took the lead.

“C’mon, Tsu,” Tooru urged her towards the exit. “I think we need to talk.”

“I’ll catch up with you guys later,” Kyoka said as they walked past and out the exit, leaving the punk-rock girl behind to release a frustrated sigh to herself.

Giving the two a few minutes to depart before she took her own leave, Kyoka was stopped when a familiar pair of voices drifted out of the ride exit area.

“Let’s see how it turned out, babe!”

“Jeez, I’m coming! Don’t get your pants in a knot.”

Kyoka glanced over and raised a brow when Kirishima and Bakugo stepped into view as the redhead hurried his boyfriend along to the photo kiosk.

“Oh, hey, Jiro,” Kirishima blinked, a brief frown of confusion crossing his brow when he spotted the girl. “What are you doing here?”

“Uh…” the girl froze, realizing just how out of place she suddenly looked. “Mina and Tooru dragged me on for a joke,” she quickly flashed him her picture but not enough for him to get a good look at.

“Oof, sounds like Mina’s idea. I’m sure she didn’t mean anything mean by it,” Kirishima lightly grimaced. “Want me to talk to her?”

“Nah, it’s cool,” Kyoka quickly brushed off. “I was curious about it anyway, but wasn’t gonna go on by myself.”

“That’s all good then,” Kirishima grinned.

“Oi, Eijiro,” Katsuki nudged his boyfriend, having already gotten bored with the conversation. “Did you want that or not?”

Kyoka and Kirishima turned their attention to the preview displays where they could see the two boys’ picture. Bakugo appeared to have seized Kirishima’s chin and pulled him in for a heated kiss which the camera caught in detail.

“Looks great,” Kirishima grinned. “I’m gonna get one for my room and a keyring.”

“… Get me a copy too,” Bakugo muttered, glancing awkwardly at Kyoka, who shrugged uncaringly while Kirishima spoke to the attendant.

“Don’t be embarrassed on my part,” she said. “I wish I could get on this ride like you two did.”

“Then go get yourself a girlfriend already, probably wouldn’t be hard,” Bakugo shrugged in return. Kyoka let out a single chuckle and quirked her brow at what almost sounded like a compliment coming out of Bakugo’s mouth. “If you’re so desperate, go hang out with that blond idiot and try to pick someone up together. He needs all the help he can get.”

“Not your worst idea,” Kyoka rolled her eyes. “I did promise we’d hang out.”

“Then what are you doing still hanging around here?” Bakugo replied.

“Good talk, Bakugo,” Kyoka shook her head before pulling out her phone to text Kaminari and heading for the exit.

“Babe, be nice,” Kirishima scolded his boyfriend as he pressed his copy of the picture into his hands.

“Yeah, I know,” Bakugo sighed. “Sorry… still don’t like people seeing me all… sappy.”

“Who cares,” Kirishima chuckled before leaning over and kissing his boyfriend on the cheek. “She’s our friend, not like she’s gonna make fun. Well, not hurtfully anyway.”

“Yeah, I know,” Bakugo groaned as they headed towards the exit.

“Besides, if anything, she was probably a little jealous of us,” Kirishima noted.

Bakugo raised a brow before his expression settled into his regular smirk.

“Ha! Yeah, probably,” he grinned before taking his boyfriend’s hand again as they headed out to continue their day together.


After escorting Ochako away from the tunnel of love ride with one of the ‘parked’ Ectoplasm clones following them, the brunette’s anger flare seemed to have tempered somewhat, much to Mina’s relief.

Currently, they were standing off to the side of the Jungle area in the shade of a building where several other park-goers had taken refuge from the sun.

“You good, hun?” Mina asked measuredly.

“No,” Ochako replied. “Well, yes, but only as good as I can be after that.”

“It’s okay, you can vent,” Mina offered with a small chuckle, hoping to lighten the mood a little.

“Urgh, I don’t want to,” the brunette groaned. “I was having a nice time, and then Tsu…”

“Got too eager?” Mina finished when it seemed like her girlfriend needed help.

“That’s one word for it,” Ochako sighed, a pensive look on her face. “It’s like sometimes she does stuff without thinking, or at least thinking it through.”

“Being in love can do that,” the pinkette chuckled, “but I get what you mean. Last time was that thing with Nejire, right?”

“Yeah,” Ochako nodded. “That was embarrassing too, but at least that was kinda private.”

“Not posted on the TV for all to see,” Mina nodded along.

“Urgh,” Ochako flushed, hiding her face behind her hands, “so embarrassing!”

“I’m sure the others got it sorted, or at least did what they could,” Mina tried to reassure her. “At least it wasn’t with one of us,” she winked.

“Wow, I feel so much better,” Ochako deadpanned, causing the pinkette to push down a giggle at her girlfriend’s snark.

“C’mon, let’s not let this ruin what is mostly a great day so far,” Mina encouraged while tugging Ochako along by the hand and looking for something to get their minds off the situation. “Let’s go clear the air with another ride, just the two of us; I’m sure the others won’t mind.”

“I dunno,” Ochako held back. “I don’t feel like going on another big ride right now.”

“Afraid I’ll be the one to get too eager this time?” Mina smirked only for it to drop when Ochako sent her a warning look. “Sorry.”

“Do you mind if we just… talked more?” Ochako asked, lightly squeezing Mina’s hand.

“Course we can,” Mina shot her a caring smile, realising her girlfriend needed a little more personal attention before she could start feeling better. While she wouldn’t mind just sitting and chatting nearby, seating was somewhat limited around the area, but then, Mina had an idea. “C’mon, this way.”

“Where are we going?” Ochako baulked, a confused frown on her brow.

“To sit and chat,” Mina grinned before pointing out the entrance to a nearby attraction: Oumagadoki Zufari.

Ochako spotted that it was a guided tour in a small train around the theme park’s animal residents that needed a bit more wide-open space to enjoy themselves. Tagging along in one of the carriages at the back would give them plenty of time to talk, some shade from the sun, and might give her a chance to take her mind off things.

“Okay, Mina, you win,” Ochako rolled her eyes and went along with the pinkette’s plan who grinned in delight, though Mina figured it might also be a good chance to talk to Ochako about some worries that were lingering in the back of her own mind.

The queue was quick as the next train was already stationed, and luckily, they managed to snag two of the last spots before it headed out. Considering it wasn’t as exciting compared to things like roller coasters, the girls weren’t surprised at the more meagre amount of riders, but it worked out for them.

Once they were settled into the train carriage and the ride set off, the two relaxed into the shaded seats at the back with a bit of privacy.

“There, that’s better,” Mina sighed, though she winced when the train turned and the light caught her eyes. “Damn you, sun!”

Ochako chuckled and rolled her eyes at Mina’s exaggerated irritation, but the pinkette had succeeded in sneaking a small smile back on her face.

“That’s better,” Mina returned a smile in kind. “Now, where were we?”

Ochako huffed as she bit her lip, thinking through her words.

“I love Tsu, really, I do, but… sometimes she’s a bit… much.”

“She can be a handful,” Mina agreed. “You know me and the others are happy to take some of that attention if you like.”

“That’s just it,” Ochako replied. “When we’re all together, it balances out more; she’s not as focused solely on Izuku and me.”

“Guess her being a greedy frog is kind of necessary for her,” Mina noted. “Being too much for just one or even two people to handle.”

“That’s what I’m afraid of…” Ochako mumbled, clenching her hands on her knees. “With what Izuku has to do… I’m worried that Tsu won’t take it well, especially considering the stuff with her family and… I’m not sure I’ll be able to support her like she wants.”

Mina grimaced as the train turned, skirting the outskirts of the bear enclosure and heading towards the hyenas.

“Well, we’ll all just have to make sure she stays our happy, little Darling rather than usurp my title of Minx. She’s already stolen ‘Queen of truth or dare’ from me, I won’t lose that too,” the pinkette chuckled before wrapping an arm around Ochako and pulling her close for a comforting hug. “Even with all the crap that’s gonna happen, don’t forget we’re still a unit; if Tsu’s getting too much then lean on us, okay?”

“Yeah, I know,” Ochako shot her a grateful smile. “I guess it’s just that we’ve spent a lot of time together recently, what with both being with at Ryukyu’s together.”

“Yeah, maybe that was a bad call,” Mina rubbed the back of her head awkwardly. “Maybe you could ask for a change?”

Ochako shook her head.

“I’m learning a lot there with her, and everything else is fine; it’s just when she gets too…”

“Horny?” Mina stuck her tongue out as she pointed at her own yellow protrusions in front of her animal ears, eliciting a giggle from the girl. “We’ll figure something out that works, okay? As long as you still love her and want to be with her-”

“I do!” Ochako quickly assured.

“Then we’ll get through it,” Mina smiled. “I’ll make sure the others know and we’ll do what we can, okay?”

“Yeah… thanks, Mina,” Ochako breathed a sigh of relief, surprised at the tension that she released.

“Oh, don’t thank me yet,” Mina chuckled, though there was an undercurrent of something else in her tone. “There’s actually something I wanted to talk to you about too.”

“Oh?” Ochako blinked and turned to her girlfriend whose lips curled into a more worried shape.

“So you, Izuku, Tsu, you all did that thing together to rescue Eri, right?”

“Yeah,” Ochako nodded, her tone wary. “Is there uh… something similar with yours?”

“Eh,” Mina shrugged, not being allowed to reveal much.

“Oh, right, can’t share details, sorry,” Ochako clocked on.

“It’s not what I wanted to talk about anyway,” Mina acknowledged, her attitude shifting to more anxious and worried than the normally confident and jokey Ochako had seen just a few moments ago. “How… how did you deal with the… pressure?” She asked.

“Pressure?” Ochako tilted her head.

“Like,” Mina paused, “it’s gonna be my first time back in the field as a hero fighting people… I know I’m going to have to use my quirk, but… what if I mess up again? Or worse, what if I hesitate and get someone else hurt because I didn’t act when I should? I’ve trained my pretty pink butt off because of all that shit I had to deal with but I can’t help but worry…” she paused again, her eyes darting ahead to the other passengers on the train, specifically focusing on their ears. Though many of them were wearing the gimmicky headbands, she could spot a couple of genuine heteromorphs among the riders like herself, “What if it’s not enough?”

She was expecting some reassuring words from Ochako, maybe a tepid solution like ‘not to worry’ or something like that and maybe a bit of genuine advice. What she wasn’t expecting was for her adorable brunette girlfriend to snort before starting to laugh.

“W-What’s funny?!” Mina blushed, feeling more than a little indignant at the reaction, though she suspected Ochako wasn’t mocking her.

“S-Sorry,” Ochako’s giggles quickly wound down as she tried to focus on Mina, realising her inadvertent reaction was not being taken well and giving her ample motivation to temper her outburst. Ochako gently took Mina’s hand in her own again and gave her a reassuring squeeze. “It’s just… yeah, I kinda know exactly what you’re going through.”

“Then, how did you…” Mina prompted, not needing to finish her question.

“I didn’t,” Ochako smiled simply. “I just took everything one step at a time and did my best to trust myself. This was back when everything with Tsu and my parents was kind of up in the air, and I was kinda panicking even on the way to the operation, having a lot of the same doubts you are now. What if I’m not good enough, what if something goes wrong, what if I… die?”

Mina swallowed nervously, not wanting to vocalise that it was an aspect she’d considered but really didn’t want to dwell on.

“When my parents called me and told me Momo had gotten them all sorted, I guess I just realised that, even if the worst happened, she had my back. Then, of course, I had Tsu, Izuku, and others with me who would help cover my weaknesses, and all I needed to do was focus on doing the best job I could to cover theirs. I mean, we were going up against the Yakuza, how much could a country bumpkin with gravity powers help? But I realised that, if I didn’t try, a little girl might continue to suffer because I was scared. That’s not the kind of hero, or person, I want to be.”

“Yeah,” Mina nodded, remembering with a touch of regret how she’d accepted his offer to join the operation specifically to prove herself. She was ready for this, she knew she was, but that didn’t stop all the doubt from gnawing at her, especially after hearing about the increased discrimination heteromorphs were facing after her trial and from the briefing for the raid she’d sat through.

“Things… didn’t go perfectly, but I know there’s nothing more I could’ve done, even if I wished we could’ve done better. I still feel guilty for what happened to Sir Nighteye, but that just makes me want to do better next time. I guess that’s all you can really hope for; that you and your teammates do the best you can and win.” Ochako noted before drawing Mina’s doubt-filled eyes to hers. “If you really don’t think you’re ready to do something like this yet, I’m sure Rock Lock or whoever won't force you. You may be struggling with believing in yourself right now, but I’m not; the Mina Ashido I know is one of the kindest, most caring people I know who won’t let this slow her down or stop her from being a kickass hero, and I’m not just saying that because you’re my girlfriend.”

Though Ochako whispered the last part to her, Mina could feel the strength of her confidence behind the words. She could almost feel them stabilise and reinforce the wavering confidence in her heart, settling it from a looming doubt into a quiet strength.

“Jeez, and I thought you were passionate when you’re competitive,” Mina joked, refusing to acknowledge the blush that had risen to her cheeks. “Maybe stuff like this was the reason Tsu couldn’t keep her hands off you.”

“Well, if your skills are as sharp as your wit, then I’m doubly sure you’ve got nothing to worry about.” Ochako rolled her eyes, but her sincerity wasn’t diminished by it. “We’re a unit, remember?” She smiled, happy to be able to repay Mina’s reassuring words in kind so quickly. “Whatever happens, we’ll be here to support you when you get back, one way or the other. You’re Mina Fuckin’ Ashido. You got this!”

“Dang, I love you sometimes,” Mina grinned as Ochako playfully stuck her tongue out before the pinkette pulled her girlfriend in for a tight, grateful hug. The temptation to also kiss her was bubbling beneath the surface, but Mina knew better to do that when there were so many witnesses around, especially after Tsuyu’s overstep. She was definitely going to hold onto it for later though, maybe to reward the brunette for the confidence boost after she got back from the operation.

Gently releasing each other, the girls decided to enjoy the last bits of the ride they could, having missed a number of animals while they were busy focusing on each other. They watched with fascination as a pride of lionesses chased after what appeared to be a jeep painted with Zebra stripes that trailed a significant haunch of meat behind it.

Using pack tactics, the lionesses cornered the vehicle before pouncing on the food source, which the employee inside released to let them devour now that their hunting instincts had been sated.

With a renewed feeling of joy from their talk as the train carried them back to the station, Ochako and Mina soon disembarked to enjoy the rest of their day.


Having escorted Tsuyu out of the Tunnel of Love ride, the pair were walking around somewhat aimlessly. While Tooru wanted to initiate their next chat, she also wanted Tsu to stew in silence just a little because of what she’d done.

The frog girl acted like the scolded girl she looked, focused on putting one foot in front of the other while squeezing her plush for comfort.

“I need to apologise to ‘Chako,” Tsuyu eventually muttered.

“You’ve already done that,” Tooru reminded her, “but doing it again when she’s cooled down a bit might help.”

“Rib~bit,” the frog girl nodded but said nothing else.

It hurt Tooru to see her this way but Tsu had really brought it on herself. That said, while she wanted the girl to feel remorse about what she did, she didn’t want the day to be completely ruined for her either.

Glancing around, she spotted something that may well put a smile back on the frog girl’s face but debated suggesting it so as not to reward her actions. After a brief internal struggle, Tooru decided it would help host the talk the pair needed to have.

“C’mon, Tsu, let’s talk in there,” Tooru announced before gently nudging her girlfriend in a new direction.

Before Tsuyu’s mind could dwell too long on whatever Tooru was about to say, she spotted their destination and couldn’t help the small, excited ribbit she emitted.

The aquarium exhibits had always been a favourite of hers, and while it wouldn’t fix anything, it was certainly something she’d been looking forward to enjoying whilst they were here. She only wished it was under better circumstances.

Being a walk-through attraction they could take at their own pace, Tooru and Tsuyu headed inside the cool, shaded building where illuminated tanks of brightly coloured fish awaited them.

“Figured you might like it here,” Tooru giggled when Tsuyu eagerly looked around at the various tanks.

“Ribbit, I’m kinda predictable, huh?” She chuckled as they approached a small tank of beta fish.

“Not always,” Tooru’s smile fell slightly with Tsuyu’s joining her as they returned to the topic at hand. “C’mon, Tsu. Usually, you’re more logical than that.”

“I know,” Tsuyu bit her lip awkwardly. “I just… there was a lot on my mind when we were on that ride, ribbit.”

“Like what?”

“Like…” Tsuyu squeezed her toy again, trying to draw out some extra comfort from its softness. “Like my family.”

“Oh, Tsu,” Tooru put her arm out to rest comfortingly on the girl’s shoulder, not having been present when she’d told Ochako the first time.

“Yeah. Being here… some things are reminding me of them.”

“There’s nothing wrong with that,” Tooru assured her, though she didn’t quite understand how that translated to Tsuyu’s actions. “Anything else?”

“How much I love Ochako, and you, and everyone,” she continued, idly walking to the next tank full of clown fish. “We didn’t really do the date or dinner stuff like at the start of the ride, but I really hope we get to do the wedding stuff at the end.”

“Yeah, I get that,” Tooru smiled, wondering exactly how that would work, but that was a problem for them in the future. “I don’t think skipping to the wedding night on the ride is appropriate, though.”

“I don’t think you would’ve been as upset as Ochako if people saw us doing that,” Tsuyu noted, causing Tooru to falter at being called out from her earlier thoughts.

“Maybe if we were by ourselves,” Tooru reminded her, keeping her voice down, “but there’s kids and all our friends here. Not to mention,” she glanced up towards a security camera. Though she wasn’t worried about the guy in the booth, probably not paying attention to either of them, she was worried about anything they potentially said or did somehow giving the game away to Momo’s folks.

“I know, ribbit,” Tsuyu croaked sadly again, “and that’s another thing that’s… on my mind. I hope things are going well with them, ribbit, but knowing what we have to do… it hurts.”

Tooru was a little afraid Tsuyu was going to pop her plush with the stranglehold she had on it, but, truthfully, she understood where the girl was coming from. As much as she loved all the others, breaking up with Mina, even if only pretend, would hurt in a way she didn’t want to imagine. Even just thinking about it pained her, so the bitter reality for Tsuyu was likely worse.

“I know it’s not their fault. Izuku’s not just doing it for Kyoka and Momo, ribbit, he’s doing it for all of us, b-but still...”

Tooru let out a sympathetic sigh, gently rubbing Tsuyu’s back as she talked. Tsuyu decided to move on to a tank of seahorses, idly following them as they flittered around in a herd.

“I guess I just… I wanted to forget about all of that for a moment and enjoy myself with Ochako. I saw a dark tunnel and thought we had some privacy.”

“Camera caught you off-guard, eh?”

“I didn’t like that Warp Refraction,” Tsuyu muttered, referring to Tooru’s flashy, stunning supermove.

“I’ll bet,” Tooru chuckled, “but Tsu, just because things aren’t the way we want them now doesn’t mean they’ll stay that way. If anything, you kinda made things worse, not just for yourself but for Ochako too by not thinking things through.”

“I just forgot myself for a moment, that’s it, ribbit,” Tsuyu replied regretfully, cursing the momentary slip of her libido getting the better of her.

Tooru sighed as she moved them to the next room where kids could interact with some of the hardier species of marine life in a touch tank under the watchful eye of a staff member. Apparently, they weren’t the only ones interested in the underwater dwellers, as, across the way, Tooru could spot Koda gently encouraging Kendo to pet the cownose ray she looked more than a little hesitant to try.

When they approached the water, Tsuyu put her hand over the edge and sank it into the tepid water, her expression easing almost the moment she connected with the liquid.

“Look, Tsu,” Tooru began, not quite knowing how to impart both the comfort and scolding the girl needed right now. “I’m not gonna lie, things are… probably gonna suck for a while,” the green-haired girl let out a soft croak of acknowledgement, as she idly twiddled her fingers under the water’s surface, “but you’ll always have us to support you. Don’t lose track of the light at the end of the tunnel, cause that’s probably where I am,” the glittery-haired girl giggled at her little joke.

“I know, ribbit,” Tsuyu bit her lip, “really, I do. It’s just… hard. There’s no guarantee things will work out. It could all go wrong.”

“If it were easy, it wouldn’t be worth it,” Tooru chuckled and gave her a little nudge before reaching over to pull the girl into a small side hug as she enjoyed the feel of the water. “We just have to keep our heads up and do our best, right? That’s what heroes do.”

“Yeah, you’re right, Tooru,” Tsuyu mumbled, still feeling the shame of getting caught but also a mote of optimism from her girlfriend’s support.

The two stood in a comfortable silence for a moment while contemplating everything. As much as they wished for it, there was no certainty in their future with the tightrope they were walking. There was a lot to be lost if things went wrong, but if they lost their heads to the pressure, then failure was guaranteed.

“Any way this goes, we’ll always try to be by your side, okay?” Tooru smiled at her vulnerable-looking girlfriend. “I know I don’t like seeing our Darling unhappy.”

“Promise, ribbit?” Tsuyu looked at her with big eyes.

“I promise,” Tooru smiled, glad that Tsuyu could actually see what she hoped was the genuine, heartfelt expression on her face, rather than see through it. “As for your punishment, however, I think you’re probably going to get some time out from snuggles to think about what you’ve done.”

“That’s fine,” Tsuyu mumbled. “At least I’ll have Izuku Junior.”

“Izuku Ju-” Tooru frowned in confusion before seeing Tsuyu’s lips curl slightly as she remembered the green, vibrating Christmas present she’d bought for her. “Tsu, no! That’s banned too.”

“You’ll have to find it first,” Tsu smirked before strolling away, leaving a slightly exasperated Tooru to chase after her with a giggle as they continued to enjoy the aquarium together.


Across the park, a pair of UA students were taking a break from enjoying any rides, instead enjoying each other’s company at a table near an ice cream stand.

“How about her?” The blond pointed out subtly before taking another lick of his ice pop to stave off the sun’s heat.

“Too focused on make-up and appearances,” the purple-haired girl replied, licking her vanilla cone as she searched for her own target. “Her?”

“Think I got a shot?” The blond raised an appreciative brow, checking out the girl’s form and legs.

“No, but you should go for it anyway; it’ll be funny to see you fail.”

“Oh, ha-ha, Kyoka,” the blond deadpanned with an eyeroll, though it didn’t discourage the girl’s chuckles.

While it was somewhat shallow, Kyoka had agreed to Kaminari’s idea of another hangout session where they could work as each other’s wingman or wingwoman while trying to find a romance, or at least a date. Their time together on Nabu hadn’t borne any fruit for the blond, though he hoped for better results this time, while Kyoka hadn’t seriously tried then, and she wasn’t about to now.

“C’mon, Kyoka, there’s gotta be someone out there for me,” Kaminari groaned.

“Maybe,” Kyoka mused idly, twirling one of her jacks with her finger and taking another lick. “I haven’t checked the swamps.”

“Mean,” Kaminari pouted, though she was just giving him a hard time. “You know how girls think, what do I need to look for?”

“Some desperate girl looking around with their gay guy friend?” Kyoka chuckled, getting another look from the boy. “Hey, if I knew, you think I’d be sitting here too?”

“Fair, guess you’re just as hopeless as I am,” he smirked, earning himself a deadpan glare before he sat up properly, resuming his scan for a possible target. “What about her? She’s cute,” the blond pointed out as a short-haired girl with a bunny ear headband and what he could only guess was a death metal top judging by the lightning-like squiggles of a band name he’d never guess.

The punk-rock girl actually found herself raising her brows in appreciation: cute face, good taste in music and, as the girl turned with her friends to head into a ride, an ass Kyoka wouldn’t mind using as a pillow. She pushed down any naughty thoughts her brain was beginning to conjure as she wasn’t here to act on such imaginings.

“Eh, probably straight,” Kyoka dismissed casually, biting her cone.

“Won’t know until you ask,” Kaminari reminded her. “If you like, I can-”

“Dude, she’s already gone.” Kyoka stopped him from getting up, grateful the girl hadn’t lingered, if only to halt Kaminari’s over-eagerness.

“Yeah, chasing after her would probably be weird,” Kaminari agreed, sitting back down and taking another lick of his ice lolly, “but still, you’re shooting all the cute ones down without trying. Are you really that picky?”

“It’s someone I’m potentially gonna spend the rest of my life with, of course I’m gonna be picky,” Kyoka replied with a look that made Kaminari hold his hands up in surrender.

“Okay, fine, I get it,” he sighed, dropping the subject and choosing to lament on his own lack of success. “Man, what I wouldn’t give for a good reverse pick-up.”

“Reverse pick-up?” Kyoka raised a brow.

“Y’know? Girls hitting on guys, though I guess that doesn’t apply to you. Don’t tell me I don’t have the charm to prove that urban legend true.”

“If you’re that confident, why hasn’t it happened?” Kyoka challenged with a smirk.

“They’re all too shy to approach me,” Kaminari bragged, striking a dramatic and very unflattering pose with his ice lolly he’d taken straight from an anime, though this time they both shared the laugh at his antics.

“See, it's shit like that that’ll get you someone,” Kyoka smiled.

“The dashing good looks?” Kaminari pumped his brows twice.

“Being able to laugh at yourself and, when you’re not trying too hard, your sincerity,” she complimented, bringing out the blond’s more attractive, genuine smile. “There, now just focus that energy towards the non-lesbians and you’re good.”

“Got it,” Kaminari grinned as they resumed their hunt for potential romantic matches. “What about her?” He gestured to a pretty, somewhat tall, fashionable woman with black long black hair who appeared to be glancing around anxiously. “I think she’d suit either one of us.”

“Not your type,” Kyoka chuckled after giving her an appreciative once-over.

“What? She’s totally my type,” Kaminari countered, tempted to try his luck despite his friend’s doubts.

“‘Taken’ is your type, eh?” Kyoka smirked as she subtly pointed out a guy approaching her with a paper bag in his hand, likely containing snacks or something.

“Oof,” Kaminari grimaced as the man approached the woman from behind, getting a small hug when he made his presence known. “Yeah, maybe not. That would’ve been awkward.”

“You’re welcome,” Kyoka chuckled, though she watched the pair curiously as the man pulled, not snacks, but a plush kangaroo out of the gift bag he had. An endearing smile lingered on her face as the girl’s lit up at the cute present.

Kaminari, who’d been looking around for another potential target, was about to ask her opinion on a cute girl with a fox tail when he spotted Kyoka’s focus was still on the couple. He joined her in watching the pair, only for his mouth to drop open when the man pulled a box out of the kangaroo plush’s pouch and got down on one knee.

With a squeal of joy, the girl made her answer to his unheard question known as she eagerly accepted the ring on her finger before practically leaping on the man, the kangaroo plush dropping to the ground forgotten as others who were closer began clapping for the newly engaged couple.

“Woah, didn’t think we’d see an actual, off-line love sto-” Kaminari said only to cut himself off when he turned back to Kyoka and saw the happy expression she’d aimed at the pair weirdly replaced with one of dejection. “Uh, hey, Kyoka? You okay?”

“I’m fine,” Kyoka replied, her tone missing that warmth that had been present before as she took a big bite of her ice cream cone and turned away from the couple, deciding instead to focus her gaze on the table.

He may not be the brightest bulb, but it was clear something about that couple had upset his friend. Kaminari wasn’t smart enough to discern exactly what it was, but if it was hurting Kyoka he wanted to help however he could.

“Hey, you wanna go do something else?” He offered.

“Thought we were trying to get you a date,” Kyoka replied with a touch of attitude, finishing the last of her treat.

“I don’t think my luck’s gonna improve today,” he chuckled, “besides, I’d rather take your mind off whatever’s eating at you.”

“I said I’m-”

“Kyoka.”

The punk-rock girl stalled the placation on her tongue when she heard Kaminari’s caring but concerned tone. She made the mistake of looking into his eyes and feeling herself falter at his matching look that told her he already knew better.

“If you don’t wanna talk about it, that’s fine, but I’m your friend, not an idiot,” Kaminari stated. Kyoka was admittedly surprised at the boy’s insight, taking a moment to think as she processed what she’d let slip and he’d stumbled into.

“Not a complete idiot,” Kyoka ruefully chuckled.

“I have my moments,” Kaminari joined her, though the humour quickly fled when Kyoka fell silent again.

Biting her lip, Kyoka wrestled with herself over what to say.

She could just tell him to drop it, but, in truth, she wanted someone to vent to who wasn’t one of the girls. To tell him that the girl she was most interested in picking up was off on a date with their shared boyfriend to trick her stupid-rich parents into a favourable arranged marriage for their polycule. That she wanted to be the one giving the girl she loved a stupid stuffed toy or something, only to pull a ring out and surprise her by getting down on one knee… but Kyoka knew she couldn’t.

If she told Kaminari about her ‘crush’ on Momo, she’d have to explain why she couldn’t act on it, and that would cause all sorts of problems.

“Sorry, just… feeling bitter about shit,” she sighed.

Kaminari wasn’t buying it, almost certain she was brushing him off, but decided not to push. He glanced back at the happy couple where the freckled man now wore a winning smile while his tall, black-haired, beautiful fiancée… oh.

Things became a little clearer to the boy as he put together just how much the woman looked like a certain classmate of theirs, one Kyoka occasionally sent longing looks towards whenever said recipient wasn’t looking.

As much as he wanted to take her hand and tell her she was being more of an idiot than he was in thinking the heiress wouldn’t be interested in dating someone as cool and amazing as her, he’d respect Kyoka’s apparent wish not to talk about it right now.

“Kyoka and Kaminari, forever alone,” the blond sighed with a teasing tone. “Hey, maybe if we’re like this when we’re forty, we should just marry each other.”

“Jeez, if I’m single at forty, I might just kill myself,” Kyoka rolled her eyes, though there was something in her tone that Kaminari felt was off.

“Hey, don’t say that,” Kaminari reached out to take one of the punk-rock girl’s hands.  “Even if things aren’t perfect, please don’t think things are ever so hopeless. I… don’t know what I’d do if I lost my best friend when I could’ve helped.”

Kyoka was a little taken aback at Kaminari’s words and the earnestness she could feel in them. She may have just been joking, but it didn’t take more than a moment to remember that, at one point, it could very well have been a reality for them had she succumbed to her depression.

While Kyoka was feeling a pang of guilt and lost in her thoughts, Kaminari continued.

“Besides, I’m sure the right girl’s out there for you, just waiting for you to ask her out.”

He tried to put as much emphasis as he could into hinting he knew what she seemed to be afraid to vocalise, but it seemed Kyoka didn’t pick up on it.

“Thanks, Denki, I… really appreciate that,” she smiled genuinely, causing the blond’s heart to do a flip even though he knew she didn’t mean anything further by it. He then couldn’t help raising his brow in confusion when Kyoka stifled a snort as she glanced down at his other hand. “But… I can’t take you seriously when you’ve got ice lolly running down your arm.”

“What?!” Denki lifted his hand to reveal the sun had indeed started getting the better of his treat, and he quickly licked up the runny syrup that had melted, much to Kyoka’s amusement. “Urgh, great, now I’m sticky and single.”

“Let’s try fixing one of those things,” Kyoka grinned before rising from her seat.

While Kaminari thought she was gonna go grab him some wipes to clean himself up, Kyoka actually strode towards a gaggle of girls a few tables over that seemed to be getting up to leave. There was one in particular with brown hair, glasses, dark skin that had a slight shimmer to it when she moved, and a noticeable lizard tail.

“Hey, you got a sec’ to talk?” Kyoka asked, projecting more confidence than she’d possessed had she approached the girl for herself.

“Uh, sure?” The girl raised a brow while the other girls exchanged a few looks, though they left with only a few giggles for comments.

Glad for at least the illusion of privacy, Kyoka decided to say her piece.

“My friend over there thinks you’re cute,” she jerked a jack back towards the table where Kaminari was watching her with no small measure of astonishment, though it quickly morphed into awkwardness when he noticed her pointing and the girl now looking his way. He tried to flash her a charming smile but wasn’t sure how successful it was as another drip of ice lolly rolled down his arm. “Think he could get your digits for a date sometime?”

The girl took a few moments to analyse the offer, checking Kaminari out as best she could before focusing on Kyoka again

“He’s cute,” the girl said with an approving smile at Kaminari’s awkward pose, “but I think you might be more my type.”

Kyoka felt her throat dry as the girl then ran those same eyes that appreciated Kaminari down her, an almost seductive smirk gracing her lips when they returned to match Kyoka’s.

“I-I e-er…” Kyoka stammered, swallowing nervously, not having expected such a response.

“I’m sure we could’ve had fun on some rides, but unfortunately, my friends and I were about to head out,” the lizard girl chuckled before reaching into her purse and pulling out a notepad, scribbling down her number. “If you’re interested, give me a call; if not, give this to your friend.” When she tore off the paper and pressed it into Kyoka’s hands, she then leant over to whisper in the girl’s ear. “If you’re both interested, I’m sure we can figure something out.”

Kyoka felt her tampered-down imagination break free from its bonds, immediately rebelling by throwing up images of the girl sandwiched between her and Kaminari.

The lizard girl smirked, knowing she’d got her message across by the rising blush on Kyoka’s face. With one last wink, the girl departed, following after her friends who immediately interrogated her while throwing curious looks at the cute punkette who’d approached her.

Kyoka had to take a moment to cool herself off, venting the heat inside her by breathing deeply before returning to Kaminari.

“What happened?!” The blond asked eagerly as Kyoka sat down, still clutching the note.

“I er…” Kyoka mumbled, her mind still running wild. Shaking her head to try and dispel the forbidden thoughts, Kyoka realised what she was still holding and immediately thrust it towards Kaminari. “Y-You got a date!”

“Wait, for real?!” Kaminari’s mouth dropped open, looking down at the paper in disbelief, taking it with all the reverence as Izuku with an All Might signature. “No way! You’re the best wingwoman ever!”

“Y-Yeah, and don’t forget that,” Kyoka tried to shoot him a smug smile, but she was still recovering from the event. Luckily, Kaminari was too busy entering the digits into his phone to pay much attention to her which she was grateful for. Though picturing herself with the very forward girl had gotten her hot under the collar, when she pictured Kaminari alongside them, she didn’t feel any sort of interest stir at the sight of his imagined body.

Kyoka breathed a small sigh of relief at that, assured and grateful her taste in guys hadn’t expanded beyond the one exception she had; Izuku was enough trouble on his own.

Soon enough, Kaminari’s interest returned to Kyoka, pestering her for a play-by-play of everything the cute girl had said. While Kyoka did a minor amount of editing, it warmed her heart to be able to pay Kaminari back for being a good friend. All that was left was for him not to mess it up.


With their ruse seemingly successful, Izuku and Momo were now wandering the park together as planned. Behind them, the Ectoplasm clone who trailed them had raised a curious brow at first as the two split off from their known partners.

While he didn’t want to make any assumptions, he was surprised they were so brazen; Yaoyorozu, especially considering how she and Jiro had confided their relationship in him. Still, it wasn’t his place to comment on the social dynamics of students or their relationships, so he would keep his mouth closed regarding his speculations.

Unaware of their teacher’s observations behind them, Izuku and Momo had hunted for a sufficient ride or activity they could do together to solidify their public perception for the heiress’ parents.

Though both were hesitant to call this a ‘first date’, from the nervous anticipation they continued to wear on their sleeves, they weren’t sure they could consider this anything but.

“So,” Izuku began awkwardly, rubbing the back of his head, “w-what do you want to go on first, Momo?”

“Considering our recent meals, perhaps we should limit our activities to some of the more tame options the park offers,” Momo suggested somewhat stiffly, pulling out their map to see what was around them. Glancing down the side, she caught sight of an aquatic animal performance show that was due to start in a few minutes, and, best of all, it would employ the use of some quirks which she was sure her date would enjoy.

Without much convincing, Izuku had accompanied her to the ‘Spotted Seal Show’ where they’d marvelled at the tricks and feats the animals performed. Though rings of fire had long since been discontinued as animal cruelty, one trainer was able to generate such illusions from the horn on his nose to make the simple deeds appear much more thrilling than initially expected. Watching the water begin to rise into the air thanks to another trainer’s manipulation of the liquid, they were also able to greatly extend the splash zone to cover everyone as the seals jumped around over their heads between floating orbs.

When all was said and done, Izuku and Momo both clapped enthusiastically after the show when the trainers and the seals all took bows before bringing the performance to a close.

By the time the pair departed the show, they’d almost forgotten about the initial awkwardness they’d experienced.

“It truly is amazing how smart some animals are,” Momo enthused as they walked back out into the sun, only a little damper than they’d entered.

“Don’t let the Principal hear you saying that,” Izuku chuckled. “He might think you’re talking down to him.”

“Oh, of course,” Momo smiled politely. “I’m sure there are few that could match Principal Nezu in a game of wits. From what I’ve heard of his skills and accomplishments outside of UA, I doubt I am one of them.”

“I wouldn’t say that,” Izuku chuckled politely at the self-deprecating humour before he turned and smiled warmly at the heiress. “You’re one of the smartest people I know, and I’m certain that you’ll be able to match him in time.”

Momo was caught off guard by the hopefully genuine compliment and felt a small blush grace her cheeks.

“Are you just saying that because of my quirk?” She teased.

“If I said ‘no’, would you believe me?” His smile slipped into one a little cheekier than Momo expected.

“I see you’ve been taking notes from Tsu,” the heiress giggled. “Though I hope she hasn’t influenced you too much.”

“I dunno,” Izuku put his finger to his chin thoughtfully as the frog girl often would. “Is that such a bad thing, ribbit?”

The pair broke down in shared laughter as they continued to stroll through the park.

“You know, that was my first time seeing a show like that,” Momo noted.

“Oh, well, I’m glad you enjoyed it,” Izuku smiled, reminded that today was going to be filled with new experiences for the heiress. He hoped she and Kyoka had gotten through good number of them, though he would admit to himself he wouldn’t mind being able to share some initial experiences with the heiress too. “Sorry, I almost forgot it’s your first time at a place like this. Is there anywhere in particular you’d like to go?”

“If you would like to select our next activity, then be my guest,” Momo offered, holding out her map to him. Izuku scanned the area and had a curious idea.

“Have you ever been to an arcade, Momo?”

“I can’t say that I have,” Momo shook her head. “I’ve seen some of the games in passing and when looking up the park, but they seem very dissimilar to the kind I’ve seen you all play on Kaminari’s machine.”

“I think you’ll like it,” Izuku smiled, adjusting course to the oversized circus-like tent he could see.

Before long, they’d made it inside the bright, overly noisy park arcade where many people were enjoying the varied games. There were claw-machines, a couple of racing cabinets, a good number of themed coin-pushers and even an air hockey table, just from what they could see.

“I don’t think Kyoka would appreciate this place as much,” Momo chuckled as they entered.

“Yeah, it’s a bit loud,” Izuku nodded as they moved through the tent, idly spotting a prize counter off in the corner. “Let me know if there’s a game you’d like to play.”

“Which ones would you advise to start?” Momo asked curiously.

“Some are kinda all luck-based and some you can win with skill,” Izuku explained, pointing out one of the coin-dropping cabinets and an oversized piano-like cabinet where a girl was playing notes indicated on the screen in front of it to win tickets for every other correct key pressed.

“That one seems like my speed,” Momo agreed, pointing out the piano with a touch of giddy anticipation Izuku couldn’t help but find adorable.

Patiently waiting for the girl to finish her game and collect the tickets she’d won, Momo eagerly sat down on the provided stool. Without complaint, Izuku pulled his wallet out of his pocket and fed some coins into the machine which Momo had forgotten was required.

When the game began, Momo pressed the first key she was instructed to before following it with the second. By the third note, her trained ear recognised a classical piece of music she’d heard many times before and pre-emptively struck the first key she’d pressed to repeat the same note only for the machine to flash red and indicate she’d performed the piece wrong.

It didn’t take her a moment to realise her mistake, as this wasn’t a piano built to helpfully replicate classical pieces for fun, but rather a simple ‘follow-me’ game. Though she recovered from her mistake, Momo was certain she was wearing her distaste for the game on her face whilst hitting incorrectly placed and impossible notes. Izuku had to stifle a small giggle when he noticed and deduced her grumpiness wasn’t from her initial error.

“Would you like to try something else?” Izuku kindly offered as he collected Momo’s victory tickets.

“I would like one more try, if you please,” Momo replied with a focused expression. Her green-haired date raised a brow but didn’t hesitate to put in the coins for another attempt.

This time, Momo’s performance was flawless as she hit every note. It seemed the song was almost in double-time with how quickly her hands flittered between the oversized keys, but by the end of the short game time, Momo had racked up the day’s high score, though only beating second place by a single key.

“That was pretty much perfect,” Izuku gently applauded, collecting Momo’s second string of tickets.

“Thank you, though I find myself less enthusiastic for potential repeats of such an… imprecise game.”

Izuku had no doubts she wasn’t talking about the game’s reaction speed, but decided not to mention it.

“Well, you managed to get a good number of tickets for it,” he held them out to her, folded one over the other as neatly as he could. “When we’re done, you can exchange them for a prize at the booth over there.”

Across the way, Momo spotted the booth indicated where she could already make out a number of curious-looking prizes.

“Would you like to peruse what’s available?” Momo asked.

“I like to wait until the end,” Izuku shook his head. “If you’re focused on getting a prize, you’ll miss out on enjoying the games for what they are, y’know?”

“I don’t,” Momo chuckled, gently reminding him it was her first time, “but I like your perspective.”

The two continued to browse the games until they came across their next target. There were a couple of ball-throwing games on offer, including one to knock down fluffy yet deceptively heavy animal puppets, but one specific machine caught both Izuku and Momo’s attention.

It appeared to be a virtual dunk tank game where the target on-screen was Endeavor who was tossing out random but surprisingly tame insults, likely to draw people’s attention to the game.

“Should I?” Izuku asked with a cautious smirk.

“Allow me,” Momo grinned, fully supporting her boyfriend dunking his work-study mentor by pulling out her purse to pay for the privilege though she couldn’t help but wonder if they had an option to change the dunkee into Yoroi Musha.

The greenette wasn’t the best when it came to projectile accuracy, or at least, he wasn’t the last time he was in an arcade before UA. Izuku was tempted to use the finger-flick technique on the ball with the smallest measure of his quirk that he could manage, but figured it wasn’t worth the risk. Still, with nothing but his raw strength and skill backing him up, Izuku tossed the first of his three balls and scored a bulls-eye on his first try, sinking the virtual Endeavor, where he now spouted some more scathing sound-bites.

Momo cheered for her boyfriend’s victory as the game reset itself for Izuku’s remaining tries, resulting in a second and third dip in the drink for Endeavor as Izuku was compensated with plenty of tickets.

“So, what next?” Izuku offered, gesturing to the rest of the games. Despite her lacklustre start, Momo was enthusiastic to experience all the arcade offered and shot Izuku an ambitious smile.

One by one, they slowly played or conquered each game with a silent agreement to pay for the other’s enjoyment. Though Momo could pay for their entire session a hundred times over, albeit after having to pause to make some change in one of the nearby machines when she ran out of coins, she appreciated Izuku not expecting her to pay for everything.

It took a while for them to go through most of the arcade’s variety of games, but eventually, they found themselves content to call it quits when they were struggling to hold their total ticket collection.

“How exactly do we spend these?” Momo asked curiously as they approached the prize counter.

“They have a machine,” Izuku explained, approaching and passing his tickets to the attendant first to demonstrate.

There were a variety of colourful rewards on display, but a lot of the prizes at the front were things Momo could tell were cheap and mass-produced with little respect for the customer which, even for their more child-like target demographic, was a little insulting. Glancing up at the top prizes, the heiress was almost certain she was misreading some of the signs when they said they required thousands, some even tens of thousands, of tickets to claim. While she hadn’t kept a running total of either her tickets or her spending on the machines, surely they couldn’t expect twenty or even thirty times her and Izuku’s combined total.

“Seven hundred and forty-nine,” the attendant informed Izuku once his tickets had been eaten by the machine. “Not bad.”

“Thanks,” Izuku chuckled politely.

“And for you, Miss?” The attendant held out his hand for her tickets, which she offered with a small frown on her brow.

By the time her tickets had been fully counted, they were up to one thousand seven hundred and eighteen.

“That’s a fair haul,” the attendant mused, “that much gets you most anything from the front here.” Momo and Izuku looked into the glass case to see a variety of cheap prizes like Zoo Dreamland-themed stationery for five hundred tickets, a toy pirate sword for one thousand two hundred tickets, and a toy make-up kit for one thousand five hundred.

“Um, excuse me,” Momo spoke up. “I understand the business decision to recoup potential lost revenue by providing both the games and the prizes, but why is the exchange rate so bad when comparing yen to tickets?”

“Uh,” the attendant blinked, glancing at Izuku with a touch of confusion before going back to Momo. “That’s just how it is, Miss. I don’t set the prices.”

“The prizes are just kinda extra,” Izuku tagged in. “They give you a goal to focus on and keep you coming back. Even if we played all day, I doubt we’d get enough for the top prizes.”

“And even if we did, they wouldn’t be worth it,” Momo huffed.

“Don’t think about it too much,” Izuku chuckled, glancing back into the case. “As long as you had fun, that’s all that matters.”

While Momo bit her lip to hold herself back from debating Izuku’s point, the greenette spotted something he thought would be perfect to cap off their visit.

“Could I please have that one there?” He requested.

“Sure can,” the attendant helpfully confirmed, pulling out the small plastic charm shaped like a peach on a strap. Izuku eagerly accepted it before shyly turning to Momo and holding it out to her.

“Here,” he offered, “it goes on your phone.”

A little confused, Momo pulled out her phone and handed it to Izuku, who gracefully threaded the strap loop through a small hole in the corner of her phone and secured the charm in place.

It was small, but Momo could appreciate the thoughtfulness of his gesture and choice of gift. If she wasn’t careful, she’d be left behind, though, considering what he was doing for her in the long run, she owed him a whole lot more than a cheap bauble from this arcade.

Taking the opportunity to rescan the prizes with their remaining ticket balance in mind, Momo spotted what she hoped was an equally valued gift for the thoughtful boy.

“Woah, animal-themed All Might stickers!” Izuku enthused when presented with the prize.

“I figured you might like those,” Momo giggled, “though I’m surprised you didn’t spot them yourself first.”

“I um…” he hesitated, a pre-emptive blush rising to his cheeks. “I was prioritising something more important.”

Momo felt her cheeks once again colouring crimson as the attendant pretended to go about his business, though he was internally freaking out at how adorable the pair were.

“Wil- ahem,” the attendant squeaked, his voice coming out a little higher than he’d expected, “will there be anything else?”

Though not much of their ticket balance remained, Izuku and Momo opted to donate it to whomever approached the prize desk next to claim their rewards while they left with theirs.

When they exited the arcade, they noticed that their patient Ectoplasm clone was in the middle of a conversation with someone over his earpiece.

“Very well, if that is the case, I shall continue to observe,” he muttered, dropping his hand from the receiver and addressing the two students. “Are you ready to move on?”

“Please,” Momo nodded, with Izuku giving a small, supporting nod.

Setting off once again, the two continued to wander while selecting their next destination.

Their musings were interrupted by a loud ‘ding’ and a prominent cry from a stall off to the side.

“POWER!”

Immediately, the duo knew who was over there. Whilst they weren’t explicitly avoiding their friends and classmates, the pair were a little hesitant to engage with those outside their group. Still, Izuku couldn’t help but find himself chuckling as he spied Mirio picking out a lion-themed plush toy for his victory over the high striker game and presenting it to a blushing Amajiki.

“Figures Togata would beat something like that. I doubt they could even rig it against him with how strong he is,” Izuku mused.

“With how impressive he was during our… I hesitate to call it a spar, I’d have to agree with that,” Momo nodded before a small smile graced her lips. “Though I dare say that, by the time we are in our third year ourselves, your impressive dedication will bear you a greater result.”

It took Izuku a moment to process what Momo said only to look away and shyly rub his bicep.

“M-Mirio’s been training longer than me, I-I’m sure it’ll take me even longer to be up to his level of um… p-power.”

Momo chuckled politely but didn’t intend to let up on the light teasing despite her truthful words.

“While I can appreciate Togata’s style of improving his muscles, I much prefer your more subtle and toned approach. I think it suits your body much better and is quite… attractive.”

Izuku’s brows raced for his hairline at Momo’s compliment, turning back to her only to find the heiress now looking away herself as if expecting his bemused gaze.

“O-Oh, look, an empty line for a roller coaster! We should go while we can!”

Still without turning back to him, Izuku felt his hand seized and tugged along towards the thrilling ride. While he’d heard compliments from others, especially Mina, about his body before, he couldn’t help but feel both proud and giddy at Momo’s comments.

As expected, it didn’t take them long to get through the line to the roller coaster and, after emerging they continued to wander and take in a few more rides and attractions. They’d even checked out the petting zoo where they got to see Eri feed and pet a llama for the first time before moving on.

Well aware they’d spent over half the day together at this point, both Izuku and Momo felt like they could reunite with their friends after having laid sufficient groundwork for the Yaoyorozu parents to be content, but neither wanted to be the one to call an end to things.

It was only when the sun started setting that Momo decided they should share one last ride together before calling an end to their date.

“The Ferris wheel?” Izuku questioned.

“It seems like a sufficient way to cap things off, don’t you think?” Momo replied as they walked towards the large sightseeing attraction. Izuku quickly caught on to her subtle hint and agreed.

The line wasn’t too long for them to get on, and the ride looked like it could comfortably fit four to six people in a cabin. When Izuku and Momo got to the front of the line however, the ride attendant asked them to hold for the next rotation. The heiress raised a curious brow when the attendant seemed to recognise her in some way while she could just about make out the crackle of communication as things became clear when they were allowed to ride as a pair without any other guests.

“That was nice of her,” Izuku smiled as they entered the enclosed cabin and took opposite seats while Momo was seemingly distracted. “Momo?”

“Hmm? Sorry,” Momo snapped out of it once the doors closed and the ride started off at a gentle pace again. “I was just checking for cameras.”

“You think your parents would spy on us in here?” Izuku quirked a brow but knew the answer as soon as the words left his mouth. “Of course they would.”

“Indeed,” Momo sighed. “It was bad enough trying to forget we were being followed all day.”

“Mr Ectoplasm didn’t get too close though, did he?”

“I’m sure he suspects something,” Momo reluctantly conceded as an unavoidable issue, “but I’m talking about… well, stand up.”

Surprised but doing as requested, Izuku stood up with Momo to stand at the doors as they slowly progressed around the wheel.

“Don’t look too obvious, but do you see there? On the bench, by the bins.” Izuku glanced and spotted a woman dressed in a Hawaiian top wearing sunglasses, who seemed to be on the phone. “She’s been following me since we entered the park,” Momo explained. “And if I had to guess, that man by the pretzel stand who doesn’t appear to be in line has been following you.”

Izuku couldn’t help but gulp as the man seemed to glance towards their cabin before glancing away.

“Why hasn’t Mr Ectoplasm done anything?” Izuku asked curiously. “Surely he’s noticed them by now too.”

“I’m guessing that may be what he was calling in earlier,” Momo noted. “Whenever I left the estate before UA, I would often have bodyguards and, on the extremely rare occasions I didn’t, I know that my parents had me tailed for my protection.”

“That… sounds awful,” Izuku muttered.

“It was normal,” Momo shrugged. “For me, anyway. I felt the restrictions, but I didn’t know any other way. If I had to guess, they’re likely here as both extra protection and to ensure I’m playing my part.”

“Oh…” Izuku muttered, feeling his privacy more than a little invaded by this reveal.

“I’m very sorry if this has soured this rather wonderful afternoon, all things considered,” Momo apologised.

“It’s… a little worrying,” Izuku admitted, “but it hasn’t ruined anything. We still had a lot of fun, didn’t we? All things considered.” He gently teased.

Momo sent him an endearing smile as they continued to rise in the car.

“Yes, I dare say this has been a most wonderful illicit first date between us,” she chuckled.

“Well, um… I don’t think I’ll need too much convincing if we must go on another,” Izuku replied with a smile.

The two felt their faces heat up as they caught each other’s eye, only to both glance away and pretend to observe the park.

“H-How um…” Izuku stumbled around for a change of topic. “H-How are your businesses going?”

“Great, actually,” Momo nodded gratefully. “I’ve um, actually been offered a not insignificant price for selling aspects to several local competitors.”

“You have?”

“Yes,” Momo affirmed. “I’ve been making a significant dent in their profits by undercutting them now that I’ve figured out how the industry and markets work in practice and not just in theory. I can afford to do so due to my allowance in a way that my competitors can’t.”

“That’s really impressive,” Izuku enthused. “Are you going to do it?”

“Hardly,” Momo chuckled confidently, “by offering more than my companies are publicly worth, they’ve tilted their hands.” At Izuku’s bemused look, Momo continued, “They are trying to buy my company out while it’s young because they see it as a threat, and so they should. I’m helping provide top-quality housing for people at prices they simply can’t compete with. However, all that means to me is that I’m doing the right things. If I keep going, soon I’ll be buying their companies while they wave the white flag. We all win.”

Izuku nodded along to her words thoughtfully, remembering well their trip to one of the nearly completed residences with the others. Thinking about Ochako’s parents, however, gave him a thought he felt he needed to vocalise.

“If you undercut them too much and they have to close, won’t you put people out of business?” Izuku asked, wondering if he was overstepping. “Taking over a company is one thing, but if they have to close because they can’t compete, won’t everyone they employ lose their jobs?”

“I… hadn’t considered that,” Momo paused. Though she had no qualms in conquering her fellow company heads and CEOs, she’d almost forgotten that the ramifications for their clash could simply be passed on to those at the bottom. “It’s an oversight that will be corrected. I would hate for people like the Urarakas to be let go because of me.”

“That’s what I was thinking,” Izuku agreed, glad it hadn’t taken Momo more than a few moments to catch up with his train of thought as he looked over the park now they were nearing the apex of the ride.

Momo, however, had her eyes on the considerate green-haired boy beside her, once again grateful for his presence, endeared by his considerate nature, and reminded of how similar they thought at times; at least, when she was being her true self.

“Izuku?” Momo called softly, pulling the boy’s attention again as he wore an endearing smile that, when directed at her, caused Momo to swear her heart to skip a beat.

“Yes, Momo?”

“I…” the heiress began, but, for all her education, words failed her. Instead, she decided to let her heart and actions speak for themselves as she reached down to claim Izuku’s warm hand with a soft squeeze once again.

The shy boy looked a little surprised at the action, glancing down as Momo intertwined their fingers before looking back to the heiress who’d turned towards him. She reached up with her free hand to cup Izuku’s cheek gently, running her thumb over two of his cute freckles as she subconsciously rolled her lips to moisten them.

Izuku’s breath caught as he recognised what was about to happen if he let it and, instead of feeling fear or worry, especially considering the public setting, he wanted nothing more than to reciprocate the gesture. With his own free hand, he reached up to mirror Momo’s hold as they drew and guided each other close.

Their eyes closed a moment before contact as the setting sun was eclipsed by their gently locked lips. Bodies flushed and hearts jumped, but, somehow, it didn’t feel like enough for either of them.

Almost in sync, their lips parted and tongues met as Izuku and Momo’s heads tilted to better accommodate the other. Their intertwined hands parted to instead wrap around their partner, pulling the other closer with a need they’d never felt for each other before. The kiss was deep, and their tongues explored and probed each other’s depths, but inevitably, they needed to separate for air.

Pulling away with mutual gasps, the two paused for a brief moment to breathe fresh lungfuls of air, regarding each other with a cautious yet excited curiosity.

“Momo, I-” Izuku started only to be gently hushed by Momo.

“Um… c-could you please… call me, Gorgeous?” She asked shyly, her heart beating even more erratically despite their break in intimacy.

Looking into her eager yet vulnerable pools of onyx, Izuku didn’t feel any hesitation complying with her request.

“Gorgeous,” he tested, watching Momo bite her lip nervously, “I d-don’t um…” he swallowed thickly, painfully conscious he was likely swallowing essence Momo so charitably swapped with him, “I don’t know where this is going but uh… i-is it bad I’m eager to um… find out?”

Momo took a steadying breath as Izuku expected a response.

“I feel the same way. We um… didn’t exactly go about this the right way but… at this point, I don’t think I care as long as you’re happy to take this path with me… S-Squishy.”

Momo tried not to think about how happy seeing Izuku’s eyes brighten at her reciprocating his nickname made her but she wasn’t able to dwell on it long as she found her lips crashing back into Izuku’s as they resumed their exploration of each other.

In the sky, away from their burdens on the ground, Izuku and Momo were keen to savour the time they had away from the public eye. Their lips broke and reconnected a few more times before they crossed the halfway point on their descent back to the group.

Thankfully, when Momo’s hand had reached to grip Izuku’s rear to pull him closer to her, they’d both come to their senses and separated before too many people could see what they were doing.

Sitting on opposite sides of the cabin once more, the dishevelled, blushing pair could only straighten themselves up while chuckling and giggling like school kids. It was an intensely refreshing moment of peace that they’d shared away from their burdens in the world but, like all good things, it needed to come to an end.

When their carriage came to a stop and the pair emerged, they looked no different than they had upon going up.

After thanking the attendant for the ride, Izuku and Momo swiftly proceeded to the exit and headed towards their Ectoplasm clone. As they walked, Izuku pulled out his phone and checked the time.

“Oh, wow, that took a while,” he muttered, showing Momo that it was approaching time for everyone to begin meeting up to head back to the school.

“Oh,” Momo muttered, a pang of guilt settling in her chest. “I’m sorry, I didn’t realize it would be that long.”

Gently reaching out, Izuku brushed her arm as assuringly as he could without being too outwardly affectionate.

“Don’t be,” he sent her a bright, genuine smile. “I enjoyed every second of it.”

Momo’s heart again decided to pick up its pace as they exchanged secret smiles about their exchange in the cabin.

“It’s a little early, but shall we go and wait for the others?” Momo suggested as they got within earshot of their teacher.

With a satisfied nod, Izuku, Momo, and Ectoplasm began heading back to the park’s entrance, the teacher not needing to remind the pair of their impending departure. 

As they walked, Izuku couldn’t help glancing over his shoulder as casually as he could when they passed the pretzel stand. Without trying to seem suspicious, both the man and the woman Momo had pointed out seemed to have decided to come this way too.

It was a bitter reminder of what they still had to face for the sake of Momo’s freedom, however, Izuku was more confident than ever that not only would they make it through, but what awaited them on the other side could be better than any of them imagined.

As the UA students departed with their public and secretive chaperones, another pair of eyes happened to spot them.

“Huh, I guess Midoriya and Yaoyorozu are heading back,” Todoroki noted, having glanced in their direction from a nearby souvenir kiosk after not finding his name on a keyring.

“Midoriya and Yaoyorozu?” Iida frowned, having procured a postcard he could send to his brother and parents. “They’re still together?”

“I guess so,” Todoroki shrugged, pointing the pair out. “I guess they wanted to go on a lot of similar rides together.”

The studious class vice-representative frowned. As good-natured as Izuku was to his friends, and he knew that first-hand, would he really abandon Asui and Uraraka for the whole day to spend it with Yaoyorozu?

Maybe they’d split up after their walk and reunited to do a specific ride together to close out the most enjoyable day but that didn’t explain why Uraraka or Asui weren’t anywhere to be seen, nor why Mirdoiya and Yaoyorozu were walking so close together.

“We should probably head back too,” Todoroki remarked, glancing at his phone and starting to walk only to realize Iida wasn’t following him. “Iida?”

“Hmm?” The vice-president snapped out of his thoughts. “Oh, yes, right. Indeed! We should ensure we are at the meeting spot with plenty of time to spare. Let’s be off, Todoroki!”

If there was anything off about Iida’s behaviour then Todoroki didn’t spot it as they gathered their things along with their Ectoplasm escort and began making their own return to the park’s entrance.


Though Izuku and Momo had elected to return early, they were not the first ones to arrive at the meetup point as they found several of their classmates already gathered. Their brows rose in curiosity as an unfamiliar young girl with a giraffe ear headband seemed to be clinging to Tokoyami’s leg despite his mild discomfort.

It seemed she was related to Kuroiro judging by their similar hair and the familiar way he spoke as he crouched down next to the girl before she reluctantly released her hold on Tokoyami’s leg and followed the 1-B student over to what they could only guess was their mother.

“Hey, Tokoyami, what was that about?” Izuku asked curiously as they approached.

“An unfortunate incident occurred at the haunted house attraction,” the bird-headed boy turned to the pair, “Kuroiro’s sister’s quirk activated for the first time, and she wasn’t able to rein it in.”

“Good thing you were around, eh?” Sero grinned, eliciting further curiosity from Izuku and Momo and prompted Tokoyami to elaborate.

“Being close to the attraction at the time, Dark Shadow was able to sense a kin of darkness. Through our connection, I was able to seek out and assist young Yuka in finding her way out of the void.”

“It was trippy,” Tsuburaba nodded. “She can kinda do what Kuroiro can do by like, merging with the dark and controlling stuff, turning the entire thing into a real haunted house by making the puppets attack.”

“She was reacting out of fear, not seeking to cause harm,” Tokoyami reminded him. “However, I do feel regret that the attraction had to be closed for repairs.”

“I’m sure the park’s insurance will compensate for the damaged property,” Momo assured him as Kuroiro walked back over, joined by Komori.

“Sorry about my sister, she’s just real grateful you helped her,” Tokoyami’s class B counterpart bowed politely.

“She called him a ‘Prince Charming’, shroom. It was adorable,” Komori beamed.

“It was only natural I assisted while you were unavailable,” Tokoyami replied in kind, though Dark Shadow chose that moment to pop out of his chest.

“Too busy with other stuff, eh?” The manifested being smirked, elbowing Tokoyami while winking at Kuroiro and Komori.

“Hush, foul being!” Tokoyami scolded while hurrying to control his other half.

Thankfully, any attention they could’ve garnered was instead drawn to the little girl he’d saved as she called out her goodbye to him.

“Bye, Mister Bird! I love you!”

Even through the darkness of his hair, Tokoyami could be spotted wearing an embarrassed blush as he politely waved goodbye to the girl and her grateful mother.

While their classmates enjoyed a chuckle at Tokoyami’s expense, Izuku and Momo breathed a sigh of relief that no one seemed to think anything of them returning together.

They didn’t have to wait long for their remaining partners to appear as, before long, Tsuyu and Ochako rounded a corner.

Approaching from the Forest Sweets section after treating Ochako to a treat to help ease her apology, the pair spotted Izuku and Momo first as their boyfriend and the heiress casually chatted with bright smiles on their faces.

Though she was naturally gifted at schooling her face from displaying emotions, anyone looking Tsuyu’s way would be able to tell the girl was experiencing an odd conflict inside herself. On the one hand, it looked like Momo and Izuku had truly enjoyed their time alone; on the other, Tsuyu was still feeling sorry for herself and wanted a hug but didn’t want to interrupt what she hoped was the pair’s growing affections.

Thankfully, Tsuyu didn’t need to worry as, when Izuku spotted the pair, his smile somehow brightened even more as the pair approached. Tsuyu didn’t delay and hurried towards him, wrapping her boyfriend in a tight hug.

“Hey you guys,” Izuku said as he wrapped a reciprocal arm around Tsuyu while raising his brow in curiosity at Ochako, the unspoken question hanging in the air.

The gravity girl figured this was neither the time nor place to have a conversation about Tsuyu’s little slip, giving Izuku a small head shake to revisit the topic at a later time which Izuku seemed to understand.

“Hey,” Ochako greeted for the pair. “You guys have fun?”

“We did,” Izuku smiled, exchanging another happy look with Momo.

“I think we have established what we need to,” the heiress nodded, confident in their performance, though it truly didn’t feel like much of an act.

“That’s good,” Ochako breathed a little easier, glad that at least there didn’t seem to be any problems on their end.

“Did you guys do everything you wanted?” Izuku asked.

“We did our best,” the brown-haired girl nodded while holding up the now-empty container of ice cream Tsuyu had bought her with extra marshmallows since they had no mochi.

“Kyoka won me a prize, ribbit,” Tsuyu said, pulling back from Izuku and showing off the plush she was still carrying.

“Another for your collection,” Momo chuckled, wondering just how many cuddly frogs Tsuyu needed in her frog-themed room. “I’m guessing you all split up further?”

“I think I saw Mina and Tooru heading for the gift shops,” Ochako noted. “Not sure where Kyoka got to.”

“I was hanging out with Kaminari.” The four baulked as Kyoka walked up to the group, having come from a different direction than the other two while the blond in question broke off from her to go brag to Sero about getting a girl’s number. “It was nice.”

“That’s good to hear,” Momo smiled as Kyoka regarded her and Izuku curiously.

“How’d your thing go?”

“G-Good.”

“Well.” The pair replied simultaneously, unsure if they should talk about some of the broader details with so many of their friends around as well as wanting to be sensitive towards Kyoka.

Kyoka’s perceptive eyes and ears could detect that there was something different about the pair, the two seeming much more relaxed and at ease with each other now than before they’d parted with the group. It seemed any worries the others had were for nothing as Kyoka wore a contented smile.

“Good to hear,” she replied with more than a little relief, keeping her voice low. “I was hoping it wouldn’t end with you two biting each other’s heads off.”

While they hadn’t gotten quite so enthusiastic, it didn’t escape the other’s notice that both Izuku and Momo wore a light blush as they remembered their time on the Ferris wheel together.

“Hey guys!”

The self-conscious pair were grateful for the new distraction as Tooru and Mina, fresh from the gift shop, hurried over to join them.

“You didn’t go overboard, did you?” Kyoka chuckled, glancing at their bags.

“Eh, only a few bits and pieces,” Mina giggled, having gotten a souvenir for her folks and brother.

“And lookie, a magnet for the fridge!” Tooru declared, pulling out a little square showing off a stylised graphic of the park with the current month and year on it.

“I guess that’s two we’ve got now, ribbit,” Tsuyu chuckled.

“Did you get one too, Tsu?” Tooru asked curiously.

“No?” The green-haired girl tilted her head, “I thought you got one from before, from Nabu.”

“O-Oh… right,” Tooru’s smile faltered. A twinge of worry wove through the group. “A-Actually um… I might’ve thrown that one away.”

“You did?” Mina blinked.

“Yeah, I’m sorry,” Tooru bowed her head to her girlfriend. “I know we bought it together and stuff, but that was the day that all that stuff happened with us and those boys and Shoji. That wasn’t so bad that it ruined everything, but when I cleaned out my bag after getting home from the hospital, I… couldn’t stand to look at it anymore.”

“Oh, Starlight,” Mina shook her head before pulling her girlfriend in for a quick hug. “Don’t worry about all that.”

“We understand,” Ochako smiled sympathetically with Momo nodding along.

“Maybe we could pick up a new one in the future,” Izuku offered. “It’d be great to go see Katsuma and Mahoro again.”

“I’m sure they wouldn’t mind,” Mina chuckled, fondly remembering the pair for all their help. “Besides, there’s some kickass hot springs I’m pretty sure we all need to visit to relax.”

Admittedly, despite the wonderful day out they’d experienced, the group were collectively feeling the fatigue start to set in.

“I’d settle for a nice warm bath at this point,” Kyoka sighed.

“Count me in,” Mina agreed.

“We still have a little longer before we depart,” Momo checked the time, “but if you’d like to sit, there are benches over there.”

“Well, if we’ve got time, who’s up for one last ride together?” Tooru called to the group.

“I was thinking more that we could explore the gift shop,” Momo chuckled politely.

“Which one would you even wanna go on?” The punk-rock girl raised a confused brow.

“Teacups!” Mina cheered.

“Hell no!” Kyoka shot the girl down with a glare while the others shared a laugh.

“How about something a little simpler?” Ochako spoke up while pulling out her phone. “Like a group picture.”

“Great idea, ‘Chako!” Tooru grinned brightly as the group tried to organise themselves. While Ochako figured they’d be fine if she briefly used her quirk on her phone so she could get into the picture too, another solution presented itself.

“Pardon me, Uraraka, but would you like me to take this picture for you?”

“Iida!” Ochako breathed a small sigh of relief at not risking Aizawa’s disapproving stare. “That’d be great, thanks so much!”

“Always happy to help,” he nodded as Todoroki stood nearby, watching inquisitively. After passing her phone to the boy, Ochako wasted no time getting close to Izuku on one side of her and Tsuyu on the other.

Iida’s eyes lingered on the image, noting Momo had elected to stand on Izuku’s other side with Kyoka while Mina and Tooru crouched down in front of them and performed a matching peace sign pose to the camera. It didn’t seem like Ochako or Tsuyu seemed particularly concerned over Izuku and Momo exploring on their own, so he would give them the benefit of the doubt. If anything, he felt somewhat guilty for suspecting his best friend and the one he nominated to take over as class president of doing anything unseemly together.

No, it was more likely that, as he’d demonstrated several times before, he didn’t quite have the full picture concerning the situation.

“Okay, everyone, on the count of three,” Iida announced.

“Say ‘Cheese’!” Tooru grinned brightly, earning herself a fond groan from Kyoka.

“One, two-”

With a snap, the picture was taken, though the ever-diligent Iida made sure to take several to get a small range for Ochako to pick the best. Grateful for his assistance, Ochako sent a copy of the image to the poly’s group chat for everyone to keep, though Kaminari and a few others had taken note of their little activity.

By the time they were done, not everyone had regathered to depart and, after confirming with Present Mic that they could use it provided they didn’t go too far, they elected to check out the gift shop. Izuku and Ochako bought souvenirs for his mom and her parents while Kyoka elected to buy a commemorative can of cookies with the image of a penguin on the front.

“For my mom’s birthday,” she relayed when she got curious looks from the others, “it’s her favourite animal.”

“Guess we should be glad we didn’t come before your dad’s birthday,” Mina grinned, holding up a can of cookies with a baboon’s image she’d already purchased for her brother.

With their gifts stowed, the group headed back outside as the time to depart drew near, only to find their class gathered together and facing one of the Ectoplasm clones along with class B.

“Hey!” Kaminari grinned as they returned, “Everyone’s here, so we’re gonna take a picture before we head out.”

“Awesome!” Mina grinned as the group eagerly found positions where they could.

“Is everyone settled?” The Ectoplasm clone called out, though noted Aizawa’s looked like he’d reached the end of his tolerance for the day. “On three. One, two-”

With a cheer of varying words to bring out their smiles, everyone celebrated what was a most successful and enjoyable class trip.

The time soon arrived for them all to depart and, after assurances the picture would be available to all students shortly via the school’s intranet, everyone made their final checks. Koda got his headband un-bonded from him by Awase while Eri and Kota looked adorably worn out and carried by Pixie-Bob and Mandalay respectively, while Tiger carried the small collection of toys they’d amassed.

Soon, they all traipsed back to the coaches and were on their way back to UA, each student with pleasant memories they wouldn’t forget for a lifetime.


Boarding and settling down on the coaches seemed to have sapped any remaining energy from most of the student population as even Mirio seemed sluggish. Many of class 1-A opted to head straight to their rooms once they returned to their dorm.

Kyoka was no exception, having nursed a small headache all day despite her girlfriend’s generous additional ear buds, and decided to get some peace and quiet in her sound-proofed room alone. Ochako, still a little grumpy with Tsuyu, also opted to sleep alone and, though Izuku was willing to share his bed with his froggy-girlfriend he made it clear he was too tired for anything intimate which Tsuyu agreed to, albeit reluctantly.

While Mina and Tooru headed to bed together, Momo was left to her own devices as she headed up to her room, only removing her souvenir headband once she entered and affectionately propped it up on her dressing table where she could look at it every day and fondly recall the excitement from all the new things she’d experienced.

Her hands and lips tingled at the memories as her time with both Kyoka and Izuku vyed for attention at the front of her mind. With a calm breath, she closed her eyes and let herself linger in the recollections of another date with Kyoka and her first, real date with Izuku.

Unfortunately, before she could get too lost in her reminiscing, her phone called for her attention.

Reluctantly tabling her indulgence for now, Momo pulled out her phone and saw who was calling with a sinking pit in her stomach. With everything wonderful that had happened today, she’s almost been able to forget that it was part of her parents’ greater plan for her. A moment of truth had arrived, and Momo held her breath in anticipation of her results.

“Hi, dear,” her mother’s warm tone carried across the receiver.

“Hello, mother,” Momo replied diplomatically with as much pleasantry as she could muster, “I presume you are calling to enquire about today?”

“Cutting straight to the point, are we?” Momo’s mother teased in a way that felt deceptively hollow to Momo now. “I was going to ask about how you enjoyed your time with your friends but, from the sounds of it, I believe you’re about ready for bed.”

“It was very nice,” Momo could at least concede that much, a small, more genuine smile gracing her lips. “I got to try a lot of new things. I made sure not to overdo it on the food, but some of the rides and experiences there were most enjoyable.”

“Oh, that’s good to hear, I’m glad you enjoyed yourself, darling,” Momo’s mother cooed through the line.

It almost felt like old times to the heiress when Momo’d learn a new skill or something interesting in one of her many lessons she could then gush to her parents about whenever they were able to share a dinner between their busy schedules. It always put a smile on her face when it seemed they were impressed with her enthusiasm or results.

Momo hadn’t been deceiving the others when she’d told them that her parents were kind and caring, but now that she knew of all the caveats and stipulations to retain that relationship, it made her second-guess anything she wanted to relay to her parents or if their responses were truly genuine.

“I’m sure you’re eager to get to bed, so I won’t keep you long,” Momo’s mother continued. “How did things go with Midoriya? I hope he was amenable to your proposition.”

Momo felt her lips twist as though she’d tasted something sour.

“It went well,” Momo replied evenly. “We spent a not insignificant portion of our time together today I believe he sincerely enjoyed. By the time I suggested that he consider alternative romantic pursuits, I’m certain he was receptive.”

“I would say so,” Momo’s mother giggled knowingly, causing her daughter to raise a brow that went unseen. “While I am glad your methods seemed to be effective, I’m sure I don’t need to remind you that certain displays of affection would reflect badly on you.”

Momo could tell the ‘and us’ remained unspoken.

“I was as discreet as I could be given the circumstances,” the heiress assured her.

“Providing all goes well, I’m certain this will be nothing to worry about,” Momo’s mother agreed, glancing over the picture one of the bodyguards had just about snapped of them kissing in the Ferris Wheel. “Still, would you say things are on track? We’re putting a great deal of faith in you for this, dear.”

“I’m more than aware, mother,” Momo withheld a sigh. “Rest assured that while Izuku knows where we stand, I’m also more certain than ever that he’ll become the next number one hero.”

“Oh?”

“He’s everything the public would look for in a hero; strong, brave, intelligent, not to mention his idolization of All Might and wanting to live up to his ideal. Izuku Midoriya… has something I think a lot of heroes have lost in recent years, and that is the drive to always do better, to improve a little more each day and be as… genuine as you can with yourself and those around you. While I do not intend to do a disservice to my work-study mentor, if those like Yoroi Musha can reach the top ten of the hero charts, then Izuku and many of my classmates are almost assured top spots in a few years.”

The line was silent for a few moments.

“He sounds like quite the inspiration,” Momo’s mother replied, causing Momo to clap a hand over her mouth, realising she may have vastly overshared. “I’m not going to lie, dear, your father and I were originally… hesitant to indulge your assurances of his value. While I’m sure there may be more suitable matches for you among your peers in our world, it seems this one has struck a notable chord with you.”

Momo frowned as, for the first time since they’d started, her mother’s words seemed genuine, lacking any deceptive layering.

“I’m not making this decision based on my emotions if that’s what you’re implying,” Momo replied with a touch of defensiveness in her tone.

“Don’t worry, dear. We’ve been able to assure that much,” Momo’s mother chuckled. “However, I will admit it’s pleasing to hear this decision wasn’t solely based on logic. Between you and I, there are several of your potential suitors that I did not care for.”

“Mother!” Momo surprised herself with a genuine chuckle.

“Business relationships aside, I’m glad that this Izuku is someone you will be able to get along with once all is said and done.”

“I…” Momo blinked, not quite sure how to respond. “I’m glad too.”

“Well then, I should let you go, dear,” Momo’s mother concluded, drawing their conversation to a close. “Make sure you get plenty of rest as I’m sure you’ll be quite busy sooner rather than later.”

“O-Oh?” Momo’s guard returned to full force at her mother’s insinuation. “How so?”

“You’ll know when we’ve finalised more details, dear. Your father sends his love. Bye for now.”

“Goodbye, Mother,” Momo replied slowly, a fresh pang of worry settling in her chest.

With a sigh and lamenting the fact that it was good business sense to play one’s cards close to their chest, Momo knew there was nothing she could do right now other than ponder her parents’ schemes.

Knowing she wasn’t in any state of mind to try and guess their plans, let alone take countermeasures for them, the weary heiress decided to call it a night and crawl into her bed.

Across the country, Momo’s mother closed the call and released her own sigh.

“That sounded productive,” Momo’s father said from his desk chair.

His wife nodded from her position on the couch, positioned off to the side of his office which she claimed whenever they needed to keep each other in the loop or work in tandem.

“I don’t doubt her emotions are clouding her judgment somewhat, but at least it seems she’s made a good choice considering the influence the next number one will have,” Momo’s mother remarked, standing from her spot and walking over to her husband. “At the very least, it seems she has this Izuku wrapped around her finger.”

“If he’s as smart as she says he is, then he’ll realise his best option,” Momo’s father nodded. “If not, I’m certain we can apply a little leverage.”

Walking around her husband’s desk, Momo’s mother spotted the image they’d been able to snag before it had been deleted. It would be a real shame if two young, promising heroes had their careers cut short by scandal. While it wouldn’t be enough to bury the pair if they should prove difficult, reputation meant a lot in an industry like theirs.

Closing the image of Tsuyu and Ochako’s surprised expressions when the Tunnel of Love camera caught their heated moment, Momo’s father filed it away for insurance should they prove more stubborn than their daughter predicted.

Notes:

Chapter summary:

- Class 1-A get ready to enjoy their trip to the theme park as Aizawa returns.

- Arriving at their destination, class 1-A and B greet each other along with Eri, Kota, and the big three of the third years. Heading into the park, everyone grabs complimentary animal ears with some notable blushing going around. After getting everything they need, everyone splits up to enjoy themselves only for some secretive eyes to track a pair of students.

- Kyoka and Momo enjoy the excuse to spend time together. They go on the bumper cars with some of their friends which, once Momo understands how the attraction works, she uses to demolish their rivals, much to their glee. After that, they head to a roller coaster which they can use to excuse their romantic hand-holding for one of scared support. That they happen to then go on similar rides is completely coincidental.

- The group reunite for lunch where, after a hearty meal, Izuku and Momo make their excuses to head off together while Mina and Tooru drag Kyoka with them. Ochako, Tsuyu, Todoroki, and Iida go to get a sugary treat where Iida and Ochako get a moment to chat. While he admits he was concerned about their three-way relationship, Iida is glad things are working out for his friends which Ochako is grateful for, though feels bad about their upcoming deception.

- Left to themselves, Ochako and Tsuyu come across the game-stalls. Due to costing money, Ochako is hesitant since they're known to be scams but gives it a go. After failing to win, Nejire, Eri, and Kota's group arrive to join the pair before Aizawa helps Eri win a prize of her own. After Kota fails to get his own prize, Tsuyu steps up and easily wins, donating her win to the young boy. After the kids depart, Ochako realises Tsuyu is upset who reveals she misses her family, feeling silly for wanting her girlfriend to win her a present. When Mina, Tooru, and Kyoka turn up, Kyoka then easily wins Tsuyu the plush frog she wanted and presents it to her. The frog girl is very grateful and is tempted to reward Kyoka naughtily.

- The girls come across the tunnel of love next. While Kyoka is hesitant to join them, Mina and Tooru get her in with them, both kissing her cheeks at the end of the ride which Kyoka is grateful for, enjoying the cheesiness of the ride but also that they can play it off as a joke to any suspicious eyes. Tsuyu and Ochako don't have as good an experience due to Tsuyu getting handsy and it being captured in the commemorative picture. Mina takes Ochako away to cool off while the others scold Tsuyu with Tooru taking her away to talk. Kyoka encouters Kirishima and Bakugo before deciding to go hang out with Kaminari as promised.

- Mina and Ochako have a heart-to-heart on the train ride with Ochako worrying about Tsuyu's instability when they need to fake break-up with Izuku. Mina assures her they'll do their best to support them all as a unit while also confiding in Ochako that her upcoming mission with Rock Lock and more has her worried. Due to the similar worries to the raid with the Yakuza, Ochako is able to comfort Mina and the two feel grateful that they are each other's partners.

- Tooru takes Tsuyu to the aquarium to scold her and remind her that they need to keep cool heads else they risk not just ruining things for Kyoka and Momo but for everyone. Tsuyu plays off Tooru's concerns as she's feeling vulnerable from missing her family and knowing that she'll be faking a break-up with Izuku soon but listens to her girlfriend when she assures her that they'll always try to stay together throughout the hard parts.

- Kaminari and Kyoka are scoping out potential dates only for Kyoka to grow upset when she spots a couple getting engaged, Kaminari, suspecting Kyoka's attraction to Momo, tries to assure her that Momo is just waiting to be asked out but Kyoka doesn't pick up on his hints, deciding not to let him in on her pain. Grateful for him being a good friend, Kyoka tries to pick up a girl for him only for the girl to be attracted to them both. Kyoka ensures only Kaminari ends up with the phone number, much to his delight.

- After a slightly awkward start, Momo and Izuku enjoy a good first date attending a show, going to the arcade, and finishing on the Ferris wheel. As they ride, they're both feeling the swell of affection for each other after a very enjoyable time and indulge in their feelings with some deep kisses, ensuring they are presentable once the ride is over. Returning to the entrance to depart, Iida spots them still together.

- The group and the class take some commemorative pictures as well as dipping into the gift ship before heading home.

- Momo's mother calls to celebrate Momo's successful date, though the heiress laments the joy she feels being tainted by their desire for her to ensare Izuku. After hanging up, it's clear Momo's parents were keeping a close eye on the day's activities.

Chapter 52: Ready to Raid?

Summary:

After Aizawa announces their next upcoming school event, Izuku and Tsuyu spend some time together while Mina heads out on a mission.

Notes:

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(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

Sleepover Curiosities

Chapter 52 – Ready to Raid?

After a day of carefree fun that most hadn’t enjoyed in a good long time, the students of class 1-A were surprisingly pumped to get back into classes the next day.

“Dude, I still can’t believe you actually managed to snag digits,” Sero chuckled.

“Yup!” Kaminari grinned brightly. “I’m gonna call her tonight and see if she’s free sometime.”

“Make sure you play it cool, man,” Kirishima warned. “Just be yourself and I’m sure she’ll find you super manly!”

“That’s kinda like what Kyoka said,” Kaminari grinned, dragging the punk-rock girl into their conversation.

“That’s slander and you can’t prove otherwise,” Kyoka smirked, earning a playful, wounded look from the blond she chuckled at.

“Well fine,” the blond huffed. “See if I introduce her to any of you when I sweep her off her feet.”

“Kidnapping is a crime, hun,” Mina snarked from the blond’s other side, earning her own look of pain from the blond.

“Jeez, nice to know my friends all have such faith in me,” he pouted, head sinking onto his desk.

“You’ll do fine, drama queen,” Kyoka chuckled.

“And if not, maybe Jiro or I’ve got a shot,” Sero teased, not realising how accurate it was as Kyoka suddenly became very focused on her desk.

“Pfft, yeah, right,” Bakugo scoffed from his desk, tilting his chair back with one arm over, “like you two could do any better. You’d probably both blow it too.”

“I thought that was your job,” Tokoyami muttered as he passed by Bakugo’s desk to reach his seat.

“Well duh, I-” He began, only to realise the double meaning of Tokoyami’s words that most others also heard. Kirishima was trying to suppress a smirk and blush while the others were giving them both knowing looks. “Fuck you, bird-brain!”

The class shared a laugh at the blushing blond before the door at the front of the class slid open as soon as the bell rang.

“Quiet down,” Aizawa reminded them, noting they were still too lackadaisical for his first official day back as he headed for the podium. “Good. Now, I’ve been made aware of what you’ve been up to since I’ve been gone, including the change Iida and Yaoyorozu made amongst themselves.” The two students sat up a little straighter. “Moving on, despite my absence your classwork appears to be acceptable, though the Principal and Mandalay were more forgiving than I was regarding your grades.”

“You’re not gonna change them, are you, sir?” Kaminari warily raised his hand.

“Luckily for you, I will not be,” Aizawa replied, causing blond to breathe a sigh of relief, along with those towards the bottom end of the class rankings. “However, any slacking you’ve been getting away with ends now. Work studies or not, you will maintain that Plus Ultra attitude I’ve come to expect of you, are we clear?”

“Yes, Mr Aizawa!” The class chorused.

“Good,” the teacher accepted after a momentary, evaluating glare before moving on to his next announcement. “One more thing, UA has been invited to take part in a joint training exercise between hero schools. Naturally, you’ve been signed up, and I expect you to perform at your peak. It’ll take place three weeks from now off-campus. That’s all.”

There was a momentary silence while Aizawa shuffled his papers before…

“What?!”

“Sir!” Iida raised his hand. “Could you please provide more information on this event, such as what exactly will be expected of us and what we need to prepare for?”

“Is it anything like what we did with class B?” Ojiro asked.

“How badly can we destroy them?” Bakugo grinned, eager for another opportunity to show up other schools.

“Settle down,” Aizawa called, causing the class to immediately quieten, though not without some nervous shuffling. “All I know is that it’ll be joint cooperative training, not a competition, unlike your provisional exams. I don’t know which schools will be taking part, nor what you’ll be expected to do on the day, until details are finalised closer to the time. As for preparations,” his eyes gleamed, “I hope you’re ready to go ‘Plus Ultra’.”

Several students gulped as it was clear that Aizawa was back.


Unfortunately, their teacher hadn’t been kidding as their homework load spiked considerably that day.

Returning to the dorms that evening didn’t mean relief for most, as usual, since they now had several assignments due within the week.

“Man, I can’t believe Mr Aizawa’s going so overboard,” Sato complained as the class entered their living space.

“Clearly he’s making up for lost time,” Shinso acknowledged.

“But we weren’t the one’s taking time off,” Kaminari groaned.

“Dude, lay off,” Kyoka extended a jack against his wrist and buzzed. “If he was taking that time off for personal reasons then we shouldn’t give him crap for it.”

“Oof, yeah, right,” Kaminari rubbed the back of his head. “Still though, did he have to encourage the other teachers to give us tons, too?”

“Not to mention we still have work studies,” Ojiro noted, getting an agreeing nod from Koda.

“This is only to be expected of UA in our final term,” Iida reminded them.

“Looks like we’re not gonna get another chance to enjoy ourselves like yesterday again for a while,” Kirishima remarked as he headed for the kitchen with Bakugo. “Thanks again for that, Yaoyorozu.”

“It was my pleasure,” Momo smiled. “Considering our current workload, however, even I feel the need to complete our assignments sooner rather than later due to the sheer volume.”

“Jeez, if you’re thinking that then maybe it’d be better to start now too,” Sato pondered.

“Once I understand the material myself, I’ll be happy to help out anyone who requires assistance,” Momo offered, sitting at a dining table and pulling her books out of her bag.

“That’s our class pres’,” Mina grinned, winking at her girlfriend, though planning on enjoying a nice soak in the bath before even thinking about attempting her homework.

“I should probably start that now too.” Ochako groaned, sitting down beside Momo and slumping over the table. “If I take a break, I probably won’t want it to end and put everything off.”

“I’ll help,” Izuku smiled as he sat down beside Momo and opposite Ochako, sending her a soft smile. “If we all work together it shouldn’t take too long.”

“Thanks, Izuku,” Ochako returned a smile in kind. “You too, Momo.”

“Of course,” the heiress brightened. “What are friends for?”

While their classmates began scattering, one girl held herself back. Though it was hard for most to discern, if any of her partners looked her way, they’d be able to discern the disjointed look on Tsuyu’s face.

“Um, ‘Chako, Izuku?” Tsuyu approached them both when others weren’t in earshot. “I was kind of hoping we could maybe go upstairs and relax together for a bit.”

Having pulled her books out to reluctantly reengage her brain in quadratics, Ochako looked over at Tsuyu and felt her lips thin.

“I er… sorry, Tsu. I’m not really in the mood,” she replied diplomatically.

“Endeavor’s got Bakugo, Todoroki, and me on a tight schedule, so I should probably focus on this,” Izuku apologised, hoping his girlfriend understood.

“Perhaps one of the others?” Momo suggested, glancing over to Mina and Tooru, who were in the kitchen grabbing refreshments for themselves, though the pinkette was now looking their way.

“Ribbi~it” Tsuyu croaked, resisting the urge to let her hands flex anxiously and turning her attention to their boyfriend. “Actually, because you were away most of last week, Izuku, I was hoping that-”

“Hey, Tsu!” A pink pair of arms settled on either side of the frog girl’s shoulders. “How ‘bout you and me have a nice long soak together? Been a while since we’ve done that.”

While Tsuyu turned her head to blink at her pink-haired girlfriend, Ochako mouthed a silent ‘thank you’ to the pinkette while Momo and Izuku were a little confused by the interjection.

“Uh, sure?” Tsuyu replied with a touch of confusion, “But I-”

“They’re gonna be doing borin’ ol’ homework so let’s do something fun before we grill the answers out of them,” Mina grinned cheekily.

“That’s not going to-” Momo began, only for Tsuyu to be driven away by Mina as she directed the girl towards the lifts.

“Can’t hear you, thanks, Momo, bye~e.”

With that, the pinkette and the frog girl had departed, leaving behind a slightly confused trio of partners.

“What was that about?” Izuku frowned, turning to the other two. Momo looked just as clueless as he did, but Ochako had a sheepish look on her face.

“I uh…” the brunette hesitated as she glanced around the room, trying to ensure there were no noticeable eavesdroppers. “Something happened yesterday with Tsu and me while you guys were off um… doing your thing.”

A light dusting of red coloured Momo’s cheeks at the pleasant reminder of yesterday.

“What was it?” Izuku asked curiously, feeling a pang of anxiety in his chest at Ochako’s expression.

“Well,” Ochako bit her lip, trying to find the right words. She didn’t want to colour their opinion of Tsuyu, but they needed to know about this. “When we split up, after Tsu and I separated from Iida and Todoroki, we found those stalls with the prizes…”

Ochako then proceeded to give the duo a condensed version of events from her perspective up until she and Mina reunited with Tooru and Tsuyu.

“Tsu seemed sorry, and I accepted her apology. We went on a couple more rides together with the five of us, but we didn’t have much time left before we needed to meet up,” the brunette concluded.

“I see,” Momo muttered, not quite sure what to make of the news.

“I’m… sorry Tsu er… made things awkward?” Izuku offered, unsure what to say too.

Ochako sighed and propped her head up on her elbows.

“It’s not like… I super minded,” she admitted, “but it wasn’t appropriate for the location or with your parents probably keeping tabs on us.”

“They were,” Momo confirmed, causing both Izuku and Ochako to grimace. “I’m unsure if they’re aware of Tsuyu’s infraction, however.”

“Hopefully they’re not,” Izuku nodded. “Still, did you guys decide what to do about it?”

“Well, not… really,” Ochako sighed again. “We’re just keeping an eye on her right now, and Mina said she’d run interference like she has. If she does anything else that steps over a line though, then I think we need to seriously talk to her about it.”

“You mean like when I…” Momo trailed off, hoping Ochako got the hint as to what she was referring to. Thankfully, Ochako seemed to understand with a nod.

“We’re hoping it doesn’t come to that, especially with… everything going on,” Ochako glanced between Momo and their shared boyfriend, “but we don’t want to risk anything going wrong on your end.”

“Appreciated,” Momo sent her a consoling smile.

“So just… keep an eye out, okay?” Ochako asked of the pair. Izuku and Momo returned a pair of nods that made the brunette feel at least a little better now that they were all in the know about the Tsuyu issue. The only real problem left now was if Tsuyu would try to step over that line again in the future.

For now, the subject was dropped, and the trio began working on their maths homework together while chatting about the happier moments of their day out. Though the three attracted some curious eyes as their study session stretched on, no one seemed to think anything more about how naturally they laughed and joked together.


After Ochako’s update about Tsuyu, Izuku went to bed that night with more than a little concern.

He wasn’t so worried about any potential backlash from Momo’s parents, but rather that Tsuyu slipped up in a way he didn’t expect of her. Usually, she was so in control of her emotions and actions that everything felt deliberate whenever she did something, but from what Ochako told him, Tsuyu hadn’t been thinking, and it had hurt both of them.

During class the next day, Izuku took the time to glance Tsuyu’s way a little more than normal, and, despite the face she was putting on, he could tell she wasn’t her usual happy, froggy self.

Considering what he figured she was about to ask when she approached them the previous day, the green-haired boy waited until after their final class before talking to her.

“Hey, Tsu,” he smiled brightly as he approached.

“Hi, Izuku,” Tsuyu’s smile emerged in a way the boy could tell was genuine.

“Want to walk back together?” He asked, holding out his hand.

“Sure,” Tsuyu nodded, quickly stowing the last of her school supplies before reaching for her boyfriend’s comforting touch.

Ochako and the others of their group glanced curiously at the pair when they departed without waiting for them, but a look exchanged between them had them reach the same conclusion; hopefully, Tsuyu might be a bit more receptive to suggestions now that she felt a bit calmer.

Leading the departure from their class and heading back to the dorms, Izuku and Tsuyu both didn’t feel the need to talk until they had a little more privacy out in the open air, where the frog girl let out a happy ribbit when she felt the cool breeze on her skin.

“That’s better,” she let her shoulders drop some of the tension she was carrying.

“It was a bit stuffy, wasn’t it?” Izuku smiled.

“A little, ribbit,” Tsuyu nodded, but drew his attention with a firm hand-squeeze, “but I was more talking about this.”

“Oh, yeah,” Izuku chuckled as he squeezed back, savouring the contact with just one of the amazing girls he could call his ‘girlfriend’. Sometimes he still couldn’t believe how lucky he was, but that also came with some rather unlucky caveats. “I’m sorry we didn’t get to hang out more at the theme park,” he apologised.

“Don’t worry about that, ribbit,” Tsuyu brushed off easily. “Momo got us season passes so we can always go during the summer break, though there might be a lot more people there.”

“Yeah,” Izuku mused, though he kept his reservations silent. He had no idea how long he and Momo would need to keep up the arrangement they were about to enter into, and being too friendly with Tsuyu could potentially cause difficulties. “Hopefully we can sort out all the um… stuff with Momo by then.”

He could feel an unease emanating from Tsuyu just by how her grip changed at the reminder.

“Hopefully,” she mused with a nod.

Izuku felt his anxiety climb as, even after all the experience he’d gained with the girls, sometimes he felt his social skills left much to be desired, awkwardly not knowing what to say next.

“D-Did you um… have fun while Momo and I-”

“Ochako told you, huh?” Tsuyu chuckled, though there was no mirth in her tone.

“Yeah,” Izuku admitted with a touch of guilt, though a similar weight settled in Tsuyu’s chest.

“About how I ruined things?”

“Y-You didn’t ruin them,” Izuku quickly tried to assure her. “She was just… um… not expecting that sort of thing right then, y’know?”

“I know,” Tsuyu let out a sigh. “I already told her I’m sorry.”

“And she’s accepted it,” Izuku reminded her, “just um… maybe give her some time to herself for a bit.”

“Is that why you wanted to talk to me alone now, ribbit?” Tsuyu turned to him, big eyes shining with vulnerability that hurt Izuku to look into.

Izuku felt his chest tense at the callout but knew better than to deny it. Instead, he let out a resigned sigh and released Tsuyu’s hand. The frog girl looked almost panicked for a second before his arm wrapped around her shoulder and pulled her in for a hug while they walked.

“You’re um… a silly frog sometimes, aren’t you?”

“M-Maybe,” Tsuyu replied with a small croak.

“Ochako um… she told me that you weren’t doing so well before that happened,” Izuku relayed, “about your family?”

Tsuyu let out another sad croak.

“I miss them, even though I shouldn’t. Well, not my parents anyway.”

“They’re just… being a bit difficult, that’s all,” Izuku shook his head, wishing the older Asuis could see how much their rejection was hurting their daughter. Though he wondered just how Ganma and Beru would take knowing that Tsuyu had so many wonderful partners and he was the only male among the six, even with how sincere they all were in their love for his eldest daughter.

“That’s an understatement,” Tsuyu chuckled humourlessly while wrapping her arm around Izuku and squeezing him tightly, trying to extract what comfort she could from her boyfriend. “I hope they come around but… I don’t know what to do until then. I miss my brother and sister and… and my mom and dad.”

“I know,” Izuku said, cuddling and kissing the top of her head as they approached the dorms, “but don’t um… try not to let that get to you. You’ve still got all of us if you want to talk.”

“I’ve got you and Ochako out here, ribbit,” Tsuyu noted, gesturing around them. “And the others where no one can see us, but I’m beginning to understand Kyoka more and I hate it.”

“Because of what we’ll-”

“Yes, ribbit,” Tsuyu answered curtly, not wanting to dwell on the subject more than necessary. “I just… I like being happy and you all make me happy, ri-ribbit.”

“I should hope so,” Izuku chuckled. “You make us happy too, Tsu.”

The frog girl closed her eyes and smiled up at her boyfriend as they approached the steps to the dorm, and Izuku noted a pair of tears had begun to form at the corner of his girlfriend’s eyes. Reaching up with his free hand, he gently brushed them away with a tender touch that Tsuyu leant into, her hand encompassing his and using it to cup her face.

Looking down at the adorable frog girl, Izuku couldn’t help leaning in for a kiss, his lips pressing softly against Tsuyu’s, who gently began leaning into it in response.

Having heard how Tsuyu was with Ochako, Izuku was almost tentative with how he pulled back, hoping Tsuyu wouldn’t try to take this further in the public space, but his worries were for nought as Tsuyu let him retreat, focusing instead on running her hand along his.

“I feel safe when you hold me, ribbit,” Tsuyu smiled, leaning into his touch. “Like I don’t need to worry as much anymore.”

“Well, as much as I can, I’ll always try and be here for you, Tsu,” Izuku smiled. “I’m sure the others feel the same.”

It was a sweet moment, one that unfortunately came to an end when Izuku’s phone beeped. With an apologetic look at Tsuyu, he released his girlfriend, pulled out the annoying device, and checked the text he received.

“Endeavor wants us all tomorrow for at least three days,” he stated simply, unable to keep a little disappointment out of his tone.

“He’s pushing you hard,” Tsuyu said neutrally.

“Well, he wants Todoroki to be the best, and Kacchan and I are kinda along for the ride,” the One-For-All user nodded, determined not to waste the chance he was given to work with the number one pro.

“Does this mean you’re not leaving tonight?” Tsuyu asked curiously.

“It… doesn’t look like it,” Izuku confirmed, quickly scanning the text again.

“Good,” Tsuyu noted before taking Izuku’s wrist and quickly ushering him into the dorms.

“Uh, Tsu, what-?”

“You’re not leaving without a proper goodbye this time,” Tsuyu announced as they beelined past the entrance area and into an elevator, not even stopping to remove their shoes as the frog girl hit the button for her floor. Once the doors closed behind them, she looked at her boyfriend and felt her façade begin to crumble under his questioning gaze. “You’ve been really busy with work studies and everything else recently. I just… want some time with my boyfriend too… please?”

Izuku felt his heart tug at his girlfriend’s plea. He hadn’t meant to, but between Endeavor, school, and everything else, time was becoming a more and more prized resource, and the last time he really spent with Tsuyu in private was with Ochako when they visited his mom to reveal themselves. As much as he loved them all, there was only so much free time he had to spread around, and his green-haired girlfriend was clearly feeling it.

With a comforting smile, Izuku rotated his wrist in Tsuyu’s grasp until he could take her hand once more.

“That sounds really nice, Tsu,” he nodded, causing the frog girl’s face to light up.

No sooner did the doors open than did Tsuyu and Izuku exit with a happy giggle on the frog girl’s part. Quickly making their way over to her door, Tsuyu let them both in with urgency and hurried to close it behind her.

No matter how many times he entered, Izuku would always feel a little out of place in any of his girlfriend’s rooms, looking around as though it wasn’t familiar by now. He briefly paused to see the frog plush from the theme park trip sitting on Tsuyu’s bed, covering the green pillow she got for Christmas, which was clearly on the ‘Yes’ side.

When the lock clicked behind him, Izuku figured he had an idea where the afternoon might lead, but if that’s what his girlfriend wanted after he’d been so busy, then who was he to deny her?

He shrugged off his backpack just in time as, out of the public eye, Tsuyu had dropped hers much faster before using her powerful legs to jump at her boyfriend. It was only thanks to his reaction time and strength that he was able to catch her without tripping over himself.

“Woah!”

“Good catch, ribbit,” Tsuyu smirked, leaning in close.

“Be more careful, Tsu,” Izuku chided, shaking his head.

“I knew you’d catch me with those big, strong muscles you’ve been building,” the frog girl chuckled as she squeezed one of his biceps.

A twinge of pride settled in Izuku’s chest, puffing it up ever so slightly at the recognition.

“I could still do better,” he noted. “I still can’t hold even half of One-For-All.”

“Not right now,” Tsuyu nodded before closing the gap between them and stealing a kiss, applying just a bit of tongue to tempt him into parting his lips before she pulled back. “You’ll get there though, ribbit.” Even though Izuku had faith in himself reaching said goal, hearing it said so firmly from Tsuyu did wonders for his confidence. “After all, how are you gonna carry us all over the threshold on our group wedding day?”

“H-Huh?!” Izuku baulked, the image of himself and his six beautiful girlfriends in wedding wear taking shape in his mind. “T-That’s um… a-a long way away yet, T-Tsu.”

“Not too long for some of us if Momo’s parents get their way,” Tsuyu chuckled, though it lacked the same mirth her previous teasing carried, which Izuku noticed as Tsuyu’s eyes dropped from his. “Can we sit down?” She asked suddenly.

“Oh? Uh, yeah, sure,” Izuku nodded, glancing around behind him to make sure nothing except his bag was behind him before turning and sitting on the edge of Tsuyu’s bed when it seemed she wasn’t ready to relinquish her leg-locked hold around his waist.

Able to relax now that there was no risk of dropping his precious girlfriend, Izuku leaned back on his arms as Tsuyu idly played with his stubby tie.

“Something on your mind?” Izuku asked, noting the sudden shift in the girl. Tsuyu remained silent for a moment, trying to lengthen Izuku’s tie but having no success before she spoke again.

“I missed you,” she mumbled.

“I’m-” Izuku began to offer comfort, only to hesitate. He knew Tsuyu meant more than she was saying, and simple platitudes probably weren’t what she was looking for. “I know, Darling,” he chuckled when Tsuyu’s eyes met his again as he almost whispered her nickname. “I don’t know when things’ll er… get less busy, but I promise to try and make as much time for you as I can.”

“Even when you’re Momo’s boyfriend?” Tsuyu glanced at him warily.

“Aren’t I already?” Izuku chuckled, getting an eyeroll and headshake from the girl who decided to seize the opportunity and go for a weak spot on her boyfriend, sliding her hands under his jacket and tickling his underarms.

Izuku jumped, jerking his arms as Tsuyu pressed her weight down on him, causing him to flop back on her bedcovers while his girlfriend leaned in close.

“You know what I mean, Squishy,” she mumbled. “Promise you’ll be there for me?”

It was an easy promise to make, and Izuku was sure any of the others would do the same in his situation.

“I promise, Darling,” he leaned up and sealed it with a kiss. “We’re all in this together, remember? How else are we um… gonna fill that big house you want?”

“I can think of a few ways,” Tsuyu chuckled with a cheeky tone, rolling her hips a single time, greatly aware she was pressing hers into Izuku’s. It didn’t take more than a few seconds for Izuku’s face to start colouring red and a notable pressure to make its presence known on her leg.

With a more lascivious giggle, Tsuyu leaned forward while simultaneously reaching back with one hand to feel for the bulge she knew was growing.

“Did you get all backed up with Momo?” Tsuyu purred into his ear. “Did it feel weird not taking her to bed and pumping her full after your date?”

“T-Tsu!” Izuku gasped, only to get a naughty giggle from the girl.

“Her loss, ribbit,” she smirked, extending her tongue out to lick her lips with an exaggerated motion, only to pull it back in and take on a less playful expression. “Though I’m glad you two are getting along now.”

“Yeah, me too,” Izuku smiled fondly, recalling the very pleasant afternoon he spent in the heiress’ company, only to gasp as Tsuyu gripped his growing length. “Tsu!”

“Ribbit,” the girl giggled again before leaning back and beginning to shed her clothes.

When she was topless atop Izuku, the boy felt his mind go blissfully blank for a moment as he caught a face full of Tsuyu’s bouncy yet firm assets when they were released. His mind, unfortunately, returned to the present when he caught sight of the compression sleeve on Tsuyu’s arm, covering what remained of the mark his quirk had given her.

Though she was already feeling eager to get to the physical stuff, Tsuyu paused when she spotted Izuku’s expression fall as his eyes landed on her arm. She reached out to clutch at the compression sleeve lightly, knowing the scar underneath looked worse than it felt.

“Does… it still hurt?” Izuku asked softly, focus not wavering from that spot.

“It’s still tender, ribbit,” Tsuyu admitted. “I get a twinge now and then, but it’s mostly fine.”

“I’m sorry…” he mumbled, guilt pooling in his stomach.

“It wasn’t your fault, Izuku,” Tsuyu assured him, reaching down to cup his face with the hand on her marked arm. “I’ve already gotten my own back on the one in your quirk who did it.”

The green-haired boy could’ve sworn he heard muffled chuckling from somewhere, but pushed the thought aside in favour of reaching up to caress Tsuyu’s arm.

“May I?” He asked tentatively, fingers dipping under the compression sleeve.

“It’s not the most pleasant to look at,” Tsuyu admitted, feeling a little self-conscious about it now.

“Mine’s not either,” Izuku chuckled, causing Tsuyu to remember her boyfriend’s similar mark.

She gently reached up and eased his hand off her sleeve, noting the numerous little scars lining his hands that made his touch a little rougher in addition to the calluses he’d built up from all the heavy lifting he’d done.

“Guess we both need to do better,” Tsuyu remarked, bringing one of Izuku’s hands to her lips and kissing one of his scars. Izuku smiled fondly as she did before she kissed another, then another, working her way up and along his arms.

“If um… you keep kissing me like that, I might have to get more,” Izuku attempted to joke, if only to hide the fact that he couldn’t quite feel all of Tsuyu’s affection.

“Ribbit, I don’t like it when you hurt yourself,” Tsuyu replied sadly, “but I know what you did to get these marks now.” She repeated a kiss on one of them. “These are from when you tried to help Todoroki during the sports festival, weren’t they?”

“Y-Yeah,” Izuku nodded. “M-Maybe I could’ve held back a bit more.”

“If you had, I don’t think your words would’ve reached him,” Tsuyu acknowledged, lowering her hands to his chest before reaching for his shirt buttons. Without a word, Izuku helped her, and after leaning up to slip his arms out of his school jacket and top, Tsuyu’s eyes were fixed on his own compression sleeve. “And that,” she ran a delicate finger down the outside of her boyfriend’s arm, “is when you saved Kota from that villain.”

“Muscular,” Izuku mumbled, remembering the fight almost too well and feeling a phantom pain shoot through his arm as though it recalled going beyond. He didn’t stop Tsuyu when she gently pulled down his sleeve, revealing the discoloured and irritated-looking skin that lay beneath.

Admittedly, Tsuyu could concede that his bicep scar was worse than hers, but it didn’t make her any less self-conscious.

After the frog girl had leaned down to place a small flutter of kisses against the parts of Izuku’s arm scar she could reach, deliciously distracting Izuku simultaneously when her breasts and nipples pressed against his chest, Izuku used his free arm to reach for Tsuyu’s compression sleeve again and pulled her attention back to him.

“You may not have gotten yours in a battle,” Izuku acknowledged, “but even though… I-I am the reason you have it, you’re still here, still loving me and making me feel like I’m worth that love.”

“Of course you-”

“I know,” Izuku cut her off with a quick kiss. “I know that, Darling, but there’s a difference between knowing something and knowing something, remember?”

“Eloquent, ribbit,” Tsuyu giggled, causing Izuku to roll his eyes fondly.

While she was sufficiently distracted, Izuku reached up with his other arm to hold Tsuyu tight before using the muscles he had to roll them over, putting Tsuyu on the bottom, though she didn’t much relinquish her hold around his middle.

“Eager, are we?” Tsuyu’s smile deepened into a smirk.

“Not quite yet,” Izuku shook his head before beginning to tug the girl’s compression sleeve down. Unlike before, Tsuyu didn’t fight him, but the hesitant look returned to her face. When the garment was completely removed, Izuku looked back at her wound and found the patch of discoloured skin his quirk had harmed. “I know it’s not the most pleasant, but seeing this… it reminds me just how full of love you are despite my screw ups,” he leant down himself to kiss the old wound as Tsuyu watched him closely until he seemingly finished and shot her his awkward yet charming smile. “Sometimes, maybe that love gets built up a bit too much and stops you from thinking straight,” he shot her a knowing glance, which she had the good grace to look a little ashamed at, “but it’s just one of the reasons why I love you, Tsu.”

Tsuyu wasn’t sure if it was his adorable face, his words, or her hormones running wild, but she could swear her heart skipped a beat.

With urgency, she grabbed her boyfriend’s face and brought him in for a long, deep kiss, their lips parting instantly as their tongues did battle, though Tsuyu was just about able to hold off going any further with her boyfriend until they both needed to pull back for air.

When they did, Izuku had a goofy, love-drunk expression, but a few caresses from Tsuyu’s hand brought him back to the moment.

“I love you too, Izuku, ribbit,” Tsuyu smiled brightly, a fresh pair of happy tears pooling at the corner of her eyes. “So, so much that it hurts sometimes!”

Izuku chuckled and cupped Tsuyu’s face in return.

“Just tell me how I can help,” he smiled.

‘Ever the hero,’ Tsuyu resisted the urge to roll her eyes fondly, instead reaching down, tracing her fingers down the outline of his toned chest and stomach until she reached the spot where their hips were joined, save for the clothes between them.

“I want you, Izuku,” the frog girl answered simply. “As hard and as much as you can give me.”

Izuku was admittedly a little surprised it wasn’t something softer, but, considering Tsuyu’s recent emotional state, this could be her way of venting.

With one last kiss, Izuku pulled back from his girlfriend, who finally relinquished her hold on him as he stepped back to drop his trousers and step out of his shoes and socks. Similarly, Tsuyu had stripped the last of her own clothes off, but before Izuku could resume his position, the frog girl slid off the bed and dropped to her knees in front of him.

“I’ve been waiting for this,” Tsuyu grinned up at him wrapping one hand around his pulsing cock as it continued rising to full mast. Before Izuku could interject, not that he had any desire to, Tsuyu was stroking his cock with one hand while her other sought out his balls, delicately caressing them in a way that made his toes already curl.

“T-Tsu,” he groaned, eyes closed while reaching out to grip the air and hesitant to do anything that would make the girl stop. After a few moments of enjoying the expressions he was making, Tsuyu decided to speak up.

“You can hold my head, ribbit.”

“Eh?” Izuku looked down, still a little hesitant. “Are you sure?”

“I’m not restrained like Tooru was,” Tsuyu reminded him. “Besides, it won’t feel as good when you cum otherwise.”

The green-haired boy blinked dumbly for a moment, putting two and two together.

“If you’re sure,” he nodded cautiously, resting his hands gently on her head. Tsuyu simply grinned in response before turning her attention back to his cock. She wanted to feel Izuku everywhere, and she wasn’t going to waste this chance having him all alone and so willing, especially since he likely wouldn’t be around for a while again soon.

Licking her lips, Tsuyu’s tongue poked out shortly after, reaching out almost tentatively to accompany her hand to swirl around her boyfriend’s sensitive tip. His toes curled again at the sensations and Tsuyu couldn’t hold back a giggle. It didn’t take her long before she felt him gently tug on her hair, wanting to be put out of his misery, which she was more than eager to oblige.

Instead of pulling her tongue back, Tsuyu instead corkscrewed it around his cock and opened her mouth sufficiently wide at the tip. Izuku's gasp sent a shiver of pleasure down her spine, but she wasn’t done, not by a long shot. Tsuyu wanted Izuku rutting her hard, hard enough that she wouldn’t have the capacity to remember to feel sorry for herself in the morning.

After more than a few moments milking her boyfriend with nothing but her tongue, Tsuyu felt him tug on her head again and let her lips engulf his rod, slowly sliding down until she reached the base and sucked to let him really feel the pressure.

“F-Fuck…” Her boyfriend swore, which Tsuyu felt a bit of pride from; it wasn’t easy to get him to that point. It didn’t stop her activity either, continuing to fondle his sack and try to almost suck her goal out of him. Tsuyu had no trouble breathing thanks to her larger-than-average mouth and throat, leaving plenty of room to breathe through her nose whenever she wasn’t deepthroating her boyfriend. “Tsu!”

Izuku was struggling. His girlfriend had gone from zero to a hundred incredibly quickly and he almost felt ready to release there and then. It was only thanks to the tolerance he’d built up due to his diverse experiences with all his partners that he’d been able to hang on this long.

“I-I can’t hold it.”

That was exactly what Tsuyu was after. Knowing her boyfriend was close and almost too eager to release inside her, she extended her tongue further until it wrapped around his, admittedly hairy, balls and gently pulled on them while slathering them with saliva.

Izuku had never felt such a sensation, his knees almost buckling at his mind’s eye image of how he and Tsuyu looked. Throwing any last caution to the wind as he felt himself pass the point of no return, Izuku took hold of Tsuyu’s head firmly and pulled it close while thrusting up, unleashing hot rope after rope of cum into his girlfriend’s throat.

As soon as she felt the liquid hitting her stomach, Tsuyu let out a deeply satisfied moan which only encouraged Izuku further with the vibrations running through his cock.

After a few weakening thrusts, Izuku had finally released all he would for the moment and released his hold on his girlfriend’s head. Tsuyu pulled back slowly, tightening her tongue around her boyfriend’s cock as she did to extract all that she could before releasing it with a sloppy ‘pop’.

The green-haired boy looked down at the lewd face his girlfriend was making as she took her time reeling her tongue in, ensuring he watched as she savoured the dribbles of white liquid that’d stuck to it before she swallowed what was left.

“Mmm, that hit the spot, ribbit.”

“Tsu!” Izuku immediately flushed despite what they’d just done together. “T-That’s too much.”

“Oh?” Tsuyu tilted her head innocuously, putting her finger to her chin in that adorably familiar way. “Then I probably definitely shouldn’t do this,” she rose to her feet, very aware she was a little shorter than her boyfriend, before turning around and bending over her bed while spreading her legs invitingly. “Is this too much too? Or how about this?”

Tsuyu’s tongue emerged from her mouth again, winding its way under her and through her legs to curl back and rub at her lower lips. She felt her own anticipation building as she heard Izuku’s shuddering breath of desire as she slid her tongue into herself. Even if she was just using her heteromorphic assets like normal, she knew quirk-play would keep Izuku going.

“Ready for round 2, ribbit?”

“C-Can you…” Izuku swallowed nervously, feeling his cock rapidly regaining stamina. “C-Can you keep your tongue there?”

“If that’s what you want,” Tsuyu grinned, wiggling it in place seductively.

Izuku waited only a few more moments as he stroked his moistened cock back to full mast, licking his lips eagerly as he took his place behind his girlfriend and aimed his cock at her occupied hole. Gently pressing it against her tongue, Izuku used his thumb to help guide it into his partner, his breath shuddering at the tightness of sharing the space with the muscle.

Tsuyu let out a slow, wanton moan as she felt Izuku’s length slowly slide into her until her boyfriend bottomed out inside, both uttering a grunt when his hips hit her rear.

“D-Damn that feels… a-amazing,” Izuku breathed carefully, trying desperately not to focus on all the sensations he was currently experiencing with his still sensitive cock.

“Y-Yeah, ribbit,” Tsuyu agreed, barely resisting the urge to close her legs and squeeze to intensify the sensations. “I’m ready when you are.”

While Izuku took a minute to calm down, gently trying to distract himself by lovingly caressing Tsuyu’s rear, the girl was doing everything she could to not lick her boyfriend’s cock like a lollipop inside herself.

“Ready,” Izuku soon declared and slowly began pulling his cock back.

They both grunted with pleasure again when he thrust all the way in once more before slowly starting to pump away. It was delightful to both of them, but unfortunately for them both, it was almost too good.

“Tsu, I don’t think I can do this too long,” Izuku admitted, already feeling the urge to release for a second time.

That wouldn’t do for the frog girl.

“Can I try something?” Tsuyu asked.

“Uh, okay?” Izuku replied curiously.

When Izuku next thrust inside her, Tsuyu coiled her tongue around the base of her boyfriend’s cock and tightened it firmly.

“A-Ah!” Izuku gasped, feeling his urge to cum briefly surge before the intensity of Tsuyu’s grip made it fade. “Uh… o-okay, wow, that works.”

“Remind me to ask Momo to make you a cock ring, ribbit,” Tsuyu smirked, glancing back over her should.

“What will that do?” Izuku asked despite having a very strong idea.

“Exactly what we’re about to do,” Tsuyu replied coyly, wiggling her rear, “let you pound me for much longer. Now show me some of that strength you’ve built up.”

With Tsuyu’s tongue clutching the root of his cock tightly, Izuku tried a test thrust and found himself much more resistant to the sensations surrounding him.

“Okay, Tsu, here I go,” Izuku declared, gripping his girlfriend’s toned rear firmly. Tsuyu simply braced herself, pre-emptively gripping her sheets for what she hoped was cumming.

With strong, powerful thrusts, Izuku started pumping into his girlfriend with gusto.

“Ri-Ribbit!” Tsuyu groaned as she felt her boyfriend’s length with her added improvised tongue cock ring girth spread her wider than she’d expected most deliciously. Her shaky arms soon collapsed and she could faintly taste her bedcovers with her tongue when she pressed her face into them, but that barely even registered to the girl.

“You like that Tsu?” Izuku grunted as he tried to bottom out inside his girlfriend with each thrust, finally able to get some momentum in his movements now that he wasn’t so at risk of finishing.

“M-More!” Tsuyu mumbled, having to turn her face to the side to get the words out instead of speaking them into the mattress. “U-Use your quirk!”

Izuku felt the hesitation overcome him again, but it was only for a moment. He was in full control right now and Tsuyu was asking for it. Though he didn’t produce any sparks, he felt a fraction of One-For-All begin running through his body as his thrusting speed increased.

The sound of flesh slapping flesh began echoing in the room as Izuku tried to almost force his way deeper inside his girlfriend, which she was greatly encouraging. Without realising, Izuku inadvertently lifted Tsuyu’s hips higher to better thrust inside her, the frog girl’s feet tiptoeing for a moment before even that wasn’t enough for them to touch the ground as her boyfriend impaled her on himself.

The very idea caused Tsuyu’s toes to curl as she surrendered herself to the lust she’d induced in Izuku.

Moans and groans soon grew louder and more frequent before Tsuyu’s shaky hands released her sheets with great effort. With one, she reached under herself and began fingering her clit the way she adored while the other gripped one of her cheeks and pulled herself apart as best she could.

“I-Izuku! I-Inside!”

When Tsuyu’s tongue released its firm hold around the base of Izuku’s cock, the boy felt the full flood of sensation return to him as his girlfriend’s walls clenched tightly around him with each thrust.

With a muffled cry from burying her face into the sheets, Tsuyu’s fingering had helped herself reach her peak first. Izuku barely needed a thrust or two more to feel his balls squeeze with all their might to unleash a heavy load inside his girlfriend.

“Tsu!” He cried, cementing his hips with hers as he felt himself pulse and empty himself inside Tsuyu’s willing womb. He was incredibly glad the girl was on the pill as, with the gloopy sensation building around his cock, he imagined he’d delivered more than enough of his essence to give any potential tadpoles a good chance of being born.

When his cock released its final spurt, Izuku and Tsuyu felt their muscles relax and fatigue quickly begin to set in.

Realising he was quite literally holding his girlfriend up, Izuku gingerly lowered Tsuyu’s hips until her feet could touch the ground again, but they barely lasted a second before they collapsed under their own weight as Tsuyu tried to regain control of herself.

“A-Are you alright, Tsu?” Izuku asked, his breathing laboured after his great effort.

“Rib~bit,” she replied groggily, tongue limp and now tasting the floor.

Fearing he might’ve gone too far, Izuku found the energy to step back before helping his girlfriend into a better position, picking her up and kicking the sheets open to lay her in the bed, her tongue now safely back in her mouth. He grimaced when her pussy oozed his essence onto the base sheet and reached for a tissue.

“L-Leave it,” Tsuyu gently shook her head. “I like feeling you.”

“It’ll get uh… uncomfortable,” Izuku chuckled awkwardly.

The frog girl simply shrugged in response before weakly holding her arms up, wordlessly asking for a hug.

“Join me?”

Izuku couldn’t resist her ask and nudged her over a little so he could slid between the sheets with her, very aware his drenched cock would leave stains on the underside of the covers.

Tsuyu croaked happily and wrapped her arms around him, nuzzling his cheek as she held him tightly.

“That was amazing,” she grinned.

“Yeah, it was,” Izuku agreed, feeling fatigued but also noticing some of the tension he’d been carrying had been released.

For a moment, the two lay there in blissful silence, simply feeling and listening to each other’s breathing while revelling in the afterglow.

When Tsuyu spoke up again, it almost made Izuku baulk.

“Ready for round three?”

“W-What?”

“Round three,” Tsuyu chuckled, nudging his hips with hers. “You’ve still got one more hole to fill.”

Izuku felt his cock wearily stir but he knew he’d spent practically his entire tank at this point.

“I’m… not sure if I can,” he chuckled.

“C’mon, where’s that ‘Plus Ultra’ spirit?” Tsuyu grinned, nuzzling his cheek again.

“Currently leaking out of you,” Izuku retorted, rubbing Tsuyu’s side and along her leg.

“You can do it, I believe in you, ribbit,” Tsuyu chuckled, kissing along his cheek until she reached her lips and slid her tongue along them.

His cock stirred again and Izuku could feel that it might indeed be possible to do as Tsuyu wanted but he was beginning to see what Ochako was talking about regarding Tsuyu’s urges. Even after the intense experience they’d just shared, Tsuyu was pushing for more, and this was much more than simply exchanging kisses on a theme park ride.

Pushing Tsuyu gently so she rolled onto her back, Izuku rolled with her, clambering over her leg until he’d settled between hers with his cock lying atop her dropping pussy.

“Tsu,” he began with a small sigh. “B-Before we do um… I think I see what Ochako was talking about.”

Tsuyu’s breath caught and her eyes widened.

“H-Hey, just um… let me finish, okay?” He asked before she could panic too much which Tsuyu carefully agreed to with a nod. “I… don’t mind this,” he emphasised with a gentle hip thrust, “it’s… really fun and I get why we all enjoy it so much but… you need to be a bit more careful when we’re out in public, okay?”

“I know…” Tsuyu glanced away, “b-but,”

“But,” Izuku continued for her, “I think we should all remember you are a bit of a greedy frog who needs some extra attention right now, right?”

“R-Ribbit,” Tsuyu nodded slowly

“So um… if you can promise us you’ll be more careful, we’ll try our best to try and keep you er… satisfied with this kind of love when we can.”

“I-I promise,” Tsuyu nodded eagerly before Izuku rested his elbows on either side of her arms, lowering his hands to cup her face before gently pulling her in for a kiss.

“Then um,” he grinned bashfully, flexing his cock as it flopped with partial life on Tsuyu’s crotch, “I guess I better fulfil my part of that agreement now.”

“Ribbit!” The frog girl brightened, widening her legs a little further and reaching up to pull her boyfriend in for another searing kiss.

Izuku’s cock stirred again as Tsuyu’s tongue snaked around his and filled his mouth. Tsuyu didn’t need to be a mind reader to understand the reaction she was causing as she slowly pushed it into Izuku’s throat the way he liked which brought him back to full strength.

As his hands caressed her sides, Tsuyu clenched her stomach while reaching down between them, taking hold of Izuku’s somewhat firm cock and lowering it until it was directed at her rear entrance. Technically, she should’ve cleaned herself up before they did this, but they could just take care of any mess afterwards.

Her puckered hole was already lubed up from the cum that had dribbled delightfully down her crack and brought her even greater pleasure as Izuku used it to press himself into her once again. When he tried to speak, Tsuyu slowly reeled her tongue in to free up her boyfriend’s throat.

“Ha-ah!” Izuku groaned, feeling Tsuyu’s slightly different tightness around his length again. “I-I’m um… not sure how long I can go like this.”

“Just do your best, ribbit,” Tsuyu assured him, caressing his adorable face with her hands while wrapping her legs around his waist once again. “Just give me everything you can for as long as you can.”

The double meaning wasn’t lost on the green-haired boy as he was now determined to make this an experience they would both treasure and remember.

Gripping her sheets tightly, Izuku began thrusting into his girlfriend once more while she ribbited cutely with every few thrusts.

As his cock pushed in, more of his own cum leaked out of Tsuyu’s pussy, running down to continue to coat and lube his cock which only encouraged him further. The idea of Tsuyu leaking from all three holes with his essence had been a desirable image and he was about to make that a reality.

His thrusts sped up and Izuku bit his lip to stave off his orgasm just a little longer, wanting as much time as he could buy to give his girlfriend everything she wanted.

“F-Fill me up, ribbit!” Tsuyu begged, her hot breath washing over Izuku’s face and bringing him closer to the edge.

Izuku grunted and groaned, feeling the fatigue of cumming twice already having dulled the sensations in his cock awkwardly mix with the desire to release one last load as he thrust deeply. Even Tsuyu could sense his growing frustration as the speed and strength of his thrusts sped up and knew she needed to help him over the finish line.

Reaching up, Tsuyu gently clasped his cheeks with her hands and pulled him in for another kiss. After brief yet intense wrestle with their tongues once more, Tsuyu began thrusting her tongue down Izuku’s throat, mimicking his own movements inside her.

The dual sensations were too much for the boy, finally pushing him over the edge as he pressed into Tsuyu one last time and his balls coughed the last of their load inside Tsuyu’s rear.

Pulling back, both began gasping with exhaustion as their session had irrefutably come to an end.

Izuku hissed as his cock was almost squeezed out of Tsuyu’s ass, finally shrinking and falling into a coma like sleep. He noted a touch of unpleasantness coating it and, after a few moments to catch his breath, he pushed himself to his feet before heading to the bathroom to wash up.

As he did, Tsuyu lay there as both fluid and ribbits leaked out of her. It had been a good long while since she’d been both loved and fucked this hard and she was more than content to lay here and enjoy it for as long as she could.

By the time Izuku came back, turning off the light as he did, Tsuyu’s eyes were fluttering to stay open. Figuring she’d want him to stay until she at least fell asleep, he climbed back into bed with her and pulled her into a tender embrace.

“Goodnight, Darling,” Izuku smiled despite the time, kissing the top of the frog girl’s head as she let out a small ribbit of acknowledgement. “Remember what we promised.”

“Mmm,” the girl sighed, Izuku’s words flowing through one ear and out the other as her consciousness departed for the land of dreams.

While Izuku was highly tempted to join her, he also had to acknowledge that he had other responsibilities to maintain. After a half-hour of gentle snuggling, Izuku carefully extracted himself from Tsuyu’s embrace to let her slumber in peace. Quietly redressing, Izuku breathed a deep, satisfied breath of relief when he closed her door behind her and headed for his room.


Having spent the day in class, joking with her friends and lamenting the homework she needed to do later, Mina was heading back to the dorms hand-in-hand with Tooru while chatting happily to Sero and Kaminari.

When her phone started ringing, Mina reached for it in confusion, only to realise what was about to go down when Rock Lock’s name appeared on the screen; quickly confirming what she’d been anticipating before hanging up.

“Mina? What’s wrong?” Tooru asked with concern when her girlfriend’s attitude seemed to have changed in an instant.

“I’ve uh… been called in,” Mina muttered.

“Really? Now?” Sero raised a brow, only to get a nod from Mina.

“Why?” The blond asked curiously only to get an answer in the form of a shaken head from the pinkette. “O-Oh,” he mumbled, catching on to what couldn’t be said.

“I need to go get ready," Mina muttered. “Sorry guys, can’t hang tonight.”

“Rain check?” Sero asked.

“Uh, sure,” Mina replied, though there was a measure of uncertainty in her voice as she tugged Tooru along to return faster.

It didn’t take long for the pinkette to enter her room and start preparing to depart, packing her overnight bag. While Mina got herself ready, Tooru called in their partners, who joined them quickly, all aware of what Mina was heading off to do, even if they didn’t have all the details.

Though Mina was hesitant to leave them, she was grateful for their presence and tried to savour the hugs and kisses she received from each of them.

“You’ll be fine, remember?” Ochako assured her, giving Mina an extra firm squeeze during their hug.

“Yeah, I got this,” Mina nodded, though she couldn’t quite meet Ochako’s eyes after that.

With a few last, departing assurances, Mina headed out from the dorms, making a quick stop at the main UA building to grab her hero costume, and caught a ride from Cementoss to the train station.

Soon enough, she’d boarded a high-speed rail and sat down, left with nothing but time and her thoughts until she arrived.

Having passed through Tokyo to get to the raid’s location in Pautopu, Chiba, Mina tried to keep herself calm throughout the trip by taking deep breaths and focusing on all she’d learned.

If not for her redoubled efforts in class and the knowledge of what she’d had to go through on top of Nabu, her friends might barely recognise her in such a focused state. It wasn’t enough just to focus on herself however, Mina had others who were counting on her and who she needed to count on in turn.

Looking out the window as the buildings, powerlines, and trees passed by, hoping it would take her mind off the remaining journey, the pinkette recalled the meeting that led to all this.


Given her bolstered confidence getting back into the swing of hero work with Rock Lock, Mina tried not to look too excited as she and her work-study mentor got out of his car after arriving at a fairly nondescript building.

Still curious about what she was here to participate in, Mina gripped her fists excitedly, trying not to pester the hero for answers where others might be able to hear. Things only got more intriguing when they entered to find a fairly high security detail in the entrance lobby, where they were asked to present their hero passes before proceeding further.

“Wow, so intense,” Mina giggled lightly once they passed beyond a set of secure double doors and headed into an elevator.

“Can’t be having security leaks now,” Rock Lock nodded, pressing the button for a middle floor. “I hope you know that means you keep your trap shut outside this place.”

“I can do that,” Mina nodded eagerly, trying to put on a more serious face, earning both an eye roll and fond chuckle from her mentor.

“No jokes once we get in there, what we’re here for is serious business, got that?” Rock Lock glanced over at the girl, raising an evaluating brow. “You don’t think you can handle that, or what comes next, you tell me now.”

“No, no, I’m fine,” Mina breathed deeply, flushing the humour and nervousness from her system as best she could. It didn’t take more than a few moments, as all the acid-quirked girl had to do was recall the feeling of standing before that panel of judges that would decide her fate as a hero. It was something she never wanted to experience again, and now she was carrying more than just the weight of her own expectations after the resolution. “I’m here to be a hero,” she murmured, her fists clenching in determination. “Whatever this is, you can count on me!”

“Good attitude,” Rock Lock chuckled, feeling a little more confident in his choice to bring her along as the elevator slowed. “Now, just make sure they all know that.”

Mina raised a questioning brow, but before she could speak her mind, the elevator doors opened to a welcome hall where several people in brightly coloured costumes immediately caught her eye.

Standing around and making idle chatter were several prominent pros, along with what she assumed were police officers and office workers who were going to support them all in whatever they’d be doing.

When they arrived, several heads had turned towards them and Mina could feel the recognition in their eyes. She hoped it was directed at Rock Lock, but she could tell some of the stares and even a glare were directed at her. The pinkette’s fists clenched tensely as it seemed her unfortunate televised debut was still lingering in the minds of many.

Dutifully trailing her mentor as they joined a group, with Rock Lock greeting an officer he’d worked with before, Mina had a chance to freely let her eyes wander at their potential teammates, spotting only a couple of heroes she recognised at first. The acid-wielding girl wondered if she’d be able to get a moment to talk to Hydrogirl, maybe ask about her quirk and any tips she had to improve her accuracy.

Before she could ask Rock Lock for the opportunity, her eyes almost bulged when she turned and almost glossed over an iconic pair of ears.

No way! Was that-?!

“Your attention, please,” a firm voice called from the front of the hall by a well-groomed man in business attire. “If you could all please enter the meeting room, we will begin the briefing shortly.”

“Guess we were the last ones here,” Rock Lock chuckled, letting the others around them head into the room first.

“Y-Yeah,” Mina replied simply, still not quite believing her eyes as she and Rock Lock moved into the meeting room.

Inside, everyone found seats around several tables arranged in a U-shape, which left room for people to walk into the middle to distribute papers. An envelope of papers already sat prepared at each spot as Mina and Rock Lock found their seats. At the end of the windowless room, the thin man stood at a podium, preparing some papers of his own while everyone settled.

Mina was glad for Aizawa’s repeated scolding to settle when the bell rang for class, as it seemed everyone here was almost immediately ready to begin.

“Thank you,” the well-groomed man bowed politely, kicking off the meeting. “My name is Beiru Ōgana and, on behalf of the Hero Association, I welcome you all to this briefing.”

Mina couldn’t help the minor narrowing of her eyes. She didn’t want to be suspicious of the man just because of his connection to the overseeing organisation, but considering her previous encounter, the provisional hero felt her guard raise almost reflexively. Was this how her dad felt?

Pushing her thoughts down, Mina returned her focus to the moment.

“While the Hero Association will be assisting with this investigation, I’ll turn you over to the one who initiated this operation for further details.”

Stepping down from the podium, Ōgana headed for the only remaining open seat at the end of one of the desks while, from the other side, the hero Mina had spotted earlier rose to take his place. The provisional hero earned a look from Rock Lock and the female officer on her other side at the squeal she barely suppressed.

“Alright, I’m no good at this stuff, so I’mma keep it short and sweet,” the Rabbit Hero, Mirko announced with a confident grin, ears standing proudly as she faced the room. “I’ve been bouncing around the country for months hunting for a villain while taking down as much of his operation as I could. Despite my kickass progress, the elusive bastard’s more slippery than I thought. That’s why I urgh… put this thing together so we can catch him. Any questions so far?”

“I’m surprised you, of all people, are asking for backup,” a hero Mina couldn’t place remarked with a chuckle. “I thought you hated to team up.”

“Trust me, I’m as thrilled as you are,” Mirko rolled her eyes. “But even I draw the line at facing this guy alone.” The rabbit hero reached for a remote on the desk and pressed a button, turning on the display behind her to show what appeared to be a short, hunched-over man. The man was so hunched over that it appeared almost as if his face was in the middle of his chest, wearing a custom-made black coat with buttons above and below his head that he probably fastened with the long, lanky arms he possessed.

Several people around the room seemed to recognise the man and Mina could hear several hisses of displeasure.

“He’s been going by the villain name ‘Dictator’,” Mirko announced. “Currently, he’s the head of the largest human trafficking ring this side of Japan. While we don’t know the exact specifics of his quirk, we do know he’s able to take control of people’s bodies, which is currently how he’s kidnapping his victims.”

Mirko pressed a button to cycle the image, where it now showed a somewhat blurred picture of some scantily dressed woman with bunny ears with Dictator coming out of an alley and looking distressed as they approached a white van typically used for moving goods.

“This was taken in Shinjuku’s Kabukichō district last week. We don’t know all the people he’s taken since he’s been operating, but we know they’ve been predominantly heteromorphs falling into a very specific category,” she continued, pressing another button. A collage of missing person’s reports, along with one cute female officer’s headshot with orange hair and matching cat ears, appeared as Mirko gave her audience a moment to try and make the connection themselves. “I don’t think I need to tell you how much people will pay to have a dogboy or catgirl sex slave.”

Mina felt her stomach drop as she realised the likely fate of some of those poor people; this wasn’t the first time she’d heard about such trafficking and felt her jaw set.

“His operation is efficient, needing minimal manpower to keep it going as he forces those he kidnaps into labour before selling them off to the highest bidders. It also means he can pack up and fuck off at a moment’s notice,” the rabbit hero scoffed. “Coward.”

“Smart,” Rock Lock muttered, though it was heard by all and drew eyes to him. “Keeping outside contact minimal, he can move around practically unseen with the right equipment.”

“You got it,” Mirko nodded. “From what I’ve gathered, he makes sales once a month and then disappears into the wind. This time, he won’t be so happy when we swoop in and take down his whole damn scheme!”

Mirko felt her blood pumping and clenched her fist in determination. Her bunny ears twitched when she heard the crunch and felt the uncomfortable poking of something in her palm, opening her hand awkwardly to reveal she’d accidently crushed the projector remote. Off to the side, Ōgana sighed and shook his head.

“Anyway,” Mirko casually dropped the debris on the podium, “we’ve got the means to track the fucker for the next week. Much as I wanna just go beat him to a pulp, we need to snag every one of these sick assholes as we can. If we’re lucky, maybe we can beat some more leads out of the buyers and find some of the people he’s already shipped off.”

“How did you get all this information, and how do you know it’s reliable?” An officer asked.

“How he functions and how big his operation is I’ve pieced together from all the rent-a-goons he leaves behind to clean up some of his messes,” Mirko relayed before her lips curled into a scowl, gritting her teeth. “As for this recent stuff, we’ve got someone on the inside; an officer I know volunteered to be bait.”

“Bait?!” Hydrogirl objected loudly after Mirko jerked her thumb to the cat woman’s picture.

“Hey, it wasn’t my idea,” Mirko shrugged.

“Why didn’ you do it?” a hero with cowboy-like attire protested, complete with a six-shooter in a holster.

“Were you not listening, moron?” Mirko deadpanned, her foot thumping in frustration. “Number one, again, not my idea, and number two, if he tags me with his quirk, then he’s got the number five hero in Japan at his beck and call. Use your brain, Funkman.”

The hero looked suitably chastised and pulled down the brim of his hat to cover his eyes.

“The officer in question replaced one of their teeth with a fake holding a tracking device,” Mirko continued, reaching for the remote to flick to the next slide to show the officer that was risking everything for them, only to remember her earlier overenthusiasm. “Urgh, it’s all in the packs you’ve all got.”

There was a rustling of papers around the room as people opened up the envelopes in front of them and began leafing through the major details. Despite being a solo hero, Mirko seemed to know her stuff when it came to putting together a report.

“We don’t know where he’s gonna set up the next sale, but when we do, I expect you all to come kick some ass with me!”

Apparently that was all she wanted to say as Mirko stepped off the podium and headed back to her seat with Ōgana returning to the podium.

“Thank you, Mirko,” he bowed politely. “We will now go through the finer details of the planned operation.”

This was the more boring aspect of hero work Mina didn’t enjoy, but instead of dwelling on the tedium she was putting Momo’s teachings and her renewed dedication to good use by trying to absorb as much information as she could. Though she never found any opportunity to speak up or contribute, Mina was determined to be an asset.

It took a while, but the meeting eventually drew to a close, and the heroes and police were dismissed. Though some opted to immediately depart after filing into the welcome hall, others remained behind to continue discussing and coordinating.

As Rock Lock and Mina stepped out, leaving their information packs behind as instructed to prevent leaks, the pro hero noticed the pensive mood his charge had gained.

“What you thinkin’, Pinky?” Rock Lock asked.

“How some people could be so horrible,” Mina muttered before running her hands through her hair, “but I kinda already knew that, so I’m just trying to focus on how I can be useful.”

“Good attitude,” Rock Lock nodded. “Don’t focus on the whys, just getting the job done as best we can.”

“Yeah,” Mina agreed with a sigh, holding her hand out and looking at her palm, feeling her quirk bubble and twitch beneath her skin. Anxiousness crept into her mind as she recalled the last time she had to use her quirk in the field.

“Hey, don’t go doubting yourself now,” Rock Lock nudged her, gently breaking her from her thoughts. “If I didn’t think you were good for this, I’d send you back to school. You gonna prove me right, or wrong?”

“Sorry,” Mina shook her head, trying to brush away the worries and doubts that lingered. “I promise, you won’t regret this.”

“I hope not,” Rock Lock chuckled, though he wondered if he was pushing the girl too far too fast. She was a UA student like those who’d helped in the Shie Hassaikai raid, and he was banking on those other first years’ skills not being flukes. “I don’t wanna lose face in front of these guys for backing you. I get the feeling you don’t want that either.”

“Definitely not,” Mina agreed, feeling her determination to prove her detractors wrong surge even more strongly. She would be useful to this operation and prove herself a worthy hero!

“Great,” Rock Lock smirked, “then if you’re gonna join us pros in the field, I think we'd better get you acquainted.”

“Huh?” Mina blinked as Rock Lock gestured to their right, where a group of heroes were having a quiet discussion. Among them was the most notable pro in the whole operation, wearing a cock-sure grin and pounding one hand into the other to punctuate a point she was making. “W-Wait-”

“You want me to introduce you?” Rock Lock smirked, recalling Mina’s excited slip at the start of the meeting.

“R-Really?!” Mina tried to tamp down her excitement.

“Thought you’d like that,” he chuckled as he led them over.

Before the two could politely inject themselves into the conversation, Mirko spotted the pair approaching and greeted Rock Lock with an upward nod.

“Look what the cat dragged in,” the rabbit hero smirked.

“I’d say the same about you if you weren’t leadin’ this whole thing,” Rock Lock replied with a small grin. “Didn’t picture you as someone standing around giving lectures.”

“Shut up,” Mirko rolled her eyes, but held out her fist for a bump to greet the man. Mina blinked in surprise as it was clear this wasn’t their first meeting. “Just make sure you can keep up with me and don’t get in my way.”

“You do your job and we’ll do ours,” Rock Lock chuckled, gesturing to Mina when Mirko raised a curious brow. “This is Pinky, she’s my UA work-study and will be joining us.”

“Hi!” Mina straightened up and waved, though she felt immediately awkward after doing so.

“UA, huh?” Mirko’s evaluating eye ran over the girl.

“You think that’s smart?” Funkman quirked a brow, also looking at Mina with a judgmental eye.

“Hey, she’s young, but this generation’s hungry to prove themselves,” Rock Lock assured him.

“Not what I was referring to,” the pro dismissed, turning back to Mina. “After all the trouble you’ve caused, how do we know things aren’t gonna get worse if we let you take part?”

Rock Lock’s eyes narrowed, as did Mirko’s while Hydrogirl grimaced.

“Funk, please don’t-” Hydrogirl began, only to be silenced by Mirko putting a hand on her shoulder.

“No, go on,” the rabbit hero said testily while Rock Lock looked torn on whether to object to her encouragement. “I think we’d all like to hear what you have to say.”

Mina looked warily between the other heroes, pretty sure she understood what Funkman was unsubtly hinting at, but the guilt she’d been able to push down after her trial resurged when it was clear her mere presence was causing contention.

“We all watched crime go up after New Year’s and it’s clear which type has increased the most. My wife is scared to go out alone anymore because of how she looks; good folk bein’ treated like criminals because of what that villain said during your trial for goin’ overboard with your quirk,” Funkman continued before pointing at Mina. “People are scared of heteromorphs again and it’s your fault. Why should we risk you doin’ it again and provin’ him right?”

The pink-haired girl grimaced at the accusation she’d felt coming and a part of her couldn’t help but agree with him. If not for her, Chimera wouldn’t’ve been able to incite people like he had.

“If you’re blaming Pinky for that, you’re out of your mind,” Rock Lock objected.

“What do you think we’re here for?” Funkman countered before turning to the rabbit hero. “I read your report, Dictator’s stepped up his game to take advantage of the chaos. He knows the heroes and police are spread thin, it’s only because of you we’re doing somethin’ about it. I’m just saying what we’re all thinking.”

Around them, conversation seemed to have quietened and Mina was sure others were listening in. Mina felt her whole body tense as she looked at the rabbit hero. She wasn’t sure how to feel about Mirko’s sour expression at being unable to refute the other pro’s words so easily.

“I brought you here because you might be useful if shit goes sideways,” Mirko sidestepped. “If you’re gonna spout off that crap though, then maybe I should kick your ass first, then kick you off this raid.”

“Hold on,” Hydrogirl stepped between the pair before any actual fighting could begin as the two stared each other down.

“Stop, please,” the youngest among them spoke up, pulling all the attention back to herself. Their steeled gazes cut through her like a knife, but Mina was determined to stand her ground, even if she was sure her legs were about to fall out from under her.

There wasn’t anything said that she hadn’t already considered herself; Funkman was just vocalising her inner doubts. One benefit to that was that she’d had plenty of time to think about those doubts and, with the support of her friends and partners, she’d started breaking through them.

“Look, I… I’m sorry for what happened,” she began. “Nobody regrets that more than I do, but I made a promise when I decided to be a hero that I would do everything I could to help as many people as I could.”

“Great start,” Funkman scoffed.

“Yeah, I know,” Mina replied with a mote of sarcasm sneaking into her tone. “I may have fucked up, but I’m not responsible for what that asshole said. You want to blame me for that, go ahead if it makes you feel better, but I’m not walking away now the damage is done; I wouldn’t be able to live with myself as a hero or a person.”

The pinkette was so focused on Funkman that she didn’t see Mirko’s frown shift into a curious smirk.

“I may not have pulled the trigger, but I got suckered into playing a part,” Mina scowled, “so now, I’m here to be a hero and make sure everyone gets home safe. Think you can handle working with that or are we gonna have problems?”

By now, her stance had strengthened and she was glaring defiantly at Funkman, daring him to step up or step down. It might’ve been slightly arrogant, stating that she was here to stay and he could leave if he wanted, but Mina wasn’t here to play nice; she was here to save people.

Funkman’s eyes narrowed, realising he’d been somewhat cornered by the challenging remark.

“Tsh,” he scoffed, turning away from the conversation. “Just make sure you don’t screw up again.”

The others felt the tension dissipate when the pro decided to make that his last remark before departing. Around them, those lingering to listen ended their own conspicuously quiet conversations before also deciding to move on.

Mirko shook her head and rolled her eyes while Hydrogirl and Rock Lock breathed subtle sighs of relief. Mina was much more obvious, her arms and chest slacking after being so tense.

“You good, Pinky?” Rock Lock asked.

“Man, why’d he have to go pick a fight?” Mina pouted at him, “I didn’t come here to cause trouble.”

“He’s not normally like this,” Hydrogirl assured the provisional hero. “He’s just… going through a few things.”

“And we’re not?” Mirko raised a challenging brow at the woman who squeaked at remembering who she was talking to. “I got no problem cutting him if he’s gonna be a liability. It’s bad enough I had to organise this whole crappy thing in the first place.”

“R-Right,” Hydrogirl nodded diplomatically, hoping to exit the conversation. “If you’ll excuse me.”

The three watched the somewhat nervous woman hurry away, with Mirko shaking her head.

“This is why I go solo,” she sighed before turning back to the remaining pair with an impressed grin. “Good job sticking up for yourself, Pinky. If you took that lying down, I’d’ve kicked you off the squad right now.”

“O-Oh, uh, thanks?” Mina chuckled nervously.

“Just make sure you bring that attitude when we need it,” Mirko winked, causing the pinkette to rapidly remember who she was talking to.

“I think Pinky will surprise everyone,” Rock Lock chuckled, giving Mina a confident smile.

“If that’s what you want, I’m not gonna complain; mostly because I don’t care,” Mirko shrugged and stretched her arms up. “If we’re lucky, I’ll be able to get in and take the fucker down before I need any of you guys. You’re just glorified back-up.”

“Back-up you asked for,” Rock Lock shook his head.

“Yeah, yeah, rub it in,” Mirko rolled her eyes and began to walk away with a casual wave. “You better come runnin’ when I call, and try not to get yourselves killed!”

While Rock Lock watched the number five hero depart, Mina felt her anxiety surge at the reminder of what was on the line.

“Sorry you didn’t get to chat to her more,” Rock Lock apologised as he gestured for them to start heading for the elevator. “If it’s any consolation, I think you made a good impression.”

“Yeah, no, uh… thanks.”

Rock Lock quirked a brow as they stepped back into the elevator and he hit the button for the ground floor.

“Don’t tell me Funk got to you.”

“No, it’s not that, just…” Mina sighed, running a hand through her hair. “Just… reminded of what could go wrong.”

An empathetic look slipped onto Rock Lock’s face, remembering what his young charge had recently been through.

“Not gonna lie, stuff like that is a possibility,” he admitted. “Even with a hundred heroes, we couldn’t guarantee nothin’ bad will happen. Things go wrong and people die; that’s one reason I didn’t want your friends on that raid we did together.” Mina turned to look up at the man and saw the softer look on his face. “I brought you in because I think you’re ready to move forward, and from that speech, it sounds like you are too.”

“Yeah… I totally am,” Mina replied quickly, though she didn’t need to see Rock Lock’s doubtful expression to hear the lack of confidence in her own words.

“I’m not gonna take you off this thing if that’s your answer, but maybe you should talk to your friends about everything when you get a chance. If you change your mind between now and when we do this thing, I won’t hold it against you, but I won’t let you take part in this if you’re doubtin’ yourself; that’s how good heroes die.”

Mina opened her mouth to retort but the words died in her throat. This was a criminal so bad even Mirko, Mirko, was calling in backup. Was it smart for her first real chance to do hero work again to take on something like this? Something so… dangerous?

“I’ll um… I’ll do that,” Mina agreed quietly.

Rock Lock was glad he’d at least gotten through to the girl. He hated having to talk Pinky down when it was he who’d opted to bring her along. Either this would restore the young hero’s faith in herself or get her to realise she wasn’t ready to face this stuff yet. As much as the other UA students had shown him up, they were still only first-years.

When the elevator reached the ground floor, the two stepped out and headed back to the entrance.

“Sorry, don’t mean to be a downer,” he apologised, nudging Mina’s shoulder and offering a consoling smile. “Hey, at least you got to meet Mirko.”

“Yeah!” Mina’s smile returned, though not as bright as it had been earlier. “Wow, my friends aren’t gonna believe this!”

“Ain’t that Deku kid working with the new number one?” Rock Lock smirked.

“Oh, shush!” Mina glared playfully as they exited the building.


Gently awoken from her introspection by the polite female announcement voice, Mina realised she was about to reach her destination. Taking a deep breath, the young provisional hero steeled her gaze as she looked at the costume case containing her hero outfit.

Even though she’d come all this way, in the back of her mind, Mina knew that one phone call could get her out of this dangerous mission, to kick the can down the road until she was more sure of her skills again and to face something much less dangerous.

But despite all her worries, doubts, and fears, the pink-haired provisional hero knew she wouldn’t make that call; this was something she couldn’t and wouldn’t run away from when there was even a small chance she could help.

She was Mina Fuckin’ Ashido, and she was gonna go kick that villain’s ass then go home to her partners and friends!

“I can do this,” Mina murmured to herself once the train came to a complete stop and rose to her feet.

With new determination filling her body, Mina grabbed her costume case, stepped off the train and headed for the rendezvous point.


Night soon fell across Pautopu and, down at the docks, it looked like another long night for many blue-collar workers.  What was different about these workers was that they were meticulously observed by recon police officers, streaming the footage they captured back to the temporary raid headquarters.

Inside the HQ, several expensive-looking systems had been set up for the overseeing officers to understand and coordinate those under their command to combat any potential resistance they faced.

“Intel was good,” one of the officers relayed quietly over their communication channel. “Several notable criminals have been identified posing as labourers, but others we can’t get any ID on.”

“And what of Dictator?” Ōgana asked, having been asked by the commission to take charge of the operation as he stood next to the local police chief.

“No visual yet, sir,” the officer relayed. “He and presumably his hostages are inside to avoid further suspicion.”

“Then we proceed as planned,” Ōgana confirmed before switching communications channels. “Officers, hero teams, is everyone in position?”

“Arresting team in position,” a squad of officers confirmed.

“Hero team one in position,” Hydrogirl concurred with Funkman readying his gun beside her.

“Hurry up!” Mirko interrupted as she tapped her foot impatiently from her position on a nearby rooftop. “I don’t like having to wait for this shit.”

“Wait for the buyers to arrive, Mirko, remember?” Ōgana reminded her.

“Who do you think I was talking to?” The rabbit hero snapped back, rolling her eyes.

Ōgana rolled his eyes while several others who overheard her complaints chuckled, including Rock Lock.

“Hero team two are ready,” he confirmed after glancing at Mina, who gave him a firm and determined nod, any usual humour entirely absent from her face.

Any reservations he still had about including her in the raid had dissipated when she’d arrived with that same attitude. It was still painful seeing someone so young included in a mission like this, but Rock Lock understood now more than ever that they didn’t get to choose when they were ready to push back against the world’s cruelties.

Beside him, Mina took a deep breath to try to calm the nerves that, despite her preparation, were still shooting anxious energy through her body.

The plan was simple, all things considered: Mirko would lead the charge, using her skills to clear the gap between her position and the warehouse and break in through a skylight to take the enemy by surprise. Her job, though it was more of a demand by the hero herself, was to find and eliminate Dictator as a threat before he could rally or retaliate against them. The other known associate villains weren’t particularly notable, but they could be dangerous, especially considering the unknowns and underworld ties. That was where she and the other heroes stepped in, they’d take care of the criminals on the outside and the boat before making their way inside to assist with rescuing the captured civilians.

Even though she’d known about the trafficking trade for years now, especially after her mother’s warnings regarding women with desirable features, and the self-doubt about using her quirk on others, Mina was determined to see justice done today no matter what.

Fortunately, she didn’t have much longer to wait as a small, surprisingly indistinct-looking cargo ship pulled into the warehouse’s loading bay. Were it in a line-up with any other boat in the harbour, Mina wasn’t sure she’d be able to pick it out as a vessel for crime, and the thought crossed her mind of just how much wrongdoing was committed in broad daylight under people’s noses.

“Get ready,” Rock Lock muttered, bringing her back to the moment as they prepared to move out.

“On my mark,” Ōgana announced as everyone braced themselves to charge.

Only the sound of shattering glass caused them to hesitate until the cause revealed itself over the receiver.

“Surprise fuckers!”

Ōgana’s eye twitched as Mirko’s impulsiveness got the better of her again.

“All teams move in now!” He yelled to provide immediate back-up for the pro.

At once, the other heroes and officers moved out to chase after the number five hero, storming toward the warehouse where several workers were looking around for the source of the yell they’d heard.

“Shit, heroes!” A cry went up as the criminals revealed their true colours at the sight of the encroaching law enforcement.

Immediately, quirks started being thrown around as Rock Lock pulled Mina out of the path of a particularly nasty nail manipulation quirk. The rusty projectiles barely missed the pair as they embedded themselves deeply into some surrounding crates.

“T-Thanks,” Mina gasped as she realised what had happened, cursing herself for needing saving from something she should’ve been able to protect herself from.

“Stay on your toes, Pinky,” Rock Lock reminded her before putting a finger to his head. “Yo, Funk? Can you take out that villain by the loading bay?”

A brief silence without an answer passed before a gunshot rang out. Rock Lock and Mina peeked their heads around the crates to see the villain on the floor with an unusually intact bullet lying beside him. Mina was glad Funkman and his quirk, ‘Non-Lethal Damage’, were on their side, but hearing guns fired was still scary.

“Got him,” Funkman replied casually over the communication channel, causing Rock Lock to nod to Mina as they ran out to continue their jobs.

As they ran, Mina spotted some of the villains trying to untether the ship from the dock to cast off but Hydrogirl was already on them, encasing all but their heads in water to restrain and disable them before officers moved in.

On her other side, officers were trying to arrest a villain who turned his hands into giant clamps while another was lifting an officer into the air with a telekinesis quirk.

“Stop! You are under arres-ahh!”

With several cries of pain and a mighty crash, the next villain stepped out to obstruct their path after tossing several officers through the air. He was a large heteromorph with a rhino-like appearance and, from his cruel grin, several missing teeth, and his beady eyes narrowing when he spotted them.

“Wrong place, wrong time!” He declared as he began charging, head down with his prominent horn aimed directly at them.

Instead of freezing up or trying to find some sturdy cover, Rock Lock instead sped up towards the threat. Before the rhino villain could close the gap, the pro used the surrounding crates to parkour himself above the man. The rhino villain wasn’t an idiot however, and when Rock Lock had jumped, the villain had thrown his head back and managed to clip the pro with his horn, raking it across his leg and tearing his costume as the hero dived over him.

The pain didn’t deter Rock Lock however, as when he passed close to the villain, the pro reached out and pressed his hand to the villain’s high-visibility vest.

“Straitjacket!”

With a twist of his hand, Rock Lock’s quirk activated, and the rhino villain immediately jerked to a stop as his disguise’s safety jacket refused to move with him any longer.

“H-Hey! What the fuck?!”

“You ain’t goin’ anywhere now,” Rock Lock grinned after safely landing and rolling.

“Yeah, right,” the rhino villain retorted with a smirk.

While Rock Lock was confident in his quirk, he felt a pang of frustration as the villain began straining against his binding. Few knew his quirk could be somewhat overcome with significant enough strength to move the locked-down object, and he was sure the villain didn’t know that, but it wasn’t stopping the man from trying as he slowly began to turn to face the hero.

“Pinky!” Rock Lock called out, unable to see his charge from the other side of the hulking enemy. “Find another way around, I’ll take care of this guy.”

“Oh, someone’s gonna be taken care of alright,” the villain replied, trying to seem as imposing as possible despite his greatly slowed movement.

“Got it!” Mina called back over the villain and used her own parkour skills to hop onto the nearby crates and skirt around the impending fight, trying to head directly for there warehouse where some of the officers and police had now reached.

Dropping back to the floor, she grouped up with several officers in riot gear as they tried to use a battering ram-like device to get through the reinforced door.

“Here, let me!” She called out, allowing a ball of acid to generate on her palm.

Knowing her quirk from the afternoon’s briefing, the officers stepped aside and let Pinky do her job, slathering the acid into the metal at particular points that soon saw the entire side that latched begin melting away and allowing the door to swing open.

With their shields up, the officers began flooding into the room while Mina followed, spotting that other entrances had also been breached as Funkman and other heroes entered.

The interior of the warehouse looked no different from an ordinary one, even the ones they’d seen during training at UA. Mina was glad all the environments the school had built weren’t just for show as she immediately scoped out problem areas where villains could likely hide.

Rather than villains, Mina spotted what looked like the very civilians they were here to save dotted around the warehouse, and though they seemed happy to see them, their actions told a different story.

One handsome-looking gagged man pleaded with an officer who approached him as best he could through the sounds he could make, only to drop the crate he was holding unnaturally before holding his palms out to the officer.

“It’s alright, sir, we’re here to-” The officer began but didn’t finish as the man fired off his quirk, sending a pulse of pressure out that immediately disoriented the officer and caused his eyes to roll back as he collapsed unconscious.

The man’s muffled cries rang out, tears beginning to stream down his face as he turned his quirk towards the other officers who raised their protective shields.

“What the hell! What’s going on?!” One of the officers yelled out. “Where the hell’s Mirko? Does the villain’s quirk not stop when he’s taken out?”

Regardless of the rabbit woman’s current whereabouts, they were still facing down a threat they had to both fight and save at the same time, and the enslaved hostage fired another pulse of his quirk at the officers.

Mina didn’t know what had happened either, only that she had to act if there was anything she could do to make the situation better.

Using the surrounding boxes again, Mina jumped over the officers and between them and the civilian, who looked at her with pain and regret in his eyes, his palms now pointed at her. The acid-quirked hero was ready though, waiting for the moment he fired his next pulse before pushing a fountain of weak acid out of her feet to give her a boost as she jumped over the civilian and his attack.

As she dodged, a glint of something caught her eye, but she couldn’t focus on that now, instead pulling out the restraining cuffs she’d been given. As soon as she landed beside her opponent, she lashed one of his hands with the cuffs before attaching the other side to a nearby pipe, directing his palms up and away from her.

Reaching out, she quickly ran a finger down the man’s gag as he breathed a grateful breath of fresh air and coughing heavily.

“It’s okay, we’re here to help,” Mina assured him.

“T-Thank y-you!” He cried, tears still streaming down his face in relief, glad to have been stopped before he caused further harm.

Mina almost thought this threat had been neutralised until the man suddenly began jerking his arm, straining to free himself from the cuffs and crying out in pain when the restraining metal refused to budge.

“Ah! H-Help! My hand! It’s gonna tear off!”

Mina froze as the man was pulling so hard that blood was already being drawn from the pressure. Whatever quirk Dictator had was still in full control of him, and restraining the civilian didn’t stop it.

“Take him down!” One of the officers yelled, hurrying up to the pair and slamming his fist into the back of the man’s head to knock him out. Mina despised the sound it made and hoped that it was enough to put an end to the villain’s quirk, but despite seeing the hostage’s consciousness fade, the man continued to violently thrash against his bonds. “That didn’t work?”

Mina felt her nerves spike as she stood by, helpless to try and fix the issue, or so she thought until that same glint from earlier caught her eye again.

Being friends with Tooru at the start of UA was different, considering the girl’s lack of physical features other than clothes, but Mina had been able to pick up on a few subtleties as their relationship developed and the girl explored her quirk. During her attempts to twist and manipulate her quirk, Mina had gotten good at spotting the shifts and glints her girlfriend made, even if she’d gotten accidentally blinded more than once. That’s what allowed her to spot the oddly straight sliver in the air that ran directly into the back of the man’s neck from above.

“Wait,” Mina said before forming a palm of strong acid and pressing it towards the space on the back of the man’s neck. There was a high-pitched ‘twang’ and, as though puppetry strings had been cut, the unconscious civilian collapsed, only being held up by his cuffed and now slightly bloody hand.

“What was that?” One of the officers asked as they quickly produced a key to free the civilian.

“I think it was Dictator’s quirk,” Mina mused before turning her attention back to the surrounding action.

Many of the other heroes had had the same idea she had, lashing the civilians to heavy objects or knocking them out to try and restrain them but were now facing the same dilemma she did. Before she could relay her new discovery, an overly excited, unfamiliar voice rang out.

“My, what have we here? A hero who figured out something she shouldn’t’ve? Tsk, tsk, that won’t do at all.”

The hostages suddenly stopped fighting back so much, giving the heroes and officers a brief reprieve to catch their breath as the figure they’d come here to arrest stepped out from the back offices through a kicked-in door, his awkward physique notable as he clapped his hands together in front of his chest-high face and trailed by a tearful and frightened looking young boy with brown bunny ears.

“All of you have disrupted my business here today and compromised a rather profitable relationship. For that, I’m afraid you’re going to have to pay back what you’ve cost me with interest,” Dictator announced with inappropriate glee.

“Not a chance, villain!” Rock Lock called out, Mina’s hopes rising as she figured he’d won his fight and entered through another entry point. “Your reign of evil ends here.”

“Does it?” Dictator giggled almost childishly. “Perhaps if you could best my merchandise, you’d have a point, but I’ve recently acquired a new plaything I think I’ll be keeping for myself.”

As the villain spoke, he raised one hand before twitching a single digit on his finger. With a blur of speed, a figure erupted out of the back office and slammed their foot directly into Rock Lock’s chest, sending him crashing across the floor and into a pile of boxes.

“N-No way!” The others gasped, Mina among them as the figure landed revealing a very pissed off and gagged Mirko standing against them.

“With the number five hero at my beck and whim, I’m certain to be rolling in dough in no time with no one to stop me,” Dictator laughed triumphantly as Mirko futilely strained against his control with what little movement and free will the villain’s quirk couldn’t strip her of. “And to start,” the villain then pointed a finger directly at Rock Lock’s downed form, “I think I’ll take control of all you heroes to take out these remaining pests.”

There was a glint in the air as Rock Lock tried to recover, only for something to prick the back of his neck.

“W-What the-?!” He gasped, his body no longer his own as he jerked himself to his feet before looking straight at a set of officers.

“Now, let’s make sure there are no loose ends, hmm?” Dictator giggled before flexing his fingers. At once, both Mirko and Rock Lock attacked, lunging after Funkman and the officers respectively.

“Get back!” Mina called out when one of the other hostages was directed to fight them, the civilians now re-joining the fight to overwhelm the remaining heroes and police.

The hostage facing them was a young woman who looked only a few years older than Mina, a pair of adorable cat ears on her head and a gritted, frustrated expression on her face, pleading for forgiveness as her claws extended to a razor’s edge and rapidly began swiping at Mina.

“Gah!” Mina grimaced as her opponent moved quicker than she’d expected, slicing her cheek with her claws and only just missing her eyes. She then realised that this was the missing officer from the briefing and was more agile than the average civilian.

“What do we do? We can’t stop them!” Funkman cried out, firing a shot that wildly missed Mirko whose hooked kick sent him careening towards Dictator where he was swiftly struck by the villain’s quirk.

Mina didn’t buy that for a second.

The civilian she’d fought previously wasn’t reacting to Dictator’s control at all, and she believed she’d figured out his secret. Among the dust and debris that was rapidly building in the warehouse, the glints in the air were becoming more prominent as Mina spotted several strings all converging together at a point above them through a small metal hoop that would typically be used by chains to hold up heavy objects.

Dictator had needed a clear view of Rock Lock and Funkman before he’d used his quirk on them and she was betting the same was true for Mirko, but if these connecting strings were physical, then he wouldn’t want them to get tangled up as his merchandise orchestrated their own sale.

Mina chose her moment carefully, waiting until her opponent overstretched herself before sweeping her legs out from under her and building up the quirk in her feet once more.

Clapping her hands together in the nozzle-like funnel she’d practised, Mina aimed carefully before letting off a torrent of strong acid, glad the position between her and her target was clear of friendly fire as the projectile spray succumbed to gravity. Within seconds, it was clear her shot had hit its mark as several loud ‘twangs’ began ringing out through the warehouse with more and more civilians finding themselves free of Dictator’s control.

“Get them to safety!” Mina called out to any officers who could hear her as she landed atop a crate. “His quirk is physical and needs a connection!”

“Impudent brat,” Dictator scowled, aiming with one of his fingers while Mina was distracted. “That’s not going to save you!”

The pinkette gasped when she realised she’d made herself a target, bracing herself for Dictator’s retaliation. The thread he released pierced through the air and struck her neck, slithering around its landing point to seek out her nape where it could embed itself and take control of her body.

Unfortunately, as soon as Mina had figured out Dictator’s quirk, she had prepared a countermeasure.

The provisional hero Pinky grinned at Dictator’s stunned expression when his thread met the sticky acid she’d generated around the back of her neck, protecting her whole nape from his invasive string as the parts that had breached it instantly melted away.

“That won’t work on me!” Mina yelled, jumping off the crates and rushing the villain, reeling back to deliver a knockout blow.

Whatever surprise there was on Dictator’s face quickly dissipated in favour of smugness as, with another twitch of his fingers, a figure moved to intercept Mina by slamming her foot into the pink girl’s side and sending her careening against another stack of crates with a loud crash.

“Pinky!” Rock Lock cried out, watching Mirko being forced to protect the despicable villain and injure his charge while he was forced to restrain officers with his quirk.

Mina groaned as she rolled over, clutching her side with one hand and gritting her teeth while she tried to push herself to her feet. She’d definitely felt something break.

You’re the little trouble-maker that’s figured out my secret,” Dictator frowned as he stepped closer, his voice losing that jovial tone and leering down at Mina with a disturbing expression. “A pity. Someone as exotic as you could’ve fetched quite the yen.”

“Go fuck yourself!” Mina hissed with a primal revulsion, feeling her quirk bubble in anger beneath her skin.

“Unfortunately, you and all those who now know about my quirk aren’t going to survive the night,” Dictator mused. “All except my beloved bunny, of course.” Mirko’s muffled rage and piercing glare out of the corner of her eyes looked like it could melt steel were she not totally under the villain’s command. “Well, we’d better get on with the messy stuff. I still have a transaction to complete.”

“Leave her alone you freak!” Funkman shouted, but couldn’t do anything to fight against his new master’s control.

“Oh, goodie! A volunteer,” Dictator grinned, his gleeful demeanour returning. “Mirko, be a dear, would you?”

Mirko moved to grab Mina’s arm, roughly hauling the girl to her feet, who felt a sharp pain in her ribs. The pinkette’s immediate thought was to use her acid to get out of the pro’s hold, but she felt her own body hesitate to produce any. It was one thing to burn a villain in the line of duty, but a fellow hero?!

Held at arm's length in front of Mirko, Mina stood helplessly as Funkman moved beside her, gun aimed squarely above her ear.

“I don’t think we’ll be needing your quirk for this one, hero,” Dictator smirked as the armed pro felt his quirk refuse to activate.

“Don’t do it!” Funkman pleaded, trying with all his might to resist Despot’s influence over his body, yet his thumb moved as swiftly as it always had to cock his gun.

“If I can’t control you,” Dictator cackled, his finger eager to twitch and bring an end to the up-and-coming hero. “Then I have no use for you.”

“Pinky!” Rock Lock cried desperately, still unable to do anything other than listen, now even turned away from the action as he continued to keep the other officers at bay.

There was a sickening drop in his stomach as the sound of a gunshot rang out.

Mina’s heart forgot to beat as her worst fear was about to come true. She was going to die!

After everything she’d been through in the past year, everything she’d struggled through, this was how it all ended?!

This couldn’t be it, she refused to let it!

Mina still had options, she just needed to dig deep and embrace them.

She wasn’t sure if it was all the training she’d been doing, her desire to return to her friends and loved ones, or her determination to prove herself, but before the bullet could pierce her flesh, a thick, jelly-like substance exploded from her head with honed, practised speed.

Though she couldn’t cry the name, Mina almost cried in relief as the bullet immediately melted away under her limited Acid Man technique.

“W-What?!” Dictator grimaced, his agitation rising at the new development, but not staying his hand for long and commanding Funkman’s body to fire all his remaining bullets into the girl.

The hero’s aim was off, however, as Mina used the brief surprise to generate the slipperiest acid she could around her wrists before dropping her full body weight down, escaping Mirko’s grasp and the remaining bullets’ trajectories.

With all the grace her breakdancing skills afforded her, she used her momentum to sink to all fours before balancing on her hands to spin-kick Mirko’s legs out from under her. The pro crashed to the ground, but Mina’s hands were already moving, slamming a palm full of acid to the back of the rabbit hero’s nape to both break the connection and provide her with some measure of protection. Without Mina’s natural resistance to her acid, she didn’t know how long the rabbit hero could endure the pain, but Mina was betting that it would be long enough to pull out a win.

“No, wait!” Dictator reeled as he felt his connection to the pro dissipate with an audible ‘twang’. He tried desperately to re-establish a connection, but Mina’s acid barrier blocked his repeated attempts.

The rabbit hero didn’t waste any time, kicking herself to her feet in an instant now that her reflexes were no longer dampened by the villain’s and ripped off her gag.

“You’re in for it now you miserable fucker!”

“My shield!” Dictator cried, yanking on his emergency thread. The young boy who’d been trailing behind him now leapt in front of Dictator’s body with his arms out, prepared to take the blow.

“Not this time!” Mirko cried, leaping forward and performing a perfect split as she flipped. As her attack approached, she bent her foot to minimise the impact as it passed over the young boy’s shoulder, hooking behind his back as she continued her spin to thrust him back the way she came. “Pinky!”

Mina watched the young boy fly towards her away from Dictator and reacted instantly. Pushing through the pain in her chest, she kicked off with all the strength she could muster to catch the lad before he hit the ground as Mirko continued to spin, now bringing her heel straight down on top of Dictator’s awkwardly positioned head.

“Luna Fall!”

With an almost sickening crunch, the villain was slammed into the floor, which cracked in a web-like formation beneath their feet, the threads of his quirk that remained on the ends of his fingers fading away.

At once, Rock Lock and Funkman were freed from the villain’s control, with the latter dropping to his knees at what he’d been forced to do.

“Pinky!” Rock Lock immediately hurried over to his work-study student, his missing breath returning when he saw her injured but alive as she cradled a sobbing child. “Tell me you’re okay.”

“I-I’m g-good,” Mina chuckled weakly despite her own tears silently streaming down her face before a choked sob broke what demeanour she tried to maintain.

It was with great relief that Hydrogirl and some back-up officers burst into the warehouse to provide further backup as the situation finally started looking like it was coming under control.

“It’s cool now. You did it, we won,” Rock Lock tried to soothe the girl, knowing she’d pulled more than her share of weight to secure that victory. “Leave the rest to us,” he urged, gently scooping the clingy boy off his charge who returned to nursing her injured side, “go get yourself checked out.”

“Y-Yeah… yeah, o-okay,” Mina replied, trying to take larger breaths to bring her breathing back down to normal.

As Rock Lock hurried to hand off the crying child to an officer as well as free the others he’d bound, Mina took a few more minutes to gather herself. When she finally felt ready to try and find her feet, she found them incredibly unsteady and almost toppled back down were it not for the firm hands that seized her once again.

“Woah, there,” Mirko chuckled as she caught the young pro. “Let’s get you to first aid before you hurt yourself.”

Mina couldn’t find the energy to reply other than for a shaky nod as the number five hero escorted her out of the warehouse.


Thankfully, with most major threats taken out, the police were able to take things from there with Ōgana directing everyone.

The heroes had managed to subdue fifteen villains, including Dictator, with Hydrogirl having disabled the buyer’s ship before coming to provide backup for the main assault.

Over forty heteromorphic men, women, and even several children were saved from Dictator’s machinations, and the rescue crew were caring for them all. While she hadn’t wanted to cut the line, Mina had been seen as a priority at Mirko’s insistent urging as she’d been unable to hold back the kick Dictator had forced her to make.

Thanks to a medic’s bone-knitting quirk, Mina’s two broken ribs were mostly fixed, though she was already beginning to see a wicked bruise form that she knew she’d carry until she could see Recovery Girl.

With the worst of her injury taken care of, Mina brushed off any further fuss from the medics so they could see to the rescued civilians or injured officers and had hobbled away from the scene to lean against a railing by the edge of the docks.

Letting out a deep sigh of relief and removing her mask, Mina felt like she was finally able to relax now that it was all over.

“Fuck me!” She groaned, covering her face with her hands and rubbing it vigorously.

“Probably not something a hero should say on the job,” a voice called out to her. Mina gasped, then groaned, clutching her side when she turned a little too quickly to spy Rock Lock approaching her.

“Don’t sneak up on me like that!” Mina pouted while rubbing her sore spot.

“This is still an active crime scene, you need to keep your wits about you,” Rock Lock reminded her before rubbing his own chest, “but I think we both need to remember that.”

“Are you okay?” The pinkette asked with concern for her mentor.

“I’m fine,” Rock Lock chuckled. “Mirko got me good, but nothin’ I can’t handle.” Mina deadpanned at the subtle slight, which only made her mentor chuckle harder as he joined her in leaning over the railing. “You’ll get there. Don’t forget, you’re just an uppity first-year. Still got plenty of training to do yet.”

“Gee, thanks,” Mina glared, though she knew he was just messing with her. “See if I pull your butt out of the fire again.”

“Hopefully, you won’t need to,” Rock Lock replied, glancing at Mina before a grateful smile slipped onto his face. “Seriously, though? Thanks. If it weren’t for you, I don’t think that would’ve gone as well as it did.”

“Just doin’ my job,” Mina grinned, though Rock Lock could tell it was forced.

“Better than some of us anyway,” he nodded. “Now I need to do my job and ask if you’re okay, besides the personal autograph Mirko gave you.”

Mina’s grin dampened as she looked out at the ocean again, gently rubbing her injury. Rock Lock was about to get worried with the long silence before the girl finally spoke.

“It was… scary,” Mina muttered. “I don’t think I’ve ever met someone so… distressing.”

“I could tell,” Rock Lock nodded solemnly, remembering the state his work-study student was in once the battle was over and figured it wasn’t solely down to her pain.

“Urgh, I swear I didn’t fall to pieces like that on um… on Nabu,” Mina pouted.

“Hey, I believe you,” Rock Lock acknowledged. “Shit like that leaves scars we sometimes don’t even know we have.”

“It’s not that,” Mina shook her head. Back then, she was more concerned with Tooru and Midnight’s passing rather than her own safety, but despite the villains’ clear attempts to end the rest of their lives, that didn’t feel as personal as this did. “It’s like Dictator said, ‘someone as exotic as me could fetch quite the yen’.” Rock Lock couldn’t keep the distaste from showing on his face at those words while Mina continued. “He was gonna sell those people off to the highest bidder if we didn’t stop him. My parents always warned me about evil people like him, but coming so close to… to that. That’s what scared me.”

Rock Lock remained silent for a moment as things started becoming clear. There was no point asking why the girl didn’t turn down the mission, her empathy stretched far beyond herself as any good hero’s should.

“And yet you charged headlong into the demon’s den,” Rock Lock shot her a grin. “Ain’t nothing more heroic to me than facing your fears for someone else.”

Mina let out a small snort, even if she felt a touch of pride at his words.

“Pfft, yeah, but it’s because of me that he was able to kidnap so many people.”

“Don’t take it so hard, Pinky,” Rock Lock shook his head. “He was doin’ this shit before you became headline news. Trust me when I say, and I mean this in the best possible way, you’re not that special.”

“Wow, rude,” Mina let out a genuine chuckle and turned to face her mentor with a playful glare.

“Shit’s on the uptick for sure, but it’s been that way ever since All Might retired. Can’t blame him for villains looking to take advantage of that when it’s clear we’ve all been slacking since then. Hell, that’s twice now that you students have come in clutch during one of these things.”

“Guess you really have been slacking,” Mina smirked.

Point is,” Rock Lock shot her his own glare before easing up. “What matters is that when worse came to worst, you didn’t back down. This mornin’, I still had my doubts about bringing you along, but you proved yourself every bit the hero as the rest of us in there and you should be proud.”

Mina felt her eyes beginning to sting as they began to water again, but she quickly pushed down the urge to let them, nodding and accepting the genuine compliment.

“Thanks, Rock.”

“Anytime, kid,” Rock Lock chuckled, unable to resist one last dig to make sure his student didn’t get too big a head. “Next time, though? I’ll pick a villain I can stop instead of having to rely on you.”

“Like that Rhino guy?” Mina chuckled.

“Exactly,” Rock Lock nodded. “Much more my style.”

“He was still able to fight through your quirk, though,” Mina noted.

“Don’t remind me,” Rock Lock sighed, lamenting his quirk’s limitations. “Not being able to stop living things is one thing, but for the bigger guys, I gotta get all their clothes before they give up.”

Mina blinked at the explanation, reminded of her boyfriend’s analysis of the pro before putting her finger to her chin in thought.

“It’s a shame you can’t just touch them once and hit everything they’re wearing,” the pinkette mused.

“Yeah, it doesn’t work like that,” Rock Lock sighed.

“Do you remember my friend Uravity?”

“The gravity girl?” The pro raised a brow. “Sure, why?”

“Her quirk’s kinda like yours. Five-point activation and stuff, though she can’t control when it activates like you can, so she’s got this cute habit of not touching stuff with her pinkies,” Mina noted, extending one of her own as an example. “If she touches someone with her quirk though, she can make it affect everything they’re touching too.”

“Lucky,” Rock Lock huffed. “I’d kill for an upgrade like that.”

Mina rolled her eyes.

“What I’m saying is, have you ever tried to use your quirk that way? You can’t make people stop moving, but maybe you could channel your quirk through them to affect everything they’re touching.”

“Pfft, that’s-” Rock Lock began, only to pause as he realised he’d long since given up experimenting with his quirk in that way once he realised it didn’t affect living matter. “T-That’s probably not something I can do.”

Maybe,” Mina smirked, hearing the doubt in his tone. “Guess us upstarts are gonna kick you out of the charts pretty easily then when we debut.”

“Alright, don’t get cocky,” Rock Lock shook his head and pushing himself up from the railings. “Don’t forget, I can still drop you as my work-study.”

“Yeah, but you like me too much now,” Mina cheekily stuck her tongue out at him.

“Brat,” Rock Lock sighed despite his smile. “You stay here and keep resting up, this pro is gonna go clean up what’s left of the mess.” Mina rolled her eyes as her mentor walked away with a casual wave back.

For a few moments, Mina resumed leaning against the railing and breathed deeply. Rock Lock’s words were appreciated, but she hadn’t been entirely honest with him. When Funkman had pointed his gun at her, she was terrified she’d be leaving her partners behind the same way Tooru was almost forced to. Putting them all through that was something she refused to allow and, despite her fears about using her quirk, she’d used it to escape Mirko’s grasp and help save the day.

It was then, with a start, that Mina realised she’d been so self-centred that she hadn’t even thought to check on the pro she knew she’d burned.

Just as she was turning around to seek out the rabbit hero, a wet squelch of a body rested against the rail next to her where Rock Lock had been.

“Phew, glad that’s all over!” Mirko groaned, stretching her arms up and rolling her shoulder. “That fucker deserved way more than we gave him. Think I should’ve given him a few extra kicks for good measure?”

Mina’s mouth dropped open as a soaking wet Mirko reclined beside her, her back resting against the rail as she observed the buzzing of officials behind them.

“Mirko! Are you okay? My acid didn’t hurt you too much, did it?” Mina stood up straight, looking at Mirko’s hands and neck for burns, the latter of which was hard considering the rabbit woman’s long, soaked hair.

“Huh? Oh, pfft, don’t worry about that, got it all cleaned off before it started eating me alive,” Mirko showed the girl her palms. “Didn’t plan on having a bath today but a dip in the ocean got it all off.”

The acid-wielding hero breathed a sigh of relief.

“Why didn’t you just ask Hydrogirl?” She raised a brow.

“Faster this way,” Mirko shrugged, though Mina’s eyes narrowed.

“You didn’t want to ask for help, did you?”

“No duh,” Mirko grinned. “It was bad enough putting this shit together in the first place. Though… as much as it pains me to say, it was worth it thanks to my fuck-up.”

“Fuck-up?” Mina raised a brow.

“That stupid bunny boy,” Mirko noted, “fucking Dictator used him as a human shield when I ambushed him. Had to fucking miss to not to take the kid’s head off and that’s when he got me.”

“Sorry you had to go through that,” Mina grimaced.

“My fault, should’ve expected the slimeball would’ve done something like that,” Mirko noted with a sigh. “Still, thanks again for your help. Because of you, everyone will get home safe tonight. Myself included.”

Mina blinked in surprise as the compliment washed over her. Not only was the infamous ‘teams slow me down’ Mirko thanking her for her help, but the pro had put aside her pride as a stand-alone hero to make sure she could better assure everyone’s safety.

“Glad I could help,” Mina smiled brightly, trying to hold back a small squeal of delight.

“I would say I’ll keep you in mind if ol’ Rock-head drops you as a work-study but fuck that,” the rabbit woman laughed.

“Your loss,” Mina grinned, turning around to lean back against the railing like Mirko, resting her elbows on the cool metal. “Clearly you need someone to watch your ass and I did a pretty good job if I do say so.”

“It was sloppy,” Mirko shook her head. “You left yourself open way too many times, no way you could keep up with me as a sidekick.” The pinkette wasn’t expecting such a thing, but it was still a little disheartening to hear. “Maybe when you get out of hero school, I’ll keep you in mind if I need to do another crummy team-up again.”

Mina turned towards Mirko with a joyful expression, who shot her a smug wink in return. The pinkette then caught herself, toning down her reaction and trying to play it cooler.

“Yeah, sure, but maybe by then, you’ll be begging to be my sidekick when I jump past you in the charts.”

“You ain’t jumping past the next number one,” Mirko bragged, “Just watch me kick that high and mighty Endeavor’s butt next chart.”

“Well, I’ll be rootin’ for you,” Mina chuckled as the pair let a calm settle over them while the other heroes and officers bustled around.

Unfortunately, a sight that often irritated Mirko arrived, but at least this time she had something to say that would hopefully help soothe some of the resentment and tension that was building in the public eye.

“Looks like the vultures are here,” she noted, pointing to arriving news vans. “Wanna go say ‘Hi’?”

“Do I have to?” Mina grimaced. “I did enough damage last time.”

“That’s fair,” Mirko shrugged, glancing at the girl before her smile deepened into a smirk, “but you better look busy anyway else they’re just gonna paint you like a lazy bum.” Reeling her arm back, Mirko reached around the railing to slap the pinkette firmly on the rear, causing Mina to jump in surprise before the pro took off with a laugh. “Don’t worry! I’ll put in a good word for you!”

While the rabbit hero enjoyed her parting shot, Mina felt her face rapidly flushing as, despite the pain on her ribs and ass, she was suddenly very aware that she would be needing some Mina time when she got some privacy.

“Fuckin’… god damn stupid sexy rabbit,” the pinkette quietly fumed, trying not to think about the lingering, almost pleasant pain on her backside as she walked, nor the memory of Mirko carrying her to safety in her big, strong, muscly arms. “Fuck me.”

Notes:

Chapter summary:
- Aizawa returns to class and announces that there will be an upcoming collaboration training session with other schools that they'll all be taking part in.

- With the homework load spiking thanks to Aizawa's return, many opt to get a head start on completing it. Momo, Ochako, Izuku group up to make a start, but Tsuyu wants to do something naughty together with her partners, especially Izuku due to his recent absence with work studies. When Mina escorts Tsuyu away to occupy the girl with a relaxing soak in the bath, Ochako informs Momo and Izuku of her issues with Tsuyu at the theme park. Collectively, they decide that, if they notice Tsuyu stepping over the line again, they’ll have an intervention.

- After classes the next day, Izuku seeks out Tsuyu to talk about what he'd learned from Ochako, wondering if her sadness over her family issues caused Tsuyu's lapse in judgment. Tsuyu admits that it's weighing on her and, with their impending break-up, she's understanding Kyoka a lot more recently. When Izuku is requested by Endeavor for the rest of the week, Tsuyu seizes her chance to claim some time with her boyfriend alone in her room. The two share a raunchy afternoon together going 'Plus Ultra' in Tsuyu's bed that leaves the girl satiated for now while Izuku reluctantly departs to attend to his responsibilities.

- Mina gets called in to take part in the raid under Rock Lock’s guiding eye. Her partners see her off before she relaxes on the train ride to her destination, recalling how she got invited to participate in the first place.

- A few weeks prior, Rock Lock brought Mina along to the initial raid meeting that was being established thanks to Mirko. Their target was a villain known as Dictator who'd been abducting appealing heteromorphs to sell into slavery. Mina is eager to lend her support to take down the vile villain and, seeing her commitment, Rock Lock introduces the girl to Mirko. Despite some other heroes' doubts about Mina's recent reputation, Mirko is satisfied with Mina's participation.

- In the present, the raid begins at a warehouse down by the docks. Mirko charges in through a skylight, going straight for Dictator, and the police start rounding up all the accomplices outside, with some minor battles taking place that Rock Lock and Mina participate in. When they go to secure everyone inside the warehouse, the gagged victims are all being forced to pack up the gear to make a quick escape as Dictator is still in control. Mina figures out Dictator's quirk only for the villain to emerge fromt he shadows. Mirko is then revealed to have almost smashed him, but he used a bunny boy child as a human shield that gave her a single moment’s hesitation that allowed him to secure his control over her. Mina manages to disrupt Dictator's hold on his non-hero victims but gets captured. Before Dictator can use the captured heroes to execute her, Mina manages to slip free and melt the string controlling Mirko, who then immediately takes down Dictator with Hyrdogirl hosing the acid away after the battle.

- The villains and victims are all rounded up. After receiving first aid, Rock Lock talks to Mina away from everything and tells her how good of a job she did while lamenting his own weakness to stop people. Mina, thinking like Izuku, suggests that maybe his quirk might be like Ochako's and can affect everything the target is touching instead of having to target one piece of clothing at a time which intrigues the pro with the possibilities as he attends to other matters. Mirko then arrives to compliment Mina, telling her she’s alright for a rookie. Mina questions how Mirko got caught when she was so fast, lead this team, and was a top hero. Mirko explains that Dictator kept a little boy in control under his coat to use as a meat shield and she had to cancel her knockout blow at the last moment, allowing Dictator to gain control of her when she exposed her neck. Mirko goes on to say that, she knows exactly how capable she is and as much as she hates teaming up with other heroes, she set aside her pride here to make sure everyone got out okay which Mina finds incredibly admirable. Mina unintentionally flirts, saying she’ll overtake Mirko’s spot on the charts soon enough, while Mirko says it's not possible as she’s gonna be number 1 soon enough. The press eventually turn up and start taking pictures. Mirko slaps Mina on the ass to get her moving rather than risk being seen as lazy and Mina almost orgasms there and then as they wrap up the raid.

Chapter 53: Communication

Summary:

Mina returns to UA and the class get a new assignment with the business course.
Perhaps a class activity might help improve their grades.

Notes:

Yeah... this has been long overdue. Apologies for the delay and this fic is certainly not dead or dying, I just moved and it's taking a while to get the place looking right. Unfortunately, I missed the window of the 3rd anniversary of this fic I was aiming for, but I certainly didn't forget to celebrate it with a commission i'm sure you'll all enjoy as seen below. For further details on 'LightOwl', the wonderful artist who created it for me, head to my discord server.

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(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

With the raid to capture Dictator and rescue his hostages complete, all that was left for the heroes was the wrap-up. At the same time, the uniformed officers got to work recording and cataloguing everything. Mina couldn’t help but giggle as she spotted the cat-eared officer who’d attacked her getting an earful from Mirko before abruptly being yanked into a hug.

Unfortunately for Mina, the night wasn’t over yet as Rock Lock regretfully reminded her that they needed to complete their reports on the raid before they could call it.

Though there were a number of other things she wished she could be doing right then, chief among them being sleep, she diligently ensured all her parts were in order thanks to her mentor’s help, even if the paperwork took most of the night.

By the time they were finished, it was around four in the morning, as a result, instead of getting the train back, the pro offered to drive Mina back to school so the girl could slumber in peace. Rock Lock couldn’t help but chuckle at seeing her conk out after only five minutes on the road and smirking after twenty when he spotted her drooling on herself.

While the excitement of the raid had tuckered her out, there was still more bad news to come for Mina as they pulled into the UA parking lot during the mid-morning classes.

“Come on, Pinky,” Rock Lock called as he turned off the engine, “back to the grind.”

“Nyuh… huh?” Mina blearily stirred, her mind taking its time to reboot properly. “UA?”

“That’s right,” the pro chuckled, opening his door, “just because you saved our bacon last night doesn’t mean you get to cut class on my watch.”

“Urgh…” the pinkette huffed, letting her heavy head succumb to gravity in an exaggerated sulk. “Can’t you say I was heroically wounded in action?”

“I could,” Rock Lock rolled his eyes fondly, “or, I could tell Eraser that we’re not pushing you hard enough if this is what makes you tap out.”

“You wouldn’t!” Mina gasped, turning to him with wide eyes as a small surge of adrenaline leaked into her system, and her mind conjured educated guesses of her teacher’s retribution.

“Maybe not, but I certainly expected more of the infamous Pinky,” the pro conceded and leant on his car’s roof, his smile indicative of his teasing, “you gonna let me down?”

“Aw man, that’s cheating!” Mina puffed up her cheeks, but resigned herself to her fate.

Rock Lock shook his head with a final chuckle before helping his work-study get her backpack and hero costume case out of the boot. Just as he handed the case to the girl, Mina noticed he hesitated to release his grip.

“Hey,” Rock Lock called as Mina looked up at him questioningly. “You did good out there, kid,” the pro shot her a smile full of genuine gratitude, “you’re gonna be a kickass pro one day, so keep goin’.”

The pinkette blinked as she took a moment to process his words before her familiar cheeky grin slipped onto her face and her heart filled with renewed confidence.

“Like anyone could stop me,” she winked.

“That’s what I wanna hear,” Rock Lock returned her grin in kind, releasing her hero case with a firm nod. “Now go on, go get out of that old uniform and head to class.”

“Can do,” Mina nodded and began walking away, only to pause and cheekily turn back to the man, “although, what will the others think when they hear you told me to take my clothes off?”

Mina merrily skipped away at a hurried pace as Rock Lock stammered before shouting after her, his face aflame. By the time she was gone from his sight, a fond smile returned to his face as he climbed back into his car to depart.

“I swear, that girl’s more trouble than she’s worth,” he grumbled in an exasperated but caring tone as he turned the key and began the trip back to his agency.

The trip would give him plenty of time to ponder. His mind first drifted to all the ways he could’ve approached the raid better that didn’t result in him getting captured by the enemy, but soon, his mind turned to the musings Mina had left him with after all was said and done.

Taking one hand off the wheel and idly glancing at the small, key-like protrusions on his digits, his mind turned to his quirk and all the potential avenues he’d discarded in the past before letting out a curious chuckle.

“Maybe Pinky’s the one taking me to school.”

After returning to her dorm with a bounce in her step, Mina soon came face to face with her toughest opponent yet; opening her bedroom door, she locked eyes with the deceptive comfort of her dishevelled but inviting bed as it called to her with its silent siren song.

The pinkette gulped and steeled her nerve, trying to avoid looking directly at it as she entered and quickly discarded her clothes from yesterday.

“Must… resist!” Mina gritted her teeth as her limbs filled with lead, her task of redressing in a fresh uniform becoming herculean toward the end.

With tears streaming down her eyes, the pinkette hoped she did Rock Lock and Aizawa proud as she locked her dorm behind her. She then released a tightly held breath, now suitably ready for whatever was left of the school day and praying that there wasn’t hero training at the end.

“Stupid pride,” she huffed, clenching her case tightly, but savoured the warmth of success spreading through her chest.

Though she was partially playing up her inner conflict for her own amusement, Mina truly felt she’d grown significantly since entering UA. Regardless of whether it was with help from her teachers, her work-study mentor, her friends, or even her partners, Mina knew she was on the right path and could resist the temptations to slack that her younger self might’ve indulged in.

That’s not to say her return wasn’t influenced by the knowledge that she could now talk about the raid with everyone and gush about her feelings throughout the whole thing, especially the bits about Mirko praising her.

Luckily for Mina, by the time she’d gotten dressed and arrived at UA’s main building, the bell rang, declaring it was time for lunch. With her rumbling stomach adding urgency to her feet, Mina made her visit to Recovery Girl extra quick, healing what remained of her injuries from the raid, though not without an extra bout of exhaustion and scolding from the matronly woman. Excusing herself in the name of recouping her energy levels, Mina then quickly found her way to the lunch hall, where she discovered her partners, minus Izuku, about to sit down together.

Resisting one last urge to immediately head over, Mina quickly grabbed her food before joining the group, with several faces brightening as she declared her arrival.

“Hey guys!”

“Mina!” Tooru almost jumped up with cheer, wrapping her girlfriend in a bone-crushing hug that threatened to destabilise both their puddings with its intensity.

“Woah! Take it easy, Starlight. I’m not goin’ anywhere,” Mina chuckled, grateful the hug wasn’t quite able to steal the air from her lungs.

“I think it’s more that you’re safe than about you leaving again,” Kyoka rolled her eyes, though not without a reassured smile on her face.

“Yes, I think we’re all relieved to see you back none the worse for wear,” Momo agreed.

“Well, it wasn’t easy,” Mina admitted, “I’ll tell you about it later, but yeah, I’m fine and it all worked out.”

“We checked the news this morning, ribbit,” Tsuyu informed her. “Considering what that villain was doing, I think we’re all glad to hear that.”

“Don’t remind me,” Mina groaned, pulling a sour face. “Anyway, what I miss? Anything interesting?”

“Compared to you kickin’ butt and taking names?” Ochako giggled, enthusiastically punching the air. “Not really.”

“We have a new assignment courtesy of Aizawa,” Momo relayed. “We’ll all be working with the business course from tomorrow until Monday to produce a promotional video of ourselves in the style of a commercial. It needs to be sixty seconds or less, and they’ll all be judged by the general studies course.”

“That doesn’t sound too bad,” Mina pondered, taking a bite of the sandwich she’d grabbed before swallowing, “actually, that could be pretty awesome!”

“Probably not in the way you’re thinking,” Kyoka warned her. “Apparently, our business course partners are in charge of this, so they get final say in how to portray us, like how we act, what we say and shit.”

“Oh,” the pinkette’s expression fell somewhat before brightening again, “that still might not be too bad. I hope they capture my cute side, but make me look awesome too!”

“Sames!” Tooru agreed, grabbing her pudding early. “Though, not sure how much they can do if I can only wear my gym kit.”

“Your new costume still hasn't come through?” Tsuyu asked curiously.

“Not yet,” Tooru sighed.

“I’m sure Hatsume’s working hard on it,” Ochako assured her, taking a bite of her fried rice.

“It’s more likely that Mr Power Loader is taking the lead since you need a license to actually create a costume,” Momo reminded her.

“Wouldn’t surprise me if Hatsume was leaving her mark on it though,” Kyoka noted, taking a bite of her salad.

“I just hope it’s flashy,” Tooru daydreamed. “I kinda gave her just some stylistic words to go off for design since I didn’t really know what they’d be able to do with it.”

“Maybe not too flashy,” Mina winked. “Your current costume does that enough.”

“I’m sure it’ll look good,” Tsuyu assured her with a smile as Mina got playfully swatted by her girlfriend for her cheek. “Until then, you’ll just have to do your best for the project.”

“I guess,” Tooru sighed.

“I’m hoping it won’t feel too strange acting for the camera,” Ochako fidgeted. “Is it weird I feel a bit of stage fright already?”

“No, and I feel that too,” Kyoka pulled a face.

“Didn’t you perform in front of loads of strangers on New Year's?” Mina quirked a brow. “Hell, we all strut our stuff at the autumn festival in those super cute outfits.”

“I guess,” Kyoka reluctantly conceded, “but I was still nervous as hell both times, and even then I had practice.”

“But you’ve had more than enough practice being a hero too,” Tooru winked cheekily, causing Kyoka’s heart to run just that little bit faster and colour her cheeks. 

“It is a bit weird promoting ourselves as heroes like this, ribbit,” Tsuyu agreed, taking the heat off her punk-rock girlfriend. “Anyway, Mina? What was it like working with Mirko?”

“Oh, right! So awesome!” Mina practically jumped in her seat. “Okay, right, I’ll start from the beginning…”


While Mina was welcomed back with open arms by her partners, friends, and teachers - once classes resumed - classwork and homework needed to be completed quickly to best prepare for whatever curveball might be thrown their way with the business course students the next day.

As Friday’s afternoon classes rolled around, there was a distinct anticipation in the air.

“All right, everyone,” Aizawa sighed with more lethargy than normal. “Head out to the Gym Gamma where you’ll meet up with the business course students; you won’t need your hero costumes for this.”

There was a ripple of confusion through the class at the announcement, but the air was quickly cleared by the vice-president.

“You heard our teacher, let’s move out and do our best!” Iida called out as everyone began shuffling for their bags and then the door.

Though he was as enthusiastic as ever, a quiet word from Momo had him joining the others in moving along rather than trying to direct everyone. It was a noticeable, and somewhat welcome, change from how overly enthusiastic he could be when they were all here to do their best anyway.

In short order, all of class 1-A had grabbed their things and filed out of the classroom, coming face to face with class B, who were doing the same thing.

“Looks like we’re all together for this one,” Kendo smiled, walking beside Momo and Kyoka with her shoulder bag.

“Though I doubt we’ll be interacting much,” Kyoka noted.

“I guess that depends entirely on our business partners,” Momo chuckled politely.

“Maybe they’ll want to have some action shots of us fighting ‘villains’!” Tetsutetsu punched a fist into his hand with Kirishima grinning alongside him, having overheard the chatter.

“Well, then I guess we know why class A is here,” Monoma glanced over his shoulder at the small group with a smirk. “Just kidding.”

Kendo rolled her eyes, glad her classmate was at least a less aggravating about their class rivalry now.

“This is my time to shroom!” Komori enthused, already planning out the entire advertisement in her head.

“You’ve certainly wanted something like this for a while,” Kuroiro smiled shyly.

“I just hope they can capture the magnificence of my sparkle!” Aoyama turned to pose, only to almost trip over his own feet.

“Same old, same old, eh, Aoyama?” Sero chuckled, bracing the boy before he toppled over himself.

“I’m too shy for this sort of thing,” Koda muttered, glancing back nervously to join the conversation.

“Don’t worry, Koda,” Kendo smiled brightly, reaching out to squeeze his shoulder. “Just remember your training and show them what kind of hero you want to be.”

Koda seemed to calm after that, taking a deep breath and smiling gratefully back at his training partner.

“Ads, commercials, all are naught but carefully crafted illusions,” Tokoyami mumbled.

“A spooky subterfuge,” Yanagi agreed.

“Some of us aren’t even going to need stuff like this,” Shinso shrugged, unconcerned and uninterested in the activity.

“It’s another part of our studies, though,” Shoji reminded them despite his own anxiousness about the project. “So we’re probably going to be graded.”

“I’m sure we’ll all do fine!” Mina brushed off, her enthusiasm renewed. “We’ll just blow everyone away like we did at the autumn festival!”

There were a few cheers from her friends as they recalled the crowd’s delight from their performances, but such a feat would be a lot harder to pull off individually and with a much more self-centred topic. Such was the thought process of Eraser Head, who led the group along with Vlad King.

“Do I even need to ask if you warned them that this wouldn’t be about making commercials for their usual hero personas?”

Aizawa snorted and shook his head, causing Vlad to sigh at his fellow teacher’s reluctance to do anything but throw his class in the deep end. All he could do was wish them luck, though only as much as to still come second behind his class at the end of this project.


As expected, upon arrival at the gym and after introductions were made, all the hero students were paired up with either one, two, or more students from classes 1-I, J, or K.

Unfortunately, Izuku, Todoroki, and Bakugo were all still at Endeavour’s agency, so their business course partners were stuck with just planning out their advertisements, hoping to incorporate their missing partners’ skills from their demonstrations in the sports festival and what they’d gleaned through word of mouth. Unlike their usual exercises, the groups were told they would be able to use the entire campus and the many varied training grounds to get the best footage for their adverts.

While polite introductions had been made, the hero students couldn’t help but notice that the business course students had gathered a variety of ominous-looking props and costumes of their own.

Soon, everyone was dismissed to use the rest of the lesson time to begin work on their joint project, with many business students grabbing their assigned hero student or students, and running off along with some of the props.

It was a long afternoon for some, and, with it being the last class of the day, they weren’t required to call it quits; especially since this was partially a homework assignment too. As a result, many of 1-A’s members trickled into the dorm that evening.

Kyoka, having had some opinions about how she and her business course partner should portray the commercial, found herself as one of the late returners to the dorm.

When she entered, she found many of her friends having or preparing dinner at various stages; while Tsuyu and Momo were chatting in the kitchen with Sato and Ojiro as they were preparing their food, Ochako was already enjoying hers with Iida and Koda. Seated on the sofa while watching TV, Kyoka spied Mina and Tooru, who’d likely already finished their meal since they were tucking into a bag of popcorn and cookies together.

“Like clockwork,” Kyoka chuckled, gesturing to the snacks as she joined her partners on the comfy chairs for a break before making her dinner.

“Hey, we earned it today,” Tooru pouted, “I had to try on like, ten different outfits and loads of accessories because my project partner was being picky.”

The blatant joy in her tone assured Kyoka that Tooru wasn’t entirely put out by the issue.

“Urgh, I hear that,” Kyoka sympathised all the same. “I’ve gotta wear something that super doesn’t suit me at all, but it’s ‘integral to the aesthetic’,” she quoted with a somewhat mocking tone. “Man, I really hope it comes out better in post.”

“At least yours isn’t making you act like a bully,” Mina stuck her tongue out distastefully. “I get where he’s going with it, but it still felt super weird to be this like, ‘honourable punk’ sorta hero.”

“Oh yeah?” Kyoka sat up a little straighter which Mina didn’t miss, a small smirk slithering onto her lips.

“Yup,” Mina grinned, popping her ‘p’. “But you’ll have to wait until we’re done to see just how punk I can be.”

The punk-rock girl rolled her eyes as Mina giggled at her reaction.

“At least it’s the weekend now,” Tooru grinned, returning her focus to the show she and Mina were watching and grabbing another cookie to snack on before offering the packet to Mina and Kyoka. While her pink-haired girlfriend eagerly helped herself to another, Kyoka reached for one only to hesitate and politely decline.

“I shouldn’t,” she patted her stomach. “I think I may have indulged a bit too much recently. That stupid dress I have to wear almost didn’t fit me.”

“Ooo, a dress? Is it cute?” Tooru enthused while Mina second-guessed her own decision to take another cookie.

“Now that you mention it, between the sleepovers and parties we’ve been having…” she pinched her side where she felt a touch of extra flab. While their hero training was intense, it wasn’t always the best at burning up calories, especially the lessons that took on the less physical material.

“Hey, you’re both gorgeous,” Tooru assured both her self-conscious girlfriends before poking her own belly that was fully of tasty treats. “Don’t let a little extra bother you like that.”

“Eh, I think it’s more that we’ve let things slide a little too much recently,” Kyoka noted.

“I haven’t done any dance practice in weeks because of how stressed and busy I’ve been,” Mina agreed, “and Friday nights are usually for us. Maybe I need to go break out some cardboard and show off my moves to shift some of this dead weight.”

Tooru could tell this was a little deeper than she’d expected. While all too familiar with being self-conscious about her looks, she wasn’t as well-versed as her partners when it came to body image beyond yearning to see her own for many years no matter the shape she was in.

“Guess now’s as good a time for you to teach me, too,” Tooru reluctantly conceded, putting her cookie back in the packet and deciding to support her girlfriends.

“Hey girls,” a new voice entered the conversation as the three turned to see Sato and Ochako approaching with a few bowls of heavenly-looking ice cream, topped with whipped cream, fruit, mochi balls, wafers, macaroons, and chocolate. “Wanna try a new dessert I’m tinkering with?”

“It’s super delish!” Ochako enthused, having already taken a big bite of her own.

While Mina and Kyoka wore apologetic looks at the approaching treat, Tooru was torn between creating a waterfall of drool or dejected tears of dismay at having to refuse the delicacy for her own good.

“I’d better not,” Kyoka politely declined.

“Mama wants, but Mama shouldn’t,” Mina agreed.

“Umm… maybe just a bite,” Tooru gave in to the sugary temptation, gratefully taking an offered bowl and spoon, “… or six.”

“Traitor!” Mina glared, poking her public girlfriend in the side as she took her first bite.

“But it’s so yummy!” Tooru cried, conflict still waging itself inside her as the ice cream so smoothly settled on her taste buds.

“Something wrong?” Ochako asked as Sato looked confused at the rare turn down of food.

“Just feeling a bit extra,” Kyoka informed them, touching her side. Ochako realised what Kyoka meant, and her spoon suddenly felt a little less inclined to rise again.

“Aw, you guys don’t have to worry ‘bout that,” Sato shook his head, “you all look great, if you don’t mind me saying.”

“Appreciated,” Mina thanked him with a grateful smile, though it didn’t change her mind. “If only we could be more like Yaomomo!”

“Be like me how?” Momo asked, having settled down to eat dinner with Tsuyu at a table, two bowls of Sato’s newest treat patiently waiting beside their plates for when they finished.

“Your quirk’s super-awesome side-effect of giving you a perfect figure whenever you want,” Mina explained with a minor pout.

“While that may be the case, need I remind you that it also has its drawbacks, namely limiting my quirk’s capacity and rendering me injured should I go too overboard?” Momo giggled politely.

“But with Sato’s sweets, I don’t think you’d need to worry about that ever again,” Mina reasoned.

“Guess that leaves us having to do things the old-fashioned way if we wanna indulge,” Ochako sighed, debating whether to hit the gym after her dessert.

“If you do, make sure to focus on your aerobic exercises,” Momo informed her. “Walking, jogging, swimming, and more that don’t put too much strain on your muscles but can be performed for an extended period of time.”

“You mean I can’t just bench-press a fridge like Izuku and lose all this weight?” Mina chuckled while Kyoka had a curious thought.

“Unfortunately not,” Momo giggled.

“Hey,” the punk-rock girl pulled the group’s attention back to her. “I think I have an idea.”

“As tempting as it is, we shouldn’t get liposuction,” the pink-haired girl teased, earning herself a small glare from her secret girlfriend.

Actually, I was gonna suggest something fun we could do tonight instead of a sleepover,” Kyoka deadpanned.

“Can’t we do both?” Mina winked cheekily, images flashing through the pair’s minds at the activities that probably helped burn at least a few extra calories that they usually got up to during such events.

“What’s your idea, Kyoka?” Tooru asked, giving Mina a poke in her side to settle their girlfriend.

“I’ve got an old portable karaoke player upstairs in one of my drawers,” the punk-rock girl explained. “We could hook it up to Ochako’s TV and sing some shit.”

“Not the most intense exercise, ribbit,” Tsuyu noted.

“But it might do the trick if you’re passionate and energetic enough,” Momo reasoned.

“I could still bust out my funky moves to the beat!” Mina grinned.

“We wouldn’t have to take turns, either,” Tooru enthused. “We could all sing together.”

“That might get quite loud,” Kyoka hesitated, wondering if she should go grab her ear mufflers before they committed to the idea.

“But it’d be a lot of fun,” Ochako grinned, feeling pumped up by the idea.

“Might be helpful for class too, ribbit. Ochako and I are working together for our commercial, and we’re apparently portraying singing heroes,” Tsuyu pointed out, recalling the partial costumes their business partners had gotten together so far.

“Uh, in that case,” their conversation gained a new participant as Ojiro spoke up, looking at Kyoka. “You think I could join in? I was gonna ask you for some tips about performing musically for this project, but getting some practice in with karaoke might help.”

“Oh, uh…” Tooru hesitated while the girls looked awkwardly at each other.

“If you bring the karaoke machine down, you could put it on one of the TVs here in the common room, I’m sure the others won’t mind,” Sato reasoned.

“Oh, right!” Tooru almost slapped her head at her misinterpreted intention. She’d almost thought that Ojiro was asking to join their sleepover, which, once upon a time, she wouldn’t have minded, but that was definitely no longer the case.

“I guess I could,” Kyoka replied, though a little hesitant about performing in front of people again, especially without proper preparation time or equipment.

“We could turn it into a whole thing, maybe get everyone else to join in too!” Mina grinned. “At least then you’d get to see how awful my harpy screeching is compared to your captivating chords.”

Kyoka pushed down the minor blush she felt rising at Mina’s endearing compliment, but felt her worries ease significantly after hearing that.

“Are you talking about a class karaoke night?” Their class vice-president pried.

“You wanna join too, Iida?” Ochako asked as her friend approached them.

“Well, it’s not something I would typically enjoy,” Iida admitted, “but it could be a good opportunity for us all to gain some more experience performing for an audience that would benefit our current hero assignment.”

“Ribbit, always with the academic angle, eh, Iida?” Tsuyu chuckled while Ochako sweat dropped at Iida’s expectations.

“I guess we should just be glad Bakugo’s not here,” Sato chuckled. “He’d probably turn the whole thing into a competition.”

While the group silently agreed to that interpretation, the girls were a little disappointed they wouldn’t be able to hear Izuku or Todoroki sing for the same reasons since the trio didn’t seem like they’d be returning that night.

“Alright, fine,” Kyoka made a show of reluctantly conceding before rising to her feet, “I’ll go get it.”

“Awesome!” Mina grinned, standing up too. While Kyoka paused to see if the girl was joining her, it seemed Mina had other ideas in mind. Walking over to Sato, Mina gratefully accepted one of the slightly melted bowls of the mega-treat from him before plopping herself back down on the sofa and eagerly eying her prize.

“I thought you said you shouldn’t,” Kyoka levelled a look at the pink-haired minx.

“I’m accepting this as a pre-ward for all the hard work I’m about to do,” Mina grinned, ready to dig in.

Before she could indulge, a hand reached out from behind the sofa and swiftly plucked the bowl out of Mina’s grasp.

“Hey!”

“Ah, ah,” Momo cut off her girlfriend’s objection. “I think we both know that pre-rewards do not work.”

For all their tutoring with each other, whether it be about schoolwork for Mina or how to better avoid relationship pitfalls for Momo, both had learned that indulging in each other during a study break left the remainder of their time as good as lost.

“Mean!” Mina pouted, mourning her lost treat as it entered the freezer for safekeeping while everyone else giggled at her minor misfortune.


Soon enough, after heading to her room, Kyoka returned with the somewhat dusty karaoke machine and began hooking it up to the TV.

“Sorry if the song selection’s a little dated,” Kyoka pre-emptively apologised from behind the screen, “I got this thing from my dad years ago.”

“I’m sure there will be a more than adequate selection for us to enjoy,” Momo assured her, sitting eagerly on the sofa as the TV flickered to life.

“Woah, there’s like ten-thousand songs on this thing!” Mina exclaimed as she flicked through the selection with the control, which eclipsed even the better commercial karaoke machines she knew of by a few thousand. “Is there anything your dad didn’t download on it?”

“Legally, I hope,” Iida chimed in, now eying the device suspiciously.

“Duh, dude,” Kyoka rolled her eyes. “The old man just likes his music. Wouldn’t be surprised if he got it extra juiced from his and mom’s connections.”

“Ah, that is acceptable,” Iida nodded approvingly, getting a few exasperated looks from the others.

“How do we decide on who goes first?” Ochako asked.

“I volunteer as tribute!” Mina’s hand shot up.

“Sus,” Tsuyu glanced at the girl who hurried to grab one of the microphones attached to the machine as Kyoka finished setting it up.

“What possible ulterior motive could I have?” Mina asked with mock indignation.

“You’re not getting your ice cream until after we’re all finished,” Momo informed her with a teasing smile as Mina tried her best to cover up her disappointment.

“T-That wasn’t my intention at all!” She rejected, turning her nose up and her eyes towards the TV where the song selection awaited her input.

“Busted,” Tooru giggled, her girlfriend being even more transparent than she usually was.

“Shush, you!” Mina glared playfully over her shoulder, her song selected. “Right now, you just sit there and let the peak performance of Pinky dazzle you all. I got the perfect song to pump us all up!”

The others spotted that the song Mina had selected was ‘Get Back Up Again’ from an old kids' movie as a predictably upbeat tempo began filling the air.

“~Looking up at a sunny sky, so shiny and blue, and there's a butterfly,
well, isn't that a super fantastic sign, it's gonna be a fantastic day!~”

As Mina sang, Kyoka subtly played with the volume settings, adding some extra bass to the system so they could all feel the song running through the room; much like how she usually used her quirk. It seemed her intentions were on target as they all seemed to be getting into the rhythm of things and even Iida was tapping his foot enthusiastically. Though Kyoka resisted the urge to join Mina’s song, Tooru and Ochako had no qualms about chiming in when the chorus rolled around, apparently familiar.

“~Hey! I'm not giving up today.
There's nothing getting in my way,
and if you knock knock me over,
I, will, get back up again.
Oh, if something goes a little wrong,
Well you can go ahead and bring it on,
'Cause if you knock knock me over,
I, will, get back up again!~”

Mina wore the brightest grin as her over-the-top performance was doing its job and loosening everyone up. Not to mention that, as she got into the rhythm, she could feel the calories slipping off of her, and a few entranced eyes sticking to her; notably Kyoka and Tsuyu’s.

Deciding to live up to one of her nicknames, she threw a little extra bounce into her singing, well aware she was only wearing a tank top with a not-too-tight bra, and Mina knew the growing blushes on their cheeks were her doing. However, she may have also accidentally hit Ojiro and Sato in the process as their eyes were also drawn to her assets. While unintentional, their lingering gazes were certainly a boost to her ego.

By the time the chorus came around again, everyone was joining in with the melody if not the lyrics.

“~Hey! I'm not giving up today.
There's nothing getting in my way,
and if you knock knock me over,
I, will, get back up again.
Oh, if something goes a little wrong,
Well you can go ahead and bring it on,
'Cause if you knock knock me over,
I, will, get back up again!
Whoa oh oh oh oh, get back up again,
Whoa oh oh oh oh oh (I'm okay),
Whoa oh oh oh oh,
And if you knock knock me over, you knock knock me over
I… will… get back up again~”

As the song came to a surprisingly slow conclusion, Mina flopped on the ground dramatically, much to the amusement of her peers and received a few cheers for her enthusiastic efforts.

“That was awesome, Mina!” Tooru cooed.

“She made it look a lot easier than it is,” Ojiro commented.

“Agreed,” Iida nodded, “being able to perform something like this well requires precise control over multiple skills at once.”

“You don’t need to analyse it like that,” the tailed student raised a brow at the vice-president who sounded more than a little like Midoriya in that moment.

“Thank you, thank you,” Mina grinned, sitting up proudly and taking a small bow. “Who’s got next?”

“I’ll go,” Sato offered, stepping up to take the microphone from Mina as she then squeezed in next to Tooru. “No time like the present, right?”

Word had spread through the class group chat thanks to Iida, and several of their other classmates had expressed interest in at least looking in, if not joining.

As Sato started up his somewhat decent rendition of ‘The Candy Man’, people began trickling down from upstairs including Kirishima, Kaminari, Sero, and Aoyama.

“The star has arrived to join this soiree,” Aoyama announced with a flourish.

“Hey, whaddya know, dinner and a show,” Kaminari grinned as he and Kirishima headed to the kitchen while the others joined the group on the couch.

“Uh-uh,” Kyoka’s eyes narrowed, locking onto the grinning blond as Sato continued his performance, “you’re not allowed to just hang around and make fun of us.”

“Not without joining in,” Tsuyu grinned cheekily, earning a redirected glare from Kyoka. “If you wanna watch, then you need to sing something too.”

“Fine by me,” Kaminari shrugged easily as he started working on his dinner.

“You know I’m down,” Kirishima chuckled,

“Guys!” Tooru scolded, returning the group's attention to Sato.

“~Yes, the Candy Man can 'cause he mixes it with love,
And makes the world taste good, (Makes the world taste good).~”

While a little off-key here and there, Kyoka considered the classic song a good fit for Sato and gave him a thumbs-up as the chorus faded out, causing her classmate’s chest to swell with pride.

“All right, nailed it,” he pumped his fist.

“You’ve got good pipes, man,” Kirishima called over with a grin.

“Considering that cake when we all first moved in, you sing that to a girl and you could be her ‘confectionery guardian,” Mina winked cheekily, getting a confused look from more than just Sato.

“What?” Ojiro’s brow furrowed.

“A sugar daddy!” Mina revealed with glee as her friends collectively groaned and Sato bore more than a hint of red on his cheeks at the thought.

“So, uh, who’s next?” He asked, offering the microphone to whomever as the following volunteer reached for it.

“I believe that is for moi,” Aoyama winked as he took centre stage, “and there is only one song that can complement my twinkle.”

There were a few rolled eyes at their friend’s predictable posturing, but none could begrudge the boy in the name of fun.

“Sing it, Aoyama!” Tooru cheered as the blond sped through the selection and found the song he was looking for. With a click, the song was selected, and Aoyama took a deep breath as the beat started up.

~Shine bright like a diamond,
Shine bright like a diamond.
~

With every other line, the audience struggled to contain their giggles as Aoyama struck pose after pose, the light occasionally catching him just right and some swearing he was indeed twinkling, though that may have just been his sparkly shirt.

“~So shine bright, tonight, you and I,
We're beautiful like diamonds in the sky.
Eye to eye, so alive,
We're beautiful like diamonds in the sky.~”

Though his singing left more to be desired than Sato, it was easy enough for Mina to get into a groove, her shoulders moving to the beat. The song was great to dance to, even if it wasn’t overly energetic, and she had the perfect excuse to get up and move sitting next to her.

Offering her hand to Tooru, the glittery-haired girl looked a little confused but cautiously took Mina’s implied offer, being eagerly pulled to her feet by her partner who was grinning brightly as she started dancing beside her.

“C’mon, Tooru. Dance!” Her girlfriend laughed.

“Gotta burn off those calories, ribbit,” Tsuyu chuckled, content to sit and watch for now with Ochako beside her looking relieved she wasn’t being invited up too.

With eyes now turning towards her, Tooru felt a touch of excitement stir within her that was more than enough to get her hips moving if nothing else.

“Woo! That’s it, girl!” Mina cheered as she danced a little more actively.

If Aoyama minded about the attention being split he certainly didn’t show it as he continued singing his heart out while Mina and Tooru laughed and danced together.

Eventually, the song drew to a close with hearty repetitions of the chorus. As it did, Tooru saw her opportunity and quickly broke away from Mina as Aoyama struck one last power pose.

By manipulating the light from the TV and some of the glimmers from Aoyama’s top, Tooru caused a minor disco ball effect to radiate from behind the boy, adding that extra pizzazz he was sure to appreciate.

“How was that, mes amie?” Aoyama flourished, breathing slightly laboured from the effort he’d put into it.

“A hearty effort,” Iida enthused, starting up a small wave of claps.

“Definitely a contender to headline for the next Autumn Festival,” Sero winked teasingly to Kyoka, though the effect was lost on Aoyama, his smile only brightening at the praise.

“While my shine is bright, it is nothing compared to our resident star,” Aoyama conceded toward Kyoka, who averted her eyes at the praise with a light blush colouring her cheeks as Sero elbowed her and Momo gave an agreeing nod.

“I don’t think there are many that could top that performance, though I can think of one,” Momo giggled politely, thinking about her and Kyoka’s secret New Year’s concert.

“Shut up,” Kyoka tried to brush off, much to the other’s amusement. “Can someone else just go already?”

“I got it!” A voice from the kitchen called out. Kyoka was suddenly glad Kaminari had put a lasagne to bake, as he was able to draw the class's attention to himself with his declaration and plenty of time to let it cook.

“This should be good,” Sero smirked.

“Dude, have a little faith,” Kaminari grinned as he took the microphone from Aoyama while the blonde sat back down along with Mina and Tooru. “I can’t sing for crap, but I’m pretty sure there’s a bop on here I can work with.”

Scrolling through the song list, Kaminari arrived at a song that’d had been repeated ad nauseam to his parents in his youth, but he always enjoyed singing along with no matter what.

“Oh yeah! I better hear you all sing along with this one!” The electric blond grinned as the first guitar chords kicked the song off.

“~So no one told you life was gonna be this way.
Your job's a joke, you're broke, your love life's D.O.A.~”

Though he was pouring his best singing talent into the song, Kaminari quirked a brow when he only saw recognition on a few of the faces amongst his peers. Sero, Kirishima, and strangely, Uraraka seemed to be mumbling the words to the verse with him before he reached the chorus.

“~I'll be there for you, (When the rain starts to pour).
I'll be there for you, (Like I've been there before).
I'll be there for you, ('Cause you're there for me too).~”

While those who recognised the song had no issues joining Kaminari’s request for them to sing along, he was somewhat relieved to see that his choice seemed to have picked up traction amongst the others, with everyone else getting into the tune that had long stuck with him.

Having avoided looking at her until now, Kaminari’s smile brightened a bit more when he saw Kyoka nodding her head along, not looking entirely repulsed by his singing.

“~Someone to face the day with,
make it through all the rest with.
Someone I'll always laugh with,
even at my worst, I'm best with you, yeah!~”

Kaminari knew he didn’t have a chance with her, but even so, he internally dedicated this performance to his former crush. Whether it was standing by her side on the battlefield, pulling the attention away from her when she looked uncomfortable, or being a quiet confidant when she needed it, he’d try to always be there for her.

Before too long, the song came to a close with the traditional repetition of the chorus, which had more people joining in this time, ending with a small round of applause for the electric-quirked boy.

“That was fun!” Ochako whooped.

“Very relatable lyrics,” Tsuyu noted with a chuckle.

“Are they?” Iida questioned. “I admit that part eludes me. I have never overslept to the degree mentioned, nor burned my breakfast among most other things the song listed.”

“Of course you haven’t,” Ojiro shook his head.

“I’m surprised more of you guys didn’t know that one,” Kaminari remarked, putting the microphone down on the coffee table. “It was the theme to a hit show that was everywhere at one point.”

“It was?” Tooru tilted her head curiously.

“Yeah, it had reruns all the time,” Sero chimed in.

“They were always on one of the few channels we got,” Ochako spoke up, though the others seemed somewhat bemused as they couldn’t recall ever watching it.

“Must’ve been niche,” Ojiro shrugged, with a few others agreeing.

Kaminari’s mouth dropped open in disbelief as even Kyoka nodded along with that assumption, feeling himself defeated despite the killer performance he thought he had.

“If no one else minds…” the tall, raven-haired class president rose to her feet. “I believe I would like to go next.”

“Go for it, Momo!” Mina cheered.

“I’m surprised we haven’t heard you sing before, you seem like you’d be a natural at it,” Sato remarked.

“Well, I did have some lessons during my formative years,” Momo acknowledged, grabbing the microphone and rendering everyone curious, “but that was for music of the more classical variety.”

“Does this thing even have stuff like that?” Sero turned to Kyoka who shrugged in response.

“No clue. I had a few favourite songs when I practised with this, but I’ve got no idea of the full range the old man put on here.”

“I’m sure she’ll do great,” Koda commented with an honest smile, having been content to listen to everyone else’s performances so far.

“I hope so,” Momo agreed with the quiet boy as she scrolled through the selection, unfamiliar with everything she’d seen, “I can’t very well sing if there’s nothing I’m familiar with.”

“Just give it your best shot, ribbit,” Tsuyu smiled.

The heiress continued scrolling for another minute, her brow furrowing as she grew more worried that she’d have to pick a song at random until she came across a familiar name. It was a song she’d listened to with Kyoka when they’d spent some time together before the dorms had been established; one she’d purchased and listened to frequently on her computer more and more in recent months.

“Good choice,” Ojiro grinned, familiar with the song himself.

“A manly classic,” Kirishima agreed, bringing his food over to a dining table.

With a deep breath, Momo let the classic rock song play out before the first verse came in.

“~I want to break free, I want to break free,
I want to break free from your lies.
You're so self-satisfied, I don't need you,
I've got to break free.~”

Momo’s collective partners all felt their brows raise at once at the surprisingly blatant lyrics Momo was singing for half the class. They could almost feel the passion Momo was pouring into the song, despite her elegant voice not quite suiting it.

Glancing around, they could see that their classmates were also stunned at Momo’s performance, though they hoped that their secret girlfriend wasn’t accidentally giving too much away.

That all went out the window when the next verse kicked in.

“~I've fallen in love.
I've fallen in love for the first time,
This time I know it's for real.
I've fallen in love, yeah.~”

As much as Kyoka wanted to savour her girlfriend singing those lyrics that she knew were about her and the others to everyone, she could feel her whole body tense up as their secret was practically being paraded around by the one who was supposed to keep quiet the most.

Through Momo’s continued performance, she closed her eyes to avoid looking at either her partners, or any of her other audience members. If only for a short while, she hoped to lose herself in the music as Kyoka so often did when pouring her heart into her craft.

“~But life still goes on,
I can't get used to living without, living without,
living without you by my side.~”

Over in the kitchen, Kaminari's mouth dropped open. Had Yaoyorozu chosen this song deliberately? She seemed familiar enough with the words but there was something deeper he could almost sense though couldn't quite put his finger on. There was intent there, Yaoyorozu was almost definitely identified with the lyrics or message of the song in some way and, with an excited glance towards Kyoka who seemed oddly stiff, he hoped for once that he wasn't imagining things.

“~I've got to break free,
I want to break free, yeah.
I want, I want, I want,
I want to break free.~”

With one, last variation of the chorus as Momo's imagination filled with a vision of her and her partners inhabiting the home they'd build together, the lyrical portion ended and the music slowly faded out.

Opening her eyes to silence, Momo blushed as she took in the stunned faces of her classmates.

“Oh um... my apologies if that wasn't very good,” she bowed politely.

“What are you talking about, that was awesome!” Sato immediately praised.

“Super passionate! I felt so manly just listening to you!” Kirishima agreed.

“Looks like you knew that one pretty well, ribbit,” Tsuyu noted, trying to hint with her eyes that she'd picked up on Momo's supposed 'subtleties' and that others likely had too.

“You didn't happen to choose that song for any particular reason, did you?” Kaminari asked eagerly and almost accusatorily, his eyes glancing towards Kyoka who was still somewhat stiff, but Momo was prepared.

“Actually, yes,” Momo nodded with a deceptively sweet smile. “My classical education covered a variety of genres, not just the traditional, and that included notable classics from other countries too. I believe this one was exceedingly popular in the west and I've enjoyed it for a while, even if I can't relate to the original song's intentions.”

“O-Oh,” Kaminari remarked, somewhat crestfallen in his friend's stead while Kyoka and her fellow partners breathed a sigh of relief at how easily the lie seemed to slip from Momo's lips.

“Still, you sang super-well, Momo,” Tooru beamed.

“Indeed. A stellar performance; as expected by our class president,” Iida encouraged, helpfully moving the conversation along.

“Who would like to go next?” Momo asked, helpfully offering out the microphone. Unfortunately, those who'd yet to take a turn looked somewhat sheepish at the notion.

“Yeah, I don't think I can follow that,” Ojiro rubbed his neck.

“Trying to shine bright next to such brilliance would be folie,” Aoyama noted, glad he'd been able to sparkle his brightest beforehand.

“C'mon, guys, it's not about skill; it's about having fun!” Tooru enthused.

“So are you volunteering?” Sato chuckled with a teasing grin.

“Uh... well, m-maybe in a bit,” Tooru blushed, sinking into her seat and Mina's arms at being called out while the pinkette chuckled.

Momo felt a little guilty, not having intended to put out such a strong yet demoralising performance, as she let her arm with the microphone fall slightly.

Luckily, there was one whose hand reached out to take the baton, ready to continue the evening of enjoyment for their class.

“It seems fitting that, as your vice-president, I should take the next turn.”

“All right, Iida!” Ochako cheered, eager to see what her friend could possibly have in store.

While Iida took the stage, Momo reclaimed her spot next to Kyoka, gently applying pressure to her  girlfriend's closest knee with her own and sending her a secret smile when she caught her eye. Now that the danger of discovery seemed to have passed, Kyoka's body relaxed and the full effect of Momo's impassioned singing caught up to her, deeply colouring her cheeks. Off the side, Tsuyu, Mina, and Tooru exchanged relieved yet amused glances.

“I may not be much of a music man, but there are a few tracks I have found inspiring,” Iida announced as he scrolled through the song list, hoping at least one of the more niche tunes he had in mind was present.

“I bet it's heavy metal, or something completely out there,” Sero chuckled.

“From Iida? I'll take that bet,” Ojiro chuckled.

Iida himself couldn't resist a small smile as he located one of the songs he was thinking of, starting it up and turning back to his friends. While the song began with a tune that Yaoyorozu seemed to recognise with her classical education, he was sure the rest of them were about to be enlightened.

“~There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium,
And hydrogen and oxygen and nitrogen and rhenium,
And nickel, neodymium, neptunium, germanium,
And iron, americium, ruthenium, uranium.~”

It didn't take long for the class to both recognise that Iida was somehow turning a memorisation of the periodic table of elements into a song with surprising efficiency. While not particularly catchy for the audience to latch on to and join in on, there was an almost hypnotic rhythm to Iida's articulation that kept his classmates entranced.

By the time Iida finished his strange crossover of song and rap, he'd powered through over one-hundred elements, leaving most of the class impressed.

“Damn man, is that how you do so well in tests and stuff?” Sero gaped.

“That is simple hard work and diligence,” Iida admitted. “This was something I did recreationally that has the added benefit of having occasionally assisting me during chemistry examinations.”

“I'm not sure if that's the most impressive boring thing I’ve ever heard, or the most boring impressive thing,” Mina giggled, giving Iida a wink to let him know she was only teasing.

“At the very least, it is impressive. I may just have to borrow that to enhance my own retention,” Momo complimented, only for Iida to shake his head.

“While it was effective in describing the elements available at the time it was written, many more have since been discovered and are not present in this song. There are some people out there who have taken it upon themselves to add to the song but none have yet put out a suitable enhanced cover of the original,” Iida remarked.

“I did notice that,” Momo nodded while everyone else decided to take the pair at their words.

“Who would like to go next?” Iida enquired to the room with those remaining now glancing to each other curious.

“Jeez, is being quiet something you guys just don’t know how to do?”

At the new voice, the class turned to see Shinso standing in the kitchen, a towel around his neck and hair slick from sweat. Kaminari almost jumped as he hadn’t heard the guy approach at all despite being only a few feet away.

“Shinso, buddy,” Sero grinned. “Where’ve you been? Come join us!”

“Pass,” Shinso sighed, opening the fridge and grabbing a bottle of water.

“Aw, how come?”

“I’ve got more productive things to do,” the boy shrugged, taking a long swig of the refreshing liquid.

“But dude, this could be awesome practise for you quirk,” Kaminari nudged him. “Koda had to do yelling practise with his voice during the training camp way back when,” the Anivoice-quirked boy nodded along, “maybe this’ll be useful for you.”

“How would karaoke be helpful in tricking someone into responding?” Shinso quirked a disbelieving brow.

Kaminari’s lips twisted into a trickster’s grin as he glanced over his shoulder at their friends. He then called out a few words he knew would be irresistible.

“Never gonna give you…” he paused while Shinso looked at him weirdly.

“Up!” Mina called out, impulsively finishing the lyric before clapping a hand over her mouth. “Hey!”

“Ha! Gotcha!” Kaminari laughed before wiggling his fingers as a magician would. “Now you’re under my quirk’s powers.”

While lightly cursing herself for being the demonstration dummy, Mina couldn’t help but play along further.

“Oh no, what are you gonna make me do? Give up my villainous ways?” She replied dramatically, getting more than a few rolled eyes for her efforts.

“No,” Kaminari grinned cheekily, “just come give the microphone to Shinso.”

“Yes, Master!” Mina suddenly replied in a monotone voice, causing a round of chuckles from her friends.

“Please don’t,” Shinso grimaced at both the poor imitation of his quirk and the idea of joining in.

As Mina took the microphone from Iida and headed over to present it on her ‘Master’s’ order, her face took on a more cautious, caring expression.

“You don’t have to join if you don’t want to,” she smiled at Shinso, offering out the microphone for him to decide. “We’re just having a bit of fun together.”

“C’mon, man,” Kaminari encouraged, getting a small warning glare from Mina. “If you worried about looking like a fool, then you’re in good company.”

“Yeah, I’m sure you can’t do worse than Kaminari and his obscure references,” Mina grinned.

“Hey!” The blond objected again, though it did manage to make Shinso’s lips curl up at the edges.

“Urgh, on top of being loud, you’re all so insistent too,” he rolled his eyes but reached for the microphone anyway.

“It’s because you’re one of us now, man,” Kaminari grinned as Mina led their purple-haired friend over to the karaoke-zone to the warm welcome of everyone else.

“You got this, ribbit!” Tsuyu cheered on.

“Sing your heart out,” Kirishima agreed between bites of his food.

“Yeah, yeah, I get it already,” Shinso groaned, scrolling through the song list. “I’ll sing one. Then, you gotta leave me alone.”

“Depends if you think you can stop at one,” Tooru grinned. “Karaoke’s great fun, especially with friends!”

When the others around her agreed, Shinso tried not to let the strange stirring of feelings in his chest show. Instead, he picked out a song he’d listened to on repeat during his former years, almost incorporating it as a mantra after he’d failed the entrance exams.

With the song selected, he breathed deeply as a rather sudden beat burst from the speakers, causing some of the class to jump.

“~Look out for yourself.~”

Shinso’s lips quirked again at the confused looks he was getting as the song was simply getting started.

“~I wake up to the sounds of the silence that allows,
For my mind to run around with my ear up to the ground.
I'm searching to behold the stories that are told,
When my back is to the world that was smiling when I turned.~”

It wasn’t quick, at least to start, but many of the class were enraptured by Shinso at the slower, measured style this song took. When the chorus kicked in, many could feel some of Shinso’s feelings reaching across the gap along with his voice.

“~Tell you you're the greatest,
But once you turn, they hate us.
Oh, the misery,
Everybody wants to be my enemy.
Spare the sympathy,
Everybody wants to be my enemy.~”

It wasn’t intentional, but those lines always brought back memories of his past. Of how everyone thought the worst of his quirk and him for having it, like his future as someone untrustworthy was already set in stone.

“~Your words up on the wall as you're praying for my fall,
And the laughter in the halls, and the names that I've been called.
I stack it in my mind, and I'm waiting for the time,
When I show you what it's like to be words spit in a mic.~”

The words flowed naturally from Shinso’s lips despite his mind being elsewhere, recalling all the looks he’d endured from those who called themselves ‘friends’ at his last school when they thought he wasn’t looking. How he’d heard all the fun nicknames some of his more antagonistic peers came up with which were more like future villain names to him.

They were right about one thing; his path was set in stone, just not in the way they, or even he’d expected.

Shinso had come to UA expecting to fail the infamous practical exam. Fortune favoured the powerful, and as useful as his quirk could be, even he had to admit its shortcomings. Instead, he’d focused on getting decent grades and keeping his head down while looking toward the best chance he had to achieve his dream of being a hero; UA’s Sports Festival.

Izuku Midoriya nearly changed all that.

Somehow he’d broken free of what should’ve been a triumphant moment for him as he proved his quirk’s utility to everyone, ignoring all his taunting and agitation to eke out a win.

No… it was decidedly more one-sided than that.

In focusing so hard on his goal, he’d been blinded to everything around it, including his own body. He knew better now, of course. Eraser Head had been sure to impose the importance of that lesson on him, but one thing he’d also neglected had been his peers; those also in the general studies course that aspired to be heroes too.

He saw them all as rivals, all eager to step on each other to get a place at the top like he had been. Yet, when he’d lost against Midoriya, they’d cheered him on. It wasn’t just a one-time thing either; when classes resumed, everyone had been incredibly enthusiastic about his performance and how close he’d been to kicking ‘that green-haired guy’s butt’. There wasn’t a single bad word or misplaced suspicion about him or his quirk, even if he could tell that they were all somewhat envious of how far he’d made it into the festival.

For the first time in a long time, Shinso had begun to open up to his peers.

Still, there was a bittersweetness to it all. If he managed to get into the Hero Course, he’d leave all these people behind. It stopped him from getting too close, too friendly. At the end of the day, he was still here to be a hero and, as much as they wanted to, he couldn’t take them with him.

When he’d finally proved himself in the joint training session between the hero classes, he knew he’d be entering on the back foot. He’d almost certainly burned any friendly bridges with Monoma during the last trial, and he was certain the tailed class A member still harboured a grudge against him.

Yet, once he’d arrived in his new class, he’d been welcomed. At every opportunity they tried to include him in their distracting shenanigans and were so upbeat despite everything they’d been through. Even now, he couldn’t help but feel his fondness for them all growing despite almost pushing him into performing in front of them all.

Even without Midoriya here who was strangely one of his biggest supporters, Shinso truly felt like he was on the right path to achieving his dream, surrounded by those that only wanted to support him while chasing their own heroic notions.

“~Pray it away, I swear I'll never be a saint, no way,
My enemy.
Pray it away, I swear I'll never be a saint.
Look out for yourself!~”

As the song came to a close, Shinso realised he’d been lost in his mind for way longer than he’d realised, his body on auto-pilot as he sung and returning to the present to a myriad of stunned faces.

“Dude,” Kaminari muttered, his mouth dropped open.

“Damn, didn’t realise you had that in you man!” Sato grinned and even Ojiro looked reluctantly impressed.

“It was annoyingly good, all things considered.”

The class members around him began clapping and praising him as Shinso didn’t quite know what to do with so much positive attention.

“That fast part in the middle sounded tough,” Kyoka remarked, impressed by his speed and articulation. “You handled it really well.”

“Uh, t-thanks, I guess,” he shrugged as nonchalantly as he could manage.

“Yes, truly a superb performance,” a voice behind Kyoka spoke, causing her and those beside her to turn sharply to see Tokoyami and Shoji standing there with smiles on their faces.

“Woah, when did you guys get here?” Mina poised from the other sofa.

“We slipped in just as Shinso was beginning his performance and felt it best not to announce ourselves,” Shoji relayed through one of his hand-mouths. “Our business sessions went on longer than expected.”

“Well, if you’ve still got energy, pull up a chair and come join us,” Mina grinned. “Let’s get the whole class singing and dancing!”

“Are you forgetting about Izuku and the others, ribbit?” Tsuyu chuckled with a teasing tone as the newly arrived pair sat down at a dining table to watch.

“Can someone take this thing off me now?” Shinso asked, holding out the microphone as though it had suddenly offended him.

“Here, I'll go!” Kirishima called out as he quickly took his empty dishes to the sink before hurrying back over. “Karaoke gets me so pumped!”

“I'm not surprised this is your sort of thing, Kirishima,” Ochako grinned as Shinso gratefully handed over the device and slipped out of the limelight to join Tokoyami and Shoji.

“Heck yeah!” He grinned, searching through the song list with purpose. “What's manlier than singing at the top of your lungs with your buds?”

The class was briefly reminded of Kirishima's 'audition' for lead singer for their autumn festival performance and felt a collective pang of nerves. They hoped he was better with a tune behind him.

Kirishima soon seemed to find the song he was looking for and turned around with a toothy grin as heavy guitar started up to kick things off.

“~Frustrated, degraded,
Down before you're done.
Rejection, depression,
Can't get what you want.~”

Ochako could already tell this was going to be a bop and was nodding her head with the beat. Kyoka, Sato, Sero, Mina, Tokoyami, and even Ojiro seemed to recognise the song and, while not joining in, were joining along with Ochako's rhythm to get ready for the chorus drop.

Kirishima could tell he had an active audience which only encouraged his manly singing, though it resulted more of an increase of his volume than it did quality.

When the chorus approached, he was ready and put his full chest into it.

“~Live to win, 'til you die,
'Til the light dies in your eyes.
Live to win, take it all,
Just keep fighting 'til you fall!~”

Apparently, Ochako couldn't contain her enthusiasm anymore and stood up to better show it, her head banging in time with the rhythm as Mina and Tooru both decided to join their girlfriend in her mosh.

“Be careful,” Iida tried to chide as the three grew increasingly erratic but either they were ignoring him or, more likely, they couldn't hear him over Kirishima's continued singing. It was easy for the class to see why Kirishima had picked this song as they could now all feel their blood pumping just that little bit faster. Even Kyoka was now getting into the beat and banging her head, though not as enthusiastically as her secret partners.

“~Day by day, kickin' all the way,
I'm not caving in.
Let another round begin, live to win.
Live to win.
Live to win.
Yeah, live, yeah, win.~”

Kirishima struck a power pose with that final, proud lyric that had many of his peers cheering his performance.

“Alright, man!” Sero grinned.

“So manly!” Ochako gave a very enthusiastic, but slightly dizzy, thumbs up as she, Toou, and Mina dropped back into their seats.

“Yeah. It's on my gym playlist,” Kirishima grinned brightly. “Gets me super-pumped to push myself and 'Go Beyond'.”

“Plus Ultra!” Some of the class, including Mina, Ochako, Sero, and Sato, cheered.

“I’m just surprised it wasn’t about his undying love for his boyfriend,” Sero smirked at his friend. Kirishima’s brows raised at the tease only for an idea to pop into his head.

“Okay, who wants next?” Tooru called out.

“Hold on, one second,” Kirishima replied, quickly scrolling through the list for a song he’d spotted earlier. “There’s one more thing I gotta do.”

“Hmm, Kyoka? What are the rules about double turnsies?” Tooru chuckled.

Before the punk-rock girl could respond, Kirishima found the song he was looking for and turned to face them all with a surprisingly toothy grin.

“I dedicate this next song to Bakugo, and, of course, the sexy Sero.”

“Dude, what the-” Sero began, only for the system to have lingered on the song for long enough to begin playing the preview.

“~It’s raining men! Hallelujah!~”

“Gah! Okay, okay, I’m sorry,” Sero shivered as Kirishima sent him a cheeky wink.

“Ha, deserved,” Kaminari laughed, only for Sero to turn and sent him a weathering look.

“Oh yeah? Don’t you have more important things to worry about?”

“Like what?” Kaminari tilted his head as Shoji sniffed the air and pointed to the oven.

“Like presumably whatever you’ve forgotten in there.”

“My lasagne!” The blond suddenly panicked, having forgotten to set a timer and quickly donning the gloves to retrieve his food. Some of the class laughed at his reaction while Iida and Momo quickly arose to see that the result wasn’t anything serious.

Luckily, Kaminari had only lightly burned the outside of his food and declared it “still edible”.

With the potential need for fire extinguishers eased, the focus returned to who wanted to take the next turn.

“I may as well give it a go next,” Ojiro stepped up to relieve Kirishima of the microphone.

“Got something good in mind?” Tsuyu asked curiously.

“You… probably won’t recognise it,” the tail-quirked boy rubbed the back of his head. “It’s a bit slow compared to everything we’ve had so far but it’s a song that keeps me focused.”

Having selected the song, the others grew curious as a slow, country-like sound overtook the room while Ojiro slowly nodded his head in time with the beat.

“~Stood there boldly, sweatin' in the Sun.
Felt like a million, felt like number one.
The height of summer, I'd never felt that strong,
Like a rock.~”

It wasn’t a fierce declaration to do his best like Kirishima’s song, as he’d said, it wasn’t something upbeat or overly flash, but there was a quiet confidence in Ojiro’s almost spoken-singing.

Shoji’s eyes closed as he listened while Kirishima’s grin brightened, already thinking about adding the song to his rotation.

“~My hands were steady, my eyes were clear and bright.
My walk had purpose, my steps were quick and light.
And I held firmly to what I felt was right,
Like a rock.~”

Though not a song to dance to, Mina, leading Tooru, Ochako, and Tsuyu, began swaying together on the sofa in time with the melody.

“~Like a rock, standin' arrow straight.
Like a rock, chargin' from the gate.
Like a rock, carryin' the weight.
Like a rock.~”

Once Ojiro’s performance wrapped up, the class gave him a small round of applause, earning a minor blush from the boy.

“Thanks guys.”

“Is that song particularly special to you, Ojiro?” Tooru asked curiously.

“Not significantly,” the tail-quirked boy shrugged. “Like I said, it keeps me focused because it kinda describes the hero I wanna be. I mean, you guys have quirks like Acid, Engine, and Electrification,” Ojiro gestured to some of the more notable quirk users from their class. “All I’ve got is tail which I used to think was pretty tame compared to most heroes.”

“And yet you’ve managed to achieve some astounding feats no less worthy of praise than the rest of ours,” Momo acknowledged with a nod, getting similar agreement from those around her.

“That’s kind of you to say, but I know I won’t be able to achieve some of the things that you guys can,” Ojiro smiled, though it didn’t seem like one of disappointment as he gripped his free hand into a determined fist. “Still, I want to be a hero people can rely on. Someone that can be counted on even by other heroes to put the work in and get the job done, like a rock.”

He hadn’t meant for things to get that personal but there was a few new appreciative looks among the crowd, including one from Shinso.

Whilst her crush had long since ebbed, Tooru was reminded about what she saw in Ojiro in the first place; that quiet dedication to ‘Go Beyond’ with a quirk that seemed as simple as hers on the surface.

“Can I go next?” Ochako asked, breaking Tooru from her introspection as her girlfriend rose to her feet, accepting the offered microphone from Ojiro.

“Ooo, wonder what Ochako’s got in store for us,” Mina grinned, eager to hear both brunette’s choice and pipes.

“With the way you were she was rockin’ out earlier, maybe it’s another head banger,” Sero chuckled.

Ochako might’ve agreed with him had things remained as simple karaoke fun. After Momo’s song however, the gravity girl had decided to switch things up. There was a song she’d found while reading about the challenges people like her and her partners had faced and, considering the fittingness of her quirk, it was something she’d latched onto for the way it made her feel powerful and seen.

Once her choice was made, Kyoka, Tooru, and Tsuyu all seemed to recognise the song amongst a few others around the room and Ochako only hoped she could do it justice. If not, well, karaoke was about having fun, not singing perfectly.

Ochako felt the queasiness of her stomach bubble even without the use of her quirk, her nerves strongly discouraging her out of what she was about to do, but, with a deep breath, she let the opening notes play out and began singing.

“~Something has changed within me, something is not the same.
I'm through with playing by the rules of someone else's game.
Too late for second-guessing, too late to go back to sleep.
It's time to trust my instincts, close my eyes, and leap.~”

While it was clear her girlfriends that recognised the song knew the lyrics, they were content to mouth along, joined surprisingly by Aoyama and Kirishima.

Coming up to the chorus, Ochako knew she needed to deliver.

“~It's time to try defying gravity.
I think I'll try defying gravity,
And you can't pull me down.~”

It got more than a few amused chuckles from the room as they realised at least part of the reason she’d chosen the song she had. Ochako couldn’t keep the smile off her face as she tried not to let her own giggles interrupt her singing.

“~I'm through accepting limits,
'Cause someone says they're so.
Some things I cannot change,
But 'til I try, I'll never know.
Too long I've been afraid of losing love,
I guess I've lost.
Well, if that's love,
It comes at much too high a cost.~”

The brunette’s mind drifted to her grandmother, of how she’d induced a fear in her father to be himself, a fear she refused to give into and now wanted to support him through. While deep down, she still wanted to love her grandma, she couldn’t support what she’d done to her dad, nor what she’d likely think of Ochako now she was committed to accepting all of herself, and that included her many female partners.

Looking towards Tsuyu, Ochako sent her a bright, heartfelt smile. Despite her recent slip ups, she was truly grateful to her adorable froggy girlfriend for being the catalyst to help discover her true self and all the real, unashamed love she now felt surrounded by. Reaching out her hand, Ochako beckoned her girlfriend to join her.

“~Tsuyu, come with me,
Think of what we could do, together.~”

Eyes swivelled towards the green-haired girl who ribbited in surprise. It wasn’t enough to throw Tsuyu completely though as she hopped to her feet and hurried over to take Ochako’s hand as the brunette continued her song.

“~Unlimited.
Together, we're unlimited.
Together we'll be the greatest team there's ever been, Tsuyu.
Dreams the way we planned 'em.~”

Tsuyu’s heart skipped a beat as she clearly heard the double meaning laced under the song’s lyrics. Much like Momo, even if she couldn’t say it, Ochako was declaring to the class what they couldn’t say and she was doing it proudly. The home they’d build together seemed all the more real in her mind at Ochako’s touch and, looking around at her fellow partner’s faces, she was almost certain they could see it too. The only thing that kept her grounded instead of lifting off with joy was that Izuku wasn’t here to hear this or join them.

With the next line in the song coming up, Tsuyu took the opportunity to lean towards the microphone and assist her girlfriend in the duet this song was meant to be.

“~If we work in tandem,~”

Ochako beamed as they sung the next line together.

“~There's no fight we cannot win.
Just you and I, defying gravity.
With you and I defying gravity.~”

It was at this point in the song that the characters from the musical that inspired the song went their separate ways. As Tsuyu looked into Ochako’s eyes, her next line would pose a question to her girlfriend she truly hoped was answered true.

“~I hope you’re happy,
Now that you’re choosing this.~”

The way Ochako’s adorable orbs glistened with affection for her smaller, froggy girlfriend was all the answer she needed as the song turned the concept back on her.

“You too.
~I hope it brings you bliss.~”

Tsuyu couldn’t help the ribbit of joy that escaped her throat as she pulled Ochako into a hug, briefly stealing the air from her lungs as she kissed her and causing them to both lose the next few lines in the song.

It was only when they heard their audience’s fawning over the emotions that were on display did the pair quickly break and glance back to the TV screen to catch up on the lyrics.

“~So if you care to find us,
Look to the eastern sky.
As someone told me lately,
‘Everyone deserves the chance to fly’.
And if we’re flying solo,
At least, we’re flying free.
To those who'd ground us,
Take a message back from us.”

Despite not quite matching the words, both Ochako and Tsuyu had decided to tweak the lyrics to better fit what they were truly singing about.

As they built up to the big finale, Ochako knew exactly how she wanted to cap their performance. Letting her pinky drop on both the hand that held Tsuyu’s and the one holding the microphone, she felt her quirk spread throughout them both, rendering them subtly weightless until she ever so gently kicked off the ground.

Tsuyu had felt the rush of Ochako’s quirk and her whole body suddenly feel incredibly light. Not wanting to interfere with whatever her girlfriend had planned, she simply trusted that she knew what she was doing and kept singing along, trying her best to not react to the looks of wonder and awe on everyone’s faces as they lifted off.

“~Tell them how we’re defying gravity.
We’re flying high, defying gravity,
And soon, we’ll match them in renown.~”

Ochako gently squeezed Tsuyu’s hand, asking with her eyes for the final verse alone which the frog girl was happy to give her. With one last deep inhale for the big finish, Ochako closed her eyes as she focused on all the positivity and love she’d experienced from her partners, from her parents, and from her friends since coming out as her true self.

“And nobody in all of Oz,
No witch that there is or was,
Is ever gonna bring… u~us do~own!~”

Needless to say, even though her pitch was off and the speakers didn’t do the orchestral song justice, everyone could feel the raw emotion Ochako had poured into her performance. A round of applause broke out as the song came to an end and she suddenly felt every ounce of attention focused towards her.

While Tsuyu beamed in the praise for her minor role and that everyone got to see a fraction of how amazing her public girlfriend was she noticed Ochako’s face rapidly reddening to a familiar shade and shook her head.

“If you were gonna get this embarrassed, maybe you should’ve chosen a less impactful song, ribbit,” she chuckled, wrapping her arm around the bright red brunette.

“I just wanted to sing something personal!” Ochako blustered into her girlfriend’s side.

Their conversation was far from private however as the others took their chat as permission to speak up.

“What a truly inspiring performance,” Iida declared, clapping the most enthusiastically of their friends.

“Really great,” Koda agreed.

“Did you guys plan that or something?!” Sato exclaimed, blown away by the surprise duet.

“Nope,” Tsuyu grinned. “I could just tell what she was thinking.”

“I guess that sorta thing starts coming naturally when you’ve been dating a while,” Sero remarked.

“Oh, totally,” Mina grinned with Tooru giggling beside her.

“Yeah, it’s not just a cliché that we sometimes finish each others-”

“Cookies!” The cheeky minx smirked, receiving an indignant squeak from her girlfriend.

“No way!” Tooru glared, poking her girlfriend’s belly in retaliation.

Once the adulation began dying down, along with Ochako’s blush, the question was about to turn towards who would take the next turn only for Tsuyu to relieve her girlfriend of the microphone.

“Makes sense for me to go next, ribbit,” she announced as the brunette gratefully hurried back to her seat.

“I assume a second duet is out of the question?” Tokoyami chuckled.

“Unfortunately, since Izuku isn’t here to join me,” Tsuyu replied casually as she scrolled through the selection.

Admittedly, if Izuku were here, Tsuyu would be hard pressed not to call an end to the night now and drag him and Ochako upstairs for some alone time following her girlfriend’s declaration of affection in song form. As it was, everyone seemed to be having fun and neither Ochako or any of the others seemed inclined to call it quits and join her for some fun, but maybe she could make her intentions for the end of the evening a little clearer to them.

Selecting her song, Tsuyu turned to face her enthusiastic crowd and subtly glanced at all her present partners, wondering which of them might recognise what she was about to sing and what it meant.

“~Tastes like strawberries on a summer evenin',
And it sounds just like a song.
I want more berries and that summer feelin',
It's so wonderful and warm.~”

Kaminari, Sato, and strangely Shinso seemed to at least have heard the song judging by the looks on their faces but it didn’t seem like anyone truly recognised the tune. It didn’t overly matter to Tsuyu as she continued singing but she noticed Kyoka’s eyes were laden with suspicion.

“~Breathe me in, breathe me out,
I don't know if I could ever go without.
I'm just thinking out loud,
I don't know if I could ever go without.~”

For the musically-inclined girl, she knew Tsuyu was trying to say something with her song choice but she couldn’t quite work it out from the lyrics. Pulling out her phone, she quickly searched up the song and its meaning as the frog-girl launched into the chorus of, “Watermelon sugar high”.

It didn’t take a moment to read about the original artist’s meaning behind his lyrics before Kyoka’s eyes widened with the revelation and Tsuyu spotted the moment of understanding, adjusting her performance slightly to better direct it to her purple-haired secret girlfriend.

“~Strawberries on a summer evenin',
Baby, you're the end of June.
I want your belly and that summer feelin',
Getting washed away in you.~”

As Kyoka’s mind decoded the lewd message underneath the lyrics, she felt herself reluctantly picturing what Tsuyu was suggesting. Even closing her eyes for the briefest of moments had the image of her and her girlfriend feasting on each other gain greater clarity in her mind’s eye and she hastily tried to suppress it with anything and everything else.

Thankfully, Tsuyu’s song didn’t last too long and Kyoka was freed from her suggestive torment when Tsuyu took a small bow, bringing her performance to an end, though not without a suggestive wink to the earphone-jacked girl.

“That was fun,” Momo smiled, blissfully unaware of the true meaning of what she’d just heard.

“Sounded like more of a song for summer, but still good,” Ojiro nodded.

“Right!” Mina agreed. “I’d totally listen to that while sipping on a watermelon smoothie at the beach. Ooo! Maybe we could go to one as a class next summer!”

Tsuyu tried not to giggle too much as she placed the microphone down and reclaimed her spot next to Ochako while Kyoka suppressed a cringe.

Thankfully, someone stepped in to move the evening along.

“If we’re singing bops, I got the perfect one,” Sero announced as he stood and grabbed the microphone. “This one will definitely get you all joining in.”

“No,” Shinso deadpanned, much to Tokoyami and Shoji’s amusement.

“Sing it, Sero!” Mina grinned excitedly, hoping it was something she could also get up and dance to.

As soon as Sero landed on the song and selected it he readied himself to sing. Instead of any sort of instrumental build up, he had to kick it off immediately.

“~Somebody once told me-”

It was like a switch had been flipped as recognition influenced most everyone’s expressions. At once, many voices joined in with Sero who grinned even wider at his choice of song landing.

“-the world was gonna roll me,
I ain’t the sharpest tool in the shed.”

Mina, Tooru, and Ochako started dancing in their spots to the music as they sung while Kirishima and Sato pumped their fists. Iida didn’t seem to know the words but was tapping his foot along with the beat while Momo, in a similar boat, was clapping along. Shoji and Tokoyami were also singing along, though quieter than most of the others and even Shinso couldn’t resist joining in under his breath.

“~She was looking kind of dumb with her finger and her thumb,
In the shape of an ‘L’ on her forehead.~”

While everyone sung along, Sero himself used his free hand to perform the indicated action while smirking at Mina who quickly caught his accusation and sent him a playful glare.

The song continued to be sung heartily by all who knew it in the loudest performance of the night so far. By the time the final chorus had come to a close, there were many out of breath students relaxing back into their seats.

“That was great,” Tooru giggled as she tried to catch her breath.

“A merveilleux melody in any language,” Aoyama agreed.

“Now that’s a song everybody knows,” Sero tossed a smirk Kaminari’s way, holding up and dropping the microphone but catching it with a quick ‘thwip’ of his tape before it could hit the floor.

The electric blond rolled his eyes and flipped Sero off in return, pulling a few chuckles from others at the good-natured ribbing, though Kyoka shot the tape-elbowed boy a look for the way he treated her gear.

“I think I even heard Shinso joining in, ribbit,” Tsuyu directed the groups attention to the lavender haired boy.

“Told you it could work with your quirk,” Kaminari chuckled and winked at Shinso.

“All right, you got me,” Shinso conceded, holding up his hands, “but I doubt any criminal is dumb enough to fall for it.”

“You’d be surprised how dumb some of them can be,” Kyoka remarked, twiddling a jack.

“It might work on some, but even if it does, villains shouldn’t be underestimated,” Ojiro reminded them.

“You guys have dealt with them more than I have, so I guess I’ll take your word for now,” Shinso remarked.

“Considering you’re now a part of our class, it’s only a matter of time,” Shoji noted.

“Regretfully, I must agree,” Tokoyami nodded, “our class has attracted significant attention over the past year. It is only a matter of time before you are caught up with us.”

“Ominous,” Shinso deadpanned but didn’t seem perturbed.

“Hey, don’t freak him out,” Kirishima said, hoping they weren’t worrying him unnecessarily.

“Agreed, please do not take their words to heart too much, Shinso,” Iida spoke up. “UA’s readiness has improved greatly since the start of the year and we are all much better prepared as provisional heroes to deal with any threats that come our way.”

“Well, you guys are,” Shinso reminded him with an eyeroll, continuing before Iida could reply. “Don’t worry about me. I may not have gone through the same crap you guys did, but I’ve got no intention of being caught unprepared if it happens again,” he gestured to the towel around his neck, still damp from his workout.

“Hopefully it doesn’t come to that,” Momo shook her head.

“But if it does, we’ll be able to count on you, right?” Mina grinned brightly.

Shinso chuckled and shook his head.

“Yeah, sure. Someone’ll have to clean up the mess you guys leave behind.”

“Except you’ll be just as responsible as the rest of us in making it… probably,” Kaminari laughed as the small amount of tension in the room diffused.

With the conversation moving on and the reminder that Sero’s turn was over, people started looking to each other to see who wanted to step up for next turn.

Kyoka had managed to stay out of the limelight so far and she was hoping that would continue for a bit longer, at least until a few of their peers got bored and headed off to do something else but the night was progressing and no one seemed to be flagging yet.

A pressure on her leg courtesy of Momo’s own had her looking at the heiress hesitantly, expecting and finding the suggestive look she knew she was weak to as her secret girlfriend glanced to the microphone and back to her.

Kyoka felt her performance anxiety return though it was decidedly more muted after all the performances she’d experienced tonight. Yeah, many, or rather, most of them probably wouldn’t have been able to take her place as the lead singer during the autumn festival, but everyone was having fun no matter how suited for the song their voices were or how well they managed to hit the notes, words, and timing.

Heaving a somewhat reluctant sigh, Kyoka rose to her feet, announcing, “Well, guess I should probably take a turn.”

“All right!” Sato grinned, clapping enthusiastically.

“I think we all know what song you’re gonna sing,” Kirishima grinned.

“Please, she’s not a one-hit wonder,” Sero remarked.

“Just let her pick whatever she wants,” Kaminari interjected, hoping to ease whatever nerves his friend had and definitely didn’t have anything to do with his desire to see her pick a romantically suggestive song about a tall, dark, and gorgeous girl.

Unfortunately for Kaminari, such brazen impulses were locked down in Kyoka’s mind. While Momo’s performance had been both thrilling and terrifying in equal measure, she had no intention of repeating it herself and had decided to play it safe with one of her favourite songs that likely boasted the highest play count on this machine.

Her selection made, Kyoka turned and took a deep breath before jumping right into it!

“~I wanna rock, (rock!)~”

The suddenness of the guitar kicking in immediately perked everyone up.

It was a recognisable tune to many with Mina especially knowing this song was a jam, getting up on her feet to jump and dance along to it. She wasn’t alone as Tooru quickly joined her with Kirishima and Sato deciding to follow their lead. Kaminari was a little sad his friend decided not to at least hint at her feelings for the heiress but didn’t dwell on the thought as he too danced along with his friends.

Kyoka could feel her body surging with warmth at the familiar notes as she poured herself back into the song like a comfortable old slipper.

“~There's a feelin' that,
I get from nothin' else and there ain't nothin' in the world that makes me go (go),
Go, go, go, go, go,
Turn the power up.
I've waited for so long so I could hear my favorite song so, let's go (go),
Go, go, go, go, go.
When it's like this, I feel the music shootin' through me,
There's nothin' else that I would rather do.~”

It was one of her early favourites for a reason, identifying with the lyrics and letting her sing her feelings clearly.

The punk-rock girl grinned looking out at her friends’ enthusiasm and putting a little more effort into her singing as they rolled into the chorus.

“~I wanna rock, (rock!)
I wanna rock, (rock!)
I want to rock, (rock!)
I wanna rock, (rock!)~”

It was repetitive, but that was by design. By the time the final iteration of the chorus came around again to close out the song, everyone was singing along. Kyoka loved how this song was able to get them all back into the spirit of the evening, and when she finally capped off her performance she felt a deep satisfaction seeing the smiles of her peers.

“Man, that one goes hard,” Tooru groaned, wiping her brow of the sweat that had built up from her dancing.

“Right!” Kirishima grinned toothily.

“At least you’re earning your treats,” Tsuyu chuckled, with Ochako and Tooru feeling a little better about indulging while Mina’s eyes fluttered in anticipation of her own helping of Sato’s delicious creation.

“Mina! Drool!” Tooru grimaced.

“Sorry,” the pinkette quickly wiped her mouth to the amusement of everyone else.

While everyone was distracted by the acid girl, the next anxious participant quietly approached Kyoka with a shy look on his face.

“Um… do you mind i-if I go next?”

Kyoka blinked in surprise as arguably the class’s most shy member made his request.

“Are you sure, Koda?” Kyoka asked curiously. “You don’t have to if you don’t want to. I don’t think anyone minds if you just wanted to listen.”

“I know,” Koda nodded, “but, my group wants me to do some um… performing too, s-so I kinda need the practise.”

The punk-rock girl smiled at the courage Koda was displaying. It was no easy feat to get up and perform in front of everyone, even for her, so it must feel incredibly intense to someone like Koda.

“Okay, if you’re sure, then here’s how you control everything,” Kyoka replied, quickly pointing out how to operate the machine.

Once she’d explained and headed back to her seat, leaving Koda flicking through the song list, everyone’s attention had begun to return.

“Hey, looks like Koda’s up next,” Sero grinned, only to earn an elbow in the side from Kyoka who sent him a warning look.

There were are few exchanged glances between the audience as they shared the same initial sentiment Kyoka had. Before they could vocalise their concerns though, the upcoming performer addressed them first.

“Um… I-I’m sorry if this is no good, just um… p-please don’t laugh?” Koda requested, his hands shaking a little as his nerves tried to get the better of him.

Any thoughts of mocking or making fun of their friend as he pushed himself ‘Plus Ultra’ to perform in front of them all were collectively banished from everyone’s mind, even the more playful Sero, Kaminari and Mina.

“You got this, hun!” The pinkette winked.

“Show us that manly spirit!” Kirishima cheered.

“Just do your best,” Iida smiled as everyone else threw in their positive sentiments.

“T-Thanks, everyone,” their shy friend tried to smile but they could all see it was still shaky. Koda then took a shuddering few breaths, trying to bolster himself before pressing the button to launch the song.

Those familiar with meme culture felt their ears perk up at the song choice. Koda didn’t quite have it in him to jump into the song’s incredibly fast-paced scatting but tried his best to sing out the first reasonably paced line in the song.

“~I’m the Scatman!~”

Unlike others, Koda’s attention was firmly on the screen as he tried to follow along with the words of the song he was clearly unfamiliar with. Those that recognised the song felt their anxieties climb for Koda, knowing he’d picked a notably challenging song to sing, let alone sing well.

Still, their animal loving friend gave it his best shot, scatting along to the bits he could but decidedly more comfortable when the song hit a more singable verse.

“~Everybody stutters one way or the other,
So check out my message to you.
As a matter of fact, a-don't let nothin' hold you back,
If the Scatman can do it, so can you.~”

Slowly, Koda grew more confident with his voice and the song, picking up on the repetitive parts and starting to incorporate them where he could. Smiles started slipping back onto people’s faces as Koda found his feet and, trying their best not to distract the boy, some of them began nodding their head or tapping in time with the song as it progressed.

Much to Koda’s relief, it soon faded out and he heaved a great sigh of relief at being freed from his self-imposed yet unorthodox training session. He bit his lip as he slowly turned back to face his peers, hoping the mockery wouldn’t be too bad only to see bright, grinning faces and a round of applause breaking out.

“Well done, man!” Kirishima cheered again, pumping his fist.

“Very good effort, ribbit,” Tsuyu smiled as she clapped, with Ochako nodding beside her.

“T-Thank you all,” Koda blushed, bowing deeply. “My business partners said I should practise songs like this for our assignment, s-so I figured w-what better opportunity than this?”

“You didn’t have to throw yourself in the deep end like this,” Ojiro chuckled and shook his head.

“Yeah, but it was super awesome that he did,” Sato replied.

While enjoying the pleasant reactions from everyone, Koda felt he’d had enough of the limelight for now and quickly placed the microphone down before returning to his spot. Once he’d sat back down and finally felt able to release some of the tension he’d been holding, Kyoka leaned over.

“Hey,” she said softly. “If you wanna borrow this later to practise privately in your room, you’re welcome to.”

“T-Thanks, Jiro,” Koda smiled, his lingering nerves easing and hoping the extra time he’d have would allow him to put on the best display for his advertisement.

As for the matter of who would be performing next, the room shimmered as Tooru stepped up to the microphone, hair glittering in the light, and began scrolling through the list.

“Don’t fuck up, babe!” Mina called out with a smirk, earning an exclamation from Iida.

“Rude!” Tooru scoffed playfully, levelling a look at her girlfriend over her shoulder before turning back to the selection. “You better be nice to me, else I’ll go ‘Plus Ultra’ and eat your treat too.”

“No way!” Mina retorted in an echo of earlier.

“I can always make more,” Sato reminded them, shaking his head fondly.

It didn’t take long for Tooru to find the song she wanted to sing. Knowing she didn’t have the greatest singing voice, she opted to go for a more comedic route with her choice. A somewhat slow beat started up as the formerly invisible girl’s grin was only broken when she began.

“~I can see clearly now, the rain has gone.~”

Mina’s lips snapped shut and her hand pinched her nose as she tried to suppress a snort. Tooru knew exactly what she’d done when she sent Mina a cheeky wink, a sign everyone took as permission to let out their own chuckles as the girl continued.

“~I can see all obstacles in my way,
Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind.
It's gonna be a bright, bright sun shiny day.~”

While the song matched her bubbly spirit nicely, it felt fitting to Tooru that she make light of her previous visibility problem. Sure, one issue had been replaced with another in terms of control, but that was something she could work on, and each day she was getting better.

“~I think I can make it now the pain is gone.
All of the bad feelings have disappeared.
Here is that rainbow I've been praying for.~”

Using the line as a cue, Tooru held her hand out, flexing her quirk control to bend the light around herself and craft a beam of rainbow light that extended out towards the ceiling and cast a shifting iridescent pattern around it.

“~It's gonna be a bright (Bright), bright sun shiny day.~”

Though Mina had started the song feeling a small pang of guilt for laughing at her girlfriend’s little joke, it became clear to her that there was more to this song than she’d first given Tooru credit for. That guilt soon morphed and swelled, evolving into pride at how far her glittery girlfriend had come from the start of the year. Tooru had been through more than her fair share of hardships, and still managed to be the brightest, most bubbly girl Mina had ever fallen in love with.

And by her count, she’d done that five times by now.

When Tooru’s performance began winding down, her conjured rainbow fading out of sight, Mina wasted no time in leaping to her feet to sweep her girlfriend up in her arms and begin peppering her with kisses.

“M-Mina!” Tooru complained amongst her giggles, trying to maintain her hold on the microphone and her balance in Mina’s arms.

“Can’t talk, kissin’!” The pinkette explained before resuming her affectionate attack.

Tsuyu and Ochako couldn’t help but chuckle at the display while Momo looked on fondly, glad the pair could show such obvious affection for each other. While happy for her secret partners, Kyoka still felt that pang of envy that they could do it so freely.

There were plenty of rolled eyes and “Awws” sent their way by their peers but Mina was oblivious to all of them while Tooru took more than a little pleasure revelling in the attention.

“Get a room,” Sero catcalled with a smirk.

“We’ve got one,” Tooru giggled as she gently tried to dissuade Mina from continuing her kissing.

“Well, then use it, mes amie,” Aoyama winked suggestively.

“I’m afraid I must agree. Although I’m sure none of us have an issue with your relationship, I believe we are seeing more than might be welcome for some of us,” Iida nodded, finally ceasing the pinkette’s harassment.

“I’m just showin’ my Starlight how proud of her I am,” Mina squeezed her girlfriend tight, pulling a small squeak from her in the process, “but fi~ine, I’ll keep it in my pants.”

“For now,” Tooru whispered, causing Mina to giggle tantalisingly as the pair hurried back to their spot on the couch together, hands clasped.

“Anyone else want a turn?” Kyoka called out, trying to take the attention away from the not-so-subtly flirting pair which somewhat failed as Tooru needed to hold up the microphone for whomever volunteered next.

“I believe it is time I contributed to the enjoyment of this evening instead of merely observing,” Tokoyami spoke up as he stood, Dark Shadow stretching out of his stomach to swipe the microphone from Tooru as he did.

“All right, let’s see if you sing as well as you play guitar,” Kaminari grinned.

“I’m afraid my skills are sharper with the axe, but I’ll give it my best,” Tokoyami acknowledged to serve as a forewarning to his peers.

“Between the two of us, I’ve definitely got the better voice,” Dark Shadow preened. “I got the looks too!”

“Be silent, Dark Shadow, or I will allow the spotlight to shine brightly on us both,” Tokoyami warned with a look.

“I’ll be good,” Dark Shadow conceded before receding into his quirk-wielder’s stomach, Tokoyami catching the microphone before it fell.

With a few moments of searching through the selection, Tokoyami made his choice and the distinct sound of an acoustic guitar began playing.

“~Well, I won't back down.
No, I won’t back down.
You can stand me up at the gates of hell,
But I won’t back down.~”

It was a much slower song than they’d expected from their dark-haired friend but Tokoyami’s voice certainly suited the ‘talk singing’ style he was going for.

“~Well, I know what's right,
I got just one life,
In a world that keeps on pushin' me around,
But I stand my ground,
And I won't back down.~”

Even with a chorus, it was a lot shorter than most of the other performances but Tokoyami was soon taking his bow once the song drew to a close.

“Not gonna lie, that was kinda cool,” Kaminari admitted.

“Any particular reason you chose a song like that, ribbit?” Tsuyu piped up.

“It is one I learned to play in my youth,” Tokoyami informed them.

“Still, I would’ve thought you’d go with something way more… broody,” Sero remarked.

“And I think ‘Animal I have Become’ fits us better,” Dark Shadow popped out of Tokoyami’s back.

“It fits you,” Tokoyami pointed out wearily, getting some knowing nods from those who knew the song as Dark Shadow pouted but retreated back into his host.

Still, rather than give Dark Shadow a turn, Tokoyami turned the microphone over to the one he’d enjoyed the evening’s entertainment beside as Shoji decided to step up next.

“Go on, Shoji!” Mina cheered eagerly.

“I’ll forewarn you now, I have never performed, nor do I have a wide range of songs to recall.”

“That’s okay, big guy,” Kirishima grinned.

“Yeah, just scroll and see if you see anything you recognise,” Ochako encouraged, pumping her fist enthusiastically.

“I shall do my best,” Shoji nodded, taking a few minutes to browse the extensive library until he found one. Tokoyami let out a single chuckle from his seat as it was one he’d introduced his friend to after the boy revealed the struggles he’d been through.

As the song’s beat started up, one of Shoji’s Dupli-Arms shifted into a mouth and hovered by the microphone, vocalizing the first lines.

“~I'm only human,
I'm only, I'm only,
I'm only human, human.~”

Though the class were expecting something similar to all the other performances, Shoji reached up and pulled down his mask, revealing his scars again; a fair few eyes softening amongst the class with the reminder of what he’d experienced. Using his true mouth, Shoji continued his song.

“~Maybe I'm foolish, maybe I'm blind.
Thinkin' I can see through this and see what's behind.
Got no way to prove it, so maybe I'm lyin'.

But I'm only human after all,
I'm only human after all.
Don't put your blame on me,
Don't put your blame on me (Oh).~”

Using his Dupli-Arms, Shoji became a one-man singing group as he provided his own backup vocals. As he’d forewarned, Shoji wasn’t especially skilled at singing, but what he lacked in talent he made up for in sincerity as Kyoka could feel the emotion pouring through his performance.

“~Don't ask my opinion, don't ask me to lie,
Then beg for forgiveness for making you cry.
For making you cry.~”

As he sung, Shoji thought about what this song reminded him of, what he’d wanted to say on the day he’d saved that girl from his village. He vividly remembered crying out in pain as his arms were broken, when the girl was crying for the villagers to stop, and when his parents were forced to breathe their last.

He’d told them all before that he still struggled with his feelings regarding the matter and how the memories continued to try and influence behaviour today. Shoji knew he needed to be better though, to rise above his past and the path society expected him to travel down and do his best to become a beacon of hope and justice to all.

In the end, he knew he may not make much of a difference, but that wouldn’t stop him from getting up each day and trying his hardest.

“~I'm only human, I do what I can,
I'm just a man, I do what I can,
Don't put the blame on me.
Don't put your blame on me…~”

With the conclusion to Shoji’s turn, it was evident he was wary of the response as he brushed away an errant tear that had leaked out.

“My apologies. That brought up some… uncomfortable feelings.”

“That was beautiful, Shoji,” Mina praised, starting up a gentle clap that was followed on by the rest of the class.

“Very heartfelt,” Kyoka agreed with a sympathetic smile while Koda nodded along.

“Thank you for your kind words,” Shoji nodded as he placed the microphone down and headed back to his chair where Tokoyami and Shinso acknowledged him with a nod. Unlike before, however, he did not put his mask back on, allowing his scars to show to all.

“I think everyone’s had a turn now,” Sero glanced around, hoping he wasn’t missing anyone.

“We’ll have to do this on a day when Kacchan’s back,” Kaminari grinned and looked at Kirishima, “maybe you two can get a duet going.”

“Somehow, I don’t think he’d go for that,” Kirishima chuckled.

“I wonder what kind of song Izuku and Todoroki would’ve picked, ribbit,” Tsuyu mused.

“We’ll have to ask them when they get back,” Mina shrugged as she rose to her feet. “Right now, its treat time!”

While Mina had declared it, she did spare a glance towards Momo for a second opinion, getting a nod of consent to indulge to her heart’s content. Before she could speed for the fridge however, her hand was snagged on something. That something turned out to be Tooru who looked up bashfully at her girlfriend.

“Um, Mina? Could you do one more song first?”

“An encore?” Mina baulked, feeling her heart and her stomach begin drawing battle lines, but the war was over before it began with Tooru’s adorable pleading eyes.

“It’s a good one, and I’ll do it with you.”

“Oh, alright,” Mina sighed with playful resignation. “I guess treats can wait a little bit longer.”

“Yay!” Tooru jumped to her feet and grabbed the microphone, though also fishing the second microphone out of its holder on the karaoke machine for her girlfriend.

“Surprised you didn’t do a do a duet earlier,” Shinso remarked.

“Eager to see it, are we?” Sero smirked from the sofa.

“More so I could’ve avoided it,” Shinso deadpanned, getting a few playful boos from other members of the class before he held up his hands in surrender. “I was kidding.”

“Maybe we should dedicate this song to you then, Shinso,” Mina shot him a cheeky wink, getting an eyeroll in response.

Thankfully, the violins of the song kicked in and the banter quietened down as Tooru and Mina focused on each other.

“~We're a thousand miles from comfort.
We have travelled land and sea.
But as long as you are with me,
There's no place I'd rather be.~”

Though Mina hadn’t known what song Tooru would pick, this was one she’d listened to frequently as she daydreamed about her future partner. Now she had six of them and, while she wished she could sing this with all of them, getting to sing this with her public girlfriend was enough for now. Internally, however, she’d have to get Kyoka to bring this back out once they were all moved in to their mega-mansion.

“~I would wait forever,
Exalted in the scene.
As long as I am with you,
My heart continues to beat.~”

Looking out into the crowd, Tooru glanced at her other girlfriend’s faces, each smiling brightly as she sung her heart out to them all. Like Mina, she wished they were up here with her, along with their Squishy. Lingering on Kyoka’s face for a moment, she could see the joy in her smile, but there was pain in her girlfriend’s eyes.

While she was sure Kyoka had been enjoying the evening with the class, she was sure their most musically-inclined member was regarding her and Mina with just a touch of envy. She couldn’t blame her as, were it not for their classmates’ enthusiasm regarding karaoke, she was sure Kyoka would be singing a love ballad to them all; or at least to Momo. Hopefully she’d be able to find a way to cheer her up later.

“~With every step we take, Kyoto to the bay,
Strollin' so casually.
We're different and the same, gave you another name,
Switch up the batteries (Yeah).~”

While the lyrics didn’t hit the locations she had in mind, Ochako couldn’t help linking them to herself, reminded of how far she’d come from Mie to not only be here and become a top pro hero, but how she’d opened up and accepted herself despite all she’d grown up around.

Watching Mina and Tooru sing their hearts out to each other was adorable, and something she couldn’t have let herself imagine even half a year ago. Now, she not only had a loving girlfriend of her own but five of them on top of an adorable boyfriend.

It had been a struggle to accept at first, especially with the difficulties with her parents and their situation, but even with her mother and father likely diversifying their own romantic partners in the future, she wasn’t sad. If anything, she truly hoped they found the same happiness she now enjoyed when with even one of her partners.

“~If you gave me a chance, I would take it.
It's a shot in the dark, but I'll make it,
Know with all of your heart, you can't shame me.
When I am with you, there's no place I'd rather be.~”

Tsuyu couldn’t help squeezing Ochako’s hand as the song continued. Her thoughts drifting to their first kiss when the gravity girl was still being torn between her feelings and her family.

When Ochako glanced back as she sung along to the song, her bright brown eyes catching Tsuyu’s emerald orbs, Tsuyu was incredibly glad things had worked out the way they had. Even if there was still a ways to go, she knew they’d be able to get through it with each other.

As the song began slowing as it closed out, Tooru and Mina’s eyes fell on each other, each full of love and proudly showing it to the other. Though many thought their words were only between them, all six girls knew they’d gladly sing the same to any one of them.

“~When I am with you, there's no place I'd rather be, yeah.~”

Tooru and Mina lent in for a deep kiss, the former’s arms thrown around the pinkette’s neck to hold her close as Mina’s hands had settled on her waist, glued there and not wandering further only due to the current audience they entertained.

While most of the class clapped at the pair’s singing performance, Sero and Kaminari whooped and cheered at the romantic sight only to be scolded by Iida for their excessive volume and calls. Before the class’s vice representative could break up the pair for overindulging, Mina and Tooru separated with goofy smiles on their faces.

“I love you, Princess.”

“And I love you, Starlight.”

The pair giggled, giving each other one last peck before Mina addressed the crowd.

“After giving you boys something to think about tonight, I’d say I’ve finally earned my treat!”

Iida’s scolding died on his lips, his hand frozen mid-chop, as he processed what the pinkette had just implied while several blushes burst into existence around the room. The cheeky minx who’d caused them scampered off like a gremlin towards the fridge and her just desserts.

While most of the boys did their best to avoid each other’s eyes and pretend they weren’t already going to do what Mina’d suggested, Kyoka just rolled her eyes and called out to the pinkette.

“If you’re grabbing yours, can you get mine too?”

“I’ll get it,” Sato offered with a smile, turning and heading over to the kitchen. “Provided you give me some feedback on how to improve.”

“It is a most delectable desert. Honestly, I wouldn’t change anything about it,” Momo smiled with several others nodding along.

“I mean, I wish it didn’t have so many calories but that can’t really be helped,” Ochako agreed.

“Maybe you shouldn’t give it to her,” Mina winked teasingly as she passed Sato and returned to the sofa. “Tooru and I did two songs and danced the night away. Kyoka didn’t burn nearly as many calories as we did.”

Kyoka levelled a glare at her cheeky minx of a girlfriend who winked back at her before taking what she considered a well-earned bite of her reward.

As much as Kyoka wanted to argue with her, the night had been less about their little group burning calories while having to everyone joining in and getting some inadvertent training in. Hell, she’d just gone with one of her safe picks for songs over anything she truly wanted to sing.

“Was that what started this off?” Shinso raised an incredulous brow.

“Kyoka was the one that suggested it,” Tooru nodded.

“I still say you girls got nothin’ to worry about,” Sato reminded them, handing Kyoka the bowl which she absent-mindedly accepted.

A few eyes lingered on the punk-rock girl as she didn’t reach for her spoon, her focus apparently elsewhere.

“Um, Kyoka?” Momo reached out to gently touch her girlfriend’s shoulder. Broken from her train of thought, Kyoka spotted the mild concern of her secret girlfriend. “Everything okay?”

“Huh? Oh, um… yeah,” Kyoka replied slowly before biting her lip.

“You sure?” Sero asked as a few more brows rose.

“Yeah,” Kyoka repeated before putting her bowl down on the coffee table and rising to her feet. “Mina’s right though… I should p-probably do one more song if I’m gonna eat that.”

Though Mina had just been teasing her girlfriend, she watched curiously along with the others as Kyoka seized one of the microphones she and Tooru had put down before hastily flicking through the song list.

Her eyes fixated on the screen, the punk-rock girl flicked and flicked until she found the specific song she was looking for. When it finally slid onto the screen, Kyoka pressed a button to pause the preview as the reality of what she was about to do dawned on her, taking a deep, almost shaky, breath as she turned around.

While it was clear not everyone in the class was clued up on songs and their deeper meanings, this one was pretty blatant for any that just heard the lyrics.

Still, the worry that usually plagued her about their group’s deception being revealed was strangely muted. Kyoka knew it was still there, but looking out at all the faces in the crowd that weren’t her partners, she could almost see the bonds of friendship they’d formed as they patiently waited for her to begin.

These were people she could trust with her life. Maybe not all of her secrets, but she didn’t believe any one of them would seek to do them harm in the various ways her anxieties continuously spooked her about.

With one more button press, the acoustic guitar kicked in and the song began.

“~The days are shorter but the nights are long.
We could fuck in the sun and dance till dawn,
And all I want is to be your girl.~”

The words flowed easily from Kyoka’s lips but their content still caught the attention of Iida who wanted to object at the particular word choice. Ochako could tell it had rankled her friend and she quickly reached over to squeeze his leg, urging him not to interrupt Kyoka’s performance. Luckily, he seemed to take the hint.

“~Black holes in the skies to the ends of the world.
Put rocks in your pocket take the boat for a whirl,
And all I want is to be your girl.~”

As much as Kaminari wanted to give his friend his undivided attention for her second performance, it had been forcibly split by the lyrics, the somewhat romantic song drawing his eyes from Momo to Kyoka and back on repeat. Was this it? Was his friend finally declaring her intentions?!

“~I wasn't looking for love but she found me.
I got a lot of control when you're not around me.~”

Momo felt a well of joy and anxiety mix in her chest. She figured this was karma for her own performance earlier in the night considering how Kyoka had looked as she’d sung but, much like her secret girlfriend, she couldn’t find it in her heart to care. Kyoka was singing a song that could only be about her true feelings for the heiress to the class and she wanted more than anything to beam and be proud about it but knew she had to keep her composure.

If Kyoka could do it, so could she. At least, until they were secure in the privacy of one of their rooms, then all bets were off.

“~Well there's ghosts in the night and ghosts in my mind,
And if we quit changing we'll be left behind,
But I won't take another chance of screwing it up,
So I stay where I am,
But all I want is to be your girl.~”

Though they all felt the skill and sincerity powering Kyoka’s performance, the other girls couldn’t help but exchange worried glances once more. Was this too far? Kyoka was normally so cautious. Mina, especially, was worried she might’ve goaded the girl a little too much and caused this extra careless performance.

Whatever the reason, they each resolved to do their best to try and smooth over any wrinkles that came of this.

“~The days are shorter but the nights are long.
We could fuck in the sun and dance till dawn,
And all I want is to be your girl.~”

When the song reached its last note, Kyoka’s eyes had been directed squarely at Momo. It was only the sound of her spoon clinking against the side of her bowl as the ice cream in it melted that broke the trance she’d been in, suddenly very aware of the tension in the room with so many eyes on her.

“Wow…” Kirishima gaped.

“That was…” Sero agreed, though trailed off as his brain lost the words.

“A little too crass,” Iida spoke up, his hand once again finding the energy to begin chopping once more. “The ‘F’ word is prohibited for a reason.”

Kyoka almost felt like bursting out laughing. Of all the things in that song, that was what had stood out to him? Just the swear? Thankfully for her, all eyes were suddenly on Iida, which the punk-rock girl was grateful for, but the vice-president suddenly found the accusatory expressions quite uncomfortable.

“Dude,” Sato shot him an incredulous look.

“I dare you to say that to Bakugo when he gets back,” Mina smirked, knowing the blond would likely up his usage out of spite.

“Uh… on second thoughts, I believe we can overlook the crass language due to it being part of the song,” Iida conceded, “but please be more considerate of your choices in the future.”

All eyes returned to Kyoka who suddenly felt the glare of the spotlight once more. Though she thought she could handle it, there were several gazes that seemed to glance knowingly and almost expectantly between her and Momo; Kirishima and Sero sent her small nods while Koda smiled shyly, and shuffled away from the heiress.

Kyoka wanted nothing more than to fulfil the fantasy tugging at her brain right now and publically ask out the amazing girl who was beaming at her, but… she couldn’t.

“Y-Yeah, sorry,” Kyoka chuckled mirthlessly, her eyes on the floor as she placed the microphone on the table. “M-Maybe I shouldn’t’ve picked that one,” she muttered before grabbing her bowl of ice cream.

“If it makes the song work then you kinda gotta respect artistic integrity,” Ojiro defended.

“I see your point, but-” Iida began to reply only to spot Jiro hurrying towards the stairs. He wasn’t the only one either as several heads began tracking her fleeing form.

As she retreated, Kyoka could practically feel the wave of confused eyes boring into her back. She’d made a mistake singing that song. No matter how much Momo’s radiant smile caused her heart to flip, now everyone would talk, everyone would expect, and everyone would begin asking questions.

Kyoka needed to get out now. Retreat and regroup to make a plan on how to answer some of those questions that she didn’t have good answers for. Unfortunately, one of Kyoka’s friends had lingered at the tables long after he’d eaten his slightly too-toasted dinner and he stepped out into her path.

“Kyoka,” Kaminari said quietly as the girl almost bumped into him, her eyes still aimed towards the ground.

“N-Not now, Kaminari,” Kyoka replied in a low voice. Before the electric blond could object any further and try to figure out what had his friend so eager to escape, she glanced up at him with tears in her eyes. “Please…”

Confusion marred his brow as things didn’t make sense again. Had he missed something? Some expression between his friend and her crush that had confirmed the worst for their romantic prospects?

“Let her go, Kaminari,” Tokoyami glanced over at the pair, though not with accusation in his eyes. “Tonight has been… exhausting for many of us, despite the joy we’ve revelled in. If our classmate wishes to depart then you should permit her.”

Kaminari wanted to object, to try and clear the air or somehow fix whatever was causing Jiro this distress but his train of thought was interrupted again.

“Perhaps we should call an end to tonight as it is,” Shoji agreed with his friend before rising to his feet. “Though, before we all depart, I would like to thank you all again.”

“What for?” Kirishima queried.

“For accepting me,” Shoji replied simply. “I did not expect to find so many I would call friends when I joined this course, as I’m sure many of you could say the same. For all our differences, I am glad that I am able to trust you all with my sincere feelings, and I hope that trust goes both ways.”

A small silence lingered in the air at Shoji’s words before the faster ones among them began catching on.

“Yeah! You got that right, Shoji!” Kirishima grinned brightly.

“What are friends for? Though with everything we’ve been through, we’re more like a family, ribbit,” Tsuyu agreed.

“And families take care of each other,” Sato nodded.

“You got that right,” Ochako cheered.

“Even when things may seem at their darkest or most embarrassing,” Tokoyami agreed.

Kyoka knew they weren’t talking about Shoji and she didn’t need her quirk to feel her heartbeat in that moment. Her breathing stilled when Kaminari’s hand touched her shoulder, bringing her focus back to him as she looked into his once probing eyes, only now, they were full of care and understanding.

“I know that… whenever you guys need me, I’ll be there for you,” he said with sincerity.

The earphone-jacked girl blinked, sending the pair of tears that’d built up in her eyes rolling down her cheeks as Kaminari thankfully broke away, his message to her clear. When she was ready to talk, they’d talk.

“Y-Yeah… me too,” Kyoka agreed.

Silently thanking Shoji and the rest of the class, Kyoka continued towards the stairs and disappeared around the corner.

Looks were exchanged with different degrees of knowledge as the tension in the room eased. Momo noted with more than a little anxiety that a number of them were directed towards her, but her expression schooled into its practised, public form. As much as she wanted to acknowledge Kyoka’s performance, they’d done enough for one night.

“Anyway,” Kirishima decided to draw the focus to himself before directing his attention at Mina and the other girls. “Thanks for setting this up. It was super fun!”

“Yeah, I had a blast,” Sero nodded.

“Don’t think I’ll be joining in next time, though,” Shinso chuckled.

“We’ll let Kyoka know you all liked it,” Mina chuckled, finishing the last of her treat, almost forgotten in the tension.

“I got some good practise in for our assignment at least,” Ojiro acknowledged.

“We’re definitely gonna go ‘Plus Ultra’ for our performance!” Ochako pumped her fist, thinking about her and Tsuyu’s joint presentation as everyone seemed to agree that the night was at an end.

With his piece said, Shoji pulled up his mask and headed for the elevators while Koda cautiously approached Momo. She braced herself for an inquiry but the boy just wanted to know if it was still okay to borrow the karaoke machine to practise with. Momo was sure her secret girlfriend would still be okay with it and helped him disconnect it.

The remaining class members straightened up the room from their night of enthusiastic singing and, despite the somewhat awkward end to their evening, everyone departed with warmth in their hearts.

After all they’d been through, there was no doubts that there was a bond between them all, and while some ran deeper than others, the trust between them remained strong.


The next morning was a rather quiet one for the dorm. After their energetic evening, most were either enjoying the chance for a lie in or up to meet with their business course partners to continue their shared assignment. While she hadn’t completed the assignment herself yet, one member of class 1-A was preparing to tackle her other assignments.

Down in the dorm kitchens alone, Momo was brewing herself a fresh pot of tea to accompany her homework session, though a familiar tune filled the air around her as she quietly sung to herself.

“~Put rocks in your pocket take the boat for a whirl,
And all I want is to be your girl.~”

She was grateful her fellow classmates were all busy enjoying their Saturdays doing their own thing, allowing her to indulge in the song directed at her last night for what it was. Dressed in her comfy ‘Creaty’ t-shirt and pink shorts, the heiress was looking to enjoy the day’s peace away from her classmates if only to hope, likely in vain, that they might forget about Kyoka’s performance.

As Momo breathed in the refreshing scent of her steaming tea, transferring the teapot and a cup to a tray to carry back up to her room, her gentle singing quickly stopped when she heard the front door open. While not on edge, Momo was certainly alert until she realised who was coming through the door.

A weary Bakugo, Todoroki, and Izuku trudged into the common room, all breathing a collective and deep sigh of relief once the heavy door was closed behind them.

“We’re back,” Bakugo announced with a yell, as though the act of returning upright was a hard-won victory.

“Don’t be so loud, our classmates might be sleeping,” Todoroki sighed, hunching over as though his backpack suddenly gained twenty pounds.

“Don’t tell me what to do,” Bakugo sniped, though he said it at a much more reasonable pitch.

“I’m just glad we’ve got some time off,” Izuku reminded them, discarding his backpack temporarily to sit down and remove his shoes. The other two let out agreeing groans as they also removed their footwear, only for another figure to approach them.

Though feeling hesitant about being the bearer of bad news, Momo’s sense of duty overrode any qualms she had as she didn’t want to be the reason her classmates were uninformed about their responsibilities.

“Welcome back. I’m glad the three of you are safe and sound,” Momo smiled, hoping to break the ice a little before dropping the bomb.

“Not for that flaming asshole’s lack of trying,” Bakugo huffed, convinced Endeavor was actually trying to burn them in training.

“He pushed us hard,” Todoroki nodded. “If we weren’t out on patrol, we were training.”

“It may have been tough, but we got a lot of experience,” Izuku offered a triumphant but weary grin.

“Wasn’t enough to take him down though,” Bakugo cursed.

“Take him down?” Momo questioned.

Unbeknownst to the heiress, it hadn’t all been patrols and training; before Endeavor had sent them back to UA that morning, they’d been taken to a special facility.

“Damn asshole decided to test us,” Bakugo griped. “If I had thirty more seconds, I would’ve blown him away!”

“You lost?” Momo felt a pang of pity for them. Endeavor was Japan’s number one hero for a reason, and it made sense that he wouldn’t go easy on them.

“Oh, no, we passed,” Todoroki relayed before glancing at his green-haired friend, “thanks to Midoriya.”

“I-I couldn’t’ve done it without you two distracting him,” Izuku quickly reminded them.

“And don’t you forget it,” Bakugo scowled, gripping his hand into a fist. “Next time, I’ll kick his ass without either of you.”

Apparently, a major mission was coming up soon, and Endeavour’s agency would be participating; the test was to see if his work-study students would be up to the task of joining. Unfortunately, the trio couldn’t say any more due to the inherent secrecy requested and Izuku decided to change the topic.

“Did we miss anything while we were away?” He asked pleasantly as Todoroki and Bakugo looked to depart.

“Actually,” she grimaced, knowing they were all probably looking forward to some downtime. “I need to let you all know that we all have a project with the business cour-”

“That shitty ad stuff,” Bakugo brushed off as he headed for the lift, “Eijiro filled me in, we already know.”

“My group and I plan to film later tonight, but thank you for informing us,” Todoroki acknowledged with a nod and headed for the same lift, much to the blond’s ire.

“Same with mine,” Izuku agreed, moving to head further into the dorms only to trip over the genkan step, though Momo swiftly caught him with a hand.

“Are you okay?” She asked with a touch of concern.

“Y-Yeah, sorry,” Izuku brushed off, taking a breath before standing upright again. “I… must’ve pushed myself harder than I thought during the test,” he murmured before glancing to the lift, grateful that the doors had closed behind the other two, “using two quirks at that level was really hard.”

“I have no doubt,” Momo chuckled lightly, shaking her head at Izuku’s typical overzealous behaviour when it came to training. An idea then struck her as she remembered the cooling teapot she’d left in the kitchen.

“Izuku? I know you probably want to get upstairs to rest before you meet your group, but would you like to share a cup of tea? It may help refresh you after such strenuous training.”

She instantly noticed the torn look on Izuku’s face and felt like she was causing him more stress, the exact opposite of her goal.

“A-Actually, how about I bring it up to your room?” Momo corrected herself. “We’d have more privacy to um, speak freely there too.”

“That sounds perfect,” Izuku breathed a sigh of relief, his fatigue momentarily showing through the front he usually kept up. That he felt comfortable enough around Momo to let it show was something that didn’t escape her notice as she sent him a comforting smile before hurrying back to the kitchen.

Thankfully, the tea cosy she’d thrown over the pot before approaching the returning trio had kept things piping hot and ready to drink. Grabbing the tray after adding an extra cup to its load, she hoped Izuku would enjoy the tea she’d selected, having decided to indulge a little and brew some of the tea she reserved for sleepovers that everybody liked.

Meeting Izuku at the elevator as he held the doors open for her, the heiress stepped inside as he pressed the button for his floor.

“I spoke to Melissa the other day, she’s doing well,” Momo mentioned as the doors closed.

“Oh?” Izuku perked up.

“Indeed, it sounds like despite her hardships, she’ll be graduating at the top of her class at this rate.”

“That’s good to hear,” the greenette smiled. “I had to skip our last call due to the work-study.”

“Endeavor’s not pushing you too hard, is he?” Momo asked, giving Izuku a measuring glance.

“Well, we’ve got to learn all we can as fast as we can,” Izuku shrugged. “It makes sense that the number one hero would push us to our limits.”

“Resting can be just as important as training, Izuku,” Momo chided lightly.

“I know, but everything just seems so… busy,” Izuku muttered, his shoulders drooping.

Momo knew he wasn’t just talking about training. Despite the UA’s best efforts, there was always something just over the horizon for them to deal with, whether a known threat or surprise machination. That they’d been able to relax somewhat freely recently had been greatly appreciated, but that had even aroused her suspicions.

“Unfortunately, the life of a hero is a busy one,” Momo reminded him, “we just need to appreciate the downtime where we can.”

“Yeah,” Izuku agreed, “and I’m not complaining really. I just need like… ten minutes to catch my breath, y’know?”

“All too well, I’m afraid,” Momo chuckled sympathetically as the doors opened and Izuku stepped out first. “My parents kept my childhood years fairly packed with one thing or another. If it wasn’t tutoring, school, or studying, then I was attending events with them or learning the theatricals of social business. Sometimes sleeping was my only escape from an over-packed mind and an overworked body.”

“That… sounds bad,” Izuku grimaced, not wanting to accidentally insult the heiress’s past by saying the wrong thing as he pulled out his door key.

“Indeed,” Momo nodded, “which is why I’m suggesting you might want to consider taking a nap until your obligations tonight. You sound like you need it.”

“I’m fine,” Izuku brushed off predictably as he opened the door and led them inside Izuku’s still very All Might-themed room.

While it had been somewhat disconcerting seeing his level of idolism and dedication on first reveal, Momo now somewhat understood the depths of gratitude Izuku had for the man.

It wasn’t just that he granted Izuku the chance to become a hero; it was being the beacon of light and hope that kept him going through the negative times in his youth. Though All Might had inspired the boy beside her, it was Izuku who continued to go beyond and surprise their class time and time again, be it with his strength, his intelligence, or, much more personally, his compassion to always help when someone needed it.

A compassion, she reminded herself, he’d selflessly extended to her to give her the best chance at escaping her parents’ plans.

Unfortunately, due to the late request by Endeavor earlier in the week, Izuku hadn’t had the chance to clean his room, and he’d left it with a few discarded clothes littering the floor and used plates sitting on the side.

“Sorry about the mess,” Izuku apologised, dropping his bag by the bathroom door. “As you can see, I’ve kinda got things I need to do before I rest.”

“You don’t need to stand on ceremony for me,” Momo gently reminded him, stepping over a pair of his underwear to place her tray on the desk.

“I know, but still…” Izuku blushed.

The heiress shook her head. It admittedly felt nice that Izuku wanted to make things look better for her, but she wasn’t about to concede so easily.

“If it’s bothering you, then how about we do a quick tidy together if it’ll ease your mind,” the heiress suggested.

“You don’t have to-” Izuku began before Momo lightly pressed a finger to his lips.

“If it’ll help you, then it’s not a bother,” she smiled. “After all, you’re already doing so much for me.”

Reminded of their approaching fate and acutely aware of the softness of Momo’s touch, Izuku surrendered with a small nod. He wanted to open his mouth to tell her again that it wasn’t a problem, but he knew he’d be lying. Their whole plan would be hard on all of them, and letting Momo help ease his burden a little now seemed trivial in comparison.

“T-Thanks,” Izuku blushed as he quickly got to work, hoping to take the greater share.

The two quickly set about, with Izuku organising his clothes for cleaning while Momo tidied his desk and straightened his memorabilia. By the time Izuku tossed his washing bag full of dirty clothes to be dealt with later by the door, Momo was already pouring out two steaming cups of tea to reward themselves.

“Shall we sit?” She offered, gesturing to the bed.

To Izuku, even somewhat dishevelled, it still looked like the comfiest, most welcoming sight in the world to him. Dropping into a spot, Izuku rested for a moment before removing his jacket and loosening his stubby tie.

Momo chuckled, placing the teapot down before carrying the cups over. Izuku reached up with both hands to gently and gratefully accept the cup from the heiress, feeling the warmth of both the ceramic, and her touch, soothe him in different ways.

“Thank you, Momo,” he nodded gratefully, taking a moment to savour the smell of the tea most didn’t appreciate.

“You’re more than welcome, Izuku,” Momo replied with a smile. “I’m just glad I seemed to catch you at the right time.”

Izuku couldn’t help but agree as Momo opted to sit beside him, both taking a sip of the soothing liquid before releasing a sigh of contentment.

“Yeah, I needed that,” he agreed before looking curiously at her, realising the tea had been brewed before Momo had suggested the idea, “I’m not uh… keeping you from anything, am I?

“Only some minor studious obligations,” Momo chuckled politely, resting one hand on Izuku’s knee to assure him before pulling away. “I dare say you’re a mote better company than so much mathematics homework.”

“Well, I could always start talking about quirks,” Izuku threatened playfully.

“Despite your ramblings, I still believe it would be a net gain,” Momo giggled, taking another sip of her drink. “You do have a habit of making things people take for granted seem most fascinating.”

“I’m uh… glad you think so,” Izuku smiled, averting his eyes and taking another sip himself to hide the minor blush the heiress’s words had elicited.

“Though, I think we’d both be better off if you accept my earlier suggestion and take a nap,” Momo reminded him. She could see the desire to do so briefly slip onto Izuku’s face, only to be swiftly pushed down.

“I can’t,” he replied, gesturing to the half-finished homework on his desk and the washing bag. “Too much to do.”

“Nothing that can’t wait until you’ve rested,” Momo shook her head. “If you don’t choose a time to relax, your body will pick it for you,” she recounted some wisdom from one of her former quirk instructors when she’d tried to go overboard with her training.

Izuku knew that feeling personally, having collapsed during his training for UA and almost disappointing All Might in the process.

“Maybe you’re right,” he sighed.

“It’s been known to happen,” Momo giggled playfully, watching Izuku drain his teacup. “Shall I leave you to it?”

“Uh, yeah, if you don’t mind,” Izuku replied with a nervous smile.

“Of course,” Momo nodded, savouring the last of the tea from hers before taking the empty cup from him.

As she stood and headed over to the desk to put both on the tray and depart, she felt a small tug of suspicion at the back of her mind. Her eyes narrowed, and when she turned around to look back at her boyfriend, his eyes quickly avoided her own guiltily.

“Izuku,” Momo said with an almost knowing tone.

“Y-Yes?” Izuku replied as casually as he could.

“Are you actually going to nap, or are you planning to continue pushing yourself?”

The way Izuku bit his upper lip and averted her eyes again was all the confirmation Momo needed.

“W-Well, I mean… i-it wouldn’t take long to throw on a wash and maybe get a jump on my homework,” he hastily tried to excuse himself.

“Izuku,” Momo sighed, shaking her head fondly.

“I know,” Izuku sighed, feeling a pang of guilt in his chest, both from the deception and feeling like he’d disappointed the heiress.

Heading back over to the bed, Momo retook her seat beside her boyfriend and wrapped a comforting arm around his shoulder, pulling him in for a side-hug.

“S-Sorry,” he apologised quickly, eyes toward the ground.

“Hey, it’s okay,” Momo replied. “You wouldn’t be you if you didn’t try to go ‘Plus Ultra’ all the time.”

“But not when I ‘make myself useless and need someone else to save me’,” Izuku remembered Aizawa’s words from the fitness test.

An uneasy frown crossed Momo’s brow as she, too, recalled their teacher’s words from that day.

“I’m sorry, was I being too pushy?” She asked, releasing her hold on Izuku’s shoulder. She’d been trying hard not to order him around or stir up memories of their most regretful interaction with each other, but maybe she’d misjudged herself.

Before she could panic too much, one of Izuku’s hands reached up to bring Momo’s back down on his shoulder while his other gently squeezed her knee.

“No, no,” he quickly insisted, looking back up at her, “I was just being silly, you didn’t do anything wrong.”

“Oh, good,” Momo breathed a sigh of relief before letting out a small chuckle. “I’m sorry, I… may still be a little nervous about um… us.”

Izuku joined her in a small chuckle, completely understanding her nerves.

“It has been a bit awkward, hasn’t it?” He nodded, “But um… good awkward, mostly.”

“Yes,” Momo smiled, the fond memories of their recent trip together slipping back into the forefront of their minds. “So… I hope you understand that my suggestion came from a place of care. I’m sure Ochako and the others would say the same thing if they were here.”

“You’re… probably right,” Izuku sighed, conceding to Momo’s logic and reluctantly abandoning his plan not to nap. “Okay, I promise I’ll try to get some rest for you.”

Momo felt her cheeks heat up as she felt the sincerity in Izuku’s words.

“You don’t have-”

“No, you’re right,” Izuku gently interjected, “I have been pushing myself a lot lately, and some rest might do me some good.”

“I’m glad to hear it,” Momo smiled, resting her free hand atop Izuku’s on her knee and squeezing it affectionately.

Reluctantly pulling a hand away from Momo’s, Izuku reached into his pocket and pulled out his phone, setting an alarm for a few hours from now, much to Momo’s approval.

“Do you need anything before I let you rest?” the heiress asked helpfully.

“No thanks, I’ll be fine,” Izuku replied honestly. “Hopefully, I can relax and drop off.”

“Hopefully?” Momo’s brow rose.

“Well,” Izuku grimaced guiltily, glancing at his still remaining chores. “Sometimes it’s hard to switch off and relax.”

“Ah, yes,” Momo nodded knowingly, “I’m familiar with that feeling”.

It was one she’d also struggled with this year, though the issue had been less frequent and decidedly easier in recent months. The last time she'd struggled, Kyoka had offered a most wonderful solution that had, admittedly, caused all her stress to melt away as she lay in her arms. The heiress wondered if Izuku might find something equally as relaxing in her arms.

“Izuku?” She enquired tentatively. “If you like, I do have one suggestion that might help ease that anxious brain of yours.”

“Oh?” Izuku tilted his head curiously, causing Momo’s nervous smile to widen.

“Feel free to say no, but would you like to try a technique that Kyoka showed me?”

“Uh,” Izuku thought for a moment, wondering what it could be. “Sure, I guess.”

While Momo felt a touch of disappointment at his casual tone, she figured he was simply being wary or didn’t have an inkling about her idea.

“If I may,” Momo asked, gesturing to the bedspread behind her to which Izuku gave a tentative but curious nod. Without further ado, Momo scooched back further onto Izuku’s bed until she reached the pillow and made herself comfortable, keenly aware of the feel of Izuku’s sheets on her bare legs. Once she was settled, she held an arm out to Izuku invitingly while patting the spot in front of her. “Would you please?”

Izuku would be lying to himself if he said he wasn’t intrigued by the offer. He felt his crotch stirring as suggestive ideas began slipping into his mind, but he pushed them down in favour of whatever his girlfriend had planned.

“Just here?” He asked, crawling on his bed towards the heiress and sitting before her.

“Almost,” Momo giggled before twirling her finger. “Turn around and lean back.”

Izuku quickly understood what she was suggesting now. With a nervous turn, Izuku scooted towards Momo and slowly eased himself back, taking care not to move too fast and accidentally headbutt her. Momo’s arms gently guided him back until he could feel her impressive bust cushion his head.

The heiress was well aware of the effect her chest had on others, especially her partners, and it was only fair her boyfriend got to experience some of the perks they offered.

“How do you feel?” Momo asked with a giggle.

Izuku took a moment to ponder as he let himself experience Momo’s embrace, her toned arms wrapped protectively and caringly around him. Letting out a soft, contented breath, he uttered one word.

“Safe.”

The heiress’s breath caught at his response. Of all the things he could’ve said, that wasn’t what she’d expected.

“You do?” Momo asked, an almost disbelieving tone in her voice.

The greenette savoured another quiet moment before responding, his hands reaching up to caress Momo’s arms as they cuddled him from behind.

“Yeah,” he replied warmly.

Momo was almost worried Izuku could feel her heart skip a beat with how close he was. She could practically feel her affection for him growing as she snuggled him closer.

“I’m glad,” she replied, pushing down the small lump in her throat as a weight she didn’t know she was carrying began easing. “I’d um… hoped this might help.”

“It does,” Izuku relayed, already feeling his harried mind slowing down to a more manageable level.

The two sat there in contentment, Izuku gently rubbing Momo’s arms while the heiress tried to memorise the moment. Unfortunately, there was one thing that kept distracting her.

“Your hair feels so soft, almost like a sheep,” Momo chuckled as she felt his curls tickle her nose. Izuku let out a responding chuckle in kind.

“I thought I was a rabbit.”

“Your old costume and recent theme park accessory certainly give that impression,” Momo agreed with an endeared smile. “Maybe we’ll get you some different ears if we return one day.”

“If?” Izuku asked curiously, glancing back at the heiress to catch her eye. “Do you… still think we aren’t going to get you free?”

Momo’s mouth opened to reply, only for the words to catch in her throat. Regrettably, a part of her still believed her parents’ machinations were an inescapable prison. The trip to Zoo Dreamland had only confirmed how closely they were watching and trying to guide her in the direction they wanted.

Still, whenever she looked into Kyoka’s eyes, Mina’s eyes, or any of her female partner’s eyes, she felt that notion grow smaller. That, together, they might just be able to live the happily ever after they were fantasising about.

Now, staring back into Izuku’s bright and enchanting eyes, Momo felt that belief shrink even more than it ever had before. With six dedicated, supportive, and loving partners behind her, how could she possibly lose?

“Not if I have you all on my side,” Momo replied honestly, giving Izuku an affectionate squeeze.

“I should hope so,” he chuckled, facing forward again. “If Kyoka heard you talking like that, I think we’d both get an earful.”

“Probably,” Momo agreed fondly, hoping their girlfriend was alright. After last night, she’d requested they leave her alone for now to get some rest, a request she and the others had reluctantly obliged. “She’s been rather resolute in her stance. As have you all, really.”

“Of course,” Izuku replied casually. “They all love you, and I…”

The heiress held her breath when Izuku paused. Was he about to say the words they’d both already exchanged so heartfully with the others? Was she ready to hear them? Did she even feel the same way?

Momo’s heart dropped when she realised, despite how far she and Izuku had come since her mistake, she still didn’t feel the same affection for him as she did for the others. What they had was certainly growing, and today certainly aided that, but she still wasn’t quite there yet.

To her great relief, it seemed Izuku wasn’t either.

“I’m… getting there,” he finished.

With an endeared smile, Momo leaned forward and nuzzled her cheek into Izuku’s hair.

“Me too,” she replied, causing Izuku to breathe a sigh of relief below her. “I truly am sorry for everything, past and… future,” Momo admitted, “but I’m glad that whatever I still have to face, I’ll have you and the others by my side.”

“Absolutely,” Izuku agreed, squeezing her arms affectionately before turning to look back at her again, offering his own warm, comforting smile.

For a moment, the two looked into each other’s eyes, revelling in the honesty they could feel from the other. Neither was sure who moved first, but Izuku leaned back as Momo leaned forward, their eyes closing as their lips touched and a familiar heat spreading from their contact through their bodies.

The experience from the Ferris wheel was resumed as their lips parted and tongues sought out their counterparts. It wasn’t overly heated, but there was a cooler warmth between the pair as Izuku turned to better capture his partner’s affections, while Momo gripped Izuku tighter as her core clenched in desire.

Eventually, the need for air overcame them both as they pulled back. The temperature felt like it had risen several degrees for them both as they processed what to do next.

Despite her rapidly rising hormones, Momo knew she wasn’t ready for what lay at the end of this path if they both gave in to their urges in this blessed privacy. She hoped Izuku’s feelings matched hers, but that wasn’t to say she was opposed to stopping just yet.

Momo felt herself growing excited at the other possibilities before her, and one in particular stood out. It was bold, but maybe they were ready to take another step in their relationship, not to mention it would help her boyfriend out.

“I um… may have another idea that might help you relax if… if you’re open to it?”

“Oh… oh yeah?” Izuku replied, intrigued yet cautious.

“Yes,” Momo replied, leaning in again to place another soft kiss on his lips while her hand pressed against Izuku’s chest. “You um… still need to relax, so what if I…” she trailed off as her hand trailed southward, over Izuku’s shirt buttons and down to his belt, where her fingertips lingered on his belt buckle.

“J-Just…” Izuku gulped nervously, “just that far?”

“Only what we’re both comfortable with,” Momo assured him, offering a suggestive, if tentatively hopeful smile.

The suggestive images flooded Izuku’s brain with his lower half having eagerly risen to attention to convince him to indulge.

“O-Okay,” he breathed hotly, licking his lips and still tasting his partner on them. Momo was about to double-check he wasn’t just conceding for her benefit, but that was swiftly dismissed when Izuku’s hand cupped her own and pressed it to the outside of his pants.

Both participants let out a soft moan as Momo’s hand moulded around Izuku’s package, only further stirring the pair’s hormones.

“Clearly you’re too excited to rest,” Momo giggled, gently pressing her cheeks against Izuku’s as she looked over his shoulder.

“W-Well,” Izuku’s hand released hers as he expertly unbuckled his belt and trouser button before slowly lowering the zip, “you did say you wanted to help.”

“I did,” Momo agreed, caressing Izuku’s package again before removing her hand as Izuku fully unzipped himself. Despite the pair’s eagerness for things to progress, Momo’s hand didn’t return to its former position, instead sliding back up Izuku’s chest until it reached the top button on his shirt. “However, I think these,” she unbuttoned him, “will get in our way.”

As the heiress slowly and sensually continued to unbutton her boyfriend’s top, Izuku took the opportunity to lift his rear as unobtrusively as possible and slide his trousers out from underneath them, lightly kicking as they made their way halfway down his legs before getting stuck.

By the time Momo had finished with the final button, Izuku looked awkwardly half undressed as the pair realised they needed to break for a moment.

“I-I’ll just,” Izuku gestured to his legs and top, unable to remove either without Momo releasing her hold on him.

“By all means,” Momo nodded, letting her boyfriend sit up.

As Izuku quickly tried to shrug off his top and slide his trousers off the rest of the way, something shot past his vision. Though his hero instincts were relaxed, his eyes snapped to the offending article as it landed in a heap as he quickly recognised it as the top that was only moments ago, covering his girlfriend’s chest.

“Don’t turn around,” Momo requested, a sly smile on her lips as her hands were behind her back to remove another article of clothing. “I’m just making your pillows more comfortable.”

“R-Right,” Izuku swallowed nervously, his cock throbbing at the images his mind was begging him to confirm were real if he disobeyed and turned around. Despite having seen the heiress in even greater undress before, this felt much more intimate than any of those other times.

With another flash of colour, Momo’s bra landed next to her discarded top as her hands rested on Izuku’s shoulders, guiding him back into his proper position.

“Lie back,” she cooed, feeling his fluffy locks tickle at her breasts as her boyfriend surrendered to her touch, “I’ve got you.”

“O-Okay,” Izuku muttered, his hands flexing awkwardly as he felt Momo’s warm skin though the back of his neck. If he focused, he could swear he felt her nipples poking him which only made his underwear grow tighter.

“Oh, my,” Momo exclaimed teasingly, her hand returning to work as it slid down Izuku’s chest to cup the prominent bulge they were both focused on. Putting her lips to his ear, Momo whispered sensually, “Is that for me?”

“Y-Yes,” the greenette whole heartedly admitted, feeling only a crumb of relief from Momo’s touch through his boxers.

Despite his excitement, there was a touch of unease mixed into his emotions. Momo was clearly slipping back into her more dominant role, reminiscent of their regretful time together with Tooru. Truthfully, it was something Izuku was worried about when he’d considered taking further steps with the heiress. What if she overstepped again? Would their relationship be able to survive a second fracture? Would the group?

However, Izuku knew Momo had been making every effort to prove that she wouldn’t falter twice. From agreeing to Mina’s unconventional pop-culture education and keeping them all informed about her parents’ movements whilst showing true remorse and a desire to make amends, Izuku was more than willing to give her the second chance he’d felt she’d earned.

As Momo reached under Izuku’s last garment to wrap her hand around her prize, he could feel a sudden hesitation in her exploration.

“P-Please um… let me know immediately if I’m going too far, okay?” Momo said softly, evidently thinking along the same lines as her boyfriend.

Turning his head slowly, Izuku once again caught Momo’s anxious orbs in his own emerald gaze, pushing all the sincerity and affection he felt for her into them with his reply.

“Of course, but… I trust you.”

For the second time that day, Momo’s breath caught as she was thrown for a loop. This time, however, she didn’t have a moment to think as Izuku seized the opportunity to recapture her lips with his own in a searing kiss.

The pair couldn’t help but let out twin moans of delight as the kiss deepened again, their tongues and touches more hurried in the heat of the moment despite their somewhat awkward position.

Momo wasn’t sure how just yet, but she was determined to go ‘Plus Ultra’ to make her boyfriend feel even half as good as he was making her feel.

When their kiss broke from a repeated lack of air, Momo gently squeezed her partner’s package to take his attention away from her.

“T-This was supposed to help you relax,” she chided with a heavy blush and satisfied grin on her face, “not get you more riled up. I think it’s time for me to fix that.”

With a familiar application of her quirk, Izuku felt the warm slipperiness of lube begin coating his cock everywhere Momo was touching. Unable to help himself, his hips moved to thrust into her hand.

“Mmm, that’s it,” the heiress encouraged, letting her other hand wander even further southwards. While she didn’t have as much experience as the other girls, she’d been paying attention when they’d played with Izuku and had picked up a few things he seemed to enjoy. Not to mention the time he’d given her a very informative and hands-on experience with this before.

The green-haired boy let out a deeper moan when Momo gripped his balls and gently tugged on them.

“These feel heavy,” she giggled, “better empty them before bed.”

“Uh… uh-huh,” Izuku closed his eyes, biting his lips as his hands tried to figure out what to do with themselves, settling for gripping his girlfriend’s legs either side of him.

As Momo gently pumped and played with her boyfriend, she placed a few tender kisses against his hair while he pressed against the pillowy-softness of her bust. Indeed, he practically slipped between them as they almost acted like earmuffs instead of pillows after a particularly long and firm pump.

Though she was content with Izuku not reciprocating anything right now, Momo felt her own core complain from its lack of attention, desiring the appendage in her hands find a more fitting place inside her.

The heiress’ breathing grew more heated as she truly considered the idea, wondering what it would truly feel like when Izuku thrust his impressive, firm length inside her and fill her with his essence. Her hips took on a mind of their own as she began to rub herself as best she could into Izuku’s mattress, cursing that her shorts and panties were both in the way and certainly in need of a wash once all this was over.

“Momo, please! I can’t-” Izuku stopped short as he felt his release approaching, unable to hold back the flood he was certain to unleash after being backed up for several days. While Momo didn’t understand the depth of Izuku’s current struggle, she was more than ready for the outcome they’d both been hurtling towards.

“It’s okay, Izuku,” Momo cooed affectionately into his ear, excited to see just what their efforts would amount to. “Don’t worry, I’ve got you.”

Clutching Izuku tightly to her chest with her arms as she felt him tense up, his toes pointing and hips thrusting hard, Momo watched with delight and fascination as Izuku’s scrotum physically clenched to release a huge spurt of cum. Having had control of his cock, Momo had accidently aimed the barrel towards them and the sticky liquid quickly coated Izuku’s chest and abs, with several more thick spurts shooting out with diminishing power until it began dribbling down his cock.

Izuku gasped with relief as his he was finally able to untense his muscles from the explosive orgasm, almost slipping into bonelessness were it not for Momo’s supportive embrace, her legs and arms wrapping protectively around him.

“My, that was certainly something,” she giggled. “Was that as big of a relief as it looked?”

“Y-Yeah,” Izuku replied weakly, still short on breath after riding that surprisingly incredible high. “T-Thank you um… Gorgeous.”

“You’re more than welcome, Squishy,” Momo replied in kind, placing another, more tender kiss on her worn-out boyfriend’s cheek as his once-mighty cock slowly deflated. “I think you’re not the only one out of energy for now.”

“Yeah,” Izuku replied again with a soft, endearing chuckle. He looked down at himself and his soiled chest where the heavy load he’d deposited was quickly starting to run down his sides as he moved.

True to her word, Momo swept in with almost practised grace, her hand sparkling with Creation as a set of absorbent tissues quickly took care of the mess.

“All clean,” she grinned, after taking a little longer than necessary to clean up around Izuku’s cock, finding the now limp appendage almost cute as it settled in for its own sleep.

Momo was almost tempted to ask what he was thinking about as he released. Was he thinking about one of the others? Or was his mind also slipping to the future possibilities and indulgencies they may one day enjoy together?

A shy smile slipped onto the heiress’s face when she realised she hoped it was the latter.

“Thanks again um… Momo,” Izuku spoke up, tenderly caressing her arms with the remaining strength he had left as he felt the familiar fatigue after a good release begin to set in. “I… think I needed that.”

“I can tell,” Momo giggled, feeling her boyfriend slump even further against her. “I hope these were satisfactory replacements for your headrest.”

The greenette had almost forgotten his head was lying on Momo’s bare chest. Though his body was reluctant to entertain the idea of another round, it still had enough energy to fill his cheeks with blood.

“A-Absolutely,” he mumbled quietly, “v-very comfortable.”

“I’m pleased to hear that,” Momo smiled, leaning down to place another kiss on Izuku’s head.

“A-Actually um…”

“Hmm?” Momo replied curiously.

“I… I don’t mean to sound um… weird, but,” Izuku’s blush deepened as he his hands gently clenched around Momo’s legs in anxiousness. “I… really like this…”

“This?” Momo’s brow rose, curious as to which bit Izuku was referring to.

“B-Being here, in your arms,” Izuku admitted, his eyes lingering on Momo’s hands. “It… feels nice to be the one being uh… c-coddled, for a change.”

“Coddled?” The heiress blinked in surprise.

“Y-Yeah,” Izuku tucked his head down. “With everything going on, I feel like I need to be strong for everyone all the time… but this um… is the first time in a while I’ve been able to uh… let someone else take care of me like this… so um… thank you.”

“O-Of course,” Momo felt a surprised smile slip onto her face. It was admittedly a relief to hear such words from Izuku considering her last attempt to ‘take charge’ with him. “If… this is something you might like to repeat, I’m sure we can do so.”

“I may just take you up on that,” Izuku chuckled, carefully turning his head to look back at the heiress again, raw honestly painting his features. Momo felt her heart clench at the sight and couldn’t help but lean down to claim his lips in a soft kiss.

As enjoyable as the act was, Momo felt her needy core clench from its lack of satisfaction that encouraged her to return to their fevered touching. Reaching down again only to pull Izuku’s underpants up and over his softened cock to the disappointment of her hormones, Momo felt like it was time to take her leave.

“For now, you should get that rest you promised me,” the heiress chuckled, leaning forward until Izuku was sitting up before untangling herself from him, soiled tissue still in hand.

“You’re right,” Izuku conceded easily, slowly laying back down until his head hit his actual pillow and releasing a deep sigh. After such a release, his mind felt much quieter and his chores suddenly didn’t seem so urgent anymore.

While Izuku finally started winding down, Momo deposited the used tissue in the bin only to notice that some of Izuku’s dribbled essence had settled between her thumb and finger.

Her hormones still running high, Momo subtly glanced over her shoulder to make sure Izuku wasn’t looking before she decided to repeat a test. With a swift lick, Momo’s taste buds blossomed with a familiar taste, yet there was something decidedly more pleasant about it that hadn’t been there before. While it still wasn’t anything close to the imitation flavours she produced for her toys, Momo wondered if, next time, she might get a better tasting sample if she took it from the source.

The idea had her core clenching again, reminding her of its need for attention and snapping her back into the moment none too soon.

“Thank you again for this, Momo,” Izuku called from behind her.

“I-It was my pleasure,” Momo replied quickly, trying not to think of the lingering taste on her tongue as she walked back over to her boyfriend as he pulled his All Might covers up to settle in.

Now only an adorable head, the heiress smiled warmly as she leaned down and placed one last kiss on Izuku’s crown, cupping and caressing his cheek as his eyelids began growing heavy.

“I’ll um… make it up to you…” he murmured sleepily.

Though tempted to reply that he didn’t need to, the heiress nevertheless found the idea of a repeat performance with their places switched appealing as Izuku drifted off into dreamland, finally able to get some rest.

“Sleep well, Squishy,” Momo said softly, turning away and spotting her discarded clothes that she swiftly scooped up and re-donned.

After moving to the desk and grabbing her now tepid teapot and cups on the tray, along with Izuku’s used dishware to be taken down, Momo paused as she headed for the door upon seeing Izuku’s washing bag. With one last glance back at her now softly snoozing boyfriend, Momo decided to help ease his burden just a bit more and stooped to collect the extra chore.

With a flick of the light and a gently closing of the door, Izuku was left to rest as Momo released a deep breath. With everything she’d just experienced, there were so many things she needed to return to her room and think about, but first was what to do with the items in her hand. Did boy’s clothes require anything special to wash compared to her own?

“Maybe Mina will know…” Momo wondered, slipping down the corridor and hoping no one recognised that she was carrying Izuku’s washing bag.

At the very least, the pinkette could be easily convinced to help her out with the other issue she was currently experiencing as a hot breath passed through the heiress’ lips.


Sunday proved to be quite busy for most of the hero and business students. With the encroaching deadline of the assignment being tomorrow and several groups still having yet to complete their filming, most were too busy working to enjoy what was usually a day of rest.

Even those that had completed their filming still had their other assignments to work on and, soon enough, Monday was upon them all.

A nervous anticipation could be felt throughout the heroics and business course students as the final lesson of the day approached. When it was time, the Hero Course students headed to the changing rooms to don their temporary apparel while their business partners ran their final checks on their ads.

When all were ready, the classes all met up in the room behind the auditorium where, inside, the general studies course was already sat front and center; having been given the best seats in order to judge them.

After the hero students were given concealing cloaks to cover themselves both courses were allowed to join the general studies students in the audience to observe everyone else’s products. There was a palpable tension in the air as the general studies students muttered and nudged each other at what they’d possibly be about to see with several students notably trying to catch Shinso’s attention as he tried to avoid everyone’s eyes as a light blush settled on his cheeks.

He wasn’t the only embarrassed one as there were several others among both class A and B that wondered if their grade was worth the embarrassment they were about to endure.

“Someone tell me this is all a bad dream…”

“Are we seriously going through with this?”

“I wish I’d transferred after this damn project.”

Before the presentations could begin, both Vlad King and Eraser Head has some pity for their classes.

“We get how you guys must feel,” Vlad King said, “But this was an important exercise, so dig deep and find the resolve to stand tall on that stage!”

“Once you go pro, you’ll find yourself facing down irrational nonsense day in and day out. Think of this as a dress rehearsal for that,” Aizawa reminded them. “Some amount of pride is essential for heroes, but when you stand up in front of other people, you need to toss aside any sense of shame.”

A somewhat sombre look flickered across the Erasure hero’s face for a moment but was replaced with his usual disinterested scowl just as quickly. Some of the students were quick enough to spot it and didn’t need telepathy to know what had crossed his mind.

Still, despite their impending social deaths, the hero students tried to take their teachers’ words to heart.

Soon, the lights dimmed and the presentations began.

One by one, each group would get up on stage and the business course students would explain a little background about their advertisement and hero concept before the short trailer would play. The hero student would then reveal the costume they’d performed in as though they were debuting as that hero before receiving the reactions of the general studies course.

Going in seating order, Aoyama was up first as the ‘Frail Hero: Oww Yama’, complete with hospital gown and IV pole. There was a fair amount of confusion at the portrayal as it didn’t exactly stir up feelings of heroism or reassurance, but Aoyama posed for his audience as expected before they needed to move on.

Mina took the stage next, portraying the ‘Delinquent Hero: Meana’, looking every bit like the troublesome youth one would expect with such a title with a wooden sword for a weapon and biker gang jacket for a costume.

As discussed during on Friday, Ochako and Tsuyu took the stage together as the ‘Pop-Star Hero Duo: Chako and Ribbity’. While their cutesy performance got a few cheers out of the audience, Izuku was by far the most enthusiastic, having to be gently reminded by Iida that he shouldn’t try to influence the general studies judges, even if it wasn’t to support himself.

Thankfully, Iida’s chiding didn’t last long as he was up next as the ‘Casanova Hero: Tenya’. There were a few giggles from his classmates at the fake moustache he’d worn as part of his persona that looked distinctly familiar to those that had gone to rescue Bakugo.

Ojiro was up next, demonstrating why he’d been in favour of karaoke when the advertisement of himself as the ‘Glam Death Rock Hero: Mashirao’ played for them all. While the tailed hero blushed at the attention, he reluctantly conceded that it was nice to be noticed for a change.

There was decidedly more enthusiasm from the next group as Kaminari’s team took the stage to reveal his temporary identity as the ‘Thunder God Hero: Thur’. Even if it didn’t get the warmest reaction by the audience, with one member calling it a “total rip-off”, Kaminari had had a lot of fun imagining that it could one day be himself at the zenith of his powers, though he could do without the backstabbing sibling.

When Kirishima took to the stage next, there was an audible face-palm from the hero section as his boyfriend could hardly watch the ‘Angler Hero: Fisher Man’ show the crowd what he had. The redhead’s enthusiasm really sold the part, however, and got a favourable response from the crowd.

The timid Koda was forced to follow up next, with his group introducing him as ‘Hit-or-Miss Rapper Hero: Koji’. It was suddenly clear to those that were present for his performance on Friday why Koda wanted to practise as his temporary alter-ego spit rhymes they’d never imagined hearing from the shy boy.

Sato’s group were up next and, while the business course students took to the stage, the cloaked hero hurried over to his teacher with a muttered apology before heading to the stage. The others grew a little concerned when Aizawa exchanged a frown with Vlad but neither moved to interrupt.

It was clear when the ad began playing what Sato was clearly warning them about as he appeared as the ‘Run-Down Bar Hero: Rikimama’, clearly trying to either portray a female hero or a very unflattering caricature of one. The use of female pronouns solidified the intention. There were several cringes from the audience as the advert played out and Sato, with shame on his face, revealed his costume.

When his business course partners stood proudly, awaiting their feedback, Sato quickly bent over in a bow.

“I’m deeply sorry if I offended anyone with our project,” the sugar-quirked student apologised.

“So you should be!” One of the general studies girls yelled out, with several glares being sent towards Sato and his group.

“Hey, hey! What’s wrong with it?” One of Sato’s two partners spoke up with a frown, insulted by the hero student’s apparent disownment of their work.

“Yeah, that was cool!” The other defended.

“Enough,” Aizawa interrupted, interjecting before the argument could gain any further momentum. “I think it’s clear to most why that advert was inappropriate, but clearly it remains a mystery to the two of you. Sato relayed to me that he was outvoted on the direction of your work and his part in it.”

“Well, we wanted a girl, but we were given him,” the lead general studies student jerked a thumb at Sato, who grimaced at the gesture.

“And you didn’t think to change your material to better suit the resources you were given?” Vlad King stepped up too.

“We tried to make it more comedic to suit him better,” the other tried in vain to defend their work one last time.

“Considering you are business students and the general reaction from what was supposed to be your target audience, I think you might be failing more than just this assignment,” Aizawa glared at the pair, causing them both to look at the ground and shudder in shame.

“Yes, sir,” they muttered.

“Good,” Vlad King huffed before dismissing them.

Sato, head also down, put his cloak back on and tried to hurry back to his seat without any further attention. Before he could, Aizawa stopped him and whispered a kind word in his ear that greatly relieved him. Grateful that the business student’s direction of the ad wouldn’t affect his grade, Sato was welcomed back to his seat with sympathetic greetings from his peers.

With the uncomfortable ad now over and the business course students suitably chastised, it was Shoji’s turn to show off his group’s work as the ‘One-Man Puppeteer Hero: Punch ‘n’ Shoji’. It was a welcome reprieve to get something much more enjoyable than the previous ad and it showed on the general studies students’ faces.

Kyoka was up next and her face was aflame before she even revealed her costume. She was debuting as the ‘Lady Spy Hero: Kyon-Kyon’ with a somewhat risqué dress as seen in spy thrillers, though many could identify the similarities it bore with the one that the pro Ryukyu wore. The punk-rock girl could feel a variety of overly appreciative eyes on her, not limited to just her partners, and she hurried off the stage as soon as she was able.

Their gazes she could enjoy… mostly; everyone else’s, not so much.

Sero stepped up with his group to declare himself the ‘Salaryman Hero: Hanta Sero’, which got a few amused chuckles out of the audience but it didn’t seem to go over particularly well since it wasn’t exciting, flashy, or bright.

Next to present, Tokoyami stepped up with his partner as ‘Umbral Nobleman Hero: Dark Shadow XIII’. Dressed like a European nobleman of yore, he wore his costume surprisingly well and several of his friends thought he wouldn’t look out of place in a fantasy isekai.

Todoroki stepped up next, becoming the ‘Iron Mask Hero: Prince Shoto’. Much like Tokoyami, he was dressed in medieval clothes, though these were befitting a prince, complete with signature iron mask and apparently on horseback. What had some of the Hero Course students breaking their silence to laugh along with the general studies students was the ‘ye olde’ dialect Todoroki spoke in to perform his heroic duties.

Despite the mirth from the audience, Todoroki didn’t waver and proudly showed off his costume, getting a small round of applause for his performance.

Tooru was up next and she bounded onto the stage with enthusiasm as the ‘Morphing Kigurumi Hero: Living Doll’, a hero who took on the abilities of whatever costume she donned. Cycling through a bunny, a cat, and a lion costume for her debut ad, Tooru knew she had claimed more than a few appreciative fans from the audience, not including her partners. Glancing at Izuku, she sent him a cheeky wink when she noticed his flushed face.

There was something else she was enthusiastic to show him too, but that would have to wait until they were in private.

Standing on the stage next, with surprisingly distasteful look, was Bakugo and his group. Izuku and the others wondered exactly what had the blond looking like he’d sucked on a sour lemon as the ad began, showing Bakugo acting more or less like himself; he mocked the villains before blasting them away, albeit with a fake quirk, only to reach down and rescue an abandoned puppy, cradling it warmly as he walked off.

The confusion around class 1-A regarding their friend soon cleared when Bakugo was outed as the ‘Villain Hero: Back… and… Go’. Kirishima and Mina grimaced in sympathy as the explosive blond scowled menacingly at the floor despite receiving a fairly positive reception for his anti-hero-like portrayal. Once his turn was over, Bakugo couldn’t seem to get off the stage fast enough, half-tempted to blast his way back to his seat.

As it was Izuku’s turn next, the green-haired friend of the blond tried to catch Bakugo’s eye as they passed but Bakugo was dead-set on ignoring everything about what just happened.

The greenette couldn’t keep his focus on the blond, however, as he was thrust into the limelight with his team. The ‘Helpful Citizen Hero: Li’l Deku’ soon arrived on the big screen with an almost child-like costume that reminded Izuku of his younger years dressing up as All Might. Truthfully, he’d really enjoyed making the advert, even if it portrayed him with an almost child-like persona, as it let him imagine what it might’ve been like had he actually tried to become a hero without that fateful meeting with All Might.

Still, that was a memory best left in the past for now, and while his work got a less positive reaction than Bakugo’s, Izuku was still grateful for the opportunity to enjoy his trip down memory lane.

Next up was the newest member of the Hero Course in Shinso. The purple-haired boy stepped up on stage as his business partners introduced the ad. Immediately after it began, a rockin’ soundtrack kicked up with ‘One-Fli~ick!’ being yelled out at the top of the singer’s lungs.

In truth, the advertisement was more like the introduction to an anime as Shinso, dressed in a gaudy white tank-top and trousers, white boots and gloves, and capped off with a red cape, flicked away various villains who tried to approach him as the ‘Instant-Kill Hero: One-Flick Man’.

Surprisingly, he got a rather large cheer out of the general studies students and more than a few appreciative looks from the girls in his former class at the muscle he was showing off that certainly wasn’t there when he’d left them.

It was a blushing Shinso who’d returned to his seat after an errant wolf-whistle while Momo took his place on stage.

While she acted the part of honourable class representative and hero student, inside, Momo’s excitement had built up, subtly eying her partners as they got to see her dip a toe into her somewhat ‘naughtier side’ that she wouldn’t normally be allowed to show as the ‘Gambling Hero: Spider Lily Momo’.

Having been inspired by old yakuza movies, Momo was more than happy to go along with her business course partner’s idea as she wore a very stylish kimono whilst not acting the least bit like the heiress she’d been raised to be. It had all been rather exciting.

With an appreciative round of applause, notably more from the male students this time, class A’s presentations came to an end.

In contrast, class B would have fewer performances thanks to several of their students being combined into groups like Ochako and Tsuyu had been.

Awase kicked things off for the class as the ‘Steeplejack Hero: Sayftee Furst’ and Kaibara followed him as the ‘Top-Spinning Hero: Rolling’. Kamakiri went next as the ‘Hairdresser Hero: Barber Cutter’ while their first group of heroes consisted of Kuroiro, Shishida, Fukidashi as the ‘Comedian Heroes: Blackbeastonoma’.

Kendo went next as the rather elaborately named ‘Rain Troupe Top Hero: Hikaru Shizukuame’, showing off her acting prowess as a stage actress hero whilst acting in an ad. Her performance garnered a somewhat enthusiastic response from a particular member of class 1-A, which, when she spotted him, made Kendo blush.

Next up, Komori, Shiozaki, Tsunotori, Tokage, and Yanagi all debuted as the ‘Pretty Yure Six: Veggie Girl Squad’, emulating a vegetable-themed magical girl group while Shoda continued the food theme as the ‘Soft and Squishy Hero: Marshmallow Man’.

Tsuburaba went next as the ‘Clubber Hero: Max Hype’ with Tetsutetsu following as the ‘Farmer Hero: Nihongohan’ and Honenuki became the rather fitting ‘Lurking Hero: Phantom of Justice’.

Much like Sato, Bondo seemed very ill-fitted to his role as the ‘Mommy Hero: Big Love Mother’, and it seemed the business course students didn’t need reminding of their mistake, hurrying their presentation along to get it over with as soon as possible, even if it wasn’t as offensive as the other.

It was Monoma’s turn to present next with his persona of the ‘Priestly Hero: Man of the Cloth’ and, finally, Rin closed off class B’s performances as the ‘Zombie Hero: Romero’.

‘For the love of all that’s good, please let this be over,’ both classes collectively thought together in a rare moment of harmony.

Thankfully, with the final presentation, the lights raised and the general students were allowed to deliberate amongst themselves, some positive, others still cringing at what they’d seen, while the hero students all breathed a sigh of relief. Several of the business course students realised their concepts hadn’t gone over as well as they’d hoped and were already dreading both the feedback and marks they’d be getting

Over on the side, both Eraser Head and Vlad King felt the tension in their bodies ease as memories of their own time on the other end of a business student’s camera came back to them.

“Never again... Once was enough for a lifetime,” Vlad King groaned.

“Yeah, you couldn’t pay me to relive that,” Aizawa sympathised, though he’d had to admit, his students had unintentionally put a smile on his face. Despite potential difficulties with their business partners, they all seemed to have given it their all.

The general studies students seem to reach a consensus somewhat faster than previous years and Aizawa gathered up the cards, tallying them up with Vlad with a result that left the 1-B teacher disappointed.

“Ahem, the business course hero commercial that earned the most votes was… the ‘Instant-Kill Hero: One-Flick Man’,” Aizawa announced matter-of-factly.

“Wait, what?” Shinso, who’d been disinterested in the whole endeavour, sat up with surprise as a number of heads swivelled in his direction.

“According to the comment cards,” Vlad held up several with either Shino’s or his temporary alter ego’s name on it, “most voters said their choice had nothing to with the edgy anime thing, more that you clearly weren’t wasting your spot on the Hero Course.”

“Yeah, dude!”

“You’ve packed on the muscle!”

“You’re totally like, an inspiration and stuff.”

Shinso spotted a few of his old classmates calling out to him and giving him nods of acknowledgement and thumbs-up of approval. The purple-haired hero-in-training didn’t quite know how to respond for that, his body settling for stunned silence before giving them a small bow of gratitude.

“Really?!” One of the business course students groaned.

“But we worked so hard!” Another chimed in.

“I’m sure many of you might be disappointed by this,” Aizawa drew the attention back to the front. “But this is a lesson for you all. Actions speak louder than words, and it’s not a hero’s appearance and production values that define them, but their tangible actions.”

It was a lesson many in the Hero Course already knew, but it seemed to be something new to both the general studies and business students. What was known as ‘the Lesson from Hell’ to the Hero Course happened to be called ‘the Pride Smasher’ by alumni of the Business Course.

While Vlad and Aizawa distributed the comment cards to the emotionally wounded business students, the general studies students noted that it wasn’t all fun and games for the Hero Course. As much as some craved getting a chance to join the class, there were certainly some second thoughts if they had to go through embarrassing exercises like that.

Still, it wouldn’t be UA if any of their students gave up that easily. Spirits and egos were bruised but not broken and all three groups had certainly learned a little more about each other in the process. Overall, everyone left the auditorium that day having gained a new perspective that they could take forward and use to get ever closer to achieving their goals.


“School uniforms never felt so good!” Tetsutetsu cheered as classes 1-A and 1-B left the main UA building following their last, and most embarrassing, class of the day.

“You said it,” Sato agreed, with Koda, Kamakiri, Yanagi, and Bondo joining the sentiment.

“Anglers are super manly, but I definitely prefer being Red Riot,” Kirishima grinned toothily as Bakugo snorted beside him.

“Unless you had a very specific quirk, I’d be more inclined to run from a zombie hero,” Rin commiserated.

“That might work in their favour in terms of villains,” Shishida noted. “Comedian Heroes however, have the opposite effects and draw a crowd of civilians that could be problematic.”

“I didn’t get mushroom to improvise, but at least our performance was somewhat adjacent to my brand,” Komori noted as they all traipsed down the path back to their dorms.

“I thought you were great,” Kuroiro muttered as he trailed behind the mushroom-themed girl who gave him an appreciative smile over her shoulder, giving his cheeks a notably red tint.

“I-I couldn’t get the performance they wanted,” Koda sighed. “In the end, they let me mouth the words and they pieced my voice together from a few takes.”

Kendo’s reassuring hand rested on his shoulder as a few more turned towards the shy 1-A boy.

“You did your best, that’s all they could ask,” the orange-haired girl smiled.

“Maybe you should try to work it into your actual hero work,” Kaminari grinned. “Maybe some of the animals would prefer you talk to them in rap.”

Koda shook his head at the teasing suggestion, catching sight of the one who he owed at least part of his performance to.

“Um, thank you again for letting me borrow the karaoke machine, Jiro. It really helped.”

“Huh?” Kyoka turned, almost forgetting she’d said he could borrow it after Friday. “Oh, yeah. I’m glad.”

“I can return it if you’d like it back,” Koda offered kindly, giving Jiro a cautious look.

“Just bring it by whenever,” Kyoka shrugged, trying to avoid his and everyone else’s gazes.

“I don’t think I understood exactly what my group was going for,” Todoroki said as he recalled the direction he was given when filming.

“Nothing wrong with a super charming prince charming,” Mina grinned and winked at the fire and ice user.

“But hiding that face behind a full mask like that should’ve been the real crime,” Tokage winked towards the boy.

“Oh?” Todoroki blinked. “I wasn’t aware it was illegal. Should we go and arrest them?”

Todoroki’s delivery sounded surprised but genuinely curious. As such, Tokage faltered before turning to give her fellow recommended student a look of disbelief only for Mina’s giggles and Todoroki’s small smile to inform her that she’d been had and she chuckled at the minor prank.

“Despite some questionable decisions by our business compatriots, I’d say our performances were something to be commended,” Monoma announced with his usual tone. “And I suppose class A’s weren’t that bad.”

“Except for mine,” Sato sighed. “Wish I’d stood up against it more.”

“You did what you could, big guy,” Tokage patted his shoulder with one of her detached hands. “I know a few guys and gals that would’ve appreciated that.”

“Thanks,” Sato felt at least a little better with her reassurance.

“We should be more focused on how Shinso beat us all,” Sero pointed out, shaking his head.

“Not that it matters in the long run,” the tired looking transfer shrugged, not intending to do anything like that ever again if he could get away with it.

“It was impressive that you managed to gain the faith and confidence of the general studies classes,” Izuku noted with a smile.

“They just voted for me because I was one of them,” Shinso replied.

“You still managed to achieve more than the rest of us who’ve been in the class since the first day,” Iida reminded him. “We should all work hard to ensure we can achieve even better results when we go pro!”

“Are you gonna grow a moustache for your debut then?” Ochako asked as she tried to suppress her giggles with Tsuyu ribbiting happily alongside her.

As the classes continued to chat amongst each other about their various performances, a figure sidled up next to Izuku.

“Hey, Izuku.”

“Hmm? Oh, what’s up, Tooru?” Izuku asked as he turned to his glittery-haired girlfriend. He couldn’t help but raise a curious brow when she quickly glanced around at the others before leaning in a little closer.

“Could you meet me in my room when we get back? There’s something I want to talk to you about.”

“Uh, okay?” Izuku replied, his brow slipping back down into a curious expression as Tooru gave him a wink before hurrying away from him and towards Kyoka.

While he regarded his secret girlfriend with intrigue as she started talking to Kyoka about something, he couldn’t help spotting that several other people, notably only from his class, were glancing at either Tooru or Kyoka subtly. He didn’t know which, nor what was causing such attention from his friends and wondered if something had happened while he’d been away, though surely one of the others would’ve mentioned it.

Hoping not to stir up any rumours, as that was the last thing they needed, he decided to give it a few extra minutes before he headed to Tooru’s room to meet up with the girl.

Once the classes naturally split from each other and everyone went their separate ways now back in the comfort of their dorm, Izuku dropped off his things in his room while pondering what Tooru wanted to talk to him about.

After giving it a good fifteen minutes, Izuku slipped out of his room and tried not to look too suspicious as he headed up one floor and knocked on Tooru’s door which promptly opened.

“Hey! I was just about to text you,” Tooru smiled as she let him inside.

“I just wanted to be cautious,” Izuku replied as he entered, reciprocating the smile.

“‘Bout time,” another voice chimed in and Izuku spotted Kyoka sitting in Tooru’s desk chair, looking a little awkward. Izuku didn’t need to ask to understand that whatever the glittery-haired girl wanted to talk to him about involved Kyoka in some way. Izuku brightened his smile for her, but Kyoka only sent him a small nod in acknowledgement.

Before he could dive too deeply into what everything meant, he felt Tooru pushing him by the shoulders and directing him towards her bed.

“Move your cute patootie, Squish,” she giggled, sitting the boy down though remained standing herself as she received an expectant look from the pair.

“Are you gonna tell us what’s up now?” Kyoka asked simply.

“I’m getting there,” Tooru stuck her tongue out before taking a small breath to settle the few nerves that had cropped up. “So, I wanted to kind of talk to you both about um… some stuff.”

“About Momo?” Kyoka raised an unsurprised brow.

“How did you guess?” Tooru bualked.

“Wasn’t hard considering it involves me and Izuku,” Kyoka glanced at the boy who nodded to acknowledge that’s where his mind jumped to after knowing she would be joining them.

Tooru squirmed as she thought she’d be able to beat around the bush a little more.

“Well then, I should ask how you’re doing, Kyoka?”

“Fine,” Kyoka responded quickly and looked away, not even remotely convincing either Izuku or Tooru.

“Did something happen?” Izuku asked curiously, directing it more to Tooru.

“We had some fun on Friday with karaoke,” Tooru explained, “it was a great idea and the whole class got in on it, minus you, Bakugo, and Todoroki.” Izuku felt a small pang in his chest for having to miss out on what was probably a fun night, but his dedication to his hero work came first. “Mina and I sang this super cute duet and stuff at the end and I think Mina might’ve accidently pushed Kyoka into kinda sorta singing a love song to Momo.”

The glances from others made more sense now as Izuku looked worriedly at Kyoka who avoided both of their gazes.

“Yeah, I fucked up! Don’t have to rub it in,” Kyoka spat, her jaw clenching.

“You know that’s not what I’m doing,” Tooru tried to assure her, taking a step closer before kneeling down and resting a hand on Kyoka’s knee. “I just wanted to make sure our Vixen was okay.”

One of Kyoka’s hands clenched into a fist only for Tooru’s soothing touch to cause it, and her, to relax.

“Yeah… I know,” she muttered with defeat in her tone.

“What did the um… others think?” Izuku asked, picking up on why such a thing was causing Kyoka distress.

“I’m pretty sure everyone’s kinda figured out that Kyoka likes Momo, but they all got that she doesn’t want to talk about it,” Tooru relayed, rubbing Kyoka’s knee gently as she looked back at Izuku.

“Still fucked up and gave the game away,” Kyoka’s hand returned to a fist. “So stupid! I should’ve just kept my mouth shut.”

“Then we would’ve missed out on your wonderful singing,” Tooru reminded her, trying to look for the silver lining.

“But now, everyone fuckin’ expects me to confess when we all know I can’t fuckin’ do that!” Kyoka groaned, trying hard not to direct her frustrations at her girlfriend. “Not to mention the shitstorm it’s gonna bring when they find out about you two.”

Izuku cringed when he realised the truth of Kyoka’s almost accusatory words.

“I… I’m…” Kyoka’s words died on her lips only to groan loudly in frustration at herself. “Look, I’m… I’m just… I’m sorry.”

Izuku moved quickly when he heard the tell-tale hitch in Kyoka’s voice before her eyes began glistening, crouching beside her like Tooru and gently taking her hand in his.

“It’s okay, you didn’t do anything wrong,” Izuku tried to assure her, though admittedly it was something he was already worried about.

Not only would he have to break up with Tsuyu and Ochako, but getting together with Momo would surely cause people to talk, and likely not in a positive way. He’d managed to avoid being gossiped about much in the past, the only real notable thing people had on him was his quirklessness and enthusiasm towards heroes, but this was so much bigger. Throwing Kyoka’s now somewhat public crush on the heiress into the mix and it was bound to get messy when the time came.

Izuku shook his head, trying not to borrow problems from the future and focus on what was more important in the moment.

“It… might be hard,” Izuku acknowledged, squeezing her hand comfortingly, “but I’m more worried about you, Vixen. We all know how hard this has been on you most of all and, I guess this is why Tooru wanted to check in on you.”

“Yeah,” Tooru nodded.

“I’ll be fine,” Kyoka shook her head and bit her lip, trying to stem the tears that threatened to fall. “I have to be.”

“No, you don’t,” Tooru assured her. “It’s okay to let it out. That really was a beautiful love song and I’m really sorry that you didn’t get to show everyone how you two really feel.”

“It isn’t fair,” Izuku agreed, not having the privilege of getting to hear the song but knowing she’d probably put more than just her heart into it. “I know this’ll all um… help in the long run, but, if it’s too hard for you, I’m sure we can find Momo another-”

“No!” Kyoka snapped, turning to Izuku. “No, this… this is the best chance we’ve got… I just… I’m sorry for… fuckin’ everything.” She squeezed his hand back and tried to stem her frustrations as best she could.  “It’s… not fair on you either and it’s just a… bad patch before we’ll all be happy together in the end, right?”

Izuku knew she was both trying to assure him and be stronger than she felt right now and truly hoped their optimism wouldn’t blow up in their faces.

“Right!” Izuku nodded with determination.

“Seconded!” Tooru joined in, seizing both Izuku and Kyoka’s free hands and squeezing them both.

A small silence hung in the room as the trio let their appreciation for the others flow freely.

While Kyoka tried to regroup and calm herself down with a few breaths, Izuku turned to Tooru with a question on his mind.

“What about you, um, Starlight?” Izuku asked curiously. “How do you feel about Momo and all this after… everything you two have gone through?”

“Well, there’s definitely some bits I’d remove,” Tooru chuckled with a touch of morbidity, “but even with them, I think things between us are getting better. I know she’s doing all she can to show us she’s trying to be better and I want to believe that she won’t make the same mistake twice.”

“What about other mistakes?” Kyoka probed warily.

“We’re going to make them,” Tooru giggled. “You say you made a mistake on Friday and maybe that’s true, but it just means that we pick ourselves back up and try to fix it or make the best of it, yeah?”

Kyoka snorted and shook her head but a fond smile remained on her lips.

“How are you so endlessly optimistic?”

“I ‘unno,” Tooru grinned brightly. “Just am.”

“It definitely shows,” Izuku chuckled, offering them both a sincere smile.

“And… it definitely helps too,” Kyoka reluctantly admitted. Her mood being lifted more than a little.

“Then this was worth it,” Tooru nodded. “Though, I will admit, there was one more thing I invited you here for.”

“O-Oh?” Izuku tilted his head in confusion as Tooru’s smile turned a little more Mina-like.

“Well, Kyoka doesn’t have to stay if she doesn’t want to, but she’s been helping me practise something for a while and I wanted you to see it.”

“A new super move?” Izuku quirked a brow while Kyoka blushed as she realised what Tooru was referring to.

“More like an old one,” Tooru chuckled knowingly. “If you stand up, I’ll show you.”

Izuku released both Tooru and Kyoka’s hands to stand but grew more curious when Tooru didn’t step back to do the same. Instead, she waddled forward in her crouch and began reaching for his belt.

“H-Hey, what-?!” Izuku blanched as he realised what Tooru was going for, catching her hands in his own.

“What?” Tooru blinked up innocently at him despite fully enjoying his reaction already. “Don’t you want me to show you?”

“Well, uh… t-that is…”

“Just let her do what she wants,” Kyoka remarked, seemingly with disinterest. “She’s been working hard on this for both of you.”

“Don’t sell yourself short, Vixen,” Tooru smirked at the punk-rock girl, “you were just as enthusiastic.”

Izuku blinked as his mind tried to process the images that were being suggested to him along with savouring the adorable blush on Kyoka’s cheeks only for his focus to be drawn back to the crouched girl before him as she unbuckled his belt.

“Kyoka’s not wrong, it was hard work,” Tooru giggled as she cupped Izuku through his loosened trousers, feeling his hidden length begin swelling in her hand before she began to pull the obscuring outer layer down. “And I think we’re both gonna be happy with the results.”

Deciding not to look a gift horse in the mouth, Izuku let Tooru do her thing as she soon relieved him of his underwear, sliding them down his legs to pool around his calves like his trousers.

“Hey big guy,” the glittery-haired girl giggled as Izuku’s cock rose to greet her, “been a while.”

“M-Maybe a little,” Izuku admitted, feeling more than just his excitement rising with every passing second. He felt his whole body shiver in delight when Tooru’s hand reached out to grip and remind him of her touch.

Her eyes wide with delight, Tooru watched Izuku’s face eagerly as she began gently pumping his length. It always amused her how his cock firmed up and flexed for attention, even when it was being given it.

“Have these missed me too?” Tooru asked cheekily as her other hand cupped Izuku’s hanging sack, warily fondling his balls as though trying to gauge how much of the sticky liquid he’d built up to unleash in her.

“Y-Yeah,” Izuku groaned, closing his eyes and savouring her touch, trying not to let his toes curl too early.

Off to the side, Kyoka watched out of the corner of her eye, not wanting to intrude but also not feeling the urge to leave either. She wasn’t a hundred percent sure if Tooru’s words earlier were a request or a suggestion but their interaction afterwards suggested the latter.

The punk-rock girl could feel her heart and blood pumping faster as she watched her girlfriend playing with her boyfriend and didn’t want to break the moment by moving. A hot breath passed through her lips as she watched Tooru lick her lips before using her tongue to lick the tip of something else, eliciting a groan from Izuku.

“O-Oh!” Izuku shuddered as the cool air hit his now moistened member.

“Plenty more where that came from,” Tooru giggled as she set about swirling her tongue around his tip before licking down his length.

Izuku was admittedly feeling wary, not wanting to push Tooru into anything that could cause her issues but also not wanting the feeling to stop.

“Ready, Squishy?” Tooru asked with only a touch of anxiousness in her tone.

“Uh,” Izuku muttered, looking down at his girlfriend only to watch her mouth drop open and swallow his length. His toes clenched along with his hands, not knowing what to do with them as pleasure and panic flooded his system in equal measure.

The memory of the last time Tooru had tried something like this was thrust back into the front of his mind and his hands found something to do in placing themselves on Tooru’s shoulders and gently coaxing her back.

The girl was seemingly reluctant to be removed and increased her suction around Izuku’s cock before relenting to his urging and pulling back with a ‘pop’.

“What’s the matter? Didn’t like it?” Tooru asked cheekily.

“M-More I just um… wanted to make sure you weren’t forcing yourself,” Izuku replied checking for signs that his girlfriend was suffering from her previous problem.

Tooru admittedly had been supressing the urges of her body and held up a finger before looking away and letting out a few wet coughs. The concern in Izuku’s eyes meant a lot to her and was part of the reason why she’d focused on trying to overcome that part of her trauma to put a very satisfied smile back on his face, and a certain substance of his back in her belly.

“I’m good,” Tooru smiled before looking away and coughing quickly again. “D-Don’t even need to open a window or anything now.”

The cogs soon turned in Izuku’s brain as he realised this was what Tooru had wanted to show him. Though still filled with caution, a smile crept onto his face.

“You’ve been getting better?”

“Bit by bit,” Tooru nodded, her unwanted urges temporarily alleviated. “Wanted to surprise you.”

“Well you certainly did that,” Izuku chuckled as he knelt down in front of her. “You didn’t have to show me like this.”

“Yeah, I know,” Tooru grinned cheekily, “but I wanted to. Now we can enjoy blowjobs again… within reason,” she mumbled at the end.

“I’m just happy you’re getting better for you,” Izuku shook his head before leaning in and placing a kiss on Tooru’s nose

“Well, it was definitely for you too, but does it matter?” Tooru replied, chasing him back and claiming his lips in response.

The two enjoyed the heartfelt exchange as they both felt a small shadow that’d lingered over the pair since the incident begin lifting.

When the pair separated, Tooru drank in the relieved and somewhat aroused look Izuku was wearing before suddenly turning to their guest.

“Enjoying the view?” Tooru giggled.

Izuku turned to see Kyoka’s eyes snap away from them with a deeper pink on her cheeks than before and her legs shifting awkwardly.

“N-No,” Kyoka refuted, though once more, neither Izuku nor Tooru were buying it.

“Why don’t you join in,” Tooru winked. “Show Squishy how you’ve been training with me.”

Izuku suddenly recalled that Tooru had said Kyoka had been ‘training’ with her and suddenly realised what that implied.

“I-I don’t wanna step on your moment,” Kyoka gently rebuffed.

“Oh, come on,” Tooru rolled her eyes at the weak argument before tugging on Kyoka’s hand. “Besides, getting off might be just what you need right now.”

The punk-rock girl looked shyly at Tooru before her eyes glanced at Izuku who cautiously but wordlessly gave his acceptance though with equal implication that she didn’t have to if she didn’t want to.

“Alright, fine,” Kyoka huffed with exaggeration. “Twist my arm, why don’t ya?”

“Only if you want me to,” Tooru rolled her eyes at her girlfriend’s continued act of reluctance as she got off her desk chair to kneel down beside her. “Up you get, Squishy,” she grinned, reaching around to lightly pinch Izuku’s rear. “We can’t show you what we’ve got if you don’t present our toy.”

“It isn’t a toy,” Kyoka sighed as Izuku nervously straightened up, well aware his trousers and pants were still around his ankles with two of his beautiful girlfriends on their knees before him.

“Nor is he a lollipop, but I’m still gonna do this,” Tooru giggled before running her tongue along Izuku’s length once more and pulling a fresh groan from his throat.

Kyoka felt a shiver of pleasure run through her system at the sight and tentatively licked her lips to ready herself.

“T-That’s um… fine and all, but wouldn’t he like it if we did this?”

Izuku’s eyes widened as Kyoka leaned in and pressed her tongue to the other side of Izuku’s cock before travelling down its length too. The boy’s mouth dropped open with a silent groan at the sensation of them both paying attention to him at once as his hand opened and closed by his sides.

“I think he likes it,” Tooru grinned as she noticed Izuku’s struggling composure.

“J-J-Just um… t-trying not to focus on how l-lucky I am,” the greenette tried to brush off.

“You’re damn right you are,” Kyoka sent him a small, playful glare. “I wouldn’t do this for just anyone.”

Tooru giggled as Izuku’s mouth dropped open again when Kyoka’s mouth engulfed his lower head and swirled her tongue around his tip. As she watched, one of her idle hands found their way into her underwear and slipped inside herself, playing with her button to make sure she was good and riled.

“Are you gonna blow soon, Squishy?” Tooru asked, imagining what Kyoka would look like with a mouth full of his cum while trying not to jealously take over to fill her own stomach.

“N-None of that,” Kyoka pulled back, her hand now gripping Izuku’s length a little too hard to prevent any unwanted releases. “I’m not um… T-Tooru probably wants it more, anyway.”

“You bet,” the glittery-haired girl grinned. “If you can survive my super move, then I’ll do something better with you.”

Kyoka snorted, knowing Tooru probably had every intention of doing so either way, but felt her own excitement grow when the girl took Izuku’s cock in her hand again.

“Secret move: Deepthroat!” Tooru called out before thrusting her face towards Izuku’s crotch. Kyoka was admittedly impressed with how much Tooru took before she slowed to ease down the last few inches. The sensation finally caused Izuku’s hands to find their place on the back of Tooru’s head only to quickly remove themselves so as to not prevent Tooru from pulling back, too scared of inadvertently repeating what had caused her trauma.

Pushing herself ‘Plus Ultra’ Tooru tried her best to swirl her tongue around Izuku’s cock and swallow his length to stimulate him as best she could but she knew she still had a long way to go before she could fully get past her problem.

Much sooner than she liked, Tooru was pulling back with a spluttery cough and tears in her eyes.

Both her partners moved to try and help, but Tooru, again, waved off their concern.

“S-Seven seconds,” she muttered before coughing again. “P-Personal best.”

“I think that’s enough of that,” Kyoka shook her head.

“P-Probably,” Tooru admitted before looking up at Izuku with what she hoped was a seductive expression. “How’d you like that?”

“It was amazing,” Izuku admitted truthfully, though he would’ve said the same with any amount of attention the pair paid to his privates.

“Good,” Tooru grinned before standing up and beginning to remove her tie and top. “Then you’ve earned what cums next.”

Izuku didn’t need all of his brain cells to figure out what Tooru had planned and began divesting the rest of his own clothes, finally stepping out of his trousers and pants. Considering all they’d done so far, Kyoka joined the pair in undressing and hoped Tooru was right that getting off might be exactly what she needed.

When Izuku removed the last of his clothes, Tooru stood before him, naked and expectant before turning around and raising her arms.

“Uppy ups!”

Both Izuku and Kyoka blinked in surprise.

“Um… what?” Izuku asked.

“Uppy ups,” Tooru giggled, glancing over her shoulder at him. “I want you to put those big muscles of yours to good use and pick me up… then fuck me.”

The male member flexed eagerly at the idea and Izuku was more than happy to give it a try, though he debated how enjoyable she might find it. Still, he bent down to grab Tooru by the hips as she looped her arms back and around his head and lifted her off her feet with excited giggles filling the air.

“That’s it!” Tooru encouraged him, feeling his cock slide underneath her as she raised her legs out and to the side.

“I’ve got you,” Kyoka assisted the pair as best she could, holding up Tooru’s legs by her knees until Izuku took over for her.

“Oh yeah, this works,” Tooru grinned, looking down over her boobs at Izuku’s still flexing length. “Go on, Izuku. Fill me up!”

“Uh…” Izuku hesitated, not quite able to get an angle from his position and not wanting to thrust blindly either.

“I’ll just…” Kyoka mumbled before reaching out to touch Izuku’s length again. The organ jumped in delight at the familiar touch as it was guided towards Tooru’s opening. Kyoka’s own core clenched in desire when Izuku’s tip found its mark and his hips thrust, sending it diving into Tooru’s depths with a pair of satisfied moans.

Kyoka couldn’t help biting her lip as, now that Izuku had found his footing, started thrusting heartily inside their girlfriend as Tooru positively squeaked with each thrust. Wanting to be part of the action too, she allowed the pair a few moments of animalistic indulgence before she slipped closer to them, pressing her chest into Tooru’s and sneaking her tongue into the satisfied girl’s mouth.

It was a little tricky as Izuku’s thrusting only slowed at her involvement, but Kyoka was more than satisfied French kissing her girlfriend while her hand snuck down to satisfy herself.

“D-Do you like that,” Kyoka murmured after needing to catch her breath from the kiss.

“Y-Yeah!” Tooru squealed as Izuku decided to indulge in a particularly long and deep thrust inside her.

“What about… this?” Kyoka’s free hand reached out to locate Tooru’s belly, curiously checking around for a moment to see if she could feel Izuku’s length before snaking downwards and settling at the top of their combined sex. With a delicate touch, Kyoka’s fingers found Tooru’s clit and began trying to massage it in time with Izuku’s thrusts.

“K-Kyoka, no! I can’t… I can’t…” Tooru squealed, feeling her coil grow ever tighter.

“Go ahead, let it out,” Kyoka purred, keeping up the pressure and speed on her partner before leaning in and kissing at her nape. With lidded eyes, she looked past her girlfriend and into the emerald orbs of their boyfriend who had a similar look of impending release. “That goes for you, too.”

Tooru’s desire to drag this on longer quickly lost out to her desire to cum, feeling her core release and clench around Izuku. With one last thrust, Izuku felt himself reaching his own peak, thanks to the prior foreplay, and forced Tooru as far down onto his cock as he could. Hunched over with Tooru’s knees almost pulled back to her chest, he tried to stuff his girlfriend with as much of his seed as his spurts could unleash.

Kyoka felt her desire peaking for the pair, but she was nowhere near her own release yet and hoped the two weren’t completely worn out.

Between the sounds of Izuku and Tooru’s gasps for air from the somewhat strained sex, the sound of something dripping was made known to them all.

The punk-rock girl stepped back and looked down, spotting some of Izuku’s cum trailing down his cock from where it had leaked from Tooru before dropping onto the floorboards.

“You’re making a mess,” she chuckled.

“You better not, Izuku,” Tooru said in jest over her shoulder. “I want it in me so stop dripping!”

“I-I can’t control that!” Izuku replied, knowing this pose wasn’t exactly great for the retention his girlfriend enjoyed.

Rolling her eyes at the pair, Kyoka’s eyes widened when their shuffling caused Izuku’s cock to pop out of Tooru, still flexing though less strongly than it had been before.

“Hey, get back in there,” Tooru pouted as more of Izuku’s juice dripped out of her and now coated his shaft.

“J-Just give me a second to rest,” Izuku asked, gently lowering Tooru’s legs into her tiptoes touched the ground again, though she retained her reverse hug around his neck.

Though it hadn’t been deliberate, Kyoka felt her urges rise as Izuku placed Tooru down. Still seated above his flexing cock, it almost looked like it was emerging out of Tooru’s legs instead of Izuku’s and that was doing some funny things to Kyoka’s libido.

“Hey um… d-do you mind if I…” she trailed off before kneeling down before the pair.

Tooru tilted her head in curiosity as Kyoka tentatively reached out for Izuku’s cock only for the same idea to hit her that had blossomed in her girlfriend’s mind.

“Go ahead, Vixen,” Tooru smirked, wiggling her hips to cause Izuku’s cock to wobble between them, inadvertently getting it to flex in response. “Suck my cock.”

Kyoka didn’t know why, but Tooru saying those words was more than enough to convince her as she reached up to grip the slimy appendage.

She knew it was coated with Izuku’s cum and Tooru’s juices, but that didn’t stop her from parting her lips, extending her tongue, and holding her breath as she let the appendage explore her mouth. One of Kyoka’s free hands slid down her front, sliding between her legs until her fingers could locate her aroused clit.

“O-Oh fuck!” Izuku exclaimed, still sensitive after ejaculating and not expecting such a pleasing sensation again so quickly.

Tooru, encouraged by her boyfriend’s groan of delight, reached down to place one hand on the back of Kyoka’s head and urge the girl to go deeper.

“Mmm, keep going,” Tooru groaned as she started rubbing herself along Izuku’s length. “I wanna cum in your mouth.”

Kyoka could already feel some of Izuku and Tooru’s essence swirling around with her tongue but still wasn’t discouraged. Instead, she pressed forward until her nose ground into a particular part of her girlfriend.

“K-Kyoka!” Tooru called out as she felt her legs twitch and quiver, her own release still affecting her and not expecting any focus for a little longer either, let alone her clit being played with.

The punk-rock girl wasn’t about to let up though, now taking it as a challenge as she continued to suck on Izuku’s cock while nuzzling her nose into Tooru’s crotch. With one hand, Kyoka decided to do what she’d seen Tooru do earlier and cup Izuku’s sack while her jacks extended.

If she was going to do this, she may as well commit.

One of the quirked lobes extended beside Kyoka’s face and between Tooru’s legs while the other snaked under Kyoka’s chin until it reached the base of Izuku’s cock and began wrapping around it.

“K-Kyoka! I-If you do that, I’ll-”

Izuku didn’t get a chance to finish, his words lost in another moan as Kyoka activated her quirk, sending ripples of her elevated heartbeat vibrating through her partner’s most sensitive spots.

Tooru’s legs clenched almost painfully around Kyoka’s head, her hand still on the back of it while Izuku tried to thrust out as much as he could for his release.

Kyoka felt almost helpless and forced to let Izuku’s second bout of cum hit the back of her throat as she tried desperately to suppress her gag reflex like she’d been training to do as the first shots slid down towards her stomach. It wasn’t intentional but it was playing right into Kyoka’s kink and she applied more pressure to her clit, urging herself closer to her own release.

It was only when Izuku’s spurts had died down that she reached it, gagging and twitching at the same time not making for an easy orgasm but Tooru’s grip with her legs and hand had thankfully eased, allowing her to pull back and moan with half a mouthful of cum.

If Tooru wasn’t already worn out from what she’d just experienced, she’d be trying to kiss Kyoka with fervour.

“A-Are you okay, Kyoka?” Izuku asked, trying to encourage Tooru back onto her very shaky legs while the punk-rock girl tried her best to clear her airways without throwing up. There were tears in her eyes from how much she’d supressed herself during the ordeal but after her orgasm finally slowed, she was able to get a hold of herself without spilling.

While Tooru sat on the bed and Izuku crouched beside the purple-haired girl, she opened her mouth to show off the cum she hadn’t immediately swallowed before throwing it back, feeling the oozing substance slide slowly down her throat with a somewhat unpleasant shiver.

“Urgh,” she grimaced, “you’re really lucky I like you.”

Izuku’s worry eased, his face suddenly heating as he realised that performance was for his benefit more than hers.

“T-That was… fucking amazing!” Tooru cheered tiredly.

“Bleh,” Kyoka stuck her tongue out as the taste of her boyfriend’s spurts lingered.

“Not a fan of the taste?” Tooru asked with a small smirk.

“Is anyone?” Kyoka replied. “Doesn’t it all taste like crap unless the guy drinks nothing but pineapple juice or something?”

“Uh, s-sorry about that,” Izuku apologised, wondering if he should adjust his diet; maybe something to talk to the others about.

“Hey, it’s not Izuku’s fault,” Tooru acknowledged, “I like it at least.”

“You’re brainwashed,” Kyoka brushed off. “Next time, you drink it.”

“Count on it,” Tooru winked, causing Izuku’s blush to deepen.

“I-I think maybe that’s um… enough for now,” he muttered, his cock already shrinking after two back to back releases.

“Fine by me,” Tooru agreed, flopping back onto her bed, not trusting her legs to take her anywhere at the moment, not that she wanted to clean up the satisfying mess Izuku left inside her anytime soon.

“Oh, er…”

Izuku turned back to Kyoka, his girlfriend quickly looking away while her two jacks clacked together in front of her adorably.

“Do… do you maybe um… have one more in you?” She asked hesitantly.

Her words caused Tooru to sit back up and for Izuku’s brows to raise. Both glanced at the other momentarily before going back to Kyoka as Izuku made a decision.

“I think that can be arranged,” Izuku smiled sweetly before reaching for the pocket on his discarded trousers where he kept his wallet.

“Uh-” Kyoka’s jack shot out and wrapped around his hand. “Y-You um… won’t need that,” she mumbled, feeling a burning sensation in her cheeks that threatened to overtake her whole body. “I’ve um… been to see Recovery Girl, so um… y-yeah.”

“S-So,” Izuku swallowed nervously, “you mean that-”

“Y-Yeah,” Kyoka nodded warily. “We’re um… g-good to go.”

Over on the bed, Tooru couldn’t help but comment.

“Woah, go Vixen!”

“Shut up! Don’t laugh,” Kyoka pouted, the redness in her cheeks having now spread to her ears.

“I’m not laughing!” Tooru denied quickly. “I think it’s really sweet.”

“Yeah, w-well… shut up anyway,” Kyoka continued her pout. “It’s embarrassing and I was gonna ask um… Squishy to do this alone but…”

“While we’re here,” Tooru chuckled, finishing her girlfriend’s sentence.

“Well um… I-I think it’s sweet too,” Izuku brought the girl’s focus back to him as he leaned in and stole a kiss. “I can still um, put one on if you’d prefer.”

“No, fuck it,” Kyoka glanced away again. “Wouldn’t be worth doing if we weren’t gonna… y’know?”

“If that’s what you want,” Izuku smiled. “Do you have um… h-how do you want to uh-?”

“Fuck?” Kyoka shook her head, wondering how both she and Izuku could be so flustered after what the three of them had just done together, but that didn’t mean she was able to stop. “Could you, um… cuddle me from behind, on our sides?” She asked tentatively.

“I-If Tooru doesn’t mind sharing the bed,” Izuku glanced at the girl.

“It’s a bit of a squish, but it’s held three before,” Tooru giggled at herself, bringing her legs up on the bed and scooching herself towards the wall.

Kyoka wasn’t expecting Tooru to participate, but it might be a bit embarrassing if she watched. Before she could vocalise her potential concerns, she felt Izuku’s hands at the small of her back and under her knees.

“And scoop!”

The suddenness of her ascension had Kyoka panicking for a moment before she reactively threw her arms around Izuku’s neck and suddenly realised just how he was carrying her.

“W-Woah,” Kyoka blushed, being easily held in Izuku’s arms.

“Adorable, ribbit,” Tooru grinned, emulating Tsuyu which elicited a chuckle of amusement from the approaching pair, easing a smidgen of the tension between them.

With care, Izuku lay Kyoka down on Tooru’s bed before sliding on himself to join her. Laying on their backs while Tooru was watching them both expectantly on her side, Kyoka glanced down to see Izuku’s member rising back to strength.

“Doesn’t take much to get you going, does it,” she teased.

“H-Having a beautiful girl in my arms will do that,” Izuku chimed back, putting the confidence he’d been earning to good use.

Evidently it worked as Kyoka’s blush resurged and she turned away from Izuku, though unfortunately into the crosshairs of a squealing Tooru.

“Cu~ute,” Tooru cooed.

“Shut up!” Kyoka glared.

“Make me,” Tooru smirked challengingly.

Kyoka knew she was rising to the bait, but she was about to get fucked by their boyfriend so any ideas of self-restraint were thrown out the window as she crashed her lips into Tooru’s and gave her tongue something else to do.

Whilst Kyoka was busying herself with keeping Tooru’s mouth from running, Izuku was busy rolling onto his side and sliding himself between Kyoka’s legs. He knew she felt him as she raised one to give him better access amidst her heated kiss with Tooru. Reaching around to help better guide himself, he positioned himself at her entrance and gave her a tap to signify he was ready. The jack closest to him stretched out and placed its tip on his arm, buzzing excitedly which Izuku took as Kyoka’s signal that she was ready.

With a gentle thrust, Izuku slid himself into Kyoka’s depths.

The punk-rock girl hadn’t intended to break her kiss with Tooru, but having her boyfriend push into her at this angle brought on an unfamiliar but not unpleasant sensation, causing her to gasp.

“Good, isn’t it,” Tooru giggled knowingly.

Considering Kyoka had been more than gracious with helping her get off with Izuku, the glittery-haired girl figured it was only fair if she returned the favour.

She leant in and captured Kyoka’s lips again, pulling her back into their kiss while her hands wandered, running up and down Kyoka’s chest and stomach while idly playing with the parts she found.

Izuku was focused on trying to last, savouring the feeling of Kyoka wrapped around him as he continued to thrust inside her. He wasn’t able to get a good grip lying on their sides like this and shifted the hand that was free from her hips to her crotch, cupping what her could to pull Kyoka into his.

The groan emanating from Kyoka’s mouth broke her and Tooru’s kiss again and the wearier girl decided to try a different tact.

“Are you excited? How much do you think he’s gonna cum?” She asked curiously, momentarily confusing her girlfriend.

“I… I don’t-”

“I think he’s gonna fill you up,” Tooru grinned. “No, I know he’s gonna fill you up, because I’m not letting you leave until he does.”

Kyoka’s breath caught as Tooru reached out to hold her down with one hand while the other pinched and teased her nipples.

“Soon you’ll know what it feels like, to have Izuku dripping out of you while his cum tries to go ‘Plus Ultra’ and get you pregnant. Think he could? Think he should? What would Momo think? Maybe he could get you two pregnant together and that’s how we get Momo’s parents to let her go.”

Tooru was posing questions almost too fast for Kyoka to keep up with. Between the feeling of Izuku’s manhood penetrating her depths, Tooru doing her best to somewhat restrain her, and the idea of getting Momo free to start a family together, it was a wonder she held on as long as she did.

“Cu-cumming!” She cried, causing Tooru to wince with her volume as her legs squeezed together, almost forcing Izuku out. The pressure wasn’t enough, but it did give Izuku what he needed to release his third load of the night into Kyoka’s pulsing pussy.

“M-Me too!”

The punk-rock girl’s breath caught and shivered as she felt what Tooru described; Izuku’s seed coating her insides and likely starting its journey further inwards.

She’d been a little afraid she’d be disgusted by the notion, wondering if her first condom-less time with Izuku might also be her last out of repulsion, but the urge to push him away and clean herself off never crossed her mind. While she still knew that it might ring true for any other guy, it certainly wasn’t the case for the one she loved.

Relieved gasps filled the air as the tension eased from Izuku and Kyoka, the pair’s bodies relaxing in their release.

“Mmm, that looked good,” Tooru giggled, placing one last kiss on Kyoka’s weary lips.

“Fuck… you,” the tired girl chuckled weakly.

“I don’t think either of us is up for another round,” she glanced over at Izuku who had rolled onto his back and trying to regain his breath. “I think Izuku’s tapping out too.”

The boy held his hand up in acknowledgement and surrender before letting it flop noisily down on his chest.

For a while, the three let the room fill with the sound and heat of their heavy breaths while the scent of their activities permeated everything. Even after the pair departed, Tooru was sure she’d be enjoying the lingering smell for a while.

Eventually, Kyoka took a deep, cleansing breath to settle herself and reached up to cup Tooru’s face.

“Thanks for that, Starlight. I… think I did need that.”

“Anytime,” Tooru giggled, kissing the tip of Kyoka’s nose playfully.

The girl rolled her eyes before rolling herself over, feeling more than a little of her other partner drip down her thigh as she did. Ignoring it for now, she caught Izuku’s eye who was looking more than a little nervous at the attention he knew was coming.

“And um… thank you too, Squishy,” Kyoka leant over to kiss him on the nose. “That was uh… really um…”

“Y-You don’t have to say anything,” Izuku chuckled, “I get it.”

“And I don’t regret it,” Kyoka smiled, “not any of this. So um… I’m sorry for being moody and stuff and probably making things worse, but… I’m glad it’s you we’re going through this with.”

Kyoka’s endearing smile caused Izuku’s heart to skip a beat, unsure how to respond to such words.

“M-Me too,” he replied awkwardly. “I-I mean um… I know our groups uh… kinda big, but I’m really happy I get to be a part of it with you two.”

“Me three!” Tooru cheered as she leaned over Kyoka’s arm, resting her chin on her shoulder. “We’re gonna make a super cute family once you knock us all up, ey, Squishy?”

“And that’s enough for me!” Kyoka objected pushing a giggling Tooru off her shoulder and doing her best to sit up. Saying things like that during the heat of sex was one thing, but it was not something she wanted to think about outside a lust-addled state. Especially since she was still wary about the effectiveness of the pill despite Recovery Girl’s assurances.

“Yeah, we should um… probably get up,” Izuku agreed, rolling off the bed to give the girls more room.

“Fi~ine,” Tooru pouted cutely, but was content calling things there herself. As much as she would enjoy being snuggled up to the pair for an afternoon nap, they all still had stuff to do.

After getting themselves cleaned up, with Izuku being the gentleman and letting his girlfriends go first, the trio redressed in their school clothes and helped each other straighten up, trying to at least look like they hadn’t been screwing each other’s brains out for the past hour.

Once they were suitably presentable, Tooru stood by the door to her room in a suspicious stance.

“Right! When I say ‘go’, one of you sneak out and run like heck!”

“Wouldn’t that make us look less sneaky?” Kyoka deadpanned.

“Not if you’re fast enough,” Tooru giggled, getting an eyeroll from her girlfriend and a fond sigh from her boyfriend. “Before you go though, the toll to get out is one kissy.”

“Whelp, guess I’m stuck here,” Kyoka shrugged, causing Tooru to make a whiny pout.

“I’ll go first then,” Izuku chuckled but didn’t move towards the door, instead reaching for Kyoka’s hand to get her attention. The punk-rock girl looked up at him as his other hand cupped her face. “But not before this.” Leaning down, Izuku captured her lips in a more heartfelt kiss with his and Kyoka’s tongues only exchanging parting hugs before they separated once more. “See you later, Vixen.”

“Y-Yeah… right,” Kyoka mumbled, trying to suppress the blush from returning to her cheeks that she did not need anyone seeing.

Tooru waited patiently by the door for her turn, puckering her lips for Izuku and receiving her toll.

“Fee accepted,” she grinned before opening the door and ushering her boyfriend out. With one last wave, Izuku disappeared back into public view, trying not to look like he was hurrying back to his room.

“We should probably give it a minute, just in case,” Tooru said as she closed the door. Kyoka wasn’t listening to her however.

Having pulled out her phone and opened it up to their group chat, Kyoka was looking at one of the pictures she now held dearest to her heart; the photo Iida had taken of them all at Zoo Dreamland.

Zoo Dreamland Group Picture

The sight of Izuku and Momo arm in arm didn’t cause feeling of jealousy or envy to flare in her chest. Instead, she truly hoped that the pair could find the same happiness together as she did with them all now. To her, it was more than a silly picture, it was promise that that was only the first of their many shared trips together as a united group.

The fond smile on her lips on her lips widened as her mind lingered on the potential future they’d all share together.

“That was a fun day.”

“Ah!” Kyoka gasped, not having heard Tooru approach, let alone look over her shoulder. “Don’t do that!”

“It’s my room,” Tooru chuckled. “Or were you serious about staying?”

“I get it, I’m going,” Kyoka rolled her eyes and headed for the door.

“What about your toll?” Tooru pouted again.

With an exaggerated sigh, Kyoka returned to a pouting Tooru only to tenderly cup her face as Izuku did to her, leaning in for an equally tender kiss that had the glittery-haired girl letting out a delighted squeal.

After parting, Kyoka hesitated to leave for a moment longer.

“T-Thanks um… for everything, today.”

“No problem,” Tooru smiled sincerely at her girlfriend. “I think we both needed it, and Squishy certainly got a kick out of it.”

“He got more than a kick,” Kyoka chuckled and shook her head, still able to feel the lingering sensation of her boyfriend inside her. “I’ll see you later.”

“You bet,” Tooru grinned as Kyoka decided to finally take her leave, slipping out of Tooru’s room and heading down the hall as casually as she could while thinking about their experience together.

Tooru was right, getting off had been both deeply satisfying and stress relieving, though that might’ve also been from being able to vent her emotions she’d been bottling up too. Still, she was assured that whatever came next, they’d face together, even if it wouldn’t seem that way on the surface.

Notes:

Chapter summary:
- Mina is driven back to UA after the raid by Rock Lock just in time for lunch. She catches up with her partners and is finally able to fill them in on the details of her raid while they inform her of an upcoming project with the business course and class B.

- The next day, class A and B head out to meet with the business course students to discover exactly what this joint project will entail.

- Returning to the dorms after an afternoon of filming for the project's hero advertisements, Sato is trying out a new dessert recipe that causes Kyoka to question if she's overdone it recently with all the sweets and treats at their sleepovers. She instead proposes karaoke to her friends to help burn some extra calories, which the class quickly latches onto, with many wanting to join in.

- After bringing down her karaoke machine, all members of class 1-A take turns singing their hearts out, with even the less talkative members, like Koda, Shoji and Shinso, taking part, some using it to help bolster their performances for their project with the business course.

- Hearing romantic duets from the other girls and Momo singing a subtly disguised love song, Kyoka feels the impulse to be true to herself and sings a song about desiring another girl. It becomes clear to many of 1-A's members who Kyoka's referring to, but the punk-rock girl hurriedly tries to leave before she can be questioned. While Kaminari tries, Shoji reminds them all of the trust and bonds they all have with each other and Kaminari lets it drop for now, which Kyoka is grateful for.

- The morning after, Momo is preparing breakfast in the kitchen when Endeavor's work-study students return, announcing they'd managed to overcome a trial by the man for permission to take part in a big upcoming project. Momo notices that Izuku is flagging after having pushed himself for a few days and helpfully escorts him up to his room with some of the relaxing sleepover tea to share. After helping relieve some of Izuku's burdens by helping him clean his room, Momo guesses that Izuku will continue to push himself after she leaves and opts to help him relax in another way. Sitting behind him and wrapping him in a comforting embrace, the two take things a step further when they talk honestly with each other and Momo helps get Izuku off. Admitting he found the experience exceedingly pleasant, Momo lives with hope in her heart after tasting her boyfriend again and finding it more enjoyable than before.

- On Monday, the students are called to present their projects and, despite several duds in the mix, everything went as well as the teachers expected; all of the students were embarrassed by the end but they'd all learned a lot from trying it themselves and watching the results of others' attempts with Shinso's group being voted as the best thanks to the general studies course ranking the advertisments and wanting to show their former classmate some support.

- After class, Tooru asks Izuku to meet her in her room. Slipping away to do so, Izuku finds Tooru and Kyoka waiting on him. Tooru wants to talk about Momo, informing Izuku that Kyoka may have slipped up and that most of the class now knows about her crush but that she doesn't want to talk about it. Kyoka preemptively apologizes as its bound to cause Izuku more issues when his betrothal to Momo is revealed but Izuku is still content to go through with their plan. Tooru reminds them that there was something else she wanted to discuss, or rather show, to Izuku and starts giving him a blowjob. Izuku panics at first, but realises Tooru's been working hard to overcome her trauma. Tooru encourages Kyoka to join and the three engage in some needed affection. Once the three have sated their urges with each other, they sneak out of Tooru's room but not before Kyoka takes a look at the picture of all seven of them looking so happy together at the theme park.

Chapter 54: The Announcement

Summary:

The time the group have dreaded has finally arrived.
How will everyone react, and how will the trio handle it?

Notes:

Bit of a shorter chapter this time, but I bet it feels nice to get a quick update after that last one, ey?

If you'd like to come yell at me or keep better tabs on how the next chapter is going or potential delays, come join us over on the discord at: https://discord.gg/x85xtWmKCa
There's also a fun new lewd MHA game of my creation to try out at the same time, and I'll be hanging around there most days, usually chatting rubbish, so feel free to bother me. :)

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

After the aggravating but enlightening group project with the business course, class 1-A was more than eager to return to their regular grindstone the next day.

Thankfully for Izuku, Todoroki, and Bakugo, Endeavor was preoccupied with pro hero duties that would leave him unable to supervise them, and so they were safe in the knowledge that they wouldn’t be called in that week.

The same couldn’t be said for other members of the class, with Aoyama, Kaminari, Sero, and Iida all getting called in to their work studies.

Unfortunately for them, their absence persisted to Wednesday, where, after a tough day of learning finished off with a sparring session in their heroics lesson, the rest of the class all returned to the dorms to celebrate the special day.

“Happy Birthday, Koda!” The class cheered as party poppers went off around the boy.

“W-Wow!” Koda looked around with wide eyes as, once more, the dorm had been decorated with banners and balloons. “All this for me?”

“Nothing less for our favourite animal whisperer,” Mina grinned, having accepted the responsibility of being a little late to homeroom that day, along with Tooru, to hurriedly decorate the living space.

“We made you a cake and everything,” Sato shot him a thumbs up, gesturing to the fridge where the treat was currently being kept. “It’s the carrot kind.”

“Thanks so much,” Koda beamed as he shyly accepted his party hat from Mina.

Off to the side, a small fenced-off area had been made to accommodate Yuwei-chan into the festivities too, with Momo generating an extra, smaller party hat for the rabbit, who was content to munch on a treat of fresh lettuce.

On one of the nearby tables, a small pile of presents had already been gathered from those absent for the event, having entrusted them to Mina to give to the birthday boy. On another table, the trappings of party food were ready to be opened and set up for them all to enjoy, along with a few party games themed around animals.

“So, what game do you wanna play first?” Tooru asked excitedly, 

“Hey! Don’t start without us!” A voice called from the entryway.

The class turned to see Kendo, Pony, Tetsutetsu, and Kamakiri entering the dorms with a small variety of gifts in their arms.

“We’re here to birthday with you!” Pony cheered.

“Figured you wouldn’t mind us crashing if we came bearing gifts,” Kamakiri gestured to his insect-themed wrapping.

“I thought we were invited,” Tetsutetsu raised a confused brow.

“Of course we were,” Kendo sighed before turning her attention to Mina. “Thanks for that by the way.”

“No problem!” Mina grinned as she gestured for them to join while side-eying the birthday boy. “I’m sure Koda certainly doesn’t mind.”

“N-Not at all,” he agreed, a light blush colouring his cheeks as Kendo approached.

“Shiozaki wanted to be here too, but duty calls,” Kendo smiled, holding up a second present for him that she’d been asked to pass along.

“I’ll make sure to thank her when she gets back,” Koda bowed with a bright expression.

“Enough of the formal stuff! Start unwrapping stuff and let’s play some games!” Tetsutetsu yelled.

“Heck yeah!” Kirishima joined in the cheer, getting an eyeroll from his boyfriend who’d headed for the couch where Queen was sitting quietly observing Yuwei-chan.

The party soon began in earnest with snacks being opened along with presents. Koda was enthusiastic to receive several grooming tools and toys for his rabbit, along with some treats.

Kaminari’s gift had the boy a little confused at first with the words ‘Hero on the streets’ written on the front, but had him blushing with understanding when Sero explained he was supposed to lift up the front while wearing it, revealing a picture of a tiger on the underside that said ‘Animal in the sheets’. Mina couldn’t help but wonder if she should get one for herself while a red-faced Kendo handed Koda her gift of a further training guide for their close-quarters combat lessons.

Once the presents had been done and the party broke out, some getting into the games and others settling in to mingle, the cheer was high in the 1-A dorms.

That all came to a close for one with the sound of a text arriving.

Laughing along with her friends as Tooru managed to place the carrot on the rabbit’s tail instead of in its bowl in an alternative game of ‘Pin the tail’, Momo innocuously pulled out her phone to check the message.

Her face dropped when she saw who it was from and quickly excused herself.

While most were too wrapped up in the other social enjoyments to pay much mind, Kyoka, Tsuyu, and Ochako all exchanged a glance when Momo departed for the elevators.

“What are the chances that’s just business stuff, ribbit?” The greenette posed as the three huddled together.

“About as likely as Kaminari not getting an earful from Iida when he gets back,” Kyoka replied with Ochako nodding along.

“Should we go up and check?” Ochako asked cautiously.

“Probably,” Tsuyu nodded while Kyoka looked uneasy.

“One of you two go. People might… talk if it’s me,” she glanced away.

Tsuyu and Ochako reached out to rest a hand each on Kyoka’s arms, which drew a small, grateful smile out of the girl, but it fell away almost as fast. With a wordless exchange between the frog and gravity girl, Ochako broke from the pair with a nod and headed for the elevator to follow after their girlfriend.

While rising to the top floor, Ochako felt her anxieties rise, wondering if it was potentially something regarding her parents. She felt almost selfish for hoping it wasn’t, but that left one other stomach-churning possibility that made her swallow thickly.

Stepping out of the elevator as it arrived, Ochako cautiously approached Momo’s door. About to knock, Ochako realised it was still slightly ajar and she could hear the heiress on the phone to someone.

“Yes, of course, Father…. I’ll be sure to inform him to dress appropriately… May I also bring a friend? For support and validation, of course…. Thank you. Goodbye.”

Ochako had a fairly good idea of who Momo was referring to and felt her stomach twist uncomfortably. When she was sure the connection had been closed after hearing the sound of a frustrated sigh escape the heiress’ lips, Ochako knocked twice.

“Momo? Everything okay?”

A few footsteps later and the raven-haired girl pulled the barrier separating them open, a restrained, disheartened expression on her face. Without a word, Ochako understood the situation and knew the time had come for their most difficult public performance yet.

The two came together in a tight hug as though each were trying to comfort the other and vent their frustrations at the same time.

“I’m sorry,” Momo mumbled into Ochako’s hair as she held the smaller girl close.

“Me too,” Ochako replied, ignoring the allure of Momo’s chest with her mind so easily occupied with other thoughts.

This would be hard on all of them, and she hoped with all her heart that it would be worth it in the end, but that didn’t mean what they would have to do would be easy. With them all fighting to become heroes, they were no strangers to such paths, but she hoped their strength and resolve would be able to carry them through the worst of it.

Once the two felt their tensions ease from the comfort of their partner, they separated with Ochako brushing away an errant tear that had formed.

“We should um… tell the others,” Ochako suggested, gesturing towards the lifts.

“We should,” Momo agreed, “but… why don’t we all enjoy Koda’s Birthday first? No sense bringing down their mood before we have to.”

It was a bitter thought, getting to eat snacks and have fun without a care for what might be the last time in a good while. Still, savouring what time they had left was greatly appealing to Ochako, who nodded in agreement.

Hand in hand with the heiress, drawing strength from each other where they could, the pair returned to the elevators, stepping inside and heading back down to join their friends and loved ones, only parting when the doors opened again.

They arrived to see Tsuyu taking her turn to pin the carrot, getting it pretty close to the cheers of their peers. Removing her blindfold, the froggy girl was greeted with a kiss on the nose from Izuku for her efforts as a small smile returned to Ochako’s face, joining the pair.

“Hey, where did you go?” Izuku asked curiously.

“Just needed to powder my nose,” Ochako brushed off, kissing him on the cheek that lingered a little longer than normal.

“Ribbit?” Tsuyu tilted her head, the unspoken question hanging in the air.

Trying to hide the pain she was trying to keep secret from everyone, the brunette’s smile twisted ever so slightly, but Tsuyu was too perceptive to be fooled. The frog girl eagerly accepted her cheek kiss from Ochako while clinging onto Izuku’s hand, squeezing it tightly enough for him to glance down at it.

“Tsu? Is something wrong?”

“Just… enjoying the moment,” Tsuyu replied quietly.

Izuku’s smile brightened as he kissed Tsuyu’s head and squeezed her hand back. Ochako was grateful that at least Izuku wasn’t able to pick up on her shifted mood; at least it would allow him one more evening of joy.


Koda’s birthday continued for a while yet, everyone enjoying the mingling and atmosphere. As the sun went down, Sato brought the cake out for Koda to blow out his candles.

After some hearty singing, congratulations, and distributed slices of the treat, people soon began peeling off from the party.

With a subtle word in each of their ears, Momo and Ochako managed to get their other partners to inconspicuously slip away and regroup in the heiress’s room. Mina and Tooru sat on the end of Momo’s footboard while Kyoka quietly lounged in Momo’s desk chair, arms folded, and Tsuyu, Izuku, and Ochako stood together warily.

Once Momo herself returned, she looked upon their group with a heavy heart and a heavier feeling in her stomach.

“I’m afraid to inform you all that I received a call from my father earlier tonight,” she began, causing several people to tense up. “I believe he’s now fully satisfied with my suggestion of Izuku as my betrothed, and he’s arranged a ball for… this weekend.”

“This weekend?!” Tsuyu croaked, her eyes wide.

“A ball?” Ochako frowned.

“What’s a ball got to do with anything?” Tooru agreed with the pair’s confusion.

“It is a formal betrothal ball to declare our engagement,” the heiress informed them. “To be held at my family’s local estate.”

“But you guys haven’t even dated yet,” Mina pointed out. “Well, publicly, anyway.”

“I understand your confusion,” Momo nodded, “however, the societal norms you all expect are somewhat different in the circle my family comes from.”

“Should’ve expected that,” Mina huffed resignedly.

“What’s so different?” Tooru pressed.

“While formal in name, this is more like what you’d equate to that dating period. A betrothal means you are formally off the market, so to speak, and a declaration to the other families of your intentions. In the past, it has been used to facilitate company mergers, settle debts, and even bridge feuds, but more often than not has been used as a bargaining chip to negotiate greater deals from desirable families for more wealth, holdings, or property to break the betrothal and enter a new one with their heir.”

“Urgh, it sounds like you’re just being put up for auction,” Mina’s lip curled in disgust.

“Wait, so, even if you’re engaged to Izuku, there’s a chance your dad will just sell you to some other rich guy?” Ochako baulked.

“The possibility exists,” Momo sadly nodded, turning towards Izuku with apologetic eyes.

“So even if we do everything right, we could still fuckin’ lose?!” Kyoka spoke up, her resignation to the situation holding her tongue until now.

The others grimaced at the tone but couldn’t deny that the idea of the outcome being at least partially down to the whims of Momo’s parents and their class’s insatiable appetite for wealth and power left a sour taste in their mouths.

None more so than the three who were about to give up something very precious just for the attempt.

“I don’t like this,” Ochako’s lips thinned.

“Me neither, ribbit,” Tsuyu shook her head. “What about your other plans, ribbit? Are they not working?” She asked, wanting to sound hopeful, but she already knew the answer to her misguided question.

“I’m afraid I have not been able to amass nearly enough wealth, power, or influence of my own outside of my parents’ reach to stand up to them in defiance,” Momo relayed.

“Don’t forget, these people are several yachts rich,” Mina reminded them.

“And their mansion is stupidly fuckin’ big,” Kyoka scoffed, remembering the time she, Mina, and a few of their friends had visited Momo’s residence for tutoring before their final exams, certain they only saw a fraction of the entire estate.

“Which leaves us with precious few options,” Izuku spoke up, his hand on his chin. With eyes closed in thought, the others could see his mind clearly racing. “Do you know how certain he is about, um… me? Like, uh, w-what are the chances he would entertain offers from other people?”

“With luck, fairly slim,” Momo relayed with a small sigh of relief. “I believe your unique selling point as All Might’s apprentice and desire to become the next number one is something he covets greatly.”

“Why’s that?” Tooru tilted her head.

“Because All Might’s been untouchable at the top for so long,” Izuku nodded.

“That’s correct,” Momo nodded. “He never really used or endorsed hero tech and remained beyond their influence. With all they’ve likely gathered about you and your abilities, along with my endorsement, I believe their ambition is to secure you as the next number one hero to sway public opinion towards the Yaoyorozu brand for years to come.”

“At least we have that going for us,” Kyoka sighed.

“Even if it sounds super slimy,” Ochako pulled a face.

“It’s all moot if they are unable to secure Izuku’s participation, and that hinges on our betrothal,” Momo brought them back to the crux of the matter. “However,” her hands gripped themselves tightly. “I know you’re all going out of your way to give me a chance for freedom, but… I would be remiss if I assumed you were all still okay with this risk, especially with the hardships it will soon cause,” she looked to Izuku, Ochako, and Tsuyu. “It could very well backfire and put you all in my family’s crosshairs, so… I would like to ask you one last time. Are you all certain you wish to tread this path with me?”

Momo tried not to hold back her emotions from entering her voice, but, whether she’d spent too long being herself among her partners or having let her self-control skills grow rusty, it was clear to the others how much their answers would mean to her.

“Pffft, like you even need to ask,” Mina shot her a grin and cheeky thumbs up.

“Yeah! We’re like, totally gonna outsmart your super strict parents,” Tooru agreed with a bounce.

Momo felt her heart rise at their eager responses, though, in truth, the pair were at the least risk from this whole operation. Besides herself, Tsuyu, Ochako, and most of all Izuku had the most to lose. It wasn’t just their futures they were risking, but their reputations among their peers.

“I’m not… sure about this,” Ochako admitted slowly. “I wasn’t even sure about my own feelings when we first started… but, I know that I don’t want this to end, and the only way to do that is to take this chance.”

The brunette tried to flash the others a confident, determined smile, though it seemed her anxieties were still getting the better of her as it wavered uncertainly.

“I don’t want to do it, ri-ribbit,” Tsuyu spoke up, the others all turning to her to see tears beginning to pool in her eyes. “I-It’s gonna hurt, ri-ribbit, and everyone’s gonna think bad things about us.”

“Does that mean you don’t want to go through with it, Darling?” Mina asked, moving over to place what she hoped was a comforting and supportive hand on the girl’s shoulder.

“If we don’t, we won’t get to live together in that house together like you all promised, ri-ribbit,” Tsuyu sniffled again, shaking her head. “I don’t want to b-break up with Izuku, but I don’t want to let go of Momo either.”

“Oh, Tsu,” Tooru smiled as Mina wrapped the girl in a tight hug, allowing her top to dampen. “You really are our greedy little Darling, aren’t you?”

“I fucking hate this,” Kyoka’s jaw set as she stood up from her spot, drawing the others' attention. “None of us should have to go through with any of it; it’s not fair!”

“No, it’s not,” Momo agreed remorsefully.

“That doesn’t mean I’m not gonna support you guys with everything I’ve got,” the punk-rock girl replied defiantly, “even… even if it’s gonna hurt. Tsu’s right; this really fucking sucks… but it’ll be worth it in the end.”

“I’m truly sorry for what you all have to go through for my sake,” Momo bowed deeply to her partners, the gratitude in her heart swelling intensely. “I fear I will never be able to repay you all enough for what you’re doing.”

“Just being able to show everyone how much I… h-how much we love you will probably be enough,” Kyoka assured her with a mild blush overtaking the frustration on her face. The others could almost feel the embarrassment rolling off the romantic-at-heart girl, reminded of her true nature. “B-Besides, um… t-this all kinda hinges on one person in particular,” the group followed Kyoka’s gaze as she looked at Izuku with a vulnerable expression. “Izu-… Squishy, I um… if there’s anyone I had to trust to pull through for us, I’m g-glad it’s you.”

The lone boy, who’d remained silent so those who were closer to the heiress could vocalise their own thoughts and feelings first, felt a relieved smile slip onto his lips. Much like Tsuyu, he didn’t desire to go through with their fake breakup plan, but he knew that getting Momo free was important to all of them.

Truthfully, he was beginning to feel those same feelings first-hand, and, after all the time he’d been granted to explore his relationships with the others, he wasn’t ready to give up on exploring his growing relationship with the heiress either.

“Thank you, Kyo- V-Vixen,” Izuku smiled back shyly. “You have my word that I’ll do my best a-and I guess um, thank you all for uh, trusting me to do this.”

“Well, most of it,” Mina chuckled. “I mean, you can marry Momo and have unlimited funds to support your future career as a super cute pro, but we all know who’ll beat you to the number one spot,” she cheekily gestured to herself with a thumb.

“Yeah,” Tsuyu sniffled, gently pulling away from Mina. “Bakugo.”

There was a brief moment of silence before several uncontrollable snorts burst into existence.

“T-Tsu!” Ochako doubled over, holding her stomach while Mina tried to avoid laughing directly in the chuckling frog girl’s face.

“At least your sense of humour’s still there,” Tooru giggled, poking her green-haired girlfriend in the side.

“F-Felt appropriate to lift the mood, ri-ribbit,” Tsuyu tried to smile, though it was clear the joyful boost was only temporary.

Still, her chuckling partners moved closer, grateful for the mood breaker. Izuku and Ochako wrapped the frog girl in a hug while Mina redoubled her squeeze on the girl, and Tooru dragged Kyoka in who looked to Momo to follow along.

It wasn’t exactly a happy event, but they could each feel the love and appreciation for one another flowing through them, though that might’ve been from Kyoka’s jacks as they wrapped around them all.

“Thank you again for going through with this,” Momo said when the group pulled back from each other. “I will try to make everything as painless as possible where I can.”

“Kinda hard when it’s Izuku who’ll be breaking hearts,” Mina reminded her, though she petted Izuku’s arm assuringly when he grimaced at the tease.

“We can still sneak around and hang out and junk though, right?” Tooru asked.

“Provided no one catches us,” Kyoka reminded her. “This shit’s gonna bring a lot of attention our way, and most of us can’t sneak around like you can, so we should probably play it safe when it seems risky.”

“At least I don’t have to be naked to do it anymore,” Tooru winked, already plotting how she might be able to cheer her partners up without anyone else knowing.

“So then, what happens now?” Tsuyu asked, turning to Momo hesitantly.

“I’ve been instructed to invite Izuku along to the ball personally,” Momo replied, addressing her future fiancé. “I suspect father may try to isolate you and pressure you into accepting his arrangement.”

“And should I let him?” Izuku asked.

“Well, turning him down would be akin to spitting in his face,” Momo chuckled, the idea amusing her even if the repercussions would be dire. “Though don’t be afraid to be firm. He’ll want you malleable to his whims but strong against everything else. We can go through the details in depth to prepare you if you’d like, but… the best thing we can do for now is for you three to… break up.”

A small croak squeaked out of Tsuyu as Ochako, Izuku, and Mina comforted the girl again. Even if it wasn’t real, their pain would be. Once they started, there was no stopping until their plan to free Momo was complete, and they all knew better than to ask when that was expected.

With one last look at Ochako and Tsuyu, who sullenly nodded in agreement, Izuku turned back to Momo.

“Okay, I trust you,” Izuku nodded with conviction.

The heiress didn’t know what to do with the hope that filled her heart. Her dream of escaping had always seemed just that, but soon, it could very much become a reality thanks to the wonderful, fantastic, amazing people before her.

“Thank you… so, so much,” she bowed again, feeling tears of gratitude welling up in her own eyes. Kyoka rubbed her back, pulling her into a side hug as their next steps were now mapped out.

“Um… if you don’t mind,” Ochako spoke up, taking Izuku and Tsuyu’s hands, “I think we should go talk about this together.”

“By all means,” Momo nodded quickly, brushing her tears away and gesturing to the door. As much as she appreciated all her partners’ assurances and comfort, she was sure they’d want to spend as much of their remaining time together as they could before the fallout.

With a grateful smile to the heiress, Ochako tugged her public partners along, intending to head for Tsuyu’s room, which she was sure the girl would prefer.

“Don’t forget, we’ll be here for you whenever you need,” Mina called out to the trio as Tooru nodded enthusiastically beside her.

“We know,” Izuku flashed them a soft smile. “Thanks.”

The door soon closed, leaving the four remaining members of their group alone.

“That goes for you guys too,” Tooru pointed at Momo and Kyoka. “You better not try and tough it out or hide if you need huggles and snuggles, your Princess and Starlight are at your service.”

“Huh, Princess Starlight’s actually a pretty good hero name,” Mina idly mused, putting a small smile back on all their faces.

“We’re grateful,” Momo smiled, reaching out to take Kyoka’s hand and squeezing it gently. “I’m… sure we’ll require your assistance in the coming weeks.”

“Just… don’t try to crack too many damn jokes. This shit isn’t something you can cheer up with a gag,” Kyoka reminded the pink-haired Minx.

“Yeah, I know,” Mina sent her an understanding smile, stepping forward to put a hand on her punk-rock girlfriend’s shoulder. “And, I’m sorry if my teasing made you uncomfortable last week. I shouldn’t’ve pushed when we all know how sensitive this stuff is.”

“It’s fine,” Kyoka brushed off, though the apology did make her feel a little better. “I didn’t do anything I didn’t want to, even with your goading. I just… really could’ve picked a better fucking time.”

“So you’re saying next sleepover is karaoke night round two?” Tooru grinned.

“Hell no,” Kyoka deadpanned.

“Aww, but Squishy didn’t get to sing,” Tooru pouted.

“He can sing when we’re all in the privacy of our giant fucking house at the end of this,” Kyoka rolled her eyes. “Now would the two of you kindly get lost? I want to… talk to Momo about something.”

The mischievous pair knew when to call it quits, expressions softening as they gave both Kyoka and Momo comforting hugs.

“Don’t take too long, people might talk,” Mina giggled as she and Tooru headed for the door.

“What did I just say?” Kyoka growled after them as the pair scampered away, the door clicking closed firmly behind them and leaving only her and the heiress alone.

A deep, shuddering sigh released itself from Kyoka’s chest as Momo regarded her girlfriend carefully.

“Kyoka, I-” Momo began, only for Kyoka to seize her round the middle and bury her face into the crook of her neck. Momo froze with surprise at the sudden, tight hug, but then wrapped her arms consolingly around her girlfriend when she heard a sniffle.

“It’s not fair…” Kyoka muttered into her chest.

“I know,” Momo assured her, placing a gentle kiss on her head and stroking her hair. “Is there anything I can do to make this easier?”

“… Marry me first?” Kyoka offered.

“You know I would if I could,” Momo chuckled resignedly. “I’d truly hoped we’d be able to figure a way out before something like this.”

“I know,” Kyoka replied morosely, squeezing Momo a little tighter.

The heiress felt guilt pooling in her chest again, knowing that Kyoka had already suffered so much because of the shackles she bore and made a decision.

“I promise you, my Vixen, as soon as this is all over, I’ll right that wrong. I only hope you’ll please give me the time to do so.”

“Of course!” Kyoka agreed readily, looking up into Momo’s eyes while a sliver of light returned to hers. “There’s nothing I want more!”

“Then, while Izuku might be my first fiancé, I hope to make you my first wife,” Momo spoke from her heart, causing Kyoka’s eyes to widen. The punk-rock girl remained frozen as Momo reached up to cup her face, leaning down to pull her into a tender, loving kiss that Kyoka hurried to return.

By the time they were done, both were breathless with a renewed sense of hope blossoming in their chests.

“Is there… anything else I can do?” Momo asked, a tinge of excitement colouring her tone.

Though Kyoka felt tempted by the implication, there was one thing she desired more to ease her emotions from that day.

“Can we just… cuddle?” She asked quietly, not wanting to disappoint her girlfriend or her expectations.

Momo blinked but wasn’t surprised by the request.

“Of course we can, Vixen,” she smiled, giving Kyoka one last squeeze before the pair separated.

Turning off the main light, the two settled into a comfortable silence as they prepared themselves for bed, Kyoka slipping between the sheets before Momo as the heiress prepared her clothes for the next day.

When she joined her punk-rock partner, she pulled the smaller girl in close as they settled down to rest. While Kyoka’s head rested on her chest, listening to Momo’s slowing heartrate with her ear, she wound her jack around Momo’s hand, letting her own heartbeat pulse through it as the two lulled each other into a peaceful slumber.


The next day passed slowly for class 1-A.

While most were blissfully unaware of the turmoil plaguing several of their friends, the air around them seemed to be almost slowing time itself down. Whether it was to prolong what they had or draw out the inevitable, they didn’t know, but by the time their final class let out, everyone was breathing a sigh of relief.

“Man, it felt like that class would never end!” Kaminari groaned as he and the others made their way back to the dorms.

“Mr Cementoss tries his best, but sometimes literature is just boring,” Ojiro sighed, not looking forward to the homework they’d been assigned either.

“At least now we’ve got nothing but fun to look forward to,” Kirishima grinned brightly, turning to address everyone as they walked. “It’s Shoda and Fukidashi’s birthday from class B, and we’ve all been invited to their dorm to celebrate!”

“Pass,” Bakugo scoffed casually while several of the other boys let out a cheer.

“Ah, come on, man. Don’t be such a sourpuss,” Kaminari teased.

“I got better things to do, like fuckin’ train,” the blond rolled his eyes.

“How ‘bout I bring you back some cake and a party bag if they let me,” Kirishima offered, nudging his boyfriend.

“… Whatever,” Bakugo shrugged.

“What about you guys, you gonna join us?” Sero asked, glancing back at Izuku and the girls.

“Oh, er… yeah, definitely,” Mina agreed, though with much less pep than she usually had.

“We’re gonna eat like, so much cake,” Tooru agreed, though also matching Mina’s enthusiasm levels.

“We should refrain from indulging too much! Cake on occasion is a treat, and two days in a row shows signs of becoming a habit,” Iida reminded them.

“Lighten up, man,” Sato shook his head.

“How about you, Midoriya?” Shoto asked, walking next to his green-haired friend at the rear of the class. “Are you three going?”

Izuku, Ochako, and Tsuyu all felt their chests tighten at the question; guilt over their impending act was almost certain to affect others' enjoyment of the afternoon almost immediately.

“Uh… p-probably not,” Izuku looked away, squeezing Tsuyu’s hand tighter while Ochako did the same on the frog girl’s other side. The dorm loomed ahead of them, and it seemed they’d already finished their short walk back. “A-Actually, um… t-there’s something I need to talk to Ochako and Tsu about in private if… if you don’t mind.”

“Oh, okay,” Todoroki nodded, though his brow was raised with a curiosity of something he couldn’t quite place.

The trio’s other partners all glanced over their shoulders, sending back sympathetic looks as the three came to a gentle stop beside the bushes in front of their dorm, their friends all heading inside to get ready to enjoy their afternoons.

While assured of their privacy, the three continued to stand in silence for a few moments, as though savouring every remaining second until Izuku finally spoke.

“S-S-So um… I-I guess this is it.”

“Y-Yeah…” Ochako nodded morosely.

A pair of sniffles emerged from the frog girl and the two quickly wrapped their arms comfortingly around their girlfriend.

“It’ll be okay, Tsu,” Ochako cooed, gently stroking the girl’s head before a sniffle broke free from her own chest.

“I-I know, ri-ribbit,” Tsuyu nodded, her hands reaching up to latch onto Izuku and Ochako’s tightly, “b-but it still h-hurts, ri-ribbit.”

“Knowing it was coming didn’t make it any easier…” Izuku agreed, squeezing the pair tightly.

“At least we won’t need to fake any tears,” Ochako let out a hollow chuckle as she brushed away what she was sure was her first of many.

The plan was to try to assure everyone that the breakup was mutual and there were no hard feelings, all three being fine with simply discovering that their relationship wasn’t working and to call it quits, but it was proving much too hard for any of them to achieve.

The three redoubled their grips on each other, trying to impart as much care and love as they could before their big act began. None of them doubted their dedication to each other, but to fool their enemies, they first had to fool their allies. They were more than accustomed to sneaking around with each other by this point, but with all eyes about to be on them, even secret moments may be few and far between.

Eventually, the late winter winds swept over campus, and they realised they couldn’t put things off any longer lest their friends either come looking for them or heading out to the 1-B dorms for the party.

Attempting to pull back from their hug, Tsuyu was resolute about not letting him go, at least before one last parting kiss. Turning to her green-haired love, she captured his lips in a tearful, wet embrace, her hands cupping the side of his face tightly.

Indulging her for what might be the last time for them both for a while, if only to sell their act, Izuku didn’t hesitate to kiss back deeply, trying to memorise her taste and touch.

Eventually, their need for air overcame them both, and Izuku gently peeled Tsuyu off despite her croaked objections.

Without a word, Ochako quickly took Tsuyu’s place and claimed Izuku’s lips for her own for the last time, the two sharing an equally needy and passionate final kiss, with Ochako burying her hands in Izuku’s messy locks while his hands wrapped around her middle.

When Ochako finally pulled away, Izuku could feel tears beginning to cloud his own vision.

“I-I love you both… s-so, so much.”

“We know,” Ochako chuckled tearfully, a pair falling when she blinked. “We love you too, Izuku.”

“S-So much, ri-ribbit,” Tsuyu nodded as her lip quivered.

Their ironic declarations aside, the three couldn’t put off their performance any longer.

“A-Alright, um…” Izuku swallowed thickly. “Y-You two h-head in first. I-I’ll um… w-wait out here for a bit.”

Tsuyu’s light croaking escalated in volume as a sob broke free. Ochako took her girlfriend’s hand in hers, running her thumb along it comfortingly before giving their former public boyfriend one final nod.

As Ochako and Tsuyu turned the corner and headed toward the dorm, their stifled sadness felt crushing in their chests. Despite the relative peace in the air around them, it felt like their tears and sniffles could be seen and heard for miles around before they reached the front doors to the dorms. With one final look back, knowing full well Izuku was obscured by the bush, Ochako and Tsuyu pushed open the door and stepped inside.

The air in the dorm seemed much lighter by comparison.

Sero and Kaminari appeared to be joking together over in the kitchen while Iida scolded them for improper use of a frying pan. Tokoyami was chatting with Todoroki about their math homework assignment while Aoyama approached them, and Koda was settling in to watch something on TV with Yuwei-chan.

If they were subtle, they’d be able to slink into the lifts and up to one of their rooms without anyone being the wiser. Unfortunately, that wasn’t part of their plan as Kyoka, Momo, Mina, and Tooru quickly swooped upon them.

“Hey, everything okay?” Mina asked more loudly than she normally would.

“Did something happen?” Tooru chimed in, cuddling up quickly to Tsuyu to offer what comfort she could to the struggling frog girl.

“W-We um…” Ochako began, having to clear her throat when the next words hesitated to come out. “We uh, b-broke up.”

“What?!” Mina exclaimed, getting many of the surrounding people’s attention. “What happened?”

Tsuyu, finally able to release her emotions, let out a small sob that drew everyone else’s attention; those present hurrying over to see what was wrong.

“I-It just… wasn’t working out,” Ochako muttered, well aware she was lying through her teeth and leaving a bad taste in her mouth as she watched realisation grow on her deceived friends’ faces.

“Wait, you two and Midoriya?!” Sero exclaimed, getting a dejected nod from Tsuyu, who opened her mouth to speak, but only a weak croak eked out.

“I thought you guys were like, totally happy together and stuff,” Kaminari shook his head, not quite believing his ears.

“We um… just wanted different things. I-It’s no one’s fault,” Ochako tried to stress.

“Is there anything we can do to help?” Momo asked genuinely, knowing all her partners were hurting right now.

“I-I think we just want to be by ourselves for a bit,” Ochako smiled weakly, grateful for the offer but not expecting their act to hurt this much.

As much as Tsuyu wanted nothing more than to be comforted by the others, she knew that she couldn’t ask for such in front of everyone, letting Ochako lead her towards the elevators and head up together, leaving the remaining gathered students in disbelief.

“Dudes, did that really just happen?” Sero spoke up after a few moments.

“I guess so,” Koda muttered sadly, wondering if cuddling Yuwei-chan might help cheer the pair up when they were feeling more social.

“We’ll keep an eye on them, make sure they’re eating and stuff,” Mina volunteered easily, getting agreeable nods from her fellow girlfriends as well as some of the boys.

“But what about Izuku?” Kyoka reminded them.

The group turned towards the door where their green-haired friend had yet to reappear.

“Ochako said ‘it wasn’t anyone’s fault’, so I guess their break-up was somewhat amicable,” Momo said, trying to more firmly plant that idea in their friend’s minds.

“I guess we just support him where we can then,” Tooru nodded, looking sadly at the door and hoped their Squishy was okay.

“C’mon,” Mina nudged Tooru’s shoulder and glanced at the gathered boys. “We shouldn’t stand here waiting for him. I’m sure the last thing Izuku wants right now is an interrogation as soon as he walks in.”

“Uh, sure,” Kaminari nodded, getting similar agreement from the other boys as they started to drift back to what they were doing before, but with a lot less enthusiasm.

All except for two, that was.

“This… doesn’t make sense,” Todoroki frowned, his gaze lingering on the entryway.

“I agree,” Iida nodded, a hand on his chin as his mind whirled with his extrospective observations. Unfortunately, there was nothing that suggested his best friends’ imminent break-up other than their dour mood during class today. Much like an equation can’t be solved without all the components, Iida needed more information to make sense of everything going on. “I’m going to talk to Midoriya.”

“Are you sure that’s wise?” Todoroki asked, a similar thought occurring to him, but being dissuaded by the girls in the name of giving his friend appropriate space.

“Maybe not,” Iida remarked, his expression resolute and firm while putting on his shoes, “but I’m not going to just stand by while my friends are hurting.”

Before Todoroki could ask if he should come along too, Iida was pulling open the door and stepping out to find his friend.

No sooner had the door closed behind him than did his search come to an abrupt end as he heard the sounds of sniffling coming from one of the benches in front of the dorm.

Though unprepared for such a sudden outcome, Iida cautiously stepped down to the path, watching his friend’s hunched-over posture carefully as he approached. Izuku had his head in his hands, a small patch of ground in front of him damp with tears as he tried and failed to stifle his soft sobs.

Iida’s lips thinned, his confusion and frustration growing over the situation. If such a thing was affecting his friends so badly, why were they remotely entertaining the idea of breaking up? What had changed that they regarded their futures together as incompatible? Iida had had his reservations when Midoriya, Uraraka, and Asui had announced they would be forming a triad relationship, but they’d been making it work for months now, and he believed that they truly looked like they were made for each other.

Standing beside his friend, it was clear Midoriya was in no state to acknowledge him, too lost in his own emotions.

“May I sit?” Iida asked politely. When Midoriya didn’t respond, Iida took the initiative and sat beside his friend.

For a few moments, Iida sat there in silence, listening to the pained sobs of his friend that had quietened in volume once he’d sat down, which could only be a positive sign.

Reaching out with what he hoped was a comforting gesture, Iida rested his hand on Midoriya’s back and slowly rubbed it like his brother had for him time and again when he’d been upset.

At first, Izuku had frozen at the contact, but as Iida continued his motions, Izuku could feel his friend’s sincere compassion through his misery. Slowly, his sniffling and flow of tears stemmed but didn’t stop as he managed to push down the worst of his emotional response.

“… T-Thanks.”

“Don’t mention it,” Iida brushed off easily. “It is only natural to comfort one’s friends in times of distress.”

Izuku grunted in response but didn’t say anything further, not yet fully trusting his voice.

“May I ask what prompted this… unexpected turn of events?” Iida asked as neutrally as he could. A shake of Izuku’s head was all the response he received. “I understand, I’m sure you’re not in the mood to discuss the details. However, those of us aware of your sudden breakup find ourselves concerned. As far as we understood, you, Uraraka, and Asui were very happy with your unconventional arrangement. Was this not the case?” Izuku shook his head again.

Iida’s frown deepened, further perplexed by Midoriya’s dismissal of his logical guesses.

“Then what was it, Midoriya? What’s caused you to… to… sabotage what was clearly making the three of you so happy? It doesn’t make sense.”

Izuku could feel the confusion evident in his friend’s words, each syllable stabbing at him with inadvertent accusation.

“I-I…” Izuku croaked, his throat tight and sticky. “I can’t… say.”

Iida’s jaw set, a flare of anger flooding his system. Why? What could possibly be plaguing his friend that caused him to consider splitting with those he was so enamoured with as the lesser of two evils?!

“Midoriya,” Iida continued, trying to keep his voice steady, “Uraraka explained this dissolution of yours was amicable, but I’m having a hard time understanding the justification behind whatever is causing the three of you such pain. Please, I cannot help any of you if I do not understand!”

Izuku cringed, trying hard not to let his lips loose and divulge the true cause of their pain to his best friend. It hurt to appear to end things with Ochako and Tsuyu, and now he was hurting Iida by proxy. It made him sick to his stomach to intentionally deceive his friend like this, especially one he wanted to trust so badly with the truth, but much like One-For-All, even a single slip-up could cause an unexpected ripple with devastating consequences.

This wasn’t just for his own sake; it was for their entire group’s eventual happiness. Kyoka and Momo, most of all, had suffered from being stifled, and he would not be the weak link that caused them to lose their chance at happiness.

“No… you can’t,” Izuku muttered bitterly, eyes still on the ground as he tried not to break into another round of sobs.

Those sobs in turn pierced Iida’s heart, the feeling of helplessness spreading through him and igniting the frustration that had built up.

“Damnit, Midoriya,” he punched the bench they were sitting on with his left hand.

The blue-haired boy thought the pain would’ve helped ease his frustration, but it was far less pronounced than he expected. It was then he remembered the nerve damage he’d suffered from the hero killer, a minor wound all things considered, thanks to Midoriya and Todoroki turning up in the nick of time to help save him from his own bad choices.

Lifting his hand up and flexing his fingers, feeling the slight resistance and lingering numbness, Iida regarded his limb curiously. Izuku remained quiet, not wanting to upset his friend further.

“I’m… sorry for my outburst,” Iida apologised. “It was uncalled for.”

“T-That’s okay,” Izuku quickly absolved him. “I don’t… blame you.”

Iida’s lips thinned again, the source of his friend’s problem still eluding him. However, having had his thoughts turned to his own failings with Stain, his mind turned to all the other times his friend had stuck his neck out and gone above and beyond for someone. Todoroki, Eri, Kota, and Bakugo, just to name a few, on top of all the unfortunate incidents he and the rest of 1-A seemed to find themselves in.

Iida truly wanted to trust that his friend wasn’t making a mistake, that he was doing the right thing, and if anyone had earned the benefit of the doubt, Izuku Midoriya had.

“Very well, Midoriya,” Iida muttered resignedly. “If you do not wish to divulge anything further, I won’t press you again. However, I’ve never known you to hurt others for no reason, which leads me to believe there is something greater you’re not telling me, possibly even Uraraka and Asui, so... at least tell me this; whatever has caused you to terminate your relationship with those two, it’s for someone else’s sake, isn’t it?”

Izuku’s hands clenched into fists. Iida was close to the truth, and it was taking everything he could not to spill his guts. Even without words, Iida wasn’t oblivious, picking up on the signs that told him he’d gotten close to the mark.

“Damnit, Midoriya,” he sighed, resuming his comforting gesture on Izuku’s back. “Why must you always do this? Don’t you know your happiness matters too?”

“I-I’m sorry,” Izuku croaked out, turning for the first time to look at Iida, his eyes red and puffy. “Please, y-you can’t tell-”

“It’s not me you should apologise to, though I accept it all the same,” the class vice-president admitted. “Once again, it seems you’ve found yourself in some sort of predicament where I can’t assist you. Do you know how that feels? To watch my friend suffer time and again, knowing there’s nothing I can do to help him?”

Izuku knew all too well, guilt pooling in his chest at how he imagined it must’ve felt for Kyoka and the other girls being unable to help Momo.

“At this stage, it’s clear you are set on your path,” Iida continued. “Much like with Bakugo, I’m certain I cannot dissuade you from any course of action you’ve decided to take. I strongly disagree with the direction you’ve taken, seemingly at the cost of your own happiness and that of Uraraka and Asui. That said, I know you might think you need to go through this alone, but I assure you that this is not the case. There are plenty of people here whom we call friends that I’m sure you could count on if you gave them the chance. As for myself… you stood by me in my darkest hour, so you can count on me to be here to get you through yours whenever you need me.”

The guilt and gratitude mixed uncomfortably in Izuku’s chest, resulting in him spluttering out an unrestrained sob with Iida continuing to rub and pat his friend’s back. When Izuku was able to temporarily pull himself together, he sent Iida the most grateful smile he could muster.

Though it was crooked and shaky, Iida could read Izuku’s intentions clearly even without the following words.

“T-Thank you, I-Iida… t-truly.”

“Of course, Midoriya,” Iida nodded resolutely, his own course now set to stand firmly by his green-haired friend.

As the two remained seated in a more comfortable silence, albeit with a sniffle or two from Izuku here and there, several people observed the pair from the living space window.

“What do you think he’s saying?” Kaminari asked.

“That is between Iida and Midoriya,” Todoroki replied.

“Uh, Kyoka? Any help?” The blond turned to the hearing hero.

Though she’d been able to hear every word, feeling a swelling of gratitude towards Iida for caring for their Squishy when they couldn’t, Kyoka remained mute on the subject.

“Beats me,” she shook her head. “I think Iida’s got it handled, though. We should leave them to it.”

“Yeah, I guess…” Kaminari reluctantly agreed, sending one more commiserating look at the pair before the three broke away.

Though he and several other members of class 1-A still decided to attend the party at class B’s dorm, their minds never drifted far from the turmoil their friends were going through.


Upstairs, while they’d avoided looking too conspicuous, Mina, Tooru, and Momo had gravitated to Tsuyu’s room, where two-thirds of the broken trio could be found.

Slipping inside, the three girls found a softly sobbing Tsuyu snuggled up under the sheets beside Ochako who, though looking the more resilient of the two, still displayed the same red, puffy eyes her girlfriend and secret-again boyfriend bore.

“Hey guys,” Tooru called in a quiet tone as Momo shut the door behind them.

“H-Hey,” Ochako tried to smile, sniffling in the process. “H-How’d it go? Did w-we fool everyone?”

The trio grimaced at the brunette’s attempt to make the situation seem brighter than it was, but it was clear the only person she was fooling was herself.

“I think we did pretty well,” Mina admitted, grabbing Ochako’s desk chair and wheeling it over to sit beside the pair. “They totally bought your act, though, I think we all know you’re not exactly acting.”

“No…” Ochako sniffed again while Tsuyu wiped her tears, letting out a small croak as she tried to sit up.

“H-How’s Izuku, ri-ribbit?”

“Iida’s with him,” Momo informed them, having spied their class vice-president leaving to seek out his friend.

“That’s g-good,” Tsuyu nodded, a small hiccup interrupting her words.

“Oh, you guys,” Tooru cooed, empathetically feeling their pain. “Is there anything we can do?”

“And don’t say get rid of Momo’s parents, as tempting as that is sometimes,” Mina chuckled, getting a head shake from the heiress.

“I can’t say the less-than-noble idea hadn’t crossed my mind too, though we should refrain from such villainous thoughts.”

“Because we’re meant to be heroes or because you’d miss them?” Mina prodded.

“A little of both,” Momo reminded her. “As displeasing as their decisions are, they’re still my parents.”

“Okay, so just life in Tartarus then,” Tooru smirked.

“Well, they could certainly do a lot less harm from there,” the heiress smiled.

“A-And you’d always know where to find them for holidays,” Ochako joined in on the joke, a small smile returning to her lips.

“Oh no, holidays are ours,” Mina rejected firmly. “They can have weekdays at best. Maybe Mondays. That sound good, Tsu?”

“Ri-Ribbit,” the frog girl nodded. “W-We can invite O-Ochako’s parents over f-for the holidays t-though. They’re nice.”

“Yeah they are,” Tooru giggled.

“I’m certain we’ll have more than enough room to accommodate them. I factored guest rooms into our plan already,” Momo smiled, gesturing to the rolled-up blueprint that sat on Tsuyu’s desk. “I’m sure such times will be most wonderful for us all.”

“You p-promise?” Tsuyu croaked.

Momo knew better than to promise something that could very well slip from their grasp without any mistake on their part. Still, she knew Tsuyu was looking for a ray of hope amidst the bleakness of her misery.

“Of course,” the heiress smiled sympathetically with the other girls sending the sad pair supportive looks of their own.

“Do you guys want us to bring you up some food or something?” Tooru asked.

“Maybe some cake from next door?” Mina offered.

Ochako looked to Tsuyu, who shook her head and nestled down into the quilt again.

“I-I think we’d just rather be alone for now, i-if you don’t mind,” Ochako replied, grateful for the offer nonetheless.

“Okay,” Mina sighed, “but if you need anything, just buzz us and we’ll come running.”

“W-What about I-Izuku?” Tsuyu asked quietly.

“We’ll make sure he’s taken care of too,” Tooru assured her.

“N-No, ribbit, I-I meant…”

The frog girl trailed off as the others understood what she was really asking for.

“Maybe in a few days, when the attention dies down a little?” Mina suggested hopefully.

“I fear it may only get worse after this weekend,” Momo replied hesitantly. The group grimaced as Tsuyu let out another despondent sob.

“We’ll do our best to try and help,” Tooru declared. “I’m sure I can sneak you two together with my quirk.”

“You know, that could work,” Mina agreed. “Might be a little awkward with you sitting off to the side while those three get busy, though.”

“Who said I’ll be just watching, right, Darling?” Tooru winked, getting a brighter-sounding ‘ribbit’ from the girl.

With no achievable requests forthcoming from either girl, Mina, Tooru, and Momo took that as a sign to leave the pair in peace. Leaving the couple with gentle parting words, the trio left Tsuyu’s room and stepped out into the hallway.

As they headed for the elevators, the ‘ping’ of the metal box arriving alerted them to Kyoka’s presence as their punk-rock girlfriend stepped out to join them.

“Hey, how are they?” She asked.

“As you’d expect,” Mina sighed. “Jeez, I feel so bad for them.”

“Having to hide it again after being able to show everyone how you feel probably really hurts,” Tooru mused sympathetically.

“Urgh, in the worst way,” Kyoka sighed, rubbing her head. “They’re more like me and Momo now.”

“I truly hope that, one day, none of us will be bound by these necessary deceptions any longer,” Momo said.

“I’m pretty sure I know which two’ll be shouting the loudest when that happens,” Mina chuckled, knowing how much their greedy frog wished to show them all her affections and also glancing towards Kyoka, whose face lightly reddened.

“Y-Yeah, well… gotta make up for all the time you guys have on us,” Kyoka pouted.

“Looking forward to it,” Mina winked. “Just don’t forget about us when you take Momo around the world, if you know what I mean.”

Kyoka’s jack snaked out to lash around Mina’s wrist to express her displeasure, but the cheeky Minx had already danced out of the way, hurrying down the corridor towards the stairs and away from her secret girlfriend’s wrath.

“I’ll make sure she knows what she did,” Tooru chuckled, shaking her head at Mina’s antics and following after the pinkette.

Left alone again, Kyoka and Momo glanced at each other and back at Tsuyu’s door.

“It’ll be worth it in the end,” Kyoka muttered to herself.

Momo found herself agreeing wholeheartedly with her punk-rock girlfriend, though it was at least partially because the other outcomes weren’t worth thinking about. She wasn’t sure what she would do if they went through all this for nothing, but she was determined to ensure that wasn’t possible, no matter what challenges they faced.

Unfortunately for now, she was still a bird in a gilded cage, and it brought her little comfort that Izuku would soon be joining her.


Friday. A time most would celebrate as the end of a work week and a time of fun and freedom. For the students of class 1-A, there was a lot less joy in the air than normal.

News had spread quickly through the dorm, with no student unaware of the breakup between Izuku, Ochako, and Tsuyu. Concern and sympathy for the three was present in spades, but no one knew how best to show it.

As they all got ready for class, many observed when the notable trio got ready for the day ahead separately, with Iida hanging back from his usual extra early arrival to ensure Midoriya was fed, packed, and ready. Likewise, Ashido and Hagakure bustled around a dejected Uraraka and Asui doing the same, though at least the frog and gravity girl had each other too, their hands intertwined tightly as they headed for class.

Once everyone arrived, it was clear even to the teachers that something had happened; one look at any of the trio’s faces and the expressions from their peers tipped them off immediately. Aizawa wasn’t overly concerned, merely making a note to himself to remind them what they were truly here for should their grades begin dropping while their Art History teacher took a more hands-on approach.

Calling in reinforcements in the form of Tiger and Ragdoll, Mandalay held the three back during lunch for a quiet chat, splitting off into pairs to get to the bottom of the trio’s sullenness

In the cafeteria, several others were confronted about what they knew.

“So, what did Midoriya say yesterday?” Todoroki asked Iida, sitting down next to him with his lunch.

“Ah, Todoroki, I should’ve suspected,” Iida sighed.

“Don’t forget about us!” Another voice chimed in as Kaminari, Sero, Tokoyami, and Aoyama surrounded the speedster with their own lunch and inquisitive expressions.

“I have heard the rumeurs, mon amie. Is it true that Midoriya’s ménage à trois is no more?” Aoyama asked with concern.

“While I would remind you not to entertain gossip unbecoming of heroes, I will confirm that it is unfortunately accurate in this instance,” Iida revealed.

“Uraraka told us as much yesterday,” Sero confirmed.

“Everyone wants to know why though,” Kaminari pressed. “There was like, no fight or anything, and all three of them looked devastated.”

“I’m afraid I don’t have any answers for you,” Iida shook his head. “Uraraka said their break-up was amicable, even if it appears to have hurt all three parties. When I spoke to Midoriya, he relayed the same.”

“Was that all?” Todoroki frowned lightly, unconvinced.

“I assured him that he has friends who wish to help and support him. However, I fear this isn’t something we can assist any of them with aside from being there for them. Matters of the heart are complicated, and we can only hope that, in time, their pain eases and they’re able to discuss what led to this outcome,” Iida replied.

“A paralysing predicament,” Tokoyami sighed.

“No way,” Kaminari shook his head. “We can’t just give up like that. Our friends are hurt, and we gotta do something to help.”

“Like what?” Sero shook his head.

“M-Maybe the girls have a better idea,” Kaminari stood, intending to seek out Kyoka and the others.

“I fear we may find little knowledge there either,” Tokoyami gestured over his shoulder, where Kirishima, Ojiro, and Sato were talking to their apologetic-looking female classmates with equal looks of defeat.

“Damnit,” Kaminari cursed, retaking his seat while the others looked dismayed at the dead end.

“If I may,” Iida spoke up, “I would ask that you not seek out Midoriya or the others for further details, as they have expressed their wish for privacy in this instance.”

“But-” Todoroki began to object, only for Iida to raise his hand.

“That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try to support them where you can,” he continued understandingly. “All I know for certain is that this is a delicate situation for them all, and pressing on their pain to help where it isn’t wanted could result in them drifting away from us. Instead, we must be open to their feelings and ready to lend an ear when they’re ready to talk.”

The surrounding boys frowned with frustration, feeling just as powerless as Iida himself.

The bespectacled boy could at least take comfort in knowing things weren’t as clear-cut as they seemed. Izuku, Ochako, and Tsuyu clearly still cared for each other if they were all so heartbroken by this turn of events. Hopefully, the true cause would make itself clear soon enough, and he could do something to assist his friends.

Until then, he would put his trust in Izuku and stand by his friend’s request.

The remainder of lunch passed in relative silence. Though discussions turned to school and hero work, no one felt much like talking.


The curious and caring glances of 1-A persisted into the afternoon. Even hero training was affected by the three’s dour mood.

Izuku’s mind and focus were clearly elsewhere, allowing Koda to overcome him in hand-to-hand training. The quiet boy was profusely apologetic after the round was called in his favour, helping Izuku back to his feet, but Izuku brushed him off, telling him no harm done before returning to stand with the rest of the class.

Ochako was similar, though her fight went on somewhat longer, with Mina gaining the upper hand and flipping the girl onto her back, knocking the wits out of her and hopefully some sense back into her.

Tsuyu was at the other end of the spectrum, having been paired up with Ojiro. Instead of her sadness overtaking her, a heated fury seemed to bubble beneath the surface once she stepped into the arena. The match was over in a flash, with Tsuyu launching herself at Ojiro who, while trying his best to counter the frantic frog-girl with his disciplined arts, her speed and power sent him spinning.

It was only when he groaned and clutched his arm after falling on it funny that Tsuyu seemed to snap out of her funk and quickly move to assist her friend, taking him to the nurse’s office.

The mood was tense in the boy’s changing rooms as several of Izuku’s friends approached him, sympathy in their eyes and in their tones. The words blurred together, but Izuku was grateful for them just the same, even if they didn’t manage to lift his spirits.

One of the few not to approach, Bakugo observed the green-haired boy, his jaw tense and words on his mind, but he knew that telling Izuku to get over himself and focus on his training wouldn’t be received well.

Kirishima was apparently more insightful than he gave his boyfriend credit for, as after giving his support to Izuku and watching his friend leave, he took Bakugo’s hand and praised him for holding his tongue.

Though arriving separately, Izuku, as well as Tsuyu and Ochako together, disappeared up to their rooms when they returned to the dorms, not in the mood for socialising.

None of the others would begrudge the three their peace in what was clearly still an emotional time for them, but when dinner rolled around and none of the three made an appearance, people began to worry.

“You think they’ve just gone to bed?” Sero asked, finishing the last of his meal.

“I wouldn’t put it past any of them,” Koda sighed, taking his empty bowl to the kitchen, where he found Mina and Tooru putting some bowls of soup on a tray along with some drinks while Momo and Kyoka floated around the pot. He raised his brow as he thought they’d already had dinner and caught Tooru’s eye.

“We’re gonna take these up for Tsu and ‘Chako,” she explained with a small, understanding smile.

“C-Could you let them know we’re thinking of them?” He asked. “And if they want, I could bring Yuwei-chan over for a visit if it’d help.”

The pair smiled at the sweet boy, with Mina patting his shoulder reassuringly.

“We’ll pass along the message,” she nodded as Tooru grabbed the tray and headed for the elevators.

Having overheard the brief conversation from the dining space, Iida had an idea as he brought his dishware in to clean.

“Perhaps I should do the same. I’m sure Izuku will be hungry if he’s awake.”

“You don’t have to worry about that,” Kyoka muttered over her shoulder, stirring the soup pot.

“Indeed,” Momo agreed, reaching for another bowl and tray. “We made sure to make plenty for Izuku, too.”

Iida’s lips thinned. It was true that Izuku had grown closer to all the girls of their class over the past few months, but something was telling him that Yaoyorozu and Jiro might not just be taking his friend dinner out of goodwill. He didn’t want to believe they were scheming anything, but he wouldn’t put it past them to be fishing for information themselves on the trio’s breakup.

“I’m sure your kindness will be appreciated. However, I can take that up for him,” Iida assured them.

Both Momo and Kyoka turned to regard Iida with bemusement.

“Uh, it’s cool, man, we’ve got it,” Kyoka dismissed.

“I was not questioning your capability,” Iida held up his hands. “I simply believe it will be more appropriate if I were to do so in your stead.”

“And why’s that?” Momo frowned, suspicion now growing in her own mind.

“Well, because… er,” Iida hesitated, not having expected such pushback.

“I understand you are Izuku’s friend, Iida, but the same goes for all of us,” Momo reminded him. “It’s not solely down to you to see to his needs right now; we all want to pitch in.”

Iida was reminded of the conversation at lunch with the other boys, some of whom were watching from the dining area as the conversation continued.

“It uh, is less appropriate for you to be on the boys' side is all I’m simply saying,” Iida continued, trying to find a plausible and logical reason to get Yaoyorozu to stand down.

“As class president, it is also my responsibility to ensure our classmates are taken care of where I can,” Momo continued, hands on her hips.

While Iida continued to bluster, his focus firmly on Momo, Kyoka had taken the opportunity to ladle some soup into the bowl and place a drink beside it. Trying to be as discreet as possible as Iida tried to counter Momo’s argument with his own position of class vice-representative, she slipped away from them both with her back to them so neither could see that she’d taken the tray with her.

Quietly slipping into the stairwell, Kyoka sighed as she resolved to climb the few flights up to Izuku’s floor alone despite the minor pain she felt in her leg from Kirishima body-slamming her in training.

Thankfully, it seemed she’d managed to successfully escape anyone’s notice as she arrived on Izuku’s floor and stepped out into the hallway. Bracing the tray against her body to free up a hand, Kyoka knocked on her secret boyfriend’s door.

“Hey, Izuku? You awake? We made you some food,” she called out.

There was no response.

Kyoka sighed and scratched her neck awkwardly. She didn’t want to invade his privacy if he didn’t want her, but she also didn’t want him to go hungry and leave the soup outside if he was asleep.

Making a decision, she took a deep breath before reaching for the door handle. It thankfully conceded with a click, allowing her to step into the darkened room with some care.

After closing the door and not wanting to flick on the overhead light in case her boyfriend really was asleep, Kyoka pulled out her phone from her pocket and flicked on the flashlight so she could at least see a path to Izuku’s desk.

“Izuku?” She called softly as she walked, taking care to avoid his haphazardly discarded bag and some old clothes. “You awake, man?”

Still no response.

Placing the food down, Kyoka could finally turn her attention to the lump on the mattress that was completely covered by the All Might comforter. She lightly bit her lip, not wanting to overstep, but also wanting to make sure her boyfriend was okay.

Focusing on her quirk as she extended her jacks out, she hoped to hear the soft, rhythmic sound of Izuku’s breath as he slumbered. Unfortunately, she instead heard restrained and muffled breaths synonymous with someone trying to hide their tears; sounds she knew all too well.

Releasing an empathetic sigh, Kyoka crossed the few steps to Izuku’s bed and cautiously sat down on the side, her hand extending to rest on what she assumed was her covered boyfriend’s shoulder.

The sudden jerk and slight gasp made it clear to both that his ruse hadn’t fooled her.

“It’s okay,” Kyoka cooed softly, gently rubbing the now tense cover. “It’s just me. You don’t have to talk if you don’t want to.”

After a few moments, she felt the lump relax slightly, and a soft, heartbreaking whimper emerge from the covers, causing Kyoka’s chest to ache with pain and guilt.

While most might simply assume Izuku was still simply just upset over his, Ochako, and Tsuyu’s act, Kyoka recognised his lethargic and strained movements all day as a sign of something deeper. Depression was an ugly beast, and Izuku had tried his best to fight it, but he’d done so all alone. The punk-rock girl wanted to do something to help, but she knew from experience there was only so much she could do.

Still, scooching further onto Izuku’s bed and lifting the covers, Kyoka slid up behind him and tenderly wrapped an arm around his waist. As expected, her boyfriend tensed up once again, but he didn’t say a word, continuing to only try to restrain the sobs escaping from his throat.

For more than a few moments, the two lay there in silence, with Kyoka tenderly rubbing Izuku’s side and stomach as he tried his best to steady his breathing but ultimately failed.

After thinking through the words in her head, Kyoka began speaking.

“I’m sorry you’re going through this, Izuku,” she began. “I don’t have to imagine how hard just trying to get through today was for you. This, on top of everything, must be… extremely difficult.”

A small, affirmative squeak emerged from Izuku’s throat.

“You have every right to be upset, this is a… super shitty situation you’re in,” Kyoka sympathised, squeezing him gently. “But… we all know what it's for… who it’s for. I… don’t think I’ll ever be able to thank you and Ochako and Tsu enough for what you’re doing for us all… e-especially for Momo and… me.”

Izuku moved for the first time since she’d entered his room, his hand sliding down until it found hers and interlaced their fingers as he gripped it tightly, like a lifeline.

“I know that um…” Kyoka continued, hoping her words were bringing some measure of comfort to the boy. “I-It’ll be because of you all that um… that one day I hope to… I’ll get to say ‘I Do’ to the woman I first fell in love with when she’s free from all this shit.”

Another affirmative squeak and squeeze from the boy, the latter of which Kyoka returned.

“I know it’s selfish as fuck for looking forward to um… something like that while you’re struggling, but I don’t know if we’d be able to do it without you at this point. I uh… wish we didn’t, i-if only to avoid all this shitty sneaking around and stuff, but um… h-honestly? I’m… so glad it was you. I u-um… c-can’t think of anyone else better to trust with Momo’s safety than um… t-the guy I also love.”

Izuku’s breath caught, his muffled sobs catching awkwardly in his throat as the words cut through his sadness like a lone light in the darkness. Swallowing what he could, he released Kyoka’s hand, the girl nervously shifting slightly as Izuku rolled over to face her. Even in the little light granted by the gaps in the curtains, Kyoka could make out Izuku’s red, puffy eyes.

Gingerly reaching up, Kyoka cupped the side of Izuku’s face and sent him a heartfelt smile.

“I-It’s um… taken me a while to admit this,” Kyoka blushed, not having expected to be bearing her soul to Izuku while he was so vulnerable, “but, a-as much as I want to say ‘I do’ to Momo? I… wouldn’t mind saying the same to you.”

Izuku’s eyes widened as Kyoka let out an unusual chuckle.

“I don’t know h-how you did it, Izuku Fuckin’ Midoriya,” she smiled, a pair of tears sneaking into the corner of her eyes as she touched her nose to her boyfriend’s, “but you’ve made me fall so fuckin’ hard for you that I don’t… I don’t ever want to let you go… o-okay?”

The green-haired boy blinked, his mind replaying Kyoka’s words before he spoke.

“I-” He tried, only to have to swallow awkwardly, his throat still aching from expressing his sadness. It didn’t matter to Kyoka though, who gave him time to swallow and find his voice before he tried again. “I-I love y-you too, K-Kyoka Fuckin’ J-Jiro.”

It was endearing, and the words felt so right as they passed through Kyoka’s ears, but it seemed even just the act of speaking was bringing Izuku’s emotions back to the surface from where he’d pushed them down as he began sniffling.

“I-I’m sor-”

“Shh, it’s okay, Squishy,” Kyoka cooed, rubbing her nose affectionately against Izuku’s before leaning forward and gently capturing his lips with her own. It was wet, and a little bit salty, but she wasn’t intending on pushing Izuku any further than solidifying their affectionate declarations.

He and the others had looked after her so well when her depression had struck, it was only right that she now be here to comfort him through his.

“Here,” she grabbed her phone again, holding it up between them and lightly illuminating both their faces. Even as morose as he looked in this light, Kyoka felt her affection for the boy pang in her chest. “How about we share some songs to help you feel better?”

Izuku blinked before realising what Kyoka was offering. With a small, shaky nod and smile, he agreed, and Kyoka opened her music app, navigating to her depression playlist and starting up a song Izuku had shared with her last time.

“~Day after day I'm more confused,
Yet I look for the light through the pouring rain.
You know that's a game that I hate to lose,
And I'm feelin' the strain.
Ain't it a shame.~”

Reaching up to let the phone continue its song from above as Kyoka left it on the bed’s headboard, she and Izuku settled down to listen to the notes that soothed both their hearts.

Izuku turned around again, wordlessly requesting to be the little spoon as Kyoka again wrapped her arms around him, squeezing him tightly and protectively while he let out a few more emotional whimpers.

Kyoka knew the only way out of this funk was through and she’d stay here with him as long as she had to if that’s what the one she loved needed.

“~The world outside looks so unkind,
So I'm countin' on you,
To carry me through.~”

Notes:

Chapter summary:
- The students of class 1-A and some from class B celebrate Koda's birthday. As everyone is getting into the swing of things, a text arrives for Momo. While the heiress heads upstairs to check on her girlfriend, she overhears some of the conversation and realises that the time to begin their performance was nearly upon them. Comiserating with each other, the two return to their friends and partners and enjoy what time they have left.

- Regrouping in the heiress's room after the party, the poly discusses their next steps. The Yaoyorozu parents are throwing a ball to make the announcement that Saturday, leaving them very limited time to put their own plan into motion. Izuku, Ochako, and Tsuyu gear up to perform their fake break-up while the others are set to support them as best they can.

- After class, 1-A returns to the dorms ready to celebrate some of class B's birthdays while Izuku, Ochako, and Tsuyu linger at the back of the group. Once everyone else has headed inside, they share the last public intimacy they can before the three break up. Ochako and Tsuyu head inside with dismay, selling the notion to all their peers that they've parted ways with Izuku romantically on mutual terms with their other secret girlfriends backing them up. Izuku has yet to return and Todoroki and Iida feel concerned for their friend. Iida heads out to talk to Izuku directly, only to find him on the bench outside. Trying to comfort and dig for more information in equal measure, Iida uncovers that Izuku and the girls didn't break up by choice, but because, once again, Izuku is doing something stupidly selfless for someone else's sake. Regardless, Iida assures Izuku that he'll stand by his side and support him which Izuku is exceedingly grateful for despite the pit of guilt in his stomach. Upstairs, the other girls comfort Tsuyu and Ochako who want to be left alone to feel their emotions despite the support as they lament the necessity of this deception.

- The next day, even the teachers can tell that Izuku, Ochako, and Tsuyu aren't performing to expectations and the pussycats each pull them aisde for some quiet words during lunch. With the rumour mill swirling, some of the class seperately confront the girls and Iida to try and get clarity on the situation. Iida does his best to express Izuku's desire for privacy, keeping his friend's secret close to his chest.

- Hero training continues the three's downward spiral which the entire class is aware of and all three head to their rooms as soon as class is over with. While Mina and Tooru take up food for Ochako and Tsuyu, Momo and Kyoka are preparing some for Izuku. Iida, wanting to give his friend all the privacy he needs, tries to intercept the food and take it up on their behalf, clashing with Momo about the appropriateness and whose responsibility it is. While the two clash, Kyoka uses it as a distraction to slip away and take Izuku's food and drink up to him, finding him lying in bed in the dark, trying to suppress tears. Kyoka recognises that he may well be trying to go through a bout of depression and trying not to let it get to him and refuses to leave him like that. Kyoka comforts him, reminding him just how grateful she is for everything he and the others are doing for Momo's sake, but also hers and telling Izuku that Momo isn't the only one she loves, declaring such for the boy himself. It briefly shakes Izuku from his depression and he declares his own love for her as they exchange a tender, if wet, kiss. Kyoka knows he still needs support and lies down with him, the pair listening to music together as they fall asleep.

Chapter 55: The Ball

Summary:

The Yaoyorozu are throwing a ball, and a few key guests are invited.
Can Izuku and the others follow through with their plan, and how will their friends react?

Notes:

The long-awaited time has come to bring in the Yaoyorozu as a more immediate threat. While they've always been lurking, now they're making their move.

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(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

When the sun rose on that lightly cloudy Saturday morning, many awoke wondering how they’d spend their weekend. That wasn’t the case for a few individuals, chief among them Izuku Midoriya, who slowly opened his weary eyes before the weight of reality returned to his world.

Today was the day of the Yaoyorozu ball.

While most would’ve been excited at the reminder, it only caused the heavy feeling still in Izuku’s stomach to drop even further. After everything he’d felt over the last couple of days, attending a very upscale gathering was not going to make him feel any better.

Letting out a sigh, Izuku knew he needed to put on a deceptively excited face for the world as though he didn’t know what was coming. The only thing that helped ease his anxiety was that this was all going to plan so far. Hopefully, they’d be able to fool the Yaoyorozu elders for as long as it took for Momo to break free from their influence and secure their group’s happiness together. He just needed to play his part and trust that Momo would play hers.

Attempting to rise from his slumber and get ready for what was sure to be a challenging day ahead, Izuku realised two things: one, that his alarm hadn’t woken him for his daily exercise routine as he’d expected; and two, that he was weighed down by something more than just his sheets.

Glancing over his shoulder, he spied the softly sleeping visage of his purple-haired girlfriend, who’d nestled into his back and pillow and looked almost too cute to disturb. A fond smile snuck its way onto Izuku’s lips despite his recent thoughts, as he remembered how Kyoka had ended up there.

His heart swelled with appreciation for the feeling of comfort and safety she’d wrapped him with, like her arm that currently encircled his waist, and he wondered how in the world he managed to get so lucky.

Those thoughts reaffirmed why he was going through with the whole ruse in the first place; it wasn’t just Momo’s freedom they were fighting for, it was their entire group’s happiness. Even if his depression had almost overwhelmed him for the past two days, imagining the joy they’d all feel when everything was finally over was what was keeping him going, and seeing Momo and Kyoka finally get to express their love together was something he would fight tooth and nail to secure.

Rolling over, Izuku turned to face the dozing girl who’d sacrificed her evening for him and debated on whether to wake her at all. Kyoka had been the most distant from him since he’d been inducted into the polycule, but now, he could barely imagine not being part of it with her.

He reached up to gently cup the girl’s face, caressing her cheek gently with his fingers.

Slowly, the purple-haired girl stirred, her jacks twitching reflexively as she awoke to the unusual touch.

“H-Hey,” Izuku croaked out, suddenly very aware he needed a drink. Kyoka’s eyes fluttered open quickly before recognition settled in.

“Hey,” she replied softly, a small smile creeping onto her lips. “How’re you feeling?”

“Uh,” Izuku blinked, realising that, despite his lingering emotional pain and anxieties, he felt much lighter than he had since the whole thing began. “B-Better.”

“Good,” Kyoka’s smile brightened, her arm tightening its hold on her boyfriend to squeeze him in affection as her lids began lowering again.

“T-Thanks for um… t-thanks for staying with me last night. It helped, and I know you didn’t have to.”

“Mmm,” Kyoka sighed in response, “you did the same for me.”

Izuku smiled as he recalled that memory too. Though they hadn’t spent the night together then, he’d wanted nothing more than to help ease the all too familiar pain he saw Kyoka going through.

“Hopefully, we won’t have to um… o-one day,” he chuckled nervously.

“Mmm,” Kyoka hummed, seemingly content to continue resting. As much as Izuku enjoyed the idea of resting with her, he knew he needed to get up and get ready for the day, and one of the first things he needed to do was talk to Momo.

Gently removing Kyoka’s arm from around him, Izuku tried to get up as unobtrusively as he could, stepping over the dozing girl and onto his floor, breathing easier once Kyoka appeared to snuggle back into his warm spot.

That relief was very short-lived, as both of them immediately tensed when a knock alerted them to someone at the door.

“Midoriya? Are you up?”

“T-Todoroki?!” Izuku called out reflexively before clapping his hands over his mouth.

Looking over at Kyoka, the wide-eyed girl was shooing him towards the door, mouthing the words, “Get rid of him.” Izuku really hoped that his friend wasn’t here to have a deep talk, or things would get very awkward very quickly.

Still dressed in his nightwear of a white shirt and shorts, Izuku carefully moved towards the door while Kyoka hopped out of bed, grabbed the few discarded clothes she’d shrugged off in the night, and hid by the wardrobe, out of direct line of sight.

Bracing himself for the conversation, Izuku opened the door to greet his friend.

“H-Hey, Todoroki,” Izuku smiled as brightly as he could. “W-What’s up?”

His deceptive demeanour wasn’t bought as Todoroki’s relatively neutral expression shifted into one of sympathy.

“I came to see how you were doing. Iida mentioned he didn’t see you on his morning run today.”

“O-Oh, yeah,” Izuku’s fake smile faltered. “I um… wasn’t feeling up to it, y’know?”

“Of course,” Todoroki nodded understandingly. “I hope you got some decent rest.”

“Uh, yeah, I think I needed it,” Izuku chuckled weakly, rubbing the back of his head.

“Does that mean you’ll be ready for the ball tonight?”

Izuku’s eyes widened, and Kyoka’s breath caught. Why the hell was Todoroki of all people asking that?! Had he figured something out? Had Momo or someone else slipped and mentioned something?

“Uh… b-b-ball?” Izuku replied tensely, a bead of sweat dripping down his head. “W-What ball?”

“Oh, did you not read the text?” Todoroki raised a curious brow before reaching for his phone, pulling it out and showing his friend. “Endeavor sent this to us.”

Izuku squinted in the midmorning light as Todoroki held it up for him to read.

Endeavor Agency Work-Study Students,
Your presence is required today to join Endeavor for a get-together hosted by the heads of the Yaoyorozu Corporation. You will not need your hero costumes for this event. The dress code is formal, and you will be picked up from UA at 2 pm to prepare and returned once the event is over.

“Oh,” Izuku blinked, realising their secret was safe for the time being. “Thanks for telling me. I uh, hadn’t checked my phone since last night.”

“I was tempted to tell him I wasn’t going to go at all, but apparently, this is part of our duties as members of the agency,” Todoroki conceded reluctantly, having confirmed as much already with his father. “If you do not wish to attend, I can tell Endeavor that you are currently incapacitated.”

As tempting as the offer was, Izuku knew he couldn’t take it.

“No, I’ll um… I’ll be fine to go,” he muttered. “Maybe it will take my mind off things, y’know?”

The sympathetic look returned to Todoroki’s face and Izuku felt the pain of guilt return to his chest.

“If that’s what you want, though I do not think anyone would blame you if you chose to skip.”

“A hero’s work is never done,” Izuku weakly chuckled again. “We don’t get to choose when we step up.”

A small smile crept onto Todoroki’s face. Despite Izuku’s current struggle, it hadn’t dampened his drive to go beyond.

“I’m pretty sure attending upper class parties wasn’t a consideration when Mr Aizawa told us that,” he joined his friend with a chuckle.

“M-Maybe not, but it’ll still be a good opportunity to uh… network and stuff. If Endeavor’s been invited with us, other pros probably have too, right?” Izuku offered, getting a nod from his friend.

“That’s usually how these things go.”

“Then uh, I guess I should start getting ready for it,” Izuku replied, hoping their conversation was at an end.

“Of course,” Todoroki nodded, and Izuku began closing the door, only for his friend to speak up again, “but… are you sure you’re okay, Midoriya?”

The green-haired boy hesitated. The guilt and secrets contained in his chest felt constricting and tight, wanting nothing more to be let out as if doing so would somehow help, but Izuku knew he couldn’t. Even with the secret he, Todoroki, and Iida shared in their battle with Stain, he felt awful that he couldn’t tell one of his other best friends anything about his issues either.

Inside his room, Kyoka’s jacks twitched as she continued to overhear their conversation.

“I’m… not, Todoroki,” Izuku admitted wearily, “but there’s nothing I can do about it, except wait for it to get better. That’s just… how these things are.”

“I see,” Todoroki replied. “While I do not wish to overstep, please do not hesitate to reach out if you would like to talk. Considering all you’ve done to help me, it is only right I try to pay you back however I can.”

“Oh, uh, d-don’t worry about that,” Izuku tried to brush off. “It was nothing, really.”

“We both know that’s not true,” Todoroki shook his head. “So please believe me when I say that I will reciprocate in kind should you need it.”

It wasn’t the most glamorous of affirmations, but a small smile crept onto Izuku’s face as he realised what Todoroki was trying to say.

“T-Thanks, Todoroki,” Izuku nodded, “you’re a good friend.”

“You’re welcome,” Todoroki nodded in return.

With his piece said, the hot and cold quirked boy departed as Izuku closed his door, able to relax now that the danger had passed.

“Todoroki acts cold, but he’s got a good heart,” Kyoka chuckled as she peeked around the corner.

“Yeah,” Izuku smiled, only for it to fall again as he remembered how much he was deceiving his friend.

“Hey,” Kyoka spoke up, approaching her boyfriend as she saw the sadness begin to creep back up on him, “I um… want to thank you again for doing this. I know it really sucks right now.”

Izuku leaned into Kyoka’s hand as she reached up to cup his cheek. Whether Kyoka, Ochako, Tsuyu, or any of the others, Izuku had rapidly grown to appreciate their affection.

“It’s okay,” he replied, overlaying her hand with his as their eyes met and he leaned in to place a soft kiss on her lips. “Your happiness is worth it. You all are.”

Kyoka knew he was talking about their entire group, and the line was cheesy in its rawest form, but she couldn’t help the way her heart skipped a beat as their lips touched.

“So are you,” she replied after pulling back. If it weren’t for almost getting caught in such a compromising position, she’d be tempted to drag him back to bed for something other than sleep.

Unfortunately, they had more important things to focus on today, so she settled for wrapping him in a big, tight hug she was sure would break through any remaining despondence he felt for at least a little while.

When she finally released him, they shared one last kiss before Izuku opened his door again to glance around and make sure the coast was clear. Ensuring she had all her things, Kyoka made her escape as Izuku was left alone once more.

A deep sigh escaped his chest as he wandered back over to his bed, grabbing his phone off the headboard. Sure enough, he’d received the same message that Todoroki had shown him whilst he’d been sleeping. It didn’t really change his plans much, just who he’d be showing up to the event with.

It was then that a sense of dread crept into his head.

He’d been so caught up with the fact Todoroki knew about the ball that he’d overlooked something incredibly important; Todoroki was going to be there, as were Bakugo and Endeavor, and they were going to be the first to know about his and Momo’s engagement!

Izuku cringed as he realised there was no escaping this. He’d dearly hoped to keep it quiet for as long as he could, but there wasn’t a single chance that was going to happen now.

“Damnit!” He cursed in frustration, trying to resist crushing his phone in his grip.

The vibration of another message coming in stayed his hand. Wondering what could possibly go wrong next, Izuku resigned himself to checking it.

Dear Izuku Midoriya,
I have been alerted to an event taking place today that requires you to leave the school grounds. Could you please make your way to my office to discuss and arrange the matter further at midday?
Kind regards,
Principal Nezu

Izuku’s jaw clenched in unease. Not only were two of his friends and his hero mentor going to be present for the announcement, but they’d also likely be joined by whoever was escorting them.

No matter which way he looked at it, this day was spiralling out of control in a hurry, and the only way he was going to gain any semblance of control was to try and steer it in some sort of direction wherever he could. To do that, he needed to get washed and dressed before talking to Momo to establish their game plan. It wasn’t much, but at least he now had his next steps.

Grabbing his washbag, a towel, and some casual clothes, Izuku headed out for the baths to prepare for what was sure to be his most challenging day.


As the morning dwindled, Izuku found himself joined by Todoroki and Bakugo as they departed from the 1-A dorms and headed for the main building. While Todoroki continued to slyly glance at Izuku with a touch of concern, Bakugo appeared indifferent to him despite the irritation on his face.

“Everything okay, Bakugo?” Todoroki asked when Bakugo growled as they entered the school.

“Does it look it?” The blond retorted. “That asshole ruined my plans for today.”

“Did you have something special planned?” Todoroki raised a curious brow, and Izuku tried not to look too interested.

“None of your business,” Bakugo replied, glaring at the pair, though there was a decidedly red tinge to his cheeks that wasn’t caused by his anger.

“I’ll apologise to Kirishima on Endeavor’s behalf,” Todoroki commented as they continued to the elevators. Izuku was just about able to suppress a snort at the indignant look Bakugo sent the boy.

“Don’t even think it, I said it was none of your business!” The blond shot back with irritation. “Besides, Endeavor’s gonna pay in more than one way.”

“He is?” Todoroki raised a brow.

“Duh,” Bakugo replied, hitting the button for the top floor after the trio stepped into the elevator. “If we’re attending this shitty soiree because we’re working with him, then there’s bound to be other rich assholes there and they’re all gonna see who’s gonna take his place at the top.”

“I don’t think they’ll be all that surprised,” Todoroki remarked calmly as the elevator rose, getting a bemused look from both Izuku and Bakugo. “After all, he’s wanted nothing more than to boast about me succeeding him for years.”

“I was talking about me, asshole!” Bakugo yelled as the doors opened and the three stepped out.

“Hey, could you keep it down!” A new voice rang out.

The trio’s brows rose as they spied Momo and an irritated-looking Kyoka standing outside Nezu’s office.

“Just because the place is empty doesn’t mean you can be as loud as you want,” Kyoka continued, one of her jacks waving around pointedly.

“Don’t you start,” Bakugo growled, albeit at a lower volume as the trio approached.

“I should’ve figured you’d be joining us,” Todoroki said, nodding at Momo.

“How could I not be?” Momo chuckled politely.

“Can we just get this over with?” Bakugo brushed past the pair, heading for the office door.

“Uh-” Kyoka began, the door not having opened for them when they’d arrived, only to watch as it swung open for the blond to step inside casually.

“I guess we were a bit early,” Momo chuckled as the pair followed after the blond with Izuku and Todoroki trailing them.

Heading into the office, they found a smiling Nezu sitting at his desk, like always. At his sides stood All Might, wearing a somewhat new formal suit, and a costumed Pixie-Bob.

“Thank you all for coming on such short notice,” Nezu called out to the gathered group. “I understand you’ve all been invited to attend a gathering at the Yaoyorozu estate tonight, correct?”

“Yes, sir,” the students chorused diligently.

“Marvellous,” Nezu smiled. “While I, unfortunately, wasn’t lucky enough to receive an invitation, to ensure the safety of you students, we’ll be sending some teachers along with you to ensure everything goes smoothly. Yaoyorozu?” He turned to the heiress, “I understand a driver will be along to pick you and Miss Jiro up?”

“Yes, sir,” Momo confirmed.

“Miss Pixie-Bob here will join you to and from the party,” Nezu announced with Pixie-Bob grinning brightly as her tail waggled excitedly. “While she also does not possess an invitation to the party, and I’ve no doubts about your family estate’s security, please impress on your parents our need to be vigilant even when it seems superfluous.”

“Of course, sir,” Momo nodded. “I’m sure my parents won’t mind accommodating Miss Pixie-Bob.”

“They better not, else you two kittens will be cutting the party short,” Pixie-Bob giggled, though the small amount of drool at the corner of her mouth betrayed her true excitement for the evening, her mind occupied by the potentially delicious morsels on offer throughout the evening.

“As for you three,” Nezu turned to the boys who stood a little straighter at the address. “Endeavor has already relayed that he’ll be personally picking you up and dropping you back off so, while I don’t believe there is any need for additional protection, All Might has also received an invite for this event and will be your escort for the evening.”

“Yo,” All Might waved to the three. Though his greeting seemed casual, his eyes lingered on Izuku.

“Please apologise to Endeavor if this causes an inconvenience, but I’m certain he’ll be agreeable.”

“Yes, sir,” Todoroki nodded.

“Wonderful,” Nezu smiled, clapping his paws together. “Whilst I hope you all enjoy yourselves at such an event, please remember that you are representing not just UA, but also yourselves as future heroes. I’m sure I don’t need to remind Miss Yaoyorozu of this, but I’m sure many influential people from the hero industry will be in attendance for this event. It may do you all some good to make some connections for your future careers.”

“Yes, sir,” the gathered group nodded again.

“Splendid! Well, that’s all I have to say. I wish you all a most enjoyable evening,” Nezu concluded, dismissing the students and the teachers. With polite bows, the students all began filing out of the office. All Might hurried after them while Pixie-Bob more leisurely walked around Nezu’s desk to depart last. Before the door closed behind her, she turned and caught Nezu’s eye, the two sharing a subtle nod.

Though there was no officially announced reason for such a prestigious gathering, Nezu doubted that this was done because of a whim of the rich. The Yaoyorozu corporation head and his wife were always looking for ways to gain greater wealth, prestige, or influence in Japan and rarely did anything without cause.

While All Might had been instructed to keep an eye out, though the man already knew his way around gatherings like this from his time at the top, it was Pixie-Bob he’d entrusted to keep the students safe from any who might have ulterior motives at this party.

Nezu wished he could’ve sent more to oversee the students, but he had to trust they were wary enough to guard themselves where possible.

Outside, All Might caught up with the students before they reached the elevators.

“Young Midoriya, may I have a moment?”

“Huh?” Izuku blinked, earning him a curious glance from his peers. “Uh, sure.”

“Do you want us to wait?” Todoroki asked, with Momo and Kyoka trying not to look too interested in his answer.

“Uh, no, it’s fine,” Izuku shook his head, denying any of them the excuse to hang around, not that one of them cared.

“Whatever,” Bakugo rolled his eyes and continued on his way with the others somewhat reluctantly trailing behind him.

Izuku couldn’t help but feel a little grateful towards the blond for his indifferent attitude as he and All Might were left alone. Looking up carefully at his mentor, he saw a familiar pity in the man’s eyes.

“Let’s find somewhere more private,” All Might offered, leading the way to their usual teacher’s lounge with Izuku trailing after him.

It didn’t take them more than a few minutes to arrive, and as Izuku sat down while All Might fussed over a teapot, he had a fairly good idea of what his mentor wanted. A cup of steaming green tea was placed before Izuku, with All Might pouring himself one too and sitting down opposite his young protégé.

For a moment, neither spoke, All Might filling the silence with a few blows to cool his scalding beverage down before taking a sip while Izuku’s remained untouched, his eyes low.

“Young Midoriya,” All Might began, “I heard about what happened between you, young Uraraka and young Asui.”

“I figured,” Izuku replied wearily, only causing All Might’s concern to deepen.

“May I ask what caused such a situation to arise? I’ve gathered that it was mutual, but I was under the impression you were all happy with your relationship.”

Izuku had to bite his tongue to keep from replying impulsively. If anyone knew how to keep a secret, it was All Might, and yet he knew he couldn’t.

All Might had promised to teach and protect him as best he could, just so Izuku could come back to the school after the summer training camp, and he believed he would keep that promise. If All Might knew what he was going through to help Momo out of her situation, there was no doubt in his mind that his hero would try to do everything in his power to help too.

… But if he did that, he might accidentally tip off the Yaoyorozu, and that was something he couldn’t let happen.

“I-I’m sorry, All Might,” Izuku apologised, his head low, “it’s… something all three of us have agreed to keep private.”

A soft frown crossed All Might’s brow.

“I see,” he nodded. “I understand matters of the heart can be complicated, but I hope you know that I am here if you want to talk about it.”

“With… all due respect, All Might, this just… isn’t something you can help with,” Izuku replied honestly.

“W-Well,” All Might chuckled once, “I may not have experienced anything like your situation with young Uraraka and young Asui, but I’m certain I can provide some perspective. Young love has a habit of making things seem worse than they appear. While it may seem like things may never get better, I’m sure you’ll be able to find happiness again in the future, young Midoriya.”

“All Might, please,” Izuku sighed, his hands tensing on his legs. “I-I don’t mean to sound rude, but I’m not looking for advice right now. You don’t have to worry… this isn’t going to get in the way of my training or anything.”

The former pro’s mind drifted back to the time he could only describe as his own greatest heartbreak; the day he’d lost his mentor to All-For-One.

After losing his mother to the chaos and lawlessness of his era, Nana had been there to help guide him through the most difficult time in his life. When she’d been forced to sacrifice herself to give him and the future a chance, he’d almost entered a downward spiral of depression if not for Gran Torino to kick some sense back into him.

While Izuku was similar to himself in many ways, he was at least certain his green-haired protégé would respond better to gentler methods of support.

“You’ve proven your dedication time and again; if there’s anything I’m not worried about, it’s that, young Midoriya,” All Might reminded the boy with another chuckle. “We both know there’s more to a hero than training, and I just wanted to make sure you’re okay.”

Despite his deflections, Izuku’s gratitude towards his mentor grew, and he looked up at the man to try to flash him a reassuring smile.

“T-Thanks, All Might, but I’ll be fine, really.”

Izuku knew he couldn’t fool anyone, but he’d hoped that his words would at least get All Might to drop the subject.

As their eyes caught for the first time since their chat began, All Might caught a glimpse of the pain Izuku was still pushing down.

“I know you will be, young Midoriya, but it’s clear that you’re not now,” All Might replied sympathetically. “I know better than most that some days are harder than others to put that smile on and do the best you can. As your teacher and your mentor, I would be remiss if I didn’t offer you the chance to remain behind tonight to give you the time and space you need to heal. I’m certain I can smooth things over with Endeavor if necessary.”

Izuku let out a soft chuckle, his worries already being proven correct as All Might displayed his good-natured meddling.

“T-Thank you, All Might,” Izuku’s smile slipped into a smaller, though more honest one. “But I know what I’m doing and, right now, I think a… distraction from things here at UA might um… help me get my head back on straight.”

All Might regarded Izuku with uncertainty.

“Are you sure? There’s no shame in taking the time you need.”

It was a tempting offer, but Izuku knew better than to give in to such alluring paths. Momo was counting on him; all the girls were all counting on him, including Ochako and Tsu, and there was no way he was going to let them down.

“I’m certain,” Izuku declared firmly, his fist rising up. “I told you before, I need to work harder than everybody else to reach my goals. This is just one more thing I need to overcome to make my dreams a reality.”

All Might was taken aback. His protégé was clearly pushing through the pain he was currently experiencing, even if it wasn’t physical, but his resolve seemed to be as strong as ever. He didn’t doubt that young Midoriya had what it took to do whatever it took to chase his dreams; he only hoped the boy wouldn’t neglect himself in doing so.

“If that’s your choice, then I won’t stop you,” All Might sighed, knowing any further offers were fruitless. “Just… promise me you won’t try to take on more than you can handle. If you need help, then you can always reach out. If not to me, then I’m certain your friends would be willing to listen.”

The bitterness returned as Izuku remembered his conversation with Iida.

“Yeah, I know,” he mumbled with a nod.

All Might wasn’t convinced, but he knew he couldn’t force the matter with the boy, though maybe a message to his mother might not go amiss.

“Okay,” All Might nodded, “then I won’t keep you any longer; we both have a party to get ready for, after all.”

“R-Right,” Izuku nodded before rising from his seat. “Thanks, All Might.”

“No problem, kid,” All Might smiled his most reassuring smile as Izuku departed, only for it to fall as he was left alone. He truly hoped Izuku wasn’t trying to tough out his feelings in some twisted effort to seem ‘strong’; he’d seen many heroes of the past fail for that same trap.

Draining his tea, All Might rose to his feet to clean up the little mess they’d made. Grabbing Izuku’s cup, he noticed that the boy hadn’t even touched it.


As the expected time to depart drew near, Endeavor’s work-study students were making final preparations over their appearances.

In his room, Todoroki was dressed in a crisp, white suit, blue undershirt, and polished black shoes, completing the look with a two-tone red-striped tie, while Bakugo was being fussed over by Kirishima. The sandy-haired blond’s black tie was being straightened by his boyfriend over his red shirt and underneath a blue vest, patterned with flowers around the edges. Kirishima thought his boyfriend cut quite the figure with his dark blue trousers and brown dress shoes, grinning at the redness in his boyfriend's cheeks as he told him he’d be waiting to rip it all off at the end of the night.

In Izuku’s room, the boy straightened his own green bowtie as it rested on top of a crisp, new white shirt. Looking into the mirror, he examined the new suit his mother had bought for him months ago, after his last one had been ruined beyond repair on I-Island. Besides a new shirt, he’d gained a very formal black tuxedo, albeit with green lining on the inside, with matching trousers and black dress shoes.

Even Izuku had to admit, it looked very nice, but as he shifted his weight in the new, pinchy shoes, he wished he were back in his trusted reds. As garish as that old suit was, Izuku couldn’t help but miss it as he looked at the near stranger in the mirror, flashing himself a half-hearted smile.

This wasn’t him, but for now, it had to be. For Momo.

Heaving one last sigh, the green-haired youth tried to push all his negative emotions down and think only of the battle ahead. He needed to be at his best if they were going to pull this deception off inside the lion’s own den. The mask he’d worn for years before UA slipped back on his face with unfortunate ease as a familiar, triumphant laughter rang out.

“Ah ha ha ha ha ha, never fear,” he said to his reflection, “I am here.”

A casual glance at the boy would have you almost believe his act, if not for his eyes.

Izuku was shaken from his bolstering ritual by the loud banging coming from his door.

“Hurry up, nerd, or we’re leaving without you!” Bakugo’s voice called across the wood.

Knowing he was as prepared as he could be, Izuku braced himself one last time and headed out to join his friends.

Heading down to the common room in the elevator, their arrival drew more than a few eyes from those present.

“Whoa, you three clean up good,” Sero remarked from his spot on the sofa.

“Dazzling,” Aoyama agreed with a sparkle as he admired the trio’s formalwear.

“Thanks,” Todoroki nodded politely for the three of them.

“Don’t go getting any wandering eyes tonight, Baku-bro,” Kaminari winked at his fellow blond.

“Fuck off, Sparky,” Bakugo growled, flipping him the bird.

“Bakugo, be nice,” Mina reminded him as she, Tooru, and Iida came over to see the three off.

“I gotta say, all three of you look like total snacks,” Tooru grinned, finding herself more than a little tempted by the fine figure Todoroki cut.

“Uh, thanks?” Todoroki repeated.

“While you all do indeed look very appropriate, I remind you all that you’ll not only be representing the number one hero at this event, but UA too,” Iida said.

“I’ll do whatever the hell I want,” Bakugo brushed him off.

“We’ll do our best,” Izuku replied with a small smile and receiving a nod of gratitude from Iida.

“We know you will,” Mina smiled at her secret boyfriend, with Tooru joining her with a heartfelt smile.

“You got this, Izuku! Bring us back some party favours!”

“Didn’t you ask Yaoyorozu to do that too?” Sero raised a brow.

“Shh!” Tooru hushed him and drawing a genuine chuckle out of Izuku.

“Thanks, I’ll do what I can,” he waved to them as he headed to the door with the others.

“Man, I’m so jealous,” Kaminari groaned from the sofa, “why didn’t we get invites too?”

“Because you’re not the next number one!” Bakugo called out with a laugh as he stepped out of the dorm, earning an indignant yell for his troubles as the trio departed.

It was a short walk to the car park as usual, and the trio did so in silence. Izuku was surprised but grateful that neither Bakugo nor Todoroki seemed particularly talkative.

Instead of arriving to find the traditional five-door car they were used to riding in with Endeavor, a stretch limo greeted them instead, with their work-study mentor seemingly waiting on them beside All Might and the principal.

“Ah! Right on time!” Nezu welcomed the three. “Endeavor has already been briefed on our expectations for the evening, and you’re all ready to enjoy the evening’s events.

“Finally,” Endeavor huffed, lightly pulling at the collar of his expensive-looking blue suit. It was rare to see the man out of costume, and clearly, Izuku wasn’t the only one uncomfortable in such dress.

“After you,” All Might gestured to the limo, having donned a traditional blue suit and red tie for the event that had been tailored to his smaller frame. Were it not for his somewhat gaunt face, he almost looked normal.

The three clambered into the roomy vehicle and quickly got comfortable before Endeavor and All Might followed after them.

“Be safe!” Nezu waved them off as he closed the door and Endeavor’s driver pulled out of the school.

After a few minutes of silence on the road, Todoroki was the first to speak up.

“So,” he looked over at his father, “what should we expect?”

“A lot of pomp,” Endeavor replied bluntly, causing Izuku and Bakugo’s brows to rise. “I’ve never been particularly fond of these gatherings and try to avoid them when I can; they take too much time away from hero work.”

“What makes this one so different?” Todoroki asked curiously.

“I’m the number one hero,” Endeavor replied with what could only be described as a hint of bitterness in his tone.

“Not as easy as you thought, is it?” All Might chuckled sympathetically, reminded of his own time attending galas and gatherings.

Endeavor’s eyes narrowed at his former rival, jaw tense for a moment before heaving a sigh.

“I’ll admit, I did not envy this aspect,” the pro replied before letting out a small chuckle that surprised the three students. “You always looked so uncomfortable stuffed into those cheap-looking suits.”

“They were cheap so I could leave at a moment’s notice if the occasion called for it,” All Might smirked, remembering the few instances it was warranted. “Don’t tell me you’re not wearing your costume under that.”

Endeavor’s chuckling continued, causing Todoroki’s brow to rise even higher. Since when was his father able to talk to All Might with such good humour?

“That’s beside the point,” Endeavor brushed off before turning his attention back to the students. “As for you three, I’d advise none of you do anything to stick out or draw attention to yourselves. The Yaoyorozu are notable in the hero tech industry, and I’m certain other prestigious business folk will be there to curry their favour. You will do everything you can to avoid embarrassing the Endeavor Agency tonight, understood?”

The firmness of the pro’s order had Izuku sweating, wondering if he’d even have a work-study by the time the evening was over.

“That said,” All Might spoke up, “if you wish to avoid the limelight, hover close to me. While my reputation still carries a certain weight, people like that are always interested in what comes next rather than what’s past.”

“Please,” Bakugo scoffed, pointing his thumb to his chest. “They’re all gonna be focused on the next number one and begging to sponsor me.”

“Don’t get cocky,” Endeavor replied with a surprising seriousness. “You guppies are just getting your first taste of events like this, and you’ll be swimming with sharks. Be on your guard and you may just make it through.”

While Izuku was already well aware of such dangers, Todoroki and Bakugo both felt a pit of unease settle in their stomachs. If even Endeavor was wary of this event, then their best bet was to take his advice.

The ride continued smoothly for a while as the group travelled down the highway, getting off after the Scuru district. Buildings gave way to fenced estates that seemed only to get bigger the further they travelled.

The first sign that they’d arrived was a checkpoint that seemed to be manned by some rather intimidating guards as a man in a suit approached their driver. After a quick introduction and handing over their invitations, the limo was allowed through and they soon turned into the open gates of the Yaoyorozu estate, illuminated by rotating spotlights, announcing the event to all who could see.

Izuku swallowed nervously as the limo trailed down the long road to the brightly illuminated mansion, where similar limos were depositing their prestigious passengers onto a red carpet. His heart dropped further when he spotted the many flashing bulbs of cameras snapping pictures of the celebrities arriving to partake in the event, held off from approaching any of the honoured guests directly by some very stern and smartly suited individuals that radiated authority.

“Brace yourselves,” All Might urged them as they pulled up. Izuku, Todoroki, and Bakugo all tensed as the driver opened the door and Endeavor emerged. Predictably, even at an event like this, he wasn’t one to pose for the camera, stepping aside to let All Might clamber out next, which got more than a few snaps and murmurs from the photographers and reporters around them.

Todoroki followed after, joined by Bakugo, with Izuku bringing up the rear and trying to look small but still happy to be there. The camera flashes were almost blinding as they walked down the carpet and toward the wide-open doors of the Yaoyorozu mansion.

While Todoroki paid the cameras no mind and Izuku shrank away from them, Bakugo smirked as he spotted reporters eagerly writing down details. Maybe he’d finally get a bit of decent coverage for a change.

Only once they were inside did the young trio relax even slightly.

“That wasn’t so bad,” Todoroki remarked.

“Those were just the small fry,” Endeavor scoffed as they headed further into the mansion, guided by a fancy-looking butler.

As they walked, Izuku and the others couldn’t help looking around at the opulence on display. Gilded windows lined the walls with detailed tapestries at regular intervals. Even the rug over the polished floor they were walking along had some intricate detailing that Izuku almost felt bad for stepping on. He could scarcely imagine Momo growing up in such a place.

Despite her wealth and lack of experience with the simplicities of modern life, Momo was incredibly down-to-earth compared to someone he’d expect from such an environment.

Arriving close to what he assumed would be their host’s hall, judging by the fervent chatter they could all hear, the group settled at the end of what appeared to be a queue.

It didn’t take long for those ahead of them to move along and it quickly became clear what the queue was for.

Before them stood the members of the Yaoyorozu family, each looking positively regal.  Mr Yaoyorozu wore an intense black dinner suit, accentuated with gold trim and buttons that positively glittered. Even with his larger frame, the extravagantly tailored suit made his size the least notable thing about him. A jolly grin was plastered on his face to complement his familiar slicked-back brown hair.

Mrs Yaoyorozu was robed in a most elegant red silk kimono, with patterns of realistic-looking spring flowers decorating the lower half, with the hem stopping just short of the ground above her traditional zōri sandals. She was also decorated in exquisite and expensive-looking jewellery that looked like a single piece would cost more than the entire apartment building Izuku’s mother lived in. Her make-up could only be described as cultured, using subtle strokes of mascara to highlight her pointed eyes and ruby-red lipstick that glistened in the light.

Of course, while Izuku was aware of the deceptively warm looks they bore, his wariness was temporarily forgotten as he spied the heiress standing at their side.

If Mrs Yaoyorozu was elegant, Momo was practically radiant in her beauty. Unlike her mother, she was wearing a sleek yet modern dress that hugged her curves before flaring out at the bottom, where her matching red ballroom shoes glistened with tasteful encrusted jewels. Momo had also painted her nails red to match her outfit, along with her lips, which Izuku could swear would cause fights to break out if a kiss were blown from them. Her long, raven hair, traditionally styled in its feathery ponytail, had been tamed into a more regal Yukata updo that drew more attention to her deep, onyx eyes, framed by smoky purple eyeshadow.

For a moment, Izuku almost forgot how to walk and breathe at the same time as his eyes caught the heiress’s. Despite the measure of discomfort he could see through the luxury, Izuku couldn’t help but appreciate how beautiful, stunning, and downright gorgeous Momo was. His eyes lit up as he spotted the bracelet Momo had become so fond of glistening on her wrist, only to note with some sadness that it didn’t sport any of the charms it usually possessed, though he supposed it couldn’t be helped.

He then noticed her eyes drifting south from his own, drinking in his own guise of formality and, judging by the look she gave him that caused his heart to flutter, she liked what she saw.

“Presenting: the number one pro hero of Japan, Endeavor; his work-study students Shoto, Bakugo, and Deku; and the retired pro hero, All Might,” the butler beside the Yaoyorozu family announced as the group bowed before their hosts.

“My, what a marvellous occasion,” Mr Yaoyorozu grinned brightly, his hand extending to shake Endeavor’s. “I’m so glad our humble gathering finally lured the infamous Endeavor away from his duties.”

“If the number one hero can’t afford to take time out, what does that say about the current safety of Japan?” Endeavor countered, his hand gripping the elder Yaoyorozu’s tensely before they parted. “Besides, I have my sidekicks handling things for the evening.”

“Then I have no doubt we will all sleep soundly tonight,” Mr Yaoyorozu chuckled before gesturing to his wife.

“Charmed,” Mrs Yaoyorozu curtsied, extending her hand for Endeavor to shake lightly just once. “I do hope your wife is doing well.”

Izuku could feel Todoroki’s stance stiffen beside him while Endeavor’s jaw set.

“She’s… doing well. Thank you for your kind words,” the pro acknowledged diplomatically.

“And I see you’ve brought with you your protégés,” Mr Yaoyorozu looked over the three youths before him. “I understand you’ve been doing the Endeavor Agency proud in recent days.”

“We’re simply doing our best to learn all we can from the number one hero,” Todoroki replied diplomatically while a sour look overtook Bakugo’s face.

“Endeavor’s just holding the number one spot until I graduate,” Bakugo scoffed, apparently unable to hold back his usual response.

“I’m sure he is,” Mr Yaoyorozu replied as though humouring a child. The wealthy man’s eyes then casually glanced over the pair, dismissing them quickly before settling on Izuku. The look of excitement Izuku spied in them almost sent a shiver down his spine. “After all, you’re all after the number one spot next, aren’t you?”

“Yes, sir,” Izuku nodded politely, keeping his emotions in check.

“I’m sure you’ll be mostly successful, aside from the fact our daughter has her own eye on such a goal,” Mrs Yaoyorozu tittered beside her husband while Momo looked a little awkward at the exchange.

“Indeed,” Mr Yaoyorozu agreed, “though one thing’s to be sure,” he eyed Izuku again. “I’m certain that the future billboard has a special place for each of you.”

Izuku nodded and matched the elder Yaoyorozu’s gaze, hoping he exuded determination rather than defiance.

“And we at UA will make sure they’re ready for it,” All Might’s voice chimed in a little louder than expected, which drew their host’s attention away from Izuku

“Ah, All Might! I almost didn’t recognise you,” Mr Yoayorozu greeted warmly, stretching his hand out to shake the former number one’s own. It was odd seeing All Might’s shrunken frame being jostled around by the wider Yaoyorozu’s enthusiastic shaking. “It’s certainly been a while. Please, everyone, head inside and help yourselves to hors d’oeuvres. We’ll be along shortly.”

“Uh, thank you,” All Might bowed first, with the others following suit, before they all took their leave and entered the ballroom.

The hubbub of upper-class chatter increased as the group stepped inside, several heads swivelling and muttering as the number one hero and his group were spotted. Classical music filled the air from a stage set up against one of the walls, where a veritable orchestra played, beneath a screen showing a reel of Yaoyorozu-sponsored heroes from previous years.

Izuku was surprised the sound carried so clearly, considering the size of the ballroom, as it looked like it could fit the entire school population inside with room to spare on top of the intricately detailed ceiling hosting an extravagant chandelier that would’ve filled his room back at UA twice over.

“What now?” Todoroki muttered as they walked among several wealthy-looking individuals.

“Now you all try not to embarrass yourselves or the Endeavor Agency,” Endeavor dictated, noting several notable business owners and other significant bodies in their industry yapping away with each other.

“And how do we do that?” Todoroki deadpanned.

“I believe Pixie-Bob and young Jiro should be around here somewhere,” All Might reminded them, hoping to find some support in a fellow staff member, “perhaps we should seek them out first.”

“Who?” Endeavor raised a brow.

“There’s one of ‘em,” Bakugo scoffed, jerking his thumb over to a buffet table where a spread of fancy morsels had been laid out. The others looked over in that direction and spied what was unmistakably Pixie-Bob, looking very out of place as she strolled along the table length, sampling any dish that caught her eye.

At once, the group strolled over to the familiar pussycat as she bit into a delicious bit of fancy tuna.

“Oh! Hey, cats and kittens,” Pixie-Bob greeted with a smug expression when she spotted them. “Took you long enough to arrive. I was afraid I might get all the tasty treats to myself.”

While the pro was technically on the job, she’d opted to dress up like the rest of them, clothed in a pink V-neck top and blue pleated skirt supported by a pawprint-themed belt and blue Mary-Jane shoes. A little blue eyeshadow enhanced her eyes, and pink lipstick did the same for her lips when they weren’t parting for another morsel of food.

“Hi, Miss Pixie-Bob,” Izuku waved, glancing around and hoping to spot her ward, “where’s Kyoka?”

“Right here,” a somewhat terse voice replied from behind them.

Turning around, Izuku was once again stunned into speechlessness at the brilliance before him.

Kyoka was garbed in a striking A-line dress in a rich purple colour that came down to her knees. Threaded black roses covered the hem with black laced frills extending the coverage a little further. That same lace held up the dress, covering her shoulders and leading down to her elbows with the same black rose design before connecting at her chest. Matching purple ballroom shoes rested on her feet while a thin, black choker rested around her neck.

Travelling further, Izuku noted the red eyeshadow drawing attention to her onyx orbs, and to cap it off, Kyoka’s cheeks were an adorable blushing pink as her eyes registered Izuku’s lingering gaze.

“Wow… K-Kyoka,” Izuku stammered, feeling the familiar social anxiety of his former years return with a vengeance. “Y-You look a-amazing.”

“T-Thanks,” Kyoka glanced away with the excuse of smoothing out her dress. “You don’t look half-bad yourself.”

Izuku felt his own cheeks colour as the others took in the rare sight.

“Agreed,” Todoroki replied simply with a smile.

“Stuck to the old style, eh, Todoroki?” Kyoka chuckled.

“You clean up good, Jiro,” Bakugo remarked casually.

“Thanks,” Kyoka nodded at the blond before giving him a once-over. “You look okay.”

“Bitch,” Bakugo rolled his eyes, though the hint of a smile tugged at the corner of his lips.

“Yes, you look quite stunning, young Jiro,” All Might nodded, while Endeavor rolled his eyes.

“Doesn’t she?” Pixie-Bob grinned. “Maybe if we’re lucky, us gals will be able to snag us some rich and handsome husbands by the end of the night!”

“H-Hey,” Kyoka frowned.

“Oh, yeah, a wife for you, duh,” Pixie-Bob chuckled, waving away her faux pas. “Maybe we’ll even be able to find someone for you, All Might.”

“Not necessary, I assure you,” All Might chuckled politely.

“Come o~on,” Pixie-Bob elbowed him in the stomach teasingly, “surely being the trophy husband of some rich dame appeals to you.”

While All Might spluttered, much to Endeavor’s amusement, the students talked among themselves.

“Any idea what this fancy crap is actually about?” Bakugo asked the one who’d been here longest.

“They haven’t said anything yet,” Kyoka replied truthfully, trying not to look too knowing about what was to come.

“Does Yaoyorozu not know either?” Todoroki asked curiously.

“Probably,” Kyoka replied, “though she’s been stuck at her parents’ sides as soon as we finished getting ready.”

“I guess we should just try to enjoy what we can then,” Izuku offered hesitantly, looking around at the many unfamiliar faces as the upper class mingled.

Though he was sure there were plenty of notable names in the business world present, Izuku could spot a few familiar pro heroes among the bunch and felt his instincts itch to add to his collection of autographs.

Before Izuku could slip away to talk to any of them, the music slowed, and the lighting in the ballroom dimmed except for a spotlight that illuminated the central stage.

Mr and Mrs Yaoyorozu stood proudly with wide smiles as Mr Yaoyorozu held up a microphone.

“I would like to, once again, bid you all welcome to our gathering for this exhilarating occasion. I’m sure you all have many questions as to what brought about such an unexpected event out of the blue, and all of your queries shall be answered before the night is out. For now, please enjoy our hospitality and indulge at your leisure.”

The head of the Yaoyorozu finished with a bow as polite clapping echoed around the hall, while the orchestra started up their next piece and the lights returned to normal.

“That answered exactly fuck all,” Bakugo scowled, drawing a few eyes from the other surrounding guests.

“Dude,” Kyoka shot him a look.

“Like my father said, I’m sure he’ll reveal all soon enough.”

The group turned to see a smiling Momo step through the crowd, drawing more than a few admirers' gazes as she joined their group.

“Momo!” Kyoka breathed a sigh of relief as the heiress arrived.

“I’m sorry I kept you waiting,” Momo apologised, “there were many guests my parents wanted me to greet with them.”

“It’s fine,” Todoroki nodded, with Izuku agreeing and Bakugo remaining aloof, instead looking around at the crowd. “How do these things normally go?”

“Well, if it’s anything like my parents’ last gathering,” Momo put a finger to her chin, “everyone will be able to mingle and dance casually for the next hour or so and, after that, my father will likely make his announcement.”

“Great, so what the hell do we do then?” Bakugo deadpanned.

“Just try your best to enjoy yourself,” Kyoka shrugged. “It’s not exactly my scene either.”

“I don’t know,” Momo giggled, “I’d say you look quite fetching in that dress.”

“H-Haha,” Kyoka replied with sarcasm despite the light blush dusting her cheeks. “J-Just because you made it for me.”

Izuku smiled warmly as Momo held up her hands in surrender at the accusation. Even with Kyoka’s protests, the two seemed so natural together, even in a setting like this. It only reaffirmed his resolve to see their plan through so the pair could enjoy moments like this more freely together rather than having to hide their affections in the shadows.

“Hey, so, um,” he spoke up, drawing their group’s attention, “I think I saw Wash over there earlier. Do you think it would be okay if I went to talk to him?”

“Are you gonna nerd out and cause a scene?” Bakugo smirked with a side-eye at the greenette.

“I-I mean, I’ll try my best not to!” Izuku nervously tried to dismiss.

“If it helps, young Midoriya, I wouldn’t mind discussing a few things with him myself,” a voice injected itself into their group. The five turned to see All Might, having apparently escaped Pixie-Bob’s teasing. “Would you like to accompany me?”

“Whoa! Yes, of course, All Might,” Izuku replied enthusiastically, only to realise his sudden jump in volume and look back hesitantly towards Momo, wordlessly checking if it would be okay. The heiress shot him a fond smile and nod, knowing his penchant for all things heroic and was glad he would find something to enjoy this evening.

With an admittedly optimistic smile, Izuku led All Might away to where he’d last spotted Wash.

“I guess nothing can stop Midoriya from enjoying heroes,” Momo chuckled.

“His sincerity is an endearing quality,” Todoroki agreed, glad his friend seemed to have found something to distract him from his recent pain.

“Well, I guess I should go mingle too,” the heiress announced. 

“Mind if I stick with you?” Kyoka asked nervously, glancing around at the many unfamiliar faces. “I’d rather walk around with someone I know.”

“Certainly,” Momo smiled, hoping their little ruse would be believable enough to their remaining friends. “I just hope my business discussions won’t diminish your enjoyment too much,” she chuckled before the pair excused themselves and merged into the surrounding guests.

“Shoto,” Endeavor’s voice caused the remaining pair to turn. “There are some people here I’d like you to meet. Let’s go.”

“Fine,” Todoroki replied, turning to follow his father only to pause as he realised Bakugo wasn’t moving. “Are you coming, Bakugo?”

“Why the hell would I do that?” Bakugo shot the ice and fire quirked boy a look.

“You don’t have to, I just wanted to offer since you’d be alone otherwise.”

Bakugo grimaced as he realised the truth of that statement. Despite his bravado, being around such rich and uptight people just begging to be taken down a few pegs was already surprisingly tough considering his progress with Mina’s lessons; he’d already heard three people spout dumb shit about being glad heroes were doing such a poor job because it made real estate cheaper to buy out.

“Oh, he won’t be alone,” a playful voice giggled, causing the pair to turn and spy a cheeky-looking Pixie-Bob. If her animatronic tail were attached, it would be flicking excitedly. “Looks like we’ll get to make up for that time we missed at camp. I never did get around to properly grooming you, kitten.”

Bakugo’s eyes widened and his body tensed.

“Damnit, guess I’ve got nothing better to do,” he growled, quickly stalking away from Pixie-Bob and after Endeavor, passing by a surprised Todoroki as Pixie-Bob’s giggles rang out behind him.


“All Might! It really is an honour!”

Izuku didn’t resist his chuckles this time as the good-natured Wash vigorously shook All Might’s hand, jostling him for the second time that night.

“T-The h-honour’s a-all m-mine,” All Might replied shakily.

Out of his regular, easily recognisable costume, Wash didn’t appear too different from most emitter-types. A black dinner suit adorned his somewhat stubby frame, with his thick legs and plump arms looking a little disproportionate with his short chest. His head was also notably larger than average, with his eyes taking up an almost cartoony amount of space under his short black hair. The fact that he’d been able to make his appearance work so well for his costume impressed Izuku.

“S-Sorry for the rough rinse,” Wash quickly apologised when he noticed his overexcitement and backed off, “it’s just always been a dream of mine to meet you!”

“Then I hope to live up to the legend,” All Might chuckled warmly. “I’m just sorry we never got a chance to work together in the field.”

Wash chuckled before his attention was drawn to the suited, eager youngster beside All Might.

“Ah, where are my manners?” All Might shook his head. “This is the provisional hero Deku from UA. He’s currently on a work-study with Endeavor and a few others you might spot around here.”

“It’s very nice to meet you in person, Mr Wash, sir,” Izuku eagerly bowed to the pro.

“UA?” Wash’s eyes lit up. “Do you know Koda and Fukidashi?”

“Koda’s my classmate and Fukidashi’s in class B,” Izuku confirmed with a smile. “I hear they’re improving well with you.”

“Really? That’s good,” Wash replied with a relieved expression. “I’d hoped what I was teaching them was useful. I feel like I’ve been through a spin cycle juggling my new role and my new position.”

“That’s right, I believe you managed to rank eighth on the hero charts this year, congratulations,” All Might smiled, with Izuku nodding along.

“Y-Yeah,” Wash rubbed the back of his head. “I’m not sure how I made it so high, to be honest. I didn’t expect it, so I’ve been a little unprepared,” he sighed, “even with the Yaoyorozu’s sponsoring me, I feel like I might soon be hanging out to dry.”

“Don’t say that,” Izuku frowned. “You’ve been doing great so far.”

“That’s kind of you to say,” Wash smiled, though he didn’t seem to believe the boy.

“No, really,” Izuku shook his head, “your patrol area is currently experiencing an uptick in major crime, right?” Wash nodded. “Well, that’s because of your new ranking. Some criminals see you as an easy target and underestimate your skills, hoping they can score an easy payday. Not only have you stopped almost all of them, but minor crime is down significantly, and people are reportedly feeling safer than ever with you working so diligently. When criminals realise that you’re stepping up to your new rank, they’ll back off and everyone will be better for it. You just have to uh… g-get through this heavy load first.”

Izuku felt almost bad at the final pun he’d ended on, as it definitely meant something new to himself now, but he wondered if he’d overstepped when Wash didn’t respond.

“Young Deku here is something of a hero enthusiast,” All Might chuckled at the stunned expression on Wash’s face. “It continues to amaze me just how much he can retain and connect when it comes to heroics, but you can trust that he’s done his homework. He’s even taught me a thing or two.”

The pro looked between the former number one and his young accomplice with awe who blushed lightly at the praise.

“W-Wow,” he chuckled finally, “I… never thought of it like that.” He raised his arms in his signature pose. “Yeah! I just need to keep wash-a washing until everything’s sparkling clean! Wash-a!”

The enthusiastic battle cry drew a few unusual looks from those around them, but the trio paid them no mind.

“That’s got me pumped up now, thanks, Deku,” Wash smiled at the upcoming hero.

“N-No problem,” Izuku smiled while bowing respectfully.

“Anything I can do to repay you, you just name it,” the pro nodded.

“M-May I have an autograph?” Izuku excitedly asked.

“Of course!” Wash replied excitedly, looking around for something to write on and with, but not finding much.

“Here,” All Might offered, holding out an All Might-themed pen and a napkin he swiped from an empty hors d’oeuvre tray a waiter was passing by with.

“Thanks, All Might, you’re my hero,” the pro chuckled before quickly jotting down his signature, complete with a little Wash drawing.

“I get that a lot,” All Might chuckled, glancing slyly at Izuku as he clutched the now signed napkin with reverence.

With a few parting words, Wash parted from the pair, heading into the crowd to mingle more with a renewed spring in his step.

“Was that everything you expected, young Deku?” All Might asked with a fond smile.

“Definitely,” Izuku squealed softly, his fanboy tendencies shining through.

“Just let me know if there’s any other heroes you’d like to meet and we’ll see what we can do.”

“Thanks, All Might,” Izuku turned and looked up at his idol with a genuine, happy smile back on his face and his dismay temporarily forgotten. “Really.”

“It’s no problem,” All Might chuckled. “It’s the least I can do for you at this point.”

Glad he’d been able to at least take his protégé’s mind off of his romantic situation for now, All Might looked around for any other potential heroes that Izuku might need to add to his autograph collection.

“As I live and breathe, if it isn’t All Might.”

The former hero raised a brow before turning to see who was addressing him. Izuku peeked around his mentor and spotted what appeared to be a sophisticated-looking wheelchair approaching. The one it was carrying had a clear need for it, considering he seemed to lack his legs, but what was more striking was his sharp brown hair, styled into three peaks on his right where it was receding, and his almost equally sharp-looking nose.

“Hello there,” All Might turned to greet the man politely, offering a bow, with Izuku quickly doing the same. “I don’t believe we’ve had the pleasure of meeting before.”

“Truly a shame too, I had hoped that one day one of my many invitations we sent to come test some of our marvellous Detnerat hero tech would be answered by you. It really is too bad you never got the opportunity before your climactic retirement, wouldn’t you say?”

“My apologies,” All Might bowed, though his tone didn’t strike Izuku as sincere, “but all my support tech needs have always been taken care of by my good friend.”

“Ah, yes, the famous David Shield,” the man continued. “Truly a shame to hear about him too. Some people just can’t truly understand the lengths geniuses will go to for their dreams.”

“Indeed,” All Might frowned. “I’m sorry, I didn’t catch your name.”

“Oh? And here I thought Detnerat would be well known by all those at UA by now,” the man chuckled before lightly bowing his head. “Rikiya Yotsubashi, President and CEO of Detnerat, at your service. And this,” he gestured to a stern-looking blond woman, whom All Might and Izuku had both missed accompanying him. Her hair was tied up in a bun, and she wore an intricately laced and ruffled black dress, complemented by deep red lipstick. “Is Kossori Kasō, my lovely assistant ever since my little scrap with some rather egregious villains.”

Kossori nodded at the former pro before lowering the half-rimmed glasses on her face in curiosity at the green-haired boy standing beside him.

“Pleasure to make your acquaintance,” All Might nodded at the pair before gesturing to Izuku, “and this is one of my pupils at UA, the provisional hero Deku.”

“Pleased to meet you,” Izuku bowed respectfully.

“A young up-and-comer, eh?” Yotsubashi admired, “I dare say you’ve got a bright future ahead of you. If I’m not mistaken, you’re also currently doing one of your infamous work-studies under Endeavor, the current number one hero.”

“Yes, sir,” Izuku nodded tactfully. “It’s been intense, but I’m learning so much under him.”

“I would expect as much,” Yotsubashi chuckled. “Still, I’ll bet you’ve yet to focus on how you’ll run what I’m sure will be the great Deku agency one day.”

“I’m just trying to get through UA first, sir,” Izuku acknowledged.

“Of course, of course, education is important after all,” the businessman nodded enthusiastically, “however, once you graduate, I’d like you to consider Detnerat for all your support tech needs. We offer top-quality personal gadgets that will enhance your quirk and your skills so you can save as many people as All Might one day, maybe even more.”

“Uh, thanks,” Izuku replied hesitantly, feeling more than a little awkward at the sudden proposition and glancing at All Might for support. “I er, haven’t thought about it much yet, but I can um, keep you in mind.”

“That’s all I ask,” Yotsubashi smiled with satisfaction, gesturing to his assistant.

The woman reached into the bust of her dress, causing both All Might and Izuku’s eyes to widen, before she pulled out a small rectangle of card and stepped forward to hold it out to the boy.

Not wanting to appear rude, even if he had no intention of going with Detnerat’s sub-par products, Izuku reached out to take the card, his fingers idly brushing against Kossori’s own.

“Thank you very much,” Izuku bowed again after stowing the card in his pocket.

“Well then,” Yotsubashi announced as he fiddled with his wheelchair’s controls, “I hope to hear from you soon, Deku.”

With a casual wave as the business pair moved on to other discussions, Izuku and All Might were left bemused by the interaction.

“Well, he was certainly a character,” All Might remarked once the man was out of earshot.

“Yeah,” Izuku mumbled before shaking his head.

“Dare I ask your thoughts on their hero tech?” All Might asked with more than a hint of curiosity.

“Um… let’s just say I think I’ll be going in a different direction,” Izuku chuckled, “and recommending everyone else does too.”

It was unusual to hear such criticism from his protégé; however, All Might couldn’t find any reason to disagree with him. Given what he understood of his and Melissa’s friendship after an extended discussion with his honorary niece over Christmas, he was excited to see if she could enhance the magnificent work she’d done previously with her ‘Full Gauntlet’.

“Oh, All Might~,” a sweet voice then called out to the blond, causing the man to let out a small sigh. This was one of the reasons he’d tried to avoid gatherings like this in the past; rarely ever a moment’s peace.

“Mrs Yaoyorozu,” the former pro greeted as the beautiful woman sauntered towards him. “What can I do for you?”

“A great many things, I’m sure,” Mrs Yaoyorozu tittered playfully, “however, given your rare appearance at one of our many gatherings, I simply must ask if you’d honour me with a dance.”

“A-A dance?” All Might felt a bead of sweat appear on his head. “I-I’m sure there are many fine men, the first of which being your husband, that would perform better than I.”

“Nonsense,” Mrs Yaoyorozu closed the gap between them, allowing All Might to get a peek down the gap of her kimono and spy some of the milky white flesh that lay beneath before taking his hand. “I’m sure you’ve entertained many a fine woman in your day, and I’d like to see first-hand how the former number one’s footwork measures up.”

Before All Might could get another word in, he found himself being led away towards the dance floor by the married woman. The look of mild panic on his face pulled a sympathetic look from Izuku, but the greenette didn’t know any way to help his mentor escape that social situation without making things awkward.

Now realising his safety net had been absconded with, he began looking around to see if he could spot his friends and group back up with them, only for a hand to land firmly on his shoulder.

“Ah, Mr Deku, I was hoping I’d catch you,” a warm yet chilling voice entered Izuku’s ears. Glancing back slowly, Izuku’s eyes met those of the Yaoyorozu patriarch. “Might I have a private word with you, son?”

Izuku swallowed nervously, realising the time had come for the best performance of his life.

“Uh, certainly, Mr Yaoyorozu,” he nodded.

“Excellent,” the man grinned almost predatorily. “If you’ll come with me.”

Allowing himself to be guided by his secret girlfriend’s father, Izuku was subtly led through the crowd and away from the party.


Across the hall, the heiress of the evening had been located by a familiar face.

“I predicted this would happen at some point.”

Momo and Kyoka turned to see a familiar head of lilac hair.

“Intelli!” Momo smiled warmly. “So glad you could make it.”

“Like I had any other choice,” Intelli rolled her eyes, but her wry smirk betrayed her true feelings. “Mr Yoroi was requested to bring me after all.”

“Well, we couldn’t leave out my sparring partner after all we’ve learned under Mr Yoroi,” Momo’s smile deepened into her own smirk before the two let out a pair of giggles at their inside joke.

While the two had their friendly exchange, Kyoka took a moment to gauge this new arrival. Intelli had forgone her signature monocle, though it would’ve been right at home in this environment, and had straightened and shined her long, glossy hair. A light yellow frilled petticoat dress adorned her frame, which looked surprisingly cute on her when paired with her white Mary Jane shoes.

“Oh, where are my manners?” Momo reminded herself, “Saiko Intelli, you remember my friend Kyoka Jiro, of course?”

“Yes, I recall,” Intelli nodded her head at Kyoka, who politely returned the gesture. “I don’t suppose the rest of those you teamed up with during the provisional exam are here to ambush me again?”

“Hey, you ambushed us, remember?” Kyoka raised a brow before a cocky smirk slipped onto her lips. “Not that it turned out so well for you.”

“Please don’t remind me,” Intelli sighed. “I’m prompted by the memory often enough when Creati and I are on patrol with Mr Yoroi, and I am unable to directly interact with certain elements.”

“Hopefully you’ll know better when you go up against the next exam’s UA class,” Kyoka chuckled.

“Thankfully, I don’t think there’ll be one,” Intelli smiled. “Whilst your year seemed to get extraordinarily lucky with your pass rates, I don’t believe it’s typical UA policy to send first years, so my last two chances should be free from any UA meddling.”

“She’s not wrong,” Momo chuckled. “Our year certainly does seem to get into an unusual amount of trouble. I do hope our lowerclassmen don’t have similar experiences.”

“Urgh, I guess,” Kyoka pouted, “but it wasn’t luck, it was skill. Remember that.”

“I’m sure,” Intelli shook her head.

“I see you’ve managed to locate Creati,” a gruff voice announced. The trio turned to see Yoroi Musha bereft of his usual armour, but instead swabbed in an expensive black kimono with traditional zōri sandals. His long white beard was gently tied together to give him a more refined appearance, though he had refused to part with his black mask for the evening that covered the remainder of his aged face. “It is good to see you and your family in such high spirits, Creati.”

“Thank you very much, sir,” Momo bowed to her work-study mentor. “I hope you enjoy the evening to its fullest.”

Kyoka wasn’t surprised at how well Momo was acting. Though she was able to glean deeper insight into her girlfriend’s current state from all she knew about her, the heiress’s performance was almost seamless to everyone else.

“Ah, Mrs Yaoyorozu,” Yoroi called as he spied the woman passing by. “Thank you again for the invitation. This is a marvellous event.”

The others turned to see Momo’s mother strolling excitedly off the dance floor before she processed Yoroi’s greeting and turned to him. Though they could see the warm smile she bore, Momo could tell it was disguising some mild irritation.

“Naturally, Mr Musha,” Mrs Yaoyorozu nodded. “Only the best for tonight.”

“Yes, this mysterious announcement you have lined up,” Yoroi stroked his beard thoughtfully. “I am most eager to hear what you have in store.”

“As are most, I’m sure,” Momo’s mother tittered coyly, covering her mouth with her sleeve. “I’m sure we’ll catch up later, but you must forgive me for now. There is a matter I must attend to, and I’m afraid it can’t wait,” she then turned to her daughter. “Please ensure our honoured guests are attended to whilst I look in on your father, dear,” Mrs Yaoyorozu requested.

“Of course, Mother,” Momo bowed respectfully as her mother departed.

“Hmph,” Yoroi huffed after Mrs Yaoyorozu was out of earshot and turned back to his work-study students, seemingly offended by being brushed off. “If you’ll excuse me.”

“Jeez, any idea what that was about?” Kyoka raised a brow after Momo’s mentor departed too.

“Hopefully nothing serious,” Momo gently hinted as she spotted All Might looking around curiously across the way with no Izuku in sight.

Kyoka seemed to pick up on her subtle hint and felt her lips thin. The Yaoyorozu ambush had apparently already begun.

“May I ask if it’s related to tonight’s surprise?” Intelli asked with an insightful expression.

“I’m sure we’ll all learn soon enough. For now, shall we continue to enjoy the evening?” Momo similarly brushed off, her host’s mask firmly in place. Intelli didn’t need any further information to deduce that her friend knew more than she was letting on.

“Pardon me, Miss Yaoyorozu,” a new voice interrupted the trio. The three turned to see a rather fetching blond boy who looked to be around their age.

“Ah, Mr Onomura,” Momo smiled, “is there something I may help you with?”

“Quite,” the young man flashed a charming smile. “I’ve been asked to see if you’ve given any thought to my father’s offer.”

Momo chuckled diplomatically.

“I’m afraid the companies I’ve created are continuing to do fine work, and I look forward to seeing the increases in their revenue. I understand that it might be cutting into the profits of some of your own corporations' businesses, but how else am I to learn how to step into my role one day as head of the Yaoyorozu?”

The younger Onomura chuckled pleasantly, though Kyoka could detect the man’s heart rate escalate in what was likely frustration.

“Then I sincerely look forward to observing your growth, though you must understand, my father has similar expectations of me.”

“Naturally,” Momo giggled, “I do hope our little rivalry won’t sour relations between us when we step into our family roles.”

“Then perhaps I might request something for myself,” the charming man nodded. “I fear the delights of this night may ring hollow should it end without the delight of dancing with you,” he held out his arm, his body angled towards the dance floor. “I’d be honoured if you’d grace me with a dance.”

“My,” Momo giggled again before, to Kyoka’s surprise, she reached out and took the guy’s hand. “How could I resist such a request?”

Just as Kyoka opened her mouth to speak up, Momo turned to the pair and spoke first.

“I shan’t be long.”

Kyoka’s shoulders dropped as any fight fled from them. It took a moment, but she quickly tried to regain her composure.

“Hmm, it seems the peacocking has begun,” Intelli muttered.

“The what?” Kyoka quirked her lip.

“Being Yaoyorozu’s friend, surely you’re aware,” the lilac-haired girl regarded Kyoka with a raised brow. “As the heiress to the Yaoyorozu Corporation and possessing astounding wealth, it was only a matter of time before suiters came sniffing around. I’m sure we’ll soon see what passes for upper class cat fighting as heirs and potentially heiresses to other companies seek to win her affections through performative arts.”

Kyoka scoffed, reminded again of the confession that had started this whole plan in motion.

“Like she’d fall for that stuff. Momo isn’t that shallow.”

“I’m well aware,” Intelli nodded before beginning to follow after the heiress and causing Kyoka to tag along. “However, I’m sure the potential suitors figure that either they might still catch her eye, or at least use her as a way for their family to enter better business negotiations with her parents.”

“Urgh,” Kyoka scoffed again.

“Quite,” Intelli agreed as they made their way to the edge of the dance floor, where they could get a better view of those performing.

The classical music was crystal clear here and, were it not for the greater machinations at play, Kyoka was sure she would’ve greatly appreciated such a performance. However, her entire focus right now was on Momo and how that Onomura guy had his hand on her shoulder and her waist as they waltzed around the dance floor.

Her lips thinned further as he leaned in close and muttered something into her secret girlfriend’s ear and heard Momo’s musical laugh from the sidelines.

“She dances quite well, doesn’t she?” Intelli commented as she watched Momo’s form move gracefully across the floor.

“I guess,” Kyoka sulked.

“Do I detect a hint of envy?” Intelli smirked, slyly glancing at her temporary companion.

“W-Wha- No!” Kyoka protested quickly, though even she knew it was a poor performance.

“Not that it’ll turn into anything more, but I’m sure if you ask him nicely, he might be willing to dance with you next,” Intelli chuckled.

“Fuck that,” Kyoka growled, raising one of Intelli’s brows, “dudes don’t do it for me.”

“Oh,” Intelli blinked in surprise before turning her attention back to the dancing pair as the song came to a close. While Momo and her partner bowed politely at each other, another girl emerged from the crowd to ambush the heiress, apparently requesting the next dance for herself. “I see.”

Kyoka grimaced as she realised she’d let her guard down. While she couldn’t care less if Momo’s friend knew she was into the fairer sex, she hoped that she didn’t make the leap into realising her affections for the heiress.

Who was she kidding though? Even if they’d beaten her during the provisionals, Intelli was smart enough to put two and two together.

“Then you might have some better luck asking Creati’s current partner to dance next,” Intelli giggled as they continued to watch Momo and the other girl twirl around the dance floor.

“Uh… yeah, maybe,” Kyoka mumbled, relieved for the escape route.

The two continued watching quietly for another few minutes as the song played out to its end, and all the current dancers bowed to each other again.

Kyoka straightened up as Momo turned to come back towards them, only for the heiress to be intercepted again by yet another guy who requested a dance. Clearly the peacocking continued.

“Since it seems our friend won’t be back this round, we should look to entertain ourselves,” Intelli declared.

Before Kyoka could reply, she found Intelli’s hand hovering invitingly before her. Turning to the Seiai student with a confused expression, she saw a challenging smirk on her lips, but sincerity in her eyes.

“Miss Jiro, I’d be honoured if you’d grace me with a dance,” Intelli grinned, parroting Onomura’s words to the heiress.

Kyoka blinked twice before her mind was made up, a cheeky smile gracing her own lips.

“My, how could I resist such a request?” Kyoka chuckled in response before taking Intelli’s hand as the older girl led them out onto the dance floor.

Though her bravado could account for a lot, it couldn’t make up for the sudden realisation about her less-than-stellar dancing skills. Club dancing and dancing by herself was one thing, but this was ballroom, and with so many eyes that would be on them!

“Uh, Intelli?” Kyoka began only to squeak as she felt the girl’s other hand settle on her waist, sending an electric touch through her hip.

“Just relax,” Intelli giggled as she leaned in, bringing their bodies closer together. “I’ll lead.”

Kyoka gulped as she felt heat pool in her chest and begin travelling south. Between Intelli’s soft, guiding hand on her waist, her other hand interlaced with Kyoka’s, and the skin they were both showing, Kyoka’s mind was throwing up some very suggestive ideas she needed to put away.

At once, the orchestra started up again, and the musically inclined girl followed Intelli’s lead as best she could. What they were doing wouldn’t be classed as professional, but they could at least pass for amateur.

“And twirl!” Intelli announced, letting Kyoka continue with a flourish, their hands the only part touching as they stretched apart before coming back together again and continuing their movement.

“I’m uh, surprised you’re this good,” Kyoka muttered as they danced past the orchestra.

“Please,” Intelli giggled cutely, “dancing is merely memorizing positions and timing. It’s nothing more than a couple of calculations to my quirk.”

“But I didn’t see you drink any tea,” Kyoka raised a bow.

“No,” Intelli confirmed before twirling Kyoka again, their bodies coming back together a little more intimately than before. “But I have practised a fair amount since making those calculations,” her eyes locked onto Kyoka’s. “So that I may dazzle any girl that catches my attention.”

Kyoka couldn’t help her cheeks filling up with blood, having to look away from the entrancing eyes, much to Intelli’s amusement.

Thankfully, the song reached its conclusion and their dance was at an end. Despite her flush, Kyoka was a little eager to remove herself from any further temptation.

“Oh, don’t be like that,” Intelli giggled teasingly, “at least now you’re all warmed up.”

Kyoka frowned, then panicked as Intelli reached for her. However, instead of trying to pull the punk-rock girl closer, she gave her a somewhat forceful shove, enough to cause her to stumble a little and turn on her heels, her arm reaching out to grab hold of someone to support herself.

“Oh, Kyoka!”

The purple-haired girl’s eyes widened as she turned and caught sight of the onyx orbs of the one she held so dear.

“Uh, h-hi, Momo,” Kyoka chuckled awkwardly.

“Should I take this to mean you’re requesting a dance too?” Momo smiled with genuine affection.

“Um…” Kyoka hesitated, glancing back at her previous partner, who was already strolling away from the dance floor, but not before shooting Kyoka a smug, knowing look and a wink. Over the heiress’s shoulder, she spotted yet another potential suitor approaching them and knew she needed to seize this chance. “If that’s okay?”

“It is,” the heiress assured her as she tenderly reached for Kyoka’s hand and waist before leaning in to whisper in Kyoka’s ear. “My parents are otherwise occupied with Izuku.”

Kyoka felt both delight, guilt, and dread mix awkwardly in her stomach. Izuku’s sacrifice had given her this amazing chance to dance with her girlfriend in full view of everyone, but he was likely at the mercy of both elder Yaoyorozu at this very moment.

If they made it through this, she’d have to do something nice for him.

“Ready?” Momo asked as the orchestra readied their instruments.

“Always,” Kyoka smiled brightly, clasping her girlfriend’s hand firmly and letting the music flow through her jacks and body, allowing them to gracefully waltz around the dance floor.

From the side, Intelli giggled at the sight of the two so obviously happy in each other’s arms, while other heirs and heiresses who desired to make their move could only watch in envy. Across the way, another pair of eyes followed the pair, a light frown marring their brow.

As the music continued, Momo twirled and cradled Kyoka close, the pair both revelling in this extraordinary opportunity they’d been presented with to show the world a glimpse at what lay beneath the masks they wore. They didn’t even notice the pussycat that had been asked to dance by an older gentleman as their school escort enjoyed being twirled around the dancefloor herself.

Their breaths merged, and their excitement and craving for the other’s embrace heightened despite their current intimacy as their clothes flared with each movement. For a moment, all that existed in the world to them was each other, their eyes locked together as they gazed into each other’s souls.

However, like all good things, it came to an end all too quickly.

Momo and Kyoka both almost missed the orchestra falling silent as the song concluded, and so too did their dance.

“W-Wow,” Kyoka breathed, her heart racing.

“Quite,” Momo agreed, both their cheeks hot with flush and desire.

As the sounds of other guests around them crept back into their perception, the pair gracefully but reluctantly parted.

“That was a phenomenal performance, Miss Yaoyorozu.” The heiress turned to see a handsome young man standing before her, eagerly awaiting her attention. One of the healthcare industry CEO’s heirs, if she recalled correctly. “May I humbly request the next dance?”

“My apologies,” Momo bowed politely, “but I’ve become a little parched due to the last few exhilarating dances. Might I request a small delay while my friend and I refresh ourselves?”

Kyoka watched as the man’s face flickered, a glimmer of irritation sneaking through before his etiquette took hold once more.

“Of course, ladies,” he bowed politely before Momo and Kyoka excused themselves and slipped away through the crowd.

“Are you actually going to dance again?” Kyoka asked hesitantly as they made their way over to one of the refreshment tables.

“I think I can find something to accidentally distract me,” Momo giggled naughtily.

“What about your parents?” Kyoka asked cautiously, hoping her anxiety was to blame for the worry that word would get back to them about their intense exhibition.

“I’m sure my parents won’t mind,” Momo chuckled, though it carried a somewhat melancholy tone, “it’s not like they need to worry about that sort of thing much longer.”

Kyoka bit her lip, the pair’s thoughts both returning to their green-haired partner.

“I hope he’s doing okay,” Kyoka murmured as she helped herself to a fancy fruit juice.

“I’m sure he’s fine,” Momo replied, though both could tell she wasn’t a hundred percent confident in her words. “We can trust him.”

“It’s not him I don’t trust,” Kyoka replied curtly as she took a sip of her drink.

Momo sighed as she helped herself to a flute of champagne. For what felt like the millionth time, the heiress wished her situation were different, that her friends and partners didn’t have to go through so much for her sake, just so that she could enjoy the freedoms of a normal life.

“We know where they stand, that’s all we need to figure a way out,” Momo replied softly, knowing that, by the end of this, she would hopefully gain her freedom, but doubtlessly lose all connection to her parents.

Though she opposed many of their methods and machinations towards others and seizing the various markets, they were still her parents who’d tried their best to raise her with love and affection. Even if the heiress now understood how lacking that love and affection was compared to what she’d observed and experienced with her many partners’ parents, she still valued her mother and father dearly and knew that the only thing certain about their future relationship was that pain lay ahead.

“Let’s not dwell on it any longer,” Momo pushed those thoughts away to be dealt with in the future. “If I’m not mistaken, that’s the mayor of Musutafu, and I’ve yet to be granted a meeting with him. Would you mind accompanying me?”

“Always,” Kyoka smiled before the pair set off once again to mingle.


Once led away from the extravagant ballroom, Izuku found himself trailing down corridor after corridor with Mr Yaoyorozu. Not only had they passed many bustling wait staff, but also several intimidating-looking, yet smartly-suited guards.

The young hero knew better than to ask when they’d arrive at their final destination, figuring the man wanted total privacy and was escorting him to the other side of the sprawling estate. If he wasn’t, it certainly felt like it.

“Just through here, Deku,” the Yaoyorozu patriarch gestured as he opened one of the ornate double doors for Izuku, who quickly stepped inside. What greeted him was a rather large and lavish office with a myriad of notable decorations.

An overgenerous portrait of a greying old man in full business attire who stood before a building that bore the Yaoyorozu Corporation logo hung on the wall, overseeing all. In the corner, a full-size stuffed polar bear stood on its hindquarters, as though about to attack; Izuku doubted it was an imitation. Books, ledgers, and cases lined the opposing bookshelves, no doubt filled with business dealings and the rich history of the Yaoyorozu’s now numerous companies.

A luxuriously embellished desk lay ahead of Izuku, and Mr Yaoyorozu directed him to one of the ornate armchairs that sat before it. Standing patiently, he did not sit down until after Mr Yaoyorozu took his own seat on the opposite side of the desk. As the heavy-set man briefly arranged himself, Izuku noticed a familiar ornament perched before him.

“Ah, caught your eye, has it?” Mr Yaoyorozu smiled as he followed Izuku’s gaze.

“It’s just like the ones Yaoyorozu makes to fight with,” Izuku replied, examining the old red matryoshka doll sitting on Mr Yaoyorozu’s desk and avoiding overfamiliarity with Momo.

“Why am I not surprised?” Mr Yaoyorozu chuckled, reaching for the doll to turn and face it towards his guest. “This is one of the first creations my daughter perfected with her quirk,” he preened, showing off some of the intricate detail Momo had clearly worked hard on that had since become second nature to her.

“Yaoyorozu’s really skilled,” Izuku praised genuinely, “her technical expertise has helped us a great deal when we’ve needed it most.”

“Indeed. The most recent case being your class’s unfortunate battle on Nabu, correct?” Mr Yaoyorozu posed almost innocently.

“Y-Yes,” Izuku replied, shrinking a little in his seat at the memory and not noticing the small tug of satisfaction on the corner of the man’s lips.

“I’m sure you don’t wish to dwell on such times on a night like tonight. Tell me, how have you enjoyed our little soiree so far, Deku?” Mr Yaoyorozu smiled warmly, resting his interlaced hands on the desk.

“Uh, it’s been good,” he replied politely. “You have a most amazing home. I’ve never been somewhere as uh… fancy as this.”

“I’m quite sure,” Mr Yaoyorozu chuckled at the praise. “There aren’t many who could throw events like ours, let alone on a regular basis. It’s mainly thanks to our hero support company that leads the way in cutting-edge technology that has granted my family and me such a boon.”

“Yes, I was talking to Mr Wash earlier, and he had nothing but praise for your company’s support,” Izuku replied, not technically lying.

“One of our most rewarding investments,” Mr Yaoyorozu’s smile widened. “I saw a lot of potential in that young man and knew he’d earn every bit of his place on the billboard.” Izuku wasn’t sure if Mr Yaoyorozu knew about the fact that Wash was part of an online meme campaign and compensating for it or not, but he wasn’t going to tell him. “It’s also part of why I wanted to have a word with an upcoming hero as promising as yourself, Deku.”

“O-Oh?” Izuku brightened, trying to look enthusiastic as Mr Yaoyorozu turned to his computer screen.

“You seem to have quite a number of impressive feats under your belt already for one so young: You saved I-Island from the dastardly David; protected the citizens of Nabu; and are currently being trained by not only the current number one hero, Endeavor, but have also gained the former number one’s attention in All Might,” Mr Yaoyorozu posited.

“I-I didn’t do it all alone,” Izuku tried to deflect, “I had a lot of help, some of which was even thanks to Yaoyorozu.”

“I have no doubts there,” Mr Yaoyorozu chuckled. “As proud of my daughter as I am, however, I’m well aware she could never achieve certain feats that your Superpower quirk allows you to; Strength that reminds one of a young All Might in his prime.”

“That’s what he said too,” Izuku nodded, seguing into the cover story he and All Might maintained. “He saw me struggling to control my power and gave me some pointers. It’s been great learning so much from him. Endeavor too,” he quickly added.

“I’m sure he’s given you more than pointers,” Mr Yaoyorozu chuckled knowingly, securing the confirmation he needed. “I think he sees in you the same thing I do: Japan’s next number one hero.”

“I… admire my peers for their skills, Yaoyorozu especially as both top of our class and our class president,” Izuku admitted carefully, trying to bolster his confidence as he focused on the goal that’d burned within him for so long. “But, if anyone’s going to be the next number one, it’s going to be me! I want to be able to stand at the top, just like All Might did, and know that people can feel safe when they see my smile.”

“You certainly sound self-assured enough,” Mr Yaoyorozu’s grin widened. “And well on your way to boot. I have no doubts you’ll be able to make quite the splash when you debut independently, and, if I may, I’d like to formally offer the Yaoyorozu Corporation’s assistance to achieve your goal.”

Izuku opened his mouth to reply, only to pause as he remembered Momo’s words of advice to him.

‘You’ll want to be confident yet malleable. My father likes having the upper hand in all his dealings and prides himself on holding all the cards, so watch out for tricks. You need to let him guide you towards what he wants and seem amenable to it without seeming overeager. Let him think everything is his idea, and that’s how we’ll get through.’

“You would?” Izuku acted surprised. “Oh, uh, that’s very generous of you, Mr Yaoyorozu.” The large man grinned eagerly, reaching for a drawer in his desk. “Unfortunately, um… I’m afraid I have to decline.”

“Oh?” The businessman hesitated, a flicker of frustration crossing his brow.

“A-At least, for now,” Izuku clarified. “I’m still not ready to go pro yet, and there are other support companies to consider.”

“Indeed,” the elder Yaoyorozu’s eyes narrowed. “I believe one of your peers was looking to create her own tech company. Hatsu-something, wasn’t it?”

“Yes,” Izuku reluctantly admitted, not wanting to draw any attention to his pink-haired friend if he could help it, “but actually,” he reached into his pocket and pulled out the card he’d been given earlier that evening, “The CEO of Detnerat was also interested in making me an offer, so I um, think I should consider my options until I graduate.”

Mr Yaoyorozu eyed the card with disdain, clearly regretting inviting the man to this evening’s events.

“I certainly can’t fault you for wanting to keep your options open,” the businessman chuckled, his hand returning to the desk. “There are certainly a number of companies that try to keep pace with us, not that they can ever surpass our quality. However, something has been brought to my attention that might result in a rather poor look for the both of us were you to seek hero gear from other suppliers.”

“O-Oh?” Izuku felt a bead of sweat appear on his forehead.

The green-haired boy then almost jumped when four firm knocks rang out from behind him.

“Ah, that must be my wife, and what perfect timing,” Mr Yaoyorozu chuckled. “Come in, dear.”

“I hope I’m not interrupting too much,” Mrs Yaoyorozu called out as she slipped inside, wearing an excited expression.

“Not at all,” Mr Yaoyorozu replied, “in fact, I was just about to discuss some of our observations about our daughter.”

“She’s been doing wonderfully, hasn’t she?” Mrs Yaoyorozu beamed. “Top of her class, class president, and she’s been handling our guests with such grace.”

“Not quite what I was talking about dear, but that’s certainly good to hear,” Mr Yaoyorozu chuckled as his wife approached, and Izuku could swear he saw a glimmer of genuine pride in the man’s eyes.

Izuku smiled and nodded politely at Mrs Yaoyorozu as she passed by to stand behind her husband, both of them then focusing their gazes squarely on him.

“Yes, it seems my daughter has spoken most highly of you recently, Deku. Of course, she naturally has many good things to say about most of your class, aside from one minor aggravation that has since been dealt with,” Mr Yaoyorozu sniffed. “Yet there was something about the way she spoke about you that caught our attention.”

“W-Well, I’m uh, nothing special, really,” Izuku tried to appear humble. “A-And Yaoyorozu is just a friend, I promise.”

“Please, my boy, I think we’re past that,” Mr Yaoyorozu chuckled good-naturedly. “It doesn’t take a genius to understand how desirable our daughter has become. Lord knows how many betrothals we’ve had to dismiss for her already.”

“And it doesn’t take a mother’s intuition to know that our daughter has developed an attachment to your attention,” Mrs Yaoyorozu giggled coyly, covering her mouth with her sleeve.

“The point is, my boy, our daughter has given us reason to believe she’d like to court you, and for one of her status, it could reflect badly on both our company and any potential relationship you had with our daughter if you went with a different support company.”

“H-Hold on,” Izuku spoke up, “Yaoyorozu… likes me too?”

“Don’t tell me she didn’t give you any signs,” Mrs Yaoyorozu giggled.

“Well, um,” Izuku swallowed thickly, trying to think of a way to keep things vague. “I was um… not single recently and she might’ve hinted that she would’ve preferred if I was.”

“And what did you do when she mentioned that?” Mr Yaoyorozu asked, unable to keep the ghost of a smirk off his face.

“Well… I um,” Izuku looked at the man sheepishly, “I… made myself available.”

It didn’t escape Izuku’s attention that the Yaoyorozu parents wore matching looks of satisfaction. He knew they believed that Momo had successfully seduced him away from two of their fellow classmates and now had him wrapped around her finger, and that was exactly what he, Momo, and the others had planned.

This was the moment all three of them had been waiting for.

“It seems not even the future number one hero was able to escape her charms,” Mrs Yaoyorozu giggled again, causing a mild blush to blossom on Izuku’s cheeks at the technical truth of that statement.

“It’s nothing to be ashamed of, my boy,” Mr Yaoyorozu assured him, “my own lovely wife was the same way.”

“Flatterer,” Mrs Yaoyorozu rolled her eyes playfully.

“Still, forgive us for being somewhat overprotective, but there are many who’d aim to take advantage of our daughter’s affections. As much as we trust your ambitions as a hero, we wanted to make sure your endearment for each other was genuine.”

“Well, if she’s okay with it, maybe we could go on a d-date and see how things go?” Izuku suggested.

Mr Yaoyorozu chuckled dismissively.

“That will come in due time, my boy,” he replied. “I’m sorry to say that, in our circle, things go a little differently compared to what you probably expect.”

“H-How so?” Izuku asked nervously, as though he didn’t already know the answer.

“It wouldn’t do for someone of our daughter’s status to be seen courting without commitment,” Mrs Yaoyorozu explained casually, “if our daughter’s heart is what you desire, then I’m afraid she’ll require something a little more formal.”

“It’s part of why we put this event together after all,” Mr Yaoyorozu revealed, “I must admit, we were already quite confident about your suitability for our little peach that we decided to throw her betrothal ball a little early.”

“B-B-Betrothal?!” Izuku gasped.

“Oh dear,” Mrs Yaoyorozu shook her head, moving around the side of the desk to approach Izuku as she glanced accusingly at her husband, “you must be more careful not to startle our guest, dear.”

“My sincerest apologies,” Mr Yaoyorozu held his hands up whilst Mrs Yaoyorozu crouched beside Izuku’s seat and rested her hand atop his.

“I know this might be a lot to take in, dear,” she looked into Izuku’s eyes, “but I’m sure our daughter will be delighted to hear your answer. You wouldn’t want to disappoint her, would you, Izuku?”

The young hero could feel the manipulation at play. Praise, emotional blackmail, guilt tripping, and more were woven together so smoothly that it was clear they were well practised. It felt wrong to walk into such a trap, but he knew he had no choice. After all, he’d do anything for his girlfriends and their happiness.

“What uh… would it entail?” Izuku asked cautiously.

“It’s nothing too dramatic,” Mr Yaoyorozu brushed off. “Your betrothal would simply be an announcement of promise and exclusivity. A way to say that you are both focusing solely on each other.”

“So… it’s just announcing that we’d be dating?”

“So to speak,” Mr Yaoyorozu nodded.

“I’m sure it’s a bit of a culture shock,” Mrs Yaoyorozu cooed, gently rubbing his hand, “But with a daughter as doting as ours, I’m sure you’ll want for nothing while you strive for the top together.”

“Could you imagine the first and second positions on the billboard being a married couple?” Mr Yaoyorozu chuckled. “It would certainly be unique.”

“And a first,” Izuku muttered, slowly nodding along with the idea. “A-And um… a-are you sure Yaoyorozu is uh… okay with this?”

“It was her idea after all,” Mr Yaoyorozu nodded. “You’ll be able to ask her yourself shortly, I’m sure.”

“Of course, how she reacts will depend on your answer, after all,” Mrs Yaoyorozu reminded him.

Isolated from his friends and mentors with pressure being gradually applied to get their way, Izuku knew anyone else would be at their most vulnerable and most pliable to the elder Yaoyorozu duo’s wishes. He hoped he’d put up enough of a fight to stave off suspicion as he finally gave them the answer they were looking for.

“I-If it means Yaoyorozu and I could um… b-be together, t-then I guess I would have to say yes. I-I would um, like to be betrothed to Yaoyorozu, if that’s okay?”

“Well, of course it is!” Mr Yaoyorozu cheered, with his wife gripping Izuku’s hand excitedly.

“Our baby girl’s growing up,” Mrs Yaoyorozu brushed away a tear that wasn’t there as Mr Yaoyorozu hurried around his desk to hoist Izuku to his feet and shake his hand.

“S-So uh… w-what happens now?” The greenette asked, both he and Momo being somewhat in the dark about this aspect.

“We need to make sure our daughter gets the wonderful news,” Mrs Yaoyorozu grinned.

“Indeed, though, if I may, my boy, there is one more thing I need to discuss with you, specifically regarding your courtship.

“O-Oh?”

“All I will say on the subject is that we’re a more traditional family, my boy, and my wife and I expect your relationship with our daughter to keep to such traditions until you two are wed,” Mr Yaoyorozu said calmly before his eyes darkened and the hairs on the back of Izuku’s neck suddenly stood on end. “Our daughter understands her expectations, and I’m sure she’ll make the boundaries you two aren’t to cross clear. Do we understand each other?

“P-Perfectly, s-sir,” Izuku swallowed nervously, desperately hoping the anxiety written all over his face was interpreted as fear of overstepping rather than guilt from jumping way over any possible line he imagined of them.

“Marvellous,” the oppressive aura lifted as the businessman grinned. “I believe that’s all we’ll need from you for now, my dear boy. If you could locate and send our daughter our way, it would be most appreciated,” Mr Yaoyorozu requested politely.

“Though I’m sure you’re eager to discuss this exciting development with her, I hope you can trust that we’d like to confirm a few things with her first,” Mrs Yaoyorozu called as her husband ushered their daughter’s newly minted fiancé to the door.

“O-Of course,” Izuku nodded diligently, turning and bowing deeply in the open door. “I won’t let you down.”

“I’m certain you won’t, my boy,” Mr Yaoyorozu’s grin broadened. “With our daughter and company at your back, I’m certain we can expect truly extraordinary things from you.”

With one last bow of acknowledgement, Izuku hurried away from the office, trying his best to remember the pathway back to the party.

Once the boy was out of sight, Mr Yaoyorozu closed the office door behind him firmly before turning to his wife, a disgruntled expression on his face.

“Was he too slippery for you to lock down?” Mrs Yaoyorozu smirked.

“I was close to snagging him without having to give up our little bargaining chip,” her husband gruffly replied as he headed back to his desk, glancing at the drawer where he’d prepared an exclusivity contract for the boy if he’d taken the bait. “Damn that Detnerat.”

“I can’t fault you for trying, dear,” Mrs Yaoyorozu comforted, moving around to pat her husband’s shoulder.

The portly man let out a small sigh before resting his hand atop his wife’s in appreciation before glancing at his computer screen, opened to the extensive file he’d built up about one Izuku Midoriya.

“As long as our daughter plays her part, everything should go smoothly,” Mr Yaoyorozu muttered. “If nothing else, Midoriya seems like he’ll be more than willing to bend to our daughter’s whims.”

“At least she seems somewhat happy with this decision,” Mrs Yaoyorozu giggled. “I would hate for her to get stuck with someone like Onomura’s son. A pretty face is one thing, but without the brains to challenge her, I fear she’d quickly grow tired of him.”

“Though securing his family’s medical assets for our own would be quite a jewel in our company's crown, I have a feeling he would meet a rather unfortunate end when his womanising inevitably got the better of him.”

“Do you not have that same concern with Mr Midoriya?” Mrs Yaoyorozu raised a curious brow. “Even after his unusual experiment with those classmates of his?”

“That was something of a concern,” Mr Yaoyorozu admitted, glancing to the folder where he’d secured details about Ochako Uraraka and Tsuyu Asui, along with the pair’s scandalous snap from their trip to the theme park. “Thankfully, it seems they’ve become a non-factor. Midoriya doesn’t seem the type to have roaming eyes; far too focused on his goal. I believe he’s well aware of what he could gain with our daughter’s assistance, and holding that over his head should keep him in line.”

“And if it doesn’t?”

“Then he’ll end up like the rest of those that get in our way,” Mr Yaoyorozu shrugged indifferently before a knock on the door brought his and his wife’s attention back to the present. Standing from his desk, a more genuine smile graced his lips. “For now, let’s congratulate our daughter on a job well done and hope she enjoys her prize.”

“Hopefully not too much,” Mrs Yaoyorozu giggled, wondering if she needed to have a mother-daughter chat with her before the night was over. “Come in, dear!”


Once out of sight of Mr Yaoyorozu’s office, Izuku hurried along with the smallest touch of One-For-All powering his legs.

It had taken a lot to keep his composure during that meeting and react as necessary to keep hidden that he knew more than he should have. Thankfully, everything seemed to have worked out, and his part in the deception was done, for now anyway. All that was left now was to inform his future fiancée.

After a few corrections and minor scolding from a guard and two members of the wait staff, Izuku finally made it back to the ballroom.

It didn’t take him long to locate Momo by the refreshments table, who was in a discussion with a formally dressed young man around their age, while Kyoka gave him a subtle glare. It almost reminded Izuku of the way she looked at him back when he first joined their group, but he had the sneaking suspicion she wouldn’t be falling for this guy any time soon.

Waiting for his moment, he cut into the conversation at an appropriate moment.

“Excuse me,” he smiled as the group turned their attention to him, feeling a small rush of relief as Kyoka and Momo’s eyes lit up at his return. “I apologise for interjecting, but I believe your father would like to see you in his office, Miss Yaoyorozu.”

“Of course, Mr Deku,” Momo nodded gratefully before turning to her latest hopeful suitor. “Please excuse me.”

“Very well,” the young man nodded, though disappointment radiated from him as he temporarily retreated, hoping for another chance to impress the Yaoyorozu heiress later.

Once he was gone, both Kyoka and Momo rounded on Izuku.

“Are you okay? Did he do anything weird?”

“He didn’t make you sign anything, did he?”

“No, no, I’m fine… I think,” Izuku assured them with a calming hand gesture. “I’m uh… pretty sure everything went how you expected, Momo, but he does actually want to talk to you.”

“No doubts to inform me about the developments and my new obligations,” Momo pulled a sour face, which Izuku couldn’t help but feel a little offended at considering all the moments they’d shared recently, only to remind himself they were both being pushed into this against their will.

After shaking her head to reset her expression, Momo sent Izuku a grateful look.

“Thank you for everything so far, Izuku. I guess it’s my turn.”

“Good luck,” both Izuku and Kyoka replied as Momo headed off to find her father, leaving the pair alone.

“You okay, Squish?” Kyoka asked.

“Yeah, I’m fine,” Izuku replied automatically as he turned to face his girlfriend, only to be met with a look of knowing expectation. “Okay, it was kinda scary.”

“Figures,” Kyoka shook her head, reaching out to stroke his arm lightly. “But thank you… for doing all this.”

“You don’t have to keep saying it,” Izuku chuckled, “we’re in this together, remember?”

“Yeah… yeah, we are,” Kyoka smiled, feeling the urge to do more to show her secret boyfriend her appreciation, but knew this was far from the ideal location to do so.

“Hey, little kitties! What’s going on here?” Pixie-Bob’s playful voice called, causing Izuku and Kyoka to both jump in surprise.

“Miss Pixie-Bob!” Izuku pat his heart. “P-Please don’t sneak up on people like that.”

“Sorry, force of habit,” the pussycat giggled as she helped herself to a drink at the nearby refreshments table.

With just a look, Izuku and Kyoka tabled any further discussion of their subterfuge for later as Izuku found himself rather peckish after the grilling and negotiation with Mr Yaoyorozu.

Whilst Izuku refuelled with a few exotic hors d’oeuvres and Pixie-Bob headed back out to join a handsome man who was waiting on her, he and Kyoka were soon located by Todoroki and Bakugo.

“Where the fuck did you disappear to?” The blond glared at Izuku.

“All Might was looking for you; he’s been worried,” Todoroki informed him before Izuku could answer.

“Oh, uh, I was…” Izuku hesitated, not sure how much he could say, glancing at Kyoka for help, only for the girl to look away as inconspicuously as she could.

“There you all are.” Izuku breathed a sigh of relief, grateful for Endeavor’s timely arrival. “I believe I’ve made a sufficient enough appearance to sate our hosts. We’re leaving.”

“We are?” Todoroki blinked.

“Finally,” Bakugo groaned, already loosening his tie.

“We can’t!” Izuku spoke up suddenly, only for everyone’s eyes to fall on him. “U-Uh…”

“Why not?” Endeavor rounded on his work-study student.

“B-Because… we haven’t heard the announcement yet,” Izuku replied quickly, several beads of sweat dripping down his neck.

“Hmph,” Endeavor scoffed, turning back, “I’m sure it’s something inane and pointless.”

“But…” Izuku hesitated, trying to think of a reason to stay that didn’t seem too suspicious.

“Didn’t you guys come here with All Might?” Kyoka pointed out.

“I’m sure he can make his own way back,” Endeavor shrugged, apparently having reached his limit of social tolerance for the day.

Izuku grit his teeth and looked to the others. While Bakugo didn’t catch his eye, intent on following after Endeavor, Todoroki picked up on his hesitation.

“Is everything alright, Midoriya?” The concerned boy asked.

Before Izuku could think of something convincing, a familiar, smug voice graced his ears once more.

“Don’t tell me you’re leaving already, Endeavor,” Mr Yaoyorozu barked with amusement as he, his wife, and Momo rejoined the party. “After all,” the elder man’s eyes glanced over to Izuku, “we’re just about to make our grand announcement.”

Everyone could see the pro trying his best to school his emotions, his large hands flexing open and closed a few times as his breathing suddenly slowed and became deliberate.

“Of course not,” Endeavor replied tersely.

“Wonderful, we’ve got the perfect spot for you and your guests to observe us from,” Mrs Yaoyorozu grinned before placing her arm on Endeavor’s and guiding him towards the front of the stage, while Mr Yaoyorozu hurried to inform the other significant guests.

“Aw, come on,” Bakugo groaned as he reluctantly followed after Endeavor while Momo slid close to Izuku and Kyoka.

“It’s time,” she murmured, causing Izuku to swallow nervously as his anxiety returned with full force, hurriedly wondering if it was normal to hear your heartbeat in your ears.

“It’s okay, Izuku,” Kyoka walked on Izuku’s other side, her closest jack wrapping around his wrist to impart a small measure of support, while a forced, neutral look sat uncomfortably on her face. “You got this.”

Gritting his teeth and screwing up his courage, Izuku resigned himself to his fate, hoping against hope that whatever happened next wouldn’t utterly wreck the friendships he valued so dearly.

By their side. Todoroki glanced over at the three with a puzzled expression. Things weren’t adding up, and they were getting more curious by the minute.

With some graceful herding, Mr Yaoyorozu had gotten the word of their impending announcement out, and all of their many guests were now gathered at one end of the hall. Even the wait staff had temporarily stopped service in order to listen. The orchestra had stopped playing and the lights dimmed again as he took to the stage and gazed out at the many faces, not least of which were the two most significant of the moment, standing front and center.

Away from the light, neither was sure who seized the other’s hand first, but Izuku and Momo found relief as they squeezed the other’s tightly as the anticipation built.

“Thank you all for coming once again! It’s been marvellous to have you all here and seeing you all enjoy our hospitality really warms an old man’s heart,” Mr Yaoyorozu chuckled, placing his hand over the organ in question. “Now some of you may say I’m far from an old man, that I’ve got plenty of years left in me as head of the Yaoyorozu corporation and, I assure you, that latter part is true,” he received a few chuckles. “However, I am certainly feeling my years of experience catching up to me today as I make this most exciting announcement. As you are all aware, my daughter, Momo Yaoyorozu, is currently pursuing her studies in the hero course at UA University. Not only is she top of her class and class president, but she’s also the most beautiful creation my lovely wife and I have ever produced and the legacy we hope to leave behind.”

Momo felt her face warm at the attention as one of the lights from above illuminated her.

“One day,” Mr Yaoyorozu continued, “she will continue the proud legacy of the Yaoyorozu Corporation and take over as head of the company. It’s a busy and demanding job being the best hero tech company in Japan, and as we continue to grow, it will only become more demanding, taking time away from what will certainly be a short but successful career as a hero. To that end, she will one day need to leave her own legacy, and to do that, our daughter has finally found someone she deems worthy of standing with her at the top.”

A murmur broke out through the crowd as several prominent businesspeople grew agitated.

“Of course, only the best could hope to stand alongside my daughter at the peak of hero tech, and who better to do that with the full weight of the Yaoyorozu Corporation behind them than the future number one hero of Japan and, quite possibly, the world.”

Endeavor frowned as he looked down at his son for answers, confusion evident on his brow, but found none as Todoroki’s eyes widened with sudden realisation.

“It is my great honour to present to you all my daughter and her fiancé, the future leaders of the hero world, Momo Yaoyorozu and Izuku Midoriya!”

The spotlight over Momo widened to encompass Izuku too, the pair bracing themselves as polite applause began rippling out around them before Momo led Izuku by the hand towards the stage. All eyes were on them as they stepped up and looked out among the many prominent faces, trying to look as happy as everyone expected them to be.

While Momo had significant practice, waving gracefully at all those celebrating the announcement, Izuku looked decidedly more uncomfortable, his own waving stilted and awkward. Instead of looking out at the crowd, all he could see was the confusion evident on Bakugo and Todoroki’s faces, while a noticeable vein began throbbing on Endeavor’s neck, his signature fiery moustache and beard igniting into existence.

Trying his best not to focus on those he didn’t have answers for right now, he instead looked to Kyoka for support, only for the ache and longing he saw on the girl’s face as she watched Momo celebrate her betrothal bring bitter tears to her eyes. When she spotted Izuku’s lingering gaze, she tried to cover it as best she could with a supportive grin that didn’t reach her eyes, but they both knew better.

Tearing his eyes away from his girlfriend and hoping to alleviate that sinking pit in his stomach, Izuku looked away only for his eyes to latch onto a lanky-framed blond with wide eyes. He could spot the confusion and unease in All Might’s face, his gaunt expression only causing the guilt to sink deeper into Izuku’s chest, and he could only imagine how his mentor felt finding this out with everyone else.

“Now, if you’ll all humour us for a little longer, I’d like to turn over the dance floor to the new happy couple for their first dance together,” Mr Yaoyorozu announced as many people began clearing a path for the duo.

Izuku’s eyes widened, his grip on Momo’s hand tightening only for the heiress’s thumb to caress it comfortingly.

“It’ll be okay,” she leaned over and whispered into his ear, knowing full well how affectionate they appeared in front of everyone, “just follow my lead.”

He’d trusted Momo this far, and he wasn’t about to stop now. Like it or not, they were past the point of no return.

The two descended from the stage, still hand in hand, as they casually strolled along to the middle of the dance floor. The crowd steadily swarmed around the outskirts as Izuku and Momo settled themselves in the center and the orchestra once again readied itself to play.

With a hand on each other’s waist and a nervous glance into each other’s eyes, at the very least, the spotlighted pair found a safety net in each other. The music started, and Momo subtly guided Izuku in their opening movements that she was grateful he quickly picked up on, despite his clear discomfort. They both mentally thanked Mina for her dance lessons during the autumn festival for helping Izuku find his feet.

Hoping to distract her dance partner from his worries, Momo leaned in close once more.

“You’ve cleaned up quite nicely, Izuku,” Momo smiled sincerely as they cautiously stepped to the flow of the music. “Very handsome.”

“T-Thanks, and you uh,” Izuku blushed, “y-you look phenomenal tonight, Momo.”

A coy smirk tugged at the corner of the heiress’s ruby lips.

“Are you saying I’m not normally?” She teased lightly, before her smile faltered somewhat, “Thank you, Izuku, though I must admit, my mother encouraged me to use my quirk so I could better fit into this,” Momo muttered, glancing down at her dress, which Izuku noticed was a slimmer fit than Momo usually wore.

He felt awkwardness pool in his chest, but the caring smile Momo sent him let him know she didn’t blame him for his words.

“Oh,” Izuku hesitated, “w-well, even if you hadn’t, I know you would’ve looked just as stunning.”

 It was a little awkward and classic Izuku, but Momo could feel the sincerity and true feelings in his words.

As uncomfortable as performing their deception was to the attentive audience, the two took comfort in knowing that what they were sharing wasn’t entirely fake. Though their focus on the end goal was their main priority, the young couple were reminded of their growing affections for each other, both of their movements becoming naturally more fluid and complementary.

In the crowd watching the pair share their first romantic dance together, Mr and Mrs Yaoyorozu stood eagerly eying the result of their hard work.

It was almost a surprise to Mr Yaoyorozu that he was roughly grabbed by the shoulder, turned away from his daughter’s dance and towards the enraged expression of the number one hero.

“You deliberately set this up to humiliate the Endeavor Agency,” Endeavor challenged Mr Yaoyorozu, looking down ominously at the smaller man as his flaming moustache flared.

“Father,” Todoroki tried to pull his father back, but Endeavor was too incensed. Though the man’s raised voice was evidently attracting attention from other nearby guests, it did nothing to dissuade him of his actions.

“I wouldn’t dream of it, Enji,” Mr Yaoyorozu replied innocently, though his smirk screamed of anything but. “I’d say it’s a testament to your skill that you’ve trained the future number one hero and hope you continue to do so, though I’m sure you may have misunderstood which of your work-study students that was. Besides,” Mr Yaoyorozu’s raw delight approached creepy levels, his eyes bulging excitedly as he made the final necessary move of the night. “You’re currently the one bringing shame to your agency and your name, Todoroki. Tell me, how is Doctor Forger? It’s not often a pro hero, let alone the number one, seeks therapy, but the burdens and pressures of being at the top can have that effect on those not fit for the position.”

Endeavor’s breath caught, and his eyes widened. He’d done his utmost to ensure total secrecy of his visits to the therapist, even arriving and departing in different disguises and keeping his personal and hero name off as many official records as possible. He tried to steady his breathing, his hands flexing, but his flaming facial hair continued to flare with each breath.

Beside him, Todoroki’s brow creased as his mouth dropped open. Had his father really done such a thing? Was this all due to what he and Bakugo had said when they’d confronted the man?

“Yes, I’m well aware of your recent issues, Enji,” Mr Yaoyorozu smirked at the pro’s response before leaning up to whisper the next part to the man, while his wife giggled cruelly behind him. “A few words in the wrong ears certainly could cause you no end of issues, not least of all that position atop the leader boards. The media would have a field month with all I’ve dug up about you. How confident are you that the public would support someone so tainted with sin as their most valiant protector? Perhaps we should ask your wife what she thinks.”

The air began sweltering around them as Endeavor’s body heated quickly. Before he was even aware of what he was doing, his arm had reared back, fist packed tightly to deliver a devastating blow to the unrepentant villain before him.

The only thing that stayed his hand was the sound of steam as his son reached up and held the man back, iced hand rapidly attempting to cool down Endeavor’s building body temperature.

“Don’t do it,” Todoroki pleaded, though his own disdainful glare at the elder Yaoyorozu was in full force, “it’s what he wants. Don’t give him the satisfaction.”

“Listen to your son, Enji,” Mr Yaoyorozu smirked, not fazed in the least by Endeavor’s failing restraint. “Your fall from grace might come more swiftly than you expect. I would focus very hard on what your next move is because, I assure you, I’ve already prepared ours.”

The rich couple chuckled smugly, their social victory over the pro guaranteed as they casually strolled away from the conversation.

“Father,” Todoroki spoke up, looking around while still holding onto Endeavor’s arm as he slowly lowered it back to the man’s side. “We’re making a scene.”

Reality seemed to snap back into Endeavor’s perception, the pro glancing around as hushed whispers and haughty looks were sent his way by surrounding business folk. He needed to leave, to minimize the damage that’d already been done somehow.

“Fine,” he growled, shaking off his son’s arm and trying once again to use breathing to calm his battered nerves. No matter which way he sliced it, the Yaoyorozu patriarch had completely blindsided and outmanoeuvred him before he’d even realised it. There was nothing he could do.

He’d lost, completely and utterly.


Back on the dance floor, the happy couple continued to twirl as the music played on, their dance lasting far longer, but he had no doubts that it was about a performance for the audience rather than his and Momo’s enjoyment.

As they danced and lightly leaned on each other, Izuku had a chance to look out at the reactions of some of the crowd. He spotted the CEO of Detnerat trying not to look too aggravated over the announcement, his hands gripping his fancy wheelchair’s controls with an almost destructive grip. Aggrieved as he seemed to be towards Izuku, his assistant almost appeared worse, nearly incapable of hiding her outrage as her somewhat attractive face was twisted into a snarl, her eyes glaring daggers towards him and his new fiancée.

Izuku felt a little bad at having used their proposition as a bargaining chip against Mr Yaoyorozu, but he had no intention of having anyone other than Mei and potentially Melissa design his gear once he turned pro. That is, providing the long con against the elder Yaoyorozu duo had run its course by then, and he and Momo were free from their influence.

On her side, while they’d spun several times, Momo continued to feel drawn to Kyoka, wanting desperately not to rub in the pain or envy the girl was no doubt feeling and comfort her just as soon as she was able.

From the sidelines, Kyoka felt her heartache each time she watched her two secret partners catch her eyes. Even with the plan, she felt her emotions clashing with her head as they longed to have her join the two out there or take one of their places.

What was almost scary to her was the fact that she wouldn’t mind which she’d cut in with first.

Kyoka knew it was a moot point, that her desires would go unfulfilled like many of the rich socialites around her who were outwardly smiling and happy for the new couple but inwardly cursing Izuku’s very existence. The one advantage she had was that she knew one day, they might truly be able to find happiness together with all their other partners and live freely.

However, until then, watching both her loving partners being forced to dance against their wills was too much to bear and Kyoka chided herself as she turned and retreated into the crowd. She just needed some time alone, some quiet to focus and regain the stamina to put on the happy mask she was required to wear.

Unfortunately, a hand reached out and snagged her arm before she could get too far.

“H-Hey, let go!” Kyoka growled, her jacks raising defensively to jab whomever had the audacity. Her hostile expression eased when a familiar blond’s ever-angry appearance revealed itself.

“Come on,” he ordered, tugging her towards a side door that some of the wait staff had been using.

Kyoka reluctantly allowed herself to be pulled along for the sake of not causing a scene until they’d slipped into the less ornate hallway, the sounds of the ballroom behind them somewhat muted thanks to the door.

“What the hell’s your problem?!” Kyoka growled, yanking her arm free from Bakugo’s grip the first chance she got.

“That’s my fucking line,” Bakugo growled back with equal intensity, rounding on the punk-rock girl. “What the hell is going on with Deku and Miss Priss?”

“The fuck do you think?” Kyoka spat, almost glad for the excuse to be able to unleash some of the frustration that’d built up over the evening. “Clearly they’re in fuckin’ love.”

“Bullshit,” Bakugo retorted, eyes narrowing.

“Hey, I’m just as in the dark as you are, asshole.”

“The fuck you are,” the blond swore accusingly, “I saw you dancing with Yaoyorozu. The way you two-,” the blond took a moment to temper his volume. “The way you two looked at each other. You can’t tell me there’s nothing there.”

“So fuckin’ what?” Kyoka scowled, not even bothering to hide it anymore.

“Don’t give me that shit,” Bakugo growled. “You’re not the type of bitch to hold back because of stupid shit. If you didn’t do squat about it, it’s because you knew something, now spill.”

Kyoka actually had to blink at the subtle vote of confidence under Bakugo’s words. Still, he’d at least caught the whiff of something greater going on now that some puzzle pieces had been played and she needed to keep him from digging any further.

“Yeah… yeah, I fuckin’ knew about this,” Kyoka scowled. “Momo fuckin’ told us girls that this was gonna happen, way back when we first moved into the damn dorms.”

“She’s been eying that green-haired nerd that fuckin’ long?” Bakugo scowled.

“No, you moron,” Kyoka replied, “just that she was gonna be fuckin’ married to whatever asshole her family fuckin’ picked out. She thought she had more time, that this shit wouldn’t happen until after we graduated and she’d get married off to one of her shitty dad’s associates’ sons or something.”

“So then what the hell-”

“Like I said, I’m just as in the dark as you fuckin’ are,” Kyoka lied, hoping she’d slipped the boy enough truth to sate his drive to discover more for now. “I guess all that shit we’ve been through caught the asshole’s eye, and he made Izuku an offer he couldn’t refuse.”

“Not a chance,” Bakugo looked back at the door they’d come through, where they’d left Izuku and Momo dancing together. “Deku wouldn’t sell his fuckin’ soul like that. That shithead’s too…”

He cut himself off before falling silent, and Kyoka wasn’t about to speak up to continue the conversation. The two stood quietly for a moment, only the sounds of excited murmuring coming from the ballroom as the two kept their thoughts to themselves.

“Are… are you okay?” Bakugo asked quietly after a moment, glancing back at the purple-haired girl.

“I’m fine,” Kyoka replied, sniffing and swallowing the lump in her throat before she blinked, and a heavy pair of tears ran down her cheeks.

“Bullshit,” The blond let out a single, hollow chuckle before reaching into his pocket and pulling out a handkerchief. “Here.”

“T-Thanks,” Kyoka nodded before gratefully taking the cloth and dabbing at her eyes, trying not to ruin the minor make-up she’d applied.

After a moment, Bakugo asked, “Why didn’t you fuckin’ do something? Tell that tall bitch you liked her?”

Kyoka let out a hollow laugh at the irony of that statement.

“Like it would make a difference?” She sniffed, continuing to dab her eyes. “You think her dad would back down because of something as profitless as love.”

“Hey!” Bakugo’s voice rose again. “Love isn’t fuckin’ stupid. That shit’s worth fighting for.”

“No shit,” Kyoka rolled her eyes, “but this isn’t a problem you can just blast your way through.”

“Then you’re not using enough firepower.” Bakugo held up his hand, letting a few pops of his quirk go off.

“Don’t, Bakugo,” Kyoka shook her head dejectedly. “Just… don’t.”

The blond’s lips thinned as he watched the earphone-jacked girl carefully. He knew better than to accept her words at face value, and there was clearly something greater going on, but pressing any harder probably wouldn’t gain him any answers. Deku clearly broke up with those other two idiots because he knew this was coming, certainly hiding something, and he was going to get to the bottom of it, especially if it would show up that asshole that thought Deku was the future number one hero.

Releasing a long sigh before letting it devolve into a frustrated groan, Bakugo levelled a more even expression back at the tearful girl.

“Look,” he began awkwardly, “I dunno what the fuck is going on with you or her, but it isn’t fucking right.”

“No shit,” Kyoka replied sarcastically.

“Those idiots out there are gonna cause a fuck-ton of hurt when we get back to class,” he gestured to the door.

“Yup,” Kyoka replied bitterly.

“But you…” Bakugo sighed again. “You don’t have to fuckin’ worry about me spillin’ your secret.”

Kyoka’s eyes widened, temporarily stopping the flow of tears as Bakugo avoided her gaze. Was he actually trying to be considerate? Maybe Mina’s lessons were having a greater effect than she thought.

“Thanks,” Kyoka smiled weakly as she handed the boy his handkerchief back. “Kirishima’s a lucky guy.”

“And he fuckin’ knows it,” Bakugo chuckled, stowing the soiled cloth to clean later. “Just make sure you and the other idiots do something about those two before they bite off more than they can handle.”

“Are… you actually worried about Izuku?” Kyoka raised a brow with a small chuckle.

“Shove off,” Bakugo rolled his eyes and sent the girl one last glare before stalking away. “Last time I do something fuckin’ nice.”

Kyoka took issue with his definition of ‘nice’, but she would concede that it had helped. While she and Bakugo might not ever be friends, the dumb blond was more than an arrogant asshole, and that was something she could appreciate.

Taking one last moment to renew and steel her resolve, Kyoka moved to follow the boy back out into the ballroom to tackle whatever challenges came next.


In the time Kyoka and Bakugo had been gone, Izuku and Momo’s dance had finally come to an end. Unfortunately for the pair, this meant that the moment they stepped off the dancefloor, they were swamped with well-wishers and those still seeking to curry what favour they could with the young Yaoyorozu.

The two stood side by side as Momo handled the majority of the greetings and platitudes, though some insisted on paying their respects to her new fiancé.

“I look forward to doing business with you in the future, Miss Yaoyorozu,” one of the boys who’d previously asked the heiress to dance bowed politely.

“And I you,” Momo acknowledged with a bow of her own.

“And I hope we can expect many great things from you, Mr Midoriya.”

“Uh, yes,” Izuku bowed to, “l-likewise.”

As the throng of people began dying down, a tall figure stepped up to the pair next.

“Deku!” Endeavor barked, his facial hair still aflame and causing the boy to jump.

“Y-Yes, sir?” Izuku snapped to attention, trying to avoid Todoroki’s inquisitive gaze by his father’s side.

“We’re leaving, now!”

“O-Of course,” Izuku nodded, about to fall into step behind the man as they did on patrol.

“Hold on there,” Mr Yaoyorozu called out, his hands resting firmly on Izuku’s shoulders and preventing him from going any further. “You wouldn’t be so callous as to part these two so soon after their announcement, would you? I’m sure they still have a lot to talk about, guests to greet and whatnot, which means our gathering isn’t set to conclude for a while yet.”

“I said,” Endeavor glared back over his shoulder with an intense expression. “We’re leaving!”

“We should all get back to UA sooner rather than later,” Todoroki spoke up, hoping to tentatively bridge the gap by reminding their host of their status as students.

“I’m sure it’ll be fine, you’ve no classes tomorrow, after all,” Mr Yaoyorozu chuckled smugly. “Why don’t you stay a spell longer and enjoy yourselves. This may be the last chance we’ll be able to grace our halls with your presence, Endeavor.”

Endeavor’s temper flared once more as Bakugo and Kyoka returned to the scene, only for another guest to offer a solution.

“Endeavor, feel free to take young Shoto and young Bakugo back for the evening,” All Might spoke up as he too joined the group. “I’ll make sure young Deku is able to make his way back safely.”

“Whatever,” Endeavor spat venomously before striding away with purpose.

“Midoriya…” Todoroki muttered, torn between confronting his friend with the questions burning a hole in his chest and following his father to make sure the man didn’t do any further damage.

“I-It’s fine, Shoto,” Izuku replied with a half-hearted smile. “We’ll um… talk back at UA, okay?”

“You better,” Bakugo growled, eying the greenette accusingly, “you got a lot to answer for!”

“Just go,” Kyoka rolled her eyes, giving the blond a shove as he and the reluctant Todoroki trailed after their work-study mentor, leaving her, Izuku, and Momo behind with the heiress’ father and All Might.

“I’m glad you can at least appreciate the intricacies of young love, All Might,” Mr Yaoyorozu chuckled, though All Might didn’t share his sentiment, subtly eying the greedy man’s touch on his protégé’s shoulders like he was claiming him.

“Indeed, I can,” All Might nodded, glancing at the green-haired boy as he looked to his mentor with a measure of fear and worry in his eyes. “And understand that being there to offer help and advice where necessary is part of any good mentor’s role in supporting their students.”

“Well said,” Mr Yaoyorozu grinned eagerly as he turned to the number of guests that had yet to address the newly engaged couple.

Izuku swallowed nervously, again seeking out Momo’s hand for support as All Might watched on warily. It was certainly going to be a long night.

Notes:

Chapter summary:
- Izuku and Kyoka awake with a knock from Todoroki. Todoroki is still concerned but asks if he'll be ready for the ball tonight as Endeavor and his work-study students were invited along. Izuku commits to going and is grateful to Todoroki for his friendship and support. Kyoka reminds Izuku how grateful she is for what he'll be doing and departs as Izuku gets a text to visit Nezu.

- The Endeavor trio head to Nezu's office, finding Momo, Kyoka there to join them. After Nezu assigns them their teachers and reminding them of their reputation among such influential people, the group leaves with Pixie-Bob secretly being assigned to protect the students from certain schemes.

- Before the students depart back to their dorms to get ready, All Might takes Izuku aside to talk about his recent breakup. Izuku is reluctant to tell his mentor anything as he understands that just knowing the truth could cause All Might to want to help and may accidently give the plan away to deceive the Yaoyorozus. Like Todoroki, All Might offers another chance for Izuku to sit out the night's events, but Izuku knows he needs to be there no matter what and departs, leaving All Might uneasy.

- The three Endeavor students get ready and head out after some kind words from their friends. Endeavor picks them up and they head to the party where All Might and Endeavor are getting along surprisingly well. Arriving to a decked out mansion, the group are welcomed by the three Yaoyorozu. Inside, they find Pixie-Bob and Kyoka waiting for things to begin as rich and influential people fill out the ballroom. Mr Yaoyorozu declares a start to the night's events with the revelation of why they've put this party together coming later while Momo joins her friends. The group then split off to enjoy the party.

- Izuku and All Might discuss hero work with Wash who's feeling a bit down over his struggling efforts. Izuku assures him that he's doing better than he thinks and is thanked by the pro for his words, rewarded with an autograph. After Wash departs, the pair are greeted by the CEO of Detnerat who is eager to offer Izuku a hero tech partnership with Izuku accepting a contact card from the CEO's assistant. Mrs Yaoyorozu then approaches the pair, insisting on a dance with All Might which leaves Izuku unguarded and free for Mr Yaoyorozu to swoop in.

- Momo introduces Kyoka to Yoroi Musha and Intelli who are also in attendance. Momo's mother excuses herself, tipping Momo off to her parents having already sequestered Izuku. Other business heirs approach Momo to try and curry favour with her and requesting dances. Momo politely accepts and is led onto the dance floor with Intelli and Kyoka watching on. As the two talk, Kyoka accidently lets slip her preference in partners and is sure Intelli has figured out the source of her current displeasure. Nevertheless, Intelli asks her to dance and, by the end, intentionally knocks Kyoka into Momo so the two can share the next dance together. Since Momo's parents are currently preoccupied, the two enjoy a heated dance together before departing the dance floor for refreshments, hoping Izuku is okay.

- Mr Yoayorozu tries to get Izuku to sign exclusively with his company. Only when that doesn't work does he imply that only doing so would give him the chance to date his daughter. Mrs Yaoyorozu arrives and the two continue their manipulations until Izuku gives in and agrees to be betrothed to Momo. After Izuku departs, the two older Yaoyorozu conspire about their alternative plans.

- Momo and Kyoka are relieved to see Izuku when he returns. While Momo leaves to talk to her parents, Kyoka again thanks Izuku. The others regroup before the Yaoyorozu trio return for the big announcement. Momo and Izuku are announced as the future head of the Yaoyorozu corporation and number one hero as a betrothed pair. Surprise ripples through the crowd and as the two have their first dance together, Endeavor feels slighted. Mr Yaoyorozu doesn't care and subtly threatens the man, knowing about his trips to a therapist which Todoroki overhears. When he also hints about Rei, Endeavor nearly punches the man, only to be stopped by his son, deciding to leave before things got any worse.

- Kyoka, dismayed, leaves, only to be taken aside by Bakugo. When pressed, she admits that she knew Momo would be betrothed to someone which is why she never told her her feelings, hoping that would satisfy the blond which he seems to buy and actually acts concerned for her, promising to keep her secret.

- Izuku and Momo are being fawned over by the many guests when Endeavor decides that its time for Izuku to leave with him. Mr Yaoyorozu urges them to stay, but Endeavor isn't budging. All Might volunteers to remain behind with Izuku and, after a few last looks from Todoroki and Bakugo, he and the two girls remain behind with the many guests as All Might worries over what happened.